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    • LESSONS ' IX MILLIXER1' ' A3& DBESS-? MAKING ¦
    • THE NOKTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, AUGUST 9,1815.
    • Co Beaton? &'Comgponicnt^
    • DEATH OF WILLIAM TURN'Ell. OF UOi'TON'*
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      Lessons ' Ix Millixer1' ' A3& Dbess-? Making ¦

      LESSONS IX MILLIXER 1 ' ' A _3 & DBESS- ? MAKING ¦

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      MADAME GALLICS . « , Se . _vJBoaa-Gtre * t , « 0 BtaflW her _superior iattV . od of _teachise the art * _if _Dtcss-M * Kn- ShenndlrtiIl . - _« tom .-u '; ep _^ on _& of « lie _^ allesi _rapadfy _, m 8 « ftnt in Cutting . FiuiH ~ , nnd _f _™™ _% _" the moii _Unishvd _stjle , la S « _^ s _^ . for Oa _9-l « . _nd . Her _saiwrior rocthcid cm be fuuy _jaihstaisiis . _-trf & refaettce- - to pupils , and has never been _egj-dled by am * eo * _npe « itor . _^ ' # 8 " Practice honrs from eleven _t-. U _/ our .

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      COALS . PROVIDE _FOlt WINTER . PROVIDEX r _FAMIiiBS , _sabscrihins Is .. n « r-weei ! to tlte Metropolitan Coal Oomiam ' i _Sliillicg Clu ; ., can obtain four half ions annually , without _furtlitr charge , £ aes , & c . The Company ' s price current i . _« , Best Screened _-TiaU . * " _* - * n « _l . _i > s . ptr fall Ion ; Seconds , 21 s ., _S 2 s ., _^ ud i'Si . ; - Coke , I 7 _s- « d . Office , 27 ? , IH 5 U _nolborn .

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      CHEAP . ELSGAHT , AND _EXPESITIOUS _PRUi'l'IHG . / _COMMITTEES , l ! aiiage : _* s of Exhibitions , _Gonccvti \ rooms , Theatres , HenefitSock-lieB , _and-jicWic-bodit-. * i geBsraUy , ivill find it mnch to their _advunlagc to give their orders to T . STUTTEU , * , * and 4 , -Cliarch-roiv ; Bethnal-green , London . Cards Is . per _hnndred : Hand ; _feaJe , _bjta-kin *; tTveut * - thousand , 2 s . per thousand ; ToH-- jigAAlls , is . per _Jiiindred . 0 rdtT 5 from the counirvj roBtaicing a remittance , promptly attended w . Goods delivered _ivithin five miles of London . Give _joar orders to T . Stutter , 3 and 4 , _OiiHcIi-row , ' _Bcthnnl-srcen , and saTe at least fiftv i _« r cent .

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      _A-fl » 'T TO THE ECONOMICAL . Thirty per cent . said . ALt _Pti-fon _? wiio wish to save their money , will _ynrchase their HATS at DUSK'S M . VSl . i'A _€ T 3 RY , «? _, Chiswril-sirctt , _FiiisJrarj , where tliere is onij one profit _frosa rt _» a miitr ' s hand to the wearer ' s html . Silk Hate _fraia-tlt . Sd ., lles _* _nrr ditto _frow r « =. _« ld . _Aligfjods warranted to be «! 3

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      COLOSSEUM . _"TJATBOXISED and tidtcd by her Most _Cracicms X MAJESTY and his Royal _llijlmcss Prince _ALBE 1 JT . OPES DAILY from Ten till Sis . I ' roiiounccd by the l _' _ress _, nud _couiirmed by every « isiior ro lie the must perfect lriumpJi of Art in its vai _ious _loauthts , _totli l . y Hay aad > "i _? ht , tkat has ever been achieved .. E-Jiul to sis eibibit : _on . _*< . Tlie Ulyptothgi-fl , coataiiuiig uorts oi t ! -e tint at lists ; _Jlonl lil . _ine and _iiountain . _Tvaiails Sapeib Conservatories , * _Sollik--iviarr . Classic Kuuik and _Koui-. ' ains _, I ' _aMi-anSi of London , ie-paiutcd by Jir . I _' _ltrris , * tc Adanttaace . 5 s . CiuMnn . half-i-rke . The Stalactite Caverns , the 11 : 0 ft lnagnificeat of ail tl : s temples which nature has _-fcuatibrht-riclfia tbe _regions of _ciclit , Is . extra _.

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      RICHARDSON _, _AfAXL'FACTURIXG CUTLER , _ESTAnosnnD 1 SG 5 , Near the Church . Kensington . f _^ _AKDEXEUS' _rniusnjf , _Gralting , and Uudding Knives _vl ia _Slic-tli , Is . Cd . each ; shut ditto , 3 s . each . "These knives are made cf tlic b :-st _lisatcrisls ; I _always ase them . "—Vide the late Ti _' m . Cobbett in _lnsFnglitk Gardener-Rest made Razors , _lijack _Ifaudle-S 6 s . thc case , or Os . each ; mounted in Ivor } - and Silver ditto , 10 _> . the case , or I'S . eaeb ; Coed Black Handled Knives and Forks , lis . perlloMn ; Ivory Handled ' _l-nto c 5 ij _* i 2 l ' . y reasonable . _iUcuAEDsos ' _e _Jicwly-ixvenkb Kkif £ _jloiRDS , warranted to keep knives with a goad edge and clean , and also to give Uic forts a fine polish between the prongs . Three-foot Boards , eased with Leather and Cutlers * Composition , 5 s . Cd . each ; Gardeners'Ditto , 2 s . lly enclosing _aTost-office order prompt _attention _m-iy be relied on . _** 3 so * fc scat to any part of the world . .. S . 3 . Wholesale * _mdr . etaiL

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      TO j THE WORKING CLASSES . ¦ IMPORTANT _TESTIMONIAL . _'TTe _ai'ealivajB gratified in _notidnjj tlio _iaadable _excr'tions . 01 fee _indtislHons _nisd _prdvidsnt among our fel" low-labourers in " the social vineyard , to avert from '' _themselves ami families , as i : ir as humau _foresishtmay ' do , _tieealaniitJcsatleiidant .. npon an old age of destitution , ' or a penodof wearisome inacliuty and _tisckss-HCF 5 , through sithr . css or accident ; mid we will venture to _sayytiiat tip to the _citriiue limit of what is called the saddle _ifliissicffccisiy _* _, . here is no method so likely to . attain ' the object as the institution of securely based andjud : ciouslyrc < ,-n ! atcdIiencSt Societies . Ourattenlioh * _sas soine time since called to the sabject by thc procecd ' _mss of one accordant with our views , _enr-dlcd _iindt-r the ' till * of'TIIE ROYAL ' OAK B 2 SEFVT

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      IflE HISTORY OF THE _COXSTH . ATE AND EMPIRE OF FRAXOE . _SOW _n-BLTSHIXG , Jh Waeldy _Kumbers , _itscs Id ., and iu Tarts , price 6 d ., THE HISTORY OF THE COXSULATE AKI EMPIRE OF FRANCE , under Sapoleon , by M _Thiees , Author of tbe " History of the French Revolu . tmn , " late 1 ' resident of the Council , and Member of th « Chamber of Deputies . -CoKomoss . —The work will be neatly priuted in tw _« colnmns , royal octavo , from a new aud beautiful type , and on fine paper . Also uniform with the above , in Weekly Numbers , price ¦ 23 ., and in Monthly Parts , price Sd ., "THE PEOPLE'S _EDITION OF THIERS' _HISTOEV OF TIIE FRENCH RBVOLUTIOS _, " formiog _togettier four _luraosoine volumes .

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      -ffO _OSEEWERS . ME . HITCHCOCK still continues giw . _g . Jiwtructions in those important disccverics in "Brewing whicli liave procured bim such - . a high name ameng the Brewers of England . Uy adopting bis system , _-teidity-is entirel y _jreventcd , and a . mueli . _griatcr cstract is- _ebtaiu- _'d than by any other process ; _Atbttst the ariide . is In -every r « - _sf . cct f . _rst-rate . Tcrm « a . ' « l references may he _faioivn oa application st SO , little Tower-street , London . A ro-• ipect _.-ible young person _-wkhes for an » fpoinSient as managing breirer .

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      IMPORTANT TO -BREWERS , _-aiAItfSTEllS , FAll » £ aS . & c . -ifust published , -price 20 * -., fre . « by post 21 s ., sold by all _BoukecUers , i PRACTICAL TREATISE ON . _JlicSWIXG-, from _vi . raw Barley , i « th instructions for converting the *; _:-hu 2 e kernel of Hi ** _Maltur-oiher Grain used into saccharum , _eiifuring a . gravity -cf 130 io 145 lbs ,. per . a > iarter . ta _^ er _tiernitii instructions -for Halting . and . for . Brewing East India Pale Ale , Sioa _^ . _ttc _, / tl * . liy . Mr , _IJlTOKOCK _, lVofessor of _liFeirisg _, 20 , littlo _Towei--str . e « _.-t , London , author of a Treatise , shewing the cause , prevention , and care of Acidif v .

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      THE variable state < _jf tho WEATHER bus produced tlie numerous -cares of low fever and debility existing at present , aud is a « ureindic . itk ? n of _liabitufticasifceness , _caused generally by want of eare in attending to the stute ofthe digestive . visceral organs . The wily real remedy in such casea t * LORD _BLBOS'S- ' -A ' _PEKIEST PILLS , which have been the means of positive cure to many _thousaacls ; they are peculiarly adapted for persons of both _Sfoces who are * rf sedentary habits , they art _jistHffli'ii'd liy the noliility and sentry , nndiiMihe _nildest _aud-siostt-fitcacious medicine extant . Sold in hoses _atils . Hd ., ? i * _-. 8 d . ; -md 4 s . Gd ., byMcKsrs . _Bm-day MidX ' o ., S 5 , Farrh : gdf n-3 treet : Sutton and Co ., 10 , Bow Church-yard : _Xewhriry , 45 , and Edwards , «> 5 , St . Paul's ; Sanger , 150 , _O-vfarfi- street ; and by all resi « ctableDrug _: ; ists and Medicliie . _VesJers in tlte _kinsdom ; _,-uid wh . _iltfiJiJe at 13 , _treat St . . _Iliiaias Anos-lle , IiO _' . i 3 on .

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      • JJLMPERASCE COFFEE-HOUSE . ME . J . _FLA-CIC begs leave to inform his Friends and thel ' ublie . that he has taken to the IVtnu ' ses lately occajaedby _Slr . AV . Swann . D _.-ury-hill _. as . 1 _TEMPERANCE _GOFt-EE-IlODSS , where he trusts , by attention to business , tobe ' _cMc-to afford such accommodation as will ensure to him tliat patronage . ind support which has been £ 0 liberally bestowed upon his predecessor .... ' J . P . b . 'gs also to assure Gentlemen Travellers ( com . mercial or otherwise ) , that they will find a comfortable _Asylum under the roof ofhis Establishment , as every _,-ittentionwiiifcc paidto % Utir _wiflics . Charges for Beds will be _uiodenKe . X . B . The Ktmihcra Slur , Weekly _tTttprdeh , _-Xtliom licfonncr , and Kotlingham Review Newspapers , are constantly laying on the table . Sottinghaai , Auaust , Cth , 18 * 5 .

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      GENUINE TEAS ' AND COFFEES ' -FOB THE MILLION . The cheapest place in London for Teas and Coffees is at the Warehouse , 21 and 23 , Regent _Street , Westminster , near the _Vauslull Bridge Road . TME Proprietor , E .. WARslVSGTOSi , takes this opportunity to return thanks for the liberal supportlie lias received since he opened the above premises ; and to tiiosi who have not yet favoured him with tlieirpatrcnage , K . W . most strongly solicits a trial , feeling assured that lhe articles sold at the warehouse , both in price und quality , will give universal satisfaction . Goods in any quantity sent free to all parts of London and the suburbs ; and persons iji the country , by remitting a Post-office order , will lind _tfisir instiucticns faithfully attended to .

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      In a fctr days will hi ready , in one volume , fuoiscap 810 ., neat cloth , price 7 s . Gd ., THE PUIlGATOItY OF SUICIDES A Prison Rhyme : in Ten Books : BY _TnOJIAS COOPER THE CHARTIST . J . How , Publisher , 132 , Flest-strect . _tjy Orders from thc Country to be sent through the _BooltscUers .

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      CO-OPERATIVE LAXD SOCIETY . I hereby direct tbat all monies payable to me , as treasurer t " > the Chartist Co-operative Land Fund , must be transmitted as follows : —Either by Bank order or Post-office order , to the "care of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., 340 Strand , London ; " and payable to me , "W . P . Roberts . " That is , that my signature shall be required to each order . This direction is plain . For instance , _saj that Edward Hobson , of Ashton , lias _i'lO to transmit ; he is to transmit the same to ilr . O'Coimor , by Bank letter or Post-office order , made payable to It " . P . Roberts . That order I can sign when I go to London , or when a parcel of them are sent to me . The two only things required to secure the triumph of Labour ' s battle are , union among the workiug classes , anil uudeviating honesty aud punctuality on the part of those who have the management of their _sffairs . I therefore adopt this plan , that we may have upon each other as many salutary checks as possible . This is advisable , » s much for our own mutual satisfaction , ns for the satisfaction

      The Nokthern Star. Saturday, August 9,1815.

      THE NOKTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , AUGUST 9 , 1815 .

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      TIIE 2 fEW SCOTCH POOR LAW . " Laws grind the poor ; and riclimec rule the laws . " The Bill for the amendment of the Scotch Poor Laws received the Royal assent on Monday last . That measure of flagrant injustice , and craftily-designed-oppression , is therefore now Jaw . ' It will not be amiss to see what the _katcbe of ihat law is .

      Under the old system the relief of thc poor was in the hands ofthe Kirk Session _. In town parishes this power was nominally in the hands ofthe magistrates ; but these generally left the -management to the Kirk Session . The Kirk Session is an ecclesiastical court of peculiar character , having legal jurisdiction within the parish , asd having authority to impose and fix the amountof assessments : place "paupers

      on the roll ;" ¦ and fix the amount of " aliment , " or relief , to be allowed them . Against the decisions of the Kirk Session appeal might be made , under the old law , to "tbe Court of Session—the highest legal court in Scotland , whose judgments were final . Tho Kirk Session is composed of the minister of the parish , the elders , and the heritors , or landholders . The elders are elected for life by the Kirk Session

      itself . Under the new law , thc _mansgement of ihe poor , is for all effective purposes , confided to the Eanie hands , — . the Kirk Session , —under another name : thatof Parochial Boards . Whether these . 'Parochial Boardsshan be " constituted exactly as the Kirk ' -Ses-

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      sions have heretofore boen , depends upon . _therasolv . _cs _* . whether there sliall be change , or no change , depends upon whether the funds-shall be raised . by Uuseesmcnt , or as hitherto by Kirk-door collections , and voluntary _contrilKitions : hut whether there-shall he an assessment will , depend . upon the Parochialsd ' oards . Until an _assjssment has been resolved on , the- Parochial Boards will consist of " the persons who , if this Act had not been passed , would have been _entiUa-i to administer the laws for the relief of thc poor in _a-jcli parish : " ' that js the Kirk Session into retain He authoritv under another name . After an assessment

      has been resolved on , theP & rochial-B « ardsin > burghal ( town ) parishes arc to be composed of a given -number of " managers" to be elected by the . persons . assessed , together with four persons to be -nominated 3 sy the magistrate-si , and four moreiiy the Kir !; -Session in each parish . The number of managers , _witirtiic qualification and mode of . election , is to . be fixed -hi each case by the Board of 'Supervision . 'J . _'i _* _-J . iik 1-

      ward ( country ) parisiics , tlic new-board is to bo made up of heritors of £ 20 a year and upwards ; . the 'Provost and Bailies of any _rojal hurcU in tfcc , pamV being assessed to the poor , ami not more than . <; ' . _" members of the Kirk Session , —together with as many more members ' as the Board of SupcrvUinu shall think lit , to he elected hysuch l .-eritors . aud _oecuj'iers as are net themselves _^ _nalificd -to . be members .

      _jxow , here it will be seen , that to all iiiicnis . viu purposes the Kirk Session in each _pavieli will continue , as before , the administrators of tlic law . A majority . ' has only to vote that there shall be no assessment , and l hey retain their power unchanged . Even if an assessment is resolved upon , the Kirk Session and ihe heritors , —partners in frnutl ami injustice , —will still retain the "lion's share" of power . _Whcisi assessments are resolved upon , the number of '' _managers , their qualification , Ac , will be fixed by the ' Beard of Supervision . The composition

      of that ioani ( which ; wo shall presently describe ) , will show our readers that anything like _Ciju _.-il right * ' _jind equal justice . guiding - the decisions of that Board are not to be thought of . Tlie fact " is , ' this-bill is designed to perpetuate power ill the hands «\ those who have hitherto so vilely abused the trust report : ' ! in them by thc law , ruling the poor with ; a rod of iron , and condemning the indigent . , the aged , and the helpless lo the most wretched state of existence . Ai ' . ' sueh the men who shonVa . be entrusted _»* 3 ih ihe guardianship of the poor ?

      We have before-time shown the way in which the por . r have been hitherto treated by thc _vcMievs and hypocrites who will have to constitute tlio Parochial Boards under ths new law . "We have shown that in thc parishes where the poor were " best provided for , old men , and widows with families , liave been allowed such munificent sums as Is . Cd ., Si ? ., and 2- ; . Gd ., weekly , * that in five counties containing a popula - tion of 310 , 920 , the average allowance was but _21 d . a week ; and in thc parish of Criech _, in _Suthei-landshire , the poor received as liltlc even as one shilling yearly : or something _fcss than a farthing ptr ' iveek ! These _damning facts sufficiently testify , without

      repeating the horrible tales of individual and general suffering wliich have already appeared in this paper , or adding fresh statements of a like horrible character ; these facte , exhibiting the amount of " relief ' hitherto provided for the miserable and impotent , show plainly the incompetence of the Kirk Sessions and heritors to be entrusted with the administration ofthe law ; and the certainty that if they arc Bo _entrusted , they will continue to keep the poor in that state which has been d-scvibed as " ' something indescribably vile and abject , " tho lasting - disgrace of the Scottish name , and the wonder of civilised humanity . . _,- . 7 _.-...,:..

      The new law appoints , however , ; a . second depositary of official power in the shape of _anlssrifcion of the Pooit . The bill requires each Pdrbcitial' poard to appoint and pay oue , or more , of these oSiccis in each parish . Hw duties will bo to inquire-into the state of the poor ; keep ' a register ' of , '' aiid . Visit , at least twice a year , those receiving relief , ' and keep an account of the amount paid to them ; also to keep a register of those applying for aiid refused _rt'lief ; and to report to the Parochial Board and the Board of Supervision . lie is to he ¦ -liable to _suspcnslo : i , * or dismissal , by the Board bf Supervision ; aud is to represent the Parochial Board iuf all legal proceedings . ' _.-.-...

      This office , ' though having a new name , isi-hke the Parochial Board , not really new . It was the duty of the . Kirk Session in each parish under the old law , to appoint a Deacon-superintendent of the poor— -though it was a duty but seldom fulfilled . Thc Inspector will bo the servant and creature of the Parochial Board , appointed and paid by them , and is sure , therefore , to prove a very obsequious instrument in tha ' hands of his paymasters , and _^ masters in ev ery sense ofthe word , lie is certainly liable to dismissal by the Board of Supervision : hat what likelihood is there of tliat , no matter what are his sins of commission or " of omission , if lie is bached np by the "respectable" gentlemen -. .. composing ., the Pavochiaj Board ? which he is sure to be if he shows himselt the willing tool of those above him .

      Wc now conic to thc third and highest depositary of poirer—the Board of Supervision , which is something similar tothe English Board of Poor Law Commissioners . This board ia to consist of nine members ; six ex officio , viz ., thc Lord Provosts ofEdinburg ani Glasgow ; the Solicitor General of Scot land ; and the sheriffs of the three counties of Perth , Renfrew , Ross-and-Cromarty—and three others to be appointed by the Queen . One of tho Queen ' s nominees is to receive a salary ; and there is to be a paid Secretary . Each of thc three sheriffs is to receive £ 100 a year while a member ofthe Board .

      Tke rest are to receive no emolument . They arc armed with powers of inquiry : to havo chambers iu Edinburgh , and meet there ; and to hold at least two general ' meetings in each year ; to keep a record of their proceedings ; and-to report annually to thc Secretary of State , giving a full statement as to the condition and management of the poor throughout Scotland , and the funds raised for their relief . They are to have a general control over the Parochial Boards , and may attend their meeting ? , cither in person , or by ono of their officers , aud may join in the discussions , but may not vote .

      The powers of this Board , it will be- seen , arc limited to inspection , and inquiry -, and its duties to an annual report . True , it may exercise somo discretion in the reorganization of such Parochial Boards as may choose to disolvc themselves , by adopting an assessment * This Board also possesses some power in the uniting of _burghal parishes , controlling expenditure in poor-houses , and some other minor matters ; but the power to compel IMPROVEMENT in the most important matters is altogether wanting . There is one odious power entrusted to this Board , for which indeed it has mainly been called into existence .

      We liave on former occasions alluded to thc ease oi ' Widow . Duxcax , of Ceres , who , with live children , applied to the Kirk Session for relief . In reply the lurk Session awarded her " relief" at the rate of a penny a dap for herself end her five children ! TllC widow found a friend in a Mr . _Sria'CE , who , thinking this sum an insulting pittance for thc ' support of six persons , carried the case before the Court of Session , aud the Lord _Onomnr decided against the widow . Mr . Spesce determined to persevere ; and he took the case before what is called in _Scotland "the

      Inner liouse , " and there gained a remarkable decision in favour of the widow , which raised' her pay , and ordered the parish to pay her in hard cadi £ 18 for arrears . This was in accordance with the _opinion of Lord _Jecfrst , who said that "the right of the poor to a sufficient support was even preferable io the claim of the lord of the land . " This decision , from which there um . no appeal , excited the utmost " consternation" amongst the heritor ? , more particularly wheu it was feund that the poor in oilier Par is ; stimulated by the success of . Widow _Duxcts , were having recoiiree to tlic same _Authoritv to com '

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      pel ; an . adherence ; to .-the Jaffa -whieh provided that tlie poor should be furnished with' * " needful _Biistohtation . " Amongst others who _< hndrecourse to . the ' { appeal" to tiie judges , was . one Ax . v . M'Do . _vild , belonging tothe Duke of _SimiKRUNp ' _s parish of Farr . This poor creature—a deformed crippled dwarf—was allowed from the Kirk Session' 2 s . a year . In January last she applied to the Kirk Session for further relief , and received _for-answer , that the Kirk

      Session could not bo _trouWod-vtitli _c-ncli _amplications ; and a ' -threat to send her ' to ; th ? '' Edinburgh workhouse . She at last applied .. tp . tkc Court of Session for an order to compel the Kirk Session to judge her ease ; and she stated that no law-agent could be got to act for her , from thc fear of oiiemUng the heritors . Thc Court of Session ordered her ease to be considered within eight days ; and the result , was , that the Kirk Session then agreed to allow her is . Cd . per week * .

      The new Jaw , whilst nominally retaining the _ArrtAL" to the Court of Session , so fetters it as to rentier its- exercise quite at : the mercy of the Hoard of Supervision , amounting in reality to tlio deprivation of tlic ' right of . ' appeal . - . . ' Tliis -. Commissioners of Inquiry made the . proposed abrogation of' tin ' s right the principal point in their report . They proposed , iii plain'terms ,. that "the appeal to the . Court of Session should bo -taken away . " They added , that they considered -it " not _llctiirilblc tliat there should be any appeal from the decision of thc

      . parochial managers as to thcanwunt of allowances . " This was plain and straighlfottv . _ai-d : an advising of tlio wholesale robbery ofthe _wghis-of the poor in no _jaiucing terms . But this ' open aiid avowed contempt cf justice and right was too _hem-d for Sir James Giu-• iui ! antl . tho Loan Advocate . They , therefore , proposed to obtain the same , end by other and more Whiggish means . The right of appeal is to be nomi-• lially preserved ; but the Board cf . Supervision is constituted the authority for deciding betwixt the " pauper" and Hid exercise , of . Ms right ! Thus , by clause 72 , it is provided " ' that it shall not be competent for

      any court of law to entertain or decide any action relative ' to tlio amount of relief granted by parochial boards , unlets the Board of Supervision , _xlusll _previvioudy-have declared that there is a just cause ' of action . " This clause , while it nominally confirms the right of appeal , makes its exercise solely dependent upon the Beard of Supervision . As the law now stands , should the Parochial Board refuse a claimant any relief , or-should only award him what lie may deem inadequate relief , say . 2 _£ d . _* a week—the claimant may appeal to the Board of Supervision . That Board will then make "inquiry" into the case ; and if the Board considers

      thc claimant ' s ease to be well made out—" a good case "—the Board has tlio power of granting " interim relief to the claimant , with a pass permitting him to go before the Court of Session and litigate his claim But this appeal to the Court of Session , it will he observed , is only _pcrmiesaUc by leave ofthe Board of Supervision . On the other hand , if appealing from the decision of thc Parochial Board , the claimant should have his claim disallowed also by fhe Board of Supervision , he cannot , as heretofore , carry his complaint before the Court of Session , lie is not permitted to make his appeal to his ancient protectors . He is cut off from all redress , lie may crawl to his hovel , or the dyke-side , and starve and die .

      Sack is tho nature of the " amendments" that the Whig-conservative , Sir James Graham , and his fitting colleague , the Lord Advocate , have made in the Scottish Toor Law . They arc much akin to the famous Whig amendments in the English law some ten years ago , —passed to reduce the English working people to , a " _coai-icr sort of diet . " Tho English " amendments" topic from the , _Magistracy the _powcriofcpmpeiliti g . rslief , hi cases where it was refused by the ¦ overseers ; of tlio Poor : . anil 7 iii the Scotch _law-list passed _!^ the '" . power of . appeal , "

      thoughnonuuallylett ,, is so hampeml . .. with * provisions , and clogs on its exercise , as to render it nugatory— dead ; 'The * force of / public' opinion , however , ! in . England , 'has ! forced even S it- James Gn au am to . cat the ' . ! principles" of ! the . English '' amendments , " and return , in good part , _fo-the ' ' ' practice *'!)' . 'in ' relation to , the ' poor that formerly ' _^ obtained ; : ' ! aiid , ' if „' wo ; do . ' not mistake the . characterv . of , the ., Scotch * people ; the workings of _thti ' r " new law" will l'iliso SU ' Ch ' a Storm about the cars . ofthe Executive ; as to make even ironhided : Slit ' James . - ' glair , to ' , _^ further : " amend" his . " . amended Scotch Poor Law . " ¦ _' . - . . - r - ' - * - - - _tffi' _> ' ' ' - - t r r * t .., -,.

      Annexation T Of Texas And Its Con'"]" 7 ...

      ANNEXATION t OF TEXAS AND ITS CON'"] " 7 -- 7 7 ; 7 _SEQUENCES . ; ¦;; / ' " . Ix thelast ' number of our well-eonducted cotemporary , the Tijne Mercury , we find the following remarks on the Annexation question ; which we deem of sufficient -importance 16 call for all the ' prominence wc can give them , and a special . recommendation to the consideration of every reader of the Star , They are from the pen of T . Domjleday , Esq . ; and place thc question , and its probable consequences , in such a light , as to make it one of surpassing interest to every well-wisher to tho gigantic experiment of selfgovernment , on democratic ' principles , now in course of dcvclopcmeut on the American'Continent . One thing is certain : the policy of Jacksox , and Vas

      Buren , and Polk , is to confederate all the peoples on that Continent into one gigantic Federal Union . and appearances indicate that the hold which the European States still retain on different portions of that immense territory will be loosened and snapped off , as surely a 3 that tho first batch of States declared and achieved their independence of Britain . Texas is annexed . Tho Oregon ;' or all the valuable portion of it , goes next . _Calixouxia is marked out . Emigration from the States is already Betting in to that quarter in full tide . These two regions will soon become " annexed , " - as surely as that Texas now is " annexed ; " and how long will it be eve the Casadas in " tho _North , and Mexico in the South , follow ? Read the following ; and answer : —

      That whicli we have again , and again , and again predicted , has now taken place ; Texas is annexed to , and now forms'" part and parcel" of , the United States of North America ; and this is done , as wo also predicted , without " Bank-note-maximum " Peel , or any of his organs ofthe press , daring to utter one hostile word , or breathe one breath of remonstrance , now that this great event has actually occurred . 'As for ' -the language of the Times , which in this matter is the organ of the Jews , it is deplorable and lamentable in its utter and thorough degradation . The very "base string of humility" - is sounded . " Captain-. Bobadil " . did not submit his

      back to the cudgel of "Downright" with more Christian resignation than does this-Jew-organ submit to the triumph of the United States and the democratic statesmen of the Republic , Not a word does it hint of " resistance" cither on tlio part of Mexico , or England , her ally . The whole transaction is treated as unfait accompli . It is not to be gainsaid . Mexico is to succumb because England dares not resist ; and the foundations of a New Republic , to be added to the already great federation ofthe United States , arc quietly laid and cemented by " tho dread of " a money panic" and a disruption of that pretty thing , fivesixths paper and one-sixth coin , which _PuEL-thc-wisc calls a " well-regulated currency !"

      This is the real key to this mystery . As to the _disgvaccfuUwiition in winch this country Is placed by thc event , no man with brains iu his head can for a moment doubt . This is our positiou . In 1823 , in revenge for the march of the Due d'Angouleme into Spain and the triumphant overturn of the English system-and'influence , ' Canning induced the then British government , at length , to recognize the independence of the revolted Spanish American colonies , which France secretly wished to reconquer . This

      move , as far as it went / was good , and showed some spirit It threw ., these governments and their trade into the arms ( as it were ) of England ' , Mid , especially , it made Mexico her friend . The Mexican govern ment , however , speedily degenerated into a military _Vespotfaa ; and Texas , bordering upon the States am" ! peopled partly from thence , _detcr-yined to throw off _IVC ' y ° _*< C , and declared herself accordingly independent _, ' - - ' . lie _asluto Cabinet of Washington at once ' _rceotjufcs l T « x 8 ? , _)* while -Mexico _prepaid . _foj _' . _jmy

      Annexation T Of Texas And Its Con'"]" 7 ...

      against the revolted province . Thus was England in " a hitcli . " "Bound by treaty with Mexico , she was bound to assist _' iie _^ espcVially incase of interference by _tholUiited States ,-1 . War was oat of the question ; for these events were taking place wlicn the moneypanic of 1825 had nearly sent all by the board in Etigland . " To patch the matter , therefore , this plan was resorted to . England acknowledged Texas , and guaranteed her independence as a separate State , undertaking to " " mediate" between her and Mexico . In this Mexico acquiesced so far as to drop hostilities ; but she reserved her claim to proceed , should the

      guarantee be broken , by any federal union of Texas with the States . ' . Thus then this . " _catwiw belli" has arrived : Texas , is annexed ; ' Mexico is in a state of hostility with the whole United States , of-which Texas is now part and parcel ; and England is bound by treaty fo assist Mexico ! To surfer Mexico to go to war thus , whether singly or not , " Bank-notcmaxium" Pkkl no more dares , than ho dares jump off tlic Monument . Hence the quiet acquiescence of all the organs of the press in this act of Texas ; and _heiwe every _nicans will now be taken to pi-even * Mexico from au actual rupture with the Republic of tho United States .

      Iu tho meantime , together with this news , arrives Mr . Maclasb , the special envoy of . President Polk , to arrange the dispute as to the " Oregon Territory . " _^ _Yc _, of course , have no means of knowing what instructions Mr . Macuxb brings n ith him ; but we can state them with nearly as . mush confidence as it they were before us . lie will first put in the cii _& Vc American claim , which is for the Oregon TeiTi ' tory up to about the fifty-fourth or fifth degree of north latitude . This will give liim plenty of elbow-room The American Republicans do not really care for any

      present possession of this territory north ofthe great river Columbia . Mr . Maclaxb will accordingly be very " liberal" in his ultimate negotiations . " lie will give thc degraded and baffled Pew . a plaster for the " Texas" sore , which the American cudgel has just made , in the shape of " concessions ; " and the result will lie , that the country north ofthe Columbia will bo for the _n-mce . added to " . Canada , and " Bobadil " l ' r . Ei . be allowed to boast of the " extremely favourable terms" on which he has settled the Oregon question .

      But this " quo" will not be conceded by Jonathan without a " quid ; " and that _jukI will be an acquiesence in the claims now going to be put in by said Jonathan to the rich _territories of New and Old California . Upon these ' American ambition is nowbent . They never real ly belonged to Mexico . The settlements thero were made by the Spanish Jesuits ; but Spain never had military possession of these beautiful regions . After the revolt of the Spanish colonies the Jesuits' power was at ait end ; and since that time ,

      itis known that , being without emigration to aid them , the numbers of tho settlers in California have declined , and arc less than they were twenty years ago ; so difficultjs it for a people amidst plenty to keep up their numbers . Iuto these coveted realms Texas opens the road for thc citizens of the United States . They are emigrating to these beautiful regions in great numbers at this moment ; and the next act of President Polk will probably be to claim , and ultimately to annex the Caliibrnias to the American federation . This will throw the whole China trade

      into the hands of the Republic , For thc produce of cotton , sugar , coffee , wool , <& c , these regions are eminently adapted . Iu tho port of San Francisco , they have , itis said , the finest harbour in all this world , _* and in thc river Columbia another , almost as good , excepting in winter . San Francisco will speedily become a great mart for thc exp _« rtof American manufactures to China aiid India , ' and forthe import of

      Chinese and Indian produce .. 1 'iom San Francisco to Canton is for a steamer much the same voyage as l ' rom'I . iverpool-tp . Ncw'Y 9 _i'lc , or ' Ncw Orleans—a few _jdnys' _. run . ; ' Through _JTcsas . through California and Southern Oregon ; ' there : is a road , open at all seasons / and easily practicable ; connecting thus the eastern _iivitli . tho ' > wcsterh _^ _ciiast of North , 'Vtnerica . Such wili . be the course of , events . -By the annexation of Tcxas , all hope of saving California'from the of

      griispbf the Americans _^ or _csiablishiiiga British settlement _tlvcro , is , _goiic for : evei * . ; Such a _tiesign would now be considered a declaration of war ; and tliis , we repeat , ' , " _Bank-note-maxiinuin"' 1 _' eel and his subservient Parliament dare no more risk than they dare jump off tho Monument , or into the Thames . "Mr . Macuxe accurately understands their pos . 5 tio » . . He wiil give _tht-m » plaster to their shame , by-some unmeaning concessions of a tract of useless and barren coast , northof the Columbia;—whilst , at thc same time , he adds tho noble possessions oi Oregon and the two Californias io the gigantic dominions of the great Republic .

      Co Beaton? &'Comgponicnt^

      Co _Beaton ? & _'Comgponicnt _^

      Mom: " Fuiendsmr," On Canvas.—J. B. O'B....

      Mom : " FuiENDsmr , " on Canvas . —J . B . O'B . ' Daubed Our bv Joux _MVatkiss . —AfterVe have given tin- estimate of Jolm Watliins's powers and capacity by his "friend" J . IS . 0 _T _1 ., it would be cruel to . withhold Ms quiet rejoinder . _Ites'iecting " TUB National Reformer " friend Jolm snys : —Our first puUic difference ( whicli is all the public is concerned with ) was on occasion of his going to meet the Stuvge party su Birmingham , and offering hi . usclf to them , for sale ; but there were other ' _" lots" for whom tliey bid , or whom , they bought not , perhaps , because they- were cfieapcr , but _bucauso they preferred tliem . Our ¦ National Reformer was _obliged ti "BUY HIMSF . _LT ? IS . " if we mav " so sneak , mid Hit

      middle classes ( who knew lum only its a bitter enemy of theirs , and who did not want hiin for a friend—indeed , they bad rather have him us enemy tlian friend ) , not wishful to have tmytliing todo with such a suspicious customer , they left bim to bimsfltj and lie fell back again upon the Chartists , liis lust reserve , hi 3 forlorn hope . _VTc witnessed all this with disgust , and should have publicly denounced liim at the time , if we had not beenrestvainedby motives of pity for his helpless family . We confess that no private or personal considerations _OUjltt to have prevented our public duty on that occasion ; and we had not suffered them to do so , when previously imyclled to denounce Lovett ¦ , but _wii were nut sufficiently the ' ancient Roman to resist the tender claims of compassion . . Many minor differences that

      _liapponed betwixt us wc now pass over , because wc passed them over at thc time , and weeome to the period when be went to the Isle , where all the insolvents go who want 10 escape from their creditors . Tfe had made up our mind not to write , to Ms paver , —iwM , because it would appear inconsistent for an Independent Chartist , whose motto is "England for the English , " to write to ' an Irishman ' s paper , whoso readers and correspondents _ivia-a supposed to be liis disciples . Secondly , we were no disciple ofhis , as he well knew , and , indeed , we differed materially from liim on all points , except tlte franchise . But he earnestly entreated our correspondence , and wc at length complied , intending to regard Ids paper merely as an organ of communication with the people . To this end wo stipulated that , as we _slioV . d put our name to

      all we wrote , und be responsible for it , he was to let it speak for itself , and not to meddle with it ; in short , that we were to let eisch other alone , and only ihink I or _I'louTiNG tue cok » ok zKEMT . He could not keep to this—he grew jealous of the reputation which he fancied we were _acquii-iiir / , and began to nibble at its . We soon found tliat he disliked Independent Chartism as much as thegreat Imperialist did , and Unit he wanted his ric « l down , only that he might mount tlie rostrum in his stead . His conduct as a journalist was partial , tricky , m « n , selfish in a word despicable . He deprecated our attacks 011 the imperialist , hut very soon commenced attaeking him liimself . Before inserting nn article which we had sent him , "On the way to get the Charter , " he walked over lhe ground we had taken , and then

      garbled us , to distort us , and try to make _usmisnpprelienlnd by his readers . Finding bis failure in that instance , lie & it ; - / _- _« d (/ ie remaining part ofthe article , though he inserted an attack on us personally from one of his rival ' s tools ; and when ire forwarded _imcrtlcle , not in reply , for we would not condescend to reply , or even name sueh a contemptible antagonist , butset oursclf right , he refusediuscrtion to it . Thus , like Burke and Bare _heimiltd us to beconxe a correspondent to his paper , to gain an dppor . tunity to distort and destroy us , as _apxtblie writer , ifpossible . Ve had said that _» ve regarded the franchise as a thing to be exercised for the public good , and that the man who exercised it for individual or party purposes deserved to be disfranchised ; and he endeavoured to pervert

      our meaning , as though it were subversive of principle . We had also asked him , as he decried all investments of money in the land , or the publicfimds , what he considered a moral or legal investment ; and he replied _tliatheconsidcredalliiivestmentsequally nioralor legal ' CouM we regard sueh a man as a National Itefornier « A National Reformer ! . H , ought first to reform himsdf _before he links of reforming the nation . We al ways considered His land _viewsi „ visionary , a „ d his currency hobby a crotchet .. It is easy for a man to indulge his vanity in his own paper , just aB the cock crows on his own midden ; but a lmm who gives his opinions anonymously ami _jrataitbuty cannot be verv vain or selfish . -Ifo is more liable to lhe charge , who not con-Untwfhh urn simple wane , _ac-jt tack a hoee iouxd-

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      • ikg cou . WME . vro 1 _T-TO . - _iJiPosBWiTii .. ; butwescc rcry _little credit attai-lied ' tb'iiis ' signature . He accuses 113 of oar p . ist friendship for him ; but what has our _hotpitu . ble invitation to him , io make our house his home , when lie came « poor pitiable beggar to us— what has that to dt > v . ith the ( _jik'Stion ? IVe have _aiwavs uex . v a Coun . _Uh-HnuuLEU , as well as Chartist . We have never alum . doned any of our principles , " ami retained the n . aaie only ; " in iact , the name is the first thing that a man would aband _< n . John Holt , _Dewsbuet . — _TiVe . " fear that he has no remedy . His . node of addressing his " _b-. _g" was las , and out of that _laxncss has arisen all his trouble and expense _, lie should have addressed it , "to beleft at

      Law Dyson ' s Waggon Warehouse , Rochdale , till called for . _.- " . and then lie would have had grounds of action if not forwarded in regular course . For anything he now _kiioM-a to the contrary , the bag was duly forwarded , and given into the charge of somebody or other at " the railway station , KoelnhiU _" , " who , by-llichye , were not bound to take charge of it , parties sending goods should be careful how they ad . dress _tlwsm - , fov if _Uwy _eowv . _gw tliem to thc ran- of parties whose consent Iihb not been obtained , or who aro uot bound to ncce 5 . 1 t the- trust , _tlity will have to stand wall inamvenienre « nd loss _constfiueiit on their own neglect or error . _Tii-jM-s Kobebts , Alexasdma . —Wo find that wo were wrong tho otlier week in saying that Mackiutotk ' t Electrical Theory and Dugdalt ' s edition cf Paluc ' s Complete Works were to be had . The advertising of these works , as . ii tlic market , led us into , the error . V . ' c now learn from the London publishers of that class of works ,

      that some numbers of the _^ _i'lceli-iw . 1 Theory are r , ut of print j and that Mr . Heywood , the original publisher , has _ciuiscqurntly been unable to supply orders sent lo liim nionths ago by Mr . Watson , Ilr . Cleave , and Mr . _iretheriiigton . The numbers , however , as we hear , are re-printing ; and wftcn ' _cumjilcted , tlie book will be kept in stork by the parties above-named . Of _Diigdale's edition of Painc's Works there is but one portion publisher !; but there is an edition cm constant sale b _. v Mr .-Watson , whieh for neatness and cheapness bus not yet been surpassed . Mr . Cousins , too , has an edition in the market ; so that no admirer of Panic ' s writings need be without iJie xvorhs . Inquii _' . y . —Can any of our Hull friends inform us where a letter would reach Mr . Win . Jackson , who formerly resided at VituxhaJI-pI .-ice , _Jressle-ioad ? Isquuiv . —Could any of our Mansfield friends inform 118 where Mr , W . Woodward , formerly news-agent iu _MansSeM _. _istohifi - ' urA !

      Jon . _N' _Mciinar , Manciikstek . —No money for tlie Char _, tist Co-operative Land Soeiety can-be acknowledged till it lias been lvgularly transmitted niitl . received for the treasurer . * lo do otherwise would eiiv . se cml 3 _w . « confusion : there are plain '* directions given as to the mode of transmitting money , and the parties to _dow it should be addressed : Let those directions be abided by , and there will be no cause of complaint , either of the senders or of the receivers . JOHN BlUV _, Ucrimm . —The lines ' arc not " poetry , " and _thtn-cfure , are not admissible . H . Smith , I . _tVEiirooi . — -Wecanuotspareroomfor an aildress of a uieie local nature .

      Mk . O'Connor ' s Letter . —On Friday morning we received a letter from Mr . O'Connor , whieh we arc obliged to withhold . There was not time to " set" it after it was received , unless we run the risk of losing post ,

      Receipts Of The Chautist Co-Oi'ek.Vtlvf....

      RECEIPTS OF THE CHAUTIST _CO-Oi'EK . _VtlVF . LAND SOCIETY . _rt-a jib . o ' coxxoic . £ s . tl . Thomas Allen , _Spilsby , one share .. .. .. 2 12 « Stockport , per T . Wuudhonsc .. .. .. .. S 0 0 Cuckennoutli , por George _I'cat .. .. .. ' J 10 ! i Edinburgh , from Alexander Cameron .. ., 536 Derby , per Wm . Chandler .. .. .. ., 200 Dewsbury , per F . W . Sucksmith .. .. .. 4 12 2 Alva , per John Robertson , .. 9 15 S Liverpool , per John Arnold 2 0 0 Hamilton , per Win . Weir .. 2 0 9 _Glasgow , per J . Smith „ „ 2 10 ' _Bradford , Wiltshire , per 0 . Mansfield , jun . .. 0 li 0 The Artichoke Inn Locality , Brighton , per G . Giles .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 213 5 _Iloiwn , France , per John Sidaway ,. .. .. 7 10 4 Ashton-iiHdcr-Lyue , per E . Hobson .. .. .. SI ;> _1 'Iymouth , per E . Ilobertson 3 la C PER GESEBAL SECItlLTABT _,

      INST _4 LMESTS . £ « . d . £ s . d . Mr . Dunn .. ¦ _.. .. 01 4 Reading .. .. .. 0 12 0 Mr . Sherlieker ., * 0 14 T . A . Coleford . .. 01 + Mr . Willis , Ito- - Asbton-uiider-Lyne 0 l ! i 4 cltestcrj 0 14 1 _' ttdsey , Waterloo .. 2 0 « Pcrshorc 0 3 4 Itolmfirth .. .. .. 0 10 » Bristol .. .. .. .. 0 4 0 * Whittimrtoti * fc Cat ¦ o -1 S

      SlIABES . Whittington & Cat 5 19 I ) Mr . Walker .... 0-2 0 Mr . I . ivesay .. .. 0 2 6 Scarborough .... 2 o 0 Mr . Wyntt , sen . - .. * ' 0 .-2 0 Mr . Dickson .. .. 0 1 » J . Wyattjuu .. .. 0 0 l > T . I ) . C . and Sons 1 IC o Westminster •* 210 0 Reading .. .... 2 « 18 Mr . Willis , Ito- Lambeth If ! Chester .. .... 1 12 0 . Mr . _SheiTu-kcr .. 0 14 . - " : "' . '¦¦ ' < UIiDS _X . VD BOIES , Arbroath .. ' .. ,. 0 2 0 " Ovcndcn . ¦ .. .. 0 1 0 Asliford .. .. .. 0 1 2 Holmllrth .. .. ' .. ¦ ' 0 S C Heading .... .. 0 0 0 ¦¦ Whittington ct Cat 0 0 4 . The IBs . named from Rochdale , last week should haw been from Heywood . ... _ . _... _" . : , _.-J-ir" . It . would , much convenience the treasurer-if . each person sending money by 1 _' ost-offiee orders , wouldjtuU _« eare to make the order payable at the branch _l'listofliee , 180 , Strand , Loudon . They have but to vmvno this when they ' -. obtain the order , und-their , request will be attended to .: Thomas _SIaetik . Wheeler .

      Natioxa.L Charter Association. Executive...

      NATIOXA . L CHARTER ASSOCIATION . EXECUTIVE . PEU MR , O _' COKNOB , . £ ; ' _¦ . _« . _Newport , Isle of Wight , per T . Self .. .. .... 0 5 10 Stockport , per Wm . Wright .. .. .. .. 0 10 0 From a few Chartists iu tlie East _IVai-d _. 'Lceds' .. 0 10 l > Burnley , per Henry Holland 0 C 7 _Iliislingdeii ditto .. .. .. .. .. 0 1 Ilap-gatc ditto .. 0 1 _Whentley Lane ditto .. .. .. .. .. 0 ' - ' _l-EH Cr _.-NKRAI , _SECEETillV . simscBimoKs . £ s . d . £ s . d . Liverpool 10 0 Crown and Anchor ' U ' - ' 0 Lambeth .... .. 0 2 6 ¦ ¦ Westminster .. ' .. 0 0 0

      VICTIM _1 "UKJ > . £ S . C . Lambeth .. ,. „ „ .. .. „ H f ¦ Newport , Isle of Wight , per T . Self .. .. .. 0 3 _i > Thomas . Martin Wkekier , _Secretiiry .

      Death Of William Turn'ell. Of Uoi'ton'*

      DEATH OF WILLIAM _TURN ' Ell _. OF _UOi'TON '*

      It Is With Tlie Deepest Regret That We H...

      It is with tlie deepest regret that we have to record the demise of Mr . William Turner , of _I-Iopton , in the neighbourhood of Dcwsbuiy , * a regret . . whicli will be shared by every individual who had the inestimable pleasure of knowing the subject of our obituary notico . A raro and truo spirit has departed from ns ; and the loss will be severely felt . Ho waa one of thc old stamp ; one wlib ' sp feelings , and notions , and actions , were thoroughly English—English in tho best sense of tho term—tow . While thoroughly despising' 'the' maudlin affectation of the age , his whole life was ono continued endeavour to promote the happiness of all around

      himilns he did not do as ail act of condescension ; ho did not ape an humility he possessed not ; he did it because it was his nature to do it ; and his manner in the doing of it was sneh as to ma . ee those subject to his influence love and reverence the man because he was A max—a being , who while lie manifested true * sensibility and a real sympathy with the goodness of human nature in his acts , awakened similar feelings and love in others ! In conversation lie was free , o ? en , candid , sprightly , witty , and clear . " He was not a creature of form—but of nature . All hesitancy of manner and uneasiness vanished iu his presence . His easy ami winning deportment now on the most bashful ; and a few moments' contact sufficed to warm iuto life tiie

      most retiring . In profession he was a solicitor : not one of the harsh and griping Bort ; for there were duties in connection with his profession that worlds would not have induced him to perform . He would never consent to become an instrument of _iierscnition _, nor of visiting the law ' s heartless rigours on the poor and the needy . In politics , he was a man of no party , though he bitterly hated the Whigs , because of their insincerity and gross deceit . He fully admitted the right of the whole people to the suffrage , * , and aided their efforts to obtain it . Ho was a constant reader of Cobbeu ' s Register ; and fully agreed with that great teacher on tlie question of tlie Currency and the Debt . It will ever he a matter of proud satisfaction to im that he was also a constant reader and preserver oi the

      Northern'Star . To had have with us tlie good opinion of such a man , in the contest for principle thai wc have had to engage ill , more than compensates for the deadly opposition ofthe interested , or the pitiful snarlings of the envious and the jealous . The remembrance of the many hours that we have passed in bis company , listening to the sound and truthful observations on " men and maimers" he was wont to indulge in , will never pass away while memory holds its scat . He was one of the few rare spirits whose society never palled ; one who awakened the deepest sympathies and highest aspirations of our common nature _, liis death ' was announced to us on Wednesday morning , in the following terms , by one of the young men of his office . It is not often wc hear solicitors' clerks

      speaking thus of their " . master : _"llorTos , August 5 th , 1 S 43 . —Dear Sir , —Mr . Turner is no more ! The sjh-it of liim , whose wit and lively conversation SO oft luttli cheered us , left its " clay tenement " a little before sis o ' clock this _morniri _" . " He ha » , 'l believe , suffered much ; but has , to nso Ids own words , " died without ' grumbling . ' _Ux-, T . will be both missed and lamented : and verily may we say of him , inlllt ; laugu # a c of _Shsil'speure , « He was a man , take hiin for ' alljn _' alj , wv > ne \ _-r ' F , Jioll Vwk upon his like again . " _JI ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 9, 1845, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_09081845/page/4/