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THE nVJEPOBCHESTEB LABOURERS . The lostbry of these Tietims of Whig tyranny , treachery , cowardice , and rapacity , has te so long , ** to often before the public , that it is unnecessary for as now , in presenting their portraits to , our readen to do more than to remind them that these are the Porchesier Labourer * -and that the Glasgow Spinners are now waiting the inSiction ^ f like tender mereie- in the Colonies , with those which have 'been ¦ andergone by tbe Dorchester victims , and some slight account of which was given from Loveless's pamphlet , in the first number of the Northern Star . We subjoin some other extracts below— -in which all working men axe deeply interested—and we beg to repeat that every fdngle word of that pamphlet is interesting to 5 and ought to be read and known jbr every working
man in . the three kingdoms . ' On tbe 15 th of March , we were taken to &e County-hall to await our trial As soon as we arrived we were Tisberea down some steps into a laiserable dungeon , opened but twice a year , with only a glimmering light ; and to make it more disagreeable , some wet and green brnshwood was ierved for firing . Thesmoke of this place , together -with its natural dampness , amounted to nearly suffocation ; and in this most dreadful situation we pissed three whole days . . As to the trial , I need » ention but little ; the whole proceedings were characterized hy a shamerol disregard of justice and
decency ; the most -unfair means were resorted to in order to frame an indictment against us ; the grand jury appeared to ransack heaTen and earth-to get some clue against -as , but in vain ; out characters ¦ were investigated from our infancy to the then present moment-, onr masters were inquired of to know if we were not idle , or attended publicsouses , or some other fault in tis ; and much as they were opposed to tis , they had common "honesty enough to declare that we were" good labouring servants , and that they never heard of any complaint against us ; and when nothing whatever could be raked together , the unjust and cruel
jndgej John WilKams , ordered us to be tried for mutiny and conspiracy , under an act 37 Geo . IIL . cap . 123 , for the suppression of mutiny amongst the marines arid seamen , several years ago , at the Kore . The greater part of the evidence against us , on our trial , was put into the mouths of the witnesses by the judge ; and when he evidently wished them to saj any particular thing , and the witness would say , " I cannot remember , " he would say , ' Now -think : I will give you another minute to consider ;" and he would then repeat over the words , and ask , " Cannotyou remember ? " Sometimes , by charging them to be careful what they said , by . way of
intimidation , they would merely answer " yes ; " and the judge would set the words down as proceeding &om the witness . I shall not soon forget his address to the jury , in summing up the evidence : among other things , he told them , that if such . Societies were allowed to exist , it would rnin masters , " cause a stagnation in trade , destroy property , —and if they should not find us guilty , he teas certain they would forfeit the opinion of the grand Jury . I thought to myself , there is ne danger but we shaft be found guilty , as we have a special jury for the purpose , selected from among those who axe most "unfriemdiy towards "us—the grand jury , landowners ,
the petty-jury , land-renters . Under such a charge , from such a quarter , self-interest alone would induce them to say ' Guilty , " The judge then inquired if we had any thing to say . I instantly forwarded the following short defence , in writing , to him : — " My Lord , if we have violated any law , it was not done intentionally : we have injured no man ' s reputation , character , person , or property : we were uniting together to preserve ourselves' our wives , and our children , from ntter degradation and starvation . We challenge any man , or number of man , to prove that we have acted , or intend to act , different from the above statement" The judge asked if I wished it to be read in Court . I answered , " Yes . " It was then mumbled over to a part of the jury , in such an inaudible manner , that although I ~ knew what was there , I eonld not comprehend it . And here one of fiie counsel prevented sentence being passed , by declaring that not one charge brought against any of the prisoners at the bar was proved , and that if we were found gnilry a great number of persons would be dissatisfied ; " and I shall for one , " said he .
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THJ £ . LATTliHIISG STESA 3 . "We remember , in the years of childhood , listening with horrified astonishment to divers grave stories of the untameable ferocity and sanguinary Instinct of the hyena , and especially that the agony and suffering of its victims were regarded by it with a delightful satisfaction , evincing itself in a langh similar to that of the human Epeeies . This , above all the other traits of cruelty detailed of this brute , served to impress us with a deep sense of horror , and to inspire a feeling of self-gratulation , that in
England fhere were no hyenas . We felt a sort of intuitive security that whatever hazards might be run from snakes , toads , and lizards , we were quite safe from the ravages of the hyena . Alas for our childish simplicity ! which supposed that the genus cf this embodyment of cruelty was limited to one aperies , and that a four-legged one—a " liberal " contemporary , smiled at our ignorance some years 5 go , and assured us of the existence of two-legged hyenas in the House of Commons , who , if any man should be fool enough to bring in a Ten Hours' Bill
-would instantly " laugh it out of the House . " Having lived , however , to see a Ten Hours'Bill ¦ broug htinto that House , without being ' . ' laughed out , " we began to suspect that our " liberal" friend was aot so great an adept in Natural History as might have been supposed , and had nearly settled down into our former opinion , that , after all , the four legged ones were the only laughing hyenas in the world . The Parliamentary proceedings of Tuesday , however , have completely settled the point . They have shown us that the mest vicious and most
sanguinary of the hyena tribe are the two-legged ones > in the House of Xiords , whom some ill-judging persons have supposed to belong to the genus homo . On that occasion Earl Staxhope is reported by "flie Horning Chronicle to have presented several petitions for the Tepeal of the Poor law Amendment Act , and to have read a letter from a clergynan of the Established Church , detailing some instances of cruelty and suffering , indaped by the operation of this Act , at which the blood of every toman being , whose natureTemains nncontaminated Isj bestial or infernal lusts , must run cold in his
Terns . Barf STANHOPE * aid jfcat in the erent of » committee feeing appointed to mqpire into the workiag-of the Poor Lav Amstdxaextt Act , " Tie woold produc * before Qua 'witness tie degymwx trbose letter be had read , und yrho would prove . more cuet of the cruel , unconstitutional , and unchristian Tftniing of the act than the Home could get through in a 9 ew > n . [ A laugh- ] .. One of these vras that of a man who JdUed himself in consequence ef the treatment he suffered in the worHttynae . . A . TOroner 'i jury brought in » rerdict c £ temporary insanity , bat it oaght to hare been -wilful JonrdBx ^ agBinst the qppresacaa of the poor , who drove the man mane . [ ftnighterA Atiothrv «* e to that of a yoTmg woman -who ma floegedlOce a soldier .
2 « ow , we defy the experience of the most attentive naturalist ; we defy the most exuberant overflow of fancy in the most highly imaginative ^ v ^ fo pro-. diiee ,. or to suppose an instance of sanguinary in-• sfinctr-or of more -utter hearflessness and . more demoniac gloating / upon agonized endurance- than is iere afforded . Here are wretches , who come into jwssessjan of lie estates and lands which belong to fte ^ tepeapW , through the deeds of robbery and spoliation , aad fraod and murder , committed by their sres in by ^ oae " times-nere are wretches who , jaany of theni , ^ are . eren now ; wringing feom the tard hand ., . the . cr ippled . limb , ani sunken eje of povertr , its very ., blood-and sinews—whereoa to
: ' . JS ^ & . ^ msdyeswi& alLlifi varied laiuries afforded . * ¦ 3 ? J , tiie . Pensioaa of fife Stste—^ some * single- families -nief wiha » ha . w ,. wkhin the : last 4 wentv jears , re-^ ic ^^ ed . more . aaoBe ^ from the jnbKe . purse , than z * lK ^?! 8 &&Jte / fh ^ ito ] i [ a o £ &ee& , , a ^ wing a ydPWAv * yt&k to [ «^ erj dfenaly . Heje do iheie ? h £ e&& ^ t ^ &vr jB& $ goitj of their- hearte" over sa i&WveijL&d iSaSzTings aad protracted tortoDes aid
inil&gKpg :: ^ aS » r . Qf j fliejr ^ . Hnnumbered .-fictnas ^ ts « d 4 ] VJ * Hgk&- ^ eo ' jjL he ? ,:. hcax .. . that - -the ^ r damned doings haTes ^ eea' prpdoctive , : in : a angle district , of " more cruel , unconstitutional .
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and nn-Christian cases , than the House could get through in a session" !!! . Their risibility is provoked beyond suppression when they hear that a man has been murdered by the most barbarous and refined of all processesj that of first driving him insane , and then allowing him to kill himself . The idea of a poor man being thus butchered is really so amusing—so extremely funny , that the tickled fancy of the two-legged hyenas relieves itself in bursts of " laughter "!!/
Do the people of this country need stronger evidence than this to show them that no sympathy ever does , or can , exist between the privileged Aristocracy and themselves ? How many of these " laughing hyenas" were , in point of intellect , upon a par with the brawleT of Melton notoriety , or the disgusting brute who , wallowing the other day in the mud of the public streets and channels , was kindly * taken care of hy the police , lest hia worthless neck might be run over by a cab wheel , and who repaid the kindness of his protector by insolence , which , had he been . a man and not a Lord , would have well entitled him to a few sound
kicks on the unmentionable part of his person . No , matter the creature may be a born idiot , or a practiced brute of the most filthy character , he is " privileged" to insult the dignity of the Magisterial Bench , and " privileged" to " tatigh" at the miseries of the poor ! Let them , however , beware that the laugh of insulting tyranny be not re-echoed by tbe laugh of desperation , and the upshot of their wickedness he speedily brought about . Certainly , no more likely method of accomplishing the utter destruction of the established institutions and present forms of Government—no more certain means of
bringing on their own physical , as well as moral and political annihilation , could have been devised by these hereditary hyena Legislators , than thus to " laugh" at the calamities of the poor . Here , too , sit the appointed guardians of that holy Teligion which consists in loving mercy and in doing goodin " visiting the widows and the fatherless in their affliction , " and in administering to the necessities of the poor . Here sit the Bishops , and look dimly on , while their co-workers in the labour of iniquity " laugh" at the cries and mock the calamities of
their poorer brethren , inflicted by themselves . "We ar « not told whether " the holy men of God "—the priests of State patronage— " laughed" with the others ; but there is no record of their interference to restrain this ill-timed and infamous levity , and we are warranted therefore in concluding that what they did not reprove , they approved . And these are our governors—these are they who make all tke laws by which the happiness or misery of the whole people is promoted and ensured—these are they to whose hereditary wisdom the destinies of millions are with
confidence consigned ! How long will tbe people submit to be thus " laughed" at ? How long will they tamely bear that the provision made for their happiness should be just that of the hawk , for the sparrow , or rather that of the cat for the mouse , who at once makes her victim serve for the gratification of two appe tites , pport and prey ? We tell them now , as we have told them often , that so long as they suffer the few to make laws for the whole , so long will the interests of the many be disregarded—so long will the happiness of fhe many be nneared for—so long will
the miseries of the many be . laughed at , by the few . How absurd is it to send their " humble petitions " for redress to those by whom their grievances are considered as food for merriment , when by a bold and unanimous determination , the system may at once be put an end to for ever , and not only redress for present grievances ensured , but a certain prevention of their recurrence ensured also I Let them not he deceived by the tricks of the oppressors . Lord "Wynfobd has moved for the " amendment " of the New Poor Law . Does he wish for its
amendment ? Not he . He wishes to get rid of the " agitation ofpublic meetings . " He " wishes these discussions to be put a stop to . " So do we ; bnt not by the people tamely submitting to be butchered and laughed at . "Whenever justice shall be done , then will " discussion " be at an « nd , and " agitat ion " be no more heard of . Again and again then shall our cry be reiterated— 'down * with the hereditary
powers of the laughing hyenas to legislate for the whole people—down with the monopoly of Legisla tion by any one portion of the people to the exclusion of another . Let Universal Suffrage be obtained instantly and securely , and then farewell to legislative mirth at the sufferings of the- poor—farewell to " agitation , " " Othello ' s occupation will be gone , " because the monarch shall rule in righteousness and justice , and mercy uphold the throne .
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FACTORY AGITATION . "We have just time to refer onr readers to the spirited meetings of Bradford and Keighley , reported in our present number . "We are glad to learn that meetings of a like character are being , and have been holden in various other parts of the Factory Districte . "We rejoice to see that the people are alive , and that the determination of the whole Factory Population of both Yorkshire and Lancashire deliberately expressed at the great meeting in Leeds , last November , for the settling
of the question , is adhered to , that no alteration shall be permitted in the present Act which tends to remove one particle . of the advantages secured to fiie-infant slave by ¦ . ito : provisions . We intended this week to enlarge on the provisions of Mr . Fox Maule ' s insidiona Bill , which is to be read a second time on Monday ; but we are happy to find tbi * nmply done to our . hands in the speeches of the Bev . G . S . Bum .. sof Bradford , and of
Mr . Bedford , at KeigUsy . We shall onl y , therefore , add oar confirmation to fie testimony of these gentlemen , that the whole thing is amply . worthy of iteparentagBr-that a more perfect humbng , a more complete specimen of chicanery and tricka , morei wilyyand at the same time s more clumsy piece of legislative legerdemain has nerer been pro * dnced in the annals of even Whig stuffing } hypocritical , and blundering leeislation . ¦
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TWELVE THOUSAND WOMEN . Whigs , Tories , plunderers / usurpers , tyrants , and under whatever name you live in breeches , look above and tremble . Petticoat government is a thing that yon profess to despise , but to which at length you must yield . It » with delight we direct attention to the account of Mr . Salt , of the meeting of twelte thousand women at Birmingham . The men of Birmingham fought one battle , and thoaght they had gained a triumph : but it has remained for the glorious women of Birmingham to give substance to the shadow . Thanks , everlasting thanks , are due to Mt . Salt for this new system of warfare . He writes to Mr . Elliott his
intention of undertaking a miswon in the cause of the people : let the women , therefore , join with the men in doing him honour in the holy undertaking ; and as the attainment of Universal Suffrage is the object , let the manifestations of the men of Glasgow be worthy of the object . Birmingham , Manchester , Sheffield , Leeds , Newcastle , Edinburgh , Glasgow , and Paisley , form the watch towers ; and according to the manner in which the inhabitants of those several towns shall receive Mr . Salt , and evince their determination to co-operate with
the women of Birmingham , does the fate of Europe now depend . Oh that we could throw the influence of the capital of our native land into the scale of profitable agitation ; but alas , while Englishmen and Scotchmen are thus contending against oppression is it not melancholy to behold a still more oppressed people , and the bravest upon earth , hugging their chains , and rivetting their bonds of slavery ! While we are contending for perfect freedom , they are complaining of hunger , and reject the tendered morsel : they call out against religious persecution , while they are casting themselves into its golden net . When will Ireland see through the mist which has
so long surrounded her ? When will her people awake from their slumber ? When will they arouse themselves , and say—" For thirty long years have we been fighting the battles of a traitor , as he told us , in honour of our God , and now has he handed us over as a prey to that church which he has taught us to loook upon as the arch-enemy of our religion , the destroyer of our happiness , and the curse of our country . " And is it possible that hehe who scouted from the hustings , in 1832 , all save those who would pledge themselves to the destruction of tithes , root and branch—is it possible , we « vk that this sensitive Catholic has turned round in 1838
to proclaim peace by the ascendancy of the Law Church ? "He would nevei pay more tithe ; he registered the vow in heaven . He was a Catholic , and ought not to be called upon to support another man's religion . As well may he be called upon to fee another man ' s doctor . " Under terror of the tow , the blinded millions followed his devotional example . He owes four years' arrears , and the gleanings from the poor man's table will discharge his church debt , while the " martyr , " for
love of peace and honour of his God , a ? ks those who have given their all to him , to pay their arrears also , with costs into the bargain ; and to saddle themselves and their successors with the payment of tithes for evermore . Immortal Doyle ! Honoured in your grave , and still green in our affections;—thanks , O , thanks , that you who desired thai our hatred of tythes should be as lasting as our love of justice , ^ - thank God you have not lived to see the Catholic faith sold by O'Connell at the Protestant . altar .
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NORTHERN UNION . In our eighth page will be found the report of the committee appointed by a meeting of the working men , held at Leeds , for the purpose of drawing up the objects of the great Northern Union , as reported to a second meeting by their secretary , Feargus O'Connor , which objects were cordially and unanimously adopted , when many persons , who never before belonged to any association , paid their entrance and became members . '
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- — $ m :. . " WHO IS THE TRAITOR ?" In our report of the recent trial before the Huddersfield Magistrates , we made an attempt to attach something like consequence to the conduct of the new creations , but the Mercury of last week , knowing the difficulty of gulling the good people of Huddersfield , or of making their friends respectable , Ijas , with a malicious malignity , frustrated our kind' } in * tention . In speaking of the judgment , the Met * ? v tells us what the division was . The Mercury is by no means to blame ; it ia just what we or any other
caterer of new « would be glad to do , namely , to find novelty for their readers ; but then the idea of the bench of Magistrates , ( who we understand pledged themselves not to mention the division uponthe judgment ^ having one among them who could thus violate all semblance of decency , is a matter upon which we must have stronger proof than even the Mercury . A good natured' friend is a dangerous person and no doubt but the traitor will find that we who profess no friendship for the new creation , have been frustrated by the kindness of the Mercury in an endeavour to uphold some one , who ^ proud of
his villany was determined to distinguish himself per fas aut nefas ; of course the gentlemen who sit on the Huddersfield Bench , whether Whigs orTories will investigate the matter , ^ nd either decidedly refuse to sit with the traitor , or unanimously declare that the Mercury made a bad guess to Berye the cause . By the way there was not a word of the Huddersfield case in the Leeds Edition of the Mercury . Now the Huddersfield peoplewereacanainted with it , and nothing could be more neeessary-than that the Leeds readers ihould have been instructed npon so ' important a decision ; but it often happens that " ignorance is bliss . "
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J . D . His letter next week . John Beaumont . We are sdrry that his tetter cannot be inserted at present . We have no room . ¦; ¦ . '' ; '¦ . . . ¦'¦'¦' -. ., /• ; . " . ¦¦ ;" ' :,.. : ¦ . The Leeds Times * and the Dewsbury Radical Association . We have received . a ~ very pungent article from the Radical Association at Dewsbury , relative to some statements of the Leeds Times of last Saturday , about a Vestry Meeting at that place * . The letter should be sent to the paper in which the statements complained of appeared . We cannotij Uerfere , W . S . T .-r-TTe grounded our opinion as to the intention of giving Sir W . Molesworth a dinner upon the information of some Hqlbepk men , and our Correspondent mistakes our silence for giving the fact publicity . We think Sir W . M . deserves the compliment . We feel confident that it could be done on Whit Tuesday , and we shall gladly render our did . Errata , —In our last letter sf Malahine , instead o f Subscription to Mechanics Institute 21 s . per year , 6 s . per week read 5 d , and instead of one pint of ale per day at 3 d—3 d per week read Is . 9 d . per week . Bronterbe . —We beg to inform our readers that Bronterre ' s Letter did not come till Friday evening , consequently it was too late for insertion this week . It is an admirable Letter upon the Irish Poor Law , and shall appear next week .
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LEEDS . A Dear Pennyworth . —On Monday last , a respectable looking barber , named Richard Morgan , who performs his polling operations in Harper Street , was , brought before the magistrates charged with having dared to shave a man , on Sunday morning last . The barber did not deny the charge ; but stated that the man whom he shaved was one of his regular customers , and he had come and begged very earnestly that the operation might be performed . He knew not bow to retuse him , though he was by no means in the habit of shaving on Sundays . He had a very narrow escape of being fined 5 s . and 7 s . 4 d .
costs : but the magistrates taking into consideration that it was the first time he had been brought up on a charge of the kind , said they would not convict him provided he would pay 3 s . 4 d . the cost of the summons . Thus thepoor barber for enabling a man to have a clean face on a Sunday , must shave forty others for nothing ; and , had he been convicted , he would have had to scrape the chins of one hundred and forty nine men for a penny . If the law fined any body , certainly it should be the man who neglects to get shaved at a proper time , and not the barber who probably shaves on a Sunday more for the sake of not losing his customers than for the Sunday penny he gets by them . Query . Dp the
magistrates always shave themselves on a Saturday night ? Independent Order of Odd Fellows , M . U . - On Easter Monday the officers of the Sovereign Lodge assembled at the house of Mr * Beecrdft , Buffalo Inn , Richmond Road , Leeds , for the purpose of opening a hew lodge under the title of " Loyal Hibernia Lodge , No . 1430 . " After forty gentlemen had been initiated , the lodge was opened indue form , when the newly initiated brethren and visitors sat down to an excellent supper , after partaking of which , theevening was spent in the greatest harmony . At a late hour the company broke up well pleased with the evening ' s entertainments , and with the order they had joined .
Work for a Dentist . —Francis George Kenny was charged on Thursday last with haying assaulted a watchman while in the performance of his duty . The complainant stated that on the night previous , at a little after ten o ' clock , he was called to quell a disturbance between the prisoner and his wife , who were quarrelling . He , the watchman , interfered to preserve the peace but was violently assaulted by the prisoner , who , he said had knocked three of his teeth down his throat ( laughter ; . The prisoner in vindication of himself said that be had discovered his wife to have beeri faithless ; and that he had even fouad her , and . her paramour together , who did not deny the crime he laid to their charge .
In consequence of this he was so exasperated that he did not know what he did j and probably he might strike the watchman . The magistrates thought such conduct was a very ill return for the kindness of the watchman in wanting to preserve peace amongst them , And the sentence of the Court was that the prisoner be fined 20 s . and costs , or in default of payment be committed to prison for fourteen days . The prisoner finding he was to go to gaol said he should like to have his wife up , for he would never live with her again . The poor fellow wept while he said all he had been doing the night before was attempting to get the ^ ring off her finger when she screamed and brought the watchman . The magistrates replied that they could d » nothing for him .
London Missionary Society . - ^ The Rev . Richard Knill , the eloquent and devoted advocate of missions to the heathen , has been engaged during the week in strenuously pleading the missionary cause in Leeds . On Sunday , he preached in Belgrave , Salem , and Queen-street chapels j on Monday evening in Byron-street chapel ; on Ttiesday evening ill George ' s-street chapel ; and on Wednesday evening in Holbeck chapel . STB&viva A . Watch .- ^ - On Tuesday , Miles Pickle * was brought up at the West Biding Magistral * Office , Leeds , charged with havioc stolen a
watch , the property of David Strafford , who resides at Churwelf . It appeared that on the Wednesday previous , he had ordered the prisoner , who is a boy to go to his house to have Something to eat , being well acquainted with him ; but while the woman was down in the cellar , the boy opened a chest of drawers and stole the witch , which had recently cost £ 3 10 s . He pledged it for 10 s ., and afterwards sold die ticket for is . The watch ; has been found and identified . When . ¦ 'the prisoner wan apprehended , be admitted haying stolen the watch . He was committed for trial to ' - 'Wakefield House of Correction .
Foot Race . at Doncaste r . —The great foot race , between Drihkwaterj of Sheffield and Earnsworth , of Conisbro ' , for £ 120 , came off on the Doncaster race-course , on Tuesday last ; the friends of the former staking s £ fO to the other's £ 50 ; The distance run was siic miles , the men starting at a part ' of the course between the four-mile startingpost and the end of the rails . The race had for tfometime excited a grett deaJ of interest ; and toy wards noon , the town was so full : of strangers as to assume almost the appearance of a day at the annual meeting . ^ : Great numbers' Arrived from-Sheffield , Barn 6 ley , and the surrounding villages ; iand . on the ground were a considerable number of horsemen and persons in yehiiples ., ' ; -, The whole number ; 6 f persons assembled
^ was estimated at hot less than ten r thousand . Aboutjhalf-past one , themeioprepared : themeelves ^ ^ for the race . On striDping , prinkwater appeared to be in the best cobdition , being ^ more musculai ! and in much better ; spirits than his youthful competitor . They were starfed by Mr . LbckwdtHii ^ hen , Farns < r orth took ^ the lead ; and made the running ; , until ^ eomipgv ^ o : the hill in ^ the Jast rouncL ; Hete ^ rintwater , who ,, it was , eyiv dent , had the race jn hi } own hands , advanced and , gainiedv on his ^ opponent at V almost > every step , eventually winiungiby about 100 ryards . u The distance was ^^ -ruu . m , 3 * minutes 35 seconds . The jfirst two miles were accomplished in 11 minutes 55 seconds ; the second two in . 11 ^^ 'mititrtes-40 . seponds * and the last two miles in 11 minutes .
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Robbery by A Servant .- ^ - On Tuesday , Samuel Schofield , aged 65 years , who resides at Pudsey , and had been considered a confidential servant for fourteen years , was brought , before the magistrates at Leeds , on a charge of having stolen a quantily of wool , the property of his employer ? , Messrs . Lister and Farrarj of the Hiff End Mill , Bramley , near Leeds . It appeared that the prisoner was employed in the willowing and dry-house , that the whole of the woo ) had to pass in the first instance through his hands in the process of manufacture . In consequence of a great many complaints having been made of short weight on the return of the article .
they had made a practice of looking sharply about , for the purpose of ascertaining how the deficiency in the weight of slubbing took place , for when the manufacturers sent similar quantities of wool to other mills , they had on some occasions as much as eighteen pound weight more of the article returne"d . On Monday evening , the overlooker went into . the firing-place , where the prisoner had placed a basket with a cover over it , which he brought his dinners in ; the lid was partially open , which disclosed the quantity of wool that it contained . This circumstance led to the apprehension of the pr isoner , with the property in his possession . The basket contained
four pounds' weight of wool . A constable was sent for , the prisoner admitted his fault , but begged to be forgiven , stating that it was his first offence ; buton his house being searched , two sacks containing about three stone weight were found , consisting of a variety of colours , and also some white wool . The prisoner then admitted having stolen the property from his employers , and that he had on previous occasions sold quantities of similar articles to George Tordoff , who resides at . Pudsey , receiving for the
white wool one shilling per pound . Having secured the prisoner , the constables of Bramley went" to Tordoff'a house , and apprehended him in bed ,. but they had not presence of mind to make a search for similar articles . The magistrates reproved the constables for gross neglect of duty ; knowing ' the . individual to be a suspicious character , they ought to have searched the house , which would have established the man ' s guilt , or have , in some measure , proved his innocence . Tordoff was discharged , but Schofield was committed for trial to Wakefield House of Correction .
Fraud upon the Leeds Overseers . —On Saturday last , a woman named Cummins , " was brought before the magistrates charged with obtaining money under false pretences from the Leeds Overseers . It appeared from the evidence , that , this woman ( who represented herself as being destitute , in consequence of her husband having left her , and she knew not whither he had gone , ) had been for the last eleven weeks in the receipt of 6 s . per week for the maintenance of herself and four very young children , and of 5 s . per week for thirty-six weeks previously . It was proved , however , that her husband
had been regularly with her , and by the neighbours was never missed scarcely for a single night . She and her husband have been living for several months in Bath-street , near the residence of one of the overseers . The magistrates did not give any judgment on the case , and it was remanded to a future day . They thought there was a question to be decided , first " whether the overseers had been strictly attentive to their duty in allowing such a fraud , as it was acknowledged , and indeed , proved , that for several months past Cummins , the husband of the woman , had not attempted to conceal himself ?"
Friendly Compliments . —On Saturday , last , a man named Thomas Wallis , was brought before the magistrates charged with having assaulted a Mrs . Beverley , of Leadenball market . It appeared , from . the evidence , that on the day previous the prisoner was in a yard in which the complainant was washing the entrails of an animal lately butchered . Some words ensued between him and the complainant , when the latter took a bucket half filled with water and dung , and thew it into the face and about the person of the prisoner . He not liking the salute
immediately returned the compliment , and threw a buffett which hit the back of Mrs . Beyerley , and gave her considerable pain . This the prisoner declared had been done by pure accident , as the buffet was the thing with which he- had thrown the dirty water upon the complainant . The magistrates said , that Mrs . Beverley had been the first assailant , and there was therefore no redress . In addressing the prisoner , they said they could not punish him . on that account , and the prisoner replied that he was very sorry for it . " ( Laughter . )
An Honourable Wound . — On Thursday last , a charge was preferred against a person named James Terry , for assaulting inspector Child , in the discharge of his duty . It appeared that on Tuesday night last , the prisoner was in the tap room of the Turk's Head , in Briggate , and while there was creating a disturbance . The landlady sent for a policeman , and Child being nearest it fell to hjs lot to clear the house of the rabble . He had not be «? n many seconds in the tap room , when the prisoner lifting his fist gave ^ him a blow in the fece , which nearly deprived him of his right eye . The . mark still remains to prove the force of the blow , " and probably will remain for some time . The prisoner was proved to be the assailant ^ and was fined in the sum of £ 5 , including costs , or to be committed to prison for two months .
Owenism . —Oh Thursday evening , Mr . Rigby , from Manchester , gave the first of his three lectures on socialism , whicb . Mr * Owen was expected to deliyer , but was prevented froin doing , in consequence of hia having an engagemont at : Sheffield . The audience was considerably less numerous than on the preceding evenings , - but the meeting Was more lively . The lecturer dwelt on ^ the doctrine of circumstances ; " by which he aimed at proving that man was the creature of cifcumstancesv He introduced a variety of anecdotes which seemed to amuse the audience , all illustrative of the position he was desirous to establish . At the conclusion of
the lecture , a gentleman who was either mad or drunk , got lip , as he said ^ for the purpose of asking some : questions j when instead of questioning ^ he began a violent harangue to the no smsdl amusement of the audience . A young Scotchman , whose name did not transpire , also asked a question or two , and made two or three observations . Confusion began to prevail in the meeting , when Mri Greig stepped forward , and asked some questions , which were replied to by Mr . Rigby . Each was heartily cheered by his respective party ; and , doubtiess , both sides thought they had the victory . Mr . Rigby gav « his second lecture last ni ght , aad will give his third , and last , this evening . . -
Dinner to the LECTrjRERS at the Leeds ScHboi ^ PF Medicine . —The lecturersland students dined on Thursday evening , at the White Horse Hotel j when upwards of forty gentlemen sat down . The dinner was served up in the best style , and th « wines were excellent . Chairman—Henry Giies > Esq . ; Vice-Chainnan-Thpmas Sayley Esq . The , speeches were excellehtj and the party were highly delighted with the entertainment . Joshua Bolland , Esq . delivered some scientific and highly interestirig speeches . ' . . ' ; . ¦¦ " : ¦ : ¦ ' "" . :-: C . ¦' . ' .: ¦ ¦ : . ' - ¦ ¦ .. " . ¦ < •;• '
A Mutual Kindness .- ^ -Rosanna Camp bel ^ , and Ann Murray / vrere brouglvt before the magistrates , Murray being charged with having stolen : a gown . belonging ; to i Campbell ^ ^^ whfle Campbell wai charged ^^^ itn pavingillegallypledged several arjlcleif of clotbJng belonging to the other prisoner . .. <* . A policeman stated that the prisoner Campbell had come to him desiring him to take Murray Into ^ custody , which ^ when he attempted to do Murray ^ gave , Canlpbell into cugtbdy , and not being able to -adjust their differences ,, he brought theni ; both to the prisbrf together ; - Their differencea being adjusted- as well as the case allowed , they were both discharged .
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A Schoolmaster at FAtJLT . r-On Mondaylast , a person named James Bolton , a schoobnaster at Chapeltown , was charged with havingVunmercifully beaten a girl named Ann Briggs , daughter of a coachman in the service of Mr . Benyon , one of the justices of the peace for } tiiis boroagb . It appeared that on one day during the past week , tins young pupil , seenlingly . about fourteen yeare old > vfas very refractory , and behaved towards her instructor with much impudence . When told to do * part of her duty relative to cyphering , she threw both slate and pencil upon the . floor , called her
teacher a great fool , and positively lefused to obey his orders . This doubtless excited the anger of the master ; and , as all schoolmasters are said to be tyrants , he resented the insolence with several stripes on the girl's back administered with a cane . The marks were said to be very heavy as a surgeoa . testified . A charge of a more serious nature waa also brought against him , which was that he had attempted improper liberties with the girl . That however was proved to be false , and doubtless was originatedw ' th the : view of ruining the man's character . For the offence of beating the girl , he was fined 20 s . and costs .
VAGRANCY . r-James Seinaj a poor cripple ^ was brought before the magistrates , on Monday last , charged with obstructing the causeway on Leeds Bridge , and also with exposing wounds , by which means to obtain charity . Inspector James , brought him to prison on Saturday night , having then found hi m on the bridge as already described . The pri » soner who was dressed in seaman ' s apparel , said he had been a sailor : for several years , and had both , his legs broken while on board a ship . He exhibited them to the magistrates ; they were fearfully ; deformed . After a short consultation , the magistrates , deterrijined to send him to Wakefield for one monthi He had a daughter with him about twelve years of age ; and in answer to a question as to what would become of his daughter while he was in the House of Correction , he was . told that the money which was found upon him when he was talcen , would go ^ to her support . »
TOWN COUNCIL FARCE . On Wednesday last , the members of this body were summoned to attend a special meeting for the transaction of certain business . The first notice on the paper was the laying of a . watch rate ; The second a petition on the slavery question ^ the third for the amending of an Act of Parliament passed durin g the reign of the late King , and the fourth and last for putting a vertical light in the Council Room . The meeting was summoned for three o ' clock ; bufcit was nearly four before there were so many members present as constituted a quorum . The reouisite number
being obtained , Alderman Goodman was . called to the chair . The Town Clerk then stated that he had had a notice from Mr . Alderman Wright , stating that the meeting was illegal , inasmuch as the notice paper was not signed by the genuine signature of the Mayor . He , the . Town Clerkj . was of opinion that the meeting was perfectlj legal ; arid though the Mayor was not present , in whose name the first notice on the paper was signed , it would be perfectly competent for any member who might have been commissioned by tile Mayor to propose any motion to which the first notice referred . As , however ; it was a matter
affecting the interests and the pockets of the u > habitants of the Borough , he should recommend that it be postponed till the quarterly -meeting which would soon be convened . A long and irregular discussion then ensued as to the legality of the meeting ; and the Town Clerk at length sug gested that passing by the first notice relative to the watch Tate , they might pass on to the other business , since it could be of b'tfe moment , so far as / that business was cot » cerned , whether the meeting was legal or not . Mr . Clarke then moved that tie Council proceed to the order of the day , after tbe
first notice on the paper . Mr . Eddison then read letters from the Earl of Harewood and Mr . Baines , acknowledging the petitions from the Couiial for the redixptioa of postages on letters . He also read an estimate of the Leeds share of the West Riding expensies for the' ensuing half-year , ifr . Priestman then rose to propose his motion relative to the slavery question . He apologised for the manner in which he introduced it , stating that Be should principally endeaybnr to establish his clam to the support of ; the Counpil in reference to his proposition , on the evidence of dopuments oa the authenticity of which they might fally rely . He
proceeded to read a { variety of papers contai ^ statements which have been reiterated agaih and again on the question , and after a tiresome explanation of the matter which furnished no new infonnstion , he propose d- that an address ^ be sent to the Queen for the immediate emancipation of the apprentices , and also petitions to both Houses : of Parlwment for the same purposed Seyersl members t « Sk part in this lnudable object , and seemed exceedingly anxious to make themselves popular by their speeches on the question . It was , '¦ however , a . comp lete failure , and reminded us of a newT debating / club m which a number of amateurs were desirous <»
trying their talents ai speech ; making ^ they Ventured to come forth before the public . N « er was there a more miserable display of Corporator humbug than on this occasion . A few . genteDce from the speech of Mr . John Howard may- 8 er » e as a fair ; specimen of the rest . / They # ; . PJS verbatim , and their accuracy may t&erefpre wieji ™ on . Hesaid . — "Every ' exertion has been maflewr to try for to persuade the planters for to slageo their hand ; andj after the arguments that ba « M ^ laid down , I fear for to trust myself for to speak « the way in which it is that th « T could pP ? «^ . f \ nejaro . Had these Eentlemen nfanters , if it » ?* r it
they are to be called so ^ -if is ' that they « fcotiM « entitled to the name of a man , which it is I a » Pre " pared to show it is not ; bat if it isthatlP ^ stand of complying wittithe regulations they . . ^? v carrying on , I should like to knowi bow , or to ^ ww . ; way , either the ptesent or any other bill sho # ^ be wrbughtoutbythesamemen . " " Iwoaldnp ttron them at all ; arid ; aftefit is that they have w <^ saturated with thef Hood ; -pf the negro , & < % *? % become altogether disqualified to become ^ 22 and governors over- any other ^ peop le . It P ^ Tfoj . us , therefore , for toi do every ^ thing : which w& cai , to accomplish tiie abolition ofslavery ; and . ; -T % - to promiseyonj that the energies of the nation »^ beroused from ittcircle to ite . cireumference p ^ important ; and agitating question . ( Hear , _ ¦ ¦ ' and roars of laughter . ) That any : gen ° ^ in this land \ ofl * w-+ a-r- ; st- liber 7 ^^ are subject to the most terrible conditions of pppj ^ -
sion . The planters have committed acts ffW ?^ . ) violating fliese acWivnichit is for ^ ch ^ fS ^ J- 1 at least ought M ^ ha ^ ei M i ^; ^^^ ( Be * , l ^ , * m ^ 0 iterj ' ' % !!* & iot » g ^ man Bere who would riot do any' thing in ; W > fttli for : ' . to - ~ - forto 2 ^ forto > -4-- a ^— - *¦*? . T > j assists'in putting down' ' slavery . ( J ^» ^< £ to wishl was ^ abie ' tirdo ^ ^ osBce tfr ^ st ^ fcU ?^ makeit ^ spund hb ' t ^ nly throug h ^ the leng ^ r bfeadth'bf th ^]^ , ' Dnt jfor , tormake if wrf ^ tb . 6 earsof " ev&rjoiib of tb < Jse ;^ etefied , nien ^ T ^ j thtfse wetcfied nitrn who !' are p lanters .,, ¦ -, % L g , ^ other ineinbeis toot partin dJ ^ cttssiiig th « $ * % £% . the : questiotf , whose speechesi ; Vfere character ^ ^ . little more wisdomi : ! ^ whichiwerkcmnae ^ ^ ah p ^ twppo ^ m ^^ w as passediriuneaVitely ^ after whicttwO C ^ Sitf bers tbok'tbeirh ^ tS lEtiid walk ^ iwaWniconge ^ lj ^ of which ^ there was ' noira ' snnta ^ nf number to cw ; on the business ^ and the meeting broke up . ¦;
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 5, 1838, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct523/page/4/
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