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_ = j C . ^ as snsiccred ths enigma rightly ; I'U tit ' '¦ poetry is defective . \ n ' lLUill BSASLET , ABBET STItKET , MER ! ttSGTOS , ! pledges himselfto abstain from all snuff , tobaccco , j and intoxicating drink . We recommend hit eiamp le to be followed . j-jSHTiA . —Thanks for his gwd opinion . The principles of Chartism need o . Jy to be known to be appreciated . He has misunderstood our article upon the Tonga affair ; a second reading of tchich , ice think , will convince him that tee intended to cast no censure upon the honestly pious portion-of society . fBB Femlalb Radicals of Bath call upon their townsicomen generally to mddress ih $ Throne < r , _ . behalf of Frost , Williams , and Jrncs . T C }< a * answered ths enigma righV . y ; hU tit ' " . J . f *_ ¦ I
¦ Rhyhes for tkb People shall appear . p . C— We don ' t know . W . H . Cotxom must ettuse ut ; we cannot insert his letter . JJkistol RaWCals . —We cannot insert their communication : it is "libelloKS . " * I love sot War" won ' t do . J _ Hes Tatxob . — . Vb dov . lt the fact '< of the case have been erroneously stated to our correspondent . If the conductors of railways have not power to enforce their regulations upon th < . ir passengers , ii ' is not reasonable for them to be answerable for theirsafely . E , H . S . — We know nothing of hate long it may bt
since the letter was posted for us : ice only received it last week . We certainly cannot feel " angry" at any friendly suggestion for the improvement of our Pager ; but if % ee were to act vvm all the good-natured hints given to ut , tee should make a very curious affair of it ; arid hence , we are compelled to use , and depend npon , our men judgment . The idea thrown out by 22 . H . S is one thai t » e have always acted upon when practicable . * Si _ bs" to Iselaxd . —We hate been again requested to insert the following list of I , ish addresses to which i \ onhern Svars ( not more than * ir days old ) may be sent xsith prospect of usefvliieti : —
> i ame . Town . County . Mr . Bernard M'Donald , Loaglirea , Gal way . — Patrick Harts , do . do . — Michael Phillips , Balin _ sloe , do . — Michael Donelly , do . do . — William Tully , Duninore , do . — James Kelly , Tnam , do . — Thomas M __ o _ , Eyrtoourt , do . — Thomas Madden , Portumna , do . — John Mitchell , Castlerea , Roscommou . — Michael Donelan , do . \ do . — Martiii Daaey , Boyle , da J . L- — Subscribers for the Star in Scotland , having taken . it regular from the beginning of July , are . entitled to the portrait of Oastler . A Repcblica * . — We Jtali no ! advertises the moral
force philosophers : let them dit of themselves . T . —Mrs . A . will sell the Star as long at she chooses . Wh . Balls—Hit advertisement is inserted .- he will be good enough to pay ihe amount , as promised in his letter , to Mr . Cleave , in which case it shall appear again next week . H- G . —His letter has been received , and transmitted to Mr . O'Connor . Peek Asdesson mus 1 suppose our columns to be of little value , when he thinks w « would occupy them > rith the letter he has sent ut . "Sl-HS FBOK TBS B _ SH _ s . "—The psetry is defective . i . EHBLETOS A 5 D THB Su ^ DISLAXD CoCHdL . —We have received their communication ; and while ve accord to them the perfect right to hold their
opinion , tee stilt matrUain ours . 7 % e report of the Tea Meeting—our non-insertion of which brought down their cote of censure—teas nnt inserted because it was not received till a week past ihe time when it should hate come . The mcetina being held on the Tuesday evening , the report ought io have been at our Office on the Thursday morning following : it would then have been inserted in ths Star of fit same week . The tame reason caused the exclusion of its . Dee-Gas ' s explanatory remarks on the Foreign Policy Meeting , which did nai arrive until after our artie ' e ( foundedon the Liberator ' s report of the raeeting ) was printed . i . Wjlluks — By all means . A Teeiotal Chaktist jlxd Subscribes to thb St . lr . —Never mind th $ wrttch : he it not worth
W . P . —The circulation of ihe Conservative prospectus , £ y and among the masters , it only another evidente of the system of emclunve dealing constantly vpholden by the factions . When will the ptvpU _ learn to take a leaf out of ihe enemy ' s bock ? JoH 3 Wallace Wilson may communicate for a few weeks , and we will then tee what is to bs done . Joss Hall . —Let Mr . Alport die mith the vehicle of hu abuse , Behocratiois . —His song B On ths Bightt and Duiitt of Men" shall appear . Edwabd Bublet must excuse us : we have no room A LeeB 3 Chartist . —His u Lhtes to Mr . Frott" do more credit io his heart than io his rntz&e .
W . W . —w « cannot tea : the xz * acen totbitdi * kju tue no other material than worsted for their geers : that may be had of any he aid maker in any of the manufacturing Unmt . _> n > Mb . Hates , of Rochdale , receive a tetter from Mr . O'Connor . A Constant Read&k . at DtJXDEK . —We cannot take every AnA-Corn Law Meeting from every news-. paper that may be sent us . JffiK SidaWaT suggests the propriety of news agents keeping a small box for the Victim Fund . A Wokkixg Chabtist draws our attention to the fact , that in a report of a meeting in our last Paper , three cheers a-e said to have been given JbrO'ConneU . We need hardly say that it is a Mtcprttit . Thomas Cattxhoknb . —His poetry won ' t do . As Old Chabtist . —The person who sent a letter to Aieisrs . Arran and Burnet , of Bradford , irili be pleased to send his name and address to Henry Burnet , 13 , Reform street , Bradford .
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H . Altts iKDgli . —Too lale : and from ihe expected alterati on , was obli ged to wait until Ihe letttr came . Grokeh , Bath . —// is of uo use first one of out agents and then another ordering for this person : we will not supply him till he settles his account M- H- C , Nkttport . —They have not yet been tent , but are ready as soon as the agent will pay up the account . J . FAKEWEATHEa . —Apply to Mr . John Cleave . Tozkb , Hekefoed . —Sent to Cleave . Eobsos , ASttTO * . —Should have five Plates from Ifeytropd . A , l-ioxTo >" , Firs . —JYo . G . TbojiaS . — We have not heard anything about the l&x . from Cheltenham : and if any persons haa te ? it it for Mrs . Frost , we should have done . A ' o doubt U is the seme that icm tent to ihe '" Wiva and Families . "
TOE THE WITBS AJfD FAMILIES OP THE ISCAECEBO . TJ CHAB . T 1 STS . £ S . d . From a munber of Apprentices at ^ eil and GrioTii ' s Brass Foundry , Edinburgh , per We Kerr # 12 S From a few Smiths and Fitters at Messrs . Hawkes aad Co ., < r _ iteshead Iron Works 0 13 6 From Awiieas , -France 8 8 0 From Mr . Wigfctinwi ... ... t 9 2
FOB MRS . FRO 5 T . Frem a few Fii ^ is at Long Port Potteries # 30 Prom Monmonth . per J . Buttery ... e 2 # F » tn a few Friends ut SpinirweD , ' ^ fceaiDcwBtury I S _ ? : TOB ROBKBT KEDDIK . ¦ FromManchetter , pj 3 r Mrs . Eichard-¦ » son 0 ( FOB MBS . BOBERTS , BIBIUXGHAM . Prom a few Friends at Moeiey , per John Henry Hani # 29
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BRADFORD COURT HOUSE . On Friday , ihe 18 th instant , Robert Lonsdale , the » n of Thomas Lonsdale , of Bradford , butcher , appeared before the Magistrates on the following 1 tharge : —On the Tnssday evening preceding , a young i Bian was setn at UadeTcUffa , iieaj Bradford , driring jfour Eheep , and one Abraham Rh&ces , an innkeeper j Shere , aiid another person of the name of Throp ! laTing questioned him refpectimc the sheep , and ffltimated their gunpioion as to the truth of his toSTTerf , he Terr naexpectedlj took to hii heels , tod Rhodes or TUrop ( our reporter oould not hear fee name ) followed him , bat the snspected thief *» de , hia escape on entering the town ; however , ftey detained the sheep , and garo information of the ftaeounter to the proper authorities , who di » coTer « d toe owner of the * heep , to whom they were reinrned , * 0 d Lonsdale , tmf . ortuna . tely f # r him , was fix&d npon the
•• answering description of the person who had aded hij pursuer . The prosecutor being abient , weease was adjourned to the following day . ' Mr . t 2 srkeon , who appeared on behalf of the party * ecosed , applied for hi « liberation on feiil , which fa * refnsed , the adjooraiaeat being but for a itufft tun * , and the charge rery seriou * . When the wftfmstx appeared the following day , they failed to Meimfj Lonsdale , who was immediately discharged : * aa , in juBtiM to his character , Mr . C . obserred , thav ae had » namber o : respectable witnesses , who , if required , cauld hare fully satisfied the Bench of the tefendant ' s innocence , and that he and his parents Were respectable people . The poor fellow was mnch i astonished » learn thai he was not entitled to any ! eompensauoa for beiiip d ? priTed of his liberty , and ' « &ut up all night in a cold stow cell , upon bare sus-1 r ^ V v wonder ourlaw-makcrs , who it seems ; we delighted With the American silent system of-
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priroa discipline , _ would like to J 0 now up tJlP u , example , by xnakreg atonement ' an £ rld b £ ' v m such a case a ; thia I * " " ^ JrtU t * ' - £ ^ £ r ? $ * i vsa * £ &j £ 2 s ££ sr n fomera d ^ ° i t Ja ? e 5 Walt 00 ' *« o local inwS ? to > r ^ f \ at ' " Saturday eyenin sf last , they S V ^' s bouse , andfound two men pla ying at c *^^ with ale before them . ; h Mr . CUrkaon , on behalf of the defendant , cross-Wttmmed the witnesses who admitted that the land ^ - — * - " * - - pri ? oa discipline , would like to ? , M- , _ r ,, n fWt * nr . m . l . V « _ . u : . luiiUW UU LilC-lT
, - lord was not present ; that they B « iied the card = ; as soon as they went in , and did not wait to see the gime played . Mr . Clarkson consequently contended that the evidence did not support the charge , independentl y of which the allegation in the information was inconsistent with the terms of the license , the witnesses not baring Tentured to swear that they really saw any playing , nor having provtd that th » cards were introduced by the lwialord , or that he fcnew anyming of the transaction , the onusprobandi lying upon the prosecutor to shew that the defendant knowingly suffered scamine in his h < , nse .
Ihe Beach consulted upon the case a few moments , and then dismissed the complaint . A person of the name of Rifty was also broueht up to answer a similar charge , for gamm ? w-. ih dominoes . Mr . Weir appeared for him , and called witnesses to contradict Sugden and Walton ; buttho defendant was couvicted in a mitigated penalty . A report of the Keighley beer cases , heard at Bradford , by adjournment , did not reach m time for insertion in last week ' s Star . The parties were accused of
" selling spirits . ' Mr . Weir conducted the prosecutions , and Mr . Clarkson defended . Two of the parties were convicted in mitigated pc-nilpcs : and the case against the third was , after coasiu ^ rable argument , dismissed . Owing to Harrison , ihf cnief witness for the prosecution , b » in »; within hearing UH the witnesses having been prcriou-ly ordered to withdraw ) , his eviceni ; 8 was objecrt-d to , and the public lost the benefit of the valuable testimony of their well-paid servant . Remember that hhirnson had £ 80 for exciting the CLmis ; : * to physical force ! but we are informed that in these cases he was deprived of hi 3 expected booty , the constable who laid the information uoi approving oi the doings of a Bpy . " ....... ... m —_„—_—
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PUBLIC MEETING IN THE HALL OF SCIENCE , AT MANCHESTER , A public meeting was held in the Hall of Science , Camp Field , on Tuesday eTening last , to tak « into eouauieration the most effectual means of assisting Mr . He » ry Hetherington , who has been found guilty of blasphemy , for selling a publication called " Haalam ' s Letters to the Clergy . " Mr . Goddxbd was called to the chair . Mr . Jomes moved the Erst resolution—for which 8 ee sdrertisenient .
" That thb meeting is of opinion Uiat any attempt forcibly to arrest free inquiry , by legal proiecutloos or otherwise , is highly dangerous Vothe liberty and progressive improvement of the peopJe , inasmuch as such proceedings are an interference with that which can alone establish the truth of any man's opinion *—free discussion ; and by making reason not to be the test of the truth of any man ' s opinions , establish a principle which will lead to complete religious despotism . " Mr . Jones went on to say that the recognition of this principle was necessary to the improvement of the people , aad that the men who tran . mel free inquiry are the greatest enemi es to the human race . Those men who have been for supporting thin s is they are , have always been opposed to free and untrammelled
discussion— ^ he * r )— and would place an embargo upon the exercise of those powers with which the Deity has blessed us . The Protestant religion owes its existence U > free discussion . Martin Luther , CaKin , anil ilelanctaon assorted the right of men to form their institutions in matters of religion . Wea ^ y , iiiewiie , asserted the freedom of opinion , when ha protested against the usage * of the Established Church , and , at the risk of his life , frequently secured for hiuiself and followers the right t * form their own notion * in mutters of religion . Mr . Jones read an extract from MosbfcinVs Ecc . esiastical History , in which that writer praises the tone of sarcasm ad'pttd by the fir « t Christiana , when attacking the Pagan religion , »» d asfced how k w ^ s thai a thing called laudable in a Chmtlau
wnter should be prosecuted as blasphemous in men of opposit * sentiments . He then made 6 ome huniuruui remark * on the fact thai , twelve jurymen , chease and bacon tellers , should be empanntlied to decide on the blasphemous tendency ot these publications . We have a clergy in the receipt of twenty million * a year for expounding the doctrines of religion , and maintaining the Christianity of the state , In a ityle of becoming respectability , and yet the judgments of tradesman * nd an Attornej-treneral are to be consulted in theae matten . If Mr . Heywood and Mr . Hetherington are to be prosecuted for blasphemy , there is not a respectable bookseller in Manchester who i » not guilty of the same offence ; at least all who sell Hume , BolingbroXe , and Gibbon ; yet , these books are allowed to pass ua lotictd , because they are read by the mpect&ble
portion af ^ f , iBMTjftflS ^ y * —^ iftfyii Jiy . iH bAaaptLemj 8 "flie rate of Io ™ 6 d-7 But no aoonerao «« a b * ok present itself at the small charge of id ., which may be read by the work-p&ople , than the GhJTemtnent think it worthy of prosecution . Mr . Sowler , who denounce * Mr . Hey . wood for selling HaBlam ' a Letters selh book * equa'ly as blasphemous , but with this saying principle , they are sold at the respectable price of 10 a . 6 d . each . Mr . Jones concluded his address by staticg , that free discussion was calculated to promote the happinea * and peace of society . Mr . BuchaHah said that he would not take up ranch of their time , but would refresh tbeir memories by again reading the resolution . He rtnurktii
that every attempt forcibly to upset free discussion was - ¦ pposed to the liberties of the people . He then contrasted British society as existing before and after the R--format : on , and showed that everything grtat in this country mi the r « uH of free discussion . He remarked ., that it was siujular thataChurch , hiving within its psje a ' il the aristocracy , should feel its existence endangered by the publication of a p ^ nny pamphlet . Oao woalu think , haviiig exisied 1840 years , it would iuTo tteu beyond the reach of danger , it argued that its existfcsc * tsm not based on immutable tiuth , or tlse why so sensitive at the commencement of inquiry . He would conclude by seconding the resolution . Mr . Tilma . v supported the resolution .
Mr . Thomassos , of Newcastle , moved the next resolution , and * aiti , the Bibie not only gaye directions concerning articles of faith , but alto the manner in which it was to be extended . The apoetle * ajipeikd to eTery r .: an ' s conscience , in the Bight of bis Creator , for a manifestation of the truth ; and a man who iktt ' . mpt&d to coerc « tht opinions of another proved his incapability , at least , to maintain his position by more rational means . He then remarked—if books only of a particular kind , are to be puMirtied , L « w is it " we , have no standing tribunals to decide in these cases , such a tribunal , composed of such men as Phhlpota , of Exeter , and his less brilliant satellite ^ Brinaley , would keep one right , and the disposition oi the two men recommended them to such an effice
The si eaker then dwelt on ihe conduct of Government iu ir-stituung such prosecutions , and remarked at die time Tn-irogood was incarcerate , ! im appeal was made to : he nation , and they came out as the redoubtable advocates of civil and religious iiberty ; but bo soon as . in utumpt is made to Tio ' . ate tfK&e principles in the person of another , they aro quite silent ; it gues to prove that lfc-crality witn them is a -word of dubious import , ana iiu-ans not equality of rights , but simply a power to protect themselves ; leaving other c . asses of the community to take their chance . The speaker \ heu addressed himself as a Chartist , and said to them the question was of ir : i : : ta importance . Th se attacks upon their constitut : ¦¦ :- .: \\ liberties had
not been made all at once , b-t l , y imperceptible decrees ; and if th « liberty of 1 . ; iu > ject cuuid be Ti-jlsted as it l&X been in the ^ er * ¦ . of Mr . K-th-. rir .--ton . without a protest fr * m the l : > : c . t ! . _ - 1 .-.-u . ^ v . u-r woald go on making oae encrosc :.. •• : :, f ; cr anotuer till they got the press proscribed , : .- _ ht of pub . ic meeting Ctnied , ' and lha operatives reduced to a state of as complete ra-ssalage as the serf * of Kus 3 ia There is not a right we possess that has not b * en jnainuuced by the life's blwd of some or the brave of our country , and their duty was not only to keep those immunities inviolate , but to transmit them amended and imprsved to po » t * rity . ( Loud cheers . ) Tn « speaker more * the next resolution : —
" That this meeting Tiew * with regret the pro » tcution which has been instituted by her Majesty * Attorney-General against Mi- Hetherington , of London , for selling HmIme ' s letters to the Clergy , and expresisd iu conviction that such precautions are opposed to the Bfixit of political liberty , and highly dingwous to the goTernment of the country . " Mr . A * TEL Hbtwood roie to second the resolution , and said—Mr . Cbniman , ii would ill become me not to come forward to defend the cause of the best man in England , in the person of Henry Hetherington , of London . In him we have all that is g « od and Tirtuous in a human being . To him we owe the reduction of the stamp duty . He succeeded , by incarceration , to establish the right of tlie people to cheap information . To the liberty of the press we owe many pririlege * , aad on the freedom of the prea hinge * the liberty of
the nation . ( Cheer * . ) The qmestion is not whether the book is blatphexnons , but whether an individual U alloired to exprea * an opinion on any subject or not . The question eome * home to every nmn Will tSe Government be able t « present the publication of these letters ? A * a publiiher , I say to j for , by prosecuting they excite " curiosity in the people to know what it contain * - and thereby extend the blasphemy of which thty are frightened . tHear . ) At the time Bichard Cariile published Paine ' s Works , a prosecution wsa commenced , and he wag sent to Dorchester Gaol . Subscriptions came from all parts of the conntry , and at the termination of his confinement he was a ccmparatireiy rich man . He set up business in F ; eet-stre « . t , and the sale was immense , so long as the prosecutions ¦ were pending ; but no sooner did it subside , than t ' . e tale fell off , and Mr . Carlile b ? came a poor man . The notice of hi * discharge was signed by Sir Robert
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Peel , Prosperity Robinson , " and Lord Liverpool , it were the swne with the Poor Man ' s Guardian ; so long as it wajj considered worthy of prosecution , it circulited 40 , 000 . weekly , but no sooner did it become a legal paper , than it became extinct Haslam ' s Letters was a losing concern till the prosecution , since which they have been called for in all parts of the country , and are being reprinted at thia moment , in consequence of the prosecution having called them , into notice . Lord Denman has said , many a time , that he did not prosecute for opinions' sake : any person who did not se © that prosecution usually increased instead of suppressing dangerous notions , must be as blind as a slave . Mr . Heywood continued for some time , showing the impolicy of prosecutions for opinion * ' sake , and seconding the resolution , resumed his seat amidst the acclamatitna of the assembly . Mr . Jones moved that the resolutions be forwarded to Lord Normanby . Mr . Beown moved , and Mr . Tilhah seconded : — That the rosolntions be advertised in the Morninr Chronicle , Sun , Weekly Dispatch . Nortlurn Star , and tke Ifcunhetter aad Salford Advertiser . " i x > * ,, iroel , . FroBDentV Riimnsnn " anil Tjm >< 1 Ti . ™ -rvn « 1 »¦
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HUDDEB . SFIELD . _ N Ew Pooa LAw .-The Board ot Guardians held their weekly meeting on Monday last . The Guardians opposed to the Amendment Bill , find their time wasted and themselves mortified by the pinch belly ganir who stick to the Btaivation . of the poor , as a cobbler to his last . Screwing and beilygripin « is the order of the day , as the advocates of the Devii ' s law roana ^ e to outvote the friends of the poor . Among the applicants for relief was a person named Betty Taylor , who had been sent to Wakefit-ld Hou ^ e of Correction for two nvmths , on the information of Dfan , for breaking some square 3 of gla ? s in tho Almonribury Workhouse . On being asked the ufual question , '' What she applied for ?"
she said she warned some relief , and also her children , who were in Aldm ^ nbury Workhouse . On being asked why she broke the glass at the workhouse ? she replied that , hearing her child cry vehemently , she broke the window that separated them . Why did they separate her from her child 1 bne had asked the mistress for some bread and butter for the ohild because it was ill , and had h * vi nothing all the day . The mistress told her she made more bother over her child than all the rest , and wished the mas : er would take her under hand . She stated that she was afterwards called into the master ' s room with the child , and that he , without speaking a single word , dashed her against a table , she then ran into the Dnblic-roore .
into which he followed her , and dashed her on the floor , struck her repeatedly on the breast , and kicked her in various parts of the body , to such an extent , that blood ran into her shoes ; when she coald disengage herself from him , she ran out of the house , when the master locked the door . Beina ; thus separated from her infant , which cried very much , in her frenzy she was induced to break th « Klass that separated her from her child , for which offence she was sentenced two months' imprisonment in Wakefield House of Correction . Notwithstanding the woman ' s statement of the evil treatment she had received from the monster of Almondbury Workhouse , aud that the poor woman was terrified at the idea of going near him any more ;
yet those merciful and ridit truly Christian deaaons ind chapelgsiing Guard : » ns would grant her relief no where but under tho same tyrant . A fortnight s » one of the Guardians was charged with nei ^ eot of duty , by permitting a poor insane female to be badly treated in the tame workhouse . He mentioned the case to his brother Guardians ; but the Malthusian set blew it away as a matter of course : however , the following day , the Guardians went into the hou-e of the luuatic ' s father , and an examination of the family produced the following facts : —Baity Kiiner was in the Almondbury Workhouse about ssven weeks . The first week her friends visited her , Dean , the master , told them , in an arrogant tone , that they had no business
there ; that they had delivered her over to his keeping , and that they rauBt stay away ; * rude was this "Jack in office , " that , the poor people dared not go again during her stay until hearing the barbarous treatment sho was receiving , they determined on taking her away altogether , as they said they had rather starve than have her so badly treated . When they got her home , they tbund *> bruise upon her no = e , one upon the left cheek and another under her jaw ; her back was so much bruised and injured that she could not bear her sister to touch her in bed ; her knees and legs
were disfigured with bruises ; she says that Dean and his wifo inflicted them by throwing her on the floor and otherwise maltreatjng hef . On Friday , the 11 th , the father and mother of Bfetty Kiiner attended to state the condition of their daughter . After the case had been heard , the house divided for and against , when , strange to / say , the numbers were equal , and stranger £ till , ' that the chairman ( of whom barter things were expected ) voted against iSSLS |^^ o ?» * ^ - * M ^ fil . WIW . » nta a cow-JEfRfviBTfs ihe W orktousfl ti $ « re ' th 6 inmates ; Saving the fear of Dem before their ^ yes , will not dare to state the truth .
The PETmoR for incorporating the borough is steadily progressing . The majority of the ratepayers are favourable to managing their own affairs rather than bo saddled with the Rural Police . The oppositionists , although their number is email , are batting heavy wagers that their iufluence at head quarters will be so as to deprive tho rate-payers of self-government . Tho magistrates and others who pro !' # sed their opposition to the introduction of the Riral Police , axe doing all thuy c » u for its enforcement .
CI * AJrTON .-0 n Monday last , whilst Jonas Brook * -, of Wibsev , a collier in the employ of the Low Moor Company , was at his work in tho pit , a large &hoot of earth fell upon him , which killed him lri ^ amauco' . isly . The deceased , who was thirtyoight years of ago , was a quiet , sober , and steady man , and was greatly respected by hia < .-mpl < . y « v . He has left a wife aud four small children to mourn ins loss . Drowning . —On Thursday night week , a young woman , named Sharp , who was employed by Moses Bottomley , Esq ., of Shelf , as a pawor-loom weaver , left the mill on the evening in question , and was found , next morning , in her master ' s mill data , stiff and quite dead . The cause of her drowning herself is not knovfn .
Accidext . —On Thursday night week , as Mr . Jonas Wilkinson , overseer of Clayton , was returning home from Bradlord market , there being ice upon the causeway , he fell , thereby fracturing his ancle . Medical aid was promptly procured , anc we are glad to state that he is in a fair way oi recovery . BABNSLEV . —Brutal axd ' Savage BAniukity . —On Sa' . urday mgli ; la . gt , as a lot ol Conservatives were drinking at Haxworth public-bouse , Shamblestreet f them
- , one o , ramed Charles Birkitishaw , for atmall wager , unaeiiook to worry a . bulldog , and actually worried at tlse animal with hihaiids and mouth in sue ! : a manner that the twolegged bru' . es , who enjoyed this debasement ol humanity , had to bite the hands of the Ra . va . e before he vrould let go the dog . which he firmly held be : ween liis teeth . St-rangrt ( houiih perfectly trve ) these kind of beings arc the Coi !? rrvativo biaff ot tfaru » ky . who , upon any occasion , are to be let loose upon Caartit-ts .
Frost , Williams , akd Jones . —In consequence of the leetutaiiers having a profession on New Year ' s Day , ; he committee for Frost , William ? , aad Jones , wiil hold their meeting a . t eieveu o ' clock in the forenoon . It is hoped that the membrrs who are de-:-. rous for iheir liberation w . llattend . RICHMOND . —Tho carcase of a fino fat bul-; ock , 3 joars ola , was exposed fur sale at Richmond ' - ¦ a Saturday last , by Mr . R-ilph Fenwick , of Gayles , v . hich auiacted the attention of the great feeders m the neighbourhood , who pronounced it to be the finest beef that had been shown in Richmond for some time . It wa 3 fed by Thorr . a * Lax , Esq of R * vensworth , and weighed 109 st . 7 rt > . The whole « a * soid in a short time at 8 d ., and the prime tartd ai lOd . per lb .
XiOHajOK . —BKauoNDSEY Mutual Ikstruction SocisrY . —A few teetotallers of Bermondsey have established a Mutual Instruction Society , where lectures on interesting subjacta , such as the Peopled Charter , « fec , will be given by the wo . king men themselves , every Tuesday evening , at seven o clock , at the Temparauce Coffee House , Bermondsey New Road , near the Grange Road . MAKCHESTEE .-Accident at the Zoological Gardens . —On Tuesday morning , William Haley , the keeper of the lions at the Zwlogical Gardens , had the imprudenoe to jjo into the den to a female leopard ; she inBtantly uurane upon him :
they struggled together for eome time , until his cries brougkt him aaaistan . ee , The men found him in the middle of the house , with the leopard npoa hi * should era ; they succeeded in driving it off , and it was held at bay by a terrier pup , until the poor fellow was ^ aken away . The keepers succeeded iu cl'uirig the doors ; ami finding that it could not by any means be got back again into the den , it was destroyed . It is a great gratification to know , that , except a severe laceration of the scalp , the poor fellow has sustained no very Beriou 3 injuries . He is now iu the Inffrmary , and , last eveniuy , was doing very well .
Skriocs Accident . —About six o ' clock on Sunday evening , a hackney coach was being driven along Heaton Lane , Stockport , when a boy , named Chesvrorth , about twelve years of age , in attempting to ride behind the vehicle , got his right leg entangled in one of the wheels , by which it was eo mangled as to render amputation necessary .
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Fike in Grbeksatk , Salkord . —Shortly after nine o ' clock oa Sunday morning last , a fire was discovered on ihe premises of Messrs . Collier and Co ., machine-makers , Greengate . An alarm was immediately given at the Salford engine-house , and an engine was promptly despatched ; but , owing to some defect in the water plug , it could not be got into play except with a little ' water which wa 3 fetched from the river . About a quarter before ten , Dr . JamesBardsley called at the Manchester Police Yard , and informed Mr . Rose of the fire . Mr . Rose directed an engine to be immediately prepared in case it wae sent for , and sent Mr . Booth , his assistant , down to the fire . On his arrival . Mr . f . nn . » t n ~ ., „ .. „ . _ .. o . - o ; . l _ _/• .-
Williamson , the agent of the Royal Exchange Assurance Company , desired him to fetch an engine ; and he then returned and informed Mr . Rose , who immediately proceeded to the place with the engine , which was got into play in less than five minutes after its arrival . The fire had then burned the floor in the room over the boilor-hou » e , and destroyed some goods which were in the room . It was . however , extinguished in the course of about half an hour afterwards , and without any considerable injury being done . The damage to the stock is covered by an insurance in the Royal Exchange . The building , we believe , is also insured iu . another office . The cause of the fire is not known .
Fires . —About half-past twelve o ' clock » n Tuesday noon , information was brought to the Aiauchoater Police Yard , that a house oa the Hyde New Road , occupied by Mr . Chorlton , and belonging to Mr . BurgfBS , was on fire . An engine was immediately despatched , and ou its arrival bogau to play on tho lire , whioh was iu a bod-room , and speedily extinguished thefiames . It is supposed to have originated through the bed being too near tho fire-p ' ace , and the clothes blowing on thefitd . The bed was destroved ,
aud a part of the floor of the room , bat no further damage was dona . —About three © 'dock in tho afternoon , an alarm was givon that the premises occupied by Mesurs . George Woolloy Bnd ¦ Soup , manufacturers , m Bridgewater Buildings , High-bkreet , were on fire . An engine wae taken , but when it " arrived , there was ; io necessity to use it , the firo-having been extinguished , without much damage having been done . The fire was supposed to have been caused by the ignition of Eome soot in a flue , which set fire to the boards of the floor .
.. ^ hojh Dre adful Coal Pit Accident . —On Saturday forenoon , an accident of a serious character occurred at Ringky Fold Collienea , about seven miles from Munehestur and four fro-n Bolton . It appears that the neighbourhood abounds with coal mines , which have been very productive , and yielded considerable profits to' the owners . The mines of Messrs . Stott and Kuowles , near the margin of the river , have been in work a considerable period , and are somewhat peculiarly constructed , it is common in some pits to ascend by a ladder or bucket ; but , the bed of coal in this being near the surface , it was entered by aninclinedtunnel ,. through which the coals were alto dragged by means of ropes . The mine hasbeeu worked for a great number
oi years , aad has not been the eceue of any accident of a melancholy nature , until Saturday last . Being ue&r the river , and the excavations having been extended under its bed , it was found , oa Saturday morning , to give way , aad the workmen , about thirty in number , began to make their escape by running up the tuunel . The earth gave way for at least ten yards in the bed of the river ; aud th © water , loose earth , &c , rushed in with such force , as complotely to fill tho mine , and , for sometime , to drain the river dry . It was also found that two of tho dia-vers ( yoang men ) wore entombed in the awful grave ; for upon fomo alaroi being occasioned , thay tried to gain their tools from the extremity of the mine , and before they could escapewere
, met by the rush of earth and water , which immediately overwhelmed them ; all the rest escaped uuiujured . Ouo of tho lads , named Fox , had succeeded in getting all his tools , with tho ox ceptiou of his riddle , lie waa reminded of this by his nnnle , and ran back , never to return . Th ^ earth has since given way in several places , and for rome distance tho mine exhibits numerous chasms . In consequence of the I 039 of life , workmen were immediately employed to pump out the water ; but owing to the other breakages , they have not been at all successful ; ivud , it is supposed , they will not be ¦ ble to effect their purpose for two or three months . We understand that this accident , lamentable as it waCTjad nearly been far more calamitous and
destructive . It seems that the beds of coal , near the place where it occurred , are divided by what is technically called a "fault ; '' that is , a vertical wall or partition of earth , which effectually cuts off tho low of the water beneath the surface . Messrs . Ekott and Knowles having pits at work on both * ides of the fault , were compelled to use two engines for pumping ; and they had , consequently , determined on removing a portion of the fauH , in order ; bat the water might flow from the higher to tho lower side , by which they would have been enabled to dispenso with one or thoir pumping engines . Several yards of earth had been removed when this accident happened ; but fortunately , the work was not completed : had it been so , the other mine ? , on the lower sida of the fkult . would -havA Wn
(^ mp ^^ s Sitir ^ vm ^^ kk ^ ivninmtr no t * mirre m ( Mum , or Kearsley , would have escaped the inundation which , in this manufacturing district , would have boon a most serious matter Mr . Kamaden . however , on behalf of the trustees oi ihe late Ellis Fletcher , Ei-q . has caused a notice to be served upon Mews . Siott and Knowles , prohibiting them from removing the fault . The Ashton Murder . —On Saturday last , Edward Davies , Samuel Hardwick , Henry Hardwick , John Williams , and Peter Thompson , tho five men apprehended on su .-picion of being concerned in th < late murder at Ashton-under-Lyne , were examined before the magistrates at that plac « , on & charge ol
conspiring to injure Mr . Richard Whitfioli , ' and other persons in the town of Ashlon-undir-Lyne , ' and to prcvunt them from following their buaiu . ss l The evidenco was very voluminous , and went to ' Bhow that the prisoners had been concerned in the ! turn-out of eawyors at Ashton , and in various attempts to dour othor men from following their emp ' oyment ; but nothing was produced to throw lux-. her lifiht on the airociou . s murder committed on the night of the 11 th instant . Eventually , the prisoners were ordered to stand committed for trial at Kirkdale , on the charge of conspiracy , but be kept to abide the result of the coroner ' s inquest , whioh i-tood adjourned to Thursday . . a
CABUSLE .-The Whig Corporation andth b ViUKEN and IVkce Albkrt . — On Tuesday , Dec . 15 th , 1 his ta < 4 e body of Councillors assembled at the Town Hall , tor ilie purpose of p&ssiug addresses 10 the Qioen and Prince Albert . The mesting was called by circular , or in some private way , for none of tho burgesses , who are Bet forth in the addresses knew anything at all of iho mattur . Had tho meeting been a public one—as it ought to have beenthere is little doubt but t ' . ie Cnartista , who are always ahvo to their duty , would have moved an amendment to tho effect of calling for an
immediate liberation of all political prisoners , aud a restoration to their homes and families of those unfortunate men , Frost , Williams , and Jones . We pronouueu the meeting of tha Corporation as a complete hole-and-corner affair , worthy only of : i bodv of men who , from their lguorarico and stupidity , ; arc wasted a very great ponton of tho property a , * d money belonging to the town , and who dared uot to meet iu public those bm-gesses whom thoy havo thus barefacedly and impudently misrepresented by attaching them to tho addresses , of Wiuoh ncany the whole wera toiitllv iffnorant .
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THE NEW FEATURE ! ' One of the moat important feature * preaented in the Chartist agitation—a feature altogether witbeut parallel in the history of any people engaged in a moral or physical warfare against injustice—1 b the voluntary abandonment of what has for agos been considered the great colace of a life of toil—a moderate indulgenco in the use of stimulating liquor . What originated in Klihhness , or , in other words , from a desire ou the part of individuals to protect themselves ag&iust the hamrds ot oter-indulgence f by vowing to eschew the cup , has risen to the rank of a great moral and political duty . Burns' fervent tulogiums on whisky Lave lost their charm ; bat his laurels will not decay for all that : hi * oul-atirriixg appeals i »
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> ehalf of liberty—kis hearty denunciations of tyranny —his rasolute contendings for the rights and rtignity of ' man '—have , in these days of ' awakening , " met ivith a resprnse such as they never met with before , md havo given him a place in the affections of the masses much nearer the heart than ha occupied in time past . The moral and social reformation produced by the ibandonmont of tho use of stimulating liquor begin to be palpably exhibited . The working cbsses , whose icanty means could ill afford the application of the Bm&Uest portion to any thing which uicl not constitute food , but whose unceasing toil rendered doubly palatable the stimulus which liquor produced , and who , in consequence , were the least able to resist ; ' " " __ t __ i * ~ r in i _ » - i . _ j i ,. , .
temptation , have been the first to emancipate themselves , and have been the first to enjoy the advantages . Looking around on the effects produced , one would think that a mighty load had been thrown by the masses from their shoulders . They stand eroct . The poBae&aion of unclouded reason—the right application of their scanty earnings—the consciousness of acting in accordance witb the laws of their organisationhave given a direction to their pursuits , and n firmness to their resolves , altogether in keeping with the high destiny of their nature . Why life should not l >« easier—why wont and poverty 8 ho « 'd prevail in a land possessed of all the elements of wealth ami plenty—why the few should repose on cushions , while the many sit uueasy—aro questions which naturally arise , and are questions , which results show , admit of an answer . The government of the few is incompatible with the rendering of JHStice to the many . What bears advantageoubly on the social and moril
departments muat act similarly on the political . Submission to oppression would be out of keeping with thy character of tuo sober aud enlightened cititsn . The man who has tho moral courage to sacrifice a luxury , not to speak of a vice , on the shrine of duty , is not likely to remain passive when he sees himsulf an object marked out for filching . He has no idea of others living at his expence without fair value being given in return . He bus no idea of yielding up his rights as a citiaen , after he has learned the character and extant of w hr-. t he is entitled to . He has no idea of huwing wood and drawing water , to be consumed in preparing dainties for the rich , while nothing but toil aud the refuse fall to his lot . As a member of the common family , he will insist on affair share in the management , and a fab share of what he produces by his industry and intelligence—in other words , he will agitate , and agitate unceasingly and unflinchingly for the Charter . -
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THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NOKTHEnN MAE . Deah Sir , —As there appears to be some misundarstanding , in certain quartets , as to the leg . Jity of the National Charter Association , I beg space for a few remarks in your valuable paper . There is an opinion that this Association is made up of various branches or divisions , and , in fact , many of the reports in the Star of the meetings of its members and councils favour this idea . This ia entirely erroneous . The Association knows no divisions , no branches . The divisions recognised by the plan of this Association are geographical Uivisians of the kiugdom , and not sectional divisions of the people . The
intention of the delegates at Manchester was , throughout , to convey unity of idea , to aiake all the Chariista of Gre <» s Britain one compact body . The forthcoming Bxecutiv . ; will not be chosen as representatives of sections of tl . e Association , but as a common governing head , aud be chotsen by the whole of its members , each member throughout tha kingdom having seven votes on the night of voting for seven persons . The Councilmen , in any oase , do not sustain the character of delegates ; they are permanent officers for the time bting , not appointed by the people , but by the Executive , and are , therefore , subordinate . There is no such thing as correspondence between two or more societies , for the Association is one .
A little more regard , perhaps , ought to be paid to the plan laid dewn for our guidance , as w-. ll us more tare observed in the reports of our proceedings . No such thing us Nob . 1 , 2 , &c . ought to b © allowed or sanctioned for a moment The reports ought to be headed , any , ' * Bradford , " for instance , at the top , with a period ; then should follow below , simply , " National Charter Association , " with a period also ; followed by " The Members—the Council of this Association met , " &c . You will excuse this ; I do not intend it for you , but for your comBpondents .
If any man fears that he is endangered by correspondence , why , let him take cate not to furnish the Government with evidence , without which the Government cun never prosecute . Let all letters be destroyed as soon as done with , or entrusted very quietly and alone to eonu quiet friend who is not in office ; but , at tho same time , let all things be done openly , iet there ba uo socrets . I wish us to act as legally as possible , but lot the consequences be -what they may , our object must be pursued at all haairds . If the first Christians had ceased to associate when commanded to do so , when threatened witii prosecution on the ground of illegality , Christianity would have become extinct at thtt outset ; and if Chartism ia not vigorously prosecuted , it will never make head against the tide of corruption , nud the foree of powef which oppose it £ if , the Aasociatiun ^ 'l firmly believe , is destined to tmtet aiar mm « gfr , if tha peopuPaie only ' trite "To themselves , active , and prudent .
Tktre U one thing more which I wish to mention . The building of Chartist Chupels or Democratic Halls is , of all things , most likely to secure us permanent and efficient prosperity . This might be done in many places without being a burden to any one . The suburiptions demanded should be small—say one shilling from tach Chartist , any one giving as much mort' as he pleases ; those who are notdirtctly with us ( shopkeepers , fcajahouM everywhere hecauvassed . Now , suppose a given district of 5 , 000 ChartiBts commence to rear a district buildinsj , 5 , 000 shillings would raise on a given Saturday night £ 280 , a hamisomesum ,, indeed , to begin with . Lot then 600 such places be buiU igaimit tho liberation of the " caged lion . " See what Held would be opened before him . How it would ciiter hia hear * in the prospect of his last and triumphant aiitatiau .
* l " Up , then , my friends , and ba at it , let an active canvass be instantly be ^ ua ; let the thing be fairly explained to the people , and certain success will crown your efforts . I remain , dear Sir , Very warmly yours , J . AiiiuN Bradford , Dec , 22 , 1840 .
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THE NEW POOR LAW . TO THE EDITOR OV THE NORTHERN STAR . Dead . Sir , — "Th « law not only regards life and member , and protects ev ^ ry man in the enjoyment of them , but also fnrniohea him with everything nr coss . sry for their support ; for there is no man so indigent or wretched but he may demand a supply BiifEuent for ali the necessities of lire from the more opulent part of , the community , by means of the several statutes enacted for the reli * { of tha poor—a . humane provision , dictated by the principles of society . "—Biackstoao , Book I . chbp 1 . I havo on many occasions been witness to strange proiee-. Ungs ant , decisions , that have em muted from the bench of jusliee of this town ; but of all tho tyrannical ; vu 6 ^ ill * gul interpretation * , either here or elsowher , of the i . oor ' a r ifcht to relief , I think tho following c& . v . which took place on Monday last , has no parallel .
A molest , unassuming labourer , haviDg a -wife and throe children , was brought before the bench by thv overseer of Butter worth , i wuo stated thattba man was a Bober , industrious , workman ) to swear to his settlement . After the Clerk to the Magistrates had rc-aci the deposition of the man in question , the following remarks were Kiadu : — Mr . Clement Riyd » , chairman of the magistrates , addressing the overseer , said , •» You have no right to relieve * uch like men as the one before us ; he is an able-bodied man . and ought to maintain his own family . " The Answer . — He can get no employment . Mr . C . Roytls . —He is able to work ami must get it . Mr . George Ashworth , ( one of the newly-appointed magistrate * . )—How ia the man and bia family to subsist if he iB unable to get work ?
The Chainunn , taking no notice of Mr . Ash worth , told the Overseer he should take out a summons against the m » n for neglect of family , and he would commit him to pruon j the rates are not collected to keep such Able-bodied men us that . Now , Sir , this opinion of one of the great unpaid , excited a great sensation ia the Court , and many turned away from tbe bench with cursei on their lipi , th » t such a modem Nero should havo power over the lives and liberties of the industrious labourers of this county . It nmy be here worthy of remark , that this paragon of justice , about three years ago , stood forward on the lory interest to solicit the « uifrage « of the electors of thii borough , and , &s a means of acquiring the support of the naenfrancoUed , had the modesty to have emb'aaoned on hi * rjaun ^ w : — " No New Poor Lavr , " " No ButHei , " ' The Pwr Man ' s Friend I" From « uch friends , good Lord , deliver u * .
Having latterly hoard m / wy strange decisions from the tamo person , I have before thonglit him unworthy of notice in the oolumns of your valuable journal , but in oar attack on the gre * t citadel of oorruption ; local event * should not ba overlooked , and justice to the defenceless , demands that wen flagrant acts of tyranny fthonld not be buried In oblivion . a y . Rochdale , Dee . 82 nd , 184 * . » . —* .... ^ . —^^— ...
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Mr editor , —Have tbe kiadness to insert , in your valuable paper , that tho Birmingham letter , concerning the National Charter Association , will be noticed next week ; and for the satisfaction of Mr . Chapman , of Fimbury , his Pott-office order fer £ 126 has been duly received ; Rnd , furthermore , a . fall balance-sheet will be published next week , shewing what hasbeeu received and what ia owing from and by tho different branches . William Tillmak , Secretary . i , CoUlo » -atrMt , Manchester
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On bunday , December Gth , was christened at the Church of St . John the Evangelist , Wnterloo-road , Lambeth , the son of Jeremiah an * Elisabeth Lee , by the name of Charles Feargus . The parson pretended uot t » h » ar then-. uneat first , but upon its being repeated , exciuiuieil " Oh !" This wifa of Thomas Wadsworth , Deaneis-grove , near Binwley , wan saftly delivered of a daughter on the 16 th , an , on the 17 th , had it duly registeiod by the nani 9 of Rosa Euini ^ ti O Connor Fioit Wadswortb , in memory ol tlie murdored , the stolen , and the imprisoned palricts . At Manchester , Nov . 20 th , the wife of John PareJoW , cottsn spinner , was hafely delivered of a daughter , who has bten duly registered Matilda Caroline Frost . .
Honry Emit Rushton , the son mt Benjamin and Mary RusUton , of OTeadtu , neii Halifax , wag born DeoenibeZ ltith , 1826 , and was 14 years of age but Wednesday . His father and mother gave him the above name , in honour of that noble of nature , that it might be handed down to posterity . At Satton-in-Ashfleld , Charles O'Conner Ward , ion of John » nd Matilda Ward , was born on Nov . 13 th , Mid registered Dec . 12 th . George and Sarah Blacker , of Gawthorpe , had a son born tha 6 th day of September , which w » s dalyregietared Feargus O'Connor Edwin Blacker , on the I 2 th of S < -pt . Peter Fcargua , Littler , born April 14 th , registered the 18 th of Mayfc 1840 , son to Itickard aud Jaue Littler , of Sa ' . ford .
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MARRIAGES . Oa the 21 st inst ., at Almondbury , Mr . Uriah Knowles , Ui ! or , Manchester , to Mary , eldest daughter of Mr . Wm . Banks , Armitage Bridge , near Huddergfield .
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' " " " ' tm- ¦ *" ¦ ¦ ' *¦ ¦ *¦ - * - ^« . ^ . ¦•¦ i « Mava DEATHS . On tbe 2 Ut inst ., at Richmond , Mrs . Margaret Matthews , ia the 77 th year of age . On the 22 ad insi ., at Richmond , in the 41 st year of her a ^ e , Elisabeth , wife of Mr . Wa . Poppleton * of that place , cooper . Ou Tuesday last , in the 75 th year of his age , Mr . Dtvid Glenhill , farmer , of Huir Hall , Ellaad , near Halifax . On Wednesday norning last , at Fulford , very suddenly , Mr . Christopher Benlhaa , farmer and gratier . On Tuesday last , aged 41 , Charles , ion of ihe Rer . John Graham , » f York . . Saue day , after three days' illness , aged 14 jean-Charles , eldest son of Mr . Joseph Green , Cookridgestreet , Leed * .
On Monday last , the new born son and heir of J . . M . GaskeU , Esq ., M . P ., Thornea House , near Wakefield . Same day , after a short but severe illness , in the 23 d year of hia ' age , beloved by big relatives , and » espiicted Ly bis frknds , Mr . Geor&e Chew , nephevrof Mr . G . Firtb , iron merchant , Leeds . ' On Monday w « ek , in the 8 O 1 I 1 year of hia Me Abram Greenwood , Esq ., of Grove House , Devrs ~ bury Moor , father of John Beswick Greenwood . E * q ., lato barrister of the Nonhern Circuit , aiid now one of the hitting magistrates at H * tton garden , London . - ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ -v . v- viti
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XO THE KK 1 T 0 B OF TUE NORTHERN STAft . Sin , —In the . Northern Liberator of the-12 th ¦ inst , ( . hero appeared & iettwr from a person at Biitley , containing a lying and Bcumlous attack upon the 1 at Convention , » nd several individuals , among others , are myself . Although the Liberator gave insertion t 6 thia attack , yet it actually refused to give my defence , though conscious of that week being ' the . list of it * existence—proving the truth of that idea— " Theruliasj ; passion strong in death . " Tfco conductors Of thaftjournal have never forgiven rae , because , two years ago , I toot Bi > me interest in seeking to establish a Joint Stock Chaytist Journal in Newcastle . I shall feel obliged by your insertion of the folio-win * letter . I am , Sir , very respoctfnlly . Your obedient Servant , Wm . Byrnb . " , ... ,,.,
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTUEHW LIBERATOR . SIR , —I find in your journal of Saturday last , a letter signed by a pr-reon nunied Alport , of Birtley j and a 3 that individual has alluded to me , among others , I think I cannot be considered intrusive , or impertinent , if I make a few remarks in answer to this precious epistle . I have uuvlo some inquiries respecting this M » Alport , and find that he is merely a stalking-horse in the bu-ines 3 . The real author of this bundle of- folly and falsehood I . shall net name ; for I ba'idvo him possessed of mjiiijrnity and m . anncs * enough to t-vke law proceedings against me ; but I shall describe few m ; irk . i by which tho Cu . irtiito of Newcastle may kcow the man .
This individual ( i-. ot Alport ) tos ones a Councillor of the Noithern P <; li » ieal Union ; in which office he conducted himself w : th a degree of violence cliaely bordering on insanity . However , a time of danger came ; and this brave and maniy tar changed his ship—turned vcbat wn . s called a ' moral force man " —and abused the Chartinta in genuine Whig language . I should treat tbe creature with silent contempt vn'ra I nifTcly a pvivato individual . Bai as my character is public property , I consider that- I am bound to preserve it , in ori ! 6 r tint the grer . t and good cause which I advocate shall not be injured through me .
Now for the subject-matter of this letter . In the Hist place , this scribbler complains that Birtley has remained for some time " without any political existence . " If he had shown us that " . it had * at a « y tinieV "W polUieil- ' existenar , * '"" it would lave neen more in point Lei me . ask him , whyit Aws not hold a " political exiaU nco ? " How is it that tnose patriotic m . jn , amongst whom he ranks himself , have not sent a penny to the wives and children of tne political prisoners aufiWiug for him and them ? now ia it that they have not subscribed a penny towards maintaining those brave and talented young men , Williams and Binns , -now lying in Durham gaol t TUis speaks volumes . Oh 1 tie on such creatures 1 He next complains that lecture * should be given at Winla' . sn and Swa \ weil , and concludes by asking , " Who is this Mr . Byrno ? " I might truly tell him , that , not to know me , argues himself unknown .
Well 1 let mo whisper who this Mr . Byrne isl In the first place , he is a near relative of somo one who proved on the scaffold , in the ' year 1798 their truth and devotion to glorious liberty , and sealed with their blood the testament of freedom . Secondly , ti ; is SU By rue wm the person who , abont three years : igo , gave his time and talent to tho support of tha only oi-ganiz . id political body at that time ia Newcastle- namely , the Working Mon" . i Association , of which he remained a considerable time the Secretary .
Thirdly , when that body declined , Mr . B . gave hia assistance to the Northern Political Union ; and in the course of his advocacy of the Charter , was arrested at Stockton on-Tees— was ultimately tried and sentenced to three months' imprisonment in Durliavn gaoi . He left his prison ; and on the night of the very day in which he'ltft the gaol , he attended a public meeting in the Music Hall , in Newcastle , aad there advocated the same principles ' or which he was imprisoned . Do you know me now f This pattern of truth makes another charge against me : —That I , " in conjunction with my friend , Dr . Hume , chose , without consulting any other person , Dr . J . Taylor and G . J . Harm-y ( men whom nobody , not
even themselves , knew ) as Delegates to the National Convention . " What wai the fact ? At no less than two or three large meetings of the Northern Political Union , the subject was discussed—the choice determined by the votes of the members . With regard to Dr . Taylor and Mr . Harney being nnkcown , this is another falsehood . We knew Mr . Harney through his connection with the London Democratic Association ; and Dr . Taylor was actually in Newcastle , at a large publle meeting on the Parade Ground , nearly thrse years ago ? and was not only well known in Newcastle , but all over the kingdom . The fact ia , that this scribe was one who proposed himself , through me , to go to the Convention as a delegate ; and he cannot forgive the Newcastle mea for disappointing him .
He talks also of " mercenary motives . " I shall givo you a little anecdote of the creature . He got op m R- ading Room at the Ousoburn , and he got from th » Working Men ' s Association a loan of some forms . Well ! he attendad two or three meetings for the Union , and brought , in a bill -for ^ nin £ L «? -t < atsMHing » &r Wsexpencesl It was not considered by the Council that tho ciaim was just . He . was refused payment . "What did this honest man do ? He actually kept the forms belonging to the Working Men ' t Association , worth from sfcven to ten shillings each , aad leiused to give them up till the Union paid him , nor has he given them up to this hour ! It may not be out of place h ' re to give ^ another little story of this honest and truthful creature . Swne time before he became connected with the Union , he sought the office of Taskmaster in Newcastle Gaol ! Because the Whigs refused him that situation , ha turned a furious Radical 1
lla also enjoys a pension from the country , having boon one of tho " human buteherg . " So much for thi » person . And now , Mr . Editor , as I am really tired of this vile creature , I shall conclude with a few remarks to y " ourself . May I ask you , Sir , why you should lend your journal to the viio purpose of personal slanderand public injury » Did you not know right well that it wan a coinplste tissue of lies ? Were you not aware that the mendacious scribe had advanced things which you could yourself contradict ? And how is it that you do not see the injury likely to be caused by such attacks as this ? Injury uot to the individual uttlicked , but to th » cause itself . I am , Sir , Your obedient servant , William Btrne . Hanover-square , Newcastle , IMs . 10 , 1840 .
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SWITZERLAND . Letters from SwiU ? rland state th . it the Grand Coun oil of Soleure adopted , on the l « tk instant , the follow ing principles as the bases of the new Constitution o the Canton : — 1 . The sovereignty re « ides in the people , who exercis < it through the medium of its delegates . 2 . The Catholic religion is the religion of the Canton except in tho bailiwick of Buecbugglaud , which professe the evangelical ereed . . 3 . The liberty of the press is guaranteed , saving thi repression of abuses . i . Industry and trade aro free . i . The right of petition ia granted .
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Riciuiid Oastler . —We understawd that this isaloua and devoted friend of the poor is about publishing weekly numbers , to be called " The Fleet Papers , " being letters to Thomas Thornbill , Esq ., of JlsddlcBworth , in the « oumy of Norfolk , in which he intends to explaiu tho reasons for the present alarming state of English sooiety , and the consoqueut insecurity of life and property ; aluo , to off ; r some remarks upon the foliy » nd wickedness of attempting to uphold our institutions , particularly that of private property , by th « unconstitutional means of centralisation , commi 8 BioninK , espionage , and fbroe . The working clasKes owe Mr . Oastler a deep debt of gratitude for his exertions in their behalf on the Fwtery and New Poor Law questions , which we hope will not be forgotten now the old ' * King" is in prison . -
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 26, 1840, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2716/page/5/
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