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    • THE ¥dfi*FHERIf STAR. SATURDAY, FEBRUABY 17, 1838.
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      UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE . In . our last we threw away the scabbard , the Ballot ; we now draw tile sword , which is Z 7 n « wr « x Storage . At no period of the history of this country , was there a greater necessity for a strong manifestation of popular moral force , than at the present moment . For now more than fire years of a Reformed era hare we been looking in rain , to the promised produce of that tree , which , however , instead of yielding good fruit , has sprang up like the upas in tie desert bearing poison , and blighting all

      mat cornea withm its destroying influence . The attachment of a generous and confiding people , is not in a moment estranged from those who shield them in adversity , promising them better days , and merely requiring the command of the Tessel , to Bare the crew . Unaccustomed- to sophistry , untainted with wile , and untutored in the art of expediency a brave and unsuspecting people gave credit to the Whigs for thai pledges ; and anxiously assured themselves that performance would follow profession . Session after session , act after act , and speech after

      speech , evinced , however , the real meaning which the "Whigs attached to Reform ; and , even yet , did the people live upoa hope , deluded by the flimsy pretexte d that , now the Lords , and , again , the Tories , were the stumbling blocks in the way of improvement ; " the feet beingthat the "fames auri" " thirst fobgold , " was their raling passion and their GotL We profess ourselves friends to the representative systemj- ^ -that system which was based upon the great moral compact ,- which restricted man in the lewd exercise' of * his natural propensities , in

      Tder that he may . the-more securely enjoy those social privileges , which were thought conducive to general welfare and -universal liberty . We do not mean liberty in that sense of the word in which it suits our enemies to construe it ; we mean Kberty tempered with reason and discretion , and not that unrestrained lieense . which would be likely to degenerate- into licentiousness . Man is born with propensities , which may be either fostered and nursed into virtues , or thwarted and seduced into ¦ r ices , according to his training ; and , therefore , is

      me character of the citizen formed and confirmed , by the rules of that society of which he is a chanceborn member . If thi 3 feet be admitted , and which nether sceptic , stoic , Malthusiah , or philosopher , will deny , our next position is , that the law which , socially speaking , should be the nurse , the monitor , andgnardian of all , should be loved , respected ,. and honoured by all ; but , todeserve such reverence , it should equally respectthe rights of alL "When laws cease ta have a general tendency , they become tyranny , arouse suspicion , and place the governors and governed in hostility . In such case , vices are

      no longer looked upon as characteristics or signs of an innate tendency to immorality , " but merely as consequences of oppression and misrule . The statutes of this country are one and all founded upon a ficaBeial basis : expediency takes placex > f justice ; the necessity of a large Exchequer . supersedes the metrication of moral precepts ; -and the bounden duty of theTistnralgiiKrdiaB is lost sight of in the wild scramble for class—distinction , and personal aggranmzement . In this chaos of political confusion and strife , in vain does the poor man struggle against the unforeseen danger and doubt b y which he is beset . From the cradle to the

      grave he is surrounded by the meshes of that financial net , whieh , widely spread , suffers none to escape its trammels . Through a hfe of unmitigated toil , he contrasts his situation ' , when in diffieolties , with the stuation of one of the privileged order , under similar circumstances ; "he Sods that for him , there is reviling , and censure , and taunts of improvidence , while for the other there is sympathy , condolence , and projects for redress . He is charged with crime , and receives the letter of the law ; while his privileged neighbour , is judged bv the

      mSd spirit of the law . He is poor from circumstances over which he has no controul , and . is mocked In his poverty ; while from his withering Embg Is wrung a portion of the willing idlers' support . He asks , why is this ? and is answered that the laws are not made by him and consequently take no heed of hfe appeals . It was not always so —up to the 7 th of Henry the 6 th , every man had a votef and , as audaciously stated in the preamble of that act which disfranchised the people , it was lost , not ia consequence of any improper use of it by ihe

      "WJter , out in . consequence © f the jealousies , brawls , and manslaughters , which the disposal of it , pro-¦ rokea amongst the Barons and the Gentry . " Erst , then , we Aow thai man ceased to legislate for himself in persoa , for the greater convenience which the system of delegation would confer upon the community , but it was only upon the condition of being rightfully protected in the enjoyment of social privileges that saa ratified thia compact . We have also explained why the people were deprived of the right of voting : and next let us consider what has

      been the result &om the eoatinuous narrowing ef the representative system . In those days , when each man formed a component part of society , the good of aO was the rule of action , which governed the law-makers ; -the representatives of all looked with jealousy . upon any assault against popular righte , and any invasion of the Constitution , was sure to lead either to . the destruction of the assailants , or to a n » re defined exposition -of the representative prerogafiTej Jn ; short errors were corrected before repetition sanctioned abuse and law recognized it as

      custom . In "those days jexpenditure was governed by absohrte' neeesSty ; a portion" of the otherwise unappropriated national property was get apart to meet the exigencies pf _ thB _ Statej _ and the nation was not cuxed ^ rith a rale of three Statute Book imt aneethe people lost the power of vigilant coniraul , there has been an asurpation of their rights ty < he strongest' pqlitici- party , and as the puMc property became "divert / from its original « se * , ~~ the industrious . -.. eomnaunity have been forced by financial edicts to provide a -sub-* titate iir the plnnaer .. Tdm -ibr . tbi csown iaad , asA other national- prDperrr , jrhich has ieen

      Sehed , ijKation Tap been suhstifcrted , r anf Jfce people axe j&e payers . In lieu of that fund , which Bafaffe left ag a mortgage upon ibe laud , and which was augmented bj \ bequests from charitable indivi-• k ^ in a more improved state , Poor Laws have heen established ; and we would appeal * fo the * B § iBtered opinipu and intentions of ¦ the humane * ° 3 ° rs , whether or softe spirit of the grant is * ° o ? Med with , by the admiiustration of ihe Somerset-^ wae Cerberus , of those fends , which God gave , * 4 the Devil took away . For ifcis land , also , **** has been awMed amongst * h £ Aristocracy , ^ people have to furnish an equivalent . By thus ^ Bfetitnting Dirarpation for representation , it - will

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      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ be seen at once that the Government of this country Ear air absorafe-coniToul over life , liberty , ~ and property , j that they have ., constituted jthemselyes into a body , above the law , with power to dispense or withhold ^ jnst as they please , while for that which of right belongs to the people , an ignominious " substitute is given , themselves ihe contributors Thus national education , means ^ nothingmore or less than a " poor compensation for these robberies , by which ihe people have been deprived of the power of educating ; themselves : , the object of national , education being to teach passive obedience and b *> B *« rn «? ah «> that t > ifl fimrprninpnt of this conntrv

      non-resistance . Every petty boon offered , is but a paltry substitute for a right . usurped . To prove that this insatiable thirst for spoliation has become part and parcel of every day ' s practice , and the principle ingredient of which the body politic is now composed , for instance , the conquest of the people being nearly ' completed , we find the landlord and the parson—the fundlord and the manufacturer : —rth » money-monger and the idle consumer , arrayed in deadly hostility , the one against the other , from a notion that any thing extorted from the assailed would be divided

      amongst the assailants , but not from the slightest inclination to relieve the people from any portion of the burden . The general buz of Universal Suffrage is not sufficient . "We have frequently denuded the subject of that hobgoblin garb in which fancy dressed-it , and now having pojpted out the evils which the want' of it has entailed , let us next , for a moment , consider what its accomplishment would secure . An united people , honouring the laws of their own creation , and looking with horror upon those who would transgress them . A lower order , loving justice and

      righteousness , while the higher classes , —instead of being slaves ^ to Mammon , —would vie with each other in promoting virtue , by subjecting the animal propensities to intellectual controul . If the lure of taxation ceased to be the basis of law , man would appear under the benign influence of mild laws , as an assistant to nature , instead of being , as now , a peryerter of her intentions , disposition , and decrees ; but , as long as one man is governed by the opposing interest of another , so long must laws be enacted , at variance with the general principles of justice , and so long must society be disjointed ..

      The oppressor lives upon vice . One portion of the Aristocracy live upon the industry of working people , while the Government , and its supporters , live upon their depravity . "We dare the Government to suppress vice . " We dare them to discountenance dissipation . "We dare them to set their face against drunkenness and depravity : they could not survive the shock oi such a change one single year . "What , then , can be expected from a "Whi g system of national edncat ion ? For so long as the searching system of taxation forms the head and front of legislation

      so long will all laws be made with one only objectthat object being the surest means of extracting the greatest possible amount of money , from those who are not represented , to defile , pollute , and cor- ; rupt those who represent themselves , and who have the power of distributing the plunder . Laws , made by all , would be respected by all ; and then public reprobation would follow the infringement of law whereas j the majority how await , with open arms , the return to society of the Martyr who suffers from the evasion , or violation of hloodv edicts . Universal

      Suffrage would , at once , change the whole character of society from a state of watchfulness , doubt , and suspicion , to that of brotherly love , reciprocal interest , and universal confidence . Laws to be respected should be yielding to mercy , and stern against oppression ; with an Executive always . exacting an implicit obedience to their mild authority . "We shall take another opportunity of entering more fully into a detail of what the people lose , and their rukrs unjustly gain , by the present system of exclusion and monopoly .

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      TO THE TRADES' UNIONISTS OF GRK \ T BRITAIN AND IRELAND . London , Feb . 14 th , 1838 . Men of the Trades , —In my letter of "last week I explained pretty fully the various descriptions of interests opposed to Trades' Combinations . I explained also the views and objects of the parties invested with those interests . I have endeavoured to impress on you that these parties comprise a formidable proportion of the population—formidable not only in point of numbers , but , what is more disastrous for you , formidable on account of the tremendous power they wield over the laws and the institutions of the countrv . I have endeavoured to

      impress on you , that your enemies are as numerous as are the owners of properly of every descriptionthat they include all the public and private annuitants of the country—all who are living en fixed incomes , whether arising out of land or money all tax-eaters , tithe-eaters , toll-eaters , rent-eaters , interest-oB-moQey eaters , and usurers of every sort ; together with the legions of jobbers , law-agents , commission-brokers , and every other description of reptiles in the pay and interests of those classes , from the judges of the land down to the petty constable and poli ( fe spy—from the Poor Law Commissioner

      down to the master of the workhouse—from the Ecclesiastical Commissioner down to the sexton of the parish . ISach and all of these parties ( and God knows how many more besides ) , have a direct interest in putting down your Combinations j because each and all of them want the produce of your labour to be dirt-cheap , in order to swell their own incomes at your expense . Bemember , my friends , that every reduction made in your wages , is so much clear gain to these parties . Remember that the object of your Combinations is to maintain or procure

      remunerating wages , that is to say , wages sufficiently high to give you a comfortable subsistence in exchange for your labour . To this you have a sacred , indefeasible right--a right resting on no less a foundation than the authority of the Holy Bible ; but remember , at the same time , that if . you are to have high wagesj the market-price of your produce must be high also , otherwise your masters could neither live nor employ you , and consequentl y ihat the incomes of the various parties I have described ; must suffer to the exact extent of the augmentations made in the pr ices of commodities , through the increase in your wages . ; Remember , therefore , that your

      interests asproducers are perfectl y irreconcileable with those of-the parties allnded to ; and . consequently , that those parties must be ever and remorselessl y opposed to your Combinations . I am particularly anxious to impress these facts on ' " your minds , " because . I wish you , on the one hand , to see of what description of persons O'CONNBLi . was the advocate at the late Trades' Meetings in Dublin ; and to see , on the other hand , the'fall extent ? f the tremendous power arrayed against you , in ; order that you may be prepared to meet it with commensurate energy . « nd perseverance . Now 1 » tie . Dublin Meetings , and the conduct of O'Conkell and Co

      thereat . ¦ - ¦ ¦ - - At the firstyof those Meetings alklr . ' Classon Secretary to the Meting , after a piteous jeremiad or two on the deplorable elects" (!) of Combina tion , stated as follows : - - -.. -- _ . _ , "He did . not appeal there as rthe opponent oi legal combination , hut he considered that the des cription of combination which had fijistad in . Dublin * p to the present day , waf of Ae mfifc ' juinous " consequence to . ^ Ae trade , qf th » , w > nniryV He had formerly been engaged ^ ^ in . &e fquna ^ " Kt ^ ,. and having observed a great-quantity ~ , of ^ artieleg . that

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      were brought from Scwtiand / 'he bought hi ' could maM& * tniCflieJiairie ^^ tins view thought tojESnployrbojrs , to ^ kfibe work y but waanot permitted to empjoy , ; ftem . * iJffiMp ;* he wouldmsA , how couidhemakertitehdrtkieHat the price of ' the Scetek ; •*^« iMMd ^ 6 paif m » . 4 i . Weekfora man's *» agc » i when the same artieles were made in Scot * ^ W * wM 4 */ a . v > eek ? C Heat / and < No / no . | j ; He'felt 5 » tisfied that , in consequence-of the combination - , ; m ; this ; case alone £ 10 , 00 (!( a-year « f profitable labonr . waslost to the working classes of this country ; ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Classon stated other facts in fflustratioh of the lossea to the community through the . effectB of combination , ^ tc ; Trrrn brnnrrVit frnni Tiniiinii ' T ^ -S ' f '* n ' ^ t ¦ i ' - ' ; ii

      The plain Englis ^ of ; this passage is , that Mr . CLASSO 1 J missedJrMfi ^ iig a rapid [ fortune , in conseqaence of the workmen of Dublin not permitting him to expend £ ifl , 000 a-year in bbyB' wages , at ; the rate of 4 s . a-week , whilst the fathers of . those hoys who had wives and families to support , were to have no employment at all . Mti CLASSoii deemed this a great hardship oh himself , and a "loss to the community . ' . ' . No doubt it was a great hardship on Mr . C . io miss making a rapid fortune , andy

      doubtless , it was also a " loss to the community , " if by the term community vre are to mean only such persons as Mr . C . and the monied Yampires , whose eternal cry is , " bheap , " " cheap . " But were there no other interests i ^ olved in the question than those of Mr . Cla « son and the Vampires ? If it was the interest of Mr . Classon to realise 40 or £ 50 a-weet for his tyuhle in superintending and selling the produce of "Boys labour , and if it was the interest of the Vampires to buy this produce at dirt-cheap prices , was it not equally the interest of the

      workmen of Dublin to uphold the value of their only property—their labour , —and to prevent Mr . Classon from inverting the laws of nature at their expense , by setting boys to do the work of men , and thus either leaving the" latter to starve , or , competing children to maintain thek parents , instead -of parents maintaining their children ? Mr . Classon would not think £ 40 or £ 50 a-week too much W his trouble , yet he thought 4 s . a-week quite enough for a boy , and 30 g . for a man out of all character ! How modestly , then , profit-mongers estimate their

      own 8 ennce 8 m companson with those of their men 1 But , then , Mri Classon could not compete with the Scoteh manufacturers . Granted . Assuredly if Mr . C . was to pay men at 30 g . a-week for doing the same work which Scotch manufacturers got boys to do at 4 s ., he could not compete with them . So far Mr . C . was right . But , then , look to his remedy Instead of melting the moniests of Scotland to put an end to the atrocious system in operation there , he seeks to fxtend it to Dublin , and- 'thus to involve both countries in a deadly struggle—a competition which , if extended to other branches of trade ^ ipoirld destroy one half of the working population in a few

      years .. And here , my friends , you see the necessity o ^ extending your combinations all over the empire . Admitting Mr . ClasBon ' s statement respecting Scotland to be true , ( though , by the way , I doubt it , ) the empleyment of boys at 4 s . a-week in that country , ( instead of men at SOs . ) muBt have Tesulted from the want of such combination there as Mr . Classon found to oppose him in Dublin . And why should the Scoteh Operatives ( who are certainly not behind the Irish in intelligence ) leave it in thepower

      of abase profit-monger , like this Classon , to cite their example as a precedent for justifying the grinding down of wages in Dublin ? I had really imagined , from all * ^ ^ heard about the independent and Kadical spirit of Scotland—especially from my friends , Feargus O'Connor , and the late ever-to-be lamented Augustus Beaumont —that Scotland was the last place on earth in which the money-mongering despot would beat up for recruits . I had fancied that if the spirit of combination were to be crushed in every other part ol

      the empire , it would take refuge in Scotland ; and despite of chains and dungeons , re-animate the breasts of Sugliehtnen frem beyond , the Tweed . J trust I was not mistaken in Scotland , but whether or not , you must see ,, my friends , the necessity oi extending your combinations over every part of the three kingdoms . If there be but a single manufactaring district without its Trades' Union , its example goes to paralyze the effects of combination in all the rest . Just as one rotten member of a trude , by refusing to make common cause with his

      brotheroperatives compromises the interests of the entire ^ body , so does one rotten or recreant district endanger the security of the unions established in " all the rest . "What we want is ' that full and perfect system of combination by uieanti ol which no manufacturing district will be withont ite Trades' Union or Unions and bj which every Trades Union shall comprise [ al the members of its particular trade resident withir the distriet ! In short , my friends , yon roust be armed at all po : nts , like the porcupine , so as to present a bristling front to the enemy on whatever sid < he attacks you .

      I have expressed my doubts as to the truth of Classon ' s statement respecting Scotland . I am confirmed in my doubts by observing the discrepancies between what he said at the . first meeting and what he said at the second . A t the first mee ting he wished the men of Dublin to imitate the men of Scotland by allowing him to employ boys at 4 s ; a week , &c . The example of Scotland was then all he wanted to realize the visions of bliss he had in store for the Dublin Operatixes . Now mark the fellow ' s inconsistency—and mark O'Connellbacking him up . The following is what he said at the second meeting : —^ "

      Mr . Classon continued—Since the last meeting a document had been put forward by the tradesmen of Manchester addressed to the tradesmen of Dublin , in which the former called upon the latter Vo beware of the introduction of capital into their country ! "Was it possible that any reasonable man could receive such a ridiculous piece of advice ?

      He was a fool that offered . it , and they would be worse than fools who would act upon it . He was satisfied that the tradesmen of Dublin were made the dupes of thetj&anchester and Scotch Unionists ( Cries of "No , no , " and hisses . ) . - : Mr . O'CONNBLL said , that if this system of riot was about to be repeated he Would move the adjournment of the meeting to another day . ( Hisses . )

      So hoi Mr . Classon —you have no objection to Scoteh Unionists when they allow the labour of men to be superseded by that of boys at 4 s . a-weeek » On the contrary ; yon think their example worthy of imitation then . But when the : Scotch -Unionists succeed in upholding wages and leave you no excise for grinding , down the Operativea of Dublin' you are then all pain and fret and feier for the * . ' interes ^' trade , " and , Uke Niqbb ^ all tears for the " consequent loss of the community !'" The Devil pity you Mr . -Classon ! But why should ; Mr . C . be so

      angry wifli the Manchester and Scoteh , JUnioniste for advising their brethren \ of ^ Dublini to bewarVoT the ^ introduction . of . Bri ^ sh cs ^^ aT ? ' If this capital be siKJh a blessing as Mr .. C .. pretenQ ^ , ought heiiot rajflierto . c ^ Bgnltulate the ' inept of M ^ che ^ terta ^ Scotland . on : their present ^ desire to keep it . all | i > - themselves ? - Mr . Clabsok will doubtless adm ^ thattiie Manch&ter and Scbteh : ; pperative 8 ar ^ no ^ tooweUaf ^ tLai aB he ascribes tieir " coroparitiV «!

      prosperity to ^ ^ trndaiioe of ^ Brrtijh ^ capifel ^^ cannot fhere&reju ^ y bl ^ . ^ m ^ r w ^ ng ^ r ieepthe caphai >« hBre it is and where it waa created the more ^ sp ^ Salijr ; as it was their own labotii ^ hj ^ b credita | V -Ofcpfl j Mi , Cla ^ p ^^ W » o ^ ^ ca * $ * ef : yo « r & ? igte ; ^ Kight well ym . faK ^ that the" Maap | i (^ ter ^^ i | ; Scotch Uttipnists c&e Jp ? t $ straw hqurflttptj aU ^ e J&ritiiBh ^^^ eap i ^; ( go ^ calledX finds its way -to tbe h ^ Jjfisp of the ' 8 e a / , &if ¦ &&

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      capittl is Stotreal capUal , * buV a i&auciulenit ripreseiU tatiye t ^ 4 loi > b y- wtich-ttie ^ f ^ S c ^ i ^ ' ^ W AeV hajid ^^ «^^ e ; - wfe ^ o | uce ^ i ^ * ^*^ *? A ^ I ^^^ i ^ ^ ' ^^^^ i * ^ ? - * coinroercial ^ ecu | rtij ^ " ^ e- ^^^ &oN , ) ' - ^^ prodoee nojBdngj pr into tht > se of ^ ri ^ r ^ tf V « ni-Pf ^^^^* ef Hflie pjod ^ ejre '' nJbtIutig ] - ^ racchangfe for ^ s ^ ut j ^^ . ' eoimi ) ihatib ^ anduStaY ^ bni ^ ts . : ^ ' " ' ' * -iii - ' * "' - : - ^^^ T ^^^^^^^

      your typocrasy ; MK ' ClAss 6 n—and a . very reraarkable ^ oiaje it is-i ^^ LASSON , ' . ^ lij ^ fl ^^^ j ^ ii ajEeet ^ sfa ^ zyk fe ^ thS fetrodudtipn 6 f BrjtisVca ^ ^ i S * FJi $£ f ^ |^| j ^ aid ; $ ie . ini ^ du ^ h ojflttie capi ta ¦ w ^ ft ^ aAaij . ^ ' $ & ;^^ 1 'is saii to dreai ^ y : # ^ t ®^ bu kn ^ the ^ n ^ wouide ^ po ^ yon .: youirs ^ thousaadtimes expreseeith ^ rdread 6 f- it- v ^ k even demanded the ^ rdtecjon oi ^ ppatiy e stetu&Mj against it . ' No , no ,. ]) Jr ; CjtiASsbN ; . Ydti want no ! British

      capjtalistsampp ^ it you ., ; You and your party have noaesire todrvide ^ the caroa ^ - ^ tf ^ i ^ wiih your neighbours , v ^ ntri ^ th ^ ypu think the ^^ Wsmallfor ^ uKete ; Away ^ ' aWay , ; ften , with die i typp crUieal pretfl ; hce : th ^ i your anger ia ^ ainstitie Manchester ^ gnd Scotch ^ Unionistsarises but ^ fyjoui zeal ; to give ; t | ie pporlrish /' ¦ ympip ^ aiept- through . ' the instrumentality of British cs ^ itaU ' --i . Will I nov ^ tell you , Mr . Carson whdt ^ ou- ^ ond your party feaUy want , ana vvjhy you ;» re so ts ; roth ; againsttheBritish Unionists . : -V- - : ' - /¦ ' . ; ¦; V- ' ^ .:-.. ¦ . ¦ .:.. : ' - . - ¦ ¦ ¦'" ¦¦ ' . ' -: . : :-

      You , and jjour- middle ^ class party , are seeking to get up the same manufticturing and commercial system in Ir ^ mongers hayes 6 long aha so successfuily carried but in England ^ and ^ Scotland . You want to create heaps of ^ c / j ^ ouf ^ p ' ilal ^ i ^ money-b » uki-a ^ cpmm 6 datiori 8 , by means of : whicK

      you may-ifet-all the ^ ^ unfortunate : Irish to ^ ork ^ nighi ; and ^ ay , like bo inany galley ^ sla . ye ^ partytaking care to appropriate all : the proceeds , while your , miserable _ viptims will be left scarcely the meansiof keeping body-and soiil together . This is what yoirmeariby ^^^ developing ; Irtlarid ? s-fesources ) " a , nd this is the infernal project , jfcr theicarrying out of Whichi O'Connell has estabiisted his

      " national :, bankV . in Ireland , and jpinifed ; you in your late tiiiholy ^ crusade iagainst Trades' Combinar tions . Q'Connell ' b ^ of two millions , raised , in London . There are now branches' of it established ipi aU the large towns of Ireland , | atfd every meansrof seduction have been resorted , jto > ,-toi induce . the ^^ farfners ^ nd trades' people to bank with it , and take no other notes than those , of O'Co ^ l ^ & Co ; : Eveii Cai ^ o ^ are impenously- forbid , by the Canons of their Church , to countenance Us ^ ryin any shipe whatever , ' arid

      who formerly -used ; to ; refuse the S ^ cram ^ dt of ^ Exw . tren } eJJnc 6 o . n to . every penitent who did , not make full resfitu ^ oh of ; all the unholy gains he had made , hy usu ' rioua practices—even Ciathoh ' e Priesta ( J ) have beeri : iilveigied into countenancing the O'Cpni nell-bank , and some of them are absolutely subscribers and shareholders in the ' concern , ! And , mark the new principle these gentlemen have introduced into their banking systeml ' . To induce the sbppkeeperp , merchants and [ farmers tpbank with / them , they allow these parties piie-half pf the ^ ^ promts arising

      ^ out of the transactions in : each branch—it ; being understood , bowever , that these parties are also shareholders , and each sharehblder ' s profit : being ^ of course , in proportion to the number of shares he has in the concern . Thus , : the profit-mongers of Clonniel get one-half the profits of the Clonniel branch--those of Waterford one-hdlf- of t ] he prbfitg of the "Waterford [ branch—andso oil of ^ all the other towns . TEe other half of ; the profits goes , of course , to the grand concern in London , of which O ' Conn ell is , ori was . pnebf the : Directof 8 . Not one fraetihn of into

      the two millions j subscribed in London , Vrill , proba-^^ evW find i ^ way Ireland . nor is itneces sSry ^| ne 8 t $ emeM ihafit sho ^ ftd . ' T ^ e «^! r » , or w «» ie , of London , is all the schemers - want . The O'Connell-bank being one of issue ai ; Well ' as a bant of deposit , they ^ may issue notes toV the ^ amount of five millions , if they please , or , indeedy to any amount which the degreee of public confidence , alias u suspicion asleep ?' may sanction them in dpingi If they issue ; five miliions they are invested with all the advantages arising froini th « comuiand of five millions of real money or capital : If ; they can get their notes taken to the amount of ten iniliions , they have all the advantages of ten millions of real

      money or capital , and : so oh , to any extent , to which they may be able to push the circulation of their promissory : notes ^ without exciting apprehehsions of their solvency . Such ia the tremenapus power wielded by these '' nioney-mbngers ^ In a land of Usury like this / in which money grows ; mbneyy as cabbages grow cabbages v there is np limit tp the frauduleiijt acquisitions which may be made in this way . Let any Unionist , or Operative ^ only reflect j ^ M ^ vantages the possession pf £ 500 \ vould giye ^! ^ ^ h ¥ " ^ vlife and energy it would infuse into him-r-what speculationslit would enable him to enter into—what sndden means it Would frive him of ch ang ing jtiis entire state and condition ; but , above abpve-all , what power it would pive him over the

      bones and sinews , of some of his moneyless fellowcreaturesi : ; Let him only reflect on : this , and he will hav . p pp idifneultjr iriv appreciating the adyantagiBS which ihe schemers of the O'Cp ^ NELEjfirm will derive from the command of five or ten njillioHs ' worfhof : : promises : to pay , " invested with a } l ? the reatiunction 3 and attributes of the same amount pf real money-capital . . : But , while the Money-moBgers ; of the Banks are reaping the golden haryest ^ and while the prOfithunters , whose aceeptances they discount , are going

      shares with them in the ^ eneral spoil , what becomes of the unfortunate Operativeltt ^ et ^ f no Bank accom > no 4 atwns , ( mind that !) and who are working like : galley-slaves all the t ? me P—Mark whatfblldws . Ih . " ^ ^ uat seeta the reportsi of two : public meetings ^ recjefttl ^ ei ^ tto- oon sid ^ r the ; Case'p f . tb ^^ te /^ p / y ! s ' Weayfrs y a juost : Valuable ^ and < industripu > body bf men , who are living within a , mile ,-pr two rnilesdistance of more capital ( real and fictitious ) than is to be found in' i ? ve hundred times the space in any is ^

      otherpart of tfie ' globe . Hbw ^ what thefcpnditiiuf of ^ ese men ?^ It ; is- quite horrible : tp ; c <^ emplate it , is ^ described'by ; th e ^ speakers at the meetings ^ who w ^ e . ; eye : witnesse ^ of whafethey ^ describ ^ -C ^ Tiie wretched weavers , itwas stated ^ 'hddUerrfof ^ eilio ^ * ft ?!^ ^' lS cJ&'fuel , Jmd ; tte Jar naked , that , independent -of their oyonsuffervtig frpttico { d , they doped not venture o ^ tf ^ orSj lei came theappcardtwe of their persons } must become < rphlilie ' nui ^ anSJ ' 'T -A ¦ -: ;¦/¦ - :. ¦ ' ' ¦' : v }?\ - ^' "" :- ¦ :: ¦ '¦'

      : Suchis the syatemjmy fnend ?^ whjchp / CoiJNEiL ' ^ P 49 P ^'* ^ Go / wafl ^ tp iritrbduc ^ jin ^ fx ^ m ^ fWCV ? ' thV systemi to maintain which , in-England m& ^ otland , ih ^ . oppose ^ afe Cb' ^ fe ^ otis . J ha ^ aescribed tovyou . their wp ^'' p 0 m $$ a& the various deecrrptipns ; of , parties , i . ^ y ^^/ inte ^ rests eoncj ^ idtU ' . their . own . v ^ I ; haVe : explainj 6 d ttir ^ ou thate >? fijy jirppertyrmbner , or niere w ^ wjw ^ vwhose

      » n | eres ^ j& ^ b ^ uy Vypur ^ pr ^ ce ^^ r ^ e ^ is ne-« es § aril ^ th& enemy of yp « r C ^ ipa ^^ anddg : nei ce ^^ th epa ^ ii'of / O ^ Co ^ t ^ , : C tAsSpii ^ Cb ; I will a ^ gjj ^^ ia p ^ tiea ^ f ! %$$ ^^ | roM ^«|^^^^ co ^ of flie poor ' S ^ talfiBj ^ s ^ ea ^^^ h ^ p ^ t ^ f ^^ ^ il ^^ SlbJp )^^ ¦¦' VJiVV / - ; - - >' ! * . ' i-Ail : *! * ^•• ¦ ¦ ic < 'n&- ;' i . j .-j ' -cosV .. "; . ¦' . . ¦ -rt ¦ '• ¦ .:

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      the idling off in * e ; prices paid for Weayer's ^ wort a « ringa space of ten ye ^ s tmly . : . v ^ .-: A -. ' .- . -l ' } iW ? . i ^^ Wous workmen ; were accusedvpf . ' spendmg ; the « ; mbneyin publ ^^ u ^ in heer and tolwccQ by those whb ; : wretotiie en ^ nes , that - this world co ^ d afford . The preachers of frugality wondered } how , the Weaver could he worse :

      v ;;;/ . , . . . GROS 3 ) E NAPIiES ,, 1824 . T 7 ' ISMs \ : V ' - ¦ : , ;'" v / - - ¦ ¦ :- > . ' ¦ ; '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦'¦ ¦; s d- ¦¦ - ¦ ¦* . > : * - ¦" . ' ; -V . ' -tfiV 4 doubleper yard .. v . v . l 2 ¦ >; . ; . 0 8 to a 9 4 single . i ,. v ,,, ;\ . ; .. O U .. w . a 6 to- d r 6 i 3 double > v > .. > ..... A 0 ' \ . > . 0 5 to ' : 0 6 ^ ^ singlei . i .... y .. i .. rO ft ^ ... ( V f 4 to 0 5 Satin ^ SrtiifeadperyardiO 0 - ; V . O 4 tp 6 5 i 6 rthread .. . -. ^^ . 0 lli ^; . O B to 0 6 * 8 r-thread ; .-V , ' . ' . ' . - ; - ^ . . 1 3 | . > . . iQ 8 to 0 9 Serge , per ^ ard ^;> ' .. l 0 . ^ ... 0 4 J to 0 7 Eadies ^ velvetper yard . 4 0 " ^ -. i > 3 0 to 1 0

      , Jacquard ' sgarments ^ do 2 2 .... 1 0 : to ; 0 10 Single-colbured tissue , . 2 10 ... . 1 6 to 1 II Halfi-dpuble , do ; do . -. ^ a 0 ¦> .. . 1 8 -to 3 0 Shute arid shufe plate .. 5 2 ... . 1 0 to 5 : 2 Erigirie or barrow waving hat-bandg , perpiece .. l 6 .. > . O 0 to 0 1 » J Galpbns ,. V ......,. V . > 0 9-:. ¦¦ . '* . & : 0 to 0 4 DoubleTibbons ,. ; .. ; . ; l 1 . \ . ; . O 0 to 0 6 Mr . Cole ^ after detailing sbme instances of opprpssibn ,: said ; the above statement clearly showed thecau ^ e ' of the presentdistress .

      I copy-this froin \^^ the Morning Chronicle , in . whose riunibers of the 31 st' pf January , and 5 tb of this month , tie Reports of the tyro meetings will be found . The ¦^ A ^* cfe ,. addsVth > t . ; ' were ^ it . b 6 ; t for ' the " . benevplerice bf two -members of the " Society of Friends , " , a gentleman and his daughter , Mmatiy of the Weavers xvoitld \ have actually died for want of breadSK This , mind is the condition of parties living within gun-shot of hundteds of millions of capital of every descriptipn , and within gun-shot of the . eooO or 7000 mereharits , barikers , and traders , who signed the famous Address to Sir Robeet Pe je t orithe pGcaaiori of hidexpulsion from office by the Whigs , and 1500 of yfhom were then described

      as capable of paying off the whole of the \ Nationdi Debt , and having afterwards the wherewith to live in comfort . Oh ! ye money-mongers , what wholes sale slaughterers ye are ! But I must spare you for the present . My sheet is full , so I must stop ; but with God ' s blessing I will be at you again riext week , when I shall discuss both O'Connell , Classon , & Co . Who are the mithors of the murders and ; aggressions imputed to the Trades in Dublin t A thousand thanks for Feargus O'Connor ' s challenge to O'CdNNELLi , "Will Dan accept it ? My life to a china orange he will show the white feather . Yours faithfully and affectionatety , ¦ BRONTERRE .

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      q ^ MlTERI , y MEETING OF THE T ^ On Monday last , the quarterly meeting of the Tpwiv Council was convened at the Court-House . The meeting ; commenced at eleven o ' clock ^ a , m ., arid concluded at nearly eight , p . m . At first there w ^ s a pretty good muster ; but towards evening there were riot above two or three members present more than was legally necessary for parrying on business , The whole proceeding ness of the erection of a new gaol , were of the most inBignificant chatatter ; and yet ; the "Whi g and Tory

      gentlemen of that honourable assembl y could not rest satisfied without throwing at each other their "• wwy " .. wbrdsi for nine successive hours . A ^' for Radicals , we did not recognise above one or two and these appeared ; to be of rather a doubtful character . The business of the day was comniencgd by the Clerk reading the minutes of thp last irieetirig . A letter was also read from Mr . John -Smith , Treasurer for the Corporation , acknowledging the vote of thanks given to hiin by the Council , for his gratuitous services a : » : Treasurer . The vianddmiis ioi the admission of Mr . Cbarlea Wood , Councillor for the North Ward ,- -. was also , read to the Council , arid Mr . yf . was | henceforth declared to be a member of the . Corpbratip ' iBiV v . v . ; ' -:- v ; r - \ . •¦ : ¦; . ^ v : ' ;' ; : : ¦ . : V ' - ' - i ' ¦; , . .. ¦ ¦ . ; .

      The Mayor then stated : that it would be seen kythe nptice-paper , that he ^ was . aDoia't > . t 6 . ' d . ccup . y ; . a fonsiderable portion of their attention . The first thing he had to lay . before them , was the consideration of thyiNew" < Ja - ol . It was known to "' the Cbuncil that certain steps had been taken in this matter . The Committee of Mariagement had , a short time agb ^ examined ( he situation which bad been thought of as a site . Another situatipn had also been Considered of , but it was eventually abandoned , as beirig impracticable . The worthy ; Mayor did not inform th « f Council : of ^ the exact locality of either of these intended sites . He stated that a plan pf the site originally thought of had been prepared , and

      submitted to the Gaol Inspectors . The Mayor also read a , letter from Mr . William Russellj an architect in which he . recomrrierided such arrangements in the plan as would allow pf the adoption of the silent system . The Mayor said he had seen prisons in which this systemi was adopted , andhe mUstyonfe gg that he highly approved of it . He was sorry that he had not mbre information to lay before the Council relative to the expense of the erection ; but they might rely upon it that the Committee would incur no carisiderable ; expense withput consulting the Council : ( Hear , hear . ) , ; v Dr . WitLiATasoN then moved '' That the certificate and presentment are well founded * and that a new gaol is indispensably necessary . "' He ^^ bbserved that itinust be obvious to every gentleman in the

      Council , that the present prison acconimbdatipn was wholly insufficient for its intended purpose : there was a-want of facility ; to obtain that degree of classification that was desirable ; and there ' was also a want of means . to ; enible the Recorder to leave prisqriere for a short time in the gaol , which would thtis Have a considerable expense : to . the borough . The time was now come wheri the Council must come to a decision on this question ; for | in the course of two-years and a half , hj the order of the West-Riding magistrates , theywould no longer be allowed to send their prisoners to Wakefield . . If this object , therefore , was delayed any longer , there would be np time : to make such arrangements as would enable the Justices to punish crime , and what was still more pleasing ,, to ameliorate the condition ofcriminals . ;

      AldebMan Benyon _ seconded the motion . ; , Dr . Hu »! TER thought it would not be agr&eable to the inhabitants of the bbroiigh to pay £ 40 000 . or £ 50 ^ 0001 without -knowing ^ what it wasfori ; ¦ . ' The Mayoryyould , have ^ been glad to give ahv required estimate , had he had if in his power but they had not yet got the plan arid : the question of expense , could not , therefore , be discussed at riresent . He . further thought it wouldH be hiffhly mischievous to set before the public any calculation as to the . vprobable expense , especially as they had not the least data from which to make the calculation , The expense of erecting the Bridewell , of Glasgow , was £ 35 ; 000 | arid that was the kind of building which it ; was in contemplatipn te erect in Leeds , ¦ He had seen it ,-and at . the time he Baw ' ii ; it contained 300 priwrierd , : ¦ n ; -. - - - ° *™^

      • ALDERMAN HALJ ,. thought the public ; , ought ; to knpwvwhat lengtb / ortime the , nipftey - yias tb be " ' collectea-fpr . ¦ . ¦/¦ ¦¦ - {¦ ..- . ' <*¦ ¦ ¦ . ' , : ¦ ¦ . - ; , . ; ,.- . ¦ : ¦ ,. - . -j- - ; i- : - ; ' ¦ - , ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ . The 'imtm Saldy ^ heRelived the ) moneV ^ was to b ^ rawed | n sums oiptless ; than ¦ £ 50 , and not more than £ 10 p . u T ^ ese sumsiwere to be repaid byi a rate extending over the term of fourteen y , ear »; -He flpprebeiided j however ^ the bnly . questibn for therii t eu ^ ° : detetminey wasjthe necessity of i ^ gaol ; the piaii aridthe , expenge ;" of it would be matters for iuture ' -considera ' tipri' ; -:: ; ' : " -: ;^ . ; : ;¦ „ ' • ¦ : ; ¦ ¦ ¦•^^ . ';;; " ; - - ; - . ' . ; --- ^ ! v ^? V- C . HABLi ^ yyQRTH could nbt . rest satisfied , without some , ^ iriate ' bfthe expense ; for , i if , they passed th ^ reeplutipni itwis hisopinioji : their .- hands Would . betied tf p > i He ; cttuldnot thinkpfi- [ such a thing , as £ 30 j <) 0 b or £ 40 , 000 . until . it was known

      what was'tobe dbrie with it ; LprdxJbhn J RusWll inight * nake a Variety of suggestions ^ which ; might cbst ? considerablejexpense ;; . ' \ ' ¦ "' ; : ' ¦ ¦ : - ;' -.. ' - ' -- ¦¦ - '?• ; : v ¦ The .- ; MXVp « .- ^ Mr . Charlesworth ought to fenow ijitrtPLord ^ John Russell could not make law ; - nM ^ CHAKLESwl ) RTH Was veiy well aware that aLpr ^^ John Ru ^ seirs . dictum w'ds ; not ; absplute : hia influejice would ^ , •' , such a ?; almost to amount to anabsolutedjicturivj . beBidea ^ he h ad ; already ^ iieg Jfcted t ^ fijrn ^ h ; jpfbrmatioD , for ^ hich he hftd beeii appjuedtoy 7 afld ^ ^ ^ h ^ eh > he » M ^^ Charies ^ orJth : deemed jtinecessar ^ they a should , have , before they ^ ritef ^ tained the questdoa . ^ d ^ y ^ i ^ ,. 7 ~ y % 'Jw ,-. ( , i -K-n .. ] i AtDE » MAW ; i Williamson- 't ^ g htJ there / was no ! octJasion- for so'miieb : o ^ gsitipri ; ^ Hebe ^ ed to , I- - ; '•¦¦> . " i : ' ; h * ir , i :. ¦<'¦ ' - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ , ' ¦ '¦ * ¦*; ¦ ' -i ' ^ ' : ¦ ¦' ., . ' ' * : ¦¦¦ ' ¦ ; . ' ''¦"> ' ¦ ¦ -. - -r ' a-

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      remind the Councfl that this was not : a questio ^ a of expedlerifeyybut bnie ^ of abWlute' necessifr ^ ^ He believed it would Ue ^ ppssiblej Jto erect ^ a" prison for " £ 10 , 000 , which riiight answer the purpose ; but ht thought it would \> e be"p § f ^ oTTcy to expend £ 30 , 000 at firsi ^^ rather ^ than afterWaidshaye ; tp ; teyoutasunt considerabl y exceeding that in making alterations andJE ^ LARGEiMENTSV '( Hear ^ heat . ) J .:-: Mry JosHTJA 'Bp # ER > 4-If ^ leyiwere to hate' a

      place of ^^ this sort , he ' wpuldmuch ^^ ratherthafitshould-: be hadm Leeds , than that they ^ Whbuld be-onder any ¦ ^ obligatiorii >; the West Riding 'Magistrate ^ He , howevetj should be one that would be oppose ^ - to laying out any such like sum as 26 or £ 30 , 00 ** ^ *'¦ f ° f £ : \ ^ wa s nojiecessity ^ that'ifla bmld--lng of this sort there ; should' be any thiriir lil& ornament ; all that was wanted was a plain subi stanfaal building - and to that he thought th& me ™« prs of the Coiincil could have no objections . ; The theh

      • : Mayor ^ put the resolution , ; which-wai carnedy--three-hand 8 being'held up against it ; - / Dr .. ¦ WiLL-iAMsok then moved ^ That the New Gaol House of Correction for the Borough of Leed > and other buildings shall forthwith be made and built , that tfie same shall be fitted rip and . furnished with all such accommodations and appurtenances as are requisite for the confinement of prisprierff , ' and : the residence of the gaoler , chaplain , keepers ^ andt other officers , arid for bther purposes -consistent with the : several statutes Nnow in'force , ' : or which shall be enacted in relation to gaols or Houses of Correction .. " '; -- ; / :. ; yt :- ' . \\ ' :-. ¦ : .. ¦ -... ; . : •'¦ - " ' V-..- " v '" : Mr ^ Benyon seconded the mbtion . V ^ v i Mr . Wright . moved as an amendment " That no proceedings be taken till the probable expense ? could . be ascertained . " : M . ¦ ¦ : ,

      A Councillor , whose name we did not learn ^ seconded the amendment . :: ^ ¦ V ' ¦ ; . ; Mr . Whalley had yotedfor thenrstresolutionjlmt ; he cbuld not suppbrt a proppsitipu for commencing ' forthwith to erect a goal without haying any ide » pfC the probable expense . If the ¦ committep Appointed , to manage this business had the power to make cbn- > tracts , they could make them without the interference pf the Council ; V ^ "' ¦;/ ' : ,: { . ¦'¦ : ' : '' :: \/ ' ^/ . '' ' ^ - '' --. 'U- : u . Dr . Williamson said the allusion to the Council implied thit the Councilhad the power to adopt or rej ect . any proposal of the committee , pr to nullify any of its contracts .

      Mr . Ho-WARD thought if the committee were torefer all matters to the 'Council , there could iena danger in allowing the committee to make riecessaiy ^ arrangements , ''¦ . ' . If ^ the Mayor would assure the ' Council . that a majority of that-body ; . ( the . Cpuncil ) , ' disapprbving bf any plan of the committee , wouii thus render ' . that / plan null and vbid | he would ; offep no further opposition . That a place of thi&sort must be built was clear ; but if , as Dr . WilUamspri had , said , £ 10 , 000 was sufficient for all necessary purposes , he should be sorry to vote for the expenditure of any such sum as 20 pr £ 30 , 000 . ¦ - / ' - * . v The Mayor thought there was no danger whatever , in granting to the cpmmittee all necessary ^ power , for they would never think of taking anjr important steps in the business withput applying to the GovmhiL ' "¦' ¦ - ' ¦ : : : - . ' . - ¦¦ ¦ ¦; . '"' -W ' ,-

      ; Mr . ChArlesworth moved that the votes pa this question be recorded . The Mayor said if they did not pass this order , they would . ' not .-. comply with the Act of Parliament . The . 'law required them ; to ipass this . ' . '¦ older , ¦' ¦ ' ¦ if ^ ^ they once alloveeda gaol to be necessary . ;/ ' - ¦ - ¦ .. . " - ¦ - ^ ' ; Mr . Bywater moved as an amendment , that no steps be takeri till the plans he examined and approved by the Council . — ¦ ¦¦ ¦ - \ " ^ Mr . Bramley ^ seconded the amendment . THe votes were then " recorded , when 'there

      appeared for the amendment ; 10 ; ayaiust it , 32 . The minority were—Messrs . Joshua , Bowerj Richard Bramley , Israel Burrows , John Armitage Buttreyj . Edward Charlesworth , William Dove , Henry Hall , Radfprd Potts , James Whalleyj Griffith . Wrights For the passing : of thei order were- —Messrs ; Baker , Barlow , Bateson , Benyonj Bywater , Clapham , Clarke , Derham , Dickinson , Gaunt , Hargreave , Heath , Hebderi , | Howard , Hunter , Lawsori , Maclea , J . Musgraye , Moss , Pawsori , Priestman , Rbbirisp % Shaclcletori , Stansfieldj Tatham , WatSQn , ; W . hiteley , Wilkinson , Williamson , Wilson , arid Wood . : ; v , V That for

      Dr . Williamson moved ^ " the ' afbrer said purpose a quantity of freehold land , riot exceeding five acres j shall be forthwith selected with sucb , v road ways , water courses , easemerits | and pther ; apr piirteriances as shall be needful ; and that the same shall be purchased , by , and ; conveyed to , and for the-Cpuncil and tlieir successors ; and that all such deeds and cbrittacts shall arid may be entelred iiitband executed , andsuch estimates arid spepifipatipns ; obtained , and other acts ,, fields , matters , arid thingsy , dbne and performed as shall be lawful and neces-: sary ; " which ^ ^ was also seconded : h ' y ' Mr * Benybm ^ Mr . CHARLES'wbRTH also ; objec ted to this mo--tioii on the same grounds as he had objected . to the preceding one .- ^ -rlt was neyertheless carried , only f p rir opposingitC - ¦ - ' . ¦¦' ' : '¦ : " - ' [ ' .. r . .. " , ¦•';¦' , ;¦ ; •¦; ' > ::-. ' ¦ . : . ¦ . ' - - The Mayor said , all that the law Tequired had ' nbwbeendone . / ¦ ¦

      . ¦¦ ;; P . r ^¦'• ¦ 'WIL . LjuM ' sb ¦ N ^ . "th ' en : •;¦ . mQ . ved the following resolution , which was seconded ; by Mr . Benyori , < f That Messrs . Tottie , Williamson , Goo ^ naan , ' Clapham , Beckett , Scarth , Hunter , Paw son ^ Gia ' cey Derhamj :-Ga ? iiit , ^ ^ BenyonJ ^ Stansfeld , Heb'den ,: HbldV forth , Baker , Bywateri arid Peuse , shall haye power and vuthprity to enter into such contracts , ; an , d / to giye all such orders arid directions , arid ! do all such acts , matters , -and things , as shall be requisite ; to carry into effect the two last-meritipned resolutions ^ with power to obtain such plans , drawings ^ specificatioris , ^ and . estimates , and to offer such premiums for-. the ; same- ' as they may think ; desirable , provide * that'the ^ said Committee , before they commence

      the erection o ? the said gaol , sbaU make a report to the Council of such plans , drawings , and ' specifications ' , ; with aiv estimate pf the probable expense that may be incurred in cofupleting the works , The . Report pf the Finance Cpminittee was" thea read - arid received . The : amount of expenditure wa $ £ 2 , 279 . ; In the four townships of Osmondthbrpe , Skefton , Thorne ,. and CplCoats , it appeared there were arrears aniounting to £ 213 odd . It was thfen moved , seconded j and carried that the overseers of these townships should be summoned to appear before the council pri the 12 th of March nextj to show cause ; why their arrears had ibt been paid up . The following , resolutions were then passed ,-

      —" That the draught of ; the map . or plan made for the purposes of the Leeds Improvement Act belythographpd , sp . as to allow copies to be obtained , for private or other use ^ and that the original be deposited in safe ; enstody ; ; .- ' j : <"' . ; - ¦;; V . ; v ' .-: ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦ -: . '' That all Unclaimed articles which have been left by prisoners and others , and which can be legally sold , te sold and disposed of forthwith , under the direction of the Watch Conimittee , and the proceeds paid ; to the x ? reditdf the Borough Fund . !'— [ What an orderly way of doing business ! All the saipable articles in the Police-office of this descriptipn were sold more ; than three weeks ago , and a motion was passed in ; the Council , three ¦;' w ' e ^ iw ' \ aite ' r ' . . ihe-- ; ' Biiei ithat the said articles should be sold forthwith- Jl

      . " That the Temoval of Mr ; Wood j the late . Cpmmittee Clerk ,, frcm the service of the Cb ^ ratibri be corifirmed by the Council ; and that his salary be paidup te that day , ^ 12 ^; of FebTOary . r . ;/ f ; ; '' Thait a sribscription be raised for the widow and family of , the late Joseph Cooke . '; ; > •' --.: 'i That the Bye- ? iaw ; Committee be requested at their ' earliest ^^ convenience , to frame such bye-laws as will be in cpnfof niity withthpse powers ^'' [ These are the terms pf Mr . Baker ' s iribtipn : if aiy . person can make sense of it , we , have no objectiph - . tb / their doing so . ;; iThfi ! 'words - ' ^ with those ; . jjovfers , ?? ^ e apprehend mean ' - ¦<< - the powers vested in thelGbunr cn . " 1 : ¦ ¦ -- * ' ~ 'C ' " \ : - >¦; > - ¦ ¦'' ¦ :- ¦'' - ;¦¦ ' ¦ r \ ' --: ' ¦ •^* rd .-V

      " That ' a Teturn bemade ofanMdnies ;^ aid-t 6 ^ hi ?^ Attbrney-Genferal , for his ; bpiriiorisj l V y the '^^^ New Cip ^ cffafip ' nu '/ -- ' - - >' - ; r \; :- ; : * - -v ' ^ v ; -X ' wy- * f- '" i . ¦ : : ' . (¦ * ' Thai ; th p ; re-copsideratibn ; of , ^^ salary ; sh ' au ' -tJakejplace at t ^ Cpuncil , liVIarch ;? l 2 th , a »* ^ that ^^ ^ ja ^ ; pf flfe question stand 6 Cc ^ nd ^ pn ;^ papttC "; f , ' ]'' i :,

      w *^ # cf ^ Piogrietyi : > ' ^ 'R ^ td- Pbtts itt * Moving for . Ae ^ e ^ ra , of ^^^ m ^ nia ^ ' ^ e , opiriipb ofj . the ^ jiton ^ y feeineral ^ ^ x <^ d cbnsidfir ^ - ¦ abl& merriine ^ tv"I Hfr did riot spare Mr ^ B&m es ^ wljp ^ be saidhacTy oa ^^ three ^^^ fiferjenttoccasiprisi ta ^^ up ^ iiy biro , to hold him ^ r ^ Potts > ? up !; to ; publu } p ^ iBflju Theykigbt talk .- ' -of "Itadicala : br ^ W > ig / BaiiBaVas they pfeascd ; biit ^ would preler ^ attBon ^ Ba ^ icalj teri :-tints '; more thaitf a ' man of SArNEsJgi politics .. ( Hear ^^ hea rl )^ Mr ^ 'Baker n ^ anifeS ^? hii ' ange ) f at > ; Mr > Po ^ ; iri ^ io snialf cle ^ ; a ^ T ^^ fiyat ^^ presuming to caU' :. M ? f Baker -to biai ^^ wjia * $ & sited by . 5 ' his :.: censure « ^ The : ^ 1 ) U 8 inera ^ \ jf this

      roeetinie .-as we have alreadY : B ^ t ^^^ e ^ i ^ tg ^ f ^ Jt ^^* ^ | i « ne ; hou ^ and K yet ^ d ^ ;^^ Jwh ^ > , ; time , there , was nptbing Put forth bv- ' thftH ^ Sa ^ p ; ^ & * £ Jk but ^ tfcei im erest itwadai ^ a ^ f . nbtfiiritf " : ^ M 3 KmB ^ ' ^ ' ^ ' $ & jtransacted of t&evIeaatMfaUd ( J nt& ^ akd $ 3 SEl S& ^ ~ ~ % i' % ; Hav 6 : ^ Vadyrmeiititf »^ egardio » aie ^ i ^^^>^^ I " ^ newga , ©* . ' ' \ -l ^ , 1 ' . - ^ , ' ' 7 & $ BB& fj'T JM 1

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 17, 1838, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct993/page/5/