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TO THE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS.
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STATE OF THE COUNTRY
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jlx i > bab Fetssis , —Little time as I bow have to myself I think * nevertheless , that yon will expect gams notice from me of a letter , and an Editorial notice Hpoa it , which appeared in the British Statesmen list week . I shall at ohoe give a brief jjuratire of facts connected with the whole affair ; and from the manner in which those facts shall be jjindled , yon will find that virtue requires not the £ id of declamation to support it , and that it is only the eonssious hypocrite who is obliged to substitute bad language for lack of facts . Now , just listen .
I arrived at Manchester at Bix o ' clock in the morning of the 16 th of August , for the purpose , as I cndersiood , ef attending a meeting to be held in Mr . Scboldield ' s yard , and a tea-party in Carpenters ' gall . I understood , from the papers , that an intended procession bad been abandoned . Upon my arriT&l , I instantly drove to Mr . Scholefield ' s , and Earned from him that the authorities had forbidden s # meetings , no matter how called , and no matter for what purpose heldj and that the Monument Committee , under the tircumstances , had unanimously resolTed to forego the meeting , prudently resolnrg to afford no occasion for a collision between the military and the people . They seemed to remember that the blood shed on a former 16 in of August , bi 3 not yet been atoned for !
When I found that the meeting was not to take place , I went to bed , haying travelled all night-A Conference was to have met on the following < 3 ay , the l " th ; but it appeared that the delegates bad proceeded to business on the 16 ih . At two o'clock , a message was sent for me to attend the delegate meeting . I instantly started for the place and the carriage was followed by a vast multitude . I arrived , and the crowd began to increase rapidly , whereupon the landlady gave us notice that we must disperse and leave the house . An adjournment waa moved , to nine o ' clock on Wednesday moraine .
Up to this point no business had been done ; and the ¦ delegates , said they regretted having Bent for me at all , as my presence was not necessary . I thought it better that we should lose no time , but that we should look out for another place of meeting , and proceed to business at once . I procured another place the same afternoon , which I believe no other person could have accomplished , and set to work to inform the delegates , who were ignorant of my success . In the mean time I saw Mr . Hargraves , and desired him to start from tie Carpenters' Hall in a cab for me the moment the ceremony of drinking tea had concluded .
The delegates arrived at eight . Of course , I don ' t know any of them , as it appears that Sir Charles Sh&w has a desire to leam their names . / teas one . "We sat from eight to twelve in calm discussion , bat no course was decided upon . When Mr . Hargraves arrived , it was unanimously resolved , very much against my will , that neither I nor any other delegate should absent himself for the purpose of attending the Carpenters' Hall meeting ; and a message was sent to the Rev . Mr . SchoieSeld to request him to make that communication to the meeting at Carpenters' Hall , which he did .
On Wednesday we met again ; forty very excellent men . We sat all day . There were ttro resolutions and one address passed , and that was all the business done . I seconded the addrfss , which was carried by a great majority . I proposed one of the resolutions , which was carried unanimously . / drew vp the address , the only address that was passed by the delegates : and curious to say , the Northern Star was the only paper in England that published any one of the acts of the Conference ; and it published every one of them .
I never saw so good a feeling pervade any meeting of the people ' s leaders : never in my life ! ill wu union and harmony . At the dose of our proceedings , and after the Chairman had vacated the chair , some one asked , —Tom Sty Us , of Snook ' s Hcncn , 1 think , —whether or no the placard that professed to come from the Executive should appear in the Star ? I said " yes , as an advertisement ; and I will pay for it . " At ten o ' clock I walked down to Mr . Heyweod ' s . He was out . I remained till he returned ; and the first word he said was , Well , Sir , the poor devil that printed the placard purporting
to emanate from the Executive , has been seized , and his press , and type are all taken . " " The < leTil they are , " said I , " then I suppose if It Is published ia the Northern Star , the Leeds Justices would glory in following the bold example set them by their Manchester brethren . " " O , for God sake" said Mr . Her / wood , " don ' t pub-Eih it ; for , so sure as you do , so sure trill every partide of your machinery be seized , as they would say it teas a-great injustice to pounce upon a poor man , ¦ arid let the rich go free . " I Baid , * But I promised , and ordered its publication . " " Well , then , you must be mad , said he . I instantly sat down , and mentioned the circumstance to the Editor , and
recommended him BOt to publish the Baid document ; thinking its appearance in the last kumbkb of the Star would be but a sorry compliment to the people , and a poor tribute to my understanding after the warning . I returned to Mr . Scholefield's , where I slept , with an intention of returning home by the half-past three o ' clock train on Thursday morning , and was called at half-past two for that purpose , by the Rev . Mr . Scholefield . When he called me , 2 said , " Well , Mr . Scholefield , I h&Te made up jny mind to be the last of the delegates in Manchester . Damn the warrants ! they have none ; and I will go out of Manchester in open day . " Accordingly I remained till half-past nine and started for London .
And now I may observe , that my conduct , from Erst to last , gave namixed satisfaction to every one of the forty Delegates . I think all will admit that fact . I was to have lectured at Oidham on the nights of Wednesday and Thursday ; but the Delegate from Oldnam assured me that 1 should not be expected ; and if I had been , I would not have gone . I "was to have been at a tea-party at Bury on Saturday ; but the Delegate from that town told me it had been put off . I would not have gone there either , under the then existing circumstances . -
jJy business' in Manchester wa 3 done when the Conference broke up ; and yet one would suppose tiat the " Old Chartist" imagined that I was to live there . But 0 ! what a disadvantage I labour under , when engaged in a controversy in which loyally to my party prevents me from referring to the danger from which I saved them !! while the chief object of my revfler evidently appears to be to Bet the Government upon the scent of prey to be ran down . Would that prudence would allow me to disclose all 1 But no even malice shall not induce me to commit any man . I would rather bear unmerited censure .
Kow , then , you have a plain narrative before you of all the matter connected with my visit to Manchester ; and I now pray your attention to the letter ef the Statesman ' s " Old Chartisi . " Here it is : — " TO THE EDITOB OF THE BB 1 TLSH STATESMAN . " These are times to try mens' souls . " " Sib ., —i am so Biek at heart at the position we now occupy as Chartists I feel myself unmanned , degraded , and rank so low , that bencef ortfa my name shall not , at least for some time to come , appear in connexion with the esTise of Chartism . The people—tie faithful coufiaiDg people—have been deluded , deceived , and
abandoned by their leaders ; they have been drawn out from their employment with a view of achieving the ^ rard ofcject of their wishes , and with the understanding that a bold and decisive effort would be made by the Executive to obtain the Charter . We are told that **« SM O'Connor , instead of being at the tea-party at «* Carpenter * win , -was engaged with the Executive ^^• Jiiiess of national importance . We relied upon *•*» * ad waited anxiously for the great and important * f ** of what they had been engaged upon . We saw the Pkeard containing the result of their labours , an ad-*«• from the Executive Council ( unsigned by-the-by ) , a ™ rE& » g ub that the machinery w « prepared for a
Pttd national straggle , and that i » eight days . I ean->«* contain the indignation I feel at the thoughts of ** declaration . Great Britain would be in commo-« on . i iiqnjred into the details , but I was told on all ndta Feargug O'Connor had ran away to London , for «** of being arrested , leaving Leach to do the dan-5 ° OU 3 part of publishing these placards , which , in my ^ aion , - » as z wanton aacrifice of Leach by O'Connor . « e ( O'Connor ) was the man the people looked to for * & example of courage and bravery , but he iojj away , *¦« then M'Douall , then Campbell , —in fact , all the «» aerB left the complete ' machinery * and ariange « Kts , Uke a self-odor , to do the work . Tiw
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people are thoroughly disgusted with the conduct of O'Connor , and also at the Executive , the paid servants of the Chartists , running away in the moment of danger . When we got rid of oar old leaders of the Erst Convention , we expected we had room for honester and bolder men , bat we have been deceived ; where now shall we find leaders in whom the people can repose confidence ? I am glad to Bee the part you took in yeur last « Statesman . ' You were up to the mark ! ' Bat let any one read the wishy-washy , trishy-traBhy , apology of Feargus O'Connor to the Imperial Chartists' of Saturday last , and the miserable subterfuge * of his editor , Mr . Hill , in attempting to run
away from the Movement , and throw all the onus or blami upon the Coin Law League , Such articles at sueh a crisis , were treason to the people ' s cause ; and above all , the non-insertion of the Execntive address was treachery of the basest description , and this from the principle oracle of Chartism is toe bad . I have just been told that the Northern Star' was kicked about the ChartLrt room in Manchester , and that Feargus O'Connor ' s portrait and the ' Star * , was publicly burned in Oidham . This shows that other people beside myself , an smarting under the conduct of O Connor and the Star . J pity Leach , for he has be « n seduced by the flattery of O'Connor that he has fallen into the trap , whilst bis more canning coadjutors , M'Donall and
Campbell , have s ea through the trick , and absconded in time . I appeal to your superior judgment , if this Address of the Executive had been boldly signed , and O'Connor surrounded by his staff , the Executive , had remained in the centre of the Movement , should we not have been in a better position than we are now ? And sow , by the late treachery and desertion , are we not placed in a most dastardly position 7 I tell you once for all , though I am a poor man , Leach shall have every assistance in my power , but I utterly discard from my mind all idea of M'Douall , Campbell , and O'Connor , for their cowardly desertion of the people ' s rcnze . "An Old Chabtist . « Manchester , Aug . 21 st , 1842 . "
Now , the most curious part of this rigmarole is the audacity of the writer , who , although he is afraid to sign his own n £ me , yet complains of the placard not being signed ! But , however , it is a curious fact , that there is not , from the beginning even to the end , one single sentence or word of truth in this precious epistle ! This idiot would associate me with a placard with which I had no more to do than the man in the moon ! It was I who advised Dr . M'Douall to keep out of the way , as I learned officious fellows , like the " Old Chartist , "
had sought to implicate him with the u xxtkaobdinaiiY dcccmest . " I did it , because I thought that a man in gaol could be of very little service to hia party . " / left Leach to do the dangerous part of having the placards printed . " Fool ! I wrote , moved , and printed , the only placard of which I knew anything ! ! I did not hear of the arrest of Leach till after my arrival in London ; and as soon as I did hear of it , I instantly wrote to Mr . Heywood desiring him to furnish any amount necessary for Leach ' s defence upon my account . Did the " Old Chartist , " or his backer , do anything like that !
I am ready to believe that the ** Old Chartist" is disgusted with my conduct , because my conduct has tended to expose such humbugs and to save my party from being a prey in such hands . So much'for the " Old Chartist , " and it is more than such a fool deserves . Will he favour the public with his name t—Now for the Editorial remark of Mr . James Bronterre O'Brien : — " We agree with ' An Old Chartist , ' whose letter we insert , that the Executive ought to have signed their names to the address , if they were the authors of it . We agree with him also , that Mr . O'Connor has acted a treacherous ' and cowardly part ia this matter , as he always does in times of danger . Bat we see no harm in M'Douall , Campball , or anybody else , keeping out of the way of the police as Ion * as they can . "
Now , then , what do you think of that piece of ill concealed vindictiveness ! O'Connor was a coward for doing , —what ? just that which M'Douall and Campbell were quite right in doing ! 1 ! Why , you poor wretched self-tor mentor , I never ia my life felt myself chargeable with cowardice , exoopt upon one occasion ; and that was , when you befuskd to sb " MY FRIE 5 D , " ASSIGM 50 AS A BKASOJf THAT " YOU webe sot a fighting mak" !! 13 he a coward , who has been four times on the ground , within twelve yards of a loaded pistol , and has received three apologies , and has been once fired at without returning it I Was I a coward , when in the midst
of war horses , sabres , gens , and bayonets , I fought my way often on the ground in advocating the cause of Repeal . at the Irish elections ! Did I prove a coward at Huddersfield , when danger presented itself ? Was I a coward when alone among the Birmingham would-be-assassins 1 Wa 9 I a coward when I foaght my way at Manchester f Was I a coward when I risked my life to defend my party at Nottingham ! No ! but I am too brave to seek a a name for courage at the expence of my party . I did think I should be allowed to apply all my spare time to the management of that organ which has now fallen into my hands for the defence of the people's cause : and lest slander may make that that another ground for complaint , I must set
myself right in the outset . I have not undertaken that for profit . I devote nine hours a day , and every day , to it , and travel twelve miles each day : and my reward , as far as money goes , is the privilege of spending £ 1 10 s . a week , in the way of expences ! Now , I would ask , whether my time , or that of the creature who damns every thing he has a hand in , and feels sore that others should be able to remedy the evil he commits , is most profitably spent ? Never did any mortal endeavonr to help the cause of the people , that some obstacle was not thrown in his way by paltry politicians , who look upon agitation as bad , unless they have the cream of it ! I would have gladly seen the Statesman going along with us ; but its recent kicks and jumps bear ample testimony that its hour is fast approaching !
Next week , as I have been paahed to it , I may probably state the manifold acts of tbeachery which I have committed against Mr . James Bronterre O'Brien ! and if the world does not stare , then is niuiiificence and kindness , an act of every day ' s
occurrence . But , my friends , let the p ' igmy things , who emain secure in days of danger , and , in the calm , rave from behind their fastness , rave on ! I shall still be found doing my duty to that cause by which I have so long stood , and so- often saved from the snares of our enemies . Never was there a more dastardly attempt to ferret out evidence for the Manchester authorities , than the publication of the letter alluded to ; and , my life to a halfpenny , either O'Brien himself wrote it , or it was written by one of the people ' s deadliest enemies ! 1 demand his kame . Your faithful friend , Feargus O'Connor .
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BILSTON . AUGUST , THIRTIETH . Since the commencement of the strike this town has been remarkably quiet ; yet , notwithstanding the peaceable disposition of the colliers , our sapient magistrates seemed to be apprehensive of an outbreak , and filled with fearful forbodings , on last Friday morning ; they assembled in solemn conclave to delibarate on the course to be pursued to maintain tranqoility in these eventful and alarming times . Their fears , however , were soon increased , and most alarmingly too , for whilst they eat in council a fearful alarm was produced amongst them , by the appearance of about fifty colliers ,
whocaae from an adjacent Tillage , proceeding to prevent some men from working in a pit belonging to one of their high mightinesses . The colliers , however , were Baved the trouble , »» tce work had ceased before their arrival . The men would have departed peaceably , bat a special constable , desirous of at pairing hsnour , boasted of his ability to pat the cowardly colliers to flight : and that he did , and in good stile too , for as soon as he was recognized as an official , a plaia bint was given him , and off he run "with speed , the coluerB giving chase ,, which drew forth bursts of laughter from the people , who had gathered pretty numerous during the short time the affair lasted . His spedalship was
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captured and rather-ronghly handled . The worthy magistrate , on bearing the sews , proceeded to Wol mhampton , and returned at the head of a detachment oi dragoons , followed by a large posse of specials , bent , doubtless , on deeds of noble daring ; but alas tbeir valouroDs hopes were disappointed . When they arrived at the scene of the dreadful outbreak , not a single individual could t 3 seen , rave some women and children , who followed them to view their spendid campaign . They remained some . few minutes gazing at the
Yeomanry Cavalry , who were drawn up in battle array at a short distance . After viewing the late field of chase they returned amidst the cheers and laughter of the spectators . I beard that the officer severely repilmanded the magistrate for what he called an unnecessary interference , and thought the demands of the men were just and ought to be complied with . This is the general opinion of a'l the well informed here . Although the masters are trying to decoy the men to work , by promising them protection , but no rise of wages , the colliers remain inflexible .
The utmost tranquillity prevails . The men generally presetve a steady , cool , determination , and from their whole conduct wo must conclude that it is useless for the mcrtera ever to expect a surrender of the Bil-Etonians . The exertions of Mr . Linney have tended materially to strengthen the tarn-outs in their determination , as also disposing them to the preservation of the peace . His exhortations have had good effect , and has gained him the respect and admiration , not only of the Chartists , bat of the chief part of the middle da ° s , who attribute the psaoeable condition of the tewn to Mr . lioney ' e untiring labour .
WOLYEKHAMPTON . TUESDAY , FOUR O ' CLOCK . Up to the present time all continues quiet A feverish excitement certainly prevails , especially among the middle classes and the shopkeepers ; all things are hastening fast to a stand . The colliers are still out ; and I assure yon , notwithstanding the base means that are used , and the lying reports tkat are spread to mislead the public , there is no more likelihood of their going to work than there was a month ago . The colliers of Wolvcrh&mpton and its adjacent localities are determined , let them , sufiar
what they may , never to descend a pit until they get their demand , namely , four shillings per day , for eight hoars' labour , lec Huice we have bod no outbreak , no violence , so disturbance . Too ranch praise cannot be given to them for their orderly , manly , and peaceable demeanour , while they and their families are suffering the greatest privations . The rabbiBh collected from oat the bank pits is being biwked about the town for coal , and selling at an enormous price . The furnaces are nearly all oat , and in one fortnight more , all the principal manufactories will be unable to carry on for the want of coal , whereby thousand * will be thrown out of employ .
We have got a detachment of the 3 rd Dragoons , and two Companies of the 34 th Regiment of Foot , besides some pieces of Artillery , a strong police force , and lots of special constables , sad yeomanry cavalry . Such U om present condition . Myself and Cacdy are marked men . Linney is well , and up to this morning , has hitherto escaped , though there are warrants out against him . Mr . Arthur O'Neil , of Birmingham , and Mr . Froggate , from BLlston , with anothor last night , passed through the town under a military escort composed of thirty Dragoons , on their way to Stafford Oiol , being committed from Dadley .
MANCHESTER . ( From our own Reporter . ) On Friday morning , the day on which Mr . James Leach andMr . CharleaTuTnerwere again to be brought up for elimination , betwixt eight and nine o ' clock , a well dressed man called upon the Rev . James Scholefield , and said he wished to have a few words with him . Mr . Scholefleld , being engaged at the time with bis patients , he went with him into a separate room , when , the well-dressed gentleman above alluded to said he was requested to present Sir Charles Shaw ' s compliments ( although he did not produce bis card ) , and wished Mr . Scholefield to furnish him with a list of all tbe person's names who were ia his house on Tuesday and Wednesday , the 16 th and 17 th of August , in last week bat one . Mr . Scholefield immediately
asked the name of the person to whom he was then speaking . " Irvin is my name" was the reply—( one of the heads of the police force of this town . ) Mr . S . instantly rose , and said , " Then walk oat of my house . " And ha at enca obeyed . Mr . S . having on & previous day of the same week been informed toat the same person had been making inquiries at Mr . Brown ' s Temperance Hotel , " as to when be ( Mr . Scholefield ) was there last , With whom , and what about , " he told the official as he was leaving the house , that when he wanted any information as to where he went , and oa what business , to call on Mr . S . himself , and be would tell him , and thus tor the future save him ( the policeman ) a great deal of trouble He teamed , after this rebuke , to be very glad to get out of the boose without any farther ceremony .
NORWICH . A preliminary meeting was called at five o ' clock on Monday morning , August 22 nd ., in the Market-place , to choose a deputation to wait upon tbe mayor , requesting him to call a meeting to memorialist ) Her Majesty upon the state of the country , which be refused to do . Another meeting wu held in the evening to hear tbe answer to the deputation , when it was resolved to call a meeting on the following evening , at half-past seven s ' clock , upon oar own responsibility , which meeting was attended by 5 . 000 or 6 , 000 orderly and attentive persons , and tbe fallowing resolutions and memorial was adopted : — 1 st— "That this meeting highly censures the conduct of the Anti Corn Law League , in goading on the people of the Northern Districts to acts of violence and desperation , by reducing their wages in order to fulfil the prophecy given to tbe Government by their Delegates . '*
2 nd— " That this meeting is fully satisfied that tbe House of Commons as at present constituted , cannot estimate the warns and wisnes of tbe various classes of society , but that a House elected under the principles of the People ' s Charter , would remove the distress , and consequent dissatisfaction now existing . " 3 rd— " That a memorial , founded on tbe above resolutions , be sent to the Home Secretary for presentation to Her Majesty . " 4 th—That the foregoing resolutions and memorial be sent to the Northern Star , British Statesman , and iSwn newspapers , for insertion , "
TO THE QUEEN ' S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY . The Memorial of the Inhabitants of tht City of Norwich in Public Mealing assembled , Humbly Sueweth—That your Memorialists view with deep resret tbe disturbances now going on in many parts of Great Britain , owing to self-interested persona having reduced the wages of the hardworking tons of toil , for the purpose of urging them to commit bieaehes of the peace , thereby fulfilling the prophecies given to your Majesty ' s Ministers by the Delegates of the Anti Corn Law League .
Your memorialists , fully conscious that the House of Commons , as at present constituted , cannot possibly estimate the wants and wishes of the various classes of your Majesty ' s subjects , do therefore humbly , but earnestly , Bubmit to your Majesty the necessity of calling to your councils such men as will introduce to Parliament the document called tbe People ' s Charter , thereby enabling all classes in yoar Majesty's dominions to be equaliy and justly represented ; which your memorialists feel satisfied , would in future prevent such like disgraceful proceedings as they have with pain witnessed of late . And yoar Memorialists , Will ever pray , &o .
NOTTINGHAM . SATU&DAY , AUG . TWENTY-SEVENTH . A considerable number of persons were assembled about the County Hall at twelve o ' clock , as it was understood that those who were taken prisoners by the police and soldiers would be examined ; and about half-past twelve , the magistrates arrived ; shortly after which Mr . Brown , solicitor , applied on behalf of the prisoners for tbeir examination to take place , which was complied with . After thtir other business was disposed of , the court was ordered to be cleared of all except witnesses , who consisitted of policemen and constables , and othen connected with the proceedings , when I took my place by the side of another reporter , and tbe following conversation ensued : —
Are you a reporter ? Yes . For what paper ? Northern Star and British Statesman . This information appeared to have a very unpleasant effect upon th * m , and a short consultation wa » held , when one % t the magistrates asked Do you reside in Nottingham ? Yes . WhaL is your name ? Morrison . By tbe Clerk—What ! R T . Morrison ? Yes ; R . T . Morrison . He then informed their Worships of asms offences which I bad committed against them , by sif letters in the public prints ; bat , after some further consultation , one of the magistrates observed—•• It is . an open court , and I do not see that we can do anything , in it . "
By the bye , their conduct displayed a most exemplary spirit for tk » dispensers of jc < tUc& . in . an- opes court !
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Seventeen prisoners were then brought to the bar . The P / esldtog Magistrate asked Mr . Brown whether he should be satisfied with one witness to each com , rs they should remand them . ; The several informations , accusing them of riotously rwmMiog , to tbe great terror of her Majesty ' s subjects , *» „ we * e then read over , and each , ewora to by some one of-tbe police present . : Mr . Brarfn thought there was no evidence to warrant these proeetfttngB , a » there bad not been any ac ^ of violence committed ; and if it was an offence to walk together in numbsra , did not those who yesterday went to the Castle in sueh numbers , commit the same offence I Presiding Magistrate—They did not attempt any intimidation to workpeople . Mr . Brown—And there has not been any evidence adduced to shew that the prisoners offewd intimidaUon ; they merely requested .
Presiding Magistrate—They bad no right to request , as that is an offence . They were then told that a selection of those who bad taken the most aotlve part bad been made , and the prisoners before him were those that had been so selected ; and that they would be remanded until ' a communication was received from the Secretary of State , to know what farther procsedlngs would be instituted against them . Fifteen more prisoners were then brought to the bar , and told that as tbeze were many much stronger or sea , they would be dismissed on entering into their own recogniEinces of £ 5 each to keep the peace for twelve months , which they were allowed to do without payment of fee * , and discharged . * * . . ; # > * ¦ LOUGHBOROUGrH .
All is peaceable here , and the people have again resumed tbeir work . The villages around here are mnoh the same ; notwithstanding all this tbe polics and specials are still on what they term duty , and I assure you they are sorely grieved tbat they could not try their apprentice bands at blood-letting . Thanks to the good sense of the workies . they have baen disappointed ! Since my last , several have been committed for bagging . I cannot omit stating the case , ot two persons ; one a Chartist , for begging , three months and bard labeur ; the other , no Chartist , for stealing peas , one month . Such is Longhborough justice . To-morrow will be pay day . I am credibly informed that , it will take not less than £ 3 , 000 to settle the bill of tbe peacebludgeons .
OLDHAM . FRIDAY MOHNING . Mr . Warwick , at the Temperance Hotel , Yorkshirestreet , near tbe Albion Inn , was taken into custody ; it is reported for having a placard exhibited at bis door , which came from Birmingham . Most of tbe mills in this town have resumed work this morning ; some that were working short time previous to the strike have commenced on full time , and it is expected that all will be at work in a few days . ¦
At Lees , near Oidham , a number of boys having collected themselves together on an elevated plot of ground in the village , playing and shooting , a cry wf » raised tbat the mob was coming . This created such an alarm in the minds of the " respectables , " that one of them immediately rode off for the military , and in a few minutes returned with about forty specials , headed by Mr . Wild , the superintendent of poice , and Mr . Mellor , magistrate , fourteen horse and about forty-five foot soldiers , wending tbeir way to the place of action ; but , happily , when they got there , there was no use for them . Mr . Yardley will be brought up for examination at tbe New Bailey , to-morrow , at twelve o ' clock .
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London . —Mr . R . K . Philp lectured at the Star Coffee House , Golden-lane , to the United City Boot and Shoemaker * , upon tbe People ' s Charter , and how to obtain it . After which , 2 s . 8 £ d . was collected for the wives and families of the political victims . Several professional gentlemen having kindly offered their services , it was resolved , that » concert should be held at the Star , on Tuesday evening , September 5 th ., the profits to be given to the general victim fund . Admission three-pence .
Metropolitan Delegate Meeting . —Mr . Squires in the chair . Credentials were received from Mr . James Morgan from the hatters , meeting at the Brown Bear ; 10 i . were received from Marylebono , for the Deptford Committee ; Mr . Lucas reported from the Committee for getting up publio meetings , » committee consisting of Messrs . Lucas , Langwith , DowlhiK , Knight , Walkordlno , Boarron . tind Dftvofl , with power to add to their number were organised to assist in bringing out the Trades of London ; Messrs . Beadon and Knight were appointed , in conjunction with Mr . Campbell , to wait oa the weavers to induce them to co-operate in gaining the Charter . A recommendation was given to the localities
regarding the number of delegates to be sent to the Conference , their rate of payment , &o . An address to the females was ordered to be inserted in the Northern Star , and Chartist Circular . Measures were adopted in reference to the Chartist prisoners , and the meeting adjourned anril the ensuing Thursday evening . Brompton . —At the usual weekly meeting , on Tuesday evening , Mr . Ford in the chair , after the transaction of local business , Messrs . Wheeler and Matthews were deputed to confer with the sub-Secretaries of the Chelsea , Westminster , and Hammersmith localities , regarding the propriety of their uniting to send two delegates to the ensuing Conference .
Shoemakers , Star Coffee House , Golden Lake . —Mr . thilp lectured here on Sunday evening , and was highly applauded . At the close of the leoture , Mr . Philp was nominated from that locality as a fit person to represent them in the Birmingham Conference . Teetotallers , Britannia Coffee House , Waterloo Road . —Mr . Ferguson lectured to a good audience on Monday evening last . Steps were taken in referenoe to sending a delegate to the Conference . Ckowr and Anchor , Waterloo Town . —A publio meeting of weavers was held here on Monday evening . Mr . Campbell , and several delegates from various trades , addressed the assembly , and a unanimous feeling was exhibited in favour of the People ' s Charter .
STOCKTON-JN-TJSBS . —Mr . Peter Rigby addressed a large audienco on Sunday , at Thornaby Green . He spoke for nearly two hours to the entire satisfaction ot the people ; after which , Mr . Dawson wound up by announcing that on Sunday , or Sunday week , a meeting would be > held at the same place , when ( weather permitting ) Messrs . Williams , Chappie , ana other friends would be present . Due notice will be given as to which Sunday it will be . ANDER&TON .-A meeting of the Anderstoa Charter Association was held last night in the Christian Chartist Church , West College-street , when after some other preliminary business had
been gone through , Mr . Peter Bonar brought forward a copy ot" the British Statesman , and after commenting on tie scurrilous language of an anonymous scribbler in that paper towards Feargus O'Connor , moved a vote of confidence in Feargus O'Connor aud the Northern Star . This motion was carritd unanimously amidst loud cheers . After 8 ome conversation coucerning the Evening Star and the propriety of having it amongst us , it was agreed that the committee should make arrangements for the purpose of getting it . The Secretary was then ordered to send reporte of our meetings to the Star tor publication .
LElCSsTfiB . —Another arrest has bbbn made in Leicest £ r . —Oa Sunday last , Mr . Wm . Jones , oi Liverpool , delivered an impressive address in the Pasture , to a numerous audience , which took great effect upon the minds of the persons present . At the olote , he read a letter from Mr . Cooper , which drew tears from the eyes of most present . . Another meeting was held at six o ' olock in the evening , which was addressed by Mr . Thomason , from the Vale of Leven ; afterwards , Mr . Jones delivered one of the most eloquent addresses it was ever my lot to hear , severely Handling the Government and police force . There ware about 8 , 000 persons present : all went off well till eleven o ' clock , when Mr . Jones was seized at air . Cooper ' s , by a body of ten police , and dragged to prison . They charged him with using
inflammatory language , which tended to excite the people to commit a breach of the peace . Next morning he was brought before the borough magistrates , at the Guildhall , when after a lengthy exanimation , he was committed to take his trial at the assizes ; but as it was a bailable offence they ordered him to Sod bail , himself in £ 100 , and two sureties in £ 50 each . Bail was immediately offered by Mr . Crow , Chartist breakfast-powder manufacturer , and Mr . Deacon , of Brunswick-street , glovemanufacturer . Policemen were sent to inquire into the bail , and Messrs . Crow and Deacon were ordered to come before the Town Clerk next morning . They did so , and were refused without any reason being assigned ; steps have been taken to compel the magistrates , either to show reason or take the bail .
South Shields . —Mr . Beesley addressed an enthusiastio meeting of 10 , 000 or 12 , 060 persons on Tuesday . The spirit o ! Chaitism 13 risiDg here , and we need but a few vigorous leclurea to bring us up to the mark !
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LEAMINGTON .-The Chartists of Warwick and Leamington held their usual weekly meeting , and entered into arrangements for liberally supporting their incarcerated friends and their families . They passed a special resolution to pay five shillings par week to George White , so long as he remains at Warwick Gaol . They also inteud to send » delegate to the National Conference . Dublin . —the cause here wears an enconraging aspect . At the usual meeting of the Universal Suffrage Sooiefcy , on Sunday evening last , the attendance was very full ; several grangers were present . Five new members were admitted . Some excellent speeches were made , and a general good spirit manifested .
TONBRIDGE ( Kent ) . —The anniversary of the formation of the Association in this place was held at the large-room , Chequers Inn , on Monday last , Mr , Payne in the chair . It was a most spirited and enthusiastic meeting . Some excellent speeches were delivered by Mr . Soelling , the Secretary , Mr . Elliott , Leigh , and othen , and were loudly applauded . Some most excellent patriotic songs having been collected from the Chatter newspaper and Circular , and adapted to music , were sang with great effect by Messrs . Payne , Pugh , Ooddard , and otners . Since tbo formation of the Association , tbe members have subscribed above £ 50 , nearly the whole of which has been spent in the good cause ; and we have the satisfaction of knowing has been the means of giving a tone to public feeling in this part , for there is no other town scarcely in the country that c ? u boast of so large and so efficient a Society is this . Wj wish them success , and God speed to « m ia , tbeir efforts to obtain tbeir rights * ¦
MO-TTRAM mOOR . —We have received the following , which , if true , certainly demands the most serious and anxious investigation . It appears thai the Chartists ot this place bad thought proper to hold a teaparty , afc which a person of tba name of Wild , a labourer in the cause of democracy in that locality , was present . During tht » repast a constable , with three or four others , went to the New Cross Inn , where the festival was being held , with a warrant for the apprehension of Wild , on a charge ot u . ^ iog infiammatory language . They entered the room , and immediately commenced flourishing tbeir cutlasses in a violent and threatening manntr . Mr . Wild inquired whether they intended to marder him on the spot , as be was ready to go with them without offering any resistance . They then
took him into custody . Mrs . Wild , and also her slater , clung to him , upon which the most brutal epithets were employed by the constables , one of whom actually stabbed Mrs . W . beneath tbe breast , and which might have terminated fatally , bat foi tho resistance offered by tbe bone in ber stays . Another of the party fired a pistol , which only just missed , doing fatal mischief . A person someway connected with tbe party , who made himself busy , bat his intentions being not rightly understood , the man assuming the command fired bis pistol , which took effect at the back of tho neck , and tbe man instantly fell . The
constables then made off , leaving the prisoners . The villain was , however , pursued by order of a magistrate , and being buckled down , was taken into custody . Wild was recaptured very early on this morning , and was , when the account left , still in durance . Mrs . Wild is far advanced in pregnancy ,- and when bis father made application to the Board of Guardians for some relief for her , they refused to give her anything . His eldest daughter was also dangerously ill at the time he was dragged to prison , and she haa since died . We leave tbe people ( sapposing this statement to be true , and we have no means of ascertaining whether it be so or not ) to make their own comments .
MANCHESTER . Carpenters' Hall—On Sunday last , two lectures were delivered in the above HalL Mr . Littler officiated in tbe afternoon , and Mr . Dixon in the evening . The lecture in tbe afternoon was well attended , and the lectuta very ably exposed the abominable system which bos i educed an industrious people to starvation , and then stifles tbeir complaints by tbe bladgeons of policemen and the bayonets of tbe soldiery . Mr . Littler concluded by calling upon bis bearers to continue tbe agitation for the Charter peacefully , yet determinedly , neither swerving to the right band or tbe left , and victory would ultimately crown tbeir united tfijtta .
In the evening , tbe Hall was crowded to excess . Mr . John Murray was called upon to preside , who , after a few preliminary remarks , introduced Mr . Dixon , who addressed the assembled thousands upon the present state of affairs , and cautioned tbe people against spies and informers . He then made some allusions to tbe notorious scoundrel who resides not one hundred miles from Arundel-atreet , Francis-street . This fellow deposed to Leach having addressed the meeting in the Carpenters ' Hall , while it was well known to ail Deraona who
attended on tbat occasion SnsTSsftob was not there at all . ( Loud cries of " be was not . " ) Mr . Dixon then pressed upon tbe Chartists anti the people generally , tbe necessity of rendering all tbe support in their power U > those wbo may become tbe victims of tyrannical power , and concluded by calling upon them to abstain as much as possible from all exciseaMe articles , and thus cripple the Government , by stopping the supplies necessary for carrying on the crasade against the rights and liberties of the people . Mr . Dixon retired amidst loud cheers .
Mr . D . Ross was loudly called fort who , after a-few observations by the CnoAtHmn , came forward and addressed the immense assemblage in a strain of the most impassioned eloquence , which completely rivetted the attention ot bis bearers ; bat as ifc . is impossible to do anything like justice to this truli . magnificent specimen of oratory ; suffice it to say , thai It mast have been heard to have been appreciated . Mr . P . M . Bropht then rose , and , after asking permission of the Chairman , read a letter from the British Statesman , ot tbe 27 th inst , signed " An Old Chartist , " together with the Editorial remarks , which drew forth from tbe crowded audience one spontaneous burst of indignation against the sneaking coward , wbo has been acting the part of a concealed , as well as cold-blooded , assassin ; and , amid loud cries of" damn the Statesman , burn it , burn it , " the following resolution was proposed by Mr . P . M . Brophy : —
" That it is the opinien of this meeliDg that the letter which appears in the Statesman ot Saturday the 27 th inst , and signed An Old Chartist , " is a gross libel on the character of Feargus O'Connor and the Chartists of Manchester , and manifestedly injurious to the whole Chartist cause ; and tbat a letter be wrote calling upon the Editor to give up the nama of the individual styling himself •' Ae Old Cnartist , " together with an explanation of the editorial remarks in tb 9 same paper relative to tbe charges of treachery and cowardice against Feargtis O'Connor , Esq . "
This was seconded by Mr . D Ross , ia a vory energetic spceoh , in which be took occasion to contrast the conduot manifested by Mr . O Connor with that of bis base traducers , and ' shewing up tbe malignant feelings by which they are actuated . He then made some remarks upon the dislnteresttdneBS evinced by Mr . O'Connor throughout bis whole political career , and concluded by making a powerful appeal to the Chartiats of Manchester , not to alldw themselves to be driven from their peaceable agitation for the Charter , by the
tyranny of men in power , or by the base and contemptible calumnies so unblushingly heaped upon the character of one of tbe greatest patriots tbat ever lived in any age or any nation . Mr . Rosa was repeatedly interrupted by the loud plaudits of the vast assembly , thereby furnishing another proof that O'Connor still lives in tbe affections of the people of Manchester , while his base , sneaking , and cowardly calumniators are only fit objects for the scorn and contempt of every honest man . The resolution was very ably supported by Mr . C . Doyle and carried unanimously .
Mr . TU 0 HA . S Railton moved the following resolution : — " Toat Mr D . Ross do write fa the name of this meeting to the Elitor of the British Statesman concerning this matter , to request him to give his answer in the Statesman of next Saturday ; and further , that these rpsolutions be sent to the Northern Star and British Statesman tot insertion . " The resolution being seconded from tbe bttdy of the Hall , was carried nem . con . After tbe thanks of tbe meeting had baen voted to the Chairman , the vast assemblage ^ ispersed in a peaceful aud orderly manner . New Bailej , Tuesday afternoon , four o ' clock .
Mr . J < unes Leach has at length been liberated after every possible impediment bad been thrown in tbe way of bis bail by the wanton neglect of tbe officers that ought to have seen after them . Mr . Leach's bail was tendered on Friday evening last , and yet strange to say , he haa had to remain in tbe New Bailey until this day ( Tuesday ) and the only answer to this unwarrantable conduct , was tbe want of time on the part of the offloer , to go and examine the bail's va ~ Mr . Turner and Mr . Hutcbinson were liberated at the same time .
Messrs . Tinker and Seddon ware again brought up for examination , when there was no evldencs against them but Mr . Beswick . ThiB is the fourth time that tbey have been brought up and no evidence against tbeai , and have been in prison a fortnight , a thing unprecedented in Courts of Justice in this country . Oar readers wiU naturally conclude that Messrs . Tinker and Seddon were dismissed , as theie was no evidence ; ouch , bowever , was not tho case ! They are to find bail , themselves in £ 109 each , and two sureties of £ 50 each , to appear again this day fortnight . Mr . Yardley from Oidham , bad not been brought up when we left at four o'clock ; they were -waiting tbe arrival of one of the Oidham Magistrates to be present at the examination .
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BAIL FOR WHITE . " TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Dear Sir , —I Bhsll be glad If you will inform to * public , through t < ie Star , ' that we , according to lule , tendered seveasufficlent names as bail f « George White , on Monday last , and waited upon the pjwtru that fcs yesterday ; and this day , after fifteen Justices had con ' suUsd abent ttro Yovra , vrei informed that they were all refused except Mr . James Guest , bookseller ; but he , after promising Mr . Porter that be would stind , refused , rather to the disappointment of some of our friends . So yon see , Sir , tbat their Intention is to knp him it' gaol in spita ef all justice . We shall exert ourselves rV . 'iracbas . i * in our power to try to get him litaraf ¦ ¦* . I think it would be well if you would puW '^ h ths p amfc . ' tbit were willing to give security : —
James Ports * , boot maker . Wm . Nurae , eabinet maker . Fd . Corbst , coal merchant . Charles Steward , spectacle maker . 7-Vin . Mould , Bedditea . Hoary Donaldson , Warwick . By inserting thw you will oWige , Your bumble Servant , _ , . „ , ' Walter thobn . No . 86 , Lowerhurat-sJreet , Bimingnam , Auuuat 31 st , J 842 .
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MFBDER 0 U 3 ASSAULT tFPOJ * THE PEOPLE BIT A FACTORY MASTER . The town of Asbton , altho « gh one ot the first where the turn-out commenced , b ? s never been the seeue of any breach of the peace on the part of tbe people . So determined have they been to keep themselves within tbe pale of tbe law , tbat tbey bare put u * with insult opon insult from tbe authorities-without offering the least resistance ; but it ia impossible to cay bow long tbey will continue so , if the diabolipal conduct oi a factory master yesterday tra not immediately investigated and punished . Tbe partieular * are a * follows -
The people of Ashton received on invitation to meet the people of Stalybiidge , ' Hyde , and Mottoam , oa a . green near Mottram , and thence proceed to a park , the owner of which bad kindly granted them the use of to amuse themselves with a little recreation , and in their way they had to pass a mill , situate * about a mll » between Mottram and GIossop , and ijeyt by a fellow of tho name of Samuel Sbepley . U *» peus that tho mill was working , and » sso » n as the bands saw the people coming , tbey rushed out of tba mill , thJoking they were coming to turn them out , and made their way off , many of them running through the river up to their middle in water . This , it appears , so exasperated the master , tbat he provided himself with several loaded double barrelled guns , and as soon as the people came near the factory , he came to the door , and presenting one at them , palled the trigger , bat it luckily missed flre .
xhu ? exasperated the people , knowing tbat tbey never intended to molest him or bis hands , and they determined totabe tbe gun from him , and for tbat purpose two or three ran and laid hold of tbe gun , just as he got inside the door-way ; but he , having hold of the bttte-end and they tbe barrel , and the door taing nearly closed , he saccseded in getting tbe gun out of tbeir hands , which be bad no sooner accomplished , than be seia ; d another , which stood by for the purpose , and again presented it at tbe people , and . fired and wounded five persons , two of whom are not expected so recaver .
Tbe people were now wound up to the highest state of desperation , and were determined to get bold of him and punish bint a ? be deserved ; bat there happsningto come up , at this time , some gentlemen from btaleybridge , ono or two of them magistrates , who promised ; tb see that the murderous villain should be apprehended . They succeeded in persuading the people to retire without doing any damage , with tbe exception of breaking a few ' windows , A more cold-blooded , cowardly , and murderous assault , upon a peaseable and unoffending people , cannot be conceived , and if the authorities do not directly take the affair in hand , God knows wbat the result wiil be , for the people are determined to have satisfaction one day or other .
All is still at a stand here , not the least signs of any going to work . The people are determined . — Correspondent .
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: ,.- ¦ — ? " — HECKMONDWIKE . Novel Proceeding . —A Constable Sumhonei * before thb " gkeat unpaid , " chaeged with a Misdemeanor , for the Crime of Calling a Public Meeting for the Chabtists I—Oa Thursday , the 25 th . ult , the constable of Heckraondwike was summoned by that immaculate police magistrate , John Beawkke Greenwood , Esq ., he of " humane" Poor Law Amendment notoriety , to answer to the charge , among other high crimes , of having called an" illegal public meeting . " . The facts of the case are simply these s— •'
A requisition was presented to the constable , requesting him tot call a public meeting , for the purpose of choosing delegates to attend the Manchester Conference , and wbi « h ended in electing Mr . T . B . Smith and Mr . Hill , editor of the ' Star , * to that important office . Among tbe requisitors was the Overseer of the Poor for tho current year , aud wbo bad been Surveyor of the Highways for the two preceding years in succession ; and another of the requisitors is a Poor Liw Guardian , and has been tor two successive yean . Toe constable , upon having a requisition , thus respec tably signed , presented to him , of course called tba meeting , which was held in tbe School-room , ono nf tbe requisitjonista , a respectable woolstapler , being ia tbe chair . Brery thing was lone In the most peaceable and orderly manner ; the laugaage through the whole was firm but most conciliatory ; in fact , from the
known character of those who took the lead in the meeting , nothing elB « could be expected . But , however , some of those who think that "tbe powers that be are of God , " whether it be an Alfred or a George , and tbat working men have nothing to do with laws but to obey them ,-feeiiDgscandalized that the workies should thus endeavour to obtain ther true position i i thesoale of being . And not having courage to do their dirty work themselves , they put forward , as a cat's-paw , one Clegg , a man who cannot lose hia character , and of whom one of tbe unpaid ebserved , on his being announced as a witness , that be knew Clegg well ! Well then , this " gentleman , " who caanet loso his character , and who bos the honour to be well known by a magistrate , and , we should hope , as well knows to the inhabitants of Heckmpndwike , is sent to the meeting to flau
out"Murders , treasons , stratagems , and crimes , " And , of course , if need be , to swear to their intended perpetration . He makes bis report to his cowardly employer , in consequence of which some communication passes between the aforesaid Baswick and the Lord Lieutenant , which ends in tha poor constable being summoned before their worships for a misdemeanor , in culling the meeting , and the chairman , and one of the requisitionists , who isa Poor Law Guardian , being summoned as witnesses against him , and which ends in the constable being bound in his own recognizince to appear ,, if called upon , to answer the charge at the Quarter Sessions .
Now , what can . ill this mean ? Have the people no right in law to meet , to state their grievances , whether supposed or real , to their virtual representatives ? I » the authority of the constable become refined to nothing , so that he cannot call the inhabitants together , to endeavour to deyiso means to better their condition f If that be the case , what becomes of the boasted right of petition ? Wellington ealledcsuuty meetings farces and if we have not tbe right to meet , the right to petition dwindles down to a burlesque of the most despicable kind . No one thinks that the punishment of the constable was the end in view . If the witnesses had failed , to prove that the constable bad called the meeting , they themselves wduld have been immediately indicted for attending an illegal meeting , and thus they would hava been mode to , contribute to their own conviction , 11 Wonderful Justice Midas . ' I feel curious to know ¦ whsiher their ears were of due length or not .
Bat what appears to be most " passing strange" is , tbat those to ' whom the respectable Lord Mayor of Dublin gave the cognomen of " base , bloody , and brutal Whigs , " should be almost frantic with joy at tbe thought of the Chartist meetings being put down . Poor foola ! they axe too obtuse to see tbat tbe thing cuts both wayal—Correspondent .
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Sheffield . —Since our last report crowded meetings have continued to be held in the Fig Tree-lane Room , deep interest being felt in the movements of our brethren ia Lancashire , and the other * ' disturbed districts , " Camden Fom ) . —Mr . Ruffy Ridley lectured herd on Monday . East and North Biding Delegatb Meeting . — Tbe above meeting was held at Pocklington on Sunday last , Mr . Green in the chair , Mr . E . Buriey Secretary . The minutes of the last delegate meeting were read and confirmed ; also letters from Malton , Scarbro ' , Leeds , Selby , Hull , &o . Mr . Damain moved , and Mr . Siddal seconded , " That Mr . Bairstow ba applied to to serve tbe district as lecturer for tbe next three months , to commence on the first Monday in October . " Moved by Mr . Siddal , seconded by Mr . Domain , " Tbat Mr . Jone «
be engaged for tbe three months , should Mr . Bairstow not be able to serve . " It was moved— " That the following additional sums be laid on to defray the expenses of the district : —Holme , Is . per month ; 8 carbro * , 2 a > do- ; York , Is . do . ; Pocklington , Is . do . It was mov * d by Mr . Damain , " That this meeting recommend tba& a delegate be sent to represent this district in the forthcoming Conference , to be held at Birmingham o * tba 7 tb of September , and that tbe Secretary commankate this by letter as soon as possible . " Tbe following persons were put ia nomination : —William Corfeux , York ; Edward Buriey , York ; John Arnoi , Pocklington . Moved by Mr . Damain , seconded by Mr . Siddal , «• That the next delegate meeting be beW at Selby , on . the first Sunday in December . " ! 3 » . E . Barley waa ie-ele « ted Secretary , and Mr . Robert GUI Treasurer , for tbe district The accounts being audited and . fcuu 4 correct , tbe meeting broke up .
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Y 0 L . Y . ffO . 251 . SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 3 , 1843 . ™ % " ™™ f P ^ "r >
To The Imperial Chartists.
TO THE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS .
State Of The Country
STATE OF THE COUNTRY
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 3, 1842, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct769/page/1/
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