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* Foribe high eotat of Parliament , Limbs bonJd be chosen of snea noble counsel , . HBfwarorpewse , * nd * UeTOits may be As things acqaam ted and fcmn ^ g . And the pert bocty of the State may go In equal rank "wtth the bestgoverned nation . GsJfTLXKKK , —I presume jc ^ want this and nofiling more for those whom 70 a hare b * en selected to represent upon your delegation ; and as one of the Weeds of labour , I claim my right to addres 3 you .
I thus speak of Parliaments , ahhongh yon are full veil acquainted with their doings , in order to warn jbeless knowing from the attempt which will be ^ ade fcffc e * the breaking up of the present babyfines pap-boat Session . Some party most be att acked , and something most be promised . The Lords irill be retflecL as thr obstacles to the good in fcaSonj of the Commons . The Lords hade bear in Bind bj the very Commons , The repeal of the Com Laws and the extension of the Suffrage , to the fullest FKicncABLB extent ( whichmeans just thevery hhs&bsi limit at which public opinion will allow 11 tosta&d ) wiil be the stalking nags for the recess Then , Gentlemen , I address
yon—Firstly , witn a hope that yon will take the most effectual means to promote the Charter ; that you irill reprobate , denounce , nay , fosbu > any junction of the l abouring order with any order who does not live by labour , and whose whole benefit consists in plundering labour ; that yon will show that this is ihe s £ 9 of destructive inTention—invention which , vhilfi it should go to lessen man ' a labour , does , for Tract of representation , actually increase it , and lessen his income . I shall not offend you by directing jour attention to this part of my subject farther , than by reminding yon of the many engines which will be at work .
Gentlemen , my second subject is one upon which I aast occupy a little mare of jwrr ^ ime , because it is new both to you and to me ; I mean the treatment of my ftllow-labourers . While I was out I fbufht ' hard for them . I bail'd them , I defended them , and , in short , I did my best . When they were con-Tieted , I still stood by them , and roused the country , but I was as ignorant of their punishment as if I lad never heard of a gaoL I shall go at once to the point . In Yorkshire there are threb houses of correction , —*\ onha 3 l £ rtoiu Wakefield , and Beverley ; and one county prison , —York Cas : le . For
Hunj years all of these establishments hare been governed by one family—the Shepherds . One Gentleman , you know what I mean , of that name , was appointed , about the year 1806 or 18 j 7 , to the Wakefield preparatory mad-house , in the palmiest days of Sidmouth and Castlereagh , when much G overnment business was done behind the counter . Be held the office for eigeteen years , and was then , Tery properly , by his well-serred masters , elevated to the station of Governor of York Castle , where he remained for fifteen years , until last Spring Assizes ,
fee went oat like a well-bred dog , who quietly walks down stairs , when he finds he is going to be kicked down . Well , up to last March , these Shepherd * had fork , KorthaiQerton , Beverley , and Wakefield , ail to thwaselves . A kind of family property . Upon the k old Gentleman" leaving York , after thir ; ythree years service , the West-Biding Magistrates wanted to put " Jack Shepherd , " I think they call fcis of Wakefield , in his place ; but thanks , eternal thanks , to Sir Clifford Constable , o ^ r Hij ; h Sheriff , he pxa Mr . Noble , the excellent Under Governor , in in Ms stead .
irst , let me observe , that I look upon it as very unjust , that one family should have all the prisons in the eoaiuy , even were they good man , and for this reason , is always silences just complaints . Bui to eomew the point . I will again recoum for you the treatment to which your friends and name are subjected to in these preparatory lunatic asylums , and then I shall point out the way for immediate redress , listen to this , Englishmen , " slave class , " new listen . At Wakefield , from 500 to 800 human bebgs , made useless by infernal and misapplied Machinery , get up in the morning , in a scone cell ,
irom an iron bedstead . They » alk down to a passage , where they pass and splash themselves with water , which is called washing ; they then get a hone ' s mane comb , and , walking along the passage , they scratch their heads . At the end of the passage they give themselves a passing lick of a dirty toweL Then they get a pot of skilly" and a hall ' pound of bread . Then they all go into one rooni j « &d sh down , and axe put to teazing wool and pick , ing ola ropes . They are not allowed to look right tt left , to eough or spit , to open their lips or to look op . If they do any of these things , their number is
called oat by a beast who is erer eye-cocked and earceeked , and they are sent into solitary confinement for three days , upon half a pound of bread and a -quin of waier a day , shut up in a cell . If a creature wants to go into the yard , he is obliged to stud up till some monster sees him , and calls out his number . If his bread falls upon the ground , he dare not pick it up ; he must rise , and when the overseer thinks proper , he will come and pick it up . When they go , like horses , to work at the mill , a drove goes at a time , when a Bet works eo long and rests so long . When they have worked their time , Pm told they sweat like race-horses , asd are the *
ITT STAJfDISG IS THE COLD PASSAGE OPPOSITE THE WHEEL , WITH ITS DEADLY BLAST POCBING UPON THE 1 B OPEC POSES FOB FIFIEES JHJTtTTES , WHJSff THET ABE AUADC mOCKTED . Good . God l how many honest men have died from s&eh cruelty ! They get more stuff for dinner , and msre for supper , and then they are marched at even o ' clock on week days , in summer , and at foni on Sundays , ( to allow the turnkeys to take theii
pleasure , ) to the stone cell again . Well , you say they have now twelve hours so exercise their lungs . No , by Heaven I no . Just think of a night butcher , with his slippers , walking up and down each passage ; and if the slightest nuise is made , or if one speaks a word to himself , his door is chalked , and hi the morning the day butcher orders him before the master knacker , and he is sent to Bolitary confinement .
You have not heard yet that they are all numbered hxe slaves , in pn 3 on dresses and wooden shoes .. Yon have not yet heard that they FLOG in Wakefield . Aye , " Skilly Billy , " alias Wiiiiam Lonsdale ^ is drum major : he nogs . 1 have it trom prisoners who have been eoiifined at Wakefield , that they Would rather be transported than be there for twelve ttomns . 1 would-rawer be in York Castle for ten years , than in Wakefitld , Morthalierton , or Beverley for three months . I would rather be transported than be confined thare for twelve months . I have said
nothing about washing and cropping , that ' s done and there ' s aa end of it , but 1 speak of what happens every odiiute in the day , and every day in the week Well , iume persons there may be very well of , that ^^ re noi hung , hut observe , York is a county gaol IhaTe told you that three months in Wakefield is "orae than ten years in York . Now , mark me , you * ho represent the people at Manchester , and no dtwin will represent them honestly , and who re
Present at © also ; mark , I say . We have here , mur-^ ttra , forgertrs , violators of women , horse stealers , "MfcP stealere , cloth stealers , thieves of every ^• cription , slabbers , and all sorts of ruffians , and **» Ingest sentence , and that only one , for an **« Qive forgery , does not exceed the Bentence of «* btree , Hoey , and Ashion , while the general sen-** ees average about nine months , asd those senten-•» without labour .
GttU « nea 41 know ererj Chartist prisoner , now Wnflned , and I believe a better set of men never ^ k * - In fact , it is for ztbeir goodness that they toW Bufier . I know Crabtree intimately . I know "j * t for the last six or seven years , he has had a Wa plaint in his chest , and had been ordered to smoke m * it , but at Wakefield he is not allowed to spit or eoo & for it . Now , Gentlemen , you have more J ^ tt an yon are aware of , if well used . WhatI I * " *** * is , that you instantly , and without a beat ' s delay , get the whole country to petition for
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prisoners now confined at horthaUerton , Beverley , and Wakefield , to York Castle , the piop « place for them . There is room enough , and if not , let the thieves , and robb ers—there are Bcores now lying here for transportation—be sent somewhere else , and let the Chartists be sent here . Do that at once , and then at the same time petition for a commission to examine those three prisons and the prisoners , and take care that you petition that John Fielden be one of the Commissioners : he won t deceive you , nor allow anybody « lse . I say get him , because then you'll have the return at once » d honestly , instead of waiting five years for it . rou- have waited twenty-five for the Hand-loom Weavers * Report .
* ow , do this , and you never heard of such a scene of vxUany M will be disclosed ; and then insist upon the discharge of those men who have already offered too much . Recollect , if Parliament is prorogued , you have no means of even complaining . First , then , have them all sent to York -and then , raise heaven and hdl to have those abodes of medical , and turnkey , and Governors ' iniquity destroyed . They are all fii a conspiracy . It is very different here . This-is the best governed gaol in the world . I think you can manage the thing . And bow , Gentlemen , let me beg of you not to waste
one moment upon my caee , as I feel convinced that my incarceration will be the means of giving the death-blow to the system . I requested my friends not to waste any time upon my case in the very outset . I regret they should have done so , while most sincerely I thank them , for they have sent more petitions for my liberation than for all other matters collectivel y , during the present session . I assure you I blush wiien I think of the much
worse situation of my poorer friends . But , nevertheless , I reserve my right to complain myself of the injustice of my own treatment ; for , if one man is robbed of a shilling , it is no reason why another who has been robbed of sixpence should not complain , and especially when his complaint is likely to have restitution made both of shilling and sixpence ; for yen may rest assured that the case shall- not stop here . If I had tamely borne my degradation , you would have heard no more of the
poorer men , but I touched the mettle of the potvaliant clique in the Hou se of Commons . I knew they would sing out for equality , but , observe , until I began to squeel , not a single honourable fish squeaked This task is easy . Every man must go with you j and , observe , every hour ' s delay is fatal . Crabtree , Duffy , and others are dying . Even ^ should it be done on Sunday , " the better day , the better deed , " let it be done . Bat remove them at once . It is not
a wonderful request to make , although it is a singular one to be obliged to make ; to have honest politicians placed by rognea , in the same situation as murderers , robbers , forgers , violators of women , hofsa-stealers , sheep-stealers , cloth-Btealere , stabbers aoid thiev 63 of all descriptions . The whole county must £ 0 with you in this , and send your petitions to Mr . Duncombe , Mr . Warburton , and Mr . Aglionby . If this is not done , I request that my name may be struck off the roll of the several Associations to which I belong , 1 tell you , once for all , the men are dytog , or growing mad , or both . I have not told yon one-half . Pray get the commission , and you will then know how to estimate the Whig changes in our criminal code . Rouse the nation for the
commission , and take care that Mr . Fielden is one ; and if they refuse the commission , then yon will know why , and what to think , aye , and what you ought to do ; now stick to one thing at a time . Get the men removed at once , and let the same petition do for both ; let the prayer be to remove the prisoners confined in Northallerton , Beverley , and Wakefield , to York Castle ; and to present an humble address to the Queen , praying that a commission do forthwith issue ; and if John Fielden is not one of the commissioners , have no more to do with it . I think you will have a right good footing in this fight ; all Scotland will go withy on , and every one will be ashamed to oppose so just a request . Do it at once , for the MEN
ARE DYING . Gentlemen , upon my own behalf , the next matter to which I would direct your attention , is the absolute necessity of laying before the non-electors a plan -for the constitutional treatment of Whig candidates , should a dissolution take place , and should Whigs be bold enough to offer themselves . This is most important ; for , in my opinion , the people should not hear any of the old birds sing any more . I think they should constitutionally take the horses by the heads , march them peaceably and constitutionally out of the town , playing the Rogues' March Believe me , Gentlemen , we lose much by the
humbug of , Oh , Englishmen , are you afraid to hear 1 Is this fair play ! Let Englishmen remember , that abuse and refusal to hear is payment for past delinquencies , and not a proof of disinclination to hear . My advice is , to hiss , groan , hoot , and pelt with soft cabbages , as they do in the fashionable metropolis , every Whig who dares to offer himself ; and should O'Connell come amongst the " slave classes , " I would recommend his being forthwith thrown into the nearest river to get out the best way he can . Now , observe , if you don ' t hisa these fellows , they will say , Oh , the Chartists have come to "their senses ; you see , they now find out their friends .
Next , Gentlemen , I trust you will have nothing to do with any Association in London , but the body of working men ; I have known them now for eight years , and have found , by experience , that every committee in London is secretly worked by some ' M . P . who is in the pay of Government . I caution you against those men in particular . Don ' t let me be misunderstood ; I don ' t mean the good men , who , of necessity belong to some of those associations . 1 don ' t mean Hetherington or Cleave , and those who have really stood by the cause like trumps . No ; I know them longest of any of your order in England , and if the rest were like them I should not grumble . Cleave is a little whimsical now and then , but that ' B his business . '
Gentlemen , the next subject which I wish to mention , is the error into which some have fallen who recommend a delegate meeting at Birmingham upon the release of Lovett and Collins , the two first , and virtuous , martyrs to the cause of the Convention . Ntfw , you would say that the father was a fool who married his daughter first , and waited for the settlement till dancing began . No , he would use judgment first , and then be jolly . Now , can any thing bo more ridiculous than to expect any thing like deliberation upon such an occasion , nor , indeed , is it necessary , it would be out of season . . ' . > J [
Gentlemen , your business is to deliberate on the 20 th . at Manchester , in the midst of poverty , and to rejoice on the 27 th , in the midst of rejoicing . God forbid that 1 should forget Lovett and Collins ; no , for I think it the bonnden duty of every village , with 500 working men , in England , Scotland , and Wales , to Bend a delegate to bejoice . But beware how you go from the festive board to the council table . Let your business be well assorted of its kind ; don ' t mix council of your constituents with feelings of your own hearts ; if you do , yon will bat represent yourselves , and badly . I have ordered two reporters to give all the honour done to those two good men to the world ; let it be such as they deserve . You will read the character at both in 9 . , ' B ] * t y a
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their indignant refusal to confess themselves natural malefactors , by putting handcuffs and gagging bits upon their , own hands and tongues . You will see Lovett ' s capacity in his minute book , which you will take care to enquire abont at Manchester , and which should be restored to Lovett . In that yeu will find order , method , and clearness , never . before exhibited in any journal of any body . Gentlemen , it is highly requisite , for the honour of yourselves and your
party , that this book should be restored to Mr . Lovett . You must enquire after it . You will see Collins ' s worth in , as a working man , having opposed Attwood , Muntx , Douglas , and the rest of the wealthy party in Birmingham , his own town , when they deserted . Let every man go and welcome the first martyrs to the Charter . If the people had stood by them , as they Btood by the Charter , things would have worn a different aspect
Gentlemen , one word , although out of place . I trust that preparations will be put on foot for giving my friend , MT ) ouall , such a reoeption as his noble defence and manly bearing deserves . Gentlemen , I believe somewhere about £ 50 to £ 60 , or perkaps more , awaits your disposal at my office fosJhaSaaiies of the imprisoned patriots . One wood more , and I have done . Ever keep in mind that one day ' s invention may now render your whete order overpopulation ; so think of the only refuge for the destitute . The La . vd ! The Land ! The Laxd ! The English Land !'
It England , with her proper power at borne , Cannot defend her own door from the dog , Let her be worried ; and our nation lose The name of hardihood and policy . Wishing you success and long life , and , above all things , a Bpeedy removal of the Chartists to their comparative heaven from their present hells , I am , in truth , Your Friend , FEARGUS O'CONNOR .
Universal Suffrage ! No Surrender ! July 3 d , four o ' clock in the morning . P . S . First get the Chartists here , or they will die . Then let the Commission report , and I will pledge myself that their sufferings will be proved to be worse than that of the murderous villain Gould . Stick to this—rouse the nation—shout it through the streets . Let every man going to work , at work , and coming from work , shout out " Our brethren are in
mad-houses . Let them all go to Church on Sundays , and pray aloud for them , and go through the streets in tens of thousands , preaching and chaunting it in every village and town in the empire . You can bring them out if yon will bring them oat , and if you cannot do that , tell me how far your voices can accomplish any organic change . Do this ; and then do not be one bit thankful ; for you owe no thanks for an act of partial justice . God bless you . F . O'C . My last words"AVOID SECRECY AS YOU WOULD A PESTILENCE . THOSE WHO RECOMMEND IT , BUT SEEK A MARK FOR VILLANY . "
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HOUSE OF LORDS . —Thursday , July 16 . The Lord Chancellor , in moving the first reading of the Regency Bill , entered into a detail of its provisions , and of the precedents on which it proceeds . In the event of the demise of her Majesty , lea ring a child , the surviving parent is to be the guardian or regent ; but the regent , acting on behalf of the Sovereign , is not to have the power given him of assenting to any bill where the succession to the throne may be concerned ; the Act of Parliament of 1830 contained a similar provision ; nor will he have the power of giving the royal assent to any act for altering or repealing
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W ^ rf * - ° lA W *? ^ A of Charles the ^ o ° naj intituled H An Act for the uniformity of Public Prayers , and Administration of Sacraments , and other Rites and CeremonieB of the Churoh ot England , " or of an Aot passed in thefifth year of Huefen Anne , . ^ For securing the ProteBtant Religion and Presbyterian Church Government . " With these exceptions , the Regent is to have uufettered powers ; and he trusted that . their Lordships would be of opinion -that the Regent ought not to be called upon to exercise thefioyal functions with fettered powers . It was read the first time , and ordered to be read the second : twe on Tuesday next ; Monday was at T da U WaS afterwarda altered for
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HOUSE OP GOMMONS-rAwrgrfay , Jti / yl 6 . TREATMENT OF FEARGUS O'CONNOR . Mr . AGLIONBY movedfor the fallowing returns ; — Copy of any examinations , reports , or other papers received from any inspector of prisons or other person , with regard to the treatment of Mr . fceargusO Connor in York Castle ; also of any oorrespondeace that has passed between Mr . Feargus O Connor and any inspector of prisons or any visiting justice on the same subject ; also for any medical certificatou , affidavits , or correspondence sent to the Jiwae-dffiod by Dr . Thompson ; and by Messrs . Jago and Cooper , surgeons , with the dates ^ wf ; and also a , gopy of the report of Mr . UrawTord . " The Hon . and Learned Member said h « considered that the treatment to which Mr . O'Connor had been subjected affected the character of the Home-office . ¦ - Mr . MAULE—No , it does not . ( A laugh ) Mr . AGLIONBY would assert , that if the statements of Mr . O'Connor were true , the character of the Home-office was seriously implicated . ( Hear . ) In fact , no gentleman in that House could give the elightest sanction to that treatment , it was bo atrocious . ( Hear . ) The visiting justices had denied that Mr . O'Connor was so treated now ; but they did not deny that he had been . ( Hear . ) If Mr . O'Connor was subjected for any length of time to such degrading and menial services as he had set out in his petition , it would be a just foundation for an address to her Majesty , or for an application to the Home-office , for some remission of jus sentence , in consideration of sufferings which the law never recognised , and which the judges , he believed , never intended should bo inflicted upon Mr . O'Connor . He hadlin'his possession a petition containing some curious facts , but he should preeent it at a future opportunity . He wished not to ascertain the truth or falsehood of the allegations which Mr . O'Connor had made . Wh y did the Government withhold information on this subjeot ? He should like to know why Mr . Crawford was sent down ? Mr . MAULE—I daro say you would . Mr . AGLIONBY—Was he sent down at the instigation of any Nobl « Lord in another place . ' Mr . MAULE-No . Mr . AGLIONBY understood that Mr . Crawford had been sent down from the Home Office to make inquiries into the truth of the statement which he ( Mr . Aglionby ) had brought forward in that House . Why , then , did the Home Office refuse to give the information thus obtained officially ? It was not to be tolerated in a free country , that a gentleman confined for a political offence should be treated as a common felon , and then , when his petition was presented , have all his statements denied by certain parties whose business it was to rebut them , without allowing the House to test the truth of the assertions on both sides . ( Hear . ) It was not to be tolerated that Mr . O'Connor , or any other person , should continue to be branded upon the authority of a paid inspector , when the documents whioh could prove or disprove his statements were in the Home Office . The Inspector had returned a report to the Home Ofiice—Mr . MAULE-No . Mr . AGLIONBY . —Then , why was Mr . Crawford sent down ? When at York Castle he said he did not go there officially , although he had been purposely sent down to investigate the matter . He said he was there by accident . Mr . MAULE . —No , he did not . Mr . AGLIONBY . —He declared he was there accidentally , according to Mr . O'Connor ' s statement , and not officially , and yet he proceeded to take a
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formal examination . Had Mr . Crawford made no report then ? No doubt he had . and ho ( Mr . Aglionby ) called upon the House to enforce the production ot that report , Jn order that they might come at the ¦ ** u ' r ! that was wanted was a fair investigation ot the whole case ; and the House would not do justice to its own character , or to the public , or to the mdmdual who had implored its interference , unless the fullest information was demanded from the Go yemment . ( Hear . ) There was another point etill ^ S 5 ^ M 7 ^ The Visi J S Juices fo their report stated Mr . O'Connor to be in exceeding good health , while he had a letter in his hand of the same hite S ?**^ ' M 1 " - O'Connor , stating that he had . twice tallen down in a fit inhia celf , and was otherwise very unwell . He urged the House to support hiuvin getting this matter thoroughly investigated . ( Hear . ) s ?* : WAKLEY could not conceive upon what principle such a motion as this conld be opposed Was . the information ( the House asked for to be burieoVin the Home-office t Certain serious allegav ? 118 , ? , ^ b ^ made respecting the treatment of Mr . O Connor , and , as he ( Mr . Wakley > did not know how soou he might become a political offender , he felt a personal anxiety to know how far those allegations were true . ( Alaugh . ) At all events he could not consent to have this matter blinked and smothered by the Home-office ; He had hoped that the conciliatory course which had beeu taken in-this case would have had the desired effuct witk the Government , and that they would have furnished all the informatiorf'iu their power . But that eonrse had failed , awl he was sorry for it . The Honsa had decided upoa not taterferirig , and now the Government , had boldly thrown aown the gauntlet and defaed them . However , on a future day that question would again be fully discussed , regardless of the consequences . He did not presume to say how far the Under Secretary for the Home Department was involved in this matter . He wanted the materials to frame his judgment upon ; and if the Hon . Gentleman pertinaciously refueedto supply them , he BHlSt mu ? , ntent to bear a 11 the odium . ( Hear , hear . ) lhe Government resisted the giving up of the necessary information to enable the House to coma to a decision upon one of the most important questions that ever cama before it . There were no Ies 9 than 300 persons at present in gaola for political offences , aQd . though many of thorn were guilty of conduct which he must condemn , there were many others who had merely given expression to their opinions m warm terms . ( " Hear , hear , " from Mr . Maule . ) Notwithstanding that cheer , he ( Mr . Wakley ) ventured to repeat his belief that such was the case with regard to many of those prisoners . Tire Hon . Uentleman proceeded to read the following letter from Mr . O'Connor" York Castle , Felons' Day Room , ¦ No . 2 Ward , Sunday , May 31 , , V SlB r : By letters from town , I learn that a skirmish has taken place in the House of Commons relative to my treatment . ** Of course , I know not how Ministers max Sad it convenient to throw it upon the magistrate ' s , or the judges , or the marshal of the Queen ' s Benoh ; and , therefore , as I learn that you took an active part in the debate , I beg to trouble you with a few tacts , which neither minister , marshal , judge , nor magistrate can contradict . " On _ Monday , the 11 th of May , I was committed to the Queen s Bench , preparatory to being sent , according to the judgment , to York Castle . " I , had suffered severe , very severe , and dangerous illness for fourteen days previously , and tho excitement and exertion of Monday , added to- my being harried off , while my name did not serve me . On Tuesday , my phytician , Dr . Anthony Todd Thomson , and my surgeon , Mr . Jago , of Hammersmith , visited me , when Dr . Thomson , in presence of Mr . Jago , and with his concurrence , dictated an affidavit , which was ^ written by my solicitor , and which affidavit was sworn at the Court of Queen ' s Bench on the following morning , Wedueoday , 13 th of May . " The affidavit distinctly stated , that my commitment to any gaol where I would be subjected to the usual prison discipline , and deprived of air and exerciso , would lay the foundation of disease , which would inevitably shorten life . It further Bet forth the nature of my complaint Mr . Jago had attended me for a period of five years . " I also made an affidavit , stating the nature of my disorder , occasioned by the rapture of the blood vessels in the chest / and my then state of health .
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could be accommodated ^ erT" T ™ * fniwn e eTen ? *<* U «> same day-no , upon th * Efot ^ S ? r ? ormn & * *** ™»» woW to ^ appw It to tSS ? ^^ iafoiaei ™ ^ 1 heard that Saturday was the day mi which Government business was done . at iherLK .. d No ' manlfy : ^ 1011 ° ' ^ ^^ n !' u& " T 1 he . ^ P ^ ty Marshal ' s soa then came ib and saia that his father would be at the prison at efcwn o ' clock on Saturday , and that he would defer exeraunSl iffia ^ ^ allowed l » 3 , the IW-offfe ,,
*• I lustandy sent for Dr . Thomson , who , after » long nt-it ,. . drew up a certificate , which was sworn to by Mr . Henry Macnamara , stating that to remove ma to York Caatleon Monday weald bo attended with great r-sk and dauger . I should mention that upon tha previous evening I had an answerto ny memorial and affidavits , in which Mr . Fox Maule required an authenticated certificate- as to the risk of removal . Dr . Thomson ' s authenticated certificate was sent , and the answer was , that no alteration would be made in cousequenee of the- very document which Mr . Maule had required , and then ihe deputy ordered me to be ready afrsevear o ' clock on Monday morning . On Sunday morning I was visiteds by Mr . Cooper ,. the surgeon of ^ j Son , but being so trifled and played with , I said nothing abou * the risk Ot removal .
Oa the eaae evening , at five o ' clock , i sent s letter , by Bpeoiai m ^ sp ^ iwr , to Mr . Maule , com-? i m \ n $ of l Q ° ' u » i ^ ir . ftiitfttfckinfj manner m wKieh J . had been treated , and i ^ &acnamara ufai »* li . * ¥ i 1 tbe 811 | 1 fi ew .. fi ? rrK « i « j ! uuou . l ; s « plied Jfiat i liad uot rwhoreapoa % j fnBisted on coin * to the surgeon , who iastantly . ^ w ^ te ihe strokes * cerihcate imaginable , stating jtfet what Dr . " ThawMs had , namely , that to remov * m * would be atttndeir with great risk and dan ^ r . > - ^ - This Ialso soQVtoatfrf ^ fiMlWwho still totfd see no reason . *© withdraw ^ the order lor my ressofaL and I was hurried off on Mon . daj morning , scare&ly abJe to-walk , as the deputy-marshal and cowtobfo must state . I scarcely ate a" morsel of food ua&iJ they had lodged me , on Tuesday , in York CsUstle , and 1 suouid iiave been starved , had not the surgeon oi tne prison ordered me some tea , on Wednesday
mghr , which was the first thing I had taken * .. I was lame , and barely able to move my legsj w& I nave no hesitation in saying that the Secretary af state is . impeachable for his conduct towards me . it is easy to make a plausible speech in the House . and gloss over outrageously improper acts in ainanfe ab sence , as I neither see friend , newspaper , nor letter cuntainmg news . " My health is daily becoming worse , and althoagjk a man of strontj constitution doea not « et tooth-acne on Friday and die on iVlonday , yet I gay that no law has yet been made to turu hnpnsounient into torture or lingering existence . I am , in every sen ^ e of the word , under the same rules ajid regulations as ? murdeiev ? ,. robbers , forgers , and felons of every description , and although I hear of much talk on the subject , yet . nothing has yet been done in relation to it .
** There is much in-my case which I have not yet mentioned . Good God I eighteen months of a felou ' * treatinent , and ^ fiGO-bail for two years , fora political tj ? l' " \ liie . the "n . Hiaculate , reforming Whigs-1 Had the Tories been , in power , and thus acted , tha air would have been filled with the sounds of Whig execration . I assett that my sentence aud treatment are a national disg ^ iee , and were intended aa a pes > soual insult . Sar ^ aant Talfourd is to present ray petition oil MonJay ^ but should he decline , pray present it for me . I w-ill have no favour from Lord INornianby . " What a farce is this prison chess , playod botwecn the Home Secretary and , the Visiting Magistrates , at a distance of 200 miles between th » playerb ! while , although it ia my interests that are * at siuke , 1 hear not of a single move , aud canoou correctr a single falsehood that is uttered respectcu ; the game cr the viotiiu .
lam ,. Sir , your obedient servant ,, ** Feargus O'Coshob . " Thomaa Wafeloy » Esq . " He ( Mr . Wakley ) . expected that the Under Saaretary for the Home Department would havo condemned , upon . the last debate that took placa u&oa the subject , the conduct which had been pursued towards Mr . t ) 'Gonnor » and would have laid before the House e ^ ory , document which could enable it to decide upon whom the- blame really rested . Mr . E . MAULE could not consent to produce th » returns which had beea moved for . Mr . O ^ &nuor had been convicted of publishing a seditious- libel of an aggravated kind ^ for the Jury were expressly told that they were bound to acquit the prisoner ifi th * r
were not satisfied that he had published a libel- calculated ti » , incite the- people to subvert the constitution of the country . For this : Mr . O'Connor had neen coademnsd to imprisonment in Yoriv Castlev and what was th « conduct ofthe Secfeiaay , of State upon this occasion \ Why , upon * epresehUtions being made tfthim , that Mr . O'Connor was not thaain a state to be nmovedfromthe Queen ' s Bench Prison , whore he was confined before the judgment was pr » noinic . ! d , tlie removal was deferred till the Monday morning . Other applications were then made to the Secretary of State , but they were not considered , of such * nature aa to render ii necessary to interfere any fur ther , and i ; was therefore left to the Marshal of the Q'leea ' s Bench Prison , to take upon himself the
responsibility of deciding whether Mr . O'Connor could properly be removed on the Monday , morning . The Marshal of the prison had taken upon himself the responsibility of removing Mr . O / Connor on the Monday morning . On Tuesday % at two o ' clock , Mr . O'Connor arrived in York , spent the afternoon in seeing , the city and visiting tho Minster , and did not repair to tho prison till ten o ' clock at night . It had been admitted in former debates that Mr . O'Connor was not , at his first reception in the prison , placed in that sort of confinement in which it was fit that he should be placed . But as soon as this became known , the Secretary of State interfered , and instructions were given that Mr . O'Connor ' s situation should be ameliorated , and that he should be
allowed various indulgences , but not that of continuing to carry on in prison the paper in whioh he had published the libel . A doubt having been suggested whether those instructions were carried into effect , a person was sent down to inquire how far those instructions which had been given to the Visiting Magistrates had been carried into effect , and he found that Mr . O'Connor had really received those indulgences which were directed to be granted t » him . As , however , the examinations were not conducted by this gentleman , the only answer which he could return was a simple affirmative or negative , with regard to any correspondence which had takea . place between Mr . O'Connor and this gentleman , he ( Mr . Fox Maule ) was not aware of the existence
of any such correspondence ; and as to the medical certificates which were moved for , they referred merely to the question of Mr . O'Connor been in a fit state to be removed from the Queen ' s Bench Prison to York Castle , and therefore could not be used to Bhow what M r . O'Connor ' s condition was in the latter place of confinement . The Marshal of the Queen ' s Bench Prison had given him ( Mr . Fox Maule ) an account of Mr . O'Connor ' s diet while in the Queen's Bench Prison , and also of his exercise , of which racket-playing formed a part , : - ¦¦ ¦¦ --Mr . HUME eaid that this was the first time that
he had ever heard of a publio officer who had been sent down to make au inquiry returning merely a verbal answer . However , if no report in writing had been made , of course none cob Id be produced . After a few words from Sir C . DOUGLAS and General JOHNSON . Mr .. AGLIONB Ywished to know by what authority the Under Secretary had called the statements exaggerated \ The Under Secretary said he knew the faota from his own'knowledge , but be begged leave to say the Hon . Gentleman did not know them from his own knowledge . He only knew them from the report of others . Circumstances gave a very different complexion to Mr . F . Maule ' s statement .
The gallery was then cleared for a division upon Mr . Aglionby ' s motion . It having been found upon dividing that there were not forty Members present , tho House adjourned at half-past one o ' clock .
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Fbance . —A great deal of uneasiness is occasioned at Paris by the resistance of the journeymen tailora to the demands of the masters , and by the probability of those persons being joined by the operative bakers and shoemakers . There are 15 , 100 tailors out of employment , to which , if there be added 15 , 000 men of the other trades , the police have spine reason for dreading a disturbance , particularly during the approaching three glorious days . The fifty-seventh anniversary of the taking of the Bastile passed over on Tuesday in Paris without the slightest disturbance . .
Suicide of a Magistrate . —Thursday morning , Thomas T . Clarke , Esq . of Swakeleys ; , near Uxbridge , committed suicide by drowning himself . The family of the unfortunate g $ p £ leman have , for centuries , enjoyed large property in the counties of Middlesex , Suffolk , &c . Information of the occurrence has accordingly been transmitted to both Mr . Wakley and Mr . Higgs , the former being coroner for tbe county , and the latter for the duchy , * it is doubtful by which coroner the inquest will be taken .
Unobteusivk Gknkrositt .- —We have been requested by Mr . Oastler to say that , on the 10 th mstaut , he received an envelope bearing the Leeds post-mark , and directed to him at his residence , and enclosing a . $ & note ; but not one word of explanation as to whence it came . Having no idea from whom' it came » Mr . Oaetler has only this means of . expressing bit thanks to the unknown donor .
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THE IMPRISONED CHaRTISTS . The following is the best Account we are able to give from tho scanty materials with which we have been furnished of the Numbers and Circumstance of the Victims of Factious Cruelty and Treachery now Suffering . We have omitted all whose Term of Imprisonment has Expired , or is on the eve of Expiring .
Names . Whenk where Convicted . Before whom . Alleged Offences . Sentences . Where Suffering . Amount of Family .
1 John Frost 2 Zephaniah Williams 3 William Jones 4 Charles Walters 5 John Lovell 6 Richard Benfield 7 John Bees 8 Jenkin Morgan 9 Benjamin Richards 10 Henry Vincent 11 William Edwards 12 Lewis Rowland 13 Edward Llewellyn 14 William Coates 15 James Moor 16 John Partridge 17 John Gibby 18 John Jones 19 George George 20 William Shellard 21 ~ Isaac Armitage 22 John Wright 23 James Barton 24 George Wareham 25 Thomas Howarth 2 6 John Broad bent 27 John Weaver 28 Isaac Johnson 29 James Duke 30 William Benbow 31 William Butterworth 32 W . V . Jackson 33 James Bronterre O'Brien 34 R . J . Richardson 35 Christopher Doyle 36 G . H . Smith 37 Samuel Scott 38 William Barker 39 James Raye 40 Fredrick Davidson 41 John Llresey 42 James Mitchell 43 Charles Davis 44 iBaae Burton 45 James Fanning 46 George Smith 47 George Bellamy 48 Jeremy Rlgby 49 Peter Hilton 50 E . W . Brq- » m 51 Timothy Higgins 52 William Aitken 53 George Johnson 54 John Wild 55 Edward Retlly 56 James Coupe 57 Richard Eastwood 58 John Pilling 59 James Heywood 60 Robert GUlibrand 61 Andrew Morgan 62 Thomas Farrell 63 Jonathan Merle 64 John Gill 65 Joseph Bostock 66 Charles Morris 67 James Morris 68 — Heywood 69 — Willie 70 — Glennon 71 George White 72 Samuel Holberry 73 Thomas Booker 74 William Booker 75 James Duffey 76 William Well 3 77 John Marshall 78 Thomas Penthorpe 79 Joseph Benson 80 Robert Peddle 81 William Brooke 82 Thomas Drake 83 Paul Holdflrworth 84 John Walker 85 Joseph Naylox 86 John Riding 87 Phineas Smithies 88 Francis Rnahworth 89 Emanuel Hutton 90 Peter Hoey 91 Jeseph Crabtree 92 William Asbioa 93 William Martin
MonmouUi , Deo . 10 , 1839 Tmdal ' do do do do do de do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do Williams do Mar . 26 , 1840 Gurney do do do do Ang . 26 , 1839 Park do do do do do do 1 do do do do do do do do do do March 26 , 1840 Gurney do Dec . 10 , 1839 Park " > do Mar . 26 , 1840 Gurney Chester , April 6 , 1840 Maule do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do Liverpool , March , 1840 Coleridge do do do do do do do do do do de do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do Chester , April 6 , 1840 Maule do August 5 , 1839 Gurney do do do April 6 , 1840 Maule Kirkdale , Nov . 1839 ' Qr . Sessions do do do do do do do do do do do . do Warwick , March , 1840 Boaanqnet Liverpool , Aug . 5 , 1889 Pattison do April , 1840 oleridge d « do do do do do do Aug . 26 , 1839 Coltman do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do g , do do do do do do do do do do York , March 5 , 1840 Erakine do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do . do de do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do
High Treason do do do do do do do Conspiracy do do Riot do do do do Pike making Riotous assembly Burglary Conspiracy do do do do do do Riot Riotous language 1 Conspiracy Seditious language Sedition and conspiracy do do do do do Possession of arms Sedition , conspiracy , and riot Sedition and conspiracy Sedition , conspiracy , and riot Conspiracy , and having arms Sedition . do do do do do do do Seditions language Conspiracy . , '• do . do do do Training Riot do do do do do do do do do do do do do Extorting money Sedition do do do do Riot do do Conspiracy Sedition Conspiracy do Riot ! do do do do do d » do do do
Transported for life \ Not known do I do do do Imprisoned 3 yeara Penetentiary do do do do do do do do Imprisoned 6 months Monmouth — 12 do Oakham — 14 do do Imprisoned 12 mo . & h . 1 . Monmouth — 9 do do — 6 do do — 12 do do — 6 do do Imprisoned 12 months do V Transported 10 years Not known Imprisoned 6 months Monmouth — 18 do Oakham — 12 do Chester — 12 do do — 12 do do — 12 do do — 12 do do — 12 do do Imprisoned 6 ma & h . 1 . Knutsford Imprisoned 12 months Chester — 12 do do — 16 do do — 9 do Lancaster — 2 years do — 18 months do — 8 do do — 9 do Preston — 18 do do — 8 do Kirkdale — 18 do do — 6 do Preston — 6 do Kirkdale — 12 do Chester — 18 do do — 18 do do Imprisoned 12 mo . & h . 1 . do — 12 do Kirkdale — 12 do do — 18 do do — . 12 do do — 12 do do Imprisoned 18 months Warwick — 18 do Chester ¦ — 9 do Kirkdale — 9 do do — a do do Imprisoned 18 mo . * b . 1 . do — 18 do do — 12 do do — 12 do do — 12 do do — 12 do do — 12 do do — 12 do do — 12 do do — 12 do do — 12 do do . — 12 do do — 12 do do — 12 do do — 12 do do — 12 do do — 6 do Wakeaeld Imprisoned 4 years Northallerton — 3 do do — 2 do do — 3 do do — 1 do do — 2 do do — 2 do do — 2 do do — 3 do Beveriey — 3 do Northallerton — 18 months Beverley — 3 yean Northallerton — 2 do Wakefleld — 2 do do — 2 do do — 18 months do — 2 years do — 18 months ' do — 2 years do — 2 do do — 2 do do — l do Northallerton
Unmarried Wife Wife and three children An aged mother Wife and two children ITife and four children Wife and three children Wife and three children Wife and one child Wife and one child Wife and three children Unmarried Wife and two children Wife and six children Wife and one child Wife and one child None Wife and three children Wife and four children None Wife Wife and three children Wife and one child None None Wife and one child Wife and one child Wife Seven children Wife and seven children Wife and four children Wif « and two children Wife None None Wife Wife and one child Unmarried Wife Wife Wife and one child Unmarried Wife and seven children Unmarried Wife and one child Wife and one child Unmarried Wife Wife and one child , Wife and one child Unmarried Wife Unmarried Wife and one child Wife and two children Wife and two children Wife and two children Wife and four children Unmarried Wife and one child Unmarried Unmarried Wife and three children Unmarried Wife and two children Wife and one child Wife Wife Unmarried
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Jd Ths Delegates To Assemble At Manchester.
JD THS DELEGATES TO ASSEMBLE AT MANCHESTER .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 18, 1840, page unpage, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2693/page/1/
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