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THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY. JUNE 27, 1840.
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TO THE MANCHESTER DELEGATE MEETING . Uxstlemen , — We Me muttceU to addresa thefol' lowing rfem yta to you as a justiac&tion for cur non-comr *^^ W « y « ar request to send a delegate to Man-- ^ SS' ^ ml ^ li * ' * ? m eTer ? nun w ^ ° ^ braces our ^¦ J ^ p friend ef universal freedom , and the ^* W ^ f 7 oppression . As such we stretch * ^* S ^? T ^ > and recog ^ e in each of |« * broifcer sod s friend . The object for which you fiave assembled a » g ^ responsible , and honourable work , doubly imperatiYe upon us from the dilapidation of our party , and the disorganization of the masses . No -consideration would have prevented us from sanding a delegate to commune with you and assist yon , but the conviction that every end would be answered by the following letter , without the necessary expense of delef * ting a person from our districts to deliberate with you in Manchester . "ljr ~ T ?—TXro
First , then , the object of your meeting—to devise an t&dtstt pica ofnational organis'tiiotL Now , the Central Committee of Glasgow—the Northern Political Unions —O'Connor ' s , O'Brien * , and a multitude of other plans hare been put forward , each differing from the other , tot ail good enough to attain the end , if once put into practice . Your are mistaken if you imagine that the people are disunited because no efficient * plan has been propounded . The fact is , no plan has been adoptedno plan has been tried . Why wonder , then , at nothing being done ? What we require just now is not invention , with its plans , but industry , ceaseless , untiring industry , in carrying into operation already existing plans . What is ¦ wanted most just now is honest , fearless , indefatigable leaders , who can not only tali , but work—who can call meetings , as well as
address them , and superintend the Eimple process of rganisation . We are too apt to magnify the difficulty of creating and giving a right direction- to public pinion ; and , the moment we fail in accomplishing * ur task , we attribute the failure te the incompetency of our plans . Now , there is a greater stumbling-block than this , and on which many a glorious cause has been made shipwreck . It is the frequency with which indi-Tiduals flatter themselves that all will go well on with-• ut their aid . That a little leisure—a little rest-a little carelessness on his part will never be felt by the ^ freat mass , who are restless and in motion . . Take , by way of illustrating the fallacy of such a notion , the Staple process of the motion of a water wheel . A witeel of large dimensions will require the pressure of a
greater body of -water , than if it were a halfpenny ¦ windmill whirled round a pin for its pivot , . by a breath crabreeBe . Now , it is known to all-that the water wheel tiepeiHte for its motion on the volume of . water btooght to bear upon it . And what is water ? It is an aggregate of drops , as earth is an aggregate of atoms , ^ fcean itself consists and is made up of drops , indivi&—1 drops , and the force of water upon a wheel consist * ensirely on the number of drops buiind togetLer . Bbe 5 &me Volume of water which , turns a wbeel , when baonghi fc tear at one tune upon one puint , would newer produce any eScst upon the wheel , if it were to be poured upon it by a continuous succession of drops . Sow , the weak apology of undisceraing men , that their small labours would never be missed , if they neglected their share of usefulness
, only required to be universally amcd out to be universally refuted . It would be just as afcional to say our labours will not be lost if they are lost—it is only altering the words without adding to , « e detracting from , the sense . Humanity , like the can wave , is made up of drops—is an aggregate of unto , and , when united , we rtsemble the ocean for power , when divided , we are but as a drup to the eean—as vxak and as vsdess ! Who can tell what Will be last or undone , which by one drop cf ocean , or ooe individual of a nation more t-i "" i what is already bound together , might easily be accomplished . The Ba&on is too much scattered in thought—there is too ¦ inch dislocation—there is no principle of cohesiveness —we do not amalgamate—we are scattered like drops
• ' act like the main , resislless as Us tide , " ¦ _ ^ Organisation is the great desideratum of our party ; but South Dneham ia & practical proof that organisation can be carried on without the expense of general delegations . Plans can be started by any one , which , if persevered in , must be beneficial . There needs no Convention to propound a plan , for they cannot be too simple for the times . Remember it is the working men , and not a Convention , that can work out a plan , and yoo cannot get a plan to work well unless you have simplicity stamped npon it Now we have had no . Convention to dictate a plan for South Durham ; but we have got a plan which works welL It does not remain a dead letter on the minute book , but we are Working it out ; it is as follows : —
We have fixed Bishop Anckland as the centre from Which we are to describe a circle , embracing our towns ¦ and villages . As soon as ten persons are obtained who pledge themselves to oor cause , and agree to subscribe one penay per week to advance it , a person amongst the ten ia appointed by mutual assent , to collect the money , * o whom we attach the name of class leader . Tbe class leaden for each town or village form the ommiitee for each town or village , out of whom a eeetary and treasurer , in one person , ia appointed , to whom each class leader , in bis town or village , paw tenpence per week , the collections of his elan .
Ik centralise the strength of our party , and thus « xtend oar usefulness , each village or town committee 4 t class leaders send a delegate down to Bishop Auckland , the first Tuesday in every month . These ' - * eleg * tes appoint a treasurer and secretaiy , to whom * H the other secretaries and treasurers are subservient S »— pay to him all their funds once a month ., through 4 bafe delegate , ao that the delegate meeting fora tMdst may ke a centre of operations , provided with -1 fce shrews of war , and unimpeded by any casualtle Utt * beta * » disorganised body . These delegates fix Jfce missionary—fix Ms salary—and take the entire , SBgulatkm of thje movement in their district . - ^ " * he claw leads— TiTe elected by the member * every .-Six months , on the 1 st July , and 1 st January . The committees ar * co-existent with the class ' leaders . , The delegates are chosen for six months , according -to the dates of the class leaders' election .
The secretaries and treasurers to be elected for the same time and date , so that all the electionsof officers Jd every part of our district may be done on the same Aay , any member being capable of re-election if the members wish . As soon as oar classes extend , and our funds increase Twyond our necessary expenditure for the district , we proceed to another part of our county , with our surplus lands describe a new but similar cirele to our own , form classes , raise funds , establish our system of govern-Bent , and leave them going on as we begun ; so spreading over the whole county , enlightening every part , and inspiring all with hope , confidence , and ounce .
When each county is thus prepared , we shall then Want a Convention , to guide public opinion when once esdted and organised . Don't forget " and organised ;" lor a Convention existing without an organised people is a heavy burthen upon the elite of our party , to continue which , for any length of time , -were t o bring ruin Upon the most active spirits in the cause . Such a "Convention was our first . It was supported by a comparatively few of those who hold our opinions . All tfeetr calculations * were necessarily rough guess work .
The national strike was a proof of this . They fixed a -strike before they knew ita practicability , as was evidenced from delegates being despatched to districts after the strike bad been fixed , to see whether if could "be aeeemplished . And when they returned from their inquiring tour they were no wiser than before , for the people nowhere being organised , - all was a species of gaeatinf calculation . Such a Convention could not be f any material service to our party , for it had no ground-work to go upon—no power to back it—no funds to rendsr it available as a national engine of
redress , We do not blame the Convention for their incapacity . He . They did all that men could do under the cir-C—ostaaces ; but we attribute all that was not done by *_ t body to _* want of organisation , the comity of 2 > ozhaxn had its representative in that Contention , sapported by oar local influence ; aad , without detracting from the honesty or spirit of oar member , we are confident that many of our home advocates were doing —raore servie * to the cause at not a fraction of the pease .
- Lei our entire energies be directed , then , to th « -amen of theinasses . There is no need of a centralised —tipTfflT body for this . Then is not a working man . _ . the circle of social life who possesses ordinary in-4 efiigenee and honesty , but can form a class , collect the pennie s , * nd pay it to a treasurer appointed by the Masses . There are no classes « o incapable and stupid as art to be able to elect a . delegate iat a 4 i * tne * . « Tillage , * na ~ e * ipowerbim t « sit with other delegates tor transacting the general business of the movement as their neighbourhood . The employment of a misaawiry is one of the duties of those delegates , as s ** n ai thsy «« mm * ad funds adequate to his m ^ n .
This missionary penetrates new districts—forms new 4 asssef—animates the eld ones—and , in the course of tint , gives birth to new missionaries , until the whole ocnty is classified—lectured and prepared . When that is done—when such a county represents , in auaisfcore , the whole length sad breadth of the land—-ttiSB , bat sot till then , can we call a Convention—then , bat not 101 then , wills Convention be of use—then , but *•» tffl then , will the will of the Convention become the Uw of th * land . And who win suggest the expensive delegation of a fwblie body to form classes in ear towns sadTillages —Jke * dx wmtuii . ttep ma to be taken—when that bartntm eaa bt dene without each assistance , and setter without each assistance than with it ?
OrgantartToa is the foundation stone of that temple of liberty wfakhis te afford protection to all . Letus then attend to ask . We are doing it in South Durham , and before sassy north * have elapsed we shall be like a swiftsaiDng vessel ia a fleet of ships , that has shot so for a bead , thkt we shall be obliged to pull np , till the lagfard * in the fleet have overtaken m We are re'jotood . to state that our cause is prospering here . God grant that it may prosper still more ! until we are handdaspedto hand , and heart joined to heart , cele-. stating the jubilee of England ' s emancipation ! We ¦ lay be Wrong in the means we have adopted here , Jwt it is because we see no possibility of any other J" » ct icahh > and useful plan being suggested that we tectia * sending a delegate .
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bhouid , however , your deliberations throw more li ht upon our craggy path—should any better plan be forthcoming , we will throw aside the harness which has had its use , to brace on new and better , which will enable us to accompllsb . whai the other has left undone . It is our . love of the cause that has dictated this letter , and we readily admit that it ia your love of the cause that has brought you together . So far , then , we are upon equal terms . We are indistolubly united in the bonds of one common principle , and only require a reciprocity of good feeling and honesty to be united by a uniformity of action as welL Ulteriormeasureswill not be dreamt of till we can work them out When we have found , as we believe we shall .. b " * a , faOWeTer , TOUr d-liber&tinim thVAW mnr «
find , that all our union , intelligence and remonstrance will be of no avail in obtaining a peaceable and bloodless concession of our rights—when we have found , by experience , that our claims are disregarded when robed in the snowy garb of peace , —then reason , religion , humanity , will lay aside the harmlessness of the dove for the lion ' s heart and the tiger ' s rage . Then will time confirm the warning truth in the triumph of our cause and the death of our tyrants , that " all they that take the sword shall perish by the sword , " and in that grave of dethroned despots and dismantled pride will be shrouded the fountains' of our tears and the cause of every curse . Then will the time have arrived when the tyrant ' s sword will become a people ' s plough-share , and the soldier ' s spear a toiler ' s pruning-hook—nation will not lift hand against nation , neither will they learn war any more . To hasten that day we will plead and toil , and suffer , and ever learn to love our country as we love our homes—to love our neighbours
as we love ourselves . Jacob Hodgson , Chairman of the South Durham Delegates West Auckland , June 14 , 1840 .
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Subscribers in Lancashire will receive , with this Day ' s Number , a Portrait of the " Old King , " R . Oastler ; Subscribers in Yorkshire , one of P . M . M'Docall ; and those in the other Counties one of Johk Collins . On the 12 th of September next , another Portrait will be presented to each Subscriber of the Star .
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( From the Weekly Dispatch of June 21 . ) "D ELEASE OP MR . JOHN CLEAVE FROM IV THE COMPTER- ^ Tiwsl ill-used man , after an imprisonment of about four weeks , has been released from confinement , ia the Compter , by &n order from Lord Nonnauby . Some time since a memorial , mnserously and respectably signed , prayiug for a mitigation of punishment , was presented to his Lordship by Mr . Grote . Mr . Grote was attended by Mr . Paitison and Mr . Lowe . The former gentleman fully stated the caae , and urged the Marquis to remit that portion of the sentence which related to imprisonment . This Lord Normanby has done , and Mr . Cleave is now at larse :
but he had to discharge the fine of £ 2 G , and he is still held in suretiesTor his good behaviour for two years ; and this while another individual , who not only published the Letters , but printed them , has escaped scot-free . The fact , therefore , that Mr . Cleave is still held to bail , that he has expended i . 70 in this affair , and has been under the necessity of quitting his business , axe matters sufficiently grievous , and betray a great want of feeling on the part of the Whigs . A remission of a portion of Mr . Cieave ' s sentence implies that he has been hardly dealt with , and which is acknowledged by the Judge liberating him : and the sooner the restrictions placed upon his conduct are removed and the fine paid back to him , the greater will be the credit due to Government . " ——
The following subscriptions have been received towards paying the fine and heavy law expenses inflicted on Mr . Cleave : — A few friends at Salisbury , per Mr . Rees , bookseller 0 17 0 Mrs . Barchard , Squeers Mount ... 1 10 0 Mr . Tidd , Gos well-street 0 1 0 R . F . B ., per Mr . Jeffries 0 2 5 Ecce Homo 0 10 Mr . Hobson , Leeds 2 2 0 Mr . C . F . Green 10 0 A Dear Lover of Whiggery 0 0 6 I t is respectfully suggested to the publio generally and more especially to those engaged in the bookselling and publishing trade , that both their interest
and their duty consist in bearing a portion of this expense ; there being Bcareely a bookseller in the kingdom who is not equally liable to a similar oppression , whenever it shall please the emissaries of bigotry and fanaticism to arraign them before a prejudiced or a packed jury .
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FEARGUS O'CONNOR , "THE SHABBY GOVERNMENT , " AND THE YORKSHIRE "SHALLOWS . " AwoTfiER whole week have we waited in expectation of Mr . Inspector . Qbawtoed ' s " report" to the House of Commons , of the actual state of matters , ascertained by him , on personal enquiry , as fo the treatment of Mr . Feahgw OTonhob , in York
Castle , previous to the first day of the present month ; as to Mb treatment in York Castle since that period ; as to the bearing of all the evidence obtained by him in his two missions of enquiry , on the four th and on the ninth days of June , respectively , upon the several allegations contained in Mr . 0 'Co . v . or ' s petition of the 24 th of May ; as to the manner in which the evidence of all the parties , examined in Mr . O'Conmor ' s absence , on the 4 th June , agreed with the evidence of the same parties , examined in Mr . O'Coitxor ' s presence , on the
9 th June ; as to the fact of whether the witnesses , upon whose testimony , ( teiretly taken , in the absence of Mr . O ' Consor , on the 4 th June , ) the "justification" of the Yorkshire Magistrates , or rather of their fac-to-tum , Mister Magistrate Bjlb-KAiLD Hague , and his denial of the allegations contained in Mr . O'Coxnob ' s Petition were founded , did or did not commit perj ubt ; as to whether the said Mr . Inspector Crawford did or did not find it necessary for his own honour and safety , in spite of the interference of
Mister Magistrate Barkakd Hague , to order the word " retracted" to be affixed to every syllable of the evidence upon which that denial is founded ; as to whether the evidence taken before him on the 9 th of June , in the preeenoe of Mr . O'Connor , and in the presence of Mister Magistrate Barnard Hague , did or did not prove the letter of Mister Magistrate Barnard Haqob to Lord Normahbt , dated " York Castle , June 1 st , 1840 , " and purporting to be an answer to his Lordship ' a letters of the 25 th , 26 th , 27 th , aad 30 th ultimo , to contain
several falsehoods ; as to the fact of whether MiBter Magistrate Basnabd HAGuadid , or did not , in consequence thereof , refuse to attend the further investigation of the subject on tat morning of the 10 th inst . ; and finally , whether tnat evidence did , or did not prove that Mister Magistrate Barnard Hague was not only fully cognizant of , but personally required , the performance by Mr . O'Co . vnob , of all the menial and disgusting servioes atated in his petition ., UponaUU ^ pMtU 0-4 *^ a » . flT , ; € BXWFOKS ' s
duty , being specially appointed for that purpose ^ to collect evidence , to satisfy the House of Commons and the country , as to whether Mr . O'Coiraoa has been cruelly and illegally treated or not . Upon all these points we know that be did collect evidence ; and w « reiterate our question of last week , Why is not that evidence fortneoming \ It is alike necessary , for the ends of pubbc justice , and the credit and fair fame both of the Government and the Yorkshire Magistrates , that it should be produced without the least delay .
O'Conkor has made his statements , and the first law officer of the Crown has declared that , if they be true , he has been illegally treated ; while the Government have declared that , if they be true , he has been treated in a manner which they never contemplated , and certainly did not intend . The Magistrates have responded—giving th « lit both to O'Cokkob and the Government—flaying that O'Connor has not been treated as he avers , and that if he had , the Government were fully cognisant of , and intended , it . We , on the part of CCoicnor , shrink not from the responsibility of telling the Government and Mr . Fao- to-turn ] Magistrate BabjiABD Hague , that
THEY BOTH LIE ; that every word of the allegations contained in Mr . O ' Coxnor ' s petition , and more too , was proved
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be ; ore Mr . ' Inspector Crawfobd , and that Mr . Magistrate Barnard Hague ia quite > tight when he says , in the Yorkshire Gktejte % { the 13 th , that " the GovernnienJ were ( Bell aware of the rules and regulations of the prison , " and that they , therefore , knowingly and intentionally subjected O ' Connor to the treatment which they themselves afterwards denounced ** " 1 Uyflalft r We say that the Visiting Magistrate ^ 1 * Y « A k « : «* - « Vlr Mnsn ^ t ^ r rai—mnn « . t » H fh _* AJi «
Castle have imposed upon Feargus O'CoJinob all tift Bufferings detailed in his petition , and more ; we say that they did this with the full sanction , knowledge , and authority of Government ; and we say that BOTH THESE AUGUST BOBIES HAVE CONDESCENDED TO MEAN AND PITIFUL SUBTERFUGE AND LYING , TO ESCAPE THE LASH OF PUBLIC OPINION FOB THBIB CONDUCT . We appeal to the report of Mr . Inspector Crawford for the evidence of what we say ; and
WE DARE THEM TO PRODUCE ITU ! The times have gone by for Englishmen to be juggled and played with , in the way which is being now attempted by Lord Normanbv , with an impudence characteristic only of him and his master . In the House of Lords , on Monday , on the presentation of Mr . O'Connor ' s second petition , by Lord Brougham , Lord Nobmanby is reported to have said , that : — " He wished to remark upon two points contained in this petition . The first was , as to the inquiry which he ( the Marquis of Normanby ) had casued to be made at York Castle with respect to the treatment of the petitioner , and with regard to the nature and ebject of which Mr . O'Connor seemed to labour under some misapprehension . His ( the Marquis of Normanby ' si
object in sending down Mr . Crawford , a prison inspector , to make that inquiry , was to ascertain whether the visiting magistrates had complied with their own rules and regulations in regard to Mr . O'Connor ; and , secondly , whether he ( the Marquis of Normanby ) in this oase would be justified in exercising the power which he possessed , of removing the prisoner to another gaol . Mr . Crawford , after making his inquiry , was satisfied that none of the rules and regulations of the gaol had been violated in Mr . O'Connor ' s case , and without any wish to impute anything of untruth to Mr . O'Connor , he ( the Marquis ef Normanby ) felt bound to give the weight of authority to the statements of Mr . Crawford and the visiting magistrates rather than those of Mr . O'Connor . "
13 this Lord a fool \ or does he suppose everybod y els « to be fools !! What , on earth ,-does any living creature care about his " satisfaction" with the statements of Mr . Ck&wfo&d and of the Visiting Magistrates , and his giving the preference to those statements rather than to ihe statements of Mr . O'Connor ? What are hh opinions , that the House or the country should feel any Interest in them—a conceited puppy !! Why is not ihe evidence produced , that the House and the people may form their own opinions ?
It is to no purpose that Mister-my-Lord Norman .-bt seeks to bamboozle the House , and the people , by pretending to recite the statements of Mr . Crawford to him . They want the promised report , containing all Mr . Crawford ' s statements , and the evidence on which he founds those statements . That is what they want , and that is what they both must and shall have . They want no ehnfflin * , apeoious , glosing , shifting , lying speeches from either Upper or Under Secretaries of State . They want the " report , " the evidence the truth , the whole truth , and nothing but the truth—and , in spite of all the crooked policy of the novel-writink Statesman , and his blundering man of all work ^ they shall have them . They shall look them owr" whether Mr . Fox Maule does or not .
In the lower " House , " it will be seen that , on the same night , when Mr . Aguonbt asked when the examination and the report of the treatment of Mr . F . O'Connor in York Castle , would be laid before the House , Mr . Fox Maule said he mutt first look over them to see if he could agree to their presenta tion . Now , why should Mr . Fox Maule feel any hesitation about agreeing to their presentation ? Dares he not trust to the veracity of his own picked messenger ! Is be aware that " Hawk ' s eea" were abroad while Mr . Inspector Crawford Was at York ! Does he expect therefore that Mr . Crawford has got into some Bcrape- ^ aad ia he tender , ef hit repu * tation 1 Or does he feab to face the trvth DOES HE FEEL CONSCIOUS THAT THAT
REPORT , IF FAIRLY AND HONESTLY PRESENTED , WILL OVERWHELM HIM AND HIS GOVERNMENT WITH DISGRACE I It is no use , however * All this writhing and wriggling will not enable the " ehabby lot" to wriggle out of the report : We have much mistaken the character of Mr AGlionb * , if be ' will be tamely played with by any monkeyfletl lordling or blundering lawyer of the whole lot . / We perceive thai ht
has given notice of a motion for th « ir production ; aud we can have no doubt that he will have honesty and courage to persevere in his motion ; though we know that the government , and especially Lord Norha . nbt , will not consent to the production if it can by any means be evited . We bid them to " despair their charm . " It cannot be evited . . The report must come ; and as we doubt not that this motion of Mr . Aglionby ' s will fetch it , we res t here for the present , so far as the " report" is concerned .
Another part of Mieter-my-Lord Normanbt ' s speech gives the lie on the authority of Mr . Crawford to Mr . Clabkson , a respectable solicitor of Bradford , who is entrusted with the preparing of Mr . 0 "Connor 3 dofence , against the indictments pending ai the next Liverpool Assizes , and who , seeking to see him on that business , was denied admission 10 him , both by the gaoler and by several Magistrates to whom he applied , stating his profession and business . The Marquis of Normanbt said , Mr . Crawford ' s statement was that he was told that Mr . Clarkson , who was described as the professional adviser of Mr . O'Connor , wished to gee him ; but on enquiry , he found thai it wiu not on professional business .
We commend this to the attention of Mr . Clarksoh . It is a very different story from the one he told us in our office , on his return from the unsuccessful effort which he made to see Mr . O'Connor , And , now , a single word with -the Yorkshire "Master Shallows . " They have published , "by authority , " in the York papers of the 11 th and the 13 th inst ., certain portions of the Correspondence " between ( hem and the Home-Office , in « j ustification" of their proceeding . This " Correspondence " we shall dissect , greatly to their liking , we have do doubt , when Mr . Crawford ' s report appears . In the meantime , we find in the Yorkshire
Gazette , a paper which ought to pay us handsomely for this advertisement , a somewhat laboured atttempt at an arguefied "justification" of thes same "Shallows' * against their liege masters , the " shabby set" in Downing Street . We happen to know something of the whereabout of this- same " MSttafcenir ' - **** whhofftTCiy tax of contradiction , we treat it as the authorized production of the a Shallow" brood of Justices ^ rendering , of course , all due and becoming deference to their intelligent factotum Mister Magistrate Barnard Hacub .
We never incur the charge of garbling anything . Seeking truth , and truth only , in all our inveatigations , wenever ; need to blink anything . We , therefore , give the "Shallow" argument ; whole and undivided , just as wt find it .
" YORK CASTLE . —THE VISITING JUSTICES . " The Attorney-General , the Under-Secretary of State , and the Gloie , Ministerial print , have attempted to fix whatever odium attaches to the treatment of Mr . O'Connor , upon Ate Visiting Justices of York Castle . That they dojaot deserra any censure , bnt praise , mast appear evideat to every one who reads the correspondence whieh wjll befound in our third page . - M The 1 Visiting Jnstiees have a duty to perform , which is strictly defined by the Gael Acts . The 4 th , Geo . IV ., c . € i . s . 16 , enacts as follows : —
" One or more of the Visiting Justices shall peraenally visit and inspect each prison at least three times in each quarter of a year , and of toner if occasion enall require , and shall examine into the state of the buildings , so as to form a judgment as to repairs , addition * , or alterations which may appear necessary , strict regird being had to the classification , inspection , instruction , employment , or hard labour , required by this act , and shall further examime into the behaviour and conduct of the respective officers ; and the treatment , behaviour and condition of the prisoners , the means of setting them t » work , the amount of their earnings , and the
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expjtjtte * attending the prison , and all the abuses within tbA same , and in matters ef pressing necessity , and Mbtiitht 1 powers of their Commission as Justices , shall take « ognlaanoe thereof , and ' ^ proceed to regulate and redress the same . " ; "Here we have a direct limitation of their authority . With respect to the classification of prisoners the 2 nd and 3 rd Viet ., c . 66 , sec . 5 , provides—. . " . ijSfaWk the Prisoners of each Bex in every Gaol , House Of Correction , Bridewell , and Penitentiary in idgland-and Wales , shall be at least divided into the following classes : ( that is to say , ) " First—Debtors , in those Prisons in which Debtors may be lawfully confined : 1 f Second—Prisoners committed for Trial : "Third—Prisoners convicted , and sentenced to hard Labour : n «^ iMiMk M ( . ^ t . M A- _ _ „ _ u -1 1 « iuj _
" Fourth—Prisoners convicted , and not sentenced to hard Labour : " Fifth—Prisoners not included ia the foregoing Classes : and that in every prison in England and Wales separate Rules and Regulations shall be made for every Class of Prisoners in that Prison . " ¦ ¦ ¦¦ " ¦ Rules and regulations , as required by this act , lave been adopted for the government of York Castle ,, and we have now before us a copy of those rules which were ' approved by Lord John Russell , Secretary of State for the Home Department , on the 19 th of June , 1837 . ' So much for the pretended ignorance by the Government of the discipline enforced in our Castle .
When Mr . O'Connor was received into the prison , be came under the fourth class— ' Prisoners convicted , and not sentenced to hard labour . ' Tbe Visiting Justices treated him accordingly , having no power to regulate and redress any grievance which might exist , by his being required to comply with those rules . The provisions of the Act of Parliament and the rules and regulations adopted under the authority of those Acts , and approved by the Secretary of State , could not be altered by the Visiting Justices , because whatever grievances mieht
arise therefrom , they were not ' within the powers of'the commission , under which the magistrates act . They were , therefore , perfectly powerless , and had no alternative but to see that the prison discipline was properly maintained . "It happened that Mr . O'Connor was the only prisoner under sentence of misdemeanor , and consequently they had either to subject him to solitary confinement , or put him in the same ward with felons . On reference to the Gaol Acts it was found that the 5 th Geo . IV ., c . 85 , section 13 , applied to the case in point . It enacts— . ,
" That where , in any Prison , there shall be only One Prisoner belonging to any Class , such Prisoner may be assigned , with his or her own Consent , to any otter CLati of Prisoners of the same Sex' wh }« h the Visiting MagiBtrates ^ fetheir discretion shall taJfck fl $ . K ; - -. ^ T ''Themamwrates in their anxiety to accommodate Mr . O'Connor as far as the law and the rules of the prison would allow , avail themselves of this enactment , and , with his Own consent , placed him in a ward with two men convicted of felony . " For so doing , the Attorney-General has been pleased to charge them with acting illegally . It is clear that they did dot act illegally . That they acted
in the only way in which the law would allow , and the law , be it remembered , which requires this strict classification , was passed by a Whig Government ; and but for the more merciful provision of the 5 th George IV ., the act of a Tory Government , Mr . O'Connor must have suffered the additional tor ture of solitary confinement . The Globe has had the effrontery to declare that the Act under which Mr . O'Connor suffered " was a relic of Tory times , when Liverpool was Premier . " The fact is , that the Aot was introduced and carried by tho Whigs , when Melbourne was Premier . So much for the law of the Attorney-General and the veracity of the Globe .
* A word to Mr . Fox Maule . He etatea in his place in Parliament that the Visiting Justices would have an opportunity of vindicating their character . What can be meant by this impertinence ? The Visiting Justices have no need to offer any vindication . They have done their duty ; and in the discharge of that they have displayed an anxious desire to render Mr . O'Connor as comfortable as his situation would permit . The correspondence with the Home-Office shows their anxiety in this respect , and the tardy manner in which their applications for special instructions wero answered by Lord Normauby , is pretty convincing proof that no very kindly feeling existed m that quarter to the former ally and friend of the Whigs .
" It is clear that the Government were well aware of the rules aud regulations of the prison , and that , therefore , to them must be the blame , if any , be attributed . The Visiting Justices are completely exonerated . " ' A word will set the " anxious desire" of these " accommodating gentry " to make Mr . O'Coknor comfortable" in its true li ght . Let the reader mark the extract last given by the " Shallows , " from the 5 th Geo . IV , c . 85 . sec . 13 ., "That wnen there shall be bat one prisoner of a class , such prisoner may be assigned with his or her
otsn consent to lny other class . Now , if this be the law , why did not the Yorkshire Justices , in their discretion , think fit to place , Mr , Ebargus O'Connor among the prisoners of the "first class / ' the debtors t They bad free permission by the l » w , according to t ^ eU , own dwwing , ^ to place him In any class Wbicli ^ thej , f { in , t 3 lieir discretion , might think fit , " and , " iiv their discretion , " accordingly , "they thought iBt " . to place hhn among the felons ! The Government was not to be blamed for this , at all events ; for they had no Bpecial instructions ; this was the pure ebuilition of the gratified malignity of the Yorkshire " Shallows" !—the effervescence of their , joy , « t getting the champion of the poor into their clutches !
And yet these wretches try to shift the whole blame of the rascality on their oomrogues of Downiugstroet , and dare to prate of " their anxiety to accommodate Mr . O'Connor , " and their " anxious desire to render Mr . O'Connor as comfortable as his situation would permit" ! 2 The contemptible hounds ! One is really at a l oss , for very loathing , to find resolution enough to spit upon the whole crew , " Shallows , " and " Government" and all Arcades ambo !
We have yet mor « to say to these " Shallows " and their Chairman , Mr . Magistrate Barnard Hacce , whom we apprehend to be almost the sole actor in this disreputable business ; but who , so long as he is countenanced in his fussy catering for notoriety , by his more respectable compeers , will necessarily drag them with him , through all the mire and dirt amongst which his natural genius leads him ; but we wait a little , in hope of settling off all at once , when the " report" comes . We perceive , also , that the " thing" who edits the Gazette seems anxious that we should bestow a little notice on him . He labours most lustily to . look big . Poor thing ! What a pity he is doomed to be disappointed ! Wb direct attention ^ the letter of our able Correspondent , VW ^ 4 ^ b £ -W , * Keliberty of the Prets . "• . »~ -l- : ! -. , '
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Portraits have been forwarded to all the other Agents , excepting such as have not settled up their accounts with the office . An soon as they do so , their several quantities shall be sent off .
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To Agents . —We have again to complain of ihe late arrival of many of the letters from aw Agent A great portion oj' the orders fat ¦ alteration in '' liffirsemrtf are sent to the Post-office : It is quite impossible for us to supply them at the proper time unless their orders are here en Thursday evening . Joseph Jokes , of Leeds , desires a few lines from R . Abbot . . ¦ ¦ '¦¦ : : Portraits for the following Agents have been kept back for about another fortnight , so that we may inclose those next to begiven ^ and thus save them m-. * --, « - _ , nr . 1 ^ ...,. yt / . ^ in y * nnnZffi « i > # A _» lnt »
some carriage fees . Perhaps they could point out to us the cheapest method of forwarding them . —Taylor , Wolverhampton ; Farrow , ' . Boston ; Hughes , Banbury ; Millon , Frame ; Kendal , Wilts \ J 2 rant , Brighton ; Woods , Sudbury ; and BeecMtn , drencester . ' A Regular Subscriber , Sandbach . —The whole matter is between the Agents and Subscribers . If any Subscribers feel themselves imposed on by the Agents , they can have their , papsrs direct from the office by paying in advance ; and then the price of the paper will be , on
Portrait weeks , Sixpence . We give no . Agent authority to charge more than Sixpence , ; if , therefore , "A Regular Subscriber" has been charged Ninepence for his paper and Portrait , he has paid Threepence more than the Agent had any right to charge . The Fibst Class of the Honlky Northebn Union are ef opinion that a sufficient fund might be raised for the relief of all the suffering Chartists if every vendor of liberal papers would appropriate half the allowance to a general fund .
BnuTus . —We have not room . A London Subscriber feom the fibst proposes that there should be a periodical published to circulate all over England , Scotland , and Wales , entirely devoted to the propagation ef the principles of f > e Charter ^ to be of the size of ihe Penny . Magazine , and to be sold at lid . or Id ., ihe profits to be devoted to the support of the wives and families of the patriots in prison . One of the Middle Class recommends , as a means of raising a victim fund , that , in addition to the plan of Mr . M'&oiiall , the workmen ' of each factor y ^ shop , trade , or village to contribute one penny &n each pay night , and appoint receivers for each single division ; all these receivers to
meet at one appointed place , to form a central board , and elect a general treasurer—the board to- have the power of declaring the dividend due to each suffering family , —there should also be intelligent individuals appointed out cf the middle class to canvass , weekly , amongst their own order , two to be appointed for every street ; in which way a considerable amount might be obtained . Mb . Hartwell and the Dorchester Committee —Last week , we had a long communication from Mr . Hartwell on this subject , which we declined publishing . This' week we have received a still longer one from Mr . Tomey , which we must also decline publishing . We tfe no good end that can he answered by carrying on this squabble further . i
A Suffolk Radical proposes , as a means for raising a fund for the benefit of the incarcerated Chartists and their families , that every Agent , for the next quarter , or those who are willing , give up half their allowance , that is , one'halfpenny per paper , andfsr each subscriber to the Star , who can afford it , to give another halfpenny , when he takes his paper of the Agent . A Sincere Radical of Brighton is right . O'Connor , personally , is doubtless a sore plague to the bloody factions ; but the grand grievance is the Star ; and they will think any amount of money
well spent which may , by force or fraud , succeed in putting down ihe Star .- For this purpose , no plan seems so likely to be effective as fomenting divisions amongst its readers and supporters ; and hence may be ¦ very clearly accounted for several movements , both in town and country , by pretended Radicals . But our friend need suffer m apprehension . The people have yet too much of honesty to lend themselves knowingly to the accomplishment of any plot of ihe enemy ; and misguided folly , or deep-laid villany , seldom works long without uncovering the front . We think , with him , that a penny from every man , whosigned the National
Petition ought long ere this to have been applied to the victim fund . - , Joseph B . Crawford writes , in reference to . the various plans for carrying the , CharUer ^ ljim ' ^ " for remodelling the . movement " , o ltogeifutf ^ " . * ' accomplish this , I would propose that a ^ tiBg ^ ai Association be established ; the association td ^ < - sectional—thoug h calling itself national—^ tf ^ ' ' lection to be the national association of the totbto T . orf ^ BS 6 in which one was formed ; and to hane ^ .,, vy TfagQme rules in all . Every section to have its £ rii « tfait { tffce bearers ; and etch-member to have a ¦\ f « PNte , wtt » the principles *) f the Charter neatly - tnymved round the edges , and in the centre a pledge of membership : —I , A- JS -, hereby agree to the rules of the C- ¦ National Association ; and also pledge myself to use every constitutional means to carry the Charter into a law . Signed by the member , and countersigned by the secretary . The expenses of the Association to be defrayed by voluntary contributions . To have two central committees , one to sit- in London , and the other in Glasgow . W . Lovett to be the chief secretary . The central committee to be chosen annually by an aggregate meeting of delegates . The committee to have executive authority in all things : to issue addresses , engage
lecturers , ^ c ., # 6 . But , at the same time , the utmost care should be taken to avoid the meshes # / the law , in framing the rules , and also in making the plan both simple and practicable With regard to the means : —Let the leading Chartists , of every town , village , and hamlet , throughout the length and breadth qf the land , call a public meeting of the inhabitants , in order to request the central committee for Scotland to eonvene an aggregate meeting of delegates , to take place in Glasgow , to take , the subject into , consideration ; to meet the patriots , Collins and
Lovett , and to concentrate public opinion by a glorious demonstration on the Green . " A Scottish Democrat long * to see ihe masses retrganised ; and fir this purpose , writes—' Let a society proper be formed in each locality , upon whom the whole onus of conducting the agitation shall devolve . It matters not though these societies consist but of some twenty or thirty members , so that they be " sworn brothers in the oause —men willing to do the work , and of moral mnd intellectual capabilities , suited to guide-and govern the movement . Admit the floating mas us members of these unions , merely on their
Payinff . fST * J } w ***® rd ** . eg- KiMwe& ^ tvfft them gratis . Thus , I expect that all tAose who have signed , or would be disposed tij sign , a a Chartist petition , will , without struple , become members , since no payments are exacted , mnd no responsibility , risk , or trouble , whatever ' incurred formally . Let the names , occupations , residences , and , \ f thought fit , the ages , of the unionists be entered on a roll , and classed , either alphabetically or by streets . From the society proper , let visitors be chosen , whose duties will tvnmt in visiting perwdieaUy and systematically day once a month ) at every house and hovel said to contmin a Chartist .
A . H . V / . F . —N 0 . Tub 12 * . Gd . fur ihe wives and families of imprisoned Chartists , announced , by mistake , in a former number * s sent from Unmorth , was subscribed bythe friends to the cause in Drytden , Openshaw , and Clayton . Tikothy Sowdek must send his letter to the Halifax Guardians . ¦ ' John Smith , Chilven Colon , **<** Nuneakm . — His letter is received , but the 12 * . named in it has not been received .
A Lover of Justice . —We have not room . Subscriptions will be thankfully received at the Golden Fleece , Nelson-street , on behalf of the families of those friends of liberty now lying in Whig dungeons f or boldly advocating the rights of the oppressed millions . S . Clissold , Sec . pro tern . Stroudwater , June 23 , 1840 .
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. We have received a letter from Glasgow whtebm oannot read at all . We heartily tcwAjfofl great many ofoitr Correspondents would tftiM cease writing to us , w come inih ^ their leliem to read them . It is an insufferable nuisance tf _ ,.-. . be boring at a letter for half an hour befom '¦ '" you make out enough of its contents to A ' that it is worthless . ; FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE WIVES AND FAMILIES OF THE INCARCERATE D i Wv tta—0 DTPffTVvn ft J ****** 4 U~— _ r » i __ I _ . _ . i . ; 5 ^
CHARTISTS . . : ' . - . ¦ ¦ : "" : ¦ £ s From Tavistock ... . » ... 1 0 0 . ' -3 S . Lockwood , Leeds . ... 0 0 7 i - ' i Collected at Bromley , by \ a Friend ' '"' to Justice ... ... ... 0 1 5 ; ; Friends from Manchester , per A . L . ... ... ... ... 5 0 0 From Bristol , per Charles Clark ... 10 0 From a few Friends at Nuneaton , ; Warwickshire ... , ; . . „ 2 . 0 0 ^ From the Working Men ' s Associa- i tion , Liverpool ... ... 10 0 ; From a few Working Men in the if village of Silsden , near to ; I Keighley ... ... ... 0 10 0 1 From Hebden Bridge , per Mr . R . / ^ Wilkinson ... ... ... 0 10 9 ^ J MBS . FROST AND OTHERS . >| J ¦' ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ' s . * .. ' Jn Frorn the Females at Gaberstone ' % j Mill , near Alloa ... ... 2 ff ; " ^ FOR P . M'DOUALL . 'f § ¦ ..- ¦ V V : -: ' : ¦¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦* ¦ ¦ * " - | ¦ : .. From Gaierslone Mill , near AUoa ... 7 g ; f | FromafewCordwainers at Chorhy 1 $ iim TO BE DIVlbEDrBETWEEN MRS . VINCEMtl AND MR , NEESOM . ^ 4 ¦'¦' " " ^ - " ' t '' ' ' ' iL " ' * ' From the Stroudwater , Associcliort 10 0 | i ' s Mr . O'Connor has given directions for paymenW the £ ^ 0 lent to the Fr <^ Defence Fuv&im Currie find Gay , as directed by the parties . > :- ^ James HuJie , Dundee . —Apply to -Bwhu ^ h ¦ ' onejorgou . .: ' \ -rJ . a * - ; / i ; '¦ ' . - ' , ^ s James Sauhdebs . —T ^ y will he entitled to & *** < -Oastlerii > ¦ : "V •• ¦ ' / . " ' '' . ' r w " A m
The LouGHtibROCGH , iN » LEICESTER Met were bothkecewed too late far insertion . V ought tatiavS been senfeariterxfr ^ ~
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THE Friends of Free Inquiry , and the Diflcfnidif of . " The Rational System of Society , " Sf 2 i spectfully apprised , that ? Tit On Saturday , Jtar 4 , 1840 , fj THE NEW MORAL WORLD will appear , enlarged to nearly double its prosing ; size . Price , unstamped Edition , only THREE * " PENCE !!! , ~ T . 3
' ¦ " ' ' ' : '" : k The New Moral World" ia the Official organ bf 5 the " Universal Community Society ofRa ^ ional' SH < Unionists , " and contains , in adntion' % accuntU ^ Reports of the Progress of the { tetionaXSUM ^ fbii Original Articles expository of ifce real J&iuiplM ^ of the Society , on the JmporUniqfeBtionawPriiato i and Publio Propriety ; R « 8 ponaR ) ifty and Irreanefe- * eibility ; Marriage and Diyorei ^ Rational and im- i tional Religion ; while , with $ bis informatioa , fe " ,-blended Literary and Scientific Intelligence . . ?
The size of the " New tyorat WorW win be larger : than two No . ' a of "Chamber ' s Journal , ** aad larnt | than the "Examiner" Newspaper , while its Pnos I will be only Threepence I ! ' ' . '; j A Stamped Edition , Price FOIJRPENCE HALP- ^ I PENNY , will be published , for the convenience of ] parties wishing to have it by Post , Leeds : Printed and Published by J . Hobson , 5 , Market-Street . - v 1
Published , in London , by J . Cleave , 1 , Shoe * Laae Fleet-Street : and , in Manchester , byA . Heywobd « 60 , Oldham-btreet . ^ : ¦ May be had of all Booksellers , and at all tiir Social Institutions . > : ^ ; ^ -r
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LEEDS . ' " ¦ ¦ , \ ¦ . - .. ¦'¦ . ; 1 Leeds Radical Universal Suffrage Assocu- 1 tion . —The usual weekly meeting of the members of 'f this Society was held at the house of Mr . J . I Illingworth , on Monday evening , Mr . D . Knowles , U President , m the chair . The room was crowdedto ; excess . The Secretary opened the business of tk * ' 1 meeting by reading the repor t or last mouth , wbidi ] gave great satisfaction . The Council for the- enaa * I ing month was next elected j and after the Iranaao- f tion of various other business ^ it was decided * ka »\ I a more , commodious room , slt ^ ted , feat tte ISA tl Shambles , and capable of ax ^ mmodafifig ^ * Si 3 ^** creasing number ot member / , Bhouid ft Iro&fi&lift * ^ 1 purposes of the Association . » " - ^ JfffigHPffl berft dnrinir tk £ lasf month , has h ** tt £ BBEmffi
, ^ t . oB tEewhote number ; and " & ^ Kffl 21 liaa . become agent for the St < a-v&a&S&ttWM papers , the profits aocruini *« fW ^ wHay | aEjHB 8 | SevotwT to tfie purposes M $ gj M ^^^^^ iUYlstf OF THB T . PC ^ M , ^^ ^^ , ^ LJ fi ^ ork . —On Monday , the nwha ^ a ^ iart' ^ rftjir ' a j § f the Leeds MechanicsT l * i&&J £ J&MBig ! &&& M . visit which tbe members of th | j 1 nwM |^ p « WW | ' ' 1 m X ) oiiinliiiii 11 TTnpiilnr flniniinn MffinHBj | lfflff | wi |§ jk Leeds last summer-, wheat {^ K ^ iStaWmMit 1 ma open . The arrangemTOte niaAai *! tl * # to * , 3 were on the following low taftari i ^ Mt&fommm ! l carriages , 6 a . ; in the secondjclass , Si ; lisntirtfe % third class , 48 . The number who availed thfaiaiWa 1 of th&r opportunity of visiting the capital ~ 6 roni a great oooaty , evinced how deeply the opportunity x n waa appreciated , and how great was the cordiality . J About four'hundred tickets , we believe , were issued »)] in Leeds . "during the forenoon , many parties pat- 5 U ambulate 4 th ; e Greets of ^ h * city , and visited t& W \ Bar Wjsfflte ^© li 8 brd * s , f oirW ^ the Castle Yai 3 . i ; j Sevens' HilUt ; tfie » New Walkj and othe * objects « | - attcfefitfE ^< & o ' clock * the members of both t InsttttrW * jwfel ih& Mnseoin . the ruins of St . \ , Mary ^ At * Wfeo ? ihe delightful gardens adjoining , i These 'win * lj $ 3 y '¦ opened for their inBpeetioP t through the landless of the Council of the Yojk- •; shire Museuni . The Rev . C . Wellbeloved , Vice * jL President , alsfr attended and explained the rich col-J - lection of antionitifis treasured tin in thft MnMnaJ .-Vi
in a very clear and luminous maitter ; Professol f . j Phillips delivered a brief addresa on Geology 914 I Natural History , in the Theatre of the Maaeufe 1 selecting several interesting specimens wbi <} h . l )| J exhibited and explained ; W . L . Newinan ^ ISrc 4 M attended in the Observatory , and thete unfolded to * \ ' wonderful mechanism" for more clearly qbaerjteg the heavenly bodies ; and I / it . Baines was preemm } the Library , in which ia the large and yaned ' MBg ; I tion of insects ; After their visit to this intereswK --spot , the members repaired to the CathedraV . wi whole of which , by the kindness and courtesy of the Dean , was opened for their inspection . At fo * r , o ' clock , a lane number of the visitors attended ,
prayers at the Minster , when Dr . Gamidge favoured th « m with a selection from the Creation , expressly j arranged for tbe occasion . On their return fro * 1 the Cathedral service , the members went to tfet I Festival Concert Room , where tea was prepare * j Nearly 700 individuals sat down in the body of tat room . On one of the raised side tables , which w * j j appropriated to the speakers , we observed the Rtfb % Charles Wellbeloved . Professor Phillips , the Re ^ 4 Wm . Taylor , Wm . Gray , jun ., Be * ., MrY Leamaitt > Mr . Husband , Mr . Barker , Mr . Hsads , MrTScanS field , and several ladies . The meeting , ooneluds 4 |
shortly before eight O ' clock . Jf revjous to this WQKfej however , a great number of the company had leftfyf wesupposfifrpm tM £ !» . xie $ j ( M& ° ^? J ^ W * "tm In tlfe carriages ^^ were to" convey the * hoai ^ , || Fatax AcciDENT ^ On Saturday kat * an urcuasff iras held before Mr . Hopps . xleputy corotter , j * th « ' house of Mr . Harwood . th » George IV ., ift Woo «|' / houBe-lane , on view of the body of Faith Hives , nil # / yean old , who , whilst crossing the rj > ad , on FjJdatf )] was knocked down by the faotBee of ^ earriage , sfn « - - ' , the wheels of the vehicle paasMoveriier ; awdkfl j the same night . VerdioVf AceidenUl fiiis ?
The Thasksqiving Dat . —Sunday last bewf W , pointed to be set apart as a day of ttewksgifia *? «•( her Majesty ' s providential escape tern the ba » d * 4 i the assas 8 io , the Major of this borough departwt from the rule h « h » d « d down for hiffgelf on UkMPV ; office , and at a meeting of the . Council on W » d *» - day previous , invited ti » t « o » wrate body to meet vm . £ at the ConrvHouse MSobdVmorning . From tbj ^ i Cour t-House , his WotilS ^ precededr bT thf mM * ^ and aceotnpaniedby thirty-itx of the Aldermen «»* Council , went to St . 3 qW * church , where pews w «^ reserved for their *» Wtt « odation . U ^ Stbauiio Mo « KT-Oa Saturday last , Witti » i | SwannintheemployefMesBTB . Pease and Co ^ JJ encine tenter , wu charsed at the Cowt House , wap ,
haTing stolen a sovereign from a desk , in the coai » s | house , at the dye-works , in Tenter-street , ^» book-keeper stated that on Friday , he « wWW sovereigns and four half-sovereigns , which Mf » locked up in the desk ; he was abeent w > m && ? and on his return missed a sovereign . A 8 t" ^*^ 3 B was instantly instituted amongst all * b * h * < . ~^ to the counting house , and ongoing * ° * ne J 2 ™^ 3 the marked sovereign was found on the « J °% " : his feet . Subsequent search diacovered thatne n »" key in his possession , and which he said was »» 8 «*?• box key , which would open the book-keeper s ^ aeas-The sovereign found was distinctly sworn to , ana * f » . prisoner , not being able to account for its po 3 seas » v |« . was committed for trial . <
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The Northern Star. Saturday. June 27, 1840.
THE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY . JUNE 27 , 1840 .
State Prosecutions.
STATE PROSECUTIONS .
The Portraits.
THE PORTRAITS .
To Readers And Correspondents.
TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS .
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t » THE NORTHERN STAR . ___________ M * * ~~~""~~~ ^ " ^^ ^——————w—^———_______—____________________________________________ t l ' ¦ - ,.- ¦ - f - - ¦ ¦ ' - - - r- - ^— _ ^ . ———*^—^ - ^~——^—^^—^^—^^^^ m + * ^* f *^^*^ m ^ m * mmmmm ^^^^^^^^^^ m ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^*^ i . ^~^^^—^^^——*^ - ^ - ^^— L - ¦ ¦ _^ - - 'S ^* 'l _| * v 4 ( k t * f H-,
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THE IMPRISONED CHABTISTS . Wb have got many more letter ^' } -ihviVitiH not nearlj half . We shall try next week toauke out a list of as many as have been sept td As * r . 'We Jiope , therefore , that all who have uot beeu ^ oin £ « S out to us , will be so immediately . i . , *
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JOSEPH CttABTREE . In another column will be found the petitiotfjjt this indiwkwl to th » Hqu-. Wd rW | q ^ yery 1 ^ to read it carefully , and then make up their minds whether the system under which en ? h atrocities are suffered , for no crime , should he uprooted . We shall have more to say on this , and some other eases of a like charaoter , next week .
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THE NATIONAL DELEGATE MEETING . By reference to our report of * the West-Riding Delegate Meeting , it will be seen that the great Delegate Meeting which should have taken place at Manchester on the 6 th July , ia postponed till the 20 th . We had prepared an artiole on this subject , bnt want of space compels us to reserve it .
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THOMPSON , THE GUN-MAKER . Wa think it right to draw attention to the letter of Mitchbll , an imprisoned Chartist , in reference to this man . If Mitchell ' s statement be true , he is no fit object for subscription ; while we shall hold ourselves bound in justice to insert any reply that he or his friends may be able . to make to the facts aliened against him .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 27, 1840, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2690/page/4/
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