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      EFFECTS OF CHTJRCH AND STATE ¦ - UNION . ' . : la - * ttJtotry like this , boasting of aore , "bat possesteg las , of practical liberty tkan * ay other wmntty in Europe , we are nataally led to a compari *> n between the opinions , act » > « id deeds , of Members of Parliament , and the opinfons , acts , and deeds , of those professed to be reffresaated , by the said Members . Upon the * < tee iaad ) we find the fcw holding damintoft % ^ tealtb , perjury , -violation of promises , sad aH TOcbaritaM « ie »* , and yet styled by the press as tke sreal' representatives of public opinion ; while , Top < rtx < the-oQter band , we find

      ninety--qyn ? in cpery tamdred -oeclaiiBg themselves unrepresented , and recognising the dominion of Parliament merely in lie sword and the musket . "We hew « f projected changes , such as National Education , Superior Religious Instruction , Moral Twtion . "We find Bishops preaching passive obedience « id noa-resistance ; declaring that this « artfc was intended but as a purgatory , and that the

      sojouraers iere are merely in a state of probation for aaotaer and a happier world , their passport to which wiH ^ gready depend upon their snbservieney and safferrng here below . Now , - without entering into a . theological diseussion with those Bight Eev . Gentlemen , we can only say , that their practice being diametrically opposed to their preaching , ' we ia-vea . strong inclination to doubt their interpretation of H » lv "Writ . The Church and the State are too

      &mly , and have been too long politically , united , to indaoe us , without due scrutiny and deliberation , to adopt the spiritual admonitions of the Hierarchy , otherwise than as political lessons . "We find religion supported % > y force ; liberty trampled upon 4 comforts abridged ; rights abstracted ; and wrong following wrong , in rapid succession ; and yet we are told that our salvation 11111 much , depend upon our mild endurance of these multiplied evils . But that such sopbistry and blasphemy can . be preached , accepted , and acted upon , is not wonderful , wben we see the

      Altar based upon the Throne , and Religion made subservient to political purposes . "We nave been now for some time pointing out to our readers , the many grievances under which they labour , . and of ¦ jrbieh they justly complain ; and we now tell them ihat one of the great causes of all suffering , is the anion between Church and State : England endeavouring to uphold one description of

      worship—Scotland contending for her National Creed—and Ireland ' s old Establishment struggling to throw off the political chains of her new Establishment . With three countries thus embroiled in what i 3 preached as matter of paramount importance , bow , we ask , 5 s it likely , that a senate composed of the champions of the several national modes of worship , can furnish anything like consistency or political concordance in matters which form the kevstone of the

      temple of the respective belligerents ? Introduce a Turnpike B 31 , and it is met with reference to leEgious bias . Speak of liberty at borne , which " ¦ would be likely to lead to the exposition of the incestuous union , and you are met with ihe Bible and sectarian dogmas ; - "but preach of the necessity of freedom in distant climes , and your pulpits at once become watcb-tt wers of liberty , vrnence the home oppressor will thunder his anathemas and burl denunciations against the arrogance , cruelty , and oppression of sinful man . Why is this ?

      Because the home-tyrant has no tithes in Jamaica , and because civil liberty would at once lead on to religious equality ; and would at once put an . end to the system of dealing out salvation by the rood , the perch , and the acre . The mas who now gives . a pint of buttermilk out of his churn , as a spiritual offering , would marvel at so slovenly a mode of salvation ; and , instead of peaceably submitting to clerical injustice in " honour of God , " he would discover that he himself had been in the wrong , by making his t { passive obedience and non-resistance" a kind of

      trap to lure the receivers of stolen goods into sin and damnation . If " passive obedience and non-resist ance , ' upon the part of the people , lead to plunder , rapine , and jirofanation by their rulers , are they not , themselves , accessary to the misery of their rulers ? and is it not , consequently , incumbent upon them , to make some sacrifice of self , to do an act of charity to those who are in error ? " Passive obedience" is never preached but by tyrants , who have to protect , ¦ with the musket , the plunder which they have gained "by blood . The Reformation was not accomplished

      by martvrdom . " Passive obedience and non-resistance" would hare been but a poor force in the hands of the monster , Habxy , to effect the destruction of the monasteries , and the plunder of his subjects . " Passive obedience" would not have enabled Cbomweix to subvert ancient tyranny , " and to establish , upon its ruins , a more modern but not less tyrannical order of things . " Passive obedience and non-resistance " , would not have induced the poor Irish Catholic to support , with his sweat , for centuries , the demagogue Church parson , who was hired

      by the State to damn his faith , denounce his creed , and iasult his person . If It was not for the union of Church and State , we should now have "Universal Suffrage . "Without Universal Suffrage , we cannot hope to rid ourselves of the effect of the -unholy nnion . Religious toleration mean 3 religious political equality . Religious equality means a fair chance to contend for religious ascendancy , and religions ascendancy means prostitution to State purposes , and prostration of civil liberty . Religious inequality ( that is the persecution of the professors of one creed

      "b y those of another creed ) iB incompatible with , and could not exist in , a State where civil liberty was complete . Therefore , let U 3 , in honour of our God , our country , and ourselves , endeavour to destroy the Cannon Creed by Universal Suffrage , which would " be the firmest base for " the Altar , the Throne , and -the Cottage . " The real meaning of Church * and State union was well exemplified in fhe person of the Jate Duke of Tobk , who was , at one and the same time , both Bishop of Osnaburg and Commander-in-Chief of the army .

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      EVENTS OP THE WEEK . "Well , the " ides of March " have come ; and , what is more , they have gone too . Another close and desperate struggle has taken place , between the Three Headed Devil Xing and such of the people in this realm as are not yet disposed to bow down and ¦ worshi p the " Beast . " From the beginning , " we have eschewed him as an unnatural monster , with whom the people ought not to hold either communi cation or parley , but whom they ought instantly to slay . We have ever regarded the New Poor Law

      as an abrogation of all those principles of equity and jasBce on which alone law can be ibunded . We have ever denied , and we do still deny " , the authority of those who passed this law to enact it ; and we do equally , nowy as we have ever done , deny . their right to enforce it . We deny , in fact , that it is any law at all , and that the peeple are bound to Tender any obedience to its anthority , or that of any pretended functionary acting raider its provisions . Hence , we hjnre never recommended the policy of electing

      guardians , hostile to the enforcement of "the law—we have always gaid to the people elect no guardians at all , hoidno communication with the Devils' minions , minister no help to your own destruction . Oldham and Mxby bare acted on this principle , and have gloriously maintained -their independence ; . bat , in most other places , our friends have thought that a readier and more effectual method of dispatching the " Beast" would be to strangle him in the " meshes of i ja own net , oy electing , as Guardians , men who were

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      determined to run all risks in opposition . t ^ a , ^ This is a good position for the people totals , ifetogh not , as we think , the best tfcat might h * taken 5 and we are glad , neartflv gladlb &e > Veiy « oul > s core , to see that the brave fellows ^ BodienSeW , JU > chdale , and some other places , fearing taken this position , have maintained it gaiSmtly . They hare done great serrice to their scountry , atrd will be had in everlasting rea&embranetf by their children ' s

      children . The struggle was severe , for the . "Beast " knew it to be for life . His Herculean powers of every descriprioa were put forth . Trickery , of the meanest kind that ever "Whi ^ ery was tainted with , was -unhesitating ly resorted to . In Honley , when the "Beast" perceived that he was losing ground , the rate-books were ransacked for objections against voters , « ven : up to the panic of 1825 ; nine gears before tiie Sill was passed . .

      In Preston , the Churchwardens , ever mindful of the Shop , acting , indeed , it is said , under the orders of his Three-Headed Infernal Majesty , seized the golden opportunity of performing two acts of mischief at once , by wrenching the wages of iniquity , in the shape of church-rates , out of the hands of many , who , though they had a great objection to being robbed at all , preferred yet die lesser robbery of their purses , by the priest , to the greater robbery of their lives and liberties ty the Three-Headed Devil King ; and by depriving of their right to vote for Guardians all whose conscientious feelings

      were too powerful for their patriotism , or whose purses , happening to be empty , left them no means of complying with the alternative . These two objects , so worthy of the warm province in which the New Poor Law was hatched , were nicely attained by declaringy when the election had arrived , that no person should be allowed to vote whose church-rates were unpaid , but that they , the churchwardens , were ready to receive the church-rates . A more paltry and nefarious juggle we have not known for some

      tune . After all the desperate fighting , deep-scheming , and wily doubling of the " Beast , " Huddersfield , glorious Huddersfield , still tramples him under her feet , smiles at the impotence of his fury , and mocks his torturous writhings . And these heats of blood , and chafings of spirit—these turmoils , equal to the vrorst features of an election for 77 J 7 * -Tepresentatives in Parliament , are to be brought on us every year to enable : the High Priests , of this

      modern Moloch , to offer up human sacrifices to the household Gods of " Capital . " The friendships of neighbours are to be interrupted and destroyed—the concoTd of society annihilated —the silken cords of amity , that bind each man to his fellow , to be roughly torn asunder , that a rose leaf may be added to the bed of the Sybarite , by planting a thorn in the pallet of the pauper ! Merciful Heavens , to what a pass has "Liberalism " brought us ! But , thank God , the ruin is not irretrievable . It is in the power of the people ,

      at any \ moment , when they please , to say to the ruthless monster , all powerful as he is , thus far shall thy ravages extend , and no further ; and the men of London , all honour to their name and memory , have said that word , and said it manfully ; . The parish of St . Bride , in that famous city has tasted the sweets and benefits of the Hew Poor Law . She has eaten of the bread , and drunk of the cup , of the three-headed Devil King , until she has grown tired of his board , and determined , hereafter , to keep'herself . At an immense meeting ef the inhabitants of that parish , the proceedings of which are reported at full length in our sixth

      page , they resolved" That the inhabitants of this parish are capable of maraging the whole of their parochial affaire , -without the aid or controul of any other pereona . " ' " That the resolution of the public Teatrv , on the 17 th of February , 1837 , in these words— ' That it ' is the opinion of this vestry , that the introduction of the New Poor Law Bill into the city of London , and the formation of the whole city into one -union , Trill not only benefit the rate-payere , but improve the condition of the poor , and provide greater comfort iot the aged and infirm ; and , therefore , this parish desires to participate in the benefits to he derived from thennion , ' be now rescinded . "

      This is the position we want to see the " people take . We want to see them distribute their own money to the poor , without troubling either the Devil King or any of Ms myrmidons at all about the matter . " We have no abstract love for sinecures , but , inasmuch as we have . seen from ; the temper of the House of Commons , that so long as that nefarious body is returned bj ten pounders , there i ? no hope of the snug places provided by this infernal law for "Whig toad-eaters being abolished , we do ardently desire to see the people convert them into sinecures for the present , while

      their unremitting energies are applied to the obtaining of Universal Suffrage , without which they can hsre no certainty against either the operation of old laws or the enaction of new ones , in the same spirit of rapine and blood . —^ d—— —

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      TO THE EDITORS OF THE NORTHERN STAR . London , April 4 , 1838 . Gentlemen * , — "While you are rousing the sections in the ISorth , we , in London , have fallen into a sort of Endymion ' s sleep , as though the combined juices of mandrake , poppy , and hemlock , were our only potations . Here we are , close to the two big Houses , witnessing every day , under our noses , such scenes , as in other times , would " fright the isle from its propriety , " or " make the angels weep . " Yet not a hand or voice is raised , not a muscle

      moves , not a sigh or groan escapes to indicate any consciousness of suffering , much less a disposition on the part of the sufferers , to make head against the system which is silently but rapidly consuming them . It was only the other day ( Monday ) that the next parish to which I reside , the parish of St . Bride , decided by 120 against 100 in favour of introducing the New Poor Law Act into the parish I The meeting was a public meeting of the rate payers , called expressly for the purpose of'" rejecting the New Poor Law Act from the . parish : "

      but the worthy profit-mongers , who regarded the question as merely one of pounds , shillings , and pence , decided in favour of their own pockets and against the bellies of the paupers , by a majority of twenty , none but rate-payers votings and the votes being taken by Ballot . Mark these two facts , men of England ! Mark , that in a question which virtually concerns more than one half of the population—a question which is literally one of life or death to everyman subsisting on the wages of labour , as well as to the actual pauper—none were allowed

      to vote but persons having a direct interest in starviHg the one and enslaving the other ; and mark again , that those same parties voted by Ballot , that is to Bay , secretly and in Vie dark , as all rogues act , whose deeds will not bear the light . Here is a specimen of what you may expectfrom the Ballot should the middle classes succeed in soperadinng Grote ' s Rat-trap to the other machiueTy of the " Reform" AcL The parish of St Bride' contains , at least , eleven thousand inhabitants of

      whom one third are always liable to dome ; on the parish . Had the meeting been one of the inhabitants at large , ana had the voting been " open ,- ( as by show of hands , ) instead of by BaUot , the just claims of the poor would not have had one hand'in twenty raised against them , and I doubt' -wfiefiiei : there would have been even one . profit-monger bold enough to speak' against them . But , conducted as the meeting was , the fate of the poor of St . Bride is now ; at .-the mercy of the Poor Law Commissioners , with no other sanction ^ from the parish than

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      ft * secret votes of 120 profit-mongers , giving a majority of 20 . "While this was going on it | St . Bride ' s * tfe « morning papers contained numerous case ^ x » pled from fte pTovincial press , . &ttb \ $ ng tjfcte Ulke treatment of the unhappy poor all over t&e country . For instance , the Cruwdians of the Cirencester poor decided last week that ^ for * a " able-bodied man accustomed to hard labour out of the workhouse , and to c&re labour within ,, Jive ounces of bacon per

      week was * v $ kknt animal sustenance . No beef , mutton , pork , or veal—do animal food of any kind beyond lie five - © arfoes ; of bacon ; and no beer al l the week round , " S « ch is the treatment of the Cireaoester poor m the workhouse ; out of the workhouse , it is death . As a proof of this , the Gloiices ter "Chronicle of Saturday gives the case of a poor woman named Hancox , tha wife of a cripple , and aged 56 , wto had literally died of hunger and cold , after a fruitless application for relief to the Cirencester Board of Guardians . This unfortunate

      creature had walked three miles on a piercingly cold day—was kept waiting a whole day inpainful suspense—and at last dismissed without a farthing or a farthing's worth . All tbat remains of her now is the verdict of a coroner's inquest , which says , that " the deceased died by the visitation of Grod } ( what horrid blasphemy !) and that her death was accelerated ( how scientifically expressed !) by the

      intensity ef the cold , to which she was exposed by attending the Board of Guardians , frorti which she returned home in a weak andshivering state . '' How many hundreds throughout the Kingdom have suffered , and are now suffering the fate of Mary Hancox ! Mr . Bow en , lately a Guardian of the Bridgewater Union , and next to OastIjER and Stehhbns , the most effective Anti-Poor Law combatant we have in our ranks : this excellent and

      spirited individual has shown in his pamphlet that while the deaths of convicts in the Hulks averaged 2 . 3 or 2 thre # -tenthB per cent ., of their number per annum , the deaths in the Bridgewater LTnion averaged 41 . 4 , or 41 four tenths per cent , per anum . In other words—that the rate of mortality was tighteen times greater amongst " ' . the paupers referred to , than amongst the convicts . He publicly charged the Guardians of that Union with having : caused the . deaths of upwards of 30 persons ^—with having knowingly and deliberately pursued a system of treatment towards them , which the medical officers of the Union had fore-warned them would be

      fatal to the victims ; and , how , think you good reader , was the charge met ? . By what tribunal entertained and . adjudicated in ? By the Bridgewater Board of Guardians themselves ! ! ! yfith no other authority than their own , and that of their accomplices , the Somerset-house Bashaws , these murdering " Guardians of the Poor" of Bridgewater , sat upon themselves , —took cognizance of their own crime--called no witnesses but themselves ; and ) after a private examination into their own guilt , unanimously returned a verdict of Not Guilty in their own

      favour , which verdict is , up to this hour , the only part of their proceedings which has been made public !! I defy " tie records of Eastern despotism to furnish a parallel case to this . "When Hen ry Y III . of wife-killing memory , condescended to argue doctrinal points with Lambert , the schoolmaster , be tried first to convince his opponent by a right Koyal display of Catholic orthodoxy ; but that process failing , be had him tied to a stake , where , with the aid of fire and faggot , he soon convinced all loyal subjects that Lambert was no better than an obstinate

      heretic . This was a very arbitrary and summary mode of conviction ; but I doubt whether it was more arbitrary and summary than is the Bridgewater Guardians' mode ofself ^ acquittal , and I also very much doubt whether , after all , Lambert did not experience more real mercy and fair play from the wife-killer , than did the Bridgewater paupers from their chosen Guardians . Lambert was killed with fire by the King ' s authority : the Bridgewater paupers were killed with water-gruel , by the authority of their Guardians . The wife-killer held himself

      responsible to nobody for roasting Lambert : the Guardians consider themselves responsible to nobody for having inflicted diarrhoea and death on the paupers . There was no coroner ' s inquest to bring in a verdict of wilful murder against the royal roaster . There has been , and I fear will be , no coroners' inquest to find asimilar verdict against the water-gruelling pauper-killers . Thus far there is not much

      difference . But Henry , with all . his atroci ty ^ gave Lambert a public hearing , and consequently an opportunity of escaping the roasting , had the latter been only wise enough , or not too fanatically mad , to avail himself of it . But had the Bridgewater paupers any such opportunity of escaping the watergruel ? Did they get a public hearing from these " Guardians ? " Did the latter trv to convince them

      publicly that water-gruel was good and wholesome , nutritious and substantial food for able-bodied men , or for aged and sickly persons of either sex . But I must not pursue the parallel . One startles at the inferences to which it might lead , and I have already carried it too far to leave a doubt on the mind of any humane person as to what ought , to be the fate of the Bridgewater Guardians .

      Such , Gentlemen , are the scenes which are passing in and out of London , without exciting the least apparent commotion in this great Metropolis . The only question of present interest here is Negro Slavery . But to that and other trumpery matters I will more particularly advert in my notice of what is going forward in the two pure Houses . Yours , &c ., &c ; , BRONTKRItE .

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      /' / '" -. ' - V ; : ¦'¦ ¦ : . . r ,: 3 L ^ BiWk .- ' •{/ : ¦ ¦ \ :. / , ; V ¦; . - ¦; ' ; ' A VAtftUt AND jHtoNEST RECftUIT . — On Tuesday kwt , a lusty son of the north s named Itobert Nejson , wajbrought beforef the magistrates charged witi stealing ¦^ a penknife , the property of the recruiting sergeant of the 6 th regjmeiit . The sergeant ^ stated that he had listed the prisoner on the day Wore , snd had taken him to his aparMerits , where he furnished 'him With a good dinner and a pint of been Leaving him for a short time in the

      room alone , he absconded , ^ taking : with him the pen * knife in question , which , however , was not missed till the following day , when the worthy sergeant was anxious to try bis hand at quill cutting . The valiant recruit was then sought for with great vigilance ^ arid wag ultimately found with the knife in hfe possession . He stated in his defence that he had been using the knife to cut his finger nails , and had , by mistake , put ¦ : it into his pdcKet . He was proved to have enlisted in the 6 th , the 19 th , and the 24 th regiments , all within twenty-four hours . He was committed to take his trial for the theft .

      Caution to SHOPKEEpERSi-TTOn Saturday last , Mr . "Wilson , Pawnbroker , George-street ^ and Mr . Fisher , shoemaker , Briggate , appeared before the magistrates under the following circumstances . It appeared that sbm «? time beforej a girl had gone to Mr . Fisher ' s requesting- to look at some shoes , which , on pretence of herfather wanting to look at them , she was suffered to take away without Mr . Fisher knowing whither they were to be taken . These shoes were subsequently pawned ^" afc-vMr . Wilson's shop . for four shillings ; . and being discovered by '; Mr . Fisher , he took the customary means to recpyer his goods , Failing to obtain them thus , the parties both appeared before the magistrates , who adjudged that Mr , Fisher should pay Mr . "Wilson , the pawnbroker , four shillings , price whi ^ hhe had leht upon the shoes .

      Impudent Robbery : —Robert . Thompson was charged before the magistrates , on Monday last , with having entered the house of a person named Elizabeth Bown ^ s , of . Hunslet , and stealing therefrom a shirt , waistcoat ^ jan d neekctoth , which he subsequently pawned fora trifle . The articles were traced to the pawn-shop and identified by the owner , and the pavyn-tjekets were found in the possession of the prisoner . On Saturday last the prisoner : was committed on a charge of stealing some linen , the property of Mr . Charles Scholefield , of York Road . In his defence , he said he had bought the tickets , but could neither tell for how much , hd had bought them or from whom . He was likewise committed on the second charge . ;

      ; EyE and Ear lNfiRMARY .- | -The Leeds Eye and Ear Infirmary Report for Starch , 1838 r ^ - Admitted , 60 ; discharged restored , 70 ; remaining on the books , 140 . Keeping Bad Company . —OnSaturQay last , a young man named Thomas Daley , appeared before the magistrates , charging a girl named Mary Ann Sherry , with picking his pocket , while in that sink of abomination called il The Golden Buildings ^ It appeared that , on the evening before , Daley met

      with the prisoner , who enticed hiiri to thi 9 brothel ; and while in one of the bedrrboms , extracted froni him two half-crowns and a sixpence . He ; alsi ? had a tobacco-box , which he gaid he found on the bed after the girl had left the robin . On discoTCring his loss , he went in search of tfe fugitive , whoni , with the assistance of a policemdn , he spbnfoiind , but the money : had disappeared . The magistrates said that though the case looked exceedingly suspicious against the prisoner , there was not sufficient evidence to con ^ vict her . and she should therefore be dischivrged .

      Richard Oastler in the Fire . — Jonas Driver , a petty Manufacturer , residing in ¦ : New Wbrtley , was brought before the rnagistrates by warrant , on Tuesday last , charged . with wilfully damaging and destroying the property of Nicholas Lenaghan . It appeaTed from the evidence that Lenaghan is , occasionally , a newspaper hawker ; and that on Saturday last he went to the Black Horse Inn \ , in Swiiiegate , where he ; offered for sale the Leeds Mercury , Times , Intelligencer , and some other papers , as well as the [ Northern Star . - 'As .. an inducement to purchasers of the latter mentioned journal , he stated that with it he Uoiild give a splendid portrait of Richard Oastler , Esq . "What , that

      agitator , ' ' said Driver , scowling and showing bis teeth . .- ¦ J * Yea , that incomparable patribtj" Said Lenaghan , " will you buy a paper ? " " Hand me the porijait , " said Driver j \ vhich being reached to him , he put it into " . the fire , and the Nwtherii Star likewise shared the . same fate . Being asked for payment , he threatened to serve the hawker and his basket of papers with the same sauce , and positively refused to pay for the paper . In answer to the charge , ho admitted that he . was drunk , and did not know what he was doing . The magistrates decided that he should pay for the paper aud the expenses of theibonvfStion , which having done , he made his stay in Court as sttort as possible , and quickly found the

      door . Lenaghan applied for § ome allowance for the time he had spent in attending the Court House , for sereral hours that day and the day before- but the magistratea having given judgment , they said they could not alter their decision . Leriaghan dj : d not desire more than 2 s . 0 A ., which , he said would not pay him for his lost time * The magistrates thought it was , reasonable ,, and directed a policeman to accompany Lenaghaii to Driver ' s warehouse , and to state that unless he allowed him some compensation for his loss of time , they would direct that an

      information should be laid aga ttst him for being drunki : He positively refused to pay anything more than the magistrates had awarded , and said Lenag ^ han might go to the Devil for it if he chose . The information was consequently about to be laid , but ta prevent the cdnseqiiericesj a gentleman in the Court handed Lenajghan half-a-crown , which he thqught it better to take ^ or his own ^ . cheek , than have the trouble of attending again and getting nothing for his trouble after all . Was this jsiUy fellow a Conservative operative or a little Whig tantlmg ?

      Mysterious CiRGUMSTANCE . —Inqdest . - ^ On Tuesday niorning last , an inquest was held on view of the body of James Lucas , aged 41 years , who was found dead in his bed on the previous mbrning . T « o' young men slept with him during the night of Sunday ^ and did not perceive any thing on their rising to attend their work on the . following morning . About eight o ' clock , however , when they had Tetarned to breakfast , a little girl went to call the deceased out of bed , and found that he Was quite dead . A post tnortem exarnina . ti , on of the body took place , but no particuiar cause of death was elicited . Verdict—'' Died by the yisitatioh of God . ''

      Court House CuriOsityv—Qn . Tuesdaylast , two respectable looking women , named . Hannah Wood ^ arid Sarah Buckley , appeared before the magistrates to settle a brawl which they could not decide more privately . Mrs . Wood charged Mrs . Buckley with ' . beating her children , ^ who had given her ho provocation . There ysrere witnesses on both sides , who beth swore that the respective parties for whom , they appeared \; b . ad been assaulted . Mrs . Wood desired nothing but peace , for this was the first time she had the curiosity to bring any hqdy to the . Court House , and she did not care if it was

      the . last . Mrs . Buckley had the best of evidence , and on judgment being given against her ( in which shewas , directed to pay 2 s . 6 'd y to some charity , and the expenses , of the case ) , she seemed to feel all the indignation which an honest and independent mind would feel when unjustly accused . She urged the respectability of her t ^ o witnesses who were strangers to her , and had come without * ny promise of reward' to give their testimony ,: while her acciiser had only one witness j whose testimony was completely contradjeted . To this she was answered '' that the bench had given the case a veryipatient hearing on both sides , and they must abide by their decisiphi "

      Socialism . — -On Sunday last , two lectures were delivered in the Social institution of this townj by Mr . Fleming , from Manchester ; The afterho # n lecture consisted principally of remarks upori ^ and replies to an . article- in the vMarch N . 6 . of Black- , weod ' s ^ Magazine , headed "PracticttlWorkings ' ypt Trades Unions . " - ^ Ir / F . was exceedingly happy in his observations ; and in the soundness of a great portion of his advice to the Unionists we fully concur ; particularly when he advised the enrolling of the rules of the several societies under & $ " Benefit Societies Act . ;' •¦ a ' step which wehope every Union throughout th « country will immediately take , arid thus put themselves under the protection : of the only law , lately passed , at all c ^ culated . lto afford protection to workine men . ; Mr . F . also . advised the

      withdrawal of thefuridp pf the . Trades Unions from the Savings and other ; Banks ' ^ and the employing of of them in purchasing real property for themselves , instead of allowing the Banfera arid other Capitalists to convert those funds into additional scourges wherewith to lash J&eir victims , the productiye classes . The evening lecture was ; upon the practicability of the ' community-principle , ; aa advocated by the Socialists ; Mr . F . - is an exceedingly clever speaker ; arid his discourses appeared to make a deep impression upon ; his auditors , Animated conversations followed at the close of each lecture ; and the several objeictions advanced , met with a ready reply . A . lecturer ^ in opposition to spirie of ; the tenets hel ^ l by the Sbcialisbj was delivered in the same robm ^ on Tuesday evening lasty by Mr . firegg ^ Methodist Local Preacher , of thjB towix . ' ; ; v I

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      Thb / Way xb Obtain a , good ; CfltARAcTSR . —Mary Ann Sherry Was brought before the Magistrates on Monday la « t , charged with picking a man ' s pocket of 21 s . at the Golden Buildings , on Sunday night . ^ Qn discoyering the rbbbery she was given By ; , the man in charge of ¦• & policernan . j but as the hemme de plaisir did upt ; appear against the belle Jillt de joie site was discharged ^ The same damsel was brought before the Magistrates on Saturday lastj charged with picking ^ man's pocket of 5 s , 6 d » as mentioned in another paragraph . : Swearin 6 . x WiTNEgs . —The foliowing ridiculote scene took place at the Cpur ^ House , the other day , in swearing a witness , who was a yourig man apparently about 30 years of age . Mir . James ;—^ " You shall true answer ^ ^ make . ' Witness had the book in his left hand ; Mr . James . —Take ttebook

      in ypur right hand . — -v You shall true answer make /' Witness then took hold of thebook withbbth hands . ¦ Mr . i James .-r-Take the book in your right hand You shall true answer make to all such questions . Witness kissed ; the booki Mr . Jaines . —Stop , stop , not so fast ,- —You , shall ^^^ true answer _ . ' jnak'evtp ' - : ill . Witness took the book in both hands , and grasping it with all his might , pressed it to his lips with such force , and for such a length of time , as to make the blood rush into bis cheeks until they seemed almost as red as & turkey cock . ^ The court was convulsed with laughter at the poor fellpvir ' s 1 simplicity ¦•'; . - and after some little further trouble on the part of \ Mr . James , he was at last properly sworn . :

      A SiNOUiiAR Fangy . —On Saturday night last , or rather on Sunday morning , between twelve and one o ' clock ,: two meni ^ namedvThosVM'Donajd and Henry Rodley , were found fightiSg in a field near Knostrop . Being taken into custod y ^ they were brought before the magistrates on Monday last , wheti they admitted the chaTge , and were bound in their own fecognizaricea in the sum of £ 5 each , to keep the peace ffor six rrionthe . Rodley was also fined 5 s . and costs for being drunk .

      Assaulting a Watchman . —On Monday last , a Scotchman , named Richard M'JKenzie , was brought before the magistrates charged with as | aultirig a watehman TChile taking him to th pbliefeoffice for lying . in the street in a state of inebriation M'JKenzie admitted that he . was drunk , but ' denied any knowledge of assaulting the watchman ^ He stated ; that ^ he . had been a clerk in a coach-ornce at Liverpool , and being unemployed had come ; to Leeds in search of employment . He : < ras fined 10 s . and costs fbr the assault . V

      Shocking AccipENT . —On Saturday evening last , ari appaling accidentoccurred in Ilunslet-lane , pf which the following are the particulars : — About seven o ' clock on the night in question , Jane Hodgson , a girl of about seven years of age , and daughter of Mr . Hodgson , of the Spinner ' s Arms , Marsh-lane * was returning with another ; little girl , on Htnj 8 let-larie to Leeds , when they were tempted to turn behind a gig , which haying done for softie distance , they were perceived by the person driving ,

      and were whipped away . Feeling the whip about them , they let go their ; hold , apd ran to different sides of the road . Very unfortunately , the Union Coach was jast passing at the tiine ^ when the little Hodgson ran amongst the horses' legs , wis thrown down , and trodden upon , and both wheels of the ' coach passed over her head and shoulders , which were crushed almost to atoms . She was , of course , quite dead when lifted from the ground . An inquest was held on the remains on Monday afternoon last . Verdict—'' Accidental death . " :

      Thie VES at Odds . —On Tuesda } - last , two noted characters appeared before the magistrates , each complaining of the othery of assaults , damagesj &c &c . One of them produced ^ three parts ; - o £ a pannel , which she declared the other had knocked out of the door with her fist : she also complained of her having brcten a square of glass and sundry articles in earthenware . The defendant had likewise her complaints to make , when the other one in the mean time . calied her daughter as a witness . "Oh you needn't call her to help y 011 out of : your scrape "

      said the defendant , " for she ' s been at Wakefield' for stealing a watch . " " And you ' ve been there for stealing beef , " , said the complainant , " so the kettle does ' ent heed to call the frying pah black . " "Well , and you've been there for stealing pork , '' said the defendant , " so we'd better cut our sticks ^ as I guess ye'U mak . nout o'nt . " Such ; was actually the fact ; the whole of the three had been committed ; the one for stealing beef , the other for stealing pork , and . the third for stealing a watch . The complaint was' not heard ,

      Stealing a Neckcloth . —Marra Whittaker , a girl of the town , was brought , before the magistrates on Monday last , charged with stealing a neckcloth , the property of a toy named George Ward . From the evidence it appeared that Ward , a lad about / fifteen years old , had gone to " Goulding ' s Buildings , " a place of notorious ill ; fame , when being ' in a bed-room with some strumpet , the prisoner also made free to enter , and immediatel y decamped with the neckcloth in question . Inspector Mpxonhaving received

      information of the robbery , pursued the fugitive whom he saw drop the neckcloth in the street . In consequence , however , of some deficiency in the evidence , the prisoner waa discharged . li Goulding ' s Buildings . " r ^ -thm place is one of the greatest nuisances in the town ; there are more depredations committed in this place in one week , according to the cases that cbriie before the magistrates , than in the whole town beside in a month . Could riot our liberal magistrates do something towards the suppression of such a nuisance ?

      Wilful Damage . —On Monday , Thos . Flower was brought up at the Court House , by his father , a respectable publican , in Leeds , in consequence of his having , on Saturday night , brokeri open the door , and behaved to his father in a violent manner . He was bound over to keep the peace for six mbnths , himself in £ 20 , and one surety in £ 10 , > ' Robbery . —On Tuesday , George Thompson was charged at the Court House , with halving , on ; Sunday night , stolen twoV sovereigns ^ , twenty-two shillings and sixpence , a waistcoat , and a handkerchief . The two last articles have since been found at a pawnbroker ' s , and fully identified . They were the property of Eliza Thompsonj thef prisoner's aunt , who resides at Beeston . He was committed for trial to Wakefield House of Correction . ¦

      Stealing Horse Gearing . —On Saturday , Thomas Dixon was charged at the Cpurt ^ House , with having , on the day previous , stolen a pair of blinders from the head of a horse , at the Barrack Tavern , Sheepscar , He immediately took them to the Golden Cross , near that place , arid offered them for sale , when he was apprehended with the property in his possession , which has since been identified by William Fawcett , a coal leader . He was committed for trial to Wakefield House of Correction .

      AcKWORTH Church Rate .- ^ -A meeting was held in June last , ; for the purpose of levying a rate on the inhabitants of this yillage , which issued in the question being adjourned nine months , which tiine expired on Thursday , the 29 th ; March last , The anti-rate-payers igsued a . notice that they should meet pursuant to the adjournrhent ; this proved a ; disagreea . ble surprise to the parson : and other needfuls connected with the churchy way it was hunting day , and the former business , had been overlooked . The officials concluded it best

      to meet the Radicals , as they are here termed j and the chair was taken by the curate , who opened the business , and told the meeting that they must dispose pfitas they thought fit ; Georger Wade , Esq ^ then moved a further adjournment for twelvemonths , arid was s « conded by Mr . John Scofield . Mr . R . Doegmoved an amendment , that the meeting be adjourned to the 21 st March , 1839 , and was seconded by Mr . G . L . Linriey ; a few remarks set the matter right with Mr . "Wade , and the amendment was carried without a disseritierit ; the latter gentleman hiinself declared fbr the amendment .

      ; Narrow ; Escape . — On Saturday ^ George Lodge of Hplbeck , was brought up at the Court House , charged mth- having , sometime preyiously stolen a caurt of tb . e value ^ of £ 4 r or ^ ther property of ^ r . Jpshua Wilson , of Thorries House near Leeds . The ! cart had been-left at ' a smitVs shop in \ Meadow Lane , ; Leeds , r-to ^^ get repaired , andthough , - the prisoner was not observed to steal the cart , ; yet : the wheels were found in hia possession , with a new

      cart body placed upon them . AYapoh as ; the prisoner ascertained that he was suspected , he removed the cart toMahchester , and there sold it for £ 7 / i 6 s . In defence , the prisoner stated ; that the blacksmith had ; lent him : the ' / ' ; cart . The prosecutor observed y that from the courteous mariner in which the blacksmith had acted when application had been made respecting the cart , / he thought he had been fully as bad as the prisoner in the transactibn . The magistrates ; dismissed the case . " -

      A Dangerous PREpicAMENT .-r On Monday last , a young man named- Thos . Ellice was brought before the ^ Magistrates . charged ^^ with being so drunk as to expbsie himself to ' ^ . . death- ; b y 3 drpwmng . > A watchman named John ; Bolton took the prispner Put of the brpok in Water-lane ^ about half-past two o ;* clock . on Sunday morning last , in which ; he might have been 1 drowned had it : not been for the tiaaely assistance of trje watchman . / Prisoner could say nothing in his defence , aridyfas&Qsi 5 a . ati cost 8 ; Ibrbeirig . drivnlci ' ' ¦ ' r . / . ¦ -:- - '

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      . EtiepiON Olf OVEBSEEB 8 OF ? THJB PboB .- ^ -Oi . baturday lastj the following gentleman vere eiZ ^ overseers ; for their sewral . tpwnships and wwdS the ensuingyefir * / ; ' - ? '' ' , ¦¦ . / .: /^> ™ . v-. :.... ; : ¦ :- ^ " :. - ' .. ¦' : ¦ ¦ iiiu ^ MiLv yrAKD . ' *¦¦" .:. ¦ •> '• :. ' : ¦ : " " ¦' -: , ¦ : ^ sS * " Be ™ $ 1 ^ ¦ V ^ rcnanv Bon ^ Jlr . Joseph Thackreyj wodl agent , Parfe Place ; ,, : - T :- - : : ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ WiEST WARD . -V : ' ' :-Mr . Lnke Marsh , hatter , Upperhead Row . Mr . Joseph Reffitt , wooldyerj Hanover » place Mr . Walter Stead , merchant , Wopdhouse-lane . ; - . ¦ , ' - ' . ' NORTH WESt ^ WABb . r ; ; " j ; ' . -- . . ; ' -. Mr . Matthew Johnson , glosser , Well Close Hace Mr , Thomas Anderton , bide merchant , Water-lane ; -. : '¦¦'¦ o ' - .: v . r . / - . ;; ' . ; woBTJH-wARp . ¦ ¦ ¦ ' . '¦" . ¦ ¦¦ "¦ : ' - \ ^ m * ' ir-iv * * Dick «» 8 pn , corn miBer , York-street . Mr , William Watson , ; nn ; cheniist , TempkStreet

      • • : . NORTH EAST WARD . Mr . Thomas Brumfitt , gentleman , York Road Mr . George Bedford , dyer , Beckett-street . ' Mr . John Lawson , nax-spiriner , Mabgate . ' ¦ '¦¦ " ¦• " ¦• "' •¦ ¦ ¦'¦ ' •¦ "'¦ ; ' east yirARD . ¦ ¦ : ¦ - ' : ¦ : ' ¦ '¦ ' .. ¦ ' '¦ "¦ - ' : ' \ 5 J ^^^ ^^ nyroo ^ tapler , Knostrop Mr . Eh Wbateley , stuff manufacturer , Prospect-placJ ,, v - ¦ ¦ ; IURKGATE WARD . Mr . John . Yewdal , grocer , Briggate . : . /' . ' . y : -. ,: ¦ ¦ ¦ - -.- ; sopth ward . .. :: ¦ , ¦;' : ' ' . . ^ Mr . Thomas Holt , Blayd ' s Court , Hunsleriane . Mr . John Bentley , paper-maker , Hunslet-lane

      OUT-TOWNSHIPS . ¦ . . ; -. ¦ . ;/¦ : ¦/¦ _ ' - ' ¦ ::. ; HyxBLEr . [ ' ¦¦ : ¦ ' .. . ' ' ¦¦ ' ¦ : ' • . Mr . John Ingrana , gardener , Sayner ' s-lane . " Wilham Walley , woolstepler , BowIinff-CTeenterrace , Holbeck . > : - ¦ ¦¦"¦ ' * ; " ^ green-^ J osephLongley ^ bricklayer , Chapel-s ^ Hunslet . Joseph Wilkinson , malsterer , Low-rbad . Hunslet . . ; . - ¦ ¦ :. . ;¦ ; ¦ ¦/ . - . - . , ¦ - - /; ¦ -. - : > - ¦ . ¦ - ' : ' ::: .:. ¦ ¦ . ¦ - . ' ¦ HOLBECK . : ' : ' / . " John Watson , grocer . Sweet-street " John Jackson , miller , Hunslet-lane , : ¦ ' ¦ ' :- ' ~ -. u . ' ¦ ' ; : BEESTON . "' ; '¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ : ' ¦ " ' \ " ' : " ¦ Joseph Roger ? , innkeeper . " John-Vates , china-fnerchant , Royds . " - / : ; : ' ¦ ¦ ; ¦ ¦ - . ' . ¦' , ¦' . " -ARMIJEY .. ¦"¦ ¦ : " .. - . ¦ "" : - . ' - - ¦' .- ; . ¦ - ¦ ¦ ** John Holdsworth . " John Walker ,

      WORTLEY . " ¦ Robert Sugden , Bar-row , Sheepscar . " Wmiam Woodhead , / .- ¦ ¦ ^ - - . . - : ; ' : '¦ ' - FARNLEY . - ¦ , '¦ ' ' '" Thornas Holdsworth , near Farnley-HalT * Samuel BoyeS i farmer , Famley-lane-side V- ¦¦ . ' ; , •' - ¦ • ' . ¦ - ¦ ' ¦ - . . BBAMLEy * . " "' ¦ '¦"¦ ¦¦ '' ¦ " •¦ . ¦ : ¦ ' ¦' ¦ ¦ . ¦' . 'f' Josh . Musgrave , clothier , New-Road . " William Bradshaw , clothiery Moor-side-. - ¦ ¦ ' ¦¦•¦ . " : HEADINOLEY . , ; ' " John Eddison ; cloth-manufacturer . " Thomas Smith , wbol-staple > r . CHAPEL ALLERTOV . " Thomas Prince , woollen doth dyer , " FrauklaftdPaley . ; ;

      , ; POTTERNEWTONi " John HowBon , tanner . " William Neale , gentleman . ; ¦ ; Melancholy ; Suicide . — -On Thursday morn itig last , aninquest was held at the White Horse-Wppdhpuse Carr , before John Blackburn , Esq . coroner , on view of the body of Mary Mawso n ^ aged seventeen years and six months j and resident 5 n that place . . From the evidence adduced before thev-coroner ,. ' it appeared that the deceased had had some words" with : her father ^ an aged man , some weeks . ago , A young man who paid hi * addresses to her , testified -that she had said to him that if her father struck ' . -her any more , she would drown

      herself . Whether or not there had been any subsequent disagreement ' between ' her and her father , was not : elicited ; but on Tuesday / week she was riiissing ^ and herforrnerwords exciting suspicion , the ' . ' mill-dam of ; Mr . Clapham was dragged for "' t considerable time , iri hopes of finding the bbdy but in vain . Upwards of a week elapsed without any tidings being : heard of the deceased . At length the dam was again dragged on Wednesday last , and the body pf the unfortunate young woman was found therein , * and imriiediately conveyed to the White Horse , where the inquest was held over the remains , and the jury , returned ¦ a verdict of " Found Drowned . " ^ /

      DEWSBuair , ¦ : ¦ : ¦ : ¦; : ' ^^\ : Guardians . —On Thursday week , the election of Guardians took place at the Wellington Tavern , for the township of Dewsbury ; 'Seven gentlemen had been proposed , but Messrs . Titus Senior Brook , William Newsome , James / Cardwell , ; and : Josepli Rushworth , are the successful candidates by rather a large majority . ; The : ' above Guardians are eitirejy opposed totheNew Poor Law . Dewsbury Petty Sessions ^ Saturday . — Factory Informations . —MessM . Bates and Baker , the superintendents under the 1 Factories' Regulation Act , appeared to prove Several informations aeainsti

      the H ealey New MiU Company , and . their agents . The informations were for working the cnudrett under illegal certificates , beyond the hours appointed by the Act , and for neglecting to send thein to school Mr . B ^ ker proceeded to state in reference to the charge of illegal certificate , that the company had dispensed with , the services of the regularly appointed surgeon , Mr . Wiseman , and had employed / a Mr . Smith , / whose name was signed to the certificates he then produced , of Sarah Moss , John Toulsori , and Joseph Pollard , which he considered in point of fac ^ no certificate at all . Mr ^ Archer , "who appeared for the defendants , contended the terms of the Act had

      been' complied with , which only required that the certificate should be signed by ? some" surgeon or physician . He produced a certificate signed by the said Mr . James Smith ' on the 8 tli Npvember last , arid countersigned by Mr . Saunderc , < Mr . Baker ' s superior officer ) . on the 15 th of jh& same mouth , which , he contended , was a sufficient proof that the certificates : were legally signed . Mr . Baker contendedthat the defendants were bound toprove that Mr , Smith was a regular practitioner . Mr . Archer denied it , and said they had no right to admit what Mr . Smith ; was , the onus lay upon the complaining party . Mr . Baker observed that Mr . Smith ought to

      come forward and prove it himself . Mn Ingham remarked that if Mr , Smith was not a regwarlj educated surgeon , the certificate was useless , and therefore he was inclined to think that Mr . Baker was bound to prove that he was neither surgeon or physician , in order to fully make put a case . Mr . Baker said Mr . Smith was sot on the list of surgeoni . He prpduoed the list , bnt Mr . Archer objected that it was not evidence , as the lists were almost necessarily imperfect . After some further ^^ conversation , Mr . ^ ^ Ingham observed that ^ the ^ point was a singular one fo Kirn , and he should wish uie decision to stand over for a fortnight . In . the meantime he should be

      glad to examine any evidence which either party might furnish him , in order to assist his judgment . The decision was therefore adjoorried . —Mr . Baker then putiri the certificate of Joseph PoUard , which was hot countersigned by a magistrate . " : ^^^ Mr . Archer immediately admitted its illegality . Mr . Baker next charged the Company with working children under thirteen years of age more than nine hours a daf * Mr . Thomas Bedford admitted that the children were worked full tfine ( eleven hours each day . ) Afr-Baker inquired of PoUard bis age ; he replied undet 13 . Mr . ; Archer pbseryed that the certificate whieh was signed by Mt . Wiseman , in 1830 , stated him then to be 13 years of age , and it was rather singular ii he was under that age in 1838 . Mr . Ingham donbted whether he could hear the defendantsnoon that

      efftificate , which they had admitted to he illegw in consequerice of not being cbuntersigried . Their afl " mission of its illegality bound them tpnrove that the lad was 13 years of age ; : Mr . Archer men contended that according to the 43 rd sectioii of the Act : the Bench could only coriyict once in any one day . « was ^ raflier too much to b ^ fined for working withoot a certificate , and then be fined for not having a certificate at all . Mr .. Baker pbseryed that the fM charge was not having a proper certificate , and secondly , fpr ^ working nlpre than nine hours a . day-It was a ^ eed ultimately that the case should be considered as heard , and the , decision postponed . The / rest of the , informations were postponea uHio the nextCourtday . Mr . Hague refused to in terfere in any way with the decisions , in consequence < Ji being a . proprietor ofmilLj . ; ,

      iNDECENt Assault .- ^ T wo boys from Pawgree ^ named John Hague and John Webster , were finea 8 s . each for indecently assaulting ; Mary Smith , a gi » twelve years of age . Matthew Mitchell and Matthef Field were also nued for a similar assault upon Mw Auty , agirlabout ^^ the * sane age ... Theypniigras <*» were severely reprimanded by the 'B&ack . '

      . ¦ ¦' ¦ " .- ; -: " '¦ - ¦ : - . - ' - ¦ - '• - ** nT'i lr K ^ f ' ¦ ¦¦¦¦ - '¦¦'¦¦ ' . ' ¦ -:. "¦ - ; v- " The Odd Fellows H ^ ilii—This flourishing bpdyof individuals pf the Loyal Independent Order of Odd Fellbwa : of the Manchester ; Unity ^ » . «* Halifax district , have commenced building a spacioo * hall , in Cabbage-lane , near St . James' Chorc ^ having purchased 1000 square' yards of ground i ° " that purpose of G . Pollard , Esq . It ¥ to haye t *

      b ^ l ' ffi |( g , ^; Twtt ;<» i 5 t \ ftem : > b ' qut ! £ ^ Pr - ^\® ?' be / aippropriirted for the purpose o ^ T holding P ^ / meetings , / lectures , , &c ; V It is tol ie tvrentf-w yards long , thirteen yards wide , and eight J *^? higliv There will also be a gallery , capable of hoia-. ing ; feehnndKid persbhsj and a vecess for the accommodation of' speakersj reporters , &c . ;; ; ¦ ¦ , > ; ¦ FecuNDiTy . ^ -Eleyen ewes , the V ^ S ^ -i , Jonathan Akroyd , Esq ., on his estate at ^^^ near Halifax , have recently produced , ^^ lambs . : ' ^ v' ¦ ¦ /¦ ¦ . - "" " ¦ : /¦ ¦ , . "/¦¦¦ - ' / ' : . ; :. : ' . v . / . '; ; '' .- ;

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      Several correspondents who should have been replied to last week were neglected ; Mr . Hill being sick , some of their communications are noticed below . -

      " Our youthful Queen ' is more gallant than poetical . ¦ ' / .. . .. - ' . ' . - . _ . ¦ . / - ... ¦¦ ' . '¦ : •" Abecedarian . We advise him to go to school and learn so to arrange his words as that people may be able to find out his meaning . O . O . T . His lines have some merit , but they are 4 po long , and will , require trimming up a bit- . . ' ¦ ' '' - . - ¦ ' - ¦"• ¦ : ' . . ; ¦ ¦'¦' . ' ;/ " ' V Mr . Oastler ' s Letter to Lord Brmtgham was not received until the matter for the paper was so far m type as to render it impossible to find room for ~ " it . It shall appear next week . Mr . John Finch .- ^ l-Pe are in the satne predicament with Mr . Finch ' s letter as with Mr . Oastler ' s .

      This may bs partially accounted for oh the score of our going to press a little earlier than usual , because of the extra demand .,- ., ' We gteatly fear whether , we shall be able to give all Mr . F . ' s previously published letters , especially in one number . / . " . .-. ¦ ¦ . J . Darken , Norwich ; We had not forgot our ex-- cellent Jriend ; he shall be attended to ; and the portraits he wants shall be sent through Mr . Hether ~ _ ington ; perhaps neat week if opportunity offers . The Sabbath . —Ota- attention is directed by a correspondent to tome old statutes by which Sunday r contracts * are illegal ; and persons buying and sell ing on Sundays are liable to be fitted . W-T ; is animpudentfellow and a cowardly elan-.. derer besides . : ¦'¦ :- ... ¦

      No Agitator—will say that we have made use of the - itfornwfioh contained in his letterywhichieas much top long for our space this week ^ and would have grown stale before another . Legal Questions . —Several important legal questions : ] fame been received , but as Mr . O'Connor is from , home theycannot be answered this week . Mr . ^ awson , Bolton .- ^/ F < r sincerely regret the inconvenience , which arose from \ noneglect' ^' his J > t ifiBa 6 < occasioned by an oversi ght < U 4 his-dKeei

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 7, 1838, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct345/page/4/