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    • THEPORTHERMSTAE. SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1839.
    • TO READERS & CORRESPONDENTS.
    • SMITH FIELD MEETING;
    • LEEDS AND WEST RIDING NEWS.
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      poverty , where men are murdered , that moctste-rs may grow rich , the helpless iafant of SEVEN years !! Another " pnanimoBs opinion " of the meeting was , that the " Inspector * " should "be dispensed with ; they being " no loDger required . " The plain "English of this i * , that it is the unanimous wi » h oi the * e ilfuir representatives of the interests ef the empleycd" to have a law which they can either keep or violate , as may be * t accord with their pecuniary interests at any moment ! !!

      > Sby was the Bill , to consider the previsions of which thia meeting was called , brought into Parliament ? Avowedly because the Inspectors under the present law declare that they are unahle to enforce it agraingt the persevering and systematic villany of the " vampires " who continually evade it . And yet these '' fair representatives of the interests of all classes" coolly tell as that , in their " unanimous opinion , " IiLspectors are " no longer required !"

      It is notorious that , in spite of all the vigilance of the Inspector * , the villaiHs now often continue to evade the law , so as to employ children at least two jeaTS oBder the legal age . "Will they he more honest when th . it vigilance U withdrawn ? This is just as if a pickpocket thonld assure up , ^ rith a grave face , that the police were a considerable inconvenience to him in his business , and that they were " no longer required . " Does any one suppose that if , for the benefit of that peculiar hranch of " commerce , " the hoaourahle fraternity of pickpockets were relieved of the surveillance of those disagreeable " Inspector * , " the palice , they would

      not pick many pockets more than they now do ? Now though we have no doubt that the worst pickpocket who ever trod the wheel , was a far more respectable man than any of the being * who could express " unanimous opinions" such as the Mercury has recorde-i as tbe deliberate votes of this meeting . we have no obje-etioB , for the * ake of argument , to give the big villains the preference over the little ones , and to suppose that , even iu the absence of the Isspecters , izey would not evade their own law to any greater extent than they now do ; the consequence then La th&t ^ as they now frequently evade it by at least two yean in . the' age of the infant worker * , we sh-uld then ~ ha " ve infant * of sixlv

      moEths old gcr " arming all . the . horrible and unhealthy drudgery * -fekh- physicians of the hi ghest character haTt declared to " be unfit for human being * at all . - The horriblece . ^ . of thi < proposal to drag thus from the arm * - —nay , aliaost from the breast—of the nrether , th <» i . ff * pring of Enaliab parents into the hell-holt * of ildiamou-worshi p is almos : past couteaaplMioo j and , whea we consider that these were the " unanimous opinions" of & meeting- of "Engl shmrn and Christian

      EnglUbnu&i * . Christlany ^ futhtr and a Irgiilator ai this essintiallj " CLrL-iian . " country , promised to-do hi * bettioias plaoe in Parliament to " give tffi ^ t" to'these lorrible atrocities of opinion and 4 d ? ire j we f « tl \ abi . ost United t » disuwR at wh * the coanuy aud tb * religion capable of producing icings so dVsgracefuTto . tlie Tmtnan form and character . Lvtttem , howetw , « s we told them Wt week , Ffst assured ihat-they vrM not he permuted

      to ' give efftct ' " to ! . their imcjur . ou . * desires . The people of England—tie fathers of Suffering incocents— the Christian ? who Itlieot : in the BibU , which many of tbe mill-monsters are fond of talking about—have not yet lost either the common fethngs of their nature , or the power of assertiog them ; and , sooner than children of sixty months old shall be murdered for the increase of the property of tbe rich , the properly of the rich shall be * wept away by the whirlwind of destruction—the wrath

      Oi a jus ; God made manifest in th ^ - fury of & distracnd people . But we fear not any such calami tons result , if the reople be true to themselves . If they , a ? they easily may , compel the tottering hBbecilrs , who cow hold the reins of Government , to restore their right nf Universal Suffrage—a Parliament ? o chosen wilt goon teaeh these mill devil * how to dance to a very different time . "We have cot done wkb * hw trubjetrt . TrTe shall return to it , probably , nelt vrtek .

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      k FOREIGN AFFAIRS . Thx Trench papers are filled with nothing "but fisertatwns and calculations about the relative posi-Hffi of the two great robber factions , "between » s whom , in England , the people are crucified . 1 b S p * i& , where the correspondents of our "Whigs nd Tories have added the murderer's coronet to tke robber ' * badge , things teem to be nearly as they iave been for a long period . The whole country is sail everrun . with hands of marauders in uniform , wh " , under pretext of fighting for what each party 9 ^ 1 s tbe constitution , pillage and murder the inhabitants , until it seems likely their work will be kj xnd . by completed by the depopulation of the country .

      From America , Ne * B rung wick papeTs up to the S 5 th of March have been received , but their eon tent * * re comparatively uaimpertant . They contain little besides an enumeration of tbe resources a men and money of the " brave New Brans-¦ wiekers , " and their testifications of being " ripe ior the fray . " In Turkey , some accoante represent hostilities as having begnn between the Sultan and the Viceroy of Egypt .

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      FEABGUS O'CONNOR TO IH £ PEuPLE . LETTBR 1 : —MV CASE . M ? Friends , —I now procted ' to Jay my case before you . Since 1 wrote last week , I have received the Number of the Northern Star , containing tbe allege * libel against tbe Warrnin * ter Guardians . It was most important that I should We in tbe possession of this document , in order that I may lay before the public tbe slender web » pon which a man' .- - liberty hang * in these times . Here follow * tbe . groundwork of the prosecution : —

      "V * ARM 1 NKTER BASTILF- —A littTp boy . last - *¦«* , Tor »» Eje » m » li uileuce , *» i euiitinml in uneof the cell * belonging to the abwve viorkbou * ' , and vrai literally starved to death . The fnyr little { - . -How during h ' n CilminvHient , actnaliy eat in cmiwqii- nee bfhunger , imo ol his ring ^ ra and the flesh troui ids xrm . " This article is of course taken from some journal or source bttteracquainted with the proceedings of the Warmirjster Guardians than I can be supposed to be . it bears date the 22 nd of December , 1838 , and ta . « not been noticed til ! the eve of the

      prenentation of the hut Petition . I da Dot reprint the article with a view of repeating it , but now legitimately transcribe it from the affidavit set forth by the Attorney General . Having received a character ior indiscretion , confiueet hope was entertained that my want of judgment would have committed myself and my party long era this , and that I should have afforded the required means of getting rid of me upon other groundi ; but having disappointed our enemies " , this pocket pistol , Uaded gicc-e the 22 nd of December , is now discharged , as , under any circumstances , I must be

      disposed of . I am very particular in making this part of my case quite clear ; for notwithstanding the whimsicality of the law of libel , and tbe law of sedition , I wi&h folly to impress upoB your minds the fact , that throngh a bu 3 y life of ceaseless agitation , I have escaped the ore , and have not , by any act of iny own , subjected myself to the othtr . Where duty rt quires die exposure of tyranny , I fearnothiEg in discharge of that duty ; but if it can be-equally well done within the narrow limits of cuiiom— for as to law , it ' s a farce—so much the better . The man who withholds a denunciation of

      wroDg done , frera a dread of the law , is worse than useless in tbe present times . 1 shall presently ghow that in 1 S 22 , ia a similar movement ifl Ireland to that which is now going on in England , my life was threatened , and merely saved by a miracle , because for want of the presa , I was compelled to undertake a great personal risk Between the French revolution of i" 93 , and the Irish revolution of 1798 , General Abthub P'Conxor , my utcle , established a paper in Ireland calk-d tho Xurtfiem Star , and so powerful was

      that journal in uniting opinion , that it waa suppressed by the Governmen t at an expense of six hundred thousand pounds , be ; ax » e if * existence , and the exigence of tyranny were incompatible . So long » s public epinion is marihalled under one general standard , so leng will that opinion beat down all before it ; and here then let mesay without vanity , that the Northern Star , established by me at Leeds , only seventeen months ago , ha ? been the onTy paper ever established in England which ha ? « erved as a general rall ying point for Democracy , anda- * an * ncorBpromi » ing , feajh ^ , and unchanging

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      of ^ an circulation of popular opinion , and for afterwards uniting that opinion . " Public opinion is seldom wrong , and never -very long wrong ; " but it not nnfreqaently happen * that when a great project has been accomplished , the means of its accomplishment , if judicious , are often lost sight of for u moment . Antecedently lo the establishment of the " Star , " local opinion was organised at great personal expense , and with much labour and uncertainty . Grievances were matter of mere oral tradition ; and local grievances were resisted by the brave in their respective neighbourhoods , at great risk . Stephens was not known

      beyond the narrow limita of a portion of Lancashire , % ni even there , not truly known ; his eloquence astounded tbe ear , but never reached the hearts of those who heard not "What hasthe " Stir" not done for him , and through him for the cause ? Oastleb reigned in the heart * of those within bis narrow circle ; but by how much has the " Star" increased its circumference ? "Bussey was but known to Bradford . Pitk&thly , one of tbe most noble foul * in existencej could see at one glante the limit * of bis influence . Fletcher was haried . Sakkkt » a * unheard of . Macdouall would have remained unknown . Faosx would never have been heard of . O'Connor wonid have

      been prematurely consigned to the grave from over-exertion . The talents of Hill , which have contributed so little to the tnakiog of the Northern Star what it is , would hare smouldered in the pulpit , and the immediate precinct ? of his owe locality ; and many others would have died unknown , or , in despair of duu effecc being given to their exertions , would have ab . ctained from making any , had it not been that all were here represented in one . common mirror , truly reflected ; the public eyeatone glance

      seeing each in his owh shape and form . This true mirror of opinion must be broken , or the opinion * which it represents must form the basis of the law of tbe land . Such , my friends , u the real substance of this GeverBment prosecutioD . No tyranny can or shall exist while the Star lives ; and our rulers well knowing that , have , since tbey heard of your attachment to it , and your determination to support it , literally given their gravest consideration to tbe best means of destroying the Northern Star newspaper . Having gone further than any ni in who

      ever lived in the agitation of Democracy , 1 have braved the storm , and defied the law . I have raised thin gtorm . The Star has united the . several currents into one resbing stream of overw helming knowledge , and to suppress it no pains will be spared -no means will be withheld . I assert upon my honour , that men , high in authority , have > ent their emissaries into Lancashire and Yorkshire to tesc public opinion , with respect to any plan bj which the Northern Star could be suppressed ; and to the honour of its readers , the uniform reply has

      been , by no plau , no long as it continues to be conducted as it has hitherto b * en . All there assassin attempts having failed , my liberty and your orjran are now threatened . A mere action for libel , at the suit of the Guardians would not have answered the extensive purpose now in view ; an action too whet * ' facts , if facts they be , would have insured them a verdict . BuX no , by the first law officer of the Crown , the ATTOHMEY-General , in his ominous person , io this suit originated . The object is to remove me from . ' the cause , and at

      the same time to bear me down by repeated fines . A sojourn in a gloaary dungeon , hdwever , will but give me leisure tj deliberate upon the best plan for our deliverance ; for , should they lead nit to tbe scaffold , my last words shall be , Universal Si'Jfrage— while , with your support of the Star , n ^ tirjg satisfied in the talent and the rirrnnewj of its Editor , I will defy all fines to suppress if , and alt persecution to subdue its tone , in tbe denunciation of tyrants . I have pushed the cause bejond tbe temperature of paid politician * , —no man can uow

      damage it , except by the suppression of the Star- to effect which , the pique , the jealousy , and the vanity of some would furnish powerful auxiliarie . < , when feaeked by the unlimited support of men in power no matter whether "Whi gs or Tories . Humanity , charity , and kindly feelings , have given you sbortlime committees from the ranks ot Whi g * , Tories and Radicals . The game virtues have furnished you with opponents to the factory system , and to tbe Poor Law Amendment Act—while 1 assert that

      tbe establishment of the principle of Universal Suffrage is the only thing which can either destroy the grievances under thoje systems , or prevent a recurrence of similar grievances at any opportune time , and therefore it ix that I have rallied round me the several real haters of oppression , and lovers of justice . I have no objection to a prosecution for opposition to the Poor Law Amendment Act ; for in looking over the records of those sad times , when it became the law of the land , I fiael that my name is associated with that of the immortal

      Cobbett , in minorities as small a * four , in its condemnation ; and when introduced to the men of Lancashire , now nearly four yearn since , by the brave people of Oldharn , I stated roy opinions with reference to that measure , namely , that many martyrs would be made before the people would submit to so foul & stain—so damnable an ignominy . From that time to the present moment , my hatred and opposition to it hag remaiced unabated ; and to defend mjself against its terror * and i-upporters , 1 shall receive no pecuniary aid , but with the

      assistance of the son of that man who most boldly opposed its introdoction , I » hall defy ali oppressor * and tyranta . Now you will observe , that had the Guardians brought an action for libel , which i « the osual course , I should have been entitled to put the truth of the allegation in evidence , but now I am stopped . Mr . Mauls , tbe Treasury Solicitor , conducts the prosecution , and the Attorney General leads as Counsel , so that 1 am now to be deprived of my liberty , because the Government and tbe Guardians of Warmiusier have , after

      more than four months , found rive lines in the Star which will serve all tbe purposes of both factions . Oastlkb , Stephens , and OCosnor , have now been variously attacked , and the work is nearly completed . One word and I have done . For the Dorchester Labourers , while I was a Member ot Parliament , I worked hard . For the Glasgow Spinner * I worked hard—for Oastler and Stephens I worked bard . For every oppressed individual or insulted body I have worked hard . Iu Parliament I have done my duty . As Proprietor of

      the Northern Slur I have done my duty . A * a Delegate to the Convention I have done my duty . As unpaid Agitator I have done my duty , and have spent £ 8 , 000 of my own money in your cause , and , in return , I ask for neither money nor sympathy , bnt I ask you for your opinions , your denned and unequivocal opinions npon my general conduct . If tbe Star is put down , tbe people , and not the Whig

      Government mast do it- ; upon you then , and upon my enemies of another class most devolve tbe honour and the g lory . This letter has already run to so great a length that I am compelled to withhold the narrative of ny position in Ireland duriDg tbe year 1822 , till next Saturday—in the meantiane say whether the Star shall live or die ; with you I will brave all , without you I will do the best I can . I am year faithful friend , FEARGUS O'CUNNOR . Convstitiun Room , 25 : h Apiil ,

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      W . B . PriOhabd—The tubjectof his letter is one un which we have said and * rittm much : there ia no danger of our losing iiight of it : hi * lcttor contain * nothing new , and vruulJ , therefore , oecapy au&ce to no porpoM . _ ¦¦ ¦ . . James Harorf . aves . —Vfe think he was perfectly rightajgjwvved , and hope it wUl be a useful lesson to him . LATE COMMUNICATIONS . —We have this week , aa usual , reteiveJ U > ad « of communication * from various parts ef the country—including report * ot meeting * at Miudlaton , Rochdale , Hudderslwld , and other piuces ; every one too late for insertion . We have also received ouveril cpraplainU referring to the non-insertion of mutteju for which the complainants' hart ! nobody to blame but themwlvM . We have again and again tuted tke > x « ct time at watch cauimunicationH iutvnded for in « eniun should be in the oniw . w « have again and again aaid that matter of local intelligence , having reference to occurrences on the Thursday , Kriday . Saturday . Sunday , or

      Monday miutbe in theMUce On ruesday—that nothing about which anxiety is felt for insertion should be later than Wednesday morning—and that we ca » not guaranty the insertion ot snythmg which we do not receive on Wednesday uight , and yet we havo every week ulioaU ol intelligence frequently referring to occurrence * of the Tuesday , Monday , or even , a * m uiany of the preitent Instances , to the Satnrday or Friday . previous , coming here on I'hnrsday or Friday . NowVthuU not our fault , and ire will not bear the blamn of it . if penohi will not « end their ; communication * ia proper time , we will neither insert them tur notice their complaints . Soiurf ol those which have been now received may , perhaps , be inaertvd next week , but we make no promise * : if tmy he disappointed 1 st them blame themselves . The up pointed correspondent * who have been accustomed to » end on Thursday must ALL send on Wednesday . THEDROYLSDEN AND HEYWOOD mfwtin ^ s w ere received too late ; they ahull appear nest week .

      IN ANSWER to many inquiries , we beg to gay , that the Plate of the Convention will be presented only to those who have subscribed for the Star since Keb . lbth . — The Plate will not be sold to non-sub ^ crifa » r « .

      STJSk'HENS'S DEFENCE VUXD . 1 jf a . d . From Mr . Kelly , of Sheffield 0 2 e — Mr . fce ^ rge Roe , Sheffield 0 0 6 — Davuntry 10 0 — Horbury , ne ; ir Wnkeheld 10 0 — 8 « itt > ury , Suffolk 14 6 — The Block Printer * of ftlitcham , Surrey , per O . J . Harney ...... 1 10 0 — Eonte y 7 o 0 — Mr . Maceliuld 0 10 9

      -- Mr . J . Kenee ... 0 5 0 — Ship Tavern , Hltl-hoa » e Lane ... 3 0 0 — Matthew Garbatt o 1 0 — Frances An'lTew ...., 0 5 J 6 The » um uf ^ " 7 , for the Defence Fund , acknowledged in the Stur of toe 6 th of April " irom lour dressers , being the proceeds of a looting , " was from Stock port . IN TUE StEGiMENS of the Convention , which are now in th , > ban U of our Agents , we have thoughc it but a just tribute to altt «* r » . Oastler and Stephens , to placo them in that a « wh | 1 an in every print where popular characters should be found .

      IF TUB COMMUNICATIONS for « ardrtdby Mr . Tinker are not paid , they will be retnrned in future . National Rent . —From Ripon , 15 s . M . A Working Man of Burlington . —We cannot give any n-ply to hi * application for a vUit from Mr . O'Connor lo the East RHwg , that gentleman being » t present fully occupied with his Convention duties and the cowardly prosecution ol the Poor Law Whigs . CONVENTION PLATES , A . H—Only to subscriber * . THE NATIONAL RENT .-From a lew trends at Horsforth 13 s . 2 d- ' MR . Samuel Thwaite , of Woodland , in Nouhowram , in the partah ol Halil&x , i * vut a I ' oor Law Uuurdian lor that t . wnship . He was put in iiotuiiiatiun , bui without his ktiovrl .-dge or consent , and his refused to accept the appoint nv .-nt . T . P . CAULILE , MANCHESTER—Mr . Heywood was ri Kht in requiring him to take hu full number . Notice wan given , some time ago , that all Va-jeiH ordered nxuit he

      taktn ; tor we should , m no case , take any back . Not a single copy could Mr . Heywuod return to the oflice ; therefore it was wrong in Mr . V . to require hi ; u to bear the loss , nii » re e »; wcially when it wa » from no fault of Mr . HeywoodV that the ? were not in Manchester sooner . If Air . C . takes his foil number he will be entitled to all the Portraits for thera ; if he 4 ,. not , he cannot reasonably expect that he can have them . With respuct to the trans f erring of the order to tin oflice , were it to be acceded to , no Portraits would be due on it . We are pledgi'd not to supply » siofrls Portrait on any order received » ub-Violent to the 16 lh of February , and hit would be a new order . THE i * LATE of tbe Convention is being printed a > rapidlv as possible . A « soon as the requisite number is struck oo " , it will be given in the several localities . Perhaps we may be able to state , the days when inoor next . SIR . KKOST has signified bis intention of attending the We » t Riding Meeting . AIR . FKARGU 9 O'CONNOR will attend the meeting in Batty ' s Circus , > t Manchester , this day .

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      Last evening a vast assemblage of the working clas * e * met in ftmithneld , purnuaut to notice , for tho purpose of passing resolutions favourable to' tlie Chiirtist movement . A groat deal of interest . seemed to b « excitHd in tke neighbourhood ni to tho correctness of a statement which appeared iu the Horning Advertiser newspaper , sayiug that tlie Chief Magistrate wa <* determined not U > allow auy torch light meeting to be held withiu the preciucLi of his jurisdiction , » nd therefore many pe . r 8-. rn > were present from curiosity to know whether this threat would be put into execution . At . sevrn o'clock a waggon , in which were the Members of tlie Local Committee , took its stand in the midst of the den « e crowd by

      which it was surrounded ; <* oon after , several members of th « National Convention made their way , with much difficulty , to a standing place on the same waggon ; after which Mr . Cardo was elected president of the assembly . Th « meeting was adtirewed by Mes . « r » , Wall , Ryaii ,. Collin » , ot Birmingham , Skevington , of Leicestershire , Sankey , of Edinburgh , and others ; aud resolutions were passed , approving of the conduct of the Convention , tiud declaratory of a determination to obtain the People ' s Charter , no matter at what price . Mr . S : inkey , in his address , mentioned that he only

      arrived from Edinburgh at six o ' clock , that evening , and that in that city a largo meeting was held on last Thursday , in the People ' s Hal ) , and that they , the people of Edinburgh , were determined ib&t-ihb Charter should be the law of the land . Mr . S . tnkey was , as were the other speakers nlso , cheered eiilhu « iastically while addressing the multitude . The meeting separated peaceably at a late Iwur . Among the banners which were carried by the persons who formed the procession , were those inscribed with , " Liberty or Death , " " Universal Suffrage , " Vote by Ballot , " ' -Annual

      Parliaments . " One with the " Cao nf Liin » rt »_ " A ... ments . " One with the " Cap of Liberty . " Auother person bpre the ' Tri-coloured Flag , " and waved it most zealously at tfcose points of the different speeches which told . of the great expense of attending cm the keeping up of'Monarchical Govcrnmantsi The Lord Mayor , with several Aldermen , attended during the entire time , and not less than fifty thousand persons were prudent . At the close of the proceeding * , three times three cheers were giren for Feargus O'Connor , and Stephens .

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      LETPS . Assaults . —On Wednesday laot , at the Court , House , a waterman named Jolm i ' wher , was cbarged with ha . ing committed an a ^ ault oa Wm . Broad - bent , by throwing him into the canal , near the St . Heleua look , above tiie Wellington road , about eleven o ' ctoek on Tuesday night . The piisoner declared he had only pushed tbe complainant from him , in celf-dcfence , when he fell into tho canal , the water not bt / iug more than two feet deep . The ivraplair . ant and a companion who was with him , he charged

      with having thrown stones at him , which they denied , and said they were walking leisurely along when the prisoner attacked tht in . He was fined 50 s . and expen * ep , or , in default of payment , committed tor one month to VVakefield House of Correction . On the same day , a youth named William Ridley , was brought up by warrant , oharged with having , on Sunday uight , assaulted Mary Aria Turner , whom he had thrice knocked down . Iu this case , which did not appear to twot' so thgraut a nature , the magistrates ( Messrs . Clapharo , Cadroan , and Hebden , ) inflicted the full penalty allowed by law , £ 5 , including cosr « , or iu default t « yo month . umprisounieHt

      East End Northkhn UNioN .- ^ -Tbe members of the Ea * t End Northern Union , held . thei r monthly rneeting on Tuesday last , at the house of Mr . John Hamilton , tbe Fox Inn , Bank , when-ihe accounts of the union were read over , and a number of males and females enrolled their name * as members , after which the meeting separated highly saiisfved , and determined to go on ah J . conquer . Assault , —On Saturday , a young man named James Lambert , was brought up at the Court House , charged with a violent axsault on two females in Ebenezer Street , ou the previous evening . He told a rambling story in defence but had no witnesses ; there being , however ^ pome doubt as to his identity , tbe cafe was remanded till Monday , to give time to enquire into his BUttmeat , on which day he was fined ' lbs . and costs , or iu default committed to Waiefield for a month .

      Sundat Gambling . — Three young men were brought up at the Court House , on Monday , charged by the churchwardens of the parish with haTing h * en found gftmh ' iQg on the previous day , in a lane in Burmantofts . Inspector Hainsworth stated that one of them , on his approach , drew a knife from his pocket , with which he threatened to sub any one who > hould lay bafcds on him . They were reprimanded by the Bench , and liberated on entering into tli-ir own recognizances for thtir good behaviour for -: x muatbs .

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      Assault bt Horsewhipping . —Oa Saturday last , Mr . Thomas Womack appeared at the Court House by warrant , to ana wer to a charge of haying horBewhipped tyr . John Baxter Laoglej , a juvenile ; medical practitioner . It appeared that both gentlemen are meonbere of a choral Boeiety , the meetings of which are held in the Infant School Kooea , in Park Lane , and on Tuesday erening , at thia place tha a ?« ault complained of wan committed . The leading fact ? are briefly these : —Mr . Laugley , at a Concert by the me ' mbent ef the society , ohora to find fault with Mr . Womack , which he did b sending him a note as follows . " Will the hautboy be so kind as not to play . " Deeming this an insult on his professional , abilities , Mr . Womack demanded an

      apology , inquiring at the same time if anything personal were intended ; to this Langley replied that " as one but a fool would hare taken it as such , " and refused any further explanation . Mr . Woraack then provided himself with a horsewhip , with which he soundly belaboured the shoulders of Langley , who , on the day following , sent a hwtil * message by a friend , requesting a meeting on Wood housemoor , that he might receive the satisfaction due from one gentleman to another . Mr . Bond appeared fur tbe defendant , and expressed his regret that the time of the magistrates should be occupied by so trumpery a ca « e . The magistrates viewing it as such , fined tbe defendant 5 s . and costs , which were paid , and the parties retired .

      HANXEY . Rev . J . R . Stephens . —The enclosed ia a bank order for eight pounds , which you will have the kindness to hand over to the treasurers of the Rev . J . R . Stephens ' s Defence Fund . It ia the result of private subscriptions , and a collection at a sermon preached on Sunday last , by Mr . Cayptr , a well known Radical residing in the Staffordshire Potteries . Tbe proceeds are highly satisfactory to the committee who have managed the affair ,

      considering the many difficulties they have had tc contend with . The committee , in the discharge of their duty , feel it incumbent upon them to notice the conduct of their local press . They applied to three different printing establishments to print placards , announcing the sermon , but were disappointed . Some of them positively refused an account of the object , and che other cunningly and warily declined the work . You will oblige the committee in ac * knowledging the receipt of the enclosed in the Star of Saturday , as well as the items below .

      I am , Sir , yours , Wm . Stone . £ . t . d . Remitted g 00 la treasurers'bands .... ; ......... 0 7 2 . .... .. ; . . .... . .. , -. . ¦ ^ g 7 , 2 Collected a . tisenhon .............. 5 ^ 10 Subscriptions .................... 4 6 11 .. ' ' -. * . 14- 7 Deduct expenses . 1 7 9

      £ 6 7 2 XUDDEBjaiNfiTEK . Public Meeting . —On Thursday eveniDg , the 18 th itmtant , a glorious meeting took place a » Kidderminster , it was held in the large club room of the Freemason ' s Arms Hotel , and wan called far tbe purpose of hearing an address from Dr . Taylor ( from the Convention , ) and . Mr . Browne ( of Birmingham , ) although not more than , four or five hours' notice was given of the ' meeting , long before the time arriwd the room and every avenue leading tbtreto was filled- to suffocation ; nat less than six hundred purson- * hsing present . ¦ The chair wu occupied by Mr . Quinn , qneof themtfinhertof th Working ilvu ' n Awodation . Tbe meeJfing ^ wa *

      addressed at great length by Mr ; BrdwinK'and Dh laylor , and a » i « o by several gentienten bVlongftg rb tbe town , and a resolutroh wa « unaniiA 6 ugti ' -adftpt « ii ( expressing the entire confidence ; of % me ^ ng in the National Convehtiop , . hotwithstandifjj the . it : Mgnation of some of the' Birmjnghann Peieg ^ e ^ , and pledging themselves to . jsuppou it to the otia ^ st of their power . Dr . . T . aylorV addre « s cKjcvpied . au hour and a half , and was accompanied throughout with the jnost deafening oheern , aa were a < so the speeches ot Mr . Browne , Mr . Charlton , Mr . Quinn , and Mr . Jos . Richards . For unanimity , enthusiasm and determination

      , , this meeting far exceeds eve » j other political display that has ever taken place in this borough . It is worthy of remark that the Tories of this town prevailed upon a few of their " Operative Conservatives" to attend for the purpose of disturbing tbe meeting , but their ralourgave way to prudence , and no interruption took place ; indeed , many of them afterwards declared themselves converts , and sought to attach their names to the People's Petition . At the close of the meeting , three tremendous cheers were given to Dr . Taylor and Mr . Browne , three for the National Convention , and three for the chairman .

      BRADFORD . Northern Union . —The committee of the Bradford Northern Union requeit that each Radical A «« oeiation or Northern Union in the Bradford District , do sead * Delegate to attend the Committee Meeting of the Bradford Northern Union , to be held at the regular place of meeting every Wednesday evening . National Rent . —On Saturday last , the sum of £ 1 7 s . was handed to the Treasurer of tbe National Rent Fund , by Mr . J . Hall , heing the wubaciiptions of the friends to the cause in the Bowling district . This makes the amount Babscribed altogether £ 4 5 $ . 8 d ., by the Chartists of that district .

      Chartist Movement in Bingley . —An out-door demonstration of the people of Bingley took place in front of the Court House , last Saturday evening , in support of the present movement . There was a multitude of person * present , warm and enthusiastic in the good cause . Mr . George Hartley , a working man , in the chair . Messrs . Thornton and Bastow , missionaries from Bradford , addressed the meeting at considerable length on the necessity of adopting the Petition and Charter . During Mr . Thornton ' s address , he was several times interrupted hy a well known Whig factory lord and tyrant , who was in a beastly state of intoxication . Mr . Thornt on challenged this beastl

      y individual to come forward and argoe the question iauly , but all to no purpose , he could not be persuaded t > attack Mr . Thornton in a fair and open manner . In a few minutes after this , another ol the same faction made his appearance , ( styled in the neighbourhood Mr . Sfcirrow , ) as drunk as David ' s old sow , accompanied by an idiot , known as Jerry Wilkinson ; they were immediately pointed out by one of the speakers , and reprimanded tor their conduct . Finding their proceedings did not meet the approbation of the assembly , they peaceably lef ; the ground . The following resolutions then

      were moved and carried : —! . " That this meeting feelingly deplores the unparalleled distresa that now afflict * this unhappy and devoted country , and it is the opinion of this meeting , that so long as class interests are alone consulted by the domineering factions that have so long plundered the people , there is no hope for the country ; therefore thw meeting is of opinion that the principles of the People ' s Charter are alone calculated to secure the salvation of this country . "—2 . " That this meeting hi ghly approve of the condt ct of the People ' s Convention ; and we are detei mined to support it to the utmost of our power . " Hail and

      Thunder Storm . —On Saturday last , the town and neighbourhood of Bradford was visited with a severe hail aud thunder Worm , the former of which were of » b unusually large size some of them mea * ariog nearly an inch in circumference . Fortunatel y we have heard of no personal injury being done . , Recruiting . -Several different regiments have men stationed in this town on recruiting service but , we are informed , with little success , although &" a «» 'he 8 treCt ? iD theif 8 tf at 6 re v with drum and hie , several times a-week . Young men are beginniug to have more knowledge , or otherw , * e take the subject more into consideration , than to sell themselves for the paltry sum of 13 d . « er day w uphold a system which w a curse to

      man-Meeting ©* Chartists at I » LB .-Oti Moo . ? L 7 \ £ ¦\ Mt » a P » c n . eetin « r of tbe ChaTtisb of Idle took place at the Town Well Inn / in thTt « owo Previous to the meeting , the bellman wa sent round , announcing the melting , after whichl band of music paraded the streets . The pC wa * crowded to excels . Such is the feeling in IoW specting the present movement , that the peon e are druggifor liberty and ° 6

      e ; that sooner than eke Jt So ^ S ^ T enC iU *• - ?«»»* they at J 2 ££ shift £ ' I " ^ T" Sh 8 pe he ma y level nisVhafts , ourablTrTrt t 8 tTOggle ' for lt U more honour ! Cliff HA y « he lWOrd than otUn ^ r . Messrs . meftW ? gS ° ' ! " \> and ° tHers , addressed the hlf nl ? V cheerin » - The meeting broke up about fhJiSSJ ^" ' S 'Wf' ^ gWgWy ««»« & with the advice given them by the goeaker * ' Wp „„ .

      SSS . tT * C T - "Wd '/ f deiiWa week on rK "" "f in * *' «****** uSn ' maV " * ° U 1 efftf ° t 8 ot M **«* 9

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      ¦ REgiGNATJON . ——On Wedneeday week , Mr . | bbotson , Radical Newr Agent , of tfa » foiro * tendered , bis resignation ( b yjprpxy ) , , to tbe eommiUee of the Bradford Northern Union . The commitlea promptly " refused to' take such , resignation en tbe ground that he had bees elected one of that hoij at a public meeting , and it was necenaarjr . , that be should tender his resignation at a pablic aeetiag ff the members . . Radical Association . —A public meeting * f the members and friends of the Bradford Moor Radical Association , was held at the house of Mr . Clifford , Hatteri' Arms InnBradford Moor . Mr .

      , James Dickinson wa » called to the cbair , who opened the business of the meeting in a short hut pithy , address . Tne meeting was aftewarda » blj addressed by Messrs . Flynn and Fortune , an * the following resolution agreed to : — That it ia tbe opinion of this meeting that tbe Convention ba » e nobly done their duty , and we at the same time plaea the firmest confidence in the Convention ) and that we are determined to stand by it , should it coat n * oar right arm * . " At the conclusion of the bnaaeM . several neiv member * were enrolled , who contributed to the National Rent , amongst whom we noticed several females , who appeared very warm in the cause .

      vr ^ T-TfA-yr ; Board ot Guardians v . Thb Rkpobtkrs . —At the weekly meeting of this Board , which took place one Friday week , in this town fifteen of the elected Guardians were present , besides Messrs Pollard , Ralph , and Wm . Briggs ., ex-offickt . R . WaiDhouse , Esq ., the chairman presided . After the clerk hid read over the minutes of the preceding meeting , Mr . Goldthorp observed , that the ratepayers of Clifton were dissatisfied with the valuation . Mr . Barstow stated , that the Overseers had been directed to take the opinion of the rate-pa \ er »

      , and no disapprobation on their part had come before ? he Board . Their only remedy now was going to the sessional After the above preliminary business bad been gone through , a motion was afterwards introduced , made by G . Pollard , E * q ., respecting reporters being allowed to attend their meetings , and the following gentlemen teok the most prominent part in that di » cussion viz . : —Mr . Pollard , Mr . Wainhonge , Mr . Sheard , Mr . Walker Priertley , Mr . John Craver ^ Mr . Ramsden , Mr- WilKaw Briggs , Mr . Keighley , * sd Mr . Ralph ; The purport of Mr . Pollard ' s motion was to refuse admission to the

      reporters at all their future meetings : and an amendment was proposed , by Mr . Sheard , that that business stand over for twelve months . When the quibbling bad subsided on bjth tiden , and the statement * and counter-statements adduced , in which reference was made to the powers of the Commissioners in that oast * provided , showing their omnipotence in . such cases if applied to , and the entire uselessneas of any opinion given by a majority of the Guardiann , the original motion and the amendment were withdrawn , as they could not get tke reporters to consent to report in such a manner as some of them were inclined to prescribe . The slavish condition in which the GuardiaHs are placed by the regulations laid down by the Poor Law Commissioners is moat apparent , by the facts of the case

      above referred to ; and serves to show their otter uselesaness in office , havinjr only an existence in name , without ' any other powers except those delegatedtp them . by . tbe Three CommissUners , and in ^ unison with every view of their * , to carry out the , Act in such wajr and manner as they think proper ; the rate-payers themselves having no power to assist them ,, being governed by ^ the si-me iorluence , if they allow or consent to the Act being carried out under their controttl ^'; B > : this Act , the liberty of the wsbject is quite destroyed ^ aod the magistrates themselves are . but the : subordinates to it . An intimation was givenr ' jbat » h ° uld the Commissioners be applied 'to for the porpose of excluding the reporters a number of ; . Guardians would resign . They are willing slaves indeed who hold office under aqcfc a law , where automatons could be made just as usefuL

      RAte-pa * ers' Meeting . —Pursuant to notice posted dn the Church doore , and signed by the . Churchwarden ? , Messrs . Pollitt and Hainsworth , a meeting of the rate-pay era was held on Thureday morning , in the vtstry of the Pariib Chqrch , in this town , for the purpose of their having " submitted t © thtm the wish and desire of Air . Christopher Rawson and Mr . Jonas Tillotson Patchett , the owners" of Greece Field , whose application was " to divert and turn a certain pabho street or footpath" which communicate diagonally acrost the field between Churcbetreet and Lilly-Jane . Mr . Pollitt claimed the chair , though he said it was no desirable situation

      wh « n th # re ^ was likely to be any opposition . Mr . * awthrop took the lead in the opposition , contending for right of road as belonging to the public : and made a motion which , for the want ot a seconder , fell to the ground . Several other gentlemen addreSBwd the meeting on the sublet ; and it was ultimately agreed i on the proposed pUn receiving the sanction of the magistrates , that right of road should be preserved for the use of tke public agraeable thereto ^ for ever ; and tbua reserving a right of crow road for tfte use of the pubUe , as ustial . A vote or thanks was given to the chairman for bis fervioes .

      BAUNS £ B 7 . Northern UNION .-The Members of the JNortbern Union held their weekly meeting at the house of Mr . Hoey , Mr . Joseph Wiikinsen in tke chair ; tbe room was crowded to exews . So great is the mertase of new members since Mr . O'Connor ' s last visit , that . Hoey ' s large rocm is not sufficient to hold them . The Committee , therefore , was obliged ta rent a large room in the Commercial Inn WilS 0 n > Piece , at whu-h place they will meet next Monday , evening , at s * ven o ' clock . The meeting waa addressed by Messrs . Burland Crabtr « s , and others , after which the following resolutionswere unanimously carried : — ^ 1 .. "That tbis meeting take the document from the Conventm iuto consideration , and will form a committee of five , with power to aid to their number , to draw up the statements required . "

      2 . "That tbis meeting request all persons that have petition sheets to bring them in an or before Monday next , April 29 th . " After which the fallowing note was banded in from the Worsbro' Common Northern Union

      To thr . Members »/ the Northern Union . I write to inform you that Brother George Hepworth , of Ardsley , is cast off from being a member in tne New Connexion Methodist Society , for amending and taking the chair at a Radical meeting , and tor advocating the cause of Mr . Stephens , and as a friend of that persecuted man , with the approbation of your meeting , he feels a deep conviction of mmd for to preach a sermon n « t Lord's Day , upon Wonbro ' . Common , gt half-Mst five in the evening * Hoping you will " give it all tke pub"city joe can in Barnsley , F I remain , youra , William Syices . Worsbro' Common , April 21 , 1839 . town

      Mbetin . 6 of Females . -A very numerous EBF Hi ^ t ^^ a'es of td wa holden at Mr . MvcW ^ l Tierney ' s , Coi » mercial Inn , Tn r ?'"^ " >« 21 « t instant , Mrs . Mary Flowers in the chair . The meeting was addrewed ^ y several JjiS mal ?' -when . the fellowing resolutions wer . proposed and oarried unanimousl y : — 1 . " To cooperate with oar xisters and brothers tbrougbout the kingcom in obtaining Universal Suffrage "—2 «' fo S » r ?• de ra y' ? . 8 an J expense * that may be incurred in strugglmg to obtain the above , and to support and protectas far as possible individual t imvi i

      , , any - * i — : —• — ^ v ^ BMiuuiiJuaoi ^ «^ . * 8 ecute < i by eithw of *• tyrant faction * , Whig or Tory . " -3 . « To adopt , and to endeavor to persuade our neighbours to adopt , the systtm of exclusive dealing , a * it is evident , from the conduct of the major part of the shop-Keepers of this town , that they know not any * l ' itvtT " witb tbe distresscs ^ toe-working classes ' " 4 . lhat every member of tbis body shall pay one P ' £ ? j pt ! r ^ * > and that a committee of nine individuals be elected to manage thebusinesa of tbi Association , whose proceedings shall be open to the members of the same , and that a treuun-r be

      appointed ; these individuals to retain office three months , at the expiration of that time , to be succeeded by frwb members , or to be re-cho » en . "—& . That no disorderly ^ wraon be admitted in the rbom dwing the transaction of business , and any one creating disturbance , to be turned out : and that all member * of the Unwm pay obedience to the Chairwoman of the evening , when called to order or requested to keep silence , or to be turned out of the room , ' Mr . Gbeoo , thb Corn Law Lk « tubkb .-furnuant to thm second announctinent thisgtntle-Htu . « , ? 7 nBmeroM audience at the Odd Wbws HaH , but found it exceedingly difficult to A ^ L * V * nn 8- The meeting expressed tkeir * etet «^ aation not to b » led off the nunmit of TT ,, !™™

      ^ »!!;• ^^^ T ' WCTe gi ^ n at tbe end of til m ** n i for Stephens , O'Connor , the Convenboa , and three groins for the keeper of the ball , SL tt 0 V ? u *•** - ¦** Star corrwawdent from K ? ?^*!> ry ' wbil * tn « * dmjttidtbe conetaHQ * by * for the interference «| the cWtabW ,

      Theporthermstae. Saturday, April 27, 1839.

      THEPORTHERMSTAE . SATURDAY , APRIL 27 , 1839 .

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      THE VOTE OF CONFIDENCE . So ; tbe vote has been obtained . The shamight between the robber factions is concluded ; and tbe " Government on sufferance" have had the igBohle thread of their political existence leathered , for a short hut indefinite period , throngh the merciful forbearance of the Tories , and the sccrafal i * lf-given and half-withheld support of a small Icot of profes ? ed Radicals . The minirterial prints are making a very lachryaose attempt to consider this -vote as a victory over the Tories ; but , after all , the " -victory" is nothing Jew than a defeat—and would iave been < o

      coniidered hy ary hou # rt or respectable men . For an alleged culprit to -vote for his own justification , is seen bv every one to bs as outrage on ail decent propriety ; jet the " sbahhy" GovensmeHt had gix and thirty of their own placemen to rote for them , ¦ while tbe majority in their favour was only twenry-Wo ; leaving , in reality , a bona fide majority of f ourteen against them , on the least unfavourable position in which their policy could be p ] iced by eTen their own ingenuity . Had they dared to a > k

      directl y for that vote of general confidence sthieb tier iha ? sought cunningly and covertly tJ obtain , iheir discomiiture ¦ srould have been tie nest ptiftct and hcmiiiariDg that erer Lefel any Mioistrv in tie world ; as it is , thty crawl npon the surface of political existenc * , a bjword far scora , and a hutt for ridicule to all whose hands or expectancies hzre not betn admiittd to ehare wiih them ia &e caCOEal plnnder . Poor wretches . ' the rime is fast joining when they will he glad "Topeepaiboat And fini them ^ l ves < lVhuncurable er » Te » . " — ——^» -. - - *

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      THE CONTENTION . Wb hare much pleasure ia directing the attention of our readeri to the proceeding * of tiie Convention . The adoption of Mr . O'Cgnkoe / s motion for tbe aitenimce of all tbe members gives us much plwwnre . The Chakteb vril ' , by and bj , eome to &e dissected by the ^ atioaal Ccots , who have so long and so wtll heiped tht-mselves out of the catioBxl f » t-pin ; a . nd we think it -vein then be iEport&nt for every Delegate to be at his post .

      Tbe morion of Mr . O'Connor , which we observe u to come before the Convention on Monday next , for adjonjBing its sittings to Birmineham , Manchester , or ekeirhere , « hou : d have the snpport of all real Radicals eut of door ? . It will afford the people an opporianirv of seeing their Dele pate *; of ob-Krriag their movement * , and forming their own opinions of the motives , eHjects , and character of rticir Representatives ; while those Rep resent id ves ¦ will be in a better < riruaiion to declare what , in the sreat oi the failure of their several projects , their ¦ althaate hope * and view * ar » .

      The 3 > elegates acd their Constituents , being thus brought into nearer contact , will aec aad re-act upon each other in a manner which we donbt not will be hijhiy » dvaEta ? TOa < to both , in the discharge of these new , and perhaps perilloos , dnties which may Icwkfc upon them after the rejection of the Pctitien .

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      FACTOPvT LEGISLATION . I * our list number , under this he&d , we drew ike attention of oa ? readers to the fact , that the " Yampire'" capitalist * , taking advantage , as they R Pi » - « , of ; he entire occupation of the public mind , are making an effort to escape from the > lieht trammels of honesty in which they are holden bv the law .

      "We . now , in accordance with our promise , rerornto the subject , ior the purpose of looting a little at the " principles" or which the parties wbo , in Mr . Baixes ' s opinion , " representfair ' y tbe intere . « fr of ail classes- the employers as well a * the employe ! , " desre to iave a Bill founded for the regnktion of Factory labonr . "We are first informed hy our Mercurial neighbour , that these li fair representatives of theinteresb af all cla *» e *; " ur Miiinoasly Toted that the hours of labour gkoald be eleven daily , or gixtv-six hours

      in the week . Now it should be remembered , that tbis regnktion i * us affect the labour of little children ; performed in an atmosphere , and araidjt circumstances , of a most unhealth y character ; the labour of being * who are holden in the roost helpless state of vassalage : it most be remembered that tbi * " eleven boots" is so much sctaai d » iy tott , Escra * ive of any single momen : for ret-reation , re ^ t , jr foed , and that , consequently , to allow an j thing lie reasonable time for these parpoje * , the nominal 41 eleven hocrs" m ^ tst include & period of , at least

      fourteen hoars : it should be remembered that a very large nnmber of the most eminent medical aathorioes which this country has ever produced , ha-s-e declared that no child ought to endure the Uboor of factories at all ; that no adult person is able to eadure such labour for more thin ten boars daily , witboct * eriovu injury , and that that length of time is mcch longer than any human being ought to endure it : when these things are recollected , and when they are coupled witb the knowledge , with - * . hich even- man ' s observation supplies him that

      * O HORSE ur Uhtr btutt of burden is able to ecdnre eleTen hours constant daily toil , we find little difficulty in ascertaining with how much faintest thtse partie * represented the " interests" sf tbe infant Factory workers ! The fairiuu , however- , with which the persons composing this meeting xprwented , and the vigilance with which they ' matched over , the "intere * t » " of the helpless little ooes , w- . il be best evinced by their next resolution . — " That childbkk shocld be admitted to ¦ work in > ACToai * s AT SETEN YEARS

      • OF AGE . " "V ^ e know not how to trust ouraelve * to speak of ihi * atrocious resolution , or the wretches who are sapable of eoollj adopting it . Much has been said l » teh sf the damnable gyrtem of child murder , reccmmtvAeLi g Mahctjs ; but we hare eo isesita tion n ^ &pwf our opinion that Mahcus ia a mild c ' xpl ^ l MBpf ^ pa ' . e execationer—a paragoa . ^* @ 4 $ j jlS 8 & «« w 5 lb tbe Wood -f ° 7 bebwb ° 1 ' - - % jjefaXltmtgHb ™ the cared dec ; of rice and

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      ERRATUM . —In our third column of the sixth page . of the present No ., the paragrqghi \ after the line " Leave granted "to Mr . Deegan ' s motion for '• 'Missionaries , " should have concluded olr . Whittle ' s motion from last week *

      To Readers & Correspondents.

      TO READERS & CORRESPONDENTS .

      Smith Field Meeting;

      SMITH FIELD MEETING ;

      Leeds And West Riding News.

      LEEDS AND WEST RIDING NEWS .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 27, 1839, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1054/page/4/