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THE SOtJBCE OF AIX " OUB ^ OTJB . ^ " OTClSON ^ ANSWEBED . 7 The lastj like the preceding Parliamentary weeks , lias been devoid of public , interest and unproductive of psbHc good . Squabbles about seats ; renewal of - declarations of the necessity of hacking the back of fi » poor soldier ; arguments concerning foreign Wicy ; declarations in favour of nego emancipation sna white ^ f laTe bondage 5 Malthusian exuliafion at the snecest && wholesale plunder ; virtuperation
against th ^ 2 reaayonjasfly oppressed Catholics—Harbour Bills ; Bail-road Bills ; Pier Bills ; Irish Poor XawBiBs ; with aU the other absuTdities ,-have "been direussed in the National Jobbing House TrhBe not a word , not a single word , has been ottered , having for its object , the advancement of the millions . Thus we find elective power and nonelective influence once' again opposed ; justice at -wax with injustice ; unprotected truth contending against protected falsehood ; and naked misery , starvation , and want latched at by those who lire upon national plunder , depravity , monopoly ,
and force . These Hangs we fawnr ^ these things we fesl ; these things we preach ; but so "violent must . be any change for the better , fhatit is-almostvain to expeetthat men -htH give Tip old prejudices , long cherished predelicijons , and crotchety for what appears a subversion of established order , ttnd aphmge into chaotic confusion . "We grant , that , opposed as our present rulers are to ^ very species of progressive improvement , that the move , if not restrained by a timely application of reforming principles , will be s dash to clear the breach which corruption has made , and in one dreadtal strugg le to accomplish more by -rioleace ; than -K-ould have been required if something had been
yielded to justice . The system of private contention , individual monopoly , and party aggrandizement , las disgusted the non-electors , with the dele gation of representative power , by a few interested individuals to the keeping of those who legislate for themselves , and against the interest of the commonwealth . - In all ages , and through all time , there has been xxat phrase to account for the condition" of the working classes . "We hear of idleness , drunkenness , want of education , and a thousand imperfections and -deficiencies , attributed to them as a reasonable means
of accounting for their want of improvement and saoral elevation . "We iave heard the -thunder of : pnlpit eloquence , senatorial reproof , sectarian denunciation and declamatory ravings of paid and itinerant demagogues , unmercifully hurled at the " swinish jBuliitude ; " all their -rices have been represented as-ehaiacteristic oX-JU jJp w . born race ; while few lave deelared ~ Stem to be ~* emfi&gKBffies of oppression and misrule . Men possessing- pMlantEfopby and loTe of justice , mourn , as it were , &at with the best intentaoBS to serve them , the working classes cannot " be induced & conform to those rules" laid down bv
their professed Mends and champions . Alas ! they iave no Mends ; they cannot have Mends under thepresent system of legislation . . The people witness the disorganization of their moral societies , while fashion in high life proceeds apace with rapid strides . They witness the breaking ¦ op of their small once happy and social communities , and see a squalid race . of living skeletons marchingin sad procession , infilthy towns , by arithmetical Tnle , from the den of misery to the loathsomefaetory , and thence ( when old age , or exhaustion , or daneerof
speculation overtakes them , ) to the dungeon of the remorseless "DeviL-King , whose deputies receive them as a part of the over-population of the country . Behold then tile mistery . A new order of thingshas spnnignp , and we require anew order of info to govern them . The rapid changes which society lias undergone "by the introduction of machinery withont coresponding law , ? to regulate its proceeds , is the one ^ n » a ± 3 ) laeuesDot , whiehnQws > ffiKvbj -tt ^ hady . politin jyi j all the . fault is attributed to the people themselves , while those who are entrusted with their government , are held exempt from censure .
Of iate , more than ever , the cry of over-population , as compared with the means of production , has been trumpeted in our ears . The means of regulating population in one country , by the commercial -wants , speculation , and power of production , of other countries , has been reduced to a singular nicety ; and has been solved and laid down with an exactitude , Trbich no science ( even Ies 3 abstruse ) has attained . & . table of grain has been established which , in the opinion of political economists , should * regulate population ; and instead of effecting an equitable distribution of tie fruits of the earth and of
rendering them subservient to the wants of the people , * so as in due time they may enjoy them ' !" 5 t would appear as if the order of . nature were reversed , and that the scale of population should be made subservient to the comjnercial speculation of the capitalist , the wants of the lord of the soil , and to the financial necessities of a jnoney-mongeriisg Government . The Question x £ over-population cannot be solved "b y any grren somber of inhabitants . Man has been displaced from his natural position in society , by the intro-= dnction of machinery ; and if to-day ten millions should be considered a thin population , to-morrow ,
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~ bj the invention of some new piece of machinery , one million might be looked upon as a superabundant population . By power of production , is meant the means of producing , at the smallest possible remunerating jriee&T labour , with tie greatest possible amount of profit to the speculator . The whole question of unstress and dissatisfaction u to be thus accounted Jar . For ages the people of this country have-been accustomed to one line of life , and one description < jf labour , in the ^ . enjoyment and prosecution of jrhich they have been governed by laws made with reference to their habits and occupations . But of
late a new spirit , a lively soul has been infused , which requires a new code of laws ; first to arrange -&b profits , aad then to govern the system . -Under the old feudal laws , some scale was established , to jegulate the landlord' s profit upon each ' class of land aeeerdingto its producing power . The political awnomists , subdivide the price of the raw . material , the profit * ttpos tenancy , outlay , r isk , and speculation , with nice precision j while they hand the -Scheme for factories regulation , over to the ten-£ er mercies of the Russian , the American , and other xnh&hitsicbs &f foreign parts . -
' . "We require some defined specific rule for the regulation of all profit ™^ p by labour , otherwise ¦ we shall have a savage and a bloody civil war to right society . The facility which machinery ' affords for gambling , makes the avaricious capitalist ( speculating on hourly return from each drop of KMO * , ) look with apathy upon the uncultivated soil Is -new of his mill , and with contempt upon the ^ (^ jole-faMvator , who is satisfied with the
poor ja ^ jbf , * " ? or fire . " per cent , soil that aannaHyv for W labour and speculation . The anxious gambled wfeo hazards hia all upon one throw , of the eBee , : does not look with more ineffable contempt npon . fee frequenter of ihe penny lo © - . iable , tnii' 5 pes ' theju ^ -MferB-eapitalist upon the dloyr procedure ' of , his farmiag neighbour . Is it not monstrous to ' talk ' of over-populatioB ) and to resort to foreign and ^ fluctuating markets for human food , VMe at each step we see thousands of acres merely
jajoinng wholesome labour to produce wholesome fiod ? Over population indeed ! Lay low the lofCjheads tdjcnx forest trees ; - dispose of your hunters , race hones , pleasure horses , dragoon horses , "dogs , and
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animals , who consnBreMthout producing ; turn your parks , your race grounds , your deer parks , and -vast domains Into available produce : then show us an overpopulation , and we will join with you in quest of distant countries , to which the younger branches of nature ' s family shall repair for sustenance , shelter , and relief * Speak ihen , henceforth , in terms which the Sofferers can understand . Lay aside your economical mysteries , with regard to free trade , overproduction , over-population , and competition . Take the fragments of misery from your political Kaleides
eope , andshowthefairpicturetotbepeople . Speak to them in homely phrase—tell them that to be great abroad , we must first be great at home . Talkto them of national free trade—tell them to dissolve the incestuous union between Church and State , and to restore the tiflies to the uses of the people . Tell them to make the laws such as can be obeyed from love , and disband your army . Get rid of your pensioners , yourdrones , your locusts , and your expensive establishments of every description : and then , those who now complain of disorder and want of
moral perfection , win speedily find that the cause being removed , the effect will have ceased to eiist * We admit that any new science , by lie operation of which the government of a country is much affected , requires time for consideration , before new laws can be made applicable to the working of new circumstances . But at the same time , all must allow , that no disposition has been evinced to remedy a single evil created , by recent great and important
changes . The few whom machinery has not as yet vitally effected , serve as a political guard for those who are becoming rich ( as if by magic ) under its unrestrained influence . In conclusion , let it not be understood that we are enemies to machinery . On the contrary , we are staunch supporters of the system ; but we areenemies to the unequal distribution of the funds made under its application . Machinery , which should be man ' s holiday , has been made man ' s curse ; and when we know that the manufacturer who can
rob 4 , 000 men , women , and children , of two hours labour per day at 3 d . per hour , puts thirty one thousand eight hundred pounds per annum into his own poeket , with out any speculation as to the price of material or manufactured article , —then we say , regulate the profits made by machinery , or the people will be obliged to regulate them for you . '
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TO THE EDITORS OF THE NORTHERN STAR . London , March 28 th , 1838 . Gentlemen , —I have seldom perused a Journal which afforded me more real satisfaction than did your " Star" of Saturday last . Let me briefly explain why that number in particular has so much pleased me , and why , I think , it must have pleased thousands of other persons whose good opinion is of more consequence to you than mine .
Your " Star" of Saturday abounds in matter tihich shows that you , itscottductors } are preparing to act as tceli as to write and talk , and , vchat is by far more important , that the Men of the North are preparing to act . tcith youi and even to go beyond you , if that be possible You will see by this , that I allude not so much to your own editorial articles , as to the general contents of your last number—more especially to your correspondence , and your reports of public meetings , I would not give a fig for all the editorial scribbling
and speech-makingjn the world , unless they be of a nature to make the people act ; but that your scribbling and speech-making will have that effect , if they have not already produced it , isevidentto me from almost every part of the . contents of your last number . In the first place there is your report of the Radical meeting at Bury . The sentiments expressed at that meeting need only to be universally acted upon by the working classes to render their-cause invincible . It is the first example I have seen of a Trades' Union
baring the intelligence and th « boldnese to declare that politics was an essential part of the legitimate objects of such societies . The old cuckoo cry- — " We hav&iiothing to do with politics "—that cry which knaves originated , which fools were taught to reiterate—and which has hitherto proved the bane of all Trades' Combinations—was most wisely and manfully discountenanced at Bury . Talk of the signs of the times ! I know no sign of the times so pregnant with salutary consequences to the British public , as this conduct of the Unionists of
Bury . Had the Grand Consolidated Trades ' Union ( which presented such an imposing array of strength a few years ago , ) only acted upon similar resolves to those of the men of Bury , it would not only have been still in existence , but would be the most formidable Combination that ever menaced Governmental Despotism . At the time of that Union , I did all in my power to induce its members to embody the single question of Universal Suffrage amongst the number of its declared objects ; but neither myself , nor those of my
readers who belonged to the Trades , could make any impression against the overwhelming majority , whose cry was— "We want no politics , " — " We will have nothing to de with politics . " What reason and common sense could not effect then , time and experience have since partially effected . All intelligent working men are now convinced of three things—First , that without a voice in the laws , their Trades' Combinations will ever have but a precarious tenure of existence , being always liable to be criminated and broken upby the verdict of a middle-class jury . Second , that without a voice in the laws , such , combinations can , at best
only partially stay orpreventthe downward progress of working men , but are never of any avail to permanently raise wages , much less to materially affect the arrangements of society in favour of the interests of labour . And Third , that Universal Suffrage , far from operating against , or being inconsistent with , the other declared objects of Trades' Unions , would materially assist them and expedite the march of opinion . in favour of still more comprehensive objects . These convictions axe now pretty generally entertained , and , thanks to the men of Bury and to the Northern Star , they bid fair to ripen into the golden fruit of action before long . . ;
Who that reads your , account of the Bury Trades ' Meeting will not rejoice to see such sentiments as the following expressed by working men : — - " . We do not come here ( lays Mr . Boxjbooiokb , millwright ) , tobearDr . FLBTCHEB , or Jeaeous O'Connor , or Mr . Stephens , or Mr . Oastleb ; we are come to repel the foul charge of assassination " ( O'Conneli . ' s charge ) . Again— " Some of those present had probably been accustomed to say what have
we to do with politic * I—buthe , Mr . Boubgoigne , would tell them " that if there had been fair legislation to protect the interests ef labour , there would have been no need for Unions , for trades , or for Secret Societies . They would soon find that it concerned every one to understand politics , Sec . " Mr . B . then proceeded to refer to the House of Commons' Committee now sitting on the subject of Trades' Societies , —a Committeee , two of whose members are the Jxn > GB Advocate , who
condemned the five Glasgow Cotton ; Spinners , and Mr . Dasiel O'Cokkxll , who ¦ haa ^ branded , the Unionists generally as assassins , or the abettora of assassination . Well may we exclaim with this honest millwright— " 4 pretty tet of fellows these , to iuqviie into , and determine on , the righU of labour / " Mr . Thomas Bibd , cotton spinner , was no less decided-than his friend Botjrgojgnb in repudiating the cowardly cuckoo cry of "No '
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politic *! " 'iJ ^^^^^ rl ^ th ^ ciyTEOM ^^ y ^ because in nine cases tmtf of" ten it proceeds is much from cowaic ^ ce as from ignofance . The leaders of fee Unions are afraid of their masters , and stiU more afraid of the Government , which , -they vainly aiagine , will let them alone so long as they let fwlitics alone , and confine themselves to wages , Umiting the number of apprentices , or the like trade regulations . But no delusion can be more complete . Every one of the regulations alluded to is as much an attack on the Government
as Hie carrying of a resolution in favour of Universal Soflrage or Annual Parliaments . The reason why the Government does not give Universal Suffrage , is simply because theC j classes which make the Government , derive % the bulk of their incomes from the slavery and low wages of the working classes , " which , they know , Universal Suffrage would put an . end to . But what matters it to those classes whether slavery and low wages be put an end to by Universal Suffrage , or by the regulations of Trades' Unions ? Not a straw ' s value of difference does it make to
them , except in so far as Universal Suffrage would be a more effectual remedy against them than the other . In either case , their Government is sure to do its utmost to crush whatever tends to do away with slavery and low wages . All members of Trades ' Unions may , therefore , rest assured , that by discarding politics , they conciliate neither the Government , nor their masters' customers ; whilst , at the same time , they discourage all- their best friends , lose one half their real strength , and neglect the only effectual means of permanent amelioration .
Messrs . Botjrgoigne and Bird explained this well at the Bury meeting . "Go to the savings ' banks , " said M , r . Bird , " and fetch out your money , and call on your fellow-workmen through ' out England , Scotland , and Ireland to do the same , " Your correspondent , B .. J . Richardson , recommends the same , and who will ' tell me that this admirable recommendation has nothing to do with polities ? Had the Government no political object in establishing or sanctioning the establishment of savings' banks ? In limiting the amount of
deposits to be made by each depositor ? In enabling the working classes to purchase annuities with their accumulated savings ? And in limiting the amountof these annuities to twenty pounds ? Why , the whole affair is a political one of the worst machivlaien stamp , and yet there are working men so perverse and blind to their own interests , as to say , I will have nothing to do with politics !"—God pity . such deluded creatures , and open their eyes before the New Poor Law Act ) and the New ftural Police shall have convinced them to
their cost , that their not having anything to do with politics will not prevent politics from having to do with them . If Mr . Richard Tayior , ( another of the speakers at the Bury Meeting , ) had held such infatuated notions , be would never have had the good sense to say , in reference *^} " jthe H ^ es ^ f Commons' Committee on the Trades j" it wo ^ d have been better if O'Connell and his set had g « la a Committee to enquire into the Causes of
distress , instead of their present proceedings ; Messrs . Cleqg , Stokes , Lord , and Fletcher , showed themselves no less intelligent than the speakers already named . It is impossible to read even your brief outline of the speeches of these persons without feeling a thorough conviction that if all the working people were but equally wellinformed and public-spirited , their cause would be invincible . .
The address of the Edinburgh Committee in behalf of the victimized Cotton Spinners , is another feature in your last week ' s paper , which must delight every friend of humanity . \ Who that reads that eloquent address , can doubt the ultimate triumph of Right over Might , and ofc enlightened benevolence over the brute empire of force and selfish cunning ? The lt-. tter of Harhey , Neesom . and
Ireland , is another important sign ofsthe times , for the publication of which , as well ^ of the letter of Mr . Richardson , in reference to the Savings' Banks , we are indebted to voar last number . But what most gratifies we , of / all , in that number , is , your announcement $ the Great Northern UHion , and your reconuaeridation that the returned Dorebetfter Labourers be forthwith
put in requisition to make a tour through England in behalf of the five Glasgow Cotton Spinners . This is something better than mere talking and writing . The Northern ; Union , ifit be good for anything , may be made the foundation of a real national Guard to protect the British Democracy ini its first essays of Sovereign poweT . In truth there is no telling to what uses such a body may not b& convertible , provided it be strong in Numbers and Union and that it be actuated by a proper sense of the wrongs it has suffered , and of the ri g hts" it has to gain . Heartily thanking yon gentlemen , for vour last number , and wishing " you . eveiy micce * B , I remain , &c , ; BRONTERRE .
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Mr . J . Ogilvie , news agent , Sow Lane , Cross Street Manchester , has left his residence , without com . ' municating his present addrduto jts , which is of importance , for a . certain reasdiC' We understand he has gone to Scotland ; and shall give any person 10 s . who will be kind enough to forward his present address to this o ^ tfc—Northern Star . We have been obliged to exclude much matter of importance this week , and amongst the many , a most important report of a meeting of ratepayers heldat Dukinfield , which shall appear in full in our next .
Those persons who have paid Mr . MiUar , of Glasgow , for the Star , shall receive them ( till the time expires ) from our agent , Mr . Henry Robinson Trongate ; but we beg to state that , in future , we shall do as we are done : by . We should be happy toheat fromMr . Millar * _ : __
We have much pleasure in accepting the invitation of our _ Barnstey friends for Easter Tuesday , and thank them for their kindness , we shall do our utmost to make them spend a pleasant evening . We never were more delighted than with the meet ing of the good men of Birstal on Tuesday night last , so much so , that , with their permission ) we shall , on Monday , the V ^ rd of April , hold a general meeting of the several villages in their neighbourhood , whenf with God ' s blessing , we will lay the foundation-stone for ' opening the representation of the great county of York , and
wrenching it from the , hands of faction . It must be done , and at Jgirstal , among the many villagers . :: ¦¦* : - ¦; v , ; V > ¦ : ^ - : ¦' ; ' '¦ '¦ .. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ We have received a ^ much ptetry as a donkey could draw ; we shall sMect from it as occasion offer ; to let none it \ Jealous , or we will take it b y lot . . ; ¦ :. - y-:: ^ ; : ; . - . ; ' : ¦; . - ¦ ¦ . . ¦ \ . -. ¦¦ Comprehensive xuldreisP-A- new London publica tion , after <\ katn ^) jpm 4 (^ ied an entire leading article from ihe Noit&tern Star ^ says , from •* " North of England newspaper . " Well done , Harrys U won't ahfwc'ltyegt you all , and you know it . . ¦ ' '¦ ' : ¦¦? -,. > .: : . ' V . v- ¦ - - .. ; ., ¦ ¦' . ¦ '
Mr . & Conner received a tetter ftoni his excellent friend , Robert Soli , of Rochd&le , ¦ which he wilt shortly answer , but has lt # n }> tfy busyp he hspet ihisabologyviU bt ; satisfactory . Mooert will get £ 2 1 fo . Jk > m Shej&erdj tihowilf ^ ik ! , hitt receipt as cash to Mr : Htyumd , of Manchester . - - All agents whochoose-toy flltg ^ jheir accounts to remain unpaid for aweek- ^ tir . receipt " of them , can dp sos hutjthey mil 6 e allowed only a half f ZWS ^ PPIKl- ^ Specimens of Stephens ' * portrait will shortl y be in -the hands of our Agents . Stephen * ' is an honour ; ' to his country and our cause y he- Must be valuable to deserve to much vituperation from "Slashing Harry ' s" steain tongue , . .
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We an' fa ^ p ^ i *^^ our HalifaJ . rfrxandS ) they 7 nust spring up as summer comes * Gar ; c ^ e «/> o / jdew * ien < : us no news this tetet-rwcw ifterciion ? f > JHe sqtrfwMf ., i ; JJ ' pur BffO ^/ brd frieiids want more local news , let themvemtnunicate withi our correspondent j we give # tl ice ; get , and shall be happy fogiyeihore , itetire' cannot \ manufacture it . ¦ •' - ;¦' . ¦ ' v ;¦['¦ ' , . In future , Cookeyof' Statey-Bridge , mitst get his papers from ; burl Staley-Bridge AgentyMr . ¦ ¦ , ' Deegah . ' ¦ ' :. ; . - . . ; ' : ' "'' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦' :. ¦ . : ¦ - ~ ¦' - ... ¦ . ¦ : , ' . ¦ : ' ;;• ' ' ¦; ' ' ' ¦ : '• All Orders for Lancashire must be sent on Wednes ' day , next week . ; : ^
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As many bete are pending with respect to the Circulation of the Northern Star , and as we have received several : communications expressing a wish to know our present Circulation ; we subjoin , an Average fot the last six weeks , together with the Numbers Sold in : Leeds , Huddersfield , Bradford , and Halifax , respectively , during that period . ThiB
we give though against bur own interest , as the y / ari . i 8 ' Twing iW ^ l y :- 'iv' ^ ' -we - : give it on our own word , which can ; he confirmed by Messrs * J . WriGley and Son , Paper Manufacturers , from whom We get Stamp 3 , and from pur several Agents , and will be confirmed byvthe Parliamentary ¦ Returns we pledge ourselves . The present is the Twentieth Number of ! the Star .
Leeds ............ 11 , 422 or 1 , 903 Weekly . . Bradford ......... > 5 , 026 or 836 Weekly ; Halifax .. ........ 5 , 188 or 837 Weekly . Huddersfield .. ;' -.. , 999 or 1 , 000 Wanting a fraction Weekly . Should this prove incorrect we shall pay all the bets . .,-. ' - ¦" _ " . ; ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦¦ - •¦ ; ¦' . . " : > : ' -v '¦}¦ : ¦ : ¦ ... / , ¦ ¦ .: ' Total C ? irc ] iilatioia of the " Northern Star" for the last Six Weeks 63 , 954 or 10 , 659 Weekly ^ : : ¦ - ¦ •; ' ... [ . ' [ - "¦'¦ ' ¦' / ' .
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Sonie time ago we announced to our readers that the circulation of the Star had become so great , as to render it necessary for us to erect a Steam Engine , to enabje us to print off thie quantity required in time . That Engine we have now at work for the second week ; and we notice it here for the 1 purpose of thiis publicly testifying to the merit of the makers , Mess-Smith , Beacock , and Tannett , Engineers , Leeds .
The Engine is of two horse powers and the whole of it , with the exception of the fly wheel , stands in a spaca not more than two feet six inches square . The working of it is inpst satisfactory ; indeed , it commenced work without the least difficulty the first moment the steam was properly applied to it . To those requiring a similar Engine * or , indeed , Enginework of any kind , we can nips t heartily recommend the above Firm . :
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The Value of the Leeds Town CoyNciLi —In consequence " -of-the ^ decisions ^ of this ; incorporation of sapience ' , / no less than "fifteen" persons were , qn Saturday last , ^ summoned before ^^ the magisr trates to answer charges of non-payment of poor rates , highway rates , &c . Many of them seemed to' fee in circumstances of the greatest . destitution . Some had had little work for a very long time , and could scarcely obtain the means of subsistence / Others had been unable , from illness , to attend to their usual avocations , ind had nothing to depend upon except what was earned by their wives and
Yi «/^ -M » Ww * ' \ 'And ; yet \ . the .--ma ' gistrateSf-Dr , ' . Wfl- - liainson and William Williams Brown , Jn every case but one , adjudged the parties able to pay ; Besides the : paltry sums for which these poor persons were summoned , there was to each ease added FIVE SHILLINGS for costs !! i Pne person who was summoned was a poor widowr with two children , and receiving parish relief .: These are some : of the blessings of the Cprpor . ation Reform Bill , which has been appropriately denominated , The Whig Robbery Act . Tliat Act is the effect 6 f Whig wisdom and therefore the Whigs are highly deserving of the support of every man who loves tyranny and hates ftutit he , ¦¦ - ¦ ¦]¦ ' : ; ' .. ¦¦ :, . ''' . ¦ '' _ ' : ' ¦¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦¦ ¦' . , ¦' - , ¦ ' .:
Forgino . A Certificate , —On Saturday last , a woman named ; Lydia Crawshawj was brought lifefore the . Magistrates , charged < with forging a certificate of the'birthofher child , in order that she might be able to get her to work in Tetley , Tathani an 4 Walker ' s Works , SchooUclose . The charge wa | i made by Mr ; Baker , who produced several witnesses to su , bstantiate it . 'The certificate was given from the parish church of this town , stating that the child was born and sprinkled in the year 1835 . The certificate , however , wag altered from 1836 to 183 $ - being dateiWyear- 'backi . / vThe clerk of ' the parishVswoTe to the ; alteration in the figures ,
and the vromttn , L y dia Crawshaw , proved that the certificate had nerer been out of her possegsion from the time ^ qf * rvceiving ; it to 1 the time of delivering it to ^ i ^ bookkeeper of the . ; Wiprksi The case excited aons ^ i ^ rabie interest , ai < 4 occupied much time . After the whole of the evidence had been ; gone into ; the Magistrates said that they found it was greatly her interest that ibte . alteratiori should be made , whereby she could ob / fain the value of the'labour of her child . S ^ he , heweyer ^ waa answferSble for the alteration : tBey were satisfied it ; was altered by her
kaowJe % e i and as she haa ' giiren currency to a false certificate , knowing the ; sape to be iintrue , she was liable to be imprisoned in " the ^ House of Correction for / any period , not . exceeding tw . o months . They were unwilling to sentence } ier to ; any serious tmr pmonm « nt ; : ^ bqt it waji their duly to . marJc the of ^ nee . They believed it w » e an offence' t ^ hichtvas practiced every i&y . They should , therefore , commit her to prison ' till the rising of the court . They were unwilling to send her ' , to' the House of Correction j , wiich ; they certainly should do if she or any one else , was brought there on a similar charge . "
A Thorny StjBjECT . — : On Tuesday last , a Mr . 'Thomas Page , of Armley , was uunttnoned before thi Magistrates by the Surveyors 1 of Highways for the township of Arinley ^ to ' ansvfer a complaint made by' them in reference to a high hedge oppoKite Mr . Page ' s housfey which they said prevented the wind and sun from drying the Toad . " . in consequence of the hedge being ; eo very lugn . ; : "The case had been before the same ^ Magistrates , about a week before , when , ( after haying stated that as the hedge Was a ki ^ d ; of protection j » ' MrV : Page's dwelling-house , ¦ ''¦» was an : exception to the law regulating such natters ) they advised the p » rties to but the point in dispute ^ to arbitration , which was agreed to . One of the nominated arbitrators , how-* rer , *^ sed ' to Met , a ^
Brought before the bench , and notwithstanding the u exception 'to the . Aitp , " the Magistrates decided that the overseers might proceed to cut the hedge ; !^ ut th ey Jwpedthe overseersi would cut as little as they could be satisfied with , bo as to . produce nip feeungs of hostility * dn the part of Mf . Page . ; Mr . Page , at . the same Wme , threatened ^ that , claiming three feet of the , road from the hedge , " he should take in that ground , if ; they cut his hedge , and build a Wall as high , or higher , than ^ the hedgef ; for he Tequired some shelter for his house from the dust on the road , as well as from the continual gaze of passengers . Mr . Page , we understand , is a staunch blue . The surveyors are all yellows ; the Magistrates , -likewise , are of " ; a yellowish caste ;/ andyrb leave our readera to infer the rest ^ ; : /
A SmtLiNG ' swpBTH . —On Tuesday last ; an old woman of . tne Green Isle , was brought before the magistrates charged ynth having sMen a shUfing , ft ^ property of Ana Pearson , a resident of St .: James ' i street ¦• ¦ .. It appeared ' .-tbat * on the day previous the old woman ( who from age ! alone really seemed much more an object of the tenderest sympathy than ^ of prosecution ) , was selling matches , and called at the house of the complainant , ' who , at the tune happened to turn eight shillings out of her ' pocket upon the floor , and upoagatheringitupfpund only seven . A trirl who was present stated that she saw the old
woman pick up some . tbing like a shilling , and put it in her pocket . A policeman was sent for and she was examined . A shilling was found upon her , whichiBhe steted » he ! -had received the day before for the same value , of . copper , and declared that she had not picked up a shilling . She presented a note from tie ReV , Henrj ; Wilmflley , catholic priest , ' as to character ^ and she' w ®* discharged after being warned by Dr . WilHamson to take care for the future lest she shouldibe ^ sent to the House of Correction . Poor oldsoulthey ^^^ hadin ofe 1 needl haye -talk ed of making her comfortable 'for life , whiqhl frpni age itself appeared as if it could : not be very lotog . i ! % ; ¦ ' ¦ •¦ " -. ¦ ' . ' -. - ¦ ¦ ' . ' - ' ¦ iS ' : ¦ . ''' . ¦ ¦' !¦ . "• . ''" y ^^ i . I- ¦ ' '¦ ¦ ¦'
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MATRiMONtiVl DKOTJiETt pi . —Last Wedr hesday a man named Thompsou , of Beeston HiU > a notorious dog » fighter , was brought . up" at our Court Housej charged with / beating his ^ wife , and otherwise ill treating her . The fair complainant seemed very bitter against her hnsband , and was well supported by : her niother . Thompson was also ijupported by his step-father j ^ who , we were told , is alab fond ; of dog-ngnting . ] He was bound over to keep the peace for siimonths . :- ' . ; ^ ;!\ \ : \
Sermons to Young Men , —On Sunday evening lastj Mr . J . E . Giles , of South Parade : Chapel , addressed a discourse to yoiing men from the words i '' Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way . " &c . There was a goodly company , of young auditprs ,- who listened attentirely to the plain , practical discourse of this excellent preacher , who on that occasion principally confined himself to the consideration of some of those temptations to which youth are most subject , and pointed out the best means for escaping their influence .
iNQtrESt . —On Tuesday morning last , an inquest was held at the - 'Court House , before John Blackburnj Esq ;^ coroner , on view' of the body of William Oddel , ¦ a labouring man , aged forty years , and who for some " tune was resident at Gildersome . It appeared from the evidence that the deceased had , for a short time , been in . the ; workhouse , when , a few days ago , his clothes accidentally caught fire , from the effects of ^ hich he was so seriously ^^ injured aslo be removed to the infirmary , where he expired on Monday last . After a patient investigation of the case , the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death , " - -: . : : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦¦¦ ¦ , ¦ ¦ . ¦¦ . -: . ' - ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ . - ¦ ¦¦ - . - ¦' . - ' ¦
Vagrancy . —Sarah Hall was brought before the Magistrates on Tuesday last , charged by a policeman with begging at the doors of several respectable people . Sarah appeared to be an inhqeenty and certainly was a modest and interesting looking young woman , of about seventeen years of age . She stated that she was without father or mother ; that she had been accustomed to stocking weaving , and had come from Worcester to seek work , trade being very dull in that place . Dr . Williamson directed the relieyingrofncer to grant her some assistance , and also ordered the girl to leave the town immediately on receiving that assistancej on pain of being sent to the House of Correction . Hey ! what happy times we live in !
Embezzling Flax . —On Wednesday last , two men , named George Ayton and William Stones , wer . e . " . ; charged . with embezzling ; flax yarn , the roperty of Messrs . Hives and Atkinson . Ayton is a gardener , and lives in Jack-lane , at the . entrance of the Dewsb . ury-road . Stones was the watchman at the factory of the firm above-nientioned . ¦' . It ppeared from the evidence , that Ay ton had for the ast four years , been in the habit of selling quantities of linen twist ; and some suspicion being attached to him as to whether he had come honestly by the article , his house was searched , and yarn found in his possession of which he could render no
satisfactory account . A person from Wakefield , also a gkrdener , deposed that for the last four years he had bought twine of the prisoner to as much as 15 or 171 bs . at a time . The prisoner was required to produce evidence to show how he became possessed of such property . This he was unable to do , although he had been a dealer in the article for four years ; He said that persons came around the Marketplace ; selling , and he generally bought of them . The Magistrates intimated that ; if , could produce one person from whom he . had at any time purchased yarn , they might be disposed to take a he
favourable view of the case ^ f He -said ; Could not produce any person , for he -had " never taken any natter' of ? 't $ e ^ f ^ Se « " * o 1 ^ u ^? ffoM ^ Sad bought yarnj as 1 : 'W was 'totally unawar W that he was subject to iany * . danger . ; "S > everal persons appeared to give him ' a ^ character , all of Whom , testified to his , / honesty ¦ andVM . sV .--gener al / .--g 6 pd dehieanpur . Mr . Naylpr pleaded . die : case very ably for the defendant , and . argued very strongly on the point of his excellent character , arid of his haying a large fajnily to suppprt ; On the other hand , theV .. overlooker of Messrs . Hives and Atkinson ¦ said he would swear that the flax
beJonged to his einplpyera , and that latterly they had missed considerable quantities . ' jif f . Naylor also pleaded that ttiis ; was not d& : of the ordinary cases specified by the' act , which in- the preamble stated that it was intended to apply , to partiesemploycdm the service ; of any manufacturier , &c . Now , the prisoner was not ' emplpyedj aha therefore this was not ' a case cognizable by the act : Mr . Barr objected that the act Was intended to apply to all peirsons having this kind of goods in tbeir possession , for which they could not account . Mr . Naylor then pleaded for a mitigation of the penalty , becausej thoughtbe law stated the penalty to be absolute , it was the practice of the magistrates
in . some other instances , where the ; penalty wasf equally absolute , to gran £ a mitigation . He referred to one case under the- Beer-Ac ^ which he had seen reported in -the newspapers ; and he thought that the same discretionary pow ' er might be exercised in this case . The magistrates denied having exercised ally discretionary ppwer in such case , and stated that they-. ' could not attempt to depart from the lawvwhiph . was so positive and absolute . ¦ Ayton was fined £ 20 ; and in default of payment he was to be committed for one month to the House of Gbrrectidn . Stones was dismissed , there being no charge against him . On the following day ( Thursday ) Mri ^ ^ Naylor applied to the magistrates to enquire whether it was lawful for them to pursue two remedies . against a
convicted party ; he stated that a warrant of distress had been issuedj and Ayton ' s household property had all been seized , and was about to be sold for the payment of the penalty . At the same time , Ayton was still confined in prison ^ and he ^ Mr . N aylor , demanded his liberation . ¦ Mr . ioftHouse answeredy that nothing had been done except what was in strict Conformity with the law . , ' And if Mr . Naylor intended taking ' . any ^ steps ip ^^ the business , he should decline giving any reasons for the course that had been adopted ; The magistrates stated that as thev distress warraot had not yet been returiiedy they could not liberate the prisoner ; but they recommendsAWood to get the business settled as soon as possible , / fcnd when the warrant was returned , he should be set at liberty . T
TkEWt . ^ rOwefi Bower , was , brought before th * ma ^ strate | , ra Thursday last , char ^ edim ing a shovel and ^ spade , the property of a man named Thorpe , in . whose employ he had beenwprking a fewdays ago . 'He had absconded with 'the tools , and soW them at : the ; - London TavernV- ' ^ ca-- labouring inini rfor . cpnsiderabj ^ jteggitbani their value .- flower ' s wifea ^ p ^ i ^^^^ ii and ^ her huBfend : might be forgiven this ^ time ; / The poor ' fellow seenied , exceedingly sad , and said heM $ & been very badly oflf * J 6 r : a Ipn ^ tUne ^^ haa ^ 6 nly had threefourths of a day's wdft ; witB Thipr | je . The prosecntor satdKe oidnot msh ^ toipreOT'the ' chi miiin ^^ ? he beUeyiefd he wasi ; badly off , TEe ^ -maeitC
grates ^ saidvUie . 'fdiony . ^ was clearly-prbyed ; 'iffiVt ¥ e ) r h % ino aJtemiiitite ; they must commit hi ^ ni ^ o the jsessions , Beally it is very strange that our magistrates have a discretiohary power ,.-in somie instances knel ^^^ iipt iii . ptheifs ^^^ which are precisely similar j we have known j tasty : instances in which ' eten Dr . Williaifagbn-htmself ; has taken upon hiia to exercise di * cretjonaiy power in case * where , felony has been distinctly pr 6 y «( d . These men , & ) yreyer i were all ^ M ^ MM ^ MSh tfe ? firisoner and&e prosecuiotB ^ W ^^^^ t ^^^ Sm ^ i'my therei w *» no discrejti pnary ^^^ power to be exerciBeo ! We wouldj however , recommend the magistrates to beconsi 8 tent , and not make a paltry excuie for a thipg at one time which they think of no . value at ' ¦ '¦'
• nower ; ... /;¦ . .: ;¦'¦" - - . - / . .. ; -.- - -. .. -: ..: " - ¦•¦ - ¦ . . ; -: i ^ -- . ; :.: : ' . . . , ' : . .. ¦ . CoNTBYANCE BvtBAitWAT .-- ^ Ve have heard some curious and almost incredible sjtatements respectingthe ^ ^ conyeyanci of goods by a certwn railway sttclf as altering tke addresses of pjickages , % arehppsiilg them after they have been altered , and then selling them for expenses ^ "We have had frequent complaints of a ; similar nafaarey but must make diligent search and inquiry before we give p ublicity to . the branch against , which the charge has Veen "" ' . made ; : We , v therefor ^ recpminend all persons interested in the seyeral railways , who shall see this notice , to make suitable inquhica as to the mode of conveying and delivering goods by those employed . ' :- : ' ; : " - .: '¦ : ¦; : ., - ;/ ; ' ' v " " ^ ' .. ; ; ; ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ : ; :.:: * >''" : ¦
Awky ? a : ^ , D Affair . —It seems tbat ^ very awkward affair is about to furnish gust fo ) : f the gentlemen of the robe ; and to add to the catastrophe , the »« andal ia beiween . ^ . unequalled saints , the f amily ^ one i however ^^^ doesnot seem easily reconciled to jaake the sta ^ da ^ of piety , or rath « r Mfesiibni of yfo Ji ft 't MMr ^^^ drTfo ^ al ^ r m onpof the iclauires ; of the new PporJ l ^/ vr Bill , of which the gentlemen is a staunch supporter will vest the right of prop ^ fjy in tie 1 which Is p f that nature , that , she would prefer not being inpumbered yrith ititpresent . t ^ - > v ' AasAULT . — Op . Wednesday last ); a young ; man newl y imported , ftom ^^ the highlands named Donald GainpbeU ^ thaTged / another ; youifc named ; Thomas Aiiy , with assaulting Wm and threatening to take his lifiji . . The affair , however , proved to be a fow about gome strnmpet , and Donald not being much t \ & . veonie , the magistrates dismissed the case , prderiHg Airy toipay the expenees ; , i I- ' . : * . ' - . "'• , ¦ ¦ ¦' , ' -y ¦ . ¦¦; - . ¦ ' ' ¦'¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ " : ¦• ¦ '¦ : ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' . ' ; ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ .. ¦ - - ¦• ¦ . ¦ ¦ ' .
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- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ liSgSB '' JE MBEZJSi , ING . ^ W ^ irW » W ^ tBai % Mrf James Chapelrow wer * broughtbefora the , mam » tjates on Tuesday Ia «^ eharg 6 i bymi Thom ^ of the firm of T ¥ orpe aidd * Hjt ( to ^ i !(^^ b «^ iiff coals , Ms property . The keeperof the coal a ^ g stated that on Friday weeiChapelrow came to his staith and , took 43 ewt . of coals ia the waggon of Messrs . Thorpe andHutton . He had a sack on the waggon whieh hi filled " out of the AS cwt . This excited suspicion ; especially as it had been a frequent practice of ^ the ^ riaoneii He was : cpnsequeBtiT watched , and was seen to giye the ^ sack of ^ : coals to the other prisoner ^ Brainleyi hear ^ the 1 top 1 of Byron , street . ChapelrPw in his defence said that he had frequently occasion to hire a porter to assist him
antt he had given the other prisoner , Bramley the coals for having gone en ^ ds for hiin on different occasions when he could : hot ^ g b himself . He generally employed him , and sometimes gave iija mpney . Mr . Thorpe however stated that he had never ^ refused him any porterage which he required during the whole of the nine years he had been hig , servant . He , had given hint ; good wages , generally from 50 to 55 a . a-week . And he' was determined to prosecute him ashe had not had the aHghtest reason to induce him to commit ^ ny act of theft , The charge bdng ; clearly proved against the pri ' soriers—the one for stealing , and the other' for re * ceiving the coals , knowing them to be stolen—they were both committed p take their trial at the ses-¦
sions . , . ; ; .. ,, ¦¦ . ' ¦ . - - •¦; - ; -,. ¦ ¦ ¦; : . ¦ , ; . - . ¦¦• - ¦ ¦' ¦>¦; ;¦ ' .. •; - - \ . " Furiotjs Privino , —Death of a Mare .- ^ . Oh Tuesday last , the driver- of a : hackney coaei belonging to Mr . J . W . Atkinson , appeared before the Magistrates , charging JohniDobspn , of SeacToft with driving his cart furiously , down Kirkgate * whereby it came in contact with ine mare le was driving , and the shaft of Bobson ' s cart , broke three or four of her ribs , and killed her on the spot . The hackney coach driver , produced three or fput witnesses to prove his case , who deposed that Jpobson ' s horse ^ Was galloping most furiously and apiparently without any driverj they saw the accident at a short distance , arid perceived that
thecollision which took place was in consequence of tie cart not keeping its proper side of the road , but turning to cross the street just at the time the coach was coming out of East-street , by Timbk Br idge . On the other' hand , several very respect able witnesses stated that the cart horse was goinj ? at a walking pace only , and that the driver w ^ beside the horse the whole of the- time . The witnesses also deposed that the coachman was driving most furiously , and that it was entirely in consequence of his furious driving that the acciaent occurred . He was without lamps ^ and the night w ^ s exceedingly dark , as well as very stormy , there
being , at the time , a heavy Ml ! of rain and snow . The cart was heavily . 'ladenj containing eight womei and one man , who had all ridden from Whitchurci tP Crockerage , and back that day * At the time of the accident , several ; of them were thrown out of the cart , but were not much hurt . One of the witnesses swore that she heard the hackney coach driver telling one of his witnesses before they caine into court , to swear that the cart was going at a furious pace . The evidence was very conflicting , but we thought the coachman was in fault , as a very respectable man , a saddler , on or about Timbfe Briuge , stated that he distinctly heard the coacL
pass across the bridge in less than a iriiriute before the accident happened , and ^ beJBg constantly ifctte habit of hearing vehicles pass , it appeared ; to him / as if the coach was ' going at . a tremendous rat ^> The Magistrates decided that the blame was cluefly ; attachable to the carter , but we could not learri pa whatiground they gan ^ oem-Aeehitm ^^ gMsmiS aeeordingJy fined under the : Iriiprpvement Act . Most probably the case will be again-tried at the n ? xt ' " * assizes , as it is likely Mr . AtkitosPn will sue for damages . The cart horse was * ls 6 severely injured , ' - and had not been able- to ;; Vbrk . since the accident ; occurred ; - ' "¦ : : " - ' ¦ ¦¦ . ^\ V > ' -- - ¦¦¦ ¦"; ; '"'' : ' ; : ¦ . - ' - ¦• ' . ; - , ' - ' < * ' ~ :
The ; Lejsds 'Pavilion .- —The buildiDg in ; Pari Eow , ' Leeds , for : the Conservative dinner , is pro ' r ceedirig yery expeditiouslyl ' It will be a * splendid erection calculatedto costwitii ite internal decorations nearly ^ SOp . vThe ; tickets are 10 s . 6 d . each ^ exclusive of wineV Tie building' has a very strong foun ^ atipri |^ and : tidt is :: considered to ; -. be ' -indispen- " s 4 bly ; necessary ^ . a > - £ ti $ ter .- Monday is expected to be tHe scene Pf , ri ^ ueh ' gaiety ; . ^ : ; ¦; ' ¦ ,
Noble" A ^ p . PRAiSEWpRTHy . — -Spine years ago -Mr . JohniTacksbji , corn miUer , now of the firm of Dyson and JacksPn ^ HolbjB . ck Mills , being then in business as a corn mnier at : Leeds ^ got into embarrassed circumstances , but has since , by : dint of peri severing industryj r ' aisei'himself to a state of affluence , and , though ; clear of rail- legal demand * from them , has paid the whole of his former creditors the full . ¦ amount ; of iheirl ^ ebte , vnth intei | 8 t theredD , | 6 ; as many as wbuld ) take ' - iti -Tmi'iiobiV ' and praiseworthy conduct has - been duly appreciated by his creditors , one of whoittj Mr . John 'Hirst , has prer : sented him , as ; a testimony of his respect , with a beautifal gold repeater , attached to- a gold chain , with suitable
appendages . Sev&ral other gentlemen ,, to the number of eight ; : dr ten , £ ave . also , by 8 ub ; scription , presented him with : a . splendid sernce . of platey consisting of a massive ' silver teapotj , beautifully embossed ^ surmounted by a peacock crest ; , coffee pot to match , richly ^ embossed ; sugar and cream , vessels , and sugar tongs to suit . An appropriate , address from the subscribing parties accompanied the present ,- desiring that it might / dwcennV as an heir loomto . hfe posterity ; -How justly proua may the children- of this man be of . their nobJe ancestor ; arid ' how en ^ viable must ' ; be" tneir feelings when contrasting this monument of real worth with that recently erected to the memory of thei late Duke of York . - '¦' ¦ ¦ -. - ;¦ ' : ¦ ¦ ¦ 'h - ' . - ,:- ' - ¦• • • ¦ - . ¦ •¦•• : ¦ : ¦
STEALiNio A HANDKERCHiEF . - ^ -On : Monday ^ George Wood and ' William Sykes , two young lads ,, who reside ^ at the ; New Road End , in Leeds , werfr brpugHt up $ t the . Gpurt-House charged with stealr ' ingjfrom the " . persbn of -Mary Harrall , ' -ih Kirkgaie on ^ Saturday nighj ^ a handkerchief , which wasr afterwards found in their possession , and has ginee been fully identified . In consequence of its being a first offence , they were ordered to be whipped by , consent of their parents ; and discharged . ¦¦ ' ¦ ~
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; - STEAiiNo MpNEy 4— -On Saturday , Abrahaia Crpwtherwasrbrpught up at the ' Cpurt-Hou ^ e . charged with haying on the previous evening , entered ' the shop of Mrs . Bywater , confectioner , in Kirk gate , Leeds ^ wheja -heij » pk the liberty of forcing ; ppen the tilij , and stole 9 | d . He was apprehendw in the shop , with the amount hrhis possession , in& the case ; being clearly , ; tprp % ntb ^ e to 1 ^ individual who wttnea ^ ' ^ h ^^ rai ^ w » committed for ; tri « i . rtbyWiieneld- House of Correction . ¦ : . : : " /;; * : ¦ " ' ¦' ' - ¦•< ¦¦ : ' '¦¦^' - " : " : ¦' ¦ "¦'"¦¦ ' ¦¦ ' ¦ . '
' Coal Vvi Accident ^ Ab . iriduest was held by ¦^ . Jfewisonj at ^ BothiirelLmWelnesday week , ob John Chappel ^^^ S ^^^ S ^ mv wKl * attempting to bu ^ w wp ^ i ' -tha ^ wooden props which support fKe ; roof of the mirie > it the Bpbin Hood Colliery ^^ a quantity of stones aid rubbish . accidentally fell- upon him , which severed his head , andkilled him % ^ w ^ llicdnducted workman , ' and he has left a widoWW bewail his untimely death \ and his poor mother . >* tKe / time the Jury viewed the body , was lyinjf M ¦ ' ° ^ dangerously ill ^ jn the same room with the corpse » hei- iltfated sob . Unfortunately , the late subsc ^ tion , which amounts to i ^> ^ raised for the relirfw the unfortunate sufferers by the explosion at tB * same coffiery , cannot be extended to this case . V
: Appo iiftment . —The Rev . Josh . Cowellj P ~ - enmbent of To ^ mprden , has ; been appointed Surrogate of the Consistory Court of Chester and also of the Exchequer and Prerdgative Court of York , for granting Marriage Iacerises , Proving of WUls , -: &c ,: &c .- ; , ; : ; - . ; ¦ . f T ~ ; , : ;¦ ¦ - :: ¦ ¦' ,:. : ; ' . V- ; - v R'dBBERYw—On Monday night s « ime villainsi ^ - tered the mill of Mr .: Charlesworth Thprnton , «» Wprtley ; near Leedsy by nieaiis of a skektpn keyi andhaving stolen one bag ; of wool , they abscbBdea witK ; th « bpoty ; . ' : ' . ' ., ' - ¦ ¦ ¦ . v- ' - •¦ v ; - '¦ ¦ : ¦; ; ' . ; ' - - : /¦ ' ¦ :- ;;; ;"" ; , : - . ' . /; '" ¦' . ' ¦ ; ;^ xb ^ iho Ijtpj ^ -yQ ^ Tflesd mimali was brought up ? iit the Court House , charg * with having stolen a ^^ ntity of-iron , the property of ; Mr . J ? entonV of Waterloo CcSiery , near Le ^ Hei Y ^ rein anaed for fu rther examination beforethe magistrates pjE ^ he ^ West-Biding . ;; ' y'
; AssAtriTrr-Ori Monday , J ^ hn Wilkinson ;^; brought ^ atjtifepburt H >* Bse ^ charged Tnth hw- , ; ittg , oa ; iSatutday / nigli ^ in Lady-Iape , groeslj" . »? £ } «^^ T ^ o | tta 8 , Palby ^ a watchinari , by beating * &fj kicking Him , jehenr-acting in the execution ( jf ^ J , dutyy ^ , ; He ^ ais ^ fined £ 4 . 10 s . and costs , and in te ^ j fen lt ^ f paynjent , he was committedfpr tffn ^^ ^ t ( i ) Wakefield Hoase of Cor rectiory ' ' .. ' : j '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 31, 1838, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct521/page/4/
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