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ADVICE MR . WILKINSON , SURGEON , HAVING devoted his Studies for many Yews to -nr « 5 \ c ? ^ S - * tlnentof tbe VENEREAL « 22 s £ i » m ¦ " lts TKwas . Forms ; also , to the » j ? htfal conseoaenoes resulting from that destroc-SLS *^ ^^ AW" may be personallv con-™ from Nine m the Morning till Ten at Nizht , * ad on Sondays tiU Two , at 13 , Trafalgar Street . «* dford , from Ten till Five . In recent eases a perfect Core is completed within * Week , or no Charge made for Medicine after that period , and Country Patients , by making only one personal Tish . will receive such Advice and Medi-• mes that will enable them to obtain a permaneni and effectual Curewhen all other means hare Al \ \ i 1 ¦ * W
, ailed . - Having suocessfully acquired a thorough knowledge of all the various stages of that insidious and too often fatal disease , and the deplorable results , as well as frequent loss of life , which often occurs through displayed i gnorance , by those unqualified , having bnt very little knowledge either of the disorder , or component principles of Medicine ; thus the system becomes tainted , the whole mass of blood impure , and the Constitution ruined with Poison , reducing Ulcers and Eruptions on various parts of
the body , frightful to be seen—often closely resembling and mistaken for diseases of a less painfid character . Mr . W ., as a Member ' of the Medical frofessiou , and from the peculiar nature of his practice , can , with the utmost confidence , even to the nost timid , offer hope , vigour ,. and perfect health . What a jjrief for a young person , in the" very prime f life , to be snatched out of time / and from ail the enjoyments of life , by a disease always local at first , * M which never proves fatal if properly treated , as all its fatal results are owing either to neglect or KBorance .
Mr . W . ' s invariable rule is to give a Card to each « fhis Patients as a guarantee for Cure , which he pledges himself to perform , or to return his Fee . For the Accommodation of those who cannot conveniently consul ; Mr . W . personally , they maj btain his Purifying Drops , Price 4 s . 6 d . at any oJ the following Agents , with Printed directions so plain , that Patients of either Sex may Cure them-• dree , without even the knowledge of a bedifeUow "
. Mr . Heatos , 7 , Briggate , Leeds , Mr . HiBTLKTf , Bookseller , Halifax . Mr . Dewhibst , 37 , New Street , Haddersfield . Mr . H ARMSQN » BookseUer , M&rketPlA <> eJ 3 arnBle 7 . Mr . Hakskoye ' s library , 9 , Coney Street , York . Messrs . Fox and Sojj , Booksellers , Market-place , Tcjitefract . Haej / son , Market-place , Ripon . Lamgdalb , Bookseller , Knaresbro and Harrogate . And at the Advertiser Office , Lowgate , HulL
Letters , inclosing a Remittance , answered by retarn of Post ; and Medicine punctually transmitted to the address , either by initials or name .
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XHDXA 2 C PliLS . DR . COFFIN has the satisfaction to announce to the diseased , that he has discovered and combined , from the vegetable kingdom , a . remedy for upassing any yet discovered , or offered to the Public , fur the removal of Indigestion , Psins in the Head , Side , or Back . Gough , Spinal Affections , Nervous Diseases , General Weakness , and Lingour of the S y stem arising from the above complaints , all eruptions of the Skin , &c . &c . The above Pills are in perfect unison with all the functions of the auimal economy , and may therefore be nsed with safety by * U ages and sexes , and are important recommendations . You do not require Sixty per Day to cure 3 fou > May be obtained of the Proprietor , 44 , Dockstreet , Hnll , and of Mr . Joshua Hobson , Publisher of the Northern Star . By remitting in a letter Is ., pott-paid , to either of the above addresses , a box of tbe Pills will be sent , per post , with all necessary < iirecuons
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MEDICAL ADVICE . OF serions Importance to those who are suffering from Venereal or Syphilitic Diseases , Nervous , OT Sexual Debility , Rheumatism , Scurvy , Scorbutic Eruptions , and all Diseases arising from impurity of the Blood . Mr . LA'MERT , SURGEON , No . 21 , FALKNEH-STREET , MANCHESTER , Licentiate of the Apothecary ' s Hall , London , and Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society , &c , having devoted his studies for many yeara to the various diseases of the generative organs , and to the cure of these insidious and often fatal diseases , at the various Hospitals in London , and iu tbe Universities of Edinburgh and Dublin , cannot refrain from directing attention to the deplorable consequences so
conrtantly occurring , owing to unqualified and illiterate men , presumptuously claiming to have a knowledge f these disorders , who are totally ignorant of the general principles of medicine , and either by unskil-*** traw-ment , or by the immoderate use of mtrcury « nd other questionable specifics , entirely ruia ihe institution , by suffering the system to become affected , and the whole mass of blood tainted with TfiBereal poison , causing eruptions and ulcers of a most frightful character on the face , neck , and body , which closely resemble , and often * are treated as , aenrvy , and dreadful pains in the limbs and bones , which are commonly mistaken for rheumatism ; the whole frame then becomes affected with the most alarming symptoms , and a melancholy death puts a period to the Bufferings of the patient .
The imperative necessity that exists for the complete eradication of these deplorable disorders is evident from the fact , that this deadly contagion may lay imbedded in the constitution for years , and it ia of the utmost importance to those = who are about to form matrimonial engagements to cleanse the sjstem previously of all its gross impurities , in order to prevent those sad appearances throughout entire families , which are frequently the consequence of a protracted and incomplete eradication .
In those deplorable cases of nervous and sexual debility , arising from early and indiscriminate excesses , where melancholy , distaste , incapacity for all pleasures , both mental and physical , and all the « eerv « iBg imbecilities of old age are its attendants , the utmost endeavoiTB should be made to avoid the despair and misery which accompany theee dreadful debilities , when left to the powers of nature alone to restore , and which frequently hurries its victim to the grave in . the very flower of his youth .
To all who are thus afflicted , Mr . LA'MERT , as * regularly educated member of the medical profession , can with the utmost confidence offer hope , energy , vigour , and felicity ; and from the peculiar mature of ids practice , the most timid may feel enoouraged by li eopportunity thus afforded them . The following letter is published by particular request : Newcastle-upon-Tyne , June 20 , 1839 . C ? m _ T * Vinn Vaah « m w * C « A * . > h 4 ? .. _ f 3 . 1- . 1 / Sir—It has been intentionfor of
, my , a length time , to address you on a subject closely connected with your celebrity ; but I must confess that a-feeling of delicacy has hitherto withheld me . My cure , however , has been so complete , that it would be an act of gross injustice to your character « nd skill , ¦ were I longer to withhold a case so remarkable as any on record . Born in a polished circle of « xaety , I was early sent to a most respectable pub-He seminary , where , for some years , all went on with prosperity and happiness .
Unfortunately , however , a habit was sentiibroad among as , which I was , with many-others , unable to resist . Years rolled away , and left me an altered naa ! Infirmities gathered around me , and at the age of twenty years . I was actually dying of decaya gradual but certain decay . 1 wondered at the eanse of all this premature debility , nor . did the -truth ever flash across my mind , ' until I saw aa address of yours , which made me fully sensible of my xdser&bie situation . The debility increased every renewed day , with the cause of misery , self-entailed , gnawing at my hear t in my waking moments : in
seeking rest , I only sought for a change of torments — -the many hoars of darkness seemed awful ; those f sleep filled me with racking horrors indescribable . I longed for day—with day I was wearied—and I beheld the approach of night - with abhorrence . Under these circumstances of unqualified affliction , I journeyed upwards of ninety miles to have a consultation with you . I need not say how soon you -were aware of my appalling situation , the anxiety you manifested in accomplishing my relief , or of the confidence with which you spoke of my recovery .
You directed me a packet of your invaluable medicine * , and by perseverance in following your < lireetio » s , and with the blessing of Providence , a wonderful cure has been completely effected ana I aa oow , in every sense of the word , become a new mtm * f I transmit this account for the benefit of othera who may , unfortunately , be placed in a situation of similar wretchedness . You . may omit ay residence , but if masked for , you are at liberty to give it . —Remaining , Sir , with every sentiment of regard , yours truly , Chakles Nswioit . To Mr . La'Mert , 21 , F&Ikaer-street , Manchester .
Mr . La'Mert is to be consulted every day , at his residence , from nine in the m&rning till ten at sight , and on Sundays from nine till two ; and patients in we remotest parts of the eountry may be treated McoessfuUy on transmitting their report , which will euamediately answered ; theirletteremustminutely escribe the ease , and contain a remittance for advice aumeduao ^ OTMeh can be forwarded to any part of « fc ^ world , however distant . No difficulty canoeeur , « j tba a&icmes wiU beseenreiy packed , and care-AHj protected fro * observation . £ 1 , Faaksitt *^ Manchester .
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pANCER , SCIRRHUS , TUMOUR « f every V variety , FISTULA , &o . f & « ., weoessfuUy treated without the Knife , by _ v f" *\ \ y& OP"D criTTin ttttp mTrifATtw _ *
J . L . WARD , Professor of Medical Surgery , No . 18 , Trafalgar Street , Leeds ; and No . 1 , Liverpool Street , Oldfield Road , Salford , Manchester . The number of Persons who are continually being rescued from the ravages of Cancer , at the above Establishments , are too numerous for an advertisement , but the most complete satisfaction will be afforded to those who may wish to know the nature and efficacy of Mr . Ward's treatment , by a "visit to either of his Surgeries , where individuals may be seen whose cures are going on , after their cases have been pronounced incurable and fatal by several of the most eminent Medical men of the whole British empire . The following Mr . Ward has jnst received , which has been designed for an advertisement : —
" I take this as a pleasure to inform the public that I have been an eye-witness to some of the great cures performed in this quarter by Mr . J . L . Ward , and have tried the said Mr . Ward with a very large Tumour on my right thigh , much larger than my fist , and being more than twenty years standing , which substance he has removed without cutting or even the shedding of one drop of blood , —the truth of which may be substantiated by applying to me at my house , No . 15 , Mill Brook , near Staly bridge .
WILLIAM VARLEY . "July 18 th , 1840 . " A remarkable Cure of a Cancerous Tumour of the Breast has been effected by Mr . Ward , twelve months ago , upon a respectable female , seventy years of age , who is now in the enjoyment of good health and spirits , and for the good of tbe afflicted , wishes the Bame to bo made pnblio . Further information may be had at No . 22 , Kensington , near Liverpool , where the Tumour may also jbe seen . Kensington , July 24 , 1840 . Attendance at Leeds every Tuesday , and Salford every Thursday and Friday . Leeds , July ' 22 d , 1840 .
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Erapmal ^ arltew * ttk HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Wednesday , Aug . 5 . Mr . aqlionby rose to call the attention of the House to the subject of which he had given notice . He assured them he would endeavour to occupy their time as shortly aa the nature and complication of facts would admit He should begin , to prevent misconception , by reading the motion with which he intended to conclude . It was this ;— " That an humble address be presented to her Majesty , that she -will be graciously pleased to direct that a commission may be issued to inquire into the allegations contained in the petition of Mr . Feargus O'Connor , presented to this House on the 1 st day of June last , and into what has been and now is his treatment in York Castle ; alao to inquire into what has
been and now is tbe treatment of prisoners confined under sentences for writing and publishing seditious libels , or for uttering seditious words , or fur attending seditious meetings , in the gaols and houses of correction of York , "Wakefield , Nertb&llerton , and Beverley . " His only object was inquiry ; he should not , therefore , have to touch on the character « . r conduct of any one , farther than was necessary to elucidate the grounds of nia motion . There were two points on which he felt he must satisfy the House ; first , that he had a prima facie case of hardship and injustice to complain of ; and next , that a commiasien would be the best means of attaining the end he had in vievr . He would apply himself to the second part of his notice first . The cases of the gaols of Wakefield , Northallerton , and
Beverley were particularly deserving of notice , because they had been mentioned in the papers as instances whtre prisoners had been much more severely treated than had been intended by the judges who passed sentence upon them . With respect to Wakefield and Northallerton , petitions complaining of the severity exercised in the prisons there had been presented to the House . One of these , presented on the 30 th of June last , signed Joseph Crabtree , was referred to by the Honourable and Learned Member , in illustration of his statement The Honourable and Learned Member then went on to say that he did not mean to pledge himself to tbe truth of all tbe statements of these p $ - titionfcrs , &nd lie bad no doubt that many of them would be denied , but all he asked was , let U 3
investigate the matter by sending down proper officers . This petitioner stated that he was locked up at six o ' clock in the evening , and was obliged to keep perfect silence during tne night until six o ' clock in the morning ; that on rising he was obliged to sit nearly the whole of the day with other prisoners on a form , with his face in a particular position until seven o ' clock in the evening , -when he was again locked np ; that he was not allowed to speak , under any circumstances , to another prisoner ; that he was not to laugh , or smile , or make signs to another prisoner ; that be might not even look another prisoner in the face , and that he must not pick np anything from the ground . There was another petition , signed by Richard White , stating the case of his son , now confined at Wakefield , From this
it appeared that the roost * # * e ? 9- fUal « omcst » SS InftwteU on tbe prisoner , \ rho was kept to unremitting labour at the treadmill . Another petition had been presented by an Hon . Member , complaining of the hard labour on the treadmill which had been inflicted on the petitioner , a political prisoner at Northallerton . Now , he would say , that if these statements were at all correct the punishment tbus inflicted could never havo been intended by the jndgeg who passed sentence ; and for this he had the authority of the Attorney-Geueral , who had stated the other night that hard labour ought never to be inflicted but for an iufatnous crime , because it was an infamous punishment ; and he therefore called upon the Hon . and Learned Gentleman to support him in this motion . Now , here either the sentence or the
punishment was wrong . If the sentence , or part of it . was that these prisoners for political offences should be kept to hard labour , then the sentence WUS WTOIlg on the authority of the Attorney-General ; if not , then he claimed an investigation . His claim rested , in part , on a petition of Mr . O'Connor himself , which had been presented by the Hon . and Learned Mrmber for Beading ( Sergeant Talfourd ) on the 1 st of June , this year . In that petition Mr . O'Connor related various hardships he had to suffer , and which had been detailed in the House ; and he ( Mr . Agiionby ) appealed to the Hon . and Learned Attorney-General to say whether those Statements did not press on his mind the conclusion that a punishment too severe for bis offence had been iDflicted on Mr . O'Connor . It would be said that
certain relaxations had taken place since then , and that the Home Secretary had kindly made suggestions respecting the affair , which the magistrates had carried into effect This Mr . O'Connor denied . Again , it had been alleged that Mr . O'Connor had voluntarily imposed on himself the performance of those duties relative to himself which there were no rules of the prison to enforce , and that they had been performed by Mr . O'Connor for the purpose of getting up a case . If that ¦ were so , then he ( Mr . Agiionby ) demanded an investigation into the facts ; bu > Mr . O'Connor expressly denied it . There was another point Mr . O'Connor stated that he bad to tafce his trial at the Liverpool A&j ; zes on a different charge , and yet his solicitor had been denied admission to him . Well , with reference
to this , Mr . 8 . Pbiliipps writes , on tbe 25 th of June , to Mr . Hague , the visiting magistrate , intimating , in the name of Lord Normauby , that it might not be improper to let Mr . O'Connor ' s professional adviser ( Mr . Cksrksom see him . One would think there ought to be no iifficnlty in such a case , to allow admittance to a professional auviser . But it had been stated that Mr . Clarkson was not the professional adviser of Mr . O'Connor . This was not true . Mr . Clarkson had told him ( Mr . Aglionby ; that he had travelled from Bradford to York on purpose to see Mr . O'Connor ; that he applied io the gaoler for admittance to Mr . O'Connor ; that he was refused ; that he applied to ene of the visiting magistrates ; that he was again refused ; that he applied to another ef the visiting magistrates
, Sir J . Kaye , who told him that he would apply to the Home Office , until receiving instructlont from which no arrangements could be made . During the month of Jane , Mr . Ciarkson bad not seen the prisoner ; subsequently he was admitted to him ; but he ( Mr . Agiionby ) theugbt It would be a proper subject for inquiiyto find how it waa that a professional man bad been bo long kept from seeing his client He had , on a former occasion , asked the Hon . Under Secretary of the Home Department whether he was aware that Mr . O'Connor was treated at York Castle like a felon . He had said that he was not aware of it But had any alteration taken place ? He { Mr . Agiionby ) thought that there was something extraordinary about the proceedings of tbe Home Ofiice in this affair . An inspector ,
Mr . Crawford , had been sent down ; but he had made no report , it was said , or only a verbal report , and had taken no examinations . Nay , it appeared that his instructions were only verbal . He referred to this as a jurtificaticm ef his mstion . Was it to be borne that verbal instructions only should be given to a paid officer , -wbo - « ras sent down to do bis duty as an inspiCtoi of a prison , ia consequence of what had passed in that House ? If that were the course of the Home Office , he would only say that such a course was not salutary . Then , if Mr . O'Connor was entitled to credit at all , there ought to be an investigation of Mr . Crawford's visit to York . Mr . O'Connor stated that on the 4 th of June Mr . Crawford came to York Castle , and , in " the absence of the petitioner , examined all the
officers of the prison , and also the two prisoners confined in the same ward with the petitioner , touching the allegations in the petitioner ' s petition of June 1 st ; that John Abbey , one of tbe turnkeys , flatly contradicted tbe allegations in the petition ; out when afterwards called upon , In the petitioner ' s cell , by the petitioner , to confirm what he bad stated , the said Jokn Abbey had retracted every word of his former evidence . This , Mr . O'Connor had stated to have been In the presence of Mr . Crawford , Mr . Hague , Mr . Tweed , the visiting magistrate *; Mr . Noble , the governer of the gaol ; and Mr . H&rara , the magistrate ' s clerk . This statement certainly bore all the marks of truth and exactness . Mr . O'Connor also stated that tbe inspector , on coming into hi * eelL said , " Mr . O'Con-
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nor , my uame is Cawford ; I am from London ; I am not here upon any duty , I have no authority . I was merely in York , and came to see the . prison . " fie had also added , upon being ^ uked / that he had no ' power to go into tbe whole case ; but that he afterwards , on the 9 th of June , returned and informed Mr . O'Connor , that he then came officially ; thai the evidence taken on the ' 4 th was read over to him ; tbat Mr . Crawford promised to resume tbe examination at ten o ' clock on the mom-Ing of June the 10 th , but he nevertheless left York without resuming the examination . It further appeared , that notwithstanding what was said about no report having been made , and no examinations taken , that the whole of the evidence taken before the inspector was published without the retractions in a --- «_*_ . _*» ^ . * t . » _
York newspaper of the Saturday following . He ( Mr . Agiionby ) asked for an Inquiry into the truth of these allegations . He had no concern now with the nsKnre of the offence ; all he asked was to investigate the mode in which punishment was inflicted on the offence . He ( Mr . Agiionby ) might state , that in all the conversations which he- had held with Mr . O'Connor he had spoken with great candour , though with justifiable warmth . Allegations bad been made and ridicule circulated about the state of Mr . O'Connor ' s health ; but Mr . O'Connor , in his letter to him ( Mr . Agiionby ) said that he was astonished to understand how the state of his health could be called good when he had fainted repeatedly In bis cell , and that a turnkey bad to sit up with him several nights running .
Then Mr . O'Connor's residence in the Queen ' s Bench prison had been commented upon , though without any proof been given that there was anything remarkable in his mode of residence than to affect his health . It was said , too , that he had g « ne to visit York Minster upon arriving in tbe town before he went into prison , which showed , as was said , that he was not in bad health . But this was merely fringe , and not relevant to the main Question . He was now earning Mfc ^ he third part of his ease . The Hon . Member then quoted a case of a debtor named Holden , who , in 1812 , was imprisoned in Lincoln Castle , who had petitioned the House because he was severely treated in hlo imprisonment His treatment was not near so harsh as that of Mr . Feargus O'Connor j but Sir S . Rorailly had treated his charge as a matter of grave importance , and on the 25 th of June
1812 , he moved that a select committee be appointed to inquire into the treatment of the petitioner , and after a debate , in which many Members took part , a select committee was granted , and afterwards a commission was issued . He thought tbat they rarely had before them a question which mor * deserved start ! ' a course . He had proved to them , by precedent , < th « t this was a course they ought to adopt He bad laid the foundation of a prim& Jacie case of hardship , and he called upon the House to give them that which he asked , leaving it to a future day and some future period to have a motion founded on the facts to be elicited . He trusted that Mr . Feargus O'Connor ' s character would be set right , and not be allowed to remain , as now , sullied with the general odium under the Impression of his having been a witness of untruth .
Mr . T . DUNCOMBE seconded the motion . ¦ Lord J . RUSSELL said he certainly did not feel inclined to revive the whole of the aiscussion they had had on previous occasions . The most of what bad been stated by the Hon . Gentleman had been said in the previous debates on the same subject , and when the House had decided against the interference then sought to be obtained on behalf of Mr . F . O'Connor . The present motion wo * grounded on complaints which Mr . F . O Connor had niade as to the treatment he received in York Castle . When these complaints were first made to the Secretary of State , the magistrates were immediately written to , and were informed what it was thought ought to be done in the matter ; and , ttibseqnently , the Hon . Gentleman ( Mr . Aglionbyl hftA
not found fault with those directions . The complaints , however , having been nude , an inspector of prisons was sent down to inquire into them , and he was satisfied , from the investigation he bad instituted , that tbe instructions of the Secretary of State had been complied with , and that the visiting justices had not enforced the prison regulations against Mr . O'Connor . The Hou * e had no reason to suppose tbat the visiting justices had violated th « lr duty , and he thought the allegations of Mr . F . O'Connor would not satisfy the House that they had done so . ( Hear , hear . ) With regard generally to these cases , he ( Lord J . Russell ) thought that there was a great deal of sympathy given to these parties on account of a confusion in the minds of the sympathisers relative to the nature of the charges
and a confusion also in the law itself . As to persons writing in the newspapers , there was no doubt that objectionable matter was written with perhaps ne Tery guilty intention . But inch writing was very different from written or spoken words , which were published or uttered for the purpose of inducing persons to violate the law . On the debate on the Six Acts in 1819 , bis friend Sir Samuel Romilly and himself had endeavoured to rectify the state of tbe law on that subject Sir James Mackintosh , on that occasion , said he admitted what had been stated by all who had taken part in the debate that a portion of the press was a disgrace to the age , and no man , he assured the House , reprobated it more than he did . The difference between such a press and a well conducted one was very treat , and
there ought to be a great distinction made between them in any law referring to tbe press . The English periodical press , he thought , however , had never been bo purely conducted as it was at that moment , and he concluded by proposing an amendment drawing a distinction between merely political libels and those of a seditious nature , which had a tendency toisur up the , people to tumult and violations of'the law . He ( Lord 3 . Russell ) thoagbt tbat the distinction was a j « 8 t one which had been made by sir James Mackintosh ; and in reference to cases of political libels , he thought the least blameable was the case of Sir Francis Burdett , as it was one which bad originated in excited feeling at tbe time . H e did not thing that the Attorney-General had ever been Instructed to prosecute libels of the kind .
During the Administration of the Duk « of Wellington , when political discussions , on several important questions , ran very high , many cases were left untouched . With regard , however , to the second class of libelsthat of exciting persons against the law , and which were published by parties for the purpose of gilning some object of private advantage , or for pecuniary gain and notoriety , such libels were of a very different kind , and ha thought thai the sympathy which might be extended to the former class was generally misapplied when It was extended to the latter . He considered that Mr . Feargus O'Connor ' s case was amongst the worst class of the hitter . The paper containing his publications was widely circulated among the manufacturing districts , and of the mischief produced by such
pub ! ications he thought there could be no doubt He could not coneeire when the circumstance * of the case were considered , that Mr . F . O'Connor had any claim to indulgence , and there was no reason why he should have all the honours of martyrdom without suffering any imprisonment Such distinction would go far to hold out encouragement to others to prosecute the same course . With regard to the nature of the imprisonment , it appeared that Mr . O'Connor complained of being put into the company of felons . Now the fact , it stemed , was , that when Mr . O'Connor was kept on the misdemeanor side , he complained of being kept in solitary confinement , and he was asked if he would prefer to be placed amongst the least guilty on the felon side . The House knew that Innocent persons could not be sent into gaol to keep Mr . O'Cunnor company , as gaols were not mode for imprisoning persons who -were innocent , but for the safe keeping of those Who Were guilty of aome offence , or were charged With
being guilty . Certainly the case of Mr . O'Connor differed very much from tbat of a debtor , inasmuch as Uw imprisonment was intended as a punishment , and he thought the Judges of the land were the best qualified to determine what the nature and extent of that punishment should be . He could not conceive what advantage there would be in appointing & commission to inquire into the facts , as the report of that commission would be , that the sentence was earned into effect , according to directions which had been given by the judges . If it was intended to propose a law for the purpose of declaring that exciting to sedition and to violations of the public peace was no offence , why let them propose the law , but a commission could not make any other report than what he had stated . If there be auy blame against the Government let it be made . His Hon . Friend the Under-Secretary ( Mr . Fox . Maule ) would be-wadytameet the charge , and to Btate the course which Government
meant to pursue . He was opposed to the motion , and considered tfiai Government had only on « duty to perform in such cases , where efforts were made for exciting the people to acts in violation of the laws of the country . Mr . T . DUNCOMBE could not help complaining of the language whieh the Noble Lord had thoHght proper to use in reference to the persons who were the subject matter of the present motion , in charging them with urging others to the violation of the law , and to acts of violence and rapine . He did not think that there was anything in the conduct of these persons which would justify the use of such expressions on the part of the Noble Lord , or any one else . What he complained of was , not that prosecutions had been
instituted , but that the sentences had been carried out In a way in which the Judges did not intend they should be executed , and which the law did not justify . As for the Inspector of Prisons , Mr . Crawford , visiting York Castle , in Conformity with the Instructions of the Home-office , they had been told that that gentleman had taken no examinations or depositions , and had made no written report Now he ( Mr . Duncombe ) believed that the statement of Mr . Fevgus O'Connor was to be relied on in this point , who declared that depositions had been taken , and bad been signed at York Castle . With respect to the motion , he regretted that his Hon . Friend had not extended it to all gaols in which persons were under confinement for political
offences . The motion would not then be confined to York Castle and Wakefield House of Correction , but would extend to Oldham , Warwick , Knutsford , Chester , Lancaster , Monmonth , and other places . The House was hardly aware of the number of persons suffering in the various prisons at the present moment , for offences of a political nature . Now he was anxious that an inquiry , if one was instituted , should be extended to every case of the kind . ( Hear , hear . ) On this subject he bad that day presented a petition from » man of toe name of Martin i who was now confined for a political offence in Northallerton gaol . This petitioner , William Martin , bad been sentenced for sedition to twelve months' imprisonment in
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the Northallerton House of Correction , and to be bound over to keep the peace for / three years . On his being taken to the House of Correction he was put to bard labour * and for a certain period waa placed on the treadruUL This was clearly illegal , and contrary to the sentence passed , on him ; for on his conviction , and being sentenced , he asked the judge who tried him whether he was to be sentenced to hard labour . The judge replied that the layr did not authorise him to sentence a person to hard labour convicted of the offence of which , this person had been found guilty . Notwithstanding this be was placed on toe treadmill for several days , and , therefore , it the statement of the prisoner was true as to the language of the'judge who tried him , there could be no doubt of * . « - _ n . j . n *« . . ¦ ... _
the illegality of his treatment . Thia man did not ask the House to curtail bis punishment , but he requested tbat he might be treated as others convicted of similar offences , and that he might be sent back to York Castle . The Noble Lord had declared that the case of Mr . Feargus O'Connor was one of the worst cases of the kind . Why , then , should Mr . Martin ' s treatment in gaol be so much worse than that of Mr . O'Connor ? He thought . however , that one part of the treatment of Mr . Feargus O'Connor was absolutely disgraceful , namely , the opening and reading his private letters before they were handed to him . If they wished to prevent his communicating anything they objected to , let either tbe chaplain or gaoler , or other officer of tbe
prison whose duty it was todo so , read that gentleman ' s letters before he was allowed to send them away ; but there could be no possible necessity to violate confidence to such an extent as to open the letters sent to him . With reference to the case of Vincent , he felt bound to thank the government for the mitigation thai had been made in the treatment of that person , and of Shellanl , and of two or three others new confined for political offences . He believed tbat if a commission was instituted , it would be found that upwards of 200 persons were confined in different gaols on charges ef a political nature , and that the treatment they experienced varied considerably . He hoped that on reflection the Noble Lord would agree to the motion of his Honourable Friend .
Mr . R . GORDON—What was his offence ? Mr . T . DUNCOMBE—Uttering a seditious libel at Sheffield . The Noble Lord had just said that Mr . O'Connor ' s offence was the worst of all : If so , why was Mr . Martin treated so much worse than he ? He ( Mr . T . Duncom '« e ) did not think the treatment of Mr . O'Connor was what It ought to be , but other political prisoners would be very glad to change their treatment for that which Mr . O'Connor experienced . ' 'Be thought Mr . O'Connor should not be subjected to the indignity of having his private family letters read by the turnkeys , and that it was disgraceful he should be subjected to this . If this commission were to issue , the whole of these different gaols ought to be inquired into . He could not but express an earnest hope that the House would agree to the motion ef his Hon . and Learned Friend , the Member for Cockermouth .
Mr . WAKLEY Bald , he had hoped the Honourable Member below him , the Uiider-Secretaryfor the Home Department , would have communicated to the House what he knew upon the subject ; but the Hon . Gentleman seemed to rely upon tbe argument and statement of the Noble Lord the Secretary for the Colonies , who had now retired from the House . He ( Mr . Wakley ) was very glad his Hon . and Learned Friend the Member for Cockermouth bad brought forward the motion ; he returned that Hon . and Learned Gentleman his thanks for the perseverance In the matter , and for tbe resolution he had shown , that this question should not remain unmooted in this House , or that the public should continue ignorant of these atrocities . But , important as the question was , it was not now being
discussed before the representatives of the people , but before the benches which these representatives eught to occupy . ( Hear , hear . ) He knew not what explanation Honourable Members would give of their conduct in tbe matter on the hustings , but be trusted that a faithful account not only of tbe present state of the house , but also of the arguments which had been urged , would be presented to the public . Why , If the Government would not pledge itself to an inquiry into these matters , did It refuse to grant a commission ? He ( Mr . Wakley ) thought a commission would expose acts of atrocity which the country would condemn , and even the House would not approve . Had there been , he begged to ask , any refutation of the allegations contained in the petitions which had been
presented ? It was said that Mr . Crawford , the inspector , was satisfied that the allegations in the petition of Mr . Feargus O'Connor were untrue ; but where was theeridence of Mr . Crawford ' s satisfaction on that point ? The Government had been entreated over and Over again to produce Mr . Crawford's report , and at one time it was said that bis report hod been orally communicated , and at another time the answer given was , that if a report in writing hod been made , there was nothing in it Over and over again the Informations or depositions upon which Mr . Crawford had formed bis opinions had been sought from the Government , and in every instance the attempt to obtain either the one or the other had wholly failed . This was not treating the House and the country either fairly or justly , and the course pursued in the
matter was calculated to bring the House to the lowest possible degree of public odium . ( Hear , bear . ) If the allegations contained in the petitions of the various political prisoners who had addressed the House were untrue they themselves would be the parties who would suffer forthelr falsehood ; but his ( Mr . Wafciey'S ) belief was that those allegations would , on inquiry , torn opt to be well-founuea . and in that belief he wu confirmed by the fact tlat the Government did not dare to grant such an inquiry as would expose the atrocities which had been committed . If they did not shrink from inquiry , why should they refuse a commission ? Let the House bear in mind some of the allegations . What was the statement of Crabtree f Why , he had told the House that he was obliged to keep his face In one
sosition . Did the Hon . Member below him ( iVIr . F . Maule ) sanction this infamous treatment of political offenders ! The Hon . ane Learned Member for Cockermouth had most ably and adroitly laid before the House what had taken place in the year 1812 , when , those in office were Tories—a party condemned by those who now held office for their political prosecutions of the Liberals . But it appeared that even then , in a corrupt and atrocious borQUghmorJi { erin House of CktiumQne , a motion similar to the present was successful . There was now a reformed House of Parliament , in which it was said the opinions of the people were faithfully reflected ; and yet now , when a motion was made by a friend of the people , what was the answer given to it by the Noble Lord the leader
of the House 1 Why , precisely the same answer as had been given at the former period by Lord Castle * reagh . In short , the Noble Lord appeared as the Castereagh of the present day . ( Hear , and a laugh . ) This was but too true ; for the Noble Lord had f in resisting the present motion , employed the eelf-same arguments as had been used by Lord Casilereagh in 1812 . Did her Majesty ' s Government Buppose that the people would respect such conduct on thepart of professed Reformers I Was this to ba the course of Reform , that out of office they should support liberal principles , and in office condemn liberal principles ! ( Hear , hear . ) Was this such honesty of heart and oi ; intention as would win the affections of the people of England I On the contrary , would not the people
rather condemn such conduct , and do right in visiting it with their severest condemnation 1 He had expected tbat on a former occasion the Administration would have said , and said truly , "We have been deceived ; wo had expected tbat the magistrates had pursued a different course , and we do not approve of political offeuders being subjected to this Eeverity of punishment ; we discredit the statements which have been made , and we will at once institute an inquiry , in order , if possible , to ascertain whether an efficient remedy may not be applied . " Instead of this , the Noble Lord , the Secretary for the Colonies , had quoted the language of Sir James Mackintosh , supplied him by an Hon . and Learned Gentleman on the Opposition benches ,
who held the opinions now which Lord Caetlereagh entertained in 1812 . The Hon . and Learned Gentleman must rejoice that the Noble Lord had fallen into the trap bo ingeniously laid for him . But the Noble Lord had divided political offenders into two classes , and had called upon the House to look with clemency upon language used in the heat of argument by such men as Sir , £ rancis Burdett in 1819 . ' Now , Sir F . Burdett was a man of education and of large property , and in his ( Mr . WakJey ' s ) opinion , it was upon the educated man—upon the man of property , whose influence and example were calculated to have a great effect on the community , that the severity of the law Bhould fall , rather than upon the uninstructed and untutored .
He ( Mr . Wakley ) would exhibit no leniency to such men as Sir F . Burdett , but he would extend it to individuals like William Lovett and John Collins . And how had those two men been treated in Warwick Gaol \ Why , for the first six months , except during a short time while they were in the infirmary , they were denied the use of animal food . Looking to thai case , ho was of opinion that the inquiry ought not be confined to that of Mr . Feargus O'Connor , but that the commision should issue to inquire into the manner in which political offenders were treated in all the gaols of the United Kingdom , and he trusted tbe Hon . Member for Cockermouth would withdraw the first part of hiB motion , and amend the second part , 60 as to include Mr . O'Connor ' s case . Would the Government oppose Jhis ! If they did , they would be placed in a difficulty , for if his Hon . Friend persevered , they would lose the House
it be lost tbe commission . The Parliament , he believed , cOuld not be prorogued without a committee of ways and meaBs- ^ Cyea , yes ) . He was sorry to hear it , as in that case they would lose the commission , the members of the Government not oaring about losing the House aa they had got the supplies . It was to be deplored that tne Government pursued quch a course as this . The Hon . Gentleman below him ( Mr . Fox Maule ) was of excitable temperament—he might be out of office in a year or two , and would then , no doubt , give free expression to his feelings respecting the nefarious and atrocious misconduct of the Tories—for these he might find himself in Warwick Gaol ; and how would he then like to be put on the treadmill , and be oblige ! to keep his face in one direction fox eight hours together 1 It was a disgrace , to a country possessing any claims to civilisation to tolerate a paniBhment of each an infamous nature .
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Mr . F . MAULB mhI fhe \ Hon . Gentleman who had Just sat down had thought proper to state to the House what he ( Mr . F . Maule ) knew on this subject , bat he was sure the House would excuse him for not having risen sooner , as he had been anxious to hear all that other Hon . Gentlemen had got Jto say . The speech which the Hon . Gentleman had just delivered savoured a little - more of the marquee in whioh Lovett and Collins were honoured with a public dinner than of this House , and there was so much of the serio-comic about it , that he believed the Hon . Member who brought forward this motion would not thank the Hon . Gentleman for his exertions on this occasion . The Hon . Member who brought forward this motion assumed that a com-... .. ^ .- ,
mission of inquiry ought to be instituted . IJe "was sorry to differ from his Hon . Friend . His Hon . Friend quoted the case of Thomas Holding , brought forward by Sir Samuel Romilly . That was the case of a man who was confined for debt , and was subjected to all sorts of infamous treatment . . In 1812 there might have been different systems of treatment pursued in different gaols , which could not be known to the central Government . He could well imagine the House of Commons consenting to inquire- into such a case as that put before them in 1812 'b y Sir Samuel Romilly . The inquiry was pursued by a Committee of the House , but that Committee finding several difficulties in its way , a Commission was instituted which made a report . But did his Hon .
friend forget the case of Hunt , confined in llchester Gaol in 18191 A complaint was made Of his treatment—an inquiry was instituted , and it was found that the governor of the gaol was of such a tyrannical nature , and acted with Buch severity to the prisoners , that he was deemed totally unfit to remain at the head of the gaol . This case was so strongly put that Mr . Goulbarn himself moved the amendment to the original motion , that a commission should issue to inquire into his conduct . Still that case was a specific complaint against that governor and the treatment in that gaol ; but they were now called on to issue a commission to inquire into all gaols , in England in which persons were confined for political offences . Let them , however , first consider those cases brought before the House this evening . The
first was that of Crabtree , who had presented the petition which had been laid before the House . He had taken the pains to inquire into that case , and he found that Crabtree was a very peculiar person , for while he addressed this House tor a mitigation of his treatment , which he describes in very heightened colours , he also addressed the Home-office , offering to make discoveries with regard to his brother Chartists . He said he had had a disease in the liver for the last six years , and a pulmonary complainLwhich rendered further confinement dangerous to him That was the complaint into which thiB House would have to make the inquiry , and the authority to answer tbat inquiry would be the surgeon of Wakefield Gaol , a gentleman of whose conduct he had never
heard a complaint , and who , if the commission was to be issued to-morrow , would be the first summoned before them , and whose evidence alone could be taken as to the state of Crabtree ' s health , for no other medical man had visited him since he entered that gaol . What did that gentleman Btate ! He asserted that Crabtree had not suffered from any disease of the liver , or any organic disease of the lungs , since his confinement , and that at present he had no complaint of a Berious character , or tending to shorten his life . Crabtree said he was kept in close confinement , and not allowed to walk about . The gaoler -stated , in answer to this , that the rule there was not to allow such prisoners to walk about in the evening , when the gaol waa locked up , to the disturbance of the
other prisoners . Crabtree said he must not laugh , smile , or nod to the other prisoners . This was a very exaggerated statement of the discipline of the gaol , whicfc was conducted on the silent system—b " e that system right or be it wrong . That system consisted principally in the absence of communication between the prisoners . It was sanctioned t > y law , and whatever might be proposed on this occasion , it was productive of great good where numbers of prisoners were confined in one gaol , and there were no means of confining them in separate cells . Crabtree said that he was cut off from all communication with his friends ; but the visiting justices said that he had repeated visits from his friends , and was allowed all necessary corretpondence with them . He was
allowed also a pint of milk daily beyond the usual gaol allowance . Suoh was the case of Crabtree . What was the case with regard to George White ? He waa not treated with any great severity , and his family were allowed to visit him . As to the case of William Martin , he mu * t say that he had no knowledge of it before it was brought forward by the Hon . Member and admitted that , if the facts were as stated , there was something wrong somewhere . Then as to Mr . O'Connor ' s case . To a good deal which had fallen from the Hon . Member , he had adverted before in this House ; but there was one point in particular , in-reference to the examinations which had . taken place in York Castle , to which he muBt again draw attention . They all knew that
Mr . O'Connor was removed from the Queen ' s Bench Prison to York Castle . It was admitted that , during the two first days of his confinement , there , hia treatment was unnecessarily severe , and . ' that the moment this was brought to the knowledge of the Secretary of State , measures were taken to prevent its continuance . Mr . O'Connor denied ' that these measures were carried into effect , while the Government was assured b ? the visiting justices that they were carried iuto effect . It was , therefore , at once resolved to send a person down to ascertain the fact . The person who regularly ought to have been sent was Captain Williams ; but he not being iii town , Mr . Crawford was desired to go to "York Castle , not to take the examinations , but to ascertain whether the Secretary of State ' s instructions
had been attended to . The examinations were accordingly taken , not by Mr . Crawford , but by Mr . Hague and the magistrates , in his presence , aud to satisfy him that the instructions of th 6 Secretary of State had been carried into effect . ' Mr . Crawford might have put some questions , but he did not conduct tne examinations ; and when he came back , he said that he had satified himself that the instructions of the Secretary of State had heen carried into effect . Mr . O'Connor complained of the manner in which the examinations had been conducted , and particularly that he was cut short in the details . He ( Mr . F . Maule ) bad since asked Mr . Crawford what the facts were , arid Mr . Crawford stated to him that at the end of the first dav ( the
9 th of June ) the whole of the allegations had been fully inquired into ; and after Mr . Hague left fhe room , Mr . O'Connor proposed to have the examinations resumed the following morning . This was assented to by the only magistrate then in the room ; but when it was communicated in the course of the evening to Mr . Hague and the other magistrates they declined to renew the examination , and Mr . Crawford , being satisfied with the result of the inquiry , did not think it necessary to resume it . But what was Mr . O'Connor ' s treatment since , according even to his own statements ! He had every indulgence , a room to himself , and was allowed to supply himself with any food he might want , and to see his friends . Ho was in the habit of seeing his two .
professional advisers , Mr . Ciarkson and Mr . Turner . Mr . Clarkson applied on the 22 d of May for admission to Mr . O'Connor . The justices wrote to . him in answer , on the same day , saying that not liking the determination of such a matter on themselves , they had written to the Secretary of State to kiiow what they ought to do . On the 25 th , three days afterwards , the Secretary of State wrote that letter signifying his opinion thatnot merely Mr . O'Connor ' s legal adviser , but his medical adviser , should have access to him at all reasonable hours . He conld ^ not say why Mr . Clarkson did not receive information" of that permission sooner . On the 23 rd of May , ^ r ; Turner applied , and , on the 26 th , the justices informed him that he should have access to Mr .
O'Connor . So far , then , as the deputy-governor of the gaol was concerned , he was free from all blame in the matter of Mr . O'Connor ' s communication with his legal adviser . There was one privation to which Mr . O'Connor was subjected in York Castle , which was exceedingly , just in his opinion . He should not hesitate , through fear of the odiurn which might attach to the declaration , to state that he for one concurred in the propriety of his being subject to this privation . It waa , that the governor had resolved that Mr . O'Connor ,, suffering from a crime of which he had been convicted ? by a jury and sentenced by a judge , Should not be allowed an opportunity of repeating the same offence by being allowed to conduct the Northern
Star . It certainly required strong grounds to justify such a course , but if they would only look tothe Northern Star since Mr . O'Connor ' s connection with it , they would see that the whole tenor of it was calculated to work up the public mind to that state of effervescence in which it was last summer ; and he must say that , if that publication was dangerous while Mr . O'Connor was going about the country , it would be ten times more dangerous now . But the Hon . Member for Finsbury asked , why was not Mr . O'Connor allowed to correspond with his friends ! The reason was , that it would , be then impossible to prevent him from writing fox his journal . He would mention one instance of the ingenuity exhibited by thatgentleman in seeking to transmit his effusions to the Northern Star . There was a man of the name of Edwd . Whitworth in gaol with him , who
was allowed to act as his servant When hia period of imprisonment hadjexpired , he was of course allowed to leave the gaol , and as he was leaving all his dress waa closely examined , bat nothing being found , he was per- ' mltted to depart , taking with him a small l « oking-glass which he got from Mr . O'Connor . The following morn ing Mr . O'Connor informed the governor , that between the glass and the ' wooden covering of the back , be had inserted a thin sheet of paper closely Written on , and he bad thus contrived to send it to the Northern Star . ( A laugh . ) He thought that he had touched upon almost all the points which had been referred to by the Hon . Member Tor Cockermottth . AB to the general question , be was sorry to see that the Hon . Member for Finsbury still persisted in applying the general term " political offences" to these crimes . It waa well to talk of them as political offences , when the danger had somewhat subsided ; they could now congratulate them-
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selves npon nwre than'that the danger was oat of siAt ¦ —was slumbering—tbat better feelings had prevaUeaY M but they should not shut their eyes to the liability of I the lower classes to be carried away by attempts to I which , if they were fnlly employed , they would not I yield ; they must not forget the vicissitudes and th « I dangers to which they were exposed . The persons in I confinement for these political offences were , he re . I gretted to say , for the most part , the victims , not the I principals . It was true that many of the leaden bat ! I also suffered , and he did not believe that there was atrt I
party in the House who would sympathise in any w >» ¦ with the crimes which they have committed . Th » I public were Imposed upon by a statement of grievances I —they associated the term gaol with what it was ¦ formerly , and did not attend to the present state of I prisons in England , which , under the existing law , wlt £ ¦ the supervision of magistrates , and the visitation of ft * I inspectors of prisons , were not those dungeons which' I they were represented to be . Having offered these I few remarks , he felt it his duty to concur in the ohjec- ¦ tions mode to the motion of his Hon . Friend by to « I Noble Lord not now in the House . ¦
Mr . HUME said that in order , not to interfere with I the public business , he should move that the further I consideration of this question be adjourned . ' I Mr . F . MAULE did not object to the motion , bnt I could not say whether his Right Hon . Friend the I Chancellor of the Exchequer would be disposed to con . I tinue on the paper the committee of ways and means . I Mr . AGLIONBY hoped that whenever there was a . I division it would be allowed to take place without any I further discussion . ¦ The debate was then adjourned . ¦
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ATTEMPTED INSURRECTION IN FRAN CE . I A third edition of the Morning Post contains tha I following : — ¦ We have just received by special Courier the following important intelligence of an event which appears to have taken place late last night in France : — " Boulogne , Thursday Morning , Aug . 6 , Seven o'Clook . "Last night a steamer arrived off Boulogne , and landed within three miles of here about 100 men
, Generals and Colonels , dressed in uniform . Some of them went to the Barracks , and cried Vive Louis I Napoleon . " and distributed money mmongU the mob . I This morning one of the Generals ant * Colonel , dressed in grand uniform , were arrested . On board the steamer there are soma horses . It is also reported that Louis Napoleon landed . All is quiet at present ; all the military under arms . The drums are beaten to call out the National Guards . No more of the insurgents have been arrested . "
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LE 5 DS . We received the following letter too late to make the required alteration : — - ^ Sir , —We have written to Mr . John Collins , of Birmingham , to know if he could attend the procession and public dinner , given co Or . M'Douall , on the 15 th and 17 th of this month , ( August ) , and we have received his answer , which states that he will have great pleasure to attend , sad we wish you to put his name into the advertisement which you have for the dinner to Mr . M'Douall . By attending to this you will much oblige the committee . —Robebt Holmbs , Secretary .-t-P . S . Please to notice in your remarks to correspondents that tie South Lancashire Delegate Meeting will tak » place at 9 , Whittle-street , Manchester , on Sunday , August 9 th , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon .
Public Dinner to Peter M'Docalv Wj £ lu » Lovett , Johk Collins , and Gborgk White . —The committee for the conducting of this dinner met in : the Leeds Radical Association room , on Wednesday night last , when it was resolved , I . "That the dinner take place in the . Music Saloon , on Monday , the 7 th of September . " 2 . "That no intoxicating liquors be drunk at the said dinner . * 3 . " That tickets be sold at the following places : — Star ofiice , 7 im «« office , Mrs . Mann ' s , Music Saloon . Mr . James Illingworth , Vicar-lane , Leeds Radical Association-room , ! Fish-shambles ; Joint Stock Provision Warehouse , Quarry Hill ; and at Mr . Andrew Gardner ' s / secretary , 69 , High-street , Leeds .
Adjourned In < joe 8 t . —The adjourned inqnest on the bod y of the fadividnal killed by the falling of ' the wall of the chapel now erecting in Lady Lan © , . Leeds , was held on Thursday evening . Reports were current that great blame had been incurred by th » architect ; but no evidence to support such rumourswas given before the Jury , who returned a verdict of u Accidental death . " .. ¦ > v Manchester and Leeds Railway . —On Saturday last , an experimental trip was made . on part of the unopened line of this railway , for the , distance of sixteen miles , commencing at Hebden Bridge and continuing to Bradley Wood , near Mirfield . The admirable arrangements of Messre . Tredwell and the other contractors on the line caused the affair
to come off with gwat eclat . At one o ' clock p . m . a train of ten carriages drawn by eigh $ horses , decorated with evergreens- and rosettes of the gayest description , started from the former place , carrying nearly one hundred individuals , consisting of neighbouring gentry , enfcineoro , contraoiors ^ . pnd Their friends , including a number of well-dressed ladies * and accompanied by two bands of , music , whieh greatly enlivened tbe proceedings of the day . The procession moved along the vale of Calder to Sowerby Bridge , Eliand , and Bradley , and at every villagewaB greeted with the warmest acclamations of immense multitudes assembled to witness the spectacle . At Brighouse the party , which with frequent accessions then numbered about three hundred , sat down to a splendid cold collation laid out on two very long tables in the open air . Mr . 'Carr , of Halifax , took the chair ; and Mr . William Sutcliffe , solicitor , acted
as vice ; both of whom discharged their respected duties with ability and satisfaction . After the repast , the toasts of the Queen , Prince Albert , Manchester and Leeds Railway directors , George Stephenson , Esq ., Mr . Scott , * he resident engineer , &c . &c . were severally given arid responded tomost enthusiastically . The fine specimens of superior architecture and masonry , exhibited in many of the tunnels , bridges , and crossings on the line travelled over , elicited great praise and admiration ; and more especially the contracts completed by Mr . John Tredwell , were alike remarkable for their substantial workmanship and beautiful finish ^ The day Wa 8 UuUgU&lly bright , and we are happy to say that the occasion was celebrated with great hilarity , and concluded without accident . The general opening of the line is anticipated to take place ia November .
BABNSUST . Radicalism . —The Radicals of Dodsworth have began operations in the glorious cause again , and have embodied themselves under the name of the Dodsworth Radical Association . Their first meeting was crowded to excess , and many had to withdraw , without being enrolled , to a future night * There was also a second meeting of the Barnsley Association on Wednesday evening , and several members were registered . It is the wish of many . individuals that Mirfield , the expatriated patriot , lately returned from Van Diemau , should go forth lecturing : if he does , we wish him suooess .
BOCHDAUB . This town is wholly engrossed with . the polHnr for a church-rate , although only a few days elapsed since the matter was agitated , and lost by a majority of eighty-four j but the cormorants not being satisfied are determined to get the rate , even should blood be lost in the attempt . The majority on the gross poll stands thus : — Tuesday , for the rate 1090 against 1730 Wednesday ... ... 1929 „ 1176 Thursday ... ... 1191 „ 1234 4210 „ 4140 gross poll Bad votes 15 4195 - Majority for the rate 55 np' fo Thursday .
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WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET . ( BY EXPRESS . ) August 7 . —Our supplies of Wheat are moderate ; the fine weather has its usual effect , and the trade ii slow . Fine qualities do not vary materialy from last week ' s rates ; other sorts rather lower . Oats and Shelling as before . More demand for grinding Barleyat improved rates . Beans Bteady .
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THE LEEDS IMPROVEMENT COMMISSIONERS hereby give Notice , tha t . «* ELECTION of an OFFICER to superin tend tto SCAVENGERS for the Township of Leeds ,, m theRoomof Mr . John Bradley , will take . P lacert thrCourt House , in Leeds , on Wednesday the 1 »» Day of August Instant . ' , i v * « i . The Person who may be appointed , wiuoe required to devote his whole Time to the Duties of . U » Office , and to enter into a Bond , with Two * VV *? 3 Sureties in £ 100 e » cb , for the diligent and taitwui Discharge of his Duties . Salary £ 70 per ^^^ Applicants are requested to send their Testuopniw ¦ ( sealed ) before the 19 thInstant , addressed ! to BARR , LOFTHOU 6 E , & NELSON , . Clerks to the Com » ssi <«»»' Leeds , 5 th August , 1840 .
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Tatjkton . —The wheat harvest commenced in tin * neighbourhood on Tuesday . A fine field of wheat was cut at Staplegrove , near the silk factory , belonging to Mr . Turner ; and at Batbpool , Milverwn ^ and near Wellington , the operations of the scytno axe in full activity . The quality " of" the wheat » - remarkably fine , and the crop will prove good , bat certainly not exuberant . The barley is every where profuse And excellent . The weather is hignly propitousfor the harvest . —T . Courier ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 8, 1840, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2696/page/2/
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