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TO THE EDUOR OF THE HOBXHERN STAB . " THE WELSH PATROT& jie following letter from Zsphaniab Williams to hfo j ( e tfffl be wad ,-witii interest : — "Mandarin , at sea , 6 th May , 1 S 40 . « 3 ir DEAREST Joajt , —I informed yon in my last fl vere Ijlngat Ifctaioutli for tbe repairs of file ahip ' g jj ^ aadexpecteaire should , oil the following day jSth February . Accordingly we did , aad we have jeen at sea ever since , and a more pleasant voyage . ,, &rss -wind and -weather are concerned . eonldnrtM ^ - ;™™ rr ™ : zn ™—
fi shed for ; but under such deplorable circumstances $ xee are it is very disagreeable , first , being convict * jpd probably most cruelly pnuished at the colony fbe vrataTO have to dnnk smells very strong , from UinS two months in casks , and we had £ £ 2 ^ t ever since the 4 th of March . Wehave ™« ^ SattfittssS ss ^^ -sastsss ^ t ^ semsdetenmned to punish us , and hitherto Ms jotfiHed . lie planner we have been harassed ever Bjsnce oar teals is really disfaessing to think o £ ^ l ^ fir ^ 5 ' ^ e ^ e'were tefeea fiom Monmonth IP * * " ™ " !?! _ F < «« . came ana asked ns what unshed should be
Eve done to our bodies as « ipiw tow l ^ thesl ^ test J ^ then leftToSrSy foZS |« e recaved aM ^ pite during her Majesty ' s pleasure ffljaa again on am dayfonawing , in the dead of 3 S glee ¦ srerewrased from our beds , teHine ns wemnstlw P immediately thatwe had tak StaSjSt IT « S rf W . **» *"> ^ heaer » «¦ to B *^^ tO 2 ? tenSpotte d ? He would giva ns Haositis&rtionTrijatever . We had ffie valueofabout fcSSA ? " 7 " 5 ^ r **" «¦» tS ( dsdb ^ it vre should ttke it with us ; his reply was , jkave it there ; itwfll be of no service to you where Han : are going . - He was quite wrong , for we felt the M « nt of Jt since very much , particularly at the York
Sliulk , Portsmouth . However , we dressed ourselves Hiimediately , and C . Ford , and the tumiey , J . Evans Mcjnducredus down stabs , leaving all our provisions BJidnnd jand assoon as they could prepare irons snffi-IJsantly strong , they fastened us together lite beasts . ¦ lire were then taken to the van , guarded by infantiy-¦ yspolicemenenteredia with ns , and a troop of the Hiancera waiting to escort ns-where to they would ¦ bBtletusknow . However , about four o ' clock in the Banning , we found we were on the quay side , Chep-IW , andapicquet of soldiers waiting to guard us £ ¦ JfcardtteCs * packet , which was there lying in the H&ver Wye , waibng for to take us to Portsmouth to ¦ fe Hulks , where we arrived after nearly a fortaightfs I ^^ If ^ " ffiere m a ^ ularmaiiner Bu Monmoutb . Mr . Nicholson , the Governor , after Bifonnmg us that no person was allowed to see us Hcthont an order from the Secretary of State , came Hsid told us on Sunday , fiat if we wishedour ramilies
, ¦ faint come and see us , wittout sash , order , when I ¦ I jeUere he knew at the . same time we were to be taken Hifftaenextday . for , on Monday morning , scarcely had ¦ jwthne to finish our breai&st before Muchard , oneef | Jfbe officers of the Hulk , came in and requested us to | JkmdIe up the little we had immediately , as the boat Hns alongside , waiting to take us down to Spithead , Hi » put us on board the Mandarin ship , which was Hsaiiy , and would sail immediately for Hobart Town HranDiemen ' s land , jet did not sail until the following ¦ Jut . However , nere we were fixed in tiie most Stretched and degraded state possible , destitute of all ¦ Rope or comfort , no friends , nor chance to inform them Ha time to render us the least assistance . I really Bklieve that if the doctor and commander had not ¦ fetal compassion on re , neither of us would now be ¦ Bring . We have every encouragement from them re-|| save to our gloomy prospect at the colony ; they are of ¦ Ijpmion we will have a " ticket of leave" soon after our
U In your last letter you expressed a determination to follow me under all circumstances ; let me beg of you to wait until you hear from me after my arrival there . llthoi $ i my anxiety is so great for your society , yet I should feel exceedingly sorry you should experience such hardships , so severe a privation , destitute of all bope 5 orcomforta , forthespaceoffouror five months , exclusive of the perilous situation you win be exposed to during the voyage , and , after all , me a captive . The spirit and interest the people seem to manifest give me a digit hope of pardon . However , there is bnt litUe
dow left to console me under my present snffering , and Bib calamities and misery , I apprehend , I ere long must endure , but the pleasure arising from the society of my dearest Joan and children I hope once more to enjoy , whom I greatly love and esteem , attached by every tie of the most tender affection . As soon as you receive this , you will write to me , giving all the news you know . Impatiently waiting to hear , hoping good ness , I remain , With affection inexpressible , Your most beloved and affectionate husband , Zephaxiah Williams .
RS . Give my kind thanks to all those who have exerted themselves in our behalf , and tell them lam nnshaien untn death ; hoping they are forwarding the noble cause as much as possible .
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IHB TRUST SYSTEM . " JtAXY LITTLES HAKE A MICKLE . " TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Sio , — -If you think the following suggestions worthy i comer in your valuable journal , you will please to insert them : —
Q . A . Among the various ills that embarrass andenslavethe working classes none stands more in front than the I trosfsystem , and many good men , in order to avoid the above evil , some years since established the Co-operative Trading Fund Association , on the ready-money principle , but , through the depression of trade , and many other inconveniences that the workmen had to encounter , they generally have been forced to withdraw the StUe capital they had accumulated , which has been the means of annihilating most oftheseuseful establishments I perceive that many Charter Co-operative Societies are formed in the North . I sincerely hope they may prosper ; and they -will if they are true to themselves . Ihe Chartists , no « lonbi , areformingthese societies "with
iview of benefitting themselves , well knowing that no me else will , for God helps them that helps themselves . Iwould say , where there are societies formed , go on and prosper ; where there are none established , aad the people are too poor to pay anything that arieties may be be formed , for very few things can be accomplished without the sinews of war , i . e . money , I would advise them to apply to some butcher , baker , irocer , and say to them , here are on « hundred of us , Porting men , if we trade -with jon for ready money . annot you afford to allowus something in the pound as ¦ l discount for our ready cash ; remember you will have ¦ u more trouble , booking bad debts , &c if you can et
¦; 6 d . in the pound returned to one hundred men , each ¦ spending 5 s . per week , at £ 25 , it would bel 2 s . 6 d . or ¦ £ 315 s . per annum . m Sir , hundreds of these societies , if I may caU them Bs > , might be formed , and the proceeds applied to pur-» chase usefnl books and publications , to pay mission-Biries , to relieve the victims of oppression , and their ¦ hmilies , in educating the people and their children , ¦ ad instilling into each , what man ought to expect from ¦ son , and what he ought to do to his fellow in return , B what is their birthright , and the best means of obtaining Bit as freemen , to rent rooms , and , if acted on with flesergy , you will soon find enough in your treasury to ¦ Icy ground and build a Chartist Hall for general ¦ Kse . I Q-A .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Newcastle , August 7 , 1840 . a " let the galled jade wince , our withers are unwrung . ' Sir , —Ishouldthinkituselesstotakeupthe columns ¦ of your valuable journal in replying to the laboured Braistle of James Fainlough , which appeared in your ¦ columns of last week , had it not contained each a gross anoant of wj » t I term wilful falsehoods . Eirst , with regard to Mr . Marsden ' 3 arrival in Xew-¦ astle not being known until Tuesday . Why , Sir , it ¦ was known on Sunday ; and my informant , who works ¦ in the same factory with me , brought it there at six ¦ tfclock on Monday , he having heard it in the house ¦ if Xr . Graham , Nag ' s Head , on the Sunday night much for
¦ So paragraph the first ° fe tto ITednsaay , waile my letter was wrote on the mews ay , when , by hia own showing , there had not ¦ wen any means taken up to that time towards snp-¦^ rfiag our martrys , and , I may as well state , that then ¦ so steps would havebeentakenhad it not been for Mr . Wastm ^ who insti gated some of those pot-house CharbC * ° * do a ? * S instead of drinking . and what ¦ * s got ? Why £ 8 Ite , or thereabouts , a ! remunea-Bri-3 nforoar «« rfy re wilollaTel ) een tto t ¦« th pecumary and for legal advice . Why , SiTiu ¦ RKh a place arXeweasUe it is disgraceful thus to use BN » jrho aerer have shrunk from advocating the canse E he ^ " " ^ when P ™ 0011 ^ s hanging over
I now come to number three . That I will shortly feSiS ; V * > X ^ state , that I had from a B ^ spedable working man , ttat he was drunk on the fctorday mght , and , from my own eveS on Se Sunday moimng , when I saw him ato ££ > WFZtZSJSS ?*!? 1 onhisl >« as ' . ao do ^ t t o MJank the health of Lovett and Collins . Xow , Sff , te sW ^ , when he -was Teceirtug the snl > - KcnptionsfOTDr . M- ^ aU . aatthey WIJ ^ J ££ ¦ he fflar . andadaiowledgea therein the foUowing ^ eek ¦<* , I can asme you , Oat my ahopmate would not have Kven him his mite for the doctor ; but it has never ppeared . So much for the integrity of Mr . Fainlough , j B Hio now states it wfllbB sent next week , two weeks After the worthy doctor was liberated from gaol . Yet ¦ while his letter is dated the 2 nd of August , your paper Mated the 15 th contains no announcement of it being 9 r / eivet by you , or , if you have received it , it is not
m § J I 0 WJe t i § ed , trfiich I cannot flunk your baginesa mjpas wotjd allow you to neglect ¦ f Aad with regard to my not being inown to that gen-Wenw , I feel glad of ft ; xai I lere beg to state , t&afc
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dthoagh my wages are only Us , per - ^ g w vrf , f * January , 1339 ,. to . September , I remhrlv ' Zt T Bame of A Mend to L CharteJ / SU £ ? we ^ andhavegivenmymite . to every Sa » o 5 H £ fl 2 £ am myself even to appear in public at alL ^ SSAHSSisrsris-
! ^^ T ^ ? ^ 61 of Satnid ay TOek , in answer to corr ^ pondents , you cut direct at some individual who speaks of having pushed your paper without having Mr imiln " « ^ . ^ a certa inm ^ vidualto call on oK Si S ta ^ boota for "I ™** I am , Sir , Your obedient Servant , JOUS GILCHBIST . P . S . I feel sorry that I should have given the least uneasiness to Mr . Clarkson , of Bradford , in EesS Mr-Mar ^ en . istaied it as it came torn the police-^ * has since been corrected by Mr . Masden ; flierefore , I trust , that no ill effect wiU aris to that gentieman from what I may have wrote .
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TO THE EDITOR OP THE KORTHERN STAR . Dear SiR ,-We hope you will do us the kindness SXSvS . ^* * ' -- - fewreal Patriots of the S 2 ST «? OtterieS haTO sent you a Bas& order f ~ fa iSr ^ s ? i ? " ! BiM *'* ° r the staimi ! i 1 patriots in prison , Which have been collected in a somewhat EL " ?!™ ^ plan h a s 00 * - ^ «^ headed- ' ^ Wdi you please give one penny towards the imprisoned Chartists' families , " with ten columns crossed so that every card will hold five shilhngs each . A person may carry one of these cards , about his person , and collect a penny when he pleases , the person who pays a penny putting a score in the column . Such is thestateof trade here , that if we had n « ! £ 0 P , iim pbn ' TO shonld ^ to ahnost failed in coilecbng for these poor men , who are the victims Of VV nig taws . Yours in behalf of the
Pottery Chartist Association , Moses Simpsox , Secretary * Subscriptions acknowledged elsewhere . —Ed .
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TO THE EDITOfi OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Oakham Gaol , Rutlandshire , August 20 th , 1840 . Dear SiR ,-Since my arrival at this prison , I have received from Lord Normanby an order for the reception of newspapers " not of a seditious or improper character . " I have received the Northern liberator , WteMy Oispafcft , Sun , Spectator , and othor papers . About a fortnight ago , I applied to the Chaplain of the prison for two copies of the NorOern Star , which were in the hands of the Governor . He informed me that one of the magistrates had taken them away ; and he subsequently told me that they were sent up to London , together with a letter , to receive Lord Normanby ' s advice thereon . Yesterday the Chaplain informed me that Lord Normauby " agreedihatlougMmt to fan * ffie Star , " and that he had " DETAINED" my two copies of the paper .
I am desirous of becoming a subscriber to the Northern Star , and I do not think it proper that you should be robbed of a subscriber without knowing the reason . I believe you pay a large sum of money yearly to " THE SYSTEM , " in the shape of stamp and advertisement duties ; and as Lord Normanby " agrees Vial I ought not to receive the Star , " it is evident that his Lordship defines the Star to be of " a seditious and improper character . " ^ Perhaps you will "inquire" into this matter . You may as well request the men in power to point out the " seditiousand improper" qualities of the Star . You had better do this , lest you should , all on a sudden , have the Attorney-General about your ears . Faithfully youis , Hexry Vincent .
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METROPOLITAN CHARTER UNION . At the quarterly meeting of the Metropolitan Charter Union , held at their Central Rooms , Clerkenwell Green , on Monday evening , August 10 th , Mr . J . Culverhouse in the chair , the following report of the Council , for the quarter ending July 31 st , was read by the Secretary , and unanimously adopted , and ordered to be published in the NortlieriiSlar . F . Chapmax , Secretary . Friends and Brother Chartists , —The expiration of the term during which you entrusted to us the important task of carrying into effect those objects for the attainment of which you established the Metropolitan Charter Union , renders it a duty incumbent on us , in resigning into your hands the powers with which you invested us , to give a concise account of our stewardship .
We avail ourselves of the opportunity thus afforded us with feelings of pleasure , convinced that the necessary consequence of repeated intercourse between the representative and the represented—a frequent opportunity of balancing accounts between the wants and wishes of the one party , and the professions and performances of the other , will always be increased confidence , unanimity , and concord between both ; and should you ( as we sincerely hope you will ) place that trust which we are about to restore to you in abler hands than ours , nothing will give us greater satisfaction than to aid and assist our more talented brethren , upon whom your choice may fell , in carrying out those measures which they may deem best calculated to accomplish that all-important object of our united esertioiis—the speedy attainment of the People ' s Charter .
Before proceeding to the various subjects to which our attention has been directed , we deem it as an act of justice to ourselves , and of duty to you , to lay before you a synopsis of the weekly attendance of each member of the Council , in order that yon may be enabled to form your own estimate of the industry of your representatives , and the degrees of zeal evinced by each of them in making those sacrifices which we contend—and to which we know you will respond—every man must be prepared to wake , who shall honestly engage in the painful , the laborious , but god-like task of emancipating himself and his fellow-man from the misery and degradation which is fast hurrying him to a premature grave , and entailing upon his helpless offspring a worse than Egyptian bondage .
^ Mesas . Mills aad Kudbury have attended fourteen times ; Messrs . Bennett , Chapman , Rogers , and White , thirteen times ; Messrs . Crowther , Maine , and Sidey , twelve times ; Mr . Cater , eleven times ; Messrs . Jobbins , Lawrence , and J . Savage , ten times ; Messrs . C . Savage , Robson , Spurr , and Gadner , eight times ; Mr . Jenkinson , four times ; Mr . Rainsley , three times ; Mr . Hetherington , once . Messrs . Moore and Passel . from ousiness , Mr . Terry , from illness , and Mr . Ponton , fr om causes unknown , have not attended at all . In entering upon the duties of our office—in breaking ground , the paths of which were untrodden , or at best but partially frequented , we felt the difficulty and responsibily of oursituation . We knew that we were few in numbers , and consequently weak in influence ; and
that to enlighten our fellow-men—to remove from their eyes the veil which ignerance and prejudice had placed Mforo them—to rouse them from that apathy , under the baneful influence of which they had been accustomed to regard their wrongs as the result of circumstances over whieh they had no contronl , and to point them to the Metropolitan Charter Union as a beacon , guided and directed by whose friendly light , they might organise and concentrate their powers , and collect into one focus the masses of intelligence and patriotism , wasting their energies in detached and scattered portionswe knew that to do this would require funds -which we had not at our disposal : and that oureMtions to obtain funds for such purposes would be in a great '
measure paralysed by the pressure of a debt necessarily contracted by our predecessors in officethe provisional committee . We shrunk not , however from looking those difficulties manfully in the face we hesitated not to grapple with them , or to make any personal sacrifices which our collective judgment pointed out as likely to overcome them , and if we have failed to accomplish all we could have -wished , or yon might have expected , still we trust that our ephemeral existence has not been altogether unmarked by indications of public good ; and that the first session of the Council of the Metropolitan Charter Union will be recognised , by those , at least , who do not " despise the day of small things , " as the advent of a glorious era , when that union shall sliiue a star of the first
magnitude amongst the bright luminaries , wLose resplendent beams shall light the paths of an oppressed people , to the attainment of liberty and happiness . In commencing our deliberations , our first step was to propose a code of bye-la \ vs for the regulation of our proceedings as a council ; and our nest to determine on the amount of salary to be paid ' to our Secretary for his services , as provided for in the concluding paragraph of our Constitution . On this latter question we fully recognise the principle that every mau who shall be called by the free and unbiassed voice of his fellows to fill any office , the duties of which shall necessarily
occupy that time which his interests require to be devoted to his own business , has a right to expect , and ought toreceive , from those in whose service he is engaged * a fair equivalent for those duties ; while at the same time-we would repudiate the idea of allowing to auy public servant more than a bare equivalent for actual services performed ,, sat isfied that holding tlifc great VT « - ° i . H *" iust to " 88 generous inviolate .. is the most effectual barrier against the arts of ir . taosted and designuig men , who too often make professed patri-Si ^ . "W **™ to personal ag ^ disemeut . Vrith every disposition to make such . * piwision for a secretary as should enable him to devc ^^ time to the duUesoilusaituatlonwithadvanl ^ . teus and credit to himself , we have been unable to doware at present than , allow him the sum of one pen ™ va menUi horn eaame&ter ' s subscription received .
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Having disposed , of these local measures , your Sn «^ dtotake iato ai 9 fc Mediate consi" ™ J ^ ^» of extending their influence and enlargmg the sphere of their exertions . Sub-committees were appointed to carry into effect such plans wt ™ ^^ eilshouMdetefmine upon ; arrange-™ . ^ for / Tiugpublidty to their proceedings through the medmm of the people's portion of the press ; placards printed for announcing public meetings and pubhc lectures and discussions and coinmunicanT * J"V int 0 ^ P 8180 " of k ™ ta ^ nt , in order to obtain their gratuitous services in the people ' s C 8 . US& ¦ ssis ^ ftMlBfiS 2
Amongst the gentlemen who have kindly responded to this appeal , your council are proud to record the names of W . S . V . Sankey , Esq ., M . A .. Mr . linton , ™ £ nneU Mr- Cam « on , and Mr . J . Culverhouse Other gentlemen , well known to the public , have likewise promised their assistance at future opportunities . " Your Council have established a weekly lecture , with discussion , at your Central Rooms , No . 7 , Clerkenwell Green , on every Monday evening , with the exception of the first Monday in each monthwhich is
, devoted to the monthly meetings of the members , for business . They have likewise established a weekly lecture , with discussion on every Tuesday evening , at tie Albion ctoffeo House , Church-street , Shoreditch . f £ r ^!! i Reform Temperance Coffee House Church-street , Spitalfields , on every Wednesday em-£ m ££ " ^ S V' . On the same ™ ™ B' at No ' L Hatfield Place , Westminster Road , Lambeth . These rooms , ( and more especially the Central one , ) they are happy ^ w ^ atten < led by numerous orderly and respectable audiences .
This subject , the establishment of lecture rooms in various parts of the metropolis , was one to which the 12 ^ V 0 Uncil ™ " directed »* a very early penod ; and the best means of directing and arranging SfST " * * " ° * " * cont ^ t 0 < " * "W no smaU portion of their attention , up to the present tune . They feel that much of the ultimate success of ^ J ^ - ° * S v epend up ( m the P erfecfc ^ tem of organisation which shall be adopted in this department of their labours , because they know that amongst the vast and heterogeneous population of this modern l
Babyon , thousands ; nay tens of thousands of their fellow men are absolutely perishing for lack of that sound political knowledge which a well arranged system of political lectures and discussions , under the sanction and direction , of one efficient , influential , and responsible body . isso wellcalculatedtosupply . Indeed , if any thmg had a tendency to cast a gloomy shadow EL - ? e "t ~ sP . ection of their past labours , your Council unhesitatingly admit that it would be the comparison of the actual amount of their success in this great work with their hopes , their wishes , and their intentions . .
It affords your Council , however , some consolation to know that their failure in this particular , so far as they have failed m doing all they couldhave wished to have done , although occasioned by circumstances over which thep bad no coritroul , was not influenced by uncontrolable circumstances . They experienced no difficulty m dewing plans by . which lectures and discus , sions on poufacai subjects , might have been made a mighty antagonist power , wherewith to expose and oppose the prejudices to which we have before alluded , and to gather into the Chartist fold the lost sheep who have so long been straying on the dark mountains of ignorance and superstition . - But to give full efficacy to such plans required pecuniary means which they had not m their possession ; and they hesitated to apply to SSKHEdSr * *** * **«
It will be a subject worthy your consideration how &r you will endeavour to place a future Council in such a position , so far as pecuniary matters are concerned , as shall enable them to direct their energies to your advantage without cramping those energies by the narrowness of their finances , or to use a somewhat homely , though very" expressive simile , spoiling the stop for the want of a halfpenny worth of tar The same causes , namely the narrowness of their financial means , occasioned by their paucity of numbers , and that very paucity of numbers attributable in a great measure to the narrowness of their finances preventing them from assuming that position necessary to give respectability to their proceedings , have compelled your Council to abandon several other important
measures to which they -wished to direct their attention . Amongst these measures they might allude to apian for establishmgacheapperiodical publication , whichshould serve as a vehicle for general Chartist information , and for establishing which your Council trust they are not chargeable with egotism in expressing an opinion that funds alone were necessary . The same remarks are applicable to a proposal for printing and circulating political tracts , and likewise to plans for taking large and commodious premises in some central part of the metropolis for holding the public and other meetings of the Union . These and many other important suleeshonscame before your Council , but from the causes above enumarated , their adoption was necessarily deferred to amore flourishing period of the Union ,
Your Council would direct attention to one other subject , and then close this report of their labours fhey allude to the sending a delegate to Manchesterrespecting which they regret to perceive from the pages of the A ' orttern Star , that some misunderstanding has ansenamong our country friends . The attention of the country wasno aoonef directed to the subject than your Council , anxious to avail themselves of any and of every suggestion from whatever source it might emanate , having for its object the attainment of the Peoples Charter , took into their immediate consideration the propriety of complying with the invitation to send a delegate to assist in the-deliberations as to the best means of establishing a National Union of the working classes . The propnety of this step , in connection with the
circumstances m which they found themselves placed , occupied their most serious consideration , and the result of their ES ^ rTtt * " * a P rocee ( iin 8 ofsucn impor . tance the will of the general body ought to be consulted and they accordingly lost no time in aummoning a gene ! ral meeting of the members of the Union , by whom the following resolution was unanimously adopted- — "ThatitistheopinioH of this meeting , that as the Chartists of the metropolis have decided , after mature deliberation , that the best plan of organisation for their friends is that recommended and adopted by the Metro-PGiitanCharterunion ; and as they . have proclaimed that opinion to the world , through thei press , and called upon the brethren in all partsof the empire to go and do likewise , it would be useless and impolitic to incur the
expense of sending a delegate to Manchester , to reconsider that which ' they , as a body , have already decided upon . " Now , in whatever light this resolution may have appeared to our country friends , and whatever scope it may have offered to some of them ( whose names we wiU not create any Ul-feeling by repeating ) for the exercise of their wit in puns about cockneyism os their ingenuity in representing , or rather misrepresenting us , as wishing to thrust our plan , as the perfection of wisdom , down the throats of our friends throughout the country , we cannot believe the majority of those friends to be so dull of comprehension , as not to perceive that we spoke of what we conceived the excellence of the plan of the Metropolitan Charter Union , as applicable to the friends of liberty in the
metropolis , of whose political circumstances alone we ¦ were able to take cognizance ; and that in calling upon our brethren in all parts of the empire to go and do likewise , we must have necessarily meant that they should imitate our example , not in adopting our specific plan , but in forming plans for themselvessuited to their respective localities ; and we supported this resolution upon the ground that we thought that before any plan of national organization could be permanently effective , the various localities might be first organised ; because we believed that it was far easier to induce numerous bodies of men already organised for the attainment of one common object , to unite in one common plan of action , than to persuade vast multitudes of disunites ! individuals in various parts to rally round one common
centre . Amongst those , however , who viewed the decision of the meeting above alluded to , as one calculated to damp the rising spirit of unanimity , there were some who did honour to themselves and to the cause in which we are ail mutually engaged , by remonstrating with us upon -what they considered to be an unwise decision , in that spirit , and with those feelings of friendly dissent which always characterise hon ? sty and sincerity of purpose : we allude particularly to the address issued by the West Riding Delegate meeting ; the cogent arguments adduced in which address in favour of a national delegation induced the Union to reconsider
their former decision , and ulthaately comply with the wishes of the brethren in the provinces by sending a delegate to the Convention . Tbe labours of that Convention have been brought to a conclusion ; a plan of national organisation has been adopted ; that plan will bes submitted fa : your consideration ; and your Council will now only apologise for having occupied so mueh of your time upon the subject , from a wish to take this opportunity of setting our country friends right in this matterjand then respectfully acknowledging the honour you nave conferred upon them , and the confidence you . « £ « * ,, £ 0 Sed in them » 8 ladIy Mturn to that private SouL ^ SSen ? UnbiaSSed V ° ° th 6 ir feUaW - Signed on behalf of the Council , F . Clapham , Seaetasy .
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in ^ L ^ l AssiZES . Edward Ga « e « was hlSn / f $ "ilMmurder of Edwin Garret * , Ewfe . ^ Bath ' on the 23 rd of Jun e- Jt appsared KJrJ 2 W was a shoemaker , a peaceable , &S . t j . » 8 . t « otts man , but bent to the , eann 5 n * S » d ? ndigenee . He had a wife and three Children , all ot whom he tenderly loved ; but he saw them go crying ; k . bed , becauseha had nofood to PViT ; ^ ^ PPemng night aft » night , drove him to distraction , and deprived him ofhis « ason . In a paroxysm of woe , he seized a bottle of
laudanum , swallowed its contents , and gave the rest to his children , © as of whom , the child whose murder he now stood ^ eharged with ; died from its effects , lhe Uronert . Jury returned a veidict of "Insanity . " Ine prisoner was proved to have been a good fother , and amnot and inoffensive maa . The Jury returned averdici of Guilty , but reewnmended the prisoner toi mem oa account of his Stressed state of mind The Judge passed senteiwa- of death upMithepri soaer , bat promised to aoramunicat ^ the recommeaoatioji of tie Jury in ^ pcojej ; qnatter
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FATAL ACCIDENTS-INHUMAN CONDUCT OF A YACB& PROPRIETOR . On Monday last , being Cowes Regatta , the Reindeer yacht , belonging to — Moore , Esq ., the Anielope . Uid Powerscourt , and the Dream , Ct . Bentinck , Esq ., were sailing for a silver cup , when , as the Reindeer was nearing the Nab Light , the main-sheet being racked , the racking gave way , and two of her men , William Short and Robert Conway , fell overboard , when the former lost his life . The bodies being picked up by the Antelope were conveyed to the Fortitude Tavern , Broad-street Point , where Conway still lies in a precarious Btate . An inquest was . held on Short on Tuesday afternoon , before T . Martell , Esq ., coroner . Amongst the Jury were many nautical mon , and the foreman is an experienced sailor , who displayed great judgment and decision in conducting the inquiry . The followingpersons were examined on oath : —
James North , mariner , of Cowes ; belonging to the Emma , who was then waiting to convey the body of Short to Cowes , stated , he had known the deceased for many years ; he had left a wife and eight children his wife Mug near her confinement Was on board the Reindeer at the time the accident happened ; they were belaying the main sheet when near the Nab Light ; main sheet was racked ; . Conway and Short were holding on ; the racking gave way and they fell overboard ; it was then blowing very hard ; did not hear any orders given on board to go round and pick the men up ; heard Mr . Moore , the owner , say , " D—n the cup , go and save the men ' s lives . " Heard a gentleman on board say the persons bad been picked up . The Foreman then asked , if there were any means taken on board to pick up the men after they -were overboard ? but the Coroner contended that the proper way to put the question was , "In your opinion was not all done on board that could be done ?"
The Foreman here expressed his disapprobation at his and the Jury ' s questions being " construed" by the Coroner , and not in the manner he wished . He contended thut as a Jury to investigate the matter , they had a right to propose what questions they thought fit , and as a conscientious man he could not come to a decision without hia questions being answered in . a straightforward way , -without prevarication . Mr . Childs , a juror , then proposed the question again . " Were there any means taken on board , and what were they , to rescue the men after they were overboard ? " . , Witness—The helm was put down for the purpose of saving their lives . Foreman—Could you have rounded the Nab Lights without putting the helm down ? j Witness—No ; we had a difficulty as it was . A Juror—Were there any means taken to throw the boat over ?
Witness—No j the boat was not removed from the deck ; the Nab Light boat was close to the people as we rounded the Nab Light . By the Foreman—Suppose the yacht had been yours , and you had lost two men overboard , would you not have rounded her , and endeavoured to save their lives ? .. ' , . Witness—The helm was put down—life ought to be saved , if possible . I would have thrown the boat over , but she would have swamped . The Foreman then wished to put the question again to the witness—Were there any means taken on board to pick up the men ? As the question , although asked
many times , had not been answered as he thought it ought to be , he wished the witness to say yes or no , and not prevaricate about the helm being put down , as he knew as well as the witness that was for the purpose of clearing the Nab Lights , as had before been explained . If the witness said there were means used , he would then ask what they were , and he thought that ¦ w as , the only -way to get at the truth of the subject . The Coroner again objected to the questions being put in that way , and said he should adopt his own course upon which several of the Jury suggested , that as the Coroner had so completely prejudiced the caae , that they should be discharged , and a fresh Jury empannelled .
Robert Conway ( the unfortunate man who was thrown overboard wit h the deceased , and who was so ill in bed aa only to admit the foreman and two others to be in the room at the time of taking his depositions ) , said he was on board the Reindeer yaeht , belonging to ' ' Moore , Esq ., on the 17 th instant , when near the Nab Light , hauling main sheet aft , the racking broke or slipped , and struck him and the deceased , and knocked them overboard . He was picked up by the men from , the Nab Light ; did not think if the Reindeer yacht had been put about , she could have rendered them so much assistance as was rendered by the Nab Light men and the Antelope . _ The Jury here expressed themselves anxious to adjourn the inquest until they could have the evidence of the owner and Captain of the Reindeer , but which was dispensed with , the Coroner stating he did not k now whereto find them , and he had no power to force them to appear .
— Crawford , belonging to the Kestrel yacht , was on boardthe Antelope on the 17 th instant , and helped to pics the deceased up . Did not sea the m en fail overboard , but should judge from the di stance the Re indeer was ahead , that the men were in the water half an hour . . Should think it possible that tho Reindeer by using prop er diligence , might have picked them up in mueh less time . . « v " » Samuel Mogg was in the Reindeer at the timethe men were thrown overboard , in . the after part of the vessel , _ about two yards-from them . ; . In rounding the Nab Light , the gentlemen , on board called to the men
at tho Nab light to aettheir boat out . which wa » , done immediately . Captain Pbpham , R . N ., was onboard and said if the boat was lowered from the J&indee ' r there would bo more lives- lost than could be without doing so . Did not attempt to unlasb . the boat , which was on deck , bottom , upwards . Did not hear aay orders given to attempt to save the men , excepting to the light-vessel . They kept their course , and did ; not hear anybody say they should go round . Cannoi say what would have been the consequence to the men in the light-boat if the- Anklope had not picked them up Wind was blowing very bard at the time .
Joseph Woolgar—Was on board the Antelope , on pleasure , on the nxh . instant Did not se& the accident but was in the-boat that picked up the deceased . As soon as Lord Poweiscourt knew of the accident , he said , "Never mind the cup , look after the men . " De . ceased was hooked by the waistband fey a person oa board the Antelope ^ Witness jumped into the chains and held on with one hand and caught the leg of the deceased with the other . Should tbiak the men were in the "water from twenty minutes to half an hour . They rundown with loss of main sheet The time in getting the main-sail atowed , bearing up to tho lightboat , till they picked up Short , was less than half an hour . Was of opinion that th » Reindeer could have gon& to . the leeward of tho vessel and rondered assistance- to the men in aboat ten minutes . Saw the Rein deer round the light . JKdn't think there was any delay after she wasround it .
Henry Slight , Esq ., surgeon , stated that he was called to the Fortitude oa the 7 th instant , to attend two men whbhad been drowsed ! He found tho deceased ' s body stiff , but the chest quite warm , alout the natural ¦ warmth of the body ; was of opinion the deceased was drowned , as there were no marks of violence tin tiw lody except asjigbt bruise on the sbiE .
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SThe Coroneb said the " Jury had heard the whole of the evidence he had been abler to procure . He considered it -Was a perfect accident , and . he thought if the Jury acted hostilely to the proprietor , olTthe Reindeer , by levying a deodand upon that particular part of the vessel ( viz . the sacking ) which caused the death , it might be injurious to the wife and children . He could not but consider it very praiseworthy in the Antelope people in rendering tto Valuable services thay did to the parties as well as to-the Nab Light boat The room being cleared ! of , '' aU , straDgers , the Jury consulted together for upwards of an hour and a half , aud returned a verdiot of Accidental Dei * th ; at the ssme time expressing their belief that VLo conduct of » aaa * - * . a
Mr . Moore , the owner , the captain , and all others on boaid the Reindeer , was bi g % reprehensible and deserving eensure , no language being sufficiently stron <» to express their feelings against them for . their Muman conduct , aa the evidence before them proved that had they used proper diligence , the deceased ' s life might nave been saved . They conceived much praise was due to Lord Powerscourt and all on board the Antelope , for their praiseworthy exertions . ; and that too much could not be said in favour of the men from the Nab Light , who risked their lives in endeavouring to save those of others . They much regretted it was not in their power to mafco them BOine compensation . — Hampshire Independent .
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NORTHERN CIRCUIT . LIVERPOOL , Crown Side , Saturday , Aug . 22 . ( Before Mr . Justice Coltman . ) THE QUEEN V . PRENTICE AND ANOTHER . This was a criminal information filed in the Court of Queen ' s Bench against Messrs . Prentice and Catterall , the proprietors of the Manchester Times newspaper of the 16 th of November last , for an alleged libel on Sir Robert Holt Leigh . Mr . Cresswell , assisted by Mr . Cowling , conducted the prosecution . The defendant Prentice appeared in person .
Mr . Cresswell , in stating the case to the jury , observed that the publication in question was of such a nature , that if true it rendered the prosecutor totally unworthy to associate with any respectable society . He was a baronet , was advanced in years , and resided at Hindley-hill , near Wigan , in this county , which place he had honourably represented in Parliamentfor twenty years . In 1820 he withdrew from public life'j" and had since , till the publication in question , lived privately with the respect and friendship of all who knew him . There was at Wigan a free grammar school , of which the prosecutor is , and for some time has been , a trustee . It was in that capacity that the libel was directed against him , and of all the imputations which could
be cast upon a man ' s character he ( the learned counsel ) thought none so grievous and mischievous as a charge of malversation in the administration of charitable property ; as nothing was so likely to occasion discord and disgust in society , so no charge was more grievous to bo borne . In the year 1812 an Act of Parliament was obtained to enable the trustees of the school to sell some part of the property , of which Sir Robert becamo the purchaser , and the gist of the charge was that he had jobbed with the trustees to obtain an addition to his grounds The article professed to be written by a Wigan correspondent , who while he disapproved of * ihe politics of the Manchester Times , warmly eulogised the spirit and propriety of some remarks on the
Wigan school which had appeared in that paper . The object of the article was to show that the school , if properly conducted , was capable of being made much more beneficial , but that owing to the trustees being a clique of Tories , it had been grossly mismanaged , and the object of the institution perverted . A passage from the report of the commissioners relative to the school was quoted— " Paid R . Grimshawe £ 951 for obtaining an Act of Parliament for alienating the school property , and serving the interests of Sir Robert Holt Leigh . " This article was followed by another in the next week ' s paper by way of explanation , in which it was stated , that so far as Sir R . H . Leigh was concerned there was no intention of charging him with collusion : but
that the appropriation of the funds of the school for obtaining an Act of Parliament to enable the truces to transfer a portion of the property to Sir R . H . Leigh was an alienation of those funds : this was styled " a fact and an inference , " leaving , the learned counsel observed , an imputation that Sir R . H . Leigh had basely , meanly , and disgracefully trafficked with his co-trustees for gain to himself to the detriment of the charity , which he ought to have protected . There were three modes of proceeding in a caso of this kind . One was an action for damages ; but Sir B . H . Lei gh scorned tho thought of accompanying the justification of his character with putting money into his pocket . Again , an indictment might be preferred , but in that case the
detendaut could not give in evidence matter of justification if it existed . There was a third mode by which before he could proceed the prosecutor was obliged to purge Jiimself upon oath of the charge imputed to him , aud after that was done the defendant might , if he could , meet him on oath and substantiate the . charge , and for this reason the present mode of prosecution had been adopted . The defendants had not so justified themselves , and he called upon the jury to do justice to the character of the prosecutor by their verdict . The formal proof of the publication being gone through , Mr . Prentice addressed the Jury . He expressed his regret that lw was prevented from examining aiuasKeii
r . anu ms cieric , who , it put into the witness-box b y the prosecutor , would have shown how far he had gone to make any reparation in his power for the injury which Sir R . H , Leigh might have sustained . He complained that he and hia partner had been harshly dealt with by this mode of proceeding , when an action would have served the purpose ; or had an indictment been preferred , and fc > ir R . H . Leigh been put into the witness-box the whole truth might have been elicited . He referred to the aflidavit of the prosecutor in the Court of Queen ' s Bench , which , though true , did not , he said , contain the whole truth , and proceeded to show that the statement in the paper respecting the school was stnotly correct , and concluded by appealing to the jury to do him ' the justice which he felt himself entitled to at their hands .
The learned Judge summed up the case , and The Jury , after a short retirement , returned a verdict of Guilty . Nothing of interest occurred in the Crown Court to-day .
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— " ^^ ~ v ^ - *^/> # ATROCIOUS MURDER AT LUDLOW . We have just received information from an authentic source , of the most diabolical murder of Mr . Miller Mackreth , a highly respeotable traveller of Bristol , at the Angel Inn , Lndlow . It appears that Mr . Mackreth , who regularly travels to Ludlow , arrived there on Wednesday evening , and retired to rest about eleven o ' clock . Between three and four o ' clock he was awoke by the attack of some miscreant who had entered his room , and who inflicted several deadly wounds upon his throat . Before the ruffian had time to accomplish his object , Mr . Mackreth was fully aroused , and , offering resistance to the attack , the fellow fled out of the room . Mr . Mackreth then gave the alarm , the
family gathered around him , and search was made through the inn . Suspicion at once fell upon a young man who gave his name Josiah Misters , and who slept in a room near to Mr . Mackreth ' s . Ou being questioned , he said he lodged at No . 50 ,. New Canal Street , Birmingham , near the railway station . A razor was found , with which the wounds had been evidently inflicted , it is a black handled one , and wa& found in a yard opposite the bed-room window where Misters slept . There were a variety of other circumstances tending to throw a strong , suspicion on the prisoner . ¦ He had no luggage whatever with Mm when he entered the iiin , which it is ascertained he reached by the Rod Rover coach , on which he got up on Wednesday , near the town ofi Ludlow . There was inside the Red Rover a Mr . Ludlow ^ cattle dealer , of Biimingham , with whom tho
prisoner went into the commercial room . Misters , in answer to > questions put to him , stoted ,. that the last time he shaved himself was in Birmingham , on Saturday last , when he left his lodgings . ; that he slept at Worcester on Wednesday night with a girl , whose address ha- could not give ; acd that the razos with which he last shaved himself was at his lodgings ,, in Binaingham . We understand Superintendent Stephens searched his lod gings in Canal Street ,. yesterday , aud found a rasor , as stated by the prisoner . Misters is said to be a native of Leominsteivin Herefordshire , and is described as haying been tried at tho Hereford assizes in March , last for robbing a mais , named Wooding ,, of . £ 5 . It is- supposed that he had dodged Mr . ludlow , and that Mr . Ludilow was the intended victim . Mr . Mackreth has made a full statement of the facts . He lies in most imminent danger .
AddUitxtel Partieulars . —Sinoo writing tha above , intelligence has been received , that the unfortunate gentleman is dead . It is said that the name of the maker on the razor found at Ludlow is Eslin , with the word 3 " cast steel ;* and that Josiah Misters , the man in custody , is . respectably connected aud well known in Birmingham . It was Mr . Ludlow , butcher , Dale End , wko was in the coach , and who was known to the prisoner . We have also learned that there had been a severe struggle- between tho unfortunate gentlovaan and the person who attacked him , and that blood was traced from . Mr . Mackreth ' s
room to that in which Misters slept ,, and that bipod was also found on the curtains of his bed . There had been found in his lodgings here , by Mr . Sergeant Smith , a portmanteau , containing duplicates for the following articles , pledged in Birmingham : — trowsers , trowsers and waistcoat , coat , suit of clothes ,, two . pair -, of drawers , two waistcoats , trowsers , two brooches ,, and . other articles ; also , several letters , addressed to him at Leonrinster ; tcgethorwUh a copy of tk& depositions against him ia the case of Thomas- Wooding above referred to , aud which clearly j ^ tov-es that he is . the same person whmtlte officers . « £ Ludl&w supposed him to be ,
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ZLSt ^ arge ^ * " * that occasion with having stolen ™ fJT t n t ilot ( ! and three sovereigns , and waa commrlteJ , at Leowinster , by Thomsa F . Watling , S % SnL ^ ¦ F Ms Woodhonse , Esq . None nniwEl ™ ™ 6 » ew whether he waa convicted on the charge . The - woman with whom he lodged in Canal-street , states that he came to reside with her about Easter , and remained with her until last Saturday ivesk , when he left , without giving her any notice . She expected him home as usual , wery mght , and kept his lodging for him , bnt had not heard anything of him until the officers went to search the place . Tavern bills to' a large amount were found amongst Misters ' s papers : one is for £ 26 8 s . ^ . Jd ., together with bills for carriage and horse hire ; Several articles of wearing apparel , &c , amongst which was a whife linen apron and some books , were found in his portmanteau . :. ^^ v :
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BRENTFORD PETTY SESSIONS—SATURDAY . Messrs . Philip Clark , John Sutherland , Francis Willotighby , and Eustace Arkwrighl , four officers in the 9 th royal lancers , stationed at Hounslow Barracks , ap . peared before Colonel Clitherow , Rev . D-. WalmestEir , and Messrs . Baillie and PowiuJiL j the sitting magistrates , on summonses for various infringements of the rules of good order , and offences against ? the statutes enforcing the same . The court was crowded almost te suffocation during the proceedings ; the-nocturnal freaks of parties of " fashionables" having ; of late become most annoying to the inhabitants of Hounslowr . The first summons gone into charged the four defendants with haying , on the night of Sunday last , the 16 th instant , wilfully and maliciously thrown-down and injured a certain gate belonging to Mr . John P-eto in the pariah of Weston , whereby they had incurred a penalty of £ 5 . The defendants pleaded not guilty .
William Beechy , a police constable of the T division , No . 182 , deposed—On the night of Sunday last , a littler before twelve o ' clock , I saw the four defendants in the Barrack-lane , at Mr . Peto ' s gate . They were in coloured clothes , and had the gate in their hands off the hinges , close to a wheat-field belonging to Mr . Peto I saw them throw the gate down . I went up to then and told them that I knew two of them , namely , Mr . Sutherland and Mr . Arkwright . They then asked if I knew taeir names , when I told them I did . I then followed them down Barrack-lane , where I left them . Mr . Arkwright then called Corporal Robert Stevenson to prove an alibi , who stated-Mr . Arkwright is one of the officers of the Ninth Royal Lancers . On the night of Sunday , the lGth . I was on the barrack guard , and was visited about a quarter past eleven o ' clock by Mr . Arkwright , who afterwards went towards his apartments . Did not see him after that time .
The Bench said that did not prove an alibi' in fact , nothing . Beechy declared he was positive as to the defendants * identity . The defendants having nothing further to offer in answer to this charge , Col . Clitherow ( the chairman ) , having conferred with his colleagues , addressed the defendants , and said — " You have placed the magistrates in a most painful situation ; they , however , feel they ought not to make any difference on account of tho station of the persons broughtbefore them , and although they do not accuse you of malice in the transaction , they think it their duty to fine you the full penalty of £ 5 each , with the costs , or one month ' s imprisonment .
The second summons charged the defendants with , having , on the same night , wilfully damaged a quantity of wheat , the property of Mr . John Peto , whereby they had incurred a penalty of 20 s . above the value of the property damaged . The Bench having heard the evidence , said they considered that case also proved , and fined the defendants in the full penalty of 20 s . and the amount of the damage , 2 s . 6 d . each , or ten days imprisenment . The third summons charged the defendants , on the same night , with wilfully and wantonly disturbing the inhabitants in the parish of Heston , by ringing bells , whereby they had incurred a penalty of 40 s . The defendants were then fined 40 s . penalty and 5 s . costs each , or ten days' imprisonment The fourth summons -was against all the defendants fo * a general breach of the peace on the night ia question .
Inspector Marguard said that the summons had been , laid for the purpose of holding the defendants to bail tokeep the peace , or to appear at the sessions , so great was the annoyance these proceedings occasioned to the neighbourhood , but convictions having taken place in all the other cases , he Bhould withdraw that one . The Bench told the defendants they had been leniently dealt with , and they might rest assured that all future proceedings of the kind would be marked with the utmost severity of the law . The summons was then withdrawn . The fines , with costs , &c , amounting to £ 33 5 s . were paid .
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VINCENT AND HIS CO-PATRIOTS AT OAKHAMl Mr . Editor , —If you deem the following worthy of publication , please to insert it in your next bright luminary . In July last , I sent to H . Vincent a letter and a Northern Star , although I had not seen him before then ,-but I was anxious to get a glimpse of such a man of political regeneration . He sent on the 15 th of July , saying he regretted that he had received the Star , and the rules of the prison prohibit news . I was not aware of the removal of our persecuted friends Edwards , Shellard , and Vincent , until I saw Vincent ' s letter in your paper . I then began to feel grateful to our pretended rulers in complying with the wishes of
some of the basely calumniated Radicals or Chartists , for you may rely on this fact , that all this is for the good of that Tory-ridden county . The working folk are desperately bound , inasmuch as they give offence t » the parsons , magistrates , squires , their lofty stewards , and in fact any petty tradesman that cuts a swell , should they omit to hold up the hand to their hats , and their wives curtsey , as these miscalled superiors pass by in their carriages , &c , they will surely suffer if they neglect shewing proper respect , and I have known a waggoner pay for riding on the shafts , because he did not touch his hat to the magistrate that laid the complaint .
On . the 15 th instant , I got to Oafeham Gaol ; fourteen miles from here . I called on the Rev . — Bellgrave , ( one of the Rutland magistrates ) , at Preston , between Uppingham and Oakham ; he very politely told me that I could not have an order to visit Edwards and Co ., unless I had something particular to do . I told him I did not know them but I wished to see them all , if he would be so kind , and that I am a Chartist ; but sayshe , are you a friend . I then said I was , and had a trifle of money for Vincent ; with that he forthwith gave me an order . I promised that I would not make an improper use of it , and he altogether acted in a very gentlemanly manner . I saw all these good men , but was not allowed to get near enough to shake hands
with them . Edwards was taken rather unwell about the timo I was there , and the turnkey followed me running to fetch the doctor . He appears to be a verykind turnkey , and spoke very highly of Vincent . Mr . E . told me that ho bad not been privileged to see a friend before * and lias endured fifteen months imprisonment for our sakes . He says they would not allow his wife to see him at Monmouth , after travelling twenty-four miles . Shellard appeared well , and Vincent ,, that young patriot , seems unmoved . With all their sufferings they are still united to destroy tyranny and support the People ' s Charter . I gave the turnkey 2 s . Cd . eash , in presence of Vincent , for himself , from , Mr Hyslip , tea-dealer , of Oundle .
I a- : i glad to see that there has been a stir for them in Leicestershire . I am pretty sure that onward we shall conquer , and it is high time something waa doing . I am , Sir , yours truly , William Cooper . Weldon , 24 th August , 1840 .
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TO THE RIGHT ^ foX MATJL ^ , M ^ , ** toSjAMiW been informed- that you ate about ££ h £ w ? e r al ' P eri"tendent . of Factories , by MP tl ^ - / mployment ' becauae Mr - yie l *» . ttSXmW P « w *» of the » secret instruc-STbS ^ - ^ stu art , Inspector of Factories , to meaSureff 0 ^ f " ^ ntendent ' ' < to watdl » nd tafce to his dTstrirt ^^ } nfo ! lraa K ° tt * s to any proceed ! ^ andd £ SM i t 0 ^ semblages of workpeople , " dentiaTri ' Beal " tomake him , weekly , a confisame tim ?^ *? , ** subject , " cautioning him , at the acf wiZsecr ^ ** S ° " ' Dundee and eM ™ - to £ 2 ™ ™ Oflsr . * -Pratooe , so that he may escape ST ^? '" »* -l » «» P «> ted of iving info rm fvv ™ &-m- * m . ** . »
g a-4-1 AV 1 *• XT- OA -- ' » w « v * . QftfAUg 1 U 1 U 11 UU * nffiM-ii ¦ « Uart alao infom 6 d Mr - Be * «» t he was Mr SV" ! . Ucted" to *¦*» this ste P' If y ° » P ^ sh £ hJS - ^ ^ BKte , you wiU do an act of injustice to an individual who is as innocent in this matter ^ tw i it Unborn - Ifc was J ' - wno obtained a copy ZSi L * How J obtained i ( i Mr - B ^ 1 knowa no more than yourself . If you will furnish me with a copy tZU s tations before your assistant band-loom Z ^ Z . ? omimsaioner « Mr . Muggeridge { which copy IZhhTT * me byfoe « MMr . Muggeridgeasa wndition of my submitting tosuch examinations ) , then , ww 7 ir yott iow I obtained a copy of Mr . Stuart ' s letter to Mr . Beal . So iong as the Government persist i ^? f ° -fl J WltWl 0 l < "ng ftom me that promised copy , I am justified ui making reprisals
. wu £ { £ T J ° i Beal I think Jt * W * to acquaint you J " ?* that it was I who obtained the copy , and v «« Mif ielden v had not published it in the House , I wouUThave published it at the first fitting opportunity . nnrS ?;? * * m fcWs letter > he ^ *»*» i " i . W know how l oMamed the c ° pym ocked that you should defend the employ-Jw \ n « T , ° fficera ' for sucl 1 P P ° aes ! mi ™ re so , ftat you should pretend in the House ,, by way of covering your sin , that the principal object was "to obtain ^^ T ^^ « ops . » You know , Sir , as
, t £ ? i ™ I ? ' : at no d ire ° tions were given to Mr . Beal on that subject . You will be puzzled to know howl have become acquainted with this fact : so will fiir . iseai . When my " promisedcopy" is furnished , you shall know all about it . All the vapouring on that point was , as you well know , an official lie , intended to cover your shame , and to blind the Commons and the country . ' Y 0 U were ashamed , as well you might be , of having " officially instructed" officers appointed for the benevolentpurpose of protecting infancy from robbery and murder , to neglect their official duties , and to become , m the very worst sense , " political spies !"
Political spies" may , or may not be , useful and necessary ; but the transforming auch officers into "political spies" is calculated to destroy their usefulness , and to render the Factories' Regulation Act a nullity .
I remain , Sir , your ehedient servant , " _„„ .,, Richard Oastler . 106 , Sloane-street , Chelsea , August 19 . P . S . —I do not blame you for instructing the officers of the New Poor law to " spy " for you—their occupation cannot be made too hateful in the eyes of the people . 'AW ^ AMWVI ^^ kHAA , ^^ ,....
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The Globe confesses the inferiority of the English fleet in the Mediterranean to that of France , showing * . as it does from official sources , that our fleet consists of twelve sail of the line , and the French of thirteen ; and that the number of guns ia the French ships exceeds by 224 those in- the English . It ought to have added , that the French ships ha , vothoiirgjins aboard , and that the English have only half their complement on board ; that the Freneh ships are fully manned and officeredivwhile our- ship are on the peace establishment-tmtt is , they have-not more than half their number of men and officers . —Times .
Njwhhjal Repeal Association of Ireland . —A meeting of the above association took place on Monday last in the Corn Exchange . John O'NeiU ,. E&ifc * in tba chair . Mr . O'Connell commenced the proceedings by moving that the Archbishop of Tuambd admitted a member of the association . ( Load cheers . ) Chairman—There is no necessity I believe to . put the question . ( No , no . ) Mr . O'Connell—Admitted by acclamation—Hurrah ! ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . O'Connell then announced that the receipts for that day amounted to £ 12212 s . Gd ., and the total amount was £ ~' Jtt 0 s . Gd . The announcement was received witu loud cheers . Adjourned to Monday next , having given three cheers for Coanaught , cheers tor the Queen , Mr . O'Connell , &o .
Murder of Lord Wm . Russell . —Distribution of nm Rewards . —It will be remembered that soon after the discovery of the murder of Lord Wm . Russell , a government reward of £ 20 U was offered for the apprehension of the perpetrator . The matter has at length been considered by the Lords of the Treasury , and it is now determined that tho distribution of the promised bounty shall be awarded as follows : —Inspector Pearce , A , £ 50 ; Inspector Beresford , C , £ ' 60 , Inspeotor Tedman , D , £ 30 ; ' Sarah Mancer , housemaid of the lamented nobleman , £ \ 6 ; and Mary Honnell , the cook , £ 5 ; the remaining £ 70 will be divided equally amongst the constables who assisted in the case , and Ellis , late valet to the ill-fated nobleman , but now in tho service , of ' Lord Mansfield , Tho persons last alluded , ko are ; > ceven in number , and they will consequently receive '' £ 10 each . It is understood the additional reward of £ -200 offered by the late lord ' s relatives will be dealt within the same proportions .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 29, 1840, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2699/page/7/
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