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THE HUDDERSFIELD CHRONICLE, SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1850.
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-FUBLIG ¢ MEETING "AT "BERRY BROW; NEAR
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Tt. : HONEEY,
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A ,mecting. in furtherance of the objects of the West
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Riding Freehold. Land Movement was:held in Dawson's
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eehool-roqm,,on. Thursday evening, for the purpose of ex-
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plaining and promgting the objects of the above society,
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and for the enrolment of: members. Mr. William Bruce,
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jun., one of the solicitors to the. society, and Mr. Henry
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Piint, (in the unavoidable absence of his father), atten
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as a deputation from the central office in Le There
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were also present Mr. Joseph Batley, of Armitage Bridge,
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znd Mr. John Robinson, of Honley, besides some 150
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working men. a oe : :
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My mona BATTLEY having been called to the chair,
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proceeded to. observe that had the meeting been called for
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party purposes, 'ip, matters.of religion or politics, he should
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not have thought jt his duty to have attended it; but as
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the object was one of great importance, not only to the
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public generally, but to the working classes especially, he
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felt it bet) a duty and a ploxsure to do all in h's y ower to
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promote this movement. The objects of this society de-
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servod support on two considerations,-the first was that it
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afforded an opportunity to the working man who is indus-
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'rious, frugal, and careful to so far indulge'his mind as to
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Lave a bit of freehold of his own, thus raising himself in
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the social scale, so as to become an enfranchised member,
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and who would consequently take a part by his vote in the
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national interests of the country, and by this means have
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as much political power as the highest nobleman in the
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kingdom, which he would be capable of weilding for his
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country's good. (hear, hear.) If these societies had a
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iendency to dictate to its members the political party with
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which they should ally themselves, he could not give it
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his support, but it was not the object of the society to dic-
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tate to any man what his future political policy should be.
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lt aimed at enfranchising working men without any design.
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upon their political feelings, and on these grounds alone
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this movement was deserving of the working man's
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'support. There was another feature recommendatory of
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these societies, and that was, it would encourage habits of
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economy and persevering industry ; and, morcover, this
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society held out prospects which did not exist in similar
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socicties. By connecting himself with a society of this
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description the working man could acquire a freehold in
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some six months and at once appear on the register, while
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if he saved his money individually it wowltl be a work of a
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number of years to accomplish that object,-in a word he
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could purchase his land by retail at the wholesale price,-
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tor the society were enabled, by purchasing a quantity of
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land, to get it at 8d. and 9d. a yard, while individual pur-
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chases could not be made for less than as. to 4s. per yard.
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This, then, being the case, he (the chairman) considered
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that he was serving the cause of the working men, and of
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the country generaily, by lending all the encouragement
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in his power to the spread of societies of this description.
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He desired to see the working classes rise in their position
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by industry to independence, and act manfully in the posi-
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tion in which Providence had placed them, and he also
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deemed this one of those institutions which would enable
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them to do so in a better manner than they could do it by
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their unaided individual exertions, (hear, hear.)
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Mr. BRUCE, (one of the society's solicitors,) said that the
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person who originated these societies was James Taylor, of
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Kirmingham, a die-sinker by trade, who, having
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jiimself of a freehold, was anxious to faciliate the means of
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acquiring the same privilege for his own order. -He re-
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marked that the constitution of this society was the same
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as that of an ordinary building society, and is enrolled
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undcr the building societies' act, but their primary object
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was the purchase of land. The subscriptions were at the
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rate of Is. 6d. per week per share-one shilling entrance
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io, and 6d, per quarter afterwards, towards defraying the
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incidental expenses of the society. If the subscription was
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not paid for three nights, a fine of 3d. was inflicted-for
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the next three nights ld, and if not at the expiration of
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six wecks, a fine of 14d. per weck was inflieted. It was
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uiso provided that in case a man was out of work, and
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male application to the committee to suspend his pay-
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ancnis for a time, and the request was complied with, in
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that case the fines were remitted ; and it was also provided
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tl at aman could withdraw from the society, at a month's
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notice, receiving back the whole of the money he had paid
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in, save the entrance-fce and fines. The society is managed
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by a committee elected annually, and all matters in dispute
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were so arranged that any appeal to courts of law was ob-
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viated by the appointurent of a referee, whose decision was }
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tinal. The speaker then detailed the mode by which the
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s ciety purchased and altstted land,-the process being,
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taat after the committee had decided on an cligible site,
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and purchased it, the surveyor divided it into holdings of
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coaventent size, so as to conferin each case a 40s. freehold.
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Jf there were more applicants than there were shares for
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disposal, then the secretary allotted the number for disposal
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in order as the names of applicants appeared on the books,
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and in case there were more lots for disposal than there were
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upplications4which inall probability never would be the case),
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then the members were cumpelled to take the lots in their
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turn. The whole expense, the speaker remarked, of the con-
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veyance and the mortgage deeds in one of these lots would
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not exceed some £3 15s, The speaker then remarked on
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the sterling character of the trustees and bankers of this
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» ciety, and then added that it had been objected that they
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di! not allow compound interest ; but then again in many
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building societies parties entered for larger sums than in
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t' cse socicties-there would consequently be a great diffi-
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culty, in so large a number of small sums, in keeping com-
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plicated interest accounts, and they further considered this
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want made up by- the greater reduction at which this
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scicty could purchase land by taking a large quantity.
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'the speaker proceeded to recommend the projeet to the
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ttvution of the working classes, "s a means of easily pro-
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curing, by due economy, those political privileges which
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they had hitherto sought without success.
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'lhe meeting was next addressed by Mr. HENRY PLINT,
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who remarked that these societies were formed with the
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- ¢sizm to improve the social, promote the moral, and exalt
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the political condition of the unenfranchised millions. The
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iaoral agency of these sucieties was great, in fonning habits
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of economy and sobriety-by driving intemperance from
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anwuy them. It also improved the social condition of the
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surking uti, by inculeating habits of self-reliance, and
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save lim that interest in national affairs which was the best
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guarantee for his becoming a true citizen. If the working
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men only exerted themselves thcugh the agency of these
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sucicties the speaker predicted that many of the county
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ey st'tuencies might be materially altered, the members of
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vh.ch at present were a dead weight on all movements to-
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»~rds economy or thé extension of political power to the
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3: aia8cs. In conclusion the speaker called on those present
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t: show whether their demand for the suffrage was mcre
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t..k, or whether it was the carnest wish of their heart to
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ohsin it by the degree of interest evinced in support of this
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and kindred societies. as
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"ir, BUWER, of Huddesficld, spoke from his personal
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knowiedge of the good which ha' resulted from the allot-
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ir "it system in the neighbourhood of Kirkburten, Almond-
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bury. Lepton, and that neighbourhésd, among the fancy
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weavers, Bunt that land was rented, and, therefore, on the
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p-reiple that he would rather have 4 .coat of his own than
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a ' orrowed one would he recommend these societies in pre-
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feerce to the allotment system (hear, hear). He con-
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c! ded hy Moving a resolution to the effect that this meet-
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'in: havimag heard the statements of the object3 and modes
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¢' working of the West Riding Freehold Land Society, ap-
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pr-ves-of its objects, and recommends the inhabitants of
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Berry Brow-and Armitage Bridge to support such socicty.
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AMUEL Healer (a working man), in seconding the re-
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Ss -Utiun, observed that he would rather the concession of
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tle suffrage dame to the working man through the legiti-
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1 ale Lluaunel, as in that ease millions would at once be put
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... thu position of enjéying the privilege of representation ;
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hit, under present circumstances, he would accept this
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course, which seemed the most speedy, and his ambition to
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Lecome a voter induced lim te second the resolution.
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Mr. JOHN Ropinson, of Honley, said he sympathised
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with this movement, which promised to effect yreat good,
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tt wicch, for that reason alone, would find much opposi-
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tivt: in vertain quarters, in the samé 'manner as their
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strvuggies for the repeal of the corn-laws had been resisted
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by certain partics for years before they were repealed. The
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corz. - laws, he maintainod, were not so much repeated from
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the intrinsic ness of the principles involved, but by
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means something like those now in operation ;: by the
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creation, at that time, by Mr. Cobden and. his followers, ;
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of frecholders in East and North' Lancashire, in . Kast
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Su:rey, and in Middlesex; and, but for that movement, .
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tir Robert Peal would not, in his opinion, have carried the
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m:. asure at last, as many of those who went with him for
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the repeal ef these corn-laws would, under other and less
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critical circumstances, have been on the opposite side. The
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main object of this movement. beyond question was to win
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courties, which was a neble object; and if it meant any-
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t ing, it. meant this, that the working-classes being
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heavily taxed, ought, therefore, to bo well governed.
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'they believed at present that they were too much taxed,
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-that they had not their righte,-nmd that they were not
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so well governed as they might be. (hear.) Inasmuch as
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it was 1ossible they might have to work on some scven
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- years hefore they suceceded in getting an extersion of the
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suffraze, it had been thought desirable to comnience upon j
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'a sure plan, which would, if taken. advantage 'of,: secure
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tue privileges in a much shorter'space of time. - Havi
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by this means once got in the wedge, the movemert woul
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&° ca, and thus fcilitate an extension of the suffrage j
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-auong acgrester bedy of thepeople. He therefvre called
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oe the working men, now that trade was. , to lay aside
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a little of their earnings for so laudable a purpose. 'If the
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people i Government to do anything, they 'must
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- take care and look well after them, and then no Govern-
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ment could carry on long, unless-the people submitted. to
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their course of policy. The speaker. then proceeded to
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remark, that we differed so much among ourselves until
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van was taken of our dissent to increase our burthens,
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and the résult was that a feather had been taken off and a
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camel clapped on. As the working men were more involved
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in these arrangements than any other class, this society
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was anxious to afford them a stake in the country, 80
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that they might feel themselves identified in its in-
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terests and welfare ; and although he (the speaker) was
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much disposed to go the length of household suffrage, yet
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he still believed that if this plan was properly taken up, it
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would make a much more virtuous and much more honest
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class of voters than could be secured provided the suffrago
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Was given to all for nothing. He well knew that there
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was a great deel of virtue amongst the working-classes, and
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just as he would advocate the education of the people, so
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would he advocate every measure else calculated to make
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them good citizens. The speaker then commented on the
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objectionable class of voters created by the Reform Bill,
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and on the impediments at prevent thrown in the way of
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measures of true economy by the county members. Bo-
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lieving that the Freehold Land Movement was calculated
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to remedy these evils, if the working-classes at Berty
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Brow and Armitage Bridge desired to possess these immu-
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nities and these privileges, they would find that their
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possession would add to their temporal interests,-to their
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self-respect,--and they would also find that they had added
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much to their domestic happiness and comfort, and set an
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example to their children who were to follow them. (hear,
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hear.) He called on the meeting to struggle on, and make
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themselves independent voters,-remembering that "I
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cannot do it" never accomplished anything, while 'I will
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try" always worked wonders. .
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- A vote of thanks having been passed to Mr. Joseph
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'batley, for presiding on the occasion, the proceedings ter-
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minated at half-past 9 p.m.
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HOLME RESERVOIR. - APPOINTMENT UF RE-
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CEIVER ON BEHALF OF A MORTGAGEE.
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At the Huddersfield Guildhall, on Tuesday last, before
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J. Armitage and W. W. Battye, Esqrs., the affairs of this
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undertaking were under discussion for a considerable space
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of time.
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Mr. FENTON, of the firm of Fenton and Jones, said he
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applied to the magistrates on behalf of Messrs. John and
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Thomas Brook, as executors of the late John Brook, Esq.,
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of Dalton, who had advanced a sum of £7,500 in three
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equal sums on mortgage of the works of the Holme
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Reservoir Company, and inasmuch as his clients could not
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get any interest paid nor any of the principal restored, he
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now asked the magistratcs to appoint a receiver of the
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water-rates, in conformity with the 78th clause of the Com-
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pany's Act of Parliament, which stated, that in case the
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company did not pay the interest and £500 of the principal
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off annually, it was in the power of two justices to appoint
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a receiver for the estate, who would distribute the monies
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of the company in accordance with the terms of the act.
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Ho therefore, after the mortgage deeds had been put in
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and proved, and after the several formal notices served on
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Mr. Jacomb, the company's clerk, had been put in and ad-
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mitted, asked the court to exercise their authority and to
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appoint Mr. George Tinker, of Holmfirth, as receiver of
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the rents of the said company.
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Mr. ARMITAGE:-Is there any objection to this application?
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Mr. JACOMB said he appeared on behalf of the commis-
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sioners, who, at a meeting the previous day, were unani-
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mously of opinion to oppose the application. He, however,
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intimated that he should decline going into the question
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until the application had been formally made.
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Mr. Fenton then proceeded to observe that for the last
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four years the Messrs. Brook had not received one farthing
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of either principal or interest, and in spite of repeated ap-
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plications, had been left completely in the lurch by the
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directors of this company, who had been spending their
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money in law proceedings. If a receiver was appointed,
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then, of course, those monies he received out of the rates
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he must pay to his clients,-or, at any rate, so much of it
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as would be their proportion, under the terms of the Act
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of Parliament and the mortgage deed, which would ibe
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much more preferable than the present plan, under which
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his clients could get nothing.
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Mr. JACOMB said there were a number of objections to
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this application. The Act of Parliament was so framed,
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he did not hesitate to say, that the present applicants.could-:
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not get the rates at all, and he denied that it was in their
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power to apply any of the money, if so received, in pay-
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ment of interest.
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Mr. FENTON :-We ask you for a sum of £7,500 at the
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rate of £500 per annum, and we claim some person to re-
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ceive the whole of the sums or such parts owing to the
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company as are now due and unpaid. -
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Mr. JAACOMB submitted that the notice was bad, inas-
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much as the plaintiffs could only claim a receiver for such
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a sum as would bear a fair proportion to the whole sum
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borrowed by the company ; and, also, inasmuch as they
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claimed a receiver over the whole, while they were only one
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among a number of parties who stood in relation of mort-
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gagees to thiscompany. Again, the terms of the act had
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not been complied with, for the present application was to
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appoint a receiver of the whole "or part" of the sums.
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{r. FENTON :-Of that portion liable to pay.
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Mr. Jacomp :-Supposing you were to make an order to
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day for a receiver, and supposing another mo yee comes
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next Tuesday and asks you to do the same thing, what
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then would you do?
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Mr. FENTON :-We are the first. .
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Mr. ARMITAGE :-I take it that we are not, ona question
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of this nature, to consider what other people will do; we
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are here to consider whether at the time the application
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was made we performed a legal act.
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Mr. Jacoms :-If you make an order to-day, you will be
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in this position : you will have parties making application
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for similar powers, and how can you comply with their
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request ?
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r. FENTON :-Oh, Mr. Tinker will act as receiver for
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them as well. .
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Mr. Jaacomb:-But {f they decline his services, then
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what will you do ? oe
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Mr. ARMITAGE :-I think that in case we refuse to ap-
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point, we could be compelled by mandamus to do.so.
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Mr. Jacomb :-I do not hesitate to say that you would
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not be compelled.
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Mr. JOUN Brook :-Then your argument amounts to
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to this-if mo are not re-paid they have no legal
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power given them to inforce payment ?
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Mr. JACOMB proceeded to argue, with much ingenuity,
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that according to the terms of the act, the rents of the
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company should, in the first instance, be devoted to the
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payment of the expenses of the act ; next to the costs and
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expenses of making the reservoirs, and in paying, from
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time to tine, the intcrest on money borrowed, and also
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in maintaifing the reservoir in sufficient repair, and the
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residue to be kept for any contingency, and to be devoted,
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in the discretion of the commissioners, in paying off any
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of the principal which might have been advance Now,
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with respect to the.eosts in obtaining the act, that had been
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paid long since ; then came the expense of making the
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reservoirs, in connexion with which there were heavy
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claims hanging over the commisioners still, which were un-
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settled, and next in order came the payment of interest.
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It was, however, the opinion of M. 'T. Baines, Esq., that
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the cost of keeping the reservoir in repair, being a neces-
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sary work, would take precedence of the paragraph pre-
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ceding it with respect to interest, and those repairs were
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now going on, and were further needed.
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. Mr. Fenton remarked, that there was a sum of £1,200
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spent in one year in law.' '
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Mr. JACOMB said that they spont a great deal more the
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last year in opposing his (MR. Fenton's) application to
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Parliament. - ss .
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Mr. JACOMB, in continuation, said that the commis-
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sioners had seypral heavy debts hanging over them. There
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was a balance of £1,424 15s. 2d. owing to the Hudders-
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field bank. :
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Mr. FENTON :-Are they not mortgagees ?
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Mr. Jacomn :-Yes, they have lately become go in con-
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sequence of your conduct. There were, however, he pto-
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ceeded to observe, several other sums, amounting to several
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thousand pounds more, and there was, in addition, an
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action now pending against then by a contractor for be-
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tween £3,000 and £4,000. It was, no doubt a matter of
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regret that so much money had been spent in litigation,,
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bnt when he came into office. in 1846, 'the company were
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then before Parliament, and had unfortunately been there
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almost ever since. A large sum had been expended in the
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application madg last session, but until the cemmissioners
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had paid their debts, he submitted that the present appli-
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cation could not be maintained. However much he per-
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sonally regretted the state of affairs, he was sorry to say
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that the persons interested would not pull together. - ..,
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The Bench having conferred with the Clerk for some!
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time in the} rivate room, Mr. Armitage, on his return to
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the Court, announced that the Magistrates had given the
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matter every consideration, and they were of opinion that
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they were called upon to appoint a receiver, who, of course.
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would act in such manner as he thought himself instructed
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to do by the terms of the Act of Parliament. -~ ° ==
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Air. George Tinker was then formally questioned, and
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consented -to undertake the office. The case, which ex-
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'sition, the Mayor called a:pub
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. Stanfield, Esq., his worshi
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cited much interest, then te:minated.
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MEETING AT LIFAX. ON THE EDUCATION -
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oe mA ION.
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ble réqui-
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to 'consider- ite
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ropriety of petitioning Parliament in favour of a legislative
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rrovisie for the pensral education of the people, oP hs'
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ciples which shall give a free and equal participation of the
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benefits of the system to the members of every religious
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denomination ; which meoting was held on Tuesday even-
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ing, the 29th ult., in the Odd Fellows' Hall, at half-past
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seven o'clock, - . : busi
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The Mayor (john Crossley, Esq.), in opening the busi-
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ness of the evening, said that he had long felt a deep
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interest on the subject of education, and for some time
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had contributed both in a pine and Pring site sly with
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to its support. He had come to that mee simply w
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the intention of reading the requisition presénited to him 4
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few days ago, signed by upwards of 450 of the inhabltants
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of the borouzh, and then leave them to request some other
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gentlernan to preside, as he apprehended the promoters of
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the meeting differed from himself in the means to be used.
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Since, however, he had been in the room below, along with
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some of the promoters, he had consented to act as chairman
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the whole of the evening, and he hoped to be enabled to
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act impartially and faithfully. Let them come to the con-
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sideration of this matter calmly and diliberately, and what-
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ever difference of opinion might prevail in those who
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might address them, whether for or against, let there be
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a disposition on the part of all to listen fairly.
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Mr. NICHOLSON rose to address the meeting on the first
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resolution. H6 congratulated them on the tircumstance
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that their respected Mayor was in the chair. He was
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happy in having lived to sce this question of general edu-
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cation becoming popular and uppermost, for they were
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now 'beginning at the right end. He did not know the
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motive of the committee in putting the resolution into his
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hands, unless it was that he was like themselves-a work-
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ing man. It was sometimes said that meetings like the
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present did not originate with the people, but this was got
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up by a few of the working men of Halifax. The resolu-
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tion was to the effect that, while giving due honour to the
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efforts of voluntaryism, that system was unable fully to
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educate the people, and he recommended a plan of secular
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education. He was happy that the resolution was worded
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in such a manner that he could give it his hearty support ;
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if it had not been proposed to support it by local rates,
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and have it under local management, he could not have
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done so. Their worthy Chairman had properly told them
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that all agreed on the necessity of education, but differed
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on the means of obtaining that object. When they looked
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on the moral condition of the people, they found on good
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authority, not one half of the poor were able to read. Not
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all the exertions of the voluntary system, honourable and
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praiseworthy as they were, nor the personal and pecuniary
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efforts of those supporting it, had been able to supply the
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education needed. It was an astounding and humiliating
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fact that nearly one half of the poor were not able to read
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-that one eighth of the population, and this was a cause
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of ignorance, were in receipt of poor-law relief. It had
434:
been said that the secular system proposed would be costly ;
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but had those who made use of that argument reflected on
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the cost of our criminal code? That indefatigable and
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zealous magistrate, Mr. Rushton, in a letter to the com-
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mon council of Liverpool, stated that 14 juvenile criminals
439:
had cost the town of Liverpool £889 1s. "now if such was
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the case we must husband our resources, look to the causes,
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and try to remove the cause of crime, instead of punishing
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the criminal. As a higher subject than that of pounds,
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shillings, and pence, the chaplain of Preston jail writes
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that, out of 3,700 which had passed under his official
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observation during three years, two-thirds were unable to
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read, one half of the number did not know the name of
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the reigning sovereign, and more than one-third did not
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know of a Saviour's name, and were unable to utter a
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prayer. Surely this state of moral depravity would rouse
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nglishmen, if benevolence had any place in their hearts,
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to remove this scandal on our nation.
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The speaker proceeded to contend that the absence of
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religious teaching by this scheme would not jeopardise the
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cause of religion, but on the contrary would best promote
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its development amongst the people, who would by the aid
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of both, become better subjects, husbands, and religionists.
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Mr. Situ, lately connected with the Lancashire Public
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School Association, seconded the resolution in an able
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In compliancewith a numerdtis and
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lig meeting
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speech, -s
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Mr. HENRY MARTIN said he understood Mr. Smith to
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say that Mr. Fox's bill gave all power to the rate-payers,
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r, SMITH :-Almost,
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Mr. MARTTIN replied there were clauses in that bill giving
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most despotic power to government commissioners, equal
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to that of the poor-law commissioners; by which they could
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set the whole body of rate-payers at defiance.
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The Rev. ENOCIH MELLOR, M.A., (independent Minister
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at Square Chapel), proposed an amendment to the effect
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that any system of education, unless based upon a religious
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foundation,. would be imperfect and incomplete.
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Mr. JAMES MILLINGTON seconded the amendment.
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Mr. NICHOLSON and Mr. SMITH replied to the statements
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of those proposing the amendment by alluding to the
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benefits other countries enjoyed from education, noticing
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America in particular. .
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bout eleven o'clock the Mayor took the vote :-for the
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amendment about one-third of the meeting voted, the
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original motion being carried by a large majority.
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Mr. JAMES BROADBENT moved that a petition signed by
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the Mayor, as chairman of the meeting, be presented to
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both houses of parliament, praying them to bring in a bill
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for secular education, to be supported by local rates and
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under local management, -..
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Mr. E. J, Morton seconded the motion.
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A vote of thanks having been passed by acclamation to
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the Mayor on the motion of Mr. Smith, seconded by James
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briefly acknowledged the com-
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pliment, and the proceedi terminated about twenty
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minutes past eleven, p.m.
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DISTRICT NEWS.
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HOLMFIRTH.
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THe WESLEYAN CUHAAPEL. - Recently the Rev. Peter
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Budd was stationed in Holmfirth, and made himself univer-
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sally respected by'his talents and uniformly courteous de-
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meanour. ' He, however, sometime since removed to Lin-
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coln, but carried with him the affectionate good-wishes of
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all his Holmfirth friends. On Sunday morning and evening
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last two sermons were required to be preached in the
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chapel, being the anniversary of this place of worship, and
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for this purpose Mr. Budd's services were judiciously se-
503:
cured. The consequence was that large congregations
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flocked to hear him, and liberal collections were the result.
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The sums given will be added to the Chapel Trust Fund.
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TOTAL ABSTINENCE. - Amongst the many villages be-
507:
stirring themselves in the cause of temperance must now
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be cnumerated that of Nether Thong, which has now its
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teetotal seciety. Another lecture on the advantages of the
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entire abstaining from intoxicating drinks was elivered,
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in the school-room of the village, last Wednesday evening,
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by Mr. Booth, the temperancs missionary from Hudders-
513:
field. Uther gentlemen also addressed the assembly. At
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the conclusion, some new names were added to the list of
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members ; and there seems no doubt that this branch go-
516:
ciety will contitine to increase, and diffuse the good it is
517:
intended to afford in this neighbourhood.
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LECTTURE. - A deputation from the Port-of-Hull-society,
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for the religious instruction of seamen, and clothing and
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educating the orphans of those who perish at sea, attended,
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in the person of Mr. Coombes, the travelling agent, at the
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Town-Hall, on Wednesday evening last, to state the claims
523:
of seamen ; giving also much interesting information re-
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specting the spread of truth amongst that class of our fel-
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low subjects. It %é8ms the society employs three mission-
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aries ;-150 orphans are also educated and clothed through
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its instrumentality. Moreover, the society was stated to be
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purely unsectarian in its constitution and operation ; thus
529:
Christians of all denominations can join in promoting its
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efficiency. A collection was made at the public meeting,
531:
but owing to the scanty attendance a small sun only was
532:
obtained. .
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MAGISTRATES' Court, SATURDAY, APRIL 27.
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Foolstone on Hepworth ?. - At Jackson Bridge lives
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one Jonas Littlewood, who retails beer there ; and the
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house which he occupies, being built partly over the river
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which divides the townships of Hepworth and Foolstone, it
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would seem that he was liable to be rated in each. Hither-
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to he had only paid for Hepworth. Now, however, Fool-
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stone again urgéd its claim upon the unlucky beer seller,
541:
for two rates of 4s. 8d. each. Both were allowed, with
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6s. 9d. costs ; thus establishing Littlewood's liability to pay
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to each township.
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Second Thouguts ane Sometimes Best. - A fortnight
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ago John Heward, of Holme, keeper of a." hush-shop,""-
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who, it may be remembered, was impértinent to the
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Bench a few weeks ago, avowing his determination, to break
548:
the law with reference to allowing beer to be drunk on the
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premises in these shops-was at that time fined ds. and the
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expenses, which he declared he would not pay. He was
551:
now brought up, by Mr. Thes. Heaton, superintendent consta-
552:
ble for the district, to show why a distress warrant shou'd
553:
not be issued against him for neglecting to pay the amount
554:
due, amounting to #1 53. Heward, when asked what
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cause he had to assign for not paying, seomed inclined to
556:
resist the demand, but on consulting his attorney, he wisely
557:
coheluded:that=" discretion is the er part of valour,"
558:
arid accordingly paid-up, thus saving his goods, or cacaping
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imprsonment. - -. . . oN ict
560:
intendent Heaton, to show cause why. he had
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"six hours, that being the
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Tue .goop OLp-DAYS ov THE: Stocks Revivep. - A
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little "raffling" rascal, by trade a jourgeyuien cobbler, who
564:
lives in St. Ann's Square, and answers to the nick-name of
565:
' "little Shape," but whose real name is' William Taylor,
566:
'was brought before their worships, at the instance of r
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fine of 5s., inflicted upon him last November,
568:
'seng drunk and 'dsorderly on the 24th of that month.
569:
Being a max of straw, and having no gtods upon -'
570:
course it was & summons
571:
Savoary and "air-drawn" chattels. It was therefore de-
572:
i ive him a lodging in the stocks for the space o
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oe hoes the e full time allowed by law.
574:
TRESPASSING ON THE' Rateway. - On Sunday, the 21st
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ult., two men named Joseph Greaves and George Ingham,
576:
both of whom messi at Hinchliff Mill, exe obaeered, by the
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nm employed, trespassing, agains lees eae
578:
ton on the Holmfirth brane tins ; and fér this offence
579:
Ambrosé Smith, . (on the part of Mae anak? the aa
580:
tors,) now appeared against the pair o Jemeanants.
581:
There ne no tonbt that these parties had hitherto been
582:
accustomed, for want of better occupation, to go rambling
583:
along the line on the Sabbath without any interruption ;
584:
but now that the works are in a state of almost absolute
585:
completion, the contractors are desirous of having them
586:
duly protected from mischief or injury. Defendants pleaded
587:
ignorance of being in the wrong, and stated their previous
588:
undisturbed perambulations. Upon the whole the magis-
589:
trates were inclined to treat the matter leniently ; and after
590:
a friendly caution addfessed té them, with an intimation
591:
that according to the powers of the Manchester and Leeds
592:
line, with which this is incorporated, they were liable to a
593:
penalty of £10, the trespassers were dismissed on paying
594:
the costs. ;
595:
HONLEY.
596:
ASSAULT CASE. - At the Guildhall, on Saturday last,
597:
before J. Brook and Geo. Armitage, Esqrs., a young
598:
woman, named Eliza Sykes, -c ed four young men of the
599:
pames of Charles Boothroyd, Edward Liversedge, -
600:
Haigh, and Richard Arthar, with assaulting her on the
601:
morning of the 21st of April, at Honley. The young
602:
woman stated her own case ; Mr. J. J. Freeman defended.
603:
It appeared from the evidence that about one o'clock of
604:
the morning in question, these young men came to the
605:
house of Eliza's mother, and began to throw stones at the
606:
windows, and went on the thatch and threw stones
607:
down the chimney. Whereupon Eliza and two young men
608:
who.were in the house with herself and sister went oui,
609:
when the defendants ran away. In about half an hour they
610:
came again, and made use of the same annoyances, and
611:
upon the parties again sallying forth from the house, the
612:
défendants again t a retreat. In a short time they
613:
again made their. appearance, when Eliza and her valour-
614:
ous protectors again ran out of the house, went round to
615:
the back, and there saw the four men on the thatch. The
616:
immediately jumped off to near where the complainant stocd,
617:
and the whole party let fly a quantity of stones and dirt
618:
at Eliza and her companions, one of which stones hit
619:
her on the head and made a deep wound, and this was
620:
the assault complained of. In defence, it was con-
621:
tended that this house was not one of the most rspecta-
622:
ble in the place, and that there had been earlier on
623:
in the same night a man at this house who was drunk,
624:
who broke several of the windows, and who had to be taken
625:
away by the constable: that these young men had merely
626:
played a boyish frolic, and as there was considerable dis-
627:
crepency in some part of the evidence of the complainant
628:
and one of her witnesses, the defendants ought to be dis-
629:
charged. The bench, however, without giving any opinion
630:
as to the respectability of the house, told the defendants
631:
they were not justified in committing assaults upon any
632:
person, and that people's houses must be held from
633:
annoyances. They then fined them Is. each, which with
634:
expenses amounted to 1/. 16s,
635:
KIRKBURTON.
636:
DISOORDERLV CHARACTERS. - Samuel Charlesworth and
637:
Samuel Marsden were charged at the Huddersfield Guild-
638:
hall, on Saturday, before J. Brook and Geo. Armitage,
639:
ie by Glover, the newly-appointed paid constable for
640:
Kirkburton, with being drunk and disorderly on Sunday
641:
night, the 21st ult. Clover stated that in going along his
642:
beat, with another constable, these parties were making a
643:
great noise, and on coming up to them they were very
644:
abusive, and made use of insulting lan e to him. In
645:
corroboration of his statement he called the constable who
646:
was With him, but who stated that Marsden did not appear
647:
to be drunk, and also that they were not making any noise
648:
beyond that which two men would make in talking to each
649:
other. Glover then stated to the bench, that it was at this
650:
man's request that he had summoned these parties ; that
651:
he had given him their names, and that he had stated that
652:
if he (glover) did not put down such disorderly conduct, he
653:
could do no good in the village. Glover then asked the
654:
constable some questions which clearly showed that it was
655:
either from fear, or some other feeling, that he had acted
656:
in this extraordinary manner. The Bench were far from
657:
satisfied with the conduct of this constable, and fined the
658:
men 2s. 6d. each and expenses,
659:
CHARGE AGAINST A PUBLICAN. - Glover, the Kirkburton
660:
constable, also ch: James Binns, a publican, with hav-
661:
ing a man drinking in his house at twenty minutes past 11
662:
o'clock on the night of the 19th of April. From the con-
663:
stable's statement it appeared that on the night in ques-
664:
tion, on coming up to the house of Binns, he heard a noise,
665:
and on looking through the window, he saw Binns and
666:
another man drinking and talking ; and that on one pint of
667:
ale being drunk, the servant brought in another which was
668:
paid for by the man who sat with Binns. Binns wore
669:
most positively that no ale had been drawn for sale after
670:
eleven o'clock. That he had been to Mold Green, after ten
671:
o'clock, and had left this man in the house when he went,
672:
and who he requested would remain until his return. On
673:
his return, he told the servant to bring him (binns) a pint
674:
of ale and some cheese and bread for his supper, of which
675:
he was partaking and conversing with his friend when
676:
Glover knocked at the door. He further stated that he had
677:
kept the house for near twelve years, and never before had
678:
been charged with either keeping a disorderly house, or
679:
with having company drinking beyond the hour specified
680:
by law. The Bench said that a man had a perfect
681:
right to drink a pint of ale in his own house at any hour he
682:
chose, and as Binns had never been brought up before for
683:
any misconduct, they dismissed the case
684:
HALIFAX,
685:
Mr. W. Ricnarpson's LECTURES. - We are happy to
686:
announce that this talented lecturer on philosophy, has
687:
met with respectable and numerous patronage during his
688:
course of four lecturres, delivered in the old Assembly
689:
Room, on the evenings of Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and
690:
Friday, of the present week.
691:
INQUEST aT STAINLAND. - George Dyson, Esq., coroner,
692:
held an inquest over the body of a litile girl named Ann
693:
Holroyd, only eleven years of age, whose brother John,
694:
took up a loaded gun (not knowing the same to be so), in
695:
a neighbour's house and shot her; the unfortunate causer
696:
of the accident was only ten years old. The inquest was
697:
held at the Red Lion Inn, in Stainland, in which village the
698:
parties reside. Verdict, accidental death.
699:
Hatirax Town Counctt. - The members of this cor-
700:
porate body had a regular field day on Monday, the 29th
701:
ult., respecting the rule nis? obtained against the corpara-
702:
tion in the Court of Queen's Bench. 'the report in reference
703:
to this matter emanated from the finance and general
704:
parposes committee united, and approved of the payment
705:
f the sum as charged by Mr. Warell, and recommended
706:
the appointment of a solicitor to
707:
The adoption of this report was moved by Mr. Alderman
708:
Dennis, and seconded by Mr. Councillor HEAP...... Coun-
709:
cillors Beaumont, Mitchell, and Robinson, objected remark-
710:
ing that the bill might be fair and right but was illegal......
711:
The Town CLERK defended his charges, and said when
712:
public bodies were called into court, the necessary expenses
713:
were paid out of the money in hand......mr. Alderman
714:
APPLEYABD thought it was the duty of the Town Clerk to
715:
make a legal rate at his own expenze...... Alderman DENNIS
716:
supported the Town Clerk, and called in question the eco-
717:
nomical motives of the objectors...... Mr. Councillor Lewis
718:
moved the following amendment. "that it is inexpedient to
719:
receive and adopt the report of the united committee.".....
720:
Mr. Councillor Rowson seconded the motion. The votes
721:
defend the corporation...
722:
were-for the amendment, Alderman Appleyard, Council-
723:
lors Swaine, Wood, Lewis, Hanson, Robson,
724:
mont, Cadney, and Mitchell, 10.
725:
Aldermen Ackroyd, Craven, Binns, Dennis, Booth, Bald-
726:
win, en, Councillors Wilson, Brook, Bentley, Dear-
727:
den, Gregory, Watkinson, Bottomley, Jackson, Rawnsley,
728:
Batty, Eastburn, Heap, and Mills, 21 Mr. Alderman
729:
BALDWIN moved a resolution in substance as follows that
730:
the bill of £96 15s. as ordered to be paid by the finance com-:
731:
mittee on the 22nd of March last, was for extra services of
732:
the Town Clerk, and therefore
733:
GEECORY seconded the motion.
734:
raised as previously, Messrs. Rubson and Mitchell movie:
735:
and seconding an amendment, which was negatived. by 20;
736:
to 10 votes; Mr. Robson, with the minority, handed in a'
737:
protest......mr. Alderman Dennis x ht
738:
of the Town Clerk as solicitor for
739:
cause against tlic rule;
740:
Green, Beau-
741:
Against, the Mayor,
742:
f
743:
he same opposition' Was"
744:
Councillor Hear seconded
745:
the motion...... Mr. Councillor Mitchell moved that no .
746:
solicitor be appointed ; Councillor Woop secondcd the mo
747:
tiut. After alittle wrangling, as to cheap law, between
748:
Mr. Siderman Boon and Councillor. Mitchell, the
749:
amendment was lest Voting for it, and 20 against it.
750:
'the original motion being cari by 20 against 9. The
751:
horough seal ard tho Ms~or's signature being affixed, the
752:
roper......mr. Councillor]
753:
moved the appointment f
754:
the corporation, to show FY
755:
MARKETS.
756:
nn
757:
HUDDERSFIELD MARKET, Tezpay, "wen.
758:
Less activity prevaled in our market sk . '
759:
should say seasonable goods fround ready cune Mp
760:
prices. The trade in the warehouses during the mery,
761:
very fair, and a good average business done, The 'weeit ay
762:
wools commenced yesterday, with a fll emote
763:
the biddings were spirited, and about last sales 'oe if
764:
perhaps in some instances in favour of the ben Og
765:
market appears much depressed, £42 being ey
766:
Gallipoli.
767:
The brig
768:
Hairax, Saturday, April 27th -Thore an
769:
change in the condition of the worsted trade © my > BR
770:
quiry is for lastings, which are very te ohn
771:
there is a steady business, without
772:
There ia not much doing in wool, and
773:
they were.
774:
L¥EPS, Tuesday, April 30th. - We hare y
775:
age business to-day and on Saturday: alse, con. ' ue
776:
ies have been made direct to the warehous,
777:
and priced without alteratfon. The shipping . "=
778:
busy; but there is net quite so much domy for +.
779:
the very cold weather we experience f Lrese:,
780:
dancy to check the sale of summer goods.
781:
Rocupale, Monday, April 29. -We ha-.. ~ b
782:
like an ay market to-day, beth in pin,
783:
pieces sold. e wool market ia still heavy, 4,.)
784:
ness doing. .
785:
MACCLESFIELD, Tuesday, April 30th. -Sinen
786:
port there have been many buyers of mann..."
787:
im town, but the sales are reported only to 4
788:
Wo might have expected larger operations ar tt
789:
year, particularly as it is generally understood». . °""
790:
oods in the wholesale houses are comparigive..
791:
uyers are evidently purchasing for immerdia,.
792:
hope, ere long, to be enabled to report a mor. ,
793:
The throwing trade continues in the same
794:
done for the last few weeks, but the mills are + "
795:
time. In the raw silk market, prices remain "
796:
BRADFORD Market, Thursday last.
797:
more doing, and many are looking forward w sr)
798:
prices. There ia a good business doing in. ™
799:
more enquiries for wooi, of which the stuck, . ."
800:
consumers are small. a
801:
Woo. MARKETS, BRITISH. - LEEDS, Ap) v,.
802:
has not been any change of moment in the 'lei...
803:
week, and the prices are stationary. - Foren,;
804:
29th. - The imports of wool into London Lage wrewe
805:
from Germany, 3,365 from Port Philip, 15:5 °°
806:
from the Cape of Good Hope, 149 from Turker +,
807:
Russia. The market is duil, as the public sac.
808:
the 2nd of next month, will be large. - Prom 1...
809:
bales will be offered, it is said. Lzzps, Apr] un
810:
change to notice in the foreign wool marizet th.
811:
mand continues limited, but pricesare firma
812:
LIVERPOOL Cotrron MARKE?, Tues:
813:
The poston business of last week clos anth - ¥
814:
great firmness at previous prices, which hi.
815:
enhanced about jd per Ib, imenaienpene: at 'ths
816:
m ing advices received by the American seh
817:
morning. The sales, in four days, are estinua:,
818:
of which the trade have taken more than 4... ,
819:
mainder the greatest portion was to specnaz >)
820:
Surat. Shippers, of lute, have taken more -p..
821:
more moderately of American deseriptivns. - ™,..
822:
ed since Friday are:-From the United si."
823:
Brazil, 1,657; East India, 4,013: total, 26.37"
824:
WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET, Yesterday -
825:
to have small arrivals of grain to thisday's marie:
826:
an increased demand at 18. to 2a over last wee .
827:
are fully 1s. dearer. Barley Is to 2s and Wars y
828:
per stone and 6d. per lead respectively.
829:
LIVERPOOL CORN Maret, Tuesday.
830:
attendance here to day is good. In whe -
831:
general demand at an advance of 2d. per 7) 6
832:
freely, and is the turn dearer. Outs and .... Tater
833:
moderate request at full rates. Beans 21, :
834:
more mohey. Malt and barley withonc chan...
835:
good request at 6d. advance.
836:
Hutt Corn Market, Tuesday, April
837:
mers' wheat offered to-day, and prices 22: -
838:
per quarter; whilst for foreign, althonch - »
839:
vance checks business. Nearcely anythin. i+
840:
but rather more inquiry for barley.
841:
LEEDS Conn Exchance, Tuesday, tor
842:
a moderate arrival of wheat, but the js.)
843:
large. For all fresh samples an advance ";
844:
tained over Friday's rates. Barley fetches -
845:
rather dearer. Other articles stead.
846:
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, CORN Manss- 7
847:
£4
848:
any alters,
849:
the quota: b's
850:
Neat
851:
un
852:
rep
853:
-in -;
854:
AL)
855:
30th. - Supply of wheat smaller from the en,
856:
h up either coastwise or from abroal. T~, .
857:
advance of 1s. per quarter on the rate of san £
858:
criptions of malting barley dull of sue, bu:
859:
more request, and very full prices. Fluor
860:
dearer. In other articles no change.
861:
WAKEFIELD CATTLE MARKET, Woesli..
862:
this day's Market we had a very large sur p,-
863:
and a very numerous attendance of buses.
864:
9d. to 58. 3d. per stone at Lb: fr ahecp in 4,
865:
per Ib; clipped do. 4d. There was alse an ex.s
866:
stock, pigs, and lamba, and at the close - lardet 5
867:
cleared off Number of beasts, 730: sheep, >.» :
868:
PRICE OF SHARES
869:
FRIDAY, MAY IRD.
870:
The same dulness and Inactivity previo
871:
pervades the Share Market. Grea: ¥
872:
proved in consequence of the Railwa-
873:
reported favourably as to the tari? -
874:
Company. Dovers and Sheffield Pre'oy
875:
the latter especially for delivery. The -~.s-
876:
don to-day are,-London and North W
877:
Midlands 52, Great Westerns 51} to 5! -
878:
6, Dovers 13}, and Eastern Counties 7
879:
sterts
880:
RR
881:
a .
882:
33° ca é
883:
8-3 2/ 4}
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885:
sbe 3/2
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ana & =. NA} F RPAILW AT
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3a5 1S) £i NAME OF RAIL
888:
323 (2/3)
889:
Ze 2,5
890:
as 3 <
891:
£a v'£! £
892:
stek, 50 Aberdeen 0.
893:
2 7°20] 8s Ambgte, Nott © Fis
894:
1l 6 10 1v0 Bristol and Bxeter
895:
steck 50 Ualedonian ..
896:
Do. Pref Sxeri > -<r
897:
for five years, ou -
898:
Ang. 1843, att i per
899:
o 3 0; 10; lo afterwards in perme us
900:
5 O stck; 20 Eastern Counties
901:
3 9: 25) 25 East Lancashire
902:
3 0) 6s 64 Do. pref. Quarters,
903:
5/ 3) Do. Prem Pitths
904:
010 0! 25! 22 Great Northern .
905:
5 0: 124' I2 Do. Halves A Decurn :
906:
46/124 %! ~Do B Guarantee:
907:
O 6 105 124123 5 percent. Pref sur:
908:
2 8 100 100 Great Western...
909:
110 @ stck 100 Lancashire and Yoriksi.
910:
1 0) 2: 10 Ditto Pfiftbs
911:
1 00, 50; 50 Ditto Husidersr-
912:
1 9% 20° 1g Ditto West Iduise
913:
9 6 stck: 10 Ditto Prefermsi -r
914:
50 50 Leeds and Thirsk
915:
Do. Pree Qra Tt per ou
916:
3 yrsamd Geren.
917:
} 124' 9 wards in perpetuity
918:
1 9 stck 100 London, Brighton, as
919:
210 stck 100 [london and North: Woscerm
920:
2 7$ 20/12 Ditto Byrehs
921:
. 100 lud (manchester, Shef & Li.
922:
Do. Pref. Guar 7.
923:
' t for 6 vears tren '+t
924:
10 10 1839, &6 pereens ters
925:
50) 50 Ditro Grimsby
926:
1 5 stek 100 Midiand.........
927:
14 103) 50 30 Hatvea, iat. tal J
928:
5 oO \stek, 25 North British ..
929:
i Sistck} 5 Do Sper cent Gis
930:
20 174 North Staffordshire
931:
20 1223 North Western
932:
15/11 Do. Pref (issue a o-
933:
50 50 Oxford, Worvester '
934:
511 2 184 Shef, R. BW. He ewe ¥
935:
9 0150 Sv South Eastern & Der
936:
& 6 104'stek! 25 York, Newvastie &
937:
4 93,25) 83) Do Pref Gn © -
938:
010 jssck, 50 York and North Myilu.
939:
mY :
940:
'OLOSING PRICE OF CONSOLS IN Lud DHS
941:
Biv = For Money, 953, 95%. Bor bev
942:
ted
943:
soni BANKS.
944:
1 0} 100) 10 Huddersfield Banicu.
945:
~ Oi OF}. 2h: 1 Halifax & Hudilersoo..
946:
i en ee {ranking Compa: ;
947:
O° 6.0 i 100; 5 'wear. Riding Taten Bane
948:
O11R'@ 5° 26,4.40 Yorkshire Banking 7
949:
Huddetifield: Printed and Publisted a 3°"
950:
. Weatgate,: by the Proprietora Joss +>
951:
Roeget M:ckleruwa:tta, reskiing a Se"
952:
pariah of Huddersfiali-Sarrapar, Mar)

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