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— ^— ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^ r ^ ¦ ~ fce told " 4 « t ir » g ^ s in towni arV Mgher than in the country , «* T 1 iaTe l > een raired l > y "TQie operationof stactoery . High wages are ever met by more than a commensurate increase in local and general taxation . i cheap' and 'dear are relative termsj and , in many instances , a tax injodidoosly laid on , may amount to a complete prohibition of the taxed article . It is of the profit made upon taxation , that the people hare mostly to complain . An English Operative , ftring nnder his-own laws , without more taxation than would conduce to the honourable support of a * e ld ^« t ^ wg «! S in towni are ^ Mgher than in the - . - _^ a--uii ^ . xl ^ . r « , t = ^ vv "* r t « . « T » o « irtAS Af
wholesome state of things , would lire better upon ene shilling per day than he can under the present svstem for five shillings a-day . "What difference , then , is there between those two states of slavery , -viz ., that wherein a man is sold by another ,, and that wherein a man is compelled either to sell himself or starve ? There is precisely this difference : that , in the one instance , the purchaser has an interest in the health and condition of his slave during the whole of life ; whereas , in the other instance , he has no interest heyond the immediate time of his capability to labour . A man takes more care of his own horse than he does of one which he simply hires for a journey .
With regard to the operation of taxation , observe the effect which it has upon the hundreds of thousands of hand-loom weavers . The taxes laid upon the actual necessaries of life amount to a prohibition of those articles : and the wages which would otherwise procure means of sribmsfence , are , through the instrumentality of taxation , rendered of scarcely any use . . ' Bnt now to the difficulty . All laws having l > een originally framed b y the feudal lord , for the preservation of his dominion over the serf , —he , toe landlord ,
not only being lord and master , but also insisting upon a recognition of his manorial and other ri ghts , even to the very "b owels of the earth , to the dominion cf wild beasts , to the possession of mines , minerals , and other royalties , — long submission upon the part of the people has established those abuses , until at length the legislature declares its love for pristine absurdity , and that even a " Reformed
Parliament" cannot interfere with landed property Let us have a proof of undeviating legislatorial observance of this Tnle of non-interference . Is net xfie Corn Law a direct interference with the price of land ? Are not . Tithes , Malt Tax , Police-Tax . County-Rates , Levies for the Erection of Jails and Basales , together with all other assessments to whSch land is liable , a direct interference with ibe value of land ? Yes ; but it is an interference
irmch , while it enhances the value of the landlord ' s portion , diminishes that of the consumer . Under Vrst state of things do we then live , when the increased industry of a people has no other tendencv jsan to create new taxes upon that industry , while arose who , without speculation , exertion , indnstry , ii- ± , or return , are enriched to overflowing , and frequently without a knowledge of the means bv TfKch thos 2 riches are produced .
We do not deny the title of the landlord to his rightful proportion of the soil ; but we do object toas legislative interference with that portion which of right belongs to the nation , and to which he has 20 earthly claim . In conclusion : the wealthy complain of taxes rpon those articles which they may or mav not use : Trifle the poor have no alternative ; all those articles "srhich they consume being absolute necessaries of life , and taxed to the highest amount .
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TO THE EDITORS OF THE XOHTHEKN STAR . London , March lith , 1838 . Gextlemex , —I trust your " Star' will nevei be a " llberaF newspaper . That epithet , ( as nowa-dsys applied ) expresses the concentration of hnman laseness and human littleness to an extent undeseiballe by any other term . In France , in Spain , in England , all the world over , your " Liberals " are a graeelegs , soulless , unprincipled crew . In France , the " LZlerak" have placed the Government in the hands of about 180 , 000 rich electors cm of a population of 33 , 000 , 000 , and are now sporting that Government by 350 . 000 hired
ssvenets , m addition to an armed Bourgeoisu or shapocraey , to the amount of -a million and a half of asn . / In Spain , the " Liberals" have seized the K& of the ecclesiastical property which , instead of crying to the uses of the poor , for whom it was mgbaliy intended , they have appropriated to their wncses , under pretence of paying the interest of xetional delis , and the cost of civil w « rs _ which ee of their own exclusive creation . In England
oe " Liberals" are notoriously the most grinding and cfcnons political party in the state , and ihe-more ' ¦ Liberal the greater is their hard heartedness tanl of late years England had but two recognised political parties—the Tories and the Whi gs . This * as before the appearance of the new light " liber-«/« " now generall y known by the name of sham-Radicals— whilst there were only "Whi gs and Tories , & Whi gs had , of course , all the " Liberalism " to tiemselves . And what were ite fruits ? To
enanerate all would fill a volume , but a few speriaos will show the quality of the fruits . Be it ^ t-keiy to the ignorant , and be it recalled to te recollection of all Trho may have forgotten ? f , * at it 3 s to the " Liberals" of former days , we * exhe " excise-system , of taxation , —that to the » rae partv we owe the "glorious revolution" of * K 8 , with its consequent blessings of national debts « M binding armies—that to the same party we *** ^ e first riot Aci ol Geo . X— the infamous
vpenaial Bill— and the worst parts of the oldpenal «* of Ireland . Be it also known or remembered , * ^ it was the " Liberals" who after sessions of ^ lamation against the income tax curing the late *» , had the shameless inconsistency to increase 3 * tax from 6 * per cent , to 10 per cent , upon their ^ c-ession to office under Fox . I am here speaking * ike section of " Liberals" called Whigg and of Ssr less-recent and therefore less notorious acts . &ihe acts perpetrated by this party under the Szey and Melbourne Administrations it is
unne-* ary to say a word . In these Acts theyhave had ^ 2 aid of the more thorough-going " Literals" of ^ Aam-Eadieal schooL Whi le they had all the ^ raUsm to themselves , their acts were the worst ^ committed by any party then existing , though ^ ^ worst that might have been committed ; but 5 ® Reappearance of the Sham-Radical Liberals ? parade , theyhave out-heroded Herod , carry-^ ^ " Liberar atrocities to such a jiitch that *^* T til 6 in tn S (^ T-tJTi /» a t-, na fftcn A ^^ Vn . « iL ^_ L «^ tnem to advance oae step further without
^ k gthe nation into a revolution which would v *** the whole sy ^ m explode about their ears and " * lts ^ rtiei dal abettors to the DeviL I have ^ kets to show that the Whigs are worse than Msrry . Lss " Liberal" than themselves , I will draw jour readers' attention to a few other * tt fc ^ V *?** convincing them ( if I can ) i ™ Sham-Eadicals or Ultra-Liberal parrj are s ^ . 0 IBe ^ an-fte Whigs by about as many degrees * KIT ~ C ~ ~ J v ^ aouaui ; un ices
aar W -L 3 mzfe » " exceeds that of the Whigs . i ^ hcii J te ** - n ° t to travel beyond the J *« -flMasJ nignt and the night before in the J of Commons . WbL *^ TeSpeCt to M < mdaj ^ g ^ s debate . fi ° f Exeter presented a petition from the iST ° ^ Poor of fte 3 > naiey Union com-Vw f * * < Ketaiy i ? We e 3 tablislied f ° f ^ eir ijig g - ^ Ba 5 aaws of Somerset House and pray-Jiik , ^ f % ^ t oe permitted to assimilate that i ™ «» e dietary table of the London Union , in rfthe authority of the Bashaws—the said
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Bashaws having threatened the Master Jand Matron of ' the WorlibnBe wiih the penalties of ih « Ivn in case they enlarged the allowance to the poor , « ve » tmth ike sanction of the Board of Guardians ! The petitioners further stated that medical gentlemen _ had certified that the dietary of the Dudley Union wag not sufficient to keep the poor from disease and "broken health , much less to preserve them in a state fit to work when they come to be e ' mployed again . The following are the two dietary tables , placed in double columns : — Bashawa having threatened the Mastered Matron kr * iv » xfr ^ LM ^ . k ^ sii .: * i . » _—i * : ^ . ~ t A ; i—; -
" DUDLEY UNION DIET " THE CITY OF LONDON TABLE FOB ABLE- UNION DIET TABLE BODIED HALE PAU- FOR MALE ADULTS . PBRS . "On tkree amy * in the "On three a » r » oferen " weelr , daSh 7 os . of cooked " week—21 os . of bread , " meat , beef or mutton , 3 Ib . M ox . of cheese , » nd 1 J " of vegetaUw , 1 lb . pf bread , " pmt « of grod , per diem . " 2 » of t&teae , j' pint of " Onone otherd » y-SO ox . « mflk porria « , & pmt of "of bread , 1 } © g . of « he «» e , "beer » t dina « and a mnt at " ij pints of gonp , and 1 } " supper . " pmtofgrnel . "On three other day * "On two oilier days—5 ot " ( instead rfnttt ) , Ij pint of eooked
" meat , 1 Ib . of » of gonp ( made on a good " potatoes or other vegetables , " allowance of materials ) , and u os . of bread , 1 J ox . of " a mngle pint of beer . Other cheese , and lj pinto of" attielea ( except vegetables ) S ^ - ^ " , ' M the .-same . m on the three " -On one other day—4 ox . " ibrmer . " of bacon , 1 Ib . of potatoes "On remaining day , in" or other vegetables , 14 oz . " stead of meat or soup , 1 Ib . " of bread , If ox . of cheese , " of suet pudding ; or boiled " andlj ^ mteof grneL" " nee , with mflk and sugar ; Let their Lordships contrast " a pint of beer at diuner and ^ ¦ " ^ tt " a pint at supper . Other " articles &e same as the last" mentioned three day * . "
The Poor of Dudley , to whom the Bashaws allotted this starvation diet , are men be it observed , who have been working every day since they were boys , in the forge , and the mines , —the most laborious of occupations . Horrible enough it would be to aHot it to the poor of London-whose work is comparatively h ' ght , but to allot It to the hard toiling men of Ihidley is literally to kilHhemby inches , and render them incapable of resuming their employment . Just look at the Dudley dietary-table . On four dkys of the week no meat at all ! On the
other three days only 14 ounces altogether including 4 of bacon I and -no beer on any one of the seven days . Not one drop of beer all the week round for able-bodied men whose lives . have been spent in creating wealth for the state—aye for the very monsters who are starving and drenching them with gruel . If this be not murder as well as robberv . there is no meaning in . language . It is only surpris 3 c * r that the Men of Dudley do not rise up and annihilate " all" the rich oppressors aroundthem . Here was a case sufficient to excite the virtuous
ire of every man having any pretenaons to the feelings of humanity . Yet , how was it received by the Ultra- ' 'Liberals" of the Lords ? Lord Bb on gham met the petition by observing that he knew nothing about the facts of the case , ( a reason why he should have held his tongue , if he did not believe the petition ,- ; but Ite would demonstrate at the proper time V « it no one power had' been conferred on any one authority whatsoever , by the ¦ New Poor Laic , that did not exist before , under the Old Poor Law , since the Statute of Elisabeth . " This monstrous
piece cf assurance —this boast of lying effrontery was all the relief which "Liberal" Brougham had for the ill-used , half-starved poor of Dudley . The Guardians of the Dudley Union stated ' in their petition that they had made application to the Poor Law Commissioners for leave -to apply the dietary table of the London Union to that of Dudley , and not only did the latter refuse their request , hut they threatened to punish the master and matron of the workhouse , if they dared to obey the Board of Guardians . Tet , according to the veracious philanthropic , friend of Creoles and black-skins , the
enlightened , benevolent , and , above all , the Liberal Brougham , no new power was given to any authority whatever b y the 2 \ ew Poor Law Act ! If Brougham be right , why does he not impeach the Commissioners for usurping an authority , which upon his hypothesis , the law does not give them ? Bnt it is only squandering reasoH to argue with "Liberals ' of the Brougham stamp . Now , for a greater " Liberal" than his Lord , ship—the ' most " Liberal" of all Ultra- " Liberals , " —the nohle friend and disciple of "William Cobbett—my Lord Radnor . " What was his answer
to the petition .. He declared the Guardian to be in the wrong , for the two following most " Liberal ' reasons : —1 st . Because he . knew certain labourers in Berkshire who managed to " lice upon Jess food than was given to the poor in the Dudley workhouse . " And 2 nd . Because it could be proved that Captain Parry ' s crew subsisted , during their Arctic expeditions , upon less food than was given the Dudley paupers I I defy the Devil and Dr . Faustus to surpass this " Liberalism . " The Whigs , sweet
soulsi are ' content with the workhouse as the " test of . destitution . " But the " liberalism " of Lord Kadxor will be satisfied with nothing short of one of those famines on ship-board which make the unfortunate sufferers regard a rat or a shark as a luxury , and which not unfrequently turn whole crews into cannibals , easting lots for each other's flesh to subsist on . Oh , Badnor ., Kxukob ! if Bannagher bangs the Devil , you as certainly bang Bannagher .
Isow for a specimen of " Liberalism" in the other House . The fighting Member for Westminster , Evass , whom O'Cox . vell , at a recent dinner , compared with the first warriors of the age , and whose trophies are to be seen in every quarter of London , in the shape of legless , armless , shirtless , breadless wretches—the remnant of his battered legion—this " Liberal" hero had the humanity , in his speech of last night , to warn the public against giving charity to his companions in glory ( just described } -on the ground that " most of them had received their full pay—indeed all of them , except about 150 . i" To appreciate this effort of
llLileralism " a man must have seen the deplorable creatures alluded to . It is impossible to contemplate their haggard looks , squalid persons , and heart-broken demeanour , without mingled feelings of pity and horror . Had it not been for the speech of General Evaxs , I would defy even a " Liberal " to look on one of them without instantaneousl y putting his hand into his pocket . Yet , against these miserahles the Gallant and "Liberal" Member for Westminster would steel the heart and close the hand of public charity ! Oh , ye Liberals ! ye Liberals ! how often have you cheated the gallows of its due .
I have only room , Gentlemen , to request your attention to Sir H . Hardixge ' s speech , in reference to the flogging operations carried on in Spain , under General Evans' instructions to his subalterns . You will see from that speech how very Liberal he was of the cato' nine-tails , and by what abase subterfuge he tries to shift the odium of the flogging system from . his own shoulders to those of his subordinate officers . But why adduce facts to attest his brutality . Is it not enough that he is a Liberal ? ' BEOXTERJEtE .
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THE ROCHDALE RADICAL ADDRESS . "We have read , with inexpressible delight , the manly and talented address of our Rochdale friends , which will be found in the Northern Star of to-day If the recommendation !* therein contained were generallv acted upon , this country would ere long be the abode of peace and happiness . The million * who , from cowardice , have been so long slaves , would find that in themselves and their inertness may be found the cause of their many disasters . Up then > brave , heroic , and virtuous brother Radicals , we « ease to be a " vain leader , " and humbly following in the path of the Rochdale creed , tfe say lead ui and we will follow . ¦ Men of Rochdale , we thank you for your bold spirit .
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tEEDS AND WESt-MDING NEWS ; ; " " : ;¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . - - . - " :: ; ' iiai 5 Mb « . " ;; - " ; ' vV \ . ^ . " " ^> - " ^ Ihpobtant Fxctoby Case . — BfcEAck * £ v ? AcT < - ^ Oar waders will remember , that apout . three months ago , an important discussion took place atthe Court House , as to whether it was lawfulibr a , fiictory master to allow the hour and a rX ^ i !?* " ? ^ day or a » y Part of the hour and Half to be taken from any part of the day not usually appropriated to meab . This question was again discussed on Moaday last , before a full bench of magistrates . Messrs . Ward , and Co ., mill-owners , of Holbeck , the parties who were charged on the former occasion , were again charged by Mr . Baker the inspector of factories for this division with not allowing a number of children who worked in their pull , to have a proper time for meal s as - stated LEEDS AND WESt-RTmNa ^^^ -- **' . > " •"?¦* "
by the Act of Parliament . Mr . Baker , in stating the case to the magistrates , said he was bound to bring the present case before them , for if a decision which had previousl y been given was carried out , there was no knowing to what it mi ght lead . He hoped the magistrates would give him a conviction in the present case , as it was very important that the section of the act relating to meal hours should be put in force , and the proper time , viz ., one hour and a half allowed to different children employed at the mills . He then stated feat a number of
decisions had been come to in different parts of the country quite different to that to which they ^ had come on a former occasion . He also read the opinions of several eminent speakers on the subject , who were all of opinion that the time specified by the act should be attended to . Mr . Ward in his defence stated that they had acted in conformity with the decision which had before been given , when a similar case of theirs had been brought before the magistrates . They had worked 66 hours per week , and the time allowed them by law was 69 . What Mr . Baker had informed them of was
correct , as they started in the morning at a quarter past six , and went on till a quarter past twelve ; and commenced again at one , ami \ ooi * lnuo . l-till , epven ; but it was for the benefit of the working people ] and not for their benefit , as they left three quarters of aniiour sooner than they would do if the full time allowed by law was given them j but they would bow to the decision of the bench , whatever that might be . The magistrates here retired to
consider the case , and after a consultation of about half an hour returned into court , when Dr . Williamson in informing the defendant of the result , said , you have been brought here by Mr . Baker for having , on Friday last , worked a " number of children at your mill from £ past six in the morning to 7 in the evening without allowing proper time for meals . You have broken the 6 th section of the actwhicb itates that one and a half hour shall be allowed for meals . —The legislature seemed to think that that
time should be taken at two separate meal time ? , and not before or after the working hours . After reading over the preamble of the act , we are ot opinion that it is better for the health of the children thut this hour and a half should be given at two different times . We , therefore , intend to enforce the provisions of this act , as seems from our interpretations to be the manner in which it was intended to be carried out , and we are sorry that a contrary decision should have been come to by the mayor
on a former occasion , which has been the means of bringing you a second time before us ; in consideration of the circumstances , we shall , therefore , convict you for the present offence , but at the same time we shall exercise the discretionary power given us by the 31 st section of the act , by not claiming a penalty , and discharging the casein hope that you will not appear before us under similar circumstan - ces , for if you do it will be our duty to mulct you to the full extent of the law .
Brutal Conduct . —On Tuesday last , a younsr man named Abram Sutcliffe , of Kirkstall ' . Avas broufiht . before the magistrates charged-by . his sister and mother , / the latter a feeble old woman , with ab' j .-ing . thein and creating disturbances at a late period of the night . A few nights-ago he " went home in a state of beastly intoxk-utiou , and after giving his sister a tremendous black eye , broke pots , chairs , and ever ) - thing that came in his way . This vagabond , who nppeared well able to work ,
had not done anything for upwards of six months , and laid upon the exertions of his poor old mother and sister for support . His mother seemed much distressed to bring him to the Court-House . He was fined £ 4 . 10 s . and 6 s . cost , which being unable to pay he was committed to the House of Correction for two months .- On hearing the sentence , he shook his bead at his sister , and threatened to abuse her ten times worse ' when , he returned from prison . Such are the effects , and the reward of idleness and intoxication . ¦ .- .... ;¦ - _ ,- -.
A Spite at Barbers' Windows . —On Tuesday last , a young man named George Moffatt , was brought before the magistrates by two policemen , named Outhwaite and Grimshaw , charged with being drunk and disorderly , and also with assaulting the latter policeman . It appeared that Moffatt , in a state of drunkenness , thrust his head through a square of glass in a barber ' s window in Harperstreet , by which his head and face were severely cut .
Refusing to give his name , he was given in charge to -Grimshaw , who was conducting him to gaol , when , having arrived about half way up Kirkgate , he gave the policeman a push against another barber ' s window , by which four squares were broken . The prisoner , being ' unable to make a defence , was fined 40 s . and costs ; and was also to make good the damage he had committed . Being unable to pay , he was committed to the House of Correction for one month .
Narrow Escape of Mr . Feahgis O'Coxxon . — On Tuesday last , as Mr . Tenrgns O'Connor was leanng the house of his friend Mr . Stephens , of Asliton , he wns near receiving a serious injury if not his death , from the neglect of an innkeeper . As the post-boy turned to go down thevery precipitous hill , the carriage began to lock , and , eventuall y * to such an extent , that it came down upon its side , without much notice , and with n dreadful crash . Mr . O'Connor , upon making an attempt to - "" get upon his legs , thrust one leg through the gloss , which came to the jronnd . and which was up " ; he had much difficulty in extricating himself , which he accomplished b ' v dra ? einx the sash frame and
glass with him , and by a sndden and most unaccountable spring , completely clearing the carriage through tlie upper window , arid to the astonishment of the spectators landing almost siranltaueously with the carriage xipou his feet . Mr . O'Connor was slightly hurt in the head , ancle , and left wrist . The pogt-boy and the lad who . « aton the box were thrown off with considerable violence . The . boy seemed dreadfully alarmed and mnch hurt . When Mr . O'Connor asked him how he felt , he said he was very , very bad . He soon mude his way to the Rev . Mr . Stephens house , and upon . Mr . O'Connor again asking iorhim , heappeared wirtianinimenselunchof bread , bntter , and jam , in onehuud , and a glass of
wineintlie other , a face like a full moon , eyes . beaming with delight upon the prog , bnt yet fearing that he must die . Upon questioning the post bov as to the cause of the accident , he said that tlie lock of the fore carriage had been broken for a considerable time , —that he had frequently remonstrated with . his master , -whom he had warned . of : the dnnaer , bnt who , however , had not remedied tbe defect . We merely state this for the present , and withhold the name of the proprietor , lest we should unjustly create a prejudice without a thorough knowledge of the fact . .. We . wish for his explanation , and in the event of not receiving a satisfactory one , w « shall publish his name in our next number .
Bell ' s Life in Lonoon and Sporting Chronicle Enlarged , r-. nd no addilionnl charge —Price Fivepence . On Scnday , March 25 th , the promised enlargement of Bell ' s Life in London will take place , thereby affording additional scope for . the extension of its Miscellaneous as well as Sporting Intelligence . Extraordinary efforts will be made , by the employment of competent correspondents , to procure the " most acenrate accounts , ^ of the epproaching Coursing Meetings in all parts of tbe kingdom—Steeple Chases—Hunting exploits , and every event interesting to the Sporting worid—while , in the Racing department , the hi gh reputation and acciiracj of this widel
y circulated Journal , will be fully sustained—Orders received b y every News Agent in the United Kingdom . Sporting Adveiitise-JTEnts of Coursing Meetings , Steeple Chases , Race Meetings , &c ., must be pent to the Office on or before the Friday previous to publication—a rule also applicable " to the Sporting communicatioas of our friends . Price of Bell ' s Life in London , five pence . Office , No . 370 , Str an ^ where can be had for threepence each , together or separate , parts 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , and 5 , of the Gallery of Comicaliti ^; the 5 part 3 contain 438 comic woodcuts , the cost of which , designing , and engraving , exceeded two thousand pounds—near two " millions have been sold—never out of print .
, Part 6 of the Gallery of Comicalities , price threepence only , will be published at No . 170 Staind , on the 30 th of April . Any of the parts taken , back , and the cost price of " twopence each returned , before Jan . 1 , 1839 . Placards for shop windows . ^ -. " . ¦ -. ' *
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*? : £ J * ^ Fard » 8 « r ? eon , of : Trafa&Mteet , in SSSW ^ the House ^ f ^ ommoiw & ^ feJ ' ?^ ^ 1 Potion , which wm against the ^ Medical Practitionew * BiU of Mr . ^ ley , received mp ^ attention rrom ^ Hono ^^^ than the petitions bf individuals usually , do . Bethel CHATEii .- ^ is 8 ni all hot * ominodiou 8 placeof worship was opened finder theunspices of the JNew Jerusalem Church la » t Sunday eloquent sermonswere preached : on the occasion , expository of several of the leading views and doctrines of that respectable and intelligent body of Christians , by the Rer . D . Ho wabth , from Manchester ; and the Her . John Culx , late of Cheltenham , but now PETmoN . ^ On vi !^^^ »» . t t ^ ^ -wr . ^ i .-: * . ^ v VWees , a ^ petition Jrom
settled to Jueegs' as the permanent minister of thia chapel . _ .... . ; , o . ^ -. ¦ ¦ . ' ; : ;• ' : '¦/ -- ^ - \ ;;' -- " ; . ' - - - ' -. ' - / - ; : ¦' " ,: :, ¦¦ Independent OBbEa ot Garden ^ sI—On Monday Hat , the members of the Motintain Daisy Lodge , rheld at the Temperance Hotel , top of Wood Street ^ . Briggate , celebrated their anhiverajiry , when abont forty-five of the brethren « at down to a good subs ^ fitialdiuner served up in the first style bv the worthy host and hostess . After the cloth was drawn the cup which cheers ; butnbt inebriates , graced the table ; and each brother seemed delighted during the delivery of two excellent addresses bv Brothers Nettleton and Gourlay , one on total abstinence and the other on brotherly love ; The remainder of the evening was , spent in social intercourse , and the company broke up , highly gratified with the evening s diversion . . , . ;•
_ V . HAUPAX . n PooB fyg * Sr \ W ELLAND .--The As 8 istant Overseer * f _ EHand applied to , have hia accounts passed , tcvwhich Messrs . John Stott and ^ William Balmfbrtk , rate payers objected . Mr . Stptt stated that the ground of their objection was this The overseer wafnpw going out : of office , and the enormous arrears of £ 89 wahtedi collecting The magistrates enquired if the whole suni of £ 89 was uncpllected . ¦ The overseer replied in ; the affifrriative ; and said that those who had npt paid were not able to do so , in consequence of beiriff out of
work ; if they had a little time given , they would pay . The magistrates inquired if those arronrs for the past year . ., The overseer said that- they were arrears which had been accumulateci during a number ofyears . . Mr . Stott complained ; of the negligence of' ^ . cpUector ; upon which the collector stated . thatlie had collected the rates for twenty years , and had never before heard : of-a complaint ; The overseer in answer to a ouestioh from the bench stated that there was a meeting of rate payers on Thorsday , and , the whole cf the meeting : ( seven rate payers and officials ) except the officers and objectors ^ signed the accounts .: Mr . Stott said that as the officers were going out , a portion of the sum uncollected would be lost . The overseer said that the last rate was a one and sixpenny one , and had been laid ; for half a year . The whole of the
sum when , ' the £ iiQ was collected , would amount to £ 015 . Mr . Stott said that the uncollected rates had been accumulating for the last twenty years . . Mr . Eawsph distinctly asked the overseer how long the arrears had been accumulating ; when he repliedy arid was confirmed b y the collector , that the £ 89 was the arrears for the last two yer . rs only . Mr . Waterhouse then said that the question was , whether arrears of £ 89 was justifiablewhen l
, appying / for another rate ; After aome conversation , Mr . Pollard addressing the overseer demanded why he came there with so large u suni uncollected , he knew that the overseer expected the magistrates would sign the rate , -as a matter of course ; why had he not summoned the defaulters before them and ascertained wh y they had not paid ? The overseer said that he had taken out ei"ht or ten summonses , but , on account of the parties
promising to pay something soon , he had withdrawn thorn . On inquiry fioin the bench , the overseer said they had deducted for a number of people who were unable to pay , Mr . Stott was of opinion that there were some bad debts . The overseer considered that every pne was able , to-pay . After some further conversation , which wiui only a . repetition ' , bf what had been previously said , the case was postponed for a week , . in order that the names of the deftiulters might be placed in the book , with the respective sums owing by them . The overseer was evidentH perplexed a * :-the-. resultV having : as he said , to pay £ 6 i ) to the Union , on Mondav . IE
, ^ ^ W ^« Passi on . —A village rustic , named W llliam 1 aylor , cart driver , was summoned before the bench , under the following circumstances : —The defendant , it ; appeared , in the exercise of his callino ' last week , went for a load of grains , to theShibden H « ad brewery ; but , inateiid of the exhausted husks having his special attention , they only served to remind him of their ex-ff / -ationi ?; and he suddenly fancied that he ought to "taste the barley bree '
. Heavily burdened with this conviction , he began to smell ; the liquid of the manufacturery of wiiich-he beheW evejy : indication , and cbnaequienUy he espied a giDlden opportunity to realize his thoughts of " fancied bliss . Having secretl y introduced his person into the interior of the premises ; he took a cask from the « rackirig tap , " and tapping it at the bung-hole , he obtained a copious supulv of the rnif > P
with which he and a . few other devoteres of John Barleycorn regaled hemselves in the adjpihmg yard . Mr . . Stocks did not press for a conviction , and on ' the defendant promising iiot to repeat the offence and paying the expenses , nine shillings , he was dismissed .
LlTTiHAIlY AND PHiLOSOPHlCAL SociEtY . — The monthly meeting of the above : Society was held on Monday evening . J . R . Ralph , Esq ., the senior vice-president , in the chair . The attendance was good , and the following donatiphs were presented ' five herring gulls ^ a coupl e of scoup ducks , male and female mallards , a couple of wild ducks , a bafnlon , a turn-stone , a couple of sterits , a aannet and a ; cross-bill , by theiRev . F . Finch , of Morpeth ' aw ^ swan , by ^ . D Kitchen ; and a carfassoa ' by Mr . Charles Edwards . It was resolved that the society should subscribe for Mr . Henry Baine's proposed work , « the Flora of Yorkshire " The Rev . W . Turner read a : reply to some objections agai ns . t Public Subscription Libraries , in Dr . Whittaker ' s " History of Leeds , " which was followed by an animated and interesting discussion :
False Appearances ; --A faithful agetit'bolted ' the other day : he was a deepfellow , a shopkeeper , and well trained in the acts of deceptipn ; : Unlike most simpletons , who , if they don ' t intend to pay care liftle about the price or quality of the articles they intend to purchase , he wot ) Id haggle ' for ^ he last penny , which he was sagacious enough to know would give the selleM a more favourable opinion of his intentions topay . When behind in his paymen ' s and when pressed to settle his accounts , he always had cunning enough to lay the fault upon the houses he t had been building , and which had taken much more money than he expected . Although he kept selling off his stock , and making it into cash , hw shop appeared to be literally crammed with sacks of flour , standing upqn each other . ¦ This ! aDnarerif
stock reconciled the wholesale men tolopk off their accounts , when one ; morning , to their infinite mortihcation , he had nown , and the sack ? Which : had maintained his credit , on examination , were : found filled wikh saw dust ! This ¦ " deception , " or similar is too often practised in the world ; - ' Deception . —A ' female , ¦ tall « h and apparently 42 years of age , visited Halifax at the corn men eement of , last week , for the purpose of ievying contnbutions on the religious public ; She applied to m ; my persons connected with the different religious denominations , and represented : herself as " all t 3 ^ . . ^ " To the Indeperidents she stated that she was a member i pf the Rev . Mr Alesunder s Independant Church , at Norwich . To ' the
Wesleyan Methodists , she was a member of that connexion . ^ To the Unitarians , she was ; a distressed Unitarian , &c . On applying to the Rev . J . Pridie , on _ Monday evening , at'the dose of the wavefl meehng ^ in the school-rpom under Sion ChapeL she was confronted by a person who had watched her T ^*? ^ ° I aPP 15 ^ " ^ to other persons , and who had informed himself of some of het varied rnisrepresentations . She met the charge of impose ture with the coolest assurance imaginable } : and it is supposed ^ she speedily left the tok , in order tp evade the ^ necessary consequences , of detection ; bhe would have been taken into custody in an earlier part ot the day , but the person who had watched her proceedings , and who afterwards met her at Sion Chapel , was not able to meet withi a . policeofficer . ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ I ¦ , . - - ¦ - ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ - . ¦¦ ' - . : ¦ .-. ¦ . ¦¦ ¦ ¦ . r -. .-
BA 5 W 3 LEY . i > ° P ? ExCT 7 SE FOR PttNpElllNa TITE ^ ° ;~ f ^ , Jo 3 huaWraggf baker and cPnfectioher . the inuvidual we noticed in our last number , ashav ! ing defrauded the distressed unemployed weavers to a considerable amount , has been heard to say during the-week , that ™ the order ivas large , it could no be expected that he would do it wkhout making a pull for himself J '' for , " ^ dhe , v « when W Ird ^^ l ^ t ^ V ^^ ' ^^^™ Wyr made ^ M pmm ^^ ^^^ mm ^ m made for holding a pubUc nieeting , tb ^ niider ^ S-
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-, ; : v ! .: '¦/ ' , BEA ^^ oa © . ^ : v : ,- ¦ ¦ ¦ : Tiov ^^^ Factories' Beoulation Act ^ Two CbNricTi 6 Ns . ^ -Mr . Baker , S ^^ V ^^^ ' Mr . Ah ^ S allowing the intermed&te time requSbySfc % f ^^" S ^^^^ ^ g ht ^ en y ^ of age , the ^ date ^ of the pfience being th- ; 22 iid February ; BBADPnn n v ; -- ; y-,., .-
% Mr . yTAfl ^ TAFF , for the defendant , took m objection to the notice , contend'ng that it bueht to have been served upon the defendant within fourteen days after the offence had been committed This objection being replied to by Mr . Baker and Mr . Sanders was overruled Mr . Tempest ' s foreman wag then ealled and examined as to the tiine of running the mill . They began work at six in the morning of the . day in question , and stopped at halfpast trix in the eyening ; the engine stopped half an hpur during the day which was for dinner . At eight o ' clock the hands leave work for breakfast—they have half-an-hour -could take that time if they pleased , but generally took no more than about twenty minutes . The engine was not stobped for breakfasts or drinkingsas the handa do not all
, go atthe same time . Those who leave their work at those times could throw their dart of the machinery out of geer . On theday in question , most of hands took their meals in the mill . ¦ It was at the particular request of the parenta of the children owing to the inckmency of the weather that they took their meals in the mill . Mr . Wagstaff contended ™ % cafe Jiaving been gone through , that his client had fulfilled the requirements of the act , inasmuch as they had one half hour ; in the morning arid two hours in the evening for meals ; besides the half hour at dinner and the twenty minutes for drinking , or haU an hour if they chose to take it Mr . Sanders contended for a conviction , on the ground that the intermediate time allowed for meals was less than
that required by the aet which wa ^ ninety minutes , ot'one hourand a half . After a iengthened discussion betweeD the Magistrates and Mr ; Sanders , Mr . Wagstaff addressed the Court in mitigation of damages , as Mr . Tempest was onl y complying with the request : of the parents of the children by keeping them in the mill during the severe weather ; . A conviction of £ 5 . followed with ' 13 s . Wta Mr Hird agreeing with Mr .- Sanders ; Mr . Thompson dissentient . ; The second information was preferred against Mr . Sam . Field , stuff-manufacturer of Hunsworthy and was an almo « t similar case with the foregoing . Mr . F . was convicted in the penalty of £ 3 and 133 . costs . -: ¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ :
New CHtiBCH . —Voluntary PniNeiPiE . — A subscription has been set on foot for the erection of a New Church in Bradford . » _ New Patent . —David Wilkinson Sharp , of Bingley , has taken out a patent for a certain iraprovement in machinery for warping worsted , linen . cottoH , silk , or woollen yarns . Mysterious Case . —Last Sunday , a man named Worship , who is an overlooker in the employ of the , Messrs . Garnett , lefthorae to go to Shiley
p where he spent the day , and left to return to Bradford about six o ' clock in the evening . Since then he has not been 3 een or heard of , hotwithstanding every inquiry has been made . The miH-dam at Frizmshall , and the canal , have been dragged , but in vain . Certain parties were with him , and knew that he had a sovereign and a shilling in his possession . ^ He was an industrious and stfady man , being marriecl , and having four childreh . His wife , as may be supposed , is ineonsolable .
NEtf Poor Law —The poor ' s rate now in the course of collection , is double the amount of the preceding one . Uttering Base Coin . —A man named John Cs * pe was committed last Saturday for uttering base coin . He had been at several public houses paying for liquor with half sovereigns dated 1817 , of a base quality . Shopkeepers / &c , will do well to be on their guard .
Floods . —A public meeting , called by the constables , was to be held yesterday in the Exchange , for the purpose of receiving the report of tbe coTn mittee lately appointed to enquire respecting the obstruction in t !* e beck , and to provide a remedy . Horton-Lane SuNbAY Schools . —After the annual sermons on behalf of these schools , preached by the RevV J . Kelly , of Liverpool , on Sunday last , the collection amounted to £ 204 . 6 s .
Mechanics' Institute . —Dr . Farrar has just presented an entire series of casts of the" Napoleon medals , with a descriptive catalogue chronologically arranged , to this institution . He has also , at the request of the corhmittee , consented to deliver a course of lectures ; the . proceeds to go to the building fu ud ^ -. . - ' - ¦ - . - ¦ ¦ . ¦' ; . ' . ¦ . ' . ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' ; ; ' ' ;¦ - . ¦;¦ ° Registration Returns , —From the first of July to the 30 th September , 1837 , being the first half year of the operation of this Act , the number of births registered in the Bradford Union , including Eecleshitt , was 19 i ) 2 , and of deaths 1264 . Difference in favour of births , 728 .
WAEEFIELD . Shepherds . —On Sunday last , the Brothers of the Loyal Rose of Sharon Lodge of the Loyal Order of Ancient Shepherds and Ossett District , met at the house of brother Joseph Shaw , Fleece Inn , Ossett Common , when upwards of 110 brothers walked in procession to Horbury , to pay the last tribute of respect to Joshua Quarmby , a worthy brother of the above Lodge ; the brothers wore each ; a black scarf , yvith white gloves , and every one appeared very respectable ( it being the first funeral of a brother belonging the Order at Horbury ) , and conducted themselves in a manner suitable on the solemn
. Sewsbtjrv . Public Meeiino : in Dewsburv to hear Messrs . M'Niah , Cuthbertson , and Campbell , Delegates from Glasgow , on the case of the Cottonbpinners and Traides' Combinations , on Tuesday evening . last . The meeting was held in the large room of the New Cloth Hall , wkich was filled to sullpcatipn , and many could not gain admittance although notice had only been given , by the bellman , two hours previous to the meeting . Mr . Jeremiah Marsden , an operative , was unanimously called to the chair , and hoped the men of De \ vsbury would remain quiet and orderly to hear the delegates from
Scotland , and announced that Mr . O'Connor was expected to address them . ( Cheers . ) In the mean time he would , introduce to their notice Mr . M'Nish at cotton-spinner , who detailed , at considerable lengthy the position of the cotton-spinnera during their late strike ; .-and maintained that the " nobs " who were then working , or the combined master cotton-spinners had a greater interest in taking the ¦* jj e . of Smith than the regular Union men . ( Cheers ^ '™ j | . A . ; Campbell then addressed the meeting , detailing the present , state of the working classes , arid the misery which every where prevailedand the
, necessity of working men maintaining their Unions , while every other class in society had their Unions also . He also , ; at great length , went into the various counts of the indictment against the cottonspinners , and proved that they had not been guilty . Mr . Cuthbertson next addressed the meeting , relative to the amount of funds which was required to defray the whole expence connected with the trial , which would amount to £ 3 , 000 . He called on the men of Dewshury to ; contribute their share of it , and to support the wives and families of the Scotch patriots now on board the hulks . ( Cheers . ) The fpllbwinjr
r esolution was then moved , and unanimously carried : _ That this meetingy after hearing the statements pf the Glasgow Delegates , are convinced that the five Cotton-spinners , now under sentence of transportation , have been unjustly and cruelly punished for no other cause than being Members of a Trades ' Union , for the protection of . labour against the inroads of capital and ^ oppression . And this meeting pledges ; itself to contribute to the : support of their wivea and / children ^ and assist also to defray the extraordinary experices which the Trades' Committee of Glasgow have contracted in defending the Hights of Labour . " After which , a vote of thanks was erithuslasticjiU y given to the delegates : who moved ^ vote of thanks to the ch airman , after wtuch the meeting quietly dispersed .: A mill-owner , late a ^ cobler , who had got himself intoxicated , was turned outof the meeting for creating a disturbance ;
RICHMOND . -. - _ Lord Dundas and family left Aske , on Tuesday last j for his Lordship ' s houses in town . Concert . — Signor Jacobowitch , the celebrated Polish vocalist , gave a concert in the Town Hall , Richmond , oh Friday , the 2 nd instant , which was well attended . The : extraordinary powers of his voice , which ranges through six octaves , and the profound feeling arid taste which marked the Caritabile p assages of his sotagS | gave hi gh gratification to his amditors . :
m •; ; ¦ - ;•; . ¦ ¦/ : ¦;>¦ .. hux * . : ' . " ::,, v .. . ' . : . .. : Moravian Mxsbions . —On Monday evening last a public meeting on behalf of those important Missions was-held m the Musip Hall , Jarrat-street , the Rev . X . Dikes in the chair , when James'Montgomery ^ sq ^ of ^ heffieia ^ the talented and amiable author of' \ : The World before the Flood , " acdother poeiri ? , gave amoflt ariiinated- address , detailing the rise , progress , ^ tnd present prortpects of the mission .
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. Hu'tii , Wobkino Men ' s Association . —Aa . adjonrnwl meeting of the Working Men ' s Associa tion was held at the Freemason ' 8 Hall , Mr . Lunoj . ? ri the chair . The chairman opened the business of the meeting by a few remarks , calling upon the working classes to unite for the protection of their labour . He then called Mr . Patrson , who in £ yery energetic speech denounced the tyrants , who hare crushed , and afiU do crush the poor ^ anVlabour to the earthvand also Mr . Stephenson , wife resulMfc C ^ s tler s letter to L ord J , Russd l on the } a « ili ! fte 4 New , Poor . Law . Mr , Stubbs then addrewed * h « oTSrl ^ , ^ ei 8 ity ^^ ty "mongst the trade * of airsorta , Jo protect their labour . The fceeting . w ^^ S ^ ^^ ^ Hora « •«_ ..-: « ,: „__ „ . . ; .
The New Steam Ship Vicmbu tiL fP ^ did : vessel , which was briilt in ^ H ^ S ^ bW > Pearson , ^ nd Company , to ply brtween thWplace jind London , commenced her fiwt voyatte ^ Satnrda ^ afternoon . Gronps of persons aw « iblc 4-a on the piers to ; witness her departure , all & whomi appeared highly gratified at the gallant style in which , notwithstanding-a . contrary wind , she leftthev port .: She is , we believe , to carry passengers onW ^ and it is expected that she will perform the voyage in less - time than any other packet sailfng eut of
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SocrAxisM . —A meeting of the friends of : the > Social and Co-operative System took place at Mr . Stubbsj Highrstreetj on Tuesday evening , Mr . Wilson in the Chair , when it was resolved that av society be formed , arid that it be called the Society-6 f Socialists ' ..,. " Severalpersons p \ lt down their names as members . The next meeting is to be held oa ^ uesday the 20 th inst ., at Mr , Thorp ' s Royal- , Oak InnyBlackfriar Gate , at eight o ' clock in the evening . ; : ;¦ ¦ -- ¦ r : : ' .: ¦¦ ., ; ' / ¦ :- ¦ :.:-. ¦ : ¦ . . ; .. ; :: ¦ . ¦ : A Goob Spbee . —Robert Parley , a ypurigman ^ . bearing the appearance of a journeyman cabinet maker ,-was charged b y policeman No . 54 , with , being drunk and disorderly in CarrLane ^ on Sunday mornings The officer having been sworn , denosed
that a woman in Carr Lane , who keeps a house of ill . fame , applied to him"to turnaman out of the housebut as he had not forced himself in , he ( the officer > told her he had no right to interfere . ^ Soon after , he heard a cry for police and on going to the place found the prisoner with a fire-poker in his hand "" par ing that he wpuld ^ be the death of the first policeman orwoinan who went near nun . ' TSe ' toKthiih to give him the poker , and gp about his business ^ upon which he flung down the pbker , but swore hewould hot go away ; he wanted a good spree , andone he wpuld have , if it coat him £ 5 . He them struck the constableand took his staff from himand .
, , beat him over the head with it , so that he bled prp--fusely . ¦ : ¦•'¦ ¦ they struggled together for about twen ^ minutes , and at last lie was conveyed to the Stationhouse , where bis conduct was so outrage 6 u 8 that healarmed all the neighbourhood , and it was found necessarj- to handcuff him and strap his legs , so that he could not kick his feet against the door of the cell . Prisoner , with the utmost unconcern , said headmitted part of the charge ; he was indignant at being handcuffed , and he had an ultimate right to be so ; he also struck th e ^ police , and . he thought that he had an ultimate ( we suppose he meant undoubted ^ right to dp so : he did not consider that he had
doneany wrong , and he had been treated in a most scan * dalous manner , howsumdever . The Mayor told him ; he ought to be ashamed of himself ; he should fine ,.: him 5 s . ' for -being drunk , and require him to find sureties , himself in £ 10 , and two in £ 5 or one ia £ 10 , to keep the peace . Letting half a Room . —Elizabeth Rawbottorn , a young woman in whose' face good , humour and kindness stood legibly impressed , was chatged by an old lady of the riame of Margaret ~ Thompsonw . with a violent assault . Mrs . Thompson whose tongue ran faster than a- steam carriage on a railroad , deposed that the defendant was a tenant of
hers , a , nd that on t ) ie previous Wednesday she struck her with a bench screw ^ and threw her down stairs ^ , and tore her bonnet of her head , and finally almost killing her with a : ; shovel . Mr . Parker told the : defendant to ask the complainant any questions shethought proper , which she did , or father tried to do ,, for the good lady was evidently one of those- who like to have the whole talkto themselves , and the worthy magistrate finding the defendant could get no answer that was at all to the point , undertook the mates himself ; but soon found that it was of ho use , she would talk , but ; the words yes and no ^ appeared to form no part of her vocabulary ; Defendant assured the benchjhat she had not been , guilty
of the offerice ^ complainant Was an old woman , arid .: ^ he should be ashamed ^^^ to strike her . Complainant , < " you too ! k half a room of meypu did / ' half a room ' : said .: ihe ; -ma ^ sfrate ,-: ; : what : ; d 6 ; y . o . iii- ' . mean ? Whysome of my goods stands in the room . It appears that the bench belonged to : the complainant , and the husband of defendant paidTier sixpence for the lend ofit . She had on Tuesday given them notice to quit in a month , and went to take the screw to prevent his working at the bench ; Mrs .: Rawbottom tried to get it from her .: and that was the whole of the assault complained . Mr . Parker again tried to get at the truth j but as from th ' e glibness of the old lady ' s tongue , ; he found that impossible , the case , was dismissed ; *
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LANCASHIRE ^ EWS . ; ¦ . ' . ¦ . ; , ;¦ ... ' prestwich . ' - ' : - \ ¦ , . ' " ; ' . ' : Prestwich Radical '¦ Association ; — -On Saturday last the 10 th inst . the members of the : Prestyyich Radical Association held their second anniversary at the Association Roorii , Rooden Lane when a substantial repast was provided for the occasion . : After the removal of the cloth Mr . Dickinson a working man was called to the ; chair , who ^ opened the proceedings with a neat arid appropriatespeech ; on the necessity of unity on the part of working classes to obtain their just arid inalienable rights , viz . Universal Suffrage , &c ., exposed the vacillatirig . policy of the present so called " Uberal " Ministry ; and the folly of expecting the redress of
any grievance- so long as property alone is repre * s ? nted ; took a retrospective view of the proceeding ! of the society for the last , year , and concluded by giving a well deserved phillippic to my ¦ ¦ ' : « Leetle Lord John" for his audacious assertion touching the respectability of the Petitioners forthe repeal of the Poor Law Amendment A ' eti The followine toasts were also given and responded to , viz . " The people , the source of all wealth . « Feargus O'Connor ar id the Northern StarK ' < Bronterre , aad all real Radicals . " "The exile of Erin , " "The immortal memory of Huritj Cobbett , and Cartwright . * ' ' The Glasgow Spinners and the . Dorchester Labpvirers , " and may they soon return to : the bosom * of their wives and families . "Fielden , Johnson Wakley , &c . &c . , ¦ ' '
. ¦ .. -: .. - • ¦ : ¦¦ ,: . ; OIJ > BAltt ;; . - .. - : ' . . ; .- ;¦ -- ^ r ., ¦ : ' . ¦ , . Public Dinner at Shaw , near Oldham . —•• On Friday' evening last , the populous village ¦ of briaw was the scene of animated public proceedings in- the cominemoratiori of the birth-day of Mr . Cobbett , by a public dinner , at the Blue Bell Inn . A number of individuals , who regard the New Poor Law and all its appendages with hearty abhprrerice . prepared the effigy-of a Poor Law Guardian | arid tliis circumstance gave rise to an erroneous report , that it was the -figure ..-of the person lately appointed registrar of births arid deaths for Croniptori , —this was ; totall y unfounded , The effigy was takeri to the
Four-lane-erids shortly after seven / o'clock in the evening ; and , by way of manifesting the dislike of the people of Cromptdn to : the ; New Poot Lawr Guardianship , was shot at , and consi gned to the flames , amidst the execrations of a large multitude * The public dinner in memory of Cobbett took place in the large room , of the inn , and was numerously atterided ^ chiefly by the Operative Radical Refprmers of the neighbourhood . The number who sat down , was 150 . Mr . Nathan Stott was urianimously called to the chair . : A / number of patriotic and appropriate toasts were drunk , which we regret our utter inability to give for want of room .
« OCHJ > A 1 E . . ^ Journeymen Beicklayers of this ^ town have by public advertisement announced their intention of not working for any joiner who may contract for the brickwork of any building , or for any master builder who inay retake any work frorii any . person who is not a proper buildery for bv so doing they consider they would be doing an injury to themselves and the trade . r ' v ? FlRE . _ 0 r i -Thursday morning , a most destruc--tive fire broke but in the cotton ; mill , belonging to Messrs .... Box ton , ¦' . " . of ; this town , \ which in a few
minutes alter its discovery broke through the wind 6 w 9-arid roof with terrific fury . The engine * were in ashort time on the ^ ot j but the devouring element had got to such an height that the whole of the building which , was four sturies high becarrie a massof ruins beforVthe fire cbutd be gut binder , - althbueh the engines were well . worked by the assembled crowd , and a plentiful supply of water at hand .. Oneman ; gotmost severel y injured by the ^ falling of apart of the wal l npon him and knpckiiic him ^^^^ twostorieg , high- ; hish ^ xdwa ^ mosfc dreadfully injured j his lifewas dtespaiied of . : /
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 17, 1838, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct997/page/5/
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