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JIT Fmsxds , —Wiea I last addretsed joq I inftjgMBl jm , that in tfak narrstrre , I dwald remind yon tfioBypBKHaaiia irhcpi I bad , in the course of my jireer , become aegaabried . little did I then think , ggtst the very moment -whflat I -was -writing , one ol jhe mo 6 t excelieat £ yamr friends sod mine was pass-^ froni th » chwjftlul aceae—was entering upon his itaBtsIiemd ., bai fcf he
- ^ ia&feflice & days before thit wa » ilL I VlEHofe , bgirosr , f tiqgmed to know , so suddenly , * & $ Jsr-waMari ! C *» « rae , © eoae ^ uent on my ** ^¦ qtil feaa jr on . ijTjM _ * w pwrenled ^ isfflng on * j jj » gnfliiw * » yie * r « sl most eaefient friend , the §||* . £ icsiBD Oslesbt . TflOBNHitL has ii not in ^ t ^ SS *^ * « ^»^* ^ . SepriwL Poor ajgpyil ^ p pfciWMir Vier the ttonar Hd blown S ^ w , fe > I » i »!* s 9 «* intlffbappyhonaW- 'aBaociety flLfee is guise—I sfeailaeebia face no more on terth . ^ a& Leaven , ifcere tysants can no more oppresi—we JMj B tnect « gain . So - « ras indeed & man of most amiable disposition ; 1 st Christian Minister—husband—father—frlond , atd
aagbb-rar—nano conld excel him . He was kno-sra to xoasy of 70 a— he -was beloved by all , of every rank , Vto knew him ; iai ehieiiv by the poor . He -was , my friend .- , the frsi Christian Minister "who publicly please-. ! tbe caase of the pwr enslaved factory children . I shall never forget the impression produced by his speech ^ : Haddersfidd , Bee . 26 th , 183 L Oh . bowde-Jigbted -was I , te beat my own Minister pleading the « use of the herplesa factory children , and givins ray exertions the sanction of hjj commendation . Many of yoo win remember ihrxi meeting : it was the jirsi ewr beid in thai town on the Factory question : the second
fcthe cotnrty of Yobk : Hecxmondwike" took the ' l » i Oglesbt was naturally timid—he did not -intend to have spoken .- —but , he did fe * l it to be his * rty to sanction onr efforts by his presen « e ; and , being ~ ~ aaSd , hz « rald sot refuse to propose & reaolatoB gome cf "his observations I -well remember —« Sd though y AUwgiinii—he shift new apeak . He said , ** ia moving .-Jfe ^ JfeKteien I hold in ray hand , I am farcib ' y re"" Salad-., d of the personage -wioee nativity -we have just eomaisr : orated ; -rtio cai ^ e to seek ard to save that ¦ w hich -sras loss / ani irho , in his word , has shewn that
ha baa special rccurd for the infantile pan cf niinkind . Ab a C riitLm Minister , I feel it na honour t » addrtss you on iliis sub ; e ; t . " *• 1 a : n afraid that Jthn HtlVs flbaxacter for hcrnasitv has received 2 stain , esTj ^ cial ' y » hen I coasi . kr that children expl- .-yed in factor ^ Waft longer i . jirrs tUan convicts ara ailo-wcd to do by the la-ff of the lari I think it is more thrjn a stain—M is an nlcsr ,-R- Inch , if n 31 speedily healed , -prill terminals in mortification and death . " " 1 am e ' ail \ re have roesed , and I b ^ leave to terser my thanks to Mr . OiStler for havin ? called onr attention to this evi ' . and
for his persevering exertions to remove it . " " 1 could point out the corner -srbere children vrho have -worked thirteen » r fourteen hours a day , have laid upon stra-w , With scarcely a rag to cover them . When children are KQt so youcg in years t » -work so many hours in the fliy in the factories , it cannot be -wondered at that parental influence is 80 soon taken a-way ; and yet , Vtat can be expected if the parents influence is de-Btroyed : IThat con -we minister * of the gospel do to encounter that evil . ' " We have a * means r Thus spake
Oglejbt—the man of God ! At that time , yoa -well remember , the eaase of the poor factory children -was tot much thought about ; it Tra « an unpahUable subject —it -was one , however , -which lay near the heart of Oglesbt . Those of you vrho remember thoce days , vrul no : forget , that then , f » r a minister , a clergyman , thus publicly to plead on behalf of tie poor , despised , factory slaves , against their rich and povrcrful tormentors , more than ordinary eon-Tiction -was required , in a tem-Derament like Oglhsbt's
—but he never could refuse to make the cause of the oppressed his o-srn . He -wis not a one-sided Christian . Tor years I had the honour , the privileg-e . to sit under his ministry—to be counted his friend . He -sras not one of those who only knew their friends in the suntiiine 9 f prosperity , -when friends are not needed . In adversity , his love -was true—he -was faithful to death . liy Friends . —I should despise myself if 1 conld pass
over in siienw the removal of such 3 man . I have a ¦ wroag conception of you , if you require an apology lor What I have said respecting that Christian indeed—in ¦ whom there really -sras no guile . Bead the short , hut ioodbing , iccouat I have received ef his last moments r " ^ efajf asked , just before bis Seaih , "Do you enjoy peace r he replied , " perfect" This -was the last word he "was heard to articulate . How true is it— " Mark the perfe-ct man , and behold the upright , for the end of that man is peace . "
From this sadly pleasing scsn * , I must now turn to * y promise ! nzrrj . tive . There are a few facts , my friends , which it will be bsololely necessary that you always keep in mind , ¦ wiiie yon reai th » se letters . I am fully aware that , auder ordinary circumstances , it would be properly considered iuipsrtinsnt , thst a gentk-man ' s " eischar ^ ed " serard should thus appeal to the people , and explain to them the cause of quarrel he his with his late aaster . In ray case , that appeal is not ouly ; a *? , but it ii «»« n ; . 1 -was ' ¦ discharged , " not because I was
aa . , stevird—or a negligent servant ; but , as I shall be able to prove to you by facts , because I could not fassly nand by , and silently witness , the wrongs which » ere inflicted on yourselves , by your oppressors . I was "discharged , " because I was your friend . You know * hat I never complained , that I never ahould have troubled you wi ^ MT exp lanation , had not Mr . ThoBXHILL , zrho never Qavt SE any reasort irhy he ' ¦ iixtiar-jrd ' me , ) informed yol % that hk reasons for Qoinr k > , were , becnuse I h 2 d defrauded him ; had altetzd othm to de / rsud him , and had needed ht i
Why he should have kept these secrets from me , and have published them to you , it is for him to explain . Surt enough it is a very extraordinary mode of transacting business , and must lead to very extraordinary resuHs . The fact that Mr . THOitXHJLL / rrfappealed to r > u , and made you his secret-keepers on the subject of ttj stewardship and "discharge . " yon will pleise always to remember . It is of no use now . that he shoul-1 say ' I aiEi ; my folly . I baTe now no confidence in Tori '
tairunes—I have removed the question to a court of kw in London , and my attorney has rwcrn . that I can hvreno j-- ;^ e in Yorkshire :- No . no . my friends : ftis mode cf prat-r-g raay pass cumut in E : n : ~ . v * q * ire and Ji .-olary Cirais , but you will uat ^ aily ^ Sir . THOBVHiLL- ' -Why did you trouble vs abou-Jos ? quarrel with Oastler , if you had ro conSdeuce in Torkshireasan ? It w ^ s not he who appealc-d to us—It "W ; 15 Tr . jjr ^ ' / C * — ¦ C-r * - » o . iT- m * r ^ r «_ j ^ t t . u w ^ yourself Si" Surely friendshave waited
, , my , I long fcsocgh to m&et my accuser in a court of l . nr l ! sry uf you have blamed me for ha-ring had so much Par . ence ; we are now all agreed , that some explanation is required from me . >" o person is more impressed with that feeling of honour wuich binds a servant to keep his master ' secrets , than myself . 1 shall , provoked lo the contrary as I have been by Mr . Thukmiill ,. « Vndi » usly confine mrsilf to that rule of honour , and reveal only just so much as is necessary , to ar _« wer that appeal , which Mr . Thobxhill was ' so foolish as to toke to the people of Yorkshire .
I protest , that I have no haired towards him . I do aost sincerely pih , him . There are creatures connected " * ia him in this persecution , whom , even if God had * rt forbidden me to hate , I could only despi * . 1 ahall S 7 as little , about them , as possible ; only jnst so * ach as is necessary , to prove how Mr . Thoemiill * a » b&en dec-ived by than . 1 cannot express the griefs 1 have endured , en refi « tiug that one » f thosa reptiles is a reverend rergytaa oftheC-hurch of Eng' . and , whc ^ i I £ r , t b rou ght ™ aei the notice of Mr . Thok > hill—whom I was astraaental in raising to the dignity of Vicar . Yes
^ friinds , I have been pained to remember that the 2 * r . thus noarkhed by myself , has attempted to fix ? £ Poison in my heart . There is a spaniel , too—well ^ J *^ » t Fixut for his stowrmj and biiin-j propeusihe wc-uld have for ever remained unnoticed by J -tad he not disturbed the grzrz of Xorihad ! It ^ os to my late friend ' s memory that I should drive saeakiug alarisa fawning aaimal to his kennel ^ f * ^ engage to do . Wa ? i . 3 Te 3 " fra > e tLai EI rcTered Fataer had { V gjtf *'^ ^ - THOiiNHlLL , from the time that ^_ ^ ter came into possession of the f-states from his lir ' o" - '"' ' M T ^ " ^ sn D = > ^ o n ^ -f' ^ - re-V&JT" V ' ' THOr - > 2 ] iLI - ^ a y ,-mh of ' high ^ dt-v ? ° tbe foUi - 5 aEd S ^ ttiw of the h -gtea TOibl 9 West End circka . I ieed arptsJ to tore
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but Mr . thokkhili to « a what , as a steward , my fethar ^ M > After nearly twenty yean service he died . Mr . Thobxhill , ^ ritb art an solicitude on my Part , sppofe ^ a ' iae to fte Tvautt office , obs «» vinf , " -tlaflMin ^ jM-fekara tt in bia power to confer a benefit on the son of aJBEMOASTtBR , at a time when ha was In need . " AtAatttoe , as you aU know , I was a bankrupt So one , save a person situated as I was , can enter into the feelings which then animated my but Mr . Thokkhili to » wbat , as a steward , mv
whole soul ! Mr . Thorxhill told me , "that , in consequence of his absence from the estates , he felt that when he appointed a steward , he was not only committing the property to his care—bat in some kuso his name also . " At that moment overwhelmed with gratitude , I inwardly swore " that his property and his name Bhould bo as dear to me as life ; " " that in hia service I would sacrifice everything bnt honour . "
. My friends , I wQl prove to you tt » t I have kept my vow . I can fearlessly appeal to all who have known me , during my management of those estates , if Mr . TnoaNHiLL ' s property and name , have not always been boldly defended by me . Little did I think that I should live to see the day when Mr . Thoeshill would endeavour , after having " discharged" me from his senriee and thMBL my home , without assigning any reason to njOL that he would endeavour to rob me of that which cannot enrich him—my own good name .
I thank God , however , that ny . Bftmfr-4 s $ ot hi hU keeping I rejefiee to hsvo proved that wherever I hive wandered tine 3 he thus attempted to injure me , 1 have , by every rank of sock-ty , been received with a cordiality and friendship , which is only conferred on those who are kno-crn to heve been persi-cnted for rich ' teo-tsness' sake . In no single instance hrvre I met with person-. !? . r . Tikindness . Of course , politically , tbe Whigs everywhere hate me . I rejoice also to know that , even amongst yourselves , my name is still respetted ; and that , althongh maay of you blame me for icy absence . I am still beloved by the thousands who have lived near me for so many year 3 . Let these observations suffice for my apology and introduction .
My-father , during the time he hold the stewardship , had resided at Leeds . In that , my native town , I ¦ vras dwelling , when 1 received the appointment Of course . I wr » s not a stranger at Fixby . It had been the scene of my boyish sports , and during my manhood , 1 had not unfrequently resorted thither , for recreation . - Sometimes my father ' s business called me there 1 was—1 am—passionately fond of that place . Having determined , contrary to the advice of all my friends , for ever to relinquish trade—feeling that estates of such magnitude , in the absence of the landlord , required the residence of the steward , and knowing that 3 considerable part of ths family mansion , Fixuv Hall , was unoccupied , 1 proposed to remove to that lovelv Foot .
On the 5 th of January , 1 * 21 , I took up my abode in tha family seat of the olk Tjiop . nhills . At this moment , tho scene ii as lively in my imagination as it was the day I entered the park gate . Old Hannah then opened that gate for me with ? mile 3 ; nearly twenty years after she sJiut 4 t , on my erit , with tears . I cannot , a » present , pursue the subject- There is a very soft place in my he : rt—its name is Fixur . It is well for me that this time I have a very nice tit bit tar a postscript . So I will now conclude—smoke a pipe—retire—and , in the morairg , take yon with me to the Freemasons' Tavkiin , to watch the Middlesex Freeholders , at their countv meeting .
Believe me , my Friends , I am " all Yorkshire , " ( wander where 1 may , 1 Richabd Oastler . 8 , Rawstorna-street , Brompten , Middlesex , Feb . 24 , 1840 . P . S . —Tcesdat Morning . —Before we go to the meeting , I must tell you what it is called for . It so happens , that the ten-pounders in St . Stephens ' , being the representatives of the shopkeepers generally , have lately taken a fancy to set up a pattern or niodel Libel-shop of their own here in London . Since
then , a man « f the name of Stockdale has iared to question their right to slander him in publications , which they sell at their new shop . The consequence Is , that he , having appealed to the Court of Queen ' s Btnch , where the Jury awarded him heavy damages ; the Jndges ordered the execution of the law : and the Sheriff of Middlesex , being sworn to do the law ' s bidding , kept his oath and obeyed the Queen's writ . The Commons , however , have set up a thivg which they call " privilege , " which , they assert , is more powerful and infinitely more necessary for Uie liberty of Hit people , than is the Law . So , they sent their officer to take the Sheriff into custody , and have actually kept the
poor fellow in one of their lock-ups for more than a 1 mouth , for the crime of abiding by his oath , and executing the law : Well , the freeholders of Middlesex wished to consult together as to tha best moie of getting their officer out of prison . They determined to mset for that purpose ; so you and I will go to watch their movements , and to be enlightened by their ex' . ample . ' "That is the d » or , ju 3 t oa ths right , where you B&e the carriages , and half a dozen policemen . — ¦ " What a splendid room this k for a public : meeting : "— " , what a noise !'* — " How is it ? the place is only half full , and still there is no hearing , ¦ for the confusion ?"—" Why , I declare , there is not a policeman in the room . '—and we shall have a riot
soon ' . "— ' ¦ Don ' t you see , my friends , these are all gen- ilemen ;— ¦ policemen are only required outside , —there ' s O'Conn'ell—and HiiiK and TTakley , and Lord John and Sir Robert : —Oh , no , I mistake ; the two latter have deputed Da * to represent them here to-day : —he ;? to humbug the gentlemen for them , about 'the liberty of the subject ;'—and , if he does not succeed , i John will resign oSce , and Rober ? swears he wilr give up hi 3 seat . "— ' ¦ Who is that person in the chair ? " i •¦ Hmr . "— - An-1 vrho is that tall man , who is endea- , voTirin-T tj speak ?"— Wakley . "— " And that stout \ fellow , by that miserable looking one '!"— ' They are O'C ' onnkll atd Warburton . "— " But what a noise i —there is no hearing a -word "'— " My friends , this is a ' London meeting of M . P . ' s and gentlemen . "— " What curses—groans—hissings r . nd hootings . '" —•• Oh , horrible : look at their faces :- "— ¦ ' See , they are fighting r" Look —! o ; . k— see O'CONELL— Waklet— Hume and others—collaring , scuffling—pushing—kicking—bruising—storming—swearing—and oh : see , thev have
knocked several down—who are they ?"— " That one , tumbling amongst the reporters , is the Under Sheriff !" " Odds bubs , here ' s fuu —• ' Privilege , ' with Mows , bid en ! The like I never did see ! It's hard an Englishman can't speik to T > xy , Bat throtl'd he must be !" ' ¦ Oh : lick-a-day—whai a sight ! Let us go and fetch the police ? " ' N » , do , I tell you , my friends , this is a meeting of gentlemen—the police are wanted outside amongst the rabble—not here . " " See , how they are knocking the tables and chairs about : —they will kill each other : " "Do not be uneasy , friends , they ar * Middlesex Gentlemen d-e-1-i-b-e-r-a-t-i-n-g . "—
" TThat is that little mm reading ?"—" Riot Act" "Do let us be off—we shall be j getting into some scrape : " " Xot we , my friends ; we I are amongst Gentlemen , I do assure you ! " " But io take great care of your pockeU . " " See what j a rush :- ¦• oh , what a noise . " «• Lab ! what confusion—what demolition . " " What a splendid room this was . "' "There , n « w , they have spent kheir strength ; their rage and fury is exhausted , and they quietly withdraw ; " " and so may you . " Such is a county meeting of Middlesex Freeholders ! Ho blackguards—no unwashed—no speeches—no police otf . y the Riot Ac *— a few pick-pockets , and all Glntlume . x . i would not have missed the sight for sixpence . R . 0 .
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TO LOfcD MELBOURNE . My Lord , —it is one ofgy &aw | iipt of » flg » P ^ jftt that an k £ v lMtt >»>)>>*« ' < ay ipeJfl ^ S boldly express IBS cpBHSf the highest and the *» # noble in rank . , # *? £ ? .- ' "" " I am about to avaSi ^ af of this advantage ; and't can assure year Lordship , with every proper respect , —that whether this letter meets with your approbation or not , will be of very little consequence to the writer or to the public . I am not likely "to cringe , to fawn , to flatter , or to gloze , " as I am no place hunter , at any time , ond least of all , where places must be held under Lord Melbourne . You have long—too long—been accustomod to fashion ^ able society : allow me to introduce you , through the Tft ta ^ oti b , ;™™ - -
medium of the XorMtcrn Star , to the people . It is a melancholy truth—and yet one admitted by all philosophers—that human beings are invariably ignorant of themselves , and thu 3 ofttn mis-apply their capacities-Some men fancy they are powerful orators , though their audience are certain to fall asleep ; others think they can sing , though all listeners stop their ears ; your Lordship thinks yourseif a great statesman , but every other person knows that you have no talent either natural or acquired , for any station isM so high . Nature may have cot yon out for a tailor , or for a novel-writer , but be certainly n « vet coinmitt « 4 «> gre ^ t a mistake * l <* HiflgiCy ^»> -fot <* TJott&CMUi and a Minister . - ' ~ -
The high office which has been assigned to you only renders your lamentable incapacity more and more visible ; ignorance , when coupled with modesty and a desire to rest in the shade of obscurity , may be excused ; but when it comes I > e : i 5 t : ngly and unMushingly forward , and usurps the throne due to wisdom , it deserves nothing but the severest censure . It is true" Where ignorance is bliss , 'tis folly to be wise . "
And on this maxim your Lordship seems to act . A most blissful / cy Ei ^ enis to hang around your brain , and you will not take the trouble to dispd the gloom . It would be a source of amusement , if it were not too melancholy a theme for laughter , to behold the cool , unconcerned manner in -which you profess your total want of information on every subject connected with your office— " I really have not heard "—'' I am not prepared to say" — " I do not know "— "It may be so" —are the expressions used by your Lordship , in answer to every question proposed from the beginning to the end of the Session .
1 our Lordship , though well paid , must have a very easy time of it ; and what with dining every day at Windsor Castle or Buckingham Palace , escorting tire Court ladies to the Theatre , flirting , jestiag , and all those little accomplishments , which are thought v&iyprelty by your set I am told that you are a great favourite with the ladies , who have serious thoughts of elevating you to the rank of Court Jester ; it would be much better if you could confine your scope of action to a boudoir or a drawing-room , or even a luuatic asylum , rather than extend its pernicious influence throughout the nation . Probably your Lordship is also a disciple of
Epicurus , aud has uo objection to the " set out" at the palace ; so I ahould say , from your so constantly forming one of the party . In the pantomime at the Adelphi Theatre , you , my Lord , are made to enter riding on a lamb up to the gates of Windsor Castlethe porter asks you " If you dine there to-day ? " to which you answer , " of course ? " Shortly after you come forth intoxicated , reeling about the stage , and singing " We won't go home till morning . " Pray let the Attorney-General , " plain John Campbell , " file an ex ojtcio against the manager , the clown , and the pantaloon for lampooning you and yours to the infinite delight of the audience .
1 on and Lord Palmerston are the sleeping partners of the firm , Melbourne , Russell , and Co . ; and so lethargic , ia your slumbe * , Uiat not ezgajty un ^ tctoaa eloquence , the violent invective , or the cutting sarcasms of Lord Brougham can wake you to your senses , it is true the Chartists haTe made you rub your eyes once or twice , but you speedily sank back to your happy state of oblivion .
My Lord , it is time for you now to look " trjffe awake ; " ask yourself a few home questions , and then , : confessing your inability , leave the Government to I better hands . You are only endangering yourself by ; farther delay . Recollect thero is a point beyond which i national endurance will not extend ; remember there have been such things as impeachments , though I must own your Lordship is hardly deserving of so great an honour .
! We do not stop to destroy the worm , which , though ! it may do some little harm , is beneath our notice ; but : we devote days to the destruction of the wolf or the ; lion , which are antagonists worthy of our zeal . ¦ Next w » ek I shall trouble your Lordship with a disj section of yourself , and , having cut you up into three
parts , shall consider you in ths triple form as—Minister of the Palace—Minister of the Cabinet—and Minister of the People . Believe me , Ever your sincere opponent , REGULUS .
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j ¦ ! EXAMINATION OF CHARTISTS . YORK CASTLE—Friday , February 21 . This forenoon , Barnard Hrgue , Esq ., H . W . Hird , Esq ., and the Rev . L . Hird , attended at York Castle to examine two Bradford Chartists . Paul Holdsworth was the first prisoner brought up . 1 John Smith , of Kelson Court , Horton , deposed—I ' have known the prisoner about a year and a half . I . remember a number of men meeting at roy housa about 1 eight o'clock on Sunday evening , the 2 <; th of January . 1 1 was a " class leader" among the Chartists . I was a ; " class leader" up to the 12 th of August , when the national holiday vr . is to be . The members paid a penny
| ¦ a week to me , which I paid over to Shackleton , a newsvender , the treasurer for the defence fund . The prisoner paid once or twice before the 12 th of August , but I had no meetings at my house before the 20 th of January . Isaac Holloway came to my house about eight o ' clock on that evening . Me an-1 my wife were sitting on the hearth-stone . He said " Will thou call my class together ? " I Said , " What must I call the class for ? I am sure they have no money to give you . " He said , Thou must call them together . " 1 considered the 1 matter ov ^ -r , and I thought I would call ope or two together , to see what they wanted . 1 went to Paul Holdsworth ' . « , and to his brother James , and told them I to come to my house . They came in about a quarter \ of an hour ; this was about nine o ' clock , and Isaac
I Holloway came in . There were then present the i prisoner , his brother James , John Ashton , and myself . When I came 1 asked Holloway what he wanted us for ? He s ^ id in the hearing of all the parties , I have " named that there was going to be a " rise " 1 in Bradford that Dight . I then raid , " What sort ' . of a rise ? " Isaac Holloway said , " for the CharteT ;" ! and I said "I am not going te rise , " and advised them to 1 stay at home . When I said so , Isaac began d—g and ' sweariDg . and said 1 was d—d fool , and if e ^ very body ! was like me there would be no risipg . They sat still j awhile , when John Ashton said , " I'll go , if I g « to the deviL" Peddie and Fiinn came in about ten o'clock . Peddie sent for 1 b . worth of ale . Peddie said when he box
first came m , " , my men , I expect yoi know what there is to do . " I said , " 1 think they hardly do know ; they had better go to bed all of them . " Peddie said , " They musn't go to bed , for there was going to be a general rise throughout the West-Riding of Yorkshire . I said , " I think there are no physical force Chartists at Leeds . " He said , " there were , for there were four tons of gunpowder iu the magaxino at Leeds , and that a train was laid to blow it np ; he had seen it , ¦ then when they had blown the powder up , they would set fire to the mills , aud then ceme on to Bradford . The Leeds Chartists would be at Bradford at five o ' clock next morning , and the Dewsbury Chartists in the afternoou ; he expected 100 men from Leeds . " Ha aud Flinn also said that
" they would have sv . l the money from the Bradford banks by four o ' clock that morning . " I said " they woujd have something else to do tlum to get all this ! money . " Peddie said they cotfd get it easily , because [ he would send 100 men to Low Moj » for two mortars , j and some shells to face tho urilitorjjhrith . I said to ! him " when you have got nil this Jfeney what will I you do ; they will gather their army Together and cut \ you off like old ra ^ s . " He said , "; i * soon as I gut hold of the money T will take a ch .: i .-c- and four , and as soon as they know in the North tbiit they were engaged in the West Riding , Dr . Taylor would ' be at tho I
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ikwUlMP i toe ? were to take all places as X * $ MHHjXtbeni till they got possession of the whole PBi ^ SP'y PP these men up by telling them ;!«* rtlqiLMte < me hundreiaddieraiaHalifiii , who lu ! r £ * TWb them to join ttoeia in five minntes afhsf « W ' ^ W / mey Were engaged- " He said "he ^ w fell »« Wtfnte < l with all the soldiers , and that » M ? y woi ^ rflght up to their knee » io blood for them . " J ^ dfe . ^ fen , Holloway , and Asbton , said they would g > H they Wmt alone , and then the- prisoner said he w )* old go * itb . them . About eleven o ' clock Peddie pnaed < mt % istol from his pocket , wb 4 e& he loaded with powdeitond two balls , In my presence . " I said to hija ¦ " thate has been a good deal of talk about Frost ; andHhinkyjm aro coming very near his situation . " He said " ap £ I ' m not like Frost , if anybody attempts te t . ike ma- I'B blow his brains Qut . " Isaac Holloway then weaVout and fetchtd his pistol , and said that it was loadei George Flinn brought his pistol . I saw u-M L . ,
him load HTwith powder and one ball . Some of the party feUshed two pikes and gave them to Ashton , and the prisoner , ; Ashtou's pike was put into the shaft iu my house bj Qeorgo Flinn . It was flirt heated . Some of them gave Peddie a pike like a small dagger , who Seated it , and then put ifc into the handle . Peddie then p 4 |; t 6 e dagger into a belt like a girth , which he had roanjt bim . He had a drab great coat on , a broad bnmmeShat , and a red cotufurter round his neck . About half-past one they left ray house ; James Holdsworth but no H-ras ; he went with them bnt told me oowonM ^ jo to-becU The others sai d they would go TOfch Pjule feta the Green Market , aud take all the W ^ 9 ^^» t . " « i % I locked the door and saw ^ UjWBllP singe , jg-cepting prisoner and James /< Jros 8-exaKuned by Prisoner—I do moot to say you had a pike .
Ue-exauiined—Peddie had towards sixty rounds of ball cartridge , Holloway had ; S 00 or 400 , and Flinn nad mote than Peddie . Holloway supplied Peddie , and brought a half peclc bottle , which would hold throe gallous , full of ball cartridges . Ho bruko tho iUA-k off aud supplied Peddie , and put some into a b : ig that he had at his side . Holloway took away what was left in the bottle . ^ Joseph Foster deposed—On Monday morning , the 27 th of January last , about two o ' clock , I went with Mr . Brigg , Wilkiuson , and another . special constable , into the Ureen Market . At a distance from tho Market Tavern , we observed a wutchman ' s light , and made
towards it There were two watchmen iu the shed ad joining tho Market Tavtirn . Tho prisoner and a person named Ashton was guarding them . Mr . Bripg said to one of the watchmen , " Tom , what are you doing hero ? " He answered , " wo are taken prisoners . " Ashtou was at one end of the shed , and the prisoner at the other , each with a pike in his hand . The watchmen were both inside the shed , and tho prisoner and Ashton at the outside . I took the pike now produced from the prisoner . I left the prisoner with Wilkinson and another special constable , and went to the assistance of Mr . Brigg , who was holding Ashton , the other sentinel , at that time .
Cross-examined by the prisoner—I do say you was near the Market Tavern with a pike in your hand . John Wilkinson deposed—I am a special constable . Onjthe morning of the 27 th January , I received the prisoner from Mr . Joseph Foster . I went with Mr . Br igg , Foster , and others , into the Green Market , about two o ' clock . I saw a light in tho shed near the Market Tavern , and we went up towards it . Brigg seized Ashton , and Foster seized prisoner . I had known the prisoner for three or four years . When I first saw him near the shed , he had a pike in hia hand . The prisoner called out , " Heigh , lada , " and there was a general rush at me of people , some with guns , and some with pikes , and I left the prisoner laid on his back . The prisoner got up as 1 was running away , and aid , " that ' s the short lapped , limping devil , d—n him , shoot him , " and they followed me a short distance , but did not fire .
Cross-examined—You did say something several times about my short coat laps . I did not know you were in the lock-up . The prisoner was committed for trial on a charge of riot and conspiracy . James Holdsworth was then brought up . The previous evidence of James Harrison , was to the effect that be had seen tho prisoner at Chartist meetings , at Peter J 3 ussey ' s and Butttrworth ' s BuilcUngs ; that he saw him ko in and out of John Smith ' s , ou the night of the 2 Bth aan ., and that on the following morning , about halfpast two o ' clock , he saw him with a spear in the Market-Place , among- ' thirty or forty otuer armed men , —Other evidence was produced to thow that $ h « . l > r 1 ^ not ., hAd , taken part is tha Coartlat proceedings . l " ^ -v- ^ r ¦ The jrrlaouer said in defence , 8 nsan Lister came into our home and saw me in bed at half-past two o ' clock in the morning .
He was committed for trial on a similar charge as the other prisoner . The prisoner Peddie , who was committed on a charge of high treason , was brought in , and H . W . Hird , Esq ., addressing him , said , that hs thero had been a statement made against him , it was only fair that ho should hear what had been said . The facts contained in Smith ' s evidence , given above , were then read over , and the prisoner said that he had no questions to ask at present . James Harrison further deposed to the facts of being present at a Chartist Juetting , at Hargreave's beerhouse , on the 25 th of January , when Peddie and others stated
the final object of the Chartists , which was that after taking Bradford , they were to go on to Dewsbury , and take the towns in succession up to London , where they were to upset the Government , and establish the Charter by physical force , which they could Co in three or four days . Wnen the Charter was established he ( Peddie ) was to be the manager . They were to plunder all the provision shops , and the provisions taken to the nexs-room , and from thence to the baggage waggons . There was to be an equal division of property throughout the country , and they were to sweep everything away , especially tbe money . There was a meeting on the following day at Tumor ' s when it was agreed that Peddie should be tha head lc . irW .
The prisoner did not cross-examine the witness , and was removed . There was no other business transacted .
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men \ could you be made sensible of their deeds , you would abhor and detest them to the latest moment * © f your existence . Murder will out , " bat the time has not yet come , I cannot , however , refraia from slightly a ' iludin <» to one of those gentlemen who cut a conspicnoua figure at the late Manchester Delegate Meeting . My God ! the effrontery of this fellow surpasses anything I could have imagined . Does he suppose that there are nono in England to bear witness agaiust him and his accomplices ? Does he imagine that the Memorial to her Mtijesty with twknty toousam ) Sig .- . atlres has been overlooked ? Does he forget his promise , and hia childish and criruirj . il ( not ouaal ) dalliance with Mary Ann tor five weeks ? If he do , let him tMnk of THE RESULT , and take this cautfen , and rttirefrom advocating ; i cause that has rtceired much ir-jary from Ins base treachery . I f he take this ad ^ oe , he may maintam his character ; if not , he-shall hear from ise in plainer
terms . Fellow-countrymen , I must beg pardon fOT this digression ; and the only cause I can offer for this long letter is , the anxiety I feellfor the fete of the victims already made , and others who will bo offered up this ensuing month to appsase the ungodly d&sires of our bitter and unrelenting persecutors . Will you see them fall , unpitied and unassisted ? Shall their famines starve , and thoir desolute homes be made the abode of wretchedness and despair ? If so , would the oppressors extend the hand
of charity to you ?—would they relax , in tho smallest degree , their avaricious grasping , and your continued thraldom ?—would they join you in demanding your inherent rights ?—would tuey , in short , wish and endeavour to see honesty and industry rewarded , and virtue protected ? No , no , uty countrymen , they would not ; but wfien they foufia ^ JHi Q \ yg careless about each other , they-. Vonld add anotiier ' llSfc to the chain that binds us dovtaggijj ||| ttijft vut in future as meie beasts of burthen , cx <^|^^ H 0 niialster to their pleasure ? '•' . " .
It is useless disguising tho fact ; the question now at issue is—shall this country cunsist of two classes ,, f iz . the monied class and tho sl . ive c : ass ? Shall the brand of political slavery , and consequently , tho usual epithets of " swinish multitude , " ' ignorant mob , " &c , bu / or ever affixed upon your foreheads ? Can you ever forget the New Poor Law Bill , the Rural Polite , aud ( ho Tenement Bills ? Can you forget your own misery and want , and the contrast it forms with the affluence of those who live upon your industry—th « ir domineering insolence , and the avidity they always evince to crush and imprison you , should you dare to request a redress of grievances ? If you can do all this , then let these victims full uupiticd , and let their families pine away , in want of even the common necessaries of life .
But this I am confident you will never do . No-, rally again ; keep up a constant fire upon the citadel of corruption : follow the tnemy in every direction ; outvote them at every meeting . Lot tho enemy pay the expense ; you are too poor , ana tney nave deprived you of your usual places of meeting , therefore transact your business at their own meetings—shovv them their insignificance as a body—fight them with their own weapons—bring them to Justice should they dare to insult , or rather assault you—keep constantly before their view a memento of their rapacity , a picture of your misery and wrongs—remind them of the horrid spy system , and the innocent victims sacrificed by those blood-thirsty monsters , the only support of a bad Government—remind them of the butchering at Manchester , and the slaughterings at Derby—tell them of the outrage committed hiat summer by their bloodmiuions upon peaceable people at Devizes , Westbury , and Birminjhani — and do not forget to tell them of the
vile strata rems they have adopted in almost every town of England , during the past and present year , to goad an impoverished people into acts of outrage , in order to find somo pretext fur the enormous expense they have caused the country , and to keep in pay and under arms their base , crawling slaves—remind them of their ardent desire for tho blood of the Welsh patriots , and of their base calumnies upon the Radical body—prepare yours \; lves , & 3 recominenrtt-d by Bronterre , with Chartist candidates at the next elections—never cease in any aud every way to annoy them , until your rights are conceded , and all political oflendrs are restored to their liberty . Do this , which you can do , peaceably , and the enemy will soon come to tornis ; but if , on the other hand , you should stand in apathy , the middle class tyrants , like the ravenous wolf , will come forth with renewed vigour , rivot your chains faster on , and ride triumphant over the poverty and wretchedness of their fellow-men .
Fellow Countrymen , blame the Government ho longer M the cause of your awfal condition , but look around in every town , and yea will find your oppressors in those who have tbe elective franchise ; they form the Government , for no Ministry , however corrupt , can stand against the honest House of Commons . Look again at their conduct in tho Jury Box , and you will find that a bad Government has only to charge their victims with being opposed to their misrule , and a verdict of guilty is immediately returned by these unfeeling middle clsss gentry . I have alroady , I am afraid , occupied too much space , without having stated one half of what I could desire . I bad intended to have said something about the Welsh patriots' fate under the Secondary Punishments Bill , which I feel confident very few in England knows little about This I must defer—and , trusting that you will keep an eye upon the victims , their families , and our common enemy , I remain Your faithful and Uncompromising Friend , William Ashtos .
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CrLOSSOP . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . SIR , —I am aware of your expressed determination not to insert in your paper the names of subscribers of sums less than one shilling to the " Frost Defence Fund . " The circumstances of the present case will , I trust , justify a departure , on your part , from that rule . A report has been circulated in this aeighbourhood , which is calculated to do me injury . Some ill-disposed individual has asserted that I hold in my hands monies collected on account of the above Fund—that I refuse to give tho names of the contributors , or of the amount subscribed individually ; and that I do ttiis only to be able , with security , to retain , for my own benefit , a portion of the money collected here .
Now , the reason , and the sole reason , why the money in my hands has not beam before forwarded , is the backwardness « f other collectors in making np their accounts , which has prevented the sending off" of the total amount collected . I Eend you beneath the names of persons who have paid their subscriptions to me , and also the names of persons who have promised , but not paid me , namely : — PAID . s . d . Samuel Andrew 1 0 James Collier 1 0 Edward Forde 0 6 Benjamin Bradbury 1 0 Bernard Brenan 0 6 Mrs . Lawton 1 0 Thomas Collier 0 0 T . P . Wreak 0 6 John France 1 0 Joseph Wilkinson 1 0 Har tley Hargreaves 0 < i John Irlain 0 . 6 Thomas Harrop 1 0 John Isherwood ' 1 0 Samuel Clayton 1 0 JohnWoffenden 1 0 George Siddall 1 0 Collected at Meeting 18 6 A Friend to Re-form , Roworth 0 1 A Scotch Radical of the 14 th
century and a sufferer , R . M . 1 0 J . N 1 I ) Mr . William Hnrst 2 0 J . H . Kaye 2 6 Mr . Thomas Hurst 1 0 £ 2 0 7 Paid to Lecturer , Atkin ... 0 3 0 t —_____ £ 1 17 7 NOT PAID . B . d . James Pycroft 1 0 Joseph Kaye 2 C William Hurst 2 6 James Cooper 1 0 7 From the foregoing statement it appears that the nut amount in my hands is £ 1 9 s . Gd-, which sum I forward you to-night , by Mr . A . Heywood . My own personal subscription I some time ago paid into the hands of the Stalybridgo Committee . Begging your insertion of this account , I remain , Sir , Your very obedient servant , P . Thouston . February 14 th , 1840 .
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A Rare Instance of Fecundity . —A sow beloDging to Mr . William Higgs , of Phoenix Cottage , Tcwkesb'iry-road , Cheltenham , brought ats-ix litters , 113 pigs : —fir 3 t time , 16 ; second , itS ; third , 18 ; fourth , 23 ; fifth , 17 ; and on Thursday , the 2 . Td alt , being the Cth litter , 21 , making a total of 113 .
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FROM OURHND 0 N CORRES- PONDENt . ^/ i { TW blowing letter was received a posfc too late . ) ¦ 3 ¦ ¦ , ¦ ¦ ¦ Wednesday Evening , Feb . \ 9 th , 1840 , Half-past Six . The Late Mt " ET 1 NG 1 N Finsbuby . —The Hon . Coroner for Middle * e ~ ^ d Member for Finsbury , has of
received unequivocal j . ; ro ^« 3 a retrograde movement in tiie estimation in whlu' ^ ** tas be « n held by the electors of Finsbury . At v ^ re cent meeting u tka White Conduit , on behalf o \ ° Frost , William * , and Jones , an active aud very intlev ntia ' nierub .-r tf Mr . Wakley ' a Committee , publicly dec ! sv'e < 1 that lie had lost all confidence in publie vatn of all jv ° « ssions ; and that he considered the recent speeches ^ nd votes of Mr . Wakk-y as no better ti ^ n those of a Bn ^ dett . The feeling was loudly and beartity responded to b > " all who htari it
The . Anti-Cor « Xa-w . MfcVsRMENT . —A meetingwas held at 154 , Strand , on M « WUy , to co ^^ ^ t ^ fefistinode of " uniting the oVefaAfaes thro « 2 he «; t ' r fl 5 Le kingdom in aa agitation for tte Kept-al cf the Cora Lavrs ; " several leviathan mono ' -mongcrs , lHuanfao turers , < fcc ., were present , but the n ! y interest '; r > g circumstance that twxfc place was a Bi ^ eh mat ! a by Mr . Roebuek " , t" the effect that *• any att > ratpt to induce tha operative classes to'join in a cOi'B law agitation Would pruvt ; futile , unless thsadvocau &for " lineal of the Cora I-twa would pledge fLemselrts t ° &id in prucuringan extension of the . Suffrage . " This proposition was » not reiishetj" at all ; sad Air . JPaulton , ti > a anti-Corn I ^ aw lecturer , deb ' arodthat it was a delus . ' 9 i » taauuposo in
that the worjt . ' . ng classes would refuse to ^ rrocuiing a rcpaif < rf tfie Coin Law , % cause t ' u ° sdvocuter for the repeal cwild not couscwi-Aiouaiy joi ' * 4 « : «; i in demanding Univr . ^ l . Suffrage . TU gtntrol i . " waression seems to hi ' , howsver , tLat the wotltiDg classes wll no longer suffer themselves to be led 5 vr the iiiki f party iwrposeg of "Whig--, Tor .-es , or Corn L * w-mongu . » r Mr . Hotbuck ' s sc-ntiuier-t ? on tho- oerasiott are liig .: ^ 7 and " extensively apprcve&of ; and rs . y siftatopt to go >\ ?? a wetting of the operatives , upo * the sul ^ et even t tf filia obnoxious ' Corn Laws-, assess Use " oawSnal poim ' r ** an e : uei » km of the Sfi * frage be i ? wluded ,. must proV ' * signal failure . Mark tfw praphec ?!
Poon Fhost !—We have conversed vrtfo a gentle ^ man who-lias seen Mr . Fteut on hoa ^ d th a ^ oejitialshhvon Friday last : be rift ^ rthgs )}}™ m . nfitrrjr WHmi uU and to a truly hearfc-rendiiSg condrfciooof . dt ^ oion p his fine manly Senna is waste * to a mere inaniutlfc s&da-«^; his leg * are , literally , ¦*> larger t 5 an' art- sidiimy manVwrist ; and a ! totethtr > such n nr » de nf ;? fcjwtoyturey surpasskag , by thus raeking-the ni / od aatfiwdy ti once , the fablatl cruelties of the InquisiiSon , «* sSMonly have been caiiied iuto effoot .-sunder the-feeling of tho ^ vholo country upon the subj * et » , by a Tliiy Cfrcernm ~ at : bad as the Turiea are , t"tey niight : Wiv ; u- >« pted tho more merciful mode of barging the prfcouers ^ tontrary to the prayers of the country , or . marj : iairiiaw » ly pardoning theai . But anything : noble-minSed . frw . a Uhigy . Poor Frost i Wo shall nevi */ iu-ve » the satisfaction of preventing hia sacrifice !
_ A Meeting of the CoMMiTrau . for aifcfe ^; tfw defence of Neesoaiand his companions ,. whoae tHaii-m * so abruptly post ^ . ojuid from the instSe-sions until T « s > ( by next , took place at Lunt ' 3 Coftee House , "SJeriseoiwell-green ; ' the indSctuitsnt his no less than Viirty-ghs blue-bottles , as witnesses , indorsed ; we-- regret f * sa . y that upwards of £ 50 , in addition t > what tha Oonvnnttee have already paid , are required by the solScitvr for the dtfence ; and , as the trial is c « Tuesday nest ,, not an instant should bo lost by those who are williu ^ . to contribute their mite to protect honest men ngaias& the vile machinations of a deeply-laid police plot
SfNDAl PkkalHING . CuusideraiWo aranssuienfc : was derived in Smithficld , last Sunday looming , by an ,-opposition preacher starting a congregation , near the spot usually occupied by the Rumtimj Tub-thumper ^ asthey are called . The rival preacher took for his text" Why have ye ground the faces of the = pooi ? " and . made a wonderful impression on his audience . Ha-introduced copious quotations from a lecture by Ely Moore , a member of the United States Congress , to the New York Trades' Unions , —a well written liUlc pamphlet , —published at tiro-pence , —aud fcoforo- ha had got half-way -through his discourse , the muter , was left alone in his glory . We would recommend that pamphlet to every working man in the kinzclara .
Public meetings on behalf of the Welsh nfcaftyr * contiuuy to be f : e ' . « l in all parta of the metropolis :. the-Mini .-tcrs have f : Jsely alleged that there is no sympathy f » r these unfortunate men—judging , peihapa , b >; thofact that no overwhelming pubiip meetings have ' fcoeii . liel . l ; but forgetting that thiy have in several < jase » . indicted persons for attending suuh meetings-: lu ^ iin , the assemblies being local , ara , if taken in tho aggregate , considerably superior , in point of numbers , to . those displays usually denominated fleiiioiatca-. ions . But " no sympathy ! " for Frost and his companio n * Surely , " ths force of lying , ' even by the Whigs , " can . no further go !"
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TO THE CHARTISTS OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND . Fellow Countrymen , —The whole civilized world has witnessed with disgust the many acts of cowardice and base , crawling sycophancy , exhibited by some of the oppressed slaves of this country , at the same time , looking with admiration at tho devotion ef those who have already fallen , and those whs will speedily fall victims to the accursed system . My motive for writing at the present moment is , to draw your attention to the approaching trials and their ine-vitable results . To charge any one of being opposed to the present hateful system of middle-class legislation , is sufficient to insure a conviction ; of course , imprisonment , with all its refined cruelties and starvation follow as natural consequences . The very men who are the fauppor k rs of this class legislation , are the men called upon to give a verdicj against individuals for being opposed ,
to what , and to whom ? Why , to them , the middle-class jurymen , aud their abominable system of tyranny and oppression . Therefore , I consider it an absolute farce fi-r the Learned Judges to put any of the numerous individuals , now waiting sentence , ( either in prison or out on b&flj on their trial . Let them at once proceed to sentence the accused ; do away with the mockery of an investigation ; leave off , for once , hypocrisy aud satiate , if possible , the political rancour of these malignant persecutors , in the incarceration of thtir hapless victims . I am aware of the many difficulties you have to contend with—not only the persecution of our common enemies , but the treachery of protended friends . When I take a retrospective view of the last twelve months , my mind fills with indignation towards those who so lately cheered those victims on , and who have deserted the canse . Look around , and in every town you will find one or more of these base hypocrites ready to become slaves to their oppressors .
I asi not desirous of speaking invidiously of any individual , yet I cannot refrain from alluding to one or two circumstances that have come under my own notice . Wh ? n in London , last September , I was admitted freely into the company of the members of tho first Convention , and at the " Arundel Coffee House , " in my own hearing , a base conspiracy was formed to destroy O'Connor's , reputation and the Northern Star . I remonstrated , as far as I considered it judicious , with " the indmdAials forming this plot ; and where have these cowardly braggarts been ever since ? I could answer for them—sowing discord , and rinding fault with men as superior to them in honesty , consistency , and intelligence as it is possible for one man to be above another . Nothing would satisfy them but tke breaking up of the Convention , in order that they might return to their several localities , to put in execution their conspiracy .
Here I think proper to obserre , that our unfortunate friend Mr . Frost did not form one of these treacherous friends ; for mind , when O'Connor was amongst them , like Judas , they took him by the hand ; when I saw this , I cursed the base wretches in my heart . But thi 3 was not sufficient ; their diabolical desire for villany and treachery were not half satisfied . Would to God that I dared to drag the miscreants before the public in thtir true characters . For these last few montU my soul has recoiled within me , when I have thought of the unparalleled deceit , and never-to-be-forgotton treachery of these monsters . Fellow country-
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COVENTRY . Chartis-s Association . —At the osoal weekly meeting of the" Chartist Aisociation of this towu » held on Monday evening last , after reading tha Southern Star , the following resolutio n was unanimously agreed tot— "That this association highly approves of the plan recommended b // that intrepid champion of the people ' s rights , J .. B . O'Brien , eff electing a People ' a Parliament by p aow of handi a * the next general election , and it , being a prt-ttj general opinion that we are now 0 a the eve of a dis-. solution of Parliament , we earnestly and ur # > aijy recommend it to' the serious cod aideration o a \ orv Radical Association in England , Scotland , ana Wales , and request" they will make knwn their opinions thereon , with as lit do delay -saposMblo through tbe medium of tha Northern aa < i Sautkefi > vt ( LT $%
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London , Thursday Evening , February 2 GA \ , Quarter to Seven , » . « ..
Citv and ComiFRciAX News . Complaint * araagain made in the city that though the current rateof interest is nominally rather below five par cent ., still that the Directors of the Bask of England , as well as raosfc of the present banking-firms , are extremely shy of extending their accommodation . The first class of commercial paper , it is true , commands facilities iu this tspay ^ but most other-descriptions are looked at with much hesitation , and from six to seven per cent , chargei for discount , according to the quality of tho bills offered . A funding of Exchequer bills to theamount
of eight or ten millions is now looked udoii as the course tho Chancellor of the Exchequer -Hill pursue , to complete the financial arrangements of the present year . The closing , prices of tho funds to-diy were as follows : —Consols , 91 £ ; ditto account , 91 J ; Bank Stock , 17 !!; East India ditto , 24 b "; Exchequer BiUa , 31 prom . ; Three and a Half per Cent . Reduced , & !> jL Spanish Actives , 27 ; Portuguese Reg ., S 3 *; BraziL 77 |; Colombian , 25 i ; Dutch , 5 * 2 §; Belgian , 192 | . A fair amount of business has been transacted this week in Railway Shares . The quotations have fluctuated frequently , but not to any exteut worth
uotice . The Tea Trade . —The Direoion of the "Assam' * Company are taking the most | -ro ; nt > t ami ono--getic measures to bring the establishment i ; uo lY . U operation ; and it-is fully and generally anticipated that , within-a very few years , this counfcrv will bo rendered altogether independent of the ' Celestial empire , ' for that leading article of commerce—^ ka . The lale monthly sales passed over without any event worth noticing ; the trade , however , seemed unwilling to buy iu the faco of so lai ^ o a sv \\ hut purchases were made mor * freely an FriU . v , ;; ui the prices may now bo quoted the same a . l ihos& ruling before the last overland communicated .
Cottox . —There has been a good demand fur th <> Tinuevelly Madras throughout the week , aud an advance of fully one-eight per lb . has been established for that article . There contiuues a fair demand by private , and prices are very firm . " Swing" is again abroad ! The accounts from all parts of the country at the Police and Insurant yffices represent the number of incendiary fires to b& considerably on the increase , notwithstanding the introduction of the " Rural Police ; " and thft Io 33 iu many cases is represented aa considerable . The two officers mentioned in a former letter as having been dispatched to one of the Western Counties , to aid iu the discovery of iucendaries . haye returned , without , we understand , baiiig able to discover any trace of , or clue to , the perpetrators . A proclamation , or Gazette rewards on this subject , will probably appear in to-inorrow ' s London Gazette .
It would be almost impossible to describe the state of publ . c feeling , now it is known that tho Goyeramem , are determined not to show any mercy to Frost and bis companions ; tlio ^ e who petitioned for the abolition of the "death punishment , " now openly declare their regret , that tha full and original sentence was not carried into execution , as being more humane than the slow , but nofe less certain moao of torturing to death , that , has been substituted under the naino of " morcy . " U no otner crime against popular feeling had ever been committed by the Whigs , thi 3 alone would havo been enough to sink them "beyond all depth "iu popular condemnation .
Tne preparations at all the military as . d naval depots , and tho opinions expressed by persons well acquainted wijh what is goins ; on at the Ordnance Umces , portend war : with whom , or what country , wo are unable to say , and perhap 3 the Government itself has not yet decided ; but the fact may be relied ou , that the bustle in the quarters referred to , is such as seldom . occurs in a t ; me of peace . We shall probably , know in a few days what it all means . Orders are given to the several recruiting depots to complete the complements of their respective regiments with the least possible delay ; and several companies of recruits , without half the preparation usually allowed , have been drafted for active eervica immediately .
To The ; People Of Yorkshire.
TO THE ; PEOPLE OF YORKSHIRE .
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