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    • THE NORTHERN STAB SATUBDAtY APRIL 21, 1838.
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      ..- , - . - ¦ '¦" . ' - - " ¦ ¦¦ ¦ '¦¦ or . ¦ ' ' : X ¦ .: mv . 3 > % STEPHENS , OF ASHTQN , The celebrated Advocate of the People , will be presented to eyery Laxgashire Purchaser of the , NOBTHERlSr STAB , ^ of the 12 th , and to every' TTo ^ KSHiRE Purchaser of the I 0 tlv of Ittay ^ 1838 .

      The Northern Stab Satubdaty April 21, 1838.

      THE NORTHERN STAB SATUBDAtY APRIL 21 , 1838 .

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      ; TSE tEEDS DINNER . The Leeds CdBServatiTe Operative Dinner , as it is called , came d £ on Monday last . Speaking locally of this display ^ we most merely - observe , that it forms no grtrasi whatever whereby the strength of Leeds Toijism can be jadged . It was a national displays " a ^ general muster and review ; and the Pavilion was the review ground . As well may HouiibIow Heath he designated as a strong garrison , Tsecar&e frequent reviews have taken place there } as hold up reaction in Leeds , because a large wooden

      Etctxog House is erected in the centre of the town . ! Bfit what part , let us ask , did the operatives take at ftfe £ east ? They did not take any part in the proceedings , save and except the wholesale thanks of 3 fc-. PA . Tri ., for the Society at large . . Having read ' -the proceedings attentively , we have not discovered -stay novelty of sentiment or thought , or any new declaration of intention to avoid the old rocks upon which the Tories split when in office . On the contrary , all , all was expressive of a desire once more to . " role the roast . ' "We owe too many personal obBgatidns to Sir Eraxcis Btjsdett , to say a word wHch could be construed into personal disrespect ;

      but holding the position which we now occupy , it would T > e " a : dereliction of duty were we altogether to pass over the said-to-be-haportant demonstration . Sir T ? : bakci 5 left the "Whi g camp , " because that party had failed to carry out reform to the fulfilments Ms ^ expectations . " Whv \ in his sorrow- and 'disappointment , join with that party who boldly , upon principle , resisted the Reform Bill , aod still continue to oppose the little attempted to be done under it ? "Would not his rightful positinn have beea at the head of the p « ople , whose hopes were raised and frustrated , rather than in the ranks of a . parity who merely seek power to nullify the effects of a measare from wiieh tie Honourable Baronet had

      reason to expect so much ? Surely the declaration of Lord Johk itcssELL as to the "finality of the Bill" shonH hare pleased him ; and heaven knows no great institutional innovation has as yet takenplace : and , therefore , Sir Francis must -stand Tather in the character of a prophet than that of a mediator . "We have always seen strong grounds for the entertaimneRt of Tory principles by those who have high expectations from church and other patronage . Of such motives we mast acquit Sir Fbaxcis ; but , in doing so , we leave him without the . pretext of anv motive . But whv a

      • poor devi !^ depending upon Ism ^ ay ' a work , and obliged to give a portion of that to the support of the Church and other Institutions , should rank himself as a Conservative Operative , is rather astonishing . Such mea , with such notions , we have always eoscpared to a "bare-footed man wi ± a cocked hat on his head . But lest any of our neighbours should be at a loss to know the strength of the bodv , and the materials of which it is composed , we beg to . inform them thai' the numbers cannot be guessed at , as they-never meet , or at learf ; notpnblielv . And

      as to the composition , the society consists of overseers , whe do the dirty work . of their masters , and who act as erimp-sergeants to kidnap those whom macbinerx make dependent upon the owner for subsistence , -if the market for labour was open , we should have no sneh nondescript animals as poor men , professing a desire to support a system , which produces their " poverty , " and causes their " destitution . " Perhaps a reaction was expected ; and r ight . glad- are we to find that the reaction

      has taken place ! As a proof of this , we beg to direct the attention of our readers to the Teport of the Holbeck dinner , "held upon the same day . There was reaction ; bat it was a Radical reaction ; and proad . axe we to find that the good men of Holbeek iaye at length discovered the treachery of their "Whig leaders . Proad are we ' to find that they now manifest a knowled ge of their own consequence ; and thar , having elected Sir " William Molesworth , and mot -being deceived -in . him , they now resolve npon . supporting him , at whatever risk .

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      POOPv LAW MAGISTRATES , HTJDDERSFIELD .

      Our readers will , no donbt , read the report of the proceedings before the Huddersfield Magistrates with . mnch Interest . Copious and pointed as that report is , we cannot refrain from a fuller comme-nt upon the subject . The proceedings before Magistrates are always to be looked upon with incomparably more jealousy than proceedings before" any other " * ribunaL That Court may be considered as -filesource cf justice ; and , therefore , the great object of the Executive should he to create in public estimation , a respect for the talent , probity , purity , chastity , and impartiality of those who hold the sacred commission of a Justice . "VYe consider the

      appointment ef -a just Magistrate , as of far more importance than lie " election of twenty Members of Parliament . la fact , the ignorance , the whim , or ihe caprice of ibe latter , may be much jnitigated , or wholly overcame , by the sound discretion of -the former . In erder , therefore , that a Government should be respected , it should ever evince a most l £ n 6 ? r solicitude in the appointment of those who , freci a knowledge of the people's habits , wouia Le

      most capable of-asing the law as a kind remonstrance , lather than as a weapon of oppression . A sufficient number to insure impartiality , but not so many as would create division orjealousy , should be appointed xn the ^ several localities . Jrom this wise rule , however , ourpresentrriers have £ xtensivel y departed with Tespect to Huddersfield . In defiance . of public opinion ; in opposition to decency ; without even the pretext of lie tyrant ' s plea , " necessity ; " withont any HichjnstificatJoB have the YThigs appointed four new magistrates at Htiddersfield j for no other earthly consideration than a view to the

      establishment of the Poor-Lasr Amendment Act in that flistriet The people of Huddersfield , when called upon to plead ( before so sacred a tribunal , with fear ana trembling , and anxious eye , losing sight altegether of tiveir case ) , fcst scan the Bench ; and if % eyidwld thereon the balance of Whig power , they liecome unmanned at the moment when strength and resolution is ne < je 88 ary for their defence . All throng ihe Tory rate of terror in Ireland , the most prominent complaint against the Government was , the edmogning to Lord Maxobs the unrestricted

      power -of . appointing magistrates . Of what avail -H-onldbe fbsmost Mndly Government to the people iftheajajjt . flf iheirlaws were to be warped by a prejudiced Bench ? But how weak , how paltry' how icagnificaniij most that Government he which seeks to e * t * b £ & an unpopular law "b y the corrapiion of out most sacred tribunal . If the crying grievances of Ireland < an be traced to this source , what guarantee hare we against its recurrence in ¦ feis county ? Surely none , from the past acts of the ~ Whjig $ , whfch we are hound to look upon as earnests ' of the future . ¦ ~

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      Tie great eomplaints £ ainst the Whigs in the eomjaencefeent of their careery . was a yielding' subserliency Jd Ifee Tories ; and svjU they continue to bend , save wissrein they haYe » vne sordid jnotiTe , orsaiBQjfib tojfarrj . .. Theeffect bY indiscretion in such instances , is to create a jealousy which drives the practiced jnstieejrom the Bench ; Imt , we are ieartily glad to find , that neither pique or jealousy

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      has induced those at whoifi the blow was aimed to shrink from the discharge of ihat duty which they owe to the people and tfo themselves . A kind of popular farce i * played by the Whigs , allowing the people to vote for )? oor-Law Guardians ; and when popular odium is marked by the election of And * Poor-Law tsuardians , the effect is got over and the elections rendered nugatory by the appointment of a sufficient number of Magistrates , who act a 3 j £ r-( MctB Guardians ; thereby frustrating the effect of

      popular elections . Bat the question with"tbe pWple is , will they suffer such an inroad upon their rights , or will they not rather take example by what "has been done at Huddersfield , and use the law , bad as it is , to protect the little right they . possess ? The tr ial atHttddersfieldwasthe mostimportant transaction that has taken place within onr recollection : and , in the hope that the lesson should not be lost sight of , we beg to recommend the attendance , on Tuesday nest , of every man , woman and child who feels an interest ia the safety , welfare , and

      tranquillity of the country * We wish , upon that day , to lay down plain , simple , and constitutional , rules , by which the mossier Devil-Law may be finally and for ever strangled .

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      " ^ THE MEETINGS OF THE WEEK , it becomes our pleasing duty , this week , to draw particular attention to the meetings of those who are now determined to rescue power from the bands of the tyrant- } amongst the many treats which we submit to our readers , we knew not which to select as best deserving their -consideration . For ourselves , we incomparably prefer the able letter of Mrs . 'Grassbt to the Editor of the Globe ; to the remainder of our bill of fare , could we once persuade our party to see the truths therein contained , onr work would be easy , a 3 one general demand for things , as our eloquent Correspondent lays them

      down , as they ought to be , would be sure to accomplish the fulfilment of her beneficent desire . A spirit corresponding with the maxims of that able epistle , was strongly manifested at the several meetings at Dewsbury , Barnsley , and Holbeck—but one sentiment seemed to prevail , and that was to throw off the old man and put on the new . We have been too long slumbering . We have been deceived by tho ? e lip patriots , who , in promising us better days , use those laws which they profess to condemn , as a means to crush our hopes , and to prevent the accomplishment - of their professed object—who have violated all premise and broken all

      faitfe-What have we to dread from men who with the most anxious desire , have not been able to create { during the hob"days ) any expression in favour of thtir Government ? We have just cause of complaint against the people upon many grounds . They seem , in the struggle for Universal Suffrage , to lose sight of that power which they possess of opposing all bad laws . They seem to forget that common law , aye and statute

      law , is based upon common custom , and that upon the subserviency and non-resistance of the community depends wholly . and entirely the power of a Government to establish , or if established to enforce , an obnoxious law . Thus we find that different enactments prevail and are in force in different localities , which are either mild , or oppressive according to the manner in which popular approbation or discontent has been manifested .

      Certainly the several meetings to which we refer , were called for the purpose of establishing a principle which would hold tyranny at once in defiance ; but why not meet to detail oppression foot to foot , and shoulder to shoulder , at every onset against the laws as they are ? Why not in conformity with our several pledges during the week , arrest the tyrant hand of power , and restore the working man to that position from which the oppressor has hurled him ? Because , we fear the enemy , and fear one another not les »

      Therein lies our disorder ; jealousy and want of confidence , arising from a want of general union and co-operation . With a view to remedy this evil , we are happy to find that the Northern Union , now in progress of formation , promises fair to out-number and to out-principle all Jonner Unions ; out-princi ple because its labours will not cease with a partial correction of evils ; hut will hold on to the close , t il ) tyranny and oppression shall for ever hide their deformed heads . We cannot avoid commenting upon the severe and deserved censure which the rascally Whigs experienced in the triumphal entry of our

      clients ( the Dorchester Labourers ) into the metropolis , and we sincerely thank our working friends for the display , while we equally censure the encomium of Mr . Cleave , upon the Whig Sun -newspaper . How easily some great spirits are pleased , and kow many are grateful for small favours . * Cleave forgot the maxim , that "he who is not for us in against us . " We trust that the demonstration about to take place at Sheffield , to which the eonviete are to be invited , will be in every way worthy the good men of that town . While we hail the Dorchester men just released from bondage , we should not forget the suffering of the Five Scotch Patriots .

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      TO THE EDITORS OF THE NORTHERN STAR . London , April 18 , JS 38 . My dear Sirs . —Is it fact , or is it fiction—the alleged existence of an O perative Conservative Association in Leeds ?—in Leeds , the capital of the West Siding of Yorkshire ?—in Leeds , where the Northern Star is published ?—and the only town in the United Kingdom ( not excepting London ) in which there are two Radical newspapers ? lam

      induced to ask the question , by seeing in the Times of this day , that " the third anniversary of &e Leeds Operatives' Conservative Association was celebrated on Easter Monday , by a grand entertainment , when upwards of 1 , 100 sat down to an excellent dinner , " &c . The account goes on to describe and euolgise the beauty and magnificence of the " Grecian marble exterior" of the structure in which the feed took place , the taste and talents of the architect , the interior of the saloon , with its

      de-, o , &c . ; the animated appearance of the scene , ( not forgetting the ladies , who paid five shillings ahead to see , ^ r , more probably , to be seen , ) and the list of Honourable and Right Honourables who paid ( God knows what ) to have the best of the dinner , and the tchole of the talk ; together with all the other et eeteras incidental to such occasions . Now , observe , Gentlemen , I do not question the Times' veracity as to most of these particulars . I admit the beauty and costliness of the structure , and the taste and talents of Mr . Chantbexl . The Tories , I know , love show ] and are able to pay for it . I admit also the alleged

      numbers and beaiity of ike ladies ; for what are I ^ ords , chandefiera , and pink festoons , without ladies , and who ever knew of a lady being kept from sight-seeing hj a toll of five shillings P * I admit , likewise , ihe goodness of the dinner- ^ of , at least , that part of it which wag 8 erved up at the cross-table , for who ever heard of a Tory sitting down to

      a bad dinner , when a good one is to be had , no matter at whose expense?—Oh no ! bad eating a ^ drinking was never a Tory Ming . Foibles and sins of that description they have always left to the « lower orders . " Whatever may be said of the notoriously bad lives which most Tories lead , it has never been deemed that they all live well . Upon those and the like point then I do not ask for your denial or confirmation o f tiie

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      Times' report ; but I have a right to ; asky # && . do ask , in behalf of my brother Radical * br London / whether there can exist anywnere- ^ -more especially in Leeds , such an outlaadu'u-monster in morals and polities ) as am ' Qpcviitive's Conservative AssoviatioH' f If such am unaccountable luscis natures does not exist { which , for the honour of human nature I hope , is the case ) the Times' account is a most wicked and insulting libel » n the working classes . If , on the other , band , it ; doee exist , it must be , beyond question , the most chimerical as weU as the most monstrous production of antient and modern times .- The monster in Revelations , ii

      nothing to it—the fantastic womb of Mythology has produced nothing like it . As mere matter of curiosity then—not to speak of the instruction involved in the contemplation of so extraordinary a sign of the times—lie description of it most prove interesting . Do , therefore , Gentlemen , if you ban spare time , describe it to us , if it be not indescribable . Do , pray tell us something of the imanyheaded br ainless "beast ; for : as yet we know nothing about it except that , like the Lord Mayor ' s fool , it u likes every thing good in the way of eatabiea and drinkables , " and that it enjoys the privilege of feeding publicly with its keepers once a-y ear . : ¦ ' -. ' -:

      An Operatives Conservative Association ! To conserve what ? What the devil has an Operative in this country to conserve or preserve , unless it be his second shirt he wants to conserve from the pawnbrokers , or his carcase fvom a pauper-baatile ? An Operatives' Conservative Association i—I ask airain , to conserve what- ? In other words , X ask , what is it this association seeks to conserve , qir-pre *' serve to the order of Operatives ? Is it the blessing of being transported , like felons , for combining to protect their only property—their wages ? It

      eannotbethat . Is it the blessing of being shut up in workhouse prisons , when the rich do not choose to employ them , ( for , mark , their employment , or nonemployment , depends solely in the caprices and interests of therich , ) of being separated from wife and children in those prisons , and there dishonoured by a vile workhouse dress , and subjected to a felon's dicipline , and worse than a felon ' s fare , —is this the blessing they seek to conserve ? Surely it cannot be that . Is it the blessing of toiling from eleven to fourteen hours a-day , in producing wealth which

      they are destined never to enjoy , and five sixths of which , at least , go to enrich tax-eaters , tithe-eaters , rent-eaters , toll-eaters , profit-eaters , and drones ^ usurers , of ever ) description , who , generally speaking , yield them not a farthing , or a farthing's worth , in exchange , —and who , instead of feeling respect or gratitude towards them , treat them like dogs , and value them no more than they do . the dirt on their shoes , —is this the blessing they want to conserve ? Impossible ! it cannot be . Then , what is it they want to conserve ? For the life of me , I cannot

      understand . It cannot be the rents of lands and houses , for though the entire rental of the country comes from the labourer ' s produce that , the labourers or Operatives get none of . It . cannot be the taxes , for whether general , or local , the operatives consume no part of them although they pay by far the greatest part . It cannot be tithes , tolls , and profits , for they get none of the tithes , aud very little of the tolls , while , with respect to profits

      every additional fortune they create for the middle classes only adds one to the number of their oppressors , and creates an additional barrier to the attainment of their own political rights . Itcannot be the army and the navy , for while the honours and emoluments of those establishments go to the Aristocracy exclusively , the private * , who are all of the Operative class , suffer the greater part of the hardships and danger , and the whole of the punishments inflicted with the Cat-o ' -nine- tails .

      Itcannot be the Church or Peerage , for what can Operatives possibly gain by either , except the expense of of supporting them be an advantage ¦? In short , I know not a single institution in the country which it can be the interest of operatives to support , for , as-I am prepared at any time to prove , there is not one institution in the kingdom , which doe ? not , more or less , operate to their disadvantage , and not unfrequently , to their utter degradation and destruction .

      . In the United States of America—particularly in the Northern States—an Operatives' Conservative Association would be an intelligible thing . There , the Operatives possess rights and privileges , together with substantial blessings and enjoyments flowing from those privileges , which are really worth conserving . For example , two thirds of the House of Assembly of Massachusetts are actually , at this moment , regular working men . A dollar and a half tux per annum is the only qualification required from the voters , and even that ( which is a poll-tax ) applies only to ab ' ens , or naturalized citizens . The native

      inhabitants artf entitled to vote whether they have paid the poll-tax or not . To be a man of twenty-one years of age , is the only qualification required from them . In short , the inhabitants of Massachusetts ( with the exception of aliens ) , enjoy Universal Suffrage , Biennial Parliaments , Vote by Ballot , Equal Representation , and no Property Qualificat ion . Now , I say , that with these elements of power in their hands , the Operatives of Massachusetts are not only eligible to , but do actually enjoy and exercise many of the hi ghest , most

      lucrative , and honourable functions in the state ? Two-thirds of their Representative Chamber are actually ( as I have already observed , ) operative , or working men . The Colonels , Captains , and other officers of the Militia , are , for the most part , working men . Two-thirds , at least , of every jury that sits in the State , whether on civil or criminal cases , are , on the average , workingmen . It is only eighteen months ago , since the whole of the -civil and criminal code of that State was revised and consolidated by order of the Representative qhamber , and notwitKU-iiJing that the members of that Assembly were elected by the universality of

      the people , and consisttJ , bona fide , of the real people themselves , yet so jealous were the latter rf their rights , and so vigiLni lest the lawyers of the Assembly might have paused any jugglery upon them in the revisions—; o jealous and vigilant were ihey , that they actually had the revised code ( after passing the Chambtv ) sul-mitted to themselves for their sanction , " before . Okv .. Qmitted its validity . -In other words , they would uoi admit the laws , even of their own repn ^ uutiv ^ , to be binding on them , until they had first ru . fv ^ the . universal assent of the people , directly expressed , in their primary assemblies . \ ¦

      What will the uiaiiv-bc ^ Jta , " brainless , guzzling beast of Leeds ( if tli .-iv Le such a beast ) eay to this ? In Massachusetts tie O peratives have institutions worth Coa-rvii- , ^ nd are , therefore , justly and wisel y Conservative . But would the Operas trees of MassacLW .. -is form an Association * to Conserve their own hunger and degradation—to

      Conserve to oppru , ..- < tL . power of shutting them out from the twi uiU institutions of the country ? Would they a « ociat 2 tv- eiher ( for the ; sake of a paltry annual feed from tie enslavers ) to record their contentment witL euth-. vrv , vassaUa ge , destitution , a * d degradation ? W . ilhouse rags and water gruel ? Oh ye vile " CoaswvatWe " -daves , how richly ye desprve y ^ r fuiv . " May you enjoy it to the top of your L-- _; -v ^ vorst enemy can wish

      you no more . BEONTEREE

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      - . - . ¦ ¦ .. ; . . - ¦ ¦ ; . . . . . " " ¦ . . .- ... . ¦ . .- ¦ ' . . - ¦ ¦ .. •; - . John Durham . —Jfts Letter shall be attended t ? ¦ nextweefc . ¦ ¦ .,.. - . ~ - ¦ ¦ : ¦ : " "V- ¦' . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ;• '¦ ' , . .-.. ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ; ' : John Knight . —jffi « tkiter slmttappeariiejd week ; T . Ek Smith . —Hw Poetry is in typey btU excluded for want of room . An Operative . —We will endeavour to find room fui ' him in our next ., ' . ¦'¦ - ' ¦ : ; AuEwemy and Slanderer skull appear next week . . M&nitictip . t £ a « . «^ teiiag / ier . ¦ ¦ ¦ Jf \! fie <' ^ eefeik ' iiX \ tBrfaow . -- ukat it

      was about , he moiM have sent Somebody to redd itj ; ani \ iiia ^ Uj , 0 :- ^ i ^ l ^ -Wi ^ fw ' ' - ^ that part which is legible , the greater jtortud is neither English , Irish , Scotch , iior Welsh . "¦ : ¦' ' A good maiiyof our ; Correspondents may take a hint froth this , pur time is a little too closely occupied to re-write half the letters that are sent to us ' i and unless our friends will take the trouble to make [ their productions ' . readable , the public truest lose i / ie benefit 6 f their lucubrations

      " A Correspondent at " . 'Halifax ' - ' begs to apologise to Mr . Alleii Davenport , for . his inadvertently neglecting to acknowledge the extract front his song on the retiirn of the porchester Victims , from , his being suddenly called qjf on concluding his addressj whilst in the act of placing inverted commas on the lines , as may be observed by referring , ¦ to the extract ; and on returning to his desk , perceiving thai the > cotnwtmication , as he thought , tpat { substantially finished , hastily folded it up , bid luid not the least intention of

      arrogating to himself any merit or praise which fairly and justly belongs to the able and talented pen of Mr . Allen Davenport . A Biitish Soldier . ^ -fT ? have received his letter to Lord John Russell , but do not think it Would be prudent eitherfor himOi " itsto publishit , nor do We think its publication would answer any good / jpuvpose . " "¦ ' . ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ : " - ¦ . ; ¦'¦ .... ¦ - , . Jajnes Taylor , Rbchdale .-Jtfr . O'Connor is from home . The moment he returns Mr . T . ' s letter shall be handed to him .

      It is particularly requested thtt our Scotch Agents send iri their orders for the Portrait week , thus giving us time to send off the Portraits .

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      LEGAL QUESTIONS . C . O . C . must bring an action against Mr . Corbett ; but i / ianXing him for Mis wish to place the matter in our haiulii , we beg to decline . 3 . Parnard . — The Magistrates may issue a warrant ¦ ' . ' ¦' againsttht'goods . W , L . jun . — The tenant ' s name being on the rate book should entitle him to vote for overseers . Y . X ., Halifax , ¦¦ cannot ¦ disturb the widow , who loses no title by having illegitimate children .-Robert Clark ¦ * V ndt liable to any penalty if the apprentice kuves his master ; he is Justified in doing so . - . '; . .- ¦

      R . G . A . must apply to Doctor ' s Commons ; the expense will be- accordhig to the length . Joseph Firth . — -The notice to quit was legal . W . B . H . depends upon the description of property . A Constant Reader has no security ; if he will cull upon vs . he shall have our advice .

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      LEEDS . Caution to Postmasters and Hackney Cjoach Proprietors . — Oh Tuesday last , Mr . I homas Lee , coach proprietor , of the Golden Lion , was summoned belofe the sitting . magistrates , to answer a chargp preferred against him by William iJaeksqn und Thomas Pavidson , two officers of the excise , for having let to them a hackney coach and borae on the 28 th day of November last , and having neglected to enter the same in his excise weekly account * for which offence those two modest

      functionaries asked for a penalty of £ 20 . Mr . "W ard , solicitor , appeared on behalf of the excise , and Air . Thomas Shaw , agent to the coach proprietors , for Mr . Lee . Mr . Shaw put in a surgeon ' s certificate for one of their principal witnesses , who was unable to attend , and therefore urged a postponement ; but Mr . Ward opposed the application , on the ground that their witnesses were there , and prepared to prove the ease , and suggested to the magistrates , if they consented to a postponement , they would be entitled to the expenses of that day . Mr . Shaw , differed W j ith Mr . Ward , and called the attention of the Bench to the Aft of Parliament of the 2 nd and 3 rd

      ot William IV ,, where it enacts that the magistrates shall have the power of issuing their summons to any witness who does not attend to give evidence , and therefore applied for a summons , and that would allow time for the witness to attend ; and likewise that they ( the excise ) were not entitled to any expenses until a conviction , and if they did not obtain a conviction , they were not entitled to any expenses . The magistrates thought it reasonable that the defendant should pay the expenses of £ 1 Is which he refused to do for some time , on the ground of it being contrary to the Act of Parliament ; but the magistrates informed him that unless he agreed h

      to tat , they should go into the case . Accordingly , Mr . Shaw paid the £ 1 Is . on behalf of Mr . Lee , and the . case was postponed for a month . It will be well to state to the public what base practices those two men above-named have been pursuing for some time . The facts of the case are these ' . —The two officers have been for some time watching by night for a favourable opportunity to entrap any of the hackney coachmen unawares , by taking them beyond the distance of five miles , as they are only allowed that distance without paying an additional duty . On the night in question , those two nun engaged the coach to go to Horsforth , where some of the houses- are within five miles of Leeds ; but ; they enticed the

      man to the nearest public-house , which is the Stanhope Arms , which we underetand to be five miles and eighty yards , where they gave him two or three glasses of grog , and paid him for only five miles . If the coachman had stopped at the boundary of the five mileH , he would have gone to the Stanhope Arms , it ; being the nearest point where . it was possible for him to have turned his coach ; but they had ascertained that if they could entice him to this house , they would gain their object . This is the third Case they bave-lmraght against hackney coach pyoprietoxa by night-entrapping , but have failed in the two former . We hope the Comm . ssioners will put a stop to such proceedings .

      The Leeds United Order of Odd Fellows . —On Monday last , the members of Lodge No . 1 , celebrated their anniversary in their large and commodious Lodge Room , at the Black Lion Inn , Mill-hill ; Leeds , which was beautifully decorated with evergreens and artificial flowers . Dpwards of 100 members satdown to dinner , which was served up in the first-rate style , and reflected credit upon the worthy host and hostess , and gave great satisfaction to thos ^ e who partook of it ; After dinner the evening was spent in concord , peace , and harmony . During the evening , it was announced that there were two more new Lod ges about to be opened in Leeds . -On the following day , the wives and female friends of the member * took tea together The ladies , who ought to be the best judges , declared that the tea excellent

      ^ was , and that the ^ provisions connected with it were supplied in ahundanee , and of the first quality . After tea > Mr . Joseph Armitage was called to the chair , when a number of select and appropriate songa and recitations were delivered to the do wnall gratification' of a numerous an ^ highly , respectable audience ; , Mr . Robert Dibb , the Wharjaalepoet , who ^ had been invited fortheocca-8 ion , , dehvered two new pieces of his own composition ^ titled ' ^ Victoria ; or England ' s Hope , " and < Walter Stanley , or the ; Jdftt Boy , " which were hstened to with intense iaterest , and 4 jy badly applaaded . Another new-piece of his wab delivered by a brother of the Order , called « ' RichSrd Leslie or the Victim of the Bas ^ le . " At a late hour the company broge up , wishing each other many happy returns of the seasonl ; ¦ ' ¦ ' . . ¦ ' .-. '¦'¦ J

      Beeb Act iNfbRMATiQN . — On Wednesdav last , a man named Benjamin Hardwick wa ^ summoned before the magistrates to the charge of selling beer -on-the morning " of Gobd Friday- A policeman named Stnbbs laidthe Jnfbrmatioif ' and the cate being proved , Hardwick was fined according to the usual custom , 40 s . and costs .

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      PoisONtJJtt A Child ;— On Saturday morning lastyatt hicjuest was heldy at oar Court House , be-¦ fitfte < John Blkckbarn , Esq ., Coroner , onviiew of the ^ ly o f an infant , aged fifteen months , and named William Maines . From the examination of the witnesses , it appeared that the deceased wai ? the illegitimate son of a . youiig " woman ., of about twentythreeyears of age ^ naiu ^ Margaret Maine ^ j , and that on Thursday last she had administered to the child a quantity of laudanum , which caused his death ; The mother of the child is a woman of loose

      character ^ and fans oftea been found in a state of intoxication . It appeared that on Thursday" afternoon she took the child to her mother's house ) when it was very ill , and the grandmother taxed the mother of the child with -having given , it ; something to make it ill . She denied the charge j and the eihild was immediately taken to Mr . Ward ' s , a surgeon in Kirkgate . After giving the Child a little wine and water , he applied the stomach pump , and , having extracted the , contents of the stomach , they were found to contain a quantity of laudanum to the amount of more than a drachm . An emetic was subsequently administered ,, and more laudanum was ejected . The mother of the child denied having administered any laudanum , but subsequently , in Mrs

      Ward ' s kitchen , she admitted to Mrs . Ward , that she administered some laudanum to the child , to makefit ; quiet , as it was very cross . Several witnessed stated that at different times she had been beam to use expressions of strange intentions towards the infant ; and even on the previoU 8 d ^ iy , when lying iu Wdj in a state of intoxication , with the child , she was heard to say ^ I'll be hanged for thee yet . " Mr . Blackburn -investigated the case with great ability , patience , and attention , having adjourned the inquest from Saturday morning till Monday morning , and from Monday till Wednesday evening , in order to make tjvery necessary enquiry . The jury returned a verdict of "Wilful murder " against Margaret Maines , and she has been enmmitted to York to take her trial at the next assizes

      Odd Fellows . —On Good Friday , the officer * of * Lodge 'IS O . 2 , assisted by visiting brothers , assembled at the Sussex Anns Inn , Richmond Road ^ Leeds , for the purpose of opening a new Lodge , under the title of "The Labourers' Benefit . " After fifty - < bur gentlemen had been initiated , the Lodge was opened in due form , and declared to be a legal Lodge in the Leeds United Order of Odd Fellows . It is likely to be a flourishing Lodge . An Undutifxj v Son . —On Wednesday last , a young man named William Wells , was brought

      betore the magistrates , charged with having robbed his father , a publican of Headingley , of money to the amount of £ 22 . It appeared that some time on the previous night , this youth went to a box , in an upper room , where the money was deposited , and helped himself to the above-mentioned amount . He made towards Leeds with his booty , and was taken at the Railway Station , just being rbout to go to Hull . The whole of the money was found in bis possession , except two shillings . The case being proved before the magistrates , he was committed to Wakefield , to take his trial at the next Sessions .

      Incuest . —On Monday an inquest was taken before Mr . J . Blackburn , on the body of Joseph Wetherall , aged 33 years , who resided " at Armley . For some time he had been in a state of despondency , and on the previous day he hung himself . Verdict — Temporary Insanity .

      Order of Odd Fellows , M . IT .---The members of _ the Loyal Sovereign Lodge , No . 710 , hefd their sixth anniversary on Easter Monday , at five o ' clock , at Mr . Richard Lunibs , Railway Tavern , Bank , when upwards of seventy members partook of a most sumptuous repast , wni ' did great credit to the host and hostess , and went off with great eclat . The remainder of the evening ' s amusements were of the most gratifying character . The company departed at a seasonable hour * highly gratified and in the greatest hilarity . '

      Election of Churchwardens . —On Thursday last , a metiting was held , by adjournment from the vestry of the Old Church , in the Cloth Halt Yard , for the purpose of appointing Churchwardens for the ensuing year . The Rev . Dr . Hook , Vicar of-Leeds , was called to occupy the chair * Mr . Baines , jun ., in proposing that Mr . Edward Johnson be one of the Churchwardens , said that he made the proposition from a wish to benefit the churchy Mr . Johnson was a person who might be depended upon as being a consistent opposer of the laying of a rate ; and it was his ( Mr . Bdines ' s ) opinion , that the best way to promote the true prosperity afltd usefulness

      of the church , was by the talent and piety of the cle rgy , and not by any compulsory support from rate-pay « rs ; The p' -oposition was carried unuuimousl y ; and the following gentlemen were also nominated and elected for the township of Leeds : —Messrs . John Wales , A . L . Barras , Simeon Spenceley , W . Kettlewell , John Broadhuad , and David Laird . Out-Towjcships — Holbeck . —Mr . Thomas Brown . Bramley . —Mr . Richard Wilson . Farnley . —Mr . Jeremiah Scott . Chupel-. Allerton . — ' bir . Richard- Johnson . HeailiVy .-Mr .. Thomas Grunwell , of Potternewton . Ar ? itley . ~~ ' Mr . Joseph S-vithenbank . The Vicar here objected , that the Perpetual Curnte , who had the appointment of the Churchwarden for this place

      had nominated Mr . Wainman , jun . ; but Mr . Baines objected , that Mr . Swithenbank had already been elected , and hk election must be valid . PoUerncwion . —Mr . Matthews . Beeston . —Mr . Benjamin Rogers . Huiislet . —Mr . John Ca rr Wwtley . —Mr . Charles Topham . ( Mr . George Nekton here proposed , as an amendment to the election of Mr . Greenwell , that Sir F . Burdett be chosen Churchwarden for Headingley . —Laughter . ) Mr . Baines proposed , and Mr , Richa ' rdson seconded a vote of thanks to the Vicar , for his impartial conduct in the chair . The Vicar suitabl y acknowledged the compliment . The meeting then separated , a great majority of the wardens who were chosen being anti-church-rate men . '

      A Strange Hiding-Place . —On Saturday last , -a man was brought before the magistrates charged with having in his possession a number of articles which were suspected of being stolen . Amongst other articles was found a brass cock cohcealed in his shirt tail . New Poor Law Economy . —The great advantages of Whig Reform tind Whig Poor Law Amendment Acts , as extracted from the official aceaunts of the public expenditure for the West Riding of the County of York : — S - ' " ''¦" v £ s d Item . —Paid Constable' of Huddersfield for swearing special constables , swearing in , stares for do . during the Borough

      Election in May , 1837 - - -. ..... 79 8 6 Do . Knaresbro ' , for do . during the Riding Election ...... 13 15 g Do . Barnsley , do 88 0 0 Do . Bradford , do . 172 ft 7 Do . Halifax , do . during Borough Election .............................. U 7 9 0 Do . Wakefield , do . during the Borough and Riding Elections 187 8 7 Do . Keighleft do . during the Riding Election

      11 14 0 Do . Doncaster , do . , < .......... 512 0 Do . Dewsbury , do , .... ; .. 9 H 6 Do . Constable of Sheffield , for do . during Riding Election .................. 28 8 0 Do . Huddersfield , for do . during Borough Election .......................... 36 2 4 Do . do . during Riding Election ............ 127 9 0 Do . for do . attending several meetings of Poor Law Guardians , and also at a tumultuous assembly at Paddock .... 3818 6 Expenses incurred by the conveyance

      to and from London , and attendance at Huddersfield of twelveMetropolitan Police , to attend the meetings of Poor Law Guardians , in order to preserve _ publicpeace ...................... 192 9 0 Vo . to William B . Smith , compensation for damage sustained at a riot and public breach of the peace at ^ fVakefield , on Monday , the 31 » t July , 1837 lT ? . - .::: 1 J ! i » 3 s Do . Rev . S . Sharp , for do . Damage ..,. 2 2 0 > « 18 o Costs ,... „ . 3 I © M ¦¦ " ¦; ¦? * 8 8 Do . Josias Rothery ¦ ' , .

      Damage .... 4 . 15 0 ? s n 8 ^ T . ¦ • Costs . 3 16 8 J 8 U 8 Dp . James Sidney , do . Damage .,.. 6 11 0 ^ 1 ft" \ _ Gosta . 3 16 8 J 10 7 8 Do . Jehn Whitaker , do . Damage .... 0 11 0 ? 4 . r a Costs 3 16 8 $ . * / a Do . James Middletda , do . Damage .... 3 10 0 ? -. '¦' Costs ....... 3 16 8 S V ¦ " B Do , Joseph Nojclifie , do . Damage .... 2 15 0 / R ; . ., .. Coats / ...... 316 s \ 6 I 1 8 £ 1171 14 2

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      . ; HanDLOom WEATEBs ^ - ^ On Thnrsday ^ niBht a meetiugof the « and-lo 6 m Weavers ^ nd their S w& 3 beld at the Bank School Room Vestry , foS ^^ Lvi ^ P ^ ^ Vmeetrthe CominissioneT Mr . ^ Yhiteley-was : in the chair ; and -the roo m was crowded to suflbcation , Mr . O'Connor attebdedL and ^ fter a jnoSt mtere stib g diHcussioh ( in which ' for the first time , we gladly witnessed a fcood S ?' between Mr . Whitelerand his md ^ S ^ of 8 even was appointed to prepare evidence for th Commissioner . Much jnterenting matter was ^ - closed upon thertate of the hand-loom weavers 'S our onjy wonder 1 ? , that they are satisfied with the state in which the * are represented to be-thSt were many Irishmen present , who seemed ' to fcl much looked to , and many of them were nominated as committee-men . We trust that the bc > dy will n t lose sight of the question , but that they will sn ^

      pare thenUfSlves as to prevent the possibility of beim , taken by surprise . Mr . Whiteleyfilledi the officfof chairman with great credit to himself and satisfacrJon to the meeting . . f , ?¦ . SpciALiSM ^ -On Sunday last , two lectures {« furtherance of the view » of Owenism , Were deliver ^ mtbe Sociallnstitution , top of Kirkgate , by mT Rigby . from Manchester . The Hall was crowded ' on both occasions ; and the lecturer was listened to with the greatest attention . Mr . Rigby is a verv pleasing , and , at the same time , very anvctine speaker . His disconrsea ^ appeared > -tp ; make * a ^ impression upon his auditors . Conversations on the several points advanced in his lectures followed at the close of each ;; and objection and reply finished the proceedings ; on each occasion .

      Family Perplexities . —It is comiDonly bvvposed that family perplexides aretroublesome affairs from which people would gladly ^ escape ; our readers will perceive , however , from our advertising columns that Mr . Gallaher , the multiformical ventriloquisC { whose performances rare announced for Monday evening , at the Commercial Buildings , ) promises to make them all exceedingly meny : in the midst of their perplexities . We have heafd a high character of this gentleman ' s entertaining pow > rs and recommend such of our readers as feel the time hanc heavy on * heir hands to P ^ y . P ° P ™ & to the Commercial Rooms by way of pastime . CoMPosiTiON .- ^ The following curious specimen ot composition or orthography was handed to a correspondent for a newspaper a few davs aeo . with a

      aesire that it might he : sent to a certain periodical as a p ^ ece of local news : — « A person the name of Ann Blackburn better nown by Senor was watchinK a pore man house snposed too days and to make an inrode m to the house and brought A new fianel pettycote Out with Ere and beineg at a los for it makin an out cry for it by Oon of her Nahours i Lost Oon by the same prsonid beleve and gooinee too her and saing to her you though you would flay me and bringe the petcot Out saing " to the oiineri onley tooke ie to cover the child whe it ben wet the notorious thef would near ave parted whith it any more ad not it ben Looked after . " -

      Anniversary . —The members of the " Briton ^ Pride" Lodge of Manchester Unity of the Indipendent Order of Odd Fellows , heid their sixth annb versarj- on Tuesday last , when 145 persons sat down to a sumptuous and substantial dinner , provided bv host Longley , of the Marquis of Granbyj ' lady Lane . After the cloth was drawn , a chairman and vice-chairman were chosen , and the greatest harmony and conviviality prevailed until shortly after eleven o ' clock , when the parties separated , highly 1

      delighted with their festivity , and . determineuta do their utmost to disseminate the generous anct philanthropic principles of their order . - This Lodge comprises upwards of 200 members , arid is in a very flourishing condition . —It is understood to be in contemplation , by the officers and brothers in the Leeds District , to dine together on the occasion of the Coronation of her Majesty , when those brothers who are too poor to purchase ticket * will be aamitted to the dinner gratis . ; ¦¦ ¦ "'"¦' "

      Fancy Bazaar . —On Tuesday , a most splendid ladies' bazaar was held at the Music Hall ,. Albion . street . The articles exhibited were of the -most valuable description , and in great abundance ; The admission was 2 s . each , which realised £ 197 16 s 6 d . The proceeds received for the sale of articles wer » £ 902 3 s . 6 d , making a total of f 1 ^ 100 . The amount left , when necessary expehces are paid , is to be applied to the liquidation of the debt upon Quarry -Hill- Church . The exhibition and sale continued for two or three days , and a sum amountiD * to upwards of £ 2 , 006 has been realised . : Steamboat Accident . —An- accident happening to the engine of the Ann , steamer , I on Wednesday-, the Selby steamboat was under the necessity of returning from some distance to take the passengers on board . We do not hear that anv other damage was done . "

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      ¦ ¦ . - . mf ^ ... COISSERVATIVE OPERATIVES AT DINNER . The Grand Conservative Dinner to Sir F . Burdett r took place on Monday , in tihe splendid Pavih ' on erected for the purpose on a very eligible plot of land abutting upon P . ark-Row and South Parade . .-The tables were nine in number , ranged lengthwise ; Each of these tables was 99 feet in length ; the three on each side , wera gradually elevated , so that those at the extremity were on a level with the raised cross-tables , which was about 65 feet long . The cross- table was covered with crimson cloth ; the long tables with pink and blue ; and their arrangement was at once elegant and convenient , for "then ? was ample space for the company and the waiters to move round them .

      The Pa . vib . on was wholly lighted with gas , by the Old Gas Company , under the direction of Mr . Raper , whose display of taste and skill was worthy of the occasion . Eight splendid circular chandeliers were suspended from the roof ; two brilliant stars v of ferge dimensions , were elevated in front of the CK * s-td » le ; over the chair thert was a third star ^ with the letters " V . R . " in the centre , surrounded by the Royal Crown . In front of the ladies' gallery there " was another brilliant star ; and the entrance hall , the receiving-room ^ the vestibule , &c . were all beautifully lighted with gas ; the apparatui was constructed with such perfect skill that not the slightest smell of gas was perceivable in any part of the building , the ventilation of which wae comblete .

      ihe walls werelined with white caHco ; the pillars and principal supporters of the roof were of deep crimson ; and in every part there was a rich disf ) lay of pink , blue , and white drapery , hung in estoQns and streamers , by the Messrs . Constantine , nphblstererp . The Ladies' Gallery was similarly ornBmentedt and in all respects adapted to the object of affording . a xoniplete \ iew , without , at the : same time , rendering its fair Occupants painfully conspicuous * At half-past four the stewards were admitted ; and as soon as each had taken his station , the company at large entered . The guests arrived at a quarter-past five . The chair was taken at a quarter Jjefore six . The guests were ushered to their places bv Mr ; Georee Hirst

      and other members of thfe committee amid mnsic from , the orchestra and the plaudits of the company * all standing . There were about eleven hundred and fifty gentlemen at the nine tables ; and the guests at the cross table nearly completed the twelfth hundred . The attendante-were at least two hundred in number At half-pastsix seVei ^ l hondred ladies were admitted into : the galleries ; ho that , altogether , there were nearly two thousand persons present at the time the cloths : were removed . / The dinner was excellent ^ and the wines were of the finest quality . The Leeds Old Band was in attendance , in their handsome uniform . The corps of glee singers consisted of Messrs . Walton , Clapharo * Smith , Cawthra , Drake , Cpoke , Harper , and Graham ; MrVGorfon comic

      Mnger , of uncommon talent , was also present , and added greatly to the entertainments of th « evening ., ' . .. . . . . ¦; . ¦ ¦ .: . . - , . .. ; . . .: . . - ¦ ; .. ¦;• ; , - ..: ¦ ; '¦ : ¦ William Beckett , Esq . officiated as chairman . Mid he was ^ assisted by George HirsU Esq ., J . H . Hift Esq ., Radford : Pottsj Esq ., Dr . Hunter , Edward J . Teale , Es q ^ Mr . William Beckwith , Mr . Josepn Walker , and Mr . Mumby , as vice-chairmen . ^ On theright of the chainnan sat Lord WharncUffe . Sir Francis Burdett , Bark ; M . P ., Sir George . Sinclair , Bark , M . P ., the Rev . W ; alter Farquhar Hoot , D . D ., Vicar of Leeds and Chaplain to the Queen , John Henry Lowther , Esq ., M . P ^ Colonel WaUace , William Busfield , Esq . ( Myrtle Grove ) , John Nicholas ; Coulthurst , Esq ., the Rev . Anthony Marsden , James Farrar , Jun ., Richard Henry Roundell , Bj < jh Robert Hall , Ebo ., John Ontbwaite , Esq ., M ' Jt-i WiUiana Hepworth , Esq . : On the left of the chairman sat the Earl of

      Mexbbrongh , the Viscount Maidston * , M . P ^ the Hon . Edwin Lascelles , " the Hon . PhilipJSawle , John B&-Wards Dyson ^; Esq ^ John Roby , TEsq-, Henry tim Esq ., Charles John Brandling . Esq ., Charles Wibbj Esq ., Ciolonel Gooch , John Watson Barton , Esq . ? France Billam , Esq . ^ William Joseph Colto » n > Esq ., Jolin Hill , Esq ., and Joseph Robert Atkinson , Esq ; i ' . ' [ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦'¦ .., ¦ ¦ i ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦" - ' : . - ' v . ¦"¦ ¦ : ' ¦; ' ¦ ¦ ' ' . -:. ' . ' -: ¦"¦ -r- ' : ; ' : :-- ' In the Veeds Ini ^ tgencerE ^ ra ^ ditiatiy , ^^^ nesday , from , which the above description jsabriagw j the ¦ ¦¦ Ur } i 8 p of ^ the principal company , " indnsive of stewarois , occupies' considerably more than two columns of very doseIsmail print ; andensting onr eyes cursorily down the "list , we were not a little , snrprwed to find that , so far as we can judge withont counting , considerably more than half the > l Operatwe Conservatives" appear to fee Esauires , with a very fair sprinkling of Doctors &jsl < 1 fieverends amoDg the reiaamd « rl' ¦ '¦'' - : '' .- ''

      The lions of the n % ht were Sir Francis Burdfitt , Sir George Sinclair , and Dr > Hook , and fte speechei Were ^ in true Tory taste .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 21, 1838, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1002/page/4/