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TO THI EDITOB OF THE NOBTHEBH STAR . Deab Sir , —It will be pleiaaat for the friends of Mrs . O'Brien to -witness the contortiye writhings of that Smith , -whose trickery has been so properly exposed . What Bhnffling baa he not hid recourse to , to enable him to back oat ! Besides threatening something next to annibHation to yourself < & ¦* I took it ! lias he not , in conformity with other of his doings , most shamefuily attempted to traduce and a pers 6 , in his rabid -wrathfulness , the character of a now lonely , and ( aa regardB the constrained absence of her husband ) defenceless -woman ? but -who , happily , despite of his malignancy , can number among her sympathisers a host of friends , ready to manifest their zeal in the cause of O'Brien and his family .
He iVwtJls mnch on tits injunction ot Mr . O'Brie ?> , preTioUS to the trial , £ 3 to the eoatU-uanas of the 1 Southern Star , but see how the artful -will look , -when the mask is taken or shaken of £ Bbon-TERB . E is no sooner conTicted , than this benevolent intentioned Smith drops the original Southern Star and commences a » e » series , under the same title , ON his ow >' accovm ; making a most clumsy apology for its altered appearance , and inconsistently enough , immediately j after , again enlarging the paper and increasing the price . But he publishes this" new series for the benefit of O'Brien and his family ; that is—as he , Smith , him- ; Sfcifsstys—conditionally , when it shall realise a profit— : ¦ what a nice bole to creep cut at ! i j i j I
I hc- » e said from ths firs :, "when the new series wss substituted and £ kt clumsy apology which accompanied it , thai the intention of tho proprietor ( vrho I thought ¦ was Carpenter ) was to keep up appearances by continuing the title aid using thi name of Brontsrre ; -whilst be get the paper fairly afloat . ( LauncLed as it was , under the auspices of Sronterrel and then , that he , in- j tended nothing less than to thiow >^ n overboard ; as Buch , I ordered Mr . Wilde not to send for inj more ! copies fur m « . It , Lo-vrerer , appeared that 1 had not i giT < . n tafiicient Lotke to "Wilde , and xho next week ' s ' ¦ edition cause ; and from their professions , a « to the sp-1 propriaiion of tie prcSts of the paper , and tne thing j or another , I haTe been induced hitheno to take it ; j bat irum vhis time henceforward no moue ! I I am , dear Sir , . \ Yours respectfully , W . H . I Sculcoates , May 21 , 1840 . I
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TO TEE EL-1 IOR OP THE " STANDARD . " 103 , Sloane-street , Chelsea ,-May 25 , 1840 . Sib , —I have just read ihe ex . ra . t in tiiU evening ' s Standard from the Leeds Intelligencer , relative to the p-ini = hment -which ths GoTernnjcnt ( uut the Judg ^) ar ; ii . ilcing upoii "> Lr . Fear ^ -us 0 Connor . 1 i&y tiiv- Jov . ' -r ^ ni ' -nt , because 1 cannot believe that auy Ei ^ l ..-:, J : i ^ c couli , for < .-nc moment , coutem ; .. jt € ihe n . ti ; iiUu of s- 'xh crue ' ty fur j ibe ) . Whta ilx . Si- p - ^ 3 w&a sentenced to Kautsford Gaol , no sooner was the Learned Judge informed , that in Knu-. sford only fdoni and euch-like were
coiionedjthan be immediately altered the ^ Siirtence , Baying , ( if iny memory does not deceive ce ) " God forbid that 1 should wish ii-3 defendant to be imprisoned vri ; h felons . " rio , Sir , I cannot believe that Lord Denman and his honoured and revered brethren on the bench , when ihey sentenced Mr . O'Connor to " eighteen moEihs' imprisonment in York Castle , " thought tha ; the Government would be so cruel as to pla . ee him on the felons' side of the Castle ; to company with murderers and burglars ; and lo insure all the insnjts atd prirations awarded to ssch unfonunate -srretches .
The Government may well be ashnraed of such conduct , and try to fchift the blame * 1 ruin its own Bhouiders by laying ij on the Judges , the Marshal of ihe Queen ' s Btuich , and the ms ^ iairaies of Yorkshire , Baying , as Mr . Fox Maule is rcpor teoUo have said in the Elou ^ e of Commons on la *; Friday night , " The sentence parsed upon Mr . O'Connor by the Ckmrt of Q ^ iceu s Bench was , that he jjh ould be confined for a certain period in York Casile , and tae Secretary of Sta-. c had no power to alter that sentence . Applicatiun was made to stay the
transmission , ana tne Secretary of State aelavea the rejnoTal from Saturday to Monday . Oiher ' representations were made on the Monday , bat as tee matter did not rest -with the Secretary of State , ' but with the Marshal of the Queen ' s Bench , Mr . O'Connor was removed ia accordance with his sentence . With respect to the g&ol regulations , he ( Mr . F . Maule ) could not give an answer , as the Secretary of State had no means of giving directions to the visiting magistrates , who acted upon the regulations laid down . "
How harmless , innocent , and powerless are thes * men ! Everybody h > to blame but themselves ! They hare " no power w * l ter ! " Innocent souls ! Abont the gaol regulations they " hare no means of grnng directions I" The Marshal of the Queen ' s Bench is above their control ! They cannot , ieterfere with Judges ! Why do they not a ; once speak the truth and e » y , " O'Connell has willed it , —O'Conxtell demands ' the pound of fleeu , nearest O'Connor ' s heart , ' and he shall ii » 7 « it ! " Their apology is nonsense . Normanby , to please O'Connell , could empty tae gaols of felons in Ireland ] how easy is it for the same man to gra : iry his master by torturing one who 3 e great ana uuforgotten critte ' is , not sedition agsintt the GoTerumeut , but treason against lung O Conneil .
Sir , it is not in the nature of the Whigs to be so cruel . * Base , bloody , and bruta * " aa O'ConDell said they were—it is the spirit of their traducer which has infused itself , by the power t-f his tail , into every member of the Cabinei . 1 say . Sir , it is fiot the Vv higs whose natare is bO cruel . They have always proK ^ ted agjunst punishment for sedlticus libels ; lmean the punishment awarded bv the Tories , when imprisonment oulj infant sate custody , nd whin the piagaera aliovfed ail the comforts of which & life iu oonuneneiit is susceptible ; when Jamas Moatgoaiary aud otkera vrere thus punifehed by the Tories , ou ! now ihe Whigs blamca and abused tta !
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It is O'Connell , the master of the Ministry , the propoaer of the Charter , " the vindictive , ihe rancorous enemy of O'Connor , who wills it ! I cannot believe that it is the Whigs : base , sunken , grovelling as they ar » , I do beliere , if O'Connell were not their master , they would not be so cruel . If Mr . Fox Maule is to be believed , the matter rests—not with her Majesty ' s Ministers , but with the iudges and the magistrates of Yorkshire . As a Yorkshi . eman , I feel that my native county is most grossly insulted , by making its Castle tbe seat of O'ConnelPs triumph over O'Connor . If 0 Connell is master in Downing-strcet—if he be the , tyrant of Ireland—thank God , Yorkshire has not yet bent nnder his yoko . The rebel did once try to gain a footing there when he wanted to reform the Lords , but he was signally disappointed . Let him not boast that the county which he could not conquer he has power to insult and degrade ! It is O'Connell , the master of the MiniBtrr . the
. | : i ! This is not a party question , it is a question of justice . It refers not unly to O'Connor , but to all those who are imprisoned for seditious libels . We boast of our humanity , liberality , and freedom . Let us see ii this be an age of justice or of tyranny—of law or of vengeance . Let us find some means to determine what the Judges meant more than safe custody by their sentence , and what power rests with the magistrates ! For the honour of our ? y . UI ? ly ? . * . ° nld most respectfully suggest to the His ; h Sheriff , the Lords Lieutenant , and the xr . 3 gis trat-es of Yorkshire , that they should immediately ascertain what power they have , to mitigate the severity of Mr . OV ; onnor s punishment , as well as i thai ol others imprisoned in Yorkshire for the same j offence ; I feel sure , that if they have the power , they : will instantly U 3 e it—and if they require an i authority from the Judges , 1 cannot believe that ii will be one moment withheld .
I am 8 UT 6 thit ths constituents of the three Ridings , without reference io political parties , will require their representatives in the House o' Commons , to denounce the cruti ; cs ; o which I have alluded . Surely tbere is only i > uo Yorkshire nobleman who would willingly thu-: disgrace his eonnty Alas for Kormanby ! if the iua * , - pirates c-nuvt move in this matter , I hope tl . nt lvtally a-. tliorissd meetings will take place in ev ..-ry Yorkshire towu , protesting againsi , this wanton and cruel insult to oar couaty . It as , alter all , Sir , a hard matter that the man who Bteals the horse Bhould have the power to hang the man who only looks ov ^ r the hedge . But so it is .
I pray God , that by some means or other England may be delivered fr ^ m the tyrant grasp of O'Ceimtll , and from the lashings of his na .-ty tail . 1 have the honour to remain , Sir , Your most obliged servant , Richard Oastler .
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WI 7 RDER OF LORD WILUAJtt RUSSBll . Courroisier , the Swis 3 valtt , has undergone several examinations at Bow-su-eet , and the magistrate ( Mr . Hall ) has expressed an intention of fiually commuting him to take his trial for the murder . The evidence is very voluminous . We give all that ^ pnears worthy of notice : — James Leich , Mr . Fector " s coachman , said that the prisoner was accustomed to wear white cotton gloves when he went out with the carriage . The policemen , who examined the premises , were now quiie positive that no forcible entry had been made from without .
Inspector Tednan—I went up ( on the day of tbe murder ) to the sleeping-rooms of the servants . The prisoner took me and Inspector Beresford into his room . He pointed out ana opened his boxes . There was a box , a portmanteau , & carpet bag , and a chost of drawers . In his box where he kepi his clothe . * , I found this purse , containing a five-pound note , and six sovereigns . I showed it him , and aske'J him where he got the note ? He said , ' I chan ^ eJ i : for hi 3 Lordship a few day 8 ago ; I gave him change for it . ' He said the whole of it was his own money , and that he had had it for some time . 1 ? a > v Bercsford take a chigel out of the portmanteau There weie two sh . ria examined then , but we couli find no mark 3 of biooJ upon them . There were
• jj gut o : her shuts hi the room , and one the prisoner had on ; there was no blvod on any of them . He unbuttoned his clothes , and turned out all his pockets very readily . Ko had a few shillings in his trousers pocket ; I did not perceive any locket . 1 remained in the house . On iLe Wednesday and Tbursday Dh . bt , the prisoner slept aloue . Wo had searched the bed ou the Wednesday : the bed-clothes were down , and it seemed hollow in the middle ; but it is difficult to say if any person lay in it , as a person lying in it would make but liule imprestion . He had acei .-s ; o Those rooms in the day-time . He was watched &o as to prevent hi 3 communicatJDg with the oti » tr servants , but uotiiing further . He had opp ^ -r rani ties of eoitg iuto the
Toom unaccompanied by any person . Ho had a clean Eliirt on on 'he Wednesday . I should nn » mine it possible lor anything to be concealed in the bed-room . The search was a general one . Ths prisoner wa 3 removed on the Sunday night to the station-house . There ta- , au application on the day of the last examination , the litn , for the prisoner to be supplied with fresh linen . I -. o ; it out of his room , fcccompauied bj the 3 , r eaut , D 13 . I looked out from the port ma menu in whicn I had seen those shirts , the liueu that he iksire-d . On that occasion , 1 unfolded the shirt , as I had done in the first iuftance . I took it up , aud Bhook it , and these
gioves dropped ^ out of it . [ The gloves produced They are ot white cotUm , and are spotted with t-ood . ] Thty \> ere not there when I searched it . No JiLea had be ; u pluctd th- re to my knowledge alier 1 searched it , unless the prisoner placed ii there himself . There L ^ s been otaer linen brougbt lor ; he prisoner fiuee ho was takeu away , which I h-iT <; taken charge of ; ii has remained UDtOUchet ! UMiito-day , under lock ami key , bo that ii cuuid Lover have bttn in hid po&sessiou . It is a clean shirt . The gloves were marked with blood , aa they are aow—ihe iei ' i-L ^ ui glove . 1 havo examiued tht priijiier ' s hand , ai . u ii : ; u ijo marli of unv cut oi
-. At the last examina-iioa the prisoner was again re iaanceu till FiiJay , ( veoierday . )
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C ^ RLIBLS . Horrible Treatment op Mr . O'Connor , in Yobk C . ' . stle— On the arrival of the Star of Saurdaj hit , in Cari ;^ .:-, the most intense excitement ( . 'evaded , as to the cruel and coid-bloocied treatment of tins uiiiirucLiiig patriot . That be shou-d have been stn ; to herd with felons of the - . vors : d ^ scriptioii—to livy upon their fare aud be subjected to their treatment , was too niucn for the mus ; apathetic to bear without eniotivii aud detTjsia ' uoa of the monsttr who could thus wautotlj aud vindictively tyrannise over a fellow creature , whose only desire 33 to see his fellow creatures happy aDd comfortable . The wretch who could liberate thieves and murderers in Irelandfor the
, Die of gaining popularity , must now further dograde himself by persecuting , in the most disgraceful anu unfeeling manner , one of the best and most n-j " ble of his spcC : e 3 . Preparations are making for hoiaing a publie meeting a 3 early as possible , tomemoriahio the Home Office and petition ths House of Commons iu bshalf ol Mr . O' Connor . A public meeting should have taken place at the village of Daistoa , on Satarday evening last , but owing to the wetness of the night it was put off ; however , it fiually took place in a large workshop . A resolution was entered into for the purpose of raising a subscription fur those persons now incarcerated , and the following resolution passed : — " Thai this meotiug hava heard
" ¦ •> hh tae s : rougt-st feeling 3 of di ? gust aud indiguavion , a e ^ ital of the cruel and cold-bloode : i treatment to which Mr . O'Connor ha 3 been subjected in York Castle , having been deprived of his money , compelled to herd with felons of the worst descript ion , including thieves and murderers , to live upon felon ' 3 fare , aud to suffer the greatest indignities and privations . This meeting consider such treatment cruel , Yindictive , and uncalled for , and contrary to the practice of pnnishing persons prosecuted for political offences by Ex Qfficio , and that they can place no confidence in , much Ies 3 respect lor , a Government who can thus cruelly aud wautoniy outrage the liberties of the subject . '
We siated last week , that meetings had taken place for the purpose of raising a fond for those pertons aud their families who are now suffering from imprisonment , for advocating tho rights of tho people . Sihce then , a subscription has been entered into for that purpose ; and a sum of £ 3 or upwards collected , in one night , for the benefit of Mr . O'Brica aud hid family . We mention this with pride , as it clearly shews the feelings and spirit of the people ; who , though labouring under the most extreme poverty , axe ever ready to Buppor t those , who have been labouring for their benefit . On Sunday last , £ 2 of the subscription was sent off to Mrs . O'Brien , and we trust it will bs an example to other Places . We would suggest the propriety of getting up a general defence fund for the benefit of all thoce persons and their families , who axe now suffering fur their praiseworthy endeavours to better the condition of the people of this country . It is surel y enough to suffer imprisonment with all it 3 concomitant horrors and privations . Let them not also know their wives and families are suffering from want , we feel convinced , that a very small , but general subscription would meet all the exigencies of the case ; and to neglect this under present circumstances would be a gross dereliction of duty , more especially when their best friend is now himself incarcerated and suffering the most cruel and heartrending indignities which tyranny could possibly invent . BIRMINGHAM . Fkasgus O'CoNsoa . —At a meeting ho Id on Wed pesday night , at Lawrence-street Chapel , Mr . Porter in ths chair , a Memorial to the Queen , on bcii » if of Feargus O'Connor , was unanimously adopted . A more animatiiig meeting was never witnessed ; and some of the moat energetic speechei we ever heard were delivered on the occasion .
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HOUSE OF LORDS . —Tuesday , May 26 . Lord Brougham presented many petitions , one against war with China , hia Lordship expressing a hope that the warlike proceedings had not been commenced in a desire to obtain compensation for the confiscated opium . Lord EUenborongh stated that he proposed , on Monday , to move for the select committee on tke subject of printed papers . The Archbishop of Dublin presented a petition on the subject of the Articles and the Liturgy . This petition gave rise to an interesting discussion , in which the Archbishop of Canterbury , the Bishop of Norwich , and the Bishop of Londou took part . Their Lordships then adjourned till . Monday .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS— Tuesday , May 29 . Colonel Rawdon , for Armagh ; Sir Alexander Grant , for Cambridge ; and B . Botfield , Etq ., for Ludlow , took the oaths and their seats . Mr . T . Dnncoinbe presented a petition from the West Riding of York , with one thousand signatures , complaining of tbe incarceration of Mr . Feargus O'Connor on tbe felons' side in York Castle , and praying tbat he might be removed to the debtors' side of the gaol Mr . Wakley said he wished to ask the Attorney-General , -whom he saw in hii place , whether thu Government bad directed the present treatment of Mr . Feargus O'Connor ? ( Cries of " order , order . " ) The Speaker thought it would be better if the Hon . Memter put the question after five o ' clock .
Mr . Wakley said it -was a case that was very urgent , acd he , therefore , thought that he -was justified in inquiring , ou the presentation of tbe petition . ( Order , order . ) The Speaker said the Hon . Member might put a queatiun by and by , but be was not entitloit , except by the courttsy of tho House , to make observations . Many petitions en the subject oMhe Corn Laws ( were presented ; one by Sheriffs Evans and Wheelton , from the Corporation of London . Mr . Hume repeated the notice of his intention to move an address to her Majesty in favour of the plan of opening the National Gallery aud the British Museum en Sundays , between one and four o ' clock . Mr . F . Kelly gave notice of his intention , on the 4 th of June , to submit a motion in favour of giving to all freemen the Municipal franchise .
Mr . Ewart gave notice that , on June the 6 th , he sboulvi ins Ye for a reduction of the duties on sugar and coffee . Mr . Pease asked how far it "was tho intention to propose the liccnt-ing of the removal of nauves of Hindostan to the Mauritius ? Lord J . Russell answered that there would shortly be an opportunity of seeing , in tho clauses of the proposed Bill . Mr . Aglionby moved for copiei of the regulations adopted in the county gaol of York-Ordered .
Mr . Sergeant Talfourd said he had that day received a communication from Mr . O'Connor , of great interest anil importance , relative to his confinement in York Castle , on which he had been in communication with the Under Secretary of State , and as he proposed taking future steps on the subject , he -would suggest to his Hon . Friend ( Mr . Wakley ) not to ask the qutstions of the Attorney-General ho had intimated his intention of putting . Mr . Wakley assented . Lord J . Russell presented his two Bills to amend the registration of voters in England , &c Mr . Yilliers then , once more , brought forward his motion on the subject of the Corn Laws . After a long debate , the House divided . The number * were .
For the motion 177 Against it 300 Majority against the motion ... 123 The Solicitor-General for Ireland moved for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Registration of Toters , Ireland . The remaining business having been disposed of , tbe House aJjourntd .
Wednesday ^ Mag 26 . The Speaker took tho Cliair at four o ' clock . Mr . Serjeant TALFOURD presented a petition from the Radical Club , with many respectablo sigjiature-j , on the subject of the iniprisonme'it of Mr , Hturv Vincent in the Penitentiary . The petitioners btited that Mr . Vincent was convicted of a political ofionce at the Mon mouth Assizes ; that he had been imprisoned in Monmouth gaol ; he had been removed from that gaol to the Penitentiary , . when he was
subjected to the severest regulations , and whore ho wai not allowed to address a leikr to hia friends more than once in every four months . The petitioner prayed the House to take the subjectiuto their serious consideration , and to adopt such steps as mifcht lead to the removal of Mr . , vincuht frouj the Penitentiary . As he ( Mr . Sergeant Talfourd ) intended to call the attention of the House to- the matter , and to make a motion relative to it—( hear , hear)—ho would move that the petition should be printed with the votes .
IMPRISONMENT OF MR . O'CONNOR . Mr . T . S . DUNCOMBE presented a petition from a large meeting held in Bradford , in Yorkshire , in which the petitioners stated that Sir . O'Connor had boen sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment in York Castle , on a charge of publishing a seditious libel . The petitioners ttated tha ; Mr . O'Connor was subjected there to the same treatment as bur slurs , felons , and reputed murderers . They stated that he is obliged to lie on an iron bod , without any ^ lieets to cover him , or a pillow to reposo on . That i ; e is obliged to undergo miuy menial office ? , such as elciUtiii ^ his o-. vu uceu&ils—thai ho is not allowed to receive a : iy visito r ^ , and that while suffering severely from rheumatism he had not even the using of a , w . > oden seat , but , was obliged to sit on a cold tione . The petitioners believed that this harsh treatmeut
would tend to destroy his life , aud they also btated u . s their belief that this was almost the first instance oi' a person convitted of a political libel being so j-everely Jnalt with . They stated that . when Sir F . Burut . it was imprisoned for a like offisace , he was allowed to supply hia own food aacf" $ e ^ , and to recuire the visits rf his friends ; and that Mr . L ^ igh Hnnt , Mr . Cobbett , and Mr . Montgomery , the poet , had the same indulgences which they were allowed to receive on thedebtor sideofratirprisons . The petitioners prayed that the HoflpipSght insti-. me an inquiry into tke subject —( hear ^ hear , from Mr . O'Coune!!)— and that Mr . O'Coanor might be removed from the felons' to the debtors' side of his prison . If any of her Majesty ' s Ministers were present , 1 fhoulJ certainly ask them if this treatment were fair , or allowed by Jaw .
bir E . KNATCHBULL suggested that the Hon . Member should take the earliest opportunity of puttiDg tho question he had referred to . The case was certainly a most harah one . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . O'CONNELL said that it was a gross violation of the law to treat Mr . O'Connor in that way . ( Hear , hear . ) Imprisonment did not imply tortur « , and really it would appear that this gentleman had been subjectod to the greatest torture . He thought the Honourable Member ought to take
some further step . Sir B . KNATCHBULL hoped , > as soon as the matter was stated to tho Government , that they would interfere and prevent the necessity of Parliamentary inquiry . . ¦ * Mr . Sergeant TALFOURD had teen the Marquis of Norman by on tho subject qpat day , and he understood that some steps would be taken , but he believed that nothing short of removing Mr . O'Coanor from the pmon would effeckthe object . Mr . DUNCOMBE said , as sooa'te any of her Majesty ' s Government were in their pfcw » , n « would put a question to them on the subject .
Mr . O'CONNELL moved that tbe petition be printed . ; Mr . DUNCOMBE hoped it would not be necessary to do so . Tho petition was then laid on the table . Mr . Sargeant TALFOURD gave notice , tbat on Tuesday next he would call the attention of the House to the petition which he had presented from the Radical Club , respecting the treatmeut of Mr . Viuceut ; also that on going into Committee upon the Poor Laws Acts Amendment BUI , he woiild move an instruction relating to the attendance of the poor . Lord JOHN RUSSELL gave notice that he would to-morrow move for leave to bring ia a Bill for the better appropriation and distribution of the Revenues of Canida , arising from the sale of the Canada Clergy Reserves . . .
MR . FEARGUS O'CONNOR . On the order of the day for the Committee on the Juvenile Offenders' Bill , 'V Mr . T . DUNCOMBE said lie wished to ask the Noble Lord a question as to-the treatment experienced by Mr . Ifeargus O'Couor in York Castle . After referring to the statements contained in the petition presented by him from Radnor , the Hon . Member inquired vrhsther the treatment experienced by Mr . O'Connor was done with the sanction of the Government . Not even in the worst days of
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confined for political offences was by the direction of the Government . Ho wished to be distinctly understood that the Government had given no directions whatever in any manner—direct or indirect—as to the manner in which the sentence on Mr . O'Connor should be carried into effect . If there was now a greater degree of severity in the treatment of persons convicted of political libels than formerly was exercised , it was solely to be attributed to the alterations made in the law . with regard to prison discipline . As to the particular case of Mr . O'Connor , ho might observe , for the information of the Honourable Member and the Houso , that the Secretary of State for the Home Department had communicated with the magistrates with whom the prison regulations of York Castle rested , as to whether some allievation of the treatment exper ienced by Mr ., O'Connor could not be admitted . To that communication there had , as yet , been ao . . n _ , . . „ . , — - . .... , Mtnfined for nrtim « nl ^ . n ^ »« i » « , » Aira ** inn nt
answer . Mr . WARBURTON hoped that one effect of the discussion that had taken place on this subject would be , to induce the Government to press through the Upper House the Prisons Discipline Bill , in which amendments were made by that House , and thus shorten the period during whiob these severe punishments could be inflicted . Tho Honourable Gentlercan had told them that the Government had not , either directly or indirectly , been party to the severe punishment in York Castle ; but they had the power of removing a prisoner from any one gaol iu the country to any other . Why was not that disoretionary power exercised in the case of Mr . Feargus O ' Connor ? Why not remove that gentleman to some prison where the discipline was of a more
lenient character—where the treatment of prisoners approached more nearly the old system for political libels ? ( Hear , hear , hear . ) With regard to Messrs . Lovett and Collius , it was the general opinion , and the Honourable Under Secretary concurred in it , that as thobe individuals had been treated with so much more severity than was expected during nine months , the remaining three months ought to be remitted them . But the Government , in demanding as tho condition of remitting two months of their sentence , that Messrs . Lovett aud Collins should euter into recognizances fur a twelvemonth , had acted , in his opinion , illegally . The refusal of the Government to comply with the prisoners' request , and the attempt to impose conditions , was a most ungracious act on their part .
Mr . HUME begged to ask the Honourable Gentleman , tho Under-Secrttary for the Home Department , whether id was not the fact , that two days before the proposed removal of Mr . O'Connor , certificates of two eminent men medical practitiouers had been sent in . statiug if that gentleman was removed to York Castle , and subjected to the usual prison treatment there , his Mo would be in immineui danger . A more decided case of cold-blooded indifference than had been exhibited by the Government , to the situation of Mr . O'Connor , it had never been his ( Mr . Hume ' s ) lot , in his whole political lite , to know . They had shewn themselves utterly regardless of the feelings and wishes of those who usually supported them , as well as of the community at large .
Mr . F . MAULE said it was quite true that medical certificates had been furnished from the Queen ' s Bench Prison , stating that Mr . O'Connor was not in a fit state 10 go to York . The immediate effect of this communication was , that his removal was delayed from Saturday to Monday . The next stop was to refer to the marshal of the prison , who was the responsible officer , and the result was , that heat once sanctioned the removal of Mr . O'Connor , and K * ve the Government to understand there was no ground for his remaining in London on tho score of being unable to undertake the journey . ( Hear , hear . ) A * regarded tho case of Messrs . Lovott and Collins , the Honourable Member for Bridport was quite right in saying that ho ( Mr . F . Maule ) had admitted that he thuugtit their punishment had been infinitely more sovero than had been anticipated , and more , he had borne testimony to the manner in which that punishment had been submitted to . Ho also agreed iu
thinking that the visiting justices should be empowered to separate prisoners guilty of felony from those confined for misdoineauours . The Prisons Bill , in tho discusbiou on which he mado these observations , was read a third time on the 9 -h of May , but fro m some cause ' or other , it did not leave that House until Thursday last . The Honourable Member for Bridport had declared that the Government had acted illegally in . asking for recognizances from Messrs . Loved aud Collins . He denied that such a course was either unusual or imprudent ; nor could he see iu what way such a condition could be burdeusoina to them , unions , indeed , they contemplated a further breach of the law within the period for which the recognizances were demanded . ( Cries of ** Oh , oh . ") There were instances * over and over again , of persons having been liberated from a portion of their confinement ou entering into recognizances to keep the peace . ' -v After a few words from M . BRISCOE ,
Mr . O CONNLLL observed , that to apportion the degree of punishment to the extent of the crime , was the peculiar piovinco and the duty of the judge ; ana ho was responsible to the law for the due exeroiso of the power so entrusted to him . But to interpose these priEon regulations—to leave it to other persons to say whether the punishment of the prisoner should be confined to mere restraint , or converted into actual torturer-was wholly to do away with ihe discretion of the judge as to the degree ot punishment , and to confine him to merely pronouncing ou its duration . ( Hear , hear . ) He remembered to have heard the Hon . Baronet the Member for Southampton state , as a result of his experience ,
that under tho existing regulations no man could come out of au English prisou after two years' confinement , without having his health materially impaired , and his iii ' o shortened . Was this result the less likely to occur to Mr . O'Coiuipr from the manner in which he was treated in York Castle ! ( Hear , hear . ) Not that ho thought the case would be mended by tho regulations of prisons baing loft in the hands of tho Government ; on the contrary , he thought that the nature of tho imprisonment ought to be pronounced by the judge , who , in the presence of the bar uud of the pubho , would be responsible for aay act ot'inhumanity that might follow his sentence .
Mr . WARD said the public had a right to demand that the consequences of a sentence under the law should be distihetly denned . There seemed to be on every ^ sidcadesire to shiftofftheresponsibility attaching to this particular case ; and in tbe meantime they allowed an individual , with the birth and feelings of a gentleman—one , too , who had held a seat in that Houso—to perform menial offices of a most degrading kind , and of a nature which he presumed never could have been contemplated when the sentence of mere confinement was passed upon him . And there was no authority , it seemed , by whom those facts could be inquired into . He did hopo that the strong expression of opinion in that House would lead 10 tho immediate enactment of that measure
whiph would , at all events , substitute for the present very oppressive system , one that was sounder , simpler , and mure intelligible . Sir GEORGE STRICKLAND thought that the Govern mon t had been unfairly blamed in this case . Mr . O'Connor was suffering imprisonment under the soutenco of the Judge . He regretted , also , that the magistrates of Yorkshire , in thoir desire to improve York Gaol ( aud he , as a magistrate of Yorkshire , could state that upwards of £ 200 , 000 had been expended by them for that purpose ) , should have committed so grievous an error in their arrangements as this by wnich Mr . O'Connor was now suffering , a kind of punishment which was never contemplated . Their mistake arose from their zealous de 3 ire
impartially to carry out their new prison regulations . Mr . Sergeant JACKSON observed that it would be better to have one general regulation for all prisons , because if there were diffe rent regulations in different prisons it would be extremely difficult for the Judges to apportion punishments . Mr . WAKLKY said that great responsibility attached somewhere . Before the trial of Mr . O'Connor , medical certificates were furnished , which stated that he was in danger from day to day from inflammation of tho chest , and that he could not go into court without incurring great ' risk . Yet , after he had undergone the exertion of defending himself , he was removed by the Marshal of the Queen ' s Bench to York Castle , where he was imprisoned in
a-stone cell . Now , suppose the result of this treatment of Mr . O'Connor were to be increased inflammation , and ultimately a fatal termination to his disorder , and suppose a verdict , of manslaughter or of murder were to bo returned , as he ( Mr . Wakley ) had no hesitation in saying must be the case , if Mr . O'Connor diod under such ciraumst&uces , upon whom would the responsibility rest t What had occurred in this case ought to be a lessen to Honourable Gentlemen on that side of the House how they voted for restrictive measures without full inquiry , and upoa the mere suggestion of the promoturd of such measures . When ths
Prisons' Bill wa 3 betore the House last year , the gentlemen on that side voted in a body for tho restrictive clauses , and the gentlemen opposite again it them . He hoped that the management of prisons would be placed in the hands of the Government . The justices were not the persons calculated to manage them—they ought to be under the management of those who would be responsible to the House . He hoped that before a very few days they would have some definite information from the Government that these prison regulations had been relaxed ) so as to make them more consonant with what justice aud common humanity requhed . After a few words from , Mr . Aglionby ,
Mr . MAULE said there was no objection to doing what the Hon . Member required . . The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said there wasno individual who would more deeply regret than himself , if it shoula turn out that the statements now made as to the treatment of Mr . O'Connor were well founded . He had foit it iris duty to prosecute that gentleman for libel j of the most dangerous character , and calculated to incite tho people to acts of violence and insubordination . Ho had no hesitation , however , at saying , tbat if the statements mm
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made , and which he now heard for the first time —( hear , hear)—were well founded , Mr . O'Connor had undergone treatment which was not contemplated by the law for a momont . ( Hear , hear . ) The law always understood that there should be different treatment for misdemeanor and felony . If , upon inquiry , it should be found that Mr . O'Connor ' s complaints were well founded , not an hoar should be lost in remedying them . ( Hear . ) Mr . Sergeant TALFOURD said , that as he had been referred to , he felt it necessary for him to say a few words . On his arrival at York , he received a letter from Mr . O'Connor , informing him that the gaoler of York Castle had intimated to him , that he should be treated exactly as a felon , in all respects , except in being allowed to wear his own clothes . He ( Mr . Talfourd ) told Mr . O'Connor , in reply , that his statement was too vague for him to act upon , bat , —^ — ™ — a ^ —a _ i .:-u u » «^™ u ~ .. a f *~ ** , * * w ?;« a
that if he would draw up a detailed statement , in the form of a petition to the House , he would present it , and if necessary call the attention of the Government to the subject . This morning accordingly he had received from Mr . O'Connor a long statement in the form of a petition , though in some respects not a strictly regular one , and upon its receipt he had bad an interview with the Noble Lord at the head of the Home Department , who , as well as the Attorney-General , who was also present , exhibited the utmost desire to remedy any grievance of which Mr . O'Connor might have justl y to complain . On this ground he had abstained from presenting the petition ; but if such grievances as might be proved were not remedied , he should feel it his duty to present it , and call the attention of the House fully to the subject . The conversation then dropped .
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Wednesday Evening , May 26 iA , Quarter ptut Seven . Feahgus O'Connor . —The treatment experienced by Mr . O'Connor has drawn forth loud ' and bitter execrations against the vile Ministry who could so far turn the "law" into an instrument of torture , as to inflict the penalty awarded to felont upon a gentleman in every way their equal by birth and station , and their SHperior in talents and their
application , for the expression of an opinion which happened to be in opposition to the wishes \> f ' the ruling few . I have been favoured with the sight of a letter , dated Swansea , May 24 tb , from a respectable inhabitant of that town , in which the following passage occurs : — " I can assure you that this disgraceful sentence excites universal disgust , even in this dea . d-alivo hole . " It is evident enough , however , that a most powerful crusade against the liberty of the press aud of public opinion in England , is about to take place on a more gigantic scale than any which has preceded it .
Public Meeting . —On Monday evening , a pubmeeting , convened by placard , took place at Johnson ' s Lecture Room , Clerkenwell ( ireen , for the purpose of aiding in the dissemination of the People ' s Charter . The meeting was tolerably well attended , and doubtless would have been more numerous , had not a report been extensively circulated th ' at the Metropolitan Charter Union had no hand in getting up the meeting . Resolutions were proposed and adopted , pledging the assembly to exert every means in their power to obtain Universal Suffrage , Annual Parliaments , Vote by Ballot , and No Property Qualification for either representatives or represented .
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REPLY OF GOVERNMENT TO THE MEMORIAL OF THE EDITOR AND PUBLISHER OF THIS PAPER ON THE CASE OF FEARGUS O'CONNOR . Whitehall , 28 th May , 1840 . Gentlbmew , —I am directed by the Marquis of Nokmanby to acknowledge the receipt of your Memorial regarding the treatment of Mr . Feargus O'Connor , in York Castle ; and to acquaint you that his Lordship will make full inquiry into the circumstances therein stated . I am , Gentlemen Yonr most obedient humble Servant , S . M . PHILLIPPS . Messrs . Hill and Hobso . x .
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I 1 i ~ r 1- fV | - , hi —^^^^^ ii i' , 1 » ill ii 0 i > h | ^ 1 ?\ f t , . * TREATMENT OF FEARGUS O'CONNOR . Mr . O'Connor is made the companion of convicted felons in hia cell , compelled to take his meals with felons , and in all respects identified , as far as the prison arrangements go , with that utterly degraded class . This is illegal . Our proof of its illegality is at hand . The Under-Secretary for the Home Department , Mr . Fox Maule , admitting the truth of the description of Mr . O'Connor ' s sufferings , apologised tor their cruelty in th , e following words . We quote the Morning Chronicle ' s report : — " If there was now a greater degree of severity in the punishment of persons convicted of political libels tha n formorly was exercised , it was solely to bo attributed to the alterations made in the law with regard to prison discipline . "
We do not admit the truth of all that Mr . Fox Maule says , for we are convinced that the great severity which he admits to be practised towards the opponents of Ministers through the preS 3—is at all times the real description of those who are called political libellers—proceeds from the malignity of the Government , else why do they employ their lawofficers to make long speeches in aggravation of punishment ? But let that pass ; it is enough for us to have the confession that a " greater severity" is practised in the punishment of a certain class of offenders than was formerly practised . —Standard . ,
The grievous case of Mr . FearguB O'Connor , now suffering the sentence of the law in York Gaol for a political libel , a very venial offence in these days , gave rise to some conversation in the House of Commons last evening . The treatmeut to which he appears to be subjected , and by which tho severity of his punishment is uuduly aggravated , seems to have met with no countenance in any part of the House , and therefore it may be hoped may be reformed ^— Courier . It was well shewn during tho debate , tbat nobody was in fault but the law-makers themselves . The Judges did but sentence Mr . O'Connor to imprisonment ; the magistrates only executed the Judge s orders according to the prison regu ' a-
nous , wnicn tney are authorised by the Legislature to make ; and not a soul , it appears , was to blame but the very stupid members of the Legislature , who are thoroughly ignorant of the consequences of their own incessant , but most shortsighted and blundering activity . This reminds us of their Act to cause arms to be registered in Ireland , of which it has lately been said that the effect is to advertise the disaffected where arms are kept , and inform them of the amount of resistance they are likely to encounter in endeavouring to steal them . In such cases as the Corn Laws , wo have to reprobate rather the wickedness than the lolly of the law-makers . But in tho case of the Arms Act , and the Prisons' Regulation Act , we are called on chiefly to laugh at their prodigious folly . —Sun .
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FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT
Thursday Evening , Quarter to Seven o ' clock . Mb . O'CoNNOa .-The declaration of the Attorney-General , and the unanimous expression of opinion in the House of Commons last night , as to the treatment of Mr . O'Connor , has allayed , in som « degree , the popular frenzy and indiguation on that subject ; coufadeut expectation being now entertained that the sentonoe will be altogether remitted , in consideration ot the gratuitous torture already inflicted . This is the least recompense that can bo offered to outraged justiceand indignant humanity .
Citt and Commercial News . —A considerable quantity of capital , which was intended to be applied to other purposes , having been brought forward for investment in the ordinary manner , now that it is known the Government will require no new loan , has served to tighten" the markets , and the rate of discount has advanced to 4 ± per cent . It ia said that this eudden scarcity has been occasioned by the efforts oi the Bank of England to counteract any re-actwn , which may succeed the present speculation in the ; Railway Shares . These latter contiuue
to be in favour as a mode of investment , the public appearing more than ever convinced of the success of the principal undertakings , even beyond the anticipations of their original projectors . More business has been done in Joint Stock Bank Shares , whioh are generally rather higher , although without any very material alteration . These are the closing pnces ^ Threejperjpent . Reduced , 01 J ; Throe per Cent . Coasob . dJJ ; Three and a Half per Cent ., New , 101 ; Three and a . Half per Cent , deduced ; 100 Bank Stock . 176 J ; Exchequer Bills , 25 ; ConsoWot Account , 92 s .
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Yesterday morning , after a lingering illness , aged 00 , much and deservedly respected , Mr . William Baxter , landlord of the Wild Man Inn , Quarry Hill , in this town , and formerly a pl umber and glazier . ¦ On Sunday last , aged 40 , after a protracted illness , Mr . Gervase Hiadle , of Dewsbury , son of the . late Mr . Solomon . Hiadle , spirit merohant , of that flace .
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WAKsrnia adjourned ssuxomb . IH NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , That th « SPRING GENERAL QUARTER SESSION ^! OF THE PEACE , for the West-Riding of « County of York , will be held by Adjournment iMU the Committee Room , at the House of CorrectioiXfl » t Wakefield , on Wednesday , the Tenth Day dwfl June next , at Eleven o'clock in 1 the Foren oonjfof ^ l the Purpose of inspecting the Riding Prison , ( the ^ H said House of Correction , ) and for Examining thfH Accounts of the Keeper of the saidHonseof Cor-IH reotion , making Enquiry into the Conduct of theflfl Officers and Servants , belonging the same ; and iH also into the Behaviour of the Prisoners , and their 9 Earnings . « S C . H . ELSLEY , 'M Clerk of the Peace . 4 fl Clerk of the Peace ' s Office , Wakefield , lf | 27 th May , 1840 . Hi — —^ ., ' ^ " ^—^ M^—^^—^—^ ^ ^^^^ B wA « TTin . n An mnnMm » . «« . _ Hfl
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fi ANCER , SCIRRHUS , TUMOUR , of everrWl \ J variety : FISTULA , &c , Buccessfully treatSffl without tne Knife , by a system which is safe as well rRl as effectual . H All Complicated Diseases of the Joints' Sarofu ^ si lous Swellings , Scorbutic Eruptions , and Ulcers of IH all sorts which resist the common or M reg ular 11 Ml modes of treatment , are also effectually cured or III J . L . Wabd , Professor of Medical Surgery Ni > Jil 18 , Trafalgar Street , Leeds ; and No . 1 , LiverooSal Street , Oldfield Road , Salford " , Manchester . Ml The number of the afflicted who may be seen ai-XI the above Establishments , and whose cures are pro-Si grossing under Mr . Ward ' s treatment , after beinr ^ H 10
suDjecieu we temporizing expedients , not only of «¦ the irregular , but th « " regular" quack , are amply Wk sufficient as references to establkh the pre-eminence JH of his system over every other which has hithertoJSl been adopted . mH He has , however , been induced , for the satu 3 . > sl faction of the afflicted at a distance , to submit the tM following statement for their consideration : — | H "I , John Gundill , Bricklayer , Pontefrac t , wajiffii afflicted with a large Tumour on ray Breast , whi ch t « had a somewhat email neck , and was thelikert a 4 J large fuzzball of anything I can think of . Having § 1 seen , by the Leeds newspapers , the success of Mr . ] ¦ J . L . Ward , of Trafalgar-street , in that town , in M curing Cancers and Tumours without cutting , I was | 9 induced to make application for relief , and have now 9
the highest satisfaction to make known , that I h&ve f | got this disagreeable substance removed without H risk or injury to my health , and am now perfectly 9 cured . 1 also cannot omit to mention , that among 9 many other cases which I bave seen at Mr . Ward ^ M Surgery , is a young man with three extraordinary S Tumours on one foot , who is under treatment , and m I would recommend every one to see him to be con- m vinced of Mr . Ward ' s very superior skill . HI " Poiftefract , May 8 th , 1840 . " "fl A number of Persons will shortly be referred W to , whose cases have baffled all the efforts of the M medical men in the Leeds , Manchester , and other 9 Infirmaries . ? Attendance at Leeds every Tuesday ; and at - Salford , every Thursday and Friday . ;
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ADVICE . MR . WILKINSON , SURGEON , HAVING devoted his Studies for many Years to the successful Treatment of the VENEREAL ^ DISEASE , in all its various Forms ; also , to the ' frightful consequences resulting from that destructive practice , "Self Abuse , " may . be personally consuited from Nine in-the Morning till Ten at Night , and on Sundays till Two , at 13 , Trafalgar Street , Leeds , and every Thursday , at No . 4 , George Street . Bradford , from Ten till Five . In recent cases a perfect Cure is completed within a Week , or no Charge made for Medicine after that period , and Country Patients , by making only one personal vi 6 it , will receive such Advice and Medicines that will enable them to obtain a permanent and effectual Cure , when all other means have failed . .
Having successfully acquired a thorough knowledge of all the various stages of that insidious and too often fatal disease , and the deplorable results , as well as frequent loss i > f . Iife which often occurs through displayed ignorance , by those unqualified , ' :, having but very little knowledge either of the dis- . order , or component principles of Medicine ; thus the system becomes tainted , the whole mass of blood impure , and the Constitution ruined with Poison , ; producing Ulcers and Eruptions , on various , nart 3 of < j j the body , frightful to be seen—often ddsdy re- \ J sembling and mistaken for diseases of a less pom- " l ful character . Mr . W ., as a Member of the Medical ' -f Profession , and from the peculiar nature of his prae-L tice , can , with the utmost confidence , even to th «
most timid , offer hope , vigour , and perfect health , r What a grief for a youag ^ "person , in the very prime . of life , to be snatched out of time , ' and from all the enjoyments of life , by a disease always local at firsfc ^ and which never proves fatal if properly trea&a , asS all its fatal results are owing either to neglect or' ? ignorance . ^ Mr . W . ' s invariable rule is to give a Card to such . ; ' of bis Patients as a guarantee for Cure , which hr " :-: pledges himself to perform , or to return his Fee . - J For the Accommodation of those who cannot con * / venientl y consult Mr . W . personally , they may obtain his Purifying Drops , Price 4 s . 6 d ., at any of the following Agents , with Printed directions so ' plain , that Patients of either Sex may Cure them- ' selves , without even the knowledge of a bedfellow .
Mr . Haetley , Bookseller , Halifax . Mr . Dbwhibst , 37 , New Street , Huddersfield . Mr . HABRisoN , Bookseiler , MarketPUvce , Barnaley . Mr . Habgbove ' s Library , 9 , Coney Street , York . And at the Advertiser OJfice , Lowgate , HulL Letters , inclosing a Remittance , answered by return of Post ; and Medicine punctually transmitted to the address , either by initials or name .
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WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET 4 | ( BY EXPRESS . ) . _ 4 Fbiday , May 28 th . —Our arrivals of Wheat aw f very moderate : the trade remains slow without v * ¦¦ , riation in prices from the rates of this day se ' nnight . j Barley is steady . Oats and Shelling as before . 1 Beans rather lower . Little passing in olher articles . ] Leeds Cobm Market May 26 . —The arrival of Wheat to this day ' s market is rather smaller tbatr last week . Other kinds of Grain larger . Fine Wheat has been in fair demand at last week ' s price , but all secondary qualities continue in very limited demand . There has been no alteration in Malting or Grinding Barley . Oats and Beans scarcely any alteration .
Huddersfield Cloth Market , May 2 t-. —Our Cloth market to-day has been much in the same depressed state as last week . The news from America arrived during the morning , which appeared to put a stop to all speculation . The Saddieworth merchants and manufacturers are qaito desperate at the intelligence , as many are great sufferers . The fancy trade appears more depressed , and prices for all sorts of goods are a shade lower . The Wool market appears to be in quite a languid state , and pr ices a shade lower .
Newcastle Corn Market , May 23 . —With the exception of a few hundred sacks of floor , we have again hardly any thing coastwise . From the Baltic we have a few cargoes of Wheat fresh & At to-day ' s market we had a fair supply of farmers wheat , and any thing good or fresh being saurflfef ^ brought , in aenie . instances , rather more money . Vr > , Skiptom Cattle Market , May 25 . —Our supp ly of fat Beasts was not large , but of good quality , wd < there being a good attendance of buyers , th » y were J mostly sold at an advanced price . The sbow jji | Sheep was good , but prices were no higher . Bed 7 d to 7 £ d ; Mutton 7 d per lb . Lambs 25 s each . ;
Hull Corn Mabket , May 26 . —The late . op M weather has much impeded the progress of Spring Wheat and Oat ' s , and many fields still look very vuj * J favourable . The Autumn-sown Wheat has chwgw colour , and does not look so well , but is in a muen more forward state than the crops of the last tw > . ; years at this season . The quantity of Amen" ** flour pressing on the markets in Lancashire , csoaM , the Wheat trade here to be still ; the sellerspo trever , are firm , and but few samples changed twos without any alteration in price . Beans free »»} and fully as dear . Oats are scarce , and comB * " high prices . Foreign Barley , for feed , is a ttracting ; more attention ; and many sales have taken El *» during the week . Bapeseed rather dull . Lin ** ? better sold . ' . = V "'
Richmond Corn Mabkbt , Satubday , May 23-- > We only had a thin supply of Grain in our mar t * to-day , but the prices * continue much the sib * Wheat soldfrom 6 a . to 6 s . 9 d . ; Oats , 3 s . 6 d . to 4 M « 2 Barley , 5 s . to 63 . 3 d . ; Beans , 5 s . 6 d . to 6 s . «•?• ¦ bushel . ¦ :
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TO THE EDITORS O ? THE LEED 3 IN'TELLI- GBXCEK , TIMES , AM ) NORTHERN STAR . j Licerpod , Map 22 , lS 4 d . Gentlehe * , —VTill you l > o so kicJ as to insert tie ; foliawin * statement of facts , in answer to -ihvse jlilse '< and libellous lerters published in joiir papers , and Binned Cincinnatus . The Seic York sailed from Liverpool on the 7 th of January lasi , fur ^ C ew Yuri- After experiencing nothing but "westerly g ^ les for twenty days , we put into Curk . Tie day previous to our arrival a Mr . Ward fell and hurt Ms side , bat not so badly as represented , for he "was out shooiing water fowl , &c-, two days after , although it was stormy at the time . While- there , I
cautioned the steerage passengers about laying in a j good stock of provisions ( as they found tDemselvesi and told them - ? re ¦ were likely to have a long passage at j that season of the year . After laying in water , proTi-1 Moos , is ., we sailed again oa the loth of February , and ; b&d coining but westerly gales for the next thirty days , j 00 prosptct of a change for the better . 1 called all the crew aft and told them for fear of the w . urst , mot being ] then half passage over ) , we had better go on allowance , ; whith - » ras approved of by them , and we gave them i 111 b . of beef or port , three biscuit * , aad about ilb . of i potatoes per Czr each , which they vere satisfied with j A few day . 3 a £ Ux the steerage passengers came to mo ; and said they had nothing to eat . I told them how I j ¦ wxs situated in regard to mr-own crew , but at the same \ time assured them that I won ! d give them all I could . We then allcwtd them 31 bs- of potatoes and about lib .
of corn meal per day each . Those who vere sick had j gruel , arrow rojt , aad also part wine from the cabin , i as the doctor onkrtd it . Tor , fortunately , Di . S . G . j Moees , of PhilvielpLia , was a cabin passenger , and , ¦ volunteered his services to attend tlic sict people , j ¦ which he did the whole passage , and wns isitb Mr . " Ward up to the hour of his d ^ atu , and ray instructions to Jjt . Mosre , was , to order from the SttWjjd i-who is now hcire ) anything from ihe cabin that the sick peop ' e r equired . Ihe fact is , the steerage passengers thought I did wrong ia not 311- ^ wicg them as much provisions i as my uwu er .-w . This I could not do , for in such dreadful weather , wh < -n the pu > r fellows had to be up i night and d 3 y , reefing , < kc they required more than j passengers who had nothing to do but lie in their be < ls , 1 and had I attempted soch a thing , we should have had a mutiny on beard . Bat the moment I saw my way j dear of getting into part , 1 ordered all to have meat i
It is aXsofaUs tbat we carried w much provision into Port ; and the csase of our carrying any was , on the laiier part of our voyage , we hid two days fkir irind ; ¦ when we made more than we did for tiro weehs in some !•¦• >* —* ~ = » r > a ^ "tc "«' "'* > " » —* - •¦ «~ . n 11 .. .. * ...... — . Sir . "Ward died joit as the ship reached the Doci -, in & few minntes the mate told me one of the steerage passengers had run up tie dock with a valuable dog ¦ that belonged to "Ward ; I immediately ordered all his ( Wanl ' 8 ) things to be brought into the cabin , and observed one of hii trunks was broken open . ' I called an inquest to be heid en the body . The Jury was composed of respectable men . Two of them arc among onr first merchants . JCo paper or money could be found , and the goods were taken charge of by . ths Coroner . One of the witnesses , a female pass&nger in the steerage ,
aep » sed before the Jury , that she saw Thompson borrow some money from Ward the morning lie dkd , and after his death saw him feeling among Ward ' s clothes , and told him to come away . The circumstances of tho trunk being broken open—the dog being takts away , < 5 cc-, led me to advise the Coroner to £ rd out ¦ where they bearded , and have a search , which 1 belieTe iras done , aad the dog was found and taicD pc » a 3 < -- < . jjoQ oi J "WA 3 not preteni at the esEMmnauon of tie p&ssecgers before the magistrate , as I leu >" ew Yori immediately tftcr the it quest , to see my wife ' s father , who xh : n lay on his death bed , and expired u few hours before I arrivtd home . The letter states that Wild bad from tL . > re to four hundred pounds . 1 litTe a _ letter from his relations , dated ISth . May , four day a fiance ; sajing he probably had about £ ' 50 .
Your obedient serrant , . William C . Bass-tow Sh : . p , : Nl-w Yoik .
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O'CONNOR , Esq ., of Hammersmith . CM *™ ; Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSON , ai toI J **\ : ing Offices . Nob . 12 and 13 , Market-street , BW " gate ; and Published by the said Joshua Ho ?^| ¦ ( for the aaid Feabgos O'Connob . ) at hia | »** - ^ liDg-house , No , 5 , Market-street , ** & *** J&-H internal Communication existing between t ^ **? I No . 5 . Market-street , an * the said . Nos . 1 > ; •*» | 13 . Market-atreet , Briggate ; thtis coastUuttof ^ ^| whole of the said Printing and PnblfchiB * 0 » w . ^ one Premises . % * ¦' '¦'* AU Communications must be . addressed , ( PosVpa ® j j . HOBSOK , Northern Star Office , Leeds . , ( Saturday , May 80 , 18 * 0 . f
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, 8 THE NORTHERN STAR . ¦ "" ' ™ ' - ' ¦ ¦ I . » ± II —¦¦ ¦ III ¦¦ HI 1 ¦ ¦¦ 1 ] - 1 ' - 1 1 MM „ II !¦ ¦ I II 1 I I ¦¦!! ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦—— I ¦!¦! ¦¦¦¦!¦¦¦ ¦¦—^^—— HI IU ¦ —I ¦ ¦¦—^^— ¦ II II ' 1
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Leeds : —Printed for the Proprietor , F ? ABG ^» I
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 30, 1840, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2686/page/8/
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