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October 6, 1849. . THE NORTHERN STAR, ¦ ...
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XOTICE. FARMS ON SALE. I am instructed b...
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October 6, 1849. . The Northern Star, ¦ ...
October 6 , 1849 . _. THE NORTHERN STAR , ¦ 5
Receipts Of The National Land Oohpahf-; ...
RECEIPTS OF THE NATIONAL LAND _OOHPAHf- ; For the Week Esdixg Thubsdat , October 4 , 1819 . SHARES . £ 8 . _d . JE s * . _3-Voslev . . 0 9 0 _A- _IIajes .. 1 6 0 _itey :: :: i » _»««•• •• 2 ° ° _Kottingham ° £ 6 7 2 EXPENSE FUND . Al & etan .. .. 0 2 0 Xotttuigham .. 0 2 0 Busy .. .. 0 2 0 _CMowl .. .. 0 1 " 0 7 6 MONIES BECEIVED FOR THE PURCHASE OF MATHON . " tV . W ., _Todouiff- J . S ., Alnwick 140 0 0 ton .. .. 74 0 0 G . T _., Warwick 20 0 0 A . Y ., Gateshead 1 S 3 0 0 TV . Y ., Sheffield 10 0 0 JS 3 S 2 0 0 TOTALS . Laud Fund ... .. . ... .... 6 7 2 Expense ditto ... 0 7 6 Mathon SS 2 0 0 "Loan ditto ... ... ... QIC Transfers ... ... ... ... 0 3 0 Rules ... ... ... ... 0 0 4 Sents from Allottees 60 0 0 £ 448 19 6 W . Dixox , C . Dotxe , T . Clark , Cor . Sec . P . _M-Ghatit . Fin . Sec .
FOR COSTS OF MACNAMARA ' S ACTION . _Beceired-by IV . RtDEn . —M . Mellors , Kottjogliam _, per J . _Sv-ett _, 64 . ; 11 _.-L-uaav _. _HoB , Ss . 2 a . FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . Received by W . Ride ** . —Nottingham , CoL Hutchinson per J . Sweet , 3 s . ; a Democrat , Chepstow , 8 d ; _Jfareastle , per IL Jude , Cs . -Id . ; Kendal , per J . "EmWey _, 5 s . EXPENSE AT INQUESTS ON WILLIAMS AND SHARPReceved by W . Rideb . — Leicester Chartists , per W . Bradsworth , 2 s Gd . FOR WIDOWS OF THE LATE MESSRS . WILLIAMS ANO SHA _« P . Received by W . Rides , —C . Sprioghall , Kormch , Is . Cd . ; Coach and Horses , Silver-street , Gd . ; J . Hunter , _Jfe-vcastle . Is . ; a few Friends , Ashton , per W . Aitken , 4 s . 3 d . ; Bristol , per W . Hyatt , as . 9 < L ; J . Legsitt , _Brnry St . _"Eitanmas , lis . "deceived by & _BwSHAM , —* _Willi-Un _BrooK Siotle _*** Bridge , Ss . CUFFAY AND OTHERSReceived by TV . Rideb . —Lynn , per J . Scott , 5 s .
FOR MRS- JONESReceived by "W . Rn >** B . —3 . Stansfield , Rotherham , ls . Onr friends , who send ns loni ; lists of names of sub-Ecribe * -s to above Funds , must excuse us for merely giving the names ofthe towns and remitters , with the amount sent Our space will not allow of more . DEFENCE FUND . Received byT . Cubs . —Portsea , perMr . Stroud , 10 s . DEBT DUE TO THE PRINTER . "Received by T . Clabk . — _ITestminster Locality , las . ; G . "W . JL Reynolds , Esq ., £ 2 2 s . ; Mr . Walter , Worcester , 10 s . ; a Friend , Worcester , 2 s . Gd . ; Hr . Hadd , _riymonth . Gd . The money for Westminster was received three wee _* ks ago and was paid to Mr . M'Gowan on the day on which it was received by me , but has not been acknowledged in the _Sfarpreviously . T . Clabk .
VICTIM FUND . Received by S . Booshajl—Westminster , John Marl-all , 2 s . ; ilKFercey , _"ls . ; I'liiilip Elliott , 2 s . ; Hastings , per Edwin More 4 s . ; Proceeds of Mr . T . Cooper ' s lectures , "Potteries . 12 s . 3 d . ; a Friend , ditto , Is . ; Or . Toung , Hoxton , Is . ; ilr . Parker , Hoxton , fid . ; Mr . Bloomfield , Holt on , Is . collected by Mrs . Heath , Greenwich , as per book , 10 s . lid . ; collected atthe HaU of Science , City-road , after an appeal by Thomas Cooper , . £ 2 7 s . 7 _^ L ; Mr . _Stturgeon , O'Coimor -rille , per 1 Arnott , Is . ; Mr . Rider , 17 s ; South London Hall , _j _« r Mr . Duval , 3 s . Cd .. Mr . Babb , PJymoutb _, 6 d . ; Robert Wood , C .
Xotice. Farms On Sale. I Am Instructed B...
XOTICE . FARMS ON SALE . I am instructed by the Directors to announce ihat the bidding for the rig ht ef location upon the ibliowiag farms ' _? trill close " on Thursday , the 25 th of thepresent month . AT _O'COXSORTILLE . OXE TWO ACRE FARM . AT LOWBANDS . THREE TWO AORE FARMS .
AT CHARTERVILLE . FOUR TWO ACHE FARMS . The persons giving the hig hest sums v-ill have the xiirlii * of location awarded to them immediately . I am further instructed to announce that parties purchasing the ri ght of location from any of the present occupants , without complying with the rule for the payment of the demands of the Company , will he ejected , besides having their goods a * ad crops sold for arrears of rent . This course ot procedure will be enforced instantly against any on , either renting or purchasing the occupauey ofthe four acre farm at Lowbands , at present held "by Mr . Rcnhani , without paying the charges due against tbe farm , and which amount to a sum exceeding £ S 0 . Thomas ClARK , Corresponding Secretary .
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"REPORTED SAFETY OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN ' S SIIIPS . ( From the Standard . ) We hare received , with feelings of the highest pleasure , thc followinsr communications from the Admiralty , which \ _ve ~ bastcn to lay before our readers : — "Admiralty , Oct , 4 , 1 S 49—Tbe Secretary of the Admiraltv presents his compliments to the Editor of the Standard , and requests tbe prominent insertion of the enclosed notice in this evening ' s paper : — "Admiraltv , Oct . 4 , 1849 . —From communications made this day to thc Lords of the Admiralty , by thc editor of tbe Mercantile and Shipping Gazette , evening newspaper , some hopes are entertained tbat the news brought by Captain Parker , of the Truelove , arrived at Hull , from Davis ' s Straits , of Sir John Franklin's ships having been seen by the natives as late as March last , beset by the ice in Prince Regent ' s Inlet , is not without foundation .
" From the same source reports have heen received that Sir James Ross's ships are on the south of Prince Regent ' s Met , aad thatthe vessels of both expeditions are safe . " Tbis hope is somewhat strengthened by a tele graphic _messajre to the Admiralty since received £ roui the Mavofof Hull , where the Truelove arrived lastnisrht . " "
Latest Foreign News. Paris, Wepsesdat.—T...
LATEST FOREIGN NEWS . PARIS , _Wepsesdat . —The National publishes a declaration sisnied bv Ledru Rollin , Etienne , Ara _« p , Martin Bernard , Landolph Raitier , Rebeyrolles Madier , De Human , the younger , giving then * reasons ( not being _allotred to plead tbe violation of the Constitution ) for not surrendering to take their trial at Versailles . A letter from _Ronrdeanx states that it had been found necessary to call out the military in that city to disperse a tumultuous assembly , who spoke of erecting barricades in imitation of those at Paris . The fourth representation of the Democratic piece , 'Pome , ' has been forbidden by the police authorities , at the suggestion , it is said , of General Changarnier . to
Thirty-two Poles received orders on Tuesday onit _Pviris ; and one , a native of Posen , bad drawn on him the attention of the police by his distribution of money to persons suspected 01 being ageBtstO ihe secret societies . Tbey have , I am told , already quitted tbe capital . __ The court-martial of Lyons has jnst pronounced Its sentence on the persons implicated in the riots at Tienne ( France ) . Ont of the sixteen persons who appeared before it , five have been acquitted , and the remainder were condemned to imprisonment for two years , one vear , and eighteen months . Four ¦ were sentenced by default , one to ten years and three to twentv vears' imprisonment . M . Berieau , ' editor of the Vraie Republique , was Sentenced by ihe Court of Assize of Pans , on Thursday , to imprisonment for one year and to pay a fine of 2 , 00 Qf ., for having published a seditious libelcrtitJed La _Libcite des Pauvres .
. AUSTRIA . —RcMorHEDAssASsmTiox of ___^^_ GEoi . GEY .-It was rumoured in Vienna on the 30 th UP t ' mt _Geor-. _ev has been shot by Count Edmund Zid ' v , _whoseVrother was hanged by Georgey s order in the D . imibian island of Csepd . It » not positively known whether the insurgent chief feU in rduelornot . One report fe , that Count Zmny walked un to _Georgy , who was sitting m a coffeelouse , and shot him _«' .-.. J ou the spot .
The Potato Disease Ix Sco-Aim-Wc Regret ...
The Potato Disease ix _Sco-aim-Wc regret to learn that tbe malignant disease , which , w former -years , attacked tbe valuable ¦ _^ . _^ _A ™ 3 f 7 inmistakably made its appearance m Mid-Lotbian There is little to fear , however , of any approach to the extensive devastation of recent years ; and in no instance which has yet fallen under our observation docs the loss exceed one-fourth ofthe produce . ¦ _TheVseascis not confined to particular soils or ¦ _specieiofpl-Tnts-we haveseenitin several varieties _« fhnth —Edinburqh Review . Ti ™ _mIws Reiubx "fbom ScoiLASn .-The _bSwSIS Balmoral on Thursday , the 27 th _SlS _^ d nt _OshonieHonse on _Satnt _^ ym
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LETTERS TO THE WORKING CLASSES . LXI . «¦ Words are things , and a small drop of ink Falling—like dew—upon a thought , produces That which makes thousands- , perhaps millions , think . " _Biaos . A FEW MORE WORDS FOR THE
POLITICAL PRISONERS
TURKEY AND RUSSIA . Brother Proletarians , I must again urge opon you the necessity of losing no time in preparing , adopting , and transmitting memorials to the government for a general amnesty for political . offences . The memorial adopted at the Hall of Science—a copy of which appeared in last Saturday ' s " Star "—will give you an idea of the kind of appeal required . It will he well , however , if some variation is made in the wording of new memorials , taking care that the " prayer " of each and all shall he for the complete remission of the remainder of each prisoner's punishment , ineludiug "fines , " " sureties to be of good behaviour , " & c , & c
On the 12 th of September , an article appeared in the "Daily Nsws" on the death of poor Williams , which article , owing to my absence from London at that time , has only just come under my notice . The following extract requires comment : — Joseph Williams , the Chartist leader as he is called , expired the other day , in Tothill-fields prison , of cholera , brow-nt on hv low diet and confinement Ernest Jones
wonld no doubt lose his life in a similar way if he had not wealthier friends . Thus it is , that when a poor man , of no connexion , is convicted of political turbulence , he is condemned to an almost certain death from starvation and _fll-usage ,- whilst the better class of man , with connexions able to support him , is allowed to escape . The difference of treatment is atrociously unjust on the part of our authorities . Nay , itis worse than unjust ; itis in the highest degree impolitic .
A poor man , uninitiated in any secret political society , is carried away by foolish persons to join a seditious ro » v He is caught , sentenced , put to hard work and severe punishment , l . ecause he is affiliated to no society who will support him in prison . "Whilst abetter educated man , who may be a memher or a pillar ofa treasonable society , is allowed to be supported by Oils society in prison , and lie is excused from picking oakum and its consequences . Is _this-nise H
Poor Williams was at first supported from without , and in conseq . _uencee-cempteo from hard labour . The cholera comes , and carries off his friends or kinsmen . His weekly stipend to the gaoler ceases , he is condemned to criminal and degrading labour . He rebels , is sent to thc black-hole , on diet still more scant than prison fare . He falls a victim to cholera , His punishment , if a man of wealth , is imprisonment without labour ; if a man without wealth aud friends , is imprisonment , hard-labour , and death . Is this even-handed justice I
These remarks , so far as poor Williams is concerned , are very creditable to the writer in the Daily News ; hut he is altogether in error in supposing that any distinction . was made between that martyr and tho living sufferer , Ersest Joijes . The sentences passed on each were equally severe—that on Williams was " Two years' imprisonment on the first count , one week on the second , and to find sureties—the prisoner in 100 / . and two friends 50 / . each , to keep the peace for three years . " The sen-tenon on Ernest Jones was " Two
years' imprisonment , and to find sureties—the prisoner in 200 Z . and two friends 150 / . each , to keep the peace for five years . " I believe I am correct in stating that after sentence the two captives were treated with equal severity as regards food , clothing , subjection to the oakum picking or a money payment instead , and all the rest ofthe pains and penalties inflicted hy the prison regulations . Whatever wealthy or aristocratic " friends' ' Ernest Jones may have I believe be owes nothing to their sympathy . He was excused from oakum picking only on the same terms
that Williams was excused—the payment of five shillings weekly , and that payment was made neither by his " aristocratic connexions " nor by any " treasonable society . " The latter supposition is a monstraus assumption on the part of the editor of the Daily News . Assuming that journal to be " friendly" to the political victims , Er ** vest Jones may exclaim , " Save me from my friends ; " for , even in the event of an amnesty , he would hardly be likely to share the general boon , if the government ( on the authority of the Daily News ) regarded him as the "pillar'' of a "treasonable societv , " and as having that
society ' s support . For my friend , I emphatically declare the falsehood of the imputation . Ernest Jones is not , and never was , connected with any "treasonable society ; " and , further , my knowledge of thedemocratic movement authorises me to declare , that , in connexion with Chartism , no such society ever had existence . They may " manage these things better' —or worse , on the continent ; hut Englishmen have no stomachs for such societies ; fhey have neither tlie courage to ruu the risfcs , nor the fidelity to give the support to each other , so romantically imagined hy the Editor of the " Daily Niws . "
_Er-vest Jones was not only subjected to fhe " regulation "—the enforcement of whieh cost Williams and Sharp their lives—but , like them , he—previous to the death of the former—more than once " rebelled , " when , on the payments f ailing , he was ordered to pick oakum . Very recently he was placed in solitary confinement , in a cell of the smallest dimensions , and kept thereon bread _andteateronly , for five days . That thus far he has not shared the doom of Williams and Sharp is to he ascribed , not to the leniency of bis gaolers , but to his constitution successfully resisting the disease-inducing treatment under which Williams and Sharp .
succumbed—succumbed to _Daath , but notto their mortal tyrants . They were true beroes who bravely chose , and remained steadfast to , the o . niirsfi which
" might lead to death , But never to retreating . " Cholera has raged more or less in most of the prisons . Some weeks ago no fewer than two hundred and fifty rases had appeared in Kirkdale . On becoming aware of this alarming state of things , Messrs . White , West , and the ether Chartist captives confined in that prison , addressed a letter to Sir George Ore * - ** , apprising him of their danger , and soliciting a remission ofthe remainder of their sentence . Before any answer was received one of their number was attacked hy the cholera , and had to betaken to tbe hospital ; happily he recovered . Eleven days after our friends bad sent off their letter , tbe Governor
of the Prison received a communication from the Home Secretary , enquiring into tbe truth of the statement he had received , and tbe conduct of our friends . A reply * was sent , in which the Doctor confirmed ihe statement as to the danger ofthe Chartist prisoners , and in which , there is reason for believing , the Governor reported favourably of their conduct . On the 9 th of September , Mr . Waddington returned a final answer , to the effect that Sir George Gre y saw no reason for interfering . An extraordinary decision , considering that not only the Doctor and the Governor , but , I believe , the Chairman of the Visiting Magistrates also , represented to the Home Secretary the desirability of liberating our perse cuted brethren .
I purposely avoid comment on tlus case which I have brought before you , Brother Proletarians , to show you the necessity of a national effort in behalf of our proscribed friends . If by your apathetic indifference you _impress ih- Government with thc conviction that our unfortunate brothers are uucaredfor by thc masses for whom they laboured , and in whose cause tbey are suffering , you may depend upon it that they will have to suffer to
the full extent of tbe sentences passed upon them . If so , whatever culpability may rest on the Government , it will be as nothing to the sin which will be placed to your account . How will you dare reproach the Government with tyranny or inhumanity , if , by your indifference , yon give tacit sanction to the treatment under which Williams and Sharp have fallen victims , and which may yet doom the surviving prisoners to a like fate ? Your
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sense of humanity , your honour , commands you to do your duty , by doing all that is within your power , to obtain thc general and immediate liberation of our afflicted brethren . __ As the middle-class Liberals are just now bidding for popular support , it would be well if they would [ take some effective measures in behalf of the political prisoners , aud thereby give evidence of their sympathy with the working classes . I believe * that there has been a sort of unofficial intimation that the Council
of the Parliamentary Reform Association designed to take some steps in this matter so fav good , although I apprehend that any representations coming from the council of a body banded to effect an organic reform of our political system , is not likoly to be very graciously received by the party most opposed to such a reform . A better mode of obtaining an amnesty , if such a thing is reall y desired by-the middle-class Liberals , would he for the Liberal corporations to address the Queen for such a boon . Since the deaths of Williams
and Sharp a fine opportunity has been afforded to a number of the northern municipalities to have so acted . A few days ago Queen Victoria returned from the Highlands to the Isle of Wi ght , and , as usual , was pestered on the road by the presentation of fulsome and ridiculous addresses , presented by the municipal wiseacres . I presume that the " Reformers" are in a majority in the towncouncils of Newcastle , Derby , aud Birmingham . Why , then , did they not put some common sense and common feeling into their complimentary effusions 1 Why did they not
take advantage of such " an auspicious occasion" to appeal to the Queen , to add strength to " the love of her loyal subjects" by extending mercy to all political offenders ? They did not . On the contrary , they stuck to the " good old way ; " filling their empty-headed concoctions with the usual slavering twaddle and disgusting flummery—so disgusting that the Queen , who is ., a -woman of sense , must ( as the Scotch say ) scunner when she hears even the name—to say nothing of the contents —of a "loyal address" from "the Mayor , Aldermen , & c , & c _*'*
Perhaps I shall be told that an address which would have included a prayer for the remission of the further punishment of the political prisoners , under the circumstances just noted , would not have been according to "etiquette . " Would it have been according to humanity ? Would it have been in accordance with the commandment to "Do unto others as you would be done unto ?' - * If so , why was so good a work not done ? Will the "Reformers" explain ?
Whatever the middle class may do , or leave undone , should not , however , affect the course of those whom I speciall y address . I observe that one of the imprisoned Chartists , writing in a contemporary publication , observes that — " The present state of trade in some districts bas produced that state of torpidity which affects an over-fed animal . " Of course he is speaking of the " good trade' ' which has for some time past prevailed iu the manufacturing districts . But already the markets are becoming glutted—already the evil day of depressed trade , short time , closed mills , and starvation ,
is approaching : nay , for some , has already come . " From various quarters , " says the " Manchester Examiner , " "we hear of manuf acturers and spinners adopting short time , and in some cases closing their mills entirely for tbe present . Before the end of a fortni ght , we shall , in all probability , have to report a considerable diminution of production all over the county , as it is evident , fromthe tone of shippers , as well as of home-trade buyers , that orders at all adequate to take off the present rate of production of goods and yarns are not likely to be given out at the rates now
current , low although these may he when compared with the price of cotton . " A few weeks since the milloerats were openly violating the Ten Hours Act , and _uublushiugly breaking the law , under the pretext that so heavy and pressing were the demands of the home , and foreign buyers , that ten hours work each day was not sufficient to enable them to keep the supply equal to the demand ; but already the supply exceeds the demand , and if "the shadows before" faithfully prefigure " comingevents , "
a terrible winter of privation and suffering may yet he the lot of masses of "Her Majesty ' s happy people ! '' I pray it may be otherwise ; but should the evil time come " we shall again behold thousands of perishing operatives emerging into daylight , vowing devotion to democratic principles , and _deiTiUlldill' leaders to head them . " Will they find "leaders" to run again the course which Jones , and West , and Leach , and others have run—mayhap to find tlie doom of Sharp and Williams ?
If the people would be served , let them protect those who devote themselves to the popular cause . Brother Proletarians , bethink you , that , even should the cholera completely subside , the rigours and miseries of the approaching winter will have to bc borne with by thc imprisoned patriots , unless you obtain a remission of their punishment . I entreat you to hold meetings , adopt memorials , seek the support of the parliamentary representatives , and take all other possible means for the instant consummation of this work of humanity , philanthropy , and true fraternity .
For this week I can but direct your attention to the important news from Turkey . The Turkish Sultan—settiug an example which nii ght make Christian Powers blush for their want of humanity—has nobly refused to give up the Hungarian and Polish refugees to the Imperial murderers—Nicholas and Francis . On this decision being made known to the representatives of Russia and Austria , those worthy agents oftho Tsar and Kaiser forthwith broke off "friendly relations " with thc Turkish Government , and thc special messenger of Nicholas—a ruffian named
Radzivil—took his departure from Constantinople , vowing war and vengeance against the Turks , and threatening them with all the horrors of his diabolical master's hatred . Thc Turks—nothing daunted—are preparing for war , in the confident belief that they will be aided by " civilised Europe ; '' but , any way , determined to defend the sacred principles of Justice , Humanity , and Hospitality . In all likelihood thb question of peace or war is by this time decided on by the Autocrat . A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreignoffice on Tuesday , when it may be presumed instructions were agreed upon to forward to
Sir Stratford Canning . It remains to be seen what those instructions are ; but one thing I will say , that if British armed support is not tendered to the Sultan by the Government , it must be by the people ; and thc people must , if need be , conmel the Government to obey the national will . If the Turks arc forced to draw the sword in defence ofthe common rights of humanity , Englishmen will indeed stamp themselves a nation of cowards and traitors , if they do not rush into the conflict and give their utmost aid , at any cost , to the gallant defenders ofthe unfortunate Hungarians .
Why not at _onee determine ihe fortunes of Europe by cutting the throat of tlio Russian Beau ? It is a job that must be done some day—and the sooner the better . Why wait till the savage has gorged the blood and flesh of more nations , and become , strong enough to menace this country with the same doom ? 0 ! for another Peter the Hermit , to preach the new crusade ! L'AMI DU PEUPLE . Oct . 4 , 1819 .
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Tiie Political Victims. A Public Meeting...
TIIE POLITICAL VICTIMS . A public meeting convened by the Nottrog Hill Reform Associ ation , was held on Monday evening , October 1 st , at the Prince Albert Tavern , _dotting lull , Kensington , for the purpose of considering the best means of effecting the liberation ofall political victims—two having died in prison from the effects of Cholera . " Mr . _Dunford was called to the chair , and in a neat speech stated the objects of the meeting , and said that , at the period of" the trial of tiiose unfortunate men , from the aspect of the continent , alarm prevailed in England , and both juries and judges were consequently prejudiced against Chartists nnd their principles : heiico their convictions and
severe sentences . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Bexest proposed the first resolution as follows : — " Thafc this meeting is firmly of opinion , that the deaths of Williams and Sharp , the Chartists , were brought on by bread and water , and gruel diet , after their being long submitted to lowering fare and prison discipline , and that such treatment , and such consequences , could never havo been anticipated on the passing of sentence iipon them . "—Ho said , if any deaths , or martyrdoms , cyev called for sympathy , surely it was those of Williams and Sharp . ( Hear , hear ) . He felt so strongly on the subject that he dared nofc trust himself to give utterance to his sentiments . ( Hear , hear . ) _l Mr . T . J . Seule : saidOn sueh occasionsifc would
, , be easy to fly to exciting topics , bufc he thought temperance and moderation -would best serve thc cause ot the men now suffering confinement ; tlie men were imprisoned , thon came pestilence , and death had resulted—hence it was not a question of logic or reason , hut rather one of feeling ,- ( hear , hear , ) -and he lanciedthat a rather under than overstating of facts , would create the greatest impression at tlie Home office , and best serve their purpose . Oakum picking was a degradation , such a degradation that no authorities sliould he allowed to inflict it on any men , simply because they could not pay five shillings a week . Justice was a thing that should be neither bought or sold . ( Cheers ) And as it appeared to him that the authorities acted illegally in sentencing the men to a _B-inishmpnt
wliich was not contained in their sentences ; and as other prisoners had had their sentences commuted , and some had been liberated , he thought government should show that tliey were not vindictivethat tbey bore no malice—and remembeiing that , at the . time those men . had spoken , almost all classes of men were rejoicing at thc SUCCC 5 S Of the Republicans of Prance , he ( Mr . Serle ) hoped the government would at once restore the victims to their families and society . Such conduct would doubtlessly be received by the victims and people generally with gratitude . ( Loud cheers . ) Dr . Webb said . As an humbie member of the medical profession , he must say he thought the surgeon attached to the prison was more to blame than
the government—( hear , near )—for had he ( the surgeon ) only said bread and water will weaken tlie men's constitutions , and predispose them to the prevailing epidemic , the punishment would not have been inflicted . ( Hear , hear . ) The resolution was put and carried unanimously . J . Warp , Esq ., moved the following resolution •—" That this meeting fears thafc a similar predisposition to disease may have heen inflicted—and may now be in the course of being inflicted—upon thc other prisoners confined for tho same offence , and as such punishment , so terrible , is utterly inappropriate to their case , and , indeed , ought never to bc inflicted at all , this meeting adopts the memorial to the Secretary of State , now prepared , in
the earnest hope that it may lead to their liberation . " —He said , as the men were incarcerated for a political offence , they ought not to bo treated like felons —( cheers )—the law had been strained , and thc government blamed , but he though the middle classes were most blameworthy ; they had been indirectly the cause of what had occurred , by their pompous and willing display as special constables on the 10 th of April . ( Loud shouts of " Hear , hear . " ) Yes , this was the outward sign to tho government of tlieir feeling , that Chartism was the battle of " the men of no property , with the men of property ; " unfortunately , the middle classes were much too fond of aping the aristocracy . Ife ( Mr . Ward ) did not like Chartism , —sueh physical force principles should be repudiated , and any attempt made to wrest property from those who were afc least supposed to be its legitimate possessors would be justly punished . Mr , Ward here entered into a
statement of his views ofthe steps to be taken by thc advocates of reform ; and concluded by stating his conviction , that the punishment endured had more than expiated the offence committed , and hence he moved that resolution . ( Cheers . ) Captain Reed , U . S ., said : Had theso -men been in America , they would have heen lifted on a chair and cxtrolled for their patriotism , hub here they are sent to a prison and die , declaring that they expire of starvation . ( Sensation . ) Yours is a free country and mine is a Republic . ( Hear , hear . ) In coming to that meetin . _? ho had passed Charing-cross , and had been told that the statue on horseback was in memory of Charles the First , the father of many royal bastards , whom the people were even at the present day heavily taxed to pay ; sucli things would nofc be permitted in his country . And when he found that everything in this country except mud and potatoes were taxed , and that an enormous sum , more than ten times as much as thafc exacted hv
other governments , was wrung Irom their hard earnings to uphold a lascivious royalty and a corrupt aristocracy—and knowing as he did that every one year ' s expenditure , if properly applied , would go far to relieve and make , happy the whole kingdom , hc did not wonder that men were discontented , and then of course their complaints wore seditions , an d tliey were shut up in prison , and the lamentable result they had now to complain of was the consequence . How long would " Free" England permit such things to continue ? ( Cheers . )
Mr . II . Ross , said : Whilst hc rejoiced in the sincerity which had prompted the memhers of the Notting-hill association to convene that meeting , he could bufc regret that so much ignorance should . prevail as to cause gentlemen so to libel the principles of Chartism , as to make those principles and violence to person and property , ono and the same . He could not permit such prejudicial statements to go forth uncontradicted , and defied any one after a perusal of the criminal records to proue that any Chartist had been guilty of crimes against either person or property ? ( Cheers . ) No ; Chartists were men who advocated just principles sincerely , and consequently , warmly and energetically . ( Cheers . ) The late movements for whicli tbo present political
offenders were now suffering hail been mainly instigated by government spies ; and as the govern mental authorities had violated the law in giving additional punishment to those men over and above that to which they were sentenced , he thought they should make-amends by immediately liberating them . In conclusion , he would advise' tho _gentlemen of the middle class present—as a union of the middle and working classes was of all things desirable to effect further reforms—to come to a right \ _iwlcvstsinding , and nofc sneer afc working men and imagine that in past times the working class were alone to blame , and notto attribute to Chartists or Chartism that with which they or it have never had the least connexion namely , a desire to commit violence on
either person or property . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Stallwood said ho agreed with Mi * . Ward in depreciating the outward sign exhibited by the middle classes on the memorable tavtt \ of _Apvil , and thought ifc a great piece of ingratitude for those men to take up ; i cudgel to break the heads of men for morel *) ' asking for their just rights , the men so asking being the producers of all wealth . ( Cheers . ) He also must deprecate the idea of mixing up Chartism and physical violence . The Charter contained six great ; principles , thc first of whieh was Universal Suffrage , or the right of every man to have a voice in making the laws he was called on to obey ; hence thoso principles had nothing to do with cither " violence to life or property . " On the
tenth of April already alluded to , who was it that committed tho outrages on property , not the Chartists , for surel y they would not charge twelve English jurymen with perjury , and such a jury-had brought in a verdict of guilty against Stevens the gipsy and his gang , and they ( Stevens and gang ) were sentenced to transportation . Chartism was a great and just principle , and the Chartists simply contended for the recognition of the principle . The men undergoing sentence had nofc been convicted of either ' ' violence to person or property , " but simply for speaking strongly , and tbis was called sedition , which had Ted to conviction and incarceration—extra puuishment , diarrhoea , cholera , and subsequent death of two of them . Of course he did
nofc charge the governor of thc prison , the surgeon , ' or either the magistrates , or government with murder , he simply stated the facts of the case , and reiterated that Williams and Sharp wero dead . ( Loud cries of " hear hear , " ami a cry from Captain Reed of " it is minder . " ) lie had an interview with Mr . Cobden on Saturday last , who was of opinion , " that not only the Chartists , but also _tllO juries find judges were agitated on the occasion , and hence the long sentences that were passed ; and this was now so generally admitted that the government u . ust feel it . and consequently would lend a willing ear , and be disposed to grant a _ceneral amnestv to nil such political
offenders . " ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Stallwood said , the notes he held in his hand contained similar sentiments from Joseph Hume and Sir Joshua Walmsley , and also expressed the pleasure those gentlemen would have in aiding , in any way , the procuration of a general amnesty . ( Cheers . ) He ( Mr . Stallwood ) most heartily concurred in the first resolution that had been adopted , and thanked the _Jotting-bill Reform Association for convening that meeting ; but at the same time hc could not concur in the last clause of the memorial , it appeared to hiin to be ambiguous , and he thought if government felt so disposed they might take advantage of it , and do as they did in the case of Henry Vincent ,
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viz ., remove the prisoners to Oakham gaol , in Rutlandshire , as by such means they would tell you they were then removed from further danger of cholera ; and as he believed it was the intention of those assembled , that the immediate liberation of tlie political prisoners should bc the result of theiv memorial , he would move that tho prayer should embrace that objeet . ( Loud cheers . ) A _GEXTLBUMi ' m the body of the meeting seconded the addition . The _Ckmrman said , it decidedly was intended thatthe memorial should convey the moaning as expressed by Mr . Stallwood ; and if the meeting though *; as it at present stood it did not do so , ho for one should not have the least objection to a few words
being added to its prayer , tb make ifc more explicit . ( Cheers . ) Several persons exc aimed , the last clause is certainly ambiguous—it ought to be made clearer . Mr . Seblb said , as the author of the memorial he had been actuated inthe drawing ' of it up with a desire to serve the prisoners , and hence its peculiar mildness . He thought its meaning was immediate liberation ; hut , nevertheless , he had no objection to add tho following words * . — " And which can be only effected by theiv immctlinto liberation . " ( Cheers . ) Mr . Serle then lectured the working classes as to the mode in which they should comport themselves , and receive instruction to fi them for the use of then * rights when tbey obtained them . Mr . Ward concurred with Mr . Serle . Mr . Stallwood was happy that his addition was concurred in , but warmly repelled the insinuations
contained m Mr . Serle s lecture , and said—if thcworking and middle classes were to work and cooperate cordially together , a different mode than that of Mr . Scrlo ' s must bo adopted to ensure that union , as the working classes possessed so much spirit , knowledge , and independence , to submit to insult . They asked no favour , but simply their rights as men . They feel that those rights would be easier and quicker in their attainment by a union ofthe two classes—but rather than submit to such indignity , they would allow those rights to remain in . abeyance for another half century . ( Cheers . ) They were prepared to treat the gentlemen ofthe middle class with all . becoming respect , but tbey , as men , were determined to bc treated with respect , and with such an understanding they would proceed together to thc common goal " ( Hear , hear . )
Mr . Ross also emphatically repelled tbe lecture of Mr . Serle . After a few -words from Mr . Ward , the second resolution and memorial , as amended , was unanimously adopted amidst loud cheers . On the motion of Messrs . Ross and Stallwood , a vote o f thanks was given to the Chairman , for hia urbanity and impartiality , and the meeting separated .
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GENERAL AMNESTY POR POLITICAL PRISONERS . A public meeting of the inhabitants was held at the South London HaU , Blackfriars-road , on Wednesday evening , October 3 rd , for the purpose of memorialising nor Majesty for thc immediate release of the Chartist prisoners . Mr . Edward Mills presided , and having briefly explained the objects of the meeting , Mr . Clark moved the following resolution * . — " That when circumstances render thc punishment of political offenders necessary , a broad distinction ought to be made in their treatment from that of persons convicted of crimes against person and property * , and seeing that in the case oftho political prisoners confined in the House of Covvection , Westminster , and such other gaols in these
dominions , such distinction has not been made , this meeting is of opinion that the severity of the treatment , and the terms of incarceration which they have endured , has amply satisfied the requirement of the law * , and this meeting emphatically declares itself in favour of the release ofall persons who arc at present suffering imprisonment for political offences . " Mr . Clark said , political offenders differed very materially from other offenders , as regards morality ; and this class of offenders were generally men possessed of more than an average share of intelligence , and their liberation would show thatthe government was nofc vindictive ; and when tho sufferings and privations endured by the wires and families of those victims , and the already
long incarceration endured by the men themselves were considered , ho thought that all reflecting and humane men would come to the conclusion , that thc punishment had more than expiated die offence , as the evidence adduced at the inquest- on Sharp had shown that their treatment had been equal in severity to that of felons . ( Hear , hear . ) This he deemed a great injustice , and certainly could not have been contemplated when the sentence was passed ; and , lie it remembered , when Henry Hunt , William Cobbett , Sir John Ilobhouse , aud Sir Francis Burdett were prosecuted and imprisoned for a like offence , they were not subjected to thc peculiar punishment awarded in the prison to Williams- * , Sharp , Ernest Jones , and liis compatriots . If
covernmenfc did not hear malice against the Chartists , they would incline to the side of mercy , and lend a willing car to their prayer . It had _bi-cn frequently observed thafc Ireland was not treated with equal justice to England ; but he thought Ireland had the advantage over England as regarded the treatment of her political offenders ; yet the Irish agitators , generally , were mon of fortune and education , and were therefore to he supposed to know more of the _consequences of their agitation than the humble Chartists . Well , John Mitchel s sentence is commuted to banishment ; and behold how differently was W . S . O'Brien treated whilo in prison to our Chartist prisoners ' . Look , again , at the ! atC Daniel O'Connell holdinsr daily ievees in his prison ,
whilst tho English prisoners were not allowed to see their relatives or dearest friends even once in three months , or even to communicate by letter to them . ( Hear , hear . ) The present Prime Minister had been at the head ofa political agitation—indeed hc owed his present elevation to tlie agitation of 1 S 32 , and surely he could not plead tlio mitigationcircumstances adduced in thc _aasts of Cuffay and his compatriots-thc destitute condition of their wives and families and that of tho producing classes generally . He thought the government would do well to follow thc example set by the President of thc Republic of France and grant an amnesty , as the only crime those meu had committed was that " they loved their country too well . " ( Cheers . )
Mr . W . Nixon , in seconding the resolution , said the men had been committed ' for sedition , and it appeared that sedition meant "bringing the governing party into contempt , " and really if men spoke truth he did not see how they could fail to bring that party into contempt . ( Hear , hear . ) Men should never hold up their hands but for such measures as they were prepared to carry out—thc punishment of the victims was most cruel in prison . Fusseli had his broad stopped for merely humming a hymn , and Bezel' was punished for singing a portion ofthe chin ch service . ( Shame . ) He trusted thafc the resolution would be adopted , and thafc the present effort would prove successful . ( Cheers . ) The resolution was unanimouslv adopted .
Mr . Baker moved a similar memorial to that adopted at thc Hall of Science , and alluded in forcible terms to tiie vicious principles of thc act of parliament thafc relieved misdemeanants from oakum picking who could pay fivo shillings per week , and inflicted the degradation on those who perhaps had more exalted " spirits hut yefc were too p oor to pay . ( Cheers . ) This law had been passed in the days of George IV ., when Tom and Jerry larks prevailed . He contended that this disgraceful statue should be at once erased from the statue book . lie ( Mr . Baker ) had known the victim Williams , for more than ten years , and believed that he never had been guilty of any offence , save the one for which he had been convicted , and in
undergoing which sentence he had died . Had the five shillings per week been paid nothing would have heen said about a few bundles of oakum less liiirin " beon picked—no , the five shillings per _WCClv would have been pocketed and nothing said ; but laws were passed mthe prison which never would be allowed to pass out of doors . ( Hear , hear . ) These men had been picked out for prosecution for their honest , devoted , and -unbounded love of democracy . ( Loud cheers . ) In the whole course of his existence lie had never met with such an example of undeviating honesty and integrity of purpose as the late Mr . Williams . Why should those prisoners be kept in confinement when not ono single reason could be
adduced for so doing ? Even Punch , although it bad often been witty at the expense of poor Cuffay , had raised its voice in favour of their liberation . This clearly indicated the merciful feeling abroad in tbeir behalf , and he had much pleasure in moving the adoption of the memorial , ( Cheers . ) Mr . P . M'Grath said , ho was moved by two contending emotions—pain and p leasure—pain that a necessity should exist for such a procedure —aud pleasure in doing his duty on behalf of those unfortunate men , and he thought it impossible that he could havo a belter or a _stronger case . "Mr Clark had truly ssii . l the lnujesty of the law had been more than vindicated . ' Two of the men had
already fallen martyrs to that system to which they had already been subjected . We do not moot toui __; ui so much to deplore the loss of those mfi :. ' 3 lo serve the great object of opening the prison doors oftho captives . We propose to ask for their unconditional release . The wives and families of those men are , —from the incarceration of their husbands and fathers—now in the divest distress , and he would impress on every person in tho Hall to p lace their sympathy in a tangible shape , by subscribing to thc Victim Fund , and surely they would find consolation in appeasing tho hunger of poor starving children . ( Hear . ) One lady in thafc room bad just handed over to him 10 s . ljd . she had collected to-day for that purpose , and he hoped hcr example would bo followed . ( Loud cheers . ) Mv . Dixon had quoted Baron Rolfe ' s definition of sedition . Another legal authority had so defined sedition as to make it impossible for any
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one to speak without being seditious—because if any man mentioned taxation it was sure to cause discontent . ( Hear , hear . ) Laws had been passed with the obvious intent of putting down agitation ; but he thought so long as men had cause for complaint tin ' s could never be done , and he was of opinion that agitation was wholesomo and necessary—ay , even had they the Charter tomorrow it would bc necessary—in order to achieve a proper social position . ( Cheers . ) Mr , Holder having made a few brief remarks , the memorial was unaniraouslp adopted . Mr . Stallwood moved " That their chairman ( Mr . E . Miles ) and other electors of Southwark , form a deputation to wait upon Mr . Alderman Humphrey , one ofthe members for the borough , and request him to forward thc memorial to its destination . Mr . Stallwood stated that he had received the foliowiing letters , which fie would read to tbe meeting : — Eastbourne , Sussex , September 29 th , 1819 .
Sir , —Yom * note of the 27 th instant has just readied me . It will give me sincere pleasure to promote the prayer of the memorial , and I sliall write to Mr . Cobden to-day that I shall bo iu town on Tuesday , and shall bo ready lo accompany him to tlie Home O & eu . Mr . Jiuine is in Norfolk ; but I expect to meet _liim on Wednesday at Norwich . I am , & c ., J . Walmslev . 103 , Westbounie-terracc , Friday Morning . Sm , —1 have just received youv note , on _tny return to town , and be- ; to say , in reply , that I sliall he happy to see you here to-morrow or Monday * iiorniii (_ - , about eleven o ' clock , if convenient to yourself . And am , Sir , itc ., Ricn . Cobde . v . Burnley Hall , Great Yarmouth , 29 th Sept . 1849 . Sir , —Considering , as I do , that an amnesty should be proclaimed by her Majesty's government for political offences at home and abroad , I should willingly forward the objeet ofthe public meeting ; but I shall not be in London before the 15 th of October , at the soonest . I shall , how . ever , hear from Mr . Cobden , and act accordingly . I am , Ac , Joseph IIbmj ** .
Mr . Maxtz , in seconding the motion said , that the letters just read showed thafc all classes were coming round on the question of thc franchise . He could not see what reason could be adduced against the liberation of these men . Other nations had proclaimed amnesties , and he thought England should not be behind in her work of mercy . The men were convicted of sedition , which , like blasphemy , was an indefinable oft ' ence . He hoped that government would not be Wind to their opportunity , but that it would liberate thc political prisoners , and elevate the condition of the labouring classes . By the agitation and exertion of the working classes , combined with others , the Reform Bill Gad been obtained , and by the same means judiciously carried out must the nptive be freed , and their rights obtained . ( Loud cheers . ) The resolution was unanimouslv adopted .
A vote of thanks was given by acclamation tothe chairman , who brieiiy acknowledged the compliment , and thc business terminated .
The Late Chartist Prisoners. (From The N...
THE LATE CHARTIST PRISONERS . ( From the Nottingham Mercury of Sept . 21 . ) The death of another of the Chartists in prison opens up some considerations to the public mind , respecting these misguided men , which we cannot but advert to on the present occasion . The first of these is , the novel practice , as it appears to us , of commuting the sentence against a prisoner whilst in gaol , by the payment of a _weenly sum of money , from his friends or relatives . Five shillings a week , it , seems , was paid by the poor relatives of Williams and Sharp for their exemption from the labour and degradation of oakum picking . Sow , what was this but transferring a portion of the punishment due to the guilty—if due at all—to their unfortunate and innocent wives and children ; or
it might be aged parents , or relatives , or friends ? Why , this appears to us as one of tho most monstrous perversions of justice with which we have ever come in contact . How many more of the Chartist prisoners there aro whose hapless families are being made to suffer a vicarious punishment for sins not their own , we are unable to conjecture ; but we hope , for the credit ofthe country , Williams and Sharp are the two only instances . If the crime , of which the prisoners bad been guilty , really deserved that bard labour should be added to confinement—it ought not to have been mitigated for the payment of money out of the hard earnings of others , already , perhaps , reduced to all but the lowest stage of indigence by the
incarceration oi a husband , a father , a son , or a brother * . and if the offence was not of a nature , justly , to subjeet the offender to _t ? ie infliction of hard labour —then , the sentence of imprisonment ought not to have included , to men of high spirit , that mortifying addition to thoir punishment . The low and degrading punishment of oakum [ licking is , as wo always understood , reserved in gaol discipline , for the idle—the dissolute—and the vulgar profligate inmates of our prisons and penitentiaries : but it could not be said , that , as a body , the Chartist prisoners were all meu of this description . They might be daring—thoy mi g ht bo dangerous—they were , certainly , misguided men—Out hy no fair application of _languauc could thev be
designated cither as habitually idle , or profligate men : in our opinion , therefore , the punishment of oakum-picking added to the sentence of imprisonment , was an unnecessary and unjustifiable infliction of the law . Out of China we should not have expected thafc wives , and children , and parents , sliould be made amenable to the offended laws of the country , fov the offences of husbands , and fathers _, and sons ; but it seems we were mistaken . So long as the family or friends ofthe prisoner Sharp could , by starving or overworking themselves , screw five . shillings per week out of their earnings , to pay to the governor oftho Westminster House of Correction ( for what object , it does not clearly appear ) , the Chartist prisoner was free from the degradation
and containination of the oakum room ; but when they could no longer furnish the necessary funds , the unfortunate man was ordered to perform that work—his spirit rebelled at the degrading employment—when he w ; i 3 by a decision of magistrates placed in solitary confinement—fed on bread aud water for six days—and eventually killed by tho cholera , then known to bo raging within the prison . All this , we say , is bad—shocking bad : a disgrace to the jurisprudence of the country . "We have no fear of being accused of undue sympathy with the Chartists—more especially as relates to some of their past sayings and doings—but we would not have cruelty practised towards any man—wc would not have injustice done to the vilest criminal , and more
especially under the form of the law . But the question now arises , has not enough been done to satisfy justice , and deter from a repetition of their foolish offences , by the punishment which tho Chartist prisoners have already undergone ? and would not a . gracious remission of the remaining terms of their imprisonments be productive of more real advantage to the state than a further prolongation of them ? We entertain the opinion that such would be thc case ; and therefore should be glad to sco such a course adopted by tlie government . Tiie day of monster meetings , and monster petitions , and such like political fooleries—tho genuine progeny of ill-trained Celtic minds—with attempts to accomplish , by violence , social and political
improvements among nations possessing even a shadow of constitutional freedom , is , in our opinion , gone for ever . The lute aud passing events , on thc continent , of Europe , have convinced we believe , even the most moon-struck Chartist , or revolutionist , in this country , of tho folly of attempting to remove public grievances by a recourse to barricades , and pikes , and pistols , or indeed to outrage of any description . As for the great body of thc Chartists , themselves , we are qiiite certain , from repeated conversations with active-minded , intelligent men among them , of all classes , that whilst still firmly adhering to the political principles heretofore advocated among their body , they are thoroughly ashamed of tne means by which , in past times , ifc has been sought to give establishment to them
. _-imojio * the social and political institutions 01 tilC country . They are Chartista still—but no longer rovolutionary demagogues , or tha dupes of demagogues . Reason and experience have , we believe , exerted a most beneficial _iuftuewm _ovevthcix minds ; they are cured of thoir delusions ; and more than this need not bc desired . They arc perfectly justifiable in seeking to spread their principles by reason and fair argumentation—and nothing further than this , wo now veril y believe , would ever bc attempted by thc Chartists , The release , therefore-, of all persons connected with thc Chartist meetings and disturbances of 184 S , we entertain the opinion , would be no less a humane than a politic measure on the part of the Queen and government , and be hailed with satisfaction by the nation generally .
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The Hibernia . —This powerful ship , which struck upon a rock , and had to bc sent back from British America for repairs here , went into the Sectional Dry Dock , near Pike-slip , ou Monday , under the care of Messrs . MTherson and Gray , _t-l-ipwi-igltts and caulkers , who have about fifty men at work on her stem and keel , wliich have received so much damage that it will probably be fhe end of " I lit week before she gets afloat Hiram . Had not the Hibernia been a very strong-built vessel , she would liave bepn wrecked ; ' no ordinary ship could ever have got oif that rock _atraiii . The cr : * . _pc : * is stripped oft' _iiM-art , and all the heei of the item and tin *
forward part of the keel , and dead wood , and heels of cants are carried away ; full ei ght feet up the stem , and about thirty feet aft , of tbe keel , is destroyed . Thc rock , on which she remained half an hour , she must have struck upon with terrible force . To prevent t he water from filling the ship , they promptly built a box and caulked it carefully forward near tho leak , and thus prevented the waters from gaining on them all through tho ship . They then put back for Halifax , and few days this tight steamer will seaworthy as if there were nofc a roclc whole coast of America . —New _lh-k Uera September ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 6, 1849, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_06101849/page/5/
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