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    • JOHN FROST
    • TO READERS AND CORftESPONDENTS
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    • ¦¦ LEEDS AND WEST-RIDING NEWS.
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      TO A 6 EZCTS . , ~ jjf ? Ocb Agehts will HArir ^ jr ^^^ Sg ^^ XBatEJTBKB * a * HAT ^ OKfcAT ^ THTECr "W J ^ BE TH « 23 BD . ; AND THAT XHB TKIAI O ^ K * . Fbost coins oir ox thb 31 st . ; THBT R ILL THERKFOBB y B £ TUNCTtJAL IK TE 1 KSJCTTIHO THEAHOUKTOJTHHJ accotikt 5 , as bo time can bb spared Etkbi Agent must send his money | TO Assam , , ~ jf ? . -

      SO AS TO BKACH US ON TlJESDAT . "W * iiSO BBO TO XHFOBH THEM THAT WB EHAlili XSKP 8 ITB IMPRESSION TJP , AND EHAXI , BK ENABLED TO MEET ANT EXTBA OSDEBS WHICH MAY COME UP TO SaTUB-. 3 ) AT » BJHT . THB THIBD EDITION OP THE * 'StAE , " ALWAYS COKTAIK 8 THE LONDON - ^ X » WS OF F-S IDA . Y , TOGETHEB "WITH THE rocAif Niws of Sattihdat-

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      - The list of subscriptions which ogp paper of this Say contains , in aid of JFaosfs Defence , is the best answer winch we can gire to those who have de ? -dared iSat there Isi no sympathy for Fbost « ong&e working classes . "When we reflect that "the entire amount has been furnished from the pence of . the Terj ^ pooTKt of the starring population , we only m ^ r ta ^^ Me poor people ' s attachment to isrineipleX ' ~ '" . v " "

      xhe trial of Fbostmay be well considered as the most important which has taken place far centuries . ¦/¦ The indictaent against him , confined as it is alto-. . geib ^ r to the transactions of a day , at onee strips " - - - ^ charge of say treasonable design . Upon former V < m £ breaks of a similar character , conspiracy of a 1 ^ e ^ aid nature always preceded the act ; and , as we at -first asserted' to our readers , bo do wenow ; imuntafo > &at ijy the 25 th Esw . IIL , JohsFbost is no ^ cW geallewiffi any act of High Treason . Chief ^ t ^(» ^^ jki * in e ^ oi ^ dnig ihelaw of Treason , ^ 3 B ^ i ^ ged ^ ^ v ^ TO ^ J ! feconrBe to the bloody ?^ leigncf Geobgb IEL fcJke acts of whieh reign : \ * -Should ^ -TorifcSl * fon ' as quick parry to tl wtai ii £ 3 iasty blows—as Acts framed for an

      ^ lmmedialB . ; parpbse , rather than as permanent 1 = sUiott ^ pmd Trtdch , allhongh they stall remain ' Bpon tfi ^^ tatoto Book , Tiave been rendered obsolete ' Tby the Odiian -which increased knowledge and public J opinion las < ast upon them . However , as we hare ' ' -e ' sewlise shewn that there is a determination , ' eepedslli F ? ipm the part of the Times and Daniel ^ "C ^ CosiEtx , to h » T a conviction in spite of all law "' Andprecedent , let * ' sxamine whether or not the ' _ demand forblood by the Times is sincere or hypo-~ « 5 Seal—whether it is to meet the ends of justice , or - = \ o -elevate one political party upon the ruins of r " another . Let ns see whether the Tory party has always been sincere in politica , and the assertion of :-the Jaws prerogative . . ' - "" - ' - . " - _

      In 1829 Sir BobebtPeel sacrificed his eonsis

      tency and political connection by sanctioning a - measure wMeh through life he had opposed . In - 1832 the Tories denied to the country anything like Reform , declaring , through their leader , that our - - institBtions were the best that the mind of man c - « onld devise ; and in the same year the same leader 1 was ready to purchase a continuance of office for his - -party by the support of a measure more sweeping - than that to which he-had previously objected . In ' - . 1834 , Sir UobbbtPeel broke up the "Whig AdminiSr - 4 n ± ion , and dissolved Parliament npon ihe Irish —Church question , Tefnsing to concede the enormous ; . " . demands of the Vhig Ministry as regarded Irish Tithes ; and in the following year the same Sir

      JlOBEBT claimed the support of the Irish Members ij the aTowal that lie had . bid two and a half per -oent . of a redaction beyond what the Whigs had offered . Arguing irom these premises , then , may we not furlj hifer flat the object of the Tory party is to increase popular hostility against the Whigs by H » conviction of Fbost and others , and thus , backed by tie popular odium which Bach an act would cast npontheWhigs , seize the propitious opportunity of the Qofien- ' s marriage * jr cleansing the bed-chamber , monmbermg theHopgB oflerdfl , and taking advantage © f the sereral windfalls which always follow so inpoeang a ceremony , and tVm « permanently establiiiimg % - sew ttoiftum system « f T « py dominationiD iiuBoonniry ! '

      Kow , Jeins soberl y ask the WMgs , already -Boffi ^ enflj . nn popalar , whether or no , ' if flnffl farfnaed to sign . &eir on de ^ ins « f

      ; f !^ B * k ftw * jft »» 4 - Tory iaunt ,. -mj ^ ire 5 ^ li ttk 4 « r * 9 alked , * gs ^ aeans of recrimifi ^ m ? r ; «( bt m * & ft ** , whetker , backed by ^ he i ^ jpA ^ e ^ rf ^> *^ natriagejthey woalddaTB to : « ee ( jQ ^ cwu'Mj / w ^ k : p 5 ss » full of political : ^> dpWfe ^ MbI ' : $ * bl 66 d ef Fbost npon their hands , , ^ ^ lfcft 3 , i «* aB « a offering te justice , but as a balm to " ' .- / X ^ MMIjB ^ qij jafcaoatj . - ' ¦ Oil ! if the Whigs had bnt 1 >^ fjry eened op < m the many opporhmifeB which V' ^ f PSWiei ^ esttaelTes fOT realising the hopes of the - . - Jj ^ BBB jTOlte what different auspices might they not ; ro' ^ lil Mi TiAttediAthe ceremony trfthe ToysJ Tngrpngo t $ ^ SbBji ad ^ OBotnA , « ad gone to &s coimtay on po-^ c ^ ivbi . BMBQfW ) fatsteiid of rendering a blind snb-. 'iBTTHBCjtoToryaophisfay , the Whigs would now : -4 * rekee » tt »«« ptpowerful , instead of being the most

      « OBtoB 9 ti | & * pKt $ yi 3 iai erer rnled ihe ^ destinies of - - a oanatry . Instead of haTing changed places with ¦ , '• : _ fee Toriea , Mid l > eing themselTes an " expiring K&etion , " Sie naae of Tory woald hare been a : _ tyet-woxd of conteaapt . What , upon the other hand , ¦ -.- - ^ laa been tlieir practice ? Sir Hobest Peel has J irteB"nrtoally , if not actually , the Prime Minister r - ^« fJ& ^ aB ^ white Djuoel CCoskell lias giren - . : them just so maeh of his support as to create odium r- —Mot them : asd . patronage for hUnxt-if , Will the "Wbiga fox * . moment calmly . Tefiect upon - -fiiftjextraordinary manner in which this Protean politician ha ? sacrificed Whig honour to Whig po 3-- ; i Hwminn nfnfTirn * fnrTiiimrn r jirrfiiTii in fli iniiTiiirif iasritablernini Does not Lord Melbourne now

      see that It bat requires Mb resignation to produce from P'Cojwell , fi » Tories , and the people , an in ^ w » h n Hnt : i gwffa stroBger than that upon which Fbost is charged with high treason ! If eTer there -was % time when it behoTed the Minister of this coontry to gain public confidence by an act of ^ -impartial justice—if erer there wa s a period when pns &Ise step taiamronld be likely to create scenes wMch the manly , mind shudders to eontemplate , . -Jiowis that Mbw 2

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      VALIJE OP A BELI 6 IOUS EDUCATION . ^ " ^ f ^ aSi . next week present oar readers with the sermon—the whole Bermon—which the " snrpliced " Mffian" pie xhed to the Jndges before opening the ^ fjtmiTiAwann * tManm < wtl » j and if tVB » ro to zecerre \ tint Bennon ai the ipirit wrUi whith religioas educa ' tionis . £ kely to inspire ns , we say , from such an - ^ dncation , " Good Lord deliTer ng V * We may eon-¦ Cedeto Q » poUtie&l drrine Tery extensiTe lieense % pon temporal aSairs , bat we cannot allow the Minister of CJirist thus to take apon himself the

      --efficeof « xecTdioner . We cannot aToid feeling a ; fibrin of horror when wetnd thepnlpit desecrated ^ - ¦ fci y ^ w'jwieiieo of > monster eaDing for blood J r : ji « fl ^ r ? ia we vMawSj express onr sorrow at - ^ Bnffia ^ the marteMnind of Chief Jnstice Tdcdai r MwqiJit- the wily snare of this sheriff ' s officer . ^ firarx 3 BaaiiBst eonfea th « deep effect ¦ whieh * iich a " « etiaBuayn&ely to haTC , and wbici it actually did " ^ pr ^ inia' npon ihe mind of the Chief Jnstice . ^ yW ^ taBi * U » " sarpSst ii rnffian" drawmg a ~ ^ ^ nmsr * ^» 09 Bpanson between fen « ral knoirur

      • ~ . '~ ; ' ldd ^ 9 ^ r * ° ^ - ' ^ rU 'J doeBfion —^ we find the T ^>~ pSosfr ' Jwrrar ; doing predsely th « same- ^ VV : « i *» find the rpress of a- political faction seizing < J ;« p ^ ty present bone of ontention ai a steans of * - jaggnbdiang { heir party at the expense of hunah ' ^^ Wftjifc « u * : ¦ ¦ " . * oineidHiee jnnst naturally tend to eret £ e < s ^ strtrng : px ^ udice against the accused . „ * ^ . ~ . 4 sSal ^ re find the " snrpliced ruflian" descanting ^ . -f jQjgofts ^ ngbi drrineof Engsf' and wefiadWe Cm ef ivsoia t almMt qnofiog tils pnlpit diyine . In short . - ^ ^ . ^ Sz ^ l . :

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      ptea beginning to end , the charge of the Chief f ^ nc aC with the exception ^ of his obserTationsupon ^ AJaar , was a mere echo of the pnlpit orator . Here | tis gen the text selected by this minister of Christ for the salvation of those committed to his charge . It . is takea from 2 nd Peter , iLim—^ WJule they promise them liberty , they themselves are the servants of oprrnption . There was a text npon so solemn and so important an occasionl There was a short , pithy , and laconic translation of the opinions of the coterie in which flie Chaplain moTed ! Why did not this divine , if , indeed , he were the shepherd of a stray flock , seek balm instead of poi son from the book of God ! teiwl > eginning : to end , tite charge of the

      Whynoi open the Bealed pagee of his Bible , and tarn one page back to 1 Petkb ir . 12 , and there he would " find these words— " Belovedritynk it not Btrange concerning the fiery trial wbJ ^^^ try . yon , as though some strange thing happeme nnto you . " If the divine had gqne a little furlher to the fifth chapter and second Terse , he would have found— "Feed the flock ; of God which is among yon , taking the oversight thereof , not by constraint , but willingly ; not for filthy lucre , but of a ready mind . * ' - Why , we ask , did not this minister of Christ select eiflier or both of these verses aa his text ? . The answer is plain : because in his book those leaves were sealed . We shall return next week to this law ' s precursor . /

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      THE NEW POSTAGE .

      Some of our contemporaries indulged in untimely raillery when Mr . O'CoiraoB , many months ago , assured -the working people of ^ Newcastle that the alleration in the Post-office arrangements vronld , in revenue and increasedPost-onice machinery , create a deficiency of £ 1 , 000 , 000 per annum ; and a substitute for which £ 1 , 000 , 000—saved to bankers , merchants , and manufacturers—would be furnished from the sinews of the labourer . The experiment , as far as it has gone , of * , less sweeping measure , together with the admission of the greater portion of the press , proves ihaVMr . O'Comnob was right . And yet this is one of ths boons upon which the Whigs hope to live during the present recess ! From such boons , "Good Lord deliver us !"

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      THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS . ' days of yore the people , as well as the aristocracy of England looked forward with delightful anticipation to the Christmas Holidays . If there was revelling , dissipation , ^ and luxury in the palace and the mansion , there was also relaxation from toil , comfort , and happiness in the cottage . In those palmy days of England ' s glory , -when every man of industry formed a component part of the wealth of the nation , as well as a component part of general

      society , ihe master and the man were : alike , at all periods of holiday , bnt especially at this , the subjects of light-hearted gaiety . They then recognised in each other the mutual dependency of their position ; and , for a time at least , disparity of rank was partially forgotten in the general sense of joyonsness inspired by the season . The spirit of that benign Migion , the original dispensation of which is now commemorated , seemed , partially at least , to overshadow its professors -with a generosity of character , which , though rongh and homely in exterior , was yet true and hearty in its practical expression . The Baronial Hall , ringing with the shouts of merriment , proclaimed a

      lond-welcome to all comers ; the tenant partook unbegrudgedly of his landlord ' s Christmas cheer ; the labouring serf was regaled at the same table with his master ; the artisan joined in the general heyday of exultation ; flinging casually aside hi « usual and necessary labours without fear of being subjected to starvation , as the price of his holiday ; or of being supplanted in the "labour market , " a phrase at which his unsophisticated vi 6 . ua / eelosqfied ears , eyes , and mouth would have vied with each other in most wide and open wonderment . The weaver laid bis shuttle on the shelf without thought or perturbation ; knowing that when all waa recreation no evil could arise from competition inlabour . .

      These were unreformed times . These were days ofwhat 1 b calledpoliticalbondage . The Gatholio was unemanctpatcd—the ten-pounier , was unenfranchised—4 he new Corporate El ector mangled amongst the herd of unprivileged—the steam-engine Justices and Beer-barrel E ^ Q ' s , and Civic Functionaries , were plodding , in the persons of their grandfathers or great grand&therB , in wooden dees and woolsey aprons ; happy in nndistinguiahed feUowship with a race , no longer to be recognized in England , "A bold peasantry—their country ' s pride . "

      In those days erery working man in England was abb , without injury to his family , to indulge himself in harmless idleness , at this period of the year , for twelve days . " Merry Christmas '' was then a phrase familiar throngh the provinces Of England , as was "Merry England" throughout every other country . A change has come over the spirit of our dream . We jiow live in "Reformed times . " The " march of inUllect / ' with its glare of " New light , " fully cast upon our manners and institutions , has left the wisdom of our

      ancestors at a fearful discount , and played havoc with the ancient forms of our festivities ; while the tide of improvement , rolling onward like the Bwelling-of a mighty river , or the falling of an avalanche , has borne before it , in its rnthless progress , all the landmarks of our ancient times and fathers ; tearing up the deep-rooted prejudices of the people , accumulating mud and mire into eminence , prostrating mighty trees , and crumbling down the tops of mountains in its progress ; bringing down high looks , and elevating those of low degree . '¦

      What do we reeogaise as the consequences of this mighty alteration ! Where look we for the evidences of that ^ improvement" ia society of which we make our boast ! XooMng round us , we behold the progress of what is called political improvement establishing itself in the midst of social degradation and national poverty . We see the princely halls and lordly mansions of a new race of magnates springing up , as by the influence of Aladdin ' s lamp , while on every hand the blanched cheek and haggard eye ^ of hopeless destitution meets us ; and" the faltering footfall of unwilling idlers , crippled by the labour of the past , and debilitated by the famine of the present , causing the eye to weep , and the

      heart to sicken , as we contemplate the mournful contrast . * . Even while we write , thousands of emaciated , naif starved openiivea > farads -Offlrgtreets in sullen silence , and that exhibition of helpless wretchedness , which would in former times hare caused the blush of shame to barn upon the master's brow , is now regarded with no other observation than that of a passing scowV half fearfal , half sarcastic ; and the piteous cry for comfort and relief is answered by a strengthening , and keeping in continual activity , the hoards of vagabonds who sell themselves for nothing , to protect the property" of those idlers for whose benefit the sufferers have toiled , and to coerce , by brute force , the victims of a vicious

      synem . This ifl ' a fearf « l , ahateful , but a true picture of the present state of thmgs . Nay it is not half the picture ; the outline is not nearly sketcsed ; the filling up isuntouched . There are in Leeds at this time from twenty to twenty-five thousand unwilling idlers seeking bread ; m Bradford from nine to eleven thousand ;^ Huddersfield not fewer ; in Manchester , and through all Lancaghire the frightful average is irellnigh sustained , and , indeed , in all other manufaeturing distrieto . The prospects for the winter are of the most fearful character that Bare been

      knownfor many , many years . Destitution , distress , and misery , starvation and the utter lack of syaa- ^ pathy , is the best Christmas-box that , in this year , " merry England" has to offer to her poorer sons . Nor is thii likely to be mended by the last new boon with which , in the shape of reduced Postage , the spirit of " improvement" has presented us , and by which it is calculated that amillion of pounds a-year will be Baved to the bankers , the merchants , the

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      manufaetBrers , the snoj ^ p ^ s / Jial thftS ^ jiiel men gengrally , and whieh must be made up by ^ axes , derised inaqme ^ nwiojrm ^ preBS down the crown of thorns npon the head 6 f industry . / f : : s ; " : If tWa ^ sufferiagof the poor but industrious people was but coinp&rMivei an ^ degree of poverty ^ ws should mourn equally for all j but when , in the midst of this genelaL BufferiBg of the most TOtnous : Bnd ; hard-workin ^^ people upon thefece of the eartti , our feelings are shocked with preparationa for a Royal marriage , which , " nnlike the marriages of other people , must be cele-^

      brated , not at the expense of the contracting parties , But that at those who aw least able io afford it , © fa suffering people , who will doubtless be again robbed of an enormous sum to cover forced aioiteven fioiitious expenses ; when we see that inthe midst of this general suffering , the heartless factions are demanding that the sufferers should be merry at the prospect of being called npon to fork out something like a hundred thousand pounds a year , to pension off a foreign pauper , who , twelve months ago , would probably have esteemed himself a little Census , if by any means ha rent-roU could have been tortured

      to the tune of a hundred and fifty pounds a-year ; when we see the glee with which the minions of the riih oppressors talk about the gay preparings fer festivities at Court—for the purchase of new huntera to occupy the princely stables , for which weuaye so lately told out X 70 , 000—in blood and sinews j when we look at the pitchforking . of plebeians into the region of nobility , which in connection with this happy circumstance must happen ; and when we consider that in every peer thus made , a new Hannibai . ib sworn upon the altar of the god of despotism to keep down the people , and to wage eternal war against the principle of

      freedom ; the prisons being even now filled full of patriots , some of whom the spirit of the times had rendered desperate , but of whom thegreafer port were , dangerous only from excess of jirWeV when we yiew these in contrast with the wide-spread misery which , stalking through the ; land , bida fcir to render it completely desolate , and when-we see that this universal poverty is not for lack of means or mfeney ; that luxuries of every kind -yet reach our shores as rapidly as ever ; that" improvements" of every description can yet go forward ; that immense storehouses are yet being builded for the holding of out surplus wealth ; thai railroads

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      and other speculations are swallowing up capital almost beyond conception ; and when we see that in the midst of all this , the manufacturers , who are now in possession of all wealth , make no effort to relieve the distress of their own causing , because they would use it as a weapon ¦ wherewith to fight their brother magnates of the agricultural interest , we do think it high time that a solemn inquiry should be made by the whole people into the causes of this state of things . ¦ ¦¦'¦ ' " -. ";¦ ¦¦' . -

      Why should the nineteenth century , the age of intellect and improvement , be so far behind its darker ^ predecessors in the equitable adjustment of the social condition of the people 1 If this disparity between the present and olden times be the result of law—the sooner the kw is trampled under foot the better—if it be the result of an erroneous system , the sooner the system is uprooted the better . "Let the people then ask themselves the question whether all

      experience does not prove that the patchwork legislation , whieh springs from a class merely , must ever operate to the general ruin and distress ; and , if their own eyes and feelings tell them that this is so , then let them as one man give forth the mighty fiat , the irresistible proclamation of a nation ' s will , which needs but to be formed to be obeyed , and liberty , new breathing on the gale , shall bring with it plenty and prosperity , and the merry times of social happiness shall again visit" merry England . "

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      FEELING THE WAY

      A coward never acts otherwise than timidly : even in guilt he is fearful , and will proceed but cautiously till he has first ensured his retreat . If anything can enhance the loathing of a honest micd for villaay , it is this super-addition of timidity and cowardice . And this has ever been the distinguishing characteristic of the Whig faction . They have gone to greats lengths in the oppression of the people by various means , and under divers pretexts , than even ? t « ir comrogues of the other faction ; but then the keavei have always hitched it on by small bits and ^ ba ^ measures . While the Toriea have exhibited th # bold recklessness of the comparatively hones > higltwaynian , their ' s has been tiie calculating villanyoy the loaded dice-player . " ¦ -- - ¦ v " y . ; . '

      Their every aw of forced concession to the people has been bartered for * quid pro quo ; their mercy has been weighed deliberately in the balances of calculation ; while their severity has ever been watched carefully as to the effect it might produce , with a view to the observation of how much more the same shoulders might be made to carry . This hateful feature of their character has been strikingly exhibited , during the present week , in the execution of a poor wretch named Lees , for the murder of his wife .

      There is no other subject on which the Whigs have taken to themselves so much credit , as in the leniency of their exeeutive in regard to capital offences , and no other member of the Government has achieved bo laudable a distinction in tnis line as the present Home Secretary . While Viceroy of Ireland he was hailed , by the unhappy oonvicts , as the universal genius of liberty vpiiBondeors . flew open at his presence , and the breath of hope and life again revisited the fallen countenance of the condemned , in bo many instances , that the extreme religious feeling of the Tories were scandalized , and the Viceroy of mercy became the object of merciless and most malevolent aspersion for his unsparing exercise of the quality of compassion . We then

      defended him against the attacks of the blood-thirsty Tories , because we thought bis conduct meritorious . We were willing to give him credit for sincerity in his desire to govern Ireland , with a nearer approximation to justice than she had long known , and we knew that his only power of doing so lay in the bending of what , in a right state of society , should be the unflinching sternness of the law ' s last resort , to the unnatural circumstances under which he found himself compelled to apply it . We should be sorry to find ourselTes forced to Tank the Marquis of Nohmaubt among the mere calculating ooward-deepots with whom he is officially connected ; but the event te which we bow-refer-causes us t » feel very suspicious on the matter . 'I ; - : \ :

      The poor fellow who was hung last Monday was a madman—a known and acknowledged maniactestimony of the strongest character to that effect was given to the Noble Secretary . But though in any case , not even of a maniae , but of more than ordinary aggravation , in his Irish Government , application half as strong would have sufficed to procure both pardon and , most probably ,

      promotion too , the law was in this case permitted to take its full fling of vengeance on the hapless culprit . What can be the meaning of this sudden change in Lord Nobmakbt ' s -temperament by simply passing over the water from Ireland to England ! Does he wish us to believe that bis Irish meroy was all cowardice and his Irish justice mere caprice 1 If not , it behoves him 4 o show some reason to the country for this strange anomaly in bis public conduct .

      How comes it , too , that the eloquent and consistent enemy of capital inflictionB , the Jforninf Herald , which , ; for long and long , has ' not : « uiTered a single executiom to pass over witliout protesting , trumpet-tongued , against the folly and inefiSciency of capital punishments in any ease , has suffered this glaring case to" pass over ' without one word of comment ? Hat the Herald had its eue ; and is its silence in accordance with the terms of the unholy compact between the two fell factions to keep down the power of the people , and to crush , at all risks , the risings of the spirit of liberty ? It looks like as if some devilish plot were here concealed ; and there

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      f $ ¦^* ^ i ^^ W ' ^^ 1 » 'h ([> unhesiUtingly a 0 CO 80 thftWii g ^*^ I ^ N 0 BlCAKBT | MO 0 B ^ ^; Ntw «^ ub «; - ; jiffi % ife -iW ^ , 9 ityi * might erre theni as a pUot corpse , or pilot boat , in which they might test the storm of public indignationj pjreriouB to hazard&g the experiment of hanging Fkosr . W >; Iwte ; no Saoubt thai ihe Whigs ;^ e , ii ^ s ^ principles of mercy , as ; well as the 'life of ibis - •' .

      poor man , to the demon of expediency ihat they Hare , In plain terms , murdered Lbss , as a / # « 7 er Jo ascertain whether they may safely murder Fbost . We . ^ e nV ; donbVtt ^ reprieved had it not been for the consideration , that if theypMaohed h&J who had been guilty o ^ der , thej ^ jsotfd not , without great hazard , hang Fbost , shouWthey tea ^ Jury into his conviction : ^

      We bid Ihe | people look oiii for this . ^ L et tie public voice , upon the ^ subjectol ^ exMutiionsgenerallyj be well and boldly spokenr ; : I * ot the obselesc ^ t barbarity be at once annihilated by jthe public will and fiat , , and at leasi one- BMghty engine in the hstnds of tyranny tvfflr ; b ^ ^^ whieh can call for tlie judiciaji sacrifice ; of human life- ' Punishment onght ever , to ; be mercifalrrr not vindictive in its character , it should alwaya have : regard not less to the reformation and amendment of thej culprit , than to the security of society ; and inasmuch as this object can ' - never be attained by capital punishments , capital punlshmentB oaghtniBver to takeplace . : :

      We shall have more to say on ^ this ^ subject another time : ; In the mean time , we givethe Whigs notice , -that , from our knowledge of the countryj their experiments will Certainly } be a . dead ^ feilure Their pilot ^ ^ corpse "Will not bring iii ^ the body they have launched iirfo ^ ^ them to hurt a hair of Frost's head .

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      Ma . O'CONifOB begs to give notice thai the IW amounting his intention to idclress " the electors ? ;©/ Brad ford should feres been ^ Vte elector ! and wm-eledors of thtBradfordDisirM \ of' jhe West Biding of Yorkshire . " He fis neither a candidate fdr rnoi ati efator of . Bradford . : : r ; :

      .: ; \ THE PORTRAITS . On Satubdat ' , ' iiBxi , we shall present our Birmingham readers wilh tlie remaining Portraits due . We have p £ aced the SiPEciiiENS of Richard OASTLER in the hands of our several Agents . We hope neat weefc to furnish them tbith those of M'DouaU and CoUins ; and wilt then-allot * our Agents till the ¦ im - of-Inninrp ' to ^ iiM- ' siibia ^ ie ' ta at two mmthifor : ea < ti . : Thusalfa

      months , we shaUie enabled to furnish voery reader with one of those splendid engravings ,,.. In order to prevent any disappointment [ infuture j toe weredetermined not to annouilce these Portraits until we were sure of the requisite supply , By this means , after all the clamour , toe sMtt , within a peHooI of less than ten months , Tiam presented our Subscriber ? % eUh six Portraits , worth more than Jive guineasy if purpurchased singly , and as good as the art can furnish . '¦ . ¦ - ¦ . " - Y ¦ '•¦¦ . ' ¦ ¦ . " • .- . ¦ . ¦ ' ¦ : . . ¦ ''

      Mb . O'Connor will address the people of Hiddleton ; on Monday ' night [ next , at eight o ' clock . ^ Isaac NAri . oa .--r ^ j long statement of alleged facts which our correspondent has sent us , are not of sufficientpublic interest for our columns ; it would be merely bestovDinjD on ihe person oj ' whom he speaks a notoriety to which , if JT . N : s statement be true , he is : no way entitled . : . - , /¦ ¦ ;"" ' - 'V ; . '¦'¦'"¦ ' "¦ ¦ .. ' ' . '"' ¦ ¦ ' .. '¦¦¦ .- ¦' -... ' S . V . —The idea is a good on ?) we to view some time ; we shall not ' tdk sight of « , and at a proper time thall enlarge on iL

      J- a . —If he pui his name outside his letters , thep will be ¦ recevKd . - -:- - ¦¦ ¦ ' i . ¦ ¦¦¦ ' ' ' ., ¦ ¦ ¦ :- . ;¦ . ; . ¦; ' . ' ¦ ¦ . : : <\ . ¦ . ¦ \ W . 8 ' : —We do notthinl : ihe verfs [ wouldserve Frost at all ; butwedo notsee ' whyhe should iherefmr "burn the pen that wrote ' em ? The pen map- be useful in ¦ ihe performance oj' othet and better service , yr . Thomson . —The letter from the Cenirai Committee ' ¦ ofSc (^ lxi ^ neM umli \^^ -: ; ' :-- - ; - : ' : .- ¦ , ¦; . . . ¦¦ ¦ . ~ < : yi , Addresses ON behalf of FBOST—We have received , from various Commiltees appointed to raise subscrip

      tions , as many addresses to their Radical fellow countrymen , as would fill Mr Northern Stars . We are happy to see so zealous a spirit maniftfsUd : tee Mpe eveAf place pMe * eri \ itself to the utmost , as vxa without the addresses as with them . Our friends ^ vfttt we theimpttsfibiliiy of our printing : » ii ; and as aetection ^ migiu be thought inHdious , we shall not , iprw ^ ofrmi , j- . . . .. - ; y- :. -. ; - v ^' v ^ - ^ i-* — * r ^ $ ? £ | B ** && ***** * Wx **« l V *¦ Uittoi . : ? ; k * "& ?* # , *** ? % ** ' " ** <^ sorry to Jnd th 6 p&Bwm wi ^ son ^ wse . few no nmlledim of atq tmeh - addm * . ' \ ¦ ¦ : ' - ; ¦/¦ ¦ :- - ¦;¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ " - ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : ; -: ~ ¦ - . -vs .., ,. ¦ ¦¦ : ¦¦¦ ¦ . . ¦ ¦ ¦ .

      Oldhah PoLixiCAj ; Vxtoit .-Their letter tie * wee * . J . B . Crawford , fcuMNocK , should hate paid postage Hia thanks are scarcely worth postage , e * m mi the reduced rate . His requeet has been complied [ witti . SPECIMENS ^ th * Portraita of R ^ QaetisriEsq ., for the fallowing agents , have - this week bom forwarded to Mr . SohnCleave , l t Shoe-lane , Fleet-street , London : — J . Helyar , Bath ; Woodutard , Brighton ; Lewis , Bath ; Payne , Bristol ;( Noble , Trowbridge , Cogswell , Bath ; Ireland ; , London ; and Jpto tegge Aberdeen . \ . - '" ¦ - ' . \ - \; : ¦¦ : ¦ ;; - : " -, ¦ . .- ;;\ . - . ¦¦ ' v '¦ ¦' A Subscriber , near Preston , milst not put iurgoon on his door ; he cannot recover anything under the rtr-. etiHuianecs he states . ¦ '¦ '' ' " : ; ; ¦ , ¦¦ '• ¦ > j .- ; . ' J . BbTTo »| LET ^ -Ji nnDVOW ) . ~ -First-r-To an attorney . Second—Go himself , if Mr wanU his work done ; if . he does not , send , : :,. ¦;•• ¦ ¦ ¦ . . ¦;• . ¦; ' ¦ • ¦ : .. ¦¦ . •¦ .

      R . W ., LVITB . —4 U that are to « m& J . WOBTHiNoiroNS-TeR •;¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : : : " : . ¦ ¦/ . ¦ . ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦"¦ ' W . Lisyri& ^ -Sendihem 6 oefc ; ;' - / .: . .: . ¦ -.. / ' - '" ' [¦ . If ac"Loveb op Faib Plat * at ; tyatyM : wM furnish vs with his name , we will tmke measures to make an alteration ; " *¦• :. ' . The Stars were returned to Mr , Lowry , If our agents donotorder iniime . itistheit faiM ^ not our ^ Wm . Blackwood , KiNB 08 S .- ^ I < is the Agents fauU not Ours . ' ¦ ¦ ' . ¦ ¦

      FROST'S DEFENCE FUND . From the Radical Association , Shaw , ' ' near Oldham . ¦ ' ¦¦"" + * . *~ .,. 1 ft « Do . atNook „ ¦¦;' * . ^ .:- ^ # $ 0 HeckmondwikeU u . »«* 1 10 o TheJtochdale Female Badicat Association- ^ ^ . ^ ~» « w . 1 5 0 B . Grayson , Manchester * . — «» 0 6 0 James Whyte , Bolougne , France , collected from the Operatives of the MoulmaFapeurSpinning'Establishment ¦ ¦ « . " : ^ , W . ^ 200 B-Charlesworth , atMiU ^ « , fl 33 TwoFriends . Manchestiir V . «« . «» O 16 0 The Leith Universal Suffrage

      Association * . „ : ^ _ ^ 115 0 The JRadicah 1 of Laisterdyke , near ^ Bradford * . ,- " - , W- - ' ' >» -.:. ' . ' . «« . ¦ •; 0 9 2 ' [' " ' j \ . '' y " ,-- ' : ¦ ' - 1 ¦' DucEiKiriBt . idi . ' '¦'' : - ¦ - ' ^ ; ' - ¦ ;• ¦ , The Widow ' s Mite ^ , ^ . 0 i ft The Soldier - 9 Do . :: ; v > a « i The Widow ' s J ) o . \ 2 _ 9 0 1 FromtheDuckinjieldBadical Association * . ^» -2 » id > V ^ s -: ^ ; - . - ; v- ¦'¦ ¦ : ' ) , ¦ : -. - ^—¦— : ¦ ¦ 0

      The Books an op ** for fitrO terSubscripUont' at Mr . Wm , Cooks , ( tyer&stnet . DuekinJ ^ / . From yiversipne , Lancashire * . . ' «» i » 41 A few Friends at Lee Moor Oate . nedr From the Radical Association , « t Andrew ' s , Fifeshire , ScoOand ^ ^ . I 0 From Stafford , per : Wm . Peplm ^ 0 10 2 From Halstead ' jEsse *^ ~* " J .- 6 ii 6 from Wai « ifiel < It per : % Harfftvave , ' . . ' as under : — ¦ ¦ :: ¦ ¦ : - ¦ ¦ :- ¦ ' - ' •¦ ' , - ¦ .

      A Young Mechanic ^ U 0 « 6 Deserter from tt » Whig Camp ; - . V « u- ¦ ; . « ^ :,-- ^ ¦ :-. d .- 'i . ijj- - -. ' . .- ¦ ¦ ¦ QldKetermH w « . 0 1 ft Sincere Chartist \^ \ ^ . Q r « < MS Soldier * . «* > u 0 > e friend . ~* ¦ ' . ; - ;; ^ '^ . : ' ; .. . o ' - . - ' ft ' , ' ; . Q , ^' : : . Two Female Friends ''' : « u 0 . 0 ¦ ¦ - ¦ 6 John Harffreaves „ ^ O 2 !« : ; -: . ' - " : ¦ " ¦ -: ¦'¦ ¦ ¦ ' -: " ¦ < ' ¦ ' ¦¦ ¦ * W ' . ' « " WATEBHEAD MILL , NEAR OtDHAk , An Old Soldier ui . ^ 1 6 ? - Mis Wi fe — u > ^> 01 0 J ? w Children , seven in number lu ^ w 0 © 7 ^ - ; :.- ^' -V ^^ " r . v' ^ £ •*¦ :: £ . ;* From Ashlon , near'Manchester , per fTp . AitkenJ . '¦ : ^ ; -: r ^ v ^ 2 « 0 From the Liverpod Working Men ' s ¦¦ - ¦' . :,: Radutil Association w - ^» B p 0 From some poqrmen at Whiib . - «» q - « s

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      Fron Bristol , per Wm . Lett ** - ~ * i J romlTrmtrtdip , ¦ Jtmb # i& fx ^~ -X ~ ' ^' - KjiOWUM ¦ .: « i » - ' . '^ i' '¦"'¦' * + ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ~ , r » --1 M t . "¦ % '¦ . St P <» icrai Democra iUAmoeiatiM , -i ' -. % ' v . ' .- - . . ^ - *¦ iMdo * ¦ ¦ ¦ : , : ** , : ¦< . ' i ,. ' ; .: ¦ w . ¦• : " mi ; 1 ¦ ¦ i" •;!• •¦ Etu *( WemyttJWe , mar Kirko dldf I I ¦ 4 few SaU + loih Weavers , < ¦¦' - ' , ¦ ¦ :- :: ] ' ¦ ' .. ' : ¦ ¦ : ¦ '¦¦' : ¦ '' ,. : ' < StdcktMiv , / : « i ; - ;' ' -: * u :- ' i :-.-i ¦ : ¦ : : ¦ - ¦ ' : . '• - ¦ : ^' V A few Friends , b ) r /«** ¦ : r- < ' - ¦ - - . ¦ .: ' ¦ : ¦ - ¦ ' - ^ t /^^' -jf ^ d ^^ -- ^ ' : ^; ^ i : ; -v : ' ^ , v . - -. v : -v ? ¦ :: ¦¦ •• . ; , ; : '¦ - ¦! ' v : ' ' ¦ ¦¦¦ 1 / 19- - - . 9 ' - -. . JB .-WiV-iBtoaWiMi - ; - - ^ : \ - - - - -wyo-:-a-- .-8 ; - . ¦ : ' :. . "• . ¦;•¦ ¦ . - . . A Friend do . . . . i-.. o 1 o J < &Bagedo , ^ . u , oi b a :: ¦" '¦ . '¦ ¦¦ Wei : Patetf 4 o . « w ^ - Wl o 0 « Mr . Wardouido . ** »~ 0 0 fl

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      BUxekwpod ; . i ; ..: ... ... 0 18 fi Ftoni Meiihyr TpdvU , 2 nd M ; ... 13 0 0 From Aberdare , near do . .. ; , ; .. iV r 9 0 ¦ From Oldham , collected r ' ojt ; follows : — Oldham XHstrict ... ; .. 1 10 O From a , Teetotaller /;„ o 2 0 HoUinwood District ; ... ii $ « Ate' ' 'West , beingfheprofits - of the Star for the 21 st . 0 2 9 ¦ Waterhead . Mill District 1 4 0 Austerlands-District w .. 1 0 8 . y HeyandSheldersiowDisti 10 0 Strints Dale District ... 0 10 f ThompsonLane District .... 0 3 0 If . B ' TheCollectionis , still going ' on .

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      Fat : Qx ^ A fine fat ox , rising four yeara old , bredandfedby Mr . Leonard Severs , of Oliver , near Richmohd v who nas won two or-three premiums , was bronght last week to the weighinginaohine at the latter place , and weighed 160 st . 7 ; lbC V ¦' )• y -: & \ ThS OPAB .- ^ Th ! S beautiful and ^ tire flsh ; the opah , or king , fish , mentioned in the % Yotk Herald of hist week , in the Stockton news , as being caught on the coast of Hartiepool i meisuring in length five feet four ; inches , round ther body flbee ^ feet four inches , and weighed five stones seven pounds ^ was bought at Hartlepopl by ,: M . r > " Wm . Brown > ofRichmond , fielimonger . who showed it to the inhabitants of Stockton on Thursday : evempg of the day it was caught , and on Friday and ; Saturday at Richmond ; on the latter day it was all sold at la . 6 d . per lb , and we understand the purchasers were highly delighted with its remarkable fine flayoar .

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      ¦ ¦; ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦' : ' . ¦ ' . ¦ . •¦ ¦ ijBBps . - . ' : ¦ ¦ ¦ : ' . ; ¦¦ :.. , ¦ : ¦ ¦ ' : ;¦ . An Address from the Committee of ITnempleit / ed Operatives to the Magistrates and Gentry of . ' : ¦ Leeds . - , ; ' . - : ¦ ¦ -.. : ¦ _/ : ' . '¦ .. ; . ¦ ' y ; . ¦ ¦' .: ; : •^ . y _ ' . Gbnxlembn , ^—The Committee I of Uneinployed Operatives appointed at a meeting held at HuDslei ; Moor , on Dec . 9 th , and re-elected on the 16 tti , have to the . best of their poymy fulfilled the object for which they were chosen , viz . To collect facts , and

      ascertain as near as possible the existing amount of distress . " In accordance with , the resolution , the Committee hare instituted an enquiry into the various localities , and also have sat from day to day at the Committee Room for the purpose , and feel that they should not be doing their duty to the suffering workmen , were they to disguise the facts , that their enquiries have made manifest , anddeeply deplore the necessity they are under of making the following Btattm ^ nt : ^ - ¦ ¦¦¦;¦ .. ; ¦ . ¦ . '¦ : y '/ --.-. X- ''' ' *¦ ¦' ¦' : .

      ^ That-thereJ . are . hundreds of men in this borough who hare large families totally destitute , having no earthly prospect of supplying the cravings of nature , and - without' a : morsel of coal to preserve their Bhivering limbs from fuel ; the wretchad beings who have made their appeararice in the Committee-room , were enough to excite : the sympathy of the most hard-hearted . Some were unable to sustain the weight of their bodies through pure ^ starvationi and were obliged to grasp the table for support whilrt they gave in their statements . In fact , to sum up the whole , the most wide-Bpread

      and heart-rending misery is suffered by thousands , and certain death will be the inevitable lot of a great portion , if the wealthier classes do not come forward quickly and energetically , to their immediate relief . •; v :: v ; ¦ : ¦• ' „ :- . - ¦ . ^ ¦ -V . - : ^ . / v . :. ^" - -vy ,--.:., " . We , therefore . liy thestatement before thehumane and feeling portion of the public , in as clear and concise » manner as possible : and if any person should doubt the oorreetness of our atatement , they may have reconrse to the books ' kept bf the Committee for a confirmation * f what tw © state .

      . , y : XS ^ gned ) : ' -,, / X : ,: ' :-y . ¦¦ ., ¦ y ; - y ¦"" . ¦¦' ¦ : ¦ '¦ ' \ ^ ' vWiii ^ M-XBA ^ X ^ innan v ' -y- ' .-: ' ¦ Joshua Rawnsiet , Secretary . ; Committee Room , White Horse Inn , ; : :: ^ y ;; /' ^¦ yicar ' . lAnei , . ' . ;• ¦ ¦ ;• ¦ ¦ : " ; ¦ ¦ • ¦ ¦ ' . ^ : ¦ . , ¦' ,, . ¦ , ¦; . ¦ '¦ ' - . . ;• . ; . . ; ; 'Mbxakcholt Accidbni ^— Oh Tuesday evening Uwt , as the Leeds Mail was passing through OkC ham to Manchester , a poor old woman , not observing the horses , was abont to cross the street , when die was knocked down by the leaders , and the coach r »* ( oyer her , She received great injury-, and shei died duriDff , ; the night . As we were on the box with the coachman At the time that the accident occurred , :: we must , ' in justice to him , declare that it vras the most unavoidable accident we ever witnessed . ^ ; : .: ¦ ' ¦; : ¦ ¦ .: ¦ :. , . *¦¦;¦ : ¦;; - ;¦ : ¦ . < :. ; ¦ :

      ^ Lecture . —At the request of a number of friends , Mr . W . Dean will deliver a lecture on Tuesday evening ^ ( Dhristmas ' Eve . l ) ec > 24 th , at eight o ' clook , at the ; "Reformers' Chapel , Fish MarKet j Cheapside , upon co-operative and joint stock provision stores , when the names of all those desiroufl of uniting in euchaciuse will be takeny : a . t the conclusion brthe lecture . ¦¦ '¦¦ -. ¦ . .- ¦ -. -:- ¦¦ ¦¦• .. ¦ .- ¦ . : ^ ry . ¦¦ - ' , - ¦¦ : - ...

      : . ^ ' ^ y " r'y y JVOTZCS . : '¦ : , ; y- :: „ % ; - . The Gebtieman * rho tookI the mail from Carlisle to Leeds , at Catteriek Bridge , on the morning of the : 5 th of December , and who borrowed from the Mail Guard , a valuable top coat , is requested to state where he left it , or to forward it to one of the ftUowiwf . addreBses ^ vjt :--Mri TrowV Roya Hotel Coach Office , Leeds ; Mr . Freyer , Catteriok Bridge-Air , James Arthur , Bookseller , Carlisle ; or any Agent of the \ NortfternStar . ^ '

      ^ Q ™ . \** w »'—Meetiko- in the South Wabd . — On . Wednesday . evening , a public meeting caUed by requisition tothe Alderman and Assessors , of the Southc Ward , was held : in b . large room in the wajehouse of Messrs . Coldbeck&Coi , in Water-lane - In ^ ttie- absence . ^ of ( George Goodman ,: Esq ., Mr , Colbeck was called to the chair . The notice eonyeniat the . meeting was / readj which ; Btated it waBft for . the purpose of considering the propriety of . petitidmng for a total Repeal of t | f Com Laws . The Bieeting was Very fully attended ; and several addresser were delivered on the question ; aa amendment was proposed of a counter tendenoy , but it was 168 t , and the prfetion ior _ * . total repeal was afterwards carried by a majority , a petition to Parliament , fonnded on ^ * $$ & — this effect being ordered to be

      Wi * ca . Lost .- ^) n Tuesday mornih g . » meatier man had . the [ misfortune to lose a gold watch and chain .. o ^ the road between Headingley and the Victoria Bridge , m Leeds . The dirf ^ is silver , jath . Hack figureB . i ^ o trace has yet been dKeoyeredofthefixider ; v f ^ T ^^ SB ^ ONs- ^ sennon wm be preabhed by Mr ; S " *?!^* ' "&M * - ** The Sage / ' wbioh we noticedlaBtweek ^ ott Sunday evenininaxt *; at six orclock T the' I ^ onnersV Chapel , TFish y&ket , Cheapside , jLeeds , when a collection wiU be made at the ^ conolusioB m aid of the defence of the thirtyeight Welshpatnots now in Monmouth Gaol ;

      . FELONt .-HOn Thurday a young man , named Gtm EllL 8 r wa 8 committed for trial on a ohMS ^ taS stolen a ^ waistcoat , a pair of overalls ; andbSf articles , ^ the property of ^ John Walker . aKpickle ? in Bnggate . The artidles were sA irom S w ^ * SSf t ^^^ ^ ^^ SrVwS was , rapeeted ^ bad contrived to be out of the 3 until the time her was apprehended / " ^ r ~^ ?? r Joseph Stubor Es ^ - ^ ia ir « iiH-m « . i ^ ^ J

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      Distbbss tit Lekds . —The » djoarned neetin * of the unemployed operativeB of Leedn , took plaoe on Hflnil ^ aWr . raMonday last . Tlu ^ were bJSeJ SfflSMAMpresent . Afterfchymntod beeniuna prograjB as Chairman of the eommittee appointod thepreviouffweekto wait on the influential Inhabitants to Bolicittheffl'to cillipublio meeting and protide some remedy for their relief . It appeared th » t the committee first called upon the Mayoi who stafted he would consult the magistrates on . tna flubject , They wbflequently waited on Mr . Aide *

      man Holdfbrtlu whopnmiBedtp doulinhisjMwer to toisttlwm ^ feutVwho , it »^ ship the Mayor , had not up to that timtSmif&S thin « . Dr . WillianiBon , Ih-. Hook , M ^ Srfl ^ / BS ^ , Goodman , ToWf ^ aiid vpebble ^ aite ; . W ^ quently visited by the committee ; and it toum appear from the , Qiairh ^ sympathy , tor their ^ tr ^^ ji ^ Pproinised ^ M ^ do mach , and had done nothjingj ^ iaiiever . After tba ehairman ; hadyreported ; ^ 6 ^^^ imni resolutions were cani « d unanimoaajy s-- : '" . <\ V £ l

      -.-l . That the present dirtreaa eaanat « afrom c » nrt « over ; which the working classes have no control , and ai it is not partial but tunversal , anAaJooas it Is beyond calculationwhen / it shall ' cometoa&eud , and there is every prospect of ite becoming : jrimje , this meeting Is of opinion that It is Ihe impmtlire duty - fjet all those whom providence has placed In better , circumstances to give liberally of their abnndaace towardfl alleviating tin pressing wanfa of tkelrystarring and suffering fellow creaturea- ' -r ^ Moyedby ; . ; % »; T ^^ i « si ^ , > seeoa 4 fe 4 : Iiy Mr . LjmncelotDaw » ni ¦ ¦ y y : y ...:. . ¦ - ¦ ¦;¦ . ¦ ¦/¦¦ - "¦'; . >¦

      2 " That ; the fbllowliif * ddreffl . ba : * k » ted bythe meeting ;—To theWoraMpfnl the M » y <* ^ yLeeda » rr-At * meeting of unemployed opentivea of the boyough of LeedB , held on Hunslet Moor , It wM unauimoualy resolved that a deputation should wait uponyoor Worship and brother Magistrates requesting you to take ; Into yonr striona consideration ; the enormoT amount ' . ' ¦ ¦ of suffering endured by the aforesaid onenv ployed Vworkmen , and that you will individually and collectivel y make use ; of your influence with U » wealthier inhabttanta to Induce them to anleliorKke their condition , by contributing to tb ^ reh ^ , and ya « wUl retire the grateful thanks of t ^ eBuffe ^ mett and thai ? famflies /* -TUifted fo Mi W . Xeeki aewndedby Mr . RBider . hi ; > " y ¦ ' ¦¦'¦ ¦ , ¦ . ¦; . :: ; :: ; - : «^? f .

      : 3 . '•• " That a deputation from ; this meeting'ie ap > p )> inteerto ; wait ; on ; -- ^ M ^^^ ui ^ tM ^ ha » mi in ^ tnem of " t % e resolntiinis ' aagreed fa > i ' HiA . rptptiptfnUy requesting their i ^ pp 6 ration . * J--Moved ^ by ^ Mr . 6 feon& Ta ^ an ' ; .: se ^ edby ; Mi'T . Mo ^ . In pursuance of the | ast resolution , the late « mmtttee Were appointed the depntation agreed !' 'tp . i They were likewise empowered to ; receive any inf ^ rmatl 0 Mtothenumbeisaiid conditibn ^ &eianem ployM ^ a to reportfrom week to weak'toiftptblio meeting tol ^ hidd every Monday on the noon as Iwg as may be deemed expedient—the committee to sit at Mr . James IIMngi worth ' s , yicar- ^ lane . The majority , of those presens

      then . formed ; a procession and proceeded , with tht deputation and a band of mtfeicat their hc ^ d , to tW Court House . On their arrival the prooessionil © - mained in th& street , while ; the deputation entered the Court House , where they found the Mayor and Messrs . Ciapham- and Stansfeld on the bench . M » . Bottomley having read the resolutions above agreed to , his Worship stated that a month before the Committee waited uppn him he had been thinking of th « dreadful condition of the operatives , but considered any measure for their relief' premature ; however , he should see sdme of the influential inhabitants that day or the morrow / and steps would ^ be takenito

      relieve their distresses . Mr . Justice Ciapham expressed a hope tkat nothing about politics . was said at the meeting . This-sentiment was echoed / by th « Mayor ; and Mrv Bottomley ^ having stated that not muchhadfallen from the speakers on tnat subject , his Worship ; again promised that etepe would be taken for their relief , and tht deputation retired . Mr . Bottomley then informed the operatives without of the ; favourable reception of their address , and they retired to their homes , thinking , no doubt , that it would be an excellent thing for them if the promiaet of the rich wrould clothe the backs and fid the belUes of themselves , their , wives , and their children ,

      Caijtion io ; PtmiiCANS .--Gn : Tuesday last ^ Mir . Flemmiri g , of the Yorkshire Hussar , in York-street , appeared at the Court House , to answer to an infoi- . matipn preferred against him by the police j _ fqr harbouring bad characters in his house . Mr . Flemmins stated that he had not long occupied the house , and he had endeavoured , so fir as lay in his power , to become acquainted with improper cbjaracter » , that he might keep them out ; but Ltne house had longA been tne resort of such , and he could not accomplisfi all he could wish at once . The information ynm dismissed on payment of costs . V ' - f-

      Bask Coin . —On Monday , ^ a woman named Catherine Brady , and h « eon , John Brady , # ere brought up at the ( 3 ourt House , the former with having base coinfin , her possession , and the l ^ tterfor . uttering ; The depositions were taken and the prisoners ordered to be remanded till iibtjructioQS wese received from the Mint concerning them . ''; - ' , ^ : ^; Theft . — -On Tnesday morning ^ « decently di ^ ed woman wasobserved by alittle ^ oy to takfra ^ pairof Btockingo from a stall in iViieai ' s Cwfe WdrSwrelii thenfunder net cloak .. Hogave informatioB ^ aDd i , policeman being at hand / she ^ was taken fcto cusMT ^ She gave her name AunBoouiroyd , ahdw « sbr 6 ugD « up atth « icp « ri House o % the . same d ^ y , afi& « oar aitttedlbrttiaL' ^' 'y M ^/ i . 'y ^< y ^' -rv ' : ' --v ' .-- ; -. - ' -- .- : & ^ x \

      ^ AssAUtTs .--pn Saturday hat , at the Court How » j Thoa . Outhwaite . was fined 40 s . and ' eoetsi ' o ^ comautted for two months m default of payments f < n assaulting a policeman on Friday night j iftfe * wrk- ¦ street . —Matthew Sowden , for a similar offonee , was fined 20 s .. and costa . —John ^ Ffirthi' Ib ^ ' ^ similai offence in Call-lane , was •^^¦^ fe - ^<^ S « BlB ^ John Backer , of Horsfbrth , was fihedv 20 ( i . taiia oosto , for assaulting John frowther , of Woodfcouse . T-On Monday , Ambrose Ma ^ w ^ oo 8 t » i fo ^ assaulting * jot ^ York-street , on Saturday night . —James Sowdeii . of Headingley , was fined luai ^^^ and oOBts , f <» assaulung Mr . Buak inHunsleHane ^ on Satur ^ j ;? ^* r (

      : Fobious Dbivino . —On Monday , Joseph GockflLJ cab-driver , of- Kirkstall , appeared before the 0 ^ 8 ^ trates , at the ^ Court House , ; , oWgM ^ & $ « nnk inflicted serious injurieson the pe ^ n , or ~ l * a « ea inan ^ who-was dragging * iwP ^ S ^ o ^ pBoar . lane on the previous Monday . Th «! . a ^ fenda | itTwai driving his cab at a furious rato , an »> &ie wheel can * in contact with the plaintiff ' s truck ^ ^ ywbjcnylM was knocked down , and much cut aboutthe facTand head . His conduct was witnessed by two pr / Jhree parties ^ and the poor man having been placed ~ undei surgical care , had his wounds dressed , uudfWM afterwards removed home ; he had been since UDabw to appear . The magistrates ordered the" defendant to pay € ^ to the p ^ amtiff , for the -injuries whichlie had auatamed , and to pay , in addition , the snrgeon ' a bill and costs , amounting to 15 s . more . . \ ^ !

      FELOinr ^— Qn Saturday , several y ^ on tf men , oi notorious character were placed before the magistrates at the Court "Housei having been ; apraahenSed on suspicion of being concerned in the roBbery of ai p ^ n named Westermani at a house of ill-fame , in Off-street , oitt :. ihe previous [ Wednesday . The prosecutor was in a state of intoxication ; ; he , i however , identified four : ofyti ^ e paJrty , named Stockdatei Gwenwoodi Akexpydi and ^^ Morton ,: and they wertt committed for trial ; another of the party , named Straker , was fined 40 g . and costs , for an attempt at rescue ; and the other two , whose names are , Hollmgworth and Airton , were discharged . '¦;' -. ;/

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 21, 1839, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1088/page/4/