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      ^ rLAS ^ OW RADICAL DEMONSTRATION . " -Thr 6 ngh some means , which we are uBableto explain , our expected account of ibis glorious apir -did not reach its ir time -for last week s Northern Star . The news will be ^ perhaps , ft little stale tt > onr Scotch fiends , but we cranpt , therefore ^ deprive . ^ rfiigKsh reader * of the . gratification which we ^ are quite sure they will derive from the . perusal oi ¦ 3 he following very much condensed abridgement .

      ( From the Scots Times J This important gathering of the people , in behalf - of their favourite measures , Universal Suffrage , Vote b y Ballot , and Annual Parliaments , came off on Monday , with much greater eclat than was generally anticipated . Had the weather been favourable , the <» mplexion of the whole business would have surpassed any thing of a similar kind that has yet -occurred in tins quarter of the country . The procession was , iagointof numbers at least , equal to " ^ nost of . the ever-memorable exhibitions which took place about the passing of the Reform Bill ; and if -we mayjndge from the character of the inscriptions - ^ and devices on the various flags and . banners which Hoate& over the heads of the long array of trades ,

      -as theymoved along , there was evidently as strong a feeling as ever of political energy , and certainly as lively a feeling of political wrong . The pervading spirit of the inscriptions , however , was by no means . inflammable or vindictive ; some of them were , with -great propriety , as we think , made to bear pointedly -against that great national evil , the Corn-Monopoly . -Cmxine flag we observed the . words No Stone and . Mortar Qualification , " and "Taxation without Jlepresentationis Tyranny , and ought to be resisted . ' - ' - On another , - "From Com" Laws and Election Bribery , O Lord deliver us . " On another flag—** lien's Food should not be Taxed—we ask no concession—we demand our Rights ; Free Trade in Corn . " From Rutherglen , a flsg boretie following efioaon of native talent : —

      - " Oor rights to obtain , Let the masses decree That we both , have the wiD . And the jwwer to be free , A free trade la corn , let the millions loud thunder An end to the faction whose object is plunder ; Join our ranks , oppressed brothers , You once obeyed your conntrj- ' a " ^ The lights yon gamed vou gave to others , Press funrardnow Jarnghtsto slL " A large body from Strathaven had carried before them a flag yhich was unfurled at Drumclog and BothweU ; the words " Religion , " and " Covenant " were -distinct , but the rest of the inscription was not legible . The coopers had borne aloft die model of a journeyman cooper , at work upon a barrel , with the motto— " Making New Stares for the Constitation .- ' This device created a good deal of amusement

      . _ From these specimens of the inscriptions and devices on the flags , the reader mav form a fair estimate of the spirit which characterise !! the whole of this Radical display . We shall now proceed te gire the proceedings in detail . According to previons arrangement , fixed by the programme which was published by the committee on Saturday , the var ious trades and district bodies assembled in the Green , from ten to eleven o ' clock , ¦ whe n they formed into procession , and moved off towards Parkhead , to meet the gentlemen of the Birmingham deputation . They were attended , of course , by _ the usual accompaniments of bands of muse , which played enlivening airs , and-the whole cavalcade was preceded by . Captain Miller " , and a select party of the police , at ihe special request of the committee , who had shown the greatest solicitude to guard against the slkhtvst irregularity or disorder .. .

      The processionhavrng been joined by Mt . Attwood and the oilier members of the Birmiagham deputation atParkhead , returned to town ,-and , entering it at Duke-street , pursued its course through Georgestreet , down Queen-street , along Argyll . Trongate , = and London-streets , into the Green , where the . meeiiiig was held , and where hustings- had been -erected for the accommodation of the speakers , the chairman , and their friends . It is scarcely necessarv to add , that as the array proceeded alone , the streets and windows * ere crowded on every side hv immense ^ masses of spectators , who seemed to take a k ^ WiDteresr . "in the scene , notwithstanding the At about two o ' clock , the procession reached the hustings , and , after a little delay in making the necessary arrangements , Mr . Turner , of Thrush-: grove , on tne motion of Mr . Cuthbertson , was unanimous ! v called to the chair .

      The Ckaikhax thanked themeeting for the proud position in which they had placed him . ' I £ was an important day , and he cautioned them to exhibit , by their good conduct , the interest they felt in its proceedings .- He reminded them of the "Thrusherove meeting , which was hftld 21 years ago . and which gave a tone to all political meeting * then Held He iioped this meeting would give a tone to all meetings for _ a nnnlsr object throughout the conntry . *• England expected that every man would do his duty . ' ( Cheers . ) Mr . Turner concluded bv calling on J

      Mr . Gillespie , who moved a series of resolutions condemnatory of the Reform Bill , ana calling for an extension of the suffrage , "&c . In reference to the present demonstration , he said it was a great—a | lonous display . ( Cheers . ) That heart must indeed be a callous one that could with indifference look on such a vast assembly . He then proceeded to make various pointed political allusions , and concluded by reading the resolutions he had moved . Mr . Pbovdfoot seconded the motion , andlioped that all present would receive the resolutions with approbation . They were then carried with Acclama tion .

      air . Pattisox then came forward to proposes , petition founded on the resolutions . Hewasproad of the task which had been committed to him . He called upon them to recollect this demonstration was got up by the working classes alone—not by the momed aristocracy . There were two kinds of slaves in the British empire—the one black , the other white , who by his labour , was unable to support himself and family . To better the condition of the wiite slave was the object of their present meeting ithad been said they might go from one country to another , but this was impossible—they had not the wherewith to do

      means so . ( Applause . ) A wretched and poor population was a decayed branch on the tree . ( Hear , hear . ) It reminded him of a story of James L , which told of a being having two bodies joined , and two spirits—the one died , and the other had to carry about the dead body , until at iast it ackened in consequence , and died also . ( Cheers . ) He hoped the industrious classes " would unite and be more energetic in demanding their rights . After reading the petition , Mr . P . said it was one of themselves that had laid the ^ foundation of this petition ( nearly an echo of the -resolutions , ) and it now lay with , them to build . ( Applause . ) Ketzie seconded

      _ Mr . M' the adoption of jhe petlticSL ' Mr . Heddzbwick proposed , and Mr . Gardner seconded , a vote . of thanks to the deputation from Birmingham . Mr . Attwood , M . P . for Birmingham , then presented himself , and was received with long-continued applause . He said— " M en of Glasgow—un--conqnered men of Scotland—I have come among you from the heart of England . ( Cheers . ) I bring the blesangs of lie men of England , who sympathise with you in every grievance—with a desire to assist you in redresssing your wrongs , and to vindicate the honour of our comnion country . " { Loud cheers . ) The men of Birmingham he ' saidwere

      , , willing either to assist or to lead them on . ( Cheere ) In the cause of peace , loyalty , and order , the men of Birmingham would not shrink from assisting them even to the death- ( Hear . ) The enemies of the people called him ( Mr . A- ) an agitator . ( Hear . ) He had never agitated , however , but when the Eber-+ ies of the people were endangered . " It was because he saw this , that he was induced to found the Birmingham Political Union . When they had obtained their object it then sunk to rest , like a babe upon its mother ' s breast . ( Cheers . ) They had waited until the Reform Bill was given—but it had been unable inits workings to produce the effect anticipated . After some other remarks condemnatory of that great political measure , the Hon . Gentleman went

      on to say that it had produced not grapes but thorns —must not , then , the Reform Bill Tbe cut down and cast into the fire r ( Cheers . ) By the power of the people and the blessing of God it would—it must * e cut down . ( Applause . ) He saw the insecurity ^ of the country—he saw they would be ground down SS ^ &L ^ S ^^ &ey took possession of then oth house—the House of Commons , or perhaps * nore properly of Bncommons ( laughter ) which had ¦ no ^ pathy with them . In oVder to hive ™ House ^ ISf ^ wf vn ? f ^ ^ ^^ t obtain Uni-^ r sal Suffi ce , Vote by Balot , and Annual Par-Lan ? h- ^? p : pa 2 ^ : v ^ " ^ wnlai of the people would tefl them that ha wag & Terolntionist ^ Biit no-ip was bd revolutionist—b y the means he was at present using , he was doing all in his power to prevent revolution . ( Hear . ) They had aeainst tVmi

      all the . aristocracy—inine-tenths of the gentry—they iad against them . all pensioners—all " placemen . They had na strength on their side to depend on but the justice of their cause , ( Hear , and cheers . ) Now , there must he no disoord—^ key could not afford discord—fliey mnst be unanimous—master and m ^ m must unite sad compel the Government to give them justice . ( Hear . ) * There must be io ^ iM ^ reement among the industrious classes—t&ey wast appeal to " lioveraiaent—tiieymust command die Gorernment * ojidd to their rights . If the men of BirmSarfiam , < x&b men ' of Glasgow , or the men of MandEester , ortliemen of EdinbBrgh were to act aisfoinflTand « epar » teiy s and to meet one day and afterwards ¦ f ^ SZu f ft * , * ° S > n&e , theif causeVonH le *** i tmtiftt ^ yall acted togeflier and in con ' cert-•^ ose mA oae teart , one determination , one «» S rij ^ it band , tfcej would carrj eYerything

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      before them . ( Cbeen ? . } He hoped this great meeting would make an impression—a meeting that would be mentioned in the history of the British empire . ( Hear . ) I The men of Glasgow nad met , and he knew 48 other towns which would do the same thing . And after the 49 delegates : of these towns had met London , he would like to see the House of Commons that -would reject their petitions—( immense cheering ^ -bnt if God should make them mad —( laughter)—and they refosed to listen to their prayers , ttey would send another and another . They would then make a general strike—he did not mean a strike between master and men—but such a strike as that ef the Romans , ' who , whenever they were oppressed and nad a grievance to be redressed retired in a body to the Aveutine-Mll , and would not return till their wrongs were removed ; and in every case they succeeded . Conduct like this would not be necessary in their case ; but if it were , when , two

      millions of men shall do no work , he would like to see the Government that would face a demonstration Eke that . ( Applause . ) By Yote by Ballot , Universal Suffrage , and Annual Parliaments , " "they would secure liberty and prosperity to their country . If they followed up that great demonstration , and acted with the men of Birmingham , and the men of Edinburgh , and the men of Manchester , they ~ would shortly achieve tbe'object of their wishes . Speaking of the advantages of Universal Suffrage , Mr . Attwooa desired the meeting to look to the advantages derived from that boon being granted to New York . In carrying out the great agitation the ^ ad begun , they had only to act together ; they muffc insult no one , but bear with the pastdons of their neighbours : their cause was too great—too sacred—to allow of anger . After some further observations , . the Honourable Member concluded his speech by reciting the chorus of the Birmingham Political Union , amidst much cheering .

      Messrs . Douglas , Muntz , Edmonds , and Salt , afterwards addressed the meeting in succession , and ablyfollowed up the political views of Mr . Attwood . The Her . Dr . Wade and Mr . Murphy were then introduced as deputies from the Working Men's Association of London . Both gentlemen addressed the meeting at considerable length , but for the reason just referred to , we are unable to give any portion of their speeches . In conclusion , Mr . Ross moved a vote of thanks to Mr . ^ Turner , for his conduct in the chair ,, which was carried with acclamation . The proceedings then terminated , and the different trades withdrew from the Green , amidst the cheers of the multitude and the enlivening airs whieh were struck up by the numerous musical bands of the various parties who had come into the field . Had the weather been favourable , it would have been by far the most spiritstirring exhibition that has been witnessed since the celebrated demonstrations that took place here successively in honour of Lord Durham .

      THE BANQUET IS THE ARENA . The grand procession of the morning was appropriately crowned by a banquet in Hope-street arena , mthe evening . The company began to assemble at six , and the proceedings commenced about halfpast seven o ' clock . James Moir , Esq .. was iu the chair . Alexander Purdie , Esq ., and Robert M'Gavin , Esq ., acted as croupiers . On the appearance of the chairman , accompanied by Messrs . Attwood , Salt , EJmonds , Muntz , Douglas , and the other gentlemen of the English deputation , a burst of applause proceeded from the crowded assemblage who had patiently awaited their arrival . 'When the cheering had subsided , the Rev . Mr . Edwards , one of the deputation , said grace . The chairman then rose , and naviDg expressed a hope that nothing would occur to mar the harmony of their proceedings , he proposed the first toast : —" The Majesty of the People . the true of all

      source political power . " Drank with the greatest enthusiasm . The Chairjiax again rose , and after some prefatory remarks , in which he regretted that so lew of his fair countrywomen were present to respond to the toast , although he was sure everyone would concur in the sentiment , gave * ' The Queen ! may she never forget that the happiness of the people is the safety of the throne . " The next toast from the chair was , " The Magistrates of Glasgow—and all in authority throughout the _ kingdom—mayjustice , mercy , and integrity be their distinguishing characteristics . " Drank with great applause . Mr . Tukxeb , of Thrushgrove , in neat and emphatic terms , acknowledged this compliment paid to his colleagues and himselH The Chairman next called for abumper , and proposed u The health of Thomas Attwood , Esq ., M . P ., and the Deputation from Birmingham . "

      Mr . Attwood then rose-, and was received with loud cheer * . After expressing how strongly he fell the compliment paid to him and his friends , he proceeded nearly as follows : —His friend , their worthy chairman , for every man was his friend who was a mend to the Birmingham Political Union , had told them of Ms service , in their cause—but certainly he had done no more than his . duty , when seeing the good slap Britannia foundering among the rocks , the captain and officers drunk , he had appealed to the gallant crew to save their vessel . 1 rue , he had been calumniated and reviled by his and their enemies . He had heard the muttered curse , but he cared not for the contempt of men—he had no fear of the few when workin g in the service of million a—Ko » u toij

      that he was raising a moral earthquake , that like another Frankenstein , he was forming amonster that should haunt him ihrough the world for his own destruction . He then referred to his attending a dinner in 1830 , in commemoration of the glorious three days of Paris . Instead of being haunted about like a witch , he there > aw smiling happy faces looking up to him as to a father who watched over their interests . Mr . Attwood h ? re proceeded to go over nearly the same ground as he had done during the forenoon '* proceeding in the Green ; and , after some allusions te the Reform Bill producing no fruit but thorns , expressed his conviction that the people must be further ground down , until they rose at once and took the matter into their own " hands . They must

      have justice to industry . Hehad thought twentvyears ago , that he had only to point out their grievances to have them redressed , but he found out bis mistake Iney had been deceived , but they would not be deceived again . He then went into a statement of his pews , and that of the people of Birmingham on then-future plan of proceeding , and stated that they woald no longer remain content as eeLs—to be out of the frymg pan into the fire . Mr . Attwood concluded by giving as a toast , " Universal Suffrage , Annual Parliaments , and Vote by Ballot , " and after a few remarks on die qualification of members of parliament , he added *• Wages of Attendance . " The toast was drank with loud and enthusiastic cheering .

      Afterwards several routine toasts were given , and the meeting then broke up . Altogether , the proceedings were of the most animated and gratifying description to the friends of Radical Reform . " The ar ena was occupied by an audience evidently full of enthusiasm for what they conceived to be a great , a good , and a patriotic cause ; and , if we are to judge from appearances , never was any assemblage better pleased with their guests , or with the general complexion and character of the proceedings during the entire day . It seemed to be hailed by every Radical as a most auspicious beginning of the new reign of political agitat ion , and as a bright presage of the imal success of Radical Reform . *

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      HOUSE OF hOKDS . -Friday , May 15 . On the subject of facilitating emigration from Ire-^ d ^ : ColoIues > the Marquis of LANSDO YV : NE said that arrangements had already been made with a view to that object ; and that if the Poor Law Bill should pass , he thought the system might "fee pursued on a still more extended scale . The Marquis of LONDONDERRY fixed the 4 th of June for his motion on the affairs of Spain : and gave notice that on Monday next he would present a petition , numerously signed by tradesmen in London and Westminster , praying for the postponement of the Coronation . The Bishop of EXETER brought forward his motion , proposing resolutions declaratory that the national system of education in Ireland had failed to realise the promises held out in Mr . ( now Lord ) Stanley ' s letter to the Duke of Lftinster , as to its uniting Protestants and Roman Catholics , and that , onthe contrary , it had promoted and increased disunion

      . The Marquis of LANSDOWNE opposed the motion . r The Duke of WELLINGTON admitted the correctness of much of the representation of the Bishop of Exeter , but thought that , . as the system had been commenced , it ought not to be impeded , and that the government should be urged to see realised the original intentioriPbf the grant . His Grace moved , as an amendment , that the House proceed to the orders of the day . The Bishop of DERRY bore testimony to the

      admirable working of the system in that part of the country with wbich he was connected , and contended that all the members of the board had entitled themselves to the distinguished gratitude of the country for their efforts in the great cause in which they had been so Iongengaged . The Bishop of NORWICH , in an eloquent speech passed several strictures on " the harsh measures and terms dealt out by his Right Reverend Brother of Exeter , as well towards the board of education and towards the system itself-generally . He vindicated the conduct of the board , and dwelt on the immense benefit they had conferred on Ireland . Oa a division the resolutions were rejected by a majonty of 7 ito 26 . ^ -Adjourned . - ' -

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      Sir EARDLEY WILMOT stated that he would exclain , on Monday next , his views as to the course which he would pursue in consequence of carrying the TJftgrn Apprenticeship resolution . Mr . CRESSwELL then moved that an humble address be presented to the Queen , praying that her Majesty would be graciously pleased to give directions to the commissioners appointed to examine into the claiu ; s of British subjects for losses of " bookdebts" and of " goods on shore , " seized bj the Danes in 1807 , to examine the claims for " Bhips arid cargoes afloat , " wbich were seized by tke Danes at the same period , and to report thereon to the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty ' s Treasury . After fa

      short but sharp discussion , mtntsters were defeated by a majority of 34 . '¦ ' Sir J . GRAHAM then brought before the House the subject of tlie rids at the late Rwcburg election . The Right Hon . Baronet after adverting to the notification : which , before the election , was forwarded from a body of magistrates and freeholders to : the sheriff , with a view to the preservation of the peace , and touching sli g htly on the conduct of the Lord Advbcate ^ fnrst , in entrusting the jurisdiction to the town-bailies , the keen partisans of Mr . Elliott , to the exclusion of the county magistracy ; and secondly , in sitting as judge of his own case on the election committees-detailed the leading facts , already known to the public , which prove the case against the town

      of Hawick , beginning with the tran « ; . ctions of and preceding the last election , and going back to the riots which accompanied the election of 1835 , and to the lighter disturbances of the election of 1832 . ' Sir James concluded ^ by moving for leave to bring in a bilL >* . to disqualify Hawick from being a polling place for the county of Roxburgh , and to enable the sheriff of that country to appoint other polling places in lieu thereof . " The Hon . J . E , ELIOTT admitted that there had been a good deal of violence on the first day of the poll , but argued that on the second , atall events , it would have been quite safe for any voter to exercise his franchise . For his own part , he was auite an

      enthusiast about freedom of election—in his mind , nothing was so sacred—he . would not countenance , for the world , any act that would invade it- ^ -nay , he had , in this very session , voted for ameasure he much disapproved ( the ballotAJn the sole hope , that at least , it would insnre a perfect liberty of choice . He must resist the proposal of Sir J . Graham , which would invest the sheriff with the power to ' choose the polling place . The sheriff was just as adverse as the town-bailies were friendly to him . He believed that many of the acts done had been done purposely for the sake of getting up a case , andlaying a foundation for some eapost facto law to punish Hawick for her independence in resisting the satellites of the great Baccleagh . °

      Mr . PRINGLE thought this remedy peculiarly requisite , from the difficulty of obtaining legal evidence te convict individuals by way of prosecution . Without some such relief , therefore , there was no mode of repressing the disturbers . Mr . HORSMAN , at great length , followed Sir J . Graham through the details ol his speech . He read from the evidence , passages vliicn Sir J ames had omitted , and which he seemed to think would make much difference in tlie conclusion , to be founded on this or that peculiar case . It was past twelve o ' clock , and Mr . H . was still speaking , and

      reading extracts frera various books , when the House began to exhibit very unequivocal symptoms of impatience . An adjournment was proposed and acceded to by the House , to the following evening . Lord JOHN RUSSELL then said , that " as the adjourned debate was likely to occupy the attention of the House for some time on . tlie following even-r ing , he should postpone the introduction of the Municipal Corporations ( Ireland ) Bill , until Monday , and although it was not usual for the House to sit on the 29 th . of May , ( Tuesday , ) there should be an interruption to the general custom , in order that the Bill relating to Negro Apprentices might be discussed . " ¦¦ : -w

      At the instance of Mr . O . GORE , Jun ., the printing of the evidence taken before the Hull Election Committee was ordered . —Adjourned .

      Fr iday , May 25 . Among the early proceeding ! -- , Mr . FAZAKERLEY having presented another Report from the Poor Law Committee , Mr . D . W . HARVEY asked when there would be an opportunity for the metropolitan districts to adduce evidence before such Committee , it having been promised , and it being known that St . George ' s , Southwark , in particular , had taken great interest in the question ? Mr . FAZAKERLEY replied , that , without being able to saywhen it could be obtained , the Committee were most anxious to hear the evidence ol

      certain metropolitan parishes , as St . George ' s , Southwark , « fcc , that had taken considerable interest in the N . ew Act ; and that as to the Report , which would follow a necessarily protracted inquiry , it would , he believed , be of a general character Sir STRATFORD CANNING presented " a petition regarding the seizure , by Russia , on the northeast coast of the Black Sea , of an English vessel ( the /•"»>«? , it was understood ) , complaining of the irregularity of the seizure , and of the non-interference of the Br itish authorities . He stated that he should bririi ? forward a motion on the subject on the 7 th of Jnne . ¦ .

      Lord PALMERSTON observed that he would content himself with remarking on one assertion in the petition—namely , -that , the expedition was sanctioned by the Foreign-office—in other language , by him ; it was totally and entirely untrue . Sir E . WILMO ' T stated that it was not his intention to bring in any Bill founded on the resolution regarding the immediate emancipation of the negroes . Lord J . RUSSELL said that , had any such Bill been proposed , the Government must have

      strenuously opposed it . He intended on Monday to move resolutions , declaring that it was not expedient to carry into effect Sir E . Wilmot's resolution ; that it was expedient to adopt every measure which could tend to secure every advantage and privilege heretofore enacted and contemplated for the apprenticed negroes ; and that the most anxious attention of the House should be directed to strengthen the condition of the negro population when they should be entitled o freedom .

      It was agreed on the motion of Lord John Russell , that the chaplain be directed to preach before the House on the 29 th of May . The adjourned debate on Sir James Graham ' s motion relating to Hawick as a polling-place , and the Roxburgh election , was then resumed , and chieily occupied the remainder of the sitting . After much discussion , inw&ichthe Lord Advocate , Sir Robert Peel , Lord John Russell , < fec , took part , the House divided on Sir J . Graham ' s motion . The numbers were— , For the motion 250 Against it 272 Majority against the motion 22 Adjourned .

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      ~~ " ^™ T . The Editors of the " The Northern Star " trish to be distinctly understood ttMl in affording-a vehicle for the discussion of great Public Questions , they are not to be identified with the Sentiments or the Language of their several Correspondents .

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      TO TEE EDITORS OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Nothing can be of more importance for the welfare of society than the prevalence < . f truth ; allow me , therefore , to suggest that all ministers who make an attack m their sermons or speeches upon Socialism , receive an invitation to discuss their respective tenets in public . Charity obliges me to think that they will be glad of an opportunity of exposing error , particularly when they consider that it is making rapid advances in society . At a religious meeting , held some months ago , in the Exchange Bnilding 3 , in Bradford , a clergyman , residing not far frem me , held up Socialism with abhorrence .

      The Sunday before the Socialists held their festival in Bradford , a tract was distributed amongst the congregation in the New Church , which referred to them . If Socialism be dangerous , let us take the best method of exposing it unsparingly . Truth courts publicity . t a * A CONSTANT READER . Low-Moor , near Bradford .

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      TO THE EDITORS OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Manchester , May 3 rd , 1838 . Gentlemex , —As you will have to tell your readers this week , the much-to-be lamented news of a general , if not universal , reduction by silk manufacturers , of the wages of their weavers , I humbly request that the following lines upon the subject may accompany that woeful sews . And I sincerely desire that everyone who sees them , may read them with candour and attention ^ particularly those individuals to whom they immediately relate . It is a too well known fact , that the silk trade is , hke almost every other business , miserably bad , and has been now for a long time , in consequence of which the major portion of weavers have been , and are now , only partially employed " , and it i * an

      equauy well-known fact , that the wages of these weaver ? , when they have full' employment , average less than , I think I may say , any other class of labourers within this realm . What then , I would ask , must be the comparative . conditiori \ of this class pf labourers When struggling ; under the great and irremediable disadvantage' of half employment ? Wliat , but the niost heart-rending complication of misery , want , and wretcheiness ? - Such beine the . \ case , what kindaBf-vbeings " ate we to consider those individuals whose hard-hearted" ne . % and foTinmamty , dares toy grind them finer and finer in the' mustard-mill of starvation hard labour , and desjiair ! Yes ! What are we to think of them * when we consider , that those who are ever ' foremost in doing the atrocious deed j are' men who

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      notmany years ago , had to get their living througli the five of ' a shuttle ? Why , common > humanity weuld say , can it be supposed that there are such beings in God ' s : creation ? 1 ! Yes , I answer , to their , eternal shame and disgrace , there are such to be found ill ¦ Manchester and its , vicinity !! And to those individuals , in particular , I should say , wky fyitfhatygu cherish sucbv a continual anxiety , and never-satisfied disposition to take away the small pittance of '¦« subsistence that is yet left For your late kindred weavers ? Is it because you cannot bear to see them come to the hole of your putting-outroom so well fed , well clad , and comfortable , that you think they apprbackirfoo near to yeurselves in the enjoyment of the necessaries and comforts of

      life r No , every one is satined that you cannot be anxious on that score . Why is it then ? Is it be * cause the tyrannical dispositions of ybur hearts have persuaded you that you are now made of different materials from what you Were When you . were weaversj . and so you now have a licence to crush out _ of existence , if possible , that class of society which .. gave you being , nursed , you and brought you up , and qualified you for filling the station in life you now occupy ? Ah J if such be the case I would remind yon , that you need not deceive yourself by fancying you are now independent of your weavers , and so : can do with them w-hat you like . For take out of existence all weavers and where are the manufacturers ? If there must be

      anything manufactored , then the manufacturers must turn weavers ! If it were so , the value of weavers would soon be discovered to them . Who do not therefore see j that it is ; the greatestfolly , madness , and presumption the heart of man can be tlie seat of to imagine that the manuf acturer * is independent of his weavers , or the master of his servants , and so on ? and the man who acts as if such were the case , is in the greatest degree unworthy to have aservant ; indeed , a sorry sample of independence do such lnanufacturerst appear , when trade is brisk , arid they are running about in the country treating the Weavers , and courting them to come arid weave for them , telling them they will find them good silk , and in soine casos more Wnge than

      others are givinfi ;! all of which they forget when they are returned to the warehouse , and have again assumed their irideperiderice . But perhaps there is a motive more likely to be the main ^ spring of the abatement of wages than any I have yet named , \ iz . that of self-interest . Perhaps ^ some of the manuiacturers suppose that it is , ta their individual interest to reduce the wages of their weavers . But this 1 know is riot the opinion of all the manufacturers ; and , indeed , I cannot see how it can be that of any , but those Who are possessed of the greatest degree of ignorance . We can suppose . a manufacturer to be possessed of ; for everjr mariuracturer of silk gooefs knows well , in the first place , that it is impossible for either him or

      his customer to discnlninate between two pieces of cloth , the one of which only costs one halfperiny per yard less than the other ; yes , and that lie can - uot ]) osjibl yv on many occasions , calculate to the nicety of a halfpenny per yarcl What it has cost him , consequently , a .. / halfpenny yer yard can be of no real consideration in the sale of goods , neither to the wholesale nor retail dealers , nor to the consumers ; since not of them can discriminate between two pieces of cloth , the one of wluch costs a halfpenny more than the other . And what lady , when she goes to purchase a silk dress , everi calculates

      so nicely as that she would go without for the sake of sevenp 6 nce halfpenny . Well , but when wages have been reduced the public soon know , and of course the customers soon know ; and , therefore , when . tliey conie into thesale-roem , they expect to have goods for less money ; but , to their astonislnnent , the diftl'rence isso little that they cannot discriminate it ; and consequently ,-the salesman is ten times worsa fixed to make them believe tlie goods have costas much as they really have , than be was before the abatement took place !! Here is selt ' -interest to a manufactarer in bating wages , with a vengeance !!!

      But let us now turn to the weaver for a moment , and see whether the din « renee can be discriminated here . One halfpenny per yard is , I consider , on the average , about one-tenth of a weaver ' s wages . Consequently , he . inust either do an additional day ' s work iii . every ten , or clam and starve one month out of e \ ery ten . And if he adds the additional day , then he throws one-tenth more cloth of a worse woven quality into an already overstocked market , which makes such havoc with the manufacturer , that be declares hi ; cannot stand it , and so there is no method . left but for liiiii and his family to clam and starve one month more out of every ten than they have heretofore done . And who now will dare to say that it is to theinterest of the manufacturer ?

      It is not to the interest of the manufacturer ; no , nor to that of any part of the community , but to tbe everlasting shame and disgrace of the mixnufacturer , and will lead , in the end , to the ruination of trade and society altogether . - In conclusion , I would again observe that I do not believe all the riianuf ; tctnri ; rs . are desirous to have wage ? reduced , even though they have joined in the reduction . But that , being the minority , they find themselves forced to swim with the . stream , for their own protection .. " 'Since ' it will b « seen thata . halfpenny per yard , upon all the tens of thousands of yards that a maUufacturer makes in the course'of a year , would be very considerable ; se inoch . so , that no manufacturer could withstand it . But did those manufacturers who have been the foremost to reduce see their own real interest , I am sure they would be lbremost to raise again ; and the others would be glad of the opportunity of joining them . It is most

      assuredly both to the honour and interest of every master to do as well as he can for his servants ; for there is no other possible way in which he can secure their good will , their best endeavours to do his work well , and their sincere regard for his interest and prosperity . It is true , there are some such iingratetul wretches , that , they will never care a straw for their master ' s interests , however many favours they receive from him ; but to abate wages unnecessaril y , is tbe very way to increase such characters , since " it creates in the bosoms of servants such dispositions of hatred and revenge towards their masters , that , if let loose from all restraint , would almost destroy them from the face of the earth : and not long before they deserve it either , for who in justice can say that such beings deserve to . live . A number of good and honest servants are the very bees that store the hive of a piaster's prosperity ; and , therefore , it is his interest , if he wishes to gather the honey , to see well to them .

      ] wish to observe that the above has been written in haste , and in much agitation of mind concerning the subject to which it relates ; and if I know my own heart , from no bad motive . , Yours , &c . A WAREHOUSEMAN .

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      TO THE EDITORS OK THE NORTHERN STAR . Gexti-ksien , —In my last letter to ydu , of tho 28 th ult ., I gave you some extracts from a letter which I had just received from the son of the late Right Honourable Spencer Perceval . I then told you , that I would soon give you further extracts . The following observations are very striking , —^ whether they are strictly applicable to the system adopted in the " maaagement" of lunatics , I know not . That they will apply to that of the New Poor Law bastiles , no one at au acquainted with the system can deny . Mr . John Perceval says—" The injustice that th * e poor meet with under the New Poor Law , and its operat ion and spirit , resemble so much that which persons more unfortunate suffer , tinder the lunatic

      doctors , and the law for confining insane people , that I am persuaded a lunatic doctor , or a friend of lunatic doctors , has had a hand in frarning the New' Poor Law . The same spirit of duplicity reigns throughout ; the same plausibility arid affected concern for the interests ot tlie individuals submitted to its operation ; the sairie cunning , the same craft , tbe same adaptation of its working , to thedegree of care and authority Which the Guardians of the poor exercise . The same unjust application of one system topersons of every character , and of all constitutions . Under the Lunatic Doctors' system , whether you are ducked in the cold bath in winter , or strangled , or beaten , or put into the straight waistcoat , or handcufled , or confined in a roorii with a dozen noisy

      patients , or shut up in a solitary cell , or bled to death , under pretence of curing you , —or made to rise at six a . m ., and go to bed at eight p . si .- ^ -orleft to sit up until it suits the servants' convenience—' all is from the most benevolent intentions ; all are for the patients' good . ' All violence offered by the servants 'is wholesome correction- J all opposition from the lunatic , or recovered patient , is ' •^ symptom of his insanity . ' If you complain , 'itis because you are not yet come to a right mind , to know how kindly you have been treated , and how much correction is necessary ! ' 'If you write home complaints , ' your letter ' s must not be seat , for your own sake , thatyour misfortunes may not be made public . ' If persons

      call to see you , ' yoti must have an attendant present for fear yon should do them an injury ^ < fec . ' If , in spite of all , you persist in your complaints , arid your mind does not give way again , under the cruelties of your situation : then you find the ears of your relations poisoned by the specious representation , ' that a lunatics' word is not to be believed ; ' THe Doctor has secured the blind confidence of your very parerits and brethren , and y <^ i find the only persons who are able to hear from you deaf to your appeals ! The suspicion of the magistrate also is against you , arid he will riot attend to your application for legal assistance , befcarise he , too , is told , that in a short titne 1

      ypiiwillchungeyonr mind .. So , in like manner , ( Ehe paupers are treated under this law , —' all is for their gpoa—rfoiihsychnprovenieni . ' If they have been coiiifined to i close prisons , on week days , and then let out , without any precaution , on Sundays ^ and have riatiirally been led to excesses on tjiat one day of Uberty ^ - ( excesse 3 which spirits exhileratei alone by . beingxefeased from the walls and atmosphere of a bastile . will ratiorially account fbr , ) --for these excesses ^ which ma ^ be the natural result of the crilelties of the bastile system , ( but wHch are argued upon as grounds ¦? for increasirig ^ the cruelties , aid for slmttirig the paupers up on Sunday also , ) they

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      receive rebuke arid increase of punishment ; and thus the law , and the objects of the law , are entangled in a mass of inextricable confusions and absurdities , to the disgrace of society , and to the pauper's ruin . " : . ' •• ¦ - . ' , - : '• .. ' -: ' ' "' .- ; - ^ :. ' / o , ^ ¦' . - ; ¦; I could not refase giving you the foregoingextract ; I Kope it may DeAiseftil , as wellto aid inthe amelioration of the treatment of lunatics as of paupers . , How common ia it to heaJAWeJ ^ of "the excellency of this New Poor Law system , " arid of " the happinesa which it kas introduced amongst the labourers ;" . that , now , " ^ o labourer is even heard to complaui . " All is smiling—all is nappT---all is contentment ' , nay , all is prosperity ! I often receive such letters . Lbelieve the parties beliere , that what they , tell me -is true . Bat how should theu

      know the condition- —the teinper—the feelings—the deterininations ^ of thepoor ? It is ^ impossible !!/ I remember having received orie of these delightful letters , all full of " contentment' assA prosperity . !? I well knew that it was all fiction , and in a few days I received three or four letters from the ; same estate , but from persons who know the poor , and who mix with them , giving me a very different account of their condition . " Read an extract-from one of them . It comes from Where ti ( e NewPoor Law works so ' " well , " "I never knew tne people so bad off in this neighbourhood , as they are at this time . I- have been assured , by a inan 81 years of age , arid who has lived in the sanie parish 50 years , ' that he never knew the times so bad as they are at this time . ' He

      also assured me , 'that he was certain that many of the people iri ^ his _ parish , had riot had half bread enough during this last winter . ' And I have been assured , by a man and his wife , * that they had not ; had more on an average , than frbni 6 s . 6 d . to 7 s ; 6 d . per week since last harvest ; . many \ weeks since that period they have Jiotreceiyed more than 3 s . 6 d . to 4 s . per week ¦!¦ ' This family are seven in numbe , r , the eldest child _ being only seven years -of age , the youngest an infant . The man assured me 'that had not a few individuals made up a Httle subscription for them , they must either have gone to the Union House , or have starved . ' The mari was ill-afethis

      time , having had an accident while at ' . work > . '" ' His wife applied to the Beard for some out-door relief , which was refused her ; they > gavtt . h ' et ' anorder to go into the Union workhouse ! " ( curse the cruel nroristers !) *» I asked her , 'Why , under the * circumstances , she did not go in , she and herchildren being at that time , at the point of sta + vtition ? ' She said , ' She would sell the bedfrom under her first ! ' They ascribe all their suffering to the introduction of the New Poor Law . " The letter from which this" extract is taken , is dated March 20 th , 1838 . Read the following , from the same person , dated April 20 th , 1838 ; ' —

      "I never was more surprised in my Ufe , than I was when you informed me that my Lord - ———• had Written to you , to say ' how much good the Bastile Act had done in the neighbourhood of- . . ' I have watched the operation of the Act nere very ' narrowly , and I am bound to say , that so far from its having done the good my Lord —• would feign make you believe it lias , if has done a most incalculable deal of hurt . The poor are a considerable deal icorse off now , than ever I remember them . Scarcely a week p asses , without some application being made upon private charity . In fact , the poor will almost do anything , rather than be sent to the Bastile to be separated , at the will of the three Commissioners . My Lord ¦ — informs you , ' that he never heard

      a poor man complain of the Act . ' He has told you the truth .- He is a man that , from the beginning of the year to the end of . it , does not speak two words to any poor mtm in tbe parish of ; therefore , it is very likely that he never heard a poor man complain . Besides , if KR-did talk to them , they would NOT TELL HIM THEIR GRIEVANCES . If the poor are so much better off now , than they were tinder the old Act , wh y needed my Lord —— to have commenced giving soup to the poor of the three parishes round his mansion ? Why needed the Hon Miss— : — - to have given to three families a stone of bruad each weekl y ! in addition to what they can earn , to keep them from starviug ? Or , why need she give them clothes , to cover them during the late

      inclement weather ? Or , why should the poor wife of a labourer be going to her poor neighbour to beg a piece of bread , to satisfy the craving of her hungry children ? Or , why should ¦ they be eating meat that was not fit for a human being to touch ? The reason is , their children xcere crying for food ! - — - I have , myself , being allowing this same poor family 2 . * . a week for the last eight weeks , having made a subscription for that purpose . Every word that I have stated i f true . I would ask you to form your own conclusion , whether these are notindeed 1 independent labourers ? ' I could state much more , but I think I" have . said , qiiite enough to convince you how ' well' the Act ' works'in the neighbourhood of- — : —— . " Now , Gentlemen , you must not blame me for giving you so many extracts . If Noble

      Lords will deceive themselves , I must take care that they do riot deceive " my people . " The writer of the letter from which I have just quoted , lives on his Lordshi p ' s -estate , close to his mansion . There is only this difference ; my Lord does not bother his his head about the poor , —whilst my friend feels himself bound " / o visit them in their aj / lictiojis , " and to relieve them in their time of need . I cj . uery . whether my Lord , even , knows that soup has been distributed from his own kitchen to the poor on his estate ! It is , however , necessary that , we , in the manufacturing districts , should know the real workings of this acairsed Law in the agricultural districts . For this purpose I shall give you a few more extracts from a letter which I have received from John Pehceval , Esq ., dated Kensington , Mav h

      11 t , 1838 : — "I found-that all the labourers I spoke to , in the neighbourhood of Hastings , were discontented with the New Poor Law . " - " On Friday last , I rode over to Ickxesham ; I then heard that tlie Rev . Mr . Richards , the clergyman of Icklesham , had been shot at again ; the slugs passed through the shutters of his window . He is supposed to be dexidedlyin favour of the New Poor Law , arid has contrived to excite the most malignantfeelings against himself . " —— " Threenien having been separated sometime from their wives , resolved to break in and get to them . For this , they have been summoned before a magistrate , who sentenced them to a week ' s confinement in gaol . The labourers reasoned with me , saying , ' Now , Sir , we consider that cannot be law , for they were allowed to visit their wives till

      within three weeks , and then came an- order that they should not see their wives any longer ; and we say , that if it was / aw for them to see their wives three weeks ago , ^ there'was not time to pass a law to the contrary "in . so short a time . ' "—¦ ¦ —There can be no doubt that the conviction and punishment of those three labourers was illegal . They had a clear right , by the law of God and by the law of England , to the company of their wives . But let that sit awhile . I am delighted with the reasoning of these labourers . The rtiminations of these rustics are of more importance than all the flashy eloquence of my Lord Brougham . Have a care , my Lords ; the right-hearted labourers are beginningto ' think—they will not be long , before they resolve to act—and then • ¦•¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . -

      Mr . Perceval tells me , " At Icklesham , I heard that tbe children were separated from their parents , and confined soine viiles asunder \ The man also mentioned that children had died , without their parents knowing any thing about it , until they were dead I It was stated , that a little child had been heard crying out , in violent grief— * Let vie out—Let me out —/ ivant to see -my daddy—I must go to my daddy . ' A labourer at Hastings , whose feelings appeared very . much exasperated , told me that nis own wife had been confined , " and that a child of one and a half years old had been taken and separated from her I' Is it not inconceivable , Sir , thatany thing can be allowed so cruel ?" ¦ '" One of the aged paupers said , ' thai he was afraid

      to say all-he knew , but he doubted : if all that died , got fair burial . '" " iWentlemain I met atHASTlNGS , said to me 'I acknowledge there is one thing that I should think the paupers would not like—so many of them die , \ wonder that they can bear to gee one another drop off . '—I suppose the number of deaths may ba accounted for by low and unaccustomed diet . " " I know that the impression of the labouring class at Icklesham and Sevenoaks , is , that they have not been dealt with , _ with Good Faith . They say that they do not tkink it tbillever be right again , without a good row . ' Neither do I—yet I hope against hope . ' It will all be right , when the people resolve : that it shall fie so . Thus , G entlemen , do I prove , that whiere this Law is set to work , the labourers are discontented and «»

      happy—and that their condition is deteriorated . " But , " say the friends of the Poor Law , " itis drily the idle and dissolute , who dislike it ; the industii ous and the aged are all delighted with the change . The aged are relieved out of the house , more liberally than were under the old law ; but if they prefer it , they are taken into the Union Houses- ^ and they are there treated with kindness , they are not separated . " , So prate the monsters , who are employed to delude the people in these parts ! Now to the fact-r-Mr . PERCEVAii gives me the following j . " An aged married couple , at Hastings , ( each above 70 years old , ) Were in need . Application was made to the parish to which they belonged , to know if they would give a trifle to help to maintain therii . " T 7 i < parish refused—and the aged pair were sent to the Bastile . They wera iinmediatelv separated . The

      poor ; . old woman , could not eat what was put before herinthexoorkhoiise ! The old man found that the workhouse fare did not agree with him , and he coinplained ' that he missed his comfortable cup of tea in . theevening with his old wife ! ' The consequence wa ? j they could not bear it—they went oufr- ^ and thus was the parish relieved—ike " rates reduced "—and some aristocrat , may , for ought I know , now be receiving in the shape o f rents , what in law and reason belongs to this aged pair in the shape of rates !! He niay also be ariiusirig the Lords with telling them" how thankful this aged pair . are . ! ' We , IioWeverf will hear no more about 'kindness shown to the aged poor . The lying hypocrites shall soon cease their din . They shall enher _ teatore ; the rights of the Poor— -or disgorge Uieir £ 5000 a year pension $ ; -- —Btt the inclwtrious labDuxers aVe

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      mprofedmthev drciiiri ^^ ohange--they are now raiaed to independence m ar ? qwet content and happy t * ' ^ --4 Ai * : they ? - £ 2 ™ MenqfjneNorth-Ate ^^ nptdupedbutofrour riohtsI Jfr senous , attentiwfand * fel ^ If > oii m %£ theToUowingliBtoiy , 5 nnmoved---you are not wora * of the same grave as your Ibr ^ oer ^—Marit fcl circumstances—^* one of the ^^ H gheat spirited and best labourersHiat ever Uyed ^^ !' r-9 ee tea » roE dowiihis cheeks in torrents ! " lie asks for wm ? S ^ w vi ?— * $ ¦ nHS ^ Jfo&ntord for reliefjforhu <* . bedridden wife and his sickly little one ! " ^ -He & r * 7 f , ? f ^^» a * --hew « C oFreD at--whettlte asks for it 1 !" - ~ At length he entere the workhouse

      casting a last look fhe cannot utter a word ) at hia bedridden wife and aicklychild U And there he to either poisoned—oi"hisheart it broken" in either case he is murdered ! ! r-and , afterbe is dead hia widow arid children are tantalized iby a messaee from the Bastile- — " if they ^ wished to see him thev must make haste and come directl y , «• they would not see hm alive IV' MjBsof Huddersfield— Read the facts as related to irie , word for word , bv thp son of ttelate lUghtHoi | orable SpencerPercevai After the perosal , lookaryour wives and children and resolve , if you cam to be deludea by the sophistrv of Baines , and to submit to the tyranny oi the ThreeCommissionerSjataiehandsofPowERj BRooK . MooRHousEand Floyd !! Teach

      , your children to learn this anecdote by heart , and to repeat it everu Sunday evening , to their parents and to their grand parerite ! Mr . Percbval says , — ^ "I received a letter yesterday from a gentleman in Suffolk , Who sat between you and me , at the dinner in the Freemason ' s Tavern , 1 . copyfromhis letter . —^ "Theygo on , roWng and 7 R « rrfm «? taep (^ b y tMs MenialNeWPoorLaw to such an extent , that it is really horrible ! One of my maid servants' father ( 67 ) left his wife , who had been bed-ridden five years , with one girl , ( 13 . ) and another sickly one , ( 15 , ) Who could not be moved , — in perfect health himself , to enter the Workhouse His heart was so fulli that the tears railed dvwn hi ' s cheeks in torrents . He could not say" good .

      Bra * ' ! And that day fortni ght—be was dead !•—and nobody knows how ! He wls We of the HIGHEST 8 PIRITED AND BE 8 T LABOURERS " . * HAT EVER lived !! The porter was sent about tWo miles , to his cottage , on last Wednesday morning , ( May 2 nd ) between nine and ten o ' clock , to , say , if any of the family wished to see their father , they must make haste , and come directly , or they would not see him alive . The two . youngest girls ran and gathered eight of his ten children , and got to the Bastile by eleven o ' clock , in ari hour , arid a half . Bui thetr father had been dead mariy hours / . ' The Governor woidd notj and the others appeared as if they durst not , tell them when or at what hour he died ! But

      they have since been told , by a boy who slept in the same sick Ward , * that he heard him rattle in hia throat , about two o ' clock in ; the morning . ' He never asked for any thing but employment , except at last , when he found he could not obtain it . He then begged hard for some little allowance , for his bedridden wife and two poor , helpless , and now fatherless children ! But this was refused—and he was jeered at , c « rf scoffed at , whenhe asked for it ! /—which broke' his heart !! " There Brook--. there Moorhouse—there Ftpvp—there Swainread that— -and afterwards , if you can—^ present yourselves before the people . - ' of Hudpersfield , as the abettors of Mr . Power—asthe'friendsef \ the New Poor Law !!

      ^ Surely Lord Wynford will introduce a clause into his bill to require that a coroner ' s inquest shall be holden on every person who dies in orie of these Bastile Death Houses 1 I now leave these matters to be pondered over by the people of the north , And remain , Gentlemen ** Yours faithfully ;

      RICHARD OASTLER . Fbiby Hall , near Huddersfield , May 25 . P . S . Stop a little , I have some gobd news ; Another letter fromMr . Perceval informs me , that the labourers in ^ he South are beginning to act . I thought it would be so . He says— "A meeting of 400 of the tradesmen and poor of GuestUng Hundred * was held at the Robin Hood Inn , Icklesham , and a petition agreed to . Other meetings are in agitation , going on , in several Hundreds . '' This is all very good , they will soon learn to do Romethinff more than petition , i . e " . if their petitions are rejected , as ours have been . Another letter from Norfolk informs me , " I have lent th > - ' Northern Star' to several different people , to get it read ainongst the poor men . ; When your letters have beenread to them , orie says , 'it does mv

      heart good to find we have such a friend . ' Another said to me , 'I would not mind risking my life in his defence . ' Whatever the rich say of you , this I do know , that in this neighbourhood you live in the hearts of the poor people who have heard of you . You-, Stephens , O'Corinor , arid the Huddersfield people deserve the thanks of all the poorer classes Of your countrymen . I am inclined to believe , Was you in this neighbourhood , you would soon get an addir tion to your troops . I am quite sure uia-t all the people want , is a leader . If guch was the case , Lord Howick wonld have no reason to say , ' that the people in tlie agricultural diatiicts « U < 1 «« V complain of the New Poor Law . '" This is cheering . It seems that the " Northern Star" ^ ihiries even into the heart of Dr . Kay ' s enslaved district ! Have at them , Gentlemen ! R . O .

      2 nd P . S . May 30 th . —I have this morning received a letterfrom my master , in Which he informs me j" we must part "—he adds— " I wish you well ; for your own sake , and doubly so for that of your father . —I shall reside myself at Fixby as soon as you move out . " 1 do thank God , that Fixby is once more to become the residence of the Thobnhii . ls . As for myselfr-T-I rejoice , with the , Whigs and the Poor Law Commissioners , that I shall now have the opportunity of trying Bastile discipline and Basiile fare , —and of proAing that it shall . lie death to the man who dares to separate mefrom my wife . i R . O .

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      HousEBREAKiifG . —On Saturday morning , the dwelling of the Rev . Mr . Gibson , Stratford Grove , Essex , was broken into by thieves , who earned ofi three small bags , containing £ 15 in silver , and two small sets of communion plate belonging to the adjoining chapel , of which the Rev . Gentleman is minister ; also a gold seal , engraved with a crest , ( a lion ) a silver spoon , a pair of silver sugar nippers , a silver pencil case , a thimble j &c . Accident . —On Thursday week ^ Sir W . K . Broughton , Bart ., of Dowton Hall , near Ludlow , was thrown from his horse and severy injured . "We hear , however , he is gradually recovering ; - —Worcester Herald . . [

      Execution . —On Monday week , the sentence of death pronounced upon Mrs . Jeffrey , at the late assizes in Glasgow was carried into effect at the usual place of execution . It will be remembered that she was convicted of adminstering poison to H . Muriro , a Highland miner , and Mrs . Carl , who both resided as lodgers in her house in Carluke . The evidence adduced against her was circumstantial , but conclusive , and establiahed against her two of the most hideous murders . to be meti with in the criminal calendar of Scotland . A degree of mystery , indeed , still shrouds the motive by wbich she was animated in taking away the life of the old

      woman ; arid , inreference to the murder of the man , it is difficult to conceive that the object she seems to have had in view presented a sufficient inducement even to tne most depraved and callous nature . And yet the only rational construction one can put upon the case , is thatshe destroyed Munroin Order toevade the repayment of five or six pounds she had borrowed of niin ; and that the murder of the poor old dying woman , by the administration of a very small dose of arsenic , Was the result of the mere experiment on the probable effects of the poison upon the man . About eight o ' clock the maristrates entered the court-hall , / and shortly afterwards Mrs . Jeffrey was brought up from her cell . She sat for a

      few minutes , and wasaddressed in Whispers by her attendants , to whom she only replied by a shake of her head . The impression Was that she persisted in asserting her innocence . ' Her conduct was slto-. gether cold j reserved , and unsatisfactory j- and she maintained a degree of firmness not usual under the same circumstances . On the scanold her attendant ^ engaged in prayer ^ and sh « apparently continue her devotion for some time after they had retired * The sequel was soon over . Jeffrey was not arepulsiye 4 pokirig woriian ; indeed her features may at one time have appeared ' handsome . She seems to have been noted by her neighbours for her revengeful spirit , and the public have sunicient evidence -Of her dogged resolation and heartlessnegs .

      American Steam Boa t Explosions . —F " regret to learn that the number of lives lost by the explosion of the steamer Moselle at Cincinnati turn ? out to be greater than was at first represented } it is ascertained' that 189 , whose-j names are tnovrn , have perishedj while at least 20 others are supposea to have shared their fate ; and 30 more were ; fflvg scalded and otherwise : badly wounded , at Fulton ,. » a the Ohio . Nor is this the ' only kteam-boat calamity recorded in the late American papers . The steamer had col

      . *¦ i dronooko , on the Mississippi , it appears , -.-I ' lapsed a flue , killing / by explosion and ^ ovr ^ % ' ¦¦ from : 75 to 100 persons ! A : second itatement ( n ; P » ; the Vicksburgh Register of April 23 ) informs us ? : that 100 lives vrere ; lost on ; the occasion , and -. wot : the despairing ^ : siiSering , ? arid frenzied victims , wno . lay afterwards for hours ] in . torment , ' pr oaace . a ^ a scene ; of miseiy ^ far beyond the power p £ 'I an 8 P a » ' / to dewjnbe . Thirty helpfess sufferers were takento Yickaburgh frora Prmcetc h , 1 Q of whom have since { : died ! : y : " ' ' " ¦"¦' .- ¦ ' : . '' --: ' :: "" . ;';"¦ .. ¦ ¦¦ ' :. ¦ ' . ; ' . ' - ' ¦

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 2, 1838, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1008/page/6/