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    • IKE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1839.
    • ^ .. , Patent brandy verm* cognac. B !fT T
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      ~ ZtZ ^ Z , ZZ 1 T ^ ' * SHORTLY tfter the intreAuction , of J . T . Bktt 5 & Co ' t . Patent Bbakdt , in 1829 . xn 4 the decided Establishment of its parity aDd perfecrioD j on Chemical &nalT ? - , it was predicts thAt " it would eventually " supersede th « use c : French Brandy . " How rapidly that prediction is approaching its fu"fi ' B 3 ? nt , will be judged by the fact , that by the official accounts of the last quarter , the I > etre ' ase in the sale of Frercn Brandy , as ceKip&reo . ¦ with last year was at the rate of" between 20 and 8 O , 0 O # gallons per annum ; ud , with reference 10 the ye&r 1834 , trie falling tff iu tbe last f .-eUe months was upwards of 200 , 000 jrailons ; whilst : ht Increase in the s « . le •( Bbtt's Brakdy , i » tnr last official quarter , u compared with the cormponding period of last ye&r , was at the rate of between 40 and 50 , 000 Gallons per Annum .

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      ( Concluded from our last . ) CROYTN COURT . —Thursday , July 13 . BIGAMY AT BRADFORD . Jnn Si ^ cr pleaded guil ty to havine married a second hv > D : iEd . at Ura ^ ior . i . ' on the Ihh of June It appeared her fir-t bu > r > and had brhavd in a very creel manner towards her . To be imprisoned Ten Day * . ' " WltFlL lH'RPER AT DEWSBIRT . Tb ' jmas Hartley ( 20 ) was indictod , on tho Coroner ' s iaqu-st , with in * wilful ianr , )? rof ttwliam Ccmcannon . of De- » sburv . on the ) 3 : h ofiiav

      Mr . W out ley ( wiih wbom wa > Mr . 1 . \ uk . u ) conducted the probation , and stated the c i . ^ . The prisoner vra « defended by Sir G . Lf . wi . v . Anthony Macallan , a . nav ^ kror , raid he wns a ! work in tr . e neighbonrhood ' wf Daw Grern . on the day in question . Tfce deceased lode-d wiih him . In the evening of that day he w « nt tc / K ~ Uy's beerhouse between nine sjid ten o ' ckck . Concar ^ non and acother Irlehman went with him . They called him ' Razor , " tor a nkk-came . He and the deceased were tober : the other man -was rather frt-sh .

      He saw three Ben at . the corner of Kelly ' s hou-e wr . h their backs ro the wall . When he « fut pan : hein , fce heard two blow- lite those from & stick , and a blow from a store . On turning round he « iw Concannon on th » ^ roand , and the three mtu miming away . The Irishman went into the b'ershop a ^ sin fc-r a candle , and witness took hold of th ? deceased to lift h :: n up . on which he said— - Frr God ' s * ake , Jet me alon-, I ' m killed . "' They took him into tbe beer-hou *? . and he was tben bleeding from the right ear . He died on the following Sandi y morning .

      William Kelly , keeper of the bwr-hon . se , stated that the deceased was sober when he went out . Before they brenght Co&canEoa in , he thought he > . eard a noi ^ e at the corner of hia house . Us saw Bresjley that iig ' bt ; fee had . gone ont about z quarter of an hoar before the othrr party came in . He knew the prisoner , who was a miner ; he wss in the beer-house about ei ^ V . t o ' ciock in ths evening . Crc ^^ examined—The prisoner had a glass of alp in the hon * e . H-nry Brearley . a collieT at Diw Green , went intOvKeily ' s beer-hous * on the 13 th of May . about hali-pa ^ t nine o ' clock , ar . d then saw the prisoner at Kelly ' n house end . He wu leaning on the wall . He had known the prisoner four Tears . Cross-examined—He taw no one eke besides tht prisoner .

      Thomas Gl"dhill was in Kelly ' s house about ten o ' clock on the ni g ht of tie 13 : h of May , tnd ? aw the prisoner by the side of the causeway , " between the wall and the road , n-ar Kelly ' * . He had a stick in hi « hand , which witne ;* thought was a hed ^ e-.-take . ¦ C ross-examined—Witness * did not -sty to him . ' Let ' s have a row in JLeily ' s . " He wa » in no row that right . He and a man named -Smith .-on stood about tire minutes with Hartley . He saw the three men coming oat of Jieliy ' n , and he did not spefck to k " iEi . Ileweiitaway beca . n . « e Harticj gaH he would do * omething with them . He walked a few yarda , and then ran , because heieard a blow ., and he thought he wa s better out of ihe mischief . He did not return to see who wag struck . He did cot throw anj etecej , noi we any thrown .

      Wihiam Smithson fcvrd in Kelly's fold . He saw Hartley near the bserbou ? e on the nigit in question , leaning on a hedge- ^ tate . He talked to him two or three minutes . H « was cross-examined , but nothing particular was etched , except that on going away he beard a blow struck followed by a groan , but be did not go back to the plaoe , bnt went straight home to bed . J » i * e p h Robinson wu coming from Dewsbnry to Daw { jreen abopt ten a ' cloek . in bis way he passed by George Whiteley ' g bntcher-ghop ^ there 13 another above Kelly ' s on the other rile . When near there , he gaw Thomas Cledhill running a * hard as he coeld run ; he did not know him thru . Some person told him that it wzj Cledhill . After he had run by , sntne * s met Them * Hartley standing , with a stick in his hand—jtwu 2 . middle-aieed oue . It

      might be abont the thickne £ > i of my shackle ( wrist ) . Witness wked him what wi # op } ' He said he had been hariaig a bit of a tow wick an Irishman , and he had struck him over the rump with a stick . -After that witness turned back . When he had got about ten yard ? , ke saw the prisoner running after him ; he turned towardg Kelly '* . On the Sunday night , he wm sent to the prison where Hartley wa * j he said , " 1 want thou to say 1 hadn ' t a stick when thon met me . " Witness gaid , " 1 can ' t * ay so . " Theahe said , Then thon must say it vu a small one , for -if I did , it perhaps would go hard against him . Cross-examiaed- ^ Daw Green is ranch inhabited by Irishmen , and he had often knewn rows there .

      Mr . John Hirst , eonstBble , said the prisoner wag takea before the coroner ' s inqnest on the Tuesday after the Irishman died . After that he waa removed to the lock-up ; at supper time he asXed him to fetch Mr , Hague , saying he had not spoken the trath at the inquest , and he wanted a magistrate fetchicg . He went to Mr . Hague , and he refused to come ; witness told the prisoner so . He took the prisoner to Leeds ; en the road , he often wanted to tell me , and witness gaid he did not want to koo » . At Leeds , the prisoner told him that on the night in question he tad be ? n in Kelly's hou > e , and there was an Irishman there getting beer . They had had some words about a fortnight before , and the Irishman had

      struck him , and as he thought himself not able to thrash him , then he left him . Seeing him in Kelly ' s , » nd seeing him fresh , he thoc gh t then he had an op portanity ; he went ont , and got a stick at the top side of Daw Green . He retoraed back again , aad went to Kelly ' s window , to hear if the Irishman waa in ; he heard him there , and then he went to the corner o / the hou ? 0 . Br ^ ar ] ? y carue op to him ; he ( Hartiey ) put the stick between hii belly and the wall . Giedaiil and Smithson went to him , and tsjked him what he was doing there ; he told him there vris an Irishman in Gleihili ' i ? that had rapped him a fortnight before , and he wished thera to fif lp his . They got some siocei , and wftiu ' d whti ? tue Irishman ' came out ; on this GleJLill and Smithson nWtei to the low end of & ?¦ fo ] d , and th ? m&n that

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      Hartley wished to rap was the la « : maa that came out . They threw gtones , and ksocked the last man dow «; saeijag him down , the prisoner thought he -would hp . ve a r » p at the other , and so he struck him &nd knocked him down . On seeing Gledhill and Suaithson had run away , Robinson came up . ( He ht * n derailed his conversation with him . ) Hs first sawthe stick abont three days ago , at Mr , Newsome'n . Mr . Joseph Swallow , schoolmaster , keard of the Irishman being killed on the Monday morning ; there was eo stick in his garden , which wasnear the roa ^ , on Daw Green ; on the Thursday moruin § following , he found a stick , or s : ake , about four yards 1 ' rem the . bottom of the garden nearest the r , ad . He placed tiae stick near the kitcken door , where it remained uutil the 23 d May . o ^ Kvtr ^^

      David Hemingway , clothier , ppoke to receiving the stake from from Mr . Ssallov ;' * daughter , and giving itintj tho custody of Mr . Newsome , th ) chief constable . Mr . Newgome produced the stick , which appeared like a hf djre-stake . Michael Concannon , brother oi the deceased , was at Kelly ' s on the night in question , and saw his brother brought in seriously injured . He saw the man named " R-zoi" twu or ttree rays afterwards , but \ e had not seen him since . He had hoard the m ^ n had gone to Liverpool . Mr . J . VVilkes , attorney for the prosecution , deposed to inquiring f > r ' Ki 7 / 0 r , " aad not bjing able to fiud him .

      Mr . G . Fearnby , surgeon , at Dewjbury , was called in to attend the deceased . He found a " bruise on the back part of the head , and he was then bit ediug from the right ear . He was sensible , though he c iinplainei of a severe pain in his head . He attended him till Saturday , and on the following day he died . Wimess and Mr . Itaodes examined his held aft > r death , and touud a serious fracture on the bdek part , which corresponded with the wonnd on the outside . There was a depression of about an inch upon tbe brain . Thero must have been a heavy blow , and no doubt the blow produced death . Cross-examined—Tne wound might havo been cau < od by a smooth stone ; or if he had been thrown down on a hard substance , thv same effects might have been produced .

      Sir G . Lewin addressed the jury for the prisoner . H « commented at length on the testimony of ( iledhil and Smithson , imputing to them that they were concerned in the fray . He submitted that the prisoner was one in tbM row , and had accidentally or incidentally killed the deceased—only intending to " rap " another man against whom it appeared he had nourished his spite . Under all tne circumstance ' , he implored them to give tkis case a full con > ideration , and to return such a verdict far the miligated otlence as would satisfy their consciences hereafter , and cause no discussion amongst their friend « .

      The Learned Jitke . in summing up , observed that if the Jury believed it was the UlWutiou of the prisoner , in ii . flicting a blow , to do tne deceased or any other person grievous bodily ha-m . and death resulted from suoh unlawful act , vrh * t ; , er he had any particular malice or not , he . wus guilty of murder ; but if they thought the offence was committed in tbe beat of blood ( of which he was bound to tell them there was not the slightest evidence ) , or if they thought the blow was inflicted without any intention other than that of slightly punishing ttt deceased , th-n death having resulted from Lis unlawful ict , he was Kii : Ity of manslaughter .

      T .-. e Jury retirea , and after an ab-it-nce of twenty miuutes , r « . * iuriu *< i a verdict of " Guilty of Maurlaugh ' . er . " ' Sir ( i . Llwi . n tbeH called Mr . A . Greaves , Mr . J . Greju ^ s . « . )• S tothill . an ' . Mr . John Greats , of De-sbu-y . wh'j gav . i the prisoner a good character as ; i hiriuJes-s . inofJens ; ve young man .

      JII KPEfl A 7 I'l'liSEY . Sara ! , Xculy was charged , on tne Coroner ' s inq ^ L > i ; i 11 , wuh the wilful murder uf Joseph Newby , tit l ' ud >; -y . Mr . W . vsxnr . saii that tL <* Grand Jury hH > ing ignored the hil . it w _ i- < not the lutenticu o : the prosecute r 10 oO > r any i videiice . Ti . e prisoner wan accordingly dinchiirged .

      IH ' . IUVAY UOltllEnT . NEAR H . UII ' JX . Mary At , t <> : u Joh .-i n ' : lio / ,, and Tfmvius Ktil / tley ( out on liauj , wrre charged with bavmg feloniously assaui ' . ed Gtor ^ o liierl-y , and rubbed him often fo \> reigns , ^ ud ten halt suverei ^ n-, and other articles hi * property . Mr . Bainks was for the prosecntion . Th

      threw his arnu < arouud the neck of ihe prosecutor , whilst the others held his hands ana * tifl .-d his mocth . On b-ing thrown en the grjmd , one of them knelt on his brea « t , whilst the oth-rr ? extracted the sovereign . * aud other artick-sfr .. m his pocket . When he * or up . he mid * the btst of hie way to Brighonse . an < l told the constable , and a man natrtftd Ma ! lan » on what had happened . Th < y bond ths jrfwiuer * at the Driver ' s Arms , a public house near the place ; the constable told them he muat earch lhem , ou which Wilson seized hold of him and the others escaped . None of tb « property had since beeu iound . The Jury luund the prisoners Guilty , and they were sentenced - To be transported ritteen 5 ears . " '

      KWl'RV AT HCLfc , Thomas J ^ uiei / ard . was charged with having , on the 2 it » h of April , at Hull , wickedly and corruptly commuted ut-rjury . Mr . Baisus was for the prosecution ; tbe prisoner was uatiefended . It app .-bJ-.-d thai the prisoner had enlistpu into the 9 ^> th retjiiueui , and was tak-u belore , Dr . Chambers , araagisir 2 t > -, who admimsteosd to him , the usual oath— li Have yon ever > ervt J in tho army , marine , ordnance- or navy ' : '' He answered no . It was afterwurd . " ^ bown that in Nov .. l ^ . i ' . t . the prisoner entered a regiment of artillery , and onticuetl i » it until three years since , when h- was drummed out . These facts being proved tae J u \ found him Guilcy .

      Whe . E called upon for sentence , th t prisoner said they em rapped him to enlist and then tbey sought to punish him ior it . If soldiers were punishe 4 for perjury in ihcir examinations , one hall o-f tht > ri'crui : s wci ' . ii be brougat cp . ' To be n ^^ ri soned four months . " UB 7 A ^ J , 1 NG . MONEY UNDER FALSE PBETFSCES AT KKABESBRO . Jo / m Bunting . indic :-ed a few days ago for forgery , and acquitted , was agwn charged with obtaining , from the iorksW District Bank , at Knaresbro ' , under false pretences , £ 230 . Messrs . Knowles and Baixxs were for the prosecution ; Mr . Te * u \ le for the defendant . Not Guilty . The Court rose a ; seven o ' cloek .

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      GRAND JURY ROOM . ( Before T . Starkfe , Esq ., Q . C . ) Ji ^ r < y Spa / iton ( out on bail ) was chared with having , on tne 13 th of April , Dear York , stoleu two oxen and aheiier , the property of his brother , Robert Spanujn . Guilty . Sentence postponed . fi ' illriam Swunati ( out on bail ; was charged with having , on tbe 13 th of December , uttered a forged bill ot exchange for £ 2 * . with intent to defraud \\ itliam B . »' . ton or Benjamin Rands . Mr . Cotti . noham Wig for the prosecution ; Mr . Akcubolu for the pri * ooer . Guilty . Sentence deferred . NISI FKIUS COURT , Thursd ^ t , Jclt 18 . B 1 X 0 N V . P 1 X 0 M AND OTHERb . ( Special Jury . )

      Messrs . Alexander , D . jHwdas , and Watson were lor tie plaintiff ; Messrs . Cf . essweix aa ' d Martin for ihe defendant . This was an issue from the Court of Exchequer to try whether the Rbv . G . Dixon , vicar ei Heimsk-y . in the North Riding , or the Rev . J . Dkon , p-rpetual curate of Bilsdale , were entitled to tne tithe of the calves in that pariah The case lasted all day , and was as pro » y and wearisome a- any case we ever heard , it ended in a Terdict for tke plaintiff .

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      RESIGNATION OF R . J . RICHARDSON , DELEGATE FOR MANCHESTER .

      TO THB EDITORS OF THE NOBTHEKN STAR . " This meeting will henceforth conrider every man a traitor who shall resign his post in f . e Convention without assigning a Bnfhcient reason for so doin ^ . J Hesoddivn of Kcrsal Moor Heeling , May 25 t / i , 18 ^ 9 . ' Be it enacted that every member of the House of Commons be entitled at the close of th" Session to a writ of expenses on the Treasury , fur his legislative duties in the public ' s service , and rf . all be paid £ 500 per annum . " ike People ' s Charier , pa ^ c 32 . B-ing unwillicg to be considered a traitor by my constiturnis who passed the above nseiution I hereby ky before them the reasoas why 1 have ' resigned my post in the Convention , hoping tha : they will f ..-el with me , and conclude with me , that I aad every reason to resign before I di j -o

      Iwa ^ tle .- . eu to represent Manchester and its district , first J . K e public meetiMg . and again at the gr .-at meiV . Lg on Kersal Moor , in S pt-m !> er last i . y a vote oi" thf Mancht ' .-trr Council , Mr . Wroe - ¦ nd iBvsf H were allowed i 5 per week for onr seruces , which isi little more t&aii halt rhe-nm all 1 wed I . y th- Po . -plc ' s - Lharcer , ana I am turp ihe swvice of a delegate is as arduous , and considerably more a&Dgeruus , tUaa . that of a member oi il > fr Uun ^ e of

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      Commons . Mr . Wrje retired early , knowing well from experience , that one delegate would be ** much as Manchester could maintain . J contirned to act tp to tbe 13 th of April . I was then seuc for to atteud a public meeting in Manchester . I came down at my own expense , the Council being then in my debt . Mr . O Brien , Mr . Rawaon , and Mr . M'Douall , I believe , w ^ re all paid for their attendance at that meeting . I recoived the overplus towards my arrean of salary , and for the two weeks following . A meeting was shortly afterwards called in Manchester at two days' notfee , and Mr . Dean electtd as delegate for Manchester—at the same time they were owing me money and had not wheiewith to pay aw . I impute no unworthy motivus to anv

      one , but it seems strange to me , that all this conld go on withont my knowledge , but what was my a tdniehment when I found tbat money was actu * dily burrowed to send Dean . U seems strange that the Council ahould have two delegates upon the Convention and couU not keep one . However , 1 todk littlo notice of this matter at the time . I was aftarwardd appointed by the Convention to visit Brighton , Ctuchester , Southampton , Isle of Wight , Portsmouth , Plymouth , tod Cornwall . I did so , and afterwards , by order of the CcnrentioH , I accompanied Peter Bussey and John Collins through Scotland . I called at Manchester for some money to carry me on , the money allowed me by the Convention being nea'ly expended in mr Southern

      tour . I heard the Council had none in hand , so I went . t' . rough Scotland at my own expense . 1 hoped I had discharged my missionary labours with crodit to myself and to the cause , anl that by my return the Council would have had somH money ready for me ; and in order , as 1 thought , "te ensure a trifle , I wrote to them from Scotland , requesting them to call a public meeting of my constituents , and Dr . Taylor , Peter Bussey , and myself , would attend ; by that means seven or tight pounds might have been raised ; but what W&s my surprise when I came home and fonnd no meeting called , and Dr . Taylor came post from Bradford to attend it . I then began to enquire the reason of it . Some d » abted its success ; others » aid they could not afford to call it ;

      however ,-the resnlt was no meeting . But , Sirs , hear tho sequel aad judge for yourselves , and let my constituents judge also , whether I have been honestly and fairly dealt with . I arrived in Manchester , on Saturday , the 29 th of Jute . On the Thur .-day rrrvious ray letter was discussed—my proposals rejected—Dr . Taylor and Bussey befooled —invs . 'lf jeered at—Christopher Dean , authorised by them to proc- ed to Birmingham—money again borrowed to send him there , at the same time they never consulted mo about it , aud were owing to niv > Nine Weeks' Salary . Yes , Si , r « , Dean was sent off , 1 not knowing of it antil he was actually gone . Well I visited the Council on the Monday night following July 1 st . I asked the Council for money ; they very coolly to ' . d me they had none . I denounced their conduct . 1 gave vent to my feelings—I unburdened nay mind , concealing nothing . 1 asked them to

      place me npon the same footing as Duan , and how was 1 mot . Dean was sent off at a salary of £ 5 per week , whilst they coolly off .. red to reduce mine to £ 3 . My friends around rallied , proposed that I should be placed npon the same footing as Dean , or in other words , that as * 6 was borrowed to send him off , the same amount should be raised to s * nd me to Birmingham ; atter a stormy discussion betwixt my friends and my mortal enemies , the motion was carried , a committue appointed 10 obtain the money , but none could be borrowed for nie , so 1 left thorn with disgust . Knowing I was obliged to go to Birmingham to give an account of my mission , I did go at my own expense . I tendered my accounts to the committee , in whose hands they still lie unsettled . Now , I call upo « you , Sirs , to judge whether 1 am a traitor or not . I ask you whether I have b « en fairly dealt with or not . 1 hope my constituents will bear in mind that

      my reasons lor resigning are three : —First , I feel myself insulted by the conduct of the old Council towards me publicly and privately . Secondly , that the sum of flity pouada , bring the amount of ten woeks' salary , from the 27 th of April , to the tfrh of July inclu ivo , and that a farther sum of twelve pounds travelling expenses , making a total of Sixtytwo Peuuds is now osing torn-, with no signs of its being paid , wLilst two delegates were to be kept in the Convention , and the town distracted by parties . Thirdly , because I considered that I hare

      been undermined , condemned , and dragged out of the Convention at a time when I ought to have been there , and that I have waited patiently , and borne insult alter imult , debt after debt , until I could sUmu : it no louger . All I now a » k is , that a public meeting ba called of the honest working men of Mancjhister , to take my case into consideration . If 1 hive not done my doty , discharge me as an U ? y st * war < J - If Jnave , assist me to frustrate tho deigns of my enemies , and place the cause of Radical Reform in a healthy position , 1 R . J . Richardson .

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      CAMBBIDGE 8 HIRE . TO tHE EDITORS OK THE NORTHERN STAR . Gentlemen , —In justice to a deeply per . « ecuttd anipoor ruan , I trust you will insert the following . On Fnjkf , *** * & £ ::. i 9 ft » nV .-nii"ftft . ' Cambridge Quartt-r'Sess'Km * , Barnet Ingrey , or Barnard Iugray , as he is called ,, w «« swtenoed , as an incorrigible rogue mod vagabond , to Be-fin prisoned nix months and to be publicly whipped . What a sentence for a respectable agricultural labourer , such as thin man to be subjected to ! Tlie proceedings on the occasion were altogether extraordinary . He seems to have baen convioted before he was brought to Cambridge r D « t yet to have been tried over again at the Quarter Sensions , as counsel was employed and heard against him while he wai allowed " ta say nothing in his own defence , till after he was sentenced as aforesaid , neither was he allowed to call

      me as a witness on his behalf—nor did the Chairman call me as sach , though he knew that I appeared at the sessions in the character of witness for Ingrey , for I wrote him word to that effect , and that Ingrey wnhed me to be c * £ led ; but , because I proteited against the iniquity of the proceedings against this poor fellow , I wan turned out of Court . Can anything , Sir , be mere contrary to justice than this ! Here is , in fact , a poor man persecuted most h » rribly by the Eart of Hardwicke , convicted by Mr Quintin , a friend of the Earl ' s , who to my knowledge has joined in this persecution , convicted probably too , without being heard on his behalf , and sentenced ujpon this conviction , founded upon , I believe , and aggravated by the false testimony ot Alger , the master of the Caxten and ArrinKton

      Unior-bouse , whom I can prove to b * a false wit-BeB ? , and u I stated , not worth y contequently of credit , and the conviction was not only aggravated by Alger ' s false testimony , but by the colouring of counsel against which the poor fellow is not heard , while the real accuser is tbe Earl « f Hardwicke , which thechairman , Mr . Elliot Yorke , the brother of the Earl ef Hardwicke , knowing , will not allow the prisoner to elicit , for he asked tbe chairman to compel Mr . Byles , the counseller , ta declare who was bis accuser ; but instead of doing this , Mr . Elliot Yorke , hurried on to pans sentence on Ingrey , and with a rapidity which did not allow of any consultation with the magistrates on the bench as to what the senttnee should be , and which evinced it was coTjcocted before , and I have na doubt hut it

      was prevMrotly settled by hiraielf and the Earl of Hardwicke- Besides , added to this , there sat upon tbe bench another brother of the Earl of Hardwicke , another bitter persecutor of this poor man , and the identical Mr . Quintin , who had convicted poor Ingrey , and whom witk others , I had before charged with attempting to murder this poor fellow . Ihus you have one brother , the prosecutor ; and another the chief judge of this poor man , together with another brother abetting , aud those who have joined in the horrible oppression . Is this English , Sir ? Will you not lift up your voice against this ? You have my authority for tbe statement , and I am now ready to take all the consequences of the

      same . They are the charges of a man against the Earl of Hardwicke , and his brothers , and otherswho has supported the same interest with themwho has voted for the Earl of Hardwicke himself when he was candidate for the suffrages ef this county , and for Mr . Elliot Yorke also—whom the Earl has not offended—and who has na animosity to the Earl and his famil y , but such as arises out of their oppressive and tyrannical , and he cannot call it less than murderous conduct towards this paor man , who told me long since , and I believe hw statement to be true , that Earl Hardwicke same time back , d—inn—g him , said , Ingrey , I should like to get hold of vou . and then I wonlrf

      punigh you to the uttermost , and that Lord Hardwicke told him to commit the very crimf , upon a false charge of committing which they are now punishing him . I think , Sir , when I state to you all this , you can scarce withhold me a place in yeur miscellany , for the defence of this poor fellow ; and if you will kindly give me a column or two next week for this purpose , I will give the whole case to the public : suffice it to say , I have been to the Board , of Guardians at Caxton , his Lord-* hip being in the chair , and challenged enquiry into this case , and charged his Lordshi p and the Board , in no measured terms , for their conduct in the same .

      Trusting that you will give this to the public , and kindly favour me next week as desired , I remain , Sir , yours truly and obligtd , ^ .. F . H . Mab £ rley . Vicarage , Biurne , near Caxton , 16 : h July , 1839 . ?" ' p atthi " mau is Eo r ° f ? ue and vagabond . I hAve the testimony of eighteen respectable persons in and abou / . the nei g hbourhood of Cambridge .

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      and amongst them the late Earl W ' s gardener , and in » hort j a * I will shew , he is in his present situation » nly by the reLntlerfs " , persecuting conduct of tha Earl of Hardwicke towards him , in which h » has been jo ujd by the sx uffivio Guardians of ihe Caxcon and Arrington Board . What think you of Counsel being allowed to aggravate the offence of ( his man , to charge him with negltcting to cont ibute to the support of nia faaiily during two harvests , a part of the one and the whole of the other when his family wa * in the Union House—when , during the whole of one of these period * , he was falsely imprisoned upon the unJHst conviction of one of the ea : iiffkiu Guardi-. . ^ entr , ^

      ans of the Board , as I myself can tsatifj , acd iu the other he was not allowed to come ouc of the Caxtoa and Airiogton Uaion House to work lor his family , and that these charges should be made and urged as grounds of aggrnvated punishment , and the prisoner not be allowed to cantradiot them . Can anything be so gross ? The Cambridge Independent Press has said the evidence is clear against this poor fellow ; and well may it be go , when it in thus unblushingly and eff . onteringly given , and Not allowed to be contradicted . Who may not be convict d , and hung , drawn and quartered upon such evidence , and by such judged as the Yorkes . u Ab eit cavete . "

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      . —a ^— ' . Wakefield Radicals . —From a report received too late for our last , we learn rhat the men of Wakefield are in » pirit with all the rest of the people . They had a meeting on Tuesday evening in last week at which resolutions were passed eulogif iDg Messrs . Attwood and Fielden for their coaduct relative te tke petition ; thanking the minority of forty-six who voted for the Committee thereon ; and denouncing the traitor * who support usurpation and malgovernment , and appointing an agitating council to stir up the neighbouring villages , many of which have solicited assistance .

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      RIGHTS OF THE POOR . The rights of the indigent , who cannot support themselves , to be maintained by their more fortunate fello-v-beingd , oin only be denied by the most ignorant or the most hardened . Common humanity alene would tell us to sympathne with the unfortunate , and to scatter with a liberal hand to the needy . Pity would suggest that uch as theae have sufficient to struggle against , without having to endure the cruelty of their brethren—that they who have been reduced by unforeseen

      accident , should be instantly relieved and consoled —that even those wbo have falkn by vice , have yet not thrown off every claim upon our charity , nor broken every tie of nature . If our natural feelings would dictate liberal conduct te any member of the human brotherhood , more imperatively would they order such a course towards any of the same land and race . The chain of humanity , which connects the barbarian and the civilised , the dark and

      the fair , the rich and the poor , throughout the world , is more closely drawn around those who boast of ene common country . Those who have tpent their best years in the service of the State , whether the labourer , the mechanic , the soldier , or the sailor , when rendered in any way unable to procure a comfortable subsistence , certainly have the strongest claims on their countrymen ; claims which generosity would instantly admit , and which the strictest justice could not possibly refuse .

      The Bible literally teems with commands to benefit the poor , and with the most fearful denunciations against their oppressors . * It would be useless to extract any particular passages wheH on this subject : the whole Book might well be copied . The laws of Nature declare in favour of the poor . Their natural rights are thus lucidly explained by Palby : — l < All things were originally common : no one being able to produce a charter from Heaven , no one had any better title to a particular possession than his next neighbour . There are reasons for

      mankind agreeing upon a separation of this common fund : God , for these reasons , is presumed to have ratified itl But this separation was made and con aented to , upon the expectation and cendition that every one should have left a sufficiency for his subsistence , or the means of procuring it ; and as no fixed laws for the regulation of property can bo to contrived as to provide for the relief of every case of dis-. ress which may arise , these cases and distresses , when their right and share in the common stock waa givtn up or taken from them , were

      supposed to be left to tke voluntary bounty of those who might be acquainted with the exigencies of their situation , and in the way of affording assistance ; and therefore , when the partition of property is rigidly maintained against tha claims of indigenee and distress , it is maintained in opposition to the intention of those who made it , and to His who is the supreme Proprietor of everything , and who has tilled the world with plenteousness for the sustentation dnd comfort of all whom He sends into it . Reason , which is the interpreter ef uatural

      law , shudders at the very idea of allowing human beings to perish , while others have the means of relieviag their necessities . If we were thus to sufftr a dog to dia , should we not be branded with cruelty and brutality ? How strongly , then , must a rational being abhor the impious doctrines of a few , who havo dared to advanco the proposition , that man is not bound to contribute for the

      support of man . If those who are able to afford relief , think proper to refuse , there is a natural right in the indigent party , which should be asserted . This right is declared b y GaoTius , Pufjfbn-DORF , and other juri . ts of the greatest authority , who maintain that in cases of necessity , a man that ia denied assistance may hel p himielf , for that by a tacit concession of mankind , the community of goods is revived .

      In civilised states , human laws have been forced to recognise these obligations on the part of the wealthjr , and these rights on the part of the poor . The return for allegiance frem the subject , is protection from the Monarch , which , if it inclade liberty and property , must , by stronger reasons , also extend to life ; and what is it but depriving one of life , when he is deprived ef the means of living ? Even those legal writer * , who have always attempted to suppress the power of the people

      have never been able to shake off this clearly defined right . Thus we find these word * in the Commentaries of BLACKSTONEf : — "The law not only regards life and member , and protects every man in tbe enjoyment of them ; bnt also furnishes him with everything necessary for their support . For tuere ia no man so indigent or wretched , hut be may demand a supply sufficient for all the necessities of life from the more opulent part of the community , by means of the several

      statutes enacted for the relief of the poor ; a humane provision , dictated by the principles of society . " Montesquieu , a name deserving of great reverence , gays—" The state is bound to supply the necessities ef the aged , the sick , and the orphan Those alms , which are given to a naked man in the streets , , ' . 0 not fulfil the obligations of the state , which owes to every citizen a certain sub .

      sistence . The riches of a state arise from the labour of the people . Amidst the numerous branches of trade , ii is impossible but some must suffer ; and consequently the mechanics must be in a momentary necessity . Therefore , the State owes to every citizen a proper nourishment , CoHvemen ' clothing , and a kind of life not incompatible witfc health . "

      Wo cannot forbear adding to these declaration .-the testimony ef Locke , that great philosopher and sincere friend , to liberty , «< We know , " be gay * ,

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      " that God < has not left one maa so to the mercy of another , that he may starve him , if he pleases . God , the Lord and Father of all , has given no oneof his children such a property in his peculiar portion of the things of this world , but that he has given hid needy brother a right to the surplusage of hi » xoods : so that it cannot justly be denied him , when his pressing wa :, t . call tor it ; and , therefore , no man coulu ever have uju "* ; power over the life of another by right of property in land or posstwions , since it weuld aluajs be a sin in any man of estate to iet his brother perish for want of affording him <>** ** , **** . ^*

      relief out of his plenty . k * justiee gives every maa a title to the product of his honest industry , and the fair acquisitions of his ancestors , descended to hia » . so charity givea every man a title to eo much oat of another ' s plenty as will keep him from extreme wantwhere he has no means to subsiit otherwise ; and a man can no more make use of another ' s necessity to force him to beoome his vassal * by withholding that , relief which God requires him to afford to the wants of his brother , tban he that has more strength can seizii upon a weaker , master him to his obedience , and , with a dagger at his throat , offer him death or slavery . " J

      The ? e are indisputable authorities for tbe just rights of the poor in general ; and with regard tit Great Britain in particular , we may addnee evea additional arguments . In this , as in every other country where the feadal ystem ever prevailed , all lands , without a single exception , are supposed to be under the dominion of the King : his dominion h created for the good of the people ; and , therefore ,, when necessary , these lands must be charged for their-support and maintenance . With respect to < this nation , Sir Matthkw Hai , b , a vast favourite with the lawyers , h& » l « ft his ' opinion on record . la

      Bis famous work , "Pleas of the Crown , " he says that , " The laws of this kingdom make sufficie-aft ; provision for the supply of persona ia necessity , by . collections for the poor , and by the powers of the civil magistrates , and that the Act of Elizabbte ( the 43 rd ) has reduced charity t « a » y « trra , and interwoven it with &wr ery Constitution . " Hencfc we are clearly to understand , that to exclude charicy from our laws—co refuse the poor a inaiatenance , which shall be founded on liberal and charitable principles , is to destroy a portion of our Constitution , and to change its very nature .

      Thus , then , the rights of the poor are asserted aad established by justice , by reason , and by humanity ; by the laws of GOD , natural aad revealed ; by the con * titutions of civilized states ; and by the united authority of all good and wise men . Ia some countries the administration ef relief has been left to charity , and no compulsory means have betn adopted for this purpose . But among other objections to this course , one stand ? prominently forward , and appean to be , Beltevident ; namely , where the only support afforded

      depends on th « liberality of th « willing , there tht . whole burden will fall upon tbe charitable , whSr the miserly will escape without any contribution . Thin would be imposing a tax on tender feelings , and levying a charge on sympathising dispositions , while a reward weuld be held out to tbe encouragement of avarice and selfishness . Achnrnptions of religion and feelings o ( pity would doubtless cause many to assist their suffering ; fellow-men , but this succour , when founded * yo& reason and fixed principles , not showering

      indiscriminate gifts da aiiy , but dispensing them impartially with proper economy aad order , Wiik include a greater number within the benefits , M& lay up more plentiful resources for tbe future ,. Thus many nations have experi- need the necessity of reducing to fixed rules , those contributions , which as charitable , voluatary , gift * , were varying and not to be relied upon . They have formed into a regular sy > ' cem wh * t before wu dependant on the ever fluctuating will , and have obtained : certain - Bums ^ fS / -tteu of nnctrtain mutual offerings .

      The effect of enactments for the benefit of thV indigent ; i * to render perfect duriws of an imperfect nature , that is , to give the means of comptlliEg the performance of obligations , before binding only in conscience , or to grant tbe power of obtaining by the assistance of law those dues , which before could not be recovered by such a proceeding . A funi isto be raised from those who are deemed competent to its payment , in order to attain the grand abject of all peer laws , to support those who cannot support themselves . I » ia often asserted that tbe system , which » ffcrs to the idle pauper a living superior to that of the industrious labourer i&

      essentially bad . But to what system is thi * maxim to apply P Where do they offer support in return for idleness ? The strong are provided with employment , and the weak are , of course , sustained without exacting what their powers are unable to perform . There eau b * nc reason , why-these should not be treated a * the most industrious workmen ; on tka toutrary the ii , ninii and young should receive even greater care ani ? attemion , and more nourishing food , than are g « uerally required by the strong and able-bodied , who live by their own labour . The destitute are entitled to that maintenaHee , which is consistent both with ., health and comfort .

      The greatest precaution should be used to preventthe system of relief from becoming an object of terror and disgust to the poor . Poverty roust not be regardedas a crime . The poor house must not hold out the horrors of a pri » on . The inmate * must not he treated as criminals . Tne vile iij . stiee of such a proceeding would almost be equalieo Dy ita impolicy . It is dangerous to drive a poor m * u to de . pair , and many in this caae would endeavour to befer tfitir condition b y the commission of real crime , since there would always be a chance of not being detected , and even if convictei , they would onry then receive as punishment , what before was offered

      under the mockery « f relief , Oti , cr «; unwilling to burden their souls with guilt , would starve , rather tha » accept the proffered disgrace , wfeile tho , efew , who were induced to partake of it , v »« miu , -pend tbi remainder oftht-. irdajs in misery . If it be a duty , binding by every law , to provide f ., r tie i . di ^ ent , ' sarely it is a duty not to heap upon ihtm such indigpities as would render life insu ^ r ^ bie . If would be truer mercy to let them die , * heu first affl . cted by misfortune , to di « ni . « them al oi , Ce from these realms of woe to that wond bexo .-, d eb « grave where the humble shall be halted " aud- ' the brukeiL spirit find repose .

      The line of demarcation oannot be too atronyty drawn between vice and virtu * , an-1 any code , which sanctions a like treaiment tor tfcw irreeoii ' - cikable qualities , is worth y ueuhfel o : ou « iicu « nor e « teem . It is in general contrary totfcehohwt , „ arptud . nt nature ef man to be eager for ^ por : fr ., « . »^ , « to receive benefits which he m&y „* uiwhie to repaj . These are most laudable iVeii ,, ^ , JU . u ,. / , houid never be used by the ltg . sla . or a . t ; . e i « . » uui » . ui of precluding-any from aasUtauw , m Sl (; , „ , , . \ w acceptance of it infamy 1 L 0 t i , i " - reiu . al maj be starvation :

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      e 15 T * £ w * ih . « rrt !> 1 »«»« par :. < -ul . s-ly :.. D . .... ro » .. u , v « . 10 , which i » a kind or ibri . ? Ke ^ .. „ ,. . ....,,. ,, " HIM ., c . xs , . mdtii * wnou 4 , a ; i . „; y . „; : ; .- - > l ciiim-¦ f B . 1 , c . 1 . " J Mr . Butler Brian in hi » » Pt ^ ctu-.. v .. . » t . | f . Un-1 ' ¦ ' ight of tho rich to eiigro ,. , me co-rWu . uc- . . j , ' L " i ; lCal iT' ^ k '"™ " "" « " " " «¦»¦• ~ --i" £ .

      Ike Northern Star Saturday, July 27, 1839.

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 27, 1839, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1067/page/3/