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      DB trooisTS .- ^ A petition from * £ ' "S ***" H ^ rf Commons , in reply to that of the medical Sd surgical profession . There » jj ° * " >«* £ . Zxse of fflgDatore , at the druggists' shops , being for the public generally to agn , supportingthe-news SWtrafe , as to tie claims of the profession to exclude the druggists firan preparing medicines , even &r slight cases , except under the prescription of » « edieal men . -

      Ejection of Poor La ^ Gtjahdiaks . —The election of guardians for Halifax , took place on Thursday last , and a * two lists bad beea given in , a contest necessarily ensued . The first five names in fiie annexed statement of the poll was proposed by Mr . John Baldwin , asd the last four **» $ . ** Badieal party , was proposed by Mr . -William Matter , oTMl Greerf . iTto > closeof the poll , only 785 ratepayers having TO ^ lt J £ * ^ i : ~ J . Aiml « 4 rd . 545 : C . - Whiteley , 504 ; W . Smith ,

      346 ; J . Foster , 342 ; W . Haigh , 212 ; andJ . Ineham , 144 . The first five were , of course , elected . InSouthowram , Mr . Joha Baldwin and Mt . KershawLranb , have been elected without opposition . Mr John Holland , of Stead-house , and Mr . Joshua Butterworth , of Norwood Green , have been reelected without a contest . In Northowram , there has been no contest , and the parties , elected are Messrs . G . Beaumont , T . Greenwood , and Joseph Stocks . Mr . Samuel Peel , has been elected for Shelf , without a contest ; and Mr . "Wainhouse , of Washer-lane , has been re-elected for Skircoat ,

      without opposition . Doe Figstisg . —Sanmel Sntclifle and John Turner , were charged by die constables with fighting dogs on the Sunday . The former was a young man , and the other a little boy about seven years of age . It appeared that Sutcliffe was crossing a field , when he found that a dog was following Mm , upon which he turned round and began to send it away . The dog ran off towards the p lace where the little boy was standing , with another dog . The " twa dogs" thus coming together began to growl and fight , and the young man parted them . At this time the constable arrived , and from this laid the information . The magistrates dismissed the case , saying that under the circumstances it would be hard to convict them .

      Wedlock ' s Jots . Samuel Horsfield was charged with threatening the life of his "better half , ' ' ' Mary Horsfield . The parties it appears have not lived together for a number jof years , and the husband occasionally pays her a visit , when he breaks tie windows of her house and " pummels ' her , into lie bargain . The magistrates consulted for a shert time ; during which consultation they were suddenly interrupted by the defendant ( who had also seized the opportunity to whisper to his spouse ) loudly and sbarplv exclaiming " tha ' rt a liar . "

      "Thatlanguage " won ' t be allowed here , " bawled an officer , and the conversation again fell to a whisper . However , in a few seconds they waxed warm , and the husband loudly whispered " d—m I'll give it thee for it- ;" upon ' which the lady ' s wrath rose to the boiling " point , and she repeated - " tha darn ' t , tha darn't . '" The magistrates put a period to their altercation , by telliug the husband he must find surety for his future goed behaviour . The woman then left the office , bawling " Oh ! I ' m delighted . " The husband was remanded , being assured that if the surety was not foond , he would be committed .

      Teaser , the Depot y-Coxstabve . —A charge vzf preferred against this person some short time jgo , for having taken a man into custody , kept him all nicht , received a certain sum of money from him in the morning , and liberated him without taking him before the Magistrates . The case has again been brought before the Magistrates , when Mr . Mitchell appeared for his client , a man of the name of Woodworth , who , with a few trifling exceptions , confirmed his previons statements as respects the facts with which he charged Fraser . After a good deal of ouestioniig by Fraser , in which he strove to invalidate the testimonv of the witnesses , bv

      endeavouring to prove their previous bad character , haTingbeentakenintocustodybefore . Oneofthem , a person of the name of F . astwood , shaking his head , and looking Fraser in tie face , apparent ) jr much affected , began to relate that he had been onoe dragged out of bis own door-stead by the Tratchmen , taken to the lock-up , and he had I 6 s . to pay . Fraser repeated three times , with considerable nnction , " How many times have you been locked np ? " When Eastwood came to the 26 s . Iraser rejoined , " Ah I you have been convicted Ton don't belong to the Temperance Society , Eastwood ! What are you ? " " What am I ? Whv ,

      a shoemaker F' After some other remarks of a aailar kind , arising from cross-questions put by Fraser , the depoation of Eastwood went to show that he saw Woodworth go out of the Boar ' s Head , on the Saturday night in question , and followed him to die top of the market , and that he { Eastwood ) was perfectly sober , and had been getting a pint of ale after having stood out all the day . Mr . Mitchell then examined him to < how that his offence had been merely the abuse of John Barleycorn . He said that Fraser was a " bad us . " Esther

      EastvooA was then examined . She deposed to having seen Woodworth taken to the Police Office ; she had left her husband and gone down the market to bay a bit-of meat ; seeing a crowd , sh « went up to it , and saw a person having hold of Woodworth- by the coat collar ; he was being taken to the Police Office ; and in the Lower George Yard Fraser met than , and struck Woodworth on the back ; he struck him again , and his hat fell off ; upon which Woodworm attempted to pick it up , but was again struck fcnrard by Fraser , who took tha hat up , and went into the Police Office with Woodworth . After the

      witness testifying that there was something in the hat , and that something was spoken , but she was not sufficiently near te hear what it was , Fraser attempted to blowit all on one side , by saying that was a charge seriously affecting his character , and that it had been got np by a party of men who had hired the poor man to further their ends . Fraser attempted to clear Mmself "by showing that the man had not been in the lock-up for this last twelve months , and that he was then brought up on a charge of felony , but not committed , on account of the person not pressing the charge against him . He then went on to show , by a reference to certain respectable witnesses that he had had in the

      locknp that night , that Woodworth was not in the loei-np at all on the 3 rd of February . Mr . Mitchell afersrard 3 contrasted the characters of Ms witnesses-with those who were said to have come from the House of Correction , and expressed an opinion thai the charge remained unanswered . The Magistrates , who evidently manifested a bias towards Fraser , as a public officer , throughout the whole of the enquiry , and one of them having expressed himsdfih&t there were descrepaneies in the statements , wisely remarked that Fraser might indict Wood-Wrih jar perjury , oh which Fraser expressed his " Etennmaiion to do so , asd another of the Magistrates called it a wise determination . Bare protectwn fins for the liberty of the Queen ' s subjects .

      JriXBY Pooe , Bates . —On Tuesday , the town-* bip of Fixby having refused to contribute its quota towards the expense of the Halifax union Deril King ' s Bates , the clock jof the overseer tr as seized by the Poor Law myrmidons and lane triumphantly off to Halifax ; the valorous" authorities" not daring to offer it for sale at Foby . - .. IdEWDXESS andDbikk . —A middl& 3 ged woman ° * the town was brought up before the magistrates ^ jxkr the following circumstances : —On Tuesday s ^ ht , she was in Fox Ginnel , when a man , named Aadrew Hartley , who was in liquor , went up to her 3 <> ffie conversation took place , and she asked him to to

      go herhonse , which was in Gibbitlane . Hartley a yoong roan , who was standing near , and the ** naa , all accordingly went together . When they ? ° Vjo the house seme ale was sent for ; and , 8 h « By afkerwards , Hartley found that his watch *** sussing . He charged her with the robbery ¦ fflels she denied . Hartley then went for a consta-™ f » leaving her in the custody of his companion . 1 "fee young men came into the house , while Hartley £ ? " ** y > * nd after talking with the woman , again C ™ E frt kj then retur ned with Bawson , who took w » the : lockup ; and when Hartley got home hia nuJwTr ^ t there by-three young men . The e ^^" ? after reprimanding the prisoner , and her ^ " ^ not to appear there again , dismissed

      tlf wL THE Topeks . —On Sunday last , in ^ Jr T ° ^ ^ persons were-discovered in the w j ! ~? ^ arinking too largely of their SdT a more Ml ) er ***** o ^ er ^ was Bum « . v ^ . con ? t ahle to carry his companion ^ t ^ rl ? ? -ff 1 OC 1 WJP ' " ^ noDe " ^" « n-w » ^ rf J am to go there myseL" A ^ afterwards provided to tale them bofli there . Ww ° - ? TK ? TBESy- —A * & alteram partem , * » « S > * a very old and very proper adage charoLTLr" ® ™^ ted our readers to notice certain Te ^« Drongnt , in our advertising columns , against appeal J ° those charges a replication SsSnT ^ P ^ ' ^ we hope all our ^^ iw hear both sides ,

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      Panonv * Mbthodists . — >^ Anniversary Sermons were preached in the Methodic Chapel , Cabbage Lane , belonging to the above body , on Sundaylast . Sunday F * oijc . — -Eichard Kirk was ^ ned twelve shillings including costs ; and William Taylor and William Keliett , eleven shillings each , for being drunk and disorderly at Shelf , on Sunday . Sunday Fiokt . ——INrto young men , named Sampson Clay andJohn . Bawnsley were charged , by the constable of Kor&owram , with fighting on Sunday eveniag . The parties met on the North Bridge , and oae ad * d Hie other if he wonld fight , to which he had no objections , and a set to was the consequence . They were muleed in the penalty and costs of six shillings each .

      Two Emehaxders . - —An Emeralder , named M ^ onald , was charged with assaulting the landlord of the TutVs Head , on Saturday night . He was convicted in penalty and costs one pound ; and , in default of parment , committed for a month . Ellen Lynch , from " the green isle of the ocean , " was charged with " bateing" another "lily of the west , " on St . Patrick ' s day . The . magistrates dipmissed the ease , it appearing that it arose from their having both drank too deeply in' the " poteen , " in honour of their tutelary saint .

      WAKEFIEU ) . The Kew Church . — We understand that little short of £ 3000 has been collected towards the erection of the projected new church in Wakefield . Wakepield akd Leeds Sheriff ' s Court . —Mr . Ttfaude , the Sheriff ' s Assessor , has fixed the following days for holding courts for the trial of causes under £ 20 , at Wakefield and Leeds : —At Wakefield , on the 14 th April , 18 th June , 10 th September , 26 th November , and 29 th December . At Leeds , on the 28 th May , 30 th July , and 29 th October .

      Wit akd Wisdom . —The other day , a person called upon the sexton of the parish church , to order a grave for his deceased child , about six weeks old . It was -of course necessary to be known whether it had been christened and named . When the questions were put to him , he answered to each-No ! but he was then going to'Mr . Wm . Pearson's , the registrar , to have his child named . The sexton expressed himself with astonishment as follows , " ( Soi , John , it isn ' t necessary when ' barn ' s dead , mun !"

      IKQUEST BEFORE THOS . LEE , JUN ., ESQ . — March 27 th , at the house of Wm . Wooffenden , tke George and Dragon , Flockton , on view of the body of Joseph Day , ten years of age , hurrier at the coal-mine of Messrs . Stanfield and Briggs , who was suffocated by the falling in of the roof of the pit , on the previons day . —On the 28 th , at the house of Mrs . Jane Boyle , the George Inn , Heckmondwike , on the body of Mary Whitehead , forty-sis years of age , who died very suddenly in a pit , on the morning of last Monday week . —Also at the house of Mr . Charles Johnson , the Hope and Anchor , Dewsbury , on the body of Benjamin Allott , nineteen years of age , " who was unfortunately drowned ¦ whilst endeavouring to get a horse out of the river . Verdicts aceordinglv .

      Horbury . —We are glad to announce that a public meeting has recently been held inj * this exteiiirive village to take into consideration the propriety of forming a Working Men ' s Association there ; several individ ua ls from - Wakefield attended , who advocated its utility in appropr iate speeches , and it has been thought expedient to publish the following two summary- resolutions which were unanimously adopted . Jst . " That as all men are born equal , and are compelled to contribute towards the support of the State , all have an equal right to have a voice in the making of those laws by which they are to be governed . " 2 n 3 . " That this meeting is

      of opinion that the best way of earning the foiegoing resolution into effect would be to form themselves into an Association , on the principle of the London Working Men ' s Association , having for its basis , Universal Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , Short Parliaments , and no-property qualification for members of Parliament . " The strictest order characterised the proceedings , and at the close of the meeting a great number of persons enrolled their nam'es as members . Horbury has long been exemplary for its patriotic and perseveriag spirit of Badicalism , and we have no doubt that this Association will go on and prosper . .

      Working Men's Association . —That indefatigable friend of freedom , Disney Alexander , Esq . M . t ) ., delivered a very able and impressive lecture to the above Association , last Monday evening , in their meeting-room , George and Crown Yard , on " The Bights and Duties of Man ;* ' which ever and anon elicited "bursts of applause from the large and respectable assembly present on the occasion , and we mnst not forget to remark that on entering the room 'the worthy gentleman was received with the most enthusiastic tokens of welcome . Upon

      Dr . Alexanders distinguished abilities as a lecturer it is needless here to descant ; they have long been generally known and acknowledged . After congratulating his audience on the great improvements recently made in the Association , and the cheering aspect it now presents , he proceeded to set forth , in glowing and forcible language , the importance of civil and religious liberty :-on all occasions—the necessity of a reduction of expenditure—a reduction of taxation—intelligible and impartial laws—cheap and prompt justice—equal rights to every denomination of Christians—a farther extension of the

      elective franchise—the right of vote by ballot—the importanceof shortening the duration of Parliaments , &c . &c .. ' - _ He likewiseargned , with great , force and perspicuity , -the duties which man , as a social being ,. owes to himself in private life , such as sobriety , industry , frugality , strict adherence to justice in his dealings with his fellow men ; and emphatically insisted upon the importance and imperative necessity of every person exercising his own inalienable right of private judgment alike on all subjects , whether of . a political , social , moral , or religious nature ; also the incalculable advantages resulting

      from education , which unfolds to man his rights , and the necessity of cordial and good humoured cooperation for considering the best and most efficient means -of obtaining those rights . The venerable gentleman concluded amidst deafening clapping of hands , which having subsided , the compliment of a vote of thanks was unanimously given to him by the delighted assemblage , which soon afterwards separated , each individual carrying away with him the salutary admonitions of Dr . Alexander , ¦ to whose praiseworthy exertions in the grand cause of freedom , too high commendation cannot be given .

      BARNSLET . BiRxstEY Institute . —Lectures were delivered to the members of this society , on Monday week , by Mr . Moulson . on the advantage of the mathematics , and on Tuesday last , by Mr . Thomas Lister , on the customs , institutions , and manners of Scotland . Ball . —There was a grand fancy ball in the Odd Fellow ' s Hall on Monday night ; tickete two shillings and sixpence each , and a fair sprinkling of company . - _; . " ¦

      . The Great Magician has had two very successful nights at Barnsley . Sha-mepcl Seizure fob Chbch-Rates , at Barksley . —A seizure was lately made upon the -property of Mr . Sedgwick , one of the Society of Friends , for Church-Rates , amounting to £ 2 . 8 s . and constables' expenses 13 s . 5 d ., which deserves more than a passing notice of reprobation for the manner in wbichit was conducted by the constables . About a month since , these individuals took a horse and cart to G . Sedgwick ' s house , he being then in London , and his wife ill in bed . They proceeded in their business without readinc the warrant , thoueh

      a servant was standing by , and took eight hair-seated mahogany chairs , valued at eight guineas , and a Pembroke table , worth £ 2 . 10 s . ft appears that furniture worth near £ 1 ] , was taken for £ 2 . 14 s . Is . On the rale , however , those parties contributed to turn the £ 11 into £ 3 . 3 s ., for which the goods were disposed of . So much , for the honesty of the constables and other individuals concerned . Mr . Sedgwick was insulted by 8 s . lid . being returned to him , as the difference between the rate and the value of the goods sold . It appears that when the seizure was made , one of the parties engaged in it proposed taking a sofa , but the cart would not hold it , and , therefore , it was left behind i

      HOLMFIBTH . Bastile Fecundity , at Holmfirth . —The soil of this ' wild district seems to be admirably calculated for the production of noxious weeds . " Churn-milk and thick- 'uns" is rare stuff for making jolter-heads without hearts . Hence Holmfirth haslthe unenviable honour of providing so large a majority of candidates for infamous promotion upon the Devil-king ' s staff , in his demense of Hudderefield . The " vice" chairman of the last batch

      of worthies , who served his infernal majesty as life " guards , " was a churn-calf from this neighbourhood ; the little-minority-newsrhonger-clerk , is another Holmfirth churn-calf ; and we hear that two other churn-calves from the same dairy , are butting their diminutive horns against their nincom-poop canisters , in angry contention about who shall administer the " slops , salts , and rhubarb , " pocketing , of course , the munificent fee in such ease made and provided by the rot-gut M . 33 . ' s ,. the three-beaded Devil-king . ,

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      :: ¦ : ' "' . - : C ¦ ¦ V ^;\ . ^ BitAawpeatp . - ' ¦ - ;¦¦ : ;; : ' : ; - ^~ y \ , Caution to Wm t Sorters . —On Monday , Joseph FieldhouKj was charged , at , the Court House , by Joshua Robertshaw , with neglecting- to sort some wool , whicb > had been delivered out to liim , belonging to Meswa . Rouse . Remanded for * further evidence . •• ; , .. V > ,- •¦;¦ - •; . ¦ ' .- > b . . . - .: , ;• '' ., : ¦ -. ¦ ' x ' " l . " ¦¦ . Stealino Buttkk . —Jane Gill , of Bradford , reeler was brought up at jhe Court House , on Monday on a charge o * having stolen , i pound of butter , from a stall inthe butter crosson Saturday night .

      , The case was clear against her , but on acconnt of her being : v «* y far advanced in pregnancy , the magistrateHliberated b . er , ; : Stealinoa WATCH . ^ --Vrilliam Green , df Bradford , woolsorter , was charged , at the Court House , on Tuesday , by his brother , Mr . Henry Green , watch maker , with , stealing a watch belonging to him . The parties were allowed a private hearing , when the prisoner was discharged j aid the wateh given up to the brother , who did not wish to prosecnte .

      App ointment of Dvehseeiis , » fec . —On Friday last , the following persons were appointed by the magistrates as overseers for the ensuing year , viz ., Mr . George | Haigh , woolatapler , and Mr . Peter Laycock ^ spirit merchant , for the West End ; and Mr . William Walker , woolstapler , and Mr . Richard George Fox , of the Swan Inn , for the East Elid . Mr . Samuel Broadbejit ^ of the vitriol works , and Mr . Richard Garnett , were appointed surveyors of the highways : and Mr . Thomas Wilson ^ and Mr ; John Ackroyd , assessors .

      Sui « DB .-K ) n Thursday morning last , a man named William Wood , a dogger , and residing at Greengates , near this town , shot himself iri ^ bed with a pistol . Deceased had for some before kept the toll gate , at thei Seven ^ Stars , Greengates , ' ¦ biit was turned ontof his otpupation about ^ fortnight since . He toolc his furniture , &c . to a neighbour ' s house , and had since been up and down the country seeking enoplovment , which hot being able to obtain he became low spirited .: He committed the rash act in bed , and at the time when the youngest of his three , children ( whoare motherless ) waslving bythe side of him . An inquest , was heid on his body , and a verdict of ^ 'Temporary derangement" brought in . Theft . —James Sunderland , engine tender to

      Messrs " . Cousen , of Hprton , was brSught before the magistrates at the CourtHorise , charged vvith stealing a pair of children ' s shoes , irom a stall iii the market . It was stated by the woman who kept the stall , that she observed the prisoner take the shoes , whick he had been looking at , and go away with then ) , and that he had proceeded fifteen yards from the stall before he was Overtaken . Suiiderland , in his defence , said that having looked at the shoes , and thought ; they would suit himfhe was about to take . them round to the woman , who waa on the other side of the stall , and that being jostled by the person who laid ^ hpld of him on the charge , was the cause of his getting sofar from the stall . The magistrates took this > ievy of the case , and he was discharged . ; ; . ;' ; " ¦ ; ' ¦¦ ' . ¦ '¦]¦' : •" ¦¦¦ -. > ; .. ¦'• ¦ \ i ¦¦ . - ¦ , ¦ ¦; . ;¦¦ ¦ '¦'

      AbsaultIng the > VatCh , —James Murphy , ; an Irishman , was brought up at the Court House , qm Tuesday , charged with assaulting the watch on the preceding night .: ; He had beenv at the Bee Hive and gotten tipsey , and had kicked up a shine in going home , and on the watchinterferiiig belaboured them in trim style . He was"fined £ 1 aud costs i 0 s > Short of MuRnER . — -Some five years ago , aii old Greenwich pensioner , named Joseph Hooker , residing at Idle , came to Bradford on the quarter day to receive his pension , but never returned . Many were the horrid surmises as to the cause of liis being missing , which were strengthened by the declara " tions often made by one Nathan Soothill , of Idle , clothier , that he knew that the old pensioner had

      been thrown into a conl pit , near Idle , on his way home . ; These declamations were . so often arid incessantly made thnt the constables felt called upon to apprehend him , and he was On the 24 th . ' -. ulti secured in the Bradford Court House lock-np ,. An active search was made in the pit which was deep and nearly choked up with water , but withput swedes . * . A letter was written to Greenwich Hospital , and an answer to it w : rts received saying thiif Hooker was A \\\ receiving liis peiisioi ) , and . was a paiiperat at Hull . A constable was dispatched tliitlier , and found the old fellow , and Sootliill was liberated -tin Monday night , having enjoyed a treat of ten days im {) risoiuneiit for his idle stories . It will teach him better how to talk about murder and the like .

      Election oy GuAni > i . » Ns . — -The election of gunri dians under the New Poor Law . for the township of Uradfonl , took place at the Court House ; on . Thursdav last . There were 17 persons proposed , and the following are tin ? number of votes obtained by each person : Thps . Buck , wooistapler , 550 ; Wm . Hardcastle , woolstapler , 51 . 5-. ; 'J ohn 11 ill , maJUter , A 7-1 ; Thos . " -Beaumont , ' surgeon , 0 n ; John Atkinson , \ voolstapler , 3 o 6 ; Johu Crook , innkeeper , 339 j ; John Milner , manufacturer , 334 ; Cowling Ackroyd , 314 ;

      \\ llhn ' m Hudson , attorney , 280 ; 1 homas Cure ; grocer , 256 ; Thomas Wr 6 e , - i j . un . woolstapler , 243 ; Edward Greenwood , farmer , 216 ; Henry Wilson , druggist , 1 . 40 '; E . H , IJarratt , 121 ; Thomas PutterwpriL , gentleman , ' 25 . We could not ascertain ; the number of voters for Joliii Tordptl " , tea-dealer , and Zechariali Senior , { Iruggist . The first six were of coursA elected . They Were all nominated by &lr . James Gamett except Alr . Crook . Mr . Crook is the friend of tlie poor , and ; will soften down , as far . as in him lies , the dark features of the law , ¦¦ ... ' ¦"¦;¦¦ . "

      ^ EW . Cii ^ Rcii . ^ It announced by the Bishop of Ilipon when here , that a Church was about to . . 'be ' : built in . ' ¦ . ¦ Jifa&fotd by a gentleman totally unconneiBted' with the place . We do not know who this gentleniari . 'is ' , ¦ ¦ . ¦ '¦ but we understand , the site is to beat the junction of Bowling , and | Iortoh lanes ; and that a Church is . about to be built by subscriptron , to hold 1 , 200 sftfings . I ) r . Duthwaite and Mr ; John Rand ate actively , gathering subscriptions : fpr the purpose of raising : it .. It is not decided where the site will be . It is said either at the top of Westgate or Bridge-street . : ; : ¦

      Brutai , Assault . —Last Saturday ajoiner , named James Mitchell , in the employment of Mr . Lowe , Leeds Road , . was brought before the magistrates , diarged by Jessop , ostler at the New Iuh , with violently assaulting him . Jessbp stated that Mitchell came into the New Inn on the Thursday before , arid inquired for a person from Brighpnse , and not receiving an answer , that suited him , he fell on him arid pommelled him most unmercifully . Fined £ 5 , in-¦ ¦ ¦ ¦

      cluding costs . . . i ¦ ... IxuuEst . —An inquest was held , at the Market Tavern , on Saturday last , on view ; of the body of a child , named Mary ; Horn , about four or five years old , who had been burnt to death on the morning of the Thursday before , during ' the absence of the mother . Verdict— - ' Accidental death . ' The mother had left the child with some other children . The coroner reprimanded her very severely for leaving it in such a careless manner ^ : :

      AcciDEnT ;—On Saturday last , a joiner , named JohnShackietori , fell . froni ^ the top of the ^ new church now building by Mr . / Vyood ; He was seized with a giddiness while at-. his ' . iforic ^ an'ifeU i '' fr ; om '' the-. 8 c ' 8 ifr ' fold a distance of ten yards . ; He was taken up in a state of insensibilty . He has no abodes broken , but is much bruised internally ; ¦ "We hear he is in a recovering state . ; . . ¦¦¦ - - " . ¦''•; ¦¦ ' ¦' .. ' . '" . ¦' . . - . ¦' : New Poor Law . —The Guardians met on Priday , and the first of ; their acts was to raise the salary of the -tJmbn . Clerk : ^ 4 C } a-ryear . The old Guardians , before they ^ went out of ^ ofnee , drew a cheque on the Overseers for £ 404 . 10 s . , which is the second for the same ; amount within a very short time . We do not know how they engulph the money ; we only say ,: well may the poor-rate be double this

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      RICHMOND . Odd Fellows . —On Monday / the 2 nd inst ., the loyal independent order of Qdd Fellows , of Richmond Castle Lodge , No . l , 286 y held their lirst anniversary at Richmond . The members « f the society marched in procession to the parish , church , where " a ; most excellent and appropnatij sermon was preached by the Rev . Williarii Barnfts , M . A ., rector of Richmond , from the Epistle of Paul to the Galatians , chap , yi ., ver . 2 . — " Bear ye one another ' s burdens , and so fulfil the law of Christ . " After which a collection was made in aid of the funds of the national school of that' place . The procession then

      berambulated the town ,, and afterwards sat down , ( iii number 120 , ) to a most excellent dinner , provided by Host Husband , pf the Bishop ^ ^ Blaze Inn , which was highly , approved , and gave great satisfaction , lhe brass band , from Bedale , was in attendance , and played several beautiful airs in the course of the d y ' and the evening was spent in the greatest conuvianty andhannony . : Appointment . —The LbH Bishop of Durham has been pleased to appoint Mr . Henry Wade , second master of the Darlington grammar school , to be master of the grammar school at Norton , near StOCktori .. . ¦ . - . '¦'¦ :. ¦" ' ¦ . "¦ ¦' . ¦'¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦ .. - . ¦ . '¦¦ ¦ ' - .. : ¦'• ¦ . - . ¦ ¦ :. ¦' ¦ ' ' : ;

      Kichmond Police . —An iuformation having been laid before the Borough Magistrates agamst Henry Dessaix , the keeper of an extensive baiaar , which he had opened at the King ' s Head Inn . The affair underwent a patient and attentive inquiry . Mr . ^ " owson having attended on behalf ; of the informer , and Mr . James Hunton On behalf of the defendant . The result has been , that Mr . Dessaix was nned in the penalty of £ 10 , for trading nnder a £ 4 , instead Of a £ 12 licence . The moiety pf the penalty to the informer , Mr . Miers , Juh ., was , after deducting the expeH ^ es , given by him to that excellent chanty , " The Benevolent Institution '' of Richmond . ^ : '

      . Richmond Poor Liw UNioN . —The Rev , J . B . Birtwhwtle , Mr . P . Brakenbnry , and Mr . H . Wood , were ^ e-elected Guardians for the parish Of Richmond tor the ensuing year . ' ¦ : : . ' - "

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      i . ... S- ; . ¦ v ; ,: ; . : ¦ - " ¦ KEXGHXiB'S ' , ' ; : . .- _ , ;•; : ¦ ¦ ; :,: ; r Eooiv Law GuARDlANSi- —Keighley has been worsted in . the struggle . The six mynnidons of the three-headed Devil-kirig haire been elected . We have received an account of the fraud and intimidation by which this : was done , but too late for insert tioii . Wejshafl gire it all next week . Vestry * MEETxwo .--On Thursday Iast ^ a , Vestry Meeting was held to pass the overseers' accounts , when ; the following remarkable morion was passed unanimously , remarkable because , it is the onlv

      one we believe . -. pi the same kind which is in . the order-booki ; Moved by Joseph Vicars ^ and seconded by John Lister , " That the thanks ^ ofithis meeting are due and hereby give to the late overseers , and in particular to D . W . Weatherhead for his praiseworthy and tinremitting attentipnto the duties of hia oflice but above all for his consistent arid unwearied exertions in . opposing the introduction of the New Poor Lawinto this town and par ish . " Mr . Weatherhead having briefly returned thanks , the meeting which was tfumerously attended separated . ¦ ¦

      . ¦¦ ¦ :: '¦ : ' SHEFFIEIip . : . ¦ ¦" . / ;¦ "W oTRKiNG Man ' s Association . —The usual weekly meeting of this Association , ; \ fas holden in the Mechanics' Institute , on Tuesday ^ yening last . The subject for discussion was the advantages re'iulting from rrionarchy , royalty and property . The frieetirig was addressed at considerable length and withgreat ability , by Messrs ; jpudlain , Beale and others , on the question before them . / After which a letter was read from the Dorchester COmmittee

      requesting that a penny subscription might be got up for the returned victims . / This was agreed to and three : members appointed to be a committee to fprward the same , and to wait ori the respective Trades Gommittes , recommending a like : course to them . % t the conclusion , Mr . -Lirgard was directed to write to the Rev . Mr . Stephens , of Ashton , inviting him to deliver ^ a lecture in the Town Hal l > on Wednesday , iri Easter week . A great public meeting is to be holden about a fortnight after Easter , of whicn due notice will be given . :. . ';

      DAittlBrGTON . Debatixk Society . ^—The Darlirigton Debating Society have lately discussed the question , Whether a Monarelmil or Republican form of Government was " most conducive to the welfare of society . Mr . T . Watson * Mr . W . ; Watson , Mr . Metcalfe , Mr . S , Bell , and others handled the subject with great ability , shewing the evils of Monarchy in all ages , and the superiority of Republicanism . The Monaifchial side : wns defended By Messrs . Luck ,

      Peacock ? a * d Coal , who did their best in support of ty rantay ; bTitsb ashamed were they of monarchy , that when the evening for division came , they were desirous of having the question put , ' Whether Monarchy mviEnglmid , &c : etc' Oft which ; mode of stating the question the Republicans refused to vote , not but they were satisfied that Republicanism is superior even to British Monarchy , but refused because the question was altered from what stood iri the books . The society were equally divided in number .

      HULL . The late Mr . WALTiWORTH . —On Wednesday aftenioon , the ' eartbly reiriains of that latnented patriot , James Wallworth , Esq ., Surgeon , of Kingston-upon-Hnil , were buried at Drypool near that town . Mr . Wallworth departed this life on the previous Thursday evening , after a lingering illness of more than two rears , Which bnflled all the riiost eminent medical talent of this country . We have known few mea in the large circle of our personal ncquaintarice whom we more highly esteemed thaii James Wallworth . "He wais a man , take him for all m all , \ V e shall not look upon his like again "

      Surrounded by circumstances of the most adverse characteriri early life , his own mental energies bore him triumpliaiitlythrough -difficulties under which any mind less vigorously constituted ' must-. "have sunk . In his profession he Was regarded as skilful to an extraordinary degree , hi public matters he was ever active , ever useful , and ever honest—fearlessl y advocating the rights nnd . interests .. of the poor on : all occasions , hi / the very teeth of his own private interests , and often with the probability of suffering thereby very serious personal loss . He was an eloquent speaker , a rnan of inflexible principle , and a stern defender of the . great Radical principles of political riglit . So powerful , .--o manly , and

      sosincere an advocate those principles never had in Ilull , arid certainly in losing him , tlie friends of freedom in that town sixtier an irreparable loss . In private life liis character was as estimable , as in public life , it was valuable . He was an affectionate husband , a mild arid tender parent , a warm-hearted , frank , tree , generous friend ; Ever open and unsuspicious , ever candid and ingenuous , he seemed , to live onl y for others , arid was , a model of guileless simplicity , vrhile at the same time extensive knowledge of the world gave him a quickness of apprehension which could hardly be deceived . In religious matters h'ift vvas a Bincere recipient of the doctrine of the New Church , and was a member of the Independent Church assembling for worship , under tlie pastoral care of the Rev ; Wm . Hill , in Bethel Chapel ,

      Priricestreet , Hull ; bis late lamerited father having been minister of that chapel sonie years ago . The large arid promiscuous assemblage who testified their respect for his character , by following his remains to the grave , bore evidence to the gerieralestimation in which he had been holden . The hearse was followed by two mourning coaches , containing his immediate relatives and friends ; then came -in mournful procession a large number < f the medical profession , trades ' , and frieudly societies ; -the members of the religious body to wliich he had belonged , and the membera of-the Radical Association , one of whom delivered riu address over the grave , after the withdrawal of the minister . So closed the curtain of mundane observation on James Wallworth , in the prime of life , and the midst of prosperity , a pattern of perseverance , virtue , and zeial .

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      PRESTON . A Blundering Old Farmer ;—On Thursday last , a stupid-looking old man , who stated himself to be a fanner , residing near Bolton , and who , in Lancashire diarect , would be described as being ^ regularly gomeless , " appeared before the magistrates at the Town Hally to tell the following story :-rrHe stated that he had come to Preston to sell a horse , arid had , the day before ,- ( Wednesday ) succeeded in disposing of it for about £ 16 or £ } 7 , but he could not tell exactly how much ! After drinking a few quarts of ale ^ he went to bed , in the evening , at the irin where he stayed , and thought he had put his trousers , containing the money , under his pillow ! When , however , he arose in the morning , his

      pockets were " cashless , and on proceeding to make further search , he found his purse , containing only two pounds , under a bed in the same room ^ and in which another man slept . He yraa quite certain he had the money the ni ght before , and that he had been robbed of it ; The old blockhead having made this staterrierit , the landlord of the housey who is a respectable man ^ said that nobody but himself and the fellow-lodger of the farmer , had been , during the night , into the bed-room where the latter slept . The person whoslept in the same room with the farmer also made a similar statement , and said it was impossible he could have lost his money , if he had it safe when he went to bed . On this being statedone

      , of the : officers thought it prudent to assist the farmer in searching his otwi pockets , whenj singular to relate , in addition to the two sovereigns of which he spoke , a £ 10 ; note was found in the purse , which be had overlooked , and five sovereigns were found in a kind of waistcoat pocket , which , also , he had neglectedto exairiine . The blundering old gentleman seemed both overjoyed and astonished when this discovery / was made , and . "ihe following dialogue ensued between him and the magistrate , William Clayton , Esg > : —Magistrate : Whathave you been thinking about , to give all this unnecessary trouble ?

      Earmer , ( looking unutterable things ) : It ' s yarry cownoup , I 'ink : I thout it was stouri , marry Magistrate : You arehot fit to come * to the fair by yourself ; Farmer : Ye see my wife tbout t ' sarrie ; she sed I was'nt"fit to kum , ant she ^ as boun to send ' & youjig . ' .: mlipy V ' : ) me . ' .. ' Magistrate : I wonder she did not come herselfy for it is clear you cannot take care of yoursel £ Farmer tl % ' $ reet ; but I'll tak csare too ; 'am . gO Oin iioam , and I'll not loss it no more . ''—Theparties then retired , but from the number of suspicious-looking personages who witnessed thei above ^ prOceedings , it will ^^ e well for the Boitonian if he reaches his destination with the cash in

      hispossession . —Preston Chronicle . : ? ROv : ibENTiAL Escape . —On Saturday last four young : men sailed pn a shooting excursion from Preston , iri an Open boat , down the Ribblei They succeeded in navigating the river aa far as Haze Ppint , yvhen their beat ran aground on the south easit side of the channel * They tiien cast anchor , and , oh the ebbirig of the tide , crossed : the sands to the village of i-origton , for the purpose of awaiting the evening : tide , ' and , in , the evening they left the

      village to return to their little boat , bound homeward for destination ; they were ; however , seriously disappoirited , foi * going in pairs , the two who fofioMred behind , ( the night being very ^ dark and foggy ) lost sight al their companions ; they therefore returned to the -village , and as their eompaiiibna , who had preceded them towards the boat , did not also return ^ there were ; sad forebodings that they would be lost . This apprehension did not prove to be far from the fact , for it afterwards ^ appeared that the two absent

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      men ^^ proceeded over . the sands until they heard At * rolling tide approaching them , arid they then ^ ntafci all precipitancy , betook themselves to an eleiaaafi sand bank , where , by the aid of a pole ^ w ; hie >» .. t 3 ffpr accidentaliy picked up and stueV in the sand ^ t&rjr kept themselves in an erect position until the watte by slow , degrees overnowed their shoulders- 33 » = tide then began to recede arid the sands bgaaanas passable . How to regain thfr viDage— -the fa ^ gr wished-for-Village of Longtori—was-thenext cpBsiifesration ; : for they were in complete darknes ^ . atmS

      without any land-triark save the illuminated i « snrsn » over the town of Preston . They however starfeB for Longtori , and at lengthy by dint of pereeTerOTaar and many twistings and turnings ^ arrived sdefe- afe the hospitable house of Mr . Pye , —a most prwriiiesetial deliverance > for at almost everyfootstep on tneir perilous journey over the sands , they were liable the beengulphed by the river Ribble ori tie ^ 6 ne fcm& , arid the river Douglas on the Other , both ;' of ^ wn £ eS nvers nearly meet on the Longton marrii ^ and'tfeena singularly : wind their way to the pppceite- fctrt ^ a almost a parallel line . —rPre&tm CArmiicfe . ' . ¦ ¦

      CHURCH . B , ATEs AND POpK-fliAW CtTT& 3 Bcians . —On Tuesday weekj the churchwarden ^ oflt " Preston , issued a public notice , in pursuance ver unaerstand , of the Poor-Law Commissiorier > tQ . ^ Jiaeffect that persons who had riot paid church ^ 'a ^ BT ^ were disquah'fied for voting for guardians of Uii ' poor for the ensuing year . : ' - / ; Poor Law Guardiaxs .- —Nobody are better skilfoiS in the art of wringing moiiev from the pocketsi of &s people than the Whigs . They always reinind ts ^ strongly of the American Jew , who never did orpthing for nothing mo day ; for riobody . A ^ ll

      theirretorm boons have special clauses , enacting th ^ fcthey must be paid for . "No penny , no paternostef r ' ' is the Whig maxim , Last week , when the time jter electing Poor Law Guardians for Prestori came , th& the churchwardens put forth placards ^ quietly irttirriating to the inhabitants , that all who had not paitfl tlieir church-rates were not entitled 'to votey ly which means three fourths of the votera werfr disfrarichised . This juggle will , we have io doubt , W extensively resorted to next year , for the purpose eST reducingvthe number of voters , arid therebj «? - abling the Devil Kings' friends to carry their < wc& rriyrmidpnsas" Guards "of the poor .

      ; *¦ . MAKCHESTER . Death fbom Prize FiaHtiNG . —Some fewnights back " , a dispute occurred in a beer-house , mi the neighbourhood of Portugal-srreet , between tw »» men named William Harrington and RicnarS Davis , working as carders in a cottorirfactory ^ zaS ^ urged on by some thoughtless persons who were ias company , they agreed to fight a pitehed battle fei tie ? sum of £ 1 a-side . They met accordingly ori Snr&rday morning , about half-past seven o ' clock , its a . field near Bradford , where a ring was formed ^ za& the contest commenced . It Was evident to : Jgebystanders , that Barrington had no chance ^ tfrhra « opponent ; , butji instead of endeavouring to separa ; % - them , the crowd ericouraged the ^ fight , which

      continued for three quarters of an hourj when ; Davfe 3 ^ - struck : Barrington a blow on the neck , ; which ; &Tk& : him . senseless to the-ground . The alarm 'was 4 iiuiia'rr diate ] y given that Bamn % iqri Davies , ' with his seconds arid the other parties in . th& ring , lost no time in making their escape . \ Barnngiton was conveyed to ' the house of Mr . T . RobirisoB ; . surgeon , Bradford-street , who used every exertieo to restore . animation , but without effect , and thsunfortunate man expired at twenty minutes befaretwelve o'clock . On Monday eyeningj an iriques * r was held ; on the b ' odyy before Mr . Rutter ,--at tSa * . - Steam Engirie public : house , in Bradfordj whieh \ owing , to sufficient evidence not being in attendance ^ , was adjourned until to-morrow ( Thursday ) eyeriing ^ , at five o ' clock . ' .

      Fire in a Paper Mill . — -About two o ' eToefe on Sunday , a fire broke out in the waste-sto-re b £ Messrs . 33 ic £ iuson ' s paper mill , opposite the Manchester and Liverpool Railway station . Tfeengines were promptly on the spot , and thyfire-w . ssr got under abou . r ; ' four o ' clock .. The damage ,, ife ^ supposed , will not exceed £ 100 .. There have feeelik several other fires : in various dwelling-houses in . ' tlsetown within the last few days ; but they were / saoati got under , and before any considerable damage- waav done . ¦ " ¦ :

      IVIIDDLETON . Funeral Sermon . — -On Tuesday evening , tS ^ Wesleyan :--chapel , Middleton , was crowded to : e&-cess . The Key . Mr . West , of Manchester ^ , preached a funeral sermon , on the death of Mary ^ the wife of the Hev . P . Hardcastle , who had dJedb in child-bed on the Sunday previous . The ¦ corigtes 1 ^ - gation was much affected . /

      ¦ ..- -.. - - . •/¦¦ ' OU > HAM . - ¦ -... . ¦ ::- .- ; Town TnEASuRER . — -Mr . John Knight , hasbesnr elected Town Treasurer for Oldham by the rate-payera . It would be well if such noble minded straightsforward vetera : ns in the cause of liberty were more ? generally placed in posts of hpnour arid emolumeisfc-Great ppaise is due to the mep of Oldham for thus setting so praiseworthy an example to the eountryv When we see the people exercising the localfrau » - chise in a proper manner ^—when we see them , as ^ ratepayers making prdper appointments and carrying ; out economy and making good laws in their ovrm towns , itwillproVe that they understand their rights ^ . arid . arealaodeterriiinedtp maintainthern ; the sluggishness of rate-payers in the exercise of the franchise fe--both lamentable . and disgraceful ; put down loaal ; tyranny say we , and a bad government will easily Berectifiedi ; ¦ '• .. •¦ ' ¦ " „ ¦ . ¦ ¦¦ ,- ¦ '¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ ' : ''¦' . " ¦ ¦ ¦ : ' : - ' . •¦' . ¦ ' ' .

      ., - - . - ; , : - ;¦¦ ¦ , ' / . . - /; ASHTON .: ; ¦ ; •; . ¦¦ / , ; ' /; . . , /¦ ¦ . ' , PoSTPONEilENT OF THE GREAT RADICAL MEETrWK ? and DiNNERi—In corisequerice . of . the Dewsbuiy ; - arid . Asbton dinners happening both at oue tiias-^ the Ashtori dinner , will be . ptfstporied until aboot three weeks after Easter , ¦ &&& will be ; holden ; on a Saturday : everiirig . We ; tmderstand tiie ^ arrarigemerits-. Jor the . Dewsbury dinner are progressingyaEiE : that aspieridid ^ meeting is expected ^ we are . gla . ii to see our working friends so spend their holidays ^ :

      ; . - -. ' / ' . /; . / .. RQCHDAiE . ••; : = / v S / - / ' - , / : . ' - Election Of GuARDUN ^ i ^ Tnursday , the 23 ^ ult ., being the day fixed for the election of eightews Guardians for . the Rochdale tJnion , the Radicali Association were very activ ^ , in finding out persons to propose for the office , ^ who were avowed eneDaie * - to the bill . The following will show how far Sbsjr have been siiceessful . In Castlet » n , four Coriservalives were piitin nominationj but the Radical carried all their candidates , viz . : — . : -: - / Jamesi Hey , veterinary eurgeoni James Wilkinson , shopkeeper . Samuel Holland , buteher . / Oliver Mills , woollen inaiiufacturer . U

      In Spotland Township : —• ' John Whitaker , ^ dyer ^ ; ' Joseph Laycock , tannery > ThomasHollandv ^ faller . ¦ . Joseph'Butterwortb i broker * -.. .. ' . ' (' All avowedeneiriies tothebiU ^ ^ a : : : ) . ' -. ' /; « In Wardleworta | there , waa a contest wKeSi ended in favour of the three Radicals , by amaioriij :: of 6 orTOQvotes ^ - ^/; V : v-- - ; - ; .. < ; f --V ' " ^ : : ' Matthew Grterilees ,: shopkeje ^ er . James Whitworflij do . and 1 naariufacturen-, Edwfo Greenwood , painter and gilder . In Britterwojth , twoopponerits tothebiliwei * elected : — ¦ -: w- 'l : \~ ' - ' . ¦ ' : . ' -.. ' .: : ' " ¦ ¦ '¦ - ; ' ' ¦ . ' ' ¦ " ¦ ¦ ' -: ¦ ' : ' . ' : ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦

      • Willi , ari 3 Bairies , ^ oollen . manufacturer . Jonfitthftri Wbitworth , follerv ; Wuerdale arid Wardle did riot appoint their Guar =-diaris . We idid not beai ' the names of the ^ ptherfixej . but we understand they are opposed to the bill- ; Factory iwFORjrATMNS .-rAfr > Webster , ^^ the Fact&Bjr Inspectorof this district ^ pre fe rred t welve in formations against Edyrard Ainsworth , for various offences against the Factory / Act-r-such as . Over-wOTkingiilie--cmldreh , hot sending therii fa a . proper ; school , ialie ? nartWnn + aa &i > Z—t-n nil rtf which . he pleaded emi \ tx _

      He having , on tte 4 th June , 1836 , been lined fosr sirnilarotfencesj the Magistrate , Mr . Royds , imadi him in £ 20 and costs , on die iirst case ; the o&ssr eleyen werd withdrawn , by hirii paying all tie- ei- ^ penses incurred . Messrs . Crossley and , Banoitr-Jbhri Buckley , and Robert Holt were severaBjr fined in rriitigated perialties for Violating the AcT RatcKfJe Hanson was alsp brought before the ^ Magistrates , upoii the information of ^^ Mr . Webster ^ foir allowing hi 3 boy , under nine years of age , to worfc in ; Mr > Ainsworth ' s null , but was discharged by paying expenses . ;;/ - . ;¦'¦;¦ ¦ :.. :. :- ' - -. ' ¦ ¦ ¦ •' . ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦¦ : } . _ ,

      ; Cart DbiVers . — -George Earnshaw was finadin ^ 40 s . and costsf for being at too great ^ ^ a distance froniv . Ms cart whileTon the road . SocrALiSTS ^ - ^ The admirers of the systeni ofT morality , taught by R . Qwen ^ opened a room , on-Tuesaavj for the propagation pi their principleswh , eiL Mr > Green gave ' - . " a lectare ; on Weamsdafr night , Mr . J . Rigley gave a lecture ; and pn Thura ^ day ^ Mr , Flemingsth * Editor of ^ e - "'New Mob * Worid , ' is to lectnre . The lectares have b « enpre «! sr well attended * ¦¦'¦; - " .. ' ! : "'

      Total ABSTiNENCE . -On Tuesday eremng lusfc ^ . ^ N Mrsi Hamilton , the celebrated pb xenolpjMjy ^ l ^ i ^ . lectnre on total abstinenee , m ^ e krgegffiflrepW ^ k ^ police station , s ™ th-street . to * ¦ ¦ ;' M g | gH | gSfclgg ^^ nighly respectable ^ audience . - She y / Mf ^ S 3 ^ convert to ^^ the principles on wluch sh ^^^^ W ^^^ for , last suminer . ^ bile lecturing ^^^^^^^ yiqit i gave a challenge to , dispute the questBl ^ gH ^^ n . - kU audience , which was accepted-, ^ t ^ M ^^^^^ S platform , she actually signed the ' 'Sfi ^^ S ^ P ^ totalism , being convinced that she hadSwl ^ iBrafe ' * ^ erroneous ideas on the subject . ¦;• " ;^ ^ fr < . ^ j $ ^ ?^ ris £ ^

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      : : BUBDB&BFIELp . Thb Luddites' Scccessob . —We hear that Mr . Brooke , the bastile magistrate , is to be started ag a ^ candidate for the honour of succeediag Mr . Swain , as chairman to the Huddensfield Board of Guardians . We tell the majority of Guardians who have been elected because of their pledges to withstand the hastile system ^ that if they permit this Ithey will prove themselves traitors to the people . Let them at least be consistent . Hoklby Pooe Law Guardians . —A smart struggle took place in the village of Honley , for the election of Poor Law Guardians . The Candidates were ; . Mr . Henry Littlewood , Radical . " . - Mr . James Brooke , Do . '¦ : ¦ " . Mr . Thomas Brooke , Tory . Mr . John Robinson , Whig . ' . - ' . ' . '

      The two firat named gentlemen are decided enemies to the DeviPa-law . Mr . Robinson is a warm advocate for it , and Mr . Thomas Brooke is a kind hearted but weak minded man , who does not much admire it , but would " give it a fair trial . " Every sort of despicable cavil and trickery wa ? resorted to by the Whig faction to carry their man . Hopeless of success in the struggle , they tried to carry it by stratagem , and after sundry closetings iri ayrful and mysterious conclave , trumped an objection to the Radical candidates , because their proposers were not known : they having been proposed by Mr .

      Thomas Walker , butcher , than whom no . man in Honley is better known , and who is in daily Communication with the very parties who resisted this notable objection . On the votes being taken , a great majority appeared for Messrs . Littlewood and James Brooke , on which a scrutiny was demanded , and the rates searched as far back as 1824 , to reduce the number of small rate-payers , by the forlorn hope of astray rate being some time unpaid . The number of voters was thus considerably lessened , arid at the close of the scrutiny a difference appeared in the respective returns of the church warden arid the overseers : the returns standing thus : —

      Churchwarden ' s return . Overseer ' s Retarn . H . Littlewood .... 292 H . Littlewood .... 292 JamesBrook ...... 242 Thomas Brpoke .. 24 L Thomas Brooke .. 241 James Brooke .... 238 John Robinson .... 195 John Robinson .... 195 The question now is , which , or whether either of the returns is accurate . H"uih > eb . sfieli > Poor Law Guardians . — Alas for the poor Whigs ! Faded is their glory , and miserably chopfallen their appearance . Forced to bid farewell to their dear friends the Shear-Breaking Chairman and the Chvim-GaW Vice—with a prospect of rough reckonings and . many of ' erii , for the neat little minority-Clerk ! How fearful must be

      his forebodings at the altered state of affairs ! No more chattering across the table like a magpie with salt on his tail , ever and anon penning tid bits of scurrility for 'Jim Crow' between times . Open meetings will stop all that , and teach little minoritvr news-monger-Clerk to know how to hold his tongue when not spoken to—and we calculate , ifs precious seldom he'll be spoken to by his new masters . In sooth we , do pity poor Bolus , the Yellow Doctor , and our bowels yearn over the " gentle Shepherd . " It was a pity that so nicely concocted a scheme should fail . Tbree ~ Wbi gs and two Tories , all Esqs ., and the nasty Hads to reject them all . How provoking ! 'Tis very hard upon poor Tom , though , that he

      should be kicked overboard because his brother has been made a hew Skilley Devil-King magistrate . It can ' tbe helped—people will judge of the sack by the sample . And then the Halifax Bobbiner ! The folks had not forgot who fetched the soldiers at the election ; and as they had no notion of being cut down for Mr . Bobbiner ' s fancy , they ciit him and popp'd him along Starkey Tom . The Huddersfield Farmers love their own barn door fowls , and as the Swan is rather an uncommon bird in those part * , they voted Mr . Schwann a foreigner , and quietly advised him , maugre all his gobbling , to go home again , as such birds are least troublesome " on the Maine . " Poor Jacob , —the mongrel Whig-ridden

      Tory , half Jew , half Christian , with a large slice of the Turk appertaining to each side ; poor Jacob , being totally unfit for any society , was of course shoved to the bottom ol the poll , while the Whig-bewheedled , Tory Tom , who , by the bye , is no better than t ' other Tom , contrived to wriggle into a majority of three above his former chums , which introduces him to the society of sundry honest men , among whom we hope he may find himself comfortable . We pity the poor men in their defeat , and advise them to be riiore careful of coming into uncomfortable circumstances again . We cannot say we have so much commiseration for the ULr-OjficioS ) though , if ever Whigs do feel

      anything , they mist have felt pretty considerably uneomfortaMe " when their imperious master , Mr . Tramping-Pauper-Power , commanded them to carry back the key of the ba . stile office , new water-closet and all , which they had presumed to hire without his leave . Power fancied that splendid floor-cloths , and costly furniture , and expensive water-closets did not square well with theskilleyr bowl , and , at all events , he knew that his Vngrioitship ' s leave had not been asked , and so he quietly tramped up to the Ea-Officios , and laying about him like a schoolmaster whose authority has been slighted by a batch of urchins , he soon gave them to understand who ' s who . We'd have given fourpence for a sight of Billy and Joey's chops at this

      juncture . We suppose they must have looked downright cadaverous , especially when brother Jonathan , the Golcar guard , refused to let them off , only on condition of their taking the key again on the 2 nd of April . We strongly calculate they will find the 2 nd of April to be the day after April fool ' s day . We wonder whether Billy was more astonished at himself when almost kneeling to brother Jonathan , or when the blunder was pointed out to him in the filling of his voting paper , by which be claimed six votes and lost them all . Certes Billy is no conjuror . Will little minority-Clerk ever venture to attend another meeting of Guardians ? We doubt it ; and then what a falling off will there be in st icks for " Jim Crow" to build his nest with !

      Registrar of Births and Marriaoes . — Wives , maidens , and mothers look to the validity of any certificates of births or marriages that may be made under the direction of Mr . Floyd , the clerk to the Hudderefield Poor Law Union , and Superintendent-Registrar , under the New Marriage Act for that Union . It is gravely asserted by many that his appointment was illegal , and if it were , we question whether any act consequent on such an appointment woUidbe legal orTalid . We advise all the women who have been so married to get married over again as soon as possible .

      Socialism . —On Sunday last , Mr . Rigby , of Manchester , delivered two lectures in the afternoon and evening , in the Social Institution , Manehesterstreet The large room of the Institution , on both occasions , was crowded to suffocation , and many were incapable of obtaining admission . The lectures were on the doctrine of the formation of character , and the economical plans and arrange- ; ments of the social system ; and from the popular and interesting' manner in which * the lecturer

      delivered them , they made a deep impression on the minds of the audience present . A number of questions were asked , and received very affable replies . Meetikg of Rate-Payers . —On Monday last , a meeting of the rate-payers of the Huddersfield ham let was held at the Pack Horse Inn , at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon , for the purpose of examining and passing the accounts of the Board of Surveyors of Highways , " Mr . J . Brook in the chair . The different items were read over , and the accounts passed without a single objection .

      Appointment of Overseers of the Poor . —At the Court House , Huddersfield , on Saturday last . Mr . Tristram Ridgeway , of Huddersfield , and Mn Thomas Terry , of Birkiey , were appointed Overseers of the Poor for the township of Huddersfield , for the ensuing year . HcDBERsrrELD Election of Guardians . —Tri our last we gave an account of the number of votes each candidate had at the close of the contest on the evening of Thursday , the day of election . On the following day ( Friday ) the Overseers , however , from some reason , pnblished a different return , declaring F . Schwan , Esq ., a Whig , elected in place of Stephen Dickenson , a Radical , who was in the majority on Thursday night ; upon which the proposer of M r . Dickenson , after taking professional advice , served a copy of the following aotice on the Overseer * : —

      To the Overseere of the Poor of the Township of HnddersfielcL—As the propoaer of Stephen Dickeason as Poor Law Guardian for Hndaergfield , I hereby-protest against the return you have published ol GuariianB elected , as it is not according to law , nor agreeable to the number of votes as added np on the day of election , the 29 th of March . And I hereb y claim to have Stephen Dickenson ' s name inserted as having been duly elected , in pnrsuance of the 40 th section of the -Poor Law Amendment Act , and the instructions of the Commissioners , which state that the votes shall be added np on the afternoon of the day of election , and thosehaving the majority of votes

      shall be declared only elected , Stephen Dickenson then being declared to be fourth candidate who was duly elected . " From Almondbury the return was as follows , the two first being elected : — Hiram Harling , shopkeeper , 297 , ^ opposed to the law ; John Mellor , fanner , 295 , ditto . Francis Farrand , manufacturer , 142 , in favour of tke pincb-belly system . Joseph Vickerman ^ merchant , 182 , ditto ; there will be a large majority out of the whole Union that will be found opposed to carrying ou t the orders of the Somerset-House Bashaws .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 7, 1838, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct522/page/5/