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THE WISH . 1 -wish but for a cottagt fair , "Kith jusi one hundred pounds a year ; A paddock green to fee * a cow ; Seme chickens and a bre * ding sow ; Some calves and sheep and iristy "lambs To sport and gambol romicl their damsj Aa orchsra laige Tritn fruit well Stored , itnd frugal fere to Qeci nij "bosrd ; A store of boots : in bindings smart ) Pleasure and wisdom to impart ; A chosen literary treasure , T « entertain jay hours of leisure . I'd ¦ . press from mj o-vm cnltsrred fin * A cup of nnferraented -wine ,
And health , and peace , and concord , brrog From nature ' s pure and clrrystal spring , "With globes and maps , and optic glass , I'd many an liour of pleasure pass ; And music ' s notes should often roll To chser and elevate the soul " Give me besides sosie bairns" to teach : j A church in which the truth to preach ; To bid the human spirit rise , And seek assin its native skies . I'd iiave a lsirn of dose-icown grags , On ¦ vrhich each Tillage lad and lass Should ga 3 y trip eaci . sportive measure , At even "tide , tJssi ho \ ar oi pleasure . IMjoy to see-each ' gcaeroiis yoBih , - 'A form of rasnly Mth and tmsh , ) Clasp to his breast , all -price above , A term of modest blushing love ; And when the son behind the hill
Ketir « d , and left all nature sull , I'd take the telescope and spy The wonders of the star-lit sky i Soaaeiiiaes snrvej'briiiitSi'l it soon ; At eveoiiu » trace tbe chsnrliig laocn ; And as 1 csst iny gazeuLroid , Adore and lave niy niik . er God . These to enjoy -nith faitLfcl friends , "With whom niy heart in coacert blends , " Who feel my joys , my griefs who snare , And with me for out fcsme prepare ; Is all cf happiness or bliss , last , in sad . a state as this Out ar&i ^ ii hopes , our loves the same , "We'd bltnded pass throtnrh flood and flame ; Till blessing each , £ nd in each liest , TTfcM lay th * inctau \ x . 'rin 2 flesh to Test , And in immoral f crms ^ rise To endless ¦ usion in xhe isiies . T . B . Shits EnH , Angust 15 , 3 ? S 9 .
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THE DEMOCRAT ; OK , A CUHSORY PICTURE . OF THE PRESENT CRISIS . A Poem . By CHiitES Dalvi >\ Manchester : Heywood ;/ Lpeeds : Joshua Ilobson . The author of this poem presents as , vnth another instance of the power of native genius to triumph orer adverse circumstances , lie is a poor hand-loom ¦ weaver of Bolton , on whoai neither JFortune nor what fie "srorl-1 pleases to call . education have " cast one ray ci eheerim ; innuence ; yet . has " lie troth of that aiiural equality fur which " all hoaest men contend , been evinced by the frequen ; sriniiilariona of Ibis genius ferring their tray through the murky atmosphere of povcrrr , nerfect , and contumely . The poem depicts with melancholy truth its melancholy subject , bus yet loses not sight of the "weilfounded hope that by the patient and deternnnc-d perseverance of the j > ecple a change may yet como o ' er the spirit _ of the crcasi- ¦" -- " . " ¦ - ¦¦¦
W-e have seen few more smoothly Sowing verses than thefoEowiag stanzas , with -which he concludes an earnest exhortation to the people to enforce tie practical moral means by which emancipation is within their reach : — Th * adamantine rock of troth snail form Our TsiseTrorft , isd our snperstractr ^ re rise A beacon to the Trorld > above £ bat = t ~ = n " Winch erst ted mari'd the 4 ircT = 2 c . siiaiea Of xi-tions sow no more ; the caaier-wonn Of social liesQth shall cease to sacrifice To psrry feding . till in lovew > ni !» iii * < 3 Shall be th . c > brotherhood t > f all maniiad .
Thc- ^ shaT ! this green earth anile , and whiie-Tob'd Peace ^ Jo hand in hind vrithHi-pe , and Virtue lead 53 ie dauie of Joji "w 3 i 3 e : msn "with lengtben'd lease Of life -worth living , of the psst shall read , - _ Tlil de red records o * the Bobber cease To beer tlie stamp of credit , and the meed Fer -rinch the gory battlc-Seltl was dyed . 2 Je dosnrd a Sedan ., by some drsiai siroplitd . " _ 3 « r . 3 > avlhi is nl ~ o the author of some beautiful mi ^ u - pieces , with some of which vre shall euich Borne \> i wsr-fsrrare ii' ^ iabers .
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LABOUR'S \ TROXGS , AXD LABOUR'S HEHEDY ; OR THE AGE OP 3 IIGK-T , ASJ 3 THE AGE OF RIGHT . By J . F . Bbat . Leoes : David Green . Labour ' s wrongs , according to 3 Ir . Bray , are so inaiiiroid , aad so deep-rooted " in the present constiiu tic-n of sociw-tT , as to be "utterly ineradicable and incoraule . Asong these wrongs he enumerates . incessant toil , compulsory idleness , and poverty ^ and the misery , ignorance , and vice which they produce .- He state / that the working classes suffer under burdens ¦ jvhieh their nnceasing industry only just enables them to bear up against and live . He aSrms thai the . enrire mas- oi " t 2 ie producers are groaning under ¦ de accumiilaied ^ rrontB of centuries of
misinancge-Eeut and misgcveriiujent . Hs asserts . tuat the masses of all nations have been ahl ^ e poor , and persecuted , and miserable , under republics as well as monarchies—m . der every known modification of goveriimeni by _ the few or by ihe many . He indigxamly asks—What ia the jraxb of labour but a sign of iguoraiiee , or infamy , or political ntmeisriiy I If < he adds ) taxes are to be levied the workers must pay them ; if a war 1-2 undertaken they mu ? i co out to fight ; if unjust laws be enacted they must obey srithout murmuriiig ; if they complain of tyranny , and dare to resist , they are slaughtered like wild beasts . The very , marrow of their bones , and the life ' s blood of their chiidrenj is drunk up with exee == i-re t' jiL ^ _ " .
But though we lhiak ihe great majority of <> nr reaaers will allow that > ir . iiray has by to laeaus < rrerrated tiifi wrongs of labour , ho far , at least , as his ideas are her . ; represented , yet we hold that -CGinparauvely few of tucm will be inclined to agTee with ium in " the remedy " he proposes . We have already ttat « d thai he considers them irremediable in ihe present constitution of society ; and he , therefore , a-jvocaxe 5 a remodelling of pe social systc-m He proposes thai the whoie adult population of pr-jdecers * in the United Kingdom ( wiik-h ho estit . ^ . t ^ - ; at fiye millions ) should form themselves into joini-ftock companies of from 1 UU to Vjv'J men * acfi , ssccordiag to lot ^ lity and other eirv-nusiances , —tiiU * xiiatVasy should Trade togtt&ei "Qpo'A \ lie prlv . eil > le of universd labour and eyual eickiiiges—that eatu of these companies should be composed of latn of ous trade—that they should Lave hi use , by hire or purcliase , the land and fixed capital of tiie country in motioand k movnij
—dat ihej should be set n ept ; by a Lauk-aote capital—that their aifairs should Oe eondncted by general and local boards of trade—that the members should be paid weekly wages for their labour—in short , that all should have a common interest , work for a common end , and derive a common ix-i-eSi from all that should be produce < L > Tow whatever dilference of opinion may exist respectis < T the expediencv orpracticabilitvof theremedy iere proposed , ^ e Ihink every iutelBgent reader « f 3 ir . iira / s work wfll agree with us in tmnklBg that his hoik possesses literary merits of no ordinary -kiiid . That gentleman has evidently read much and reasoned more ; and the leaden sophistications of more than one political economist are transmuted , bv the pjwprfal alchemy of his mind , into arguznentsof st-rlin ^ gold . His style is at once clear and vtriei simple and forcible . His language is --Taoabiv that <> f a man" bojne along by his convictjoai ardiicnot nnfreqiiaitly nses mio dotiaeace Trhen h 2 cenoiuiccs the wrongs of the workinj ; man , or f-xulis over the idea of his approaching
eman-W * ~ ~ utx > in a few extracts in confirmation ^) f our x&z ^ is . We should have been happy if wo could have quoted such passages as would give our readers an idea of ihe mode of ratiocination by wiuch 31 r . BraT arrive ^ as the co ncinsum that no change snort of that he advocate would be of any permanent benefit to the working man ; Jmt aa on ? luaitoi fpacewill not aBow us to do him full justice , we prefer p \ ing our extracts at randoio . Those of onr Naders ,-however , who feel any interesrt ; niithe < sg-^ ecttrcaLcdoi will do weE to consnlt the > vork ttedf ; its vcrr moderate price renders rt *** s * J toilLaid . tr ; feel certain that even those of our readers wLo consider iir . Bray ' s joint-stock scheme tin pcu imp-fort , will feel delighted with those pai ^ of the work in which he exposes those erJs , ' . be existence of which -we are all agreed upon .
MAX THE PROPERTY OF MAI * . - *• Man hL 3 ever vet been the property of man : and no Tcere iovemiE ^ iital ffiM ^ , if engiafted npoa the preseiitEodEl srrsteni , "will-nenuit him to be otherwise . Al- ^< sz--h-v ^ have longiiirown away tiie name and the livery of sisvoy , y ^ t are the -working classes no less ovmed thsntlicir " ancestors "SFere in times of old Eaytoa , wliila -others are idlo—they produce , and uthors cosaune—the one class order , and the other
ofej- —iLcrcfoK are the producers still slaves , in the tn :. " sih&s of the tsm ; and = lite enffering as they ^ cf . m-1 iodine as tLey toil , ere tLe enslaTed nul-H- ^ s € . r > :: r ; :-r' jverne 4 Europe , and the shadow-grasp' ~ z : ; . " :: ; ::. ^ r If Republican Anicrica . Whitorer else r ^ y ' e tlf _? , tlze principle and practice of slavery can 2- _ -T- ; i" ; - ; . -1 hirorsd , nor can mm becoaie truly free , E-S laV-ar X-t smrersal and execan ^ a e ^ xiai . "
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THE NATIONAL DEBT" The ' National Debt—ihe interest of Arnica forms bo prominent afe&tare in our expenditure—formerly amounted to above one thousand millions of pounds sterling ; but is now rather , under eight hundred millions . This enormous sum tras partly borrowed , and partly pretended to be borrowed , from certain persons in onx ovra country , by an irresponsible and tyrannical Government , for the jrarpose of carrying on bloody and exterminating -wars against almost every nation en the face of the earth . The future will in rain ask of the past -what benefits resulted from these wars ; but tho debt contracted on their account , although pretended to be still in existence , has baen paid by the productive classes two or three times over , through the medium of what goes by the name of interest / and by changes in the currency . THE NATIONAL DEBT .
In loSS this debt was G 64-. In 1702 10 , 394 , 702 In ! " !¦* — " .. 54 , 145 , 383 In 17 " 5 12 S , 5 SU , C 35 In 17 S 3 239 , 350 , 148 At the Peace , in 1 S 15 1 , 050 , 000 , 000 TVe often hear of the gross ignorance and brutality of the people of former ages , and » f the spread of true Teligion in modem times . A blo&ted and self-appointed hierarchy -weekly proclaim the moral revolution eifected it home and abroad by hosts of priests and missionaries , and daily reiterate their calls for contributions to crrr
forward the holy work . But the progrca of this National Debt , gives tne lie direct to all iheso boasted ecclesiastical performances ; and proclaims , in a voice which pulpit declamation cannot dro-vm , that , however creeds and dogmas may change to suit the spirit of the times , true religion is as much unknown iu the present century as it was in the fire-and-faggot times of Popish persecution . This debt , Jftid the wholesale massacres connected with it , have steadily tept pace witc modern art , and science , and religion ; and every « ngin « of destruction -which ingenuity could invent , has baea employed by modern Christian rulers and defender of the church , in the ancient kingly pastime of
extermination .
MERE GOVERNMENTAL REMEDIES USELESS . " The productive classes of the United Kingdom are -welched to the earth by such a variety and multiplicity of burdens and wrongs , that enumeration and descrip . tioH both fail in bringing into view the sum total . The ills they suffer are brought home to them through every sense ; for sight , hearing , smell , taste , and feeling alike proclaim the wrong , and tell men that ' a remedy is needed . These evils are so interwoven into the present ^ ys : « n—so ramified and entangled—so assimilated into * very social and political institution—that the prsdnctive class can oniy free tiiemselvts by cutting through all at one blow . Every mere Governmental remedy has been proved fallacious and useless . One remedy remains to
yet be tried , and one only , that of changing the very course of human society , £ nd sweeping-away , at once , the accumulated wrongs of thousands of year ' s ! Some amongst us may start at the magnitude of the remedy proposed , but the change is no wore than-will be necessary to effect the gigantic evil which consumes us . Let those who think that less will do . turn over the page of history—4 et them look back to the working man of allagts , under all forms of Government , uaJtr all systems of religion—and they will find that the wrongs and the evils of which -we now complain have always existed . Has not every effort , petty or mighty , moral or physical , been insufficient to shake usr that crusting incubus which has for so many ascs deadtmt .-d the soul of the producer of Wealth ? Dots not every stru-gle of the working man £ al to subvert that unseen power which chains his prostrated energies to the of
eTcr-moving oar capital , and * ives him up , bound body and soul , to every ill that the ( rovcrmnentil and Ecclesiastical tyranny of class iad caste may diouse to inflict npoo . him ? if despoiisji , or tbv- exercise of undtlegatisd authority by partimLu- individuals and classes , coalJ have done it , there has been despotism enough—if liberty , either as mer ^ in ^ into Hcentiousness , or as connected with obedienco to a poh ' tical authority eelf-imposed and subject to popular coutroul , could hr . ve done it , there has at times Wn liUirty enon £ h—it prayers , and saeriSces , and burntH'fleriUiis could have done it- the skoutinz and the inc-insc-smokc which have ascended up-vrards for four thousand years would have prevailed I Away , then ,--with nay " and every reJftedy vhich falls short of the ei-tablithmcnt of First Principles . Tniaisthtj only remedy which juuii has yet tried ; and from tlie nature of the wron ? , it is the only remedy which can bo effuctive .-
\ N e now take our leave of Mr . Bray , and sincerely trust not for the last ihae . It may indeed be said o " f the field of truth , " the harvest indeed is pkiucou * but the labourers are few ; " and though we are far fron agreeing with all th ? - ' oemueo laid tlo-. v ; i Li his work , yet we are thoroughly satisfied that he is sincere in his convictions . Ilet him then gird up his 3 oin =, and go on his own way rejoicing ; maynu esi rcriias , cl vrcvalallt !
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COLBURN'S NEW MONTHLY . The Xc . r Monthly contain ? some good articles , among which may be accounted The J lantcr ~ * liirthday , hr the Editor ; a spirited delineation . of-the fciack Jiendishnesa of character almost necessarv to a trader in human flesh and blood . Isaac Moss , by Jerrold , is a quaint clever satire . Sketches of lUyna is continued , and contains , amongst other interesting matUTiS , a Sae description of Ilic temjHJH , so fearlul aud well known iu the neighbourhood of Trieste , called the Bora . A Stir among ihe Letter Writers is a piece of -pretty pleasantry . The Clause in ihe JJ 7 // i * an improbable story , very ill told . Smijf and t-nuJT-talscrs is exce ^ ively amuanjr . Mr-. Trollo ;> e ' s IJ 7 'A .- ; r Married is coimnued with the same spirit ar . j animation which have marked Uie previous papers . J'cler 1 'rirjgins 3 nd Tristram humps are -pa = * : iblv triSing . 1 ' JiC Man Eater is a line description of Oriental ti ^ er huntini ; .
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iiTiiri TO THE EDITORS OF THE NOHTHdiN STAR . - * Gentlemen , —Very many of Ui ; Chartiits arnnn they wili never moru penii'ja ' ^ - ~ Uuusa of Coinnions iEuted , GenUemcn , this i ^ hot to be wondered ai . —the c-uly thing tlna UiTunLiaea me is , that my MJo-w-souEtry-Eien should so lo : ig have thus degraded tucnijelves . Is that the way they du busintss in America * ' 1 = it the TCi > - tha . t niantinu onght to do business in zx . y country ? I Should tiiinl' not It inrolTts a cccnplet * : prostration of our nature . It absolves from all moral restraint on the one hand , inasmuch as it recomiisos not only the principle thnt a man uiay do what he likes with his own , but , after he lias done anything , aud all he can , with his own , he is then , endoired { after the fashion niih vrhich usurpers endow tiiempires ) with the privilege of doLm ; what he
lites with his neighbours ; while , on the other hand , it a-inowltd ^ es neither right nor privilege—unles 3 you cHl petitioning a privilege—and 1 contend it is neither the one or thy other . A privilege is a something conferred which may be withheld by the party granting ; but how can the power to petition be conferred ? The ¦ wretched African , as he is torn from his country , his iindred , and-his frientls , to be immtrrad in the loatiisome hull which is to bear him to tho land of base servitude , may petition ; the victim of cannibalism and strangling , being in the fangs of the numstrons Thug , may petition ; the worm may , nay docs , petition - when trampled in tho earth by the foot of man . And is this the relation man ought to stand in towards his fellow ? Oh , my countrymen , how debased—how worthless our position . Say when these things shall have an « ncL Let ns not pat off day after day , month after month , vcar after year , talking of what ought to
be I sicken at the thought . Let us do justice to ourselves , to our families , and our country . Let us establish the Charter , and that speedily . Mr . Oastler prophecies , that we shall abandon our agitation for the Charter , and , meeting for a rep-. nl of the Com Laws , pull down the Lmded . Aristocracy . But , no ; he must not be & true Drophct ; there must be no foregoing of the Orrrter for a repeal of tie Com Laws . First let us invest ourselves -mth the political francnise , and the repeal of the Corn Laws will be an easy matter—will be a pmcticjUi [ Reform—all will \ ri practicable Reform after we get the Charter ; none are now . Push on , then , men of England , and men of Scotland , push on . ' There must be no retrogading . Organise , organise , till we form one solid compact , invincible to tyrants , and to tyrants' slaves , and then good bye to oppression . I 5 ut ¦ tt'heu organised , and ready for action , how are we to proceed to obtain our object ? I would advise , that nothing be left undone to " obtain
our rights peaceably , bid itv mast Jiare our rights . As onr first future step next to or ^ mising , let us , every man of ns , who thinks himself as good as his fellow , demand the practical recognition of our rights by sending es deputies a tenth of our nunfber to meet "the next Session of Parliament , or next Parliament , as the cas-3 X 02 Y he . Let each deputy bt- put in possession of a forni 4 demand to the effect that immediate and unconditional restitution cf our individual and national rights , as embodied in the People ' s Charter , be restored . Let
ecch demand be signed by the deputy and tne otuer nine ptr * on 3 wiom he represents . Supposing we had 3 WS « C 0 of siirnatares , the tenth of th _ se irould yield "(•;¦ oki depnties . Ltt these 3 O' -. CUfi depcti ^ ssscmWe iaXumi' . n oaa givtn day . say thc-- « l : of : / ay . 1 $ -U > , and ther- ' -srcu > - the i ' - -nc of thL ; gr ^ t : noral d . iaoiij-atiticn —of " ^ is national ai « :: ; ibli E 5 of tho i cople . On tLs « nme d = v , J . o-don mJ J . t turn ovtamzz ? laore of htr hare dte ?? , demaii ^ UflS their ^ t * T m p . rs . n .
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thus luskmg an a ^ regate 600 , 000 men , iassenibled from ail parts of the kingdom \ o demand , in a ybice not to be ymuundersiood , tii # tincondittonal restoration of their rights . "Were this done , » nd I hold it perfectly practicable , I unhesitattngly aftirm , that no OoTtrnment , composed of sane men , could longer withstand such a demonstration . It would at once prove both our determination to haTe , and < iualifications to -exercise , ' our rights ; and if tho infatuatio n of our rulers declared that blood must flow , then , on their heads rest tha awful responsibility . But to afford nopretext for riolence of any kind , let all proceed thither unarmed ; thus making an a ^ tegate 600 , 000 men , assembled
and if arms must be had recourse to , after such a mag nanimous demonstration , the . - hbur of ; retribution would be nigh . To carryput som » plan : ot this sbrt ; Was to insure the carrying out of the Charter speedily atid peace ably , let every iarthing of money which can be spared be devoted-, let the Defence Fund , and all other Chartist funds be made subservient to this end , and Boon shall the prison , doors fly open , and . soon shall the exile return ; and peace i and . plenty , and joy , and gladness , shr . il ovurflow our land again . Then , my respected lellow-countrymen , let me beseech you to press oaward Let not » moiuent be lost . Let us have the Charter .
I am Your devoted brother Chartist , W . Pargiteb . Leith , August 2 Gth . 1839 .
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CONCLUSION OF THE CHARTIST TRIALS . Liverpool , August 20 . The trials of the Chartist prisoners , charged with having attempted to enforce the Sacred Mouth , concluded this day at noon , when tho -following prison ? ers , vrho had been convicted thereof , and also a fe \ r conYicteil on the charjo of drilling and training , wera sentenced to the following terms of imprisonment , with tue addition of hard labour ;—Richard Eastteood , John Pitting ,, and Thomas Heyvood , for riot at Bolton , were sentenced to oho year ' s imprisonment and hard labour at Kirkdalo House of Corraction , and at the expiration o . f that tenhto find bail , themselves in £ 50 each , and two sureties in £ 25 each , to keep the peac « and be of good behaviour for t > vo years-lonKer .
Solomon OreehhuLjh , a respectable 4 ooking iafl , without parents , was merely ordered to fshd two sureties in £ ' each , to appear and receive judgment when called upon , and in the meantime to keep the peace . '¦ ' Robert Gillibrand and Awlrcw Hoiyan , ' also' . ' . found guilty of a-riot at Bolton , received the same sentence as Eastwood , Pilling , and Heywood ; and the same punishment -was avrarded to T / toiiuis Farrall , Jonathan Mtrk , John Gil ! ., and Joseph livslwk , also found guilty of having been concerned In tho Boltou riots , were sentenced to the same terai of imprisonment , and ordered to find sureties to the samu amount Two boys , named Pilliii . j nnd Parkinson , who had also been taken amongst the rioters , were-ordered to find bail to appear when called upun , and to keep the peace in the mean time . : ¦
tour men , named Hiyicood , Willie , Morris , and Glennon , received the same sentence as Gillibrand , and others , John 1 J'i < rhlmau being sentenced to six mouths ' imprisonment and hard . labour , and to find sureties fur a similar term as the others . Charles H'iltMcn , John Lcatchford , Adam Doodson , John . S' miih , John iircai , and a man named llutcUjfe , were next twilight up , having been convicted . of going along with oiLers to sevyr . il mills , in the township of Leigh , in o : \ ler to force the mill owners . to close their mills for the . purposes of the sacred month , They were each sentenced to six months' imprisoiuntnt , anil were on ^ rcd to find b : iil to keep the peace for ' years from the expiration of their icr : n of iaiprisonsaenit . Juitfx Booth and John IIuLnc , for a similar o ? T » aic * in Manchester , received similar sentences .
Jtin ; .. < Kelly and . WV . lhun Coupe , convicted of having tr . iim . -d and drilled a number of young men at -. Newton , near Manchester , were senc-enced ' to- eighteen months ' imprisonment and hard labour in Kh-kdalo House of Correction . Four young men , named James and - William Bank-IfV , Cut , and J / ' .-ntoi , who hail pleaded guilty to ' a charge of uriiliug at A shton-umkr-Lyue , wero sentenced t-- > cix months' imprisonnii-nt and hardlabdur , and to fiiul bun-tics for tivu years from the expiration of their tennof iuiprisiinniC- ; it ,
fc : x ytn : ug men , named Xaylor , Hod . jes , Wright , Du ' rrir . 't , SUtitfjifUl , and H \ ml , for havingbeen drilled at-Xcwtvu , were bontencctl to four months' imprisonment , r . iulto iiad sureties for theh-good behaviour for two years longer .
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GENERAL CONVENTION . Monday , September lit . Mr . Frost in the chair . — . Mr . Smart , Secretary . The Victims of the Law . —^ Ir . Jones moved that a committee of threo members of the Convention % c appointed to devise the raos-t efficient means by v . hi < -h the persons incarcerated for political offences ? hail be removed from ihe felon ' s s : < lc to the debtor ' s fhle of tiie }^ aol in which vhey- may be confined , or that s"ch alterations be made as shall alibrd them greater comfort than they at present enjoy-. Mr . d .-jic .-, in a r-iAi-cii ^ fraught with excellent . '' -feeling , pressed the necessity of" adopting tho earliest and most orHcient means for rescuing their friends from
the puttering which mast inevitably ti-rminato iu tlio roo ? t fatal conse-qHonct's ' to those individuals imprisoned , who , in Moumoutli .-hiro , were compelled- to sustain existence by a miserable ]> iuancc of bread and skilly . Mr . Vincent had the luxury of potatoes allowed him , while Mr . Powell was denied that indulgeuce , and even if ho were permitted to enjoy it , lisa constitution would suffer . Mr . I ' lTKETHLY seconded the motion , and recommci . dcd , in Use- 'first instance , that au application should be ' made- to tlie new Honio Secretary , Lord 2 s orrnanby , anil that his nictal should bo tried , and that tlic nusteriu ; -: u > r which his humanity in Ireland was praised , tested . ( Hear , hear . )
Mr . Wolste-nholmk did not anticipate any benefit to result from any applications to tho tloij . s iu oHiee . His recommendation would bo for an appeal to be Elsie- to the people . Mr . UruN ' s i-u ^ rges tcJ that in any application that fhonld be made , it should lo diiii : u-tty staled that tlie lives of the prisoners wcro endangered by the di 5 .--r > li' .: e , diet , an ; l cu : rii ; ij ::-: it of the prbon . Mr . Kici ! Aj ; i \ s feh i u ' . thu members of-the Govemr ;] - ? : !! uidn-Ji :: ? i ' : ; h > :: their own individual resl . onsYbiliU-, lut v . ~ : : i a . ^ vsternatic and political
arrangeiiis-::. p ud Uiat any application made to ally lucniijcrot ; -i-o Gov . oniuiviit vrovild be useless . lie v . h > j u i > . . -. ; -. of rousing-tha people ,. Vvluch already hr .-i LaJ a powerful-h : iiui-- ; n ; bvihe petitions which i . aU been pre * ente < l to the ( £ ucch of ilviving Lord J . Ilu ^ ell frow / the Home to the Colonial Oilit * ( hear ) . Mr . > * eesoj ! was ia favour of recommending Llic working claijc . ' ; to cease from labour until the prisoneK were liberated . A strong remonstrance from the people , instead of a petition to the Governmenlj would have a Leiifcfic ' ial eii'licf .
Jlr . Du 55 £ Y considered tlie cessation from labour recommenilution a sheer humbug . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Knosx said that unless a change of place took place with regard to their friends coufined in prfson , the worst results would ensue , lie had himself some practical knowkd ^ i upon the ' subject , having been imprisoned in Cokibath : 8 eldsj and confined in a plaeo next to the iaquest-room , where tho average amount of deaths each day was between four aud five . So frightful , incle-cd , were the
mortality , that the vi ? iting magistrates ordered a change of diet to check its-career . " Dr . ' I ' atlou , from his medical knowledge , and also from his intimacy with the individuals then under consideration , bore testimony to tho fact that the worst results were likely to ensue from that change of diet . Ho had himself suffered from diarrhtea during his imprisonment , aud he could speak without fear of contradiction , that thsre vrould be many sufferers among the prisoners , and Mr . Collins among the foremost .
Mr . 0 Connor here catered , and was received vrith cordial welcome by every member of tho Convention . When the congratulations ceased , Mr . O'Connor said that there were three degrees of comparison in the discipline and diet hi England . Chester was bad , Yorkshire worse , and Lancashire the worst of all . ( Laughter . ) A committeo was then , appointed , consisting of Messrs . O'Connor , Frost , Jackson , Pitkctlily , and Eussey , who were to communicate- with Lord Normanby , and to request his Lordship to nominate his earliest day to grant them an audience upon the subject . The letter to that effect was written ( this day ) .
A calumny which some stupid person has maliciously circulated , has gotten insertion into the Times , and a . crawling weekly paper , to tho effect that the Convention sit with closed doors . It is a pure . fabrication ; for tlrere was nothing to warrant : the suspicion even . We find soinc three' or four reporters each day seated beside our reporter . ThesSecjieta-ky read a letter . from Kilmavnockj detailing most exceptionable proceedings on the part of Mr . Uaillie Craig .
SCOTCH DELEGATION . Mr . O'Coxx'oa gave a spirit-stirring account of his mission to tlio Ivorth , which was received--with great satisfaction by the Convention . The particulars have already appeared in tho Star . TISAXCE . Mr . Cardo moved , as an act of self-justice , which his necessities only compelled him to make , that his acconnts i"it ) ia which £ ' S 10 s . had been d . ducted by the Finance Committee , should be luM before the Convention .
Mr , PiTKETntY rose to explain the entangled history of their accounts , when a warm discussion took place . The matter was adjourned until to-morrow .
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TWO ELECTIONS ypK QNE MEMB 12 R . Thobofpiigh of Man « h « t (» r n « rr presents a prattr «^ P ^ t » o » ^ :: W % > liip ^ rii ^« naimbctatty , We take tii » folUwiag ' fr » m a c « mmuui « ati « n in the ' Jh f hes ^ . ; - .. - ' ¦ :: v . '¦ ¦" - ¦ ¦• - . • ' ;¦ ; ¦ ' . V . - -- : ¦ -..: ; '¦ .:-. - ' -. ^ Ovring to tho disputa between th « inhabitants » f ho borough aud th * corporation , th « ioyru ia placed in a most wngular position as -regards- th « slectiou of a i member ot Parliament , and this : CTonihgit wss decided thait two electioiu should bs held , one to b « coiiducted by th « b » r 6 uglireoTe and cohstablea as returning officers under the : Kcfbrm Act * and the other by the Mayor , who claims to bo the returning officer under the Municipal Act * It has already been stated iu TJie Times that the High Sheriff of the " •" - ¦ ¦ TWO- 'E LECTIQyS ' -FOI ^
county forwarded his precept , or writj to the Doroughrcevb and constables , aud those fvuvctiohariea ou ihtii-sday last-made ' proclamation- iu front of the .-rpwu-nall that the nomination would take place on Wednesday next , and the polling on Thursday . The boroughreevoaad coustableSj and the majority of the respectable inhabitants of thi boiough , have never yet recognised tho . corporation as legal , and tlio question , as to its legality , it is well known , is now under Jitigation . Each party are > " as a . matter pf course , jealous of an -iuf-ringoment of ihe ' iv privilegO 3 , and the iiow corporation , couskvenug that tho Jlunicipal Corporation Bill constituted the Mayor tho returning officer at elections , iRimediatoly despatched a deputation to the Honie-offifin nn
t'Uc-Sttbjpct , tlio result was , that the high-shefiff issued another-precept to the ' . Mayor ' : of Manchester , requesting -Irimf" to cause one burgess to be elected to serve m rarhapieut , in the place of the Right Hon C . P . Thomson . " His Wovphip receiTcd tlio document late on i riday nightjaud this morning placards were posted about tho town , that , the proclamation would be mado in front of th « Corporation lUieo Court , at twelve o ' clock , At that -hour h « accordinglyappeared , attended by the Town Cleric , eurrpuuded ; by about 100 pevsonsy-ma-do the proclamation ; and read the writ , ' announcing that tlib nominaion would take placo on Tliursday , and t . ! ip-polling on Friday ; but not intho slightest , degrec ' alh' . ding to the former proclamation , or giyiii /> ^ nv
expUuatiou whatCA'cr . 1 his . proceeding caused the utmost sensation among the electors , . as they had previously been ordered to attend tlienominatiou ottWetliiesday and the election on TliurSdayi ' the polling places and all other preliminaries being arranged * A meeting of the anti-corporators ,. who are ueiivly all supporters of Sir GeorgO ; Murray , which was attended by the boroiighreeve and constables , was : forthwith held , when it was clearly ascertained , oucousultiuK the Reform Act , tlib " Municipal Act , -tad .. tho Boundaries' Act , that tlio bbrqnghrccYe and constables were tlio only legal returning officers , / flic Mayor j it appears , relies upon the 11 th section of the 2 nd of William IV ,, cap . 45 , for his avithority as retimting onicor ; but that section ailone' applies to the . Parliamentary boroughover which his
, Worship is not Mayor , thrco townships in the Parliamentary boroiigh being hot - - -included in tho Manchester charter of incbrporation . Section 3 of tho same act declares "Manchester shall bo a borough , and as such shall inclndo the ; places which shall " , iw compreheridedwitJiiii the houndaric 3 of such-. borough , as such boundaries shall be settled by an act , " &c . ( tho Boundary Act . ) The Boundary Act declares that the townships < if- 'Ke \ vton , Hossarbcy , and Bnulibra shall , With tlic other townships mentioned in tho cliavter , ' stand part of tlie Parliamciitary borough . The-c townshijts , however , ai-e omitted in the charter of iucorporativn of Alanchester , and , theieJbre , it ia contended that tlic niayor of tlie borough can have no jurisdiction as
returning ofliccr of the 'Parliamentary borough . It was resolved by tho bor-oughreeyo ' a-ii'd constables to wait-. ap ' on the mayor , in order to explain and show the law n ^ it ttood Avifh rogard to this case , when it was ultimately agreed upon that tlie question should be left to the two leading barristers of the horthcra e rcin (; , Messrs ; Cress' . vell n ; id Alexaiider , both of -whom liad been engaged in -op- , position . to cach ; . o't ! i-: r . on tlio Manchester corporation case at the l ; ue Liverpool assizes .-- ¦ ¦ Mr . Milne , tho attonioy for tho Boroughrccvc , and Mr . Heron , the Town Clerk , accordingly started for Liverpool to-day , iu order to take the opinion of tho Learned Counsel ; They found , however , that both ;¦ "Messrs .. "Ores . * well and Alexitnder had loft Liverpool for London . Mr . Hilne , howevei ' , t' » ok advantage of the opinion of Mr . Wightman , the eminent Chamber Counsel , who was in Liverpool :, and that -gentleman , after ' hearing tlio case , and
examining , the . Acts of I'arlittmcntj gave it as ' .. i . s decided opinion that tho , Borouglircevb aud Constables of Manchester , and iiotthg Mayor , wore tne proper returhirigoifieerij . This opinion did ' ijot satisfy tho Mayor and Council , and the consequence w , that tho lioroughrccvd and Constables , late thia evening , eahj ' o-to tho deteriiiination of proceeding with the election pursuant totheir proclamation , and the . I'orporato party are eitually determined . to proceed hi their way tlie day afterwarda . It is Tinderstpod that the " friends of Mr . ( jre g , tho Whig anididatc , -will ' abstain- altogether from taking any part in the proecediii ^ s of tho election , as-. proclaimed - by the ' iioVouglifqeve , and Sir Ucorge Murray and hi .- ; supportcrg ' wiH ab « tain likewise from attending tiie nomination and poMiug ' -as ordered by the . Mayor . If : this dotorminiit : "< su is carried out , tho ,-, consequence "must be , tliilt Sir George Muri-ay will bo rctiuiiod by oho i » artv and Mr . ( irdg by tho other . ¦ ' ¦
Tho Conservatives consider that if they vote at tho election procktimod to take placo by tho Mayor-, they wi . H , by acknowleclfxinghia office and jurisdiction , injure their ease against tho go ' rpor-atioa ' uow pendinu ; .. . :
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THE TuGltNAMENT . The First Day ' s Fooi-i-niES . —Wo havo ' received the following account of tho ' ¦ Krst day's " ehivalric spectacle . ' Uutovtuuatcly ' .-for . the right soer ,-,- on this occasion , the day ( Tuesday ) : turned out , after twelve o ' clock , exceedingly wet , : in 4 in consequence tlie eliect of the pageantry was iauch ' -hnpah'cd .- i ' vorn an c ^ rly hour , say seven o ' clock in tlio tnoniiug ,- people on hor ^ c , in vehicle , and on , foot j bj-an to move in a perpetual stream towards Kgliutouji Castle , along the road from Irvine , and continued to do so uunng the whole of the forenoon . Tho number of cqmpages was surprisiiig ; but fancy , dresses were . far . from being so plentiful as-- \ ro- ' anticipated , oven up ' oii the Grand Stand . The dresses Of till ) . ffcutlemen , not in
pjaur eiotiics , wcro chieliy of tlio i ; ftconth ; Uid . sixteenth century , while tho ladies seemed generally to have followed tho costumd of the ' . Cmtrt of tho unfortunate Mary . ' Amongst tho crowd spread over the park ; boiincts and plaids \ ycre very common , witli hero and there a fatiey dress ; but tl »« great mass appeared in their ordhiary holiday clorliiiig . It was announced -that tlic procession was to leave Eghiitoun Castlo at oiio o ' clock ; but it w ; ts nearly twobc-fGjre "tho .-wliolo could be . " arrayed- ' -in proper order . When it began to rain . heavi-lj ' , tiro idea of the ( iuecu of Beauty ( Lady Seymour ) i > vqeeediiii ? oh horseback , as had . been aryavvyed , rfas abiindo ' ncd , and Jicr Latlyaliip , and her attendant- ' ma-ids " of honour , went to tho-list ' s mfcari-iaL'es . Tliissuoiled
the eilcct of tho procession very uiuiih , and wa . su good deal lamented . The banners were drenched , and had . a soiled and nagging appearance , wHiio the plumes of tlie knights liuiig in ' - faded glory" over tho helmets of their vs-earerd . The Wiry ¦ ¦ horses liad a demure aspect- ^ tho spoctators -. rci-c ciicaclfnlly "cowed , " and though tho processior : wag , notn it ! istanding all ' -this ,. tho best part of tho ¦ exhibition , saving ahvayg tho Grand Stand , its reception abu . " the line , and in the lists , -was inexpressibly cold : J lie cheering wasi feeble . ; and thb pro ' sanco of Lord Eglintoun , as ho rodp alorigj seemed the only circumstance that could call forth anything like a hearty hurrah frora the onlookers . His Lordship , who sustained the character of" Lord of the Tournament- '
, worcasplendidsuit of armour , whjch was . inaman ' her covered with gold , and richly chased , liis hors . cVnot a ; powerful animal , was a very ; spirited one , and richly , caparisoned in clotli of blue and : gold . The . Noble Earl seemed to take great delight in caporin " round the lists . Tho King of thaTmrrnamen ? Sd Londonderry , was tlic most nnconrlly-ldoking anightm -the field . His Lordship certainly does hot appear t £ much advantage on . horBfcback , whatever may oo thovaliio of his ccuatorial qualities in the House of Lords . Ho leaned towards tho mane ' ' of hwhorsc very much in tho posture of a person ' who had never , been . on horseback before , awl who : was 1
^^ . l ^ ' ? * - evci'y movement-- of tho animal , he should be tlirown in the mud . He sported a robe Ot black velvet , over , a lower dress of ermine , and wore his coronet set with variegated plumes ; but . his appearance altogether was exceedingly Ifomely In plain dress his Lordship has a venerable look Tho Marojiis of Watcrford , who appeared as tho Knight ot _ tho Dragon ^ had the oldest , armour in the field being of the reign of Kichard the : Third . It was a suit ofpoheied steel , iiutocl . Uis horse was capa ^ nsonod in blue and white . Lord Gteiilyoti , the Kinght ot tool , was of : course ateonded by his Athol , M ° 1 ^ / \ ¥ . y '¦ $ meil * : it : WOlild be difficult to jaatch m tins or any other country . It was ,. however , rather ' ¦ difficult- to account for this Celtic appendage in a tournament , as wo believo no instance ; can bogivcn in which citlier Hi / rhl . ind fir , hr
J ^ owianacr ever appeared iu tho Highland dress at a Tourney before . This , however , dmid S 6 much ps : ^ s ' S' , ^ ^ " i "msm « «' « " ^¦ SS&o 1 »* »« The tiltmg was then commenced-and , in all Consciencej a sorry enough afeir it was . Two kniriiU rantowards each other , at a very ^ deraS Se e indeed , and attempted-ti , pokorfotiiir Sth-ffi poles , misnamed lances , in a manner ^ o utterly harmle ^ ^ ttiat a ^ child neod seavcoly have dreaded the encounter . Tlic polos apneared / o h 4 ni-tf ] n nf tHenio ^ teibie Atlii ^ bl bo ^ vS ^ generally felL in two ft a very sli Sl , 4 tr . ke . fi a ^ ng lc kn grit ^ unhorsed , or even mado to r >> el lnhis saddle , and tho soft saw-dust ( six-ft ** deeb > might very well havo beeu dispensed with . " " Cut to proceed to : pajr ^ ulare :-Tlic -SrUf kuights who" "
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countered each other were—• " The ¦ Kniglit of tlio Swaii , " the HonouiableMr . Jermneham , and "The Knight of the Red ftose , " J . K . Lechmerej Esq . riaring taken their places at the extreva * ends of the barrier , the Knights | advanced upon each other («| ne running along each side of the barrier ) , and met near the centre ,, when tho Iinight of tho Svran brottght his lance to bear upoathehelmet ofhis opponent , breaking the lance by tho stroke . Tho combatanta both rode on to the end of the barrier opposite to that from which they started , and again * ° ? W tb-c ) V position , a new lance haviug / being put into Mr , Joruingham's hand by "his iisquire . A second rencontre took place in the samo way as before , but . nothing decisive occurred ; the combatants passed each other very harmlessly , and at the end . ot the barrier the armour which eorsred the neck-and head of the Knight of the Swau'a horso
flew off upon the sawdust . This was the only incident worthy of notice in the first tilt . Next appeared the Earl of Egliuttmh , Lord of the Tournament , and the Marquis Of Wateriord , K ! : i B lit 6 t the I ) r £ igon . In tho first encounter , Egjinfoun came tilt upon the shield of his opponent , bui without producing - ' any eflect ••;• the Marquis kept hia " ' euat notmthstanding . A second course followed , when the Earl broke his lance over the irOnhead of the Marquis , which was of course nothing the worse for it . This was thought a decided hit on the part of the noblo earl ; and the combat was ended—tiie i ^ arl of Eglintoun being tho victor . His lordship , attended by his esquires and pages , then rode to ihotVont of the canopy on the grand stand , and made a lowly obeisance to the . < iueen of Beauty , who kindly awarded praises to tho "gentle knight" foi- hid knightly behaviour .
The ucxt < lisi > $ ay of chivalry was made by Sir P Hopkins , "tho Knight of tho Binriiiig Tower , " and Mr . Lcchmere , " theKniglit of tlie lied Ilose . " In the first encounter the Knight of the Red lioso snapped his spear over th ' o . 'helmet of his opponent , who rode on scatheless to-the imd of the barrier . In the second course the Knight of the Bu-ruing Tower performed what was considered a master-piece of tiltingj by dislodging part of the hymet of Mr . Leehmcre , and making it spin high into tlio air . This was decidedly the hardest hit made during tlio whole exhibition . A third onset took place , when Sir P . Hopkins broke his lance over the shield of Mr . Lechmere ; and was tho victor . He -thenmado his . obeisance to the % iecn of Beauty , and reecived thc
acknowledgraent 3 duo from tiiciair to tiio brave . Lord GJenly . on , tho Knight'of Gael , was t-hon ' -aict by . Lord Alfordj tho " Kni < j ; lit of the Black' Lion . " The first course was a miaa - ¦ the second , ditto . In tho third course , the Knight of the Gaol smoto the plumes from the helmet of tlio . Bia . ck-Lio . il ; and the Black Lion , in return , broke his laueo over the Gael but on what part of the armour the tilt fell wo did ¦ not -observe * Lord Alford wag the victor , and haviug paid due homage to the throne of Beauty , was also received with a smile , and an aoknowk-igaicat of his kiujjhtly'haviour . A harmless combat with tho two-handed sword here took place , between ' a- Mr . Mackay , an actor , and a soldier ^ when Maekay was declareu victoi-.
I ho fifth ; display of tilting brought once more upon the lists the Marquis of "Watovfovd ; utd my Lord Alford ; This conibat diUbred iu nolhiu ^ IV-ovIi the former ; Waterford broke the most ; lancet laid was tlio victor . The Queen of Beauty coinnjci-ded Iiim as avgo ' od and couragcosis kniglii ; and h-vc the tilting ended for the dav ; the popiihir Q | ii ! iio ; ., So far as we could gather it , teiug , that a . greater piece of humbug was never practised in Scotland . .
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A CONSCIENTIOUS QUAKER OPPOSING THE PROPRIETY OF AP . MING SPECIAL CONSTABLES TO DESTKOY LIFE . Mr . Wheeler , a quaker and gi'occr , . Lancadnvebvidge , who had refused to be * worn a special constabre , attended to state to the court his rL-isoris for such ' refusal , lie said lie had no objection vrhaiovtr to being . a special constable , or of gojng out witli a bouy .. of his to \ vTi ? riien to - « uella viot ; ho did Hot shriukfrom his duty ; but no had -a conscientious objection to going out with mortal weapoiw i'ui- xm express purpo . se of taking away huraau life . Under tlie . se circumstances , ho did not Iiiinfc" it " con = i . iiciii with his feelings to be affirmed a ' specica constable . The Mayor—But they need only have staves upon ordiiita-y occasions for tho preservatiun " of tJio pabliu peav . pi
VVheeler—Understand Mr . Mayor ; ' I -do . ' nnt object to the duty of .. assisting , in quelling afty dist ' uroance ; but 1 do object to tho uso ox . mortal ' . weapons ; and . if 1 were called out I sUo-yld be obliged to act .- Therefore , I would rather not , under ' tho cireumstiuices , enter into any e : igageme ; ib . ¦\ Tho Cleik , ( Mv . Copi ) ock : )~ ilca ' ny h' i 5 ; esc objections-are to prevail on the - score- ot " couteieuce , «• « nviy havcaa inany Acts oi'Parliaments as-oUjcet ^ ns ; ¦ You . cannot- . -mako stipulations here , Mr . \ VIie < . ; cv . You-may object to aitmn , and pay the . ponaky it you like . Wheeler—I do not refuse ; and I should not ol-iccif the constablcH wcro unarmed . Three mouth .- ; ic-o , I being a special constable , was otiigoii to enter into an eugayenient , aritiod with mortal Veapciis .. ' With an viidcrHtanding , 1 should not object lav a siiigie iiiament to take tho afni-matioii .
The Maryor—Wo cannot i-eccivo any qualiRention , I < huik , hero . Yoa may raise your- ob-fcetiun to b -. i ^ lu-mcdwhen the timo comes . Wlt ' eii v . e ask you- to gird on a sword orput a pistol iu your . poeketj ¦\ y . d oe soon enough ; but now we havo nothiii . / to do with it . Wixccler ^ -I tliink now is the proper time , \> coarse 1 fiui now giving you my reasons for ofeiei'ting to the alli- ' -jKaliDn , haxivg a feeling of couscieuco on tlie suljv ' . t . ' 1 am read y , on the contrary , xo do my duty vntnout mortal weapons , and if you think me fit , even to go at the head , of a body ef "' unarmed cousi : ; blca to quell any disturbance that Uiiirht ari . se , - . ' ... . The Mayor—You naay not be called upon now . Whe ^ ler -ily last cuyagement plaeeu ' iue-hi . Midi
groat ( htncuity that 1 will not again enter into . . finch a difficulty , 1 tlo not object to . take the p . fliniiatioa wiili tl :- ; exception to -what-1 have siLhulctt . Clerk . —You cannot dictate , to the magistrates any ex-eptioiis to -an ' affirmation or oath ; " iiiid it is for t-hcni alono to dctcriiiiue tlie necessity or . otherv . - ise of certain measures . If your conscientious o ' t ^ ect . iqus- ' ar < j-a llowed'I . seo "' -n ' i > reason why you Miyiild not object to carry a staff , for how are yoii to know ; what may bo tho effect of a- blow during die exiitouicnt cf viot . ; Vv heeler— I do not think a staff is a mortal
weapon ; . Clerk—Biit many persons havo lost " their lives by tiie blow from a liiadgeun .-TIjo Mayov—But . Mr . . Sims ( another qr . aker in the towji ) did noG raise any scruples when Lseimr callba upon to vake Lho iikiriuiLti'itfi . ' * . Wheeler— > 'hat may be . 1 have my own coiiscieutio . u . 'i leolii ^ 's , a ^ id 1 wiali to allow to otijers tho fuii liberty cf . oujoying . ' tlieirs ... ' ' . Tlie ' JViaj-ov—M ' r ., ' - \ VUccicr , you must ho mado to take the-iiinriiuiiou or De- rcdponsiblo for tlic . co- -equeii . co .-3 . Wheeler—I do certainly object . plerk—It is proper to appriso you , that if you retuso to tako it , you will be liablo to a veiialty of ± ' 5 . : llio . Mayor—Really , this is taking up our time uii ; iecesfcaii ; v . < = ¦
Wheeler—I am Kurry to do that ; bat I should not . Use- to enter mio an ciiga-gemeut involving ecn-KUiiueiwed to Avhich I camioi eousistuutly . ^ ibsc ^ iba . Clerk-1-or the purpose of prevcutiug any fiirihe ' r wa ^ 'to oftiuie , Mr . Wlte-jicv , [ will i-cr . dyou tlic rjiirmatiort regarding t _! ie ¦ •' special' constables ' . [ Hove ; the portion of tho Act of . I'arliamcnt allvuicd to was read . ] 1 ) 6 you refuse to yfHrm that J :. Wlieeler—I know what it-requires from mo . I do .-u . pt refuse but object . Clerk—Then ' the . penalty . ' is .-is .. ' for obioctin" -to serve tne oiiwe- ' cf special coustalile , ' as in your case . _ Wkeeler—1 do not object ; I -merelydeclined to join a body of . armed men expressly to take away huuiau life . . . : Clerk—That will bo i-pgulated by the neeessity only . Are the"EK > . * jistrates to nndorstaud ikit you refuse to bp affirmed a ; special constable f ''
_ Wneeler—J . . dp not refuse serving the oSso—I ob .-ject to .. tup . priiijip-le of anuiiiy them . - : " . Tliw Mayor—tor the proper pio : ; crvatioa of the peace aiid tho due observance of ord ^ r ;> rro ™<^ i the inhabitants . generally ,-w siiall be" obliged To visit , youwua a _ Iiu 3 ; bus ire hopo you will ¦ iv-cu . nsider yauroujcotion before wo pei-fowu a- duty painful to ourselves , audwliich must oe uupleaini , to you likewise . . .- '• .. ' ' ; ¦ ¦ - j . WlioelGr-Tlie fear of a penalty will not alter tho . principle pi . my o . bjactwv ,.- 'V . ' . _ Tlie ^ Inyor--Then wo must do our dnfy ; otherwise we - -siiay . . bo charged vrith undue partiality . -So for we have suffered no tor ^ n to eaea ^ if tkoy ^ 7 c ^ e fitior ihe service ^ althou-h maiiy ohjcbtioii liavo bcon raised and often oyercoflid . ^ Ciorl ^ -Mr . Wlieeler , you had better take tlic amvnvation ..- -.-.. . . ¦ .. " - ^ y
Whoelev—I cannot cohsdpntioas ! r ' ; . * Ik- Xhorahill ( a ma » i 3 ir ^ e ; -Yom- obmc ^ om may be met when the time comes . ' « vi ^ v « . o uB Wheeler—With that undersiandin ? I vkiil nkoit ¦ The Clerk seemed to hint to MrfShorHii ill Uiat e ' mQrC lha ; llc ou & Kt tn have done . Cleik--ihere must be no eqvavocaUuu ia tl'e mittcr . Mtoixnnwg , Mr . Wheeler is not o ma ? * , whoHO hands I would entrust a sword , btsoS ; fr .- " hove ho wou d not lenow how to nkj it ^ ¦ u % tirt- ' enouglifbr him . to talk about the propriety » £ m& step when the times come r y tivo ^ S ??^^ t ] : e m agistrates ; ira iumG ^ tne , the rcaijaetive captains : vVilluo-c- a- -iVlo ¦* ' < btaoip , to suit tticirp . ; suljar notions , w , vU preier pstpUi somes \> -wd 3 , ' a : ia- otlie ^ skves , . w « iL . tSiJ "ftheSuhE to * K # mx * fctty *< &iU ^ Vuids , aud iiistaad « f ofdovaivd » j - ' siem , ' ive m ^ hi bavo litilp el £ 0 tJi ; m dwoi-acr wd ionfu ^ o-
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i ;^^^ yt t ^' - t ^ - : ' ^^^ ion'Wti ( m ^' fe Jlr , tThornhill , I have no objection ; .: vI ¦ V : ¦ : ' . ; '¦¦ ''; Glerk—We cannot allow qualincationa—the magistrates must haro ^ -, 'the affirmation absolutely or it is of no effect . You seera mortally afraid of those " inbrtar ' Treapons . :. v ; : : . ; ; . Wheeler- ^ No ;; lam noiafraid . ; • ¦ " 'i : ' .. '/ . \ : . Clerk-rl can-only say , thatitis tixsppssossionsxA exhibition of" these " moftalVweapoha" that pre 4 rented the loss of lift during the late disturbances , Tke Mayor—Well , Mr . Wheeler , we have other business : to proceed with . Will yon taka tllft affirmationi : '; ; '¦ . •;" : " - ' Wheeler- ^ Idecline it . ¦ ¦¦ ¦ - . : : ¦ The ¦ 'M ayor—Then we knotv what to do . :
, Mf - Wheeler retired ; 1 wt had not proceeded hoirva before h « was overtaken by a policeman , and brought back . : ¦ ; : : ' The-Mayor said—Mr . Wheeler , we are sorry io detain youherc ;; but I wish to ack yo ; i whether you are prepared , to mako : the affirmation without any reservation whatever . You can say " ves" or " no /* as you feel disposed . Wheeler— -Imust decline to take it . TlieMa . yorWi'lien I . an-, sorry to say that the bench consider it to be their painful duty to fine yoa £ 5 for your fefasaL ' . ' . : ¦ ¦ ¦ . - ' Wheeler—Gentiemen , in . my reasoas I hayo not been actuated by any feeling of orjppsitibh to tlio authorities—nono whatever ; Wi 1 havo been solely prompted on consaoiitiousgi-oKnus . . Ckr ' t—Are you prepared ' to pay the oL I Whooler—I am hot . . . ; : Clerk—Then a warrant will be issued to levy if . . Mr . Wheeler bowed , arid miitted the Court .
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. MERCLFRIAI . LIES . V : , TO THE EDIT 033 OF THE NORTIIERy STAR . - Sirs , —Seeing in the Mercury of , last Srttunlav a paragraph ¦ .-purporting to bo hem 1 Ii > ImHrt ] j 3 and coiitaim-ug seme of the grossest falselioods ever published ; by any man or set of ¦ ' men , wiih regard to the man . of leather , and the selling of tuo Norih ^ rn Star . if Mr . Baines will giveup hia coi-rcspcuidont ' s address , we will yentare to refute , in public meetiriL ' , or any other way . ho raay think proper , the falsehoods sefc ioi-th ; ; and many others of the sanro kind . We aro afraid . it is tho pretended frightls of : Mi \ : Bainea > viiii : h causes him so far to comfaii lumself by falser hoi-d ? . ; -but wo hope he wiil for the future bo mora eautionsj and strive to regain a more rcFpceiable nrcoio than a "liar "—it is . ono of tha \ rotsii . and most dangerous to society . ' .- ¦
I am , Gentleroan , Youtk ,. ..:. ¦ ' Jaiies ILvnsox , Jun > Ilolmfirth , - - Sentember . 2 , 1839 . ' . .,- ' . ' I ' . S . Holinnrth people ,. aHhoiigh thor-arc . ' OnTy calves , kiipw Vyheu things arciijr'iit as well as thyy do at Leeds . " .. - , ' .
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STOCKFOST . Tni CaARTTST VicTU ! i ; .- ^ Since tlie extrao-rlina ^ y manner in which James Mitchell ai ; t ] Cfiarles Davlos , of- > toekport , -Timothy ' - Biggins , oi Ashton , and Johu Tl : ompdO : i ^ , of IJirauiighain , were dragged froin then hovisss and irjm-. ired in a dungean , an universal feeling . of indignation and sympathy has been crcited at the " . trea-ch ' ery-of " the powers ilui-t be , " ard sufieriiigs of the . wives and families of thesf ; meh , who ave- tiie- innocent . 'victims' or the- ' great principles of tho Charter . Several moetings Have been 3 ; eM fiHrfng the part week , for the purpo ^ of considoririir tlio propnetjr of : instituti : ; ^ a public feulscriplion iortho relief of ( Iio iiinocout . aiid iuliaing drives uwd cliildren of the above pbrsouj . It is ' needles . ? to ay that tfe appeal U likely to he most chcerfaliy met , eommittecj hav ; : !^ bce : i appointed to suHcic contributions for the o '/ . jcvts alluded , to . The noldd work , wo ai'o happy to say , i 3 progi-essiMg with a Spii it woi-tliy of tho cause . Lot every . reader of litqi 6 \' ' - : r sire Ms oi ' licr mite . .-
iy ' . r , \ - ru » wcANs' Lic ! : n-se 3 . —Tiiis ¦ " fcciri- " - -ft'o ' sl--joumed liorough Lieonsi ; : ^ l ); iy ,. ' t } w following por-^ O ! i ^ , . pii-t- of a list of tweiity-t-inl : f avI ; : ? iiiA- ' v < -, Ti , ol ' aiawl yret-iaHets' iiec ; : sc . 3 : —Slt ^ -pori ^ y ^ itii-iVf | '; : tef , liadeli ; ife- ;; treet ; Jplin Hamcv . SuavMkai !! j iM ' . thftuicI Pecirson , Buke-sii'ect ; William ' jCichoi- " sod , K \ ng-streetWest . Ckecuilc-Mo ' seley- ^ Jeremiah Beetliby , Gcorgo-street . He-iton A ^/ L ^ Abrauaia Lopgson , Soiidy-lane . John Brown ' s ' -Kcenso of tlie b ' auiicy Kxias , Kcw ' .. IBiruJsc-lan ' o , whica liad ^ W suapsndod since the 31 st of ^ uly last , in conseauc-rce of Cnartiot meetings , feeing , heft ! 'therein , was iie > : fc itucca into consideration . . ;' . when -the Maya- said thai in ' co : E 5 .:. ; uencc of Brown ' s ; -penitejice , ' tho license would be reused in ; -Oetob ' cY , snd '' notbc-i bre .- " -H . e hoped ; Hi is vrauld bo a v / aviuiis -to r , iW . i > ' . ' i-, iibi ' tu'j f iuu hi-ss . wauia .. iKt a -yvaynuig- to ciher piioii
- cans aud bscr-sfep kecpersj not to opi ) u ? e tiia auihoritios . - . ¦ - . - ScNa \ y Mirsic—Mr . W . Vauglian , solicitor , said he-appeared on bolutif of a ,. i \ um » ioi- of Heer . ^ d victiiali ps , to apply to the Bencli on the , subject of . fcanu-ay music . Having advanced a number , of rea- * fons i : i -argiiiiient , he eoncluded b y ¦ saying ' iuat ho had a Eiemorial ' . to . present on ( Jib su'bjcct , and liiU' -uecl it i » . Air . TiiaruhiH , a ma ^ rsiratc . j opposed its being read , and ia ' -ter-m ' S . of great iiidignatioji . Ho ? a ; u tUat th <> application , if'ciirricd iuta eftec ^ , woutd have the icust demoralising tendency , and bo . destrnt-ave of mo raorals of youth i-.-i- i ; : iriieular : ho wo >;; iu oppose it wiilvall his ioight . Tiie liicBjoriaL tiureiore , wa-s . noc ix-ad . ¦
MiTiG . vTfo > - or Skxtence . —A deputr-tion rfaitcd upon t >; o Bench with a lnetaoMal , mcat-re ' spoc : i " ally Q ?> m , in iavor of a maigatiou ofvho s ^ ntoivjfe of \ Viiha : a . Garner , William Sykes , and . Ss ' i . iucl bi'ov ? n , wiioy ... at the ia . 7 t . Chester Assizes ^ were transported for life , for forging a cheque mion tlio Stockport Branch of tlio Eank cf Maueiicsior ; ; hu £ the Mayoavrefused to have anything to do with it . They would not interfere : with '¦ tho . / . conrso of law . ¦ i . ne parties de ? . orved punishing ! and tliereforc iho Siasistratcs de-tliticd . to sigli . it . il Tim CimvrisTf ^ AH the : GiartSsts wlio : vrero commiitotf irornthig- towii to Cllesfer asyizesi hava i-ouiul . ba ' il , aud arc now restored , ' thank ( iocl , % o t . ljoir av ; in « tic circles , : enjoyin 5 tho comwai : y of iii-eii : vrivcH aud dvMvcn . ' .- ¦' -. - . ¦ '• • . -
Gvcrt House , . mo ^ day . —An Intuudeh ;— -William brnith . \ vas pla-cod in t ! to . clock at the instance of iJioni-as . -ilo'Inicg aud liis . -Wile ,. of i'iirspnV-Vaivl-Chur . eii-ue , oiiurgod ' witU-felbn y . Holmes shiftf'aS onfeu : v . ; -iy . inoriinig , about five o ' clock , he got uc ? aad went tj ;> .: ;' adjoining jerry-shop for a gill oi ' beer , ler . viu «; l ] is wii ' eiind iamily asleep . On returniiieia a s ; io : t i . ' aie , lie- found the door \ vas " . a .-jaryas tlioU- ' i soBio po :: ioj ! . had ' gone in ,, and - 'tearing oiio of tho cluldreij -cryiug'" father , father , " hast ? uo 4 un i ' -air . * ami r-vrecJed ihe . prisoner ,-.. a neighbour , ' in-h ' j 3 be-lroora ,. v . - i-li I 133 hattd iu his wife ' s bor c- ^ Tha nnsouer eeiiecnlcd himself" under .-tho" be ^; a ^ d on . examiiuug the po . ek . et , 'ho ( Ilolma ^ -found ; tL ; tt" ^ - . ~ M . av . a becu taken out , 4 s . 0 V 1 . 01 which was afo « -vr- ard 3 i ^ kcd ^ p . in diifcrent pavt ^ - bf tlio tied . lMrto- , vhaliiug wiitand
Ins- , applvh \ g tlio words of tho song ; , Walre clearest , wafce , " succeeded in demoii-Ftratt : rg . ( .- . h ? v her "delicate ^ ifuatioiv . " -: Ho . then ' t-vr / . vd tho ia ' -i-rtidor , who ejaculated " vfliorc ' a tbo u-r . uik ? " andjdraggi ' ng-Hai to the light of day , gavo lu ' m- . i . 'i . charge of two ' ¦ polieaineu , tovMony . 1 ' 1 < 6 > oloiiioi- " part <> £ the transaction , however , was noi ipauo but ; , aiid .-tkp prisoner , on beiiif ealk-.-l xtrton i-vr I : i 3 . defence , said that tire wire'had invited liinrup aan- 'sj 3 i !^ .-Iiplai-03 ,. \ vho . ' .-l .. til sat -in Gonrj very cjniut , i ; or . ' ! gave signs of vitality , by d ' ftnyine v . - ' hu tiie mof 6 e- % pitpd deinoauonr , the tnUli ; of tho fuvl aslegalion . ihe husbar . deiuleavoviredto confirm "is ¦ wjie s nc ^ -live , by adding "How eotiid . ' she ' hava mvirod h . wi up , when sliu M-asasleop all tho ^ Iiilo . l " ^ a ^ trato- ^ Hacl yon to shake Iicr Very hsxdi j iusoand--r had to shako her twice . "( Laughter ¦ Y l-Visoncr—hiia ouly pretended to bo ash ? ei > , becau 4 1 imu
ocen on ti : o lied witii her , and . hear-in" -tho house-door open , £ n 0 : said , " Here's my husbandcortunjr , get you under the bed - a . bit . " / ( Laughter % i avc . ordingly . concealed myself tinder the bed . She wa not asleep , that ' s tho truth , - , ' Tiro wife seemed very wraui ; - ¦ biit as her husband was not w ' credulous ' , her -anger , soon softcnod down . T' 10 Uench .. raid that tho defence was of tho most infamous character , aid -of which he ought to-be ashamed . However , de- there had bean no ; case - of , folojiy proved , the prisoner must bd'fe ' chnrgetl .. Tlio bench ; . < jcoalarlv ) - said , Holmes mig ' -ifc commeneo an action for trcspals ; whijftf . a . rrar' nh « r tno ., tablo observed in an under ¦ ¦ fonOj thot Smith wis evidently a poacKsr , aiid : that Holmes mi ^ ht lar ah mformatiou aKainsthim for trespassing on ce ' tta-n grounds m pursuit of game : ...-: ' ' ;' .-. ; ¦^¦ 'i : .
The Poynton axd Worth Coi . nr : np . —Th ^ e men wo . npwaU in Timomglcy ^ hariHg y ^ £ M § . uent . « l EWgltj atecesded in # e conauef of ^ & against mij-lit . . .... . ¦ . . ;¦ . a /
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t ft SmM . ^ 0 n Moitoai i ^ Tuesday tlio fnlloTviag tSri ^ S . p tocomoin-o-. steam-power -was taed ou the-Forth ^ u d : Clyde ; caual . Mr . Jolra 5 :, - ) . i th < ? 4 C 1 VU ^ fifcoer of tho Clyde navigation , fca -lta- d constructca on the . baafcs-oS tho canal a railway upon blocks , on ^ vhiclia locomotirG : engine iws been put , wluch-was : iiscd- on ' tho ' -aljove-aa 5 icd uays , aiston-d of Korses , to dvaw tlio canal vvi" "" 'G-. boats , and succeeded in tujevug them the wiwio uistance of the line at the ratO of eitiht iniles an hour , llie company having asooi'tauied the full sneciss - of the &xi ) ariment , will construct a : tfam ' way a-ioirg ' , 'tlto ' canal bai : lv , and will be able to take their passare-- ^ ats in future at : tiio ' rate . of eighteen Eiiles" uiihour . — £ ii ,- !' uw Journal . . '• : : - .- -..- ¦'¦ .- . :. - . '¦ - ,
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FRASER'S MAGAZINE . Frasc-r opens this month -. rith an article by Dr . Mngiu 3 , in which Dr . Farmer's E ' - ' .-say on the Learning of Shakspeara is mercilessly Jrifickcd . Cr . ilaginn will h . ive ! ihak c peare " to have been an erc-ltem classic , and to have borrowed largely from ihe Greek . poets . " We had mach rather contemplate him as a literary sun shining solely in the brightness of native nre and light . Xeic Educational (^ en , s is an elaborate survey of the comparative merits *> f the authorised , the Douay , and the Unitarian Ter = joii 5 of ihe St .. red * Scripture-: Tbtre are several other papers which we have not read .
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m ^ pmi . ; PiraciiASE of Pkofeutt . —Wo understand that Tilr . LeTfi ? Lloyd , tho London If .-ikcr , lias purchased lie property at Wing , lately belonging to the Earl of ChestenisJd . The pirclia ^ e-mjuev , ' without tiro valuation of t ^ e iim \ r , is nearly Xl 70 , 0 w ,. —Buc '; s Herald .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 7, 1839, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1073/page/7/
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