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      —MMiiMMBBM——^——— Wi ^* P effects of chtjbch and state ¦ - union . ¦ ' .-:- . ¦ In a . Vbttntry like this , boasting of more ^ "bat possessing less , of practical liberty tkan * ny other eoofltty in Europe , we are natttrally ted to a compattern between the opinions , acts ^ sad deeds , of Members of Parliament , end the ¦ opwSons , acts , and deeds , of those professed to fce reffreseBted , by the said Members . Upon the * < tee taad ) we find the few holding dominion ^ y ^ tealtk , perjury , -violation of promises , and ail xachantablenesa , and yet styled by the press as the -real' representatives of public opinion : while , wtfi-the- © tier hand , we fiodninety-¦ nnM ? r"ra ni ? nxrrrarvr Aivrn STATE

      • nJTi ? in every hundred declaring themselves unrepresented , sad recognising the dominion of Parliament merely in lie sword and the musket . "W e hew « f projected changes , such as National Education , Superior SeligioUB Instruction , Moral Teation . "We find Bishops preaching passive obedience * nd ncm-resistanee ; declaring that this « arth was intended but as a purgatory , and that the

      sojooraers liere are merely in a state of probation for another and a happier world , their passport to which will . greatly depend upon their subserviency and suffering here below . Now , " without entering into a theological diseussion with those Bight Rev . Gentlemen , we can only say , that their practice "being diametrically opposed to their preaching , we lave 3 . strong inclination to doubt their interpretation of Hwlv Writ . The Church and the State are too

      firmly , and have been too loag politically , united , to induce us , without due scrutiny and deliberation , to adopt the spiritual admonitions of the Hierarchy , otherwise than as political lessons . "We find religion supportediy force ; liberty trampled upon . ; comforts abridged ; rights abstracted ; and wrong following wrong , in rapid succession ; and yet we are told thai our salvation will much , depend "upon our mild endurance of these multiplied evils . But that such sophistry -and blasphemy can be preached , accepted , and acted upon , is not wonderful , when we see the

      Altar based cpon the Throne , and Religion made subservient to political purposes . "We have been bow for some time pointing out to our readers , the many grievances under which they labour , and of which they jostly complain ; and we now tell them thai one of the great causes of all suffering , is the snion between Church and State : England endeavouring to uphold one description of

      worship—Scotland contending for her National Creed— and Ireland ' s old Establishment struggling to throw off the political chains of her new Establishment . With three countries thus embroiled in what is preached as matter of paramount importance , how ^ we ask , 5 s it likely , that a senate composed of the champions of the several national modes of worship , can famish , anything like consistency or political concordance in matters which form the kevstone of the

      temple of the respective belligerents ? Introduce a Turnpike B 31 , and it is met with reference to religious bias . Speak of liberty at home , which ¦ would be likely to lead to the exposition of the incestuous union , and you are met with fhe Bible and sectarian dogmas ; -hut preach of the necessity of freedom in distant climes , and your pulpits at once become watcb-ti were of liberty , whence the home oppressor will thunder his anathemas and hurl denunciations against the arrogance , cruelty , and oppression of sinful man . "Why is this ?

      Because the home-tyrant has no tithes in Jamaica , and because civil : liberty would at once lead on to religious equality ; and would at once put an . end to the system of dealing out salvation by the rood , the perch , and the acre . The man who now gives . a p int of buttermilk out of his churn , as a spiritual offering , would marvel at so slovenly a mode of salvation ; and , instead of peaceably submitting to clerical injustice in " honour of God , " he would discover that

      he himself had been in the WTong , by making his " passive obedience and non-resistance" a kind of trap to lure the receivers of stolen goods into sin and damnation . If " passive obedience and non-resistance " upon the part of the people , lead to plunder , rapine , and profanation by their rulers , are they not , themselves , accessary to the misery of their rulers ? and is it not , consequently , incumbent upon them , to make some sacrifice of self , to do an act of charity to those who are in error ? "Passive obedience" is

      never preached hut by tyrants , who have to protect , with the musket , the plunder which they have gained by blood . The Reformation was not accomplished by martyrdom . " Passive obedience and non-resistance" would have "been but a poor force in the hands of the monster , Habxy , to effect the destruction of the monasteries , and the plunder of his subjects . " Passive ohedience" would not have enabled Cbomwelx to subvert ancient tyranny , . and to establish , upon its ruins , a more modern but not less tyrannical order of things . " Passive obedience and

      non-resistance " , would not have induced the poor Irish Catholic to support , with his sweat , for centuries , the demagogue Church parson , who was hired by the State to damn his faith , denounce his creed , and issult his person . If it was not for the union of Church and State , we Ehould now have Universal Suffrage . "Without Universal Suffrage , we cannot hope to rid ourselves of the effect of the -unholy ¦ onion . Heligious toleration mean 3 religious politi cal equality . Religious equality means a fair chance to contend for religious ascendancy , and religions

      ascendancy means prostitution to State purposes , and prostration of civil liberty . Religious inequality ( that is the persecution of the professors of one creed hy those of another creed ) is incompatible with , and could not exist in , a State where civil liberty was complete . Therefore , let U 3 , in honour of our God , our country , and ourselves , endeavour to destroy the Cannon Creed by Universal Suffrage , which would "be the firmest base for " the Altar , the Throne , and the Cottage . " The real meaning of Church * and State union was well exemplified in fhe person of the

      late Duke of Tobk , who was , at one and the same time , both Bishop of Osnaburg and Commander-in-Chief of the army .

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      EVENTS OF THE "WEEK . "Well , the " ides of March " have come ; and , what is more , they have gone too . Another close and desperate struggle has taken place , between the Three Headed Devil TTfng n-nft such of the people in this realm as are not yet disposed to bow down and ¦ worshi p the " Beast . " From the beginning , we have eschewed him as an unnatural monster , with whom the people ought not to hold either communication or parley , but whom they ought instantly to slay . We have ever regarded the New Poor Law

      as an abrogation of all those principles of equity and jastice on which alone law can be ibunded . "We have ever denied , and we do still deny * the authority of those who passed this law to enact it ; and we do equally , now | as we hare ever done , deny , their right to enforce it . ^ We deny , in fact , that it is any law at all , and that the people are bound to render any obedience to its authority , or that of any pretended functionary acting "under its provisions . Hence , we l ^ e never recommended the policy of electing

      guardians , hostile to the enforcement of the law—we have always said to the people elect no guardians at all , hold no communication with the Devils' minions , minister no hel p to your own destructioa . Oldham and Fixby have acted on this principle , and have gloriously maintained their independence ; but , in most other places , our friends have thought that a readier and more effectual method of dispatching the " Beast" would be to strangle him in the " meshes ' of hjs own net , hyelecting , as Guardians , men who were

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      determined to run all risks in oppoation ^ tj ^ j ^ This is a good position for the people foiafc * , fcd&gh not , as we think , fee best that migfet fce taken $ and we ate glad , ^ heartily glad ^ > Vfce ^ ay soaVs core , to see that the brave fellows of HoddwsSeW , Rochdale , and sotoe other places , leasing taken this position , have maintained it ^ galftatly . ^ Ctey hare done great serrice to deU ^ country , atrdiinil be had in everlasting re&enibrance hy their children ' s chil-« JetermineA to ran aU risks in opposition t ^ 2 ~ i ± vJ .

      dren . The struggle was severe , for the " Beast " knew it to'be for life . His Herculean powers of every description were put forth . Trickery , of the meanest kind that ever "WM ^ ery was tainted with , was unhesitatingly resorted to . In Honley , when the " Beast" perceived that he was losing ground , the rate-books were ransacked for objections against voter ? , even : up to the panic of 1825 ; nine years before the Bill was passed .

      In Preston , the Churchwardens , ever mindful of the Shop , acting , indeed , it is said , under the orders of his Three-Headed Infernal Majesty , seized the golden opportunity of performing two acts of mischief at once , by wrenching the wages of iniquity , in the shape of church-rates , out of the hands of many , who , though they had a great objection to being robbed at all , preferred yet the lesser robbery of their purses , by the priest , to the greater robbery

      of their lives and liberties 1 > y the Three-Headed Devil King ; and by depr iving of their right to vote for Guardians all whose conscientious feelings were too powerful for their patriotism , or whose purses , happening to be empty , left them no means of complying with the alternative . These two objects , so worthy of the warm province in which the New Poor Law was hatched , were nicely attained by declaring ^ when the election had arrived , that no person should be allowed to vote whose church-rates

      were unpaid , but that they , the churchwardens , were read y to receive the church-rates . ' A more paltry and nefarious juggle we have not known for some time . After all the desperate fighting , deep-scheming , and wily doubling of the " Beast , " Huddersfield , glorious Huddersfield , still tramples him under her feet , smiles at the impotence of his fury , and mocks his torturous writhings .

      And these heats of blood , and chafings of spirit—these turmoils , equal to the worst features of an election for mM-representatives in Parliament , are to be brought on us every year to enable the High Priests , of this modern Moloch , to offer up human sacrifices to the household Gods of " Capital ! " The friendships of neighbours are to be interrupted and destroyed—the concord of society annihilated —the silken cords of amity , that bind each man to his fellow , to be roughly torn asunder , that a

      rose leaf may he added to the bed of the Sybarite , by planting a thorn in the pallet of the pauper Merciful Heavens , to what a pass has "Liberalism " brought us ! But , thank God ~ - the ruin is not irretrievable . It is in the power of the people , at any ¦ moment , when they please , to say to the ruthless monster , all powerful as he is , thus far shall thy ravages extend , and no further ; and the men of London , all honour to their name

      and memory , have said that word , and said it manfully ; . The parish of St . Bride , in that famous city has tasted the sweets and benefits of the New Poor Law . She has eaten of the bread , and drunk of the cup , of the three-headed Devil King , until she has grown tired of his board , and determined , hereafter , to keep'herself . At an immense meeting sf the inhabitants of that parish , the proceedings of which are reported at full length in our sixth page , they

      resolved" That the inhabitants of this parish are capable of managing the whole of Char paroclual affairs , without the aid or controul of any other persons . " ' " Thattbe Tesolntion of the public vestry , on the 17 th of February , 1837 , in these -words— ' That it ' is the opinion of thisvestTT j that the introduction of the New Poor Law Bill into the city of London , and the formation of the whole city into one Tnuon , will not only ¦ benefit the rate-pavere , but improve the condition of the poor , and proTide greater comfort ibr the aged and infirm ; and , therefore , this parish desires to participate in the Benefits to he derived from the union ' be now rescinded . " -

      This is the position we want to see the people take . "We want to see them distribute their own money to the poor , without troubling either the Devil King or any of has myrmidons at all about the matter . "We have no abstract love for sinecures , but , inasmuch as we have . seen from ; the temper of the House of Commons , that so long as that nefarious body is returned b > ten pounders , there is no hope of the snug places provided by this infernal law for "Whig toad-eaters being abolished , we do ardently desire to see the people convert them into sinecures for the present , while their unremitting energies are applied to the

      obtaining of Universal Suffrage , without which they can have no certainty against either the operation of old laws or the enaction of new ones , in the same spirit of rapine and blood .

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      TO THE EDITORS OF THE NORTHERN STAR . London , April 4 , 1838 . Gentlemen , — "While you are rousing the sections in the North , we , in London , have fallen into a sort of Endymion ' s Bleep , as though the combined juices of mandrake , poppy , and hemlock , were out only potations . Here we are , close to the two bi g Houses , witnessing everyday , under our noses , such scenes , as in other times , would . " fright the isle from its propriety , " or " make the angels weep . " Yet not a hand or voice is taised , not a muscle

      moves , not a sigh or groan escapes to indicate any consciousness of suffering , much less a disposition on the part of the sufferers , to make head against the system which is silently but rapidly consuming them . It was only the other day ( Monday ) that the next parish to which I Teside , the parish of St . Bride , decided by 120 against 100 in favour of introducing the New Poor Law Act into the parish The meeting was a public meeting of the rate payers , called expressly for the purpose of'" rejecting the New Poor Law Act from the * parish : "

      but the worthy profit-mongers , who regarded the question as merely one of pounds , shillings , and pence , decided in favour of their own pockets and against the bellies of the paupers , by a majority of twenty , none but rate-payers votings and the votes being taken by Ballot . Mark these two facts , men of England ! Mark , that in a question which virtually concerns more than one half of the population—a question which is literally one of life or death to everyman subsisting on the wages of labour , as well as to the actual pauper—none were allowed to vote but persons having a direct interest in

      atarviBg the one and enslaving the other ; and mark again , that those same parties voted b y Ballot , that is to say , secretly and in the ( dark , as all rogues act , whose deeds will not bear the light . Here is a specimen of what you may expectfrom the Ballot should the middle classes succeed in superadding Grote's Hat-trap to the other machiney of the " Reform" Act The parish of Sti Bride contains , at least , eleven thousand / inhabitants of whom one third are always liable to come : on-the

      parish . Had the meeting been / one of the inhabit tants at large , ana had the voting been" openy ( as by show of hands , ) instead of by Ballot , the just claims of the poor would not have had one handin twenty raised against them , and l doubf-w £ ej ^ er there would have been even one pirint-Wbnger bop enough to speak ' against them . But , " conducted a ? the meeting was , the fate of the poor of St Bride is now at fce mercy of the Tbbr LaW Comnusi sioners , with no other sanction * from the parish than

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      the secret votes of 120 profit-mongers , giving a majority of 20 . ;; - ;— ; ' "While this was going on U * ' St . Bride ' s ^ tfe » Tdorning papers contained numerous case *) < copied from the provincial press exhibiting the fifce treatment of the unhappy poor Vail over tfce country . For instance , the Guardians of the Cireneester poor derided last week that for aa " able-bodied man the secret votes of 120 profit-mongeni . givinga

      accustomed to hard labour out of the workhouse , and to cfore labour within , five ounces of bacon per week was * t < fkient animal sustenance . Uo beef , mutton , pork , or Veal—no animal food of any kind beyttnd tire five ¦© urroes ; of bacon ; and no beer alj the week round , " S « ch is the treatment of the Cire&oester poor ia the workhouse ; out of the workhouse , it is death .: As a proof of this , the Gloiices ter Chronicle of Saturday give 3 the case of a poor woman named Hancox the wife of a cripple , and aged -66 , who had literally died of hunger and cold , after a fruitless application for relief to theCirencester Board of Guardians . This unfortunate

      creature had walked three miles on a piercingly cold day—wa * kept waiting a whole day in painful suspense—and at last dismissed without a farthing or a farthing ' s worth . All that remains of her now is the verdict of a coroner's inquest , which says , that "the deceased died by the visitation of God , ( what horrid blasphemy !) and that her death was accblerated ( how scientifically expressed !) by the

      intensity of the cold , to which she was exposed by attenditig the Board of Guardians } frotii which she returned home m a weak and shivering state . ' How many hundreds throughout the Kingdom have suffered , and are now suffering the fate of Mary Hancox ! Mr . Bowbn , lately a Guardian of the Bridgewater Union , and next to Oastler and Stehhbns , the most effective Anti-Poor Law combatant we have in our ranks : this excellent and

      spirited individual has shown in his pamphlet that while the deaths of convicts in the Hulks averaged 2 . 3 or 2 three-tenths per cent ., of their number per annum , the deaths in the Bridgewater Union averaged 41 . 4 , or 41 four tenths per cent , per anum . In other words—that the rate of mortality was eighteen times greater ^^ amongst ^ the paupers referred to , than amongst the convicts . He publicly charged the Guardians of that Union with having caused the deaths of upwards of 30 persons—with having knowingly and deliberately pursued a system of treatment towards them , which the medical officers of the Union had fore-warned them would be

      fatal to the victims ; and , how , think you good reader , was the charge met ? By what tribunal entertained and . adjudicated in ? By the Bridgewater Board of Guardians themselves ! ! ! With noother authority than their own , and that of their accomplices , the Somerset-house Bashaws , these murdering " Guardians of the Poor" of Bridgewater , sat upon themselves , —took cognizance of their own crime—called no witnesses but themselves ^ andj after a . private examination into their own guilt , unanimously returned a verdict of Not Guilty in their own

      favour , which verdict is , up to this hour , the only part of their proceedings which has been made public !! I def y " the records of Eastern despotism to furnish a parallel case to this .: "When Hen ry V III . of wife-killing memory , condescended to argue doctrinal points with Lambert , the schoolmaster , be tried first to convince his opponent by a right Koyal display of Catholic orthodoxy ; but that process failing , he had him tied to a stake , where , with the aid of fire and faggot , he soon convinced all loyal subjects that Lambert was nobetter than an obstinate

      heretic . This was a very arbitrary and summary mode of conviction ; but I doubt whether it was more arbitrary and summary than is the Bridgewater Guardians' mode of self-acquittal ., and I also very much doubt whether , after all , Lambert did not experience more real mercy and fair play from the wife-killer , than did the Bridgewater paupers from their chosen Guardians . Lambert was killed with fire hy the King ' s authority : the Bridgewater paupers were killed with water-gruel , by the authority of their Guardians . The wife-killer held himself responsible to nobody for roasting Lambert : the Guardians consider themselves responsible to nobody

      for having inflicted diarrhoea and death on the paupers . There was no coroner's inquest to bring in a verdict of wilful murder against the royal roaster . There has been , and I fear will be , no coroners' inquest to find a * imilar verdict against the water-gruelling pauper-killers . Thus far there is not much difference . But Henry , with all . his atrocity , gave Lambert a public hearing , and consequently an opportunity of escaping the roasting , had the latter been only wise enough , or not too fanatically mad , to avail himself of it . But had the Bridgewater paupers any such opportunity of escaping the watergruel ? Did they get a public hearing from these " Guardians ? " Did the latter trv to convince them

      publicly that water-gruel was good and wholesome , nutritious and substantial food for able-bodied men , or for aged and sickly persona of either sex . But I must not pursue the parallel . One startles at the inferences to which it might lead , and I have already carried it too far to leave a doubt on the mind of any humane person as to what ought , to be the fate of the Bridgewater Guardians .

      Such , Gentlemen , are the scenes which are passing in and out of London , without exciting the least apparent commotion in this great Metropolis . The only question of present interest here is Negro Slavery . But to that and other trumpery matters I will more particularly advert in my notice of what is going forward in the two pure Houses . Yours , &c ., &c , BRONTERRE .

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      A VAWWt and 3 Ht > NEST RECfttrit .-On Tuesday te * t , a lusty son of the dorth ^ named Robert Nejson , was brought before the magistrates charged wiA stealing a penknifey the property of the recruiting sergeant of the 6 th regimeiit . The setgeant stated that he had listed the prisoner on tfce day before ^ jind had taken him to his apartments , where he furnished ^ him Witn a good dinner and a pint of been Leaving him for a short time in the

      room alone , he abscondedy taking ; with him the pen ^ knife in question , which ; however , was not missed till the following day , when the worthy sergeant was anxious to try his hand at quill cutting . The valiant recruit was then : sought for with great yigilancej and wag ultimately found with the knife in his possession . He stated in his defence that he had been using the knife to cut hia finger nails ; and had , by mistake , put : it into his pocket . He was proved to have enlisted in ihe 6 th , the 19 th , and the 24 th regimentSj all within twenty-four hours . He was committed to take his trial for the theft .

      Caution to SHopKEEpERSi-TrOn Saturday last , Mr . Wilson , Pawnbrok ( Br , George-8 treeti and Mr . Fisher , shoemaker , Briggate , appeared before the magistrates under the following circumstances . It appeared that some timfe before ^ a girl had gone to Mr . Fisher ' s requesting- to look at spine shoes , which , on pretence of her father wanting to look at them , she was Buffered to take away without Mr . Fisher knowing whither they were to be taken . These shoes ^ ere subsequently pawned at ^ r . Wilson ' s shop , for jfour shillings ; . pan& being discovered by Mr . Fisher ,, he took the customary nieans to recover his goods , ^ Failing to obtain them thus , ^ the parties both appeared ^ before the magistrates , yrho adjudged that Mr . Fisher should pay Mr . "Wilson , the pawnbroker , four shillincs . the

      price whichhe had ; lent upon the shoes . iMPubENT RoBBERTi—Robert . ThOHipson was charged before the magistrates , on Monday last , with having entered the house of a person named Elizabeth Bownass , of . Hunsret , and stealing therefrom a shirt , ; waistcoat ^ and neckcloth , which he subsequently pawned fora trifle . The articles were traced to the pawn-shop and identified by the owner , and the pawn-tickets were found in the possession iif the prisoner . On Saturday last the prispner ; was committed on a charge of stealing some iiheti , the froperty cf Mr- Charles Schplefield , of York Road , n h \ $ defence , he said he . had- bought the tickets , but could neither tell for how much : he had ho them or from whom . He was likewise committed on the second charge . : ¦ : ¦ : ¦

      Eye and Ear Infirmary . —The Leeds Eye and Ear Infirmary Jteport for March 1838 : > i-Adtnitted , 60 ; discharged restored , 70 ; remaining on the books , 140 . : ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ '" ¦ Keepino Bad Company . —On Saturday last , a yourig man named Thomas Daley , appeared before the magistrates , ; charging a girl named Mary Ann Sherry , with picking his pocket , while in that sink of abomination ; called ^ The Golden Buildings ^ It appeared that , on the evening before , Daley met

      with the prisoner , who enticed hiiri to this ) brothel ; and while in one of the bedrooms , extracted from him two half-crbwrn 8 and a sixpence . He also had a tobacco-box , which he said he found on the bed after the girl hadleft the ro 6 m . On discovering his loss , he went in search of tfc fugitive , whoni , with the assistance of a , policemdn , he soon found , but the money had disappeared . The : magistrates said that though the case looked exceedingly suspicious against the prisoner , there was not sufficient evidence to con--vict her , and she should therefore be discharged .

      Richard Oastler in the Fire . —Jonas Driver , a petty manufacturer , residing in New Wortley , was brought before the magistrates by warrant , on Tuesday ; last , : charged with wilfully damaging and destroying the property of Nicholas Leaaghan . " , It appeared from the evidence that Lenaghan is , occasionally , a newspaper hawker ; and that on Saturday last he went to the Black Horse Inn j in Swiiiegate , where he ; offered for sale the Leeds Mercury , Times , Intelligencer , and some other papers , as well as the Northern Slat ' . As an inducement to purchasers of the latter mentioned journal , he stated that with it he Would give a splendid portrait of Richard Oastler , Esq . " Wliat , that

      agitator , ' said Driver , scowling and showing his teeth . ^ Yea , that incomparable ' . patriotj ' . " Said Lenaghan , " will you buy a paper ?• " '' Hand me the porijfait , " said Driver j Which being ruached to him , he put it into " . the fire , and the Northern Star likewise shared the . skme fate . Being asked for payment , he threatened to serve the haWker and his basket of papers with the same sauce , and positively refused to pay for the : paper . In answer to the charge , ho admitted that he , was drunk , and did not know what he was doing . The magistrates decided that he should : pay for the paper and the expenses of the conviction , which having done , he made his stay in Court as short as possible , and quickly found the

      door . Lenaghan applied for some allowance for the time he had spent in attending the Court House , for several hours that day and the day before , b » t the magistrates having given judgment , they said they oouW not alter their decision . Lenaghan did not desire more than 2 s . 6 d ., which , he said would not pay him for : his lost time * The magistrates thought it was [ reasonable ,. and directed a policeman to accompany Lenaghan to Driver ' s Warehouse , and to state that unless he allpwed him spnie compensation for his loss of time , they would direct that an

      information should be laid aga nst him for being drunk * .: He positively refused to pay ahything more than the magistrates had awarded , and said Lenaghan might go to the Devil for it if he chose . The information was consequently about to be laid , but to : prevent the consequences ^ a gentleman in the Court handed Lenaghan half-arcrown , which he thqught it better to take for his own cheek , than have the trouble of attending again and getting nothing for his trouble after all ; - , Was this : jsijly fellow a Conservative operative or a little Whig bantling ?

      Mysterious CiRGUMSTANcE . —InquestW On Tuesday riiormng last , an inquest , was held on view of the body of James Lucas , agcl 41 years , who was found dead in his bed on the previous m 6 rning ^ Two' young men slept with hiin during the night of Sunday , and did : not perceive ahything on their rising to attend their work on the folldwmg morning . About eight o ' clock , however , yrhen they had returned to ^^ breakfast , a little girl went to call the deceased out of hed , and found that he Was quite dead . A post znorteni examination of the body took place , but no particular cause of death Was elicited . Verdict— "Died by the visitation of God . "

      Court House CpRiosiTY . ^ --pn Tuesday las t , two respectable . looking Women , named Hannah Wood , and SarahJ ¦ Bjackley , appeared before the magistrates to settle a brawl which they could not decide more priyately . -Mrs . Wood charged Mrs . Buckley with ' . heating her children , who had given her ho provocation . There Were witnesses on both sides , who b « th swore that the- ¦ respective parties for whom they appeared \ had been assaulted . Krs . Wood . desired --nothing but peace , for this \ yas the first time she had the curiosity to bring any body to the . Court House , and she did not care if it Was

      the last . Mrs . Buckley had the best of evidence , and on judgment being given against her ( in Which shewas . directed to pay 2 s . 6 d ^ to some charity , and the ^ expenses of the case ) , she seemed to feel all the indignation which an honest and independent mind would feel when unjustly accused . She urged the respectability of her two witnesses who were strangers to c her , and had come without * ny promise of reward' to give their testimony ,: While her accuser had only one witness ! whose testimony was completely contradjeted . : To this she , was answered ; " that the bench had given the case a very : patient hearing on both sides , and they must abide by their decisiohi "

      Socialism . —On Sunday last , two lectures were delivered in the Social Institution . of this town j by Mr . Fleming , from Manchester . The afternoon lecture consisted principally of remarks upbri ^ and replies to an . article : in the March No . of Black-, wood ' s ^ Magarine , headed " Practical ^^ 'Workings of Trades Unions . " ^ tr . -F . was exceedingly happy in his ^ observatioris ; and in the ^ soundness of a grfeat portion of his adyice to the Unionists We fully concur ; particularly when he advised the enrolling of the rules of the several societies under tiie " Benefit Societies Act ;'' a ' step which ^ wehope every Union throughout the country will imniediately take , and thus put themselves under the protection of the only law , lately ^ passed , at all calculated to afford protection to working men . ; Mr . F . also . advised the

      wiftidrawal of thefundp of the Trades Unions from the Savings and other Banks ' ^ arid the employing of of them in purchasing real property for themseives , instead of allowing the Bankera arid other . Capitalists to convert those funds into additional scourges wherewith tolash their victims , the productive classes . The evening lecture was : upon the practicabiUty of the commuhit y principle , . aa ' ; - ' - ; a 4 « bckted by the Socialists ; Mr . F .-is an exceedingly clever speaker ; arid his discourses appeared to make a deep impression upon ; his auditors . Animated conversationsfollowed at the close of each lecture ; and the several objections advanced , met with a ready reply . A lecturer ^ in opposition to sonae of the tenets held by the Socialists was delivered in the same room on Tuesday evening lasty by Ml firegg ^ Methodist Local Preacher . of thiB ^ town . " - '

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      Ta » VV ^ ay to Ob ikts a good : Chi : a » acter . — -Mary Ann Sherry was brought before the Biagistrate 8 ; on Monday taut , charged with picking a man ' s pocket of 21 s . at the Golden "buildings , op Sunday night . On discovering the robbery she was given by the man in charge of-a policeman , but ^ as the himm / e de plaisir did not appear against the belle filie de ; joie she wai discharged ^ The same damsel was brought before the Mag ^ trates on Saturdiay lastj charged \ with picking ' a ' ^ ^ man-s pocket of 5 s , 6 d . * s mentioned in another paragrap h ^ , ' : SwBARiNG- a WiTNEsSi—The following ridiculotta scene took place at the Court Horise ^ the other day , in swearing a witness , who was a young man appareritly about 30 years of age . Mr . James ; --¦ " You shall true answer make . V Witness had the book in his left hand ; Mr . James . —Take th ^ -book . The ^ av th OfB-rir ^ Ia ~ Znn * ¦ r £ a » . ^ -

      in your right hand . —" You shall true answer make /' Witness then took hold of thebook with both hands . Mr > James ,---Take the book in your right hand . You shall true answer make to all such questions . Witness kissed the book ; Mr . James . —Stop , stop , not so fast , — -You shall true answer make to all . Witness took thebook in both hands , ; and grasping it With all his might , pressed it to his lips with such force , and for such a length of time , as to make the blood rush into his cheeks until they seemed almost as red as a turkey cock ; V The court was convulsed with laughter at the poor felloW ' s ; simplicity ; and after some little further trouble on the part of Mr . James , he was at last properly sworn .

      A SiNGUiiAR Fangy . —On Saturday night last , or rather on Sunday morning , between twelve and one , o ' clock , two men named Thos ; M'Donald and Henry ; Rodley , were found fighting in a field near Knostrop . Being taken into custod y , they were brought before the magistrates on Monday last wherithey admitted the charge , and were bound in their oivrirecognizarices in the sum of £ 5 each , to keep the peaceffor six ^ months , Rodley was also fined 58 ^ and costs for being drunk . "

      Assaulting a Watchman . —On Monday last , a Scotchman , named Richard M'Kenzie , was brought before the magistrates charged With assaulting a watchman while : taking him to th pblieeoffice for lying . in the street in a state of inebriation . M'Kenzie admitted that he . was drunk , but ' denied any knowledge of assaulting the watchman ; He stated ; that he . had been a clerk in a coach-office at Liverpool , and being unemployed had come to Leeds in search of employment . He -. yas fined 10 s . and costs for the assault . ¦ . . '

      Shocking AccipENT . -On Saturday evening last , an appaling accident occurred in Ilunsiet-iarie , of which the following are the particulars . - —iAbout seven o'clock on the night in question , Jane Hodgson , a girl of about seven years of age . arid daughter of Mr . Hodgson , of the Spinner ' s Arms , Marsh-lanej was returning with another little girl on Hunslet-lane to Leeds , when they were tempted to turn behind a gig , which haying done for some distance , they were perceived by the person driving , and Were Whipyed away . Feeling the whip about them , they let go their hold , and ran to different sidet of the toad . Very unfortunatel y , the Union Coach was just passing at the time / when the little Hodgson ran amongst the horses' legs , was thrown down , and trodden upon , andboth wheels of the

      coach passed over her head and shoulders , which were crushed almost to atoms . She Was , of course quite dead when lifted from the ground . An inquest Was held on the remains on Monday afternoon last . Verdict-- '' Accidental death . " ' Thieves at Odds . —On Tuesday last , two noted characters appearefd before the ¦ magistrates , each complaihing of the other ^ of assaults , damages , &C , &c . One of them prpduced three parts c > f a pannel , which she declared the other had knocked out of the door with her list : she also complained of her having brcten a square of gtes and sundry articles in earthenware . The defendant had likewiseher complaints to make , when the other one in the mean

      time . . called' her daughter as a witness . " Qh you needn ' t call her to help you out of your scrape " said the defendant , " for she ' s been at Wakefield ' for stealing a Watch . " " And you ' ve been there for stealing beef , " , said the complainant , " so the kettle does ' ent need to call the frying pan black . " "Well and you ' ve been there for stealing , pork , '' said the defendant , " so we'd better cut oiir sticks , as I guess ye'U mak . nout o ' nt . " Such was actually the fact ; the whole of the three had been committed ; the one for stealing beef , the other for stealing pork , and . the third for stealing a watch . The complaint was ' not heard . ¦

      Stealing a Neckcloth . —Maria Whittaker , a girl of the town , was brought before the magistrates on Monday last , charged with stealing a rieekcloth , the property of a 6 o ^ named George Ward . From the evidence it appeared that Ward , a lad about : fifteen years old , had gone to ' ¦« Goulding's Bmldings , " a place of notorious ilVfame , when being " in a bed-room with some strumpet , the prisoner also made free to enter , and immediatel y decamped with the neckcloth in question . Inspector Moxonhaving received information of

      the robbery , pursued the fugitive whom he saw drop the neckcloth in the street . In consequence , however , of some deficiency in the evidence , the prisoner was discharged . Goulding ' s Buildings . " r-This place is one of the greatest _ nuisances in the town ; there are more depredations committed in this place in one week according to the cases that come before the magis- ' trates , than in the whole town beside in a month . Could not our liberal magistrates do something towards the suppression of such a nuisance ?

      Wilful Damage . —On Monday , Thos . Flower was brought up at the Court House , by his father , a respectable publican , in Leeds , in consequence of hw having , on Saturday night , broken open the door , and behaved to his father in a violent manner ; He was bound over to keep the peace for six months , himself in £ 20 , and one surety in £ 10 * i . Robbery . —On Tuesday , George Thompson was charged at the Court House , with having , on Sunday night , stolen two sovereignSj twenty-two shillings and sixpence , a waistcoat , and a handkerchief . The two last articles have since-been found at a pawnbroker's , and fully identified ; They were the property of Eliza Thompson ^ the prisonfcr ' s aunt , who resides at Beestori . He was committed for trial to Wakefield House of Correction .

      Stealing Horse Gearing . —On Saturday Thomas Dixon was charged at the Court . House , with , having , on the day previous , stolen a pair of blinders from the head of a horse , at the Barrack Tavern , Sheepscar . He immediately took them to the Golden Cross , near that place , arid offered them for sale , when he was apprehended with the property in his possession , which has since been identified by William Fawcett , a coalleader . He was committed for trial to Wakefield House of Correction . Ackworth Church Rate . —A meeting was heldin : June last , for the purpose of levying a rate on the inhabitants of this village , which issued in tne

      question being adjourned rime months , which tiine expired on Thursday , the 29 th March last , The ^ anti-rate-payergi : - - 'issued a . notice that they should meet pursuant to the adjournriient }• "¦; this proved a disagreeable surprik to the parson and other needfuls connected with the churchy for by the way it iwas hunting day , and the former business , had been overlooked . Theofficials concluded it best to meet the Radicals , as they are here termed ; and the chair was taken by the curate , who opened the businessand toldithe

      , meeting that they must dispose of itas they thought fit . George : Wade , Es q ^ then moved a further adjournment for twelve months , and was seconded by Mr . John Scofield . Mr . R . Doeg ; moved an amendment , that the meetirie be adjourned to the 21 st March , 1839 , and was secoridedby Mr . G , L . Linriey ; afew remarks set the matter right with Mr . Wade , and the amendment was carried without a dissentient ; the latter gentlemari himself declared for the ameridment Na

      ^ r row Escape . — On Saturday , George Lodge of Holbeck , was brought up at the Court House , charged witb having , sometime previously , 8 Sf t C ^* ° ^ ¥ ^ « eof £ 4- or ^ thijpropert y of Mr . -Joshua Wilson , of Thornefe ^ House near Leeds . The cart had been left at a smith ' s shop in Meadow Lane , Leeds , to get repaired , and though the prisoner was ijot observed to steal * he cart , yet the wheels were found in his nnsRP *« inn «;« , w i . ^^ wheels were found in his possessionj with

      . a . new cart body placed upon them . Asvapori as the prisoner ascertained that he was suspected , he removed the cart to Manchester , and there sold it for £ 7 , lOs . In 4 eferice , the prisoner stated that the blacksmith had / lent him the cart . ; The prosecutor observed , that from the courteous mariner in Which Uie blacksmith had acted when application had been m ^ e ^ peering the cart , he thought he had been rally as bad as the prisoner in the transacticin . The magistrates dismissed the case . ; "

      . A Pangerous PREpl ^ AMENT .-rbri . Monday J ^ st , a young man named : Thps . / Ellice wasbrought before the MagistrateaCharged with being so drunk as to expose himself to . death ^ : b y droViiing ; ; A watchinan named John Bolton , took the prisoner Out of the brook in Water-lane | about half-past tw ? o ' clock . on Suriday morriirig last , in Which he might have been drowned had it not been for the tinaely assistance of tlie watchman . Prisoner could say ; notliing in his defence ^ and ; V ^ fijjed ^ a . ati costs : for being . druritV ¦ / ¦' ; \ : :: ..:

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      ELiECTibN of . Overseers Tofv ' tm p ono ^ Pc Saturdaylast i the following gerifleinfu were % k $ ji overseers , for their semal ¦ townshi ps S ward ^ the ensoing year * X ¦ ^^ war ( « : «» "• •> - . ' ¦ ... ¦ : ¦ . " .- " . - . ¦ ¦ .. ¦ ¦ ¦ r MILL HILL WARD . ' ' '¦ ¦'¦ ' ¦ :- ' ¦• ¦ "¦ . ' ' ' - ' ¦ - ^' f £ ^^ Mr . > Joseph Thackreyj wool agent , Part Place . j . - , ' - \ ¦ - ' ¦' , ' \' "' - " WEST WARD ; - ¦ ' , ' ¦ ¦ - " - " ' i -. Mr . LukeMarsh , hatter , Upperhead Row Mr . Joseph Reffitt , W ( K ) ld yer ^ HarioveSace Mr . Walter Stead , merchant , WoodhonsSane . : ¦> . - , ¦ - . . " ; .... NQRtH WEST WARIJ . v J ; ' ' ' [ : ¦ \ Mr . Matthew Johnson , glosser , Well Close V \»»~ Mr , Thomas Anderton ' lide rnerd ^ nVvS ^ ne \ , ¦ _; : - ; : . : '; - / ; : ^ - ' NORTiaCWABD . ¦ -. ' - ' '¦ ¦ " ¦ - ¦' : ¦ : ' - : -:-: ' ^^^ m ^ ms ^^^^^^^^^ **

      \» - m » ' ; : WORTH EAST WARD . Mr , Thomas Brumfitt , gentleman , York Roafl Mr . George Bedford , dyer , Beckett-street ^ Mr . John Lawson , flax-spinner , Mabgate . ^ r ' ¦¦• ' ;¦¦ . " "•¦ ¦ east Ward . ' ¦ - ¦ ¦ : : ¦ ' - . ' . :: : - \ i - 2 ? , rt Armita « e Buttery , woolstapler , Knostrnn Mr . EUWhiteley , 8 tuffmanWturer , ^ rSpSS »» V V ' ¦ ¦ - ¦; KIRKGATE WARD . Mr . John Ye wdal , grocer , Briggate . . •¦ : ;¦_ ¦ : > , - ^ : Vvi ' :-v SOTOHWARD . : . - Mr'Tv ^ S lt > BlB ^^ Co ^ H ^ sleWane . Mr . John Bentley , paper-maker , HunsleWane

      OUT-TOWNSHIPS . \/ r ¦ ¦ T ' i . t ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : -- ; H : uNstET . ; - ' ; :: ¦¦ ¦ . ; . . '¦' ¦ ¦ ¦ : ^ ' w ° -ii ? *? & £ ?* & gardener , Sayner ' s-lane . " Wilham ^ WaUey , woolstaplef , Bowlin ^ green . terrace , Holbeck . ^ - ' " "S green" Joseph Long ley ^ bricklayer , Chapel-st ., Hunslet ¦ . ¦ _ :.:::: .:. ¦ ..- . ¦ ¦ holbeck ; " ' : ' ' ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦« fpy atson ' grocer . Sweet-street ; John Jackson ^ miller , Hunslet-lane , ¦' u ' r - ' -V- w * BEES ^ OJi . ¦ - ¦ . ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ ' " Joseph Rogers , innkeeper ; " John Yates , cbiria-merchant , Royds . ' ¦ ¦ « ¦ " v ' i . t , ,, ABMLEY . .. ¦ . ¦¦¦ •'¦ - . .- ¦ ¦ . - ; ¦ . ¦ ¦ ' John Holdsworth . " John Walker ;

      WORTtEY . .. tj ? ° ® rt Sugden , Bar-row , Sheepscar . " William Woodhead . V- — . ¦ r-.- ' ^ ¦ " : ; FARNLEY . . , "• ¦ Thomas Holdsworth , near Farnley-HalT " Samwl Boyes i farmer , Farnley-lane-side ' ¦ -: ' '¦ ¦' •¦ •'¦¦ ¦ •• ¦ •¦ ¦ ¦ BRAMLEY . ' ' 1 \ S $ S : Musgrave , clGthier , New-Road . " William Bradshaw , clothier , Moor-side . " ' • ¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ •¦ ' ' ¦ " HEADINGLEY . , ¦ ' '' - ' John Eddisbn ; cloth-manufacturer .. " Thomas Smith , wbbl-stapler . . CHAPEL ALLERTOiV . Thomas Prince , woollen cloth dyer , " Frauklarid Paley .

      .: POTTERNEWTON ; . John Howson , tanner . " William Neale , gentleman . ; ,: Melancholy : Suicide . —On Thursday morn ¦ ing . last , an inquest was held at the White Horse Woqdhouse Carr , before John Blackburn , Esq coroner , ; on view of the body ; of Mary Mawson aged seventeen years and six months ; and resident in that place . . From the evidence adduced before the ^ coroner , it appeared -that the deceased had had some : words ; with ; her father ^ an aged man some weeks ; ago , A young man who paid his addresses to her , testified-that she had said to him that if

      her father struck her any more , she Would drown herself . Whether or not there had been any subsequent disagreement ' between' her and her father , was not : elicited ; but on Tuesday week sie was missing , and herforiner Words exciting suspicion the mill-dam of Mr . Clapham was dragged for » considerable time , in hopes of finding the body but in vain . Upwards of a Week , elapsed without any tidings being ; heard of the deceased . At length the dam was again dragged on Wednesday last , and the body of the unfortunate young womaa w-as found therein , , and imniediatel y conveyed to the White Horse , where the inquest was held over the - remains , and the jury , returned a verdict of >' Found Drowned . " : - : - ' . \

      . :. ; :: '¦; DEW ^ BVRy . V ' -: ¦ : - ^ V : " , . Gua RDiANS . —On "Thursday week , the election of Guardians took place at the Wellington Tavern , for the townshi p of Dewsbury . Seyen gentlemen had been proposed , ; but Messrs . Titus Senior Brook , William Newsome , James Cardwell , and Josepli Kiisijworth , are the successful candidates by rather a large majority . The above Guardians are entirely opposedtothe New Poor Law . ^ .- ' . Dewsbury Petty , Sessions , ; Saturday . -

      ractory Informations . —Messrs . Bates and Baker , the superintendents under the Factories' Regulation Act , appeared to prove several infohriatibris against the Healey New Mill Company , and their agents . 1 he informations were for working the chudreh under illegal certificates , beyond the hours appointed by the . Act , and for neglecting to send them to school Mr . Baker , proceeded to state in reference to the charge of illegal certificate , that the company had dispensed with the services of the regularly appointed surgeon , Mr . Wiseman , and had employetif a Mr . bmith , whose name was sighed to the certificates he then produced , of Sarah Moss , John Toulson , and roiiard

      y usepn , wnich he considered in point of fact . no certificate at all . Mr , Archer , who appeared for the defendants , contended the terms of the Act hid been , complied with , which only required that the certificate should be signed by ! ' some" surgeon or physician . He produced a certificate signed by the said Mr . James Smith , on the 8 th Npvember la « t , and countersigned by Mr ; Sanndew , < Mr . Baker ' s superior officer ) . on the 15 th of the same month , which , he contended , was a sufficient proof that the certificates ; were legally signed . Mr . Baker contendedihat the defendants were bound to prove that Mr , Smith was a regular practitioner . Mr . ArchJr aenieo it

      , and said they had no right to admit what Mr . Smith was , the onus lay upon the complaining party . Mr . Baker observed that Mr . Smith ought to come forward and prove it himself . Mr ; Ingham remarked that if Mr . Smith was not a regularlj educated surgeon , the certificate was useless , and therefore he was inclined to think that Mr . Baker was pound to prove that he was neither surgeon or physician , in order to fully niake out a . case . Mr . Baker said Mr . Smith was not on the list of surgeons . Me prpduced the list , bnt Mr . Archer objected that it was not evidence , as the lists were almost necessarily imperfect . After some further conversation ,

      Mr . Ingham observed that the point Was a singular one to him , and he should wish « ie decision to stand over for a fortnight In the meantime he should b ? glad to examine any ; evidence which either party migbt furnish him , in order to assist his judgment . The decision was therefore adjourned . —Mr . Baker then put in the certificate of Joseph PoUard , wiich was not countersigned by a magistrate ; Mr . Archer immediately admitted its illegality . Mr . Baker next charged the Company with , working ; children iindei thirteen years of age more than nine hours a day . Mr . Thomas Bedford admitted that the children were worked fall time ( eleven hours each dav . V Mr .

      Baker inquired of Pollard his age ; he replied undet 13 . Mr . Archer observed that the certificate which was signed by Mr . VViseman , in 1836 , stated him then to be 13 years of age , and it was rather singular if he was under that age in 1838 . Mr . Ingham doubted whether he could hear the defendants upon that cotincate , which they had ^ admitted to be illegal in consequence of not being cbuntersigried . Theirad " mission of its illegality bound them toprove that the lad was 13 years of age ; Mr . Archer tfen contended that according to the 43 rd section of the Act the ench

      xj . , could only convict once in any one day . 1 ' was ^^ raflier too aauch to be fined for working withont a cerUficate , and then be fined for not having a certificate at all . Mr . l Baker observed that m- ^ charge was not having a proper certificate , and secondly , for -working niore than nine hours a day-It was agreed ultimately that the case should be considered aa heard , and the ^ decision postponed . The rest of the , ; infonnations were postppned us * the nextCourtday . Mr . H ^ ue re fused to in terfere m any way with the decisions , in consequence of being a propnetor of mills ;

      Indecjbnt A , 8 SAULt .-r-Two boys from Pawjjreen , named John Hague and John Webster , w _ ere fined 8 s . each . formdecentiy assaulting Mary Sinithj ag « l twelve years of age . Matthew Mitchell and Mattheff Field were also fiiied for a similar jassarilt upon Mary Auty , a girl about the * iame age .. TheyoimgrawaW were severely reprimanded ^ by thes Bench ; ; T

      : ¦ ' ¦ : : ¦ : - ¦ " : ¦ : V- ' HAlllPJUE C ' :-: k . : KThe Odd Fellows H >; i . iii—This fiourishiog body : of individuals of the Loyal Independent Order of Odd FeUowa : of the Manchester Uni < y > in . tte Halifax district , have commenced building a spacioos hall , in Cabbage-lane , near St ; James' ChnxCD j having purchased 1000 square' : yards of ground » or that purpose of G . Pollard , Esq . It is to haye t *? fronts , one to Victoria-street , the other to Cabbaplane , and calculated to hold 5000 persons . ' .. -. $ *

      bmldmg , &e ; will ^^ cost them about' £ 5000 , an d ^ be I ajppropriaied for the purpose of holding pnbue ineetings , lectures , , &

      Leeds Anl&Gt; Wes^^Ldma ^Ews..: ' ; ¦;; V -V::-. - -V.; ' ;/. . &Gt; ; Xffieimfc. ':; ; :; V '': ;¦. ' . '.&Lt;, V; ' :. - R -\ ' [ Ilieeds And Wbist*Mdln : C!-^Frws :

      LEEDS ANl > WES ^^ lDma ^ EWS . .: ' ; ¦;; v -v ::-. - -v . ; ' ;/ . . > ; XffiEIMfc . ' : ; : ; v '' ;¦ . ' . ' . < , v ; :. - - \ ' [ IliEEDS AND WBiST * MDlN C ! - ^ fRWS :

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      Several correspondents who should have been replied to last week were neglected ; Mr . Hill being tick , some of their communications are noticed below . . 1

      " Our youthful Queen" is more gallant than poetical . Abecedarian . We advise him to go to school and learn so to arrange his words as that people may be able to find out his meaning . O . O . T . His lines have some merit , but they are 4 fio long , and will require trimming up a bit . . . ¦ ¦ ' ¦ - : ' . . - ¦ . : ' : ¦ ¦ . ;¦ " ' . ' Mr . Oastler ' s Letter to Lord Brougham was not

      received until the matter for the paper was so far in type as to render it impossible to find room for "it . It shall appear next week . _ Mr . John Finch .- ^ We are in the sainc predicament with Mr . Finch's letter as with Mr . Oastler * * . This may be partially accounted for on the score of out" going to press a little earlier than usual , because ^ of ' the extra demand . We gieatlyfear whether , we shall be able to give all Mr . F . ' s previously published letters , especially i « : one number . :.

      J . Darken , Norwich . We had not forgot our ex-- cellent friend ; he shall be attended to ; and the portraits he xoanta shall be sent through Mr . Hether-_ tngton ; perhaps next week if opportunity offers . The Sabbath . —Oar attention is directed by a correspondent to some old statutes by which Sunday contracts - are illegal , ' and persons buying and * e « - , tag » n Sundays are liable to be fined . W . T ; is tin impudent fellow and a cowardly slanderer besides . ¦ ¦¦ : ; ¦ ; . ; ., . - : " AY : .- ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ '¦ : Nf > ' 'Aetator-4 ra ?« iy that we have made me of the : ¦ - ¦ information contained in his letter , which was much Urn long for our space this week ^ and would have ; . srmon stale before another . ( ti

      I ^ ma . ~ Severaltmportatit legal questions :, ^ e Sem received , but as Mr . O ' 'Connor jsfnm ., home they cannot be answered this week . MT .= Wson , Bolton .- We sincerely regret the in convenience , whtcfrarose from no neglect -of his J > utwaS 4 Kca sioned by an oversight < U 4 his irfuk

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 7, 1838, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1000/page/4/