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      " IMJ »» * "' J - - ^ - - - ^ vi ^ uss Mw ' s Assd ^ Aij ^—We aie hai » py .. S ^ i UBQciBtwTii ^ ireOoiu . Its ngpctm * S *™ seem * fi * e *> ik » r interests , and tEe best * Srew « m > tiBg them . Theirattertfca ia di-> JlMt nttreiyto that which no working man ^ SUer to tose sight o £ , &e political emancipation ' « J { c -asses , btit also to the acqniation of literary Tsamtife knowledge , as a means ot forming Z&sttawcta" for the working wany as may ten-£ ^» iimx » ssble -fbT any combiaaxion of fection to fJiytaB an undue ascendaac ? over them . For JrLrnrtse their Assomfe * is made to assume Pi ! l ¦ 4 «\ "WiiAViaTilrtjTflBfihif TiseruJ leamres 01 iiumuic , ,

      ' c _ r-o-n'K > Q * - ' - P f T f ^ g » . mec-namcs ^ j - » P olitical Unimv combined . - Lectures a fiscussions on -Rawus subjects , literary , *^ Lr and political , oeoqpy their weekly meetings . SSisVeeks ago a deputation waited on Mr . Hill , « Lrof the Northern Star , and requested Mm to i ^ a some l ectoes ^ o them . In . compliance ^ ritfa Sremesl . 'MR WSL has delivered to the Associ-^^ electares , aeon the New PowLaw , Mid JzTon the Theory and Construction of the English lxar aige . It teas extremely gratifymg to witness vCTflitense anxiety for infbnnatioa which seemed JT perraae ( ke whdteof thecrowded aadiencesatthese { I ^ res , especially towards tie end of the coarse .

      The Course was imished on w < ee » esaay evening jU , on which-ftccasion thesubject of the lecture was * The best means of obtaining » practical aoqnaint-^^ TO th ^^ rsniinaroftheEa ^ hLaiigii&ge . " At the dose ofthe lecture , an inteffigent working man wit sewral ingenious questions , on which a conversa-^ nfeetwren " him and the lecturer ensued . After which , at-die earnest solicitation of a number of Wrs > n « iu the meeting , Mr , Hill promised to attend In &eBfiH of the Assodaooa , top of Kirkeate , on Wednesday evening next , far the purpose of forming jpd superintending a class ior -instruction and Dornal approvement in this very necessary , bat « Dch Bsglected branch . oCfcnowledgs .

      Stealing a Sack , On Monday , WilliamgifcwssoD , a common 'carrier , "was charged , at the . Coart-Honse , with stealing a sack , the property of , Hessrs- Hobson and Co ., Alfred-street , in whose jgrrice the prisoner 4 ad been r # D years ago . IBs ] iscse was searched « n suspicion of having receded » quantity ofwooiiBlacn had jecently been-stcisn from the premises « f his former masters . The mark £ om which the name upon'thesack had been indented

      « s produced , and exactly corresponded with the mark upon the sack , ir defence , the prisoner -admitted having jeeeived the sack from an radivi faal some weeks preidous , who had been committed within a few davs , for Tobbing his masters' warehouse of quantities of wool . He was committed far trial , tat allowed to 4 * beld to bail , himself in £ 2 G , and nro sureties in £ 15 each , to appear at the next isorough sessions , and-abida br the derision of the

      Court . Pickixg Pockets . —^ On Monday , Axn'Broomfcead was ctarged , at theCourt-House , with picking the pocket « f George LongstaiF , on Tbnrsday night , of £ 10 , at a-boose of ill feme , in Golden-buildings . It appears ! that the "prosecutor was a fanner ' s servant , who bad J eft his place , at Terringien , fifteen idles front York , and hmself and two of his compuioas met with three girls in tie streets and accompanied them home , where the prosecutor soon fcscnd hiiB ? fclf minns his cash , and the -females off . The facts-of the case were proved and sbe was eomairted for trial to -Wakeneld House of Correction .

      Odd Fellows A > 'xit"ersabt . —Tfce members rf tbeLprd"ByronXoage , 240 , of the Sbefield United Drier , held their fifth anniversary on Sbrove-Tues eiT , at die Angel lun , Briggate , Leeds , when a larse namber of members partook of 2 most excel-3 sit dinner , provided by the worthy host and hostess . After the cloth was drawn the health- of the Queen ¥ is givim with three times three . The evening was tpeni with the greatest conviviality -and pleasure , asE the company broke tip at an early hour , highly nradfiefi with tit evening ' s entertainment .

      Sessions . — -The admirers of the -hsws and dottnnes < f the New Jerusalem Church will perceive from an adTertfeenienr , on onr first ^ age , that oa Sunday , Marcb the 11 th , at the opening of a 2 s ew Chapel , on Brewery Field , sermons on the most important of those doctrines are to be preached , by the Rev . David Howaxth , from M&aehester ; and ie E « t . Jobn Cxdl , from Cheltenham . "We know these ia ~ t > e- _ both talented men , -thsrouglily con-Tersant widi the subjects on wbich they are to speak , 2 nd ba ^ . Bo donbr that they will afibrd high gratilearioH to their bearers .

      Eecettixg Stolen Goods . —TViffiam Ed-Boadson was brwaght before magistrates on Monday last charged with being an accomplice in the robfiery ol the wool-warehouse of 3 tIr .. Hobson of this town , tie particulars of which vrere stated in our last . "Edmondson , who- is a carrier , -vTas sospected <« f kaTiag TeeeiTed the stolen wool . His bouse was tearcbed 'by Mr . James , and one of 31 r . Hobson ' s acts was found in bis premises . ' The sack was JbUy ioeatlSedFby 3 Ir . Hobson , as it had bis usual mark -spon it , vrhicb precisely corresponded with the plate with wnicfc be usually has bis -sacks marked . Edmoodsoa . stated tint one of the prisoners who had

      teen c&immttec . for tee theft baa lent him this sack tse wet day to pnt OTer his slonlder ? , and he bad Etrer taken any notice of the mark npon it , and iaewim'to wb " « n it belonged . He bad moreover aiei the man who had lent him the sack when be sosld Trant ir , to winch be returned for answer that ir { Edisondspn ) inigbt keep it as it was but an old tse . Be * aid it was not his custom to inquire as to rk-owete the owners of the sacks ttat came into ii 5 pos « ee :-ion ; -if be did be should obtain no emliojment as a carrier . The magistrates thought the wise BttSSeiently dear to require bisKrommittal to ae sessiwas . He was , however liberated on bail , to ipptar wben reqnired .

      Sr « piciox or Highwat Bobbekt . —Abram Sttdiffe and Joseph Holdswortb , two ragamnffin looting fellows , were bronght before the 5 Iagistrates © Monday last , charged with attempting to rob a aaa named SavilJe , a « zer , at Kirkstall , while farring his cart home on Saturday night iast , abfiut twelve o ' clock . One of the prisoners got upon the cart behind , while the other took hold of the reinj ? . Sinlle had bis cart laden with beasts' feei , fifteen of * hicl le lost ; he coaiatted with the prisoners and fcove them awar . In answer to the charge , they Kited that they were both drunk , and did not mean icy harm . As there was no proof that they : 'had *^ lea the feet , they were each fined 5 s . a 2 d cost * , & being drunk . ;

      " J \ T OF PBOPEK Title . — "On Saturday , a 3 Jr ^ ood , of ibis tmrn , appeared before the magi . * - " c »»» , claiming from Mr . Lumb , auctioneer , the ^ e auction duty which "he had paid for some pro-Mty wijch that gentleman had been instruewd to « 3 by auction . The conditions of sale were that , « r . Wood should pay the duty , provided the title |» ibe estate was good . The title , however , hav-~? Wen examined by a barrister , was found not to : ulid , as the vendor had no power to sell the proj *^ - _ Mr . Xumb stated that the auction duty had ^ paid to the excise . Aa excise officer who was K « s « . t was ordered , by the magistratfs , to refund 2 * fceaey paid by Mr . "Wood for the auction duty .

      Ob laesday week , an old man was bronght before « asrs . Holdforth and Hebden , at the Leeds Coart-Ho ^ se ,. charged by tbe notorious Be Ltocx , police-^ fi , wi ^ i obstructing tbe causeway . It appeared oatTiie tM man in question , has for upwards of five Jean , maintained himself and his * ' old woman , " j ? stUiag -eweetmeats to tie passers-by upon Leeds S ? i < ke , iesiag had the misfortune ten years ago to * 1 from tfce top of s house , and tien received such ^ juries as * stal ] y incapacitated him from hard labour . '& Monday afternoon he was following 'his usual iT « -ation ojsan the bridge , wben be was rodely * " «^ . by BaRock , the policeman , and pushed for- ' off the

      ^ rf a cott « fierable distance from Bridge a « o Call-lane . The preserver of die peace , also ^ ek with bis sack tbe tray of the old man and ** rataall y took him to the police-office , whither he **» iollowed by Mr ? Hobson who went to ascertain ^ diarg e . Ob -the day following lie was brought !* " * the bench , vhen he was accused of ohstruct-^ e }* " % e ' aa ^ ° ^ annoying the neighbourhood /*^ 2 ting . ' Mr . Bobson stated the facts of the J * to the magistrate ^ having seen the whole affair « ? ^ ing to end , from which it appeared tbe ^ J&iii had been shamefully used . He was dis-?* m tod Bullock was allowed to depart without foghteiit remonstrance , although the magistrates rcj * fly jttstified the old toan in standing on the

      ^ ULissc ^ -The weekl y meetings of the Social-¦ J ^ f toue x » attract considerable attention . We J \ fflai , on sewral occasions , some of their pecnliai ^ na ^ e been < 8 spoted and discnsBed with consider j ^^ &tyen both aides . There ia certainl y something ^^ r eadiDeas wift wbich they submit their doctrines ^ tert of investigation , wbich bespeaks a candour ^ " ^ of regpect and commendation . It erinees - i i WBfidenee which , if wrongly placed , it is the £ v "« M » e who tinnk djSerenfly to disabuse . "We ^ . wen informed that Mr . Fleming , the talented £ T * « toe Kew Moral World , will take occaaon ^|^ - at Bradford ) to tisH Leeds , and deliver i , ^« tores expository of the moral principles of tie £ g > *» the Society ' s Hati , top of Kirkgate , | ^ «" * afte rnoon and rening of to ^ oorrow ; and i ^^ fisAs mfileuadfi to dgfray the necessary

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      B&ADFOBB . : BRAsrOftD Foob T *^ w Union . —Among the Guardians present at the last meeting of the Board , w-enotieedH . W . HMj Esq ., one of the Magistrates of t 3 us diTjsion . We feel much pleasure in being able to announce tbe attendance of both Mr . Paley . and Mr . Hird , at the meetings of the Guardians , and w » would most respectfully urge them and their brother Magistrates to be frequent in their attendance , as it will tend more than any thing to show to the dissatisfied and igntsrant . that the Magisterial body are not only determined , but anxious to see the law of tbe land carried properly into effect , and we feel q uite assured that the Guardians will always feel glad wbea they hare the

      experience and knowledg e of tbe Magistrates to assist them in tke performance -of their ardnous duties . Sereral settlement cases were brought before the Guardians , in some « f which notices of appeal were ordered to be givea . The accounts of the Relieving Officers were examined , and cheques given , to enable them to pay in the different townships until next pay-day , and k appeared that tibeir duties bad been performed -in the most satisfactory manner . In several towsislaps many of tha ratepayers bad attended the pay-days , _ ( in some < cases the streaoous opponents * 6 f the new law , ) sad invariably expressed tbeir satisfaction at the manner in wihico the relief was administered "by the

      ReKpriag Officers . Several applicants "for relief appeared before the Board , and out-door r « lief was ordered to be given them until the termination of the inclement weather , and in some cases the Clerk wa 3 ordered to request the Assistant-Overseers of Bitadford , Hortoa , and Calverley , to ^ ascertain the respective settlements of applicants , -and in others , where persons had « deserted their families and left them chargeable 4 o the parish , to takeout warrants for their apprehension . A Visiting Committee of Bradford "Workhoase was appointed , consisting of Messrs . Jobn Hill , William Hafdcsstle , Edward Ripley , and 23 ward ^ oble . Also for Pu dsey Workhouse , consisting of Messrs . George Anderton , Richard ClaVton , Richard Frederick Farrar , aiid

      James Hudson . And also for Idle and Calverley Workhouses , consisting of Messrs . Charles Dibb , William Edmoadson , John Rhodes , G . T . Lister , and George Andrews . The newly elected Masters and Matrons-of tbe respective Workhouses have- ~ all entered into |> ossession tbereef , and now that tbe bubble of opposition is burst , this excellent law is progressing . in a quiet , peat-cable , and satisfaetory manner , -aed we cannot but . g ive our meed of praise to the Gcardians for baring sbown such resolution and perseverance in the midst of difficulties -of no common character , and witii tbe absolute certainty of eneouptsring unmeasured obloquy from the unreasonable aDd stormy oppoaents of tbe measure . — Bradford paper .

      The Miser . —On Thcrsday week , a little-miserable loading man of tbename of Moses Armitage , by pr-olession a mason ' s-secretary , and whose residence is at Wibs-ey Bank Foot , was brought up at our Ceart-House , charifed with vagrancy , being taken into custody whilst begging from house to bouse , - Two shillings and sevenpence halfpenny were Jopnd upon him . "Being well known , it was considered advisable tar ^ ake jnquiry at tbe Savings ' Bank in this town , when vouchers were-handed to the bench for the svm < n ¦ one hundred aiid _ jifty-Jice pounds Jive shillings , deposited therein by Moses . It is ^ rell known that M-jses is in the habit of taking ontnis " begping poke " with jrreat regularity , and

      tbe crusts and cmmbs' -Trbich find a war iato it are tuned to good account . The stray pence which find their way into Moses' pocket are with Dancerlike " exactness , counted and recounted , 'night after nigtt , ere his weary eye-lids are suffered to close , or his Ftill more weary lictbs are stretched out for repose , till at length tbe sum for a depositis accumulated , on which joy £ d occasion tbe eyes of Moses are observed to sparkle with more than ufual brightness , and his feet to meve with more tban rheiru .-ual c-eJeritv , and to the Savings' Bank he hies , and

      tHere adds bit to bit , to please the imagination asd ^ ranfy bis desire for saving , but in reality to starve his -ownbody and da good to no one . Such is Moses Anuitage , the well known miser of'W _? bsey Bank Foot . He made a pitiful bellowing , and prayed the Bench not to commie him to "Wakefield , aiid , on bis pran > ise to abstain from begging , he was suffered to g © -a " t large . He cast a loagin ? , lingering look at hia « 2 oney , and having received if , he left the Court-H « a > e with tie greatest expedition , muttering sounds which resembled , * ' Ob that this -frost would break . " - Bradford-Piper .

      Odd Fellows Axxiveksary . —On Shrove-Tuesday , the members of the Friendly Mechanic-Lodge of the Invlepeadent Order of Odd Fellows of the Manchester Unity beld their anniversary , when 2 S 9 sat down to a -ubsumtial dinner , at the hou ^ e of 3 Ir . Richard Edmoij < l-= on , Church Steps Ian . Alter dinner the . evening was spent in tLe greatest harmony . ' I > : 5 TRESSED Poo £ . —It is painful to be obliged to state , that tbe pecaniary assistance furnished to the Relief Committee by tbe public in . . general , is not by any mean * , adequate to tbe urgetu demands of aur unfortunate fellow-townspeople , now rnifivring tbe ' lsrrors of famine and the riznjr of the weather .

      But . such is tbe fact ; as will be manifest from a perssal of the report of the Committee , which follows . - — " It is with greet regret that the Committee have to " announce to tk ? public , that the subscriptions entrusted to them are so far exhausted as tu rend « T it necessary for them todesist from dispensing relief either in food or clothing . Tbe . « um of £ 7 S 0 has been subscribed , which has been disbursed within about £ 40 , which the Committee reserve for the employment of labourers in the public strteUi : about forty are regularly and r ! aily occupied in deaiu ' ng away the enow , &c . The Committee haw great satisfaction in knowing that manv cases rf creat have been

      neoe ^ ty relieved , and many dessertin ^ r families comforted . It is , however , painfubio them to state that a large mass still remain , and they fear a daily . increasing one , ameng whom dc * tit % oion of food and necessaries existe . Of the care taken to prevent abuse of this charity , the public may judge from the fact , that out of above 2 , 000 applications , not less than 400 cases have , upon investigation , been rejected . The Committee -would be ghud to meet many cases of preat destitution now before them , bnt the means afforded to them do not allo . v it . Subscriptions will still be received by the treasurer , Mr . A ; Harris , at the Bank , cr by any of tbe Committee . "

      AccrDEKjr . —On Friday la * t , as George Waltcn , in the employ of Mr . J . W . Anderson , painter , was returning home from his work , he slipped on the top of the steps leading from the Green Market to the buUhere' market , and fell from thence to the bottom , and severely fractured his elbow joint , which has rendered hio incapable of rtsumJB fi bis occupation . He was immediatel y conveyed to Jir . IJlingworth ' s , surgeon , and k now doing very vt 51 . Violent Assault . —Samuel Jagparwas bronght np , charged with committing a " most rioleut and unprovoked Msauk on three of "Mr . M . Horsfalls power-loom weavers , as they were j ;* jug home from their work on the niEht of Friday last it aDDfiareH .

      from the evidence of M . Thornton , that as she and a jiomber of other girls were going up the North Wing , on their way home to EccleshiB Moor , the prisoner came out of tbe Spotted Cow leershop , in Korth Wing , in a state of intoxication , and immediately laid hold of a girl of the company , and need her in a very iraproDer manner . Another girl of the party ran to her asastance , and not bping able to rescue her from him . she struck him with all the force she conld over the face ; this induced bim to let the first girl go , undhe commenced striking the second girl . This second assault induced a young woman of the name of Mary Thornton to go to the assistance of the cirl be was then abu . * ing , when he

      immediately struck her a violent blowj-aud knocked her dowc . He then kicked h «» r with his feet , and injured her so much as to disable her from attending her work the next day . The evidence was frjlv proved by Elizabeth Fletcher , and he was convicted in the penalty of 40 s . and expense * 14 s . The prisoner naa on Wednesday morning endeavoured to h e tllJf a ^ swilt settled witbout going into court , which the young woman refused ; when he said in a menacing manner , " Well , you will have to go that way . again . This led the bench to declare their determination to inflict tbe very bigheit penalty which , tKe law woald allow , should he again be found gnflty of the like offence , and would bind him over to keep the peace also . .. " . ;

      Violent Assault . — -John Mnrgatrord , Bradford , was charged by his wife with a cruel and violent assault , on Friday moniing last . Tbe assault , it appeared , arose out of a family quarrel , by which he had been put into an ungovernable passion , and struck his wife so violent a blow as to breaa her nose . The appearance of the woman was s-nch as to prevent even a doubt as to . the violence of the blow , and he was convicted in the penalty of five pounds , with expenses , and to find two sureties in £ 20 each , and himself in £ 40 to keep tiie peace for twelve month * '

      Ksi ., hts of Malta . —The Lodge No . 3 , of this mstitntion held * its annual festival last week at the Pack Horse Inn , Bradford , when an excellent dumer vte provided . Various Mjpropriate toasts , songs , « ad glees were given , and the erentnf was spent bj tbe members in a perfeptlT bsmowoo a » d agreeable manner .

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      Ancibnt FoBESTERa *—The oTder of Ancient Foresters appears to be ^ making rapid progress , not only in our own neighbou . rh ood ,: but throughout the kingdom . This is not to be attribufed to any other circumstance or cause than simply this- —the benefit it confers on aU its members . These benefits are not confined to home , and a particular place of residence , but they are equally felt at however great a distance a Forester may be cast by any casualiry of trade or circumstance from his own society . On Tuesday last , two new courts were opened in this immediate neighbourhood , namely , at the Black Bull Inn , Clayton , Court 553 ; and at the Rose and Crowns Bowling , Court 559 , were duly opened ,

      under highly flattering prospects of success . Also , on Teesday , a number of Courts in the town and neighbourhood held their anniversaries , and the flattering tradition of each society is highly encouraging . At the Shoulder of Mutton in Kirkgate , Court 231 , celebrated its asaiverBary ; at the Neptune Inn , in Goodmansend , Court 170 ; at the Odd Fellows ' Hall , Court-5 S 1 ; and at the World's End Inn , Great Crops-street , Court 533 . It is due to the host and hostess < rf . each house to state that nothing was wanting oa their parts to render the "members in

      every respect comfortable . — ' -Correspondent , JoNAVftJiN' Habgreaves was charged by the overseers of Bradford with neglecting to provide for bis wife , who was at the time in confinement . It was proved that for the space of three months be had onl y centribnted five sailings for ( he support of his wife . He was committed to Ytakefield for one morfth . Issue Scgdex , ' of-North "Bierley , " was charged with an assault upoa Harriet 'Holroyd , a g irl thirteen years of age , with an intent to commit a rape . The p risoner was committed to Wakefield , to take bis trial at the next sessions .

      DEWSBUJ&v . Kegro Apprexticeship . —On Monday evening last a lectnre was delivered in the large room , 'New Cloth Hall , De-ipsbury , by the Rev . J . A , Miller , ( the Negro Slissionary and Malthusian . ) of Sheffield , " on the JDJuries inflicted on the negro population in the West India Colonies , and to urge , the importance of petitioning the British Legislature to effect their immediate emaacipation . " The worn was pretty well hlled with a respectable audience " , whicri consisted cniefly of shop-keepers and'middle class gentlensen , wba came forward on this occasion without hesitation , to'iear this supporter of Maltbus relate tbe horrors of-slavery aud cruelty practised in foreign lands ;—but when these gentlemen were

      called upon , and requested to sign a requisition to the constable , for ajmblic meeting , for tue purpose of petitioning Parliament for a repeal of tbe New Poor Law , their reply was , " that they considered tbe New Joor Law a very good measure , and therefore-they co \ ild not , on any accouut , sign a requisition on snch a subject ; moreover , suid they , the request was originated by-the rabble , and . thV Radical Association ; therefore , they could not come forward in sach a . cause . " But when a meeting was got up by tbe parsons and ii > i < ldle'cla-vs gpntlemen , to throw away another twenty millions of money , out of the pockets of the poor ( if required ) , the shopocrats , and all who are rakod above the

      rank of -the' " rtbble , came forward immediately , not considering thnt slavery aud barbarity , in all its horrifying sfenes . were practised upon the poor of Great " Britain and Ireland , as well asin ' the West India Colonies . Tbe shonld-lie-miuister of tlie go-pel said , that it ought to be coiKicl < red that the negroes had no voice in choo « n « r ! egi > - ] : itor ;> to govern tl-. em . Bntie never said that this" was the case in Christian-England . But he-did ' say ,- ** that the pour uf this country'have beirn a . great dnui better off this winter , mider tlie Nl-w Poor Law Act , than ever the }* were before . " After the petitioii t <» Parliament was read , a person moved that the words ' Humble

      Petitioners * be struck off the petition . . This was agreed to"bv thf lecturer ; but , said ho , "I ; nu afniid that it wSi be said that it has emanated from the . lladionlparty , which would cause it not to have a desired effect . " . : Unitjjd Odd Fellcws . —Gn Ti e-day last , the members of the Lodge of . VTiited Ordur of Odd Fellows ^ n ' olden at the houseef llr . 'John-Senior , the King ' s JAnns Inn , De \\> bury , cele-bratcd tlieir anniver * arv , when a most sumptuous ; dinner was provided for about two hundred members by the worthy landlord . Mr . Joseph "Wallace , corn dealer , of Dewsbury ,. ( the founder of tbe lodge ) was unanimously called to the chair . Tbe entertairuiient . s of tbe evenine were kept up to a laic hour .

      Dewssury Thieves . —On Monday , a man named -Win . Harri > on , alius John Deutqn , wa-s apprehended in con-eouence of a request from tlit Bam ' rlcy constaMes , on sundry churges , and was secured in" the Dewsbury lock-uu . During the night a desperate attempt was made to break open the-prison , and le : him out , by a gang of the thieves rf the town , of . which he has been suspected of being one of tke leaders ! , and that he came some months since from Barnsley , to connect tbe Dewtibury ' and tbe Barnsley . gar . gs r . f thieves , and make arrangements lor exchantrinp : stolen properts * . The' constables were called up-about two o'clock , and prevented the attempt behii ; .- ueee ? sful .

      Detv ^ bvry Court Hovsr . —On Saturday last , before Joshua Inghatn and John . Hague , Ksijrs ., David Lt . mb , of HeckinonJwikt ^ was c-fimmitttd to Waliifield House of . Correction for trhtl at Pontcfract » 5 t * s 5 on . < , for stealing an umbrella out of the dwelling-house of Mr . ' Win . CanVy . t- )) , iron-founder , <> f Devrsbary . ALjo , Richard _ : Kilburn and Wm . Kobertshaw , of Cleckheaton , were charged with robbincr Thomas , « on of James SutclilTe Broarlbent , c ' ardmaker , of Gomersal , on the highway , between LitileTovfa and Cleclcheaton , onTfiday ui <; htweek .

      It turned out in the evidence , that the young iiieu were sent cut by their masters , Messrs . Birkby and Kitson , who have obtained a patent for making needle-pointed cards , and vrho . se patent had been infringed cpon by a person at Hightown , who ( in order to get the information as . to What person ir was who sent these men ) took a fcw card teeth from Master Brocdbent , and let him go . The investigation of this case , will most likely furnish evidence sufficient to prove the infringement of the patent . — The case wao dismissed .

      CijEATunE Comforts . —The neighbourhood of Dewsbury is infested with a get' af . thieves , who appear to know as well as those who provide , what is good and comfortable . Near Dawgroon , a few mornings ago , about forty bead . * and skins of Wls were found in a stone quarry . There have also !> een two robberies . of bacon and one of blankets , so that warmth-and-deHcacy " are the order of the day and nigh : with tbiare ? . A Stbaxge JivnocR . —A strange rumour has for the last few weeks been prevalent iii Dewsbury , respect ' ng an -alleged extraordinary attempt at deception , as to the death and burial ' of a late respectable attorney at that place . Tbe rumour h ates that Mr- £ . Carrett , the pentleman above

      a'luded to , is now lining in America , and has been frequently seen and conversed with by-a . traveller who has lately returned from the United States , and that his funeral , consequently , was a mere mock ceremony . This ridiculous story is not only currently reported , but stroxgly believed , especially in the Jownships two or three miles out of Dewybury , wheTe , says our correspondent , an unguarded scepticism would very likely subject an individual to a soiand thrashing . Indeed the rumour bad obtained se much credence , that we were induced to make enquiries respecting it , when we found , as we expected we should , that there was not the shadow of a reason for . the propagation of the absurd story . — ~ Sork Coiiraitt .

      Parish Apprentices . —It perhaps is not generally known among parries who take parish apprentices into other townships , that notice must be given , and consent obtained from the overseer where the apprentice is to be bound , or the indenture is good for nothing . At the last Dewsbury petty sessions , John Jowett , a collier at Birstall , charged Eobert Hemingway , his apprentice , with absenting himself , and acting otherwise disorderly . ; The complainant stated that tbe boy had been bound to him by the overseers of llorley , before the Magistrates at Leeds , without giving notice to the overseers of Biretall , tbe township where Jowett resided . In consequence of this circumstance , tbe magistrates dismissed the case , the indenture bem « - considered defective . —York Cottrant . °

      HALIFAX . Isbasity . —The other day a respectable mfurafaetnrer of this town entered bis workshop , and seeing annmber of tbe Northern Star laying by one of the looms , took it up , and very gravely asked whose it was , when one of the weavers , suspecting no harm , very innocentl y replied it wu 3 his ; on which the master gave him a very solemn admonition , that if he saw any . more there he would discharge him from his work . He also gave the same admonition to others of his workmen , cautiouin ° - them on tbe same subject , and holding out the same threat , should they give encouraeement in that

      p aper . The gentleman alluded to is a joined member of the OM Afethodist body , and bo doubt hears that pat-sage read sometimes which say * -, " Do 46 2 ~^ " -n ^ ;' bllt seWom sees it practically illustrated . VV ith him morals certainly can form no part of his religion , smd virtue itself can only exist in name . _ Such a line of conduct as the above snrely can only proceed from the worst species of insanity . Aew- Coskexiow Missioks . —On Sunday last , s ? mces were performed both ia Salem Chapel and Hanover ChapeL in this town , belonging to the * iS » «^» on of Methodists , for tbe ^ puVpose of aiding their- canse of Missions to Ireland and ^ na da- and on Monday evening a public meeting to » heH- . ni S&Iem Chapel in furtherance of thi

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      An ExAMPtJe woBftttdF Ijiit 45 rtdsr >* -Mt . T . Sagden and some other gentiem ^ n , of Brighoose r havuig been moved b y the distress and suffering which some of Aeir fellow ; beings toe now enduring in consequent of the severe storm which hais continued for spine time back , caUed a public . meeting to inquire into the nature of their distress , ^ and a subscription has been set on foot for their relief j £ 100 has been already raised and . ' . placed m the

      hands or a number of genuemen » to be laid put at their discretion , in such manner as the various canes mjty require , amongst those difierent shopkeepers with whom they , may be in the habit of dealing . This is as it onght to " b ' e ; and shews a liberality-of a <^ g wpr ^ y ; . df '' the - . inmyidn ^ - ^ ho- -iiaTO :. ' ^ ea it up ; If mankind in general was but onoe : half con-\ inced ^ 6 f ^ t ^ .. eyflg . ^ ruin g : ! out ;; 6 f " the ^ . rompetitiye systein ^ how much distress even of the ; above described taught net the poor be saved froin enduring .. - ;¦ - ¦ - ' .- '¦¦; ; ... - . ¦¦ ¦ -. . ¦ ¦ - ¦¦ . ¦ . ¦ ¦ . : ; . > ;\^ ;;•> . {¦• ¦'•• ¦ '

      Refinement in tSe Blub Ctncims ^ -At a recent bhte prgie ' m Halifax , where it might be poetically said— - "I do remember an apothecary that dwelt about this rendezvous of death s meagre and very rueful viefeMs looks , T ' - ' a wooden son ? of Esculapius was appointed vice chairman . In the course of . the ' '' mpiU j" a jcon ^ ersation arose near to where he sat respecting Walfece the Kero ; of . Scotiand ;••¦ and Mr . ' -Vyice' ^; i ( a ' l «« W (^ pne ){ 8 tr \* k ; Sir ith ; MtoBishment on hearing of his . exploita , upon 'being called upon"far af toast , ; jgive -lfr .- \ Wallace ; .. l ; ' " :. ' .. Tiiis being a poser , be was desired to explain ' himselfj when he sat completely Bonplus'd , . A wag who sat near him , prompted him in a whjspen , ^ hen he electrified ibe ^ company by qalling out K Wallace ftta ' t fought the dogs , -gentlemen !'' Thc'elemertts of human life are simple , yet how various are their mixtures . . - . ' . ;

      . . " ¦ i 2 . uvn » . - .: ; . '¦ / ¦ ¦ :- .. ' ; ¦ ¦ '¦¦ ¦ Poor Luv . it EiLand . —On the ; : 2 Snd ult ., there was a meeting at Ibe Workbouse of tne Assistaiit Commissioners -rttrtbatplacej on'the bearing of which the female Reformers niasteteS in strong numbers , but eying to the bell * man being corruptedby tlie Wbigsbe cried for three o ' clock in one street , and fcvwr -in aiiotber , wben tbe time of assembling should have been at t * o o ' clock . Consequently they were prevented frona forming a guard of bononr to the Norland Silk Spinner . On the return of some of the gehtie Guardians : from the meeting some pf the females' treat > tl » em with a roll . iiv the ' - ' -snow ; and one of them a stont portly man ! oftered to tr »; vt them with a > gjll of ale eacb , if ( they would allow him to escape ; but the bribe ; would not-do . The women exs determined to give every resistance . to tlie carryiKg out of the infernal '

      measure .-.-EllavD'Hapical DiKNKR . —The first anniversary dinner of the Radical Aa ? oc * atioii of this pVacu , was beld iit " tlie bouse , of M r . I ) j » iaiel jMnrdoh , - . Fofc ' sters ' Armsi on Tuesday evening , - 'the dinner was pu tlie table- at six o ' clock , when the parties then present , to the number of about fifty , persons sat down to a good substantial repatt , pTo \ -iaed for . ; thein'bythe worthy host " iuid hostess of th 0 house . After the cloth liiid been withdrawn Mr . lliclvard llEaesby was unanimously ^ appointed chairman for the evening , and opened the enterfainmeut by a neat speech in which he expressed alicpo that they would ' so t-onductaliemselvfs on thatoccasibu , by observing an

      orderly and sober line <* f conduct as would do credit both , to themselves and the prindplesVwhidi ¦ they had « spnused . He then read over the first teastfor tlit-ir . adoption , and called uponMr . John Ktunersley . to speak to it , who *' ajinonishufl the -young-: inen particularly to become liieinbers of the Association as-a means -by ¦ " which ' - they inight obtain inuoli persoiir . l hnprovexnunt in knowledge , if they would only take pains to exercise themselves in acquiring it through the " ¦ assistance which . ' tlie .. Association might be able to render them .. After-the tws'ts . had bemv given and replied to by each s ]) eaker , tbe cliairuiiii ' . then ¦ 'brought forvrnrd an object they bad bad in contemplation of making their Asinciatiou-rooin ,

      not only a place for meeting in , but also into , a sid > ool-room , for the pm-pos {; of teacliiiig botli old ami young pi "' bptii sexes , the firstrudiments of- ediicaJion , and several - ' individual ^ hav 0- oiVeted to give tUeir services in . ( hat respect gratuitousl ) ' for two or three -nights iii tbe-Aveek . Tiiey proyrosed-. 'to raise da meamfav tint object by havjng religious services tbere on a Snni . laj " . "; and sirverhliiidividaals have offered tlieir servm-sio officiate for them on those occasions , and make collections that they might be able to proviile tkemselves with desks -and . tables , ifec , uece : > sarv for that purpose . The- young . incVii

      and adults are to -be ; taught-oh their paying threepence entrance anil threepence per quarter , and bcToniing members » f the Associnriph . The females are to be -taught for ' nothing . The alacrity with winch tliis part of the business > vas taken up does great credit-both ; to the hejiil and lie-art of every person en ^ at'ed iji it ' . ; and several persons came for-\ v ; ird and had their names entered immediately as jH ' - 'mbers , one of-- \ v ! iicli was a female . The Asspr ciation bere promises very fair success , ni there are iilready fifty persons enrolled , and there are a . very lauare number of iudinduais who . ' -are in distressed cin-unistmioc'e , who cfu » jiot ; aub .- < cribe if evcii willing .

      WAKSFXEUV Insolvents' Count at Wakefiei . t > . —The fbUpwing insolvents halve been discharged at Wakefield , by Mr . Commissioner Iteynolds :- —¦ Joseph ]\ Iirfieltl , late of Ileokiiiondvvike , "ear Dewsbury ; Mary A'ddy , late an innkeeper , ; near liuddei-. sfield j-Joseph Gieer . wood , of Skircoat , near Halifax ; Samuel Robert Heppcr , of Leeds , fprmerlyji wool salisinan ; William J 3 : itty , late or' Horsforth , near Leeds , -gardener ; John Holt , dyer , Hutislet ; Samuel Scaife , beer house keeper , Leeds , ( petition dismissed ); Peter Ambler , late . of Mountain , stuff manufacturer ;; - Robert Hoole , inkcepcr and dealer

      in teazles , ( this insolvent admitted that it was his dvsiro . ' tp . be arrested—petition dismissed ) 5 George Balmforth , late of . Leeds , retailer of beer , aVeriah Gomersall ; Joseph Hobson ; Jonathan Gatlow , late of Dewsbury , ^]) irit merchant ; John Wutmore , late of Armley , near Letds , fanner . The Mlowinc wer-e adjourned td York : —John Bray ; retailer ' ol beer , Leeds ; -. Thomas Godby , of Eawtry ; Joshua Sykcs , late . of Piidscy , cloth manufacturer ; John Storey , late , of Upper Wortley , plumber . and ghizier ; Webster Gowingj of Lipon , shoemitker . Cltristopher Smirb , the horse dealer , v . hose case' c ' atne before Mr . Coimu ' iifloncr Law , at the last circuit , was sent back for eight months ; not to be entitled to rules .

      A THUEK-PoUNPrTHREE-AND-S /^ I'KKNVKtps . —Frances Abson ; ippcared before the " \ Yake-HeJd mygistrates , on Monday , to prefer a C'har ^ oi assault against Milliniiton Crew . She stated that a week pince on Thursday , she had occasion to go to a butcher ' s shop for some meat . Not finding him . in , she went to inquire at his lodgings . Millington Crew , im landlord , said he was not in ; but he would go and get h ( ir what she wanted . They proceeded together , anrl after good deal -6 f parley ing she got the meat she wanted . ¦ " Tbe . defendant ,, however , refused to . let her go without she would give him v . kiss , and pn'he . r refusal he attempted to take other liberties uitli her . When she got home , she

      informed ber husband of what had taken place , who went and charged the defendant with the offence , and threatened to mate him appear .-. before the magistrates . This alarmed the "d efendant , who offered to make matters up with the complainant ' s mother . His propos-ition was that he would sacrifice a claim of £ 3 . 3 s ,, Gu \ owing to him by the husband of the complainant . This was at Jecgth agreed to . In consequence , however , of the scan , wag : " of the . neighbours , Mrs . Abson determined ; to bring the case before the bench , and . have it settled by them . The parties were advised to arrange the matter amongst" themselves , and they retired for the purpose . : . ' - ;' .- " - " ' .- ¦ " -.- _ . ¦ ¦ - . ¦ - .- . ¦ " ¦ ' . . ' ¦ ' . . .- ' -.

      Kfav Church at VrAkEHE ^ D . —The sum oiJCi ^ S&i 15 s . has been already subscribed towards the , erection of a new cliurcli at Wakefield , the site for wliidi b . ju bewi presented by itobert Hoclgson , £ sg ., of Uaigli Hall . . Robi ns . —A person at Horbury bridge has , during the presentr severe storm , had three of these ^ favourite birds as constant pensioners ripon liis bounty , one of wbich has exhibited such confidence as to take its allotted crumbs coustautly ' .. fifoin . his hands . . .- " It , t-usage of an Apprentice . — -Samuel Denton , a sharp intelligent looking lad , - appeared to prefer a charge against bis master for ill-usage ; The defendant , Samuel Scatcherd ,, is atailor , at 5 kj ?] nistiathorpe , and the boy was apprenticed to liiua by the Covernors of the Wakefield Gfammar School . Several

      witnesses spoke to the defeDdant ' s ill-trea , taient of tbe boy , and one of them deposed to seeing him strike bim with a spade , v It was stated that the conduct of tb i > o wen After some remarks from Mi . Maude , the dpfeudant was ordered to pay 40 s ., and the indentures were cancelled . ' ¦ 1 ¦ : - -

      ¦ : " _ - . : : : \ . v . _ ¦¦ ; BARNStET . - ; -- ; ¦ •^;' ' : ;;; y- ;; ''' Di 8 TREBS .-r-A public riieeting was held in the com-t-houw , on Friday , the 23 rd inatiint , Mr . Willan in the chair , to open a subscription , For the relief of the unemployed poor ; Measis ; Edward JacksPn ; ThpmasTaylor , Edward mewmdnVPiicl the Revs . William Carter , and J . Tranter , addressed the meeting , after which asnbscripaoniwasehtereclpnto ; but we are sorry to say it will be a mere nbthingr to relieve the present misery ,

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      A DKtERMiKEB CoTJ ^ fcife . ^ -dn Monday week , while Georgis Jillot , a weaver of ; Barnsleyj was at the warehouse delivering in his work , his daughter Mary " was conducted ^ to the hymeneal altar by Ed w-. Tetley . ; The banns of marriage had been published ami for ought th ^ 1 lovers ^ knew aU wis right , but on informing the clerk that they were read y , they were informed that the father of the fair ope bad stopped the marriage . By this time it had reached the ears of Mr . Jillot ^ who in company with a constable ; ' went in quest ; -t ) f ^^ tbem . However , preparation had been made , and they determined to be . wed' let what would be the consequence * They straightway repaired . " - ' to the White Bear Hotel , and engaged a post chaise , and drove off to Royston , where they were lawfully joined in matrimony , and ; returned in good speed to a lodging house in Newland , kept by the mother of the bridegroom . '

      : ; - ' . , . HUDDEESFIELD . . - , ; . " . ; : ' Anti-Poor Law Meeting . — -At a meeting Held at the New Inn , in Hudders / ielc ? , on Tuesday la st ^ Mr . James Parkin in the ehair ^ it w as unatumously resolved , ' — ; . -.,-. ' ' : " - : '¦ ¦"¦'¦ ¦' . '¦ ¦'¦' - ¦ ¦ . - : " That we abhor and detest the miscalled New Poor kaw Amend-ment Bill- ^^ both in Its : principle and in : its- -workiBg ..- " ¦ ¦ : - - " -: ' . ' -. ' .. ¦ ¦ ¦¦ : ' , - ¦' ; , . . ¦ ¦/ " ¦ _;¦ . - ' ; . '' Tliat those vrno concocted it , and introduced it into the Hpusesof Parliament andwasinstruinental in having it passed into a law , are the

      mostcoldblooiJed , steeT-bearted monsters that ever disgraced the human form ; and they , with all who aid or support tb-ehv in any way , form , or manner , doubly deseryie to snfier the lingering , starvation death they have doomed tliousands , if not ttiillions , of virtuous , but « iif 6 rt « nate , fellow-6 reatuTestp endure . 'f Tba-t in order to be wett prepared to meet the election of Guardians Oh tbe 25 th of March next , aa iiiatant decision upon the best means for frustrating 'the "hellish , attempts of the three fiends of Sonierset-hous £ , and their nnderstrappers , to enforce Bastile ^ Starvation Whig -iljaw iiito this district , is

      emperativev : . ..-, - . "Tfent the" mode by wbicli Overseers and Guardians determinately opposed to the Law , and on whose integrity implicit confidence may be placed , can 'be elected , demands our instant and prompt attention , " "That wherever the Whigs are determined to nominate Guardians favourable to the Law ( and not otherwiie ) their opponents ought to be ready to noroinate tbo best qualified men within their several townships ; and if none are found suitable in their

      own town , it will bo advisable , as if . is legal , to appoint any within tile boundaries of the Union . . >> That ! if the principle adopted by a ininority of the ( iuardians in the mock election , of a . Clerk , a ; id which has been -confirmed by the three Somerft ? ciibu . se bashaws , be correct , minorities must rule inajonties in botb Houses of Parliament , and all . the riilfs of society'inust be reversed ; but ; until then , every Registrar , or other officer , appointed under the said Clerkv must b ^ iilegaHy appointed ; and every rnavriftgc and registration made by thetn must be null and void , ar . d we call upon the inhabitants to beware . -

      . "That Swain was only voted to the cliair and Moorliouse to tlie vicfi-cbair when no one else would nccept of either . " That those men who . have been principally instnnnerital in attempting to 'enforce the 'hateful'I / iavr ' - were not elected GuanJiaiis by ' the rate-paYers ; but , a » was tl \ e case with Drraiken-Anned Dyson , of NetherThcwijr , only one nominated the other ; so was it with Tinker , of If ep ^ worth ; Mopreb « iu .-c ! , of Foplstolie ; fioburts and il < iijfh , oMlonlej '; Re . 'i fe ' rn , of Meltham ; Dowse , of Marsden ; Wilkinson , of

      ScammOiiden | QHa . rmby , of- 'Longwooa ; Crossland ,. Lockwood , Sliaw , of Golcar , and the late . T . Day , of Linilley ; being , therefore , self elected , they are unauth ^ nsedito act : w-hilu ior Swttih , anu Joshua Lockwood , and some of tiiose from IJastilii-Halni n ' r ' tii , wliere a , mock . elec ( ion took 'place , unlasvf ' ul Teturns' \ vere made . We , therefore , for'the ' se ' -and oilivr . reasons , denounce them as petty despots and starviitioTi paltroons , —deny -UuaV riglit ,- —despise their ; ' attempts , and protest against their whole : pro-¦ ce edinL'Si

      "That to tbis mceting . it is clearly ¦ eyi ' . ' ont . that . tbe old magistrates were not , -iior would not i : e the tools of the -triple-beaded coniinission , and , tbitl therefore , tin ? fh . inks of the inhabitants of this district is due , aii'l- ' nro hereby , tendered to thosi ' gcntlcriien . " That MiRisrs . Brooke and Jjtar-key , Vie t \ r $ new Wbig magistrates , have , l ) een appoinlud by the Whig Governnipnt ,. especially . fnr the [• iirnote of enforcing tht * law upon u ? , nnd have jtroved thiM . nsi » lves tlie willing toois to ellect thiit cinei , base , a 11 i . l bloody n . u ' rptjst *; -tlierelbr-t ; .- they deserve and luive the iialn ii and execrations of their neighbour ;) and of tlie whole conirtwintv . il

      >' That ,.. as "William Swain is a public mtm ^ nhus been publicly charged with b . » tli the robburv of 3 VIr . Wiiiterbottoin , and murdering irieii at liawfold's fig ] it , whicli charges lie lias permitted to pass tincontfii < licij * d , ( which is a strong presumption of jjuilt ) , we call upon him . . to-rebut those assertions ^ and cle . r his cUttrivcter , or let him be brought to Irial , and Ute law take ijs course . ; i Th .-st the tliaiiks of' this meeting In * given to the guardians , who have so nobly combated . ; the starvation tools of-Mr ; understrapper Power , and the tlirep-lieadedcerberus , from begiifhhig to end ; and especially the nol / le niiie , who . last" Thursday voted for-jin adjournment ; namely , ¦ Messrs . Ah'dgfeY and Dyson , of Ahnondbury , MattlieYrs . of' S-hepleV , "Isc'wal . k of j ) alton , Parkin , of Liuthwaite , Shaw and liowgate , of Huddersfield . Seuior . of Farnley , T yas and liirst . of Thiirst . ) iii ; iiid .

      " That the . thauki of this meeting be given to Earl Stanhope , and also to Messrs . l- 'ieldeh , Wakley , . General-- Johnson j . - and tlie other members constituting the scvcntcL'tu" who . in the . House t > f Conimons , nobly voted that a bill might-be , brought in for tlie total repeal of tbe New Poor Law Act . " That thti thanks of tbis mooting is also due to Mt'Sisrs . O'Connor , Stephen ' s , Walter , and . -oilier talented and influential gentlemen , who Lave exerted their talent , vised tlieir influenc 1 , and expended their inoney , in clrfence of the -right of labour , and in ( lefehce of the poor . . ' Thanks to that portion of . ' the press who have advoeyted our cause , and tlie cause of the op-) jress ' , » il .

      ^ That a vote of censure be passed on Edward Bainus , sen ., and Edward Baines , jun ., of the Leeds Mercury , and tlieir correspondents , for their arrant lies arid advocacy of low wages , 'basti-les ' , and stan-atioii for the poor ; . and , whan we reflect , in . how hunibje a lnanher Baines tlie elder , left Preston ,, his nativp to \ vn , and entered ' the town of Leeds , we see a justificatipri in s \ ibscribing to a few of tlie epithets wbich has been applied to him , viz . "Jim Crow , " * ' Tlie Great Liar of the North , " « frc . " Tlint a vote of . censure .-be ' , passed upon the . minority-clerk . Floyd , and every person who has been candidates for , or been elected to , any office under tbe New Poor Law in this Union .

      It was then recommended to all the townships to cull their , committees together , or form new ones , and to go to work in good earnest . Tbe . ceri ' tr ' al committee at Huddersfield was appointed to propose an address to tboJiihabiranis , wiiicli is to be posted throughoat th ' e Union ;'; -which address is to be ready on Tuesday ne ? tt , to '" -w-hicn day , at six . o ' clock in tbe evening , tlie irneeting was adjourned , to be held at the same place . . Passive

      resistance to the law was strongly recommended * mid beartily responded to by the meeting . - Mr . Stocksbeing called to the cliair , tba tlianks of -. the meeting \ vJis given to Mr . Parker for his vpluable ' sBrvices , and the meeting separated about six o ' clock , and carried to their several toxvnsliips the intelligence that tlie Poor Law Union shall , or can be enforced here . That bludgeons , -cutlasses , bullet ? , iior bayonets , will never Bastile the inaabitants of the Huddersh ' eld LTnion . :

      Look Out !—It ought to be understood by the inhabitants of Huddersfield , and the country at large , thata number of the Guardians of the Huddersneld ' .-Unior i , who professed to -be firmly opposed to the New Poot Law , have , to suit the pocket pf tlieir private friends , or relatives , betrayed the interest of their constituents , and voted their reUtives into office . But this baseness will not serve the hungry creatures , as the whole will be blown aside , the proceedings being altogether illegal * PfiOJECTEi > Meeting of Poor Law GtrABDiANS . fiAnptber illegal meetipg of the Huddersfcid Guardians is to be held at the Court House ,

      Huddersfield , at eleven o ' clock , on Tuesday next ; when , as it is the intention of those ; who are so desirous to bastile their neighbours to fix a number of more hungry vultures ^ with large-salaries upon the people , a thousand pounds or ; twovrill-be considereda mere trifle . So , let all the- opposing , the good , and -the benevolent Guardians be at their post in good time , and ttvere will be ^; cleiar proof ofthe illegality of their proceedings if another majority is - against them . Let not Mr . Jim Crow ^ by his Mercurial taunts , or threata deter a man from doing . his . duty . Then let them every one be - a {; . their post . I ? 0 thing ought to prevenVthemV . i ¦ , -...-:. : . ; : ¦ :.-- ¦ - •¦ : ¦ ¦ ?/ ' - ¦' : j ' [ }' : " ^

      ; HbpnEnsFiElin ; -r-0 n Tuesday evening last , the brethren of the lodge df Ancient Druids ^ No . 1 ^ 9 , h olden ;\ at ; .. Albib ' ^ Hot eljj ^^^ Huddersfield f gave their wives W treat to ' tea , ^ rc . The number of ladies . # Kc ^ Sat'db ' wn '' iVto ' up . K ? rc ! fl of 80 . The wholei w served up ; in the 1 best manner , and did great credit to Mrs . Balderipn , thje'landladj of the Itouse . , The evening was spent ' . i 6 a" happy : manner ^ arid the ereateBt ; order andf ' gbbd : feeling pervaded .: The

      ladies giivfrns a toast "the Queen andNthe Droids j " whichAyas responde < t to bV tae 'Whole ; ccmnany in ab entiinsiajtic manner . They also delivereefseveral excuUerit r 6 ^ itatidn 3 ; and - ekpresied their entire satis ^ tjon Avj ^ rti the pleasures of : the evening ; The Order was : eulogise ^ by . one lady , '' as in cases oJ sicfeness or lameneBs tliey would be relieved : from thei'ft ' iiclsi-pftlie ^ lodge , andjprevent them froioQ applyiiig to tbe New Ppor Law for the miserable pittance geuerallyalloyr ' ed there "

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      v' ^ :- ' :. - . ? . " :. " : ' : ' T ^ OHtXTSt ^ : ] :- } - -.:,- ;' / ; "; - . ;;; -- . Robbery at Cross Hitts , near Keighi , bt . —The warehouse of Mr . Benjamin Smith , of Cross Hills , near Keigbley , was broken into on the night of the 16 th inst ., ^^ by some villains , and TO gross pf worsted yarn abstracted ; A handspnie reward has been offered for tlieir apprehension . The neighbourhood of Cros ? Hills has been infested during the whol <* of the 1 winter b y a gang of marauders , and depredaupns have : been committed almost every week with impunity . ; - ' ¦ ' ¦;? . " ' ' . ¦ - . - ¦¦ ¦ . ¦ '• " ¦ . ¦ . ; " . '¦ , " ; . . ¦' :. .. - . ' ¦ - ¦' ¦ : ;/ - . ¦ •; ¦ : i : ^ : - JSOtdi . ''¦¦ ' ^ ' ' i' ¦' . -. '¦'¦ .: '¦' . U .

      DiSXBESS AMONGST THE POOR . — -In C » ase »" ^ a ehce of . the continued inclemency of the ^ wiather a requisition , humerously and respectably signed , was ^ presented to the mayor ^^ on Wednesday fest ^ dewsiring him to call a second public meetiagofethe inhabitants , as early as possible , to devise means for affording some acfclitibnal relief . In cbusequence ,- a meeting ¦ pras convened for ^ Thursday ; at the Town-Hall , the chief magistrate in ^ tbe ^^ cbairi The meet- ; ing , we are sorry to say , was very thinly- attended . The mayor , in an excelient speeph ,, opened thebusinesa , and stated that he should most willingly again put down the same sum as he gave at first , arid hoped that what they might hear as to the

      distress prevailing , would have the effect of exciting their liberality in a very powerful degfie . ''¦ "" The treasurer'a account was read by Mr . Bolton , from which , it appeared , that the sum of £ 1 , 062 ; had been subseribed ,. of which £ 41 had been expended in printing and the other necessary . : expenees ,. and about £ 950 in lpaTes and coals to the indigent , leaHnirg only a balance of , £ 72 in bi . s hands . Able addresses were delivered by the Bev . J . H . Bromby , T . Dikes , and J ; Scott 5 as also by Mr . J . Henwood and Mr . S . Toffllin , who detailed the most beRrtrenditig-scenes of distresSi Mr . Scott and Mr . Hehwopd paid a high compliment to the liberality Of the poor otie towards another : and Mr . Scott

      reinarKed , that it was by no-ineans right that the rich should escape this severe ¦ visitation of Prbrideuce . tt was a matter of great thankfulness that they did not , - in their own persons ,. feel the pressure ; of cold and hunger , and while , in the case of many of the poor , proved that their deep poverty abounded to the riches of their liberality , fee least the opulent could , do was to give liberally in aid of , their distressed brethren . Mr . Toinlin stated , that he had found nuinerpus fami lies without clothes , fire ,: food , bed , or bedding , and , he trusted , that he hadleanied , by personal inspection into the state of the poor , both to value his own mercies ,, apd to endearour to the utmost of his power to do . good : to his fellbwcreatures . Resolutions to tbe effect that the

      Committee should . make . application to the benevplent , and the humane , for further aid ; were then agreed to , and thanks having been voted to the mayor , the meetitig separated . .: Tempebance Society . —The members of this society nre Ipoking ' ibrn'ard to a high treat , at their forthcoming . aiiniversary , at the commencement of the ensuing week , when the attendance of several stranger friends is expected ., The principles of total abstinence continue to make rapid progress in this neighbourhood , and we understand that a tent of the order of Rechabites , has been recently opened at the Temperance Hotel , \ vitli . ' tbe most flattering prospects of success . ' : > :

      Peon L / ur Gvaudiaxs axi > the . Distressed Poon .- ^ -In consequence of the extreme distress now prevailing' amo . ngst tlie poor , tbe Committee of the General Rylief ' -Funvl ' h ' a ' ye . placarded the town , requesting those persons -who have any cast blankets , rugs , clothing , ' < fec which they can spare , to be kind . enough ' to send , tliem . without delay eitaer to the Town Htill ,-tp Mr . S . Tomlins , Queen ' s-street , or to Mf . Jolin Norths , Drj-pool , as . the funds will not allow : the visitors to afford any relief of this description , arid tlfe Guardians : of the poor : of Hull and the jDirectors of the Sculcqats Union consider that to advance any Jrioriey for such purposes fronx tlie poor-rates would be a- '¦ misapplication ' bf ' - ' the public funds . , .. '

      Cor .. Thompson axd the Map . ylebone Election . —A . public meeting of the inbabitantspf Hull was held in the rooni of the Hull Working Men ' s Association , Mytongnte , on Monday night , February 2 (>' th , at half-past seven o ' clock , Tor tlie purpose of sending an address to the electors of Marylebone , recommending Col . Thoinpsoh to them , as tha best man to represent tlieni in Parliament . ¦ A Curious Customer . —On Friday , James L'inrL-ey , who had'bve ' n brought up on Thursday , on a similar charge , was again placed at ; the : bar , Saving been found drunk , and incapable of taking care of himself . The Mayor asked him what ) he

      meant by conducting himself in this manner , upon which he opened out in grand style ; he could assure his ^ S ' orslMp that he was ; very : sorry , extremely sorry , —he had been overcome by a little drop—he intended to leave the town the moment he was set at liberty , and . he woulcl . swear by God that such v ; as his intention . The Mayor said he would not believe a-wi ' srd be said , he had told them just the same tah yesterday . Prisoner : —l es , I did ; but you may take niy word for it I will-do as I say this time . The Mayor : —No , I won ' t talfe ' your word ; you arc fined 5 s . and costs , for being drunk . Tile prisoner -retired , evidently much surprised at the failure of his eloquence .

      Our Militauy Guardians . —On Monday , Henry Halesbury , and another , who ? e name we could not learn , two soldiers , were charged wirb bcing drunl ; , and refusing to obey the orders of the police . H : ilesbury had also insulted , ; in ; a g-ross manner , u female , and subsequently had committed an apault upon ; i man . The sergeant attended , and informed the bench that it was the intention of the officers to punish the prisoners for their disgraceful conduct ; and on his "Worship , tlie-Mayor , being told that it was not likely they would be flogged , but only placed soine time ; in solitary confinement- ; he directed them to be given up to - ' the military authdrijti . es- ¦ ;' ¦ "¦ ¦ :

      Complaint against a HL'snAXD .--On Tuesday last Susannali Farrar , charged her ; hnsVind Josepn Farrar , with ; deserting her and bis child * and also with an assault . The complaiuant stated that on Sunday morning lier ..- "husband , left her , and on Mbndfiy she went ; to ask : him if he ; intended to cbme home , He said be did not , and if she wanted to say anything to Kim she migbt call upon hM when be had sliutup the shop in . the evening . She did so , and he abused her and knocked her dovrii . \ Vhen

      shesaw him 111 tbe morning she asked him for soihetliing to get the cliild and herself something to eat , find he said lie would gladly give her threepence to buy some poison" with . A young woman who had gone with her 011 Monda ) - evening , aiid walked on the opppsjte / sicle of the street , proved tlie assault . Farrar said , in bis clefence , that bis wife did not get his brea'kfast ; ' ready , arid that 011 one occasion , she bad got drunk . . Mr . Carrick said , even' if that was true he bad uq rigbt to . strike her . Bound over to keep the peace for three months . ;

      DisoRpEiiiiY CoxnroT or a Number , of Solihers . - ^ Joseph Hay , a soldier in the COth Rirles | was charged on Wednesday last , with disorderly conduct under tbe fbilowing ; circomstauces . It appeared that last nigbt as the prisoner and several other soldiers were leaving the Theatre , tbeytook it into their heads to have a . lark , and joining arm in arm ran violently against some decent females , and knocked one of them-d ' ownl' Tbe lady gave one of them into the charge of the police ,- but he was rescued by the prisoner arid his companions . The prisoner was then taken to the Station-House . The offence was fully proved , and the Magistrates fined him os . and costs . It is but justice to the men to say that their outrageous conduct was soleir artri-. butable to their having indulged to freely m their libations to Sir John Barleycorn .

      RICHMOND . SersiOxs . —Oil Sunday , the " 2 . 5 th ult ., an appropriate sermon was preached in the parish church of jtichmond , by the Key . J . O . Sinitli , B . A , the curate ; and iii the chapel of the Holy Tr inity , by the Rev . J , B . Birtwhistfe , M . A . the incumbent , in aid of the Funds of the British and Foreign ; Bible Societ y ; after which a collectionwas made amounting id £ 10 . 19 S . ¦' - ' ¦ ' : : ¦ ¦' - ¦ . . ¦ ¦ - '' ¦ - . , - ¦ ¦ : "¦ ¦ ¦ . :. ¦' .. ¦' - , ¦/"¦ y . ' * Prolikic Cow .- ^ Mr . 'Bartholomew Blehkvion , ¦ of Skeltonj near Ricb . mpnd ,. has now in his possession a cow that has produced six calves within the last thirteen months . ¦ . ; . " ' :.-: ¦' .. ' '; " ¦' ¦ -. ¦' .

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      modgy thau . thbsfr by ;; the ^ hand ; yet there s -every appearancefola ^ risfc . 'tracte . - ' ' ¦ % ' / :, v ; Englishmen Tuiin ed week , " upWarcl 3 -of ^^ - ^ entj ' boatmeh we ' re drawing a waggon loaded with pottopf .. from ^ Manchester to Bochidale . - 2 "h ' ey ^^^ haa . ailagpn the waggon ^ tatipg they , were ; in distress in consequenee of the canal being frozen up ^ Several were . collecting money for them at ^ the'hbusMana of people . tliey mefcon the road .. ' -. ' .--- l- ' :-- ; - \ . " - , 'i- ' . -vVv--.. v ;¦ . ¦ ¦ . ¦¦ ¦ ; . - : .. - - ; ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦' ' ¦ - ¦ . ¦ : •¦/ ¦¦ . ' : ' ¦ - ¦ | ¦ ! .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 3, 1838, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct520/page/5/