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    • THE NORTHERN STAPv. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1838.
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      TO THE PUBLIC . Every Purchaser of the NORTHERN STAR of this day , in Birmingham , will iecci ? e a SPLEiMDID PORTE A IT OF T . ATTW 00 D , ESQ . M . P . ( FROM A STEEL PLATB . ) The PORTRAIT will he presented to every Lancashire Purchaser , on Saturday , JSou . 10 th ; to every ' Yorkshire Purchaser , on Saturday , Nov . 17 th ; aud to every Newcastle and Scotch Purchaser , on Saturday , Nov . 24 .

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      The Northern Stapv. Saturday, November 3, 1838.

      THE NORTHERN STAPv . SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 3 , 1838 .

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      MORAL INFLUENCE , WHES INCULCATED BY EDICTS AND ENFORCED BY THE BAYONET , COMPARED WITH WORAL INFLUENCE WHEN INCULCATED BY REASON AND ENFORCED BY ARGUMENT , Moral influence , or the strength which reasoning : u- } uiresover the mind of man , is a progressive seit-nt * , - which never can he estimated in its immediate existence , by any bye-gone standard , » r former exercise of its power . The amount of moral influence , which to-day may he sufficiently strong to

      change the whole form of Government , might not , in the following year , be capable of vroriing the mo < t simple change in the mere mechanical arrangements of an oligarchy which had been the creation of its last year ' s p-nver . We here apply the argument according to party acceptation , ' as to when , where , and how moral influence should possess wei ght ; not as if it were indeed instrumental in subjugating fallacy to reason , in bending the nninstraeted to the letter ininnncd , and , in moulding the rules of dominion to the easy u ^ eand pleasing exercise of the governed . One . of die most difficult tasfc ? in nature is to give

      the pro . *;? stamp to what is called moral j . ower , that wh ch one party acknowledges as its legitimate prerogative , the otter will denounce as tyrannical usurj . ation . Thus , in 1832 , the torch ; the j-word ; Bmnauly slander ; . pen-onal invective , and party threat of opposing party exttrminaiu . n ,- were the 'Weapon * used by the monitors , moulders , directors , and leaders of a power then ca ' . led moral ; while the Terypwry created b y that force denounce as im mo-al the pr ^ ent move , which has commented aftet deliberation and judgment , nnd progressed upon reason and argument , and upon them o : ily . The

      Constitution if a country means nothing more than any one statute belonging to that country , so long as the power to change the Constitution is vested in the same bauds , as is the power to make the statute . Indeed , in some instances it may be matter of much greater f icility to destroy the Constitution altogether , than to enact or to repeal a simple law . The reason of thisi-: , because the whole weightof moral influence never can be marshalled and brorght to act against a single aggression , while multiplied assaults TriU arouse it against the Constitution , which is supposed tosanction those abuse . -. The Reform Bill was

      a complete change of the Constitution , that is , if bv the word Constitution , is meant a power over life and 3 imh , right and enjoyment , liberty and property . We inow no merit in a mere name , which iu some lurking and undefinahle essence or spirit , may be supposed to have a eohrroulinjr pawer over the laws , tut for the application of which we have neither rule nor precedent , beyond the constitutional right of moulding the will of the most powerful into law , bv moral power-if possihle , and if not , by physical ferci " , that is , when moral influence shall have been fairly tried asd shall have failed , the moral

      organ has the constitutional right , and should wait for the convenient time , to call in th » aid of physical force fc » accomplish that which moral influence had failed in the performance of . Physical force—when properly used—is to moral power , what a bold executive is to a uiiid representative form of Government—the staff and emhlera of authority whu ; h it is treason to resist . While the mere semblance of rightful authority should be sufficient to avenge the insulted law , the whole jmwer of physical array should be resisted , even , to the death , in the enforcement of laws at variance with the Constitntiun . Every day ' s practice teaches us the different

      amount of-physical force which is required to establish the authority of law according to its spirit . For example : why are two or . three armed men a enffkient force to escort a d-serter , through the district wherein he was born ? Because he has ¦ violated a contract to which he was a willing party . "Why is one policeman a sufficient force to conduct a pickpocket through the streets to the dock ? Because he has offended against society . Why does the pick-pocket hold down his head , when he holds up his hands at the bar ? Because for him there is do sympathy . Upon the other haud , whv should it

      require a strong military force to guard the Glasgow Cotton Spinners through the country , and why , while the pickpocket shuns his birth-place , should they be received by all with open arms ? Be cause they resisted a bad law , and were victims to antisocial and tyrannical institutions , which can only be supported by physical force . Why does a man pay tase > , and leave himself , his wife , and the children of Ms loins , withontfood ? Because he dreads physical force . Why is the wholeforce of Britain insufficient to carry out the provisions of the New Poor Law-Amendment Act ? Because God and "N ature inspires

      the wtuous and thebold with courage to resist even physical fo . ee , in the estaWialunent of hell ' s ordinances . If the law breathes the spirit of the Constitution , does not the same law , upon presumption Bnppose force to be used where mere threat is resorted to ? Hence the words « et armis in an indietment where no violence has been threatened , but ¦ where the demanding party has been sufficienfl y powerful to accomplish its ends without the use of force . Is not the law , then , which threatens the use of physical force in case of resistance to edicts the most bloody , and enactments which disgrace

      Human nature , a mere military despoiism ? The present movement upon the part of the people is , and has been , from the commencement , a developement ' a 2 $ exercise of moral influence , and An this , its present stage , we are to contrast ib workings with the m 6 fa « jnfljjenna which has hj 4 ertq , bd ; n opposed to it . It has been metby the daily musketry , by _ the weekly bombs , and 1 ) j ftfeTmrintni f " artillery " of 'the press ; and"in its progress we find ,. that its condemnation . consists in

      ife improvement . So far from that press , instructing the people */ aVd ' establiJning" a raSraT code " ; of phtlosophy—while it . complun 8 of popular ignorancewe find fbe ' vojght of i&influence directed to popular abuse , and-denunciation ! of popular leaders ., The first arid greatest . object , of those leaders was to p lace fiBico ' Mihj . andrihejreffl , in juxtaposition , in order to destroy thegreat power of the latter . ¦ The presp , in ife capacity of a political dial , at which the several T > artie 3 in . ftg ^ te ' res fil 8 * opinion » V **

      impose * iaost gwssrjj ^ npoa tW several classes of society , and has in ^ tte : ri ( i : aiid ; AepJoo r ; e ^^ p laces ¥ ^ ° 8 ^^ - ; I ^ : ^^ th- 'bf ; the : w ealtiywas ^^ y ^^^ Which tifil > oor pbifcrl ^ upM % eir ^ ean 3 ; ofti ph bld ! ng ,-nthority and suppressing redsUncey THe wfcaUty ^ fotottem ^^^ fh ^ e aknesVand disunion of the . peontearVepr ^ ^ " ^ by the p ress ; but . now when mUhpiisof-eyes ssasssss

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      progres * -ofr moral-influence , we fiud millions of heads , of heart ? , and of hands united , upon one solemn . re * nlye , to do for themselves , that which those , who . should be the directors of moral power , and those who should be legislator * according to moral influence , have layled to do for them . The abuses of which the people complain are numerous . They find that the old monopoly of , and restriction on , the cultivation of land , established hy custom and sanctioned by law , is not more firnly . upheld in consequence of immemorial ri ght , than are the recent monopolies in trade , in all new inventions , and

      in the several novel sources of wealth , even by anticipatory Acts of Parliament , and from any participation in which the people are systematicall y and ' effectually shut out . The people are now aware , that if to-morrow the Almighty should shower blessings unexampled upon any people not having jaws for their equal distribution , ttiat monopoly of all would he made by those who usurp power under sanction of constitutional right . Reformed drunkards most frequently become sober , upright , and valuable members of society ; they d » i not , as is falsely imagined , relapse" into their old complaint ,

      because their present demeanour furnishes a plt-asiug contrast to past conduct ; but as tbe loss of property follows the loss of power the people place no trust in those who have heen constitutional robbers , and who , if reformed to-morrow , would relapse upon the very first opportunity ; and theretore , to guard against any probability of further deception , we look upon the present movement to mean nothing more nor less than the establishments a defined Constitution , whose limits cannot be passed without that penalty which the law shall award . Laws to he obeyed , shoulit be yielding

      to mercy , and stern against oppression , backed b y a bold Executive , exacting an implicit obedience to their mild authority . When laws are bad , there is more honour in the breach tV . an in the observance , although some legally enfranchised monopolists wil , still preach the doctrine of p * = s > ve obedience and non-resistance , and the duty to obey law so lone as it is law ; while we say , so long as we obey it , it will be law , and only when we hdidly resist , will it Cease to be such . The spirit of the Constitution should con . * i « t of the best condensation of the best existing opiuions , which would endure through all time , and which , though changeable , may be said to

      have a fixedness which to any other spiiit cannot be attached , and which would only become bad when it became stagnant . From sui-h a Constitution would emanate laws suiting to the age , of their authority , while our present Constitution is fetters forged for slaves , htfore men knevc the value of f-eedom , or knew how to be free . Our Constitutiou is about to put the mag'c wand of freedom to our chains rivets , to emancipate the bondsman , and to throw the title deeds of corruption into the lace of the task master . What is life but . liberty ? What is liberty but the fullest enjoyment of lif ; ?

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      — « - £ =- _ THE IRISH CHURCH . The manner in which political p ' arties make use of one enemy to subdue another is most ludicrous , and reminds as of the use which Brtjmmei . s rnadt of old King GeOROE when the Prince Regent ceased to smile upon him— " I'll cut ihe Prince and hringtheold Kingiuto fashion , " said the man of dress Such now is precisely the aim of the Tories , who would fain cut English Radicalism and bring Irish agitation into fashion . In English Radicalism thi-v

      recognise something defined ; in Irish agitatioti they behold a turmoil in which they continue to have an alternate interest with the Whigs . It U to them , in fact , what the Devil is to the Bishops—a great Godsend . However , a new move has taken place in Ireland—a . move in which the people , from the name of the thing sought , are likely to be once more entrapped , a move which seems to enlist the religious , political , aud financial opinions of the poor Irish Catholics , inasmuch as in its nature the

      accomph-hment implies a triumph over the old reli g iojs enemy . In this first stage of the new agitation , then , we shall give our opinion with referenee to the change which Protesia : it-aye , and Catholic —landlords autiei pate from the total aholition ol tithes after thtir fashion , and what we have always meant b y the total abolition of that tax . By the total abelit ' on of tithes , we do riot mean the incorporation of rent and tithe into one bulk sura , to he paid to the landlord , "in order to avoid irritation and heart-burnings . " By the consolidation of tithes , we do not mean either a sale of tithes , or their

      trausformation into a rent charge . Tbe effect of the sale of tithes , and the consolidation of the amount in what is called Government investment , would be nothing more nor less than a power , over so . much money vested in the ministers of the day , for distribution among idle blackguards and profligate debauchees ; and , as one description of plunder i » ever substituted by another descri ption of plunder at no distant period the people of Ireland , if they could bear it ; and , if not , the people of England , would be taxed as a substitute for those funds which had found their way into the Devil ' s Exchequer .

      Littleton , by his projected tithe settlement and adaptation of tithe property for sale , considerabl y increased the amount of tithes in Ireland . He , fool like , proposed to purchase a certain descri ption of tithe property , much of which ' had been unclaimed for seventy or eighty years , and the effect of this open-mouthed gentleman ' s project was to induce the Duke of Devonshire and several other person * , in whom this obsolete claim was vested , to commence suits against the parishioners for the revival of their title , to lay tithes . The most

      naked evidence was sufficient to establish the title in favour of any limb of the Church ; and the several persoMjwhowouldriothavethoug htoflevyingtithesfrom the people , were induced , when the old vein was to bleed , to revive their several i&laims . The Treasury is a kind of bank , upon wni ; h none scruple to draw , and the Treasury was to be the Paymaster : We give this item in answer to the puffed liberality of those landlords who now agitate the total abolition of s * Wna * we have always meant by the extinction . of . tiihes , was . the sale of them for , the full

      amount } ' not Sfter a deduction of 25 per cent , to the landlord , but alwic #£ * $£ of soniuch property in the g ame manner as quit and Crown rent ? have been disposed of . '" We mean the sale , of ' all Church property ,, and an investment . of ; : the amount in each parish , for the benefit of the parish ^ either in a loan fMd under . directors , or in a poor relief fund ,. or . ¦ . ' * ! fund ; p oorrelief , and education fond , under '¦ £ L ( ¦ appointed by < a majority , of th > jpap ; shiunp ^ g ., a ^ d we mean , fartherj' as an . . accompanimen t ;¦ . »„ a ^ V . - Extinction ;; an-Act P roWb , ti ^^ p ^^^ grant orcomjuls ory ^ for the use of , any =, Chv < isb- « -ixr-it S j ,,. ' ¦ ' ;/ ¦><< r-r-t

      * ^ eg ^ ^ . ^ ej ^ ton ,, v ^ - oViag ^ s f ^ . cn ; gtoaaH ^{ t 1 , e ^^ rits ^ n : pujpit agitation , ) out of ^^ Cons ^ lateQfFiid i so ' tnat ^ i sho / dld b . ave ^ iveri fe anioiiiit ^ fnithe properfjr ! to £ ne Government , and be compelled ' to furnish ^ isub-$ *« $ ^ n ^^ 'T ^ atue ' of ^ fitbe nrotjerty-in [ Ireland has heenestitna ^ aQ ^ , ^^^^ nufciwith- Clrarcb . fand , BKhbp lanfc , J Hhicb . Tfrom ^ nV [ 4 r £ aihry ' oi ^ te ^ ^ e'lrated ^ as ^^ m ^ % ^!^ m <^ $ sum ; v- V £ 600 , 000 , ; however , ' , , _ at ;^^ rtyltbreV yeaiispnrth ^ e ^ of * tenteirop ^ pnt ^ tptee p ^ cbSt . for w 4 ^ w 1 ouj !^ tQfc 4 ! ftP ^ P V 3-, % ' * Stir ' . 1 ¦ * ¦ ¦; : ' ¦ : ' : - % ' . ' . ' ¦ - \ . ' ¦ " ' \ ' ' - - Ji ' . * . ~ £ :

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      what the . . emaneipatlon ,. qf ^ theHblacfe ^ lav « jft-Ost- ; and £ 20 , 000 . 000 atiiix . per . cent ^ whieh it Is lichly worth , and more , to farmers , would ;; if consolidated into a loan fund , produte . £ r , 26 o , 000 per annum oi netrevenue , ^^ arii ' bj ' . itsp ' rpiierapplication in . exi ( eiiditure upon r . the natural resources of suck an agricultural country , wonld render Englan ( l , "Iriilaiid , and Scotland for . ever . independent of all foreign countries for the necessary supply of grain , —this i * what , we call a branch of national free trade . In speaking of Peel ' s , Mon ^ y Bill of 1819 , Cobbett aid , that the measure mig ht ; have been made

      valuable by a proper accompaniment : so' we say of any and every great measure ; ,, for without some proper accompaniment , the landlords would , after either sale or extinction , let the land according to its increased value by exemption from tithe . And as a question so completely agricultural must vitally affect the interests of an agricultural country , we proposed ! In 1835 , two Ve ? y proper accompaniments to the extinction of Tithes in Ireland . The one a bill to oblige landlords to make leases in perpetuity at a corn rent ; and in all cases of existing compacts where Tents were too hkh , to fix the fair

      amount by jury valuation in the same manner as the Crown now purchases property for building , improving , or other purposes ; to deprive the landlo : d of tkepowerofdistraining , toallowhimtosueasanyother creditor , and to render the process of ejectment more cheap and expeditious . Our other aecomi > ai : iment was constituting the quarter sessions courts into cheap courts of equity for the disposal of all suits and matters between landlords and tenants , and the consolidation of the several stamp acts ; with a hill for which purpose we furnished Mr . Littleton , and which he promised to bring into the House and

      support , but which he never did . However . we view the question of connection of Church and State , we find strong reasuns for their separation . "Whe > : the Million was given by the nation as a mess out ol which , lay and Spiritual parsons might almost unconditionally help themselvesj we fiud that the spirit ol political resistance began to subside , and that J \ lr . O'Connell , according to the Limerick Standard , was the first to schedule his claim as a lay ' iihproprietnr .. The fact of a proper and just appropriation of so much national property being more than doubled in value , by its application to national purposes , sufficiently proves thdt the monopoly ol

      national wealth has rendered Poor Laws and other degrading , meaus necessary for the support of those whose means of living has been filched i ' rovn them by force , and withheld by what is called law . If all the national resources were again diverted into their legitimate channel , none would want , but tbo < e who refused to work in that situation "in which it had pleased God to call them . " The Church property in Ireland , now worth £ G 00 , 000 per annum , if applied to national purposes , would make Ireland a paradise ; while in its present application , it is a hell upon eauh—a provision for one patty by law , and for another by agitating against its abuses .

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      DEMOCRACY . \^ - . \ GO ON , GO ON GdTlN . "We this day present our readers with columns rcpkte with cheering prospects for all true lovers ol liberty . In America , the cause prospers , and we fondlv cherish the hope that our speedy communication will waft upon every coming breeze , some ol that spirit which animates our transatlantic brethren . The Ic-reign of this week is worth reailing . We had prepared a lons < article upon tbe subject of the real merits of the quarrel between Bitoogham and DUK . HAM , but the press of interesting local matter compels us to withhold that as well as many interesting communications which we have received , all shall receive our eailiest attention .

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      NEWSPAPERS . We heartil y rejoice at the unparalleled success of our youngest brother The True Scotsman . Every rtal Radical should read that paper , and the glorious Northern . Liberator . The ability , zeal , and talent , with wtriuh thb Liberator is conducted , entitles it to a place in the palace and the cottage , as a warning to the one , and a sentinel to the other , while the Scotsman bids fair to vie with us all in honourable competition .

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      TO READERS & CORRESPONDENTS . WE HAVE RECEIVED many communications relative to the auaik oli ihe London Di qmtch upon Mr . O'Connor , and we should not even tlnu iW ' iutetf « e ' vnvh the riuln . of the , press to abuse public men as it thinka proper , ( as opinion m sure to exercise a di-creet censorship ) was it not that an opinion i « prevaent , that thu Dispalc / i u either Hethenngbm ' s paper , ' or under hi . s contruul , and that Hcihenngtou being a . ruetnber of the Luiidon W oriiuik Mud s AMucutioDi it U therefore presumed that thai - body mid Mr . O'Connor areat variance . To ructily buch rmstake , tW , i * our only ulject iii slating that Mr . HetMnngton ^ authorised UHto , y , th * tb « Ls 1 i ,, thinJ whatever to , do with the Dts , ( ch rteilher Uaa he printed or publbhed that paper fur the Uit lour months , ami b ..

      ms name appears as the primer , although he has ceased to have any connexion wub / the paper . ' AIR . O'CONNOR will attead the Hol . ufirth torctli ght meet ing , the . Newtwn Demonstration , ttiHdimierat , > faiicheatur torch-hght proce .-stan , the Wigai , meeting , the UiX demonatrahon , and then must mmt upou one iu- „ ffS repose , ua no coiistuution could Btahd ( he " fitli-n " 21 ' k . hB has undergone , wktuntt « . ttU « ri » g materi / . i ^ , , ^^^ V-RAfti

      THE . MEN OF r B « " i- » - ¦¦¦ ' ' - ' : ¦ - ' ' alabouf ' . ^ "WSLE were perfec tly ri ght in publishing ' As ' ea'li f * ttrul 8 ib «< : aumMbe order was a secret . me , ¦*¦' && £ '& ¦ £ t ^ v \^* . to' ^' Assoiiirtion ' by the , , ti ^ tow * h hlgt ? vvhl K . «" ? 'al- He asked the Asici * . ¦ i ' . „ £ i ^ j J « NW . «« t ,. frfai * d ; to fell them ; ib * STh ^ m ^ r ^ I' l ^ "" .. '" "l theydweovered : wiih ttoT "t » the bottom ol some plot . We ' ' Jdat . ** A ^ ge tW men of t ' arlUlewhh ^• ' ¦ "unjeog were as good Kadicati ; - . ¦ ¦ ¦ ' : ¦; ¦ . ¦ ^ -R lD H ^ Vyewishbintto caU atAe 6 ffice ; : * - \ - jAS rj c'kLEV .- Hi » versesdon ' tsuit . us . ' ' - ' " > ' * ¦ ^ Vissixgsof War . w ' ullieconttuarf ^ wtTJeeVr ' - '*' f . B . KMITH .-VYe ' havHreceiiediifeiietter , ' ? " ? " " ' ' :: htfgood reputi ' .. amonii-liw i-riei » ' - ' > .- '"» are sorry that - : dan ered fr . m the umtw * - iTh = t ' w - « , ho ^ . t .- en - ' cheerfully testify . thj . 'Y ¦ - . {^ . ^»« % . W ^ Veijr ' ¦ taken any steDS > - ? - ' Wttn our knowledge , ' -ageat . % ^ 1 . rec t , or mdmct , . to supplant the other ¦ ' ifii ' 'U " - -W" * ! UlWB wh « n'he papers were sent to . "'" v ' -aey were not ordered or expected by him , but sent .. , ^ cause the other sigentraUed to ' uiake giudhlienS lueutfl . " - ; . : - V ; . ¦ *' ' !¦ "u'l ' W ' ,. 1 - , , -.. ' . ¦;/ >> 3 ..-j , ' - — " - ¦ ' - ' * ' •¦ > ¦ ¦ - ' ¦ - » ¦ .: ; i- ¦ /¦' ¦ i ,.-n-r-i-ii- . ' ¦ ¦ i ¦ «

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      , > , 2 JEEDd ifatJNICIPAI . E £ . 3 iC i JOW . The : foilowinp is the . result of the Mmiiiiji . ii Election on Thursday last : — ¦ I Wards . . Yellow . Canills Vntrn'Blue Ciindts . Vots " \ Tnjnv Enst .:.... Hntlrey ..... 4 S 9 .-carWimgh .. 321 ] 3 S Kirkgate .. vVhitfhwid .... lrtsl '" nglahd ' .,.. 2 | fi 5 H tXoilh .. 0 H ( lm ; iri 3 .... 4 o »» rliirgreovrg .. 4 H 1 5 Nurtli Kas Woiidhcail : i 37 . < olroyd ...... 'I 2 H Ml AlnrlhW 8 : lobihsiiii "i& . Marltlaiid .... *> » . Mill Hill .. A ' lUnns ..... . . ¦ IW Hey ........ i-7 » 73 : ' ¦ ¦¦ P '" - " 201 Atkinanti .... 2 «« fia West .... riii : o . son H 04 . Krigjjs . ¦ .. -... ( i 3 J KO , , ' . > Vat * -h . CM 'h . irley 621 IS aonth .... ' olWfit ; ... - .. SOS ' No Opposition . 60 Mitchell m Holbeck .. . Vnrdswoith .. SJii Titley .. 4 F 9 S 7 - J Si" I ' empest .... 46 ( 1 07 liirkann . ' SH Hnnslet .. -vilson . ...... 442 Bpckctt ...... | J ? 8 1 % liriimley .. ' . loss ... 4 , i 0 Hogerson .,. ; 4 H 7 ' Itf u v \ ^ n 1 - : • ••• 4 ij J «« per 3911 56 Heaningk ) Aa Oppi . siuon . Uharlesworth t A smitiny was g . iinp on in thU WanUvhi-n vb went to press . We hearthut Mr . Cadiuan is the likely man .

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      *» u . LEEDS J 1 UNIC 1 PAL ELECTION . The Bloody Tories have beaten the Bkody Whigs . Whether this skirmish be taken as a relapse or as a specimen of what th * Whigs are to expect upon a general election ; we carts not , but of one thing we are perfectly sure that die gramitrivmj ) of the movement party will stop the ' prancing of birb factions and therefore we feel ' comparatively indifferent as to the result of the preseut contest . We have derived one benefit hosrever , from the result , it saves us the trouble of chastising the poor Mercury this week , as we never throw water upon ; i drowning rat ; and the defeat of his friends will entail sufficient mortification for the present Good bye Mcmtri / , God bless vou . Poor fellow

      - SPORTING INTELLIGENCE . LEEDS DONKEY RACE . Lr . nns BomJVG ' h Course , once round and a Distance . —At Nine precisely the word was ffiven . when the . whole group went oft" all of a lump ! Beckett made the lumiii . g for the first hull mi ! . ' , vflifii Bri ngs began to make play and whs lul out in uallautsiile Iblluwt'il . by . Chorley , Wilson ,. Wor-iswortli . inid Hall . Whiiehfud laying close iu the far , but from over training liu soon full lack , when E glandtook . his place In this ord . r Ihe . running was kept up lor sometime , the mnainder liolii-iK " hard ) till upnn crossing the UuiJderslield 'oad

      Mitchell to » k theleiitl nrio bolteil , trtlan {; Jossey clear over the turnpike gate . Briggs « gii ; a ciiallciiged , but Beckett evidently had tlm Sj , , l c , f him - \ well contested straggle now took place between Ciulnwn aud Hargreavis , " but the former seemed thick m the wmd i- . nd over fed , while Unrarinv Hindu good play lor a lead , but the . superior speed of Beckett , who wjw followed by Briggs , nbliaed him t » reirirtin in the rear . Bati-sou aud Wilson iv > w challenged , but again . Beckett l . ; t out and snowed the superfluity of his trainini ' , bolduig the lead yiui beiiliug Brigfjs b y ; about Irjleiigtlis .. The lollowing is the order iu . which , the donkeys came ; u . '

      Dotikeys .- ; Ritiers andcolours . ;¦ Ri ! cki > tt by Waril , aHbli . ck .............. ' i Briggs by Pointer , bind jiickut , criiiisuu collar , inij ' ? ¦ ¦ ¦ hiit ... ' 2 Ghorley by Huntor , Uuo boily and whit * cn ' | i .. .. . ' . ' 3 Hall b y Byvvater , whitujiuki-t and yelloiv cup .. 4 Wurdsvforth b y Nuylur , yMluw j . itket and whit . ' c-, i » .. S Hargnsavc by Natt , blae and white striped jacket and ¦ hunting cnp .. ' , ' . 0 Guttry t y Mercury , yullow jacket , Ilk slfev .- » , ¦ .. and whittj cap 7 Wood by Raines , yelW nil uv « r jj Mu « s by Yuuu ^ Bailies , : i mixture uf gr .-i-n , tilu , ;; ¦ ¦ ¦'¦• ¦ ¦• aiidy « ilmv 9 Holfoyd . by Inilign , purjile jacket and WuBcap .... It ) fllarklaud by Morgan , blui ; » nil . white nireyes , and _ .,. . . , pink tap , li Co'dbeck by Derham , ' blnu . aud yi-liow jacket , and

      green c . p .... 12 Hoy by BhcIcwUIi , blue lojy , pink aluuvfa , and green can jjj AlKinson by Pcrring , bluu all m-i-r u Unhand by Hen Cams , blue jacket ami I . Ik can ' . ' . ' . ' . 13 UarliMworthb y Beckett , gold -,, nd silver jacket , aud whim pa , er cap 16 Oddfellows' Dispi ' te . —On Wednesday last , thrte men n : imed Matthew Brown , Gtwge Fo-ttr Brown , and Matthew Brawn , jun . \ m \ wt anrt nvo sons , were broupht hy warrant More tbe magistrates charged with having illegally detained some money , books , and regalia , &c . the property of the mem hers ( it the Earl of Durham Lod ^ e , of the Sheffield order , held at the house of Matthew Brown , sen ., called the " Newcastle Arms . " Mr . Ward appeared for the complainants and endeavoured to make out a

      < : ii «~ e of ll It-gal detention of the }> ropmy . It appeartd 'h at . about a year agn , Matthew Brown , one of the defendants , was elected as treasurer lor the lodge above mentioned . And that in September last a party of the tn . inhers di > plactd him fiom his treasurershi p without doing it in the regular manner . It appeared also > hat by one of their bye-laws this loJge could riot he removed to any other place so Ioiijj as five merahm would suppovt it . But the party who Unplaced Mr . Brown as treasurer , designed to remove the lodge , and thus violate the . ' bye-laws , lhty had gone to another place and constituted another lodge , and having appointed another

      treasurer in place of Mr . Brown , he , having refused to give up the balance in hand , and ' th / regalM . &e . was summoned . After a long hearing ot the case iu which ' nothing ' was eliched further than tnat the whole attair had originated in a dispute or a disgraceful character , the "sword of stale , " having heen nearly broken iu two in the cquahble , and several uarties h .-. ving Tfceived sundry wounds , the magistrates recommended the parties , as there was no evidence of Mr . Brown having teen formally displaced , to call another meeting , and to endeavour to settle their disputes amongst themselves , taking cartnot to break the peace , and above i \ ll not to use such dangerous weapons as swouns . They then dismissed the case , the charge of illegal detention not having been proved . They are , we understand , to have a meeting on Monday evening next for the

      purpose of trying , once more , to settle things arnicalily . ¦ The magistrates promised them the assistance of a few policemen to enable ihem to keep the peace . Animal Attachment . —There may be seen at the King ' s Head Inn , iu this city , the singular instance of a small terrier bitch suekling a htdge-hi'g . Her yeusg were taken from her soon after she had whelped , and she immediately attached herself to the hedge-hog , which seems equally attached to her . She snarls when any one approaches her prickly charge , and we saw her take it by the leg . to carry it to . a place of security , when exposed to the view of strangers with the greatest anxiety ; and , what is singular , the hedge-hog appears to " lie tamed by its association with the' bitch so much as not to ' toll itselt up ween exposed to the . visitation of the curious in su »; h matters . —Hereford County Press . ¦¦¦

      . ; - ¦ ••¦¦ / ¦ : . BAHN ^ LBy , ; ' ;; ' ' '' ¦ Northern UNio » i ^ The members of the Northern Umon met at the house of Peter Hoev , Wikoiimece , on Monday . the 29 th iusti , when a fbAilntion ot adjoarnmwitwju . moved aud carried in consequence ui a meeting of the weavers , which , was holUen at Mr . Joseph Crabtree ' s the , Freeinaii ' s Inn , which was . crowded to excess . The meeting was addressed by John Variance , Petnr Hoey , nud George Utley , alter which they came to the resolution of sendiu ,-deputation towaitoiv the masters to ask fo- - advance ot . wage * , and to remind some of t > - ; * ' P p . romise made to the weavers in August ' i * m ot a a reduction in the prices took place ? ' » , '' w"en be an advance as soon as thesW - ' , ' , at there wouU allow it . , - ' . oof the . trade would

      \ ' * " - < •> ' - i ^^ tFAX . . ¦¦" SeriousAccir- - ¦• : , i , ¦ ¦• . < gales , .. who t-: jm " / fe $ V W namedSu'nmertown on . ta : *?'™ afc . Sh lf » iturning , from this he - Mr I ? ? ay " en n ^» mUSed , hiB way when * iA r V- * ° of tbe Nw Banktaking the turn Sg : h ^ ? ^ Milk Hall , iDRteaf of . .. < Sj ^» . ne ; he got into a field , the lower part of which ? . " . •«*« Une and leating against the rail , it broke and . preci pitated hirri Inti the road below a hetghtof twenty feet or more , w ) iere he was found the next morning with his head'dreaufull y cut , and a large quantity of blohd- ' abduV him . He ' was ¦ taken . jo . the Stump Cross , ' or ListerVArms , ' and expired -very shortly afterwards . " ' ¦ : .

      i ^ . !« PM Rovd .-X Rascal Association was commenced on Saturday evening last , at the above ' P laqe » n . ? ar thistown , . w . nenup « ra rdsof . fi % mem-, bers ' werei . entered in theiooks , ' ' Mr , . W . Thornton and'MrV-Rdbert Sut ' cliffe attended ¦ and addressed : the - nfeeting' ori' ^ he . Radical principle " . " . The comp ' any Wasnumeroui ) the large robin beipg so . filled tb * t s raany had togoaway . ' " . ' . :, . ' . ¦ , .-¦ , J S ? ST ^? AW 8 M , —On Monday and Tuesday evening ? , two , lectiirrs . were delivered , in the theatre of thisi tbwnj , by ' Mr . Mingaye Syder ,= on Teetotalism physiologically considered . The theatre was crowded tnieVe ' ry j > artpf , it ; ? . ^ , \ .. , ' - , : ¦ ¦ .. ¦' ¦ . ' ¦ . ¦' :, ;¦ . - ¦

      ^ M . EBrrjwa-. qp the Rate-Paybus and the Boar d ? . jJR , VAHpjAN 8 :. -On . Thursday , the ! 25 th ' inst ., a mesluig ^ oLtlje . ra ^ Kipaye M ; took place in the vestry » t , $ ht ) pansli ^ bnrcn , in this town ; at ten o ' clock in t' ^ . V . ' . ' ^' ' !" .. ,. W : -JPollitt , cburoHwardenj ' , iu- the chmr ; ; It was regularly convened--by , , the church' . T ?^( aiul . iiotices thereof Ii ^ d- 6 . eeri- styck up at me ditlvreiit places of public . worship ' , ' , as ' appoiiitecl vR y \ w : ^ -Thd . atfeiillanbe ' of ratfcpiiy&ri was"both aargofiijdiwspectable ,-which caused fne ' meetini to 1 * 1 ?¦ . ¦

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      be adjourned from" the " vesiiy into tte'fchuraisyaryf at a very few minute . > past ten p ' cluck ; . ' , Tiie cliairinsui addressed the audieu ' ee ior ' iifewniinii t-s . on the snbjecf of calling ¦ tliem ' togMh- 'r ; "anil ' st-itetl , tuat-he hoped none 'had . •• c ' tuueiilie ' re from . I ' aciious motives , as the question on which they had luut'was purely one / of povinils , shillings al 1 ^ ptjnre , uud nieiely implied si pi-rition to the Itt ' iard oUioiirdiiin ^ , - calling on them to postpou ' , or to withholil , building a new workhouse lor the present . Air . 1 ' . K . llolieii requusted the ckairmuu to read'ths requisition , likf < - wisn the name * attached together , with the notice calling the inee- 'iii ^ r , which whs complied with immediately , after which ha eiideiivouwd to show iliai there was a flisagieciiient betweeii one anJtlie oilier —JlieJequisitioii culling upon the Guardians not to build a w orkhouse at all , whilst tbe notice Shid onl y

      to postpone building one tor the preseut . Al ' ttr it number of remarks had passed butwixt the chair man and others ^ on this important discovery , a motion was made upon it by the gentleman , to the f llect that that meeting was altogether uncalled for ; for the want ot a seconder it tell to thn ground . Mr . I ' a-wthorp moved the fir . * t resoUition , wliich was seconded by Mr . Riley Kitson , anil passed uiianimou * ly , with the exception of Mr . H « hry Mnrtin , Editor of the Halifax Express , who held up his han . | against it . Two other resolutions were ftfterwaiils put and seconded by different giMitlwiien , ' and a petition founded thereon , nil of which were pussuii unanimously , It whs agreed that the petition should l > e signed by the chairman , on behalf of the vuevX . - ing , ami pfBSunted by Mr . Litile to the Board of

      fltmrdians , at their uieeliii ' jr on the dav followins . Prerious to the above resolutions aiid petitions referred to being passed ; Mr . Uarstow , the Clerk ot the Board m Guardians , distinctly s-atetlto the meeting , that the Guardians having ' already agreed , by a lnnjority ot them , to build a workhouse , and the Poor Law Commissinuiirs having'issued'their order to that ' effect , thelaw now mailu it imptirativH on them to buihl one , and that it must be complied with within the space of twelve months from ' the time ot such order bring issund , th » refo " rf , tbe Guardians could not entertain such petition . Mr . hlwthrop ^ observed , in reply , that \ t required i . 'iiihtcen ( juardians to guavaiitee thts payment of the sum of money to bt : borrowed for tho ert-clion of such workhouse before tluiv could untw uwou it .

      and they were not yet obtained , and he had no doubt but that the Guardians would be allowed all tho expenses they had hitherto incurred if they would go no further . The meeting broke up ab ut eleven o ' clock , having lasted about an hour . The usual cumpihneuts wern passed to the churoliwsmlftns nnd the chair for the tiiaiiutrin which they performed their « : pavute duties . Vn l'rid ; iy , tin-2 »« l \ OatobttV , ' i \ in . 'tij « ii oV the elected Ouar-iiaii s hi-sides t « o ex-itllicios , were present » c the board ol uuardians which mei't weekly for the dispaicli < ii Irasiiifss , viz . G . Pollard , Ks « j ., and W . Bri ngs , Ksq . Mr . Heamont was in the . clwir , but It . Winuiionse . Ksq ., the vice-chairman , coming in shortly ufie ' rwards , he presided tur the rrtimitiiiig pai r u Ol ' ihe imicetfdings . One notice of nmrriiiae , y ; ,, d the mitniti

      's of the preceding meeting we- y (> . lU \ \\ r Uttle rose to-propose , for fhv © msideratioii , of the ' tueiitiiiK , the documents wi . - / , ^ hild b , eu uost . pneu Irom last meeting , on accou . it of a liuml » er of individuals 5 lot being present at that mn ? who were desirous of hearing them . The chairiuan (» b ., erve . J , tliatit would perliapsbe a more convenient way and would save time to have them received , nnd a committee appointed to examine Vhem . Mr . HoaWii said it woul . l Ije impossible to have them discussed' tlmt " day . '' Tim cliainnan repeated the , propnsition . Mr . Pollard matlo a few remarks and moved that tliedocuments of Mr . l . iitie which re ' li ' iTCil to tii . « com ' piirativu i-xpeuse of ihe old system and the new one nus . ali'd up and examined one by one , and tairlv sifted bv a committee

      nojiointwl for that purpose , and that Mr . Little be one ot course of that committee . He . swi it vcwM Uv exceedingly unfair to liave them sent , forth from tluit meeting to the newspapers , as it would uerlmus be u lurtiiiglit or three weeks be-fore they could be replied to , and they would be citlculated to leav « a very bad impression behind them , should they go forth in that manner . . Mr . . Homsmi seconded thu motion . Mr . Uuuninont took civuit to himself for having heen the ( iist person to cull n-. i Mr . Little tor his sUvtemvnts , tobftpTod « c . ? d . in « riiin { rto the board , kh < i expressed _ himself mucli . > . ali .- < tifd at tin * willing milliner in which' lie ' complied with llli '^ roprsivion . Mr . Baxter observed , thai lie . was not awaie that Mr . Little had agreed with the pn >| josition . Mr . Littlesiiiil that he bad never . auticiuated sncli u

      proposition , but was willing to comply if the Board wished . Messrs . Pollard , B « anmi > ut , and Little , parleyed with each other on this subiect , wliicii ended in the last jiuined ueutii-maii putting hi > papers iii Iris uocket . Mr . Baxter expressed hiinseir dissatisfied with thepropiisitimi , » nUargued that as Mr . Liitle had come prrp ' aiej at the \ n » i meetiu « with tliose . dociitnenrs , and was re . uly to produce I hem before lhat meetin ; . ' , but he . had requested hinito postpone them on account ol ' certaiii gentlemen not being piesent , who was desirous of hearing them , he tUtm-ht « h * t Mr . l ^ i « W . ««« Ut to \ inve tailplay shown h in , us well as any other ] .. er . » on , auu tlmt no obstacle should be . turowii iu the way , m-itlier on the giounu of a committee nor otherwise , but . that they onglit to be fairly produced beums the Board , and tie knew that a many gentlemen had

      iitteuued ^ tiiat meeting for the purpose , uf hearing the . in . No harm could possibly arise out of their pnblication , but what hail already been done , a < it had gone forth to the world , that the new system would cost £ 2 , UUU a yoar more than the old . This had startled a numhor of gontU'men who were present when that statement " was made , and it would have startled him had he . been presentat that meeting . If the Board had not lime to go into the items at present , let them all meet on a separate ' d » y for t at purpose and decide the matter , for lie did not like mei'tiug iu snug cotnew . Ultimately , a motion was made and _ c ^ ri ed that a . committee . be app-mted , Mr . Little naming three , and the chairman tour . Mr . -Little unmnd himself , Mr . Baxter , aud Mr . Higgiuboiliam , both ot whom decliued . Tbe

      chairman named Messrs . Pollard , Beaumont , Peel , nnd J . Baldwin , but Mr . Little refused naming any others ; tiiey were . ultimately appointed .. ' During Uiu discussion some allusion was " made to Mr . Liitle . taking up the ' papers , and he was requested to place them on the table . Mr . Baxter said if Mr . Little had a grain of common sense he would keep those papers . Mr . Hontson . — ' II Mr . Little has notcomnwn sense Mr . Baxter is the ¦ most unlikely person i know , to supply him with that commodity , out of his own stock . " . Mr . Litile kept the papers ; The petition Irom the rate-payers was afterwards introduced by Mr . Littk « , aud ndiscussion followed uponit , m whicn it appeared that a number of persons then present could only view it in tbe li ght of a petition . nmi the chairman of the . meeting , and not that ol

      the rate-payers . It was moved- by Mr . Little as t fj lJ , P etltiuB ol tlle rat « -Pay « rs * and seconded by Mr . Holland . Mr . \ V . Briggs did not . wish to show auy ilisrespect to the rate-payers , aiid Mr . floatsou moved as an amendmeiit ;' that thepeiitiohbeiaidou the table , which was- seconded by the afbre-uanied gentlemaiij and carried by a large majority . This pounds , shillings . 'and pence question has 'thni - ' .- - " disposed . of . without the least particle otV- i g parently . to arise .. out of it , unless th ^ f oOa aD " ; iredetermined to take , other . ste * - - J rate W than those they have hitherto f * more prompt nothing short of a refusal to r- ; "etermmed on , as avert the decision 6 % ^ bv /^ W , *? / iim and * v- V , U a Vi . • " Jt > rity of the Guard-Sf ? S 1 " « "one 4 by « . ec « mmis . sionerSofcarryin ( . £ nJ" Th j ^ ' eaei ! ta » 4 building anew workrnintrf ' wth qum ? - of Mr - Little may be exa-Sfo / m ! ( Oinuil -Vtee , cut np nnd ' disposed ot it : sucu lorm and r , iun » r as tWariall ti&i , tir ,

      rre «*«»« io take ^ ^ te ofl ^ ajo-TfiHiiifi "WiaiiH who meet weekl y at the Board . be ? . "' . uuence of tlie exjtficio , G . Pollard , Esq . will ,. > : . olt , aud the ftash speech made by that gentlenan some sliort time ago will be adverted to , in . which he stated that a new workhouse could be built and paid for in such a manner that no one would know that they had paid anything , and . yet that they would have a new workhouse . No com- mitteewas then called for to inquire into his state- menu ; but they were laid before an open Board , and a decision come to at that very time to build a workhouse . Mr . Little maybe a very good calculator , and correct in figures , but he is nothing e ' qual to his opponents in tactics , and burke the gentleman they will , if possible , rather than allow him to see daylight in full h ' ealth and vigour . The ' £ 2 . 0 U 0 ner

      year expenses more ( ban the old system will be got rid of , if anything of false representation ot colouring can be § iwn to it to make it appear in a , ra 6 re Hnviable situation . Mr . Barstow , the clerk ' , fixed the doom of the majority o | those Guari iam ; whoever they might be < should they come to any after decision and retuse to build a new workhouse , when he told them that i they subjected themselves to an . iudictment . ¦ Under , these circumstances , ' how-caaothe > rdte-payerti reasonnbly expect that a majority of the Guardians , . will evercousent to rescind what they have' already done , unless compelled , to if , by the rate-payers , and the more especially when they : have already received a direct order from , the , commissioners to build ; To resign office ; appears to be the only alternative left them , and that will be an admission of their own weakness which the ? will not

      like to show . unless compelled to " it . "Theinfernal act is . the author of all the mischief , and if that is to be earned out , and meets tbe . approval of the ratepayers , or a majbfityof them ' ,, then let them go on , build workhouses asfait as tbey please , with spring closets , and every other necessary ' convenience to make the . poor ' comfortable , ' so that they may live in splendour all ' the days ! of their life , for it is said the poor ye have alwayfyiith yon . . ;^ f . 'there is to be no Other resistance to stay the . progress of what , is contemplatedib y the'carrying out of the ' Poor Law Act than by petitioning ^ the Board of Guardians ? not to bmld worktiouses , they have given a proof of the results by ordering it to be laid on the table , and all the well-disposeil rate-payers , who attended the meeting in the chureh-yard on Thursday last , must leel the weight of an obligation thus conferred upou them by the Guardians of their c Joicei

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      , » , «^ W «^ <^ mfiffiffi- ~ .... pul . l . c ni-etingot . them-mberj of the-GreatWorthern O .., on u , , he , lovrpab jp , pr Bradford , was convened by pa ,: ard ,, and held , u the Odd ^ ' ellcws' Hall on Aloiidu ; evening last . ' Though : the ! meeiing - was c-ulled -iprthe transaction , of business , and the weather Iwiig , very . uolavuurable ,. about 800 persons wer 0 lircsriit . Mr . O'Connor happening to pass throuch UMdiord on his way to Bolton , attends the meetiHg , and on his . entering the room was loudly cheered . Ihe accounts of the TJcion were first read : over , alter which Mr . P . Bu . ssey .. proposed , and ¦ Afr . L homas Cliff seconded that Mr . Richard

      , bra « sl , y preside as chairman ,:. which was carried unanimousl y .. The chairman : opened the meeting in a very neat speech , fraught with many excellent remarks , and concluded by introducing Mr . Peter liussey , who was received with loud cheers , H « said—Mr . Chairman and fellow-townsmeu , the object lor which you meet is most importaut ; and nawrving the serious attention < of every man in the kmgdnui-oi every woman in the kingdom ; yes , every lather and mother of a family ought not only to attend to what is said by the ditfereut speakers at public : meetings , but also to take the subject into men- most serious consideration at home . On their own hearth . * , in the presence of their children , let

      them tiiirly reason the sub ject with each other , and lo » k upot the children b y which they are surrounded and examine fairly the future prospects of those children . He would ask , could any father ondi mother thus sit down aud contemplate thb peroetuiition of slavery iu their cbildren-slaveiy of theworst description , accompanied with ' a'diminution off tlie necessaries of life , and still sit calml y over the ' dyiii- embers of their dreary firesides ) if there were any such , he would repeat that they were villains , and murderers of such families , and not deserving uutut

      cue ) or men or lathers . He then took a general view of the corrupt state of the public press m the country , which . he said were using every means in their power to distract the attention of the working cia- * -w , by their various nostrums , and thtir villanous iUtaefc ou thtt Waders ok' tbe present movement . He then read a passage from the Weekly Dispaich . the editors ot which had thought proper to extract a passive tram his ( Mr . B . ' s ) speech at the late Peer , breen meeiing , every word of which he said he was prepared to reiterate ; and advised the people not to i : ouiitetiauee the corrupt and venal press whic-h be . miseureseii

      neu - ted , and maligned them , either br r WCMksmir their trash th « n »| v » , or eucouragine any person who should purchase it . He next explumed the nature of the future arrangements of the toinnntttie , lor the carrying out the objects contfmplared b y the Union , which seemed to ftive general .-anslaction to the assembl y ; after which he reterred to the selections of the delegates at the Peep Green nu-etinjj , and appealed to the persons present to know wheiher they would ratify the selection made at tha * time , declaring that if he was sent by them he . would neither compromise , their interests himself , or allow any other per > ou to do so . . He wished every person present to exercise their judgment on this subject , and determine b y a show of bauds whether or not he

      should represent them in the National Convention , when every haud in the assembly wv . s lifek \ up — Mr . Cliff uexc addressed the meeting , in the course ot which he denounced the . conduct of the base and venal press , the treacherous and hypocritical conduct "I the present Ministry , and concluded l . y pressing upon the people the necessity of union drn .. ngst themselves , for the attainment of the objects they ! . ad in view , and cautioning them against the ' suphistry of thwr enemies . —Mr . Feavgus O'Counor was next introduced to the meeting amid the most enthusiastic cheerin g , which lasted tor several minutes . We will not pretend togive an outline of his speech ; suffice it

      to say , that the speech , which occupied one hour and twenty minutes in the delivery was received iu a manner which must have been nattering to that gentlinian , he being several times , dunn * hi * .-. diire . vs , interrupted iu its delivery with cheers thai made the welkin ring ; indeed we have since oonvewed with numbers who attended the ineeiiiis ; , and who each declare that it was one of the hestspei-ches ever delivered in this town on the subject ; imd wo are glad to be . able to state , tliat several persons « ere , by his address , convinced of the necessity of a Radical change in the affairs of Government , and enrolled thvmwslvesmembers in theNorthern Union .

      Sacrilege . —We are informed that a few weeks ago , a severe struggle tm . k . place at Idle , on the elecriou of ' constables ; the Radicals beating the other party by a large majority This appears to have given umbrage to the respectables , iW it has heen customary for the churchwardens and constahles to occupy one pew in the law established church on the da > s appointed for public service . On Sun-Hay morning last , the poor constables took their places in the pew as usual , and turned out at disaccustomed lime to perambulate the town , to

      ascertain it all was peaceable—expecting the churchwardens to accompany them as was the regular practice ; but this could not be done ; the di . iighill sprigs of aristocracy would not submit to be seen in company withtYie inflGstrious artizan , and therefore the constables were left to trudge it by themselves , which they did in very good temper . After the morning service had been , concluded , they returned to dinner , and again returned to do their duty in old tcothtr church in the afternoon . On their arrival at the sacred edifice , they found , to their creat

      surprise , that a robbery had been committed iu their absence—that the cushions , hooks , &c . belonging to . the pew in which the officers always sit , had been removed but for what purpose , and to what place , still remains a mystery . Suspicion howevtr , attaches itself to the ' respectable ' churchwardens , and the great forbearance of the Radicals is manifestthey not having as yet taken out a search warrant against the < gentlemen' in question . We trust they will , for the sake of old mother church , whose guardians they ought to be , restore the articles . Nouthen UNiON .-0 n Monday evening last / pursuant to notice , a public meeting of the inhabitants of Bank Foot and its neighbourhood was held at the Truncliff . gate Inn , when a society was-, termed , to be called the . Truneliff-gatB liadical Association—its objects being to assist , fty everymeans ,-the' carrying into effect the resolution passed at Peep Green on the 15 th of October . There

      wasa good attendance , and the most determined spirit ,, manifested hy every individual , ... Extremk LiBERALi . _ on Friday last * ' S - ) * e m -tf ? lr . John Kelrall , residing to the £ r } tirad / 0 ^ ' and wh 0 was ' eng 3 gim i .-y oi one oi o > " manufacturers noted for his . .. ality toward the poor , was discharged from . his . employment . The father of the hoy , desiious to know the reason of such discbarge , went to the counting-house for that purpose ;' and , strange to say , ascertained lhat it was for the grave offence of attending tbe meeting at Peep Green . We believe this is the' only ease of discbarge which has taken place on that account , though hundreds left their employment on that occasion .

      « - ! J ' DEWSBTJRY . . Constable Triumph . —The Radicals of D ^ wsbury . have achieved another glorious victory over ; the Whig and Tory tyrants , ai . d their swapgenng deputy , ( "Sir John Falstaff" of 4-1 v Verty " kD 0 ckin B" memOT . V , ) by electing Mr , WiMiam Newsome , of Daw Green , as Chief Constable for the township of Dewsburv , a highly respectable inhabitant , who wi ; l administer equal , justice , ; we believe , to all parties , without partiality , to the poor as well as the rich . Mr . Newsome i »

      < I one of the popular Poor Law Guardians for Dewg- bury , and has opposed its introduction to the Union to the utmost of his power , and now that " Baron Hang em of Eob ' em Castle" and his skilly srarvaturn crew , are determined to carry this hated law of Devils into operation with the point of the bayonet , and in- spite of the Guardians and the people , Mr . Newsome , with the rest of the popular Guardians , bave determined that they will not attend any more at the meetings convened by Baron Hahg ' em or any of . ibis u kill-by-inches" : gang , for they are determined not to be made tools in the hand ? of

      the three Somerset DespoW , in carrying : out this - abominable law . The people of Dewshury having proved Mr . Newsome so far a faithful representative , '• have consequently elected him as Chief- Constable for this , town ,, in hopes that justice- will be fairly ' administered to all . ; What a fretting stew- the Man . and Saddle . bar crew must now he in , to thiuk that after all their envious trickery andI pitiable slhnoering they , have made use of for . the purpose of thT f ° WT r ii ' —' P *» tit & » " man the people , had legall y appointed as their choice : ' . &i ?^^^^^^^ , of ; WakeneW \

      Ph ' n op U „! , ' ij v - ^ ^ some * " the ; people' 8 . tZl \ t Sv Constable in "p ite « f aU men ^ he Whigs « aW ; that they couldf not obtain their oWct . m the constebleshi p , they wanted Mr . ; - fe \^' iJ , ^*^ ' ' lift fe kdniier " . w JohnF alHtaff /\ again a 8 depvtv . This Mr ; Newsome oh jeeted . to ; and Mr . Lumb , like an : honest man said that the constable must . have . tha ' : choiceof , bis . pwn . deputy .. A . complete . « ew . iiei " of ' Jjy ? ya . w _ men ^ ei ; e ^ al ^ i .. ' sppqinwd , ; « p .. that ' jijtva-. . burj ' is now- under anew adminititration . altogethfr , Podr " Sif / Jfolin !' , puVL j 'i'long '' loot now at ilie ' mortificati . im of his haying to come , down . " fromi the rank' of Comman % r-ih-Chief of ; the Metropolitan Police and Special Forces , to a poor " Povertyknocker" once more and to this the people all rejoice and » ay , " Amen , aod Rmen . '

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 3, 1838, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1030/page/4/