... LEEDS. DREADFUL COAL PIT ExPLosIoN.-On Fri- day, about ten o'clock in the morning, a most tremendous explosion of fire damp took place in a coal pit of Messrs. John and Joseph Charlesworth, known by the name of the Robin Hood pits, situated at Rothwell Haigh, near Leeds. The depth of the pit was eight score yards, and the miners were work- ing in the straight works, twelve or thirteen score ...

... A RAB BLE OF IHE COMMONS. A very spirited petition, from the Great Radical Association, signed 4FkRous O'CoNNoR, Chair- man, will be found in the Star of this day.- The petition was presented by Mr. WAKLEY; and was rejected by the House of Commons, upon the ground that it impliedan insult to that assembly, and offered a gratuitous one to the Hobse of LordF. One seire-aere argued that the ...

... OIRIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE. The Mditors of '4The Northern Sitar wish to .be Ustiu-ctly unizrstood that in.affording a vetaicle for .tUe discussior ..of great Xublic Questions, they are niot to be *5donftfied with .he Sentirene eti a th Language of their several Corroporndents. TO THlE EDITORS OF THE NORTHERN.STAR. Gl;?:TLi.IE.N,-I lhiaesto thank you for publishing airy Lrst letter, which luis ...

... THE NORTlHERtN STAR. SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1838. THE IN, AND THE OUT TORIES: THE I ~ OUT-TORY MESS. The Out-Tories, by their ?? gorman. vo dizing excursion to our territories, have not much ab served their cause, neither have they evinced much yc political tact. Their position should have been wi that of perfect, quiescence, and neutrality. They yo should have allowed In-Tory perfidy tohave ...

... TO THE EDITORS - OF THE NORTHERN STAR. i Hull, April 16, 838 G' GtNTLE'IEN,-Na'ving seen in one of your 'recent IS publications a most gratifyibg report ofthe proceed- 'e mngs at the opening of the Bradford Temperaiier e Hall' I am induced to sepd vou ?? It Good Friday Tea Party, whichb idoubtnotviill be f perubed with interest by all yourzreaders who rejoice in the prosperity and happi ...

... IWOLN.0 * ?? i , CAUTiON TO STHASTERS AND HAtCNEY COACH PtoPRisEoas.-On' Tuesday. last, Mr. Thomas Lee, coach proprietor, 6oftthe Golden Lion, wa', summoned belore the sitting magistrates, to answer a charge preferred against him by William 4ackson and 'Thomas Davidson, two officers of the 0e%6iqe, for having let to them a hackney coach and horse on the 28th day of Nouemher last, and having ...

... BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF 'ICHARD OASTLE1I . ra(rontinutdro'm t or last.) l It was in the a 8- ' 1105 d was first direcc a ato t ne s sufringa, to hliba. thoseuts of ?? of t he haor we th dooned, ander the relentless tyranny of the itfmeroal system of FactorydesrPtism, as then esercised by the lva- -:1icious and ?? msillowniers of the Unsited Kingdom,. Mr. JaOH1s thoe, of Bradford, an ex- ...

... 4 .. Al t ry , ?? HOUSE Op' LORDS. m ThelsFlID CHANCELLOR~tOdk'hilsseet on~ the 'Wnoltskat fi o'clock., ?? .kafv rogtu 'niSirGFO1WS GREY, and othersn ruh ?? ?? of Lower Caua~p, wjtl,' Ieirm ,.Di psnefdfefts, ired tob he .1ouse of al L4r~(NO regeitoe_,petitin fromthe ' iioe'ragint tof .Wi1l Mtr the Con~oldatioh of the ?N Ithpi5 ?? ?? and Carlisle, in the I Ih~ihpofE~T~'wished 'to kno*: from of ...

... TO THE EDITOBS OF THE NORTHERN STAR. CnrrraIE31ENu-Your insertion of the following statements in your valuable and widely circulated paper, will oblige many of your readers. In consequence of a partial reduction having been made, by soin of the silk manufacturers, in the lower ceniits of reeds, of one halfpenny per yard, viz., 2,400, two threads and 2,700, two threads sursnletS, the weavers of ...

... IJEEDS AND WEST-RIDING NEWS. LEEDS. NORTRERN UNIoN.-Leecls is rapidly coming to its senses, and proves the truth of the old adage, Nothing like patience and perseverance. From the continued and'unceasing' exertions of a few good men and true, Leeds is fast progressing in the good 'cause. The Aspociation held their weekly meeting at the large room near St. James's Church, York- street, ori ...

... . To statesmen of enlarged views, much experience in affairs, and superior ability-persons of Lord Bacon's stamp-nothing appears so contemnptibleps :the Petty cavillings and impatient censoriousnesss of shallow politicians. For example: Mr. Baines, the Whig Member for Leeds, and its baeon has perfect scorn for that section of the Liberals h10 are blhinit to the wisdom of the Whig-Radical ...

... TO THE EDITORS OF NORTHER i STAR. RALAHINE. P: LAWS RELATING TO ,HE FORTMA.ION OF ti CHARACTER. w The termr formation of-character, as usedat Rala-' t hine, is morelcomprehehsivo-in its'm'eaning than w education, including every; dircumstance andevery a] arrangement made for theturpose of removing igno- rance and evil,. and for e ightening the minds, ,i proving the dispositions,.,regulating ...