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Profit to be devoted to the Fan 4 for relieving th * Wives and Children of the imprisoned Chartist Victims , ¦ - . ¦¦ ¦' . ¦ . ; : . ¦ . :. ¦ -. . ¦ . . - . '¦ PURE AND UNDEFILED RELIGION , not Theoretic , but Practical , being the substance of a Lecture intended to have been delivered in Hull , in reply to the assertion of Mr . R . Firth , Honorary Secretary of the Hull Temperance Society , ** That the Principles of the People ' s Charter were contrary to the Sacred Scriptures , and ought not to be introduced into the Pulpit . " ¦ ;' . " ¦ . ' ¦ T The Work will be dedicated ( without permission - ) to the Rev . J . Scott , Incumbent of St . Mary ' s Churchy Hull , by whose bigotted and despotic interference the delivery of the Leoture waa prevented , and will be accompanied b y an Introduction detailing tho system of persecution and annoyance recently pursued by Mr . Firth towards the . Adwio » to of humanity and of Popular RfptB , * > - ; ^^ < - . U . v ;« ' ' . ' : " By . T . B . Sm ^ . J ,.- ' . ' )~' ^\} r Author of "Reform , andChristianfty , " andMe « ti > er ot the General Council of the National Charter Association of Great Britain . ' " ' ¦¦ ¦' . ¦ ¦ ¦
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HULL WOOL MART . A MARKET for the SALE OF WOOL will ba held at the RAILWAY STATION , in Kikgston-dpon-Hull , on Tuesdat , the 29 th J owe , at Ten o'clock , and will be continued each suoecssire Tuesday till 24 th August . Every Accommodation and Facility for depositing , weighing , and otherwise disposing of Wool , will be provided in the place appropriated to the Market . B y order of the Committee of the Holderoeas Agricultural Society . JAMES IVESON , Secretary . Hedon , 20 th May , 8 « . ^^^¦^¦^^^¦^^^^^^^^^ B ^^ W ^^^^ B ^^^^^^^^ S ^^ p ^^ P' ^ ^ LEEDS BOROUGH SESSIONS . N OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN * That the nwet General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the Borough of Leeds , in the County of York * . will be holdeu before Thomas Floweb Ellis the Younger , Esquire , Recorder of the said Borough , at the Court muse , in Leeds , on Wednesday , tho Seventh Day of July next , at Two o'Clock in the Afternoon , at which time and place all Jurors , Constables , Police Officers , Prosecutors , Witnesses , Persons bound by Recognizances , and others having business at the said Sessions , are required to attend . And Notice is ; hereby also Given . That all Appeals not previously disposed of will be heard at the opening of the Court , on Friday , the 9 th day of July next , and that all Proceedings under the Highway Act , will be taken on the First Day of the Sessions . By Order , JAMES RICHARDSON , Cleik of the Peace for the said Borough . Leeds , 10 th June : 1841 . .
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WEST RIDING OF YORIJSHIRE . MIDSUMMER SESSIONS . NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , that the Mi * , summer General Quarter Sessions of the Qcgtt for the West RJdiDg of the County of York , wfil willbajOpenedafrSKifTON . on Ti ^ gPA Ytthe-CQtb day of June instant ; aud by Ao ^ rn ^^ PP ^ nBeiRidwia beholden at Bradford , olgWEVNBSDAY , the 30 th Day of the same month of flpe , at Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon of each of the same days ; and also , by further Adjournment from thence , will be holden at Rotherham on Monday , the 5 th Day of July next , at Eleven of the Clock in the Forenoon , when all Jurors , Suitors , Persons bound by-Recognizance , and others hiving business at the eaid several Sessions , are required to attend the Court ott the several Days and at the several Hours above * mentioned . And Notice is also hereby given , That at the said General Quarter Sessions of the Peace to be holdeu at Skipton aforesaid , an Assessment for the necessary expences of the said Riding for the half-year commencing the 1 st Day of October next ; will be , laid at the Hour of Twelveo'Clook at Noon . . And Notice is hereby also given , That the said General Quarter Sessions of the Peace will be held by further Adjournment , at the Court House , in Wakefield , on Saturday , the 10 th day of the same month of July , at Eleven o ' clock in the Forenoon , for the purpose of taking into further consideration the sites for the proposed New Gaol or House of Correction . . C . H . ELSLEY , Clerk of the Peace . Clerk of the Peace's Office , * Wakefield , June 9 th , 1841 .
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- ttpees of ^ Pf 0 *^ dlBcll * K ° ? duties ^ j ^ posed . It viil be » greit i » y for England and for Leeds . ^ g ^ day ef trial shall come . For ottr men we ^ aia n ot the slightest apprehension . Thej will MjgBph ; besanse reason , knowledge , and common % ^ iw nptai their side . Is ererj othtr town in ~^ & * L * d as / well prepared for tie coming struggle as m art t 4 f » 0 ^ tBem Q P ** doing . ^ aajj ii ^ are prond to find , are so . Rochdale is jj jiire , ajBduwroRD is all right .
13 m brave little band of patriots . at Hall will do ijgir duty nobly . We have now no fear that jgowsos will be sent to stop the power tor eril of jbe mosey Member . Let them bat be guarded . £ , * onlj diffienlty in all coalitions witfc Whig jgrQs is to watch them with sufficient closeness jjjej are slippery as eels , and poisonous as rattle-^ es . It is a hazardous experiment to touch fceni , eren with a long pole . However , let the HuH Qj ^ tistB look oat at the polling day . Let { ben be in no harry to rote ; but let them watch tbe Whigs—let them constantly inspect th «
poll clerk ' s books , and see that every Yellow snake splits fairly ; and , if any signs tppetr of a disposition to shirk the Colonelte ttbem keep back in a body till the last—and jeiTe the Kilkenny cats to fight out the spree" till gey see which is the strongest ; if the Tories can beat their opponents without help , let them do so ; if not , go at once ia a sufficient body just to tarn &e scale , and so leave them . Bradford has , we pwe « " » e , another Chartist candidate in the field , Mr . Smfsos , whose manly address we publish elsewhere . The Chartists here are in high glee , and feel sore of winning . ^ Out piece of information , from our London corae po&dent , we are unable rightly to comprehend .
He tell * us , speaking of the Tower Hamlets moveaaants , that Jfa ^ JEHOJUsoK , the son- at Celonel £ hokpsox , is supported by the working Chartists , bni set backed by any of the leaders . We trust ear correspondent has been misinformed . We canaot suppose that the leading Chartists of London em see in the field au opponent of the Whig nominee , on Chartis ; principles , declaring for the whole Charter &ad sometMng more , without rendering all the aid they can . At all events u the lads" are jgfct . If the leaden hang back , this is the time to ftbow them that they are an unnecessary clog upon ibe wheel of liberty , which can very well turn round wi&ost them . HaTe at the Whigs , at all events , food London Chartists ! Down with " the bloody TOts !"
What is the City about . We hope the new Election Cimuuttee will take care to stir up " Johrst " ui fl » four tones " with a long pole . " In Leicester two Chartist candidates are to be taeujbi forward to contest the Northern Division of { be County . Canvassers are appointed to vkit the districts and beat up for funds—the sinewr of this glorious war—to report to the County Delegate Meeting on Sunday week . They must hare a cheering account to render . Let the struggle be made at once , and cheerfully . Now or never is the time for -tttioa—the downfall of Whiggery will be the first . stone in the foundation of the sacred temple of Liberty , in which oar children and our children ' s ¦ children shall worship the God of their fathers .
. Upon the whale , the land lies well" and the prospect is most cheering . The people are bestirring them right nobly . They are doing their work welL They hare u taken their affairs into their own hands" and prosperity shall follow . ' England shall no longer to be * slave-land . . Englishmen SHALL kot lo > geb b * slates ! 3 ! bej-iaYfl Trilled tkeir freedom ; they hare proved iiiilr title to it ; they have proved themselTes worthy ¦ # fjfc . » zul freedom they must akd shall hate ! ~ jj $ / 4 k or Liberty ! No Surrender ! Onward ! " wrl jawim ; backward we will not go !
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. - . THE PETITI ON BEARERS . . 3 * # tr first page will be found the Address of the yeifjp ^ Booth-piece—the eighteen fustian-jacketed . PeiMon bearers—to the people . 1 ^ S £ 2 t& 5 t-&EWi ttta A « ress bj * oammt ; bat ¦ 96 call on all our friends to read it ; and on the Scottish Patriot , Dundee Chronic !* , Perth Chronicle , and all other Chartist papers , to reprint it . Let it be known and read through all the land !
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NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . The ProTisional Executive haTe agreed to call -the Permanent Executive together on Monday , the 12 th day of July next .
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POST-OFFICE ORDSRS . —All persona sending money to tnis Office by Po st-effice Order are especially requested to make tnelr orders payable , to Mr . John Ardill , as , by a recent alteration In the Post-ofBre arrangements , any neglect of this would cause as a great amount of trouble and aanoyance . Mb . O'Cc . vseb will be happy to see Mr . Harney vpcn the subject of his letter when the period of his lecturcsliip draws to a close . R . Mabsdes . —Mr . O'Connor legs to ask why R . Marsden , one of the most honest Chartists in the world , and the man who drew tears from the fiiniy eyes of the Birmingham patriots and the
London reporters , is allowed to teork fifteen hours a day for seven shillings per week , while there is such a demand for Chartist lecturers ? Marsden is a modest man ; but why not drag him from his loom into the field . Mr . O'Connor says , if it will not be considered " offensive" or " despotic , ' he will moat cheerfully become one of Manden ' s paying pupils , for lecturing , in any locality . M « . O'Coxsob begs us to say , that he cannot possibly answer one half of the letters he receives ; and that he will not , in any instance , interfere with the Chartists in the local management of their electioneering affairs . They know their own business best ; and are responsible to the body for e % ery act they do . They are all doing n » bly ¦
and only the di&appoinied tempters complain . M'g- O'Coksor answers no private letter vpon politics : he keeps no secrets \ cilh the enemy . Wh . Tasseb , boot and shoemaker , Tolness , Devonshire , requests us to state , that he was presented tdth a son and heir on the 21 th of May , who teas duly registered , on the 6 th of June , to the great mortification of the Whig Registrar , by the name of Feargus O'Connor Tanner . ^ Mr . Tanner has forwarded Is . to Mr . O'Connor for Hoey ; but in consequence of many towns having announced the fact of a subscription being on foot , no sums received have as yet been published . A Fkiesd utd his Wipe , of Manchester , request to know tchether Mr . O'Connor has received ,
from them , Is . 6 d ., for the above purpose!—Yes . Ms . O'Coxxob ' s iep J y to one of the fustian-jacket and check-shirt Chartists , comical men of Ma-, yhbone , is " Yes , with pleasure ; and feels honoured by the request . " 'An L *© . riBEB of Bath" asks us tiro questions . — " ¦ Fint—Do you advise an elector to vote for John Arthur Roebuck , Esq ., as a fit person to represent the city of Bath 1 " To this we say , test him at the hiistir . gs . If he pledge himself xo the whoie Cbcj-ter idthtrut mistake , parley , or
procrastination , vote for him : if he put you ojficitft any shvffle about being f&Tourable to its principles , bui the time not come for their operation , let him go to the d / ,- send a Tory sooner than a sham Radical Whig tool . He asks us , secondly— Whether it will be illegal in him to vote for thai candidate at the next election upon vhom a majority of his men shall decide by Ballot ? Certainly not : his vote u hu own—he has a right to give it to any candidate whom he may choose ; and he has as mueh ru / hi to take the advice of his men as the advice ofan % other
person in using u . " ** The ejtd of ofpbessios" icon t do . DEMOcsrrrs sends us word that a meeting of some hi / fdozen or so of the respeetabU manufacturers of Sewtown assembled recently m ihe red parlour of the Sun Inn , for the purpose of moving a petition for the repeal of the Corn Laws , when it was resolved , " that any workman refusing his signature to the said petition should be forthwith discharged fr » m his employment . " He regards this as a a horriW mode of manufacturing peti .
tions , and so do we . Okb of the cxkepbxsbstkd . —We are sorry that tha dsmnnds upon our space prevent US from inserting his wtiifewmci kti&r .
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MS /^^ ^ , W t " tent w a Utt * r addressed a / ZSZ '' V * ^ Hf * °° « "er , « repfyTo an aiUxckmade upon him in that paper It 1 & > P ** n ** n at a person « destitute of tepbmeslprincip les ofpolfaal rjJ %$ Mr . ? uZ 5 £ L £ f 'J % > F ? * ° V ™ S % M him any question of political tcono > w before a pubRc m X ehV , ° // k wAa « fanto ffStilling , or 1 / aZ ojher town tn th * «»«*„ . £ eing chrilenJeTbi the Eddor of tht Obserrer to * try hZhand * * f * r ™ Stirling or Falkirk . Mr . D . states tttmulfto be ready , at a moment ' s notice , to diseuu Chartism or Corn Lau , repeal , in either of those towns whenever he may be invited there by working men ; and he offers a like challenge to any or all of the lecturers in the pay of the anti-Corn Law leaguepledging himielf to
-, pro cure for them a large meeting and mn attentive audience , and to refute all their clap-trap so phistry . r * A Constant Reader give * good advice to the workma classes of Great Britain and Ireland ; but which , w apprehend , would be better understood and appreciated in the columns of the Methodiss u xt * S ** u » ? than m those of the Northern Scar . w National Thanksgiving Hnur . "— We can neither read it nor sing it . "Ode to Libebtt . "— We have n * room . C . JCwUtgetitat Mr . J . Cleave ' s , 1 , Shoe lane , Fleet street . John Mullholland . — We have no room . A London Dkmocbat is quite wrong if he supposes that we have either forgot or underrate the exertions of Mr . Harney . " The Patbiot ' s Call ' cannot be heard in our columns .
KlCHABD Exlis writes to complain that , at a public meeting of the inhabitants ofCambden , ho / den in the Infant School Room , at that place , and called by the sqund of bell , after a temperance meeting , on Thursday last , the Vicar being in the chair , and expatiating in favour of what u called the moderation principle , to the disparagement of teetotalism , Mr . Ellis hissed , when the Rev Vicar immediately ordered him to be turned out 9 f the room , which he prevented from being done by ' making himself scarce . Oub Manchesteb Cohbespondent complains that when his long reports of lectures , $ c , are cut down to a paragraph he gets into * ' hot water " about the matttr . 'Naw ^ for Jh * satisfaction of
all who may be concerned in it , we beg to state , once for . all , that tht chief fault u > e have had occasion to find with our excellent correspondent has been that his reports are almost always too lengthy : They are nearly always greatly compressed ' after we receive them . And if the parties whocompiain would come and sit at our desk for a wieek or two , they would find out the absolute necessity for this . There is nothing our friends seem so pertinaciously determined to forgtt as that we havo bnt one No rthern Star for all England , Ireland , and Scotland . "The Day cy Rsjbibution" must tarry awhile . D . M * M . —We see nothing wonderful in the matter : it may very likely have been a letter from the
General-Post-office , in reply to some enquiry forwarded from the parly previous to his leaving Edinburgh . If D . M * M . be very curious about it , the better way would be to make his enquiry of the person named in his letter . A Constant Reader , at Dundee . — We are unable to answer either of his questions : we have no other information on the subject than that which he " himself has seen in the Star . Mb . . Wk . . Makti . t wishes us to say that all communications for him must , for the present , be addressed to the care of Mr . James Ibbetson , bookseller , Bradford , Yorkshire . R , Bbook . —His letter has been sent to Mr . Campbell . " The Kilkenny Cats" next week .
Wk . Collxti . —Every communication which we have received from Banbury has been inserted . J . S . —The case is indeed an " awful and alarming" one . We shall probably return to it hereafter .. Want of space forbids it at present , but it will not qrow stale . A Chichesteb Chabtist . —Thanks for his informa ~ tion : it may be useful , though we do not think " its insertion would be prudent . Executive . —Mr . Campbell , the secretary , wants the addresses of the Chartists in Hull , Keighley , Dalston , Heckmandw \ ke , Colne , Blackburn , Sunder lend , Nantwich , Leeds , Dewslury , Chester , Chesterfield , Congleton , Walsall , and all other places' that have not already forwarded him them . Mr . Campbell ' s address is 18 , Adderley street , Shaw ' s Brow , Manchester .
Wh . Russell . — We had " prudential" reasons f » r the non-insertion of his previous communication ; bui those reasons had nothing to do with the u Post-office order" to which he refers . u One who vram-D be fbee . "—We thank him for ihe expression of his good opinion , and hope always to deserve it . The demands vpon our space at this electioneering time preclude ( he possibility of our inserting correspondence . S . Biggs . — We hate no room . Wk . Skibbow should have come with his letter to tell us what it means . Petes "M * Bbotht , 6 fNo . 4 , Woimmod-pute , Dub lin , wishes to have the address of the Secretary of the A ' etcry Charter Association .
Addbesses to the People on theis Duty at the Elictions . — We have received scores ef documents of this character from individuals and from various local councils , all tending to show tht deep anxiety felt by the people , and their interest in the great national game about to be played off before them . Mc ~ i of them are of respectable composition ; and they all breathe one spirit of annihilation to the "bloodies "—no matter by what means . Homo , a middle-class man , but a Chartist , who writes from an ogricultural village in Somersetshire .
gives a sad picture of the ignorance and serfdom of the people in that neighbourhood , and strongly recomrr . ends to the Executive the sending of Churtiit missionaries into the agricultural dis tricts , to rouse the population of the villages and smail market-towns , especially of West Somerset , which seems to hare been entirely neglected- The people , he says , are smarting under a sense of their wrongs , but are ill informed as to thetr origin . They need only a political teac ' ier to raise amongst them a host of thorough bred Chartists , going " the whole hog , bristle * and all "
R . Cabbuthzes , Newcastle . —The paragraph he has sent us would be charged to us as an advertisement , and can only be inserted as such . Tivebton , Devon . —The notice of a meeting on June 7 lh , arriving at the Star office on June 16 th , is rather too late . Portsmouth . —The report of Dr . MDouall ' s meeting on the 7 th oj June we received on the 16 th . We ought to have had it on the 9 th , and then it would have been inserted . Middlesboeocgh . —The meeting of the Police Commissioners , en Monday the 7 th , ought to hive been sent to us on Tuesday , the 8 th ; it would then have been inserted . The Tbowbeidge Chabtists , hating heard that Dr . M'Douali is in the West , with him to v ' isit them , _ as-well as the Chartists at Bradford , Westbury , and Devizes : they are all anxious to hear him .
Mb . A . Duncan . — We are compelled to reserve his address to the electors and non-electors of Clackmannnan and Kinross-shire till next week .
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T . Shtth , Pltmouth . —All the small ones at the price of ihe paper . FOB THB WIVES AND FAMILIES OF THE INCARCERATED CHABTISTS . £ . « . d . PromMorley 0 2 0 „ Swain Green , per J . Alderson 0 2 I POLITICAL PRISONERS' AND CHARTER CONVENTION FUND . From a few friends at Patri croft , pet J . Dempsey 0 4 3 „ Upper Wortlef 0 3 3 _ Prome 0 3 6
FOB MS . HOET . From J ., Glasgow ... 0 1 . » Pudsey Association 0 1 8 _ the ChartUta of Mansfield 0 5 0 FOB MBS . FROST . From Mrs . Frost's Committee st Manchester , per P . Shorrocks 3 10 0 „ A Friend at Leeds 0 0 6 „ Upper "Wortley 6 4 a ^ Morley 0 2 « _ Trcrwbridge , per J . Marchaat ... 1 3 0 _ Mr . Hnnell , Norwich 0 13 „ Hr . Hardweni 0 8 9 .. ThreeR ? publiean Tailors , per J . Cleave 0 16 _ Wandrworth Charter Association , per - J . Knight 0 6 < .. Frome 0 5 0
FOB . THE EXPENCES OF RETURNING CHABTIST KEKBERS AT THE ENSUING ELECTION . From DanfermliBe , per W . Drysdale ... 5 0
FOB PRESS FOR J . B . O ' BRIEN . From John Findley , Charleslown ... — o 1 0 FOR MR . "WHEELER , OF MANCHESTER . From Morley 0 3 0 FOB THE EXECUTIVE . From Woodhouse Chartist Association 0 5 FOR WILLIAMS AND LEECH'S ELECTION EXPENCES From Morley 0 3 0
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Oldham . —The Whigs have , It seems determined to bring -forward Mr . J . B . Smith , of Manchester , as their candidate . Oar correspondent saya they may bring ¦ wh o they will , th « two well-tried members , Messn . Fielding eo 3 Johnson -wtU be retarx « i
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_ TiRKp B . —Look before you Lbae ! Oaf * h < J ^ KBALHir o # thb Liberals . "—Acapftai Wtat the M Bloodies , " by . Hick , the Chartist poet ; bnt yet no poetry . All sonnd , sober , prosy BenBe , well worth reading , and ought to be read by every body . It is sold for a halfpenny , and will be kept y » type for a week or two at oar office , to supply the country . Ancient Rojuns . —On Monday , this steadily progressing body opened a senate at the honse of Mr . Fleming , the Yorkshire Hussar Inn , York-street , when a number of respectable individuals were initiated , who , with the general officers of the society , spent the evening in the utmost conviviality . The name adopted by the new senate is " Constantine the Great . "
Fatal Accidxnt . —On Saturday last , an inquest was held at the Court Honse . before John 'Blackburn , Esq ., on the body of Join Dixon , of Oulton . The deceased was a whiting miller , employed at the ± leet Mills , near this town , and on Friday morning week , previous to commencing his work , wasengaged in oilmg some part of the ra&chhiery connected with a stamper . For this purpose he had » ladder to enable him to reach the more elevated . parts : and whilst standing on the ladder , it would , teem that it bad slightly slipped , which threw hint from bis position , and his hand was caught between two cog wheels . The whole of his fingers on onei&atid . were broken , and the haml itself much shaitefcedV He was taken at once to the Leeds Infirmary , whsre for some days he appeared to be recovering ; severe inflammation , however , supervened , and he dieclon Friday from the effects of his injuries . Verdict" Accidental death . "
t ^? *; r On Mond » y l * 8 t , a fellow named John Marvell , a cloth-dresser , residing in Spring-Stl fcFft iW ? ?? ught ***• Me 83 " - Musgrave and Nell , at the Court House , charged with a brutal assault , on his own son , an interesting look-£ i « «?* , ^ ° l a * - Th « Priaooe * went nome on Saturday night , between seven and eight o ' clock , in a state of intoxication , and as soon as he entered the house , he took a plate containing some provisions which had been saved for his dinner , and threw it under the lire grate . Upon seeing thil his wife , who knewfromsadexperiMwetheviolenceoftUs temper , left the house , . and Ids w » th then bjJst upon his unoffending child , who fiad been Jratto bed ; he struck him over the head and different parts of the body , with a fire-poker , and with a piece of wood , and to such an extent was his violence carried , that surgical aid was obliaed to be Bibtainorf
ana for some time it was doubtful whether the injuries would not terminate fatally ; it waa fortunate for the prisoner that such was not the casei Meanwhile the police were Bent for . and the chUdremoved and put to bed . The prisoner then being left alone in his house , went up stairs and attempted to set it on fire , and an alarm was soon raised thai smoke was issuing out of an upper window . A policeman then went m and found the prisoner laid all his length on the floor , and at onoe took him into custody , whilst another threw Borne water into the bed-room . It was fraad . tkat he bad < taken a shovel full of fire up ^ fBars , mod thrown some combustibles upon it , Jvhich bad a nanow escape of setting the pffiniaes on fire . These
circumstances were detailed , and the manner in which the unfortunate victim of brutal violence gave his evidence against his father , caused a thrill of horror in the court . The fellow having been asked what he had to say for himself replied that he did not know any thing about it—he was so drunk that he did not know what he did . Mr . Musgrave told him that did not at all lessen his crime ; he did not remember at any time having a more outrageous case brought before him , and the magistrates were sorry thoy could not inftict a more severe punishment than that whioh the law empowered them to do in such cases . They should , however , go to the full extent . He was then fined £ 5 , and in default of payment was sent to Wakefield House of Correction for two months .
STB . OTTD . —Civilitt and Truth-speaking Habits of M . P . ' s , Specially Interesting to the Electors of Stboud . —Mr . Martin , who was one of the deputation from the Petition Convention to the Hon . Members for thiB borough , Mr . Poulett Scrope and little Lord John , gives the following account of his mission : — " Four times we waited on the little Lord , and though it was at the hour of one in the afternoon , we were informed he was in bed , the place where the deputation found him when they waited on him in behalf of poor Frost , and when
he made use of ths following language : — The Privy Conncil have agreed to save his life ; but I am sorry , for it . ' We were told that his private secretary would send an answer to a circular which we left ; but it never came to hand . Now for Mr . Scrope . We called at his house at noon , when the servant said that he had ordered his horse , which would b f at the door at one o ' clock , and then he would hear what we had to Bay . We were there at the time , the horse was ready , bnt you will scarcely believe me when I tell you that his footman was instructed to say he was ill in bed . "
B ftB » BTJrg . —WgtTMs' Turkobx . —A ^ eefc ing was held on Monday , the 14 th inst ., to hear to ? report of the Committee . Evbiry " sati 8 faction was given by those men to their fellow-workmen . There appears every prospect of success , though it is entailing a great deal of distress upon poor workmen , who are only striving to protect their wages from the inroads of a tyrant . Tnere has been a uniformity of wages ever since two of our noble minded patriots were transported in 1821 . There was also a great meeting of the weavers of Dodworth , on Monday afternoon , when eloquent appeals were made by Meesr ^ . Shaw and Alexander , and all classes protested that they would support the weavers .
BRISTOL . —Ticket meeting 3 are the order of the day here , and the Whigs are trying all their arts to gull the trades into the support of Mr . Berkeley . A grand public meeting , on M Free Trade" principles was called for Monday night , in Ryan ' s Amphitheatre ; but , like ail other meetings of Ute , it was not only " tirketted , " bat packed with the dupe * of the " Plague , " in order that so inconvenient a subject as discussion might not find room to enter . It was also well guarded by ponce . Mr .
Cobdeii , of Manchester , of bludgeon notoriety , with his company of free traders , was in atcendanoe ; and , in one of his flowery , unmeaning speeohes , threw dust in tho eje = of his dupes , and blinded them to their own interest . Freo trade was declared to be the panacea for all the grievances under which we Iaoour . Mr . Berkeley was expected to show , but , though loudly called for , he did not come , and a promise w&i held out that he would be present on a future evening . The meeting then broke up .
KEXGH 1 VEV . —Easteb Dues . —The new Rector of KeighJey , Mr . Busfield , is at present favouring the inhabitants with a proof of bis sympathy for the poor , by adding to their thousand and one burthens that of Easter Dues . He avows himself a firm supporter of the Chureh as it is , and declares hiB determination to enforce its laws to the last , especially those which give him power over the purses of his parishioners . To prepare the way for this new claim , he sent round , some weeks ago , several females of his nock belonging to the middle class , who went into every house , hut , and cabin , kindly
inquiring after the welfare of the inhabitants , the number of tho children , the schools and places of worship they attended , with other particulars , all of which ( hey inserted in a book . It since turns out that these amiable wumen were employed by their reverend pastor in bringing him a correct account of ihe state of his fljok , preparatory to their undergoing the operation of the shears , as a collector is now going round informing the blind , lame , and starving that nothing can screen them from payment , and that distraints on iheir goods will certainly be made in case of a refusal . This commencement of
the ministerial duties of a man who has already between two and three thousand pounds a year , mor& t .- > picially at a time like the present , when few wjrking people can get the common necessaries of life , is certainly a mark of kindness many of the poor did not expect , and which they will long remember with becoming gratitude .
ASHTON . Melancholy Occubre nce . —On Saturday vrsek , during the confirmation held at St . Thomas ' s Church , Ashton , near Wigan , a very serious event took place , and which arose from a momentary unfounded report in the west gallery that it was giving way . This was about half-past six o ' clock , at which time the bishop had just concluded confirming the females , when a crack was heard in the western gal ' ery , as if from the back of one of the seats , occasioned by pressure ; this immediately caused an impression on the minds of several persons that the gallery was giving way under them , just in front where the organ ia situated . At ihe impulse of the moment , a general alarm was created , which was considerably heightened by one of the singers telling those standing near him that the gallery was giving way , and requested them to go out quietly ; which advice , unfortunately , was not followed . A
simultaneous rush instantly took place towards the gallery stairs , and , in the hurry and oonfusion to get out , numbers of females fell at the bottom of the stairs , and scores following hard on in the fright , also fell over them until the staircase was completely filled up , the females being literally piled one on the other nearly to the ceiling . The screaming at this moment was heart-rending ; but the police , after several ineffectual efforts , at last succeeded in extricating them from thejr awful p redicament . The whole of the persons remained jammed together for nearly twenty minutes , and the weight of so many from the upper part of the stairs pressing downwards rendered the situation of those underneath truly appalling . One aged female was so much injured that she died the same evening , but although a great number of others were seriously injured , they are all &S present in . ^ fair -way of recovery .
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\ * ' NEWCASTLE . Ma . Editor ,- ^ Bv giving insertion to the following oorretpoaieiMe * m wiU gwatly oblige the Chartiats of tttaitiWct - ¦ -- >• ¦ I r »« Ala , Sir , ; Tour * truly , . James Sinclair , Sab-Secretary .
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EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM MR . O'BRIEN , IN ANSWER TO ONE FROM MR . BOWMAN , OF CARLISLE . * Lancaster Castle , June 14 th , 1811 . ¦ Mr dear Bowman , —I have received yours of the 12 th instant , with the enclosed printed aditres . v ' and am most gratified to find by both that the men of Carlisle mean to do their duty to themselves and country at the approaching election . Now or never ( as I before observed ) is the time to strike an effective blow at both factions . If the unrepresented people let this opportunity slip through their
hands ,. they will sup sorrow for their neglect , and that for many a long dreary day I For , believe me , Bo wman , that unless we can accomplish at the coming elections , one or the other ot these two things—namely , either the admission of some fifty Chartist Members into the new House of Commons , or failing that , the ' creation of a obeat National Council , consisting of some 200 or 300 Chartist representatives of the people , openly and fairly elected by the show of hands at the principal , elections throughout the kingdom—unless , 1 say , we accomplish either or both of these objects at the coming elections , it is my decided opinion that a bloody revolution is not far distant .
If , however , we can accomplish either or both of these objects , the revolution may be averted , for then the millions will have a something to look to—a something to sustain Iheir fainting hopes , and stand betuxen them and despair—a something ' 0 induct them towailalittielonger , before abandoning all hope of legal and peaceable redress , they take iheir afairs into ( heir own hands , and resoit to the ultima ratio »/ armed force to right themselves If they can get some forty or fifty of their own friends into the House of Commons , it will be a sign that the upper and middle classes have at tost begun to recognise their just claims ; and that circumstance , as well as the hepe of seeing something done for them by the Parliamentary exertions of their newly-elected friends , will postpone , if not entirely extinguish , all schemes of a revolutionary character .
But if the two factions will not permit this—if neither ef them will coalesce , and split their votes with the Chartists , bo as to yield the latter & party in the House of Commons—in short , if the factions are determined to have the entire representation of the country to themselves , and to leave 6 , « 00 , 00 » of adult working men without any representation at all , then there will be but one sheet anchor for us—but one solitary plank between as and the fathomless gulf of revolution ; that plank is the Great National Council , to be elected by a show of hands .
This Council , as the depository of the nation's confidence , will at onoe serve as a constitutional raltying poivt for the outraged millions , and as a oarrier against revolution , by enabling them to carry on the war of right aga , iftftt their opprcaaoia , -without violating the
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law , or endangering the peace of society . Its business will be to negotiate with the Government ( in the name of the nation which has just clothed it with its confidence and authority ) an Act of Settlsment , which shall at onoe make the People ' s Charter the law of the land , and establish such guarantees for the protection of property , as will relieve both rich and poor from all apprehensions of want , or the fear « f want How that could be done , I have' already explained in some of oar conversations , when we met in Carlisle . Togo over the matter here , would occupy too much space , and , after all , would be only the opinion of one man . Besides , on the National Council would , of ceune , devolve the task of framing the Act of Settlement , and therefor * all we have to consider now is , how to render that Council as full and complete a representation of the people as possible .
It can be done only by every man doing his duty at the elections . Let every county , city , and borough have ita candidates ready to be put in nomination ; let no Chartist be absent from the hustings on the day of nomination ; let no Chartist hand be hold up for Whig or Tory on that day , bat let every Chartist hand be held up , when the show of hands is taken , for the Chartist candidate *; and thus let both factions be made to see , to their shame and sorrow , that they form but a miserable , despised fraction of the population . To save the future expence and inconvenience of having too many candidates elected , it might be well to have the same candidates , elected for two or more placet in the same county or disfriet Thus the same parties might represent Newcastle , Morpeth , and North Shields , in Northumberland ; and two other candidates Oateshead , South Shields , and Sunderland , in Durham . But the people themselves are the best judges on this point ; so to the people let us leave it .
Even if the National Council wvre not to meet when the new Parliament meets—were , it absolutely to do nothing after its election , every member of it remaining at home , and occupying himself as he does nowstill even on this hyp « besi « . it ia of the utmost consequence to have them elected ; for , we know not the moment , ( in critical times like these , } when the services of such a body may be required , to take advantage ot some national crisis , in behalf of the millions that elected them . Now , remember that in troubled times you can have no elections I—and that the only authority competent t » aet for the people in such times is the authority they have themselves created in time of peace . Under all circumstances , therefore , the existence of such a body as the projected National Council , is essentially necessary to our purposes at the prevent time .
I am extremely glad to see that the advice given by its Northern Star last week corresponds exactly with the substance of what I have suggested to my friends all over the country—including my former letters to yourself and Mr . Arthur , of Carlisle . By all means , I repeat , coalesce with either faction , that will bonafide coalesce with you , on terms of reciprocal advantage- — that is , on the conditions of splitting their votes with you , and giving you man for man iu the representation of the Borough . But if neither will split their votes with you , then down with both factions alike—setup your own candidate * , and look to none else , either before n after the election .
There is but one part of the Star ' s advice I regret to see—one part from which I dissent in toto . I mean the Editor ' s recommendation to support Tories against Whigs , in case the Chartists should not be able to return their own candidate . I cannot possibly concur in this advice , nor will any of my friends throughout the country . Our business , as Chartists , ia , I repeat , to disavow both factions alike , even as they have disavowed us , and to make no distinction whatever between them , saving where they choose to make the distinction themselves , by agreeing to coalesce and split their votes with our party . That is the only possible case in which we can recognise either faction without compromising our principles , and degrading ourselves as a party . What . ' vote fora Tory , merely to keep ouk a Whig ! Vote for a villain who waits to put down me , and my principles , and my party , by
brute foreff , merely to get rid of another villain who has tried the same game , and failed ! No ! d—n mei if I do . if I were to help either villain against the other , I should help the weaker villain , who has failed , rather . than the stronger one , who is about to cashier him for his failure , and to whom all that is black and blue in the land , looks for the suppression of Chartism . And as to the new hocus pocus policy of promoting Chartism by inundating the next House of Commons with Tory ism , I cannot find language capable of expressing my contempt for it . O'Connor is certainly mad . if hn imagines it for I am certain he conld never swallow such a gross lump of Cobbettism in a moment of sober reflection . It is contrary to all his former recorded opinions , and utterly at variance with the policy ho so ably and manfully followed up against the Liberator and Champion . Let the Chartists but once make common cause with the
Tories , no matter for what purpose , and that moment they annihilate themselves morally as a political party , and prepare the way for their physical extinction , by the very villains they would league with , covertly supported by the other villains they leagued against With what face could any Chartist hereafter ctmplata of Tory violence or Tory atrocity , ff he had bat lent a helping hand towards placing them in power , and that , well-knowing all the time , that their principal object in getting power was to crush him and exterminate his principles by the force of hired assassins ? I tell you , Bowman , that the Chartist who votes for a Tory , unless that Tory votes f » r him , Is either a fooror '" * traltdr . Down wr » f both feetloruM —and no distinction !—that should be our cry . Yours , &c James B . O'Brien .
[ We give two letters from Mr . O'Brien this week , — all we have room for . By the last paragraph above , it will be seen that Mr . O'Brien does not agree in the recommendation of the . SVarand Mr . O Cannor , as to the course to be pursued by Chartist voters at the approaching election . It is only by placing all opinions before the people that they can come to discreet conclusions , as to the course most likely to be profitable to their own cause . The Star and Mr . O'Connor but approved of that course of action which the people ef Nottingham decided npon adopting ; and in favour of which nearly the unanimous voice of the people has been expressed—and the effect of which has been the affording the people that opportunity which the whigs would have cheerfully deferred . The Nottingham election haa
caused a dissolution of Parliament—the Nottingham election has caused the break-up of the only Ministry that has held power under what may be called the Reformed Constitution of this country ; and whose acts should consequently not be compared with the acts of those whose power the Reform Bill was to strangle ; and we regret exceedingly to find that what Nottingham so wisely resolved and acted upon , and what the people , the Star , and the Convention so highly approved of , should meet with the disapprobation of any Chartist If any defence of the Star and Mr . O'Connor were necessary , we should only be justified in using that defence , if either had acted in contruvention to the public will ; but what was our situation ? what was our duty ? and how have we
discharged it ? are the questions for popular solution . Our situation was this : some defined opinion was required at our hands . Our duty in delivering thit opinion was to take care that we compromised none of our own principles ; and to weigh wherein our opinion * and those of the country harmonised or clashed . How did we discharge that duty ? Thus : the country appointed a Convention of thirteen persons , having their full and undivided confidence . We placed our own opinions in abeyance until we should hare been in possession of the digest of the national will , through the only national representative body in existence . That digest we pave—luminous , splendid , all-comprehensive , and convincing as it was : and we honestly confess that it
must have been a strong leaning upon our side which the arguments therein contained would not kav « removed . But it so happened that our views and tbo vjews of the Convention in no wise differed . Hence the charge against Mr . O'Connor and the Star should be for having cheerfully foliowed and zealously worked out the unanimous opinion and express recommendation of that body , and we imagine that reference to dates will ' prove that while we were merely engaged in the organisation of publi * opinion and its preparation for acting upon the advice of the Convention , thu Convention was in a higher stage and preparing for the direction of public opinion . Now , suppose the Star and Mr . O'Connor , even had they differed from the Convention , to have flown in the face of the National Representatives ,
would not both have been justly chargeable with intolerance and despotism ? We regret exceedingly that any one act of ours , of Mr . O'Connor , or of the Convention , should have failed to command the entire approbation of so bold , so zealous , so able , 80 unflinching , and , upon almost every occasion , so uniformly discreet a teacher as Mr . O'Brien . However , if we had but the alternative of acting upon the opinions and recommendations of Mr . O'Brien , or the Convention , and if our opinions were to form the balance , and were they even unsettled , we have no hesitation in declaring that wo would at once throw those opinions into tb » national scale . That we have done ; and it will be for the people to decide how far they will follow the recommendations of the Convention , supported by O'Connor and the Star .
They will on ttiia subject , as we ever wish tfeaito do on all—take their own well-considered course —but we tell them that if they suffer themselves to be led away from their determination to teat down the " bloodies" at all hazards , they will Utterly repent it ]
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HoLiaNGWORTH . —Mr . William AHkin , of Ashton , schoolmaster , will lecture at the Chartist Meeting Room , on Sunday , the 20 th instant ; and Mr . Batterworth , from iVianchcster , on Thursday , the 24 th instant . South Lancashire . —Mr . James Leech will lecture at the following places : —On Sunday , June 20 ch , at Brown-street , Manchester ; Monday , 21 st , at Hyde ; Tuesday * 22 d , at Staley Bridge ; Wednesday , 23 d , at Milne-row ; Thursday , 24 th , at Oldharu ; and on Friday , 25 th , at Shaw . , r ,
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Pewsbuby . —Mr . George Julian Harney will deliver alecture in the Market-place , on Sunday , the 20 th of June , at six o ' clock in the evening . Subject : Priestcraft the cause of the ignorance and slavery of mankind . , , , Heckmosdwikb . —Mr . Harney will address the people on Monday , the 21 st of June , in the Marketplace . Bradfobd . —Mr . Harney will address the people on Tuesday , the 22 d of June . Upper Wortlet . —Mr . Harney will address the people on Saturday , the 19 th of June ;
Bishop Auckland and West Atjcki ^ and . —Mr . Williams will lecture at those places , as announced in . last week's Star , if not required to go to Leeds . Wilwick . —On Monday next , if the weather permit , Mr . ' Skevington will address the men of Wilwick at one o'clock at noon ; and the men of Sheepshead at six o ' clock , p . m . Chesterfield . —A social tea meeting takes place on Tuesday , the 29 th instant , in the Meeting Room , Hill-side . Tickets , ninepence each , may be had of Mr . Moore , Bedlam ; Mr . Mattm * Market-squar * ; Mr . Ellis . Market-square ; MitStarker , Lord ' s-millstreet ; Mr . M'Donald , Braifton ; and Mr . W . Martin , Hill-side . It is particularly requested that all friends will make early application , as the Bam--ber of tickets will Delimited . Several friendsfront Sheffield will be present , and arrangements are making for the services of the Derbyshire Chartist missionary for that day .
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Newcastle / 3 rd June , 1841 . SlB , —I was instructed , at a paWic meeting of the inhabitants of this town , to request you to become a candidate for the suffrage of Newcastle-upon-Tjne at the anticipated election . The committee are busy canrawing the electors , several hundreds of whom have promised to support whatever candidate , of Chartist principles , may be brought forward . An answer at your earliest convenience , stating the terms npon which you would accept of our invitation , will greatly oblige . ' Sir , Tours truly , in the cause of truth , James Sinclair , Secretary . To James Bronterre O Brien , Esq ., Lancaster Castle . MB , O ' BIUEN'S ANSWER . Lancaster Castle , June « fch , 1841 . Mv dear Sir , —I have this moment received your very flattering and gratifying communication , and lose not a moment in replying to it By all means , and at allhaurds , take advantage of toe forthcoming general election , to procure , if possible , a real national representation for the country ; and tell the memjf Newcastle , it affords me infinite gratification to find tier * so vigorously alive to the true interests and honomr of their town , as to ba amoDgsirtfae first to « aen . practically , the right of the non-electors to a Call participation in the benefits of representative gorornmeat . - Now or never is the time to strike an Beetive blow for th « liberties of the people ; and if
the men of Newcastle will only do , what you say they are preparing to do , they will have sounded the death knell of tfraony for ever , and covered themselves with imaortal ^ ory . Tell them , by all means , that my servicw art at ^ nolr disposal , for whatever kind of work the * may cu $ out for me , provided it involve no compromise of " principle , or deviation from the great chapter , to which we all atand pledged ; and tell thfWjklso that , with the exception of Brighton , there iaiaw an « ther town- ia the ' United Kingdom 1 would be nfotkjprottd to represent than the spirited town of NaweaiUe-dpoa-T / ne , although there ; are upwards of twenty towns in the kingdom that would prefer me for their 'representative to any other man in the country , excepting Feargus O'Connor . Newcastle , 1 believe , seeds two Members to Parliament ; more than nine-tentbs of its Inhabitants are small tradesmen ,
mechanics , and working men , who , although the real authors of whatever prosperity the town enjoys , are wbojtty unrepresented in feelings and Interests by eithej , or both , of the present sitting members!—this must no . longer be . j Tis perfectly infamous that only one-tenth part of $ puY population composed of land and house lords , ship-owners , merchants , usurers , lawyers , brokers , and parsons—fellows who would ¦ wallow up ten timefe more than you all produce , ( If they could get it , ) without yielding you any corresponding advantage , and still be unsatisfied and ungrateful— 'tis perfectly infamous , I say , that this grasping , heartless , workless fraction of your population , should have two representatives , while you , the industrious nine-tenths , constituting the worth and
strength of your town , should have no representative at all ! II In God and the people's name , then , put an end to this abominable anomaly at the forthcoming election . Unless either of the two ruling factions will agree to coalesce and split votes with yon , so as to give you man for man , i . e . member for member , oppose both aUk * upon the hustings ; return yeur own men by show of hands , and stict by them when you have return > 8 them , resolved to recognise no other as your n liiU ^ inl ' iHn 11 If , for instance , you return me , for want W a better , I pledge myself to stick by you to the dAtfth , m > long as you stick by me ; and if the rest of tbe . country will not go and do likewise , they may goto theD—1 , for they will deserve to die as they have lived , miserable , unpitied slaves . Oh ! if the Chartist press would but give up their dirty , jealous ,
personal squabbles , and for once act an honourable , manly part , how soon we should see four hundred good men and true , ready to take the field , and be put in nomination , and beat both { actions , on every hustings , at tha approaching elections ! But , may hap , it is not yet too late . Let the men of Newcastle , at all events , set them a good example . L « t the brave men of the Tyne set the ball a-going with spirit , and may-hap , notwithstanding all the folly and treachery we have experienced , the game may be taken up by the men of Sanderland and Durham , who will kick the ball into Yorkshire and Lancashire , who will kick it again into the midland disiriots , and so on , till it rolls along southwards into London , and thence right into St Stephen's Chapel , where , I trust , it will carry speaker , mace , and all , before it !! !
Until I hear from you again , and know more of ypnr condition and prospects , I can offer no further suggestions as to . the course you should pursue . I shall expect , however , to hear from you soon again , and nianwhile be pleased ^ to convey my affectionate re-Mrd and sincere thanks to the men of Newcastle , for fij khonour they have done me , and the gratifying proof ! £ » y * fca ~ ve givftS '^ t ^ tbe Jfettfidjenc * reposed ia n »«—* confidence of « & ! & I ftpl most proud to be the depository , and which , I nope , they shall never have cause to regret as misplaced . Please also to inform them that I should instantly issue an address to them through the newspapers , but that , through an unexampled stretch of despotism , I am cnt off from all communication with the press . But more of this when I write again . Meauwbile , I remain , My dear Sir , Very sincerely your ' s James Bronxerre O'Brien . To Mr . James Sinclair .
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1 , The Chartist Election Committee mot last night , to hear the report of the correspondence with the gentlemen whom the Secretary was instructed , at the public meeting , on the 27 th ultimo , to request to become candidates for the Suffrage of Newcastle , at the ensuing election . Air . Scott , of Ouseburn , being called to the chair , the Secretary read Mr . O'Brien's affirmative answer , as above ; Mr . V . Sankey ' s negative , assigning as a reason his pre-eogagement by the electors of Marylebone ; and Mr . Watkins's negative , io which he very minutely drew a picture of what that House must of necessity be when sent there under the present system . Mr . Hall then moved , and Mr . Bruce seconded , " That James Bronterre O'Brien , Esq ., and Mr . John Masca ,
be the candidates for the town of Newcastle , at the anticipated election . "—Carried . Mr . Sinclair moved , and Mr . Crothers seconded , "That the Secretary be Instructed to send a copy of his * letter to Mr . O'Brien , and Mr . O'B . ' s answer , to the Northern Star , requesting them to insert the same "—Carried . Mr . Sinclair moved , and Mr . Frankland seconded , " That this meeting adjourn until Monday evening , the 14 th inst ., at half-past seven o ' clock ; and that a deputation be appointed to wait npon Messrs . Richard Ayre , M . S . Dodds , J . Turnbull , D . France , J . Blakey , J . Allison ; W . Byrne , T . Hume , W . Graham , Thomas Gray , Thomas Horne , Win . Atkins , J . B . Owen , anil Wm . Cook , requesting their co-operation on that occasion . "Carried . 1 James Sinclair .
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