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      IaBSB ScppiT cf Corros Coming . —The easterly TOndB which nave prevailed nearly ihe whole of the present month iave prevented ihe arrival-of a large Hnmber of vessels from foreign ports . Amongst the Yesse' . s now dne are upwards of 80 from the cotton poiteof tfae-United States . At New Orleans , up to the 21 st of January , 33 vessels had deared for « his port , not one of winch has yet arrived . Of these , one las a cargo of 4 . 102 bales , one of 2 , 983 , two of upwards 6 f 2 , 600 . one of upwards of 2 , 500 , and nine Others 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 nd of January , 17 Tessels had cleared for this port , none of which baTearrived . The largest cargo ib 2 , 306 bales ;

      ihe total afloat , about 25 . 000 . One vessel had cleared out as Apalachicoia ; 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 is " 2 , 410 bales ; the total of all die ships above 20 . O 00 . At Charleston , up to January 25 ih , 15 vessels had cleared for this port ^ none , of which lave arrived . The total qnantity afloat , about 20 , 000 bales ; the largest cargo , 2 , 300 . At New York three Tessels had cleared for xhis port , laden wiih cotton . Two had aL * o cleared at Texas , with * o tton for this port , and which may be adde 4 to the gross amount , as « otion from that country formerly « ameihrongh New Orleans . Thus 85 vessels are known to be on their way with cotton for Liverpool-Tieir united cargoes cannot be much less than 140 , 000 bales . —Liverpool Albion .

      The Chabtjsts or Little Hoktos met in their room , Park-lane , on Sunday morning , when two of the members volunteered to collect in the neighi « urhuod for the Defence Fund ; the proceeds of their labour amounted to & > . 2 ^ d ., with several promises of more support . They adjourned to Sunday morning , at ten o'clock .

      The Northern Stak.I ' Saturday, March 4, 1843.

      THE NORTHERN STAK . i ' SATURDAY , MARCH 4 , 1843 .

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      THE LAJSTD ! AND ONE OF TEE MEANS TO GET IT . OrTES-rmxs have we told the people that they ministered to their own destruction ; that they forged their own chains ; that they made weapons of effence , and then plaoed them in the hands of their enemies , to be used 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 i Banker , " has allow * d them some three-and-a-half per cent , inlerest for the use of them ; and taken care that that vse of them has been one calculated to tell apon the parties "who have entrusted him with their

      Beans . The ipinfflw sums which have been placed by the working-people in the Savings' Banks show how little they reflect upon the consequences of their f * niw £ so eaaly into the schemes of the Government . The institution of those places of " deposit , " was ihe result of * crafty and deep -design io bind the working classes up with the existence of th « Stsxem : and in too many instances hare they succeeded . Millions upon millions of money have the Government been enabled to get hold of , and use to tie gnstainment and perpetuation of misrule , which they could rot have fingered but by the means ihe saving institutions afforded . And thus have the people been made to . besome their own scourgers .

      The matter has not been mended , when they have entmsied 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 coffer * ! It IB lent out to the men of no capital , who are thus dabled to build factories , bring into the laboHr-Barketmore machinery ,, to compete with the very Ben who have subscribed the very means he is trading with , and , in die end , reduce them to the parish

      book . The race of competition becomes so keen that the man with no capital fail ; these failures e * nse lb-B Banker to ** tuspend payment ; " and when the working people are thus turned out of employment , and forced upon the lands they have been creating for times of want , they tind Tmrra tuxds *™ - gokb ; and gone , too , be cause they were so unwise as to entrust them into ihe lands of those who used them to the end here indicated .

      Ofthe horrible reality of this , many in Sheffield at this moment know but too well . The recent Bank faBnrein thai town has broken up many societies and clubs of working men , whose ** all" were placed in the hands x >! the " Bankers" for safe keeping . The Odd-Fellows had more than £ 2 , 000 so circumstanced . They may think themselves iortunate ii they realizs £ 500 , or 5 s . in the pound . How different would have been the result , had the working-people generally followed the plan adopted by the sick-dub at Lambiey , in Nottingnamshire , as detailed in the following communication ! What a Braeh better " bank" wonld a "" Laud Bask" have be « nforthe j £ 2 , 000 of the Shtffield Odd Feilows , than the Bank of P-tBKxa , SsonE , and Co . is likely io prove !

      "Working people are often heard to say " how are we to get file xajojF' The good folks of Lambiey hare shewn them one way how ! It is an easy and a practicable one . It is worthy of all imitation . Let it be imitated ! Let all the money belonging to societies of working men , now in the hanos of Bankers , either govermeDtal or private , and which ia daily being used agonist the working man , be withdrawn and invested in the manner the Lambiey B lads" have invested theirs ; and a cousiderable portion of iasd will be in the possession of working jaen ] 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 Xambley : — M TTTK KD 1 TOB OF THE KOHTHEHJf STAB .

      « On reading over jour recent leading article on thb lAUD , I thought it would be well to lay before you a plan teat we adopted st Lsmbley some four years ago . There were a few disciples of the immortal William Cobbett is the sici dob at the above place ; and aa we had money in the -Saving * " Bank , we considered our money wonld be more secure if it ms laid eut on land , and conduce muca more to the advantage of the members . We had a great deal of prejudice to contend ¦ With in relation to this proposal ; but by perseverance we Induced the members to agree to lay their money out on land . We bought six and a half seres , and

      divided it into half-rood lots , so that each member should have a portion "who thougkt -well . Toa consequence is , we tan produce by spade culture from B * venteen to twenty sacks of potatoes , ten pecks to the sack , vpon Yt * M a rood . One half rood produced between ¦ even and eight bushels of barley . Ooe individual set jflx 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 sweei turnips on the Cobbett plan , as late as the last -wetk in July ; and he realiRd a second crop , the turnips Wbighing from five to seven pounds each

      " The members of the rick clubs of Arnold and Woodfeorough , two adjoining villages , have drawn their money from the Savings' Bank , and bought Lane Vith it , and receive similar bentfiL "When the inhabitants saw such a large produce bom poor land , there iras a general anxiety manifested to become occupiers of land ; . and a pnblio meeting called in the Tillage , and a drpntataon of working men appointed to -wait on the Bail Manvers , he having land contiguous to the Tillage . The Noble Earl referred the deputation to his ste-stard ; and he declined to omplywjtb the wishes of thB inhabitants of the village . Howevei , the Rev . Mi . Plamsted , Rector of the

      Tillage , offered wame twenty-fire acres , at from thirty tO thirty-Six shillings per acre , free from the tithes , ¦ nit * , and taxes , to be apportioned in nm . ii allotments IDs offer -was accepted ; but the land was in a rnbtishly state through the neglect of ihe preceding coupler , who was * farmer , and could no longer hold it to advantage . When it was hud 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 astonish ** all the fanners in the viltbge . "The working men oT Lambiey have now in their pooesdon one hundred and eighty-eight lots , consisting of from half a rood to half an acre each , amongst k population of eight hundred .

      "It ¦ would he well if members of sick dubs and members of friendly societies , who have money in Savings * Banks or any other bank , wonld withdnw ft , andlay it out in land , instead of putting it in the hands of t 2 » 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 eenV ** I am , Sir , yours respectfully , Jan . 2 i , 18 i 3 . + Johs Scbbaton .

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      "THE HOUSL" VOTING THAT IT WILL NOT MAKE THE NEW POOR LAW CONFORMABLE TO CHRISTIANITY ! Mb . Waitbb has moved his series ot Resolutions , founded on the SECRET document ; and M the House" has rejected them ! He has proved that the object of the concocteis and promoters of the New Poor Law was to starve ihe poor ; and he called upon " the House" to rescue the Poor from the hands of the staxvers ; and " the Houbo " EEFUSED '

      A copious Report of the Debate on the occasion will be found in our present sheet . We have given more particularly the speeches of Mr . Walter and Mr . Fkrbajtd , the mover and seconder of the resolutions . They will be read with deep interest , containing , as they do , evidence most irrefragable , that the operation of the New Poor Law , is just what its authors intended it to be . Tke revealments made to * ' the House" by Mr . Fkbband , respecting the condnet of the " Guardians " in the Skipton Union , in consigning the

      poor inmates of the Skipton Workhouse , idiots and all , to the " tender mercies" of S * kd and Co ., at Addingham , for ihe purpose of reducing the tcages of the regular "hands" are eminently instructive ; and the indignant exposure of the practices of this Bame Seed and Co ., by the Factory IjfSPEcroR , 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 out death on every hand . It mattered not that it was proved that the intentions of its anthors were to starve the poor ; it mattered not that these things were shewn M the House" rejected the Resolutions , which , if passed , would have bound it to have reconstructed the Poor Law , and made it " conformable with Chsistiahity and sacred policy 'I "The House " voted that it would not again open the question , and legislate in thiB spirit !

      Never mind 2 The law is doomed ! The blow has been struck ! The discovery and exposure of the Secret Recommendation to starve the poor have done their work out of doors . The feelings of indignation sad 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 introducing and carrying the measure again in its present stage , they will obstruct their progress ! Last year by Bnch means were the Government defeated : thiB year , they will be more likely to have it warm and hot \ Again we say , the law of death is doomed . '

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      he has . contronl , an " mas" himself would have the effrontery to practice . Look also at the various societies , clubs , or itrades * unions which have been established for the protection of the interests of the working tcan . These have uniformly failed « f prodaoing the results intended by the : projectors and honest supporters of suoh societies . And why have they failed in the accomplishment of the desired end 1 Not beoanse the objeot 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 palmef Tictory given into the bands ofthe antagonistic party by the very men for whose benefit the struggle was commenced and prosecuted . The traitors , as the working men well know , have been amongst the foremost in their own ' ranks ; they have been the loudeBt in their professions of sincerity and disinterestedness .

      These things have caused distrust and divisiom and darkened the prospeots 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 foe whether naked or disguised--whethor within or without our camp .

      We do not say that well-intentioned men cannot be ] found in the Senate House , yet we are half inclined to subscribe to the truth ofthe oft-repeated Baying that " it is impossible for an honest man to sit in the Houbo of Commons . " A man may be aotuated 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 remain ? long therein uncorrupted and proof against the wiles and enEnarements of faotion .

      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 m * jor 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 , than subserve the purposes of the oppressor . Against suoh the door of preferment will be closed so long as the present system continues .

      Men may be found in the priesthood who corrupt not the Word of God , who hesitate not to declare ins 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 ; bnt 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 woll 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 must 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 iu order to succeed : or they must at once abandon their profession .

      The shopkeeper , or distributor of thevanons pro * dnctions of labour , must likewise follow the fashioq , or " This Stock" will be ** eellitg off at reduced prioea , " and the " Shop to Let , " in consequence of " the present occupier declining business ; " which , in plain English , meaos , the cart can ' t be kept on the wheels . Now all these things are produoed 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 shoulders of the working classes . 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 sodb of toil , who having no power to abrogate the iniquitous laws and customs resulting from class legislation , and which are Banotioned and fostered by the " masters 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 iB , the labouring class , that they are the soul , the very life and staff ot 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 whicb may smack of

      M bit by bit reform , " or compromise , and mind to keep a watchful eye upon the movements of itinerating , noisy , breaBt-banng" and " cannon-mouth facing" would-be leaders . Prudence , caution and perseverance are the indispensable requisites in our warfare , without the possession of which we shall indubitably fail in the accomplishment of our political redemption ; it , therefore , behoves us , one and all , to Bee 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 apposite illustration of the pernicious effects produced by the system upon the ordinary occupations of life—the declension it engenders in the human mind—the anti-social and anti-christian 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 ot 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 conoerned therein ; and we hesitate not in giving publicity to the facts , in the hope that a recurrence of Buch shameful conduct will be avoided by the system-corrupted party . A female , of the name of Saeah Butler , 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 , surgeon , 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 thb Doctor" ? Yes , the PAY was the object of paramount importance . That was the only key which could open his pill-box ; the only channel through whioh medicine could 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 aB siok ,- consequently ho resolved there should be no physio if there was not a dear and palpable indication of pocketing the pat ; and , forthwith , he sent her the following laconic epistle instead © f a bottle of his restorative : — "Mrs . Sarah Butler , I have made an enquiry about your circumstances , and find yon are bo poor that you are unable to pay a Surgeon , and therefore you muBt get the Town ' s Purgeon , as I shall not attend you . H . Miles Atkiksom , Surgeon . " We copy the above from the original , it being now before us ; and we think such another specimen of

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      maq by the prevailing system , oould not bo found in the annals of the faculty . We hope , for the credit of the profession , that it could not . We have known cases approximating to it , but . not one ] so perfeot in its kind . Knowing that this land swarms with characters of the same kidney as the Levite spoken of in the proverb , and knowing also that the 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 expeok 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 had not flowed aoross his path , he would have been rather more discreet in his conduct towards the suffering patient . Though he might see his own pecuniary interest involved in the " enquiry , "

      and his pocket might have diotated to him the necessity of retaining his commodity on the shelf without having the pay in hand or in fair prospect ; yet , had 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 whioh must have torn the feelings of the poor woman on perusal of his abrupt and 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 aotual orimo ? We leave the reply to himself—if he be capable of reflection ; trusting that the coarse and insulting terms— " I SHALL NOT 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 l of the system we labour to destroy by the peaceful and firm establishment ofthe prinoiples of justice , the fruit of whioh will be the antidote to that whioh now intoxicates all ranks and professions , and which will induce them to aim at a conformity to the golden rule— " Do ye vnto others AS YE WOULD THAT OTHERS SHOUL » DO UNTO TOU . "

      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 . Butleb , both with respeot to her fpecuniary difficulties and her physioal wants , and being also informed of the treatment she had received from the person on whose oonduot we have animadverted , immediately endeavoured to heal the wound his

      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 medioal gentleman should be engaged who would crimson at the idea of giving utterance to tha words " I shall not attend vou . " 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 Dootor .

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      TO THE PEOPLE . Mt Friends , —The "idos of March are come , " "but they are not gone . " The " tug of war" has begun among the lawyers . Their " jawing tackle" was set in motion this morning , a little after nine o ' clock . Our " Pters" 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 districts 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 . Aa I happened to know all this before , and as 1 am given to understand that many other witnesses of exaotly 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 facts 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 facts just as they were . That exoeption , however , was a moat material and important one . I am unwilling to believe that it was wilful , but must wait the result of the furthef proceedings and the evidence of the remaining witnesses before I say more about it . The doctrine of the Attorney-General , that all 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 much 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 careful 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 before the" rest day . " Aa you will find elsewhere a full report of the speech and of the other proceedings up to tomorrow night—perhaps later still—I need not

      nnnnnv cnnnA with & reait&l of them here . I occupy space with a reoital of them here . I bid you only , by the love you bear yourselves , your children , and your country—whatever be the issue , to lake care that our glorious cause receive from it an accelerated movement . This conviction will well reconcile the minds of all the true friends to the cup which , in the cause of liberty , may reach thoir lips , whatever it may be . I have great confidence that this will be so . Your energy and zeal will rise with the occasion . I was delighted with the spirit manifested by the Hull " lads" at my leaving them on Sunday . Our little " Bethel" was

      crammed full ; there were more than could stt down to tea , aud never did I see a better spirit manifested —a spirit that should actuate Christians , Chartists , and Patriots—full of kindly feeling , but of virtuons resolve and of cautious discrimination . O ! that we had but a few millions of suoh Chartists aB those of Hull and North Lancashire ! Where prudenoe tempers boldness , and where boldness sustains prudence , men seldom fail . Thank God the tide of intelligence and judgment rolls on , and , aB 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 oast 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 abundanco and enjoyment under her peaceful sway .

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

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      Jakes Jagger . —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 ofthe note , it will stand for six years longer : and so on forsia years after every payment of interest * Communications to the Coal Miner ' s Executive must be addressed , until further notice , to David Townsend , Gawthorp , Wakefteld , as D . Swallow the secretary , is now on a visit to the counties oft Durham and Northumberland . Communications for Mr . Swallow must be sent io James Sinclair , No . 25 , High-bridge-Ureet , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . All letters must be prepaid : or they will not be taken . ABERDEEN .-f If Mr . Thomas Davies would write to John Smart , 154 , Gallow-gate , giving address , it would oblige . Wm . Emmerson , Abnold . — We staled the fact at the time of its occurrence : we know nothing further

      of the fellow . Leicestee .-tTA * Committee of Cooper s Defence Fund appeal to the public for increased subscriptions on : his behalf . They are £ 24 in debt , exclusive of the expences of the coming trial . m , 3 . H . Parry , London , writes to say that th 6 tmnouncerfient of his 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 . ICupab Angus . — We shall reserve his letter on Emigration . Scotch Nbtvs . — 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 Greasley will look out for a more 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 Jlordship proceeded at once to the castle , and jopened her majesty's commission iu 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 sermon was preached by the Rev . Richard Parkinson , B . D . canon of Christ ' s Church , Manchester , ' the high sheriff's chaplain . The Rev . Gentleman took for his text , Matthew viii . 8 , " But be ye not called Rabbi ; for one is your master , even Christ , and all ye are brethren . I 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 , corn i 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 people I physical , moral , and spiritual ; and attributed the present state of things in part to the 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 , aud with it the means of spiritual or religious instruction : for the people .

      CROWN COURT , MONDAY . Mr . Baron Rolfe entered the Crown Court , this moruing , about five minutes after ten o ' clock ; and , as soon as he bad 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 : — j John Wilson Patten , Esq ., Bank Hall , Warrington , Foreman . Thomas IBatty Addison , Esq ., Preston . Lieuc .-Col . 'John Austen , Fistiwick .

      John Bentley , Esq ., Birch House . Cornelius Bourne , Esq Stalmine Hall . Charles Brandt , Esq ., Golden Hall . Joseph Bushell , E .-q , Myerscough Cottage . WilliamiClayton , bbq , Lostock Hall . Thomas jBright Crosse , Esq ., Shaw Hill . William ) Ashton Crosse , Esq ., Red Soar . John Cuncliffe , Esq ., Myereoough House . Pudsey DawBon , £ sq ., Hornby Castle . James Nowell Fariugton , Esq , Worden Hall . Henry Master Fielden , Esq ., VVitton . Abraham Rawlinson Ford , Eeq , El lei Hall . Thomas Robert Wilson France , Esq ., Rawcliffe

      Hall . John Fowden Hindle , Esq ., Woodfold Park . Edmund George Hornby , E-q , Lancaster Park . Samuel Horrocks , Esq ., Lark Hill , Preston . Charles R > ger Jackson , Barton Lodge . William Marshall , Eq , Penwonham Lodge . Thomas Yates Parker Miohaelson , Esq ., Barrow Isle . Robert Townley Parker , Esq ., Cuerden Hall . The Clerk ofthe Crown having read her Majesty ' s proclamation agaiRst vice , profaneness , and immorality , the [ Learned Judge proceeded to deliver his charge to the Grand Jury in the following terms : —

      Gentlemen of the Grand Jury , I have perused the depositions , I 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 unfortuuate 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 oases of that nature might have occurred , whioh would have led to observations from me ;; but I am very happy to say , that , on looking through the depositions , ii does not appear that there is any case , arising out of the disturbances of last summer ; and though there are a good many

      cases , yet I believe there are not more than at former assizes . " His Lordship said he had looked through the depositions in one case ; but he found , on inquiry of the officer , what he had supposed would be the case , that the bill in that case had been already found , — being a oase of murder committed some years ago ; and therefore ii . would not come before the Grand J ury lor inquiry . His Lordship then adverted to the indictment against a woman for oonoealingtthe birth of her illegitimate child . There was no charge of murder , the child being slill-born ; but the indictment was for a misdemeanour in concealing the birth , by seoretly burying the body or otherwise deposing of it . The doubt he ( had was , from finding that a number of persona were privy to the burial ; viz . the sister of

      the party ,: the supposed father of the child himself , a neighbour , and the sextou ; 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 oase would come within the purview of the statute . In another case , in an indictment for burglary , there might be doubt whether the facts would warrant the jury in finding the bill ; for it appeared doubtful , whether the plaoe 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 in the house at the time , if they did usually live aud bleep there . If it should prove that the place entered was detached from the dwelling-house , then the charge of burglary could 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 oase of alleged manslaughter , ia whioh the deceased and another man had , been fighting , in a state of intoxication ; and shortly afterwards the deceased was found killed , a cart having run over him . If this was caused by accident , it could not be called manslaughter ; but the question would be , whether the cart running over him land killing him waB a necessary consequence of his antagonist striking him , and knocking him down . If the immediate cause of death was only post hoc and not praplerhoc , then ii would be accidental ; but , under the circumstances , the coroner ' s jury had done quite right in returning a verdiot of manslaughter . If any difficulty should present itseli 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 wasting the time of the jury and that of the public , by lonee detaining the grand jury fronrtheir duties . The grand jury then retired to their room , and thff common jurors were called . Several claimed exemption ; one because he was not qualified by rental or property ; another , because above age ; and a third because a member of the town council of a municipal borough . In all these caseB the parties were ex . empted . The first , case tried was * man named Edward

      ' Darlington ,, aged 60 years , for stealing a quantity of hay at Skerton , near Lancaster . The jury fannd the prisoner guilty , and he was sentenced to two months imprisonment to hard labour . John M * Koun O'Neil , 40 , and John Braithwaite 16 , were indicted for having stolen , at Hornby , fifW six ewes and one ram , the property of Henry Morphet . The jury found both prisoners guilty , and tha Learned Judge sentenced O'Neil to fifteen years transportation , and Braithwaite to three months ' imprisonment .

      James Kay , 26 , and Wtlliam Almond , 18 , were indicted for stealing from James Ardray , on the highway near Blackburn , a quantity of bread and cheese , and a book . The Jury found Kav guilty of an assault only , and acquitted Almond The Learned Judge said , as Kay had been con . fined some time ( nearly six months ) , he would take his own recognizance in £ 50 to keep the peace for three years . George Turnbull , 38 , pleaded guilty to an indict , ment 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 fo » 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 m 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 bis money . They stole £ 3 15 s . and some other articles It appeared that they had forced the front door open 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 afterwards used the

      prisoner same threat to the prosecutor , and said they were come for money and money they would have . The prosecutor identified the prisoner as the man who ha 1 the pistols * he had a candle in his hand ; aud 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 fast at the close of the trial a woman , who had lived with the prisoner aa his wife , swore positivel y 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 , Fbbrdaht 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 interest Another mint case followed . James Ainsworth , 30 , and William Thompson , 21 , were indicted for a burglarious entering ofthe house of Thomas Land , grocer , » t Prettyfoot Bridge , in Wiltshire , near Blackburn , on the night of the 38 th of August iast ; and also with assaulting Lund , with intent to murder him . The prosecutor , hearing a noise in his house , got up and struck a light , and found both prisoners in 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 tha window of another room , got loose , 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 , butnad torn the black mask off Thompson ' s face ; axd when the prisoners were ta ken , Ainsworth was seen to remove some black cotton , whieh 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 out poaching in the nursery . The 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 the prosecutor , he should have left them for execution . Fortunately they bad 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 should recommend commutation of their punishment into transportation for life . Joseph Abbott , alias Joseph Yorke , 33 , was indicted tor the wilful murder of Thomas Isheiwood , at Blackburn , on the 20 th of December , 1839 , by shooting him with a gun .

      Dr . Brown stated the case for the prosecution On the 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 th « m to follow . Three of the poachers had dark jackets ; and the fourth—the prisoner—wore light clothes Tne prisoner ' s hand did not fire the gun ; but , oy 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 decea .-ed ' s death . ' One material witness was one of the poachers , who was at first charged with tke murder , whose evidence was to be taken with great caution . _ ... „ ., „_« . _ Sntton

      TheLjarned Gentleman called Robert , who at the time was game keeper to Mr . Hargreaves of Broad Oak , near Blackburn , and was out on tie night in question , with Thomas and Henry isnerwood , keepers to Wm . Henry Hornby , fcsq-. oi Rlackburn , and a third named Henry Eddlestoa . They were on the land of Henry Peters , fcsq-, oi Dunkenhalgb ; and about one o ' clock on thezaoroing of the 21 st December , 1839 , they heard four reports of a gun , or guns , and set off in the direction ot tne reports . Two of the keepers , Thomas Isherwood and the witness , had guns ; and they met four men in a 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 shoot them , if they did not stand bacK . Three had dark clothesand the fourth had aligw

      , jacket on . After presenting their guns , they mwe away together . The keepers and witness agreed w follow them ; and the poachers , on fl adingtheniselTW pursued , turned round and swore if the keepers am not go back , they would shoot them . Tae manin the light coloured coat stood at witness s sirte , anu swore he would shoot him . The poachers wenton then , and Henry Eddleston ( who is since dew went away for more assistance . T . Me keepers snu pursued the poachers across some meadows » = ^ " road ; and , as the poachers were getting wrer » P » i T . Isherwood clicked ( snatched ) atoneof t M * J >™? The poachers got over the gate , and the keepers io lowed them into a stubble field , on going up wwcb some of the poachers threw a stone , ana ¦»• . threatened tn shoot tha keepers if they did not go

      back . Afcer going a few roods further , the powg turned round , and all four came close up tt w keepers : one came to witness to strike him w » n gun ; another to Henry Isherwood ,, and jwo Thomas Isherwood . The man struck ¦»* W "K with the butt end of his gun , but witness broto gj blow with his gun . Witness noticed thatit ** ^ man in the light coloured coat ; in the * W % - gun went off , as appeared to witne « wgj" ^ and the shot lodged in the ground . MMM * . ^ I wards , a guu weut off , and Thomas WyjjJjK out . Witness at this time bad bold of tWf » I the light-coloured coat , and , on hearing £ JS ^ | looked at Thomas Isherwood , who wm ^ JJJ ^ I yards off , and his coat was on fire . 1 wo ;™ ° f { h 9 1 cbse to him at the time . Witne eft o ° s * ot I to

      poacner , ana wem up •« - "" "v , — " nn said , " » the four poachers all ran off . ^^ . Zk" I their hearing , " Oh , dear , youv ' e shot my ^ h 9 i The other keepers took Isherwood fo" ^ , ^ i expired in about an hour and a ban . jl r ^ | where he was shot was on the land of wjuou g Hornby had the shooting over . identified the i Adam Mercer , one of the poachers ^^ ntuwu g prisoner as one of the party , and wjg gho { I evidence of the first witness . The P ^ g ^ i 1 three pheasants , which one . t fJ ^ J ^ Sw . ** I Crossley , took with him . Taw witness bw « j ^ | the prisoner Abbott being knocfeed dovra ^ e ^ ft out , « Lads , will you see me k # JJ ? fe out , " ¦ ljaas , wiu yuu ueo u »» ~~" , - Mfli . Is shot the deceasea k

      , Crossley fired his gun , and . Henry Isherwood , brother of the dec ^ ' * " h corroborated the testimony already aaduoeu . ^ i 5 It appeared from the statements of gj ^ ti || after tbTparty returned to Bto * b » tg ^ d I ] Manchester . Preaton , and other places , Wj ^^ j , | the way of the police . Mercer , noffever ,, g » w ^ I up in the course ef the following week . A sec ^ . taken into custody some time after > W » ¦«^ merica , I assizas , and acquitted . Crossley w 38 . ^ . ® " ^ ttfe * I and la since dead . The prisoner Abbott W ¦ into custody at Blackburn only a few w *»• ¦ Mr . Whjgham addressed the Joiyfc **» ^ & I contending that there was no evidence to fl °° * CroU ! tf I prisoner shared in any common porpoae w ^^ ^ . to do this injury to the deceased . ^ ip S *^ I of the lattar alone , and one for which tne pru . ¦ not be jointly liable . . ¦ Hia Lordship having Bammed up , ^ H The Jury , after a few minutes' con sultation SJ a verdict of Not Guilty . ¦

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      OUR " PROSPERITY" ! 1 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 Napoleo . i was so furiously manifested , blazoned forth , in variegated lamps , the following boastful sentence—> ENGLAND HATH NOT YET SEEN THE SUMMIT OF HER GLORY . "

      Whether the a Life and Property men" were desirous of carrying the sword throughout the whole world ; whether they wished to see every land incarnardined with the blood of " the country ' s pride " , and rapine and plunder extend through all the earth , we know not . Being then , as now , opposed to the prosecution of unjust wart , 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 the war ; namely , NATIONAL RL IN . The Whigs compelled Billt Pitt to inscribe hhibod upon Britannia's shield . " The fine gold has become dim "—cay , it baa become no gold at all . *• The harp is hung upon the willows , " and the poor dejected ** Mistress of the Main" Bits weeping beneath the cypress shade .

      Poverty has laid siege against us . It goes on from conqnering to conquer , and bidB fair to overwhelm every grade of society , and sweep away every vestige of our once boasted greatness ; which , when accomplished , will give us a full view of the " summit" ot our consummate 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 ( save My Uncle" ) experience a lack of custom ,- and the greatest possible difficulty , notwithstanding all their external display and incessant pufik , to make ends meet . Aye , and there is another Bhop—one in which business is carried on in the wholesale line , —we mean the house of Peel and Co- There , General Want has commenced an attack ; and the assault has been ioo vigorous for the Invincibles * to repel . We are glad of it !

      Oh Friday the 24 th ult ., Earl Mikto " moved for returns respecting the presen t state of the navy . H e required explanations as to why there had been less Bhip building last year than had been contemplated , and why a reduced vote was to bo taken for the present year ! He inquired also the reasons of other reductions . " These queries appear to have frightened even the " Iron Duke . " u Tfae Hero of a hundred fighte" trembled lest the cat Bhould 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 such humiliating facts being published to the world . However , maugre the advice ofthe " Hero of the Age" , out came the ugly truth from the mouth of Haddington , in the following form : — > I the reduced estimates for the present year had been adopted with great reluctance , bnt it was felt that , owing to the state of the finances , some reductions should be adopted . "

      This declaration of " poverty is thonghk by WeltiNGTOM to be pregnant with " mischievous" 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 Greatness ; and foreign powers will , no doubt chuckle at the truthful , though reluctant acknowledgment of Habdington . Faction has long retained power by the

      employment of brute force , fraud , and intrigue , but 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 that 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

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      THE FRUIT OF THE SYSTEM . Misbule is a prolific source of evil . Its ramifications extend far and wide . Eevery corner ef the land exhibits the balefnl effects of its influence , and every grade of society presents its supporters and its victims . It is a poisoned fount whose serpentine strewn 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 , our manufacturers , and our tradesmen are corrupted thereby ; hence arises commercial competition and its ruinous train of evils —the substitution of Bhadow for substance , and the keeping back of the hire of the labourer by fraud . The operatives also are vitiated by the concomitant corruptions ofthe 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 labonr . The " overlooker" is generally found to be the greatest tyrant in an establishment , and he is frequently found to exercise tenfold more austerity towards the slaveB over whom

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      th the ter depravity produced on { the mind of THE NORTHERN STAR , i . l __— . if it . . •••¦ . - . jfAtwatrif . v nmriiiAitfi inn It It a mittil *\ P wm «*

  • 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-ncseproduct969/page/4/