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SPLENDID PORTEAIT ( PROM A STEEL PLATE , ) OP WILLIAM COBBETT , Will be presented to every YORKSHIRE Purchaser of the NORTHERN STAR of THIS DAT ; BIRMINGHAM , NEWCASTLE , and the NortU on the 6 th of October .
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THE CAUSE . The moral inflaence whieh the imposing gathering of Monday last has had upon the working classes of this country , is a subject of importance paramount to all other *; and while the spectacle , the sentiments expressed , and the orderly conduct observed , likely for some time to preserve the freshness of astonishment and surprise , it is our duty to take advantage of the incident , while events are fresh and feverish , for the permanent settlement of society , and the final extinction of social strife and confusion . If we were bold in our weakness , it is meet that ¦ we should be mild in onr strength . * "We leave ¦ to fee scribblers fox orders , and " lie scribes of
faction , that opportunity which the short remaining -season of monopoly will afford them , the full possession of the muddled fools of their creation , and allow them , as best they can , for yet a little longer , ¦ to ns « - the virtues of an insulted people , - as a pre text for upholding the views of an imperious Aristo-¦ cracy , while our care shall be to disabuse our friends of the supposition , that in one victory consists a
triumph . No , the work is but commenced , but the lx > ld commencement will shorten and render easy file remainder of the campaign . The greatest disappointment whieh all factions must experience from the present move , is the fact , that as moral power increases , all notion of physical force becomes extinguished . It is only when ja portion of a community experiences great suffering , and inow not how to stem the torrent , that men conceive the
alternative of effecting by force , that which may be l » tter accomplished by judgment ; but as union and interchange of opinion ( which are ^ the mainspring of moraHbrce ) progress , violence gives way to deliberation , and the power of the mind places xeason and the deliberating faculties of man in the ascendant , and subjugates wrath , and passion , « rifl vengeance to their dominion . Heretofore , sections only of the community were oppressed , and the few , who by law , by chance , or hy circumstances were less -unfortunate than their neighbours
werejlayedagainst the first victims to . oppression and misrule ; but so general has - become the -whole system of misgovernment , and so embracing the grasp of taxation , that by degrees the lot has fallen upon section after section , until at length a fellow-feeling has incorporated into one body the payers of the wages of idleness against the receivers of those wages . The people are in the daily habit of witnessing the uprising of all speculators in
labour , as if by magic , and they ask for a satisfactory reason . They are told that it is the fruits of honest industry ; but they know that they work not . They are told that it proceeds from competition and speculation ; but they have" discovered that competition and speculation mean the -extraction , by law , of the poor man ' s labour for the rich man ' s , gain . They are told that it is commerce ; but they have found out that commerce iu raw materials
alone , would be like a gift of land with a condition that it should not be cultivated . They are told that it is trade ; but they know that trade means the conversion , by labour , of a thing which , without labour , would be of no value , bat which by the application of labour , becomes of great value ; and they inow that the labour is theirs . Prom all these considera tions , then , a question , and a great question , has sprung up . "We divide society into three sections ; the speculators in raw material , the speculator in manufactured articles , and the industrious who produce the change . Under this division , it will
strike every mas of common sense , that the two former classes really possess , as compared to the latter class , but bo much value in society as the raw material bears to the manufactured article , and yet ¦ we find that the speculators , by law , and the dread of physical force which the law commands , have placed themselves in a position to subjugate the reality to the fiction and that real wealth and representation have been turned upside down . Thus we dispose of the fanciful argument of the property-representation gentlemen , and go folly with themj having clearly shown thai the wealth is as 99 to 100 in the hands of the converters of raw
material into available property ; the speculation -apon which constitutes the whole trade of the country . The struggle is whether the whole 100 shall be Tepresented , or whether the 99 in every hundred shall be sacrificed to the dictation and speculation -of the odd one . This straggle is between nonelective influence and elective power , which , by our recent meetings has been placed more prominently -than ever before the people . Parliaments are of long standing ; the fashion to bow to their ordinances 1 b of long duration . The House of Commons , was
looked upon as a kind of fairy palace , where magicians sat ; its corruption was kept in the shade , till public-meetings brought some of our best men upon ¦ fiie stage , where their efficient advocacy of popular lights stamped them as fit and proper law makers , without possessing" the power of making good laws , or of even preventing bad ones . In no instance has the venality and stupidity of the House of Commons been more prominently pourtrayed than ty a comparison , between public opinion and the Gallery-Honse-of-Commons treatment of die Hon .
Member for Oldham . He appears upon the platform and amid the merry din of anxious thousands his every word is heard ; bnt when he comes to plead "file people's cause in a small House , and in the presence of a few , he is inaudible to the hirelings of the press . "We do not mean'the Reporters , for they have no controul—they are butthe machines—the engineers stand behind . We have more than once informed our readers that pommerce is a gambling speculation , at whioh the largest capitalist is sure to treat the table . The game has gone on for some ¦ time ; the small banks have failed ; and the large ones have got counters from the
groom porter ( the manager of the game . ) These counters appear in various shapes—Exchequer and other bills , whieh are mere fictions the interest of which must , however , be paid in real value , which i « labour ; and thatlabour being the only thing from whence all can draw their support and sustenance , has been left undefended , in order that all may help themselves at will . Hetail trade in labour has been nearly destroyed and a wholesale mart has been opened , with power to Imy and sell , according to the notions which *» formed -of the » peeulation to be embarked in . The / Jabonrer has no voice in the undertaking "E » rJ * j ? onreT has no notion of the use which he
. 4 * $ "pc * BQ » 80 T * a ninety-nine in every hundred parts ) ^^ Wiiade of by the fraction of the whole , and : ftuS * iShe representation of the only fiction is sn'jBEnate'CMitroaler over all . The reason of those grievances being allowed to continue will be found in the pernicious system upon which the
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advantage of free trade is sought to be established , and which prevails in this country to an alarming extent—we nreaa the practice of living from hand to ' mouth , which completely subjects the best spirits to the worst dominion . If every man in England had one month ' s provision in the store house , we would cease to meet and clamour and to _ spend our time at county meetings ; our absence from the mill would speak , far more eloquently than a Fielbxh , a Stephens , or a Cobbett . The gathering on Kersal Moor will , no doubt , go far
to rectify the evil ; bat justice never can be insured , so long as s man is compelled to sell both bis labour and his Freedom for the support of his body . It would ill become « s to allow those feelings to ^ which we shall presently give vent to destroy the thread of our present argument , but we cannot here avoid , even though we should again repeat it , paying that compliment to the managers of the Lancashire meeting to which they are justly entitled . It will ever be found that public meetings are the result of confidence in leaders .
There are some who exclaim against leadershi p and yet assume authority ; while the men of Manchester have worked by example , and by that alone , than which there cannot be a better title to leadership . The meeting on Kersal Moor was the proudest exhibition upon record ¦ : it was a day which , when its results shall be felt , will be held sacred in history , as being the birth-day of universal liberty . Then did the sun begin to shine upon the cottage—then did the cloud begin to hover over thrones which are not based upon the people ' shearts , as they are supported by the people ' s hands . We trust that no . impediment will be offered to the free will of a free people . We
do hope 4 iak the mi 331 e classes trill not prefer poliiJ cal aad costly distinction to that equality which , while it makes the poor richer , will not diminish the comforts of the wealthy . We trust that the more extensive circulation of popular views and opinions , will have nlispelled the treason and sedition of a vile Press , and that , in the laws made by all , they will see more security for life and property , than in those bloody edicts which sanction murder , and robbery , and rapine , and lust , and all uncharitableness , for the purpose of continuing a disparity between man and man , which never was the will of all-dispensing Providence .
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FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND MEN AND WOMEN AT KERSAL MOOR . Theke is no system which has not a fashion , and none more general than that of relying upon the opinions of fashionable fools , when offered in opposition to that of sensible men . The great spirit which is now abroad , and the universal determination to be free , has rendered the mere numbers who may be able or allowed to attend public meetings of comparatively little importance , and , there fote , our present object is rather to expose folly
than to cavil about numbers . The Manchester Guardian , of Wednesday , condescends to estimate the meeting of Monday at 30 , 000 . When the scribbler wrote this , he knew it was a lie , and though a base one , we offer it as an apology for the gentleman . Bnt we shall argue the question as though he really meant it , and we shall argue after his own fashion , by mere sound , and by measurement of ground , and voice , and space , and distance , and position . The Guardian asserts that Mr . O'Coxkor , by his observation as to
eighty acres being covered , est imated the meeting at 1 , 536 , ; bnt yet the Guardian Btates that Mr . O'posNOB said— " Now , as I don't attempt to calculate the nnmbers here by looking at their teeth ot the colour of their hair , I'll do it by this proposition , and you shall afterwards take my judgment , and see what the aggregate is . When I came down this field , there were over eighty acres of full-grown men , women , and children . " Mr . O'Connob says the fame now ; and if the Guardian , who seems to have taken his guess
from military men , knew anything ef military movements , he would have known that much more space is occupidd by " a body in motion , than by the same body when closely packed . Perhaps he does not understand " rear-rank , take close order , and rear-rank , take open order , and that the same body of men who will appear to touch when covering eighty acres , will pack into twenty acres when joined at a meeting . Bnt we had 30 , 000 ! As the question of numbers has caused frequent disputes of late , we shall see what our * friend's arithmetic amounts to . We shall first test
the 30 , 000 by the numbers which customary places of meeting are inown to hold . The Town Hall of Birmingham is said to hold 12 , 000 , kowever we shall sink a sixth and take it at 10 , 000 , and he will find according to the Guardian , arithmetic that Monday ' s meeting only occupied as much space as would be required for three such buildings as the Town Hall . The Crown and Anchor large room holds 2 , 500 , again we will sink a fifth and say 2 , 000 , and we find that only 15 such buildings would find space upon the ground occupied by the meeting .
Now as to sound , the Guardian , to protect the Whigs from a majority of the odium of a verdict against them , asserts that only a minority heard Mr . O'Connor , while we assert that , situated as the people were , 100 , 000 could have heard Mr . O'Connor distinctly ; and yet the Guardian declares that he was not audibleto 15 , 000 , which number would find room in half an acre of ground . Now , as to military authority , it is the very worst that can be offered in cases of packed numbers , inasmuch as a military man invariably
makes a bad guess at the area , and then considers how many armed men , with knapsacks , could be exercised in the space ; and that space which would contain 50 , 000 men at a meeting , would not be sufficiently spacious for exercising four regiments , or 4 , 0 o 0 , soldiers . So much for the Guardian ' s arithmetic . And now to lay down some rule by whieh the curious may be guided . If the large room in the Crown and Anchor will contain 2 , 000 persons , we assert without fear of contradiction , that considerably more than 200 rooms of equal size
could be built upon the space densely occupied by Monday's Meeting . If the Town Hall of Birmingham will contain 10 , 000 persons , we assert with equal confidence that more than forty such rooms , could be built upon the space occupied by the meeting ; and we further assert , that no town in the world , containing a population of 30 , 000 , would hold , in streets and houses , the numbers assembled on Kersal Moor . When Mr . O ' Connor said that 80 acres were covered , the whole body was moving , and upon the first sound of
the trumpet , the meeting pressed imto one-fourth of the ground previously occupied , which space was 20 acres , and which 20 acres would contaia 500 , 000 persons , and which 500 , 000 were upon the moor . We will go further . The military gentleman gave us 300 , 000 at the Peep Green Meeting , in May , 1837 , and all who witnessed both , admit that the Monday ' s Meeting was ont of all comparison larger . Those who saw the astounding Birmingham
Demonstration admit , that it was not half the amount , and to prove how marvellously well Mr . O'Connor judged in that case , he said , when speaking , " There are eight acres of you , which by the Sfanda « T » rule , which is a foolish rule , would amount to about 200 , 000 ; " and which was the very number which the London Press allowed for the meeting . Any man of common sense , who has been accustomed to measure land , can judge
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twenty acres ; and we assert , without fear of contradiction , that when the chair was taken , twenty acres of ground were densely covered with humaa beings , who , in spite of the Guardian and his twin-brother , the Leeds Mercury , will be free . From Bolton and its neighbourhood from 20 to 24 , 000 marched to the ground . The Chronicle asks where they came from , and we answer " What ' s that to him ? " Let him
mind " Coronations , " and let his friend ^ the Globe , count the number of rabbits which the puke of Sussex shoots ; but let neither of them meddle with calculations till they have learned to count a House of Commons sitting , with wands in their hands for the purpose ; of which at present we hold them incapable . Let the Guardian count Poulett Thomson ' s
majority at the next election , and the Mercury count Mr . Baineb ' s ; that will give them quite enough to do . By the ' bye , we are marvellously curious to learn whether or not the Whig minstrels will sing in tune , which we cannot learn till we see the Mercury's note . Poor things ! They are in a sad pucker , and it is only beginning with them . .
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THE THIEF CRY . " REGISTER ! REGISTER !! REGISTER !!!" In no single instance of their whole career of Government have the Whigs yet perpetrated one act of common sense or common honesty . Doubledealing , juggling , chicanery , and trick , are the essential characteristics of their system . Wherever they would be thought willing to seek the publicbenefit , the discriminating eye never fails : to , oerceive that the appearance thereof is but assumed . as a thin veil
for the covering of private and individaM advantage ; and certainly no more unequivocal ; proof of the black dishonesty and crawling imbecility of the Whig faction could have been afforded , than those disfigurements of their pet , and most boasted , measures , the Parliamentary and Municipal Revision Courts . Without even the pretence that these forums of chicanery can by possibility afford theleast benefit to the public , the nation is robbed thereby to an amount not much less than £ 100 , 000 annually , that the " reform" faction may be able to
sustain their hungry underlings in mischievous idleness , as a compliment for having pretended to bestow the franchise upon the ten pounders , &c . We say pretended to bestow it , for our Whig benefactors invariably palter with us in a double sense : keeping the word of promise to the e 3 r , they break it to the hopes . Though a man may suppose himself secure , and legally protected , in the possession of his vote , under the operation of the blessed Whig Reform Bills , Parliamentary and Municipal , he has no certainty whatever , that some
low " cazening knave , " bred in the school of Whiggery , shall not outjockey him . The wilful misspelling of his name by a knavish overseer ; , an accidentalmisdescription as to a " single yard" of the position of his street door , or twenty other equally beggarly and frivolous circumstances , which chance or trick may bring about , are sufficient to overbalance the intelligence , the integrity , and the patriotism of the man , and to nullify his vote . And even when all these fail , shoals of " objections " are constantly made by both parties to individuals
whom they know to ha ^ e perfectly good votes , upon the forlorn hope that some of them may be prevented by business or other circumstances from attending to defend themselves . We have attended these courts frequently , and in our whole experience of the petty villanies of civilized life , we have certainly found the richest and most amusing specimens to abound in the Whig Reform Bill Registration Courts . Respectable working men
are often compelled to sacrifice the labour of probably a whole day and sometimes more , lest they should be robbed for want of being on the watch . We have known sick voters , remaining in Court , hour after hour , until nature was exhausted with fatigue and want of food—the cunning and heartless " agents" staving off the cases for the purpose , and exultingly causing them to be brought on the moment the Court was quitted by the unfortunate
for the purpose of recruiting exhausted nature . The objected voter , not being present to substantiate his vote , is of course struck off , and told with a sneer , at his return , perhaps five minutes afterwards , that he should have stayed to defend his vote . The papers of the day are filled with the trashy " arguments" of the pettifoggers on each side , and the conflicting " judgments" of the briefless and inexperienced revision-men . We know of few systems which need " revision" more than this ; and " revised" it shall soon be , let but the people persevere in their virtuous determination to establish peaceful honesty in the land , when every man ' s title to vote shall be the possession of his limbs and faculties .
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PEEP GREEN . LET EVERY MAN , WOMAN , AND CHILD WITHIN A DAY'S MARCH OF PEEP GREEN , ATTEND THE MEETING OF THE FIFTEENTH OF OCTOBER , FOR THE SALVATION OF THEMSELVES AND THEIR COUNTRY—WE MUST BEAT LANCASHIRE—THE BR ^ VE MEN OF LANCASHIRE ! ., . / . We are sorry that the early how at which tAe circulation of the " Star" compels-as to gato press , preTenta u » from profiting : by the kind hint of Col . Thompson , this week . We also regret that his last week ' s favourdid ' not reacli us until too late for rise . We shall endeavour , in our next , to avail ouraelvesof his present week ' s suggestion . THE NORTHERN UNION . The Medals' are at Mr . Heywood ' a , and have been ordered to be forwarded to Mr . R ) betaon , Bradford . We shall not receive any letters not postpaid .
WE REGRET that we cannot rive the astotmdihg speech of Mr . Stephens , delivered at the Liverpool dinner this week , but let ow friends live in the hope of reading the most splendid oration that ever fell from the li ps of mortal Tniw . .. IT IS ONLT necessary to direct attention to Mr . O'Connor ' s movements , as his apology for haying left scores of letters unanswered ; and his engagements must plead his excuse for not accepting as many invitations . We have now before us invitations for the next week for Dumfries , Carlisle , Bristol , Nottingham , and many other places at a peat distance ; one from the other ; and again commission after commission , Onr friends are reafiy unreasonable : bnt we bear with their good intentions . Would to God that we could attend everyone of their glorious meetings , but we cannot Mr . O'Connor has the following engagements for this and next week : Todmorden , Pnday ; Macdesfield , Monday ; and Stockport . Tuesday .
T . W . BRADFORD , and the ADDRESS OF THE BRISTOL WORKING MEN ' S ASSOCIATION . Both these communications are in type ; bnt the press of matter has obliged us to leave them out till next week . Advice to the Young Men of England will Hot do for publication . ¦ ¦ ¦ •¦ - ' ¦ j OBSERVATIONS . We have , as he may see , no room at present ; he shall appear , if possible , shortly . Joseph Jones must take the same answer . A Constant Reader . A horse of the name of Ninety never ran for the St . lieger . POETRY . —We have received the lines about Mr . Oastler , from Underbank . They are not calculated te bear public criticism . ; THE Rev . J . Cheadle . —The letter of Mr . T . to this clergyman canot be inserted . It is too personal , If any fault wa » committed in the matter of the notice it must have been by the Churchwardens .
DEWSBURY . —Onr Correspondent's parcel was received ; but » o late , that not a word of it could be got in . ' Wemnat have these parcels on Thursday night .
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WEEDS AND WESTrRIDING NEWS . ¦ . ¦ " . ' ¦¦ ' ¦ LEEDS . ¦' ¦ - . ¦ ¦ . Post-office , Leeds ; September 27 , 1838 . Post-Office Alterations . ^ --On and from Monday , the 1 st October , the following alterations will take place in the transmission ° f letters between Leeds and London , also , to and from Birmingham , and the West of England : —The letters for London ate discontinued by Pontefraet , and will be sent by Manchester , at 18 minutes past 11 o'clock
in the morning ; The London and foreign letters to be sent by the mail at 9 , p . m ., ~ as usual . The let T ters from London will arrive by the mail i " rom Manchester , at 2 hrs . 18 min ., p . m .,. instead of by Pontefract . The letters from Birmingham and the West of England will also arrive , by the mail , from Manchester , at 2 brs . 18 min . The mail from York , bringing the Scotch letters , will arrive at 11 hrs . 18 min ., a . m ,, and delivery take place at 11 hrs . 45 min ., a . m ., instead of 10 hrs . 15 min ., as at present .
Lectures on Socialism . —The Rev . J . E . Giles , Baptist Minister of this town , delivered a lecture in his chapel , Sauth Parade , on Sunday evening last , in which he undertook to prove , that Socialism , as Ja religious theory , is irrational and absurd . The attendance was so numerous that thousands were said to have been unable to get in ; in consequence of which the lecture was announced for repetition on Thursday e ? eningj when the large chapel was again crammed in every part . The Rev . Lecturer took his text from Isaiah xlii . 21—24 . The lecture was listened to throughout with most thrilling
interest , and we were certainly , much surprised , it being accounted a part of religious worship , to hear the reverend preacher several times interrupted by vollies of applause . Of course , we cannot here give any opinion of the polemic merits of the lecture , but we may say that the interest excited by it will cause the remainder to be looked for with great impatience . We hope Mr . G . will continue the week night repetition . ' 'Subjects so important cannot be too deliberately contemplated , or too . publicly discussed . We hear with great pleasure that , it is intended to publish the lectures . It is also expected that the Socialists will reply .
The Theatre . —As wesupposed , tbe exchange of melodrame , spectacles , and monkey-men , for Shakspeare and real talent , has proved the good taste of the public of Leeds . The Theatre has had flowing houses all the week . We had not seen Mr . Kean since his firstcoming out , and were prepared by all that webadheard of him to expect great things . He certainly has many excellent points as an actor about him , though there are somethings in which we think he might , but fear he never will , improve . His stage points are exceedingly effective , and his attitudes , many of them , very find . His silent delineation of the passions in the working of the countenance is
inimitableespe-, cially as manifested in the dying scene of Richard ; in that scene we think him decidedly superior even to his late father . His elocution , however , very frequently degenerates into rant—and his reading is almost always decidedly bad . On Tuesday , as Othello , he was in the first act insufferable ; in the other four acts , however , Othello became himself , and our painful sensations were relieved by an exhibition of Teal talent and judgment . Mr . Creswick ' s Iago was a judicious , and indeed we may say a fine piece of acting . The character was admirably sustained , but we would remind Mr . Creswick that
Shakspeare's Iago has Hot one particle of passion He is a cool , deliberative villain throughout . On one or two occasions Mr . Creswick rather erred in this particular . We never saw Cassio so well played as by Mr . Fitzjames . His conception of tbe character seemed to us to be perfect , and his elocution—a thing wherein most actors err—was throughout beautifully appropriate and natural . Mrs . Gurner , as Desdemona , was very good . We are glad to see , from the announcement of the present week , that the legitimate drama is to be continued . We have no doubt that Mr . Downe will
find it to answer his purpose . Thursday next , we perceive , is devoted to the benefit of Mrs . Ivers , widow of the person who so very lately met an unfortunate and untimely end at York . We cannot doubt that the sympathies of our townsmen , will on this occasion , be made manifest . Northern Union . —We hear that a meeting of the Leeds Northern Union is to be holden on Monday evening ; and that important business relative to the West Riding meeting will be brought before them . Of course the members will all see the necessity of being in attendance .
L ^ eds T own Council , —On Monday last , a meeting of this body was summoned for the transaction of special business , but after waiting for upwards of an hour , there was not a quorum and the meeting was necessarily adjourned till to-morrow afternoon . Such is the attention which these worthies pay to the business of the town . Perhaps , however , they have learned that it is better to stay at home doing nothing than go to the Council to do mischief .
Woodhouse Feast . —This gay annual festival we perceive , from the bill of fare , promises a high treat to the lovers of fun and frolic , —as the entertainments will consist of horse , foot , and sack races , with the usual addenda of climbing the pole , hunting i , the hog , &c . &c . As the ground has recently been completely levelled , and , from the recent rains , being now in the best possible order , we anticipate a brilliant company on Monday next , at two p . m ^ to witness the contest for the Woodhouse St . Leger .
Ancient Romans . —On Monday last , this respectable body opened a Senate at the house of Mr . John Ford , Roman Senate Inn , Lady-lane . The company remained until the time allowed , in the utmost conviviality , Shop Robbery . —On Monday , Charlotte Harrison , alias Edwards , alias Milwood , was brought up at the Court House j charged with having entered the shop of Mr . William Caywood , linenrdraper , St . Peter ' s Square . She was observed to steal a piece
of print , but on being discovered she threw it down and endeavoured to escape , but was apprehended . On being searched , eighteen pawnbrokers' tickets were found upon her . She had only come to Leeds that day , and had pledged aearly £ 3 worth of property . It appeared that she had been receiving a large amount of money ^ under similar circumstances , at Halifax and Manchester . She was committed for trial ; but is remanded for a short period , for further examination oil two other felonies .
Shop Robbing . —On Saturday , George Chapel was brought up at the Court House , charged with having , on the previous evening , entered the shop of Mrs . Clayton , and stealing from the till 6 s . 4 d . He was observed to commit the felony , and was apprehended , and has since been fully identified . He was committed for trial to Wakefield House of Correction . The Organ Pbrformancb . —We understand that a splendid organ has been recently erected in St . Peter ' s ( Methodist ) Chapel , in this town , and was opened on Friday evening 8 e ' nnight . The services connected therewith being extended over
the Sunday and the Monday , and Tuesday evenings . On these occasions , ( as usual among Methodists ) silver was required of those who went into the galleries ; but a correspondent informs us that on Monday and Tuesday evenings , the doors of the body of the Chapel were closed without any public intimation , so that no admittance to the public worship of God could be had without payment ^ " and , " he adds , " those who did not choose to pay far their whistle , were very politely shewn the door , and if any disapprobation were expressed , the powers of a policeman were beld over them in terrorem . " We can only say that if such were the fact , it was shameful ; but we can scarcely credit it .
Druids' BBNBroLENCE .-T-On Sunday tbe Rev . Dr . Hook , vicar of Leeds , delivered a very eloquent and appropriate sermon to the Ancient Order of Druids j in St . James ' s chapel . From six to seven hundred of die members attended in white gloves ; the place was not sufficiently spacious to contain all the individuals who wished to be admitted . Afterwards a collection was made in aid of the funds of the Eye and Ear Infirmary and Dispensary , amounting to £ 35 15 s . Their conduct was much admired for being peaceable , orderly , and appearing so respectable .
A Notorious Thief . —On Tharsday last , a vagabond named Thomas Ellice , was brought before the Magistrates , charged with an impudent robbery . The prisoner is a notorious impostor , and has frequently been brought up on similar charges , and once or twice committed . He makes a practice of going to the housed of persons who take in lodgers , and generally manages to wheedle himself into the good graces of those to whom he applies , so as to be admitted to a considerable share of confidence . He professes to be very religious , and by this means
deceives the unwary * On , Tuesday last , he went to the house of a widow named Newsdme , resident at New Road End . After getting some coffee , he begged to have a needle and , some thread , and to be allowed to retire to a bed room , to mend hi * trowsers . He also borrowed a small handkerchief , in which he said he was going to bring some clothes from town . After , having got the handkerchief , be took a silk shawl from a box , with which he absconded , and aftoiwards pledged it for Is . 6 d . He was committed for trial .
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MaLADIBS OF 1 HE ENGLISH IJ . bBILITT . —It is but too true that , in many noble families of this country , disease assumes a form absolutely hereditary . A complaint , trifling in itself j neglected ( more particularly among those who are pampered with , luxuries , ) may be a source of incalculable mischief . Ring-worm belongs to this class , and 8 hould be early treated . Holloway ' a Universal Family Ointment is wonderfully efficacious in all skin diseases , and is a certain cure for the above . The patronage of medical men generally should be given to so valuable a medicament .
Duck Stealing . —On Monday , George Austin was charged , at the Court House , with having that morning stolen a duck , the property of Mrs . Ann Toulson , of Woodhouse . He wan apprehended by a watchman , with the duck recently killed and warm . On the prosecutrix being called , she refused to identify the bird , and stated that it was a mercy and a pity that he had been apprehended , for she believed it to be his first ofienee . The magistrates told the prosecutrix that she was countenancing crime rather than checking felony . Th $ prisoner was discharged .
Extraordinary Case of Abduction .- —At Dublin police-office , on Saturday , a person of unusually mean and vulgar appearance , named Peter . Yore , a stable boy ^ was brought up in custody , charged with having fraudulently induced a young lady , the daughter of his mistress , to ^ marry him . Mr . M'Donpugh , on the part of the prosecnti 6 n » stated the facts of the case . His client was the widow of Colonel Tucker , and was entitled to upwards of j £ 700 a year , reserved undftr the provisions of a settlement executed before her marriage . Colonel Tucker died in the year 1831 , leaving an only child—a daughter—in whom , by the settlement before mentioned , the property was vested in
remainder . Mrs . lucker unfortunately took into her service the person at the bar . He , a * he was riding after the young lady , thought proper ; to make approaches to her , and urged proposals of marriage , threatening that if she would not consent , he would leave the place , and spread rumou : s injurious to her character . She , in an evil hour , of her own consent , agreed to a stratagem and a scheme that was well laid , ¦ with the assistance of other individuals . The prisoner having made some apology about shoeing a horae , went and met the young lady at a public-house kept by a person named Flood ; sne then alighted . from her horse , and takiag off her riding-habits , put on some
attirejsuited to the celebration of marriage . Here the poor child , for she was little more than seventeen , burst into tears , and a woman , one of the party , was brought in to comfort her . At length , from shame and inability to draw back , she consented to go into a covered car , and was driven to the house of a person named Schultz , in Cullenswoods . He either was not at home , or fearing that there was something wrong in the matter , would not perform the ceremony ; they then urged her to go to Smithfield , which she did , and a matrimonial ceremony was performed in a public-house ; she then returned to the other public-house , resumed her riding-habit , and returned home by the Circular-road . On the
way her attendant got off his horse , soiled his hat , coat , and trowsers , and told her mother that a fall was the cause of their delay . It would appear that the young woman had never passed a mght out of her mother's bedchamber . At length the young girl became shocked at the idea of throwing herself away upon such a fellow . Something exciting her mother ' s suspicions , she taxed her with it . The prisoner at once avowed it , took hi ^ h horse , and asked them would they break the marriage ? The mother was advised to annul the marriage , and accordinly that course was being pursued in the Ecclesiastical Courts . After the prisoner was dismissed he was found lurking about the place , with a view
to carry her off . It therefore became necessary to vindicate the law , that the young lady ' s respectable connections might not be disgraced and herself carried away from her mother . Counsel- then referred to the law which was applicable to the case , Mr . Costello then proceeded to reply on . the part of the prisoner , and stated that it was not his intention to make the slightest allusion to the young lady ; he would confine himself to the law of the case . It was admitted , and , if not admitted , he was ready to prove that the marriage was with her consent , and even at her solicitation ; that she urged the change of dress , the very colour of the clothes , and the story Which was told to her mother : it wa 3 admitted that the marriage was with her consent , and it was a
general principle of law that the wife cannot be evidence against the husband , or thehtisband against the wife . —Mr . Studdert said it was enough for them , sitting as magistrates , to look if they had sufficient facts oefore them to justify them in sending the case for trial ; it was their impression that they had : therefore , taken informations , and issued a warrant . The only question now was as to bail . Messrs . Flood and Toole , publicans , were then agreed to as bail for the prisoner , each in £ 100 , and Peter Flood , James Flood , Thomas Flood , Mary Mechan , and Anne Yore were noticed to come in and give their own recognizances to stand their trial for conspiring , and aiding Peter Yore to commit a misdemeanour , with which he is charged ^
Another Fatal Steam-Boiler Explosion . —Halliwell , Lancashire . —Another of those violent steam-boiler explosions , attended with loss , of life , occurred in this town on Wednesday last , at the factory of Mr . W . G . Taylor , Hill- mill , Balliwell ; and we regret to say that the consequence proved fatal to a young man named Thomas Halliwell , aged nearly nineteen , an engine tender . The deceased had been four years assistant in tbe engine house , and was a steady industrious workman . The boiler burst with a loud crash , destroying the engine house in a moment , and burying the deceased amid the ruins . All hands were soon on the spot , and after removing the bricks and the stones , the body of the unfortunate man was . found quite lifeless . He was dreadfully scalded and disfigured , and presented a miserable aspect . Mr . Taylor ' s mill
being furnished with an excellent water-wheel , steam power , we understand , is only used there occasionally . The boiler was in admirable condition , and the accident can be attributed to no other cause but an excess of steam , or a deficiency of water . The damage amounts to £ 150 or £ 200 , but the mill , we are informed , will recommence work on Monday next . But there is a providence even in such calamities as these , for the explosion took place during the breakfast half-hour . An inquest was held on the body at the Lamb Inn , Sharpies , on Thursday afternoon , before Mr . W . S . Hutter , and a respectable jury , of which Mr . J . Thwaites was foreman . The jury were of opinion that the accident had been occasioned by over-firing inconsequence of the steam being low , ; the death of the deceased was quite accidental , and no blame could be attached to any party .
The Swell Mob and the Thimble-Rig Me 2 * on Board a Steamer . —The Isle of Thanet Races , which finished on Thursday afternoon , were attended by a great number of the thimble and pea-rig men , and a numerous muster of the swell mob thieves , who were very successful in preying on the visitors of Margate andEamsgate , and easing them of their money and watches . On Friday morning , soon after , the City of London steamer left Ramsgate harbour , it was discovered that many of these fellows were on board , and Capt . Corbin , the commander of the vessel , a well-known and experienced commander on the station , not having it in his power to remove them immediately ,
ordered the luggage and carpet bags of the passengers to be covered over with tarpaulins , and secured , and at the same time warned the respectable portion of his passengers not to mix with the fellows in the fore-part of the vessel , to which place they were confined . He also caused to be affixed to conspicuous places about the after-cabins and the deck , a written notice , of which the following is a copy ;—" The passengers are earnestly requested to look after their property and luggage , ( particularly on the arrival of the vessel at London Bridge Wharf , ) as the Captain cannot be answerable for the honesty of those persons in the fore part of the vessel , who have just left the races . " The light-fingered gentry
were evidentl y disconcerted at these precautions ; they cast many a wistful glance towards tho fobs and pockets of the gentlemen , and the reticules of the ladies , but the watchful eyes of the Captain and two men were upon them . They could do no business , and after the whole gang , about forty in number , had muttered , curses " not loud but deep " at Captain Corbin and his crew , they left the deck , declaring that they would never patronise the City of London again . During tae remainder of the voyage , the rogues amused themselves | n the fore cabin at cards , and a quarrel took place among them near the Nore Light , but a hint having been given that they would be put over the ship ' s side into boats on the open sea , if they made the least noise , they became very quiet . On the arrival of
the steamer at London Bridge Wharf , the ruffians and thieves on board endeavoured to land-without paying their fares , and swore most vehemently th ^ t they had already paid , aad lost their tickets . The Captain , however , kept them back until the other passengers were landed , when he took them out into the stream , and moored his vessel off the Custom House . This brought the rascals to their senses , and they were not only compelled to pay the fare , but also to engage smallhoats to convey them ashorei The precautions adopted by Captain Corbin were rendered absolutely necessary , as a gang of thieves , a few days since , on their way to _ Thanet Races in a steamer , committed several daring robberies , and carried off some luggage , belonging to other passengers , at the period of debarkation .
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lNo . UEST . -H 3 n Tuesday night last , an ihqu £ "Fa i ?* tWe Court House , on view of the boj of Ann Hintop , an old woman , seventy years of age , resident in Camp Field , Holbeck . It appearS that about a week previous , she went to the Lee 4 Coal Station , for a , bag of coals ; when she had s * near the Old Church , she stopped to rest herself by leaning against a walli At that time , two men ! partially intoxicated , came up , and offered to pla © the bag « pn her head j instead of doing so the placed th ^ ag upon her back , upon which she fej to the ground , and the men were unable to lift he up . She was ultimately taken to the Iafirmart where she died in a few daya / Verdict , " Accident * death . "
BABNSLEY . Radical Association . —This Association me ; at Mr . Hoey' 8 on Monday last , and after an ani mated dutcussion on the conduct of Mr . O'Cohnell in advising thelrish not to join the English Kadjcajj th « y came to tlie following resolutions : —Moved h Pi Hoey , and seconded by William Ashton— " Th « a vote of thanks be given to Dillon Browne , Eg g "M . P . for Mayo , for his spirited conduct at tie grea Radical-demonstration in London , on the llTth ingt in identifying himself with the Radicals of England
onthe nve great point * of Radicalism / in cohtradic ! tion to the assertion of Daniel O'Connell , Esq ., jfljj has declared , in his third letter to the people of Ire land , that Irish Radicals do not coincide with ft views of the Radicals of England . " Moved by J Hoey , seconded by Thomas Lingard— " That I meeting be called at the return of our delegate , fc hear the opinions of the other Radical delegate and to take into consideration the propriety ^ branching the' Radical Association into diflfereg districts of the town and neighbourhood .
Foot Race ;—A foot race came off at HoyW a village near this town , on Monday last , for is a-side , between two men of the names of Summejj and Sparrow , which was won by the latter in elevtj seconds , beating his opponent nine yardsy the distance being one hundred yards . HUZHHBBSFIEU ) . \ Northern Union . —At a-meeting held at tit Social Institution , on Wednesday evening , for tfc purpese of forming a Northern Union and adoptim the National Petition and the People ' s Charter : t& following resolution ! Were agreed to ^ Mr . S . Bin in the chair . First : That a society , to be calfcj " The Huddersfield Northern Union , " be forma immediately . —Second : Thata committee be fo rmal to carry out the object of the Northern Union . - Third : That the following persons be appointed to form a committeeyviz . W . Cook , Esq . y J . ThorntoD J . Hanson , E . Whitworth , G . Barker , S . Picket son , L . Pitkethley , S . Binns , C . Tinker , J . Le « L C . Robinson , J . Oldfield , and J Gothardt , wi | power to add to their number . —Fourth : That tie committee meet on Saturday next , at seven o ' clock in the evening , at the News Room , Pack Hone Yard , to enter names , and other business , when all persons favourable to the cause are solicited to attend and enrol themselves . —Fifth : That an enrolment of names be immediately commenced . That W& Cook , Esq ., be treasurer ; John Leech andS . Binns be secretaries . —Sixth : That it is advisable for the committee to call a public meeting , to take into con . •' sideration the National Petition , the People ' s Char , ter , and other important business connected with the West Riding Demonstration . —A vote of thanb was then given to the chairman .
BRADFORD . Northern Union . —The Radicals of Grat Horton , near Bradford , are about to form themselves into a Northern Union , for which purpose they will meet at the house of Mr . William Bakes , Fleece Inn , next Tuesday , October 3 , at hall-past seven o ' clock in the evening . This , in all pro ^ bability , will be a very spirited meeting , as they will be visited by some ' of the leading Radical * of Bradford and other places in the neighbourhood .
Assaulting a Constable . —Bernard El . bride was charged by Alexander Hird , with assaalt ing him in the discharge of his duty . It appeared that Kilbride and another were fighting in tbe street when Hird went to charge peace , andtfct defendant committed the assault complained of bj putting his fist in Hird ' s face ; penalty 10 s . costs 17 . Factory Act . —No less than nine manufacturers residing in this town and neighbourhood were summoned for violations of the Factory Act . Hoirever , owing to . some informality in the informatioiij , the cases were all dismissed . How those gentiemen would boast of the glorious uncertainty of the Uk ; well may it be said that one man may steal a tors with as much impunity as another may look over tie hedge .
A vagrant . Elizabeth Day , a youijggirt about seventeen years of age , was charged with begging in the street . It appeared the defendant had been committed on a similar charge , on the 13 th of July last . On that occasion her father appeared , and wished the magistrates to convict , as he saii be could not check her propensity for begging , and she was accordingly committed for a month . After her liberation , she got work at a factory , where she continued a fortnight , and then threw up her employment , and resumed her vocation of begging The bench , in consequence of hone of her friends appearing on her behalf , felt themselves bound agaia to convict , and she was again committed fora monti
Northern Union . —We are informed that the members of this body will hold a public meeting £ the Odd Fellows' Hall , in this town , on Momhj night next , to enter into arrangements respecting the great Radical Demonstration , which will tab place on Peep Green , the 15 th day of October neit We would say to the Radicals of this district , be up and doing . South Lancashire nobly did its dntron Monday last , let every man in the West Btdiag di ) hisin this instance , and Universal Suffrage is virfr ally carried . West Ridin g Registration . —The barrister appointed under this act will visit Bradford on Saturday , the 29 th instant , to revise the list of voters for this district .
Stealing Poultry . —On the night of Friday last some villain or villains broke into an outbuilding of Mr . Jagger , of Clayton , and stole all the poultrj belonging to that gentleman . Worsted Acts Again . WUliam Harrisoij manufacturer , Clayton Heights , was charged vm having purchased of a weaver an engine vseiw weaving figured merinos , the property of bis emp loy contrary to the provisions of theact . The I nspector conducted the information , and Mr . ClarW appeared for the defence . William App leyarddeposw that in December last he commissioned John . " °° ? i
a weaver in his employ to purchase the arocje i * question , who afterwards sold it to the defend ^' without authority . Hr ; C . entered into a loD 8 , ^ searching crp ^ s-examination of App lets rd , to sK ? that whilst he was incarcerated in York Castle ^ debt , he had , by Wood ' s assurance , concealed tw engine from the messenger under a Fiat in " . " . ruptcy against him , and had subsequently . ; gir » direction for its disposal , , on his affaire bei ^ settled , he now resorted to a far-fetcbed sdW endeavouring to regain possession of die article t > y forced construction of the worsted acte ; he fl ^^ previously instituted proceedings against Wood ) * .
submitted to the charge . Appleyard admittea ^ he had received of Wood five ; shillings in pan PI ment of the machine , and that he ( Appieyart )* himself been convicted of embezzlement J » Wood was called but did not answer . »<** Shepherd then proved that he was present when «¦ bargain waa marie , and Wood positively decU £ that he had Appleyard ? s authorit y to sell the engw The magistrates consequently dismissed the f » P la 5 nt # * j » Beer-shop Information . —John Drirer ^ charged by the constable of Tbng with an * under the Beer Act It appeared from the ende ^ ii— * * i ™~ ~ oa o ficrKt on Sundav morniner . m'T © ¦ \ jm
- utat kiltie ; w «•» — **— - — -- \ Aa oiy near to defandantV house , ; and tbe constable » r covered that the parties had been drinking all J »» in Driver ' s House- He visited the house .,- Wice the morning of the same day , and found PerS 0 I j Ifl a state of intoxication on both occasions . PeB * £ 2 , costs 148 ,, and the license forfeited . Felony . —An Irishman named William Gar ^ j was brought up charged with stealing a hat bew - ^ ing to a woolcomber named William Parr Lj appeared that on Saturday nig ht last , ^ maVt - . ^ another person were standing in company » ' . corner of a street in Silsbridge Lane , whe ^ . tiie 4 li soner came up and struck Parrott ' s batoflf , « D ge he nicked up and ran ofif with to his lodg ings .
was immediately followed by the two persons » , went after him into the house , but were dnreB ^ by the prisoner , one of them then kept watch on ^ premises while the otherwent fora . constable .. ^ Pregg and Andrew then went and desired . c « nPU ant to point but the p risoner , * t ^ ?* ^^ was given , when he was found m bed . iWj aftermuchsearchww found mthe . cellarsecr ^ in a corner . The case having been fully proved , ^ prisonerwas committe d to take his tnal at tee » sessions .
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THE NORTHERN STAE SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 29 , 1838 .
To Readers & Correspondents.
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 29, 1838, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct530/page/4/
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