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TO THE-EDIT025 O? THB XOSTHETJ? STAE. ¦ - Erishtcn, Oct. 6ia.
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"TBE SDUTHEHS STA 2 L ~ The appeal made by tie Northern Star Tufevour of 3 ronterr 8 O'Briens new journal , has been taost cordially esponded to . On Thursday and Friday e-sgnines last , ill . O'Brien addressed the Radicals of Brighton , and lotwjthstanding bat a few hooi 3 - notice-was Riven a raaisrous assemblage attended on boa occasions , the srarmest expressions of approbation beiag elicited by fce addresses ef O-Erien . At the teisniaation of the public meeting on Triday , the following address was idoDtedbv tie Cammitr ^ fl- _ "
TO THE DEMOCBATS OF G ? EAX BRITAIN . Ve , the Members of t ^ e Committee of WorMn * ild . resident ia Brighton , desirous of securing tlie tomaOiate establish ment of a truly independant organ tf democrat principles , to bs cnfitled the Southern Star , and of which that Rented and uncoinpromiFijssate ? of popular rights , James Brpnterre O'Brien , ii to be the sole proprietor and ediror , acain Yerv-esrn-KOy appeal to our brethren of every porjion of Gr . sU tsnuin lor theiractiTe « o-or-cratii . n . la oar address dated the 1-ith ot-September , -vr ? sfcued
< mrccnTiction thattlie tfct&bli ^ ment of ^ ci & <~^ m Star will fonn * o era in tLs Morions . strug £ : tf i of hi > erty against despotism , —it wilL reanimate the Hearts of . thousands panting for emancipation from ] social and political thraldom , —and the ^ onh-and South of Great Britain united under the ' Northern and Southern Stars-mSl hasten on to ti&goal of freedom . Anuit is with thesbicerest gratiHciticn that yrt now < direct attention to the cordial conarnKiiions of our i opinion , -whicir have appeared in the columns cf the principal existing deniocrstie journals—the Lortc ^ ' Dirpaidisa&theXorfhrmStsr-
-?» obly have many of etcr " brethren ^ responded to our ' { the conrmittee-S' appeal In the town of ' s hi « i al-sne , tre have rfresdrieccivedinesrlv 5 <» o tsSursnccs c ^ support , and about 2 C 0 of ttai-auinberhave with the i most patriotic alacrity , paid their cuaricrfy snhstrjp-i tons in advance . Siniilar proofs of personal attach-1 meat to Mr , CBrieasi and devotion to the principles of trhiciile is so able an advocate , fcavebeenreceived from 1 Manchester , Leeds , Edinbtirgh , and other towns in the Jfortheni districts ? and from Chichester , Gosport , Shoreham , Portsmouth . Newport , ( Isle of "Wight • and theprindpal towns of the Southern extremity cf the empire- We therefore congratulate ouTselvts that we ^ fiid not . in our previous address , Tma-rsiJinsIy *• call to i mind the ercat personal sacrifices -which Mr . O'iJrfen ; ; i
has made uurlng Ms continued battling with the clious oligarchy of profit , money-mongers ,- and land , nsur- i pets . " Since our earnest call -upon the unenfranchised to j zally ronnd one who lias been the uncompromising I schoolmaster of public opinion during more than ei «; ht 1 long years of nndeviating servitade ^ and since oar appeal ' ) to the old followers of O'Brien in the metropolis , —to ' bis political disciples in the Northern counties , —and to j the admirers of his writings in every part of Great Bri ' tain , for their active c * -operation in procuring sal-acrib- i as , not only have the names of subscribers to the paper-been tzasscunsd to « 3 , tat . icithout solicitation , \ have several of tho disciples of O'Brien promised even I more substantial proof of their anxiety to see Mm once \ more enabled to diiiuse the just prindple 3 , to -srhich he i has ever devoted the energies of his powerful intellect !
We hav « no personal , nor mercenary motive to rra- ¦ fify , —we seek tnly to advance the holy cause of " the ' redemption of the xm-enfranchised , from social and ! political degradation , and to place one of the "best ' advocates , of that can 3 e , in such a i " . OKtion ¦ as will enable him to langh to scorn all the machinations of j proSt and money-mongers , to destroy an nnfliadiinj ; « nd eL > quent scourger of the tyrant destroyers of < maniind . _ : - . Actuated by these motives , iipon the BrigMon Puirlol ( ihe only paper nt all approaching , and iTm : uasaxis- factorily , to Radicalism ^ pu » lished in the South of i En ^ and ; ceasing to exist , we invited ilr . O'Brien to \ endeavour to esaiblish the Southern Star , confident that j the influence of his talents and -well-earned popularity :
would ensure immediate success . We proposed that . the f first "utrmier of the -new jonrsal should be issued in ! about two or three -weeks after the date of our first address . "We were induced to believe that the type , ' press , ic ^ formerly used in the publication of the ' Patriot would readily be placed at the disposal of its I snecessor , iipon the payment of an adequate remirnera-1 laoa for printing ; bat -we have since l > eeninformedtliat the printer is not the actual owner of the type , and i that he has not been enabled to enttir into a satisfactory j srranrement with the proprietors of the tj-pe . The publication of the Southern Star has , therefore , " been [ E 2 ces 3 arily deferred beyond the period originally desired by us ^ as it must bo evident that neather a committee ;
of woriing men , HOT Ml- CBrien , after the almost anesampled sacrifices that he has heretofore made , p « s- i stssed the capital requisite to purchase ^ the extensiva material ? eqnired in the publication of so large a jour- ' Tini , as it is proposed the Southern Star shall te . But , - however we may regret this temporary delay , we believe ' that it -will bnt reader tie arrangements for the pnbll- < ejtion of the So&thernStar more perftct and peroianect , aasancli as such portions of the country generally as have Dot yet toeen enabled to evince their desirv to assist in the cstablishinent of a journal which is eoiibtless destined to tie a prominent positionamoag the advocates of popular rights , -will thus 5 nvs a oi > - portanity of rendering -that aid -trluch can alone secure a triumphant career to the SoiUJ * ern Star .
In such eventful times as are rapidly approaching , we deeply feel the absolute necessity of there ieing at least one journal 3 n the South of England in which the people can , place implicit confidence ; and the tmdeviauag fidelity of BronSerre OVBrien will be a sufficient guarantee that the SovDiemStor trill be each , paper . We -srould , therefore , in conclusion , again earnestly impress upon our breUrren of Great Britain , the impe rative duty thatThey ahould immediately respond to the appeal now made to them .
Tours , fin the fraternity of Democracy , ) * W- no-srers , Tpper-street , JamasVstreei , Xrsasurer , J . Scott , Cardwainer , rn 3 on-lane , CF . C . Uants , Pork-bntcher , St . Jamcs'iS-street , H . Trower , Carpeator , Regent ' s-hill , J . Sandy , Dute-stroet , F _ Chatfield , Cordwainer , Church-staeet , G . Giles , Carpenter , Begeni's-liill , "RT , Reeve , Licensed Tictualler , Church-street , H-Jackson , Frederici-place , TV . Woodward , Xe-srevendor , tTnioc-place , ~ S . ilorling , Albion-street , Secretary , - Committee of the Brighton ^ Radical . Association J . Harris , Gmreh-street , Correspondiag Secretary . Brighton , October 4 th * 1339 .
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TO THE EDITOBS OF THE SOETKEB ^ . STAI ^ . Ihib-iin , October otb ., 1 S 39 . SatnrJay , S o ' clock , P . il . ^ G £ XTI . eme 5 , —Thanis to ibe lair tree = e , I have just concluded tha readiag of an cpi 3 tle aidrcssed to iatrre-cePitkethlv , B'xl Hgcei Patrick ( THiss ' i . s , a Chartist in Ireland , i * which the writer ma ! : £ 3 as indiscrimisate attack npoa ike actions ai ; d ir : tercions of both friends and foes . It was my intention never to have made any observations upon the lats Irish ^ issipn , thougi being somewhat aware of all that has been said both i : and out of the Convez-ticn . concern ! -, g tha p ^ rl
-traich I iave thought it my duty to psrforjn in Dabiin . It jcver has been , nor ever shall be , my object to pifciSc the caprice of individuals , or notice a ., derha _ d in-Knuatio ^ s ; h ~ oi > having been now arraigned before the 33- g ish j > eopie , by the publication of thLsTtry impujeut epistle , ft becomes my duty to let the rltiglirB lK-pple sse whttiisr I am guilty of the diaries Jail against nu ; hy Has Irish Chartist . In the first p : aoe , I must state that this jit' O / Higgins never iieatilied hiiaself wit ! i onr meetin 53 , cor has he ever attended a . meeting , or subscribed a penny to advance the cause of Ciardsn ii » UiioKn ; nay saore , we have never lidird of Ida as a Chartist till Mr- Lowry came to Dabiin , thou . h the
DubAa press has given him the crc-nt of buing at the h-23 . d of Chartism here , "thoagl * not lc-sin < tne courage , " they ssy . "to declare himsfclL" Mr . O'lliggins states that " had " 3 Ir . Loxrry been left entirely to himr !/ , he -would have bees , more successful th-iu hv * -vyas . " 2 believe so too , that is as far as jJr . O ; ii ; gui 3 was concerned . Xow let as s ? e if Mr . Lowry ^ was in a great measure led astray by the " exaggerated si .-. tements of Mr . Clancy ic tiie Sur&trn Star , Sot y fclch he iad Tio ' gmwA . esoejstMs qtsuTivid acd poetic ii ^ ssma'tioii for the stataoents which he published ol the success of Chartism , and its meetings , and wide spreading principles in Dnblin . " Hai ilr . CHi ^ ins informed himself of facts , before he dealt out in his uafouade-i forms , he would havfi- sees that I never reported a single meca-g but one ia the XorViern Star , on which occasion there were not less than sixty or seve » ty persons in the room , not including Mr . O'Higgins , on which eTening nearly twenty persons became members , to xuxnish
and I felt it my duty , and was lequeste * a brief report to the Star . Again , I BCTer wrote a letter but one to the Northern Star , and Mr . lowry E ^ tod lhat he had not seen » * S 1 I P ^ ^ paf ^ ?! ** hiad , the day he aniTed here 5 ^ S ^ . liad Mr " Loy ^ 7 been at our meeting on the Tuesday previous to las arrival , or Mr . O'Higgins , they would have aeon that I had some ground besides my own imaginaUon to hope far the success of Chartism in Xmban , nor shall I ever rest ssatisfied tm the public feeling of tha Tiadcs' of 2 > = Viia is tested by a fair and impartial discussion , whether I am assisted by the prudence , w&dom , ana flr-Tin ? adTOcacy of lir . O'Hisgins or not Hovr tqow Eaads tiie casa ' that Mr . iowry was led asnay by iay exi ^ srated statemeat ia the Slar * Again , he states tiiatlhc placard was published contrary to I-ir . Lowry s Tiews . II tbia be not lying , to toy the least of it , it 13 - * TnJ 3 oiJsxoH .=-i tie trutti . - When Mr . -Lo-ffry » mi ; te 3 Jublia , he asgedthe necessity of aa address and a
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pu 5 kc meeting . I did not myself approve of a public »^ ' ^ IeTentna ! 15 'P reTailedoll 3 Ir - <) ^> 'toforego l t : ilthefollowingTTiestoy , itbeingths usual ni-ht of our ^ f i ^* and he 'wiu recollect my anxiety al « out it . for i \^ T ^ ' Sttre the Actions would " eppesa ub by ! every possible means , I proposed to Vite part of an 1 address and that ho should finish it , his answer was tha * he did notlike minced addressea . I impressed upm him the necessity of the addrsss having the apper . rr . nee of emanatiag from just men oniv , and we naally condnded that I should write the a * lrVss which ¦ 1 produced on the following evening , ralliedsuiae of our -members , and passed it witliout-the slightest , objection ; from ill . Lowry ; So much for this after clap , on the dap-trap of Kepsal ; w thought the Whig an 1 Tory of Dublin XT " ¦ - ** lw ElCCtlllir . T f \\ f ^ Tlftt ffiVB . ^ f n-r \ T \ -mn- * ri \ «? - « . — VI ? -
| | | ! press and the enemies of free-di = cus 3 : on had given Tuffidentvtat to their spleen ; but it remained fora Chartist to insult us with this Tovy like epithet nppnefV to onr place of meeting na a LoSr public-Jsousc ;™ hnt if it be a crime to have met in a tavern , the nobles of England , Scotland , and Ireland , have occasionally set us the example Now let the saduie be put on the rijrht horse and -whoever the cap fits let tnem -wear it , bells and alL What ground 1 would ask , I had Mi O'Higgins except his own imagination , for 1 urging iir . Lo ^ ry to meet the faction in their own'Uai i ^ sunng him , and as he afterwards assured me , that axa comniittea of the trades union h-d arranged thu night ' s proceedings foi a fair and freo discussion ; \ ruich turned out tobe nothingmoreth ? T . a-well coctrived iiouc . aedsuch a hoax as ' threw me-into not the most enviable situation in the vrorid . I re- ^ aested ^ Ir 3---. 7 T } - not toniefet them in their own den , -well kifbw---. is ? they vrouid tot give fair plav . and v-articularlv as
w ^ aad given a challenge to five working men from each tra ^ ie , cut Mr . I > . sud everytliinf -svas nrranged . My reply-was , 1 had ay doubts ; but adding , I will be with you at eight o ' clock in the Exchange , anfl Trill bring iny friends from Henry-street to render you -what assistance-sre can , T attended ' our meeting , the faction assembled , and I met them single handed , and -would have succeeded iu obtaining a hearing after ei ^ ht o ' clock had 1 not-promised to be in the Exchange , for I thought the object of the party vras to detain me and my friends from rendering A 5 r . L ¦ what support ire could ; oat how great Wis my surrrise . when 1 -went there , to fiud that net the siiihteEt effort was . mule from beginning to end , to try -the feelings of themteting . I r , pp <^ lto 5 Ir , Henne&y as ty the truth of what I here state . 1 have been accused ia aaother place of bein ? too san-¦ ivine ,, myoulyans-. veris , that if ray accusers were as suigaiue as 1 Tras , the matter-could have turned out another way , und bnould have baen save « l the trouble of replying to this v ^ ry impudent satirical epistle . I am , Sir , Your very obe-. lient arrant , L . T . CL . VNCT .
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TO THE EDITOIt OF THE AOKTHERN STAR . Bury , Oct . S , 1 S 34 . Sir . —Mr . O'Connor finds it convenient to back out of the aSiur , -trhich formed the subject uf my last letter and you , whose perfect independence of Mr . O'Connor it is impossible to doubt , have taken up not the quarrel—oh no I but tilt vindication-of tlw Northern Star , which you say 1 hare . mixwl up . with my whole letter . ' This mixing up yoa ait-jiupt to prove by quoting iuy remark that certain " castigations" had been on . itted in the reporta . and assume that I must needs mean the reports of the Suit . If I had , there ¦ sroold . ha-re betn nothing so unura . il in tho fact of i
reporter omitting , in a very cocdensed report , what he knew would ao : be palatable to his employer , as to call forth all this display uf virtuous ina ' nmation at the char . e , nor wouhl the character of the " paper , or its Editor , have bosn in the slightest ticgrea affected ; Bnt here the " mixirs Dp" ends , and you proceed to accuse me of " se ^ Vin * to filch" a supply of " rubbitir wherc-with to bnild up a reputation for myself aad frisnds , " on the ruias of other ' s reputations . " If such had been my aim , I should certainly feel gratified by the compliment you pay to my sss ^ ity , in selecting ilr . O'Connor as the subject of my experiment . A more abundant supply of tfcia sort of material it could hive be « n dinicult to have found .
1 our lissertion that I have pourod the viris of my wrath on a defunct Convention" is just as tme as ' Mr . O'Connors , that 1 " attiekeJ him aftor the Convention bad dissolved . " Toa inow tait the Jettar in which this controversy arose tras sent , as well m two others , to the Convention : and you are -well aware , too , that so long as I sat ia thu Coavention , which was as Ion * a 3 aay real rvspaaribilliy remainea . 1 did " complain , " and - remonstrate , "' and in nu equivocal terms , against the conduct of a faction , to -whose intriifues I mainly attribuLe the rcatilt , -trhich I defy you to disprove , that the position of our p ^ rty ia thia country is tu worse than bt-Iore the sitting of tha Convention . On some occasions I went so far as to declare that I would immediately leave the Convection , ii tfie motions I was opposing - wero pL-rgrrcred in ; and . if such had been the
cise , 1 should assuredly have kept my word . I have never denitr-j taat tuere - wcra mauy *' redeemia < virtu-is , ' many ejccellont men , ia the Convention , but it was not amongsi the big blusterers that they wore to be found—it was not amongst the men whom Mr . O Connordelizhteth to honour , who , during the last-week of our sittings , -Wta-e openjy charging each other with being " cowards , government agents , and spies . " If you happened to know tuia , you might have been able to account for my not expressing perfect satisfaction -with the termination of our labours , without beatiag about for so far-fetciied a reason , as you have grounded on the extraordinary fact of % rt » "g Mr . James Cobbett ' s name in the list of guests invited to a public dinner in the borough for which be has been , and probably Trill again be , a candidate . Tmay speak of ilr .
Cobbett as my irlcad , but I fear that he will scaredy give me trcdit , ia these degenerate days , for such more than Damoa and Pythias-lite devotioa as to suffer voluntary ixapaleuient ; aad " en the herns of a deatl C ' onvsjition , " too , " for the purpose of ministering support" to his elactioneering interest . But this is a sore point . 3 Ie . Cobbett -was insulted by Mr . O ' Connor , because he deemed it right to urjje the Convention to aiopt resolatioaa to tho effect , that the superinttndaace cf the National Petition was their sole practical busines 3 ; and oa tho rejection of these resolutions , withdrew from the Convention . 3 Ir . Cobbett had aot learned , any more than I have , that it is treason to reply to thu slanders of Feargus O'Connor ; he tliusfij repelled-the iiLsult . Me . O'Connor , after mauy moDtlia of bluster and delusion , finding himself justly subjected
to tho charge either of imposture or cowardice , triK to creep out of the dilemma , iy declarias that the only busiaess of the late Conveatioa , '•• was to nurse a bantling of a petiiioa" —that the " Convention had erred in directing opinion before it had organized an opinion ^" in a -word hs falls back wa the very conclusion , to v / Lich Mr . Cobbett was anxious to obtain the assent of the Convention . Many of us vrho -Jifiereii ia some measarc from Mr . Cobbett , admired the moral rootage he evinced . Mr . O'Coaaor iasulted him . and Mr . O Connor is humbled by being drivea to liad refuge ia the adoptioa of his opiniuas . I cau make some allowaiscc ^ forTiis bi tterness of spirit , but it is showing . the cloven foot rather too bare , to iatiaiate so broadly , that the " great influence of Jlr . O ' Connor / ' and " the
irresistible Kifloeace of the Star" in this borough , if they had any other existence thaa ia your own ov < jrwci ; nin- ' conceit , would be exerted in preventing those , who l > y years of toil and sacrifice , before England had Heard the jaame of Feaigus O'Connor , had . established a Tiatlical interest in the "borough , from selecting rjid supporting the candidate of their own choice .. It would be extremely difficult to find a Whig or Tory paper audacious enough to make snch aa answer . If you intend to venture on thetxperiuic-at , if " will be safer to make it through the " irreaistlible" columaj- of ike Star , than that thesSlf-denying proprietor , vrhoaover pockets a pound of the protita , nor contracts tne rsports , nor even enjoys the benefit of a" passing-puif ia : his own paper , should mnie the attempt in his p :-opc-r person .
You have a letter from Dr . Taylor , sU-. ing that ' -. ir . O'Connor objected to my nsino being u < il ia the discussion of his charges . He lets ou :, however , th . it Mr . O'Conuor carri-jd a motioa that I shouid bj seat for . anil tiion ss—i out -without my eve : . Lciiif , allotrcS 3 U opportunity of -writing , after thus proaiinently bringin , my naaie before the jjablic Sat all this is trifling compared -sriih . the passage in your article , which I have now to notice . Coascious as yoa arc that the cluuisy subterfuge you have employed in lc . _ ging in He . Cobbstfs nam-j , -who had never bean alluded to ; and in zzcmfcig me of an attack on the Slar } -which had never fceea mentioned but to quote a report ; conscious that this ' 13 too barefaced to impose on any but the aiest stupid of yoar readers , yoa have rouoaiss to tho ds ^ tarflly ex » . eilient of accusing mo of being a " party to-a conspiracy against your
paper . You promise that -when this conspiracy is - * matured aad ha ^ clied" you will , Vj use your oi 7 n elegant pkraseology , *• meet It , beat it , and expose it " You say that" from the first you have heen fully cognizant of it ; " therefore you have got the proofs . 1 demand the production of them . Conspiracy may -mean something very vil ; . - ; it iacBt , -when directed against iaxlividual istcr-ast , bs somctuiKg very aican . If 1 am r . party to such a coaspiracy , I aa a seoun ; 1 rel . If not , you are a scoundrel to make such a eLarje . I wDl allow no sauSiliaiT , no evasion , no equivocation , none of your childish iu :: nh-jjabout "jarics , " aad "iribcisils /' Ywihave pa"S ! i-iyinn . de the chsr ^ c , and I in ? istthat , in tfle sainc-j-nbiic mansrr , it sbali be provod or retracted , jiither I am a rascrJly conspirator , or you are a rascally slanderer . Tne very fact of your having made sach a charge , tritUojt at once sh-i-iTing j ' our
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grounds , and thus affording an opportunity of refutation , eviaces such an obtusity of moral feeling , as renr -lers you iucapable of perceiTing not only What isilue' to the character of othera , but even what is duetoyour own . I slidl riot expect another week to pass , without satisfactory preof , or the fullest retractation of tho charge which you have thought fit to make , lam , Sir , fcc ,, Mat . Fietcheh . »_ nnnJn H , 41-kvtn -OP- —J *_ _ ' . -- ' -. . - -. "« * - <* ..
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THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION . TO THE KADI CAL ELECTORS OF HUNSLET , Gextlemex , —The revision of tho Earge ^ g List is now going on ; be on the alert , and establish , if neces sary , your right to vote for a man to serve you as Councilman at the approacliin ™ ' election . Eo notleU away by the persuasions of Whijj or Tory , but linnly support the man -who will represent you honestly ami iadependently—the man . who will ' fearlessly advocate , baall occasions , the principles of civil and--religious liberty . The Whigs and , the Tories are already on tho move ; they -will court your favour and support . Bo wary ! Their representatives have already : been hi office , and what benefit have you derived from their services ? : They are not with you in great . affairs ; : how then can they bo with you in small affairs ? IJailicala be determined—nominate a man of your own liorty ; ( one who -vrill represent the -n-orking c ! asses ) and siiov / the opposing factions that you are now deWrmhicd to
your municipal irancmse ia ' your own wivy , tvi \\ V to your own interest . - "When the tl-ty * of 1 lection arrives , walk-to the poll like honest . and iinfo > j , < iuknt " man . I , et those-vrho prefer corruption of i > rhiciji ) c to purity of election , be carried there ia the banner- 'io'lizciied vehicles of your opponents . What interest have you in supporting tltoao factions who would deprive you of yourlibi-rty , by placiug over yon a Freachified police ? Who would iloniand from you a portion of your little earnings learnings gained by ths bitter sweat of yonr brows ) for the support of that verypoUco ? What interest have you m voting for mea who uphold the union bastiles ? All who havo cliildrun look well to this question .
What iateresthave you in supporting men who would withhold from you your parliamentary rights—men who declare that you are too mean , too ignorant , to have a voice in the making of those Jaws uy which you are to be governed ? Radical -Electors ! When the tiny of trial arrives , be at your posts ; elect a man of your own heart ; one who wUl freely join with you iu the good cause ; one who will advocate your interests—and above all . oue who will struggle to obtain for ycu your tta {;' o-i ( i £ as YreU ^ s your municipal rights . Support no man who will not support Universal r ' uffrago ! I am yours respectfully , G . Turnkr , Secretary of tho Radical Committee . October 9 ia , 1839 .
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England bad taken possession of the soil of America , and claimed to goyeru those who lived on it as he pleased . The paoplu deinanded their liberty ; and tho Endish Government replied by sending soldiers to cut tho throats of tho Americans ; At . length , after £ 40 , 000 , 000 had been expanded , and torrents of English blood flowed , tho eauiio of freedoin was triumphant Our ruler-3 next attaeked French Uberty . Tliis was in the yS * 1793 . The Fi-each had established a Beputili 6 , and driven out . their , adstocracy . What ; did Pitt , that heavca-bbra Minister ,: do ; iu this conjuncture ? Be millions of assi -n * « ' - * ' . ' _ . . . . ;•
forged giiata , ( tho paper currency of the Republic , ( and employed , agents to straw them through tho streets of the French towns , aud by this means destroyed French credit , as no one could distinguish , the false as . signats from tho truo . Then followed a bloody war with Fraacei WuicTi cost this country i £ 550 , ono , OOO , to' say -nothing of the trcmBudous sacrifice of human happiness and life . ^ Vo * erp » niost ibyai people during ¦ the-war , auctevery public-liousa was iUicd with persona bpastiug of their willingness to . defend their lives anil properties againstrtlje French ; v . nd tiioFu wiio dared ' to ques-ion the justice of tho war , were called Tom
Paim . TS , and scouted froiu society , Baring this War £ 17 , ' 'V 0 , 0 iJ 0 of nipucy wore derived from a property tax ; but no sooner was tile war over tljan the property tax was liken off , iind indirect taxes' substituted , if tho working nianhad had iiny influence in the Stiite ' i this couUt hot hay « taken place . At tbis thnq , too , the Corn I ^ ws were pa&s&l by a Iiegislatm-o surroiuidcd by troops ^ iiised to entry oil tha War against Franco , nofcvatiistaHaiug tUC roiuonstraneos Ot hiilt ' -a nviilibn of wovking ' ¦ •' iiica . Tha people's imUgnu , Uo \\' . vrjis ' ivtuyi ^ ed by by such liboMiintibl . c tyranny ¦• tho Olivers ,. Gastks , nnd Kdwards '* s ' , > yc-r *; ss ' n . tainoiig them to «; o ; ul t'uciu to acts of " ' vidlcoce ; and theliiibena Corpus Act -was suspended and . many lpat their lives iu ; i'jS 3 rting thair iibei'tiiw . Tn . iSia , tao * nTrency -was changudi This beueiittjd those with Hied ' incoynes , aad injured every ono else .
Fun'dhotdora , ' aiul . ; perisionors , iiml placeiuen doubled their incomes , aud thu woi'kinif c ? iissi > s , of course , paid all . Iu 1 S W , the great I risb . agitation to get the Catholic Belief Hill was broujjlii to . a siicceSsftil issue . But it was obtained at a grout sacri ^ oo—tho 40 s' freeholders were deprived of their votes . How was it tliat the Emancipation l >; li-waa . granted ? Recauso Wellington hinisoif ¦ 'stated ia his places i * i tho -House of Lords that the country nmst cliooae between c :: iai * cipatiou ( ind revolutioa ; atd tho celebrated Jack lawless yriisrc : \ iy to placo himself at tho lieiid of 500 , 000 ¦" : mer « This " proved tho cuw . irdicu of the Tories aud the power of union among the people . Ia 1330 , revolutionary Krai ? to liudu ajtiother move upon the boards This acted upon lingiand like an cluctrical shock . The oppressed people of tiiis country le , g ; vn to feeltbat they too
liadrvats to cooquer , and a violo ^ t n ^ itatioa was . com .-melted . The Arjstomcy wcru at first at a loss to li . ow how to put a stop to " it ; but at last Earl Grey stepped forward witiva biintli . nioyliich he ' -had boca cursiag for forty yoavs . This was the ori « k » of the Bill , the whole Bill , and nothing but tho Bill , which laid it dow . i as aa axiom tli . it a ton poiu ; d householder was e ¦ dowed with the niinimum of setiSO requisite fot a votur . How tho bill had thriyan they altfcaow . ' ; aad they kte \ v that before it passed the niiddle classes wcra as rainp »> t for agitation as- . the- working ni 6 n were » ow . Aiidthewprkfc ^ menlmilarviht . to u ^ itatetforrit present they . hadiipthuiif'to do vrith tlicsaM'sbiitto . obeytheiuafld withihj taxes but to pay t ' lioiu- ' . U w ; U no wonder , then , that they were .. violent agitators . As to tllO conduct of
the . - . lhidcllo classes during the reforuv agitaUon , their violence waswcll known . At-that time those who were now so loyal -groaned nt the Queuii ; and those vurj- men would call , it treason were tho " Chartists o : tUo . preseut day to follow their example . He would not , ; lipwever , furtliui- enlarijo that -qvein-ng upon the dolngs ' . qf the Whigs . Ho would reserve them for toTniom » v evening , auct lio would proniLsB not . to spaxe them . Ho would , telltlitia the truth , the whole 'truth , and nothing but the truth . M * . Busaqy then concluded his lecturo with aii ekqueut appeal tilths niothers and daughters of the ¦ work ' iHp ' .-. lricn proMcnt 1 oxhurtiug them bytlio love they b . C ' re ' to their iaiuilies and frieuds to aasuittheir fatliers and sons } , o carry out tho great : principles for ^ hich they were agjtjitiug , by every means which lay in their ¦
power . •• . When tho lectitre was concluded , a Mr . Atkinson enquired of Mr . Buasey what his opinion . was concerning the probablo effect of a repeal of the Corn-laws . To this Mr . iJusspy repHedj that b . v > thought it prabable that a rop <« i of ^ the ^ Q laws inight to productive of a , temporary advantago to tho working classes . The rate of wages Wiis principally regulated by the demand for labour in the market ! . lie tbbiight if the corn trade was tlirowa open that an impetus would be given to trade which would create all increased demand for labour at the
time , though ho did not anticipate that uny liistiiig advantiist-i- would accruo from tho measure . This drow fwrth a p'joiuder from Mr . Atkinson , who seeniei to be of opiuiou that tho repeal would bo a positive evil , which ciillod up Mr . Oepr ^ e V ? hite , who addresaod tho inebiiiig'in- a neat and effective speech , which we regret our . liuiiii will not penult ua to give . It was to the oi-A'ct tUat he . ' thought the time passed in idiscussiug the subject of the Corh-loi ^ s wais entirely : thrpwh awuy ; anil tliit any . reiitedjr for the people ' s ; grteyaucos short of Universal Suffrage ' Wbiild ^ lK ) : utterly ineft ^ ctivb . With thesp sentimeuts the meetin 2 saeuied fully to
concur . . . .. - . ¦ . .. ; -.. - : > . . A vpto of thanks was voted to Mr . Bussey for his able lecture ; and that geittloinauliaviag stated that lie would return thanks for tho honour on tue following night , tho . meeting broke up ;
• WEDKESDATS LECTURE . This lecture was equally well attended with tho preceding ; though , owing to tho lecturer ' s having to leave town tho saino ni g ht , it commenced at sevena period too early in the cyeniug to snit tho convonionce of most ¦ . work . ? rig-. men . ' - !^ rhBvf « jil 6 ^ fing ' . is . a condensed report pfthb lecture in questidii : ^ Mr . Bussrrv'commenced by reininding his audience that on the previous oyenuVghef had taken a retrospoctivs glance at the palitieal history of the country dOTvu to the passing ot tho Reform Bill , Tlio montio ' u of this hill brp . ught to his mind the : declaration of I , ord ( then Mr . ); Brougham ia the H'duse- ' of : (^ minons during tho agitation in l ! J-2 fl , Mri Brougham then , in a spebch on the state of the natioh ,. dcclared that the distress of tho people was so ffreat ; aiid the
taxattou so heavy , that rcsistanco to tho laws had become a virtue . Ho \ Mx , BuSsdy ^ was of opinion , that both distress and taxation : was DMcV greater now-in 1889 ; and yet , it' he declared that VvisiataucD to the bv / a was a virtue , ho would ho doubt bo sent to-York CastlCj and yery probably hanged for high treason . This proved there was dnp law in this country for the rich and another for the poor . They wcro all awaro that tho Whigs ca-ma into power upon the condition of reforminff all gripvancos ; and he should now take a enrsprygtanco at their conduct towards tho peoplo of this couutry since their aocession-. to office . Tlie Qtieoa Uowagor proyiousl y received jfopjOUp a year ,: and ^ the Whigs raised hex pension to £ 100 . 000 a-year ,: and two palaces besidesi . 1 'liis was their first act of retrerichmooti Tho
Prhicess . Victoria had an ail . ovvanco of . £ 16 , 000 per annumfor her education ; above half . the siiin ; applied for last , year by our rotoViiiiiig tiovernmontioi- the . education of tlio Avholo nation . After the Princess Victoria became Queen , it ¦ would bo supposed this sum . ; would bo navod to the uationl Butno . S ' vo passed it over to her lno . the ]; , just as though the . t" 0 " 00 , 000 per year -rvliipit she . receiyod , would not cuahio her to provide handdoniely for her mother liersolf .. But this was -u ' . oi all . By tho advice , of tho Government of rotveiiclvmeat , bho sent a ines * = a ^ e to the House , of Coniinoiis , desiriug tlieni to allow her mpthei' a little morb , and acyordiiigly they granted an addition of £ 8000 per annujn to the Duchess of Kent . The noxt act o £ the Whigs was to coerce uuhappy Irelaiid--a nation always a prey
to tiio cHpidity and tyranny of the Anstocracy , . lhey then transported sis ; nion for endoayouring to hi ' nucr thoiivl wages from being reduced irom 7 s . to G 3 . per Ayeek ^ hballudedto tlio Dorche , ^ ter labourers . A littlo af tor tins last act of tyranny the Dtiko of ( JiioibciiaiUi ( now King of Hanover ) was pi-ovod to have conspired to usurp tlio : throne ; , a-ud yet how'USi not punishod for this aut of high trcaaou , though liip burchcotcr labourers , for oudeayouriug tp' 6 b . ta , ui highov wages ; wore seufc'beyond tho sea . This was au'jihor example of tho disfcrenco made between rich and poor . Then . ' came tho abolition of slavery act . Now- it was well for the Whigs to aboiish . slavury , but by v / ha , ^ right did it ever exist $ ¦ No niau had any uatural or coustitutional right to possess slaves ; Who wore the slaveholdersi-t-- The : aristocracy . They themsdlvas sat . in the House of liords , and their dependauts in tho House of Commons ; and both coiis }> ired to vote theinsoives ii-20 , 000 . 000- as a
remuneration for'loss of property they had uo right to possess ; and tho Whigs were the first : to vote the iiSosioy . But were , thero no white slares in this couiitry ! Tho black slavo worked eight hoars per day , the white slave sixteen . The black slave was wcll . 'fed , ; ind , when ill , received the best ; msdical treatment jbuS the white sl ^ ve was . half starved , and his master had no interest in keeping Min in health , for there was always surplus labour iu the mai'kot . 'K : cs-ii- agaiu , . every black slave born liito-the world was worth £ 5 to its master , and of course taken care of ; but thpchild of the white slavs was considered by tho rich as only adding to the superabuiidant population , and therefore met with no sympathy from th ' enij while ¦ 'if was . a loss of £ 100 to the parents . The noxs thing the liberal and tolcrmiiig Goverameut did , was tpvpasa the New Poor Jjaw A mbndmen t Act . Both . Whigs arid Tories were always boasting of our . aucieat mstitvi-
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hoas ; and yet the ancient provisiouffor the * poor of this cojintry was , by the new Act , completely doiic away With , At one fell swoop the working classes were deprived of the right ; -of relief guaranteed by tho Act of Elizabeth , and sent to prison instead . Ittc aridtucracy had seized nppii tlio- ' soily and the old Poor Law mado a ' . provision for the poor who were thus deprived of their uatural riglit to it ; but this \ was done away with vm-ier the new Act . Tho lecturor then related a distressing case of a poov man ,: eighty-one , years of age , who , . ' after much gross neglect on the part of illo Guardians , died of exposure to coldin the yard of the Union Workhouse at . Hertford , and WhicH case excited the greatest sensation in the meeting . In tlii ^ cafe tlie Jury had returned a verdict of " Died by tho visitation of
God ; " but had lio ( Mv . Bussey ) " . bscii on the Jury , hei would ne / er have cohsented to any other . Verdict than V Died of the Now Poor Law Auie . n " dmen't Act . " Tho next act of the Whi <; s was t ! io sacrifice of Poland . By the treaty of Vicuna thin countfy was bound to iiiaintaitttho iBdependoi'cc of that tinfovtu-« ate country ; instead of -vyhidl tlie ¦ Wh ' K GOVCTUmeiit paid over to tho tyrant Nicholas £ 5000 under tlie : designation of the Il ; is 3 iau-Dutch loan . Their noxt act , v . ; as to suspend the Canadian constitution . fho Canadas yere a loss of £ 000 , 000 a-year to tliis country . By ^ ttieir constitution . the Canadians had a rigbt to withhold thoir snppHss ; tind when they did so , the aristocracy took tliom by force , aiul la 4 gession , £ ' 300 , 000 was granted ¦ to Soldier * to put
pay downiibercy in Cauada . Not coateiit-with destyovly ^ tho oo'isjitutions of Pplasid and Cauaua , tbe V . higs had sin . ee made atj ? oiapl . 3 upon th . o constitutiosis of Jamaica and Newtbiiuulhnd , so that they Isa-d actually coiitemjijated the violation oi' ail Ibur . Next eanio tho caso of tho Glasgow spirilla's . The Whigs failed iu their atiempts to -fix a , capital charga on these ill-used men , but got them u-uteiieed to seven years transportation . After this came . the New Police Bill . The establishment of this ; uncoastjtutioiial Force bqcama necesso-ry after the passing of the New Poor Law Apiendmeni Act , aud thus ono tyrannical measure invariably led to another ; Lord John Russell-was not content with ^ he increase of the standing army ; but . he had recourse to his
favoutuc torco—nieii . who wereever-thirsting after the blood of their fellows—men who : hid been got to sWear agaiust honest men -when no others could be found to do so—men who swore for 10 s . a-week . This fprco had been established by degiees , and the Whiga would 1 over stop till they had extended it over the whole country . Police constables should be men pf good character , known to tho inhabitants and who had aa interest in keeping the peace ; but tho hew polico were ruffians whoso interest it was to break it . This was , the system of centralization ; and gave the no-patronage goyernmeut an opportunity of bestowing commissionerships , &c . upon their aristocratic supporters . These commissions cost the country £ 000 , 000 during six years of Whig misgoverriment . This was but a small item in tllO
inisappropriatioh of the people s money . If they took a glance at-the collection of the revenues of tile state tho most shameful misappropriation could be discovered . The revenues : of tho Duchy of Lancaster were £ 29 , 45 $ . How much of this found its way into the treasury ? £ 5 , 000 . It was even worse with the Duchy of Gornivall . Thereveuue . s of that duchy Wera £ 31 , 697 , and the siim received ; was £ 2 , 000 . only j all the rest being lost on the way between Corn - . vailand London . : Mr . Bussey then : alluded to the euornipus smmsdrawi from the : taxes , by theQucen , QuecVi Dowager , . Duch'C . 33 of Kent , ijiike of Weliiugton , < fcc . j « kc . Ho then stated that there were < 300 women ou tho pension list . If those women wci'o the wives and daughters of the working classes , who had assisted their husbands and fathers to
increase the wealth of the state , he thought thoy would be entitled to pensions when unable to labour auy longer ; but they wore women who had rendered J 10 public service whatsoever ; arid as id the nature of any private service they m ight have rendered it was not for him to enqui e . Whilo these enormous sums ware lavished upousrah persons as thcoc ,, the honoat working man and his family could : scarcely live . The landlords had got all the land , with its minerals , metals , < fec ., the manufacturers all the mills , machinery , &c , and nothing but : the debt was left to the working man . Tho - . value , of tho land and accumulated capital of this country was enormous ; aud if rightly applied , would make tis all a happy , and contented , and virtuous people . But the contrary Was the case . Such was the destitution of the
working classes , that the child in the womb of its mother was affected by fear . The poor man ' s child wagcradlcd in fear ; and when it grew up , it lived in fear aud- died in fear . An ( J this " state of things took place in-a . country where all men were said to be equall y protected » ' All these evils resulted from class legisfalion . So long as tho making of laws Was eufrusted to one class ; of men , so lbng their selfiiiterest Would lead them to pass laws fpr the bfenefit of thoir own class . The remedy , and the only one , for these evils was Universal Suffrage . Ithadbeea said the people would make use of the Suffrage to destroy property . The charge was ridiculous . The working class knew th « y depended on property ; which was their own creation , for existence . The aristocracy of the country had changed " for the '
worse . 1 ormerly they took a-pride in thewell-being of the people ; but there were few noblemen now who , like Earl Stanhope , Interested themselves for the poorer classes . Their numbers were about 3 , 000 . Then there were 10 , 000 parsons , yiho exercised a great influence up ^ u ^ ocietyi H « had no objection to the parsons aa teachers of : tb . e commuaityj if they : would teach all alike . But they had ono les 3 Oh for the rich and another for thi poor . Then there were 50 , 060 country gentlemen , with largo incomes ; and there were 1 , 000 individuals in this country who were in the receipt of £ 2 , 000 , 000 . These were the classes who devoured up the fruits b the working man's toil . Some persons said that labour was bettor remunerated now ihan formerly . This was a , Tttistak * . In the reign of Charles II .
Judge Hale had stated that IO 3 . a-Vreek was a pror per vemuuoration for : ' . a labourei ¦' -. ; and ^ -lOai then was e ^ ual j o . W 3 . now . Even forty years agoy the working classes brew ; ed their , own beer , and had always plenty of beefand bread in thehouse . There wasthenno buwin ^ ofh ay -ricfcsandhoiriestcads ; a . ntj thelabQUrers iievor t hought of that remedy for their , distresses till disco 7 itcut had taken possession of their stomachsi The landlords spent all they could wring from the starving peasantry abroad , and left them to lire as they best might . Hence the incendiary fires which had beon so trequent of late years . Baring the last l-io years the avistocraoy had robbed tho poor of this-country of 8 , 000 , 000 acres of land . This had Jcen done by enclosing the waste lands , ( which were the inalienable right of the peoplb , ) according to
Act ot Parliament , the people having ho voice in the ' . lotuinatioii of such -. Parliaments .. There wore orily uiiiete . cn persons in a hundred represented in Parliament , thus leaving eighty-one iuthe himdred unrepr ' esented . And yet wo were told that wo : were , a free people . It Was said that if the working man was allowed : a vote , he would sell it for a quart of ale : ; and this was made a pretext for fefusius him one . But . his enemies kuew well he would not vote for them upon any cpuditiou Whatever , but send honester men : ia thoir places ; and that Wa 8 tha real reason ho was deprivod of the suffrage . The working men wore accused , too , of ignorance . But , he 1-would ask , who was it prod \ ic . oxl all the wealth of this couutry \ To this it might be replied
that the working men required a directing power . But this only proved that both classes Were dependant upon each ether , since the head that planned was useless without the hands that exueutod , aud consequently both were . entitled , to be treated alike . The working men had the right of petitioning ; but tho ..-mouse might as well petition tho cat , and the lamb the wolf , as the \ yorktng . men petition : the Whigs . The Whigs preyed upon the wor&ing men's vitals ; and in this instance they wcro worso than the brutes , as they rarely preyed upon their pvfn species . Mr . Bussey then concluded iiis address b y an oloqucnt appeal to the . fomaios present tojoin heart aiid hand in the agiucioa for thoir rights , and sat down amidst louil cheering Irom all
present . A vote of thanks was thcu linaniaiously passed to the lecturer for his able and eloquent address ; and ilr . Bussey having returned thanks ^ and offered } iis services whenever they should bo required , the meeting broke up .
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THE CORONER FOR MIDDLESEX ANB THE SURGEONS OF MIDDLESEX HOS-* FITAL . On Wedr . esday morning an inquest was held before ilr . Wakley on the body of John TaMe , aged 65 , anoccasjonal coachman and groom , iu the emplp ymejit of Mr . Banke , of No . 9 , Southamptbn-sii ., fitzrpy-sqnare . . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' . ' ; .. '; , ; : .: ' .. ¦ - It appeared from the evidence that deceased was returuiug home from the Edgevyare- 'road , where his master and a . portion of the family had dJfiven , oh Thui-sday evening lastj and was driving a white pony gelding attached to a . lowfour-wheeled phaeton , when it Would appear that the deceased was stuplfied froni haying , drunk rum . In coming but of Bevkeleystreot into Manchesterrsquare , the horse ran upon thefoot pavementand deceased was thrown out , and the vehicle passed over his bpdjr . The poayi a very qniet one , andSrhioh the Misses Banke were in tha
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,. A-JFaithfci , Do ^ . ^ A fewnighta-agp , as the Hon Mr > \ Vestenra , M-P ., was returning home oh foot to his residence at Bishopsgato , howas attacked bv a ferocious dog of themastiff breed , against which " h « defended hiaself with as ^ ck untu u was broken in pieces ; ; -A fiue Newfoundlind dog which he had with him had Btpod perfectly quiet durino' the rencontre , but j on perceiving his master eritiTely open to the enraged animal , rushed forward , and . after a desperate struggle , suocceded in conquering the enemy ; he then , singular to relate , dragged it \ tp a ditch some , yards distant , where he kept it beneath water until it was ^ drp-ivned . —ReadSft ^ iVfej-cura .
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DEATHS . On Saturday week , after a lingering illneas , much and deservedly respected , Mr . Henrf Holdswoitb , of this town , aged 57 . On Sunday last , suddenly , in his 32 nd year , M * . JonnHepworth , th « much lamented aud deservedly respected Secretary of the Leeds District of Ancient Jboresters . On Tuesday last , at Otley , at an advanced ago . Mr . Jonathan Jackson , formerly a farmer at Riffton . near Otley . 5 On Monday last , Mr . Thomas Sharp , miller , Fulfprd , aged 47 . On Wednesday last , in her third year , Elizabeth only daughter of Mr . Win . Baxter , Wild Man . Inn ! Quarry Hill , Leeds . ^^ On Monday , the 7 th inst ; , in the Minister-Yard , ia York , in the 84 th year of her age , muclL * Bdr « te ^ servedly respected , Anne , reli c * « f tWfSsh S > s . Kearsley , Esq ., of Manch « ster . * f - ^ iiSifw .-l \ 3 fe ^ S pf J " '' ^ f ^^ g ^ k ; / M- ^^^ if ^^ \
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MR . PETER BUSSEY IN LEEDS . On Tuwday and Wednesday Mr . Peter llussoy ^ Membar . of tho late Convention for tho ^ Vest-Riding of Vor . kahire , delivered two political lectures to tiio inlianit . \ nts oi I * o « l 3 , in the KeforrotrV Chapel , ' "vrliich W ; IS ; n : ) si numerously attendtd upon the occasion , tho c : alli-i-y bdajj occupied Ly respectab ' . u faiiialv ^ , ILe greater pait o : -iviiom were members of the Ltn ;( i 3 Feraali : ilauit . U Association , Our space will not allow us to do - . noro Uian subjoin a digest of tho iecturns , which wero 5 isfeu-. nl to v .-ith the greatest attcuti ' ou throughout , interrupted by occasional cheerin " .
On Tuesday , the lecturer , rvfter a few preliminary rc ! D-ukd , catered into the question of tlio origin of lfy .- cru ! : itn » . . Ail men v .: ; vl- their entrance " into-tlip waria in a htiplcss state , and therefore equal . If the lir ^ t go yera : uen t 3 were estabMshecl by the people , the po-jpi ^ * izd not fjrftit / .. l tli ir right to coutiaua toostablis ^ ibeni ; uad if thc- y hud i > uon iuipiiivQ upon them by the greater strtajij or tabuing ofs , minority , tho majority wero not bound to objy th . iu . The -Whigs i . c . 1 Toriea -wero fond of tall : in » . ibuat the constitution of this coaatry , tlicugh it was uiiiiou ' . to deiina what that coustUuUon w- ^ s . Li America , i nuiee , Spain , &a the constitution vtjis emuodiul in a dosument which could ba understooJi I > y ail , ' ami tTierefore every 0 : 19 there kne . v Avlien the coawtituilyu -was violated . to be
Magna Charta w < is he-id by ji : ^ :: y the ground-work of the English Constitution , ft was - . vrtitod from Kir . !; John by the Borons ; aad vriiUe this Uiiarfcv ; r greatly increased their j > ovrcr , it conferred on tlio people the righfc of petiiiou . aad of scekinj radrc ^ of grievances . The late persecution of tlie Ch ? . vtikts would shew- how the 3 e ri s Jits - « -ere resp ^ . ^ ed r . t tlie present day . Magna Charta like ^ -Jse prov-dctl tuit thoro should he 110 taxation without r ^ pr ^ jat . vtion . In thosj tiuiea all taxes were p . iid ' directly to tlie stato ; but the \ Vhigs and Tories of niodcni d : \ ya 1 ; j . G hivvn '^ il a system of indirect tix ^ . f . oa . z . n-1 u ::. / wliiic . u wurkiug man paid ivs . in tvei-y - ^ ys . in sr . llivcs tux ^ s , he had no vocu ; -. vhilt ; ovcu a . in ^ as ; tiosi vrao p ; iiil ulreot taius , . 'the riu : ; : of votin < \ r / us-ouSsi ^ l ti > t ! u £ iu liausjh oia ^ s . ¦
. a ., n& C uarL ; 1 : iev .-is . . provir .-ai tlul iho people of t " : iij country should uo : bj tas-.-d' -withjut their cou 3 ; -n ' :- ; and he- -would ask jiow . uany tlit-i-e were in that rooin yrho had consented to bo taxed I Then there % vas another Charter—that of V . 'iiiiam and r = Iary , vrJiidj vias also Killed the lilll el Eights , or Act of Snccc-ssibii . Thi 3 Charter con 5 r : n " cd tho right of pstition . Thu laneua ^ e vra strMi-, ' ; r-. u-l stated that tlio people bad a right to demand und -iasist upon a redrasa of their grievances ; An-i \ c-t , wlion the Chartists did this , thoy -vvj . -o taxed as rebels , taousu they did it l > y virtue o ' f the s . iiae docuniaiit "which entitled the pr ^ sciit riiyal family to the thnma of England . If they Studied t ' ue history of this coumvr , liicj" would 1 ind tl : at about the
year 4 D 0 the Aujlo-Saxoaa took , possession of this country : nurl fur tlie'J 00 ye . tr 3 immediately foilo-ring that period , although it could not ha exactly said that Universal SxTnige existed , yet . the political poser l ^ y -. vith - tlij commonalty . Then camo the Xornisus , ^ nder wiiQiu tae aciwTE ^ u funding syste ; : i C 6 m =. uencc-d—tlir . t " system vrhith luortgjiaed the lr . buur ui every uiiin , woman , acd child in the Kritish doruiaions , aad - wlsicli wks a " jn"illrstbno hung round tho nctl : of t . iih peojjlo cad Government In 1 G 04 , Triennial ParlianicEts were cstibii ? hed , - which -was another ini-oad upc : ; tlie old system , as they -. vere previ < m 3 ly : ' .- > poiated oaee a-yeiir , and oficaer , if necessary . Thia -was a Whig eneroickmeEt . In 1775 the crusauu njalnst our breturen in America began . The King oi
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ANNIVERSARY OF THE OSSKTT AND GAWTHORPE RADICAL ASSOCIATIONS . The first anniversary of tho above Associations was held on Satuixlay last , at the Iiousl- of Mr . JSobert A ^ 'iJson , Waggon and Horses puhlic-house , Ossett Street Side , when the members sat down to a iood ,. ¦ wholesome , and substantial dinner ,, served up hi grand style , by the worthy host an 1 hostess , which had ample justice done t < j it by the liurd-workiuL' guests there present After the cloth was -withdrawn , Mr . Win . Wfcittafcl r , cloth manufacturer , of Ossett , was calkd to thecbidr ; and Mr . Francis England to tlia vice chair . The CuaiTvHan roae , and opened the proceedings or tho evening in a v-v-ry clear and able manner , and concluded his ohijtrvations ;> y recomni-. 'nclinjj all present to pay strict and duo attention to the dilTeront speakers -who would address them , and sat down amidbt great cheering .
Tho first toast from the chair whs , "The People ' s Charter , " which was received with most deafenin '' cheers . ? Mr . WAlNWiniiT , of Ossett Street Side , responded to the toast Avith great ability . The next toast from tu _ -chairman was , "To the immortal memory of Henrj- Hunt , Esq ., and-top memor able 1 CUi oi " . August" Drunk in suk-mri silence . Mr . A . Iloi . Li . Noswou .-ii , of Gawthorpu , rose to respond to the toast , and in a spc-ech rep ! oto with information .-uid sound sense , produced a deep sensation ujjob his autlience . Th& Chairman then called upon Mr . David IIXlGit , who sung in grand stylo one of Iiis patriotic songs , which w : vs well received .
'Iho Chairman then proposed " Democracy , and may it soon have its due fchn . ro ia tho Legislature . " Mr . John IIaIiJH , se : u , of Ossett Street Side , rose , an-a . ii . i a : upie justice to tha sentiment , in a spoot ' a in which h-j pourtrayed tha ills and evils which tho working classes are . subject to , in a very argumentative manner . " The Chairman called upon . Mr . John Conger , who in a masterly manner gave one of his pleisin ? p . ad instructive recitations , which was loudly cheerred . The next toast was , " Ossett and fiawthorpe Kidical Associations , and may they soon enjoy the Charter . " M * . "William -Wix-by of Dewsbnry , responded in a clear and powerful appeal to all present , on the utility of unity , organization , and moral deterniinution to curry out and obtain the ono thing needful—tho Peopk- ' a Charter . lie sat down amidst deafening cheers .
. * ¦* £ ¦ Jo ; ix Haigk Toser . nd proposed a vote of thanks to the female Druidesses for the noble jjart they have taken in tho movement , which Wus seconded by Mr . Abraham Hollin ^ sworth , and , passed with immense cheering . - \ ftc-r which songs , rccitatic . ns , itc , were abundantly poured forth by Messrs . Joah . Whittaitr , Haigh , Conser , &c
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On tho 30 th ult ., at the parish church , Bradford Air . Jonas Craven , of the firm of Messrs . Craven and Harry , manufacturers , Thornton , to Miss Matv bmith , of the same placo . O 11 Thursday last , at the parish church , Wakefield by thoUev . JolmSharpo , Mr . John Ncttleton , soli- ' citor , ( of tho firm of Messrs Carr and Ncttleton , of that p ace ) to Mary , second daughter of tho lat « Mr John liobinson , of the Dye House , Horburv On Thursday , at St . Philip ' s church , Liverpool Mr . Henry Horncastle Tinker , eldest , ' son of tS ate John Tinker . Esq . of Shelley , near Hnddersfield , a ^ S ^ ftveto ^ ° Iat ° * " -
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habUpf dn ^ ug tore away iho : shafts and f * o for « wheels of thQ pnaeton , and ran away , and was not et < y > Pc ^ ntil it gotinto Porjtman-square . V ' ¦ « , 7 ' 56 ? i " t H . house-surgebn , havinkatated when Je teased vya ^ . admitted ,-W the ^ atmenViS nsualone , ^ which he had receited , said heMied 0 " bunday afternoon last ; and tliat ' on cxaminihginte ? - nallyj ; ae body , nine ; of the ribs , and the clsmcle on the right side , irere found to bp fractured . ^^ Inflan * - mation set in . and he died inconsequenw of the injunes he had received . : . :: ^ The Coroner—Hava you entered in a case-book tha treatment deceased received * ' ,, " .- ¦ ¦;¦ ; : ; n ^ _ air . ^ Torues—No , I was fibVauttiorised to do so by Alt " . 1 uson , the surgeon , whose patient deceased "WHS * - ¦ L ' - ¦ ¦ ' ' " ... ¦ - . ¦ ¦ - . " ' - . ¦ ; ¦ " ¦ ¦ ¦¦•¦• - ¦ ¦ " ^ 1
lh | € orpnei—Mr . Herbert Slayo : has promised fliatl Bhould have a caso-book i detailing the tiediment of hj 3 patients , ar id if I . cinnot compel Mr ¦ . ? 89 n-: to . act . similariy - 'IshaU .: iubs <» n > e-to , tlus :-iii l sntuti ^ n , and become a governor of it ; and if in that capacity . I have : not power W enforce the keeping g 3 ?» &ss ^ ya ^ ss SS ^ l ^ Ovfd ^ sumS himSfia 2 ^ 1 , ^ as wUness . ^ THo coroner then St .. Tl jonias ^ s and Guy ' s Hospitals- and laid thaf lie added that , the present death , ho believed , wm Verdict— "Accidental death . " :
REFUSAL OF A ^ JUR Y TO ALLOW APOSTMQRTEM EXAMINATliaN ; V On ^ lamiav wenin ^ an inquisition Was taken before i > Ir .. Wakley , M . P ., coroner , arid a most respectable : jury , at the Swan Tavern , Old BroniDton ,. on view of the body of Miss Charlotte Goring a lna ^ den lady , 39 years of ; age , possessedvof consw derableproperty , whose death ocuuia-ed under , verv singular , and peculiar circumstarices . ¦ ¦ - ¦" H ^ 3 ® Sfo £ » S-. ^ "' ^* - ^ rter ^ 'o Coroner , in accordance ^ vith thencw code of instructionsliisued . by him to the summouia- blacers called ; upon Mtvrtin ,. the . beadle , to state unSer Svha ^ circunistaisce ^ tho inquest had bceu called , ar . d what lw kiicworthe : Casev : adding that it wa / feffi ucadio ' s 4 uty to ^ cquaint : - tho jury : with whatever mfbrmatKMv / pn the subject he mi 4 t-be : innolelsion- of , as it would f * omtate the course " of tha inquiry . .. -:.. ' . , .. ' ¦ . : ; - v .-. ; , ¦ ^^ tin stated thatjabout nine o ' clock on Satuidav nin
ove ff no reee . ved lntbnnation that » lady kad be . en found aead- m her bed room , at Elm ¦ €% & £% < Old Brompton , and that on the -discoSrvSt ' made , jDr . Wm . Elliot , of Cupar House ? S S called in to see the body , r He . accordiEgly wt ^ A Dr . Elliot j -wlio toM Mm that ho had been called ^ about half-past four o ' clock that afternoon , when on examining the body , he found the deceased lady had been dead some hours ; huthe could state nothing as to the cause of her deaths He ( Martin ) thon proceeded to Elm Cottage , and asked the serVanWf any person was dead there , who said lier mistreat wa « lying dead up stairs . He was then shown up to tha room , ; wheve he isaw the hodv of the deceascu lying on the bed . Heeisimined the room / and found in it five or- _ six phials , all of which were empty ; with one exception , and that contained a portion of turpentiDe . ; The servant told him that the deceased £ tdy was to have been married in about a fortnight to a ficntaeniari who had oil Saturday , taken a house in Wilton-place . She also stated that in the next room were boxes filled with vvedaing
clothes&c-, . ; The Coroner then airected the girl ' to be sworn--Saa statedhernametpbeEli ^ bethHaslop , The h $ btime she sa \ y the deceased ; aliye was about half-past two o ' clock on S a turday porninjir , -when she called : ner , sayV ing- s ! ie wanted ; a little hot ; brandy arid water , as she felt very poorly iu her . stomach . She ' made her a small glass full of brandy and water , which she took up to her , in bed . She then left her , < and dicVnot again se « her alive . About ten o'clock or half-past ; the sama morning , she . knocked , at the door of : deceased ' s . bedroom , which was locked ; on fhe inside , ' - "ibut receivedio ans \ vcr .. Coneelvins . she was asleep , she did not continue her applicitiou forj admittance , but afterwards
repeated it during the -day up to about half-past thre « o ' clock ; > yhcnsho ^ became alarmed , and forced ^^ ppeh th * door , when , on entering thp room , she found the deceased ^ sitting on a chair by the Bide of the flre-phtoe , in a : lolling position , -with her head over the back" of the chair . She was quite : dead . About a apo < iniul of blood had oozed from decased ' s mouth , and a glass which she ( witness ) believes 1 to have ^ been , the same in which the brandy and water was given to the deceaaed yasjyihg on the floor broken to ; pieces by the side of the ; chair . -Pr . Elliott was then sent for , Who iramediateiy attended ^ iind pronounced that she bad been dead some hours .
By the Coroneri-Peceased bid not been out of tha house for ai fortnight . The gentleman to whom ti » deceased was to have been niarri ^ Tesides in London . Shoj hbVever , had not seen him for tlie Taafc iortni ^ ht . ; - ; : -.. ; ' - V - " : . ; :-.- " -. ; :. ; -:-:- ;; . ' By the Jury-T-She did not think the deceased had taken anything deleterious , nor T bad she found anything wronginthorooin . .. Deceased had left no will to her knowledge . Hot property ^ as , to witness ' s belief , at her own eiiposaL Believes deceased died a natural death . ^ V .
5 Fho Corouer then , at considerable length , addresaed the jury on the propriety of' - ' a pod rnortein examination of the body beic ^ made before they could arrive at » just conclusion as to the cause of the deceased ' s death He said that in a case ; of that description there rwas a necessity for such an exaniination , as : there was n <> evidence" before the ^^ jury " aa to :. - . the cauie of the da ^ ased ' s death . He considered their labours Wojild prove useless unless ; that was made , and he suggested thai eittief Mr . Chinnocfc , a surgeon in the neighbourhood , or D » Elliott shouldperfonntheoperation . . -: . The Foreman said he , for one ; , considered it unna cessary . If his brother jurors , howeyeri wiflhed it ha would accede to it . ; ¦ . :, . :.. ' . ; Soinoiurtlierargument then arose on the point , Vaffcee which .. , ; - - ¦ - .. " ¦ ' ¦ ';; ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ - , ¦ : .- ¦ -. . - ¦•; --: i- . ... - ¦¦ : ¦ ' " »• '¦' .: '•¦ . . ' .- . ¦ The Corbnef and j * ry ^ remoted to ^^ Ehn Cottage to yivtt the body bf the deceased lady , and on theirietnrn
Mr . Wakley asked if the juryfett themselTes satisfled as to the cause of the deceased ' s ' ' .. ' death ' ,- wittidut having the benefit 6 f the examination he bail suggested to them . His opinion was that ^ ' -- \ iltlioat' a post morlm exauiination they could not conscientiously and properly xcturn a verdict It was essentially neceisary wlieie property was concerned , and where no will bad been made by the deceased , more especially in casea where no medical practitioner was in attendance on tha deceased , w hoh ^ d aiBp no ; one to protect her . If in tfc « present casa the jury dispensed withi such' examination , it would be futile toi examine fuither ¦ witnesaea , and h » felt it would be establishing a precedent ^ " wtieh inight be productiv * of mucu evil . It was , however ; for tha jury to ^ determine . He ^ ^ kad only to record thdr verdict . :. ; ¦ ¦ ¦¦ •'¦¦ :- / :. ^ - . •¦ ¦ . ;¦ - ¦ . - " ; .... ¦ : -. . -- .: ¦ .. •• ¦ ¦
The Foremanthen inquired of his brother jurors if it was their opinion that &po $ iin 6 rtejn ^ xaminatipn oughi to . bsrnside in aacordaiice w ^ tn th */ coroner ' s yiish . Ot whother they were ^ satisfied with the evidence of ' tha w-tnesathey had heard . Having consulted together for a few pdnutes , they expressed themselves satisfied and returned a verdict of ' Natural Death , " Mr . Wakleyj WMJe signiig the requ > flition , said- ^*! sign this , gentlemen , because it is my : duty to do so . It iB-ybur : verdict ,- and nofc . ; inin& ;'• . '•; You wJtil hereafter see the great benefit to society at large t « be derived from post vvyrtem examinations in such cases as this . "
Marriages .
MARRIAGES .
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GESTLTTiras , —The committee of the Brighton P ^ fii jai Association Tronld desm the insertion of the following address in the valuable columns of the JkorSiern Star as an especial fevour . Thanking you for the jenerons appeal of the Kor 3 > em Star , in favour of its hrother of tte South . I am . Gentlemen , . - " Very sincerely yours , JiS . HXBUIS .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 12, 1839, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1078/page/1/
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