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4 THE NORTHERN iSffAR A pbil 5, 1845
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Jornmi InteHfeence
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FRANCE. Thb FoMm cAMoss.-The Paris paper...
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IHE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1845.
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THE TRADES' CONFERENCE. Resolved, as far...
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THE FORTHCOMING CONVENTION. When Whigs a...
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THE FOREIGN SPY AGAIN. The demand upon o...
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MOKIBS B -E CEIVK17 BY MR. O'COXiYOR. n ...
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HORRIBLE MURDER IN ST. GILES'S.
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Ikquest on the Body.—TrursdaY.—Mr. Wakle...
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4 The Northern Isffar A Pbil 5, 1845
4 THE _NORTHERN _iSffAR A pbil 5 , 1845
Jornmi Intehfeence
_Jornmi _InteHfeence
France. Thb Fomm Camoss.-The Paris Paper...
FRANCE . Thb FoMm cAMoss .-The Paris papers of _Friday ann » mi _« H emand of 17 , 500 , 000 francs hy _Mughal Sonlt , to defray the expense of armmg _thefortih-SoSofParis . _Alreadyhadagooddealofexcitement _aamfested itself on this head , but much more would it was expected , be displayed . The forhfications of Paris , _saystheiK / bme , have been erected against . the liberties of France , and not against foreigners , lhis ia a -feet so obvious , that it would be losing one s time to attempt to demonstrateittot hose-who still affect to doubt it . The fortifications of Paris are menacing for Paris , but , once armed , Pans is enslaved . In proposing to arm the forts , our rulers call on France to declare if -she is tired of the representative
Government , and ready to bow to an ignominious despotism . The Ministry , we are told , has lost its senses , and the Chamber has only to pronounce its interdiction . _^ The Ministry , we maintain , is fully consrionsofits acts—it is the system that is prepar ing to pronounce thc interdiction of its adversaries . Ministers obey the dictates of him who fostered them , and directed their entire conduct during the last four years . Supported by a doubtful majority , placed in presence of an assembly in which there isno majority certain for anybody , the Cabinet wishes to obtain -f- - > m a Chamber whose fate was scaled by thc vote on me address , an act of extreme weakness ; they think they may expect anything from those who granted an indemnity to Mr . Pritchard . It is their List obsession atifio bedside of a dying power , it is a-will
extorted in , extremis . We are told that the Ministry hesitated a long time before embarking in an undertaking so difficult ; after sustaining so many defeats on secondary _questions , to raise onc that may prove their destruction , is , it is alleged , tbe height of imprudence . We say that they are obeying an imperious necessity . The Reforms then proceeds to cite extracts froni speeches delivered at different periods by the King to prove that his Majesty , who was the originator of the fortifications , was perseveringly following the plan he had conceived in 1 S 33 , and that "he would not rest until he saw it carried into complete execution . Thc Refonne accordingly invites the National Guard and all the citizens of Paris to protest against that libcrticide project , and publishes a , petition against the armament , of the fortifications , already signed by hundreds of individuals .
"The enceinte continue of the fortifications of Paris , "" says the Courricr Francais , " contains 94 fronts and " the detached forts 93 , in all 1 _^ 8 front s . Each front , consisting of two half curtains and a bastion , requires for its defence 20 pieces of artillery , or for the 187 fronts 3 , 610 guns . As each gun is to be supplied with ammunition for 600 rounds , the war department will have to provide 2 , 184 , 000 cannon balls and upwards of 25 _, 0 i _30 , 000 ldllo ! rrammes ( 25 , 000 tons ) of gunpowder . The 17 , 000 , 0007 . demanded by Marshal Soult will consequently comprise but a portion of the expense necessary for the complete armament ofthe fortifications of Paris . " DISTRESSING _Sl'ICIDE OF A POLISH REFUGEE . —La
_DuYidtrtttii Pariftque of the 31 st ult . contains the following : — "The continued and abominable tyranny of the Emperor Nicholas often operates injuriously upon the minds of those unhappy Poles who are pro lex _^ from Iris Yengeancc by our hos pitality . Thadeus Monkiesuricz , a native of Gedelif ki , having become possessed with tiie Idea that onr Government , threatened by the Czar , intended to give up the refugees , to be transported by the Autocrat of all thc Enssias to Siberia , became , under this groundless impression , insane . Tormented with this idea , the -unfortunate man , who possessed an independent subsistence , and resided at Valenciennes , cut lm throat with a razor , by which he destroyed himself instantaneously . "
SPAIN . The Cahusts . — . _Aletter-6 _* omBayonne , oftiie 2 Cth tilfc _., contradicts the report of tie flight ofthe Carlist cMefViHareal from Bordeaux , the only foundation for which was the fa ? t of his having kept his bed from sickness for a day or two . " I beg to warn you , " says the writer , " against the fabrications of our journals , in respect of Spanish news . I have several -times informed you that the Carlists here are active in their intrigues , and that an outbreak in Navarre ishighlyprobablethisspring . The country , however , is for tbe present perfectly tranquil , and the people so entirely disarmed as to be unable to defend themselves _agavHt robbers , who have appeared in the neighbouri- oi of Pampeluna . The country is guarded
by a police very inadequate in point of numbers . " Bakcbwsa . —A letter from Barcelona , ofthe 23 rd ult ., says : —For some days a sharp correspondence lias been exchanged between the captain general and the _^ Neapolitan consul relative to two Neapolitans , "Vicente Ferrazana and Thomas Appignoni , -whom General Concha expelled from Barcelona , and forced to take refuge in France . The Neapolitan consul has protested against this act as arbitrary and in contempt of the law of nations , as well as contrary io the guarantees stipulated in treaties in favour of the subjects of the two nations . But tbe captain general , in place of acceding to this representation , declared that-, being convinced tbat there were at Barcelona foreigners who , in place of remainimr
neutral in the midst of the troubles which had occurred , bad , on tiie contrary , excited them , he was decided to inquire into the" conduct of eaeh , and to expel , not only from Barcelona , but also from the province , all whose conduct had not been completely neutral . General Concha added , that he regretted adopting these measures , but that he was obliged to do so , In order to preserve tranquillity in the province under his orders . Almost at the same time a French subject , M . Kessler , was thrown into prison by the orders of thc captain general , on the most futile motive . M . Flury _, the French consul , hastened to demand bis liberation , and , in addition , required an
indemnity tobe paid in proportion to the length of M . Kessler ' s detention . But if I am well informed , it would seem that all steps taken by M . Flury have not hitherto produced any result , the captain general baring referred the matter to his government for decision . This incident has produced much excitement among tbe members ofthe consular body , who all appear decided to support the rights which treaties afford their countrymen . " More Abkests . —The Madrid papers of the 26 th nit ., state that twenty-seven persons had been arrested , charged with participation in an "Esparto-cist" conspiracy .
PROJECTED ABSOLUTIST BEVOL _1 JTI 0 _X—IXSCHRECTIOXS OF TIIE CARLISTS ! The correspondent of the Times , writing from Madrid , on the 23 rd nit ., gives the following most important intelligence : — Ifotwithstanding the apparent harmony that reigns between fhe Queen-Mother , and the affected reconciliatiou between her and the new Marie du Palais ( Xarvaez ) , yoii may depend upon it as a fact that the animosity which easts " between them is of such a nature as not to have in the slightest degree diminished , and on the first
opportunity it .-will "break out . Not long since three military chiefs of hig h rank waited privately on Munoz , and informed him that they were ready at a moment ' s notice to rise in -favour of thc Queen-Mother against the Minister at War , and that they conld count on the forces under their command . This is a feet , and not a mere rumour . Thev were aware of Ber an-uety to marry fhe young Queen to the son of Don Carlos , and they were prepared to support lei- iu carrying out her ohject The new proposal , ahont introducing Prince Trapani at Madrid , is only a concession made to the exigencies of Louis Philippe .
I have for some time past alluded to the accounts received from Catalonia respectuig the disturbed state of fliai jKU-i of Spain , and the movements of the Carlists . These accounts ivere at first affected to he received with mockery by the Conservative press here , and the facts were attempted to be suppressed . Now , however , the same press is obliged to admit their exactitude ; and the repeated encounters between thc insurgents and the troops , in which the latter have had the worst of it generally , have force- ! - ' those who support the situation to caU on the Governnu-r _. t to display more energy awl resolution in suffocating wl at now appears to he the commencement of a fonnidahle i :: surrection .
A plot has "be-, a . discovered in Barcelona , the object of -which was to _effect a rising of the Carlists in connection with fhe bands of Tristany . They were to have commenced with the assassination of General Concha . On the night of the IGth _, patrols of horse and foot paraded the streets until morning ; and on the following day several arrests werc made . Iu the north of the Principality a fresh encounter has taken place between the factions and a part of the army . They have even approached the Ampin-dan . Ii ; f . _srida the alarm has been so great , that in less than ar . * _-- after receiving his despatches , the Commandant-i- rsd , Castellan , left that place at the head ofthe wl ... - ? the disposable force of cavalry ; and on the mornin- _.. -he 19 ih a battalion of the Keina
regiment of infant- ; , also left in the direction of Solsona _, where it _appeals the notorious priest , Tristany , had shor .-. hiniself , _i > : _-Milaiming Don Carlos VI ., and collecting t . v . Jherfrom all parts the large force which is said toot .. is disposal . The general outbreak was to have taken _t-Iace this day ( Easter Sunday ) , the Spanish troops , insurgents or otherwise , generaUy selecting a Sunday , or a Saint ' s festival , for the commencement of their operations . There is now no doubt that a formidable Carlist conspiracy exists throughout the whole extent of Catalonia , part of Kavarre , and Galicia . The ostensible object is to proclaim Isabella absolute Queen of S pain , and to demand her marriage with the son of Don Carlos . A junta of Carlists exists in Barcelona , and another in Berga . These juntas are principally composed of
ecclesiastics . In Orense also ( province of Galicia ) fhe friar Sfttuiiiino lias placed himself atthe head of a parry of insurgents . The Commandant-general of that place received despatches on the IGth to inform him that Saturnino had entered the frontier from Portugal , between Celanova and _Taude , at the head of 300 men . The second in command of Segovia was immediately sent out with two companies , the carbineers aud the guardia civil , to give the insurgents _hatUe . It is said that Saturnino had attacked a detachment of troops stationed atPuenteVargus , and that the latter was obliged to retire before him .
The Carlists ofthe French frontier in the direction of Bayonne are activel y , though secretlv , at work . The resultof their labours WUl probabl y be an attempt atinsurrcction in Upper Navarre . _*~~ —
Switzerland. Luportasx News.—Commexcemen...
SWITZERLAND . lupoRTASX News . —Commexcemeni or the _Civiir War !—In continuation of the intelligence contained in our 7 th page , we give the following from the Paris papers of Wednesday : —The _Constilutiomul ( of Wednesday ) published a letter from Arau ofthe 29 th ult ., stating , that on the 27 th an entire company of carbineers of the forces of Lucerne deserted with arms and baggage , and joined the refugees of that canton on the territory of Argau . Only twelve men remained faithful . On the 29 th the Insurrectionary Committee sent expresses in various directions with orders to tho different corps of volunteers to repair , without loss of timeto the general rendezvous . It was believed
, that the expedition would commence its march on the 31 st . Accounts were received in Paris on Wednesday announcing a first success ofthe revolters in the capture of a small town ( _Suraee , it was said ) . They were marching on Lucerne to the number of 1-1 , 000 men , with six pieces of cannon . Very severe observations were made in that capital on the withdrawal of Count Pontois , the French Minister to the Swiss Government , at such a crisis . " It is , " said the parties , " of a piece with the whole policy of the French Cabinet . France withdraws her Minister in order to avoid countenancing either the Government or the insurgents , and will send him back when the aflair shall have been decided . "
INVASION OP LUCERNE BY FOUR THOUSAND FREE CORPS AND REFUGEES . Lotion , _Satditoat Morxisg , Afiul 5 . —The Journal des Debate of Thursday mentions liaving received , at alatebouron Wednesday evening , accounts from Switzerland , announcing that on the 1 st instant the free corps of Argau , reinforced by the volunteers of the Radical cantons and the refugees from Lucerne , to the number of 4 , 000 men , had entered thc territory of this last canton . They had marched through Surzee—a small town within five leagues of Lucerne , near Lake Sempacher—and probably took possession
of Lucerne , which had only 2 , 000 men to oppose them . * * * * This evening all the free corps will have men at Zofingue , and probably commence operations during the night . To-morrow morning , or at latest towards noon , _they will be at the gates of Lucerne . No veiy serious resistance is expected , unless the small cantons interfere . Even so , they will not be able to fight it out , but there will be much blood shed . Should they not repair to the assistance of the Government of Lucerne , it is vei * y probable that on Wednesday all will be over . "
INDIA AND CHINA . News has been received in anticipation of the Overland Mail , which left Bombay on the 12 th of March . The hews ofthe month is singularly uninteresting . Sir Charles Napier , with a British force of nearly five thousand men , continues in the mountainous country ofthe Bhoozties . The enemy has fled far before him , and he is now negotiating , being unable to overtake or surround them . His army begins to suffer severely from want of provisions , and should he persist in remaining beyond the desert until the hoi season approaches , it is feared he may require to make a rapid and disastrous retreat . There seems little chance of his effecting anything by renaming where be is . Scinde generally is quiet , and the troops , with the _Highlandeis , now on their
way to Bombay , healthy . The eompaign in the Southern Mahratta countiy has closed—not very gloriously , but it has closed . The troops are on their way back to their cantonments , and thc executioner is winding up the work which the gun left unfinished . The troubles in thc Punjaub continue with little _change , and in the same state as in the past six months . Government are quietly moving up a force towards the north-west frontier , which , by the time it is collected , will probably fall little short of 40 , 000 men . _^ It is not understood that any aggressive measure is intended ; preparations appear to be merely preventive . Of the troubles in Nepaul Cashmere little or nothing since last mail . Tranquillity generally prevails through the British dominions in the East . From China we have intel ligence to the 14 th of January ; it is of peculiar commercial interest .
Astley's. Since The Opening Of This Thea...
ASTLEY'S . Since the opening of this theatre on Easter Monday it has been very well attended . The amusements provided by the spirited and truly indefatigable lessee are well worthy of the highest meed of praise , and the public seem quite to enjoy the good tilings which are here provided for their amusement ; but Mi * . Batty is not content with doing Hie thing well—his aim is perfection ; and to attain this point all his energies would appear to be directed , and certainly not without success . A few days ago he purchased everything worm having belonging to the establislunents of Mr . Sands and Van Amburgh ; and , to complete the whole , he has entered into an arrangement with the first French equestrian company in the world , who will make their first appearance before a London audience at his theatre on Whit Monday . Such a collection of first-rate artists never before appeared at one time at any theatre in Europe . From the many artists who are engaged we merely mention a few of their names .- —The three M . Fournaire , M . Huber , Madame Louise Four _, naire , Madame Klath , Mdlle . Huber . From the fame which this company attained on the Continent , we are led to believe that their engagement , though of a very expensive nature , ivill prove the truth of the old adage , " that it is not well to be Oenny wise and pound foolish . "
ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE . We uniformly feel a pleasure , and derive a portion of useful information on each successive visit to the abovenamed institute . Genius , if not the world , is evidently progressing at what is famUiarly termed a railway speed , and the proprietors of this very useful establishment seem desirous to run neck to neck with the untiring skill and ingeuuitv of the day . We trust the support rendered by the public will be commensurate atleast with the exertions and expense unquestionably incurred in maintaining this school of art and science . Since we last noticed this institute iu our columns , Dr . John Ryan has been engaged in delivering a series of lectures on mechanical power , in the course of wliich the learned gentleman adverted to a recent invention lately exhibited in the French metrepolis , whereby a person deprived of both arms wa » enabled to perform a variety of offices . It appears we are not to be outstripped by our ingenious
neighbours in inventions for the aUeviation of misfortune . The Doctor in his lectures exhibited an invention , the offspring ofthe ingenuity of Sir George Cay ley , Bart ., chairman of the institution , which , in a great measure , compensates for the loss of that necessary appendage to the animal machine—the hand . The Doctor introduced to his auditory a man whose arm had been amputated a little bdotv the elbow—to the stump he affixed the apparatus , consisting of springs and other mechanical contrivances , which terminated in an artificial hand . Bj'tne aid of this the man performed various functions , such as laying hold of the articles around hhn , writing his name , and , in fact , almost uaing the hand at his own will _° nd pleasure . The weight of tbe apparatus altogether Is tri fling ; itis not complex , but rather unsightly when closely examined , but no doubt improvements ivill be suggested This approximation of art to nature is , of itself , well worthy the visit of the scientific and thc curious : hut ,
combined ivith the multiplicity of the products of art contained in that spacious building—the pleasing and _instrue--tive lectures on chemistry by Dr . Ryan—the interesting lectures on experimental philosophy by Professor Baehhofiher—and the admirable arrangements made to facilitate the communication of knowledge to those who have a zeal for the studyof the chemical and mechanical sciences must insure the institution the patronage of a thinking public . However praiseworthy may have been the motives of the inventors and improvers of most of our modem machines or mechanical contrivances ; and however . desirous such persons may have been to lessen the load of human toil ; yet it is unfortunately " ower true " that such inventions have been grossly abused : hitherto , they have mostly been converted into the pickpockets and pick stomachs of honest industry ; they have tended only to make the rich more rich , and the poor more poor . But we have no fear of such being the case with the invention by Sir George Cayley .
The Next Gexehju . Delegate Meeting of Lancashire Mixers will be held on Monday next , April f th , at the house of Mi * . _Higham , ne . ii * Worseley ; chair to be taken at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon . There will also be a public meeting , which will be addressed by W . P . Roberts , Esq ., and several of the accredited agents ofthe Miners' Association .
Ihe Northern Star Saturday, April 5, 1845.
IHE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , APRIL 5 , 1845 .
The Trades' Conference. Resolved, As Far...
THE TRADES' CONFERENCE . Resolved , as far as we were concerned , that Labour shouldspeakfor itself , and through its own representatives , we purposely abstained from commenting at any length upon the proceedings of the delegates last week , lest a coincidence of opinion between ourselves and Labour ' s representatives might give rise to jealousy upon the one hand , or the charge of interference or premature criticism on the other . We
now , however , return to the subject , when our remarks cannot affect what has been done , or be regarded as a desire to force upon the public mind what more we would desire to see accomplished . The proceedings of Conference are now public property , and from the clear and lucid opening of the honorable chairman , to his closing remarks , all must come to the conclusion that they present the first step in that grand national movement to which , from the birth of the Northern Star , we have invited our readers .
Independently of the striking facts and startling truths promulgated by the representatives , who spoke from experience , the cordiality , unanimity , and agreement that prevailed throughout establishes the truth of a great political principle for which we have ever contended . If it be true , as none can doubt , that politics are the " madness of the many for the gain of the few , " tne proceedings of the Trades' Conference furnishes an apt illustration of tbe fact , that politics , to be thegain of the many , must be participated in by all . However we may understand the fact , that the Working Classes having one common interest should be ruled by one common policy , "we could not shut out the fact from _ourselves , thatthe power and cunning working of
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system had established strong political rivalry among a class whose only salvation consisted in oneness of opinion . The Trades , by some political fatuity and social infatuation , have been from time to time strongly impregnated with the respective political principles ofthe two great rival factions , and their bodies for many years were controlled and governed by their several officers with a despotism , though not perceptible to all , yet dangerous to the whole .
To eradicate this political preference and class domination , has required no little time and not less caution . Weconfess that , hitherto , wc have been compelled to speak the language of infancy rather than of mature judgment , to our friends the Trades : however , we rejoice that the time has arrived when wo can now address them in sincerity and truth , without the fear of offending ; and in truth we tell them that their most valuable performance throughout their proceedings was the establishment of a ' great political fact , to which we have over and over again sought to draw their attention . We have contended that
all other parties in the State being equally represented , while Labour is excluded , that all unitedly could not legislate satisfactorily for the several interests that they represented , while unrepresented Labour was sure to lie the battle-ground for faction . While , upon the other hand , Labour being the source of all wealth , and wealth being thc thing for which thc represented classes scramble , if Labour alone was represented , in doing justice to itself , it could not fail of conferring corresponding advantages upon every
other class of society . Here , then , is our illustration : —The several interests in thc country , Labour only excepted , are represented in the House of Commons . Even the Jews , though excluded from . the Tabernacle , are amply represented by those who are dependent upon them . Hence it is that we find a Prime Minister , * with the largest majority ever placed at the command of a leader , incapable of satisfying the several interests , or any onc of them , capriciously represented under the system of class legislation .
Debates of the most insignificant description arc made to hinge and turn upon political bias ; parties only swayed by the hope of applying the resources of the country to the support of their own adherents . Thus presenting all the _characteristics of legalised plunderers , rather than equable distributors of the national revenues . No question has more continuously occupied the public mind than that of establishing such a system of representation as will insure " a fair day ' s wage for a fair day ' s work ; " and thc total absence of all political subjects , the avoidance of all topics that could by possibility lead to , or exhibit any , the slightest disagreement in the Trades ' Conference , at once establishes the fact-, that the
equalization of social benefits can be only discussed and legislated upon , by a Parliament whose paramount business and desire it would be to carry into practice tbe great principle of the greatest happiness for the greatest number . Here we have seen Whigs , Tories , Radicals , Reformers , Chartists , Free Traders ( though not many of them ) , Protestants , Catholics , Dissenters of every complexion , assembling together for a week with prejudices in favour of their several political creeds , religious tenets , and social notions , as strong as those entertained by members of the House of Commons , and yet all are sunk , neutralised , and absorbed in the general desire to accomplish a great social purpose .
Now we turn to the consideration of the work performed by the delegates ; and of that we shall only say , as the hypercritical say of Sir William _Folleti , that he not only applies his words well , but that he uses " the only" words that are illustrative ofthe point that he wishes to expound . So wc say of the Trades , that they have not only performed good work , but that they have performed " ic only" work , and in the only way iu wliich they could recommend themselves to the country . As wc stated last week , a Conference of a sluggish body , hard to be moved ,
and sceptical of belief , was not likely to be elected in a hurry , and to carry with it a sufficient amount of weight to ensure national respect or national co-operation . Their business was—and they have well performed it—to promulgate the several grievances under which they laboured , and to map out a general outline of those means by which they propose to remedy their several grievances . Had they done more , they would have surpassed thc duties assigned to them , while they would have failed in ensuring thc necessary co-operation for carrying out their _measures .
Seeing , however , that the most enthusiastic could carry nothing of themselves , they wisely abstained from enunciating any defined plan , leaving to that mind which will have time to contemplate upon then * several suggestions and propositions till July ( when theymeet again ) the task of moulding general viows into a national plan of organization . Instrumental then as our bumble exertions have been in procuring the first skeleton of representation , wc shall not be Charged with vanity if we confess our great anxiety as to the sequel , nor with interference if , from time to tune , we impress what appeared to be
the wish and meaning of the delegates upon our colleagues of the Provisional Committee , and , through them , upon the Trades generally . Perhaps the greatest strength that a public man ean possess is that of knowing the proper time for action , and the fitting time for repose . From the . present moment then , to the 28 th of July , we aver to be the time for general Trades action . The country will look forward with intense interest and anxiety to what will then be considered a full , free , and fair representation of the Working-class mind ef the country . The duty , we had almost said the task , of bringing about the
first representation of the Trades , exclusively devolved upon Mr . Duncombe and ourselves No other paper even noticed the " great pact , " and yet , through our humble exertions , we saw 110 honest industrious men sent to London to represent their several Trades . Thus we have painted the miniature , and while we will not leave the perfecting of Labour ' s full-length portrait to any other artist , we may safely infer that we shall have all bidding for participation in the great national work . The Conference has adopted several questions as worthv of consideration—it has
wisely decided upon none ; and , therefore , we may digress to express our regret that so numerous and influential a body as the Hand-loom Weavers should have felt themselves called upon to dissent from what was done with respect to Local Boards of Trade . They should understand that the way to enforce a question is by argument , and not by withdrawing from the contest ; and that that one principle paramount with them , and peculiarly applicable to their trade , remains an open question , and one which may be discussed in the forthcoming Conference , and with every probability of success in cases to which it was
applicable , and where it would be considered a triumph . The Hand-loom Weavers have ever commanded our especial interest and consideration . We have battled for them when wc stood alone . We bave described them as the very foundation of the present agitation and movement , and to lose their co-operation now would be a source of unmitigated sorrow . However , we will not lose them , except through their own folly . We will reason with them because they have brains to understand us . We ] will commune kindly with them , because they are susceptible of kindly impressions ; and in the language of sincerity we tell them that even between
ourselves and the proprietor ofthe Northern Star , there is a difference of opinion upon the subject of Local Boards ; and yet tbat difference does not disturb the general cordiality upon all other subjects , nor is it likely to be dogmatically enforced one way or other to the prejudice of the principle . Why , then , notfolerate a division | of opinion among the delegates ? or why should the Hand-loom Weavers capriciously subject themselves to such a charge of inconsistency as that of withdrawing from the contest because at one preliminary meeting they could not secure the adoption of one single principle ? It would be childish- —it would be worse than childish—it would be foolish ; and our friends are not foolish , and will ,
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therefore , return to us , secure in the belief that as we have been their oldest and most constant , we are their truest ahd their best friend . Having said so much upon the particular topic , we now recur to the general question . We understand that the Provisional Committee have resolved upon vigorously carrying out-thc recommendations of Conference , and by next week we hope to publish then * first report , together with an appeal from the chairman , _bearing upon the several . duties to be performed by the Trades generally . This we understand to be the wish of the Committee , and therefore , knowing
Mr . Duncombe ' s desire to serve , we may expect compliance upon liis part . The one great object which we mean to keep in view is that of procuring such a representation in July next , as will carry with it all the weight of a national movement , embodying the Working Class mind of the country . Trusting to see a complete and _enth'e amalgamation of thc several interests ofthe Labouring Classes , and to this end , as we wish the movement to be imperial rather than national , wc would respectfully submit the propriety of inviting our Irish brethren to take part iu our future proceedings , wliich may be thus
accomplished . The secretary may correspond openly , and without fear of violating any existing Act of Parliament , with the Irish Trades' officials , leaving to the Trades of Ireland the duty of nominating confidential persons to be elected by English constituencies ; and tliis accomplished , we have no hesitation in saying that the Irish Trades , so long bound down by political despotism , will become the most vigorous section of the movement . Indeed , wc have no little pleasure in noticing the fact , that at the Conference of Shoemakers , now sitting in
London , a Mr . _Horsfobd , from Cork , acts as representative of his Trade ; nor can we abstain from drawing marked attention to thou . ' proceedings , whieh will be found elsewhere . . The speech of Mr . Fkickkr , the delegate for Cheltenham and district , will be read with pleasure by all , and has been perused with no little vanity by ourselves . From his speech it will be seen that the Shoemakers , representing more thau a quarter of a million of persons , look to the Land as their only salvation , and therefore it is a subject that is likely to be brought prominently before the delegates in July .
Aware ofthe suspicion entertained by the Trades upon all legal questions , it is likely that some misgivings may arise relative to the legality of their proceedings ; however , we think that the well-known and justly appreciated sagacity of Mi * . Duncombe , tbe great legal knowledge and watchfulness of Mr . Roberts , together with our own proper caution , furnish ample guarantee upon that score . Upon Mr . Roberts doubtless will devolve the duty of legalising the Association , and , capable as he is of performing that duty , nevertheless we feel confident that he will call to his aid the best legal talent to be had in the market .
Thus armed with popular confidence and the law ' s toleration , we call upon the Trades of England to arouse from their long and enervating slumber—to shake off their destructive apatlvy—to rid themselves of tlieir aristocratic pretensions—to doff the garb of slavery wliich they have so long and so willingly worn , and to put on the armour of self-defence . They may rest assured that , united , they are
omnipotent—that their President will stand by them to the last—that their legal adviser will keep them clear of the mealies and trammels of tho law—that their organ , which we have the honour to conduct , will honestly , faithfully , and zealously represent them—that their enemies will dread them—their friends respect them—and the world admire them , when they assume the position of freemen , and manifest the determination to be no longer slaves .
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THE FORTHCOMING CONVENTION . When Whigs and Tories , Protestants and Catholics , Landlords and Manufacturers , Merchants and Speculators , are devising means for the aggrandisement of their several orders , it is _aomething- to see thc Working Classes setting zealously about the work of distribution . However Sir Robert Peel may gratify the Catholics of Ireland , however he may endeavour to satisfy the representatives of the landed interest in the House of Commons , and however he may convince the free traders that liis measures are the
best that under existing circumstances he can extract from his Parliamentary adherents , and however temporary employment may for the moment reconcile the Working Classes to the partial improvement in their condition ; yet all thc signs of the times must convince him of the impracticability of legislating for Labour until the representatives of Labour are allowed to speak and vote upon its behalf It is , therefore , refreshing to find the Working Classes keeping their claim to representation alive even in thc midst of circumstances , which , but for their training , they would be led to look upon as permanent .
We must in some respect consider the Working Classes as litigants , claiming a right long withheld , and merely waiting the fitting opportunity to push their claim to a final settlement ; and , resolved that the Statute of Limitation should not operate against them , they have wisely determined upon keeping it alive by an annual representation of their grievances . There are many in our ranks who remember the boastings of Prosperity Robinson in 1824 , and there ave not a few who have a stinging recollection of the calamity which so speedily followed thc promised perpetuity of English prosperity . _Tliese , and such tike results , emanating from the fictitious system
engendered by class legislation , have taught the Working Classes the necessity of being prepared , whenever an opportunity occurs , to demand equality with those who create sufferings , but never participate in them . And , while to some the proposed Convention may appear to be a work of supererogation , we eontend that there never was a time more imperatively demanding their vigilance . Thc letter of Mr . 0 _'Con . voh , which will be found in our first page , of itself furnishes ample matter for deep _consideration , while there are other topics to wliich ho does not refer , aud to which we trust attention will be directed .
The Chartist body has in nothing suffered so much damage as from the practice of allowing poor gentlomen and willing idlers to live upon any amount of excitement that they can create , and , therefore , if a Convention was otherwise unnecessary than to devise means by which the vermin can be taken off the Chartist body , we feci convinced that every district in the country would hail such purification with gladness . This is a change that we have long contended for , and every day ' s practice teaches us , that , until it is
effected , there can be no hope of a thorough organisation of the Working Classes . It is a remarkable fact , that , during times of excitement , when the needy will pay liberally for marketable stuff , that we find a crop of mouthing patriots spring up , as if by magic , while , upon the other hand , when temporary employment and comparative comfort cause a lull in politi cal agitation , we find those very mouthers the first to propound a new code of philosophy suiting to the existing temperament .
For ourselves we have always justified the excitement produced in 18 Sf , 1838 , and 1839 ; but what we have objected to has been thc altered tone of those who breathed fire in those days , and would now heap revilings upon men of equally ardent temperament , but who have not equally abandoned their trust . Many false conclusions have been drawn from thc failure of the Convention of 1839 , while the fact should never be lost sight of , that the delegates of
that year should rather be looked upon as a scrambling section of the " niiddle than as a representation of the Working Classes . It was a second " bid " for an amount ol popular enthusiasm _, 'to carry a more complete middle class reform ' than the mockmeasure of 1842 ; besides , there was a large fund , no less than £ 9000 , together with many weekly salaries of six guineas each , which served as golden links to bind the robbers until the plunder was distributed amongst them . So long as the country was
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generous , and supplied the funds , so long > as fervour high , and promise abundant ; but as aoon as the exchequer became weak , that moment did the several factions of which the Convention was composed begin to show themselves in their true colours . And yet , notwithstanding all the honest representatives ofthe Working Classes were enabled to preserve their principles from the assaults of the Birmingham ragmen , the Cobbettites ( but not the representatives of their departed leader ) , the Whig Working Men ' s Association of London , thc poor gentlemen , the rival newspaper mongers , and the local traders , who hoped to derive a profitable trade by means of national popularity .
From the lesson taught by the Convention of 1839 , the people have profited much , and hence we find that each succeeding representation has been confided ( for the most part ) to working men themselves . Too largo an amount of funds have not been placed at their disposal , and , therefore , that time , which would otherwise bo spent in speaking for hire , has been exclusively devoted to business . At the last Convention , at Manchester , more practical business was
performed than at all previous gatherings , because it was purely a representation of thc working classes ; and in order that the good work there performed may be followed Up , we hope to see Working Men elected as delegates to the forthcoming Convention , who ' will resume their several avocations when their political work has been done . And , above all , we trust thatthe several delegates will receive instructions from their constituents upon the several questions likely to be brought forward .
The Trades' Conference , recently held , was not a political Conference , but was elected purely for Trades' purposes . The Chartist Convention will be , however , a purely political representation ; at the same time , we trust , prepared to shew clearly and fully to the country the amount of social benefit that must follow the achievement of political rights . The day has gone by when any the most powerful , the most popular , or cunning man can exist upon mere political furor ; for , as Mr . Duncombe well observed , the whole question at issue between the represented
and the unrepresented classes is a fair day ' s wage for a fair day ' s -work , and how to preserve that blessing without thc unjust interference of the capitalists . Obstructives as we are , we did not seek to obtrude our political notions upon thc Trades , because they are looking for the same end at which we aim , while it would he a violation of principle , a prostration of honour , and a prostitution of mind , were we to lead to anticipation of general and permanent good arising from any other source than that of perfect political equality—the equality contended for in the document entitled the People ' s Charter .
The Foreign Spy Again. The Demand Upon O...
THE FOREIGN SPY AGAIN . The demand upon our space this week is too great to enable us to do justice to the unblushing admissions made by Sir James Graham upon the motion of Mr . SnEiL . Wc regret our inability to enter largely upon tliis subject , the less from tlic length at _vfliicli we have . givcn the debate , and from which it will be seen that the Home Secretary has from first to last deceived the House , and thc country , by evasion and falsehood—falsehood so striking and apparent , that not a colleague of the Right Honourable Gentleman was found hardy enough to volunteer a defence
against the charge of quibblingand thimble-rig brought against him by Mr . Duncombe . He was " left alone in his glory "—the tiling , as Mr . Dukcombe observed , having now become so grossly fraudulent as not to admit of defence . Notwithstanding the Home Secretary's solemn asseveration that no communication of the names of parties resident in Englaad was made to foreign powers , we have his after admission that the whole matter was communicated BUT ONLY to the Austrian Government—tho very Government—the only Government that could have turned the inform ation to the account of cold-blooded assassination and
butcher }' . Hence , while Sir J . Graham would soothe us into the belief that he had held the name of Mazziirr sacred , he forces upon us the conviction that he has been the murderer of the departed patriots . Is it wonderful , in such a dilemma , and after such a confession , that Sir Robert Peel should have left his colleague to get out of the mire as best he could , to wash the stain of blood from off his hands as he was best able , while the Premier , in his hurry to escape the conflict , left his coat behind him , and
snubbed the lazy reserve as they unwillingly marched to sustain the forlorn hope ? When was the honour of the country before at stake , and its defence left to the solitary individual charged with the disgrace ? But so it was— -SnEiii preferred the charge ¦ Graham endeavoured to flounder out of it , but was unable to refute it * , while Duncombe charged him with quibbling , thimble-rig evasion , and falsehood . The House voted him , like the Herefordshire jury , "NOT GUILTY , " but recommended him to mercy ; and we trust that he will receive more than his victims
received at his hands . He has now placed Mr . Mazzini in a position from which he must extricate himself . We believe him innocent , but to convince the world that he is so , he must prove that hi ? accuser is guilty .
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Mb . O'Connor and Mb . Cooper . —We insert the following brief rejoinder to Mr . O'Connor ' s last remarks hy Mr . Cooper * . — " I am sorry to take up auother line of your space , but the peculiarity of my situation demands that the absolute tmth should be stated . Mr . O'Connor , I beg to state , is again wrong , when he says relative to me ' on his application , I gave 10 s . a week as long as it ( the Illuminator ) lasted ; and on his application , I sent him £ 5 for what I termed at the time 'his bus tard— thc first paper he started . ' In the first place , I repeat , Mr . O'Connor did not give 10 s . a week to the
paper' as long as it lasted . but only so long as it . remained the property of the working men . In the second place , I must state that it is as notorious as the sun _atnoon-day to hundreds—I might say thousandsia Leicester , that it was not on my application at all that Mr . O'Connorgave the 10 s . per week , inasmuch as thc paper teas started several weeks before Ibeeame a Chartist , and mas in _e-clsfcncc two or three weeks before I knew of it . In the last place I observe , Mr . O'Connor did not , ' on my application , send me £ o , ' for either ' the first paper I started , ' or for any other paper ; nor did he , at any time , in writing to mc , term my paper my ' bastard . ' I have no doubt that Mr . O'Connor was not
only applied to for _£ D , but sent it to some quarter ( for I have heard of his generosity to other little ephemerastarted by working men , as well as to tlic _rEfttitiiuotoi'J ; but neither £ 5 , nor five farthings , were ever sent to me for the support of _any of iny papers by Mr . O'Connor . Messrs . Seal , Markhani , II . Green , Uurdcn , Bowman , Weston , Sic , & C , know best whether they ever applied for , received , £ 5 from Mr . O'Connor for carrying on the Illuminator . I can only say that I never heard of it ; and for that reason I think the £ 5 must have heen applied for , and sent to some other locality , and not to Leicester . The application for aid to carry on the fUiimtnatoi _* , and Mr . O'Connor ' s promise of the weekly 10 s ., were made at least three months before 1 wrote my first letter to Mr . O'Connor , he being then in York Castle . Again , I say , this is all inadvertent on the part of Mr . O'Connor , aud I do not wonder at the lapses in his memory , when the multiplicity of liis business is considered . Thomas Cooper .
Those Agents who have not paid their accounts will not receive any more papers after this week . Parties sending post-office orders , or cash , to this office , ought to be careful to write something in their letters , so that we can tell who sends them , and what they intend us to do with thc money . We have four or five agents who never write a word more than the address of this office on the outside of the orders . "We are partial to * short letters , when on matters of business ; but these are rather too short . If those who send will only sign their names , it is all we ask ; andif they will not do that , they must expect that the cash wi 11 sometimes be credited tothe wrong agents . To correct such errors afterwards takes much time in writing for all particulars , besides the risk of the person sending the
money losing it altogether . From a recent alteration in the post-office order department , it is impossible to ascertain the name of the person sending , without writing to the post-offico where the order was first obtained , or to thegeueraroffico . Several of our agents are still determined not to send tlieir orders payable at 180 , Strand . We have this week received orders payable at the General Post-office from "Woodburn , Chovley Rodgers , Plymouth ; Rollet , Nottingham ; Bnrnett , Hull ! If they would but , ask to have their orders made payable at 180 , Strand they would obli ge . Several of our agents address tlieir orders to Mr , Hobson . They would save us much time and themselves disappointment if they addressed them to the proper person . Mr . Henry Saunders , of Newark , must take this as an answer to his complaint of neglect ; his letter went to
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the editor iu Windmill-street , and was never returned to the publishing office in the Strand . Mr . _Psptow , of Stafford , will oblige several _Loudou friends hy inserting his address in the ensuing number of the Northern Star . Mr . Colquhoun , Glasgow , is informed that a letter of pressing importance was addressed to him from M . r Harney , on Friday , the 21 st ult . An immediate answer is requested . Mr . Beeslet , late of Accrinotom , appears not to have received the letter from Mr . Harney , of date the _-iist ult ., addressed to him . at the Temperance Hotel , *< - _^ . street , Blackburn . An answer is looked for .
Mr . Llewellyn , the Welch Chartist . —Wc * lave re _ ceived tbe following appeal from a correspondent we recommend it to the attention of our readers , — -Broil Chartists , —The Star of last week , in reporting the proceedings of the Metropolitan District Council will have made you acquainted with thc name of Mr John Llewellyn . Permit me to inform you that he is hi used of your immediate pecuniary assistance . He iUslikt ? _" informing you himself of his straitene-1 position but by his permission I have undertaken to do so for him " He will be deeply grateful if the Chartist eonm , Uuit ' will render him some assistance in this the hour of his need . He has abstained making this appeal Himself through motives of delicacy , better to he understood than described . He was persecuted by the \ V 1 »« , e . the _"
Newport riot , or rather , it should be the \ v _big _" _) ,,., _^ insurrrection . He has been ruined for his _patHoi _^ m ' and is in want of your immediate assistance ; ; w * | i am sure itis sufficient to inform youof this to ' _siiaur * your kind aid . Any monies may be forwarded either to the Star Office ; to the Council , Turnagain-lane or to Mr . Wheeler , 243 . V , Temple-bar . —J . F . Linden ' Sheffield . —We are informed that the agency for the Northern Star will be removed on Saturday , April I ' to Mr . George Cavill _' s , No . 31 . Fig _Tree-Uuie . au _cL ' munications for the Sheffield Chartists must be ad ' dressed George Cavill , News Agent , 21 , Fig Tree-lane . " COMHUNIC & _TIONS FROM ROCHDALE , _HetWOOD Br AD ford , and other places , have been received , but too late " for insertion this week . Press of matter compels ui t * withhold several _communioafious . Mr . _Hobsos being absent from London , answers to several letters received are unavoidably postponed .
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MOKIBS B _-E CEIVK 17 BY MR . _O'COXiYOR . _n _w , / 0 B THE EXECUTIVE . £ = j Irom ttoi'sboro' Common tea party 1 ' _? ' 9 _„ _„ , ,. SUBSCRIPTIONS . From Redditch ., „ „ 0 5 4 TUOMA 8 COOPER . From F . B ., London !) ft { DUNCOMBE TESTIMONIAL . From Block-printers of Lancashire , _Derbvsiiire _Yorkshire , and Cheshire , per George Wauie . ' 5 0 0 From the Packers'Society , per Mr . Uackney .. 3 3 j RECEIPTS PER GENERAL SECRETAKY . 8 l _* B 3 CRira 0 t _* 3 . £ S . d . r _= a
Marquis of Granby 0 I S Mr . T . Salmon _. two Manchester .. 1 16 G months .. .. 0 1 9 Oldham .. .. 077 Mr . W . Salmon , do . t 1 0 Mossley „ ,, 023 Leicester .. .. 0 8 » Rochdale .. ,. 0 _fi 0 DONATIONS . Proceeds of harmonic meeting at the Feathers .. 0 3 , Rochdale _u U () Oldham , .. .. 0 0 11 _LEVf . Tiverton .. .. ,, .. .. _,. .. 0 10 9 Hammersmith , first portion 0 * 2 5 _CABD 3 , _( _fcc , Paisley , account-book .. ,. „ „ .. 0 4 ft Bacup , cards 0 3 t Greenock , cards Gd ., hand-book 2 d 0 0 3 MRS , _DUKCAIf . Proceeds of harmonic meeting atthe Feathers .. 0 « 5
MRS . ELLIS . Clock-house , Westminster .. .. ... .. 0 11 Mr . Leach having resigned as a Candidate for thc Exccu live Committee , his name is _reiniested to he erased tion * those balloting papers issued previously to receiving lu ' s decision . The candidates are the following : —O'Connor M'Grath , Doyle , Clark , Wheeler , Cooper ( of Stafford Gaol ) , Moir ( of Glasgow ) , and Ross ( of Leeds ) . Any place , ot body of Chartists , not having received a balloting paper , must apply for one immediately , or make out a written list of their votes , and transmit it to the General Secre . tary . All the votes must he forwarded previous to the llth of this month . THOMAS MARTIN WHEELER . Secretary .
Horrible Murder In St. Giles's.
HORRIBLE MURDER IN ST . GILES'S .
Ikquest On The Body.—Trursday.—Mr. Wakle...
_Ikquest on the Body . _—TrursdaY . —Mr . Wakley , the coroner for Middlesex , having appointed ten o ' clock this morning for the holding of thc inquest on the body of the unfortunate woman , Mary Brothers , who was so inhumanly murdered in a brothel , in George-street , St . Giles ' s , on Monday night last , the jury summoned for the occasion met at the Angel Inn , High-street , near St . Giles ' s Church , and their nanies _^ liaving been called over , Mr . "Wakley , before administering the oath , _inouired if any one were
present who could identify the body ? The husband of the murdered woman was introduced , and , to questions from the coroner , said that he had seen the body _, which was that of his wife , Mary Brothers , lie had been married to her fifteen years before , but after their separation she had gone by another name—tliat of Ann Tape . Tho jury ( fifteen in number ) were then sworn , and Mr . Rogers , tobacconist , of Highstreet , Finsbury , was chosen foreman . The coroner and jury then left to see the body . After an absence of half an hour the coroner aud jurymen _re-enteved the inquest-room .
Police-constable William Willis , Gl E , examined—! am employed at the George-street station-house , and white on duly there as gaoler on Monday night , the 31 st March , a woman named Palmer came with police-con stable Allen and stated that a man had been stabbing a woman , at No . 11 . George-street . I then was directed by my inspector to go to the house with them . I did so , and there procured a caudle , and saw three or four women standing at the door of the room on the left side of tha passage . I went into that room , and saw the deceased with her back against the fire-plate , hor head bent down ; and I heard a gurgling noise in her throat . She waa bleeding greatly from the left side ofher neck , and there
was much blood at her side . 1 raised her head , and saw » wound above her left shoulder , and a knife sticking iu it . I desired constable Allen to pull it out , and he afterwards went for the surgeon . Mr . Fitzgerald came in less than ten minutes , but the woman was quite dead . She did not speak or move from the time I first saw licr _, and the gurgling in her throat ceased in about four minutes . I then locked the door . I did not see any person in the house charged with having caused the death of the woman . There was another room adjoining that in which I saw the woman , and on a bed there l saw marks of blood . There was a window there with a saw in it . I saw marks of blood on the wainscoating , as if the blood had spurted there .
Allen , the constable here produced the knife . It was a common sized black handled table-knife , sharpened to the point , and encrusted with blood . Mary Palmer , an old woman , was next exaiuiued . Slw stated that she was a widow , and lived at 13 , Churchstreet , St . Giles's . I used to sell fruit for my living , but latterly I have been employed to clean , and act in the capacity of a servant , at Mrs , Mall ' s , 11 , George-street . Mr . Hall is tho landlord ; lie pays me my wages . I did not know the murdered woman by thc name of Mary Brothers , but by the name of Mary Tape . Tape is th « name of a shoemaker with whom she had lived . I do not know her age . I was never told it was forty-five . I saw her last alive about a quarter to eleven o ' clock oa thc night of Monday last . She came to the parlour-door of the house and asked for a three-penny room . A man ivas with her . I had never seen him before , and I u > not know his name , t think I should know him again . I lit a candle and gave it to tho woman . The man -lid
Wit S \ WalC . Kc gave mc tbe threepence . I did not sec anything in his band . I noticed his dress , lie wore 2 velveteen coat , which came down to his knees , with pockets at the sides . It was of a very dark colour by the candle-light . He had a . sealskin cap on his Load , . »>! wove light brown trousers . His coat was closely 'outtoned . The woman said nothing more , and they went into the room together . I should think the man was about thirty years of age . He was very dark , with black hair , and small dark whiskers . I did not notice tho colour of bis eyes . He had a long pointed nose . Neither of thein were drunk . I sat down on tlic Stairs , and » : about five minutes after I heard the woman cry " Murder . " I went to the door ofthe room , and she ' repeated the cry three times . I knocked at thc door , and asked what was thc matter ? I heard no scuffling or noise . The man made uo answer . The door was bolted , and 1 could not get in . The room that they were in was the middle room , where the bed wa 9 .
Mr . Mills , the deputy coroner . —Did you burst thc door open!—Yes . Mv . Mills—When you burst open the door what did you see '—When I burst open the door the woman was sittinsj on ihe bed . Mr . Mills—What was the man doing * He was sta n _* ing over her in this way —( The witness held up her hand clenched behind her own neck )—and I thought he wai hitting her . Mr , Mills—Was liis side or back towards you?—Ih > side was towards me , for he was facing the woman . Mr . Mills—Did you see him strike her ?—No ; his hand was lifted up , and I said , " Don't you strike her no more . " With that he turned round . Mr . Mills—Did you sco anything in his hand at thi time ?—No , Sir , nothing . Mr . Mills—Did he let his hand fall ?—No , Sir , not then .
Mr . Mills—What did you say to him ?—I said , (( Ton have hit the woman enough , do not hit her any more . " Mr . Mills—What did the mau say then ?—Ho took hii hand away and ran out of the room , Mr , Mills—Did he run past you ?—I caught him toy " * coat , but he got away , and ran out immediately without ; saying anything . Mr . Mills—Did you see that he left anything- _behhw him ? Nothing but the knife . The woman got out of the bed herself and came into the next room . She then gave a bit of a stagger , and down she fell at the _fire-p I » W « Mr . Mills—Bid she say anything 1 Not a word , Sir . Mr . _M ' . _Us—Did you see any Hood ? She was covered with bluol , and a pool of blood was beside her . Mr . Mills—What did you do then ? I van out to the front door and said , " Mistress , mistress , here is a wo *
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 5, 1845, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_05041845/page/4/
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