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    • T^JS NORTHERN STAR . ) '* SATUBBAY. MAY 19, 1838- Ji
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      T^Js Northern Star . ) '* Satubbay. May 19, 1838- Ji

      T ^ JS NORTHERN STAR . ) '* SATUBBAY . MAY 19 , 1838- Ji

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      We have known some horses , and many aases , to wttkeffl largdy of tb « sagacious qualities more fcwjn ' enej observable in the cor , as to become inactively attached , not only to . the persons oi their masters , bnt also to everj peraony pUce . ' - r 4 rop , between whom , or which , and said master tkey have observed a certain- relationship . "Who las not observed , for instance , the almost merba-* ic * Y regularity with which the worn roadster of the l » randy-k-ring butcher , > n hi * ambulation to « from market and fair , recognizer and paj * his rewects to ererr temple of Bacchus , ia which hi *

      ¦ ERE MINISTEBIAL HACK .

      sister has been accustomed to pour out his libations to the jolly god ? This i » a v « ry common instance rf sagacity in Tmitri that in frequently" ridden , " "but we hart ; known much stronger- - proofe of their peculiar attachments . We remember being once placed in considerable jropardy , and great bodily fear , by an old brown mare , belonging to a dear friend and relative , the first rime we attempted to jnt a bit imo her mouth . Kow , tbi « mare was a * gentle as a lamb to her owner or any member of bis fWrm'lj—and though it was some month * before we -renturtd to repeat the experiment , her habits of bservation hating in the meantime convinced her that we were to be numbered amongst the friends

      • f her master , we had no difficulty on the second attempt . She submitted , apparently with great pleasure , to be saddled , bridled , and " ridden" for « v-accommodation . This instance of discrimination was , however , left far in the back g ? ound by a strong useful animal of the long-eared specie * known te all the ne ghbourhoodby the name of " Neddy . ' * Hxddt was a terror to all the boys and girls in tbV -rillagf . He suffered no one to enter

      Hm domain with impunity , wh » had . not been properly introduced . All his powers of assmine artillery were brought into full play against all intruder * . Hoofs , heels , teeth , and the most discordant brayings were bestowed , sans ctremonie , vpon everyone who came within . Neddy ' s reach , * nless he had first taken the precaution to be duh and properly introduced : yet was Neddy , in truth , -a gentle and an affectionate . animaj * We have seen him lick the hind of his master with evident

      token * of most axsinine affection ; and ot > t only did J ' tEDDY thus love bis own master , but a due share « f his asiimne regards were also bestowed on all whom be bad beea instructed to . consider as his auwter ' s friends . If a stranger wished safely to cultivate the acquaintance of K eddy , be must seek it through the medium of Old "Willy , who was Noddy ' s master . Ushered into the a&dnine presence in such company , he was perfectly safe . He would be snuffed , smelled , and scented all round , trith the most deliberate carefuloes ? , and , after that , 1 * might "ride Neddy" just as safely and as aaily as Old Willy himself . Tbus it often happened that the very same person at whom Neddy bad

      tub open-mouth , with ail the- viciousness of an ass tent on mischief , might , ere the day was out , having passed through the ceremony of introduction , mount Jf BDDT ' s b . ck , and command his services to the utmost extent of his assiniae ability . We believe it to be a doctrine hulden by some that all the affections and dispositions of brute animals exist by sympathetic derivation , as outbirths er formal Aevelopement * of like affections in the human character . We strongly suspect there must be some truth in this doctrine ; and , if so , the events of the pant week and the records of certain years v « y recently parsed orer , hare enabled us to discover the prototype of Neddv in one of tbe present Honourable Members for Leeds .

      At tbe late meeting of the Church Rate Abolition Society , tbe Honourable Member who eschew * •* Shallow Politicians , " w reported , in the London Newspapers , to have said that" Bisjriendt generall y imagiaed tial he tea * ridden by Ministtrt- ' jl irctlHeir huitctl o ^ iomiiu , a&d uu tfieiuU £ l * U a pa * feel ri ^ ht « n » . i . ni j to expreait ! bat Qe « uaid u-il tbeni , tuat no long »» Wiuiiltr . supported good hh- ** uj \ * , knd *> lung u he cauiderea tbfiu uuuuieir teller Uian those which would uike tLeir ju-te » ii tucjr were turned out , to long wuold be uppun Ibem . be ihwiignt Uul the ™*~ ting w »« au * gne with auu is this opinwD . J her were tuid , that if ther turned out lie *

      Hin-ttert , the / wuaiJ nuth » re wuin , bcouue since tile pw » - htf ol tbe Rekinu BUI no hub cunid be Miuuam who dia cut « uppon tal » eT « l mtajBrtai : bat be mew tbit diOere&ce t > etwee& hMtmg " -T- " in uUice writo sapponed Libersl iuev « ure « becaiue SlryUk ; -d Lacfli , kad Uu « te Mrtw ndt ^ ited lubeml measure * fceeaOJc Ihef * ne Jorced upon them ; iaid xhu was ju « l U > e 4 itiereaec Ufiweca the r * lue ol the preheat Miauun » u& ot Sit Hubert FeeL > ow , MinuleT * had bruughl iorwxrd LJWr » lniei » UTe * ufT » lae , notoulT to KugWd , but to Scotiaad ^ ukJlnda » dalauj « &d whea &e beheld them s porting ftttf L ber «; lueasaies . he could nut um with those t&aHvw

      yjjfi / -j » . fi , » whu uuiufi&x Aiiiusteia cyulu be turned irtii withuat -cancer to thew : Laberal mewtae * iriui respect to the cosany f his honourable &nd learned &iead i Mr .. O'Coxmeil—witii XtafjetX to lrJiiid—and be atrrer heard Ireland mentioned bat it »« i '< i » t-. t u > bis liun . * the name of O'ConueU along with it . lie huped iduiwteni woojd bare to Bulce the Coron » Uou Peers , and tuey would ioftwe ftuiue good Liberal blood into the Upper fcfotue . He did sot know whether hi * Honourable and Lc » rn * d Jrwndnew him ( Mr . O'CunncllJ had any ambitioii br a Pijexage— ( laughter}— -bat if he had , Mr . fiiiaes m « sore that » bcUer Bin couli not Ik placed on tht teodt JBCfc "

      Now , the long ears and mellifluous braying of the us Keddy sever more certainly proclaimed the fact of his belonging to the ass species than this paragraph from Mr . Baikes' speech proves the justice of the honest opinion" entertained by "his frieads generally" of his being ^' ridden by Ministen . " He announces , in so many plain words , that the object of his support and attachment is men and not 2 uearures , that he would spurn the very same measures at which be cow rejoices , if proposed to iis acceptance by different men . "Was ever acknowledgement of subserviency mure full ? " Was the bridle

      ev »> r worn with less mincing , or the saddle eter carried more prondly ? And how finely the Hon . Atember sustains his character of a political beast of fcnrthen . ' How beautifully he illustrate * tbe doctrine » f sympathetic derivation , alluded to above , bj the gracious manner in which be presents ih back to the Hon . and Learned Member lor Dublin ; offering bis shoulder , as a stepping stone £ o the Woolsack , too much honoured by the condescension of being trodden oa . ** He did net knew te&etker hit Eon . xmd Learned Friend ¦ near him { Mr . ( TCotauS ) kad any anMtxtajor a peerage ; tMli . he bad , Mr . Battles xxu tun dial a bcilrr man amid not U jplaczd en Uu moltaek . "

      "We suspect that no one who was unawsre of thix doctrine , that the propensities of the inferior anijnals are but so maey exteroal forms or manifested ^ appearances of the affections of the human character , could have supposed that tbe O'CexireLi . thus oomplhnrated wu tbe self-same O'Connbli , of « rhom , in Eebruary , 1833 , thi * same Mr . Bainks testified , . by Jiia mouth-piece , the Leeds Mercury , Ast he wa *— *

      " ^ l ' W * *** ^» " ° * *> nwnt * d » he ulnx * t * i * x teatof the" Irjh . and haTmj ; eiurtr 2 na « l not » lotk to brine 4 feat-eooittrT into its present oni&anag £ al ) le . tate . " WboH any simple-minded person , unacquainted witJi asaiaiDe politics , have supposed that the O'Cotmej . ^ whoa Mr . Ba . iwbs now charactenze * xs being well calculated " to ) Dfu * e mme good liberal blood into -the Upper House , " : s tbe same O'Coxhell whom ia Febrnary , 1833 , h « characterized as— - - u The head of the iseendbry sf itstors wbo hsTeftirred np srerf eniwe « f diaooateut , destro / ed ill public p * ULude anu fuhUe eunfidenre , mad abogbt t-J wrsyihe whole ttyaical Jtfren ^ th < A Inland asauut % concHiatory SJ * d * t ^ mvtTDtf fioremaitrnt" ? .

      If there be any position , in which it is possible far nan to be placed , which requires the « terne » t honesty of soul aid most genuine uprightness of iat ^ tti on a » d purpn * . - of wbich the human character i * cap « W « , jt toast be that of presiding over the kigil » f Coot ? of jsiieia ! BBthoriry recognized by the

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      State ; and yet that O'Cohxell , of whom Mr . Baikbs ia now rare that a better man could not be oond for » u dUtingnished * positioBj u tbrJUMT O'Coknsm ., of whom in the month of Jooe , l 83 S , Mr . Bawks held tbe following bmgosg * . - ' -. - . \ v- - « O'ConneShM refused to teng forwud tb * « uwAit » of tiae Rnpemltrfthe tnion , though » rfled to it with tbe utmost prrtiMcitj by * ome of therejly *»>»«* Ec {> etVn , wbo ion \ atitH . tie lta * w weli that to . diacuM ^ ie question in Parbi » mcBt-ns to enure » total anfl riattulou * defeat : aad a > the

      Repeal is far too good s sutgect for agitation to be tno * thrown my , as it u s tweet mid nutritious mortel whieb be rblU under hu Umpae , he tea girca setke ot » - motion : to Aepc » l tke Union , for sex * Ststion ! THE CONKING EOGCK ! Sow drill ht go , and itinerate through lrelsna , stirring np the P »» - * ion « , xar , powtirely storing the brtdus poems of iV eredalous inhabitants , oa the score of hu iatendedmet ol patriotiua , which be wQl af ain and again yut off , as it sulta hiia , to "» mcreconifeiurentsemsc * . " j The O'CoNKELl whom Mr . BAlKSS would now

      be bappy to set elevated to a most important station in the Governmest of the country is the same O'Cokkbll of whom , in the month of August , 1833 , Mr . Baiwes declares that » If the country wished to b « govCTned oy » df-wflled Impetnoustrrant , m do not know how a better » ele « twn could be made " thanto take this Hibernian flatritf , " The O'CoKNBti , whom Mr . Baines would now help to a peerage , and a " place" beside * , and to whom he would give an increaaed " influence not eaxily to be estimated for amount , is the lame O'Con >* exl of whom in September , 1833 , Mr .

      Bajnes wrote" O'Connell is an unaccountable brin ? , but w » kare not < he leaxt donbt that he would take a food p lace if he could gut it The astonishing influence which sariB _ a awn exercises orer the Irish population , w ? s about as little for their discernment as the outrages of the Whiteieet say fur their lore o » order . " _ . " ' The O'Cosnell whom Mt . Baines now ^ conscientiously , of course ) believes to be so honourable a man that no better man could be found to fill the most honourable post that can b « occupied by any subject in these realms , is tbe same O'Conkell oi whom , in November , 1833 , Mr . BainES ( conseientiously . of course ) wrote the following cuttingly

      contemptuous ^ ana bitter paragraph : — *• Mr . O'ConDeP has commented his Bepeal campaign in Dublm , and the begging-box is drcubjCng in erery part ol Ireland . That wonderful people , the Irish , do O'ConueU ' s bidding with sn obseauiousneM that has no parallel V \ hen be is illent , they ure ^ iliuit ; when his voice blusters , their wares mar . He lingered two months atUarrjnane Abbey , ¦ dnging " Jiobody coming to woo ; " and the populace of Ireland c ^ aunted a low * nd pen * i »« eb . orug . Be returns to lyublin , wid bests the rereULj ; and up rises the population , hs at the sound of drum . Howcrer , the Government * re not inteniiing to leave him the whole field to him < etf : tbe p * nding actain xgainst the 7 VW , for inserting a letter of O'ConnelTs , i * tw be tried » t an early d » y . "

      A simple-minded person , uDacen * tomedt to the study of political character , as usually developed by mere partisans , or unacquainted wnh tbe peculiar circumstances of the parties , might have felt some amaze at what might have appeared to him the inconsistency of Mr . BainES in thus dealing forth eulogy on so large a scale , on tbe self same individual who had so recently been tbe object of his unmeasured" terms of abu ^ e . To one , however , who holds tbe doctrine of sympathetic derivation , and wbo regards the Honourable Member for Leeds as a political " Neddy , " who is " ridden by Ministers , " the problem admit * of mucb easier solution . He finds it odIt necessary to look at the relationship bow subsisting between

      O'CoNnell and the Ministry , by whom Mr . Baikes is " ridden , " to perceive at once that the irwtinctivt tendency of the political tribe to which tbe Honourable Member belongs , will naturally lead him to be servilely complaisant to any one wha is distinguished by tbe especial patronage of the Ministry ; and still more so to any one wbo occupies tbe singnlar position of Patron to the very Ministry by which he is " ridden . "

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      MAGISTERIAL JUSTICE . One of tbe most flagrant outrages upon all tbe better feelings of human nature that we recollect to have been perpetrated , within the sphere of our observation , even by the " great unpaid , " will be found detailed , under this bead , in our Leeds department of local news . It seems that a poor woman had been brutally assaulted by a ruffian vrbo ia paid for preserving the peace of tbe town , and that she very naturally resented the outrage in a freedom of expression sot uncommon amongst females wbo have been provoked—the affray having originated

      in a threat of the policeman to ' crack the Irish head" of her husband . Not content with having brutally beaten a woman in the last stage of pregnancy , tbe policeman must be further revenged for the ill language which be had provoked her to utter , and summoned Ler before Mr . Claphav for profane swearing . Now , though the witness called by the policeman distinctly stated that be did not hear the woman swear ; though the woman denied having sworn at all , and called two witnesses , wbo deposed that 8 be had not sworn—notwithstanding all this ,

      Mr . Justice Clapham thought himself justifiable in coming to tbe conclusion , that the woman had 8 worn ten oaths , andinfining her accordingly 10 s .. ' Strange "justice" as we may incline to think this , it is the least strange of Mr . Clapham ' s justiciary proceedings on this occasion . He also thought fit so Car to degrade the dignity of the Magisterial 6 » nch as to insult the witnesses that were brought before him , in a manner more revolt * ingly gross and indecent than we ever heard of in any Magistrate

      before" Mr . Clajiham said , that he would sooner take the testimony of one disinterested man than of twenty Irish . " . How dare Mr . Clapham stigmatize any people , Irish or other , with this general and sweeping allegation of perjury ? "What does he mean by a " disinterested person ? " Cannot an Irishman be disinterested as well as another man ? Was the Irishman wbo , on this occasion had been a mere spectator , a more interested witness than the police ruffian who laid the information , ( having just originated tbe circumstances out cf which it arose , ) and on whose single testimony , unsupported by any

      witness , and contradicted by three witnesses , the case was decided ? And even supposing "this " disinterested" testimony to have been true , where did Mr . Claphah get his authority to eke out tip testimony of a witness by gratuitous assumption ? " The policeman , supposing his testimony to hare been true as tu the Hunan ' s swearing , did not state that sheswor * any number of oaths . " Y-t-t Mr . Claphax , having no evidence whatever on the subject of number , takes upon him , as a magisterial judge , to fix the number of offences by guess , aad to ap portion tbe fines accordingly ; and , it

      seems , toat bv would actually , upon this conviction by guess , have consigned this poor pregnant woman fcr sixteen days to tbe House of Correction , if some humane person in Court bad not been kind enough to advance such portiou -of the ten fine * and tbe costs , ax she was unable .-to raise . As gooa as the poor woman had been thus robbed , the pious justice xtiU further manifested his equitable disposition ;—« Ai » soon as the other money wa * produced ) and the woman liberated , a sommoug , wbick had been taken out against her husband for being drank , was laid upon the bench before the magistrate ! This summons the man had never seen , for it was

      only Served at his souse , and ae bad never been at htfine mice . Gandde , the witness for the police maa , stated that the inan was what he called " rather fresh , " leaving it to be inferred that he did not consider him 4 runk ; yet Mr . Clapham . in the absence of the may , who had never seen the summons , a&& who wa * not to be at h me till Satuid&y liight , convicted him in a penalty of 5 s . nud 7 * . 4 d . costs , for being " ra&sr & ** h ; " and the woman , after paying Us . for her ewn fault * , wa > told , that if she did not produce 12 s . 4 d . more , a distress warrant would beiswed against her goods . The poor woman had no mwcts money , and left the Conrt . " '

      If , as ire have every reason to believe , this ease have been rightly reported to us , jre have no hesitation in declaring these proceedings to be a disgrax * to tbe British Magisterial Bench , and the person capable of * nch jcouduct to be utterly unfit to sit thereon .

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      TO TUB KWTUWS OK TUB NORTiUi&R 8 TAK . Mr Bis a * Sirs , —I a » v one of yoor ' many Jetiew to wboaiit affords pleasure to see so little of jour leading ¦ matter devoted % > Parliimentary proeeedinga , ' It > roT « i tfcat yon and your iubi « riber » kaow hoy to ettimate our g Eeformed " Parliameut atiteproper value . In truAthe British and Irish miilioiw are as little thought of now-a-day 8 , by their " representatives" «« are tie people of Tartary or of Kamscha *^ No wonder , therefore , that the British and Iri * fc millions are ceasing t ^ think or care ' about the op ^ Mtions of Parliament . I am only wrry they did not adopt that course long ago . . V

      In my letter , which you inserted last ^ week ^ on tbe Irisii Poor Law BiU , I gave what L Afein ^ be a tn » character of tb > t measure , ini of tbe * ' debate" on the third reading of it . Tfce biiM » now before the Lord * , but the seeondreadirfgaf . it wa « , on the motion of Lor 4 Mblbopkhb oil Monday night , postponed for a week , on account of the indisposition * f the Duke ^ Wblungtow . "

      Only think of a measure whose professed purpose is to save thousands of our famishing fellow-creatures front starvation being put off fora week , on account of the indisposition of o »« man I and that man a military Tory Duke , th « greater part of whose life has been spent in directing humaa carnage in foreign lands , and whose knowledge and sympathies with Ireland must therefore fee of the most limited kind ! Think of Lord Melbourne

      postponing such a measure upon such grounds Why , it is worse than Sheii / s proposal of delay on the ground that the tithe question has not yet been settled . In one House Lord Melbourne says the Irish Poor must starve a little longer , because the Duke of Wellington is tick . In the other House little Shiel is tor prologiDg the starving s « ason for an indefinite period , because a certain

      questiop is not settled , which , to all appearance , will not be settled for a century to come , which is getting further away from-settlement- every year , and which , even if settled upon Shiel ' s plau , would not put ODe additional shilling into the farmer ' s pocket to enable him , either to employ labourers or to pay poor-rates . Such are the legislators to whom the destiny ef the poor is committed by the "Reform" Act . "Which of the two Houses is the

      worse one , may be a puzzle , but it certainly admita of no question that , taken conjointly , "'they are capable of ru ning any country in th « world that would submit to them . "While Melbourne in one House , and Shiel and Co . ia the other , are tbus shuffling off the epoch of Poor Laws for Ireland , what in the condition of the unhappy beings whone lives they are tampering with ? I cannot better describe it than it is

      described in a petition which Mr . Fielden presented a fortnight ago , from the parish of Aughaquare , in tbe county of Mayo . Here is the substance of the petition as given iu the Time * . It will be seen that the unfortunate petitioners take pretty much the same view that I have of the Irish landlords , and of the present Whig Abortion Bill . The Hon . Member stated tan principal allegation . ? awl the prayer as follows : —that the jiarish of Anghaquare contains ll , W > : i inb » bitant «; that aiuong all these persons , lAtreiVni // oneuoo d bed to eteru fen Kovtvt ; that there are nut 80 teiiuil . s

      in tJujxiiith tchucnn afford ioicear ihoes commonly ; tbiiti / tcre ait nut 100 men tt hoc- n afford lujmttctt aeharigg oltAott , that is , xchupotteu tvopuit ¦ oj'thotft ; itMJour-jytlu Of tltete pwpir un naualktvcn : ty ihepoorttl tort , aud ( but ihegmuUrpurl O j ikemtu&ttslvn lumper pvlaloel , und hate not a m ]/ . citncr / o / ' thai inferior not ; that the bedson irhich tlutylieare tlratc , bui that in j . o » t caAea th ^ v tanno t procure a chung e of ' thisma te rial bettretm Jxrril und October . That , nevertheless , these pe < pie are till lug land which yields a good grain , and are paying Jor tluit land , in numy iiulancet , three time * it * value ; that the coudittun of thu people requires iiiiieuduient , uud that in order to eflVctit , a lavM required vhichttuitl prevent thtt exactionuf

      exorbitant rentr , ichicA , by preeentuig the rapacity of tantitoitts , would enable ihtjartner * of land to encourage inauttry iy giving adequate truges to their workmen . That Uie petitioner * learu M-ith great regret that the b ; ll now be / ore 1 ' arluauent couteuiplatej nothing of this kind , but it only designed toaitv % a miserable pittance to aj ' ty in cote * of ' the lastiUKtuity . The poti tiouer ,, therefore , nut being opposed to the prcuent bill m > t » r us it given any relief , pray neverthele «« that the Iri * h people , being Christians , may not be made parties to a law for iinpritoning fwfKof ci 7 i uiucr Mwriureuinro viu

      « { Ny ( u . ucyruuiiw vj r > . nute Itt * misfortune to be poor ; aha they pn « y that , under txittiru ; iatei , the landlord may be'mud * to pay amuch : target'portion y'the rale than it conUntphUed bjftiu b&L They nwo pruy , that us the authority of the local magistrites has beea foand to be alread y too great , they may not be allowed to be ex officio guardians of the poor , knt that all guardians m » y be elccU ^ d by the rate pa vi-rs , each baring one vote , no one voting by proxy , and all vuting by ballot . To this petition the signatnre of the parish priest , the Rer . Mr . Ward , wag aflixed , together , with the signatures , or marks , of 1 , 124 persons .

      If O'Connell wants to know why Ireland wants Capital , let him look to this petition . Talk of Capital , indeed ! How can there be Capital in a country where the landlord ? take nearly a third of the entire annual produce^—whera the parsons take a tenth—whets the tax-gatherer takes another large share , and where the farmers and profitmongers are at liberty to give the producers ( of all the Capital ) only just as much as they like out of the miserable remnant ? Talk , too , of the " burdens on the land ! " "Why , here are the real bnrdens . Not one of these parties replaces any of the Capital they annually consume or destroy . Not a fraction

      of it is employed in reproduction . It goes to feed soldiers , sailors , tax-eaters , menial servants , hotelkeepers , brothel-keepers , Jews and jobbers , operadancers and kept-mistresses , lawyers and agents , liveried slaves and understrappers of all sort *—in short , whole legions of followers and dependents , who , like their patrons , or masters , never add the value of sixpence to the real capital or riches of the country . A very large portion of it is spent here , in "Westminster—more particularly in the parish of St . James ' s—where , as old Cobbett used to say , tl tbe whole neighbourhood stinks with French cookery and Irish debauchery . "

      Now , do O'Connell , Shiel , and Co . propose to Telieve tbe land from any of these burdens ? They propose the very reverse . They represent the parties here spoken of as the bearers of these burdens ! They describe these parties «* being already so overburdened that they can bear no more—not even the weight of the "Wbig-Poor-Relief-Bill , winch promises bumpers and water-gruel to about one in every twenty of Ireland ' s destitute population ! Nay more , they are moving heaven and earth to svrarm Ireland with new Com . misHionerships , and a new Municipal Police , which , if adopted to the top of their bent , would ttlake a very sensible addition to the burdens . '

      Bat then they are labouring to relieve Ireland from the burden of Tithes . Softly , softly , my good Sirs , whoever you are , that would persuade us of this . The onVy Tilbe Bill they want is one which will transfer thirty per cent , of the Tithes from the parsons to tbe landlords , that is to Kay , a till which will rob { be public of three-tehths of their property ia Tithes for ever , in favour of the Irish landlords . say rob the public , because though the Tithes are at present enjoyed by the Clergy of the Established Church , they are avowedly as much public property as are the taxes we pay , or a » were the six millions of common lands , of which the Boroughmongers robbed the people by Eoelosur * Acts , in the reigns

      oi Georges IL « ad III ., —and which the "Reformed" Parliament has not yet restored to us , nor e * erwillj until we axe able to take them back . The clergy haw but a life-intereat in the Tithes ; tbe fee-eimple of them belong * imprescriptibly ^ Qd inalienably to tbe nation , that is to say ; to all tij ^ peopk . Now ; the object of 0 'CoNisEi . t and Co . ' h Tithe Bill is to strip the public of three-tenths of tbeir fee-simple interest in Tithes for ever ; and this > in order to be « tow it npon the lapdlords , who are the very last par its on earth to whom such a boon should be given . The only beneBt arising lrom 'JSthes which Shiel and O'Commeli . ever vouchsafed to promise the public , was the famous appropriation clause of 1835 , which was embodied

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      into the AyWg J * S ^ f ' " $ * k * J y «^ r . % no otlier piur > 6 W ; la ^^| 9 : y ^ t : ^ v Ji ? M&u :: Jtm i& g ^ 'ixi& ^ lii » apprpprti ^ on cit ^ ie , if , c * rwd into operation , would havoinad * about £ 60 , 0 ( M ) n year of Cburch proper ^ r applicable to purpo « e 8 . of general education . V ^ n it ^ ;;; O'C 6 A ^ i '; a ^" Co ^ iavef | been -c 0 n ^ tending for 8 ince i ^ 5 , and even that they have tacitly surrendered for the tame purpose for which thsyonpinally KabcdoBeditj namely , to keep their Whig accomplic « sin ofiice . ; . ' ^

      Go , Gentiemen , mark the debate of la » t night upon this tame appropriation clause . Mark the mustering , the Ta&fsbaUing of forces , and all the pomp and circumstance of war which the two contending factions put in reqaisitioa to determine whether certain resolutions , which have remained a dead letter tiaee 1835 , and which jieither party has the retnote « t intention of acting upon , should be rescinded from th « jburnals of the House , or not . See O'CoN NELL , too , twisting and writhing , and

      ejaculating , and invoking ail the Saints in favour of the two resolutions , as though the fate of Ireland depended upon two abstract propositions in favour of an appropriation which nobody intends to carry into effect , and which would be worthle « i if realized . Again , and again , Gentlemen , I commend you for not wasting your valuable space in fruitlew comments upon the proceedings of a wor .-e than useless legiftlarur * . Yoaw , 8 tc ,, BRONTERRE .

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      A return of Stamps supplied to , the several Niwspapere of Great Britain and Ireland , has just been published * by orderof the House of Common !' . It is from the 1 st of December to the 31 st o ' March , inclusiye . The Return place * the u N () ETHEIIN STAR" at the bead of the Provincial Pre « 8 > We give below the Numbers supplied to the different Yorkshire Newspape : s ; and it Will be w * n that the ¦*< Northern Star , " although not more thaii eix-pionthe old , leads tbe Leeds Mercury , which has been in existence more than a ceiitury , upwardspf

      , 400 COPIES A "WEEK !! Its weekly average circulation being 9 y 822 V Staoij . s lurnished Weekly . in four months . Avenue , ¦ ¦ ¦ - .- ¦ •¦ ¦ : ' ¦¦ . - ¦ , - ¦ ¦ . ¦¦¦' ¦ ' - " lo-Weekii NORTHERN STAR . . 176 , 800 9 , 822 Leeds Mercury ...,..... . 170 ^ 63 ? 9 , 480 Leeds luteHigencer ........ 60 , 000 3 y 333 < Leeds Tinier .............. 48 , 006 2 , 666 Bradford Observer ........ 16 , 000 888 Doncatfter Gazette . . 36 , 000 2 , 000 Dencaster Chrpnitle 9 , OU 0 600 Halifax Guardian .......... 5 , o 00 277 Halifax Express ........... 6 , 500 361 Hull RoCkinghain ........ U ^ OOO 555 Hull Times .............. 10 , 000 — Hull Saturday Journal ..... 5 , 000 277 Hull Advertiser ............ 30 , 000 1 , 666 ¦ . Hull Obierver ... U ....... 5 , 000 " 277 HoHPacket ..., ^ ........ 20 , 000 1 , 111 Harrogate Advertiser ...... 130 — Sheffield Iris 12 , 000 666 Sheffield Mercury 31 , 9 ; 5 1 , 776 Shetfield Chronicle . ... 6 , uOO 333 Sheffield Independent ...... 22 , 900 1 , 272 West RidingHerald ...... 8 , 500 472 York Herald ........ .. 33 , 600 1 , 866 Yorkshire Gazette 35 , 000 1 ^ 944 York Chronicle ............ 10 , 000 555 YbrkCourant ............ 23 , 300 1 , 294 Vorkghirfman ............ 22 , 750 1 , 264 Yorkshire Racing Calender . 500

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      LEJEDS . Magisterial Justi . ce . —On Thursday last , an Irinhwoman , named Bridget Cone , was brouuht before Mr . John Clapham , the only magistrate on the bench , charged with profane swearing . A policeman named Burrell , No . 7 / stated that a few days ago Patrick Cone , ^ the husband of the deleudant , Mas drunk in the street , at Quarrj- Hill , and that he impudeDtly took bold of a respectable looking young woman who was panning at the tim . ' . The policeman then went to him and told ; him to go home , which h «> art prevailing upon him to do when tbedelendant came up , and used abusite language and fearful oaths . In proof of what he stated , the policeman

      called a man named Robert Gareide , who said that he did not hear the woman swear , but that she had used abusive languvge towards the policeman who was walking quietly away and did not seem disposed to molest her . He did not see the , beginning of the affray , and was on the othei aide of the street when he saw the woman following the policeman . The woman being asked by Mr . Clauham what she bad to say to th \ $ charge of siyearing , answered that on the day in question her husband and two or three other persons : were standing in the street , when a young woman named Lizzy Field , an acquaintance of bin , came past . He carelessly took hold ol her gown Haying" Lizzy ! stop , I want to speak to

      you . ' He had known the young woman from being a child . She smiled and said she could not then Htop , but Bbe would speak to him some other time . At that the policeman came up und ord . rtd him tu go about his business , or he would crack his Irish bead . He was going quietly away when she , his wife , came up and said to the policeman that he had do business to order him away , because he was hurting nobody . More words ensued , and the consequence was the gathering of a crowd . The policeman ht length struck her with his fist , and knocked her head againstaWindow 8 hutter , bywhich 8 he received a black eye . An Irishman who was present lifted up his hand to ward off other blows , ana said to the policeman

      "Beware lest you have two lived to answer for . " The reason why he eaid tb . ig was , because the woman was iu the last stage of pregnancy . The policeman , at length , went away ; arid the woman followed him , calling him ill names . The statement of the woman was borne put by the statement of two other persons , who both g wore that she had hot used oaths , and that the policeman had shamefully abused her . Mr . Clapham said , that u he would spouer take the testimony of one disinterested man than of twenty Irish . " On bearing this remark from Mr . Clapham , the man who came to give his testimony very properly replied That he had not come thlere to perjure himself ; that he

      knew full well the nature of an oath , and was perfectlyawareof the consequences of perjury . ' Mr . Cliapham did not deign to make him any reply . The woman wan fined 10 s . lor swearing ten oaths , and 1 . ^ . costs . This Mr . Clapham took at random ; for the policeman , supposing his testimony to have been true as to the woman a swearing , did not state that she swore any number of oaths . I « default of payment , she was to be committed to the House of Correction for sixteen days . The poorWoman had only 7 s : upon her ; and though in the last stage of pregnancy , she was rudely placed in the dock among other prisoners , until a person produced tbe other four shillings . She said she had lived in Leeds for fourteen yean « , and had uever been in a Court Houre before . As goon as the . Other money was produced ,

      and the woman liberated , a summons which had been taken out against her husband for being drunk , was laid upon the bench before the magistrate . This summons the inan had never « e « d , for it was only served at his ; house , and he had never been at home since . Garside , the witness for the policeman , stated that the man was what he called " rather fresh , " leaving it to be inferred that he did not consider him drunk ;; yet Mr . Clapham , in tbe absence of the man who had neV * r seen the sphimons and who was not to be at home till Saturday night , convicted him in penalty of fis . and 7 s . 4 d . costs , for being ' ^ fd tber fresh ; " and ^^ the woman , after paying 11 * . for her own faults , was told , that if she did not produce 12 * . 4 iL . more a distress warrant would be issued againrt her goods . The poor woman bad no more money , and left the-Court .

      Stealing Thrkap and other ARticlEs . ^ - On Tuesday ^ Eliza Race , of Holheck , was charged a t' the Court , House , with h » ving stolen a qvantity of thread , bobbinii , chalk , sheetrt , and other articles , sonie of . which : were found on the evening previous in her dinner basket , when leaving \ tbe premises , and have since been proved to be the property of Messrs . Marshall , in Water-lane , in who > e * iervice the prisoner had been for twelve years . On her mocherV house being searched by a policeman , he observed her put a quantity of thread and bobbins into the kettle amongst the hot water . The prisoner was discharged , but her mother waw > fined under the embezzlement act £ 20 , and in default of payment Wait coinnntttd for one month to Wakeficld Huuse of Correction .

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      Bbicklay krb' Strikk , —We undereufid the bricklayere of L « wda intend atnking for an advance of sixpence per day , on Monday next , May twentyfiwfc . ;;> . ;¦ ¦ '¦ ¦ - ¦ " ^; ' - ; v , ; v-Roooes and Vaoabokds . —On Mondayt t Mary Ann Doyle , and Maria Crowtber , two young girls of noforibua KaBjM i wer ^ brought up at the pWJft House , charged with having on the Saturday night previous , picked the pocket of Thos . Flintoff of Is . 6 d ., » purse , Bud a key , in Mr . Cundxlt ' g yardf Briggatt , Leed ^ ^ the robbery could not be brought dearly home ^ o the prjBoners , but they being well known bad characters , were committea for three movMto to Wakefield House of Cotrection . ^

      Stealiso WztLiiiQTOix ( Skoes . — On Monday , Thomas Outhwaite wju « brought up at fte Court House charged with haviug , on Saturday evening , stolen a pair of \ Vyellirigton shOe » the . property of Josh . Newhill , who resides on the York road , but wbyn , oa the market dajs , attends a stall in Briggate . The articlen bad been stolen from the latter place and were immediately missed . The prisoner was auig > eeted , -pur-ued , and apprehended with thti propeTty in bis po ?» e » sion , which has since been clearly identified . He was commitftd for trial to Wakefield House of Correction .

      RoBBERy .-On Saturday , Mary Murray and Ann M' Kennon , two girls who deal iu sand , were broogbt up at the Court House , charged with having eutered the house of Mr . Uppteby , in Park Square , Leeds , and stolen a bag , containing a linen shirt , in process of manufacture , and other articles . The property Was ruisned a few minoU-s after it had been stolen , and the girl" were pursued and apprehended with it in their possession . It hag since been fully identified . They were committed for trial to Wakefield House of Correction . : . ' ¦ '¦' ..

      A CRAFTy Thief . —On Tuesday afternoon last , as John Wright , a watchman was parsing by Goulding'Mmildiiiga , in company with another person , * girl , namtd Francen M'Donald , cauie put of a house and seixiag bis hat from hie head , ran with it up stain * iuio a bed-room . Wright follpwed her , by the advice of some other woman who came out of the house . She made her way into a . bedroom where she threw hirielf upon a bed in a disgusting position ; and while Wright was . attemping to reach his hat which had been thrown ' to the far corner of the bed , xbe tbruat her hand into his

      trowsers pocket and succeeded in obtaining Is . 6 d ., the whole amount of Wright ' s cash . He immediately went in search of a policeman and had her taken into custody . She vim brought . before the magistrates on the following day , when the' felony being fully proved , she was cominitted for trial at the session ? . This woman was before the magistrates no lean than eleven times last year ; and-six times out of the eleven she was charged with pocketpick ing . This is either tfce third or fourth time she has been brought up since Christmas ; and out ol that number of times she has been charged twice with the same offence .

      Coronation Day . —The Leeda District of the Mauchesttr ; Unity of Odd FellQwg are making active preparation * to do honour to her J 4 aje 8 ty on , the 28 " i-h of June . We are informed that it w the intention of the committee to invite several gentler men of distinction to dine with themj Mr . Ajdermau Goodman , has kindly tendered two large rooms of his warehouse in Huuslct-lane , in which a great , portion of the member ? of this valuable institution will dine together . Radical Association . —A Radical Association has been formed at New Mjll , near Glpssop , in Derbyshire : 94 membern have been enrolled .

      Ancient Rqmans . —On Monday last , ' this body opened a Senate , at the houtfe of Mr . Charles Johnson , Old Buck Inn , Mabgate , when upwards of one hundred persons were admitted into membership . The district officers , announced tfc ' at a similar opening would take place on Wbit-monday . Caution to Butchers and OTHERS . —On Wednesday last two butchers were charged before the magistrates , by Mr . Hanson , Sergeant at Mace , and inspector of weights and measures , with bavin ); in their possession unstamped weights , short weights , and au unjust balance . The balance was produced , and required an ounce and a quarter to make it even . The difference , of course , w . s in favour of tbe butcher . He was fiued 40 s . and costs , and the other was fi'ed Is . and costs .

      Batty ' s Circus . —This building in nearly complee , and promises fair-for being a place of firstrate entertainment . Mr . Butty appears to begrudge no expense for tht * good accommodation of his visitors ; and there can be no question that his entertainments will excee . 1 the most sanguine eTpectations . It is rumoured that he will commence his performance ou Monday evening week . A Narrow Escape . —On Wednesday last , a notorious thief of Goulding ' s Buildings fame , named Murray , was brought bt'lore the magistrates charged w ith having picked the pocket of a man named Daniel Brooke , a iarmer at Mirfield . Brooke stated that

      on the preceding eveniug he had been taking a few glasses of ale ; and that about twelve o ' clock he wa ^ seeking his way to Briggate , which he had lost , ( being rather fresh ) when a young woman came Up to h \ n > . He asked her the way to Briggate ; she said i t he weuld go with her she would show him . He consented . She then led him into an out-o-tbeway plate near the top of Kirkgate , commonly called Little Crown Yard ; and ...- ¦ discovering what was her inuintion , he was about to make his escape , when she cried out "Murray , Murray , " Immediately a young man came up and seized Brooke by the throat so that he could not speak nor cry for a watchman . While he thus held him , Murray took his watch out of his pocket and some silver . Fortunately he missed some sovereigns which were also

      in hit ? watch pocket . A watchman named Thompson coming pas * the end of the yard at the time , heard a noise , and saw Murray the prisoner coming out at the end of the yard . He wentto theprbsecutor who appeared to be almost choking . He complained that he bad lust his hat ; and feeling his pockets , perceived that his watch and silver were also gone . The outer case of the watch was found in the yard * Murray in his defence said that he was in bed at the time ; but that was disproved by Mr . James , " who stated that he had sent to search for him at the very place where he said he had been in bed , and it . was found that he had never been in bed at all . He was , however , discharged in consequence of Brooke not being able to swear to him as being the person who robbed him . ¦¦ - . ¦ ...

      Inquest . — On Wednesday last , an inquest was held at our Court House , before John Blackburn , Esq ., coroner , on view of the body of Robert Cutter Carter , a boy of about eleven years of age . He had been in the service of a person named Haddock , of York Street , a chimney sweep ; and some excitement had been caused in consequence of a rumour that his death had beea caused by ill usage . The mother of the deceasfed told a pitiful yet absurd tale , and which had not in it many marks of probability . The examination of the two medical men connected

      with the Dispensary , Messrs . Charles Lee and J . B . Garlick , was such oh to set all suspicions entirely at rest . They both gave it as their decided opinion that the deceased had died of consumption . A / rar t mortem examination of the body , took place 06 the morning of tbe same day , b ) ' which it was disepvered that the right lung was adhering to the ribs , and that ^ in the left lung there was . a large cavity containing a virulent pus , from which a hemorrhage had proceeded . There were marks on the deceased ' s body which Were said to have been indicted by his master ; but they were nil considered to be . the effects of the disease of the deceased ; except a mark

      on his ancle , which had tbe appearance -of'beA >« r ; a wound inflicted by the prongs of a fork , but which the surgfon observed might be the result of another cause . After the evidence of Mr . Garlick , which was exceedingly satisfactory , the Jury returned a verdicr of "Died by natural causes . " They saidthat probably Haddock had used sererity towards the ¦ boy , and they hoped he would be more careiul . in future . Haddock declared that he had alwayH behRved towards the boy with tie greatest kindness , and had treated him in every respect as if he was his own . He seemed much affected at the charge of craelty , and even wept , apparently with the cvnfciousnexs of innocence .

      Utterino Base Coin . —On Wednesday last , a man named Reynard , and a woman named Greenwood , were hrought before the inagistrales charged W » th attempting to p ' ttet two base shillingu , at ^^ the Hope and Anchor Inn , Call-lane . It appeared that the day before Reynard had called there to get a glass of ale , when he offered a bad shilling toipay for it ; and in coniequenee of the female prihbner having done the same thing not long before , he was sctcpected of having other base money upon him . The landlord Kent out for a policeman ; and in the

      mean time the prisoner thrtw : the bad shilling into the fire . ' He th ^ n began to abuse the landlord , who had enougb : to do to prevent ^ bis gi : est from 'inflicting upon him serious injuries . Mr . Clapham , Without ever sayir . g a woi'd an to the bad cbillings , very ludicrously arfted the prisoBer what be bad to ' say to this charge of afsaulting the landlord ? The prison it denied the chnrge . It was , however , sufficiently proved ; and instead of sending Mia to York to take his trial for uttering bawe- coin / be W fined ' £ 6 tu cluding ^> xj * nft *>^ for the assault . The woman was discharged .

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      o |^ m ^^^ i | B ^ Sg , On Wednesday last , a man , named Join Rofeniim was brought befofe the magiitrate * chanteii Vii ^ Kng ^ lanket , ; the gS ^ ffS ^ Thomas Kendray , orNefeMrttreet , and a S *^ P « Pe ^ of a . young wan who lodges with W It appeared thatdo Saturdaxlast , the priione , S to thv bouse of tte / pwiecutoi io obtain loddnol : The pnee w « aaked and agreed upon . He tiS attted th ^ t he had cdme to teeds to ^ work--tba ?? M walked a greatr distance that day / and - « "W ' He » therefore ; desirea that her mijthtS allowed to go and rest himself on bed for a W hours ; This was abouV four o ' clock in the afte * noon . Leave was gratitdi and he went up sUinE the rboni ooenpied by another lodger . He Jsa down ibrab ^ t ^ o _ houw . ; He then got ub , ani

      iook a new blanitet Jrom below the underueath 8 he 5 and wrapped it « arefiilly up , as well as the « hh * above-mentioned . Finding that there was ho on » in the house but an old woman who was poorly iT bed , he decaaaped with tier shirt and blanket * tii latter he Bold for 2 s . 9 d . ife is a cloth-dresser ' fe t ^> and * a iaatiTe of Leeds . He was cm » J mitted to takehis tnal v I ; ^ . The FiFfBBNTH fiussABS;—The Fifteentk Hussars left Leeds on Wednenday morning last for Glasgow , and their places have been supplied hv some troops of the Ninth Lancers , J IA Singular Charactbb ^ Ob Wedn esd ^ last a man named John ¦ Symmons , was brougU before the magistrates charged with stealing a pah of wbrneo ' s boots , a brass candleistiek , and two or three silk pocket-handkerchiefs . It appeared that the prisoner had gone ab « ut during the whole of Monday , from one public-house to s ^ noUier , pitkinff

      up whatever came mbiswaj . The boots beloneeS to tl e landlady of the < f Coach and Horses ; " aoi the candlestick toi the landlord of tjie ' ^ ay Horse . '' The bbott he sold far sixpence , and the can , dlestick for ninepence . In answer to the charge kv said some evil misfortune had come over him ' he did not know what had tempted him to steal ; ' ¦ * . H ^ could have had money from big master if be wanted it .-. ; - His master came forward to say that he hai worked for him ' about thnee weeks and would never have any money for his work . He asked him fe Is . ; on Saturday night , which he gave him , an * which he spent almost immediately . He was committed for trial at the sessions .

      Socialism . —These persons continue most industriously to proBagate their peculiar notions in JU parts of the Tingdom . A Congress consisting of ( leputies from the various societies throughout the country , has been ^ sittingini Manchester , durini the last fortDight- ^ -to deliberate on the be « t and most effectual inetbodg to be omployed for carrying out their principles ; one of which is the appointment ojf Missionary Lecturers—to reside in the various districts into which the country has been parcelled , for the purpose of preaching , teaching , andexpounding their doctrines . We underspoia' that Mr . J . Rial * bas . been appointed to the Lelppistfict , and that he uillopen his lecturiiJg catapai ^ t on Sunday next Mr . Walton ' s splendid room in South-parade hat been permanently engaged for their use *

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      HACKNEY COACH DUTIES . The Queen c . Thomas Lee . —On Tuesday last one of the in st important cases affecting coach * proprietors in general , was gone into before the witting magistrates , John Clapham and W . Smith . Esqiv . . .. ' - ¦ ., - ¦ . ; .: ' ¦ :: ' : .. .- - _ : / . -:-: .. . "• - . ; " ,- - ; - : , - - Mr . Ward , solicitor , Banfostreet , opened the can for the prosecution ; The complaint was that Mr . Thomas Lee , coach pr ^ rie tor , had neglected to make a due return of fares taken by one of bi » coachmen , for which he should have pai $ a dulj ; Mr . Davidson wonld prove that on the 2 « tb of November ^^ last , he hired a coachi and horse ^ elopp ' ng to Mr , Lee , on the stand , in Briggate . Heiri ( mirM of thft driver what the fore would be to HorslortK

      and back , and was answered that it wonld be nine sb . illjngK . He , Davidson , offered him eight shjllingB , which , he refnsed to lake , saying that uine shillings was the regular fare . He and another person then got into thH coach , and they were set down at th « Stanhope Arms , the first public-bouse in Horstortb . He caus »* d the Doaenmau to remain tbere about half an hour , he and his companion , to avoid Ha ^ picibn , in the meantime leaving the house , on pretence of doing business . If , therefore , he , Mr . Ward , should prove that the distance was upwards of fii-e luilej * , he should make out his case , because for that journpy Mr . Lee had made no return . He argued that there could be no question as to the distance , because the driver himself had admitted ( according to I ) a \ idson ' s ? tat « neHt , which , however , was uroWd to be false . V

      that th « distancewas six miles . It was Mr . LeeV duty , therefore , to have paid one-fifth of the fare to the Crown . It might be said that the offictr went there with a view to catch somebody . Supposinghe diri , he only went to test the fairness and nonesty of Mr . Leels agents , because they required - to be occasionally tested ; and he Submitted that this wag a fair mode of testing . ; Mr . MARSHAii , the council for the defendant , here made some objections as to Mr . Ward ' s manner of conducting the case , and to the evidence he produced . A long parley followed as to the particular act , and section , uuder which this infonnatioa watt laid aud the prosecation conducted . Mr ; Ward continually shifted his ground ; sometimes be was going under One act and sometimes under another ; Mr . Ward then called the following ¦ ¦

      ¦ witne « sei « :-r ¦'¦ ¦ "" . . ¦' ¦;; ¦ -: ¦'¦ . ' - ¦ ¦ . - ¦ ¦/¦ ¦ . > c . -- ; . " :. - :, . ;\ Mr . Shacklock , a supervisor of Excise , be produced : Mr . Lee ' s returns from thelDth of November , to the 30 th December inclusive , and there was u © riivntion of the fere to Hon » forth ,- on fbe 38 tti of November . . ¦ . v . Thomas Davidson , the man that laid the plot and gave the information then-stated . I am an officer o f Excise . I hired a coach and horse on the 28 th November last , belonging to Mr . Thomas Lee , to go to Roreforth . I asked the driver how much he would charge me for going to Horsferth . He answered that it war six miles , and that their charee was Is . tier mile , and 6 d . Der mile if I

      returned , making the whole fare 9 s . I asked him if he would not take 8 s ., and he said 9 s . was the usual fare . I and another person got into the coach and the coachman drove us to the Stanhope Arms , in Horsfprth . I remained at Horifortk about twenty minutes . I paid the coachman 9 s . at the door of the Stanhope Arm ^ just before 1 got into the coach to comeback . Cross-examined by Mr . MARSHAtt .- ^ I know that there is a duty on hackney coaches , of Is . 9 d . for short distances . I hired this coach wiih a view t # test the honesty of : the coachman , . 'The person who went with me is named Jowett . I had no business to transact at Horsforth . Th * coachman drove us

      to the Stanhope Arms of bis own ' . accord . ; VVe did not ask him to pnt ns down at that place . He put us down there , and asked us if that would do . We answered it would . It is the first house in Horsforth . The coachman went into the house , and we to ] d him to get a glass of any ¦ thing he wanted . I . went a short distance' oh the road further . I went to tfes adjoining public-house . I had no business at that public-house . I did not take Jowett with me for a witness . I do not know for what purpose I asked him to have a ride with me . -He was not present when the coachman said it yaa six miles to Hor * - forth . I looked at the Directory and found the distance was six miles . That was the reason I fixed

      upqu Horstbrth . I have not measured the distance . I did not know that by the local act , a hacKneyr coachman was entitled to charge Js . 6 d . per mile . The coachman did not ask more than 9 i . I hart been concerned with ; other « miiar ca # et . 1 ba' * not been lucky . with them ,, i . e . I did not get a conviction . If there be a couviction in th » case I snail have a share of the penalty . ,- ; . Mr . Marshall here said , he ( Dandson ) had . invalidated his own testimony inasmuch as he . bad admitied himself to bean interested witness , but the objection was met by . ¦ Jtfr . Ward , who quoted a section of an Act of Parliament , whereby in mch cases interested w * nenses were allowed to give testimony ; ¦

      Mr . Charles Grosvenor was then called . He said : I have measured the distance between the Post-office and the Stanhope Arm * It wss five miie * and two hundred and 6 % yards . ; '¦!*¦* three years ago since I meaj > uretl it . I measured it by a meaRuring wheel . I measured it > by the road to : Kirksfall . ¦ : . ' ¦' . ' ¦ . ; : ' :. . v ; : ^ vr-. « V--: ; ° Crpss-examined by Mi " .. MarshaIi , : Will 7 # j swear that there is not a nearvr road than of Kirkstell ? - ¦ " ; ' . ' - '¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ ,- > ;¦ . : Y ' : " ^ :. ¦ ¦ v-, ' > ; Mrl Grosvenor : I will not anwor that qtic « tion . Mr . Mai « hall : But you-shall aniwef it , Sir . Will you swear that there is not a not a nearer road ? . ' ' . -. ¦ ¦ '¦ . ¦ ' .: /¦ ¦ : . ' '¦¦'¦ .. ' ¦ ' . ¦¦ -- ,. " , ' .. . " . : :-. / . V . The witness still refused to answer tbe quesnlin . — He at length aJmitted that he could aot ^ S whetbeT there was or was apt a nearer roadi >«• : person wa » with him wheni hei measured tiiis r 6 » a { and be would iiotprQdpce the docomenton which M bad made his calculation .: 1 hL closed the casefof

      theprouecntion . ' J ;; ¦; .: ' ' . ; :- ; --. . ' ^ . lftr . MABSHAit , in stating the case for the de * fendant , commented at length on the di ^ racefnl nature of tlw ca ^ se . He employed almost «**^ epithet to describe / the notparalteled meanness of tw trausaction . He admitted that it was highljr proper that the excise should exercise all proper w « ilan (» iii the proseca'fion of their calling ; but he did thinl that whei ) it wan admitted that this was a scheme got up with np other iuteut thai merely to invrtgw au iguonuit coachmaM , by takiug him oiily ( accora * ing t « i tfieir own accoiiut , wbich he > hquld pnivt ? to \ Uf fnise , ) about two bw&M and fifty yords beyond the prpper di » tauce--he contended that , when it waa admitteO-. jhat thia irw a s * h « nje ^ -a wheme got op

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 19, 1838, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct525/page/4/