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THE FIVE STAR PORTRAITS FOR THE NEXT TWELVE MONTHS.
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The daughter of the deceased being the principal evidence against him , she in her anxiety to have th » blood of her father's murderer , thonght to strengthen facts by interpretations of her own ; and among ether things she swore that , "in resisting the prisoner , he called her a bitch . " . This the prisoner denied , and jwore he was accused wrongfully . He was con-Ticted , howeTer ; and , previous to sentence being passed , upon being asked by the Coori if he had anything to say why sentence of death should not be passed upon him , he replied , ** Oh , then , my Lordship , isn't it too badtomardera man with false oaths ! for God above he knows I never eall'd Judea bitch , " "If you ftod called her bo , replied his Lordship , and not murdered her father , your crime would have been less . " rhe daughter of the d ^ opscAH haino tV » n ^ nmTvoi
Soch is precisely Bbuen's case , He was only the meant of clearing Bailyt » n > na , while he swept the other denominations in parson ; and Mr . Mahee , Tery properly making no distinction between the acts , charged him with all ; and Bbuet Bays , " no ; I never did , in person , eject the families from Ballytarsna ; " bat doe * not deny the remainder of the harge . What , we may ask , must be the consequence of this frightful re-action , when we find the nfost objectionable man in Ireland returned by the larjest majority ever known in the county of Carlow ,
Stanley's Bill being the casus belli ? Does it not clearly prove that those within the pale do not desire any addition to their society , constituted snngly as it now is ; but would rather get rid of some of the poor fringe of the garment , if possible ! Will this teach the Whip a lesson ? Will it teach the people a lesson 1 Will it teach the country a lesson ? Will ft teach O'Cojthell a lesson ! The only balm for the wound is , that not a single pledge , in which the people are interested , wa 3 required of
Possoxbt ; and , therefore , they have experienced no defeat ; while the great sting of the triumph is to fee found in the fact of many poor Catholics having voluntarily voted for the destroyer of their race , and the reviler of their religion . What will GisBoura , the Liberal Member for the County , think of his chance of re-election upon the next occasion 1 The only moral effect produced , we fear , will be a delay of dissolution ; and , doubtless , the Whigs , on the Carlow defeat , will witness the approach of general re-action .
Perhaps a trifling anecdote of Colonel Bkcek Bay not be out of place just now . The gallant gentleman is supposed to be the very ugliest man in Ireland ; and upon one occasion , when very flush of cash , he proposed to a kind of toady-mason , in a walk round his domain , the project of enclosing it with a brick wall , twenty feet high . The mason , who had the whole ear of his master , and whose
wit recommend him as a kind of companion , laughingly observed , " Your honour , it can't be done . " Can't , " responded Bainx , " why so ! " " Why , ft is impossible . " "Impossible ! " rejoined the Colonel , " nonsease ; money will do it ; money can do anything ? " Oh , I ax your honour ' s pardon , " mid the mason , "there ' i one thing that money ean ' t do . " "What is it ! " asked Bnus * * Indeed , then , 111 tell your
honour" Why , then , all the money in Bscevj plaee " Couldnt put a handsome nose on Bkcs > 's face . " Bbxbs ' s nose is about an inch and a half in length , and is turned up short , like the end of an aged donkey ' s hoof . This patriotic gentleman , in the year 1885 , paid his countrymen generally the compliment of declaring them to be all savages . "
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THE CORONER'S INQUEST UPON THE DEAD MURDERER , AND MR . WAKLEY'S LAW , WITH THE JURVS FOLLY . Tratellus by railway being likely to become the only mode of conveyance , and being as yet in Rs infancy , it is highly necessary that some denned and intelligible rules should be laid down for its regulation ; and as the whole speculation is likely to be managed by , and for the profit of , the wealthy , at the expence of the lives of the community , it is also high time that the law should be denned as to the question of responsibility .
We are the more induced to enter upon a consideration of this subject now , in consequence of the extreme ignorance manifested by Mr . Waklet , the Coroner for Middlesex , and the misconception of the Tery dull Jury , whom he succeeded in mystifying upon the inquest lately held , arising out of the Harrow accident . Mj . Waj&let , in his extraordinary charge , quoted largely from Judge Foster , but not a single case in point . In the case of the man who threw the brick from the window , whereby a passenger was killed , the man was living , and he alone was concerned
but if Ms master had been at hand , and had said , " throw those bricks out to save time , " and if the passenger had been killed , as all are principals in murder , the master would have been guilty of murder . So with the reckless coachman , who , from his own devilment , faced the precipice , and having ensured the destruction of his passengers , jumped ff the box himself , before the moment of danger ; but if the proprietor had said to the coachman" The trustees or directors of the road to Blackacre have opened the new line and shut up the old ' with positive orders not to use t e old , in eonse
fuenc * of some bridge being broken own ; but don '; you mind ; watch the opposition , and as you save two miles and the hill by going the old way , go it : " now , in such case , we incline to think that the proprietor would be guilty of murder . Again ; the ther case upon which Mr . Waklet seems to rely as being quite in point , of the driver of a cart , after mfficient caution , still persevering without due care , being liable for any accident which may occur . Here , likewise , suppose the carter had been ordered to go on , as usual , by his master , regardless of con-• equences , the master would , in such case , be guilty of murcier ; therefore , we say , that not one of ilr . Waklzt ' s cases was by any meani in point .
Let us tell him the maxim of law which should have directed him in bis charge , and thenshow , from the evidence , how , under it , the Directors were the parries guilty of murder . The law says " qusm fadt per alien , facit per * e ; " who act 3 by another acts in person ; so if an agent distrain upon a tenant wrongfully , no rent being due , or illegally by making distress at night , in such case the tenant has his action against the landlord . In like manner , if a sub-sheriff make a wrong return , or refuse to execute judgment , or execute it illegally , tbe party aggrieved has an action against the High Sheriff . So if a debtor mike his escape from the ostody of a gaoler , who is the Sheriff ' s officer , the creditor at whose suit he was confined has his action
also agaiast the sheriff , bo with a earner , who shall neglect to deliver goods , or allow them , through negligence , to ba damaged , the parties have their action against the master . Bat what is Rill more in point , is this , in our criminal interpretation of guiit : suppase a man keeps a wicked bull , or stallion , or dog , or any other animal , after he ¦ hall have done injury to any person ; or that he keeps him after reasonable caution that he is likely to do mischief ; it has not only been held , but it has never been disputed , that in such case the proprietor is amenable for every injury committed by the
animal ; and in this view we are inclined to eonsiitr the present ease . It is evident that Sikpsok was the mad bull , of whose ferocity Mi masters h * d been warned . This appears from the fact of Sncr-• cw ' s having beea fined a pound for neglect of duty * pon a previous occasion . We care not whether the ins was justly imposed or not ; that is not the question ; the question is , whether or not the misters were justified in retaining in their service a person meeessarily entrusted with the lives of number of persons , after having committed an act which justified , or even ealled for , a fine of a single penny . We say not . It further appears that every breaksman , fireman , policeman , and engine-driver upon the whole line , » ust have been cognizant of Sihpsos ' s recklessness ;
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and that the Company knew nothing of a man who refused to obey signals , rattled through those placed for his guidance , " rowed" the police who dared to stop him , and , in short , whose chief practice appears to have consisted In the " ai 8 obedience of orders . This is our view of the case ; and , in conformity with this view , we hare no hesitation in saying , that the verdict should have been , Insanity , " as regards Sikpsou , and K Wilful Murder" against the Directors , who kept & mad bull after having been warned of his ferocity : but Waklbt is not likely to take this view of the ease . nr * A -v- . - > » . .
We need Bay nothing of the law , or the verdict , which makes a dead man guilty of the crime of murder ! It is a fair conclusion that SmreoR first Jost his own life ' va . the occurrence , and then murdered Dawsos ! We may probably next w » ek ( we have not time just now ) frame an indictment against Simfsox for the "Wilful Murder , " of Buch a nature as will fully justify Lord Dknhah in issuing a writ of "habeas corpus , " in order that the grave-digger , or rather the road-diggerB ( for the verdict deprives him of the rights of Christian burial ) shall produce his body to take kis trial for the wilful murder of Dawsos at the next Old Bailey Sessions !
We also incline to think the verdict , as regards tie deodand , vicious , inasmuch as the whole sum should have been laid on the whole train , or the immediate part of that portion which did the damage ; but if there was any justification in the severance , —that is , of laying a portitn on one part , and a portion upon the other , —common sense will show the fallacy of having laid it upon 82 engine , which was the only part of the whole which could not have killed Sikpsos and Dawso * . The verdict , then , should have been , "Insanity" against Simpson , " Wilful Murder" against the Directors , and a deodand on a wheel of the engine No . 1 , to Lord
Northwitch , as Lord of the Manor . In fact , instead of enriching any person , its effect should have been to frighten those who cannot otherwise be brought to entertain sufficient respect for human life ; and whose only object appears to be the making of as much profit as possible , a great portion of which arises from paying Bmall wages to ignorant persons , instead of giving to merit its just reward , by employing able engineers , at proper remuneration and responsible salaries ; whereby some guarantee would be given for the safe arrival of those who commit themselves to their guardianship , instead of placing valuable lives under the kind protection of " mad built "
We are sot for hanging ; but let one third-class carriage full of Directors go as convicts from Kirkdale to the Hulks , along the whole line of road from Liverpool to L »* don , with iron wrist-bands and garters , and our lives for it there would be some high qualification required for engineers on all the lines now open , and hereafter to be opened . Something must be done to stop the murderous
system . We are informed that the Directors of Insurance Companies are deliberating upon some elause in policies upon life insurances , to guard them from liabilities in certain cases of railway accidents ; and we opine that upon the occasion referred to , equity ( if we had such a commodity ) would , in case of a man being killed whose life was insured , have mulct the Railway Company in the full amount of the premium .
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* - THE GLASGOW ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN AND VILLANY OF THE LORD PROVOST . Wg need do no more than direct the particular attention of our readers to the important meeting recently held in Glasgow , for the purpose of voting a fulsome address from a few slaves to her Majesty , upon the presentation of a very dear child to her loving , very poor subjects , and the rejection by sheer villany , falsehood , and fraud , of the address really i carried , and truly speaking the language of friendship sincerity , and loyalty , without blarney .
The Lord Provost , as he is called ( the Lord help and defend us from such lords ) , presided ; and now be it observed , that he was the only man in all Scotland who was not eligible , and for this simple reason , because he was interested ; having the hope of knighthood before his eyes , and which hope the Chartist address would have dashed to pieces , because , even in the event of being declared carried , it would not have been presented . Well , the Queen
may be-knight the wretch , but we defy her to bagentleman him . We only hope that the brave fellows who , in defiance of the threat of force , so nobly did their duty , will now call a meeting , and put "hay upon the horns" of the Lord Provost , which the Queen cannot take off , by declaring him unworthy of the confidence of his townsmen , and by hissing him most lustily whenever he presumes to intrude bis particularly obnoxious presence in decent society .
Perhaps the most valuable part of the whole proceeding was the glorious following up of the triumph , by the animation of the tellers , Messrs . Ross , -Cameron , and Jack , that they counted seven hundred and eighty-Jive who voted for the amended address , and this in a room only capable of holding twelve hundred . These men know how to win the battle , and how to enjoy the triumph ; such men as Molr , Ross , Camebo . n , Jack , and Thompson are an honour to their country , their cause , and themselves .
In connection with this we would also draw attention to the splendid meetings at Manchester ; where the humanity humbugs were foiled and routed in their camp , with their ablest advocate , Mr . Thomp-SON ,, the most eloquent speaker , and the cleverest tactician at a public meeting , that we ever met with . But the time has gone by for the people to be humbugged even by him . The best part of the business was the indignant refusal of the unwashed to be palavered into the giving up of their true position to the wait-a-whiletill-we-have-done request of the palterers who would have had them reserve their amendment for subsequent resolutions . We rejoice to see the fnstian jackets awake .
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MR . HETHERINGTON a > d "PLAIN JOHN "' S 1 BLASPHEMY PROSECUTION . " We . purpose to make some comment on the spirit and tendency of such prosecutions as the infamons one alluded to in the heading of this article ; but , as we find it well done to our hands by a dai . y contemporary , we shall content ourselves with transcribing the following from the Sun : — " We regret to announce that Mr . Hetherington -was yesterday found guilty of publishing a blasphemons libel , but the Court postponed passing sentence on him . We hope it will be a lenient one , for hia spirited defence deserves the approbation of all the friends to free disenssion . The Judge ( Lord Denman ) spoke of his exertions with respect , and the Court will , -we therefore trust , be convinced that justice will be best satisfied with the smalleet possible punishment
•• Ab long as certain doctrines are merely used for the enrichment of the priests , and spiritual terror is only employed to coax the -wealth from industry into the lap of a Sybarite clergy , they may be regarded by politicians with indifference ; but when , in despite of philosophy , which says that no man is answerable for his belief , and in despite of common sense , which requires that the doctrines on which the priesthood baild their power over the human mind , and use other men ' s property at their discretion , be subject to a rigid investigation , a man Is sent to prison , sot for investigating those doctrines , but for publishing the investigations of another , the question becomes ef very great importance . Punishment ia fitly appropriated to guilt .
bit there can be no more useful virtue than to strip the mask off hypocrisy , and expose to merited contempt those who claim our reverence from being particularly holy . Bat how can this be done , if investigation is to be stopped by those crying out blasphemy at every step whose pretensions are to be investigated T The decision of yesterday is & severe blow to free inquiry , and the law , -which is said to be the perfection of human reason , does all which it can , by such a decision , to bolster up hypocrisy , if it exists , and maintain the human mind in the chains of a selfish priesthood . No doubt the Jury meant honestly , » ut they pronounced ignoiantly , and their decision strikes a blow at truth , freedt m , and virtue . "As long as men may be prosecuted and punished for publishing opinions , we shall boast in vain of our freedom . In Germany , the subject * -which we must
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not discuss are open to every man ' s investigation . * * There it is held to be no offence to subject beth the Old and New Testament to a critical examination , and to treat those parts as historical which are so , and explain , if they can be explained , those parts which are mythical . The consequence is , that in Germany ( there is a great deal of genuine religion and no hypocrisy , while both the Old and the New Testaments are correctly appreciated . They are not suffered to be obstacles to science , nor are they used by party to uphold a system of political slavery .
" We apprehend the ease is not very different here amongst the upper classes . Strauss , the most formidable opponent Christianity has yet met with , is freely imported , both In the original language * nd in the French translation , and even Black wood has read and praised the infideL The Attorney-General seemed to feel the force of Mr . Hetherington ' s remark , that his offence consisted in selling blasphemy , as it Is called , cheap . It is quite true that if it be bound up in a twoguinea volume it is freely circulated ; it is only when the discussion assumes the form of a penny pamphlet , and goes into the hands of the working classes that it is prononuoed to be dangerous . The upper classes , including tbe clergy — whose education , founded on pagan books , makes them take pleasure in all sorts of profane writing—enter into the discussion of anti-religious subjects . In fact , there is more filth
and more profanity in Ovid and'Horace , and the other so-sailed classical books , which are the basis of the education of the upper classes , and which they habitually read and quote , than is to be found in the writings of all the infidels from Spino » to Strauss . The great object , howaver , •{ these gentlemen and of the law is to keep such books from the lower classes , and the prosecution of Mr . Hetherington is to be considered as another instance of the determination of the preisthood and the aristocracy to continue the slavery and degradation of the working classe s * We shall return to the subject of this trial , which we consider of great importance , and in no light more important than as another evidence of there being one law for the rich and another for the poor—one law for the opulent readers of infidelity , bound up in two-guinea volumes , and another for the readers of similar writings in penny tracts . "
We shall only say , in conclusion , that so long as the readers of the two-guinea volumes continue to monopolise the power of law-making , bo long will this and every other iniquitous evidence of partiality before the law continue to be manifested by them .
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Ih order to prevent any possibility of misunderstanding , er disappointment , about the next series of our Portraits , we beg to announce that the next series will consist of the four already stated , together with the Presentation of the Princess Royal to the Privy Council by Nurse Lilly . The whole of the persons present , together with the Nurse and Prince Albert , will be faithfully and critically represented , together
with her Royal Highness upon the Council table , and the inspection by the Archbishop ; this is the least poor John can have for his share . O'Connor ' s portrait is now being printed , and will be given the moment a sufficient number shall be struck of ; tbe remainder will be given as soon as ready , an * we expect to furnish all within the period above stated . Specimens , when ready , will be sent to our agents ; the great sue of our portraits require much time in execution .
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An Advocate or Justice has sent us a severe animadversion on a letter published in the Northern Liberator , and signed "Charles Winspeare . " As we did not publish Winspeare ' s letter , it would be unfair to publish this one . It should be sent to the Liberator . We cannot find the letter containing a critique on the Stockton Theatricals . We never do preserve rejected communi cations . William Atkinson complains that his name was attached to the report of the Council of the Carlisle Charter Association , published in our last , without his knowledge or consent . He says , also , the report , though proposed and seconded , was not adopted by the public meeting to which it teas submitted .
Ax Agricultural Chartist must stand over . A Radical , at Addingham , hat sent us a long rambling story , of which we can make neither head nor tail . Sheffield . — We have received « letter complaining that no reports of the meetings of the Sheffield Chartists are inserted in the Star . The reason is that we don ' t receive them . It is the duty of the Secretary of the Association to send us their reports . If he do so , and if he take care that we always have them in the Qfiee by Wednesday at furthest , they shall be attended to . Lakbkth Queen ' s " Babby" Meeting . —^ Correspendent writes us , inclosing a report from a London paper , of this meeting , held at the Horns
Tavern , Kensington , at which it was stated , in our last , that there were seven persons present at the time of meeting . It appears , however , that , an hour after the time advertised for taking tie chair , there were exactly twenty and sin persons in the room ! including the waiter and three reporters !! and that some Dr . Bedford having taken the chair , the farce of carrying an Address of the Inhabitants of Lambeth was gone through . A motion having been made for the adjournment of the meeting to an hour when the uorking people could attend , there appeared 11 for it , anil 11 against it , and the Chairman gave his casting vote in fatour of proceeding . The Queen was therefore of course congratulated bt
the people of Lambeth in due form . A Constant Reader is desirous to see the people ff i * e up all their crotchets , and unite Jirmly for the Charter , instead of quarrelling with each other about trifles , he knows of no better way for working men to obtain that object—their rights—than by forming themselves into small societies , and depositing such sums as each may find convenient for himself to do on pay day , each man continuing to deposit , say for a given lime , and to have the controul over his own , both for private and political purposes , the time might arnve when working men might send in their petition , with this annexed— "We will rest from our labour for one month , waiting anxiously for an answer . "
E . H . S . —Xext iceek . Freedok to the Slave next week . Vebitas states , that at a recent meeting of the Edinburgh Chartist Association , after a discussion of fully two hours , the late Secretary was dismissed for writing certain letters injurious to the Association in a sham-Radical print in town . This is of importance to be made public , that such as read these letters may know how far the Association is responsible for them . Dr . M'Douall . —Next week .
Bristol Radicals . — We cannot publish their address . Thomas Clark . — We have not received either . Henry Sculthorp . —His communication would be charged to us us an advertisement . James Raw 3 on . — We have no doubt in the world of the truth of his statement ; but are perfectly satisfied it is li /^ ellous . R . B ., Grixdletox . — We are not quite sure as to the buying ; Out it is clearly i / kgal , as well as unjuit , for the weaver , under such circumstances , to sell .
Walter Mason . —We have an article preparing on on the subject , which will render his letter unnecessary . Sklby Radicals tvish to know why Mr . Bairstow did not visit them on the 24 th November , according to promise ? Or why , if otherwise engaged , did he not apprise them ? R . K . Philp . —The report was received too late for insertion . Newcastle-upos-Ttne . —All the valuable news from this district , communicated by Mr . Byrne , reached us too late for use . Collius ' s Committee , Birmingham . —Their report was received too late for insertion . Frost , Williams , and Jones ' s Committee , Birminsham . — Their petition and report was received by the last pott before going to press : it was impossible to insert them this week . Studley . —The report was received by the same post , and , therefore , omitted for the same reason . An Indian ' s Opimon of Civilization shall appear . The "Address to the Commutee at Biemincham por the restoration of frost , wllxiams , and Jones" loo late .
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All the Specimens desired to be sent per Mr . Cleave can be had by applying to him . S . Mann . — We eannot send to the person he desires : we can send to Cleave , Shoe-lane . The parcel to Elms , enclosing the plates , he inquires about , wert tent some time since . James Arthur cannot have the Northern Star sent so as to receive it on the Friday . A Constant Reader , Manchester . —Convention , Frost , Stephens , Oastler , Collins , and AVDouall
R . Marsden , Little Bolton . —The papers wert posted in time : will attend to his request at the end of the month . Mark Orniston . —Commence at Edinburgh , if you go there before the end of December . J . Darken , ^ N orw i ch ; and S . Dobson , Mansfield . — The mistake was at the Leeds Post-office . The mail came in very late , and , in the hurry to get it off as soon as possible , the papers were forgot : no doubt they will be more careful in future .
The Sky-Lark Crew request us to say that they have sent 10 * . to Mrs . Vincent , the proceeds of a ball .
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A Chartist , in Bucks . —Send by Post-office Order 9 s . 6 d ., for half a year in advance . 5 . Shkllwq . —We will send by Post ; if it should be neglected , remind us . . 7-FORTHE WIVES AND FAMILIES OF THE IWCAKCEEATED CHARTISTS . £ t ti From Dublin , per P . R , ... ... 0 5 0 „ Hunslet , by a Friend ... 0 2 0 „ Leeds , per A . Gardner ... 0 S 5 „ Amicus ... ... ... 0 1 0 fob Peddie ' s Attorney's Bill . From Great Horton , near Bradford ... ... ... ... o 5 0 FROSTS S DEFENCE FUND . f Omitted in account published . ) From Dtmentry ... ... ... 10 0 „ Fox and Hounds , Nottingham ... ... ... ... 10 0
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Wednesday Evening , December 9 th , Half-past Seven o'Cloph . Trial op Mr . Hetherington . —In the Court of Queen ' s Bench , yesterday , the long-threatened trial of Mr . Hetherington , at the prosecution of the Attorney- General , came on , for "having published a blasphemous libel , * ' called " Haslam ' a Letters to the Clergy . " The Attorney-General ( with whom was Sir Frederick Pollock ) stated the case for the prosecution . Mr . Hetherihgton conducted his own defence ; and in a lengthened address , maintained the right of every man to freely discuss any question of politics or theology , and claimed an equal right for those who , in the course of their business as publishers , disseminated these discussions . Lord
Denman , in summing up , intimated that were the publication in question simply one of " discussion , " and were the point in controversy ( although adverse to the established religion of the country ) properly and conscientiously set , forth , it might be a question whether the charge of blasphemy could be substantiated ; but in the present case there was nothing of the kind : there were abundance of ridicule , grossness , and positive assertion , without anything that could allow the exercise of the mind , and the work was more especially pernicious to the ignorant and youthful portions of the community . The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty , and the Attorney-General prayed immediate judgment ; but Lord Denman deferred passing sentence until he should have the opinions of the full Court , which will be about the 13 th or 14 th of January .
Surrey Sessions . —This morning , Joseph Robin-Eon , a fine young man , a private of the 9 th Lancers , was placed at the bar , charged with stealing two Bibles , value 10 s ., and an inkstand , value 4 s . 6 d ., the respective properties of Messrs . Sele and Fortune , stationers , of Kingston , Surrey , on the 31 st of October last . It appeared , from the evidence , that the prisoner entered the shop of Mr . Sele on the day above-mentioned , and selected two Bibles , which he said he wanted to shew to a comrade outside , but he never returned . In a short time afterwards , he went to the shop of Mr . Fortune , and sold them for 58 . ; and , on leaving the shop , stole the inkstand , which was found on his person . The Jury found the prisoner Guilty , and he was sentenced to uix months ' imprisonment and hard labour .
The Middle-men , the Chartists , and the Wihdow-Taxes . —Last night , a meeting of the ratepayers of the parishes of St . Marylebone and Paddington , was held at the White Lion , Edgware-road , to . adopt measures for procuring a repeal ( or , at least , a revision ) of the window-taxes ; the meeting was announced for seven o ' clock , but as an opposition , on the part of the Chartists , was expected , and as a few working men made their appearance punctually at that hour , when it teat most probably expected they could not leave work , the chair was nttt taken until nearly nine ; and as soon as this had been done , the chairman intimated to Mr . Scott , a Chartist , ( who had asked leave to put a question ) , that "discussion wat inviied , but they would not
permit the words Universal Suffrage * to be used , ncr would any person bo permitted to speak » ontrary to the object of the meeting . * This Irish mode of discussion was not exactly the thing for" the ads ; " and accordingly , when Mr . Farrow , a pseudo-Chartist , was " performing a clap-trap , " by showing how nicely the knockiDg off the allowances to the three supernumerary kings and queens , supported by this country , would enable the Chancellor of the Exchequer to repeal the window-taxes , a cry of 11 Go with ns for the Charter , first ! " was raised ; which was responded to by the counter exclamations of" We got the Reform Bill together , go with ue now , and we'll Boon get off the window-tax . " " 'Twon ' t do , " &c . &c , making altogether a sweet harmonious diicord . " Amid this state of things , the chairman , who had previously invited ditcussien , ( of
a sort ) , made the following sage and impartial annunoiation : — " 1 will not allow discussion , for we P"y for the room , and Mr . Harris has the prerogative of calling in persons ( query , policemen !) and turning yvu out . " Such , however , was the contusion that , though the Chartists were not indisposed to allow all manner of denunciation , and feelingly-ievere execration poured forth by the middlemen against the " odious window-taxes , " they were quite good enough generals to assert the paramount importance of" Universal Suffrage and the Charter ; " which they did , more effectually-than formally ; and succeeded , besides , in passing three hearty cheers , each , for " Feargus O'Connor , " and for " John Frost , and his companions in captivity . " As regards the window-tax party , they were , at the end of the meeting , exaotly where they were at the mencement . Marylebone National Charter Association . — At eight o ' clock , last evening , Mr . Prior delivered a lecture at the Mechanics' Institution , Circus-street , New-road , " on the cauBes that have degraded , and are degrading , the working classes of this kingdom . " The lecturer divided his discourse into ( three portions ; 1 st ., the formation of character ; 2 nd ., the distribution ol wealth ; and 3 d ., the government of society . On the first point , he asked , whose business is it to form the character of the community f Was it not that of the clergy , who take 2 s . 6 d . out of every pound produced by the labour of the country , yet nave done nothing to moralise the people , but much towards setting one man against another ; who , though they declared it to be " easier for a camel to
go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God , " yet contrived to divide , among the ministers of the various sects in this kingdom , twenty millions annually of the wealth of the people , of which nine millions were monopolised by the church parsons alone , whose sole business ceemed to be , to impress upon the productive classes the belief , that " the powers that be are ordained of God , " thus contriving to bring the landlord , lawyer , and the profit-monger into the same category with these clerical educators . That these men , who . were entrusted with the formation of the character of the community , were utterly incompetent to their task , is sufficiently proved by the thousands of children who are brought up in this metropolis and other
large towns , to become thieves , and who are as regularly trained for that purpose as others are to their several trades ; the clergy taking no pains whatever to " incline the twig to grow a 6 tatf ly tree . " Mr . Prior then adverted to the Becond point of his lecture , —the power of production , ana the means of distribution , —showing , by statistical returns , that our present power of production is equal to 400 millions a-year , and that there is sufficient power , animate and inanimate , to produce subsistence for a population of 300 millions . All , therefore , that we waut is a proper distribution ; so that each individual may be able to consume equivalent to their poodnco . On the third
pointthat of government—Mr . P . enlarged to some extent . He observed that , " experience has proved in all ages , that those who think will always be enabled to govern those who toil ; consequently , those who neglect to think , lose their produce and their independence at the same time . " He urged on his hearers , therefore , to become thinkers ; to make themselves thoroughly acquainted with the constitution of society , and to understand the law of our nature ; for , assuredly , wherever the latter is in opposition to a law of society , the law of society will be violated . Mr . Prior ' s address was very well received ; an animated discussion ensued , and the meeting dispersed , much edified by the evening ' s proceedings .
Ludicrous Affair . —This afternoon , shortly after two o ' clock , a gentleman , who had every appearance of being one of the higher class of society , hailed the van used for the conveyance of prisoners to and from the police offices to the different metropolitan prisons . The driver , thinking he was a magistrate , pulled up , and the gentleman walked to the back , and was in the act of stepping in , when the policeman , who is stationed at | the entrance , informed him that he could not allow him to enter , as the van was used only for the conveyance of prisoners . "Eh ! " said the gentleman , I thought it was the Belgrave Square omnibus , and , 1 can assure you , I have no wish to be an inmate of a prison . " It rained at the time , and both the driver and conductor had on a Macintosh , which covered their uniform .
Awful Instabcb o * Stjdde * Diath . —Thia afternoon , an inquest was held before Mr . Carter , Coroner for Surrey , at the Horse and Groom , Great Guildford-street , Sosthwark , on view of the body of Mrs . Elixabeth Carr , aged sixty-seven years , the wife of a broker residing in Holland-street , Blackfriars , who expired suddenly in the street , on her return home from chapel , on Sunday evening last . Verdict , " Died by the visitation of God . " Drunkenness and Suicide . —Yesterday , an inqnest was held before Mr . Carter , Coroner for Surrey , at the Cobourg Arms , Esher , on view of the body of Thomas Wellbeioved , aged thirty-seven years . It appeared , from the evidence , that the deceased was the son of a master baker , living at Esher , and for some time past he has given way to continual intoxication . On Saturday last , he threw himself into a pond of water , belonging to William Spicer , Esq . Verdict , " Temporary insanity . "
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WEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE . Reported Death of Mr . Fainlough . —We are happy to have it in our power to contradict the statement of this gentleman's death , which appeared in our last number . He still lives to advocate the cause of the people . The accoant of his death sent to us , was so circumstantial in all its details , that we did not hesitate to insert it ; bnt it now turns out that it was a stupid hoar . We have received a letter from Mr . Fainlough himself , in which he requests us to furnish him with the name of our informant . We do not recollect the name at present , nor have we the manuscript at hand to refer to ; but if it should torn up we wiU let him know . ' ¦
GABUSXiE . Eden Lodge op Free Gardeners at Carlisle . — —A somewhat singular case , regarding this body , came on in the Town-Hall , on Wednesday , Dec . 2 d , before Messrs . Fawcitt and Slator , Esqrs . It appeared that one of the members , Mr . A . G . Deans had summoned all the office-bearers of the society ( nine in number ) to show cause why they had suspended him for six months from the benefits of the sooiety . It appeared that the case was one of peculiar hardship towards Mr . Deans . The whole of the office-bearers were present , with the exception of one individual , and numerous other members . Mr . Christopher Wannop , solicitor , stated the case for Mr . Deans . He said that Mr . Deans had been
expelled from enjoying the benefits of the society contrary to the rules , and as they were sanctioned as the rules ; of a sick society , the case came under the jurisdiction of the magistrates . Mr . Deans had notonly been illegally expelled , but the most arbitrary and unfriendly spirit had been practised towards him ; for instance , they had passed a resolution to the effect , " Thatno master gardener should either communicate or converse with brother Deans directly or indirectly . ' If such proceedings were sanctioned , great injury might arise to a person like Mr . Deans , who was carrying on a very respectable business as a grocrr , and was afro connected with a coaching establishment . Mr . John Saville , one of the party summoned , stated that they suspended Mr . Deans for six months , as the mo 3 t merciful way they could deal with him , as he was a very troublesome and contumacious member , and evidently had the destruction of the society in view . Mr . Fawcitt—Can
you show that you have acted in accordance with the rules of the society , for it appears from the 27 th rule , that you ought first to have fined Mr . Deans sixpenoe , then reprimanded him , and if he continued disorderly and contumacious , then they could expel him . Mr . Sewili—We never fined him , but he has been reprimanded . Mr . Fawcitt—Then you have not acted in accordance with the rules , and I restore Mr . Deans to all the benefits of the society . Mr . Wannop—Of course you will allow costs . Mr . Fawcitt—Certainly . The costs were then paid , and tke party left the hall , evidently very dissatisfied with the decision of the magistrates . Such proceedings towards a brother member is very overbearing , and contrary to that spirit of brotherly love for which they take credit in the preface of their rules : —|* Brethren bo ye all of one mind , having compassion one of another ; love as brethren ; be pitiful , be courteous ; not rendering evil for evil , or railing for railing ; but contrariwise blessing . "
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TO MR . THOMAS IRELAND . SIR , —You have made some strictures on a lecture which I delivered in Greenock , without ascertaining from me whether or not t !« e language reported waa made use of by me . To say the very least of it , you have acted an unfair part towards me , and , judging from your expressions , I would imagine that you , an utter stranger to me , entertained a hostile feeling towards a man whose strength , health , and means have been unsparingly expended in the cause of the wtrking men . You have had time enough to apply to me , and you might , for my information , have inserted the whole of the obnoxious paragraph to which yon allude . I will always afford you any . information which you may require , and shall be the last to complain if you prove me to be in tbe wrong .
You have this time wasted your remarks in vain * because , from what I remember of ray lecture in Qreenock , I wis contrasting the compensation received by the slave owners , with the robbery practised upen the hand-loom weavers , and after claiming tbe whole of the land for the British labourers , I said that the very Umt compensation which could be given by the Government to the starving weavers , should have been the waste land of England and Scotland . I waa not discussing so much tbe abstract right of the working man to possess the land , and tat the fruits thereof , as I was comparing the infamous transaction of the dav compensation , with the inhuman desertion of the plundered weaver , by the self-same Government . If compensation has been laid down as a principle by tbe Government , how is it that the band-loom weaver receives no compensation f and 'which party have the better right to it , the prqfitnumgers in human fkah , or the plundered producers of human clothing ? If you desire any other information , direct to me at Mr . John Legg ' s , 40 , Ceorge's-street , Aberdeen , aa late as the 12 th of December , and , in the meantime , I remain , Sir , A thorough-going Chartist , And aomtthing mart , P . M . M'Douall . Breebln , Dee . 7 th , 1840 .
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TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Fbllow-Charthts , — " These are the times to try men ' s souls ; " these are the times when every man must be prepared to act unitedly and determinedly in exposing the ¦ offering and wrongs of himself and fellow working men , and enlisting into the ranks of democracy all those who have hitherto remained aloof and Inactive , and diffusing that political knowledge which will be the mean * of altering the condition of our fellow-countrymen * and raising them to that station which God and nature designed them . Let me impress upon you the necessity of unity , organiaation , and determination for the purpose of accomplishing that object , ( the principles of our glorious Charter , ) which will most assuredly end in giving peace and contentment to the miserable and impoverished people of this country .
Remember that on New Year ' s Day you are called upon to do your duty to those three nobles of nature , Messrs . Frost , Williams , and Jones , who are now undergoing miseries tea times more horrible than death , and compelled to drag out an existence revolting to human nature , for the advocacy of those rights which you are now contending for , and for advocating which , hundreds of the best of men are immured in the bloody bastlles of our faithful friends , tbe excellent Whigs and Tories . Let me impress upon you the necessity of joining , without delay , the Natitnal Charter Association of Great Britain , by instantly forming yourselves into classes—by contributing to the support of the Executive Council—by distributing tracts among the unenlightened
of your fellow-countrymen—by sending all spare espies of the Northern Star , and all other democratic newspapers , to poor , deluded Ireland—by electing lecturers , and supporting them in their endeavours to promulgate the glorious and sacred principles of democracy—by meeting the factions , and meeting them by argument , at every meeting called by them , for whatever purpose ; and enforce your clainiB upon the Saxon and West of England gentlemen , first , by argument , and then by submitting resolutions , expressive of your determination to agitate for nothing less than the principles contained in the People's Charter , and to secure the return of our beloved countrymen , Frost , Williams , and Jones , and the liberation of all persons confined for upholding tke principles of the Charter .
Trusting that you will seriously and calmly consider the principles contained in these few lines , and , as far as lies in your power , act up to them fearlessly and faithfully , deviating neither to the right band nor to the left , but pursuing tbe straightforward course laid down by the most excellent of men , I remain , In the undying cause of liberty , Faithfully yours , William H . Cotto * . Birmingham , Deo . 6 th , 1840 .
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? TO THE EDITOR OF TUB NORTHERN STAR . Sin , —Having upwards of six yean faithfully atted upon the principle of total abstinence from intoxicating liquors , we feel called upon to state , that our attachment to that principle , and onr conviction of its importance , increases daily . The dangers from which it bos preserved us , the benefits it has conferred ipon us , tbe good that it has enabled us to do , are such as to afford us the highest satisfaction of mind . We , therefore , request that you will append our names to the noble address signed by yourself , Hessra . Cleavo , Hetherington , and Vincent
We have great pleasure ia acquainting yon , that neatly every officer connected with the Charter Association in Sunderland , a considerable majority of its members , and most of the leading Chartists in the county , are total abstainer * . Let other district * imitate their example , and Frost , Williams , and Jones will soon be restored to their native land , and the Charter established through the downfall of the tyrant system , of which drinking is the chief prop . Of the drumluurd it baa been truly
said" To him corrmption ' s panders preach . — To him their lore the despot * teach ; He shouts for shark , he fights for leech , He drinks for every jobber ' s job . Thus toil is robbed , and thieves are paid , By men like him are states betrayed ; Of such materials mobs are made . And tyrants often want a mob . " We are , Sir , yours respectfully , J . Williams . George Binhs . P . S . We vent » re to suggest the propriety > nd advantage of publishing , in an early number of the Star , say the 2 o'th December , the names of all officers of the Charter Associations , all Chartist missionaries , and all imprisoned Chartists , who are willing to sign the address , and act upon the abstinence principle .
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_ . TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Fellow -Countrymen , —We , the National Victfts . Committee , take the liberty of addressing you on behalf ef the Whig-made widows and the orphan chiW dren , knowing if we make the call you will respond , and come forward with your support , if that call tm just ; it is justice and support we are seeking for tbe brave men ' s wives and families that are suffering themselves to be tortured under the hands of the merciless Whigs , because they will nat give up one iota of their principles to satisfy the cravings of the hungry and blood-thirsty , and ravenous factions ; will you sit in silent composure , and sit and look on with an unpity-Ing eye at persecuted and insulted justice and humanity , and allow the families of these brave men to suffer front hunger and starvation , and to pine away in misery and . wretchedness , and not try to comfort their heart-breaking sufferings in the hour of trouble and want ; will you allow the factions to point their unhallowed fingers of scorn , saying , there's our victims ; and where is tb *
sympathy and support of the people ? Forbid it Chaatiats , yea , forbid it heaven , forbid it every lover of liberty and humanity ! Will you allow a double suffeBing to come upon the families of the brave men that as * in prison ; first to be deprived of their guardian snpportei and protector , through advocating your and our cause , the cause of liberty and justice , the cause of equal political rights and privileges 9 and , secondly , to Bee an indifferent people in thost that cheered them on in the good work of the Chartey and political regeneration ? We know that you arm oppressed , and your means are very small ; but small as they are , when all put together , and directed into one focus , you can , with your mites , support them with honour to yourselves , and with paia and vexation to oui tyrant factions that consigned them te the gloomy dungeon , to the tread-mill , and , alas ! across th * Atlantic , to return no more . A voice of thunder answers
NO , THEY SHALL RETURN ! Fellow-Country men , —We cannot pass this opportunity without expressing to you the necessity of bringing together , into one common focus , yourexe * - tions on behalf of these victims of a treacherous faction , Frost , Williams , and Jones , ¦ where every man's individual exertions are required , as if their fate depended upon himself . Then , fellow-countrymen , prepare ; let us commence the new year with credit to ourselves , and justice , justice , justice , to the exiles ; be up and doing , the time ia short ; by your united
exertions you will not only bring the exiles to their homes , to their country , but to a people that sympathises with persecuted justice and humanity . By your united exertions you can not only bring home the patriots , but support the families of the brave men that are immured within the walls of a gloomy hell ; not only this can you do , by your united exertions , bat you can overthrow the city of corruption , and on its rains raiae the pure temple of liberty and justice to all ; wher * all men shall be free , where all men shall be equal before the law , the landlord , and the peasant , the money monster and the artisan .
Fellow-CouHtrymen , —We say . Frost , Williams , and Jones , Universal Suffrage and no Surrender , be your motto ; we , the committee , hope and trust , that on * friends throughout the country will look to the families in their respective localities , and not see them , want ; but immediately communicate their circumstances to our secretary , Mr . P . Shorrocks , 70 , Gunstreet , Great Ancoats-street , where their sufferings shall , as far as our funds will permit , have theix sufferings relieved . We request our friends in Wales to send as the account of all their victims , their
residences , and the number of each family ; and from all oiher placeB that have not , to immediately do so ; and all communications to come through the secretary of the associations in their respective districts , and yom will oblige the committee . Our next balance sheet will appear on December the 26 th , and all monies received up to that time will be duly acknowledged . William Maddocks , Signed , Andrew Melville , James Wheeler , John Millingtok .
Samuel Chamberlaih , President , Peter Shorrocks , Secretary . P . S . We request that all oar friends that have not received any support from the committee , to immediately communicate with us , and be particular in sending their address to Mr . P . Shorrocks , 7 , Gmnstreet , Great Ancoats-atreet . Manchester , Dec 7 . 1840 .
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On Sunday , the 6 th inst ., at Almondbary . Mr . Charles Boothroyd , of Armitage Bridge , near Hudderefield , to Miss Waterhouse , of Berry Brow . On Monday , the 7 th \ iast ., at Kirkheaton , Mr John Folgate , woolsorter , Armitano Bridge , t * Ellen , daughter of Mr . Joshua Gledhill , Browa Cow Inn , Berry Brow , near Huddersfield . DEATH 8 . On Thursday , the 26 th ult ., Mr . David Dyson . aged 38 years , butcher , Armitage Bridge , near Huddersfield . He was greatly respected by a larg » circle of acquaintances and friends , and has left » wife and four , children to lament his loss . On the 2 nd inst ., after a long and pa jrul illness . Mr . Henry Nelson , hair-dresser , of this wwn , Met 29 years . _ ' ~ mi Wednesday last , aged 22 , deaply regretted , Theresa , wife of Mr . Stephen Chappel , of the Leeds Pottery .
The Five Star Portraits For The Next Twelve Months.
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Sir , —In looking over the columns of your invaluable Journal for Saturday last , I found many things calculated to inspire the Chartists with renewed , vigour , and many articles from which much benefit may be derived by the reflecting mind . it is truly pleasing to hear of the rapid progress which the sacred cause of Chartism is now making in every province of this country . The zeal of the advocates of universal right—the ardour , act ivity , and firmness of the operative portion of the community , and the shifts , tricks , and subterfuges of the opponents of the Charter , are certain presages of the speedy overthrow of Whig and Tory domination , and of our approximation to that glorious era when " man o ' er man shall not be lord , " bnt the full measure of right be equally post sensed by all . .
This is the " consummation devoutly to be wished ;• for this our patriots have long struggled—for this they have sacrificed domestic comfort—for thla they hava suffered and are suffering insults , persecutions , prosecotiona , imprisonment , banishment , and ( to use a Scriptural phrase ) •< deaths many . " But , Sir , while we rejoice at the advance of our cause , and tender the meed of praise to our neble-minded advocates , it is necessary that we be watchful , and , as we proceed , take care that no declension is allowed to take deep root among us ; and as it ia better to cruBh an evil in its bud , I will , with yom permission , make a remark or two on a paragraph which I find in yaw Third Edition for last Saturday , page 8 , column 4 .
It appears that two persons ( Andrew Gardner and Joseph Jones ) have collected a sum of money in Leeds for Mrs . Frost , and for the wives and famW lies of the imprisoned Chartists . So far , they hav « done well ; but I further find that their well-doing has not been gratultoua , for five shillings is taken from the subscriptions for Mrs . Frost , and s like sum from that for the wives and families of tha imprisoned Chartists as wages paid for collecting . " Now , Sir , I really cannot understand such patriotism * it smacks very strongly of jobbing , and is indicative of a greater love of gain than sympathy for the sufferers , on the part of the collectors . Surely , Chartists might be found who would willingly sacrifice a few hours ta > the service of the Whig-made widow of the expatriated patriot , and to obtaia means to alleviate the sufferings of the distressed wives and families of those now lingering in the cheerless cell for opposing the tyrants *
power , and labouring to promote the common weal But here we find men who would mulct the widows * mite , and tax the orphans' bite for doing that which cost them naught . Yes . Sir , I repeat they suffered no loss , they made no sacrifice of time while soliciting ttoB donations of the persons whose names are mentioned aa donors . They -were engaged in the recent" dog fight , " and the money was collected during the canvass fov their pet candidate , or in other words , while subserving the purposes of the " Fox and Goose Club ; " this is very evident from the names of the subscribers , who , we all know , were principal actors in the Whig and Tory combat , and who would sooner have consigned th » wives and families to the fate of their husbands and fathers , rather than have given the fraction of a farthing to soothe their sorrows , had they not been influenced at tile time by motives more approximating to setfinterest and party purposes .
Now , Sir , I would ask the " collectors" if they wer * paid for their services as whippers-ln at the late municipal election . * . If so , why do they accept a two-foM remuneration ? If not , why is their time of greatei value when spent in the cause of suffering humanity ( had they lost atiy timelj than when spent in the serrica of rival factions ! I would also suggest to the collectors , the auditoi , or some othsr individual connected with the affair , the necessity of furnishing the readers of the Star with the dates on which the subscriptions were given ; be » cause , from the names of the subscribers and the sums given , your readers cannot but conclude that the sum »
^^ have been divided by the collectors f « the purpose of having a double remuneration . Did Mr . Ayrey givtf 5 s . on the Monday , and 15 s . on the Tuesday ? Did Mb . Cawood give 10 s . on the Wednesday , and 10 s . onth * Thursday , &c . &c If they did not , but gave theit 20 s . at one and the same time , then ought the disinterested collectors to have made their account thus >—For Mrs Frost ... ... £ 2 7 0 For the wives and families of the imprisoned Chartists 114 0 For collecting ... ... 0 6 * For dividing the . money between Mrs . Frost , tbe wives and families , and ourselves ... 0 5 * Total ... £ 4 11 0 I leave the collectors to their own reflections , and trust that no Chartist who may receive money for tbl poor victims or their families , will follow the exampH of the worthies adverted to . A Watchman , Leeds , December 8 th , 1840 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 12, 1840, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2714/page/5/
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