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MANCHESiER . GIVE IMMEDIATE ORDERS FOB THE NORTHERN STAR , OK YOU "WILL LOSE THE PORTRAIT . F 11 HE * xtr » ordin « ry Demand for lam Week ' s J _ Northern Star above the usual Supply was »» ch that Hundreds of People were dii-spptHuWd , iimi die Paper could not be obtained f « r Xove or Money . In order to prevent such u Calamity for « iB Future , A . HEYWOOB is determined to ¦ wake every Exertion in his Power iu please the Prople , and requeit * ibem i * send their Orders into hit Office , mil thej thall be attended io with 1 ii .-jjularity , Punctuality , # nd Dispatch . ABEL HEY WOOD , Agent for the Star , 60 , Oldham-street . The Trad * jupplied on advantagsous Terms .
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whereas , with ajiure . it religious equality , a perfect Bt » te of political inferiority may exist . —If , then , by the tew projected "agitation" is : i ¦ i :: ! the surrender of iv iJL'h' and iciiiin id a party of local :.. i 1 ¦! ' (¦!¦ -: ¦ :.: ' agitators , " we at once registerour voice against it . We bare always struggled for fie substance , while others have snatched at t 3 ie shadow : "We w'ish to remove complaint :, that " agitation" may buunniioe * . sarj ; while others talk of grievances , andniakttherrij n order that , the "hade-ef agitation" may not "die sway . —The people of Ireland are now in » more deplorable state of slavery ihan ( buy ever lisvobuea , and the more no , becansutbeyeeem satisfied with their starving ennd ition . Let us struggle , Ihen , for a respectable provision or every unwilling-idler in Ireland . 'Accomplish that , and the Irish , who , abort ; all other , people , lov * their " country , their home , and their kindled , ' wi ] , ive hajpj n . oA tOQteRttd in tfe « lanA nf tiieiT birth and leave the English market open to the EngUifa labourer , and free from Irish competition . Iritih " igitstion" has rivetted tllhet for erer , to Ibe neck of the poor Irish Catholic . Irish " agitation" ha * deprived the Irish Voter of the franchise . Let English " agitation" endeavour tomake them fret men ; relieve them from , the support of an adverse church ; pro-Tide for them in the "land of their birth ; " and teach them how to do ( heir own work ; then we will " agitate , agitate , agitate , " hat nut till then .
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' . ' . on upon Air . Fieldcu'a motion , and i-onsider the assertion of Mr . W : 0 dey , with Icspect to the non-Todoctioti of evidence , before the Committee , as a . roof of that which we b » ve more than onee asserted , namely , n totnl disregard of Senatorial nterfcrenoe . We rejoice to find that Sir Francis Burdett , given notice of motion with resptut to the fiathcormoo slaughter . We beg to remind him of a few facts ; u » mely , that a Jury of twenty , three returned a verdict of " wilful niunltr , " ag&nat Archdeacon Rider , Mtyor Collis , and Capuiin Bagly [ and that the said Major Collis wan invited by Lord Berehnvcn , the High Shcriif of the County , to sit npon the Grand Jury , before i'Inii . i bills of indictment were to be preferred against himself , as a murderer ! ! ! That Mr . Feaipis O'Connor , then M . P . for the County of Cork , in pursuance of : i notice , rose to bring the question before the Honse of Commons , when he was slopped bj Mr , O'Connell , and Mr . Hume , npon llieplea , that it would embarrass ihc Administration . That though thif "Whigs have been ever sinceinolfiee , with the power of appointing impartial Sheriffs , and of selecting proper Judges , for a "Special Commission , " they h ave never moved in the transact ' "it . More of Rnthcormae , before the discussion takes place . Now Englishmen , has the week ' s work , been worth the week ' s expense . That ' s the question . •«¦—¦
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UlATH OF MR . IUiBBRT NlCOLL . —It IB with eirp regret that we have to announce the death of r . Robert Nicoll , late editor of the Leeds Times , nich tool plaee on Thursday last , nt the residence Mr . John Jchnstone , Laverock Bank , Trinity . In had fallen into bad health about si * months ago ; but he continued to straggle on with the duties of the nnwspsper until October last , when , at the urgent solicitation of Mr . William Tait , nnd others of his friends in Scotland , he resigned his sitnat ! on , and returned to thin country , under the fond hopethat his native » ir , an < i cessation from labour , mi ^ hi ' in some measure aid in restoring him . Wita a kindness which does him the highest honour , Mr . S " nstone plaeed hin house at Sir . Nieoll ' s entire ice , and every means which the best medical skill could suggest was tried for his benefit ; but we underitandhis complaint ( eon sump tion ) had advanced too far to justify any expectation of his ultimate recovery . Accordingly , instead of improving , he gradually grew wwaker and weaker , until Thursday afternoon , when he breathed hia last . —Stud / now . VAGttJ-Ncr . — "Lbs " . Wanucsday a man named John Cullan , was brought before the napiatrate . < charged by Mrs . Surah Waile with hating attempted to Btonl a jiair of women's lioots from her stand . The prisoner snjd he was out of shoes , and had gone to the stall to look if there were a pair of choej lili'ly t 9 fil him , and that finding a pair which suited him , he left a ihilling with Mrs . Waite , saying that he expected id get some more money shortly , when he would return nnd take the shoes . Not succeeding iu obtaining the money , he retnrned to the stand to solicit the shilling tridds was returned him , and he was then discovered attempting to steal a pair of women ' s boots . Another charge of a similar nutnrt " wan preferred againtt ilia prisoner by another shoe Heller , but no actual theft htin ^ proved , the prisoner was seetenced to go to Wafcerielrf House of Coreetion for two months ns a vagabond . Assault . —On Saturday lnst , six young men named Wliitlej , Clarkson , Wileon , Metcnlf , Outbwaitc , and Gill , were charged before the magistrate * with assaulting in his own . house , Mr . Smith , i LTidlord of the Sportsman Inn , New town , on ' sdnesday seo'night , and with stealing from him a mtent lever watch . Smith slated that a little before elvi- o ' cloct on the night in aaestion he went into stap-room , where thi- prisoners had buen drinking nl on his giving Ihrm notice that it w : ia tune to ¦ jiarf ., ^ hey surrouuded him and toot his watoh . icre was not sufTieie : it evidence to prove the bhery , but the assault being proved the parties tit : lino . ] each in the mm of £ 4 . 10 s . or in default payment to be committed to Watefield House of irrection for two months . It was stated by some Ihe policemen that the whole of the sis Eieu were own as bein ^ auspicious characters .
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HAUFAX ; ISOOEST BEFORE G . DYSON , ESQ . —O « Tuesday last , * t the Bridge Tavern , Hali&n , on the bod y of Eliiahtth Wiltiuson , aged 8 « , who died m consequence of injuries recei . ed &om beina severely burnt by her clothes catching fire . — \ erdlct—Mriilcntatlg 4 «™( . The monthl y meeting of the Literary and I hiloBuubica ] Society , ia this town , was held * Miinaay evening week , in the Philosophical H « ll ; Mr . John Abhott , one of the Vice- Presidents in the chair . The donations consisted of an interesting collection of fossil ,, , chiefly bones of the Elephant , K » ., irom-theEastIndie * , by Mr . W . H . Kawson j a pamphlet , being of his own communieatioES to the London and Edinburgh Fhilurophical Magazine , bj the Bev . G . B . Reads : and the sevente « nth report of the Letds Philosophical and Utetuy Societ )' , by the council of that society . There was no fnper read ( hut ihe attention of the meeting , was occupied by a report from the council , respect , ing lie proposal to ralat the ml « with le ^ ard to thenon admission to the mujoum of any person , not a member or juteeriber , and residing within five miles of the town . After considerable discussion , h resolution was passed , giving the privilege of admitting residents , to the curators , who are , by the laws of the institution , responsible to the society for the trie custody of th « specimens under their nniy .
HUDDERSFIELX ) . Court HoosE . _ On Tuesday laat , John Ell am , wood-grinder , HuddersBeld , a well blown character , who aspires to the dignity of being the first "Mayor" of Huddersfield ; was brought before the Bitting magistrates at the Court House , charged with committing a most brutal assault upon Mr-Thoinas Heelia BrondWnt . It appeared that h ]» 1 worship' had been induced to commit the assault , because the complainant had cuubkJ Thomas Shires , of Folly Hail , bis ' worship ' s most faithful friend nnd patron , to he fined for committing a similar assault . The magistrates B . N . It . Battjc , and J . Annitage , Esqrp ., stronglyrcprobntud the conduct of "the great Goliah , " and fined his ' worship' £ 112 s ., and , had the complainant desired it , they would hound him over to keep the peace . This is the only way if repressing those two cowardl y barbarians Shires and El lam .
DEWSETJH 7 . Extraordinary Stoke— On Wednesday week a very large atone was taken from tht stomach of it horse , belonging to Mr . J . tnit * Vi riftilesworth , carrier , Hectinondwlc , at Sir . Greenwood ' s tun pit , Dewshury-Moor , measuring two feet in circumference , and fourteen pounda in wvtahr
ItOCHDAXK . School Seruoss . —On Sunday evening , the Rev . It . W . Hamilton of Leeds , preached in the Providence Independent chapel , High-street , Roihdalc , aft . ; r which , a collection was made in aid of the Sunday school , amouutins ; to the sum of £ 40 03 . ( i ^ d . Bahhabitv . —On Monday a man appeared before the magistrates on a charge of having set a bull dog at another man . The coinplninsntj whose face wss literally rovcred with plai « tet ¥ , snd hnd one arm tlung , evidently displayed that he had been most neverely tortured . He stated that on Saturday night he went into a bter-honse , at Milkstoae , andgota sop of beer , when some altercation tonk place between himself and the prisoner , concerning the price of mending a pair of shoes . Ultimately the prisoner struck the complainant , when a quarrel ensued , at which time the prisoner cried oat— "Hoir , Cr ib , mind him , " —when a large bull dog sprung from some part of the room , aud would literally have devoured complainant , had not help been at hand . The prisoner , in his defence , said the dog was not his , and he never lsnew it do so before . Two indi--vidu : tis appeared in his behalf , but coidd Say nothing which iu anywny lessened his guilt . The magistrates , who appeared , to he disgustci at such brutality , nnd feeling far tho condition of the sulfering individual , ga'e thB prisoner ira opportunity of eompruloisingj the mattvt with the mnn , or in default of which , the severest penalty of the English law should be inflicted . Tha » fTuir was » ettl « l by the prisonar psying th « man two pound ) , and promising to pay nil further espenges .
HULL . HOLJ , Police . —On Friilsiy ivei'k , Thomas Wilson , n ship-keeper on bonrd the JS / iglatid , wh ? churned by his connQand !_ T , Cwption Kay , wilb stealing a piece of rope weighing 1 stone and 1 1 b . from His ship , he not having given authority io take it . It appeared from Ihr evidence that as Captain Keeley , jun . was waiting on the qnay of the Junction Dock , yesterday afternoon , he snw the prisoner come over the Tralare , from tho England , wilh : u parcel , and suture ting something wrong he watched him to the shop of William Kcwton , n marine-store dealer , in Vfaterhoiise-lane , where he weighed the hag without opening it , and then took it into the inner shop . "When the prisoner came out he asked him what he hud gut in the hag ; he said some-old rope which his master had given him . He then gave him 1 b charge to Sergeant Smith , nnd Captain Kay was seat for . The rojie was produced \ y . Ntwti . n . ( who said he had not paid for it , ) and identified by him at his property . The prisoner did not deny the charge , hut said he was very cold , and took the rope to eet a class of croo before he went
to sleep . He was fnlly committed for trial , nud thft Captain and other witnesses were bound over to give evidence ; hut as Captain Eav was not certain that he should be iu Hull at the ^ waions , Mr . Me Hanu
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TO THE PUBLIC . -Every Yorkshire Pnrduncr of the Northern « t » r , of TSIS DA ¥ , tciii 6 e jiraciiteil with a SPLENDID PORTRAIT or FEARGUS O'CONNOR , IBOK * STEEL PLATE . Car IJNciSHiRB , Newcastle , nnrf Scotch Fritndi , Kill rrerire Ihcir PORTRAITS with the next Numlcr ; it being absolutely impossible for in to Print , in One Wee / c , teitk our prism Power to the Machine , the ifumher rsptir cd for loth Yorkshire and JLttnctishirc ; to remedy thit a STEAM EN&INE Ualt be immediately mnUri TO ADVERTISERS . In Four thurt Weeks the NonTHKKN Star hits become , point of Oirr : iiJution The Second Jonraal in YorKiUire . ITS SALI BEISfi ALJlE . inv JUST I'MJS 5 , 000 COPIES WEEKLY , i : j tht first return from the Stamp Qfficc will prove . Jn returning out thanks to the Public , for the unprecedented Support they have gnat to tht KoRTBBEN SXAK , ice imild beg to cull the ^ Attention of AdvEkTISEUb to these facts , at they furnish a hint , frwn which they might deduce a Leism which icauld be as vtefnl lo them , at it would be profitable to us . JVJJ . Ml Adeert'stincntt for the Sixth Number mutt he sent to the Office by Seven o'clock on Thursday JSvmiilg-
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The extract from Vie / f « ero / Mr . John Fieldra , to the Miigley Radical Association , is in Type ; and it is with extreme reluc' / wci- that ice fiiut ¦ ourselves tcmpcllcd by the crowded state of onr columns , ( P'trtiuiMut being silling and so many important meetings coming on "a altogether , ) to poilpnne its insertion till our nejtt , in which it thai ! rtrtaintg appear . The letter of "J . H ., " of Hurtdcranelii , is a ( w ft type , but excluded far the same rrMSon . It shal appear next week . Tieexcellent address of " Jamea Richardson , " on Jfegro Apprenticeship , ban been receited , hut amnol appear for tin- mason ttatml aboi-e . We onoy prottti / g insert il neat meet . The ' second letter of "John Knight" to lord John Russell , next week , if jwibtt : Tit letter of " David Pawson " came loo late for insertion this Keek , even if our columns had ho H-en so crowded . tfo original nmespondeiKC Kart he inserted ichleh does not reach its nt Wednesday . The same nusircr must be tukm ly "ETen handed Justice , " whose long co / nmuni t : atittn we have not yet hail time to read . " A constant Reader and Admirer " is under eensideration . " Castigator " will be ciinsidercd . * 'An Almondbury Weaver '' shall have an . ear / i insertion . * ' Uluftrationn of the Factory System , No . 1 , " ««¦ toeelc , if possible ; if not , the lohole article shit ! appear thciccck after . The Editors of the Nurtlfrn Star will have greet p leasure in attending the Meeting and Diane of the Leeds Radical Association on the 8 th of January . We beg to thank our Halifax Correspondent , R . T . for the ej .-cctlcnt ttrrangetni **)/ r , * ' AJf « . «//** ' ilil week , ami are sorry to be obliged to curtail it . We are soify to disappoint wir Bull frientls of tit report of the Woolley Dinner . " But ire liar jo many meetings this week , that though oit ingenuity has hen la . re / t , toe cannot find a -much room as wuul'l coatyin if . We have rcceir e . d a well written memoir of Mr . Wooltey which together with the Dinner-Report , shall vppsa next week . The letter of " William Hurt" teas too Me far this iceek . If the Mill Operative , ip * o has icritten to Mr Oastler , about the Calverley Meeting of Mailer and Overlookers , on the Factory Question , wit favour its with hit name tind residence , ( in confi ' deuce , ) his comvmmention shall he attended to . In answer to the enquiries of many a / rciiti , w inform them , that the form of our present number tcill be kept standing till Monday , for their con venienes , till which they can receive portrait mtdpupers . 3 n our next a joint letter lathe ttno Manufacturers of ¦ of Leeds , who have rashly dared to lake libertie with tntr paper , shall appear , and we shall la the castigation mi with no very sparing hand . Jgain we tell our coteardlif anonymous eorresponn eat , that tee never toitl lend ourselves t personal slander npon Ihe Ren . Dr . Hook We shall , if occasion reqaireB be ready to meet Ais political views , bnt with his preaching w Jiaue nothing lo do .
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XiECtAI . QUESTIONS . 'An Enquirer ^ "—There is inch a County a ^ Hampshire . ' R . F . "—If the dtbtor lives within the jurisdiclio of the Court of Requests , he call sue Hi tha ¦ Court , if not he must employ a solicitor . ** J . N . B . "—Is liable to the rent , but the conlrae made bg J . if . B . 's father is not binding upon Aim , the landlord can recover the rent by distres whether the tcnanlU a nunor or not . * ' A . B . "—JFV never give opinions against Trade Unions , ice recommend him to subscribe to Ih Rules of his Union . " Interment of . the Dead on Suaday Noon . "—Parsous can do anything they plett&c , but the praclic -ii shameful . * 'B . " cannot enter upon tlie Premises of L . D excep t a deed hat passed between them . Th ¦ possettimi of lease is no title to the property , il or is the Inventory . " J . G- "—There il no allowance whatever to Members of Parliamentary Committees , the righ io raise Coal in Ireland depends upon the rcscr Katiotu in the lease .
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City , Thursday , Twelve o'clock . —& good den r eieitemant has been caused this morning by tho tfmws from Belgium of another dispute between tha State and Holland . It has had an unfavourable effect on the price of Consols , which are now 93 A to ^ . although they closed yesterday firm nt 93 J . The fleet on Dutch Bonds is ctill more sensible , the ( nice having declined fullj | pet cent . We think a greater degree of importance is assigned to thii affair than it really deserves ; the only danger is tha ' . Pnunia or some other Kuropean State may he induced to jiao with one party or the other ; but we hone mich it course is not likely to be adopted . The Erst annual meeting of shareholders in tho London Joint Stock Bank , which was held ob Thors . Alt , for the purposs of publishing a statement of their affaire , and for declaring a dividend out of their profits , has given general Batiafaction to all parties who take an interest in the establishment of such institutions . Although they only propose to divide 4 j > er cent . on the amount of paid-up capital , a careful examination of their balance sheet will show , that they have actually earned more than double that -amount , after payinft the ordinnry expenses of the Concern , the balance haing applied to extraordinary trxpensei at the commencement , * nd to form a rea ? erve fand , Sen . We lure no doubt lint in a few years these neirbank » will rise into powerful establishments , and obviate tho necessity on tht part of Parliament to renew the monoply of the Bant of £ ngUnd at the expiration of her onartiv in 1846 .
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SATURDAY , DECEMBER 16 , 1837 .
• AGITATE ! AGITATE ! AGITATE !" Such were the words of Lord Anulkss ; y in his reuommradatiou to the Irish people . " Agitate ! Agitate ! Agitate ! " » ain ; the NoWo Lord . The object wax t'j insure ( be passing of Catholic ' . ! ¦ ¦! . < ; ; . .-., 'iu ; and had that measure conferred the iromised boon upon the people i we might be induced to adopt the systsiu of" agitation" used for its accomplishment as a very perfem model ; but inasmuch , us the benefit wait confined to H olsal , while the general tendency of the measure has been to abridge popular rights ; weatoncetaie our Btaud against the plau of cl agitation" now proposed for the advancement of the Radical cniwe . The True Sun may recommend the formation of a Metropolitan Association , nx the great political naerroir , from whence the provinces are to be refreshed ; but before we bow down and worship this idol , we must first enquire what the honoured parent , after whose image it is to be created , has effected for the land of ita birth . The system of Irish " agitation" it recommended , nnd by a no less faithful monitor , than DaniEL Whittle HARrEV , the tendency of whose speeches and letters has been to prove the delinquency of the " agitatur , " und the non-effect of " agitation . '' It iu quite truu , that so long ae the
county party litoked to Metropolitan " agitation , " and to that alone , the cold spirit of npathy pervaded their ranks . The disappointment , how ever , which th « y have experience !? , since the passing of the Jtefonn BjJ ] , ban led them to the ra « nly resolution of relying upon their own eierfjonn . Nothing so much tends to augment the power of an oligarchy , an an unconditional surronder of thought uuii action iuto their hands ; wMIe nothing so e-uhunces the value of popular opinion , ! is the fact of individuals thinlcing and acting for themselves . We are not So be understood , as enemies to " agitation " : no , it has been our darling object through life ; but . then , tomakaitvaluable we must tnke care that it be used for thepnrpose of extending , and not of abridging , popular rijthts . Let ns see what ngiudon ha » donu for the oppressed people of Ireland P It has obtained Catholic Emancipation lit the . expense of political power ; and , from this one circumstance , we shall be able to trace , not only the increasing poverty of Ireland , but also the reduction of English wages . Before we enter upon that part of the subject , however , let us test the principle contained in the recommendation , aud , in doing which , it is to he remembered that the recommendation emanated from Mr . O'Connell , Bt the Crown nnd Anchor Ballot Meeting , and bus been jnshed upon public notice by the WcMy True Sun newspaper . Tbe professed object of Mr . O'Connell is to obtain for Ireland a precisely similar system of Government , as that by which England is ruled . But " agilatiou" isnotrecommended with this view . Itifl declared necessary—for what , think you ¥ Why , to oppose the very adminiHtrntion which Mr . O'Connell looks upon as the gnurdian angel of Ireland . But yet this is not the strangest part of Daniel ' s new proposition ; for at the . very moment thai he strongly recommends " agitation" as uecessaiy for well-governed England , this keeper has put ihe muzzle upon his menngerio at the other side of the water—so thnt while ill-governed Ireland ceases " agitation , " from a reliance upou the present In-Tory administration , England , for whose institutions be struggles , is to be " agitated" against the Tn-Tory guardians ! This is strange reasoning of Daniel's , lint not so bad a scheme as may be siippowHl . Theohjectistohaveadoublework-shop ; the
.. u . ' . l ' . . ' . vhlvb . v ,-. ^ i ^ li ' . itv m ^ e : vv . ' . y vortin London , during the sitting oF Parliament , mid the other in Dublin , where , during Ihe recess , hemay prepare bin models , ami tiiku orders for jobrto be finished in the Uletcopolis . 0 'Couneli lilies " agitation" white he is cock of the walk ; but as his conduct requires his personal support and defence , he shrewdly tnkts r . ATP- tn xhnt al » fp , tajbon hp Ij-nVJ-a tha clnva land He well knows that liis alisence would give rise to an expression of feeling which his presence alone cun silence . Thus has the Irish Association , formed for the purpose of settling the Titue nnd Irish Corpo porationJIeasurses , been dissolved , without an adjustment or even the advancement , of either question Lord Durham ' s foolish Letter , and the "Quetn ant Reform" are stuck npon the walls , which poorPiiiltl ) may ( red-herriog like ) use as jioiiit for his potatoes We now eome to the proof , that Emancipation was purchased at too dear a rate . —Prior to the Email cipation Bill , each forty-shilling freeholder had a vote ; he held » u acre of ground or more ; iini although the political ilave of his master , yec his existence , ( forming part of the Lord ' s politica strength ) was matter of importance . A disease amongst the freeholders whs looked upon with asinud anxiety as the mumua or dry rot , wmo ng the stock His life M > H valuable , nnd therefore he was kept alive About 330 , 000 of those poor fallows lived upon perhaps as many acres , and thereupon worked am supported lh « ir families . The promised blessings o relig ioDs toleration , however , together with Mr O'Connell ' v assurance of a sweeping Poor Law induced the freeholders to relinquish a politica existence for a religions freedom . It wasdone—am they Kcre disfranchised ; tlieimoiLiiiate consequence
of which , w *» , the breaking up of all amall holdings and the introduction of the eystesn of letting laui in large farms ; the three hundred and eijfht ; thousands acres " or thereabouts" was divided into farms of one hundred aures each , tenanted by three or four hundred men , who supplied the plflcu o manual labour with horse power ; ninety-nine o erery one hundred of the ejreted freeholders became beggars for s . season , and tken begun to try their fortune in the English labour-market If an ; person will take the trouble to examine the report of the Irish Poor Law Commissioners he will find that the dislodged 10 s . freeholders form , critically , the numbor of heads of families which now leave Ireland a starving population o about 2 , 300 , 000 ! But this is not rill ; circumstances induce them to snap nt a day's work for 4 d . or 6 d . and thereby those berto&re more fortunate , being under-bid , betake themselves to England ; » nd when in a strange country , they , ia return , bring their poverty and destitution into competition with the heretofore regularly employed English workingmau ; and as labour , like water , meets itslevel , especiillj as respects two countries now so closely oonoe' jteii , tlte lovr price of Lrisu L-A ^ rnvr must
henceforth , in a great measure , regulate the price ol English labour also . The same Hannel which 6 olls in Leeds for sixpence : i yard , could not he sold at Bradford for IM . ayarf ; and the man who t « n work in Dublin up to B o ' clock on Monday , and only receive la . per day , will not allow his English neigwur to sell his work for 3 * a daj , especially when Paddy can work a full day ' s work in Dublin and carry the hod on the following morning in Liverpool , mving passed over during the night . Hence has the accursed system of competition lur iatul , driven Ihe ndustrious Jrish agriculturalist : o America , while lie competition for a . bare subsistence , < lrives the ndtistrious working man lo the nhores of Engiand n search of a livelihood . —Such , then have been the blessing * of Emancipation , the great result of ' agitiiEiou , " Religious equality will lie always mrewj ccompany , or epeediiy follow , political equality—
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PARLIAMENTARY MIRROR . ¦ bTb
ANOTHER UNPROFITABLE WEEK . Perliapg we might be considered n > somewhat hj-pocritical , should we indulge ia any lamentations upon the folly of our Legislators ; and for this reason—because we have always looked upon the English as ¦¦ confiding people , easily led by promise , und much wedded even to the absurdities of national institutions : thereforo , nothing but a complete abandonment of principle could have estran j * d the governed from their rulers . As Ire never were of the over-confidunt party , we rejuice that our sapipnt masters ( who might have held dominion , by slight promise and slender performance , ) have , in ihc consciousness of their " own strength , ' set the people : it defiance , and substituted threat for promise . So long as the popular voice had an organ , though ever so inefficient in the Howe of Commons , public opinion was cast in a kind of Parliamentary mould . The leaders of the " pressure from without" could warp it to Iheir owu will and pleasure , and tfee order to advance ur halt waB rigidly obeyed , without further consideration than the necessity of backing the opposition . Since the pawing of the Reform Bill , however , there has been no opposition in the Houtit of Commons ; that is , tliero has not been any party , llirough which the people could express their " opinions ; " hence has a complete anti-Parliamcut opposition been organized throughout the country . Tbis parly consists , principally , of non-electors , who find that their " rights" hitve been completely overlooked by the represmUilives of the present franchise . It is matter of fact , that a Government will ever be the mouth-piece of the majority of tha constituent body , and therefore the great Sulk of the people , being altogether unrepresented , they look with distaste acd disgust upon those who represent mtaests a . t variance with the majority of the community . Tha non-eloctors have discovered that a kind of magic influence ia attached to the very name of an elector , and with characteristic cariosity , ttey btgin to long for the clmrm . The people aru not represented , and such is the meaning of our heading — " Another unprofitable week . "
In turning to our Parliamentary proceedings , it will be seen that there is uot one single my of hope for the wurking million * , while the time of the House has been occupied in trying the strength of political parties , in an endeavour to convert the fund for the payment of Pensioned Idlers , iuto a stock for the support of mischievous Commissioners ; for although the nature of its application may he changed , let the people assure themselves that the In-Tnrie « will not sacrifice so ( Treat a means of mrniptlon ana Parliamentary support ; in discussions as to the . beat mode of meeting the Spottiswoode conspiracy : in short , upon all matters connected wifh the Privileges of Parliament , without « single word as to it * duties towards the country . The principal question of the week has been the discussion upon the motion of Mr . Fielden relntive to the New Poor Law Amendment Act , and ita " working " at Bradford . We regret the alteration made by Lord John Rdssej-l , in the motion relative to the production of Correspondence ; am for ibis reason the Soble Lord is now to be the judge of what portion muy nnd whiut portion may not be conducive to the " gooil of the public sej-vice : " and ws predict , that all which is likely to support the system , will be O 3 tycrae < beneficial '; while much that would conduce to its reprobation , will be considered us injurious to the " public service . " But the Noble Lord says , thn caution should be used in introducing the measure . A stningc aud deadly caution , forsooth the caution of the sabre and the ll bullet . " And again , he admits that force shoutd be met by force With whom did the " force" originate V Not wit ] thepeople ! no such thing . But with those , who in compliHni .-e with the august Mi . Powek , tool his foreboding fora real and substantial resistance This tramping Poor Law Commissioner , h ; is now heen saddled , by the noble Secretary of Suite with nil the responsibility connected with the introduction of the soldiery into Bradford . Sucl avowal isnotmucb calculated to remove the odium attached to bin bflice . The Noble Lord ndulits that the introduction of the Act , with or imhou modification , may very much depend upon the spin with which the inhabitant ! of fie several ( owns shall be inclined to meet it . Hence , then , men o Lancashire und Yorkshire , yon are admitted lo he the best judges in this ease ; and , therefore , the success , or defeat of the measure , rests in your own hands ! You know your duty , you need no remonstrance .
But why jhould the Noble Lord refuse the eninmunicadons from local authorities ? Surely from them we tbould eipeot the belt and inest pertinent information upon the subject ? Ah ! this leada to awkward forebodings ! This encourages us to think that the dignified office oC'spy" is not confined to the Metropolitan Police alone . Bat , perhaps Mr Lister , M . P . for Bradford , may afford some information upon tbis " secret" attempt lo . throw disrepute upon the local nuthorities . By-thb-h ^ e , where was the Member for Bradford , when thin nil-important question was under discussion P Dees he suppose that the duty of a representative merely consists in th » honour which a seal confers ? or tiat the People will not test his future fitness for office , by hie past eondnct . We quite Bgrte wilh Mr . "Youso in his remonstrance with regard to the transmission of the London Police to the manufacturing nv-t- ; not so notch from the hardship imposed npnn tbe inhabitants of London , but because they are selected { according to character ) , fur a bloody mission I They like the office , and iu continuance depends upon theniBulves . Ireland was coerced upon the evidence of the Rural Police . Lei the English labourers digest that fact , and then prepare to plncn themselves under the survti ! lance and control of a ike " force . " Upon the whole we are rather pleased with the
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JIM CROW IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS . nDTRKNCHMENT IK THE PENSION LIST , Out of three columns of debate ynnis tha necessity of granting a further pension of £ 8 , 000 ler annum to her Royal Highness the Duc&ess of £ ent , wu select merely two lines from the speech of Ur . Spuing Rice , to prove tbe truth of our assertion * with respect tu the application of any irad saved from nn alteration in the pension list . iVe asserted that a mischievous eonunissioner , or home splendid state pauper , would be substituted as a claimant . Hear the proof , read the two lines rom ihe oration of Mr . Rice—'' That . firm would > e more than covered by the cessation of Ihe annuity if the £ SfiGU enjotjed by PmscE Geokge op Hanover , which expired in June last " English mothera , made paupers by taxation , this is the language of him who holds the purse strings of ho nation ; your purse strings . Look at the facts of this instance of retrenchment , Origiaally , the pension of this Duchess was £ 16 , 000 a-year , from the taies of thu country , in addition to her own immense private wealth . In 1831 , r . further grant of £ 6 , 000 annually , was made by Parliament , to defray ( be expenses of her : anghter's education , with an espress condition in he grant thatii should continue in force ' ¦ ' only so ong aa HerBoyal Highnessthe Princess Vicionia continued to occasion additional expense . " Wei ! then , you lind to pay the Dnehess £ " ( i , l ) D 0 a-year to educatt her daughter . But the daughter ' s education 3 tinielwd tiow and surely the £ fi , 000 comes off . \ o , no . The daoghter is not to be educated now , iud therefore , you must now pay £ 14 , 000 for being allowed to escape the education , Tor , instead of the £ C , () 00 coming off , un addirionKl £ 3 , OflO is laid on ! Two and twenty thousand pounds a-year , you paid for the board and learning of the Princess , while the remained with her mother . Now that she has left the mother and become s Queen , with an establishment of her own for which you pay £ 395 , 000 B-ycar , you mnstpiy the mother £ 30 , 000 o-jearfor being without her ! ! Thin is * ' National Education " with a vengeance , but from it learn tie following facts , namely , that the poor mother , panperiied by taxation , must be supported by her more fortunate struggling son or daughter , while the rich daughter made richer , is a plea for enric'iing the mother also , —and further , that to BIT ™ ' tTitwd . ^ m tho jHmnon list , £ 3 , 000 n to . . e "Whig fnifd , for the pn u - - - ¦» . domiuinn . Sucb are the things , and not Radical agitation which are making the people hate , despise , und detest those factions who rob the paor for tho aggrandisement of the already too rich . Where were the poor blood-sucking Malthosians npon this question oLj (] gn ™ jy ? VVliciu uv : atlut-cheap ^""¦""' ° " | , "y ;[ j ^ y ** - ¦ the tru-SBs 61 " Retrenchment i '" - ¦ .
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¦»• - * - Tn our first number we had occasion to make some sevare remarks npon the conduct of flie Leeds police , with respect to Iheir servile and pimping acts of commission and time-serving , omission . By their over-irrought interference , Sadler nnd Cos lost thsir licenses for very trifling offences ; indeed for no offence at all , comparatively : while , although we warned thtm of the esisWnce of it Hell in the centre of the town of Leeds , they have never thonghtnroper to exert themselves for its suppression , or for the apprehension of the frequenters of this Gambling Home . We allowed the matter to rest for a short time , in tlie hope that those fico Magistrates tvho tire Members of the Gambling House , would , atall events , haie given A mild construction to the law in behalf of the Beer-house-keep ers . We have been disappointed : acid since then , as reported in our last , a man of the name of Read , a Beer-house-keeper , in Lady-lane , ] has been charged with an offence of which he could uot have had the slightest knowledge . Indeed , it was so proved . The case was tbis : twu idle fellons went mto . his house and one of them produced a pack of cards ; immediately upon which , a policeman enters and jeizes upon them . Poor Read ' s wife w ; w ill in bed , and he was engaged in the management of his accounts , while hie visitors were served by a little girl . Thi ! two Hitu had never heen to Bead's house hefore , and the policeman seldom , if ever . " He who hides , can find , " saith the proverb , aud the policemen found the offender ? . Sesd
called upon us for advice , and we recommended him to enjrnge Mr . Naylor , the solicitor , of whose talent and skill the public have had frequent proof . However , the man was lined ; and nn injunction being laid upon the lnapiBrrHtfs' eierk , to conimunicste all irach convictions to the Board of Excise , Ids continuance in the capacity of Beerhouse-kcrper will depend upon their will and pleasure ! inui'ts not justice ; and , especially while two of our . Magistrates are IVIenihers of a Gambling House , nad of a Gambling House , , where a large and inconvenient sum of money wag lost by a young gentleman on Sunday Morning last We have latterly abstained from allusion tn the numerous attacks to which Beer-honse-keepers are liable , because we have it in contemplation to call a General Meeting of that body for the purpose of taking tltye for their future protection . In the mesn'ime , however , we shall give any ajHiatanee in oar ynuer to Read , in hii present dilsmma . Whatever may be our private opinion on the utilitv of these houses , and their effect on public morals , in the whole , we are determined that , so long iw they are permitted to exist at all , thoie who embark their little capital in them shall , so far as our exertions can enforce it , be treated with fair and eounl justice und protected from wrong .
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UBEH . INOVEST . —On Monday nighi iast , an inquest Was held at onr Court Hoose , before John Blaekmrn Esq ., Coroner , on tho body of Margaret Deanney , » young woman about nineteen years old . Jeceased worked at Mi . Brown ' s mill , in Mnbgate , ami owing to some cause , which we have not yet earned , happened to fall down some etaps . Deceaied died a few dnys ago in the Infirmary , in conequence of the accident . The witnesses being eiaamined , the jury returned * verdict of—Accidental Death .
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On Thursday last , a very animated meeting was ¦ Id at the Music Saloon , Albion-street , to petition arliainent for tbe termination of the Kegry iij / rrrtliceship in the British Colonies . T . W . uiiW , Esq ., Mayor of the Borough , was called the chair . He was huppy ihut" in making his Bt appejiranee at a public meeting , in his oSieial pacity , that the object of the meeting ahould ba ib iu which he felt eo deep an interest , and one hieii he had aln ' ajii endeavoured to forward . The Itev . Mr . Scales moved the first rcsslution . e said it was not surprising if little interest was ; ci [ ed on this question at present , since it was aierally tupposed tliat the arrangements made by i overtime lit in 1 S 34 , had heeu both conclusive and itisfactory . These arrangements , however , had ntirely failed to give satisfaction , inasmuch as it i - ; is proved that the planrurs , no twi tha la a ding thcy : ul received twenty millions , were more disposed to | i | iresa the apprentices than ever . Ho thought we ill j just claim to their entire freedom , and that le only way to obtain it naa to apply to Pariiaent , that It might eet the apprentices entirely free i , or before August , 183 H . The Hev . Gentleman included a long and well received iiddrusi ; iu these ords : —In Ihe name of the Saviour , uud the God hu nuuio us , we demand that the masters have this hut no longer , but that slavery , under whatever sguibe it rany clothe itself , shall tsrmiuatu in our ritish Colonies , und in every part at' hut M-. tizsty ' s iminions throughout the world . —The Itev . Gen-KiiiHn was ioudly applauded throQghout his speech . Joseph Lister , Esq ., seconded the resolution . ROBERT Jowitt , Esquire , moved the ( second 'solution . He said they were not met to ACUys the propriety or impropriety of the # rani Mill PurliaineuL had formerly [ liven to the planiuts j ) compensation ; but the question with the people ' jf England was now to he , what wan their present osiriou iu reference to this question i' A bargain ad been made , and whether a good one or bad one , lie completing parties had a right to expect that it liould be fulfilled . Mr . Jowitt then proceeded to liuu— that the planters had not by any means fullled their part of tho bargain ; in proof of wlikh , e adduced the sufferings to which the apprentices were still subject , and rucittdthe substance of many of lie laws which were in force against them , and which were of the most cruel and oppressive character . Mr . Jowitt showed that their labour was equally as ereat , or perhaps greater , than formerly , ' tnat the plBnU-rs had made such arrangements as tn prevent Hie Negro from deriving liny advantage from the thne nllowed him by law , for the cultivation of his provision ground , —that his punishment in many instances , was greater , and more crael , ancl vexatious thin ever was formerly known , and t ! . » t the provisions which were allowed them , were not of so good a kind as the ; had been formerly used to . He thought that afti-r the money that had been paid , tuid the expectations which tht ! British people had entertained from the measure passed in 1631 , we had a right to demand the entire termination of the opprenticeship system . The Rev . William Vevebs seconded the HVWIUVHi
The Rev . J . E . Giles then rose to move the third resolution . He was rei-eived with loud applause by ~ the iceeling . He said he felt a deep sympathy with all that had heen expressed , and rose under the full impression , that all that had been saiil in reference to the cruelties which were practised upon the Negro apprentices were indeed practiced to the fullest extent . ( Hear . ) He must say however , that however deeply he felt for the wrongs of the slaves , hedid not feel imprcsed with those feelings of disa ppointoient which the gentlemen who had precedad him had expressed . He thought he might claim credit for a degree of foresight respecting this abomiuuhle apprenticeship system . It might nave deceived those gentlemen whn had preceded him , but it h ; ul never deceived him , and lie was not now obliged to come forward and confess that he had lieen the dupe of a measure , which was now acknowL-dged to be a public fraud , and a mockery , and nn ansult to the nation . This , others are obliged to come forward and confess , while he called down the indignation of the public upon the measure . He never thought that the apprenticeship system was to he comridersd as a boon . He had always looked upon it as a kind of dovbU-faced monster , which had on one side the look of a fool , and on the other side , the look of a knave . ( Loud cheer 3 . ) The Rev . Gentleman most eloquently and forcibly pleaded the right of the apprentices to immediate freedom , and spoke in terms of the severest reprobation of the late Emancipation Act . He said , considering the questionin a moral point of view , either it was right or wrona further to hold the Negroes in bondai ?* -. Tf
it was right , then it was wrong to compensate the anturs for their freedom ; if it wa * wrong , [ hen the iprvnticea ought to be put in possession of immediate ^ dom . He entered into a long and eloquent deuce of the conduct and character of Mr . Sturges , le well-known advocate of the freaSom uf the slaves , whici | had been oisailed by some anonymous pamphlet writer , and which he should nlherwise not have condescended to notice , had . it not heen pretty widely circulated in Leeds . He entirely freed Br . Sturgea from any imputations of misrepresenting the condition of tho-apprtuticts , and thought that the men who coultl mistake questions fnr corollaries ight easily mistake falsehoods for premises , asd ireinises for conclusion * . ( Laughler nnd cheers . ) Tie Rov . Gentleman concluded with a most eloquent > peal , io which be drew forth Ihe warmest approbation of the meeting . Mr . Hamilton Richardson , in an uble speech , conded Mr . Giles ' s resolution . Mr . Wales moved the adoption of ihe petition , e made a long speech , in which he disoussed the uestion before the meeting with much legal ability . Tie motion whs seconded by Mr . Ely . The fifth resolution was moved by Mr . Alderman ^ lapliatn , and seconded by Mr . Wood , and the sixth ¦ Mr . Alderman Scarfj and seconded by the Rev . ' m . Tliornton . A rote of thanks was then given to the chairman ir his services , and the m « otra £ dispersed evidently uch gratitied with the proceediDgs .
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At a Meeting ; of tne Trades' Council , held In Manchester , on Wednesday evening , the 6 th insr . at the Mosley Arms Inn , Pork Shambles , Deansgiite , it was resolved , firrt—That the treatment received by the Coiumittee of the Glasgow Cotton S pinners , rinee Bieir unjust incarceration , calls lonilly for the firm aud united support of their fellow workmen all over the empire . —ihat the foul conspiracy got up in Glasgow against the rights of industry lias no parallel in the history of Whig tyranny , ami should be manfully resisted by the working men of England , Ireland , and Scotland . 3 nd . That a public meeting of the working men of Manchester be onllu'd as speedy as possible , for the purpose of expressing our determination not to desert onr fellow workmen in Scotland , hut to unite our efforts to firmly staad by them , until we see them restored to their families , and freed from the grasp of their grinding task-masters , and . tha aulhorrieu of Glasgow , who have conspired with them in their wicked -ind crael undertaking , to separate . hose brave men from their wiies , their families , sad their country . 3 rd . That Feareus O'Connor , Esq ., Augustus Beaumont , Esq ., Richard Oastler , Esq ., and the Rev . J , ~ R , Stephens , be invited to attend the public meeting uf the working men of Manchester , and that they r . e informed as speedily as possible of the decision of tr is Council , as their " answers to the invitation will b « necessary previous to the placard being issued to call the public meeting .
Manchester Trades' Council Ani≫ The Glasgow Cotton Spinners.
MANCHESTER TRADES' COUNCIL ANI > THE GLASGOW COTTON SPINNERS .
Latest Intelligence.
LATEST INTELLIGENCE .
Iueting At The Music Hall, For The Emancipation Tf The Negro Apprentices.
IUETING AT THE MUSIC HALL , FOR THE EMANCIPATION tF THE NEGRO APPRENTICES .
Leeds And West-Hiding News.
LEEDS AND WEST-HIDING NEWS .
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ M ^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^ M 4 . THE NORTHERN STAR . December J 6 , 18 * 7 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 16, 1837, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct986/page/4/
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