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      A T a PUBLIC MEETING of the Iahabitants A . of the Borough of LEEDS , convened by the Worshipful the Mayor , and held by Adjournment from the Court-House , in Bruniwick Chapel , on Tuesday , Apr il 24 th , 1838 . ' In the unavoidable Absence of the Mayor , Alderman Dr . WILLIAMSON , in the Chair ; It was resolved on , on the Motion of the Rev . Thomas Scales , seconded by Mr . "William West , 1 . That this Meeting , convinced that the Emancipation of the Negroes in the British Colonies is a Measure not only just and necessary in itself ,

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      LATEST FROM CANADA . ' HAMILTON . THe court for the trial of prisoners charged with high treason and treasonable practices was opened on TbHisday , before Mr . Justice Macaulay . After the usual formalities , the following gentlemen were sworn on the Grand Jury : — - A . T . Kirby , Esq ., foreman ; J . JVf . Whyte , J . Williamson , Colin C . Feme , M . P . P-, E . Ritchie , P . H . Hamilton , M » Murray . M . Croats , George Chishohne , J . Chalmers , W ' . Young , T . Rolpb , M . D ., A .- Gardner , W . M * Coy , James Hamilton , J . Ewart , Hugh Wilson , M . Alkman , M . P . P ., Esqrs . His Lordship addressed the Jury in a long and able speech explanatory of the novel and important dnties on "which they were summoned to decide

      Treason being the highest crime known to the law , and visited with the heaviest penalty , tie constnn t ion had secured to the accused . -the most -ample ¦ piPJiTis of defence , so that prisoners could not ie immediately tried on a true afll being found , but must have a copy of the indictment famished to them ten clear days before they can be arraigned , which copy must contain all the fact * , together with the name , professions , and abodes of the juries who are to be on die panel , and of all the witnesses who are intended to be produced .. In addressing = ihe petit jury , his Lordship said that the prisoners being entitled to a peremptory chlallenge of thirtyfire ,-without asagzung any cause , the necessity of a punctaal attendance "was imperative , and fines would be inflicted on absentees . The petit jury was then discharged till Friday , 23 rd instant . — Express , March 10 .

      TBIAL OT STCTffEKLASD . Soon after noon on Tuesday last , the American General Sutherland , and his aide-de-camp Spencer , captored off Point-an-Peie , by the gallant Colonel ¦ P&nce , alter thf » late bloody engagement in that Sarte r , "were brought into town , and securely lged in our garrison . YesteTday , the General ¦ was put upon his trial , before a court martial , composed of the following officers : —Colonel Samuel P . Jams , President ; ColonelKingsmill , Qoeen's Own ; Colonel W . B . Robinson , 2 d Simcoe ; Colonel Carthew , Royal Foresters ; Major Gumett , Queen's Toronto Guards ; MajorJ . W . Dewson , Royal Forester ? j Major Henry Fry , ditto ; Captain John Powell , Qneen ' s Rangers ; Colonel Fitzgibbon ,

      Judge Advocate . He is tried by the prom-ions of an act of onr Provincial Legislature , passed during the recent session , entitled , *• An Act ta protect tbeinh . abitants of this province against lawless agjrres--sions from the subjects of foreign countries atpeace -with Her Majesty . " We attended the opening of the proceedings , and -it appeared to us that although the general aeportinent of the prisoner was calm and self-possessed , he seemed taken a little aback when he found by what law he was to be tried . However , he bore up . upon the whole very well , and without that degree of vulgarity and insolence we expected from him . 'He stated his profession to be that of a lawyer , and . at the same time , that he knew little of military

      law on such occasions . He was anxious" to kuo \ v whether the officers who tried him were of the resular army or of the nnb ' tia , and whether they were residents of this country , We ^ thonght we could perceive a slight beam of satisfaction pass over his saliow complexion when informed they were all militia officers . Whatever may be his fate , he can have no cause of complaint of " the manner in which he is treated , and the leniency that is shown him . He is allowed tbe benefit of connse ) , so far as consultation goes , but not to plead for him . A copy of the charges , and also a copy of the act upon which he is tried , has been furnished to him ; and he is allowed the use of pen and ink . The . Court adjourned until ten o'clock this morning .

      He is a tall , muscular man , of about five feet eleven inches in _ height , with bold , and strongly marked features ; a full , quick , light grey eye , dark ¦ allow complexion , and black hair . He was dressed jn a sort of half military , blanket frock coat , much resembling those frequently used by the Indians , -with dark bine buttons , collar , and caffs , grey pantaloons , with seams of dark blue . It is thought his young Aide-de-Camp , Spencer , will give important evidence . —Toronto PaUadiutn , March 14 . Postscript of the Toronto Patriot , Wednesday , March 14 . —We stop the press to announce that the trial of General Sutherland has met with a sudden interruption , inconsequence of his attempt last night to bleed himself to death by opening veins in his arms and feet . His state of exhaustion is exm-ine another half hour and he would have been dead .

      Amherstbursh , —We have seen a letter from an officer at Amhertsburgh , of the 12 th March , which states that accounts had been received there of 40 of the Americans , wounded in the engagement at Point Pele Island , on the 3 rd instant , having been taken in fbrtreatment at the hospital in Portland , and that about 30 or 40 were drowned in their perdpitate flight across the ice . About a dozen of the company of the 83 rd , who had pursued the runaway brigands about four miles , fell through the ice , but were fcrtunatelr rescued bv their comrades . — Gazette .

      The four Americans found in arms on Hickory Island , opposite Grananoque , after the dispersion of the piratical force from French Creek , are to take rheir trials at Kingston under the same act . — Palladium . The best answer we can give to the various inquiries respecting the rumoured appointment of Mr . Secretary Joseph , is to point to the last Gazette , wherein Mr . Allen M \ Donnell is appointed to be sheriff of the midland district , vice Mr . Richard Bullock resigned . —lb . It is said that a shotwas fired at Colonel Dewson aiew nights ago by some evil-minded person near the site of Montgomery ' s Inn . —Guardian . PARIS , April 23 .

      The 7 th of next month is fixed for the commencement of the trial of the individuals accused of the p lot against the life of the King of the French , in which Hubert , arrested at Boulogne in the month of December last , is charged with being the principal actor . On Tuesday night the accused are to belnnr » lL ? d with copies of the . acte < Taccusation ( bill of indictment . ) It "sill therefore become public on Wednesday or Thursday next .

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      ¦ - ^ ^ MRS . GRASSBY r . MR . TATTERSFIELD . TO THE EDITORS OF THE XORTffERX STAR . Gettlqiex , —Permit me , through the medium of your journal , to discuss a point with a correspondent of the Leeds Times , witb-i ^ gard to the patriotism of 3 Ir . Oastler . - M . G . To Mr . JT ' m . Tattersjield , Jun ^ Heckniondwike . Sib , —The appearance of Mr . Oastler's portrait seems to give you offence , because the original calls himself a Tory . " A Tose , J » y any other lame , "Would smell as sweet . "

      " . ris not the party appellation that constitutes the man , but his actions . The actions of Mr . Oa&Her are "before the public , and have gained him the esteem of millions . His portrait is engraven upon the hearts of a majority of the productive classes of both sexes in tins country . Mr . Oastler never deceived the Radicals by coming out under false colours . He appeared before the public as an ultra Tory of the old school . He is not one of those newjangled Tories , who mQ cringe and bow to the Jews and jubbers—who sacrifice the blood of infants to their golden god . 2 so , no ; he is not one of this sort . His Toryism leads him to lend his strength to ¦ crash the monster , Ararice , and restore to labour its

      just reward . This is his Toryism , and this is patriotism ; for a man who advocates the rights of labourwho says that labour is entitled to a just and fair remuneration , before the landlord is entitled to his rent—who says that the right of labour is the first of aQ rights s 1 " * acts accordingly , is a patr iot , if I am able to form any conception of what patriotism is . If the working classes liad called round Mr . Oastler , and opposed the Starvation Act , with only half the zeal which he manifested , at theproper time , it would never have passed into a law . The Suffrage which you extol ( and it is the duty of ever Radical to ? xtol it ) , can only , when we have got it , put "us in possession ofthose meastiresfortheprotection of therights labour

      or , which Mr . Oastler has always been contending for . Cease , then , to abuse him , and act like a true Radical . Leare Oastler to use his sledge hammer his own way , for his blows are never dealt out against the people , but for them . Leave him to « ojtendyith the Poor Law , and to protect the Factory Child , and let us lend him onr support . This will not interfere with our acting on the princi-.-ple * of Radicalism . Not it ; we can support Oastler , and unite onr efforts in the ' cause of Union for the great fundamental principles of Radicalism at the same time ; for recollect that the Suffrage is aiot to be got by merely asking for it . Uo , no ~ my Mend we must labour for It . Talking uill not do .

      It must be active exertion which procures it for us ; rand the man who ¦ will ' not -venture both life anc jimb to obtain liberty , is not worthy i » _ enjoy that blessing . Let us then unite , and let minor points alone . Let the protection of labour and the assertion of its rights form one common ^ object . Let us form one grand bo % d of union , throughout both Lancashire and Yorkshire ; so that we may act upon any pyen point at any gjren ^ me—a nd "when we have accomplished , flu * , which is onlj our duty as Radicals and fnends to the human race , il Oastler will not join our standard , * h » n we abandon him Bnt my head to a parsnip he w 2 ] not ihrsake the

      * MARY GRASSBY Efland , April 25 th , 1838 , fWc are eprite jpffing to leave Mr . W . Tattersfield , jon . " in * be hands of Mrs . Gr&ssby , without adding anything to her sensible letter ; but we must just . observe that the letter to which Mrs , G . replies

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      above was sent to us with an anonymous signafnre . His sending . it to the feeds Tmies , therefore , with a real signature , as having been , in that form , by usrejected , is afraud upon the Editor and Readers of the Leeds Times . —Eds . A . S . ]

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      CIRCULAR LETTER OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF MILL-OWNERS . Manchester , April 19 th , 1838 . Sib , —Some months since , a General Association of the mill-owner * in Lancashire was forme--:, for the purpose ( more immediately ) of "watching the progress of the Factory Bill , which it was then expected would have been immediately brought forward , and generally of protecting the interests and characters of the mill-owners as a body , both of which were considered to have sustained material injury from the want of proper organization . - , -, . In connexion with the Central Committee in Manchester , District Associations and Committees have been established in almost every manufacturing town in Lancashire . The new Factory Bill has at last been brought forward by the Government , and the second reading is fixed for the 7 th of May next .

      The Bill , as printed , contains all the clauses most objectionable in the Act now in force , whilst in some respects it is made of a more stringent character . It gives power ( although by a circuitous method ) to the * w 5-Inspectors to enter all parts of the mills ; still leaves to the Inspector tbe power of making rules and regulations , which after beine : twice published in the London Gazette , are to be binding as the Act itself , and makes most important alterations in the clauses relating to the education of children . The Central Committee consider that an opportunity more favourable than is likely again to occur , is now afforded to those interested in , and to be affected by , the provisions of the B . 11 , by union aud

      zealous co-operation , of obtaining the passing of a Factory Act which , whilst securing all necessary protection to the children , shall be more satisfactory and of a less irritatiDg and tyrannous character in its operations , as respects the masters . In order , however , to obtain this , much has to be done ; Jor it cannot be concealed that the Bill , as now printed , appears rather to have been drawn under the direction of an Inspector seeking further irresponsible power , than with a due regard to tbe interests of the masters , and of the great and important trades to be brought under its operations . You will doubtless , ere th i ^ , be : n possession of a copy of the proposed Bill , and acquainted with the character of its various provisions .

      A numerous deputation , consisting of spinners from the various Associations in' all parts of this coautr , will be forthwith appointed , for the purpose of attending ia London during the progress of the Bill through Parliament , and endeavouring to secure such alterations as are required by the trade . The following suggestions and instructions were agreed upon ata general meeting of this Association , for the guidance of sucn deputation , viz : — 1 st . That no alteration shall be made in the hours of labour now permitted . 2 nd . That the deputation be instructed to press upon the Government that the education tlaus-es in th « present Bill are onerous , and inefficient for securing the education of the children . Cird . That tbe sub-Inspectors should not be allowed anj' additional power of entering the mills .

      4 th . That the extraordinary and extravagant powers now vested in the Inspectors , and especially that oi convicting on tieu \ should be withdrawn . 5 th . That whatever may be required to be attended to by the mill-owners aud occupiers , should be distinctly and expicitly defined in the Bill itself . 6 fb " . That the mill-owners shall be punished only for substantial , aDd not mere forma ] , violations of the law . At tlie last general meeting of the Committee , held on the 27 th instant , it was resolved that a communication should be immediately opened with the cotton , sill ; , worsted , woollen , and linen trades , in all parts of the kingdom , in order to secure their zeilous co-operation , and the appointment of deputations oji behalf of their respective bodies , to meet and unite in London , with the deputations from this Association .

      It is in compliance with this resolution , that I now wr ite to you , and the Committee will be anxious to hear that you have arranged to send a deputation to London , on behalf of those interested in your neighbourhood , and also what steps you intt-nd to take ; on receiving which communication , you will be duly informed of die proceedings of this Committee , and of the time of the deputation meeting ia London . It is most important that you should immediately communicate your wishes and instructions to all your Parliamentary friends and connexions . All communications you will please to address to Mr . Joseph Heron , Princess-street , Manchester , the solicitor to the Central Committee .

      1 am , Sir , Your most obedient servant , HOLLAND HOOLE , Chairman of the Central Committee

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      ADDRESS OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF FACTORY OPERATIVES . Manchester , -April 26 th , 1 S 3 S . Fr iends , Conntryifen , nnd Fellow-workmen of the Factory Districts of "Great Britain and Ireland . Some months since a general association of the Millowners in Lancashire , was formed for the purpose ( more immediately ) of watching the progress of the Factory Bill , which Mr . Fox Maule and ' Mr . Labouchere , two of the present government , have broughtinto theHonse of Common * . The general principles and provisions of this projected measure will be investigated aup discussed on the second . Teading , which is to take place on the 7 th of May next .

      The General Association of Miljowners have authorised their Chairman , Mr . Holland Hoole , to sign n . circular letter , dated Apr il 17 th . and adopted by a meeting of this " Millovrners' Combination " at Manchester , held on that day . This Millowners' Circular state , that " Branch Associations and Committees have been formed in almost every manufacturing town in Lancashire , ' ' and this " combined- " body proposes , that" organization" be instantly effected , and that deputations be " forthwith" gent to London , to obtain such alterations " as are required by the Trade . "

      Tha " Circular" of the " Combination" of the Millowners complains of the Xeic Bill , as containing " all the . most objectionable clauses of the Actnow in force , whilst , in some rejects , it is made of a more stringent character ! " The "Combined " Millowners also denounce the " ¦ powers" of the Inspectors " to make rules and regulations , which , after being twice published in the London Gazette , are to be binding as tbe Actitself . " They are gr ieved . , deeply grieved , with tbe " irresponsible power" which they attribute to the Inspectors , and that it should b « proposed by this Bill to give " power to the Sub inspectors ( although by a circuitous method ) to enter all parts of their nulls . "

      On the whole , they urge their brother Millowners to a strong and instantaneous " Combination" " organization , " saying that " the Central Committee consider , that an opportunity more favourable than is likely again to occur , is now afforded to those interested in , and to be affected by , the provisions of the Bill , by an active and zealous co-operation , of obtaining the passing of a Factory Act , which , whilst securing all necessary protection to the children , shall be more satisfactory and of a less irritatbig ^ and tyrrannous character in it 3 operat ions , as it respects the masters . " The order of proceeding finally suggested by this powerful " combination" of Millowners , consists of the following sis articles : —

      1 st . " That no alteration shall be made in the hours of labour now permitted . 2 nd . " That the Deputation be instructed to press upon the Government , that the education clauses in the present bill are onerous , and inefficient for securing the education of the children . 3 rd . w That the . swfr-inspectors shonld not be allowed any additional powers of entering the mills . 4 th . " That the extraordinary and extravagant powers now vested in the Inspectors , and especially that oi convicting on view , should be withdrawn . 5 th . " That whatever may be required to be attended to by the Millowners or occupiers , should be explicitly , and distinctly defined in the bill itself . " 6 th . *¦ That the Millownerj shall be punished only for substantial , not mere formal violations of the law . "

      The Central Committee of the Operatives of Lancashire and Yorkshire-liave now to imitate , at humble distance , the example of the Central Committee of Mfllowners , and to state tofAwrconstitnente their views of these proceedings . We heartily congratulate ourselves ' upon the fact , that , in spite of the Parliamentary Combination Committee ' now sitting , and which , -we have reason to know , is preparing to recommend some . " strong measures " for putting down all -combination among Operatives , the Mfllowners are thos putting into our hands a powerful weapon of defence in reference to the position they hare assumed . T&exr General Association" with their " Solicitor , Mr . Heron" is formed , chiefly , to protect the interests and characte r * the Millowners as a body , which are considered to have sustained material injury from the want of proper OBCAXESATIOJf "

      Henceforth we know where to refer Jbr pattern and precedent , and are now openly countenanced by the Millowners" to form as many general or particular Associations as we please , to " protect th&inlensts ana characters of the Operatives , as a bodyv which ( to our sorrow we know itj have sustained , and do sou sustain , material injury from the want of proper organization . Men of England , Men of Scotland , and Ireland , hear us . ' " Organize ! Organize !! ORGANIZE ! !! " Protect your interests—protect jour

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      characters—arouse ye ,, from vow . torpor * and come forth , for the day dawns , and the ; day . mr of hope now beams : upon you ! vv ^ f ; > ¦ Now then for the object , whicVoTir . . respected brethren in " Combinatioji" ( the > ** Millowners" ) haveirivii'w . „ . , V Take your time . Friends ; compose yourselves , as -well as vou can ; restrain your exultation , and let reason and sound judgment role . Let usproceed step by step . Remember then that our first appeal to the Legislature in 1831-2 was for a good Ten Hours' Act ( actual labour ;) Sadfer , the ^ lamented Sadler , was then at our head . Under--Lotd Ashley ; k auspices we renewed that appeal MM 833-4 ,. and were , mot hv all thft nbicanerv . which'our cumimgand to

      wealthy enemies had itin ,, the ^ power employ . The evidence procured by the late Sir Robert Peel , and by the late Mr . Sadler j ^ wasdeclaredinsufncient to justify the Legislature in passing a Ten Hours '" Bill . Further enquiry , was demanded' by a majority of two ; the " Factory " Commismission was appointed—that commission reported , —and the leader of the " Milkm-ners "' party in the House of Commons then proposed ,- and then caused to be passed , the present " Factories' Regulation Act , "—which we usually call" Althorp ' s AcL" But , be it ever remembered , that in the framing of that Act Lord Althorp ( now Earl Spencer ) was chiefly guided by the wishes and suggestions of a '' committee , " or " deputation , " of Millowners , who regularly sat at an Hotel in Palace Yard , and whom Mr . Stuart , the Factory Commissioner then , and a Factory Inspector ? iou \ has designated " a

      bit of a Parliament . " And who was the speaker of that "' bit of a Parliament , " which thus directed the proceedings of Lord Althorp , and to whom the most objectionable , " and " irritating , " and "tyrrannous " clauses of the present Act are to be attributed ? Who , we repeat , was the chairman of the Palace Yard " combination of Millowuers" on this occasion ? Will the world believe it ? It was no other than this sfOf-same Mr . Holland Hoole , the chairman of an " organization " now formed to undo their own doings . , ' The improbability , the inconsistency of such a proceeding we account for satisfactorily , from our conviction of the fact , that ( at Mr . Stuart assert * in his letter to Mr . Wilson , the Secretary of the Central Board of the Factory Enquiry Commissioners ) the only reason for their recommending the principles of the present Act , was , that ^ t / te >/ ( the Millowners ) knew they would be imprdcticabte . "

      Mr . Stuart ' s authority for this charge , was Mr . Holdswortb , of Glasgow , one of the very "Bit of a Parliament . " Weleave the people of England to assign to the ^ characters" of these Millowners , all the merit which they think is due to them . We , with the fear of Mr . He-ron before our eyes , must mind what we say . We know that such conduct would send any Operative , amongst us to Coventry—to disgrace^—to tbe black nock—but- we do not presume to make laws for " Organized" bodies of Gentlemen—oi MiHowners—and much less , for such a pious and exemplary Weslevau Methodist , as Mr . Hollaud Hoole ! .

      But we must put our constituents a little more on their guard . A known aud zealous friend of the Ten Hours' Bill—a Millowner too—was told byth <; veritable Mr . Edward Baines , ?/ . P . for Leeds , a few d , ays ago , when discussing this question with him , that this new Factory Bill was proposed by the Government , at the instigation of a powerful and influential deputation of the cotton interest ; but that the Government , though desirous to meet the wishes of the Millowners , were in much difficulty as to what course they should pursue . This was the snbstauce oi Mr . Baines ' s statement , and the facts very fully corroborate it . this

      The pvedicAinent of , the Government is just . On the one hand , they are called upon by the friends of the factory youth to put their own law in force—to make it efficient ; and on the other hand , the " organized" Millowners are raising an outcry against the " irrif . iting" and " tyrrannous clauses , ' which they themselves suggested ; and are " agitating" for the removal of all that is unpleasant to them—or in other words , in the remotest degree beneficial and protective to the children , for whosi ' defence it was enacted . Among other things , they wish to be rid of the education clanses . Now the great boast of the advocates of Lord Althorp's Act ( Mr . Baine . * , of Leeds , to vrit ) was , that education " was prodded for , " and now it is found by these very

      men , ' expedient" to take it away . Xoic , they plead that it is hard the Millowuers . should be required to submit to the inconvenience of educational arrangements , -which no other class of employers are saddled with . But we , on the other hand , declare that the children employed in factories can get no education ( under a twelve hours' act ) in any other way . No regular day schools are available to them . The younger children as well as the older , are at the mills during all the usual hours of the day schools , and surely no one will expect them to attend evening schools at , and after , eight o'clock at night , which is the earliest hour at which they could attend them , even if they were not , from previous fatigue , and from the lateness of the hour , precluded . What , then do we recommend ?

      We earnestly entreat our fellow labourers in every town , of every rank and grade , without the loss of a siugle day , to assemble and adopt in every place a " Remonstrance and Petition" to Parliament , signed by your chairman on your behalf . We know it is ol no use to ask you to petition again as heretofore ; but wtJ hope you will yet try a remonstrance , demanding in terms of suitable earnestness and respect , that the New Factory Bill be thrown out—that the j / ounger children shall not be deprived of the eight hours' and education clauses—and that for all others the term of ten hours he enacted .

      Friends , you see your work ; do not stand looking one upon another . Meet every whvre instantly . and ACT , act as men , as Christians , as Britons , and let not the younger branches of the millworkers be thus spoiled of a legally acknowledged RIGHT . Beware of the " General Association of Millowners ;" they talk of no alteration in the hours of labour now permitted \ but we ^^ know their hearts '; and you , if you do not st ir yourselves , will see to your sorrow their acts too . What z . bit of Parliament did before , a bit of a Parliament can do again . Friends , we have no time to dwell upon this

      invaluable documentof the Millowners . We might enter upon a fruitful field of remark , as to the line of " agitat ion" adopted by the Millowners , and we might justify all that has been done against the New Poor Law , upon the same grormd as that taken by them , bnt this is not our province . Once more we say ARISE and ACT . Let Britain know that you can " organize" as well as the Millowners , and that you are ignorant of not their device ; - ' . Why should yon not send depu t ations to London as well as they ? Signed on behalf of the Central Committe . THOS . FIELDEN , Chairman ,

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      Lord Joh : n and his Forlorn Hope .- This well disciplined anti-Poor Law neighbourhood has been saluted by the woe-be-gone Guardians and their insensate masters , the Commissioners , as the theatre of a counter agitation , ( which has also been carried into other districts , ) in the forlorn hope of so mystifying tbe subject , as to reconcile the people to the long threatened , and as long delayed , introduction of the law of devils into these parts of the country , that have so gloriously resisted all attempts of the Government to fasten their infernal yoke upon them . A fellow of the name of

      Acland , has been the worthy agent of the Poor Law Commissioners in this in&mouft ¦ undertaking . He put forth large placards , without any printer's name attached , offering to defend the New Poor Law against all opponents , but taking care that the opposition , and the interest created thereby , should minister to his cupidity , by making a six ~ penny and shilling charge for admission . The people have no notion of being thus fleeced and laughed at , and , therefore , very properly refused to hear him , so long as he screens himself , behind the sixpenny and shilling admission Counters , in small rooms , at Whig public houses , and surrounded by Whig bludgeon men , in police uniform . They have dared him to call an old English meeting of the people ,

      and let them see him face to face , —they have offered to call such meeting , and defray the expenses of his visit , but all in vain . After prowling about the neighbourhood under cover of night—skulking in public houses , and other characteristic retreats , — - he has , at last , made his escape , covered with infamy—leaving his piottSy liberal , manufacturing , magisterial , commissioning friends in ? absolute despair—and so ashamed of themselves , and their dirty cause , that they now forswear ail connection with their doughty champion , —and implore the peopla not to suppose that , by merely associating with him , they are supporters of the measure he comes to defend . Poor Lord ^ Tohn ! What will he order

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      HOCflDAXiB . Church Hate at JtocHpALB . —On Monday last , there was a meeting of the rate payers of the parish of Rochdale , in the parish church , for the pur * pose of making a church rate ; the vicar in the chair . A motion was made , seconded , and carried , for a rate of one penny in the pound ; two persons only opposing it . The whole business only occupying three or lour minutes . New Poor Law . — -On Monday evening . Mr .

      Acland gave what he called A Lecture on the Poor Law , in the Theatre . Every part of the house was thronged with people , and after between five and six hour * had been spent in a most disorderly manner , the assembly broke up without being able properly to understand what the lecturer hatt said , save the quoting of tome portions of old A « ta of Parliament relative to Poor Laws . He ennonnoed his intention of giving another lecture on Friday ( yesterday ) .

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      Sunday SchooI Sermons .- —On Sunday the Rev . j . Verify , ; of Blackbum ,. preached : two sermons in the Primitive Methodist Chapel , VY'rir Office , when collections of : upwardsi of £ li vfaa collected for the use of the Sunday School established in that village , it being feyeral pounds more than was ever collected ! in-the same place for the same object . Pett * SirasioN .-r-Mr . Webster , " the Inspector of Factories , on the 23 rd , preferred ^ charges against several occupiers of mills for violating the Factories ' Act . The magistrates * seven , in number being present , were very lenient in their convicjtipns . Jas . Lord , who had five charges , was convicted in 20 s . Jach , for four cases and costs . —others ; in similar

      sums . SamuelDrake , an overlooker , for James Lord , was committed for six days , for signing false statements , attesting that the children went regular to school , when it was proved without contradiction to be false . The ; Law ; f is imperative that this crime shall be punished with imprisonment . ; John Smith was fiaea 20 s . and coste for riding in his cart without reins * James Hardman , for the same offence , and not being able to pay the Hney was committed for one month . Martin Rush , Mark Rush and Edm . Laury were brought up on the following charge .

      Jolm lurner , a watchman , stated that on Sunday moaning between two and three o ' clock , while on duty , he discovered Martin Rush committing a nuisance in a public thoroughfare . He apprehended him , but Rusli called out tor help , when the father of Hush and some others rushed put of a house , rescued the prisoner , and severely assaulted the watchmau . The three prisoners were the following morning taken into custpdyi The young Rush was sentenced to two months in the New Bailey , and Laury and old Rush was suffered to rush out of tfae office by each paying 18 s . for their lark .

      RoBBEtty . —On Saturday afternooni an aged man , jwent into the house of AbrabamEcroyde , atLoiver Hey , near this town , and asked to light his pipe . A little girl being in the hoiiife gave him consent , the mother being up stairs making the beds . He then asked the girl to give him a little water ; when he had drunkithe madia ofl ' , but had the kindness to take with him a gown and shawl , the only ones which ^ the poor womaii possessed . He hadbeen gone only a few minutes when the woman came down stairs and missed thein . She looked out , but the bird had flown out of sight .

      ACCRINGTON . Two Sermons were preached on Sunday last , by the Rev . \ Y . Fawcett , of Sutton ; that in the afternoon in the Sunday School connected with the Baptist Meeting House , Aihsworth-street , cand one in the evening at the Primitive Methodist Chapel , Branch-road ; after which collections were made in aid - of the school connected with the former place , amounting to £ 10 4 s . 6 d . Awfully Sudden DEATH . —On Tuesday

      morning week , a young ; man named Edward Lang , was found . dead down a flight of cellar steps , at the buck door of the Bay Horse Inn . He had been drinking at some other house in Accrington ; and it was supposed he had been atternpting to get into the Bay Horse , when missing his footing he fell head foremost down the steps . When found be was quite dead . An inquest was held on the body the following day , and a verdictt of " Accidental Death" returned .

      BOLTON . Alleged Riot at Bolton . —At the Bolton Petty Sessions on Monday last ^ Mr . Taylor , solicitor , applied to Mr . Andrews for a warrant against a number of soldiers of the 88 th regiment now stationed in that town . He stated , that on Saturday evening last , about half-past eight o ' clock , a party of about thirty or forty soldiers came down from the barracks armed with bludgeons , and having effected a forcible entrance into a beer-sbop in C » reait MpoNstreet , kept by Israel Hampson , they destroyed most of the furniture , broke the windows with the chairs , which they threw into the street , aud drove every person from the house . Mr . Andrews wished to know the cause of such an outrage . Rollinson , the constable , stepped forward , and said Ue believed it had been

      caused by an assault previously committed by tbe waiter at the house and two Irishmen . The soldiers had frequented the house , and on Wednesday last one of the dragoons from Manchester having come over to see his brother who belonged to the 88 th , they went to Hampson's to get some beer . A quarry ! ensued , and the waiter of "the house , who had a wooden arm and an iron hook at the end of it , almost killed the soldier of the 88 th with his inhuman arm . The dragoon had also two fingers broken . These circumstances enraged the soldiers to such a degree that they determined upon being revenged , and not finding the vvaiter , destroyed . the furniture . Mr . Andrews said he would grant a warrant for the apprehension of the soldiers , in order that the case might be heard .

      Fatal Accident . —On Friday morning , about seven o ' clock , Mary , the wife of Thomas Fielding , a spinner , was killed on the railway at the Lecturer ' s Closes , Bolton . She went regularly every morning for the purpose of cleaning Mr . Hargreaves ' s offices , and as she was crossing the warehouse yard , through which rails are laid to convey goods to and from the warehouse , she passed between some waggons , when unfortunately the engine began to move the train , which on . meeting together crushed her . Medical assistance was immediately procured , but she did not long survive the accident .

      Singular Phenomenon—On Sunday afternoon , about a . quarter-past six , a light was seen to play round the north-west vane on the belfry of the Old Church . It presented a most vivid appearance for two or three minute * , and then became gradually irivisinYe Vike the flame of an expiring taper . Just as it vanished a flash of lightning was seen to issue from the clouds which hung over the church , and several peals of thunder followed . — Bolton Free Press .

      MANCHESTER . Stealing Money at a Beer Shop . —On Saturday , Thomas Clay , captain of a vessel , having occasion for assistance to tow his vessel a little way up the Rochdale canal , employed a labourer , named Edward Hargreaves , for that purposei ; and then the two went to a beer shop , in Dale-street , kept by a person named Dean , to get a quart of beer . Clay fell asleep , but was soon awakened by feeling Hargreave ' s hand in \ m pocket . He immediateiy rose and pursued him , but could not catch him . On

      Monday , however , Hargreave ' s w as brought up at the i $ evf Bailey , where Clay attended-and stated these facts in evidence , and that the purse which was taken from him h > . d £ 18 6 s . in it . On the part of Hargreaves , witnesses were called , who swore that Clay was quite drunk at the time , and that he had complained , about half an hour before , that he had been robbed . Daggatt , the police officer , however , said that : Clay was sober the same afternoon when he gave information at the police office . —Hargreaves was committed for trial . .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS . Wednesday , April' 25 .. Sir T . Hepburn , for Haddingtbnshire , and Colonel Thomas , for Kinsale , were sworn and took their seats . ¦¦¦ - , . .. ¦" ¦ " ¦ ¦ ¦ : . . ¦ . ¦' ¦ : . ¦ New writs were ordered for Stamford in the room of Colonel Chaplin , who has acaepted the Chiltern Hundreds , and for West Suffolk , in the room of Mr , Hart Logan , deceased . Mr . HUME gave notice , that on the motion of Mr . Rice for the re-appointnieht of the commitiee on Joint Stock . Banks , he will move to add these words—" Also on the State Banking in Englan d generally , ; the fluctuations ia the amount of the

      Currency , and the causes thereof , since 1833 . " ' Mr . VVYNN presented a petition , from Thomas ; Baker , agent of the petitioners agiinst the return for Yarmouth , praying that the ballot for the Yarmouth Election ' . Committee , which stands ? for to-day , be postponed , on the ground that William Bart , the mayor , who has possession of the pollbooks , has absented himself , in order that he may not be called before \ the Committee . The Hon . Member proposed that the ballot be postponed till Tuesday , and that in the mean time the House

      should make an order for the attendance of Bart . The motion , which was opposed by the Attorney ^ General , was negatiyed by 100 to 78 . Mr . Serjeanr TALFOURD mored the second reading of his Copyright Bill , which , after a long discussion that occupied the : whole evening , was carriedby a majority of 5 ; the numbers being 39 and 34 , On the question that the bill be committed , it was moved thatit be committed to a select committee instead of to a committee of the whole House , but the motion was lost by » majority of 7 ; the numbers being 38 and 31 . The House adjourned at half-past ten o ' clock .

      Unpftecilbentei) Otccess1 ^ Commercial Buildings, Xieeds.

      UNPftECilBENTEI ) OTCCESS 1 ^ Commercial Buildings , Xieeds .

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      YESTERDAY'S WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET . > .. Wheat is in fair demand at an advaeceof Is . qr . Oate go off slowly at much the same prices . Barlejris in . demand andfiilly as dear . ¦ HardTBeans are in request , and rather dearer , but soft sampler are difficult to quit . Leeds Cloth Mabkets . —In the Coloured and White Cloth Halls , on Saturday , there was a

      very linvited demand for every descriptien of manufactured goods . On Tuesday , there was some " slight improvement ^ but still considered to be dull markets . The stock of goods oh hand is gradually augmenting , but in some instances a portion of the labouring population are not fully employed . . "' . Halifax Market , ADril 21 . —There has been considerable business doing in our Piece Hall to day , and at similar prices to last week . We caiinot quote any alteration in the value of either manufactured goods or wool . . - ¦ . ;

      Bradford Wool Market , April 26 —Our report this week differs in nothing itnaterial from recent accounts . The state of the market may be summed up in . one short but expreggive wprd---i > tlLi , The consumption of Wool is cuftailea , ar id , though there has been no quotable reduction in price since last week , some parcels have been sold a shade lower . Middle Wethera may be quoted at £ 13 . 10 s . ¦ to £ i 4 v . " " . . ;¦ ¦ ¦ .. r :- - ;; , ;; ;^ :. ;; ; * : > : . " . ; . ^ ; " ;' " Bbadfobd Yarn Market . —The state of trade is still unsatisfactory , and the prospectsior the future so uncertain , that spinners hold off receiving contracts , and the busines transacted is nearly confined to small ordern . Some of the mills are running short time , aud many more of the spinners declare their intention to resort to this mode of relief unless

      some decided change take place m the price of "Wbol , or the demand for Yarn . ' Braivforp Piece Market . —If there be any alteration in this day ' s market , as contrasted with the last , there have been rather more goods Sold , * but at ruinous prices for"the manufacturers . : Dewsburt Cloth HAMi , April 23 . —To-day business was nearly at a stand ; scarcely anything was done , on account of the Woolmarket being so much above the price of the manufactured goods .

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      i Hddde * sfie"ld MabkS ^ ; Apjrijt fithwvr haye again had a dull mar ^ , thpngi ^ there ha » been rather ; more done in drab fcerseyB and kerser ' merest Plain goods remain a drug in " general ^« the fancy trade newjpatterns areinquired for , thbn ^' no extensite transactions have taken plice . ^ yfAKBFi uLD Wool Market , April 27 - ^ We do not report any alteration , in the price < rf Wobh this week , but the market is heavier a ^ thinp appear to be again rdapsmg info their formJ ' dull state . . ; ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ " - Leeds Fortnight Fair , ^ TednesdaT , JUrii 26 . —There was an extensive supply of ever *' description of Cattle at this market to-day wh ^ was well attended by buyers ; and the princrhSi portion of the Cattle expend for sale were disposed of at the following pr ices :--Be ^ 6 s . Ver 8 toner Sheep , clipped , 5 d . ; m Wool , 6 d . per lb . Number of Cattle at market : Beasts , 272 ; Sheep , 3 45 ^ . > PigS , 100 . ¦ ^ .,-: :: f . - ' - . rV . i . Bochdale Flannel Market , April 23 - ^ Our market this day has been similar to what ' ^ have had for soine time back , with the exception

      that a rather larger quantity of goods mayhave bem passed off , thaii what has been the average fOr several market days . No improvement in priceg they are almost stationary . Nothing has transpired in the Wool trade either in the demand or price , sincejour last report . Several-pf our small manuf ^ turershave already begun to abridge the hours of labour amongst their workmen to three or four das * per week , and unless a speedy change in trade takei place others will be compelled to do the same . PONTJEFRACT CORN MARKET , April 21 . - » The markets this day have been rather brisker especially Oats , which were bought up immediatel / Oats , 19 s . to 27 s . per load ; Barley , 32 s . to 35 S ' per qr : ; . Ked Wheat , 21 s . to 25 s . ; White do . 25 g to 26 s . ; Beans , 14 s . 6 d . to 16 s . do . Old , 19 s . ; Peas Us . to 15 s . '

      Howden Corn Market , April . 21 . Total Quantities , Pr . Qr . Tot A ? nounL Imp . Measure . £ . s . d . £ , s > d . Wheat . ' ... ? 336 .. 2 19 - " 0 i . .... 991 11 4 Barley .... 26 .. 1 6 Q .... 33 16 0 Oats ...... 23 ? . - 0 19 8 .... 233 14 0 " Beans "' .. > . "' 55 .. 1 16 0 .... 99 0 0 Richmond Corn Market ; April 21 st . —There " was a plentiful supply of Grain in our markettd .. ; day : —Wheat sold from " 7 s , 3 d . to 8 s . 9 d . ; Oats 2 s . 8 d , to 4 s . 6 i . ; Barley , 4 s . to 4 s . 3 d . : Beans ! 4 s . 9 d . to 6 s . 6 d . per bushel . %

      York Corn Market , April 21 , - ^ The supply of Wheat and Oats , although exceeding \ hi \ of the last few weeks , is still moderate , and" % " sellers are enabled to quit their samples at rates fiilly equal to those of this day week . Barley , of fine quality ^ jg very scarc e , and , the weather continnitiff favourable for Matting , would fetch higher " rates ; Beans are in dematid , and rather higher . Hull Corn Market , April 24 . —Wehaj only a middling supply of farmers' Wheat to-daT .

      The cOBdition was very much improved , arid \ tH trade must be noted full Is . per . qr . dearer ; in some instances 2 s . per qr . advance was obtained . Barler fully maintains its value ; our supplies are now very short . Beans are Is . per qr . higher for harf handsome samples . Oats were in fair supply , amj fully supported the rates of last week . Rape-seed is j full 20 s . per last lower , and dull sale . 'In Lihsal l \ no alteration in value can be rioted , but the trade J is dull . " ¦ - ';' : I

      Manchesfer ' - Cattle Market , April 25 .- I There was a much smaller supply of Beef to-dir , I there being 240 B easts less than last week . Sheep I about rhe same as last week , which caused the prices to be higher , and all got sold up iu good time . B « t from 5 d . to 6 £ d . per lb . Sheep , from J 6 £ d . " to 7 U . ' perlb . ; Veal , 4 £ d . to 6 d . There was a great pat of the Sheep clipped . Number at market : —Sheep 2 , 665 ; Beasts ^ 730 ; Calves , 99 . f Parlingtox Markets . —At oiir Haymarket , on I Friday last , the supply was large , which was sold st I £ 5 to £ 5 . 10 * . per ton . No Straw . At our Fort- I night Fair , on Monday last , the supply of Cattle I and Sheep was large ; sales very dull ; prices lower . Beef , 4 s . 8 d . to 5 s . Mutton , 5 Jd . to pi . yet jb .

      tu the Corn Market the supply of grain was yeiy large ; sales heavy . Wheat , 13 s . to 15 s . Oats , 5 s . to 7 s . Beang , 9 s . to 10 s . Barley , 7 s . 6 d . to 8 s . 6 d . per boll . Butter , Is . 2 d . to Is . 4 d . per lb . ; A pples , k 4 d . to Is . 6 d . per peck . Potatoesj Is . 6 d . to Is . Si per bushel . Manchester Market . —There was a decided appearance of improvement in our markejt on Ttesday . The demand for Yarns , and for most descriptions of printing cloths , was better than for some . I weeks past ; and a trifling advance on previom : I rates was , in some eases , realised ; Tjhe general . I opinion appeared to be , that prices havi ? at lepgfli I seen their lowest , and there was cons ; quen % a I much moreheaUhy feeling than has prevail 3 d for some I considerable time . ' I

      Newcastle Corn Market , Apri 21 , —We I have had good arrivals of Wheat coastwise , andtk I fnrmers brought to this morning ' s market n moderate i supply . The condition being much tetter M . heretofore , the sale was brisk at an . advance d k i per qr . Eye and Boiling Peas were j ; 1 so rather 1 dearer . The weather being still ' very , cold , good" § MaltingBarley met a fair inquiry at fon ner prices , : M Malt continues extremely dull . Very lit ; le demand « for Beans . Having a large supply of Oats , tie C trade ruled heavy at rat er lower rates . ' The stock ; || of Cloverseed at this place is very small . ) andgood g Red is in fair demand . Arrivals this weiek-r-Coaj {> H

      wise , 2 , 086 qrs . Wheat , 139 qrs . Rye 894 qr ? . H Barley , 149 qrs . Malt , 180 qrs . Gate , 8 drs . Bean . ' , 1 and 2 , 006 sacks of Flour . 1 " . ¦' . '"' 1 Tea Sale . —A few more needy buyers of Con- I gous have come into the market , and the CDnseqnenc I is , that they are Jd . per lb . higher thanltst week ' s . " - ; quotatiens . Other kinds unvaried . The character I of the sale previously established is maintained , I and it is expected to finish on Thursday . I

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      O'Connor , Esq ., of Hammersmith , Cp \ ffitJ Middlesex , \ by Joshua Hobsok , at to Printing : Offices , Nos . 12 , and 13 , Market Street , Briggate ; ant Published by «*¦ said Joshua Hobson ^ ( for the said Fergus O'Coxnor , ) at his Dwelling-house , No . 5 , Market Street , Briggate an intemt Communication existing Ijetween the ; said , ^ 5 , Market Street , and the said Nos . 12 , andj 3 , Market Stre * et , Briggate ; thus cpnsti . rnupg * whole of the said Printing and Publtftog Offices , one Premises . 1 ; All Commtinicatioris must be addressed , ( Pp ^* paid , ) to J . Hobson , Northern Stir 0 m * Leeds . " . " . ' •¦ '¦ ; ' ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦\ T '¦ : '' ., ' ¦• . Orders and Advertisernents received by tie :

      xmaameniioned Agents : — ¦ . Ashtm— -Joseph Hobson . " Bai-nsley— Lingard , New Street . j „ , Bolton- ^ Ainsworth , Sweet Green ; Lawson , km-, Bradford—J . Ibbetson , Market-Place ; andS . Bo » er , Top of Westgate . F Bristol ^ - G . Payne , No . 21 , Castle Mill-Sfreet Brighoitse—jLi . S . Keir , Bookseller . Burnley—^ Butterworth , 11 , Carman ^ street . Bury—Chadwick and ^ inns . Bird . " Collumpton—Thomas Mitchell , Post-master . Darlington— Oliver , Printer . , Dewsbury—T . Brooke , Market-Place ; . wd * Healer . ¦ ' " : " ¦'¦ : .., • ' .- ' ¦ .:. ' . ' . ¦ '¦ ¦' . ' - : ' . Micaicj , :. - .. . .. - .. . . - \ . -.- :

      Edinburgh—Mr . Frazer , 65 , Princess-street . £ ?/ oMflf—Richard Grasb y and John Tope , Greenacres Moor—Mr . Holt . Glasgmv—^ AT . H . Robinson , Trongate . I '„ . " ., Halifax—B ; Barker , Wade-Street ; R . 1 ? $ ^ Cross-Field ; W . Ibbeteon , Union-Strt et ; •» W . Midgeley , Russell-Street . || Hebden Bridge—T . Dawaon . {« ffeckmmdunke—J . Hatfield . i ! 1 v » f Heywoqd—K . Smith , Brearley-street , and : J- ^ Church-street , both near Rochdale , Hightown—Wva .. Lister , Bookseller . ¦ " . ¦;' Horbury-rG . Holroyd . ¦ , t o ^» g , Huddersfield—C . Tinker , Market Waft , » ¦ * - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ IFhltworth , Pack Horse Coach Office . 7 / m//—rBlanshard , Church-side .

      Hyde- —John Rather . Keighley—D . Weatherhead . ! Knaresborough—tangdale , Bookseller . j Letcesier--J 6 hn Seal , Town Hall Lane , j Lees ^ -3 &me 8 Greaves . Liverpool—T . Smith , Scotland Place .,.. , : Umdon—3 . Cleave , 1 , Shofe-aane , Fleet-stp AfiM » fe »/? e /«/ --T ^ StubbSj Hatter . ¦ . : " Manchesterr- ~ A . Heywpod , Oldham-Stre « v j y ^ Mansfieldy—Joseph Woodward , WatsonM * Church Street .- / ¦ ' .: ¦ : ¦ - ' ¦ - ' ¦ . ' -v ;;; . ; ¦ ' :. \ 0 :- :. -

      Newcastle—B . Carruthers , New 8 Agent . | Nminch—J . Darken . u O / d » o » K-sJonn Kidght , Lord-Street . OJfeiH-T . Holmes , Post Office . " | Paisley—AiQxn , 3 S , CasUe-street . _ . : ^ v jfr . Prettm-G . Bateman , Observer < M& > - ' ¦ "* AwMi / tf—Shepherd , Chnfch-stile v Staine 8 , 12 , Bell-street . v /» i / "ridplu" "'¦'¦ Saddleworth-Wmiaia Murgatroyd , O ^ tfjM Scotland—General Agent for , Mr . Jw »» South St . David-street . ,

      Shaw—T . Micklewaite . . ¦ : ' .., SheffUHd ^ -Lingard , Division-Street . Staley Bridge—John ^ ^ Deegan . : ' :.. "shaw-Gate . , » nuei ^' Slockport-mej MChester-gate ; and J- ^ m ^ md ^ . m ^ tel ^ Mkefield ~ X . Nichols and Sen , Nor *^^ ' R . Hnwt , Portmaster , 00 rSaturdfty , April 38 , 1838

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 28, 1838, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct346/page/8/