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      Large Scpplt op Cotto . n Coming . —The easterly winds which have prevailed neariy the whole of the pr-sent month have prevented the arrival of a large number of vessels from foreign ports . Amongst the Yesse ' s now dne are upwards of 80 from ibe eotton ports of the United States . At New Orleans , np to the 21 st of J&rnary , 33 vessels had cleared for this port , not one of which has yet armed . Of these , one has a cargo of 4 . 102 bales , one of ^ 2 983 , two of upwards of 2 , 600 , one of upwards of 2 , o 00 , and nine o&ers of above 2 , 000 each . The grand total of cotton now on its way from New Orleans is more than 70 , 000 bales . At Mobile , up to the 22 od of January , 17 -ressels bad cleared forthis port , none of ¦ which haTe armed . The largest cargo is 2 , 506 bales ;

      the total aflo 3 t , abont 25 , 000 . One Tessel had cleared out at Apalachicola ; another at Port Leon , a new port on the Mississippi . Up to the 24 th January , 14 Tessels had cleared at Savannah for this port . The largest cargo ib 2 , 410 bales ; the total of all the ships above 20 . 000 . At Charleston , np to January 25 th , 15 vessels had cleared for thia port ,, Done of which have arrived . The total qaantity afloat , about 20 , 000 bales ; the largest cargo , 2 , 300 . At New York three vessels haa cleared for this port , laden wiih cotton . Two had also cleared at Texas , with eotton for this port , and which may be added to the gross amount , as cotton from that country formerly came throuEh New Orleans . Tims 85 vessels are

      iaown to ba on their way with catton for Liverpool-Tfleir united cargoes cannot be much le 3 S than 1-30 , 000 bales . —Liverpool A Mon , The Ghabtists of Litilb Hoktos met in their loom , Pars-lane , on Sunday morning , when two of the members volunteered to collect in the neighbourhood for the Defence Fund ; the proceeds of their labour amonntad to 6 s . 2 ^ d _ , with several promises of more support . They adjourned to Sunday morningat ten o ' clock .

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      THE LAND !

      AND ONE OF "TEE MEA 2 \ S TO GET IT . Omex-tihes have we told the people that they ministered to their -own destruction ; that they forged their own chains ; that they made weapons of offence , and then placed them in the hands of their enemies , to be nsed against" the ** hands " who were so unwise as to place them there .

      In scarcely any one instance has this fact been so clearly developed , as in the manner that the several societies of working men have disposed of their accumulated funds . Instead of using them for their own advantage , they have almost invariably given them into the enstody of a Banker , " who has allowed them some three-and-a-half per cent , interest for the use of them ; and taken care that that Mse of them has been one calculated to tell epon the parties who have entrusted him with their

      Deans . The immense sums which have been placed by the working-people in the Savings' Banks show how little they reflect upon fee consequences of their fallingEO easily into the Bchemes'of the Government . The institution of those places of " deposit , " was the result of a crafty and deep design to bind the working classes up with the existence of thb Stsxejs : and in too many instances liave they succeeded . Millions upon millions of money have the Government been enabled to get hold of , and use to the snstainment and perpetuation of misrule , w&ich they could rot have fingered but by the means the saving institutions afforded . And thus have the people been made to become their own Bconrgers .

      The matter has not been mended , when they have entrusted their funds into the hands of a ** Private Banker ? ' He , too , uses it to the disadvantage of the labourer . He does not keep it in his coffers J It Is lent out to the men of no capital , who are thus enabled to build factories , bring into Ihe labourmarket more machinery , to compete with the very men who have subscribed the very means he is trading with , and , in the end , reduce them to the pariah

      book . The race of competition becomes so keen thai the men with no capital fail ,- these failures cause the Banker to ** suspend payment ; " and when the working people are thns turned ont of employment , and forced upon the luuds they have been creating for tomes of want , ihey jim > thexb pods jLLL go . to ; and gone , too , be cause they were so unwise as to entrust them into the hands of those who used them to the end here indicated .

      Of the horrible reality of this , many in . Sheffield at this moment know but too well . The recent Bank failure in that town has broken up many societies and club 3 of working men , whose * ' all" were placed in the hand 3 of the " Bankers" for safe keeping % The Odd-Fellow 3 had more than , £ " 2 , 000 so circumstanced . They may think themselves lortunave il they realizs £ 500 , or Sa . in the pound . How different would nave been the result , had the troiking-people generally followed the plan adopteu by thesick-clnb at Lambley , in Nottinghamshire , as detailed in the following communication 1 What a much better " bank" would a " Land Bask" have been for ihe £ 2 , 000 of the Shtffield Odd Fellows , than the Bank of Paekkb , Sbobe , and Co . is likely to prove !

      "Working people are often heard to say H how are we to get ike j-ahd ? " The good folks of Lambley have shewn them one way how ! It is an ' easy and a practicable one . It is worthy of all imitation . Let it be imitated 1 Let all the money belonging to societies of working men , now in the hanos of Bankers , either jEOvermental or private , and which is daily being used against the working man , be withdrawn and invested in the manner the Lambley M lads" have invested theirs ; and a conbiderable portion , of iaxd will be in the possession " of working xaen ! Try it . It is the b * st Bank that money can be lodged in- It never Jails . ' Here is the plan as adopted by the villagers of

      Lambley : — " TO TWR IDITOS OF THE SOBTHKBJt STA 1-«• On reading over your recent leading article on the XXHV , I thought it would be well to lay before you & plan that we adopted at Lambley some four years ago . There were a few disciples of the immortal William Cobbett in the sick club at the above place ; and aa -we bad money in the Savings' Sank , we considered oui money would be more secure II it wis laid eut on land , and conduce much more to toe advantage of the members . We bad a great deal of prejudice to contend with in relation to thii proposal ; but by perseverance ¦ we indueed the members to agree to lay their money

      out on land . We bought six and a half acres , and divided it into half-rood lots , so that each member shoolg bsvs a portion Trno tbosgst -well . Tha conae-¦ qnenee 1 ft , we eaa produce iy spade culture trom 9 * Tea ' teen to twenty sacki of potatoes , ten pecks to the sack , trpon half a rood . One half rood produced between even and eight bushels of bailey . One individual set six hundred early cabbages , -which " were very fine , some "weighing fifteen pounds ; and one portion of his land -with early potatoes . These were the -first crop ; he afterwards transplanted sweed tnrnipB on the Cobbett plan , as late as the last week in July ; and be realized a ascend crop , the turnips -weighing from five to seven pounds g *<* h

      "The members of the sick dubs of Arnold and "Woodfeorough , two adjoining villafes , have drawn their manes from the Savings' Bank , and bought Land With it , and receive similar bent fit "When the inhabitants saw such a large produce from poor land , there was a general anxiety manifested to iecome occupiers of land ; and a public meeting sailed in She Tillage , and a dfputation of working men appointed to -wait on tha Earl Manvers , he having land contiguous to the village . The Noble Earl referred the deputation to his steward ; and he declined to comply with the wishes of the inhabitants of the Tillage . However , the Uev . Mr . Flamsted , Rector of the

      -Tfllsge , offered some twenty-five acres , at Irom thirty to thirty-six shillings per acre , free from the tithes , sales , &nd tfttwt , to b © apportioned in small allotments . His offer was accepted ; but the land -was in & rubbishly state through the neglect of the preceding occupier , who was a firmer , and could no' longer hold it to advantage . 'When it -was laid out in small allotments , and put into the hands of working men , who cultivated it by the spade , it produced such a crop the first year that astonished all the farmers in the villags . The working men of Lambley have now in their possession" one hundred and eighty-eight lots , consisting of from half a rood to half an acre each , amongst a population of eight hundred . of

      11 would be well if ^ members sick dobs and members of friendly societies , who have money in Savings * 3 fr"iV » or any other bank , would -withdraw it , and lay it put in land , instead of putting it in the Lands of the tyrants who oppress us ; and instead of receiving three and a half per cent , for the use of their money , they would receive , if it was laid out in land , and in their own occupation , at least , one hundred per cent ** ¦ 1 am , Sir , yours respectfully , Jan . 21 , 1843 . j 0 H : f SCEBATOK .

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      he has controul , than "the master" himself would have the effrontery to practice . Look also at the various societies , clubs , or trades ' unions which have been established for the protectioni of the interests of the working iran . These have uniformly failed © f producing the results intended by . the projectors and honest supporters of such societies . And why have they failed in the accomplishment of the desired end ! Not because the object was impracticable , the scheme Utopian , or ^

      from any defect in the rules by which the societies were governed ; but their utility were marredtheir primary design thwarted—discord engendered —and the palm © f victory given into the hands of the antagonistic party by the very men for whose benefit the struggle was commenc « d and prosecuted . The traitors , as the working men well know , have been amongst the foremost in their own ' ranks ; they have been the loudest in their professions of sincerity and disinterestedness .

      These things have caused distrust and division ! and darkened the prospects of the productive classes ; so much so , that many , very many sterling , uncompromising , and firm adherents of the cause of universal right have either east aside their armour , in despair of achieving a triumph in the present generation , or have slackened their wonted zeal . This ought not to be ; as divisions will arise , disappointments may be anticipated ; and wolves may be expected entering the fold in the garb of sheep Against such , the good and honest ought to prepare themselves , and resolve to battle the foo whether naked or disguised—whether wkhin or without our camp .

      We do not Bay that well-intentioned men cannot be } found in the Senate House , yet we are half inclined to subscribe to the truih of the oft repeated saying that" it is impossible for an honest man to sit in the House of Commons . " A man may be actuated by the best of motives when first entering as a member of that assembly ; but such is the system that he must be more than human if he remains long therein unconupted and proof against the wiles and ensnarements of faction .

      We do not affirm that the " brutal" spirit of an Abinger actuates all who labour at the bar ; nevertheless , we are well convinced that the man will be despised by the mvjor part of the long-robed fraternity , who prizes justice more than filthy lucre , and who would rather plead the cause of the widow , the fatherless , and the oppressed , thaa subserve the purposes of the oppressor . Against such the door of preferment will be closed s © long as the present system continues .

      Men may be found in the priesthood who oorrupt not the Word of God , who hesitate not to declare his whole counsel ; yet they are few in number . Obscure will be the location of such ; poverty wil be their lot , and poor > will be the flock they superintend . We may have a few honest men among our merchants , who would scorn to impose upon the ignorance of a purchaser ; but if such there be , ruin will inevitably overtake them—unprincipled rivals will drive them out of the market by one means or other , and thus verify the adage— " an honest , man cannot live . "

      Our manufacturers too well know that unless they resort to the prevailing mode of deception , they have not the shadow of a chance to succeed in business . They must be adepts in fraud—they must know the utility of glue , lime and paste , in giving substance to the cob-webs ; and they mast know the intrinsic value of old rags , bags , and devil's-dust , or they will soon figure in the Gazette . Tradesmen in all the varied branches are necessitated to conform to every species of imposition in order to succeed : or they must at once abandon their profession .

      The shopkeeper , or distributor of the various productions of labour , must likewise follow the fashion , or tl This Stock" will be " selling off at reduced prices , " and the " Shop to Let , " in consequence of " the present occupier declining business ; " which in plain English , means , the cart can ' t be kept on the wheels . Now all these things are produced by one great parent evil—misgovernment ; all the ramifications centre in one focus . They emanate from the

      Legislature , and the onerous burden thereof falls , at last , upon the shouldtrs of the working class-. a . Each class according to its power and influence in the State casts its burden off its back upon that of the less powerful and influential , until the whole devolves upon the sons of toil , who having no power to abrogate tbe iniquitous laws and customs resulting from class legislation , and which are sanctioned and fostered by the " maBteTS of misrule , " are bowed down to the very dust , deprived of every comfort of life , and hurried into a premature grave .

      We again repeat , what we have often told the people , that is , the labouring class , that they are the soul , the very life and staff oi the nation ; in them a power , though latent , exists equal to the removal of all the complained-of corruptions . They can remove the cause , and with it the effects . And to do this they must unite every energy against the common foe , direct every effort against the enemies ' citadel , contend for the whole measure of their rights , repudiate every thing which may smack of

      bit by bit reform , or compromise , and mind to keep a watchful eye upon the movements of itinerating , noisy , " breast-baring" and " cannon-mouth fwing" would-be leaders . Prudence , caution and perseverance are the iudispensible requisites in our warfare , without tbe possession of which we shall indubitably fail in the accomplishment ot our political redemption ; it , therefore , behoves us , one ' and all , to see that our every action quadrates with those essentials .

      Before concluding these remarks we would direct the attention of our readers to a case of recent occurrence which , we opine , furnishes a most cogent and appoBite illustration of the pernicious effects produced by the system upon the ordinary occupations of life—the declension it engenders in the human mind—the ami-social and anti-ohristian bias it gives to the actions of man in the performance of his duties to his fellows , and the odium which the operations of the infernal machine brings upon the character of those whom circumstances compel to follow its workings .

      The circumstance to which we allude is , as before observed , of recent date , and has been communicated to us by parties concerned therein ; and we hesitate not in giving publicity to the facts , in the hope that a recurrence of such shameful conduct will be avoided by the system-corrupted party . A female , of the name of Sarah Butlbr , residing in the village of Burley , about two miles westward of this office , being far advanced in pregnancy , and her case demanding immediate attention ,

      application was made to Mr . Miles Atkinson , Burgeon , of this town , who , it appears , thought his profession led him to other considerations than an attention to the pressing requirements of the afflicted , or the application of remedies adapted to their situation . The most weighty matter was , " Who pays the Doctor" ? Yes , the PAY was the object of paramount importance . That was the only key wnicn could open his pill-box ; tbe on ? y channel through which medicine oould flow to the relief of the afflicted .

      Well , the Doctor goes in quest of the desired information , and soon ascertains that the woman is poor , as well as sick ,- consequently he resolved there should be no physio if there was not a clear and palpable indication of pocketing the tay ; and , forthwith , he sent her the following laconic epistle instead of a bottle of his restorative : — " Mrs . Sarab Butler , I have made an enquiry about your circumstances , and find you are so poor that you are unable to pay a Surgeon , and therefore you must get the Town's Purgeon , as 1 shall not attend you . H . Miles Atkinson , Surgeon . " We copy the above from the original , it being now before us ; and we think such another specimen of

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      depravity produced on ( the mind of man by the prevailing system , could not be found in the annals of the faculty . We hope , for the credit of the profession , that it could not . We have known oases approximating to it , bat . not one | so perfect in its kind . Knowing that this land swarms with characters of the same kidney as the Levite Bpoken of in the proverb , and knowing also that tne visits of good Samaritans to the cottage of the indigent and the bed of sickness , are like thoselof angels , —

      " Few and far between , " we did not expect Miles Atkinson to distribute medicine gratis , or to visit the afflicted for nothing ; this would have formed a new era in the history of the profession ; yet , we do think that if the polluted stream bad not flowed across his path , he would have been rather more discreet in his conduot towards the suffering patient . Though he might see his own pecuniary interest involved in the " enquiry , "

      and his pocket might have dictated to him the necessity of retaining his commodity on the shelf without having the pay in hand or in fair prospect ; yet , bad he not been infected with the epidemic of which we have spoken , he would himself have interceded for the sufferer , and procured a substitute in the person of the " Town ' s Surgeon ; " and thus have spared the pang which must have torn the feelings of the poor woman on perusal of his abrupt aud insulting allusion to her destitution .

      ' We wish Miles Atkinson was a man of thought , then we might ask him to place himself , only in imagination , in the position in which he found this poor woman—a fellow creature—one equal with himself in the sight of God , though sunk in poverty and writhing in agony of pain , —what would he have felt , when soliciting aid , at being told of his exigences in terms tantamount to a declaration that want of worldly store constituted a forfeiture of sympathy , if not an actual crime 1 We leave the reply to himself—if he be capable of reflection ; trusting that the coarse and insulting terms— " I SHALL NUT ATTEND YOU" will never more escape his pen or lips .

      We should conclude by reiterating the words , " Physician heal thyself , " did we not know the influence Jof the system we labour to destroy by the peaceful and firm establishment of the principles of justice , the fruit of which will be the antidot * to that which now intoxicates all ranks and professions , and which will induce them to aim at a conformity to the golden rule— " Do ye unto others AS VE WOULD THAT OTHERS 8 HOUL » DO UNTO YOU "

      We are right glad to have to conclude these observations by stating that sympathy , though not found in the bosom of Mr . Miles Atkinson , is not extinct in Burley and its vicinity . A few generoushearted individuals being aware of the situation of Mrs . Bctleb , both with respect to her ( pecuniary difficulties and her physical wants , and being also informed of the treatment ehe had received from the person on whose conduct we have animadverted , immediately endeavoured to heal the wound bis

      insult had inflicted—they not only drove that unwelcome visitant , want , from her cupboard and supplied her with necessaries for the hour of nature ' s trial , but took espeecial care that a medical gentleman should be engaged who would crimson at the idea of giving utterance to tha words " I shall not attend too . " We rejoice that such kindhearted people are in the land , and we trust that their example will prove to be a benefit to the pelfloving Doctor .

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      Mv Friends , —The "ideaof Marchare come , " "but they are not gone . " The M tug of war" has begun among the lawyers . Their " jawing tackle" was set in motion this morning a little after nine o ' clock . Our M Peers" have been sworn , the Attorney-General has made his onslaught , and his " ragged regiment" of witnesses is now under review . Four witnesses have been examined , who all prove that a strike took place among the cotton distriota last August , and that meetings were held at Hyde and other placesat some of which meetings the Charter was

      mentioned , and at all of which meetings the people were strictly enjoined and counselled to keep the peace and to respect property . As I happened to know all this before , and as I am given to understand that many oiher witnesses of exactly like character are yet to follow , I have left the case in the excellent keeping of O'Connor , Roberts , and the other counsel , together with such of my brother " conspirators " as may feel more personally interested than I do in the detail of these things , while I sit down and " report progress * ' to you .

      I must do the Attorney-General the justice to say that he stated the case fairly and even mildly . In his detail of faots and matter relative to the " strike" movement , there was no effort to overcharge the picture ; nor any attempt to excite and work upon the prejudices of the Jury . With one exception only , so far as I know , he stated the faots just as they were . That exception , however , was a most material and important one . I am unwilling to believe that it was wilful , but must wait the result of the further proceedings and the evidence of the remaining witnesses before I say more about it . The doctrine of the Attorney-General , that ail the parties

      who by resolutions , placards , and other means encouraged the people to uphold the strike , are liable for every overt act of all the parties concerned in the strike , is a most sweeping and comprehensive one ; and he find * the necessity of applying it with very wide latitude for the sustaining of the " conspiracy" charged in the indictment . I shall have muoh to say to you on this speech of the Attorney General ' s , and on the matters and things referred to in it , when the trial is once over ; but until then I say nothing . that I may not furnish any hint of instruction to' the enemy . Had every man been as oareful in this respect as I have been it might have been better for the cause . But let that pass : my time will come .

      It is of course impossible to form any judgment yet how the verdict may go , but I am told by the Lawyers that in any case sentence will not be given now , but that we must be brought up for judgment next term , which is sometime in May ; so that I shall—other circumstances permitting—have some further opportunity tf working with and for you betore the ** rest day . " As you will find elsewhere a full report of the speeoh and of the other proceedings up to tomorrow aight—perhaps later still—I need not 1 1

      ^ A < k *« nv anniu xnith a rp ^ if . A nf thfim ner& . 1 occupy space with a recital of them here . bid you only , by the love you bear yourselves , your children , and your country—whatever be the issue , to take care that our glorious cause receive from it an accelerated movement . This conviotion will well reconcile the minds of all the true friends to the cup which , in the cause of liberty , may reach their lips , whatever it may be . I have great confidence that this will be so . Your energy and zeal wiJl rise with the occasion . I was delighted with the Bpirit manifested by the Hull " lads" at my leaving them on Sunday . Our little " Bethel" was

      crammed foil ; there were more than could sit down to tea , and never did I see a better spirit manifes ed —a spirit that should actuate Christians , Chartists , and PatriotB—full of kindly feeling , but of virtuous resolve and of cautious discrimination . 01 that we bad but a few millions of such Chartists as those of Hull and North Lancashire Where prudence tempers boldness , and where boldness sustains prudence , men seldom fail . Thank God the tide of intelligence and judgment rolls on , and , as it progresses , covers the extended surface with a steady flux of the clear water of

      truth , unmingled with the mud of folly . The cleansing progresses . The filth is being rapidly thrown out , and the dregs are draining off to the cess-pools opened for them by the factions . This is good . The people will soon be free , when they become intelligent and united . They are becoming intelligent ; this induces them to cast out knavery and folly ; this will produce union ; and union will give power to overthrow corruption , and to seat firmly the fair form of freedom upon the throne of righteousness , while they receive the blessings of abundance aud enjoyment under her peaceful away .

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      Go on and slack not . Speedy and triumphant shall be the success of your cool , peaceful , and wise determination . Wm . Hill . Lancaster , Wednesday .

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      James Jagggr . —The note will stand for six years if it be made payable on demand ; and if , at the end of six years , the interest be paid and a receipt taken for it at the back of the note , it will stand for six years longer : and so on forsix years after every payment of interest . Communications to the Coal Miner ' s Executive must be addressed , until further notice , to David Townsend , Gawthorp , WakefUld , as D . Swallow the secretary , is now on a visit to the counties oft Durham and Northumberland .

      Communications for Mr . Swallow must be sent to James Sinclair , No . 25 , High-bridge-itreet , New castle-uppn- fyne . All letters must be prepaid : or ( hey will not be taken . Aberdeen . —[/ f Mr . Thomas Davies would write to John Smart , 154 , Gallow-gate , giving address , it would oblige . Wm . Emmkrson , Arnold . — We stated the fact at the time of its occurrence : we know nothing further

      of the fellow . Leicester . — -The Committee of Cooper's Defeiice Fund appeal to the public for increased subscriptions on his behalf . They are £ 24 in debt , exclusive of the expences oj the coming trial . J . H . Parry , London , writes to say that the announcement of hit lecture in the Chartist Hall , Turn again- lane , in our last paper , was made without his sanction , and even without consulting him .

      Wm . Davidson , Dundee , should send his letter to the Paper in which the Jalse report was inserted ; that is , \ if the affair is worth his notice at all . We should treat it as it deserves—silently . A . S . W ., Cupar Angus . — We shall reserve his letter on Emigration . Scotch Ne \ VS . — We receive generally every week three or four letters from Scotland after the Papers for the North are printed and in the Post-office . Our Correspondents should send their letters to be here by Wednesday or Thursday morning . Some of them do not appear the week following on account of their age .

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      - ^ If the Chartists of Burton-on-Trent and Church Grtasley will look oat for a mote suitable agent they will oblige .

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      The spring assizes for the northern division of the county of Lancaster , commenced at Lancaster on Saturday last . On the evening of that day , Sir Robert Mousey Rolfe , Knight , one of the barons of her majesty ' s Court of Exchequer , arrived in Lancaster by railway train from London , which reached Lancaster about eight o ' clock . William Garnett , Esq ., of Lark Hill , Salford , the high sheriff , arrived with his cortege and retinue , by special train from Manchester , ' about four o ' clock ; and he proceeded to the railway station to receive the lord baron on his arrival . His { lordship proceeded at once to the castle , and opened her majesty ' s commission in the Crown Court , adjourning the court to Monday

      morning at ten o ' clock . On Sunday morning , the learned judge , accompanied and attended by the high sheriff , the mayor , and several of the aldermen of Lancaster and other gentlemen , attended divine service at St . Mary ' s , the parish church . The sermoa was preached by the Rev . Richard Parkinson , B . D . canon of Carist ' a Church , Manchester , the high sheriff ' s chaplain . The Rev . Gentleman tioob for his text , Matthew viii . 8 , " But be ye not called Rabbi ; for one is your master , even Christ , and all ye are brethren . " [ The preacher adverted to the inequalities in the outward condition and circumstances of men , as one of the consequences and results of the primeval curse , and the command , that man should

      earn his bread by the sweat of his brow ; and remarked , that while many of the productions of the earth , fit for the food of man , grew spontaneously , oorn , the chief article of man ' s tood , demanded a large amount of human labour before it could bs raised . He then dwelt on the present condition of the peopl ' , physical , moral , and spiritual ; and attributed tbe present etate of things in part to tbe lack of spiritual education , and condemned secular , education as of itself unproductive of any good , but rather of mischief . He dwelt on the late riots , in connection with those views , and expressed his opinion that the remedy for the evil was to be found in church extension , and with it the means of spiritual or religious instruction for the people .

      CROWN COURT , MONDAY . Mr . Baron Rolfe entered the Crown Court , this morning , about five minutes after ten o ' clock ; and , as soon as he had taken his seat upon the bench , the following gentlemen were then sworn of the Grand Jury , being what is termed a full jury , every one of the twenty-three summoned answering to their names : — ; - John Wilson Patten , Esq ., Bank Hall , Warrington , Foreman . Thomas Batty Addison , Esq ., Preston . Lieut-Col . JohnAusten , Fisnwick . John Bentley , Esq ., Birch House . Cornelius Bourne , £ sq Stalmine Hall . Charles Brandt , Esq ., Golden Hall . Joseph Bushell , Et-q , Myerscongh Cottage . William Clayton , Lsq , Lostock Hall .

      Thomas Bright Cro = se , Esq ., Shaw Hill . William Ash ton Crosse , Esq ., Red Scar . John Cunchffe , Esq ., Myerscough House . Pudsey Dawson . Esq ., Hornby Castle . James Nojtvell Farington , Esq , Warden Hall . Henry Master Fielden , Esq ., Witton . Abraham jRawlinson Ford , Esq , El lei Hall . Thomas Robert Wilson France , Esq ., Rawcliffe HaJL f John Fowden Hindle , Esq ., Woodfold Park . Edmund George Hornby , Esq , Lancaster Park . Samuel Horrocks , E ? q . Lark Hill , Preston . Charles Roger Jackson , Barton Lodge . William Marshall , £ q ., Peawortham Lodge . Thomas Yates Parker Miohaelsoa , Esq ... Barrow Isle . Robert Townley Parker , Esq ., Cuerden Hall .

      The Clerkjof the Crown having read her Majesty ' s proclamation against vice , profaneness , and- immorality , the Learned Judge proceeded to deliver his charge to the Grand Jury ia the following terms : — . Gentlemen of the Grand Jury , I have perused the depositions , 1 believe in all the cases which will come before you , at least in all that I am aware of ; and I am happy to say , that it does not appear to me at present that there are any questions in them which may be likely to occasion any difficulty . From the unfortunate state of this part of the world , at least of the southern part of this county , and some portions of the adjoining ones , I was somewhat apprehensive that some cases of that nature might

      have occurred , which would have led to observations from me ; but 1 am very happy to say , that , on looking through the depositions , it does not appear that there is any case , arising out of the disturbances of last summer ; and though there are a good many oases , yet I believe there are not more than at former assizes . " His Lordship said he had lookeo through the depositions in one case ; but he found , on inquiry of the officer , what he had supposed would be tne case , that tne bill jia that case had been already found , — being a case of murder committed some years ago ; and therefore ic would not come before the Grand Jury for inquiry . His Lordship then adverted to the indictment against a woman for conoealing . the birth of her illegitimate child . Tuoro was no charge of murder , the

      child being still-born ; but the indictment was for a misdemeanour in concealing the birth , by secretly burying the body or otherwise deposing of it . The doubt he had was , from iiadiDg that a number of persons were privy to the burial ; viz . the sister of the party , the supposed father of the child himself , a neighbour , and the sexton ; but , if there was any representation ; of the body as being different from what it really was , so as to make it a secret disposal , with the view of concealing ihe birth , then the case wo » ld come within the purview of the statute . In another case , in an { indictment tor burglary , there might be doubt whether the facts would warrant the jury in finding the bill ; for it appeared doubtful , whether the place was a dwelling-house at all or not . It was not

      necessary to constitute the offence , that the master himself should dwell there ; if any portion of his family or servants did , that was sufficient . Nor was it necessary that they should be actually sleeping ia the house at the time , if they did usually live and sleep there . If it should prove that tbe place entered was idetached from the dwelling-bouse , then the charge of burglary oould not be sustained . He thought it was likely , however . that it would turn eut to be a part of the dwelling-house , and that this had been accidentally omitted in the depositions . His lordship also adverted to a case of alleged manslaughter , in which tbe deceased and another man had been fighting , in a state of intoxication ;

      and shortly ; afterwards the deceased was found killed , a cart having rnn over him . If this was caused by accident ; it could not be called manslaughter ; but the question would be , whether the cart ruaaing over him and killing him was a necessary con sequence of his antagonist striking him , and knocking him down . If the immediate cause of death was only post hoc and Jnot propter hoc , then it would be accidental ; but , under the circumstances , the coroner ' s jury had done quite right in returning a verdict of manslaughter . If any difficulty should present itself to the minds : of the jury , he would thank them to mention it to him ; but , having looked through the depositions , he found the other cases were of so ordi-

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      nary a nature , that he felt he should only be w «« . the time of the jury and that of the public , by El detaining the grand jury from their duties . S The grand jury then retired to their room and « . <> common jurors were called . Several claimed exeirrr ! tion ; one because he was not qualified by rental nr property ; another , because above age ; and a third because a member of the town council of a madefo 3 borough . In all these cases the parties were bt em p ted . wt " The first case tried was a man named Edward Drrhngton , aged B 0 years , for stealing a quantitv ot hay at Skerton , near Lancaster . The jury found the prisoner guilty , and he was sentenced to two months imprisonment to hard labour .

      John APKoun ONeil , 40 , and John Br aithwaite 16 , were indicted for having stolen , at Hornby fiftv six ewes and one ram , the property of Henry ' Mor phet . The jury found both prisoners guilty , and tha Learned Judge sentenced O'Neil to fifteen yeara transportation , and Braithwaite to three months ' imprisonment . James Kay , 26 , and William Almond , 18 were indicted for stealing from Jame 3 Ardray , on the highway near Blackburn , a quantity of bread and cheese , and a book . The Jury found Kay guilty of an assault only , and acquitted Almoad The Learned Judge said , as Kay had been confined some time ( nearly six months ) , he would take his own recognizance in £ 50 to keep the peace for three years .

      George Turabull , 38 , pleaded guilty to an indictment for bigamy , and put in a statement , apparently in palliation , that his first wife had been unfaithfuL The Learned Judge said it was no palliation for an injury done to the second wife , that the first had ill-treated the prisoner ; and sentenced him to eight months' imprisonment to hard labour . John Ingham , 29 , was indicted for a burglary in the house of Mr . William Collinson , farmer at Clayton-le-Dale , near Blackburn , on the night of the 7 th October . It appeared that three men entered the house and the bedroom of the prosecutor , all of them armed , the prisoner with a pistol in each hand and the other two with swords , and demanded hia money . They stole £ 3 15 s . and some other articles It appeared that they had forced the front door onen *

      with a crow-bar . The prisoner threatened to blow out the brains of Catharine Collinson ( the prosecutor ' s daughter ) , if she did not get out of bed . The prisoner afterwards used the same threat to the pro secutor , and said they were come for moaey and money they would have . The prosecutor identified the prisoner as the man who ha 3 the pistols- im had a caudle iu his hand ; and witness had known him as residing in the neighbourhood , for a period of twenty years . The prisoner called witnesses to prove an alibi ; but they failed to do so , till j ^ t at the close of the trial a woman , who bad lived with the prisoner as his wife , swore positively to his having been with her during the whole of the night in question . The Jury , to the great surprise of almost every one present , acquitted the prisoner . The Court then rose .

      TUESDAY , February 28 th . The Court was occupied till after twelve o ' clock with a case , the details of which are unfit for publication . The next was a mint case of no interert . Another mint case followed . James Ainsworth , ' 6 Q , and Willia m Thompson , ^ , were indicted for a burglarious entering of the house of Thomas Land , grocer , at Prettyfoot Bridge , in Wiltshire , near Blackburn , on the night of the 38 th of August last ; and also with assaulting Lund , with intent to murder him . The prosecutor , hearing a noise in hi 8 house , got up and struck alight , and found both prisoners iu the room ; Ainsworth wearing a light , and Thompson a dark or black mask , and armed with pistols , which they snapped repeatedly at him , but which fortunately on every occasion missed fire . The prosecutor , with great

      courage and gallantry , seized both men ; and one struck him with such force on the mouth as to loosen two teeth ; and they dragged him towards the window of another room , got Ioo 3 e , and escaped through it . The alarm was given ; several neighbours joined ia the pursuit ; the burglars were tracked to a neighbouring nursery-ground or plantation ; and when a sufficient force had assembled to surround the plantation , the prisoners were apprehended in it . The prosecutor , in the struggle , not only wrested the pistols from both men , but had torn thebiack mask off Thompson ' s face ; astd when the prisoners were taken , Ainsworth was seen to remove some black cotton , which corresponded with that on the mask from the face of Thompson . One of the , men had left a cap behind him in the house , and Thompson was without cap when apprehended .

      The prisoners , in defence , said they were oat poaching in the nursery . Tbe Jury found them both Guilty , and the Learned Judge said that this was still a capital offence . Had there been anything like serious injury to tiie prosecutor , he should have left them for execntion . Fortunately they had fallen in with one who had resolution and nerve enough to resist them . Sentence of death would be recorded against them , and the remainder of their days would be passed in working as slaves in a foreign land . He Bhonld recommend commutation of their punishment into transportation for life . Joseph Abbott , alias Joseph Yorke , 33 , was indicted tor the wilful murder of Thomas isberwood , at Blackburn , on the 20 th of December , 1839 , by shooting him with a gun .

      Dr . Brown stated the case for the prosecution . On tho night in question , the deceased and two other keepers , and an assistant , were watching game . They heard the firing of guns , and found four persons , who attacked them , and dared them to follow . Three of the poachers had dark jackets ; and the fourth—the prisoner—wore light clothes . The prisoner ' s hand did not fire the gun ; but , by the law . he was equally liable . The prisoner ' s gun went off , as the keeper believed , accidentally ; and , shortly afterwards , another gun was fired , which caused the deceased ' s death . One material witness was one of the poachers , who was at first charged with the murder , whose evidence was to be taken with great caution .

      The L 'arned Gentleman called Robert' Sufcton , who at the time was game keeper to Mr . Hargreates of Broad Oak , near Blackburn , and was out on the night in question , with Thomas and Henry Isherwood , keepers to Wm . Henry Hornby , Esq ., of Blackburn , and a third named Henry Eddleston . They were on the land of Henry Peters , EsqM > « Dunkenhalgh ; and about one o'clock on tbe morning of the 2 lst December , 1839 , they heard four reports of a gun , or guns , and set off in the direction of tha reports . Two of the keepers , Thomas Ialierwood and the witness , had guns ; and they met four men in-ta gap , and one of them knocked witness down , before he perceived them . Three of the poachers presented the guns at the other keepers and swore

      they would sheot them , if they did not stand back . Three had dark clothes , and the fourth had a light jacket on . After presenting their guns , they made away together . The keepers and witness agreed to follow them ; and the poachers , oh finding themselves pursued , turned round and swore if the keepers did not go back , they would shoot them . Tae man in the light coloured coat stood at witness ' s side , and swore he would shoot him . The poachers went on then , and Henry Eddleston ( who is since dead ) went away for more assistance . Tlie keepers still pursued the poachers across some meadows and a road ; and , as the poachers were getting over agate , T . Isherwood clicked ( snatched ) at one of their guna kk

      The poachers got over the gate , and the keepers - lowed them into a stubble field , on going up wnicn some of the poachers threw a stone , and again threatened to shoot the keepers if they did not go back . After going a few roods further , the poachers turned round , and all four came close up to > tne keepers : one came to witness to strike him with tus gun ; another to Henry Isherwood , and two to Thomas Isberwood . The man 6 truck at wj " ™ with the butt end of his gun , but witness broke we blow with his gun . Witness noticod that it was tne

      man in the light coloured coat ; in the struggle jus gun went off , as appeared to witness accidentally , and the shot lodged in the ground . Shortly afterwards , a gun went off , and Thomas Isherwood cried out . Witness at this time had hold of the man in the light-coloured coat , and , on hearing theory , no looked at Thomas Isherwood , who was about ntteen yards off , and his coat was on fire . Two men were close to him at the time . Witness left loose of tne poacher , and went up to Thomas Isherwood , ana the four Doachers all ran off . Isherwood said , m

      their hearing , " Oh , dear , youv ' e shot my arm on . The other keepers took Isherwood homo ,, and . he expired in about an hour and a half . \ 4 P *?? where he was shot was on the land of which ! OIHornby had the shooting over . . Adam Mercer , one of tho poachers , identified tne prisoner as one of the party , and corroborated tne evidence of the first witness . The P ^ chers shrt thre * pheasants , which one of the PU * f aam # l Crossley , took with Dim . Tnis wituega stated , that tho prisoner Abbott being knockedI dowu j , h ug d out , " Lads , will yon see me killed J on wmca Crossley fired Mb gun , and shot the deceased . Henry Isherwood , brother of the deeeased , al £ 0 corroborated the testimony already adduced . tt

      It appeared from the statements of Mercer , « arter the party returned to Blackburn , they went " Manches ^ Preston , ^ d other places to keep ^ the way of the police . Mercer , however , « ' jTj £ up in the course ef the following week A sMond JM takeu into custody some time after tried at the l ^ assizea , and acquitted . Crossley was traced to . America aud is since dead . The prisoner Abbott J ^ » f into custody at Blackburn only a few week * ago-Mr . Whigham addressed the , J « s-foi . the drferg ssssfiKv == ^ H , Sa to do thia injury to the deceased . ^ JJJJ ^ nM of the latter alone , and one for which the prisoner « u not be jointly liable . Hia Lordship having summed up , Mtnrnfd The Jury , after a few minutes' consultation , return * * a verdict of Not Guilty .

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      THE FRUIT OF THE SYSTEM . Misbulb is a prolific source of evil . Its ramifications extend far and wide . Eevery corner ef the land exhibits the baleful effects of its influence , and every grade of society presents its supporters and its victims . It is a poisoned fount whose serpentine stream has conveyed unutterable mischief in every direction . From the Senate the evil has descended to the Bar , from whence equity and justice have been swept away- By it the pulpit is polluted , and the temple of the Most High converted into a den of thieves . Our merchants , oar manufacturers , and

      our tradesmen are corrupted thereby ; hence arises commercial competition and its ruinous train of evils —the substitution of shadow for substance , and the keeping back of the hire of toe labourer by fraud The operatives also are vitiated by the concomitant corruptions of the system ; as witness the arrogance and pride assumed by those who are in the receipt of high wages for performing the least useful portion of labour . The " overlooker" is generally found to be the greatest tyrant in an establishment , and he is frequently found to exercise tenfold more austerity towards tlie slaveB over whom

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      OUR " PROSPERITY" !! At the conclusion of the bloody and protracted war waged against the rising liberties of France , the red-hot loyalists , whose zeal for the overthrow of Napoleon was so furiously manifested , blazoned forth , in variegated lamps , the following boastful sentence— " ENGLAND HATH KOT YET SEEN THE SUMMIT OF HER GLORY . " Whether the " Life and Property men" were desirous of carrying the sword throughout the whole world ; whether they wished to Bee every land incarnardined with the blood of " the

      country s pnde , and rapine and plunder extend through all the earth , we know not . Being then , as now , opposed to the prosecution of nnjust wan , we entered not into the counsels of the Loyalists . However , time and circumstances have shewn what we and a few others anticipated as the result of tbe war ; namely , NATIONAL RUIN . Tne Whigs compelled Bil . lt Pitt to inscribe i « h * bod upon Britannia ' s Bhield . u The fine gold haa become dim "—nay , it has become no gold at all . * ' The harp is hung upon the willows , " and the poor dejected " Mistress of the Main ' Bits weeping beneaih the cypress shade .

      Poverty has laid siege against us . It goes on from conquering to conquer , and bids fair to overwhelm every grade of society , and sweep away every vestige of our once boasted greatness ; which , when accomplished , will gire us foil view of the " summit" of our coBsummate wickedness in carrying destruction and murder into the heart of nations who were minding their own business . The least powerful , with respect to the management of public affairs , have hitherto been the

      greatest , if not the only sufferers . Now the middle classes cry peccavi . ' The shopkeepers of every description Csave " My Uncle" ) experience a lack of custom ; and the greatest possible difficulty , notwithstanding all their external display and incessant puffs , to make ends meet . Aye , and there is another shop—one in which business is carried on in the wholesale line , —we mean the honse of Pbkl and Co . There , General Want has commenced an attack ; and the assault has been too vigorous for the " Invindbles" to repel . We are glad of it !

      Oa Friday the 24 th ult ., Earl Mi . hto moved for returns respecting the preseu t state of the navy . He required explanations as to why there had been less ship building last year than had been contemplated , and why a reduced vote was to be taken for the present year ! He inquired also the reasons of other reductions . " These queries appear to have frightened even the " Iron Duke . " u The Hero of a hundred fights" trembled lest the cat should jump out of the bag . He " doubted the propriety of

      furnishing the information" ; and well he might . He knew full well how the matter stood and could not brook the idea of Each humiliating faots being published to the world . However , mangre the advice of the Hero of the Age " , out came the ugl y truth from the month of Hxddiagtojt , in the following form : — " the reduced estimates for the present ycai had been adopted with great reluctance , bnt it was felt that , owing to the state of the finances , some reductions Bhould be adopted . "

      This declaration of ' poverty is thought by Wkl-LisGTOM to be pregnant with a mischievcub" consequences to this country . True . It will be to the present managers of the establishment—just the same as a public declaration of insolvency . It is a pretty specimen of our Gbsj&xess ; and foreign powers will , ao doubt ehnekle &t the truthful , though reluctant acknowledgment of Haddingtoh . Faction has long retained power by the employment of brute force , fraud , and intrigue , bnt these

      weapons have , and ever will prove harmless—those who wield them must in the end relinquish the contest and stand unveiled before the world . This declaration of a want of the " needful" at head quarters is one of the strongest possible proofs thai can be given of the approaching downfall of despotism . The machine cannot long be kept in motion . The THING must fall , and the people be made free . ^

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      " THE HOUSL" VOTING THAT IT WILL NOT MAKE THE NEW POOR LAW CONFORMABLE TO CHRISTIANITY ! Mb .. Walteb has moved Mb series of Resolutions , founded on the SECRET document j and " the House" has rejected them ! He has proved that the object of the concocters and promoters of the New Poor Law was to starve the poor ; and be called upon the House" to rescue the Poor from the hands of the starvers ; and "the House " HEFUSKD '

      A copious Report of the Debate on the occasion wLU be found in our present sheet . We have given more particularly the speeches of Mr . Walteb and Mr . Fsbhasd , the mover and seconder of the resolutions . They ^ ill be read with dee p interest , containing , as they ^ o , evidence most irrefragable , that the operation of the New Poor Law , is just what its authors intended it to be . The revealments made to " the House" by Mr . Fkhhand , respecting the conduct of the "Guardians " in the Skipton Union , in consigning the

      poor inmates of the Skipton Workhouse , idiots and all , to the " tender mercies" of Seed and Co ., at Addingham , for the purpose of reducing the wages of the regular " hands , " are eminently instructive ; and the indignant exposure of the practices of this same Seed and Co ., by the Factoqv Inspector , speaks volumes as to the humane and forbearing character of the 'masters" to whom the Skipton " Guardians" consigned the helpless poor ! Bat it mattered not that these revealments were

      made ! It mattered not that evidence was given that the operation of the law was to deal ont death on every hand . It mattered not that it was proved that the intentions of its authors were to starve the poor ; it mattered not that these things were shewn : u the House" rejected the Resolutions , which , if passed , would have bound it to have reconstructed the Poor Law , and made it " conformable with CHHisnAinTT and sacred policy" / "The House " voted that it wonld not again open the question , and legislate in this spirit !

      Never mind . ' The law is doomed ! The blow has been Etrnck ! The discovery and exposure of the Secret Recommendation to starve the poor have done their work out of doors . The feelings of indignation and disgust they have excited will spirit-up the opposition within doors . They will bind themselves together in a firmer bond than ever . Should the Government determine on introdncing a&d carrying the measure again in its present stage , they will obstruct their progress ! Last year by such means were the Government defeated : this year , they will be more likely to have it warm and hoi I Again we say , the law of death is doomed !

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      4 THE NORTHERN STAR .

      To The People.

      TO THE PEOPLE .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 4, 1843, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct924/page/4/