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3 IBS . SELIS AND HEB TAM 11 T . tee hare reeeivad in reference to &I » snfkrer node « , " ! OTreHlve system tba following communications S-iVre TOiMish botbln justice to the generous partis I ^ fVhom they emanate , and that if Mrs . Ellis b 5 ? ™ Jl to accept the offer , her friends may bav < Jg ^ aty for mateag tha arrangements : — " Aleott Honse , Ham Common " 26 th Jan . 1843 . oMt Deas MB- Hm-On leading the Sorihen of tiB 21 st , da Spirit moved me-almost to tear fzihz fete of onr brother Ellis and bia iorlom fcmily iP-eTsoaia time reflecting on -what conld be done t < " % a flie cb'ldrea of the expatriated patriot from tni Sa eoasegnenoes of their present position , I "was move * fJrihB Spirit to recommend their case to the attentioi n # oar Paier . ^ s * 1 *? 651 t ^ 4 "we migbi take oss o Sa eiaflren into onr Goncordlum , to receive its main Jf ! f « HsrsBd education as an adopted chfld . Sir Old tnat _ _ r-r TO 1 "" ILTT * TTOD T ? \ "W > TV
Cm . jjo'peTer , suggested an oner migns oe maoe sfmore iban one of the children . His proposition yon 2 m find recorded in the accompanying note . ^ 3 -was very mnch pleased to read your remarks in * he same paper , on the present position of the national S-jety at Hsnnony Ha 1 ; as well as your advice to jrS ^ ts and Socialists never to oppose each other . r * , n they hs 7 £ the same end in view , namely , the Siilcal , religious , acd social conditions in "which they w-fso long been enthralled- 1 have been an advocate Sa Discdsl Socialist for the last twenty-fire years , in occaaons urging the prirjcipes and practice ^ jLgof ja prefereisee to all other modes of reform . Twrthese principles have Induced me always to giTe a f ~ L ) jjj . iand to any Individual or party to the extent SSr ^ Ere inclined to more;— -waiting patiently till S 2 vae conTinced to go farther . Go on , my Dear ^ r to sr « & parSM to cry alcnd for the people to be ^ uLa on the land , that they may thereby "srori oat
&gr poBfical independence . " ¦ ffithloTe to Mr . Hobson and yourself , " " Tours , " AXEX . CAHPBELl- *' "H » tt Common , " 27 th . Jan ., 1 S 43 . "Pits SfR , —One of our family Having introduced «• 3 ju nofecs the appeal to the public in the Northern Storea bdatf of the -widowed Mrs . Eliis , 2 reflected iL ffl -whit could be done by us for her benefit , and it - jatea tome that by soma extra industry on our part , jaosome ssHstance on the part of onr friends , "we ts niaTaaertafettsfi o 05 ^ 1 ° * S ^» "washiii ? , clothing , , e ^ Bofiiai of t » o ovi of her four children at about lajfOTr nuisZcaise . for each be secured
«• if slwutiins pounds a year can to us ij *? 7 responsible person or persons , and paid jpsziaijto advance , I ¦ win willingly take two , either Ijot or pas , or one of each , and place them on the jsmsfoosog M ** 1 *^ e ofhex children in the school . 32 jij jj , provided , they axe vf gosd organsation and health . u they choose to remain in the Institution after gjor are sixteen years of age a fret provision will t > e jade for them for life , or if ttey prefer it , a position pltomedfor Siem elsewhere . « j enclose a Prospsctns , and am , " DiarSir , "Toms , isspeclfnDy , " " Wit . OLDHAil . *' »? ios ? icrrs so . 2 , o ? ihe tiest coscosditxm , OB EnrcSTUAl HABJI 05 T COIJiGE , HAMCOX 31 O 5 , STSBET .
"HsaSpirit reguires Leve conditions , light condJjjoa , and life conditioiis . n BomesQc circle furnishes the Love conditions _ 2 » se throngh which and by which the Spirit can | B « ate the deepest sympathies , "The School , or sodal circle , fnrnishes tl » Light ess ^ itiHis—those through which the Spirit can geneate istelligeBse and the delights thereot "Ihe labour circle furnishes the life conditions—Base through which the Spirit can generate ¦ uses and fis piastres thereof . " eREiTES .
"The prc-jeeior of the Goncordmm idea having obfahsed th& lease , famitme , &c , of the premises formerly iisDTO ** the ilcott House Educational Establishment itUsrn . Common , Surrey , to be used solely for the uni-Teral goo-i , has , in association with other friends of jtrcsress , commenced the practical operations of it ; and ia tha aad the farmer Prkpectus endeavours to set farta the present state of progress and its future prospects , tcgtihei with its basis , principles , and objects , sad ihe manner and means by which it is designed to esxrj itisto Execution .
•• Ha Concurdinm is in the delightful neighbourbooo ofSichmmid , tea miles from Hyde Park Corner . Ihe exieEtuf the grocsda is about three acres , of most EEseltet soil , fat all iinds of iOTtacultural * purposes . About ire ^ rnndred excellent irnit trees and bushes hsve Iieea added to the garden , -which in a tew years , -nil become a productive orchard , and supply , to a pen extent , atapie-mid pure food ior tb « iamily , at t > s nmfl time increasiDg the beauty of the grounds . "Tbsunmber of associates at present is about twelve . Us premises are capable of accommodaling about eighty peso , irif'TtiiiTig fyiytflrm . "BASIS .
"Us bads of the Concordium is love , as manifested & poisea , wisdom , power . This spirit is Uiat which pzBsia , that inspire * and that sustains the Concurdist . Bsaeeitmaybe termed the Concord-spirit , or w » tvng tenbad . " PBE 5 CEPLES ASD OBJECTS . ° 1 Ba society , recognizing the spirit law , and submit-Enftoit , adeavouis to supply the conditions best idiptal to its rtgrnrementat" ThE » gnxfitions * Tfl tfee landsst and most enduring sfieSo 3 , SssTriEBSt and most trne judgment , and the most icdfiftS ^ sbls industry . "The irarkmg out of these means , m harmony with tbs surrasi laws , will be the « os 5 tsnt aim of tke d&Betas and members .
- "Eaice Itiii fijeir < mty and delight to exemse an xnrasal nndeviating sympatby witi all creatures who » bs under a ^ ir notice , without respect to class , remtrj , ta other ctmlingeni circumstances . "The principles aad general plan of the Establish ment have been stated in the first prospectus ; but we til repeat , Qai the object of this * Institution is to o £ er vvantajeous means fox ths evolution of moral eadfeacs , clear intelligence , and -rigourous bodily tsalih and strength , in which the theoeopher , the phibtopber , the man of sdaice , the poet , the artist , and iia xrtian , msj £ e 3 tn ajreeable field of action com-Icned-jritk a pmnifire home , where , free from all care raa anxiety about the future , each » sy elaborats his vnlemidealin practical social life , xmasnoyed by the fesnesi obstructions which so generally prevail in the tsBBpsfiHVB world .
-Freedom of feeling , thought , speech , and action , * 21 atail times bs encouraged ; while the excesses of enl " » ni he prevented , and the -simost endeavour |* d to develops a taste for the good , the true , and the iaaafol in all things . "ILEAJCS . ""VVken fairly established , it is presumed that the ietsn& sources of income which are proposed "will be ik ^ ote to its healthy support and extension . They SBiror , viz ., the entrance fees ; the receipts of the £ &aave department ; the produce of the labsur of tiie ssabas ; ihe ^ onatioiis of Ita patrons . * Sujald these means ever exceed the expenditure , 8 » snplns to be devoted for ever to the extension of * fc * " bttieSts here proposed to mankind in other distetii w countries .
" G 0 TEESKE 5 T . "p * f ^ rm cf government is patriarchaL It consists » Q > sPaler , aadttieExecutive Council appointed "by fa . 'Hiowili , as much as possible , direct all itsafcira " satoto with the whole of the f&mily , as the daily ' ^ asa may demand . " ADMISSION OP XEHBEES . J ^ P * Paiei is now prepared to receive propesals ^^? caBdidates , male or female , for probationary ***«?* . or fur chddren for the school . Tr >« former Z *^^* Bpon probsSaon for three months , when if IgaBj agreed , they wiUbe tafcen . intofnU member-^ Peaaai sho are aetnal producers , by t \\ U or r ° ^« ww their expenditurei will Dot be required to ^^^ inythmg to the funds bejond their personal g 0
' lb ^ Bol proflnce more jtan the consump-^^/ ^ - "W about tea pounds admisrion fee when re-^ "P ^ oera . Bra Efterthis thty will be proaj ^^^^ l food , clothing , lodging , washing , H « PiOPEBTT . ^ jf *™* ! fnmitare , &e ., brought in by a member « d ^ tS i . ** " *** "P t ° pettj , in their own possession , te ^ 1 1 * Biea away if he or she leaves the InsH-<^» ia " ^^^ lrhate «» " » in at any time have a ttaia ^^ Concordmm property ; it ia ever to " " Ko ^ wfcV **^ not individuaL w » : ta ^^^ wa eation TrhaleTer i » giyen to any " WaBa ar reward .
** ZiB »* 1 > CJ 1 £ S op nyypyR . a , ^^ a ^ ** Q ! fainEa ' irill l »« eneI 8 lJ y ^ iTlde ^ ^^ aBe nflL ?* * * && hom fOT «*« lsi ) 0 Wt Pa « aaii ^~ 'J * £ t of the eodsty ; eight hours for v paaito !?** ' * ' ^ S tflars fOT riee P- ' ' ^^ SoBin JS ^ " 08 for obtaining the clearest know-^ Bettj ^ tepia !» £ hould"be industriously usediy -JMcd ^ S ®?^ " ^ ^» gfren to every-rariety t + xaeStTZg ? *» ^ ie fulLdevelqpment of the body , ^ i ^^ . ^ 11 * D fat J > productive , fistful , good , - TEt _ " ' ' iSTAGES TO HEMBEfiS . 5 ?** feoS proposes in the Concordium are , £ ?¦• ^ f're ^ aT , ^ 11 ^ 18 "D ^ tiu of trade , compfc-^• SSStol " ™******* train of Hi ywf almost every inaivjdsal ia £ & ynlU
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of ordinary society ; exemption from the fears of poverty , from rent and taxes , from debts and debtors . "Security tf fine healthy air aod exercise , baths , books , lectures , and lessons in various subjects in science , art , and philosophy . "By a conceatrative union of aff-clion , judgment , and industry , win be secured a moral , intellectual , and physical prosperity ; and , bo far as concord can be aetaalleed , will adversity be unknown , and all means applied to the one great end—man ' s highest destiny . *• E * ary member is , as far as possible , emancipated from the cares and anxieties of riches and poverty , having all needful supplies of food , lodging , clothing , and education abundantly provided . * - Every member has an equal right to all the privileges of the Institution whilst subject to ita laws . " Single ^ beds are provided for all , and every endeavour made to promote domestic comfort . -. # -- ** -- — - - -+ » — . _—__»_ tl * -mm m- _
D 3 PFUSJ 0 S OF KAOW 1 EBGE . " Occasional missienary tours will be taken by those best qnalified for the work , in order to diffuse the knowledge of the principles and progress of the Society , reports of which will be published , at least annually . Tracts and bouk * will also V > e circulated .
" EDUCATION . " The school consists of children of both sexes , and all- ages , who will be under the constant supervision of suitable teachers , according to their age and requirementf . " The usual course of instruction will be given to all as they are able to receira it , which will consist of reading , writing , mathfcmatics , grammar , and elocution , geography , geometry , and drawing , and any other nsefnl knowledge which may be found practicable , the object being " to develope all the powers of the triune organization , a nd to render them as perfect and complete as they are capable of , in the best conditions the directors are able to provide for the pnrpose . " The terms are from four to six pounds a quarter , paid in advance , whieh includes tuition , clothes , washing , board , lodging , and use of feooks . No vacations are given , except at the request of parents .
" Each member may be alternately a pupil and a teacher , according to the nature of the lesson given and their several qualifications . 'The great variety of subjects taught , and the variety- of teachers employed in the work , will give an expansion to the conditions for developement that cannot be had in ordinary schools . " Several handicraft works will be cairied on in the Concordium , and , as far as practicable , taught to the pupils .
" APPEAL TO IHE PUBLIC . * ' As a general principle , the Institution is a selfsupporting one . At the cutset , however , funds from extraneous sources will be ueedfol ; therefore , the friends of ben-ficeRce are respectfully appealed to for their kindly- help in this love labour , either in the shape of advice , money , books , implements , fruits , apparatus , of any -useful or ornamental kind , that benevolence may suggest . " The friends of virtuous liberty hare now an opportunity of placing orphan and destitute children in the happiest circumstances , for their progress as universal beings , at a very moderate txpence ; or may here secure constant provision for the honourable and industrious of either sex , and of any age , provided only -that they conform to the simple rules of the Society . " Arrangements may be made with parents to enter the Establishment with their children .
" Persons of limited independent income , would find great advantages by entering such a house" Any further particulars that may be required will be cheerfully given , upon applying , either personally or by letter , to the Pater , at toe College . "Wil Old ham , Pater . " Concerdinai , Jan . 1 , 18 * a "
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TIEWS OF THE PARISH CHURCH . TO TH 2 ED 1 T 0 H 01 THJ 50 B . THEKK STAB . Sir , —It is now about fifteen months since I finished a series of drawings of the Parish Church , which were submitted to the inspection of a lady named Sharp ( who seems to be in the employ of the Vicar and Church people } , who , at the time , expressed her admiration of them and left my house . She came again about six o ' clock the seme evening , and requested that my wifa would go to the Bank School , as it was her intention to introduce the drawings to Dr . Hook and other clergyiDfcn ( there being several at the presentation of a
piece cf plate to one of the Rev . Gentlemen connected with the Parish Church who was retiring from ill health ) at the conclusion of the service , &s . Miss Sharpe , agreeable to promise , introduced the drawings to the notice of the Vicar and others present . After criticism of about twenty minutes , 3 > i . Boek handed to my wife the portfolio containing the drawi : ga , with the injunction that she was to send her husband to the Yicange in the morning with them , and be sure to keep them clean . When morning arrived , 2 west , as wa& my custom , to see if I could find employment at iht trade , hgTrg then , es I am twtwi dnh'hnfl " n rrrTp ^
out ol employment . ** On nry retamr from my nsetew mission about nine o'clock , Miss Sharp had been at my house , and read . & note , which she said she brought at the comsand of the Ticar , and which stated that the drawing * were to be taken to Mr . Chantrell , the architect of the Parish Church , for Ma opinion as to their correctness , &c and also ior valuation , as the Vicar intended to give what he ( Mr . C . ) would reasonably vslne them at , hoping the man might be paid for his labour . I accordingly went to Mr . C , at Oatiand ' s Cottage , hut did not see him . I left the note and drawings , and wtnt again the next morning , when Mr . a was pleased to say that my drawiegs were by far the bat he had seen of the Church , and not like the
advertised caricatures of the pretended artists , who were unworthy the name . Jn fact , so pleased was Mr . Cwith my production , that he put in the gates , that were in course of erection , himself , and said that he would tell , in confidence , the value which he intended to attach to them , and that I might make use of his name wherever the churches were mentioned in my presence- The worth of the pictures , Bays be , in my opinion , ia more than I trill set upon them , as you may get a number to do . I therefore say to you , in cenfldenee , that I value ttem at two pounds each , at which price I hope you will dispose of many , as they must have tiken yon a great lensth of time , ( about a quarter of a year . )
After leaving Mr . C ' s . I took them to the Jnle / fipeRcer and other newspaper offices , but unfortunately , 1 met none of the editors but yourself , after which I delivered them at the Vicarage The same aay thai 1 left the ^ rawings at the Vicarage , I was waited ' upon by Miss Sharp , who stated that Dr . Hook had made a present of one of the pictures ( the Consecration procession , S . W . View ) and that I muat see him . I therefore went to the Vicarage and was informed that the Doctor was at Church , and that 1 might see . him at the close of the service . At the conclusion of the sermon tbe Doctor said that he had presented Mr . —— , with one of the views , and that 1 must furnish another , in order to make ? ood his lot . All this took place in the cbnich whilst the Doctor was in his robes . 1 finished another according to his order , and left it at the Vicarage .
In a few days after , I met the Doctor in company with another gentleman in Kirkgate , when the Dorter gave me a sovereign , saying that there were four views , and that would be » t the rate of five shillings each for than , and that be wouJg give me some more when he saw me again , as that might be useful at present , 1 being out of employment . Tfce following week , 1 saw the Doctor at the Vicarage , when he gave me another pound , saying , that that wcnld be at tie rate of ten aaillinga each , that he had
not seen Mr . Cnantrell . In . the courw of & few days , I called again , and was informed that he had seen Mr . Chantrell and tBat be bad expresstd his approbation o { the views , but no conversation took place , relative to the price of them . He further Jtated that he had shewn them to Mr . Hoaden , the celebrated Histo : ical painttr , who , be . also stated , was so pleased with my productions , that if they were sent to London for the purpose of Lithographing , that he would superintend the work gratuitously , there being little minutiae that wonld have to be attended to in case of their being so
printed .- «> . On my next visit to the Yicarage , I received from the Doctor half-a-crown , with orders to wait upon Mr . Chantrell , Mr . Burrows , or others , to know what the expeuce of lithographing would be , aud who was tbe most proper person to perf erm the work , as be would head a subscription for the purpose . I waited upon Mr . Chantrell , who stated that he did not exactly know what the cost of lithographing would be , but he thought that Mr . Masser would be a likely person to extents- the work would be
lir . BurrowsTras of opinion that the work best executed in London , but was afraid that it would be & bad speculation , as a great many of Mr . &reen " a and Mr . Maesert views had been disposed of , and that I might put my friends to a great expence without the hopes of any remuneration for myself . All this 1 told the Doctor , whf « he told me that I might make use of Isis name wbenevsr I tbougfctit might be advantageous to me relative to the drawings . It was months after ere I saw tke Ticar itiwugb . 1 often called atbia residence ) bnt being pressed for rent , and -very ill at the time , I sent my wife one morning to the vicarage , when the Doctor told her that he bad no "tickets for soup , " and she must apply to Mr . Hills . My wife said that she did not want any tickets , bat wanted a settlement for the drawings of the Parish Gkurdi ; when he gave her a shilling , saying that he bad settled for them . She told him that we did sot think so , and it&st it was not a gentleman ' s actien ; whereupon be left her immediately .
Jt waited upon him myself tbe next morning , being then a more fitting pewon to be waited upen * y a . surgeon ; the Doctor gave ma % ahiliiDg , and aud be had sot seen Mr . Chantrell , 3 iBd t&at be thought be bad paid sufficient for mj drawiDgs . I then sent a cote stating that -Mr . C bad valued tbe drawings to me * t . two pounds each , and that being pressed ior my rent , and winter approaching , a speedy cettiement wonld much oblige . By tbe advice of a few friends , I went to -, Mr . Chactrell'a office in order to get a nove from Mm I to Dr . Hook , iMr . C having stated at my visit to I
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Oatiand ' s Cottage that he would tell the Doctor verbally the value of tbe pictured In order that there might be no mistake about the price ,, and as evidence for me afterwards . Oa inquiring for Mr . C . I was told by one of the yeung men , that be was in London , and that Dr . Hook had addressed a letter to him relative to my drawings , and if I would only wait a few days that they would be settled for . Af Ujt waiting about sixteen days , I called again , when I wasiuformed tiiattheyhadheardnothiug ; I was , therefore , under tbe disagreeable necessity of sending hisBeverence a Pontefract Court summons . Tbe case came on for bearing on the second of January , when neatly the whole of the above was adduced in evidence on my part , without the least contradiction . The Vicar was defended by a solicitor , who used his endeavours to make it appear to the Court that there were only three drawings ; in this he completely broke down . The most singular feature in the case of Mr . Chantrell , was _ _ _
that be stated be could not tax Ma memory with what took place so loEg ago ; but admitted in his cross-examination by me , that all I stated was correct , and that they were a great deal better than the advertised drawings , in fact they were the only good drawings of the church he bad seen , and that they were worth between two and tbree pounds each , " as works of art / ' la sentence which he never used in my hearing before . ) Three of the drawings were now produced in Court , at the request of Mr . Marshall , ' when Mr . C . renewed his former praise of the pictures , but left the place he occupied in Court , and coming close t * Mr . Marshall he said that they were certainly worth the money , as works of art , buS Mr . OBjuke was not a professional man , but a journeyman cropper tut of employment , and bad never received a lesson in drawing in his life , consequently they were aot » o much woitb as if done by a professional man . The case at once assumed a new form , as Mr . Marshall said that he thought a sale was not proved .
Mr . Chantrill was all charity , as was also Mr . Marshall , together with all professional , and would-beprofessional , gentlemen in court ; 1 stoutly maintaining that it was not charity I wanted but payment for my labonr . The vicar bsing in Court , and he saying that be had no particular nse for them , the verdict was , that I must have the drawings back , pay the expenses , ( fifteen shillings and ten-pence , including summons ) and keep the two pounds four shillings and sixpence received . The Vicar , evidently ashamed of the job , said as Mr . 0 Reuke was a poor man and out of employment , he would pay the expences { and he put biB hand in his pocket for the purpose , ; when Mr . Marshall , with a waive of his band , ( I suppose a professional one ) said , " be would not allow it . " John O'Rouke . Wheeler-street , Jan . 11 , 1843 .
P . S . —I have sent twice to the Vicarage for the pictures , and the messenger was told to call on Thursday for an answer ; however , at the concInBton of my Jong letter , a young man from the Vicars attorney called with three of the drawings , which are in a aad damaged Btate , being dirtied and tarn to such a degree that they were three pournls worse than when delivered . Here is an end of the history of the Parish Churches , as drawn by Your humble servant , J . OR .
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—<^ p— TO THE CHARTIST' PUBLIC . "Upon the necessity of the establishment of a national benefit society as part anil parcel of our political organization for the purpose of ameliorating the present distressed condition of the working claw , the assistance of political victims , or marked men , and thereby to help forward , our mighty cause .
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HOBTHBBH STAR . Allow me , most respected Sir , through tbe medium of your Star of liberty , to call the attention of my fellows to the above-named all-important objects . Brother philanthropists and struggling slaves , beholding in tbe misery and abjVct : wretchedness , that hath overtaken thousands of our fellow mortals , through the closing of their rescources by tbe legislation of tbe master class , tbe awful gulf into which it appears but too evident that the great mass of tiie toiling class will be plunged , except we arrest the progress of this goldes scourge , this wealthy plague , with its Iron Juggernauts , its numerous monopolies , and its monster monopoly—class legislation—to effect which it is necessary that our Organization should be most perfect ,
that all its weight may be brought to bear upon the barriers of the dominant faction . To perfect our Organization it is necessary that we should pay as much attention to the physical wants of our members as to their mental cultivation ; in more homely phrase , we must add to our lectures on moral power and union , a weighty edition of Bacoir , our ranks are poor , and are still becoming poorer ; indeed , many have sacrificed their all in tbe cause ; many have been driven from house and home by prejudiced employers for advocating our cause to perish in the streets and lanes , with , their wives and little ones , and thousands have been engulfed in that ruin which we prophesied would overtake us , and had united by all our energies to prevent , —bad the middle class been Christians , they would have joined us , and together we should have accomplished out truly Christian object ; but they have stood aloof ,
and many of tiaam tab now suffering , for their" chock ing and evil deeds ; but let us make up tor their lack through our own extra exertions . Had we begun the work in the few years of apparent prosperity that preceded this crisis , we should have effected our purpose years since . But remember the old adage , " Better late than never . " Let us endeavour to repair the errors of the past by improving the present time . And seeing that the propriety of a Convention or Conference Is urged to alter and amend the Plan of Organization , I desire to lay before tbe people a Plan for a National Benefit Society , which I have , after mack pains and study fiom time to time , drawn up with a view to meet tbe various circumstances of tbe working class , that they may be amalgamated into one great Union , for the assistance of each other through tbe manifold trials of our present system .
If the Editor of this paper will allow me space therein to lay the plan I have prepared before the country , I would gladly avail myself thereof , as I think it should be laid before tbe country previous to the meeting of the Conference to amend tbe Rules , that the people may instruct their delegates thereon , in order tb&t both subjects may be considered and % plan adapted to tbe wishes and wants of tbe people be set in a fair way for accomplishment . Some may object , that this is too much to attempt at once . Bnt let me remind them of our industry and energy ; what fortunes thereby we have made lor
others ! Let us therewith make one mighty effort for ourselves , and we sh&U find all obstacles crumble before us . Forget not that all are not reduced to wretchedness ; that many have yet a penny to spare for this saving purpose , and will give it , and more , to save themselves from that wide gaping maw of horrors wheiein so man ; of their fellows are enduring & more than hell upon this fruitful earth . Hoping you will pay some attention to this subject , I remain , Tours , in truth , Gkacchus .
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- ? TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN SlAE .. Sir , —With your permission , I beg to call public attention to an article upon the North Midland Railway in the Leeds Mercury of last week . Your contemporary in the fulness of feis joy and happiness at what he terms "the present working of the Railway , '' forgets to state " the causes" which led to the " lamentable event" of Bending a Bpirit unbidden into tbe presence of its Maker . Be that task mine . But first , I must state for the publiosatisfiction , that I have made a searchim ? inquiry into the slanderous charges which tbe Mercury has bolstered up ( for what
purpose you may readily guess ) against the old and really experienced enginemen , and find that there is not the slightest shadow of foundation for fcuch charges . Had they been true , the Mercury would not have failed to trumpet to the world tbe names of the slandered individuals . I now defy him . With " anonymous '" and ' alantuvf writers the public have nothing to do ; it is tee fasit written by them to which the Mercury and the public mnst turn their attention . Troth is truth , though the writer or speaker of it should be the Arch-Fiend himself ; and it really would be more respedabte and becoming on the part of the Merctiry to grapple with facts thaB to have recourse to the mean
subterfuge of asptrsion and slander . To resume , the causes of the late lamentable " manslaughter" of poor Mr . Harvey , and the consequent bsreavement of his broken-hearted widow , left as she is in a delicate state , and -wlr-ch must render her Rrief , her desolat ion , and her loss more poignant are—First , the resignation of tbe old Directors , because , as they Baid in their report , they could not , nor would not consent to tbe reduction then proposed , and now carried out by the ( thtn ) Committee ( now Directors ) of this Railway . Second , Because , as tbe old Directors said , ' that reduction was about to ba carried beyond the point of efficiency and safety . " Third , Because reduction has been carried out , and its first fruits are the loss of from j £ 30 OO to £ 6000 in the Company's property alone , not to speak of the immense loss to the Company arising from the terror-stricken public taking other conveyances rather than risk being manslaughtered , as poor Mr . Harvey has been .
My last letter of facts was written and copies of it in London a week before tbe manslaughter took place , and how dreadfully have my predictions been realized , and what an awful responsibility must rest on the shouldera of those directors who planned , and executed those recklesa deeds in defiance of the warnings of the press , the experience of tbe old and practical ^ ireetors , and the publicly expressed opinion ef ivery servant upon the line . . ¦?« . Allow me to ask you , Mr . Hudson , as the prime mover of this railway revolution , wbetberor not I have proved in the colnnnm of the Railway Magazine , that you- are , aad have been , participating in an unjust profit of from £ 2 , 000 to £ 6 , 000 yearly , which ought to belong to the shareholders , and which would more than cover your proposed reduction of the wages of this deserving body of eDginemen !
How , If yoa was to give up this £ 18 , 000 to the shareholders , tbe dreadful experiment of confiding tbe lives of hundreds of human beings to the care of unex-/ oerieucsd , and inefficientmen , would ncrer have been
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^ k % W 0 JJW Mrs . Harvey have had to bewail the d ^ tb ^ her affectionate husband , nor would the railroad have been bestrewed with the blood and brains of poor Mr . Harvey , the carriages doubled up like paper , and the company ' 8 property and reputatien ruined and made a finger-post of , as the road to rain , and as the bye-word of scorn , and execration to the world . I would a * those Directors whether they have not broken their Act of Parliament , granted to them cont f ? L ' tu Ulat ptthho wnmodation and public safety rtjoiild be the grand desideratum for their consideration ? Knowing , as they most have dene , the inexperience and witness or Jenkins , fop his situation . I have no healtation in saying that they are morally guilty of the manslaughter , if they are not legally guilty .
I put the question to any rational being , ia It for a moment likely , that the man , Jenkins , would veilfuUy run his engine into another train , when be well knew that the chances were a thousand to oneaeainst bis own life being ssved ? If I understand B aokatone and Cooke aright , death from self-defence or negligence , constitutes manslaughter ; now the evidence does not prove either one or the other of those thiDgs ; incompetency was the sole cause of the manBlaogbter , and if Jenkins be convicted , and the directors pass unscathed , then I say that trial by jury ia a force , and a complete libel on tbe lawa of England . Jenkins never was a "fitter" or " mechanic , "
he was a blacksmith ' s striker at Greenhead , for three years with Matthew Tindal , be was jobbing upon the Newcastle . and Carlisle railway for four years , but was a fireman only a few days . He bad been a fireman upon the North Midland about one year . Alas , Messrs . Mercury for your veracity , the " truth" of your articles is seen upon the face of them . According to you , J . nkina must have been a mechanic in embryo , or have had a very precocious genius for mechanism ; he is bow only turned twenty-one years of age , yet you have made him a " mechanic ' s" or " fitter ' s" apprentice , seven years old when bound an apprentice ; it might be true , but I must aay that I , for one , cannot believe it .
I now quote from my Ia 8 t letter why engine-men should have seven shillings a day : — First—Because the safety of the lives and limbs of her Majesty ' s subjects , and , indeed , of her Majesty ' s person , are dependant apon their " skill' * and " experience . " 8 econd—Because their constitutions are early wrecked by their employment , and they are prematurely superannuated . Toird—BecauBe tbey are subjected to double expence 8 by being the greater part of their time miles from their home , which brings their wages to a level with the mechanic , or stationary engineer , with this difference , that the last-mentioned enjoy feealtb , safety , and comfort , while the locomotive engine-man has his health sacrificed , Bafeiy endangered , and comfort annihilated .
I might say mnch of the doings of the Fox Cabery , and of tbe simplicity ef the Goose Marshall , for standing tbe brant of bis mishaps , together with the intimidation and coercion used by certain parties to " make " incompetent men take upon themselves the part of engine-drivers ; but my letter is already too long , and , I am not " anonymous , '' though I am PUBLICO . P . S . I have learned , since tbe closing of my letter , that petitions are at all the hotels aad coffee houses in the town , praying the Directors to reinstate the experienced engine-men . Djbs not this speak volumes ? Publico .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir—You will perhaps allow me to correct a false impression , relative to the course I pursued at the late Conference , conveyed by one of the leading articles in your paper of the 21 st instant . In the article alluded to there occurs the following passage : — " And to what conclusion shall we come respecting the honesty and sincerity of the party ( the Complete Suffragists ) who having rejected that proposition ; Mr . Lovett ' s ) yet brought forward , through Mr . Somera , an additional ame . idmenfc . embodying that same proposition , in the mere hope of dividing their opponents' ranks by catching up a few "flats" in the " rejected" net . In this passage you unhesitatingly make me the tool of the Complete Suffrage party , bringing forward an amendment at their dictation and for the furtherance of their party ends .
Now , air , what predicament would you be placed in were I request you to produce the evidence which justifies you in bringing such a grave charge against me ? Where wauld be your proof ? Would it not fritter down to a mere suspicion , founded ou no fact , but larking only in your own mi ad ? And yet upon tha strength of such suspicion you publicly and unceremoniously degrade into a mere party hack one who can say withont vanity , that in all bis public aots- he has been influenced by no stronger motives than tbe freedom of bia country aud tbe welfare of bis fellow men . Come , come , Mr . Editor , this won't do . This is sot democracy . Allow me , In Vindication of mjself , to declare , that bo far from being influenced by any patty to bring forward my
amendment , I did not so much as bint toy intention of pro-J 3 pain * , such an . amendment to ..: «^ 9 ^ fUtefflL «« Jbplag until I propesed it publicly in the Conference ; and as to the object I wished to serve by the amendment , I oAbo solemnly declare that my sola object was to remove an obstacle which the silly prejudice of the parties had raised to the progress of the business for which tho Conference was called . The amendment oacurred to me while sitting in tbe Conference during the speeches of Mr . Lovett , Mr . O'Connor , Dr . Ritchie , and others , who spoke before me . The speeches on both sides convinced me that tbe point of dispute was the most paltry and insignificant that could possibly be imagined , feut yet one which was calculated to
provoke the pride aud sectarianism of both parties ; and that therefore it was the duty of every friend of union to propose such & course as would give a triumph to neither party , but conciliate and do justice to both , and so prevent the disruption of tbe Conference . It was with these views that I felt it to be my duty to propose that both tbe Charter and the Bill of Rights be taken equally and conjointly as the basis of discussion . The more I consider and examine this proposal , the more am I convinced of its soundness , of its entire freedom from sectarianism , and that had it been adopted , it would have smoothed the proceedings of the Conference , and done much to secure that unity of aim and action which is so essential to the success of
our common cause . You have fallen Into another error , Mr . Editor , when yen insinuate that Mr . Lovett proposed to lay both bills on the table before my amendment was moved . The fact is , that my amendment wasmoved at the commencement of tbe discussion , and Mr . Lovett'a proposition was not made until the close . This is important ; because what higher eulogium could be passed on my amendment than for Mr . Lovett to rise af tor a long and protracted discussion , dnd in the name , and as the representative of the whole Chartist party , propose to withdraw his own amendment , and adopt mine , providing that tbe Complete Suffragists would make a similar concession .
Was not this an open acknowledgement that my amendment was wiBe , prudent , conciliatory , and well calculated to settle the point in dispute ? By Mr . Lovett ' B proposition the Chattiats have stamped the seal of their approbation on my amendment , and I cannot but believe that the great bedy of the Complete Sufft&gists would have done the same had there not bee i an apparent predetermination oa the part of gome of their leaders to stand or fall by their motion . I regret that any of the Complete Suffrage leaders : should have been bo dogged . I have ever condemned , and still continue to condemn their conduct in this respect I have condemned it in private , and I condemned it in public so far as I could , by remaining with the majority of the Conference , after , the Complete SuffragisU seceded . ; to
But what > s there In all these circumstances justify your charge that I acted as the puppet of a patty ? I bring forward my amendment candidly , without consulting privately the opinions of any man , or any party whatever . Moderate men on both sides approve of it ; one party offers to agree to it , the other refuses ; tbe votes are taken ; I stand by my amendment , I vote for it aud for it only ; and yet the organ of the party who offered to agree to Biy proposal turns round and charges me with beiDg the tool of the pwty who rejected it . He must be blind indeed who doeB not see the utter groundlessness of such a charge . And why am I thus anxious to remove this chaTgeT Because I hate to be thought the tool of the Complete Suffrage party , and wish to court the favour of the Chartist ? No ! But because I bate to be thought the tool of any party . I went to tbe Conference as free from party spirit as I
could possibly divest royeelf . I went not as a Chartust or as a Complete Suffragist , bob as a lover of my country . I held no icfUted opinions ; of the euperiority of either patty , but-believed that there were good and honest men in both parties . On the one aide I a&w the active splrite of the working millions , and on the other the noble minds of the middle olaas ; the indispensable energy of unenfranchised masses , and the equally toIuabla power of electorial privileges . ; My determination , therefore ,-was to consider , not wfiat would bast promote the triumph of either party , bnt what would best promote tbe union of both and the triumph of the common good . And now I have the inward satisfaction , of believing that' I sustained thiB determination tbrongbout the whole propeedinga of the Conference , and proved that while I could do justice to both parties , I weuld bend to the prejudices of neither .
It is no doubt agreexble to see ' the triumph of the party to which we belong , and tbfre may be some who would prefer disunion rather than sacrifice party feeling ; bnt when such selfish gratifications involve the freedom of a country and the interests of oppressed millions , it would be baseness not to relinquish them Ik would have been well bad parties in the Conference kept this maxim constantly in their remembrance . I fear , however , that tbey have displayed more anxiety to gratify their party feelings than to relieve tbe oppressions of the multitade . Instead of uniting they have divided—instead of giving one bill to the country , they have given two—instead of forming tbe people into one firm and united phalanx , they have broken them up into sections , agreeing in principles and even in details , and differing only in name and leadership , yet hostile to each other , contending with each other , and tearing aad rending tbe country
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with strife , as 1 / it were not tarn and rent enough already by the tyranny of the oppressor . It is impossible not to see the effects of such division It will throw back tbe cause of freedom , how lout ; I cannot tell—but if pressed for an answer I would say until men agreeing on principles have thei sense to unite . No doubt such union Will come at last . In the meantime , however , I most enter my solemn protest against such folly , and bold parties responsible- for every hour which their factiousness adds to the term of the people ' s slavery . \ I am . Sir , j Tours in the cause of j freedom , Newton Stewart , Robert Somers . 27 th Jan ., 1843 .
[ We give this letter with much pleasure . The fact that Mr . Somers remained with the C inference after the secession of the Sturgemen was ] not known to us , and we wrote under the impression that be had gone with them ; which we think would have justifled the inference we drew , That fact establishes Mr . Somers ' s exemption from any unfair party Was , and his claim to the title of ftn honourable independent man . We think Mr . Somers is in error about the proposal of Mr . Lovett We believe Mr Lovett ' s proposal was made to the Conncil of tho Complete Suffragists before the resumption of the debate on the morning of the second day , though tha announcement of it to the Conference was not made till the close of the debate . —Ed . iV . 5 . 1
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TO THE CHARTISTS OF LANCASHIRE . It has been suggested to me by sutne ef our Manchester friends , to offer a few remarks in the Star , calling on the " good men and true" of your district to assist the Association at Manchester in the erection of a Hail that will be the bona Jide property of Cnartists , where " they may sit under their own roof , none daring to make ' em afraid . " I shall do bo very briefly , aud I hope effectually . j I can just recollect very faintly the Blanket Men , as they were called , in 1817 ; and , to the best of my recollection and knowledge , the Radicals used to meet in public houses , having no piste * of ttioir own , and
renting no room . In 1819 , I was only eight years of age , but I remember it as a thing of yeaterday ; and although the Radical Association was pretty strong , 1 am not aware of them having any places ; to bold tbeir meetings to transact their looil business but public houses—some met at each other ' s houses in small parties —but there was no place rented or possessed by the Radicals , for the express purpose of teaching political knowledge . In 1829 , and all through thai agitation for tbe Reform Bill , In Manchester , I only knew two private rooms , and think there was at kaatone hundred places of meeting in publio houses . '
I shall not attempt to show that our principles and tippling houses ought never to be associated together ; but I will say that bad the Radicals of 1819 , or 1829 , been in possession of a place for meetings of their own , we akould have been very much in advance of our present position ; for , soon as persecution came , tbe magistrates threatened tbe landlords with the loss ot their licences , and then the rooms were denied the nse of to the Radicals ; and thus , being without places to meet in , ( three times to my knowledge ) , has the cause retrograded , and the sheep been scattered ; but t don't mean to say that all the fault lay in the meetings being held at public houses , but in the Radicals not being
the masters of their meeting room . I know many localities who have held their meetings ; in private rooms , chapels , schoolrooms , < kc , who nave been denied the use of those places since last August ; and the effect has been that the Association in those places have dwindled into a very small compass . Now , my friends , we are stronger and capable of doing more than any part of the Kingdom ; Lancashire , is th& parent of Chartism ; it has always ranked A 1 in the good cause , so I beg of you to let it keep its place in setting an example to the country , by erecting places of your own , and thus avoid the rock on which you have split before . -
The Chartists of this Kingdom are not a contemptible body , for by the strenuous efforts of somebody that I could name , and the spread of sound political knowledge by the Northern Star , and by tlie disinterested and persevering exertions of those -who dared to speak truth , the Chartists are now somebody in the empire , nay , I think I shall not be saving too much , if 1 say we are the most powerful body in tbe nation . If this be true , let us give permanance . and stability to our movement , by getting places of our own where we can meet in times of persecution as well as toleration , and be able to bid defiance to prejudice or tyranny .
1 know this is easier said than dose . I know the difficulties yon are battling with ; I know , what yon have done , and I know that you can do a little more , but most especially for such a glorious object . Our ladsat Manchester intend to have a Hail of their owu , to be built by shares at ten shillings per share . More than twenty shares were taken op last Sunday , and they will be happy to receive the assistance of any of our friends who can spare a little . The subscriptions are sixpence per week . ! I would advise our country friends who wish to assist in this glorious wort to bring or send ;; their sub-»^^ aMl ^ 2 F ^ 4 ^^^ h ^^^ l ^^ & ^^ k going on rapidly in Manchester , and I think our friends intend to knock up a wooden chapel , as a ( temporary Tallying point , nutil the Hall ( wbicb it is suggested , will be cabled tbe Buncombe Hall , ) is built . Yours truly , T . Dickinson .
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!—^^ - TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Dear Sir—On behalf of the cummittee I am ap . Oiuttd to request you if possible , to kindly spare . ¦« much room in ycur valuable paper , its wouid give tbe enclosed insertion ; by doing go you will greatly oblige Yours . && , Cha . rles Taylor . P 4 it « r . Sub-Secretary to the National Charter Association . TO THE CHARTIisTS OP MANCHESTER AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS .
Brother Chartists . —The time approaches when those ftifnds of freedom , who stand foremost in the democratic ranks , advocating the rights and liberties of the poverty-stricken and enslaved victims of Class Legislation , will b » placed upon their trials i , our duty then , us men and Chartists , being by all means in oux power , to aid and assist in raising funds for their defence , a committee has been formed in Manchester to get up a clothes Raffl ¦ ( the approbation of tho General Council of Manchester having been given to the plan laid before t ! , em for such object ) tha profits arising from which will realize a sum of five pounds , for tha benefit of tho G . ueral D-fence Fund , and which at the same time will furnish the winners with good and substantial wearing apparel . The committee earnestly call upon you in your various localities to ren < t « r them your support and co-operation in carrying the same into effect .
PLAN OF THE RAFFLE . £ s d 300 Members at one shilling each ... ... IS 0 0 15 Prizes , as under : — 5 Suits of Ctrl , or Moleskin . 25 a . per Suit ... ... 6 5 0 5 Pair do Trowsers at 9 " . p . pair 2 5 0 3 Waistcoats do . do . at 6 ? . each 0 18 0 1 Jacket , do . do . at lls ... 0 11 0 1 Waistcoat-piece , a gift . £ 9 19 0 9 19 0 £ 5 10 The Rfffie will take place on Tuesday February 28 'h , 1843 , at eight o ' clock , in the Chartist Room , Brown-street . Tickets are n <* w on sale at Mr . Leach ' s , Oak street , Mr . Jacques" , Oldham-road , Mr . Brown's Temperance Hotel , New Cxoss , Mr . Leach ' s , bair dresser , New Islington , and a ; the various meetings of the Association .
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— ? . BRITISH PATRIOTS IN FRANCE . We have received , along with a contribution to the Victim Fund , the following from a few English operatives resident at Bologne-sur-Jder : — Sir , —Though far from our native land and the men we love , we feel deeply interested in the mighty struggle for the rigbtfai liberty of the industrious classes j and glory in the sure and steady progress of the principles of the People ' s Charter . We feel highly satisfied with the decisive stand which our Chartist brethren made in favour of the Charter at the lats Conference in Birmingham . We are very much pleased with the bold and uncompromising conduct of ear esteemed friend Mr . O'Connor , in defence , of his moral character , ( which some of his enemies of the Corn Law League have tried to injure , ) aad tbe great principles which he has so worthily , faithfully , and successfully advocated . We heartily sympathise with our si ' . fforing brethren , and wish that those who are
engaged in the cause of Chartism , which is emphatically the poor man ' s cause , the cause of humanity , justice , and truth , may be strengthened and encouraged by all who love their country and desire that corrupt and oppressive systems may be swept at once aud for ever from tbe society of men , aud laws and commerce based upon the sacred and inviolable rights of the people . Though circumstances arising from classlegislation and u equal rights have driven us to stek bread for our wives' and children in a foreign land , we feel united with our brethren in the good cause , and if we cannot be with them personally in the fitold of contest , and certain victory , tb . es bave our hearts , our wishes , onr prayers , and as far as we are able , our pecuniary assistance . Our hearts say success to the Charter ana to all who are fighting for it May the Charter soon become the law of the land , and every working man be free ; and then the emancipated slaves of Britain will mean what they say , when they sing : — " Britons never shall be slaves . "
David Pollock has received the appointment of Commissioner of the Court for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors , vacant by the decease of tbe lamented Mr . Bowen . Malta . —On board the Lowther , merchant-vessel now discharging at the Victualiing-yard , is a toy for Mehemet Ali , in the shape of a cannon weighing no less than eighteen tons and measuring fifteen feet six inches , with shot for the sama , each weighing 445 ; b . " Non parvis componere magna solebam , but we should think that this exceeds Queen Elizabeth ' s pocket-pistol .
Thb Moormng Bride . —Much compassion was exoited at the Essax quarter sessions en Wednesday for a poor woman , vrixo was thrown into an agony of grief and weeping on her husband being sentenced to transportation . "Oh ! " exclaimed the almost frantic creature , ** what will become of me and my poor children ? Arid there , too , he ' s got his beat clothes on , why would not the old ones have done just a 3 well V The consciousness of this additional loss was too much for her nerves , and the poor woman was taken out of court in a fainting fit . —Ipswich Express .
A Conscientious Dissenter . —An amusing scene occurred at our late sessions . A witness was called into the box , and took hold of the Testament with becoming gravity , as it was thought , to be sworn . But when told , as usual , to kiss the book , he demurred , on the ground of " conscientious" objections , when the foliowiug colloquy occurred ; -Clork : Are you a Quaker 1—Witness : No : I am a Baptist . — Clerk : You mnst kiss the book , Sir . —Witness : This book tells me I am to swear not at all . Clerk : Yon must kiss the book , or you will not be allowed your expenses . These words acted like magic on the " conscientious" JMasenter , Kb Bcrupks immediately vanished , and he hastily raised tbe book to his lips , amidst roara of laughter from the whole Court . —Durham Advertiser .
Fatal Railwat Accident . —On Saturday morning , at about half-past A o ' clock , the following dreadful accident occurred on the London and Brighton Railway .- —it appears that a ballast engine , called the Venus , Job Smith , engine-driver , was proceeding towards Bxighton , whenonaTtmngnear the Red-Hill station , ono of the company ' s servants , named Tulletfc , came out of his cottage by the side of the railway , and held up bis lamp to stop ( he engine , to give instructions to the ariver . The steam was shut off and the break pnt on , but Tatiell , it is supposed , got b v mistake on the same line as the engine . Smith .
the driver , saw the unfortanateman ' s lanwru knocked down the embankment , and immediately exclaimed to the fireman , We have run over Tuilett . " Every exertion was made to stop the engine , but ihe whole train passed over him . Tuilett wus picked up and carried to his own cottage . He presented a frightful eptsctacle ; the top and back part of h s head were lit' rally cut eff , leaving his face uninjured . Although the whole train had passed over h > m , none of his limbs were broken , the deceased being knocked down between the metals .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THB NOBTHKBN STABSIR , —In yonr papet of the 24 th of December last , ia reported the particulars of an inquest heW before Mr . George Dyson , coroner for Halifax , and a Jury at Waterhead Mill , in Sad die worth , on the body of Lucy MHligan . The Jury , in their verdict , found that she died by the visitation of God , accelerated byjthe want of earlier medical attendance and proper attention and sufficient nourishment , and that they strongly : censured the conduct of the overseers and officers of the township of Scotland , in not ascertaining the situation of the
deceased , after repeated representations . i Tne overseers and vestrymen of Spotland are desirous t » remove tbe stigma that is cast upon them and to fix the blame , if any , upon those who ought to bear it . The township of Spotland is distant many miles from Saddleworth , and the Jury seem to nave beenHgnorant that it is the dnty of tbe parish officers of the township in which paupers are resident to administer to their wants , and communicate with tbe overseers <* f the township in which tbey are settled ; if this were not so the overseers wonld be obliged to travel a number of miles and neglect their own poor . j
No official communication was made to the overseers of Spotland of the real sitnation of the deceased , as appears by the evidence before the Coroner and Jury , until the 13 th of December la « t , when assistance wss promptly rendered by them . An illegitimate ] child of tbe deceased was affiliated by magistrates in petty sessions at Rochdale , on Monday , when the circumstances relating to the death of the deceased came before thera'i and it was their opinion that the deceased had been treated by tbe overseers of Spotland with every attention , { and no blame attached to them , and that if the deceased was neglected , the parish officers where she . resided aud died , were the culpable parties . i The overseers and vestrymen of Spotland feel deeply the stigma improperly cast upon them , and are wistful that the above , statement should appear in your ctxt Saturday ' s paper , and they are willing to pay any charge you may make for its insertion .
1 am , Sir , Your obedient Servant , Samuel Stott , Assistant-Overseer . Rochdale , 12 th January , 1843 . [ This letter should have been inserted in accordance with its date ; but was accidentally mislaid and forgotten . —Ed . N . S . I
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TflE VICTIMS . AN APPEAL TO PATRIOTISM AKD HTJMAN 1 TY . The exile , Ellis , has deservedly found a powerful advocate in the indomitable Cooper . John Cleave has disinterestedly and nobly appealed on behalf ! , of the General Victim Fund—who accepts the patriotic , offer ? Ten shillings from any locality will secure ita value in circulars from him , and yet be devoted to the prisoners and their families , while tbe foimet may be te ^ unded by sale of the latter . What an opportunity to " spread the Charter , ' and also to save its victims I jWnat Briton ' s heart was ever yet callous to the call of ) destitution , to the cry of distress ? Five families in tbe neighbourhood of Hanley are deprived of their protectors , the providers of their bread—for crime ?! No ; but for principle , energy , and kindness . Shall they be consigned to the tender mercies of parochial ! care , of union hospitality ? Some of them are . Forbid it Chartism , prevent it humanity . -Cooper and South Staffordshire have undertaken for the widowed wife and orphans of Ellis , but where is tbe advocate of hiB compatriots ' claims , where ? Who has pleaded for the amiableths energeticthe interesting Ann Yates , her
, , competitor , Oldnam ? the unfortunate Cunliffe , the needy family of the zealous Neesam ? A sum not exceeding four pounds , of public contribution , divided among tbe whole , from tbe time of the special ! commission till the present Inhabitants of the Potteries , wipe away tbe reproach—Chartists of the united kingdom , discharge the ^ obligation—subjects of the British empire , std in the work of mercy . Dry up the widow ' s tears , check the orphan's sigh ,, " feed the hungry , clothe the naked , visit tbe prisoners . " Bemember them that are in bonds , and them thatmffer adversity . ' They struggled zealously , tbey fell gloriously ; e > id > tbem nobly . Let it not be said " the good and tbe true" are sacrificed , and they fell unheeded ? If so , who can be expected to follow in their course , bow shall any ot them resume their labour when released from prisen and from bonds ? \
Brother Chartists , let ns arouse from onr apathylet us shake off our slmfgishnesB—let as banish unmanly diffidence—let ua sacrifice a pot aud a pipe , a meal , a few hour ' s labour . .. If we cannot give , we can beg , or sell , as Mr . Cleave proposes . Tbe writer , on his ! own responsibility , urged the case ft few evenings ago , Upon a small audience , who had already contributed for other purposes , and they responded to the calL Who will
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repeat tbe experiment—and who can deny the solicits " tion ? The " interesting sitnation" of the Monarch , is a tale for every ear ,, a theme for every tongue ; two of tb 9 consorts of the patriots , have the same ordeal to pa 3 s more quickly , and will you suffer to be added to " nature ' s sorrow" the grtef of salituile and want ? Let a miKiun generous hearts reverberate the consolation , "NO !" The General Fund is requisite , 2 et it be long and well supplied ; bul tho claims of the Po'teries are lpr / nediate and urgent A committee is appointed , find them some work ; stimulate their exertion , and let tae dear wives and children of the captives be cheered and nourished in their absence . Mr . H . Forster , E curia , Potteries , will receive and duly account far all remittances .
Scotia , one of you * servants , who has laboured exteuaiveiy among you , asks your sympathy , —jus-ify hia confidence , and let your iniies mitigace your brother Southern ' a wrongs . Cordially and faithfully , Tm » s Daties , Delegate to Conference from Hawick . Macclesfiald , Jan . 24 th , 1843 .
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POLAND . We have received a copy of a Polish newspaper , the While Eagle , in which the address of our Sheffield friends is translated . The following , our Correspondent gives us as the translation of the Editorial comments by which it is introduced' to the Polish readers of the White Eagle : — ' " The following extract from a Sheffield paper , the Northern Star , will be perused with great pleasure by our readers . It is tbe first popular manifestation in England made in favour of the Polish cause Without any previous Polish exertions to that effect ; and as its views
on the subject are incomparably purer aud more correct than those of nil tbe speeches ever pronounced in the British senate , or at all the meetings of tbe so caV < ed 1 Literary Association of the Friends of Poland , ' it will prove to every one that even in England it is not through diplomatic duplicity , but through sincere exposition of our principles , in ail their extenc , that we can gain the sympathy of the people at large , to whom , and to wkora ouly , we have ' the mission of aadieasing our-Bdves in tbe name of our nation as it is the destiny ot the people at large to pronounce ultimately in all such questions as that of Poland . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 4, 1843, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1198/page/7/
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