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THE iTORTHERF STAR SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1841.
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"" ""^ AKSPOBTATI JOHN FROST . jjS—yOT A DBITH WAS BEABD . ag jfterfh of Liberty , or Gem of Chartism !?** Kork preparingfcr the pros . ) t- « H -was heard , not a friend stood near , S tf * m ieforth t » ' * & * transport -was harried j *^ ones be Jor'd ware far from the spot , . alia ni ^ b *"* darkest e loam all . was buried . - ^ hare him s ^ y at dead of flurnlght ; * % . tsirs for His ** nii 3 y epnraing ; ^ T » V ; id looks of ssnge delight ^^ dtf I » terns dimly burning . sad tsKh vere the few -wards they said ; ^ -., ^ ece he bo « * & * & * sorrow ; ri te kne * not the path o " er which they led , $ ? = tie &m tiiat a-waited the morrow .
-Bids esre , and witb anguish oppress'd , ff « lf ? t , tfcooza his head found no pillow : a rs ^ nsT of li ght saw him taking his rest , ^ fce &r a « "ay on the billow . , . -v ^ S rcne—we shall see him again ; % - £ ^ T ieal tim teU ^ " ^ story : * « f csrre n ; t a lice—we'll raise not a stone , -C < ve'll tsve kirn again in hia glory :
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TO DAXIEL O'COXXELL . e a to tljsei beggsnnan , humbug of Erin , £ j to thee , hypocrite , gold-loving knave ; zl -ires thee strength to mami tmward careering ^ Uf ti e pennies from pandTer snd slave ; ^ Gmle i s thy ample cloak , Ignorance rules thy flock , -kflr w follow and shont tfceir " go bragh ;" * Tfidi faith in thy serpent toague , Xtoty lo * Z ye" * they ' re sang , jjgjl O'CoaceU and frsmbag , hnrab . ' ca to -Jtee who , when the factory child weeping , Z rai it noinrte than the negro might toil ; S ? one braid dish , with thy nature in keeping , £ j " rciied it slaVrv for share of the spoil ; Mooai ; n of Berrynsne ,
Ei £ h priest of penny gain , toefs pare oracle , WhiggTra jackdaw ; Lsng will the victims * grosn , Eio wiu hollow tone , jujjl O'Connell and fcuaibng , huaah . ' £ j 2 to thee hoary political vampire , ^ jsg the bl ood of thy own native land , jfieidiBS the aiigit of a gxnnnon-gain'd ' empire f : tsSd np corruption , and stjeagtacn her band Jusmc ; shall scorn thy name , . Train risg thy traitor fame , ijBun of freedom ' s own impartial law ; Aid loudly the air shall ring , White future freemen sing , jay O'Connen and humbug , hurrah !
Sg-, can kypocrisy eTer come smikng forth , j ^ e fe > meet its long-merited scorn ? gj , Till the maskers their mantle oF seeming worth 5 , 4 frem his hypocrite shoulders be torn ? "Aye , by my troth , " I hear , Knowledge awake the cheer , jssffly proclaiming delusion ' s ilowcfa '; itil quivering the welkin ring-, Wills execration sings tkl G'Connell and humbug , hurrah I Jakes Ltme .
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FRAGMENT ON Iw wizard envy , with her spleenful eye iid Tcnom-coTer'd tongue , watches thy steps fc Sue nobility , in hopes to throw kse Tile malicious taunt * athwart thy way ! iBt » y thy zealous speed to Yirtne ' s goaL js ill their puny tricks are Tsin ; for none & » tarnish truth—can Tail the Booa-day sun , iiit the dewy eye of Orient morn , TSea ushers the bright beams of summer ' s dsy . inr , with rueful blast , did erer wilt 5 j otter blights , bo as to nip 01 check 5 * bad of honest fame ; but oft the mams
Ssses to repress serres to impel . jtiee and truth will serve to show ¦ 5-3 b £ » - ?* n-boni strengtii and power how unimpaired jlJ iH the sland'roua aims of w ^ iy spite , Taose poisoned Bhafts so oft rsTerberate , iM strike the miscreants who dare to poise i ere a deadly blow . TBis thought refits , is £ is a stimulus to greater deeds , fecn ; aspersion seldom mocks the Ease , rta = ealcmcy surrounds the good man ' s path . J . Verxox . SoaShmolton , "H . V S 22 .
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sHjirFIEIiD . —Ttrasxy of as Emtloteb . — Hath has been said by the pretended liberals of the Hffiiity of interest subsisting between the employer cd the employed , and of the disposition of the Bdfl ] e-ic « i ! jo belter the condition of the Tvorking tasses ; bat we now £ ive the reader another instance & tae tyranny of ine pro £ > mosger , and an Jample of the kind of liberality so maeli paraded tj the advocates of the ntw doctrine , " Join the * xdle classes . " A correspondent from the neigh-JRsrbood of Sheffield , informs us that a spade and ESTjimaster , whose name he gives , bai which , for as present , we withhold , is in the habii of usm £ trsa ; irjastice towards ihose in his employ : one of as men , who could no loader brook ths insult and
jpresfion of the tyrant , said a few words in his in defence , trben the master imme-iis .: e } y told him ) ake 3 month ' s warning . The man , during the fflEti , repeatedly implored his employer to allow ai vd coutitne , he having seven small cMldren spHideni upon him for support . This vras refused , ii ihe man was consequently obliged to apply to sparish for relief , when the Guartiians g&re him km , telling him to get it signed by two respectable ttjayers . He went to the master and requested ia » attach his name to the paper , which he f & 3 ed to do , saying , Da you thisk I am going to ip that note for you to fetch the money out of the sri » a tiit I have paid in ! " However , the man » n sieHed by others , 2 nd strain wens to the
STiiians , who , in the inierim , hed received a letter rna the ; yrau . master , stating that it was entirely afinlt of the applicaui that he was out of employ , M also that he could earn i' 3 per week , when the is is that the man wa 3 stinted to the very lowest ^ camei y , not more than eighteen shillings per "Si- The GuardiaES , i ; appcir .-, " sent him aw 3 y SfCT . - " The poor man again made application to Sr tyrant employer , who at l :-ns ; h gave him a fevr Was to make . On ihe Saturday following , the Sa enquired if he was to ha « re any money , the ase asked if the work -was finished . ** No ?' f the man . "it is not finished , I could not Stplew it for want of nails and files , " which s&es it is the master ' s duty to supply . The *^ was , that the man had to struggle without " ^ sy for three week 3 , he having , as before stated , frai small children to maintain ; and this was not -coastqnence of a depression of trade , but purely ii si of tyranny on the part of the employer . Our
sortnant further states that the man had to work Sahara gas coke , whereas he ought to have been ^? piied with soft coke . Another case of somewhat ffc ^ ir character i > mentioned by our correspondent , 35 ( ietaiL- of which we cannot now find : ? paee for ; ?* , we shall giTe the reason why the masters r ^ Ssise such tyranny towards the zcen . The latter * E established a society to protect the righis of * tt £ try , and the former are using every means t ; < flU ! their power to destroy the society . The * plojers have procured men to swear that they *[* keen intimidated by the member ^ of the society , ^ through false swearing , seven men have been * nchwd for one month each to the House of r STcciion it Wakefield . An attempt is made by I * masters to reduce the wa ^ es of the spade and ^ fel makers one shilling per dozen , which will O » iua to twelve shiilu ^ s per week . So much for "Siiiy tf interest , and middle class desire to extend S > eal harpiness 1
¦ SABP Oau . —Illegal Disthsss . —An action ?** tried some weeks ago , in rbe Court for the -0 &&UT of Pontefract , held at Bradford , of some * J * rtacce to landlord and tenant , illustrative of ** arbitrary and unfeeling manner in which pro-^ J-made-law is too frequently carried into execa-^ , the sufferers being often wi thout the means i * cithwe are happy to say was not the case in the ? £ 5 eni Instance ) " of obtaining redress . Mr . Clark-^ appeared as at torney for the plaintiff John **! & , a woolstapler , in Bradford , aud g Uted the ?*• In the early part of this year , ' * distress for « : was made by Matthew Booth , constable 0 / : |» wm , upon the goods and chattels of one Joseph •* s& of florton , a poor woolcomber , bat the time ^ ed for s ale elapsed without the goods being dis--j **** of according M > law . Smith , who has & wife , « l familv of Email children , soon afterwards
*^* Qe chargeable , and were removed to their place ^ settlement in the Skipton Union . Booth , taking l ^ aiiage of Smith's absence , unceremoniously lf * 6 open his houae , aod took forcible possession of J effects . Smith remained chargeable but a short [¦ A aad before bis return mentioned the hardships I to case to the OTerseera , who declined enconu-I ^« litigation with the consta&ie , but they did not I v v poor ^ " empty away f knowing his I £ "f * condition , they most humanelj g » Te I \> £ ™* discharge wherewith to bear his expences I to ? ^ towards replacing bis furniture , arranged I ioff him 2 s , 6 d . per week for three months , and I toe reo ' J ^ ' ^ e ant ^ ^ fen&J procured employ-I jj Od Smith ' s return , bis friends interfered and I « f b ' **^ with Booth , who , becwuing sensible I JsirJ ' » gre * : d to refund £ 6 , the produce of the I its * goods , and signed a promissory note for I tkT , iC > ant - payable to the plaintiff ( Smith's bro-Mtw ' oTTardB which £ 1 only had been received ,
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Booth refusing to pay the balance , for recovery of T ^ ch the present aetion was commenced . Mr . Clarkson admitted , that the note , although formal m other respects , -was upon unstamped piper , and consequently he could cot give it iu evidence , but produced it to shew that it bore Booth ' s sigcature and was the result of a prerious agreement which he woold prore , and tana be reiioved from the iiecessitj of relying entirely upon the aote . Mr . Cooper for the defendant , objected to that mode of proccdare , disputed the consideration on the note , and contended that no aetion could be maintained bnt upon the note only . After hearing arguments pro a 2 acon , the court overruled the objections , staling thst it was competent for the plaintiff to elect in what form he weald «> ne : the eaase proceeded , and
evidence Was given , supporting the facts abovestated . It wa 3 then attempted to be shewn that the matter was settled with the Qerk of the Union , to whom Booth had voluntarily made a small payment on account of Smith ' s maintenance , and that the overseers had provided the means of refurnishing his house . In answer to this , it was clearly shewn that the whole affair waj properly explained to the overseers , who-with a knowledge of all the circumstances , instead of risking the expence 3 of a law snit , considerately preferred giving Smith pecuniary assistance , and left him to his remedy . The Court eulogised the conduct of the overseers and considering that thi 3 did not affect the question between the parties , gave a verdict for the plaintiff for his full claim £ 5 , and costs .
BISHOP AUCKIfcAKD .-AxciK . vT Shepherds . —On Saturday , Mav the 29 th , 1841 , The Brothers of the Loyal Victoria , Adelaide ' s , Jacob ' Ladder , and Shepherd ' s Hope Lodges , of the Loyal Order of Ancient-Shepherds , Ashion Unity , formed * procession at the house of brother Win . HalJ , Shepherd , from Bishop-Auckland , and wont to the Independent Chapel , where the Rev . Mr . Munroe preached an excellent sermon from the 11 th chapter of Hebrews , and 8 : h verse . After divine service they walked to West Auckland , headed by Lord Prudhoe ' s brass band . Upwards of one hundred members sat down to dinner ; after which a lodge wa 3 opened at Durham , and another at Yarm , making Bix lodges opened by the officers of Ossett district within a short period of time .
CARLISLE . —The Axti-Corn Law Leagce . — This almost defunct body held a meeting in tl-. eTown Hall , a fe ^ r evenings ago ; for the purpose of moving an address to the non-electors , as to the course they ought to pursue previous to the anticipated general election ; in order . to influence the ten pound voters and the old freemen , in favour of tl ^ e candidates , ¦ wh o will support the Ministerial measure for a fixed duty . What ft slavish , nBprincipted set of humDng 3 these msii must be , who a shore while ago , would hear of nofbing ha : total repeal ; and now because her Msjesty ' s Ministfrs have brought forward a measure , fora very trivial alteration in those laws , the leading members of the Ltajpae give them their Hnbouudeti support ! Tha people however , now see
tnrougn the hollownes 3 of their pretensions , and the coastquence has been , that their weekJy nieeting 3 have oeenaJl but deserted , with the exception of a few iio : sy , empty and selfLh brawlers , who are the laughing stock of all sensible men to whatever party they belong . The anticipated address -wa 3 not brought forward , doubtless from a fear of being defeated , for there were some staunch Chartists present , wLo wcnld have most assuredly opposed any such hole-and-corner proceeding ? , and who wu-uld hare moved for a public meetiDg of the people , to take such steps as they might deem necessary , to secure the return of men to Parliament who are likely to promote such measures as will benefit the country . . We understand , chat a requisition to the mayor is in course of signature , requesting him to
call a public meeting of lue electors and inbaoitants of the borough of Carlisle , to take iuto consideration the present critical state of public affairs and to adopt such steps as may be deemed liecessary , under present circumstances , to secure the return of such men in the forthcoming Parliament , as are calculated to promote the well-being and prosperity of all classes of the community . Should thi 3 requisition be numerously signed , as we think it will , there is little doubt-of the mayor calling a public meeting , and also presiding on the occasion . It will then be for the people to do'their dnty to themselves and to enter into such resolutions " as are likely to promote their own inieresLs , for they must be now couvinced of the absolute necessity of acting for themselves -nd not trusting to ihose who have so often deceived
them . East Cumberland . —There is likely to be a severe contcij for this dnisionof the county , as a great DDmber of the coasrituejits are much dissatisfied with the present members , William James , E > q , and Charles Howard , Esq . A lar&e meeting of t&e Conservatives was held in Penrirh a few nights ago , when it W 33 resolved to invite Charles Musgrave , Esq ., and Colorel Lowther to come forward in the Conservative interest ; should they do so there will be a very-severe contest .
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A Madrid journal mentions a woman at Cuenca , who is enciente with her thiriy-Ihird child ! Letters from all parts of the Continent represent the standing cr .-ps ss the finest ever seen . Is conseqvexce of the disturbances in the Turkish empire , a concentration of Axistrian troops was about to t 3 ke place on the frontier . The Bulgarian insurrection is at an end , and German correspondence contains farther accounts of the frightful excesses which the victors had committed . " The latest Cape of Good Hope papers do not contain any news of particular interest . There had been more ram for the last three months than had fallen at tha ; seasou for many years .
The Spanish Rege . xt baa renounced the chief command of the Royal Guard , and conferred that title on the Captain-General , the Duke of Saragossa in consideration of hi 3 merit and eminent services . The Pbisce of Cam . no has informed the scientific societies in this country thai he has jost received the programme ( forwar - 'ing it to them ) of the third " Italian Scientific Meeting , " which states that it is to be held at Florence . A Lo 5 G Nose . —A Paisley manufacturer having got , by some accident , a severe cut across the nose , and having no couri-plaister at hand , stuck on his unfortunate proboscis one of hi 3 gum tickets , on fthich was the usual intimation , " warranted 350 yards long . " -
Yankee Nicknames fob each other . — The Stales have already accommodated each other with nicknames , as per example : — Illinois people are termed tuckers ; Missouri , pukes ; Michigan , wolverines ; Indiana . hoosiers ; Kentucky , corn crackers ; Ohio , buckeyes , &c . The Sentinellt eks Pyrenees says that " twelve hundred of onr brave National Guards were affected with sincere regret" at not having been called upon to fight the Spaniards on the question of the disputed territory . The town of Ham was thrown into consternation on Friday , by the unexpected arrival of cavalry and artillery , which had made forced marches to repel , as it was rumoured , a projected attack on the citadel of Ham , for the delivery of Prince Louis Napoleon .
Ceo . vsiadt—Siiice the opening of _ the navigation there have arrived in the port of Uronstadt up to the 20 th of May 174 ships , tailed 12 ; up to the 13 th or" May the number of ships arrived at Riga was 267 , sailed 26 . The Rhoxe ha * again broken through its bank near St . Denu , into the plain of Beaucaire , being the fifth tims since the autumn that such a disaster has taken place . The foheic . v ahhivals of Saturday morning were of very little importance . Some Republican disturbances bad taken place in Seville , which were put down by tne Ciptain General , after the civil authorities had been pelted and stoned .
At Boulcgxe an Englishman , who came by the steamer Magnet from London , was arrested for having an infernal machine in his possession ; it had fifteen barrels , and was so constructed that they would all go off at once . He is now in prison . A PABTT OF THE ThIBTV-FoUKTH REGIMENT , On their return to Dover on Thursday , from Sandwich , were much imoxicated , and tne corporal of the guard was found shot , and near him a woman How he came by his death has not been ascertained . A pastbt-cook at Bologna has produced a very novel substiinie for a newspaper . It is composed of delicate paste leaves , on which witty articles are printed , not with ink , bnt with chocolate juice . Thus , after its literary contents are devoured , the reader may devour tfce production itself .
How the Tobaes get Pbopebtt . —The Marquis of Salisbury ! it appears , rents the " Lammas Lands , " belonging 10 the parish of St . Martin-in-the-Fields , at £ 2 lOs . per annum , although his own rental from themi 3 £ 10 , 000 a year ! The parish is , however , on the look out to obtain a more equitable arrangement . The asnujoTshow of chaffinches at Harebrouek , in the Nord , took place on the 25 d alt . Four birds each were brought into competition by ten different societies . Those of Cassel gained the first prize , consisting of a silver bird ; those of Hondsohoote gained the medal , and also a prize for the best songster , the latter being won by the performance of 900 perfect chants within an hoar .
Delightful Pbospicts foji Settleks ln New Zeaxxm > . —Mr . William Wilton , formerly of Maisemore , near Gloucester , who emigrated to South Australia about three years ago , and subsequently to New Zealand , has lost his life in a conflict with some of the natives of the latter colony . It is stated that five of Mr . Wilton ' s friends were killed at the same time ; but the matter remains at present in a state of obscurity .
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Wit loses its respect with the good , when seen in company with malice ; and to smile at the jest which plants a thprn in another ' ^ breast , is to become a principal in the mischief . The MoniUur Parisien contradicts the statement of tho Univers , of ihe island of Candia having declared itself independent , which , it says , is at least premature . The hahyes of Guernsey keep themselves very secluded ; they have three classes of Bociety— the sixties , the forties , and the twenties . The first , in their evening visiting , carry a lantern with three lights ; the second one , vrith two ; and third , one . A Gbrat Rogfe . —Jadge Jefferiea , of notorious memoTj , pointing to a man with his cane , who was about to ba tried , said , " There is a great rogue at the end of my cane . " The man to whom he pointed , looking at him , said , " At which end , my Lord V
An Amebicak gentleman , lately from Canton , tells us that the city ia doomed to the flames , if we spare it . He says there are 200 , 000 Chinese starving in the neighbourhood for vranc of employment , who are as ready to sack the place as our sailors are . Some Fbexch journals state that that the King would have pardoned l > axmes but for the Minister . * , who , in a cabinet council , insisted upon the execution of the sentence of the Court of Peers , as a warning U others . The census of the United States is at length officially announced , The number of inhabitants is 17 , 100 . 572 , included in which are 2 , 369 , 553 slaves , and S ? 1 j 6 u 6 free coloured people . The population in 1830 was 12 . 856 , 407 .
The following is a statement of the effective force of the French army ou the 1 st of March in the present year , as given by Baron Dupin , in his report to the jUhambcr of Peers : —Men , 425 , 909 ; horses , 91 , 878 . Auxiliaries und native troops in Algiers : — Men , 1 , 321 ; horses , 1 . &M 0 . Savings' Basks . —From a return lately moved for by Mr . Hume , ALP ., we find that the number of inuividual depositors in Saving Banks , at the close of the quarter ending November 20 th , 1840 , amounted to 782 , 374 , the sum total of whose deposits , including interest , was £ 21 , 9791797 , averaging upwards of £ 18 each depositor .
A Table of enfbanchisehent of slaves made in the French colonies , additional to the last list published in March , shows them to be as follows : — Martinique , 133 ; Guadaloupe , 13 d ; Freach Guyana , 32 ; Bourbon , 59 ; including men , women , and children—making a . total , since 1830 , of 37 , 549 . Wondkbs of Steam . —Two gentlemen left Brussels at three o'clock , in the afternoon of Friday , and arrived in Liverpool at a quarter before seven , p . m ., on Saturday , being a distance of upwards of 430 niile ^ , performed in tho short space of * 27 ^ hours . The whole of tho journey was performed by steam . The travellers left Brussels by railway on Friday afternoon , arrived at Oatend in time for the packet , were laaded at Blackwall , proceeded from thence to London by the Tailway , aud just caught the tram from London to Liverpool as it was starting . —Liverpool Times .
Marlbobough-stbeet Police-office , London . — On Thursday week , Mr . Vincent Daniels , woollendraper , No . 23 , Brewer-street , Goldeu-square , was charged with having bitten , off one of the finj { ers of a gentleman named John James Duncan , of the Union Hotel , Cockspur-street . From what was gathered on examination of the witnesses , it appeared that Mr . Daniel , with two friends , Sir F . W . Danbar and Mr . Arthur Scurry , were in Coventrycourt , about four o ' clock that morning , when th « y encountered tho defendant and a friend , who appeared to be engaged in a dispute with some cabmen . A remark was made by some of complainant ' s party which attracted the notice of defendant , aud words having ensued , Mr . Duncan and Mr . Daniel
I ultimately came to blows . Mr . Scurry stated that j-he went to assist his friend Duncan to rise from the ground , -upon which his friend called out that he had ; lost one of his fingers . One of the bye-standers , ; named Piner , subsequently picked up the severed finger near the spot where the parties had been engaged ia conflict . Some policemen having heard the disturbance went into the court , and ultimately took the defendant to the Station-house . Mr . Duncan made the charge , and the defendant was locked up . On examination of the injury it appeared that Mr . Duncan had lost the first joint of his fourth finger of the left hand , and the little finger had also , been nearly bitten through . Policeman Audersow , C 85 , produced the linger . One of the complainant ' s friends said that Mr . Duncau was then ill in bed .
and quite unable to attend . A medical certificate was produced , which stated that tha complainant had been so seriously injured that his life was iu danger . The defendant , in explanation , said he did not bite the complainant . He had been insulted aud attacked by several persons , and he had been obliged : o stand in his own defence . Mr , Maltby said he should remand the case until Tueaday , in consequence of the certificate , and he should further require a daily certificate from the medical attendant to be laid before him , iu order that the state of the sufferer might be ascertained . Mr . Humphreys applied for permission to put in bail . Mr . Maltby said he could l . ot allow the defendant to go at large on bail . The witnesses were then requested to bo iu attendant at the next examination .
Co . iflagbation at Dunstable . —Late on Saturday afternoon ihe principal insurance authorities in the city received intelligence from Dunstable of a most destructive fire happening in that town on the morning of Wednesday week , by which twenty-one houses were entirely destroyed , and property to the extent of some thousands consumed , it was discovered at about five miuutes after one o ' clock raging furiouBly on the premises occupied by a Mr . Thomas Fossey , a confectioner , which stood in High-street , on the west bide , near the corner of Church-street . The premises were three atovies high , and were constructed principally of wood , having a white frontr . ge , and several small outbuildings at the back . The flames in less thau seven minutes after the
discovery shot through all the apartments in the dwelling-house , and were blazing from the numerous windows with great violence , aud , within a quarter of an hour , the destruction of the whole premises was complete . The adjoining houses to the east , occupied by Mr . Clark , chemist and druggist , and on the opposite side by Mr . Halifax , boot and shoemaker , aud Mr . Cheshire , upholsterer and cabinetmaker , next became a prey to the devouring element . It had , in addition to the above houses , enveloped those belonging to Mr . Bu ges 9 , tailor , Mr . Cheshire , wholesale grocer , in High-street , and communicated : o a rauge of dwelling-houses in Churchstreet , tenanted by labouring men and their families . The distress amongst these poor creatures was truly heartrending . They had barely time to save their wearing apparel , before the terrible work of devastation burst upon them , and ere many minute 3 bad
elapsed , their habitations were reduced to a heap of ruins . Such was the fury of the flames , that in two houTs twenty-one houses and several outbuildings were burnt to the ground . The amount of damage in High-street is stated to be , Mr . Fossey , £ 800 ; Mr . Cinrk , chemist , £ 1 . 000 ; Mr . Burgess , £ 700 ; Mr . Cheshire , grocer , j £ 1 , 500 ; Mr . Halifax , £ 300 ; Mr . Thomas Cheshire , cabinet-maker , £ 500 ; Mr . Young , £ 300 ; and Mr . Oliver , £ 200 . Some of the ^ e are insured in several fire-offices to the extent of their respective losses . Most of the families who are burnt out in Church-street are straw-plait makers ; they are great sufferers , none of them being insured . During the ragiug of the fire , which was without exception the largest that has taken place In Bedfordshire ior several year ^ , the flames illuminated the adjacent country io the extent of many miles . Providentiallv no lives were lost .
Whig Pubitt of Election . —In the House of Commons , on Wednesday iu last week , Mr . Godson said he had to present a petition , which claimed the interference of the House . It was a petition from Edward P . Cox and other persons , electors of the town of Nottingham , complaining of the system of bribery winch had been pursued towards them by parties in favour of the Whig interest at the last election . The petitioners stated that they were friendly to the principles of the Charter , and that they had advanced the interests of Air . Walter , the sitting Member ; that they had been requested to receive £ 50 to get over the Chartists to the Whig party ; that they refused to accede to the proposal , and were then requested to go away for a short
time ; to which proposition they had also dissented ; that they were then told an alteration had taken place ia the riews of the particular parties , and that instead of keeping out of the way , it was wished that the petitioner , Edward P . Cox , being a good electioneerer , should go to any two Boroughs—of of the Boroughs of Bassetlaw , Newark , and Walsall—and endeavour to bribe the electors , and that he should have £ 50 and his expenses at each of those places , as compensation for his services ; that be received a portion of money for the purpose of showing they were seriou 3 in making the otfer ; that he alter war d 8 went to London , requesting that a letter might be sent to him there ; and that he afterwards received the following letter , which he ( Mr . Godson ) would read to the House : —
"Dear Coxe , —Enclosed you Trill receive £ 20 ; not having received any supplies , I have forwarded this from my own private stock , and will forward the remaining £ 10 in ihe course of a few day * . " The petitioner further Btated that he brought those allegations under the notice of the House , with a view of showing to the country at Urge the extent of the iniquitous practices resorted to for returning Whig candidates to that House ; and in order that such offences should be visited with punishment by
the authority of that House , bo that * recurrence of such evil practices might be discouraged and pre vented at the ensuing elections . The petitioner , in conclusion , stated that ha hoped the Batter contained in the allegations in his petition , would ba brought before the House ; and that he was not only 1 prepared to prove those allegations himself , but there were ottier wituesseB who would confirm his evidence . He , therefore , prayed that the House : would institute an inquiry into the same . ( Hear , i hear . )
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Blaibgowbie . — Puny Despotism .- —Doings of a Libebal ( 0 Town Council . —A meeting of the Town Council vras held on Thursday last—present , the Bailie , Messrs . Young , Robertson , andJohnston . After some trifling business was ' , disposed of , , Mr . James Robertson presented a . petition from the Blairgowrie and Rat tray" Democratic ; Association , praying that they may be allowed the use 6 t the Town Hall for thair public meetings * soirees , &ov en paying the ordinarv fees . The Bailie , without leaving the chair , or without condescending to urge a reason why , moved that the prayer of th 3 petition be aot granted ; seconded by Mr . Young , and acquiesced in by Mr . Johnston . Mr . Robertson attempted to
say something in support of the petition , but was very unceremoniously interrupted , and authoritatively told by tho Bailie , that as it was quite evident that he was in a minority ^ he had , therefore , no ri * ht to speak ! Mr . 11 . endeavoured to show the absurdity of acting on such an intolerant principle , but without effect ; he was not allowed to proceed ; and seeing that io was vain to strivo single-handed against suoh a dogmatic force , ha immediately gave in his resignation , and so the matter ended . The Town Council , without a sinsle word of discussion , refused to grant the prayer of the democrats' petition , for this great , weighty , convincing , and logical reason , "just because they did ["—Perth Chronicle .
Lambeth-street . —Change of Felony against a Policeman . —On Thursday week , John Giddings , a police constable belonging to the K : division ot police , was eharged with stealing a shawl from the person of Maria Crow . The prosecutrix , a &irl of about fourteen years of age , stated thai between the hours of three and four o'clock , she was proceeding alsng Wellington-place , Stepney , whan the prisoner came towards , her , and , being alarmed at him , she ran away . He followed her , and , catching hold of her shawl , drew it off her shoulders . Serjeant Yeoman , K 6 , deposed that the last' ¦ wi tness informed him that a policeman had robbed nor of her shawl , and he iu consequence went whh her , and she pointed but the prisoner aa the person who hao
taken it . The prisoner , on his questioning him , denied being np the place where the robbery had been committed , and also denied knowing anything about the shawl . He ( witness ) , however , aeeini : a part of the shawl hanging underneath his great-coat , took it from him , aud ho then said ths girl had dropped it , and he merely picked it up . The prisoner , in his defence , said he had picked up the / shawl when the girl dropped it , and that it was his intention to have taken it to the station-house . The girl , in reply to the questions of Mr . Norton , said that , when the robbery took place , sh& was going to her father , who keeps a coffje-stall iu the Commercial-read , and swore positively that the prisoner 'dragged the shawl off her shoulders . Inspector Rutt said that
the prisoner , who had been in the force for about two yiars , and who had frequently boen reported . for irregularity , was not , sober when taken into custody . The prisoner said there waa another constable with him when the girl had dropped her shawl , and wha saw him pick it up . The constable alluded-to was sent for , but he denied tho statement of the prisoner . Mr . Norton observed that he did not think the prisoner had taken tho shawl with a felonious intention , but still his conduct , as a policeman , was highly improper . It was his duty to protect such persons as the girl ho had assailed , and not commit such an outrage upon them . Mr . Pelham , w ! io attended ou behalf oi' the prisoner , here observed that
there could be no doubt , from what fell from Inspector Wright , that the prisoner ' s days in tho police were numbered , as he would no doubt bo at once discharged from the force ; and as his worship appeared to have made up his mind to inflict a penalty , he hoped he would take this circumstance into consideration . Mr . Norton said it was quite impossible he could overtook suoh gross iconduct on the part of the prisoner ; but takiug into consideration the fact that he would be discharged from the police , he would merely impose a penalty of twenty shillings . The prisoner , 011 whom six sovereigns were i ' ouud , instantly paid the penalty , and was discharged . ¦
Jealousy . —Attempted Muhder and Suicide . — On Friday , the 4 th , an inquest was held before Mr . Wakley , at the Riohmona Arms , Richmond-street , Lisson-grove , on the body of Jame 3 Sears , agad thirty-three , greengrocer , of No . 42 in the same street , who , after a desperate attempt to murder his wife , by boating her across the head with a poker , destroyed himself by cutting his throat , under the following circumstances : —Matthew Saville deposed that iie was a gardener , and lodged in deceased ' s house . Ou the previous afternoon , about three o ' clock , witness a 3 ked deceased if he would go out ior a walk ; to which deceased replied " not then , as lie was having a few words wilh his wife ; but if witness would go and wait for him at the Phoenix
public-house , Harrow-street , ho would come to him . " Witness accordingly went to the Phceaix , and , in a few minutes , was joined by deceased , who , on entering , eaid , * I ' m dying for half a pint of beer . " Witness called for half a pint , and deceased having drank it observed , " I shan ' t be ten minutes before I ' m back , " and immediately left the house . Witness saw him no more alive . In the morning of tha samo day deceased told witness that he meant to kill his wife before night . Hia wife was then present , and hearing what he said , observed , " You ' ve not pluck enough . " Witness had no idea that ho intended carrying his threat into effect . Deceased did not appear to him to know what he was about half his time , and during the last fortnight had repeatedly
got out of bed in the middle of the night and walked out into the street . He had lately neglected his business , and told witness that his mind was so hurt he could not attend to it . Deceased , some time ago , joined the Teetotallers' Society , but on Tuesday last broke the pledge , and got drunk . Ho had since drank a good deal , but not ( o excess . He was not drunk on Thursday . Henry Scales , an omnibus driver , residing in the neighbourhood , stated that about tour o clock on Thursday afternoon , hearing screams and cries of murder proceeding from deceased ' s house , he went there , aud finding the door of the shop locked , forced it open . On entering the parlour he saw the deceased lying on his face on the floor , deluged in blood , issuing from a fiighfcful wound in his throat , by which his head was nearly severed from his body . In another part of the room by deceased ' s wife , covered with blood . She was insensible , and witness placid her in a chair ,
expecting her momentarily to die in his arms . Other assistance arriving , Mr . Lerew , surgeon , was sent for , who pronounced deceased to be dead ; and , from the nature of the wound , expressed his belief that death was instantaneous . Mrs . Sears was found to have received three severe wounds on the head , inflicted with a poker , which had caused concussion of the braia . It further appeared that deceased , who was a very passionate man , was jealous of his wife , not without cause , and bix weeks ago attempted to strangle her , but her cries bringing the police to her aid , he assaulted them , for which he was taken before the magistrates at Marylebone Police-office , and fined £ 5 . Ho had subsequently sworn never to lay violent hands upon her . Deceased ' s wife was stated to be in great danger and not expected to recover . The Coroner having summed up , the jury returned a verdict of " Temporary iusauity . "
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NEWPORT , ISLE OF WIGHT . —On Thursday evening , June 3 rd , the Whigs of this place held a meeting of tbe electors , to cboose some person to stand for the borough , instead of hawking the government hack , wbo has bad two or three public notices to quit . Their choice fell on Thomas Gisborne , Esq . who is stated to have said he would go as faros any one would shjw him the way in the extension ef the suffrage ; this was thought not ; sufficiently explicit ; and a question was put as to how far he went' without any showing him the way ? when , after some hesitation , it came out he was a household suffrage man , and was fur no property qualification of members , These were the two great hooks that were to link the Chartists to the Whig car , to carry this substitution ( for a man who
would rise in spite of himself ; to the arena of humbug . Jt was no go . Just as the sapients were bringing tbt-ir abortion of a meeting to a close , in walked a bill-difatributor , handing , with ranch coolness , among the concoctors of the meeting , a placard announcing that Doctor M'Douall would deliver a political address at the Grapes'Tavern , on tbe morrow evening . From the lengthening out of their faces , it might have been thought that the Doctor's name had communicated an Indian-rubber quality to their phizoga . —The morrow came , when the Doctor , to a densely crowded audience , poured forth in thrilling eloquence , for an hour and a half , such clear explanations of , and such cogent reason * for , the glorious Charter—demolishing with giant ease the triune humbug clap-trap of the base , brutal , and bloody faction , who are now seeking popularity
with those they have so cruelly victimized—that the room echoed with the repeated cheers of the blistered hands . The leaders of the Whig * were pre&et . t ; while some sat with a deep and sullen scowl on their faces , others writhed and twisted in perfect misery , under the merciless lashings of the lecturer , but many more acknowledged the truth of his arguments , and frequently gave proof that the power of truth will rise above prejudice and make even a Whig acknowledge a Chartist u a very clever man . —Previous to the commencement , onr worthy Chairman , a working man , stated that any penoa would be at liberty to put any question to the Doctor , or enter into a discussion with him at the conclusion of the address , and at the conclusion the aame
• Utemeat wa » made ; although , the tliU of the VVhigB were present , no one showed fight—Saturday had scarcely dawned when the courage of the Whigi began to rise , and with it their old practice of lying and slandering . One said the address was all lies ; another that he c « uld answer every part of it ; no doubt , thinking the Doctor would leave , and that they should hare it all thoir own way . Ths Doctor heard of it and sent them a challenge to meet them in the Lecture Kbem , to discuss the topics of the address . They took an hour to consider of it , and then Bent a note declining tbe contest . Hurrah for the Charter , Universal Suffrage , and no humbug . '—The Doctor and his friends met in the Lecture Room ia the evening , when the Dootoi . in &
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• soul-stirring address , Rave the factions such a dressing as will stick to thorn for some time to come . Many , who could hear hia first address , thus had an opportunity of hearing him . The impreesiou made is deep , and will belasbiog , for truth shall prevail . —Monday , the Doctor proceeded to Portsmouth , to sow more seed and ' water that already fiming . —Corresponded . DHPTFORP . —At the weekly meeting held on Sunday , the business was chiefly that of appointing a Bub-Treasnrer . Mr . Morgan was proposed by Mr . O'Brvan , and seconded by Mr . Jenner , and carried . ' It was resolved "That Mr . St&llwood be desired to attend to lecture on Sunday' evening next , at she o ' clock , and Mr . Rose ( if in town ) ' be requested to attend to assist the meeting , The meeting-honse to be converted into a reading-room upon Wednesday afternoons ; and that no books be read but those that will further the people in political knowledge , and assist the Chartists , '
MIDDLESEX . —At a special general meeting of the Middlesex Conrity Council , held on Sunday , June the 6 th , at Lant ' 8 Coffee House , Clerkenwell Green , Mr . Ford in the chair ; it was moved by Mr . Fussell , seconded by Mr . Hyatt , and carried unanimously , " That Messrs . Saunrters , Wheeler , Eussell , Andrews , and Mills be appointed a committee to draw up a plan for the better organisation of the metropolis , and to take snch other steps ( not interfering with the prerogative of the Executive ; as may be most expedient to ensure the speedy and triumphant attainment of the glorious principles contained in the People ' s Charter ; the Committee invite the co-operation of any persons who may feel interested in the attainment of this grand object . They will meet at present on Thursday evening , at the Dispatch Coffee Rooms , Bride-lane " Moved by Mr . Hog ? , seconded by Mr . Saunders , and carried , "That the County Council meet in future on
Sunday afternoons , at three o ' clock , at the late Convention Booms . No . - 55 ,-Old Bailey . " MoVedby Mr . Hogg , seconded by Mr . Fussel ! , " That a committee consisting of fiVt members of the Council bs appointed to superintend the raising of the O'Connor Banner Fund , and that tho assistance of one person from each of the localities be requested to assist in carrying out the same . " : Tho committee meet at 55 , Old Bailey , on Sunday afternoons , at five o clock , where any donations will be duly acknowledged . Mr . Duncombe , M . P ., having presented the Council with a quantity of pamphlets , containing his speech on the 17 th of May , 1841 , the Secretary was instructed to convey' to him the thanks of the Council for the presentation of the same . After the transaction of a variety of other business connected with tho . settlement of the , late Crown and Anchor meeting , nnd the London Delegate Fund , the Council adjourned till Sunday , June the 13 lb , at 55 , Old Bailey .
NORTHAMPTON . —CHARTIST TOTAL Abstinence . —On Wednesday evening , June 2 nd , at the Town Hall , the Kov . J . Jenkinson delivered an excellent lecture on tho above subject to a very attentive audience , amongst wbom a very great interest was excited , which manifested itself by frequent cheering during the lecture ; and that much good was done we bavo no doubt , for many , who before had imbibed tbe prevalent notion that the Chartists area wicked set , now declare that they believe tbe Chartists are right , and that the Charter is founded on truth and justice . Eight persons have since taken the pledge of the Assosociation , and no doubt many more will shortly enrol themselves amongst us .
ffiiCKBIOwiHiviKB . —At a recent meeting in Mr . Dobaon ' s school-roon :, at which Mr . Harney -was to have been present , two members of tbe association delivered two lectures . Oao maintained that a repeal of the Corn Laws would relieve the country from the evils now in txiatesice ; the other asserted that nothing but a system of Universal Suffrage would effect thiB end . Upon subjecting the opinions of both parties to the meeting , in the form of a motion , nearly the whole held up their hands for the latter , whilst only two held up their hands for the former .
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THE iTORTHERF STAR SATURDAY , JUNE 12 , 1841 .
DUTY OF THE PEOPLE AT THE COMING ELECTIONS . So ! the Tories have again triumphed ! tho Whigs aro once more defeated I Peel ' s no confidence " resolution is carried ! Parliament must be—will be dissolved ! What ' s to be done 1 The answer is clear . Let the great principle of Universal Suffrage be practically asserted . Hoiv ? Ia every city , and borough , ( and county where practicable , ) , let the people eelect their man , or men , qualified to sit—making the following the test of principles : —
The Charter—That is , Universal Suffrage , Annual Parliaments , No Property Qualification , Equal Representation , and Vote by Ballot . The immediate liberation and restoration of all political prisoners and exiles . The total Repeal of the English New Poor Law , and the veritable amendment of the Scottish laws for the relief of the poor . A Ten-Hours' Bill , and a complete reform of the child slaying factory system . The annihilation of the rural police , and the plaoing of town and borough police under the controul of the inhabitants . The repeal of all laws and taxes fettering the prest .
Chartists ! the mau who will vote for , and do his utmost to accomplish the foregoing list of reformshe is your man ! Wherever , by splitting with the Whigs , you can return your man , do so . Wherever , by splitting with the Tories , you can return your man , do so . But where you cannot find a qualified person to start as your candidate , or where , owing to your poverty , you dare not risk the expenses of a contest , what is then to bo done 1
Do what you were told to do seven years ago by Brontebke . Do what Feakgus O'Connob has laboured to impress you with tho necessity of doing . Havo your candidates ; elect them by show of hands , as your veritable representatives ; and leave to God and your own resolute hearts the future . Remember you will set the Charter when you can take it , not before . ' The recent decision of Baron Abinger in the oase , Muntz v . Sturge , shows that the " respectables" cannot compel you to pay any portion of the expense of hustings , &c , provided you withdraw your man , or men , upon tho show of hands haying been taken .
But where will you find your meat Nearly every locality has its leaders ( to say nothing of the "tramping demagogues ";) select ye the honest and best talented . Let integrity be the first qualification—ability theEecond . A word or two on " the men ;"—Glasgow has Mom , and a host of others ; Dundee has honest John Duncan—and John musl stand on the hustings to batter Parnell . Let Lowery tackle Her Majesty ' s "devil , " " plain Sir John , " and give the
Whigs of "Auld Reekie" their dressing ! John M'Crab is just the man for the " Paisley bodies ;' - let John be there . By all means , some " fellow of the right sort" should be at Greenock to unmask that two-faced humbug that in his odious carcase desecrates the name of Wallace : and wherever that incarnation of all rascality , Fox Maule , shalj dare to shew his villain ' s face , there let Abram Duncan be to maule the reptile . No man in Scotland is so well fitted as Abram for the work .
What are the friends iu Newcastle-upon-Tyne about 2 Let Mason and Byrne go to work < What are the " whole bog" friends of South Shields doing 1 ( O . ' for a sby at Lvgham !) And ye lads of " canny Carlisle , " no time is to be lost ! come Arthur , Bowman , up ! and down with the Whigs ! You must have your Universal Suffrage man ( or men ) for the city ; and for the county too ! remember you have Wigton and Dalston to back you . Men of Sunderlaud , ye have the gallant enthusiast , George Binns ( Williams 13 engaged elsewhere ) . York , be mindful , and do your duty 1 Leeds , many thanks to you for your noble choice . God pity poor " brown bread" Joe , when honest Leech gets him within his iron grip . Williams , too , does honour to your
choice . He is quito up to the mark I Again we thank you , men of Leeds . ! , Ye have selected men of talent-Htnen whose integrity equals their abilitieswhose incorruptibility of heart is aa well known , as their splendid acquirements of mind . Bradford , we know , will do its duty ; here the principle of Unirenal Suffrage will be asserted . Halifax , too , is safe . What ' s Huddersfield doing ! Ye hare a noble choice , men of Huddersfield ; an absent , or a present friend—your " good old King" Oastler , or Pitkethly , both sworn foes of Whiggery . By all means Pitkethly should be started somewhere and carried ! Men of Bolton , ye hare Richard Marsden , than whom a more honest man , or sterling patriot treads not God ' s earth ; he 13 truly the representative of the hand-loom weavers ; lei himS
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in Heaven's name let him , in the teeth of the plunderers , plead for his suffering order I Will Preston do nothing- ? Is Henry Hunt forgotten I Men of Manchester and Salforcl , shew that you are not to be bludgeoned into slavish submission—return blow for blow [ Out ! out I out I with the " bloody Whigs ! " Oldham will return its present msmbera . Sharman Crawford is sure to go for Rochdale .
Now , men of Birmingham , give the sham-Radicals a lift . Surely you may find your men . Nottingham , glorious Nottingham , must again return Walter , not as a Tory , but as an enemy of tho Wb ' gs ! but Nottingham must have its Universal Suffrage man too—there is Swbkt , Black , and a number more all good and true , fit , well-fit to scourge that unblushing renegade Hobhocse 1 There is Cooper , too . for Leicester .
And men of Northampton you have made a glorious choice ! hurrah for M'Douall ! on the hustings he must be ; elected by show of hands he must be ; aud returned by voters , if possible , he must be ! Never mind by what means ; unite with the devil himself to get the " Republican Doctor" into the tax-trap , there to physio the rats of corruption I In the South and South West r the Isle of Wight , Brighton , Bath and Stroud , ehould be made battleground . In Brighton , there are able men ; iu Bath , Philp is tho man . It * " Finality , '' the destroyer of Frost shall appear at Stroud , Viscent must be thero ! . * .
P'Brien must not bo forgbtt ? u ! as the great instructor of the people , the untiring advocate of Universal Suffrage his claims upon your suffrages equal those of any man 1 let the Islo of Wight , Brighton , or Newcastle-upon-Tyne say which is to have the honour of his return—for returned ho must be by Uhiveraal Suffrage ; ind if his friends do their duty ho may be actually returned by ten pound voters for the Isle Of Wight . Let us also in conclusion mention the names of ViiiiERs Sankey ( now ) of London , and Butterworth cf Manchester ; men whose integrity and talent should be called into requisition at this crisis .
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THE RECKONING DAY ! Chahtists ! let us impress upon you the necessity of ousting the Whigs at tho ensuing elections—no matter at what coat , at what hazard ! Tis true both factionBare our implacable enemies , and xhe destruction of both we should labour- to accomplish ; but this at the moment is impossible . Let us , then , set one faction to destroy theother 1 Vengeance is sweet 1 and let us have vengeance of the Whiga ! Be their deeds remembered ! ! and the just reward of those deeds be theirs III . Who cime into office pledged to " Peace , Retrenchment and Reform V' —Thc Whigs . Who hare wasted the resources of this country in disgraceful and wicked wars !—The Whigs ,
Who expended two millions of money , and caused the death of thousands of the peoplo of . this country by their wicked interference with the civil wars of Spain and Portugal—interfering for the purpose of establishing the rule Of loan-mongere , fund-holders , and money jugglers in those countries ?—The Whigs . Who drove the people of Canada to rebellionlaid waste that land with fire and sword—and committed the mo 3 t fiendish atrocities I—The Whigs . . '¦ - ' . Who carried death and devastation through the the East in support of the accursed principle of " legitimacy" and " divine right ?"— The Whigs .
Who are engaged at the . present time in coercing the Chinese Government , for the benefit of the ruffian- poisoners \—The Whigs . Who have humiliated us in the eyes of all nations , and made the name of Britain stink in the nostrils of the whole earth \—The Whigs . Down with the ' base , bloody , and brutal faction !" Who have added millions to that wholesale swindle , dignified with the name of the " National Debt !"—The Whigs . Who have increased tazation ?—The Whigs . Who havo wasted the two millions of surplus revenue left by their predecessors , and have now a deficiency of eight millions to meet their profligate expenditure % —The Whws .
Who gave twenty millions of money to the slaveholders of the West Indies , whose only " compensation" should have been ( to each ) a rope ?—The Whigs . Who gave to a German woman one hundred thousand pounds per annum ?—The Whigs . Who proposed tho giving of fifty thousand pounds per annum to another German pauper—the Queen ' s husband?— The Whigs . Who voted seventy thousand pounds , to build stables for royal horses I—The Whigs . Whose career has been one of unblushing extravagance , and unmitigated profligacy I—The Whigs . Down ! down with the " base , bloody , and brutal faction ! 1 "
Who gave us " The Bill , the whole Bill , and nothing but the Bill ?"—The Whigs . Who gave Ireland a " Coercion Act , " to quell , by military violence , the natural discontent of that long oppressed people % —The Whigs . Who , by their hellish Poor Law , robbed the people of England of their right to subsistence from the soil , and have punished the poor for their poverty 1—The Whigs . Who have sacrificed the unfortunate factory children at the shrine of Mammon ' . —The Whigs . Who have refused to legislate for the suffering hand-loom weavers % —The Whigs .
Who crowded their . dungeons with the advocates of free knowledge , and imposed new laws to fetter the press , more tyrannical , despotic , and damnable , than anything concocted by a Sidmoutu or a Castlereagh \—The Whigs . Who are attempting the establishment of an odious system of centralization , and have filled the country with rural police , Government spies , and Iscariot traitors to their fellow-men 2—The Whigs . Who have , for the last ten years , been engaged in deforming , instead of reforming , the institutions of the country \—The Whigs . DOWN ! DOWN ! DOWN WITH THE " BASE , BLOODY , AND BIWTAL FACTION ' . ! I "
Who issued the bloody special commissions of 1830 , employed in transporting and hanging our brethren the agricultural labourers I—The Whigs . Who , under those special commissions , hanged poor Cooke , of Mitcheldever , lor " striking at " Bingham Baring ; doing him no hama \—The Whigs . Who had the ' ¦ getting-up" of the prosecution against Lord Cardigan , foi deliberately shooting at , with intent to kill or maim one Harvey Tuckett ? and who " managed" to get the Lord clear off \—The Whigs . Who incited the deluded multitude to commit acts of violence and outrage at BriBtol and Nottingham 1 and then , by the sabre and halter , murdered their victims \—The Whius .
Who let loose their ruffian police upon a peace able and legal assemblage of the people in C * l thorpe-street , in 18331—The Whigs . Who attempted the suppression of Trades * Unions , and transported the Dorchester labourers and Glasgow cotton spinners t—The Whigs . Who kidnapped and exiled Frost , Williams , and Jones \—The Whigs . Who have crammed their vile dungeons with tho wise and the good , turned their prisons into inquisitions , and made a science of torture \—Tiu Whigs . Who have degraded us , robbed us , trampled ' upon tu , treated our petitions with seorn , and oar complaints with contempt \—Th * Whig * , Down J dtwn ! dowk ! 1 down f ! with the
" base , bloody , and brutal" faction !!!! The day of reckoning is com * ! The , hoar £ retribution is fast approaching ! Let the VoaM x& an indignant people be heard iu thunder ! Lei the lightning-bolts of a nation ' s wrath sink to the lowest depths of perdition ' s pit the faction that has insulted the afflicted and betrayed the oppressed ! Chartists ! down wrih the faction I Down -with them 111
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