Current:

Northern Star (1837-1852), 1st June 1839, Edition 1 of 1, Page unpag, Untitled Article

Page unpag
Page 1
1 of 8

On this page

  • Text (11)
  • Transcript

    • Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.

      Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.

      Untitled Article

      SERMON PBEACHED BY THE REV . J . "R . STEPHENS . AT ASHTn \ mav ok

      Oa Suaday afternoon last , th * Ret . J . R . Stephens we&c ^ ed in hu ewn chapeL at AAton , to an orergowtng aodie&ce . After the introductory service * ¦ were gorw through * & hymn was song , -which comsjeneea—** Come ye that lore the Lord , Aad let yoor joya be faxown ;" tad concludes witk the celebrated lines"We ' re marddof through Immanael ' s rrecnd To fairer world * oa higa . " The last eooplet was song , aod r ? peared with much eathairiasm , Tae Rev . Gentleman tiui proceeded with his discourse as follows : — Never , new forjret that troth , mv brethren , never qnit yoor hold of it . "The earth u the Lord ' s and taefuilnee thereof . " Yon are " Marching throogh Immune ?* crosad To fiixw world * oa high . " -

      Allow « o ajfiVfaffgr Bathing to bWI lhat trnth sect of ? °° r JSJafeb ^ tet it be written aft the pabus ^ i Jii I—flr'tfflM ^ HiJiii yogrevgframti look -on it , and read it ; aad ; u you read it , pray God , with his owapea , and with his own hand , to grave it spon the fl shj tablets of jour heart * , that you may thoroughly believe it ; that you may practica . lv act npon U ; that you may , in all yonr ways , in afl tkitgs , at all times , and in the midst ot all that happens , pot your trnst in God , who will bring his word to pass . It is the bringing out of this truth that has awakened the chikren of E ^ ia ^ d from their sleep ; that has shaken the power * , and dominions , and principalities of England to their downfall . It is the bringing om 01 this truth-that

      has breathed the breath of life into innumerable hosts of good and of brave men . And so surely as yen contmte to perseT .-re and to prrrij < t in jour practical belief of this truth , » o sure ! * will every one of yon yet life , or your children sooh alter yon are gone , "dwelling xmder yonr vine , and cn-erycui own fi » tre ? , none daring to make you afraid . " J came out among you , in much fear and trembling , some years ago , bnt knowing at the same time that I was the bearer of precious seed , 1 told yon theE that I was only the mouthpiece of the multitudes of my fello * -creamrea that were like * heep -srithouv a shepherd that were perishing for lack oi knowledge . I told you that I was in a very humble and most unworthy sense , yet in a true sense , that I was

      oniT as the Toice of one cryirg in this wiideme ** o : wretchedness—~ Prepare je the way of the Lord , make hi * paths straight . Every valley shall be exalted , aad every mountain and every hill s ^ all be brought low . The rough places shall be made smooth , the crooked places shall be made straight , and then all flesh shall see the salvation of our God . " I cannot forget , and it ought never to be forgotten , that when . ' two Years ago , 1 m ? t some 300 , 000 of my feJlow-conitrymen on Hartsheai Moor , in the West-Riding of Yorkshire , to petition Parliament for an entire and inaneciate repeal of that cursed and damnable treason against earth and heaven—the Poor Law Amendment Act . I did my best to shew to those 300000 aad through

      ,, the prvss , ta the millions of England and Wale * , that iiia . 1 law was Ltteriy at Tariance with God's law —was tiiametric&Iiy oppossd to every principle , of Iranian nature , of sonnd legislation , of $ > ood moral ? , of social happiness , and over and above aimed the most deacly and diabolical blow that ever yet was struck at the whole buildin * of God , whieh ' h " has declared the gates of hell should n ~ ver prevail against . I did this by means of arguments drawii from and built upon the old laws and customs cf England , common law , common right , and statute law ; I did this from arguments drawn from and built upon the mfolded will and out-spokf n Word of God ; and I belieti I succeeded in making those a .-gumen » good . Bnt I recollect a friend of mind

      astmg a gentleman from London , who was presett at that meeting , what he thought of St » phen »' s . speech npon thai occasion ? *• It was a Ttry good ^ apeech , " said the fmtleman , ' ? a wry eluqoent f « pe « ± j but 4 m was ladly too « och rcKgian in ? ( Oh . ) "It would have done very weft , " said he , "it would hare keen much better if he had talked more about politics , and le » about religion . " 1 had to put , that left-handed compliment , alone with many other * thai have be « i paid tome as tribut e * to my trnjy middling , into my poeket , aad hide &e tiroe when " the truth , in © whole trntb . and notaiag but the traih" of God should be hit standing out in zhe brightsaa of iu glory , and upon fee imperishable foundations on which God ha

      planted it . And now what hare 1 lired to see wv bin that two jeers ? Why , it was from lhat very speech that Lerd Brabham , in th * Hoase of Lord ? , took occasion to say , after having grossly , ard vile ' y , and wantonly , if not most wickedly , misrepresented mp . that there was no danger to be apprehended from Rich men as this re » rrend agitator—this reverend firebrand ; that the good sense of the people would soon puta stop to sush frenzied aad fooush outbreaks a * Biae , and that in twelve months' time I should bs no more heard of , as an agiiaior , in this kingdom of Great Britain . That twelve months is over , and where stands Lerd Brougham ? He is only heard of in the weeping and wailing of many an English Rachel who look * for her children , who

      feel * a ! t » r her children , who cannot find them , and who will not be comforted because her children are not with her . He only is heard of in the howlings of despair , in the frenzied outbreaks of maniac vengeance—which men who no longer have power to control the bursts of nature within them , are endeavouring to tsk « with savage and frantic hands on the eppreagors . He only is known in the whisper £ r < t and then the motter—the murmnrfirst and then the growl , and at last the rising of the hurricaDe aad the tornado , the universal tempest of moral insurrection which he has been the means of creating in this country . He only is heard of now as a nu .: who has don * all he cenld' t © destroy the poor , and by attempting to destroy the poor has sigBed the deatn

      warrant , aad struck the death blow to the very aristocracy whose interests be profewed to detest and defend by that damnable measure . ( Hear , hear . ) So much for him ! Anl as to ayself , who was in twelve months to hare died a political and public death , thank God , I still KwiWaye)—and hope to hre ; and were I to die to-day , being dead ihe truths 1 have spoken would still live . ( Aye . ) They wouU outlive and overlive everything which ha * been done to crush them . * Ou this rock . "—said ths Son of Gad , - on this rock , " who ** roots ar * in fee depths of time , whose side * extend through the created universe , and whose top g mount np to heaTen , ^ n this rock of truth I build my bouse , and the rates of hell stall not prevail against it" What have 1 lived

      to see i W hy on that selfsame spot of landon the wild hoath of HarUhead Moor—on the sam * nusaegs—en the same bwrds on which 1 stood two years ago , and standing * Bttered things that wer . only unpalatable because they were somewhat too religious ; on the Terr-same boards , standing on which I declared that the poor laws should be burnt by the common hangman , or that the bible should t > i burnt by the common hangman at every market oross in England;—on the same boards on which standing I declared that every basrile in the lazd ir "which the husband and the wife , the father , the mother , and the children were sundt ? rei from one acerher should be pulled down to the ground , or tkat the chnrches and chapels of the land should be

      ptulrd down to the ground , aad for saying whieh ¦ Lord Brougham denounced Tn «» as a Rev . incendiary , £ firebrand and a maniac—on those sflfsajce boards , on Tuesday last , the fame 300 , 000 men . ' havs adopted , and nave passed , and have sacredly sworn to abide by a resolution to the following e pct ; namely— " That the rights they claim , ihe blessings for which they pray , the end alter which ttey are striving , and for which they struggle , are » u to be found in , and are all sanctioned and Waranteed by the gospel of onr Lord aDd Saviour J mm CbrisU" Three hundred thoasand Yorkshiretten have declared , and solemnly sworn , that they rather than

      i ^ f surrender those rights and hopes « nd blessings which God in hLs word has promised t-em—whici God , by hi * own oath , swearing by tonself , becauss he could » wew b y no greater , has declared he will bestow upon them . Yes , my orethreB , I have Kved withm two years to wiener «« great , this mighty , this godlike change in "gland , and now who can hinder it ? Who can ^ p it r Now , let 1 he Russells , the Brough am * «• Ridnors , tbe C 3 » adwickJ , and Ihe Marcuses—« tho * e proa * , those arrogant , those Y * iu , bat . gkty , ^) ioa * , hla * pheai «» of toe same of God . fct them «« taair stand upon the lea-share , and meet the ^ lag Ude of ~ tntik * n ( J righteoamets , and Banly

      Untitled Article

      daring , that is based upon troth and righteousness , and let them say to the swelling waves thai rise from the depths of everlasting love , let them say to the swelling rianr wares , hitherto shall you c : me , and no further . He that mttath in the Heavens shall laugh , and the Most Highest Bhall hold them m densjoH . As for BY poor and pitiful self , it matters but little now . Thank . God the battle is fought . the fi-ld is won , the work is already done : and , were I to drop into death to-night , I should ley down my head in solemn satisfaction , and shoulil «* y— " As to this work , Lord , now lettest thou thv « enant depart in peace , for mine eyes hare seen thy salvation . ' You will find , standing as you do at ea * e having no call now made upon any ' of your active energies in comparison with those which have

      nitaerto be * n made npon you ; standing , us you do , spectators of , rather than actors in , the great national drama , which was fast playing to an end —you will now find that every step taken by those wickednien , ageDst of the devil in England to setup the dewl n po »« r on the- ruinsof God Almighty ' s throue . Ton will find that every step they Ukewad-wnward * tepi « tae-way of their own destruction . ("' Aye , aye . j - All the plotting that has been gouj * forward here—all the treason that has been h&tched hereaod iiTfe true that there has bera plotting—it is trne "there Jwts been treason—there has been more treason hatched within thrre miles of the * pot 1 stand opon , 1 TerDy bslieve within the last few month ? , than in all Enjfl * Dd Wftde . But who is the traitor ? Who are the conspirators ? Who are the men that ought

      to bif tried at the bar of an insulted nnd a deceived , and an ail but destroyed country ? Not the wompn and the men who . hear Hie this afterno-ju , aor the man who sptaks to thus a ^ mbled multitude—the blasohetners , li » e traitors , the men who ought to be Tried , and tne men who , if God shall lend ns life a . little longer , * hall be tr > d —( hear , hear , hear)—thf men who , I hope to live to see standing at the bar of th s country , before a judge and jurv sworn to do justice according to the lavs of God a ' ud Ei-eland . ire the millowner ?—(" they are" }—and the m . -nistratesof this district . C'A } f . that ' s it . ") 1 ha . ve no cessation in saying openly , and a- broadly a . s 1 » n put it in words , knowing that those word * are every one of them taken down , and will most likely be in print in a few hoar * , I hd \ e no scrnple again

      m repeating , that the milluwners and the magistrates of this iisinet hhve hatched more treason an *! done . mow wrong by the population of ti « i . « ct-ighbourjiood , and by the county at large , than all tht" bnd m « n that ever lived in this to * nsiuce the church steeple was first erected . ( "Aye , it ' s trup . ") 1 ^ i ; not true ? I * it pot in the knowledge e * en of every child that a mill was burnt here ? That I war publicly charged with having bem the meats o ' : firing tbat factory ? That yonr character as well a * mine was blackened , tearing the criminality of that wilfully wicked act ? i « it not true , and in the knowledge o ! every one . that this act of incendiarism wa * pubhcly charged upon cs . and npt n me particularly , in speeches delivered by mi-rnbt-rs o ! nef Majesty ' s Gw « -rnm * nt , speaking adris dlr on

      that subject ? and is it not known to every one ^ thai the Queen ' s name in proclamations was employed lor the purpose of giving a soil stronger s action and authority to that -wicked and maliciou . * rudour : 1 ^ it not true that thrfv hundred pound , reward was off " red for the dL-covery of the vsdeked inceBdinrr ? Is it not al * o trne that frorn that Qine to lhi « , neither in Parliament cor out o . ' Pajliament—neither at any meeting of the rale payers , nor by a angle paragraph io . the prew , have the maeif trau-s of this district ever given the conntry to understand , though they know it to be the fact , that neither the peop ' e of Ashtrn nor Mr . Stephen * had " anything whatever to do with the burning of that factory ? ( Hear , hear . ) But i * it not still further

      true that a police spy had for a length of time b *» en in the habit of going the whole round of ' . his districr , having conversation with some doz ? n or a score , il not a greater number of such of the inhabitant * of this town and neighbonrhooJ , as were in possession of information bearing upon that act of incendiarism ? Is it not true that that police ? py declared in the hearing of some of you , tnat he ha ' i evidence tfifneient upon that point : And , is it not further true that , the very magistrates themselves , almost from th * first , were in po » session of information bearing upon tha : transaction ? Is it not still fnrther true that when an honest , independent , and fear-It ss man at the risk of his livelihood and at the risk for qnght we kn » w of starvation to himself and Jsmilv—aman who had never heard me hut nniv—a .

      man waom I did not know even by svght , but & man who had a conscience thai wonld not soffer him Vo * e e Stephens hanged for an acl which h « knew Stephens had never done , and had tvery rea « on to belkve seme one elte had dune—it is net true that when that honest man gave in his deposition to vh <* magistrates—th « deposition which did go to implicate some one , th * deposition which did go to fasten the crime of burning that mill npon some One in part-cular—the deposition , the circumstance !" , the substance and the bearing of which could leave no moral doubt -whatever upon the mind of any reasonable man as to who the person really was who bad "fired that factory— is it not trne that when the

      magis ' - rates received that depont : on , and after one . of them , who wishes himrell to be considered a saint , had read that deposition—1 a » k whether it be not tree that that magistrate . 1 > okirg as if a thunderbolt had borst at hi . « feet . Vent to the man who had sipned the depojilioa and looking at him most significantly said , don ' t yon think you can bring your mind to believe that the factory was fired by some evil disposed person in Ashton ? I want to know whether this be a plot or not ? Whether this be treason or not ? I want to know whether a dense , and a naturally most uneasy and agitated population weri * not likely , in consequence of proceedings of this kind , to be thrown into a state of turbulence , disorder , uproar , and confusion ? Why it was enough—the

      circumstances connected with the burning of that factory alone , were more than enough to have produced and occasioned outrage , revenge , and the bemifig ef every mill in the town and neighbourhood . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) I shall gay nothing about the notoriously false swearing of those mos : unhappy and perjured wretches who have beeB induced to do all they could to deprive ma of my liberty—I shall jay nothing of that transaction because it relates more immediately to myself . When I come to the subsequent proceedings' of those magistrates and of those millownera—when 1 find the millowners of this district meeting together nigh t after sight in secret , in combination , in union , in l ^ ago ? to discuss the principles of their Charter , ¦ which means that yours is all the -wcrk and miserv

      through life and the speedy and untimely death at the end of it , whilst theirs are all the profits , and all the comforU , and all the luxuries of business and ef life—when I find these men meeting sight after night , for the purpose of what ? for the purpose of layiag their heads together in what way taey can wits safety to themselves and security to th' ir property—your labour Bot being property , your children not bring property , yonr ^ ives not being property , and- ' your own live * not being property . — child , wife , hu > band , father , brother , sister , neighbour , shopkeeper , hoaserow , street after street , may all die or go to the dogs , or to the devil for anything these men carp , for anything these slave * of mammon ci » rt—when 1 find these men meeting night afwr night for the purpose of devising a plan

      by which with safety to themselves and security , to their property , they can shut up their mills altogether and throw a population of many thousand hand * into the streets to endore starvation sad all its attendant miserie !? , why I then begin to think that it aill ha very likely indeed that the Stephenites -will have something laid to their charge . When eld machinery had to be replaced by new , and old goods exchanged for good money—when au old rotten concern was to give » ay to a new and flourishing interest , why it was ' necessary before a fire conld successlully do this work , and produce tfee insnrances and all the rest of it—it was necessary that some Stephenite should be found and charged with having done the business . •* Oh yes , " says he , " we have eot to the bottom of it

      now . There were four men seen near the mill j oat before the fire broke out , and one oi ^ tttem was a Ettle man , and he was known to be a Slephenit ? . As it was with , the firitg of that factory so it was with tLe ahottijff vp oi the mills of this district . They wanted a pretext for shutting them up . They wasted a prbtectisn for tkeir own persons and property , after they were shut up ; and to get that protection they found themselvss necessitated to give yon a bad character with the governm-nt , to make the government believe that yon were in a . state of incessant rebellion : that yon as a people were on ths Very rerge of an insurrectionary outbreak ; and that t '~ -ere wu a necessity for an additional police , audfoNihe quartering oi ' I den ' t know how man ;

      Untitled Article

      thousand soldiers in the town and neighbourhood to k ^ p the Queen ' s peace , when in reality the object was to have policemen and pensioners and military all provided and maintained at the public expense , here on the » pot and neighbourhood to keep yon dowj ; , aft « r they had turned yoo all oat , and locked up tbeir mills to kerp themselves right till the cotton market should regain its prosperity for them . ( Hear , hear . ) And in such a ^ hurry were they that they made rather more haste than good speed . ( Ht'ar , hear . ) They over ran the runner . Thej outwitted themselves . The Queen , as sooa as she heard about all tbit training and drilling said , o : at bast we an ' told she seid U I am sorry that my people have been so much misled . They are running into danger , and I will do all that liea iu my power to keep them from falling into danger : a » d \

      therefore , as their Queen , as the watchful mother ot my ba ^ ei " , the children of the land , I will give the alarm , I will sound the warning from one end o ! Entrlaad to the other . " And she did accordingly issae a-proclamation , by such proclamation wwning the people against " training and drilling , by telling th m that it was unlawful ; and that if they did continue in defiance of the proclamation to train ani drill , tl ^ y would bring npon themsel ve s very wple&sAut , a « d wjry avrfuF consequences . N <* w . it wa « very kind , very good , and Very considerate ol the Qne-. n , like a mo'lier , to wp . rn her children from running into the fire , seeing they -would evide ; tlv bf'barnt by running their hands into the bars . Bu : hew was it with the magistrates here who w -Te oiilv subordinate ? Did they wait lor a proclamation " :

      Did they > f > nd it round this district , Rnd ^ ith it , n trumpeter to warn the people agninfct training and drilling ? No ; the-poor buys who were arrested iii this neighbourhood lor thi- treat crime of trainirp acd driiliLg , were apprehended before they had ever seen tha : proclamati jr , before that proclamation was ever piibli » bed in this town and neighbourhood . ( It wa > « o . ) And if it wass > , and if the Home Secretar y thought it was liecfssmy . by proclamation * , to warn t ! e people : ig . \ iu 5 t tnun . iig aud drilling . Wore ar . y * tcps -were taken to Rp }> r - hend ibo .-e who did train and drill after the pui . iicam . ii of the prochtnatio ^ . then -who were the disturbers ? Who ar- the agitators of thepnblic minM ? Who ar ^ the fi rebrand !"? Who are the incendiaries of srci-My : We again repeat that the agitators .

      the incendiaries , the firebrands , a . n < l traitor * of this diMrict are the millowners that contrive those das - tardly plans , in order to cover themselves when they are aWout to shut up their mills , and the matiis . * - tratfs who , beine them-elves miliowEer * , * nd tl . r frier . d < of the rnillowDers , hatch np and nurse u ; - little plans of their own , for the pu'pose of entrapping th-- people , that ti . y mitht afterwards have an opportunity of destro } ir £ them . Il tnese nuns oi Belial , il tnose unj -st judjj' -s . it' tho ^ e corrupt lua .-ijmrates ( and every word 1 now utter cuhj .-ots m .-to pro . * ecutioi ! . I know jr . find I should only like to be » ubj- * ct to it for the truth ' s ? ake . and that th ^ ir deeds may be made known . ; if those unjust ju nes . if these paniil and corrupt magistrates had reallv been solicitous to preserve the pe-. c- ; of t e

      liiihbourhood . and maintain the dignity of U ; e laws , would they not , as soon ns thry heard the hrv . whisper ot training and drilling , have * . nt somkind trimd around to tiiose poor deluded children , aad have cautioned them against what they , thf magi .-tr&te ? , considered to be an illegal fct " ? lustead of sending Newton , the det- Med and detestable Spy—instead of seiriinir that sneak'u * * kulk to wa"cc , creeping alon ^ the ground , h . ci g himselt behind hedge * , crawling Through ditches , to matk every bey ' s lace—to disURguigh eveiy b-. y ' s 4 rejs—to follow * home everj boy that hf > might kno * * hert > he lived ; instead of sending tbosu bloodhounds to frack the &tep « of ihe innocent lambs thttr were about to be tbeir prey , if thote unjust Bnd corrupt maeistrates hid been really so'icitous for the

      peace of the neighbourhood , they ^ onld have sent n . friend to warn there , to Uid them beware , to reli them to be on their guard ? Th . y wonld have gone to the father ? , t \ e mothers , the " brother * , ano < he masters of thes ) little boys ; aud if it hid not been too great a let down to them , they would have gnnn to Stephens ar _ d asked him if he knew what wa « touig on , end then Stephens could have told Oeni that so iar from knowing anything of thL *—that so far from being privy to thi . " , he had privately and pablicly , again and again , warned thep * opln sgai *> i such crawlirg wretches ? j < Newton , the xpv . ( A voice , " He aid not see Joyvett rnACTtsiNu with a sworu tub same Sv > r . iY Anr . rt ^ ooN . ") What ! Jo-wett -was pra ; d-iug with a swrrd the same Sunday ! ! ! Your creature . ' f would leave him and

      his s * ord and all io the old -woman who jame out ol tie kitchen with a toasting-fork . ( H-ar , hea . r . ) No- * I wish , to direct the attention oi * the country t » these . ex'Taoidinary facts , becauseit is necessary " th-u th- country should know who thesn traitors are . and wha . t the treason is . and then mark the whv in which thesr poor boys were arr » * rted . J wint to know whether it has come to this in England ths > . t . ( or what they choose to call an offence of that nature our houses are to be broken open at thf dead hour of night , at some two c r three o ' clock in the Biernitg . anJ when men , who are householders , and the known children of known hou .-eholde . v . that have been living in the town all their liveswhether men are to be dragged out o * their beds , and whether houses are to be searched for the

      purpose of fiE < iin £ pikes that Newttp himself , for anything I know , may have put thrre ? is it come " to this that , at midnight , police spifB are to go and rind what they most likely have Uidd ° n—that police rorhan * arj ; a > go into houses an-i drag decent , ano respectablf . and creditable working men away , anr that mngiMrates afierwards are to do all in th » -ir power t © get them out of the town , contrary to tl . e spirit of the Constitution ? Ii those men arj held ! o bail it was wrong , it was snjustiHablt-, it was iniqui tous of the n-axistrates to require twenty-four hour *' notice of the bail , when the respectability of the bondsmen was admitted at once by all parries . Lut what is the object of all this ? We know vrry well . ( Hear , hear . ) We know th . tt the magistrates had galloped off to Manchester , for the

      purpose of bringing horse , and foot , and artillery , to the little piecern ef A » hton , au ^ r having worked at Saint Buckleys Hell from six or seven years of age , and their mothers having left their mik on his factory floor , which he , br the factory sj stem forbade them to give to their little ones , who were at home sucking lacdanuru to settle their hunger and quiet their cries ; the little babes and the mother * of AshLon who have made Buckley , once a muckworm , now a ^ billion heir , once aman all iu rags , aad now an unjust magistrate upon the bencti ; the children , the mothers y Ashton , by this very Buckley , were to be mowed down in hundreds and thousands by a park of artillery , which Buckley and Lis corxip ^ ers in trea-on had sent to Manchester to procure . I bid them beware : 1 teil vou t > forbear ; but at the same time

      1 bid thexi beware . The whole o ! this is . unlawful . The appointment of these men to walk your streets is unlawful and unconstitutional . There is no more need for men to walk armed in yonr str * ets in the day time for the protection of the public peace , than there is for men to keep watch over you w hiltyon are at your w ;> rk with drawn swords , and to keep watch over yout wives while making their oatmeal porridge , with pistols at their brews . The whole thing is unlawiul . The proposition of Lord Russell , apart of the p ' iot , to arm the rich against the poor , is unlawful . The issuing of these proclamations of which we have had such plenty in these latter time ? , is unlawful . The placard ou j » ur wails talking about uii ' awful meetings is unconstimtiorial . TLe whole acherae from beginning to end is a ioul conspiracy of those who have the power , and who think they have a right to wield it im they pleaee against th " j righU and liberties or the people , and more especially against ihe law ot

      God and the precepts oJ our nao » t holy religion . Why do I ask you—why do 1 bid you to lorbeur ? Because , as 1 have often tuld you , the Bible ttachrs tne , that before I go to war with the man who has 20 , 000 at his back , aud having but 10 , 000 at my back , it is requisite that I should siKlown auu count the costs aad see whether 1 am ab ' e to meet him or not . ( Hear , hear . ) 1 have never scruple : ? to * sy , and I repeat it this afternoon , that t e Parliament of this kingdom , first by carelessly neglecting ana postponing all consideration of pufticalsr grievances , which the people of Eugia . ua are made to endnre , and secondly , by the euactment of measures whose principle is at vari * nc trith the principles of the constitution and of Curistianity , aid whose practice ii productive of all manner of evil , and ot" -wretche-iness , and lastly , by refnsing , in addition to tUesa two tVongg , tolioi ^ n to the prayer , acd to answer the cry , the jutr , anc reasonable , and med-rate petition of th * people , that Parliament has virtu ally ceased to bu- . tni » H-ir-

      Untitled Article

      liament of England . The people of England are virtually absolved frcm all allegiance to such laws , and fr < m all obedience to the magistrates , who at tempt to enforce and carry inti execution * nch law * as the 8-. Social order 18 broken-np tbo social compact it dissolved .. I no lonuer hold . myself to be bound any longer to obey such laws , come they from Comtoon ; 1 , or Lords , pr Crowe , or altogether , wheth-T tt . ey exist in proclamations or iu acts of Parliament ; 1 deny their authority over me ; I re-Vuse to acVnowledse them ; mnd 1 stahd d ' tormitied to resist them , and prepared to resist i ! -rm step by ? tep , n » wisdom « bmil direct . ( Hear , hear , hear " ) And 1 hold you to be equally absolved , and I bid you < qually to reject them , and I will do all in my p » wcr to make you equnlly prepared , and \ believe , you are -prepared . ( W ' ti » re . ) i know you

      are f quail ) prepared , i know you are flsdetermiueo , more determined tbun myself ; and I only bid von to iorbear , 1 only call uponyou to hold back ; 1 only implore you fur a- ' frhilu to stand until God by his providence shell make yon folly prepared , to put the frst foot forward . ( Hear , hear ,-. hear . ) Tten 1 will cry "ibrwarJ ; " then I wil' go forward ; then we will all , ly God ' s * h »> lj > , go 'forward ; we . wiil ct > me pp to the help of the Lord , to the b 4 p of > hi * Lord against the tnitihty of ' the earth ,-wbo employ police , shi p nsiemrd , a ^ nd hiiliu ' ry , and all uujtodly ^ avs nnd mean * tor the . purpose , -of separaing hnsbani from fli ' e , the child trom the parent ; for the purpnge of making the babes of Ei . gland d »> more work in twelve years of their live * than tlieir tur . * fBth «* ts did in s . vinty years of theirs . ( Hear , h ar ) We will nor

      hav « such lawx ; we v ? ill fcot acknowledxe Hitch a P' : w + r ; we will not obey such an authority . Ou the other hand we say that it is better to obey ' God than to obey man ; and wI . eLtver the laws of men step bet we . n us ami the laws ot God . bf tween us and tie rL hts wo have through God . between us and the 1-les ? ii ! gtt that fluw down to us iu a channel d : nct r . iri G-J , < e will , to a miui , the wr . olf of vis , we wili up and be diMnir ; we vi 1 say , 4 > Tht sword o ! th « L-. td mid o ! Unitui :, " God ar . d rur ri » rh's . " and inuy-G d speni tie cource of the just . ^• Amen " frora sevs-rul vou-e- ) 1 » m proud to fiud that you liaveoncernon' 1 >; fll ^ d the wily and crooked snake ; that you have once more escaped his fangs , ano piven him lo -ppt rtuii ) ty of throwing bis slimy ioids around yoo . Vefiti rday was to have seen hundreds , if uot tii . u . « aucts of you weltrrii g in your gore : yt ^ stur . ay was to h-. vt- m » tde th »« coru prow wntered by your bl « iod , ttat Sa-. m Huckl y rr . igbt have kiiri niore sowe lor : is next year ' s dr using * , and that th ri '

      mitht have Ue ^ -n a duiiiiniiiun of tl . e surplus poptlatum of this district . Yest-rriay , th- V ; hurs of Asluon , th « m « lthusians of Ashton . the ditci ; les of . M Ancis in Asutor , t ! ie ico . s ot the l oor Law Commi .- > i Her . - * in Asi . ton , —ye ^ erdny they were Mtuiid-! r . « ou the tipfoevo ; expectation ; tVcy were waitiru . ' —thej had bteu praying to Mammon , th < ir ( Jod , ti > Moloe ! , the 1 ) ity , in whom they delight —' . h-y w ^ -re P'aying to " M ^ mrnon and Mnloch t * at me women ai . d men of Afhtnn might have tiieir bl' . od sf . ed un K-nnl Moor . Hut God has disapl > ointe . i ihi-m . ( Ay ' , ay .-. ) God hns protected you ; you hnv » shown yourjeives wurU y of God ' s protec tiou . You know lhat I t . ave Io-g since ceased to be party to the caili-. ijj tt-getner of my lelk > w-co ? : ntrymfn m puhlic meeiings . I hnve long * ince been ol opu-on Uwt yon t . Ave no more to do with public nu'

      < cr » ot the Poor Lnw Commissioners have become nli-p jwertiil , and , iu drfi ^ nce oi common law , and common right , — 1 tun of i pi » , i u that itinci ? * a recomm > n ' ation has hecu given M the rich to arm them-? elves for the * kughter of the poor , tl-. at it is the d ity of the people ot England no loi'ger to goto Kt-rsal Moor , or to Hartshead Moor , but to divide ; h .- ) iiseive

      , another whether they are right , and whether tlu-ir minis are made up to Blied the la . t drop of their blood rather than live in bondage , and sell their wives nnd children to the devil . ( H * ar , henr , 1 r > m the woniL'n . ) TLat i * the cc « rse wi . ich 1 have long ;\ nce recommended the peo ple of t ' us ct . untry io adopt ; and th-n , as soou as they had thus met , or d > soon as they were enabled to say tbatrh&ir mind « weTe Yuny made up , arid that th . V w < re Lily ready to follow wherever UoA blio « U Lad them , " then ' l will be th * first man t <> si ^ n a requisition cnl , ing upon t e Lord Lieutenant to cull ; i S > uth Couuty Meetiig upon Kersal Moor ; i > nd if he re ! used u > cnli a constitutional meetiug for a conslituiional pcrpose . 1 Witild b ^ rirsc to call the meeting on uy own respot > ibiiitv , ai a raiepay r ; and then 1

      wouH be amongst thrt first , aud if th-y would let rne , I wo ' .-ld be thevery . tir » til I sipprehended'ianger , if I thought the policemen and tue military were to be th-ie to overawe iii , and to thwart in in the exercise of a constitutional right , I wouUbethe vt-ry first to msrcJv , not with a pikt- in my poeket . but wiiha musket on my shoulder . ( Heir , hear ! from the women . ) I hold that to be the w . vy ; and 1 hold that to be the right of an Englishman ; jnd J proclaim itto b « the right of an Englishman . Down whit the proclamations r down witU t ! . e Home Secretary , that treas'tn-tbly prevailed iipon the Queen to ^ gn it . Down with the House of Com-; nons ; down with the House o Lords ; -ayp , down with tho throne , nnd down wirh thj altar itself bum tli- churca ; down with all rank , all dignity . ' all ute , all power , uuless that diKnitv . authontv .

      mid power will and do sequre to the honest industrious effjrtso ! the upright , and poor man—a coraior ; able maintenance in Exchange for his labour , ' .-yo , aye , and hear . ) I dou ' t care about your Charter ; it mty be all very riglr . ; itn ; ny be all yt-ry i < ood : you have a right to get it mind you , and 1 will stund by you iu it ; but I don ' t care about it ; and I don ' t care about a republic You hav .- a right tohf . veit if you choose , and I will stand by you in defending ji . ur right to have it if you choose . 1 don t care about a monarchy ; and 1 dou ' t care awut the pres-nt or any other order of thinjts , unless the Charter , there ptJilic , the monarchy , the present order of thing . * , or any other ord-r ot ibint ; . - tr , a : may be brought to kucc vd the pri-sent , nhonld hr .-t o ! a . 1 , and above all , and lhro- ; g . ' i all , cocn-1 < . ¦ -very son of the soil , to every living being of the human kitd that hath breath iu hima fullu

      , , Miihcieni , nnd a comlvrtable ruainteiiKnce , accordiu < 5 to the will and commandment of God . ( Hear , h ar . ) That is what I no lor ; that is what 1 talk ior ; that is what I live lor ; aud that is what 1 will oie ltr ; for I will b ^ ive it . ( Hear . ) 1 say now what 1 said before-ah « earth is t ' . e Lord '? , and th . tullne .-s the reot ; th ^ cattle upon a thousand hills ¦ f e gold ana the silver ; and ho ha * tilled all things ¦ Mi h pleuteouxn' -ss . There is nothing niggardly from God . Ihere har nothing come in ritinginij " close-fisted , niggardliness , from God Almighty It is all pl-.-Dty . There is plenty ef soilthere w plenty of water—there is plenty of son—there is plenty of rain—there is p enty ot dew—the winter throws a warm blanket oi .. nveu snow upon the earth , to cover it and keea it rni

      wn , t&en He si-nds out the sun to r « . ! e the day reireshmg and revninj ; is the breeze . Yes , we worsLip now , the God ot the sprisg-tide , we worship tno lied who hus said " The wiunr it gone , the rain i * past , the time of the » in « iDg of bird * is come and thr- voice of the turrle " is heard in our lat . d . " liless tiie Lord , O onr sonls , and all that i « within n » bless an-1 p . aise His hol y name . What have we to thauk God for ? \\ hat have vp to bleM Gcd for ' IJi . cs God call npon us to thank Him for nothing ' I h . 'ii what kind of a God is He ? Aad whnt wort o ' f worshippers does He take us to bn ? Does He call upon us to bless us for car . » t-8 ? Then what kind of a Maker , Pr server , and Rtklremer , and Jiidte is ( . e , and what kmd if wo . rkmans . hip of J . is Almighty baud are we ? No . my brethren , tte very thought ol such a thing is impiety and blasthemv : God ' <» iw «

      m » t ask us to thank Lim for noth ng , <> r to b ) e-s him or curves . Then what have we to thank and bles » Gc 4-i for r ^ ou have to thauk and b | e * s G > d lor tiovses and for laud ^ , f . ir food aud tor clothict « rich h ; has given yon , but which others have taken ¦ om you ; . they are gone , but we have to thai . k Him for Uu . ving given us thos < bleB » iu s-,. 1 thank God who g ^ ve ni-i life and breath , nud all thiugs nch y to enjoy . And : if any mun a ^ me where tuey an-, « s a . apouritiK mail , I Hnswer—»• God gave thetn , but wicked men havi- tak « yn them fr .. m me " Bot-I not only thank God forhiviinr itiv i * th m to uw- ^ l « at only Wt » K 8 God for havittr-bestowed- thaoi

      Untitled Article

      npon me . bnt I trn ^ t in God for strengtV to help me to tike them back again . ( Aye , aye , and h » ar , hear , hear . ) I am alive , and therefore 1 thank God i have the use of my understanding , and the under- > tiiTidinK shews me not enly what tbings are , bat what thints ought to be —( hrar;—and I trust that God , who gave me life and who stilllends me breath , and eiitru « t 8 m «? with power of borly as well as with power of m nd—I fru » t iti that God , « nd I pray to that God . that h * i would , i ' it be loucd that my rights cannot be got back wiihout it . and by auy way short of it , "I piay God litrmliy to teach my bands to war , and iMy fic ^ rs to fi ? ht . " Ahi * yt ! r , my brethrm , hold fact the hop ; - whereunto ye have attained . Hold- it fast—tie

      earth is the LordV , » nd if it he the Lord '? , it i > yours . I preach a startiine truth , I preach asweep lug truth , I prpach the truth , which will , if tl ^ y choose to nutter i > , set tliingH right , without hurtk-j ; a ^ -y body . ¦ It " th « y wiil not -uflisr the truth . —if they "ill neither ] 1 nve it , nor ,-forbear from Kindfricg it , then I preach a truh which will be the means , I hope of destroying them root and branch . It i * tiiiitthe prisoners were let L-. we—it i * time the dunjfecn was broken open—it is time ttw ba « ti ! e was burnt down ^ -lt is lime that every , w ^ kfa ^ n i ^ in Esj * land had the nsew » H— -an . d tliere a ^ : thft meau !' , and they are not far off uim , and be t < beiiibning to iiui It ou , and the Government u beginning to fiud i : ont , nndis arming the ¦ peiii < ionf-ri »; bur , finlackily for the tlt-rils who arm the pensioner ? , the penfionors ara training the people—thi » y nr- ^ alri adr < 1 < ine it in BirmiDgHnm . Yiiu have a jith ' . - ever .

      » orkin | L' man amongst you has the rieht to as much ; or your lnHnur as will keep y . m and y ar fumiaes . The It * v G ^ ntlemnn then re ' envd ro the pr * lit system of employing women and children iw almost every brnhc ' i of trade ,. f ) perform thise dnti' 8 , and to be f > n-af od in those employments , which ong ^ . t to devolve more particulnrly upon the muh s x . Hi' den-iunced th * practice a * being unc' -ristiau . and i . nc >> iiftitiitional , a 8 well as opposed both to the ' aw * of ( iod . and to the acknow ) -dge . ! \ nwn of hu man nature . He conclidvd by r'comroen'iing the pe . iple to trust in the e" >« pel , ass'iring them that the t ; me would c <» m 9 when all the ffforts of the children of the devil , who were endeavouring to oppose . tliw « rt , and rtestr-. y the effort * « hich God is makr > ng to inakf the Kingdom ot' this world tbe KinWdoin of our God , and nf hi . < Christ , would be eflec tuallyand f'rt'vcrttrminnted .

      Untitled Article

      T O LET , A LARGE ROOM , in Butterworth ' e Buddings , Bradford , Utrly occupied asaChapel ' iy the Warrehitts A- ^ oeiation , capable ot holding five hundred people . Also another Large Room in the same building * , suitable tor different purposes . Apply toMr . Tm > s . BuTTERWORTH , B . idae-etree ' .

      Untitled Article

      TEMALE DEMCCRATXC TEA PAHTY , AT NEWCASTtE-UPON-TYNE . rp HE Ccuncil of the Female Political Union JL have Po » rponed this Entertainment from V \ edne > day , May 29 ch . till Tuesday , June 4 tb as James Bronterre O'Brien and Peter B . is « ey will he here on their way to Glasgow . The Council having corresponded with them , the Enterrginment will therefore be ( L'iven to James Bronterre O'Brien , Peter fiu . « cey , Abraham Duncan , G . J . Harn ^ y ! Dr . John Taylor , and Robert ; Lovrerv , Members of

      the National Convention , on Tut-pday , Jone 4 th in the New Music Hall , at Seven o'Clock in \ bCEvenitg . Tickets may be h » d of Mr . Horner Market-street ; Mr . Lowery , G'ainger-str ^ et ; Mr ! Erance , Dean-street ; Mr . Blakfy , Side ; Mr . Carruthers , Shak . « peare-street ; and at the Northern Liberator Office . Single Tickets One Shilling , Double Tickets , admitting a Male and Female , One Shilling and Sixpence . The Wmlaton Band will be in atttndanc-e . By order of the Female Council , Isabella WrLRON , President . Mart Jani . Massan , Secretary .

      Untitled Article

      T > OBERT HOLT respectfully informs his Friends XV and the Publie that be ha * commenced Business > i » a Licence . Victualier , at the Hark-up-to Glory Public Hou . « e , top of Blackwater Street , Rochdale , whtre he hopes by strict attention to Business , and keeping a geod iUticW , to merit a share of tbe Public '? patronage . Good Accommodation for r « -spectable Travellers . The Northern Star , the Operative , the Northern LUeralor , and other Radical Newspapers regularly taken in . May 2 lrt , 1839 .

      Untitled Article

      BLINDNESS . MR . CHILD begs to announce his intention of again visiting the following Town ? , viz .: — Hull , 10 , Mason Street , Monday , Tuesday , VYednt ^ ay , and Thursday , the 3 rd , 4 tb , 5 ; h , and 6 th of June . ' Sheffield , George Hotel , Market Place , Monday and Tuesday , the l 0 : h and 11 th of June . Barnsley , King ' s Head , Wednesday and Thursday , tbe 12 th and I 3 th of June . WakthVld , New Elephant Inn , Friday and Saturday , the 14 th and 15 b , of June .

      Mr . Child will renew his vi ^ it every eight week * Advi ^ Gratis . Hour * of AUeuJancefrow 18 to 3 N . B . Mr . Child , Sen ., having taken up hi * » iermanent reddenc * - in Birmingham , may bn conxuht * ^" ri * rp T 7 - " ¦ ¦ 'No < -19 ,- Haxlf ^ y Row , Neathe Five Ways , Edgba .-ton , Birminghim .

      Untitled Article

      OfREAT BEDUCTJON IN CAPS , FOBS , & « . **

      HENR . Y JACOBS is now Sellic off the whole of his valuable Stock of Caps , Fura , &o .. in consequence of his retiring from basinets . N . B . H . J . beg « leave to say he will dispose if his Stock cheaper than any house ia tbe neighbourhood . Best London-made caps frora 4 s . to 5 « . 6 d . Also a great quantity of other Fancy Cape , at reasonable prices . Market Walk , Huddersfield , May 8 , 1839 .

      Untitled Article

      This day is published , complete for 2 d . TlEREE SEBMOKS DELI VERED ir London on Sunday , the 12 tb of May , by the Key . JOSEPH RAYNEB STEPHENS , revised and corrected by the R « v , gentleman bftn-ielf . ^ Lmdon : printed by Tbomag White , 59 , Wyche Street , and tspld by Joshua Hobson , Northern Star Oilice , Leeds ; A . Heywood , 60 , Oldham Stree ^ Manchester ; , Jame * Gue * t , St . e «\ house Lane , Birmingham ; VV ; Ibbotson , Halifax , and all other Booksellers . ¦

      Untitled Article

      STREET WARFARE . NOW Publichirg , a Series sf "WEEKLY LETTERS , price One Penny each , on Street Tactics , by Alexander Somervillb . To prove the errors of some recently published military instruction ? , the probable hattles of Birmingham GWow , and tbe English cotton and Woollen factory district * , are sketched with a careful consideration for all the pcssible occTarrences . The author haying a practical knowled ge of the use of armu , and anxiously sympathising in the Chartist Struggle having also studied the history of all moderF . revolutions and riotn , with the moral and military strength of contending enemies in different cenntriea .

      bat particularly the phyMGal strength aod the a-nitions of war of the English army and the English people , he pats these letters before the public to shew what infantry , cavalry , shells , and rockets , wonld do among pikemn , thvrefcy to save the people from a premature and unserviceable rebellion . The 2 nd and 3 rd Noa . contain a suppositions battle in the streets of Birmingham . Nos . 4 , and 5 , will be iWoted to Crlasgow ; and Mr . Somerville is now about to visit Liccdshire and Yorkshire factory towns to obtain correct informatian of the local situation of the street * , and the peboliar adaptation of particular towns for military operations . Let the people be warned in time . These sketches are © nlj one penny each ;

      Publfrhed by James Pattib , 4 , Bridge Street , Covent-garden , London ; and may be had in every r mn aud' village hi the kingdora by order of any BewsmaD .

      Untitled Article

      J , L . WARD'S Estallishmenls ^ for the Cure of Cancer , and every variety of Tumour , Fistula , fyc , No . 18 , Trafaloar-strket , Lbbds , and No . 1 , LlVfeRPeOL-STRKET , OLDFIELD-ROAD , Salford , Manchester . f WHERE every form of Scrofulous Complaint , Glandular Swellicgs , Maladies of the Spine , and all Complicated Diseases ! of the Joints are also created with unerring success . Every sort of Ulcer and Scorbutic Eruption that resist the common or " regular" modea of Treatment are also Effectually Cured .

      From long and extensive practice , Mr . Wa » t > h a * rendered his modes ; of Cure so complete , that he is enabled to treat , with tmccess , the worst cases , hy < et ; ing his Patients ODCe a-week , and many i » only once in two or three weeks ; he ^ therefore , attends every Tuesday in Leedj , aud every Thursday and Friday / in Salford , where numerous retertuices may be- had , and persons seen under treatment , which will at once convince the afflicted with the above Maladies of his superior elaims to tbeijr confidence . No . 18 , Trafalgar-street , Leeds , May 1 st ; 1839 .

      The following Case sufficiently illustrates Mr . W ard ' . « conticiUediucccss ia tke treatment ef Cancer . and ths unpiralleled efficacy of his System of Cure . Sarah Mellor , wife of John Mellor , Broom House Terrace , HougbtoDj near Hyde , had her left bTeas ; cut off for Cancer , in tbe Manchester Infirmary , on rhe 29 ch of December , 1837 . She presented herself to Mr . Ward , February last , with a relapse of thij dreadful digease , and a completely shattered constitution , as well as the arm of the affected side rendered u .-elesg from the operation . By a mild and gentle treatment , aud a combination of medicines powerfully efficacious , she is now restored to perfeet health , and free from every symptom of disease , and for tbe benefit-of others is wibhful to make her cur © publicly known . - May 16 , 1839 . EXTRAORDINARY CASE . Among a number of females whose breatto hare beet , taken off by the knife , and that are under Mr . Ward a treatment at hi « Salford Establishment , ia Mary Mackerz . e , Hur « t , near . Ashtor , a most remarkable cas * . Her right breast was cut off for Cancer in ths Manchester Infirmary , about eighteen mouths ago . This female predated hersetf to Mr . Ward last week m & state truly deplorable , thebreast has been completely swept away \ the hand * of the operator ; but the malad y fn th « arm pit h a * returned with increased vigour , and her arm although aot injured by he operation , hangs powerless bv her been

      mue « , unable to sleep night or diy for of ineS ill ™ " r t' f *« ^ **• "«•«• ha 2 \ U ^ e large 1 uanti « e » « f opion . that ThU t ? P ^« cnbed to alUy her extreme suffering S ^ - ^^ f ^^ K * 6 ffirty Mr . l !^ i- m »*^* - * frW *» :- U > , « w- Hhistrativ / of Ibe r fl !^ * ' - leDCy 0 f meaital ^ - Tbe evils-. r , fl . cted ; on society from tbe established mode of practice and the . effickney of bis own ty-tern of cure . He hereby offers aa opportunity t * those medical men whe have been so baffled with this case , . « f wi aess . Hg the extraordinary -power fif the m « . n 8 he will emplo y , feelmg confident that be wilh by Divine . permuwioB , -tn- . a short time completely frae thi . irom

      wonv . n ner extraordinary 9 tat * of iuffertng ' , ^ that she will not have to take a sinirfB dr «^ of \ he-!» oi * onou » drugy « nd that he ' will rfrecf- a iastiiiif Car *; - ' . = <•> . ' .-. ¦ .: - - . ; -. ; ¦¦ .. i- - - - -, ° ¦ ¦ Ma ' y-23 rdi ; a 839 w- ,..-. ; :. j . - , ;; : . ^ ¦ . ;; : ; .. ¦ ;; :, ; C , '

      Untitled Article

      LORD DERBY AND THE SALFORD RADICAL ASSOCIATION . C ipyaf a letteT from Lord Derby in reply to the one iuierred in che Star of the 18 tii iast ., from the Salford Radical Association : Prescot , May 1 G , 1839 . SiR , —I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt by this day ' s post of a letter Mgned with your name , and requiring me , a * Lord Lieutenant of rbm countv , to send arms for che use of twelve hundred member- of an A «* ociatinn called the Salford Radical Association , to which the writer of the letter states nim-elf to be Honorary Secretary ; in reply ( o thi * demand , I desire to observe that I have o such arms to send , nor any power to send them \( tbfy were in my po « tssi , ) n , " and I must also add thatif they were as my immediate disposalI could

      , not feel myself at liberty , or authorised by any of the circular letter » from the Home-office to which allusion ha ? been made to deliver them up upon any Mich requi sition a » that now made to me hy a pmon wholly unknown to roe , either personally or by character , and on behalf of a body from I know not when or Hy what authority , or U r what objects , and of whicn I was not aware of its existence until the presenr application was made ; I shall , however , think it my duty to lay th ^ application btfore tbe Stcretarj of State for the Home Department , together with my reasons a * above for tnus disagreeing to thrn quest , as I am perfectly conviuted that bis L' -rdnhip ' s recent letters hav * been most completely misunderstood by ihe parties ; and hi * Lordship will then form his own resolution upon the subject . I have the honour to be , ' .

      Sir , Your obedient humble servant , Dbrby . Jabtz Barrowclough . Esq . & ( :. &C . Radical As * or 5 ation Room ? , St . Stephea ' ssfreet , Salford . Thpax-joeiarion met as Usual na Monday evening when the above letter wa-i read to the meeting , afte /" which Mr . Rue , Mr . J > ne * , aud others addressed them in speeches replete with good sense and sound Argument . A subscription was entered into toward * defraying the expenses of the great meetings Kersal Moor , which they were all exhorted to attend and to ohserve the three grand mottos , peace , law , and otder , a < nothing would please their enemits to much as a breach cf these , and certainly nothing would damage their cause more than a premature resort to physical force .

      Untitled Article

      Sweepings and Bubbish of the Town and ICeighboarhood of X « e « ds .

      T 1 HE LPftSjJ Improvement Cemm ! 8 f > ie » er « hereby _ 1 _ give Notice that the Sweepings and Rubbish collected by the Scavengers emplojtd by them in the several Streets , Markets , and Place * in th * Town and Neighbourhood of Leeita , are to be Let hy Tender , ferfthe term of Three Years , commencing frcm the Firs ? ^ ay of July n *> xt . The Commis * sonerx will pieet on "VVBDNESDAy , tbe fifth day of June next , at eleven o ' clock in the fcrene ^ n , at the

      Court House , in Leeds , prevjooM ta which day scaled Tenders indorsed " Tender for leading ihe Sweepings , " are to be left at the office of Mt > msr Rarr , Lofthotjsb , and Nrlson , Solicitors , 1 , Park Row , in Leeds . Tfce Conditions and Terms of Letting , and tbe Draft of the Coatract to be eote-ed into by tbe Contractor , may be seen ob application to = Mr . John Bradley , the Superinttndemt of the Scavengers , at the Free Market House , ia Le « h . N- B , —Tne Commissioners , do not pledge tb « maelyegto accept the lowest Teiider .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 1, 1839, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1059/page/1/