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      A S ^ tESlDIl ) PORiRAIT Of THE IMMORTAL 1 HENRY HUNT , ( From an Original Painting J Will be presented to every Yorkshire Purchaser of the NpRTHERN STAR of THIS DAY , Saturday ^ ttie ^ 3 rd of June , 1838 . 1 ¦ t * i ' - ~ r \ ¦ tt .. n ^ ' - "HiT tv v-ttx . . t \ v \ t \ -mw « ¦ «^ " >»

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      RELATIVE CIRCULATION OP THE LEEDS NEWSPAPERS . Stamps TurniBhed Weekly ¦ infour months . Average , 18 Weeks . NORTHERN STAB 176 , 800 9 , 822 Leeds Mercury . * .. * ..... If 0 , 637 9 , 480 Leeds Intelligencer ........ 00 , 000 3 , 333 Leeds Times .............. 48 , 000 2 , 666 _ The actual Consumption is 179 , 800 , averaging -weekl y

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      \ ft now gi « e "One general anstfer to a » y anony-* K > us querists , v , ho tare dared to censure our * Ui-« wtri&OABiHB . That ^ s ^ r is , let them xeaaHis tetters oflast ^ ee * , « & . " week , and above > aU ofsext week , p olished in % JJbrifcern Star , and t their p rinciples "be Baoieal , and go farther , -T ^ Cannot go wifti ¦ tbeau "We challenge all the Broughams , Htjsseixs , Peels , and O'ConjTEiLS in existence to produce three , or even one " letter , conveying w much matter valuable to all - classes of society s ana we no long « T marvel that the aald IUchakdOastt / eb should "be an -unfit Steward

      Jm SQtJrKX Thob ^ hii / l , a portion of-whose estate te says " belongs of right to the people . Oastlbb "has feeen-se \ eeted as a martyr for tie carrying out of fi »«> o » Xaw Amendment Act" ; but we are . gfeulto find from one of our Hull contemporaries , ^ eat-althoughhe may cease to reside at the Hall of ~« fe Thosxhim ^ s , he is --stiHto Asve . a seat in the hearts of thepeoyle . Yes , although prudence to

      ^ owed others taie the lead , we pledge ourselves * &it our best energies shall be used to augment the jngected tribute , so as to give the people the benefit « # theuntrammeUed exerfions of the father of the ^ oor ; and we further tell Mr , -Thoknhtxl , ^ that Hf his aim in supplying tie place of Oastler is to * nsure the suecess of the Poor Law Bill , at Hud--aersfield , that he calculates without his host , for ¦ where his influence is " there vrill Oastleb be also . " Oastlbb , must not , shall not , leave us .

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      . m SIGKS OP THE TIMES . The signs of the times are hourly , , and as if by magie , becoming still more and more characteristic of "Whig procrastination and popular discontent No sooner does general -agitation cease for a moment , than some substantive question -of wrong or complaint meets the ear , Tor the usual mode of claiming-redress by petition , the more sturdy andimpressive method of remonstrance and demand iB now substituted . The reciprocal dependency which should ever exist between the governor * and -governed is at ¦ xd . end , and the people—in despair—resolve to eSect for themselves that which the Constitution guarantees , but which our rulers withhold , namely , protection by law .

      In vain doe ? the English . Metropolitan , and almost the whole Irish Press , endeavour to prop the tottering power of a fading faction . In vain does Hr . O'Cokkeli . seei to hold the Irish mind in lubjectian , and to convince the English , people , and hia "Whig friends , that the modicum of justice , contained in his new Tithe Bill , and 15 s enfranehiang clauses of the Corporation Bill , irill calm the angry spirit , and silence the loud and just complaints , of the starving Irish . In Tain does Lord Johx Russell now court the

      support and alliance of the Dissenters , whose every lope and thought was attached to the emancipation of our sable brethren . In vain do the heavy baggage of "Whig magazines direct their monthly artillery against the enemies of the " Whigs and their bantling measures of Reform . Those were the engines by which power was long preserved in the hands of a ymVH minority for the subjugation—not for the Government—of the majority . All have now lost their influence . Had the Canterbury Massacre taken plaeein the good old times of Toryism , some other

      T . A"M"R * would have been "found to move a vote of -fba-nfa to the Magistrates and their murderous associates ; and the LAMBS of the present day ¦ would be nothing loathe to follow the old precedent were it not for the growth of intelligence and the ireadof physical force . Yet although the just tribute is withheld from the butchers , is not humanity and law equally outraged , by the punishment of the defenceless injured , and by the mantle of innoeence and non-impeachment which has been thrown over the guilty offenders ? "We ask not for the pardon of

      guilty men , but we demand that the punishment "which the law awards , should , in all cases- , be equally administered to the rich man and to the poor man . "We would not improperly interfere with the Nearest prerogative of the executive , which is mercy , but even that should be administered so as to convince the whole people that it is exercised with discretion and not from caprice . I In our form of Government the executive should be as a stern

      judge , giving effect to the Acts of the Legislature , which should be yielding to mercv , and stern against oppression ; but in consequence of the laws being partially made , and still more partially administered , the most discreet portion of the community loot upon the victims of the law as martyrs rather than offenders . On Thursday next we shall have a Queen formally proposed as the head of the Government . In her teart should aw ell all the attributes which are the

      ¦ distinguishing charms of woman ; but who will instil into her young mind the wholesome fact , that the emission of right is the commission of wrong ? "Who htH tell her that she reigns by the consent of the people , non-elect ors as vreil as -electors , anfl that flie people are considered as the legitimate Source of lier power ; that for their good alone she holds it , and that any improper use of it absolves" the people from that allegiance , to which every man is supposed solemnly to pledge himself ? The benefits which will be that day conferred , will be but of the

      day ' s duration ; while the injustice to be perpretated by an accession of hereditary legislators , will he a * lasting as our present system of Go-Ternaient . The reason why a Monarch is supposed to derive all power from the people , is , because all the people are supposed to have a voice In the enacting of those laws , through their representatives , the last appeal from which—in cases of doubt or fitting exercise of mercy—shouia

      "be made to the supreme Magistrate of the nation . The people ^ however , ( finding that the prerogative of the monarch became a mere bastard thing , when the crown was robbed of its brightest gem , the acknowledgment of its universal derivation , ) tave become shaken in their loyalty , and visit the -ans of the legislature , which does not represent them , upon the monarch , who can only represe nt that class by whom , and for whom , the laws are

      made , namely , the elective body and their representatives . These circumstances have divided the nation into two distinct classes j that is , the one body having elective power , and the other body laving non-elective influence , which is supposed to "be best and most wisely used , when " it is most directly opposed to their enfranchised brethren . Neither is this the only inconsistency which exists in our political society . fte fact of members not always being the fair organs of their ow constituents , increase discontent 5 and then again , stiD greater discontent and dissatisfation is manifested bv

      4 fce constituents of the minority , who , with the nonelectors , look upon themselves as not being represented at all . Hence we find society disorganized and tiie human fanalyset at variance , so . is never "to be reconciled till the laws of a majority of the whole JJeople govern the whole people , when every individual ¦> nll look upon his arm as the physical force which is to give effect to his maral power . Let , then , file rabble press of Englacd join in giving to fhe people that power , whieh time and circumstances will teach them to exercue with discretion , i ^ Bfead of taunting them with ignorance , without ^ ving them an opportunity of proving fheir know-

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      * * J ^ J * , *' ^ ? 3 bonineis the Hon . Mr . Uab , who jjttwwUTOte ofthanis , w the Common , to the mnraerers of - % » e people at Feterloo . . .

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      ledge . "We have frequently discussed the question of " Universal Suffrage , " and here we offer a word upon Annual Parliaments . Members are supposed to be the representatives of some constituent bo&y and yet , from out system x > i legiBlatiyn , it may so happen , that after fiv ^ four ,, ' three , or even two years , by deaths , removals , failures , new votes acquired , and other changes , tteat not one fourth of the old constituency may hav « a political existence , while the member is still supposed to be . . l . ' _ : _"_ ¦" - ' . » -

      the representative of the whole body Surely , when an annual examination is requisite for the masters , the servant , should be subjected < o a similar , probation , tfniversal Suffrage we know the value of , and for Annual ParKaiaents , we siall only say , let the representativeTetarn after each session to his constituents , and receive their smiles as arewardfor virtue , or their frowns as a punishment for vice , and then , but not till then , shall we be governed by laws dictated by reason , and framed with discretion .

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      v TO THE EDITORS OF THE NORTHERN STAR . London , June 20 fch , 1838 . My Dear Sirs , —Two features in your paper of last week have given general satisfaction here : I mean Oastler ' s magnificent letter to Earl Fitzwilliah , and the paragraph in which you recommend that the £ 207 , 720 . 11 s . at present deposited in the Leeds , Skyrack , and Morley Savings' Banks should be forthwith " invested in land for one of Robert Owen ' s Committees . " Your London

      Radical friends are delighted with Oastler ' s letter , and the Socialists are in raptnres with the other . "Why have not these parties a better mutual understanding ? "Why do they not make Common Cause , since their mtei esis are one and the same ? Or , if they cannot agree to think so , why do they not practice mutual forbearance ? For the life of me , I cannot comprehend why the friends of Universal Suffrage , and the friends of Socialism should not , in all possible cases , reciprocally aid one another . For my own part , while I yield to no Radical

      Reformer in my zeal for Universal Suffrage , and to no Socialist in my zeal to see the present vicious and insane state of competitive society give place to free and happy communities , I cannot but regard it as a melancholy proof of the ignorance of the two parties , when I find them { as too frequently happens ) crossing each other ' s path , and dealing in mutual doubts , and misgivings , each , as to the views and objects of the other , instead of mutual co-operating , endeavouring each to realise the plans and prospects of the other . I have said , ' their interests are one and the same * I repeat the assertion . I assert , also , that however apparently different their

      ultimate views and objects may be , they must in the long run , meet at the same point , and the parries themselves become all members of the same great family . Happiness , Teal terrestrial happiness , is the grand common aim of both . Neither can be happy so long as they arc the victims of an oppressive system , which debars them from being free agents , and thereby renders it impossible for them to acquire wealth , knowledge , leisure in the various other et ceteras , which are essential to human felicity . I repeatj therefore , that the views of each must be in substance the same , and that if there be any grounds of difference between them , it can be only as to the modus operandi , or means .

      Bat ought they to quarrel about the modus operandi , or means ? I think not Practically speaking , differences of opinion cannot be avoided , but the usual accompaniments and consequences of them , — namely , reciprocal distrust and counteraction , —may , and ought to be , avoided . Upon this point it is that I wish to fix the attention of both . There are many sincere Radical Reformers who believe that social communities ( oaoh as Mr . Owes contemplates ) are mere phantom ? of the brain which could never exL » t in practice , and that Universal Suffrage would lead

      to all that is requisite for human happiness , without them . There are , upon the other hand , many sincere socialists who , in the eagerness of their enthusiasm to jump at once into community , regard all mere political changes as delusive and worthless , and who , treating Universal Suffrage as a mere political change , vrould class it in the same obsolete category , and consign it to the same common sewer of con tempt , as they would "CatholicEmaneipation , " the "Whi g " Reform Act , " or any other fraudulent innovation of by-gone politics . Isow , without

      asking or expecting these extreme parties to change their opinions at once , I cannot possibly see any feasible reason why they should not practically coalesce and make common cause ; each co-operating with the other , to work out their respective salvation in their own way . They are both honest , —both eager for information , — both open to conviction . The real Radical does not deny the right of the Socialist to go into community : the real Socialist does not deny the right of the Radical to have Universal Suffrage . Here are

      at once the elements of union , —here is a solid connecting link between the two parties . The mere Universal Suffrage man may be sceptical as to the practicability of social communities , but he does not deny the right of the Socialists to establish them , if if they can . The mere Socialist , on the other hand , may despise Universal Suffrage , as a means to an end , bnt he does not dispute its justice , much less deny the Radical ' s right to be happy in his own way . Indeed neither party can directly oppose the views of the other without proclaiming himself false to his

      own creed , and unworthy of tte advantages he is in quest of . If therefore they sometimes con , e into collision , itisnot as calculating foes , having opposite views and incompatible interests to support , but as moody Sectarians devoured by the spirit of propagandism , and predisposed for a Tupture in the exact proportion that their excessive zeal renders them impatient of contradiction , and blind to the advantages of every system but their own . Now this is an evil which ought to be guarded against . I have so oftened witnessed its baleful effects that

      were I to jndge the future by the past , I should despair of humanity . It is a melanchol y and long recognised truth , that the nearer Sectarians approximate to one another in creed , the more apt are they to quarrel , and the more unappeasible are their quarrels . This is more peculiarly the case where the parties happen to suffer under a common oppression . Oppression naturally makes men irritable , and we

      all know how prone to dissention are those who meet to compare creeds under circumstances of irritation- Many is the worthy Socialist , and many is the worthy Radical , I have known to Split upon tkis rock . Thanks to the progress of knowled ge , both parties are more numerous now than they have ever been before . "Were they only as united as they are numerous they would be irresistible . Indeed your Northern Star has already done much to unite

      them , but a great deal more remains yet to be done . If I mistake not , all the more intelligent Socialists are becoming Radicals , and all the more intelligent Radicals are becoming Socialists . I find this to be the case in London , I knew it to be the ease in Birmingham , and from the letter of Mr . Finch , and others in the Star . I conclude that the same

      prooess of amal gamation is going on in the north . Every intelli gent Radical Ieonverse with is anxious to see the greatexperiment ofaeommunity tried upon Mr . Owek ' s plan , and under Mr . Owen ' s auspices . Every intelligent Socialist I cenverae with is equally desirous to see the House of Commons elected by Universal Suffrage . It is only the less-informed of both parties who deal intolerantl y by one another .

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      Tiin-e atti good example , will doubtless remedy the 'eviL Letushopesoatasy rate . For myself I witl only say , that if my influeaceover both , were equal to my ' wishes for their -welfare , they would not long ' remain disunited / I would Bay to the Radicals" lend the Socialists all the assistance inyoiirpower to establish , communities , " and to the Socialists , " lend the Radicals all tbe assistance in your power to-establish Universal Suffrage , " To both parties I would say— " Co-operate with one another in every possible way—aid one another in getting up public meetings , gVve : the weight of your names a » d numbers to « ach other ' s petitions ^ -subscribe for the same funds—help to circulate the same pubrr *;» ' '¦"_ -... ^ — ' 3 _ ' ' . 1 " — ill j _ ' i _ . i "_ ¦ " ^ ' " . W

      lications—accommodate one another with your respective chapeJs , halls , or places of meeting—in a word , whatever each of you undertakes , let him have every practicable encouragement and succour from the other . It is in this spirit , Gentlemen , that I cordially unite with my brother Socialists in London , in thanking . you for your advice to those who have deposited their earnings in the Leeds Skyrac , and Morley Savings'Bank . The balance in the bank , yon say , is £ 207 , 270 lls . This would purchase 2 , 000 acres of good land for ever , and leave a large surpks besides building , stock , utensils , &c . That the ¦ depositors in question may adopt y our recommendation is my sincere prayer . The money could not be appropriated to a nobler or more beneficial use .

      But while recommending the purcha e of land for communities , let us not lose sight of the millions of acres of which we have been most iniquitiously despoiled by the Aristocracy . In my letter of the 2 nd inst , I have shewn that in the reigns of the three first Georges , the Aristocracy passed not less than 2 , 287 Inclosure Acts , by which , at a moderate calculation , not less than 6 £ millions of acres have been taken from the people . Since then , I observe , by a reference to the " Black Book " and to a work entitled " A Key to both Houses of Parliament , "that more than 4 , 000 Inclosure Bills in all have been passed , which would , doubtless , carry the amount of

      spoliation to at least 10 million acres . Now Universal Suffrage is worth struggling for , if it were only to get back those Iand 3 . Where is the Socialist that will refuse us his co-operation in trying to recover our plundered domains ? Remember that in seeking to regain possession of those lands , we seek only what is strictly and sacredly our own . The lands in question belonged to the people from time immemorial . They belonged to them by the strongest and most sacred of all titles , the title of imprescriptible right . No feudal law on parchment had given them , ( for they had belonged to the people of the respective parishes in which they are situate , ) before laws or

      parchment were known . Not feudal law or parchment could therefore take them away , except by an act of atrocious lobbery . They were in fact ( as the term imprescriptible implies ) inalienable by even the parishes themselves , for it was only the use of them , not the lands themselves , which belonged to the parishioners . As to the lands themselves , they belonged to all generations , past , present , and future , born with the parishes , each generation having , in its turn , the right to use and enjoy them ; but no generation having the right to alienate them from its successors , more than it could have prevented the enjoyment of them by its predecessors . One would

      suppose that if any species of property ought to have been held inviolate , it was this . But when or where were aristocrats ever known to respect the property of the common people ? Under pretence that those common lands might be rendered " more profitable to the Stale , " by beinp enclosed and appropriated , in part , to tillage , the boroughmongers allowed the aristocracy to take and enclose them ; hut , in so doing , they made no provision in the Enclosure Acts for securing the rents to the lawful proprietors , to whom the lands had always , and do still , in right , belong . Oh no ! the boroughmongering aristocracy

      took care to keep the rents to themselves . And mark with what consummate art the villains went to work . Instead of passing one general Act for the enclosure of all " wastes" or commons ( vrhich would have saved an infinity of trouble and expense , ) they spread the spoliation over a period of nearly two hundred years , seizing the lands bit by bit , or taking only a little each time , so that the plundered parties might have no excuse or motive for a general insurrection against the spoliators . This is so well explained by the author of the " Key to both Houses , " that I cannot do better than conclude this letter

      with the passage alluded to : — . " The writers in the Black Book express their regret that a general law has never been enacted for the enclosure of tcaste lands in parishes ; seeing that ' since the'beginning of the last century , no less thau 4 , 000 Bills have been passed for the said purpose . ' As it is plain that these gentlemen did not understand the subject they were writing upon , —and as it is a lamentable fact ( from the juggling tricks which have been played off on the people of England , in regard to the transmutation of words from their true , ancient , and legitimate meaning , ) that very few persons know anything of the matter , —the present writer will endeavour , by a supposed parallel case , to explain to his readers why it was that a ' general Act' could not

      very easily be passed for such ' enclosures ; — the enforcement of which , at all events , weuld have been attended with a trifling inconvenience . "We will suppose that the Kings of England and the two Houses « f Parliament had , during the last century , been amusing themselves in confiscating the estates and mansions of no less than 40 , 000 of the rich landholder and gentry of England ; and that the writers of the Black Book lamented that the three branches of the Legislature had u » more regard for their own time or the . people ' g money , than to be thus wasting both , piecemeal ; when , by one sweeping Act , they might have confiscated theproperty of lentimes the number . Will not every man allow that the passing of such a general law would have been no easy matter ; and that

      even Parliament , with all ita ' omnipotence , ' could not have enforced its execution ? Certainl y ! The forty thousand landholders would nave met and united to protect each other * and , perhaps , maTching towards Westminiter Hall , —as the Normaa Barons did to Runnymede , —they would have asked £ V . ( $ lslato ™ what they meant b y such wholesale robbery . Far difleTent , however , would have been the result had such confiscatory Acts been passed one at a time : the landholders would in tnat case have been easil y overpowered , and compelled to . putup quoetly with the loss of their lands ; as the poor Janizianes of Constantinople , —who a few years aKo were entrapped by the late Sultan into the Castle of the Seven Towers , —were obliged to submit , sinahi : tn fh * !«< .= « r * i . » :

      _ heads . Now , then , for . the application of the two case * - — the 4 , 000 supposed confiscations would have been no more nor less robberies , than were the ' 4 , 000 enclosures of vutt * land ' decreed by the above Acts : these * watte'lands were not waste lands ; for they yielded grass , neibage , and other provender for aU the cattle , sheep , horses , asses , geese , turkeys , and pou \ tTy , o { all the people of each parish to which they belonged They were the Commons' Lands of the parishes of Encland and whilst they afforded every thing to the people but the gram with which they made their bread , not the least use of them , as was . intended by their immortal distributor Alfred was , that their ample surfaces should be the perpetual nlav-C ^ -l ^^^ A ^^ i ?! - 4116 May-Sa / W otblr jorine diversion ol the

      uouaay scenes younKmen and maMpn » of WviW- .-and that they should be tie MeiTao ? which the surrounding yeomanry were to practise thoge feats of arms which kept France and other countries in awe , when Enuliah men were ENGLISHMEN . It was a great piece of scoundrelism in the man who first called these commons «« Wastesand no less loin those who have perpetuated the freebootin « r delusion . Thjsnickname , with the bit-b y-bitmanner inwhicE the parish lands have been enclosed , were the onl y thinJg which saved the bacon of the confiscatore : had a « general * law been paasea , at any period , forthe enclosure of all the commons in England , not a spark 0 / life WO uia havebeen left inTtheTa cassea of any of the spoliators , at the end of a month after its t ^^^ t ^^ h ^^ l- ^ author * of the Black Book in

      ought to have known that the only ^ fe , England , Scot-W , and Ireland , are the moors and uplands belonirind to the * " *' ' Sfc ? ° lnlit W 1 the Ge ? yAWch exte&iv ! tracte are useful for no earthly purpose but for shooting and hunting wild animals ; and yet , when do we hear of Acts of Parliament for the enclosure of any of these ? No , no ! the wTatW holders hayealwarBbeen too good jud ges of their own interests for that . In the teeth of the Tentn Commandment , they we ferred to increase their ample domains , by covetW theTa ^ of the * poorer neighbours . * Whenever ^ or ^ our of S cormorants thought'fit to parcel out a confiffuou .. E £ ! 5

      among uremseww , they set the greatert rogue of an attorney in the fcstnet , to draw a Bill , and to go round the ^ arisl for a sufficient number of signatures , or eonsenu , 0 { th £ Jor denls , who were thus required to sell their own and K grea l ?^ ^ ^ ' l * &fc *» l « am £ ofpttege -and woe beaded the miserable cottager , whether male or female b £ jto ^* ^ ° / "T ^ ' - ^ orefold t oStte fatal deed ! Their wretched alternative was to choose between the ejection of themselves and famine * from their wt and homesteads , or of their cattle , their donkeys , and tt ™;» ™ i from the common which had been bequeathediv *¦ f ' fathers to them and to their children , l ? OR EVeK !"^ f ° re '

      I shall make no comment on this paragraph : it speaks for itself . Tours , &c . BRONTERRE .

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      Mr . Aeland once more . —We give below Mr . F . O'Connor ' sJlnal answer to this gentleman , relative to the discussion on the New Poor Law . - This replication should have appeared in our last , but for the fact , that though personally addressed to Mr . O'Connor , Mr . Jcland ' s letter was forwardedj in the ' first instance , to the Mercury Office , and then sent to the Northern Star Office , on Friday morning . Mr . O'Connor being out of town , did not , of course , see it until Saturday , after our paper was published . Why the letter was not Jirst setit to the person to whom it was addressed , Mr . Aeland andthe ' Mercury can best explain .

      ( A COPY . ) Leeds , 18 th June . Sir , —I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter . You call me dictatorial ; I shall not retort . You do not accept my challenge . I accept yours , with the exceptions of charge for admission , ( I never have charged for any service I have rendered the public—I never shall , ) and the time , which can make no difference . I am pledged to attend a meeting at Newcastle , on the 28 th , and shall be ready in a few days after that period . Thus I leave to you the selection of the place , the topics for discussion , and the order of speech . Should you be inclined to meet me , please address , Post Office , Newcastle-upon-Tyne .

      Your obedient servant ,

      FEARGUS O'CONNOR . To J . Aeland , Esq . ? Post Office , Liverpool . £ Our Scotch Agents . —As ive have not recevied any orders for portraits from our Scotch Agents , we do not send them till next- week , when we shall expect timely orders-We received 8 s . 6 rf . on Saturday last , from a few friends , at Clifford , for assisting in the prosecution of Mr . Justice Clapham . J , Sykes , Slaithwaite . —His letter on the condition of the handloom weavers has been receivedbut its contents have been often stated , both by ourselves and other writers , in the Star . He will , therefore , see the impropriety of our inserting it .

      Thomas Beggs . —His poetry has been received , and is under consideration . J . B . Bottling Wood , "Wigan . — We cannot comply with his u fervent request . " We have no recol * lection of more than one previous communication from him , which was noticed in our answers to . Correspondents . Hebden Bridge . —We have received £ \ from the Secretary of the " Clapham Justice Fund . " Errata in our last . —In Mr . Oastler's letter , page 7 , col . 2 , paragraph 3 . —Line in that paragraph , 7 , for " rates , " in italics , read " Rents , " in Capitals . His 7 notto is " No B , ates "—Ours wilt be "No Rents . "

      Mr . Cleave , -The letter of Mr . Cleave , in reference to our remarks on his speech at the Dorchester labourers' dinner , has been mislaid , and was only found a little while before going to press with our present number . It shall appear next week . Local News . —Our Correspondents will oblige the readers of the Northern Star by taking care that their Neivs-parcels shall not reach us later than Thursday noon . We often get shoals of local News after we have gone to press , and dissatisfac / ion is caused by its omission . Contributions . —All letters or other literary contributions intended for insertion , must be at the Office on Wednesday . We cannot pledge ourselves either to insert or notice half of the hundreds of letters we receive .

      Mr . O'Connor regrets that a prior engagement at Newcastle will prevent him from attending the summons of his Preston friends . Mr . O'Connor docs not knmO what Mr . Collins ' address is , but should this meet him , it will inform him that he has been requested to attend a grand popular demonstration at Preston , upon the Coronation day . 0 . may continue to communicate . A well known Gentleman of Leeds is an old stale Joke . William Wood . —His address to the Working Classes is very good , but tee have not room for it .

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      Mr . Fletcher ' s case , of Halifax , has not come to hand . tVs shall be most happy to give our opinion upon it . TheMagistrates who made the man who lost his hat pay the expences , acted illegally . Several legal questions are under consideration , but really we must desire that querists will not send us long documents for perusal . Again we tell them , we : will not read them .

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      Caution to Watchmen .- On Wednesday last , Mr . John Gott , resident at Hunslet , appeared before the Magistrate , charging a watchman named Charles Castletowh , with assaulting him in a most violent and unprovoked manner . The complainant stated that on the evening before , he and his wife were going along Miifield Terrace on their way home , when the watchman flashed his lantern in their facesL He remonstrated with the watchman for what he termed his insolent conduct , when he immediately pushed him off the causeway . Words ensued , and the watchman , after beating him in a

      most unmerciful manner , handcuffed him to bring him to prison , and also attempted to put the handcuffs upon the man's wife , notwithstanding that the complainant both gave his name and address when askedj and offered to go to the watchhouse without any violence or compulsion . Two or three respectable witnesses bore testimony to the brutal manner in which the watchman used his staff on the occasion , and evidently without the least cause for doing so . They also testified to the meddlesome conduct of the watchman with other persons passing along the road , and complained that instead of taking the parties the direct road to Leeds , he went across Hunslet Moor , aiSi took them nearly a

      mile out of their way .. The watchman , in his defence stated , that when he flashed his light in their faces they used abusive language , and tnat Gott struck him and pushed him off the causeway . He admitted having struck Gott with his staff , and also haying put the handcuffs upon him , which he said he did , because after he had struck him , he run away . He denied having attempted to put the handcuffs on Mrs . Gott , but the contraTaiy was proved hy Mr . Gott ' s witnesses . The magistrates thought the case was a very aggravated one , and were fully convinced that the watchman had assaulted the

      complainant in a most violent and unnecessary manner . They also deprecated the practice of watchmen flashing their lanterns in the faces of respectable people , and especially at so early a time of night as half-past ten o ' clock . He was fined 40 s . and eostsypr , in default of payment , was to be committed to Wakefield for two months . Sometime after this judgment was pronounced , it was proposed to him ; to take his choice either of going to Waketield for two months or-of ^ ^ being : dismissed from the service . He chose the latter alternative , and was consequently dismissed .

      Inqvest . —Yesterday mornings an inquest was held at the Court House , on view of the body of Sarah Thornton , aged 41 , who died at the Infirmary , in consequence of having fajlen from some steps & week before . Verdict , Accidental Death .

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      Northern UNiON ^ WB ^ nderstand nembers of the Northern Union will hold a meeting it their room , in Mr . Standing ' s Temperance Coffee House , Briggsite , thi 8 evening , at eight o ' clock , and aa every Monday night , at the same hour . The committee for obtaining subscriptions for the prosecution of Mr , Justice Clapham , wiU meet at the same place , on Monday and Saturday evening . Felony , —Mary Hardcastle , a washerwoman , was charged before the magistrates on Monday last , with having stolen a silk handkerchief , the property of a w « man named Mary Robinson . The prisoner had taken some clothes to a mangle , and when going away took the handkerchief in her hand under her own bundle of clothes . She afterwards sold the handkerchief to the wife of a beer-house keeper , for Is . 6 d . and a glass of ale . The charge having been proved she was committed for trial . ' tiLt . ' -. '— . 1 . — l-. TT .. * a . « •*— - ' " - " - - •• .-. .. - V

      -Royal . Eountv to Mr . Wm . Hirst . —We are happy to say that the application made far the extension of the Royal Bounty to Mr . Wm . Hirst , of Leeds , has been to a considerahle extent Bucce ? sful ,- ^ -Lbrd Melbourne haying ordered a grant of Two Hundred Pounds to be paid to him , " which is the only means of relief at his Lordship ' s disposal which can be available for the object . " The good offices of Lord Holland materially contributed to this result . The " memorial on Mr . Hirst ' s behalf was prepared and signed under the zealous attention : of Mr . Benjamin LLvesey , who accompanied Mr . Hirst to London . Several subscriptions have also been made for Mr . Hirst ' s relief among the mercantile houses in- London .

      FoRGERY .-e-On Friday , ahout noon , a young man went to the West Riding Bank , in Briggate , Leeds , and tendered for discount a bill of exchange for £ 278 10 s ., purporting to be drawn b y R . J . and W . Garnett , on Messrs . Jones , Lloyd , and Co ., bankers , London , infavbur of Messrs . Jno . Sturges and Co ., or order , No , 521 , and bearing date Bradford , June 29 th , 1838 . It was indorsed " Pr . Jno . Sturges and Co ., " " Jn . Cole , " " D . Stalt and Sons , " and '" J . G . Hainsworth . " The genuineness of the bill was immediately suspected by the bankers , on account of the London firm upon whom it was drawn , as Messrs . Garnett are in the habit of drawing upon Messrs . Williams and Co . When the man was questioned about the bill , he stated that

      he had received it that morning from Messrs . J . and Hainsworth , of Farsley , and that he was agent to Mr . Akeroyd , of Halifax . This statement did not much improve the appearance of the matter , and he was detained until Mr . Read , chief constable , was sent for . On his arrival , the man gave the same account to him . In answer to further questions , he said that his name was Broadbent Mason , ' and that he resided in George's-street , Halifax ; but-there is reason to believe that he resided in the neighbourhood of Bradford . He was immediately brought

      before Messrs . Stansfield and Musgrave ) who were sitting on the bench at that period . He was remanded until Saturday , when the parties whose named he had forged appeared and proved the offence against the prisoner . He made no defence , and he was committed for trial to York Castle . . In prison he had written two letters , one to a brother at Bradford , the other to a respectable firm in Leeds , in whose service he had been sometime previously employed ; in both of which he admitted having done wrong . ;

      Insolvent Debtors' Court . —On Monday a Court for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors was held at . the Court House , Wakefield , before Mr . Commissioner Bowen , when the following Insolvents were disposed of . Discharged forthwith ; Ann Walker , of Knaresbro " , draper ; Abraham Hall , of Doncaster , nurseryman and gardener ; Wm . Stokes , of Doncaster , coal dealer , hair dresser , and beer seller ; Wm . Woodson , of Wakefield , journeyman joiner ; William Ashforth , and Isaac Ashforth , of Scholes , near Rotherham , nail makers ; Henry Crookes , of . Sheffield , printer ; J . Nell Gilson , of Halifax , out of business ; Thomas Bridges , of Sheffield , hatter ; Thos . Hasland , of Sheffield , blade forger ; Edward Hutton , of Sheffield , publican . Remanded—James W . Bell , Rotherham , adjourned to York ; Richard Watson , Allerton By water

      publican and . horse dealer , adjourned to next circuit , or discharged conditionally on paying £ 198 . Qs . 6 d . into Court , or allowing the creditors to have the property equally ; Benjamin Roberts , jun ., of Stanningley , near Leeds , joiner , to go back four months from the filing of his petition ; Septimus Wragg , of Sheffield , cutler , to go back for seven months , ¦ from the filing of his schedule . The Rev . Tho » . Kilby , late of Wakefield , to go back for six months from the date of filing his schedule . In this case the learned Commissioner merely looked over the papers produced at the last examination , and stated that he had bad a conference with the Chief Commissioner Reynolds , when it was concluded to remand as above . The decision , we understand will lengthen out Mr . Kilby ' s confinement for about six weeks longer .

      Horsforth Church Rates . —On Saturday , the 16 th inst ., a meeting of the rate payers of this township , was held by adjournment , irom the 16 th June , 1837 , to consider the propriety of , laying a church rate , Mr . Charles Fletcher in the chair . The churchwarden produced an estimate of the expenses for the ensuing year , the various items of Which amounted in the aggregate to about £ 23 . 13 s . He also brought an account of the debts which bad

      been incurred during the two last years , and which are yet undischarged , but stated at the same time that he did uot think of asking for more than a penny in the pound , which on the present valuation would raise about £ 30 , thus leaving a small balance towards outstanding debts . The several items in the estimate were then read over and put to the meeting seriatim , when the whole of them were disallowed , in consequence of which neither the churchwarden , nor any of his friends thought proper to ask for a

      rate at all . Owenites . —Mr . J . Rigby , delivered two lectures on Sunday last , in elucidation of the new views of society held by Mr . Owen and his adherents , in the large and splendid Music Saloon , South Parade . The room was crowded on both eccasions—and , in the evening , a lady offered some remarks to the large assembly at the close of the lecture , which were patiently and attentively heard by all present , and mildly commented upon by Mr . Rigby , in reply . The room in which these lectures are given is decidedly the best room for public purposes that we have in Leeds . It is the best adapted for the conveyance of sound of any in the town , and has the

      advantange of a large and commodious gallery , capable of seating from 200 to 30 Q persons . ' The room is fitted up , too , in a manner at once comfortable and neat , w-hile the decorations reflect credit op the taste and judgment of the proprietor , Mr . Walton . A large and powerful organ occupies the tipper end of the room , and its tones are put into requisition by the Socialists , on Sundays ,-to vary and enliven their proceedings . We understand that it is their intention to get a up Social Festival for Monday night week , which we sincerel y hope may have a tendency to improve the habits and feelings of the working people . Mr . Rigby will lecture again , we believe , on Sunday next ; '

      Groundless Charge . —On Thursday last , William Collycot , a beer-house keeper , of Timble Bridge , was summoned before the magistrates on the information of a policeman , to answer the charge of having disorderly persons in his house on Monday afternoon last . Mr . Naylor ably conducted the case for the defendant , and after a patient hearing of the case , in which the most incongruous statements were made hj the informant and his witnesses , the magistrates dismissed the case as being without any proof to substantiate the charge . High NoTioNSi——On Thursday last , a poor insane girl was placed in the docks at the Rotation Office , having been taken up by a policeman under

      the following circumstances . On the night previously , though without money , she hired a hackney coach to carry her to the White Horse , in Boarlane , when having arrived there , she sent a messenger to order a coach and four to take her to Lord Harewood ' s , and refused to come out of the haefcuey coach till the other was ready . From her appearance it was at once perceived that she could want nothing of the kind ; and she was therefore taken out of the hackney coach , and conveyed to the police office . Ota her way , she said to the policeman , that she : would not be talked to b y him , for she was the lady of the town . Her mother took herhome , and promised to take careof her .

      Stealing a Smith ' s Anvil . —On Tuesday , Edward Rogers was brought up at the Court House , charged with having , on the previous night , stolen an anvil , the property of George Hutchinson , who resides in the Golden Cock Yard , in Kirkgate . He had pulled down aportion of the wall of the building to gain an entrance , and was apprehended , by Sotheran , a watchman , near the premises , with the article in his possession . He was committed for trial to Wakefield House of Correction ,

      Nicholas NicKLEBY . —A literary friend of ours , well versed in the machinery of novel making , after inspecting the published numbers of this popular work , has hazarded the prophecy , that , in the next number , we shall have Nicholas beating Mr . Waekford Squeern in his own school-room , with : his ; own cane , before all the boys . He also thinks it not unlikely that the gentle Miss Squeers will compliment the lugs of her unmanageable ' < lovier " --" that should have been " -- with a few sound thumps from a long brush

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      Mercurial Misrepbesentation ~ IIS I ^ bottt the Mercury is i * j « fi ; rt misreprew SSk' ^ nf ' In S ^ eniark 8 Hf e " * S ? at tack of Mr . O'Connor on " Justice" Clanhaw he represents Mr , O'Connor aa pledging himSi give-up Us ^ paper in case he 4 > ? ot suS g driving Clapham from Leeds . Mr . O'Connor dS no , * u ch thing . Mn O'Connor said , that if the 4 Z did not support him in his prosecution of ChS he shbuloV cease to be the proprietor of a > S which had been established for their benefit Th ! people d £ support him beyond his highest expecS tions .. But m any case the paper could not he g& up . Mr . O'Connor may retire from the proprS ^ ship ^ whenever he pleases-the Northern Star Su not ^ e given up on tiat account . It is the pS of the people-devoted to their ^ nteres ^ s ^ g by their power , and will never be given up till fl » are determined that it shall . F " l

      Cancer . —It is probable that , of all the « thn » sand ills that SeslUs heir to , "; thii is the most S * M and distressing ; it ha , ' always been Sfe the most difficult of cure , and any mode of treat ^ H by which tiie sufferings of the unfortunate victiS this dreadful malady can be safely and effectuali : alleviated ^ nust be regarded as i great boon Z society . Hence it is that we ha > e great pleasure Z direeting the attention of pur readers to Mr Wan ? advertisement , from which they wUl pereeive ff , J many who . have experienced great benefit from that gentleman ' s experience and skill , bear testimony % the efficacy of his system . J ¦ *

      Odd Fellows . —The Grand United Order « f Odd Fellows held their annual meeting at the Crown and Tleece Inn , ' Crown street , commeucing bj Monday , June 4 th , and terminating on Wednesday evening week , to ^ the entire satisfaction of theasseS bled delegates . Sheffield was re-appointed tS seat of government , and the former committee of manaee menfc re-elected for the ensuing year . The abote order is the first of the secret orders bearinaths title of Odd Fellowsestablished

      , in England . The Grand Lodge was formerly held in London , but was transferred to Sheffield in the year 1798 The then Duke of Clarence was Grand Master the governing power being vested in the Granl LodgeiDntil September 13 th , 1837 , when the majoriti of the Order at a delegate meeting , changed the system of government to an annual meeting of delegates , out of which a committee of manaeement should be annually chosen .

      Rascality . —We have received information of a most rascally piece of business having been perpetrated at Swillington last weekjby a scounord who assumed the character of a peace officer , for the purpose of entrapping and fleecing the unwary We have not had time to enquire sufficientiy into the facts as yet , but if we find the account given to us to be accurate , we will shew up the villain iu hia true colours . Accident . —A child unfortunately fell into the water

      , near the top of Harrison-row , New Roadend , which was soon followed by its mother , who out of anxiety for its safety , committed herself likewise to the water , which very much endangered the lives of both , and had it not been for the timelr assistance of Mr . O'R 66 ke , who fearlessly ventured his . own life for the sake of Tescuing them , they would both , without any doubt ^ have found a watery grave . This is the second accident of a similar nature that has happened here within a short time , and all from the neglect of the owner of the property , who ought to have the pond pallisaded or built on the upper side .

      The Explosion on board the Victoria —We aresorry to record the death of three more of the sufferers who were scalded by the bursting of a boiler on board the Hull steam ship Victoria on Ihursday last . John Asher , one of the stokers , who was taken on . board the Dreadnought hospitalship , directly after the dreadful occurrence , died yesterday . This unfortunate man was a member of the Jewish persuasion , and ^ for some time filled the situation of a police constable in the H division of the metropolitan force , but he was anxious to learn the duties of ah engineer of a steamer , and for that purpose procured an engagemen as stoker on tnef

      Doara-. ictona , in which he remained until the late explosion . The first and second engineers-Jacob Evans and William CoHlle , died last night 1 hese unfortunate men have both left wives and lamilies to deplore their sad fate , and the distress of their relatives and friends at the sad calamity which has deprived society of many valuable and worthv men is very great . Poor Barton , the only survivor * was dying last night at his lodgings at Deptford , and we tear by this time is no more ; making in all , nine victims to the last explosion on board the Victoria , , five men having been killed on a former occasion by theburstingofanotherbbilerin the

      same vessel . The engineers , previous to their deaths , solemnly declared that the gratings and boilers : of the I ictona steam-ship were defective in their construction , and it turns out that Mr . Holdings of Hull , engineer , who visited the Victoria ^^ previous to tie nrst accident , expressed his opinion " that the prin . ciple on which the machinery -was constructed wag not . safe ,. and appeared to anticipate the catastrophes which have twice occurred within three months " A letter to this effect has been received in London , andit is believed that Mr . Holding , or Holden , will be examinedwhen the juryresume theinvesfipatinn :

      Mr . Jiaker , the coroner , was informed of the death 01 Asher in the course of the morning , and by his directions the body was removed to the bouse of Messrs . Thurley and James , the undertakers , in Miadwell . The coroner issued summonses for the attendance of the same jury who were impanneled to inquire into the deaths of the other sutterers on Saturday last , to meet in the evening at the Waterman s Arms , in Lower Shadwell , to be sworn in to make inquiry into the death of Asher , and then adjourn until the adjournment day , Tuesday afternoon next , when the investigation wUl be resumed .

      ^ ExPLOsroN ^ op a Powder Magazine . — On the 5 th inst ., a powder magazine , situate within three quarters of a league from St . Gall , Switeerland blew up with a tremendous noise , and occasioned the death of eleven-individuals . A pebble , flung over the wall by a child , having struck against a nail of the roof , the sparks set fire to the powder dust which covered it , and this pr < H duced the explosion .

      The Theatre . —Mrs . Honey has been prolonging her syren stay during the present week . Great credit is due to the enterprismg manager for the spirited manner in which he labours for public gratification . We sincerely hope he may be auje quately remunerated ; but are sorry that the atten . dance on those nights when we have happened to be there , scarcely justifies the expectation . Mrs . Honey's second engagement closed last night .

      Mr . Hill ' s Sabbath Sermon . —We are requested to say , that this valuable and much expected tract , which should have been in the hands of all the booksellers to-day ^ is printed , but an accident has prevented the possibility of its being published till next Saturday ^ when , it will be seen from the advertisement , it may be had from any bookseller , or any agent for the Northern Star . The Circus . —This talented company sustains its attractions . The place is crammed out every night ; and all express the highest satisfaction at the skill and tact of the several performers .

      Steam Boat Accident at Renfrew . —^ Mrs . Lachlan , who was so severely injured , died on Friday , about mid-day . Mr . Leckie , another wf- - ferer , died on Saturday ; making in all four deaths . An examination of the captain and engineer of the Gallachar took place on Friday , before Sheriff Campbell , at Paisley . We have not heard that anr blame is attachabl e to the parties ; and on matii ^ inquiries on thespot , we learn that the pressurehai been taken off the boiler when letting out a passenger at Renfrew-ferry , and that it had not again been put on when the accident took place . — GJaS ' gow Chronicle .

      WAKBPIELD . Ossett . —The proceeds of the Ossett Graton » amounts to upwards of £ 80 , which will leave between jE 40 and £ 60 to the school , when all expenses are paid . ASHTON . Glasgow Cottoji Spinners . —The people of Ashtoh , have forwarded to the proper quarter , the sum of £ 14 . 10 s . towards supporting the wives ani families oi the Glasgow victims . We ? hon ld ^ happy toisse some : means adopted for providing « & " cient relief , for the families of the brave men , who are now wearing the corroding fetters of theoppre *" sor j and smarting under the lash of the tyrant , w their independent resistance to the full dominion 01 capital over labour .

      COOSSOP . Clapham Fund . — -The Working Men ' s Association has commenced a aubscription , which amonBtf already to nearly £ 3 towards prosecuting Mr . Pjo 1 !* Justice Claphani v the Leeds magistrate , for P behaviour in reference to Bridget Cone . We under , stand the snm stated above will be doubled w »• course of a week or two .

      - NEW MILLS . We are informed there will be a public meetiDg this evening iu new mills ; and that Mr . Deegan , of Stalybndg «» , has been invited to attend ) to explain the five important and fundamental pnnciplea of Radicalism . A numerotia assemblage 01 the- people is extected , and we confidently lope theresufi wfll be the downfaD of the WhiCT and Tories , and the formation of a sound Radical Association . :

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 23, 1838, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1011/page/4/