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      THE CORON ATION . Tbe fr-e is over-tte"iffle « n < Wes 3 P ^ ant " ^ S ^ ' ^^^ T sr ^ ca ^^ rr * ^ . to the strengthening of thek fangs and daws . Now , that we have time to breathe , let us enquire » why was this waste made ? " mat single benefit i , likely to accrue , either to the Queen or to the Country , from this idle shew—this obstruction of public aai privatebustoess—and this palpable wa ? te of the national resources , at the'preciae moment wifB w « are tip to tie very neck , in tie mire of

      national bankruptcy ? Was all this pomp and eerexnouy necessary to giTe due importance and solemnity to the compact between the Queen and the People ? Alas ! we have but ; to point the attention of oar readers to the correspondence of the Court , given in our 6 th page , from Sir Wm . Boyd ' s pamphlet , to ihew the utter want of connection that must ever robiist between the People and the Queen , so long as she is surrounded by abort of jDynnidons who guard every avenue of approach ¦ with all the vigilance of Cerbeius , lest haply truth ihcnld br « k in upon the ear of Majesty , and ? hew her the position to which a patient people have been reduced bj the machinations ef wicked and

      self-interested men . Away , then , with the mockery of solemn ceremonies , which every body knows to be insincere , said therefore blasphemous . These are not times for trifling with the people . These are not the tittes in which the hand-loom weavers , subsisting upon less than 2 jd . a day , feel much disposition to pamper Royalty with glittering gewgaws , apend £ 100 , 000 upon the " idle pageant" of a single < lay . These are not the timer to tssume the mask

      of high solemnity , in making compacts with the people , when the Poor Law stands unrepealed upon the statute book , by which faith was broken by the Government with the people . Let the Qneen know that the throne is only then secure , when it is based on righteousness ; " and that if she would indeed reign in the hearts of her people , she must Jeam to love mercy , and to dp just ice . She must learn to put away evil counsellors from before her , and to study the interest and welfare of her people . I * t her turn from the fulsome adulation of those

      • who poison her Royal ear with falsehood , and listen to the wail of thousands of her snbject ? , -who groan tinder tbe heavy burden of oppression . Let her listen to the subdued whi ? pers issuing from those abodes of death and misery , the Union Bastiles , mingled , as they now are , with the hparse murmurs of the discontented peasantry , agricultural as frell as manufacturing , and let her know that the only means of securing a peaceful and happy reign is to " uphold the cause of the afflicted , and the HOHT of the poor , ' - —and let her know that this isTiot to be done by fostering in the lap of power th& most imbecile and heartless faction that ever wielded

      the sceptre of Government . The faction who fir-t « icited the men of Bristol and Nottingham by the apell of " Reform " and "Down with the Tories , " and then hung and transported them—who passed a « oorwon till , *© jrufc Juwn the rising spirit of liberty in Ireland ,- —who raised up "the spir it of a dead law , to expatriate the Dorchester Labourers , that the-Unions of the people might be broken -up , —

      ¦ w ho transported the five Glasgow Cotton Spianers , for the same purpose , —who thanked the Peterloo butchers for their services , —wlo trampled on the citizens of London in Coidbath Fields , when peaceably assembled , —and who ushered in her own reign by labouring with abortive insolence , to provoke the spirit of the men ol ^ Sewczstle to a . 'bloofty conflict on the dav of her coronation .

      It is not by continuing to uphold in their ascendancy these harpies of the State that Victoria must hope to see her Throne established and her Heign peaceful . 2 sone cas desire more ardently ¦ than we do the happiness of the Throne ; but it can only rest securely on the universal happiness of the people . TVhere the rights of the people are recognized , their homage to the Sovereign , is cheerful and "unconstrained .

      * 'Pure Majesty glows within the Monarch ' s breast , unshrouded by glittering apparel , where nature prompts , and reason roles over a free and happv people , whose stream of . afiection , unlike the flattering of Courtiers , are the surest safeguard of a Monarch ' s life . " But whjn hordes of public robbers are supported

      at a Nation ' s cost—when the interests , the property —the rights—the liberties , and the lives of- all , are sacrificed to the xmjust aggrandizement of a paltry few—distinguished only by imbecility , meanness , or Tillaiiiy , the evil-doings of the worthless factions -fires cherished in the sunshine of Royal favour , wi 3 ] " be attributed by the undiscriminating , to Royalty itself , and

      " This flaws the hearts of all their loyalties . « This makes bold mouths : - Tongues spit their duties out , and cold hearts freeze " Allegiance in them . Their curses now " live where their prayers did ; and none but " Courtiers and fanatic knaves , throTr np their caps " And shout God save the Queen . " "We love the Queen . "We desire not that her reign ¦ hould be one of anarchy and ruin , and therefore , we

      Iwldly tell to her the truth . The nation is keggared . The poor are starving . —The people are discontented —Their just complaints become louder" and louder every day . —Their long tried patience is fast waning , and unless justice be done by returning to the first principles of that constitution which she has sworn to uphold inviolate , and the laws "be made by all , Jot the benefit of all , a mighty whirlwind overhangs the fine prospects of xias empire , whose fearfil Yengeanee no power can avert .

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      ——————^^—— NEWCASTLE TRIUMPH OF MORAL FORCE . THE BLOODY' TTHIGS AND

      THEIR PHYSICAL FORCE . THE VIRTUOUS PEOPLE AND THEIR MORAL TORBEABAJfCE . Notwithstanding that all the engines of power and machinations of wickedness , were brought into play to circumTent it , the most splendid display of the working classes ever witnessed in England , or any other country , was exhibited at Newcastle oa Thursday . The Priests issued promises of holy consolation to a starving people the - fattened money-mongers tempted with roast beef ; and the

      minions of power threatened with vengeance , but all in vain . The pomp of Coronation festivals , and all the wiles of the faction , could not seduce the people from their allegiance to the principles of liberty . Thousands came from afar to swell the popular ranks and give effect to the" " grand pageant . " The banners ef freemen , bearing the mottos of freedom floated before the breeze , and the eye dwelling npon the glorious sight , . eemed to fbrgei that it was a meeting of slaves . Some

      idea of tie importance of this meeting may be gathered from the statement of our . reporter that 4 'it is impossible to guess at the numbers present , but i&Kt the first flag had reached the hustings , a distance « f two miles , before the mass was in motion . " So ifcat there seems to have been a space of two miles of a wide road literally jammed with . people . A sight which we believe to be wholly unprecedeated . ^ Notwithstanding the -rastness of the assemblage , &e mighty mass was as orderly and as peaceable as a angle - family assembled on its -own bearth . Uever was there a more splendid manifestation of

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      the peaceful disposition and intellectual character of the working classei of Ms Iringdotri , and never did the " base , bloody , and brutal "Whigs , " afford more unequivocal evideace of their sanguinary spirit and their anxions longing for an opportunity to ease the nation of some portion of its " surplus population , " by forming an emigration company "

      of the readiest , least troublesome , and most effective character . But enough of this . Let us speak plainly . " This , is not a subject on which to mince matters , or multip ly words . The peaceful aeDberatioDS of the people were broken in upon at the most interesting moment fcy&e appearance of a" moral" spectacle , —not novel nowa-davs , —A STRONG MILITARY FOBCE .

      About one o ' clock , » squadron of the 5 th Dragoon Guards were marched just In front of the people , winch caused some timid individuals to leave the ground . In a short time afterwards , a strong detachment of the 52 nd foot were inarched at the rear of the meeting , and close to the hustings with fixed bayonets . "We understand that it is customary on gala days

      to have a review on the Town Moor ; the regular rout being direct from the barracks to the . review ground ; but on Thursday , by way of doing honour to a virgin Queen on the day of her coronation , the troops were marched more than half a mile out of their way , to interrupt the peaceful proceedings of the working cksses . The dragoons were marched threugh the meeting , having their carbines in their hands . In a . few minutes afterwards , the infantry

      returned , cutting off another section of the meeting , which was thus divided by the military into three distinct parts . The commander of the district , Captain Fekwick , remained within five or six yards of the hustings for some time after the troops had passed . The people , thus bearded and insulted by the mercenery hireling , whose tinsel uniform and gaudy trappings have been purchased with the labour of their sinews , began to grow outrageous . The " gallant" (!) officer was saluted with a fearful volley of hisses ; and , had it not been for the timely interference of Mr . O'Connor , it is

      probable that more substantial proofs of disapprobation ¦ would have been afforded Mm , and a dreadful and sanguinary combat have been the result . If the fury of the people was restrained , it was because they , whom such "Whig and Tory bantlings as this " gallant" ! Captain style the mob , had more prudence and discretion , —more love of order and propriety , —and more attachment to the constitution and the laws , than the contemptible and villanous clique to which he appertains . Thank God , however , the blood-hounds were disappointed—the cutthroats were balked ol their " amusement" —and th «

      people , to their eternal honour , maintained a perfectly unbroken peaeefulness of demeanour . But let Captais Peswick and his employers take care how they repeat the experiment—it may not have so many harmless points about it next time . The men of Newcastle , and of all England , now know , that in their peaceful deliberations , for the public good , they are liable to be insulted and interrupted by the marching and counter-marching—the threading in and out among them of coward-ruffians wearing swords , at the head of hired cut-throats , with carbines in their hands and

      bayonets fixed . They know this now . They will expect it hereafter , and take oare to be provided . Gallant Captains must not imagine that the Peterloo tragedy can be enacted among Englishmen every year . Lei them look to' Canterbury , and learn the rising spirit of the people—let them consider that the people have now notice of the way in which it will be necessary to hold all meetings hereafter , and let them mind how they march a gang of red coat butchers amongst honest Englishmen again . Xow , Southern Radicals—O'Connell Radicals , now , throw up your caps in transport , and cry

      " All hau , most gracious Queen ! "Working men of England ! you behold in this day ' s doing , the auspicious dawning of the virgin reign of peace and justice , 2 sow , snarlers at the -wholesome reservation of the " Great ^ Northern Union . " Look to Manchester in 1839 , with the thanks of Lord Melbourne , \ o the man-butcbers . Look to Newcastle last Thursday , and tell what is the worth of all your moral suasion without wholesome argument wherewith it may be backed ? "We tell you as we have often told you , that a tyrant Government conceeas nothing to any principle , that of fear ; and that justice will be done the people the moment their oppressors see that they are earnestly determined , with power to enforce their determination , either to have it or take it .

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      •***• " TO THE EDITORS OF THE NORTHERN STAR . London , Jnne 27 th , 1838 . My Dear Sirs , —You will see by this morning's papers , that a very curious discussion took place last night in the House of Commons , relative to the unfortunate Sir W . Cotjrtexay , alias John Thom . That this discussion , or rather the subject matter of it , was previously concerted and arranged between those who took part in it , can

      hardly be doubted by any one who attentively reads the debate , more especially if he has had any previous knowledge of Parliamentary management . For my own part , I am as fully satisfied of the fact , as if I had regular legal evidence to prove it . You have only to glance at the proceedings to discover more internal evidence than would suffice for the moral conviction . In the first

      place , Sir E . KNATCHBtrLL ' s motion is not the motion which the couatry required . "We want no select committee to enquire into the circumstances connected with Cotjrtesat ' s discharge from the Kent Lunatic Asylum . What we want is a committee to enquire' into the causes , secret and avowed , which led to the horrible butchery of Coxjrtenay and his followers , and into the conduct of the magistrates and military on the day of the butchery It is of no consequence whatever to know the particulars of Courtenay ' s liberation from the

      Asylum , but it is -of paramount , of crying importance , to ascertain the cause or causes of what the villanous newspapers call the " Riots near Canterbury , "—to ascertain the origin and exact nature of Courtekay ' s connexion with . " his deluded followers , "—to ascertain the yet undivulged causes which obtained for a " maniac" so great an ascendancy over the minds of the men of Kent , tradespeople and farmers as well as labourers , —to ascertain the mysterious reason or reasons why Dr . Poore erdered the military to " take

      Cotjrtenay dead or alive , " and , above all , to ascertain why , ifl consequence of that order thirtysix or forty henast men , guilty of no other apparent crime tLan that of carrying sticks about them ( as country folk generally do in their rural excursions ) , and that of following a man whom they loved and honoured , on account of his kindly feelings , generosity , and eloquence , —were spied , tracked , waylaid , and , lastly , circumvented and cruelly butchered by armed soldiers . These , Geptlemen ,

      are the purposes for which the country demand a committee of enquiry ; and it is only for a committee , having such objects in view , that Sir E . Kkatchbttll would have moved last night , had his intentions been of a pure aad honourable character . The committee which he did move for and obtain , is a fraud on the public . Its report , or conclusions , whatever they may be , can have no practieal consequences ; they can in no way subserve the ends of justice and public safety . Of what con

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      sequence is it to know wheftt < LQKl , Jo ^ N ' .. Russell and Sir H . Vivian ' were ^ er were hot , actuated by electioneering motives in the liberation of CoiJktenay ? ; We know ; they would do worse acts than that io procure a seat in Parliament Indeed , their liberation of Codrtenay ( no matter what the alleged motive ) is rather creditable to them than otherwise . ' "What an ' mjjudeutfarce it ia to see fellowa who are notorious for bribery and corruption

      © f every sort , —fellows who are killing the pauper-? oor of England by Hundrrd ^ -affecting tobe magnanlmously " wroth" at the semblance of a speck being put upon their "hmiout ? ' as if the circum-. stance of hav :. 2 gained a vote in Cornwall by doing an act of meTcy , was the worst and only imputation which could be put upon them ! But let that pass , Let us , for a moment , lose sight or "Whig honour " and "Whig impudence , to attend to KnaTC ' hbtjlI's motion . "What is the character of that motion ?

      What i * itstendency ? It * character is that of rank hypocrisy ; and itt tendency is to throw the protection of Parliament over the magisterial and military monsters , against whom the blood of ten murdered Englishmen cries to Heaven for vengeance . In affecting to charge Rtjssbll , Vivian , and Co ., with " indiscretion > " &c , in liberating CoURTJENay , th « author of the motion fraudulently aisumed that it was CotjbtKNaY and hii followers , and not the magistrates and military , that caused the butchery . To confirm that impression " was the

      drift not only of Knatchbtjll's speech , but of all the speeches , pro and cony which his motion eKcited ; so that the motion itself was but' a mere contrivance , or peg , upon which to hang a discussion calculated to produce such effects . ' If any one doubts this version of the matter , let him only look to the u debate j" let him compare the speeches of the pros with the speeches of the cons , and be will at once see , that the whole affair was

      concocted with the view of shifting public attention from the real guilt of the magistrates , to the pretended indiscretion of the Government , and that with the still further view of making the whole business terminate innoxiously for the magistrates , " like a spent thunderbolt . " ! Just observe how the several parts were distributed , and how admirably each Honourable Performer filled his character . Sir E . Knatchbull ' believed most

      conscientiously that if the Noble Lord ( Rtjssell ) had made inquiry in the county of Kent , would have found that ninz out of ( en , nay ninety-nine out of one hundred persons ^ were of opinion that this individual ( Courtenay ) could not be made free and unrestrained in his actions , without endangering , to a serious extent , the peace of the country" 111 There , Gentlemen , is a specimen of an Honourable Member's " Conscientious belief V You will observe that it is not to the magistrates and military he ascribes this breach of the peace , and its fatal consequences . Oh , no ! He would have the parties perfectly u free and unrestrained in their actions . " Then look to the

      fellow's stupidity and absurdity . If ninety-nine out of every hundred persons thought , as Kaatchboll pretends , respecting Courtenay , what need was there to call out the military to " take him dead or alive f" And if he was really the madman he is represented te have been , ought the magistrate * to have set spies upon him , to dog his footsteps , to insult and irritate him , and finally to attempt an illegal arrest of his person ? And

      ought the Rev . Mr . Handley ( who afterwards so generously read the burial service over his remains , ) to dog and irritate him in a similar manner , to call him a madman , to impute atrocious motives to him , and finally to tell him , that he " he knew how to flourish or use the sword he carried , " manifestly with the view of enraging the poor fellow ? How will Sir E . Knatchbull get over this ?

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

      motion was a preconcerted affair ? If we do , we have it plentifully in the speech of Sir H . Vivian , who came with a parcel of documentary evidenee , cut and dry , for the purpose of defending his " honour " against the imputation of being thought capable of having gained even one vote at his election in an irregular way ! "What says Sir Hcssey ? " With respect to the mischiefs ( what an innocent word !) which had occurred , the Hon . Gentleman , as Member for Kent , naturally felt and said , that the liberation of this person had been the occasion of those calamities . " But how square all these statements with another by Sir HUSSEY ? viz .

      " It seemed to him passing strange , if this man , Thom , really was such a dangerous character that there should have leen no representation made upon the subject to the Home Department , from the magistrates of Kent . " Let every honest man of sober understanding put those statements together , and then refuse to believe that Knatchbull's Motion is no other than I have represented it—a preconcerted affair , got up by all parties concerned in the discussion for the purpose of screening the magisterial delinquents , by throwing the responsibility of the massacre upon the massacred parties .

      As to the speech of Mr . Turner , it will be received with interest by the whole country . It proves to a tittle that all I said in former letters respecting Coitrtbnay ' s moral character , was strictly true in letter and spirit . Let the base reporters and" editors of the Daily Press now retract their infamous calumnies on poor Courtenayand let all to whom Mr . Turner ' s account of that

      person ' s real character and conduct may become known , bear in mind that they are the character and conduct of a man , whom the base Daily Press has represented to be " a swindler , an imposter , and a debaucher of the wives and daughters of hi * followers . " Mr . T . 's speech , together with the letters read last night , in the House , is a triumphant vindication of Cotjrtemay ' s character . By and by we shall probably discover that he was not mad . Yourg , &e . ¦ BRONTERRE .

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

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      Coronation RejoiciBgs . ~; 4 ^ tioiU tui this subject ft ^ various places w received too late to be attended to . ; ^ : : .. Ourj . Newcastle .: Friends will recede their papers . jfiiia week ^ littlelater ifiah mual . The length , \ qtrt » hi < $ Jwei * it $ the : report of their spirited \< meeting is the rtason * ' . / . ; .- / : iv , v . Our Hndd ^ rsfield Correspondent mnst $ en < i on Thursday ^ wt ^ received M * parcelyerjerday after half the'paperswere printed , ' ¦ ..

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      ' : [ : "¦ _ . - . '" ¦ : v . ,, ' . ; 'i JUE 3 EJ > S . ^ . ''' . ' ,: ; -, ' ¦ . ¦¦< . ¦¦'¦ ¦ ;' i--. " - \ Charge fcF TRBSPis ? . —On Saturday last , a person ns . inedrJamCT Hardwict , the owner of part of the * eataie formerly attached to Armley Hall , appeared before th « magi » trate 8 to lay a complaint against John Greenwood , John Sunderland , Samuel Redshaw , James and William Christian , Joseph HoHey , Jonathan Musgrave , Samuel Bullock , Samuel Burton , Duke Atkinson , Joseph Spence , and William Atkinson , all of Wortley , ani all tenants pa the Armley Hall estate , for haYing committed a trespass upon his property ^ and filled a

      pond , also his property , used as a wat « nng place for cattle , with .-. stones . / ' so as to prevent it being ased for that jiurppse . Mr ; Naylor conducted the case for Mr ; Hardwick , and Mr , Preston appeared for the defendants . After a great d » al of explanation about the ownership of the pond , from which it seemed impossible to aicertain who ; was the real ownerj the magistrate * dismissed the cage , alleging tbat it waa th « ir opi » ion that th « p « hd belonged to the tenants in common , as * watering place , and that Mr . Hardwick , in making this complaint , had given a . false information , inaimuch as the pond was stated in the warrant to be his property . Alderman Holdforth said , that the pond belonged

      to himself and other persons , and that all the tenants on the estate had a right in common to it as a watering place . Mr . Hardwick , on the other hand , stated that he had purchased part of the Arniley estate , and that the pond was iDeluded it . his purchase , in support of which he called a Mr . Randal , the person from' whom he had purchased the property . On the decision of the magistrate being announced , Mr . Naylor pleaded that even admitting that the pond belonged to the tenants a « a common right > Mr . Hardwick j being in possession of part of the estate , had also a . commoa right , * and that had been iu effect tak « sn away by the damage done by the parties charged . The plea , however , was not admitted , inasmuch as it was not stated in the

      information . Yeadon . — Coronation . —The inhabitants of Yeadon , celebrated-the coronation of our young and beauteous Queen ^ by treating between two and three hundred elderly females with tea , and near an hundred old men , with beef , bread , and beer . The treat took place in the open air , opposite to the RobinHood Inn . It is not possible to conceive a more exhilirating and decorous sight than this was ,

      many an old furrowed face , with hoary head beamed with delight , and that respect which ought always to be shewn to age was here paid ; they were waited upon by several young men and young women with the greatest attention . A band of music was in attendance , and played several national airs , this attracted the juvenile part ofthebystanders , ( which were very considerable . ) Peace and comfort appeared to pervade every breast .

      Coronation Procession . —The inhabitants of Leeds manifested their loyalty on Thursday last , by keeping holiday and walking in procession from the Court House to St . John ' s Church , and thence to Hunslet Moor . The principal part of the procession consisted of the Corpbration , the Clergy , the Soldiers , the Firemen , the Performers at Batty ' s Royal Circus , the Members of several Societies , a number of inhabitants in gigs , carriages , and on horseback . The concourse of people on the Moor was immense . The Soldier fired zfeft-de-joie , and performed their exercises . The town was filled with visitors from the neighbouring villages ; and most of the different Societies dined at their respective places of rendeyouz . Fire-works and other public amusements crowned the scenes of the day .

      Hand-Loom Weavers , Norw : ch . —Amongst our original correspondence our readers will find a communication from a deputation of Hand-loom Weavers from : the city , well worthy of their most serious attention . The CiRcus . —Our readers will perceive from his advertisement that Mr . Batty , the talented and spirited proprietor of this elegnut place of amusement , takes his benefit on Monday evening . We sincerely hope that he will have a bumper , and

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

      " This i « to certify that Mr . William Batty , of the Royal Circus , and the respectable company of Equestrians attached to his establishment have , by their superior talents , and indefatigable exertions to please , secured the public patronage , as well as having , by their good moral conduct , and hi g hly proper behaviour , gained the be ^ t wishes of the Inhabitants of this town . I have also great pleasure in adding that Mr . Batty , during his stay with us , voluntarily and without any solicitation whatever , very handsomely contributed the whole and entire , proceeds of several evening ' s performances to our charities without any deductions whatever . " John Brown , Boroughreeve . " Manchester , June 17 th , 1838 . "

      JuvENrLE Concert , Music Saloon . — -On Tuesday evening a most pleasingand elegant variety of vocal and instrumental music was performed at the Music Saloon , South PaTade . The pieces were selected with much good taste , combining many of the most choice musical compositions , with words of touching sweetness , or of pleasing and innocent vivaci , ty . Thfr : several performers acquitted themselves throughout the whole evening to the evident delight of a most respectable audience ^ From so much of excellence it may seem invidious to select for euipgium , bat we were certainly most of all pleased with the following beautiful duett which was exquisitely sung by Mr . Walton and Miss Fountain .

      When thy bosom heaves the sigh , When the tear o ' erllows thine eye , ¦ May sweet hope afford relief , Cheer thy heart and calm thy grief , So the tender rlow ' r appears , Drooping wet with morning tears , Till the sun-beam ' s geneiaf ray . Chase the heavy dew away . Barbarity of a Father . —A short time ago , a hoy who resides * near the Sportsman Inn , Lincoln Inn Field , in this town , left school without the knowledge of the master before the proper ti ' mo . The boy ' s mother was apprised of this , and gave the boya sound flogging . The father when he came home was tpld , and with all the gravity and solemnity » f a judge upon the bench , requested the

      mother to giye up all right of punishment to him , which was acceded to , when a poker was put into the fire and made red hot . During this ceremony the lad was imploring and praying for mercy in heart-rending accents , but without the least effect . The end of the hot poker was applied to the palm of his hand , and under that exerutiating pain , he was ordered to close his hand , and the poker was then drawn across the second joints of his fingers !! In ten minutes after , a prayer meeting was held in the house , and the smooth-faced hypocrite drowned the sobs pf his suffering child ( who had been put to bed ) in the vociferations of a long prayer , spouted forth at the very top of his voice , to the throne of his Mak « r , for that mercy which he refused to show to hta own child . . ' . ' ¦ : '

      Mr . Bridges . —This gentleman was to deliver a general lecture on his favourite science , Phrenology , last night , for the purpose of affording a general opportunity . for attack arid discussion . This certainly bespeaks great confidence in Mr . B ., both in the truth of the science and in his own perfect knowe ledge of it . We hear that his phrenological classs will shortly be opened at the Music Saloon . Coronation Dinner . —On Thursday last j a number of gentlemen sat . down to a good dinner at the Globe Inn , Quarry Hill , inhonour of the Queen . Mr . Cteorge Smith-v presided as chairman , and Mr . Wm . John Gregory as vice .

      Protestantism . —On Monday evening last , a meeting was held in the Music Saloon , for the purpose of devising means to pay some tribute of fespett to the Rev / Mr . Gregg , for the manner in whieh ^ he conducted a . discussion in Dublin with a Rev . gentleman named Maguire , of the Catholic persuasion . There were only three speakers , one of whom , the Rev / Mr- Walker , spoke for about two toura , The only resolution- that was passed , was , that subscript tipns should be enter « d ¦ ¦ •; into for the purpose , and that a plate should be held at the doors of the Saloon . We understand that very little was collected .

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      Lbeds Boro ^ qh Sessions . —Yesterday moroing , these ses ^ Qttjeaininenced before RobeTtBaynes Armstroiag , Esq ,, ^^^ Recorder . * The ^ following gentle-B \ % n vrere on the grand jury : —Samuel , C . laphani , rnjercfe&nt , foreman ; Joseph ^^ Austin , wopistapler ; Vftn . Binns , merchant , Mam ^ ; Nathaniel Philip Simes , woolstapler ; Joseph FjrofserySanderson , wbolstapler ; : Williani Singtetpn , timber merchant ; Thomas , ^ Tenrjant gentleman ; John Walker ; Thomis Gledhill ; Ward , merchant ; Joseph Isherwpod Whaliey , wool stapler '; John

      Whitehead ; Williani Willdck , stamp distributor . After the usual proclamation against vice and im- , morality was read , the Recorder ^ in charging the grand jary , saidy that the calendar was more numerous than was usual at this time of the year , but the eases were all of a trifling nature , and ^ oulid npt therefore require any remarks from him respecting them . He would not , therefore , detain them with any remarks , as these were unnecessary ,- but they might proceei at once to business . There were four applications in cases of bastar < ly , in each of which an allowance was made .

      The following prisoners were disposed of :-r John Firthi for stealing ; woollen ; cloth from Messrs . Hirst , Bromley , and Co . —Imprisoned six months . Joseph Edwardy convicted on two separate indictment 8 for theft - ^ -Imprispned 3 months for each . ¦^ -AUo to be i mprisoned 3 inonths , John . Renderf stealing waistcoat pieces and Richard Render for receiving the same ;; Thornton Garthy for stealing walking sticks ; - JoAft Kaine , for stealing pack sheets J Job Briggs , for stealing a watch . Patrick Walsh and George Simpson , for stealing apistol ; ' the ' Vast 14 days to be splitary confinement .

      Bullock in a Row . —Oh Wednesday last , an old man , named Thomas Bailey , and his two sons , Thomas and William Bailey , were charge * before the magistratesj by Bullock , the policeman , with having assaulted bin ) . He stated that he was near a beer house , in Mead » w-lane , on the day before , when the prisoner , William Bailey j came out of the said beer-house in a stateof intoxicatiDn , and used very abusive language towards him > He ( Bullock ) advised him to go home , and not create a disturbance there , when the prisoner immediately struck him on

      the mouth . A row followed , and Bullock testified that he was most shamefully abused . In their defenos the prigonera stated ttat they had beefi having a glasjr « r two of ale together ; , and that tkeyhad no intention of creating any disturbance till they were insulted by the policeman . There war no proof that the father and younger son had used any violence , and they were consequently discharged . Wm . Bailey , the elder son , who said he had come from York to see his friends , and was only a little merry making , was fined forty shillings and costs , for assaulting Bullock . ¦ ' "

      Hindoo Idolatry . —On Monday last , a " meeting was held at the Court House , on thu very important subject . We are sorry to state that notwithstanding the publicity which was givea to the requisition , the meeting was very thinly attended . At no time would there be more than 150 persons present , and , towards the close of the proceedings , the number dwindled to about forty . In the absence of the Mayor , Mr . W . Key was called to the ckair . The Rev . W . Sinclair , Mr . Edward Baines , jun ., Rev . Mr . Ely , Mr . John Howard , Reyds . James Fawcett , J . E . Giles , T . Walker , Mr . Alderman

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

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

      Colville , the second engineer , took place on Sunday he was interred in Sbadwell churchyard , near the graves of five of his unfortunate companions . Colville is a native of Scotland , and has left a widow , who i * now pregnant , and two young children , deplore his sad fate . The deceased bore . a good character fur bteadiness , sobriety , and intelligence , and was known to be a particularly careful' and exexperienced engineer . On . Tuesay th « j jury impannelled to inquire iuto the fatal occurrence on board the Victoria ( Hull Steam-packet Company , ) -which caused the death of nine persons , met at the Waterman's Arms , Shadtvell , pursuant to adjournment , and proceeded to Milvvall to view the body of Jacob

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

      might be appointed to examine the engines of the Victoria , and give evidence as to the probable cause of the accident . The Coroner directed the beadle to ask if any person from the Home Office was present . Proclamation was accordingly made , but no person answered . Charles Rell , the Captain of the Victoria since she vyas built , was examined at great Utigth . He described the build and tonnage of the vessel , and the construction and position of the machinery , boilers , &c . He stated that at the time of the accident they were going about ten miles an hour . They bad a great wan t of steam all the way from Hull , which he attributed to some nwe grating bars placed at the bottoiu of the furnaces . Two old ones remain . They drooped at the after-end lower than the mouth of the fufnaee

      in the original construction , and consequently gave more drafif . The new gratings were made to droop less , not quite horizontal , but so as to partly destroy the draft . There was a similar accident happened before . The boiler on the starboard side was cPllapsed last time ( Thursday week . ) It was broken The top and bottom of the boiler was broken , from one end to the other at the top , but not quite so at the bottom . The consequence of this was , the water rushed out of the boilers on to the fires , causing the doors to fly open and discharging the steam , fire , and scalding water on the men who were in the engine-room . The hot water ran into the bottom of the ship , but the coalse and ashes Uy all

      around the engine-room . —The Coroner : Now , Captain Bell , what was the cause of the accident ? —Captain Bell , after considering awhile , said he might uptbe right , but be thought it was from want of water in the boilers . When he went down into the engine-room , a few minutes after the accident , he found the bailers red hot , those on the starboard side worst .- ^ Mr . Bak er , a passenger , had heard Captain Bell repeat that they could not get steam up to pass the Wilberforce , some of the stokers or engineers were laving bets with persons he had seen

      in the jury-room , that they would arrive before the Wilberforce , which was about 200 yards astern . There appeared much anxiety on their part that the Victoria should be first in . After some other testimony not ; very material . Andrew Murrayj of Greenwich , engineer , was examined ; Was a partner in the house of Fairbourn and Co ., engineers , Millwail . Had been employed the last Beyen years in making boilers for steam vessels , and superiBtended the repaiT of the boiler of the Victoria when it burst in March . The whole internal case was

      renewed . Had no doubt but the cause of that aecidentwas the same as the present—shortness of water in the boiler . Had seen the boiler injured in the last accident , and it was affected in like manner , the flue was in a state of collapse . Was of opinion that want of water in the boiler had allowed the plates to get hot and susceptible of pressure from the steam and water . The plates of the flues are a quarter of an inch thick , and as far as strength goes , I think that more than sufficient for the purpose . Every engineer ought to know . There was nothing particular in the machinery . Some engines afforded means to engineers of lessening the weight on the safety valves , but the Victoria could only be eased on deck . There was nothing faulty in the engines . They were in perfect working condition before . the jaccident took place . The jury-again adjourned .

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      Shocking ACCiDENT .-On : Tb ^ rS ornu 3 J an ifiquest was held at pur Cotirt ; House , oil vle ^ & who dieoV on Wednesday , morning last , in S " quence of several shot baring entered his head W a ^ giin ^ fiwd ^ by a perso ^ named Edward Scorele ? ' the keeper of the RedLiop Ian , on the OtleV r 3 ' The parties wer « shooting pigeons « n Hnittle ' t U % * - on Fnday njght week , ^ en the tecident happeS Theanquest was ad journed ftom Thursday moS ti Ifwr o ^ Iock yesterdav afternoon , whei a S& of " Accidental Death" was returned . / ^^ T «^^ REi --Th t Manager of -bur Tiieatre v with a spint . worth y of im antique Roman , seems deter " mined to gain a gulden , yictpry . In despite of VKt ficulhes and ; defeats , he rallies bis Prffltorian baDf and snatches the laurel crown where a spirit lea ladottiitable would suffer . ; an inglorious defeat If * company equal , ifaot saperior , to any other provin . ciai tneatre

      in tne Kingdom—it : the most liberal ei penditure in the getting up of the variety of dramas produced during the present shirt . sessiori—if tta engagem « nt of the first talent of , the metropoliT aided by Mr . Morris Barnett , the acting manager " who is universally ^ acknowledged to , be a fifst-ratl actor , and a gentleinah of literary attainments are means accessory to ensure success , Mr . T ) owne ought to be secure Pf reaping a rich ^ harvest . During the week an extraordinary drama , has been produced ! under the able direction of Mr . Yates , of the AdelpM theatre . It is entitled "" ^ alsha , or the StAva QUEEN . '' It embodies the most startling effectsand though theplot is to ^ i ai involved in ^^ " exq uisite mystery , " still the interest of thepiece is of so pecaliarly intense a nature , the dresses so Kpreeous . and

      the scenery , processions , and the girls " armed to the teeth in steel" so dazzling , that we deemed ourselves transported as by some wizard wand , into the enchanted land of Eastern romance . The last scene which is supposed to pass on an immense elevation ' with its solitary Tower of DopmT-lobming out of the dark blue expanse—and the moon making its "darkness visible , " is , in singularity of design , and Tividness of effect , quite ^ ni que ; Mr . Cfeswick wag excellent in a eharacterj out ; of the pale . even of probable fiction , —yet he imparted to it a truth and vitality , which prove him to possess strong powers pf poetic imagination , under the judicious cofitroul of a

      well-exereised judgment . Mr . H . Beverley of the Adelphi ,, adpeared for the first time qn our 8 tage , He was warmly received , : and in the farce of the 'Dancing Barbek , kept the house in continued convulsions of laughter . His mock dancing is inimitable—his style is a mixture of Liston ' s and the late John Reeve . We hope this piece will be frequently acted during this gentleman ' s stay amoBgst us . Oa Thursday evening , the Coronation day , the theatre waf literally crainined in every part . Ad original sketch was added , written for the occasion ^ called "the Launch of " Victoria . ' . * . It is replete with loyal allusions to our young Queen , and what is unusual

      in pieces of this nature , written with much point and literary ability . There was a Capital -Comic Song introduced in a part acted by Herbert , which received an unanimous encore . The piece wound up with a most tastefully arranged Nautical Fete , which exhibited the launch of a ship . It was given but for repetition amid reiterated applauses of the audience . We perceive by our theatre advertisement , that daring the next week , the wonderful dwarf , Signor Hervio Nano , Mr . Collins , the vocalist , and : Mr Yates will appear . We have here both quality and quantity . We hope that the enterprise of our worthy Manager will receive a fair return for liis spirited exertions .

      HUDDERSFIELD . Strange Accident . —On Saturday last , » young person , about seventeen or eighteen years < jf age , met with his death at Mr . Varley ' s lactbry Slaithwaite , near Huddersfield , in the following manner : — -The deceased was employed in . winding up some bags of cotton to one of the higher stories of the building , and his part of the . business was . t » attach the end of the rope to the bag'intended to be wound up . On one occasion , after having fastened the bag , he made a noose of . the slack part of

      the rope , and jokingly called upon one of the bystanders to put his head in , at the same time putting bis own ( deceased ' s ) neck through for the purpose o { showing him , when the machine was unexpectedly set in motion , and the unfortunate man was in one moment suspended at the top of the building-.. As soon as the persoH above was aware of the circumstance , be threw the machine out of geering , and the cotton and the man fell with great violence upon the ground . The poor man was in a state of insensibility , and died about an hour after .

      BARNSLEV . Radicalism . —At a public meeting in Barnslej on the 11 th ihst ., to receive the Birmingham deputation , the following resolutions were unanimouglj carried : 1 st .- —It is the opinion of . this-meeting that the time has arrived when the people should iemand their rights , by claiming their bright to send members to Parliament , without their being required to be in possession of a property qualification ; and that every man of twenty-one years of age , of sane mind , have a voice in the election of the same . 2 nd . —It is the opinion of this meeting , that they

      join the "Northern Union" and the men of Birmingham and Scotland , in carrying into effect till foregoing resolution . 3 rd . —That a committee be formed to obtain signatures to the petition . 4 tb . — That this meeting return their thanks tp the people of Birmingham , for their spirited conduct in sending a deputation through the United Kingdom , for the purpose of arousing the inhabitaDts thereof , from their present apparent sfrte of apathy , relative to their political condition ; arid that this meeting cordially agree in the sentiments uttered by the said deputation .

      BRADFORD . Coronation . —This expensive , useless pageant was celebrated in this town on Thursday . The order of the procession was as follows : ^—The Cabtain and eight Patrole . A Banner , with the Royal Arms thereon . The Bradford Old Band . The Sheriff's Representatives on Horseback , in Court dresses . fieadl * . . Chief CoBstablea on Horseback , -vriflt white merino sashes and rosettes . Beadle . Deputy Constables , on Horseback , witb . white merino sashrs , and rosettes . Sidesmen . Churchwirdeni , « n Horseback . Sidesmen . The Clergy , in carriages . Ministers of other Denominations , in carriaees . or

      on horseback . Gentlemen in carriage ^ , vritli white inerinp sashes and rosettes , gentlemen on horseback , four abreast . Gentlemen oh foot , 6 abreast . Band . Flag . The Independent Orderof Freemasons , six abreast , flag . Tne Independent Order of Rhecabites . Flag . The Catholic Societie * . Flag . The Bingley Jiand . The Independent Order ol Odd Fellows , Hag- The United Ancient Order of Druids . Band . Flag . The Free and Ancient Gardeners . Flag . The Loyal JOrange Institntionr Band . Flag . The Ancient Order of Fpresten ! . Flag . The Night Police . Flag . The youths Temperance Societies . —The procession formed in Church-street j near the Infants' School , taking tie in succession street

      grouna , by way of Harns ' s- , aaa the front of the TemperaBce Hall . After forming , " God 8 aTe the Queen" was sung in full chores The procession then proceeded down Church Bank , along Vicar ^ ane , up George-street , down Good * man s-end , along Bridge-street , up Ivegate , Wiestgate , and along John-street , Northgate , and turaM at Piper Grove , down Manor-row , Cheapside , Kirkgate , iind along Well-street , the Leeds Branch , to the Junetion Inn , thence to Bridge-street , alonf Market-street , up Kirkgate , Darley-street , and i » toi Rawson ' s-place , where " Godsave the Queen" *« then sung , and the parties each retired .

      Socialists . —Mr . Balrne , the J > eputV ef *« Educational Socieh-, London , lectured on Friday evening week , in the Social Institution , Bradford , on the subject of Infant Education , and aL <» m answer to the question , " When will there be / Community ? " There would be a . Commm ^ B . stated , as soon aa he could find a sufficiea * number of men to commence operations . Mr . B .. « object a visiting the ^ est Riding , is understood to be to select from among the working classes persons adapted to the objects of the society .

      : LEEps SociALiSTS .--The lectures of Mr . B'g 7 on ; Sunday last , were very : numerously attended ) particularly in the evening , whica was deroted'to answering an antisccialiat lecture delivered > i Holbeck , by the Rev . Mr . Edwards . Mr . Big b J is to Lecture again on Sunday next , w ^ e believe , ^ the same place ; and wie are told that it is the intention of the Socialist ? to open their room f Wednesday evenings for lectures and discussions , M

      order to afford those parties who entertain scrup les against attending on Sundays , an opportuni ^ "I hearing and judging of the opinions and vieff « . «« forth . The festival we spoke of last week is , ^ perceive , fixed for Wednesday ^ the ilth of Jo'r » The tickets are at the \ 6 w charge of Is . each' Tn « festivities ,: after the parties attending having draw tea together , consist of singing and dancing of * superior order , intergpersed with short addresses of a moral and intellectual character .

      HALIFAX . Coronatiok Vat . —Thursday being the daf for celebrating this auspicious event , broug ht tW labpurB of the committee appointed for that purpos * nearly to a conclusipn , when it is said tne 8 ubsc nP * tioh to the Piece-hall ^^ feed , and for ^ other disbiirsfiments , amounted to betwixt £ 600 and j £ 600 .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 30, 1838, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct527/page/4/