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      \ THE COKOHATI 0 N . ' "ihfe fewe is over-the « iffle anduseleS pageant " W-gone by-the doll has been dressed , dizened , * S exbSbited-a host of gaping idlers" have -been gratified with a spectacle , while the madness of the -Bomenthasbeen improvedby tbe politicalheasts of jrej to the strengthening of tirear . fangs and daws . " How , that w ? have time to breathy let us enquire " why was this waste made ? " What single benefit 5 s likely to accrue , « tber to the Queen * to the Country , from this idle shew—this obstruction of public asd ; private business—and this palpable , waste xf the national resources , at the precise moment Wfeen " we are up to fte very neck " 5 n the mire of

      sastfonal bankruptcy ? Was all tEs pomp and cere-^ nnmy necessary to give due importance and Solemnity to tfce compact iebfeen the Queen and -file People ? Alas ! we have but to point the ^ ention ' of our readers totlse correspondence of the Court , g iven in our 6 th page , from Sir Wm . Boyd's ipamphTet , to shew the titter want of connection : ihat most ever subsist between the People and the : 3 Qoeen . long as she is surrounded by a host of - % ynmdo&s . who guard every avenue of approach - with all the vigilance -of Cerbeius , lest haply truth « hculd break in xrpoa the ear of Majesty , and shew -her the position to ^ whicb a patient people have : ieen reduced by lie machinations of wicked and

      ^ df-inteirsted men . Away , then , with the mockery of solemn eere" monies , which every body know 3 to be insincere , -and therefore blasphemous . These are not times ibr trifling with the people . These are not the = tiines in which the hand-loom weavers , subsisting Trpon Ies 3 than 2 jd . a day , feel much disposition to pamper Royalty with glittering gewgaws , jtpend £ 100 , 000 upon the " idle pageant" of a single < Jay . These are not the time ? to assume the mask

      ¦ cf high solemnity , in making compacts with the -people ,-when the Poor Law stands unrepealed upon the statute book , by which faith " was broken by - £ he Government with the people . Let the Queen inow that the throne is only then secure , when it is "based on righteonsness . ; and -that if she would ondeed reign in the hearts of her people , must -learn to love mercy , and to do justice . She must learn to put away eril' eoanspBois from before her , xnd to study the interest and -welfare of her people . X > et her turn from the fulsome adulation of those

      who poison her Royal ear with falsehood , and listen 1 o the wail of thousands -of her subjects , who groan -under the heavy harden of oppression . Let her listen to the subdued whispers issuing from those abodes of death and misery , the Union Bastiles , mingled , as they now are , wirh the hoarse murmurs of the discontented peasantry , agricultural as well as manufacturing , and let her know that the -only means of securing a peaceful and happy reign Is to " uphold the cause of the afflicted , and the BIGHT of the ppor , ' —and let her know that this

      38 not to be done by fostering in the lap of power the most imbecile and heartless faction that ever wielded tJie sceptre of Government . The faction who fir > r excited the men of Bristol and ^ Nottingham by the Spell of " Eefonn " and "Down with the Tories , " and then hung and transported them—who passed a coercion bill , to put down the rising spirit of liberty in Jreland , —who raised up the spirit of a dead law , to expatriate the Dorchester Labourer * ,

      that the Unions of the people might be-broken up , — "Who transported the five Glasgow Cotton Spraners , ibr the same purpose , —who thanked the Peterloo Irafcchers for . their services , —who trampled on the citizens of London in Coidbath Fields , when peaceably assembled , —and who ushered in her own reign "b y labouring with abortive insolence , to provoke the ¦ s pirit of the men of Newcastle to a bloody conflict en . thV dav of her coronation .

      Itis cot by c-omisaizig m uphold in their ascendancy tbese rsrpes of the State that YlCTORij * . most hope to see her Throne established and her Heign peaceful- - None can desire more ardently than we do the happiness of the Throne ; but it can only rest securely on the universal happiness of the people . Where the rights of the people are recognized , their homage to the Sovereign is cheerful and -unconstrained .

      " Pure Majesty glows within the Monarch ' s " breast , mnshrouded by glittering apparel , where na--tore prompts , and reason rules over a free and ksppy jeople , whose stream of aSeerion , unlike the flattering of Courtiers , axe the surest safeguard of & Honareb / s life . " But wh = n hordes of public robbers are supported

      4 t a 2 s ation ' s cost—when the interests , the property —the rights—the liberties , and the lives of all , are sacrificed to the unjust aggrandizement of a paltry few—distinguished only by imbecility , meanness , -or villainy , the evil-doings of the worthless factions Hhas cherished in the sunshine of Royal favour , will " be attribated by the undiscriininating , to Royalty itself , and

      11 This flaws the hearts of all iheir loyalties . « This makes bold mouths : ¦ - Tongues * p it their duties out , and cold hearts freeze : * Allegiance in them . Their curses now il Live where their prayers did ; and none hut * Courtiers and fanatic knaves , throw up their caps " And shout God save the Queen . " "Welove the Queen . Wedesire not thatherreign ahould be one of anarchy and ruin , and therefore , we

      boldly tell to her the truth . The nation is fcejrgared . Tbe poor are starring . —The people axe-discontented —Their just complaints become louder and louder every day Their long tried patience is fast waning , aud unless justice be done by returning to the first principles of that constitution wbich she has sworn to uphold inviolate , and the laws be made by all , Jbr the benefit of all , a mighty whirlwind overlings the fine prospects of this empire , whose fearinl vengeance no power can avert .

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      2 « EW € ASTLE TRIUMPH OF MORAL rORCE . THE BLOODY "WHIGS AND THEIR PHYSICAL FORCE . THE VIRTUOUS PEOPLE AND THEIR jMORAL FORBEARANCE . ^ Notwithstanding that all the engines of power and maehinatians of wickedness , were brought into play to circumvent it , the most . splendid display of flie working classes ever witnessed in England , or any other country , was exhibited at Newcastle oh Thursday . The Priests issued promises of holy

      consolation to a starving people , the fattened money-mongers tempted with roast beef ; and the minions of power threatened with vengeance , but aB in vain . The pomp of Coronation festivals , and all the wiles of the faction , could not seduce the people from their allegiance to the principles of liberty . Thousands came from afar to swell the popular ranks , and give effect to the " grand pagcanL" The banners ef freemen bearing the mottos of freedom floated before the breeze , and the eye < brelling upon the glorious , sight , " teemed to ibrget that it was a-meeting of slaves . Some

      idea of the importance of this meeting may be gathered from the statement of our reporter that <{ itis impossible to guess at the numbers present , bat that the first flag had reached the hustings , a distance « f two miles , before the mass was in motion . " So that there seems to have been a space of two miles of a wide road literally jammed with people . A &ght which we believe to be wholly , unprecedented Notwithstanding the rastness , of the assemblage , £ * e mighty mass was as orderly and as peaceable as a " siagje family assembled on its own hearth . ITerer WS 9 t&ere a more splendid manifestation of

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      the peaceful-disposition , and intellectual fckaracter of the wording classes of this kingdom , ' and never did the " base , bloody , and brutal VThigs , '" afford more unequivocal evidence of their sanguinary spirit and their aimo&s longing for an opportunity to ease the nation of some portion of its " surplus population , " by forming an " emigration company "

      of the readiest , least troublesome , aad most effective character . But enongh of this . Let us speak plainly . This is not a subject on which to mince matters , ot multiply words . The peaceful deliberations of the people were broken ia upon at the most interesting moment by the appearanceof a- "moral" spectacle , —not novelnowa-daya , —& strong MILITARY FOXCE .

      • AbOHt one o ' clock , a squadron trf the 5 th DragoonGuards were mareaed jost m front of the peopiR , which caused some timid individuals to fleave the ground * In a short time afterwards , a -strong detachment of the 52 nd foot were marched at the rear of the meeting , and close to the hustings with fixed bayonets . "We understand that it Is customary ^ 9-gala days to have a review on the Town Moor ; the regular rout being direct from the barracks to the review ground j but on Thursday , by way of < doing honour

      to a virgin Qaeea-on the day of her coronation , the troops were marched more than half a mile out of their way , to interrupt the peaceful proceedings of the working classes . The dragoons were marched threvgh the meeting , having their carbines in their hands . In a few minutes afterwards , the infantry returned , cuttinp off another section of the meeting , which was thus divided by tbe military into three distinct parts . The commander of the district , Captain Fekwick , remained within five or six yards of the hustings for some time after the troops

      had passed . The people , thus bearded and insulted by the mercenery hireling , whose tinsel uniform and gaudy trappings have been purchased with the labour of their sinews , iaegan to grow outrageous . The " goliant" (!) officer was saluted with a fearful volley of hisses ; and , had it not been for the timely interference of Mr . O'Connor , it is probable that more substantial proofs of disapprobation woald have been afforded him , and a dreadful and saDguinary combat have been the Tesult , If the fury of the people was restrained , it was because

      they , whom such Whig and Tory bantlings as this " gallant" ! Captain style the mob , had more prudence and discretion , —more love of order and propriPty , —and more attachment to the constitution and the laws , than the contemptible and villanous clique to which he appertains . Thank God , however , the blood-hounds were disappointed—the cutthroats were balked of their " amusement "—and the people , to their eternal honour , maintained a perfectly unbroken peacefnlness of demeanour . But let Captain Fekwick and his employers take

      care how they repeat the experiment—it may not have so many harmless points about it next time . The men of Newcastle ,- and of all England , now know , that in their peaceful deliberations , for the public good , they are liable to be insulted and interrupted by the marching and counter-marching—the : threading in and out among them of coward-ruffians wearing swords , at the head of hired cut-throats , with carbines in their hands and bayonets fixed . They know this now . They will

      expect it hereafter , and take care to be provided . Gallant Captains must not imagine that the Peterloo tragedy can be enacted among Englishmen every year . Let them look ± o Canterbury , and learn the rising spirit of the people—let them consider that the people have now notice of the way in which it will be necessary to hold all meetings hereafter , and let them mind how they march a gang of rt"d ti > albutcicrs ainangst honest 3 £ nglisbmen again . Now , Southern Radicals—O'Connell . Radicals , now , throw -cm your caps in transport , and cry

      " All bail , most gracious Queen !" "Working men of England ! you behold in this day's doing , the auspicious dawning of the virgin reign of peace and justice . Now , snarlers at the wholesome reservation of the " Great Northern Union . " Look to Manchester in 1819 , with the thanks of Lord Melbourne , to the man-bufebers . Look to Newcastle last Thursday , and tell what is

      th * worth of all your moral suasion without wholesome argument wherewith it may be backed ? We tell you as we have often told you , that a tyrant Government conceeds nothing to any pr inciple , but that of fear ; and that justice will be done the people the moment their oppressors see that they are earnestly determined , with power to enforce their determination , either to have it or take it .

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      TO THE EDITORS OF THE NORTHERN STAR . London , June 27 th , 1838 . My Dear Sirs , —You will see by this morning's papers , that a very curious discussion took place last night in the Hous « of Commons , relative to the unfortunate Sir "W . Coxtrtenat , alias John Thom . That this discussion , or rather the subject matter of it , was previously concerted and arranged between those who took part in it , can hardly "be doubted by any one who attentively reads the debate , more especially if he has had

      any previous knowledge of Parliamentary management . Por my own part , I am as fully satisfied of the fact , as if I had regular legal evidence to pro ^ e it . Yon have only to glance at the proceedings to discover more internal evidence than would suffice for the moral conviction . In the first place , Sir E . Knatchbull's motion is not the motion which , the country required . "We want no select committee to enquire into the circumstances connected with CoTjRTENA" 5 r ' s discharge from the Kent Lunatic Asylum . "What we want is a

      committee to enquire into the causes , secret and avowed , which led to the horrible butchery of CoVRTEJiAY and hit followers , and into the conduct of the magistrates and military on the day of the butchery It is of no consequence whatever to know the particulars of Cottrtenat's liberation from the Asylum , but it is of paramount , of crying importance , to ascertain the cause or causes of what the villanous newspapers call the " Riots near Canterbury , "—to ascertain the origin and exact natuTe of Coxjrteka y ' s connexion with " his

      deluded followers ^ "—to ascertain the yet undivulged causes which obtained for a "¦ " maniac" so great an ascendancy over the minds of the men of Kent , tradespeople and farmers as well as labourers , —to ascertain the mysterious reason or reasons why Dr . Poorb ordered the military to " take Cour-TENAY dead r alive , " above all , to ascertain why , ia consequence 0 Jat order thirtyrix or forty ho est men , g of > no other apparent crime tUan that of carrying sticks about them ( as country foil generally do in their rural exeurrions ) , and that of following a man whom they loved and honoured , on account of his kindly feelings

      generosity , and eloquence , —were spied , tracked , waylaid , and , lastly , circumvented and cruelly butchered by armed soldiers . These , Gentlemen , are the purposes for which the country demand a committee of engniry ; and it is only for a committee , having guch objects in view , that Sir E . Knatchbtjli , would have moved last night , had his intentions been of a pure aad honourable character . The committee which he did more for and obtain , is a fraod on the public . Its report , or conelusions , whatever they may be , can have no practical consequences ; they can in no way subserve the ends of justice and public safety . Of what con-

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      sequence 18 it to know whether Lord JOHN U . WS « sell and Sir ' "H . Vivian were , or were Hoi , actuated by electioneering motiveB in the liberation of COTJRTBNAY ? "We know they would do worse acts than that to procure a seat in Parliament Indeed , their liberation of CoufcTENAY ( no matter what the alleged mqtive ) is ratter creditable to them than otherwise . Whatan impudent farce it is to see fellows who are notorious for bribery and corruption of every sort , —fellows who are killing the pauperpoor of England by hundreds , —affecting to be ra * $

      aanhnously " wro& " at the semblance of * speck being put upon tfeeir " honour , " as if the

      monsters , against whom the blood of ten murdered Englishmen cries to Heaven for vengeance . In affecting to charge Russell , Vivian , and Go :, with " '" indiscretion , " &c , in liberating CoURTKnay , th « author of the motion fraudulently assumed that it was Courtenay and his followers , and and not the magistrates and military , that caused the butchery . To confirm that impression was tbe drift not only of Knatchbcll ' s speech , but of all the speeches , pro and con , which his motion elicited ; so that the motion itself was hut avmere contrivance , or peg , upon whi ch to hang a discussion calculated to produce ^ such effects . If any

      one doubts this version of the matter , let him only look to the " debate ; " let him compare the speeches of the pros with the speeches of the com * , and he will at once see , that the whole affair was concocted with the view of shifting publie attention from the real guilt of the magistrates , to the pretended indiscretion of the Government , and that with the still further view of making the whole business terminate innoxiously for the magistrates , " like a spent thunderbolt . " Just observe how the several parts were distributed , and how admirably each Honourablt Performer filled his character . Sir E . Knatchbull " believed most

      conscientiously that if the Noble Lord ( Russell ) had made inquiry in the county of Kent , he would have found that nine out of ten , nay ninety-nine out of one hundred persons , were of opinion that this individual ( Courtenay ) could not be vidde free and unrestrained in his actions , without endangering , to a serious extent , the peace of the country" 77 1 There , Gentlemen , is a specimen of an Honourable Member ' s " Conscietitious belief ! " You will observe that it is not to the magistrates and military he ascribes this breach of

      the peace , and its fatal consequences . Oh , no . ' He would have the parties perfectly "free and unrestrained in their actions . '' Then look to the fellow ' s stupidity and absurdity . If ninety-nine out of every hundred persons thought , as Knatchbull pretends , respecting Courtenay , what need was there to call out the . military to " take him dead or alive f" And if he was really the madman he is represented t » have been , ought the magistrates to have set spies upon him , to dog . his

      footsteps , to insult and irritate him , and finally to attempt an illegal arrest of his person ? And ought the Rev . Mr . Handley ( who afterwards so generously read the burial service over his remainsj ) to dog and irritate him in a similar manner , to call him a madman , to impute atrocious motives to him , and finally to tell him , that he "he knew how to flourish or use the sword he carrUd , " manifestly with the view of enraging the yoor fellnw ? How will Sir E . Esatcddou . get over this ?

      Now , look to Lord John . This noble Whig "felt that the blood which had been shed was caitsed by the person whom he had been instrumental in liberating I" "With what naivete the noble Secretary makes an admission apparently prejudicial to himself . ' But that is not all . " Unless he had been witness to the * events—unless he had himself received the accounts which had been forwarded to him ( why did he not receive them ?) -he never could have believed that people in the County of Kent could have been so utterly and entirely ignorant as to have given credence to Thom ' s representations and pretences . ( Hear , hear . ) " Do we want any further evidence than this that Knatchbull ' s

      motion was a preconcerted affair ? If we do , we have it plentifully in the speech of Sir H . Vivian , who came with a parcel of documentary evidence , cut and dry , for the purpose of defending his " honour " against the imputation of being thought capable of having gained even one vote at his election in an irregular way ! "What says Sir Hussey ? " With respect to the mischiefs ( what an innocent word !) which had occurred , the Hon . Gentleman , as Member for Kent , naturally felt and

      said , that the liberation of this person had been the occasion of those calamities . " But how square all these statements with another by Sir HusSBY ? viz . "It seemed to him passing strange , if this man , Thom , really was such a dangerous character that there should have been no representation made upon the subject to the Hajnc Department , from the magistrates of Kent . " Let every honest man of sober understanding put those statements together , and then refuse to believe that Knatchbull's Motion is no other than I have

      represented it—a preconcerted affair , got up by all parties concerned in the discussion for the purpose of screening the magisterial delinquents , by throwing the responsibility of the massacre upon the massacred parties . As to the speech of Mr . Turner it will be received with interest by the whole country . It proves to a tittle that all I said in ; former letters respecting CouRTENAT ' S moral character , was strictly true in letter and spirit . Let the base reporters and editors of the Dailv Press now retract

      their infamous calumnies on poor Courtenayand let all to whom Mr . Turner's account of that person's real character and conduct may become known , bear in mind that they are the character and conduct of a man , whom the base DailyPress has represented to be " a swindler , an imptster , and a debaucher of the wives and daughters of / hid ' followers . " Mr . T . ' s speech , together with the letters read last night , in the House , is a triumphant vindication of Courtenay ' s character . By and by we shall probably discover that he was not mad . Yours , &c . BEONTERRE .

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      On Wednesday night Mr . O'Connor addressed about 10 , 000 of the people of South Shields . The meeting was convened upon a very short notice , and teat the ^ largest ever witnessed in the town . The great length at which we hate given the Newcastle meeting which we received by express , we trust , will be a sufficient apology for postponing . a full report till . next ' week , v Our Bradford Correspondent will obli ge us by letting m have his fapvurs on Thursday evening . We have been obliged to omit a large portion of it this week , owing to its late arrival . C will oblige us with his name and address . Token of Affectionate Regard . —The paragraph thus headed came too late . It shall appear neat week .

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      Coronation Rejoicings .- —j ^ number communica * . tiotu on thisXsultfeci from various places ; were receivedl . tivt ( late ' to $ e attended to . "' . ' ¦ ' . 0 nr Newcastle Friends will receive theirpapers ihisiveek ¦ : ai lilth late * than usual . The length atwhich we give the report of their spirited ; meeting is the reason .

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      ..-.. . ¦ ¦ - ' US £ 3 DS > ¦ ''¦¦ ¦ Charge of Trespass , —On Saturday last , a person named James Hardwick , the owner of part of ' tbe estate formerly attached to Armley Hall , appeared before thq magistrates to lay a complaint against John Greenwood , John Sunderland , Samuel Redshaw , James and William Christian , Joseph H . ofreyj - Jonathan Musgrave , Samuel Bullock , Samuel Burton , Duke Atkinson , Joseph Spence , an ^ William Atkinson , all of Wortley , and all tenants on the Armley Hall estate , for bating committed a trespass upon his property , and filled a pond , also his property , used as a watering place for cattle , with stones , so as to prevent it being used

      for that purpose . Mr . Naylor conducted the case for Mr . Bardwick ^ and Mr . Preston appeared for tbe defendants . After a great deal of explanation about , the ownership of the pond , from which it seemed impossible to ascertain who was the real owner , the magistrates dismissed the case , alleging that it was thtir opinion that tht pend belonged to the tenants in common , as a watering place , and that Mr . Hardwick , in making this complaint , had given a false information , inasmuch as the pond was stated in the warrant to be hi * property . Alderman Hbldforth said , that the pond belonged to himself and other persons , and that all the tenasts

      on the estate had a right in common to it as a watering place . Mr . Hardwick , on the other hand , stated that he had purchased part of the Arroley estate , and that the pond was included iu his purchase , in support of which he called a Mr . Randal , the person from whom he had purchased the property . On the decision of the magistrate being announced , Mr . Naylor pleaded that even adtmitting that the pond belonged to the tenants as a common right , Mr . Hardwick , being in possession of part of the estate , had also * common right , and that had been iu effect taken away by the damage done by the parties charged . The plea , however , was not admitted , inasmuch as it was not stated in the

      information . Stealing a Silver Watch . —A man named Benjamin WalmsWy appealed befori the Magistrates on Tuesday last , charging a person , named Job Briggs , with having stolen a Silver Watch from his pocket . Walmsley stated that he was , on the previous day , at the Junction Inn , New Road End , when the prisoner happened to come into the same apartment where he was . He ( the prosecutor ) soon afterwards fell asleep , and after having awaked , and left the house a short distance , he missed his watch . He immediately returned to make inquiry for his lost property , and was informed that no person had been in the room but the prisoner . Information was immediately given to the police , and the prisoner was , shortly after , taken with the watch iu his possession . He wan committed for trial .

      YeadOn . —GoRONATiQN .- ^ Tbe inhabitants of Yeadon , celebrated the coronation of our yoiing and beauteous Queen , by treating between two and three hundred elderly females with tea , and near an hundred old men , with beef , bread , and beer . The treat took place in the open air , opposite to the Robin Hood Inn . It is not possible to conceive a more exhiiirating and decorous sight than this was , many an old furrowed face , with hoary head beamed with delight , and that respect which ought always to be shewn to . age was here paid ; they were waited upon by several young men and young women with the greatest attention . A band ot ' music was in attendance , and played several national airs ., this attracted the juvenile part of the bystanders , ( which were very considerableO Peace and comfort appeared to pervade every breast .

      Coronation PROGESsioN < --The inhabitants of Leeds manifested their loyalty oh Thursday hist , by keeping holiday and walking , in procession from the Court'House to St . John's Church , and thence toHunslet Moor . The principal part of the procession consisted , of the Corporation , the Clergy , the Soldiers , the Firemen , the Performers at Batty ' s Royal Circus , the Members of several Societies , a number of inhabitants in gigs , carriages , and on horseback . The concourse of people on the Moor vras immense . The Soldier fired afeu-de-joie , and performed their exercises . The town was filled with visitors from the neighbouring villages ; and most of thedifferent Societies dined at their respective places of . Ttfjuilc ' touz . ; ' 1 'ire-wqrks and other public amusements crowned the scenes of the day .

      Assaulting A Watchman . ——George and Thos . Atkinson , and Michael Bruffy , were charged before the magistrates , oa Wednesday last , with fighting and creating a disturbance in a field near theraijway , at three o ' clock , on Sunday morning ast . Bruffy was more particularly charged with fighting , and the two Atkinsons with assaulting the watchman . The assault being proved against Gea . Atkinson ^ hewas fined 40 s . and costs , or in default of payment to be committed for two months . On the . same day , a young man named Wm . Ely was also charged with two assaults , both of which were proved against him . He was ^ heavily fined , and in default of payment , was committed to the House of Correction .

      Hand-Loom Weavers , NoRwtcH .- ^ Amongst our original correspondence our readers will find a communication from a deputation of Hand-loom Weavers from the city , well worthy of their most Berious attention . The Circus . —Our readers will perceive from his advertiserhent that Mr . Batty , the talented and spir ited proprietor of this elegant place of amusement , takes his benefit on Monday evening . We sincerely hope that he will have a bumper , and

      we have little doubt of it . The talent and respectability of Mr . B . and his company secure them the good wishes of all parties wheresoever they come . From the public functionaries of many large towns they have Teceited the most gratifying testimonials of esteem and approbation . We , ourselves , have seen several including one from the Mayor of Bath , besides the following , from the Boroughreeve of Manchester , to which vre have great pleasure in referring our readers .

      "This is to certify that Mr . William Batty , of the Royal Circus , and the respectable company of Equestrians attached to his establishment have , by their superior talents , and indefatigable exertions to please , secured the public patronage , as well as having , by their good moral conduct , and highly proper behaviour , gained the best wiahes of the Inhabitants of this town . I have also great pleasure in adding that Mr . Batty , during his stay with u ? , voluntarily and without any solicitation whatever , very handsomely contributed the whole and entire proceeds of several evenihg- 's performances to our charities without any deductions whatever . i " John Brown , Boroughreeve . "Manchester ; June 17 th , 1838 . "

      Juvenile CoNCERTj Music Saloon . —On Tuesday evening a most pleasing and elegant yariety of vocal and instrumental music was performed at the Music Saloon , South Parade . The ; pieces were selected with much good taste , combining many of the most choice musical compositions , with words of touching sweetness , or of pleasing and innocent vivacity . The several performers acquitted them ; - selves , throughout tha . whole evening to the evident delight of a most respectable audience . From so much of excellence it may seem invidious to select for eulogium , : b " ; a . t we were certainly most of all pleased with the following beautiful duett which was exquisitely sung by Mr . Walton and Miss Fountain .

      When tty bosom heaves the sigh , i- When the tear o ' errlows thine eye , May sweet hope afford relief . Cheer thy heart aid ealm thy grief , So the tender flow ' r appears / 'Drooping wet with mornink tears , Till ; the snn-beam ' s geneiarray , Chase the heavy dew away . Barbarity ot A Father . —A short time ago , a boy who resides near the Sportsman Inn , Lincoln Ion F « ld , in this town , left school without the knowledge of the master before the proper time . The boy ' s mother was apprised of this , and gave the boy a sound flogging . The father when he came home was told , and with all the gravity and solemnity fa judge upon the bench , requested the

      mother to give up all right of punishment to mm , which was acceded to , when a poker was put into the fire and made red hot . During ; this deremony the lad was imploring and praying' for mercy in heart-rending accents j but without the least effect . The end of the hot poker was applied to the palm of his hand , and under that excrutiating pain , he was ordered to close ; his handj and the poker was then drawn across the second joints of his fingers . ' f In ten minutes after , ^ a . prayer meeting ^ was held in the house , and the . smooth-faced hypocrite drowned the sobs of his ; snfferjng child ( who had been put to bed ) in the vociferations of along prayer , spouted forth at the very top : of his voice , to the throne of his JJaker , for that mercy whbh be refused to show to hia own child .

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      RoBBKRiSis . —^ On Saturday evening , some villain entered 'Mr . CalvertV presa shop , situated at the New Road En ^ Leeds , who stole ; a mlverwatch ^ with a damage in the dial , the property oi Samuiel yfaddington , avd absconded unobserved with the booty . On Sunday night , aome villains , ^ by . ¦ ¦ remor-, iDg a portion of slates from the f oof of Mr . Furness ' pigeon cote , at Moor Garfbrth , effected an entrance , and stole therefrom about 300 pigeons , and got off undetected . A reward has been offered for their apprehension . '

      Shocking Accident . —On Thursday morning , an inquest was held at pur Court House , on view of the body of George Wilks , a butcher in Mabgatej who died on Wednesday morning last , in consequence of several shot having entered his head from a gun , fired by a ; person named Edwatd Scoreley , the keeper of the Red . Lion Inn , on the Otley Road . The parties werrsbopting pigeons on Hunslet Moor , on Friday night week , when the accident happened . The inquest was adjourned from Thursday morning till four o'clock yesterday afternoon .

      Stealing a Hat . —On Monday last , a young man named Thoa . Coleman , wisia charged with stealing a hat , on the 7 th of April , the property of another young man named Geo . Greenwood ; The prosecutor stated that on the day in question he v ? s $ near a public house , called the Lemon Inn , when the' prisoner came out , in company with another man , and that the prisoner struck him , and knocked off his hat , with which the prisoner ' s companion absconded . He was afterwards seen trying the hat on in the street , but escaped till Saturday night last , when he was taken up for being drunk : and disr orderly . He was committed to take his trial / at the Sessions . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦'' ¦' . ;

      Bullock IN a Row . —On Wednesday last , an old man , named Thomas Bailey , and his tyra sons , Thomas and William Bailey , were charged before the magistrates , by Bullock , the policeinan , with having assaulted him ; He suted that he was near a beer house , in Meadow-lane , on the day before , when the prisoner , William Bailey , came out of the said beer-house in a state of intoxication , and used very abusive language towards him . He ( Bullock ) advised him to go home , and not create a disturbance there , when the prisoner immediately str . uck him on

      the mouth . A row followed , and Bullock testified that he was most shamefully abused . In their defence the prisoners stated that they had been having a glass or two of ale together , and that they had no intention of creating any disturbance till they were insulted by the policeman . There was no proof that the father and younger son bad used any violence , and they were consequently discharged . Wm . Bailey , the elder son , who said he had come from York to see his friends , and was only a little md . rry making , was fined forty shillings and coats , for assaulting Bullock .

      Hindoo Idolatry . —On Monday last , a meeting was held at the Court House , on this very important subject . We are sorry to state that notwithstanding , the publicity which was give ' s to the requisition , the meeting was very thinly attended . At no time would there be more than 150 persons present , and , towards the close of the proceedings , the number dwindled to about forty . In the absence of the Mayor , Mr . W . itey was called to the chair . The Rev . W . Sinclair , Mr . Edward Raines , jun . Rev . Mr . Ely , Mr . John Howard , Revds . James Fawcett , J . E . Giles , T . Walker , Mr . Alderman

      Goodman , and others , addressed the meeting , all of whom dwelt uj . ou the important fact of British » ubject 8 being compelled to do honour to the heathen gods , and to join in the Hindoo idolatry . The object of the meeting was to petition Parliament to take the subject under consideration . The proceedings were very flaf , and , generally , unworthy of being reported at any length . The subject , however , is of the highest importance , and deserves the attention of every lover of freedom . Petitions are lying in different parts of the town for signature . The resolutions will be found in our advertising columns . They express all that was done and said .

      The Explosion on Board the Victoria Steam Ship . —Another man has fallen a victim to the bursting of the boiler on board the Victoria Hull steamer . On . Sunday morning , James Perrm ^ ioh , a young man , aged 19 , a stoker , died in the London Hp-ipital , after 11 days of most dreadful suffering , which the poor creature bore with great fortitude This youth was the support of a sick mother , a widow . Nine persons , including the first and second engineers , have been killed by the last explosion on board the Victoria , and only one surviTes , a man named Barton , who was reported last night to be in . a . dying state , and it is believed that in a few hours be will be numbered wirh the dead . The funeral of

      Colviile , the second engineer , took place on Sunday ; he was interred in Shadweli churchyard , near tbe graves of five of his unfortunate , companions-. Colviile is a native of Scotland , and has left a widow , who i < now pregnant , and two young children , to deplore his sad fate . The deceased bore a good character for . steadiness , sobriety , and intelligence , and was known to be a particularly careful and exexperienced engineer . On Tuesay the jury impanneUed to inquire iiito the fatal occurrence * on board the Victoria ( Hull Steam-packet Company , ) which caused the death of nine persons , met at the Waterman ' s Arms , Shadweli , pursuant to adjournment , and proceeded to Mil wall to view the body of Jacob

      Evans , tbe chief engineer , and afterwards to Phjlipstreet , St . George ' s-in-the-east , to see the body of James Derrington , who died on Sunday , in the London Hospital . The names of the deceased are Andrew Brown , James Young , Wm . M'Kinlay , John M'Donald , G . Clay , Jacob Asher , William Colviile , Jacob Evans , and J . Wilcox Derringtou . There was a good deal of conversation about proper evidence not being forthcoming . Mr . Napier , the engineer , was in attendance , but the Coroner thought it better not to examine him , as it might turn out that he was himself implicated . The foreman said he had yesterday addressed Lord John Russell ^ requesting as a favour , and for the sake of tbe

      public safety , that one or more government engineers might be appointed to examine the engines of the Victoria , and give evidence as to the probable cause of the accident . The Coroner directed the beadle to ask if any person from the Home Office was present . Proclamation waa accordingly madey but do person answered . Charles Bell ,, the Captain of tbe Victoria since ^^ she was built , was examined at great length . He described the build and tonnage of the vessel , and the construction and position of the machinery , boilers , &c . He stated that at the time of the accident they were going about ten miles an hour . They had a great want of steam all the way from Hull , which he attributed to some

      nwe grating bars placed at the bottom of the furnaces . Two old ones remain . They drooped at the after-end lower than the mouth of the furnace in the original construction , and consequently gave more draft . The new gratings were made to droop less , not quite horizontal , but so as to partly destroy the draft . There was a similar accident happened before . The boiler on the starboard side was collapsed last time ( Thursday week . ) It was broken . The top and bottom of the boiler was broken , from one end to the other at the top , but not quite so at the bottom . The consequence of this was , the w . aterrushed . out of the boilers on to the fires , causing the doors to fly open aad discharging the steam ,

      firey and scalding water on the men who-were in the engine-room , ; The hot water ran into the bottom of the ship , but the coalse and ashes lay all around the engine-room . —The Coroner : Now , Captain Bell , what was the cause of the accident ? —Captain Bell , after considering awhile , said "he might cot be right , but he thought it was from want pf water in the boilers . When he went down into the epgine-room , a few minutes after the accident , lie found the bailers red hot , those on the starboard side worst . ^ Mr . Bak er , a passenger , had heard Captain Bell repeat that they could not get steam up to pass the Wilb ? rforce , some of the stokers or

      engineers were laying bets with persons he had seen in the jury-roomj that they would arrive before the Wilber / orce i which was about 200 yards astern . There appeared much anxiety on their part that the Victoria should be first in . After some other testimony not very material . Andrew Murray ,, of Greenwich , engineer , ; was examined : Was a-partner in the house of Fairbburn and Co ., engineers , Millwall . Had been employed the last seven years ia making boilers for steam vessels , and superiBtended the repair of the beiler of the Victoria when it burst in March . The whole internal case wan renewed . Had no doubt but the caose of that a «

      cident was the same as the present- ^ -shortness water in the boiler . Had seen the boiler injured in the last accident , and it was affected in like manner , the flue was in a state of collapse / Was of gpinion that want of water in the boiler had allowed the plates to get hot and susceptible of pressure from the steam and water . The plates of the flues are a quarter of an inch thick , and as far as strength goes , I think that more than sufficient for the jurpose ; : Every engineer ought to know . There ' was nothing particular in the machinery . Some engines afforded means to engineers of lessening the weight on the safety valves j but the Victoria could only be eased on deck . There was nothing faulty . in the engines . They were in perfect working ^ ondkidp before the accident took place . The jury again adjourned . .

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      . - . GoROSATioN ; I > iNNBB > --pn Thuredaj ^ last » Wainher | f gentleinen satdpwj . by a good imt ^ a ! the Globe Inn , Qaarry Hill , iahonoar of the Queen Mk ^ eorge Smith prewdedw coalman , andS Wm > John Gregory as vice , i , ' ¦ ,: -Protestantism . —On Monday evening last .. meeting was held in the-Music Saloon jfor % e ^ pose ofdevismg means to pay some tribute of respect to the : Rev .: Mr . Gregg , for the riianner in wh ' icK cpnducted a diseussioD in Dublin with a Rev een tleman named Maguire , of the C » tholic persu'S Therejeretinly three ^ speakers , oneof whom , t £ Rev . Mr . Walker , spoke for about two boars Th * only resolution that was passed was , that subscrh , ! tionsshould ; be entertd into for the purpose an ^ rtiat a plater should be held at the doore of ^ Saloon . We understand that very little was coJ lected . . *

      FelonY .- ^ On Tuesday last , a man named Jag Carnagan , was charged before the magistrates with having stolen a cotton trousers piece the propertv of £ £ r ? T ? ? - I t PP » d ^ ^« gan w ^ ° t the Black Boy Inn , Kirkgate , on the evening before * and that having laid the trousers piece on the tabll while he went into another part of the house the pnsoner decamped with it ; Inspector Child aftef wards found out the place where the prisoners had sold the piece , and proved that the prisoner was the person who ; sold it He was committed to takeii . trial at the sessions . / Wakkfield Insolvent Coubt . —On Wed nesday and Thursday ; the following insolvent * w « *

      discharged forthwith—John Broadbeht , of Gatehead near Huddersfield ; Thomas Chambers , Cattle Dea ! i * tf of Pohtefract ; Duncan Brown j mercer and hatter , of Sheffield ; John Wood , coal dealer and hair-dresser , of Doncaster ; Benjamin Milnw , pub , Hcan , 'Westgate , Wakelield ; George Holdswbrtt joiner and builder , Sheffield ; James Ellara , coaj dealer ) of Huddersfield ; : John Ferguson , Manufats . turer , of Hanging Heaton ; Robert Spencer anj Thomas Roberts , clothiers ; Robert Cattle , blaei . smith , of Ryhill ; William Rooley , waterman .

      Uoncaster ; Thomas Smith , cutler , Sheffield j Robt Cowling , blanket manufacturer , Heckmondwike Thomas Petty , blacksmith , of Rawdon , near Leeds-John Johnstone , tailor , of Leeds ; Thos . JohnaoD clothier , of Pudsey ; Joshua Emsley , journeymas clothier , of Pudsey ; Joshua Coates , clothier , of Pudsey v Thos . Hammerton , publican , of Sheffield ; Samuel Castlehouse , paint and colour dealer , Dews ! bury ; Samuel Bottomley , paper merchant and com . mission agent , Leeds ; Joseph Addysou , shoemakes Hartwitb , near Kharesbro '; Samuel Lambert journeyman coach trimmer , Halifax ; William Spi nlJ shoemakur , Gargrave . Abraham Slater , cottbj . manufacturer , of Barnoldswick , near Skipton , wj ordered to be discharged on payment of £ IW info

      Court ; and Francis Stocks , cotton manufacturet Staiisfield , was remanded five months from the daa of filing his petition . On Friday last j the followiti were discharged forthwith—John Goulden , Thomji Robertii , Richard Hirst , John Jowett , Wra . Georp Porter , George Porter , Jas . Berwick , John Rhodes , and Robert Marshall . Adjqui tied to York . —Tha . Gill , Squire Firth , and Joseph Hurisworth , to t ( dischargcil four months from filing his petition - James Park ; ditto , two months , William Luptoj and Joseph Butterfield . Adjourned to next Circuit Susannah Braithwaite . The greater number of the above were opposed ; and this concluded the businea for the West Riding . y :

      Theatbe . —The Manager of our Thea tre , wift a spirit worthy of an antique Roman , seeins determined to gain a golden victory . In despite of d $ ficulties and defeats , he rallies his Prastorian baW , and snatches the laurel crown where a Spirit les indomitable would suffer an inglorious defeat . Ift company equal , if not superior , to any other provit . rial theatre in the kingdom—if the most liberal ej . penditure in the getting up of the variety of dranii produced during the present short session—if tlj engagement of the first talent of the lnetropolij . aided by Mr . Morris Barnett , the acting mapager , who is universally acknowledged to be a first-rile '

      actor , and a gentleman of literary attainments , an means accessory to ensure success ^ Mr . Dowm ought to be neeure of reaping a rich harvest . Duriij the week an extraordinary dramaj has been product under the able direction of Mr . Yates , of the AdelpH theatre . It is entitled " Valsha , or the Slatj Queen . " It embodies the most startling effects-r and though ; the plot is to us involved in " . exquisite mysterj ' , " still the interest of the piece is of so pe « liarly intense a nature , the dresses so goTgeous , iil the scenery , processions , and the girls " armed to the teeth ia steel" so dazzling , tha . t we deemed otr selves trflnsported as by some wizard wand , into tit

      enchanted land of Eastern romance . The lastscfl ^ which is supposed to pass on an immense ' . ' e ' leratini , with its solitary Tower of Doom—looming out of . 4 » dark blue expanse—and tbe moon making its "datness visible , " is , in singularity of design , and rind , ness of effect , quite unique . Mr . Creswick m excellent in a character , out of the pale even of probable fiction , —yet he imparted / to it a truth ad vitality , which prove him to possess strong powenof poetic imaginaiion , under the judicious jcpntroul of i weU-exereised judgment . Mr . H . Beverley of tie Adelphi , adpeared for the first time on pur sUge . He was warmly received ; and in the farce of tie

      'Dancing Barber / kept the house in continod convulsions of laughter . His mock dancing is inimitable ^ his style is a mixture of Xiston's and the fee John Reeve . W " e hope this piece will be frequentlj acted during this gehtleman / s stay ampngst us . On Thursday evening , the Coronation day , the theafet was literally crammed in every part . An original sketch was added , written for the occasion , calbi " the Launch of Victoria . " It is replete with lojil allusions to our young Queen , and what is unussai in pieces of this nature , written with much pointsai lite ' rary ability . There was a capital Comic Socj

      introduced in a part acted by Herbert , which recend an unanimous encore . The piece wound up witii most tastefully arranged Nautical Fete , which exfcbited the launch of a ship . It was given oat fa repetition amid reiterated applauses of the audienA We perceive by our theatre advertisement ^ that it ring the next week , the wonderful dwarf , Sigtof Heryio Nano , Mr . Collins , the vocalist ,: and Mi-Yates will appear . We have here both qualitj M quantity ., We hope that the enterprise of our worthy Manager will receive a fair return for Is spirited exertions .

      Leeds Borotj oh . Sessions . —Yesterday morning , these sessions commenced before Robert Bapa Armstrong , Esq ., Recorder . The following gentlemen were on the grand jury : <— Samuel ClapBiB f raercfiant , foreman ; Joseph Austin , woolstapler ; Wm . Binns , merchant Mannaduke LangiWei Nathaniel Philip Simes , woolstapler ; Josef i Pro « ser Sanderson , woolstapler ; William SingletoB ; timber merchant ; Thomas Tennant , gentlemtt } John Walker ; Thomas Gledhill Ward , merchaafi Joseph Isherwopd : Whalley , woolstapler ; J" ^

      Whitehead ; William Willock ; stamp distributor After the usual proclamation against vice and ifl * morality was read , the Recorder j in charging # grand jury , said , that the calendar was more nt * merous than was usual at this time of the year , W the cases were all of a trifling nature , and wnuU n <* therefore require any remarkj' froni him respeda ? them . He would noty thetielore , detain them « iti any remarks , as these Were ; Unnecessary , but W might proceed at once to business . There were fc ^ applicationf ? in cases of bastard y , in each of 1 $ *" an allowance was made .

      HALIFAX . Donations . —C . / Wood , Esq . and E . Prpth 9 » jun . y - 'Esq ., transmitted , ten guineas each , - ' to **"' thefund for the celebration of the Coronation i » J

      in this town . Sqtjabe CfiAPEL . —On Sunday , the Jfth ^ the anniversary sermons , on behalf of the Sabw " Schpols connected with the above : chapel » W town , were preached by the Rev . Alexander F . * " ? A . M . minwter of tbat chapel . Cpllectioiis *^ made after each sermon , i amounting to £ 40 16 S > The Rev ; R . W , Hamilton , of Leeds , preach ^ J " sermons on the 4 th Sabbath of JMarch iast , ff J J collections amounting to £ 84 5 s ; were -oV *?"?' which added to the above sum . makes £ 1 ^ 5 ^ by the congregation ^ in three months or rather le * PooS Law Gtjabdians ;—On Friday W ^ j f the Court House , the weekly meeting of 6 'i » r *< 2 of

      Who are privileged to direct ithe concerns .. ^ poor , met together for that purpose . ¦" -Five «? . ExJjfficios , viz : —Messrs . Waterhouse , ^^ 71 Ralph , R . Br iggs , and W . Briggs , together ^ about a dozen of the elected Guardians , weryv ' sent . ; J . Waterhouse , Esq ., the chairman " w . ^ Board , presided , and the minutes of the p « c ^ meeting were read dyer ; two notices of Bia ' *? were also read . Mr . Barstow informed the : B ° W that he had received from Mr . Chadwick , : V ^ j T ^ ation of Riphworth . It was also deternrinw ' that the paupers in the workhouse should be t | ea ~" f with roast beef and plum puddingy on the W ]^ , the Goronation , ( Thursday , ) at the private expei > - of the Guardians .

      Coronation DAr . ^ Thursday being '& */ £ for celebratiiig this auspicious event , brong M ^" labours of the committee appointed for that pprp ^ nearly to a conclusion , when it h said tae aalf ^ tion to the Piece-hall feed , and for other disbursements , T amounted ; to betwixt £ 500 and £ 600 .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 30, 1838, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct351/page/4/