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      To The People Of Yorkshire. People Of Yorkshire.

      TO THE PEOPLE OF YORKSHIRE . PEOPLE OF YORKSHIRE .

      MY Friexds , —Again does the universal troubler of the human race interrupt my narrative , and -warn me that , however late , his summons is irresistible . Death has removed another friend of yours and mine A shock of corn , fully ripe , has been shorn and safely

      gathered . The good old man , William Stocks , is dead . I hare not heard how he closed this scene . I know how he lived . He was a man of many years ( eighty-four , 1 believe ) , and of many virtues . like others of the present age , he was disgusted with the monstrous form in which Christianity is too often represented . Ana , because he could * not countenance that disfigurement ! be was , by those Infidels who usurp the name of Christ , denounced , -with many others , as an nnbe liever ! ¦

      One of the blessin gs of that peculiar position v ^^ I have occupied amongst you has been , the oppor ^^ -which was thus furnished to me , of learning fa ^ character of many persons , who have been a jurthemafeed by the false professors of ChrisKani * - merei because they could net reconcile the crimes of ' neathe ism with the religion of the Holy Jesus . One of «_[ -was the late William Stocks . I shall not soon forget the first tirae . i nvetthatman I was then a little boy : my father , for a toeat > ^ takenmeto Ffeby . I was never Aere before-never « far from home till then . Consid er ing the tender care wjti which my fond and most beloved mother had nursed me , I was very ventur ^ me . one evening 1 wandered , all alone , from the . HalL I was a little dumpy , rosy-faced lad , resolv ed to see the world . I

      did not thenknow it was s * i ^ . j fended that I must be nearly at the end of . it Wife what anxiety I trudged npthe hill , to M organ Plump J-turning now and then , to see if I we « pursued . Whenlamved at tte Plump , I didnot we the tow . I had lost sight of the Hall : noonew ag after me , I exulted to find myse lf , for the first f mei < a fo ^ f Awjy j OT ) M last as my little fat 1 agg could cany me . I passed the plantation at CowcVffe ( this was before the wind had lerelled it ); with some difficulty I scaled the stiles , looking back , fwm the top of the first , to see if I -were followed , oh ! how I gloried to find myself all all alone—expelling , CTery moment , to see the end of the world!—t ie sea—the French and English fighting , and beVma the » a high , black , aHd unscalable toII , with i ' top in the clouds ! Such were my expectations .

      For the first time , I reached the summit of Cow-« KfFe . I -was all breathless with fatigue , and exultation , and expectation . I looked and wondered ! There wasnosea—no fighting—no high wall—but the world as large as all I had left behind me ! -and still unfinished ! The impression which that view then made upon my mind has never been efiaced . A thousand times I have stood there since , but I never felt that scene save once . I was alone—I had escaped!—till

      tten I knew not that the world was half so big—I seemed to have it all to myself . I wanted to grasp it ; I saw a town in the-valley . I resolved to take possession of it . Itwas Huddersfield . Down the hill I hastened . I ran along the plain . That was my first journey from Fixby to Hnddersfield . I was a little boy —all alone—gasping to see the world . My last journey was of a different character . Thenlwasold : a hundred thousand , of my friends accompanied me : I fad sees the world .

      I remember the first time I passed up Eirigate , crossed the Market Place , and traced the town till I -was weary ; talking to the boys I met , and asked all about everything . This unusual freedom caused the lads to congregate . I found myself inconvenienced by their pressure . I tried to wend my way back to Fixby Being stall more pressed , I went intoashop , A respect able looking gentleman was behind the counter . Some of the boys followed me . He came round , toek me by the hand , asked me who and what I was , &c I told

      inm all about it He knew my rather ; bade the boys go away and leave me ; kindly refreshed me ; gave me some sweet " spice ; " and sent a person I believe his son , to see me safe at Fixby . That was the first time I saw old Mr . Stocks . ilsMi are very sure , friends , I could not help loving him . . When , twenty years after , I came to five at Fixby Hall , 1 was informed that he was an Infidel , a Jacobin , and so forth ; and so prejudiced was I then , that—for all his kindness to me—the thought of seeing him was grievous ; and I studiously fcept ont of his company . . -

      My friends , before you have come to the dose of this narrative , you -will learn how I was cured of tbat Kicked prejudice ; and how I discovered that the real Iifidels were often those who made the most noise abont religion ; those who were the loudest in their profession , but who , in every act of their lives , denied Christ It was by such men ( whom I was then fool enough to believe ) that William Stocks was said to be an Infidel When circumstances—over which I had no contr ol—brought me into the presence of the " good old creature , " I was much delighted to find that all

      bis principles were founded on the word of God—that Ins very thoughts centred there—that he was indeed and ef a truth a believer , whose great anxiety was to do the will of God . From that moment , our friendship -wasronewed ; and I can tell you , my friends , that in his company I have reaped much profit ; he was not only good , but he was wise . The fact that he approved of my views and plans , has often emboldened me to proceed , when , otherwise , I might have been diffident His integrity , his benevolence , bis experience , his unaffected piety , gave a sanction to his judgment and opinion , which might well sustain me against the butterfly arguments of my opponents .

      The words of such a man are worth recording . I may , perhaps , sometimes beat yon with some of them . Just now , I remember the following . We were sitting in front of Fixby Hall , admiring the beautiful view down Colder-dale , and be was telling me what old Fixby teas , when he was young . He was born there . He cenduded his narrative thus : — "I have now lived in four distinct ages ! When I was a boy , a neighbour , ¦ w ho was ' well to do , ' used to say to . his neighbour , ¦• bo was ' worse" off , '' never mind , lad , if I can help ikee , thou shall lire . ' Then , when I was a young man , it was always < live and let lite' But , when I got into years , the cry was , ' Hunt mapeU lice if Hum canst . ' Now , unhappily , " said the venerable man , "in my

      old age , it is , ' ihou shall not lite if I can hinder thee ;' aad yet it is pretended that the world is improved in morals and religion ! " This good . old man is dead ! - Those of my friends in Hnddersfield who knewtimwho knew that he was the constant friend of the poor — -who never foiled them in the most trying times , bnt , ¦ when most oppressed , wa 3 nearest to relieve—those persons will not blame me for having detained them a few moments at his tomb . Others of yon , who did not know him , will thank me , I am sure , for having told yon somewhat of so good a man . Peace to his soul ! May bis memory be blessed ! And . may his traducers copy the man whom they affected to despise Where ' er he lies , a friend of yours and mine lies there !

      The death of my old friend has forced ; me to say something about an old man and a boy . I will now proceed with my narrative . In a former letter I told yon that I had left my first epistle on " Yorkshire Slavery , " with Mr . Baines . " After what passe d between us , of course , I expected that , on the Saturday following , it would appear ' in the Mercury . Hat so , however . Hadthe charge been against the West . India ' Slave-, iolders , it-would , bo doubt , have been seized on with avidity , and have been blazoned in the largest type . They were not in the field here , to answer for themselves , and a grand political advantage was to be obtained by violently abusing and defaming them . In this case the tables were turned ; it was a pure case of

      philanthropy , without any prospect of reward . The ¦ v ictims , although our neighbours , ' were children ' of poverty ; they were helpless and perfectly harmless . The criminals charged with oppression and injustice ¦ were rich , strong , and powerful ; present to defend themselves ; and many of them were the religious and political partisans of Mr . Baines ! An exposure of their sins might be ruinous to the hopes of the proprietor of the Leeds Mercury . It reqtf red courage to attack them . Besides all this , Mr . Baines well knew that many of the loudest brawlers against" black slavery' * ¦ were involved in the charge of practising cruelties ¦ which he bad declared to be " so horrible that human - " nature could not endure them !"—an exposure of their Wrjpocrisy he wry natarallv deprecated . He had pro-. " % sed insertion ; ie . had pronounced an opinion . The

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      only chance of escapewas , to « " " my letter . Ho enquired ' ahCoTera m ( * statement in that every word was t ' * ° ** " ihxa 3 *> he found swallow ! What w ** This " ^ a bitter pill to moment time was * * ° to ** done ? At that " Black Slavery" ' * ^ ect agitation against the Whigs , it *** gU 8 t then WortiD g wonders for of my letter *?* tteolVed to postpone the insertion * Wre slaTe I JIT * " " ^ ° the Wbu 6 <* ° * in Jamaica " ^ T * * ¦ * « their less W ®* brethren ** ° tt e ** eekNext weektoo valu « i vain ^^^ S ^^^^^ ^

      « M » ,- n « . . , . was - aoiein tr . » — •«•• nw » , uo , was - Ba - *! s * me hypocritical cause . But I was press , find r ^ f ^^ tfhe would not insert itl should thnJz ^ J * ° pu blish ^ facts . It was fti JS *^ " * ' bCSt to kee P «* W ™ «* Mb r « T \ ^ * luencies on his own hands ; by that ^ s he bepedto palliate their vices , and to smooth «* $ r fell . The second Mercury ( Oct 19 th , 1830 ) did not contan my letter ; but in order to prepare lite « adeis for what must sooner or later appear , the foli lowing was part of his « leader" on that day

      Sftis alleged that some of thelabouring classes ofthis s ^ eS , r ^ , f Wtt 0 , agmfc de Sree of toil «* to S 2 T WdlMtte slaTes in our ^ onfe 8 - This is doubtless true , and whatever legitimate means canbe devised to amend their condition * the friendsto to « £ 2 S SlaTery wiU cheerfully lend their aid "Wehearof aAifc slaves and black slaves . * Thisk a mere empty gmgle of words . "

      You will observe a marked difference between the private and public expresssons of Mr . Baines . He bum the statement which I had made , was so horrid thathe could not believe it" He had , since then , ascertained its truth ; butnowitwas only" a mere empty Single of words ! " I will not stop here to remark on the conduct of Mr . Baines ; before I have done many opportunities will present themselves where I shall be forced to introduce him . Thefacts will be his strongest con demnation . You shall know Mm by his works On Saturday , the 16 th of October , 1830 , my letter was inserted in the Leeds Mercury : it was accompanied by a few remarks so cool and temperate , tbat you would supposethesunepencouldnever , by possibility , have indulged in the mast virulent invective against the owners of black slaves . I copy the following , because it will be closely interweven with my narrative .

      "The letter is written , we doubt not . with aeenerousand honest feeling , but we think with undue warmth and violence ; indeed Mr . OasKer was never the . most temperate of writers ; but the evil he com plains of is a real one , and deserves the attention of toe humane . " ******** "It would be better that Mr . Oastler should promote lation Act , ) than that he should charge a respectable class of manufacturers with hypocrisfand opjSn !" When I afterwards mentioned to Mr . Baines the

      very great difference between his private and public mode ef treating this subject , he gave me a very "business'Mike answer , which satisfied me that his purse had much moie to do with the sent iments expressed in his newspaper , than had either his head or his heart . I was now , however , fairly m the field ; many were my ' opponents . I was too "violent" for them all , . but not one of them could shake a single fact which I had stated . Nay , at every step , some new tale of oppression and misery , oozed out , whether we would or not , until all my antagonists were driven off the field , by the hideous . features of the monster which they had ventured to defend" ¦

      The most singular circumstance in this long , and ,, at the time , very interesting controversy was , that lie persons who -volunteered to defend the ' system of "Yorkshire Slavery" were those very men who had been , and were , engaged in denouncing black slavery in the most violent , the most virulent terms ! This seeded to me very strange . Since then I have ceased to wonder at such things ! During that controversy ; I found tuat I had undertaken a heavy task . I had much to learn of the depravity of human nature . There I was taught that lesson . I had also much to learn of the principles of political economy . I was forced to learn that also . In that school I was taught what

      religious ? nd political" violence" and prejudi ce meant I had thought that I should have to argue with sincere Christians and honest politicians . .. 1 believed that national honesty was always the surest and . safest national policy . I was sure that the sins against which I was arguing were sins against nature , and against the revealed law of God . I seemed , however , to war against the interesiof a few , and those were very influential . I soon found that every principle which I had learned fromreasonand . revelation , mustbendtothe only bneruliugprincipleof thosefew—the passion ofmoney getting . I soon learned that with them life , liberty , honesty , justice , and consistency were all as nothing when weighed

      against the necessity of becoming rich . It was proved , to their satisfaction , that love and charity were by-gone fooleries , only remembered to be laughed at , and that the man was a fool , that he was " mad , " who dared to quote Scripture against the acknowledged murders and robberies of the respectable , humane , and honest manufacturers of Yorkshire ! I found tbat the Yorkshire " patriots" would have the people believe that the Bible wasTraitten to condemn black slave-holders , but that it had nothing to do with the trade and commerce of the white 3 ; nay , thatitwasiaipiousblasphemytoquote Scripture against the extortions and cruel tyranny of the " respectable" factory masters ! many of whom were "deacons '

      in dissenting churches ! S All , however , were not against me . There were a few intelligent operatives of Huddersfield , who knew and felt what "factory slavery " was . These read my letters with admiration . They introduced themselves to me . We were of different sects and parties . They were dissenters and Radicals ; la churchman and an ultra Tory . At our first meeting we mutually explained . We agieed to work together against the tyranny of gold ; our differences , on other suVijects , we resolved should never separate us . Amidst all the contentions of party , we have remained friends , unawed by the powerand wealth of our opponents unmoved by the influence of political or religious prejudices , unshaken by the insinuations of party politicians

      We have encountered and overcome many heavy storms ; we are still unbroken and united ; and , by the help of God , we will continue so , until the monster against whom we are "leagued , " shall yield to the voice of truth and justice , or shall fall the victim of his own malevolence ! Fiom . these good and true men—from this band of brothers , I have learned many useful lessons . The result will be demonstrated as I proceed . All parties were now roused . Mr . J . C . Hobhonse brought a Factory Bill into Parliament ; the spinners of Bradford and Halifax were convened to support and oppose . The former were convinced of the wickedness and folly of their old system ; but the latter passed resolutions which maintained that

      " God ' s laws were . null and void ; . that money is of more value than religion ; that Government ' is no longer of any use ; that the prosperity ofthis country depends upon the killing labour of little children ' ; that it is better that little children should work for their parents than be supported by them ; in fine , that the'exorbitant taxes which we pay for the support of bur institutions , as a matter of clear right and justice ,, must and ought to be paid by the excruciating and dyathdealing labour of our infantile population . " ' My friends , I am not romancing ; such were the cool , deliberate ,, and . publicly pronounced opinions of the Halifax cotton spinners , in March , 1 . 831 .

      ^ Afterwards , a few manufacturers of Huddersfield gqtupa . very strange petition , at a . snugbole and corner meet ing , in tbehope of deluding Parliament My new friends , ' the operatives , heard of it ; and , finding it impossible to obtain the names of the petitioners , they requested that I would apply to some M . P ., and obtain theiist for them . They wished to reason with the opposing masters , and convince them of their errors , in endeavouring te uphold a system so Injurious to all .

      Soon afterwards , -I . happened , to be with my friend , Mr . Perring , of the Leeds Intelligencer ; he was writing to thelate , Mr . Michael Thomas Sadler . I requested him ; "to ask Sadler to obtain the list for my Huddersfield friends . " This circumstance was the beginning of the acquaintance between that great good man , and the operatives of Huddersfield . How he was afterwards maligned and misrepresented , by Mr . Baines , the sequel of this narrative will show .

      I happen to have before me the first letter he wrote to me on the subject It will satisfactorily answer all the revilings of Mr . Baines ; who , ( judging that patriot by himself ) asserted " that Mr . Sadler had taken npihe Factory question , only to serve his political purposes . " Here is Sadler ' s first letter on the factory , question . Keep it for his sake and for mine . Sadler hod been removed from me , by circumstances , for many years . I was delighted to renew our old acquaintance . ' . " London , 1 st Sep . 1831 . " My . Dear Sm , —I forward you . herewith a list of the whole of filenames , and their designations , append-

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      ed to the petition from Hutlderaneld against the Factory Bill brought in by Mr . Hobhouse , ' which Mr . Perring informs meyott wish to possess . I need not inform you that I vsjk only concur with Mr . Hobhpuse ' s Bill , but , as I have expressed to 'him over and over again , I go much beyond it . Had he not taken it up this session , I should Lave done so ; as my viiprsand feelings are very strong upon that subject , and I have made calculations and published them ia my book upon Ireland , shewing the excessive evils that the infamous and unnatural Factory System occasions . ' l ! 0 ^ ^!^^ . ^ ^^ . ^ ^^ :

      I have been within these few days past urging a provision for the poor of Ireland , and was beaten by twelve only , which even the Ministers themselves acknowledge to be a defeat I hope and indeed feel sure that . you will be with me on this point Onthisdoy fortnight I hope to lay before Parliament a long-considered plan for bettering the condition of the labouring poor of this country ; on which I think also we shali agree . - My greatest ' loss is , that I have rw energetic friend , like ydurself , at my elbow , to prompt and encourage me in these endeavours .

      But I have already said too much about my individual projects . You axe like myself-a family man : I therefore beg the honour of presenting my best compliments to Mrs . Oastler , And remain , My dear Sir , Most sincerely yours , M . T . Sadler . " " P . S . I am going out of town for ten days , to get a little better , if I can ; and 1 hope , as Mr . Hobhouse has put off his Bill so much , I shall be in time for its second reading . You would tliink me a Radical , in presenting thepetition from Kendal about tithes in kind , and breaking the Modus there , if you happened to see what I said . M . T . S . »

      My friends , keep that letter by you . The gate and the circumstances are a living preof of Mr . Baines ' s malignant falsehood , and hateful persecution of Michael Thomas Sadler : ' If ever there lived a friend of his fellow-creatures - Sadler was that man ! I know not thatl have ever seen human nature so hateful , so loathsome , 'as when I have watched Baines , , endeavouring to / hunt down ' that man !!! .. . ; * ' Ab I have already informed you my . opponents 1 were so much shamed by ^ the enormitieiof the ! moi 6 ter ,. their client , " tba ' t " they withdrew from the ; h 6 peless task of

      making him even bearable to the British public One after another , they retired from the field of controversy , leaving me in full possession of all my original facts and strengthened by a phalanx of additional established and admitted cruelties , to contend with that man , Baines ; who , at the commencement had ' assured we , " if my statements .. were true , my first letter was excellent—not at all too violent But , that he really could not believe that human nature could endure such cruel hardships , or that the very liberal and ' uumane manufacturers of Bradford could be guilty of such horrible cruelty . !' .. . ... ' . - "

      All I had stated , and enormities hitherto unheard of , had , in his own columns ; been proved arid admitted ; theiadvocates _ of the . factery system had . > retired from the contest , . and Baines was nowieft alone > to defend a systeni which he had acknowledged to be incredibly horrid f . ' ~ '¦ > ' . . .. Argument wasout of the question . . "' My sincerity was acknowledged . He first attempted to misrepresent my sayings , by publishing pdrts of myietters | ahd , forthe remainder , grossly imposing upon his readers fabrications of his own ? This wasniyTeisonJ ^! femng his paper , and asking Mr . Perring to ' admit my letteia into

      the Leeds Intelligencer . - Baines was forced . toacknowledgo that he hadbeon guilty of publishing , as mine , tlmt which I had neverstated . ' He then became frolic witlx rage and disappointment , andheaped upon , mei all the opprobious epithetg andaick-nameawhich his ingenuity could invent . At length , in derision , : he ? Baiid , J was aking . " Knowing that T had-a right to choose the name I liked best , I adopted that At Baines ' s bidding I became your " king ;" , yburhearte embraced me right " loyally ; " " still I , am- ' . ' kmg . v waTl will maintain iny throne " till death us do partWf' -: " ' • ! '' r"' " ¦

      All tins while my malignant traduder . ^ "forced to acknowledge "Mr . bastleris , we doubt not , actuated by the most humane iuoti > es ; " and again he was forced to speak of me as "that gentleman whoWhumauity no person can doubt ; " but still , bo reselved was he to maintain the horrors of the factory system , thathe went all lengths in abusing me ; uSil ' ; n ^ dhig every other in effort vain , ; he . aimed- . a ^ deadlyIblow-at ' my " daily bread , " by mixing up Mr . ThornhiVl ' in the dispute , in such a way as to cause ' him ^ if- possible , to

      interfere . This ' was au act so mean , so unexpected , ( even from Baines ) that for amonieiit I could scarcely . -believe my eyes . Baines kn ew that my father . had " been-hist / & < friend ; . that Robert Oasaer ? Was ^ t ^ m ahV ^ f gave him the first lift out Of poverty ,-and -who enabled him , from the situation of an operative , to beconie the proprietor of the Leeds Mercury ! Baine ? knew tliat I was entirely dependant upon Mr . Thornhiu foriexistence , and ^ he resolved , finding that every other means was unavailing , to try how the dread of po ' verty might operate upon the son of his Jtrst friend and patron !

      My friends , this was an act of political villany which I was not prepared for , even from Baines ! It set me a thinking . It forced me to examine myse . f , and to enquire , am I prepared to sacrifice all in supporting the cause of the helpless and oppressed factory children ? I did-so , and I found myself strengthened ( by that God who had so mysteriously placed the cause of his " little ones" in my hands , ) calmly . ' if it were his will , to resign friends , situation , home , -everything , rather than break my vow , or be unmindful of his trust " ' ¦ ¦ .:-.- ;

      Since then I have passed through many scenes , which some call troubles . But I have hitherto feltand proved , . that" God is faithful ; " that He is truly , " a Very present ' help ; " and even now—banished and forsaken as I , seem to be—I feel certain " that my bread shall be given' me , and that my water shall be sure . " ¦ ' ' One trial I have met with , wbich . I . Aid not tspectfor which I was not prepared—fora moment , I rebelled . But I was soon convinced that even there was the wisdom and the goodness of God most manifest ! I did not expect that John Wood could ever forsake me ; all other trials could not move me . That did . So foolish was r , and faithless !

      When I found that Baines was hunting for my bread , I felt thankful that I had never followed ' party for profit—that I had never professed opinions' for ihe hope of honour and emolument I had heard of those who had , and I had witnessed their disappointment , and how , in the day of trial , they had *< f illen away from their steadfastness . " - I remember when ( some years before ) . Duncombe and Wilson had gallantly rushed forward to save your county the disgraca of being swamped by the Wbigs , _ . how anxious I was for thfeir success , and how I had urged Mr . Thornhill to cdhie forward in their support , as he . had doni in ! 1807 ( when he was a Whig ) for Milton . Ho had then come into

      Yorkshire to vote for . him , and had spent , as I have heard my father say , about £ 200 in conveying voters to Fork . And oh ! how . he was extolled and honoured . . by the Whigs for so doing . " The Patriotic Squire " , was the toast at all their dinners . Nothing could equal the commendations which ' were lavished on him . When 1 solicited his aid for Buncombe and Wilson , I did not know that his Whig reward had not . been equal to ' ' his Whig outlay . I was not aware that he was - disappointed , because the Key which he had purchased at so much personal trouble and pecuniary cost , would not always open Wentworth House . I did not know that it was the " dinners ''

      there-that he had been trying to purchase , and an equality with Lord Milton ! No , my friends , I fancied that patriotism had moved him , when a Whig , to assist his party . for the good of the nation , and I 'hoped , that now , as he had seen the error of bis former politics , and had turned Conservative , that he would again come forward in your . county , and help his friends . I urged him to do so . To my sorrow I found , as P . have ) often done since , that a " Conservative" is seldom more than s . disappointed Whig ! Do I bear bard upon the Squire i He shall speak for himself . This was his reply to my urgent solicitation : — \

      f I am not so sanguine as you about subscribing . . I have a letter by me now from lord Fitzwilliam , full ef compliment I have been twice or three times invited to his house to dine since the great contest ;; and' Milton just civil ; this cools my courage , and damp ' s my feeling , of generosity . " . ; - - Make what you can of if ; "those' are "tile Squire | s words . I have often , since then , thought that £ 200 for " two or three dinners , " was a heavy price , and that a journey from London to York was rather ill requited . by " Milton just civU ! " Tho old Squire may well despise the gentry of your county ! : His Welsh attorney will now feel himself justifiedin swearing thatthey are not trustworthy ! If the nobles are so ungrateful , so shabby , what must the were gentlemen be ! I have often laughed at Mr . Thornhill ' s disappointment ; and when I have , being pressed by nobles to "dine I '

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      with them , " most respectfully ' declined , ¦ because I thought that I was not worthy of such honour , I have jokingly said within myself ' " Old Squire , honesty is the-best policy after all . " : I never think of Wentworth , but these "two : or three dinners , " and " Milton just civil , " rush into my mind and make me laugh right " out How true is it that the sin of one generation is visited- on another One of the old Squire's" ancestors is remembered by " Beware of a dinner /"—and his descendant of the third generation is punished by the want of " a dinner .. '" ¦ , ¦¦¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦' " * «>« .- » * «^ W- ^ - -ta « . i

      ¦ My friends , when I tried my principles I was thankfur to find them made of sternor and of nobler stuff than my master ' s ! My confidence is , even now , strong as ever—made stronger by my trials . But I must hurry to a- £ onclusion . I see my spaceis waning fast . Is tliis true which I hear of you ?—Tuat " the West Riding , people are very greatly altered . " Is " their spirit broken ? " ' Do they , indeed , "bend the neck to the yoke , amlseeni to feel that they can do no more for themselves or their children . " Is this their desponding language— " 'Tia true , we ought to stir , but it is perilous for any one to stir ; and we are so poor and depressed that we dare not risk a mouthful of bread ? " I " am told that such is the state . and fcoling of . the people of the West Riding ! :

      I keep no secrets . Say , is it so ? Is' hope clean gone ? Does gloomy despair usurp the place of confidence ? Do the meu , and women , and children , all look ghastly atoach other , and say , "Wear * content to . be slaves " . ? This is your state , is it ? Then ye are not " wise . " Oppression tames fools and beasts ; it " drives wise men mad . ' " You are not" wise" if you despair . I never can despair . My confidence is not in you—nor in myselfit is in God alone ! Do not you know that he is ready , and . willing ^ andable . toheipyoui But "He will be inquired of . " V You are then too proud , to ask of Godand yet so base as to crouch and yield to man . If this ; b . ° , your case , the very stones will cry . out sname' upon

      you .. . Is it so ? . Toll me . My friends , you are fainting when . , victory is meeting you . Your oppresssors are bitterly quarrelling amongst themselves —blasting each other ' s hopes—destroying each other ' s strength—and you arerivetting your own-chains , when they have not the power to bind you ! Wives , ami husbands , and children , take another look at home , and at each other , and say will you tamely lick the dust , and bend the neck in abject slavery . What when the oppressor trembles ? It Bhall not—it cannot be!—I thank God , that this dolorous news does not reach me from Huddersfield . There the monster rages , and the people are at their posts , united and undismayed ! . : ,: . ¦ .

      My friends , I know your trials ! But I know also that your foes are trembling ! That , victory waits , all smiling , to crown the . brave ; , be ye of her number . ¦¦ ¦ I am always yours ,

      : Richard Oastler . ¦ lOfi , Sloane-street , Chelsea , ' , .. . April 7 th , 1840 . . : . ' ¦ . Excuse a postscript this time . My space is occupied , ami I am bound , on your business , to the city . ; .. '"" . ' ' ¦ '' ' " ' . " " ' r . o .

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      fears by a deal of bombast circumstance and horrible epithets of war . " Several of tho police blocked up the passagons if to prevent an invasion of armed Clmrtisis . The scene irresistibly remindud me of' 'Maul ' s statute , " or of Dogberry ' s office . See Scott and Shakspeare . I knew that one of the magistrates would use the awful sword of justice to gratify privato pique , and that the others would follow the emotions of public misrepresentation . Yet I thought it duo to myself not to suffer them to have the excuse of knoranco for -what they might do , and , therefore , I explained my meaninjr . I said that the policeman had put a forced construction upon my words , and that , therefore , tho law -must be strained before I could be convicted—that I did not to * M *«* U ** m ^ ^ LL ^

      mean , nor was I understood by my audience to mean , "Fight for it , " in a physical sense , for I should naturally have advised them to arm first—that I used the word in the ssnse St . Paul uses it . whero ho says , "l have fought the good fight ; " that is , not liteially , bnt figuratively , as strive for it-that the latter part of tl ; e senteuce modifies the meaning of the former , and declares it to be moral—that it is but one word , a word of one syllable only , and capable of two constructions . That has been taken hold of in a pamphlet of fortv pages , all full of peaceable nrgunients-that a sentence which occurs immediately before , viz . — " Take it up Charterists , as Christians , take up the cross , " shows tho author to bo one who considers the attainment of the Charter a Christian object , and to be proceeded with by Christian means , in tho spirit of Christian -warfare

      Having concluded this short defence , I was ordered to withdraw , in the company uf the policemen , who said they thought I Should bo merely required tu keep the . peace , but I was soon recalled , and told by tiio leading magistrate that they had fullyagreed to commit me for trial for sedition , but would admit me to bail mvself in £ 200 , and two sureties in £ 100 each . While this sentence was being deliveied , the two ministers of " good-will to men ' ¦ ' looked at mo , one with a mixture of curiosity and alarm , and the other with all ' that complacency which characterizes a judge of the Inquisition when condemning a konost heretic to tho flames Their decision was unexpected by mo , and I said that the

      though ' policemen hud put the harshest constiuctioaon my words , I l \ ad hoped for a more liberal and candid one from thorn , especially afier the explanation which I had given-that I trusted they had not committed me merely to justify their own warrant for my apprehension—that tlw wholo affair was a trivial matter to mike so niuch ado about-that it was tho first time I had stood in s-uch a painful position , and that such an infliction on the feelings of my father's family might well have beeu' spared them . Of course their decision was as unalterable as the law of the Medes and Persians . Mr . Skinner said , "You know , Mr . Watkins , ' your friends are opposed to your proceedings , and would liko a step put to them . " .

      Henderson presented my father ' s compliments to the magistrates , hoping they would be as lenient as the casewonld permit . I said I wanted no favour—I wanted justice merely . There wero several of the pamphlets on tho table , which they read , pointing out passages to oacU other , and shaking their heads . ' Mr . Fowler , who is a Poor Law Guardian , asked me if I had ever known any aged persons put themselves away rather than go to a workhouse union , this being stilted in the pamphlet ? I replied , I had frequently read of such instances in the newspapers .

      " And did youbolieve them , " asked he with a sneer ? I answered , yes . I then inquired if my pocketbook might not be restored to me ? They had ransacked into every nook and corner ot it , aa it to search for treasonable plots , aud Mr . Fowlor said , " Why , there is nothing material in it . " I said for that very reason thoy could not wish to retain it . The quorum looked at one another , but a shake of the head from Skinner decided tho mutter . The most valuable article in it was an autograph of Ebenezer Elliott A lock of braided hair had been taken out and given to me by Fowltr , who said " Hero , Mr . Watkin ' s , here ' s some hair . " While tho papers that might he thought to prejudice me on niy coming trial were all carefully preserved , they tore in pieces a note which , my father haft written for me , speaking a word in my favcur

      Henderson , encouraged by bis success against mo , now applied for a warrant to apprehend the printer of my pamphlet lit Whitby , saying tint lie had not had time or lie would have done so before . - Mr . Skinner observed , "It ' s a pity but whut you had . " I stepped forward and said , that though I did not deprecate their punighment for myself , yet , I would fain do so , for Forth , -who was a young man with a family , and had newly commenced business , thathe was . not a Chartist , and had printed the work in hia vocation merely—that an injunction ti stop its sale would , I was sure ; be attended to , and Forth might be saved from ruin . On hearing tliis , the other magistrates ordered Skinner , who came from Whitby , to write to the magistrates thtre , and get them to stop tile circulation of the work , which Skinner characterised as the most dangerous book he

      had ever read , and . wondered how any one could be found so bad . as to print it Skinner wrote , but he exceeded his instructions , for ho * reprimanded the Whitby magistrates for tlieir remissneBs ; and said , if they did not appreml Forth , he would . One of them was sorely Inclined . to obey this saucy mandate ; but he was overruled by tho others . The Marquis of Normanby 'Happening at tbat time to be at Mulgravo Castle , " the senior magistrate went to him to ask his advice . His -Lordship ... ridiculed . the idea of apprehending Forth , ami said he would carefully peruse the pamphlet Thus Skinner ' s arm , which lie wished to 6 tretch boyoud his jurisdiction , was stricken like Jeroboam ' s , and , on the next day , I taw him from the window of my prison , to the

      go Methodist meeting , of which he is a leading member , and where ' lie is in the habit of making "long prayers . "' My father had requested a friend of his , a Quaker , to bail me ; ho camo , butfaid-I must be responsible fonnysplf . Howoyer , ho afterwards wrote to my father , but with so many provisoes , that my rather came to Stockton himself . In the meantime , several of my . Cliartist friends had been allowed to visit mo ; they very fcimily . offered to get anything , or to do anything for me that I wantcil , and souued wishful to shave my fate . My father had bxn advisod not to bail me , as the bail was deemed excessive , and I felt too ju dignans nfthe conduct of the magistrates to give bail to them . ( To be continued . )

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      NARRATIVE OE THE IMPRISONMENT OF JOHN WATKINS . ' : ( No . 2 . ) .. ; On Saturday , ? lst Sept ., 1839 , the magistrates who had signed the warrant for my apprehension , namely Marshal Fowler , Esq ., the Rev . "John Brewster , jun tho Rev . James Allen Park , arid William Skinner , jun ' Esq . came to the . prison , und .-l -was brought before them . It ; , was a . Star Chamber . commission . No one . was present except the officials and their friends the specials-and pot - police ; several of them were in plain - clothes . I thought these were workiug men to whom I might , look for sympathy , little imagining that they were wolves in sheep ' s clothing . I could not forbear smiling'in scorn at sight of " Those . lazy . owls who ( perch'd on fortune ' s ton ) ' Sit ouly -watchful , with tlieir heavy wings To cuffdown . new fledged virtues , thatwm ' ld rise To nobler heights , and make the grove harmonious

      ¦ -. ;• .- ;¦ " ,. . . Otway . Shakspeare's happiest sallies are at the expense of iustices and constables , who , J . " Drest . in a little brief authority , '" . Play such fantastic tricks before high heaven ' As make the angels woep and—mortals laugh . " Hfedersoii , . the officer who had apprehended , ne , and who now appeared- m full unform as a witness against me , deposed , that , having hear d-a- Chartist meeting ZtfJfeffi \ V !? 1-r °° - *

      jinrougtt , tne winaows , which were optn . That thev were . afterwards shut , and he concluded that -1 had -towered ^ ny voi « , fdr be could not then hear so well 1 ' hat he . dnl not hear mo advise the people to arm bu he heard me say- .. Live for it-die for it Fight for ithkeherocB-dle fnr . itlike martyrs . " That ' hesS S other officer to note down the words , andvappSfor p . warrant for my apprehension . That he took me in custody at Aislaby . That I maK SfficTbS JsasSi ^ ssSI fWnsssiftK'fsasS hired spies and . confessed , eaves-dropners was a \\ «^ t Z : V * - ? -- * 3 uStaS ? 2 did not enter the room incfa < M " „ * ¦• 1 under the window . He 4 ? ied £ & h ° cou& as well outside . And yet . he had declared ttS ^ spoke so low ^ as on y to be heard by those aroundS * but he MBBSBtBB that he could give abetL reSon tnthat S Z ™^' W » M . he had applied for admisaioT but , had been relused , though afterwardsi h « i « X invited I asked him why le di ? SvaKmseU o " thoflmtehon . He resorted to his former . answef and fi ? , . befa ^ e liecoul d hear as welloutddk JZ 11

      itwas ong after the windows had beei dosedjhat the worJs m question were uttered . ¦ ¦ ™ I was , now asked if I wished to say anythine for myself , and cautioned that what I said V Si ! put down against me . I had been dragged from home , from my native place _ into another county , and was among strangers ^ who had deprived me of ray liberty , who would not let a friend come near mo , and who thirsted , for my blood j for Henderson had told , me , that if the Tories had been in power I should have been charged *! th high trejisou . I saw that the magistrates were \ prejudiced , and tiiat the witnesses artfully excited their

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      The Secretary expressed his strong disapproval of ' tho conduct of those by whoso order tUo police wero present on this and other previous occasions . Ha strongly objected to such a practice : it ou ^ ht to be at once and firmly resisted . Ho taw no protection for his Uuiue if tbia were permitted . As well might the police aemand to bo present in tho midst of his family and friends in his own . private dwelling , as to be tucro tlr . 8 evening . He believed it was done to annoy and insult them , and if permitted to pass without a strong and decided expression of thoir abhorrence , accompanied by the adoption of every proper means to prevent its recurrence , every day as it passed would leave them in a worse and more degraded condition . Ho folt this to bo a- deep insult and injury to himself and to the committee , and to working men generally , ani would give bis support to any resolution expressivo of their strong dislike to the intrusion of policemen into their company . « -o . _ .- ,. „„ ..: ,, __ -.-.,...

      Tho resolution was carried unanimously , aud the policemen thereupon left the room . Mr . H . Mitch km * gave notice of his intention , on tho next meeting niiht , to move the adoption of a petition to Parliament , stating tlieir alMrwnee of tho introduction of policemen amongst them , ami their desire to be free from the annoyance in future . The folluwin ? resolution , after an animated discussion , in -which many < -f the members joined , having ) c « n moved by Mr . Mooke , . and seconded by Mr . Mitchell , was unanimously adopted :- ^ " That this Committee , feeling apprehensive , in consequence of tho repeated intrusion of policemen upon its meetings , that unfair means will bo resorted to foE tho purposo of causing them to appear : to bo illegal , do instruct the Chairman to-strictly admonish all its membors not to have about tin ir persons anything that may be construed to bu an offensive weapon ; and if any person shall , after such admonition , be observed to possess any such , he shall lo immediately . expellcdfroni the committee . "

      On tho previous night of meeting , a deputation waa appointed to wait on the Marquis of Nonnanby , to represent tho Committees view on the subject of the introduction of police spivs among tluon . ' and a letter , signed by the Secretory , has beon sent to that most ' noblo individual , requesting him to appoint a time for > he reception of the deputation , but no answer has ye 6 been reeoived . ¦ On the first appearance of the police among us , they came in plain clothes , and had the appcarauco of decent men ; but , on being stsked thoir names , a practice wh' . ch should be adopted on all similar occasiens , and refusing to give them , they were requested to withdraw , which thoy accordingly did . A Sub-committee is appointed to draw up a concisepetition in favour of the three Welsh martyrs , and to report to the committee on the means and expediency of immediately commencing a series of public meetings in the metropolis on thi-h-behalf . The meeting was then adjoured to next Tuesday , at half-past seven .

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      MEETING OF THE FROST COMMITTEE . The usual weekly meting of this body took place on the evening of Tuesday , April 7 th , at tho Ar . indel Coftee House . Straml , London ; and as tho Committee are desirous of placing themstlves in as clqsa and intimate a connection with tin people of , all parts of the country as possible , it is hoped that Secretaries of Associations ; and all persons desirous of affording assistance to the object of tho Committee , ( which is the restoration , to liberty of Messrs . Frost , Williams , and Jones ; and the vindication of the law so grossly violated in their persons , j will make a record of the Committee ' s place . of meeting , in order to facilitate correspondence , and ensure its arrival at its proper des tination . ¦

      _ bpies and traitors , and the enemies of right and justice , and even of law , are autivo and insidious ; and it behoves tho people to surround themselves with every safeguard , hvonler to defeat , their infernal machinations . The occurrences about to be related afford ample proof of the necessity of caution , and at the same time must enforce upon the minds of the people the lndispensiblo duty of doubling aud trebling their exertions by all legal means , to free themselves from the indignities and insults under whiclr they now labour . . , . -ujgfii ; . * . The apartment in which the Gotumitte £ Ibt is a well-furmshed private dwelling room , andisronted of the respectable occupier of the house by thoCommitteo . At all other , times it is occupied as a sitting room by the landlord ' s family . It is , thorofore , in every respect a private apartment ; and tho intrusion of policemen into sucb a place is a gross and most unjustifiable insult to a body of upright men , seeking by peaceful and constitutional means to accomplish a just and lawful object

      Mr . Farrer having been called to the chair , the Secretary read tho minutes of the previous meeting and several Utters received since , and the Committee were proceeding with ihe businesi of the night when two polieemen entered , demanding to know if the Committee had any objection to tlieir presence ; upon which several members rose at once under feelings of indignation at the insult tt . us offered them , expressing their abhorrence . of such proceedings and their determination not voluutarily to submit to them Mr . RiciunD Moore rose to submit a resolution , remarking that the intrusion . " of policemen into such a meeting as tho present , wasa circumstunce

      -, unprece dented in his experience of public business . ' That tho parties who in so cowardly a manner had put this insult on them , would not have treated a body of weaHhy men , assembledfor wliatever object . in asimilar way . He felt convinced , and was fully persuaded that it was intended as a public insult to working men whote meetings v ^ eve sought to be put down , and whose " growiiij-mtelligence was becoming daily more inconvenient and hateful to the tyrannical and . treacherous enemies of public freedom . He had no desire to concealh . s very strong aversion and opposition to such conduct . on the part of the Government , sndhotherefore < im > ved , ' < That this committee luvH Sw

      objection to the presence of policemen in the room dunngthe Committee ' soccupation of if If , said Mr . Moore , the . Government desire to become acquainted with the proceedings . of this Committee , let them send an authorised and respectable individual : capable of correctly reporting them j then might we have a chance of being properly represented , but from policemen I expect nothing but calumny ami misrepresentation . The resolution was seconded by Mr . Henry Mitchell , who expressed similar vi- ^ vs . Mr . Thomas MOOKE said that though he felt that t

      hose under . whose direction the policemen acted on this occasion merited the detestation and contempt of every honest man , yet such was the degradation of character which was associated with" hia idea of a policeman ,, that , if ho wanted a mouthful of bread to sustain life , ho would rather iicg from door to door , to procure , it , than submit to tho baseness—the absolute vileness-that mixed itself up with the character and occupation of a police spy . A man must bo dead to all honourable and manly feeling before lie could become so abjectly base as to get a livingby such an abominable means .

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      Mullet . —Tuesday evening 2 , 100 remarkably fine silver mullet wero caught by the Bognor fisliermen and sold at four or five for one shilling . —Sussex Advertiser . Both Houses of Parliament have adjourned for a fortnight . The only business which excited interest since our last was , the division on Sir J . Graham ' s vote of censure on Ministers , which was lost by a majority of nine only . ; It is currently reported in certain circles , likely to be well informed on the subject , that Lord Abinger will shortly retire from the judicial bench , and that his place will bo occupied by Lord Brougham . Caution to Brickmakebs . —Last week , at Wednesbury , a brickmafcor was fined , £ 50 , and his bricks , amounting to £ 2 b ' , 000 , forfeited , for having removed them to the kiln before they had been charged with the duty . Another briekmaker , for a similar offence , was fined in the mitigated penalty ot £ 12 10 s .

      Pembroke . The establishment , of the Royal Dockyard is to bo considerably augmented . An order was received during the last week for tha entry of upwards of 100 workmen and apprentices of different classes , which will make the total number to be permanently employed about 700 . — Cambrian . The Paris and Marseilles Mail . was upset a few nights sinco between St . Gerand-le-puy and Varennes-sur-AlHer , as it was going down a steep hill . One of the horses was killed on tho spot ; but neithor the postilion nor any of the persons in the vehicle wero injured . ; - . The Earl of Shrewsbury ia about to present to the Pope a dinner service and china vase of the most splendid description . —Glob » ( ministerial paper . )—A dinner service to the Pope , who always dines alone , need not be eithev a long or expensive one . —Bull . i

      We hear—but we find it difficult to credit the information—that Dr . Lardner has a daughter , fifteen or sixteen years old , living under the same roof afc Paris with himself aud the unhappy companion of his flight ! He states , we are told , that he has been obliged to give up his Encyclopaedia , which produced him £ 2 , 000 a year , but that lie considers this a small sacrifice . ; We learn that tho county constabulary , in consequence of tho number and atrocity of the recent outrages , are to be increased by ono hundred men . So much in proof of the boasted tranquillity ! Already have four constables and nineteen sub-constables been ordered hither from Longford . —Limerick Standard . > .

      Mr . W . S . POYNTZ , FORMERLY M . P . KOR MlDhurst , expired suddenly at his houso at Hampton Court , at his dinner , on the 8 th of'April , with convulsive movements of the face and hands , theconsequence of a want of power in the heart to continue to carry on the circulation . Church Rates . —Many of the summonses served upon individuals , for the payment of church rates ,, have been pasted on the windows of their houses . Yesterday several warrants of distress against the goods of St . Martin ' s church-rate recusants , were applied for at the Exchange . —Leicester Chronicle . Yeovil . —Mr . Thomas Sydenham , of this town , on taking down an old house in South-street , the date of the erection of which was 1596 , has met with a god-send of considerable amount , a * a tolerable good sum has been found concealed in the walls , which wo have been assured will largely contribute towards its re-crection . —Exeter Post .

      A Sermon Encored ! -The parishioners of St . Andrew ' s church , Droitwich , wero so much affected by a sermon preached by the Rev . J . Topham , on . Sunday week , that they sent a request to the revorend gentleman to preach the same sermon again last Sunday . This is surely the triumph of preaching . — Worcester Clironicle . The public executioner of Carcassonne has given in his resignation , in order that he may not have to perform the last office of the law unon four

      men who have been recently condemned to death . It appears that the public executioner had almost forgotten the duties of his post , as there had not been a condemnation to death by tbo Court of Assize of the department for fourteen years . Execution at York . —At noon on Saturday , James BarJsley , who was convicted on his own confession at tho last Yorkshire Assizes , of the wilful murder of his own father at Quick , in the West Riding , expiated his crime by a violent and untimely death on the scaffold ;

      Incendiary Fires in and near Exeter . —Letters have been found in the Btrefitsdf Exeter , threatening the inhabitants of that city with ihe calamity which has just befallen those of Tivertdn and Dor * Chester ; and on Tuesday , some thatched stables were set on firo ; then'the' tithe barn in St . Inomasswas fired and destroyed ; then a house in Alplungton-street , burst into flames f a fire has also taken place at llockbeare .

      Shameful Bribery at the Ludlow Election . — ihe Ludlow election inquiry , now in progress , has disclosed scenes of profligacy equal to anything which the worst times of Tory delinquency ever exceeded . The agents and their practices were worthy of each , othor . It was proYed ; , in evidence , that sums , from £ 250 to £ 500 had been offered by the Tory , or Clive , agents for votes ! ^ A Destruc tive Fire broke out at midnight , on the 7 th inst , in tho hospital of Besaw- 'on . The a was immediately given , and from the assistance aiiorded , the flameB were got under by four in the morning . AH the patients were removed in safety , with the exception of one woman , who was killed by part of the ruins falling on her .

      Suicide . —On Friday , Mrs . Mitchell . shot herself with a pistol , whilst on a visit to Mrs . Wilkinson , of Spring-gardens , and died almost , immediately . The exaot cause of this rash act has not transpired ; bat our loaders will recollect that , some months since , this unhappy individual fired a pistol at her husband , in sport , not knowiDg it to be loaded , and Mr . Mitchell died on-the spot , a ball having passed through his h&at .-HullPacket . ' : " > A Bavarian Mechanician , named Unterholzer . who has invented an apparatus for flying , has proposed to the Minister of the Interior to makeapublifc exhibition of his system in the Champs Elvsdes on the King ' s fete of 1 st of May . He pretends that lie can , with his apparatus , raise himself to any heiehfc he pleases , take any direction in the afr , and lower himself with more or less rapidity it will .-Ca iioncmt . ' : ¦ 1 ! '

      The Whig Opium Wak .-A majority of nine on w ™ I ^ oa ^ on . «» a house of 533 members , would baro been fatal to the ejiatence of any preceding Administration ; and it argues a wnUmpt of thl opmion of Parliament , and a , degree oSurancS never equalled , to perseyere . inpli 5 . giug the bounto into war on the strength of such a yotl MinisS dare not ask for a vote approving of their policy , anymore than they could hayo . venturid to ^ meet Sir John Buller ' s motion with a tejwfutibubf "confidence . " -SD « rfafor . " - ... , i

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      t TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . joint Stock banking . '' ¦ : : letter viii . ' Sir , —The following copy of a placard posted upon the walls of Manchester will serve to illustrate tho facts I have detailed in my previous letters 'Native to the system of Joint Stock Banks . To avoid '' future trouble , I would adviso tho names of the persons con-• corned to be left out : truth , in these times , being declared libellous by the law authorities of the realm . The . placard is headed . ' . 'Imperial Bank . " Who have been the cJiief cause of the failure of the imperial Bank ? TheundermontionedpersonswhoBa-vereceived the sums attached to their names , and whoowc it to the Bank , can no doubt answer this important question ¦

      . A . B . w vwi £ 25 , 000 C . D . E . . « . « . 20 , 000 P . G . ^ ^ 18 , 000 H . T . ^ ' . « .- 10 , 000 J . K . ^ ^ 10 , 000 I . M . ^ . **» . ' 7 j 000 . ' - ¦ . ' ' 1 . N > 0 < * ~ * ~ 4 , 000 ' - - P . Q . ' . u . ' - w 3 , 000 1 If these individuals have been allowed by law to strip the Bank o ! such enormous sums of money , it is very evident that justice has been blinded at the time ..

      These are no doubt facts . Hereris a band of . " Imperial" speculators wh 6 towebeen " a < XQmiwluted " by the Bank , to the amount of £ 97 , 000 , i \ e . they ' have byjrt driving a rounng ' 'trMe ; " they being ' chiefly men of straw , tlie bills returned upon the Bani on which they were drawn ; the natural consequence was , that tlio " subscribed capital" | Fudge ) was not ready to meet them , therefore , tho Bank stopped payment ( vulgo , broke . ) s TMs caused a host of insolvencies and bankruptcies , and nuniy ' men's affairs , to all appearances affluent in circumstances , are now in the hands of the lawyers in consequence of these vile and shameful transactions . :

      let the readers of the letters IV . and V ., on Banking &C in your journal , turn over-thtir file of papers , and read those Utters again ; then pause to digest thb abovefaets as corroborative of what I have statoil , and if they are not convinced tbat Banks and Banking produce mischief ana misery , fraud -and oppression , then there is no reason , I ' can produce , will remove their prejudice . . ¦ R . J ?' Richardson . Salford , April 4 th , 1840 .

      Miscellaneous Mews.

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      ¦ - : v . ' '¦ L ¦ '¦ * ., '¦•¦ > ' £ i -= ^ -- _ _ THE NORTHERN STAB . * ' V ¦

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 18, 1840, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2680/page/3/