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      EFFECTS OT CHURCH AND STATE UNION-

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      I * V tountry like this , boasting of more , but ^ poBes&ngless , of practical liberty *» ** oflier ^ SSfiB Eur ope , we are naturally led to ^ comparison between the opTnicas , acts , and deeds , of Members of'Parliament aiad the opinions , acts , and tleeds , of those professed to be represented , by the said Members . tTjpan the one band , we find the few holding domiMDn by Btealth , perjury , violation < jf promises sad all nncharitableness and yet styled by the press * s- the real representatives ef | rahlie © pinion } " wfcslejnpon the other hand , we find ninety

      vxae vb . -every hundred declaring themselves \ ax-TepTeseHted , and recognising the dominion of Pariissent merely in the sword and tbe mosket "We "hear of projected cbanges , each as 'National ; Ednfcation , Superior Relig ions Instruction ^ , and Moral Tuition . "We find Bishops preaching passive -obedience and non-resistance ; declaring that this - « arth was intended but as a purgatory , and that the sojourners here are merely in a state of probation for another and a happier world , their passport to Trfrich wffl greatly depend upon their snbservieney

      and suffering here below . Now , without entering into a theological discussion with those Big ht Rev . Gentlemen , we can only say , that their practice being diametrically opposed to their preaching , we have a strong inclination to doubt their interpretation of Holy YTrit . The Church and the State are too firmly , and have been too long politically , Tinited , to induce us , without dne scrutiny and deliberation , to adopt fiie spiritual admonitions of the Hierarchy , otherwise than as political lessons . 'We finlreligion supported by force ; liberty trampled upon ; comforts

      abridged ; rights abstracted ; and wrong following wrong , in rapid succession ; and yet we are told that our salvation will much depend upon our mild endurance of these multiplied evils . But that such sophistry and blasphemy can be preached , accepted , and acted upon , is not wonderful , when we- see the Altar based upon the Throne , and Religion made snbservjent to political purposes . "We have- been now for some time pointing out to our readers , the many grievances under which they labour , and of -which they justly complain ; and we now tell them

      that one of the great causes of all suffering , is the raiion between Church and State :- England endeavouring to uphold one description of worship—Scotland contending for ber National Creed—anS Ireland ' s old Establishment ? truggling to throw off the political chains of her new Establishment . "With three countries thus embroiled in what is preached as matter of paramount importance , how , we ~ ask , is it likely , that a senate composed of the champions of the several national modes of worship , can famish anvthing like consistency or political

      concordance in matters which form the keystone of the temple of the respective belligerents ? Introduce a Turnpike Bui , and it is met with reference to relig ious bias . Speak of liberty at home , which -tcould be likely to lead to the exposition of the incestuous union , and you are met _ with the Bible and sectarian dogmas ; "but- preach of the necessity of freedom in distant climes , and " your pulpits at once become watch-tiwers of liberty , whence the homeoppressor'will thunder his anathemas and hurl denunciations against . the arrogance ,

      cruelty , and oppression of sinful man . "Wh y is this ? Because the home-tyrant has no tithes in Jamaica , and because civil liberty would at once lead , on to religious equality ; and would at once put an end to the system of dealing out salvation by the rood , the perch , and the acre . The man who now gives a * pint of buttermilk out of his churn , as a spiritual offering , would marvel at so slovenly a mode of salvation ; and , instead of peaceably submitting to clerical injustice in " honour o ! God , " he wouia discover that he himself had been in the wrong , . by- making his

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      * ' passive obedience and non-resistance" a kind of trap to lure the receivers of stolen goods into sin and damnation . If " passive obedience ana non-resistsnee , " upon the part of the people , lead to plunder rapine , and profanation by their rulers , are they not , themselves , accessary to the misery of their rulers ? and is it not , consequently , ineumbent-upon them , to make some sacrifice of self , to do an act of charity to those who are in error ? "Passive obedience" is never preached but by tyrants , who have to protect , with the musket , the plunder which they have gained

      "by blood . The Reformation was not accomplished "by martyrdom . " Passive obedience and non-resistance" would have been but a poor force in the hands of the monster , Ejlbet , to effect the destruction of the monasteries , and the plunder of his . subjects . * Passive obedience" would not have enabled Cbomweli . to subvert ancient tyranny , and to establish , upon its ruins , a more modern but not less -tyrannical order of things . " Passive obedience and non-resistance" would not have induced the poor Irish Catholic to support , with his sweat , for

      centuries , the demagogue Church parson , who was hired by the State to damn his faith , denounce hi % creed , and iasult his person . If it was not for the union of Church and State , we should now have Universal Suffrage . "Without Universal Suffrage , we cannot hope to rid ourselves of the effect of the unholy union . Religious toleration means religious political equality . Religious equality means a fair chance to contend for religious ascendancy , ' and religious ascendancy means prostitution to State purposes , and prostration of civil liberty . Religi ous inequality

      ( that is the persecution of the professors of one creed by those of another creed ) is incompatible with , and could not exist in , a State where civil liberty was complete . Therefore , let us , in honour of our God , < rar country , and ourselves , endeavour to destroy the Cannon Creed by Universal Suffrage , which would be the firmest base for " the Altar , the Throne , and the Cottage . " The real meaning of Church and State union was well exemplified in the person of the late Dnke of Tobk , who was , at one and the same time , both Bishop of Osnaburg and Commander-in-Chief of the army .

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

      justice on which alone law can be founded . We hare ever denied , and we do still deny , the autkority of those who passed this law to enact it ; and we do equally , now , as we have ever done , deny their right to enforce it We deny , in fact , that it is any" law at allj and that the- people are bound to render any obedience to its authority , or that of any pretended functionary acting under its provisions . Hence , we have never recommended the policy of electing guardians , hostile to the enforcement of the law —we liave always said to the people elect no guardians at all . hold no communication with the Devils' minions ,

      minister no help to your own destruction . Oldham and jExxby have acted on this principle , and have glorionsly maintained their independence ; but , in most other places , our friends have thought that a readier and more effectual method of dispatching the 11 Beast" would be to strangle him in the meshes of his own net , byelecifag , as Guardians , men who were

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      determined to run all risks in opposition fa ^ law > This is a good position for the peopVtft take , though not , as we think , the l « st * itihJ $ r"be . taken ; and we are glad , heartflv g \ a 41 » tke Yery soul ' s core , to « ee that the brave fellow * ^ tHuddexsfield , Rochdale , and some other placet ) laving taken this " position , have maintained ft gallantly . They have done great service % a their country , and will "he had in

      everlasting temembranc * by their children ' s children . The struggle was severe , for the " Beast " knew it to be for life . His Herculean powers of every description were put forth . Trickery , of the meanest kind that ever Whiggery was tainted with , was nnhesitatingly resorted to . In Honley , when the " Beast" perceived that he was losing g round , the rate-books were ransacked for objections against

      voter ? , even up to the panic of 1825 ; tune years before the Bill was passed . In Preston , the Churchwardens , ever mindful of the Shop , acting , indeed , it is said , under the orders of his Three-Headed Infernal Majesty , seized the golden opportunity of performing two acts of mischief at once , by wrenching the wages of iniquity , in the shape of church-rates , out of the hands of many , who , though they had a great objection to being robbed at all , preferred yet the lesser robbery of their purses , by the priest , to the greater robbery of their lives and liberties by the Three-Headed

      Devil King ; and by depriving of their right to vote for Guardians all whose conscientious feelings were too powerful for their patriotism , or whose purses , happening to be empty , left them no means of complying with the alternative . The 3 e two objects , so worthy of the warm province in which the New Poor X . aw was hatched , weie nicely attained by declaring , when the election had arrived , that no person should be allowed to vote whose church-rates were unpaid , but that they , the churchwardens , were ready to receive , the church-rates . A more paltry and nefarious juggle we have not known for some time .

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

      the household- Gods of "Capital ! " The friendships of neighbours are to be interrupted and destroyed—the concord of society annihilated —the silken cords of amity , that bind each man to his fellow , to be roughly torn asunder , that a rose leaf may be added to the bed of the Sybarite , by planting a thorn in the pallet of the pauper ! Merciful Heavens , to what a pass has "Liberalism " brought us ! But , thank God , the ruin is not irretrievable . It is in the power of the people , at any moment , when they please , to say to the ruthless monster , all powerful as he is ,

      thus far shall thy ravages extend , and no further ; and-the men of London , all honour to their name and memory , have said that word , and said it manfully . The parish of St . Bride , in that famous city has tasted the sweets and benefits of the New Poor Law . She has eaten of the bread , and drunk of the cup , of the three-headed Devil King , until she has grown tired of his board , and determined , hereafter , to keep herself . At an immense meeting sf the inhabitants of that parish , the proceedings of which are reported at full length in our sixth page , thev

      resolved" That me inhabitants of fhia pariah are capable of managing the whole of their parochial affairs , without the aid or " contronl of any other persons . " ' <¦• That the resolution of the public vestry , on the 17 th of February , 1837 , in these words— * That it is the opinion of this vestry , that the introduction of the New Poor Lair Bill into the city of London , and the formation of the whole city into one union * will not only ttex ^ cfii ill * Totc-pRjxTo , inxt improve the ~ condition of the poor , and provide greater comfort for the a ^ ed and infirm ; and , therefore , this parish desires to participate in the benefits to l > e derived from the union , ' be now rescinded . " This i 3 the position we want to see the people

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      take . We want to see them distribute their own money to the poor , without troubling either the Devil King or any of his myrmidons at all about the matter . We have no abstract love for sinecures , but , inasmuch as we have seen from the temper of the House of Commons , that so long as that nefarious body is returned by ten pounders , there is no hope of the snug places provided by

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

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

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

      but the worthy profit-mongers , who regarded the question as merely one of pounds , shillings , and pence , decided in favour of their own pockets and against the bellies of the paupers , by a majority of twenty , none but rate-payers poling , and the votes being taken by Ballot . Mark these two facts , men of England ' . Mark , that in a question which virtually concerns more than one half of the population—a question which is literall y one of life or death to every man subsisting on the wages of labonr ,

      as well as to the actail pauper—none were allowed to vote but persons having a direct interest in starving the one and enslaving the other ; and mark again , that those same parties voted b y Ballot , that is to say , secretly and in the dark , as all rogues act , whose deeds will not bear the light Here is a specimen of what you may expect from the Ballot should the middle classes succeed in superadding Gbote's Sat-trap to the other machinery of the "Hefonn" Act , The parish of St . Bride contains , at least , eleven thousand inhabitants of

      whom one third are always liable to come on the parish . Had the meeting been one of the inhabitants at large , and had the voting been open , ( as by show of hands , ) instead of by Ballot , the just claims of the poor would not have had one-hand in twenty raised against them , and I doubt whether there would have been ev en one profit-monger , bold enough to speak against them . Bat , conducted as the meeting was the fate of the poor of Sti Bride is now at the mercy of the Poor Law Commissioners , with" nc other sanction from th » parish than

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      the secret votes of 120 profitonongers , giving a majority of 20 . ' ; : o i "While this was going on in St . Bride ' sj the morning papers contaittei numeroxis cases , copied from tie provincial press , exhibiting the like treatment of the . unhappy poor all over the country . Tor instance , the Guardians of the Cirencester poor decided last week that for an " able-bodied man accustomed to hard labour out of the workhouse , and to clote labour within , five ounces of bacon per

      week was sufficient animal sustenance * No beef , mutton , pork , or veal—no animal food of any kind " beyond the five ounces of bacon ; and no beer al ] the week round . " Such is the treatment of the Cirtncester poor in the workhouse ; out of the workhouse , it is death . Am aproof of this , the Glouces ter Chronicle of Saturday gives the case of a poor woman named Hancox , the wife of a cripple , and aged 55 , who had literally died of hunger and cold , after a fruitless application for relief to the Cirencester Board of Guardians . This unfortunate

      creature had walked three miles on a piercingly cold day—was kept waiting a whole day in painful suspense—and at last dismissed without a farthing or a farthing ' s worth . All that remains of her now is the verdict of a coroner ' s inquest , which says , that " the deceased died by the visitation of God , ( what horrid blasphemy !) and that her death was accelerated ( how scientifically expressed !) by the intensity of the cold } to which she was exposed by attending the Board of Guardians , from which she returned home in a weak and shivering state . "

      How many hundreds throughout the Kingdom have suffered , and are now suffering the fate of Mar y Hancox ! Mr . Bow en , lately a Guardian of the Bridgewater Union , and next to Oastler and Stehhens , the most effective Anti-Poor Law combatant we have in our ranks : this excellent and spirited individual has shown in his pamphlet that while the deaths of convicts in the Hulks averaged 2 . 3 or 2 threa-tenth 3 per cent ., of their number per

      annum , the deaths in the Bridgewater Union averaged 41 . 4 , or 41 four tenths per cent * per anum . In other words—that the rate of mortality was eighteen times greater amongst the paupers referred to , than amongst the convict ? . He publicly charged the Guardians of that Union with having caused the deaths of upwards of 30 persons—with having knowingly and deliberately pursued a system of treatment towards them , which the medical officers of the Union had fore-warned them would be

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

      favour , which verdict is , up to this hour , the only part of their proceedings which has been made public !! I defy the records' of Eastern despotism to furnish a parallel case to this . When Henry VIII . of wife-killing memory , condescended to argue doctrinal points with Lambert , the schoolmaster , he tried first to convince his opponent by a right Royal display of Catholic orthodoxy ; but that process failing , he had him tied to a stake , where , with the aid of-fire and faggot , he soon convinced all loyal subjects that Lambert was no better than an obstinate

      heretic . This was a very arbitrary and summary mode of conviction ; but I doubt whether it was more arbitrary and summary than is the Bridgewater Guardians' mode of self-acquiltal , and I also very much doubt whether , after all , Lambert did not experience more real mercy and fair play from the wife-killer , than did the Bridgewater paupers from their chosen Guardians . Lamb ert was killed with fire by the King ' s authority : the Bridgewater paupers were killed with water-gruel , by the authority of their Guardians . The wife-killer held himself

      responsible to nobody for roasting Lambert : the Guardians consider themsehes responsible to nobody forhaving inflicted diarrhoea and death on thepaupers There was no coroner ' s inquest to bring in a verdict of wilful murder against the royal roaster . There has been , and I fear will be , no coroners' inquest to find a similar verdict against the water-gruelling pauper-killers . Thus far there is not much

      difference . But Henry , with all his atrocity , gave Lambert a public hearing ^ a nd co nsequently an opportunity of escaping the roasting , had the latter been only wise enough , or not too fanatically mad , to avail himself of it . But had the Bridgewater paupers any such opportunity of escaping the watergruel ? Did they get a public hearing from these " Guardians ? " Did the latter trv to convince them

      publicly that water-gruel was good and wholesome , nutritious and substantial food for able-bodied men , or for aged and sickly persons of either sex . But I must not pursue the parallel . One startles at the inferences to which it might lead , and I have already carried it too far to leave a doubt on the mind of any humane person as to what ought to be the fate of the Bridgewater Guardians .

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

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      Several correspondents who should have been repl to last week viere neglected ; Mr . Hill being sick , some of their communications are noticed below . : " Our youthful Queen" is more gallant than poetical . Abecedarian . We advise him to go to school and learn so to arrange his words as that people may be able to find out his meaning . O . O . T . His lines have some merit , hut they are too long , and will require trimming up a bit .

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

      The Sabbath . —Our attention is directed by a correspondent to some old statutes by which Sunday contracts are illegal , and persons buying and selling on Sundays are liable to be fined . W . T . is an impudent fellow and a cowardly slanderer besides . No Agitator- —will say that we have madeuse qf' t / te information contained in his letter ^ which , was much too long for our space this tceek , and would have groom stale before another . ' ¦ ' . Legal Qaestiona . ^ -SreCTai important legal Questions have been received , but as Mr . O'Connor is from home they cannot be answereddhis week . ¦ Mr . Lawson , Boltojpu— We sincerely regret the inconvenience , which arose' from ¦ no neglect of his but teas occasioned ly an oversight at this office '

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      LEfEE > S AND WySST-RIDING NEWS ; A Valiant and Honest jBecroit . — - On Tuesday ¦;!*»* » ¦>¦ lusty eon of the north , named Robert Nelson , was brought before the magistrates charged wttti stealing a penknife , the : property ; of the ( recruiting : sergeant of the 6 tht regiiitentr . / > TJie sergeant ^ stated that he had listed the prisoner on the day before , and had ; taken him to his apartments , yfhere he furnished him with , a good dinner and a pint of beer . Leaving him for a short time in the

      room alone , he absconded , taking with hiuithe pen ^ knife in question , which , however was not niissed till the following day , when the worthy sergeant was anxious to try his hand at quill cutting ; The valiant recruit was then sought for with great vigilance , and was ultimately found with the knife in his possession . He stated in ; his defence that he had been using the knife to cut his finger nails , and had , : by mistake , put it into his pocket . He was proved to have enlisted in the 6 th , the 19 thj / and the 24 th regiments , all within twenty-four : hours . He was committed to take his trial for the theft .

      Caution to SHOpKEfePERs . Tr-Ph - -, " Saturday last ) Mr . Wilson , Pawnbroker , George-street , and Mr . Fisher j shoemaker , Briggate , appeared before the > magistrates under the following circumstances . It appeared that some time before , a girl had gone to Mr . Fisher ' s requesting- to look at some shoes , which , on pretence of her father wanting to look at them , she was auffered to take away without Mr . Fisher knowing whither they were to be taken * [ These shoes were subsequently pawned at Mr . Wilson ' s shop for four shilHnga ; and being discovered by Mr . fi sher , he took the customary means to recover his goods . Failing to obtain them thus , the parties both appeared before the magise trates , who adjudged that Mr . Fisher should pay

      Mr . Wilson , the pawnbroker , four shillings , the p rice whichbe had lent upon the shoes . Impudent Robbery ;—Robert Thompson was changed before the magistrates , on Monday last , with having entered the house of a person named Elizabeth Bo . wnass , of Hunstet , and stealing therer from a shirt , , waistcoatj and neckcloth , / which he subsequently pawned for a trifle . The articles were traced to the pawn-shop and identified by the owner , and the pawn-tickets were found in the possession of the prisoner . On Saturday last the prisoner was committed on a charge of stealing some linen , the property of Mr . Charles Schoiefield ; of York Road . In his defence , he said he had bought the tickets , but : could neither tell for how much he had bought them or from whom . He was likewise committed

      on the second charge . \ Eye and Ear Infirmary . —The Leeds Eye and Ear Infirmary Report for March , 1838 :-r-Admitted , 60 discharged restored , 70 ; remaining on the books , 140 . . Keeping Bad C 6 MP , ANY .--rGn Saturday last , a young man named Thomas Daley , appeared before the magistrates , charging a girl named Mary Ann Sherry j with picking his pockety while in that sink of abomination called -The : Golden Buildings . '" It appeared that , on the eveninc : before , Daley met

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

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

      agitator , " said Driver , scowling and showing his teeth . " Yes , that incomparable patriot , " said Lenighan , " will you buy i paper ? " "Hand me the portrait , " said Driver ; which being reached to him , he put it into the tire , and the Northern Star likewise shared the same fate . Being asked for payment , he threatened to serve the hawker and his basket of papers with the same sauce , and positively refused to pay for the paper . In answer to the charge , ho admitted that he . was drunkj and did not know what he was doing . The magistrates decided that he should pay for the paper and the expenses of the conviction ,, which having done , he made his stay in Court as short as possible , and'quickly found the

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

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

      Mysterious Circumstance . —Inquest . — On Tuesday morning last , an inquest was-held on view of the body of James Lucas , aged 41 years , who was found dead in his bed on the previous morning . T ^ o young men slep t with him during the night of Sunday , and did not perceive anything on their rising to attend their work on the following morning . About eight o ' clock ; however , when they had returned to breakfast , a little girl went to call the deceased out Of bed , and found . that he was quite dead . A post mortem exaniination of the body took place , but no particular cause of death was elicited . Verdict— " Died by the visitation of God . "

      Court House Curiosity . —On Tuesday last , two respectable looking women , named Hannah Wood , ; aaa Sarah Buckley , appeared before the magistrates to settle a brawl which theyV . ' cbuld iiot decide more privately . Mrs . Wood charged Mrs . Buckley with beating her children , who had given her nb provocation . There were witnesses on both sides , who beth swore that the respective parties for whom they appeared had been assaulted . Mrs . Wood desired nbthing but peace , for this was the first time she had the curiosity to bring * any body to the Court House , and she did not care if it was

      the last . Mrs . Buckley had the best of evidence , and on judgment being given against her ( in which she was directed to pay 2 s . 6 d > to some charity , ; arid the expenses of the case )^ she seemed to feel all the indignatioa which ah horieBtand independent mind would feel when unjustly accused ; She ; urged the respectability of her two witnesses who were strangers to her , and had corne without any : promise of reward to give their testimony , whileher accuserhad only one witness , whose testiriiony was ebmpletely contradicted . To this she was answered " that the bench had given the case a very patient hearing on both sides , and they must abide by their decision . "

      SociAtiSM . — -On Sunday last ; two lectures were delivered in the Social Institution of this town , by Mr . Fleming , fromr | £ ariehesten The afternoon lecture consisted principally of remarks upon , and replied to an article in the March No . of Blackweod ' s Magazine , headed (( Practical Workings of Trades Unions . " Mr .: F . was exeeedingly happy in hisi observations ; arid in ^ th e soundness of a . 'great portiqn of his advice to the Unionists we fully concur ; particularly when he advised the enrolling of the rules of the several societies under the " Benefit Societies Act ; " a ' stepvrhichwe hopeevery . Union throughout the country will immediately take , ar id thus put theiriselves under the protection : of the only law , lately passed , at all calculated to afford protection to working men . Mr , F . also advised the

      withdrawal of thefunds of . the Trades Unions from the Savings and other Banks , and the employing of of them in purchasing real property for themselves , insteadof allowing the Bankers and other C apitalists to convert those funds into additional scourges wherewith to lash their victims , the productive classes . / The evening lecture was uppr i the priacticabiUty of the community principle , as advocated by th'e Socialists . / Mr , F . is an exceedingl y clever speaker ; and his discburses appeared to imake a deep impression upon his auditors . Animated conversations followed at the ^ close pf each lecture ' ; airid the several objections advanced , met with a ready re ply . A lectnre in opposition to some of the tenets held by the Socialists yiras delivered in the sairie rbbm , on Tuesday eveninglast , by Mr . Greggy : ' Methodi 3 t Local Preacher , of this town .. '

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      The Way ^ ro O | TAiir * &ood Chai&cteiu -r-Mary Ann S » erry 7 was brought before the Magistrates on '' - '' . 'Wonfoy . ' . . -l ^^ mari'fi pocket of 21 b ? at the G plcfen Buddings j on Sunday night . On , discoyering the robbery ; she was given by the man in charge , of a policeman , but as the hommede pldisir did not appear against the belle fille de Joie she' was ; . discharged ;; The same damsel was brought before the Magistrates on Satviiday lastj charged with picking a man ' s pocket of Ss . 6 d . as mentioned in another paragraph . : '

      Swearing a ; Witness . —The ? following riaiculoris scene took , place at the Court House , the other day , in swearing a witness , who was : a yourig man apparently about 2 Q years of age . Mr . JamesV-r u Tou shall true answer make . ! ' Witness had the book in his left hand . ' . Mr . James . —Take the book in your right hand . —r You shall true answer make . '' Witness then took hold of the book with both hands Mn ; James . —Take the book in your right hand . You shall true answer make to ajl , such questions . Witnesd kissed the book . Mn Jariies . — -Stopy stop , riot so fast . r ^ -You shall true atiswer make to alL in

      Witne « 5 tpi > k thebp ^ k both hands , and grasping it with all his mighty presided it to his lips with such force , and for such a length of time , as to make the blood rush into bis cheeks until they seemed almost as red as a turkey cock . The court was conyulsed with laughter at the poor fellow ' s simplicity ; and after some little further trouble on the part of Mr . James , Ke was : at last properly sworn . ¦ ; A Singular Faticy , —On Saturday night last ,

      or rather on Sunday morning , between twelve and one o ' clock , two men named Thbs , McDonald arid Henry Rodley ; were found fighting in a field near Knbstrop . Being taken into custody . j they were brought tefpre the , magistrates on Monday last , when they admitted the charge , and were bound in their own recognisances in the stim of £ 5 each , to keep the peace for six months . Eodley was , also fined 5 s . and costs for beirier drunk .

      Assaulting a Watchman , —On Monday last , a Scotchman , named Richard M'Kenzie , was brought before the magistrates charged with assaulting aw'atchman while taking him to th police office for lying in the street in a state of inebriation : M'ELenizie a , dmitted that he was drunk , but denied any knowledge of assaulting the watchnian . He stated that he had been a clerk ftt a coach-office at Liverpool , and being unemployed had come to Leeds in search of employment . He 'vas fined JOs . and costs for the assault ,

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

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

      Thieves at Odds . —On Tuesday last , two noted characters appeared before the magistrates , each complaining of the other , of : assaults , damages , &c ,, &c . One of them produced three parts of a pannel , which she declared the other had knocked out of the door with her fist : she also complained of her having brcien a square of glass and sundry articles in earthenware . The defendant had likewiseher complaints to make , when the other one in the mean time called her daughter as a witness . "Ohyou needn ' t call her to help you but of your scrape "

      said the defendant , "for she ' s been at Wakeh ' eldfor stealing a watch . " " And you ' ve been there for stealing beef , " said the complainant , " so the kettle dpes ' ent need to call the frying pan black , " "Well , and you ' ve been there for stealing pork , " said the defendant , " so we'd better cut our sticks , as I guess ye'll mak nout p ' nt . " Such was actually the fact "; the whole of the three had been committed ; the one for stealing beef , the other for stealing pork , and the third for stealing a watch . The complaint was not heard . .

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

      received information of the robbery , pursued the fugitive whom he saw drop the neckcloth in the street . ] n consequence , however of some deficiency in the evidence the prisoner was discharged , " Goirfding ' s Buildings . "—This place is one of the greatest nuisances in the town ; there are more depredations committed in this place in one week according to the cases that come before the magistrates , than in the whole ' town beside in a month Gould not . our , liberal magistrates do something towards the suppression of such a nuisaneeP

      Wilful Damage . —On Monday , Thos . Flower was brought up at the Court House , by his father , a respectable publican , in Leeds , in consequence of his having , on Saturday night , broken open the door , and behaved to his father in a violent manner ; He was bound over to keep the peace for six months , himself in £ 20 , and one surety in £ 10 . ; . Robbery . —On Tuesday , George Thprnpsbn was charged at the Court House , with having , on Sunday nighty stolen two sovereigns , twenty-two shillings and sixpence a waistcoat , and a handkerchiefi The two last articles have since been found at a pawnbroker ' sj and fully identified . They were the property of Eliza Thompson , the ^ prisoner ' s aunt , - who resides at Beeston . He was committed for trial to Wakefield House of Correction .

      Stealing Horse Gearing . --0 & Saturday Thomas Dixpn was charged at the Court House , withhaving , on the day previous , stolen a pair of blinders from the head of a hoise , at the Barrack Tavern , Sheepscarf He immediatel y took them to the Golden Gross ^ near that place , and offered therii for sale , when he was apprehended with the propertyin his possession , which has since been identified by William Fawcett , a coal leader . ; T 3 . es was committed for trial to Wakefield House of Correction .

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

      tbmeet the Radicals ,, as they are here termed , ' and the chair was taken by the curate , ? who opened the busiriess , and told the meeting that they must dispose of it as they thought fit . George Wao % Esq ; then moved a further adjournment for twelve months , and was seconded by Mr . John Sebfield . Mr . R . Doeg moved an amendment , that the meetfrig ' be adjourned to the 21 st March , 1839 , and was seconded by Mr * G . Li Linney ; a few remarks set the matter right with Mr . Wadej arid the amendment was carried without a dissentient ; the latter gentler iian himself declared for the amendment

      Narrow Escape . —On Saturday , George Lodge of Holbeck > was brought up at the Court House , -charged with having , spriietime previously , stolen a cart of the value of £ 4 or ' £ 5 , the property of . Mr * Joshua Wilsony of Thorries House near Leeds . Thecart had been left at a smitk ' s shop in Meadow Larie , Leeds , to get repaired , and though the prisoner was not Observed to steal the cart , yet the wheels were found in his possession , with a hew cart

      body placed upon them ; As aoon as the prisoner ascertained that he was suspected , he removed thecart to Manchester , and there sold it for £ ? . 10 s . In defence , the prisoner stated that the blacksmith had lent him the cart . The prosecutor bbserved j . that from the courteous naanner in which the blacksniith had acted when application had been made respecting the cart , he thought he had been fully as bad as tjbe prisoner in ihe trarisacrion . The magistrates dismissed the cafe .

      A Dangerous PREDicAMENT . — On Holiday lasty a yourig man named Thos . Ellice was brought before the Magistrates charged with-being so drunk as to expose himself to death by drowning , A watchman . named John Bp ltoa took the ^ prisoner out of ; the brook in Water-lane , about half-past two o ' clock on Sunday morning last , in which he might have been drowned had it not , been for the tiriiely assistance of . the watchman . Prisoner could say nothing in his defence , and was fined 5 * . at d costs for being drrn ; . ' ' ¦ ' -

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      . Election of -OvERSEBitt or ~ the PobR .- _ o baturday last , the following gentlemen were , elect *! overseers for their sev . iral townships and wardT-ftS theensningyear . ; ; T ^ - ¦ -. *; -v ^ ' ¦ ' ¦ : „ : ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ' -: ' - } :- r MILt . HILIWARD . - ' : ¦ . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ : : v .,. ; ' -V , " ' . - ^ gg ^ ; Beverley , wool ; merchant , Bond 'M _ r * Joseph Thackrey , wool agent , Park Place . ¦ :: ¦¦ : ¦ : '¦ ' ¦ : ' ' - ¦ ¦" !¦ ¦ ' ¦; : wEait ward ; ¦ .-. k ' ' ¦ : "' '" : - Mr . Luke Marsh , hatter , Upperhead R . ow > Mr , Joseph Reffit ^ wopldyeriHanover « place Mr . Walter Stead , merchant ^^^ Wbodiouse-Iane . : ¦ : > : ¦ ¦ y . . ' \; - : ' \ > NORTH WEST WARD . " : . wv ^ Mr . Matthew Johnson , giossery Well Close Place Mr . Thomas Anderton , hide merchant , Water-Sne ¦ ' , ' " . ; . - : ' . ¦ ¦ . /¦ , . V . ; " - NORTH WARD . ; ^ ' ' 1 ' ' ' " " ' Mr . Joseph Dickinson , com miller , York-gtreet . ¦ Mr ; . - . William Watson , jun . chemist , Templar-street

      NORTH EAST WARD . -. ' :. . Mr . ThoinaS Brumiitt , gentleman , York Road . Mr . George Bedford , dyer , ; Beckett-street . Mr . John Lawson ,: flax-spinner , Mabgate . ; ¦ ¦ ¦ : " . v ; . . ¦ - . •¦ ¦ ' '• • ' . ' : ' . '¦ ¦ EAST WARD , i . ¦ ' - " .: - ' ) Mr . ^ "John Armitage ? Buttery , woolstaplerV KnostroD Mr . £ h Wbiteley , stuff manufacturer , Prospect-place ' ' ¦ ''¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦¦ ¦ ¦ M KIRKGATB WARD . ¦ . - . ' ' : - ^ Mr . John Yewdal , grocer , Briggate . SOUTHWARD . -. ' ' ¦ ' Mr . Thomas Holt , Blayd ' s Court , Hunslet-lane Mr . John Bentley , paper-maker , Hnnslet-lane ¦¦

      OUT ^ TOWNSHIPS . ' . ¦ > ' : ' H UNSLET . / '' . " ¦ ¦ : ¦' : ' : ' : ' . ' Mr . John Ingram ; gardener , Sayner ' s-lane ; . ¦" . William ^ Walley , woolstapler , Bowling-ffreen-. terrace , 'Hplbeck . V : ¦ ,. ' , ¦ : " . ¦ .. . « JosephLo ^ ley , bricklayer , Chapel-st ,, Hunslet . " Joseph Wilkinson , malsterer , Low-road . . Hunslet . - , - " . " . . ¦¦"¦• ¦ •; ' . •; . ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ . . ••¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ " .: - ; . '¦ ¦ "' ¦ * ' : ¦' . "' v ¦ : "' . . ' -. ' " ' . ' -:. ' .. HOLBECK . : ' ' : ¦ ¦ •¦¦ . ' . ' ' ; '' John Watspn , grocer , Sweet-street . " John Jacksori , iriiller , Hunslet-lane , ¦¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ . : " '¦ , ' . ' - ; . ; BEESTON . '¦' .: '¦'" . ' " Joseph Rog % rs , innkeeper . " Johii Yates , china-mercharit ^ Royds . . ¦ ' ' ; ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ . .. ' ' ' : ' - ' AKMtEY . :. . ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦' .. - " John Holdsworth . " John Walker .

      WORTLEY . " Robert Sugden , Bar-row , Sheepscar . " William Woodbead ; r ^ ' '¦ ' : ' ' . - '¦ . . ' . ; : " . FARNtEY . ; / "' : ' . ' ' .-: " Thomas Holdsworth , near Farnley-Hall . " Sainuel Boyes , farmer ^ Farriley 4 aneiside " ¦ ' ' ¦ '¦ ' ' : ¦' ' '¦/ ' - . BRAMLEY .. ; . , "" . ' - ' . ¦¦ ¦ ¦ " Josh . Musgrave , clothier ,. New-Road . " William Bradshaw , clothier , Moor-side . HEADINGLEi ; ' ' " John Eddison , cloth-manufacturer , "' Thomas Smith , wool-stapler . CHAPEL ALtERTON . " . Thomas Prince , woollen cloth dyer . " FrauklandPaley .

      POTTEBXEWTOX . " John Howson , tanner . " William Neale , gentleman . Melancholy Suicide . —On Thursday morn ' ing last , an inquest was held at the White Horser Woodhouse Carr , before John Blackburn , Esq ^ coroner , on view of . the body of Mary Mawsbn aged seventeen years and six months , and resident in that place . From the evidence adduced before the coroner , it appeared that the deceased had had some words with her father , an aged man ; some weeks ago . A young man who . paid his addresses to her testified that she had said to . him that if her father struck her any more , she would

      drewn herself . Whether or not there had been atiy . subsequent disagreement between her and her father , was hot elicited ; but on Tuesday : week she was missing , and herformer words exciting suspicioD , the mill-dam of Mr . ¦ Clapham was dragged for a corisiderable time , in hopes of finding the bod y , but in vain . Upwards of a week ela psed without any tidings being heard of the . deceased . At length the dam was again dragged pn Wednesday last , and the body of the unfortunate young woman was found therein , and immediately cbriveyed to the White Horse , where , the inquest was held : over the remains , arid the jury returned a verdict of " Fbund Drowned . " ¦

      DE ^ SBURV . Guardians . ^—On Thursday week , the election of Guardians took place at the Wellington TaYernj for the township of De ; rsbury . Seven gentlemen had been proposed , but Messrs . Titus Senior Brpok , William Newsome James Cardwell , and Joseph Rushworth , are the successful candidates by rithertt large majority . ' The above Guardians are entirel y opposed to the Nevv Poor Law . ¦¦ . . ... ; Dewsbury Petty Sesstons , Saturday ;—Factory L \ FpKMATipNS .--Messrs ; Bates and Bakeri the superintendents under the Factories'Regulation Act , appeared to prove several infbnriations against

      the Healey JSevy Mill Cpmpariy , and their agents The informations were for working the chSdren under illegal certificates , beyond the hours appointed by the Act , andfor neglecting to send them to school Mr . Baker proceeded to state in reference , to the charge of illegal certificate , that the conipany had dispensed with the servicesi .-pf the regularly appointed surgebri , Mr . Wisemari , and had employed a Mr . Smith , " whose name was signed to the certificates he then produced , of ^ Sarah Moss , John . Toulsorij arid Joseph Pollard , which he considered in point of fact , no certificate at all , Mr . Archer , who appeared for the defendants , contended the terms of the Act had

      been complied with , which only- required that the certificate should be signed by " some" surgeon or physician . He produced a certificate signed by the said Mr ; James Smith on the 8 th November " last ; and countersigned by Mr . Saunders , ( Mr . Baker ' s superior officer ) on the I 5 th of the same monti , which , he contended " , was a sufficient proof that tie certificates were legally signed . Mr . Baker cot tended that the defendants were bound to prove that Mr . _ Smith w& * a regular practitioner . 'Afr . Archer deriiedit , and said they had no right to admit what Mr ; Smith was , the onus lay upon the complaining party . Mr . Baker observed that Mr . Smith ought to

      come forward and prove it himself . Mr . Ingham feinarked that if Mr . Smith was not a regularly educated surgeon , the certificate was useless , and therefore he was inclined to thirik that Mr . Baker was bound to prove that he was ; neither surgeon or physician ^ in order to folly make out a , case . Mr . Baker said Mr ; Smith was not on the list of surgeons . He produced the list , bnt Mr . Archer objected that it was not evidence , as the lists were almost necessarily imperfect . After some further conversation , Mr . Ingham observed that the point was a singular one to him , and he should wish the decision to stand over for a fortnight . In the meantime he should be

      glad to examine any evidence which either party niigbt furnish him , in order to assist his judgment The decision was therefore adjourried .- ^ Mr / Baker then put in the certificate of Joseph Pollard , which was not couiitersigned by a magistrate . Mr . Archei lmmediatelyadniittedits iUegafity . Mr . Baker next charged the Company with working children under thirteen , years of age more than nine hoars a day . Mr . Thomas Bedford admitted that the children were worked full time ( eleven hours each day . ) Mr-Baker inquired of Pollard his age ; he replied under 13 . Mr . Archer observed that the certificate which was signed by Mr . Wiseman , in 1836 , slated him then to be , 13 years of age , and it was rather singular if he was under that age in 1838 . Mr . Ingham doubted whether he could hear the defendants upon that

      certificate , which they had admitted to be illegal m consequence of not being countersigned . '„ ¦ Their simission of its illegality bound them toprbve that the lad was 13 years of age . Mr . Archer then cbnterided that according to the 43 rd section of the Act the Bench could only convict once in any one day . It was rather too much , to be fined for working withoot a certificate , and then be fined for not having a certificate at all ; Mr . Baker observed that tie fifit charge was not having a proper certift ' eatey tmi secondly , for working more than nine hours a day . It was agreed ultimately that the case should : &e considered as heard , and the decision post poned . The rest of the informations were postponed uhU the next Court day . ^ Mr- Hague refused to interfere in any way with the decisions , in cbnseqbence oi being a proprietor of mills . ¦ . ; ;

      Indecent Assault . —Two boys from Dawgreen , named John Hague and John Webster , were fined 8 s . each for indecently assaulting Marv Smith , P " twelve years of age . Matthew Mitchell arid Matthew Field were also fined for a similar assault upon Maff Aiifcy , agirl about ; the same age . The young rasca l were severely reprimanded by the Bench ;

      ¦ ¦ ¦ - . - . ¦¦ HAUFAX . . : - ;¦ : . ¦ .: ' ¦ : : ¦ - ' The Qdd Fellows HALL . ^ This flourishing body of individuals of the Loyal Independent Oraer of Odd ^^ Fellows of the Manchester Unity , m . * Halifax district , have comniencedbuildiriga sp acioB ? hallj ¦ in qabbage-lane , near St . James * Church , having purchased 1000 square > yards of groin" W that ^ rp pse of G ; Pollard , Esq . It istb haveWP fronts , one to Yictona-street , the other to Oab&aflelane arid calculated to hold 5000 persons . *> f

      building , &c . will cost them about £ 5000 , and wf ° be appropriated for the purpose of holding pw " ^ meetings ^ lee ' tares , &c . It is to be twentj-w * yards long , thirteen yards widej : and eig ht yar ° » high . There will also be a gallery , capable of hoiaingthree hnndred persons / arid a recess for the aC " epmriipdatipn of speakers , reporters , &c . - FEGUNDiTY .- ^ Eleven ewes , the property-P Jonathan Akrpydj , Esq :, on his estateat ^«» rj near HaUfax , have recently produced riinetee lambs . '' " ¦ ' . '¦ ' : ' ' '¦¦ ' : ¦ : ' . ' ' ¦ ¦¦' . '¦¦ ¦¦" i ¦ . /¦ . ... ' . "

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 7, 1838, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct689/page/4/