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THE CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT.—ENORMOUS FRAUDS TTPON THE REVENUE.
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F iTZHUGH, WALKER, and Co., 12, Goree Piazzas, Liverpool, dispatch regularly, Fine First Class American Ships, of large Tonnage, for the following Ports, viz.—
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Incoss Tax.—In Kendal the number of blank forms is so limited that the commissioners cannot
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Ths Pobibait or T . BrsceMBB will be given to all e r as Subscribers on November 19 th . They ¦ will be fcD = tta hands of all the Azesta by November 16 th ; andfcy about September 24 th , we shall have sufflrient of JDaneombe * printed to supply those Agrafe * wbo desire to hare both Plates in one parcel . The chanje tat tbe Stur on the day the Portrait of Soneombe ia distributed will be the same as the charge for it on the day the Petition Plat e is d e li v e r ed . The Petitiou Plates ire not yet ready for out r ~ an Pf tBIBirl £ W T . DcneeMBE will be eiTim tn all
Lancashire Subscribers ; but aa soon as received they will be forwarded , fhosa for all the other Afents have been forwarded . The price ef the Slar when each Subscriber receives hii Plate is Is ., and no more . The Agents are allowed % per centaga upon beth the Piper and the Plate , to cover carriage expences : they can , t he refore , n » t bsve any excuse for charging more . .- ^ , All AGZSTS who have received their accounts are requested to send the amount due by return of post . Pate Padihah . —Five Shilling ? .
Chalhess , Leiih . —Call at Drammond ' s for Plites . JoH > ' FaiLP . — Call at same place . BAiiE * iSD Son , Cocksbmocth . —Enclosed to Arthur , Carlisle . I . Holbivoox , Abebgates ^ y . —We cannot take post stamps for Euch sums ; if he wishes to do without post-office order , send half a sovereign . The pistes are forwarded to MoEmonth . ¦ jV , wii . Kn > so ? c . South Shields . —Send them by post to this iffloe . fOE THE KATI 05 AL DEFENCE FC . VD . £ S . d . From a few friends at Wellington Fonndry ... 0-1 5 a Radical , Leeds ; . 0 0 6 ~ tbe Chartists of Leeds 1 10 0 * the Chartists of Birstal ( light
halfsovereign ) 0 9 8 Q . H ^ Leeds ... 0 0 6 D . F ? yer , Batten 0 10 ~ the Chartists of Holme Lane , Tong ... 0 4 0 " a few friends at a mill in Heckmondwike 0 19 Littietown 0 5 0 ibe Chartists of Ermslet ... ... 0 10 0 ~ tie m * n of EUar . d , per E . Clayton ... 0 3 0 the Chartists cf Tew Green 0 5 0 Collected at lockwood , by J > - ( JiedhiU ... 0 6 . 0
I > om three friends , Hudderefield 0 0 10 tbe Bristol Youths 0 5 0 Z F . Gibson , Bristol 0 1 0 ~ S * , ocfcton , collected by J . Tmpleby ... 115 3 " * a few trorkiEg men at Barton Mills ... 0 2 0 ~ lettering 0 9 0 ~ a few friends , Dunfennline 0 10 ~ a few friends of democracy , Torquay ... 0 6 6 Z the Chartists of Bilton 0 10 S Z Cheprtovr friends ... 0 4 0 a few Chartists , Tonbridge Wells ... 0 10 0
FOB THE EXECUTIVE . Prom Mr . Colinson , Castle-ttreet , Hull ... 0 1 0 _ Ci-pstow friefiiis 0 4 0 FOE . COOPER ' S DEFENCE . From John Maryland 0 0 6 FOB IHE DEFENCE OF GEOBGE "WHITE . Frem Robert 2 s etrhall , jun ., Hawicfe , a deaf and dumb boy , edncated at Edinburgh , —a regular subscriber to the Sorthern Star , arid a great admirer of its Proprietor and Editor . ... 0 '
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supply the town . One part of the population have had their b ill e t d o ux for three weeks , while another part have not yet received these soft expressions of the Premier's regard ; and -whit is more amusing , the number of applications for forms , declaring that their income is below £ 150 per annum , is so great that any supply of papers hitherto received i 3 wholly inadequate to the demand . We have heard several parties state , that with their best desires to fill up the returns consistently , they really cannot understand them . Both "Whigs and Tories are altogether out of humour with this dose of the state physician . —Eendal Mercury .
A Letteb from Cologne , 21 st inst ., says : — " The town of Rheinbach , which forms part of our district , was , two days ago , the theatre of a great calamity . Afire broke out in the morning , and , owing to a deficiency of water , it soon raged with such fury , that before the evening half the town was in ashes . Fortunately a heavy shower of rain" fell at about four o ' clock in t ' ae afternoon , and arrested the progress of the flames . More than one hundred families are without an asylum . "
The Customs Department.—Enormous Frauds Ttpon The Revenue.
THE CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT . —ENORMOUS FRAUDS TTPON THE REVENUE .
When it is remembered how well the country remunerates the chief officers of those departments pf the state to whom is delegated the collection of duties , and more especially those appertaining to the receipts of imposts upon foreign and colonial produce and manuf actu r es , the jmMic are entitled to have as their servants the most intelligent and most attentive , and , without prejudice to any one , the most honest- individuals . It will be for the pnblic to express an opinion if , when we shall have brought before its notice the rcaiiy laxities , the frauds , the instances of favouritism , the attempt to screen really guilty parties , and the immolation of their dupes , the functions of the Coaimis-Eioners of her ilBJesty " s Customs at tbe head department have or have not been fully and satisfactorily administered . The enormous fraudB now in daily
prog r ess o f i nves t i gation are not , in the aggregate , c onfi n ed to tens of thousands , but hundreds of thousands of pounds . Indeed , it is said in some quarters that the revenue baa suffered to the enormous extent of nearly a million sterling . From tbe Bales of notices it may be necessary to devote to this important subject , n a m es of parties high in commercial circles must be deemed requisite to be given . The names of firms which are known to have connived a . these frauds with the landing ¦ waiters are in our possession , with all the leading facts and line of examination in support of participation , as given in evidence before the Court cf Inquiry , now sitting apon this subject But , independently of the non-performance of their duties by the official * at the Custom House , In protecting , by doe diligence and ample control the revenues of the kingdom , there is another
consideration , arising ont of the long-continued practice of ; baud , which involves the interest and prosperity of j the really honest merchsnt and trader . It must be ! clearly apparent that if four traders are carrying on ] business in the ssme line , th r ee of the m pay ing their j duties honestly and operjy on foreign goods ixnported , w hil e the fo u rth , by a connivance with any officer of Customs , geta bis placed in warehouse without the ontlay of the duty , or by paying iifinite ^ y less through ' the medium of false entries ( hereafter to be fully illus- ! tratedl , it must be apparent that the femier cannot < compete with the latter , and though they struggle j ever so hard to maintain their position , though they i mske sacrifices to effect sales , in order to keep their ; customers together for a time , st i ll , in t h e long ru n , ' ¦ wholesale losses must ce entailed upon them by the j ruinous and fruitless competition indnced . ' i
It is pretty well known , that as respects the frauds i now the subject of investigation , many of the landing ! waters have been implicated in them . The duties of i the lancing waiters are but little known to parties un- j connected with trade , commerce , and water-side busi- 1 ntss . It is , ¦ therefore , proposed to illustrate the facts ! and drcnrriFtarces hereafter to be laid before the public , j by giving a description of their duties , their emolu- i dents , 4 c The principal business of this functionary is personally to attend tbe lauding of goods at the docks ; and legal quays . For this purpose he is furnished with i a " landing-book , " denominated under ita respective j ells , " red or blue , " the issues of which take place ] from the registrar ' s effice , a n d co n t a ins ce r tain copi e s j of entries previously passed of imports for merchandise j about to be warehoused or at once delivered . These !
entries are of three classes , 1 st , the " warehousing : entry , " for goods intended to remain is bond ; 2 d , t h e j " prime cnuy , " which stipnlates for the immediate ) delivery of gcods , tha duty having been paid ; and , ¦ 3 d , the " ght entry , " the object of which is . to assist ¦ the merchant in cases where goods arrive consigned : to bim witLout previous advice , wfeen he is permitted \ to have the packages upon the declaration that their , conte n ts ar e " unknown . It may be here necessary , i with the view to carry the case out in all its bearings , ; to observe the opportunity these two descriptions of ; entry afierd to these officers , if they are not persons of j strict and unimpeachable integrity , to dece iv e a n d falsify the returns which , u emp loyes of t h e customs , they are appointed to make of the weight of and duty I en merchandise landed at their respective stations ; the j interference of the landing surveyor , thei r superior , j being required cuiy in the settlement of taxes , or in j the approval or otherwise of the value put upon goods ; F ^ yiEE at the ad valorem rate . !
Having now mainly stated the duty of a landing waiter , it is necessary to add that the body is divided i into six classes , w ith proportionate salaries . The j first class numbers 20 persons , with £ 400 per annum each ; the 2 d class 20 persons , with £ 350 per annum each ; tfce 3 d elass 20 persons , with £ 300 per annum each ; the 4 th class 30 persons , with £ 250 per annnm each ; the 5 th class SO persona , 'with £ 200 per annum each ; and the 6 th ciaes 30 persons , with £ 160 per &onuia each . . As in the course of tha inTestiRation into then fnads it has appeared that more than one of the turfing
waiters implicated have also filled tbe office of " searcher , " the duty 8 ppertaiBiBg to that department must also be illustrated . The " searcher , " to use the technicality of the department , " m akes shipped , " the packages destined for shipment at bis station ; it ia a part of his dcty personally to examine tbe packages , noting their correspondence with the original description in the cSdal papers , and should suspicions arise of any exchange ci friud connected with the shipment , they have the power of seizure and of bringing the matter before the board for irquiry and investigation . The separate dnties of these officers being , a s is trusted , cleaily defined , the mode in which , the irre-
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fular asd falsified entries have been concocted , involving such loss to tb . 9 revenue , will so doubt be understood in tbe eases of fraud hereafter to be brought to the notice of the public The first illustration we offer to tbe notice of the public is in respect to tha importation of silk already under the notice of the Board of Inquiry , but the charges of participation is fraud alleged against the several parties a r e a o nu m ero u s ,, that it would be difficult to define them in distinct order in the present notice . It is , however , sufficient to say that that the one above alluded to win clearly prove to the public how easily and successfully they have been carried on for a period said to extend over a series of eight or nine years . « ni .. ,, * f . i . taax mMu i <» n Xo » n «« . »(»< j __» t _
The mode which is alleged to have been adopted in the wholesale smuggling of silks , was for the parties connected to send to the legal quays a case of toys , books , or any other French import of low value marked and numbe r ed , say [ A ] -No . 1 , fer shipment coastwise , which , however , instead of forthwith being put on board , it was understood should be allowed to remain on the qnay . When the French packets arrived , a " ht entry" was taken ont for cases , marked and numbered precisely the same aa those prepared as b efere stated , the contents being declared to be " unknown . " The packages were then landed at the same qua y , for examination by the landing officer . Immediately this was the case the former package was recalled , by an order to re-deliver , when the cases by the French packets , which really contained silk we » substituted to the parties app ly i ng , and the packages of books , &c , examined and returned for , dnty in lieu of the cases of silk , the ship ' s manifest merely describ ing the case bronght over » b merchandize , and thereby being n » check upon the fraud .
Tbe investigation into these irregularities ia the Costoms Departments have already ocenpied many weeks . Tbe results , we believe , will folly bear ont the correctness of our introductory remarks , and in our Dext report facts and names will be stated , in corroboration . —Evening Star .
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DISCOVERY OF A SPYTower Hahlets . —Amos Treadwell , alias Jo n es , a member of the National Charter Association , and a memker of the General Council , having been openly denounced by a shopmate as a spy on the movements of the London Chartists , a Special Council meeting was held on Monday evening , the 12 th instant , and continued by adjournment on the Wednesday following , for tbe purpose of instituting a rigid inquiry as to the truth of the bouI-degrading imputation , and likewise to give the accused a fair opportunity of exonerating his character from odium if innocent . Treadwell was present daring the investigation on Monday evening , but failed to make his Bppearance on Wednesday . When asked why he was absent he replied matters were so black against him , that all he could say or do would
not prove his innocence . These meetings resulted in the nnmatking of as vile a wretch as ever figured in the annals of espionage . A starved viper that larks In the grass awaiting an opportunity to inflict the envenomed wound—a base sordid thing , that for filthy lucre barters the moral dignity ef man for the degradation of the spy ; a perfidious villain wbo , under the guise of friendship , worms himself into men ' s favour and confidence , and then attempts to sacrifice them on the sanguinary altars cf Tory fury—a wretch who , in the language of Curran , weuld not hesitate to dip the Evangelists in blood in order to secure the reward of his infamy . Such is the light in which the Chartists of the Tower Hamlets now view the heretofore apparently active , persevering , and sealons Amos Treadwell . The following were the charges against Treadwell , which were home out by evidence so conclusive as not to leave the shadow ef a doubt on the mind of any one
present . Firstly , that he went to aa Inspector of Police , whose name , for pradenee , we must withhold from print , and gave him & rn ^ at of information ( false no dou b t , ) respecting tbe Chartist movement in London . Secondly—That he has been conveyed by the said Inspector to Scotland-yard , where be remained for several hours . Thirdly—In consequence of Treadwell s information , warrants have been made out against seven individuals The Inspector has promised to obtain for Treadwell a large reward , sayieg at the same time , that if they had ha / i a dcz . n such men as Treadwell they would soon extirpate Chartism from the metropolis . Another charge made against this miscreant was that he had concocted , and endeavoured to pnt into execution , a plot to deliver Dr . JI'Douall into the hands of Government , and thereby obtain tbe bundled pounds , Use
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tbe price despotism has set upon bis bead . This charge came like a thunder-clap on the degraded tool of tyranny . His embarrassment , prevarication , and insolent replies , clearly showed the workings of a guilty conscience . The . evidence adduced ia substantiation of this charge was circumstantial , but so powerful as to furnish tha Jtrongest presumptive testimony of the nefarious design of the villain . Treadwell writes ft letter to Dr . M'DpuaU , which he takes to Mr . Campbell , requesting that be would forward it Mr . Campbell ' s . suspicious being awakened , opened the letter , and finds that Treadwell earnestly request * aa interview with the Doctor , or that he would communicate with him by a letter , " as he is the depository of information which would be of tbe highest importance to tbe Doctor under present cir-*«_ _ __ . . ... . _ . _ .
cumstances . He likewise informs him , that be has a sum of money to pay over to him , which at tbe present moment may be very acceptable . Now , on being asked what was the important information he- bad to communicate ? he said that , returning late one night from a Chartist meeting , he was accosted by a stranger , who told him that he came from Manchester , and that those persons who had Dr . M'Douall ' s entire confidence in Manchester were about to sell him . On being asked bow he could promise to pay Dr . M'Douall the 19 s . 6 d . be owed him , being out of employ the last five weeks , and borrowing money from all bis acquaintances , he sa i d he b a d writte n t o bi s friends in Bristol for money , which would enable him to pay
the Doctor . He underwent a severe examination by the different members of the council , but every answer tended only to make his criminality more glaring . The following resolution was then proposed , and unanimously carried : — " That this meeting having carefully considered the charges alleged against Amos Treadwell , and the evidence brought forward in suppo r t of th em , are decidedly of opinion that be is a base and flagitious spy , and therefore deserves to be scented with execration from the society of all honest men . The said Ames Treadwell , alias Janes , ia a native of Bristol , a spare thin person , c'ockmaker by t r ade , stands about five feet four inches in height , age twenty-two , fair complexion , slightly pockmarked . — Evening Sl * r .
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THE CHARTISTS OF HUNSLET TO THEIR BRETHREN THROUGHOUT THE EMPIRE . Brother Democrats , —As fellew-workera with us in the cause of right , w e call u po n yo u t o d o all t hat lies in your power to promote the formation of such a defence fund as shall assnre our champ ions that w e appreciate their noble services ; and that by a proper disp lay of our moral and united energies we are resolved to make the tyrants who oppress us tremble , and feel their utter insignificance when opposed to a patriotio and united people . Hundreds of good men have been dragged from their homes and immured in prisonB by the operation of bad la w s , and at the dictum of class-made minions of power , and it the duty of all who wish well to their country , to see that these innocent victims of tbe hellish system under which we groan , be not delivered over like sheep into the Uiona of tbe wolves wbo are thirsting for their blood .
We are doing all we can in furtherance of the good cause ; and have , with this address , transmitted 10 s . to the Treasurer of the Defence Fund . Nor is this all we intend to do . We , like the rest of our brethren , are poor ; but we still keep our subscription books open , and take what tbe lovers of justice find themselves able to give . We believe that , u n der th e b lessings o f t he God o f Just ic e , the pence of the poor will yet triumph over the despotism of the rich oppressor . We are resolved to do all we can ; and we exp 6 ci jou to go aud do likewise . Signed , on behalf of the Chartists of HunBlet , T . B . Smith .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . SIB , —In your " Notices to Correspondent * " in the Star of last week , appeared a letaer from a George Clarkson , a member of the Political Institute , complaining of a paragraph sent by me , which appeared in the Star of Sept 17 th . I have only te say that the report of Mr . Gill's announcement was taken from the Shsfeld I / is of Sept 13 th , and confirmed by several persons wbo incidentally mentioned the circumstance to me . I cannot see what right Messrs . Clarkson and Co . have to find fault with me , in copying the report" of th e Iris , tot 1 snppose they belie v e that what " report says" must be true ; at any rate , these sensitive gentlemen , ao nice about their own honour , bat not over scrupulous about other people's ,
might have first corrected their Complete Suffrage friend the Jrts , b e fo re falli a g foal of the Northern Star —a paper not often honoured with their correspondence . With respect to the remarks appended to the above letter , permit me , Sir , to reply , that , xcTten I am convinced that the Political Institute gentry are Chartisis , 1 shall be bappy to alter my tone towards them . In the meantime I shall pursue my own course , exposing humbug of every description , and setting at defiance those whom I have before denounced , as " tb < real' foes of democracy , and the deadly enemies of all who honestly advocate the cause of the people- " Tour obedient Servant , Geor 6 B Julian Harnet . ghtfield , Sept . 27 , lS 42 .
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TO THE AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS OF THE _„ __ .. .
UNITED KINGDOM . In beginning a csmplete exposiUon of the present system of legal spoliation and plunder , we address you , as not only the most numerous portion of the working population , but also that portion the most useful to society . ( ¦ The first great necessary of life is food , and without your daily and ever-recurring aid , society , from the want of this important article of existence , would soon cease to be . In proportion , therefore , to the valuaund importance of your calling , as well as fiom your great numbers , are you entitled to the first consideration in this attempt . to analiZ 9 the wrongs of society , towards the application of an efilcient remedy for its evils .
Agricultural labourew , you have suffered much from the present system of class-interest and class-legislation ; none more so . Step by step have your comforts been abridged-your privileges abrogated—your old constitutional landmarks removed ; and yet you have hitherto paid bat little attention to the causes whence these growing evils have arisen . You have not been politicians , but the too-wUling tools of rapacious landlords , in their crusades against your more active and ^ v ! ^ v ° v W"C 0 Untrymen ' nnt i l- ° ot ° nly their liberties have been sacrificed , but your own ancient and constitutional rights have been swept away , a nd you now begin to see as through a glass darkly , the origin of your downfall , with that of your suffering fellowcountrymen . Yoo are awakening to a true perception of t he 'Condition of England question , " especially the political bearing of this great subject So , t o assist y o u in your deliberations , to fortify your judgments , atrengtken your resolution , and encourage you onward in the path of political inquiry , do we address you at the present time .
It is said that men pay most attention to those questions that are connected with their social interests and weekly subsistence . As all cannot comprehend the true value of abstract principle , the tangible aud matter of fact must be therefore connected and contained , that the latter may be shewn to depend intimately on the former—in which case conviction respecting tbe real value of that which otherwise might be looked upon as a mere baseless speculation is sure to follow . Upon this plan do we intend to proceed . Our motto is—Universal Suffrage , and No Surrender—the entire Peoples Charter . And , aa at present , misery and privation are the lot of toiling industry , and wealth and luxury the reward of idleness . While under u pri ght institutions industry and comfort would be synonymous , and privation only wait upon the profligate and idle , we intend to shew the intimate connection of these two states of social being with tbe present system of class legislation on the one band , and the adoption of the People ' s Charter on the other .
Agricultural labourers , your own history famishes an admirable commentary on our text . You have been the victims of this remorseless spirit of class-interests and party . And to show bow this process bas been going forward , how the small comfortable farms of your forefathers have been heaped together for tbe modern bull-frog farmer , the " manufacturer of corn , " u r cottage pulled down , your commons and wastes enclosed and rendered the private property of aristocratic burglirs , your right to subsistence on the soil denied , w ith the other manifold evils under which you groan at present—to show these in as clear and concise a manner as possible , and their intimate connection with the great question of Universal Suffrage , is the task we have undertaken ia the present address .
Your true condition has been well indicated in tbe following extract from a speech of an old and departed friend ; one , who though attached to a somewhat obsole t e and bigoted political c re ed , bad yet a he a rt t o feel for your wrongs , and an eloquent and willing tongue to plead yonr cause-Michael Thomas Sadler , ia a speech on agricultural d istress , delivered in the House of Commons , October 11 , 1831 , says , " The system of demolition and monopoly , which bas , in the emphatic language of the inspired volume , ' laid b ouse t o house , and field to field , that they may stand alo n e i n th e e a rt h , ' bas left no place for tbe poor ; none for the little cultivator ; none for the peasant ' s cow ; no not enough in one case in ten for a garden . The best of the cottages have been
demolished—* spurn e d indig n a nt f ro m the green , ' as the lo v eli e st of t he poeta of po v erty , Golds m ith , sings . The lonely and naked but into which they are now thrust , for which is exacted an exorbitant rent , i s desti tu te , both without and -within , of all that formerly distinguished their bumble abodes , is often unfit to stable even quadrupeds , and frequently so crowded by different families , as to set not comfort merely but decency at defiance , and render morality Itself an impossible virtue . Thither , then , tbe unhappy father , w hen e m ployed , car r ies b i s wages , which , with the exception of a tew short weeks in the year , are utterly inadequate to supply the necessities of a craving family . Wages did I say ? Parish pay ! He is , perhaps , sold by . aution , as is the case in certain parishes , and therefore reduced to tha condition of a slave , or driven to the workhouse , where be is
often treated worse than a felon . Labour , meant to degrade and insult him , is often prescribed to him ; or , wholly unemployed , be sits brooding over his miserable fate ; winter labour , whether for himself or his wife and children , having been loug since taken away . Perpetually insulted by false and heartless accusations , for being a pauper , when bis accusers have compelled him to become such ; for being idle , when bis work bas been taken from him ; for improvidence , w h e n he c an hardly exist , he feela these insults barbed by past recollection . " The very sympathies of bis nature become reversed : those wbo would once have constituted bis comforts and p le a sures , bis ragged and half-starved offspring , ( who cannot Btray a pace from bis hovel without becoming trespassers and being severely treated as such , ) and their wretched mother , increase bis misery .
He e s c apes , perhaps , from the scene of his distress , and attempts to lose the recollection of it and of himself , in dissolute and dangerous courses . Meantime , had some peculiar calamity , some inscrutable visitation of Providence reduced him to this condition , perhaps be might have sustained it with composure of spirit . But he knows otherwise . He can trace bis sufferings and degradation to their true source . He knows by whom they have been inflicted upon him , and he feels what would be their cure , and can calculate how little it would cost others , to make him and his supremely happy . Meantime , the-authors of his sufferings are those that insult him with demanding that he should be quiet and gratefnl , that be should be
contented and cheerful under them ! They that have wasted him , require mirth ! ' Not only ara the falsest accusations levelled at him , but even the ( feelings common to nature are imputed to him as an offence ; his marriage was a crime ; his children are so many living nuisances ; himself is pronounced redundant ; and after having been despoiled of every advantage be once p o ssesse d , he is kindly recommended as his best , and indeed o n ly co ur s e , to transport himself for life , —for the good of bis oppressors , and to die unpitied and unknown in some distant wilderness . And this , sir , is t he conditio n , at the present moment , of thousands—of tens of thousands—of the labouring poor . "
This is no overcharged picture , but much under the mark , and adapted to the tastes of the assembly he was addressing—parties always exceedingly faatidious , and unprone to overcolour anything connected with industrial distress . As tbe results of the " enclosure" and large farmi ng syste ms , and of the downward progress of your condition , we need only refer to the state of a few of tbe agricultural counties , which may be taken as a sample of the whole . The report of a committee on inclosures , in 1808 , stated , that the results which were the subject of examination in a tour of sixteen hundred miles , made for that purpose , proved that they baft been clearly injurious to the poor . An intelligent ¦ witness informed another committee , namely , that on the high price of
provisions , that he bad himself been a Commisioner under twenty iDclosure acts , and stated bis opinion as to their general effect on the poor , lamenting tbat be had been thereby accessary to iojuring two thousand people , at the rate of twenty families per parish . Tbe reply of a poor fellow to Arthur Young , the great advocate of inclosures , ( though under regulations which would indeed have rendered them a benefit to oil parties , ) recorded in one of bis agricultual surveys , is true , to a more or less degree , of every industrious labourer in Eugland , wherever these iinprovements have taken plnce . To his query as to whether the inclosure had injured him , he replied , "Si r , before the inclosure I bad a good garden , kept t w o cows , and was getting on ; now I cannot keep so' much as a goose , and am poor and wretched , and cannot help myself ; and
still yeu ask me if the inclosure baa hurt me i " Anothe r , and a still deeper injury which it has also perpetrat ed , still remains to be noticed . Not only bas tbe UUlefarrn been monopolised , the common right destroyed , tbe garden in many instances seized , but tbe cottage itself demolished ; and the ploughshare now drives over many a little plot where onee stood tbe bower of contented labour . Suffolk , has , in the course of one hundred and twenty years . Increased in population , including tbe great increase of some of its towns , as much as eighty per cent , and rather more . What bas been the'increase in tbe accommodation for tbe poorer part of the population ? Why , in 1690 , there were forty-seven thousand five hundred and
thirtyseven houses in that county ; in 1821 , then , there ought to have been at least ninety thousand houses . Bui there were in the latter year only forty-two thousaad seven hundred and seventy-tbree inhabited houses , the absolute nuaaber being eleven fer eeat . fewer than , one hundred and thirty years before . The whole of six counties so selected , exhibited a result , in this respect , not quite so appalling , but suOcieatly distressing , bowever regarded . Their population had , fron » 1701 to to 1821 , advanced upwards of seventy-five : per cent , but tbe houses for its accommodation less than , twentyfive . It is unnecessary to remark on what class tbe misery of such a state of things would be made to rest . Even ia counties supposed by the Committee free from this spite of things , " th' infection works . "
Id a letter referred to by Mr . Sadler , In the speech already quoted , a Vicar in one of these counties gives Uje following picture of rural felicity in his parish : — " ' During the last forty years , ' Bays the reverend gentleman , ' four cottages only nave been built by • • * , and even these in lieu of the same number taken or fallen down . Tba accommodation for the poor u far more confined , tb&n it was some jeais past
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h e old parsonage , which I rebuilt when I came to the livh'g , I found inhabited by four pauper families . There wore also ,, a short time previously , five pauper families . in two farm-houses , now occupied again by farmers . . The want of room , therefore , has created the greatest d . 'fflculties to the overseers , and bas tendered tvteir ofilca peculiarly painful . For several weeks they have been compelled to quarter a poor family at fcbe '; publlo-house , two of the youna men being under the necessity of sleeping in a barn . In some of the cottages the poor ore so huddled together that the sight is mast distressing , and the effect , of course , very demoralising . The following is a specimen : —
N » . Families . Persons . AceomThodcUion . 1 ...... 2 10 I ground floor , 2 bedrooms 2 ...... 2 8 1 r oom o n l y , 12 feet square 3 2 ...... 7 1 room ground floor . 12 J feet square . Two girls obliged to sleep on the ground floor . 4 1 ...... 9 1 room ground floor , 1 bedroom 5 1 ...... 7 ...... 1 room only , 12 feet square 6 I ...... 11 ...... 1 room ground floor , 2 bod r ooms 7 0 ...... 11 Different individuals , all females , e x cept a y ou th of eighteen , and a young boy . 1 room ground floor ; 1 bed
room . 8 0 9 ...... Different individuals . ' He goes on to Bay , Moat of these cottages are in a sad state of repair j and all , with the exception of tbe two last , which are parish houses , belong to the lord of tbe monor . ' He says that he made application to the nonresident proprietor ( to whose intentional benevolence , ho wever , he bears testimony ) , and to hia agent , but could obtain no redrtss of thia grievous state of things ; aa the latter bad ccme to the determination ( a very usual one ) that not an additional cottage should be built—of course giving the orthodox reason for the refusal . " The consequences of this neg lec t , and the huddling of human beings together , is drawn by Mr , Sadler in the following forcible and eloquent language : —
Not only early and general depravity , but crimes of the most fearful nature are thus generated . ( Here tbe Honourable Member related a case of tbe most appalling kind , which be hoped would not be communicated through the usual channels of information . ) But not ta dwell on this horrid subject , what , I ask , must be the usual consequences , w hen different families are thus thrust into . the same bole as a skeping apartment ; and , immorality out of the question , how can decency b e preser v ed , especially under certain circumstances , in the family , in such cases ? But , Sir , I will pursue these revolting descriptions no further . Hurried away by my indignation at this cruel and indecent usage of t he poor peasantry , I bad almost forgot one revolting feature of the system of oppression to which they are now subjected , for these accommodations , wretched as they ure , the most exorbitant rents—exorbitant in
reference to what they are worth ( that ia often , li t erall y speaking , nothing ) or for the little patch of garden ground , when they have any , are exacted ; a fact which has been fully verified , both by agricultural reports and surveys , and by witnesses before your own Committees , a n d is full y known and undisputed . Indeed , it has necessarily happened that the more the cottages have * been diminished in number , the more ha v e their rents been increased ( a consequence which the economists themselves will allow to have been inevitable ) , till they have at length , compared with every other species of property , become exorbitant , compelling the wretched tenant to resort to the parish for tbe means of paying them ; l ea v ing b im , therefore , the disgrace of being a pauper , but depriving him , at the same time , of the relief he s h ould rece i ve as such .
" I now come to another principal branch of the subject , namely , that which concerned the wages and employment of tbe poor . But on this point , i m p or tant as i t plai n ly is , time will compel me to be sort . When % h . e improveinenls , a . % they have been called , ( and might have been rendered ) in the agricultural system , took place , and tbe labouring classes were deprived of their little holdings , their commonage , and often their good garde n s , they were told tbat the demand for their labour would be so gieat y increased , and its wages consequently so much advanced , that they weuld be infinitely better off under the sew plan . But it admits no longer of a dispute , tbat while they have thus been depri v ed of the ir indepen d en t la b our , t h at w hich the y yield to others is rendered as far as possible less necessary and worse remunerated . In summer or harvest , aa I have before sbown , their -work is indeed demanded ; but it is to the winter , tb e tryin g seaso n to the p o or , that I am now about to advert : —
" First , the altered practice of hiring servants by the week , instead of , as was formerly the case , b y the ye a r , haB had a pernicious effect on the winter employment of the poor . The report I have so ef ten alluded to , when referring to tbe Northern counties , as those in which the condition of the poor is still comparatively comfortable , should have stated , ( had the committee known it , ) that this practice still prevails in the border counties of England , to the equal comfort and advantage of alt parties . Secondly , the thrashing madiine bas , as far as possible , dispensed with a great part of the winter employment of the labourers , and all the incidental expences duly considered , w ithout , a s far aa I have been able to calculate , any advantage whatever to the farmer , or to the public . I speak not thus as an apologist for the attacks that have been made upon this description of property , far otherwise : but with the hope of inducing the agriculturists to count well the costs before they sanction , ( where it is unnecessary , ) that which will inevitably distress and pauperise the poor .
" lastly , and to this particular I would draw the attention of the House , as of inanite importance in any view of tbe causes of the distress of onr rural poorthe improvements of the machinery of ibis country , and the cons e quent transfe rence of th e simple st p r ocess e s o f manufacture to the large towns of England , have bad the inevitable result of depriving the female pait of the cottager ' s family of that profitable employment which presented itself , indeed , at every vacant hour throughout the year , but which secured to them a constant occupation in the winter season . A late Flemish writer exults in tho
circumstance of the winter eottage labour in thatcountry being still preserved in a groat measure ; aud be attributes to that fact the comfort of their rural population . That is no longer tbe case in England , nor perhaps can ever be again . Let us , then , be the more anxious to consider how we may compensate this great and necessary class of the community , fer this connected series of deprivations and misfortunes which have occasioned the misery which now overwhelms them . Thus , the n , have our rural poor been successively deprived of every advantage which they formerly possessed , and of every chance of improvement which they once were so eager to avail themselves of . "
AH acquainted with agricultural pursuits and disposed to a fair consideration of the subject , will at once agree with Sadler , at least respecting tbe proximate causes of the distress stated—viz . the large farm system , the enclosure of wastes and commons—the introduction of the thrashing machine , and the annihilation of domestic manufactories by the " cheap" sys t em of large factories and steam . Respecting the wages paid for agricultural labour , Mr . Porter , in his " Progress of the Nation , " p . 122 , states the following interesting particulars : — "Among tbe questions sent to the varions parishes in Eng lan d , during the inquiry into the administration and practical operation of the Poor Laws , it was aeked What on the whole might an average labourer ,
obtaining an average amount of employment , both in daywork and piecework , expect to earn in tbe year , including harvest work aud the value o £ all his other advantages and means of living , except parish relief ? And what on the whole might a labourer ' s wife and four children , aged fourteen , eleven , eight , and five , respectively , ( the eldest a boy , ) expect to earn in the year , obtaining as in the former case , an average amount of employm ent f £ . b . d . " The answer to these queries from 856 , give , for the annual earning of the man , an average of ... ... ... ... 2 ? 17 10 And the answers from 668 parishes , give as the annual earnings of the wife and children an average , of ... ... ... 13 19 10
Annual income of the family ... ... £ 41 17 8 " To the further question , * Could such a family subsist on the aggregate earnings of the father , mother , and children ; and , if so , on what foodV Answers were returned from 899 to the following effect : —7 , 1 said simply No ; ' 212 . ' Yes ; ' 12 , Barely , and with out meat ; ' 491 , ¦ Without meat . '" This account of the rate of wages paid for joux labour may be considered a very faveutabte one- ; , for it is to b e o b s e rved , that ifc is not what you really dc earn , but what you might earn with an average amount
of e » ployme n t , supposing you all employed . Other accounts state the income of agricultural labourers , particularizing Gloucestershire , Somersetshire , Wobcestersblre , and Wilts , a £ an average of £ 32 -78 ., o &s- 6 d . per week . A correspondent of the MoinAaf Chronicle says , that few earn more than 8 s . per wee > . aud that this , allowing 9 d . per week for rent , Is . fjd for fuel , 9 d . fcr soap , candles , &c , leaves 5 s . lor ff od which , for a . man and wife , and four children , fa jus ' lOd . a week for each ; or , allowing them food thre 4 times a-da ? , it will give something less than on' a ball penny a meal .
The e * overate of wages of each class , belt o ' bBerved is calculated upoa tbe supposition that yr / trr erde have constant employment , which is very " seldom tbi case . From the quantity of facts yet at our . disposal , fo the illustration of this important subject ,, w e mu st defe the conclusion of the article until Our next number The series of articles on the Wrings of Ireland wil then also be commenced . —CamplzH's Penny Democrat
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Parliament ! nas beea prorogued from tho 6 th of October to the | 10 th of November next . What is Sedition !—This ia a question , which every public man will sooner or later have to ask himself , if the present systematic efforts to put down ihe free expres . v . oa of opinion continue . Sir Robert Peel ' 3 powerful position in the House of Commons has stimulated the magistracy to the most odious exercise of their funotions ; and they seem to be fully conscioas that neither from him nor his colleagues need they fear the least interruption to their barefaced proceedings . Although all excite * ment has long since ceased upon the part of the operatives , yet every where the police are ordered to put down or take up public speakers . A Chartisfc lecturer has penetrated tp the forest of Dean , ia Woucestershire , and addressing tho rustic inhabitants of that Boot , has been proved to say , " that it was a great shame the Queen did not maintain her
own mother , as jour poor fojeBters are obliged to do . The magistrates have been so horrified by this language , and ao convinced of ita seditious tendeney , that- they have compelled the speaker to cive bail , himself in . £ 100 , and four sureties' of £ 25 each , to answer any indicsmeni that may be preferred against him . And should he bo indicted , and such asinine boobies as these magistrates on the jur £ he will , without fail , bo convicted and sentenced toJmpTisonment . Law will not assist him , nor others in a like-predicament . NotbiDg but the strong voice of an enlightened public opinion will impre ^ r . the magisterial authorities with the prudence of not putting popular patieuce to too great a trial . It is much to be desired tbat public opinioa were more active upon this subject tha » ic has been . Whenever the people beoome indifferent to their rights , they stand a very fair chance of losing them . —Evening Star .
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DEATHS . On the 21 st ult ,, at Aislaby Hall , near Whitby . in his S 8 th year , — Watkins , Esq ., father of Mr , John Watkins , of Battersea . . On Thursday , in the 84 ' . h year of his age , Mr . Jonathan Bland , of Clayton , near Bradford . On Friday last , at Moor Grange , near Headm / rley , after a Jon ? illness , Eliza , ihe only snrviyiog daughter of the late Thomas Wilson , Esq , oi leliogton Green , near London . , - Same day , aged 91 , Mrs . Elizabeth Rhodes , or Yeao'onnear Leeds . ' ¦ '
, _ „ . „ . _ Same day ,. at Woodhouse Carr , aged 57 , Bathia , wile of Mr . James Brasshaw , and ' daughter of too iaie -Mr . John Nichols , stationer , ot Lueds . On Thursday , the 22 nd ult ., Maria , wifa of Mr . F . Le-vard , of Mirficld , solicitor , and tecond daughter of Samuel Brook , Esq ., of West Milla Mirfield .
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EOCHDA 1 E . POLICE OFFICE , FLYING HORSE . ( Before William Chadtcick and Henry Kelsall , Eiquires . J ] James Ashley , a Chartist speaker , was charged with nsiug seditious language at the meetings during the tur n ont i n this t ow n , and exciting the people to riot Ashley said , your worships , I should request before th e p r oceedings o f the Co u rt co m mence , that the witnesses retire , and come in one at a time when called npon ; second , that I should be supplied with pens and paper , to take notes of this case . They . were gr a n t ed , and a seat » t the table . Howarth Raby deposed—I live at Facit , b y t rade a mechanic . I remember the 12 th of August ; it was on Friday ; I work for George Hardman , cotton-spinner , at Facit ; the mill is within a hundred yards of the turnpike road . A Mr . Whitworth's cotton . mill i * on
the right side of the road , near to Bacup ; it is within sixty yards of our mill . I stood at the road leading to oar milL Betwixt seven and eight o ' clock that morning I saw a body of people come from Rochdale ; there were about 6 , 000 as near as I can tell . [ The witness was asked to point ont the prisoner . I think it is this man that sits here , ] A part of the main body turned iDto our road . Ashley was not there . He was in the turnpike-road , betwixt the mills . I said they did not need to go ; there was no one working . They turned back to Whitworth , a small village . I st * od at the top of the lane ; a second body came from the body of the people ; they were about five minutes betwixt They went dewn to our mills , and drew the plugs . I did not go down , nor did I see them draw them . The crowd was standing still in the
turnpikeroad . I saw the people come back from our mill , and join the crowd ; tbe main body had started . I saw a number of the people go into Mr . Whitworth ' s mill ; my master told me to go and Bee if I could tell any of th em again , and I followed them to Bacup . [ Here one of the witnesses came into court , and was quickly found out ; the Bench ordered him to be taken out of the room . ] I did not see any that was at onr place . When I got to Bacup , the people were assembling together at a meeting at the bottom of Union Square . I saw Ashley there , in the cart where they spoke from . I did not get near to hear all . He said be wanted n ot hing b ut a fai r day ' s wage for a fair day ' s l a b our . I heard it said from the cart that they were to go to Newchurch and to Todmorden ; it was not Ashley that said so . I did not see Ashley when the people went away . The people had sticks with them .
Ash ' ey cross-examined this witness—He said , I did not hear you pit any thing bad ; I thought it was a goed speech ; I was not alarmed . Ely Greenwood—I am an engineer and steam tenter for George Hardman and Company , at Facit- I remember the 12 th of August I was at the factory that morniDg ; I remember some people coming down betwixt seven and ei g h t o ' clock ; cannot tell bow many came , I was standing at the fire-hole place ; the people ca m e n p to m e , they came from the turnpike road ; two or three rushed past me and knocked tbi plugs eat of the boilers ; they went back to the people in the road , and joined them ; there were 6 or 700 ef them ; they were going quietly away towards Bacup . I did not see Ashley there .
John Stott—I live at Mount Pleasant , Proctor-street , by trade a wheelwright ; I rememer Thursday , w h e n the m ob c ame to th i s to w n , but not the day of the month . The milis were stopped on that day . I went twice that day to a meeting at Cronkey Shaw . At ni ght , between six and seven o ' clock , there were upwards of 3 , 000 people present There was a meeting , and speakers in a cart . The prisoner , Ashley , was there . I heard him speak that Bight I do not remember what he said . He said something about his fellow-brethren , that th e y had been stopped from work by the people of Ashton and Oldham , and they mnst adopt some plan . I saw bim take a show of hands . He talked abont the distress of the country ; and he would Bbow them whether the Repeal of the Com Laws , or the Charter , would , benefit the lower classes the best . A motion was put , and
carried u na n imo u sly for the Charter . He spoke of meeting at fi v e o 'clock next morning , on the same place , to adopt some plin . A motion was put and carried to tbat effect . I went to a meeting on Saturday , on tbe same place . It was held at nine o'clock in the morning . Ashley was there . He said , if all manufacturers bad behaved aa well as they had done to them at Bacup , they should have had no occasion to turn out . He mentioned a Mr . Miinn , who had showed him his books ; and be fonnd they pa i d th e sa ne w ages t hey did si x years ago . I did net stay till the conclusion of the meeting , I went np at night to a meeting . I did net stay many minutes ; I cannot say that Ashley was there—( the witness stood thinking ); I think be was there , and spoke and commented on the wages question ; tbat night it was mentiened that they should meet next day ( Sunday ) , on the Bame spot and hold the
same . Ashley—Did yeu hear me say anything against the masters ? Stott—No ; you said it was time that something should be done far the peop le . Ashley—Will you swear tbat I put a motion from the cart ? Stott—TeB ; the sense of the meeting was taken by you whether they should stop for the repeal of Corn LawB or the Charter . Ashley—Were my speeches exciting and alarming to t h e minds of the people ? Stott—No ; I did not hear you say anything to disturb the minds of the people ; tut to the contrary , you advised the people not to injure any person , nor do any harm to life or property , and to respect the laws . Committed to Kiikdale , on a charge of misdemeanor ; Bail was allowed him ; himself in £ 100 and two sureties in £ 50 each .
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MID AND EAST LOTHIANS COLLIERS ' STRIKE . A POLICEMAN KILLED . — MILITARY CALLED OUT . Saturday , Sept . 24 th , 4 p . m . The colliers strike begins to assume a serious aspect I have just been informed by thocj on whom I can place the moat implicit relianee that a policeman has been killed by the colliers , and tbe military sent for from Jock's Lodge . The particulars , as far as I am yet able te ascertai n , are as follows : — It appears that a number of colliers was met by a police m an a t Edgeh e ad , near Dalkeith , tbe colliers carrying a sack containing potatoes , they were stopped by the policeman , who insisted to know from whence they obtained the potatoes . They refused to tell him ; from words they came to blows . A dreadful scuffle eusued , which ended by tbe policeman being left for dead . The whole of the police in tbe district were soon
o n to e alert , who succeeded in apprehending one man at hiB house , whom they placed in irons , a nd were about to convey bim to prison , when lo ! the newB bad spread , they were surrounded by colliers , the policemen beaten off , and the man carried off in triumph , chains and all To those wbo have watched the progress of late events , this will not be at all surprising ; the men on strike have been taunted aud grossly insul t ed b ot h b y the coal-masters and magistrates . The following proclamation will shew t he readers of the Slar the way in which the brave but much-injured colliers have been treated , and I ask if a greater insult was aver given to working men 1 A few potatoes are stolen , ( which is the case every year , when there are no strikes , ) and the colliers are charged with stealing them ; it u then I repeat no wonder that the exasperated men , and tbe police should come into deadly conflict .
The following ia tbe precious official document above referred to : — Proclamation by the Sheriff of the County of Edinburgh . Whereas , extensive depredations have been recently committed upon potatoe and other crops , now u pon the ground , in certain parts of the county of Edinburgh ; and whereas there is everj reason to believe that those depredations were committed by those misguided pe r sons , who , choosing to abstain from their ordinary calling , illegally endeavour to support themselves without working by plundering the fruits of the skill and industry of others , wbo do choose to labour for their bread , contrary to law , and to the great injury of individuals and the public Notice is hereby given , that arrangements have been made by the Sheriff and by tboBe exposed to such depredations for the detection aud punishment of any persons who may be g u ilty of s ueb o ff en c es in futur e . GeaHam Speiks . Sheriff .
There ' s for youl what think you of that ? I make no comment—it will tell ita own tale . Add to this : a placard comes out during the week from the coal masters , in which it is stated that " sober and industrious" men could earn from 3 s . 6 d . to 4 a . per day ! A greater or a more wilful lie was never told . Yoar correspondent has not the least connexien with colliers ; but I have it from most respectable individuals , who have every means of ascertainig the truth , that the average wages of these injured men does not exceed 10 s . per week ! Further down this same placard , the men are called " idlera" and " unsteady workers" I This is an old worn-out tale used by tyrannical masters , to p r event their men f r o m receiving the sympathy and support of the public . Pharaoh , of old , Bald the same of the children of Israel !
It w ould appear , however , that the black-hearted coal tyrants have been but too successful in preventing the men from receiving the support of the public . A great part of the shopkeepers of Dalkelth depend upon the colliers' wages : a deputation from tbe men went round to collect what they could from those inclined to give , and hew much do tbe reader * of tbe Star think they c oll e cted ? W h y , the extraordinary sum of 15 s . from the whole of the shopkeepers of Dalkeith , w hose incomes are derived from tbe hard-earned wages of these calliers , while the poor Chartists of tbe district collected them upwards of £ 3 at a social meeting 1 This will teach them who are their friends , a n d wbo are t heir foes ; and , I t hink , should shew them the necessity of starting Co-operative Stores , when they get again into work .
If any farther facts come out on Monday , I will transmit them to you . MONDAY MORNING . The policeman is not dead , but it is said cannot live . A n oth er police m a n is b adly beat . Horse and foot soldiers con tin ne to arrive ; all is confusion—tbe peoi collie r s w ho li v e i n the m aste r ' s h o u ses a re this da y to be turned out by tbe soldiers , then : month's notice having expired . The horse soldiers galloped at that furious rate from Jock ' s L odge , that one was thrown frsm his horse , and seriously hart ; it is said bis shoulder is dislocated , and one of his arms broken . —Correspondent .
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Danger of iKcoNsiDF . eATE Offees . —A gentle man in this county , w no was much annoyed b ; wasps , ruther thoughtlessly offered a shilling- fo every wasp's nest v / hich could be bronght to him AH hands in the neighbourhood immediately set t work , and the or , lucky gentleman had to pay abou £ 40 , there beinx nearly 800 nests bronght to him .-Derby Mercure .
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On T ? lursday morniDg , at St . Ann's Catholic church , ' Leeds , Mr . John Pinder , of York , to Miss Wobele r , of Leeds . Oa ' Thursday , the 22 ad instant , at Kirby Hill , near ' Richmond , by tha Rev . Thomas Holme , Mr . EAw » rd Parnaby , of Ebor House , near Leeds , to Miss Anna Arrowsmitb , of Kewsham Hall , second &h » 0 htfcrof Mr . James Arrowsmith , of Afekew . S ' lrae day , at the parish church , Lambeth , by ifee Rev . G . Brandling , James GraeFe , E ? q ., to Ellen , manufacturer
th' i third daughter of Mr . Clay , , V / akefipld . m , Same day , at Kirkbeaton , Mr . Wm . Milner . of Quincey , lllonois , North America , to Elizabeth , , youngest daughter of Mr . Joseph Milner , of Bawthorp , near Huddersfield . Same day , at the parish church , Otley , by the Rev . J . Hatt , vicar , Mr . Jeremiah Walker , of the Queen's Head , to Margaret , youngest daughter of Mrs . Jennings , of the Malt Shovel lun . allof Hurley , near Otley .
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