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EDWARDS' BREAKFAST POWDER . HHHE MANUFACTURERS of thia excellent -L Article have taken the PramiBas 271 , Deansgate , Manchester , iu order to supply Agents there , and in the neighbouring Counties , ou the earns terms as at their Warehouse in London . The Breakfast Powder is prepared from Grain -of British Growth , and some of the most eminent London . Physicians affirm it to be fax more nutritious and less heating than Coffee ; it is used and recommended by many medical men , and need but a trial to ensure consumption . Sold in Packets , in most Towns in the Kingdom , Price < Jd . per Pound ; Superfine Quality , 81 . It is the aim of the Manufacturers to provide an excellent and wholesome Beverage at the cheapest possible rate , and from the satisfaction the Breakfast Powder has given , they fearlessly assert it to be the best and cheapest substitute for Coffee ever discovered . Edwards Brothers , 99 , Blackfriar ' s Road , London , and 271 , Doansgate , Manchester .
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MowiciPAt Election—Httsslet Wasd . —A meeting of the burgesses of this Ward was called by placard , to be held on Tuesday night , in the large room of the Exchange Inn . At the time for holding the meeting the rwm was crowded to excess . Mr . PybuB moved that Mr . Joshua . Barnard , a stanch old Chartist , should take the Chair . This was carried to&aimously . Thn Chairman then read the bill calling the meeting . He then said that the burgesses ou ° ht to be Tery careful as to whom they Sected aa councillors ; for a very great addition of power had been rested ia the hands of the Town Council by the passing of the New Improvement Act ; and eoncludsd by calling upon any person to nominate a person to represent this Ward in the Town Council .
Mr . Thomas Bsaumont then came forward and said it was high time that working men took their affairs into their own hands . The Whigs had acted a treacherous part towards the people . H « alluded to a conversation he bad with a middle-class man of that plaoe , wherein he said that the working classes were fools ; they did not use the power they possessed . If , said he , the working men united in supporting their own men , we the middle classes , would be quite powerless . Mr . Beaumont called upon them to unite in supporting the man he had to propose ; he believed htm well qualified for the office of town councillor , and one that would confer a lasting benefit to the working mea of the borongh if he waa returned . He concluded by proposing Mr .
Joshua Hobson , as a fit and proper person to represent the burgesses of Hunslet , on the 1 st of November next , in the town council . Mr . George Pybus then m&da a few observations on the necessity of supporting , by heart and hand , the election of Mr . Hobson . He concluded by seconding the proposition . Mr . Baron supported it \ his speech was one unvarnished statement of facts , and appeared to have effect with the meeting . The Chairman then enquired if any other gentleman bad any one to propose ! After waiting a few minutes , and no one offering to come forward , he put ike proposition to the meeting , when it was carried unanimously , not a Eingie hand in opposition . It * n& then announced that Mr . Hobson would address
the men of Hunslet on Wednesday night , 28 th Sept . in the fame room , and all were solicited to come . Thanks were then given to the Chairman , and the meeting separated . The men of Hunslet have begun well ; they have quite alarmed the Whigs and Tories . When the polling day comes we should hope they will not shew themselves fools any more , but come boldly forward and support the mas of their own choice ; they can carry Mm triumphantly if they work as they ought to do . Let them every day canvass the voters- ; let them have everything ready before the day come 3 ; and let them be determined to win . Don ' t let any doubts trouble them ; they have every reason , from the meeting on Tuesday night , to indulge in the hope
of certain trinmph . They must now sacrifice a few hours every day previons to the 1 st of November for the good cause . To the Burgesses in the other wards we would say go and do likewise ; they have a glorious example before them ; in many of the Wards there is every chance of carrving men of the people , if properly gone abouu Let all be on the look out ; meetings for the nomination of candidates are now being held in most of the Wards . We hear of a rumour that the Whigs and Tories have agreed to unite and support Mr . James Thompson , Woodhouse-hill , an old Whig . The honour of driving the Whigs and Tories together will belong to the men of Honslet .
SUICIDE BY A SOLDIER . On Tuesday afternoon , an inquest was held before John Blackburn , Esq ., at the house of Mr . J . W Johnson , the Barrack Tavern , on view of the body of Joseph Bird , a private in . the 17 ih L&naere , now stationed at Leeds barracks , who committed suicide by blowing his brains out with a horse pistol , on Monday evening . The appearance of the remains was shocking in the extreme ; the charge of the pistol , ( and a very heavy one it most have been ) , having passed from under the chin carrying away the left side of the face , disfiguring the right side , and entirely blowing to pieces the skull , scattering the brains in every direction . The Jury having viewed the body , which had been removed to the dead honse at the barracks , the following evidence was heard : —
Mr . Wm . Hall , quarter-master of the 17 th Lancers , deposed that the deceased had for five or six years been bi » servant ; he had been in the regiment about twentyore yearai he last saw him alive about a quarter past ten yesterday morning , and had observed for the last few ireeks , more particularly , symptoms of something like insanity ; fee bad been given to drinking , and seldom vent on parade without great appearance of ner-Toumess . The witness could not assign any cause for the deed ,- he had been his servant , always paid his monthly bills , and with one exception had found nothing -wrong . He considered him an honest man .
John Gongh , sergeant schoolmaster in the 17 th Lancers , said that he saw the deceased about half-pist ten o ' clock on Monday morning ; he went into the Quarter Master ' s store-room at that time , in consequence of hearing a report that the Quartet Master himself bad been shot ; the door he found locked ; and whilst toying to effect an entrance the deceased opened the door ; there was much smoke , and deceased said he kad beenfirisg bis pistol through the window . The report vras an unusual one ; the pistol had evidently been leaded with balL The marks of two bails were afterwards found on the wall of his room , and a bail which had been fired was found in the room . The
witness had not observed any change in Ms manner , and always considered him of sound mind . Martha Eastwood , servaDt to Mr . Hall , the Quarter Master , who resides in Buslingthorpe-lane , deposed that she saw the deceased about half-past twelve on Monday ; she saw no more of him ; at half after three in the afternoon , she heard the report of a pistol ; she had heard several reports during the day and took no notice of it ; but about six bad occasion to go into a hay-loft on the premises , to fetch some wood , when she saw the deceased laid ; she gave information to other parties , and a boy went up ; had net observed any thing particular in his manner .
We Britton , son of a private in the regiment , deposed that he went into the hay-loft , where he found the deceased laid on the floor on a sack ; he was without coat , waistcoat , and aho 6 S ; he had a pistol in hia right hand . He was quite dead . Thomas Spiers , policeman , was sent for , and found the deceased laid in the loft as described . He had the pistol , which had evidently been discharged , in his right hind , with his finger on the trigger . At his right side there was a mz ^ t laid . His cap bad b * tn shot through , and theie were portions of the skull in the cap . His brains were scattered about the room . From the stale of the room it appeared as if the deceased had been burning some papers . Martha Bird , the wife of the deceased , said she had not seen him alive since about six o ' clock yesterday morning ; he had been low- ? pir : ted for some time , particularly since the death of Mrs . Hall , the wife of the quarter master , in whom he always said he had lost a
good mistress . The Jury retired for a few minutes , and returned a Terdict that the deceased shot hims = lf whilst labouring under temporary derargement . HTJDDESSFIEIjD . —Magisterial Law . —A poor man was heard to be rather noisy ( being intoxicated ) in the presence of several officials during ; the tate excitement ; he was taken . before the magistrates , who ordered him to pay fifteen shillingsa ram he could not pay , so was set at _ liberty , under the promise that he would pay . Failing to do so up to last M end ' s v , he was placed in the stocks for the debt . If those who are so strenuon 3 for sobriety were treated in a similar manner when intoxicated , the Ftock * would generally be engaged .
SHEFFIELD . Chabge of Abson . —On Tuesday week , John Hurst , Abraham Cook , and William Gilpin were brought up at the ^ Town-hall , no suspicion of having set fire to Smith s wheel , ( a notice of the fire appeared in last week ' s Star . ) The police deposed that they captured the prisoners in the neighbourhood of the wheel a few minntes before the discovery of the fire . On searching t ' neni , they fonnd upon Hurst , a wheelband and a small saw . On Cook was found a large key , and on Gilpin was fouud a bunch of Email keys . The most material witness against the prisoners was George Howe , a fork grinder . Howe deposed that the band produced was his ; be spoke quite conltft the band at
fidently to it by two defects . He the wheel on Monday . When the fire was extinguished , he went to tie wheel and found that his Web and about five gross of forks that he had to grind -were gone . The prisoners were remanded . On Friday they were again brought np . The witless , George Howe was not forthcoming . After the examination of several witnesses , the prisoners were agiin remanded . On Tuesday last , the prisoners were aga n brought up . No additional eridence was produced , but the magistrates decided on committing them for trial on the charge of arson , &t the f-ame time consenting to take t ail j each of fte defendants , himself in £ 80 , and two sureties of £ 40 each—requiring twenty-four hours' notice .
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Sedctwick . Powder Mills , kkab . Kkkdal . —A serious explosion ' took place at these mills about a quarter before two o ' clock on the morning of Saturday last . No idea can be formed as to the occasion of tie accident ; but , at the time mentioned , the watchman , who had just been his round and found * 2 r ight , had retsrned to the watch-honse , which he « &d scarcely entered ere the first blow occurred , and sent in after him the door whieh he had closed the moment before . The extent of the damage done cannot be very accurately estimated until it has been
repaired ; but four mills , with their contents , were destroyed ; and many widows in the neighbouring cottages , with several panes in SedgwicV Honse , the residence of J . Wakefield , EEq ., one of the proprietors , were shattered . The grinding mills—m which the txplosion occurred—are erected in pairs , one water-wheel turning two pairs of Etones j and the two pairs of mills blown up were separated by &n interval of about twenty yards . Fortunately , no life was sacrificed , and no personal injury sustained by any oae . —Kendal Mercury .
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A few DATS ago , the wife of a workman residing m the Rue St . Victor was delivered of her 32 nd child , at the age of 58 years I—Paris paper . Naval Hebo of Humble Rank . —Died here lately , Mr . George Gray , at the advanced age of 82 years . For considerably upwards of thirty years he held the sitHation of a tidewater in the Customs , and a few years ago was superannuated , receiving a retiring pension for his long and faithful services . At an early period of life he served ia the navy , and fought under Admiral Hyde Parker , in the gallant action of that distinguished officer with the Dutch fleet under Admiral Ziutman , off the Doggerbank , on the 5 th of August , 1781 . He afterwards served in the grand fleetunder Lord Howe ,
, when sent to the relief of the garrison of Gibraltar , m September , 1782 ; and in the partial action which took place between the British fleet and the combined fleets of France and Spain , on the 20 th of October following , our hero , then on board the Gohah , t 4 , was disabled from further service to his country in the line of his profession , having lost an arm by one of the last shots which were fired . Although far from obtrusive , yet , when the subject of the action off the Doggerbank was introduced , he entered into it with great spirit , and seemed to feel a pride in having shared in the glory of that memorable engagement , of which , it is believed , he was the last survivor . —Aberdeen Herald .
EuiGHA . vts ix America . —We learn that within the last week from seven to eight hundred emigrants have arrived in this city , and that their situation is truly deplorable , friendless and without the means of sustaining themselves from abject j-nffering unless they can procure work . They could not have oome to our shores at a more nnpropitious period ; whatever may have been their condition at home , it was superior to that they are forced into in a season like this ; it is criminal to delude emigrants to come to this country at the present time , and we trust the Irish press will place before the people who may be about to emigrate , the true condition of those who aTe here already ; without work or even the prospect of it , they must in a short time be reduced to the
most melancholy straits to procure snbsi&tance Cannot something be done to relieve the friendless and lonely lot of those who are here in this situation ? We think an effort should be made at all events , to direct and council them in their forlorn condition , and if possible procure for them some means to protect them from the sufferings a stranger without money in a strange land , must feel . —Boston Pilot . [ Our attention being called to the above extract , we cannot bnt give it a passing remark . From other f Qurces we have learned that thousands of emigrants are in a mo 3 t deplorable condition , at which we marvel not . The large towns are literally crammed with those who have left their father-land in quest of an asyium from tyranny ' s fell dominion . These emigrants having had barely sufficient means to convey them across the Atlantic , are compelled to remain where they are set down , consequently there
must be a redundancy of operatives and much distress . Emigrants must either carry their friend in their pocket , or endure privation , for they may rest assured that hospitality to strangers is as scarce a commodity in America as in any other part of the world . America has its aristocracy and its profitmongers , manure its admirable constitution—the tares are there plentiful and require eradicating ; and we think it more praise-worthy and patriotic in Englishmen to stay at home , and labour in reforming the abuses in our own country , rather than to self-expatriate themselves under the vain hope of meeting with » Whiuington's fortune among strangers . We therefore advise all to stay at home—to set their own hou = e in order by clearing away the rubbish which faction has heaped together , always remembering that England ha 3 , within herself , the material to make all her sons comfortable and happy . —Ed . 2 V . S 3
HOW TO CATCH THE CHARTISTS . We invite the attention of the Chronicle and the public to the following sample of Cotton Lord honesty : —On the 17 th of August , Mr . James Leach , of Manchester , the dread of the Cotton Lords , was arrested in his own house under the folio ving circumstances : — A messenger came to his house , between ten and eleven o ' clock , with an anonymous letter , purporting to come from the Secretary of a secret Association sitting at Oldham , and deliberating upon the best means of carrying the Charter , by destroying life and property . Mr . Leach was not at home when the messenger arrived , and Mrs . Leach saw him . Leach returned , when the letter was handed to him , and instantly
the messenger began to stamp with bis feet as loud as he could . " What ' s tbe matter with yon ? " inquired Mrs . Leech . " 0 , " said he , " my feet are so blistered from walking that I cant keep them quiet ! " " Hold , bold , " said Mrs . Leach , " you'll disturb the neighbours . If your feet are sore , 111 give you some linen to put to them . " Leach , in the meantime , was reading the letter , and having concluded , and shrewdly suspecting that it was a trap , he tore it in small pieces , the messenger still continuing his stamping most outrageously . On the sndden , Beswick the constable and man of all-work of the League , and the authorities , rushed in , looked at
the letter , Bhoved the aasassin out of the room , apprehended Leach , put him into a coach , and drove him off to prison . The moment that Beswick had started , M'HuIlen , another of the police gang , rushed into tbe house , ran up stairs , and gathered up every fragment of the torn letter , tied it up with curd , and took it away . Now there is a plain story , on which comment would be an insult to common senBe , and proves at once the means to which the League , the masters , the authorities aud their jackalls will resort , to establish their hellish dominion upon the ruias of Chartism . —Evening Slar .
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THE PATRIOT COOPER . The spirit with which this indomitable patriot "bears up against a load of woes , " may be in some sort estimated by the following extract of a private letter to her , kindly furnished by Mrs . Cooper : — " Stafford , Monday , Sept 19 th , 1842 . **??* ?• " Well , I still look forward with a calm and Intrepid hope , not that I shall get out of these toils unscathed , but that I shall be able , undauntedly , though with the modesty of a man , ' to speak the troth , and fear not ;' and then that I shall be able to meet and endure my sentence as becomes one who has bo often displayed to assembled thousands tho high and holy example of Latimer , and Raleigh , and Algernon Sydney , and all tbe worthies of Old England . I will hope the best , but meet the wont , as it becomes those to do who have embarked all tbeir hopes and fears—who have thrown their whole being into the struggle for truth .
"A fortnight from to-day , and the Judges enter Stafford for our trials ! How rapidly tbe time will pass away ! and then comes the effort . How exnltingly I shall go up to it I I used to feel proud t * go out on the Sunday evenings , to tike my Btand . in Leicester Market Place , to deliver truth ; but how much more proudly shall I proceed to this trial ! My heart will be tbe lightest in Court that day . It shall be a day in my lift , depend on it ' . "
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THE MANCHESTER PACKER . TO THE EDITOfi OF THE UOHTHERN STAR , Dear Sib , —Having seen in yonr paper a resolution p : issed concerning me at Manchester , allow me , through your means , to tell those gentlemen that I think it wculd have been the fairest way if they had sent me a line or two first , and then they could but publish ms after . }> Yj conduct , since I have stood forth in this cause , will bear the strictest scrutiny ; and I know when those delegates are better informed of my actions , they will come to an opposite conclusion . To enable them to do so , I shall feel much obliged to every locality where I have lectured to sen * their opinion of my conduct and abilities to Mr . Cartledge , 34 , Lomaastreet , Bank Top , Manchester , before the 16 th October , when , if I am at liberty until then , I shall meet any one who can bring the smallest charge against me , and let all that are strangers to me suspend their judgments until then ; and to my friends , let thesn examine my conduct and report accordingly .
You are , no doubt , aware that I have been lecturing in London ; but perhaps you are not aware of one thicg , that at every lecture I had tbe attendance of police spies in plain clothes , and sometimes men were sent in to disturb the meeting , and cause a breach of the peace ; but it was " no go . " I have now passed through Wakefield , where the authorities would not allow me to lecture In the open air , so we were obliged to go into a private house , where we had a very comfortable party . I proceeded on Tuesday to East Retford , Nottinghamshire , whore I found some thousands waiting my arrival , and the police called out , ready cut and dried ( or boiled ) , to put me down . When I came np to tbe Com Market , and was just beginning my lecture , Mr .
Foljambe , the mayor , came up to me , with some more of the " powers that be , " and the blues bringing up the rear and teld me I must not lecture on Chartism in that ' town . I told him I would go to the outside of the town ; but he said be was a county magistrate , and be would put a step to the meeting if held In the county anywhere within the reach of his power . I then asked this doughty magistrate what reason he could give for such tyrannical conduct Hia reply was , " I do not choeee to tell my reaaon . " I then announced My intention to lecture in a private house , which was retired with three heartj cheer * . aud whea we got a very large room in a house belonging to one of the right sort it was filled to suffocation , and thousands had to stand outside with the policemen , who walked
I cave to meet Mr . Collins , the " new-move" advocate , this Evening , Wednesday , in Doncaster . I expect we shall not agree : and if he dont go the * hole hog straight forward , he may expect little quarter from me and the Doncaster trumps . Tbe Tories are drawing it rather tight ; but its all for the best Yours , for ever , Thomas DiC 5 l . 50 N . East Bedford , Nott ? . Sept , 20 , 1842 ,
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AMERICAN OPINION OF O'CONNOR AND THE CHARTISTS . We extract the following article , expressive of public opinion in America , with regard to the Charter , from the Plebeian : — " No greater evidence of a great and powerful mind can be furnished to tbe world than an unshaken and firm adherence , amidst repudiation , reproach , and obloquy , to its principles . Their eventual asd ultimate success aud adoption is tbe sure and invariable test of their truth and soundness , and the proudest triumph of
the wisdom which devised them , and the indomitable perseverance which secured their practical adoption-Many instances are to be found in our political history , wherein the community , after having for years been misled by artful misrepresentations and rash conclusions , have been induced by the sober second thought to sift the true merits of a disputed question , to acknowledge their errors , and yield a cheerful , though late , sanction to measures and to men identified with tbeir vital interests , aud with tbe great cause of humanity .
" And , perhaps , there is no stronger existing evidence of the truth of these observations , than the fact of the present agitation in England of tbe great and patriotic O'Connor . We see him undismayed amid tbe scorn and threats of bis adversaries , still persevering in the glerious cause of liberty—still energetically maintaining bis high position In the hearts of Englishmen . The day is not far distant when the Charter , the principles of which we , as good Republicans , cannot bat commend , wili become the great moving force of political action in our mother country . "
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THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK . TO THE EDITOR 09 THE MORNING CHEONICLS . Sib , —I am requested by His Highness the Duke of Brunswick , to apprise you that the extract published by you in your paper of to-day , as if taken from the Lancaster Guardian , containing some statements in which his Highness is made mention of , is wholly untrue and without foundation , and would seem to have resulted from some malignant purpose . The editor of tbe paper flrBt publishing the statement complained of , exposes himself obviously to the suspicion of being aware of the falsehood thereot I trust , therefore , you will see the expediency of publishing a denial in accordance with this intimation . His Highness has directed legal proceedings to be instituted against the promoters of the scandal
I am , sir , Yoor obedient servant , Baron Addlan , Equerry to bis Highness . 38 , Bryanstone-square , Sept . 20 , 1842 . [ We have copied the article above alluded to from the Lancaster Guardian , and did not receive the contradiction until too late to withdraw it , that portion of our paper having been some hours at press . We , however , give the above at the earliest moment Ed . NS 1
Cbow akd Tyrrell ' s Beverage . —The proceed due to the Executive frcm the sale of Messrs Crow and Tyrrell ' s beverage , from the 3 rd to the 17 th of September : — 8 d . Mr . Joshna Hobson , Norther Star Office , Leeds Wholesale Agent for Yorkshire ... 16 6 Mr . Simeon , Br istol , and wholesale agent for the West of England 12 0 Mr . Haigh , Hawick 6 0 Mr . Jacob ' s , Bristol 3 9 Mr . Brook , Leeds 3 0
Mr . White , Birmingham 3 0 Mr . Sweet , Nottingham ... 1 6 Mrs . Smith , do 1 6 Mr . Robinson , Derby 1 6 Mr . Johnson , do ... 16 Mr . Jones , Northampton ... 1 6 Mr . Roddis , Kettering ... 1 6 National Chartist Association , Hull 1 6 Mr . Cavill , Melton Mowbray 0 9 Mr . Barraclough , Nuneaton 0 9 Mr . Griffiths , Worceater 0 9 Mr . Dawson , Daventry ... 0 9 In cash from Mr . Cavill , Melton Mowbray ... 0 9
£ 2 18 6 SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED BY MR . CLEAVE . POLITICAL VICTIMS AND DEFENCE FOND . £ S . d . Previously acknowledged ... ... 5 3 2 Shoemakers , Star Coffee-house , Golden-lane 0 13 0 Teetotal Locality , Water loo road ... 0 1 3 Mr . iawrence ... ... ... ... 0 2 6 FrieTTds , per Mr . Smyth 0 12 Members of N . C . A ., Devenport ... 0 6 0 A few friends , Devenport , per Mr . T . Gin 0 3 0 Mr . Weadow ... ... ... ... 010 Friends , per Mr . W . M'Cormack ... 0 6 4 Chartists , Ship Inn , Steelhouselane , Birmingham ... ... ... ... 0 10 0 A few inhabitants of Battersea , unconnected with ChartiBm , but yet
indignant at despotism ... ... ... 0 10 0 Female Chartists , Tower Hamlets —030 T . B .... ... ... ... ... 0 0 6 John Willen ... ... ... ... 010 FriendB , Elm-place , Fetter-lane ... ... 010 Monday ... ... ... ... 0 0 6 An operative mason ... ... ... 010 Wife of ditto ... ... ... ... 0 0 6 Two children of ditto ... ... ... 0 0 6 Hucknell Torkard , Nottinghamshire ... 0 10 0 Flint Society of Cord wainers , Wolverhampton ... ... ... ... 0 10 0 Members of N . C . A ., Nortbwich ... 0 10 0 £ 9 15 5 ggr An order for 103 . has been received from BetfLeld print works , near Rochdale ; will the party who got the post-office order send his name 1
LOWDO . V MEMORIAL DEMONSTRATION . £ S . d . Ladies' shoemakers , Manchester , per Mr . Brew ... ... ... ... 050 c white ' s defence . Friends , per Mr . Hunt ... ... ... 0 1 6
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WEEK ENDING SEPT . 20 th , 1842 . £ s d Bath 0 10 G Newport , or Vintnor , Isle of Wight ... 0 3 0 Manchester Hammer men 0 1 11 MiJe 8 Platting 0 3 4 Ditto , Atkinson ' s Beverage 0 5 10 Oxford 0 11 7 London , Buck's Head 0 2 0 Boot-makers , Wilkins 0 2 0 Shoemakers , King and Quesn ,
Foley-street 0 5 0 Bloomsbury 0 2 0 ~ Females , Marylebone 0 10 Star , Union-street 0 10 ~ Wandsworth 0 10 Working Man ' s Hal ] , Shaw ... 0 0 0 Crucifix-lane 0 2 0 ~ City , Salmon 0 4 6 Kettering 0 8 4 Warrington 13 4 London , Stuff-hatters 0 2 0 J . Campbell , Secretary .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NOBTHEUN STAK . Sib ., —I take the liberty to request you to give publicity to the two inclosed letters , accerding to the priority of datea , either in this or the next week ' s Star . They relate to , what I consider to be , an unjustifiable attack upon my character , by a magistrate , while acting in his judicial capacity . By complying with the request you will greatly oblige , Yours truly , Peter Brown . FaUsworth , Sept 19 , 1842 . Failsworth , August 29 , 1842 .
Worshipful Sir , —As the excitement consequent on the turn-out h ^ s nearly subsided , you will now be at liberty , I hope , to forward / our proofs for the assertions which you made against me at the Town ' s Hall , Oldham , on Tuesday , the 16 th instant ; also to assign Batlsfactoiy reasons for the language you used in reference to me the preceding day , at the Bull's Head , FaUsworth . That you may have no rational plea for refusal , I am willing to meet you at Oldham , and to allow the geDtlemen , before whom the allegations were made , to decide between ns , provided I be permitted to have two friends present I have witten to the magistrates of Oldham upon the subject ( a copy of the letter I enclose to you , ) and left to them and to you the appointment of the time of meeting , trusting that it will be before the expiration of a fortnight
I am , Worshipful sir , Your obedient servant Peteb Brown . To Jonathan Mellar , Esq ., Oldham . Failsworth , Sept 19 th , 1842 . Worshipful Sir , —Three weeks have passed over since I called upon you to come forward to prove of ¦ what heinous crimes , and grave immoralities , I am guilty , which cause my word , as yon asserted , to be ' not worth a farthing . " I told you , before the magistrates of Oldham , tbe day yen made that assertion , that I would call upon you publicly to prove it ; as well as that " I acted in an insulting aud unbecoming manner , at the Bull ' s Head , the preceding day , " consequently you have had ample time aud warning to produce the proofs . Why have you not done so ? Yeu bave DOt surely allowed any uotioa of kininesa
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towards me to deter you from proving tbe verity of your charges ? You must hare known , that justice to yourself , and to society , demanded that you should do it , particularly when called upon by the accused person . HaTe you the confidence to imagine , no * that-you have been required to produce your evidenca , and have shrank from doing so , that people will not say that you could net prove the statement * you made—that you uttered alandewu falsehoods . Why i a my word not worta a farthing ? Havel deceived peopla by pretending to what I am not ? Have I promised , i n order lo deceive ? Have I made false statements ? Have I made serious assertions against the honour and probity of an individual , as you have dene , and , when urged by the
person whom I have traduced , to produce proofs , hare been silent ? Do I fear , think you , the whole of my past conduct being ripped up , scrutinised , and contrasted with your own ? What ! is it because I do not Bhtond myself with the mantle of religious hypocrisy ? Because I express ray opinions on political subjects openly aud candidly ? Because I am willing to do justice to all ? Because I advocate the cause of tbe oppressed against their oppressors , the cause of truth against that of falsehood , that my word is " not worth a farthing" ? Ask the inhabitants of Fallswortb and Newton Heath , upon whose integrity they would sooner rely , Jonathan Mellor ' s or mine ; and I have the confidence to think that I should have no reason to blush for the answer .
Your conduct , in this matter , prompted , as It appeared to roe to be , by a vindictive feeling , was highly culpable . It is exceedingly culpable for any one , howerer low his station , to make an assertion against another ' s honesty without proot How much more , then , must it be fora Magistrate , while acting in his judicial capacity , to be guilty of such an offence t You were not required to give your opinion relative to tbe rectitude of any one , nor were you surrounded by circumstances which could extenuate your language . I , and those with me , did not appear tsfors you on account of moral dereliction or for any . infraction of the laws . All that you had to do was , to consider whether our pleas against being a worn In as constables were such as you could legally admit or not , and to act accordingly .
As you have set an example by making assertions against my character , it cannot surely be considered unreasonable If I follow it by making one against yours ; but I promise you , that I will not go the whole length of your precedent I will not , when called upon , hesitate to come forward to prove it It is that you asted very uncourteoualy and unbecomingly at the Bull ' s Head , on the 15 th ult . You spoke as if you were speaking to slaves ; in short , your conduct , in my opinion , was more like that of a thoughtless , uneducated boor , than of a reflecting , intelligent , and urbane
gentleman ; and 1 should not be doing my duty to sooifcty were I , after publishing this letter , to remain passive —were I not to write to the Secretary of State for the Home Department , to acquaint him with the whole affair , and to request that he will call upon you , either to prove the truth of your words or acknowledge your culpability ; or , on the other hand , to erase your name from the list of magistrates . I am , Worshipful Sir , Youra , i Peter Brown . To Jonathan Mellor , Esq ., Oldham .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —The authorities here are still doliig duty . in searching for all persons &uspected of taking part in the late riots . Tbe vigilance of the magistrates is in active operation in the different districts of the Potteries . Mr . Ellis was tried on Monday , the 12 th Inst , and the Court House , Newcastle-under-Lyne , was crowded to hear his examination . After bearing of the evidence , and tbe cross-examinations , which lasted five hours , he was committed for high treason . Tbe Hall was adorned with a beautiful piece or artillery inside . A county meeting of magistrates have decided on having a horse patrol for the County , and have already commenced their duties In the Potteries .
Persecution for opinions has reared its hydra-headed influence to put down every honest , industrious , and sober-thinking man , who may happen to entertain opinions different from those of his employers , as the following facts will ebow : —Some members of the Chartist body have been found to read the Northern Star in their own houses , which has come to the knowledge of the masters . For this some of the poor men have been discharged fey their Tory task masters As many aa seventy at a time have bsen discharged , suspected of being Chartists , before the time of their mutual agreements had transpired . These are the class who administer the laws , and are the first U break all laws , moral and political . Will our local press take up this monstrous injustice ? No . It will atill worship the god , Mammon , and allow the masses to be trampled on by its iniuence .
Keehabite societies have been wholly dissolved by means of being threatened to be prosecuted as secret orders by tbe influential part of the community . I suppose this will be called the " suppression of vice . " 1 must here claim , Mr . Editor , your indulgence for a little space in your columns . The Whig I ditor" of our local press , it appears , has felt the severe castigatlon of my letter of last week , headed , " Whig Conspiracy p ^ ainst Chartist Principles . " A whole column of Billingsgate hrs been lavished on me in his last week's Mercury , such as " sneak , " < fec whieh I treat with contempt , but , for the satisfaction of every honest and true Chartist , I must here deny the foul lying of this " Liar of the North . "
He says , in his last week ' s Mercury , that when at his office " I said I belonged to a different lodge to that ef Messrs . Richards , Ellis , & Co . " I made no such statement ; these were my words , •'«* That every member of the Chartist body was responsible for his own acts , and not the body . " With regard to the resolution on the 16 th of August , passed on the Crown Bank , I took the same views as the Northern Star on that subject , believing it would split up the cause , and consequently did not act any part in them . I spoke myself on that occasion in favour of the " People's Charter , " not cessation of labour . I left iny fellow Chartists to please themselves ; but the Hercuiy says I did . He is a liar , and like the devil , the father of lies , from the beginning . He says I did not sanction Cooper ' s lectures . I said I did not attend them for the above reasons . Mr . Cooper neither moved , seconded , nor supported , any resolution .
As for J . Richards , Ellis , & Co . being my companions , I acknowledge them all as genuine friends of freedom and pure Chartism ; not what the Mercury makes it , namely , riots , incendiarisms , &c . I believe that ray compeers are not yet guilty of such charges , and perhaps , as in a late case with one of our Members , good counsel , and good evidence , which I believe can be had , will prove it . Then the " Liar of the North " will be chop-fallen . Let our friends not desert the fallen , when tbe harpies of the law are stretching the law beyond its due limits . Yours ia the cause , Moses Simpson . Hanley , Sept . 15 , 1842 .
P . 8 . In tho introductory remarks to Ellia ' s examination , in tbe Mercury of tbe 17 th . it is stated that Wm . Ellis was Chairman for Mr . O'Connor ' s lecture , at Hanley , on May Slat . Such a falsehood should not pass unnoticed at a time like tbe present The truth is , it was not Ellis , but another young man , a resident of Hanley , of very promising talent , and whose character is unstained by any immoral act . Ellis took no part whatever in tbe lecture . It is said , too , by the same Whig Editor , that Mr . EIlia said "M'Douall was a base feilow . " I have received a communication to say it is a foul lie . I have no doubt this is done to stop ChariJsta from giving him their support , pecuniary or otherwise . '' .. . »
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w DEATH OF MR . Q . M . BARTLETT . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Southampton , Sept . 19 th , 1842 . Dear Sir , —I have just received a letter from Bath , which communicates the melancholy and afflicting intelligence of the death of my brother ( your reporter ) , Mr . G . M . Bartlett . The sorrowful evenyt took place at his residence , 19 , Gloucester Road Buildings , Lower SwanBwick , on Sunday morning , at one o ' clock . In him the cause has lost a valuable supporter , and his friends a social and agreeable companion , whose'loss will be long lamented and deplored . I cannot but imagine him to be another on the list of the victims of
Whiggerjv He has frequently said he never ahould recover the injuries he sustained by his confinement in Uchester Gaol . His health has been gradually declining ever since ; and his exertions , latterly , in attending public meetings have accelerated it He was most industrious in his application to his duty ; unceasing in his exertions to improve bis mind . Solely , by self culture , was he able , not only to arrive at a knowledge of his own language , bo that he might write it correctly , but also to a sufficient knowledge of the French and Latin , as to ba able to read and translate them with propriety ; and this fry perseverance alone , without the aid of a master .
As regards bis > uprightness and integrity of heartbis love of principle , and his firm determination to stand or foil by the truth , nothing can more illustrate it , than his late exposition of some of his friends for their vacilatlng and sliding policy . In this I believe him to be upright , honest , and just The love of principle urged him to do his duty , and by loving principle , be bated and detested expediency . He was a kind and affectionate brother , a dutiful son to his parents , whose chief support he was . Incessantly he laboured for their welfare and happiness , and found great comfort and happiness himself by doing so . Not an idle hour has he spent for the last seven years of his life , the whole of which time has been entirely devoted to the cause of democracy , for which he was ever an advocate . He lived and died in its faith—an honour to himself , an honour to the cause , and an honour to mankind .
The insertion of this , or a notice of the same from yourself , would be esteemed a favour , by his Afflicted brother , S . Bartleti .
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The infant son of William James and Frances Constance Fox waa last week christened , at the father ' s residence , North-street , Bcthnal Green , by the name of Frederick Feargus Fox . Registered , on the 15 th instant , in High-street , Marylebone , Emily O'Connor , daughter of John and Maria Randal , of James-street , Manchester Square . Baptized in the Christian Chartist Church , Innerleven , Fifeshire , on Sunday , the 4 * = h of September , by Mr . M'Inue 3 , Caartist preacher , Fearg us O'Connor Pattm , first-born of David and Margaret Paton , Windyeates . Fife .
Baptised on the 185 h of September , at the Catholio Chapel , Cobcidne ,. by the Rev . Mr . O'Higgin , Edwin Foar ^ ns O'Connor Maddox , the son of Thomas and Aim Maddox , of Shelton .
JYIARRJAGES . On Tuesday , the 20 th insfc ., at Burneston , by the Rev . R . Anderson , vicar , Mr . Newbould , of _ Golbourn Park , Lancashire , to Anne , the only child of Mr . Sleddle , Cartnorpe , in this county . Same day , at High Harrogate , by the Rev . James Charnock , Thomas Clifton Wilkinson , Esq ., of Winterburne Hall , in Craven , to Julia Jemima , second daughter of the Honourable Henry Butler , and uiece of the Right Honourable tho Earl of Kilkenny . . _ .. "
On Monday last , at St . Paul ' s church , Heshngton , by the Rev . Josiah Croftu , M . A ., Mr . John Holborn . farmer and grazier , of Hesiington , to Mrs . Rachel Dyson , of the same place , aud formerly of Scrayin ^ ham . OuFfWay last , at the parish church , Halifax , bj tho Rev . W . Smith , A . B ., Mr . Thomas Crossley , dyer , to Mrs . Elizabeth Farrar , both of Ovenden . On Thursday last , at the parish church , Leeds , by the Rev . Walter Farquhar Hook , DD , Francis Coverley , Esq ., of Burlington , to Miss Nicholson , of Chapel Allerton . . . „ .. ¦ [ „ Halifibthe
Same day , at the parish chnrch , -x , y Rev . ^ W . Smith , A . B ., Mr . Thomas Robinson , of Djitfhton ,. near Huddersfialf , farmer , to / Mrs . Hannah Naylor , daughter of Mr . Rufus Sunderland , farmer , Hipperholme . On Wednesday last , at Bradford , Mr . George Wood , butcher , of GreetJand , to Mi ? s Elizabeth Syke ' s , daughter of Mr . Joseph Syncs , clothier , of Huddersfield . # , . On Monday last , at the pariah church , Bradford , Mr . John Parkinson , to Miss Elizabeth Cusworth , both of Great Horton . DEATHS .
On Sonday last , aged 27 years , Mr . George Morse Baxtlett . He was . distinguished for his inflexible and nnvarying attachment to the people ' s cause ; for an ' enlightened benevolence of heart ; and for his zeal in extending democratic princ-ples , both by tongue and pen . He waa one of the first who planted Chartism in the West . The series of letters which appeared in the Western Vindkalor were from bis pen . He was one of the victims of whijr persecutioa in 1839 , and underwent nine mouths incarceration in Uchester Gaol , in pursuance of the'sentence passed on him br Recorder Jardine , at the Bath Quarter Sessions , Deo . 30 th , 1839 . Hia loss will be longacd severely felt , and hiB memory cherished by those who knew him . On Saturday last , at Bridlington , aged 62 , Mr . John Holiday , formerly a veterinary ^ surgeon . ^ wife of
On Friday last , aged 73 , Mrs . W'Lean , Mr . M ' Lgan , of York , shoemaker . She was one of tho oldest members of tbe Independent cbmelf assembling in Lendal chapel . _ . Same day , aged 41 , Mary , tho beloved wife of Mr . Richard Barns , of Bolton . ** On Monday last , ajjed 9 yea « , "Sfej , * i rtwa < * £ Mr . Jclin Holme , butcher , Norton , nc ^ y 7 ra « W : e M 3 ^ yy Ou Saturday , tua 17 th inat ., atafe ^ i ^^ B ^ v S . Stapyltoa ) house , E ! uabeth , ^ a « i-t ^| dl {^ ff l Mx . TdmlUwm , of Blake-sUcQ ^ Wg ^ J ^ W' - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦* 1-j ¦ ¦ & **' ' ' * -v * i £ : .... * mm * i
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SAMUJSL MUJND 1 N , THE CHARClJJi PRISONER , At the close of the meeting , held at the Associations' Hall , Old Bailey , the case of Samuel Mundin , the Chartist prisoner , was brought under the consideration of the Council , as one of the utmost and mo ^ t pressing necessity 1 involving the prospects and liberty of the man . [ It will be recollected that Mundin , who is a boot and shoemaker , waa one of the individuals taken up by the police , rath « r more than three weeks back , at the Chartist meeting of the Marylebone district , held near the terminus of the Great Western Railway ; since when he has been incarcerated for want of the requiredbail ]
Mr . WaddingtoH said that this was a case of the greatest hardship ; the unfortunate man , who was remarkable for his industry and good conduct , and who has a wife and two children dependent for their support on his exertions , was at that moment without the means of defence , and hia trial was fixed to come on on Monday next . He ( Mr . Waddington ) had received a letter from , and sought an interview with him , on tho subject of his defence , but wa 3 refused to see him . Hd had tweuty-nve witnesse 3 to
character , in the prisoner ' s casr , and had ( as he was understood ) , offared bail in five instances for him , but tho authorities had thrown every obstacle in the way , and refused tho bail tendered . There was no time to be loot in getting up the poor man ' s defence ; council and attorney wera yet to be employed . The members of the Chartist body should " put their shoulders to the wheel , "for ifthia . man ' should be lost for want of proper exertion , n would be an eternal disgrace to the Chartist body . ( Hear , hear . ) The man ' s wife has been allowed to see him once in to do
prison ; but she was poor ^ unable anything to serve him . She was reduced , even , by the incarceration of her husband , and her consequent inability to pay her rent , to leave the place where he carried on hia business prior to his incarceration , — namely , Market-street , Edgware-road , and the blow which has como upon him was ram to him . Mr . Salmon said that a committed of delegates had been appointed to look after Mundia ' scase . Mr . Waddington—Then that committee has done nothing ! Mr . Gardener , an operative , said he was present when Mundin was taken by the police , who knocked and pulled him ( Mundin ) about in a most violent manner ; and he ( Mr . Gardener ) knew , from experience , that the authorities would do every thing ia their power to convict the poor man if they could . Exertions should , therefore , ba at once cjauo to get up'his defence .
Mr . Gardener ( who said that Mundin ' s only offd'uee was , that he said— " 1 adjourn this meeting ! " ) , then narrated that he was himself taken up 011 the occasion in question , and subjected to three weeks' imprisonment for no other causo than having ; been present at the meeting ; ( " Shame I" ) in addition to whioh , he had been treated with the greatest indignity at the station house—stripped even to hia boots and stockings , and searched by the police , ( renewed murmurs ) After some further discussion , it was moved by Mr . Overton , and seconded by Mr . Sumner , that Mundin ' s case be brought before the council of Delegates on Sunday ( to-morrow ^ ; and Mr . Waddingtoa pledged himself to get some subscriptions smonghis friends towards the expenses of the defence ; The meeting then separated .
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ARREST OF MB . JAMES MITCHELL , OF STOCKPOttT . TO THK EDITOR OF THE NOBTHEBIf STAR . Sir . —Permit me to lay before our friends and the public , the particulars of my arrest at Churehtown , a Tillage near Southport ; a c ? ae which has not only caused hundreds to sympathiza with our cause , but one ¦ which has brought down the vengeance of tbe I / iverpeol press—the Mercury for instance—upon the heads of the authorities of North Shields , for the brutal and inhuman conduct towards myself and Mr . Gregson , a gentleman in Churchtown , who for no other offence than merely allowing the use of hia Room for the delivery ot a lecture , waa cast into prison , fined in the sum of £ 5 with thirteen shillings costs , and bound ia the sum of £ 50 himself , and two sureties in the > um cf £ 25 each , to appear at the next Liverpool sessions , to answer the same charge . The particulars are as follow : —
Ou the first instant I visited the place above-mentioned , and at the request of a number of the inhabitants I promised to deliver two lectures on the state of the country ; and , being aware of the excited state of things , my object was to steer clear of all opposition , from the authorities and e . so where ; I drew up the following notice : — " Tbe public are respectfully informed that Mr . Mitchell , of Stocbport , will deliver two lectures , one this evening , and another to-morrow evening , on the present distressed state of tbe country . Mr . Mitchell will show the real cause of the distress which exists amongst the great body of the middle and working classes , und will also show the only peaceable means by which permanent happiness can be restored to the millions . All classes are respectfully requested to attend . "
This notice 1 presented to Mr . Singleton , the police officer for that district , for his approval or disapproval , and requested bis attendance at the lecture . Mr . Singleton gave me his consent , and so far signified his approval of the proceedings that when a Mr Thompson , who had promised the use of his room for the occasion , drew back his agreement , he ( Mr . Singleton ) ordered tbe bellman to continue crying the meeting , and stated that If a room could not be obtained , the meeting must be held in the open air ; however Mr . Grcgso . i afterwards kindly volunteered the use of the room , in whioh . the lectures were delivered . The first lecture was delivered , and a more peaceable and orderly meeting I never addressed in my life . Not a word of objection was raised from any quirter , not even by Mr . Singleton , who was present the whole of tbe time .
On the second night , just before the lecture commenced , Mr . Gregson informed me 'hat a policeman had ordered him to turn out the people and lock up the room . I asked why they had given him such order , and he stated to me that he did not know , but that so long aa the proceedings were legal and peaceable he should allow the lecture to go on ; and I also stated that if tbe authorities had any objections to my lecturing , or if during any part of my lecture they would request me to cease , that I would that instant break up the meeting . I commenced speaking , and continued for about an hour and a half , during which there were
four or five police officers , and , I understand , a magistrate and an attorney present , no one ofidring a word of opposition to the meeting . But at this part of the business a Mr . Jarvis , sergeant of the police , requested me to dissolve the meeting , saying that he considered it illegal . I obeyed the order at once ; the meeting separated as peaceably as on the first night , and I heard no more until the following morning , when I was arrested by Mr . Singleton aud conveyed to the Southport lock-up , where I was confined until the next day , without knowing any thing of the charge that was to be preferred against me .
Mr . Gregson was arrested also on the Sunday morning , and kept till Monday , when be was brought up and fined in the sum of £ 5 for merely lending bis room ; but the magistrates finding , after three day ' s consideration , that they either did not know the l&w , or that they had stretched it too far , very kindly returned the £ 5 back again to Mr . Gregson , but still kept him under bail for his appearance at the sessions . I was brought up on the Monday , under a charge of using seditious language at an illegal meeting , but the evidence of Mr . Singleton not beirig strong enough to coavict , ( for hewaB the only witness against me ) , I was remanded until the Thursday following , when I was again brought up , but such was the Biate of my
health , in consequence of my treatment m the dun-? eou , of which I shall give you a description by and by , that I was not able to stand during my examination ; But the novelty of the tbiog is here , Mr . E Jitor on this day fresh evidence was brought against me . Another policeman was found who could say something in the matter ; and what do you think the subject of his evidenc 3 was ? It was this . I told the meeting " that Lord John Russell , previous t > the passing of tbe Reform Bill , declared that no man had 3 right to obey a law that he had not a voice in making . " On this evidence , and that of Mr . Singleton , the policeman who ordered the bellman to cry the meeting , and who invited a number of his frieuds to attend the
meeting , I was ordered by two magistrates , one of whom had been at the lecture and listened to me an hour and a bnlf before he knew the meeting was illegal , to find bail for my appearance , if called on , at the next Liverpool sessions . I will now just give you a description of the dungeon in which I waa confined . It is a cellar , the bottom of which Is about six feet below the surface of tho earth ; it is situated under a new house , in which Mr . Jones the sergeant of police , resides j the fiiaa of it is about five yards by four and a half . Tbe wall on one Bide is so damp on some occasions , that the water runs down to the bottom . On another side of the place is a form which serves for a bed and a seat at the same time , one half of it being wet with rain , which runs down the wall in rainy weather . There is no fire , no stove , no hot air of any description by which tbe place can be dried or heated .
In another part of the place was a tub or bucket for the convenience of prisoners ; to this there was no covering ; and I'll leave you to judge what kind of smell must be continually under the nose of the inmate . This I had with me three days without being emptied at all . When I first entered the place I had to grope my way to the seat although it was nine o ' clock In the morning . The length and breadth of the hole through which the light is allowed to penetrate , is about nine inches by two and a half , over which is placed a grid of iron ; and taking off the thickness of iron of which the grid is composed , it leaves about three inches by two of pun light .
From the morning of my arrest and confinement in tbis place , I was forbidden the privilege of writing , even to my family . I was not allowed to apply for legal advice ; I was not allowed to send for , hear from , or write to any person . My diet was one m « al each twelve hours , and that of an inferior quality ; my bed was th « wet form of which I have given a description ; my eovering at night was au old potato sack , with an © Id cost for my pillow : there was part of a horse-rug , in wbidi I sometimes wrapped my feet . This was the wbolo of my store ; and in this state I was kept from Sunday morning till the Thursday following , without the consolation of a single friend being allowed to see me .
On the Wednesday morning the keeper came to see me ; and finding that I was shivering with cold , and almost speechless with the effects of confinement in such , a place , allowed me to come out and sit by his kitchen fire , chaining roe at the same time te the handle of his oven door for safety . Iu an hour I was again placed in the dungeon , until four in the afternoon , when I was obliged , to ba taken out a second time under similar circumstances . At half-past five I Bguiu retired to the regiens below , and : vt nine o ' clock I "was again allowed to warm myself at the fire for ono hour . On this occasion I begged hard for a gill of warm beer at my
own ex pence : I thought it would make me Bleep a little in the night ; but it -was no go . Prisoners veere not allowed to nave drink of an intoxicating nature . I asked if I -waa under tbe same regulations as the common felon ? "Yes , ' was the answer , " there is no difference . " Howevet , the next morning , It waa seen that another day would have almost finished me , and finding that they bad got a bad case in hand at the name time , they tried te raise ray spirits by siugiog , " Cheer up your heart , my 13 d , and never bb daunted , " &c . &o . Tbe kind magistrates pitied my case also , and allowed me to sit during my examination .
Sir , I shall make no comment . I have given you the simple facts of the case . I shall leave you and the public to judge and make your own comments . Yours in tbe cause until death , J . MITCHELL . [ The above statement is one that should go to the heart of every working man , and , indeed , to the heart of all of every class who are not entirely dead to the culls of humanity and of juatice . Mitchell has here told his own tale , and we feel that comment upon it is unnecessary , and only tend to weaken its effect . We once more aafc , where shall be the end of these things ? Mitchell was told that be was to fare the same as tbe
common felon : and thua is all distinction between various classes of offence annihilated . But Mitchell had committed no offence : he is clearly one of the victims of Sir James Graham ' s new doctrine ot the power of the police . Bat let tbe system work . It is coming to a close ; and the time is not distant when the renegade Baronet and feifl police spies will alike be consigned to oblivion by an indignant people . Mitchell has been treated as a feism ; but we enter our solemn protest against even a lalon being m treated . The hellhole at Soutbport ia dearly unfit fer any human being to occupy . ]
Ths Tdrnopt . —Thifl promised event is new being fulfilled . The spiBners , whose notices expire this day , are ceasing labour as they complete their week's work . Four hundred spinners , affecting five times that number of other descriptions of hands , will bo out . The noticer of sixty-four other spinners will expire next Saturday . This will produce a frightful amount of distress in the borough , unless steps be taken to bring about an amicable settlement of the dispute ; and we sincerely hope that all tho wellmeaning among both operatives and employers vriil do thei % utmost to bring about such , a conclusion . Seventy-four spinnera are working at the advance demanded . One concern conceded the advance yes > terday , and two others areexpected to give it vmUout a Btrike .- ^ Boft oii Free Press of Sirtwrtaff .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 24, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1180/page/5/
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