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BIRMINGHAM . IKQUIRY INTO THE CmCUMSTAKCES OB OP THE BIRMIKGHAM MOTS . ' HKOSDAT . " -- _ This aay-the committee of inquiry appointed by tie Corporation , to investigatethe origin and eirennvstaaces of the late riots , commenced their labours in the committee-room of the Town Hall—AldefmahSTUKGE in . the chair . Jir . Pabe acted as Secretary . -: - __ - _ The following were elected members of the committee : —Aldermen Betis , P . H . Mnnt ^ Harold Starge and Jenkins . Councillors F » Clarke , Clowes , Lne ^ , WesW Ware , MIddleton , Hicfcey , Cutler , Bsrdman , IL Kedfern , Martin , and Taylor , The Chahous said that the committee -li&d Jield prelixnurary ^ meetings , and made every arrange ment for bringing the inquiry to a satisfactory issao . The corporation -was induced to institute the prervoTimv Tx ^ mTTx . !^ m ^ . v ^ ™
sent inquiry m consequence of an impression unfavourable to the town and the- population generaUv haying gone through the Kingdom : It wasxif the last importance that the real facts should be known , and the more especially as a strong cor ercrre force was about being fixed permanently amongst them . A Government commission had"been spoken of , but that -tronld only examine into the conduct of the magistrates , and might , for aught the people knew , be conducted with closed doors Ihe corporation , as representatives of the ratepayers , felt it their duty -to adopt the present course . No one will be coerced to give evidence , li the police , the military , orthe magistrates -wish , they can , T > y themselves or others -
crossexamine the Bereral witnesses . The inquiry will embrace—first , - the character of the meeting of the 4 th of duly ; second , the state of Birmingham in the interval between the 4 th and 15 th of July ; third ihe « rcuinstances of the riot of the loth—whether they were premeditated—how many and what persons took apart in them—what was the conduct of the-military and police , and what measures were taken i © prevent those meetings . As sa individual , lie { Alderman Stnrge ) was particularly anxious , for the sake of the character of flic town , that the investigation would be gone mto , as by it such facts ttDI be elicited as wBl remove a general bat T « ry false impression regarding the town and - its inhabitants .
3 lr . G . Edxosbs expressed a strong deareto render the Committee flvery assistance to facilitate the enquiry . : ' Mr . Ihosas Ltcas , surveyor , and residing at 176 , Bristol-street , then came forward and made the following deposition : —About a fortnight previous to the 4 th of . July , the people were inhabit of " meeting on the Bull-ring , at eight o'clock , each night , for the purpose of hearing the Northern Star read . On such occasions there was no chairman . The people " eo assembled-were strangers to him . The greatest alenee was observed , and two personsvrere appointed to keep the horse road dean . He never knew or heard of any obstruction laving taken place during that fortnight , nor was there any attempt made to suppress them . On one occasion a Derson said anm > .
thing about Yardsley fields . He said that they " ought to be divided . * There was also something said about the proper laying out « f had . On the 4 th , there were about a thousand persons assembled in die Bull-ring . Two of the London police pursued a man "who was carrying a standard or flag which they attempted to wrest from him . There was no crowd after that . man , A scuffle ensued , the pole of the flag was broken , and the people converted the pieces into weapons of defence , with which they resisted the police ~ who Bad commenced an indiscriminate attack upon them . The police Etruclrfirst . The people attacked in turn , and overpowered the police , who fled in all directions . The people then cried HoUoway Head , and thevDroceeded
tmther m droves . About 11 o ' clock witness went Holloway Head , where he saw about 2 ^) 00 persons , is eight or nine groups . ; They were addressed by a man , Trho said , " " We are come to a pretty pass ; lather than be under such a Eystem as this , ( . meaning the police ) they , even for the sake of economy , "would rather be under a miliiary government , and they should know what they had _ to trust to . " Another said-- " We shall presently liave one or two of the Convention here . " Soon after , a member of the Convention addressed the people , saying— "We shall meet again in an hour ana a half . " The erowd oouasred-of workmen , stout lads , and young men . They were determined , "bvX demeaned themselves quietly . The first speaker told them— " That they who were not prepared to meet the police in a determined manner , should go home . " He was
answered by a cry— "We are ready . " In a-lew minutes after , -several yards of the iron railings in front of Thomas's Church were torn down , ^ and after breaking them into small pieces , about fifty of the people , mostly lads , armed themselves with them . They then moved towards the town , to await the orders of the Convention . "Witness , after that , retnrned hornfi ^ On iKe 15 th of Jnlj , the nigbT of the fire , witness went to see what occurred . On his return home , he was met by five of the London Police , one of whom , without the slightest cause or motive , cut at him with his cutlass . The blow- cut through his hat , and inflicted a desperate wound over Hs temple ; the . blood flowed down his clothes ( The witness exhibited his forehead , and over / bis temple there appeared a scar , two inches long . His Itai -was cut through . ) Another policeman , ftrsi-k him with his truncheon on his arm . A
special constable coming up at the time had his woand dressed . - He could not sleep that night with pain . The next morning he visited the spot where the occurrence took place , and saw it marked with his blood . On that morning he saw another man . removed -to the doctor ' s . He had been wonnded on ~ t ~ np . Tv ^ fV of the head by a policeman "who struck Mm with Ms truncheon . That man had not been in the town before that morning Blood was Sowing from his wound . Witness went to the Public Office to complain of the London
police . He then met Mr . Shaw , who said , " that it was impossible for the police . to discriminate - at nighty between persons , and it was well it was not worse with hhn /* Witness observed that nothing would liare occurred but for the introduction of the London police . Mr . Shaw told witness , " not to add to the excit-einent . * ' He than closed the gates . Mr Saw gare witnesB no hope of redress . Witness did not belong to the party composing the meetings . He merelyartended them from curiosity . The Coimniitee after this witness's examination adjourned .
Tuesday , September 10 . The following witnesses were examined this day : James Smith , plater , of 4 , Court 1 , house , Jsluchtj-sErcet , examined : —I work chieSy for ilr . 5 &hn Ryland , and for Messrs . Blaciford and lawson , Great Charles-street . On the 8 th July , about nine at night , I was coming home from work , and was walking down Blncber-street by myself ; when I gotto my entry end , my daughter , a little pirl , « aid , Father , your supper is ready on the table . " I was then standing witn my face towards the " entry , and my back towards the street . = Two of the London pTiieemca . cams down the street whilst I was so standing ; aad , without saying a word , one-of them struck a neighbour of mine , named Andrews , who
was standing at the entry and smoking bis pipe , with a staff . The blow knocked him down . 1 went to pick him up , when the policeman struck me upon $ fc ~ backwnh a stanywhieh knocked me down ; whilst do » 7 n , they struck me three times upon the back . 1 was disabled . from work nine days , and irorketl "with great pain for three" yreeks , Mr . Waddv , my club surgeon , attended me . Besides myself mylittle girl , and the neighbour I mentioned , I saw no one else about . Andrews was in his shirt sleeves , and I believe he had not his hat on . I am quite sure no words whatever passed between us , or were spoken by Andrews or myself , before the blow was strnck . 1 never attended any of the meetings ia the Bull-ring , or at Holloway Head . After the
policemen nad knocked roe down , they went . away withont saying a word . No words passed between us from first to last-Thomas Baker , law-stationer , of Ko . 7 , Upper Temple-street , says i—I have passed through the Bull Ring twice when the meetings were holding , about a week before the 4 th of July . The meetings were composed of about 500 ot 600 persons , principally workmen . I didnothear the speakers .-There was no obstruction ofisred to passengers . The principal ihoroB £ h £ are was open- On . tie 5 th of July I was passing down the Bull Bing , about a quarter b 3 forenine at night . The military and London Police were stationed at the avenues leading into the Ball Bing , which was pretty dear , andscarcely the ordinary traffic going on . When 1 arrived opposite
the end of Philip-street , I saw a working man carrying a horse-collar npon Ms shonlder . lie appeared to . bf restiagagainst the wall . One of fee «^| oonB , ia - a verv rougl manner , ordered him on . The man jB > d " Well , allow me to rest & moment , and I will goon . " The dragoon appeared excited , and said , - Go ^ n bow , Ir 7 or 111 cat yonr head oftj" and m-Btantlv , withont . giving the man time to escape , -spurred his horse on to the pavement , and ^ drew ^ * word . He made a cut at the man ' s lieadTYitb great force . The man suddenly stooped to avoid the blow , and the s ^ ord struck the shutter of the shop a , the n ^ rket eo ^ er of Philip-street The dragdon iien Aeaihed Ms sword , andspnrred lnsli 0 rse ; elaurto the inan . with an apparent endeavour to trample ium
upon him with the iorse ' s feet , or ip- . crnsn- against iLa wall , which he was prevented domg by fee man getting behind a projection . There were no persons near the man at the time this occarred rand lad h ^ ressied the-orde rs of the dragoon , or been gnfltrof any breach of ih&peace , there were several poiicanan and soldiers within eaU of the dragoon , whomlglit have taken him Into custody . Xce blow of Jhe dragoon was so aimed as that it must have rtraek the man , had he not instantly stooped . A dragoon , who was stationed near , and observed * hat passed , ordered his comrade to desist , and he then fell Lark in his place , and the man lEoved « £ It was the" work of not more than a minute , * i 3 I was standing within a dozen yards . On the aiSst of the 15 & , at ialf-past six , I left mj c-Scss
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^ ^ f ^ P ^ ^ * - I ™ nt along New-street , Sl ^ ^ oT ^ ^^ J ?« 8 oas standing talking together in : the Bull Bine I passed throngTithem to the corner of Mo ^ lireet . lS-* dense mass of persona at the commencement of vtð ; they appeared stationary t and I went towards the l ^ ce-office , to see ^ atX pSce were domg . The Police-office gates were open S ? £ " rF- *^ B 1 ? of the London , and several of the Birmingham police patrolling in front of the office . In the gateway I saw about a dozen otner iiondon policemen with the inspector ; there weroa ^ great number of persons pasang np and down Moor-street . No molestation or menace was BBed towards the police . Two men met fmnositn the and K ^ SSS : l ^^^ T ^ b
Police-ofiice and began conversing together , when one of the officers ordered them roughly to move on . Iney did not immediately do so , and one of the police ran across the street , and collared dno of them , and jra . T © iim several blows with Ms staff across the head and shoulders . M y attention was particularly directed towards them ; and there were no words of insult or menace used towards the police . * They were decent looking men . When the police ordered persons to move on , they did so . Up to-this time , which , was about twenty minutes to nine , 1 had seen no resistance offered to the anthority of ^ the police The man whom 1 have described as being Btruck by the policeman , moved , onwards towards Dale End . I returned to the Bull Bing , and stood opposite
Bournes' shop . I saw a great crowd-of persons coming up towards me from the direction of Digbeth . They had no nag or banner . There appeared to be three or f-oor persona who headed them , and were a little in advance . The multitude were generally armed with hedge or fence stakes . I should say thoir nnmber was not more than 400 or 500 . The ringleaders were men ; one of them I should know again . Th « multitude generally consisted of stout lads , from twelve to twenty years of age . I observed no weapons but those I have mentioned—no cntlass , pistol , gnn , or crowbar . A few appeared like mechanics , a few wer « in flannel dresses like colliers , but the majority appeared to be idle persons , having no regular occupation . There were , hesides this mobvarious
, groups standing about looking on , as if from curiosity ; and as the mob approached , they receded , some of them as if alarmed . Whon the mob approached the end of Moor-street , they halted , and the leaders looked np Moor-street , and one of them nourished » hedge-stake , he had in his hand , round his head , and shouted , londly , " Come on , my boys , they dare not face us . " The mob hnrra'd . and the whole , with the exception of about a hundred , went up Moor-street . I bad not left the front of the Public Office mors than five minntes , when this occurred . I immediately left , and went np Highstreet towards New-street , expecting every moment that the mob would be driven back by the police . Those who refused to go up Moor-street at the call
of the leader , generally threw down their sticks , as if alarmed , arid went in different directionB . AH the shops , as for as I can recollect , were shut , and the street lamps were lighted . When I got half-way up tha hill , I turned round , and saw the mob issuing out of Moor-street into the Bull Bing , they were not running , and appeared to have come back of their own accord . I pursued my way to the end of 2 few-street ; when there , I heard th » clatter of glass upon the pavement in High-street , in the direction of Moor-street ; I turned down Worcesterstreet , aud along Philip-street , towards Highstreet ; the mob were then breaking dowit the shutters of Messrs . Bournes' and other of the shopkeepers . There appeared to be two hundred or three
hundred engaged in this work . They did not appear to be under the direction of any particnlar person or persons . They used the stakes in their hands , and also threw stones at the window shutters ; they , afterwards used what appeared to me to be iron rails . 1 saw a boy strike the -shutters of Messrs . Aston with a stick he had in his hand . Some persons cried out , " not there—Savage ' s . " The boy then threw the stake up at th « upper windows of the adjoining house . There were many sticks or stakes thrown at the upper windows of th « nouses . Several shops were attacked at the sanw time , but the first broken into was Messrs . Bournes ' . The mob tore down the shutters , and then , with the edges of the shutters , broke through the windows Several of the mob then entered the shop . The shot )
appeared in darkness . No opposition was offered them , as far as I could see , from tho inside . The house appeared to be deserted . Jnst about this time , another jxaiion of the mob effected an entrance into the shop of Mr . Leggett , which also was undefended The mob brought out some bed ticking , and unrolled it in the street ^ not far from where lwas standing . They gathered it up again , and took it towards Nelson ' s mpnnment . I then saw a flame , as of a bonfire , jnst below the monument , and nearly opposite Bourne's shop . From the time tho demolition first commenced , to when the fire was first carried into Messrs . Bournes ' , vras about naif an honr . The mob did not appear to have increased . No one remonstrated With them , or endeavoured to resist them .
Messrs . Bournes" shop was quiclly in a blaze . The houses of Mr . Leggett and Mr . Belcher were also speedily after in a blaze . I saw a boy come out of one of the shops , I think Savage's , with his pockets stuffed cut . I heard a person standing near me , who was looting on , say to the boy , " what h&Te you got there , that is not -what "we -want , -we are too Ibrave for that , antl if I find any one stealing . 1 will be the first to strite a < lagger through his heart , " or words to that effect The boy immediately emptied his pockets into the street , and ran vny . This man was not armed , acd had not taken part ia the demolition . I then heard a cry of murder , and saw a powerful man running ' along Philipstreet , towards the Bull Bing , acd a man running , after him , who knocked him dotra just as he got to the place
-where I -was standing-, When down , he 3 ucfced Mm se-reral times , and he rolled oTer , crying " murder . " He got up and nn bad : the same way he came , still crying " murder , " and followed by his pursuer . I asled who be was , who was knocked down , and persons about me said he was a London Policeman in disguise ; they had setn his staff ? To one Lut the man I Lave described strnck him , or took part either way . The persons around me seemed shocked , and said it was " dreadfnl -work . " The fires were now raging , and hnd reached the upper parts of the houses , and the people cried " powder , " as if afraid of the ignition of gunpowder in some of the premises . The fire at Messrs . Bournes' appeared to have crept np r ^ gularfy from the "bottoia to the top of the house . About this tins e , whicL I suppose to be between half-past nine and a quarter to ten , a fire engine came up HLrh-strcc-t , towards Xewstreet , with several firemen npon it . I Co not think it was accompanied by either yr . litirv or police . It came
past the fires , and prj ? t me . snd 1 lost sight of it . 1 ¦ wondered at its goicj s \ my - » -biist the fires -were raging , as I saw no obstruciii . r ! o ;' . lto « 1 to it , or any threat or menace oCcrcd to the :: rcnisn , or uny shouts of csuliation at its gcing . 1 concluded it must have been taken away in c /; nsc-qii < aice of some muk-station offered bytiie i : iob . I ¦ was about twenty or thirty yards from It when I first saw it , and it was then in niotion , and continued so as long as 1 saw it . In about £ yc minutt-s after this a cry was raise < l of " the soldiers , " and 1 siw the Dragoons enter Hiih-street from Moor-strect , with their swords drawn . The raob then ran in all directions . I cannot say how many people there were tliea in the Bull Bing , but I should think lets than 500 . I then left , and went alOE £ i LIlip-strect , Cohiiore-Etreet , and got into the Inkley ? , where the mounted soldiers were scouring the streets . I then Trent to my residence in ; lslington-row , where I arrived at a qiuirter past ten . I was about a quarter of an hear in getting there from the Bull Ring .
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TO THE EDITOBS OF THE T * ORTIIERH STAB . Sirs , —I am requested by the Committee for Messrs . Collins and Lovett to send yon a copy of the resolutions passed at their weekly meeting , held in Lawroncestreet Chapel , on Tuesday evening , and shall feel mndi obliged by your giving them insertion in your valuable journal for this week . I remain your most obedient servant , W . BiBiow , Secretary . Birmingham , Sept 11 , 1839 . ilr . Richards in the Chair .
Resolved 1 st " That this meeting has pledged themselveB'eoDectively and individually to use all their exertions in favour of those patriots now-lying in gaolj and -we also tierrr -with regret and indignation the administration cf the laws in this country , and that to the mal-administration of the la-ws , 'do we owe the imprisonment of our friends ; and that this meeting declare it to be the duty of every individual to record their mite in support of the families of those individuals who are now in "the hands of our enemies . " Jloved by Mr . H . Green , seconded by Mr . Baker . Passed unanimously .
2 nd . " That from the numerous acts of partiality and injustice committed in siveral parts of th-j co \ m try , by magistrates appointed without the consent cf lae people ; more especially the late unjust decision in favour of the brutal and blackguaKl police , -vrithotit any regard to the facts of the case , fully convinces , as , if doubts Tcmained in our minds , tbat thci-o is one law for the rich and another for the poor ; and that equal justice cannot be obtained till the people have a " share in the election of the men bound to administer the laws ; and that they will never cease their endtavours to obtain equality to all , in spite of any faction that may oppose them , till success crowns their efforts , and tyranny be swept from the land . " Jloveu Ly £ : t . Thompson , seconded by Mr . Gretton . Passed unanimously . 3 rd . "That the resolutions now passedle sent to the Nort hern Star , iheGharicr , and the WeeklyDitpatch for insertion . " Moved by Mr . Barlow . Pissed unanimously . ComniittcD-Room , Cross Guns , Lamiitcr-street , September JO , 1839 .
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Staffordshire Potteries , the insertion of which would have given a greater impetus to the sacred beanie we espouse ,. and none of which have appeared in your greatly-admired Journal We have sent a report " of a meeting held at Hauley , taken by put muieaesteemed friend and delegate to ; the Convention , Mr . ; j lohn Richards , August I 9 th , and have waited anxiously for its . appearance ^ Our an xiety has increased on seeing one of tb . e ' mostpaltry and lying reports that ever was inserted . Tneiibject of this report was evidently to vilify and aiSrepresent us . ¦ It is stated that the numbera of that meeting were no more than one thousand people , whUetue report , you will see , states ibem to be six thousandl This lying editor does all he can in every vile way to depreciate our cause in this part HoliaH owed " -us a grudge ever since the manufacturers and few of the middle classes have called a meeting for the repeal of the Com Laws , when they were beaten both by argument ^^^^^^^^ «^ of whieh wouW
and ; numbers . This in a great measure f roves the strength of bur cause . You may likewise judge of its progress by the circulation of your valuable Journal , which amounts , I have been infornieai to 700 copies . This being the case , we have the power , by the insertion of » ur reports , to contradict the slanderous lies that h « sendB abroad ; and Sirs , mark the irxt This dastardly Journal ' s circulation only amounts on the whole , to the BnuUl number of iyioo : this , 8 ira , is the fact whica mortifies this splcenish fellow , and causes him to circulate the scandalous and lying tales copied from the Leeds Mercury , and get them distributed in the different factories in the Potteries , to provent the gatkering of the Rational Rent They have also resorted to all the clandestine ways possible to prevent the sacred principles we have so successfully advocated . I have been informed that proscriptions amohgBt the employed are about to be practised very extensively around us . Thus you see how the lions would
pounce npon the jackals , their own providers . But , Sirs , we are not yet deterred , and aro still going 6 n In the good path of Chartism , and mean not to end till the Charter becomes law . .: . ; . P . S . —If you can insert . these remarks , together with the report , we should feel extremely pleased ; but if you cannot inser t both , please to insert one ; if you cannot put in the report , please to put in the remarks from tae matter which only refers to yourself . / " Isubscribe : Yours most affectionately , Moses Simpson , ¦' . ' Secretary to the Pottery Charter Association , Hanley . "¦¦ . ¦ - ' [ The report ot Mr . Richards never reached us , nor do we remember any of the other * :. if our friends in this Potteries will send any accounts of their meet ings in time and manner stated in our public notice , it shall always be attended to . —Eds . N . S . 1
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¦ ~ J " . ' ' - ' ¦ : "¦ : ¦ -V ^ fy ^ ifM / XJ 1 ® 1 9 ¦¦ -- -i' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ""¦ Tobket . —^ etterB ' from ; Constantinople ^; . received via Paris , state thai bii the < 22 d th » Ffench steamer had / arrived from Toulon in -nine days , bringing impoTtant despatclies for ; Adniiral . Rbussitt ) / The contents of thesa -despatches were submitted to Lord . Ponsonby / i and then toall thji ministera of the great powers .. It was- said that thV discussions related to a conference being held at Vienna ^ -and to a , demand mad * by England aud France for the opening of tho Dardanelles ^ If such demand were ;/ ^^ - /^^ WW ^ BWS . ;/^ r /
refused / the present would be a favourable moment for pressing it on the Turkish Government , ai the batteries areinttbadst ^ e of repair ; and tho Porte cannot maintain garrispus " -ifeo , defend them . It \? aa uiiderstoodat Constantiubpie / that . Mehemet Ah ' still insisted on the dismissal of Kbsr « w Pacha , and the recognition / of his . sovereigii ; rights in j&ypt- The Castor was desspatched on ; the 23 d from Gonstantinoplo for Tpulpn , with important despatches for the French Government . ; The French , squadron was at anchor at Tenedos . -
The Nati&nat of . Sunday has the folibwiug from Toulont-- ¦ > = . . ' ) . ' -: ; - ¦¦ ¦ .: /'¦/ // " - " .: ¦ -. :: - / , '" The Castor Bteamboat , which left Constantinople on the 23 rdj has brought the : news that the . accord between the : Five Powers . ! iMr not been . of long duration . It appears pbsap ^ , that Russia anil Prusgja withdraw from th «? tfuintuple alliance , aiid thatvUie first Of these powers ^ ias addressed to the four rfthera a remarkable report , in which it demons strates theiriutility of a Congress ; nor ivill it consent t o join that Congress , uules ^ it be held at Gonr stautinbple . : - .. . '' ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ ¦<¦ ( ¦ . " . ¦ ¦¦ . ¦ ¦ ' ; . ¦ •¦ : - ¦ ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ •¦ •¦¦ ' . ' . ¦ '¦ Another letter a 4 ^ tnat it Tyaa not M . BoUtenief who attended tho first meeting of tho Conferenceiiut merely his fleoretary . ; , ;; ¦ , ¦ ¦ ¦ :. , , . , : The French Papers speak of the wish of the young Sultaii to have th 0 French and English fteets in the sea of Marmora . :
: The Journdl de Cbm » Mer ^ # / publishe 3 letters from Odessa , declaring ) that tho ^ ^ Kussmn fleet has received orders' to sail to Constantinople , and that a britlgo is already prepared across tne Danub » at Ismacl . ' . / ¦ ' / ¦"¦ . ; " - ' ' ¦¦ ¦ ¦/ . •' : ¦' : ¦ / ¦ ' /• '¦ ¦ ... /• ' . ' /¦ .. ¦ ¦¦• '" , America ., Canada , and the Wesi Indies . —Wb are Furntehed with additional accounts of the Out' - rages Avhich the Iudians haye connnitted intho prosecution of their warfare agaiiist each other auofthe Btatcgi / V : -: ' ; ... '"¦ ¦ : ' . . '¦ . . "" ¦ ; ' : .- ' . ' ¦ /• ' :. " . ¦ •/ ¦ y---: "" . ' : ' ' \ . - Tub Texians and the Clierokeea have had two eHcountcvsj in the first of whichj foiight on the 15 th of July , the Indians weri defeated . In the second , which occurred on the 21 jrt , •' ¦ : tho Indiahs Avere utterly routed , 500 of them having been left dead on tliefieldi / . v . -: ¦ ;¦/• . ¦ : // - ;/¦ . ; The Yellow Fever is assumiiig a malignant asppct at . G 3 iarlcstown and : J ^ ew ^ Orleans . From Mexico wi » hear ihat at Tampi « 6 all rcmainB Quiet . ' •¦ ¦' . . : ¦¦ : ¦ :. - ;¦ . ¦' ¦ - < ;' -.. : ¦• . ' . ¦' ¦ ¦ ¦ . - . . •¦ . : " ' " - " ¦
Maikb BopirpABT .--We understand that the British commiBsioners for exploring the boundary are preparing , and almost ready ^ to ; begh v their reconnoissance . Wthiiye every reason to believe that this ' , diffionity will be soonsettled amicably . t RAii ! s .- ^ Tho Lower Canada papers are complaining of a-nover-enditig rain that has drenched the country . Tlw crops are . injured , andit is feared that a bad harvest will follow . EABTH ^ UAK&--Kingston , Jamaica , and Martinique havo been visited Mth seyero shocks of earthquake . No inconsiderable amount of p ' topovty was destroyed , thoujgh . it appeara no lives were lost . : ¦ ¦" . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦ , ¦ ''¦ '' - ;¦ ¦ ' ; ..- ¦ ' ¦ ¦' . '
GREAT SEIZURES OF YORKSHIRE GOODS IN THE UNITED STATES . ^ Philadelphia , Aug . 23 . —Immense seizures of Yorkshire woollen cloths have taicen place iu this C ! ty , Now York , BostPh . ; and Baltimore . At first , when the captujrss by the CustpmJipuso were believed to bd confined to one or tyro transactjous in New York they excited ; little niore than a passing notice . But now it is openly stated that by an inimeuse Yorkshire speculation , broad cloths , to the amount of i . ; mouo . C 2 , 50 « , 000 dollars ) were in the course of introduction into the Atlantic cities , in such a manner that a part or the whole of the United States' duties have been , Or arb in the couree of being , evaded by various fraudulent ( levjcos .
The greater part of all these goods have been seized by the United States Custom-house officers on the chaxge ^ of smuggling or fraudulerit entries , and are now . deposited m ; the various Goyeniiucnt warehouses of the four great Atlanti * cities , where they are said to bo ? libelled " that is , taken possession of , until the Clatter is tried and determined by due course of law , when , if thfe allegations on tho part of the : Government ara proved , the whble will be confiscated , and the impdllters 8 Ubject (> d to oilier penal © nactimpnts . In alV cases where fraudulent entries are / proven , the ; partiesi will be prosecuted for wilful and corrupt perjury , and probably bondemned to inopris 6 um 4 ) ht and hard labour . The ca 8 e 8 | taken as a wholo ; certainly present one of the m # B | grganti * charges fsmuggUug and imancial fraud that ik any , where on recora .
One . oftke parties is now in prison hi New York , chargiua Wjth perjury . Three others w * r <» arreetcd on the arrival of the Liverpool The quantity of goods seized in that port is onbrmous . The seizures in tms city are immense , arid Syhile I am writiiigj tho United States officers are not only engaged in prosecuting other 8 « arch 88 iii the ncigkbourhood , but a party ot ; thorn are gone oh to' Baltimore , where , I undorstaod a seizure ha&been pffected . AH tlie important parties are Yorkshircmeh , without I Uclifeve a Bingle exception . It is but justice to etato that none of Uw alleged instances of fraud are from Lecus . Soihe of the ; cloths ario from Sadtllcr /» rorth . In this particiilarj I speak only as far as some of the goous . seized ' 'in- this city are concerned . Other property besides that which / I have mentioned has been btodpQtl at the Custoni'house .
INDIAN "VVAR-HORRID MASSACRE—TWO HUNIlREii AND TWENTY INDIANS y / KlIiEp ' ; . ' .. _ ¦ ; ¦ . . : [ ' [ _ ¦' . - : /¦ : ' " : / ( From the liwriin ^/ on / lowa ) Patriot , JuIt / Z&J We learn from Governor Lucas and another gehtlonian , Avhp came passengers in the Tone last evening , that two hundred end twenty Indians were killed in upper couiutrv about the l ^ t lhst . The facts , as they were related by a younggeritlehian who was at the treaty , are as t ' ollow : ¦—The Sibux had invited tho Cliippcswas to meet them at St ; Peter ' s , for the puvpose of making -k . treaty of ovprlasting friendship , Ino thippewas assembled accordingly , tho , pipe of peace was smoked , and they parted apparently good of
mends . A lar ^ e J > arty tho Chippcwas was encamped at tho Falls of the St ; Anthony , and a small pr party eiicanipid on tho St . Croix oh their \ vay home , without the leasfc suspicion of treachery outae ^ p arfe of tl-. e Sioux . WliUo ; ' . they were thus peaceably encamped , they were , surpr ised by the bioux , who coniiueuced their butchery . They immo-^ atf rly raUied , but Ijeibre . the battle , terminated , the Chippewas lost 150 at tho Falls , and 20 oU tho St . Croix . Tho number of the Sioux killed on tho occasion amounted to about 50 . We do not niuch wonder at the hostility tliat has been exhibited by the Sauk > aud | Foxes agaiiist tlio Sioux , if this latter tribe has always been as trcacherbus as they were on : the above occasion . ¦ / / AWFUL CONFLAGRATION AT ST . JOHN'S
/ / : ¦ , / . . ;/;¦ ¦ . - ¦ ' ¦ N . B . -- ¦ ¦ : // , /; . // - . .. - ' , _ ; v , . ;¦ . Another fire has occurred at St . John's N : B ., which destroyed about onolmndrel buildings . It broke out en Saturday iiight , about nine o ' clock . The loss is estimated at « 00 , 000 dollars . . The last great / fire , which destroyed 115 houses . and stores , occurred two years and seven months ago . . The Quebec Mercury contains a report that Sir John Colborno is / to bo relioVeii fi'bmtlio administration of the Civil Government of the Lower Province , leaving it optional to hiin to i'eioain as Ck ) mniand 0 r -of the Forces ; and that as . Sir John declines to remain on these terras ^ ho \ yiil embark for Eaglaiid so soon as his successor arrives : ; ' . Bill Johnston , the Cauaiian patriot . vyuo wjia arrested in tin ' s city a sliori ; time siticp , arrived in Watertownlast Thursday Bo'unight , and held tinder 10 , 000 dollars . He requested permMoju to look after bail ,-which was granted . Ho gaye them " lee" bail , and has not beou seen since . : ' ¦ - - ¦ '
( From the Montreal Herald . ) The transport Eiiip , Buffalo , has at length arrived at QAiebec , and is said to ; be destined to convey thc political prispneis in the Canadas to thcii- destination—Botany Bay . There they will bo iadoutdrcd to the colonists , and treated / like galley ulaves for life—made hewers of wood and drawers of water , and branded with the i ^ i'a-iayot" fcloriS . ' New York Money Market , Aug . 23 rd . —The Money ; Market is in a ; singular . ppsition . The great bod of jobbers , grocers , and regular-merchants are m a comfortable position , and are not / p ' ressiid to anv extraordinary degree . This is emphaticallv thn ^
With all those who are and hayo pursued , a j . e ^ . -. lar and steady business . But in AYall-stroct the reverse is the case : with Stock operations , and all those who have to / raise ¦ large sums on Stocks , or on StaU ) or Post note Securities , it . h'impossible to b'btiin ft '" us except at ruinous rattis . It is impossiWc to ijls .-o Western Stato Securities at ariy price ; a ; id 1 ' ^ tnotes of the best liaiiks in PhiladeipMa avc selliiiir at : 1 ? to 15 per cent . ' a iaonth . ^ f ; ' ' ^ orations ; Bonds beariii ^ i y per cent , ihttii'ost ,. arc itHiiisc at 97 , which is 10 . per fcut . pev vwninm ; aui snea loan of 5 pjcr cent , are selling at 35 .
SwiTZEiiL . vxp . —A popular moyemeat i ! in ivhicli ionr perEonswcro killed and seven wounded : compeUedthe meiubap of the Government of Z-rir * h tc rasigu tncic functions . A . pvwki ^ m ] Govovjnrci't composed of four liiGmbcri ; if ihc cli ^ ohcti Co'i ii'V a : id three newpcrsoyagte , took ihb vd ^ ana is i , ' - < . ; omiimo in cilice nntil neiy election :-Ankf \ j \ w ; o . A 7 tiilj cccuvrcd ycsterOay mvfiVM'i ! . ' . Iji li > o ov ' c-. vT ., ' ., Irauciujiiity wa « reeto ? cj . : " * ---n
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GENERAL eo ^ VENTION . ( Continuation oj '}^ dnesda ^ , Sev ^ pjn . X .: . - ; . '¦ APPRdPSlATIok O ) p TUBFXJ ^ jbS ; _ . ¦ The Cbnyentioh resumed its sittings thi 3 even - ingj when it wag resolved ^ That no body convened in fatiire a « a general / CoaVentipn shall be ccnsitjerpd as such uuledsil consist of / thirty-five ment . heirs at : least , suohmeniberB / td be chosen : ance with . the * Ettles r of tKe Convention , which rules / require ' that each delegate'be chosen at a public mfeetiDg of the district or odunty , called for thHt special purpose , of which ten day s' . notice Bhall be publicly given , and hot to be chosen b a eoeiet y or public . body of any description . " - Agaiiu
" That the balance remaining in hand in favour of the General Convention , be placed in the hands of George ^ Rogers , Efcj ., payable tothejoint ' callof John jFrost , -and ; Lawrence ' - / Pi tkethly . Esquires , on behalf of a General Convention , ¦ franieu according to the foregoing re 8 oluti « hi" ¦ . Some accounts were passed and payment of £ 2 each week voted to Mr . Pitkethly during bis attend ance in London / at the Gouricil . . The ; Addregs tptbe People of the Empire was discussed , and 8 ome amendments suggested when the matter was referred back to the ^ Conunictttf , with instruction ? ta report at eleven p ' clock on Thursday . The . CoBveBtion then adjoamed at eleven o ' clock p . m . to eleven o ' clock to-morrowy / v Thursday , Sept 12 ; *
Mr . Frost in the chair . Mr , Sii-Art , Secretary . - , ¦ : : - . '¦ ; / •;¦ ' [¦; ¦¦ - . ¦ ., ' ¦ ' ¦ ' .. ; ' •¦ ' . . - ' ¦' , ; . ' . / A letter was read from Mr . M'Crea , KilniarnocV , exculpafing hiffiself froinisomei injurious rtnecjions reported by the press to baye been uttered against him in the CoHvemion duriog the current week . Mr . Frost requested the pre ? s to notice the remark which , as Chairman of the / Couventibnj he felt bound to make . It was not the fault of the
iudiyidual ; membeis of the CouventioH , but of the Convention in itei collective seH > e , that the inisMiiderstaKdings which had toicen place in the ^^^ debate arose . Tne . « ystem under which the members acitd was ah errpntpufj and defective system . ( Certain and fixed rules ought ; to have / been laid down originally , and then the memberB would b » coinpelled to abide by .. theni . ; The want of such a systein generated -th « s eoafusipn for which they Were in flome degree justiy asptrsed , ¦¦ ;¦/ : ¦ : ;¦ . ' . ¦ . ; . . ¦¦ .. - ¦• • ¦ ¦ ¦ "
Mr . PiiKETiti . T complained that it bad been , or woiild he , reported in the public papers , that he had sent . | p accoutiti of his jawn to the Convention to be . paid , for which he had not prodnced proper vouchers . Mr . Bussbv said that a proper voucher had been produced in hi » own person ; ig he « ras presant when the moucy was . advauoed by Mr . Pitkethly to Mr . Bassey himself , and to Mr . Kichiwdeon when on thiH short tour , for which : they lelt highly erate-M to / Mr . Pitkethly for extricating them ftom an unpleasant pobitibn .
TRtrSTEUS OP THE NATISNA t Rpr . Mr . Hart well iaquired whether or not it would be o » mpetent for Mr . Epgers , ilr ,. Pitketnly , and Frost to receive mpney on account of R ational Rantj because he ( Mr . H . ) was aware that there were several silma outstanding which coald not he : imn ^ ediately paid in , i but which would be forthedming : in a short tune . It wa « then movod by Mr . Httrfwell that Mr ; Frost , Wr . Piikethly , and : Mr . Rbgfera be permitted to receive any su ' tns of mon > y for ] Sf ational Rent , and that they be req , uested to Publish the receipt of such sums as noon as possible in the public papers . ¦ : ¦'' . ' ¦' . Mr . Fbost said that he had no douni ; but ' .-that they held ¦ the / . power . of receiving any ; samst , though they had not tke povrer to dit ) bu $ re any . The motion was carried .
Mr . Carpenter moved that tho Conventiph isaue an order , requestiug jWtr . O'Cogbot to pay in £ 260 lent to theDefenceyComnjitiee . — Carried , / Mr . Carpe ; nter then movei that it be recommeBded totke / ijefence Fund Committee to tat ( t the nectary etep * to appoint a General Defence Fund Committee to sit in London ^ and that their accounts be handed to the new Committee , with a rtqutst that they should be iiBmediateiy puoliBhed . — r ¦ Carried ^' ' : . •" ' . : . ' ' - . / . ¦ . : ¦'¦/ ' .. . " Mr . Carpenter next moved , in the form of a reconi »» endatioH from the Convention to the Defence Fund Commjttfe ^ to the ettto t that a sura ( gay £ 20 ) be {' orwaTded to Mr , "Warden , for ^ hetieft : ne >} of those who arei incurring prosecutians in Bolton , oh the terrr . 3 of btinfr refunded at tha earliest possible opportunity .- —Carried .
Mr . James Taylor moved to ( be samp effect , for the appliuatioa ot" £ 10 to Mr . Deeg&ri , on the same cerms . - Carriedi S « yerai ether Delegates made similar recommendations regarding some of their confititnents s-. ^ riug in a similar way ; among tliese ; was Mr . P . iissey , for the feeren pmanera imprisoned ia Yori ; Castle , The entire were referred to Mr . '¦ . ©' Connor , ' a : Treasurer to the Northern Defence Fund .
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS . Dr . Ta \ to it requested the permission of the Convention to giva in tho reports on the different accounts seriatim ; tbpso of Mr . Pitkethly , Mr . Gifpenter , and- Mr . Hartwell . He had examiced the different vouchers , and found the entire satisfactory . ¦ •;•'¦¦ . ¦ . ¦ ' •" ¦ ¦ . ' . :-, / ' . ¦ . " ¦ ¦ . "' ¦ '¦ .
ADDRESS COMMITTEE . Dr . Taylor said that he objected to the address presenteu to tke Convenjion by Mn O'Briei . ' , as de-Hcient in viRour and determination ^ He had not time to framaaTi address , but he would wish to infuse into it a spirit eititilar to . that which be con , ceivfd io be contaiufed iu the following appendage :--" Ia accordance with one . of ' the principles waich We demand ia the People ' s Charter , tbat shgrtnecounis make long friends , nnd short Pafliamejiits the secret guarantee / or the mast ' -beneficial legislation , we hart ; dew . ed it our duly to di . « plve , regretting that the unexpected , and unforseen arrest of many of our frierics forced us to continue in existeneej as a public body , after theduty : which we weresent soperform was nn ^ bed bv the presentation of the petition / 1 & ? ,
It is for you to say whether you shall appoint another Conventipn or not , and what whail be its powera ;; ijj ; the mean ti " me $ TILL 6 UCi £ i ) £ CisiQN B ? arrived AT we have Teited the funds remainiDiir at our disposal in the hands of tried and truBty friends , till such time as tie honest expression of your will shall declare how ; they are to be apptopriated . ; ¦ ¦ ¦' . . / ' ¦ '¦ ' ¦ ¦' : ' ' ¦ :- ' . ' ¦ . " ' ¦ '' > We reiterate pur convictions tbat the views we fornierly promulgaledj and the reeommeDdatioBs we moide , ^ are deserving of being acted ; ^ cpon ^—( there was a run / for goll ; and / the / other recotDmenSalions of the Manifesto , which have long been familiar to ou r readers ) —the first of tfeem was certain to be ofjuse in securing your hard-earBedsayiBgs : ; then it
is equally certain of crippHtg the Tesonrcea of ( Sovernmen ,. n 6 w when evety week brings mtfclligence of ; furtiier exporte '— - ^ v hero we / know is tha \ there are / not less than three mil / ions -of ilimay promises to pay one pound sterling , ready to be ^ issued , by the bank , and th « jorder : oi council for suspending ca > b .-- |> ayttent 8 , ;' .-lhe '\ Kire forercuner of a liational bankruptcy , for tiree weeke in the hands of thei bapk ¦' ^ ^ diw ^ r ? .. ' . ' -The-. iwoingv-cf this . / cfdet ; will beI an set of swiniiinf , to rob yon of the " money you have entrusted to Gaveruinent , and as the pTc > . inulijatJon of it wpbld ; be ; tha signal for a univeisal refusal to acknowledge that Grovertiment longerj } : « u should be prepared with tbe arins « f freenien , to dsftnd yourselse * , your homea , apd funiilits , against lawless aggression or military . despotism .
All constiutional law is at an eud | justice is ; . withheld . ' or-, denied , andi brute force is now the order of the day- -with your- eneiaieS j tke- apostate traitors of the Governnient of Britain . The period has arrivtd " wk ' tu . reBistarce . btcomaa n . dufy- ^ gubrais ^ ion a crinae alikW ugair > E Gcd and man ; and while it ia your duty to see tljat thai reslsta > ce is a ? tffectual in Usnature , af . ri aa litrfe prolongc-i . 1 «» is coDsistent with jonr entire Eacicesi 1 ir i * equally ' burs to place ourselves jit ,- Vho " -head
of our re 8 pec : ina constituencies , and toting therpost ov ho-ioar , as \ K is tfcat of dafl ^ er , lead 0 m - " pri to ths victorious a vault of the citadel of ckruptioDy or proudly : fall in the breach anothrr / victim to ^ oppression , andv aupfher exan . ple ol Dndyipg determiQafjon . Yf 6 tav « . ^ cart ( i your fur . 'ds— -v / C have dispcted for ypar . ri / : Ut>—Ke b . ava shewn youwbut' those tights were . . . r .., bepoa : e 3- ' o 3 n ' ot . ' to ^ iutale to j-frrt hoy . - TO'a . c-. e tv > J . ift ! :: dt 5 ths );•*•! . . ¦»¦ - ?? , ' ¦ ¦ : ¦ to Oejend ^ thn ?; : }[>>; . ' Mfr l ; U ;> j-- ^ u 9 . to W ' rtc , ne ^ d no !? uoh advi «• .-. }• but w-. 1 ll ' . y ^ ' -th-i-c tb i ¦>' v ; x& . be donb-rr-iiut th » vr ¦/ : " ] -: - ; .
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rfqaired at any . risk—tbat every danger musi ha £ ared ^/' ' -wi& ^ . ^ rannY , ; v ' -raiihp " aut ' . ' at boise , aud ; a triampaaut . competition / abroaQ- ^^ witb . ¦ starvatioa laws enforced to pr « vent yon / makj ' ng- up froni other lands ' \ the ideficiency of ^ haryeat : in -yo ar ; own-r-ahy privation endurec ^ . during the long daii ; niglit ^ i of ta ^ approaCbirig winter , and asking you to 4 g nothing bnt ; vrhat we ourselves arariaujy / to sVt the example of , wei " throw curs ^ lws i ' q ' p ' qo ^^ yonrsap--port , anil / gay God defend their right . ' ; / _ The committee soon , after ^ the reading of tLjjj adjonrped , and ] tie address was rt'cbnunitted / to a committee . ¦ ' ]'¦ .. ' -. ' -. ; ' ' .-. '¦ :: ¦ ¦ ¦ : ; : ¦ - " - « n ^ : » , ^ . ri ^ -t ^ ^ ., W j ^ ' ^ - ^
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. ^ , . OADTCEB ' ;/ - : - -: ; . '¦ ; / Every variety ' cfTtJMdUR , FISTULA , $ c , $ c ., successfully iredted ^ wiihout ^ ie Knife ^ at J . £ . WARD'S' Eiiablishmenis , ' iV ^ . 18 ;; T ^ a ^ or-Street , / Leeds , and ? fo , % ' Lwerpogl-Stree ^ Oldfield liouil , Sccifbrd , Manchester , A V fu S ? ^ ms of SCROFULA , ^ tLANDULklX SVV £ LLm ( iS , MALADIESyi THE SPINE COMPLICATED ; DISEASES of the JOINTS * ^ i ^ w&t V ** ULCER and ; SCORBUTIC iaiUpilON , that resist the common , or " regular ' Alodes of- Treatmentj are also effectually ; Gured .
The Individuals ) Yho have been rescued froni the rayageB of the above Diseases by Mr . ^ W ; are too numerous - -fpr - -.-an Adyertisemeni : A fev / recent Cures of Cancer are , therefore only occaaionally selected , as Illustrative- Proofs , of his premiueufi System of the Healing Art . // ' /'" \ An ; objection to Mr . Ward ' s mode of practice is frequently urged by empty Theorists , who " preteml to v 5 av > tIiJl £ people only of an advanced age aro aihicteq Mth Canper , and that this malady never can be cured . : ; / . ' : ¦/ . ;' -.::, , Tho iolWsving cases will be deemed a Hufficieni answer > -T-: - ¦ ¦ :- ¦ ¦ .: ¦ ¦" . ¦ : - " ¦ .:, ¦ ¦ " ' ¦ - ¦ ' -
_ Mrsi Speed , aged seventy years ,. Ko . 2 Si Kensington , Liverpool , who lias Been in Leeds , under Idr . Ward ' s treatiucnt , has lately had a Very lar ^ e Tumour removed froih her right breast , without cutting ,- aud being free from every symptom of disease , Las just returned home , aiid is wishful to bo referred to . : ' " . ; : . / / : v . Mrs :- Urwin , Darlington j / aged sixty-two , also lately cured of Cancer of the breast ; and a Lady in Derbysliivc ; sister to an eminent medical / man iii the viciaitj' --of Manchester , vvho , is ^ aboutthesaniO age , has . littr . « se been recently ^^ ' cured without Cutting . Her case was a Cancerous Tumour of the breast .
Many individuals may be seen , under treatment , at bothM Mr . W . ' s establishments , who have beeii previotidy cut , ^ keened , " and maltreated by all 6 orts . of , aoctoi 3 , - -aiidin-all-sbr' ^ pf . ways .- , / The afflicted uccd only see such ^ persons to be thoroughly convinced of Mr . W . 's superior claim til thcjir ; coniidence . ' '¦'¦ - . . ; . - ; Mr . W . inay be consulted every iSiesday at his residence , Leeds ;/ and every Thursday aud Friday , Saiford ; .. '¦ ¦ - .. - . '' . ¦ ' . : / . " . /¦ . .. ¦ . '" :.-. ¦" . . ¦; ¦ ' -.. . September 4 ' 1839 ; ; : ^ - '
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-i ^^^ S / : E 3 aiJiO ^^; y . - <^^ SBj ^/ k FAMlLlAli TRiATISE on the meant . ; ef iS . pretetviiig health and the . domestic treattiien ^ of diseases , particularly adapted to th 6 / use of tiii industrious ciisgei ; ¦ '" ¦ j ' ' / : " ' ¦ ¦ ' . ¦ - ;¦¦ ¦ ¦¦ '" sT ^ AiriaBW / rTE ^ c ^ E ^ i- /\;/ . ¦ ' : ; Member of / tht » Royai CoUcgei ^ pfyiSujrgeons , SiC "' ¦ . ' . ¦ .-.- "¦ / . Buxy , ; Lancaslidfe ^;^ v :-, ;/ ¦' . ' ' /¦ ¦ . ^ Wishedby A . Gobbett , LpElacni and . " VViiB ' am \\ illia , Manpfaepter ; aud sold by . J . Hpbson , . l \ Qr thcri ^ Star Office , Leeds , * ndl ' bj : - all BQokgeller 8 and Wews . AjB'trnte , ¦ : . :,, v > , /¦/ /
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Convkntiox .- —The following items were omitted m our Couverition reports of last week . Mr . Burns presented £ 1 ; 3 s . Natioaal Rent , from Haigii , which had Leea sent to Mir . Lowry ; received by ths -Gouucil . on August 10 th . —Letter from Mr . Jam ^ a > ylor stating that he had sent £ 13 National Rent troiii lodnit > i ; den ; was received .: 30 th August . : / ^ Bi / ii ^ i ^ G of the Hon ; Mns . Rolam ) Sjrirn > s Cakiuage , 6 . \ the ; BiHMiNGHAif Railway . —On Wednesday last , as the morning train from London to ivlauchester ^ was within five niiles of the latter p » ace , it was uiscpycred that the carriage of . tho above named lady was on fire . Thia cxtraprdinary appearancecreated the astonishment / of groups oi country people ou tho road side , which ultimately attracted the / conductor ' s" attention , wKvin the train Was stopped ; The luggage ticlongiug : to the carriage had been placed upc ? n the truck on which iffie carriage Was fustcned , aud Was covered with mat-¦
ting , to .-which some sparks froin the fee must ; have cojiununicateu . This . was .-singular ,- as the caTiace was nearly / at the end ptV the train . In afew mcimeuts all was . in ; a blazej / and with difficulty , by the cxertioiis . of the men . at hand , the flame was got under , after having done considerable damage , to bpth ^ eavriage , and luggage , tlio . foraer hiving tho perch , under carriage , and panncls on one side very much burned , / while the luggage . was thrown about in all directions , with . a view of extinguisliing the lire . Iho several cas ' c 3 were opened ; wheii tho luirgage was found / to bo burnirig . After some time the train was enabled to proceed , the passengers appearing in great -.-. consternation .:- The fair suiferc ^ is daughter to Lord Tentcfdcii , and will , therefore , probably receive compensation for the damage , i'hfc carriage v .-ag a new one , aud has suffered much injury , and'the luggage njay be Eahl to be rendered useless .- ¦¦ .-- v . :- - ' ¦ . , v ,
The Loss of xiie Acpt Passage-JBoat . —Copokeus Inquest ox tiii : : Bohns . —The excitcnicut consequent upon this melancholy occurrence ^ has in nowise subsided ; . Ajisthasbeen visited by a number ot" persons : ' from , Br istol and the surrounding villages , who-appear to , ta ^ e . a lively jiuerestin tlio recovery of the remainsi of their unfortunate fellowbemgs whp hayemet : an untimely and watery gravo . A number of bpats , too—thoir crews in some iustancesj stinmlated . by the prorniged rewards , aiid in others iuiltiehccd by those noble arid . niore -csalt-cd fefilings of which hunian nature is , with all its depravity , sviec 6 ptible--havo Leon cruisuig since davbrcafc up arid ^ own / the river , an * ' exploring the rocks and sand-banks , in the hope of iecoye ' rin » ths remainder of the bodies . In several instances , thev havebeen successful ; that of Whitchiirch , the son Pf - the principal boatman ,, who w as tbuad at ebb tide
on the ^ ands , at a place called Arr , ; which is on the banks of the Severn ,.. about ¦• ¦ two miles above bharpness Point ; and the other , also " a boatman , named Giles , was found ; on Monday ; at Black Noth where it was floating * by : some Pill boatiaen . ; It is also said that Captain JeKkin ' sservaatrboy has been picked up . Boats , are still cruising about , and every efioit is used for tho recovery of the other bodiJ < = and more particularly that ; of 5 Ir . Andrew Bland ' torwinch . regardless of pains / or espense , the most ailigent . seai-ch . is beingmade , as well ^^ bythehoatmenasby persons , stationed ;/ at different points on he banWof the > river . Tho / inquesta upon such o 2 the bodies as were . fouii ^ have been held befoi-e W ^^ R bs , . % ., coroner fpr the couiity , aud tha S - f t 1 le ^^^ as completely exonekted iae praetors otthe / ferry , from any blaino ^ vaica might previously hare seemed to attach-to them
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TO THB EDITORS OF THE ? . or . TIIE 2 X STAR -Bagnal-strect , Shclton , near Ilasley . HiaGbrdsMre , Potteries , Sept . If-th . is . '; S . GEXTLEME >" , — - "We hope yon-vrill excuse us for -the folio-King rciusri& V . ' e Lavj forward ^ ii to 7 our ofiiie retMJrts of tfawo iK 2 vrtra : 4 deiiiorstn ^ oiiSj l \ C \ L in tile
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Serious Accident " and Lossos Life . —On Thursday morning , bcl ' ore daybreak , a poor man , named Thomas Donnelly , supposed to' be an inhabitant of Saddlewortb , and on his way towards Manchester , by the old road , oA-er Standedge , missed bis Svav audfell into the Kew Cat , wiieji . melancholy to ' relate ,- he was ckished to pieces : The new roadis conddei-ably under the old level , aud Iho cut has been made through solid rock . V / c hope no rich iaau will be killed V . icro , although such * a circumstance might lca-d to the eractici ofa dcfciitc-.
Lnlucky AcaDENT . —Mr . O'CoriSor was ha- ded a letter by ilr . Piiketlily , for Ksertioj in the A o- - - thern Star , which , together with the- entire of Miv 0 C " b i u ^ gagc , bus tee .: lost , ov . irgtc tlie ; cilvci of die Trviiroad parties ai Uirmi . gham ; The letter aison-Kt otiH ; r tl . i c ~ , co :: tai :. cu aii / ack ^ owJcd--Eient of liurtecu pounds I \ at : o ; . al } lect froai Todmorde : ; .
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THE CHAHTISTS . —RIOTS AT DUDLEY . TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN . Sir , —Oh perudng the admirable defence of V \ t M'Douall , for the verbatim report of which tbe public are greatly indebted to your talented journal , I find allusion made to thg proceedings which took place at TJudley in the year 1834 , -when the present Attorney-General , Sir John Campbell , was the Reform candidate for tho representation of that town , and being myself at that time a resident of Jiudley , and an eye- witness of tho scenes then enacted , 1 am competent to give some account of their nature . It is well known that on the above-mentionwl occasion , Kir John made a idnd ot
trmmphal entry into tb « town , and for several nights m succession was the peace of the town destroyed , and the inhabitants kept in bodily alarm by mobs bearing lighted torches , bannera with inscriptions ; and tricolonred flags , preceded Dy Imnds of music , playing what Sir John would now designate the most rebellious and revolutionary tunes . These processions were some times headed by the carcase of an entire sheep , with gilded horns , to be roasted wliole for the torciinien ' s supper , and more than onco I have seen them preceded by a large rndely-fashionod wbodun crucifix , bearing a lighted torch on the top of it , aud one on each of the arms , thus forming a sort of fiery ciosa , a symbol well taown in Scottish
history" "Wo « to the wretch vrlio fails to rear At this dread sign his ready spear ;" under the circumstances in -whisk tlib torrifi * symbol ¦ was introduced at Dudley it ' might be wnsidered as aa intimation to the Tories of what they were to eipect in the event of their rendering any opposition to the election of & > x John . Those bands or torcluncn , With banners , shouts , and music , paraded , not merely the outekirU of the town , but even the High-Street itself , and that at an hour long after mdny of the peaceable inhabitants had retired to rest ; and it was a . ; fear openly expressed by many ,, that should the two parties come into collision at that hour of the night , and armed with such destructive materials as lighted torches , the consequences would have > een most appalling , not merelv
to the parties engaged , fcut to the t « wn itselt It being generally xeporbad on tne morning ; of the second day of the election that Sir John -would be In a minority , the Uiwn was consequently hi a state of great excitement , and the -working men , who then thought the Whigs their friends , poured into the town by hundreds . In the early p ^ t of the afternoon , it was auaounced that Sir John had resigned , and then commenced a scene such m the oldest inhabitants had never seen before . 3 Jmiy f the Tories had an Orange flag Imaging out of their dra-wing-room windows : wherever these were to ho souu was the signal for a furious attack , and many : © f those houses had scarcely a whole pane of glass left in their entire fronts . On entering the High-street , I found this work of destruction going on , and no restraining
l » wer , either moral or phyHcal , to repress the riot Tho Civil power of the : town was reduced in a great measure to self-defence , as all they , could do was done under the able and intrepid conduct of-Air . Badger \ & magistraUbl , "who formed the ciyil power and a few Toluntetrs in the service , Uirec deep , entirely across the High-street , forming a barrier ; -to tlie further progress of the rioters . Close to tliis body of constabulary the coramittee-room of Sir John was situated , from the window of which one of his friends was addressing the populace below , but what ho said it Was utterly impossible to hear , whilst at tho same tiiuo , from this committee-room to the New Church , on both sides of the street , the ruiEans of Sir John ' s party were smafching the windows of tho Tories , and , in many
cases , ttestroying the vrindow-franies as well as the glass , i saw several entirely smashed to pieces by fellows Jn Sir John's colour , who wielded heavy bludgeons with both hands , and showered their blows as enectually as though they -were using a sledge humnier ; at one house in particular , a spirit ^ shop , the house was laid entirdy open , and some of the small shoWbarrels were raiashed in pieces , and thrown into the street ; at this critical moment , a troop of dragoon jfuaxda galloped into the town , and , headed by " tlio local magistrates , charged the riotous Campbtllites , who fled on all sides , and , but for their ¦ ' timely appearance , the town woul d have been sacked , and , very possibly , destroyed . Now , then , it may very reasonably be asked , where was this great vindicator of
thejaws , this redoubtable conservator of tho public peace ? Tell it not in Gath , prpclaiiu it net in Askeloa —the answer to the many inquiries concerning him was that he hid privately quitted the town by the back lanes , and was taken up by his equipage at the turn pike-gate below Dudley Castle , leaving that town Which he had aspired to represent in Parliament in the hands of , and subject to , the tender mercies of a body of riotous , tuumltuous , and evil-disposed meu , and I have never yet heard that Ac took any active part in bringing those parties to justice who were concerned in that riotous afir-ir . 1 am not aware of what Sir Jolm can urge in defence of torch-light processions in dcusely Vopnlated towns -wnicti sire not equally forcible ill favour of torch-light meetings in open spaces ^ aud if
legal in 1 SU 4 , why not in 1 S 38 ? It is unnecessary to say what would now be the fate of a procession of w » rkiug men lassini through Dudley with '¦ ¦ -lighted torches , since ilr . Cook of that town , the staunch political friend of Sir John , and to whom he was in great measure indebted for his scat in Parliament for Dudley , is now bound in heavy recognizances to take his trial at Worcester , for calling of and speaking at a Chartist meeting , wliert ; language far more moderate was spoken Uian was tised by many of Sir John ' s friends in the heyday of Whig lteform . Mr . Cook will , no doubt , by his steady adherence to principle , be immured in a dungeon , while Sir John , by his political apostacy , is Tuwarded with a petticoat peerage , and some £ 10 , 000 or i'l 5 , 000 per year ; but this is a state of things which ,
thiinis : o Joseph Ijincaster and Dr . Bell , cannot much longer exist . I'emit me to return you my thanks for the candour and fairness with which you have treated the claims and the conductor my brother Chartists , and \ rerc all the press of this country to adopt the sanio principles , w should no longer see one class in array against another , tiic rich beholding the poor with dread , and the poor viewing the rich with hatred ; bu " . with the exceptiou j pf your Journal , the whole of the Daily Press of J ^ ondbn endeavour to hoodwink their readers to what is . passing arouud them ; they pander to their appetites , and lull them in fancied security : Theprivilijged classes , and their organs of the press , are .. alike blind to the signs of thu times . To use the words of ( Sray : — . - . / ; ' ¦ . - ¦¦ - ¦ / '"' " ¦ - - " - ' ¦
" 1 tey live regarulesa of tlie sweeping whirlwind , "Which hukh'd in fetici repose , expects its certain-prey . " I am , Sir , yours respectfully , A Working Jeweller .
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' ¦ '¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ : ; . ' : PUBI 4 C 3 DINNER . / /^/ . / - G ^^^^^ ^ H ^ ^ ^» ROCITOAiJCT . RADICAL ASSOCIATION Will celeto f * - their Anniversary by a , Publie Dinner , in the Social Institution , Yorkshire-Street . Tickets for the Din * ner ,. ls . ^ d . each . May be'had atllr-E . Wriirley ^ printer ; Jonathan Nield , Northern Star- ; aud Stepherd vaud ; Bake's , News Agents ,- Church Stile . ¦ V » ° ^ . kets W « l bo issued after Saturday tlie 21 st ' . Mc 33 rs . ; pargu 8 0 'Conuor , J . / Frost , and B e 2 air arc ^ expected to honour the Dinner with ^ ' .-khtiu ^ # - « - jcn&e ^ JDinner to commenCa at jHah ^ past ^^ tt Septhdth . 1839 . V
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^ O' ^ -tho 7 thmst ; at ? our parish ^ church , Ttfr . James S ^^ ' ^ -teer ^/^ oodhb ^ to 4 ii 2 Alary Itayner , of Bushngthprpe . . . . -On « Pnday th& ; 8 th inst ., / at : ihe Old Church , - haWax , > Ir . J , Woodhcad tojVIisa Elizabeth Jae « -cr Jf % f ^ war / Halifax : Tho osit ^ ofS ennreh lnailo on such occasions we ? e Paid bv this couple ; in sixteen fourpeiiny pieces : aad ^ i glit larUlllJ . i ^ S . ' * ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ " . -. ¦ ¦ '' " : -- ¦ ¦ . ' .. ' : ¦ . ¦; : ¦ ; . i Qn : tW ; Hiipe ^ day , at ihb ; Qld ( aurchVHalifa ^ lIr ; ^ ' 2 g 5 V ^ Oodnead , JUn ., to Miss AnnDowMr £ c , both ¦ ofbhelf jnearHah&x . / /• ¦; ; : ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ' ¦¦ On . Saturday last , at : Bedale , hj tlie Bey . T ^ Monspii , Mr . Chal-i ' es Hudson , rope-maker , to Mis 3 Ann riifd , both of tlie same place . : . . / .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 14, 1839, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1074/page/5/
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