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      The Masque of Clakbicabdb nas been gazetted Ambassador to Bussia . COSSIDEB-&BI . B Damagk was done to the crops IB Essex by the late storm . A Fine baxgb of Babbacks is building in Woolwich Dock-yard for tie officers of the artillery . Captain T . Woollcombb is to be appointed governw of the Juvenile Prison in the Isle of V ? igbt . Huch hatoc has BEBN MASS by fires among the p ine-woods of 2 ? ew Jersey . 3 wl Johxston issa ^ d to be still at large , and no attempt made to secure bim . The Duke of Sussex is ' about to resign the office of President of the Royal Society ; and Sir John TUersebel is spoken of as his successor . ^^^^^^^^^^ TS ^^^^" ^"' ^ " ^^ ^—™ ^ The M abqtjb of Clakbicabdb nas been Mzetted Ambassador to Bussia . gi _^ il ., ,-n ^ ^ sdonetD thBC rOtls

      ! Natural Ctjbiositx . —Three milk white hares were-lately ibund in a field at Stourhead , two of ¦ srliich are nowT > erng reared by Mr . "W ^ bb , the nead ieeper , and may be seen in his possession . The Cotjbt of Assize of Metz lately passed sentence o ! death on a young woman of Thionville , who wasfcund guilty of successive acts of infanticide upon seven of her own children . A "wbetch who had cruelly maltreated his wife at ^ New Orleans , and had been sentenced by a Court of Justice to ten years' imprisonment , was taken by a mob from the custody of the officers , and ' Lynched . "

      Thebe has been a destbtjctite fire in the dty of Hudson : it arose from a spark from the fteax-boat Congress , which was lying in the dock . Sixty houses werp burnt , and property destroyed to the amount of £ 200 , 000 . The FatalDuel . —The adjourned inquest was held on Tuesday , when the surgeon and seTeral other witnesses were examined . No" new information of any public interest transpired . The inquest was sgain adjonrned . Mr . Elliot , the successful comtataat , and his second , are in Jrance . Coaching . -The Great "Western Railway has been the means of considerably reducing the fares from London to "Windsor ; some of the proprietors Bow only demand 2 s . instead of 4 s . ; this is Is . less than the expense of going per railroad . "

      Fbcit Go bgebs . —After the close of the late horticultural show at the Archery Rooms , South-Hampton , a number of Vandals , both male and female , broie in , and , under colour of taking a view ef the exhibition , " devoured nearly all the fine fruit in tended for the society ' s dessert . A new steam-boat ia"w goes into force in the United Statesmen the 1 st of October . It tends to protect the lives of passengers by many salutary legnlarions , and was loudly called for by the immense sacrifice of life that bas occurred through wanton nesliaence .

      Opes Aih Preaching . —Two young men , bom very illiterate , the one a weaker and the other a FBgar refiner , were held to bail at Lambeth-street omce yesi-rday , for collecting a crowd in the Mileend-rosd , by taking upon themselves the office of preachers . About forty of the congregation of one of them were known as convicted thieves . A COilPAST IS ABOUT TO BE FORMED in PMlaaelprua , to be called " The London , Liverpool , and Philadelphia Steam 2 \ avi ; ra . don Coinpanv , " with a -e&pitalof £ 250 , 000 , in 25 , 000 shares of " £ 10 each . They are to baild four s : eam-ships ; two to sail to London touching at Cork , and two to sail to Liverpool , touching at Belfast . A Valuable Bargats ' . —On "Wednesday lasr .

      i foreign order , or badge , was sold at Mr . Hodgson ' s ssle-reooi , - Church-street , Liverpool , for the sum of ten guineas . Ii was purchased by Air . Hart , jewfilar , of "W-fcueeaapel , who on miring it to pieces , ifisd . it tD be composed of diamonds , rabies , and entraldf , worth 300 guineas ! The "Weather . —The showery weather of the Is 5 i fe » v days has materially impeded the harves : urk , bar some wheat has been carried , and a fevs day * of sunshine would secure nearly all in this part cf the country . 2 v o material damage has jet been ffiae , and the general opinion is that the wheat crop is as average one . A " good breadth of barley has already fallen before the scythe , and of this and oats ce crops are uimsciallv buikv . —Berks Chronicle .

      The Inhabitants of Holbeach have mesarklized Lord John Russell to cause a commutaam of the sentence oi ten years' transportation pssed on a youth named PressgraTe , who took part 2 pulling down the Rector ' s house , because he pre-TSEted a iast beicg given to the poor on the Queen's Coronition-day . —Lincolnshire Chronicle . Two women Dinah Jones and Rachel Mitchell , Vim were sentenced to death at the late Chester Assizes , . have been respited . The order for the rspite-anriTed in Chester , about two hours before is time when the sentence was to have been exesaed . A public meeting was held in Chester , and a pennon to the Queen adopted , praying that the ivss of the women might be spared . The petition reeived 740 signature . * in three hours .

      The 2 s ew Social System . —On Thursday and Inday evening ? , two lectures were delivered at the Sesdous Hall , in this city , by Mt . Alexander Campbell , a Social Missionary , explanatory of the isnciples and plan of the new moral system of sor Bitv promulgated by R . Owen . Esq ., and embraced V " the Association of all classes of all nations , " v&ch was well attended . —Bath Guardian . Scicide of a Pauper . —An inquest was held

      jsteroay , in the Kingsland-road , on the body of sa old man nanitrd Phillips , who committed suicide bj csttin g his throat , being at the time an inmate ofShorediieh Workhonse The deceased . had pur-¦ ppfel y sharpened the . knife with which he destroyed teaself . It appears that he had at one time been iagood circumstances , and that illness and poverty hi jireyed on his mind . Verdict— " Temporarv feaagement . "— Globe of Friday .

      Isish Professorship . —The sum of £ 1300 las been already subscribed to found a professorship & the Irish language at Trinity College , Dublin , netodins a £ 100 from tbe Lord Primate , and £ 50 ™ n the Archbishop of Tuam . The Board of " flows wilT give chambers and £ 50 aryear to the Fafe « or . About £ 400 more , it is said , will com-FSte this desirable object . Scddex Death . —On Sunday last , in the even-^ 2 , some men were amusing themselves b j ringing at Vlist Coter church , near Y-eo-sil j and in a few Efflates afar they commenced , one of them , a re-Barkabl y hale , strong man ( Samuel Salisbury , aged * & ) , dropped down , and instantly expired . An inpst has been held on the body . A brother of the ^ eased was one of the ringers . Yerdict— " Died ot Ae Visitation of God . "

      . Methodism . —At the last "Wesleyan Conference , tf » as decided that the celebration of the Centenary « Methodism should take place in the conrse of next Jj-sr , when a collection is to be made throughout * 3 the Methodist congregations in Great Britain , k -knd , and in Foreign Station ? , the proceeds of * iich are to be appropriated to the erection of a allege for the education of the junior preachers in «* connexion , and also some suitable premises te * k * anached thereto , for the transaction of the Sony ' s ra pidly increasing missions .

      Public Meeting at Middi , ewtch , Cheshthe . — lie inbabitants of tMs town -were called together fy the bellman , on Monday evening , at balf after ex o ' clock , to hear a lecture on the signs of the tenes , and to pass a resolution preparatory to a &Bnd demonstration , in this part of Cbesbire , and to petition Parliament on the Birmingham Union , ** . They were addressed at considerable length 9 Mr . Benbow , at the conclusion of whose speech « e following Te 8 oltition"wa 8 rarried by acclamatioii . " 7 * That in the opinion of this meeting , the oppres-* m of the working classes , and the cruelties pracwedupon the poor , have grown to an unbearable

      ?« Dt . That itis onr sacred dntj to do all tiiat lays ® our power to abate the evil ; and that -we hereby Jkdge ourselves to use all the lawful means in our jJP * 6 r to compel a cessatioii of injustice , and to * ^ our common right in fetnre . '' v | ka * s in the Mbtbopolis . During tbe ^ We of Thursday night last the engines and firemen ~* e London Fire Establishment were engaged in Trj ^ g a succession of fires in the metropolis . *» wt five o ' clock in the erening , » fire broke out ° *« ie premises of ilr , Thoma * Hunt , dlTersHiith ^ jpAdsinith , No . 13 , Tottenham-court-road . It ^ P ^ i trf by some curtains frgVfntr fire , and was exmuch

      ^^™ ed without damage . At ceren o ' clock gJ ^ ae ofMr . Telman , tailor , No . 17 , Aldgate ^^ "reet , was set on fire by an escape of gas in *» op . S peedy assistance secured the preserva-J * r « e ratire wading . About the same time Z ^« are occurred in the workshop of Mr . Snugg , ^ J « t « and undertaker , No . 95 , York-street , ^ to » ter-Bot haured . In fl » « mrae of til SSw ^^^ on ftepr emises of Mr . Cording , XtSfdJ ^ ! ' ^^^ i ^ wsy . ThefirS r ** ere remsed admiBnon on their arrirsi , ana ^^ insulted hy some of the inmates . Much ^^ gejras done to the pr « ni « e « of Mr . John 0 & iwafewMtdi maker , No . 7 , Kmg-rtreet , g ^ eeuroad ; Mdalso to tboK of MrTwOson 2 ?» , » nd of Mr . Joseph Hart , No . 67 , Old . ¦• fefl « xtwi rf At dMu ^ t to * .

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      In Kent , most of the "Wheat has been carried , and generally t £ « produce has been equal to that of an average crop . Taxation . — -The soap duty is , in round numbers , £ 750 , 060 , and it falla chiefly on the working classes : why don ' t the disinterested gentlemen who have saved the million and a half of poor rates and put it in their pockets by mistake , repeal the soap-tax and put its equivalent on their own land and houses ? The tea-tax produces iour or five millions : why are the cheaper qualities of tea charged with a much hi gher ad valorem duty than tbe kinds used by the wealthy classes ? The tobacco-tax yields more than three millions : from the million and a half saved in ^^^ i ^^ i^^— i - j i^—__^_— — „ ¦ i ¦ In Kent , most of the Wheat has been carried , and generally t £ « produce has been equal to that of an Iverage crop .

      poor-rates , half the duty on tobacco , a necessary of life to the working people , might be remitted . These are only instances of the manner in which the feelings of the humbler classes mi ght be soothed and their physical enjoyment increased , as a set-off against the operation of the St ^ m-feamred poor-law . Had such measures , or ' ani ^ i . &em , been taken , there wonld have been less t * S 5 S % ^ or the prevalent belief , that the poor-law w 44 wwed by the rich for their own exclusive gain . —^ Settator . Suicide from Distress . — ¦—An inquest was held before Mr . Carter , corner for Surrey , and a most respectable jury , at tbVUoyal Oak , Lambeth , the

      on body of Mary Morr is , a fine young woman , aged . 25 years , who committed suicide under the following distressing circumstances : —James Morris being sworn , deposed that the deceased was hi ? wife . In consequence of being out of work , he had been , together with his wife and three children , reduced to the greatest distress . Their goods had been taken in execution at different times , till at last the only articles they had left were a chair , a table , and a Straw bed . They owed a trifle for rent , for which the landlord had called on tbe previous Tuesday , and not being able to pay his demand , he ( the landlord ) took the windows out and the door off the hinges . Sue ( deceased ) went in search of aaother room , whicn she agreed _ to take , but the landlord , on making inquiry , finding he was not likely to get his rentput

      , a padlock on the door . On the following morning she went out , leaving her youngest child , ten months old , with a neighbour , and be never saw her alive afterwards . By the Foreman : The deceased was found in the river on Friday morning , near Waterloo bridge . A duplicate found in her pocket was the means ' of discovering who she was . B y the Coroner . Had earned but 4 s . a week for upwards of three months past , his wife and children had been in a starr ing state , and tut for a friend who had given them shelter , they must have perished . The jury -after remarking on tbe distressing case , returned " a verdict accordingly . The coroner and jurv most humanely subscribed 17 s . 6 d ., which va * handea OTt-r to the husband , who returned thanks with a flood of tears .

      Dreadiux Accident . —On Thursday a genjtleman named Godard arrived at the Bediord Horel , attended by a man-servant ; and , about midnight ' the latter retired to rest . Having gone up to his bedroom , which was at the very top of Bedford Hotel , be thought he would take ' a little fresh air , by walking round the inside of the parapet ; accordingly he eot out at the bedroom window , when it closed , and thinking be could cor open it asain , and not likin . e to disturb the inmates , he thought he would endeavour to get down on the outside ^ as he saw-a broad cornice , as he considered , only a ! e * feet below him ; upon this he dropprd from the western parapet , and descended fifteen : eet , aliahrin "

      on a shelving cornice only eighteen inches " wide , where he made good a footing , a circumstance which surprise every one who has inspected tbe spot , aud thence walked round to the front of the building , a distance of at least seventy feet . He then thouaht he couid drop to tbe projection he saw below—the balcony . Having lowerrd bim-elf from the cornice with his hinds , and not being able to touch the wall , he endeavoured to regain his footing on the cornice ^ when he fell a distance of at least sixty feer , on to the balcony below , where he was found in a most dreadfal stare , his hip-socket being shattered , ar : d his head cut in a most shockina manner . — Bri"hton Paper . * ~

      Case op Hardship and JIisery . —Elizabeth Huckley , a young ar . d good looking ujrl , who obtained her livelihood by selling silver-sand about the streets , was charged by Su-an Bhckmore , a rival retailer of the same commodity , with hawking without a licence . It appeared that the prisoner happened to be tbe younger and better-looking of the two , and , in eonseq-ience , carried on a much more thriving trade than her accuser , who vowed vt-n ^ eance against her for it . In the course of their perambulations they unfortunately crossed each other that morning , and a wordy war ensued , which led to the

      present charge . The prisoner admitted that she had no licence , "bein g too poor to buv ODe . Mr . Codd said be should be sorry to commit " a VOUDg and industrious girl to prison , and asked the complainant if she" would let her off on a promise to discontinue her illicit traffic ? The complainant , however , persisted in the charge , saying that she paid £ 8 a-year for her licence , and it was too bad for her to .-uffer by tbe opposition of one w > . o paid nothing towards the revenue . The poor girl was accordingly committed to the House of Correction for ten days , and was led sobbing to the lock-iiD .

      Mttixy / . —The Greenonk Advertiser has a long account of a mutiny on board the American brig Braganza , which sailed from Philadelphia on the 8 th of July , with a cargo of su ^ ar brought from Porto Rico for Genoa . On the oth of August , the crew . mutinied , and , after a . straggle with the captain and the two mates , threw the captain overboard and wounded both the mates . The passengers were Mr . Diehl of Philadelphia , owner of the vesselhis wife

      , and a Mrs . Turley . The mutineers confined the wounded mates , the cook , and the passengers , in the cabin , and forced them to give up all their valuables and arms of defence . After keeping them for several days in a state of extreme suspense , threatening to murder or throw them overboard , they put the passengers , the second mate , and the cook , into the longboat , when they were ' about 350 miles off the Portuguese coast . The mutineers refused to let the

      first mate depart with the others . After remaining in the boat the greater part of two days and one night , the party were picked up on Sunday the 12 th of August , by the Helden of Scarborough , bound from Sicily to the Clyde . DarHooK a > -d the Queen . —For some days past , a mm onr has been circulated that Dr . Hook , vicar of Leeds , and chaplain to the Queen gave offence at Court by an Anti-Popish senron preached on the 17 th of June last in the Royal Chapel , and had since received intimation that his services would be dispensed with in future . The Doctor ' s friends declared that there was nothing which ought to have

      affronted the Queen or her courtiers in the sermon ; and this morning the Times published tbe discourse entire , by way of proving the injustice with which Dr . Hook has been treated . The Chronicle , however , this morning contradicts the entire story , in these terms— " "We have authority to state that the Rev . Dr . Hook bas not been deprived of his chaplaincy , nor directed not to preach in his turn at the Chapel Royal ; nor has any notice whatsoever been taken of any sermon -which he may have delivered there . " So much for this mighty affair ! Are there a dozen persons in England who care whether Dr . Hook preaches before the Queen or not ?

      Peushoke Poos . L * . w Uston . —At a meeting of the Board of Guardians , held on Tuesday last , the presiding chairman , Mr . Annes ' ey , informed the Board that Mr . "Weale , Assistant Commissioner , had paid a visit to the workhouse on Thursday previous , at an early hour in lie morning ; and that the Assistant Commissioner had left word with the clerk that he was unable to attend the Board , as he was taking a tour through his district to visit every workhouse , and that he begged to leave a resolution to be adopted by the Board , viz . " That tbe medical officer be requested to attend at the workhouse of the Union daUj . " - Mr . Annesley observed , that sitting as

      chairman , he should m ? ke no motion on the subject , but he-could not conceal from the Board his disapprobation of the character of Mr . "Weale ' s unnecessary visit , and his disgust at snch an interference with the officers of the Union . This might be a very pleasant season of the year for , the itinerations of the Assistant Commissioners , and he supposed that something was required to be done to make out a justification of travelling expenses . Mr . Weale had , therefore , examined the master of the workhous-i upon the attention paid to that establishment by the medical officer , Mr . Claridge ; and though he had

      been informed of the strict attention of tliat gentleman to his duties , and that the latter , or bis assistant , had been in the habit of attending twice a day upon any pauper who was unwell , yet in order that some set-off should * appear against the large salary and its large et cetera * , tbe Assistant Commissioner had coolly left die Board the ungracious task ol passing a resolution so uncalled for and unjustifiable , by which the labours of their medical officer would be unnecessarily increased . Having made this communication as their chairman for the time , and having declared his own opinion upon it , he should now leave the Board to deal with Mr . Weale ' s resolution

      as it deemed fit . The Eev . Dr . Grove moved that the resolution be taken into consideration on that day six months , which was seconded and agreed to unani-Bnud jt—WanetUr giwratefi .

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      WomenJanied .-The parish of Milton Abpoynwir Tavistock , is in a . moat desolate state ,-owing to the wau of female society . There are but r « n fTi ed J ™* ' six-and . thirty bachelors , all respectable steady agriculturists , four widowers and only ene unmarried female therein ! tbT ^ f 5 ^ C 0 UNTY -GA < H— The debtors in " Wiltshire County Gaol , who had been remanded ny theTnsolvent Court , and who had , by order of Lord John Russell , been putupon felon ' s allowances , and treated aS criminals , made , through their solicitor , a representation to Lord John Russell , stating the opinion of the Commissioners of the illegality of the restrictions put upon them , and asking for an order froar his lordsbi p . to do away with such unjust treatment for the future . In answer to , the abovementioned memorial , his lordshi p has directed the Under becretary of State to inform the eaoler , that the discipline of the prison may be relaxed with Vf ( m ™ v ?> K > rm . _ tu ~ TVl ] .. .... .-. .. bot nt-ar Tavistock is in a mo ^ t d « l V ownag tothe ™ T 5 ' fl » ° ' ^ f * ^^ ^^

      respect to prisoners confined for debt , and has sisnined this decision to the debtors' solicitor . — Wiltshire Herald . Teetotalism . —On Wednesday evening last , a lecture on total abstinence from the use of intoxicating liquors was delivered by Capt . Pilkington ( late in the Corps of-i Royal Engineers ) , at the ¦ fcnends Meeting-house , in this city , to a very crowded assembly . Capt . P ., with much energy of teehn g , and very forcible powers of descriptive oratory , took up the subject in two different points in view . Taking the scriptures as his guide , his aim was m the first place to shew that though the moderate use of these drinks was in itself compatible

      with tbe Christian character , yet that on the ground of expediency , in aiding a moral object , and promoting the best interests of society , by reclai ming drunkards , in was quite consistent with the general rules of duty given in tbe Bible , and accordant with every principle of benevolence , to relinquish it ; and thus , by a noble example of self-denial , give a laudable influence to the cause of temperance . The second position taken by the lecturer was to argue the temporal advantages which resulted from the practice of teetotalism , more particularly to the poor man . In illustrating this part of the subject , Capt . P . delineated with powerful effect the disparity of condition between the habitual drunkard and the

      total abstainer ; and concluded by an impressive appeal to the judgment" and feelings of his audiencfc in favour of the principles of total abstinence . —Bath Guardian .

      Teetotax Festival . —On Saturday , September 1 st , the members of the Teetotal ' Society of Stanhope held their annual festival , in the National School of that place . At three o ' clock , tea was on the table , when 400 sat down to partake of the " cup which cheers , but not inebriates . " The spectacle was at once imposing and grand , and shewed the blessings attendant on those who follow in the train of the mild Goddess , Temperance . The school room was decorated in the most elegant manner , with evergreens and garlands of flowers , provided by the ladies in great profusion , and which added splendour to the festivity , being tastefully arranged . At one end of the room was seen ' the

      tree of temperance , in full bloom , beautifully ornamented with festoons of flowers ; on the other the tree of intemperance , with trunk , branches , and leave-in the most blighted state , bung round with with withered plants , truly descriptive of the devotees of the jolly God , Bacchus . A platform was erected underneath a bower , for tbe speakers covered with tbe choice productions of nature , found iu the woods and forest * of 'SYeardale . After tea , the company rose to fo : m in proctssion , and paraded the village , singing appropriate hymns . A superb nag , sent from Gatesbead , was carried at the head of the Company , in which were seen groups of the ! : ur sex , like u tulips nodding in the breeze , " thu < adding beauty aiid j . aie y to the animating scent . Whatever way the eye turned , health and loveliness seemed concentrated " to " drive dull care away . "

      After perambulating the town , the company returned to tbe room when Mr . Parmley , mininii asent , was caVU-d on to preside , and , in a ' short blit luminous speech , opened iht- bis-iness of the meeting . He then called upon the Kev . Mr . Towler , who sjioke nearly two hours , in liLs u ? ual argumentative and humorous style . He wa . < followed bv a Mr . V » ilekie , from Newcastle , who made a " powerful appeal to the numerous : md attentive assembly . He in a speech replete with .-ountl argument , depicted the results of the curse of curses , drunkennessshewed a remedy in the Radical cure , " teetotal , " and concluded amidst raptorous applause . Alter silence was restored , Jd .-h . Tobling , the well known rustic miller , in his " home spun garb , " moved the "laughing powers" of the auditory , who seemed gratified with the plain and simple truths from the " conscientious grinder . "

      Hydrophobia . —The death of John Wilson , Esq ., of Barnstown , county of Kildare , on Thursday week , is as severe a domestic calamity as has ever come under our notice , Mr . "Wilson had a favourite dog , which was missing for some days in May last ; at length he received information thit it was in an adjoining field , and , on going out , two of his labourers warned him not to approach tbe dog , as he believed it was mad ; but the dog , when he saw his master , ran towards him , and frisked about his feet in a most friendly manner . Mr . "Wilson concluded from this that the animal was not mad , took it uii in bis arms ,

      and unfortunately allowed it to lick his hands , on one of which there was a small and unhealed cut or sore . The circumstance escaped from Mr . Wilson ' s mind , and nothing more wan thought of the matter until the Sunday before last , when , after prayers , he felt a pain in one of his arms ( that on which the sore was ) , which continued to increase in violence until the evening , when hydrophobia set in with dreadful malignity . He died after four days of unremitting and most severe suffering .- Mr . Wilson was a fine young man in the prime of life , possessing a good property , and the affectionate esteem of all bis neighbours . —Leinster Express .

      Caution . —Smoking Cigars on Coaches . — A gentleman travelling to this city by the London mail a few nights ago , indulged himself near Broadway with a cigar , and in the enjoyment of which he fell asleep . The guard perceiving sparks and a light every now and then proceeding from the gentleman , and which appeared to bim to be something more than the light of a cigar , was induced to get over the roof to find the cause , when he discovered that the gentleman ' s neckcloth was on fire . He immediately aroused him , and upon pulling off the neckerchief , it was found that a large hole was burned in it , and his face a little injured . — Worcester Herald .

      Thames-Office . —The British Legion—Shame : ful Treatsiext . —Three young Irishwomen , one with a child in her arms , who appeared to be suffer ^ ing greatly from want and fatigue , solicited assistance under the following distressing circumstances . One of the females named Mary Kelly , stated that her husband , and those of her two companions , were serving in the British Auxiliary Legion in Spain , where they bad been for three years . A few weeks since the Legion received orders to march irom Santander up the country , and about the end of the first day ' s march General Espartero gave orders Aat all the women should be sentbajk , and shipped on board a vessel called the General Evans

      bound to England . The wives of the English soldiers were allowed no time to prepare themselves , but were compelled to retrace their steps to Santander , a distance of forty milei " . They were hastily embarked on board the General Evans , which , after a disagreeable voyage , arrireJ in the river on Thursday afternoon , and they were landed in Shad well friendless and pennyless . After obtaining a night ' s lodging by the sale of some of their wearing apparel , they all started that morning to the west end of the town for th « purpose of waiting on the Spanish ambassador . ^ 'ihey saw the ambassador's servants , who said their master was not at home , and conld do nothing for them . The applicants said all they

      wanted was to be sent back to Ireland . They had no Mends or relatives lere . One of them belonged to Cork ; the second , Catherine Kelly , to Tnllamore ; and the third , Bridget Murphy , to Dublin . Mr . Broderip asked -what had become of the other women . The applicants said their fellow passengers , who were in as great distress as themselve 8 , belonged to England , and most of them had relatives and friends residing in London . Kelly said she in fact , wanted nourishment ; and in a pathetic tone exclaimed , " For Heaven ' s sake , don ' t let us be starved in a strange country . " Mr . Broderip inquired how many British soldiers were attached to the expedition in question . Mary Kelly replied , four hundred : two hundred lancers , and two hundred artillery , and they were ill-clad and badlj fed . Mr . Broderip

      said , this did appear to he a case of very grent necessity , and he should think the parish officers would assist the poor women and supply them with the means of returning to Ireland . He would do what he could for them for their case was one of Tery great hardship . The poor creature * were cast ashore in the most destitute condition , and witanomeanB of helping themselves . The parish really ought to do something for them , and he did hope they would be passed to Ireland . He ordered that the three women should be immediately provided with refreshment , and directed the officer in attendance to wait on the relieving overseer of the district , and request him to attend to the case . The helpless females , who had walked nearly twenty miles during the day , stammered forth their thanks in a manner whidi afiected all praMut *

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      _ Awfc l Accident . —The St . John ' s Gazette , ( New Brunswi ck , ) received by the Great Western from , Nw . York , mentions that nineteen persons had ^ been drowned by the upsetting of a pleasureboat , when passing through the Little Falls . ffO ~* w D « * TiV ~ F ™ ^ rkEE T Preaching ;—Mar-£ r 111 ¦ lVab a 8 t ? utlittle fpman about 40 years w ^ L ^ ch ^ ' witn William Dickerson ; and * Y ;" am ^ pnush , two shoemakers , with committing Sfot ortX M **? * Smith fieM . Serjeant Bates fuS w he found a crowd collected about the Ir ^ f J . " j ° ? Preaching , and the other prisoners werw attending her . There were ^ 00 pereons assem-S T 16 Qf wbom attempted to pick pockets , while others amused themselves with flinging stones , l tie mob was a nuisance to the neighbourhood , and as the woman and her two friends would not go ^ \ xr- ? i 0 Dli ged to take them into custody . MLVWilliams said , she -was a licensed nrpacKer of rw o Accident . —The St . John ' s Gazette , ^ ^ ^^ r ^ m ^ hy M Great Western

      the Umstian Israelite Society , and put in her license from the Mayor of Bristol . Mr . Alderman Venables said , she was mistaken in supposing that was a iw w ? l reaCh ' 7 ** Mmerel / a certificate that Sv « % ken certain oaths , which was a prelimi-K' ^ W . wfoch a person could not preach in a licensed building . In reply to questions put by the magistrate , 8 he said she had Seen Vwidewfour years . She _ was amative of Musselburgh , and had P , rv ! S 1 ^ m * e north and wes t ' of England . fwJ 'f ^ . ^?^ , reduced into writin , | and thobe of the ^ Christian Israelites had been studied and approved by Lord Morpeth , in Yorkshire He had . smce introduced abillfnto Parliament to counl Yenables asked her if she meant to say Lord Morpeth was one of her faith ? She pave ah ambiguous reply , and stated that he had alllhe writings ff the society . —The Alderman said , Lord Moroeth onlv

      vrisnea , an tDglishmen did , that persons should havefree permission to worshi p God according to the die tates of their consciences , but it was a perversion of that liberty to stand ^ n the streets and preach .-She said she did not wish to break the law .-The Alderman replied then she would promise to refrain from preaching m the open air , a task which was not becoming her sex . —She said she would not promise not to preach . —Mr . Alderman Venables said he did not ask her to do , so . He only required she should not preach in the open air in London . —She said

      she had already announced her intention to prearh in St . James s-park on Sunday . —Mr . Alderman Venables hoped she would not think of doing so . That was his advice . —The Alderman , observing that Dickersoii suffered his beard to grow , asked him if that was part of his religion ?—He said it was . — The Alderman asked Cornish uow it happened that he had not suffered , his bt'tird to grow ?—Cornish intimated that he was just converted , and hoped to have as long a . beard as his fellow-prisoner in the course of a month . —The parties were dismissed on their promise not to offend again .

      Brutal Outhage by the Police . —Ellen Murray , a young street-walker , of rather genteel appearance and manners , was brought before Mr . Chambers and Mr . Hall , on a charge made by Pohceman T . urvey , C 74 , of drunkenness and u > irig ludecrat language . The girl denied that she uttered bad-expressions ,. but the policeman persisted in asserting that she had made use of expressions of a filthy description . Mr . Chambers remarked that the girl appeared to be unknown at the oflice , and ou that account he should have acted with her as with all unfortunate women similarly circumstanced by dismissing her with a reprimand ;; but as it had been sworn that she had used inrWont

      inntruage—an offence which he never overlookedlie should send her to-prison for a week . The next case was a clnirgw made by the same policeman against n . Scotch gentleman , of a highly respectable appearance , named Robinson .. The " policeman said that the prisoner Ellen Murray made so much resistance while on her-way to the stati-. n-house , that it ¦ was . necessary for five policemen to carrv her tlwre . While engaged with his comrades in tliis duty the defendant Mr . Robinson , came up to aiid obstructed him in the execution of his duty by seizing him by the collar and pulling him forci ' ly back . Being thus assaulted lie desired policemnn C 176 to bring the gentleman to the station-house . Mr . It ) binsoii ,. iu explanation

      said . that himself and a-friend very recently from Scotland , were on ' their wav home through Regeiit-* treei , after having visited' A . stley ' s . Amphitheatre , \ vhi-n he obsL-mvi a young female in a state of intoxication being carried along , with her head downwards , by several policemen . Being of the medical profession , and knowing that a very serious injury might eu . Mie to the y-o'ijjH woman it the police continued to carry her in th . it situation , he went up to policeman Turvey and- ' touched his arm , with the view of drawing his attention to'tUe request that he would let some one hold up the young woman ' s head . To his great surprise he was given into custody by the policeman , and tnkun to the stationhouse . Several respectable witnesses corroborated

      Mr . Robinson ' s statement ; declaring that they saw the girl carried down Regent-street . The policemen acted with 'great indecency by allowing her clothe * to become very much disordered . Her head also was suffered to hang near the pavement , and was frequently much lower than her heels . Mr . Chambers said he had the evidence of four gentlemen before bim , and he could not but come to the conclusion that the policeman had swom that which was false . Magistrates were always willing to afford constables the fullest protection in the discharge of their duty , and to discourage unnecessary and vexatious interference on the part of spectators ; but when it was clearly proved that a policeman had acted with violence or impropriety , the bencb would always visit the offence with proper severity . In the

      present case he could not see that the policeman had the slightest grounds , for causing the gentleman to ; be taken to the station-house . He felt bound , thereiore , to receive the charge as one of assault against the policeman , and he should therefore impose the fine of . £ 3 , or one month s imprisonment . Mr . Robinson interceded on behalf of the constable . The Bench said that Mr . Robinson must lay his humane wishes before the police Commissioners . Mr . Chambers then remarked that he sent Ellen Murray to prison solely on the testimony of the policeman whom he had just convicted ¦ and as he now felt considerable doubts' upon the subject he should remit the punishment he had inflicted , the girl had . already been punished sufficiently , and

      he should therefore order her to be discharged . Life in Paris . ——The New Dioqenes ; or a Thorough-grained Vagabond . —A character in this line made his appearance ( not the first ) at the police office of St . Denis . Matthew Bonay is the perfect model of a vagabond , to do nothing is his sole passion ; laziness is his summum bonum . Provided he can fold his arms and ; Test at-iright , from the fatigue of doing nothing all day , he is supremely blest . The craving voice of the stomach—that voice so omnipotent among other beggars , is scarcely heard by Matthew Bonay ; and more than once ( as he himself boasts ) he has slept without supper at night after rising in the morning without breakfast , rather than give himself the slightest trouble to gain

      his bread . His home is every where ; in winter tinder a . market shed , in summer under the canopy of heaven . His costume has not been changed * for twenty years . Bonay mends his wardrobe himself with pack-thread , or whatever " unrespected trifles " in the cord-line hie may convenientl y " snap up . ' - That is the only labour to which he allows himself to be condemned iby severe necessity . It is for him a "black day" when thehand of time compelshim to add another patch to the vari-coloured patcnesy which go to make up his venerable doublet . A specimen of every kind of stuff may be seen therein . He is a kind of travelling ; ., ' * school of design "—a walking exhibition , in miniature , of all the products of manufacturing industry in the woollen and stuff trade

      Lyons , Rouen , Elbeuf , Sedan , Mulhausen , all furnish their contingent quotas to the construction of the waistcoat and trousers of Matthew Bpnay ; As to his feet-gear , that varies according to the chance which may enable him to redeem from a dust-heap a pair of old slippers or putrifving boots , the soles of which , reduced to the condition of a mould y crust , have refused any longer service to the most economical of consumers . Bonay has already formed an acquaintance with jnstice ; - and much astonished he is , to find justice taking the liberty to meddle with his mode of life . He now appears again for the twentieth time in a Police-office . Two policemen depose that they found him sleeping on a bed of rotten cabbages in one of the stalls 0 f the market . On this occasion

      Bonay protested with Dembsthenian eloquence against the tyranny of society and its attacks upon the sacred rights of the personal liberty of the subject . Magistrate : You have no fixed residence , nor means of subsistence ? Bonay : Well , what then ? I don ' t want a residence ; and I don't want means of subsistence . I had means of subsistence : but I have come to the end of my line—I want nothing of anybody , and interfere with nobody . Why do you interfere with me ? Magistrate : You are leading a vagabond life , and that ia an offence in law . You do not work —you have no visible employment . Bonay : It is very true that I do ' . not work>—Ishonld be . very ; sorry to work ; hut I want nothing of anybody . Here are plenty present—ask them it they can say , "black ' s the white of my eye : " ask them if I owe them anything—that ' s all . No , not ahair of myhead , or they

      snouidhav © it with pleasure . Everyone to his fancy . Let others bore themselves with working from morning till night if they please ; that ' s not my idea of enjoyment . Mv system of enjoyment ^ in to do nothing . Magistrate : We shall be obliged to commityon m a rogue and a vagabond . " - / 'Bonay : Just as youplease , your ^^ Worship s- it makes ho difference : the gaol [ u as good a place as any other . At all ^^^ J ^ LSS ^ SS ^ nxa ? one' » breadi for one without trouble The magistrate then committed the ancient vagabond to three ^^ months ' imurigonment . Bonay : You cannot do better . I shall just comfe but when my hanrert begins . Then ' s the time to get a few braTe .-pened- ] by ' 'Soldiii ^ a horse , holding aTink , or opening a door , Then a lazy fife ia n ? Ha full 5 ^ c J / awaw-no , never . Let othera hum-^ S ? ™ with working if they please , —from toe uoscttcaet Wbunnu .

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      ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE . vniimentt eriht bmgwge of their teveral Correspo ndent * . r ,,.. ^ , ^ ^^ - ' ' - ' ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE .

      TO TUE EDITORS OF THE NORTHERN STAR . thS i LEMEN ' ~ I be ^ 7 0 D wm «««» ¦ with me that every person against whom a charge is preferred hasangnt to be heard at the bar where sucS charge M > een preferred . In the Star of last Saturday , a correspondent frpm Dewsbory has thought it rieht to calumniate myself and three others , 1 believerunoffendmg individuals . Now , Sirs , I wish to clear myselt from the charge of "inhuman conduct" therein made ; and distinctly to say , that my only crime was in bejng a special constable , for I never touched the knuckles -of . either the-writer of that article or any other person . I did not aunlv a " shnioiok" ;„ * ki

      way spoken of , or in any oftensive way whatever I did not , as there stated , O give' * any " person a severe blow , " or any other kind of a blow , nor touched a person that day intending to injure him in anywise : agaiu , I did not " knock down a young child three times , or any other number of times , "that could not get out of my way ; " and moreover , I never had the slightest intention of creating « a disturbance , in order that some of their fellow-townsmen might be arrested and secured by the police . " I can assure both you and your correspondent , that no one more sincerely regretted the necessity of being sworn in , or the existence of any unpleasantness ,

      Than did , Sirs , The person designated JOSSY THE PAINTER . Dewsbury , Aug . 30 , 1838 . ¦ [ The above came too late for insertion last week . We give it now thatevery man may have "fair play . " We . know nothing of the parties . " Jossy" ( whoever he may be ) and his accuser have had each his ' say ; and we must have no more of it . —Ed . 1

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      LEEDS BREWSTER SESSIONS . On Monday last , the Brewster Sessions for the borough of Leeds , was held at the Conrt-House . The Mayor in the chair . The following ; Magistrates were also present , Aid . Dr . Williamson , Aid . Ooodman , Aid . Clapham , and Messrs . Smith , Grace , Lupton , and Cadman . Business was advertised foi ten o ' clock . At half-past eleven the Mayor and Magistrates made their appearance . the Mayor , in opening the Court , said , he had been requested by his brother magistrates to acquaint the public that at the last meeting of the Magistrates , they determined upon the memorial of the beer-sellers to extend the time for keeping open their houses , and the liberty which taev now had ,

      was t >> keep open their houses from six o ' clock in the morning to eleven o ' clock at night . He had no iloubt thatthpre would be a difference of opinion upon the propriety of this step ; but it had been adopted in consequence of a very strong memorial of the beer-sellers themselves and concurred in by the Magistrates then assembled , upon the feeling that it was more desirable to encourage the consumption of malt liquor , or rather to restrain the temptation that there might be to substitute spirits in preference to malt liquors , and thereby render it less necessary to extend licenses to public houses . But at the same time lie was desired to state that the beer-seller should be aware that this was only an experiment for the next year . It depended verv

      much upon their conduct -whether the privilege now granted them would be continued , or - whr-ther the restrictions to which they huve hitherto been subject , should prevail in succeeding years , it was , there f ore , incumbent upon them to be cautious how they conducted themselves ; and they must take this warning that a rigid observance of the hour would be euforcei . Eleven o ' clock was too late an hour for a working man to be out of his bed ; and ten o ' clock would be thought , by sober people , quite late enough for him to take his repose . However , it was well known that there were often clubs and societies , ifec . which met at these houses , and on that accouut a later hour might be allowed . It was rather with a view to the accommodation of such persons that

      this liberty was granted . He trusted thL intimation would make all persons interested aware that it was not the intention uf the Magistrates to encourage any disorder by this privilege , but the contrary . He thought it necessary to mention that beersellers should be extremely cautious how they Save out liquor to young persons . He understood that a great number of young persons acquired habits of intoxication in consequence of the beershops , and he hoped the beersellers would be particularly cautious not to encourage such a practice amongst tbe rising generation . He was requested also to mention another subject applying to the licensed public houses . He recommended the careful consideration of the terms of the license

      to every publican . The liberty to sell exciseable liquors was accompanied with a proviso that persons thus licensed should not dilute Or adulterate tluir liquors , that they should not permit drunkenness or disorder in their houses , t . hat they should not knowingly sutler any unlawful games or any gambling , that they should not knowingly p ? rmit persons of bad character to assemble therein , and that they should not keep open their houses except for the reception of travellers . The infraction of any of these conditions subjected . theindividualto a penalty which was not very heavy for the first offence ; but for a subsequent oifence it might become formidable . The cause of his addressing the publicans upon that occasion arose from several complaints that had

      been made in reference to a number Of public houses to which licenses had hitherto been granted ; and although it did not appear that any licenses would be withheld on account of the disorders complained of , it was his duty on behalf of himself and the rest of the magistrates , to warn them , that if these disorders were not corrected in future , they would be deprived of their licenses . ( The mayor here enumerated a number of houses which had been reported as disorderly , in allowing fighting , drunkenness , &c . ; but we forbear to publish the names . ) The mayor contimied—there was another subject which he was particularly desired to notice . A number of the publicans had organs and other music in their nouses of which complaint had been made . ( The

      Mayor here enumerated a list of houses that were known to have organs , pianos , &c , and which were used on Sundays to attract company . ) This , he said , was a subject of complaint to the neighbours and others ; and though he should not be justified in saying that music could not be allowed in a public house , he did feel justified in saying that it could not by any means be allowed on Sundays . This was a practice which must be put down , wherever it occurred ; and it would be the duty of the police to report it to the Magistrates in every case , because it was an infraction of the terms of the license . With regard to any kind of music in public houses , when annoying to the neighbours , it was contrary to the intent for which licenses were

      granted . He trusted that this warning to person having organs and other instruments in their houses would render it imperative that they should be very cautious in their use _; and whenever a neighbourhood made a complaint to the Magistrates , it would be their duty to punish the offenders . He wished it to be understood that it was their ( the magistrates' ) duty and their wish to be an encouragement and a praise to those who do well , and only a terror and . a punishment to those who do evil . He would now proceed to the business of the day , only observing that he had only mentioned those things with a view to show those who were implicated ! in such complaints , that they must be cautious to avoid such complaints hereafter ; and if complaints were aeain

      made against any of those persons already charged with those disorders , they might rely upon it that thatattention would be paid to them by the Magistrates which it was their duty to pay . The certificates were then called over , and one lot being called over in which was the name of Mr . Etches , Dr . Alderman Williamson rose to say , that from the very prominent part which he had to take in reference to the licensing of houses at the last Brewster Sessions ^ he was particnlarly called upon : and required to explain a circumstance which nad occasioned considerable misunderstanding , and misrepresentation—a circumstance relating to the licensing of the Queen ' s Arms ; formerly called the Standard . It would be in the recollection of many

      present , thatthis house was amongst the sweeping numbers against which complaints were laid prior to ^ he lastBfewster Sessions ; and the disorders of this house , particiarl y of the dram-shop at the corner , were such as to induce the magistrates to determine on a suspension of its license . But in cohseqnence of the late occupier , Mr . Beckwith , having consented to close his dram-shop , which was the principal : cause , of complaint , the magistrates consented to continue his license . With that condition Mr . Etches entered into the house , No one knew better than Mr . Etches the disorderly character of that house , and from no one had the magistrates a

      greater right to expect an exact conformity to these conditions . No sooner , however , had he entered into the house than he Opened th « dram-shop . It waa stated that this was doiie with the connivance of lumself and brother magistrates * / For his own part , be would not 8 top todiaclaim againstany permission to Mr . Etches to open th « drani-shop , because those who seriously considered the 'question , would ( tipn * eider it quite impossible . He therefore publicly Stated that Mr . Etches had no permission from himself , although the alterations which he had now made in his premises were quite satisfactory to the magistrates . ''¦ ¦ ¦¦ -.- ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ' " - ¦ . r \ ¦ .. ¦ .. ' : ¦ ¦ - "• ¦ " ¦ ¦ ; - .

      MnETCHEsheggedtobe allowed to make some remarks as to his knowledge of the conditions on which Mjf Beckwith ' i license was granted . He declared that he had no knowledge Whatever of those conditions . He was not present when thei , licenses were suspended , and he therefore could not know that the license was

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      regranted on the conditions which had been named . He had only further to say , that no sooner had th £ complaint been made to him , than he immediateiT set about making such alterations as would remov ^ the cause of complaint , He hoped , therefore , that the circumstance of his not being aware bt .-the conditions mentioned would be a sufficient explanation , of the matter . I ) r , Williamson said he was surprised that Mr Etehei should say so , inasmuch as he had beett mformed by some of the officers , he believed Messre . Barrand Lofthouse , that they had communicated ll » ese - conditioii . s ' -to . 'Mr ; - £ ; tches .-., - Etches in reply stated that in the Dresence of - ^^^ 4 on the had named .

      «« w ° h . aildln Rehearing of the public , as well a ? before thosegentlemenfrom whom it appeared he knowt 5 ! d hls ^ ™ ation , he denied that any knowledge was commamcated to him either directlv ora ^ StefSr ° ^ ^ -S ^ SS whic ^ Mr S i v ^ * ° the conditions upoa wmeb . Mr . Beckwith ' slicense was granted Here this matter ended , , and auicu - Dr . Williamson observed that he ft > lf K ™ , r . J <•« express his thanks to the pubUcaS who had keS theu-houses closed on Sabbath mornings He 5 happy to perceive that a remarkable improvement haa taken place in the condition and coriouct oT tha public houses in the ^ rough since that regulatioa had been adopted . This was another proof of what the combined" efforts of publicans could do inkeeping _ off those mils to which their system was neces

      sarily exposed . In reference to the beersellers , not being present at that meeting when the question of extending their hours was discussed and decided upon , he was not able to state-that he concurred in that decision . He had no doubt that his brother magistrates in making this arrangement had acted Upon princi ples connected with the public benefit ; put he felt it necessary for his own personal consistency to say that that measure had not obtained his concurrence , and that he had heard no arguments which had as yet convinced him of its propriety . He aoped ^ howeyer that the privilege would not be abused , and that the beersellers would prove that the Pnv ^ ege was compatible with the preservation of public order . n Mr ^ derman GooDMAN enti rely concurred with , iu m ! 5011 n ** " * ° P im ° n he had expressed

      p ^ . Mr . Etches } in addressing the Mayor , said that as an impression might go abroad as to his haviuir misconducted his house , he begged the liberty of askuig the mayor whether any complaint of that kind had been made . The Mayor , in reply , stated that no complaint had been recorded , and he should therefore presuma tn » t there had been no cause of complaint . The usual business was then gone through and new licenses were granted , to the following persons : _ Thomas Stephens , Sussex-street , Sussex Tavern , Hank . ¦ . - *

      Elizabeth Oates . No . 30 , Dock-street . Joseph Middlebrook , New Inn , Bramley . The consideration of the renewal of the licenses of Sadler and Cox was adjourned to Tuesday next .

      The Nomre&N Slaii. Saturday, September 8, 1838.

      THE NOMRE&N SlAii . SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 8 , 1838 .

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      SUSPENSION OF THE HABEAS CORPUS ACT-DECLARATION OF WAR BY THE WEST RIDE \ G MAGISTRATES AGAINST THE PEOPLE —DETENTION OF RIOTERS AS HOSTAGES-VIOLATION OF LAW —IGNORANCE OF THE WAKEFIELD BENCH OF MAGISTRATES — CONTEMPT FOR MAGNA CHARTA AND THE BILL OF BIGHTS—TEMPORARY TRIUMPH OF IGNORANCE , VICE , AND PHYSICAL FORCE OVER KNOWLEDGE , VIRTUE , AND MORAL POWER .

      The Leeds middle class slave-driver of last week , not satisfied with recording as gross an act of treason as ever . was committed , winds up the matter in the following strain : — " The friends of the u / ifortimate men hud assembled outside the Court to take their leave of them . The grief on both sides teas intense , and such as ought to make their i ? ifamous leaders blush for the misery they have produced . '» If our followers are in temporary tribulation and woe they shall have our assistance , while the situation into which Mr . Baines hag led his followers by his ignorance , is at

      once so desperate and hopeless , that there appears no retreat , but in violence ; no hope , but in the subversien of law , and the substitution of tyranny upon its ruins ; no chance , but in the suppression of moral power by physical force . Having said so much in answer to the weakness of our half-childish , half-doating , all-desponding old friend the Mercury , we shall now calmly review the a , cts of the Wakefield Bench of Magis ^ trates . A- party of rioters are presented , each and every one of whom is entitled to be liberated

      upoa bail , or summarily dealt with by the Justices . The Justices , "however , in order to prove their fearlessness and respect for the law , at once evince the most cowardly alarm and disregard for all law and custom and common decency . Lest they should appear to be intimidated , they stretch their power * and prove their-alarm . They will not accept bai ' , lest the idea should be entertained that they were forced to comply . What an exhibition !!! What a display of littleness , weakness , and cowardice , under the mask of greatness , magnanimity , and strength ! What was the charge ? . A simple riot . Why , bad the consequence been much worse , the trayersers would have been entitled to bail : but

      they have- been retained as hostages . Is this not an open declaration of war ? And will any man tell us , that it would not be as justifiable that the people should seize upoa and make , hostages of the Aristocracy , till their grievances were , redressed by law , as that the Magistrates should hold parties in custody as guarantees for the peace of the district ? What is the inference to be drawn from the judgment ? Why , simply that at the next assizes , the rioters are to be tried and punished for every offence committed in the interim . But , say the unpaid , you may apply to a judge , and yet , while the alternative is offered , they well know that no court is sitting . Cum Dnces'faciunt talia quid uon militeg facient .

      " When the Generals do such things , what will not the soldiers do ? " And yet the truckling old babbler says the " infamous leaders" of these oppressed ones should " blush ; " He who should blush in this business is he who has endeavoured to array all the worst passions of the middle class against the lower order . He should blush , and for ever hide his diminished head in the consciousness of the failure of his diabolical scheme . We have heard more than one of tke former crutches of the Mercury declare lately that it was a vile publication , and one which . had materially prevented any good understanding

      between the men and their employers , and in our condemnation he sees the justification of his ignorant tools . The day iR fast approaching when Baines will again " jump Jim Crow , " andallow his dupea to work out their own salvation . In that dreadful hour , with all our sins upon bur head , ( and according to the Mercury they are many , ) we shall be found the mediator and the friend , instead of the firebrand and thefoe . After the vile , the ignorant , the unconstitutional decision of the Wakefield Bench , what resource have the many but in self-defence , which can only be acquired by self-government .

      It- " "has been the perversion of lawr—the disregard of complaint and deafness to appeal , which has convinced the people that there is no hope but in Universal -Suffrage , and we would strong lyrecommend to our profligate conteinpprary and his pliant dupes , to reflect that vengeance will sooner or later betaken , by a powerful people , for the insults and wrongs which in the days of their weakness were heaped upon . them . Then will the leaders blush , and then will the blind .. followers ^ tremble for the prostitution of their iudement at the shrine of a

      political trickster ;—Meantime , let ; the peopleall the people—make the oanse their : own , let subscriptions at once be raised , let the > ther "Begging Box" go freely round , and the proceeds he sent to * treasurer appointed by the men of Dewsbury , for the defence ! of the hostages . ; It is needless to comment upon the injustice done to some who were charged and dismissed without the shadow of comp laint , the wholesale profligacy and ignorance of the Bench , sete detail observation at defiance . To reason with men who will work out their own ruin » would be [ throwing pearls before awine . But , " the hand-writing ig upon the wall , " let them rend apd construe it in timv

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      September 8 , isdo- T H K N O RTH E R ! V &T A R .. ¦ —M ^—^_ 1 __ - ' ¦ . '"'¦'¦'"¦¦¦ " ¦ . ' ¦ ' ¦ f \ ¦ ' ~ ^ —^ , . , .- ' 6 ^ ^ 7 : ¦ ¦ ¦ I ¦ -j ^^ ^^^~^ ^ ^ SSSSESS ' - condidons which been

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 8, 1838, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1022/page/3/