On this page
- Departments (4)
- Adverts (5)
-
Text (12)
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
-
In the Press, and'speedily will be published, Price 3J.
-
NEGLECTED EDUCATION.—People's Edition
-
Untitled Article
-
tforfhcfimmz Cparttgt jtT«ttu2P
-
WLove Wo\m% aaotnotd
-
Untitled Article
-
Untitled Article
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
Untitled Ad
THS POOR MAN'S COMPANION : OR POLITICAL ALMANACK FOR 1842 , nONTAINING , in addition to the nsnal Almanack \ J Matter in the Calendar , tho Epochs of the Chartist Agitation , the Dates of the Spy Outbreaks at Newport , Dewabury , Bradford , and Sheffield ; the trial , conviction , sentence , and transportation , of Frost , Williams , and Jones ; tho trials , sentence , incarceration , and liberation , of F . O'Connor , Esq , for libel ; and the trials' and imprisonments of J . B . O'Brien , and other Chartist Leaders . | In addition to this is given , in a tabular form , valuable information as to th 9 quantity of Land in the United Kingdom , cultivated , uncultivated bat capable of improvement , and unprofitable waste ; capabilities of the Soil of Great Britain to support three or four times its present popul&tten ; summary of the resources of Great Britain ; summary of tho Members of both Houses of Parliament ; habitable surface and population of the earth ; population , per square mile , of each country In Europe ; comparison of the number and income of the productive and unproductive classes of society ; nutritious matter in food ; the number of the religious denominations ot the world ; and an abstract of the Report of the Registrar-General of England , showing tho vast superiority , In point of health and longevity of tbe rural over the manufacturing districts , and the deplorable state of ignorance of a vast proportion of the couples married during the year ending June 30 , 1840 . These Statistics are followed by the official statement of the Amount of Taxes wrung from the industry of the People during tho years 1838 , 1839 , and 1840 , shewing In each year the excess of Expenditure over Income ; also the amount of Taxes raised during tho year endingOcfc . 10 th , 1841 , and the official statement of their general expenditure . The Application of the Taxes is shown by detailed statements of the cost of " Royalty" per day ; the amount and annual coat of the ' National Ddbt ; " the cost of the " Queen ' s Ministers ; " cost o ? " Law , " in the annual salaries of the Judges ; cost of " Standing Army , " and amount of " D ; ad Weight , " wfch thy pickings by the Parsons out of the Army Estimates ; cost of •* Navy , " cost of " Police ; " cost of " Ciims ;" cost of" Education ; " cost of " Church ; " and th 9 cost of " Espionage and Spyism . " In addition to tke above is also given
Untitled Ad
TBE BLAGS LIST OF STATE PAUPERS , Classified and analyzed , setting forth the sum each one receives annually from the Tax ^ -8 ground out of the bones and sinews of the Poor , ( who are " thrown upon their own resoutaes" ); and the total amount each one has received from the date of grant up to the year 1841 . Next follows ihe Condition of the People who pap the Taxes ( ao heartlessly and infamously squandered on parasites and w , ) as depicted by official personsiges and those who deny the poor political power . The whole compiled from Parliamentary and ethsr documents , By JOSHUA HOBSON , Publisher of the Northern Star . * * One of the best classified and most complete and cheap Political Almanacks ever offered to the notice of tho public , m ^ ... , Price only Three-pence ! Sixty-fonr pages of beantiful Letter-press , atitahed in » Cover } _ to Advertisement * received for stitching up with the Book . In the Press also < and peedily will be published , price One Penny , a Second Edition ot No . 1 of THE IABOCRER' 8 LIBRARY . Containing Cobbetfa famous Article on the ¦ «• Right " of the Poor to the Suffrage of the Peopte'a Charter . " In the Press also , a Second Edition of Mr . O'Connor's excellent pamphlet on the QUESTION OF THE LAND j Forming Nos . 2 and 3 of Labourer ' s Library , an * sold for 2 d . Leeds : Printed fey J . Hotaon , Northern Star Office ; Published in London by J . Cleave , Shoe-lane , Fleet-street ; In Manchester by A . Hey wood . Oldham-street ; and in Glasgow by P . iton and Love , Nelson-street .
Untitled Ad
TTISTOIIY OF CHARTISM , —ThiB work will JlI be Published in Weekly Numbers , at Ono Penny each ; and ia Monthly Parts , at Fourpence each ; byJ . Watkins , 9 , Bull-Yard , Temp ! e-Bar , London ,
Untitled Ad
. —Sew Edition , considerably augmented , priee 2 a . fid . bound in doth . ftOMPOSmON and PUNCTUATION , fami-V li&rly . explained , for those who have neglected the study of grammar . By Justin Bbenah . So much has been added that the present edition may be considered as almOBt a new work . ** We confidently recommend his book to those whose early education has been negleoted , and who are now afraid to enter upon all the difficulties of grammar . We shall ourselves present copies of it to several mechanics and others in whose progress we take aa interest . " —Edinburgh Literary Journal . London : EffinghamWHson , 18 , Bishopsgate-artreet within .
Untitled Ad
CANCER , SCIkRHUS , TUMOUR OF EVERY „• . VARIETY , FISTULA , &O .. &O . Successfully treated without ihe use ef the Knife . A LL Scrofulous diseases and every other form of xX-malady which resist the common or regular methods of treatment are also effectually oured by J . L . Ward , professor of Medical Surgery , 18 , Trafalgar-street , Leeds , and 1 , Liverpool-street , Oldfield Road , Salford , Manchester . Notwithstanding that extraordinary efforts are now being made to inspire the public with confidence in tho established moties of medical practice , and that numbers of tbe afflicted are thereby deceived by interested and designiDg parties ; it is a fact well known to the intelligent portion of the community , that tbe science of mediciuo has been hitherto inadequate , difficult , and contradictory . It therefore follows as a consequence , and is equally evident that tbe practice of Surgery is not ouly intfikient , but from a deplorable ignorance of remedial agency cas become reduced to a system of mere mechanical contrivances and expedients , which instead of affording relief , enormously increase the evils thatafBctsociety . This is shown by the practice of medical magnates in every quarter , whose "operations , " especially ia Cancer , are of such a nature , that it has become of more importance to rescue the unfortunate sufferers from their knives , than even from the ravages of disease ; Iu the treatment of the above maladies , Mr . Ward ' s system forms as decided a contrast , to that humbug quackery , called " keening , " as it does to the knife , bein ^ r founded upon the true Ana logical , as well , as Pathological Principles of Medical Sukgebv , embracing thereby a varied and extensive combination of remedial agents , which removes every form of malady without caustics , catting , ot even causing loss of blood , . and offering to all who make a timely application Usafe , easy , and effectual cure , as also to those whose constitutions may have been shattered by disease , or m » i-tre < utnent , the only rational hope of relief . The following cases and cures have been selected from a great number as references , and will be regarded as so many proofo , not only of the preeminence of Mr . Ward's professional ability , but also as an exposition of the Ignobancb and Quackert of those Regul&b Practitioners , whose medical knowledge just consists of the absurd theories and defective modes of practice taught at the schools , and will also be found a sufficient answer to all who believe in the College and tho Grinder as the only , pure , efficient , and legitimate source of medical information . Sarah Horsfield , Illfngworth Moor , Ovenden , at the age of 19 , had her left breast cat off for Cancer , October 30 th , 1830 , at the Halifax Dispensary . She applied to Mr . W . in January , 1831 , being in great distress , ^ the disease having returned in tbe right as well aa . in the left breast , and her system so shattered from the operation , that when she endeavoured to walk she leaned to the left side half bent to the ground , and was in such a deplorable state that she frequently fell into swoons , every one of which was expected to be her last , and had violent palpitations or' the heart , with other symptoms which indicated a broken up constitution , tthe was sooa relieved from this dreadful state by Mr . W . ' scMedicine , and the disease removed by his usual methods , performing a cure , and leaving the right breast perfect and free from the malady , which remai&s &o to the prt sent time . A splendid cure was also performed on Mrs . Priestley , Edgo End , Ovendsn , in 1834 , who wag afflicted with a Cancerous Tumour of the breast , which was an enormous sizo , after it had defied the iffurts of the most eminent of the Halifax Doctors . Mrs . Murgatroyd , Little Horton , near Bradford , wbo was cured ol Cancerous Tumour of the breast seven years ago , is also wishful to be referred to . Mrs . Siddy , 23 , Portland-street , New town , Manchester , aged 62 , had an : increasing Tumour in ouo of her breasts for six years which has lately been removed root and branch , and is preserved to be seen by one who may call upon her . Thefollowing are farther illaatations of the efficacy of Mr . W . ' s modes of oure : — "Mrs . Thompson , Patricroft , wife of Mr . Thompson , overlooker on the Manchester and Liverpool Railway , was afflicted for nine years with an increasing tumour in one of her breasts , which , was at times very painful ; and having known of many dreadful consequences of catting aad 'keening , ' she suffered great uneasiness of mind , not KnowiDg where or whom to apply to . Having knownof the great celebrity of Mr . W . ' s late father in Dumfries , but especially in the oure of these diseases , she most readily availed herself of Mr . W . 's first visit to"Manchestsr , about three years since , and was immediately put under such treatment that renovated her health , and dispersed this formidable tumour without even breaking the skin !!' "Mrs . Maria Cope , Lomax-street , Great Ancoatsstreet , Manchester , was amoted for three ye ^ ra " with a tucgour in one breast , which had , daring that period , grown to a great size , and at times gave much pain . It was also dispersed , by the power of remedial agents , without incision or breaking the skin . " BrONCHOCELE OR SOFI TuMOUB OF THE NECK . — An amiaole young lady of a highly respectable family in the county of Carlow , Ireland , who had very delicate health from childhood , and afflicted with the above complaint , with great oppression at the chest , feeble pulse , cough , && < i indignation , eame to Safford some time since , and was placed tmder Mr . W . ' s professional care , by a brother-who is aa eminent medical character , after he had first satisfied himself , of the efficacy of Mr . W . ' s thorapeutics . Her malady had resisted all kuown remedies aad plaus of treatment under medical practitioners of the highest celebrity . Since her return home , she writes as follows : — " I feol much stronger and better than ever I felt in mylife . . Send ma socaa more pills , they have been ef very great uso to my stomach . " Her father at . the same time writes thus : — ' *; Dt ' ai ? Sir , It must bo gratifyiug to you , as it is a cause of thankf ' ulne&s to my daughter and myself , to bo able to say that a manifest improvement has taken place , not only in her general health , but in the lump that was the immodiate object of your attention , being considerably lessened . I trust that the improvement will still continue under your care , and that yon will send her a fresh supply of your medicine , " &c—On application to Mr . W . the original may oe seen . Many cures of Cancer of tho Tongue can also be refensd to . Mr . John Wood , Goniersa ) , near Leeds , had an operation pesforEaed on his tongue , which only increased this dreadful disease , ilia cure was effected in a short time , and is of four y earb ' standing . Mr . W . ' s days of attendance are every Tuesday in Leed 3 , aiid Thursday and Friday , a ; No . 1 , Liverpool-street , Oldfield Road , Salford .
Untitled Article
BXBMD 5 TGHAH . —Chartist Mseuxg at SifiELHOBBS-LiKE . —A meeting of members of the N&iioaal Chattel Association ( who have lately established & meeting place at the Ship Inn , Steelhouse-iane } , was held on Tuesday evening 2 as $ , Mr . Swanel Da viain the chair . The greatest harmony prevailed dazing the evening . lae . basiaess of the evening took place in s conversational tone , various suggestions were thrown oat as to ( be beet method of spreading a knowledge of Chartist principles , such is distributing Chartist tracts , and establishing sectional meetings in various parts of the town . The proprietor of ( be Fox , ia Swallow-street , offered his larg e room for the accommodation of a meeting , and it was agreed that a meeting should be held ihere on Monday evening ,, vhe 31 st of October ; escdoual meetings are also held at the Domestic Coffee House , Hearietta-stree ^ , every Thursday ereuiag ; anoicer is sbont being formed in Diiddestoa and Kicheils , and
it is contemplated to form sectional places of meeting in all parts of the town , on the saue plan as that which was practised previous to the passing of the-Reform Bill . Messrs . Mason , Eames , Styles , White , Foliowea , and Davis , took part in the proceedings , after which the meeting separated . The association is increasing rapidly in Birmingham , and nothing ia required so much asa large hall in a central position . Deixgate Mbetisg . —A delegate meeiing will be held at the Chartist room , Freeman-Btreot , on Monday , October 31 st , at twelve o ' clock , to arrange for procuring signatures to the national petition , and the election of delegate to the forthcoming Convention ; , all places are requested to send a delegate , especially those marked out by the executive , as belenging to the Birmingham district . None should omit attending , as business of the greatest importance will be brought forward . The affairs connected with the leernrer will also be transacted .
Feost , Williams , and Jokes , —This committee held their meeting on Tuesday evening last , Mr . Thorn in the chair . A soiree for the benefit of the committee ' s funds was agreed upon , to be held , it is expected , on the 28 th December , being the Tuesday after Christmas day . A Tea PaBTJT akd Bjlll will be he'd at the Social Institution . Lawrencj-street , on Tuesday erenisg , November 16 , 1841 , for the benefit of Mrs . Roberts , tickets b . each , ween 1 hope to realise the greater portion that will be wanted to place this poor widow in a way to get her own living . In the mean time ,
any subscription however small , wui be tnaiifciuiiy received , by , Sir , yGur very obliged servact , JiUiS Guest , 93 , Steeihouse-lane , Birmingham . Cash received to par chase a mangle . B . d . Georpe Bloomer .. 0 6 A Friend , Warwick 1 0 Sub-treasurer , Kidderminster 1 0 Mr . Baker , two subscriptions 2 0 Mr . Cleave , London - 2 6 Chancery Prisoner in the FleeJ— . „ .. 2 6 Charter Association in the parish of St . Luke ' s , London 10 0 Mr . Harding , London . 0 6
£ 10 0 BAEJTSZiETT . —An adjonrsed meeting of the ratepayers took place on th « Hih iust ., in the Coon House , when the commissioners agreed to sit in a private room , to hear the parties that appealed against the window tax . Archdeacon Corbett presided . The first case called was that of Mr . Peter Hoey , who refused to go into bis case in a private room , -when Dr . CorbeU told him if he p-rBisted , he would confirm the rate against him . Hoey told the meeting what took place inside , and they refused to have their cases tried in a private room . The result was that the commissioners adjourned for two months .
Untitled Article
MR . O'CONNOR'S ROUTE . Mr . O'Connor will be at Stirling on thi 3 day ( Saturday , the 23 rd ) , when he will address the people in the evening , according to the request of the Chariists of Stirling . He wishes to meet some person from Alloa there , in order that he may be informed of their proceedings . He will be at Alloa on Monday , the 25 th ; at Dumferline on Tuesday , the 2 Sjh : at Dundee on We ^ tesday , the 27 ih : at
Aberdeen on Friday , the 29 : h ; and at Cupar on Monday , 1 st November . He will address the people , of Kirkaldy on Tuesday , the 2 nd , ( at any hour they may appoint . ) on hi 3 way to Edinburgh ; where he will address the people on the evening of the same day , the 2 ad , On Wednesday , the 3 rd , he will go to LasEwade ; on Friday , the oth , to Dumfries ; on Saturday , the 6 : h , to Carlisle ; on Monday , the 8 : b , to Newcastle ; and to Snnderland , on Tu . esda . jy tae 9 jh .
Mr . O'Connor haa reeehred several letters request ' ing him to remain a week in the neighbourhood of Dundee , for the purpose of addressing thepeople in the neighbourhood ; but thia his friends will see wonld be impossible at the present time . Winter is now ccmiDg on and the work would be both arduous and dangerous . In reply to a correspondent from Stockton , Mr . O'Connor begs to say , that he had intended to visit that town and will do so , but not in Ins present tccr . He suggests the propriety of ealliug all meetings forthe purposeof petitioning Parliament .
Mr . O'Connor writes ns to say , that the organisation of the Seoien Chartists and the difference of ths Scotch middle classes in all towns where steam has not yet gained an ascendancy , as contrasted with the middle classes of England , is most striking . He writes in the most encouraging terms of the progress of the cause , and sayB that in such a work he could labour without fatigue for twenty-three honrs in the twenty-four . He sends his best love to hi * English friends , and hopes to return with a valuable freight of information .
Untitled Article
Cttt 07 Lotook . —Mr . Watkias will preach here on Sunday se ' nnisht , on " The necessity of union in the cause , and of vigilance to preserve union . " Loxdos . —Mr . Goocfellow will lecture on Sunday , Oct . Sfch , at the Charter Coffee-house , Shetton Ground , Westminster . Me . Wheeler will lecture on Sunday , Oct . 24-. h , at ine Ln : wd Unr ^ -house , George-street , Chelsea . Mb . Stallwood will leciore on Tuesday , Ocrober Ana , at Mr . V . Eton ' s Temperance Hotel , Hackney . WnwoBTH . —Mr . Wild win lecture at the 'Joan of . arc , corner of Park-place , East-sireet , Waiworts , on Wednesday the 27 th inst . - ^~
¦ a ^ a l t- Eal 13 ^ lec : ure »* the Chartist na > , l , Ltina \ Salk , on Sunday evening , at * even o ciock . Mr . Wheeler will lecture at the above place on Tuesday , at eigii ; o ' clock . Lxcicue . —Mr . We , Btnbow will lecture at the Hom ^ Men ' s Hail , Circus-street , New Road , ¦ aia rr : tDone , on Sucd ^ y evening , as half-past Cm o ? L 05 E 05 . —A le < rire will be delivered on xcuraay evctmg , Oc :. 28 . b , ami every succeedi ' s * ADursaay evening , at the Chartist Hall , 55 , Oiri £ * - * 7 . under tea superintendence of the London S ? ^ . ehiir to be taken at eight With their tyrannical and fanatical oppressors . Kr 5 SrEE
Sw ^ - ~ Mr Goodfellow wiU lecture on oaiicay eveaing neir . at ^ ' ^ ' 1 ^ - ^ 3 ^ - S ^ rj Vincen t will lec ture Ort 2 £ ? ' ^ "day ( ih-S day ) , the- 23 rd of Safe ? £ *?** ° - : ock iD tbe eT "" a « . Also at w SaS » r ^? l Bath Baildill « . HuddersSeld , af ' , ^ ' ^ e 24 -b ' at half-pan two o'dock in the « . ernoon , aidat aalx-past six o ' clock in the evening Admi ? See 7 id ! > ^ ^ dalie 5 ° f the P 60 ^" ds ?? i ' Fssnr ^ - --Tbe inhabitants of Hudvft-1 , t aiia ItS T ! cmi ; y « e informed that a festival ttr i , >^ V * ' " * bononr of that indomitable gv not o-Bnen , on Sunday , Monday , and Tuesday , KoTfcih S r ^ 5 ber « aQd th * llS ' aiid 2 nd oays of irSrf ; ^ » iree will take place on Monday « - »** , the 1 st day of November . Tickets , ladies , £ a- - £ ¦ Brsy f , tlie Secretary , West Parade , and tt-A ^ ociatjon Boom and a the Hail of Science
, . be h ? dTSiIKLD-~ A dislrict de ] e « at « mcetiB e "HI oebe . a on bunoay next , at five o ' clock in the after-SSndXA b £ mi * ilr - Thomas Andrew , the iSSw ^ n , ^ l " ^ wben delegites from fSS-. ' H ^ h Liad ^ ey , Paddock , Marsden , 52 £ AwLi ?" 1 ? onle ^ ^^ Shelly V ^^ , ^ 011 ^ ^ ' ^ 9 Um , Kirkbeaton , and rJvL ?^ l ted to attend , as business of the frt vert importance is to be laid before them . J- . ^ f ^ .--Mr Edward Clayton , of Huddersfield , * m wmre at Halifax , on Sunday next , at half-put two o .-iloek in the afternoon , when a collection will to . *• ' / i ^ forthc ° nui > g eonrention . All classes are requited to attend . Discussion inTited . " Stoi s ^ 'GLET .-Three sermons wiU be preached a the b-a omngley Universal Suffrage Association « oom , Pm Wwe-hiU , on Sunday ; that in the mornaf £ teI 1 v C V ° , ' ^ M 2 " - J 05 * ?* Aldereon ; in the i Aiiuuiaa at
"^ j *•"• i . oot 35 * on , at naii-pasi J ^ i tH , ? ' T-S ^ ' £ ix o ' clock , by Mr . J & = eph Aldv : ; n'Di of Bradford . ain * * - ^ " - ^ keTin ^ ° n will lecture here on f ^ Qay and Mol day evenings . —There will be a tea £ xf u h ? R 0 nr 1 f ° 'Brien ° * Tuesdsy evening , f ' Mr . Hail ' s Tea . perance Ccffee House , Call Lane . 5 , ° « y tickets osly are isgaed . The company will Mjourn ficm iheEce lo tbe Music Hall
Untitled Article
Fiksbbxt . —A public meeting of the C&astista of Finsbury , and others , will take place at Lunt ' s Cofba House , Clerkenwell Green , on Monday evening next , for the purpose of deciding who shall be the representatires of Finsbury on the 'Middlesex Delegate Council . Oar inestimable friend Benbow is expected to deliver a lecture , Fin&bury must be up and doing . Wandswobth . —Mr . Morton will lecture at Fox ' s , Frogmore , on Wednesday evening , as eight o clock , on the present distressed state of the country . Hukslet . —Mr . Smith will preach on the evils of disunion , at Hnnslet , on Sanday evening , at six o ' clock . Salfokd . —Mr . Campbell will lecture in the Charter Association Room , Great Grove-street , on Sanday next , » t half-past six o ' clock ia the evening .
Holukwood . —There will be a camp meeting here on Sunday next , at half-past two , near the Cut Bridge . Several friends from Manchester and Oldham will be present . Doncastes —On Sunday next , Mr . John Waller will lecture on the right of woman to the franchise . LiHEHorsB . —Mr . Ridley will leoture at the Schooibrow , Limehouse Causeway , on Tuesday evening , Oct . 26 th . Delegate Mbetikg . —The adjourned delegate meeting as Se ^ hul will be resumed at North Shields on Sunday . Nov . 1 st . The delegates are to meet at the Railway Iod , North Shields , at ten o ' clock in the morning precisely , and to go from there to the place of meeting .
Nehcastle-upos-Ty . ve . —An address will be delivered in the Chartist Hall , Goat Inn , Cloth Market , at seven o ' clock in the evening of Soaday next , the 24 th instant . The East Riding Lectcbkb . —Mr . Skevington ' s engagement as East Riding lecturer having for the present terminated , h . e begs to apprise hie friends in Yorkshire that he purposes Visiting Bradford on Tuesday the 26 th instant ; Halifax , on Wednesday the Zi ft ; Huddersfield , on Thursday the 28 . fa ; Doncaster , on Friday tbe 29 . h ; and Rotherham , on Saturday the SCLh . He will be happy to receive the addresses of the secretaries resident at the above places—tne samo to be Bent to oar office by Monday next .
West Hiding —A West Riding delegate meeting will be held on Sunday , Oct . 31 st , at ten o ' clock in tbe forenoon , in the Chartist Association Room , near the Co-operative Stores , Dewsbury . It is hoped that as many delegates as possible will be in attendance . The propriety of establishing a delegate fund will be taken into consideration . Mr . John West , of Macclesfield , has been engaged aa the West Riding lecturer , who will commence his tour as soon as the necessary arrangements have been completed . It is particularly requested that aU places in the riding will immediately forward their quota of the levy ( lid . per member ) , and all arrears to the secretary .
Dew ; bcbt . —The members of the National Charter Association are requested to attend at their meeting room , on Tuesday evening next , October 26 th , to have their cards reaewed . Business of importance will be brought before the meeting . To commence at eight o ' cloch Mb . James Ddfft ' s Toca . —Mr . Duffy will lecture at Wigan on Tuesday the 26 : h instant ; at Chorley , on Wednesday the 27 th ; at Preston , on Thursday the 28 ; h ; aud Lancaster , oa Monday tbe 1 st of November . Sheffield . —Mr . Julian Harney wiU lecture in the large room , Fig Tree-lane , on Sunday evefling ; to commence at seven o ' clock .
Chowbent . —Mr . Isaac Barrow will preach two sermons , in Harrison chapel , on Sunday , the 31 st instant ; subject for the afternoon , " Right against Might f subject for the evening , ** The Gospel the -oppressor's foe , the poor man ' s friend . " The above -sermons will be preached at half-past two in the afternoon , and six o ' clock in tbe evening . Mr . Masojc ' s Route for the following Week . —Stourbndge , on Monday ; Bedditch , on Tuesday ; Brom ? grcve , on Wednesday ; Kidderminster , oa Thursday ; and Wolverhampton , on Friday . All places in tbe district are reorested to address their money orders in future to Mr . Frederick Corbett , Adams-street , Chancery Buildings , Birmingham : and their letters of business to Mr . George White , 39 , Bromsgrove-Etreet .
Mr . Thos . Clabke , of S : ockport , will lecture at Sowcrby , on Saturday , the 23 rd ; Ripponden , on I Sunday the 24 th ; Warlcy , on Monday the 25 th ; Midgley , on Tuesday the 26 th ; Hebden Bridge , on Wednesday the 27 th ; Todmorden , on Thursday the 28 . h ; Milnrow , oa Friday the 29 : h ; and if the Todj morden and Milnrow friends can make it convenient , j he will attend in Liulebor ^ ugh on Sunday the 31 st , ' to establish the National Charter Association . | Halifax . —Mr . Clayton , HuddersEeld , will lecture ia the Charter Institution , Swan Coppice , on Sun-| day , Oct . 24 . h , at two o ' clock in the afternoon . Rochdale . —Mr . Smethurst , of Oldham , will : lecture here on Sunday next , at half-past two .
Stockport . —Mr . James Cartledge . of Manchester , ¦ will lecture on Sunday next , at the National Cbarter Association Room , Bomber ' s Brow , Lower Hillgate . All friend 3 to liberty are requested to attend . No admission fee . ¦ Cheltenham—On Monday next , a plain and fancy dress ball will take placa at the Mechanics ' Inst . tution , for the benefit of that victim of Whig veugtjance , Mrs . Brown , of Birmingham , when ali frienas of the widow and fatherless ara respectfully requested to attend . Wi . \ cncoKB . —Mr . Milsom , of Cheltenham , will lec . urd here on Snndav next .
Bradfobd . —The Chartists resident in Nelsonstreet , wiil meet at the house of William Smyth , on Snnday , Oct . 24 : h , at seven o ' clock in the evening , tadiscu ? s the necessity of a general organizition of ihe people . —Mr . George Fiynn will lecture in the above pluce on Thursday , Oct . 28 : h , at eight o ' clock in ihe evening . The Chartists of this locality are requested t o attend these meetings . Free discussion ; no charge for admission . —Mr . John Arran will lecture in tbe large room of the North Tavern , on
Sunday evening , at six o ' clock . —Mr . lbbetson and Mr . Brook will lecture at Little Horton , on Tuesday evening , October 26 th , at eight o ' clock . —Mr . Dewhurst will lecture at the Old Cot , Daisy-hiD , on Sunday , Oc :. 24 th , at six o ' clock in ths evening . — Mr . Arran will lecture at Mr . ishepperd ' s Dunkirkstreet , on Monday , Oct . 25 : h . at eight o ' clock in the evening . —Mr . Alderson and Mr . Fiynn will lecture at tho Red lira , on Sunday evening , October 24 th , at six o ' clock . —Mr . Alderson will lecture at Stanningk-y , on Sunday evening , at f ' is o ' clock , October 24 : h .
Keighlet <—The anniversary sermons in behalf of tho K * i&hiey Working Man ' s Hall will be preached by the Rev . Joseph Rayner S ; ephens , on Sunday next . As it is considered , likely that a very great number will be aDXious to hear tha Rev . G-enilem 3 n , i : is intended to have tbe first sermon preachtd in the Market Place should tho weather prove favourable , and the second , or evening service , atld ia ihe H ; ± a as usual .
Untitled Article
WEST OF ENGLAND AND SOUTH WALES DELEGATE MEETING . A meeting of delegates representing the West « f England and Sou'h Wales , toot plac = > at Bath , on Monday , October 28 tb , in the room of tbe Naticaa ! Caarter Association , No . 3 , Galloway Buildings , for the purpose of adopting some meaDB by which " tho Executive plans" may bo - carried out , and Chartum extended in those districts . Tbe attendance of delegates was not numerous , owing to the distress existing amongst the people , they being , in some districts , so pi or as to be unable to send a . representative . Letters were received , all of which approved of the raevting , and said , that though absent in body , they siiould be present in spirit .
A t ten o'clock , on the motion of Mr . Clarke , seconded by Mr . Bartiett , Mr . Milsom took the chair . DELEGATES PBESENT : — Bith , Messrs . Bartlett and Clarfce . Chelttaham , Stroud , Bussage , and Winoicombe , Mr . Mii 303 L Frome , Mr . a White . Woitr-EUuder-EJge , Mr . I . Witt * . Bristol and Kingswood , Jlr . Simeon . Bradford , Mr . Gordon . TrowbrMge , Mr . James Has well . Mr . R . K . Phiip attended as a Member of tlie Executive . Letters were then read from the following places : —¦
-Trowbeidgb , written by J . Marcbant , eomplainiog that the cause is not progressing as it ought ; that persons have crept in and endeavoured to instil the principles of Sscialism , and thereby subvert Chartism . Tbecegab expressed pleasure at the delegate meeting ; lamented their inability to send a delegate ; hoped that a lecturer would be appointed , "with an assurance that the ? would support him U he came to their district .. ...: , Plymouth spoke highly ot tha tttte of Chartism In their district ; hoped Mr . Vincent would come amongst them ; believed he would do more good there tM * in Scotland .
Yxovil , an Address , hailing our meeting with deli $ bt ; beliered that it wonld be the atepping-rtone to the further adTance * of Chartism ; hoped tbat the deliberations of the meeting would result in sending th 6 m a lecturer , by ¦ which much good would be done ; recommended that , in order to suppress divisions , members of tea National Charter Association -will act with courtesy to others , and make such concessions to those who were cot members as are consistent with truth ; annouiiced the extreme state of distress in their locality , but said they shall continue to support the Executive . - Cirescester , approved of the meeting , hoped tbat the delegate deliberations would be conducted in a
Untitled Article
manner that wnld best promote the snecess of the cause . Spoke of their borough ; said the Cartists have had to endure the persecutions of their enemies j that their society has been re-organlsed ; that at present they ara unable to support the Executive , but they shculdjoin the National Charter Association . Speaking of the Chriiitian Chartist Church , the address said they eiw bo reason why the Association * should be set aside for the institution of a Ciiststiau Chartist Church . Meee ( Wilts ) complained of disappointment in not having beard a lecture from Mr . Cloer ; the people in tbat neighbourhood are eagerly feeking knowledge , without having any one to communicate information to them . If Mr . Ciuur had attended it would have been the meaaa of gaming many to the Chartirt rank * .
Salisbubt complained of the want of a lecturer ; wished that Ms . Vincent bad come there ; said they knew of no person that would be so well received , except Mr . O'Connor ; spoke of the great distress existing amongst them ; the farmers were inquiring- about politics generally ; answered by telling tbm ttwt the only means by which their distresses can be removed is by joining the National Charter Association . Waeminstek , complained of distress amongst all classes , urged the necessity of getting the petition well signed , and extending the National Charter Association . Monckton Deyerell , great distress ; young men working for four or five shillings per week . Lord 'Ashburton pulling down the houses , thereby driving tbe people out of the country or into the Poor Liw bastiles . Westbury notable to send delegate , glad the meeting -would take place ; hoped it would advance the cause ; wished for a missionary ..
A . BEE . GAVESNT ; wwheA for a missionary ; getting on comfortably , though suffering persecution : had supported the Executive , and were willing to do more . Bleakwood , few in number as yet , wished for an able miss'onary ; the people were ripe for improvement . If Mr . Vinceat came here he would be well received , as he is both known and respected . Cardiff regretted inability to send a dalegate ; wants a missionary and a r » om to meet in ; advises the catlfng of public rueotings for the petition , &c Newpobt recommemliDg agitation , about to Start a lecturer conversant with the English and Welsh languages ; hopes the petition will be well distributed ; an enthusiastic feeling prevails . Merthtr TYDVjLnnable to send delegates .
Truro highly approving of the objects of meeting , thanking tbe Execuiive for their suggestions . Lecturer wanted ; a statement of progress in various towns . Northern Star taken 100 feet below the surface . Joint stock company farming . Milksham unable to send delegates ; Cluer ' s lecture done good , had opened a reading room and discussion class .
STATEMENTS OP THE DELEGATES . The delegates then made the following statements : — Mr . Milsom , of Cheltenham , said the cause was progressing welL The Chartists were triumphant in numbers and attendance . He oonceived the National Charter Association to be the cause of reaction ; there ¦ were many Chartists in Cheltenham who approved ef Lovett and Collin'a organization , and deemed the spirit in which they had been assailed illiberal and unjust . The memVers of the National Charter Association had always treated them with respect , and could always command their assistance and co-operation . There was not a better Chartist to be found than Mr . HtiUts :
he was an admirer of Lovett , but rendered ready assistance to those who differed from him . At present there were 120 members enrolled in the National Charter Association . Chartism prevailed to a great extent , and Whigs and Tories combined were not powerful enough to combat with them ; they ithe Chartists ; had recently defeated many of their factious meetings . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) Winchcombe and all the surrounding places required lecturers ; Stroud aud Bussage were in a most impoverished condition , and lecturers must be provided who would perform nrduous duties for moderate salaries . In the town of Tewkesbnry , great g » od could be dona if properly agitated , and Cheltenham , Bath , and other large places ought to assist tbe poorer and weaker districts . ( Cheers . )
Mr . Bartleti , of Bath , would call the attention of tbe delegates to the position ot the Chartist body in the city which ha had the honour to represent It was an aristocratic city , but the middle classes were not so dependent upon the aristocracy as upon the working people , oad therefore they were now liberal In thoir politics . Chartism , therefore , Btood well in Bath . Too mnch attention had been paid to the large towns . Trowbridge was a prosperous place , but Holt , Wiasley , &c were in seed of assistance , yet were neglected . Much was required In the agricultural districts ; the labonrers were ignorant and sided with the farmers . Mr . Vincent could do great good , and he thought would be better employed in the West than In Scotland , yet men of more humble abilities were better suited to
address the icnorant agricultural labourers . H « ( Mr . Bartlett ) regretted the divisions that existed in the Chartist ranks . Many had held aloof from them , in consequence of tke violent denunciations of the " New Move . " H 9 believed Mr . Lovett was actuated by ti pure motive ; he thought , however , he ( Mr . Lovett ) had acted wrong in not submitting bis plan to tbe Executive , bat now we must unite and join heart in hand to gain our rights . They had successfully opposed enemies in meetings , not by noise but argument Let us turn ovt Attention to tho means by which we can nid the out districts . He was of opinion the appointment of lecturers was of the greatest importance , ami the more prosperous towns should aid those poor Villages where the people are unable to raise funds . ( Cheers . )
Mr . Charles White , of Frome , said they could scarcely keep tho cause going . Many disappointments caused by non attendance of lecturers tended to their injury . If missionaries could be procured , great good would be done ; he regretted divisions . He thought Lovott & Hetherington were wrong in the manner in which they had brought forward their plans . The spirit was good in Frome ; many of the middle classes were favourable to our cause . The members enrolled were but email , but tr . ey were about to form classes , by which they hoped to extend . ( Cheers . )
Mr . Gordon , of Bradford , said in his district th * y were doirg better than a short time ago . The spirit is beginning to revive ; the middle classes were beginning to see they must bo Chartists—that they have no other hops : Chartism amongst them was that of conviction . If a lecturer could be obtained , great good would be done ; it was no use to be afraid of the masters , they could do nothing if the men were determined and unanimous . Many of tho working people were earning no more than 2 s . 4 d . and 2 s . 6 d . per week , and great numbers were driven to tbe Poor Lw bastiles . If the petition was numerously circulated , great good would be done . iCbeeri )
Mr . Witts , of Wotton-nnder-EJge , said that Chartism hod prevailed to a great extent , but through persecution and other causes , the people had become apathetic . A great mauy were out of work , but notwithstanding , Wickhain , Sadbnry , Dewsbury , and other places , -would be of great assistance if properly agitateJ . The person engaged aa a lecturer ought to be independent of masters and manufacturers , supported bv a genera ! fund . He regretted there was no deleeate from the important town of Cirencester . Ha had visited their room , and was astonisbed to witness the respectability of those present . There was no man who advocited the cause with more zeal and discretion than Mr . Buchan , Men of good character ought to be selected to address meetings . Our enemies wore ready to raise prejudices , twd vices were magnified to an
enormous extent All men were entitled to tasir rights without reference to chwacter ; but the advocates of any cause should stand high in moral integrity . With regard to leaders ; some must take the lead , and these must be discreet and intelligent mea ; they should be careful not to be divided and disunited , for it has a tendency to divide the people . Wotton will do its ulmost for a lecturer ; they are opposed to mixing up Christianity with Chartism . In Wales the people labour uudtr difficulties with regard to the means of procuring Chartist publications ; thia is not the case ¦ with them ; but he woald advise that Chartist missionaries take tracts and distribute tham among the agricultural population in Gloucestershire . There were now thirty villages that had never heard of CUartumi ; hu thought thtse places should be visited . ( Loud cheers . )
Mr . J . Haswell , Trowbridge , said he was happy to say tbat Cimrtism was the reigning principle there ; in proof © f which , he could stave that no party can holii meetings without the consent of tha Chartists . He said it would appear , from a letter which bad been read , that Chartism was going down ia Tro-wbrid ^—that a few boys and giris controlied tbo whole affair ; this , he said , -was false . Hs would ask Messrs . Pnilp and CJarke if the meeting which they attended on Wednesday night was composed of bojs and girls—( htar , hear , from Mr . Philp )—whether that meeting was
composed of thinking men and women , or not ? He said the fact was , a party of prefeased Christians had sprang up ia Trowbridge , who were constantly soiviug divisions , and endeavouring to undo ail that had previously been dona by the Trowbridge friend s , at ihe expw . ee of time , trouble , and persecution ; and the most remarkable feature in their endeavours was , that they were constantly assailing , with the name of infidel , all those who conscientiously differed from them , whilst theii every public action was a practical denial of the sublime principles ef the Ctiristun religion . ( Hear , b * ar . )
Mr . W . F . Simeos , of Bristol , Kiid that Chartism was progressing in Bristol : things appeared better now than they did three months ago . Amongst them the faolt did not belong to what are called the leaders , but to the people . Men of abandoned charac ter had been the means of creating divisions : they had sent for National Association cards , and thereby bad caused a split ; indeed , this may be dose at soy place , unless meats arc resorted to for its prevention . Availing themselves of
the provisions of the Nation il Plan , the Bristol people have made bye-laws , to tbe effect that no individual be allowed to become a member without having first been proposed and seconded by twe members of the association . By these laws we shall be able to keep out bT . thoss -who have no objection to belong to us when we ha ppen to be prosperous , with nine or ten pounds hi hand . Lectures will do no good in Bristol . We waJ ; i pubiic demonstrations , and these will be the means ef leading the -way for tho delivery of lectures . Who : ; lectures are announced , the people look upon it aa a
Untitled Article
sort of dry intellectual affair , and wlli not attend , bat if weannoance a pnblio meetingit Is at once attractive ; the people attend and the meeting will pay . The Chartists of Bristol are opposed to tho mixing up of teetotalism or any other ism with Chartism ; the necessity of not allowing Christianity to be mixed up with Chartism must be evident Our enemies are united ; they are called Whig * and Tories , and they stick by themthey never mix up any ism with their principles , and why should we ? ( Hear , hear . ) I was asked , by my constituents , if a resolution wai passed here in support of Christian Chartism , if they would be obliged to stand by it , for they ore afraid . I replied , no ; I thought not T gave them my opinion concerning it , and I do hope that the delegates will be
careful about this part ot their business . Mr . Simeon then read a letter from Kingiwood , ipe&Wng of the success of the cause in that district , also of the persecution with which they have had to contend . Mr . Simeon said that nothing can possibly bo done without immediate public meetings . In Bristol they have taken a room that will hold about three hundred persons . If the Bath friends will hold a public meeting there , wo may not be able to guarantee the travelling expenoes , but they may depend on being received with open arms , and kept according to the means of our friends . The Whigs are fast coming round ! Chartism is in a critical state . I hopa that oar exertions this day will haves tendency to establish it on the public mind . ( Cheers . )
Mr . R . K . Philp said , at this stage of the proceedings , ho felt it his duty to make a statement of the real position of the National Charter Association . This was necessary ; fox ail who were concerned in the management of the peopled movement , would , if properly aware of their position , understand what was necessary to effect an advance of the people ' s interests . Mr . P . then gave a detailed account of tbe position of the Executive , and communicated fact 3 which had just been forwarded to him by the General Secretary . He then made an appeal to the delegates present H « said he ha-1 shotra them that funds wero needed ; and the people must not bo deceived . It was Impossible for tbe Coartiat cause to be advanced unless all who hoped to be benefited thereby determined to make a trifling
sacrifice to promote its success . Mr . P . then stated the resolutions of the Executive , and showed what would be required to carry out tbe important movement He said l : e should feel regret if some practical good did not result from the present meeting . It was not sufficient for delegated individuals to assemble , make resolutions , and then lose sight of them : they must immediately put their resolutions into effect ; and he hoped each delegate would oon aid or himself pledged to set the resolutions into operation on returning to his district . There was a loud and general call for lecturers and political papers : these must be provided ; and the delegates should take some steps that would lead to the desired result , and that immediately . Thsre should he
no delay . The Petition sheets should be oat at enoe , and circulated in every part where human beings resided . The Convention , too , must be supported ; and he called upon tba delegates immediately to commence the work : there must be no delay—no deferring for another season : the present moment was the most advantageous for a movement to be made ; and that movement must be begun and continued with zsal and determination . Mr . P . continued at some length to appeal to the delegates , urging them to back np the Executive Council , and said there was no enterprise too groat for them to carry out with success , if backed np by the confidence and general support of the people . ( Loud cheers . )
Mr . Cr- M . Bartlett then proposed the following resolution , which was seconded by Mr . C . Clarke , and carried : — " Tbat the delegates present are of opinion that tbe lamentable state of the country calls loudly for remedial measures , sacb as are calculated to lighten the numerous burdens of , and to afford employment to the people ; and at the same time to enable the manufacturers , without reducing the wages of the working men , to sell their goods at least as cheap as foreigners do theirs ; which object , without undermining the agriculturists' interests , or endangering our nationality , can be best
attained by reducing taxation ; by an equable adjustment of the debt , called 'national ; ' by doing away with useless places and sinecures , an-1 lessening the police , military , and naval establishments . That the delegates entertaining this opinion , and believing that such measures will not be carried into operation , until the people possess their political rights , agree to tbe petition submitted to the country by the Executive , and pledge ourselves to use ererj effort in our respective localities to obtain signatures , and to rain a subscriptions for the support of those , while they sit in Convention , who shall bo entrusted to see that petition duly presented to the House of Commons . "
Mr . Simeon proposed the following resolution ;—"That it is the opinion of this meeting , that the best means of extending Cbartlsm , is the establishing ol tract societies , aid holdings series of public meetings . " Seconded by Mr . Gordon , and carried . Mr . PniLP proposed , and Mr . G . M . Bartlett , seconded the following reselntlon ;— " That it having appeared from the statements of the delegates present , and also from the extensive correspondence with which they have been favoured , tbat lecturers , if engaged for the counties of Gloucester , Somerset , and Wilts , will be the means of disaemlnhtiDg Chartist principles , and
extending tho national organisation , do recommend the General Councillors in these three couattes immediately to take steps to appoint lecturers . That Mr . Simeon , of No . 1 , Temple-street , Bristol ; Mr . Win . Milsom , 22 , Kingston-place , Cheltenham ; Mr . Charles Clarke , ll iihandoa-buildings , Bitb , and Mr . J . Hawell , Portman-strett , Trowbridge , be instructed immediately to ¦ write to the several towns in their counties , to ascertain what they wiii contribute to the lecturers'expeaces ; then to call the General Councillors together , to lay the answers before them , and proceed ( if the answers warrant it ) immediately to choose persons to lecture . "
Mr . Simeon objected to the resolution on the ground th * t the people will not attend lectures , that the better plan would be for the associations to exchange their nibR ; he would attend a public meeting at Bath if tho Bith friends would send to Bristol . Mr . P hilp said it was highly necessary for the counties to employ persons whose business it should be to go from town to town and advocate the Charter ; he was sore that great disappointment would be felt by the counties of Wiits and Gloucester if some steps were not taken by this meeting for the purpose . The Chairman said ho could not return to his constituents with satisfaction to himself unless he here pronounced his opinion in favour of lectures . The resolution having boon put from the chair , it was carried . The question was then introduced , " the be 3 t means of healing differences in the Chartist ranks . "
Mr . G . M . Bartlett moved , and Mr . Philp seconded the following resolution : — " That this meetfn * of delegates hopes that no further disputes will take place , respecting the late divisions in tbe Chartist ranks , and that all minor differences will be -waived , and union promoted as speedily as possible , that eflwet may be given to the operations of the Execative . 'fh . tt the different editors of the Chartist press be requested not to give countenance to any personal disputes or factious bickerings . That all plans for tbo furta ' erince of the Chartist cause , for tho sake of order be henceforth submitted to tho Executive . " Carried unanimously . Mr . Philp then moved the following resoaltion , seconded by Mr . Simeon ,
" That , in order to obtain signatures to the National Petition , th-it that document be road at ; all public meetings of the Chartist body , c ' . asaea formed , and the petition taken to all residences and laid on tables in the public streets and market-places , and that strenuous exertions be maiie by all the members or the National Charter Association to have the patition numerously signed . " After appointing several public meetings , the delegates sepxratad to prepare tb . em « elv . ? 3 for the meeting in the evening , at Salisbury ' s Room .
PUBLIC MEETING . At eit ; ht o ' clock the delegates attended a public meeting in the large room , No . 7 , Kicg ' s-mead-sqoare . The meeting was numerously attended . Mr . W . P . Roberts took the chair , and opened the proceedings by ob ^ ervinsj , that he thanked them for that proof of their confidence . He appeared there simply a creature of circumstances , prepared to act in any way aud manner in which they should direct . They were met here to view the progress of the causa , and to look at that progress as the result of the advance of reason and intelligence , and not aa th rennlt of violence ; they were met to receive delegates from the surrounding districts , to see in how far the cause had advanced , and to aBk how many persons there were present who were prepared to make a trifling sacrifice in assisting , as that they may thereby benefit themselves .
Mr . Roberts gave a clear exposition of the present state of parties , more especially the state ofthemoaarcJiy . Ho then called upon Mr . Cluek , who addressed the meeting at some leng . b , and read the National Petition . Mr . Milsom , of Cheltenham ; -Mr .-Witts , ofWotton-uuder-Edge ; and Mr . Clarke , of Bath , alternately addressed the meeting . Mr . K . K . Philp proposed a vote of thanks to the Chairman , "whiehwka seconded by Mr . Haswell , of Trowbridge , who announced that the Chartists of Trowbridge * tre most anxious to have Mr . Roberts eeleoted to ser > e on tbe forthcoming Convention . It was then agreed , in order to carry out the resolutiors come to by the delegates , that the following pnb-! Ic meetings be held , and addressed by the undermentioned speakers : —
Bristol , Nov . l , Messrs . Q . M . Bartlett and C Clarke ; Kingswood , Oct . 25 th , Messrs F . W . Simeon und R . K . Philp ; Bradford , Oct 23 th , Messrs . E . Bartlett , J . Clu 2 r , and A . Phillips ; B : ith , Oct 26 th , Mr . Simeon and others ; Melkshani , Oei 25 th , Mr . Ciuer , < fcc ; Westbmy , Oct 27 Eh , Messrs . W . P . Robexta and K . K . Ph ] p , aud j Cater ; Fromo , Oct . Slsfc , Messrs . W . P . Roberts and R . K . Philp ; Wotton-under-Edge , Nov . 8 th , speakers not yt-t provided ; Stroud , Oct . 31 st , -Mr . Mi-som , &c . ; Wynehcosnb , Oct . 24 th , Mr . Milsom , &c At all of thr . se meetings the petition will be read , md the Execative plans advocated . Judge , therefore , whether a glorious spiiit will » ot be aroused in tie wetitl
Untitled Article
DEATH FROM WANT . The following depositions , taken before onoof the Coroners for Berkshire , at Donnjngion , on tho 7 th instant , contain the history of one of those affecting oases which more , perhaps , than any others , exemplify the indiscriminating harshness of the Poor Law . The unfortunate subject of the inquiry appears to have been a man of good oharaoter , and of laborious industry , whenever bodily infirmity admit- , ted of his being employed ; bat although disabled by long illness from earning enough to support , existence , bis applications for relief were uniformly .
except in one instance , met with an order for the workhouse . In the one instance which forms the exception , two gallons of bread , were Riven for him self , his wife , and two children . The poor man , although worn down by suffering and want , with the feeling bo general among the peasantry , was unwilling to become a prisoner in ihe workhouse , and patiently bore the miseries of a life eked out by a little bread and water * until exhaustion , or as the Jury more properly found , "starvation , " terminated his existence .
The depositions are as follow : — Hannah Alder sworn . —The deceased , William Alder , was my husband . We had been married five years , and have had two children ; the youngest is eleven weeks old . My husband had complained of being ill for more than a twelvemonth , particularly of his back . He had been lame from his childhood . He had only done a fortnight ' s work for the Summer , being so ill . He did one day's work about sis weeks ago , for which ho received a shilling , and that was the last time he went to work . Having a young child , I was not able to do aay work ¦ ipystli by going out . My husband went to tho relieving officer for relief three or four times during the last six weeks , but was refused . He went again last Friday ( October 1 ) , and then got an order for two gallons of bread . On Tuesday last ( October 5 ) I went to the Board of Guardians and received an order for all
of us to go into tho Union-bouse on Saturday next ( October 9 . ) All the relief we have had during the summer was that granted on Friday last . We have been greatly distressed all the summer . Ho told mo that when he applied for relief Jte stated the distress of his family , but was refused relief . For a long time past we have had scarcely anything to support us but what was given us by our neighbours . For a long time the deceased and myself have lived on bread and a little salt , sometimes a little sugar , having boiled water poured on it ; and of tbat we have not had sufficient . Till last night my husbaud had been much as usual , and died to-day about half * past four o ' clock . her Hannah x Alder . mark . Taken and sworn before me , John Alexander , Coroner .
Hannah Tidcombe , sworn—I live at Donning ton , and am a widow . The deceased , William Alder and his family lodged at my house for about six months past . Alder had ottcn complaiued of illness . He was of a contented mind , and did not complain , although he had nothing to eat but bread with boiling water upon it . He ought to have had a better living , but could not get it . I am quite sure the family had not sufficient food to eat . The neighbours sometimes assisted them . The relieving officer never came to the hou ^ e to see them . He got up this morning about eleven o ' clock , and was seizad with cold shivers . We afterwards got him up stairs , and he died about half-past four o ' clock . I have often heard his wife complain that-they had not necessaries . It is my firm belief that William Alder would not have died so soon , had he had proper necessaries . Ho was nearly starved . her Hannah X Tjdcombs . mark .
Taken and swoxn before me , John . Alexander , Coroner . Mary Maskell , widow , sworn—I live at Dannington , near to Mr 3 . Tidcombe , where William Alder lodged . He was about forty-eight years of age . He hod been lame ever since he was three years ot ' age . I went to see Alder to-day about twelve o ' clock , and found him very ill . He died a little after four . His wife was confined about eleven weeks ago , and the family wero almost in a state of starvation . The family were very badly off , and it has been the common talk of tho village for weeks and months past that they were nearly starved . her Mart X Maskell . mark . Taken and sworn before me , John Alexander , Coroner .
The Coroner , after explaining the law to the jury , read the evidence to them , and directed them to consider of their verdict . Without hesitation the jury made up their mind to give the verdict , Death by starvation . " The Coroner again explained the la , w to thorn , and said , according to the evidence they could hardly be justified in finding sach a yerdiot . Whereupon they reconsidered their verdict , and at the suggestion of the Coroner , they returned the unanimous and very proper verdict , " That William Alder , on tbe 7 th of October , at the pariah of Donnington , in the county of Berks , died from natural causes , but that his death was accelerated , which they desire to express as their decided opinion , by the want of the common necessaries of life . "
In The Press, And'speedily Will Be Published, Price 3j.
In the Press , and ' speedily will be published , Price 3 J .
Neglected Education.—People's Edition
NEGLECTED EDUCATION . —People ' s Edition
Untitled Article
L-EiTa—Ou 19 ; h Sspiembcr , ia Siorfiy ' 3 Alley Chapel , ; by Mr . Lowery , John Feargus O'Connor Peirie , son of James Peirie and LUihe Sviriing . Tho son of George and Mary Wooluy was registered by tho name of John Frost Wooley , ia memory of tiiat exiled martyr , on the 27 th of September , at Collumpum . Registered at Stoke , on the 20 ih ult ., John Fenrgoa O'Coiia ' or , yon of Mr . J . Vernon of that place . On Thursday ^ the 7 ih of October , the son of Henry and Frances Gatie was duly registered at the parish churcij . Calciewgate , Carlisle , in the name of Henry Frost Gatio . ;
On the 1 st of September , the daughter of James and-Aliry Taylor was duly registered in this name of Mary O'Connor Jemitiia Taylor , at St . George ' s the Martyr of Southwark . The wife of Joseph Foster , of JHorbury , waa delivered of a son on the 17 th of August , who was duly registered on the 21 st of September , by the name of James O'Connor Foster . Born-August 17 , Jane Feargus O'Connor Dawson , daughter of Mary Ann and John Dawson , Newtoa-Btreut , Hulaae . Baptised on Sunday , the 10 th inst ., at St . P * acra 3 , London , v Eliza O'Connor . Farris , daughter of Wm . Fastis , paper-hanger , Leigh-street , Burton Crescent .
Tforfhcfimmz Cparttgt Jtt«Ttu2p
tforfhcfimmz Cparttgt jtT « ttu 2 P
Wlove Wo\M% Aaotnotd
WLove Wo \ m % aaotnotd
Untitled Article
ZVLARRXA 6 S . ; : On the 20 tn instant , at the Frienda'Meptinc ' House , Bishop Auckland , Wiiliam HardiBg Bircaall , of Leeds , to Lucy , daughter of the lace John Hutchinson , of Heliaaiey . ¦ [ . © EATHS . ^ On Saturday week , after a ehort bnt serere illness aged 15 , Louisa Virginia , only daughter of the RiT . Wm . HjII , Editor of the Northern Star . On Sunday Ia 3 t , aged one yeaiy Mttry Hannah , daughie ;* o ; Mr . Joseph Gavins , of this town , whitesmith . , On Friday week , aged 40 , John Gore , of iLeads , ato of Boltpu , Lauoashire , pawnbroker .
Untitled Article
THE NORTHERN ft i'A R . 9
-
-
Citation
-
Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 23, 1841, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1132/page/5/
-