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| Still on sale at all the Publishers , . Price Threepence only , THE POOR MAN'S COMPANION : A POLITICAt ALMAtTACK EOR 1842 , ¦; ., ' ,. SETTING forth , at ; one view , the enormous amonni of Taxes wrung froai the industry of » starving people * and their extravagant and shameful expenditure . Also ^ containing tables of useful reference on absoat all subjects connected with general policy . OPINIONS OF THE PRESS . " Essentially a' Poor Man ' s Companion' and fully deserving the highest eulogiuEQ as fulfilling the promise of its title . In addition to the usual subjectmatter of an Almanack , we are presented with tables of the utmost importance , as affording the very information the working classes are much in need ofthe gross misappropriation of their property in pensions and high official salaries given for bad government ; . A chapter is also annexed on ' the condition of the people / calling for universal perusal . We would particularly commend the work to the attention of Chartist Lecturers , —they will find it an in-Yaluable text book . ' - ^ English Chartist Cbeuiar . "This'little compendium of useful information ia entitled to our warm commendation . The statistical details bear ample evidence of having been prepared with much care , and the tables relative to taxation , and the appropriation of the monies thereby derived , are not more curious than useful , while the commentary appended to each division of the subject cannot fail by Ub tone to make the ¦ * Poor Man ' s Companion * highly popular . "^—Weekly Dispatch . We are accustomed to speak of unequal laws and ef the enormous burdens that are laid upon the poor for the benefit of the rich , and we are accustomed to speak thus so often that the very iteration of the remark causes it to loose its force , and to pass harmless ) . Hence the necessity for details ; and details , come from whatever quarter they may , if well substantiated , always come to us as acceptable visitors , and arc welcomed as an effective force which we can wield against tho strongholds of corruption . The details in this Almanack are clearly set forth , and really they tell a dark and fearful tale , j Unhappily we have too good grounds to believe them corrects Mr . Hobson refers to dat <; 8 and state documents—for it is a mercy that we have a precedent which forces the public plunderers to trumpet forth their robberies . In a word we may state that the national taxation—who pay it—who devour it- ^ -are set forth in a lucid manner in this 'Poor Man ' s Companion . '" —Leeds Times . " This is Terily a Poor Man ' s vade mecum : tho cheapest aud best book of general reterenco for almost all subjects in which the people ' s interests are immediately involved that we have ever seen . In addition to all the usual information of an Alnianack , it contains a mass of statistical iiiformation crammed into the smallest possible space upon most important subjects . We feel persuaded that there is not a working man in the kingdom , who will bo without his * Companion / if he can possibly procure one . "—NorthernStar . " This is a Political Almanack for 1842 , shewing the amount and application of the taxe ? raised from the industry of the working classes , and containing much information for them , and some also that may be useful to those born only to consume their productions . Among other statistical tables , it gives asunimary of the resources of Great Britain , a comparison between the productive and unproductive classes , and long and instructive answers to the question , 'how are the taxes applied ? ' * The Cost of the Church , ' and the ' Black List , ' may also be perused with advantage . "—Sun . u This is a threepenny Almanack , and worth twice the money at which it oan be purchased . The Alma hack is equal to any other wo have yet seen ; and the work contains besides a great variety , as well as condensation , of political information with which it is important tho k Poor Man' should be acqiitihted . " - —British Queen aiid Statesman " "A Chartist Almanack , in which much use is made of the now readily accessible Parliamentary Returns , whose totals are presented and commented upon in the style to be expected from a shrewd and vigorou ? mind . "— -Spectator .
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CAUTION TO LADIES . THE PROPRIETORS OF KEARSLEY'S ORIGINAL WIDOW WELCH'S FEMALE PILLS , find it incHmbqnt on them to caution the purchasers of these Piijs against an imftatibn , by a person of the name of Smithebs , and calling herself the Grand-daughter of the late Widow Welch , but who has no right to the proparing of them , the Original Recipe having been sold to the late G . Keakslby , of Fleet street , whose widow found it neeeBsary to make the following affidavit , for the protection of her property , in the year 1798 : — AFFIDATIT . First . —That she is in possession of the Recipo for making Welch's Female Pills , which Was bequeathed to her late husband . Seconrf—That this Recipe was purchased by her latehusbandof the Widow Welch , in the year 1787 , for a valuable consideration , and with a view for making the medicine for publio sale . Third—That she , CATHERixfi Keakslet , is also in possession of tho Receipt . signed by the said Widow Welch , acknowledging the having received the money of tho eaid Mr . George Keaksley , for the purchase of the absolute property of the said Recipe . C . Keaksley . SwJorn at the Mansion [ House , London , the 3 rd Day of November , 1798 , before me , Anderson , Mayor . These Pills , so long and justly celebrated for their pesuliar Virtues , are strongly recommended to the notice of every Lady , huyi ' ng obia , ined the sanction and approbation of most Gentlemen pf the Medical Profession , as a safo and ; . valuable Medicine , in effectually removing Obstructions . and relieving all other Inconveniences to which Hie Female Frame is liable , especially those which , al an oaily period of life , frequently arise from want of Exercise and gineral Dobiiity of the Si'stem ; they create an Appetite , correct [ udigesticn , remove Giddiness and Nervous Headache , aud are eminently useful in Windy Disorder 3 , ' ¦ 'Pains , in the Stomach , Shortness of Breath , and Paipvtatidu 3 of the Heart ; being perfectly innocent , miy bo used with safety in all Seasons and Climates . . - , ¦ ¦ . ¦ _ _ ¦ : , Sold , wholesale arid retail , by J . Sanger , lpO , Oxford-street ; and by . most respectable Medicine Venders in Town and Country , at 23 . ' $ ' & , per bos . . ¦ ¦ ; ' ' - -: " '¦ - ¦ • ¦ : ' ¦ N . B . Askfor Kearrfey ' sWelch ' s Pills 7 andobserve , none are genuine unless G . Kcarsiay is engraved en ¦ iho Government Stamp .
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MB- EDWxqj ) ClaTTOS A 5 D THS CHAKGB Oy Prujkkhtuss msainst Mb . O'Bmes . —We stupeet ffi « t oar readers mtuL be pretty ve 5 sick of this heading . At all eremta we are —« oa nothing should hare induced « b again to recur to it feat the ptnUaacioas determination of Mr . O'Brien * friends to represent M a » indisposed to { injustice to that % enUemaa . Bowerer , a * <* e think it jrat possible that even " Huddersfield Fair Play" may be extended tin it becomes foul play , we shall certauiy with this notice do » e the discussion of this very agreeable and edifying subject We gire below , than , the commun ication promised in our last It is as follow * : —
TO THE BDITOR OF THE 1 TOBIHEK 5 SIAB . TTe , the CouncQ of the National Charter Association of Hcdddersfield , feel it our duty to reply te yonr attack upon the character of our -wortiiy secretary , Mr . Edirard Clayton , in the Slar of the 24 th of December , in ¦ which charges are made , which , if true , would cause us to spun him from oar body instanter , bat knowing that all of them are utterly false , and therefore untrue , which though known to the Chartist > odj of this neighbourhood , may cot be so to thos « who do not know the circumstances of the case-Mi E dward Clayton is accused of being " Tain , " ' "indiscreet ; " and because he could not be allowed to cot a caper in the Star , tried to make a fiigore
somewhere dse . n e meet the charges as we amre at them- Firstly , then , Mr . Hill says that Mr . Penny contadicted the assertion of tbs Leeds Times With all respect to Mr . Peony as & gentleman , we c are nothing to say , but the contradiction from him was no contradiction at alL He was a private indmdusl , and of course if he thought proper to write to the Star he had a tight so to do , with that we had nothing to do , but we , by the orders cf the Chartist body , engaged Mr . O'Brien to Tisit us , we therefore were the proper authority to Tindieate and defend Mr . O'Brien while amongst us ; and as Mr . Penny was a stranger to ns , his contradiction was to us nothing . Mr . O'Brien demanded that we should Tindieate him , tfri * we did ,
and Mr . Edward Clayton in his official capacity as secretary , and sot as & private individual , as the Editor knew well , as a letter was sent and duly acknowledged by the Editor , stating that & resolution wa » come to by the Chartist body in public meeting , and that Mr . O'Brien himself requested its so to do ; thus Mr . Edward Clayton ' s wish to cot a caper in the Star was so wish of his at all . He was only faithfully discharging the duty imposed upon hi ™ by a resolution come to by a pnblie meeting , fee . So much for Ms T&nity , i ' o Again the Editor says , no new point was mooted , we say there was . The immorality of his lectures were denied . Again the Editor of the Star charges £ . Clayton as having the " meanness , the insolence , the audacity , the dishonesty" to represent the Sorthern Star as having along with the Leeds Times ,
originated and circulated the infamous lie with an intent to do Mr . O'Brien an injury , and refused him the contradiction , it , ic . Again in the above , Mr . Clayton is charged as hsTing , from personal motives , acted as stated by the Editor , &nu is assailed by the lowest epithets , &C-, that can possibly be found in the English language- Agaia we dis&icily state , that Mr . Clayton wrote not to the Scottish Patriot upon bis own authority , but by the wish of the council , and when requested so to do , distinctly stated that ha had not a correct copy of the letter Bent to the Star , hat that if it ¦ wa s wished , he would write as like the original as possible . That if the words were not exactly alike , the argument should be the same . This we say is true , if they are not word for word , the facts are the same in the Patriot a * that sent to the
Editer of the Star . The next charge , " Is not this a most perfect specimen of impotent malice , arising from mortified vanity and overweening self conceit" The stove is the language of the Editor . Mr . Clayton neither has , nor has he had any malice aginst the Star—his whole conduct proves to the contrary : his labours in the cause have been , as far as his means and drcumstances would allow , second to no man . The charge of malice pre jeiise , and overweening self conceit are only charges which we defy , either the Editor or any other living man to prove . He did not write upon his own authority , but by com mand cf the Chartist body , and in his official capacity , which we again assert , was well known
to the Editor of Star . If any malice exists , it is not on the side of Mr . Clayton ; and as for the other charges of self conceit , &c they are as utterly false as the rest _ i . fain , the Editor says , that the letter ta the Patriot purports to be a " copy ; " we defy Mm to find the word in the note te the Editor of the Patriot ; we knew that it was not a copy verbatim , therefore restrained from saying so . We do say that the facts and the arguments are the same ; therefore , we are justified in saying the following was sent This the Editor of the Star is aware of ; and if there exists any malice it is manifest here , if no Were else . "With regard to the two extracts which are given ,
we have to say , that they are both quite true ; and the manner in which the Editor has given them reminds ns very forcibly of drowning men catching at twigs ; for it was never more verified than in this instance . The first extract given is from the Patriot , which Bays that Mr . OTSrkn never tasted any intoxicating liquors . Tie second , from the letter sent to to the Editor of the £ to-, says thai Mr . OBrien drank fourpenny worth of brandy , he being taken ill . Jfow , we assert that 3 ir . O'Brien never tasted any intoxicating liquors , as a beverage , whatsoever on the Sunday . This is what every thinking man will see ; for the paragraph itself proves the same ,
for it distinctly says , that Mr . O'Brien was taken ill ; and so it was . What hi took was recommended snd taken as medicine ; and all who are acquainted with the virtnes of brandy know that it is so used in many cases . This the Editor could not be ignorant of , for he had the plain black and white before his eyes . In the Patriot , th 3 t part of which Mr . O'Brien was taken il l , is omitted altogether , it was considered useless to send that portion , And when the assertion is made that be r . ever tasted , it is meant , and to us understood , by thousands , that he ( Mr . 03 L ) never tasted any intoxicating liquor as a beverage whatsoever . People take laudanum , not to poisonthemsslves ; no , but for medicine ; and many others toonnmsrens for us to mention . "VFe have tins , as bri * fly as passible , vindicated the character of Mr . Clayton from any blame
whatsoever in this affair , deprecating as we do any iilfetling or divisions amongst our own body . Yet , wben an active and nBefnl member of our body , of unblemished character , is attacked in the manner which Mr . Clayton has been , we feel it onr cnty to stand forward and save the character of snch from the obloquy -which those wSo did not knew the individual would heap npon bim . Ar > d ia ecnchiaon -we do piDtest against such conduct aa that evinced by the Editor of the Star , for it i 3 establishiBg a dictator little short of that assumed by the conquerors of old , from whose judgment there was * no appeal , which , in an Edi tor of Drfinocnxy , comes with an ill grace . To the above we need not add another word , save that the Order will keep in mind , that the two letters do not pcrport to be verbatim copies , and are noi stated to besa lecrirg the public to judge ,
We remain , Xaticna ! Chartists , HCDDZBSFIELD FaIB . PiAi . j ohx chapman . Joseph Brat . Joseph Rcshforth . Wm ., sellers . Robt . Jones . AXDSEW EilMERSOX . James Giedbiix . Wednesday , Jan . 5 th , 3842 . Tpon this letter a very few remarks will suffice . The cfcifcf puiat in it seems to b % the assumption by 3 Iessrs . Chapman and Co ., of all the the responsibility of Mr . vhjton ' j acts . They affirm that Mr . Clayton ' s letter » the Scottish Patriotrepresenting the yorihern Star ,
, is taTicg , conjointly with the Leeds Times , originated this " dnmlenness" scandal against Mr . O Brien , was fcotcis letter in tealhy but theirs ; that Mr . Clayton acted under tisir instmcrioss and by their command All -we can say to this is , that no appearance of * & ££ 2 Estracticc 3 and commands was observable in Mr . Ciaj-tcifs letter either to us , or to the Scottish Patriot . y 10 " * ^ ^ b yrn Millie ; te -wrote as from himsbif , * 5 a apparently on his own authority . Vve , tiierefore , * H ° ^ 1 ? k * oym ^ etter to S ° ^ 7 ' - -ttH know no-~ ? C '» the" instructions and commands" which Messrs / T s i 7 ^ ££
a-a C-j exc ^ pite Ht . Claytcn from the charge of vanity * 2 ^ rc : f-c 0 nreir . ' Bs thzt as It mzj , vre are quite -mHiag » give Mr . Claytcn all the benefit of the mantle thus ^ -rc-sni over Mia by Ms friends Chapman & Co . It seems jjfn . that Mr . Clayton did not , aa we EUDposed , send ttis He to the Scottish Patriot , of Mmself , * as the conse-^ 5 tcf of faniing disappointed conceitedness at not ** irg his letter in print . He merely lent himself as the tfU of Messrs . John Cbapman , Joseph Bray , Joseph ^ Kbforth , William Sellera , Robert Jones , Andrew Emm-ruon , and James G ' e 4 bill , who had a mind , for * £ ffi 5 rtason -which we baV 2 jel to learn , to amuse thansMTes with s game of wiiTnl falsehood and ttalicous slander . Tkcy it seems thonght Mr . Clayton
* T-ry fit instrument for werk of this kind , jmd te- ^ was vtry xeady to do it . We wish them and fcni J ! = y of iheir occupation ; but advise them to-practise it npon soms other subject Whether the lie W £ s ilr . Clayton ' s , or Messrs . Chapman and Gc * b , we csre-jjt : the orjly difference is , that on tiie former ^ 1 ? «* - ion there tte 3 a mctive sufficient to operate ttpo ; : ^ tftai ajj ^ conceited mind palpab le in-the aci i-f our havii-g cttiiced to insert Mr . Clayton's np-s- famous let ;** . In : he latter case , no motive is GaKiverabifc bet tte love of mischief , vi -which Messrs . Chapsi-an and Co . s » an so ownseaus , th .-t even in this ep ^ l ^; ia which they tnctavour to exonerate Mr . Ciajiun Ly tslirg upon tLei ; : sslTes the disCTacsfnl
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odium of having charged the Nort&ern Slar with assisting the Leeds Times to asperse the character of Mr . O ' Brien , they do not Venture to assign any reason why they did so . They merely assert that Mr . Clayton acted for them . Bs It eo : he was , then , the disgraceful instalment of a disgracef ui clique . " ' . ^ ' Messra . Chapman and Co . affirm that tte ^ Iettar of Mr , Clayton to us , onr declining to insert which has given TiEe to ail ' this display of impotent malice , wa » their letter and not his ; They xay " Mr . Edward Claytei » wrote in his dfflclal capacity as secretarT and not aa a pr ivate individual , - as the Editoi knew -weOJ' This u false , to * Clayton irrote nere &s aprivate indlTidoal ; 1 !^! Ti ^ - ^ sMd ^ * ' ^ *^«»«!« to ^ y authority but Ms own . TThat commands or instructions mrghthave been given'him by Messrs . Chapman and Co ,, we neither know Ber ieare . They did not appear in or with hishtter . His letter to ua waa introduced with thsfellowing-words : — . ~ ¦
Hvddertfidd Novr , 15 , ISil "Deas Sir , —I " hope you will allow me a portion of your valuable paper of Saturday next , to vindicate the conduct ani character of That Fouly calumnated Geot ' eman J . Bronteree O'Brien , whilst amongst us , and as one , who is fully , acquainted with all the circumstances of the case , and to lay before The public , the Truth / ' &c One word npon the great stress laid by Messrs . Chapman and Co . upon the necessity of a contradiction ol the " drunkenness" calumny coming from them . Oar testimony—the strong testimony of Fe&rgus O'Connor , and the gentlemanly statement of Mr . Penny , all go for nothing , if the veracious finger * of Messrs . Chapman , Clayton , and Co . be not in the pie . How happens it
that these very ztalouB friends of Mr . O'Brien did not discover the necessity of meeting and rebutting the calumny of the Ze « Js Times against Mr . O'Brien , until after it had been effectually done by others , and their qnieseen ? e had been reproved by Mr . O'Brien himself , "sho they say -wrote " to demand that they shonld vindicate him" ? How happened these "Hnadersfield Fair Play" gentlemen to command their tool , Mr . Edward Clayton , to wr ite to the Scottish Patriot , denouncing the Leeds Times for the calumny , after It had been retracted and apologised for by the Editor of that paper ? We have little reason to lovttt&B Leeds Tiirus ; but we do love "Fair Play , " and disapprove its violation as much against an enemy as against ourselves .
The attempt to palliate the lie that the letter sent to the Scottish Patriot and the one sent here were duplicates is-if a piece with all . the rest . The lettsr » are essentially different , not merely as to j words , but as to substance * and as te facts , as Mr . Edward Clayton well knows . We learn that a most dishonest and dishonourable use ia being made of our having suppressed this famous letter of Mr . Edward Clayton ' s . It is represented that this letter met not merely the charge of drunkenness , but that other things were handled and referred to in it , which our disposition to injure Mr . O'Brien caused ns to withhold . We now think that justice , not less to Mr . O'Brien than to ourselves , requires us to state plainly why this letter was not printed in the Northern
Star . A sense . of delicacy to Mr . Clayton prevented us from stating those reasons fully in the first instance , and we gave the fact of there being no new point in it , of its being mearly a repetition of Mr . O'Connor ' s and Mr . Penny ' s statements , as onr reason for not printing it . That was a reason and a sufficient one , but ' it was not the only one . The letter itself w&s so splendid a composition , that we must either have had the perfectly unnecessary trouble of re-writing it , or we must have mortified Mr . 0 Brien , and have exposed him to ridicule , by exhibiting the contemptible display made by "his friends in his defence . We had no wish to do either of these things . We did not wish to iojure , to insult , or to annoy Mr . O Brien ; we did
not wish to publish a letter of our own with Mr . Clayton ' s signature to it ; and therefore as the letter itself was utterly valueless either to Mr . O'Brien or anybody else , we witheld it in the civilest and most respectfnl manner possible , simply observing that we thought enough had been said upon the enbject It was our opinion that if even the letter had been a creditable and respectable one , any continuance of the discussion , after the first indignant denial of the calumny , must be injurious to O'Brien , This seems not to be our opinion only , for we have now before us a letter from the sub-Secretary at York , informing us that after Mr . O'Brien ' s lecture in that City , the following resolution was passed : —
"That the Chartists of York view with extreme regret th » continued introduction into the Star of what is termed 'the charge of drunkenness against Mr . O'Brien , ' which charge they believe to be base and calumnious ; and they cannot approve of the conduct of the Editor in allowing ( under any circumstances ) the continued introduction of that which ought never to have been suffered to appear in the Star at alL" " . That the above resolution be sent to the Star for insertion . " W . CoBD £ ex , sub-Secretary . Upon this we remark , en passant , that the sending ol this resolution to us for insertion , is a qneer way of deprecating the continued introduction of the subject into the Star . We perfectly agree witfi tha Chartists of York , that the discussion is unadvisable ; and we regret that the anxiety of Mr . Clayton and his friends , Messrs . Chapman and Co , to " cut a caper" by way
of serving Mi . O Brien , should have been so unfortunately manifested . It was because we thought so that we declined to insert Mr . Clayton ' s letter of the 15 th of November last We repeat that onr reasons for declining it were—Srst , that enough had been said upon the subject ; second , that the letter contained no new point ^ it met nothing but the " drunkenness" charge , which had been already much better met ; and ,-third , that the letter itself was so disgrace ful a composition , that its insertion most have been an ir . snlt and an annoyance to Mr . O'Brien . Lest Mr . O'Brien and Ms friends should really think that there was seme other p " oint besides the " drunkenness" one in the letter , and Itst our own friends should think that we do Mr . Clayton , — the candidate for Conventional honours , —injastice in thus eharacterisinij his product ion , we give the letter verbatim et literatim : —
JUSTICE , JUSTICE—TIS ALL I ASK . On Saturday , the 6 tb day of November , a paragraph appeared in the- Leeds Tivies , in which it is stated , that on Sunday , the 31 st day of October , two lectures ( or harangues ; where delevered by Mr . J . B . O'Br ien , in which principle was never grapled with , or any thing instructing advanced , they ( the lectures ; consisting of nothing but denouncing individuals " and humbug ; and to -wind up , stateB that he was " drunk , and no mistake . " Now the
charges are before the public they must either be true or false . Let us examine faiily the last chaTge first . On Sunday , ths "th , I waited upon Mr . Broadbent , the reporter ; he was en gad ged . The day following was appointed , when I sbonld have an oppsrtnnity of seeing him . Accordingly I tvaitad upon him . ruy object in so doing I stated the reasons where first , was he the author of that paragraph ? secondly , upon what authority or grounds did he rest the charge of drunkenness ? To the first his answer tras in the aff-nnitiva . To the
second , he stated to me then and again on Tuesday evning , before two witnesses , that he had no proofs . No proofed no not one , save and except " what" Why , " he thought he irasl" I asked him repeatdly if this was the only foundation for such a public charge , upon the character of a gentleman and he distinctly stated it was I csulU . - . carcely conceal my indignation and disgust for suet an individual trlio could so for ; et himself to sat ispy tfcete-ser passions , to the injury ( as far as lay in his power ) of a gentlemen as far superior and above him as Hcava is to HelL Yes , the only thisg on which he rested the charge was " he thon ^ ht he was . " I then , so that he could contradict the same , proved to him by occular proofs ,
tkat the same was false and untrue I will now lay then before the public , and leave them to judge . I vraited Mr . O'Brien arrival , accompanied him te an Hotel , a Temprence on , mind this , from there to Mr . Pitkethly ' s , to dinner ; he took for his beverage one glass of water ; from there , along vn-Jh Mr . Penny , to the Hall of Science , which we found crovreded to excess . After tho afternoon lecture Mr . O'Brien was taken ill . On the recommendation of a medical gentleman , and unknown to Mr . O'Brisn , I sent for four pennyworth of brandy , which he drank upon the pla ' . forn . After which , Mr . O'Brien having wrapped himself well np , I and Mr . O'Brien took a short walk until tea was ready (¦ which was provided in the Hall for the accommodation of the
country friends ) we saunterd into the country for the space of half an hour . On our return we took tea -with nearly 100 friends , and if Mr . O'Brien tad been in liquor would have known , after tea I left Mr . O'Brien for the space of tenTnicctea with © nr worty and tried friend ilr . " Sbaw , a tetotelar cf long standing . They toc-k 3 short walk , and I joined them We preceded to the Hall , -which \ ras crammed almost to raffocrtion , where he so exposed the fallacies of Owenism , and shewed the absurdity of thier system as called for oft and numerous plaudits . He also exposed , in the most eloquent manner , which showed that he was complote master of the subject—the vilasy of the funding system ; and traced , in a most clear and lucid manner possable , the progress of usury , and the system Jby which tte working classes of this country have
been brought to thier present situation ; pointing out , in the clearest manner pos » eble , the only passable way by which these diref ull effects could be rooted from society , which was received by the audiene in such a manner as proved tbat thy met the cordial approbation of the vast assemblythen present— the produce of that Gentleman ' s labours is increased , numbers to onr ranks , which is -a proof of the good done by his lectures , l&deed many who are opposed to us in principle , met me , and candidly confets ^ d that be ( Mr . O'Brien ) was a truly talented and elcquent speaker , that the paragraph in the Times -was a most abamefull and dipgracefull paragraph ; and some went so far as to assert , that if &T > y person there ¦ sras in a state of drui > keiir ; ess it -was Mr . Brcaflbent This , from those opposed to us , is ef itself a proof snfflcent . Now , I furthermore beg to stats , that Mr . O'Brien never , during the course of
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that day , ever tasted any kind of drink , either intoxicating , or nnintoxioating , sav on cop of coffee at ten o ' cloek that night , which I can prove by living witnese chiefly total abstainers . I never left that gentleman while sear ) twelve o'clock Furthermore I ¦ challenge . Mr . Broadbont to a public meeting of bis townsmen , when and where he pleases , to prove his assertions , and I will undertake to prove that he ( Broadbent ) is a base , lying , calumaaatlng villian , to a majority of the meeting then present I remain , truly yours , Edward Clayton .
Such is the famous letter of Mr . Clayton , about which alT this disturbance has been made . We have not altered a word , a l etter , nor a point ; and we think that all who read it will agree with us that , in declining to publish it , we acted kindly towards Mr . O'Brien ; and that in merely stating , as a reason for so declining , " enough had been said upon the subject , " we acted both kindly and delicately towards Mr . Clayton . We are sorry that the intemperance and ill-temper of Mr . O ' Brien ' s friends should have dragged this exposure from us ; bat the fault is not ours .
And now we have only one more word to say , amd that is to our friends generally . There Is probably no other newspaper in England that receives so much original correspondence as the Northern Star—there is certainly no other that circulates so extensively amongst persons who , while their feelings are rerj strong upon tbe subjects in which they are interested , are yet from their education and circumstances , unable to form any adequate conception of the peculiarities , the difBculties , and the labour of our position . And hence we have been induced to pass by , without feeling the least offence at them , many -very harshly expressed censures which we felt convinced would never have been pronounced had the parties from whom they emanated ,
known all that we knew . We are always ready to excuse the hasty expression of a well-meaning mind , i ll fitted , by circumstances , to judge accurately of a matter upon which they yet feel deeply ; and hence we net only excuse but thank our York friends for tho admonition contained in their resolution ; while we fed qnite sore that had they consulted upon it with Mr O'Brien , who knows more cf the peculiarities of suck a position as ours is . than they do , their resolution would in all probability , if passed at all , have assumed a different form . We ean make no such excuse for the Hudderafield friends of Mr . O'Brien , who have dragged this explanation from us . We leave them to account to that gentleman for their extraordinary mode of " vindicating" him in the best way they can .
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J . Siertes , Cambosne . — We s ent as many of the papers as he ordered , vchat more does he want I S . Mann . —The Plates and Medals were sent to Mr . John Cleave , London . The Five Shillings from H . M ., London , noticed in last , was for Mrs . Frost and not O'Brien ' s Press Fund . J . Stiven , Boulogne . —The parcel has been forwarded as directed . Johii Riddle , St . Albans . — We supplied the London agents with both Medals and Plates . Let the agent at St . Albans write for them , if he has not received them . ¦
D . S . GBA . vrHAM .-7 Ae PosUOffice Order for the Executive is wrong . Send address , and it will be returned to be corrected . T . G . H . —Say who he has taken his paper from . J . Slocombe . —Send 3 s . 9 d . quarterly to the office , and there will be no further trouble about it . J . Hall , Ous £ BtrRi ? . —Send address and he will have an answer to his question .
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TOR THE CHARTIST CAUSE . £ . b . d . From J . R . ... ... 0 2 6
FOR THE 0 BRIEN PRESS FUND . From G . Dove , Scarborough ... 0 0 3 " the Chartists of Preston , per G . Halton ... ... 0 13 i TOR MRS . FBOST—THE " WHIG-MADE "WIDOW . " From T . S . Brook , Dswsbnry ... 10 0 " J . G- and T . B ., two Hylton friends , per J . Williams ... 0 2 0 " Three Rainton friends , per Thos . Graham ... ... 0 16 " The Members of the National Council , in Mansfield 0 5 0 " The Chartists of Wednesbury ... :.. 0 10 « The Chartists of Salford ... 0 6 0
FOR THE EXECUTIVE . From the flax-dressers at Moulin-a-Vapeur , Boulogne 0 9 7 " Three Bristol Chartists , per B . Gibson , third subscription ... ... Oil
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BINGIJSV . —Ten Hours Bill . —A publio meeting of mill-owners , overlookers , and t > thera , waa held in the large room of the Odd Fellows' Hall , Bineley , on Monday evening last . In the absence of Mr . Fenand , M . P ., Mr . M . Balme , Secretary of the Bradford Short Time Committee , was called to the chair . The meeting was addressed by several speakers , both masters and operatives , and tha following resolution was agreed to : " That it is the opinion of this meeting , : hat the labour of young persons , employed in factories , between the age of thirteen and twenty-one , should be restricted to ten houri a day , for five in the week , and eight hours on Saturdays ; and , that such a limitation is required , not more by justice than by a sound commercial policy . " A petition to Parliament was adopted .
THIKSK . —The pressure of the times begins to make itself felt in this neighbourhood to an alarming extent , poverty and its inseperable companion crime are making sad inroads into the peace of the inhabitants of this usually quiet rural district , the number of penniless and houseless wanderers is fearfully great , upwards of thirty casual paupers having obtained a shelter from the pitilr-ss storm on one night during last week , in our workhouse ; as may be anticipated , crime is also greatly oa the increase . A few days ago , a lad was stopped , and his pockets rifled on the road between Sutton and Bagby . A young man of ; he name of Hawxwell , was set upon on the turnpike road , about threemileafromThirsk , and near
to the plaoe where Mr . Bosomwonh , of Bagby , was robbed three weeks or a month ago ; a man rushed from the hedee , seized his horse ' s bridle , and gave a loud whiatle , which startled tho auimal , caused him to free ^ himself From the marauder ' s grasp and enabled him io get clear off . —The house of Mr . Francis Pinkney , the Grifiiu Inn , near the same place , was on the following nigat attempted to be broken into . Fortunately , the family were aroused , and by discharging a gun from tho window shewed they weron the aleri , and scared the if ilJains from their object . —Several other attempts at robbery , &o . have been made in the neighbourhood , but seldom with better success , but enough to keep the public mind in constant alarm , and to wish themselves well over the
winter . HUDDEBSF £ EIjD . —A Patriot . —An Anti-Corn Law lord ot tne furnace blast , having agreed that his lady should be one of those who should go round the neighbourhood last week , for the purpose of obtaining fi « n 3 tures of her owa sex to the petition of the mighty League , so far over-stepped his benevolent desire to procure for the mass of the people cheap bread , as to shew the eleven foot by presenting his own men with a boon , preparatory to receiving a still greater one , namely , by-reducing tieir wages two shillings per week .
CARLISLE— Horrible Distress and Destitution . —We mentioned , last week , that a Committee of working men had been formed for the purpose of takiDg a complete enumeration of tho circumstances and condition of . the poorer classes . They have since completed their labours , which they have be ^ n enabled to perform in s most correet and satis factory manner , through the kindness of G . H . Head , Esq ., banker , who very generously paid all the expences of books and labour . As the report of the Committee will bsst convey an adequate idt a of ibe result of its inquiries , we hasten to lay it before the public , as opening up a mass of misery and destitution which is heart-rending 10 o outeinplate .
Report of the Committee appointed at a Public Meeting of the Inhabitants of Carlisle . he d in the Town Hall ,, on Twsdap , December the 2 $ ( h , 1841 , to take a complete enumeration of the .. circumstances and condition of ihc woikii . g classes , with a view to assist the Committee previously appointed to distribute temporary relief . Your committee have given their most minute and assiduou 3 attention to the subject tbey were appointed to investigate , ana beg leave to lay before you tue
In The Bankruptcy Of John Ellison,, Of Leeds, In The County Of York, Nail Manufacturer,
IN the Bankruptcy of John Ellison ,, of Leeds , in the County of York , Nail Manufacturer ,
result of their labours . The day following the public meeting In the Town Hall , a deputation from the committee waited on Q . H . Head , Esq ., and after having stated the object of the committee , he kindly ordered' Mr . Arthar , bookselJerj to furnish the committee with a . sufficient number / of suitable books , to take a complete enumeration . Your Committee then proceeded to divide the town into fifteen diBtricte , as will beraeen by the table attached to this report , and appointed two persons to each district , and that thei slightest charge of partiality might be avoided , they so arranged the enumerators , as to . invariably have one person appointed to each district who was a com * parative stranger to the' persona reaiding therein .. In this manner they proceeded to take down all the psrtt colon ' set forth in the table , by ^ which it will be seen , that out of a population of twentyrtwo thousand ,
there are six thousand two hundred and / e ! ghty-six human beings starving , ( for It cannot be called living ) , on the miserable pittance of ONE SHILLING AND THBEE FARTHINGS PER HEAD PER WEEKi OR ONE rENNY THREE PAHTHINGS PER HEAD FEB . DAT ! » state of things which cannot be much longer endured , arid which is utterly disgraceful to those Who have bid the marfagement * f the piiblio affairs of the country . And your Committee are strongly persuaded that , until a g 1 *** <* Bubftantial change takes place in the wretched and iiwiug / condition of the people , the eaBual hand of charity will prove of alight avail In relieving the immense mass of misery which at pTesent exists ; indeed it ia onJy a drain on the parses of those humane and benevolent gentlemen -who have so generously come forward to relieve the poor and destitute . ¦ ' ' . ¦¦ . ¦ . ^ ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦'¦ .- ¦ ¦ ¦ w . ' - . - •¦
Your Committee cannot refrain / from / stating one important feature in the result of their investigation , which is , that ran immense majority of the distress which exists , and the suffering which ia , at present , being endured- —is amongst , and by those , more irtimediately eDgaged in the manufacture of cotton gobda . There are in the Enumeration Books no fewer than six hundred and sixty five hand-loom weavers who with those depending upon them for support , amount to the almost incredible , number of 2 , 995 , being one-half of the whole number of persons in the table I Wretched as is the condition of this numerous body of men , yet it does not shield them from the pestilential hand of the spoiler , ' -who , on the slightest plea will , monster-like , grab another threeherice or .. sii t-
pence per cut from their miserable pittance . The other portion , as exhibited in the table , arises principally from labourersi and others being out of employment at this inclement season of the year . Nearly all of your Committee belong to the working portion-of society ; and as such , they were prepared to meet with great privation , destitution , and want ; but until they actually visited the various districts , tMy had formed but a weak conception of the alarming extent to which the distress prevailed . There are few of your Committee whose hearts have not sickened at the horrible and heart-rending destitution and misery which they have witnessed ; hundreds of cases of dwellings
scarcely containing a single decent article of furniture ; cupboards without a solitary mouthful of food of any description ; wretched straw beds with scanty and meagre covering ; grates yriih little , and in some instances no fire ¦ whilst the heart-broken inmates of these miserable abodes i presented a picture of human wretchedness , at which humanity shudders —clothed in rags , arid in many cases without shoes and stockings— their appearance pale , fhaggared , and woebegone—they are evidently fast sinking into premature graves ! Can this be once happy England , where the people were wont to be well-fed , well-clad , and had not a tithe of the labour , they have now to perform ?
Your Committee cannot but congratulate you on the moral and peaceable demeanour of the working classes under such trying and harrassing circumstances , and can only express their surprise , that depredations on property haee not been tenfold more numerous ; for your Committee well re member the time when not half the amount of deprivation and misery existed ; tbat tne people st once set the law : at defiance , and invaded and took away the property of others ; a course highly reprehensible , and which ought never to be for a single moment Countenanced in a well-regulated state of society . Yeur Committee would urge the necessity of furnishing the important result of tielr inquiries to the Members of Parliament for the borough . ;
Your Committee have , they believe , in some solitary cases been imposed upon , which -circumstance calls for an active vigllenca on the part of those distributing charity ; but in most instances the ¦ well-deserVing have been diffident in giving in their names . In conclusion ,-your Committee beg leave to state , that they will willingly aid the Charity Committee , by giving them information from their books , or otherwise assisting them in carrying out th « laudable object they have in view—that of relieving the poor and destitute . ¦ ¦'¦ ' ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ ' - ; ; " " ¦ ¦ " -: ' Table , shewing in figures , the results of the labours of the Committee . ifM .-s .- -i & ¦ ¦'¦ : < I If ** * J ! -iSf •]** - 3 ! £ s . d s . d . No . 1 200 226 160 404 ( 324 35 0 7 1 lh No . 2 11 : IBS ID ? . J 94 496 28 10 7 I ] £ No . 3 132 239 183 418 601 27 13 5 0 11 No . 4 lid 159 139 313 452 28 18 6 1 3 tio . b 103 71 ) 2 < J 21 S 247 . 9 0 10 0 V No . 6 82 102 40 237 277 13 13 8 0 llj No . 7 71 95 37 218 255 13 6 3 6 04 Ho . 8 131 107 lU 441 552 23 17 1 0 IO No . 9 3 2 » Hii 224 268 492 32 11 3 1 3 j No , JO 12 b 194 180 329 515 3110 0 1 2 / No . 11 80 139 112 232 344 16 13 4 0 11 ; No . 12 7 t > 128 16 ( i 197 863 24 14 6 1 4 ; No . 13 58 142 151 255 40 ( i 23 15 3 1 2 No . 14 64 100 134 183 317 21 17 0 1 3 No . 15 70 153 111 ) 22 ( i 345 ' 28 2 9 j 1 7 Total 1540 2217 1894 4392 « 23 ( i 359 6 0 A 1 If
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PREDICTION FOR THE YEAR 1852 . The Doctors are all in a fright 'Xheir trafficing season is o'er , The secret has , taken its flight , And the people believe them no more . Too long have their nostrums been ta'en , For doiusion had spread them afar ; But the monster is happily slain , By the wisdom and skill of Old Parr . Diplomas are not ¦ wortb . a groat , The College of Prizes is bare { Dissecting room windows have got , " To let" stuck in characters there . Their knives aid the ' r saws , have all fled , With the grave-robbing villains afar ; Fomo usbuow havethwy for the dead , SincQ th © living have heard of Old PaRR .
N o need for their cutting and slashing , Diseased , lhnbs Btay and are cur'd ; And from mangling , murdering , smashing , Eaeh patient may now ^ be ensur'd , Fromblisters , and glisteTs , and bleeding , t From impurities , blotches , or scar , No painful appliances neoding . I f you take but . the Piiia of Old Park . Constitutions all broken are rear'd , And prem » tur 9 deaths are but rare ; The fountains again have appeared , And freshness and vigour ia there . The lame are seen leaping for joy , And diseases are banished afar , For life hts been freed froia alley , By the wisdom and skill of OldJParb ..
Infirmaries , -workhouse , andgaol , Nut needing " professional" aid , Have lately been offered fo » sale . Or elss into nurseries ir . ade . The age of deception is past , While millions proclaim it afar , And their freedom for ever shall last , Like the fame and thdFills of Old PARR . Old Parr's Pills are sold by J . Hobson , Star Uffice , Mirkef-strceti Leeds ; and may be had also of all Medicine Venders . Price Is . l | d . ; 23 . Si . ; and family boxes , 1 Is . each . Full directions are given w ilk each box .
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XiKEDS .- — -The Chabtjsts of Leeds . —Our frfeads ; the Chartista of Leeds , held their usual meetings on jSuuday , in tho Associatio ' n Room , Shambles . The attendance for the season both afternoon and evening , was most numerous aud respectable ; respectable even in . the acceptation of that phrase , as interpretad by the factions , namely , well-dressed . Bat there is also a marked improvement in the attention and general behaviour of tha meeciags ; they are less uproarious and partake more of the reasoning and intellectual qualities . The materials for excitement aud clamour appear scarce . This autura well . Men will learn to think if subjects Tins augurs well * Men will learn to think it suojects
worthy their attention are constantly brought before them ; and they will also learn to be discreet in determining if constantly exercised in the art of investigating inte causes and effects . It is most pleasing to see the attempt which is being made to bring out . new talent into the field of usefulness , by inducing thei young and inexperienced to ; conie forwardaud practise speaking in the afternoons ot" each Sunday . U is most heart-cheering to see the great improvement which has lately been so apparent ia every respect ; and this is the more flatteriug when its results are contemplated a 3 seen aud felt in tho enemies ' camp .
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Distress at Liverbsol . —At a meeting of ¦ . the inhabitants oi Lime-street vyard , Liverr > ool , onMonday , to consider the mean 3 of relieving the distress , Mr . C . Rawlins stated , that he had spent nearly th © whol 6 of Sunday and that day in visiting the poorer parts of Rodney-street Ward . In tho course of his visits he had found families , comprising about two hundred iudividuais , in such a state of deatittttion , that no manv possesged of tho cemmon feelings of humattUy , eduld have looked upon it without feeling imperiously called upon to put his hand in his pocket . Amongst the -number of persons mentioned , ho ascertained that there were only five blankets . There were five women , from within a week to a moiith of confinement , and only two of them had any baby linen . Threehad got the assistanceof the Ladies' Caarity , and the other two were seeking itj though without very strong hopes of obtaining it . The distress , aa
compared with this time last year , he might , as a Commercial man , describe a 9 50 per cent , worse . Sonie cases that came uader his observation were of a peculiarly lamentable kind . One man had oa Saturday sold the . bedstead from under his sick wife , in order to provide food for his family ^ There were fifty-four families destitute of blankets , and having nothing to cover thiem duifing tho cold nights but a bit of carpet or sackinsr , or some such thirig vin addition to their ordinary clothing . This destitution , he felt bound to say , did not arisa altogether from tke season . Many of the working men had been out of employriient from three weeks to three months , and he had found one class of men suffering from want of employment who had before been exempt—he meant the coopers . It would require the poor people to be in work for weeks , and in some cases for months , to obtain the articles absolutely necessary for thuir comfortable subsistence —Liverpool Times . . ; ' : ' v \ .
DISTRBS 3 IN SPlTALFiELVa —DlSTRIBUTIQX OF THE Eelikf . —Since Saturday last the Coinoiittee ( ia whose hands the funds received by the Lord Mayor , for the relief of the distressed Spitaifields weavers , were placed ) have been inos » actively engaged in the distribution of breads potatoes , and coals . Up to Tuesday night more than two thousand lamilies had been relieved ; the regulations of the <> nimiti ; e © being , that in each case half a hiindrisd weight of coals , twenty-ejght pouhds of potatoes , and a loaf , ¦
to every one should be given- Some few private individuals have come forward upon this mo 88 urgent occasion who have shown the most active philanthrophy . Mr . I ) e la Rue , paper manufacture I ' , Bunhili-royr , has afforded relief to 200 families , in coals , bread , and potatoes ; and many hay * received donations of mattresses , blaaketc , sheets , &o ., &c . On Tuesday night , a- very numerous meeting of ' the wcaveis was held at the Grown and Anchor , Waterloo-town , at which aa account of the different localities which have not
been relieved was taken down by the Secretary , Mr . Clais-se , vrho stated that he would communicate with Mr . Miller , Secretary to the ' Relief Fund of the . Spitaifiolds Weavers' Committee , upon the sabject . " ¦ . " ; . : ;
Accident on the Great We-tern RAiLWAy . — Another fatal accident on this ' line occurred in the Sunning Cutting ( near the spot of the last catastrophe ) last Wednesday evening , whereby a policeman of the name of I > ixon lost his life . It appears that the unfortunate man was on the south , or down rail , signalling the up ^ traiii , when the six o ' clock down-train approached , uiiperceived by the policeman , and killed him upon the spot . The poor man has left a widow and flvo children ^
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On the 25 ih of November , 1841 , the wife of John Hawkins , of Mpuntsprrel , was delivered of s , son which has been duly regisJered , Robert Emrantt Hawkins , in honour of that . '' . ' illustrious patriot who fell a victim to factious . cruelty in 18 ' ? 3 : '¦ Christsjied on the 2 nd of Jan . 1842 , at tho pa'ish church of Ashton-uniler-Lyne , David Feargus O'Oon-ior MayaiaB ,. the soa of David Mayman , dresser for power-loom weavers . . Jana Wilson , wife fif Francis Wilson , was safely delivered of a son , November 3 ., which was duly AVifiafonnH TWrnnfia P .-ini-unc : Ci'Cjitinnr WilPOn . :
Eiiztbeth , wife of Robert Johnson , was safely delivered or a son , Nav . 24 , aud christened Thomas Feargus O'Connor Johnson . - „ . '" . Aun , wife of John Backhouse , jun ., !; was eately delivered of a sori ^ December lGth , and was duly baptised John Frost O'Connor Backhouse . Born on the 22 d of March , and duly registered on the 3 rd of May , Sarah O'Connor Halloweli , the daughter of Mr . John Halloweli , tailor , of Soyland . - . ¦ -, " . ¦ . ; , ' ¦ ; : - , ; ' . : ¦ ;" . ' ¦ ¦ .: ' ¦ . . : .. . . " . ; .. " . Duly r © gistered , Elizabeth O'Connor Randall , daughter of John and Mary Randall , of Manchester-read , Bradford . - Born 17 th of Oetober ; and duly registered , Win . Jeuuiuga O'Connor PeUett , eon of . Win . ^^ aud Elizabeth PellettManchester-road . .
, Bpru Nov . 8 th , and duly registered Dec . 6 th ult ., Robert Eminett Edmori 3 sonv oniy child of Jaiues and Martha Ednioiiddoa , of Bradford . . A few dr / 3 ago , tho wife of Mr . Barnabas Northrop , of Clayton , was delivered of a fiae son » which has since been registsred dphn Frost Northrop . __•' -. A short timp sincQ-was registered , Hanna > h Frost Harrison , daugliter of George Harrison , of Thornton , near Bradford . Baptised in the parish church at Broms * rove , by the Itevi J . B . G . " More , Jame 3 Feargus O'Connor Wakamau , the son of James Wakeman , nailorj of that town . -
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XaAHRlAGB . At Thirsk , on Tuesday last , Mr . Thomas Fawcett to Mary ; , ouly daughter oi' Mr . Robert Hudson , all of ; Tiiirsk . . ' . ' '¦ ¦ ; . : : ; ... : - : /' :.:. " : ' - : ' .. " . On Sunday last , at the Wesleyan Methodist Chape ; , Otley , by the Rev . R . Totherick , Mr . J . Wood , to Miss Allau , all of Burley , near Otley . ' , ¦ ¦¦'¦ ¦ , ^ -h : ¦ - ¦ :- - .: " - - ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ - : '¦ ¦ : . / - -
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- " " ; . ¦ ¦ •' ¦ ¦ ¦ :. '¦; : ; ISEJVrHS . v- / - . ' ¦;; ; - ¦ ; ' : ¦¦ . ; ' : - . ; : '¦' On the lOth inst ., MlfB . tJockfield , relict of the late Mr . Jos . Coekfield i Beacbn , near Richmbiid . Dacember 19 ; h ,- at bis residence , Ashted-house , Birmingham , aged 70 * Samual Lowe , Esq , aged 4 & years , an eminent solicitor in that town .
On tha Slst : Daceraber , at Lanoastcr , Mr . Duffy , father of Jairies Duffy , the Whig victim ; he wasln the 9 ? d year of his age ; a nativei ^ Q ^ jfifJ TfTi 11 ~ f Jj ^^ i _ iii the County Monaghan , Ireland ; an < i ; obwwtM __ : ; sufferers of — 98 ; : . ¦ ' ;¦ - ¦ -.. ¦' . ' •' ' -. ¦ : ' - : : " ¦ - -S I A : * V . > Li ' ; On the 4 th inst . j at Bristol j aftervai ^ ' ^ eek'S'JHagsteJA 3 £ = » - ^ v \ Mr . ( jfcorge Chappie ^ many y ears iandteftteyg ^ L ^^^^ X-j l > ak « of Dcypnehire , Temple-street , leavjj ^ WAWB ^' -, : ^ 0 ^ i ^ « nd seven small chilcren to deplore hisifopj ^ v- ^^^ M ^^ la ¦ : . v ^ ¦ y ^ : }' : ^ -W ^^^^ m ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ : x 'Sy ^ & ^
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/ - ;; CHARTISTSv ^ ' . ';;•; ' ¦ '"¦' •" : Leeds , January 14 thj 1842 ; Si » , —In referenca to the statement of the Mayor in the last week's Mercury , wherein he denies haTing made use ci' the language attributed fo him by me in the > course of wy reoiaiks at the meeting ia the Music Hail , I beg to say that he is correct . I find * however , upon iuither inquiry oi the depn * tation , that , although Mr . Pawson did not sav in & 6 many words , that hV could notr
recpgmz 3 a third party , yet that was the only mfertricethQ deputation could draw fjom what he did say . We are extremely sorry that tatia should hare been any wisunderdtsuidiuKy wo hope tka . i none in tuture will arise ; we hope that all parties professing liberal opinions will , ere long , h ' uu it to Be their interest to throw aside / their hostile ( feelings ^ and unite for the attainment of their cbnunon fighte . Your ' struly , ' :... " : ¦ " " V . Ki Wesilake . 57 , Chatham-street , Leeds .
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The Communications of an Old Reformer , an outand out Chartist , C . J . M . Thorpe , A . D . Cooke , one of the Sufferers , a Sussex Farmer , Peter Rigby , John Leach , Wm . Brelsford , John Hover , S . W . Gaulkrodger , Edward Morris , and a number of other Correspondents have been received . Mb . T . B . Smith and the Babnsley Chartists . — We are requested to state that Mr . Smith was prevented from attending the meeting at Barnslcy on Monday evening , by severe sickness . Me has been confined to his bed of an inflamed sore throat during the whole week . The same cause will prevent his attending to his appointment at Upper Wortley to-morrow . His projected visit to Littletown , Batley , and Birstaljjnws / for the same reason be postponed , until he shall have been sufficiently recovered .
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. ____ __^_ ' THE NORTHERN STAR . .- ; ; ; , ... ; . ; ; . ; . ¦ : ' ;/ ' ; : ;\ . C-VJ v ^ CJ ^ &h
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 15, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1144/page/5/
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