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OUR BIBTH-DAY.
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Fn ? the pr ^ nt ICuabcr , the Northern Siar " eo minfi&cee . its fourth " year of existence . For ftm . . jea » ii hae sow Held the disfcinguiBlied p « &iea « £ < ke J £ rar PfcOTwcm , Jocbhai . in tfce world . Thk is » . Ration nwees&rSy preg . ^ fifcat Tfj& ^ ttt i ^ ecjB . We * re fully « m-E < so * a ' * f "ffie teawifiibaity which aitacbes to it .
% The infiV £$ V&f «« & a Joaraal moBt In im-^^ eii ^^ iaalhe « iQier « f good or evil , and H " ¦^ is bB frfBrSal « e should sabjeoi and Tubmit Miselyesto a ^ striet examinajien , Ii ia ri ^ it iUt , » t the close ef but tliree years'labeor , the Htiadj or < rcri «* d *» juui « epporters should be directed to * e 4 ^ admtba ef the skate in trhieh we fooad aotietj iad the jmblie . imn ^ on oar fin * assmipiioB of the helm of guidance ; © f tbe Frosp&te d # pnbiie ^ good and R&tionalireedoxa wMciL seemed iiien in -new . ; © f 0 » state of jotttfcy agAAftpoblia mind , * nd the prospects of . P ^^^^ ajri ^ w ^^ . ftwdaa ^ kfeaii
^ fiwiiWIiSBii ^^ t ^ i ^^ abi- ^^^ nianid shew bow the rektire Treating of these different positions ai&j be Connected wiih , aad attributed to , the power , aiid weight , and influence Of the NorUhern Slar . For a nation to be free , " exclaims a great authority , * it is sufficient that she wills it " : but in order that a nation xaay thus wrxi . it is necessary that the great mass of indmduals of whom it is composed should have the means of free communication and continual intercourse , that their views , Bent iments , and opinions may be compared , corrected by each ether , matured by after thought , and rendered rigorous by combination .
Previous to the existence of the Northern Star , there was no s » ch medium . The expression of opinion by the people oored out in Email and unconnected streams There was no general reservoir in which the waters of popular intelligence might be gathered together , and made to roll forward with accumulated force , more powerful by concentration , in one channel of direction , They had previously been scattered OTer a wide surface , each streamlet rambling in its own course , seeking merely to carry off some single rotten stick or putrid carcase , of which the multitudinons diversity mocked all such efforts .
The Northern Slar has brought together all these streams into a mighty ocean , whose wares , compressed , consolidated , and impatient of restraint haTe been directed in their magnitude of power against the storehouse , the very citadel , the fortress , the stronghold , aud magazine of all corruption . Minor obstacles have been passed by unnoticed ; obstructions in the chancel hire been rushed otci without stopping , that the floodgates of the city of iniquity might be forced , and the torrent cf intelligence aad Tirtue
overspread the whole country with its cleansing , fertilising , and refreshing power . Aid if the ciiadel hare not yet been carried ; if the embankments of vice have hitherto withstood the shockj it is owing not more to their own strength , —a strength given to them by the accumulated power of ages , in which they had no efFectire opposition , —than to thai necessary comparative want of force which attended the first essayB of the public mind towards concentration .
The iE 0 lat « d sections of the people had no means of knowing or of estimating the amount of intelligence contained in their own rank ?; and hence , at our establishment , we found them in most places looking with contempt or jealousy npon leaders of their own order , and actually courting the trammels which were invariably forged and fitted for them , by those who descended from "higher" stations , to " direct and govern "
their demonstrations of feeling . This is the tree secret of the Reform Bill mania , in which the people ( befog attacked in sections by cunning u leaders" of the " middle and higher cla ? &es "; and hating no pub \ ie medium of expre ? s : on . but such as were under the controul and in the pay and service of those parties , ) were cajoled .. _ - into a clamour for an ol-jeet in which they hid fesj » real interest .
tjras the state of things up to the commence £ tg $ . J * .-g ^ &g& gt jfofer Jp&iafiaeace o | H || gj rer it a ptblio ^ « M& 9 g depended no wTapeti npon his talent or his honesty as 01 3 dftj | j § jto 6 and c-OEnectiona . VTe question mad " keiher the fsct of O'Co ^ ob ' s being a man c Kgh birth and fortune , and an M . P ., did not d more , in the first instance , to secure ar . entio to hi ? soul-stirring eloquence than auy o ; ht dretuutasee . This he saw , and this vrz sav to D 8 fraught with danger to the people ' interests . He knew , and we knew , tha ; th
only remedj was to show the people that ther < wa 3 in their own order a sufficiency of eloquence and talent to direct all their movements , whiL there was less hazard of the cause beinj damaged by lack of honesty , or Lick of inform a ' . ion , from its being committed 10 snch alvo cat £ 5 . We knew that the only means whereb ; this could be shown to the people effectually must be to establish for them a medium o communication , which , while it pointed aJ their efforts to the great end of their eiaan cipaiiorj , should also , as a mirror , reflect tho «
ecorts , —their ozen efforts , —to themselves and to each other , that they might become consciozs of their own capabilities . This system has been pursued by us through our whole career , and the effect is , that whereas it was formerly esteemed matter of surprise that a working man should ol-tmie himself on his compeers at a public meeting , i : is now a thing of course that nearly all public meetings should be go : up and cjnduct-ed emirc-ly by working men : and if a " gentlemiu" appear in the proceedings he is looked to rro ~ t nsr : c-v . y , aid bus small chance of oe .-TsTrvii : *; auy i ' -ijuenriai po = i unless
eminently qualitcJ by tnleat , and w-U accredited for honesty . The pt . Gj .-Ie have taken their affairs into their own hands , aud well do they evince throughout the whole country th ^ -ir perfect capability to manage them . We consider this to be arsons the greatc ? : of th ^ services which t-ie X-.:- ! i . crn SUzr has rendered to the public during the ihrc-e yesr .-= cf its existence . And this necessj-riiy carries wi : h i : Einy subsidiary advair . age ?; among which may be accounted an extensive improvement c-i the moral and invdiecxnal character of the whole peoDle . Every working mzn , whom tale : ; t aiiJ
well st . anc . mg witc ms neignoours nave a , public man , has a large circle of admirer ^ every j one of whom if proud a ^ d anxious to read all > about him in the Xorthcm Star : and hence " cones the ^" cr . to be , in the fcc- ; t and moi : jomprelisiis ; ve serise , a public s- ' iiooiaiasier , tcaeiiirg , no ; merely the art of reading , but vrha : is ot . more consequence , the art of Gjvsrnment , to every artizm and labourer throughout the einpire . Another reqairr . e not l = ss importa-t to the forma- 1 tion of the national will , is , that every section cf theeuipirc should be made acquainted with j the s ; re ^ g-Jh of opinion manifested by every - oiher section ; aiid thus , with the whole force wkicn can in ihs aggregate be marsliallvvl . This too hasbeeu effected by that perfect organisation ' for the arrangement of public business ia each town and district , and the formation of committees for the management of local mat lers which his grown out of the intercourse and reflexion of the public micd in the Xorihern Star , As a faithful mirror the Siar gives out , in bold relief , both the virtues and the vices of tha characters who come before it . As the gszate of popular movement , it conveys to every Qnarter etery man ' s dofscs in every other quarter ; and "hence the leaders become tho-
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roughly known and properly appreciated . No maa eannowcajolethe people , cloaking orer present rillanj with the specious mantle of past serrices , or hiding concealed projecU with the flimsy eoTering of zeal for popular advantage . 1 Eh » Star is an uniTeraal telescope ,-through p ^ m ^ g ^ SH ''' n .. JpttH ^^ mtten re « mSB 8 st ly" peering ; and amonget » 11 some one-invariabl y descriaa the cheat , and u spoils the trade' of agitation . In a word , the Star haB , by uniting and consolidating the
people ' s energies ; by the opportunities it has afforded them of contrasting their own power and intelligence with the imbecility and ignorance of their oppressors ; by the expositions it has giTen them of the cunning acts of faction ; by the necessity it has demonstrated to them of laying aside all crotchets , and every weight by which they were beset , and looking only to the one point , —UmvEasAL Svtpkxvb : by all these means , and others concomitant with and attendant on them , it has promoted , and given birth to , an expression of the nation ' s will whieh ia
" The harbinger and presage bu » of Freedom . " This is evinced most fnily in the unqualified and item adherence , by the people generally , to a fixed line of conduct . The Corn Law ; Poor Law ; Police Law ; Currency Law ; Free Trade and Foreign Policy pipers , —pipe they never 60 ,
aktifuily or never bo furiously , —caanot get up a single dance . The people follow one sound , akd oke only ; and that is—UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE : the key note of our bugle , which has been heard , and shall be heard , through every blast blown upon it . This ia doing its work . It has spread diamay through the whole camp of the " Establishment . " It has stmck terror to the heart of faction , and made rampant tyranny to tremble on its throne ; and hence , as might have been expected , it has drawn upon us the full phial of the wrath , and p' j' J t d s > , ' ^
malice , and of the rage , —impotent as indignant , —of the whole gang . Sneer , caJamny , falsehood , persecution , and prosecution , have been fired at us in broadsides from both parties ; the Government and the "Establishment" have each brought into full exercise all their weapous of oppressive warfare against the Xortkey a Slar . Our first appearance was hailed with sneers by the " Establishment , " " as a flash in the paa , ' — " itie shootiug up of a sky-rocket to eomo down again a stick . " Three mouths were given us to get rid of our money , and procure an extinguisher .
But aa , at the end of that tiae , the bright flame of pure democracy rose upward wi : h a fiercer glare than ever , tho prophetic term of its duration was extended to six monthB . 'Finding us then , far , far a-head of all our fdlows in the race , the fiction was resorted to of "giving away papers , and selling them for the price of the stamp , " as a means of accounting to themselves for the unwelcome truth that the people ' s paper was already the first paper in existence , and could aif-jrd to lau Rh at all their puny malice . Ere tho end of one year , amazement
took possession of them ; and the fearful truth , —fearful to faction and oppression ' s myrmidons , —flashed through the murky atmpsphere of their dull observation . They saw that the Slar was doing the people ' s work in earnest ; and that if not put down , it must go on increaiicg till it put down faction . The bull-dogs of persecuaon were let loose ; calumny opened her black jaws , andbelched forth , — " revolutionary , ' — " anti-property , "—* " physical-force , " — " fireand-torch , "— " anarchy and confusion , " and every other foul epithet and friga ; ful description
which could wmfe-vpoa-tbe fears oT tfce timid and the i / fnorant ^ aadJuxnish a . pretext ifcrtberapacity of the relentless Ministers of tyranny . ¦ The wretches knew that they were lying ; but lying is their trade . It is the forte of the "Estibushhest" to breathe furious sounds of war aud devastation ; to excite to blood ana carnage , and to gloat over and rtjoiee in deeds of cruelty : for these alone can furnish the cement which holds together , and gives permanence of form to , faction's throne . It ia our part to counsel peace , justice , and universal virtue , that the people may be happy . "We defy the whole "Establishment" to find
in all our three years' labours one argument for war—ono incentive to anarchy 01 outbreak—one apology for injustice , or one word calculated to inlikme the minds of men with maddened thoughts of vengeance , in which life , or property , or happiness should be either sacrificed or endangered . Regardless alike , in ouj editjrial capacity , cf the foaming rage aud -wilful falsehoods of the enemies 01 order ,-or of the occasional misconceptions of the poor peoplv themselves , writhing under the agonies of sutlering , W 3 have steered an evea aud undeviatin ^ course ; neither bending to the storm of anarch ) on the one baud , ncr 10 that of despotism or
the cth « r . Such as were our opinions on the j doctrines of refinance , ot" force , and of arms , ! in the very crisis of excitement , such are thi . 7 SIJLL . j We cont : 3 i > that " taxation , without represenatioL , is tyranny , and osght to be resisted . ' : We comsni ) for the possession of arms , and for the ' right to use tb-. ia in ; he cefe-nce of oar country —in the defence of our Jires—in the defence it our property—in tlie d-.-feuce cf our lib-.-rtic- ; , ! and against the enemies of ail these , whether foreign or domestic—whether cL-iming unjust povrers from abro-d , or usurping tliem at ' home ; bit ws pnoirsT , as we have ever , done , against in > eu ' c»—against armed risings . sudden , and foolish , and partial out- i breaks ; against the direction of anr . =, by secret i conspirators , or the use of them for private pur- j poses ; or on any occasi-n , save that which is j decided on by a majority—a , ' s'jr majority—of th ; whole nation to be a natio :. a ! occasion . Wo should oppose their use , : in .: i , unless fuilv
satisfied that tb . 3 obj » - ; t was a ja « t and a holy one ; : and the sites aud ihj men to bear thcia were in su ? n numbers and p » v nration as should injure victory and liberty , wuh scarcely a risk of defeat a * -d the consequent increase ef tvranny . ' ' ¦ Ws eeulve now , as we al ^ vaji have believed , tliat j the faciions yield nothing , save to fear . Reason ' has no argamen'j jusuc-j has no power ; equity ¦ h ~ i r . o ciiorcis for the op ? uisor . Terror uioue can exiort from them the reluctant meed 0 ? '
ri ^ at w hich they would fain retain : hold ' that tha : itar , —that wholesome and necessary I terrc-r , —to which we look fvr the Ealvation of ; the p :-op ' . e , can be best created and most surely ; wrought upon , by the developfmrnt and ex ' ui- ' bition of cur moral powers , which , whenever ] concentrated , are irresistible : because they j point the tyrants to the ultimate—the eoaciu-. l- iirg point of the continued line , —the mark at j which endurance will endure no longer , —tho - . limit of experiment when justice n . Uit be i
aone . Such are oar well-known and oft-recorded sentiments upon the subject of resistance to bo j offered fcy the people to the power of tyranny , j "We reiterate them now because we see no reason
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to recant them ; bat mean always to Iffijft b y them . While the . Tiruloa ^ Bof the ^ Eitabliaife iV has been thus directed ? io all the impoteiwi of foaming malioe to the attempted crying tUgim 'I ^ S ^ ' 9 i * f its pr ° p rfeter % Spi ¦ uK&aj « ejuible of their { KsrgpnjL ^ MgJHpfl i ^^ d-wUL , -:- ^ CkHi ^ lte'i ^^ d J 4 ^ - « ibft , and cxDed to aceoant cpntlmaUf - $ 6 $ < erery syllable theStor contained . J&yetf strong expression of a Bpeakor at » publio
meetingevery sentiment uttered by correspondents , and even every paltry matter of publio news , has been conned carefully by the whole press , to try whether out of it could not be manufactured some personal charge against O'Conkor ; and why ! because he is a white crow in the rookery ; he belongs not to the craft of patriotio pelf-hunters ; heisnotoftheadvertisingstaff ; he seeks only justice for the people ; and hence hia paper , in the hands of those who think with him , eschews partisanship , aud fights alike with all factions .
, i He is now suffering for his integrity , and we , know him well enough to be proud of the infliction , and to know that he regards it as tho brightest mark of honour that oould havo been engraven on his escutcheon . We firmly trast that , by Divine Providence , he will come forth with renewed strength and resuscitated energies to repay his friends for all their kindneeg , and again to make the foes of freedom quail beneath the gleaming of a patriot's eye . Tne Star a a revolutionary paper ; we avow it , and
with pride and satisfaction ; we eeek the most perfect of all revolutions , the revolving of the whole system ; the greatest of all changes—the change from wrong to right—from tyrannous and factious domination to constitutional aud just controul—from slavory to freedom , as the only means of preserving peace , law , and order . Tne rascals who charge upon uj " revolutiona'y " 1 principles know this well ; they know lhat while our columns have been loaded constantly with the too true relations of the
manner in waich right ia trampled on by might , we have afforded a safety-valve for tho boiling indignation of an insulted people , and have ever striven to £ uide the bark of freedom safely amidst all the dangers of its course . We have buffeted the storm alono ; we have ridden upon the surface when the hurricane blew strongest and though shoals and quicksands threatened us on all sides , we still live to direct tho vessel in the calm which we " havo steered bcldly through the storm . A review of our three years' voyage upon the sea of politics affords ua
unmingled satisfaction ; wo find not in tho log one record of a deviation from our course , evcii in tho worst weather . Port Corn Laws , Port Ballot , Port Household Suffrage , and Fort Russia severally invited to an anchorage , but we stayed not , nor asked reliof : our pendant flying at the mast-head , we shot along proudly , bidding defiance to the gale and to the waves ; nor do we purpose to abxte one inch of canvas till we anchor in the bay of Universal Suffrage and heist the flag of freedom on the temple of self-government . *
What we havo been yet , therefore , our supporters may expect still to find us—the determined fan of tyranny—the advocates of universal right * tho organ of the nation ' s wilL We ask bo quarter from the enemies of freedom , and we promise not to give any . The Charter is \ ou ^ watchword ; and its enemies , whether opo « or disguised—whether attacking our position . is « e front or rear—whether boldly showing ngbWT seeking to sneak into our ranks and seduc ^ K troops , will find _ us prompt and sftady t £ K l > re » ihew - mr m ^< n ^ 7 W j ShMUJB ___ jspare us through and , h « p pei ^ Ni ^ BPSi ' rjR * tion to that which we have passed , we hope to improve it to a still better purpose , by the unabated exercise of energy and zeal , matured and quickened by experience .
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We have received the London Papers of Friday from which we give tho following : — London , Friday , N&vember 13 . Lord Palmerston hap , wo understaud , delivered his ultimatum to the new French Cabinet . If Mehemot AH submits , without further delay , he will be secured E ^ ypt hereditarily , and the Pachalic of S :. Jean d'Acre , with the exception of the fortress , which is to be restored to the Porte . The Soult and Guizot Administration , it is expected , will accept these terms , and recommend an immediate submission to the Viceroy . M . St . Aulaire is , we understand , to be the new French Ambassador at our court .
~ V \ e likewise are informed that Austria and Prussia have de ; iver « d nr-U-s to tha French Government , complaining formally of tho large military preparations aado by France , and announcing their intention , if these levies continue , to raise their establishments to a war totting . To which noto the French Government has reputd , by giving every assurance that no further increase should be made to either the military cr naval force . The ambassadors have intimated to the Porto that ail further proceedings with regard to the dcchi-ince of M-. Ui . iae : Ali must take place at London , lixaggera _ ted accounts of the Syrian successes have been icctived In the Turkish capital . Tho Gazelle d ' Auyzburij contains a letter from ' lie fi . oBiie . ia of Tuikcv , stating that Ibraniin Pacha bad re-oivcu , in ant of de ^ rr , to march on Cout ' . a-. tiucpie .
The Q'r-ttdiennc .-ays that Aleppo aud Damascus l . ave ri ^ tn against the Pacha , and declared in favour ui tho Porte . _ O ; . e ot the principal baukiuj ; houses of Vienna , Mes .-r ? . ^ fciiai and Co ., have suspended pavracn ; . I ' iie liabilities are believed to amount to icverul buii-ireu thousand florins . —Oalirnuni .
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FRIGHTFUL OCCURRENCE ON THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY . TWO LIVES LOST . We regret to anneuncc that las ; night an accident of a fr : ^ ir .. ' u ! character , attended with the loss of two livi -s , took p '; acc on the lino of the Loudou and Ifcrrniii ^ ijarn Railway , at Harrow , in consequence of two tra - . ; i ? , k is staled , having corue into collision with eacli oilier . On the arrival of the news at tho termiuua- « .: Euston-square , tho greatest consternation was manifested inro ^ lioiit the neighbourhood , rumour fcavlng asserted that from tvwnty to thirty par-.:. i ; ei 3 had lo t their lives . Oa this statement , however , much reliance is not to
be p ) a :: ed ; bit certain it is , that up to one o ' clock this morning three traius were due , and prevemtd from reaching their destination iu constqueiice of the obstruciiuu caused by the overturnyi ^ of the trains upon tho line . Further pariicu . ai = than that the engineers of both traius wore k . lled our reporter was un&ble to collect-, owing to the profound secrecy implicitly observed , to say nothing of the insults he received on applying for iniorniatioii from the officers of the company . The chairman of the company , Mr . Creed , tha secretary , and Mr . Bedford , the superintendent of the hue , left London soon after tho receipt of the news in a s-peciai triia , to investigate the matter . —Herald .
( From another Correspondent . J About twelve o ' clock last night no fewer than five trains were due at the Eu ^ . on-Etiiiara terminus of the Lsnd n and Binnhj £ liain Railway . The cause of this extra jrainary stoppage of the trains is ' attributed to the breaking down of a very heavily laden up-lu ^ jjago train in the neighbourhood of Watford . The luggaqo and broken carriages being thrown across both xiues , prevented the trains pass-ing either down or up . A tra ' n that left the Easton-.-qaare terminus , proceeding , of course , downwards , a . % = ix o ' clock last evening , to ; obliged to return to the terminus , and it and no other train could start
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. j 3 [ " - ¦ ' ; :: ' : ' : - ; ' :- ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦ - ¦'¦ ftrmigteterainng before nine o ' clock . Tho •' . ownline , therwnt « , mtt 8 i b « eonsKierod In eome measure free froi «* b « tr ^ to » l > tilfch « up-lineieoulAi » ot beso , sidce * m *» f -ite \ -mmHBnim duo f ) foai ^/ gituter before . fl « l * «^ h » lf-pwt eleven had ^ rtived at the terminus . ^^^^^ j ^ j ^^ frnj ^ SF ^ r ^^ ^^^ AJbrtera itdr ^ mmyciik ^^ imW ^ m W ^ MeMsary « 4 iad diwppearedfrom the tOHninni , ' b » vi \ SR seen d ^ sft&tclied to the spot where tte accident had oocifrrod . \ . We ara sorry to add , that i « i » reported , that upon good authority , that more than one life has been lost in this fresh railroad accident . The lateness of the hour atf which this intelligence has reached us * preyonts us from ascertaining more detailed particulars relative to the extraordinary occurrence . —Times .
PostOwice Orders . —Notice has been issued by the Postmaster-General to facilitate the trancmiesiou of money orders , thaton and after tho 20 th instr the ' commission charged ou money ordera for tr&nsmission will be reduced on sums not exceeding £ 2 from 6 d ^ to 3 d ., and on enms above £ 2 and not exceeding £ 5 froml 8 . 6 d . to 6 d .
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THE DREADFUL ACCIDENT bN THE YORK ; " - . A » 0 NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY . V ( FURTHBR * 4 » 1 ICDU ^ S ) . Att inqneBt is now bal *| % eld on the body of Mr . PattiBOB , master prfntei , of Leeds , one of the victimy of this frightful Occident . From the partioolars whjoh hare transpired , and the evidence entered into , it would appear that tie accident took place an ' The passenger train which leaves Leeds at six ofelock , had arrived , in about half an hoar , at Tayh »* 8 Junction , near Monk Fryston , where four lfa » 8 meet , and where two other trains were stationed at the time . It had not
been there above four minutes , when a luggage train ( which left Leeds about a quarter of an hour after it ) was heard approaching , and directly afterwards came into violent collision with the six o ' clock passenger train , dashing the two last carriages to pieces , killing two psrsons , ( a jjentleman a ^ id a lady , ) and injuring several . The gentleman was Mr . Henry Pattison , master printer , of Leeds , who was proceeding to Hull on business . It is not exactly known how he mot with his death ; but it is generally supposed that he endeavoured to jump out of tho carriage and stumbled , and that on tho collision taking plaoe tho wheels of one of the carriages went over him . The lady was Mrs . Sarah <' . ousins , a lady living at Ambleton , in the West Riding . Sho was not killed on the spot , but was conveyed on to Salby , where she shortly died of the
injuries she had received . A coroner ' s inquest was held ou the body at the Town Hall , but only two witnesses were examined , and the inquest was adjourned till Tuesday next . Tho corpse of Mr . Pattison was conveyed to the Blue Kell publichouse , at Monk Fryston ; and on Thursday afternoon an inquest was held on view of tho body , before Matthew Pearson , Esq ., one of the coroners of the County of York , and a respectable jury . The corpse , weunderstand , presented a dreadful spectacle , the head being swollen to double its natural & « S 3 . Tho arm was broken in two places , but tho rest of the body was unmutilated . On Thursday , we believe , very little more was done than beering the evidence of Mr . Pattison's father , who identified the body . Tho inquest was resumed at nine o ' clock on Friday morning , when the folio wi ; e evidence was received : —
Win . Seyner , resides at Sbeburn Grange . Is clerk to tho York and North Midland Company . —Was at Taylor ' s Junction when tho accident happened . Saw the six o ' clock train arrive . Did not eoe any signal light on the frain . when at the Juuction , but , might bo owing to his situation at the time that he did exit Bee it . The red light denotes that an approaching train must stop at the Junction . There are revolving lights ; and on tho night in question , the men who na'd charge of them were at their posts . John Watkius waB engine-driver , and Wm .
Reynolds , guird of the Leeds train , and Watking , the . elder , taps driver of the luggage train . The l ' 8 S * S i , tivttd' waa attempted to bo Btopped , at a distance of two hundred yards . Saw t-ho' deceased lying dead in the road , and there ¦ wero fiyo others iujure'l : —a woman , in particular , was eoriously hutt . Hoard a- whistle from the 1 'Jgga «« train before it camo up . , William Brovrnas , who was at the Burton station , gjoald not eay whether there was a light attached to hfr-Leede train or not . ' .
iJlj&iE ] : Vyoodloifc , J > f . Pottery-fieMi is employed D >" HQie mHfrSfNiland Cottpany at Leedi ^ ajid-dei posed to affixing a red light at the back of the Biz o ' clock , train . Timothy Glemmer , of Leeds , Station-master , deposed to two red lights being affixed to the six o ' clock train . Francis Clark , koepcr of tho Castleford station , deposed that tho Leeds six o ' clock train arrived at tha station about the upual time . The red light was burning . It was properly affixed to the last carriage of tho train . Thoro was a luggage train arrived a quarter of an hour , or twenty minutes after the Leeds train had left . Thi 3 train having passed , he conceived all was right . Showed a white signal ( all right ) to tho engine driver ot" the luggage train . Looked after passenger train till through the skew bridge , a distance of about a mile . The
light looked particularly bright through the fog . Noticed the appearance of the light to a person standing by as like tne rising sun . Castleford station i 3 about 14 miles and a half from tho Leeds station , six and a half from Taylor's Junction , and four miles from Burton Salmon station , towards Hull . Burtoii SJrnon is about oue and three quarter miles from Taylor's Junction . The luggage train was travelling quick when it passed him , but he did not notice it much . There was no luggage train regularly before last Monday . There is one luggage train to Hull every evening ; it passes Wuoh later than the other trains . Has taken a truck off past eight o ' clock . The usual time of the last-passenger train passing is seven o ' clock . Tne last passenger train downward is that from London , but it had arrived before the last up-train from
Hull . William Reynolds—L . v-s at York . Is guard to the York and Midland Railway Company . Lef < the Leeds station by the six o ' clock passenger train to York . It , is a part of his duty to see tho lights are turning properly . Receives his instructions to that ett ' .- ct from Mr . Glascow . When he left , the re ! li ^ 'hc was attached to his last carriage , as usual . Left tn <* station thai night at four or five minutes past six . l \ o-i ; eded at the usual ra ' , e of speed to Taylor ' s Junction , and lost no time on the road . Stopped at Woodlctiard , Castleford , and Baiton Sa-lmoa stations-- , and no other place . The li ^ ht was burning at Taylor ' a Junction , tor he saw it after the accident . It was in the usual place . The
! - -Xiit was biirutng , but the glass w .-w broken which wvuld shew the colour , and therefore could not say it was a red light . Recollects a luggage train following him to Taylor ' s junction . b : li not see it on his way to the junction . Saw it three or four minutes after h * had stoppsd . When ho first saw the train , he was taking the signal lamp from tho York train . It was a distance of two hundred yards whou he first saw it . It waa coming up at a rapid rate ; the fire was flying from the metal by the breaks being pressed upon the wheels , and tho f . igire waa reverse ^ . He immediately went to as . sibi the passengers in his train to get out . They go ; out in haste , and sorao of them stumbled . The engine of tho luggage train then cams up , aud
p masiied the carriages of the passenger train ali to pieces . The firtt thing he saw was Mr . Patuson dead , lying on tha line . The luggage train was a hundred yards from him when he saw the fire flying from the metal . Is sure the fire flying from the metal mutst have been occasioned by the patting down tha breaks , and the reversing of the engine . The engineer could take no other means of stopping the engine . The eijgineer had a man to attend to the breaks . He aaw tho elder Waikius at the Junction that night after the accident . Ho was perfectly sober . Never saw him drunk in his life . Has known him as an engineer , on this lino , a year and a half . He ( Watkins ) had been principal engineer during that time . Mover , in all his experience , had seen
anything like inattention on the part of Watkins , and considered him a steady careful man . Witness had been a guard three quarters of a year . A train , ordinarily loaded , at the regular speed , could not be stopped in less than a distance of 400 or 500 yards . Was not informed-at tho Leeds depot that there was a luggage train to follow him . Tho luggage trains don't stand in tha same part of Leeds depot as the passenger trains . A man at the Junction ( Baines ) saw the luggage train approach at the same time as himself , and held up a red light to warn them . He thinks no one at the Junction saw the lug-£ ago train till within 200 yards Of his train . At the time of the accident happening , there were the York train , and the Hull train , at the Junction , besides his own and tho luggage train . The Hull train was nearer York , and the York train nearer Leeds .
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^^ ^ Being in that p ^^ Hhr' ^^ . ^ a' ^ i ^ l ^ ai ^ prevent the guard of the lugjngfi :-train from seeiBg tha redlighi ^ t the back of huf ( witk % 3 S * a > train . Does g ot kuqif KflwHlhet the York train toada light in P& ^ Jty&MQ& $ » i&inlBi that he co « M acft # & ? 2 ** j" ** ' » HM * V * ^ fc ich . at Jjjght waft . Tlijj ^ iherejte eonld not bo be » rd , aa account of tlS ^ mlrnj ^ at the . Junction venting their stewn . The wfilstb of the approaching traia conld be heard , and was heard on the night in question . It might hate whistled before it was heard , being further off . Had been at the Junction three or four minutes when the accident
happened , whieh is no longer than at any other time . There were in his tram two third-class , two second , lad two first-class carriages . A third-claas carriage was first , next the engine , a second next , then a first , then a third , second , and first . Does not know m which etas carriage Mr . Pattison travelled . His ( witness's ) engine waa called the Arcot . The last first-class oaxriage in the train belonged to the Hull and Selby company ; tho second-class carnage , which was broke , to the North Midland ; and the engine to the York and North Midland : one of the third-class carriages belonged to the Hall and Selby and the other threecarriages to the North Midland . Thera were seven carriages in the luggage train—six empty and one loaded ; he does not wnat
Know witb . - - . Wnen wie accidout happened , he did not hear auy blame attached to any one . John Baines , stationed at Taylor ' s Junction , deposed to there being a red light at the back of the Lead s six o ' clock train . About four minutes after it arrived , heard another train coming ; he supposes it was at a distance of three hundred yards . He heU a red light , and ran about forty yards towards the train , which , he could then see , as ho was about one hundred yaids distant . He held up the light . Before this , told the passengers in the two last carriages to jump out , and they did so . There was no one to open tho doors , but they got out of the second class carriages over the doors . Immediately after , the collision took place , and there were two carriages in tho Leeds train broken . He
afterwards : saw Mr . Pattison dead . It is one hundred yards from Taylor ' s Junction to Fryston Bridge ; nnd witness thinks he could see eight hundred yards in that direction , there being no curve at all . Saw a light that looked red at the . end of the carriages , after the collision . The glass of the lamp was broke by the collision . The light wa 3 still burning . It was of a dim red . Can't say whether the glass was broke clean out . When it arrived the glass was not broke . After the accident the light did not show so good a red . He told Reynolds when the luggage train was coming . It was he told Reynolds , and not Reynolds him . Did not speak to Reynolds when he was getting down the light from the York train ; but ho had got it down , aad put it down with tho red light towards the luggage train . la quite certain of
that . Passenger traiu 3 from Leeds have sometimes stopped at the Junction for twenty minutes . There are no lights elevated on pn . tts at the Junction : if there were they might be belter seen by approaching trains . Does not recollect any case or mistake or delay at the Junction at any period before the accident . The York train wa-t also at the Junction , and tho engineer of the approaching luggage train might have seen it at a distance of 200 yards . There aro four lines meet at the Junction ; and three of them were occupied by the engines . If they had known of the approach of the luggage train in time , they might hare got the Leeds train on another line .
Does not think that if the engineer of the luggage train had seen the red light at the back of the Leeds train that the accident would have happened . The two lights he held up were not in time to be pf any assistance ; but he did it thinking they had not seen the other . Thinks iho engineer could not have seen tho Leeds train light further off than 200 yards . In that caso he cuuld not have avoided the accident , if he had used all the means in his power . When the collision , took place , the Loads train was propelled forward about twenty yards . The luggage train , with her-engine reversed , and breaks down , was still going at nearly ten miles an hours when the accident happened .
John Cabrey , Managing Engineer of the Company . —Has been connected with engines for thirty years , and has been principally with Mr . George Stevenson . Has the appointment of engine-drivers at York , and no oho has auy control over him—ke has no instructions limiting the amount of wages , &c . Has been connected with locomotives from infancy . Is well acquainted with si goal lights , and thinks the mode adopted of placing the light behind the carriages on the York and North Midland is the best that can be adopted , and quite sufficient for the purpose . Believes it possible to sec a light threeof mileIf clear dark it
quarters a . a night may be B « o » two-.- « itoM » a « eflfcraiftht line . Jxnovys where this accident acsurred . Upon an ordinary night tho light might have been seen 8 U 0 yards off . that being the distance , in a straight line , from Taylor ' s Junction . Does not think any better , signal could have been used . Was on the spot au hour and a half after the accident occurred . Upon a foggy night the distance at which it might have been seen would have depended entirely upon the density of the fojr . He made it his business to go to tho bridge , and saw a light which was held up . This was au hour and a half after the accident .
rihe Coroner hero observed that on that night it was foggy , but had cleared up aftcrwards . J When commissioned by the Company to engage engine-drivers , had engaged Watking senior first . Knew him to bo a steady and intelligent man , and would as soon have trusted him with the engines as he would himself ; and now , after tho accident , would as SOOfl trust him as himself . Watkins had had more praetice , perhaps , than any other engineer in the kingdom . Witness saw him that night , and he was perfectly
Bobor . He has not driven tn engine since the accident , but the Company had not discharged him , and witness had recommqnded the Company to keep him . Watkina has six sons in the Company's employment , three of whom are engine-drivers . He has the highest opinion of them all , and they havo been approved off , by both directors and passengers . Tho line was opened in May , lb \ 3 . <> . No accident had occurred on it to the passengers train siuce then . Should suppose 500 , 000 people bad travelled on it .
John Watkins , ( the older ) lives at York : — -is an engine driver on the York and North Midland , anil has been so sinco its opening . Came with thu luggage train from Leeds last Wednesday night . H ? 3 tttigine is called the Zetland . Had five loaded carriages . Saw tho passenger train leave tho Leuds depot . It left betwixt ten aud fifteen minutes before him . Beforo he got to the Junction ho nev :-r tamo in sight of it . lc is not usual to carry a light ou the engine . Had a light with him , that ho might sco to manage the engine . At Castleford station the whito light was out , ( a signal that all ' s woH ) and he went briskly past . The men at that station said nothing to him . At Burton station a red ii ^ lit was out , aud he pulled up in eon&equence .
and stopped directly opposite . Ho said " Do you want any thing ? ' Tiie answer was , "Go on , go on " That was all he said . He did not nay witness was to proceed with caution , for there was a train before him . When ho approached Taylor ' s Junction , he looked out . As soon as ho came round the curve of Monk Fryston , he observed the shade of the white light at the junction . As he approached he saw clearly there were four or five of them . He was then at a distance of from 400 to 500 j arc ' s . None of them appeared red lights . Three email lights then disappeared , and left two large and strong white lights standing . Then his mind became sealed that he was to go forward , thinking he had only to slacken a little as he passed tho point on tUo Junction
S-adaenly he saw the shade of a ' red light . He immediately told the fireman to turn to the break . The fireman Wont to ihe break , and witness to the engine . He reversed the engine . Would suppose , when he first saw the red light , he was from 150 to 140 yards off . The ra ^ ls were slippery from the- fog , and the breaks and reversing t' . io engine were not sufficient to stop tko engi ne , the whetla slipping along the rails without turning round . He did every thing in his power to stop when he had takeu tho alarm . The fog would not make a red light look white , but more dim . When he arrived near the Junction , he saw the red light at the back of the Leeds train . Thinks ho was nearly three-quarters of an hour on the way . On going through Fryston Bridge was going at twenty miles au hour . When the
passsnger train left Leeds , he was in the goods department , shifting the loaded waggons . Four minutes after he wiia told to go on . Witness replied he had his engine to oil , aad he then oiled it , which must have occupied eight or ten minutes . He set off slowly through the slip on to the right line , and proceeded without any obstruction until ne came near Methley . There being a thick fog , he then went tut slowly . Thinking fie was nearer the points than he really was , he went quicksr . He blew his whistle , and then slackened iiis speed , thinking he was coming ntar the points . Seeing tho pointkeeper ' s green light , be continued slowly till he got on the plain line again . He agaia whistled when near the next points , and went-. slow again till he was on to the plain line , and
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WAGGON , AND HB WAS SIDING ON THE lAST He said that after the accident . ' Tj&e breaksman ' s name is Joseph Scott . Th $ re teat no break on the last waggon , but there ought tohttoe been one . On approaching the Junction , he saw a > blno light , a white one . and a fire . Thia waji befbrt ho saw the red light . ¦ : sv , John Watkins , ( the elder ) recalled . WbcH going at a regular tat © , the time ia which the engi » e raula be Btopped , is about 300 jsrds . In a light train , in dry weather , it would be less ; it might be stopped m 150 or 100 yards . With such a * rain and wet weather as hehad on Wednesday , he « uld Bring np a train in 200 yards . He did sot bring u > < m the night in question because he does not usually stop at the Junction . "; - Tho corner then adjourned the inquest till next day , ( this day ) at two o'clock . . ^
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BRADFORD .-National CHAHtsfe As * 3 . 6 utio ! s , IW . J . —The members of thi 3 association net ou Saturday evening last , at the house of Mrk Golds . borough , Goodmansend , Mr . Hodgson presided . Tiw business commenced with the members present pay * ing their weekly contributions . Mr . John Wnifc - head , leader of No . 1 class , George-street , paid Is . 8 d ., the contributions of the members , and 4 s . 7 $ d . collected by him and Mr . Abraham Hardy , for Mr . Peddie . After a number of new mem-ers hati entered their names , and received their u ^ rds Ol membership , the meeting was adjourned to Saturday ( this evening ) , at eight o ' clock , when it is Hoped all tho members will attend , and those who hu . ve not received their cards will come and do so .
Chartist Co-opbratite Society .. —Next meeting will be held oh Sunday , the I 5 ch mst ., at the house of Mr . 'George Ellis , opposite Dead-lane top , Goodmansend , at ten o ' clock in tho morning , for the purpose of finishing drawing up tho rules , and enter the names of any desirous of becoming shareholders . National Charter Association . —The Council met at the house of Mr . Cirrodns , North Tavern . North-street , on Sunday evening last , Mr . ( . Jdyiu tke chair . ' The Council having learnt that the Irish lispealers of Bradford hnve an inclination to hold a public meeting on the question of the Repeal of tha Union , bus are afraid to do go , doubting ( in conseof
quence a misunderstanding of the feeling * of the working men of England towards Ireland . ) tho course that the men of this neighborhood might take , it was resolved , "That in the opinion of tha .. » ---v--Council of tho National Charter Association of the ^^ P Bradford district , the Chartists of thia town and ^ PF ' vicinity would not oppose , but rather co-operate with , the promoters of any meeting having really torit 3 object such repeal ; and we further respectiully suggest to the Chartists of England generally to adopt a similar line of conduct . " Some Coher business was transacted , for which wo have not room ; and the meeting adjourned until next Sunday ovening at six o ' clock .
White Abbey . —The Association of thisplac met on Sunday last , when a number of now memberswere enrolled , and received their eards of membership . Little Hortok . —The Association at thie place has enrolled itself in the Bradford dktriot , and . l « cted a cuuuoiliaau to attend at the Council meetings held at the house of Mr . R . Carrodus , North Tavern . North-street , aad is going on woll . Dudlex HiLL .-r-The Association at this place ha * # opened a JointStoek Provision Store , which is likeljr to do well . " ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ » ¦ •* Maknincham . —The men of this spirited little place had a lecture delivered to them on Monday evening last , on Chartism and teetotalistn , by Mr . J . B . Alderson , which was listened to with aiaiked attention . .
New Lbbds , —Tho members of thia Association pet at the house . of . Mr . H . Edtrardsron Sauds * last ; whea a number of newmc-mbaw were enrolled , and received their cards of membership , ' rfiAmJHESTEH . —This district still continues to progress m agitation . On Saturday evening lasV Air . Leech addressed a numerous assembly of blistered hands and fustian jackets at Droylsden who appeared , by their frequent acclammatious during the address , highly to appreciate th © treat . At the conclusion , four shillings was collected towards tho spread of information . On the same evening two social festivals were held , one in Tib-street , wh > rea brass baud was in attendance ; and the other ia Brown-street . The proceeds , after paying incidental
expences , to be devoted to the support of the wires and families of tbe incarcerated victims . The fa Oft friendly feeling seemed to animate every breast , and the greatest harmony prevailed . On Sunday afterneon , the adjourned discussion took place in Tibstreet Association Room ; and so great was thg interest taken in this affair , that the capacious rocm was crammed . Th « proposition was , "Ib man a responsible being ? " Many persons took part in the discussion ; and from the symptoms manifested by the audience , we should conclude that they were nearly all inclined to believe the affirmative of the proposition . On Sunday 6 yenin * Mr . Leech opened another room in Salford , by delivering a very interesting lecture to a numerous and attentive congregation . This room will be open every Sunday evening for tho future , as this-part of Manchester is progressing rapidly . Mr . CiiarieS Conuor delivered a lecture in Tib-street , to a crowded meet aud
very ing , gave the greatest satisfaction . A few questions were afterwards pufe to the lecturer , and answered in a judicious ; . ud calm manner . The sum of £ 117 s . 6 d . was collected on the voluntary principle , towards the spread of tho cause of political redemption . On the- same evening , a numerous meeting was held in Brownsrreet . T ; vo young men rep-ated the ' Cuaiiisfc Catechism ; after which Mr . Carran delivered an able and eloquent address . From this sketch it will be seen thai tho principles of the Charter are engraven in tho hearts of the people of this district Daring the last week , the South Lancashire missionary has been actively engaged in tho surrounding , villages , in every one of which the people are more than ever thirsting for information , meeting to instruct each other , organising themselves , subscribing towards the support of the cause , and continually distributing cards of membership , so that tne movement 13 going on like wildfire .
OLDKABI . —Charter Association . —On Sunday morning , the Council met , aud voted a sum of mo ; , Ty as agreed upon at test Manchester Delegate Meocng , towards a lecturer for out-districts . There were two lectures given in the afternoon a . nl ereriug by Mr . Smethurst , of Oldham , both of which were well attended . Afterwards a divcsssiou . arose , wnich was conducted to the satisfaction of all present . Fomale Chartist classes are about being established . On Sunday evening next , a lecture will be given by Mr . Greaves , of Shaw , near Oldham .
AEHTOW-ONDSR-tSTNE . —The Chartists ot this town are again bestirring themselves . and many new numbers have been enrolled in the Association since Mr . Bairstow's lectures . Arrangements are in progress tor a discussion between Mr . Leech and Mr . Fiunigan , the Corn Law Lec ' urer . Tne trial of Robert Eiumett , Esq ., the Irish patriot , is to b& performed in the Chariestown Meeting Room , on Saturday evening next , for the benefit of the wives and families of the imprisoned Chartists of that town . The trial will take place in full court uniform .
HUDDEESFIELD . —On Monday evening-Mr . Bairstow , the talented lecturer for the West-Ridius of Yorkshire , gave a lecture in the Guildhall "On the Rights of Labour , " to an audience composed of both labourers and middle-class men . He was listened to with the greatest attention ; and at the conclusion he solicited discussion , but not an an individual either asked a question or appeared to dissent frem anything which had been advanced-Mr . T . Veyera was then called to the chair , and tha * . H ? '"A £ resolutions were passed uiianimouBlv : —
1 ; * ¦ ,. « r w meetinS pledge ? itself to join the JNational Charter Association , and use their utmost endeavours to cause the People's Charter to becor-e the law of the land . " 2 . " That the Chartists of this meeting deem themselves in duty bound to support the wives and families of the imprisoned Cuartista . " 3 . " That thia meeting pledges itself to co-operate with the men of Birmingham , in obtaining the reversal of the sentence whioh ha 3 unjustly and illegally exiled from their country the patriots , Frost , Williams , and Jones , "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 14, 1840, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2710/page/1/
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