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——~ - - . ; - CHAIiENGE TO CUBE BUSSfSNESS . "RifS . BAXTEa , of Bolion , who has restored to niUBeMffljajy individuals , ms-ny of whoin have ^ be en blind / or a number of yeaw . and pledges himself to , cure tne Ophthalmia , or Mammatious , Films , beams , Specks , &c Atnaurosa , Dim-iess of SiaUt , K'SStoKt ' blee ( Hn & sewn . issues , or auy Cataract * Uannot cure , as I cake no use of an Instrument to any Eye . la cases of Araauross , I can tell if there be auy hopes the first application uulmake to the Eye , aud I will not learn anv patient longer than one hour . CHAIiENGE TO CUBE B&I 3 JS 3 IESS . 1 TH . BAXTPq . nf Bolt ™ ^ h »~ * * j * .- . iwl-h pAA . ibtt . ot iJolron , wno has restored to
it 1 ^ ' l ail 3 Wer * ° tne numerous letters received , * lr . B . respectfnll y informs his poor country friends tnaswnerea pmorial interview is impracticable , a letter pre-paia , enclosing a reaiiUimce oi one pound , arid minutely describing their case , and how they Save been treated , shall have medicines back by retain , with every directions for use to any part . Domestic Materia Medica Eye Medicines for the cure of the above diseases . Mr . B . mny be consulted Daily at his horao , Br idijeman ' d Mace , near to Coekerhill Spriug , Bolton , Lancashire , until Easter Tuesday , this 2 lsi day of April ; and then he will aisit rhe principal towns of Cheshire , Derby , and Staffordshire . Tse places of Residence Tviii be stated in this Paper , aud in Kaivd-biils .
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TpHE remarkable properties of Medicines have X engaged the attention of mankind in all ages , and to the sagacity , industry , and good fortune of inquirers , the world is indebted for many valuable -discoveries . Among these are some which have maintained their chum to distinction for along period of time , and have commanded approbation as real additions to the general stock . The CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACDM lays « laimtothis distinction , as no remedy has hitherto been discovered which proves so generally beneficial in disorders of the nervous system and of the digestive organs .- In trembling of the limbs , palpitation « f the heart , vertigo , flautnlence , lownesa of spirits , and general debility , and in the symptoms of a cold .
tulions , and consumptive habit , its efficacy is very great . Whether used to give relief to those who have reason to repent an excessive indulgence of the passions or the habits of fashionable life , too great attention to business , or juvenile indiscretions that str ike at the root of health and vigour , it will be found an invaluable bracer and invigorant . Nothing perhaps weakens the mind so much as pernicious practices , which take possession of the whole mind aad attention , and prevent its votaries from following their respective vocations , by engrossing their ideas , even when they should be employed in devotion ot business ; rendering them stupid , dull , aud thoughtful , and destroying their vivacity cheerfulness , and health , by bringing on
consumption , aud all that dreadful tram of complaints which make them timid , whimsical , and ridiculous . Such as these , under Divine Influence , the Cordial Balh of Siriacum will restore to the enjoyment of all tha comforts of life . It is universally admired , being pleasant to the taste and smell , gently astringes the fibres of the stomach , and gives that proper tensity which a good digestion requires . As nothing can be better adapted to help and nourish the constitution , so there is nothing more generally acknowledged to be peculiarly efficacious in all inward wasting ^ loss of appetite * indigestion , depression of spirits , trembling or shakiag of tha hands or limbs , obstinate coughs , shortness of breath , or consumptive habits . It possesses wonderful efficacy
hi all nervous disorders , fits , head-aches , weaknesses , heaviness and lowness of spirits , dimness of « ght , confused thought , wandering of the mind , Tapoura and melancholy , and all kinds of . hysteric complaints are gradually removed by its use . In aeknes of the stomach , flautulencies , or obstructions , it i 3 safe and powerful ; and as a purifier of the . blood , it has not its equal in the world ! Thi 3 Bal-¦ sarnie Cordial may be justly enumerated amongst the foremost of those happy discoveries which medioal research has procured as the blessings of the fcuman race , and greatest counteractive to human misery : thousands at this moment in the United Kingdom , live to praise the day they fiwt made trial of this Restorative . This Cordial is highly esteemed in the East and West Indies , for nourishing and invigorating the nervous system , and acting as a general restorative < m debilitated constitutions , arising from bilious complaints contracted in hot climates . The studious
as well as the sedentary part of the community , should never be without the Cordial Balm of Syria-« um ,-which removes diseases in the head , invigorates the mind , improves the memory , and enlivens the imagination . Those who nave long resided in hot climates , and are languid and relaxed in their whole system , may take this Medicine with the happiest effects ; and persons going Abroad cannot store a more important article ofhealth and life . In Bottles aElls ^ or four quantities in one family bottle for 33 * duty included , whereby ono Us . bottle is saveS . Sold by all Medicine Tenders in fids Town ; also , every other Town and City throughout the United Kingdom , Amer ica , and the Continent of Europe . Prepared only by Messrs . Perry and Co ., Surgeons , No . 4 , Great Charles-street , Birmingham , and 23 , Slater-street , Liverpool . @r Observe . —None are Genuine without the Signature of
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BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS : Cure of' Wieumaiism of Forty fears standing ) at Malmsbury , mUs . To Mr . Prout , 229 , Strand , London . SIR , —I feel that I am performing a duty , to acknowledge publicly the very great benefit which 1 have derived from-takingBLAlR ' S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS , after having been afflicted with Rheumatism in my left hip , thigh , shoulders , head , and arms for . forty years—for a . long period the pain was so great that I frequently started up
m bed—in fact , tor seven years before taking Blair ' s Pills I had little or no restniglitor day , although I had the best medical advice , both in and out of the army . I now am happy to say that I am free from this painful disease , and have been SO for three months . These Pills -were recommended to me by my brother in Bath , who has been cured by them of Gout and Rheumatism of long standing , and advised me to lose no time in applying for them to your Agent , Mr . Walker , druggist , Malmsbury which I did , and after taking five boxes am completely cured . Witness my hand this 22 nd Feb . 1838 .
HENRY WILKINSON , Upwards of Seventeen Years of the Royal Marines . Mr . Walker , chemist , Malnwbnry , will testify respecting the authenticity of this letter . The above is another proof of the great efficacy of this excellent Medicine , which has called forth the grateful thanks and approbation of all classes of society . From many of the highest branches of the nobility to the poorest peasant , they have happily been the means of giving a degree of health and comfort , which in most cases hare not been enjoyed for years ; they effectually relieve the most acute fit of Gout in a few hours , and seldom fail to enable the patient to resume his usual avocation in two or three days , and if taken on the first symptoms , the patient is frequently left in doubt as to the reality of the attack . And there is anothor most important effect belonging to this medicine—that it prevents the disease flying to the brain , stomach , or other vital par t . .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE CHAMPION . " Thrice he is armed that hath bis quarrel just , And he but naked thoughlockod up in steel , WLose conscience with injustice is corrupted . " Sir , —In your paper of Sunday , April 5 th , appeared a paragraph from the Morning Past respecting the Chartist trials at tlielate Warwick Assizes , to which was appended certain comments of your own , the meaning of which no man , having common sense , could possibly mistake ; the intent being to prejudice the working classes against me , and lead them to believe that I hatl escaped imprisonment because of my being a Government spy , and traitor to the cause of the people .
I was net aware of the publication of tl ; e atrocious calumny thus basely insinuated until Friday evening last , -when my attention was called to it by a friend , too late then to 1 » noticed last -week ; the next morning ( Saturday ) I found that your precious bantling had been , taken under tUo protection of your old / newd the Editor of the Kortliern Star . Tuisaiust Uavebeento you highly gratifying , seeing that tho miserable sale of the Champion rendered comparatively harmless the poison of your own peu until circulated by the Star . " Wonders will never cease ; " and aa I perceive the coquetting that is now going on in a certain quarter , may I bo allowed to ask whether . the sacrifice of so hnmblo an individual as Julian Harney has been decided upon as necessary to the consummation of the newly projected 'holy alliance ?"
Now to business . The pivragraph from tho Morning Post thus concludes : — " In the cases of Julian Harney and Henry Wilie 3 , whose trials had bt-en . postponed , no evidence was ofioKd , itlming been agreed that if , in the interim , they conducted themselves properly , they should l > e acquitted . " The Post says not wao . werc the parties to the above agreement , whether it was the "Whigs -with each other , -whether it was tho Whigs . and the Morning Pest deponent sayethnot . I can tell . you who the agreement was SOT made with , and that is Julian Harney —{ with Mr . Wilkes I have nothing to do ) , and I defy all the quill-drivera , Tory , Whig , aud sham-Radical , to show that any such agreement ever existed .
what are the facts of the case . The charge against me was , tLat at a meeting held at Holloway Head , the 14 th of May , 1839 , 1 should have said in tue . course of a speech there and then delivered , that " a petition in one band , - and a niU 3 kcf in the other wasthe ' way to bring them to tbeir semes . " For this , I wa 3 arrested in the deal hour of night by five policeinen—torn from a bed of sickness , au *! dtagged upwards of two hundred miles to auswerthis trumpery charge ; upon my examination I called no less than six -witnesses , who made oath that I did not give utterance to the above words , sworn to by Jenkins , the LondonPolice Spy . The effect of the counter evidence was what might have been naturally expected . The charge against me was
contemptible iu the extreme , as svrom to by Jenkins , but became worse than contemptible after the evidence produced on my part . The magistrates found themselves in the position of the Irishman who had a vast deal of trouble to catch his herse , and when caught was found good for nothing . Yet I was held to bail to arawerthe charge at the assizes . I verily believe I was Eoboaud over , not because the Solons on tho bench believed me to be guilty of the alleged offence , but because it having cost > about £ 20 to capture me , they were resolved , if possible , to have something for their money : T « flEg unwilling ' to confess themselves the arrant fools , their doings in my case had shown them to be .
At the Summer Assizes commencing the 27 th of August last , I exercised my right of traversing my ttlal to the Assizesfollowing . I traversed because I sawthat there was no possible chance of a fair trial at a time immediately subsequent to the " riots" and burnings in tho Butt Ring ; this is some proof , Mr . Champion , that I did not know I was " safe . " Upon this occasion , not having my sureties ready in Court , I was committed to the county prison , where I remained eight days before my bail was accented Neither at the bar , in the ^ aol
or at any other place or tune , was there anything said to me about " good behaviour ,, conducting myself properly , " or any such like , which you seem most anxious to mate the people believe ; had Bnch an ap-cement been proposed to me , the offer would have been spumed iu the manner which such a base proposition would have deserved to have teen . " ¦ ,:.-Since then how have 1 " conductod " myself ? I have sox " ostentatiously * held myself out to prosecution , neither Lava I ( unlike a certain person whom yon are Mimate ly acquainted with , Mr . Champion-) traitor-like .
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shrunk from the continued advocacy of . the rights of the people . I have noitner played the bravo or the coward ; but , nqt turning to the right hand or the j left , have continued to ^ domybeat to hasten the period of my country ' s redemption . When called on at the late Assizes , the prosecutor stated it was not his intention to call evidence against me . Tho-Jury , as a matter of conrse , returned a verdict of acquittal , and I was discharged . When the contemptiblo nature of thei charge and the sort of evidenco to support it is considered—when it is remembered that Jenkins took no notes of my speech , d that it ' ~~~ tounk from the continued atottcwy of . the rights of the reople . I have neither T . ii « oii tim
an -was not until about fifteen hours after its delivery that he wrote out his report , and that Six witnesses distinctly made oath that the words of any importance in his evidence were false and not spoken by me ; no . wonder that the prosecutor declined to call evidence against me ; he had a very good reason ; he conlA vot . Besides I hear that Jenkins is at the present time laying dangerously ill , and could not therefore bo forthcoming at the late Warwick Assizes . I cannot vouch for this . I only hope it may be true , thinking of him as of any other villain , ( whether he be a lying polico spy , or a lying sliam-Badkal editor ) , that ho cannot go to the devil too soon .
I have entered into tho foregoing particulars not to satisfy you , but the pcoplo . Now for a few words on your commentary upon the paragraph from the Morning Post : — Speaking of my acquittal , you say , " We expected this . " Bid you , indeed , Mr . Champion * You are better acquainted tlieu with the secrets of the Whigs than I am . Had I possessed your information , I mieut havcsavea . niyseif the labour I was at to procure books , newspapers , &p ., and other preparations I had made for my defence . You proceed , " Those who recollect Hamey ' s conduct in the Convention will be at no loss to understand how it is that ho Inn recommended himself to the mercy of the Whigs . Of all tbe men who met in tb . 9 Conventiou , Harney was tho man who seemed
most ostentatiously to hold himself out to prosecution . He knew that he was safe . " Here , in a very few words , are a couple of lies to btfomiu , Mr . Champion . It is NOT true that I seemed to hold mysolf out to prosecution ; but it is . true that the clique -with whom tho Editor of the Champion was connected , did ; do their best to cause me to be prosecuted , by' misrepresenting my speeches , aud denouncing me to the Government . It is-sot true that I kuew I was safe j I [ thought myself anything but saga among men who would recklessly ohargo me with thc | e things they never attempted to prove . After asfcing . hovfl hive lately spent my time , you answer , "in travelling into Scotland , making such speeches as altirmed . the "( prua ' chce : of that thoughtful people , and , makc them ' ask who , he jivas , whoreha
came from , at whose , expense he was travelling , arid whoso business he was / doing . " Here are more lies , Mr . Champion . ; It bo happens that the only speech that created alarm , was ( as usual ) one made for me , by one of your worthy brethren of the broad sheet , the Editor of the Ayr Advertiser , a scoundrel Whig . That speech' was not only contradicted by myself in the Mw « cra , aridiSoatter « 5 'te »' , " butlike \ eisebythemenofAyr themselves . You seem not to know , Nr . Champion , thatit was the people of Scotland who invited me to then-country and who defrayed my expenses . After Btating that the charge foe ' secrit service money lias Tbeen increased four
thousand pounds last year , you add— " No wonder blood has been shed . No wonder the gaols are full . No wonder Harnoy has . been acquitted for his good behaviour . " In these few words no ene can mistake your diabolical meaning . Let mo ask , —Is . the honesty of a public mu to be tested by his going , ' or not going to a prison ! Poor Brown has long been denounced as a " apy . " Now that he is imprisoned for eighteen months , I presume his enemies will allow him to be an honest man But if this is to be the rule , then , God help you , Mr . Champion , and others , too , who might be named , who have ( to say the least ) made as violent speeches as any delivered by Julian Harney .
In answer to yourtalk about gaols being full , and blood being shed , I can say that my conduct , through out the whole of the Chartist agitation , has been open and above board . I have proclaimed the rights of the people , and honestly avowed my own opinions as to the means by which those rights were to be won ; but I have always denounced and opposed secret meetings , and secret societies—often , too , at the risk of forfeiting popular favour and popular applause . Let the proceedings at Newport ^ Sheffield , and Bradford , bo reviewed ; and let the . victims , their families , or friends , say whethor I have hafl fought to do , directly or indirectly ,-with those unfortunate and lamentable doings . I defy you to show anything of the sort . While you wonld infamously inducejtUo people * to look upoame as a paid traitor , what is jny-present situation . ? But for the kindness of my Scottish friends , I should bive had to have walked to JVih-Bick , and begged my way the
on road . At the presAt . time I could not exist but for the help of my Birmingham friends . But , ah ! you know that . You knowJ km poor , and you think I am powerless ; you know niyjbnly friends are of the working class , and those you Would fain deprive me of j but . by the help of God , that you shall not do . I will convince you that I am not so powerless as you iuiaeine me to be . " ' (¦ ¦ ' •¦ I repeat that tho meaning of your , biso attack is to lead the people to believo that I hOT | eacaped imprison ' raent , because of my beiug ; a 0 y . moment ; spy , aid traitor to their . cause . You have basely irisiniiated this behind the aasassin ehfok " -of . yoii ^ . editonal " we . " Fling aside that cloak ; M-ussee who ^ and wnat you are . There shall be no flinching on my part ' : see . fcbat there is none on yours . Put your name to your statements , and VROYEtftat I-. dim a traitor ; . ot : stand con victed— A ^ OWAKD and A SLANDERER . : I am , ilr . Champion , Not your obedient humble sorvant , But the contmry , . George Julian Hahnet . Birmingham , April 13 , 1840 . .
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ADDRESS TO THE MALE AND FEMALE CHARTIST ASSOCIATIONS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND , From the Dumfries and' Afaxuielll < swn Universal Suffrage Association , proposed by Mr . Thomas Johnston , seconded by Mr . James M'Night , and unanimusly agreed to at a public meeting of their body , held on the 3 rd of March , 1840 . . Oppressed Sisters and Brothers , —In common witli you , -we feel the degradation of being slaves . We feel , amid the abundance- raised by our own hands , the pains of grinding poverty .. We suffor tho pangs of disappointed hopes , aud grieve for . the generous frituids who are suffering persecution because they sought to rescue their country from ruin , and their brethren from oppression and living death .
We are still , however , full of hope ; experience haa only taught us our errors and short co « unga . We are still determined ; our cause , is sacred , and rendered nipre so by the virtue of those who have suffered in its bebalf ; and we are still resolved , and that quickly , to emancipate ourselves and our children from slavery , and to bo no longer hewers of wood and drawers of water to au uselessj vile , and vicious aristocracy . But to this end , something must be dono to serve as a rallying point , and to gather all into a mighty and irresist ible band of zealous patriots . With this object , we now submit our views on this momentous subject .
While we admit the truth of the vital ' maxims , that " Union is " strength "^ -that " Knowledge is power , " and that " Emulation is the main spring of human action , " it must bo farther admitted that those maxims haye not yet been brought sufficiently to bear on the agitation -which so deeply affects tho weal or woo of tkQ working millions of Great Britain and Ireland ; It must be admitted further—Firstly—Tbat the public discussion of the question of moral and physical force has prevented more general union , and that unseemly feelings among leaders have produced disunion in many sections , from the Convention to the village circle , neither to the honour of the parties nor the good of the came . Secondly—^ That , instead of discussing important subjects , tho fiine of Societies is generally wasted on trivia ! matters , and gathering the ' weekly collections . .
Thirdly—That though much money be spent in . advertising meetings , yet , in numerous cases , these meetings pasa without their having been even heard of by many of the most zealous members Fourthly—That , except the leaders , the great mass of eich Society is not affected uot acted upon by the great spring of emulation . ¦ . Fifthly—That the politfcnl lecturers havo encountered great obloquy , risk , and toil , and suffered much persecution , still hundreds of parishes , are yet unvisited ; and the speeches tend toexcite ^ rather than
instruct , and to create only a transient impression , whilo the Chartist press , talented aud zealous though it be , is dedicated chiefly to the topics of Uie day , aru \ though it may cost tho people from £ 1 , 000 to £ 2 , 000 per weefc , yet the facts , principles , anil grievances set forth , are so widoly scattered , that they oscape notice or ate forgotten , and thiot-fouiths of tho working classes , through lack of means , time , or inclination , will neither search nor read , much less purchase Chartist newspapers ; while the middle classes , tltfOUgaBtll pid jjemraJty , - will not even touch them .
To obviate these great evil 3 , arid to bring tho aforesaid maxims into full operation , tho following are anxiously submitted to your consideration : — I . That each Association , if below a- hundred , subdivide itself Into sections of fivo each , and a collector ; if above a hundred , into sections of ten each , ami a collector . . , That each collector be appointed at and by . a general meeting , and entered iu the minutes ; and . his men should work or reside as nenr him as possible , thus each collector would be able to tost what sort of men ho had , and they to test him in return ; -while he . could easily summon them or instmct them , or gather subscriptions from them , thus exciting tho spirit of emulation , aud facilitating tho accomplishment of our ultimate , ohjects , besides saving much trouble at the wcol-ly meetings . . . ¦¦
That each . collector shall exert himself to increase the number of his awn , and when it is doubled , he shall report the fact to the weakly mctting , anil nominate a sub-collector , to whom he shall give a half of bis men , all of which to be entered iu tha miautes .
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^ i ! Fha ^ 6 yery , /| W collectors shall appoint a guardian , and ih'daseyjpii glaruiflns'bo more than five , the guardians , 8 uaU anointi . a convener . , Thafcin the flrsV ^ ase . ^ ny . guardian may call a ineet ; ; ing of collectors ; and a quorum of guardians may . call a general or public meeting , but in the other case , the convener maydo all these . That in order to keep business regular , a Chairman bo appointed , who shall always take the chair , or in his absence a guardian , whom failing , a collector or subcollector . A secretary , treasurer , political and financial committee being , as at present , also appointed .:. ' ' That the honour and trouble may be shared , the office-bearers shall all resign and others be elected every two months , core being taken that none be chosen but tried oi well-known men . ¦ ¦¦ - - - ¦ ' .. OT ^ ery JW coUectors shall ap point a gu ardian , and iftV ^ sevthB rfSjiriUiin « - . lin mnra than flv * . the cunr .
That by a certain day a roll be mado up of the nanio , trade , and residence of all who shall have joined in this great struggle for liberty , so that they may be honoured hereafter , and if need be recompensed in sicknoss or old age . Finally , That each Association shall establish reading rooms , and do their utmost to support and circulate Chartist newspapers and tracts , so that the heartless doings of the oppressors may be exposed aud virtuous resistance excited more and more .
. ii . ¦ . ; .. - That a Convention , to sit in London , he appointed , consisting of two delegates for London , ' two for Glasgow , and one each for Edinburgh , Dublin , * Dundee , Kilmarnock , Birmingham , Manchester , Nottinguani , Newport , Newcastle , Leeds , Bolton , and Carlisle . That these dekgates shall bs appointed by the voice of the majority of the members enrolled of the respective Associations of these places , at a meeting called by handbill posted seven free days before the election . ¦ ¦ That each delegate shall be & resident of the place he represents , and shall produce , as his credentials , a copy of the said bill , and a certificate by the Chairman and clerk , that he is a resident of the place- and duly elected .
That the Convention shall forward three or more circulars to each Association , according to its size , containing the foregoing rule , and any other which they may add ; also a list of the Associations , and requesting that if any Association be omitted iu that list , or on any new Association being formed , its name aud number of members be transmitted to the Convention ; also that a list of questions , after the manner of'the hand-loom weavers'inquiry , be put as to the rate of wages and the price of provisions , past and preseht-r-the general state of every trade or class of artisans , seamen , soldiers , farm-servants , labourers , factory children , and female needle-workers ; also requesting them to point out all national or local grievances , any startling facts as to public institutions , the doings or salaries of public individuals or bodies , whether lay or clerical ; also the state of farmers and shopkeepers , and directing them to collect and transmit all such information to the Convention with all honesty and despatch . '
That m the meantima tho delegates shall each diligently sei about writing out a statement of all the gr ievances , national or local , of which he is aware . That on receipt of tho returns fcom the Associations they shall classify tho sanio , and thereafter condense all into a plain , familiar , and concise form interspersed with affecting anecdotes , to reliove and illustrate the work ; that added thereto , shall be a brief account of all the great revolutions , their causes , and tho reasens why they proved effective or abortive ; also an outline of Chartist right ^ nd objects ; also the birthplace name , and desigpion of all those who have suffered imprisonment forihe Chartiat cause . j That thus the national grievances will be brought into one great focus ., ; , . ' ^ . . .. . .. '! - Thit the excitement produces in the preparation of object , and the curjous . Tnlerestmg , and horrifying pubhcand personal facts ^ which it will disclose , will beyond doubt cause it . to be greedily sought after by all classes mall pnrt 3 of tho country .
That the same be stereotyped * and a number of copies forwarded to e ^ A 8 s 6 o iation # > 7 l th larg e and small handbills , to-l » : ^^ to " ^ ort ^^\ 0 jir- « lasse 8 during a month , at a certam ipde ^ ranj ^ ii ^ ftjar members of each Association , eliall g ^ in ^; eve 1 ^^ iish in the district to sell and distrib ute-theifi ^^^ f , so thi every locality , aad » U the victiioV | i ^ pires 3 ion , may bo supplied withthe aggravating and ' aDWingkuowledjje of tho wrongs under which the country groSSf Md " whereby the life-blood , of ; the ' people is drained by insatiable vampires . That each office-bearer , past and present , of each association , and each person who has or may yet distinguish himself in this great national struggle , shall ' . have a superior copy of the work , withacertiflcato . of bia name ; &c ., signed by tho chairman of the&Convention , so that he may presorvo the same , and transmit it as a precious heirloom to his posterity . :-, ' - . : . - ¦¦ .. ' * ; „ .. ,
. Finally , to ascertain whether the above lieets with the approval of the Chartists of Great Britain and-Ireland ; and if so , to enable the Convention to address and transmit the circular letters , that each association do without delay take the above into their most serious consideration , aud transmit a letter on or before the etitday of May next , approving or disapproving , and stating the number of its members « to the secretary of the , Glasgow Central ComuUttee , " which Committee shall ; bo hold as authorised : fd consider the same , and to wr ite to the several associations in London , 4 c . them
directing to appoint delegates , andi-fixf the time nud placo for their , meeting Iff London , U . trom the letters so to , bo received . the . plan hereinstated be adopted by a majority of the associations . That if these things be adopted and executed with fidelity and despatch , whioh the crying wrongs and distresses of the working millions so loudly call for , tho people will be prepared universally , and speedily to assume a united , well grountled , anil commanding attitude , will be prepared to seenro . the . Charter , the whole Chatter , and everylking with the Charier , to drive oppression and misery from the land , ami cause the hearts of all to rejoice in peace and plumy . John H . Bell , Chairman . James Kew , Secretary .
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* We grieyo exceedingly that from there being no associations in Irelaud , save that iu Dublin , we are forced to do seeming injustice to our : Irish brethren . We grieve also to think that some fatal influence has prevented them joining us in this struggle against the foiil oppression and rank injustice which have so long rode roughshod over the working millions of England , Ireland , and Scotland . Oh ! when will the working classes see that , divide and rule , ' set party against party , is the plan whereby tyrants are enabled to oppress anil insult , plunder and victimisa them ? How long will they submit to the influence and knavery of
kingcraft aud priestcraft , of aristocrats and middlemen , of tho lion and the jackall ? Long wore Englishmen and Scotsmen , by them , induced to murder each other—long -were Britons and Irishmen , so induced , to jruwder each othsr ; and oven now , when the eyes of Britons are opened to the nature of tho fiendish device , tbeir brethren in Ireland seem not to see it . We trust , however , that the scales will soon fall from their eyes , and that , ere long , the working millions of Ireland will join the working millions of Britain in an united brotherhood against their common enemies , and then , indeed , shalUherose , the thistie , ' and the shamrock flourish in beauty and harmony togother ., j . h . B .-j . k ;
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- « & & - » , . ; - ¦ ¦ NARRATIVE OF THE IMPRISONMENT OF JOHN W ATKINS . ( No . 3 . ) When I communicated to Hendorson my determination to go to Durham , rather tuau give bail to the Stockton magistrates , ho endeavoured to dissuade me from it , urging the disgrace that I should incur by going to gaol ; but I humbly . conceive the . disgrace ; was in th « st ! who had doomed me to such an alternative . Ho was evidently ashamed of the part ho had played , for there was someEnglishfetling in him , in spite of his un-English office . A quaker magistrate too , a benevolent old man who visited me ( I need not say he was not one of those-who 2 iad sat in judgment upoii me ) seemed-to sorrow ovfr mo as though' Ii-were" his own son . He likewise eonnseHsd me to submission to the «• powers that be , " but I was stung with their injustico and might have replied— .
"Let them pronounce the steep Tarpeian death , Vagabond esdle , flaying ; pent , to linger But with a grain a day , I would not buy : Their mercy at the price of one fair word ; Nor check my courage for what they can give , IE I might have it with saying gsod morrow . " My father weut with us . to Durham . Immediately on our arrival , the officer led the way to tho lofty and spacisus county gaol . We wore admitted—my height and weight was taken and entered with my name aud description in a book , and I was conducted to a
receiving room whtro I was searched , my . watch , &c . was taken from me and deposited . and I was locked in a coll up stairs . I had thsught , that as men are , presumed to bo innocent until found guilty ; T should have been allowed every indulgence compatible with ' my myaafo custody , in order to componsate ine . as much possible for the deprivation of my liberty but I was subjected to the rigours of a dose ' and solitary confinement . The turnkey thought that I should rue before morning . My father was grieved to leave ' me in such a place , and toldme not to let my spirits sink . I -aid he need not fear that
My cell was lofty and roomy-wit h two windows one opening to tho west where stands the minster , and the other looking town ' s the south , where the open country lies . It was furnished with an iron bedstead straw mattress and rug , a chair and a table ; The only ornament in it was a list of the daily dietary of the prison ; but I was allowed to bospeak ray own diet I was accommodated with a fire , a gas light , and tho use of my own clothes . The bare walls / stone floors , and grated windows , reminded me of the many privations Which an included in that groat one-tho loss of uberty .., Tho turnkey informed me that strict ordershad beou sent that I should be debanod . communication v « th the other prisoners . I hsA nothing to do , therefore , lint- to" commune with > uy own thoughts on imbed aud be still . " ¦ .. ¦ . •• v i ' ¦ - ¦ •; " . '• ¦" * There was a small iron door in the large iron door of uiy cell , through , which one of the turnkeys aami eci m
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my ; foo ( I , ^ There ^ was , likewise , a spy hole in it . I slept weir , and when I awoke next morning I heard somo ono ; complaining at the door that he could not see ine : I fouud this wm a Radical who had been imprisoned forreading a newspaper in public , and , having he liberty granted him of sweeping the passages , he md heard of my incarceration , and was anxious to hear if I could get him bailed . He was caught by ono ot-tlio turnkeys , and I believed was punished for thus speaking to me ; for I never saw him afterwards . A lad had been for a laudable ambition to learn his trado , and whose good conduct in the prison had occasioned Mm to be promoted as an assistant to the turnkeys , waitedupon me whenever he could steal an opportu-^ w" % f * W ~ * . mylJEboag ^ h ^ e waClikewiso , a spy hole in it . I awt ™ ir „ .- .. ! ,. , i .. » V i ......... l l .- _ - t ! . « . «»
^ m ^' t . i or this fellow-unfortunnte a friendship which those only iu my situation could feel . Tho heart is more forcibly the more singly it is attached . When evii-aispose d men aro jealous of tho well-disposed and prevent them from doing good by cutting them off from all communion with their fellows , they havo been mown to bestow their goodwill upon spiders . This knid-hearted lail was set at liberty before me , but he expressed a desire to remain in prison to serve me , and before he went , he bespoke tho services of another lad , one who hail been encaged for running away from ft hard master , with whom it would have been a sin to to . I may here * enwric ' * hat tno causes wlli <> b serve .. or the commitment ef the poor arein most cases .
, frivolous and unjust . There was a little boy who had been made a gaolbird by Fowler , for eating an apple which belonged to Skinner , and a man for exchanging some pottery for old ropo , although it is well known , that a fair exchange is no robbery . " I doubt not , that hadanmip artiaHnvcstigationbeen made , many others might have been adduced equally shameful . Thus °° ; . Justice in this ¦« favoured country" sport with tho liberties and characters of the subject , or rather , tne slave . The money expended in maintaing prisons and police , would educate all tho uneducated youths m Englaud , awl thus go far to romler prisons aud police unnecessary ; but Government loves these insignia of its power . ¦
At eight o ' clock in the morning , one of the turnkeys regularly let me out to attend divine worship in the chapel , where I had an opportunity of observing the very orderly behaviour of my fellow-prisoners-indeed , I never sat in a more decorous congregation . Whether this wasowing to the presence of the turnkeys , ono of whom sat in an elevated place to keep watch , while tha other officiated as clerk , and was also the schoolmuter of the prison , I will not pretend to say ; but the devout attention with which the culprits listened to tto exposition of the word and the hearty manner in which they repeated the responses was most exemplary , Thejmghng of their chains as those who wore irons Knelt and rose , and the uniform , grey coatameof the congregation had a singular effect . On many of their faces were depicted the ravages which prison wog , and want , and work , had combined to make . I was informed that the assembly had been Tecsntly disturbed by an individual ' who contradicted some assertion of the chaplain , by exclaiming aloud that Jesus Christ was a great Reformer . He was put into close confinement for this .
• The chaplain , a high Tory , visited « e after the service was over , and asked me what I had been committed for 1 I told him my politics differed from those of the Stockton magistrates . "Pooh ! " he exclaimed , taking a pinch of snuff , " there are no politics howyoung men excite one another . " Thus it is , the Tories , when out of office , say there are no politics . aud it is indeedtheyoung that entertaintheromantic ideaof Reform . There was a felonious nuisance in my cell which he ordered to be abated ; he likewise ordered me a bible and prayer-book , and , as he said I might not wish to have my reading confined to them , he lent mo Southey ' s Progress and Prospects of Society . There is much that is good in this book , with much that denotes the writer to be subject to those feara that are traitors . "And make us lose the gooa we oft might win Byle ^ rtng to attempt . "
However , estimable in privately , tbe amiable Southey has not set a good public " *| fflfc-When thegovernor next MM | | m 0 | he asked mo if my confinement had not raa . Wa , Tory of me . I replied that my convictions were the result of personal experienw , a . nd » 4 | hat my principles were now my best support- ^ therpmn be either a Whig or aToTy , I Mtuldbeneutxal—a Chartist or nothing . The Whigs Md ; deprived-me of liberty , but the-Torios would havo depmedMne ; 6 f life . Privation of books and writing materials would have been my greatest punishment , but since I had heen favoured with these , I had not been uncomfortable ; for so long as I had osaupation for my mind , I cared not for the confinement of my body .
" Thought is free , " and my cell was now my study . I Sad but to loseFalstaff ' s ideaof compulsion , and Sterne ' s : starling-- " 1 can't get out !" -to be happy . To be debarred from all outward resources and to > have no inward resourcos is to feel like the bird that dashes itself agamstits " wirydome . " No wonder , many unfortunate criminals catch the felon ' s fever and "fall to reprobation . " Habit reconciles them at last , but none but they , can know the value of tho smallost degrees of liberty which were neglected before they were lost As for myself , though constantly reminded of my situation by every every article in my cell which borethe branded impress of " Durham Gaol" upon it ; so that the very stones literally " prated of my whereabout s yet there seemed something unreal in the circumstance ; ot all events , I spent most of my time unconscious of it
• ¦¦ .. . " Stone walls do not a prison make , ' ' . Nor iron bars a cage : Minds , innocent aud quiet , take That for a hermitage . " Sometimes , however , I could not help , impatiently pacing my cell , and repeating to myself such passages as the following from the lament of Tasso -which I never appreciated nor understood so wott before : —
" feel I not wroth with those who placed me-here ? Who havo debased me in the minds of men , Debarring me the usage of my own , Blighting my life in best of its career , Branding my thoughts as things to shun and fear 3 Would I not pay them back these pauga again , And teach them inward sorrow's stifled ; groan 2 The struggle to be calm , the cold distress Which undermines our stoical success ?' No . '—still too proud to be vindictive , I Havepardon'd prince ^ insults , and would die . "
I was allowed to walk in a yard an hour each day when a friend visited me . I may here express my thanks to the governor , tho chaplain , the doctor , and the turnkeys of the gaol , who all treate d me as civilly as they durst ; bud most of all I thank the poorprisoners who were more humane to me and to each other than our prosecutors had been to us . There was one , a cripple , who frequently called at my door to cheer me and another who helped me to beguile the time by telling me stones about Ehlert , the Prussian mate , who had been confined m the cell immediately under mine Owen , or Stockton , - had occupied my coll a short wliile oefova My incarceration gave me the opportunity of liberating a Chartist prisoner who borrowed assistance * T « i . J "S ? afraid > from what I have since heard of him , that he did not deserve it
My father had promised to lay my case before the Marquis of Normauby , and to facilitate this purposo I wrote to the Marquis , and sent it to the governor for his permissive pass ; but he declined giving it , excusing himself , by saying , that the letter would not serve me . I saw that if I were debarred external correspondence , I should little advantage mysolf by laying helplessly in "durance vileV' Accordingly , I resolved to take the advise of the visiting justices who were to come next day . It so happened that Mr . Pemberton and Lord Teignmouth came on a visit of curiositythe same day . I was not much annoyed by visits of this description , and I to glad of this ; for there was nothing enviable in bemg shown like a lion by a turnkey , who , on opening tii ^ door , exclaimed , "There , that ' s Mr . Wstkins /';; : On stating my case , I was advised to give bail , as my : first object must bo to regain my liberty , ami afterwards I could proceed as I thought proper "Ih 5 fT ^' Dur . > agreed t 0 be b 0 od f ° »» . and the Durham magistrates admitted me to bail at one
half the amount fixed by those of Stockton . I thus obtained a trmrapU over tho " poor malice" ofmyper-S ^? , ^^ ' ! and InfterwSs learnt that . the Stockton justices of tho peace abused the governor for liberating m . e , a 3 ttwwSh to S u ™ n ? n i ^ the « » ot veSi vexS En ? 2 , f * ™ ° the peaco ' becauso on « <* ¦ ST-i'SSS AStuZy t ^ iZ SSS ^ iS of H * hat the prisoners possess , are taken care ThSl ' be IeStMed totliem wW » their liberty . KeST ? * - me SOme frien { ll 5 P advice at parting were ? ht Zr ^ "I * * abs t octedly just , but 3 ore ¥ jnS « ° , ^ » rosent » and oouM they be SncX Tf ft - h £ prep ! ired the Pe ° P l 0 for «>«» SSSXm n that l dwelt 5 n rur ^ soli t « de , : £ ftS £ i Sl" voi > ld m not iuotease m > ( To be continued . ) i " ^^ A ^\ M -r A 3 ~ ^ ^^ j _^ i ~ x _ i '_ n luw ., jw , „ — * ^ — — — -
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COPT-OF A LETTER . This is to certify that I , M . Dayle , have been labouring under afflictions for upwards of twelve months , and have been under hospital treatment , without receiving any relief , for the space of nine months . I y vas afflicted with ulcerated sore throat , and singing in my eara , diseased nose , pains in the head aud bone ? , eruptions in the skin ; in fact , I was literally covered with blotches , but hearing of Mr . Wilkinson ' s Purifying Drops , I applied to him , and after taking three of his bottles , I wa 3 perfectly restored to heahh . As witnoss my hand , this 10 th of December , 1839 . M . DAYLE . Marsh-Lane , Leeds .
For the Accommodation of those who cannot convenientl y consult Mr . W . personally , they may obtain his Purifying Dr # p » , Price 4 a . 6 d ., at any of the following Agents , with Printed directions so plain , that Patients of either Ses may Cure themselves . Mr . HEATON , 7 , Briggate , Leeds .. Mr . Hartley , Bookseller , Halifax . Mr . Dewhibst , 37 , New Street , Huddersfield . Mr . HAnKiso . NjBookseller , Market Place , Barnsley . Mr . Hahgrove ' s Library , 9 , Coney Street , York . And at the Advertiser Office , Lowgate , Hull . An Agent Wanted in Doncaster and Sheffield , -address l ^ Trafalgar Street , Leeds .
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^ -. ^^^^^^ ExmmoN or James Wemvss , at Edinburoh .-Un ihursday morning , James WemyBs , convicted of m ei ; "ig his wife , underwent the last punishment ot the law at the usual place of execution , near the north-west angle of the County Hall . The New Patent Omnibuses . —The present omnibUHes have long been considered to require much improvement , and it seems that a new form is about to ^ oe introduced , which will obviate several existing inconveniences . The new patent omnibus will
De ttmded into two by a partition along the centre , and having a row of seats on each side , back to back against'the partition and facing tha windows / the sides to be entered by distinct doors , and hand rails SSiS * * 1 ? that pa f , Dfiers may S 11 " 10 themselves £ tSw fti 7 a 9 annikcea > As tie windows will ba ia fwmt-oftho passengers , when seated , ventilation may thea be obtai ^ d without the ffiflSj , cold , lhcre is to be abell oneaoh side , with stS t £ l S I f JUt ' , and ou wMcU bWo of toe ^ y Ki ? b& W ) ^ au extent of Slfd tS ? ' ^ h passon S ^ will not be com-
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WEAVERS' - ( THE MACCLE 8 FI W ^ SHDEFENCE AT CHESTER ASSIZ ] S % » : * s = CHARGE OF SEDITION . ^ ^{ fc ^^ John Weavers , of Macdesflold , was «>«« BK Monday se'nnight , anil arraigned on a char ™ £ * . M fir and not ,-in July and August last . On l » i * % B i , upon for his defence , he said—My L < ml T , \ vK ^ Lordship will allow me to make i [ reik tSB ? u tlemen of the Jury before Icommence nu- ^ Cl , Ir d ¦ - ¦ ¦ -=== > - ^ « ' WEAVERS' ( THE MACCLESPiPrnT ^ H- «™ t , vr « ir . S ¦ __ Jri'i sl ! i ELD nu . w
am sorry to fin" that eTery follow prisoner T > H ' Bx base as to plead guilty to this wretched imiioilNHI F ^ there is no doubt but that it will have a tenS ^ iM ' ' " ' ** prejudice your minds against me in this case p ^ H S 81016 men , if those men were wicked , ov il-rtisposetl lta ^ B ' " eea I was not so . I have endeavoured to obtain \« viSH ? ^^ mate rights and privileges by legal and constiii ^ S' ^' ' moans ; but my opinion ia that such men ought i tm ^ coiulonined in the estimation of every sincero )! IR' CEP ' liberty , and cursed by posterity as traitors to H i ^' flsfj' « ° ^ of God , of truth and of freedom . It is by MuhJT ' W tn ° 1 these , whose principal object is to fleeeci tho W W : ' of * i / uej
» " - can get , anu men to creep out of ti , ^ . '<« Ai cnltyby the most baso and unprincipled nwss . Jr . w ' - Cast : it is possiblo to be adopted by man , that the ^ , W' Vis » justice is injured . My Lord , I am driven by jjT . W . in til to do all in uiy power to defend myself , and , orc ! ¦ apari I shall have to bear all the consequences ari ^* . ^ w p / my ignoranco of the law , and tUo forms a , nd wnlJTM- Fast courts of justice . On thoso iiiiittett I must v « K -, * bers Lordship ' s indulgence , anil patience , and justice * !"'¦ '¦ dowi Ing the Court will boar with the matter awl th ^ f ^ M' seem of my defence . My Lnrd and Gentlemen oftii ., 'B ; good the case you are called upon to tTy , and upon ffl'K' ^ S your judgment and decision are about to j 01 , '' B A world , is of considerable importance , not so iml ^ H was account of any personal inconvenience I may l » t » B' - men that being the merest trifle in tho world , hutbuw HB iinl of establishing a principlo hitherto unknown in h , !? ' I ther tory of this kingdom , with the excoption of % «! "' * thai the domination of the Stewarts , under the Stabci ^ B : Drin inter uaj " ¦ ¦
r-auu m s , wueu a now orflor daj •• w sprung up amongst us—under tUo doininion ^ B " T Whig factions and police directors . Gentlemen J , {[ B : Wil Jury , I have been for some years marking tho ntoJr B Pof the most yile oligarchy that ever afflicted ! theh B' ^ By this cruel aristocracy , tho people liave bed ' n m , B - - ^ ° to degradation , wretchedness , and misery ^ and ^ $ Gentlemen of the Jury , in common with Wyaelf' ^ 1 ! , ' H - ^ * countrymen , havo been made to feel the wituWmgi » JJ . &Y * of oppression . Yes , Gentlemen , tho . march' of in , v B ^ la ? tice and despotic power I shall , I . trdgtjjbo afc fl & 9 % prove , in this case of mine , has never been ' e $ cceifcj | B *^ anything you have ever heard or read ot ' in'&e \ fJ ? B " ' ~^ But before you will be able to'iraw ' a'ilglit sonclii 3 jL B ' ^^ I conceive it to bo necessary tbat you should ; see som * B- J ^ thing of the power by which the scorpion Is ia ^ B the tbe wasted flesh of the people of England , jTIio ch . B ~"" fet which holds this kingdom in bondage , hast iot ib ^ B' &as rallel in tbe whole civilzed world ; but , thanic Hcavf B P * it is no longer hidden from our sight The Ink htli B too
aaaeute our cnmmal code , and the consequent , v , ; ' aci gated powers to the justices of the peace , hafc p atlhi * Fa re-established the Star Chamber of infaraoui niemnrL " " 1 The practice of this sort a ? meQiod with ^ licj , th . r . •_„ justices dole out justice and Inflict punishment on ? L ! poor , warrant me in applying the language bt the iT U ~ kh phet "the tender mercies , of the wicked aro SM ; " They have set at nought tho everlasting law } of $ 21 B ^ - ousness , and perverted the rights of mari . ? TrulyittB' ^ a painful thing , that any man or set of men . should hn fl + W allowed to stand between us and God ' s mercies savin , fl J £ to us and to God , that "Hitherto shall yefgoan / i fl ln further . " How long shall millions- groan that "iZB grubs may shine ? How long shall blood arid tente 5 ' shed ? Gentlemen of the Jury , I ain not inclined to Z » * excessively devoted to the maintenance of th « system of B - ? my ancestors . -, but I do-ieally believe , that itheir hair ¦ 12 would have stood on au end , and that they vfauld haw W * v drawn then- swords in order to prevent the degradation R ^ l of Englishmen , under any svtch circumstances as Hi . B 5 ? case now brought before you . The base Whigs \ Ji m ™ < nearly made an end of the liberties of England , aJ H ' by the assistance of that odious imposition , ' \ u B . ^ Police System , they have rendered the prisons oftle IS ^ kingdom too sim ^ U f or their -wretched creatures , anj H * it may now be said of us that we are a kiigdoin ot B ^ prisons , workhouses , and polico offices , thai to « m B ^ minister to the : appetites of those luxurious locusU B who destroy the fruit . Gontlemen , thi » ^ veil-fed , ti B * ° well-paid , this pampered polico force haveia no » a B
Hitherto unknown in tliiscountry—a power not onlyjj B i variance -with all our notions o £ tho duties dr a xmfe B 1 officer , but a power far- more extensrre l&an tiit B- ] delegated even by an arbitrary Act of Parliiinen ! , at B i the bidding of old Sidmouth , of . suiguiun B ] memory . You see , Gentlemen-, that tbese | oH « mfj Hi are paid to swear against me , and the hirelings dared ) HI no other . Alas ! for my country , when it feiocessaj B that peace , law , and order must be supported by such B ' infamous means , . Under the old system ^ policemen dil B ' not add wretchedness to misorj '; but now-a | days tt » B
police force have a power to inflict punisluneit Wore B { the case is heard , by cramming men into , ffltfty holes , B not decent for a humiin being to breathe itil But tht B is not all ; these base hirelings- makoa regular ^ practic i H of beatinff and driving the people into the' coiunissk B 6 f crimes , and then abuse them in the most unmerciful B manner after they got them into the lock-upst I wm H immured iu a narrow / damp cell for fifty hours ] without H being allowed to retire to a bed , or to . go- 6 aE on anj H account whatever j and when I asked for permjssioa b H go outfortwo or three minutes , I received fte most H disgraceful abuse . In the Six , Acts , for more e&ctuill ; H preventing seditious meetings , gassed : in Oiecidayj ot H Castlereagh , who so largely sacriflced : afc the- &riiieof H
despotism , ^ fin d the people had some chand * of dispersing by tbe . reading of the Riot Act . .: But here is a police force without any shadow of law ^ dtogiiiig to people from orie vend of the-town to flw ' . Otficr , and preventing them from proceeding in a regujar aitl orderly manner on the King ' s toignwoy .- AS tofts meeting of the 12 th of August ,. I . did not . nttenil it , although Stockwin has sworn , that I- . neadejl tkm up in the procession . Gentlemen , it is a base anil malignant falsehood . ' And , Gentlemen " of . the Jury , when I was before the Magistrates ^ Macclesfield , I had evidence to prove that I had nothing :-to d | with the riot at all . Gentlemen , 1 am a Chait ^ , ^ it tte only Chartist meeting with -which , I batef naa
anything to do was that which took plaei » . ou tbi 22 rid of July , and that meeting was sanGKohed : by the mayor . Such was the conduct of these hirling policemea and their assistants the specials , that one of them not finding either man , woman , or child t » bludgeon , actually beat out the brains of a dog in the Btreet to daring to bark at him ; and yet , Gentlemen , I a « i sorry to add that one of the most active special Iconstables has been so unfortunate as-to have beouW victed at these Assizes of the crime of felony .: Thejiublie prosecutor has indicted me for attending apntlic meeting . Novr , Gentlemen , this meeting was legally ani constitutionally called for the purpose of addressingllW Majesty fora redress of our grievances , ami peace pi
good order prevailed throughout tne whole proceedings , ¦ wli icb . no person can tteny . I say we have a rightMo attend and to call public meetings , to discuss ant wrongs and grievances ; but if we speak one siifele word respecting degradation , it is immediately mlrto into sedition by the time-serving factions and thjar niiserablo tools and instruments , the police forfe Gentlemen , those were wholesome provisions wlridi were once the boast and security of Britons , and would form only au object of melancholy remembrance-foey are . buned in the same sepulchre with the bodies of our ancestors . We cherish the constitution of ov torefathers , not as a speculative quibble , but as a prat tical good , and we contrast with au honest pridij our sincere admiration of that system , with ti favouring treachery of its real foes-mei
who , viewing the working classes as a different race of people , have so long eaten the fat anil drank of the strong at the expense of the million ?; After continuing hisromarkson the sauw thtine , an d ; dwelling upon the causes of the miseries aud sufferings ' of this country , which he attributed to the mixed aris- ^ TOcracy , the cess-pool of-iniquity , he proceeded to jaeny the whole of the allegations sworn agaiust himbyi : the witnesses for the prosecution . Gentlemen of ttoe . ^ Jury , ( said he ) you stanftbetween ma , who istlie victim , \ j and an undefined power iu tho persona of my prose- r cutors . and the equally undefined phantom callcdcominon law . However , I feel convinced that in the exercise of 3
your rights as the judges in this case , y « ur decision > will be in accordance with truth , reason aud justice . i . I havo bad the misfortune to be born in Christian En ? " f . land , onco the envy of surrounding nations , wte « i ^ nave been a comparative slave from my childhood ; »» t ! only have I had to work to keep myself , but 1 nave \ been compelled to assist in keepta * tho luxurious , idle > factions—the vile oppressors of my country . 1 have \ raised my voice against the oppressors of tho poor ; anil ] for this have I been brought before you . But , Gentle- j men , I have done no wrong . I have done nothing bat what every Englishman has a perfect right to do-a right which 1 intend never to lose si » ht of uutil wo nave obtained all our legitimate privileges and immunises , lou are called upon to be the moans of punishing me for doing what all Britons ought to do .
Lord Brougham said « he knew of no law to prevent Jingluhmen from walking ia the streets , " and youli »« no law pointed out to you which was violated by n »; nonros outri ght of locomotion ever « S £ untU eSeSnZr ^ ^ offi <* - Piemen , I w « iin ! DB no wronS « tbough much wawgUM S Sf t 0 , country bv ««« w S vn « a S ° l 0 "f oPP ^ ed the poor ; aua yet you are called upon to be accessory to any punishment But , Gentlemen ! I Le abS opinion of au honest Jury of my country _ a Jurj ' iuitampered with , which is the only remaiimg 3 the factums have lrft us . With such a Jury I am perfectly at ease as to the consequences of this tfrnl , and ,
there-Zni-nH yCas ° , your h ! md 8 ' listing you wiU SS . ^ 1 \ ^ ' and . ST rao froml » ing consipedint * the hands of thomost base and bmlal tyrants that ever afflicted niy mother country . By . doing you will SS , r 5 T * cause of feod > of jtts « iaud of Sv H S ' \ ' onthc U cont ^ , « you find a verdict of £ SL ^ . ? A Eeu ( l an iunoccllf ! in ! Ult 0 lV h »? S ? ' ' an oatt youvpawer to add another link to tUe chain which has been fosged for you , your children , aw * your brethren , tho , ' wotWng classes of tho nation . My Lord iiucl Geutlemeno ' f the Jmy , whatever my beoomo of me , my principles will live fov ever . IikUtI . auala maypevish , but truth is eternal . Tho rurto Masts : M tyranny m « j blow from every quarter , but freedom-I is tliat hardy plant which will survive the teinj ) e 3 t ) . aua I sU ' iko ^ p . ev etl as ting root into the most- u » fa Y , o maWe aoli .
Julian Harwey.
JULIAN HARWEY .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 25, 1840, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2681/page/2/
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