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      sent toJ&egaBowBjOir ** tuspbxmtfiein g tMptcted - of REFORM and UNION ; and above dl , > wiere TORTURE has 1 > een appliedin ntatefousinstances to extort confession , ofwnat by the Insurrection Act has been judged worthy of deattl , but as I read iv by the strictest roles and injunctions of Christian morality has teen enforced as a paramount-doty . -THAT TORTURE" \ r inch our ancestors ield ia-such inveterate abhorrence , that its utter exclucon * as esteemed SO ftinflftrnfmtal a part of our constitutional code * that neither fhe Stuart , nor his jlinistexs whose heads paid the fbrTeit of the crimes they comaitted , nor the ministers of that Stuart -srho-was expelled , durst introduce it . I could cite myriads of facts to substantiate the suppression of ^^ B ^ MBBM ^ BI ^ BWiM BB ^ Mm ^^^ BiB ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ BBB ^^ PB ^ t Vi ^^ s ^^ SRtS ^^^ f ^*^^^ '

      fhe publication of these enormous atrocities ; bull ¦* 31 confine myself to the mention of one » which has come within my own knowledge . Whilst I was confined in the Tower , the soldiers who were stationed all around it , nred np at the prison j and- on being asked why they hae fired , without having challenged , or any pretext for so doing , they answered , ' ttat they had acted -according to the orders they got" As I was the only person con * fined in the prison , no doubt could remain that these orders were issued for the purpose of assassination . A gentleman who had been an eye-witness to the attempt * took a statemest of facts to the Evening Post * which was at that time esteemed the least cornroted paper in Dublin : but the Editor told Mm .

      that fearing that his house and his press might experience the fate of the Northern Star , he would not insert it ; although the next day not only that print , but every other paper in town , contained an account of the transaction ; in which there was not one word of truth , except the admission that the shots had been fired I . From the moment I wasenlarged from the Tower . I determined to free the Press from this dastardly thraldom ; that the conduct of those Ministers might be faithfull y published 5 and whilst 3 ny beloved Brother is conhned to a cell nine feet square , against every form of law , and the plighted faith of this administration , I take this opportunity to call upon Lord Camden to tell you and the world , what enquiry has been made , or " what punishment

      has been inflicted , on the perpetrators of an act , which , if broughthome to his administration ^ jnust affi * a greater stain on his name , thus the evermemorable days of September have indelibly left on Robespierre and bis gang of assassins ; whose government was supported r > y burning of houses , destruction of property , massacreing the people , and - crowding the galleys and dungeons , but for which he EVEN ROBESPIERRE , disdained to employ torture to extort confessions of patriotism , which this sanguinary usurper punished as treason . Whenever it shall happen that one or a few base usurpers , shall have seized on a nation's civil and political rights ; and that they shall have sold them to a neighbouring country , in the rankest and foulest

      corruption and treason : whenever it shall happen that to heal religious dissension , to promote universal philanthropy , true Christian charity , andnfttional union ; and to establish the imprescriptible right of being represented , which no people can forfeit , shall be punished . by lawless or legalized murder ; tm « t me , the most drowsy conscience , stung by jrablic exposure , -vrill make every effort by bribery , by violence , by persecution , and even by bluo ' svon ana robbery , to ' put down the Press . But , in regarding it as tke _ great luminary which has dispelled the darkness in which mankind lay brutalized , in ignorance , superstition , -and slavery- ^ -reearJing itas ^ that bright constellat ion , -which , by its diffusion of light , 15 at this moment restoring the nations amongst

      whom it has made its appearance , to knowledge and freedom ; whilst I can find one single plank of the scattered rights of my country to stand on , I will fix my eves on the PRESS , as the polar star which is to direct us to the haven of freedom . With these sentimeiits engraved on" my heart ; alive to the honest ambition of serving my country ; regardless whether I am doomed to ~ fall ' by the fingering torture of a solitary dungeon , or the blow of trie assassin , if the freedom of the Press is to be destoyed I ^ hall esteem it a proud destiny to be buried under its ruins . But if there be any men so base or so stupid as to imagine that thpy can usurp or withhold your civil and political rights ; that they can convert truth into sedition , or patriotism

      intotreason—if they imagine that this is a period favourable for abridgingthe freedom of mankind , or establishing despotic power on the rnins of Liberty , let them look round them , and they will find , that amongst the old and inveterate despotisms in Europe , some have been destroyed , and that the rest are on the brink of destruction . They may make martvrs . and Liberty ' s roots will be fertilized by the blood of the murdered ; but if their deeds and their blunders hare not made reflection a horror , let them look back on the five years that are passed , and they wDl see , that they have been the most destructively rapid revolutionists that ever existed ; they will see thrt Great Britain and Ireland , from the portion of rights they enjoyed , -which were the nations of Europe

      where revolution was least necessary , and where it might have been most easily saved , " are now nearest the danger . But let them reflect ere it is too late , and it is never too late to abandon a ruinous course , that if they could establish without opposition lettres de catchet in place of habeas corpus and trial by jury ; if the galleys and bastiles of despotism could oe erected in place of the prisons of law ; if they could abolish every idea of representation , and establish chambers of registering their requisitions and edicts ; if instead of the Press of the Nation , they could set up the Gazette of the Court ; if they could

      abolish that great constitutional princi p le , that no man could * be forced to his own crimination , and establish the TORTURE to extort confession ; they should recollect that , like France , instead of preventing a Revolution , they would but create so many powerful causes to excite the people to make one ;—and while tyrannic despots talk so much of supporting the constitution they have done so much to destroy , let them remember that if it owes much to obedience , it owes more to resistance j and that the feelings of a people must determine where cr imes and sufferings shall end the one . and begin the other . ~ AXTHUB O'COXXOR .

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      XJ 2 EDS . Deeadful Coal Pit Explosion . —On Friday , about . ten o ' clock in the morning , a most tremendous explosion of fire damp took place in a eoal pit of Messrs . John and Joseph Charlesworth , known by the name of the Robin Hood pits , situated at Rothwell Haigh , near Leeds . The depth of the pit was eight store yards , and the miners were working la the straight works , twelve or thirteen score yards from the shaft of the pit . On the previous day the colliers had been borrowing wood in a portion of the worts where the coals had been abstracted , for the purpose of using them for props to the roof of that part of the pit where they were labonr-¦ m ?_ j by this means the snlpherons vapour in the cavities

      of the earth , above and below where the wood had been removed , filtrated into the works , and communicated with the lighted candles by which they were working . A dreadful explosion took place , and the shrieks and cries of the sufferers were heard to a considerable distance . Every assistance vss rendered in extricating the unfortunate indi-Tidnals from their perilous situation . Thomas Hargrove , aged sixteen years , who Tesided with bis parents at "West Ardsley , was brought oat a lifeless corpse , dreadfully burnt and mangled . On the same evening , an inquest was held before Mr . Jewison , at me house of "William Spurr , Ola Halfway House between Leeds and Wakefieia , when a verdict was retarned of Accidental Death . The two others most seriously injured were Edward Beaeber , and William Stocks

      . They were buried in the works for some time , and great difficulties had to be encountered in finding them , as they could not use candles for fear of a second explosion ; when they were extricated , life appeared to have become extinct from suffocation . Their mangled forms presented a horrifying spectacle , the flesh hanging in shreds from the bone ; medical aid was procured as expeditiously as possible . The following individuals were also removed from the works , some of them more severely bnmed than others : —John Blackbum , George Blackburn , Thomas Fox , James Wade , James Smith , David Hop ton , John Field , Bichard Craven , Charles Harrendall , and George ChM . They were all taken to the Halfway House , where every attention was paid to their deplorable condition , until they could be removed to their

      res pective habitations , where they now remain , some ° I Aem in most excraciating misery . JFaint hopes * & entertained that none of the injuries will evenly prove fatal . The principal portion of the ^ erers are married men , with large families dependent upon their endeayoura for support . The £ " * ° * mg of wood out of the old work , from the « rge number of serious accidents which have taken place , appears to be a dangerous practice , frequently fouled with fatal consequences , and it is generally Peeved that if Mi . Sourness ' , ( of Leeds ) Patent *™ ers' Life Preserver was properly applied , it ^ pnld extricate the noxious vapour , nil the vacuum *« fl-atmospheric air , make the labourers work more T ^^ y ? and render less frequent these calamitous "to tations . - "

      Skeiitox KEYS . —On Saturday , John Gott , *** charged at the Court-House , with being one of Parry who attempted on Sunday week , to effect 4 ? *> ttranee into Mr . Fountain ' s house , at the New " ¦^ End . He was found in possession of a qnan-JJ sf skeleton keys by a policeman , -who at the . ? 5 ® apprehended some of hi 3 accomplices . After r ^ g searched , the prisoner made his escape , but lras well known to the policeman . He was committed as a rogue and vagabond to Wakefield no ^ of Correction for three months .

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      Stabbing Case . —On Monday , . Benoni W ^ j * a cloth-dresser , in the employ of Messrs . TJiirt awl Brainier , of Leeds , was Drought up at { he Court House , charged with having stabbed James Astern , who resides at Beeston , on Saturday night . It appeared that they had own drinking in a room at the King ' s Anns beer-shop , at th » New Road End and thai Askern lost asoverei gn down upon-&e floor , which he afterwards could not find . He saw t&e prisoner stoop down and take something np . aitd afterwards observed that some one must have got it , when the prisoner asked , if he thought that he had got it The prosecutor said he knew no one more likely , as lie observed him stoop down and take Stabbing Casb ^ Oh If' ^ ' '" l '

      something up . This led to a quarrel , and a battle afterwards took place , in which the prosecutor injured the prisoner ' s leg , when the latter observed that he did not care , as he was certain that he had wounded Ms opponent . It was then discovered that he had stabbed the prosecutor in the arm , shoulder , back , and buttock . Some of the cuts were three inches in length , and of considerable depth . The prosecutor was taken immediately to a druggist ' s shop in the neighbourhood , where his wounds were washed , but being of so serious a nature , a coach

      was provided and he was takerj home , where he now remains in a very dangerous situation . Mr . Hall , surgeon , of "Wortley , was immediately sent for , and promptly attended . The prosecutor is so much injured as not at present to be able to appear before the magistrates . On Monday the prisoner was remanded ; and on Tuesday , " "from the favourable statements of the surgeon , as to the wounds not being likely to prove fatal , the prisoner was held to bail , himself in £ 40 , and two sureties in £ 20 each , to attend when required .

      Inquest . — -On Saturday , an inquest was taken before Mr . J . Blackburn , at the Stone Masons ' Arms , Regent-street , Ley lands , on view of the body of John Homer , aged 28 years , who had come to Leeds on Saturday , for the purpose of meeting his father , who resides in London . It appeared that the former had been labouring under consumption for a long period , and expired on Thursday . Verdict— " Died by the visitation of God . " Death by Btjbnixg . —On Monday , an inquest was held before Mr . J . Blackburn , at the Court-House , on view of the body of Ann Brown , aged seven years , who resided with her parents in Benhall-street , Leeds , whose clothes communicated with the fire on Sunday , when she was so severely burnt as to expire shortly afterwards . Verdict , Accidental-Death . "

      Stealing Ibox . —On Tuesday , Joseph Child and "William Jacobs , were charged at the Court-House , with having stolen an iron heop , belonging to a cart , tte property of John Atkinson , of Hun " - slet . The article was found at a broker ' s shop , in Meadow-lane , where the prisoners were proved to have sold it , and having been clerorly identified , they were committed for trial to "Wakefield House of Correction . Assaults . —On Monday , Eliza Alderson was cbcrged at the Court-House , with an outrageous assault upon Hannah Oxley , at four o ' clock on Sunday , morning , in the Boot and Shoe Yard , in Kirkgrtte , by striking her over tbe mouth with a firepoker , with such violence as to knock out three of

      her teeth , and otherwise disfigure her face . She was fined £ 4 . 10 s . and expenses , and in default of payment she was committed for two mouths -to " Wakefield House of Correction . —John Thompson and Wm . Haste , two notorious characters , were charctd with having assaulted Joseph Bullass , a watchman , at the Kew Road End , on Sunday night , by beating and kicking him without cause or provocation . They were fined £ 3 each , and tbe amount , with costs , was immediately paid . —Charles Gale , a young surgeon , was charged with having , on Sunday morning , most grossly assaulted a w atcbman ,: by knocking him down , when acting in the execution of his- duty . The defendant pleaded ruilty . He was fined £ 4 . 10 s . and expenses , and the amount was immediately paid .

      Adjourned Inquest . —On Monday evening , an inquest was taken at . tbe Court-House , before Mr . 1 . Blackburn , on view of tbe body of Hannah Howden , aged four weeks , who resided with her parents in Plain-street . It appeared that on tbe Wednesday sight previous , some child ' s cordial to tbe amount of a tea-spoonful bad been administered to the child to cause it to rest . This medicine had tbe effect , for it slept until the following night , and then expired . The cordial had been compounded by Mrs . Raistrick , who resides near that place . In its making up , she stated that she used loz . of aniseeds , one Pomfret cake , three gills of water , and boiled it down to a pint , and afterwards adding 1 lb .

      lump sugar , and 6 drams of tincture of opium , that she never advised it to be used until a child was three months old and only one drop at a time , according to tLe chUd ' s age ; when nine months old she sometimes ordered a tea-spoonful . Mr . Teale , surgeon , stated that a tea-spoonful of that mixture would contain four drops of laudanum , which , in hi ? opinion , woxild , if administered to a child , prove fatal ; two-thirds of a drop would have been a sufficient quantity . Oa the pust -mortem examination nothing was found in the child ' s stomach to excite suspicion , but to give tbe surgeon an opportunity of analyzing the contents ^ tbe inquest was adjourned to Thursday .

      ' ^ Extensive Robbery by a Servant . —On Saturday last , Mary Turpin was brought up at the Court-House , charged with ¦ stealing " ten yards of black silk , the property of Messrs . " Holridge and Hardwick , silk mercers , in Briggate . It appeared that twenty yards of silk had been sent from that establishment to Mr . Hicks , in Park-row , they did not purchase , and when the article was returned , one-half was found to be missing . The prisoner , who had

      been in theiT service for six years , was suspected , and information was given " to Mr . Read , chief constable , who , on searching the prisoners boxes , and other places , found the silk , which has since been "fully identified , by certain shop marks upon it , as well as by the length , colour , and quality In her boxes a quantity of silver spoons , bed linen , table linen , tea , and a variety of other articles , in large quantities , were found . The pr isoner was committed for trial to "Wakefield House of

      Correcon . Stealing Lead . —On Monday , Samuel "Walker Denton , who has been twice previously convicted , was charged at tbe Court-House , with having stolen a quantity of lead piping out of an unoccupied mill , at Holbeck , the property of Mr . James Dayson , the prisoner ' s mother , and another party . Tbe prisoner was apprehended with the article in bis possession , which has since been fully identified by the cutting of the remaining portions in the mill . "When apprehended , the prisoner stated that his mother ordered him to take it and sell it ; this the mother on oath denied , as also having given any authority-He was committed for trial to "Wakefield House of Correction .

      Assault . —A few | days ago , Mr . Thomas Smith , guard of tbe Leeds and London Mail was grossly and violently assaulted in the Hotel Coach-office , by a man named Richard Fawcett , a cattle dealer , ef "Wakefield . On tbe case being heard before tbe Borough Magistrates , Fawcett was fined £ 4 . and costs . Soldiers . —During the last two or three weeks , a great number of recruits have been sworn in at onr Court-House ; most of them are fine , bandsome , young fellows—some of them under eighteen years of age . What a pity that the poor fellows should not be able to find better employment .

      Sale of a Wife . —On Saturday last , a devil in the shape of a man , met a blanket haw ker at tbe "Whi p Inn ; Briggate , and actually disposed of bis wife to the said hawker , for a pair of blankets . During the bargain and sale , the daughter of tbe monster was . suffused in tears , and pitifully imploring tbat she should not be separated from her mother . She was a pretty creature , about sixteen years of age , but her implorings bad no effect upon the monster , who is a joiner , and whose name is Page . J ^ ow , we beg to assure the brute , that if the blankets are not instantly restored to the hawker , and the mother to tbe daughter , we shall make the women tie a canister to his tail , and hunt him out of the town . . Of course the joiners will disown him , and he will be henceforth allowed to smoke his pipe and drink his ale in a box to himself .

      Important Case of "Wool Stealing . — John Milner , William Coates , William Edmonson , and John Edmonson , were brought up af our Court House , the two former charged with stealing a quantity of wool from the waggon warehouse of Mr . Hobson , Alfred-street , and William Edmonson with receiving wool at different times , for which he could not account . After the evidence had been brought forward , the Magistrates asked Coates and Milner what they had to say in their

      defence . The elder man , Coates , said he could not tell what , to say ; and the younger , Milner , that it was the -first time he had been guilty of such an act . John Edmonson was discharged , having been apprehended by mistake for his brother William . Wm . was remanded till Saturday , when further evidence is expected against him j the other two were committed to Wakeifield House of Correction , there te await their trial at the next Quarter Sessions , the several parties being bound to prosecute . ;

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      Beb of Bullock . —On Wednesday last a BUn named Liversedgej a beer-house keeper oh the road to Wakefield , wm brought before the rnagista-ates , charged with serving beer to a man on Sunday morning last at eleven , o ' clock * . Bullock , who was the informant , said that on tfce day in question he went into the house of Lhersedge , wheu he found a _ man drinking beer . The tnan was present as . a witness . He stated that he was going to meet one ij - ^? ^ on wa ggons , and that be was excessively v ¦¦ 1 WBntint 0 liversedge ' s house , and begged to be allowed to warm himself : being beside a large fire he still continued to shiver with cold , and asked if he might have a Httle warm beer . His request HI

      was complied with ; and the beer bad not been nianv minutes in the room when Bullock entered , and threatened to discover the circumstance to the authorities . Liversedge and his wife were both present to answer the charge . They stated that they bad served the beer to the man from motives of the most disinterested nature . They saw that the man was in a distressed condition from cold , and had allowed him the warm beer to prevent any effects the cold might have upon him . The magistrates said that they had broken the law , and its sentence was ?»* - perative . The lowest fine they could impose was 40 s . and costs ; but as they bad evidently been actuated

      by motives of benevolence towards the man , they would not enforce the penalty , but merely decide that Liversedge should pay the expenses of thesummons and information ! They recommended the beer-house keeper to be careful for the future , and not break the law in this way . Their recommendation was answered by an assurance that it should be observed . \ Thus then , the law inflicts a penalty upon persons who may dare to perform an act of benevolence on the Sabbath-day . Beerhouse keepers must not givo a perishing man a glass of warm beer on the Sunday , under the penalty of 40 s . and costs , and after that a . liability to lose their license .

      BRADFORD . Bradford Temperance Hall . —This spacious and elegant structure , the first of its kind in the world , is nearly completed , and will-be opened on Shrove Tuesday , February 27 th . In the announcement of the cerempny , the following distinguished persons are enumerated as the advocates of Total Abstinence on the occasion .: —The Bishop of Ripon , ( who is to preside ) the Rev . D . Drury , A . M . Rector of Keighley , tbe Rer . James Cheadle , A . M . Vicar of Bingley , " the Rev . John Barber , M . A . of Wilsden , and the Rev . J . Sherman , of Surrey Chapel , ( late Rowland Hill ' s , ) London . It is stated , that " one or more reclaimed characters "

      will also be speakers , which association of persons so widely differing in their sphere of life , cannot fail to be deeply interesting . At Bradford , the first Temperance Society on the American , or - " ¦ Moderation" plan was established , but the Total Abstinence pledge , ( which was first adopted at Preston , in Lancashire ) is now the only one acknowledged there , and the society is said to " number about 1500 members . If these societies continue to progress , they will inevitably effect an astonishing change in the opinions and hahite of tr / e community , and a delightful amelioration in the circumstance .- ; of the lower classes , who are the greatest Kutfervrs from the effects of intemperance .

      Burglauy . —John Kellit , William "VYileock , and John Farrow , of Pudsey , were apprehended on Tuesday , charged with house-breaking at Pudsey . They were examined on Wednesday .

      Walloping the Charlies . —Robert Adamson and Joseph Fearnley , both of Bradford , labourers , were on Monday fined 10 s . and Ss . costs each , for assaulting the constables ; and on the same day John Xorth , of Howling , was , for the same offence , fined £ 1 and costs . Social Festival and Lectures at the Odd Fellows' Hall . —The friends of the Social system are looking forward to . Mr . Owen ' s lectures , and to the intervening festival with great interest . The festival it is probable will be gladdened by the presence not only of the benevolent founder oi" the social system , but also by that of John "Finch , Esq ,, of Liverpool , Mr . G . A . Fleming , , of . Manchester , and other ardent friends from a distance . It it said that a talented minister of the gospel , from Manchester , intends to be present for the express purpose of opposing the views of Mr . Owen .

      Incendiarism . —On Thursday morning , a barn well stowed with hay and sheaves of corn , belonging to Mr . Squire Haley , of Hunsworth , farmer , was discovered to be on fire , and owing to the combustible nature of the content ? was speedily burnt to the ground . We have not heard with certainty from what source the fire i ? said to have originated , but it is reported that it is the work of some incendiary . Awf ul Sudden Death . _\ v ; n ; m HarJaoro , of Rodley , cloth-maker , fell down on Saturday morning last , and instantly expired . He had got up early in the morning and gone to Calverley for sizing , and was returning boine with it on his head , and when he got opposite Calverley Hall Gates he fell down ; a person who had just passed him . hearing the noise turned round and went to his assistance , but it was useless , as life was extiuet .

      Pooh Relief FfND . —^ . bout £ 460 have been expended in charity by the committee of this fund . About 400 blankets and 1 , 000 necessary cotton and woollen articles have been distributed , and about 300 persons have been supplied with provisions . Without this help some poor persons would have been literally starved . A vast number are yet very" destitute and cannot be relieved , the fund being exhausted , but great exertions are in the course of being made , to replenish it . Irish Instruction Society . —A sermon was

      preached in Christ Church , " on Sunday afternoon , by the Rev . Mr . Charlton , M . A ,, from Ireland , in behalf of this society ; and on Monday evening a public meeting , on " the same subject , was held in Christ Church School , when the meeting was addressed by Mr . Charlton and the Rev . S . M . Morgan , secretary to the society , and two native Irish teachers attended . The object of this society is to afford instruction to tbe Irish in the Erse , their native tongue . A collection was made , but we ¦ understand it was far from being liberal .

      Reverse of Fortune . —George Wright , of North Bierley , weaver , was brought before the magistrates on Tuesday , for an offence under the lighting and watching " get , and discharged . Some few years since , he was worth about £ 1 , 000 , and being laid on a sick bed . and apparently near unto death , he was about making his will , and his relatives were gathered round him . They differed so amongst themselves , as to their intended shares of bis property , and raised such a tumult , that Wright was utterly disgusted . Being of an eccentric turn , when he recovered , he vowed they should never have to differ about his property , and by habits of dissipation he has since squandered it all away , so that he is reduced to abject poverty .

      Bradford Concert . —The inhabitants of Bradford being disappointed in the concert , ^ in which the celebrated Mr . Bishop , the composer , was to act a principal part , being put off , it was resolved to have a concert , in which the musical talent of the neighbourhood should be embodied ; accordingly , this concert took place on Monday evening . Tbe principal vocalists were Miss Sykes and Mr . ¦ M . A . Brown ; among the instrumental performers were Miss Brown / the celebrated harpist , Mt . Oddy , on tbe flute , Mr . Skelton on the violoncello , and Mr . Simpson , piano-forte . Tickets were 3 s . each . The concert was only thinly attended , and did not seem to give great satisfaction . ¦;"

      Grand Fancy Dress Ball .- We learn from a contemporary print , that this exhibition efpuppery and foolery , for the amusement of the grown children _ of Bradford , " was remarkably brilliant . Imagination seemed to have gone far in exhausting her stores to deck her votaries . " Another contemporary states the net proceeds of the affair to have been £ 100 . How to Catch a Rogue . —James Milner , of Pudsey , was charged before the magistrates at the Court-House , on Friday , with stealing hay , belonging to John Whittam , of the same place , joiner and fanner . Prosecutor stated that last summer he he stacked the produce of eight acres of meadow

      , and having frequently before had it ¦ stolen , 'he hit upon a method to detect the rogues , and strewed among the hay joiners' shavings ; the stack was placed in an orchard opposite his house . On Wednesday night , about four stone of hay was cut from the stack , and on discovering his loss in the morning he traced the hay to prisoner's house . He then asked the prisoner to allow him to search for it in bis house , but he refused , upon which he got a search warrant ; before putting it into the constable ' * hands he told him that if he found hay with shavings mixed

      m it he was to take it and only it . . He went with the constable and they found the hay produced before the magistrates , in the chamber of prisoner ' s house , which he swore to as his hay . Edward Strickland gave similar testimony as to finding hay mixed with shavings . Janet Watts , the wife of Wm . Watts , of Pudsey , attempted to shew that there was other hay in the chamber which prosecutor did not seem to inqw from that he said was his . The prisoner wds committed to take { his trial for the offence at the next Sesaons .

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      J * oyfl i STEAixNG '^ VyUUam Randall ; iof Bradford ., a lad . about sixteenf was brought up at the Court-house , on Friday , charged with stealing three fowls irom a stall in the : top market . Ann -Lpftus , the wife of Wmiairi Lofftouse , of Bradford , ; greengrocer , said that on the Tuesa » y ; : befbr 6 , she left her daughter Isabella , a child about ; nine year ^ old , to take care of the : stall the ^ have , in the top market while she went home . There were three undressed fowls on it ; when she returned they were gone , and she asked her daughter what had become , of them , and she said a blacksmith ' s lad had a short time before come to the stall and said that she ( her mother ) had sent him for them , and she gave them ; to hini her daughter described him as bavine a black leather

      apronxin , ; torn down the right side . Witness immediately went in pursuit of hixn , and saw the prisoner , who answered the description ; come past the new church in a direction from Manningham-lane She inquired if be bad been at her stall , and he said bo ' ; •? i jl ^ follo ^ eQ him opposite to hervstall when she cailed her daughter , who identified hiny as the lad who had got the fowls , lipon which the" prisoner took to his heels ; dnd made his escape . ' The little eirl identified the prisoner as the lad . She showed such intelligence that it is wonderful that she allowed the lad to deceive her with bis Ittme tale .: Mary Wilkinson , servant to Mr . Josh . Brumfit , Manhingbam , proved thatthe ; prisoner sold them ; three ^ fowk'the sajne day for two shillings and threepence : The P « ^ fonfess . ed to the fact , and was committed to take his trial at the next Sessions .

      . We have much pleasure in directing - the attention oi the public to the advertisement of Mr . P . Spence who announces his intention of lecturing , in Bradford and other towns , upon moral and political phiosophy . Wearenotfondofpuffing , but from 0 « r knowledge of Mr . Space's zeal , information , and capability , we most sincerely recommend him to the consideration and attention of our friends , who we have no doubt will he highly gratified by his exposition and eloquence . "¦ ' . ¦; ' . - ' ¦ " ¦

      ¦ ¦ ¦• ¦ ' ; Wje . k : efiem > .- ' ¦ ¦ , . '¦ ¦ .. West Riding Geplo&ical Society . — ^ A meeting of this society wilt be held : at vVakefield early in March , when Earl Fitzwiiliam is expected to take the chair . Several eminent scientific men will be present at the meeting . V - WAKEnELD Assembly . — The second of the new susbcriptipn assemhlies , for . the present season , was held on Wednesday evening , and considering the severity of the season , was well attended . False Report . —There , is no truth in the prevailing rumour . of a . respectable landlady , in Wakefield , being committed to York , on a charge of robbing a gentleman , some time , ago , to a largu amount / . ; The report is suspected to be a malicious fabrication of a discarded feinale servant .

      Working Men ' s Association . —The first of a course of lectures to the members of this association , on scientific subject ,- ; , was delivered on Monday evening last , by the Rev . J . Cameron . l he lectures are to be continued weekly until the course is completed . Tempeuance Festival . —The annual festival of the Wakefield Teniperancu Society was held on Tuesday , at the White Hart Assembly Rooms , where the friends' of total ' abstinence- took tea together . After tea , the party suljourned to the Baptist Chapt ^ , Quebec-street , where speeches were made in" support of the principles of the society . We understand that within the hist fortnight between thirty and forty persons have signed the pledge .

      WAKEFIELiy LaNCAPTERIAN SCHOOL .- A meeting of the friends of the Lancasterian School was culled 0 : 1 Monday last , at the ^ Friends' Meeting House , to take into consideration the situation of the above very important institution , which had fallen into a -state somewhat alarming to its well wishers . "We are happy to say that there was a very excellent attendance on thy occasion . . Its friends vvere nuiner rous and nuich interested , and the result of the

      meeting proved in every point of view most satisfactory . A debt had been incurred to a considerable amount , and other -deficiencies were brought -forward which required immediate attention . As soon as these several ciicum ? fances were made known , and properly authenticated , a feeling manifested itself , hi ghly creditable to the filiends of education , and which there can be no question , will soon prove adequate to the restoration of the funds , and to the further carrying on of the institution in an efficient manner .

      Meeting for the Relief of the Poor . — On Saturday last , a meeting was . held at the Court-House , Wakefield , for the purpose of raising a subscriptipri for providing and distributing food amongst the poor .- ^ -Thos . Tootal , Esq . the constable , was in the chair . r-The resolutions were moved and seconded without many lengthened observations from the speakers . The resolutions were parsed unanimously . Amongst the gentlemen present were Thos . Tootal , Esq . J . Holdswprth , Esq . T . Barff Esq . R . Dunn , Esq . Bev . J . P . Simpson , j-Hatfield , Esq . Rev . J . G . Merris , Mr . G . Harrison , Mr . Samuel Holdsworth , Mr . J . L . Fernandez

      jun , R . Burrell , Esq . J . Swallow , Esq , S . Stocks , Esq . Dr . Crowther , Rev . Dr , Naylor , Mr . Spence , Mr . Bennington , Mr . J . Walker , Edwd . Tew , Esq . George Teal , Esq . &c . &c . A subscription was entered into , and a sum raised which did credit to the gentlemen assembled , Mr , J . Kershaw expressed a hope that the committee would not overlook the strangers who were come to reside in the town during the progress of the railways , - as the fact of their being strangers would preclude them from obtaining credit with the shop-keepers . The amount collected on Tuesday evening amounted to between four and five' hundred pounds ;

      DEWSBUBY . ^ TEMPERANCE . ^ -On Wednesday afternoon , Mr . Kitchen , from Hull , delivered a lecture from the Cross , to a large number of persbns in the Marketplace , Dewsbury , in favour of the total abstinence cause . Mr . Kitchen said that one time before he became a tea-totaller , he was actually drunk for six years and never was perfectly sober all ' the time . H « spoke for better ; than an hour . Sudden Death at DEwsBuny . ;—Last week , an inquest was ^ held at Dewsbury . on the body of Mr . Richard Ward , jun . carrier , who was suddenly seized with an apoplectic ^ t , and died before rnedical aid could be procured . Verdictj " Died by the visitation of God . "

      BOUWFIRTH . The following Petition signed by 2 , 470 persons has been forwarded to Lord Stanhope , and John Fielden , Esq ., for presentation : — To the Right Honourable the < Lords Spiritual and [ Temporal ' of Great Britain . ami ' ¦ ¦ Ireland in Parliament Assembled , the : Petition of the Inhabitants 6 / the Graveshi p of Holme in the West-Riding of the : County of Yojvfc , " Sheweth , ;; ¦" - . . ' . . "¦ ¦; . ¦"""¦•¦ ¦ - ' . ' " That your petitipners view the so-called Poor-Law " Amendment " Act as despotic and unconstitutiona ] , as it takes from us our dearest rights as Englishmen , the control of our own funds , and places it in the hands of three Commissioners who are unknown to the Constitution .

      '' Your Petitioners consider it to be cruel , unjust , and inhuman , as under its provisions workhouses are built resembling prison ^ , by which povertyis made a crime ; making the poor , the aged , and mfirm , worse off than felons ; inasmuch as your Petitioners believe , that they are worse fed , and more harshly treated , than if committed for crime . " Your Petitioners are confident that the principles of the Poor / Law " Amendment" Act if fully carried out would aggravate the evils it purposes to amend ; as the so called relief is given under such revolting circumstances that rather than receive it , people '_ . will be induced to labour fo r ^^ t he meanest pittance ; thus , causing an increased competition for worlr , which will cause a greajt feductibn of wages , and consequently a corresponding increase of poverty , pauperization , vagrancy ; ^ ndcriine ; ' .

      Your Petitioners are ; : stire it yrould not " work well" for this part of the country ; seeing that the people of this district have a deal of their work at their own houses , and that were their work tools sold through temporary disbresa , it would be an irrecoverable loss , ! and a great many would not be able to replace them in the whole course of their lives . "Your Petitioners deplore the use of an arihed force employed to compejtheni to submit to an act repugnant to their rights ; asimen , and / derogatory to th

      em as being part of a great ; Christian nation ; as under it your Petitioners believe is intended a system of continental espionage and armed police despotism . . 'Your Petitioners beg to remind your Lordships that it is inconsistent with the " princi p les of eternal justice " and our holy religion , aa taught by Jesus Christ , who ( as your Lordships may inbw ) says Do unto others as ye would they should do unto you , which from what your Petitioners 1 have heard and seen , your Petitionere know cannot be done under that law , : " ^

      Your Petitioners ( for the above and many 0 * nCT reasons not advanced in this Petition ) implote your Lordships for a total repeal of Mie aboVe-nanied Poor Law " Amendment" Act ; ( whicb . your Petitioners detest ) and your Petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray . " > ' * '

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      MEETING OF THE POOR-LAW GUAR-;•;¦ ¦ ,. " . DIANS AT HUDDERSEIELD . ¦'' ¦ ¦ ; ' ;¦/;¦ ' ¦"'•" , ; . >« fer » J ' . "¦" . ' ¦ " - '¦' . •; . ¦ - . - It will be remembered by our readers that in our last week ' s paper we gave a short account of an extraordinary meeting of the Huddersfield Giiardians , in which it would be seen --that the purposes of the Whigs were then completel y frustrated : and / that the Meeting , was then adjoiirhed by a minokiTy of the Guardians to the following Thursday . Accordingly on Thursday last the Guardians reasserribled at the Comt-IIouse to proceed with ' the business which it was intended to do oh the preceding . Thursday , As on the week before , . the people bad forced their way into the Qourt-hbu ? e , and by their presence , prevented any steps being taken to carry into effect any of the provisions of the New Poor-Law , it was deemed necessary for the preservation of the public peace , but in reality to keep : the public

      out of the meeting of Guardians , to swear in a great many special constables . At eleven o ' clock those gentlemen proceeded to the Court-House , into which they would only adaiit . the Guardians for the several districts in the Union . The reporter for tins paper applied for admittance which was peremptorily refused by tne constables . A scuffle , however * took " place on the entrance of Mr . Floyd : the reporter effected an entrance unobserved through the crowd of constables , and having got into the room where the Guardians were met , was allowed to remain without any , objection being made to his being . present . The Chaihman stated that he had received a communication from the Gomniis ^ innevs confirming the appointment uf Mr . Floyd as Clerk to the board . " Mr . MiDGELEy wisluid to know if that communication from the

      coinmixsioners was the only authority which corroborated . that-appai-nt-ment . The Chairman said it was the only corrobboratkm lie had received . Mr . MiDULEiij . Did the Chairman consider the authority valid ? The Chairman , certainly . Mr . M-j . dg . ei / ey . , Was the minority to be considered as ruling in i ' . ll case ' s at the meetings of the Guardians- ? The Chairman was not prepared to answer that question . ( Laughter . ) Mr , Midge-1 . EY : you will take . 1 minority when it suits your purpose , and when that will not do , you will take . the ,. majority ! . ; The Cuaihman would ' endeavour to act 111 .. conformity with the law . Mr . Midoeley that was impossible ; Tor he denied all law" since

      the very basis of law was , that a majority should rule . The Chairman did not udopt " the principle 111 any ca < e beyond the election of a clerk . He thought that was an exception , and that in that case a minority might rule . Mr . MidgeleY .--Prav Sir , w ' ll you give us your authority . The CilAinman referred them to . the instructions of the Com ^ inirisioiiers . ' -M-r .-S ' TATtKEv ' thought these questions ! were foreign to the business , of the meeting . They had no power to undo what had been done . Mr . Floyd ' s election was legal , and they could not alter it . ( Hoar , hear . ) Mr . Tinker defied any man in the court to prove that the elec-tion . of Mr . Floyd was illegal . There wore six who voted for Mr .

      Hes ' p , " and eight for Mr . Floyd , whereas there were only twelve Guardians who opposed the . election of a clerk . ( Laughter , > nd hear , hear . ) If they were detenuin . ed to .. 6 l ) t .-y none of the orders of the Commissioners , there was an end of the matter , arid they . - . were ' acting in direct contravention of the law . A scene of indescribable confusion here ¦ ensued . Every man was .. ppeaking against hi * fellow and there appeared no likelihood of coming to any decision . At length Mr . MllXiiiLEY asked the the Chairman if he would entertain- a motion for the adjournment of the meeting ; to which the .. Chairman replied that he would entertain no motion that was likely-to result in opposition to the law . Mr .

      HowqATK wished to know 1 T a majority of this board could adjourn the business of the meeting for one week . Mr . Mooiuiousk , said they could do so when the business w ; h done . Mr . Tinker moved that the meeting proceed to business . Mr . M 1 DGEI . EY moved as an aiiien . linent that the lneetih g ¦ ¦ . adjourn to that day week . A long ^ debate arose as to whether the amendment should be entertained . At . length on its being discovered that trwre was a majority of Whig supporters in the room the amendment wa ^ put . which wa ? lost by a majority of }!{ to 9 . Mr . liNKKU wished to know whether it was allowed that in that meeting a Reporter should cry hear , hear . He had observed a Reporter in the

      room who more than once had encouraged the Guardians in their :-opposition b y crying hear , hear . ( Groans . ) His conduct in this re ' spect was most disgraceful . ( Several voices here exilahned if Mr . Baines ' s Reporter had k been here , he would not . only hare been allowed to cry hear , hear , but to laugh and otter every annoyance to the meeting . ) Mr . Tinker moved that the Reporter be expelled from the room . The motion was seconded by one of the Whig Guardians . This was followed by another long debate about puttin " out the reporter . Mr . Parkin by whose instrumenthe

      tality reporter made his way into the meeting , said that if they put him ( the reporter ) out of the meeting , by G- —< d Floyd should go too , and that pretty smartly . Who is he ? said three or four Guardians . He is- from the Northern Star Office , answered another . I thought he was from sonie such like respectable paper , said Mr . Tinker . Mr . Moorhouse said that b y the order of-the Commissioners any three Guardians could put a reporter out of a meeting ^ and if that reporter were , a gentleman , he Would immediately retire . ( A yoice , Yes ; andany three Guardians could turn out Floyd . ) Anddoyc think the reporter nc mare sense then ffang out for ye ? said

      another . Mr . Tinker said he was the first to propose the admission of reporters to these meetings but hewotested against any reporter coming there and taking any part in the proceedings . Mr . Templeton begged leave of the Chairman to say-a word in his defence . He said that though he was :-npt a guardian he considered that a 8 a direct attack had been madeupon him— an attack that was altogether unprovoked , he did consider that he had a right to ' - reply to the charges made against him . His conduct had been pronounced disgraceful for what reason he knew not . He did not for a moment deny that he had more than once said hear hear , and he would say so again if he felt disposed , to dp so . Although he was there only as a reporter , be had hia views

      on some great national questions , and . he feared not to say that he was as much justified in expressing them thus , as the publie would be who ought to be admitted into that room , and whom no order of the Commissioners could legally prevent from being there . —( Cheers , and no , no . )—He repeated that he had said hear , hear , and he did not feel at all disposed from any thing that had been said to refrain from so doing if he thought fit . And what if he should smile ? as tie bad been charged with smiling . Could any gentleman in that room refrain ffom : smiling when he heard others speaking nonsense ?¦ He considered himself justified in saying hear , hear ; and , if gentlemen would pay more attention te their business

      , they would not observe him smiling . Here the matter ended ; amid considerable confusion ; and the guardians proceeded to divide the union into districts , and appoint registrars . Amongst the appointments we noticed that of Mr . Bradley , auctioneer , ; for Huddersfield , Mr . George Dyson , for Kirkheaton , Mr , Dyer , Baptist Minister , for Lockwood , jmd Mr . Taylor , for Meltham ! Several hundred persons were in waiting Outside the Court House , among whom was Mr . William Brooke , post master ,. and who , on being discovered , was assa ^ with a variety of well-known names and eventuall y ^ treated to a good rolling in the mud ; Mr . iempleton , on leavlne the Court House- n 1-

      , dressed the ^ assembly , and ; informed them of what had . been done at the meeting of guardians ; Mr . Pitkertley , and ; the Rev . ; William Wood , also adflressed . the meeting , which afterwards quietly dispersed ; . , - v

      BRIDUNGTON . ^ Unfortunate Accident —Very ^^ recently , at Bndlington-quay , in his ninety-first year , and Whilst in the enjoyment of good health and spirits , Charles Rickerby , Esq .,. formerly of Wakefield . Hfaving a fire id his bed-roomi ,..- had got up and removei the guard from the fendefy when b y some means or other hi $ shirt took fire , in his alarm he hurried down stairs : most piteously vociferating for help , which fortunately , was speedily acquired , —for one of the maids promptly , and with great presence of mind ran to his rescue , and snatching up a carpet , wrapped it round her master , and with the assistance of anotherwho was presentl y after her , the fire was extinguished : the burn , of course j may be supposed to be rather extensive , bur ^ when compared ^ -i th other ^ inxilar pases , only superficial , —however : what

      trom-nwextreme age , the burn , and the fright , he survived the accent only a ; day or two , an ^ i died , highly respected and lamented .

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      ¦;¦• - , V " v- . - ¦ - ; . V . KEICJHLETT . , - ¦; . ¦ . }; :. . : :: Oil Monday , ameering was holden at KeigBley to take into consideration the means to be adopted for the erection of a Town's Hall to hold from 12 to 1500 , pe ^ rsQnsVwHen resolutions to the following eflect , were ^ carried > unanirnousiy ; i--lst .: That a To > vn'sHall shall be ereicted , and the money raised by shares of one pound each . 2 bd . That a committee be chosen to conduct the business / And 3 rd . That person ? be appohited ; to -receive applications for snares ; after which the operatives of Keighleyv ( ot whom the nieeting consisted , ) .- congratulated tbomseWof haymg in a shprtiime a ' HaU , that SSS S ^ ^ - ^' e are glad to see thi& tne ? nS (? ^ ^^ e mnch needed . We wish i nhabitants of Leeds to follow the examp le ^

      " . '; , ; , " Sj ^ x > i , i 5 wc ) B , TH . ; hold Sf t wi ^^?^^ ? loD S the strong ^ now ot the \ V nigs which Baines , in the Leeds mX M ^^ dy fS ^ ??" ' h ™ Wways fought the battle Pf Whig liberty ; where the people hive ™? y ^ edtothechariotof Whig duplicity , cunnhij and selnshness ; where Brougham has been idolized where Malthusian- ' . sophistry , and falsehood have been imbibed with astonishing avidity ; even in thisplace the eyes of the people have been opened by that atrocious and abominable measure , the Poor Law Amendment Act .: A public nieeting havine : ijeeneaUed on Wednesday eyeiiing , the 7 th insU at which Mr . Mayhall Beaumont Bresidpd . tn n ^ l ¦

      *} 2 ¦¦ P frhainent for the repeal of that liefaripns Act .. 1 lie H hies had the hardihocd to come forward in consjderable . iiurnbers , led up by a Mr . Lees , whois tlnck . and tlun supporter dt Mofpetli and Strickland , m the West Hiding of Yorkshire , to pfier what opposition they could to the object for which themeetiiigwas convened . But never before did * the base , ^ bloody , and brutal Whigs" experience so signal a- delea tf or- the ' ¦ cause- of reason , justice , and hu ^ mamty , achieve so glorious a triumpli as on that occasion . Mr , Lees , who talked a ereat deal of nonsense about the Reform , Bm , the Corn Laws . and other . subjects , had the brazen barefaced iinpudeiice , like a trUe Whig Maltliusiun , to tell the people that an able-bodied man ought not to receiw tuiy relief from bis parish when out of emplo \ Tnent tuat be s ought to seek for work elsewhere , " and , if lie could not obtain any , he should emi'trra ^ -i- + w

      the ipor Law Ameiidment Act was intended for tbe beyeht of the poor , and that it was calculated to be of the greatest advantage to the community in pwieral--jU cornpliinent for which be received aweil-iiiented castigation from several of the speakers prese « t ,. ' and the scbrn and contempt of heariy the whole ottlie meeting . Resolutions to the following eitect were adopted by the nveetiiig : —That ¦ thl nght of the poor man to a , subsistence from hi « native soil is as sacred -as ' that" of-the ; -richest- man m the land to his . estate . That , to deprive him of that nght by anylaw , and especially ' to leave the execution of that law in trie bands " of three men living at Somerset House , is dangerous and mischievous , and ought not to be . allowed , —that thebas tardy clause is a disjrrace to the Britisli nationv and that petitions , p niviiiff for the entire rental n ' C

      the New Poor Law , be prepared , and forwarded for Uresentatioii to both Houses of Parliament . Mr . Lees , proposed an amendment—that there be no Ijetitjons—an d had the pleasure to find himself in company with an niglorious minority of some half < . ozen starvatioii , skiily-lovinK Whias ; but a triumphant majority determini ' d that there should be petitions . Thus has the tilin of Whig ignorance been removed from the eyes , of the people ; and that beuig thij ciise , adieu to the reign of Whi ^ gery in SaddlewQrth . ; The people wore mianiinousin their ooiulemimtion of the principles of \ the New Poor Law ; . and such is the piithn . sias ' m which pervades thorn in common with the rest of their countrymen , tluit it will be morally impossible

      toeiiforcetbe-; uatefiil - prpvisioiis . of ' that eiiiifctment . Messrs . Oastler . and Stephens were expected to ^ be at the in » 'eting , but pircuwstances prevented them from attending . A few working -men * however , were morethan sufficient to conquer the Whigs ; and right nobly did -Messrs . Walmsiey . Chapman , Fisher ¦ Ij ri-avos , Chrk , of Ashtou , 1 ) ei ? gaii . of Stalevbriciffe and others , assisted by Mr . Pitkythl . 'y , of ilqd dt'rstu-kl , do their , duty , oh that , occasion . At the conclusion of tlie proceedings , vatus of thanks were proposed to Mr . Oa . stler and Mr , Stephens—and were passed , amidst acclamations , for tlicir uniform ,. consisU'jir , and . unflinching . ' opposition to" the New IVur Law ; and also to the Kort / icrti Sfar . for iffabk-advocacy of the cause of the poor .

      KUiMi . Mr . \ V , Bkli , and his Potters aoAin . Daniel Sutherland was charged by Js athan Hacney foreman ot the BtOl Vue Pottery ^ on ' behalf of JVlrl Hull ; ( who ? e disputes with his men have been so otten . before the Court , ") with having bet-n unlawtull y , and \ v it h sonie unlawful in tent ,, on the : premises of hisemployer on Sunday week , and not giving Mr . B , . a siitisfuctorT reason for his being there . Mr . J . Kobinson , clerk to Mr . Bell , stated that he wont to the ; oince on Sunday afternoon ; and locked rho-UAfjcy Ant > v when he went in . He . afterwards when he supposed the door to be locked , saw Sutherland in the yard , but his being ' there did not excite ¦

      any suspicion tillthe •¦ following morning , when two baskets of pots were found in a part of the place where they had no right to be . The prisoner was then taken up on suspicion . The M . iypr closely examined ' the witness , and it at length came out that two of the men had keys , by which they could let themselves into the premises ; - - / at any time , " and it was admitted that in justice to themselves , Sutherland , one of these , had a right to r < jo inUv the pottery on a Sunday ,- in order to ascertain whether the man

      who had to prepare the clay for their work on the Monday , had done his dut y , , if he bad not , they would have to do it themselves , or . be unable tO ' work . It did not appear that the prisoner had re- ' moved ^ the pots , or knew any thing about them . His Worship said' it was a most trumpery case , and must be dismissed . The prisoner left the Court discharged ,, and without the slightest stain upon his character . Mh Thompson , solicitor , subsequently applied to the Magistrates for a distress warrant

      against Mr , Bell , he having refused to pay to Mr . Nathan Hacney , his foreman and proctor , the sum of q ' qe pound fifteen shillings , wages due to him , and which had been ordered by the Court to be paid on . a former day . The warrant was at once granted . Universal Suffrage Meeting . —At a meeting of the Hull Working Men ' s Associatidn held in fte'lTeemasons' Hall , on Monday last , it was resolved—First—That it is expedient and necessary to admit to a participation in the Elective Suffrage all such persons of the male sex , as are of matu and of

      re age , sound mind , and who shall during a determinate time antecedent to the day of election have resided j either as householders or inmates , within the district or place in which they are called upon to vote , ; Second—That the territory of Great Britain and Ireland taken together , ; ought to be divided into 658 Election Districts , as nearly equal to each other " ¦ ¦ in . " population ; as is consistent with local convenience , and that each such election ought to return one representative and no more . Third—That for the prevention of unnecessary delay ! vexation ^ and . ; expense , as well as of frauds violence .

      disorder , and void elections , the elections in each district ought to be begun and ended 011 the ; same day , and that day ought to be the same for all the districtsy and that the title to vote should be the same for everyr elector , and so simple as hot to be subject to dispute . Fourth—That for the more effectually securing the attainmen t of the abpye objects the election districts ought to be sub-divided into sub-districts , for the reception of votes in such number and situations as local convenience may require . The above resolutions were moved , » e--conde 3 , and supported in appropriate speeches by Messrs . Lundjy Parson , Wilson ; Stiibbs , and Peck . ' . ' .. " . ¦ ¦ ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦'¦• ¦ : - . ¦ ' ¦ ' ' " ... ... ' - . : ¦ '¦

      ; ' ¦" , ' . ; . . ' -. - ¦¦ ; .: ASffTON . . ¦ ¦;¦ , - . "¦'¦ . Fire . —OnMondaymorniug week , about ^ ixp ' clockV the factory of Mr .- VVia , ¦; Wright , Manchester-road . Ashton , took nre , and continued to burn with great fary until nine O'clock , when the " place was completely gutted ; all the machinery oeiog destroyed and nothing left but the bare walls . TOe efforts of the engines to extinguish the flames were ineffectual and all that could be done waa to prevent them fionT extending to the adjoining premises J It was fortunate that the air was caim at Ithe time otherwise thedamage to the adjoiningpropertymkht have been very extensive . The mass beanie wa » awful in flie extreme—risine to 60 or 70 vWra « a >«^

      the roof of the ^ milding . The nieorigidatei Ur th ; dropping p i ;; a spjtrk fromva candle , which the person who oils # » e machinery had in his hand , into * some cottonVwhich speedily ignited and enveloped the whole building m one sheet of flame . 1 ne man miade every exertion to smother it at the ^ commencenaentj but in vain . We understand hewas severely burnt in the attenipt . Messrs . Mellor and other ^ masters , wifli their work-people , rendered their proiapt assistance in extinguishing the nre 5 themasters lending Iheir hprsesito fetch ttie engines ^ and the menhazardine ^ their personal safetrMi eh _

      deavonring to . prevent-,. ^^ the flames fixtm extending to- theneighbournjgbuildings . WeJth 4 pkitfeduetothe > - working classes : to mention tfie readinesa withwbicb , j thpy came forward on ^^ this occasion ; bjeciuse it iga triurnphant refutation of the base and malicious calummea le ^ d vat ; ihen ^ , i ^ g Hjnic » naiaries- ^ and anxious for 1 ^ , ^ believe there is not a place on Englandi iwittx ^ aa larsea Pppaation . where ^ ere ^ is ^ ^^ icw for the protection , orproperty , A 0 : iame , re 3 pect paid to ^ personal worfe ; in the , higher ^ asse ^^ Shej ^ f ? cheerMobedience fo the laws vasin Aflhto ^ S ^^ I Lyne , . The , damage is estijnated at ^ SOSI we believe the propertyvwas insured . : ' ^^^^

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      ; - .. ; .. ;' : ; - ^ ' : . - ' \ HUBiI > ERSFIEtl > . ' -. - , ¦' " . ' ' itSS-f ?^^^ und erstand that ^^^ f ^ ^ legates fromvarious townships in that union ^ o he hell at the New Inn , in Huddersfielo : on Tuesday next , the 27 th , at twJ o'clocky ^ for the purpose of deciding upon the best means by which ^ e inost efficien t individuals may be returned as Guardians for -the said - usiony at the approaching election on the : 25 th of March . At the said meeting it ; is expected that a number from every township wiU be in attendance : The subject is of vital impoiv tance , and it is hoped that every union in the cpun-tr 3 ' -- . wiH ; follbw .. " . ; exanjplev- ' -- -- - - '

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 24, 1838, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct994/page/5/