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

      as an abrogation of all those principles of equity and justice on whieh alone law can be founded . "We have ever denied , and we do still deny , the authority jof those who passed this law to enact it ; and we do -equally , now , as we hare ever done , deny their right to enforce it : We deny , in feet , that it is any -law at all , and that the people are bound to render any ^ obedience to its authority , or that of any pretended . functionary acting under its provisions . Hence , we haTe never recommended the policy of electing

      guardians , hostile to the enforcement of the law—we . have always said to the people elect no guardians at . alljhol&no communication with the Devils' minions , . minister no . help to y ^ r own destruction . lOldham -and Fixby have acted on this principle , and have _ gjoriooaly _ maintained their independence ; but , in jnost other places , our friends have thought that a « ieadiersnd more effectual method of dispatching the £ f Beast" yracM . be to strangle him in th . e meshes of Ins own net , by electing , asGnardians , menwhowere

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      determined to run all risks in opposition to the law . This is a ^ ood position for the people to take ) though not , as we think , the best that might be taken ; and we are glad , heartily glad to the very soul's core , to see that the brave fellows of Hbddersfield , Rochdale , and some other places having taken this position , have maintained it gallantly . They have done great service to their country , and will be had in everlasting remembrance by their children ' s

      children . The stniggje was severe , for the * JjBeast knew It to be for life . His Herculean powers of every description were put forth . Trickery , of the meanest kind that ever Whiggery was tainted with , was unhesitatingly resorted to . In Honley , when the " Beast" perceived that he was losing ground , the rate-books were ransacked for objections against voters , even op to the panic of 1826 ; nine year before the Bill vxis passed .

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

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

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

      modern . Moloch , to offer up human sacrifices to the household Gods of "Capital ! " The friendships of neighbours are to be interrupted and destroyed—the concord of society annihilated —the silken cords of amity , that bind each man to Ms fellow , to be roughly torn asunder , that a rose leaf may be added to the bed of the Sybarite , by planting a thorn in the pallet of the pauper Merciful Heavens , to what a pass has "Liberalism "

      brought us ! But , thank God , the ruin is not irretrievable . It is in the power of the people , at any moment , when they please , to say to the ruthless monster , all powerful as he is , thus far shall thy ravages extend , and no further ; and the men of London , all honour to their name and memory , have said that word , and said it manfully . The parish of St . Bride , in that famous city has tasted the sweets and benefits of the New

      Poor Law . She has eaten of the bread , and drunk of the cup , of the three-headed Devil King , until she has grown tired of bis board , and determined , hereafter , to keep herself . At an immense meeting ef the inhabitants of that parish , the proceedings of which are reported at full length in our sixth page , they resolved"That the inhabitants of this parish are capable of ma-Hasting the whole of their parochial affairs , without the aid

      or contronl of any other persona . " " That the resolution of the public -vestry , on fee 17 th-of February , 1837 , in these vrordB— ' That it is the opinion of tiu » vestry , that the introduction of the New Poor Law Bill into the city of London , and the formation of the whole city into one union , will not onl j . henefit the rate-payers , but improve the condition of the poor , and provide greater comfort for the aged and infirm ; and , therefore , this parish desires to participate in -the benefits to be derived from the nnion , ' » now rescinded . "

      This is the position we want to see the people take . We want to see them distribute their own money to the poor , without troubling" either the Devil King or any of his myrmidons at all about the matter . We hare no abstract lovefor sinecures , but , inasmuch as we have seen from the temper of the House of Commons , that so long as that nefarious body is returned bj ten pounders , there

      is no hope of the snug places provided by thb infernal law for Whig toad-eaters being abolished , we do ardently desire to see the people convert them into sinecures for the present , while their unremitting energies are applied to the obtaining of Universal Suffrage , without which they can have no certainty against either the operation of old laws or the enaction of new ones , in the same spirit of rapine and blood .

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

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

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

      to vote butpersons haying a direct interest in starviBg the one and enslaving the other ; and mark again , that , those same parties voted by Ballot , that is to say , secretly and in the dark , as all rogues act , whose deeds will not bear the light . Here is a specimen of what you may expectfrom the Ballot should the middle classes succeed in superadding Grot e ' s Bat-trap to the other machinery of the " Reform" Act . The parish of St .. Bride contains , at least , eleven thousand inhabitants of

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

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      the secret votes of 120 profit-mongers , giving a majority of 20 . " While this was going on in St . Bride ' s , the morning papers contained numerous cases , copied from the provincial press , exhibiting the like treatment of the unhappy poor all over the country . For instance , tbe Guardians of the Cirencester poor decided test week that for an " able-bodied man jBccusto » ed to hard labour out of the wqrkhoase , and to close labour within , Jive ounces of bacon per

      * tree * was sufficient animal sustenance . No beef , mutton , pork , or veal—no animal food of any kind beyond the five ounces of bacon ; and no beer alj the week round . " Such is the treatment of the Cirencester poor in the workhouse ; out of the workhouse , it is death . As a proof of this , the Gloiices ter Chrtnicle of Saturday gives the case of a poor woman named Hancox , the wife of a cripple , and aged 65 , who had literally died of hunger and cold , after a fruitless application for relief to the Cirencester Board of Guardians . This unfortunate

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

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

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

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

      favour , which verdict is , up to this hour , the only part of their proceedings which has been made public H I defy the records of Eastern despotism to furnish a parallel case to this . When Henry VIII . of wife-killing memory , condescended to argue doctrinal points with Lambert , the schoolmaster , he tried first to convince bis opponent by' a right Royal display of Catholic orthodoxy ; but that process failing , he had him tied to a stake , where , with the aid

      of fire and faggot , he soon convinced all loyal subjects that Lambert was no better than an obstinate heretic . This was a very arbitrary and summary mode of conviction ; but I deubt whether it was more arbitrary and summary than is the Bridgewater Guardians' mode of self-acquittal , and I also very much doubt whether , after all , Lambert did not experience more real mercy and fair play from the wife-killer , than did the Bridgewater paupers from their chosen Guardians . Lambert was killed with

      fire by the King ' s authority : the Bridgewater paupers were killed with water-gruel , by the authority of their Guardians . The wife-killer held himself responsible to nobody for roasting Lambert : the Guardians consider themselves responsible to nobody for having inflicted diarrhcea and death on the paupers . There was no coroner ' s inquest to bring in a verdict of wilful murder against the royal roaster . There has been , and I fear will be , no coroners' inquest to find a similar verdict against the water-gruelling pauper-killers . Thus far there is not much difference . But Henry , with all his atrocity , gave Lambert a public hearing , and consequently an

      opportunity of escaping the roasting , had the latter been only wise enough , or not too fanatically mad , to avail himself of it . But had the Bridgewater paupers any such opportunity of escaping the watergruel ? Did they get a public hearing from these " Guardians ? " Did the latter try to convince them publicly that water-gruel was good and wholesome , nutritious and substantial food for able-bodied men , or for aged and sickly persons of either sex . But I must not pursue the parallel . One startles at the inferences to which it might lead , and I have already carried it too far to leave a doubt on the mind of any humane person as to what ought to be the fate of the Bridgewater Guardians .

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

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      L . EEDS AND WEST- | lII ) mi » NE ^ S . ¦ ¦ . ;¦ . ; ' .-: ¦ :.-... ' ; : \ . ¦ ' ¦ : UUSD 8 . ¦/ ' . ¦> ' ' V ^ ¦ ¦ ^¦ - - '¦ ¦ : ' . A Valiant A > m Hokest Recruit .---On Tuesday last a lusty son of thei north , named B « bert Nelson , was brought before the magistrates charged ; with stealing a penknife , the property of the recruiting sergeant of the 6 th regiment . The sergeant stated that he h . ad listed the prisoner on the day before , and had taken him to his apartments , where he fiirnisbed him with a gooa dinner and ; a pint of beer ; Leaving him for a short time in the

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

      Cautiqn to Shopkeepers . —On Saturday last f Mr . Wilson , Pawnbroker , George-street , and Mn Fisher , shoemaker , rBriggate , appeared before the magistrates under the following circumstances . It appeared that some time before , a girl had gone to Mr . Fisher ' s requesting to look at some shoes which , on pretence of her father wanting to look at them , she was suffered to take away without Mr . Fisher knowing whither they were to be taken . These shoes were subsequently pawned at Mr * Wilson's shop for four shillings ; and : beipg . discovered by Mr . Fisher , he took the customary means to recover his goods . Failing to obtain them thus , the partieB both appeared before the magistrates , who adjudged that ; Mr . Fisher should pay

      Mr . Wilson , the pawnbroker , four shillings , the price whichhe had lent upon the shoes . iMPtrDENT Robbery .--Robert - Thompson was charged before the magistrates , on Monday last , with having entered the house of a person named Elizabeth B ( ownass , of Hunslet , and stealing therefrom a shirt , waistcoat , and neckcloth , " which he subsequently pawned : for a , trifle . The articles were traced to the pawn-shop and identified by the owner , and the pawn-tickets were found in the possession of the prisoner . On Saturday last the prisoner was committed on a charge of stealing some linen , the property of Mr . ' Charles Scholefield , of York Road . In his defence , he said he had bought the tickets , but-. could-neither tell for how much he had bought them or from whom . He was likewise committed

      on the second charge . Eye and Ear Infirmary . — . The Leeds Eye and Ear Infirmary Report for March , 1838 : — Admitted , , 60 ; " discharged restored , 70 ; remaining on thebooks , 140 . 7 Keeping Bad Company . —On Saturday last , a ydung man named Thomas Daley , appeared before the magistrates , charging a girl named Mary , Ann Sherry , with picking his pocket , ; while in that . sink of abomination called ¦ ¦! 'l The Golden Buildings . " It appeared that , on the evening before , Daley met

      with the prisoner , who enticed him to this brothel ; and while ; in one of the bed-rooms , extracted from him two half-crowns and a sixpence . He also had a tobacco-box , which he said he found on the bed after the girl had left the robntii On discovering his loss , he went in search of the fugitive , , whom , with the assistance of a policeman ^ he soon foun d , but the money had disappeared . The magistrates said that though the case looked exceedingly suspicious against the prisqner ,: there was not sufficient evidence to convict her , and she should therefore be discharged .

      Richard Oastler in the Fire . —Jonas Driver , a petty manufacturer , residing in New Wortley , was brought before the magistrates by warrant , on Tuesday last , charged with wilfully damaging and destroying the property of Nicholas Lenagban . It appeared from the evidence that Lenaghan is , occasionally ,- a newspaper hawker ; and that on Saturday last be went to the Black Horse Inn , in Swinegate ^ where he offered for sale the Leeds Mercury , Times , Intelligencer , and some other papers , ; as well as the Northern Star . As an inducement to purchaser of the latter mentioned journal , he stated that withit he would give a splendid portrait of Richard Oasitlerj Esq . ' . " . What , that

      agitator , " said Driver , scowling and showing his teeth . '' Yes , that incomparable , patriot , " said Lenaghan , ' * will you buy a paper ? " " Hand me the portrait , " said Driver ; which being reached to him , he put it into the . ' -h ' jrej . and the Northern Star likewise shared the same fate . Being asked for paymebt , | ie threatened to serve the hawker arid his basket of papers with the-same sauce , and positively refused to pay . for the paper , tri answer to the charge , he admitted that he was drunk , and did not know what he wasdoing ^ Tpe magistrates decided that he should pay for the paper and the expenses of the conviction , which having done , he made his stay in Court as short as possible , and quickly found the

      door . Lenaghan applied for some allowance for the time he had spent in attending the Court House , for several hours that day and the day before , but the magistrates having given judgment , / they said they could not alter their decision ! Lenaghan did hot desire more than 2 s . 6 d ., which he said . would not pay him for his lost time , The magistrates thought it was reasonable , and directed a policeman to accompany Lenaghan to Driver ' s warehouse , and to state that unless he allowed him some compensation for his loss of time ; : they would direct that an ¦

      information should be laid aga nst him for being drunk . - - Hepositirely refused to pay anything more than the magistrates had awarded , and . saicLLeriaghan might go to the Devil for it if he ch 6 se . The information was consequently about to be laid , but to prevent the consequences , a ; gentleman in the Court handed Lenaghan half-a-crown , which he thought it better to take for his own cheek , than have the trouble of attending again and getting nothing for his trouble after all . Was this silly fellow a Conservative operative or a little Whig bantling ?

      Mysterious Circumstance , ^—Inqdest .---On Tuesday morning last , an inquest was held on view of , the body of James Lucas , aged 41 years , who was found dead in his bed on the previous morning . Tho young men slept with him during the night hi Sunday , and did not perceive anything on their rising to attend their work on the following morning . About eight o ' clock , however ^ when they had returned to breakfast , a little girl went to call the deceased out of bedj arid found thafche was quite dead . A post mortem examination of the body topk place , but no particular cause of : death was elicited . Verdict--- " Died by the visitation of God / 1

      Court House Curiosity , —On Tuesday last , two respectable looking women , named Hannah Wood , ; and Sarah Buckley , appeared before the magistrates to settle a brawl which they could not decide more privately . ; ' Mrs . Wood charged Mrs . Buckley with beating her children , who had given her no provocation . ; There were witnesses on both sides , who Djsth swore that the respective parties ^ for whom they appeared had been assaulted . Mrs , Wdod desired ^^ othirig but peace , for this was the first time ^ she had the curiosity to bring any body

      to the Court House , and she did not care if it was the last . Mrs . Buckley had the Jbest of evidence , and on judgment being given against her ( in which she was directed to pay 2 s . 6 d , ; to Some . charity , and the expenses of the case ) , she seemed to feel all the indignation which an honest and independent mind would feel when unjustly : accused . She urged the respectability of her two v ^ itnesses who were strangers to her , and had come ; without any promise ; of reward to give their testimony , while her accuserhad only one witness , whose testimony was completely contradicted . To this she was answered " that the

      bench had given the case a very patient hearing ^ h both sides-, and they must abide by tixeir decision /' Socialism . —On Sunday last ,, two lectures were delivered in the Social Institution of this town , by Mr . Fleming , from Manchester . The aftetnotn lecture consisted prihcipklly of remarks " upon , and replies to an article in the- Marph No , of Blackweod ' s Magazine , headed '' Practical Workings of Trades Unions . " Mr . F . was exceedingly' happy in his observations ; and in the soundness a great portion of his advice to the Unionists we full y [ concur ; particularly ^ hen he ad y ised the enrolling of the rules of the several societies under the " Benefit Societies ; " a step wBch we hope every Union throughout the country will immediately ¦ take \ and ihus : put themselves under the protectioni of the only law lately passed at all calculated to afford

      protection to working men . Mr . F . also advised withdrawal . of the fund ? of the Trades Unions from the savings and other books , and the employing of of them in purbhasing real property for themselves instead of allpwing the ; Bankers and other ' Capitalists to convert- those funds into additional scourges wherewith to lash their victims , the productive classes , The evening , lecture- was upon the practicability of the community principle , as advocated by the Socialists . Mn F . is an exceedingly clever speaker ; and his discourses appeared to make a deep impression upon his auditors , Animated conversations followed at the close of each lecture ; and the several objections : adyanced , met inth a ready-reply . A lecture in opposition to some of the tenets held by the Socialists was' delivered in ; the : same room , on Tuesday evening last , b y Mr . Gregg , Methodist Local Preacher , of this town . : -

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      THis Way TO Obtain A ctoob G ^ aracter ; —Mary Ann Sherry was brought before the Magistrates on Monday last , charged with picking a mail's pocket of Sis , at the Golden Buildings , ¦ ¦ ¦ on Sunday night . Oh discovering the robbery she was given by the man in charge of a policeman , but as the hpmme de pldisir di \ a . not appear against the belie Jtlle de Joie she was discharged ; The same damsel was brought before the Magistrates on Saturday last , charged with picWng a man ' s pocket of 5 s . 6 d . as mentioned in another paragraph . :

      SwEARiNO A WitNEsSi—The following ridiculous scene took place at the : : 'Qpaft House , thef other day , in swearing a witness , who was a young man apparently about 20 years of age . Mr . Jarnes . ^—^ Too shaU true answerraake . " Witness had the book ; in hiacleft hand . . Mr . Jajmes . — -Take ; the book in your right hand . — You shall true answermake . " Witness then took hold-of the book with both hands . Mr . James . —Take the ; boiqjk in your right hand ; You shall true answer make to all such questions , Witness kissed the book . ^ stop , not so fast—You shall true answer make to all .

      Witness took the book in both hands , and grasping it with all bis might , pressed it to his lips with such force , and for such a length of time , as to make the blood rush into hiB cheeks until : they seemed almost as red as a ' turkey cock . The Court was convulsed with laughter at the poor fellow's simplicity ; arid after some little further trouble on the part oi MK James , he was at last properly sworn . A Singular FANcy .--0 n Saturday night last ,

      or rather on Sunday morning , between twelve arid one o ' clock , two men named Tbps . M'Donald and Henry Rodley , were found fighting in a field near Knoatrop . Being taken into custody , they were brought before the magistrates on Monday last , when they admitted the charge , and were bound in their own recognizances in the sum of £ 5 each , to keep the peace for six months . Eddley was also fined 5 s . and costs fcr being drunk . . " ' ' <¦

      AssAuLTiNO a Watchman . —On Monday last , a Scotchman , named Eichard M ^ Kenzie , was brought before the magistrates charged with assaulting a watchman while takinghim to th : policeoffice for lying in the street in a ; sUte of inebriation , M'Kenzie admitted that he was dirunk , but denied any kriowiedge of assaultirig the watchman . . Hi ; stated that he had been a clerk in- a coach-office at . ' -Liverpool , * and being unemployed had come- to Leeds in search of employment . He 'vas fined 10 s and costs for the aasaulti . ' -.

      ohockino Accident , —On Saturday evening last , an appaling accident occurred in Hunslet-lane , of which the following are the particulars : —About seven o ' clock on the night in question , Jane Hodgson , a girl of about seven years of age , and daughter of Mr . Hodgsonj of the Spinner ' s Arms , Marsh-lane , was returning with another little girl , on Hunslet-lane to Leeds , when they were tempted to turn behind a gig , which baying done for some distance , they were perceived by the person driving , and were whipyed away . Feeling the whip about

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

      Thieves k % ODDS .---On Tuesday last , two noted characters , appeared before the magistrates , each complaining of the other , of assaults , damages , &c , &c . One of them produced three parts of a panhe . l , which she declared the other had knocked out of the door with her list : she also complained of her haying broken a square of glass and sundry articles in earthenware . The defendant had likewise her complaints to make , when the other one in the mean time called her daughter as a witness . "Ohyou needn ' t call her to help you out of your scrape "

      said the defendant , " for she ' s been at Wakefield for stealing ia watch . " " And you ' ve beeii there for stealing beef , '' said the complainan t , so the kettle does ' ent need to call the frying pan black . " "Well , and you ' ve been there for stealing pork , " said the defendant , " ' so we'd better cut our sticks , as I guess ye'll mak nput o'nt . " Such was actually the fact ' ; the whole of the three had been cornraitted ; the one for stealing beef , the other for stealing pork , and the third for stealing a watch . The Complaint was not heard .

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

      received information of the robbery , pursued the fugitive whom he saw drop the neckcloth in the street . In consequence , however , of some deficiency in the evidence , the prisoner was discharged ^ " Goulding's Buildings . "— -This place-is . one of the greatest nuisances in the toiyn ; there are more depredations committed in this place in one week , according to the cases that cpriie before the magistrates , than in the whole town beside in a month . Could not : our liberal magistrates do something towards the suppression of such a nuisance ?

      Wilful Damage . —On Monday , Thos . Flower was brought up at the Court House , by his father , a respectable publican , in Leeds , in consequence of his having , on Saturday night , broken open the door , and behaved to his father in a violent manner . He waa bound over to keep the peace for six rnoriths , bJm ' self , ' in- £ 20 ,. and'pne-8 u ' retj : '* in- . '' - £ . i 0 ^ Robbery . — -On Tuesday , George Thompson was charged -at the Court House , with having , on Sunr day . night , stolen two sovereigns , twenty-two shillings arid sixpence , a waistcoat , and a handkerchief . The two last articles have since been found at a pawnbroker's , and fully identified . They were the property of Eliza Thompson , the prisoner's aunt , who resides at Beeston ; He was corrimitted for trial to Wakefield House of Correction .

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

      AcKwoRTH Church Rate . t- ^ A meeting was held in June last ^ for the purpose of levying a rate on the inhabitants of this village , which issued in the question being adjourned nine . months , which linie expired on Thursday , the 29 th March list . The anti-rate-payers issued a notice that they should meet pursuant to the adjournnient j this proved a disagreeable surprise to the parson and other needfuls connected with the church , for by the way it was hunting day * , and the former business , had been overlooked . The officials concluded it best

      tomeet the Radicals , as they are here termed , and the chair was taken by the curate , who opened the business , and told the meeting that they must dispose of it as . they thought fit ; George Wade , Esq ., then indved a further adjournment for tw ; elve months , arid was sscorided by Mr ; John Scbfield . Mr , R ; Doeg moved an amendrrierit , that the meeting be adjourned to the 21 st March , 1839 , and was seconded . by Mr . G . L . Linney ; a few remarks set the matter right yrith Mr . Wade , and the amendment was carried without ft dissentient ; theMatter gentleman himself declared for the amendment .

      Narrow Escape , - ^ On Saturday , George Lodge of Hoibeck , was brought up at the Court Housej charged with having , sometime previously , stolen a cart of the value of £ 4 or £ 5 , the ^ property bfMr . JosbuaWilsori , of Thornes House neaxLeeds ; The cart had been left at a smith ' s shop in Meadowy Lane , Leeds ; to get repaired ^ and though the prisoner was not -observed tosjtealthe . ; cart , yet the wheels were found in his possession , with a new

      cart body placed upon them . ' As soon as the prisoner ascertained that he was suspected , he removed the cart to Manchester , and there sold it for £ 7 * 10 s ! In defence , the prisoner steted that ¦ the ¦ Dlacksmith had lent him the cart . The prosecutor observed , that from the courteous manner in which the blacksmith had acted when . application had been made respecting the cart , he thought he had been fully as bad as the prisoner in the " transaction . The magistrates dismissed the case .

      ¦•' "A . DANGjBRpUS Prepicament . —Ori Monday last , a young man named Thosi Ellice was brought before the Magistrates charged with being so drunk as ' - ' to--. ; expose hiniself to death by drownirig . A watcmnan named John Bolton took the prisoner out of the brook in Water-: lane , about half-past two o'clock on Sunday morning last , in which he might have been drowned had it not been for the timely assistance of the watchniari . Prisoner could say notiiing in his defence , and was finedSs . and costs for beijoffdrunki ¦ /

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      . Election of Overseers of the PdoB --o ^ Satarday last , the followihggentlemea were eiS pverseers for their several townships and waraV ftT th ^ ensuing year . '•; . '"'" rot > MILT . HILL WARD . ¦•'" - ; " ^ pS ^ ^ Mr . Joseph TVckrey , wool agent . Park Placed . . . - " .. '¦ , / .. - ¦; ' ¦¦ •;¦"' ¦ . west ward . ¦ ;¦; ' s ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦>¦ ' < [ ' - ' : ' - ¦ Mr . Lnke Marsh , hatter , Upperhead Row ; Mr . Joseph Reffitt , wooldyer , Spring Gardens . Mr , Walter Stead , merchant , Wo | o ^ house-lane

      ¦ ¦ .. : ' "¦ :. •• . : ' :: . ¦ - . « okth west , ward ; " .. - ; ¦ ¦ /¦' ¦¦ ¦ ... - Mr . Matthew Johnson , glosrer , Well Close Place Mr . Thomas Anderson * hide merchant , Water-Jane : '; -.- . ; . ¦;; ¦'¦'¦'¦ ; ¦' . ' ¦ . -: northward ^ : --: . ;' . J : y- - -y . ~ . ; l Mr . William Watson , jun . chemist , Te mplar-strertf Mr . Joseph Dickinson , com miller , York-stry t ^ ¦ ¦ " ' ' ' ' " " ¦¦ , ' : ¦ ' : ''¦' ¦ NORTH BAST WARD . ' , ' "i ; Mr . Thomas Brumfitt , gentleman , RoundhaT » a »^ Mr . George Bedford , ^ dyer , Beckett-street . ™ Mr . John Lawson , shopkeeper , Woodhouse-lane . ' " ¦¦' - ¦ ¦' , -r : " ¦ ::: ' . ¦' : .. eastward . ' "¦' ' ' .- Mr . John Armitage Buttery , Kno 8 trop ; . Mr , Eli Whiteley , stufF manufacturer , S pring-street : '" I ' .- •' . ; : ' ; ' . ; MRKOATEWARD . ' ^ ' - ' . ¦ ' ' ' ; ' . ; .- ' - . . ' ' : ' '' Mr . John Yewdal , grocer , Briggatei

      SOUTH WARD . . . ¦ .. Mr . Thomas Holt , Blayd ' s Court . Hunslet-lane Mr . John Bentley , tailor . Camp-lane . OUT-TOWNSHIPS . ' : "¦" . ¦ .. "' " : . ' ¦ . ¦•¦ ¦'¦ . " ' -- " ¦ VHUNsiET . ' , ' - ' : : ¦ ' - ¦'¦ .. ' '" . . ¦ . Mr . John Ingram , gardener , Sayner ' s-lane . '" William Walley , wpolstapler ,, Bowling-ereenterracey Hoibeck . ° " Joseph Longley , bricklayer , Chapel-st ., Hunslefc ¦ ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' •¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ :. - - . "¦ : Holbeck . -- :. ' •¦ - .. ' - . ¦¦ ¦ - . - ¦;¦ -.- :. ' -.. " John Watson , grocer , Sweet-street . " John Jacksori , miller , Hunslet-lane . - ¦ '• . ¦ .- ¦; " - ¦¦' . ' ¦¦' / : ... \ . BEESTOJf . '¦; " - " ¦ ¦ ' , ' : ¦ ¦' - ' - ¦ ' - , ¦ ;> ¦ " JohnYates , china-mercharit , RoyaV " Joseph Rogers , innkeeper .

      . , - . - ¦ - - ¦ :- ., . ABMLEY . ' ' : : ¦ ' : " JohnHoldsworth . h- ' -: " John Walker . ; - : ¦ ' ¦ : '¦ .. . ' - . ¦" : ¦'¦ WORTLEY . ' ; ¦ ** Robert Sugden , Bar-row , Sheepscar .. " WilliamWoodhead ., i " , ¦ ' : : - '"' ' ' - ' '• " - "¦ -. - FABNLEY . r " y . ' ¦ '" ¦ ' ¦ : ' : ¦ ¦ , " Thonias Holdsworth , near Farnley-HalF " Samuel Boyes , farmer , Farnley-lane-side " ¦'¦ ¦ ¦" .. ; - ' ¦'• . - ' . ¦ - 'bramiiEY . : ' ' .. ;; ;" ;• ' : ' ¦ ¦' ¦ ; *¦'] Josh . Musgrave , clothier , > rew-Road . " William Bradshaw , clothier , Moor-side . HEADINGLET . " JohnEddison , cloth-manufacturer . " Thomas Smith , wool-Htapler .

      CHAPEL ALLERTON . " Thomas Prince , woollen cloth dyer " Fraukland Paley .

      POTTERNEWTON . " John Howspn , tanner . ; . 3 " William Neale , gentleman . Melancholy Suicide . —On Thursday , mom ' ing last , an inquest was held at the White Horse-Woodhouse Carr , before JbKn Blackburn , Esq . coroner , on view of the body of Mary Mawson aged severiteeri years and six months , and resident in that place . Frorn the evidence adduced before the coroner , it appeared that the , deceased had had some words with her father , an aged man some weeks ago . A young man who paid hi ' g addresses to her , testified that she had said to him

      that if her father struck her any more , she would drown herself . ; Whether or riot there had been any subsequent disagreement between her and her father ^ was not elicited ; but on Tuesday week she was missing , andher former words exciting sus picion the mill-dam of Mr . Clapbairi was dragged for a considerable time , in hopes of finding the body but in vain . Upwards of a week elapsed without any tidiaga being heard of the deceased ; At length the darn was again dragged on ; YTednesday la ^ t , and the body of the unfortunate young woman was found therein , and immediately conveyed tiy the White Horsej where the inquest was held over the remains , and the jury returned a verdict of "Found Drowned . ' y ^ :

      .- . ; . : ¦ - ¦ : ¦ ' , ¦ ¦ DEwsBuay . ; . ; :, ; : ¦ v \ :-. . ;;;; GuARDiANSi--On Thursday week , the election of Guardians took place at the Wellington Tavern , for * the township of Dewsbury . Seven gentlemen had been proposed , but Messrs . Titus Senior Brook ,. William . Newsome , James Cardwell , and Joseph . Rushwdrtb , are the successful candidates by rather a large majority . > The above Guardian 8 are entirely opposed to the New Poor Law . : ; ; ; v Dewsbury Petty Sessions / Saturday . — Factory Informations . —Messrs . Bates and Baker , the superintendents under the . Factories' Regulation Act , appeared to ^ prove > severaiWorrriatioris aganist the Healey New Mill Company , and . their afients .

      The informations were for working the children under illegal certificates , beyond the hours appointed by the Act , and for neglecting to send them to school Mr . Baker proceeded to state in reference to the charge of illegal certificate ; that the company had dispensed vyitfi the services of the regularly appointed surgeon , Mr . Wiseman , and had employed a Mr , Smith , whose name was signed to the certificates he then produced , of Sarah Moss , John ; Tdulsoi , and Joseph Pollard , which he considered in point of fact , ; no certificate at all . Mr . Archer , who appeared for the defendants , contended the terms of the Act had been cdniplied with , which only required that thfr certifiedte should be siraed by " some" surgeon or

      physician . He produced a certificate signed by thfr said Mr . James Smith on the 8 th Noveiriber last , and couritenrigned by Mr . Saunders , ( Mr . Baker ' s superior officer ) on the 15 th of the sanie month * which , he contended , was a sufficient proof that tte certificates were legally signed . Mr . Baker contended that the defendants were bound , to prove that Mr , Smith was a regular practitioner . Mr . Archer denied it , and said they had tlo right to admit what Mr . Sajith was , thejonns Jay upon &

      therefore he was inclined to think that Mr . Baker was bound to proye that hie was neither surgeon of physician , in order to fully make out a case . : Mr Baker said Mr . Smith was not on the list of surgeon ! He produced the list , but Mr . Archer objected that it was not evidence , as the lists were abibst necessarily imperfect . After some further conversatjoB , Mr . Ingham observed that the point was a singular one to him , and he should wish the decision to stand over for a fortnight . In the meantime ;; he should : U glad to examine any evidence which either party might furnish him , in order to assist his judgment . The decision was therefore adjourned . —Mr / Bala then putin the certificate of Joseph Pollard , which

      wasiiot countersigned by a magistrate . Mr . Archer immediately admitted its illegality . Jilr . Baker next charged the Company with working children under thirteen ; years of age more than nine hours a day * Mr . Thomas Bedford admitted that the children were worked rail time ( eleven hours eaph day . ) Mr-Baker inquired of Pollard bis age ; he f epHea nniK 13 . Mr . Archer observed that the certificate which was signed by Mr . Wiseman , in 1836 , statediim the ? to be 13 years of age , and it was rather uingultf « he was under that age in 1838 . Mr . Ingham doubtei whether he could hear the defendants upjpn that ce / i tificate , which they had admitted to be illegal a consequence of not beine countersieried . Their »•

      mission of its illegality bound them toprore tliat w lad was 13 years of age . Mr . 'Archer tfien contended that according to the 43 rd section of the Act the Bench could only convict once in any one day . I was rather too much to be fined for working without a certificate , and then be fined for not having a eejtificate at all . Mr . Baker observed that the fc » charge was not having a proper certificate , ani secondly , for ^ working morei than nine hours : a aiJIt was agreed ultimately that the case shouldj ^ considered as heard , and the decision posfeOB «* The rest of the informations were postponed wt " the next Court day . Mr . Hague refused to interfei * in any way with the decisions , in cor iseqaence o » being a proprietor of mills . : ¦ : v . .- .

      Indecent Assault . —Two boys from ' Vatrg ^ named John Hague and John Jvebster , were nnea 8 s . each for mdewntly assaulting Mary Smith , R P " twelve years of age . Matthew Mitcbjell arid Matttew Field were also fined for a similar assault upon W » y Auty , a girl about the same age . Theyoungra *^ were severely reprimanded ' ¦ 'by the Bench .

      ' , - ¦ :-. ¦ - ' ' - " . " - ' -. . '" .- - ' :. ~ -.:. BtAiiIFA 3 S . ' " - 'V ;' " :. - ' - "¦ ' :: ; The Odd Fellows HA ^ t ^ Tms flour ^ N body of individuals of the Loyal Independent ^^ pf Odd Fellows of the Manchester tTni ^ r , " ^ Halifax district , have commenced building a spacw * hall , in Cabbage-lane , near ; St ; . James Charg having purchased lOOfr square yards of gro 011 d _ . that purpose of G . Pollard , Esq . It is to have tm fronts , one to ¦ Victoria-street ; the ^ other to

      Cawaplane , and ' calculate I to hold 5000 persons . ^ ¦> *• building ,: &c . ivrll cost them about je 5000 ,. aiia ^ be appropriated for thd purpose of holding P ° ^ meetings , lectures , &c . It is to be ^ f ^ g yards long ,: thirteen . -: ' yards v ^ jde , arid eigW W . high . There wijl also be a gallery , capable <* m , ing three hnridred persons , aHd a recess for toe » commodation of spekkers , reporters , &c < ¦ * " , ¦ FEcuNDity . —Eleven ewes , the P"J ^ je ; Jonathan Akroyd , Esq ., on his estate ax . . V& % L near Halifax , have recently produced ni nev ^ lambs . . ¦ ¦ ¦/ . ' ¦ ' -: ; - ;" : ¦; - . ¦ . ' ¦ -: ¦ ¦'¦ -:- ' - - - - '" ¦ ¦ ' - ^ ;' - " -.:- ;

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      Several correspondents who should have been replied to last week were neglected ; Mr . Hill being sick , some of their communications are * , noticed below . . ¦ . " Our youthful Queen" tt more gallant than poetical . ' ¦¦ ¦ . ' , ' ¦ " - ¦ ¦ . ' ' ¦ - / ' :,. " Abecedarian . We advise him to go to school and learn so to arrange his words as that people may be able to find out his meaning . O . O . T . Sis lines have some merit , hut they are too long , and will require . trimming up a bit .

      Mr . Oastler's Letter to Lord Brougham was itot received until the matter for the paper was so far in type as to render it impossible to find room for it . It shall appear next week . ; ; Mr . John Finch . —We are in the same predicament with Mr . JPinch's letter as with Mr . Qastler ' s . This may be partially accounted for on the score of our going to press a little earlier than usual , because of the extra demand . We greatly fear whether toe shall be able to give all Mr . F . 's previously published letters , especially in one number . ¦ ¦¦ . ' . . ¦ \ ¦ ¦ -. . ' ¦ - ' -:. - ¦ ¦/ " ¦¦ : ¦ " ; . ' : ¦ ' . ' : J . Darken , Norwich . We had not forgot our excellent friend ; he shall be attended to ; and the portraits he wants shall be sent through Mr . Hether ingion ; perhaps nexlweek if opportunity offers .

      The Sabbath . —Our attention is directed bya'correspondent to some old statutes by which Sunday contracts are illegal , and persons buying and selling on Sundays are liable to be fined . W . T . ts an impudent fell wo and a cowardly slanderer besides . . No Agitator—will say that tee have made use of the information contained in his letter , which was much too long for our space this week and would have ' grown stale before another . Legal Questions . —Several important legal questions have been received , but as Mr . O'Qnwor is from home they cannot be answered this week . : -

      Mr . Lawson , Bolton . —fPe sincerely regret the inconvenience , which arose from no neglect of tef , but teas occasioned by an oversight atihis office *

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      EFFECTS OF CHUECH AND STATE UNION . In a country BTre this , boasting of more , but possessing less , of practical liberty than any other country in Europe , we * u * naturally led to a comparison between the opinions , -acts , and deeds , of Members of Parliament , and the opinions , acts , and deeds , of those professed to be represented , by the said Members . Upon the one hand , we . find the few holding dominion by stealth , perjury , -violation of promises , asd all meharrtablenessi , and yet styled

      by the press as the real representatives of public opinion ; while , upon the other hand , we find ninery-¦ nine in every hundred declaring themselves unlepreiented , and recognising the dominion of Parliament merely in tke sword and the "musket . "We hear of projected changes , such as National Education , Superior Religious Instruction , and Moral Tuition . "We find Bishops preaching passive -obedience and nowesistance ; declaring that this arth was intended but as a purgatory , and that the spjonrners here are merely in a state of probation

      foT another and = a happier world , their passport to ¦ which will greatly depend upon their subserviency and suffering here below . Now , without entering into a theoleglcal discussion with those Right Rev . < 3 entleiaen , we can only say , that their . practice ¦ bong diametrically opposed to their preaching , we have a strong inclination to doubt their interpretation of Holy "Writ . . The Church and the State are too firmly , and have been too long politically , united , to induce us , without due scrutiny and deliberation , to adopt the spiritual admonitions of the Hierarchy ,

      otherwise than as political lessons . "We find religion supported by force ; liberty trampled upon "; comforts abridged ; rights abstracted ; and wrong following -frrong , in rapid succession ; and yet we are told 4 hat our salvation will much depend upon our mild -endurance of these multiplied evils . Bnt that snch sophistry and blasphemy can be preached , accepted , and acted upon , is not wonderful , when we see the Altar based upon the Throne , and Beligion made subservient to political purposes . " We have been now for some time pointing out to our readers , the many grievances under which they labour , and of

      which ¦ tbej jnstry complain ; and we now . tell them that one of the great causes of all suffering , is the Pinion between Church and State : England endeaTOuring to uphold one descript ion of worship—Scotland contending for beb National Creed—and Ireland ' s old Establishment struggling to throw off the political chains of her new Establishment . "With three countries thus embroiled in what is preached as matter of paramount importance , how , we ask , 5 g it likely , that a senate composed of the champions of . the several national modes of worship , can furnish anything like consistency or political concordance in matters which form the "kevstone of the

      ^ temple of the respective belligerents ? Introduce a Turnpike Bill , and it is met with reference to religious bias . Speak of liberty at home , which -would be likely to lead to the exposition of the incestuous union , and you are met with -the Bible and sectarian dogmas ; but preach o f the neeesaty of freedom in distant climes , and your pulpits at once become watch-ttwers of liberty , whence the home oppressor viM thunderhis anathemas and hurl-denunciations against-the arrogance , cruelty , and oppression of sinful man . 'Why is this ?

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

      he himself had been in the wrong , by making his ¦" passive dbeoience and non-resistance" a kind of trap to lure the receivers of stolen goods into sin and damnation . If " passive obedience and non-resistanc-e , " upon the part of the people , lead to plunder , rapine , and profanation by their rulers , are theynot , themselves , accessary to the misery of their rulers ? and is it not , consequently , incumbent upon them ,, to make some sacrifice of self , to do an act of charity to those who are in error ? "Passive obedience" is

      never preached but by tyrants , who have to protect , with the musket , the plunder which they have gained by blood . The Reformation was not accomplished by martyrdom . - " Passive obedience and non-resistance" would have been but a poor force in the brands of the monster , Habrt , to effect the destruction of the monasteries , and the plunder of his subjects . ¦ * ' Passive obedience" would not have enabled Cromwell to subvert ancient tyranny , and to establish , upon its ruins , a more modern but not less tyrannical order of things . " Passive obedience and

      . non-resistance" would not have indaeed the poor Irish Catholic to support , with his sweat , for centuries , the demagogue Church parson , who was hired by the State to damn his faith , denounce his creed , andimsult his person . If it was not for the union of Church and State , we should now have Universal Suffrage . Without Universal Suffrage , -we cannot iope to rid ourselves of the effect of the unholy Bnion . B / eligious toleration means religious political equality . Heligious equality means a fair chance io contend for religious ascendancy , and religious ascendancy means prostitution to State purposes ,

      and prostration of civil liberty . Religi ous inequality ( that is the persecution of the professors of one creed iy those of another creed ) is incompatible with , and could not exist in , a State where civil liberty was complete . Therefore , let U 3 , in honour of our God , j > nr country , and onrselveSj endeavour to destroy the Cannon Creed by Universal Suffrage , which Would i > e the firmest base for " the Altar , the Throne , and < he Cottage . " The real meaning of Church and State union was well exemplified in the person of the Jate Duke of York , who was , at one and the same time , both Bishop of Osnaburg and Commander-in-Chief of the army- r

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 7, 1838, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct522/page/4/