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THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1838.
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. _ .. . — --w j ^^^^^^^^ m^—HOUSE OF LORDS : TUESDAY , Feb . sr . tafti BROUGHAM presented rarioni petition * agwiut ^ S ^ tS& JfS ASi SSp . HOUSE OF COMMONS . TUESDAY , Feb . 27 . . " . .-Afer « onie business of small moment , the O'Conne 11 debate -was reeomed ia pretty- much the same style as last night . 'Sertsil Hon . Wembers delivered themselres , and Lord Maid-- s ± aoe "« motion farharing Dan censnred iras pat and&triedbj -a majority of 24 . - ..- ¦ -. " . " . Mr . GBATTAN jattTed , V y way of amauhnentj that words ~ ~* othe followingeffect > e added to the motion : — "Xetwithstanding Qtsithe Members for ths conaty sad city of Cork , fcr Sigo , for Li&keard , seed fox FaUctrk , nave avoired in their ^ 'daees in this House sentiments similar to those expressed by -the Member far the aty of Dublin , and thougb . thi * House ! has 1 > ennitted tcpaaBuncensaTed and ecen xtauoticed a pnbH ^ ied -charre of theffishop of Exeter , accusing the Roman Catholic - Hexoben of this Honse of a disregard of their oaths , and of -3 naaife * tine , in the exercse of their rishta a * Members of
Parliainent , treachery , a « r » v » ted by yerjnry . " " - The " storm birds' again crowed for anfrue , and the motion - » raalostb y a majority of 29 . OBonrwtnnitottegalkrf Trefonnd ' - lord MAIDSTONE on bis lega , moving that the Honon-TaUe » ad Learned Member for Dnblin ( Mr . O'Connell be -ordered to atteadin Ms place in the House to-morrow .. The question laving been put , - Mr . HUME said t&at if the Hoiwnra&le and Learned Mem"beztat D&bHn irere cafltr—if he-H-ere wcrflir of pnnishmenttliere were other Members on that side of the Eonse etraally Iflaltr . ( Lond cries of " order , - "' " chair ! " and eheerO There were other Members who adopted £ he trords of the Honpnra"lle a-nd Learned Member for IDnbKn in tie letter and spirit . ¦ vf Great eonfnsion , and cries of " chair ' . " and " order ! " ' . If they -trees te be governed by -what appeared to be the majority of -that House , Hon . Gentlemen irere equally guilty with the Honourable and Learned Member foT Dnblm . ( "Order , orderV " chair , . chair ! * ' and great confusion . ) He would call lie attention of tie House to what had been done , and he
-wenld ihen leave it to the Honourable . Gentlemen- opposite to carry the -proceedings farther if they wished it . ( Cheers - -sndgreat confusion . ) The motion of Lord Maidstone "was understood to hare "been agreed to-Mr . < HLLON : ro 6 e and said , Mr . Speaker , I adopt thesenti-.-ments and expressions of Mr . O"C-onnefl . ( Lond cries of " radar , order ! " chair , chair ! " ) Mr . ML ME rose amidst tremendous ¦ nproar and said , I beg -fiat the words ef the Honourable mnnber for FaUrirk ( Mr . GSkm ) be taken down . They are these : "I adopt the senti--anents and expressions of Mr . O'Connell as expressed . " ( Great laughter , and cries of " order , " and " chair' "') I am only -annons to be correct . { Renewed laughter and nproar . ) It -was not correct before , and 1 do not wishto leave the matter "half done . The Hon . Gentlemen opposite havpj > een left in - < he hcrcL , and let than get out of it if they can . ( Lond cheers -sad laughter . ) I wish to know whether the words of the Honourable Member for FaBdrk have been taken down ?' The words , as already stated , having been read by the clerk Atthe-table ,
Mr . BtTMEsaid , I move that the words be taken « are of . = { Great confusion . ) The subject here dropped . A sleepy debate then followed , -upon the motion of Lord G . zXEXNOX— " That an inmble address be presented to her 3 dajesty , praying her Majesty will be gracioustyplt-asedtotake into her serions consideration the expediencv of adopting afin ? plan to accelerate promotioa generally in ihe corps of Boyal " Marines , so that it may keep pace in a &ir and equitabl ..-< kgree with those branches of her Majesty ' s forces -whose svs--tem of promotion is progressive ; and also to take the cz ? r of * he captains of the RoyaTMarines into her Majesty ' s consideration , -with a view of placing them on the same footing as those of her Majesty ' s regiments of the line ; and likewise to -mrride some measure for the benefit and relief of those pnt lieutenants of the Royal Marines who served during the late » r . ~ The motion was lost by a majority of 17 , and the House adjourned . :. .
HOUSE OF LORDS . WEDNESDAY , Feb . 28 . The House of Lords stands adjourned till to-morrow
HOUSE OF COMMONS , WEDNESDAY , Feb . 28 . The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before four o ' clock . Mr . "WJlKLEY presented a petition , sjrned by 304 nonseyainterB of the City of Dublin , denying the charges bronsht -against them , explaining the state of their trade , and inviting ' "inquiry into the wnole of their proceedings . The ^ petitioners stated fhritinstfsid of a uniform rate of wages bring established , Shere -were four rates , and that anv master might take an amlimited number of apprentices . —deferred to the Trades " ~ £ ? cxnbiR 2 tio& Committee . - The SOS . AlEMBEH tV ^ r presented petitions from the TTorking Men ' s Association of Shfiffirld ; from Biddltstone , "in the County of York , and from the Whitesmiths of London , waving for a mitigation of the sentence passed on the Glasgow Cotton Spinners . Mr . W . DCXCOMBE said that he had a petition to present Sram the parish of Huddersfield , in the ~ V > PSt Riding tl york-¦ shire , to which he would wish to have called the attention , vi - ¦ the -Undersecretary of State for the Home Department , but ie was sorry to find that he was not in bis place . Thepetiaun Treferred to the meetings of Guardians ivhich tock ¦ pUic- ' in
SnfSflersfielS on the 5 th and 12 th of June last , on the subject - ¦¦ of the Xew Pool Law . The importance of th «; subject erei > ted considerable exatement in the town in consequence of whicii "the magstrates were called on by certain individuals lobrin ^ r 3 n the military , which they , in the esiaxise uf their iiisrrr . lk . n , refused to do . ' A representation was immediately lor *^ rdeti io the Under Secretary of State by the parties , wno had iuajrested the i ^ TtiTig out of the militajy , coiiti . in ' mg cjluiim e = and misrepreaentations with respect " to ths conduct ut tXxe anagistrates -apon that occa ^ in . Now , the petitioners stjiej -that tht > magistrates acted wisely in refusing to call tut th ? -military , 25 " the peace of the county was not disturbed , and - ¦ they expressed generally their warm approval of the " iniinaer -in whicn the magistrates had conducted themselves . ( Heur . ; The prarn \> C tiwv « -utioii vu , that the House would orJer -de prodtjetian of any correspondence which might have takea p lace in reference to this subject , between the Lurd Lipu ; tst » at -anti macisJrates of the county , and the Undia- Secretaxv vT State . The Hon . Member begged to state in conclusion , that le had submitted this petition £ 0 the Secretary of State , bui le was sony to say that he had _ paid no attention 16 it-The petition was ordered to lie on the table .
. 3 REACH OF PRIVILEGE . —Mr . OCOXXELL . On the motion of Lord MAfDSTOXE , the Order of theDay - "Ibr the attendance of Mr- O'ConnelS iahiiplare iras noirreai The SPEAKER inquiredif Mr . O'Connell was in his place . Mr . O'COKXELL rose and said—»•! am here , Sir / The Hon . and Learned Member then sat dorm . The SPEAKER—Please to « aad up . - 3 tfr . O-COXXELL then rose . The SPEAKER—Mr . OTonneH yon hare permitted jcrnr"Belf to be betrayed in the use of expressions ata public meeting -triih respect to which this Bouse has come to th * following resolutions : — " That the expressions in the sud speech containing a chaxee of foul perjury against the Members of this Bouse in the discharge of tkeir official duties , are a foul and acandaloua imputation on ihe ivonoui aad character of this iHcuse . . ' - ¦• ¦ ¦
" That Mr . O'ConneD haring avoired that he naed the said expressions , is guilty of a breach , of the privilege * of *> " ? House ; therefore that ne be reprimanded in this ¦ dace . " The charge of foul perjury is one of the heaviest that can Tbe made . Yon cannt-t be surprised that having cast so grave -an imputation on the Members of this House , that it has aroused , the indignitkra of those against whom it has been ¦ directed , and that yon hare exposed yourself to the severest -censure and displeasure of this House . You have endeavoured ¦ t o vindicate your conduct by urging that you were impelled b y 3 strong sense of the defective constitution of ? T » f > present tn"bunals for the trial of controverted elections , and'that yon sought to promote a reaedy for that evil b y stimulating public jopmion . it is unnecessary for me to remind you , that at the ime when you used these expressions which " have been condemned , this House had recognised , with K&reely anv Jiffer-= « nce of opinion , the expediency of attenmtinsr to asnfr a real
jemedy to the evil of which you complained , ana that tout « nennes and talents would not hare-found a more useful employment than in endeavouring to forward that measure . "You have also aQed ged in your excuse , aad it 13 trae , that others have used - expressions as strong as those which yon -employed with respect to this House . In general this Houseias been of opinion that it consulted its real-dignity , and ¦ obeyed the dictates of prudence , in relying for ita protection -and defence against misrepresentation and calumnv " , in the eonsdousneas or the « al and fidelity with , which it has di » - ^ iarged its dudes . The case , however , is different when one of the Members of this Honse seeks to disparage and degrade 4 his House in public estimation by charging a number of its ilemberB with foul peymj . Ko one knowB T > etter t ^ 1 ?^ you - ^ o , the law g and constitution of ibis country hare-invested -this House with a power and authority so large , that its acts : xmst always hare an important effect on the well-beine of the
-fitate , and that no power can be beneficially exercised , unless administered by _ those who enjoy the respect and confidence of the public It » the feat doty of ( he Member * af this Hooee to contribute by all proper means to sustain that character , -which is a * essential to the interests of the House itself , as it 3 s to the interest * of the country . If , uhhappD v , the time should arrive when this House chall be stripped " of its moral Tn"frpT" and character , and the respect of the people , its means of resistance will be so weakened to resist unjust demands , that this great assembly , now popularly constitrited , -win be tossed and driven 'b y every successive current , to the 5 jTeat prejudice of the public interest . Ishouldbeunworth j of the situation I now hold , if I did not feel the deepest interest dn whatever can touch or affect the character of this House . It is therefore -with great pain that I have been compelled , in the discharge of zny duty , thus to animadvert on the . conduct -of a Member , who has sought to disparate this Hoase , by
imyarrrmg the conduct sad honour of a larjre portion of its ilembers . It now only remains , that , in obedience to the commands of this House , I should reprimand , as I now . do , 3 dr . O'ConnelL - Mr . O'COKXELL then rose amid much cheering , and ad-^ ressed the House as follows : —Sir , it seems to me that it is « xtremely inconvenient to follow the precedent here laid down . On the present occasion J have been deprived of considerable advantage in my defence b y the mode the House has adopted JU to myself , personal , it is but of small importance what my jutoosrenieaee ard suffering may be , but it is of great importance to the House aad to the country , that its proceedings »" iould be bo asra&ged as not to produce a moral disparagement ietvreen the Hoase and lie country at large , and the morality of the House is not to be disparaged if anv party - violates that asoralirj . It it not , Srr because we are pleased to say we are ¦ BKre , that the country » to judge w to be bo . ( Gheers . ) It
linot , Sjt , because a majority of 9 , or 29 , or 200 , have declared ihemselre * free from shame , that the country ^ tobdjere them to be so . ( Cheera . ) As to myself , S 5 r , thejno 7 aliryorimzno-7 aEty of the House 11 immatenal ; but it is most important to ¦ the true admi « i « tration of justice , that all decisions and pro-^ ceedingB of this House should be free from political and party "iiss . In my opinion , Sir , and in that no doubt of the country , this Home does not vindicate itself by such & resolution as tie jresent , an / more »>»» " thejndgeg did , whoTmdkated ihemcelres from taking ship-money . ( Cheers . ) Sir , I have risen ¦ io move the appointment 01 a Committee of investigation , "frhich I 'bad not an opportimitT of doing iefore- _ Let me meet your resolution by evidence . ( Loud cheers . ) Give me a Committee—let it be selected in a tray you think most likely to obtain the opinion of the public—fet " the Ieadini ? men of each
p arty be upon it- / Hear , and cheers . ) Let it be nominated in the Speaker . Sir , I mean to move , that this Committee shall be fanned , and I p fof'T l submit upon that to anything --which the House may fhVpV fit I have repented of no thmg—2 hare retracted nothing . ( Hear . ) I mean sot to nse harsh - « ff oflenHve languaee . { Cries of "Oh , oh , " bam &e Tory sdde , at which the Hon . and Learned Gentleman paused , as if Azrprissd , tihicb nrodnced profound ungm ^ : After a brief - |«^ ^ H on . andIjearnedGfinfleinanpToceeSed . ) 1 admire their attention to ambject -which introduces the name and sxaeUm of the Deity . ( Bear , hear . ) I repeat what I have «» id , but 1 wish I could find terms less offensive in themselves -aad equally significant- ( Hear , hear . ) I am bound to reaMert what I tavp said , for 2 am convinced of nothing by a -reie . ( Hear , tear- ) Sir , I now move fur the appointment of ^ Comiaitlee .
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The SPEAKER—Mr . O'Connell , itUcontrary totherule of ike House to more for a Gosuaittee wiQunit osnng gnren notice . -Mr . CCONNELL ^ -Jf that i » U » e rale , Si , I nowgiv * notice that I will move for the Conunittee to-morrow . ( Hear . ) Lord CASTLEREAGHtlienro « e , but gave way to Lord JOHN RUSSELL—Sr , Irise tomoTe that your addiew be inserted in the Joumala of the House . . '
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TO THE LONDON WORKING MEN'S - ASSOCIATION . .. - . — — . •¦ —— ; . :. ¦ ' . . . Gentlemen , —I now do myself the honour of repMng to yonr comiHnnication of last week ; and , in doing so , allow ma to otsersre , that after a terj bnsj life of political agitation , for more than five years , yon have heen the first body to hook ine into a oontrorersy with men , who profess to be in quest of the same object with mjWlf . I shall now proceed to reply to your several remarks ; for substantia charge there is none , savethatto wMchl atonceplead guilty i namely , the charge ofTanity ; and had you added ambition , I should have pleaded guilty to that also , leaving the country to judge of its nature . YoHpreceed thus— « You said that the first step in this deadly course was taken by the Working Men ' s Association . " Such was my impression ^ however , you state the fact of that course having , in the first 01 1
instance , originated with , the Committee raae » Delegates . Of this circnmstancelwas wholly ignorant , andyouhave not laid an y ^ data before the public to whichrcan refer ; aeyerthelesa , taking your assertion for fact , I beg to ofier you my appology for that error , and to assure you , that had 1 known the fact , Lshould as unhesitatingly have charged the Committee with anerrorofjudgnient , which ! bear in mind , was my only charge against yon , and you' were bound . in making your charge against me , to have given it in full and to have added the following word ? , contained in my letter to Mr . Fraser : — " My dear Fraser , I state facts . I merely arraign the judgment of those who have thus put their finger into the lions den . " Now . gentlemen , I humbly think , that any vanity
which , the publication of my speech exhibited—and which was called by Mi . Hetherington and the Chairman of the meeting " a Touser , "—* ' a capital speech , ' " calculated to do much good , "—was but a snght shade of-vanity when compared with this implied prohibition against any arrauigment of your judgment . Surely you are notmfallible , and , sureljt I had a perfect right to question the policy of your proceedings , and if th * coarse was impolitic in the Committee , as the originators , it was no less so in you . to have trodden in their steps . By thus quarrelling with me , for having merely arraigned your judgment ^ you defend the policy of your proceedings , while you Sfzm wholly to hare forgotten the fact , that the petition adapted , by the meetinsr of Trades , had a clause to the following
effect : — " Although we deny t ' le right of your Honourable House to interfere . * This 1 incline to think , was a much more severe strictnre upon the petition of the working men , than any thing I have said . There is one sentence , in your address to me , upon which I shall make a > dngle comment . You say , ' ¦ now it go happens , that yon do not speak the truth . " 1 might have called this a charge , and I do not know , that a grosser charge could be bronglit ajiainst any man , and yet , I was present at a debate relative to the publication of th * correspondence between Messrs . Harney and O'Connell , when Mr . Lovett assigned , as a reason for its suppression , ' that Mr . Harney ' s letter contained epithets , which _ if published , wonld reflect discredit , upon the association , for having such a member . " And yet , I pledge myself , that throughout there is not one sentence , so
vulgar , or so deadly wounding , as that which 1 have quoted and which you published . As to the propriety of petitioning Parliament for the appointment of a Committee of Capitalists to judge of t&e rules and acts of Trade Associations , 1 am still unshaken in my opinion , and most persist in calling it a " deadly course , " by whomsoever originated or pursued , " Time will prove , whether or no I am right . Yon say , "You appointed aDepntatiou to wait upon Mr . " O'Conuell to confer with him upon the subject of his intention . -R-itb respect to Trades Unions . " Kow , after Mr . Lovett ' s declaration of having lost all confidence in O'Connell , I call this an injudicious course , to say the least of it , bni ire have not had the benefit of the interview , I am anxious to know the result , and trust that it mny not be consigned to the dead letter box wjtb Haniev ' s correspondence . .
You sny that many of your body belong to Trades 1 ~ mon ?; ' why , zounds , 1 don ' t mean to infer , thnt there are Dot in your Association as good , valuable , patriotic and npnght men as breathe ; but , when you cliart- 'emewiih vanity , and that you decryleadership , may 1 i ! "t L > e allojveti to retort and say that vanity or Laiiership in a portion of your b ^ dy , may be equally injariuus and even more so than in the case of an iijilividnal . I say , much more so , because the individual is answerable , while the body is not answvrable for any act of vaniry or leadership , by which the Ajso . ^ . arion may be compromised or led as-iruy . 1 uov ? give a paragraph , from your address . •* i ? ut no , vout own "rain self must be supreme—you must De " the ltad ' jr of the people , " aad ft'in the lirst uii .. iaeij t that m resolved to form an Associatiou of working im-n , and csllfd u ^ rim tbein to manage their ovm affairs , and disjrtjuse -rriih r * : drsrlij ]> " cxtrry descrijtlion ; we lui \ v had _ y j »' t xnHpulnoU ; vfiyjur fortifies , conUDitilT in anas agaiait U 3 . "
' When you ypeak of having me and patriots of ray feelings constantly in arms ngainst you , you ongiit in all justice and fairness to state what tbo ~ e l * j . v 3 iujrs and vrho those patriots are . Yon have failed to ; io so , allow ine therefore to mention tlie names of tbose persons whom you equally charge with mysell . O'Bbict , anii Bell , whom yon summoned to appear before you—but whose mode of treatment you d : J not relish—Dr . Taylor of Glasgow , aud tie ewr-to-leiamented Beaumont . Now , gentlemen , as a prooi of my disinclination to be the ' m ' eaus of atuiching suspicion to your body , allow me to state « Lat was said by Mr . Beaumoxt and Dr . Ta \ loiu aud nut published in the Northern Shir . Mt . Beaumont at Xciccasile and Leeds , spoke thus : — " Jt ' itrkiiig men , J caution you agahist tfie rollen uorkhig inerts tch do
association of London ^ felloxrs o never a day's trork , and yet would persuade the xcorkiiig classes ( hat they are their friends , while they are continually looking for jobs from Mr . O ' Connell and ether JJTiigs for themselves , —in fad , they are a mere middle class set . " Dr . Tati-ob . said :-r- " They sent vie a d d humbug thing about Canada , for which 1 had to pay postage , and any one could huve it for a laulee . Isaac ' s , 1 think , icas near doing a d —— deal of mischief , by trying to break up the Radical dissociation of Scotland , telling the people , that they icere all humbug , and asking them to establish tcorking-men ' s associations ; but by the living jingo , as my fat / ier — rat / ter than have me idle — bound me to a trade , I icill never be a member of any
association , in xckick I can ' thave a vole " Yon charge me with many disappointed attempts to get tip associations in London , of which I sought to be the leader . To that I reply , that my acts are before the people of London , and I defy any manor body of men to create a prejudice against tho ? e associations which you have so " shamelessly and wantonly attacked . You say that 1 "have dubbed myself the missionary of all the Radicals of London . I do , and r ightly . I hold their commission unsullied , written upon parchment , signed with their names , and sealed wiui their seals ; signed by nine , fanning-the committee , treasurer , and secretary of the Great Radical Association of Marylebone ; iiated andTecognised by the several Radical Associations
of the Metropolis , and passed unanimously at a crowded and respectable meeting of labouring men . My commission is at Leeds ; yon shall have the names . —Those of Thomas Murphy , Dr . Wade , Goldspinx , RrssELL , andSavage are amongst thenu The fulfilment of their directions , has been compb ' ed with to theletter , withoutonefarthing cost to tbem or to the country , and I am ready to stand my trial for auy aet performed in the discharge of my high , sacred , and _ unpaid office . And is it you who—after the glorious , and unparalleled exertioDS of the several Radical Associations , ( during the years 1835 and 1836 ) now join Lord John Rcsseix in pointing the finger of contempt at the meetings of tW humbler classes . The press which should have supported us ,
and which should have been made capable by your exertions of rendering us that support , has for want of that support either faded , or been transferred to hostile hands . Of the Constitutional , the True Sun , and London Despatch , which you proclaimed as your recognised organs , the two former have perished , while the latter in conjunction with the honest London Mercury , has passed into the hands of a Mr . G less v , a Tory of the Lyndhurst school . What then could we hivedone ? Butyou charge me with speaking out forthe first time ; no , my fault was not in speaking ; T might have spoken till I cracked the kead *' of my big drum , " if I had not published aay ojiinions . A Mr . Walter Cox was once tried and sentenced to the pillory for having published a dream . Some one
remarked , that it was hard a man should be punish ed for dreaming , whereupon Lord Norboryobserved , that he might have dreamed for ever , with impunity , if he had not published his dream . As to my being or not being the founder of Radical Associations , let the country judge ; but you give me a fair claim to a portion of the honor , for surely if it was a thing divisible in its nature , and not the act of one man ( as yon prove by naming the immortal Cartwright , Hunt , and-Cobbett ); yomaay extend the glory from -the departad-trinmwrate , aad allow a living renovator to become an adjunct i » Has now quadruple alliance . ' ¦
1 UU tUALgD UAXZ TTitli ULLUilMliiit Y « U 4 > k * ucu uxsn the manliness to utter . Poh I Nonsense ! Myspeech mayiiot have been exactly asJiteral as ififchadbeen in type before . it was spoken , or without being spoken ; but I pledge myself to its substance . As to what I have done in London , let the iLondonrfrs judge ; of what I have done and am deingin the country let the country judge . You say that tke country shall judge -of -ocr respective proceedings , and , whether or oio , you , or taose who make furious appeals to their passions , threatening with fire-arid sword , are fhe-reaFfrieBds to the . cause , . This is aaother echo &om the -vHje press of Lancashire and Yfirksbire , cuciooed Vv "
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Lord-John Raaell and Mr * O'Connell m the House ¦ of Commons , but never mad # « vea by them against
Gehflemen , in conclusion , I beg to state , that I court public censorship , and if I have erred ,, I am ready to be tried at my own expense ; and for that purpose , I hereby offer you , at my owb expense , the large room in . the Crown and Anchor Tavern , where 1 shall appear from day to day and hour to hour , singly and alone , to answer any charge , which the world in its envy may bring against me . I shall throw myself upon the country for a verdict , either to confirm my usefelness , or to denounce my apostacy . I am ready at a moment ' s warning . ML other business being laid aside . la your replyypray inform me what bad man you have denounced and what good man has escaped
your censure . A willing slave is tightly bound in gentle fetters . Partaking of no pleasure save that which the society of Working men affords me , you—as I predicted—have folloTfed me into my retreat , charging me with inuendos and enigmas , which , however , seem to have been so fitting , that you have assumed them and dressed yourselves in them . Why put on the cap of * ' Malthusian Whigs , and worlang-m « n coadjutors ?" What silver tones have changed your warlike notes from proclamation of deadliest hate to ' recommendations of calm philosophy ? Was it always thus , or is the " Rotten House of Commons" now more to your taste , than -when the "Isle was affrighted from its propriety" by your rewards for royal ' ^ sharp shooters ? " When your shop windows presented
deadly figures of expiring monarchy , typical of what an untaxed press was to realise ? Has Lovett forgotten the celebrated anti-taxpaying declaration , relative to ballot for the Militia for national purposes , such as he then described them ? Have Cleave and Hetherington ceased to sound the clarion of defiance , because they are now represented in . the " Rotten House of Commons . " Gentlemen , I have not sought this battle , nor ehalll shun it , now that it has come . You must fig _ ht it out ; you shall either crush me or I will annihilate your association . I leave this ^ at the London Dispatch office , on Tuesday evening , in order that slips may be sent to those papers to whom your address was sent last week . I have the honour to remain , Gentlemen , Y our most obedient servant ,
FEARGUS O'CONNOR , Founder offlie Radical Associations in conjunction , with the immortal Cartwright , Hunt , and Cobbett ; Missionary of the Great Radical Association of London , and President of the National Radical ^ Association of Scotland . Denham Cottage , Hammersmith . Feb . 27 th , im .
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THE " RABBLE" HOUSE OF COMMONS . "England will never be ruined but by a Parliament , " quoth the great Lord Treasurer , Burleigb . It is now somewhere about five years since we reminded the House of Commons of this celebrated apothegm of that celebrated statesman . We used the words upon the presentation of a petition in favour of the Dorchester labourers . That the rabid desire for party ascendancy , instead of an honourable competition in acts f » r the advancement of
social happiness and national aggrandisement , is rapidly hurrying the " Reformed "House of Commons to the fulfilment of the sad prediction ' , no man out of the influence of the insane atmosphere of that assembly can for a moment doubt , —after the verdict of 19 / members of its own body , pronounced on Tuesday night ; wherein they have recorded ayerdict against themselves of perjury by expediency , —themselves the jurors , —themselves the judges , — themselves the witnesses , —and themselves the travelers . If the value of a . seat is worth' the
sacrifice of truth , will not the country be naturally led to the conclusion , that the prostitution of it to infamy will be the inevitable result ? Our . readers will bear iu mind , that under the head of the " Rablile House of Coromous , " , not long since , adduced the very arguments used in the celebrated debates of Monday and Tuesday in support of our
position . We . stated that one-half of the House accused the other half of perjury . Were we : not right ? Aye—and before we proceed further with our subject , we now predict , that however insigni-Seant in its immediate result , the verdict of Tuesday may be , that that verdict will be the foundation of a new charter , and will form the basis of a new constitution . It cannot be otherwise . Merciful
Heaven ! ' * Convicted " Cotton-spmners— % ; ictims to perjury—mark , —if the voice of truth can find its way through the gratings of your prison bars , —oh ! mark ! the source from whence your judges derive their authority ! The ' fountain being thus declared impure ! how can one clear stream of unsullied justice or purity flow from such a quarter ? With the propriety , or discretion , of the motion of Lord Maidstone , we have nothing to do ; but with the verdict and debate we iave everything to do .
With Mr . O'Connell ' s faults we have always dealt manfully ; but God forbid that personal animosity , or political difference should induce us to withhold from him praise for that great prospective benefit , of which , by Tory rashness , / he has been made the instrument . Yes , in the truth of every word uttered by him , and for which he has received the glory of a miniature martyrdom , we fully accord ; but , lest a dungeon should be our unrepresented lot , and lest our incarceration should be a loss to our
party , we speak of the last Parliament , and allow the country to judge how far the sins of their predecessors have worked repentance and change in the present Honourable Gentlemen . We have served upon committees , and after the brains have been knocked out , which is the parliamentary term used upon the striking of the tribuaal , and which means the rejection of eleven upon each aide , of the most conscious and able members , —no great compliment , by the way , to ourselves and others , who have been allowed the honour t > f acting ; aud if the reply to j
" How do you vote ? has been— "According to my conscience , of course /'—the invariable answer was — " What a damned fool ; won't you vote with your party ? " We aave been witness to more than one instance of this kind ; and now , not according a triumph to either party , we ask , was not Mr . O'Connbli . fully justified in his declaration ? Aud can a majority of 226 plead for themselvss any exemption from that censure , which the verdict , aud , indeed , the confession , of the wounded andinsulted majority , have entailed upon themselves
equally with the resigned minority ? No . The minority acted the part of bold avowers of their own necessary peifidy , " while the majority confessed their sias , but shuddered at the publication of their iniquities . For the information of the poor and virtuous sufferers , for whom we vfrite ( and who are , thank God , untutored ia the act of expediencyperjury ) , it may not be amis * to state the mode of ballotting foT , and appointing , Election Committees . The names of all the members are taken from a box , which is kept closely sealed ; and when those
names are placed ia several glasses ; the clerk draws them , and bands them in convenient lots to the Speaker , who calls -them aloud , till to the number of thirty-tirree shall haw answered . Those present tnust answer . After the thirty-three shall hare been nominated , the friends of theparties retire for the parpose of striking the committee , which is done by kaocking off eleTen-ateach side ibe eleven remaining members , form the committee , who . appoint a chairman ; - add tfcen , "haying reiigkmti ff made up their minds as to the -verdict , they used { in the last PARiriAiiEST ^ nxr >) rto go : thrQurf » the mock
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ceremony of hearing evidence , and then deciding . Such , reader , i * the villa ny . for the v exposure of wfiich , Mr . O'CoNNBLi-. 'has undergone the censure of a body , not oiae of whom had the effroitiery to deny a singlei attegaidbn : in the charge . "We shall now travel from the seif-convicted House of .- ' . CTom r . mons into a wider ^ sphere , and apply the workings of the system to the battlefieldj- ^ popr Ireland , —whose green-fields are ' 'jet crimsoned with the blood of her innocent children . ! F 6 thajt land , where the tombs of the Martyrs pennaturely consigned to the cold
grave , furnish so many monuments of the fell cdrrupt ioii , which the poisoned source has communicated to the several channels of legislative , and administrative Justice ; we ^ apply- ' . the whole debate and verdict to that country which has been the victim to tnisriecessity for preserving a religious ascendency . Canit , then be longer ^ matter ^ '" . of surprise , that personal vengeance should supply the pl ^ e of justice withheld , and that a virtuous and preseribed race , loving truth and hating perjury ^ should deny the cbmpeteucy of your iParliainent to inculcate moral
instructi 6 n ~ tp enact eo ^ ual lawsr--to legislate with honor , and administer with impartiality P Whaty then , haa been the consequence of the corruption and perjury of all former Parliaments ? lit Ireland the pulpit has been a vvatch-tower , from which war , and desolatipn ,, and damnation , has been preached by political sfire-brands , ^ pmng a religious dissention , as the best means of preserving a .. "political- ascendancy , as the rudder of the Church . The lips of the apostle have insulted the creed , and ; scoffed at the religion of those by whose wearied hands he has
been clothed , and housed , and fed . Forgetting his duty towards his God , he sinks the mild character of the mediator into the wild ferocity of an exterminator ; and the altary instead of being the footstool of God , has b ^ ome the couch of Mammon . The Bench , whereon pure , unsulled , and even-handed justice should take her seat , and reign triumphant , has become a receptacle for politicians , whose respective merits are canvassed according to the comparative pretensions of the candidates in acts of political proflicacy and party subserviency— -whose precedents
become law , and whose judgments are the result of political bias rather than of deliberation and solemn conyicdpn . The Bar , till partially dpe ' e ' e'd by emancipation , - ^ npr is it much , better how , —was composed of a recruiting party , where proflieacy furnished the best claims to the vacant judgment-seat j and where , by combination , the poor man was served with the black letter of the law , while the mild spirit was reserved for him who could purchase it-The Dock ia the condemned dell where the prejudged Catholic victim holds up his hand in honour
of his religious martyrdom , and as a victim to the ascendency , of a Law Church ; The Magistrate is the administrator of prejudice , whim , and enprice , instead of being the mild expounder of the mild spirit of the la > y : his authority flowing from a perjured source , he looks upon the triumph ot truth as insignificant , when compared with the triumph of party . The jury-box is a place where the worst passions rally—there deter , mined , to uphold the ascendancy of Orangism , so long as a foot of resting ground shall remain . If
" passive obedience and non-resistance" be , indeed , a doctrine meritorious in its observancej as propounded by Archbishop Murray , well and good ; but , on the other : hand , if there be a point beyond whicn-human endurance cannot go , the House of Commons has at length eiftabiished it . And our only astonishment is , that , with offices so filled , justice so polluted , religion so defiled , and reservoir so corrupt , the Irish people have not long since
exterminated their oppressors , —not the Protestant religion , but all tyrants , whether Catholic or Protestant , who use the authority which corruption affords for the prosecution of their Ascendency . Mr . O'Con-NEtL has once more- to thank the malicious ingenuity of the Tory party , for this . other .-prop - " which they have placed under his tottering popularity Will the Whigs and Tories longer run in the same harness ? Can the Whists hold office without the
assistance of the Tories ? No . Then prepare for an election . Place "Universal Suffrage upon your banners , and let us endeaTour to instil the spirit of truth into the councils of the nation , by opening the doors of the sanctuary , for the admission of the poof but honest representative , whose motto is , "Do unto others as you would : they should do unto you . "
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TO THE EDITORS OF THE NOHTHERN STAR . GENTLEMEN ; ,. " / : . " / ' ' ' . - ¦ "• " .. Haying briefly noticed last week the appalling statements made by Mr , Fielden , in support of his motion , for a repeal of the New Poor Law Act , statements on which your Sl < ir of , last week , shed the additional light of a vivid and searching commentary , allow me now . to draw your readers ' attention to a few characteristic features of the debate—chardcteristic , I mean of the ;< < rabble " assembly which figured on the decasion . Mind , I designate tWe assembly rabble , not through disresnect but in deference to its own supreme wisdom
—that wisdom having decided to reject a petition , because it simply and respectfully said , — We do not say there is a rabble of yoiir honourable house . " The right of exclusively appreciating its own character and composition is , doubtless one of the privk leges of the honourable house , and if , on the occasion referred to > its appreciation of self was tantamount to a confession that there was a rabble of their honourable house , I ! am the first to bow toi its decision , and to admit , that in this instance at least , it did not abuse its privileges . It may have refused justice to the petitipners j but it cannot be denied that it did justice to itself . ;¦" '" ,.
Now for the characteristic features—these , for brevity sake , I will call lying , shuffling , and mis ^ representation . A brace or two of vfacts will illustrate the applicability of these epithets . Lord HowicKy you iremember , was very hoity-toity in defending the workings of the New Act . ¦ : Amongst the miracles of good it- had wrought , that young Lord had the modest assurance to include the suppression of the Agricultural JBiots of 1830 . He asked-i
" Had the Hon . Member forgotten the alarming state of th * coTintiy in 1830 ? Dul tbe Hon . Member forget that the ih-BUirection in the agricultural districts approached almost to the capital ? Did he forget the outrages which extended from north to south—the mighty fires , and the state of alarm in which the farmers thrbtighout . thecouatty . were kept during the winter of that yeir ? The state of things wim , now very different , and that ; difference he ( Lord Howick ) : ; contended w » s mainly to be attributed to the New Poor Law Act . " If old Grev were dead , Lord Ho wick would
step into his shoes , and then Lord Howick ' s word of honour would be , ia law , equivalent to another man ' s oath . Yet here . is this Lbrdj upon whose veracity so much is presumed , coolly and deliberately uttering what every one must know to be a self-evident falsehood . What is the fact ? The fact js ^ that the riots in question : ( stackburning , machine-breaking , &c . ) took place just four years | Ci 830 ) before the New Act was thought of , ( 1834 ) and were suppressed sot only in the same year , but within a few weeks after they had been committed-7 not by the slon' workings of the
Starvation Law— -but by tiie -. expeditious workings of ¦ tbe " " Gallows and the ^ ulks . V t ^ ho can ever forget ; the Special Commissions . of that epoch ? Aye , Special Commission * , for the Jaw ' s vengeance would not iwait the ordinary Assize tribunals . Who can forget old ( ijEtEY ' -s 'boasted . vigour '' which , on that fatal occasion , made upwards of 200 widows orphans ?—which consigned to the hand 8 of the -hangman the unfortunttte Bristol and Nottingham Raters , after having first irtfuriated them to phrenzy ^ for the Bill , the whole Bill ; and nothing but -the Bill , ' --: u « d jaost horrible ' ( k ^
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which hanged poor Gook :, of Micheldeaver , for striking Bingham Babing a bloir , from which the said Bingham suffered no hurt or harm whatever ? " Such was the reinedial process ! by which the riots of . 1830 were suppressed . It was the true old Sangrado prescription ^ o / eet / jfl ^ " -and hot water—Hh& true "W hig and Tory panacea for aU political diseases affecting the lower orders . Yes , yes ; Lord HowicK ^ -it was the bieepino and HofP water which did ^ your business then ,- ^
- —not the bastiles and water gruel . Your mistake ia simply this : instead of ascribing the suppression of the riots to the Bastiles and water ^ ruel , you ought to have ascribed the Bastiles and water gruel to the suppression of the riots . The " reform" of Parliament , I know , intervened between the . two events ; hut . uot even the '' reforpied" moneymongers' ParUament would have dared to enact tlie Starvation Law " , had hot Swing ' s legislation been suspended in the interval . So much for Lohd Howick . Now for a specimen of the other side
of the house . Sir Robert Peel—^ -as prove that a Tory lie can match a Whig lie any dayasserted that the " experiment" of the Neyr Poor Xaw Act was determined on by Parliament" with the universal assent of the country ! " - —Xt is easy to see what these gentry mean by the comitry According to their statistics 20 millions out of 25 millions form no part of the country at all ! The million dore or golden million , as the French call it , is all they think about- —a pret ( y g o ° d reason by the way , why all who are not of million dore
should set about thinking of themselves . But to compare Sir Bobby ' s assertion , with facts . The assertion has manifest reference to the Poor Law Commission of 1833 , in whose report the measure was originally framed . Now , ribtwitbstahdirig that that commission collected its evidence from the rich , or million dore exclusively , and not a word of it frpm the 20 millions comppsing . the productive
classes ; : mark how Sir Bqbb y is refuted by his own test . The jobbers composing the commission alluded to , sent a circular into all the counties of England and Wales , addressed to 1 , 717 personsj ( a pretty considerable number of witnesses it is true , and more than sufficient to furnish the requisite evidence , if fairly chosen from all classes of society , ) which said circular contained the twofollpwing . questions : ~^
1 st , —Has agricultural capital increased or diminished in your neighbourhood ? 2 nd . —J 9 o you attribute such increase or dimi-Mttibn to any cause connected with the Poor Laws , or their mal-adininislration f Now , observe . 1—these questions were not addressed to the labourers , or even to the farmers and gentry taken promiscuouslyy but to 1717 persons selected from amongst Lords . Baronets . Squires , Rectors
Overseers , and Big Farmers—the selection being made on a knowledge or calculation of the predisposition or bias of the parties selected . Observej next , that the first question refers to capital exclusively , and asks nothing about lodges—whilst the second question omits to enquire whether rents and toxes had any effect on the . farmer ^ capital , or whether Peel ' s fraudulent Currency Act of 1819 had affected it ! - ^ an d confines itself solelv
to the operation of the rates . You see here , Gentlemen , the whole secret of the Starvation Act in bold relief . The object was to prevent the rapid diminution of the farmers' capital consequent on Peel ' s Bill—but the diminution was to be stopped , not by a new Act depreciating the Currency—rnot by an abatement of rents and
taxes—but by a two-fold attack on the property of the labourers—a direct attack on the rales , which was their only inheritance in the soil , aud an indirect one on their wages—this being an inevitable consequence of the other . A preuy Commission of Encfuity , to be sure ! Pretty fellows , these , to be entrusted with the getting up of evidence , for a measure which was to . decide- the
destiny of labouring millions ! But with all their stealthy management , the , answers to the circulars only made confusion more confounded . Instead of Sir Bobby's Universal dsssnt of the country , " the result was this ; 1 / 10 out of the 1717 , certified that agricultural capital had diminished , but there were only 159 individuals out of the entire lot who had the hardihood to ascribe the dimunition to the Poor
Laws , or to their mal-administration . And even of those 159 , 14 yrereanonymous ( so ashamed were they of their turpitude , ) and two oihets vrere ascertained tohavecome from Majexdie the Poor Law Runner , and BishopBLOoMFiELD , who was one of the Commissioners , and who has since so fully justified his fitness for that office by his unchristian , or rather anti-christian speeches iu favour of the Bastardy
Clause . Nay , so far from responding to the damnable suggestions of the circulars—so far from ascribing the diminution of their capital to the Poor Laws , nearly all the farmersVho answered the queries , had the sense and honesty to state , that ths poor were no burden at all to the farmer , seeing that if they did not pay the money in rates to the poor , they must pay the same amount in an increase of rent to the landlord . And the farmers Of the
parish of Broadway , in Worcestershire , went so far as actually to state as follows : — Agricultural capital is diminishing , but not on account of the Poor Laws , which rather tend to keep capital in the parish , but because the great landowners spend less in the parish , by carrying the great bulk of their incomes to London , where it accumulates in the hands of Usurers , Stock-Jobbers * and the Me , and consequently does not return to the paxish . "
Such , gentlemen , was the authority on which the infernal Starvation Act was bottomed , and which Peel has the effrontery to call " the universal assent of the country . "—Why , the fellow might as well say , that it was- with our universal assent his father realized three inillions of pounds sterling by Cotton Spinning , or rather by getting others to " spin for him / for old Sir BoBihr , like young Sir Bobby was , after all , only one of " the fillies of the valley who toil not , neither do they Spin , yet Solomon in all his glory was not brighter arrayed than they /'
Sir Robert said nothing of the indecent haste with which the bill was hurried through the House . Sir Robert did hot , to use a contemporary ' s language , describe the violent process b y which it was thrust down the people's throats , and the no less violent means by which it is kept in their stomachs . Sir Robert did not explain the lies upon lies , the false promises upon false promises , by which the counijry was imposed upon during the passage ef the biD . He did not state j for instance , that during the discussion on the motion for leave to bring in the
bill , honest Althorp said , in answer to some objections by Sir Samuel \ Vyhalley , " that when a , parish is really wetl-regylated , itneednotetitertaih the slightest apprehension of interference upojy the part of the Commissioners , "—a promise or expectation which has , in every possible case been egregiously falsified—not excepting Sir Samuel ' s own parish of Marylefbone . Sir RdBEiRT did not state , that in the debate on the second reading , the
same honest Axthorp did then and there declare that . ; < ¦ ' . ¦ it was said that the intention of the bill went wholly tig prevent the granting of relief , out of the work-house walls . Now , the fact was , that there was no one clause of the bill to that effect ! The Commissioners were certainly to have the power of recommending the building of workhouses [( sisif they had not that before ) but soflarfrom all relief of any other description being cut tiff " by the bill , he believed ihatltcficn it came fairiy <
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V j ' -. . '/ - ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦¦ - ' . ' ¦ ' - ¦ ' ¦ ' " Sggwopto yi fhe mtrc ^ or system of relief might be Ap ^ ANTAGEOUSl ^ INCREASED , r «« i ^ W ;^«^ 7 ; W ?\ : r : ;^ % eexpectations ? Was this ; lasting ^ cojouwj or was itnot ? Yet Sir Bobbtt tikes n 6 notice at all of diese frauds on ! public feeling- ^ nor dbea ; he seein to recollectidrd Brougham ' s niiserable declaration , ii which ; he doubted ^^ whethei- any me had ever even dreamed pf separating husbands
from theiryokes , or parents from their : children in worU ( nKes " - ~ j \ ist as if a specific clause were required for that purpbse-r-just as if the classification : rendered necessary by the new system would not produce the ; same- effect as a positive / enactmeiit for the purposes ; If all , or nearly all the poor are to be thrust into Workhouses ^ before they . become entitled to relief , the , separation of husband from wife , and parent from child , becomes inevitable , for how else can accommodation be found for a tithe of the
parents and married couples consigned to these dens of infamy , without turning ^ them 1 all into brothels , or sinks of bestiality , which even pigs would run away from . —No , no—Sir Bobby- —ypii did not forget these things more than th » people of England . wiU forget your impudent assertion when theday of reckoning comes . That that day ,: Sir Bobby , may come -much sooner than you suspect , but not a jot sooner than you deserve , is the sincere prayer of your cordial enemyj and the cordial enemy of the infernal money-mongering creir , of which you are the reputed chiefs / BRONTERRE ^
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¦ ,.. \ ' .- - ^— ' ; .. ' - ¦ <> . ¦ . ' ¦ ' " ' ' ' ¦ .. •¦' - ' ¦ ¦ y } ' : r : ¦ ' ¦; ' [ BIOGRAPHY OF ARTflUR O'CONNOR , - ^ s ^ : ' ^ . ¦ " , ( Continuedfro ) n ow'lasty ' -. No doubt the . glorious spirit which the French revolution had communicated to the people of every European State , had a considerable efifect upon the conduct of Arthur O'Connor ; and , jtfter having looked in vain to tlie English and Irish House of Commons for the emancipation of the Catholics , and the concession of Universal Suffrage , he at length formed the resolution : of applying to the French Directory for aid to crush the domesrip tyranny . As the propriety of introducirig a foreign
force into Ireland has been canvassed by featherbed generals and trafficking politicians , it shouM be understood ^ . ' thatArtiiur ' s terms with the Directory were , that after tlie conquest of the faction , the ascendancy of the people of Jreland was to ie ucbievedvby the restoration of the sacred right of voting to every man of full age and arm matter of ^^ history , however ^ jtiiat the fleet which Ijore General Hoche , and the arms , destuied for Ireland , was dispersed and prevented from accomplishing those ends for which it-, was
destined . O'Connor was an avowed foe , boldly took up ; arms , stood . several trials , suffered years of duugeon rincarceration , defied torture to extract confession or inculpate others , and , finally , after haying been tried and acquitted at Maidstone , and upon being again immediately arrested upon another charge , liarrassed * arid his party vanquished , he signed . what is called a voluntary act -of banishuient , tinder certain stipulations guaranteed ; by . Lord Gastkreagli , not one of which , however , has been
fulfilled . 'Arthur ' soon : became a general in the J'Vench service ; he married the only child of the celebrated Marquis Cohdorcet , by whom he had . three sous , only one of , whom' uow lives ; In tlie last revoiiition vi France , expecting a very different resnlt ^ his house was open for the refreshment of the ekhausted patriots , his wife adminij-tering to their wantsj bis two sons , with Irish , double-barrelled giin * were in the ranks of freedom , while the patriarchal warrior was engaged in the not less useful occupation of casting bullets for the warriors . /
Such is a short newspaper sketch , of a man -against whom even , slander has never dared to aim a' singte shaft . Such is . the man whose principles we elvow to the letter , and in the same cause a * that hi which lie . nobly embarked we would enlist to-morrow , to free England , Ireland , and Scotland from the dominion of tyranny ; andy in its stead , to nrect the temple of Democracy , based upon
Universal Suffrage . If a never-ceasing wish ; if an . an > dous desire , to see the Irish representatives sitting in tbeir own kingdom ? legislating for their people , be treason ; if love of country , and detestation of tyranny , be treason ; if a detenniuation to die in the assertion of right , rather than submit to the dominion of ¦ wrong , be treason , —then dp we , top , glory in the name of Traitor .
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. ' : - . - .. IlEEOS . " ,-:: -: . V - SuBSCRiPTros for the Poor . —On Sunday , the Mayor and the principal portion ; of the corporation , attended Divine worship at the parish church , when an eloguent and impressive sermon . wa& preaitied by tbe Rev . Vicar , after which a collection was made , amounting to £ 60 . 12 s . 8 d . In the evening another collection was made , amounting to £ ' 30 12 s . 4 d . / The whole of the proceeds are to be applied , through the means ; pf the Church Visiting tsocietyjfor the reHef of the distressed poor pf afi denomiriatibns . ' -Co
Steawng a HAjjnkgRCHiEF . —On Tuesdayy Eliza . Garside was brought up at the Court House , charged with stealing a handkerchief , the property of Mrs . Spencer , who resides in . Ebenezer-street . 1 he article was found in pledge for Is . 3 d ., where it had bten placed" by the prisoner . In defence the prisoner admittedsteialuvg the article , but stetedtliat she had gone to the . house to bprrp \ F sixpence , and there being company in . the house at the . time , she took the-handkerchief , andpledged it where it was found . She was ^ ^ committed for trial to Wakefield House of Correction ; '" - . : A-- ' , '¦' . ¦ "' ¦ ¦ ' ' : " ' . " ,- ¦¦¦ ' ¦ - ; . ' '' - * r '"
^ Cauti © n to Keepers of Beershops . —On Tuesr iiy , Benjamin Haniey , keeper of the Paul Pry beer shop ; in the Leylands ,, wasbroiight up at the Court House , ; charged with having company in his house after the hours prescribed by law . He vyas fined 40 s . and . expenses . ^ ¦ :-: . Steaung BEADs .--OnTuesday , Joseph Homer was charged at the Court House , with / having , on the night pfe \ ious , stolen a quantity of beads , the property 01 Mrs . Charlotte Blundel , of the Central Vlarket . The prisoner was suspected , and
apprehended , with the articles in his possession . He was remanded for further examination .: v AssAUi-TS . —tOa Tuesday , John Benson and Wmu Douglas , two' of the 15 th hussarai stationed at our barracks , were brought up at the Court House , charged with ha \ ih gf on Saturday night , most frossly assaulted two young men , in Lady-lane , y knocking them down , kicking , and otherwise treating them with great bersoaal violence . They were banded over to Be dealt with hy their officers . /• '¦ .. ¦ ' . '¦ : / : ' - ' - ¦¦ '¦ ¦ : . ;" -- ¦' ' : ' - : . ' : . " . ' . . ¦" . - ., ' : "' .
A Sleepy Tramp .--Two persons named Shaw and Westerman , were brought before the magistrates , ; on Monday ^ lasty charged / with taking a tin case ^ containing the trampiHg card and certificate of a member of the Odd Fellows' Spcietj , while sleeping on thebench of a publican named Cox . The prisoners were not seen to takethe case but of the man ;» pocket but they were in the room . while he was asleep , arid on his waking his case was missed . A search wasjmade for it , and it was eventaally found to have been put up the chimney ^ / It was obtained with considerable difficulty , and much to the satisfaction of-the brother of this excellent orders There
being no proof of the guilt of the prisoners they were ( discharged * : SxEAiiNO SHOES .--Qn Saturday last two Tads named Bitk and Harker were brought before the Magistrates , charged with stealing a pair of shoes the property of Mr . Hutchinson , of Woodhous ^ . It ajipeafed that Hutcbinson ' s wife had ^ on the day beforej gone into a neighbour's house and left tie key in her own house door ; These lads were passing at the time and turning the key openedihedoorj , when perceiving no one in the house they took dovs n the shoes in question , which were hanging upon a
naih Perceivings however , that their design wasr discovered they put the shoes behind the door and ran awayV f They ; w * ere followed to ; Woodhouse , by Hutchinson's son , who found a policeman ; . and haa them taken into custody . In their defence they stated jthat they merely had called at the house to enquire what o ' clockit was , and that perceiving no one in the house they shut the . door and quietly web t away , - They wholly denied the charge aid defied the . Court to prove that they had ever touched the shoes , since they were found in the house , wh < n they ( the lads ) were nearly two ' miles frpra it . They were committed to take their trial at the sessions .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 3, 1838, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct520/page/4/
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