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    • THE NORTHERN STAB.. ' SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1838.
    • LEEDS AND WEST-RIDING NEWS
    • TO READERS & CORRESPONDENTS.
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      The Northern Stab.. ' Saturday, September 1, 1838.

      THE NORTHERN STAB .. ' SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 1 , 1838 .

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      GOVERNMENTS . : It 1 * ' not snffident that " Governments , to be Saternal , confine themselves to the mere enacting of -good laws , leaving their administrataon to be conjtfced in letter or in Spirit , according to the will of -xn interested executive . Laws should , in all cases , 1 > e yielding to mercy , and stern against oppression , Vitib an execaSve exacting an implicit x > bediebee to ^ fiieir mild anQiority . In snort , in the words -of HapolboS , as applied to MTJBXT , twb . enhe said -tf flat warrior , " That he wasn woman in the ¦ cabinet , but a lien in the field , " ) the acts of the legislature should be marked by a feminine delicacy

      'Ckmenty , justice , and humanity , / sncraH be the -ittthrguisldng tbaracteriitiet -of l * w TBMken , -wM l * * bera . resolve , and all but revengeful disposition , Trtnild best become the exeeatiye . Man can more i ^ isQy pardon iDjnry than insult , as was well ^ poortrayed by Happbb . TIkdy , when a state ^ prisoner / and asked if he bad any ' -serious objection sagainst fee discipline . Yea , " iereplied , ( forgetting ' ¦ fiie weight of his chains and the measure of Ms -confinement , ) " my vieat hat been thrown to me "in shapeless lumps" Precisely ja . similar feeling ""T ) f indignation must just now pervade the people " of this Empire . The House of Commons ,

      " instead of being a miniature of" public opinion , -5 s ^ filled -with the TepresentatiTes of orders , one" and all of whom are diametrically opposed 'to the interest of the people , whose producing powers ^ » xe looked upon as the inheritance ^> f law makers , " frith a standing army as their agents . Prom the " jreparatory school to the throne , the whole system las been so artfully arranged by the political mechanics , that nothing short of entire reconstruc"tion will now satisfy the coHntry . The municipal institutions of the nation have become preparatory

      schools for tuition in the art of corruption , instead t > f being the dispensing boards of local justice . In xo way can the graduate so well qualify for the ¦ entrance of the House of Commons , as , by holding ¦ fast to local abuses , and : by being branded with the scorn , rather than stamped with the approbation of lis iiamediate neighbours . A some time residence in ^ lis sphere of action is requisite for his promotion , and in general a perpetual absence is found necessary after his eleTanon . Tor many years , but more especially since the passing of the Heform

      E 81 } distrust instead of confidence has followed our representatives , who , knowing the ills which party "interest and loveof power have induced them to perpe--iratethey find it-necessary , for justification , to play ike tyrant instead of the protector ; the ignorance of ¦ fiie people being the ne * er-failing justification for ¦ every act of cruelty and oppression . The acts of rulers should not be simplj confined to law "making , but on the contrary , under * the proposed system of equal representation , the faithful trustee -of the people ' s rights , should , upon

      ine close of Ms Jegislatj-re duties , jeturn to his -constituents , -who , Trader XJuiTei ^ al Suffrage , would be the whole people , and there he should become the minister of those just and equal laws which he iai joined in enacting . This is -what the nation is now straggling for , in order to make the House of Commons the great Teservoir of public opinion , so that all tie ehann els -which flow from it , shall flow in purity , ^ nd if contaminated and corrupted in their absence , that the lock shall be closed against

      their return . The duly of rulers seems of late , to tave been a nice balancing of the amount of pressure which both body and mind can be brought to bear , and the standard of their ambition appears to V > e the length , to which the coward populace will allow them to go . All the evils of which we <» mplain arisa from non-representation , and , consequently , misrejfresenta . tiGn , the effect of which has / been to create wholesale povrstv in the midst of abnndance , by the bestowal of the nation's wealth

      upon the ready tools of corruption . There is no just cause for poverty in this country ; hut , on the contrary , there would be- a superabundance for all , if , under just laws , there ¦ was an equitable distribution of the national resources , always taking care that the industrious should be first provided for . -It is not wonderful that many obstacles sionld be thrown in the way of any system proposed for the restoration -of the people's rights , -which must be followed by -the . restitution of the people ' s property . Mr . Timid says , you will destroy ; Mr . Cautious says , be progressive ; Mr . Coward cries , revolution : Mr .

      Bobber calk out , plunder ; Mr . Hypocrite roars out , the church ; Mr . Trundler , nafional faith ; Mr . Landlord , Com Xaws ; Mr . Factory Lord speculation on labour ; Mr . Soldier says , his occupation would cease j Mr . Pensioner sighs for his ¦ unearned wages ; Mr . Commissioner , for his job—-while Mr . Practical , the worst of all , says , admitting your principles , where is your machinery ? Onr answer is—in the workshop ; behind the counter ; in the field ; in the shade ; in retirement ; m disgust ;—or even under altered circumstances 5 n the present House of Commons . " With Universal " Suffrage we would neither dread Peel- " nor "WelxrsGTox , Hume or O'Coxxelx , Russell or Taxmebston , Lyxdhtjbst or Brougham . Make them under Universal Suffrage the" servants of the law , instead of being as they now are , the masters of the law , and their first act of treason will be their impatience . If we suffer from any one evil more than mother , it Is the vast importance which is attached . *» the man instead of tie principle . Our present system is to divide and conquer , let our future object be to unite and defend . The disparity which t rrists between man and man is the crying evil of fi > age , we must as nature ' s guests sit more upon an equality at nature ' s feast . There Lr a knife and fork at nature ' s board for every mau , w « man , and . child , and with the blessing of God , with Universal & . iflrage as the master of the ceremonies , we Bhall s » Portly see the guests arranged in that position , from w hich death , crime , or idleness alone shall move thi un .

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      TH £ GBHAT LANCASHIRE MEETING . : iaxcASHifiE b aW t 0 re ^ eeiQ itf fomex . chapter on the 24 th of this month . Upon that 4 * j tfc * Northern line ^ Bwarm ^ fte tir o ** , who have for many s ^ ons been consuming tfttir honey . Lancashire , in it 8 MllU loca ] i&es ^ beom &r some years well organized , while the mat bead" fca ** een either slumbering , it 8 ^^ ^ aistoittd as to make the whole countenance disfigured by many parties professing to ha ^ e the eame efcjecte in liew , but all pulling different ways Upon the 24 th , however , vre confidentl y look for a

      complete amalgamation of the real elements of Badicaltfrn , acd it is -with no small gratification we inform our Northern friends , that extensive arrangements are being made at Birmingham ,, for a proper and efficient delegation from that town to fl . e north , at the bead oi * hich embassy we expect to «* Thohas Attwood , whose meeting wife his Xdleagne , the bold and virtnor , * FieLD £ x , will form «^ er Btreng Jink in the great chain ot agicadon . We apon the Bubject of agitation , we must caution tte Badicals againit the gam e Wing plajed b y the "Whig press and the "Whi g demag ogues . The people most reflect , that upon every occasion when

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      the dominant faction appears * weak , the recess is devoted to the xfiseussion of liberal crotchet * . In 1835 , Mr . O'Connell w « s sent about the country upon the Lords and the Bishops , and the Sefbrm of the Lords was moulded into practical agitation , in order to distract attention from the iniquities of the Commons . The Reform was to commence with the -expulsion of the Bishops ; and how was this practical agitation carried into effect ? "Whyj by giving us two new Bishops to begin with ! ! The people , to their honour , did not join in the

      buffoon clap-trap , and the Commons have to rgoiee that , instead of reforming the Lords , they have certainly moulded themselves to the temper of that august assembly . In 1837 , the VThigs again became weak , and required another hobbjjhoree , when Mr . Htjmb and other "Whig Members originated a post mortem laudation of the Scotch Martyrs , to whose memories they proposed the erection of cold Muuuata , -wb 8 « they created the agitation for the express purpose of stifling a consideration of the principle for which they suffered , namely , Universal

      Suffrage . Had that projectsueceeded , a series of Whig meetings was in contemplation , but happily Mr . Psabqus O'Connor moved and carried an amendment for th » recognition of the principles for which thelirave Scotch patriots suffered , and thus the plot exploded . In 1838 , "Wakley met the Commons by an amendment to the Queen ' s speech , which amendment was declaratory of the justice of the five great principles . The "Whigs instantly got up the « ry for the Ballot , and sent their puppets about the country like rat catchers , with their

      rattraps under their arms , but that cry was also met and silenced . Now , the cry for Universal Suffrage increases , and we are to be met with Household Suffrage , which is meant as an antidote to the poison , and with the repeal of the Corn Laws . Every thinking mind mnst at once see that the object of this counter agitation is to weaken the Universal Suffrage force , by discussing the details before we obtain * the machinery which is to work them . The course of agitation , like that of true love , never yet ran smooth . " When we called for the release of

      the slave from bondage , he was apprenticed to harder slavery . " When we demanded a repeal of the Union , we got Coercion . " When we petitioned for the total Abolition of Tithes , we got a bill which takes 25 per cent , from the Parson , and 25 per cent , from the tenant , and gives fifty per cent , to the landlord . "When we asked for cheap political knowledge , the newspaper was made cheaper for tbe rich man , and dearer for the poor man . When the agriculturist petitioned for a redress of grievances , that portion of the King's speech which referred to

      it was read by the order of Earl Spencer , for the purpose of grounding the Tobbery of the poor upon the prayer of the rich ; and so now , if we are not upon the watch , instead of bread we shall have stones or bullets in answer to our prayers . These preliminary observations wiil put the people upon their guard ; and will also arouse the brave Radicals of Lancashire to a sense of that duty which they owe to themselves , to their families , and to their country . Much will depend upon the report which the Birmingham delegates shall make upon their return ; and , as our word is pledged for our fellowworkmen , we know the pledge will be honourabl y

      redeemed . Let eTery man , then , be at his post . Lope not an hour , nor yet a moment ; let the most humble suppose , that upon him , —and upon him alone , — depends the regeneration of his country . Monday , the 24 th , must be a general holyday —a national political feast , and speedily the great county of York will respond with its hundreds of thousands of voices to the general cry for Liberty , Liberty , Liberty , without which life is not worth preserving . Be it remembered , that he who carries an amendment for Universal Suffrage , carries , with it , the Tepeal of the Corn Laws , the repeal of the Poor Law , and the repeal of all bad laws as a necessary consequence-

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      ^ THE PALAYEREH . "We had prepared a lengthy article on the " blarney" of Mr . Mott , to the Poor Law Goardiani of Huddersfisld , and the clear-toned echo thereof in the columns of our friend , the Mercury . " We are obliged to postpone its insertion till another week . Meantime we most emphatically warn all true lovers of peace and of the poor to be careful how they receive the oily-tongued deceptious Statements of this tramping panper . " We repeat our last week ' s words— " Put Contidxxce in the Devil , ok the Devil Sings , bathes than in Mott .

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      OASTLER AND HIS ENEMIES . Op all cowardice , that is the most contemptible which tramples exultingly upon , what it may suppose to be , a fallen enemy . The " reckless" Poor Law partisans of the " base , bloody , and brutal" faction , seeing Oastler in some respect the victim of unflinching principle , have unanimously setup a yell of triumph , such as could have proceeded from no other quarter . Having , as they vainly hope , succeeded in driving him from that position which enabled him to

      exercise an influence capable of withering their murderous efforts for the total subjugation of the last ener gies of an oppressed people , they follow , bloodhound like , in Ml cry upon the scent , { waxing warmer in ferocity as they approach nearer to the death , ) to hunt him out of existence , and consign even his memory to infamy . Trick , cunning , deception , and misrepresentation , ( the hacknied and

      wornout tools of thewretches , ) ha * ebeen exhausted to no purpose ; and in the desperate plungings of their " reckless" fnry , Teconree is nad to malicious or wil ful falsehood . In the Sun of Wednesday evening last , along article is devoted to the purpose of goading on the " Government" to come in to the aid of the « Squire , " and put the finishing stroke to the work , by applying the knife , at once , to the throat of the game .

      Never was it our lot to read a more despicable piece of lying malice than this article . " Mr . T . Thobnhill , " says the writer m BL ^ W ? Maet ^ ' converfing hU money to toWk to i ^^ J mcUoMI y ^ aow cunxiinglj setting ^ chVS ^^^ ° ^ a % ^^/ tna peoplI ocenjation . WitS ? . *^? v" ? del ? fe-f <> r the loss of his BSwsS ^ SS ^ sSStttt ftsS ^ & ^ rasss * midScc , new Hudaersn ^ rotrKS ^? ^? 1 " . 051118 ¦ nrt nf- * MmWJ * « . ^ . 5-rtT ? . » = « aw » y >« t , he jtot nD a

      whom hl ^ d i ^ po ^ dT ^^ hr ^ S ^ ^^ of the Uw Ui q ™ & , aid FwSfS ^ iffiSSM ** ilT he addressed a mob in a WhlyinflamnWnrt i ^ whfc * . resolution , were pa ^ ' vS ^ ESffiS ^ g Or tter , Kiting forth the necesrity of the » ^^ ^^ man in the present emergency , aiicL recommending » p ^ Uc subBcnptipn , out of the proceeds of which * freehold estate i « to be pnrchased'fcr the disinterested advocate of the richtL of the poor . Not thinking this a sufficient' demonstration' of hwenerg ie * « ad purposes , thk Tory champion of-order and submisuon to the powers that be' afterwards published an Address to the People of England , from which , as it is a curiosity in its way . we shall make one er two extracts . "

      We are quite fture that every one who reads the above paragraph and who knows the circumstances to which it alludes , will perfectly concur in our desi gnation of it Here we have , first , the assertion of Mr . Thobnhill , ittpndentl y put forth as proof of Oastler ' s guilt , and the words " Unjust Steward" applied to him on that account We have the " lie" that the "dismissed functionary is now netting to work to indemnify himself . " The fact being , as the writer of this article well knows , that the " work" has been " set to" many weeks ago , not by the " dismissed functionary » but by others . We have the

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      m lie" that " he got up a sort of cavalcade ) ( Sec , " which every body know * to be a lie . And then we have the crowning , laughable , ridiculous "lie , " that Mr . Oastler , not content with the "Fixby Demonstration , " " afterwards published . an address to ¦ t he People of England , &c . &c . / ' the said address having been published in the Northern Star } and a copy of it sent to the Sun , " a week before that event ! ! So much for the harmless malice of the " Sun . " Coupled in the same leash we find the Manchester Guardian , . who speaks , of Mr . Oastler ' s

      dismissal , aa * ' A feet which , we presume , could surprise nobody , who , being aware how much of that individual ' s time and energies were devoted to a coarse of mischievous agitation , must have felt tkat such s line of proceeding was altogether incompatible with that degree of regular attention which , an employer i » entitled to expect that nis steward should pay to his concerha . It might hare been supposed to be so dear , that a master ha * aa abaomte right to bspens * with the services of any of his dependents , without stating his reasons , or being accountable to anybodr , that the impertinence of making a sort of appeal -to the public on such , a subject would be universally felt and -avoided . It seems , however , that this is not the case ; but that , in th « neighbourhood of Hudderafield , inflammatory placards liare been addressed to the passions of the populace , of which , we are told , even went the length « f holding out threats against Mr . Thomhul , on tk » ground that he had discharged Mr . Oastler in consequence of that individual ' s conduct as to the New Poor Law .

      This venomous attack is intended to wound it several points . First , for the " mischievous agitation . " " Agitation" seems to have been considered " mischievous , " not in regard to the " time" occupied by it , but to the object towards which it was directed . For so long as the " mischievous agitation" was against the Lords of the Factory—against their tyranny , Mr . Thobnbill was delighted with his steward's " mischievous agitation . " Then he cheered him by his approving smiles—by his influence and his cash . He caused his steward to be introduced

      to the Duke of Wellington , by the Duke of Rutland ; nay , the Squire then absolutely subscribed 20 guineas towards the" agitation" of his " Steward , " and it is only when that" agitation " has been for some time energetically directed to tbe enforcement of the " prior mortgage" of the poor upon the soil , that the " Squire , " the rich landed proprietor , discoveredit to be " mischievous ! " Let the Guardian account for that . The Guardian discovers that a master has " an absolute right to dispense with the services of his dependants without stating his reasons . " Whoever disputed the right ? When did Oastler ask him for a reason ? As to

      the " inflamatory placards , " it is a mere invention of the Guardian . There were no such things . We are a little surprised that the Guardian should expect any body to believe its assertion of such a thing without offering proof . The value of the Guardian's assertions , upon any subject where the Interests of the poor are concerned , is too well known for that . But the " appeal to the people" in this matter was " impertinent . " Why , truly , so we think ; and we are astonished that Mr . Thornhill should have

      thought of such a thing . It was he , and not Mr . Oastler , who appealed to the public by his two letters from Cowes , of the same date . After the publication of those letters , the public , of course , required an explanation from Mr . Oastler , and he had no alternative but that of responding to Mr . Thornhill's " appeal . " Finally , the Guardian advises Mr . Oastler , in another part of his article to " bring his accuser to the point . " Never fear ! Mr . O . will not need the aid of the Guardian m doing that . We have no doubt , that Mr , Oastler is fully qualitied to settle his affairs with Mr . Thorxhill . His letter to that gentleman , given in another part of this paper , shows that he intends to do so without loss of time ; and we must take leave to tell the Guardian that his interference

      in tbe matter savours somewhat of "impertinence . " ' The people of England know enough of Mr . Oastler and his dastardly opponents , to be able to estimate the vituperation of the "base , bloody , and brutal " faction at its true weight .

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      TO THE EDITORS OK THE NORTHERN STAR . London , August 29 th , 1838 . My Dear Sirs , —Being obliged to leave town to-day , I have only time to say , that I purpose addressing the people of England , through your paper , next week . As my address will be rather lengthy , I shall send it earlier in the week jthan usual . The account of the " Extraordinary public demonstration at Huddersfield , " inhonourof Mr- Oastler , which reached town this morning , has already created a tremendous sensation . I have heard

      several persons speak of it in terms of rapturous interest . Mr . Oastler has acquitted himself nobly . towards the people of England . If the latter be just and wise , they will acquit themselves in like manner towards Mr . Oastler . No other public man of the day has followed up his professions , and given them practical effect , with so much consistency , courage , and perseverance , as has Mr . OASTLER . Hisjirofessions , it is true , do not embrace the whole of what we want , nor are the remedies he proposes adequate to cure the evils he complains of ; but still he has set an example which only needs to be acted upon by men of more enlarged views , to ensure the

      salvation of the country . No man more regrets than I do , that Mr . Oastler cannot be brought to see the necessity of Universal Suffrage , or rather , that he has not hitherto seen it ; but I should hold myself to be the basest of mortals if I did not , at the same time , acknowledge that he has done more to pull down the power of our worst enemies—that he has done more to exorcise the foul fiend , Mammon , and to resuscitate amongst us that fine old martial spirit of our ancestors , ( without which we shall never obtain either Universal Suffrage or anything else worth looking for , ) than half the soi-disant Radicals who vaunt so much of themselves , and snarl so much at their betters . Let the latter

      des--cr iption of gentry only do half as much for the cause they profess to have at heart , as Mr . Oastler has done for his ; let them show only half the zeal , half the intrepidity , half the enthusiasm , constancy , and generous devotion which Mr . Oastler has evinced during a period of many years , and they will then have some claims on public attention when they assail one of our best and bravest benefactors . Moreover , if Mr . Oastler

      be not the real advocate , neither is he the enemy of Universal Suffrage . I have watched him closely for some years , and never have I known him to thwart , oppose , or undermine our cause i n any way . On the contrary , I have always observed him presenting the hand of fellowship to the real friends of Universal Suflrage , with the same cordial warmth that he presents it to an honest Tory of his own kidney , or that he would present it now to

      " A fine old English gentleman , One of the olden time , " were it possible to revive that ail-but extinct breed in this Jevr-ridden age . In fact , his motto appears to have been always this— " An honest man is the noblest work of God : show mean honest man , and , regardless of what party he belongs to , I will press him to my heart : I will oonvince him if I oanj and , if I cannot , I will , at all events , co-operate with him , heart in hand , in all practical measures for

      the benefit of our common country to the utmost extent that the difference of our views and politics will permit . " Such is the man that I have always recognized in the person of Bichard Oastler . Compare such a man with the griping , grinding , slave-driving , accumulating , Jew-minded , rottenhearted , pig-headed , pinch-pauper , water-gruelling crew , who are now lording over Englishmen , and who , not daring to assassinate Oastler , are seeking to drive him to beggary and ruin , in re-

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      venge for the opposition he has given them ! Compare the two parties ^ or rather contrast them , ( for it would be both ludicrous and insulting to Mr . Oastler to compare him with such wretches , ) and what a spectacle does the contrast present ! It presents genius ^ eloquence , patriotism , Christianity , and virtue , left without a home ; and avariee , extortion , usurpation , tyranny , and vice , revelling in every luxury , and forging chains for industry and worth ! What a contrast to be exhibited in a country which was onee " free and merry " England ! I know not whether it be more honourable to Mr . Oastler , or disgraceful to the land which

      permits , it At any rate , it is truly revolting to see men calling themselves Kadicals doing all they can to vilify and dishonour Mr . Oastler , by attributing to him mercenary motives , at a time when he need * every honest man ' s support against the monsters who would crush him . Honour--eternal honour to the men of Huddersneld ! They have not fallen into the Sham-Radical snare—4 hey have nobly stood by their benefactor in his hour of need—their conduct towards Mr . 0 ,, op . the day of his departure from Fixby-Halt , will be remembered long after that mansion and its Squire shall : hate Ceased to be . If all who call themselves Radicals were to

      act like the men of Huddersfield , the cause of Universal Suffrage would be soon in the ascendant . I am far from surprised , however , at the conduct of the sham Radicals towards Mr . OASTLER . Talk they never so long and loudly of Universal Suffrage ^ these parties are not our friends , but on the contrary , our deadliest enemies . It is from them , and them only , that we have anything to fear . Why do I think so ? Because I have uniformly seen them endeavouring to destroy the reputation and influence of every public man most capable of serving the

      cause ; their hostility and rancour being always in proportion to the intrinsic worth of the object of them . This is one reason . Another is , that I have invariably observed them using every art and appliance to sow division amongst the Radical body ; and where they could not effect that , to place the direction of Radical opinion in the hands of heartless intriguers , who are Radicals only in name . A third reason is , that I now find them endeavouring to get up a cry for Republicanism . This fact , my dear Sirs , is well worthy of your attention : your readers ,

      too , had better attend to it before it be too late . I have not time to enter into the subject just now , but shall do so in my address . For the present , I will only observe , that any attempts to mix up the question of a Republic ( than which nothing can be more vague , with that of Universal Suffrage ( which is a vrell understood thing ., ) can have no other effect than to sow division in our ranks , and to dissolve our organization . It will be time enough to talk of a Republic when we have obtained Universal Suffrage ; to talk of it now only tends to split us into sects , ( and thereby abandon us an easy

      prey to our enemies , ) at a moment when our undivided strength and attention should be given to Universal Suffrage . So long as we stick , to Universal Suffrage , we stand upon safe ground , because we demand only our old " constitutional " rights ; but if we raise up with it the question of a Republic , we furnish the ruling classes with the very pretext they want for crushing us , before our

      organization is completed . Pray , Gentlemen , attend well to this before it be too late . Pray , put the people upon their guard against the perfidious knaves who use Republic and Monarchy only as names of sects and seeds of division—and thus for the base purpose of either dissolving our body or betraying us to our enemies . But more of this again . Universal Suffrage—Universal Suffrage—this is the point to stick to . Yours , &c . BRONTERRE .

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      Communications . - The great circulation of the Star rendering it necessary to go to press early , we are often obliged ^ unavoidably , to disappoint our friends , by the non-i ? iser ( ion of articles which do not arrive in time . Ml communications from the country must be in the office on Thursday night , at latest j and we cannot guarantee the i ? iserlio ? i of Leeds paragraphs , if received later than 10 o ' clock on FtidayJorenoon . Several Letters have been returned to the Post Office , the writers having neglected to pay postage . Jossy , the Painter . —Toojate . Bhall appear next week .

      Correspondents .- —Our neivs correspondc ? its must oblige us by sending their communications earlier . We have this week received large packets of news from Bradford , Deivsbury , and Barnsley , eve-ry syllable of which is too late for insertion . They all know our latest hour for receiving news , and must contrive to observe it . Mr . R . Carlisle . —Mis letter on the subject of Bronterre ' s change has been forwarded to that gentleman , whose answer , when received , will be duly notified in this place . L . S . T . —His second series of verses are not so . good as his others . They are postponed for the present . 'Theportraits for Brighotise were sent on the . 2 Zrd instant to Whitworth , near Huddersfield .

      A . Metcalf , Wakefield . — We never send any papers on sale or return ; he can have any quantity he chooses to order .

      Leeds And West-Riding News

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      XiEEDS . Inquest . —On * Monday last an inquest was held at the Court House on the body of Christopher Mortimer , who was found dead on Saturday last It appeared that this man , who bad been a patient at the Leeds Infirmary , and bad left on Friday last , had , instead of proceeding home , got intoxicated , and was found and conveyed home by the Watchman , at five o ' clock on Saturday mornipg . He was found a few hours afterwards dead in the privy . An examination of the body was made by Mr . Baker , Mr . Craven , and Mr . Shacklock ; when the immediate cause of death was ascertained to be the great and excessive stimulus which was induced on a system debilitated by the long and severe illness to whidh he had been subjected .

      Radical Association . —At the regular fortnight meeting * of the Township of Gomersal Radical Association , held at the usual place last Tuesday evening , the National Petition was read to the members amidst loud cheers , and adopted unanimously , the whole of the members present pledging themselves to use every lawful means to bring the just principles which it contains into practical operation . Execution . —The unhappy man , Devey , who was found guilty at the last Warwick Assizes of

      murder in Birmingham , paid the penalty of the law on Friday last . A petition was forwarded to her Majesty from his friends and several humane persons in Birmingham , but without effect ; and the execution was delayed b y the Undersheriff for the purpose ° f gi « ng every possible chance for the arrival of a respite or reprieve , Mr . Joseph Sturge and Mr . W . Morgan having gone to the Isle of Wight to induce Lord John Russell to arrest the sentence , but not having arrived , the law was left to take its course .

      Leeds Flower Show . —On Monday , the fourth exhibition for this season took place , at the house of Mrs . Emmott , Woodman Inn , Gower-street , Leeds , when upwards of 500 Carnations and Piccotees , and nearly ; an equal number of Dahlias , of the most splendid variety , were placed on the stage for competition . Prizes were awarded to Mr . Wm . Chadwick , Mr , J , Kearsley , : Mr , B . Ely , and Mr . Wm . Whitaker . The company were not very numerous but highly respectable . Sheep Stealing . —On Saturday night , or Sunday morning last , the carcase of a fat wether sheep was stolen from a field of Mr . James Walker , jun ., Chapeltown Lane , the thieves leaving the skin , head , and entrails . A similar robbery took place on Thursday morning , on the Roundhay Road . In the latter case , the sheep belonged to a Mr . Tetley , butcher .

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      Death by Poison . —On Friday afternoon , an inquest was taken before John Blackburn , Esq ., at the Court House , Leeds , on view of the body of Maria Mallinson , the wife of John . Mallinson , a sweep , who resides in Marsh-lane . For the last twelve months she had been living with another man , by whom she had a child , which had since died . About a month ago , the : man took . her lodgings in High-street , Thornton , near Bradford , but he never afterwards visited her , being abandoned to a wretched course of proceeding ; in consequence , she proposed coining to Leeds , to see if any of her friends would render her any assistance . A girl ;

      came along with the deceased , who called at a druggist ' s shop , at Bradford , and purchased twopenny worth of arsenic . On arriving at the bouse of her husband , he denied her lodgings , and she removed to the Bank , when , shortly after : retiring to rest , she was taken very sicki with vomiting and purging . On the following day she was removed to her husband ' s house , and medical aid was prooufed ; but for six days all that she took she vomited , until she expired on the morning of Tuesday-week . To the last she denied having taken poison . Yerdiet—' That she died from the effects of poison , but how or by whom adminUttrti th « r * wa « i » evidence to satisfy the jury . "

      Wellington Bridge . —Unjust Demand . —On Tuesday last , a man named Levi Law , appeared before the magistrates , charging ; George Smithy the keeper of the Wellington bridge tolls , with having illegally taken possession » f hii hat under the fallowing circumstances : ^—the complainant and two women , were coming towards Leijds , on Sunday last , and having got over the bridge , the gate keeper demanded three-halfpence as toll . Law refused to pay this demand , and the gate keeper immediately took off his hat , which he sajd he would detain till his demand was complied with . The complainant , however , did not pass through the gate , but returned and said he would go another way . Inconsequence of the conversation which passed between him and the gate keeperthe complainant

      , walked three or four times across the bridge , for which the gate keeper demanded sixpence . On the case being brought before the magistrates , the gate keeper pleaded that he had a right to dem'and the toll of the complainant , because he had passed over the river Aire . It was determined , however , by the magistrates , that the toll keeper , in accordance with the design of the New Act , should claim toll either for passengers through the gate , or for their passing over the bridge , but that he shsuld adhere exclusively to one of these decisions ; he might please himself which ; but the magistrates recommended him to claim lor passing through tbe gate . As therefore the present complainant had not" passed through the gate , the gate keeper waa ordered to restore the hat , and to pay expenses .

      War amongst Dogs .- On Tuesday last , a Mr . Joseph Calvert , appeared before the magistrates , to lay a claim against Dr . Crouch , alias Joseph Tbmlinson , for having broken sundry ornaments consisting of four croucbiBg grey hounds , and some other articles . Calvert stated that on the previous Friday night , he went into the Coach and Horses , at the top of Meadow-lane , where there three or four gentlemen making a noise . He immediately said , " Gentlemen , you seem to be making a great noise ; if you dont be quiet , I . 'll set my dogs at you , " on which be produced his dogs , &c ., in a handkerchief . Three of the party then put themselves each in the possession of a greyhound , and a fourth broke the other ornaments to shivers . , The three dogs were also afterwards either lost or broken . The defendant was discharged on paying damages and costs .

      Charge of Pocket Picking . —On Wednesday last , two notsrious strumpets named Hannah Rhodes , and Sarah Hovyarth , were charged before the magistrates with having picked a man ' s pocket of two £ b note « , while at the Marquis of Granby public house , Lowerhead-row , on the preceding evening . It appeared that tbe complainant and the prisoners had all been in company together for some time , and that they had called together at the house

      above mentioned . One £ 5 note was found en one of the prisoners , but the complainant c-ould not identify it as his , but the prisoner in whose possession it was found said that she had keen him drop it while at the " Marquis of Granbp and she had picked it up . " The note was therefore returned to him ; but the other one was not forthcoming . The prisoners were both diseharged- ^ -tbe complainant evidently having been so drunk as not to know what he ' was about . '

      Licenses . —On Wednesday last , the borough magistrates held a meeting preparatory to the " Brewster Sessions , " which will be held at the Court House on Monday morning- next -at ten o ' clock . There were ninety applications for spirits licenses , out of which there will probably be granted i ? ome /< wror half-a * dozcn . The beerhouse keepers in the borough are to be allowed to keep their houses open till eleven o'clock at nights , from and after Wednesday next the fifth instant . Robbery . —Eliza Cauthorne , was committed to

      Wakefield House of Correction for trial at the next Borough Sessions , on the charge of having robbed a Mrs . Rhodes , of Burmantofts , of 8 d . hdlf-a-pound of sugar , and two German silver spoons . It appeared that on Saturday last , Mrs . Rhodes had a child accidentally burnt , when the prisoner , who resided next door , went into the house under tha profession of rendering assistance , at which time she purloined the articles in question . They were shortly aftervrard 9 missed and the prisoner was suspected . ' She was taken into custody by a policeman named Firth , and some of the articles were found in her ¦

      possession . . Alleged Robbery . —On Monday , John Jackson , John Walker , and William Scholes , three noterious characters , were brought up at the Court House , charged with having , on theprevious eveninjr , robbed William Thompson , one of their own fraternity , of 5 s in York-street . It appeared , that the prosecutor had some proceeds of a former robbery ; planted in a secret place , and he proposed to his companions to spend a shilling , if they would accompany him . They accepted the offer , but he declined spending more than sixpence they then took the 5 s . from him , and were given in charge . The prosecutor did not appear , for fear of an ex ^ posure , and consequently the prisoners were discharged . .

      The late Thunder Storm . —On Tuesday night last , the electric fluid struck the chamber" window of Mr . Moses Townend , Woodhouse , near Leeds , smashing the panes of glass to atoms , and forced the sash into the middle of the bed-room , tearing up part of the window frame . Fortunately no personal injury was received by any of the family . Fatal Duel . —On Wednesday morning week , a duel was foug ht on "Wimbledon Common , in which a young gentleman named Mirfin , formerly a linen - draper in the city , was shot dead . They fought with rifle pistols of unusual length of barrel . They fired twice , and it seems that , on the first oceasion , the deceased received the contents of his adversary ' s weapon in his hat , though ic missed his head . A g reat mass of evidence was adduced before the

      inquest j which was adjourned till next Tuesday . The offenders are not yet in custody . Socialists . —On Sunday last , our good friend , E . N ., engaged the attention of pur audiences , first , in the afternoon , by an address on the " Progress of Socialism , " and in the evening by a lecture , entitled "An Analysis of Human Nature . " The afternoon's address was remarkably interesting , and was listened to with the greatest attention . At its close , Mr . Eigby named three children Belonging to members of the institution , and , as two of them were the offspring of a Jew converted to the principles of Socialism , Mr . Rigby took occasion to make a few very pertinent observations

      on the doctrine of circumstances . He forcibly drew the attention of the auditory ta the fact ,, that the children then before them would , most likely , have been trained to acquire Jewish habits , Jewish feelings , Jewish customs , and the Jewish religion , had not the father been compelled to receive new convictions respecting his own faith , which had produced in him different feelings , and a consequent different action : therefore , from this circumstance alone it was possible that the character of the unconscious beings before them would be entirely different , on points of faith , from what it would otherwise have bgen . The . living arguments before them were irresistible ! not a word could be said in

      op-, position , and the effect upon the auditory was , the best that oould be desired . The evening ' s lecture was one of the most splendid compositions , we ever heard—a clear philosophical argument , expressed in the most chaste , yet at the same time , energetic and forcible language . At the close of the lecture , a new , but good natured opponent , offered a ; few obr jections , which were replied to by Mr . Rigby ,. to the apparent satisfaction of the audience . The room was crowded on both occasions . We understand that Mr . E . N . ' s lecture will shortly be publishedI ; it is calculated to do immense good to the Social cause , as it successfully routes several plausible objections often urged against the Social system . — Correspondent .

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      Mrs . NoRTON . -This lady has published a ^ spirited letter to the Editor of tne British < 3 Foreign Quarterl y Revieto , rebutting a series rf grave imputations upon her , contained in the W number ot that periodical . * . Sale of a Wife . —On Thursday mornino week the upper end of Lougbbbrough Market-plS was the scene of much confusion and disturban ^ ansing from the expectation of the "saleof a wife « near the Boot Inn . A large crowd of persons hs * assembled about eleven o ' clock , as the audience nW the occasion—a person named Quorndon , the amw tioneer and proprietor—and his wife , the nartvaW to be sold . Thfougk the interferenee , ¥ oSK £ Harris , tbe policeman , this singular exhibition w « prevented , the lady being subjected toi the atteraa ! tWlodfu t 0 IDe V " ? ' or ^ in 8 conagoed to

      .. HARVEST . --On Saturday , Mr . Joseph CoateL farmer , of Osmandthorp , near Leeds , comraenS cutting a field of oats , of very superior % uaUty S a most abundant crop ! it is computed that they ' * m weigh 25 st . per quarter , and are foil three 3 . earlier than any sown in the neighbourhood at tS , am « p « nod . ^ ^ T ; Sudden DEATHs . --On Monday evening W inquest was taken before J . Blackburn , Ksq ^ at Si Court-house ,, on view of the body of ChristophS Mortimer , who lodged at Uriah Buhner ' s , in H ^ dow-lanef On Monday morning he , was found dead in bed . ¦; he had been in a very indifferent stated health for a long period . Verdict— " Died from natural causes ^ On Tuesday , an inquest was he 5 before J Blackburn , Esq ., on view of the ; body of Harriet Rhodes , a child residing with her parent ! at

      jBurmantons , whose clothes unfortunately caneht fire on Saturday , " when she was so severely burnt at to expire on the foUowing day at the Infirmarr Verdict— "Accidental Death . " **?' Ancie nt Romans ^— On Monday last , ' being the fifth anniversary of the Grand Senate , upwards of fifty of the members sat down to a sumptuous dinner provided for the occasion , by Thomas Radcbffe of the Three Horse Shoes , in Park-lane . The festl vibes were kept up , in the Titmost conviviality t ? ! . ! j ^ ° > when the company separated highly delighted with the evening ^ ^ ntertaittnS

      Festival . —We Understand that the rickets fb . the approaching Social Festiva ^ on Monday eveninir are nearly all disposed of . We hear that the Con ? mittee have determined to issue -one hundred favom tickets less than at the last Festival .- This is verj judicious . The excess of company was on thai occasion , the only drawback on the pleasures of the evening . ' I : : SyNDAY Schools . —On Sunday evening W the Rev . G . Lamb , superintendent of the Halifax circuit , in the Primitive Methodists , delivered i

      very elaborate address to the Sunday School Teaeheri . in the Roundhill Chapel , near Ambler-thorn , from the 18 th chapter of St . Luke , and part of the 16 ft verse , " Suffer little children to come unto me aaj forbid them not , for such is the kingdom of God . " WiGAN . —Socialism . —On Monday eveniuelagf Mr . John Easby , of Manchester , according to S * vertisement , delivered an address in the Assemblr room , Wigan , adjoining the Royal Hotel , agaimt the doctrine of Owenism . The audience evidentlr consisted of the reflecting portion of society . Hr Easby commenced his lecture by soliciting discussion at its close , which was loudly cheered . He wa listened to with marked attention , interrupted occisionally by the cheers of his auditory .

      The Foreign Ambassadors and the Ciw Princes . —The City Princes are , indubitably , 6 tr London Aldermen , and far eclipse the Merchant Princes of Venice by the magnificence and pro . digality of their banquets . Nothing is so well cat culated to give the envoyes of other states an idea of the opulence of this country . And should not every Alderman be at his post ? He should . Bat feasting has its alloys in— Rheumatic Gout-and unless treated with a curative Ointment , such ai HoLLowAY ' s Universal Family Ointment may continue to torture and perplex . ThisiovaluJ be remedy never fails to cure this dreadful complaint . It is a pity that this fact is not more generally known . ; D ¦

      H , oK T Vn ^ NiNG .-0 n Tuesday eveniDg , l-KM ° ^ orge CaWert ' aged 22 , and brewe with Mr . Colhngs , of Hunslet , was taken but of the _ river . The deceased was drowned while battling . Cloth RoBBERy . -pn Monday , Samuel Gihm was brought up at the Court House , charged with bavmg stolen a quantityof cloth , the property of Mesrs . W . Eyre * and ' Sons , clJth merchant ^ of th ? s town . The property had been stolen from Mr . Chorey ' s dreSsing . sho , Park-lane . It appeared Mr W J ™ ° ! i ? f ™** fiferit , g the cloth for sale a * M \? M S m £ > Rosd Knd ' When he was ap . prehended . Thc property was fully identified , but it being the prisoner ' s first offence , the parties : & clmed to prosecute , and he was discharged

      Daring RoBBERY . -Oa Thursday evening last the shop of Mr . Hep worth , Vicar-lane , was entered between seven and eight o ' clock , and the till"S taining ^ a £ 5 . note , some sovereigns and silver T ^ Tl , J t ^ nty pounds , wls stolen away , 1 ne shop had not been left many seconds , by tEe person vrho was attending to it , when the robberf fon ' nHTTK P ° lice ^ named Lamber lound the till about two hours afterwards , in Nelson . street , which is not more than about one hundred yards from Vicar-lane . No clue has yet been ascer tained which may lead to the disbovery of tk

      BARNSLEY . Harvest has commenced in a number of villages in the neighbourhood of Barnsley and there appears to be full an average crori in aB Kinds of corn . Serious Accident . —An explosion of fire damp took place on Tuesday afternoon , in the Barnsley New Colliery , ( Hopwood and Co . ' s . ) bj | rhich three persons , named Job Mankin , Thonui Fairhurst , and — Ogden , were much burnt , bnt . we understand , not dangerously .

      The Text . —A farmer who resides not 100 miles ^ from Carlton , near Barnsley , has made it » practice to compel all his servant men to attend Royston Church on Sundays . On Sunday he kept them doing different jobs about the honse , until it was near church time , he then ordered them to clean themselves and go to church , which they did ; he also made a practice for the servants to dine

      on Sundays on a pie made of bone , which wag cut from the meat that he and his family dined from , and also had a pudding mixed with nothing but water and flour . On their return , he asked what the text was ; one said it was " to pie , a ? id water pudding . " "Thou may '' gb / « jd he , " I can do without thee \ " upon this thqr all rose , and said in one voice , " aye , and WD all go . " . '

      BRADFORD . Registra tion . —The Yellows have made 60 objections against voters for the Ridingfor the town , ship of Bradford , aud the Blues 41 . For the borough the Tdlows have made 50 claims for the borong li ) and the Blues 48 . We understand that not ahorf 19 of these claims will be g 6 od > as the greater number are disabled for non-payment of poor rates . Thunder STpRM . - ^ -On Tuesday night , aboutnlW o ^ clock , Bradford was vwited by a thunder « tonn The lightning was more vivid , and the QiWf louder , than we ever saw or heard . The ^ «* scendedin torrents . Itseemed in every , ^ thing b ? tne hnncane , to realize the tempest dep icted m "King Lear . "

      ^ Bacchus by Moonlight . —r-James Bnrle > Michael Murph y , and John Cass , were charged " the Court House , on Tuesday , with creating » ^ turbance , and assaulting the night watch . I 10 ® the evidence it appeared that they had obtained larg e quantities of ale from the Roebuck ^ which they carried in j ugs into the fields near Horton Lane , and there celebrated their Bacchanalian orgies . A ^

      they had been red hot drinking some time , the fa ^ of the jolly god began to innate their courage , so that they begap to sinite the air for breathing in thetf faces , and beat the ground for kissing their f eet ! and with pricked ears , advanced eyelids , andli ^ up noses , ; they began to shout " | Yahoo "to the great annoyance of the inhabitants , and the nigh * watch therefore a pprehended them , t Each of tha » were fined 10 a . and C 08 t 8 , 8 s . I :

      . Lr / NATlcs . —The magistrates have appointed ft ? 6 th September next , at the Conrt-house , to recede the returns of the overseers , as to | the number * lunatica and dangerous idiots m j their respecW townships withinthe division of East Morley . Noah's Ark . —The membera of the Lodge , N 0 > w , of this order , dined together at tie Roebuck Wi on Monday ; upwards of forty members sat down , w dinner . During the day a very splendid flag of tne order was displayed from the windows of the

      inn-JcBORS . —The magistrates have appointed Sep > tember 26 th , for the day on which the overseers Qi the diflFerent townships within the division of E 3 ?? Morley , are to make a return of ^ ersons vitm their respective townships . liable to serve as jurors .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 1, 1838, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1021/page/4/