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    • TH|ftOETBffiEF STAR SATTJKDAY , SEPTEMBER 21,1&39.
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      Th|Ftoetbffief Star Sattjkday , September 21,1&39.

      TH | ftOETBffiEF STAR SATTJKDAY , SEPTEMBER 21 , 1 & 39 .

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      THE ENGLISH POOR . — " Take phyae , pomp ! Expose thyself to fe ^ wtot wretches feel , ^ . That thou may'stshaie the snpcrfax to them , JLnd show tlie heavans mare jasC * Ijeak , Act 3 , Scene 4 . A short time since we published a defence of the rights of the poor in general , denying then title from nature , from charity , from reason , from revelation , and from the assertions of ¦ wise and good authorities ; those remarks applied to the indigent of all times and all couatries , but in this article we intend to speak of the destitute in England before the enactment of the 43 Eliz ^ and the effects of that statute . " We may , hereafter , trace their condition to the present time .

      The records of the day 3 long past are , at best , ofcsenre and imperfect on sibjects of iingly pomp and warlike grandeur ; deficient are they indeed , regarding a class generally des ^ sed and thought unworthy of historic notice . However , from those few annals , which hare escaped th e wreck . of time , and heen transmitted from age to

      age , we may glean some facts , productive of amnsement and instruction . Onr common law is in many respects based npon the laws of nature , and in no instance is this similitude more evident than in the care which it evinced , for the unfortunate . The maintenance of the poor for some ages after the introduction of Christianity devolved npon The . Clergy , and was chiefly an ecclesiastical concern , the tithes furnishing the means . Thus was the veneration due to religion increased , when she Tras accompanied by the most winning and attractive of virtues—Charity . Tithes are considered

      originally to hare been voluntary ^ oblations to the Gmrch , which were afterwards demanded as a right . They were at first distributed in a ibnrfold diviaon ; one psrtT > eingforihe use of the Bishops ; another for repairing the fabric of the church ; the t&ird for the support of the incumbent ; and the fourth for relief of the poor . "When the sees-of the bishops w : | re amply endowed by other means , theyjwere proMbited from taking their usual share , and the urvision was into three parts only . The portion set aside for poverty was administered

      by the incumbent , under the superintendence of the bishopj the churchwardens , and the principal inhabitants of the parish are also supposed to have had ¦ ame xoice in the jndlcions application of the funds"Whether these trustees violated the confidence reposed in them , or it was thought necessary to refresh their memory , 13 not certain ; bnt an ordinance was made in the reign of Edward the Confessor , Trhichis still extant , and declares that the " poor are tobe sustained by parsons , rectors of the church , and the fawJiinnPTB - so -t ^^ x : none of them die for de&nli of snEtefcanee . * ' . ( The Mirrour , c . 1 . s . 30

      This is a declaration of what the common law demands , and there were several customs of a like charitable nature , The goods of any , dying intestate , after paving two-thirds to the widow and

      children , were to be applied to sets of piety , that is , to requiems and masses for the eouJj and . to the wants of the indigent . Many of the weregilds or fines were devoted in part to the poor , while the common impulses of humanity were increased and strengthauA by ihe prevalent notion , that prayers pnr" ehased by donations to the necessitous , would confer eternal bEss on the dead ; a belief which involves iibe irmsm , that blessings invofcedhy a grateful heart are the most fervent and sincere . Andyst , notwithstanding these Tarious sources for dispensing charity , there were but few really poor during the

      Saxon epoch , for while the shires , ihe hundreds , and fee titaiigs were keptin the same admirable order , la wBich they -were disposed T > y Auked , all ¦ were provided with employment , and consequently noneliuYfhi nnpoienr needed relief . The Norman Government , however , by , injustice and oppres « ion _ ojf ^ eyjsry land , soon created victims for ffi e " i « va ^ if povertv . The pool became amosi aaBaeron $ Jbooy , and other means were now deToted to thefr srppori , for the monasteries had usurped thepleasiaroSioe . " ¦ " ¦¦ — ¦ - - ¦¦ : - . Socaeiies ^ otand by the . ties of religion were ' now catteiBdom England- The Benedictine m&nks

      arrived " % i . i tery « ariy period \ abont 596 ) and owned all the cafiiBdral priories , except Carlisle , and also the richest abbies . After the confoest , fiie priesb flocked to this "land of mflk and-Jjoney" in vast numbers . The Carihnsa 8 s , ~ € 5 sUxt 3 a&s , Dominicans , Franciscans , Capn-Ams , 't 2 armelites , and many others , together with the military orders of Ifcughis , 'Hospitallers , and Templars migrated into this country . Their re-Teanes were of enormous Talne ; and in the fourteenth century they are supposed to have , had Tested in them a fonrth of the landed and personal property in the kingdom . They encroached -upon tie . thhes , which had been paid to the Becular olergjv thai is , those ministers of religion who mingled in society , and did not retire to secluded

      ^ monasteries . After appropriating to fheif own use the principal tithes , the fraternities undertook the maintenance of the destitute . Hospitality * and charity were essential duties to ihe monks . The order ef the Trinitarians or Maturines expressedlv devoted their revenues to three purposes , namely : — their , own . support , the relief of tbe poor , and the redemption of fSniRftui captives from the infidels :

      she military order of St . Lazarus founded houses tar the support of lepers and impotent persons of the " military " orders , ^ and erected throughout the Jbnd hospitals , designed , for the relief of the tmforfanate , and the entertainment of pilgrims and travellers . Now , alms were 4 iistriboted ; daily at _ the gates of each monastery , where crerjinornnig Trere ^ congregated the halt , lh « blind , the maimed ^ the feeble , the unemployed , and the sck , ' to receive the sustenance , so liberally bestowed

      and to ofier np prayers for the donors . Here would the almoner distribute the fat capon , or weH-ftd ^ wttiJb ; tth ft-lfgefeet of thhes paid inland ) to the hungry . mouths crowding around , while the holy -father Abbot sjtaeding by and witnessing the scene , woug ioplore the mercy of Heaven on his wretched

      Thefirai instance < rf eivHinterfereneeis recorded ae tojl ^ yELtCTAiiiJI , wiich prohibits any labour-CT ^ cojnleaving his hundred "frithont a license from the justice , under penalty of being placed in the stocks . Impotent persons were to remain where theywerethen dwelling , or , if the inhabitants could » oi support ihem , they were to remove to the toirn n&ereih ^ teavhtm , sad tbere abide during their lives . Hence the origin , of settleinent by birth Srorfly afterwards it was enacted , that "in every appropriation of any pariah chureh it is to be expresaedthat a convenient snm © f money shall be

      diS& 2 Htfed yearly of &e profite hereof to We poor parishioners , in aid of their Bustenanee for ever . ' The faade of begging was at this time 4 egalized , and some of our modem Oxonians would be surprised to hear that by a statute in the reign of Hekbt VIIj all students of the nniTemty are not to beg without penni pron of the ; Tics-CHASCKtLOBi We leave it to their superior learni ^ 4 o discover whether it was necessity or the spirit of Hohee , tiie prince of beggar 3 as of poete ^ too Btrongly infused into his votaries , Oat led to this course of life . The German students now perpetuate the custom .

      The 22 d-pf Bssbi VIII . allows impotent poor to beg widim a certain precinct , ba ^ n-dero ruffiers - and vahant beggars ( the strong and idle ) to be whipped for sici a proceeding . Hekby was now ^ plotting the dissolution of ihe monasteries , and ; tegaa'd ^^ suppressing the less , thirty ^ even in ^ iitmbep §* Trhose annual inccanes were below £ 2 M * Tlw |^ teTeaues , goods , and plate , were seized by ttoXJagiv As if the effects on the poor were aly ^ f eady fdt ^ -flie 27 th of HeraT Till , was passed , z : m ~ - - ; - ' - * - -w- " - : " ..

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      which enacted that the inbabitsnfcfof every hundred should be charged for the relktft& the poor , and shall find work for the able . The churohwardens and others -were to eollect alms for 1 ihe poor , and every clergyman was to stir and proToka the people to be liberal in this cause . "Sturdye" beggars were to suffer most severe punishment . The first part of this statute demands voluntary alms , saying that the charitable are to be asked for donaiions , uiid if they refuse they are > to be fined ; a declaration which calls to mind ¦ the beggar in Gil Bias , who asks for a fow penoe with a musket

      in his hand . We here perceive fte first compulsory mode of levying a poor-rate . Two years having elapsed , the avaricious Monarch seized the treasures of the remaining monasteries . From the first to the bast of his attacks , he suppressed 645 monasteries , 90 colleges , 2 ^ 74 ohantries , and free chapels , and 110 hospitals . Their revenues amounted to many hundreds of thousands , and monks to the number of 30 , 000 were at once converted into beggars . Thns were destroyed the resources of the destitute and the aged ; the sources of charity and hospitalitv . A more systematic and

      cruel robbery on the poor was never perpetrated ; the tithes were partly given for them ; the priests took the tithes , and the King robbed the priests Yes ! the Monarch of a ijreat country condescended to rob the meanest beggar of his subsistence . Were the lands now assigned for the poor I No ! but given to the rich , who were told to support the ancient hospitality , but which wassoon forgotten . Thepoor now rapidly increased , and in the reign of Edwabd YI , some of tho most oruel statutes , that ever stained a country ' s annals , were passed , written like the laws of Draco , in blood . TheothEtfz . succeeded—the moiety of the forfeiture for

      concealing a bankrupt ' s goods , the penalty for not wearing a woollen cap on Sunday , and a third of the fines for not attending Church , for swearing and for drunkenness , vrere to be distributed to the indigent . This Act was followed by the 14 th , 18 th , and 39 th Elizabeth containing clauses empowering justices to make an assessment , to appoint collectors , to build houses of correction , to find hemp , flax , &c . for employment , and to punish all unwilling . to s work . A memorable era now arrived in the history of the poor , and an anxious care for the offspring of poverty , throws a lustre round the Euzabethjau

      age . . In 1601 , the celebrated Act entitled the 43 rd Elizabeth , received the assent of Parliament ; an Act founded on long . experience , based on the spirit of the constitution , and emanating from wisdom and mercy ; an act , that remained in operation for more than two centuries , and answered the true purposes of legislation on this never-failing theme . The grand principle of this statute consists in finding a comfortable maintenance for the impotent poor , and well paid employment for the able poor . A rate is to be levied for setting to work and putting out apprentices , the children of those who are unable to

      support them—all unable to maintain themselvesfor raising a certain Etock of unwrought materials for them to work npon—to relieve the lame and impotent , old , blind , aad other poor unable to work . " Those who were not able to work were to be found a home , in cottages erected for them on wastes and commons , where they might spend the remainder of their days in peace ; the strong were to be provided

      with work at their otrn homes , and were apparently paid according to the amount of labour performed ; the rate was te be levied on the parish , and overseers vrere appointed for the raising and disposing of the funds , None were obliged to reside in their places of settlement ; but those who were unable or unwilling to work , and those settlements were gained by birth or residence for three years . Illegitimate children wereto be supported by the father .

      Thus was age rendered peaceful ,-youth protected , virtue guarded , and happiness , as far a 3 it can be dispensed by human means , scattered liberally to the most unfortunate of their race . The pottage was the home of industry , where the poor labourer , after Ms day ' s . toO ; might-mingle with his lored wife Tind children , and partake of social joys , which are as much prized by the peasant in his hut , as by the noble in his castle . The youog children could breathe the fresh air of heaven , and vrere" not-subject to the contamination of the of the idle and tho wicked . The indigent family

      were at least sslied , and domestic pleasures often soothed the cares of necessity . Tbjs was the celebrated 43 rd Elizabeth . May we not long for its rerrral , and agree with Blackstohej that" the farther any subsequent plans , for maintaining the poor have departed from this institution , the more impracticable , and even pernicions , their visionary attempts have proved . "

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      - THE PAST ANT ) THE PHESENT . "Urns than memory often , in dreams sublime , . . Catch a glimpse of the days that are over ; 1 Thus sighing , loot through the waves of time , For the long faded glorie * they cover . " . Mooee . A Government based upon the affections of a people rests on the strongest and surest of foundations ; a rnier , who only deares the happiness of his fellow beings may safely depend upon ihe permanency of his power and his influence ; the right of kings may in one sense be called divine , and

      looked upon as emanating from God himself , when that right is exercised in God-like actions , and in the imitation of divine attributes , in defending the weak and the oppressed 5 in diflusing the means of peace and comfort ; in the encouragement of virtue , and tbe depression of vice . A truly paternal Monarch , intent on the welfare of his subjects , requires no guard to shield his person from the attacks of treason , for all would willingly yield their life in the defence of one , bo beloved ; one in whom would be centred the prosperity of millions ; he would need no foreign mercenaries , no distinct army , to

      repel aggression , jfor every human being under hi 3 rule , would struggle to the death , for the safety of a Government , which promised the preservation of all that is dear t © man . Bnt when , on the other hand , a despotictyrant jot a vile oligarchy , seek their own interest at the" expense of their unfortunate countrymen ; when they triumph in oppression , and gloryjn acts of cruelty , of injustice , and extortion , they may well dread-fcfa ^ iiine , when the fury of their slaves will awake ; from its slumber , and avenge th&wrMgs ~ of centuries . None but tyrants fear the assassin ' s dagger , for sin is the

      parent of fear , and " suspicion ever h&mts the guilty mind ^—Cesar , Caugcla , Nero , and many other Homan despots fell by violent meani , for their passions estranged them from the people , whom they treatM as enemies , and from whom they received the doom of a vanquished foe , that had shown no mercy , when endowed with power . Eastern emperors have seldom died a natural death , for from the moment of their accession , they generally act as if the world was made for them alone . Chaklks I . was beheaded , because he trampled upon law and custom , and adopted , as his motto , not the greatest

      happiness to the greatest number , but prerogative and royal extortion above all things ; and in France Louis VI . suffered a like fate , as the reward of treason against the majesty of the people . After these lessons , need we wonder that the oppressor fear the oppressed 1 Can we not understand attack being followed by attack , and injustice being succeeded by injustice , so that the injured may be deprived of all means of redress , and so that all power may be wrested from their hands , lest it should be turned against those , whOj in the guise of friends , are in reality the bitterest of foea .

      Let us appl y these remarks to-onr own country . T > om the days of Auhed , we shall scarcely find a truly good King on the annals of British history-Some have been fond of glory ; some have diminished the power of the Cobles for their own safety ; some have been fond of male , some of female , favourites ; but very few have displayed any anxiety for the

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      popular welfare or popular liberty . In fact , take a like number , from any of the gaols in England , and there probably would not-be found s ^ many degraditfg qualities / in their ^ nature as have disgraced the generality of our / royal dynasty . And yet , although we "have not had good samples of Monarchy , at one time there was d union o / interest , whi « h bound the nation in a common cause , and preserved entire the common security . At this period the King would be forced ; to connect himself with the affMtions of the people , in order to withstand tho insolence of his Nobles : ; and now the Barons would attract the lower orders to their side , in ord « to withstand the encroachments of

      the Monarch , or to gain from him some necessary right . In ancient times also , the form of our Constitution , the nature of bur « ustoin 8 , the effects of our laws , and the condition of our domestic and foreign policy , tended to draw together the different classes of society , and io render each component part necessary for the support of the whole body . Wonderful benefits proceeded

      from this line of action ; each order had due importance attached to its value ; all were interested in upholding the power of tjeir countrymen , when that power was to be directed to theirQwn defence and to the prosperity , nay , even the salvation , of their country . At that period , it was necessary to conciliate the people , so prominent a feature iii the nation , by several excellent laws , and by many acts of justice .

      The powerful and wealthy themselves ministered to the poor , ; in the place ; of leaving their relief to three men , appointed by the Secretary of State , who dole it out , as if tho children of misfortune were a horde of robbers , demanding property to which they have no right . . Then might bo seen the feeble arid the peniij'less crowding round the monastery gate , and receiving from the Lands : of liberality a welcome and a . subr Bistcnce . Then might be seeifr the way-worn traveller , the widow , the fatherless , ' and the orphan , entertained with all that hospitality caii offer to the friendless and the destitute . The rich , during their lives , endowed Monasteries for

      the express purpose of affording assistance ; they erected alms-houses , and took upoo . themselves the pleasing office of exercising charity ; at their doath , they would leave a large share of their gains inpios usus—to pious uses—one of which was always the succour of their less fortunate brethren . Thus instead of the strong line of distinction , which pride and oppression delight to draw , there was the strongest and most indissoluble tie of sympathy , woven on the one side by generosity , and on tho other by gratitude . The wealthy were esteemed and beloved , and . when they were prevented by death from longer exerting their bounty , their memories were hallowed by the prayers of those , whom they had reicued from ruin and destruction .

      In those times , when the nobles defended their own privileges , they did not forget the liberties of their less powerful countrymen . The Great Charter demanded by the Barons , sword in hand , guarantees the constitutional rights of the Commonalty arid the Legislature , chosen by the votes of all , respected and revered tho welfare of those masses , which compose the real wealth and strength of a nation . Then were enacted statutes , not so much to restrain the free exercise of power among the labouring classes , as torepres 3 the extortion and baseness of their employers .

      Severe penalties were declared against the offences of turning lands from tillage into pasturage to the great loss of those who live by manual labour ; acts were passed against the heinous crimes of forestalling , regrating , engrossing , and monopolizing wrongs of which those possessed of wealth can alone bo guilty , to the destruction of the trade and prosperity of the country at large . To crown all , every subject having a voice in the regulation of the state , was called upon in its defence ; every citizen was a soldier , and the posseseioQjjf arms was commanded 4 ft *~ dnig of ^ Da | amqunt . importance . The last privaego ^ of bearing tmiriavyjg-apc ^^ W but $ result from the preceding ones . The rulers had , no rS ^ ion to fear men , who in reality ^ re ^ e bound to them by interest and affection , as well as duty . , /¦

      The chain which connected the poor and the rich , the untitled and the noble > has been broken ; one by one its links hare been torn asunder j mutual benefite have ceased ; reciprocal ties arb no longer rememr bered ; and the identity of interests , oif desires , of actions , and advantages , which existed , is no

      more .. From the m » ment that the people , lest their right of inaaerice in-the election of the House of Commons , whose office it is to withstand royal encroachments , and lordly attacks , and to uphold the interests of the working millions , they have been gradually sinking to their present condition . . The Legislature , who form the rules for a- nation ' s guidance , ceased to care for those who had no voice in their return , and by each successive act widened the breach , and extended the line of division between the different orders . Every Statute now bore the impress of

      indifference to the wants and comforts of the : many ; injustice , and oppression , and extortion went hand in hand ; th& powerful no longer sought to relieve , but to crash the lowly ; the employers aimed at gaining everything from the employed without yielding a return . Now the poor were handed over to the tender mercies of Guardians , Overseers , and Commissioners ; Statutes were made against the combinations of labourers and associations for raising wages , while those . againsi the cruelty and "rillany of the masters were suffered to fall into disuse and

      neglect . The natural consequence of these unjust proceedings was the remonstrance and murmuring of thepoor subject , which raised the alarmTand excited the revenge of his rulers , and ended in the prohibition of arms— -once ordered for all under penalties the withdrawing of the means of resistance fiom the . citizen , the declaration that Assemblies , which were once allowed , and even commanded , are illegal ; and the engrafting of hireling soldiers and a vast body of mercenaries distinct from the people . . --. " - : - ; " ; ¦¦ . ;

      Thus we » ee wrong has given birth to wrong , and the most deadly injuries hate been fdL * lowed up by attacks on every means of redressing and avenging injury * This state of things cannw hist . Let there again boa union of interest among ^ aU elasses ; let all hare a voice in-theguidanoe oT ^ Je ; state ; let the laws be enacted equally , and adminiBtered justly ; let rights be respected , a ^ d . ; frrdng 8 abolished ; then the Moniich , the Mmsterivind tiie Legiskture vrill have no cause "' tojfeur ; arid the people will delight in showing their gratitude and their devotion even for the restitution ; of-that which tbej ought never to have been deprived of .

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      MR . FROST , THE NEW HOME SECRETARY , AND THE INCARCERATED CHARTISTS . W » Save much pleasure in directing the attention of our readers to : tho correspondence , giyehinanother column , of that true patriot , John Paiosrj Esq . with the Home Ofiice , on the Bubject of the imprisoned Democrats . We make no comment on iii it speaks amply for itself . But , we ; cannot afoid reminding the people that so long as popular opinion and sympathy with their leaders is left to Individual expression , or expressed en masse so . sHghtly as tib this subject it has been , a tyrant Government may naturally be expected to take heart and defy it . Ifjhe people do not desire that those who haTe sacrificed in their cause all the enjoyments of life' should also be made to yield life itself , they must sp 6 ak out .

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      "JtAMENT OF THE BlKMI > GniM CHAMISTS - W a - little too much is ihe" Lord Bateman " fple : j ^ Iaccx . esfieij > Silk WEAVER . ^ -jre ^ o not ftfnfc fA ; Jhepublication of his address to > the shopkeepers , 4 * c ~ t ^^^ MacdesJidd tcoidd be wise . Rauonglrancc iis v ^ vain ii > iless backed ly something better t / iun htird - ' tmrds . Better organisation is Vie thing ice have to look to .

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      Mr . O-Cajf wob tiritt address the electors and non-ekdors o / iheSlh ^^ iHsirictof Yorkshi ^ f Paradise Squart , M Won ^ y ^< , ^ 23 rtJ tjjsianj ! , ; J at fim > VMb in the ewnityl Ur . Lingard , our r-affent at Sheffield , is requ ^< 4 ^ hcm ^ iais \ printed and posted Mmowaiiig the above , and if any other hour imd place is bitter adapted to the purpose and the electors , ho may mite : the alteration , y OS TiiESDAT , UnD'Gpnnor will do Msitielfihe honoar io accept the invitation of the mm of-Rochdale ; and on lfednesdap yat jive tfdpek in tfie evening , he will .- ; address U& electors and non-doctors of the Dewsburydistrict ' at Dcwsburu . .

      Dr . FLETCHER , f-, » rc transmitted a proof of Mr . O'Connor ' s letter to the phanipion q /!? co on Wednesday , in ordei Mhut the reply may appear in the paper inivhivhthe Doctor ' s Ictterappedred . Tbowbrtdge Hoax for the Tort , —These lines have notsufficientpoeticmerit forpitbiicaiion . Llanellt . —J . Siminonds cannot'be sent' tvithotit cgsh inadvance . ¦ ¦' .. . ¦ ' . ¦'¦ ... . ' . : ;¦ ¦ . : ¦ : . ¦ : ¦ . , ' . - ¦ . . ' . ' ; . ' ' " . ¦ . HWI ) DERSFlELD . ^ -iro Sid not rccciie any order last week either from John -Leech or Stephen- Dick-¦ " enson . : . ¦¦ ' ;¦ ¦ ¦ ' - ¦ ' ' /; ' ¦ ¦ '¦ ' :. <¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ . . ' . : ¦ "'¦ . . ¦ . MB . BLACK 3 HAW , Stockport i knotcs as tcell as we do , that tee never . supply pupers on sale or reUtrri . He has / nothad nwre . sent him , than he ordcred-r-us a reference Io his last tetter testifies * . '

      BRlsrou ^ The spedniens for G- Puyno have been ami to John'Cleanse . J . IiEGG .-t- ^ K . Bakehead iForapRT . —The four persons at this place viustapplytoJohnCimming , 44 , London-street H . Alexander . — -His papers should /*<«« been posted fourteen hours before xre received his letter , to ensure their arrival on Saturday . Fbom Tivebton ;—One pound for Me Natioiiqi Rent , and one pound for the Defence Puild . As it should m .- ~ Will not suit our columns . . JOHX BROAbnENT , ^^ iiii . —The letter from the South Australian Emigrantnext ' ¦ tw pefc- ; :- ..-. ' - ^ . . ; - ; -., . . ' . ; X- \ v ' . : - Mb . Hill's Sermons ;— The second Seninon :-: at Hyde is omittedthisitxekoft \ accciixt pj'press o / matter . ¦ . - ' .

      SEVERAL of our Agents-nothavingpaidtheir accounts , their papers have ifiis week bien stopped * CHESTERFiELD .--Jp e canhfd at present account for the delay in the . deliver >/ of Mr . Ford ' spapers , btittiiiil apply at the posUoffice . "¦ ¦'¦ : ' . ¦ ' ¦¦ ' -. ¦ ' ¦;¦ . ¦ ¦ ' ¦ : : .: Mr . Hutto ^ win be ^ ndcnoughrio leave'Owiuxrdozen Portraits : of Convention wtifi ifr .-Heyiooodi to be forwarded in the first , parcelhesends im . , MR . Lamg is entitled to scvcntn-Uvo Stephens , and Mr . HvttontoiiS 7 nany ( isMr . H <^ u > oo 4 saysare dmto . ¦ ¦ him . . ' ¦ ¦¦ . ¦ . ¦ ' ' '' , ¦' . •¦ ' . ¦ '¦ ; - ¦¦' " ¦¦ - ' ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ ' , ¦ ' ¦ ; A Hyde Chartist nextyxek . TVil . Smith , Nottingham . —His : letter u-as too late ; he shotad observe the , directions'to Correspondent . E . Cnibtrcc , of Halifax must . taka Vu same uniriocr .

      NATION AX DEFENCE FUND . : . ¦ . . ' -: ' . ' ¦ " ' ¦¦ ¦ : ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' ' ¦ '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ / . - ¦¦ ¦ '¦ £ s . a \ Collected by JohnJthodes and Edtvard Middlvlon , of IsfHitn' ^ U ^» .. » t »»^» u 1 0 0

      Front Unsicorth jtadical Association , per A . Hcytcood > ... ^ ..... ^ ...,. ; ........,....,........ > . . . ' j 15 0 From a fczo friends ( it Moiiey ¦ ¦ ^ y 1 ' ¦„' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦" ¦ ¦; 14 0

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      the regularly appointed Correspondents to ( hit Star will please to attend to 1 thefbllouti ^ g instructions : All Reports of Meetings , Notices « f Magisteridi Hearings , or News of Accidents , Offences , 4-c , occurring on the Friday , Satarday , Sunday , and Monday t jn ?«/ be forwarded so as to reach the Office JiritMhing on Tuesday morning . Whatever requires notice thai ; 6 ccuri vn Twes ? day or Wednesday , to be forwarded to the Office io as to fetich here ty Thursday morning , Whatever ^ m ^^ nur&di /^ 1 o fie - noon . " . "'¦ ' .. " •;¦ ' . ' . ' ¦ ' - ; : '¦¦' 1 .. «; ¦ ' ;" ' ''/'¦ - '¦ ¦ '¦

      The difficulty of getting off the papers for Scotland so at to : reach on Saturday morning , ie » # com , pel us to go to press rather ewrly--io early as to make U imperative , that the - above regula lion * U : d ^ y ' eUsnde £ . . tQ ibg ' . iheyPqrrespon dents . We ^ A , ; iW : ( % ^ i | . send ut , noticesoj ' all that iranspifes worth noticing We : shall , of course , be guided by circumstances .- as to what , and ftoic < / much , of : their several communications may be inserted ; but nonAnser ^ turn must not be made an excuse for not sending afterwards .

      Though wdihall be obliged * o go to Press early for the i $ » Qtfh Papers , we shall give later "editions for . our -readers , nearer Leeds ' ; for this -reason ¦ we require the transmission of the COmmUnida ' lions of our Porrespondents on the days and 'times aiine ' stdied . - '¦ "' .. ''¦' .. To make the "Northern Star" as deserving of * upportatLate Intelligence cah . putke any News

      paperiVwe : shall in future , do that which has neyeryefiieenattempted'by any feeds Paper ; We ¦ shaif regularly publish an edition on Saturday Morning , containing the London and Provincial Intelligence of Friday ; and in ichiifi under ttie head of Spirit of the ieedsPress we ihall give whatever may be remarkable , or interesting , in the ^ sayings and doings , " of our Heeds contemporaries . ¦

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      An . ExtraordinarT Express brings the intelligence of the surrender ' of I ) 6 n Carlos to the French anthorities / ' . : , - :-:- -r :- . ~ . ¦]¦[ . '¦^• :-: > ' \ . v--. ' v ¦¦'¦'¦ ¦ - : "" Thefollowing is the announcement of the French telefcraphv—\ . . ' '''' / .:. '¦ : ¦ ¦'• ¦ . '¦ . ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ : . ' : .. V .: ' •© ayonne , Sept . ; 14 . Nine p . m ., and Ainhoa , the sameday ( arriveato-aayj the , l 5 th , ; atnoon . ) " The sous-prefet of Bayonne to the Minister of ' : ' ¦ ' : ¦ ¦; -: ' . \ ¦ : "¦ ¦ : ' : ¦;' . - the Interior . ' . ¦ . ' ' ¦ - ''' '¦• • • ' ¦; ¦¦ ¦¦"¦ - ' ; "Don Carlos hasiclaimed ^ rec ^ awi ^ hosp itality and * a ' Trefuge . He has just entered France with Ws . -family . V .- . -- ' .--: ; ' - - . - :., - -, ¦ : ' ¦ :: - - ¦ -r ^ . r - ; . - ' ¦ - V ;

      ' V - •'** Bayonne , Sept . 14 . "The u ^ ieral Commandingthe Twentie th Mili tary DivMon to the ^ mister of Foreign affairs . V ¦ . '• ¦ ' * f GeneraVEguia , the Marqpess of ' -Valdespma , and Silvestrb . Gnsineral of Enuinpei's , entered yesterdiybythe Awidesr" , ' . ' ? . - : ' \ : ' :::- - ' : - : ' - \ - ' -V vThe only Journal which offers , oi indeed ) aA as yetjihe opportunity of offeringi any observation upon VSn intelligence ; is tlie Nquvelliste j ¦ which says jhat the French Government had issued the most positive instructions to the authorities upon the frontier to conduct the Pretender to a place of safety . The fortress of Ha is even designated as ; theplace . : \ - , ;' ¦ ¦ ; - , ;\ y : ' ¦"¦ ¦ ¦ : ^ , A ' yC - ' - ¦" : ;¦ •¦ :

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      V v ;/ ::.-. ' , -:: . - ¦ ¦ ' -. ' . ; UEE » S .: . :, : >; ;// A ; ,: -A , SpCTitisMir-On Tuesday evening , the : celebrated Robert Owen lectured in the , Hall of Science to a crowded audience , being his last address to the people of Leeds , before ; bis * commencing operationson ail estate Of 507 &ere& ^^ Which { he ' SociaUste havb puri chased in ; Hampshire , The Hectee , which lasted an hour and a half , was listened to- \ yith the inost . unflagging attention ; and at its close Sir . Oyren went through the ceremony of naming four children ^ availing himself of this means of impi'easing the fundamental doctrine pf . the sect ( cpucerniug the formation of character ) . ou the audience . In the course of the evening , Mr . Owen took

      an opportunity ; ot putting His system to tlie vote . He expressed nimself curious to , know the opinions p ^ those present ; i and requested those whb preferred remaining in the old world ! to hold up their hanUs > Two hands only w ^ re raised . He then requested tB | at those . who would prefer the . new world would hold up theirs , when it appeared as though every hand in the room < which certainly did not « ontam leaa than a thouaandp ^ acsorisy was held up . This cireumstancej , tpgethpr with tho fact thai no applause or disapprobation ( which thd Socialists disapprove of ) was manifested duriiig the lecture , ' would lead to tho ; belief that the doctrines of this sect ; are making rapid progress among tho sober and thinking partof the working classes of : Leeds .

      GiRbEif Robbery ;—rOn Monday , William Watson , weaver , of Marsh-lane , was ? biW ^ ht before tlie magistrates by policeman B « llass , charged > vith stealing a quantity of onions and potatoes ; front the garden of Mr :. Brown , o ^ Jvnostropi on Saturday inorning . Evidence beiu § adduced to criminate him he was committed for trial .

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      SHORt WEtGnTs , r ^ Ori : Thursday last ,- ten persons were fined in penalties from two ponnds : to ; five shiUipgaand coats : •; one V ( a 8 an aggrayitied ease , tjue short weights was not put intoi the cellar , ^ but Was found ^ ijQ ^ , cradle . ;> ^ t Holbeck Feast ; the travelling gingerbread people were all in high life , while towards evening , ¦ wfien the inspiector made his appeasanc ^ ' . arid captruied ten ¦; false balances , and a number of weights ; half-pounds reduced to sir and a half ounces ; and what should ; haT 0 been four Ounces wasjeducedto two and a half ounces ^ ;

      Assault and RoBBERv .- ^ OnTuesday , two railway excavators , nariied Geo / Padley and George ; Thomas , were charged with , assaulting a perso ^ cock , 6 a Monday , on . ' the Pontefract-rbad / Thomas was also further charged with having stolea the head-of a . \ mat ' j ^ ck / : from : 'the ;; yard d £ :-M $ ss rs .: Briiy and Duckett , id ' - ' Pottery-field , which Was found in hiei pocket . Oa this , charge ho was committed for trial ; but the assault haying been committed put of the borough , Padley was sent before the West ^ ridiBg ImagistrateS j ( th ' e charge of asSault agaWst Thomas b&bg abandonedii who fi ^ ed him ^ r ^ ettiDgthat hej had i : ot the power ^ to / go ' V / f u ^ n ' ery . tn ^ . ^ ass ' jfeilt being of an aggravated charapcter . " ' : : ¦

      The Chartist Chapigl . —^ We understand that '^ -the Christian ' -Chartist ' s of Leedsi have taken a large room iii the Shambles , which has formerly been occupiedas a chapelj , and that thfly purpose holding regular meetings tor Dmne Worship : therein every Sunday , as well as meeting for political regeneration on the week days . The pliice is to be opened tomorrow-, withtvyosermous by Mr . Rushton , of Ovenden ,: near Halifax . , , ¦ i \ Wilson , the National Rent Collector ;—This person , who hag suffered so much . scandalous treatment from Whig officials of thief borougli , is * we understand , now soeking to obtain a livelihood as a dealeririblackihg ; we sincerely hope thai no Svoi ^ king man in Leeds , will go to church or chapel oil Sundays ^ with his uiiderstandirig ? blackened by aiiy othiBr material than Wilson ' s blacking . We think the support of this inan a duty which the virorking men of Leeds o # e to themaelveg .

      Leeds Northern Union . — -This Association has taken a very commodious and well fit up Hall for holdingthcirnieotings ; it is situate in the Shambles , apdwas preyioti 6 ly occupied : by Mr . Kirfc , auctioneer . A general meeting of the menibers will ^ be held on Jdonday eyening , at 8 o ' clock . Tho Municipal Elections Committee sit regularly , and are making preparations for the establishineut of Ward Committees . The Union met at their room ' . on Monday last , Mr . Stansfield in the chair . The meeting waB addressed by George White , David Black , and a person from Carlisle

      -AsSAULL-T-On Monday , Charles Bullock , a journeyman \ bookbinder , who has been for a short time employed by JVlr . Johnson , in Contral Market-court , was brought up at the Court House , charged with a violent and , unprovoked assault on Matilda ICay , a . girl of the towii ; ou Saturday ni ghti in Kirkgate . The girl was overtaken by the prisoner , and without speaking , he first kicked her ^ and then stm ck lief violently over the face ; the assault was witnessed by SerieantMundell , and others of the poirce , who took the man into custody , arid not being able to justify his . conduct , he was fined 20 s . and costs , or in default of payment sent one month to WakOfield . IsiPROVEMENT CoMMissioNERs . ^ -At a meeting of this bodyj on Monday last , it was resolved that houses rated to the poor at a less sum than £ 4-j should not be liable to pay the lamp rate ; it was decided also tliat to those ivho had already paid , within that limit , the amount should bo roturned ^

      ARMLEYi—On Sunday last , a new chapel , erected in this village for tho use of the Wesleyan Association Methodists * was opened by ; the Rev . A . Gabert , and Mr . J . Syston , of Leeds . Tho collections On the the occasion amounted to £ 22 Is . 6 | d . ' ¦ ¦' ¦ ¦ S-EEvi-iNO Cavs . —On Monday , two lads , named George Groves and Wm . Willis , were brought rip at the Court Houso , charged with haying stole a-numher of caps , on SaturUay night , from the stall of Mr . Dixon , in . Briggate . The ; prisoners were observed loitering about , and one of them had asked the price of a cap . They were apprehended in the Bazaar , on Buspicionof having cpnimitted a robbery there , and three caps were found on them ; the prosecutor had JoSt six in tho whole , and beinjg able to identify those produced , the prisoners were committed for trial .

      Leei > 3 Old Florist Society . —The last show for the season , for the exhibition of Dahlias ; by the members of this society , washeld at tho house of Mr , ; Wm * Chadwick , at Wynhiam Gardens ; -Roundhay Roa ^ a , on Monday last , wherij notwithstanding the exceediii ^ ly unfavourable stater of the weatherj ther > was a rich display of blooma , and the competition was ¦ uriusuaHy great . Prizes were awardednby thejudgos : to the successful competitbrs in the variouB classes ^ Messrs . Uinpleby , Wild , Birkby : Walker ,: Gatliff « s Kearfley . Chadwick ,-Stephensou , ¦ Ac ., ( See * * and fliedisplayof fruitand yegetebles-for whicn ^ usojprizes vrere gjven ^ js ^ -g nch as atianw to satisfy th ? nws ^ eep ^ cfcl ^ RiilriliHty'of nortifioltttral a 880 ciations . At tlie ^ closfe , " a-siibsjSamliat repast wa ? provided by Mrs . Chadwick , " to which ample justice was done by the gardenera and their friends , and the evening was sperit ' m ,- laying the foundation of future successful exhibitiorii

      AssAWLT .-rOn Saturday , Wm . Bali i Geo . Ball , and Edward Ball , father and two sonsjpresiding in Yorli-street , were charged before the sitting magistrates , at the . Corirt ; H ° nse , with an . assault on two hawkers , named Burns and Giviug ' s , pii the ; previous Wednesday evening , in York-street . The case was of considerable length , and turned upon the degree of credibility to b > e jEttiached to their respective Statemouts—each ^ charging the other with being the aggressors * Edward Ball was also charged . with having threatened ; to stab ^ policeman Hudson ; The magistriates , after much deliberation , decided that the assaults had been proved , and convicted the three defendants in the penalty of £ 5 eachi for the assault on Givhigs , who was : very ill treated ; Geo . and Edward , 50 $ . each and costs , for the assault on Brirn , aud Edward 50 g . and costs additional * The altray Originated over a-dog battle . -

      BJEtAX > POR » . : . -. ;¦ , Court HousE .- ^ -BtR&LARY ; and Capture op-Ith-b Burglars . —On the night of Thursday , : pr early on the morniiig of Friday last , the premises of Mr . J Oiiathari Waites , of Guiseley , clothier , was broken into , and a quantity Of wiring apparel aud other articles stolen therefrom . The burglars were apprehended by one of the Bradford police b , eforeanyi thing was known iu ; Bradford Of a robbery havinc been vOommitted / On Friday ; morning , at eight oclock v Mr . Ingham , one of the police , left the Court House for the purpose of taking a walk through . the town . On leaving the Court House and proceeding intp Bridge'Street , he noticed two men , who , by their appearance , he thouirht wer «

      not tradesmen on tramp . His reason for this was because one of them had with him a largebundlei and " -the . 1 other wag ^ stuffedunder his clothes , so as to give him a srispicious appearance . Mr . Ingham « ien returned to . the Court House , and calted Out Andrews' to assist him in taking both into custody . Messrs . lugham and Andrews proceeded from i the Lour ^ House in the direction of liirkgatej where they discovered thet « o meninea ?' 16 Mi . Brumfitts pawnbroker , appareiitly waiting the opening of the shop . Ihe meu were then taken into custody , and conveyedto ; the Court House , where a large qnautity of . weariogajpparel and other articles wrirafoiinH

      upon th < un ..: / The mea gavo their iiames- ^ Ricfiard Walker , of Pudsey . and John Holder , of Pudsey . They : wero then locked ^ ^ up ; Iuformation was afterwards reccivedat the Court Honse of another suspicious character , and Mir . ^ Inghami : thinking that he Was of the same gang ,, proceeded in quest of him ihaviug had a desenptiou giyen ) iwhen he fonndiim a M « . Lasoocsk ' si beewlRrj 4 nrTrBtafe ^ T " intoXicawon . -He Wfe also conveyed to a place of safe keep-1 d j 8 ; 'P * Saturday , tlio three men were brought up , andjjhe last-taken gave bis name Thomas Bowling , 0 sPj-SSMW' r Tbe charges iref e proyed in the most satisfactory manuer , > tia they were finally committed to , York CasHe , to take their trial at the next As-¦

      sues . . -. ¦ . "¦ ., . ¦ . ; . - . .. , . .... " ; . ¦' . ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦• _ -: ¦ . - ¦¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦; . ¦• ¦ ¦ - . ; : \ Pa 6 ^ ISiI « GY 6 ] PTHS . ^ -TiJO boys , whose ages might from appearances bo ; from eleven to twelve , w © r © bwught ™ charged With stealing tho till from the shop of Mr . Walker , top of Boggard-lane / They gave their names Wmv (^ f he constable asked the first if his name was iiot " r ^ FS ^ L " ^ ° ' '' answiereithe lad , " its Wnxi Crosslajd . " The boy ? s father then came forward and aaid he is my son aiid his name is John M'Gann Theyoung rascal stoutly denied itin the faceof air ihe other was ; then . asked if hisiiamb ; was not John Power ! , * No , V replwd the lad ,, 'Ws Bower . " S father ; Jiowever , said that his name was Power * It appoarfd that they had entered the shop barefooted snatched out the till and run offwith itv Theywlre immediately- pursued , ^ a nd after a ^ long chaoef were both secured . They were committed to the Hoise of Correfction as rogues and vagabonds for ; threa months . ¦¦ ¦¦ - , _)• , - ¦ . ¦ ¦ .-. • . ¦ ; . ; . ¦ ¦ ¦ - - . . ¦' . ' . ; - . v ^ -- . ¦ .... ¦¦¦¦ - 1

      SEipaoNs ^ Oh Sunday last , two sermonsi weri preached jn ^ theRadical " Assoclatibh Room ^ his town , , n ^ heafternoonrby Mr * Arran ^ aS & S erening byMf . : Thornton * CoUecti& w ^^ nafc after each sermon , . towdrds paying ^ foi- tte ^ u ^^ f the room , whichamoimted ; to ^ 2 . - < e [ 0 * . ¦ Jo ^ cai . IiECTURE ^ On Monday evening last sssassss ^ ismmmti WPB ^ ssHM

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      : ' :. ; ,.. ' : ' . ; , ¦; . '¦' ' : '; ' HU » bBMraBia » v-r ; : >;;'" -A < A K ' Petty , SE ^ ioNSr ^ At bur P ' ctty Sessions on Saturn . day Jane ^ Dixon ^ otignt up Sirs . Sykes ^ iiw Betty Kirdi for refusing to pay wages ^ whea it came put in evidence , that all her servants , had ; to take the clothes of the Other seryants whom ; she always contrived to get a ^ ay wi& , as she called it , being in her debt ; so she ke ' pt . their clothes , she ihad ' one gown that she made 18 s 6 d of , and it ; was still a cUurch going gown ; The . ffiagisf rate ^^^ reprimarided her , arid ordered her tdjay all the wages and deliver rip th * clothes ; so "Betty will have to get ii new : stoek . - ^ -Mi . W . Schofieldj clbthdrawer , bronght up Williani Baldersohi" his apprentice , for ; : absenting himself tinder pe ' culiar . circumstapces . There ; were som » dispute about goods : arid money . Tjbtey could not prove an actuaT felony against , him , or he would have been charged ; he had 1 absented [ himselfsome months , and states he has been in America . No arrarigements could bo hiadbj and he was committed for on « ffievHonse of ^

      moWh ^ Correction .- ^ -On Tuesday , Joseph : MiUs , a ^ oatriian , was charged with stealing ^ quantity of wool from a ^ bag in ^; -the possession of Messrs , Marsden ' s and Co , , Carriers ; he . was taken wnn it in his possession : wnilo con ^ evinir it awavha was committed fortrial ^ -Thomas Pentoni of Ma ^ sh was committed for robbing William Rigby , of Lockwood , of a 5 s piiece arid some coppers . —The Almond-Driry Church Rate case was adjourned until neat week , on account of the absence : of the Vicar , . ' / Northern tlxioj ^ -Thei Huddorsfield : Northern Union District , Committee taet on Tuesday for the appointment of new . officers &c . There was one of the . best . attendanceof delegates ; only two being absent .: They continued silting until a fate hour , and adjourned to Twesday neist at seven o ' clock All associations are requested to s ^ rid theii 1 delegates am some ^ busiriess of importance will be laid before them Mr . Pitk ' ethley will attend . A spirit of good feeh ' ne preyails amongst the Radicals in the district and before long the Whigs will have ; an opportuniiy of jvitnessingthat which they -most dread , the union of tne people . ; : v

      ;_ CoNSTABLEs .- ^ According to law , the 22 d day of September is the time for appointing constables : it being Sunday , the meeting willbe holderi on Monday the 23 d at the usual place of meeting , the Pack Horse Inn , at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon . ThO £ » P , er . ^ wh ^ eel interested fn the appointmerit of theirchief-officer must attend , or tfie- ^ amoijame wfll be played over agam of : the chief pnttiWin the deputy ; so if the peopla d » not i mind it will become one . of thewrst monopolies of self-appointed offices * let them therefore be at their post and ; do their dni y ^ Weekly LECTUREs ^ OnxMoriday evening / at tbv weekly meeting of the Huddergfield Northern Unmt ,

      it was arranged to have Weekly Lecttires ; the first to commence on Sunday the ! 29 th , at s& o ? clock in the evening , on the present distress of the labburinjr classes ; when it is requested all members will attend and mvite as many friends as possible ; several havtt already come forward to deliver lectures on different subjects connected with the cause for which we ar » struggling .. It was also agreed to foym a comriiitte to appoint neW'class-leadors , and request all the unionsin the district to form classes . It is ioteaded that whe ^ Mr . O'Connor comes ok his clectioneerine tour , ^ havo a , public ; dinner , and to invite a few of the , best friends of the labouring milHoris to attend . A committee is about beina formed for that ¦ ¦ ¦

      purpose . ¦ .- ; . . - . . : ; , ;; . -: : ¦• - . '¦ ¦ r . '¦ ... - ¦ . ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ mnut , : v ; . ' " ; ; " ; ' ' ' - ' - " — VoRKiNa ^ MAN ' s . AsspciAtiox .--At ; the weekly meetmgoi the Woikirig Mari- 3 Association , held in theiv jooms ;; Salthonse-lane , on Tuesday ' evening last , iVlr . John , Walker in the ehair . considerabla excitement prevailed owing tO placards being issued aiinouricmg that RobortLowry and George Julian Harney . would address the meeting ; the room warn crowded to excess , and a large number was riot abl » to gain admittance . The Secretary read the Drocoedings of the last meeting , likewW a letter from Mr . Jackson , giving aii-account of the dissolution of « ie Convention , but that he had to atayin : London a lewdays to assistin arranging the financial n , k « i * er

      orthe ^ onyentiori ; aftwhich a committee was baK !? W ° ™ ^ l ^ ° * uart ^ , this being the election m ? t \ «?^ # ^ W WiJdei" seconded by Alr . Day , M Thatthis meeting dee m it requisite and neceseary ^^ to ^^ recommend to _ ' 6 vs ^^ Mow Jladicals tb immediate organization of a system of continued legaf agitation , m ; order to aWaKen ^ the slumbering energies of the millions , sheSying to ^^ them the necessity ot Rlori an » co-operation ^ in order to wOrk ¦ out thtt POWicaland social regeneration of our fellbwi cbun ^ trymen ; andWe further pledge ourselvW never to ^ e aptation until we are in jppssessibn of that great political ; lever—Universar Snffrage . ' ¦ : After ^ f i ^ - George JulianvHarney addressed tb tully the suffering of the working classes , but ; inor * particularly thescenes of misery in the hovels of tb » hand-loom weaveris . W * HwoltoU . t ^ , i . _ -JJT

      ? the F ^ torv ^ Pob ^ Iiaw ^^ u ? E& > -S ^ W ^ tle ^ en addressed the meetiafr . Qd » Fellows . —^ 0 n Thursday evening week , tb » uS ^ Zm ^ : % W » : « anchW S » - held te : iOt £ anniversary , : at their new lodge room , White ^ Horse , Carr-lane , which wa « tastefully decoratedfor the purpose , when 200 memberssat down to ^ ^ agood andsuBstantial supper , pi ^' vided b y ^ HostDavy ^ in ^ usual style of pfof ^ S . After the cloth was drawn , Mr . Henry ^ a&fion ' the ^ emor officer of ; the lodge ; was calledTOS chair , who , in a long speech , detailed the benefit * arising to tho wor ^ classes by joining srich ™ ciehes ^ Sevwat good benevolent speeches wei <» made by Messrs . Anthpny Brown , Clark , and Atn 3 Satto ^ ^^ ^^^ v ' . "¦ ' . - ¦ : ¦ - ¦ . '¦¦ ¦ : - - -A .-Mmiik ' - ' : . - " ¦¦ . - ' ¦¦ : ¦ ¦¦ ¦ " ¦^ ' . ¦ ; --THE ; REV .. MRv STEPHENS . TO THE fiDITQRS OF JCHE NORTHERN STAR . : ^^ - ^ en ,--i vkmiins tructed Jby a > ery spirited meeting of the : Wxabitants 9 f Hyde' to send for -S sermon , a copy . of aresolutionpaLd at their mating , on Monday night last ; by insertingVit ^ ^ S oblige your correspondentfor the present j ¦ ¦ ,:. ^ : . ¦ .: ?• RP . X . SE , ^ Tailor , Cfeo ; r ^ & . sVreet . . Resolved--1 . "That in ^ : the opinion of this ^ meettogL ^ r ^ ^^ ' been misinformed respec ^ Mr . Stephens , as beings « a apostate ; arid that wej tb men of ^ yd ^ llv ^ nsiaer Mi : Stephens as beiiJS most o > itere 6 t « l man we tnow , arid we senrftKS bemg mor ^ personaqy acquainted : witli ¦ $ & Itev ; Gentlemanj than what the men of Derby could be andwl nnBiter the me ^ of Derby to have had their ^ bnnatioafrom some Whig journal , or deagiiJiigiiriuivmuaL n J ? K ^ ? ^ ^ & Roy ^ Who stated i * % \ £ t w — * ln 3 uW ffi feelihga of the men ? t ¥ * &' * & »?* & to let tnemknow through the press thatthpmen of this part of theconntrv ^^ S :

      r ?^^^^ W ^*^^ POor . rit ^ as seconded w > T ^ ^ , yrer ^ Ma * P «* k The meeting was afterwards addressed by Mess »^^ Cook ^ and Lan ^ c ^ i and tlwjheea ;^ tett ; for the JChartist pri-W ^| d ; t ^^ Ml the meeth ^ quS

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      THE BIRMINGHAM RIOTS ;^ THE CORPo-^ RATIOJT INQUIRY ^ ^ V ' ¦¦ ^ ' ' \ - - -: ' v ' - ' ¦ : ¦ : ~ X 6 lii > A T , :: ¦ ' :- '¦>" . ;¦ ' ' : ¦ ¦ ' . ¦; ¦ - ¦ ¦ ' - : "" - - ' : ' :-. of the Town Cpuncil ^ as tpsrinwjd ; ihia morriW Alderman Sturgeon the ^ chair . : > ^ * / Wm .: Afiddlemorei ; of -Edgbaistbn , ourriexv ^ e . examined : ^ The last witness , Daniel Masoh ^ is S my employ , and has Jbeen so W tHe laTSt ^ ten yeats . y H ^ s ^ ororigh ^ b ^^ and . sober , andhas acquired A ^ . will oT ^ J we mfn ^ to ^ c ^ i # B |^| 6 i ^ peopto ^ rom ^ ^^^^ sitwn ^^^ tn ^^ m ^^ bh ^ hS received th *; mquiiies ^ ^^ simBm ^ i ^ S ^

      ^^^^^ m ^ m"S mjM ^ ymmm *; fSIS ^ t tne ; case * > > M& eiprefesed . xeeret at what had KaW . ^ IPpSS ^ Si ^^^^ mmm : fworkfcffi ^ rL ^ P ^^ ' ^^ examined : ^ f ^^^\ Mimmh ^ sheaf , m DighSh ¦ ot

      t ° ; ~" - ,. v . V ' - J"ife 5 « B w . a rarK-street , wner « JfeTO ^ l should / | bink , frbm : fifteen to twenty ot the London ^ poUce atandfaig . With the exception S ? S' ^^ 80 ld ^ i lfeff *^ aDont . Oneof the . policemen , who stood outside th « oiners , niiBhed agwnst . iine , and . forced me into th « TO orpolice .: 4 Wui ^ laid hold of by several of ^ ent ;^ heysearched ^ e all over , as I understood , to as « ertam it I had any wapOn rippnme . They , howl weraoriud nothine . jmdidid not ; preteridtohavS found a ^ jthirig . ; While % o i « arch was going on , some of them struck ; toe upon the head . I put up my hands to saye the ^ bio * Fs , . which . otHorwise must nave knocked my brains out : The blows ' vfere still continued , andw ) re received upon my e , rms , syvhich ¦ wwo ^ bruised : : , They swore at me . and asked me , wiiai 1

      uaa been doing . , I answered , 1 had dons nothing , and said nothing , . which ; waa the truth . One . said , "Youd--d rascal , comoalongwittime . '' l-sajdj viwiU go . anywhere you like to take' ¦¦' me . rather than be beat in this way . " Policemen i No 1 and No . 27 , th £ h too ? c me to the ^ Public OfSce , wher * two magistrates wefe . sitting . No . 1 , charged me , Mforo . the magistrates : roth striking him , at the end of ParK-street , iandNo . 27 , 6 aid : he witnessed it . I denied it ¦ , saying it was nbUpkeb / . I ; slionlai ) arestruck a policeman , when so many other policomen were aboutV flimv The magistrates romandod me until next day , for further examination ; About thrett O clock nestdiay , I wa 3 again taken before the magistrates . vPoUeoman No ; 1 being swbrn . said I had

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      EuRATUM . ^/ rt Mr , O'Connor ' s ¦ address , to the people , the name of Mr . Willis appears in the list of Middle "CV < tss tneh . elected to the . Convention wji 6 did not serve : it should be D ' uvon .

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      AU Agents for Lmicashire will receive their PoYtrdits any day from henceforth , by applying to Mr . Heyuwd , 60 , Oldham-street , Mancliester . No Agent whose account has not been balanced to tlie date when last furnished , will receive any Portraits . ' , "' . "¦

      Notice To Agents,

      NOTICE TO AGENTS ,

      To Agents And Correspondents.

      TO AGENTS AND CORRESPONDENTS .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 21, 1839, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1075/page/4/