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    • THE KORTHEEN STAR. SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 1838.
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      HOUSE OF LOUDS . TUESDAY , Jbb . S 7 . Lord BROUGHAM pretented varions petitions aguait Iferro ApprsttkeKhip , » nd also' 6 ne frota the Benevolent Society ofSnaith , tea laidgaJdon of the sentence on the Glutecw Cotton Spranrrg .

      HOUSE O ^ COMMONS . TUESDAY , Feb . 2 T . After some "business of small mdinent , the fVConnfll debxte tras resuiaei in ¦ pretty ninch . " tije same style . as \ ut night . Sereral Hon . Members deByerei themselves , and Lord Maidstone ' a motitDfi hiving Dan censored was p-ut and carried by % m ^ ontTof 2 l > Mr . GftATTA 2 JmsTed , j 3 jrwaTof amendment , thafsroTds to the ftflo * SiK effect V » aMfS " to ihe mofien : — "Xebrithstanding that the MembersTccc tSie cwsntv aad oty - of Co& , far Stigo , for Liskeaxd , » j& 4 far Falknk , iare avowed in their "fcUoes in tiusHcrdae eenfinents similar to . those expired bj « e Memfaerlar tM ^ jfofDnbTin , and though this boose has "permitted tojaBsVxB&ifidBred and even xmnotk « d & published "« haiK of tieBighop SfBxeter , accusing the RomanCatholie Members of this Botfts of adisrezard of their oaths , and of

      3 nanifegSiag , "m flie" 6 ierxise of fhwr rights as Members of Parliament , treaefcsjjfaggraviited "b j popiry . " The « storm Krar -azainaowed &r a while , and demotion " ¦ ris last "by anEgSSiy of 29 . On butTcthrn ' to ' ihe gallery we found ^ Lard MAIBSTSNE on his legB , moving that the Honouaable xnd ttfeffi ^ l Member for DobTin ( Mr . O'Connell be wr&ered to attenSin his place in the BUmse to-morrow . ThemwstiBn-iaTinjr . been put , Mr- HOME said that if the Honourable and Learned Mem"ker for DaHiftSrere gnilty- ^ ifhe ¦ srerororfliv of punishment—¦ -there irere oUirr Members on that side of the Honse eqnally jmltr . ( LofiacnesoT" order , " " chair ! " and cheers . ) There irere ' other 3 t = mben srho adopted the words of the ¦ Hononra-He and Learned Member for Ihiblin in the letter and spirit . ( Greatconmaon , anS cries of " chairPand " order ! " lfthey ¦ were t » be gwerned by -what appeared to be the majority of liat Hcraae , "Hon . Gentlemen -were eqnatly gnilty -with " the Hcnonn&lfi and Learned Member for Dnbkn . ( "Order , -crder I" * chair , chair ^ " and great eonftsaon . ) He vronld call the * attention of the Honse to -what tad been done , and he

      - » ronl& then leave it to the Honourable Gentlemen opposite "to carrr the proceedings further if they "wished it . ( Cheers aniTgteEt confoaon . ) The motion of Lord Maidstone iras Tindastood to hare "been agreed to . - . Mr . feTLLON ' roBe and said , Mr . Weaker , I adopt thesenti"ments and expressions of Mr . O ' ConneO- ( Lond cries " of " order , order ! " " chair , thair ' . " ) Mr . HUilE rose amidst tremeadons trproar and said , I beg "that the KoiSi"of the Honourable member for Falkirk ( Mr . < HQon ) be taken down . They are these : " 1 adopt the senti-3 neats and expressions of Mr . O'Connell asTxpresaed . " ( Great -laughter , and crira of " cTder , '" and " chair !' - ]) I am onlt anxious to be correct . ( Renewed langhter and uproar . ) It * was not correct before , and I do not wish to leave the matter "half done . The Hob . Gentlemen opposite hayp been left in "the lurch , and let thea get out of it if they can . " ( Load cheers and l aughter . ) I wish to inow -whether the / words of the -Honourable Member fcr RvDdrk have been taken down ? The words , as already stated , having been read by the deri atthetable , - - ¦ " "

      ' Mr . HUME said , I move that the words be taken tare of . ( Great confusion . ) The subject here teyped . A sleepv debate then tallowed , upon the motion of Lord G . XEXXOX— " That an humble address be pn-sented to her Majesty , praying her Majesty will be graciotislypleased to take into her seriona consideration line erpediencv of adopting seme xOan to accelerate promotion generally in &e corps of R oral Marines , so that it may keep pace " in a lair ana eqnitablf degree with these branchea of her Majesty ' s forces -whose svstem of promotion is proeresave ; and also to take the case of "the captains of lie Roraf Marines into ^<* t Mnjestv ' s consideration , with a . view o ? p lacing them on the same footing as those of her Majesty ' s regiments of the liae ; and likewise to xBwride some measure for the benefit and relief of those first lieutenants of the Hqyal Marines who served daring the lite "Tar . " , The motion was iost by a majority of 17 , and the House adjourned- .

      HOUSE OF LORDS . WEDNESDAY , Teb . 2 S . "The Honse of Lords stands adjourned till to-morrow . HOUSE OF COMMONS . WEDNESDAY , Peb . 28 . The SPEAKES took the chair Ehortlv "before fonr o ' clock . ilr . VTAKLBY presented ^ petilion , signed bv 3 < U han ? cpainterE of the Ciry of Driblin , denying th ^ chaigesbrocslit against them , expiaalns the state of their trade , and invitaeir 5 nqniry _ into the whole of their proceedings . The petitioners stated that instead of a uniform rate of waees b <» ing established there were ioxu rates , and that anv master might take an unlimited _ number of apprentices . —^ Referred to ' the Trades ' -Combination Cmnmittee . The Hox . Mehbeb then presented petitions from the Working Men ' s "Asaodation of Sheffield : from Biddlestonan the County of York , and from the Whitesmiths of London , TOaying for sanitigaliBn of the sentence passed on the GIils ^ o w Cotton Spiaaers . ~ \ f » -vv * nT * vr * r » -KrnT «* u # v _ i i- _ i . t ^ -.- . >¦ ¦ tiiii rt ui

      . » - *^»_— . *^ v ^ o ^ M . ^ L " *" . uau ** pcuuoQ lo TJrpsent 3 rosn the pariih of Hnddsrsfield , in the "West Ridinz of York-Ehire , to whkh -he would wish to have called the attention of ; the UnderSecretaTy of State foT the Home Department , trot ifi was sony-to find "that he was not in hia place . The petition Teferred to the -meetings of Guardians which touk place in HnddersfieM on the 5 ilf and 12 th of Jime last , on the subject of the XewAPoorLaw . The importance of the subject created « onsjderable excitement in the town in consegnence of which "the magistrates were called on by certain individuals to biinjr in the m'lirare , which they , in th ' e esercise of their dis « -r . ti > . a \ xefnsed to do . A representation was immediatel y forvtaiJed to the TTnder Secretary of State by the parties , who had suggested tfcecaOiag on £ of the miHlarv . conudninii calnmn es

      and misrepresentations with respect to the condnct t , f i .. p * anagistrates noon thatoecasicii . Now , the petitioners staied "that the jaaeKirates acted wisely in wfnsing to call out the JDaiiarjy-as dha peace of the county wns not disturbed , and ' they expressed generally their wajm' ajmroval of the manutr an whichahemag istrates had conducted themselves . ( Hear . ) The ynjts ^ ot t ne petition was , that the House would order the prcdasioB of any correspondence which mieht have taken place in reference to tins subject , between the turd Lieutenant and mMisrrates ^ of the county , and the Under Seeretarv of State . The Hon , Member beesed to s&ta in conclnsida , that le had iebmittea this petidon to die Secretary of State , but ie was sacry to say that he had paid no attention to it . The peUricn . was ordered to lie en the table .

      BREACH OF PRIVILEGE .-Mr . O'COXXELL . On theaaotion-of Lord MATD 5 TOXE . tie Order of the Dav lorflie atteoaaBce of Mr . O'Connell inlsis place Tvas now real The SPEAKER inquired if Mr . O'Connell was in his place .. ilr . O CONNELL rose and said— •¦• I am here . Sir . - The JHon . and Learned Member then sat down . The SPEAKER—Please to stand up . Mr . O'COXXELL then roes . The SPEAKER--MT . 0 'ConneH you have permitted youraelfto be beared Btthe use of expressiens ata public meefinz ¦ with respecsitowhiciijthis House has come to the followinz Tesolutionst—•' Tnat the expressions in the said speech contaming _ a < iarge - ^ f foul -pemrry asamst the Members of this Jlouse in tatveWnaTge of their amcial duties , are a foul and eandalbBs ingmie . air * - on the honour and character of this -House . ^^

      "Thatifei { yConneli : havh « r avowed that he used the said « TOessio » s , is gnflty if a breach of tbepr ivileeea of tBJa House-• therefore that lie be reprimanded in this place . " The chjRpof iotslpwjuTT k one of the lieaTiest that can iemade . i accaanotbesuroised that hawng-cast so grave an impotaiiaa . an the Member * of this House , that it has aroused thcantaanstioa of . those a ? aiast whom it has been < toected , a * a tiet yon have emosed yonrself to the sererest eensureanAdBs ^ easuTe of thisBouae . You have endeavoured io-vmdicateisotir « andnct'i tirgmg that von were impelled br f strong sense of fla defective constituJion of the present tn-Inmals for tie trial of controrerted elections , and that you « ought to proaaotaireaedy&r ^ hat ewl by stimnlatinepnblie opinion . ltinHmeeessazy for me to remind von , ^ S at the iS ^ Tv ^ 1331 ^** « P «« oa 8 wMch - have been conoemned , this Honse had reooDTi ;*^ ^ rti . ^ . ^ . .. i- - jyr _ of

      ^» opmwn , thB * rpeaieacy of attempting to apply areal remedy to the e ^ . c ^ hja ^^ nnjlamel , aiZSatyour . ^ rpea and talenjs ivouM not have found a more niful ^ fe ^ l ^ f ^ . temaingSo forward that measure . IrtS ^ f " ^ -feed ^ yonr excuse , and it is Irue , that * tt « s have used expressions as sfemg as those which , you ^ pW , mh respect *> thivJaonsT ^ Ingeneral thisHo ^ ^ & «^^ i ^ Swfercdt ^ s B ^ em pub& eatiiiatio . b y ^ b ^ mTinumber ^ ite Membs ^ with-foul peo ^ . x . 1 ^ iaWifcrter toa > ou ttus Howe with a ^ arer-and aulhoritr « , J » tS- . v * ;„ „ .. »

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      -The SPEAKER—Mr . O'Connell , itM contrtIV to the rulet if the House to more far * CosMnittee wittertrt baring gireB . aoticc ' " ¦ "• .. . ' Mr . Q'CO « SELL-4 rt ^ t ts £ h * VtJfe , Sr , InowgiTe n ^ ice that I titE move for tte

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      TO THE LONDON "WORKING MEN'S ASSOCIATION . ^ ' - — ; ; ; " :. Genflemen , —I now "do ' myself the honour of Teplying to your commxmicafion of last "weeTc ; and , in doing so , allow ms to observe , that , after a very Trasy life of political agitation , for more than five years , you nave been the first body to hook me into a controversy -with men , wno profess to be in quest of the same object with , myself . I shall now proceed to reply to yoiir several remarks ; for substantial charge there is none , save that to which I at once plead guilty ; namely , the charge of vanity ; and had you added ambition , I should have pleaded ^ guilty to that also , leaving the country to judge of its nature . Yoh proceed < 3 ra!— " You said that the first step in this deadly course was taken by the Working Men ' s Association . ^ Such was my impres . « don ; however ,

      you state the fact of that course na > rmg , an me first instance , originated with the Committee of Trades Delegates . Of this cdrcnmstancelwas whollyignorant , and yon have not laid any data before the public to whichl can refer ; nevertheless , taking yonr assertion for fact , I beg to offer yon my appolegy for that error , and to assure you , thathad 1 known the fact , I should as unhesitatingly have charged the Committee with an error ofjudgmeni ) which , bear in mind , was my only charge against yon , and you were bound in making your charge against me , to have given it in full and to have added the following words , contained inmy letter to Mr . Fraser : — " My dearFraser , I state facts . I merely arraign the judgment of those who have thus put their finger into the lions den . "

      >» ow , gentlemen , I humbly think , that any vanity which the publication of my speech exhibited—and which was called by Mr . Hetherington and the Chairman of the meeting " a rouser , "— " a capital speech , " " calculated to do much good , "—was . but a slight shade of vanity when compared with this implied prohibition against anv arraingment of your judgment . Surely you are notmfaHible , and , surely , I had a perfect right to question the policy of your proceedings , and if the coBtrse was impolitic in the Committee , as the originators , it was no less so in you , to have trodden in their steps . Bj thus quarrelling with me , for having merely arraigneu youi ' -judgment , yon defend the policy of your proceedings , while you seem wholly to have forgotten the fact , that the petition adopted , by the meeting of Trades , had a clause to the follo \ ving effect : —" Althoughwe deuv t ' ne right of your

      Honourable House to interfere . This 1 incline to think , was a much more severe stricture upon the petition of thft working men , than any thing I have said . . There is one sentence , in vour address to me , upon which I shall make a single comment . You say , " novr it so happens , that you do not speak the truth . ' 1 might hare called ' this a charge , and I do not know , ' that a . grosser charge could ~ be brought against any man , and yet , I was present at a debate relative to the publication of the correspondence between Messrs . Hamey and O'Connell , when Mr . Lovett assigned , as a reason for its suppression , " that Mr . Ilanwy ' s letter contained epithets , which if publishe : ., wonld reflect discredit , upon the association , for having such a member . " And yet , I pledge mvself , that throughout there is not one sentence , so vulgar , or so deadly wounding , as that winch 1 have quoted and which vou published .

      As to the propriety of petitioning Parliament for the appointment of a Committee of Capitalists to judge of the rules and acts of Trade Associations , 1 am still unshaken in my opinion , and must persist in . calling it a " deadlv course . " by vLomsoevtr oriaiuated or pursued . Time will prove , whether or no lam right . You say , ** Yon appointed a Deputation to wait upon Mr , ' O'Connell to confer with him ' upon the subject of his intention , tviih respect to Trades Unions . "" Now . after Mr . Lovett ' s declaration <> f ha ring lost all confidence in O 'Conn ell , 1 call tiiTs an injudicious coarse , to say the least of it , but we have not had the benefit of . the interview . J am anxious to know the result , and trust that it mny not be consigned to the dead letter box with Haniey ' srorrespoudence .

      You sny that many of your body belong to Trades Ujuites ; why zounds , 1 don't mean to infer , that there are n » t in your Aisociation as good , valuable , patriotic and upr ; s . 'lit meu as breathe ; but , when you char ^ eme with vaiiity , and that you deervleadership , may I not be allowed to retort snd say tliat vanity or leaueTs"h : j ) in a portion ofyourb / dy , may be equally iir ^ rious and even more so than in th * case of an indi \ -idual . ' 1 say , much mere so , because the individual is ans-aryrable , while tlie body is not auswemble for any act of v : udty or leadership , by which tbe Assodatioii mar be compromised or led astray . 1 iio > y give a paragraph from your address . . "lint no , tout own vaii self niuit be supreme—you rcust b . ? - " thelt ^ iuc-r of the pe . jple , "' und from ti ) . « first moment that wr re-olv-.- d to form an Association of wtTkinjt men , anl cill ^ J n ^ vii thciii to matuige their own affairs , and dispense ^ ith c ? J rsJJji rS i-v . -ry d'icrijitioTt ; we have had vov , andyJnuis q !' ipurjcelings , continiaBv in srms against us . " '

      v \ hen yon speak of having * me and patriots of my feeling coiistantlyin arms against you , you ousu ' t in all justice and fairness to state what thc ^ e leeliu ?? and who those patrio ts are . You have failedto do su . allow me therefore to mention the names " of tuusv perions whom you equally charge with rnysf ] :. O'Bbiex , and Bell , whom you summoned to a " pear before you—but whose mode of treatment you di-J not relish—Dr . Taylor of Glasgow , and the ewr-to-belamented BiuirMoyT . Now , gentlemen , as a prom of my disinclination to be the means of attaching suspicion to your body , allow me to state what was said by Mr . Beaumont and Dr . Taylor , and not publi s hed in the Northern Stor . Mr . Beaoiost at Neiccasile and Leeds , spoke thus : — H ' crl-inx

      ' men , I caution you agamsl the rotten tcorkiug wen ' s association of London , fellows icho never do u dug ' s vorJc , and yet would persuade the working classes thai tiicy are tlieir friends , while they are coidinvulbj looking for jols from Mr . O ' Connell and U / ie ' r JFIiigs fur themselves , —in fact , they are a mere middle class set . " Dr . Tayl « r said : — " They sent vie , a d d humbug thing about Canada , for which I had to pay postage , and any one could hare it jur a laulee . Isaac ' s , ] think , icas near doing ad— -d deal of mischief , by trying to break up the Radical Association of Scotland , telling the people , that they were all humbug , and asking them to establish kw / cing men ' s associations ; but by the living jingo , as my faUier—ruUier than have me idle—bound me iu

      a trade , I uill never be a member of any association , tn whkh I can't have a vote . " You charge me with many disappointed attempts to get up associations in London , of which 1 sought to be the leader . ¦ ¦ To that I reply , that my acts are hefore the people of London , and I defy any man or body of _ men to create a prejudice against those associations which you have so shamelessly and wantonly attacked . You say that I have dubbed myself the . missionary of all " the Radicals of London . I do , and rightly . 1 hold their commission unsullied , wr itten upon parchment , signed with their names , and sealed with their seals ; signed by nine , funning the committee , treasurer , and secretary of the Great Radical Association of -Marvlebone : fiated

      and recognised hy the several Radical Associations of the Metropolis , and passed unanimously at a -crowded and respectable meeting of labouring men . Mj commission is at -Leeds ; you shall have the names . —Those of Thomas Murphy , Dr . TV ' ade , GkMiBBrurx , Rjjbsell , aadSAYAG £ &re amongst them . The mlnhnent of their directions , has been complied with to the letter , withoutone farthing cost to them or to thecoontry . andiamreadytostandmytrialforany aatperfoimedinthe discWge of my high , sacred , and _ unpaid office . And is it you -who—after the glorious , and unparalleled exertionjof the several I ^ cal Associations , ( durag the yeara 1835 and 1836 ) now join Loan John Russell in pointing the nngerofcontemntatlhamfifttinea . of A * l » . mKi <»

      classes . The press which should have supported us , and wmcli « bauM have been made capable fey your e f ^ w IU ?*»»*™» r »«* t Eappoit , has for want of ^ tsuppoiifflttier faded , or . been ' transferred to 4 10 ?? T ^ ^ Ow ^ a ^ aSf fte - ' ^ ftw-am , a nd Londm&espalcA , whichyoa ^ wdajmed ^ s your re «> gniBedoaq ^ iis ^ hetw 6 formerhaAr e peiifihed , while tfo - latter ^ in ceBjmictibmnfl ! the Honest London Jfei - ^ a-y , hat passaimto . theiaaas o fiMr . Glensy , aTt "ryo / the Lyndknftt school . What then coold we hi T | < i 0 I 1 ? ? B !« j 6 u chargeme « ri £ b . speaking out forthi '^ st bsae * aiQjSny fault was BotinspeakinV I mighJ - ***? » Ej *»^ J . qpwfced ^ be tead ' ^ oTmy big . drtti ^ ' » ^ ** & n € * published mj opinions , i Mr . Wa , ter Cor ^ asjonce tried and . sentenced to the piDory & r having pnbnaie ^ a dreaa . Some one remafked , that it t « s hard a man shdgiii be-ptmisa id for drea ' ^ ogj- ^ Ofreqpca . hard Nor , b » ryobaented , 3 iathe mig . < ltfia ^ e ' &egjnedforeyer , withimpunitar fl&dream

      ¦ ifhehadnoV W pnblisKed « " ' B . - As to my d ^™ 5 or aat bwug ike founder « f Ra 9 i cal Association 'Mettnecpnjitrj ^ Ee ; but p > u give ine a feir clain to a poi"tion at v the honor , fat . surel y if it wa » . a UiirA " ^ ivMblfc- in its \ Tature , " and not the act of one man ( L * ? onpA * e Irr nV " ? the immortal Cartwri ght , jHi . ^ Vaada ^ JitWVv ^ niaj ef tend ^ e gloTy from tii ^ departed fejrauriraleu an \ aUow a hnng renovator tt £ ; become an a 3 jnnct fo ^ ^ now quadruple affiance ,- * " - ~ - ~* " * *¦ . You c ^ rge me wi ' th publishing what Ifcafc ^ themanhiiess to utter . Poh ! Non ^ nsef Mvroe ?^^ te ^^ - *^« Sfk 83 SSi in- ^ pe b efore it ^ at spdeen , or irf { JSE ^ ° te ** Pjedie . nl raelf to- its subst ance ^ 51 otrhst Ihave d p oe jnl * ndon , let the Londonere tM . intryJet ihecounbyjnd t Te . ¦ 5 - - ^ you ay that Ae- country . « hall judge of our re spectnreproceedings , and , wk ier or . no / vonl nr make ftnous

      t P tht « e wao appeal * to their ^ sions , threaU ^ mg inafire and sword , are ; the real ft ^ S to-the . wufc TM 3 is another echo £ 1 ^ % press of Lancashire and Yorkshire , SSr tSdiJff j

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      Lord John Russell and Mr . O'Connell in the House of Commons , but never made even by them against m * . ' ;• ' ... ¦¦ """ . ¦ ¦ . ¦ " -. " . " ¦ ' . ' \ , - - ^ - ' -. ¦ ' : ¦ ' Cent&men , "ii cenduinon , I beg to Btete , that I court public cenfership , and if I nave erred , I am ready to W tried / at my « ini' expenie ; and for that . purpose , I hereby offer you , ; at my own expense , the ' large room ; in th 6- Crown and Anchor Tavern , where , I shall appear from day to day and hour to hour , singly and alone , tq answer any charge , -which lie world in its envy may bring aganistme . 1 ^ 11 throw myielf npon'the country for a verdict , either to confirm my usefelness , or to denounce my « postacy . I am read y at a momenta warning . - All otlier business being laid aside ; ' In your reply , pray inform me what badmanyou have denounced ana what good man hai-esca « ed .. _^—^ .- _ _ i --- - . ___ ^ ^^ . ^^ ««• " _« . . ^^^ - *

      your censure . A willing slave is tightly tijpottd ^ n gentle fetters . Partaking of no pleasure save that which the Bociety of working men affords * fee , yon—as I predicted—have followed me into mr retreat , charging me with inuendos end enigma * , which , however , seem to have been ; so fitting , that you have assumed them and dressed yourselves in them . Why put on the cap of *> Malthuidan Whigs , and working-men coadjutors ?" What silver tonea have changed your warlike notes from proclamation of deadliest hate to recommendations of calm philosophy ? Was it always thus , or is the " Rotten House of Commons" now" more to your taste , than when the " Isle was affrighted from its propriety" by yonr reward * for royal " sharp shooters ? " When your shop windows bresentpd

      deadly figures of expiring monarchy , typical of what an untaxed press was to realise ? Has Lovett forgotten the celebrated anti-texpaying declarationi relative to ballot for the Militia for national purposes such as he then described them ? Have Cleave and Hetherington ceased to sound the clarion of defiance , because they are now represented in the "Rotten House of Commons . " Gentlemen , I have not sought this battle , nor shall I shun it , now that it has come . You must fi g ht it out ; you shall either crush me or I will annihilate your association . I leave this at the London Dispatch office , on Tuesday evening , in order that slips may be sent to tho « e papers to whom your address was sent last week . I have the honour to remain , Gentlemen , Your most obedient servant ,

      FEARGUS O'CONNOR , Founder of the Radical Associations in conjunction with the immortal Cartwright , Hunt , and Cobbett ; Missionary of the GreatRadical Association of London , and President of- the National Radical Association of Scotland . Denham Cottage , Hammersmith . Feb . 27 th , 1838 .

      The Kortheen Star. Saturday, March 3, 1838.

      THE KORTHEEN STAR . SATURDAY , MARCH 3 , 1838 .

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      THE . « RABBLE " - HOUSE OF COMMONS . " England will never be ruined but by a Parliament , " quoth the great Lord Treasurer , Burleigh . It is now somewhere about five years since we reminded the House of Commons of this celebrated apothegm of that celebrated statesman . We used rhe words upon the presentation of a petition in favour of the Dorchester labourers . That the rabid desire for party ascendancy , instead of an honourable competition in-acts ' , for the advancement of social happiness and national aggrandisement ,

      is rapidly hurrying the " Reformed" House of Commons to the fulfilment of the sad prediction , no man out of the influence of the insane atmosphere of that assembly can for a moment doubt , —after the verdict of 197 members of its own body , pronounced on Tuesday night ; wherein they have recorded a verdict against themselves of perjury by expediency , —themselves the jurors , —themselves the judges , — themselves the witnesses , —and themselves the travelers . If the value of d , seat is worth the sacrifice of truth , will not tbe country : be naturally led

      to the conclusion , that the prostitution of it to infamy will be the inevitable result ? Our readers will bear in mind , that under the head of the " Rabble House of Commons , " we , not long' since , adduced the very arguments used in the celebrated debates of Monday and Tuesday in support of bur position . We stated that one-half of the House , accused the other half of perjury . Were we not right ? Aye—and before we proceed further with our subject , we now predict , that however insignificant in its immediate result , the verdict of

      Tuesday may be , that that verdict will be the foundation of a new charter , and will form the basis of a new constitution . It cannot be otherwise . Merciful Heaven ! " Convicted" Cotton-spinners—victims to perjury—mark , —if the voice of truth can find its way through the gratings of your prison bars , —oh ! mark ! the source from whence your judges de . Ive their authority ! The fountain being thus declared impure i how can one clear stream of unsullied justice or purity flow from such a quarter ? With the propriety , or discretion , of the motion of Lord

      Ma-Idstone , we have nothing to do ; but with the verdict and debate we have everything to do . "With Mr . O'Conjjell ' s faults we have always dealt manfully ; but God forbid that personal animosity , or political difference should induce us to withhold from him praise for that great prospective benefit , of which , by Tory rashness , he has been made the instrument . Yes , in . the truth of every word uttered by him , and for which he has received the glory ofa miniature martyrdom , we fully accord ; but , lest a dungeon should be our unrepresented lot , and lest our incarceration should be a loss to our

      party , we speak of the lust Parliament , and allow the country to judge how far the sins of their predecessors have worked repentance and change in the present Honourable Gentlemen . We have served upon committees , and after the brains have been knocked out , which is the parliamentary term used upon the striking of the tribunal , and which means the rejection of eleven upon each side , of the most conscious and able members , —no great compliment by the way , to ourselves and others , who have been allowed the honour of acting ; and if the reply to " How do you vote ? " has been— " According to fry conscienceof the invariable

      , course , "— answer Was —" What a damned fool ; won't you vote with your party ? " We have been witness , to more than one instance of this kind ; and siqw , not according ^ a triumph to either party , we ask , was not Mir . O'Connell fully justified in his declaration- ? And can a . majority of 226 plead for themseVngs any exemption from that censure , which the rerdict , and , indeed , the confession , of the wounded and insulted majority , have entailed upon themselves equally with the resigned minority P No . The minority acted the part of bold avowers of their own necessary peifidy , while the majority confessed

      their sins , but shuddered at the publication of their iniquities . For the information of the poor and sktaous svfferers for . whom we write ( and who ire , ' foiek -God , untutored in the act of expediency . peiymy ) 7 it may not be amiss to state the mode of "ballattiDg-for , and appointing , Election Committees . The names of all the members are taken- from a box , Tstkfr ii kept closely sealed ; aa 4 when &o » e names iswe p'iaced in several glasses ; the elertdraw them , and h \ " * nds- them in convenieot lots to the Speaker , who , calls them aloud , till to the number

      ^ - ¦ 1 K . of thirty-three sv * aU haye . answered . Those present , r ^ j v ist answer . $ & ~ ei the thirty-three shall hare been 3 noD ali atedj the fiieacb of the parties retire forihe pur-\ " ^ oftC ^^ ^ con ^ V **^^" ^^ ^ ^^ - f ° * ' ^ ^ Ten . ate ^« de , V . ^ ^ » 1 « nMning mem-™ Nrni Ae coBaittee ^ who * ppoint a chair . ^ - ^~ i& 7 tx ^ -fvfy' ^ J ! r ' - *^ -iqf : 'i ^ ^ J . ¦ V > - ^ rfH , ' fiiey >«/ ( IN THE LAST minds astt E * T . . ^ ^^ - y ^ ^ ^^ ^^ e ^ ^^ to ^ ^ \ - ;;^ . r ^

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      ceremony of hearmg fcvidtnee , mnd then deciding . ¦ Sacn , ;^ ad « , '' w :. ' ^ e ^ -whicn , Mr . Q'GdNKEiit has undergone the cer ^^ of ^ tebo 4 y , riotoneof ^ whom had the ^^^^ deny ^ single allegation in the obar ^ ;^ g ^ j now travel ^ m the >^< wn ^ t ^ > g ^ e 6 f ^ m _ Tfloiw iptoa ! wider ^ phere i an ^ apply the woftings of Ue systenr to the battien ^ a , -i pqor Irelan ^ whose green-fieldsarejet crooned with ^ the blood of her innowntcbildren . ^ b that land ^ wbere thie tomb s of the Martyrs , ^ ermaturiely consigned to : the cold grave , futDiin so many monuments " . ' bit the feU corruption j - <^ hichv the poisoned source has communicated ' - ^ r t * •' : 'ji i _' " £ _ . ^_*^* . *_^_ - ''^_ a > 2 Jl a ^ ^^ ¦ . ¦ j-1 _ ^ a' lj \ - "" - ¦ ^ ¦ ¦ .. 5 _ " ^ * " 1 *"_ '

      to tae several channels of legislative j and administrative justice ; we apply the whole debate and verdict to that country ; which has ' . been ' ^ the victim to this aecessity for preserTing a rebgipus ascendency . Can it , then , be longer matter of surprise , that personal vengeance should supply the place : of justice withheld , and that a virtuous ; and prescribed race , ioving , truth and hating perjury , should deny the competency of your Parliament to inculcate moral instruction--to enact equal lawS ^ --to legislate with honor , and , -administer with impartiality ? What , then , has been the consequence of the corruption and perjury of all former Parliament's ? In Ireland the

      pulpit has , been a watch-tower , from which , war , and desolation , and damnation , baa been preached by political fire-brands , sowing a religious dissention , as the best means of preserving a political ascendancy , as the rudder of the Church , The lips of the apostle have insulted the creedy and scoffed at the religion of those by whose wearied hands he has been clothed ^ and housed ^ and fed / Fprgetting ; his duty towards his God , he sinks ; the ^ mild character of the mediatorinto the . ' wild ferocity : of an ^ exterminator :

      and the altar , instead of being the footstool pf God , has become the couch of Mammon . The Bench , whereon pure , unsulled , and even-handed justice should take her seat , and reign triumphant , has become a receptacle for politicians , " whose respective merits are canvassed according to the comparative pretensions of the candidates in acts of political proflicacy and party subserviency—whose precedents become law ' j and whose judgments are the result of political bias rather than of deliberation and solemn

      conviction . The Bar , till partially opeted by emancipation , —nor is it much better now , —was composed of a recruiting party , where proflicacy furnished the best claims to the vacant judgment-seat ; and where , by combination , the poor man was served with the black letter of the law , while the mild spirit was reserved for him who could purchase it-The Dock is the condemned cell where the prejudged Catholic victim holds up his hand in honour of his religious martyrdom , arid as a victim to the ascendency of a Law Church . The Magistrate

      is the administrator of prejudice , whim , and caprice , instead of being the mild expounder of the mild spirit of the law : . his ¦ ' authority ' flowing from a perjured source , he looks upon the triumph of truth as insignificant , when compared with the triumph of party . The jury-box is a place where the worst passions rally—there deter , mined to uphold the ascendancy of Orangism , so long as a foot of resting ; ground shall remain . If " passive obedience and non-resistance" be ., indeed , a doctrine meritprious in its observ : mce , as propounded by Archbishop Murray , well and good ; but , on the other hand , if there be a point beyond

      which humau endurance cannot go , thd House of Commons has at length established it . And our only astonishment \ sy that , with offices so . filled , - justice so polluted , religion so defiled , and reservoir so corrupt , the Irish people have not long since exterminated their oppressors ,--not ; the Protestant religion , but all tyrants , whether Catholic or Protestant , who use the authority which corruption affords for the prosecution of tlieir Ascendency . Mr . O'Connell has once more to thank the malicious ingenuity of the Tory party , for this other prop which they have placed under his tottering . popularity . Will the Whigs and Tories longer run ' in the same harness ? Can the Whigs hold office without the

      assistance of the . Tories ? No . Then prepare for an election . Place Universal Suffrage upon your banners , and let us endeavour to instil the spirit of truth into the councils of the nation , by opening the . doors - . of the sanctuary for the admission of the poor but honest representative :, whose motto is , "Dp unto others as you would they should do unto you . "

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      TO THE EDITORS OK ( THE NORTHEUJ ; STAR . Gektlemen , Having briefly noticed last week the appalling statements made by Mr . EiELDEN , in support " of bis motion , for a repeal of the New Poor Law Act , statements on which your Starot last week , shed the additional light of a vivid and searching commentary , allow me now to draw your readers ' attention to a few characteristic ; feature *^ of the debate—characteristic , I mean of the '' rabble " assembly which figured on the occasion . Mind , I designate tbe assembly rabble , hot through disrespect , but in deference to its own supreme wisdom

      —that wisdom haying decided to reject a petition , because it simply and respectfully said , —?< We do not saythereisa rabbleof yourhonourable houses " The right Of exclusivel y appreciatih g its own character and composition is , doubtless one of the privileges of the honourable house , and if , on the occasion referred to , its appreciation of self was tantampuni to a eonfessibh that there was a rabble 6 i their honourable house , I am the first to bow to its decifdon , and to a ^ mit , that in this instance at least , it did not abuse its ¦ privileges . It may have refused justice to the petitioners , but it cannot be denied that it did justice to itself ..

      Now for the characteristic features—these , for brevity sake , I will call lying , shufflirigj and misrepresentation . A brace ; or two of facts will illustrate the applicability of these epithets .: Lord Howick , you remember , was very hoity-toity in defending the workings of the % w Act . Amongst the miracles of good it bad Wrought , that young Lord had the modest assurance to include the suppression of the Agricultural Riotsi of 1830 . He asked— ' ..... ' ¦ ' ' :: - ' -i' - '¦ : . ' ' ¦ ¦' . : ¦ .- ¦ :.:

      Had the Hon . Memfcer forgotten the alarmina state of th « country in im ? Did the & Member-. fc 3 $ ? a £ ? t £ 6 snrreotian in the sgncultural districts iapproacheid almost to «* e capital ? Ihd he lorget the outrages which extended from north tasoutJi—thejmighty fires , and the state of alarm in which tins farmers throughout the coutitry % eie kept duruiir the winter of that year ? The state of things waa now verv different ^ ana jth » t difference he ( Lord Howick ) bontendea was mainly to be attributed to the New Poor Law Act " ™

      If old Grey were dead , Lord Howick would step into his shoes , and then Lord Ho wick ' s word of honour would be , in law , eo . uiyalent to another man's oath .- Y « t here is : this : Lord , upon whose veracity ; so much is presumed , coolly and deliberately uttering what every one ^ nuist knowto be a self-evident felsehood ; What is the : fact ? The ^ fact ; is , that the riots in ? question : ( stact

      burniag , machine-breakingy &cl ) tpok place just four years ( 1830 ) before the New Act wa « thougHt of , ( 1834 ) and were suppressed : not onl y ? in , tbe same y ^ ar , but within a few w ^ ekV after they had -been committed—not by thesldw workings-of the ftarvntion Law ^ -but by the expeditious workiDgs of the GaUows and the Hulks , - yVho can ever forget the Special Commissions of that epoch ? A ^ ei Special Commissions for the law ¦ — ——»«» is iavv

      , ' s vpri ^ ow ^ » » ¦ -r ..., , ., . me s yengeance wopld not await the ordinary Assize tribunals V foo can forget old Grey ' s boasted " vigour '' Which , on that fatal occasion , made upwards of 200 widows ^ orphans ?—which consi gned to the hands of lie hangman the unfortunate Bristol aud ^ Nottingham rioters , after having first i" * -- " to phrenzj "for th * T" *' notjjin- 1- ' * - ; ' ; " : " V ; - ' ' - ¦'¦ - ¦ ' - ¦ : ' , ¦ - " " ¦' . .- . ¦ ' -: : ;

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      . j :. ^ "hanged pobi Cook , of Micheldeaver , for f trikiBg BiNOHiM Barino a blow , froni which the said Bingh ' atM suffered no bnrt or harm whatever ? Such was the remedial' process : by wbjch the riots of 1830 were suppressed . It was the true old : Sanoeado prescription ^ -ifeetfrn ^ : wid ; hot water— the true AWbig and Tory panacea for all political diseases ^ affecting the l ower orders , j ^^ j yes . Lord Hpwiqit— -it was the bleeding AND hot wAtER / which , did your business then , — — - % ^ . : - : " *^^^~~—— _ .. r ~^ , — _ .. r i ^^^^^^^

      - ^ -npt the bastiles and wiater gruel . Yotir mistake is simply this : instead of ascribing the suppression of the riots to the Bastilas and water gruel , you ought tbhave ascribed the Basfciles and water gruel to the suppression of the riots . The " rcfprfli" of Parliament , I know , interreried between the . two events ; but nbt even the " reformed" moneyniongers' Parliament would have dared to enact the Starvatibn Law , had not Swing's legislation been suspended in the interval . So much for Lord HpwrcK . Now for a specimen of the other side

      of the house . Sir Robert Peel—as if to prove that a Tory lie can match a "Whig lie any dayasserted that the " experiment ?* - of the New Poor Law Act was determined on by Parliainent " with the universal assent of the country . ' "—It is easy to see what these gentry mean b y the country . According to their statistics 20 millions but of 25 millions form no part of the country at all ! The million dare ^ r golden million , as the French call it , is all they think about—a pretty good reason by the way , why all who are / not of million dore should set about thinking of themselves . But to compare Sir Bobby's assertion with facts . The

      assertion has manifest reference to the Poor Law Commission of 1833 , in whose report the measure was originally framed . Now , notwithstanding that that commission collected its evidence froni the rich , ^ or million dore . exclusively , and not a word of it from the 20 millions composing the productive classes ; markhow Sir Bobbtt is refuted by his own test . The jobbers composing the coinmissipu alluded to , sent a circular into all the counties of England and "Wales , addressed to 1 , 717 persons , ( a pretty considerable number of witnesses it is true , and more than sufficient to furnish the requisite evidence , if fairly chosen from all classes of society , ) which said circular contained the two ii suiubirvuiuT iwo

      following riupsy > mv . -- ( juiuaint'ume loiipwmg questions : — lst . ~ Has agricultural capital increased or diminished in your neighbourhood ? . 2 nd . —Do yoxc attribute such increase or diminution to any cause . connected with the Poor Lutvsy or their nial-administration ? Nowjobserve !—these questions were not addressed to the labourers , or even to the farmers and gentry taken promiscuousl y , but to 1717 persons selected from amongst Lonls , Baronets , Squires , Rectors , Overseers , and JE % Farmers—the-selection- being

      made on a knowledge or calculation of the predisposition or bias of the parties selected . Observe , next , that the first question refers to capital exclusively , and asks nothing about ivuges—whilst the second question omits to enquire whether rents and taxes had any effect on the farmer ' s capital , or whether Peel ' s fraudulent Currency Act of 1819 bad affected it !—and confines itself solely to the operation of the rates . You see here , Gentlemen , the whole secret of the Starvation Act in bold relief . The object was to prevent the rapid diinirivitibn of the farmers' capital consequent on Peel ' s Bill—but the diminution was to be

      stopped , not by a new Act depreciating tbe Currency—not by an abatement of rents and tuxes—but by a two-fold attack on the properly of the labourers—a . direct attack on the rates , which was their only inheritance in the soil , and an indirect one on their rouges ^—this being an inevitable consequence of the other . A pretty Commission of Enquiry , to be . sure ! Pretty fellows , these , to be entrusted with the getting up of evidence for a measure which was . to decide the destinv of labouriner millions !

      But with all their stealthy management , the answers to the circulars only made confusion move confounded . Instead of Sir Bobby's " Universal assent of the country , " the result was this ; 1 / 10 out of the 1717 , certified that agricultural capital had dhniiiishcd , but there were only 159 individuals out of the entire lot who hadthe hardihood to ascribe the diminution to the Poor Laws ; or to their mal-administration . And even of those 159 , 14 ^ ere anonymous ( so : ashamed were they of their turpitude , ) and two others were ascertained

      tobavecomefromMAJENDiE thePoorLaw Ruriner , and BishopBLboiiFiELP , who was one of the Commissioners , and who has since so : full y justified his fitness for that office by his unchristian , or rather antiTchristian speeches in favour of the Bastardy Clause . Nay , bo far from responding to . the damnable suggestions of the circulars—so far from ascribing the dhninution of their capital to the Poor Law ?} nearly all the fanners who answered the : queries , had the sense and honesty to state , that Me po&r were no burden at all to the farmer , seeing

      that if they did not pay the money in rates to the poor , they must pay the same amount in an increase of rent to the landlord . And the farmers of the parish of Broadway , in Worcestershire , went so far as actually to state as follows : — "Agricultural capital is diminishing , but not on account of the Poor Laws , which rather tend to licep capital in the ¦ parishy but because the great landowners spend less in the parish , by carrying-the great bulk of their incomes to London , where it accumulates in the hands ; oj . ' Usurers , Stock-jobbers and thelike , and consequently does not return to the parish . "

      Such , gentlemen , was the authority on which the infernal Starvation Act was bottomed , and which Peel has the effrontery to call 'Vthe universal assent of the country . " —Why , the fellow might as well say , that it was with our universal-assent bis father ^ realized three millions of pounds sterling by Cotton S pinning , or rather by getting others to " spin for him , for old Sir Bobby , like young Sir Bobby was , after all , only one of ' < the lillies of ' the valley who toil not , neither do they Spiitf , yet Solomon in all his glory was not brighter' arrayed than they , "

      Sir Robert said nothing of the indecent haste with which the bill was hurried through the House . Sir Robert did not , to use a contemporary's language , describe the violent process by which it was thrust dowir the people ' s throats , and the no less violent means by which it is kept in their stomachs : Sir Robert did hot explain the lies upon lies , the false promises upon false promises , by which- the Country was imposed upon during the passage « f the bill . lie did not state ; for instance , that during the discussion on the motion for leave to bring in the ¦ bill- j honest Althorp said , in answer to some

      objectibns by Sir SAMtrEL " WhalleY ; ¦¦ ¥ that when a parish is really well-regulated ^ it need riot enter * tain the slightest apprehension of interference upon the part of the ^ Qoinntissioners / '—a promise or es > pectation : whtch-bas ^ in every possible : case been egregioiisiy faisined ^ -not excepting Sir Samuel ' s own-fearjsh of Maryleb ' onei -Sir ; RoB ^ Rx ^ Jiio ^ state , that iii the debate on . the secbBitE ^ ftg , thl saine honest Althor p did then ^ nu ^ ffi ^ e ' decU ^ that ' < it was said that the intention M ' went wholly to \ prevent the gro- ' of'the work-house ujajl * therewasno > tw

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      'ntojMgythe 6 ut- > d 6 or system of' ntitfmJglteU ADVANTAGEOUSLY IN ( Misfel ) , rather & *** otherwisel !! l /^ fzs this boding forth no fal * e e ^ ect ^ tions ? ViTas this . hoistingfelse colours ; br was it nbt ? Yet Sir Bobby takes nb : noticek all of these frauds on public feeiing ^ nbr dora be seem to recollect Lord Brougham ' s mUerable declaration , in which he doubted " whether anyone - had ever even dreamed of' sepa ^ ihg husbands

      from their wives , or parents from their children in we ^ oj ^ ' ^ usfc asyif a : sp ^ eific ^ c ^ quiredior thatpurppse ^ -just as if the classitfcation ; rehdefed necessary by the nevr systeni would xmjt ; produce the same effect as a positive enactment for the purposes . If all , or nearly ^ l ; tlie poor ari » to be thrust : into AVYorkhouses , before they become entitled to relief , the separation of husbjmd from wife , and parent from child , becomes inevitable , for how else can accommodation be found for a tithe of th «

      parente and warned couples consigned to these deiw o ? infamyj without turning them ¦ aU into brothels ,, ! or sinks ; of bestiality , which even , pigs would run siway from . —No , no—Sir BoBBy--you did iipt Aforgefc 'tbesp ''' thirigSvvmoreA : than vtbe . ..- ' . p ^ opfe . ' - ' - . ' of ^ ' ; EnglaM ' '' will forget your impudent assertion when the day . ; of reckoning comes . Thai ; that day , Sir BobbYj may come much : sooner ; than : you suspect , but not a jot sooner than you deserve , is the Bincere prayer of your cordial enemy , and the cordial enemy , of the infernal m . oniy-mongering ; crew , of which you are the reputed chief . ^ * abronterre "

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      • ' ,: ¦ ¦ '¦ - ¦ • ¦ ' ' ' ' . ¦ A « i <> " . " ' . A ' A- . : ' :: ¦ ¦' - ' ' ¦¦'" •"• ' BIOGRAPHY OF ARTHIJR O'CONNOR . ¦( Continued , ' from our last . ) . No doubt the glorious spirit which the Freucha revolution had cbmtnnnicated to ^ ^ the people . of : every European State , had a considerable effect upon the conduct of Arthur O'Connor ; and , after having looked in vain to < he English and Irish Houae-of Commons For the emancipation of the Catholics , and the concession of Universal Suffrage-, he at length formed the resolution of applying to the Frferich Director }' ; for aid to crush the domestic tyranny . As the prbpriety of introducing a foreigh force into Ireland has been canvaased by

      featherbed-generals and trafficking politicians , it should ' be understood that Arthur ' s terms vnth the Directory were , that after the conquest of the faction , theascendancy of the people of Ireland was to beachieved , by the restoration of the sacred right of voting to every mUn of full age and arms . It is matter of history , ^ however , that the fleet ; which : bore Geiicral Hoclie , and the arms destined for Ireland , was dispersed and prevented from accomplishing those , ends for which- it was destined . O'Connor was an avowed foe , boldly toot up arms , stood several trials , suffered years of dungeon -incarceration , defied , torture to ; extract

      coiifession or inculpate others , and , finally ^ - after having been tried and acquitted at Jvlaidstone , and upon being again : immediately arrested upon ..-. ;• another charge ^ harrassed , and his party vahquisliedV he signed what is . called a voluntary act of banishment , under , certain stipulations guaranteed byLord Custlereiigh , not one of which , however , has been fulfilled . Arthur soon became a general in the French service ; hu married the ' only childof the

      celebrated ¦ Marquis Condorcet , by whom heAhad three sous , only one of whom now lives . In the last revolution -uf France , expecting a very different result , lii .- ; house was open for the . refreshment of the exhausted patriots , his wife administering to their wants , his two son ? , with Irisli double-barrelled guns were' iii the ranks of freedom , while the patriarchal warrior was engaged hi the not less useful occupation of cutting bullets for the warriors . A

      Such is a short newspaper sketch of a man agaihst whoni even slander has never dared to aim a siiigle" shaft . Such is the man whose principles we avow to the letter , dnd in the same cause as that iu which he nobly embarked we would enlist to-morrow , to free England , Ireland , and Scotland from t ' ve dominion of tyranny ; and , in it 3 stead , to erect the . temple of Democracy , based upon

      Universal tSullrage . If a never-ceasing wish ; if -an anxious desire , to see the , Irish representatives sitting in their own kingdom , legislating , for . their people , be treason ; if love of country , and detestatiori of / tyranny , be treason ; if a determination to die in the assertion of right , rather than submit to the dominion of wrphg , be treason , —then do we , too , glory in the name of Traitor .

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      ¦ : •• ¦ ¦ " . . '¦ . ¦'¦ . ZiEEDS . ¦ ' . :: ¦ : . ' ¦ -- '¦ ¦ : Subscription for the Poor .- —On Sunday , the Mayorand the principal portion of the corporation , attended JDivine worship at the parish churchy when an eloquent and impressiye sermon was preached by the Rev . Vicar , after which a collection wis made , amountingto £ 60 . 12 s . ; 8 d .: In ; the : evening another collection : was made , amounting to £ 30 12 s . 4 d . The whole of the proceeds are to be applied , through the means of : the Church Visiting Society , for the relief of the distressed poor of aS denominations .

      j .. Stealing a Handkerchief . —On Tuesday , Eliza Garside wa ^ s brought up at the Court House , charffed with stealing a handkerchief , the property of Mrs . Spencer , ' who resides in Ebenezer-street . The article was found m pledge for Is . 3 d ., where it had been placed -by the prisoner . In defence the prisoner admitted stealing the article , but stated that she had gone to the house to borrow sixpence , and there \ ° S company ^ in the hou ^ e at the time , she took thehandkerchief , and pledged itwhere it was found . She was committed for trial , to Wakefield House of Correction . : .: ¦" -: ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ :,

      Caution , to Keepers of Beershops .- ^ -Ou Tuesday , Benjamin Hanley , keeper of the Paul Pry beer shop , in , theLeylandsi was brought up at the Court Housej charged with having company in' hisHouse after the hours prescribed by . law . - " He was fined 4 Qs . and expenses . . : STEAt ^ GBEAtos ^ -On Tuesclay , Joseph Horaer was charged at the Court House , with having , on the night previous , stolen a quantity of beads , the property ( Pfrs . Charlotte Blunde ^ of the Central Market . The prisoner was suspected , and apprewiui tne

      nenaea . arucles in his possession . He wauj remanded for further examiQiition . v Assaults ; -- ^ Tuesday : iJohn Bensoh and Wai ; pouglas , two of the 15 th hussara , stationed at our barracks , were . brought up at the Court HbUse , Charged . with having , pn Saturday inght , ' nibst erpssly assaulted two yonrig men , in Lady-laue ; by knocking them down , kicking ,-arid otherwise treating them with great personal : violence . They were handed over to be dealt- with br thei omcersi % ¦ ¦ -.. - ' . , r :- - ~ ¦ : < ...

      A Sle e * y Tramp . —Two persons named Shaw and ^ Westermap . were brought beforethemagistrates , on Monday last , charged ^^ with taking a tin case ! cont ^ mg : the tramping , card and certificate of a member of ttie Odd Fellows ^ Society , -while sleeping on the bench of a publican named Cox . The prisoners were notseen tb . tak « i the case biitof theman ' s pocket , but they were in the room whil ^ he , was asle ; ep , and on his waking his case was missed . - A search was made for it , and , it was eventually found to have been put up the chimney . It was obtained

      . witn considerable difficulty , aod-much to cthe sati * faction of the brother of this excellent prdfer . There beirigino proof , bf the ^ guilt of ithe - prisb&era they : s * were discharged . -: A v v ¦"¦ * . jr * ± . STEAiiNG Shoes . —On Saturdaylaat ^[ o laj ^ - '^ . named ^^ Birk and Harker ^ weye brou ^ # berore ; dje * >^ Magistral charged with ^ stealli ^^ air ofghbj ^ tb&proper ^ of Mr ^ rHii ^^ n ^ It appeared ih ^ J& ^^ spn 'a ^^^ Sii ^^ before , gph ^ iij ^ a Neighbour ' s Jjr ^ keyin iey wij . ! hpus # door ^ - ^ * : :,- jyjgjitthe timi ^ aiid . io ^ ¦"¦¦ , ^ tff « ' whenpeQ ? eivia ^* A ^ - ¦ tfi ^ day th ^ sh oe ^ ' A ^ . » tf » nd " lfeft . ¦** :, ¦ ¦¦ ¦¦

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 3, 1838, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct995/page/4/