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    • THE NORTHERN STAR SAttTBDAT, MA? 19, 1B38.
    • LEEDS AND WEST-RIDING NEWS
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      - ^ HE MINISTERIAL HACK . "We have known some horses , " and many asses , to iparteke so largely of the sagacious qualities more ' fi'equently observable in the cur , as to become % iFrinctive 1 y attached , not only to the persons of their masters , but also to- every person , place . tir thing , between whom , or which , and said masters thej hare observed a certain relationship . "Who Jas not observed , for instance ^ the almosl mechanical regularity with which the worn roadster of the trandy-li "ring bntcher , on his ambulation to or irom market and fair , Tecognizes and pays his Tespects to every temple of Bacchus , in which hi ?

      master has been accustomed to pour o . ut his libauons to the jolly god ? Th ' tf is a Tery common instance « f sagacity inbrob-s that are frequently " ridden , " "but "we have known much stronger proofs of their peculiar attachments . "We remember being once p laced in considerable jeopardy , and great bodily fear , by an old brown mare , belonging to a dear friend and relative , the first time we ' attempted to jrat a bit into her mouth . - Now , this mare was as gentle as a lamb to her owner or any member of his family—and though it was some months before we Tentnred to repeat the experiment , her habits of observation having in the meantime . convinced her that we were to be numbered amongst the friends

      • f her master , we had no difficulty on the second xttempt- She submitted , apparentl y -with great ^ pleasure , to be saddled , bridled , and " ridden" for our accommodation . This instance of discrimination was , however , left far in the back ground by a trong useful animal of the long-eared species known to all the ne ghbourhood by the name of " Neddy . ' JTeddy was a terror to all the ; boys and girls in the village . He suffered no one to enter iis domain with impunity , whe had not been

      properly introduced . AL his powers of assinme xrtiiltry were brought into . full piay against all intruders . Hoofs , heels , teeth , and the most discordant brayings were bestowed , sans ceremonie , apon every one who came within Neddy ' s reach , unless be had first taken the precaution to be duh and properly introducrd : yet was Neddy , in truth , » gentle and an affectionate animal : "We have xeen him lick the hand ^> f his master with evident tokens of most assinine affection : and not only did

      JSEDD ? thus love his own master , but a due share ef his assinine regards were also bestowed on ali -whom he had" been instructed to consider as his Blaster ' s friends . If a stranger wished safel y to cultivate the acquaintance of 2 * eddy , he must seek it through the medium of Old "Willy , who was Uex > d y " s master . Ushered into the assinine presence in such company , he was perfectly sue . He Trould be snuffed , smelled , and scented all round , ¦ with the most deliberate carefulness , and , after that , le might "ride Neddy" just as safely and as

      easily as Old "Willy himself . Thus it often happened that the very same person at whomNxDDY had ion open-mouth , wiith all the viciousness of an ass "bent on mi * chief , might , ere the day was out , having passed through the ceremony of introduction , mount ^ Neddy ' s hack , and command his services to the utmost extent of his asinine ability .. "We believe it to be a doctrine' holde ' n by some that all the affections and dispositions of brute animals exist by ^ nnpathetic derivation , as outbirths or formal ¦ developements of like affections in the human

      character . V > e strongly suspect there must be some truth in this doctrine ; and , if so , the events of the past "Wcvk and the records of certain years very recentlv passed over , ha \ e enabkd . us to discover the prototype of Neddy in one . of the present Honourable Members for Leeds . At the lagyj ^^ ftng of the " Cbrirch . B . ate Abortion Sociery , the" Honourable Member who eschews 41 Shallow Politician-: , "' is reported , in the London Newspapers , to have said

      that" Buj ' riends generall y imagined that He teas ridden b y JUinisteu . it icuxMurir lumcsl ojAniun , and lus lri « iit > jijU * per-Jec * n ^ ht cauOjliy to express u ! but te would uli Uieai , tii ^ i so lonj as AliniattTo supported good mrasurc * , and so ion / as he -considered them iaumtely beliel Uuta Uiose whicn woulU uJte ttitar places if they were turned out , so limg wonld he ouppon "tbfm . tie tnongnt tlmt the meeting -would agree wiin nuu totnis opinion . 1 hey were told , tnat if tnej turned out these ilin -Btero , the / ¦ vronld nut have worse , because since the passing ol the Relurm Bill no man c ^ nid be . Minister who did not support Liberal measures : but lit ? new the dilierence between laving luen in uiiice who supported Liberal measures because "thej liked them , and those who adopted Liberal measures because they were forced upon them ; said this was just the diDrrence between the value ol the present Ministers and of Sir Kvttert Peel

      ¦ . > iow , Min : « crs tad "brought forward Xiiberjl measures of viilm ; , not only to Kngland , uut to Scot-4 and < ind Ireland also ; and when ne beheld them su porting these L-beral measure * , he could not agree with thuae ' &aailow poiinaans who thought / u roisters could be turnwLout without danger to these Liberal mesusmes with Tespect to the country ¦ of his honourable and learned t '^ iui , Sir .- ' oVonnell—nitn lespect to Ireland—and he never liearJ Ireland mentioned but U associated in his mini the mane u O ConueU along with it . He hoped Ministers wouid na » e to nuke the Coronation Peers , and they wonld infuse some good Liberal Elood into the Upper House . He did not know wuether ais UonourablR - * nd Learned Fnendnear Mm { Sit . OVcnurflj irad any ambition ibr a Peerage— ( laughter )—but if he had , ilr . Baau * w ^» nut that a . better man could not b < placed vn the vooltack , ' '

      Isow , the long ears and mellifinom braying of the -ass Ueddy never more certainly proclaimed the iact of his belonging to the « ss species than this paragraph from Mr . Baises' speech proves the justice of the " honest opinion" entertained by " his friends generally" of his being " ridden by Ministers . " He announces , in so many plain words , that the object of his support and attachment is men and not measures , that he would spurn the very same measures at which he now rejoices , if proposed to his acceptance by different men . "Was ever acknowledgement of subserriencj more loft ? Was the bridle

      rrej- worn with less mrncvng , or " the saddle eTer < sssrv ^^« e ; pTou » T ? Ana " how finely , the Hon . ~ Member sustains his character of a political beast of -WtkenA "Row Wutifuny he illustrates the doctrine r < jf sympathetic derivation , alluded to above , by the gracious manner in which he presents ¦ presents his bact to the Hon . and Learned Member for Dublin , - offering his shoulder , as a stepping stone to Ae "Woolsack , too much honoured by the conde-« cension of being trodden on . ** -He dJd pD thmc ^ he&er his Eon . and JLeamed Triend nearJvmiJUr . UUmncU ) tea any ambiiionjoraj&rage ; Uuti Me had , Mr . Bairns vui rare Dial a better mun couU not be Vlaccd on the voolrack . "

      We suspect that no one who was unaware of tbi * doctrine ,, that the propensities of the inferior ani--mals are but so n&ny external forms or manifested -appearances of the affections of the human character , could have supposed that the O'Cokkell thus complimented * as the seif-same © 'Cornell of * hom , in February , 1833 , this same Mr . Baines testified , by his mouth-piece , the Leeds Mercury , itathewa *— yy ^ t oTfeSfn ^ ^ " ^ foin «^ the utmost

      discon-Would any simple-aiaded p *^ , ^ aeqn ^ ted With asnnine politics , iave supposed that the O ? Ca »! fELi ., wfcom Mr . BaisE 8 DOw characterizes is being well calculated " toinfuse some good liberal ilood into the Upper Honse , * ' is the same O'Cox-> - £ LL -whoni ia February , 1833 , he characterized XS ; - "The head of the incenfliarj- agitators vho havestmedup ererjr cause of disconteiit , destrofed all poilic eratiteae and ^^ ^ "Dhaence , and songhl io array the iriole pbtsicul wraith of JLreland against a concfliiUiry aad reionuing

      . If there be any position , in which it is possible for man to be placed , which reqeires the sternest ^ pnesry of ew \ an ^ most g enuj ne upn ^ htnen of an . ^ titmand purpose of which the tinman characterw <^ > able , it must be that or presiding over the Jajfe ^ Jftourt of juaieial authority recognized br the

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      State ; and yet that O'Connell , of whom Mr . BaINeS is now sure that a better man cor ^ d not be found for so distinguished a position ^ " i 8 the same O'Connelx , of -whom _ in-. tbe mo ^ th of June , 1833 , Mr . Baines held the following language . - *» O'CouueHbas Tr » nsel to oring forward the question of the Repeal of the Union , thcugh-uryeA to it with the -BOuoet iwrtinaeity by itome dt the really harw . tl Repealer * , who form his UaL He knew well that to discuss the question in

      Parliament was to eneure a total and ridiculous defeat ; and us the Repeal is far too good a < ub } ect for agitation to be thus thrown away , as it is " a nweet " and nvlritiovs morsel which be rolls under nk tongue , he has given notice ol a motion to Repettl theUnk ^ fbr next Session ! THE CONNING ROGDE ! Now will lie jto , ana itinerate through Ireland , stirring up the passions , "Bay , posdtivul y stirring the tretche * pocket * of its credulous inhabitants , on the score of hut intended _ act ol patrioUsm , wh : ch he will again und again put off , as it suits him , to '" a more convenient season . "

      The O'Coskell whom Mr . Baines would now be happy to see elevated to a . most important station in the Government of the country is the same O'Conkell of whom , in the month of August , 1833 , Mr . Baiwes declare * that " If the country wished to be governed by » self-willed impetuous tyrant , we dp not knt-w how a betier selection could be made " than to talje Uiis Hibernian Patriot . " The O'Connell whom Mr . Baines would now help to a peerage , and a "place" beside * , and io whom he would give an increased * influence" not easily to be estimated for amount , is the same O'Conkell of whom in September , 1833 , Mr . Baines

      wrote" O ConneTl ib an unaccountable being , but we have not the least doubt that he would take a good place if he could gel it . The astonishing influence which such a man exercises over the Irish population , saya about as little for their discernment as the outrages of the Whiteleet say for their love ol order . " , The O'Cohnell whom Mr . Baines now ( conscientiously , of course ) "believes to be so ) honourable a . ma-Ti that no better man could be found to fill the most honourable post that can be occupied by any subject in these realms , is the same O'Connell ol whom , in November 1833 , Mr . Baines ( conscientiously , of course ) wrote the following cuttingly contemptuous , an . l bitter paragraph : —

      " Air . O Connell has commenced his Repeal campaign in Dublin , and the begging-box is circubtiiig in every part oj Ireland . That vronueriul people , the Irish , do O'ConueU ' * bidding with an obsequiousness that has no parallel . V % beu hfi is silent , they are silent ; when his voice blusters , their waves roar . He lingered two iuontUs at Ifcirrjnane Abbey , singing " Nobody coming to wot '; " and the populace of Ireland-daunted a low and pensive chonis . He returns v > Oublin , and beats the reteilLz ; and np rises the population , as at the sound of drum . However , the Uoverument are not intending to leave him the whole field to himself : the pending action against the Pilot , ( uT inserting a letter of O'ConnelTs , is to be tried at an early day . "

      A simple-minded person , unaccustomed to the study of political character , as usually developed by mere partisans , or unacquainted with the peculiar circumstances of the parties , might bare felt some amaze at what might have appeared to him the inconsistency of Mr . Baines in thus dealing forth eulogy on so large a scale , on the self same individual who had so recently been the object of his unmeasured terms of abuse . To one , however , who holds the doctrine of sympathetic derivation , and who regards the Honourable Member for Leeds as a political " Needy , " who is " ridden

      by Ministers , " the problem admits of much easier solution . He finds it only necessary to loot at the relationship how subsisting between O'Connell and the Ministry , by whom Mr . Baines is " ridden , " to perceive at once that the instinctivt tendency of the political tribe to which the Honourable Member belongs , will naturally lead him tcTbe servilely complaisant to any one . wh » ia distinguished by the e , * pecial patronage of the Ministry ; and still more so to any one who occupies the singnlar position of Patron to the very Ministry by which he is " ridden . "

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      MAGISTERIAL JUSTICE . One of the most flagrant outrages upon all the better feelings of human nature that we recollect to have been perpetrated , within the sphere of our observation , even by the " great unpaid , ' will be ? oond detailed , under this head , in our Leeds department of local news . It seems that a poor woman had been brutally assaulted by a ruffian who is paid for preserving the peace of the town , and that she very naturall y resented the outrage in a freedom of expression not "uncommon amongst females who have been provoked—the affray having originated in a threat of the policeman to " crack the Irish head" of her husband . Not content with having

      brutally beaten a woman in the last stage of pregnancy , the policeman must be further revenged for the ill language whif-h he had provoked her to utter and summoned her before Mr . Glapiiam for profane swearing . Now , though the witness called by the policeman-distinctly stated that he did not hear the woman swear ; though the woman deuied having sworn at all , and called two witnesses , who deposed that she had not sworn—notwithstanding all this , Mr . Jtj stic e Cl apham thought himself justifiable in coming to the conclusion , that the woman had sworn ten oaths , and in fining her accordingly 10 s . Strange "justice" as we may incline to thint this , it is the least strange of Mr . Clapham ' s

      justiciary proceedings on this occasion . He also thought fit so far to degrade the dignity of the Magisterial Bench as to insult the witnesses that were brought before him , in a manner more revoltingly gross and indecent than we ever heard of in any Magistrate before—_ " Mr . Clapham said , that he -would sooner taie the testimony of one disinterested man than of twenty Irish . " How dare Mr . Clapham stigmatize any people , Irish or other , with this general and sweeping allegation of perjury ? "What does he mean by a "disinterested person ? " Cannot an Irishman be disinterested as well as another man ? "Was the

      Irishman who , on this occasion had been a > meit spectator , a more interested witness than the police tuffian -who laid \ be information , ( having just origra&tea tie circumstances out cf which it arose ^) and on whose single testimony , unsupported bv any witness , and contradicted by three witnesses , the case was decided ? And even supposing this " disinterested" testimony to have been true , where did Mr . Clapham get his authority to eke out the testimony of a witness b y gratuitous assumption ? "The policeman , supposing his testimony to have been true as to the woman ' s swearing , did not state that she swore number

      any of oaths . " Yet Mr . Clapham , having no evidence whatever on the subject of number , takes upon him , as a magisterial judge , to fix thejiumber of offences by guess , and to apportion the fines accordingly ; and , it seems , that he would actually , upon this conviction by guess , have consigned this poor pregnant woman for sixteendays to the House of Correction , if some humane person in Court had not been kind enough to advance such portion of the ten . fines and the costs , as she was unable to raise . As soon as the poor woman had been thus robbed , the pious justice still further manifestedii » equitable disposition : —

      As soon as the other money wa « produced , and the woman liberated , a summons , which had been taien out against her husband for being drank , was laid upon the bench before the magistrate ThvJ summon * the man had never seen , for it was onlv served at Ms house , and he had never been at home since . Gnrsdde , the witness for the policeman , -stated that the man was what he called " rather fresh , " tearing it to be inferred that hp

      did not consider Him drunky yet Mr . Clapham . in the absence of the man , who had never seen the summons , and who was not to be at h one till Sataiday eight , convicted him ia a penalty of 5 $ . and 7 s . 4 d . costs , for being" rather fresh ; " and the woman , aftw paying Iis . for her . own faults , w& . - told , that if she did not produce 12 s . 4 d . more , a distress warrani would be issued against lier goods . The poor woman had no more money , and left the Court . "

      If , as we hare every Teason to believe , this case have been rightly reported to us , we have no hesitation in declaring these proceedings to be aiisgrace to the British Magisterial Bench , and the person capable of such conduct to be-utterly unfit ; to sit thereon .

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      TO TUB KD 1 TOUS OF TtitS NOKTH 1 SKN STTAR . ¦ j MS" Dbab SiB « v ^ -t ; am ? one - of " your " many readers to whom it affords pleafcurertd see so little of your leading ttatter devoted "' jo ¦ Parliamentary proceedings . ; It proves that you and ; youV ? ubscribers know how to estimate oar ** B « fonned" ' Parliament . atits proper value . In truth the British and Irish milliona ; are as li ttle thought of how-a-ddys , by their " representatives , " as are the people ot Tartary or of Kamschatka . No wonder , therefore ^ that the British and Irish millions are ceasing to think or care about . the operations of Parliament . I am only sorry they did not adopt that course long ago .

      In my letter , which you inserted last week , -on the Irisii Poor Law Bill , I gave what I deem to be a true character of that measure , and of . the 4 debate" on the third reading of it . The bill is now before the Lords , but the second reading of it was , on the motion of Lord Melbourne ou Monday nighr , postponed for a week , v ? i account of the indisposition of the Duke of ViEhhinoTos . "

      Only think of a measure whose professed purpose is to save thousands of our fam ^ hing fellow-creatures froia starvation being put off for a week , on account of the indisposition of one man ! and that man a military Tory Duke , the greater part of whose life has been-spent in directing humau carnage in foreign lands , and whose knowledge and sympathies with I ; eland must therefore be of the most limited kind ! Think of Lord Melbourne

      postponing such a measure upon such grounds VNtiy , k is worse than Sueil ' s proposal of delay on the ground that the tithe question has not yet been settled . In one House Lord Melbourne says the Irish Poor must starve a little longer , bt cause the Duke of "Wellington ia sick . In the other House little Shi el is for prolonging the starving season for an indefinite period , because a certain

      question is not settled , which , to all appearance , will not be settled for a century to come , which is getting further away from settlement every year , and which , even if settled upon Shiel ' s plan , would not put one additional shilling into the farmer ' s pocket to enable him , tiiher to employ labourers or to pay joor-rates . Such are the legislators to whom the destiny of the po jr h > committed by the 4 i Reform" Act . "Which of the two Houses is the

      worse one , may be a puzzle , but it certainly admits of no question that , taken conjointl y , they , are capable of ru ning any country in thu world that would submit to them . "While Melbourne in one House , and Shiel and Co . in the other , are thus shuffling off the epoch of Poor Laws for Ireland , what is the condition of the unhappy beings whose lives they are tampering with ? I cannot better describe it than it is described in a petition which Mr . Field en presented a fortnight ago , from the p * . rish of Aughaquare , in the county of "Mayo . Here is the substance of the petition as given iu the Times . It will be seen that the unfortunate petitioners take pretty much the same view that I have of the

      Irish landlords , and of the present "Whig Abortion Bill . The Hon . Member stated the principal allegations ami the praj er as follows : —thai the parish of Aughaquare contains 11 , 963 inhabitants ; that among all these persons , there it iwl uneguod bed to exery Un Ituvses ; that Hi * re are not , tiO JeihaL . * in Uu : parish vlu / canuj / lrd to icear shoes cvmmiiiUy ; ttrnUW . ui e not 100 men wlv . c nujfuid Io possets u cluiiujt ; ul sh / Ls , that is , trfu ) possess tiro pair uj aWs ; ttva « Jom-jyi /» j o ; these jitvplx use no mitk etcn oj thepwrml » wf , mid tliit tlie greaterpui t t , j them suCsal on lumper potatoes , sue ) have not a svl / . tivncy oj thai t > i , cnur root ; that lixeteUsoit uhich llicy lie arc straw , but that

      iu . nust cases tht-y cannot pi ocu re a change of' this mutcriuL betipeen A-oril und October . That , nevertheless , ihnse p- ' ' pie are tiLiing land which Tields a good frrjin , an'l are paying Jor tluit land , in many instances , lliree limes its value ; that the coiiUittou of thU peojile reqturea iHiicniliiiKut , and that in brder tii efli * ct it , u laic is ret / ui /> d v / iich shuttprevent the exaction of' exorbitant rents , which , by preventing the rapacity n / taiUilurus , would eiiaiie thejamiers of ' tand Iu eitcouruye iiuivstnj byyiiirty adequate uagesto tli ^ ir icoikmtn . That ' tlie-petitioni ;]' * ' ieuru with great rt-j ; ret that the b . ll now before I ' urliuiiicut conteinpVates milbuig » Hhi » kinO , bvtisottlydcsijned logire a miserallepiUan c * loaJeicin \ cusesytlu ' lustiieccisiiy . ' \ 'kv \ > vlilw \ itiXi , therefore , iu . t heiug ijippusea to the pr .-s .-iit bill t-o lar ua it reliel nuvertlu

      givea . auy , praj' leas that the l ^ l ^ U peopltS beinn Chnstians , may ui . t bi 1 niadt-. particii to a \ uw / or imprisoniny , [ lersecvting , anddrgruding those oj tlieir brethren irAo hace the misfortune to be pour ; ana they pray that , uiuier existing I-uses , llu ; laitdlurd inuy be ui de to pay a much larger portion itj tlu , rate than is conlewpluttti by Uic bill . They also pray , that us the authority of tlu .- local magistrates has 'been found * to be alrealy toogreat , they may not be allowed to be ex oj . cio guardians of the poor , bnt that all guardians may be t : lftt-il by the rate payers , t-acli having one vote , no bum voting toy proxy , and all voting by ballot . To this petitic . u the signature of the parish pr iest , th « Kev . Mr . Ward , was uHJxed together with the signatures , or marks , of 1 , 124 persona .

      If O'Connell wants to know why Ireland wants Capital , let him look to this petition . Talk of Capital , indeed ! How can there be Capital in a country where the landlords take nearly a third of the entire annual produce—where the parsons take a tenth—where the tax-gatherer takes another large share , and where the farmers and i prdfitmongers are at liberty to give the producers ( of all the Capital ) only just as much as they like put of the miserable remnant ? Talk , too , of the burdens on the land ! " "Wh y , here are the real burdens . Not one of these parties replaces any of the Capital they annually consume or destroy . Not a fraction

      of it is employed in reproduction . It goes to feed soldier ? , sailors , tax-eatew , menial servants , hotelkeepers , brothel-keepers , Jews and jobbers , operadancers and kept-mistresses , lawyers and agents , liveried slaves and understrappers of all sorts—in short , whole legions of followers and dependents , who , like their patrons , or masters , never add the value of sixpence to the real capital or riches of the country . A very large portion of it is spent here , in "W estminster—more particularly in the parish of St . James ' s—where , as old Cobbett used to say , " the whole neighbourhood stinks with Ftctvcg cooiery anci Irish debauchery . "

      Now , do O'Connell , Shiel , ami Co . yvopose to relive tWVaxv& Wa ? my of t \ iese "burdens ? Tbej propose the rerj reverse . They represent the parties hate spateu of a * the bearers of these burdens ! Thej describe these parties as being already so overburdened that they can bear no more—not even the weight of the Wbjg-Poor-Relief-Bill , which promises bumpers and water-gruel to about one in every twenty of Ireland ' s

      destitute population 1 Nay more , they are moving heaven and earth to swarm Ireland with new Commissionerships , and a new Municipal Police , which . U" adopted to the top of their bent , would make ' a very sensible addition to the burdens . Bjt then they are labouring to relieve Ireland from the burden of Tithes . Softl y , softly , my good Ska , whoever you are , that would persuade u * ol this . The only Tithe Bill they want is one which will . transfer thirty per cent of the Tithes from the

      parsons to the landlords , that is to say , a bill which will rob the public of three-tenths of their property in Thhe « for eTer , in favour of the Irish landlords . I say rob the public , because , though the Tithes are at present enjoyed by theiClergy of the Established Church , they are avowedly as much public property as are the taxes we pay , or as were the six millions of common lands , of which the Boroughinongere robbed tbe people by Enclosure Acts , in the reigns of Georges II . and III ., —« nd which the " Reformed" Parliament has not yet restored to us , nor ever will , until we are able to take them back .

      The clergy have but a life-intemt in the Tithes ; the fee-simple of them belongs impreseriptibiy and inab- enably to tie nation , that is to say , to all the people . Now , the object of O'Comnell and Co . 's Tithe Bill is to strip the public of three-tenths , of their fee-simple interest in Tithes for ever ; and this , in order to bestow it > pon the landlords ' who are the very last paries on * arth to whom such a boon should be given . The onl y benefit arising JrpmTitbe « which Shiel and O'Connell ever vouchsafed to promke the public , was the famou * appropriation clause of 1835 , wbich Was embodied )

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      into the ' "Whi | t [ pifuject of that y > ar tor no other purpose tniaa to " eject Sir R ^ rrt Pfittt frouj office , and r » wtore the "Whig * to powier . This appropriation clause , if caried into upfefaddn jWbuld have made-abtiui ; £ 50 ^ 000 » year of Cjt ^ rcn property iapjrticable to purposes bf general eiuc | mQn Thi 8 is all O'Gonneli . a , nd Co . have been contending for since 1836 , and even that they have tacitly surrendered for the same -purpose for which they originally functioned it , namely , to keep their Whig accomplices io office .

      Go , Gentlemen , mark the debate of last night upon this same appropriation clause . Mark the mustering , the inarshalling of forces , and all the pomp and circumstance of war which the two contending . factions ^ put in fequiaition to determine wKetber . certain resolutions , which have remained a dead letter since 1835 , and which neither party ha 3

      the remotest intention of acting upon , should be rescinded from the journals of the House , or not . See O'Connell , too , twisting and writhing , and ejaculating , and invoking all the Saints in favour of the two resolutions as though the fate of Ireland depended upon two abstract propositions in favour oJ an appropriation which nobody intends to carry into effect , and which would be worthless if realized .

      ¦ Again , and again , Gentlemen I commend you for not wasting your Valuable space in fruitless comments upon the proceedings of a wnwe thaa useless leginlature . Y . > irs « , &e ., BRO ^ TERRE .

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      A determined hater of oppression , and especiully o ( underling-tyranny . — Wecq . nnot publish alaieinentu which crimiiiuie individua s and are calcula'ed to do serious iniscfitef to private character , upon anonymous authority . J . pates . —Mis poetry will not do . The same answer inust be taken tty a score oj other poets . T . B . Smith . —His letter mi the Glasgow Spinners nea . t u'eek . Thomas Cooper ;—We have no room for his letter this week .

      William Racket . —His letter shall be considered . J . Richardson . —Bit letter on the Coronation fA- not forgotten , hit we have many arrears . —To the 1 three lasty and a great number of other correspondents we irontd beg to give a friendly hint . We can often find room for a short letter , when a long one must Ae eucCuded . Most of imr corrtspondents are iinich too laiig'Wiiiiled .

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      LEEDS . Suspicious Character . —On Monday , Wm . Prince was brought up at the Court House , chargt-d with bavuig in his posses . sion a quantity of women V wearing apparel , on Suuday nioruiiig , at an earlj hour , in Call-lane . On Wonday he was remanded , but on Tuesday he was discharged , the articles being retained for a short period , tor the purpose ol being ldeutiKed . Assault . —On Monday , Thomas Mead was brought up at the Court House , charged with having , on Saturday night , most grossly assaulted a wutchmati bj beating and kickuig hm While acting in ¦ tliu execution * of his duty . He wus fined £ 1 and costs , and in default of payment he was committed for one month to Wakelicld House of Correction .

      Stealinq Shoes .- —On Monday , Elizabeth Dowling and Be » sy Hawkings , were charged at the Court House with stealing , on Saturday , a anir ot ' shoes , the property of Mr , Roberts , who resides at the Bank , in Leeds , but who attends a stall in Brigg « t « on the market days , wheuce the articles were stolen . Tbe parties were apprehended with the property in their possession , which ha 3 since been fully identified . They were commiued for trial to Wakefield House of Correction . Magister-cal Justice . —On Thursday last , an Irishwoman ^ named Bridget Cone , was brought before Mr . John Clapham , the * btilv magistrate on the bench , charged with profane swearing . A

      policeman named Burrell , No . 7 , stated that a few days ayo Patrick ( . one , the husband ot the defendant , vy as drunk in the street , at Quarry Hill , and that he impudently took hold of a respectable looking youni ? woman who was passing at the ti . m . ^ . The policeman then went to him aiid told him to go-home , which he -was prevailing upon him to do when the deleniiant came up , and used abusive ^ language and fearful oaths . In proof cf what he stattd , the policeman called a man •• iiaincd Robert Garside , who said that he did not hear the woman swear , but that she had Used abusive language towards the policeman who was Walking quietly away and did not seem disposed to molest her . He did not see the beginning of the

      attray , and was on the other side of the . street when he saw the woman following the policeman . The woman being asktd by Mr . Claphatn what she had to say to this charge of swearing , answered that on the day in question her husband and two or three other persons were standing in the street , when a young woman named Lizzy Field , an acquaintance of his , came past . He carelessly took hold ot her gown , saying " Lizzy ! stop , 1 want to speak to you . " He had known the young woman from being a child . She smiled " and said she could not then stop , but she would speak to him some other time . At that the policeman came up arid ordt red him to go about his business , or be would crack his Irish

      head . He was going quietly away when she , his wife , came up and said to the policeman that he had no businesfs to order him away , because he was hurting nobody . More words ensued , and the consequence was the gathering of a crowd . The policeman at length struck her with his fist , and knocked her head against a window shutter , by which she received a black eye . An Irishman who was present lifted up his hand to ward off other blows , and said to the policeman "Beware lest you have two liye ^ to answer for . " The reason wh y he said this was , because the Woman was in the last stage of pregnancy . The policeman , at length , went away ; and the woman followed him , calling him ill names . ' The

      statement or the woman was borne out by the statement of twro other persons , who both swore that slve VsaA not used paths , and that tbe policeman had shamefu lly abused her . Mr , Ctapham said , that " '' he would 8 oonet take t ^ ^ alWwc ^ ^ o \ i « $ \ smteTestea man than of twenty Iriah-. " " - - On hearing this remark from Mr . Clapham , the man whowcae to p \ ve \ iis testimony very properly replied , " That he had not come there to perjure himself ; that he knew full -well the nature ot an oath , and Was perfectlyawjtrebf the consequences of . perjury . "Mr . Clap . ham did not deign to make him any reply . The woman was fined IO * . for swearing ten oaths , and Is , costs . This Mr . Clapham took at random ; for the

      policeman , supposing his testimony to have been true as to the woman ' s swearing , did not state that she swore any number of oaths . In default of payment , sbe was to be . committed to the House of Correction for sixteen daj-s . The poor woman had only 7 s . upon her ; and though in the last stage of preg . nancyj she was rudely placed in the dock among other prisoners , untiV a person produced the other four shillings . She said she had lived in Leeds for fourteen years , and had never been in a Court House before . As sopn as the other money was produced , and the liberated

      Wornan , a summons which had been taken put against her husband for being drunk , was laid upon the bench before the magistrate . This summons the ; man had never seen , " for it was only served at his house , and he had never been at home since . Garside , the witness for the p oliceman , stated that the man was what he called " rather fresh , " leaving it to be inferred that he did not consider him drunk ; yet Mr . Clflpham , in the absence of the man , , who had never seen the sum . mons , and who was not to be at home till Saturday m ^ bt . convicted him in penalty of 5 s . and 7 a . 4 d

      costs , lor being " rather fresh ; " and the woman , after paying Us . for her own faults , was told , that if she did not ^ produce 12 s . 4 d . more , a distress warrant would be issued against her goods . The poor woman had no more money , - -andyleft the Court , _ Stealing Thread and other ABticLEs . — On Tuesday , JEliza Race , of Hol )> eck , was charged at the Court House , with having stolen a ^ uantity of thread , bobUins , chalk , shejet ^ and Other articles of which

      some w « re found on die eveaing previous in her dinner basket , when leaving the premises , and have since been proved to be ^ the property of Messrs . Marshall , in W ater-lane , in who ,-e « ervice the prisoner had been for twelve years . O « bir mother ' s house being searched by a polieeman , be observed her put a quantity of thread and bobbins into the kettle amongst the hot water . The prisoner wai discharged , but her jnbther Was fined under the etiibezzlemenMtt . £ 20 , and iiidefHult : of payment was wmmitted for one month to Wakefield House ol Correction .

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      Brick , -layers ' - S ^ ri ^ E . —We unjii ^ r « t&tui the ; brieklaj ers' of Leeds inteii ' d striking for att advaiice of sixpence per day ^ on Monday next , May twentyfirst . ¦' . ' ., ¦ '¦ ¦ " - : ¦ ' ¦; . ' ,. ¦ ' : ... ¦' ¦ - ¦/ :- > . '¦ i :: > ¦ ¦ - ¦>¦ ' ; . - Rogues and YAGABOKD& . * -0 n Monday , ; Mary Ann Doyle , and Maria Crowther , two youug girls of notorious habits , were brought jup at thtr Court House , charged with having on the Saturdays night previous , picked tbe pocket of ^ Thos . Fliatoffot ls . tid ^ a purse , and a key , ia Mr . Cundall'a yard , Briggate , Leed » . The robr /« ry could not be brought clearly boine to the prisoners , but they being . Well known bad characters , werer committed ^ for three : months to Waketield House of Correction .

      Stealing Wellington Shoes . —On'Monday , Thomas Outhwaite was brought up at the Court House charged with baviug , on Saturday evtning , stolen a fair of Wellington shoes the--property ol Josh . Newbill , who resides on the York road , but who , on the market days , attendsastalJ in Briggate . The articleH had been stolen irom the- latter place and were immediately missed . The ^ prisoner was suspected , pursued , and apprehended witb the property in his possession , which has since been clearly identified . He was committed for trial to Wakefield House of Correction . .

      RpBBERYi-tOa" Saturday , Mary : Murray and Ann M'Kehnori , two girls who deal in ' sand , were broaght ' up at the . Court House , charged with having entered the hw ^ e of Mr . tfppleby , in Park Square , Leeds , ana" swl ^ a b ag ^ coutainirig a linen shirt , in process ; of ^ ^ nir ^ 'factare , and other articles . The [ iropertyvtyas ' ££ &-. i ^ ip *^ m'nute 8 after it had beeii stokn y ^ ni ;^> f $ 5 s 55 ? ' yf e pursued and apprehended with } p vc ^ M ^^^ ssiori . V It has since bten fully iden ti&id 0 « fiteWefcIcommitted for trial to Wakejneld House Ipi ^ rrection . '

      A CRAFly TH ^ . -iOn Tuesday afternoon last , as John ' -Wright , 'a vraichman , was passing by Gouldiag ' Sr-buildiugs , iri company wVtb . auotuer persony a girl , nauied Frances M'l ) oiiald , canie out of a house and seizhig . his hat from his bead , rau with it up stairs i » w a bed-robm . Wri ght followed her , by the advice of some other woman who came out of the house . She made her way into a bedroom where she threw herself upon a bed in a disgusting position ; and while Wright was attemping to reach his hat which had been thrown to the far corner of the bed , she thrust her hand into ; his

      trowrsers pocket and succeeded in obtaining Is . 6 d ., the whole amount of Wright ' s cash . He immediately went in search of a policeman and had her taken into custody . She was brought before the magistrates on the following day , wh # n the felony being fully proved , she was committed for trial at the sessions . This woman was before the magistrates no less thau -tleven ¦ ¦ ti mes last year ; and six timt-s out of the eleven she Was charged with pocketpickiiig . Thisii either tl : e third or fourth tune she has been brought up since Christinas ; and out ot that number of times she has been charged twice with the same offence .

      Coronation Day . —The Leeds District of the Manchester Unity of Odd FtllOwsare making active preparation * to do honour to her Majesty on the ^ 8 ih of June . We are infoiirifd that it is thf intention of the committee to invite several gentlemen of distinction to dine with them . Mri . Aiderman Goodman , has Linuly tendered two-large rooms of his warehouse in Hunslct-lane , in which a great portion of the members of this valuable institution will dine together . Radical Association . —A Radical Association has been fornu-d at New Mill , near Glossop , iu Derbyshire ; 94 members have been enrolled .

      Ancient Romans . —On Monday last , this body opened a Senate , at the house of Mr . Charles Johnson , Old Buck Inn , Mabgate , When upwards of one hundred persons were admitted into membership . The district officers announced tV : at a similar opeuiug , would take place on Whit-mouday ., Caution to Butchers and Others .- —On Wednesday last two butchers were charged before the magistrates , by Mr . Hanson , Sergeant at Mace , and inspector of weights and measures , with bavinj ; in their possession unstamped weights , short weights , dud au unjust balance . The balance was produced , and required an ounce and a quarter to make it even . The difference , of course , Wisin favour of the butcher . He was fined 40 s .. and costs , and the other was tired Is . and costs .

      Batty ' s Circus . —This building is nearly complete , and promises fair for being a place of firstrate entertainment ; . Mr . Batty appears to begrudge no expense for . the pood accommodation of his visitors ; and there can be no question that bis entertainments wiU exceed the most sanguine expectations . It is rumoured that he will ' commence his performance on Monday evening wtek . A Narrow Escape . —On Wednesday last , a notorious thief of Goulding ' s Buildings fame , named Murray , was brought before the magistrates charged with having picked the pocket of a man named Daniel Brooke , a farmer at Mirfield . Brooke stated that

      on the preceding evening he had been taking a few glasses of ale ; and that about twelve o ' clock he was seeking his way to Briggate , which he had lost , ( being rather fresh ) when a young vyoman came up to him . He asked her the way to Briggate ; she said if he weuld go with her she would show him . He consented . She then led him into an out-o-theway place near the top of Kirkgate , ^ commonly called Little Crown Yard ; and- —— disco-vering what was her intention , he Was about to make his escape , when she cried out " filurray , Murray . " Immediately a young man canie up and seized Brooke by the throat so that he could not speak-nor cry for a watchman . While he thus held him , Murray took his watch out of his pocket and some silver . Fortunately . he missed some soverei gns which were also

      in his watch pocket . A watchman named Thompson coming pas- the end of the yard at the time , heard a noise , and saw Murray the prisoner coming out at the end of the yard . He went to the prosecutor who appeared to be almost choking . He complained that he had lust his hat ; and feeling hispockets , perceived that his watch and silver were also gone . The outer case of the watch was found in the yard . Murray in his defence said that he was in bed at the time ; but that was disproved by Mr , James who stated that he had sent to search tor him at the very place where he said he had been in bed , and it was found that he had never been in bed at all . "He was , however , discharged in consequence of Brooke not being able to swear to him as being the person who robbed him . ¦

      Inquest . —On Wednesday last , an inquest Was held at our Court House , before John Blackburn , Esq ., coroner , on view of the body of Robert Cutter Carter , a boy of about eleven years of age . He had been in the service of a person named T&nMbck , of York Street , a chimney sweep , ' and some excitement had been caused in . cous * ic \ vv < iu . cie ol « l Tvravwvt t " hat Vis aeatb . had been caused by ill usage . Tbe mother of the deceased told a pitiful yet absurd tale , at \ d wV \ c \ v W ^ i not in it taany marks of probability . The examination of the two medical men connected with the Dispensary , Messrs . Charles Lee &tf& J . B . Garlitk , was such as to set all suspicions entirely at rest . They both gave it as their decided opinion

      that the deceased bad died of consumption . A post mortem examination of the body took place on the morning of the same day , by which it was discovered that the right lung was adhering to the . ribs , and that in the left lung there was a large cavity containing a virulent pus , from which a hemorrhage had proceeded . There were marks on the deceased ' s body which were said to have been inflicted by bis master ; but they were all considered to be the effects of the disease of the deGeased * , exceptamaTk on his ancle , which had the appearance of beink a wound inrlieted by the prongs of a forkbut which

      , the surgeon observed might be the result of another cause . After the evidence of Mr . Garlick , which was exceedingly satisfactory , the Jury returned a verdict of "Died by naturalcauses . " They said that probably Haddock , had used : severity towards the hoy , and they hoped he would be more careful in iuture . Haddock declared that he had always behaved towards the boy with tie greatest kindness , and had treated him in every respect as if he was his own . He seemed much affected at the charge of cruelty ,. , and even wept , apparently with the consciousness of innocence .

      Uttering Base Coin . —On Wednesday last , a man named Reynard , and a woman named Greenwood , were brought before the magistrates charged with attempting to utter two base shillings , at the Hope and Anchor Inn , Call-lane . It appeared that the day before Reynard had called there to get a glass of ale , when he offered a bad shinihgto pay tor it ; and ; in consequeriee of the female prisoner having done the same thing not long before , he was suspected of having other base money upon him .

      The landlord sent out for a policeman ; and in the mean time the prisoner threw tbe bad shilling into the fire . He then begau to abuse the landlord , who had enough to do to prevent his giest from inflicting upon him serious injuries . Mr . Clapham , without « ver sayitg a word as to the bad - ' shillings ,, very ludicrously asked tbe prisoner what he had to say to ihiK charge of assaulting the landlord ? The prisoner denied the charge . It w as , however , sufficiently proved ; and instt-ad of sending him to York to take hi * trial for uttering basf coin , be was fined £ 5 rncluding expenses , for the assault . The woman was discharged . , '

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      :, Cavtion to ioooiNo- ^ otrsE Ebepers On Wednesday last ;* man , name * Jo ^ I ^ iaS was ^ broughtDeforei the ^ magistrates charied ^ ui ^ ealing ^ lanket , the property : of apersou - naaS Thomas Kendray , of Nelson-streetj and a sS the property of a young man who lod ges with £ } It appfeared that on Saturday last , th ^ oner S ^ the bouse ^ the prosecutor to ob ^ in lod ^ The price was ; asked and agreed ur . on . He ? statedthat he had come to Leeds to Work- ^ tto ? had walked a great distance that day . «* * 7 . weary . He , , therefore , desired that U 2 ? allowed to go and rest h . mself oh bed for ' a f hours . This was about four o ' clock in the a p noon . Leave was granted and he ; Went up stair . £ the room occupied by another lodger He W do ^_ for ^ t two hours .-He then got up . 3 luu uianKei

      « . * ucw irom oeiow the underneath SW and wrapped it- carefull y m a 8 well as the 2 above-mentioned . linding that there wsa ~ : \ d * in thehouse but an old woman who was voMv ^ bed , he decamped with the shirt and blanker ? * ! atter ; hei . oldvibr 2 s . ; 9 d . / Heis a clothSei ^ trade , and is a . native of Leeds . He waa ^ J mitted to take his trial . ; v " ¦ ,-. ^ , > ° T TilE fiFTEENTH ; HrjSsARS . i-The Fifteen * Hussars left Leeds on Wednesday morning S Glasgow and their places- have been supplied " ? some troops of the Ninth : Lancers . ' .. - l ¦ A Singular CHARACTER ^ -On : Wednesd ^ ^ st a flian , named John ¦ : ^ j mmOns , was broS before the magistrates charged with stealing a tE ! of women ' s boots , a brass candlestick , and t vvo ^ * m ¦ Pocket-handkerchiefs . It appeared ^ the prisoner had gone- abeut during thei wheWd Monday , from one public-house to another pickihi up whatever cameMn his way . The boots helonjS to tte landlady : of ^ the " Coach and Hor ^ , ' ; - > 2 the candlestick to the landlord of the " Bay Ho

      r * rhe boots he Sold for sixpence , and the car dlesttck for ninepence . In answer to the charee hi said some evil misfortune had come over him ; he M not know what had tempted him to steal . H couldIhayehad money ^ tromhis master if he ; wanted n . His master came forward to say that he had worked for him about three weeks and Would ne »» have any money for his work . He asked him fo Is . on ^ Saturday ni ght , which he gave him , a ^ which he spent almost immediately . He was com mitted for trial at the sessions .

      bociALisM . --Theseperson 8 continue most indun cnously to propagate their peculiar notions in jf parts . oi the kingdom . A Congress ^ consisting J deputies from , the various societies throughout tS country , has been ; sitting in Manchester , during £ last fornght-to deliberate on the best and ^ effectual methods to beomployed for carrying 5 Uieir pnnctples ; one of which isthe appointment 5 Missionary Lecturers-tO reside in the ^ various SiJ tncts into which the country has been parcelled , £ tbe purpose of preaching , teaching , aad expound ! theirdoctrines . We understand that Mr . J Rjobl has been appointed to the Leeds District , a > d ' thaf hi will open his lecturing campaign on Sunday ntx . Mr . Walton ' s splendid room ,: in South-parade ha been permanently engaged for their use ^ r

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      HACKNEY COACH DUTIES ; ; The Queen v . Thomas Lee . —On Tuesday la it one of the m st important cases affecting coack propnetors in general , was goiie into before the Z mig ma ^ strates , John Clapham and W . S * jS (| rs . - ¦ .. - ¦; . ¦¦ . " * Mr . Ward , solicitor , Bank-street , opened the ca « for the prosecution . The complaint was that i \ £ lnornas Lee , coach propnetbr , had neglected to make a due return of tares taken by one of W coachmen , for which he should have paid a dull Mr . Daudson would prove that on the 28 th rf November IrtsMie hired a couch arid horse bc-lom-ii ,, to Mr . Lee , on ^ lie stand , in Brigjiate . Heniquir 4 of thfl driver what the fare would be to Horsfortt and back ,: aiid was answered that it would bV iiiw shillings . He , Davidson , offered hiin pior , i iiniu ™

      , winch he refMsed . 10 take , saying that uiiie shillim was th ^ e regular fare . He and auother penmi tlu * got into th « coach , and they were set down at tbj btanhope Arms , tbe first public-bouse in HorsWtl He caused the joachmau t *» remain there about ha ! an nonr , he and his compauion , to avoid susuicioii , in the meantime leaving the" bouse , on pVeteiice J doing business . If , therefore , he , Mr . Ward , should proye that the distoiice was npwards of five miles , he should make out bis case , because ibr that jourua Mr Lee bad made no return . He argueJ that there could be no Question as t » the distance , because tia dnver himselt bad admitted ( according to Dawdiou ' i Tw S * i » whlcu v bowever , was proved U , be MeJ taat the distance was six ihiles . 11 was Mr . Lt ^ i duty , therefore , to have paid one-fifth of tK « f « n . t »

      the Lrown . It might be said that thf ofiicvr Vein there with a view to catch somebod y / Supuosiiiels di . J , he only went to test the fairness and iioiiestjo ! Mr . Lee s agents , because they required to i » occsisionall y tested ; and he submitted that this ? a a lair mode of testiug . V Mr . Marshall , the council for the defendsit , here made some objections as to Mr . Ward ' s mat nerof conducting the case , and to the evideucelu produced . A long parley followed as to the patt cnlar act , and section , under which this mfomatiffl was laid and the prosecution conducted . Mr . Ward continuall y shifted bis ground ; sdmetimes he was going under one act and sometinss under another . Mr . Ward then called the followim witnesses : — ' - ¦ -. ^

      Mr . Shacklock , a supervisor of Excise , he pn > ? Sr £ & ^ ' « tnrn . s from the 19 th of November , to tha ^ Oth December inclnsivp , and there wa « Di mention of the fare to Horsforth , on the 28 th of j Sovember . Thomas Davidson , the man that laid the ploi and gave the [ information then : stated . I ama ° ffic ? r ° f Excise . I hired a coach and horse on iLe 28 th . November last , belongine to Mr . Thonm Lee , to go to Horsforth . I asked the driver tot much he would charge me for going to Horsfe . il He answered that it was six miles , and that ttar charge was Is . per mile , and 6 d . per mile if I relumed , making the whole fare 9 s . I asked Mm if

      Ue would not take 8 s ., and he said 9 s . was the djtjsI mre . I and another person got iuto the coach and the coachman drove us to the Stanbope Arins , in Horsiortn . I remaiiied at Horribrth about twenty uimutes . I paid the coachman 9 s / at the dooroftto btanhope Arms , jest before 1 got into the coach to comeback . / Cross-examined b yMr . Marshall . — -I know M there is a duty On hackney coaches , of Is . 9 d . fe short distances . I hired this coach with a view ti test the honesty of the coachman . Theperaon * bi > weut with me is named Jowett . I had uo busines to transact at Horsforth . Th * coachman drore « to the Stanhope Arms of his own accord . We did not ask him to put us down at that ola : c « . Uif

      ¦ us down there , and asked vs if that veov ) d do . ™ answered it would . ItisthefirsthouseinHontorh i . he coacbmaii went into tte - liotiLse s ' ws ^ M ^ Vi \ mvo get a g ) ass 6 f any tVing he wanted , i *®* a short distance on the rvod further . I went ' 'iq tu adjoiaing pub . l \ c-kw \« e . I YriA no WsinessaXfett pubJic-hoHse . I did not take Jowett with me' # * wirness . I do riot know for what pnrpo .-e 1 asW hun . to have a tide > ith me . He was not prese ^ when the coachman said it was six miles fei Hw *" to « h . I looked at the Directory and found : tie distance was six miles . That was the reason I . fii » upon Horsforth . I have not rrifiasnrHd the distant * -

      I did not know that by the local actj a ha cfeeT coachinan was entitled to charge Is . 6 d . fetrn ^ The coachman did not ask more than 9 s . IJ " been concerned with other similar cases . I hart not been lucky with them , i . e . I did not get » conviction . If there be ; a conviction in this case l shall have a share of the penalty . : " ,. Mr . Mahshall here said , he ( I ) a \ -idson ) m ^ validated his own testimony inasmuch as ; W ¦ & » admitted hirhsejf to be an interested witue «» i •» " * ¦ " * ¦ objection was met by ¦ , . Mr . Ward , who quoted a section of an - W * Parliament , whereby in such cases interestefl P " nesses were allowed to give testimony , ,,-, . — ••¦ — - — - —»* v •» v <** vy give L ^ obtuiuuj ¦ . - . .. ~ i 1 11

      Mr . Charles GRosyENOR was then - "I * He said : I have measured the distance hetvreeo » . Post-office and the Stanhope Arms , ; . It ; . ^ five miles and two hundred and fifty y ards . ^ ¦ ¦ £ three years ago since I measured it . I me& » w : ' by a measuring wheel , I measured it by the ¦ , m toKirkstall . , ' Cross-examined by Mr . Marshall : WpC swear that there is not a nearer road ¦»» » ' Kirkstall ? . / Mr . Gbosvenor : I will not answer that I ^ ^ , Mr . Marshall : But you shall answer ^ Z , Will you swear that there is not a not a »^ The witness still refused to answer the qoesb * - '' He at length aJmitted that he could not s *** whether there was or was not a nearer roafj' K , DersOn was with him vrhan tm maaenrpA this f 0 . . !

      and he would not produce the document on ' r - ¦ £ . had made his calculation . Ibis closed tie & ? ' * the prosecution . . . Mr . MAR 8 HALt , in stating the case for the 5 fendant , commented at length on the disgrw ^ l nature of tho case . He employed alm ost . . -y i epithet to describe the nnparalleled meanness "l ^ transaction . He admitted that it was highly BTC that the excise should exercise all proper ogJ | & ^ in the prosecution of their calling ; but he ma 2 that when it was admitted that this was a , «** , got up with no otter intent than merely to } Q ™ L irn ignorant coachman , by taking him only . Pr ^ ing to their own account , which he . sho uld Vl °° j be false , ) about two huHdfed and fifty yards bfJ" ^ the proper distance— -he contended that , when it »» admitted that this was a scheme—a scheme & ° '

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 19, 1838, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1006/page/4/