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      T 3 EEE ^" BdtlBeE OF ALt XTCTR EVttS . ^ pVER-POPULAfiO ^ , AKD OTES-PEO-; i > ircTioN" ; ANS ^ EREi ) . The last , like the preceding Parliamentary weeks , iasteen devoid of public interest and unproductive « f / public good . Squabbles about seats ; . renewal of declarations of the necessity x > f hacking the "back of &e poor soldier ; arguments concerning foreign policy ; declarations in favour of nego emancipation sod white slave 'bondage * , Maltbasan exaltation at tire * aeces 8 of wholesale plunder ; -rirtdperation " ~—" - " - ~ - ¦ ' " -: — - ' - — *• ' nrro T ? VfrTX'

      against the already "unjustly oppressed Catholics—Harbour Bills ^ Ball-road Bills ; Pier Bills . ; Irish Poor IjbwBills-jTsith all the other absurdities , have heen discussed in the National Jobbing House ; ¦ while not a word , not a single" word , has been -uttered , -having for its object , the advancement of the millions . Thus we find elective power and nonetectrre inflnence once again opposed ; justice at war-with injustice ; unprotected truth contending Jagainst protected falsehood ; and . naked misery , starvation , and want laughed at by those who ire -upon national plunder , depravity ,-monopoly , &nd"fbrce . " , » ,

      33 tese things we know ; these things we feel ; these things we preach ; "but so violent must he . any change fsr the hetter , that it is almost vain to expect that men TiriB give"up old prejudices , long cherished predelictions , and crotchets , for what appears a subversion of established order , and a plunge into ehaotie cenfusion . "We grant , that , opposed as our present rulers are to erery species of progressive improvement , that the move , if not restrained by a timely application of Tefbrmiog principles , will he s dash to clear the

      breach which corruption has made , and in one dread-& 1 struggle to accomplish more by violence than jroold have been required " if something had been yielded to justice . The system of private contention , individual monopoly , and party aggrandizement , Has disgusted the non-electors , with the delegation of representative power , by a few interested individuals to the keeping of those who legislate for thempelvts , and against the interest of the common--wrealth .

      Tti all ages , and through all time , there has been cant phrase to account for the condition of the working classes . "We hear of idleness , drunkenness , want -of education , and a thousand imperfections and deficiencies , attributed to them as a reasonable means of accounting for their want of improvement and anoral deration . ""We have heard the thunder of jmlpit eloquence , senatorial reproof , sectarian

      denunciation and declamatory ravings of paid and itinerant -demagogues , unmercifully hurled at the " swinish nmltitnde ; " all their vices hare "been represented -ascharacteristic of a low horn race ; while few iave declared them to he consequences of oppression and misrule . Men possessing philanthrophvand - love of justice , mourn , as it were , that with the best intentions to serve them , the working classes cannot "be induced to conform to those rules laid down bv

      then professed friends and champions . Alas ] they iave no friends ; they cannot have friends under the present system of legislation . The people witness the disorganization- of their moral societies , while fashion in high life proceeds apaee with rapid strides . They witness the breaking -np of their small once happyand social communities , and see a squalid race of living skeletons marching in sad procession , in filthy towns , by arithmetical Trite , from the den of misery to the loathsome factory , and thence ( when old age , or exhaustion , or danger of

      speculation overtakes them , ) to the dungeon of the remorseless Devil-King , whose deputies receive "them as" a part ofthe over-population of the eountrv . Behold then the mistery . A new order of things has sprung up , and we require anew order ofmen to govern -them . The rapid changes which society has undergone "b y the introduction of machinery without ¦ coresponding laws to regulate its proceeds , is the one f ^ eat plague spot , which now affects the "body politic All , all the fault is attributed to the people themselves , while those who are entrusted with their

      -jgovertinjpnt , are held exempt from censure . - XX late , more than ever , the cry of over-population , -as CfflBpared with the means of production / has teen trumpeted in our ears . The means ' of regulating population in one country , by the commercial -wants , speculation , and power of production , of other ¦ countries , has been reduced to a singular nicetv andhas been solved and laid down with an exactitude ¦ which no science ( even less abstruse ) has attained . A table of grain has Been established which , in the opinion of political economists , should' regulate

      population ; and instead of effecting an equitable distribution of the fruite of the earth and of rendering them subservient to the wants of the people , ** £ o as in due time they may enjoy them }" it would appear as if the order of nature were-reversed , and that the scale of population shonld he made subservient to the commercial speculation of the capitalist , the wants of the lord of the soil , and to the financial necessities * f a money-mongering Government" The question » f « ver-population cannot he solved "b y any- given

      comber of inhabitants . Man has heen displaced irom his natural poation in society , by the introdnction of machinery ; and if to-day ten millions should he considered a thm population , to-morrow i > y the invention of some new piece of machinery ^ one suDion might be looked upon as a superabundant poyulatfon . By power of production , is meant the means -of producing , at the smallest possible remunerating Jiice for labour , with the greatest possible amount of profit to the speculator . The whole question of ^ stress aad dissatisfaction u to be thus accounted

      *» r . Eor ages the people of this country have heen accustomed to one line of life , and one description * f lahosr , in the . enjoyment and prosecution of -width they have heen governed by laws made with reference to their habits sad occupations . But of Jate a new spirit , a . lively-soul has been infused , -wMeh « smres a new code of 1 » wb ; first to arrange ^ tfie proiii $ ana then to govern tke * ystem . Under "&b old feudal Jaws , some scale was established , to Tegnlate ¦ fee landlord's profit upon each class of -Jaik ^ ecen&iigto its producing power . The political

      -economists , subdivide the price ofthe raw material , Hie profits Bpoa tenancy , outlay , risk , and speeula"" tieB , with nice " precision ; while they hand the *« cheme for factories regulation , over to the ten ^ " ^ krinercies of the Russian , the American , and other inhabitants of forei gn parts . "We require some defined specific rule for the regulation of all profit made by labour , otherwise -ire shall have a savagg and a "bloody civil war to -r ight society . The facility which machinery affordi fat gambling , makes the avaricious capitalist {^ peculating on hourly return from each drop of

      weat , ) look with apathy upon the uncultivated soil in view of his mil ] , and with contempt ^ upon the AiD dod-pole cultivator , who is satisfied with the poor profit of four or five per cent ., " and that -attnoally , for his labour and speculation . The anxious gambler who hazards Ms all npoa one Ukaovi . of the dice , does not look with more ineffable contempt upon the frequenter of * he penny lootable , than doe ? the ywfc £ - « £ « rs-capitalist npon the . a 3 bw . procedure ^ of his fenniag nelghhour . Is it not monstrous te talk of over-population , and to resort to ; "foreign and fluctuating- markets - for human , "food , arhfle at each step we see thousands of acres merely

      . xeqmrii % wholesome labour to -prodnce wholesome food ? Ovexpopalationindeedl Lay lowthelordlyheads -rfjoor forest trees ; dispose of your hunters , race iidreeSj pleasure horses , dragoon horses , dogs , and

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      | animals , who consume without producing ; turn your parks , your race grounds , your deer parks , and vast domains into available produce : then show ns an over-population , and we will join with you inquest I of distant countries , to which the younger branches I of nature ' s family shall repair for sustenance , shel-I ter , and relief . Speak , then , henceforth , in . terms I which the sufferers can understand . Lay aside your I economical mysteries , with regard to free trade , overrnViiTtmlHlTrtth hnncntoe withonfWTrvdWrliTiir tiirnvntir

      l production , over-popolation , and competition . Take I the fragments of misery from your political Kaleides-J eope , and draw the fair picture to the people . Speak to them in homely phrase—tell them that to be great abroad , we must first "be great at home . Talk to them of national free trade—tell them to dissolve the incestuous nnion between Church and State , and to restore the tithes to the uses of-the people . Tell them to make the laws such as can he obeyed from

      love , and disband your army . Get nd of your pensioners , your drones , your locusts , and your expensive establishments of every description ; and then , those who now complain of disorder and want of moral perfection , will speedily find that the cause being removed , the effect will have ceased to exist ' We admit that any new science , by the operation of which th '»^ government , of a country is much affected , requires time for consideration , before new laws can be made applicable to the working of new circumstances . But at the same time , all must

      allow , that no dispositionhas been evinced to remedy a single evil created , by recent great and important changes . The few whom machinery has not as yet vitally effected , serve as a political guard for those who are becoming rich ( as if by magic ) under its unrestrained influence . In conclusion , let it not be understood that wi- are enemies to machinery . On the contrary , we are staunch supporters of the system ; but we are enemies to the unequal distribution of the

      funds made under its application . Machinery , which should be man's holiday , has been made man ' s curse ; and when we know that the manufacturer who can rob 4 , 000 men , women , and children , of two hours labour per day at 3 d . perbour , puts thirty one thousand eight hundred pounds per annum into his own pocket , with out any speculation as to the price of material : or manufactured article , —then . we say , regulate the profits made by machinery , or the people will be obliged to regulate them for you .

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      TO THE EDITORS OF THE NORTHERN . STAR . London , March 28 th , 1838 . Gentlemen , —I have seldom perused a Journal which afforded me more real satisfaction than did four " Star" of Saturday last . Let me briefly explain why that number in particular has so much pleased me , and why , I think , it must have pleased iousands of other persons whose good opinion is of more consequence to you than mine .

      Your " Star" of Saturday alounds in matter which shoves that you , its conductors , are preparing to act as well as to write and talk , and , -what is by far more important , that the Men of the North are preparing to act itit / i yow and even to go leyond you , if that be possible You will see by this , that I allude not so much to your own editorial articles , as to the general contents of . your last number—more especially to your correspondence , and your reports of public meet / ngs . I would not give a fig for all the editorial scribbling

      and speech-making . in the world , unless they be of a nature to make the people act j hut that your scribbling and speech-making will have that effect , if they have not already produced it , is . evident to me from almost every part of the contents of your last number . In the first place there is your report of the Uadieal meeting at Bury . The sentiments expressed at that meeting need only to be universally acted upon by the working classes to render their cause invincible . It is the first example I have seen of a Trades' Union

      having the intelligence and the boldness to declare that politics was an essential part of the legitimate objects of such societies . The old cuckoo cry " We hare nothing to do tcith politics " —that er \ which knaves originated , which fools were tanehl to reiterate—and which has hitherto proved the bane of all Trades' Combinations— -was most wisely and manfully discountenanced at Bury . Talk of the signs of the times ! I know no sign of the time : so pregnant with salutary consequences to the British public , as this conduct of the Unionists oi Bury . Had the Grand Consolidated Trades Union ( which presented such an imposing array o '

      strength a few years ago , ) only acted upon similar resolves to those of the men of Bury , it would not only have been still in existence , hut would be the most formidable Combination that ever menaced Governmental Despotism . At the time of that Union , I did all in my power to induce its members to embody the single question of Universal Suffrage . amongst the number of its declared objects ; but neither myself , nor those of my readers who belonged to the Trades , could make any impression against the overwhelming majority , whose cry was— " "We want no politics , "" We will have nothing to de with politics . " What reason and common sense could not effect

      then , time and experience have since partially effected . All intelligent working men are now convinced of three things—First , that without a voice in the laws ,. their Trades' Combinations will ever have but a precarious tenure of existence , being always liable to be criminated and broken up by the verdict of a middle-class jury . Second , that without a voice in the laws , such combinations can , at best only partially stay or prevent the downward progress of working men , but are never of any avail to

      permanently raise wage § , much less to materially affect the arrangements of society in favour of the interests of labour . And Third , that Universal Suffrage , so far from operating against , or bebg inconsistent with , the other declared objects of Trades' Unions , would materially assist them and expedite the march of opinion in favour of . still more comprehensive objects . These convictions are now pretty generally , entertained , and , thank » to the men of Bsuy and to the ^' Northern Star , they bid fair to ripfin into the golden fruit of action before long .

      Who thatreadsyonr account of the Bury Trades ' Meeting will not rejoice to see such sentiments as the following expressed by working men :- " 1 Ye do not come here ( says Mr . Boubgoioke , millwright ) , to hear Dr . Fletcheb , or Feabgus O'Connor , or Mr . ' Stephens , or Mr . Oastlbb j we are come to repel the foul charge of assassination " ( CConnbix ' s charge ) . A gain- " Some of those pTesenthadprobablybeen aecurtomedtosay wWAare we to do with politics /—buthe , Mr . Boubgoigne , would tellthem " that if there had been fair legislation to protect the interests of labour , there would have been no need for Unions , for trades or for Secret Societies . They would soon find that it

      concerned every one to understand polities , &c . " Mr . B . then proceeded to refer to lie House of Commons' Conrnflttee now ^ tifabtg on the robject of Trades' Societies , —a Committeee , two of whose members are the Jxtdgb Advocate , who condemned the five Glasgow Cotton Spinners , and Mr . Daniel O'Conkell , who has branded the Unionists generally as assassins , or the abettors of assassination . WeU may we exclaim with this honest millwrightr- " ^ pretty set of fellow * these , to tnjui » e into , and tkterxnine on , the rights of labour I" Mr . Thomas Biw > , cotton spinner , was no less decided than his friend Bottrgoigne in repudiating the cowardly endcoo cry of " . So

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      politics ! " "Nopolilms / . » I caUtbisery cowflr ^ , because in nine eases ; out of ten it proceeds as much from cowardice as from ignorance * The leaders of the Unions are afraid of their masters , and still more afraid , of the Government , wbich ^ they vainfy imagine , will let them alone so long as they let politics alone , and confine themselves to wages , limiting the number of apprentices ,: or the like trade regulations . But no- delusion can be more complete . Every one of the . regulations alluded to is as much an attack on the Government nnlitirx V * ' Nn mililmt J" I call this nrv i ^ rnnnrttlv .

      as the -carrying of a resolution in favour of Universal Suffrage or Annual Parliaments . - The reason why the Government does not give Universal Sufirage , is simply because the classes which make the Government , ; derive the bulk of their incomes from the slavery and low wages ; of the ; working classes , which , they know , Universal Suffrage would put an end to . But what matters it to those classes whether slavery and low wages' be put an end to by Universa Suffrage , or by the regulations of Trades' Unions ?

      Not a straws value of differenoe doesit make to them , except in so far as Universal Suffrage would be a more effectual remedy against them than the other . In either case , their Government is sure to do its utmost to crush whatever tends to do away ' with slavery and low wages . All members of Trades ' UnionB may , therefore , Test assured , that by discarding politics , they conciliate neither the Government , nor their masters' customers ; whilst , at the same time , they discourage all their best friends , lose one half their real strength , and neglect the only effectual means of permanent amelioration .

      Messrs . Boubgoigne and Bird explained this well at the Bury meeting . "Go to the savings ' banks , " said Mr . Bird , " and fetch out your money , and call on your fellow-workmen through ' out England , Scotland , and Ireland to do the same . " Your correspondent , B . J . Richardson , recommends the same , and who will tell me that this ' admirable recommendation has nothing to do with politics ? Had the-Government no political object

      in establishing or sanctioning the establishment of savings' banks ? In limiting the amount of deposits to be made by each depositor ? In enabling the working classes to purchase annuities with their accumulated savings ? And in limiting the amount of these annuities to twenty pounds ? Why , the whole affair is a political one of the worst machivlaien stamp , and yet there are working men so perverse and blind to their own

      interests , as to say , I will have nothing to do with politics !"—God pity such deluded creatures , and open their eyes before the New Poor Law Act , and the New Rural Police shall have convinced them to their cost , that their not having anything to do with politics will not prevent politics froin having to do with them . If Mr . Richard Taylor , ( another of the ' speakers at the Bury Meeting , ) had held such infatuated notions , he would never have had

      the good sense to say , in reference to the House of Commons' Committee on the Trades , "it would have been better if O'Connell and his set had got a a Committee to enquire into the Causes of distress , instead of their present proceedings . " Messrs . Clegg , Stoken , Lord , and Fletcher , showed themselves no less intelligent than the speakers already named . It is impossible to read even your brief outline of the speeches of these persons without feeling a thorough conviction that if all the working people were but equally wellinformed and public-spirited , their cause would be invincible .

      The address of the Edinburgh Committee in behalf of the victimized Cotton Spinners , is another feature in your last week ' s paper , which must delight every friend of humanity . Who that reads that eloquent address , can doubt the ultimate triumph of Right over Might , " and of enlightenM benevolence over the brute empire of force and s&S&fr cunning ? The letter of Harney , NEESbM , and

      Ireland , is another important sign of the time * * for the publication of which , as well ds ' v . of ^ tho letter of Mr . Richardson , in reference to the Savings' Banks , weare indebted to your last number . But what most gratifies me , of all , in that number , is , your announcement of the Great Northern Union , and your recommendation that the returned Dorchester Labourers be forthwith

      put m requisition to make a tour through England in behalf of the five Glasgow Cotton Spinners . ' This is something better than mere talking and writing . The Northern Union , if it be goodfor anything , may be made the foundation of a real national Guard to protect the British Democracy in its first essays of Sovereign power . In truth there is no telling to what uses such a body may not be convertible , provided it be strong in Numbers and Union , and that it be actuated by a proper sense of the wrongs it has suffered , and of the rights it has to gain . Heartily thanking you , gentlemen , for jour last number , and wishing you every rucce » s , I remain , &c . / BRONTEREE .

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      Mr . J . Ogilvie , news agent , Bow Lane Cross Street Manchester , has left his residence , without com- > municating- his present address to its , ivhichis of importance , for a certain reason . Weunderstand he has gone to Scotland ; andshall give any per . ' son 10 * . who will be kind enough to forward fm present address to this office—Northern Star . We have been obliged to exclude much matter of importance this week , and amongst the many , a . most important report of a meeting of rate-payers held at JZukinfield , which shall appear in full in ournext . ¦ ;

      j Thosepsrsons who have paid Mr . Millar ^ of Glaai gow , for the Star , shall receive them ( till the time expires ) from our agent , Mr . Henry Robfa sonyTrmgate ; butvotrbeg to state that , in ftdurti we shall do as we are done ^ ijjr ; - We should le happy to hear from Mr . Millar . .- ' ^ ' We have much pleasure tot accepting the tnviftitbgi of our Barnstey' friends far Easter Tuesday , am thank them for their kindness , we shalldoour utmost to make them spend a pleasant evenbig . We never were more delighted than with the mpet .

      ing of the good menofBirsialon Tuesday night Jatt , so much so that , with their permission , we shall , on Monday , the Q 3 rd of April , hold a general meeting of the several villages in their neighbourhood , when , with God ' s blessing , we will lay the foundation-stone for opening the representation of the great count y of York , and wrenching it from the hands of / action . It must be done and at Birstal , among the many villagers . ¦ ¦ We have received as much poetry as a donkey could draw ; we shall select from it as occasion offers , so let none be Jealous , or we will take it ¦ ¦ ¦

      by lot . , -. . - . - , ...- ¦¦' . .. •¦ . ¦ . ¦ - v ; ¦; .,.. ; . ¦;• Comprehensive address . —* I new London publica-. tkm , after having purMned an entire leading article from the Northern Star , says , front a " North of England newspaper . " Well done , Harry ; it won't do , we'll beat you all , and you know it . * M * . < ¥ Co * nor received a letter from his excellent fi *?* £ t < K ° b * t Holt , of Rochdale , 'which he will shortly answer , but has been very busy : he hopes this apology will be satisfactory . Robert wilt get £ 2 l 0 s . from Shepperd , who will give his receipt as cash toMr . Heywood , of Manchester . All agents who choose to / allow their accounts to remamunpaid for a week after receipt of them , can do so j but they will'beallowed onlyahalf

      penny perpaper : they canpleaseth emselves . Specimen of Stephens ' * portrait will shortly be m tt * W , of ourAgents , Stephens » anhonour to kts country and our cause , - hemusl bevaluaiktoteemtomuckmtuperationfrom" Slashing Hurry * ' steam tongue .

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      We are not quite tatisfied with the position of our Halifax friend * ^ they must spring up ns summer comes .: Our correspoiident sent w «"•? to news this week—was there none'i ' Hesaid not .: i v If our Bradford friends want more local iietos , let them communicate with our correspondent ; we fi ye all ' we ' get ,: and ' shall'behappy to give more , , utviecantioiinanifocturciir Irifdture , Cooke , of Stdley-Bridge ^ mitst get his p apers from our Stalcy-Bridge Agent , Mr . Deegan . ¦ - ¦ . ;] ' : ¦ V ; - - - ; v .-: ; . ; ;¦ :. ¦¦ '¦ : .-y - ,-: All Order * for Lancashiremust'besent on Wednesday , next week * ixr * . / i < ui Mtifj , ^ ji . ^ s ^ j . ^• it . ji . .- ^ . j ? ' : > . - "'

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      . As many bet 9 are pending with respect to the Circulation of the Northern Star , and as we have received several communications expressing a wish to know bur present Circulation \ we subjoinj an Average for the last six weeks , together with the JNumbers Sold in Leeds , Huddersfield , Bradfbrdy and Halifax , respectively , during that period . This

      we give . though against our own interest , as the Star is rising Weekly j but we give it on our own word , which can be confirmed by Messrs . J Wrigley and Son , Paper Manufacturers , from whom we get Stamps , and from our several Agents , and will be cpnfirmed by the Pariianlentary Returns we pledge ourselyesV The present is the Twentieth Number of the Star .

      ^ Leeds ...... ...... 11 , 422 or 1 , 903 Weekly . Bradford .......... 5 , 026 of 836 Weekly . Halifax .. ; .... . . 5 , 188 ^ or 837 Weekly . Huddersfield ...... 5 , 999 or 1 , 000 Wanting ¦ a fraction Weekly . Should this prove incorrect we shall pay all the bets .., ' -. '¦ : ¦ . •¦ ¦¦ - ; . ; .. ' \ - ' . ' .-.. "¦; . ;• : ;; ¦ . ' . : : . : Total Circulation of the " Northern Star" for the last Six Weeks 63 , 954 or 10 , 659 Weekly .

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      Some time ago we announced to our readers that the circulation of tl » e : Star had become so great , as to render it necessary for us to erect a Steam Engine , to enable us to print off the quantity required in timei That 1 Engine -we : hav 0 now at work for the second week ; and we notice it here for the purpose of thus publicl y testifying to Ihe merit of the makers ^ Mess . Smithy Beacock , and Taiinett , Engineers , Leeds .

      rheEngine js of two horse pbwer , and the whole of it , with the exception of the fly , wheel , stands in a space not more than two feet six inches square . The working of it is most satisfactory ; indeed , it commenced work without the least difficulty the first moment the steam was properly applied to it . To those requiring a similar Engine , of , indeed , Engine work of any kind , we can most heartily recommend the above Firm .

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      The Value of the Leeds Town Council . r—In consequence of the decisions-. ' -of-this' incorporation of sapience , no" ^ less than fifteen persons were , on Saturday last , summoned before the magistrates to answer charges 6 f non-payment of poor rates , highway rates , &c . Many of them seemed tp be in circumstances of the ; greatest destitution . Some had had little work for a very long time , and could scarcely obtain the means of subsistence . Others hadbeen unable , from illness , to attend , to their usual avocatibns , and had : nothing to . depend upon except what was earned by their wives and

      little children . And yet the magistrates , Dr . Williamson and William Williams Brown , in every case but one , adjudged the parties able to pay . Besides the paiti-y vsums for which these poor persons were summoned , there was to each case added FIVE SHILLINGS for costs ! ! ! , One person who was summoned was a poor widow with two children j and receiving parish relief ; cThese are some of the blessings of the Cprporatiori Refonri Bill , which has bee »> TOpit ^ r ia 1 ^ 1 y denpininatect ^ The Whig RWiery Acti /} TfaiX Acf % ^ heiiflfec ^ < $ rWhig wisdovCvcaA thereofe ; $ he Whigl ^ are \ ap ^ f . ,: deserving of tbie support of every man who . loves' * iyranny and hates Jysdcei . / ' . ' :. ' ¦ . :. ' ¦ -:-. vr :- ' -- ^ ¦/¦" ¦ : { ' - ' \ \ ' \ ¦¦

      FoiiaiNG ; a " C > RTiFieATEv -Qn Saturday last , a woman named ; Lydia Cravi : shaw ^; was brought before the Magistrates , charged with forging a certificate of the birth of hercffiW , -in order diat she might-be able to get her to ^ woi ^ pfc Tetley , TP ^ tham and Walker's Works , Schodkcldse ; ; The charge was made ; by Mr ^ Baker , who produced several witnesses- to substantiate it . The certificate was given from the parish church of this town , stating that the child was born and sprinkled in the year 1835 , The certificate ) however ^ was altered from 1835 to 1834 , being ' dated a year back .- The clerk of the parish swore to the alteration in the figures

      , and the wonian ,, Lydia Crawshawj proved that the certificate had never been out pf her possession from the time of receiving it to the time of delivering it to the bookkeeper of the works ! : The case excited considerable interest , and ; occupied much time . After the whole of 'the evidenctJ had been gone into , the Magistrates said that they found it was her interest that this alteration should be made whereby she could obtain the value of ' the labour of her child . She , however , / was ¦ answerable for the alteration ; ' they were ^ satisfi . ^ t . was altered by her knowled to

      ge , and as she had giv ^ n currency a false certificate j knowing the same ^ to be untrue , she was liable to be imprisoned in the ^ H ouse ¦ ¦ ; . pf -Correction for any period not exceeding tycQ niojaths . They were / unwilling to sentence her to ; any ^ flerions iin * prisonm « rit ; but it was ' their . duly to mark the offence . They beUeved it was an pfienee which was practiced every day . They should ^ itherefore' commit her to prison till the rising of the court . They were unwilling to send her to tile House of Correction , which they certainly ; should- do if she or any one else , was brought there oh ^ similar dharge . .

      A THOBNrSuBJEC ^ Qn f Tuesday last , a Mr . Thomas Page , of vArmley ,- was summoned before the Magistrates by the-Surveyors of Highways for ; the -township ; of Annlbyy to ahsww a complaint made by them m' reference to a high hedge opposite Mr . Page ' s lionse , which they said prevented the wind and sun'ftom , drying the road in consequence of the hedge being so very high . The case had been befor ^ i th e sameVMagistrates , about a week before , when j ; ( after hAV | ngvstated that as thehedge was a ... . -jEind of ; protextipil to Mr . Page '? dwellihg-honsej it , " was :: a } f . exception to the taut regtttilingji $ jk ^ : b « t : the . point : > 'iDi -. ' 'dispute ; to arbitration ^ t ( i hi % 'wj ( 8 agreed to . ; One of the nominated arbitrators , hpw-&W > ^ Teased to act , and the matter was acain

      Brojaght before the biehch , antl" notwilihstandiri g \ b& " exception to the lawy" the M » gistrat « j deeided that the- ^ erseers might proceed to cut the hedge '; but they hoped the _ overseejs vrould ^ ^ cut ^ as little as they could be satisfied with , so as to jprdduce np feelings of , bbstilityon the part of Mr ; Page . Mr . Page , at the same time , threatened thai , claiming three feet of the road frpni the hedge , he ; Bh 6 uld tike in that ground , if they cut his hedge , and build a wall as high , or higher , than the hedge ; for he required some shelter for his house from the dust on the road , as well as from the continual gaze of passengers . Mr . Page ^ we understand , is a staunch blue , ; The surveyors are all yellows ; the Magistrates , likewise , are of a , yellowish caafef-and we leave out readers to infer the rest .

      A Shilling ' sworth .--On Tuesday last , an old woman of the Gree . n Isle , was brought before the magistrates charged with having stolen a shilling , the property of Ann Pearson , a resident of St . James ' w Btreefei " It appeared that on the day previons the old woman ( who from age alone really seemed much more an object of the : tenderest sympathy than of prosecution ) ,, was selling matches , arid called at the house of the complainant ; whpj at the time happened to tarn eight shillings out of her pocket uppn the floor , and upon gathering it up founpvbioly seven . A , girl who was present stated that she saw the old

      jwoman pick up something like a shilling , and put it in her pocket . A policeman was sent for arid- she was examined . ; A shilling wias found upon her , which she stated" she had received the day before for the same , value -of copneri and declared' that she had not picked up a shilling . She preserited a note frpnii the Rev ; Henry Walmsley , catholic priest , as to character ^ and " she was discharged after heina warned by Dr . ; Williamfiori \ to take care for the fabre lest Bhe should be sent to the Hp rection , Ppor oldbspul ^^ theyHa 4 iwre ^ needhave ^ talked of making her comfortable for ^ life , which frorix age itself appeared as if it could not he very long .

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      MATRlMoNtAL DKQUiEl'UDK .-iLast Wednesday a taan nameeL Thompson , of BeeatoH Hill , ainotorious dog-fighter , was brought np at our Qburt House , charged ynthf beating : his wife , and otherwise ill treating : her ^ T ^ seemtid very : bitter against her husband , and was well supported by her mother ; Thompson was also supported by bjsvstep ^ fajther jvrhoj we were : toldy is alsp fond pf dbgrfighting . He was hpurid over to keep the peace for six months . ^ ' ~ M i ' mit-rTiii < ~ - * . i'i . « . t ''¦ ¦ n » oiilTTVT «>* iw » . « . - \ t ' - . 1 '" WV

      Sermons to Young Men . —On Sunday evening last ^ Mrv J . E . ( riles , of South Parade Chapel , addressed a discourse to young men from the words , ' * Wherewithal shall a ^^ young man . cleanse his wayj " $ iCi There was a goodly company of young auditors , who listened attentively fo the plain , practical discourse of this excellent preacher , who : on that occasion principally confined himself to the consideration of some of those temptations to which youth are most subject , and pointed out the best means for escaping their influence . /"• '

      Incuest . — -On Tuesday morning last , an inquest was held at the Court House , before John Blackburn , Esqi ? coroner , on view of the body of Wjlliam Oddel , a labouring man , aged forty years , and whp for some time was resident at Gildersome . It appeared from the evidence that the deceased had , for ashorttime , been in the workhouse , when ; a few days ago , his clothes accidentally caught fire , from the effects ol which he was So seriously ^ injured as to he ; removed to the ^ infirmary , where he expired on Monday last . After a patient investigation of the case , the jury returned a verdict of " Acfeidental death . " - . ¦ v

      Vagrancy . —Sarah Hall was brougft before the Magistrates on Tuesday last , charged by a policeman with begging at the doors of several respectable people . Sarah appeared to be an innbcenL and certainly was a modest and interesting looking young woman , of about seventeen years of age . Shestated that she was without father or mother ; that she had been accustomed ^ to stocking weaving ' arid had come from WprcesJter to seek work , ' trade being ^ very dull in that place . Dr . Williamson directed the relieving-officer to grant her some assistance , and also ordered the girl to leave the town immediately on receiving that asgistance , on pain of being sent to the House of Correction . Hey what happy times we live in ! '

      Embezzling FLAx . ~ pnWednesday last / two men , named George Ay ton and William Stones were charged with embezzling flax yarn , the roperty of Messrs . Hives and Atkinson . ; AytOn is a . gardener , and lives in Jack-lane , at the entrance of the Dewsbury-road . Stones was the watchmari at the factory of the firm ahove-meritioned . It ppeared from the evidence , that Ay ton had , for -the astfour years , been in the habit of selling quantities of linen twist ; and some suspicion being attached to him as to ^ whether he ^ had come honestiy by the article , his house was searched , arid yarn found in his . possession of which he could render no

      satisfactory account . A person from Wakefield , also a gardener , deposed that for the last four years he had bought twine of the prisoner to as much ! as 15 ' 1 / lbs . at a time . The pr isoner was required to produce evidence to show how he became possessed of such property . This he was unable to do , although he had been a dealer in the article for four years . He said that persons came around the Marketplace selling , ^ and he generally bought of them . The Magistrates intimated that if he could produce one person from -whom he had at ' any time purchased yarn , they might be disposed to take a favourable view of the dase . He saidhe could not produce any person , for he had never taken

      any notice of the parties from whom be had bought yarn , as he was totally unaware that he was subject to any danger . Several persons appeared to give him a character , all of whom testified to his honesty and his general good demeanour . Mr . Naylor pleaded the case very ably for the defendant , arid argued very strongly on the point of his / excellent charaeter , and of his having a large family to support . On the other hand , the overlooker of Messrs . Hives and Atkinson said he would swear that the flax belonged to his employers , and that latterly they had missed considerable quantities . Mr . Naylor also pleaded that this was not one of the ordinary cases specified by the act , which in the preamble stated that it was intended to apply to parties employed in the service of any manufacturer .

      &c . JNow , the prisoner was not employed , and therefore this was not a case cognizable by the jict . Mr . Barr objected that the act was intended * to apply to all persons having this kind of goods in their possession , for which they could not account . Mr . Naylpr teen pleaded for a mitigation ' -vf the ^ - nalty , because , though the la ^ stated Vn " e penalty to be absolute , it was the practice of th ^ magistrates in some other instances , . where the penalty was equally absolute , to grant a rtitigation > » He referred to one case under the Beer Act whicii lie had seen reported in the newspapers ; and ; he .. thought that the same discretionary power might fee exercised ' > & this case . The magistrates denied havingiexercised any discretionary power in such case , arid stated that they could not attempt to depart from the law which ¦

      was so positive ; and absolutei Ay ton was iined £ 20 ; apd in default of payment he was to be committed for one month to the House of Correction , Stones wasjdismissed , there being no chargeagainst ¦ va :. , « pft > Howing day ( Thursday ) Mr . Naylor applied to the magistrates to enquire - whether it was lawful for them to pursue two remedies against a cpnyicted party ; he stated that a ^ warrant of distress had be ? n issued ^ and Ayton ' s household property had all been seized , arid was about to be sold f 0 I > the payment of the penalty Atthe same time . Ayton was still confined in prison , and he , Mr . Naylor , ^ demanded his uheration . Mr . Lofthmi «*»

      answered , that nothing had been done except what was m strict conformity with the law . And if Mr . Naylor ^ intended taking ariy steps in the business , he should , decline giving any reasons for the course that ; had been adopted . The magistrates stated that as the distress warrant had not yet been returned : they could not liberate the prisoner ; but they recommended Wood to get the business settled as sopn as possible , and , when the warrant was returned , he should be set at liberty . . , * ; T « EFT , ^ -Owen Bower , was brought before the magistrates , on Thursday last , charged with stealing a shovel and spaide . the property of a man named Ihorpe , in whose employ he had been working a few

      days ago ; He : had absconded with the tools , and . sold them tit the London Tavern tola' labouring man , forconsiderably less than their value . Bower' wife appeared at court and begged very hard that " her husband mightbe forgiven this time . The ppor fellowseemed exceedingly sad , arid said-he had been very badly off for a long time , and had only had threefourAspf a day's work with Thorpe , the prpsecutpr said he did npt wish to press the charge against the man , as he ^ ^ believed he ^ as badly off .- The magigtrates said the ; felbny was clearly proved , and they had np alternative ; thej- , mnst commit him to the sessions

      ; Really it is v « ry stririge that our magii ) . tra * s hivve a discretionary power in some instances jrid nptinothersj which are precisely similar ; we hav ^^ npwn many instances in which even DrV ^ yjlhanaon himself has taken upon him to exercise aiBcretfenary ^ power in cases ^ ere felbriy ha ¥ been distincgy proved . These men , howeverV wire all apparently , very poor , ; the prisoner and the ;; nrosecu . ^ J ?^? we do not say that that was fl ^^ B # lw ^ r « Tw « , no discretionary power to M 4 xercise £ We would , however j recommend the magistrates to peconsistent , and not make , a paltry excuse for a thing at one time which they think , of no Value stt ¦' ¦ ¦¦ ¦¦¦ ¦~ -w- >

      another . " ; ; . ,.. ,., ;* y ... \ -: :: . .. . r . CpNVEYANCE by Railway . WW 6 have heard some curious and almost incredible statements respecting the conveyance of goodsby acertain railway such , as altering the addresses of packages , warehousing . them Rafter they havebeen ' altered ; and ften selling them for expenses . We have had freqnen ^ cpmplaints Pf a similar natnre : but must make diligent search and inquiry before we give publicity to the branch against which the charge has been made . We ^ . therefore , recpmiriend all persons interested in the several railways , who shaft seeihis notice ; to make suitable inquiries ai to the mode prconveying and deUvering gpods by those employed . . - . :. . ' .: ; . : : - . : ;¦ : . ' . ¦ . " . ¦ - . . ;¦; :

      AfK ^ R ^ . —It seemsthatavery awk , ward . affair is about to furnish gust for the gentle ^ men of fliejobe ; and to add to the catastrophe , the s « andal . hi between two unequalled saints , the family ot one , hpwever , does not seem easily i reconciled to make flu ? standard pf pie ^ r , pr rather prpfesiiph of pwty , as the rule of their forbearance , more especially as one of the clauses of the new Poor taw Bill , pf which the gentlemen \ z a Staunqh ^ suppprter mil vest the right of property in the lady ^ which is of that nature , that she would prefer riot being incumbered with it at presenti v-: ; ; u f

      ;" : Assault , — On Wednesday , last ^ : a young man newly imported from the ^ highlands -named / Donald Campbell , charged aripther yputjk named Thomas A ^» y , - with assaulb ' ng him and threatening to take his life . The affair , hpweyer ; proved to his a row about some strumpet , and Donald not ' -. beingT much the- wont , the jmagiatrates dismissed the case ordering Airy topay the experiieir * ¦ ¦¦; : . ¦ ¦ ?

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      ^ EMBEiKilN o Cp ^ s . ^ William Bramler ^ James : Ch ^ lrpW wero brought before thelS trates on Tuesday last charged by Jkf r Thn ^ K th firm of Thorpe ^ d ^ tton ^ wS fanS ^ coals , his property .. The keeper of the SSftl *^ £ * f m ¦? & ** ^ Chapelrow canS ? S staith and took 43 ewt ; of coalTin theT ^ Jl- « Messrs . Thorpe anUHutton ; , Heh ^ 2 K waggon which he filled put of the * T St ^ v * excited suspicipn especially as it had been a freqtS practice of the prisoner . , . He was conseqS watched , and was seen to give ' the sack of coak ? n the Pther pnspner Bramley , i near the top of Bvrn * street . . Chapelrowin hii ' defence saip ^ ttStfe frgu enrtyoc ^ p ^ to hire a porter to assist S and he had g ^ ven the other _ pnsoner , Bramlev . T ' coais ior ¦ "¦ ¦**¦ * ¦¦ ¦ ..--. •¦¦ " .- ' - '— 1 ^— '

      naving gone errands for him on differ ^ pccasipns when he could not go himself JTe nerally emplpye ^ d him ¦ and sometimes Rave " -fit money . Mr . ThPrpe hpwever stated that he S never r ^ sedlum any porterage which he requS dunng ^ the whole f the nine years he had been S servant . He had given him good waces ffphprovr from 50 to 55 s . a ^ eek , An ! hAffdei S to prosecute ^ him as he had not had the slight reaspnvtp induce him to commit any act of ^ h ^ The charge being clearly-proved against the 5 i soners-the one for stealing , and the other forS cemng the coals , knowing them to be stolen-ft !^ were both committed to take their trial at the w sions . •' ¦ ;¦ ' ¦;/ . , .. : ;¦ ¦ ' [} '' : ¦ ¦ '¦ ¦ . ' •¦ : ' ¦;¦ ' ,. ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . '¦ . ^ ^ Furious DRiTiNG . r-rDEATH of a Mare ^ Tuesday . last , tte driver pf a hackney eo acb belonging to Mr . J . W , Atkinson , appeared be&t the Magistrates , charging Jphn Dohsnn . nf « . „ &

      with driving his cart furipusl y dpwn Kirkrf whereby it came in contact with the iriare he wS driving , and the shaft of Dohson ' s cart , brott tiireex . r four of her ribs , andkilled her on the spS rhe hackney coach driver produced three or four witnesses to prpve his case , who deposed that Dpbsons horse . was galloping most furiouslv and apparently without any driver ; they saw the accident at a short distance , and perceived that the collision which took place was in consequeace of the cart not its

      keeping proper side of the road , but turning to cross the street just at the time th * coach : was ^ coming put pf Bast-street , by Timbk Bridge , On the otheFhand ,, SeveraL very respect able witnesses stated that the cart hprse : ^ as goh £ at a ^ walking pace only , » and that the driver wag beside the horse the whole of the timei The Zr ? nesses-also deposed that the coachman was driving most furiously , and that it was entirely in cbns / quence of his furious driving that the accSt

      ^ aa . exceeuing ^ r Oarlc , as well as ; very stormy , tHere being , at the time , a heavy fall of rain and ' snow The cart was heavU y laden , containing eight women and one man wh 6 had all ridden from iJVhitcS to Crocker age , and ; back thatday . At the time 5 the accident , several of tliem werei " thrown out of the cart , but were not much hurt .- One of tiiP witnesscs ^ wore that she heard the hackney coaci driver telling one of his witnesses before they cameinto court :, to swear that the cart was going at V funou * pace . ^ The evidence- was ^ ery lonfiictine but we thought the coachman was'iiiiault , as a verv S ?^; "i ^ l ^ fa < id )? r ' °° or ' about TimbS Brid stated that

      ge , he distinctly heard the coaclr Pass across the bridge in less than . a minute brfbrethe ^ iccide nt happened , and being' eonstantkiii tht habi | of hearing vehicles pass , it ; appearedid'Um as ^ if the . coach was going at a tremendous rate ' iheMagistrates . decided that the blame was chiefly attachable to the carter , but we could not learn on what ground they gave their decision . He way accordingly fined under the Improvement' Act MM probably the case will be again tried at the nest assizes , as it is likely Mr . Atkinson will sue for damages . The cart horse was also severely injured and had not been able to work since the accident ' ¦ —

      occurred . , ; - ;; , ; : ; .,.,.--,--- » . _ - Thx-Leeds Payilion >—The building ^ Park Kow , Leeds , for the Conservative dinner / is proceeding ; very expeditiousl y > It will be , a spleridid erection calculated to cost with its internal decoration ^ nearly £ 50 ( 1 . The tickets are , 10 s . 6 d . each exclusive of wine . The building has a very stroiil foundation , and . that is considered to be indispensably necessary , as Easter Monday is expected to be the scene of iriuch gaietjv

      . NoB le and Praise worthy .--Some years ago Mr . John Jackson , corn ; miller , now of the firm of Dyson and Jackson j Holbeok Mills , being then in business as a corn miller at Leeds , got into embarraised circumstances , but has-since ; by dint of persevering industry , raised himself to a state of affluence , and , though clear pf all legal demands Iran them > has paid the whole of his former creditor the full amount of their debts , with interest thereon , to as . many as would take it . This noble ^ and praiseworthy ^ conduct has been duly ^ appreciated ¦ by his crMitors , one of whom , Mr , John '^ Hir < i , ha / preseiited . him , as a testimony of : his respect , With a ' beautiful gold repeater ^ attached to a gold-chain , with 8 uita bleappendages . i Several other eentlemeri .

      to thenumber of eight : 6 r ten , have alsp ; bv sut ^ scnption , presented him with a splendid service of plate , consisting of a massive silver teapot , beautifully embossed , surmounted by a peacock crest ; coffee pot to match , richly : embossed ; sugar and ereard vessel s , and sugar tongs to suit . ; Ari appropriate address from the subscribing parties , acepmpanied ^ the present , desiring that it might descend ^ as an heir loom to his posterity . How justly proad ¦ may the children of this man be of their noble , ancestor ; and how enviable must be their feelings when contrasting this monument of real worth with that recently erected to the memory of the late Duke of York . •" ¦ - ¦ " ; ¦ ¦" : -.- ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ - - - . - - ; . .- , - . : ¦ -

      Stealing a Handkerchief . —On Monday , George .. . Wood / and William Sykes : two yoimg lads , whoreside atthe New Road End , in Leeds ! were brought up at the Court-House , charged with stealing , from the person pf Mary Harrall , in KirkgaWi pn . Saturday night , a handkerchief , : which -wai afterwards found in their ppssessipn , and has since been full y identified . In consequence pf ita being a first offence , ; they were ordered to he ; whipped by consent pf their : parents , and discharged . " ¦ ¦ ¦ '• >

      . Assault . —On Saturday , James Whitehead was brought up' at the Cpurt-Hpuse , charged with Wing , on the 9 th of December , most grossly assaulted a watchman , while acting in the execution of h » duty , by beating arid kicking him ; The prisoner had absconded , up to the previous evening , whente was apprehended .. He was fined £ 4 , 10 s . ^ anl expenses ; and in : default of payment , he was committed for two mbnths to Wakefield House -of Correction . ¦ -. ¦ . " ¦ ¦ . : ,. " - ' :- " "¦ : ¦ /• . ' . ¦ ' ¦¦ : ¦¦' ¦ ¦' ¦ : i HWr' ' . ~ ' ' ' •¦ ¦ ^ '¦ - ' ; ' .. - - ¦ ... ¦¦' -.. ¦ ¦ '¦ - ' ' - ' - . i

      ^ Stealing Money . —On Saturday . Abrabaa Ljowther was brought up at the Court-Hou ? e ; charged with having ^ on the previous evening , entei ^ the shop of Mrs . By watery cprifectipner , in Kirkgate , Leeds , when he toek the liberty pf forcing openthe tillf and stole 9 £ d . He was appfehenad m the shop | with the amount in his possession , and the case being clearly broug ht home to him , by an individual who witnessed the ^ transactipn , he w »» cpmmitted fpr trial to Wakefield House of C <* recbon . ¦¦ - "¦ ¦; . ¦¦ ¦" - , ; - ; . ¦ ¦ . .. ;;¦ . - ; ; . ; ¦ - -.. ;¦ . - ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ -:

      ;^ Coal Pi ? Accident . —An iriqo |» t was held by Mr . Jewison , at Eot ^ wefl , on ¦ Wednesday week ) -M John Chappel , a coaUniiner , aged 22 ^ who , ytiSk aftempting to bnrrowi wppd ^ that is , ^ remonrtg fte wooden props which support the roof of the mine , at the Rpbin Hppd Colliery | a quantity of stones a » J JTibbish accidentally fell upon lam / which sever * Ths head , and killed him instent ^ Deceased w «> well ^ pnducted workman , an 4 nehas left a widow : 'f ? bewafl his untimel y death ; and his poor motiw , 4 the time t » Jury yiewed the hpdy ; was lying in bei dangerously illj in the same room with the corpse of her ill-fated son . Unfortunately , the ^^ late subscription , tvhich amounts to £ 90 , raised for the reliefs the unfortunate stuTerershy the explosion » t ® same coUiery , cannot be extended to this case .

      App piNTMENT v-The Rev ; Jpsh . CoweU , 1 ^ cumhent of Todmorden . has been appointed Surrogate of the Consistory Court pf Chester ; and ^ also pf the Exchequer and Prerpgative Court rf ¦ 4 ° . S ^ tfcg Marriage Licenses , Proving » Wills , &c ; &c . : ; ¦ ¦;¦ - ¦ : ,.--T-: . ' .,-, .- . ; ; •¦ - ¦ ; ¦ " - .. - ¦; ' ; ., u } : " RoBBERY . --On Mcnday night » me villainX ^ f tered ^ the mitt ^ f Mr . Charlesworth ThorntoBi ^ Wortley , near Leeds , by means pf a skeleton iejrl and havingstplen one bag ef wool ; tiiey abscosn *' , * . with . thebooty , ; - ; ¦ ¦ . - " ¦ " ¦ - ¦ ¦; ¦ .. ¦ " . " v- " ' ¦ . ¦¦; '" ¦ . ,,-V- ¦ r .- ' jY ^ : . ' - •¦ ' ^ ; * ' - ¦ . - ¦¦ ' :.- ¦ - ¦ . ¦ '! \ - ¦ ' - ' ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ - - ' ; - . ;^ S'' Stealing Iron . —On Tue ^ lay ; Thoma » ^" to ^ aji was brought up at the Cpurtflouse , ctimj wtthhavmg stplen a ^ quanti ^ of iron the propertf of Mr . Fenton . of . ^ aterloSiCplliem nearl ^ He was remanded fpr further examination beforetW magistrates of the : West-Biding . V ;¦ r ¦ ; -: '

      i : ; As 5 Au . LT .-J 0 n : Mpriday , John Wflkinson * & ¦ broug ht up ; at theCputt Hpuae > charged With ;**** ln on ; Satarday night in liady-lane , && * % ^ ^ ed ^ omMDalb y / k watchman , by beatin * » J kicking him ; when acting in the execution of «» dubv ^ was ; firied £ 4 il 0 s . and cost « , arid in default of payment , he was committed for tiro montM ^ tqi Wakefield Heuge ofCorrectipn .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 31, 1838, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct999/page/4/