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tO THE EDITtHt Off THE XOBXaXUT STA * . gifc—In * tate mater rf tbe Sfer , yoir M « s »« a gcrnspaadsBt , upon fee Charti » t : a « ttrarftjr of two perpose * finaad W « 8 i an * Bern , to stafitr tttt tbe ff ^ nKBtattn * « f fern Thii w ul a . mi fee MV-awowl ^ * A * tt ^ B ^ 'tff J ^ hHfc - "aMfe ^ lA ^^^^^ L ^ - l ^^ A ^ Ji tt *¦» ^ ^^ i'L !¦< SW ^ V ^ ~ 9 ^ m- 9 V « K- JIVWOI ^ JSHUHl mm ? VUUOU # tog , «» j » nfnliHii — ¦ f > i pawwlMily ^ nnaaad . gg ft » g % » 4 E » t « Tfl » Wiijjm »« ar 4 *^* 1 * . « rfftew ¥ . iMd » 1 > t wiii i iTMilm «< » tut « tbe « W « tenfc . of tfae napajBBciqftvM ef&fkh , jtst wctttttHmSfe , nfi « t « ipoa the « qlntti % «« at rf « b «* di « £ » 1 » * itae » ^ aiw » «« 3 fBet& . freer . " They tr « ld impogn { be bmmtirlty air a w vboK Madly * T - fiT | Tii imnrniMi ¦ j » i |« nij M ' TKl
Bofanunes or BW wuRuma ; Pfjfce ttftiBttw&r ^ ifc ' sad ire « ahj « & of ^ A % *~ ummmoMfghlMlT TtettrtctfrcUwth—¦ » * t « CTrftt ^ ftr « t i * £ ent f tte Wertptfi bow on the momiaf < rf the « a of Hcwaiber , when « ea ottaro mat were ^ ji ^ apparently 4 t » u in the street : the eicUed aotgiBrawwytlll steading at theit anaa , ia expectation , of aiwaeved attack co their position , by increased stxmben of tbe insorfcentB , - * no were annoenced u app . raabing the town ; tbe soldiers < Ed not know Mi . Blewitt , —they had comwuideda person in his besrin ? ., not to interfere with tbe fallen a »» n , and had be attempted to do so according to the fiatsaal iia ? Tslao of his feeUnes , be -would eer .
t » Hly lavs tesa jfcwi -ut But mark , Sir , the eocrae wbidi be immediately adopted after luring seen the •• ouaaed 3 i » ycr . Witii benevolent anxiety , -when ail wound bba . were more or less influenced by the alarms of impending danger , be sought » medical man and temd Mt . Fry f » on-in-l * w to Sir . Frost , a gentleman lrflo acted with praiseworthy real in Ids profession , tering that fetal morning ) , and with the gush of f&eU teg in ni » eyes did Mr . Blewitt express bis hopes that « rery thing that skill coold do , would be immediately *» e for the wounded . ; and be immediately caused a aambet of coMtafeggg to carry a ttteadSog Ineugeat to a jfrce xrfaerejriajgjfcady- todd fesf ^^ npfeCtttentipn . - ^^ s- ' ^ ft eftf ^^^ Cnrtizta -who woe broozht before birff and th « a < Jt «
Bacrtrxte *—he eare them th » most ukpartkl hearing sad offered every advantage they could bare from professional won stance—and he was heard to rebate a 9 eoal constable who used an insultiag expression to Frost on his being conveyed from the "VYe * tg 2 te in gsttoi j ! In fact , I firmly beiieve there is cot an lakabitaat of Newport that would not fling bade tbe S&p&Sation at inhtiaianity against Mr . Elewitt , with ^ Biaan ana indignity . Yours , Sir , obediently , E . Delta .
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DEFEAT OF THE ANTI-CORN LAW HUMBUGS . TO THE EDITOB OP THS X 0 BTHER 5 STAfi . Sis , —It is with pleasnre I have to commanicate to you the tot *} defeat of t&e ^ Tiig aati-Corn Law party here by the Cliartiste . Weak and contemptible is the Whi . ? s would Taia make them appear to be , they ire nevertheless able to carry everything before them , as far as numbers are concerned , at eresr pablic meeting where they make their appearance .
For a ! on £ period there was do appearance in this town of any bad feeling bet-ween th ' e Chartist ? and ffie middle-class men ; ali seeraed to work harmorioiisly together , and if little aid was j-iven 10 the Cbtn-iSis , there was no public opposition offered . At leij ^ th the magislraua refused to give the town « ner pemassio-a to proclaim Chartist meetbgs ; that prohibition produced some ar . gry feelings , and txeolis remonstrances were made agauirt it , " biit a ! to no c ^ ect . We were told that the Sheriff thn Sohcuor-Generil of Scotland , and , lastly , the Home becretary , bad all got = o frightenod « the Forlar v 2 i&rtists . thai each of them had cimnltaneonsly gent word to the magistrates to withhold the use " of the « ner . Poor souls ! ihey thoughi we were ignorant enough to believe all that . However , we happsued to know thai an order from any of these officials , or all of them combined , was not law ; and we abo knew that a bargh magistrate was supreme in these matters , and could not be interfered wiiii
The Chartists , however , fell upon a piaa of calling Beeungs independent of them . But , in procesa or * timp , an anti-Corn Law Associatioa arose in the town , composed almost exclusively of middle-class men arcl their dependants . They got the tows crier to proclaim their meetings , and the public rooms tobolci i « en 2 . ^ such gro ? 3 partiality esa = perat-ed the Ch&rt > st 3 , and they appointed 2 committee to confer ¦ with the maifetrates on the sabiect . The conteence was held , and still we were denied ecual privileges . * - ^ Oa ^ llie eammittee presenting that report to tbe PolipcaJUnion , it wa 3 resolveri tomakeevery meet-:
m » m the tewn a C 5 « rti 5 t one , and that resolution i was communieated to tne Provost by the Secretary ef the Lnioc . The nrsi opportnuity that occurred of : carrying the threat into execution was on Monday , the -20 th insant , when Mr . Troup , of the M-mtrose Setieic , was ( at tho request of the ami-Corn Law AKociation ) to deliver a lecture on the Corn Laws . The Political Union held a meeting an hour before the commencement of the lecture , when they resolved to attend in a body . Mr . " John Philips , the Chair- manof the Tnion , wa 3 appointed to move that a Chairman be appointed , a .. a that Mr . Troop pa ^ se w the end of each half hour , to eive time for a
reply . ' " These prcpo ? itions were stoutly resitted by Mr . Troup and the anti-Corn Law men . At lenjah they agreed w take the sense of the meeting upon appointing a Chairman ; when , lo and behold ! seven-eighths f the meeting turned out to be Cbanisis . A CSiainnan vrzs accordingly appointed , and a Chartie ; « f cenrse . Troop declared ne Avould no ; acknowledge him as Chairman , nor \ &t address one word to him , bnt would prosecute him before the Sheriff for ffiterrupiLD ^ the meeting .
The ? e threats prod need do tfcet upon the stubborn Chartists . They Btill insiitejd on Troup pausing * i the eud of each half-hour , and it vra ? not until he was beat to obtain a hearing-, that he cens-sm-ed to accede to our resolutions . He ihen delivered a vtry able and in ; ere > tiux lecture on the Corn Laws ,-» na tieirlv p ^ iuitd out the fallacies nuide us ? « f bv ' < the Corn La-. r advocates . The subject was handied ' lasuciiaway , thatneme but a lauilora ccald haie attached him . HckSicted some revere chastisement ¦ ¦ on lie middle clasps , for their backwardness in joiuing ths workiug classes in demanding rcftrni of ail descripuons .
He was aliened w 5 ni « h his lecture before any ' remarks were made , wieu John Adam , Secretary Jf toe Lnion , rose and addressed the meeting . He eommeneed ^ by ob-trring that he agreed with Mr . I lYoup m all he had said concerning the evil t-ffecu " of tiie Corn Latvs , although he crald 1 ot concur witn Aim in fayin ? that eo many good effects would Sow from their repeal . He advised tLe working classes to teli their master ? , when tbey requeued then : tosi-n their petitions , that if they were unable w use i . ic franchise , they were equailv as acable to
s . gn _ pe ; uicns , and dictate to Parliament what to < lo . Tnat argumeEt se&med to tell well en the mceifflg : none of the middies attempted to repiy . iir . irojjp diidaiaied au \ intention on his pan of wiib- , fl&iQiug iLe snifrage from any man who co-alii ' «^« his name , aud would join an asitaiivn for ' titend pg it ili ^ : length . A chalienji ' e wa ; the : i giTcn by the Vniun to the scti-Corn Law Asicciaticn , or t-o Jsir . Troup , to discuss the question—Whether the anti-C-jra Law or Chartist agitation BK 6 t deserved the support of the working ciaises . " The challenge has not ye ; been acctptcd .
The result <^ f the meeting has been—that the fiagLitratts have reconsidered their decision on the town crier , an • have now resolved w sliow him to proclaim ail bneiutss inetiings of the Union , but , Eon 0 hear itinerating orators and demagogues ; but I trust the Union will not accept it on such conuitions . Half measures , I am sure , will not satisfy them : they are now more than an alle iaau ; a for their Whig ruler ? , and noj ine iota should thty concede .
I am , Sir , Yours . &c , A . i Porfar , 2 Sth Jannary .. 1 < UO . ^
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TO TUT . EBITOB OP THE ^ O ^ THXRX STAR . Sia , —Seeing a paragraph in y our paper on the \ abject of the Anti-Corn Law Meeting inWilscen ,: ss ihe column 3 of your paper are open for the drs- semination of truth , as a constant reader cf that Paper , I Ehould wish to c-orrect the insinuation & T tn , that Mr . E . Whitney wa 3 not allowed to Proceed above t-en minutes without interruption , "' ' ia replying to observations made by Mr . Grtig- , in ' reP ^ y w the mover and seconder of the amendment ; I ^ - ^ first resolution . The first reply of iix . I Whitney to Mr . Greig was of half an hour ' s darr » - I ton , and he wae only once calkd to order by tbe ¦
I ciiinran ; his second of twenty minntes ; and on ; I toi rising the third tiaae , he requested only ivo \ I i&nulti , -when the ehairaan ga ^ e him five . That \ I |« er « was a majority in favour of the original mo-: I ^ on , the moTer and seconder of the ameadment ac- ' , I T ^^ ledg&d to on tbe platform , before the chairman : I declared the state of the meeting . It is only I wroDgh % sense of rwlitude « Jd justice that I am i I actuated in making these rersarfcs , as tho cir-I fOttMaiites of the case is well kno \ Tn in the neigh-I w ? -4 5 the garbled statement in your ps ^ er I I ; ^' tencencv to ca ;; diihc . ipn ? on = 0 widdj I Crcuiats ^ a iotumal . "
I I am , Sir , I Your obedient Servant , I ^ , A . Crjsr . ; I " ^ sitajjan . 21 , i&iO .
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iOaSTlNG AT BTODERSFIELD FOB FHOST WILLIAMS , AJiS JOKES . ' Tbe Social Ingtitatiotinu filled on Wedneed&j night , by the working elasset of Hoddersfield , who ttet together for the purpose of petitioning the Qneen to grant » free pardon to Frost , W ' illitBia , asd Joo « e . Mr , T . Yeevees took the chair it half-past seven o ' clock . The Chairman commenced the business of the evening by oDserving that he thought it a great
honour to be appointed chairman on an occasion like the present , vrhen the object of the meeting was to rescue the life of three of their fellow-creatures from an untimely end . He trusted that the feeding throughout the country would be such that her Mawouid not be able to withstand the wish of the people . He then read the placard calling the meeting , and expressed a hope that order would be preserved , and that if there were any person present who waa opposed to the objects of the meeting , though he coutd scarcely rappoge that would be tiio case , that they would Jiear him with patience , Mr . BARKERtheeoa ^ -ftgSittdio saoTe the first
sssafefiiBMKmaK ^ ftHS ^ iSi ® aauwho-iad perhaps risked tiers In the cause oTihc laboorers in this country than any man in existence They were all aware that Frost ai « d his companions were now nnder sentence of death , and that true I patriot was in that position because , instead of seek-| iog his own aggrandisement , he had come forward i to assist the cause of his poorer feilow-counfrymen . j He hoped , however , there waa enough of sympathy ! left m England to induce all rauks to I implore her Majesty to grant him par-I don . And he trusted that pardon would be I granted , for mercy was the brightest gem in the
j crown or a rung , how much more blight , then , in I the coronet of a virgin Q , ue > en ? ( Cheers . ) He had sheardthather Majesty wa 3 charitable , benevolent , j and kind ; and he siacerejj trusted she would add to these qualities that of mercy , and restore Frost andhis companions to their families and frieuds . Besides the Queen was going to be married , and I the working men would have to keep her hnsband , j and they might "be leas unwilling to do so if mercy j was snewn to the working men's friends . ( Hear , i hear . ) There had been blood enough shed already i in Wales ; but some wanted more to be shed under 1 the sanction of law , to quiet , as they said , the Fpirit ! of itation
; ! ag . Bet shc-ddh . g of blood would not quiet . the agitation . ( Cheers . * " So . If they wanted the : people to be quiet , let them fill their belbes and clothe , ; their backs—( hear)—and then there would not be ; so much cause foragitaticn . But they might execute one haf the people , and if the othvr half were : starved they wouid agitate as much as now . Mr . Barker then condemned the late doinga at Sheffield and Bradford , and stated that such conduct was mo-e likely than anything else to cause Frost to be hanged ; and called upon the men of Huddcrsfield ¦ to continue a firm but peaceable aciration tiil they ; had attained their rights . He concluded by moving ¦ the following resolution : —
_ That this meeting deeply sympathises with the prisoners , tow under sentence ' of death , and their families , believing them to have been influenced bv a sincere desire ; o aid tho people in obtaining their righiR . " Mr . Jon * Leach seconded the resolution , and in doing so read a letter from a friend in London , showing the great interest which Frost and his companions had excited in the metropolis . Mr . Ccy > -i ?> GH . \ M was then introduced to the meeting . He stated he felt great pleasure in supporting the resolution . He considered it one of the noblest privileges of humanity to re ? cuo a fcllow-beiDg from the fangs of death . — Was there any individual there who would
: ¦ . shrink from the performance of so noble a task ? Frost had long exuded himself to procure for the workir . g classes an equivalent for their industry , and would not the working classes of Hnddersficfu lend * band to rescue him from the da ^ gesous sittr atioa into which be had Sdlen is" their service j perhaps those who considered hici their enemy would use their exertions to &e * . him executed ; but he was the enemy of no man , and desired to do good to all Ue had oeen called by the base Whig and Tory press a firebrand and an assassin —( shame , —but he wa 3 not surprised at that when he looked at the present ? tate of societv , for these men prostituted- their talent ? in order that they might . set on in the world . Then . a ? a ; nwhat a bad state
, of society tha-. must be , which put at the disposal of a young woman of twenty-one the life of a man old euCKifch . 10 be her father , and who was , indeed , the fatntr of a numerous family . ( Hear , hear . ) Was there , he would ask , the shadow of justice or reason in such a state of tilings ! Some mighi cail this treason . Lei them for a moment examice Frost ' s motives for his conduct . Some had said he wisaed to destroy the th-one , and rui ^ e himself to the President ? chair . This w ^ s a foul calumny . His oulv object was to make a moral force demonstration in rarour of Vincent —( hear , hear , and loud cheers )—bnt the
Whigs accused him of treason in order to have another pretext for the iDtro-uction of a rural police , and the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act . - \ ir . Cunningham then earnestly warned the meeting to beware "f spies , and observed that no pecret soc ; eties could ever be powerful enough to overthrow the Government . He next alluded to the unequal ^ litrioation of wealth in society , and contended that the only rem 3 dy w ^ the remod ' ifying of Governmenr by the p ? ople , and concluded Ly expressing a hope mat while they exerted themselves to obtain a pardon for Frost , they would also endeavqur to remedy the grievous political and focal evils .
The resolution was then put to the meeting , and carried unninmeu . 'ly . Mr . Sahi kl Bi . * ns then moved the second resolut ion to the following effect : — " That a memorial be presented to her Yajrsty for the pardon of the prisoners now under sentence oi death at Monmouth , and that Mr . Srausfield . mem ' berfo-the borough , be requested to use his hifiuenc « in obtaining the royal mercy . " He ( Mr . Binns ) said it was seldom the workirf classes of Hu < ider 5 n-ld troubled the members foi the borough , but the tirr . es wire rife with change the rich man of to-day was ihe poor ma- ; of tomorrow , and tl : L .-e were times in winch it became the higher and middle ^ lasses to juin with them n preventing the shedding of b ood . He thought every man must svnjpathi .-r- with the nobij ar . d m'iniv character of M" . John Frost-: and
ii he and iho vrorkir ; £ men who acted with him had i done wronr it was in ignorance of the law . When ! Ministers lound the pcoule were arming , under ; he ' idea thai they bad a ri ^ ht to do so . why " did they not i interfere , and by prociarr . ation , or some other ' such i meaas , denounce the'r arming as illegal ! But , i : ¦ -1 stead of thi .=, they suffered it to go on , and then j went and searched the people ' s houses for arms , an i I denounced them as traitors for having them in their possession . Besides , ^ -as it to be woi . dered at that j iabocriiig men should be ignorant of the law , when i the nft-toii Judges of the land themselves , in the ! case of the nobie-hcaried Frost , could not agree as ! to what vrs ^ ., and what was not . law ? ( Oiccrs . )! The who )? ens-e now re ? ted with her Majesty , and ' lie sincerely trusted that th ? prayers of the people would induce her to pardon both him and his iellov ^ - i prisoners . ;
>; r . \> iluah Bhidlut , in seconding the motion , ! observe ! that her Majesty had lately shown mercy ; to a man wdo was convicted of murder . Now , n ' was srtid by some that though Mr . Frosi had ijoi \ committed murder that he had done something j worse . namely , that he had attempted to make war ! upon her 2 vl 3 Jesty . The press sr . id this , butthe > ej was no evidence to bear out the as ^ ertion ; and ! therefore , as her Majesty had thought proper to j pardon a murderer , he hoped that she would pardon ' one whose only fault wa 3 'bat he sympathised too stroi gly with the sufferings of his poorer fellow j couiitrvrcen . ( Cheers . ) !
Mr . Saih'ex Dkki . vjo . i supported the motion . It i was left to him to glean a little after ihc other j speakers ; and though he thought that every thing that could be said had betn said in the cause of ! Frost , yet still , if they could command influence in his favonr by talking , petitionitg . or adopting any j other mode of conduct , they certainly ought to do it . It was his opinion that under no circumstances ought human life to be sacrificed , much less in the ease of one ^ who bad taken so conspicuous a p * rt as Mr . Frost in advocating the univertal rigats of mankind . It was a well-known fact , that
iir . Fro-i had been a magistrate of Newport , and j was in poEsession of considerable property . He ! might thus have lived a life of luxury and ease ; bnt , j like Feargus O'Connor , and other trtie patriots , he i could not live such a HCe while he was surrounded J by tLe wretchedness and the poverty of his feilow-1 men . —{ deer * . ) > ic : i had a ngh * t to niake the laws j by which ilicy were governed ; and it was in cou- j sequence of advocating this jnst principle that their ; patriotic friend now lay under st-nt-ence of death at ; ALoninuiub . — ( Hear , Lear . ) There was some dif- j icTiiicii ai opinion on liic question , " Had : he people \ a rigai to p-.-i ^ ss arm *' . ' Some said Yes and ,
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MEETING AT DEWSBURY ON BEHALF 01
FROST , WILLIAMS , AND JONES . In consrq-jence of a requisition most numerously find respectably sig ed , the Chief Constable ( Mr Ncwsome of Dewsbury ) called a mietin * of iho inhabitants to consider the propriety of memorialising tier Majesty on behalf of Frost , Williams , and Jones , now lying under sentence of death at Monmouth . The meeting accordingly took place on Weanesday afternoon , in tho open air , and was attended by an immense concourse of persons , prinoi pally of the workiug glares , though the requisition had oeen signed by many of the priiwjipal tradesmen of the town . The Chief Constablk having been nn . airimou $ ! y called to the chair , rcaxl the requisition which had been presented to him . and expre ? 5 ed his conviction that the meeting would keep good ordtr during the audicitea of the s .-cvcrul speakers .
Mr . Titcs Brooke then came forward to snba-. it a resolution to the meeting . Hcsaid that when hecousi-. ered tne unfortunate situation of the conv cted prisoners at Monraouili , his heart bled for them , and he feit cahed on to step f rward on this occasion though heshould stand alone . Hedeeply regretted that on the requisition calling that meeting beiug handed round to the different muieters of the gospel resident in Dt-wsbury , ' they had not thought , proper to sign it . They ou ^ ht to be foremost in the cau ^ c of mercy—they ou ^ ht to lead in every good work and 1101 need to be draped forward by others ' ( Cheers . ) But he was sorry to say , that not only had they refused to put their names to the requisition , but they Lad not thought prot > er to came fur
ward at that meeting to advocate thacause of mercy . But he was rejoiced to see that the poor come forward on the occasion— : hey had hearts to feel for others still , though it appeared the rich had not . Hr thought it would have been v . ell that every man who professed to be a religious character should htvt come forward on that platform on such an ocea ^ Um , aud , for once , forget political auu party differences P : d they not pray every Sunday , " Fromhatml . and malice , and all uncharitabienesB , good Lord deliver us ? "' Did they jioi ruany times in each fcervicc at the parish church pray , " forgive us our trespasses , as we forgive them that , trespass against us ? " They ought therefore to be foremost in mich a case as the pre-ent . The followers of Jcvus ouglit to be th * lirit in ail works ot mercy and kindrn-ss , and he fell
they injured themselves in not coming forward on the occasion . . ( Hear , hear . ) Havi ; g taid thus much of the ise > : ltet of those parties , he would now touch on the question of the expediency of capital punishments . It had long bren lm opinion , that rr . a > : had no rijjit to take the life of his feiloiv-inan . Tim Almighty Creator was aione the giver of life , and he alone bad the right to take it away . ( Cheers . ) Capital punishments were iiiuTuient to check crnv . 'lhtir oiject was to produce terror , and so lieio 1-otbers ; but they failed to procir . r . o this tffwt . At public exhibitions of this sort at the Ohi iiail-y , liiciead of fear btiiig produced , 'ieba : ; chery of if "; .-most dreadful description constaiitly occurred , and the pickpockets of London reaped il . uir must abundant harvest under the very
scaffold . Mr . Brooke then went on to quote a variety of authorities , and auJuwd many inttances both domestic and foreign , a # well a « statistical atcou : ts-, to show that the punishm ^ nf vl death , as a mc-aus of preventing crime , ever luid been , and was ttiil , an utter iailure . There was another strong objection against the pr . iiUhmcnt 01 death , ar . xi that was that the innocent wmv time ^ suffered ; and the possibility alo e tha .: such : v , ca ^ o might occur ( and it did of ; en occiii ) was a suffV . ion reason why no legislaiure should havo the- power of uking away life . iir . Brooke then coutended tha ^ the ^ taking away life was contrary to Christianity ; an-. i having quoted passages fr f oni both the OJd aiid New Tebiame ^ t to establish ku > puiut , he moved the following resolution : —
That tb . 13 meeting deeply svmpathiees with the unfortunate tituation of the Welsn convicts ; and that , as it is considered that tho abolition of the punishment of ueath will redound to tl-. e glory of England , a memorial be signed by the Chairman on behalt of this meeting , to be presented to the Queen , embodying these sentiment ? , and praying that tae royal mercy be extended to them . ' Mr . T . Todd seconded the motion with g ^ eat sincerity . He considered that tho infliction of the punishment of death answered no good purpose , and that it might answer many bad ones . ( Hear , hear . ) He considered that confinement of offenders was as well calculated to protect society as the taking away of life , the necessary efiuet of which was to brutalize the minds of the beholders . He would narrate a circumstance which had occurred to himself . On riding through Huddtrefield one day , he had suddenly come in sight of a poor fellow who was
being whipped through tho streets . The sight of his lacerated fie » h produced such an effect upon him ( Mr . Todd . ) as to cause him to seize his horse ' s mane vo prevent bim from falling . Shortly after , passing throngk Wjikeield , he witnessed a similar scene , but it by no Boaas produced « o great an eifeet upon him , though he still shuddered at it . He thcughi this was the effect of such punishments upon the minds of the people . By often witnessing these disgusting scenes they became inured to them , and they produced bo good effect ; but on the contrary , their minds became brutalized . His idea , therefore , was ihat the abolition of the punishment of death would Uecrease instead of increase crime , and he dc- paired of seeing tbe people ' s morals permanently improved till capital pui-itLraeuts were for ever remold from their sight . He thought tbe present case nr . e in which the royal ciem ^ -Lcy could be pxercited with great propriety , the juries having recommended the unfortunate convicts to mercy . I ; was well
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consideration , and extend the royal prerogative of mercy , which the sternness of the law denied to John Frost , Zephaaiah Williams , and Wiliiam Jones . " Mr . It . J . Richardson seconded the motion . He said they were not met thera to recount the grievances under which they laboured , or to heap curse upon curse on those who had brought the country into its present condition ; but they were met in the cause of mercy , and he hoped that their efforts would be attended with euccess . He said that the prerogative of mercy was given to the Queen to meet snch cases as this ; and he was confident , that , by its exercise on this occasion , the Queen would retain the affections of a ' . l her poop ! o . The resolution was put and carried . Mr . James Wroe then moved , " That the memorial be eigned by the Chairman on b ehalf of the meeting , and forwarded as early as possible •" which was seconded by a Mr . Thoxnason , and also passed .
Mr . Hey wood then left the chair , which was taken by Mr . Scholefield , and Mr . BirrrKnwoKTii came forward to address the meeting . He said that he never advocated tho levelling Bystem ; but he was against one porrion of society being the servants of another , and that portion the producers . He thought . that Frost ' s intentions w ere . simply to step between poverty and the peop l *; to afiOithat Uw child , when it got up , had a breakfast , and that it did not go supperless to bed . He ^ ooncluded by moving a yoto of thanks to tho Chairman . Tho motion waa seconded and carried , and suitably acknowledged . IVre was " then a loud cry lor Mr . Jackson , when tie Rev . W . V , Jackson stepped forward and said he believed no man had done more to rescue thiscoaatry from fi jrnlt ' oin and despotic influence than John Fro 4 ; ^ . n ! if he wcr > guilty of treason , then he ( Jacks . 11 ) w . O also guilty . He , however , nra * t be guarded in wlr . it he said : for thwre wrxa a reporter present who < rau te
appear m the witness- box agnim » thim nt Liverpool a ^« zen . ( Tarn him oat ) Butterworth then pre ^ -med himself , and protested against Jackson's conduct ss to the reporter ; but the cries of " Oif , off , " and the hooting were * o bud , that fes could not be hvard . — Jackson replied , gayinp , that the reporter was responsible to the mass ot the people , acd to the cau-e in which they were embarked ; and that it was bin private documents which w : > uld criminate him ( Jackcfn ) at Liverpool . —Richarduon theu pr > . ^ enred tiimself , and caid the same witness that was again .- ( Jackuoa was again * thim ; but he did not b ' . arnV him , as he know that he had been snb fce ^ eJ , 3 t ; d obliged to givs ; hi ^ evidence . ( L-ud « hout ,- > , aud tii re porter was obliged to retire . ) The Chwor-iu th-ri mterfentd , and said they wero not upoa the suhjVc ; of themeeting . They had a-nomhl d in the cansof mercy , and he hopod they wo » : ; d r ^ momber v . h ' : iiad been said . Ha then vacated the chnir , and wclared the meeting dissolved .
Erom Our London Cofims- ¦"* « ¦ " . ¦ Potoent.
EROM OUR LONDON COfiMS- ¦"* « ¦ " . ¦ POTOENT .
Wednesday Erening , Jaa . 29 , Half-past Six . The WBw | TBisojrEBs . -Immediately afto tbe rising of th ^ fifwen Judgea , yesterday , » n express was sent off to Monmouth ; although no decfeioa hS yet been pronounced . The Courts , and tho aveunea leadiug thereto , haye been , if possible , stili more " crowded to day , as the expectation wasyery j ^ neMa . Jhat tho result would tnhspito in ( he open ( Jonrt but this w « enotthe m ** , no ? nastke « rgmae « t bcoa resuiMd t ^ ay . It ft frineTaUytstatwl , Vioweyer ,. tnatmoeof tho Judges are in favour of the raliditr of the objeofcion raisea by Sir Frederick Pollo-k . and that * uc . « re agaiast ; should thia be the case , all ia safe ; in the meantime , tho people are not idl * : hx-1 i
the oisy . as well aa in WestthJnater , and the raebro- - politan boroughs , petitiona are lyinj } ( to-da opry > for signatures ; it is truly gratifying / to witiw « 3 the excelleat feeling displayed by persors < . f the wealthier order , who flock to at teat ^> y tltei * ¦ ignatures , their wish for the royal demoncy to thi > . nfortunate prisoners ;— " as an act of policy , " .-:-.,-son © of the petitions , " we would urgently ia ; pro . ^ upon . your Majesty , at this time , to extend you : royal luerny to theunhappypri&or . era , as we are conv meed that it will bo hailed by tho country at kr ^ as a peace-offerinj ; , worthy of the so-emu occa : ' » n towhich the nation is happily looking forv / ari . and . restore , tbo misguided t-o their proper dm ; -: s and statics . " All the petitions are very num r .-usly signed , and it is the general belief that , eveu ; iiould the Judges' decition be against the prisouer .-, their Iwe 3 will at least bo spared .
Exp ected Dissolution op PAB . UAMENT » -r-The jumbling ami bungling mess into which Ministers have coutivedto place themselves by their uiiionatitutional management of the House , of Comin , ; . ? , in the case of Stockdalo and Hansard , and the jfjuwal by the plaintifl * of his actioua , iulhe midst oi . very ^ neV * 1 -popular sympathy- ; the committal >> f the bheriifs ; tne resolutioBS of the Courts of Alil-rtaen audCommoa Conncil thereon ; ihe abeost uua-uimous expression of the whole bar , itvfivour ci- tbe Judges , and against the Houae' -of ( Jmmo :. s , have rendered a prorogation " , at least , absolutely urukvoidable ; aud it is even skid , there will be a dissolution , and that a fortnight at most will termiaa ; j the existence of the present House ,
T « k Socialists . —There is fino fun between tha Socialiets and the Church party , under tho auspices of his spiritual Lordship of Exeter : tbo { -rmer , however , already prove ' too much" tor tbeii opponents ; and , notwithstanding the threats of ^ . veinment prosecutions , the Rotico taken of tho subject ia tho House of Lords , baa , as usual on such occasions , led thousands to inquire into the principle , of a system that is worthy of being denounced by the orthoaox Phjlpots : the Social meetings in Great Q , aeen-street , have been considerably autu ^ nted since the " sparring" about Mr . Owen ' s presentation at Court . .
Monet Market . —The resolution of the Bank toreduce the rate of interest has been accompanied by apparently more stringent measures as regards the parties entitled to accommodation ; so that the etfeot has not been so general as was anticipated , and money remains almost as dear as ever . In the Etigli * h Funds but few transactions have taken place since Saturday ; Consols , however , left oft ' today , a Bhade better than the opening price ; being 92 buyers . in the Foreign Maiket busings has ;¦¦ - -11 sotiievvhat more lively , and marcy persons , who :: avf hiUicfrto invested solely in our own securities , a-e beginning to "dabble" a little in Foreign S : ocks . Shares not much doing ; somu few itamvay iuqiurios ; and nominal transfers of Canai and > hning property to a limited extent-, furuun ^ the whole public business tor the la&t th et ravs .
Thursday Evening , January 30 , Half-pas : Si * , p . m . The ar . nr . nncemeat of the Judges' decision has bad aa t-kctricalxffect on the p-. blic ; the petition .- were v-irhdrawu frcm fcigna ; ure iniait > H : Ate ! y , nud a 5 iura !; vee of pe inone w , 01 aii rn ; k ~ , c-r > . wd « : d tur < vieiuajre of the Home Offi e ; vats w- it to tie foQCciiti-hfad , in the expec'anon ot bfiij < entibied to Aciiver tbeir petitions to her Jl .-j-nry per-Hcnall y , but without effecr , so far as wu ccuid asouriain .
It is said that Ministers will be outvoted oa the " C . > uttdu ^ cH" questiop , unless certain waveretv , wh' > have . not yet decided on the turn which the division is likely to tike , sholl be brought to their uoty , " by ue usual mode ol Whigrpa-fosiiBp . In : _ try cas , it is bolivved that a dis « oluti- » u of PiiiiamoHt will follow 8 p ? edily alter the coi : nrma-•; . od of Prince Albert ' s iuarriiiKe suttlement . Mfc-fiJeiigers arrived at the Chiei Police-office today , with tbe iutelligence taat three attempts had bet'a mada to' set iiro to farming stock in . some pan of the western countieu . tha exact tdtnatiou of
, whic ¥ We eoutd " nof , lcara , and two of the old oflicefs were' iamediatply _ deaga | ched-to aid in ths discovery of the offenders . Ao luteltTrent oid m ^ moer of the police force , lately returned frim a cionilar ermnd , has been " ue > . rd to declare that the condition of the working clasps is no ..- inJLnirely wor ^ e than it was just , previous to the incendiary fires duviug" Swing ' s" awful progress ; and he fears that the like effects may be fearfully anticipated , unlo 3 s sGine mode of amending their condition may be resorted to .
There has not bean much business transacted , a ^ atn to-day , in the English funds : and the slight "tiii - . ilEe which the foreign securities received for the L--C »'( j . v days has subsided . Prices remain nominally a-j a . the elude yesterday . \ . : ; iHrutrc ; al lr . ea speak very coDiidently of a compit-td » -i ; hdraw < u of t&eir capitdl , by several of the m < z # i eminent mercantile houses , who supply the metropolitan market with Manchester good * , owing t j the gloomy aspect oi British trade , in comparison witu tae dawnoi profperity in those countries which :-avo hitherto received their supply of goods from : ¦ « .- EifCiiA mnrket . Trade , in all its br&nchej ? , is i- ,.--a of » is g * uiiraily dull at present .
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- ^—EI 1 DDLEXON . t ; rr ! : > KN Dhath of a CnrLD . —On Sunday , the 19 . ji ti January , Wiliiam Hssiam , of Sim « ster-lani » , i-i linrtlon , s ^ nt a child , Sarah liasliuD , aged ten —* rh ' - > , bfi / ig subject td fits , was deprived of the !¦ : ' . » w < r cf speech , and therefore nnabie to tt-il wfco she wag or trom ^ 'aence uhe came—to a Sa ^ bnta-< 3 u . o .-l , in Un 9 wortb , about nine w ' oiock in the iu :-raing . The cbiid not retcrniug houie in the -fual time , its parents bvgan to inquire after it , but could not ( iid the child wherever they went . How-« ver , the ciild was not tbnad until Mr . Charles
halli-wei ! , walking on thu 24 ; h , aboat eleven o'clock ia iuo foremen , across on-3 of Mr . Robert Lee'a fi 'us , saw it Ivinjj on the fjras 9 with its ( ace tcvarda ; Jie firtb ,-qiHo dead . He ioimediately informed tbe constable . Jsmes Hu : . t , who wcut for the coroner , Air . Thomas Fc-rra ; . d Dcarden . Tbe inq ie « t was reld at th «* Black Bull , where the child ; . ia 4 btvii rt-mov-d to on tho 25 th ult . Every inquiry was made respecting tbe tmfortuuute ciiiH , - " ¦ iv .-a the jury ' retimed * vcrdicc ot " Accidental -irJt . h tb : -o ; ign " tJ " . e inciemtney of-tbe w \ aib . tr . " Tfte ; -:: iowir . 'if i . s a »* tood an accmat as perhaps could
be drawn from tbe evidence lnid before the juryui ; a . The cHld being an excellcct runcttr , it t .-i * v ^ iIi'tJ over a cocsideriibio len g th of gronnd . From tb « Si ' . 'biit'i-schoxl it Wi'nt np into Wnitaiitfid ; from thero to tbe Liadscn-i , ic Heafem , about t . ' iroj mi !^ ; yrhere it was gsen in a field . It came from tifiicw to Middletm , abuut three miles more , whnre it - £ & 8 ce . n rencing up the main road ; there \ fkig a shower of raic , the poor and unfortunate chili entered into tho house ot Mr . George Hatoiwt'll , Ho : ; ia-lice , co doubt , for sk-lter ; they cuve it tKJiiitj br «" . id and butter , and thecLild 'warmed itcelf by the fir . \ After- the storm was ovar , tb" « p'JOE
creatire le t the housa very ciieetfully apparently , 7 ? bea they requesti'd it to go home before it was so ve-ry . iarji ; and they saw the child proceed towards tl ; * Biick BuU . It was never afterwards either h t * n c r h « ard of , according to iwicounts , nntil it was totnd < ie » d in a tield about three-quartevs of a mile : rora HoUin-lane . People ought to be very cautious wh ^ n tLey ten a child ]< ist aaa strmge to them ; they "hould tale it to the Cvnstablt : ot the town , and he wiilkerpit in gor > d security until the rigkt owner hill Lava been iuformed oi it . If tbey would only do jo others' childrsn as they would that others > hould do unto theirs , such cases as these could not occjr . John Hvnt . nOCBDALE . Robsiues . —Within the last fewweeks j not fewer tliuu twelve robberies of lead from buildmgs in this town , have been committed ; about 200 cwt . has been taken f .-ora the roof of the Old Pariah Church . A reward has been offered of £ 10 by tho Churchwar-. dens for the detection of the thieves who took away the lead . On Saturday night last , Rome 'villain or villains unknown broke open the fowl-house door belonging to a poor man named Mason , on Croukey Shaw , aud stoic from thence three fine geese and 0 e gauder , whieb . he was keeping to breed from . li « valued tbea at £ 2 10 s .
BAXUnUSTFha . xcis Mibfield . —A letter has been receiTed from this individual , who waa transported at the Spring Assizes , 1831 , for taking part in the turnout of the weavers in 1829 . In consequence of the Memorial of the inhabitant * of Barualey , the remaiiidcr of his tcrai of hftiiiahinqn * jhf fl hryn jii mittcd . Money has been ni ~ y 0 Mir WnmAfiiffci , and 1 , 0 is expected bj the next ^ skip wbJA may leave Lhat country . .-T ^ m- , XT >
AntxCorn Law Mxe £ »^ J |^ F Vnebh patnetd prevented W ^ % MjMMs&W ' tbat meeticg—svffioe it ^ o'k ^ SfSS ^^ mtiU ) Corn Law tricksters were \ X ^ ffiKIS the knowing . Chartists of l > iS ^^ Mj ^| 5 /
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GREAT MEETING AT MANCHESTER , 7 b petition on behalf of Mr . Fro-ii , and the other unfortunate Patriots who now lie incarcerated at Monmouth . A most epirit-stiTing meeting wad convened on Saturday las : at tho r > l yinpic Theatre , Stcphonson ' R Square , Manchester , " f- ; r the purpose of taking into i : oi . Fid-eration the proprie-y of memorialising her Majesty , Q' -cen Victoria , on bohalf of John Frost aud other * , convicted of ] iij ; h treason at Monmouth and now lying under tho awful soistenco of death ' '
it 1 a saul said by m . jiic of : he lying journalists of thid town that Mr . Frost and nis fuliow-pi-isoners liave but low sympathisers in tlio town a > -d neighbomhood of Manchester . Never , however , was there a more palpable untruth toiu in a newspaper for ihonauie and fauso of Krctit onl y lind to be mentioned to draw thousands and tens of ihouaands to sympathise with his calamity . O : i 1 lie ocna ^ ion of this meeting , the theatre \ vae > well filled ; andou tho sta *; e , wLt-re the chairnuin and f-p < : aker » wee , were S \ r . R . J . Ricbarmon , Mr . Butierworth , Mr Elijah B :: u ; n , Mr . Kuwatd Ni ^ hiingale , the Rev ' W . V . Jackson , Mr . Jarnerf Wroe , « fco .
Mr . AiielHkywooi ) , I'ookscllcr , >» t Olflham-stn-et was ealieo to tlieeha'r . Mo said that that meeting ' bad no connection with the one announced to be held in the Pavillion on Mununy : iij ; lit , which was ealled by the Ui > .: r ; it ! ve Anti-t ' . iru-L : i « A- * ociaiion ; but he hoped they would be present there nho , and get as many petitions as they couid . Tii-. iy veere not thereto ju-iify tho men of Moum . iv . th , but to petition for 11 ; . rev . They ipJ -iht denend iipo-n it , that phybica ! force wouid only bring on pliysioal forea against vhom ; and wliy should tYieir lives be sacrili-, ^ B ? lie hop ed thai ^ be n : a : uicr in which 1 hoy \ vt > t » Jd conduct theitrekee woul . l h ^ ve a good effect iu > on the country , that petitions vronki boruultiplied and that Frost , Williams , and Jonu .- ; , would be re-.-tored tn their fumihiH .
'ihe Rev . J .-. mks Sc :: oLKFiri . D , of Evcrv-street moved the firft resolution : — " That thia " ineetina haviutr loarnt with deep regret that Johu Frost Zephauiah Wiiii ;! nis , a : id Wiliiam Jonei- - , have been sentenced to death , in accordance with a law nnwonhy of the spine of tliis enlightened age , we consider it ourdr . ty at this important moment to appeal to her Majesty , aa ihe fountain of in « rciy , to take I to her serious consideration the propriety of granting a free pardon . " Me said he could not blame the judge , who was bound to puss sentoucc when the jury returned a venlLt of j-uiny ; bin he hoped that the Q , neen would leau to the siiie of mercy . Elijah Dixon , in seconding the resolution , paid II the sentence against Frost and his companions v . as carried into execution , he should consider that the British Government was become worse than the French Government . The motion having been put and unanimously carried , tho Chairman announced a collection to dcfi ay the expenses of the meeting which he said amoui . ted to £ 8 . 6 >
Mr . E . NiGHTi . NCAUj moved the next resolution He said he would nt-vi .-r admit that Frost , Williams ' and Jones , had been guilty of high treason ; because that required that they should take up arms against the Qneeu , wd he defied any one to prove that in ilie recent unfortunate events whifh had takeu place in Wale 3 , there was a rising against the crown Everybody knew that when Englishmen had betui peaceably assemblsd , they had been forcibly disperBed ; and , as JoneaBaid on his trial , Ihcy only weut prepared to meet for « c by force . For his own part , he was not an advocate for physical force
wcause ne was cimncau that there were 80 many means to attain their object , that it was quite useless to attempt to gain it by what waa called phy ical force . He would have tbcin , above a ' . l ihtrgs to shun him who would advise them to resort to physical force , as they mi ^ ht depend upen it he wciud turn traitor uuou them . He was glad to see their bearing that night , that a l the physical force nonsense was departed , and that tho people of Manch ^ -ster were once n ; ore restored to their senses . Ho nwved the adoption of a memorial , winch he read to the irweling . It charactered tho sentence as unchristian and revolting , aud prayed her Majesty '" to take the whold subject into her most gerioui
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ASHTON-UNDEU-LVNE . Ancient Shepherds . and Ancient Foresters .- Oj Saturddy e / etiin | k . ' , tha 2 oth inst , ose ot those gratif-. iug exhibition * which do honour to the hearts and understandings of tbe wotk ' iLi ; cla « fef , and to human nature itself , took place at Mr . James Walker ' *' , the Wellip « ton and Blucber ian , ia Ashton , at which place the meeiings of the Loyal Abraham Ledge of Ancient Skepherds , No . 4 , and jhe Social Court of Ancient Foreeteig , No . 77 , have lor so many years been acid . On theocca- ! oo of each having a customary aauiversary supper presented by tho worthy bos , the two orders agreed to joia company on the fe * : ive occasion , which they cairitd into * ffeet with that happy spirit of fraternal fetling by which the reupeefeT » s orders ar «
pre-eminently distinguished . About a hundred eat donn to au elegant aud iubetantial tapper , wi ' . h about a score of theyoung , and , without an excepfcicn , haiidsome-looking wire * of tbe members , who .-e presence , ic is needles to add , contributed in no » mti ! l de , re ^ to the hilarity and social tijo ^ mect of the evening . To those ( if any men there be ) who de . ry the intelleciual or moral qaalideicf tLs working man , tl-.-viovy of thi-j tv ^ -ning ' s hoceit aad wurrK-h ' . Tirted display of the best feelings which can bind and « n ; iear human beings to each other , wold have afforded a practical l . sssn , whieh no oae , with Ben .-e ~ td feu ! i ! i -f above thase of a brute , could have tailed to recollect 80 long as life and reaeci ! remained bid portion .
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only crime , ia his opinion , wae their feeling too deeply the sufferings of their" fellow-men , who had no nreans of making their-euffefings known . If they held public meetings , spies were Bent among them ; if their meetings were private , thg » wore spies there too ; if they armed themselves , their houses were eearched , and iheir arms taken away ; if they petitioned , either for Uciversal Suffrage , a repeal of the Corn Laws , or any other measure they thought might be benefi ^ jaj , t&eir petitions foil to the ground , aud they got nothtogbnt insults for their pains » tChoers-J And wfcat ;^ Would be the end of this S Seme tbjare were whii preached patience . He er ^ Oiat ^ iudividaal who
some said No ; but he ( Mr . Dickinson ) thought the beBt taiag the people could be armed with was universal intelligence . —( Loud cheers . ) No corrupt government weuld theu exist one month . Ho * different was the state of things at prese .-t ! Frost nnder sentence of -death ,, tho people dying of starvation , tbe manufacturers without orders , the shopkeepers without customers , the peoplo without food or cloAiBg , and ail this was in England—the glory of the world ! ( Cheers . ) He was happy to see so largo a concourse of peoplo met together to exprasa thtir sympathy with those whoso
fcnJy ^^ rary preached ffS ^ W ^]** *** ' . 11 *^*^*^ Sberi % && % / & »>* # < $ In tbe o # tt ¦ & £ && £ & £ ' m < ik hanses . a «^ a :. cr > tered , and fMis ^ imrTrOTr ^ fiiBargs fared , they would never , he was convinced , talk of patience anymore . He considered there were six millions of workers'in the country , and that five millions of these were in a state of starvation ; aW there were thousands who brought up children , and atfiftj or sixty years old were obliged to see those children starving , and themselves forced into a , Poor-law Battile . ( Shame , shame . ) Mr . Dickinson then alluded to the repeal of the Corn-laws , and , while he seemed to think the repeal might bring
parttal relief to the working classes , severely castigated the hypocrisy of the leaders of the agitation , who pretended to do it for the benefit of the people , while their only desire was to increase their machinery and their consequent profits , by an extension of their m 3 rkets . He r >^ xt attacked tho mock inquiries which had hitherto beeu made into the state of the country , justly pointing cu that the commissioners never visited tho poor but gencaliy tha wealthy , and thus the reports of their expensive commissions were use ess ; ana
contended that a full aud eearchi-g inquiry into the condition of the people was essential to the very existence of the nation . He afterwards pointed on ' t ihai the workicg clashes were divided among themselves , and that the rich were often not so great enemies to them as they were to ono another ; he exhorted them to lay aiide their bickerings aud animosities , and pull all together for the advantage of all ; and having expressed a firm conviction that the life of Frost and his fellow prisoi ers would not be fcacrificed , sat down amidst loud cheering . The resolution was then passed unanimously .
Mr . Barker then moved , and Mr . Cuuniujsham seconded , the adoption of a memorial to her Majesty , tosi > areihe life of Frost and his fcJlow-prisoners , wnich was read to the meeting , and unanimously adopted . Mr . Veever .- having left the chair , a vote of thanks wao given to him for his conduct in it ; and he having acknowledged the coroplimeit , nnd congratulated the audie . ce oe their good conduct , the meeting wa 3 dissolved .
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known Ibjftf 1 rhea men were most terrified they were moit alsposed to be cruel ; but though there ntfi no doubt that many of tlio jurors who bad tried them had been thus terrified , yet they etill recommended the prisoners to mercy . That meeting then had every cause to follow so humane an example , and he trusted that the hearts ef tho wives and daughters of the poor prisoners would bo madaglad by an extension of the royal clemency to their n » uappy husbands aud fathom ( Checre . ) Mr . Wjlby then came forward , and supported the reeolution in a long and able speech , which we regret our limits will x ot permit us to lay before our readers ; aud at its conclusion , the resolution was put to the meeting by the Chairman , aud carried unanimously . The folloivin ^ memorial to the Queen w » s then road to the meeting , and adopted , only one hand being raised against it : —
" To Her Host Gracious Majesty ihe Queen of Great Great Britain and Ireland . r " Tbfi humble Memorial of the Inhabitants of Dewsbury , in the West-Riding of the County of York , hi pablle meeting oaseniisled , V-fcttfi-WEXH , —That your Memorialists have beard Wt ^^ Mtae ' -TOrrow ami regret" the horriWe sentence reeflH ^ TWagii ^ by the Special Commission at Mon-£ ^ jg » &g # ^ ' JJww * . Zvphaniah WiUtenw , and VVnpiMsJooflg , a « eaUjnc < 3 which , though similar to what-Jraa ^ been Inflicted » mon $ a barbarous people in an ignorant and ' brutal age , appears to your Memorialists to be utterly incon * istent with the advanced dvilizition of the pjpacnt times , and wliieh must be particularly revolting to the graciima and benevolent nr . tm-e of your Majesty ' s character .
" Your Memorialists' would hail the enactment of a law for the total abolition of the punishment of death , as the most auspicious event in your Majesty ' s rtigu , being convinced that capital punishments in no way tend to the repression of crime , but that their inevitable tendency is to foster cruelty , and to < legra 4 e and brutalise tbe people , " Your Memorialists bfg leave to express a hopo that on bo future occasion during the reign of your Majesty , may a Sptcml Conimissiou be sanctioned by your Mujesty , your Memorialists considering them- to be
incapable of affording the unhappy individuals who may be arraigned before them " that fair and impartial trial which every accused person has a right to demand —the excited state of feeling which will naturally exist in the minds of the jurors , being calculated to unfit them for the exercise of that cool and impartial judgment which so solemn and grave an inquiry may require—au objection felt to be so powerful in a neighbouring county on a recent occasion , as to induce , the Judges to postpone the trial of a person accused of niUKier , to the second assize after the commission of the it
" Your Memorialists would press upon the consideration of your Majesty , tbat no life wus taken by any of the unfortuuaU ) convicts , nor by any of the assemblage by which tliey were accompanied , and while they wmld deprecate every resort to violence they would implore you to reflect how deep a sympathy exists in the minds of a large mass of your Majesty ' s subjects , a sympathy powerfully excited by the destitution , -want , and misery , which surround them , and which may be in part attributed to the numerous unredressod grievances of which they justly complain .
" »< iur Memorialists would earnestly boseech , your Majesty to contemplate the awful and solemn nature of a death -warrant , tbat it vrill cons ' ga au immortal spirit formed in the s-nno divino iinau * with your Majtsty to its eternal doom , and to ask the solemn question whether the great Creator of your Majesty and your unfortunate subjects , designed a mortal being to usurp His privilege—the power to take that life ¦ which He ator .-j has given . % l Your Memorialists would also remind yonr Majesty that the brightest gom in tlus British Crown ia the attribute of mercy , and that a throne surrouuded by the benevolent genius of the gospel , and encircled by the bright halo of OUristianity , sheds an imperishable lustre on its occupant , aud will securely win tbe peoyle ' 8 last inar love .
" Your Memorialists would therefore be # to refer your Majesty to the recominuudatlori to mercy , wnich ttwiur ^ antaexed to their verdict of Gnilty , and w » te » { fc is saw yoinc MajtsKiy'afircrvinee alqpe to exerchw » ; - ^ 4 belif-ving ' tbat the exercise of such an act , wou'd teneTto t ^ taWish your Throne in the hearts of the , eoplo , they would iumloroyour MajtBtyto extend *» o full a measure of your royal clemency to the three unfortuuate prisoners , as well 88 the other Welsh convicts , as will canno their heart-broken wives and children to bless your Majesty , and your people rejoice iu tho mildness tiad beneflc « nce of your reign . "That your Majea' -y ' a reign nny be distinguished by its unexampled b ^ uevolenco , and that throughout your caroer " mercy may rejoice over judgment , " is theearuesi prayer of your Majesty ' s faithful subjects . "
After the memorial was acloptod , a unanimon ? vote of tha-i-ks wjis given to the Chief ( JiK'Rtable , for the ready and handsome manner in which he had upon that , aa well as former occasions , responded to the call of iho inhabitants ; aud that gfintlemaR having returned thanks , tho meeting broke up .
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PROGRESS OF THE REIGN OF TERROR ! O'CONiNELL'S « GLOULoUS" FoliTYFIFTHM-MIDNIGHT BURGLARY BY SOLDIERS !!! The inevitable consequences of training men to butcher their fellow-countrymen begin already to appear . A party of tho "glorious" 4 , 1 th ( how will tho public ever loarn the number oi that party ?) have , sooner than we expected , commenced plundering the peaceable people , it is protendoJ , they came to protect . J
j It will probably be impossible ever to arrive at the whole of the facts ; but we j ; ivo such information as our correspondent has been abJc to collect from the examination of the iu-o soldiers n » % v ii custody . It is supposed , generally , that more than two were concerted , but havo reaped at p «* ciit . On Tuesday , wght last , or Wednesday morning , a pubhe-house , A Barley Mow , H- sh- / treot , Swau-Jf * 'Jw' ^ BiP& . ; tfle d ° P rcfiators having forced the . fast ^ Hpf the back door , by which they entered an « Hteeeded m the work of plunder . The dupery w « Hkit made until the ramily rose in the aot hillJnH 3
morning , whtai tbey % nd that their bod-room had ^«!?^ ! SiS' ^? fS box < locked ) a bait ' ^<^|^^ P ^^ £ PJ ^ B had beoa abstracted ; £ paoeWgfasfl haffbeen broken in the ba " wmdcjvr , and two decantei-8 taken tliereirom , one containing gin , the otnor brandy . The decanter were carried off , but three glasses remained oa the table in the parlour , from which glasses it was pkh ; a party hiia beeu drinking . There was mi « sed likewise twelve or fourteen pounds of flour , a , handkerchief , and a table cloth .
About three or four o ' clock the same morning , tho two soldiers , now in custody , knocked at a loi ; . cottage , about half a-mile from the above houB <\ near tho Peutry , demanding money ; this summon- ' and demand were three times ren ? at ,-d , to t !«> Rreat terror of the inmates—an age 1 cor : / ,- anr their grand-daughter , a y < mng d . i . 'ine W Uiaiassured them lie had no money : they then doirr , ¦ •;• d retreshmeut , and were nJmif . cd alter reivatcvl threats that they would break open tho door . After partaking of what the house afforded threat by the fire , which had bee-i kindled fortheul , andI . tell aaleep , when the old man mado the best ot his way to the town , and obtained the assistance of a policeman and a corporal of the 4 . 5 th , aud the men were secured .
On the person of one wag found the table-eu . f ,. lost from the Barley Mow , sworn to , but no moor was found on either . After the departure of tho party , the inmates ot the cottage followed a little w .-iy to observe , and tound , iu returning , just without iho garden gate . tii ^ haiidkercbief cwmainiog fl at , imd th * . ecn < a . " j - o-a to . (• xc-pt fljar ) « tlw mme loa : fwa tii-Hurley Mow . Tae examination wag not taken until Thursday . « nat could be the reason of tiie iMiy ? T . ie woman and girl of tl « cott ^ e only we ? o examined—t ' : e man beiog employed ac hid work in tne einploY of Mr . V : viao , M . P . Tae pnwrs were ren-inde-l till M . mdny .
It was ( stated in evidence tbat thi bnr ^'? r * . for want of a key to tha ale cask , dre * ou . tlio cock- , nnd let the liquor , eigatr-en galioa . t , run out . iu answer tj a qiection lr- ) m a Mag sirate , t > e pohc--man stated the m ^ n bad cups ou . We ru - . y h-.-re mention a circunistanc .. which secnito havH Sijmo c ^ nnexioi : wub t e abovv ; or . if tbt t ? o , u involved ia c ^ unrterabl i ihj dtt ? y . Oa Wetimnday ( t ' . e aap « m'imin , e ) n . private watchman ot the pottery picks i up a moi iier ' s cap . and conceiving it to be ruudriy . nhook it tod ^ tach t : ; r Jiiud ; wh ^ n examined in tiie -i > tht it proved t-j bv ' > iood . Tte cap ww traa « ferre : from < , ut > pemon to another , uatil it reached th : > proper aQtuorUies , and we are rot able to learn further respecting it . Toe Majj strutes on the iteuch on Tuur ^ i . tv , vcrc ihe R-jv . Dr . Har / soa , . vir . Jckn Grove , aad Coio&c-i Jo . e * .
la justice to tha men genetallj of the 4 » : h sta-U ; n-d lure , we must yay , td « - * e hiv ;» reason iu bHi V 3 that maay « - ; ong them cheriih f .-e ' irus ol iiu ' j 3 at > iiy ; »« . nit ^ at the corntnarr . ung i ffic r , C * pt . lifter , m a gentleuiftn , wUota rtil vrdi allow to \ jz an houour to his profession , and to hum in aaturt ' . Yet it is evident frjm what w > s » e hert ? , ta . it , t > keep the men in temper to do nur tyrants' work , great indulgencerau < Be alLwed them ; ard itwih oe Well for the middle cimses to latae warniitg ;" r ( in this atrociona outrage , in the njidat of peace aa :: traio /< ii ! uy , that whnu the coSdiery become br : italiz- _ 'd , by being employed to slaughter their fri . uda aad I'Olow-ciJuufryuiWi , should c . iu ' u-ion arise , tbey will fly at higher and more protiinble game than tbe prosem po « r vietim . x , and probably do justice 011 iho ^ e who resort to murder , lor the protection ol tlunr system of piander .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 1, 1840, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2669/page/1/
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