For not only his Tory politics, but his love and regard for the authority of the law, made him despise the cowardice of the surrounding magistrates, who, in their dread of the Luddites, refused to interfere so as to prevent the destruction of property.

The clergy of the district were the bravest men by far.
There was a Mr.Roberson of Heald's Hall, a friend of Mr.Bronte's who has left a deep impression of himself on the public mind.

He lived near Heckmondwike, a large, straggling, dirty village, not two miles from Roe Head.

It was principally inhabited by blanket weavers, who worked in their own cottages; and Heald's Hall is the largest house in the village, of which Mr.Roberson was the vicar.

At his own cost, he built a handsome church at Liversedge, on a hill opposite the one on which his house stood, which was the first attempt in the West Riding to meet the wants of the overgrown population, and made many personal sacrifices for his opinions, both religious and political, which were of the true old- fashioned Tory stamp.