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^ l > j Sit Bobt . P * £ L and his party , wffich -m iikfily be prevented by the flash of Sir ^• ji . kLUf ' s squib . By the hands-e-cross in this -jfliamentaiy danee . Ministers "hare had a majority pf 39 , produced wholly and entirely by the position in -which the cross-bill of "Lord Smtbo"s placed jjujiv vho could not snpport the amendment , but ^ ho would have Toted upon a general question of pen enre , or want of confidence . The speech of the jjonourable . Baronet—says the Sun—was dull , jjjesome , and uninteresting , and , as & proof , that
journal states lie constant noise kept up at the Bar ana in the "body of the House . Now , if we had no ether proof of fee value of a speech , such an avowal Troflld famish ample means whereby to judge ; because die more serviceable to tie good cause , the more distasteful to Honourable Gentlemen . "We trell remember the arrival in the House of a pact of drunken pnppies , dressed in regimentals , hot from the Utoyal dinner table , who came between
i bottles , to vote for the Irish Coercion Bill , ! and the establishment of Trial by Courts j £ aroai . "We recollect the war cry coming 1 fr « B those wine tubs , kept up through the oriole debate . Nor do we suppose that much more ijecorom has as yet found its way into the Honourable House . "We regret exceedingly that Sir Wm . Holeswobth , should have thus compromised » Bm « elf ; and we regret it the more , inasmuch , as Jaj attendance , speeches , and votes—with one
exc eption—during the present session , bespeak the man , the scholar , the senator , and the patriot . By thus taking a side vote upon one Member , when lie whole body should have been arraigned , the JIiiii > ters have had a little triumph ^ and , as in snch Tnsrt :.-rs , they are grateful for small favours , no doubt ihe trifling but timely boon has been thankfully received . In olden times a Minister wouldhave resigned . The most curious part of this most curious debate , we .- the querulous speech of Sir George Grey , the Undersecretary for the Colonies . He complained tfcat The Christmas-box given to the "Whigs by the . T ories , of extended power , was now sought to be
regained hx the Tories , for their oicn uses ; here it-en i ? the real feet slipped out by the intemperate Under Secretary;—here then is the fact , the Tories fcive been- keeping the "Whi gs in office until I they shall have been fully plumed in excessive pc-yer , and then when the registry shall be perfected ie Tories come in and act not upon Tory principles , ret upon wrr ~ e : —namely , upon Whi ? precedent fsblLfhed ~ bv a Ten- Christmas-box and Tory rferanon .- "We then conclude that the Tories j * r nrnkjajr fools of the "Whigs , in order that i-JiBt thev mav make fools of the corntrv .
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London , March 7 th , 1 S 3 S . . TO THE EDITORS OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Gextiemex , I VTc ' cove-had two awfully long debates—one in farn Hot < e—last night—which , taken together , ocrcpy nearly lireniy-six raonal columns of the Tni , a , and which , if your humble Servant ,, or Dr . TatluR , of Glasgow , had the disposal of them , ytc ? h » uiii have for a Imrire . The debate in the Lf-r- > wa > oii a resolution moved bv 1 < ird
DKi-rtiHAM , condemnatory of the Order in Council c-f the 1-Jth of July— : ( re > peetin < r Guiana)—an Drier by which Commercial Speculators were persnku-d 10 export Asiatic labourers to Gnisna , to be iiu-: v indentured a < apprentices , undvr certain n-rjlaiipn .- - . Lord Brougham c-ontended that this I Orir was 3 virtual Tevival of the Slave Trade , ina . « if . i ; c-h a * the regulations it pretended to establish i ' .-r xtn-protection of Slave- * were every day evaded ly ^ Lf traffickers in human flesh—the Order it > eif i-r ' . u K ) framed as to afford ample scope , for such
« vj , c ,, n . Tue Order said— " if any indenture be lardr f > n ibe cf > ast nf Africa , or in anv of the sdjiL . rit islands , inhabited wholly , or in ' jart , by >" ejrc » e < , that indenture should be void . " ' But whj ; nrtviry , " asks Lord Brougham , ?• was tb' -Tc t > -r it * beitig done in Africa , or on any part of V .-.-1-.--.- -: 3 t all ? Could it not be done on board ?—ani ua . » thire no Mauritius at the door of the M oir . Kiitit ; co-asi ? Yet the order contained no j . - ¦ -. >¦ ¦ , v again » t that , " Lord Brougham then p > . « - "h ; o -how that the Kidnappers had only to go p ti . tr Mauritius , wteie there were upwards tf r » t : rv Mid » trates , ;>' ff /^ r * , in the Commis-ion of lie Peace , who were ever readv to Ao the work of
iHWitfuriits . and who acted as intermediate K-iavrrw . If these did not sufnee , there were , tr-iie * , Brazil . Rio Janeiro , Monte Video , Cuba . iii the Havannr . b , in every one of which w-ri- wt-ir at least a dozen Magistrates equally rri-: y to jump at the office . the plan of the ;~ t ; ier « " ajenti was . to induce the Asiatic and Af . -. i-an labourers to get on board their vessels , under -a ; :-ni- ; * t ; of higher wages and a general ameliorates if iceir condition ; bet no sooner were the unirr-r-ate victims in the clutches of their enslavers , aia they were subjected to the most cruel treatment k : s durins the voyage , and afterwards during the fcrt 2 cf their apprenticeship . As specimens of the garment they received , Lord Brougham described ! & mortaliry which prevailed in three vessels on
c * : r way to the Mauritius . Out of 224 apprentices , «; ch was the cargo of one vessel , 31 had died on . c * passage : out of 72 onboard the Adelaide , 24 tsi died on the passage , and two more immediately ts lanJisg . These victims fell a sacrifice to the pfc ^ Uicritul holds of the vessels , though by the regulatinps of the Government , the magistrates by" whom t £ 2 u 3 eBt 3 res were executed , were bound to see t ^ at aot more than 20 labourers should go oat in the raae vessel , -and that these should have proper aK-on 3 tn . jd- . tion . and that due security was afforded *~ -: te : r havisg proper medical attendance during te voyage . Such was the labourers ' treatment at **¦ ' but their treatment 03 land was not much * tv * - ; A ? a proof of this , Lord Brougham Ka-c-ed the evidecce of a gentleman in tie
Mau-; --s > . Un oeing asked whetber anv discontent lid been evinced b y the labourers on his Kite . the gentleman made answer — " Yes , in their ^* a c-jsntry they lived happily with their wives and - ~ En < -S on three or four rupees a month , and had ** ki educed to leave it on a promise of hisher ^ ? ? -a ? fire instead of four rupees , together with i « : oa- ; but experience bad shown them how e ^ -J . y they bad been deceived , besides their being tepnrea of those privileges to which their reli gion « UUed them . "' "With respect to the regulations of fce Indian Government , which , it was pretended , ~*? zi to correct or mitigate the abuses complained C Lorf BsotGHis insisted that they applied rlj to Bengal , but did not extend to * Madras , &abay , or the coast of Africa . Besides , it was ~> He to expect that that Government would be " at
« e trouble of explaining to native Indians , 600 or ' 00 miles up the country , the nature of a voyage ***?* the-Indian Sea and the Atlantic . "What were 1 23 saSer ings and privations—how they would be \ £ - » J * d and crowded together in pestilential holds—; -w tiey should endure privations to which they had ^ T&r known the like before—and , worse " than I I - 5 " ~ ' « ' 5 iai awaited them at the end of the tora ^ e—the nature of sugar planting—of hoeing I " Epical sun—how they should undergo -- Tfc years of compulscrv apprenticeship , and submit
* -a . Krcr under a temperature which proved fatal ^ tothe son 3 of Africa , who had been inured to -- ¦ a cliraes . There is one passage in Lord j * ° 5 HAiI " 5 speech , which , more than any other , ^^ fc * notice , if it were only to show the infernal * £ v ? of commercial cowardice . It refers to that ^ ° ^ Gf the order ' m couneil wtich extends the ^ a of apprenticeshi p in Guiana from three years to I ' q I / 6315 ' 5 ° as to indemnify the employers for the Af e 2 * 0 ! Sporting the app ' rentces from Asia and I tL « 7 " 3 ° ? Glexei - ) ° e it observed , defended 1 . P " « the order on the eround that no less a
1 Sstf serritude ^ fi ^ e years would compensate I RkH ieTSm L 01 ^ Brougham condemns this re-I 'SS \ J cruel towards the imported I fe i ^ ' ^ monstrous act of injustice to I iCT 311 d ? TO a ! ready locatea » ' Goia ° a , and I « £ »? " ? ° , PP renticeslli P * as soon to expire I ^\^ Act& the Abolition of ^ segro Slavery . I * allowing is the pagsage I allude to ! - r **» ti ? ^ S 1211 3 t * pantea , ^ henerer there I ^ Sk ^ i ^ the ^ ex *? ° *< & } " *¦ could notl » I ^ 5 w ^ nedto , thTOW enconragemmtm&eTraj of efc-1 ^ -r ^ 152 * of ? whh 1 * ? wholesale to till the bImhb 1 ^ £ ^ 3 !? m Co ™*^ ** && amdied to pkcea m "raoaasta- ofaTE ^ daared to recore an enugrant ,
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^ ^ ^^ ^^ i ^ ^ - ~ " ^^~^_ — evemrith iis ttVrn consent , in . any treek ot place where there traa aot »\» stom-hou 9 e to featirate inTWtigatioM , nnder a praalh- t > f ^ 500 . ; yet s though this was knowa , » n ordef \ a Council was passed to enable thousands of human beis ^ p to he imported ftcito Gniana from places irhere aot only k » tnstom-hooses , bat where no public fnnctiottaries , ; were to befennd . &itlocSa » gatthecaseia the point in . view least favourable to hi « wrumeiit , he would suppose that all the persons carried to Guiana went there voluntarily , and he would then inauire irbat the effect ofJhetyrlem irat upon the Africans , aim had been to long kept in bmds , vho were atpret&d in the transitive state of mprerUteeaMpt fAo would shirty
be entirety emancipated , and tcovU tkeni be obliged to earn uuv breadb y thtnteal of their brxne . Wm it net a great evil that just at the moment when they were about to become free and industrial ^ -woAm en , and were » bout to try to earn as much wages as would support them and their families—just then th-re should he prepared for them a competition of labourers "brought from another port of the world , able to work for little , and to live upon almost nothing ? Why , these Asiatic might be hired to work J » r a handful of rioe and suit , imd a pinch of pepper , 4 r Jot tvopence o-day . Could anything , be asked , be more unjust than such a proceeding ? He should like to kntnn vhal any man from Sussex , Kent , or Essex , vould say if he heard that , in consequence of the high rate of wages , the farmers had memoritdized the Cobmiai-officeto introduce Asiatic labourers into those counties , that y * order in Council had beenissued in consequence , and that 3 , 000 or 4 , 000 of those Asiatic labourers , who , from their habits and from their religion , were ableto lite upon a pound or two of rice a-day , wouii shortly be shipped
into the country . It suca a thing were only to be talked , ne did not mean to say that an insurrection would take place , that there wonld be any burnings , and that the law would be broken , but he wonld yenture to predict that the Colonialoffice wonld be besieged by landlords , magistrates , and clergy —by lords-lieutenant and deputy lords-lieutenant ; and that no sneh order in Council would eventually be issued , unless it was issued Beo-efly ,-and without any notice thereof , in the Gazette . But the poor negroes were treated in a way in ¦ whidi no one would dare to treat any portion of the people of this country . They suffered all the evils of slavery without any of its mitigations ; and when they were abont to be liberated , there still continued to exiBt such an inveterate desire to profit at their expense , that they were even then to be denied the benefits of freedom ; and they were to be overwhelmed "by a sadden inundation of labonrers Jrom a different quarter of the -world . He was not stating merely a fanciful case , for the moment the order in Council wasissued , two ships were fitted out , eaclrcapable of earning 200 of the Asiatic labourers . "
This-is a very remarkable passage . It throws a broad light on the system of slavery generally , not merely as it operates in Guiana or any other slave colony , but as it operates in Great Britain and Ireland , and all the world over . It illustrates , on the one hand , the remorseless tyranny of profit-mongering ; and , on the other hand , the frightful ascendancy which profit-mongers have acquired in the councils of this nation , under the " Reformed * " Parliament of the "Whigs . One would imagine that the grant of £ -20 , 000 , 000 to our Colonial planters ought to satisfy them for anv losses thev mav have sustained
in coase . quence of the ^ Negro Emancipation Act , especially as the authors of that measurehave repeatedly assured nsthat / ree / atoKr would be found more profitable to them than the forcedlabour of theslaves ; but , it seems , their rapacity is not half satisfied . After pocket ' ng our £ 20 , 000 , 000 , they must have the additional privilege T > f kidnapping cargoes of Asiatic labourers , to be indentured to them as apprentices ; and our base Whig Government not only connives nt the viHacy , but absolutely sanctions it bv an order in council . The excuse of Lord Glenelg is , that not less than Jive years' servitude would indemnify the planters of Guiana for the expense of importing the apprentice * , and that the latter are free to return borne , even before the expiration of the term , provided " they satisfactorily compensate their employer ' s . '"' An Asiatic kidnapped slav ^ apprentice compensate his employer I—and saiisfneturih / , too ' . -r-the employer , of course , being the judsie whether he is satiffietl ' . I believe the annals of rascality
contain nothing to match this ^ c-t "Whiggoverrnental turpitude . But the apprentices , it seems , are also to have the advantage " of being placed under ihe jtrote < tiori of the JEaeci / f / re Gorerstmeut . " So states Lord Glenelg . If it be so , all lean .-ay , is God pity the apprentice-:, and redeem them from such protettiou . Plague , pestilence , or famine would be mercy compared with > uch protection . "On the whole . Lord Brougham made out a powerful ' rase asrain-t Miiiistens , but still I would
not give-a lairbee for his ca-p , or for all the eloquence Vith which he « v . pp « -rti-d it . If Lord Brougham would put an end to human slavery , arsd human misery , let him k > . > k r . eari-r home . Lord Broth ; ham has only to take a ride in bis carriage from Grovener-sueei to S }> italfields , to witness more real slavery , and real misery , than . iuy ' that has e er exerted his sen-il > ilitie > in i-ehjiH " of negroes , Creoles , or Asiatic labourers . He ha > no owasioD to send out -his benevolenc-e in an excursion to the Mauritius , Guiann , or anywhere beyond sen , —there is ample field enough within the United Kingdom lor his Lord . « hip " s phi ! . ' . nthr » py , and for five hundred time * a ? mu < h inUi the bartrnin . Lord BnovGHAM can feel For the emancipated
Afriran being subjected to a competition with Asiatic kidnapper apprentices ; but uhere are his feeling in behalf of the York ? hire and Lancashire operative , wbo > e labour is t xp «^ ed to the like competition from wurkhuu > e slaves crimped and imported from the South of Emrland . Lord Brougham can melt in M-n-ibilitv at the mortality on board a slave-trade ship ; but where are his tears and sympathies when he read * of the mortality of the Bridgewnier Union—whi-n the vic-tims of his M : ilthusi . m economy have died by dozens of waterVgruel .-and dinrrhwa ? " I always distrust , " said Rousseau , " that philanthropy which travels tbrt-e thousand miles i . ff In quest of objects to exercise itself upon , whtn it ha > no occasion to look beyond Paris for tbe exi-tence of more real suffering 1
than it can ever hope to alleviate . ' I feel with Rousseau in thi * matter . I wi . « h to see pbilanthrophy , as-well ns charity , begin at home . 1 have no confidence in that erratic benevolence which requires an oct-an of waters to Toll between it and the sorrows it would redress . I cannot believe those men whom I see endeavouring to aggravate slavery , at home , can be sincerely anxious to mitigate slavery ahmad . I cannot believe that the same person can be an advocate of the New Poor Law Act in England , and at the same time tbe friend of liberty and prosperity for tbe labourer } 1 of Guiana . "With these impressions I need not say that while I admire Lord Brocgham ' s eloquence , I am hardly sorry that his resolution was got rid of in favour of the previous question bv a majority of 56 to 14 . ' J - BRONTERKE .
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Yobxshire Assi 2 E Cause List . —The business at these Assizes is heavier than usual . The West Riding , or first list , contains 56 causes ; and tbe J ^ orth and East Hidings , 30 causes . On several of these special juries have been summoned ; but the most important are on two indictments , the Queen , on the prosecution of Scorton and Darli ngton and Darlington Nunneries , r . GathercoVe , a Clergyman of the Law Church , and Editor of the Church of England Magazine , for a gross libel , by comparing them to the convents cited " in Mar ia Mont's infamous work . It is fixed for next ThuT ? - day , and we hope to be able to give a fnll report in out next paper . The business will fully occupy the fortnight allowed bv the judges .
Ancient Romans .-.-Monday last being tbe anniversary of the Cato Senate , holden at the house of Mr . James Roberts , Daisy Inn , Bramlev , the accounts of the society being audited and passed , ( giving general satisfaction , ) the members , together with the visiting brethren , and the district officers , partook of an excellent supper , served up in that style for which Mrs . Roberts is so justl y famed . The Friendly Female Society of the United Order of Golden Fleece . —On
Shrove Tuesday , the members of No . 2 , Lodge of this fast increasing Order , held at the house of Mr . Joseph "Weatherill , sign of the "World ' s End Inn , Great Cross-street , Goodman ' s End , Bradford , held their anniversary , when a very large number of members . sat down to a most excellent dinner ; after which the dance , the song , and recitations following in . quick succession passed away the evening merrily . After passing a vote of thanks to the worthy host andhostess , for their very excellent accommodations , they separated at ten o ' clock , highly
satisfied . Leeds District , —Number of Births , Deaths , and Marriages . —For the Quarter ending 30 th September , 1837 , births , 1 , 128 ; deaths , 810 - marriages , 302 . For tbe Quarter ending 31 st December , 1837 , births , 1 , 309 ; deaths , 780 ; marriages , 433 . Total both Quarters , —births , 2 , 43 /; deaths , 1 , 590 ; marriages , 735 . Another Death by Burning . —On Satur * day , an inquest was taken at the Court House , before Mr . Blackburn , on the body of W . R . Hainsworth , aged three years . On the Tuesday previous , his clothes communicated with the flames at his parents' house in Chester-street , Hunslet ,
Obtaining Money under False Pretences . —On Monday , Thomas Ellis , a young man of notorious character , was brought up at the Court House , charged by ten complainants , and nearly thirty witnesses " attended to prove the "facts . His haying obtained property from Mrs . Falshaw was a very cleaT case , and for that offence he was committed for trial to UTakefield House of Correction .
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The LfcET > s United Order of Odd Fellows . —On Monday , the 26 th of February , the members of the Providence Lodge , No . 6 , held at the hoMse of Mr . Johnson , Commercial Hotel , Pudsey , celebrated their first anniversary , when about seventy members sat down to an excellent dinner , served up . in the first style by the worthy fiosttbd hostess , who spared no pains to make the company comfortable . After each brother had done ample justice to his stomach , and the business being disposed of , the evening -was spent in harmony and social intercourse
. At a late hour the company broke up highly delighted with the day ' s diversion , and gratified with the prospect the order now presents of enlarging its border and extending its genial rays , accompanied with a mild , liberal , and economical form of government . The following day the members of the "Rock of Hope" Lodge , 5 , held at the house of Mr . J . Hinchliffe , Duke of Leeds Arms , Dewsbury , celebrated their anniversary . About forty brothers sat down to a dinner . Another decided'proof of the superior taste and ability of Mrs . Hinchliffe . After the cloth was drawn the
evening was spent in conviviality and pleasure . A desire to please and be pleased seemed to animate the breasts of all present ; and thus ended the fourth anniversary of that spirited and persevering lodge . On Wednesday last , a Dispensation was granted oh the application of Lodge , No . 2 , held at the "Waterloo Inn , Bank , Leeds , by Grand Lodge , assembled at the Black Lion Inn , Mill-Hill , to open and hold a Lodge , at Mr . Stephen's , top " of . Richmond Road , Leeds , under the appropr iate title of the " Labourer ' s Benefit . " The new Lodge is intended to be opened on Good Friday . Leeds " Working Men ' s Association . — "We believe it is the intention of a Member of this Society to deliver a Lecture on the First Principles of Government , on Wednesday evening next .
Sunday Schools . ^— "We understand that the Hunslet Choral Society intends giving an Oratorio in the Baptist Chapel , Hunslet , on Easter Monday , the 16 th April , for the benefit of the Baptist and the New Connexion of Methodist Sunday Schools , when we hope the public will come forward liberall y in aid of those laudable institutions . The T . EV . D . Howaktu . —This eloquent expounder of the doctrines of the New "Church ,. has established for himself , by his talents and his unobtrusive piety , a character which invests his
approaching visit to Leeds with a considerable share of interest . "We can have no doubt that the opportunity of bearing him at the opening of the New Chapel , in Brewery Field , to-morrow , will be eagerly laid hold of ^ not only by tbe friends of the New Church in Leeds , but also by numbers from the neighbouring towns . "We learn , too , that the Rev . John Cull , who also officiates on the occasion , has been appointed to the Pastorate of the Church in Leeds , in the room of their late amiable and vent-rated minister , the Rev . Jonathan Gilbert , deceaspd .
Towx Council . —We- have received a notice paper of a . meeting- ' of the Town Council , to be held 011 Monday next . The . following subjects are to be discussed : — The overseers of tiie townships within the borough are to appear before the Council to show cause why warrants of distress should not be"issued" to levy arrears of the last Borough Rate , and such -of the other Borough and Watch Rates as remain unpaid . — T . IV . Tuttiv . The- reduction of the Town Clerk ' s salary . — IVilliuin Clarke . The appointment of a Committee to enquire what penalties belong to tbe Borough Fund ; also , that iMr . Barr be requested to render an account of all penalties received by him on account of the Borough Fund , since he became Clerk to the Justices . — Israel ISurrotcs . To consider the propriety of
petitioning Parliament for a Reduction ot Pcstrce on Letters . —James Williamson . Appointment d « i Committee to consider the tables of lees n .-ceivud irom the Secretary of State , for the Clerk of the Peace and tbe Clerk of the Justices . —2 Y IT . Tolfie . The appointimnt of a Committee to emiuhewhet . er there be any Court Hou > e or Watch Rates vucollected , which were laid prior to the eonnnencement of the operation »> f the Municipal 'Reform Act . —Jot' -ph Jiatvson . To c . ; ll the attention . of-the fouiic-il to the large sum paid to t . hv overseers oi the several townships and hamlets \\ ithiu the Borcuah , for preparing the annual lists of Burgesses , and to move such resolutions for redui ing theVuturtj amount thereof , as may W devmtd proper . jl Hunter .
Dkat-h bv Buuxi . no . —OtiSuturday an inquest was takt-n before" Mr . J . J ]) ackbuni , at the Court House , on the "bod y of T . Vmias Brunt , t-ged four years , whose clothes caught f . re on Thv-Tsday , and he was so . « everely burnt as to exj ire on the iollowin « 4 day . Verdict— Acc ) dvi ; :- ; il death . " ' Pook Rate ? . —On Thursday "last , Mr . " Roebuck , one of tbe collectors of poor rales lor Le- ^ s , appeared before the magistrates , to charge a Mr . Rainsden , who occupies a house in Wellington-street , with refusing to-pay Cl . 2 s . ; which be , Mr . Roebuck claimed for poor rates . Mr . Roebuck stated , that « o : ne time ago , he had calle / 1 upon Mr . Kamsden
desiring him to stare bow much n-nt he paid for his premise ' . * . This Mr . "Ramsden refused to do ; and , as Mr . Roebuck said , told him that he-might go to the devil and find it out , for he Mr . Ramsden would not tell him . Mr . Roebuck thi-n said , that be should rate him at £ 20 . ; to which Mr . Ramsden replied that be might rat ¦ him at £ 100 . if he liked . Mr . Ramsden in hi * defence , said that tbe collector was exceedingly saucy , and did not conduct himself with the least courtesy ; but threatened to put him to law expenses , which would cost him £ 10 , while bt Mr . Roebuck would have the rates to back him out in the action . He also produced receipts from
his landlord to prove that his bouse rent was only £ 12 a year . He denied that part of Mr . Roebuck ' s charge , in which he alleged that he ( Ramsden ) had told Roebuck to go to the devil , for he did not believe in the existence of a . devil unless Mr . Roebuck was he . ( Laughter . ) Mr . Roebuck * on being questioned by the " . magistrates , admitted that he knew the bouse to be too highly assessed at £ 20 but pleaded that Ramsden refused to tell him the amount of bis rent . The magistrates thought Mr . Roebuck , the collector , had acted rrn / indiscreetl y and , therefore , they judged that Mr . Ramsden should pay ] 6 s . for the poor rares , and 4 s . the expense of the summons .
The New Church . —The friends of this religious body are looking for a high treat to-morrow in listening to tbe eloquence rf the Rev . D . Howarth ' whose talent * and whose unobtrusive piety have rendered him an object .. , ' Inquest . —On Saturday , an inquest was taken before Mr . J . Blackburn , at ihe Horse and Groom Inn , Wortley , on view of the body of Geo . Brumley , aged six years , who was playing on the Tuesday previous on a foot bridge over Farnlcy beck , when he fell in and was drowned . The bod y was taken away by the water a Considerable distance , and was not found until the following day . Verdict " Accidental death . " " . '
Assault . —On Monday , William Ainsley was brought up by summons , at tbe Court House , charged with having on Saturday night , violently assaulted Ann Bailey , at a house of ill-fame in the Goldenbuildings . He was fined 40 s . and 6 s . costs . In default of payment , he was committed for one month to Wakefield House of Correction . A Body Found in the Water . —On Thursday the body of Mr . John Wat 5 on , who resided at Lindley Wood , near Orley ,. and had been missing since the 22 d of December , was taken out of the wjiter near Harewood Bridge . It is supposed that he had missed his way , and Lad rambled into the water . When found , the body was floating alone with the stream . " ' . "
Stabbing Case . —On Saturday , Benomi White , cloth dresser , in the employ of Messrs . Hirst and Bramley , of Leeds , who had been held to bail on a charge of cutting and stabbing James Askern , near the King s Arms beer shop , in West-street , at the New Road end , was brought up at the Court House . Ihey had been drinking in company together at that House about a fortni ght ago , when the latter lost down a sovereign , which could not afterwards be found . The prisoner was observed to stoop down and picY something up , which caused him to be suspected , and which led to the quarrel . The parties ^ were turned out of tbe house , and commenced fighting ; after exchanging several severe blows the prisoner ' s leg was injured , when he declared that he did not care , for he was sure that he had
marked bis nnnrmtmt tvo vi «~ j _ - _ n . ne naa martea nis opponent . The blood was flowing copiously from a wound in tbe arm , three inches m length , and of considerable depth ; also from another wound in the shoulder , a stab in the back and one in the buttock .. He was conveyed to a druggist ' s shop , where bis wounds were washed and wrapped np . The case being considered dangerous , a coach was procured immediatel y , and he was conveyed to hig parents'house at Beeston Royds . On the prisoner being jjpprehended . a nenknifR mnrV ^
with blood was found . He was committed for trial to Wakefield House of Correction , but has since been held to bail , himself in £ 50 , with two sureties of £ 2 o each . . ' ¦ -.-
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^—B———fc——B tB I——;¦ .. ¦ y ; ' >> . ^ . ^ Ba ^ i-pj ^ p . ¦;¦ . - ¦¦¦/ - /¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦/ ¦ - . X-ent "Fair , —T his tas > een ! 'a veiy inaJfifcrent fair ; the show of Hpr | s ^\' ^ ::-iniseca 1 ) ly ' pd 6 r . > - ' ai ) a composed almost . entirely of Itho ^ e usted / 'for hnsbandry and transport . ; We cannot speak in bet ^ r terms of the other description 8 of cattle . There was little business done .. , ' : ; ; ¦ Proposed Hall for the jMECHAifics ' iNSTiTtrTioN ^ -The committee of this institution have awarded the highest premium of five gtnne ^ s to Messrs . Perkins and Bacihpiise , of Leeds , for their design of a buiiaing for the use of the institntion . The erection will be proceeded with so soon as the necessary means are found in the society ' s exchequer .. 5 J ' --. ' - ' ' ' '¦ ¦ .. '• - - :: ' ^ . ;¦ ' ¦¦ .- \ y- ' . r Lectuke on PpLiTiCAL anp Social -Beform . —Mr .- - .--P . ; ' . Spefnce ,, on Tuesday : evening , delivered a lecture on the . above subject , in the Odd Fellows' Hall . : -
Poor / Law Union . — 4 * the meeting of the Guardians yesterday / week , th ^ following . tenders for .. the supply of ^^ provisions ; to various Workhouses in the Union were accepted , ^ viz ; , Richard Law , ibr butcher ' s meat for Bradford Workhouse , and Mr . Joseph-Harper , Mr . John Cockshott , and Mr . Jphn-Parkinsbn , for-the Idle , Calyerley , and Pudsey Workhouses respectively ; Mf ; George Alderspn , ibr groceries , ;; Mr . John Rbbsoii , for flour , oatmeal and peas j and Mr . Benjamih Troughton , for malt and hops- for all the workhouses ; Rawson , Clayton , and Cousen for coals for all the W 6 akbouses ;; and Mr ; Webster for milk to Idle Workhouse . ¦¦¦ - ¦'
Court HousE . ^ -On Thursday week , Thomas Marmon , woolcember , of teeds , and W , Ehhsley , of Clayton Heights , weaver , were committed to the House of Correction as rogues and ; vagabonds ; The police had it seems received some information respecting them , and having watched their motions for some time , and found ground for justifiable suspicion , took them into custody . Upon searching their persons , a quantity of skeleton keys and other implements of house-breaking , were found in their
possession . . ..- .. On Saturdsy last Geo . Hargreaves , of North Wing , woolcomber , was brought up from th « House of Correction , charged with having in his possession a pair of combs belonging to Mr . J . Ghapmari , manufacturer , ' of Union-street . Mr . Chapman ' s foreman , identified the combs , and produced the iron marker with which they had been stamped . Upon , being called upon for his defence he intimated that he had a private communication to make to the bench , the court was therefore ordered to be cleared , but it seems that no impression was produced in the prisoners favour , for he was-eventuall y' convicted in the penalty of £ 20 , and being unable to pay , was sent back to the House of Correction-- 'for a month .
LARkixr ..- ^ -Oa Monday last , James Cockroft , charged Smith Winterburn , of Manningham , with having stolen from him a pocket handkerchief and same , mutton chops arid sausages ,- ' which jt contained . The prisoner who had stolen ; them from Cockroft Whilst in a publie-house , adjourned to a neighbouring beer-shop to have them cooked , the completion of which necessary operation he was anxiously waiting for , when the prosecutor pounced upon him . and the half chops and cooked sausages The prisoner failed to convince the bench that it was only a lark , and was committed for a month . Samuel Holker , a-water hawker , vyas charged by Mr . Job Wood , of White Abbey , with having stolen
a ^ . gig apron from a gig which stands in ah outhouse . The apron was inisssed 011 the 21 st of February last . On Tni-sdiiy afternoon , Mr . Wood saw what he supposed to be bis lodging apron vpon theback of Holker ' s horse . On going to examine it he found that it was his . Holker was at this time delivering some water in a housv , and was apprehended as soon as a constable could be sent ior . W . Crabtree , sadler , who had lined and otherwise repaired the apron , identirk-6 it . The prisoner ' s rtelencc , was , that he bad found the apron lying ar . the bottom of Ihe street , and . that he had put it on his horse for the purpose of allowing the owner liiore readily to find it . Ho was admitted to bail , to take his trial at the next sessions .
ROHBEltY AT THE B < HVLtN ( V GltF . EN . —On Tuesday afternoon , at the ti-ine the Highrlyer coach was changing horses there , two persons having the appearance of respectable commercial travellers , and having a carpet bag- with them , , vont into the commercial room of the Bowling Green Inn , and , after asking if they could be accommodated with beds , nnd being , answered in the affirmative , ordered two gln . « sts . of ale , and were left alone in the room . In a few minutes they "departed taking with them their bag as if upon business , and-upon the waiter entering the room just after , it \ v : ts found that three tea spoons , a pair of sugar tongs , four table spoons , one mustard and two salt spoons , all of silver , had been abstracted . The table spoons are marked W . and
the rest of the articles with the initials of Mr . and Mrs . Baxter .. A man was sent off to Halifax , imnediately , who there learnt that two men ; answering to the description of the thieves bad . . gbn ' e forward on the coach to Mimcliester . Of course , they did not return to occupy the bespoken " beds ' . VioLnxT AssAri . r .-T-. liimt ^ Madder was brought up . charged with a savage assault on Joseph . Best , at North Uierley , on Thu rid ay week . This case arose out of a public-bbusi * qlVray , in wliicb the prisoner jicted a lna .-imnii ' s part , ami one of the party , who bad been kicked and struck by the prisoneri" is still lying in a verv- ¦ dtuigevous stale , having- been unable to get out of bed since . On ttie present charge be was fined , with expenses-, £ 5 .
WAKEFI 3 I . D . Daniel Macdk , Esq . —This gentleman has been appointed to the offico ^ of stipendiary ' inaglstrate of Mauchester . " Accorpian Glee Club . —The members' of this social and scientific institution held their quarterly public meeting on Monday evening last , in the large room of the house of Mr . Joseph Brear , the British Oak' Inn , Kirlcgatc . The meeting was respectably attended . Malting at 'Wakefield . —V \ - > to the present period of the season , there is already a deliciency of nearly £ 25 , 000 , on the duty , us compared with the corresponding time of last si-nsbn , which was well known to be ono of the slackest seasons witnessed for some years . ,
The Robin Hood Colliery . —Out of ten men and boys , who were more or less burnt , five have died , after enduring the most excruciating torture . Four of them have left widows and children and the fifth was t ' he suppoi-t of his mother , his father having been'killed some time , since in the same pit . We trust the widows and fatherless children of : the unfortunate sufferers will not be forgotten by Mr . _ -Charlesworth ,- the wealth y proprietor of the above pit , or by the benevolent generally .
Odtjfellowship—Ossett . —Last week the brethren , of the Lipyal West-Riding Lodge , Manchester Unity ,, held , their anniversary ,, at " the Old Hare and Hounds Inn , Ossett , when 94 of the members partook of an Excellent dinner , provided by Mr . George . Berry , in his usual good style . On the cloth being drawn , many excellent and appropriate speeches were delivered , every one appearing gratified in having an opportunity of hearing the- ' -advantages explained resulting from a strict observance of the rules of the fraternity . The utmost conviviab ' ty and harmony prevailed , and the festivities of the evening did not terminate . until-a-late hour .
G-EOLOOICAL AND POLYTECHNIC SOCIETY . — On Thursday week , a very respectable meeting was held at the Music Saloon , Wakufield , for the purpose ol forming a . Society for the-advancement , of-science in connection with the geological characteristics of this neighbourhood , ; and particularly the Yorkshire coal-field . C . J . Brandling , Esq . was in the chair ; and he announced that Earl Fitzwilliam would haVe occo pjed it , if Parliamentary duties had not precluded him
. A report , stating the object of the meeting , was read by H . Wilson , Esq ., which is to be printed , papers were then read by Mr , Hartop , and the Rev > W . Thorp ^ on subjects pertinent to the objects of the Society . Mr . Morton , of Lake Lock , made some appropriate observations on the above papers , and alluded to the influence exerted by iron and ironstone upon the magnet , in surveying under ground . Several kinds of safety-lamps a specimen of Yorkshire copper , from the mairnesian
limestone ,.: and numerous fossils , from Middleton colliery , were exhibited . , Mr . Embleton exhibited an elaborate model of-Middletbri- collieryv to illustrate the practice and theory of ventilation . This Society will no doubt ultimately become one of great importance in its bearing upon some of the manufactures of the county , and from the numbered talent ot the gentlemen who attended we augur weil for ita success . - . - ¦ . . . . " - . '¦ ¦ - . ¦ .--. ¦¦ ¦ . ¦; : ; v ^ ' / - . ., / . Exchange is n 0 RoBBERY .-- () fie evening last week , a person , whose name is notknbwn , brbkl . own . a potatoe pie , in a field at Lbfthouse , : and S about two stones of potatoes therefrom . . / The purloinercould norhave been pneof ^ e most needv individuals ^ the world , ^ as ilyef watch ; : « fni at i 4 . was fouud next
va ^ ea morning , amon ^ tle straw . The owner 6 f the potatoes gladly Pocketed ^^ , ^ f ^ r makW all Scure ^ ^ Sed home , highly pleased with ^ he ' . « exchange , " which he declared was no « robbery . " ' ' " "
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,- . _ , ' . . ..- ; : . •;¦¦ ¦ - . - . ¦ BAittnaSY . v : : . - ¦ .: . ¦ ¦ . - " - ' : ' VROBBERIE 9 ^ -Qn Friday night , the 2 nd instant , or early on Saturday morning , the shop of Mr . GK . Jjield , butcher , of Dodworth , was entered by thieTes , andpn ^ sheep , together with a quantity of beef , and a number of legs of mutton , were stolen therefrom . ' JN othing has transpired to cause Mr : Field to suspect the parties guilty , or lead to the apprehension of the perpetrators .: —On the same night , the house of Mr Lock . wood , innkeeper , of Barugh , was broken into , and all the spirits he had were taken away . -About the same time , a very uncommon theft was corn ^ mitted at the toll-gate house , on the Wakefieldroad . A ^ . large number of panes were taken out of the windows by means of an instrument made evidently for the purpose . : ; ¦ v
Magistebial Honesty . —On Wednesday last ^ a poor man , about eighty years of age , appeared before the Magistrates to lay a complaint against the Overseer of Hernsworth , for refusing to pay him 2 s . 6 d . a week , which he had been in the receipt of for-, a humber of years . The overseer stated that the poor man was not married , but lived with a woman , and had done so for some time . On being asked b y the bench how long he had lived with the woman in question , the poor fellpw said they had been together more than forty years as man . and wife . The overseer still insisted that she was not his wife , as they had never been married ; The bench gave it as their opinion that she must be a / ood wife indeed , or else they could not have lived together forty years , and accordingly ordered the overseer in future , instead of paying the old man 2 s . 6 d ., to pay him 4 s . a week .
Real RoBBEBVi—The Committee appointed the other week . to manage the distribution of a small fund which had been raised lor the relief of the poor , agreed with a respectable baker for bread , which was to be made into six and eight pound loaves ; but Mr . Wragg has such a prediliction to hel p the distressed , that he made the , eight pound loaves six pound , and his six pound loaves four pound , taking care to charge the price originally agreedbn- ^ eightpence for the four pound , and one shilling for the six pound . We have it from one of the Committee , that if this respectable had made the whole of the bread that was agreed for he would have completed a robbery on the starving poor to the amount of twenty pounds .
BEWSBURY . Poor Law Guarpians . —^ The members of the Dew . sbur ) - Radical Association are taking steps to prevent , if possible , the election of any Guardians that are in favour of the New Poor Law ; and to elect Guardians that are opposed to it , arid who will oppose its introduction into this Union . Other townships are doing the , same ; so that if the rate-payers do their duty , Mr . Power ^ the tramping Poor Law Commissioner , will have no more power in the Deiysbury Union . The names of the popular can didatea will be announced in due time , so that there may be no mistake .
Awful Death of a Blackouard . — John Dransfidd , of Ossett , a character well known in the iJeighbourhppd in which he lived for his wicked practices , was found starved to death hi a field , on Tuesday morning week . It appears from the evidence which was given on the inquest , that the deceased had , on Monday week , been at a dog battle at Stocks Moor , near Brettdh Hall ; and on his return , having got . intoxjeated , on arriving at a place called Stage Hill , near Horbury , he was striving to make his way towards a barn to sleep , but being deadly drunk he either fell or laid himself down in the snow , and went to sleep , where he was found starved to death next morning . The deceased has left an unfortunate wife with a family of seven small children , in a state of destitution .
HECKMONDWIKE . Ancient Duuids . —On Tuesday evening week , being Shrovetide , the brethren of the Acorn Lodge of Ancient Druids , No . 115 , held their anniversary at the Rpyal Oak , Heckmondwike . The number that sat down to dine was about sixty ; and the dinner was served up in the finest style-by Mr . arid Mr 3 . Wynn , landlord and landlady of the house . The Lodge was decorated with evergreen , and the inisletoe was prominent as the Druidk-al distinction of their ancient order . The evening was spent in the " greatest harmony and good feeling : several patriotic toasts and songs were given , after which the brethren separated .
Ancient Foresters . —On the . same day , the Ancient Foresters held their annual court or festival- ,. No , 122 , at the Wool Pack Inn ; a most sumptuous dinner was provided on the occasion , by Mr . and Mrs . Ainsley , the worthy host and hostess of the Wool Pack , Heckmondwike . About a hundred of the ¦; Ancients sat down to dine . The hospitable board was actually laden with real old English cheer , so that the mo 3 t fastidious epicure might have bten amply gratified . After dinner respectable officers presided , and tbe evening was spent in the greatest harmony , while toasts and songs , and other demonstrations , of hilarity characterised the convivial proceedings of the company .
HALIFAX . Magistrates' Office . —Beauties of English Law . —A respectable-looking young man , nained James Taylor , was charged with assaulting a neatly-dressed young woman , nained Sarah Tay ^ lor , who ( as her name indicates ) was the counter part of himself . The rise , progress , and issue of the coniplaint rimy be briefly summoned up thus : —It . appeared that , some five years ago , the defendant led the complainant to the hymeneal alrar , Where they were spliced in * ' happy wedlock . " Years winged' their way , our '' bridal pair , " meanwhile , basking beneath each other ' s smiles . At length , however , it happened that , one fine eyenine : , the fair
daughter of Eve suddenly made her departure , without assigning any reason ; and , on the following dayj the defendant went to his wife ' s mother's , to have an interview with his spouse . He did not find her there ; she had left , taking away a portion of her clothes . The following Sunday , while taking an airing , he met with her ; but she passed by and would " not speak to him . She had , in his name , hired a house in Charles Town , in Northowram , where she was visited by a person against whom an action for crbn . con ., it appears , is pending . Of the wife ' s irinUelity the husband- himself possessed the proof ; for , one evening , he witnessed the individual already alluded to , and the adultress , in a position which
left no doubt upon his mind . The adulterer , however , seized him by the . throat and kicked him into the . street . On Saturday night , the husband went and endeavoured to reconcile the breach existing between his wife and himself . However , instead of a treaty of peace , some hasty language arose , upon which the defendant , becoming aggravated , capsized her , and then , after locking the door , " tanned her hide most stoutly . " The complainant stated that her husband began to " feight" her , arid then threw her upon the bed } and ^ ' feign ted" her again . He then locked the door , and " did a bit at her again . " She swore that her life was in danger . Tilloteon , the constable of Northowram , and two
watchmen , spoke of the cries of " murder" which proceeded from the complainant ' s house late on Saturday night , and by . which a crowd of people were attracted to tbe door . On behalf of the defendant , Mr . J . H . Mitchell delivered a lengthy exculpation , in which he entreated the bench to consider the aggravated circumstances under which the assault was committed , and from which he conj tended that the defendant had a claim to their lehieHcy . He could say , from his own knowledge , that he never heard of a more distressing case , A charge of a gross nature , against a most respectable individual , would shortly be brought before a higher tribunal . He could inform them that proceedings at
law-- . -were now being instituted against that individual ; but he disclaimed being a party to them dragging that individual ' s name before " the public , arid he cautioned his client not to mention any name . His client ' s wife had unhappily been seduced ; and her husband , feeling that his character was seriousiy affected by her still keeping up her illegitimate practices , went to remonstrate with her on the impropriety of her conduct ; when , being aggravated , he struck ^ her . The assault was committed iinder circumstanpes of a most revolting nature , and which theirworships , he hoped , would take into their consideration . Mr . Ralph replied that they had only to deal with the assault ; the other charge would be
for a higher court . Mr . Mitchell still contended that their worships might , \ mtfer-the circumstancea . shbvrsomeleniencyi The defendant , who haiseveral times desired to speak , was here allowed to do so , ( after being again cautioned by Mr . M . riot to broach any name , ) arid : which he did , evidently under feelings- which , may be more easily imagined than ; described . ; He ¦ stated that his wife and' himself / had never : had a- wrong word , previbus to her leaving himl He had met her arid she wou ) d not speak ; and had gone to her and asked her to go back to hischouse arid live ^ peaceably with him .
He related the coriversatibn they had had together , arid what he had seen between a certain bis ; wife £ / and how he ; had been kicked by him . Bier own ; sister , he said , was a-in . ta 6 S ^ aga ' inisi ; : .-ber ' .: Taey had nb children . Mr . Ralph remarked that he was very f 6 oli ? h for going near her , as long as there were npt any ¦ children . The wife might be to blame ; yety- 'if she came t !« . ere ^ and , swore that she was in danger of' her life , they must protect her . Aftej some further conversation- , he -was ordered to pay costs , lfs .. 6 d ., arid hound in his own recognizance for his future good conduct .
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ELLAND ^ Three serticeS i Witl be observed in the Radical Association , Itoom , at this place ^ on . ' Sahttax week , for ^^ the putpase ! :: bf ^^ ^ cf ^ ing Jrito ; effect the object stated ; at their anniversary ijririer on Tuesday . 'i | ireek .. V : Three / . ' - ;* eligi'b . tia ' . '' xindiyi--duals have offered ; tb ofiidiate on the pecasion in support of so disinterested a cause as giving a gratuitous education to the poor . The Ellandera wyl now be left without exense should they refuse to ^ upport so noble an undertaking ^ as the Dehefits to be derived , are purely for the advantage ofthose persons w . ho cannot help themselves , arid are neither confined to secty par ^ r , o r ¦ coiour . v , r - '' " ' ' - •' ' . '¦ '"¦'" ¦ ; - , ¦ - ' " HUIiL , ... ¦ - ¦ .. - '•" ,- ¦ ¦¦ : ¦ '
Savage and Brtjta : l Attack on a Police ^ man . —James M'Cauley and William Hennis , two savage looking fellows , were onV Monday placed at the bar , ( haying been remanded from last Monday \ charged with a violent and brutal assault upon , policeman Bolton , while in the ; execution of his duty . Bolton , ; yrhose head . was : tied up , and who appeared exceedingly weak from the effects o £ the treatinent ^ he : had received ,. was accommodated with a chair . His statement was in substance a ? follows : —About half-past two . o ' clock " on Sunday morning week , he heard a disturbance in Manor-street , arid found it proceeded from the prisorierswho were
, drunk ; he went to them , and : told them that as hehad warned them before , he sVouldj if they would not be quiet , take them to the Station House . They said they would do as they liked , and he took Henni * into custody ; a struggle comrnericed ,. and Bolton , was thrown down . He then took his staff out of his . pocket , and M'Cauley sprung upon him , and toot the . stafly and-struck : him over the head ; his haf fell off . He had got up ^ but the bldw made him fall downagairi ,, and M'Cauley struck him two ' or three times ; he then , gbthim . down , upon which Hennis seized the -staff , and struck him ( Boltpri ) over the
shoulder . M'Gauley then ran down towards Quaystreet , and Henriis towards the Post Office . Bolton ^ ran after Hennis , arid took : out his rattle , but fell down andfainted ; v 7 Theviilairis were apprehended , andtbe ^^ alarmgiven ^; b y the rattle ^ brought some of the police to Bolton ' s assista nce ^ by whom he was conveyed to the Station . House , bleeding profusely . For some days his life was considered to be in danger . This . evidence was fully borne out by Mr . John Fen , a young man who witnessed the transaction . The prisoners declined saying ariythiDg in their defeuce ,, and were com ' mit'fe ' a for trial .
Working . Men ' s AssdciATiON . —A public meeting of the Working Men ' s Association was held in the Freemasons' Lodge , Myton-gate , on Monday evening , at half-past seven o ' clock , for the purpose of discussing the propriety or impropriety of the working classes forming themselves into Trades ' Unions . After an ¦ animated discussion , it was adjourned to Monday evening next , at half-past seven o ' clock .
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LANCASHIRE NEWS . MANCHESTER . Dreadful Fire at Manchester . — On VNednesday evening between five and six o ' clock , an alaririirig fire broke out in the large manufactory of Mr . Peter Marshall , Oxford . Roady Manchester . The flames were first observed to come from the engine roorh , and speedily comTnunicated with the Da room and other parts of the premises ; at 20 minutes to five the engines arrived , and , played without intermission till past ten o ' clock , but could riot subdue the destroyirig element . Nothing
could exceed the order which was preserved by the authorities , arid the ready assistance which was rendered by the people in procuring w ater ,: but all to no purpose . The business of Mr . Marshall ' s adjoining concern , will be suspended for some time , as considerable injury we understand has been done to the engine . -We are not aware whether or not the premises were insured , and regret to say that not more than about a score bags of cotton were saved . Not more than ; two engines could play , though three arrived in . good time : this was owing to a scareitv of water .
. ROCHDALE . Negro EMANCiPATiON ; -r-0 n Friday last a public meetin g vras held in Baillie Chapel , Rochdale , for the purpose of petitioning Parliament for the abolition of the negro apprenticeship . After thepetition had been submitte 1 , Mr : Joshua Taft rose , and moved that the following paragraph be inserted ; — " That this meeting hurnbly pray that the hours of labour of the white factory slave be restricted tothe same number of hours as those of the negroes ¦ a * allowed under the present law . " The chairmari refused to put it to tbo meeting , : vs he contended it had nothing to do with the present meeting . ; Mr . Taft contended that the Government had set the example by coupling the New Marriage A . ct with the Poor Law Amendment Act ; he thought they
could not object-to us coupling these two subjects together . Mr . J . Robcrtsori contended strongly that the resolution was in order ; and , after relating some of the cruelties the factory children had to endure , he corisitlered if they were not slaves , he could uot tell who were ; he should therefore press for the motion . Mr ; John Bright . " ( a factory master ) rose , and desired-that his friend would withdraw his motion , as he believed if the factory question was brought before the house separately , it would ' be of much more use .- He assured the meeting he was favourable for a ; Ten : Hours Bill , and that he had got up a petition for Mr . Sadler's committee , andsigned the petition from this Borough for a Tea Hours' Bill . _ Mr . Taft then withdrew his motion , and the meeting separated . : ,
Church Rates , —At the Petty Sessions held on Monday , before Messrs . Royds , Chadwick , and Asbworth , Esqs . a gentleman narried Dumgarton , of Middleton , was summoned by the : churchwardens of that pMceifor 18 s . l ^ d . for church-rates , which he refused to pay . "Mr . " Halsall , of Middletori , conducted the defence . ; . .- After interrogating the churchwarden as to what use the rates were appropriated , he confessed that in 1826 the churchwardens had borrowed . five or six hundred pounds to enclose
a paieel of land for a burial ground , arid iriterest had been paid for the . ' . money- out . of the church-rates ; : arid , as Mr . Dumgarton was not " an inhabitant of Middleton at the time the : money was hired , he could not by law be compeliect to contribute any quota of money , either as . interest or principal . The magistrates , in consequence , dismissed the case .. Others were alse summoned for the . saine purpose , but were also dismissed . The trial caused much interest to the persons who had assembled to witness it . ;
Taunton Radical Association . —A deputation from the Ashtbn and ;; - $ taley Bridge Radieai Associations , addre ^ ed a meeting of the inhabitant of Taunton , on' Monday evening last , in the New Market Sunday School , arid formed an associatipn to assist inobtaining . the fir ^ tgreat fundamental principles of Radieai Reform . Upwards of twenty persons enrolled themselves as members , and a comniittee was appointed for- arranging and conducting its affairs . A meeting for a similar purpose will be held at Wood House 3 , next Monday night , or some subsequent night during the Week .
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from our second edition of last ¦' . . ; .. . ; "¦" . " . - " ;; Week . ' - ' ; : ¦ , ; :- ; ¦ .. " ¦ JVIr . O'Connor has written to LoRn John Russeli relative to the words used by his Lordship on Air . Fielden ' s motion for a repeal of the Poor Law Amendment Act , and bas received the reply Of his Lordship denying that any imputation was intended tobe cast upon Mr . O'Connob . The following is the correspondence :-- ; ¦
Mr . F , O'CONNOR TO LORD J . RUSSELL . Derthani Cottage , Tuesday 27 th Fefc ., 1838 . My Lord , ^—I beg to inclose yoii a copy of aa extract from your . Lordship ' s speecb npon Mr . Fielden ' s motion , for a repeal of the Poor Law Amendnierit Act ^_ as reported in the ^ London papers , arid beg to ^^ know if your ^^ Lordship ' s words have been correctly reported , and , if : so ,, wbetber or not , you meant the following sentence , " and but few for character , " & $ applicable tome . May I request the favour Of an immediate answer I have the-bonourJbo be ,: Your Lordsbip ' s obedient Servant
FEARGUS O'CONNOR ^ [ Lpnp John russell's reply . ] :.: ¦ : ¦ . ¦ : . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ V Whitehall , Feb . 28 , 18 ^ . -, SiRf—I : do ¦ riot think I am in any way bonnd to § * ve an explanation of words used by me in the onse of Commons concerning a . public measure , and when no reference was madeinaiy iduallytoyou . 1 . '¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ Ybur obedient Servant ,
J . RUSSELL . [ mr . p'connor ' s answjer . }; ; jPenhain Cottage , March . ly ' . 1838 ' . ' -. ' . ' , * My Lord , — I have the honour to acknowledgethe receipt of your xeply to my note of Tuesday last , and beg to say that your Lordship ' s ! concluding sentence is all that I coxOA reo ^ re } wb ^ sty at the same tirne , I trust you will pardon my ignorance of
that part of your Lprdship ' s letter referring to j license which a ^^ debate upon a rpubUc ; nie asuxe jdj furnish for commenting upon general charaetefaW Your obedient Servant , 1 > m £ ^ FEARGUS O'CONKMI
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