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Will be published, on Wednesday, the 16th inst. TEE POOR KAN'S COMPANIOH
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. - FOR 1843 , ¦ A POLITICAL ALMANACK , Shewing the amount and application of tbe Taxes raised from the Industry of the Producing Classes ; and containing a great amount of VALUABLE STATISTICAL INFORMATION . contents : — rP ££ E Calendar , denoting , amongst other things , J- the various important epochs connected with , Political Movements . —Tbe Corn Returns , showing ; the Average Price of Wheat , Barley , and Oats , for the last seven years . —The New Corn Law Sliding Scale for Wheat , Barley , Oats , and Wheaten Flour . —The amount of Spirits and Wine consumed in each of the three Kingdoms during the last year , with the amount , of Duty paid . —Important Statistics respecting the United States ; sotting forth the value of their Annual Productions in Agriculture , Horticulture , the Forest , the Fisheries , in Miues , and ia Manufactures . —The Population of each County ia England , Scotland and Wales , according to tbe new census , showing the number of Males and Females in each county ; with a summary , sotting forth the total population of the United Kingdom . The employment of the population ; an Anal j sis of Occupations ; being a complete refutation of the notion , that the main body of the people are engaged in , or dependant on , Manufactures . —The progressive increase of the Population at each of the Seven Ten Yearly Periods since 1780 . —Tho population of Ne * r South Wales , with an analysis of Ihe number of Males and Females , and the number of coavicta and free persons . —Table showing tbe annual value of Real Property in England and Wales , in 1841 , distinguishing the value of Landed Property , Property in Buildings , and all other kinds of Property , in each County ; setting forth also the amount of Poor Rate levied in each County in 1841 ; the area of each County in English Statute Acres ; the annual value of each acre ; and the annual value of Property in 1815 . —Application of tbe information contained in the said table to the question of the " National Debt ; " Amount of the Debt , and how it may ba paid off !!—Price of Labour , and Price of Provisions in Olden Times ; extracts from , old Acts of Parliament , fixing the rate of wages and the price of provisions ; proof that the labourer was then cared for , and his welfare considered ; picture 0 / England and Englishmen under tho old laws , by Old" Chancellor Foktesque ; and p icture of England and Englishmen under the new laws of "Freedom of action , " by the " great" Lancashire Cotton Manufacturers , and the Leeds Shopkeepers . — Amount of Taxes raised during the last year ; and a statement of their Expenditure . —Table showing the cost of the debt , the cost of the Army , the cost of the Navy , the co 3 t of the Ordnance , the cost of tha Civil List ; the cost of " Secret Servica , " tha cost of Suffering Parsons , the cost of prosecuting Felons , the cost of maintaining Convicts , and the cost of all other oharges , in every year from 1800 to 1842 ; with a general statement of the total amount of money spent "b y Government during that period . England ' s Expenditure at one Virw ; or a table setting forth the average cost of each year , and the average cost of each reign , of every monarch from the accession of William the Conqueror to the death of the last King , William IV ., with a statement of the amount of debt each monarch left unpaid ; and showing also the total governmental Expenditure from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the year 1830 . England and her Foreign Trade ; tables showing the amuunt of Foreign Trad j for the years ending 5 th Jan . 1840 41-42 , setting forth the amount of British Produce and Manufactures Exported at the Official and Declared value ; and table specifying the description of articles exported last year , their •• quantities , and their value ; examination of the ** Extension of Trad 9 " question , and proof given that we have " extended " our trade during the last five years more than during any former five years of Britain ' s existence ; ana that wn have now more trade than we ever had . ' — The ** Free Traders' " Looking Glass ; or a table setting fortli the amount of Exports of British prodnoeand Manufactures for evert / year from 1798 to 1841 , calculated both at the Official and Declared values ; with a statement of the Declared value which the Official , value should have produced , and the annual aggregate depreciation in prices ; shewing also the annual average price of Wheat in every year from 1798 to 1841 , with the amount of wage ? paid every year for weaving a certain amount of a given quality of Cambric ; also the amount of Taxes raised in Gkkat Britain , with the amount of Parochial Assessments , and the number of Committals for Crime in every year of that same period , —from 1798 to 1841 : being , in fact , England ' s Degradation at a Glance ! The whole compiled from Parliamentary and other documents . ' BY JOSHUA HOBSON . In a neat pocket volume , of sixty four closely printed pages , price three-Pence only 1 Give your orders in time . It will be ready for delivery at the respective publishers , on Wednesday , the 16 th instant . Printed and Published by J . Hobson , 5 . Marketstreet , Leeds ; and 3 , Market-walk , Huddersfield . London Publisher , J . Cleave , 1 , Shoe-lane , Fleetstreet . Manchester : A . Hey wood , 60 , Oldhamsfcreet .
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c yOB IS , ELLIS . Pnan the ChartirtB of Tredejrar ... ... 060 « . two travellers , per R . H . 0 2 0 „ a few friend * at Rochester and Strond 0 3 6 _ % few friends at B&ld-fac'd Stag , Croydon ,. 050 „ the Somers' Toto Victim Committee 0 5 0 FOB MB . BBO 0 K . From & 6 Somers' Town Victim Committee 0 5 0 FOB MBS . PEDDTE . From the Somen' Town Victim Committee 0 5 0 FOB THE EXECCTITE . From J . H ., Leeds 0 0 3 FOB MRS . HOLBEBKT . From the Chartists of Todmorden , per Ms . Hill 0 15 0 "" ~ ' ' " DAD UD TTTTB
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Bbih ? Rules fob the GovrR > iiENT of all whs WRITE FOB THIS PaPEE : — i . Write legibly . Mite as few erasures and interlineations as possible . In writing names of persons and places be more particular than usual to make every leiier distinct and clear—also in using words not English . jS . Write only on one tide of ihe paper . S . Employ no abbreTiations whatever , bnt write ont every word in full . 4 . Address all communications intended for public * Uon to the " Editor" ; all other communicationsscch as orders , remittances of money , &c—to tke Publisher , " Mr . J . Hobson ; all remittances of money to any of the public funds for which books
are kept here , to Mr . ArdilL Much unnecessary trouble often arises to us from a want of precision in attending to these things . Never mix up these different matters in the same sheet Always prefer to send an enclosure , or even a separate letter . Much confusion often ocean , and many articles of sews get overlooked , because of their being written on the same sheet as contains the order of an Agent , which goes into the Publishing Office , and is li&ble , in the hurry of the business , to be forgotten instead of being sent up to the Editor . So again orders bare been sometimes neglected , because of their being written on the back of news t-angrapb * , which being sent to the Editor
hate been by him " put in kand , " without rememberin < to transcribe the order . All these accidents will be prevented , if persons who send hew will send their communications severally to the right quarter , an-i not " muddle" them together . 5 . When yon sit down to write , dont be in a hurry , Consider that hurried writing makes slow printing . f . Remember that we go to press on Thursday ; that one side of the paper goes to press on Wednesday ; that we are obliged to go on filling up the paper the whole week , and that , therefore , when a load of matter cumt * by tie last one or two posts , it unaToid&bly happens that much of it is omitted ; and that it is therefore necessary to be prompt in your communications .
AH matters of news , reports of meetings , 4 c ., &c referring to occurrences on Friday , Saturday , or Sunday , should reach us by Monday ' s post ; such as refer to Monday ' s occurrences by Tuesday eTening " s post ; Wednesday's occurrences by Thursday's post ; and Thursday ' * news by Friday morning's post , for second edition . Any deviation from this order of supply will necessarily subject the matters se received to the almost certainty of rejection or seriaus curtailment , and tre take noUameJor it . All personal correspondence , poetry , literary communications , and articles of comment to be here by Tuesday , or their chance of insertion for that ¦ week will be very small indeed ; if not here by Wednesday we dont hold ourselves bound even to
notice them . 7 . Finally , remember that we haTe only forty-eight columns weekly for all England , Scotland , Wale 3 , and Ireland ; that 'we have no interest in preferring one town or place to another , because ours is not a local but a national paper ; that we are bound , therefore , in dealing with the masses of matter "which come to us , to hold the scales of Justice eTenly—our first ebject being the promotion and enhancement , according to our oven bed judgment , ef the success of the great and good cause ; and our second , the distribution of our time and Fpace so as to give least cause of complaint ; that ve are alike bound to t *" » course of action Vy inclination , interest , and duty ; and that ,
therefore , it is useless and senseless for individuals to fume and fret , and t *""* themselves ill used because theii communications may not always be inserted , or for societies to tronble their beads and waste their time in passing voles of censure upon us for deToting too much space to this , or too little to that , or for inserting this thing which they think should have been omitted , or for omitting the other thing which they think should haTe appeared . All these are matters for our consideration , and for the exercise of our discretion and judgment , which , ¦ we assure all parties , shall be always used , so far as we are able to perceive , honestly for the public , without fear or favour to any one , and without being allowed to be turned for one instant from its course by ill-natured snarls or bickerings .
Mokxy Oai > EBS to this Office . —Our Cashier is frequently made to endure an amount of inconvenience , utterly inconceivable by iicse who have not multifarious transactions like his to attend to , by the negligence of parties not attending to the plain instructions so often given , to make all money orders sent here payable to Mr . John Abdul . Some orders are made payable to Mr . O'Connorsome to Mr . Hobson—some to Mr . Hill—some to iStor-offise : all these require the signature ef the person in "whose favour they are drawn before the money can be obtained . This causes an attendance
at the post-crBee of , sometimes , several hours , when a few minutes might suffice if all were rightly given—not to mention the most vexatious delayB of payment sometimes caused by it Several old Agents—who certainly ought to know better—bare often thus needlessly incovenienced us ; we therefore beg that all parties having money to send to the Star-office for Papers , by order , will make their orders payable to Mr . John Abdill . If they neglect this , we «> "dl not hold ourselves bound to attend to them : if , therefore , they find their neglect to produce inconvenience to themselves let them not blame us .
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BXTDflBSSFIEZiD . —Good Esahfle . —On Monday last , Mr . John Sykes , of Lower Houses , lowered all his cottages 10 s . per annnm . Another landlord ( a Mr . Brook ) near by , hearing of the same , immediately followed ihe good example ^ set by his neighbour , and lowered his poor tenants in the same proportion . HEEDS . —The Hackssy CoiCH Proprietors akd the Officers of the 17 th Lasckbs—On Monday last , Capt . Palmer of the 17 th Lancers , appeared before Ralph Markland and W . Smith , Esqrs ., at the Court House , to answer a complaint preferred against him bj Mr . John Geraaine , hackney coach proprietor , for having refused or neglected to pay to him the sum of 45 . 2 d due for coach hire on the 2 nd
of August la&t . The complainant's coachman deposed that he t # ok the Captain np on the night in question , near He&dingley , and drove him to the barracks , the fare for which was 3 s ., which with 6 d . for waiting , and 8 d . the bar , made the sum demanded . The defendant disputed the distance , and denied that the lean had had to wai ; of him at ail ; he offered him &i . at the time , and ihe man refused either to take ii or go away . The magistrates said that there conld be no claim for waiting , nor had they the power to order payment of the bar ; the man had done quite wrong in not taking the 3 s . offered at the time , which they considered was hi 3 fall fare , and therefore ihey should not allow the costs , but order Captain Palmer to pay 3 s ., and recommended him to
pay the bar in addition , which he immediately did . — Cornet Crawsaaw , of the same regiment then appeared to a summons granted against him , at the suit of Mr . Kaistrick , coach proprietor , who charged him with having refused to pay the Eum of 9 s . 8 i . due for coach hire on the third of August , on which day the complainant ' s coach was sent for from the stand to the barracks , driven to tne Botanical Gardens , and kept wailing there till the party returned- ; the whole time charged was four hour 3 and a quarter , and in the turn demanded was included the cost of ihe bars . The sum was
disputed by the defendant , who had effcred 6 s . 8 d . The ttagi ^ rsues decided that the fare amounted to 8 s . 6 d . ; which , with the expenses , they ordered to be paid , and r « commended the defendant to pay the bars as well , which he did . —Cornel Crawshaw was then brought before the bench by warrant ; and charged with having assaulted Mr . Raistrick , on Friday forenoon last , by throwing over him - a bowl of water . Mr . Kaiatriek stated that on , Friday forenoon he rode up to the barracks at the request of the magistrates , to solicit for the payment , of thB cab-hire , without getting out a summons . He saw Mr . Crawsfcaw , who refused to Dav him . and he was leaving the yard ,
when he was sent for back again , and the defendant and cthtr efficera were in an upper window ; ne was requested to approach under the window that they might speak to him , and on doin g so , Mr . CrawBhaw leased forward and threw over him a large bowiof ^ ater , which went entirely over his pert-on . Jie had no witntEKs , and Mi . Cra-W 6 ha . w not only denied having thrown the water , but called Capt . fairer to prove that he did not . Mr . Palmer admitted water was thrown , bnt said it was by another person altogether , a-nd that Crawshaw had nothing to do witn it . Under these circumstances the charge was disniisM ; G . —un Tuesday , Lieut . Miles , of the same regiment , was summoned before the magistrates , a : the suit cf Mr . George BohHcd , coach proprietor , u . r 11 s . 2 d ., dee for coach hire to the gardens , on ihe 3 rd of August . After investigating the case , the znagistrat-es ordered it to be paid , with costs and 2 b . 6 d . for the coachman ' s trouble in attending .
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Cokmitta . ls fob . Trial . —John Garbutt , for a misdemeanour , in having obtained by false pretences a pair of iron vice , from Mr . Brooks , Victoria Road , in the name of Mr . Kidd , at the Beckett ' s Arms , Kirkstall Road , and which he afterwards sold to a nailmaker , near the railway bridge . —John Rhodes , on a charge of having stolen a quantity of brass , copper , and iron , the property of his master , Mr . Joseph Mathers , patent axletree maker , in School-close . He was detected in selling his booty to Mr . Whitaker , in East-lane , who gave information to the police , and the lad confessed his crime . " ' —— P 111111 1 . — » n . . m _ - . «• T *! .- P .. h » . ll *
Leeds Post Office . —We are happy to announce that on Monday last . Mr . Andsrson , who for a large number of years has filled the office of chief clerk in the establishment , received from the Lords of the Treasury the appointment of post-master , vacant by the death of Mrs . Temple . The appointment could aot have been more deservingly conferred ; and it must be gratifying to Mr . Anderson to have received the p pontaneous recommendation of gentlemen of all parties , who have thns borne testimony to his worth . Mr . Anderson's credentials received the signature of Wm . Beckett . Esq ., M . P ., the Hon . John Stuart Wortley , M . P ., and those of nearly every firm in the borough .
Serious Robbebt . —On Sunday night last , about seven o ' clock , three well-dressed strangers in fashionable tsglionis , went into the bar at Mr . Walker ' s , the Junction Inn , New Road End , Leeds , and called for a glasB of spirits each , which they would drink neat . Mrs . Walker was in the bar alone , and the three men arranged themselves , and stood so as to prevent her seeing into the passage which led to the staircase . They talked very loud , principally about horse dealing , and after their departure it was discovered that a confederate had , while this was going
on in the bar , been busy in Mr . Walker ' s bed-room , in which a desk had been forced open by cutting the lock out , and from whence £ 30 in silver , two silver watches , and one gold watch had been stolen . The desk contains a nest of drawers , all of which had been examinei except two , and in one of these was deposited a eum of £ 60 in , notes , and ten sovereigns , which the rascal had very fortunately overlooked . Ther * were alfoseveral articlesof silver plate , spoons , &c , in the desk , which though they had been disturbed , were left behind . We are sorry to hear that , as jet , bo trace of the party has been since discovered .
Chahgk of Stealing Coals . —On Monday last , three lads of the genus "bone grubbers , " were brought before Ralph Markland , and Wm . Smith , E ? q « ., at the Court House , on a charge of having , on Saturday last , and at various other times , filled their capacious and very convenient sacks froai the coal waggonB of the Old Staith Company . Tne prisoners had the disadvantage of being well-known to the officers . They were observed on Saturday , by a person employed at the coal staith , riding on the buffers of the last waggon in a train proceeding from the pits ; he went to them , and they then dropped the coal they had taken and made off ; they were apprehended in the course of the evening , and it was shown that a regular trade was carried on by the prisoners , who . after haviDg stolen as many coals as fii ! ed a sack , were in the habit of dispssing of them at a cheap rate in Meadow-lane and the neighbourhood They were sent to the House of Correction for a a month each as vagrants .
Shelp Stoles . —During the night of Saturday last , a ewe f-beep , marked S , " was stolen from a field near liirkstall Abbey ; the sheep was the property of Messrs . Beecroft , Butler , and Co ., of Kirkstall Forge , b y whom a reward of £ 5 has been offered for snch information as may lead to the conviction of the thieves . Stealing Watches . —On Monday last , a lad named William Hall , was brought before the magistrates at the Court House , on a charge of having stolen two silver vraUbes , the property of his brother-in-law , James Ward Rider , a stuff singer , residing in High-street . The poor lad bears evident traces of being not exactly sane , and it would
appear that at the death of his parents , there were fonr cottages left , to be divided between himself and three sisters , and that by some means , Rider , who had married one sister , had got half-a-crown a-week settled upon Hal ! , in liea of his share of the property . He had lived for some time with Rider , bnt latterly declared he had had no home , and had slept only in out-hooses , or where he could . He contended that the vratches were his own , and there seems some reasons to suppose that one of them at kast is so . The magistrates not being able satisfactorily to settle the dispute between the parties , left the case to the decision of a jury .
Aggbavated Assault . —On Tuesday last , Wm . Clarke , lesiding in Upper Cress-street , was brought before the magistrates at the Court House , by warrant , charging him with having committed an aggravated assault upon his wife . The poor woman bore evident marks of the punishment she had received , and the only excuse the brate had , was that "he had taken a little too much beer . " It appeared that they had been separated before owing to his violent conduct , bnt had got to live together again . The magistrates decided that he was to allow his wife 7 s . per week , to pay the expenses incurred , and to enter into recognisances himself in £ 20 , and two sureties in £ 10 each , to keep the peace towards her for twelve months .
Caution to Ij ^ keepebs . —A lady-like woman , about fifty years of age , has been for some time living a > the cxpence of the innkeepers of Leeds and tbe-Deighbourhood , by _ quartering herself upon for sometime , and forgetting to pay her bills before her departure . Most of the hotels in Leeds , and all the respectable ones in the villages round , have been honoured by her patronage . She is described as wearing a buff morning dress with a small blue sprig , and-a straw bonnet ; is very plain , and carries no luggage . When at the Star and Garter , Kirkstall , she referred to the Rev . Jas . Jackson , Green-Hammerton , and said she expected a remittance from a Mr . Meek .
Oddfellowfhip . —On Saturday last , the members of the Loyal Charity Lodge , No . 15 , of tke Leeds Independent Order , held their annual festival , at the house of Mr . John Farrar , Crown Inn , Stanningley , when upwards of one hundred sat down to an excellent diuner , furnished in theii nsnal good style , by Mr . and Mrs . Farrer , which reflected great credit on them . After the cloth was drawn , Mr . John Higgins , was called to the chair , and Mr . J . Hinsliff , acted as vice . The lodge being duly opened , and the business gone through , the remainder of the evening was spent in a very friendly and harmonious manner .
fTEALiyG Beef . —On Monday last , a man who said he came from Huddertfield , and professed to be an entire stranger in Leeds , was brought before the magistrates at the Court House , on a charge of having stolen a piece of beef , on Saturday night , from the shop of Mr . Flowiu , butcher , Shambles . He was observed by two iads to walk off with the beef and on being followed threw it away . He was taken into custody , and on the charge being preferred , attributed the affair to an accident , cau ? ed by his having bad too much beer . Some of the officers in oourt , however , notwithstanding his protestations to the contrary , told the magistrates more about him than he seemed to like to have known , and he was committed to Wakefield House of Correction for two months .
CHAELESTOWK .-Hum ' s Birthday . —On Saturday evening a large number of the admirers of the person and principles of theimtnmortal Henry Hunt , met at the house of Mr , J . Clayton , Charlestown , near Ashton-under-Lyne , to celebrate his birth . The room waa tastefully decorated with evergreens , and ornamentally hung round with the political portraits of all the good men who have shone conspicuously before the public , at the head of which was a large painting of the immortal Hunt , and at the bottom end was a fpleadid painting of the field of Peterloo . After doing ample justice to all the goed thiDgs of this world and the cloth withdrawn , Mr . John Mills was called to preside . A long list of appropriata toasts and sentiments was given and responded to , and the evening waa spent in the most harmonious manner .
WAKEFIEIiD . —The meeting of colliers of the Wtst Riding waa held a Wakefield on Monday last , in ihe open space opposite the Woodman Inn , a Wakefield collier in the chair ; the following resolntions were unanimously adopted : — "That it is the opinion of this meeting that the present rate of wages paid to the colliers is not a fair remuneration for our labour , " " Tiiat the average rate of wage 3 for the last twelve monthB be published , and each colliery be requested to send an account of the wages paid to the miners , to the committee , at the Griffin inn , Wakefield . " " That the petition to the Houses of . Parliament stating our grievances , now read , be adopted . " " That it is the opinion of this meeting thiit we shall never better our condition until we unite for the better protection of our labour . " " That
the thanks of this meeting be given to those newspapers which have advocated eur canse , and that it iB highly desirable to hare a periodical published , in which-all matters intersting to us may be inserted , and that the Executive be requested to establish one . " u That an Executive Counsel of four be appointed at the delegate meeting this day , to carry out ihe intentions of the above resolution . " " That the petition be signed by the Chairman on behalf of tbe . meeting and presented to both Houses of Parliament , that to the Lords be entrusted to Lord Brougham ; that to the Commons to Lord Ashley . " . The committee request that thecolliersin thediffcrent localities will put themselves in communication with the Secretary , addressed to the Griffin , Inn , and he wjli either give them the requisite information either in writing or personally .
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Lobd Bbougham has been several times closeted with the Lord Chancellor in his Lordship ' s private room , at Westminster-ball , daring the last few days . Some speculation has been excited aB to the nature of tho deliberations of lbs uotle and Uarted lords .
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Richmond . —At the meeting of the Council of the Borough of , Richmond , on the 9 th inst ., Henry Cooke , Esq ., was elected Mayor for the year ensung . ' 3 Sevebb Sentences . —In the Kendal Mercury we nnd the following observations : — " There has during the past week been much comment upon what has been very generally considered the severity of the sentences passed by the magistrates upon the prisoners tried at the Kendal sessions on Saturday last . Out of eight convictions , four pers ons were condemned to transportation , for an aggregate period of 36 years . Two of these cases were of the most petty and peddling description , those of Mary Kirkpatrick and T . Leak . Both offenders were stated bthe bench to
y have bad characters ; but what was the extent of their respective crimes 1 The ene , it appears , had stolen a silk handkerchief from the person of a paramour , who nad taktsn her to a public-house for the vilest purposes , and the other had purloined tiiree pieces of brass , worth perhaps 53 . from Dockryhall Mills . Looking at the circumstances , it would seem that not the offences , bat the character of the convicts , was punished , a course which we cannot but conceive ^ dangerous in itself , and highly derogatory to justice . If the principle of punishing according to character , instead of crime , ware to be admitted , who that had given offence to a
magistrate could hope , in case of a trumpery accusation being maintained against him , to escape being sent out of the country 1 " But this severity is not all . "' There is , " says the writer , " another fact connected with one of the cases referred to—tbat of Leak—which has not escaped observation . The prosecutors were the Messrs . Gaudy , one of whom ( James ) qualified and took the oaths as a county magistrate so recently a 9 the day before the trial . This gentleman not only appeared to presa the charge against the prisoner , but sat upon the bench in his capacity of justice , and retired with the other magistrates to deliberate upon the sentences which should bs passed .
Pbison MAflUFACTUBES . —Considerable dissatisfactian is felt from the fact that hosiery , manufactured by prisoners in Jedburgh Castle , is Bold in Glasgow at a prioe far below the ordinary value , and has a most injurious effect upon goods of that description , made under ordinary circumstance ? , by men who have not enjoyed the privilege of being connoted of crime . —Oateshead Observer . Glasgow . —Extbaobdinaby Discoveby and Remabkable Casb of Fbaud . —Considerable sensation has been created in town during the last few days , in consequence of the discovery of a pieoe of villany and fraud , which we rejoioe to say , is but of rare occurrence in a commercial city . Our readers will recollect that , between three and four years agoone
, of the tellers of a bank in town , on balancing up the transactions of the day , found himself minus a sum of one thousand pounds . The occurrence at the time gave rise to a good deal of speculation , as it was evident to the parties who were acquainted with the teller , and from the good character he possessed that he must have given the money in mistake to some one when making payments in the course of business . No one , in fact , had the most distant thought that he was guilty of making away with it . The question then was , who had got the money ; and notwithstanding that every means were used , no trace could be had , and after a time the search wae abandoned as hopeless . The sum missing to the bank and the matter may bs said
consequence was , that the sureties had to pay up tne to have been forgotten till about the muddle of last week , when , as we are informed , two idividuals who formerly carried on business togetherin Giafgow , but who are at present bankrupts , having beon drinking with some friends had a dispute , which becoming violent , both parties retorted on each other in tho mast abusive manner , and latterly it came out that they , or one of them , in course of business with the bank referred to , had by a mistake on the part of tho teller , got upwards of one thousand poundB more thau belonged to them , that , in fact , they had got the sum which the teller found himself deficient of . This occurrence was instantly communicated to the bank , and immediate steps were taken to apprehend the parties referred to . One of them was secured on the following day , but the other has
siace left the town . It is thought , however , from the clue that has been got of his movements , that he is by this time in the custody of one of our most active criminal officers , who ha 3 been despatched in pursuit of him . At present , and for obvious reasons , we decline giving names , and the additional particulars with which we have been furnished . The parties said to be guilty were well known in the business which they followed , and in the community generally . The snbjeot has excited the most lively interest in commercial circles , verifying , as it is likely to do , the old English adage . "when rogues cast out , honest men get their own . " We hearuly congratulate ( the young man connected with the bank aud his friends upon the discovery , even though not one farthing of the money should ever be recovered . —Glasgow Chronicle .
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Mildness of the Season . —An apple tree in the garden of the Castle Hotel , Bangor , having in dne season matured its fruit , is now again putting forth blossom , bo that fruit and blossom may be seen on the same branch . A pear tree , in the garden of Mr . R . Pierce , in this town , having borne an average crop of fruit , is now for tho second time in blotsom , —Carnarvon Herald-
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TODMOBDEN .-The Key . William Hill preached two sernoDS here last Sunday , one of which was H 9 Iberry'a fnneral sermon . At the time ef commencing , two o ' clock , the large room of the OddfeBow'a Hall was filled to suffocation , and hundreds had to go away who could not gain admission . Mr . Hill ' s manner f delivery had a great effect upon his hearers . In the even , ing the room was again crowded to excess- ; the room is very lofty and yet notwithstanding such was the state of the place that a many had to leave on account of the heat , and numbers had to go away without gaining admittance at all .
LIVERPOOL . —An anti-corn law lecture waa delivered here , by Mr . Fitzgerald , on Monday evening Jaat . Discussion being invited , at the conclusion- of the lecture , which lasted about an hour and a half , Mr . B . M'Cartney , in a long and able address , refuted the arguments put forth by tne lecturer for a repeal of the Corn Laws without a previous extension of the suffrage . He contended that class-legislation was the source of all bad laws , and until that was removed , it was useless either to repeal the Com Laws , or any other of the numerous bad enactments which were on the statute
book . Mr . M'Cartney also detailed the Six Points of the People's Charter , which being carried , the people themselves would then return to the House of Commons such men as would catty out to their fullest extent the benefits of free trade . Mr . Fitzgerald replied to Mr . M'Cartney , and admitted that his political theory was excellent , but denied that it waa practicable . The meeting broke up at half-past eleven o'clock , highly gratified at the able and vigorous manner in which the cause of democracy had been maintained by Mr . M'Cartney .
STOCKPORT . —On Sunday evening laat ,-our large room was crowded to suffocation to bear a lecture from Mr . C . Doyle . Mr . J . Carter was unanimously called to preside , and introduced Mr . Doyle , who entered into & lengthy and elaborate exposition ot the origin , rise , and progress of all aristocracies . He dwelt most forcibly on the conduct of the priesthood of the present day , and contended that th ? y were the greatest enemies of the people ; and concluded a most eloquent and powerful appeal In favour of all parties
joining the National Charter Association . Mr . Clark then moved the following resolution , which was seconded by Mr . Mitchell , and carried by acclamation , — " That the best thanks of the working men of Stockport are pre-eminently due , and are hereby tendered , to Mr . Doyle for his eloquent address this evening , and also for his truly noble and patriotic conduct upon all occasions where the cause of the millions required an advocate ; and that we feel inexpressible pleasure in bearing testimony of his sterling worth and honesty . " The meeting then broke up .
YORK . —On Sunday evening lost , a sermon was preached in the Democratic Chapel in this place by Mr . J . H . R . Bairstow . Mr . Bairstow's address has been the means of doing much goad by removing a great amount of prejudice . Many of the middle classes were preaent . HOLBECK . —The Rev . William Hill has received the following sums for the National Defence Fund : — a , d . T . Western ... ... 0 6 R . Thompson ... ... 0 6 Wm . Barlow ... ... 0 6 J . Da vies ... ... ... 0 6 W . Kidson ... ... 0 3 J . Ball ... ... ... d 3 J . Fawcett ... ... 0 2 S . Holland ... ... d 2 2 10
Hoddersfield . —The anniversary of the Hall of Science took place on Sunday last , when lectures were delivered to a very numerous and attentive audience . On Monday night a Social Festival was held ; great numbers attended , and it went of with the greatest eclat . MANCHESTER . —Miles Flatting . —On Monday evening , the Chartists of this place partook of a good substantial old English supper , in honour of the birth-day of the late Henry Hunt , Esq ., at the , house of Mr . Henry Burgess , the Clogger ' s Arms , Oldham-road . After the cloth was withdrawn . Mr . Morton was unanimously called to the chair , and performed the duties of chairman in a very able manner . Mr . Christopher Doyle and other speakers threw out some excellent remarks ou the evils of class legislation , and introduced some wise suggestions for the advancement of tbe causa of freedom . A subscription was opened for Ellis .
Newton Heath . —The Chartists of this place held a tea paity iu tho Chartist Room , on Saturday evening , in commemoration of the birthday of Henry Hunt , Esq ., and for the benefit of Mr . Massey . The room was beautifully decorated with evergreens , banners , A . o . ; and a goodly number of Chartists and their wives sat down to the cup that cheers , bnt not inebriates . After the tea was over , Mr . Thomas Railton waa called to the chair , and the company spent a very pleasant evening , many patriotio songs , hvmns . and recitations being given .
The Chartists of Newton Heath are determiued to do all they can to accomplish the work of political redemption . Some time ago they commenced a joint stook provision store , which is doing well , and within the last month they have butchered their owa beef and mutton , which has not only paid them good interest for their money , but has brought down the prioe of meat to the whole of the inhabitants one ptnny per pound . Tkey hope , by making this known to the Chartist public , that they will go aud do likewise .
BLACKBUHV . —The Rev . W . V . Jackson , of Manchester , lectured on the superiority of the People ' s Charter , iu the Music Hall , in this town , on Monday last , and gave universal satisfaction to a numerous audience . On Sunday , ( to-morrow ) , he will preach three sermons in the same place , when collections will be made towards building a chapel for the Rev . Gentleman * nd his congregation . LEEDS . —Mr . T . B . Smith delivered two excellent discourses on Sunday afternoon and evening , in the room , Cheapside , to crowded audiences ; that in the evening was crowded to suffocation . At the conclusion , Mr . Brooke read a letter received from Mr . T . S . Dunoombe , fixing the time when he will visit this town , on an invitation from the Chartist body
to a public tea , whioh is to be given to Mr . Duncombe for the admirable , bold , and determined manner in which he has advocated the rights of working men during the last session of Parliament , and more especially for the zmnly way in whioh he presented the People's Petition and boldly defended its principles in the very teeth of the people's tyrants and oppressors . The time is now fixed for Msnday , the 19 th December . Many other champions of the people's cause are expected to be present on the occasion , amongst whom will be the noble-minded O'Connor . That day will be an important one for the Chartist cause ; the presence of Mr . Duncombe along with Mr . O'Connor will be a mighty Btimulus to renewed exertions of the people in
their demand for justice to each aud to all . — We think the men of Leeds have acted in a manner which entitles them to tbe thanks of the Chartists throughout the country ; they have begun well ; we hope they will endeavour to carry it through in such a manner as will be a credit to them , and an honour to the whole Chartist body . On Tuesday , being fair day , a tea party was held in the Room , Cheapside . The number present exceeded the most sanguine expectations of the cemmittee . Upwards of 180 individuals sat down , a very largo number being females . -After the tea many more were admitted at a small oharge . The rest of the evening was most agreeably speut , by singing , recitations , and dancing
—every one seemed to be quite at home . On Wednesday night a concert and ball waa held ; at this time the number quite exceeded the expectations of all , tho room being well filled . The Chartist body are taking advantage of all fairs , feasts , and holydays , and turning them to better account than they hare hitherto been , by providing innocent aad rational amusements . On Tuesday night , Nov . 22 nd , a meeting of the members will be held , to take into consideration the acts of certain individuals during the late Municipal elections , who have professed themselves Chamsts . It is most earnestly requested that all the members who possibly can , will bo there .
Leeds District . —A delegate meeting of this district was held on Sunday morniDg , at Hunslet ; the delegates presenjt were Messra . Mackavoy , Cooke , Perigo , Garside , Jubb , Longbottom , Lawton , and Oates . Mr . Mackavoy was called to tho chair . Tho Secretary then read over the minutes of the last meeting , when , after a little discussion upon them , a resolution was oarried that they be confirmed . The next resolution was to the effect that tho delegates were of opinion tbat the election of a new Executive ought to be left to tbe proper time , namely , that specified in the plan of organisation . After many other minor things had been disposed of , a unanimous vote of confidence was passed in . Mr . O'Connor . The meeting then separated .
London Police . —Joseph Coles , an old Bailor , was charged on Wednesday last , with begging . It appeared that the prisoner accosted several gentlemen on Tuesday night in Holborn , asking- them for aims , and for doing so police constable 21 £ took him into custody . The prisoner said he begged because it was an offence—anything before starvation . He had several times asked the policemen on duty in Holborn to take him to the Station-hosse , but they refused . He had traversed the greater portion of the Peninsula and India in the service of his country , and had been allowed o nly a poasion of sixpence a day , which was continued but for twelve months . He wasauative of Uppin ^ Uam , iu Rutlandshire . Mr . Greenwood— " I vuil send you for fourteen days to the House of Correction ; that is all I can do for you now . " Prisoner— "I am very thankful to ycur worship . May God bless your Honour , '
Marriages.
MARRIAGES .
On Sunday last , at tbe parish church , Bradford * Mr . Richard Bairstow , overlooker , to Miss Mary Sharp , befch of Clayton . Same day , at the Catholic Chapel , in the city of York , by the Rev . T . Billington , Mr . William Ascough , skinner , to Miss Mary £ onlton , both of Malton . On Saturday , the 5 th inat ., at Rastrick , Captain A ther ton , late 6 th Regiment , Heirs House , near Colne , to Ann , only daughter of the late William Armitage , Esq ., oi Crow Tree 3 , near Halifax .
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DEATHS . On Friday last , of typhus fever , leaving eight small children , Mrs . Ackroyd , wife of Mr . David Aokroyd , of Queenshead , aged 30 years . On Tuesday , aged 71 years , Mr . F . Fawthrop , grocer , Qieenshead . On Friday last , in the 33 rd year of his age , Mr . Robert Law , cotton spinner and manufacturer , of Ramsden Wood , near Todmordon . On Monday last , aged 66 , Mr . Thomas Law , of Dean Royd , of tho firm of Robert Law and Co ., manufacturers , Ramsden Wood , near Todmorden . On Tuesday , aged 19 , Mr . Joseph Walker Hardcastle , of Armley ., for several years a clerk to Mr . Ray , solicitor , Leeds .
On Wednesday , the 2 nd inst ., at Elderbrook House , Oebaldwick , in her 14 th year , the beloved daughter of John and El za Tigar , and nieca to Thomas Nelson Cbampney , Esq .. York , and Peanock Tigarj Esq ., Mayor of Beverley . On Friday , Not . 4 th , aged 62 , Mr . John Lambert , wool-sorter , Armitage Bridge , near Huddersfield . Ou Monday morning , Mr . T . Thatcher , after a long and painful illness , in the 35 th year of his age . He was a zealous worker in the cause of democracy , and was much hated by the enemies of truth .
On the 2 nd ultimo , after three day ' s illnesB , at Alloa , Mr . David Thompson , for some years Secretary of the Alloa Chartist Association ; also Secretary of the Mar's Hill Tent of the Independent Order of Reckabites . Mr . Thompson was in his 43 rd year , and was universally beloved by all who had the happiness of his acquaintance . His death is a serious blank in his large family , and it will be long remembered and regretted by a numerous body of sincere friends , who accompanied his remains to the grave . The funeral , which took place on Sabbath last , was conducted under the auspices of the members of the Tent in which the deceased was a
very worthy and highly , useful officer ; and whioh was numerously attended by a great number of Rechabites from various Tents in this locality , who added considerably to the respectability of the procession . The funeral was conducted according to ths usual custom of the order , which moved from his ( Mr . Thompson ' s )! house in Lower Coalgate , at half-past one o'clock , p-ra . Mr . Thompson being extensively knowa in ; and around Alloa , an unusual concourse of people was-congregated upon this occasion ; so that id is . difficult to state tbe precise number of those who attended his funeral ; but it is certainly not an exaggeration to > say that there could not ba fewer than two thousand people in mourning who followed his remains-to Clackmannan church yard .
After the coffin was laid in the mouth of the grave , Mr . Lesley Keilson , of the Stirling Obsemer read the funeral eoivice , which being finished , the corpse waa lowered into the grave , a hymn sung , and the ses . ton .. closed the scene ; and holy will the labour be of hiaawho , as he passes by , stoops to pluck a , nettle from bis lonely abode . In hie . dealings with the world , he was pointed , just , and ° Pright . In politics he was a consistent and straightforroagd Chartist , and a strenuous advocate for the rights aud liberties of the labouring raasaes . - He was . a determined enemy to hypocrisy and tyranny ;
and whether these viees were found t » . exist either in , the Church or in the State , he opposed them to the utmost of his abilities , and often at great personal inconvenience . H « waa a man of regular , steady , humble habits ; and , altiough born to do inheritance , he has left behind him a name which corruption cannot obtain by pnrcbase , and which kings , priests , and Parasites would be proud of , bu never will nor can inherit—an honest man ! Chartists of Alloa , visit his clay-clad dwelling in Clackmannan church yard ; and , as an honest man is the noblest work of God , " drop a tear to the memory of departed worth . .
" Nor farther seek bis merits to disclose , Or draw bis frailties from their dread abode , Tkere they alike in Irembling hope repesa , SUe hosoia o ( bis Father and h& God . "
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TREMENDOUS EXPLOSION AT A GRIND ING WHEEL , BY A BARREL OF GUN
POWDER . ( From ihe She-field Iris of this day , Nov . \ 2 lhJ About two o ' clock on Monday morning , tho inhabitants of Abbey Dale , near Sheffield , were suddenly awoke by a loud noise and violent shock , sufficiently strong to shake the houses adjoining Mr . Dyson ' s grinding wheel , the building containing which was shortly discovered to have beeu literally blown up with gunpowder . One of the workmen , named WiJiiam Pierce , lives in a cottage , only separated from the grinding wheel by a workshop , and a doorway standing at right angles to it , aad to the building which was blown up . Mr . Dyson is a scythe manufacturer , carrying on an extensive business at Abbey Dale , and residing
about 300 yards from the premises before mentioned . Upon Price , the forgeman , hearing the noise , he and his wifo immediately jumped out of bed , and fetched Mr . Dyson to see what was the matter ; and upon examining the grinding wheel , it presented a scene that is rarely witaessed in a country not at war . The building is about eighteen yards in leDgth , by eight or nine ia width , with gable end b , and the roof , which was covered with stone slating , being supported by four strong beams . The whole of the walls were built of solid atone , and the window casements were made of iron , glazed with small panes of glass . Along the eouth side of tho building runs a lo : g bench , called the buffing bench , about four feet wide , and tha same
height from the ground , and under this bench , about seven yards from the West End of the place , were discovered the remnants of an exploded barrel of gunpowder . This posiiion seems to have been ohosen by the incendiaries on account of its close proximity to the great wheel , which is turned bya water-fall , and which wheel puJs into motion all the machinery used in carrying on . the business . Immediately above the spot , on the outside of the wall , were the turning and boring chamber , and the joiner ' s chamber—and , therefore , tho spot selected was one , from which an explosion would be fully felt in each of the three departments of the
premises , and fully indeed it was felt . The door had evidently been forced open with a crow-bar . The whole of the stone Elasing on the roof waa completely blown to atoms—each of the gable ends of the building blown outwards from top to bottom—and the stones composing tho west wall lying in almost the same regular order , as when first laid by the builder . Part of the skylight was blown about twenty yards off into the Abbey Dale dam , a fine pieoe of water oon'iguous to the building . That pan of the buffing bench under which tho explosion took placa , was , of course , non est inventits . The six windows on the north side of tho
building were so shattered tbat not a single pane of glas 3 waa to be found in any one of them . The wall whioh separated the great room from the two chambers before named , was very much shaken , and bulged towards the great waier wheel with a threatening aspect . The floors , rouf , and windows of the turner ' s chamber , and joiner ' s chamber , shared the same fate as those of tho large room in which the gunpowder was placed—many portions of the root and wiudow easements beiag picked up at disuncf . 3 from fifty to one hundred yards off . The objeot of the explosion was to destroy most { factually the grinding-wheel and its attendant machinery , with anything else that might happen to be wiihin reach of the explosion .
In the cottage occupied by Price , the forgeman , the cupboard was shaken , and a pane of glass out of one of the windows . Part of the iron casement was picked up about thirty yards from the buildit .-g . Mr . Dyson , it seems , had not insured the premises , nor have we yet heard the amount at which the damage is estimated ; although it will probably not exceed £ 400 or £ 500 . Amongst the grinders there exists a union , and if any master employ men who are not members of this union , a decree is forthwith issued that such master " is to be served out , " i . e ., he is to have either his dwelling-house , or place of business , blown up with gunpowder , or some other matter of a combustible nature . In this
case , Mr . Dyson had two men ia his service who , though industrious and efficient workmen , did not btloiig to the union , and therefore Mr . Dyson came under the displeasure of the men who compose the committee appointed by this union . From some circumstances which have sot yet transpired before the public , three men were apprehended on Monday and Tuesday , viz William Thorpe , George Thorpe , and Thomas Richardson . They were taken before the sitting magistrates , Mr . Overend and Mr . Bagshawe , on Tuesday , at the Town Hall , and were remanded until Friday ( yesterday ) , ou the application of Palfreyman , solicitor for the prosecution . Mr . Broomhead " defended the prisoners , who were advised to hold their peace .
Ths explosion haa caused an immense sensation in the neighbourhood ; and it ia even stated on good authority that 1001 b » - . of gunpowder wore fired at onoe , to effect the diabolical objeQE of which we hare given a description .
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TO JAMES BRONTERRE O'BRIEN . 180 , Holborn , Not . 8 th , 1842 . wl * * ™;! , pn 3 ame y ° » «™ n you , from whom I w » ku u u mu ^ P ° lidcal ^ formation , will grant this much , that I have never . thrown the apple Ot ™ * T ? St ^ O" *** body . I Kve always k J £ i t tt 0 aV 0 ld ianSliuS amongst ourselres , because I knew very well the common enemy u ^ bbS 8 n 6 er 3 &t a " Our iaternal ^ d eternal . .
Sir , I am led to mako these preliminary observations before I proceed to refute your impotent letter in the Statesm an of the 9 th inst . 1 had J ? S + * i on « tim . e ^ oa were the most consistent , the most talented , the most patriotio , and the most perseoued man in the country . 'Twould be a waste of time on my part to talk of your consistency or of your patriotism ; the country now judges , and so will posterity judge of both . No man will den , yon possess talents in & superior degree ; the only regret is , that you should eo prostitute them as to render them either useless or injurious . As for y our , persecution and prosecution , vou must not
imagine tnat you oould escape unscathed from such on tee part of the Government ; as to persecution from other quarters , I am inclined to believe you brought much of it on your own head . You will , no doubt , call this letter of mine an attempt to assassinate you politically ; but there are too many living witnesses to prove that my aim has ever been to assist you iu every possible way 1 could , bo long as you would permit mo . . But to the more immediate contents of your letter . As usual you exhibit your own . disaDDointed
ambition , by attacking F . O'Connor . Your eternal talk ot perfidious demagogues only proves that your regret is , that you are not the demagogue . As usual O Connor is fathered with an extraordinary docn ment ; that is just as correct as that he drew ap the National Petition ; but a bad man must always resort , as you have done , either to surmise falsehoods or else to invent and fabricate the most palpable lies . However , as I am neither O'Counor ' B tool , as you insinuate , nor am 1 his apologist for what you may , in your wisdom , consider criminal in him , any more than I am yours ;] I leave you in his hands , satisfied as I am that ho will deal with you far beyond your satisfaction . I come now more immediately to that part of your letter that refers to myself , and I can assure you that I will not " set ought down in malice . " The following are your own words : —
" No association will ever make progress that either is , or is supposed to be , under the influence of such men . No Association will ever flourish , or ripen into national importance , which has for its supposed chiefs or lenders men who will not openly avow their own acts , and stand by the consequences of their own public documents . No association will ever become tne Aaron ' s rod that ia to swallow up all the rest , unless its office-bearers are men who will devote themselves honestly to the interests of their constituents , instead of trying to make their own fortunes by pandering for the patronage of demagogues , and London publishers , at the expence of truth and honour . No association will ever command the respect of the millions , whose office-bearers are men that will run away from the
conn , q lences of their own deliberate acts ; or who will pubtidv flitter and cry up , aa patriots of the first order , perfidious demagogues , of whose treason to the people they privately talk of having in their possession written proofs and documentary evidence . No Chartist association will ever flourish in England , one of whose principal officers is a man who can discover the Weekly Dispatch , and Cleate ' s Circular , to be par excellence entitled to the gratitude of the Chartist body , while he would have tbat body look with distrust and enmity on this , the only paper in the empire that is at this moment honourably defending their interest against nil their enemies , open and secret ; but , above all , from the traitors and jobbing rascals in our own camp , who are
making merchandise of them for their own base ends . The National Charter Assooiation—National , forsoolh . ' !! It never will be a National Association until it either ejects from its bosom , or reduces to their proper dimensions , tbe perfidious demagogues , poltroons , and jobbers that are fattening on the pence of the honest members , and bringing disgrace on the whole Chartist body by their charlatanism , their blundering incapacity , their egotistical puffing ( of themselves and of others ) , and their conspiracies to cashitr every man that will not be a party to their dirty , mercenary , treacherous sacrificing of the people to their own cupidity , ambition , nnd cowardice . " James Bkonterre O'Buien .
" P . 8 . —Some of these fellows threaten to put down the Statesman . We shall see . It is possible enough they msy put it down ; but we tell tkem for their comfort , we would see five hundred Staiemans go down sooner than be a party to their villanous practices . " Now , sir , I will put it to any man who is a lover of fair-play , whether such an ungentlemanly attack 89 that ought to be made on mo 1 Aye , on me , who has stood by you , who assisted you , who did all that a poor man could do to forward ycur interests . This I Bhould never have mentioned but that yonr conduct is so oh that I am forocd to do it in defence of my own character . I had foolishly imagined you had poured tho last drop of the vial of your vindictiveness on me by your famous " Old
Chartist letter , when you put . the Government on the scent to arrest Air . M'Doual ) , whom you have branded as a traitor , and Leach , of whom you have said he would politically assassinate you ; ot myself , against whom you have written the foregoing tirade . It is magnanimity in the extreme of you to attack the Doctor who is not at baud to defend himself ; but by the God that made me , I will neither allow you or any other man to attack such a man as M'Douail with impunity . If there is one patriot more than another that ought to live for ever in the people ' s memory , it is W'Douall . What has he not done for the cause ! What sacrifices has he not made ? His all is gone for the people ! You talk of the incon sistency of a principal offioer of tho National Charter
Association , speaking well of the Dispatch and Chartist Circular . Now , you did not mention my name—why did you not ! were you afraid 1 It waa the aot of a coward who raised his arm , but had not courage to strike the blow . You , forsooth , eschew denunciation ! why , what else have you done since the meeting of the last Convention but denounce , until this denunciation— " has sunk you below the depth of your deep , in a deeper gulf still . " You eay I am making a fortune by pandering to London publishers ; that , Sir , you know to be a deliberate falsehood . You know I was too independent to pander to you by believing you to be the M I am" of the movement ; and , if so with you , why not With others as well ?
Now for the very great crime of speaking of the Dispatch . What is the actual faot ! Why , that I simply thanked its Editor for exposing the intolerance of Lord Abinger . I thanked him simply for that ; I am not sorry that I did so ; buo the crime of recommending the Chartist Circular , how horrible ! Now , I ask you were you in your wits when you sneered at the Chartist Circular ? Yes , I have recommended the Chartist Circular ; I am proud I did so ; I do so now , and will continue to do so until it deviates from the advocacy of Chartism . You say I am making a fortune out of the pence of the people ; I suppose you allude to my wages . L 9 t me for a moment or two glance at this worse than Abinger insinuation . I was elected to the Executive thrco times
aud appointed secretary . I have faithfully served tho association since . I have done a man ' s part in propagating democracy . I have never lent myself to faction , and I never will . During the time I lived in Manchester after my appointment to the secretaryship , hundreds of our party can witness that my hand was never closed , nor my door shut against the needy before my arrest . In my shop I relieved thirty-six fugitives out of my own pocket in the course of three weeks ; some of those are now in prison , some out . Your sneer at my making a fortune is too lame and contemptible to make any imprep ^ ion on the public . Contrast my conduct to you
in 1839 40-1-2 with your conduct to me at the present . When you were under the talons of the government in 1839 I sympathized with you , and when you were sentenced to imprisonment 1 did all I could to raise funds for your family in Manchester and Salford ; every place I went to , or meeting I attended , I encouraged tlirm to support you and your family . I did my beet to raise funds for your press , and wrote to many friends in your behalf . I helped to get ) you overflowing meetings in Manchester , after your release from Lancaster ; what more could a poor man do ? What do you do in the last throes of the Statesman ? You know that I have
a family , and that to enable that family to obtain an honourable living when 1 may be in prison , or dead , I have opened a book and news shop in Holborn ; you use all the strength the consumptive creature has left to 6 pit jour venom ou a man who has so eminently served you , and thus deprive him and his family of even a maintenance when I may be in gaol ; but your trick will not succeed . I ask you , sir , will it not be more honourable that my family can obtain an honest and honourable living in business when I may be incarcerated , than they should be a burden on the Chartist Assooiation 1 I will not pursue the subject any further , but in conclusion I assure yon , you may rail at me until you are weary ; and I regret exceedingly that the man whom I onoe esteemed , I can only now hold him in the most thorough contempt , satisfied , as I am , in the rectitude of my conduct . I remain , Sir .
A lover of liberty , and a hater of discord , J . Campbell . P . S . Nothing shall induce we to Bay another word on this Bubjeot .
Will Be Published, On Wednesday, The 16th Inst. Tee Poor Kan's Companioh
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 12, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1186/page/5/
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