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jjt persons with , families , -with a fixedness of jtsj&Bce , with a perfect knowledge of what jeasiitTites cheap and dear bread , relatively wd -jsuTely , and , in short , the very parties who are ifeZj to be most interested in the question and to i 3 ? sF * l i about it ; and theBe we find are the very pities who would strengthen the aristocracy , and perpetuate the Com Laws . Now , after all this , we jheskl be most happy to know who or what the pre-I 0 i Government , with a minority in the House of Cssunona , a fading support among their own selfereated electoral *> W » "wbolly detested , abhorred , despised , and hated by the whole people , laughed a ; bt -. heir friends , and without the shadow of talent jipoBg the whole press of the country at their back ;
Tiro and what , we would ask , do they represents h it the Pope , the Devil , or the Pretender ! The jtiitors speak of little Jack RrssEix as the greatest Irving authority upon the English Constitution , and FiaXe use of some- extracts from a speech of Charles Jcx ' s , in 1782 , nearly sixty years since , by which ti-. ; would measare present opinion . Now , we only t-jil our friends that if the said Chables James Fox liisalri now rise from the dead , and be lauded in Liverpool from soice other place by steam , the « Biiel to be moored by parties whose language he didn ' t understand , and should he then be conducted li-coe to Manchester by the railway , still removing i . " . English signs and tokens , and should he be there placed in a rattls-box , and asked where he was , his answer would be—Gentlemen , I am either in
Hell or Bedlam , but certainly not in England , The Editors say they have now done with Staxsfeld , and , consequently , we have done with them ; but we cannot take leave of the parties without returning out nearly thanks to Mr . Stassfeld . 11 he , Mr . Sixssfeld , deserve no other thanks for his incomprehensible , incomparable , and nonsensical mixture of ill-fitting piety , and badly applied , and worse told , travellers' tales , than those due to him for haying extracted thirteen ¦ words of truth from the . fOBTH . sa . f gk . vtlkxan , for that alone he is entitled to veneration , esteem , and a patent . We
knew well that even able men could not play at this franchise deril on two sticks , without letting the devil fall , while the two combatants who engaged , quite unequal to the task , have , in every word , line , and sentence , distinctly , plainly , and conclusively proved the necessity of the very measure which both sought to smother , Univer-Bal Suffrage ; and , indeed , so just is that measure in principle , that we defy even politicians to argue the question of Suffrage in any shape without coming to tha same conclusion ; and hence the proper , the wise , and cautious silence of the discreet portion of the press upon the subject .
The Editors have cooked a ? urions plumpudling for their Christmas friends ; and yet so ignorant , sottish , and nose-led are those who read the Mercury , that , we venture to assert , nine out of every ten of the creatures have stuck the whole catalogue of nonsens * and extracts in their albums . Good-bye , Mereury , and we thank you ; for , in faith , you have done more in three letters to damn "Wliggery , eternally , irrevocably , and irredeemably , than , with the best intentions , we have been able to do in as many years . God bless you ! while we regret that Stasspbld should have deprived you of the Cobbett patent in your old age , for you have ipoken TEE TRUTH ; and hence we head our comment THE MIRACLE 1
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Ik consequence of the subjoined resolution , passed Borne time since by a meeting of Delegates , we have received instructions from Mr . O'Coxsoa , to say , that he had rescinded his intention to raise the price of the Star to 5 d . on Christmas Day , and that he will pay the expence of Mr . Brass ' s mission entirely from his own pocket . We are not sorry that bis friends have lent O'CoH-toBthi 3 r » p on the knuckles . ; we only hope that it may teach him wisdom . Too ready generosity is seldom rightly estimated ; we have often told him so ; and this will perhaps convince him . " We haie many times requested that the price of the Star should not be altered , because we knew it to operate prejudicially to its interests , and we knew its interests to be identified with those of the people . The following is the resolution referred to , and which was passed at the Durham County Delegate Meeting : —
" The meeting expressed their disapprobation of the non-insertion by the editor of the Northern Star of the report of the puWic tea . giTen at Sonderlaad to ilessn . Byrne , Owen , and Dergan , and of tie explanatory remarks furnished by Mr . X > eeg £ n respecting the foreign policy meeting at tie same place ; and a ! so of its appointment of missionaries by Mr . O'Connor , or any other irresponsible party , the meeting being of opinion that all such appointments ought to be made by the people themselTes , or by tht = EiecutiTe Conscil at Manchester , who are tbe responsible servants of the Chartiit body ; and that , if Mr . O'Conner be inelined to contribute to the support of missioEaries to hand his contributions over to the Executive Council to be iupiied by that body for that purpose . "
We may , in passing , say , that Mr . O'Connor neTer did appoint Mr . Byrne , or any other missionaryhe merely re-commended ( too hastily , as we then thought , but had not opportunity of communicating with him ) leaving the appointment to the district who might wish his services . Many localities were inxiouB to Enap at the advantage , from some of which ( after Mr . Btkse had been engaged , and Mr . Owe * had declined the offer ) we received letters expressing their disappointment in no very measured or courteous terms—terms , which , in fact , precluded our replying , otherwise tnan as we now do . Before leaving the subject , let us just , for mere curiosity , ask two questions , firstly , what would have been the resolution if any other newspaper proprietor had given his first £ 5 , and even upon the
Rrength of it , had appointed a missionary for the the first month ; why , eternal votes of thanks and confidence , of course . Again , how happens it that the appointees of the Russian missionaries , so busy in this Tery place , were no ; inquired into ; were they appointed by the Executive Council ? Bah ! it ' s pastry ! The fact is , O'Cossoa has iurfeiied some People by doing too much ; and here let us add to his condemnation , by stating that , since his incarceration , he has given to Cuartist nctima , Chartist food ? , and Chartist purposes , the small sum of jSIIO from his private purse . Thank God , the price of the Star wiil be no more altered , and that Feaugcs O'Coksob has got a atop on the liberal * ide of the check . These are merry times when Oen are denounced for aiding the cause with their pockets , while their bodies are in limbo .
^' e hope O'CohSoa wiil be satisfied with the " vake" he has received for his twelve pounds . For our own shore of the Delegates' "disapprobation , " we shall mi-rely take leave to tell them , that we tlaim the right to render such service as we can to the good cause , in accordance with our own judgment , and that we thall suffer no dictation in the selection of such matters of intelligence as may or may not appear in the columns of the Star .
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MR . BI > NS AND MR . LOWERY . Ma . Joh * Biifiis , to whom Mr . Lowebt ad-Crefced his HazSO ~ Paimessttox letter from Paris , l * s replied in a letter from which we purposed Presenting some excellent passages this week , but pace forbids . If opportunity permit we shall probably do so next week .
THE MANCHESTER VICTIMS . We hope that the letter of Richaedsos , in our ** st , will , ere ihi 3 , have had the effect of inducing toe Manchester men to see that bail of the best Character be ready for him and the others who need K on their liberation , and that the triumphal entry « the patriots into Manchester will be of such a waracter as to make the galled jadea of faction wince and wither under the withering consciousness wat their day is done .
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MR . OASTLER . we have this week seen a private letter from Mr . nnun-HLT to a friend , in which he says : — " Mr . «• i « in the Flfcet ; he calls upon hia friends for wutdary * id ; he asks if his friends are deterged to allow the King , the Queen , and the rnneess to starve I He says that he will , if he is ^ Mied to do to by his friends , on the first Satur-~* y la January , publish a second pamphlet , entitled f * pers from the Fleet ; or , Letters to Thornhill , fjf- 0 . '" bcveral of Mr . O . 's friends in Hud-^ sfield have eouimenced a subscription for the report of Mrs . 0 . during the incarceration of her j ^ inti , and for enhancing the comfort of the Uid King" in his durance . We fervently trust j ?* ' tfeiB example will be generally followed , and that * « fi 6 Dtir * - < s « . r !* of this afctf ^ rtnin « d fne tn nnr . rusinn
J p be made to feel the littieness of their triumph . J *« understand that a committee is about to be l ^ td in L «« d s , to eoniust t > f the Short Time Com-« " «« s and o : her friends of Mr . Uasileb , in erdtr h " ^ k * lDat we' '" trifcd friend of the factory child ; is auptd that other towns will " go imd do like"ise /
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The Spbcihess for Bamsley were ient by Cocker-Aam ' s , addretsed to B . Havue , and ought to have been delivered several days ago . Wm Ehmeksok , op arxold . —iv * . ' JOEH Rai ^ sley . —We cannot help ihe " dissatisfaction : " ice must consult the interest of the wnole country , aud not solely the gratification of a small section . We shall alicays exercise our o \ cn judgment in either curtailing or icitholding , if necessary , any matter sent to us . Joas Pare and William Pens , Councillors of the Chartiit Asoociation , unsh their names appended to the Total Abstinence Address . Jakes Dbubt . — The Paper teas tent as ttsual : the same to George Cunningham . J . Bailet . —The Specimen has been tent ; but the others are not yet re adv .
A Halifax Shareholder it in ormed that no transfer of Shares will be recogniaed unless sanctioned by ,. Mr . O'Connor , irhese consent can be obtained by applying at the Office . J . Hets , WiGXTf . —jhe Papers for him were posted at the same time as Ramsdalc ' s , and if not delivered in time teat not our fault : xcrite to the Postmaster-General , Post office , London . C . Wilkisos , Bradford . —A Specimen was sent to Ellis for you . Can have ichat you desire the first time either of you are down . George Thohas , Cheltenham . —There is 10 * . noticed for Mrs . Frost in the Star of the oth : if that is not the 10 * . inquired about it never came here . Thk Following Agkkts will receive their Plates from A . Heywood , 60 , Oldham-strcet , Manchester : —
Batemen 3 Buckley 3 Chambers 1 De « -gan 2 Halton ... ..... 2 Blackkhaw ... 2 Walton l Greaves 1 Mieklekiiwaite 1 Jiather 2 Grime 1 Cook l Sch-aeld 1 Hobson 1 Richardson ... 1 From J . Guest . — Mr . Cooper ... 1 " Mr . Mansell ... 1 Pbteb Fettes . — The second eopy was forwarded . R . Wightha . n , Shilbottle must send money first . FOB THE WIVES AND FAMILIES OF THE INCARCERATED CHiSTlSrS . £ x . d . From a Bandonian 0 0 6 „ Aliofts , per F . M . C . ... 0 1 4 „ do ., per D . E . G . ... 0 1 6 „ a few Engineers at Messrs . Miitert and RavenhilVs , by M . H . 0 3 6 „ Stokcsley , p ? r Mr . Hcbden ... 1 0 0 Mansfield , from the Co-operative Society , No . \ , Pingle 0 5 O „ the Chartists ut Smedley ' sbuildihys 0 5 0 FROM SHREWSBURY . For Peddie 3 0 „ . Carrier ... ... ... 3 6 „ Lrown 2 0 o a o
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Hick ' s Chartist Soxg-book . —We purposed introducing this htt . e work to our read e rs this w «><; k , but have not room , save for the pasting notice that it should be in tne hands of every Chartist for the great demonstrations in the two next weeks . The price is only twopence , and the songs are of a sterling patriotic character , and many of them no-. bad poetry . The Chartist Almanac . —Thi 3 publication is now issued in an altered form—the sheet shape having been changed for the more convenient one of a book . This is a change which we at first recommended to the parties , and wiil make it much more portable and convenient . Wo trust no Chartist in Yorkshire will suffer the season to pass without tetvvc one .
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In another } srt of our paper vro have detailed the circumstances which led to the sawyers' turn-uat in tbe town of Aseton-under-Lfne . Aaiongit the rest , Mr . Richard WhkSeld , joiner , builder . 4 c , who employed sawyers on his premises , finding that Mh former workmen did not choote to accept the reduced rate of wages , "was obliged to procure fresh hands ; an ' , amongst others , he was applied to hy two youDg men . named Benjamin C » oper and James C jopsr , from Tintwistle , in Cheshire , for employment . As thtir character ! "were fuued to bt- unexceptionable , he at once accepted their services ; but the rate of wages at which they agreed to work is entirely unknown to any person
except Mr . "WhitSe-ld and themselves . On their fi ^ st comweEcing work , they were soon discovered by tbe Sawyers' Union , which meets at the house of Mr James Whitehead , the King ' s Head Inn , in the Old Square , Ashton ; and the turn-outs , having found means to communist * with the two C # opers , invited them to come down to their club-bouse , on the first Saturday evening after they had commenced working . The Cooper * consented , and attended the club-room , where they * ere treated with drink , strong efforts being made to intoxicate them ; and many rather pointed questions were put to them , in order to ascertain what wages they received . They obstinately declined to give any information on thi * subject ; and the only aatisfaction the tnrn-outs could obtain was from Benjamin Cooper ,
who plainly told them that , as they ( the turn-outs ) had " pTen him a lift '" imeaning that they had taken work which be had left , when a lower rate of wage * w& > offered Mm ) , thty could not object to hie giving them , a " lift" now ; and that as soon ts he could get work in hia « ountry ( Cheihire ) he would return to it In the forenoon of Friday week , the 4 th inrtant , two turn-outs , named John Williams , ( whose real name is Williamson ) from Staleybridge , and William Shaw , of Aiaton , Tisited Mr . Whitfield'c -v "^ s , and had tome conversation with Benjamis Cejper , wjo was at bis work , and who is what is technically termed the "top sawyer , " being engaged above ground at the sawpit ( his companion below ); and he agreed to pay for
some beer far them at his lodgings . Shaw and Williamson went there , where they were joined by the Coopers at dinner time , and had some ale , After dinner the Coopers went to their work ; and , in the c « ur&e of the evening , wtre engaged in lining ( marking ) a piece of timber which was about to be sawn , when some miscreants discharged at tbem either a gun or pistol , loaded with sparrow shot , which all lodged in the boards of which the shed is formed—fortunately without injuring either of them . The miscreant * , faTonre ^ . by the darkness , immediately escaped . Mr . Whiifield , when acquainted with the circumstances of thia coid-blooded attempt , made all the inquirits in his power ; but nothing could bs learned respecting the dastardly assassins .
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From that time , until the eTening of Friday tost , no , hmn particular happened , when about six o ' clock , tbe crcumstances now to be detailed , took place . The Coopers were just commencing work , to eras-cut a ah » rt piece of foreign oak timber , when , without any previous notice or noise being heard by either of them , a , most terrific explosion took place close to the side of tte fched in which they were working . The noise of the discharge resembled that of a small piece e ! artUlery , fired close to the spot ; and Benjamin Cooper who was jostinthe act of stepping upon the loVor wood , which had been placed upon the bearers for the purpose of been sawn , exclaimed to James Cooper who was in the pit below , ¦• Oh , I am dene for ! " He almost instantaneously reeled to the end of the saw-pit ; and James Cooper , who was at first rendered inseusi . Die by the concussion , as soon as he recovered his
senses went to his assistance . No footsteps were heardbut it was seen at once that some piece of fire-arms of large calibre had been discharged through the aide of the shed , for the wood planking which formed the uord of the shed had be * n blown away for the space of seven ;! inches ; and , upon examining the opposite side of the &he 4 , it was found that several large slugs hal entered the planks , and some of them perforated them , baying been scattered in such a way as to make it utterly impossible that they could have been discharged wuk of an ordinary musket or fowling-piece , and the Urge size of the slugs rendered it equally improbable that they had been discharged from the barrel of a pistol . A joiner , named Hadfield , who was at work in a shed adjoining the saw-pit , waa alarmed
so at the explosion , that he had not at first the couraee to go and inquire what had been the matter . He was , however , soon alarmed bj Benjamin Cooper , who called to him to go and help him ; a . rui he sprung over hb bench in the dark , and found Benjamin Cooper sitting , wounded in several places . He waa taken to Mrs . Wood ' s , the Swan Inn , as Boon as practicable ; and Mr . Whitfield having been , sent for , he called in Mr . Cbeetham and Mr . Broadbeut , surgeong ; and the poor man was examined , and bis wounds probed . Two or three slu ^ s of large siie had entered his groin -, and one had penetrated , it is stated , as far as the colon , at K-ast two of them inflicting mortal wounds . Upon examining the shed in which the man had bren working , it was found that one slug , about
three quarters of an ounce in weight , had passed through an inch board , and had lodged in the roof of a woodU-n shed adjoining . Cooper , as it may be supposed , mourned piteously ; his thoughts being diracted ' to his poor wife and two children , the eldest ef whom is not more than about six years of age , and bis wife is ag lin near her confinement ; he exclain . ed repeatedly that he was done for , and he wa 3 certain that he must shortly die ( Mi opirion which the surgeons in attendance considered it mere hypocrisy to contradict ); and his continual exclamation was , " Oh , what will become of my poor wife and children ! gentlemen , do stab me . " The poor man lingered in great pain , his extremities being cold , until nbout eight o ' clock the same evening , when he expired . He was attended in his last momenta
by the R ^ v . John Handfortb , curate of the p ^ i-ish chuTch , and the Rev . Mr . Quirk , bus newly-appointed coadjutor , who hastened to the bed-side of the dying man the moment they heard of what had taken place . It is impossible to conceive the consternation which this diabolical act occasioned in the neighbourhood . The noise occasioned by the discharge of the infernal machine was heard all over the town ; nay , it actually shook the houses in the immediate vicinity of the spot where it occurred ; but the most remarkable thing about the matter is , that , with the exception of Mr Whitfield ' s own men about the yard , nobody thought of inquiring into rhe matter , until it was known that one of Mr . W . ' s t » wyers was shut Mr . W . immediately after procuring the surgeons , gave information to the
pohca ; and Xewt-m , tbe deputy-constable , although labouring under serious injuries ( inflicted upon him by a party of drunken soldiers belonging to the 68 th foot ) , immediately went to the spot , and examined the place wLers the shot had been fired . Nothing could then be found which could afford the slightest clue to the villains who had discharged the fatal shot . The ground , a jiece of unenclosed waste , was examined ; but no oue could be found , the locality beiug such as to afford ample opportunity for an immediate escape . In the course of the evening , James Lord , Esq ., one of tl » e Ash ton magisimtts , was informed of the murder ; an 4 , with Mr . Heivry Hall , one of the clerks to the magistrates , attended at the police-office , where they remained till a late hour . Mr . Nowton , in
consequence of some suspicious circumstances , apprehended three men , named E . I ward Davies , and Samuel and Henry Hard wick ( brothers ) , the secretary and stewards of the sawyers' union ; and Mr . Gat ' . ey , the deputy-constable of Stalyoridge , apprehended John Williams , or Williamson , the party before alluded to . The police also visited the house of Mr . Whitehead , in the Old square , and asked both Mr . and Mrs Whitehead which waa the box belonging to the sawyers' union ; both the landlord and landlady said , that they did not know which was the sawyers' boi la denial which , it is almost need ; ess to state , waa not believed ); but , Keys , one of the officers , having been left in charge of all the club boxes in the house , accurate information was eventually obtained , and the sawyers' box was aeiied .
On Monday aft ernoon , the saw dust in the pit had not been sifted ; and it is , therefore , possible , that other slugs may yet be found . Across the waste ground to the left is tho nearest w&y to the centre of the town ; but , from the nature of thu ground , i ; affords great facilities for escape nvspirc-ived . Mr . Whitfield ' s residence is a little higher up the Stalybridge road , to the right of the plan . During Saturday and Sunday , the place was visited by thousands of persons ; and the soft cl . iy , which at first exhibited the impressions of the deadly impltraem used , \» a » soon trodden down by the footsteps of the curious . — On Saturday forenoon , at a distance uf twenty or thirty yards from the shed , in the waste ground , was found an instrument , which there can be little doubt
was the " infernal machine" used on the occasion . It is a pk-ce of iron pipe , forming a juint of a snam-pipe , or of a service-pipe for waUr , about twenty inches in length , of considerable thickness , with a short arm or elbow at « ne end ; the short elbow being plupged with melted lead and a wooden stopper ; the length from the touch-hole to the mouth of the pipe at the end of the long ariii being about seventeen inches ; the tore at leasi two inches . —There ia no wonder that the rtpurt from this mun . ' erous engine was a loud one , as it would take a coniiderable quantity of powder to charge it ; and a « there are proofs in the ! xxiy of the unfortunate deceased , and in the timber on the opposite boards of the saw-pit ,
that its charge had contained not less than eight heavy leaden slugs , of brpe si »? . This pips on the outside was very rough and uneven , its surface U-ing deeply comxitd by rust in many plact-B , as if it had been lain exposed to the atmosphere . But the hole which had been pierced in it for the tourh-holo had evidently bier , n cently pierced , not by any > . ad tool , or bungiing workman , but apparently by the application of a drill , in the hands of an experienced workman . The instrament was convt-yed to the Police Office , and placed in the care ot Mr . Robert Newton . During Sunday , great wowrts visited , net only the shed and the place whence the fatal bhot must have been firtd , but also Ih * Swan Inn , where the body of the deceased was placed .
THE INQUEST Waa held at the Swan Inn , on Monday morning last , before Mr . W- S . Rutter , and a respectable Jury , of whom Mr . John Spencer was foreman . After the Jury were sworn , they pr * a «* dc » l to view the body , and -ubseqnently went to inspect the shed aud saw-pit . On their rtturn , about eleven o ' clock , the evidence of the fohowing witness-eo was taken , —the murderous instrument a . ! rea < iy described being placed upon the table before tbu Coroner . The tirst witnea : * examined
was—James Cooper , a distant relation of the deceased , and a sar .-yer , living at Tiutwiatle , Cheshire , who gtated : —1 am at present lodging in Asbtun , and nav been in the service of Mr . Whittielil , timber-merchant , joiner , and b . iiluer , about two months . The deceased , my feilow-sawyer , came at the same time . He was tbe " top-sawyer . " This happened ou Friday eveniug last ; he said , ou his death-lied , abeut half-past six : but it was about iix o c " ioct . We were vgale of [ sawing ] a short piece of foreign i . ak ; I was in the pit and he at the top ; and I had just said , "Mind thy work , and let ' s get forward . " We bad just got the saw up to the bearer , and we were going forward through the piece . The decea- ed had one foot on the log , when I heard him crudile , and heard the report of something bigger
than a gun . The candles were blown out , and I was struck senseless . When I came to myself again , he was calling out , " Help me , help me ! " I got to him as quick as I could , and found him sat down on the back bearer , or " back horse , " at the top of the pit . 1 got hold of him , and he wanted laying down , and kept fainting away , and was sick . We got him his clothes on &s quick as we could ; me and Hadfield , a joiner working near , who was the first man that came up after me , and brought a light wth him . 1 cannot tell how he was , for I was in a mythered state myself . We gathered him up , and carried , him to a Land-cart , and brought him down in it to this house ( the Swan Inn , which , is about two hundred yaris nearer Ashton ) . 1 remained with him till he died , about ten minutes past
eight o ' clock the same evening . We had each of us had a light : bis was tied round his right leg ; it was a box of three aides , with three nails driven into the bottom for tbe candle : this was to enable him to see the mark upon the wood where he bad to saw . We were talking loud enough for a person outside to have heard us . It ( the steam pipe ) was not more than about a yard from the place where we were working . There are strong boards to form the fence on that side . I think & person could not see through , but must judge by hearing . It was close made up . It would be easy from the noise of the caw to judge
whereabouts the top sawyer was . We had been sawing a fcliort time before . I am not aware of aay dispute amongst our men . There is a turn-out in all the yards ; it has lasted nine weeks or more . It was in coatequence of that turn-out that the deceased aud I came to work here . I have never be > r . molested , nor Lad a wroiig ward with auy one ; nor had the deceased in my presence . Last Fridcy week ( the 4 th inst ) about a quarter before stveu o ' clock in tbe evening , a sh'jt wm flred in the same way ; but , as Providence provided , the deceased happened to be in tbe pit with me , and they fired at the top , at a light left there , and eo it m . &Eed us bjth . That report wjs
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nothing- to compare , to theone of last Friday in loudness . I could see nothing , but ceuld hear some one scratching against tbe boards outside ;• and I asked the deceased if he heard anything , but he said "No . " Theie was shot in the piece discharged that first time ; for shot were found lodged in the boards , something like sparrow shot I am not aware of any circumstance except the turn-out that could have led to this occurrence . By Jurors—We have had no threats or threatening letters . I saw the flash of the discharge on Friday , after the scratching at the boards . It had been fired through a hole . The deceased was twenty-eight years of age ; ho has left a widow and two children , and the widow is far advanced in pregnancy . On Friday week
John Williamson and William Shaw , two turn-out sawyers , came to the yard , and wanted some ale ; and for quietness , the deceased said he would give them some . I had no conversation with them , Williamson knew the deceased well before he came here . The deceased sent word here by Hadfield , that the mistress , was to fill them two quarts of beer , and I came to sea that they did not get more at his expence . Ou the first Saturday after the turn-out , the deceased and I and another pair went to the club-heuse of the turn-outs , but wo have not been there since ; nothing unpleasant took place then . [ It was stated tbat about thirty hands turned out in Ashton- ] They wished us on that occasion to give over working for Mr . Whitfield , after we had done that piece of work , till they had madu
arrangements with the mature . We told them we would go to our own side ( of the country ) when we could get work there ; we did uot wish to do them any harm . They wished us to &o , and -we went to hear what they had to say . "Little Harry" ( Hardwick ) asked us , and came for us to go there . They kept bringing up ale to get us " fresh , " and to got out of ua on what terms we were working . Except last Friday but one , I have not seex any of the turn-outs about tbe yard ; on Friiiay last I did not see one . " Little Harry" and Williamson are two of the men now In custody . I heard no noise outside after I came to my senses ; nothing except the deceased crying out . Richard Whitfield stated—I employ » number ot sawyers . It is about ten ¦ weoks sinca the turn-out
commenced . We ( tho Ashton timber-merchants and builders ) have been paying fifty per cent greater prices than in Manchester ; and , being determined to do so no longer , the masters in Ashton , one Saturday night , gave to all the men a written notice , stating that in a fortnight from that time , they would reduce the wages to the Manchester prices . The men , instead of working tho fortnight specifitd in the notice , struck at once , and did Rot come to work on th « Monday morning . In consequence of the turn-out , we have had to employ fresh hands . I am not aware that any threats have been used towards me or my men . Tuero has been a serious attempt to injure my property and life . On the 20 th October , about two o ' cluck in tho morning , I was awakened by hearing some one shout " murder . " I
looked out , but could uot see or hear anything . A quarter of an hour afterwards , the watchman knocked me up , aud said be had found three niea at my kitchen door , with their faces blacked . The watchman and 1 searched the house and yard . He found a tun-dish not belonging to me . About half-past one o ' clock he saw the yard door bolted ; on bis return , he found it slightly opened , and came cautiously up the yard , and in a corner he discovered the men : he seized one , and all three fell upon him , and ' they beat him so much that he cried out " murder , " and they ran away . After he had left , I saw a large quantity of gunpowder on the kitchen floor , and some more outside . They had bored diagonally through the door ; round the top of tho tun-disa a piece of paper was
tied to unable it to holi more powdor , and the funnel of , the tun-dish , which atted the hole , bad been put through the hole in the door , bo aa to pour the powder into the kitchen . There was about l | lb of powder , at Ieaat , inside the house , and | lb of powder outside ; and it was scattered along to surh an extent in the street , that the neighbours discovered it in tlie morning . I picked up akd cleared away that in the house and yard , that my family might know nothing about it This was about a fortnight after the turn-out . About thirty men turned out There were also found on the premises a pair of shoes , a hat with saw-dust in it , and a pioce of iron about eighteen inches long , rhe t » rn-outa have avoided coming into the yard whenever I am there ; I have kept a very close watch . I am
aware of some men hiwing been waylaid and assaulted on Saturday the 31 st October , by four sawyers , on their way to Manchester ; au < l I know that one of the men attacked has since died from the effects of tho injuries he received . I know this from common report only , and not of my own knowledge . On Friday evening last , I -waited in the yard , while the men went ta ksa . On their return I went to mine , and bad just Hnislied , whea I was sent for , the messenger stating tlioy had shot " Ben . " I immediately came to the yard , and found him lying at the head of the pit . I requested they would get him down to the Swan , and I would go and bring a surgeon , and I did so . I then gave information to the police , and theuwturnrdto the Swan , and remained about the house till bis death . That
night , about nine o ' clock , Mr . Robert Newton , the constable , and I , went and searched the outsida of the premises ; aa I thought it must be a carbine or blunderbuss , from what I had heard of tho report . We saw where something had boon placed , by an impression which was left on the soft clay . The marks were small indentations , as if something had been placed on it with numerous prominences—like a piece of iron strongly rusted . We then sought round for a distauce . of twtlve or fifteen yards , t « see if we could iind any weapon . When this [ the iron pipe on the table ] was first fouud , it wns much mere rusty than it is now , and it would have made such indentations . That place was precisely opposite to where the boards had been shuttered by the shot We could not find
anything then ; but this pipe was found the next morning , twenty or thirty yards off the plaee , ami taken to the police-office . It is a water pipe , and appears to have been converted into a sort of cannon . We then went into tho pit , and perceived that three or four slugs had entered toe other side of the pit ; two had gone through , one had apparently recoilud after making an indentation , and the other is now in . There were four perforations altogether . The larger one of those I extractbd [ uow produced ] had passed through , and lodged in one of the boards of the roof of an adjoining shed ; the small one [ produced ] was found in tbe deceased ' s lantern , and must have fallen into it after having struck sonif . thiiiK , as there wag no mark on the lantern . A slug or ball is in the boards of the shed now , [ the larger slug would be about three quarters of an
ounce in weight , the smallar under Lalf an oinice ] A boy , an apprentice of mine , found the anulter slug , when I waa uot present . I also found somu wadding . Before the deceased was removed , 1 perceived a large quantity of wadding buruing very furiously ; it was on tho opposite sido of the pit fiom where it had bec > n tired ; agiinst a hard pieco of Spanish mahogany , and its burning had be « n so inteuse , that , although tho wood is excessively hard , it had made an Impression in it , and burned it . I immediately , but with difficulty , got it out of the pit into the yard , and put it out by stamping upon it Whea I first saw-it , there would , be nearly as much as I could hold in both my hands . It consisted of brown wmppeving , such as is used for cotton bags . I remember another nttempt at my house , when I was in the employ of Mtussrs . litsllhouse ; but it was in no way connected with this turn-out .
Thomas Hatfield . joiner and builder , corroborated the evidence given by James Cooper . James Moscow deposed to the finding of a slug in the deceased ' s lantern . Mr . Lees Eroadbent , surgeon , Ashton , stated I was called to the deceststd or Friday evening ; he was in this house , lying on a pallet , and in a very depressed state ; and , ou stripping him , I fonivt his shirt and flannel waistcoat saturated with blood . There wtre ( our ragged , jncet d wmmds on his right flank , toother with three or four bruises—several bruises . I explored two of these wounds in the presence of Mr . Chet-tham , the surgeon , and found that they weva mortal . i communicated this to tho dying man ; he had no pulse , and the extremities were cold . 1 took this deposition
in hia own words , having fully explained to him that there was no chance of hia recovery , of which he was himself convinced , and said he was done for . The witness read— " Benjamin Cooper was sawing at Mr . Whitworth ' s saw-pit about half-past six o ' clock to-ni ^ ht , aud was blown off the log . He Baid , Ob . ! dear , I ' m done for ! ' The shot blew the candles out , and he w . vs lift in the dark . Was sliet at last Friday night ; but we were both at the bottom of the pit and I escaped . " That wasallhehad to say . He lived till a little after eight o ' clock . On Saturday afternoon , in company with Mr . Cheetham , I made a post mortem inspection . On exploring the hiifhfst of these wounds , in the rigkt flank , I found that that wound penetrated between the ninth and tenth ribs , passing through , the right lobe of
the liver , and was then , for tbe present , lost sight of , from the great quantity of extravasated blood into the abdomen . The second wound took a direction between the 10 th and lith ribs , posing behind the bowels , and a flittish slug was found lying upon the transverse process of the third lumbar vertebra . The third wound was near the edge of the hip bone , passing through the fleshy muscles of the buttock , and a slug , considerably flattened , was found imbedded in the uip bone . [ Witnesses produced the two slugs . ] The fourth wound was npon the fleshy part of the buttock ; no foreign body was found here , and the whole muscle
was much bruised , and presented a mass of extravaaated blood ; and I think it probable that this wound was caused by the slug found in the lantern . On searching the abdominal vuoera , after taking them out to explore the coarse token by the first slug , after passing through the liver , under tbe gall bladder , and under the lower edge ot the stomach , through the caul , or omenium , perforating the mesentery in two places , entering the bowel called the colon , a roundish slug lodged in that part of tlie bowel called the blind gut These wounds were quite sufficient io cause death ; the wound in the liver I should presume to bs the immediate cause of death , from extravaeated blood .
This was tbe whole of the evidence given . In answer te questions by the Coroner , Mr . Newton , the deputy constable , said that he had no other witnesses in attendance ; and that he had some individuals in custody on suspicion of being concerned in this crime . He further expressed his douht , that ha shouid not be able to obtain further material evidence so early as Wednesday , and that an adjournment of the inquest to Thursday would auit him bettor .
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The Coroner then , addressing the jury , said , —It is clear , gentlemen , that we shall have to adjourn tWscase . That it is a ease of wilful murder is beyond all doubt or question . I am quite in yuur hands as to time , gentlemen ; but I think we ought to give as long a time as we can , for the purpose of proper search and inquiry being made . At all events , we can say Thursday for the present ; and if it is found requisite to do ee , we can adjoorn . again . —A juror said he bad no doubt of the case being one of murder . The coroner then adjourned the inquest to to-morrew ( Thursday ) , at eleven o'clock , and bound over the jurora in recognizances of £ 10 each
to attend on that day and hour . The foreman of the jury suggested the propriety of a drawing ofthespotand adjacent places being taken , as likely to be of considerable use in elucidating various matters during thejnqniry , especially as that mi ? ht bear npon tbe prisoimg in custody on suspicion of being concerned in this murder . The coroner said he thought it would be very proper to have a drawing or plan of the plaoa , trad perhaps ' Mr . Whitfield would undertake to make a sketch sufficiently Intelligible for the purpose . The inquest then , at halfpast one o ' clock , adjourned to tomorrow , at the same place , at eleven o ' clock . Aa soon as the surgeon ' s evidencshad been given , and he had stated that he should not have occaaiov further to examine tho body , Mr . Rntter gave his ordui for its interment , aud it was immediately removed in i hearse .
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TO THE EDITOE OF THE NOETHERN STAR . Sir , —In your valuable journal last weeK au unfair and false account of our proceedings appeared under the signature of " A Watchman , " calculated to injure our characters , as well as to misrepresent our motives . In ovder to clear ourselves from its accusations , a brief statement of well-known facts will best secure the interests of the great cause , we have espoused the comfort of the widowed and orphaned wives and families of the imprisoned and exilud patriots , for whose happiness we have made numerous and welcome sacrifices , to tlie satisfaction of a discerning and impartial public .
" A WatcUman" states that -we collected this money for Froafs family aud the Chartist victims , while we were in tlie '' pay of the Fox and Gtoose Club . " He either knows this to be false , or writes without a knowledge of th * facts . He asks whether the donations given by Messrs . Ayroy , Burrows , &c . were on different days or not . As he wishes a publication of dates , we have no objections to that , and submit them with the greatest confidence , knowing that other persons of respectable character can corroborate their tsuth . On Monday , O ^ t . 26 th , we set out at half-past eight o'clock in the morning and bought a book at Mann ' s for the purpose , for which we paid sixpence . We immediately vieiittd Mr . Ayrey , who , on being solicited , generously gave five shillings for Frost , and fifteen
shillings for the Victim Fund ; next , to Mr . Whitehead , who , after a very lengthy interview , refuged us anything , though he professed willingness to assist Frost's daughter * . We went then to " Jossy" Bower ; after waiting between one and two hours , he came , took a full-length stave at ub , said he was willing to give us something if it would ever reach Fro 3 t ; he thought it weuld not ; that he did not know whether we were konest or not , but wished us to call again . Fine for a Radical of fifty years' standing ! We called on Mr . Pullen , but he was not at home , and went from Hunslet over tho Suspension Bridge to Leeds . On passing Mr . Howard ' mill , we determined to see him . We accordingly requested the favour of speaking to him ; when he came to us , be said he hated Chartism , and would not give anything ! We next called at Mr . Cawood ' a office , who kindly gave ten shillings for Frost , and ten shillings to the Victim Fund . We than waitud on Mr . Barlow , who requested that we should call on him again . Ifc being now near noon , we called successively upoa Mr . Hanier Stansfeld , and Mr . Morgan , neither of whom was at home . Wo took dinner ; aud then set out for Mr . Burrows , up York Road ; on our way we met Mr . JBrumfit , who , on beiDg apprised of our object , generously tendered tt > n shillings for Frost . Arrived at Mr . Burrows ' s house , we made known our mission , and he kindly gave ten shillings for Frost , and ten shillings for the Victim Fund . We visited next Mr . Ripley ' u mill ; he was not presmt , and we waited on Mr . Heaps , who was absant ; at Mr . Skelton ' s , who was likewise from home ; then to Mr . Wood ' s , St . Mark ' s Terrace , Woodhouse-lane , g : ive him the book , explained our object He promised to give one shilling , but did not . We then saw Mr . Fairbairn , who kindly gave us ten shillings for Frost ; when , it being dark , we returned home , in our way calling on Mr . Richardson , who wished us to call again ; thus , after travelling from the extremes of the town , we returned home .
Again , on tho 16 th of November , we commenced by calling on Mr . Heaps , who gave us half-a-crown for Frost , and balf-a-crowu for the Victim Fund ; next to H . Stausfeld , whom we saw , and he wished us to call again ; then to Mr . Barlow , who refused any assiatanco ; again to Hunslefc to see " JoBsy" Bowor , whom we could not see , and consequently lost his one pound . Returning to Leeds , we called on Mr . Wright , who gave us two shillings for Mr . Frost ; again to Mr . Richardson , who gave lmlf-a-orown for Mr . Frost ; after which wevisittxl a multitude of other tradesmen , whom it "woxiM he imprudent to name , many of whom told ustocail atfain . when , it being dark , we went home and ended our exertions .
This , Mr . Editor , is the reply of two honest working men , to tha slanderous imputations of the sneaking coward , who writes under the cognomen of "A Watchman , " and who dares not to divulge his name to the world . Lot not the assumed biped hope to perpetrate bis atrocious attacks with impunity ; for facts constitute our only reply , and we defy the crawling Termin to substantiate one of his assertions . We collected not one single farthing while tho canvass for tbe municipal elections was going on . His cowardice and falsehoods
aTe the only qualities that bear any proportion . But his assassin-stabs will not deprive us of the confidence of the men of Leeds , who know us well—who have tried us—a . id to whose cause we have sworn eternal udlmrenoe , and to whose indignant scorn we consign thean « eymous scribbler to merited oblivion-, and subscribe ourselves , Y *; ur obedient servants , in the ca . use of the Charter , Andrew Gardiner , Joseph Jones .
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. o . TO TUB EDITOR OF THE NORTHERS STAB . Sir , —We would much rather havo avoided , xhad it beeu possible , the sta , t « u » fciit * and remarks contained in this lutttsr ; but w « i <*\ ourselves compelled to enter into them , in consequence of a letter inserted in your last , signed "A Aiiddlo-Ciass Chartist , " who , with a feeling of generous sympathy , for which we express our gratitude , calls upon' the people to commence a public subscription for us , to be presented on our liberation , as a tokrn of regavd and compensation for the losses and sacrifices , which the writer considers we have made in the national strueele for freiniom .
Of these , whatever they may have been , it would noi . become us to speaii -, but when " A Middle-Class Chartist" appears to lubour under a great mistake as to th * nature of our sacrifices , and tho source of our losses ^ it is a duty which we owe to him , to the public , and . ourselves , to correct tlie error . Indeed , to do so ^ is an act which is required in justice to the kind friends connected with the cause in the county of Durham . It is not , then , correct that the expences of defending , ourselves against our localised bloodhounds cust the sum of , £ 150 . Tb . « exp ° \ uc « s were certainly \ eiy heavy , considering that -we drew up our own briefs , and pleaded our own cause , but this arose ckiefly from the prosecution having be « n kept pending for twelve months before it was brought to an Issue , which , having a number of witnesses iu our behalf , amongst whom were those three mayors , two doctors , three or four common councilmen , and other respectable and weighty gentlemen , many of whom , however , went at their own expence , but having witnesses to bring for three
sue-, no one , aequmted with such matters , will wonder , when we say that the txpences were about £ 100 . The whole of this sum , however , < wa « raised by our faithful friends in Sunderland , and other parts of the country , in a few weeks . In addition to this , also , the law expences of Messrs . Byrne , Owen , and Brown , were raised by the men of tho county of Durham . During the whole period of our imprisonment , and that of our recent fellow-priBonersV Messrs . Byrne and Owen , they , together with ourselves ,
have beon maintained by the free-will offerings of the same faithful friends . Net a farthiug would they allow us to expend . Their generosity may have been equalled , but cannot have been ( surpassed in any part of tho country . While they have not been unmindful of the claims of others , and of the general claims of thecause , they have not , aa has been too often the case ,, left thbir own labourers to piae in want , and sink under the pinching gaol allowance . For this let them be honoured and imitated . Our lives shall speak our gratitude .
While , however , no expencea have been incurred by us in this way , it is but right that we should show that we have borne our sh : irc in . another way . In the spring of 1839 , we had established , and were carrying on , in connection with our other business , a very considerable business in the wholesale paper trade , for which article the grocers , drapers , &e . were our customers ; when , then , the Convention , believing that a crisis was at hand , recommended the people to apply exclusive dealing , we , as the local leaders of the people , and the ministers of the { Convention , urged the samemeasure : the consequence was , of course , what we anticipated , the destruction of this branch of our trade . A few months after this , and a few day » previous to the proposed general strike , we were arrested , and , a week afterwards , we were placed
at the bar for truth-telling . Our trial , from one cause and another , did not come on till a year afterwarda . During the whole of this interval . we were in that state of doubt and anxiety which is as ruinous to a tradesman as it is racking to the mind . We know not when we should be taken away , nor for how loiig ; and therefore were compelled to sell off our stock , to close our accounts , and to see our trado decaying away , and sinking far below its unavoidable expence 3 . The injury this did us none but a tradesmen can know ; suffice it however to state , that , through the kind forbearance of those with whom we had done busings , Melbourne haa not ruined us , and , by God'a heip . shall not . We have been seriously injured ; Imi , duriiig our imprisonment , our newspaper business has been conducted «> well by our friends , that we shall leave prison better than when we entered .
To enable us to bear our head up , arid strnggle successfully with the foe , we only require that those owing us should discharge their claims . It may , perhaps , not be improper to state , that there was the sum of £ 20 lent our , of our Defence Fund to the Durham County Charter Association , yet remaining unpaid . If this sum could be discharged * by a subscription amongst our Chartist brethren , we shall renew our labours with joy and hope ; but we do not want tobe maintained or provided for by charitable donations . With thanks to cur kind friends for what , th ^ y have done , and our compliments to our persecutors , we take leave to acquaint both , that , on the 25 th January , 1841 , we shall be " at it again . " We are . Sir , Your obedient servants . , Williams and B
nni-^ TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . London , 9 , Evangelist Court , Broadwa / , City , Dec . 12 , 1810 . Sir , —A characteristic of yonr journal , which must have afforded considerable satisfaction to its nunicroua readers , has been the exclusion from its pigts of all petty and individual squabbling . This is a feiture which distinguishes the purely democratic press from that which is upheld by and upholds factiou . These remarks have been induced by the letter of Dr . M'Douall , hi reply to mine , inserted in your paper of the 5 th instant ; because , though Dr . M'Douall say * thafcy in not writing to him , and ascertaining " whether the language reported were made use of by him , " I
have expressed a " hostile feeling towards him . " I know that , as I said in ray letter , my object was td correct an error , regardless whether it were iraputable to Dr . M'Douall , or to the reporter of Dr . M'Douall's lecture . 1 distinctly said my object was « to correct that which I deemed an error , " and said " I trusted my remarks would be ascribed to no other intention . " Dr . M'Douall has not , of course , essayed to disprove the erroneousness of tho passage alluded to , but has confined himself to a denial of having uttered it . Of course , there is no question but that , as Dr . M'Douall fays , he has been misrepirted . This , however , waa his business . Mine , or au I assumed it , was to take the passage as I found it , and offer the antidote through the siimu channel that the bane had been conveyed .
I ani at a loss to vinderstand bow Dr . M'Duuall can construe my language into the " expression of a hostile feeling . " I beg to assure him that I entertain , not such a feeling , but one of gratitude for the services he has rendered the cause of democracy , and more espacially do I feel that gratitude for tbe services he in now rendering that cause , in his elucidations of practical politics , conveyed in hia interesting and instructive lectures . Thanking you for your kindnes 3 in giving insertion , to my letter , I am , Sir , Yours , respectfully , Thomas Ireland .
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On the 10 th inst ., at Mirake , near Richmond . Mr . J . C . Thirlwell , of Richmond , grocer , to Sarmh , eldest daughter of Mr . Thomas Greathead , of the former place . On the 13 th inst ., at Darlington , Mr . George Kay , to Miss Elizabeth Cocks . On the 10 th inat . vat the New Jerusalem Temple , Salford , by the Rev . D . Howarth , Mr . Enoch Smith , draper , of Leeds , to Hannah , youngest daughter of Air . Georga Blanshard , innkeeper , of Salford . . On the 29 th nit ., at the Collegiate Church , Manchester , Mr . Thomas Jones , brewer , to Miaa Mari * Hall , both of Salford .
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TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS . B .-H « letter io Lord John Russell next week George Lraianr . -W * have no room A . ^ i'Syj the BoUon Free ****' > * M As Acrostic on Daniel O'ConneU won ' t do w S cJ 2 ? AMU | 3 ; r hmt no r ™ ?; JT ' ° J Btrminuham ^ esires to ha Ve his l g ^^^« Syfi £ <~ tf . o . —In November .
^ wS ^ A ? / £ ff , r' I ™* ^ elusions too ,- S ^ IS ^^ --J £ ^ r ^ *« " 3 « » P ° >™ ^ some Imsh . Chaatisi .-We have no room . The Charter shall appear . Ty raxst tcon ' i do . J -Li ? A f F 0 RT = « " * ? «* MM took a boy , thir-ChJh ofAt t 0 he f hris ^ cd . to theParuh n th r < Ashton- "nder-Lyne , last Sunday , and Ms ^ hl ^ , T quxrin 9 if , ^ *«* < & »«' Aw catechism the answer being in the negative . Aim education , the Curate replied , tLl he could not baptise htm at that age if he could not say his catechism . Ihe Curate had no right to refuse to Oapiise him . School Committee . The communica tum thus W / » , Purpo rting to emanate from ihe Bethel Ba } ik Sunday School , cannot appear in Us present form . Hy Cossistxxt Radical .- We have no room . The Birmingham Frost , Williams , and Josh * Committee wul be obliged if the gentleman who communicated with them from Roc ' hdale will stud tits address .
Mb . Walsi > gham Mar ti * , of Chesterfield , brother to the victim , late of Sorthaiierton , now of Lancaster wishes hu name to be appended to the Total Abstinence CluirtisW Address . ™ ^ ci-s , Redditch . — We have no recollection of reaving ihe report to which he alludes . J . * ., London , recommends a black crape sash or scarf of about four inches broad , with as larue and conspicuous a rosette « possible of the same , imbedded xcith red , to be worn on the day of the demonstration about to take place on behalf of frost , H iliiams , and Jones . He wovid also , svg gest the propriety of the song " John Frost "
being sung in full ctorus at alt public meetings throughout the day , and as ihe processions move . onicard , if thought prudent . Mb . William Thohasson desires his name to be attached to the Address of the Chartist Leaders in favour of Total Abstinence . ISAAC Johnson , a Charlhl prisoner in Chester Gaol , acknowledges ihe receipt of £ 1 10 * . from Stockport , to be divided between himself and fellowprisoners , which gave to each the ium of &s . 9 d . He desires the subscribers to accept the ihariks of the prisoners , as some of them had not one farthing left when the above-named sum arrived .
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* v REMOVAL OF MARTIN TO LANCASTER CASTLE . TO THE MARQUIS OF NORMANBT . House of Correction , Northallerton , Nov . 28 th , 1840 . Mr Loiti > Marquis , —I suspected that your Lord ship had treated my application of lust June with silent contempt until last week , by mero uccident , I got to know that you had ma ' le an inquiry . But as the Visiting Justices would not allow me to see the correspondence , I am not aware of what thuy have said upon the subject .
Porhapa yuur Lordship has misunderstood my application ; I did , not merely ask to be removed from the oakum room ; but if you will take the trouble to refur to the letter , you -will flad that I asked for more extended privileges , namely , the constant use of ¦ w riting pa ; ev . The Tory Justices may have to'd you that I possess ihoae privilrxe . s at Northallerton : if thty have , they jvu liars ; and , I would a < i < l , th . it taey know v . y little about the manner in which the prisoners eve treated . And even the Governor , f'om whoa they receive their information , is uot aware hov / things " are going on ; for , with the exception < -f hearing n ports , his Son haa the entire teuperinleadei ce of tht prison . He ia major-general of the drill ; and tho unfortunate convicts iu'e harrassed by him and tha taercih-ss subalterns , wko , like so rnauy drum-m ;< joT 8 under hia command , proceed with the work of torture which the horrid silent sysh-m empowers tht-m to inflict .
I assure you , my Lord , that I have been so harra 3 sed , that nt one time I fenred I should have been niurdured ; for , instead of being treated aa a rational being , capable of governing my actions , I have been treated worse thstn a brute beast One morning , aa soon as 1 had left my cell , the Governor ' s son took me by tho collar , and dragged me from tho placo where I stood , and threw me with violence against the wall ; and mi the following day he told me that I must expect different treatment from
what I received at York ; and he added , that men had been reduced to mere skeletons , which should be the case with me . On the 21 st of August , he called me into tbe office , and demanded my letters ; and though I did not hesitate to obey his command , he thrust his hands into my pocketa , and felt about my clothes ; and he told me if I did not 'deliver them to him , as soon as I had read them , I should be punished . And again , one of tlie subalterns caino to me on the 11 th of November , and unbuttoned my jacket , and searched my pockets .
I could enumerate many other grievances ; but as your Lordship is aware of the severity with which I have been treated by being put on the mill , I deemed these few instances quit © 'sufficient to induce you to ameliorate my condition . Do not think that my affections are set on York Castle ; my application now ia , to be removed to any prison where the system does not exist , or evea to onu of her Majesty ' s Dock Yards , fur the remainder of my sentence . I am , my Lord , Your Lordship ' s obsdient servant , Wm . Martin . The Most Honourable the Marquis of Normanby . Lancaster Ostle , Dec . 15 th , 1840 .
Dear Brother , —This statement , has had tho desired efftct Common hcu . ses do not suit Irishmen , for , aa they are descended fn ; m a nwo oi' kings , they are entitled to a royal resilience . I arrived here , in company with the Governor «{ Northullerton , on Thursday morning , aftov a tedious journey of one UunUreA and twenty miles on tba top of a stasre coach ; and , after I had lwen exK ' mine ;! by Captain Williams ] prison inspector , relative to my treatment in Northallerton , I was taken to the aparhaerts occupied by the Kev . Mr . Jackson , aud lirmst ' . rra O'Brien , where I enjoy the same privileges as thty do—namely , the use
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' ' ' '" ¦ ' - ¦¦ . ¦ -A "' - ; . of newspupera , with pens and paper ; but I am obliged ^ to fiud myself , or lose those privileges , and have to- ¦ i'f . work with a class of prlsontrs , many of whom are under ' ^ conviction for heinous offences . But my treatment there $ would be far superior to Northallerton , for I should ¦ be better fad , and treated a 3 a Christian . As I possess a trifle , I shall continue to live in the most economical manner , until it is exhausted j and , as my time is bat short , I have no doubt but my frieuds will not allow me to he further degraded , when a small sum will eaabletno to continue to the end of my time . I buy what I like . ; . I am , dear Brother , Yours , faithfully , WM . Maetin . Mr . Walsingham Martin , Chesterfield , Derbyshire .
P-S . —As I am allowed to wear my own clothes , yott will send me all my things immediately , as I shall partioulariy want niy shirts , and pack all the Stars in tie bundle , and a piir of slippers . Mr . Editor . —You will oblige me by tho insertion of tlie ulwve in the next number of the people ' s paper , as I consider it of groat importance to one who has suffered , and is' still suffering , for the rights of th » suffering millions ; . Walsingham Martiw . Dec . 15 th , 1840 .
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DEATHS . On Monday , the Uth inst ., deeply regretted by all who h * d the pleasuro of bis acquaintance , Mr . Thomas Taylor , of this town , machine -maker , aged 50 years ., On the 13 th iHst ., at Richmond , in the 81 st y « ar of his age , Mr . John . Harrison , formerly a respect able joiner of that place . On the 12 th inat ., of the typhus fever , in the 14 th year of her * jze , Miss Margaret Eliwbeth Harrison * daughter of Mr . John Harrison , schoolmaster , of Usworth , who was universally esteemed , and deeply regretted by all who knew her . On Monday last , at Pickering , at an advanced age , much respected , Mr . Peter M'Milkn . Same day , much and deservedly regretted- by hi * surviving relatives and friends , aged 57 , Mr . John Bainbridge , of Bradford . . ¦ ¦ . ' On Sunday laat , in the 75 th year of his age , W . K . L . harjeantsou ^ Eeq ., of Caoiphill , near Ripon .. m thi 9 county . ^ * On Satimfcylast , at hia farm at Crankley , near fffH'Swold . in the 75 th yearoi " hisage , Mr . Thom a * Druheld .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 19, 1840, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2715/page/5/
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