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THE ifOETHERN STAR SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1843.
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tKTTE&S FEOM THE MOTOfTAIffS . 2 T 5 £ A SBBXES ; OF IXTTEKS FaOU A 3 I OLD XA » 15 CTS ^ CGBSTBT , TO A 1 OJTSG MAS IS DXJBLIS . XFrom 5 i 8 Beauties of &b 'Prsas" ^ o selection of original Artic l es , Essays , 4 -c - » «*** & originally appeared in the PaKs" neirspaper , established in Ireland oy Arthur &Gota > QT , after ike forcible suppressi on of the 2 ? ert 2 iern Star oy flic Gerersanozil lEOTBH . lflhehearioIHr . T » £ tt ; iBarfjsrd Ms ntfsre as ma-Hgnsnt , ans Ma talente as mischievoa * as seajeparty-¦ wrlters suppose , suck * system as I feave described in lajrfcrmer letter , % as "well adapted to ius disposition snd congenial to his talents ; sod ussy -Stave imKbed new ¦ virulfcncs in ita passage through the Medium Gf bis sdomosiaustaind . We -seiU « msid " er i&e chief-governors with "which hs has Sivosred Irefand , to -suco a ^ crsory -mama , as if tre wise to look at pictcresin a g , , r
gallery . The named - ( irenvinejs ominous totbe BrSSsb empire ? 5 £ imports the oppression , -eiiamity , tied alienation of its ^ e ^ sadfciaaes . Had the noble- c < jbs ' uj of the premier "been ss firm and resoltte , in the direction of the storm , ss is tad l ~^ n skilful and sedulous , in the T » icrng of fee whirlwind , ttaa sounuy had borxte testixnony \ Iifee America ) to the ¦ sepassiinjfiaSsiits and ma * junnittlEg toads of a feenvlHe . TThe eoontryseemed to tl ?> ive underpressure , lite the palm . It lad Bisnifested seine predilection for freetJom ; xsdin ths glorious = 3 Ka oi the "Volunteers , obtained , from fbs fears of the sister country , or , perhaps , from her ^ asfice , scare relaxation of ancient rigours The gentry had , on that occasion , wnged fisemsdves
Y > y jibe sue -of the populace ; all this ¦ was . imputed to Ireland , not as righteonsBess , bat S 3 unpardonable guilt . The onunon modes of inuring the country sremedts be insufficient ; new sources of corruption ¦ were to "be opened ; new mooes of estranging ibe « riatowsey fromthe people were to be devised : Jt appeared to be an effectnal expedient , lor this end to increase dissipation , esSravagsase , snQ consequent embarrassment , " among the higher orders of the community . A yoangUDblemsn "was selected lor the station « £ chief governor , dissolute in tiB manner of life and profuse in Ins iaia-ta of expense . Peurfle levity , and thoughtless intemperance , ranging thro' every form of sensual indulgence , -were joined , in him , "' ¦ iib . the gloss of youth , a ¦ benignity of temper , and a gniefous suavity of manners , that cooperated - » 5 lh his esaltsn iaak sud staaaoa , to Tender -rice contagions and foUj fashionable . Thus ¦ tbe aristocracy of Iie 3 snfl -corrupted and enslaved , and senseless revelry 3 Bdminons expense , thesrxre pleAces of
pouScal prosfirution , "were universally disseminated . Oliis nobleman's disposition -was , I believe , naturally good and upright ; hut his temper , bis character , and pleascrable ptrrsnits lilted Mm to become the prey of ^ a violent and szasping faction , "who pressed continually -on Ins soft and pliant minis , and persuaded an inepnfkiexaie and beJIerii ^ man , that they alone possessed the golden secret of go ? enai £ nt , ¦ while tfcej fiittered bis indolence and love of pleasure by promising-to relies iim " of all Ae eaies of Admindrition , and to resign him to the unmolested enjoyment of bis faTomita aniKfiejnenta . 2 ? ow commtneed tie motley gorsnnneni of derta and aid-de-campB ; and the aggnndissment of an indliSdnal , a family , « nd z factlcn , the moat hatefol an «! tated Qua country erer produced . Bat let w tread lightly « a the asbes of tbe deceased . 31 i 5 s nobleoaan tad many lirtues ; 2 ua dispoafion "was generous ; bis good qualities Tfere -all bia own , bia faults -were xaoeQj those of bis advisers—jet be -was the uneon--saona intrument of incurable mischief to this land .
Behold a tft < fore * ft « -Trm » yi *> T _ Plodding , "without a Sead for business ; ^ riom , -wiSiont a tiate for pleasure ; fond of company , "without good manner ? , or good aarnre ; joyless , yet dissipated ; doll , yet eccentric He sjcnghi to promote , at the same instant , tiro discordant -ot-jecte—the increase of public ptcfiigacy by the eztenlion of priva ^ D luxury ,-and the enlargement cf a slender ¦ fortune by penurious accumulation . Se unitrd the prida snd -vanity ef the insolent uneducated nobleman , -with ihs meanness y " . « Tnlsaiity of the iBitsrate lo * wiorn peasant , or ths serfcraerM clerk . He ¦ sras a man tsie him for all in all , most eminently gifted by nature , snd accompliahed by art , to excite contempt and
laired . ! Ebe condeeb of ibe person I have jiow deBcribed , -vras such as one mi ^ it natarally have expected . He reposed iis entire confidence in a man ill-informed , violent , rash , ianccrou 3 and Tindlcfiva His msasures * was chbtacteriEad by Etraage inconastency—an odious mixture ¦ dt tyranny and weakness—irritation unprordked , and conceajaon -mthout condlistioii . At one moment the -whole aristocracy of the country , with the £ rst Isw Euthority of the land at their head ¦ were brought forward , to -pledge their lives znd fortunes in support of the Prclesiaul Asoendmay J A few "weeks Tolled xwsy ; and behold this golden itu&je of adoration , this Proiestaxl Ascendancy , laid prostrate at tbe feet of the multitude . Now religions fends "were fomented by bigb authority , in the Northern parts of friTs island , at least , no solicitude vas shewn 3 > y these "who bad the power of reprtssiDg ou ^ iase at tie ecsssieacanent , to employ the xnezsa ¦ Brhicb Sisy
ireia in fh&i isznOs , for ihe preservatioB of public crder . Kow the spirit of rigorons coercion began to fievetope itself—a large stride -was made to Ibe perpetuafiou cf grieTBBces end abuses . tTid tbe denial cf even lbs poor consolation of complaint , by the Convention BO 1 , -fffcich , however S rosy be justified on tbe plea of necessity , inflects a severe -wcund on the precious lights of ssseiEbang and petitioning the Throne or the Parliament . Hzd this t *«\^> been pensitted to remain longer in Ireland , flradie had been already cast—fha ¦ disordezs of tbe country bad rescbed their crti-lt . He Tras called sws ?—and tbe evening lnstre of faded ieauly attencsfi bis departure ; yeVtbongh recalled , be experienced such s . reception from a benign anfi srzdoos roaster , as plainly shewed that his conduct in this country / waB EOt ^ nsplessing to Oxe British Cabinet , or the British , Brace it did sot preclude him from tbe sunshine cf bis royal Blaster ' s approbation and countenance . He consoled ?» rm « rtf with the golden har-TEst , -from a sale of reversions and a lucrative
sinecure . The nobleman "who -was now nominated * hief governor , "was ardently expected in this country , as tbe messenger of pesee sad good will among men . He -was not a xainedfanias ' cer , or a beggarly ineombrance cf the p % mgB . - -He fiii not solicit ibe Yieeregal sHuaKon to repair a rained fortune , or toaecnmnlaie anew one ; for Cie xnaintainence of a barren title , by tbe plunder of a trailed province . The tigsity -was loreed' npan him ; he accepted it with a prccd cosdescessiss ; be relin-¦ qnhfeea his boms , and bis domestic bibits with rejr&t . "From bim rational aid feed men expected the most salutary and brafing messires . They saw , that be pos-» est anch a large staks in the country be came to govern « s emit powerfully lead bim to seek and proanote its true interests—because in the prosperity of this
nation , Ms own a closely implicated . This nobleman pondered his vay before him ; he hesitated to accept tbe ebsrge , lite a man , ¦ vrho conaenscatOy feit lie -waght ymri importance , andmeast to perform bis dniy laithfaiir . Ss bad the leaders of tbe Irish opposition ia Iiondon ; ¦ with them lie consulted ; be stipulated for specific measures and plenary powers . Doubts , delays , negotiations , £ 2 ^ ecplantionasucceeded ; a ? length the urcmessof Lord P . seemei' to prevail He supposed himself , and thia country , too , supposed him , to be invested with authority TnmBU&l , ample , aad adequate to the paciScatien of Ireland . Be came over full of ixaasvoVnt and patriotic aims . The proposed sy&tem of this nobleman * c 5 to have branched oat into two grtst fines of connect—ibe reforming of inveterate abases , and Ujb removal of SUberal and unconstituiiasal complaints ;
but—QsZeBdetd 'iems fume iantsBi feda , nupie ultra esse sinent-Hosv soon , "bow fatally "were the golden hopes < f the inurca bla&tedJ Tbe redress and reforra pr .-jicted by this coblenjan , and those "Who act « d -wiai b 5 m ia this ¦ eonntry . regniEed , and indeed of necessity brought \ pith them , the rtKOval from power cf z base s ^ a obscure faaljaa , obnoxious to all good men ; a faction -Jrtucb ., wiiboat personal -dignity , or Vbe ti aght of wealtfa or -tyif ^ rw . tad grown old and jjch in ps-wer , by the basest arts and the meet -earrnpt in £ inns . tion ; had lordei it ovt ? the iiad -Bithout control , ana tpreed i * s crooked and « ntaa £ itd roots , ia ike dark , evea to t-e fcasfcEjeat
of Ifee British Throne . The f t » giT | TCT . i of tbe ptrsciis -s ^ ho o = spc 2 ed this faction , -was not only ir quisle to the safety aad permanency ef Lord T- ' s adnjinittiavon , but wss - aacrrPcR dne to tbe © uixaged feelings cf an oppressed and insulted people . Hov wasfcil tne fores c ? ilia m 2 x 5 ms of bospitaiiiy , snd the ideas of a fcv-s j rste En ^ iisli iasuest , "wbich I mentioned in the cjmxaecceazst o ! these letters . The menaced faction Isa ^ sddrsiato ifeprestat themfcl-rea as the taosi Eiiuneh fneitts of tb = EnglKi intereEt ia this eexmtrv . Lord F . -sras ressoved , and Hit rexret and gratitude of tfce people f olleirett las good istfiBUons .
_ It -ass plainly seea on -what principle Lord ~ F . "was recalled . It TEss no other than tbe ptrpetuaiion of the 2 asn and the measures which bad Tendered the r > eople of tfcis vsudSzj Jlissa&Sed . It -was teen , tfcat tbe KsEteS facSon , -wfcicn tag aegraaed &e aristocracy , sad Tsz&g thB bpnonrs of the Crown cfcesp and disgraceful in lrtlaad , by an open aaie of peerages , and fcad boldly avowed in Sia seat of Legialature , and in the face of tbe -worl-J , tbai Tenality and corruption -wtre , aad onght to be , the ruling principles and active « niines of scisiinstradon ; it -sras seen , that this "Wretched and rcir . ouB csfcsi bad found projectors in that dostt wLlch ia the retrtat «» majesty , sna the fcnown ssylnm of evtry princely TirtnB . A meJancboly forebfeding told us , tnst the successor of iord P . would come to frown the warm aspiratioiis hf the people into dleace—and like the tyraxsoes ireaOasg ef Sib Sorih , shut ail their bzidt from Matting .
It is "' to b * e Ismentsd , that during tbe Ehort appearance of 3 Lord P . abo ¥£ car hor-zon , the splendour of ba £ oodialsAwna 6 zs £ &dtbs public ^ e . ThegraUade -Of ageEeroasiiatioru £ a | i of isngurne expec&tlouE , and ccthnsiaiticfientiinerits-cf loyalty to tlifeir sovereign , Tras anficipatea . "A -rirtsoiH freray prsvailed amoog as snd ia fi » n ^ sia paroxysm of ackntfwlefiglEent , for JenEfitsprcmfced vo i > e eaEierree , the xupplie * "wtre proTnssJy jiantefij vss ; pr ^» raij £ » 3 "wera made for Ijome cefence , and m * jEecssidEiable assistaccs of men and jnootyfidiii ^ sed In s ? d jSotsis in her VRld crusade i ^ sinst the liberties cf F .-acca . J * rJH **< tfcst tha ^ : xJaaTOHJj 3 ! iejpBMic TScal ^ srsis inttslcsied at their Pi « ts , fej . tM . very n 2 i £ 3 of tLs crsszht of pow-. T , btfvjra Hie choice lozchsJ thiAr lips . Sai C 6 rfcuaJy £ t iresid h 3 Te © ess * & %£% . ia toe oppc-fiiT ^ s safsibas , who
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then maBagea frj Lord P . in the Honae of Commons , bad thsybeea less confident BBdpteotpitotej it would have been happy for the countryj had they paused and -waited j so that redress and f supply might have adTCtoed hand in band . Some doubt , some hesitation , aome « mt \ on , -was suggested by one or two of the mem * bare ? bat how -were they treated ? The&etSraa , that certain distinguished meml 3 n «? oppoaitlon , one in particular , whose eloquent exertiona In her cause , trail ¦ Reserved the liberal gratitude oft&a admiring country , did not for a moment lose A&t of their own principka , tbe principles by wbkb they had grown in the esteem of tbe people—they were « eiz : d with all tfce spMt of alarm that infected Englasd , and worked np themselveB to feel tbe lymphatic learors of a Burke , snd to possess an unlimited approbation of the present wicked and disasfcroos war i ^^———^ ^^ ^^^_^ M ^^_^—M ^—^^^^^^^^_^^_^^^^^^^^^
It was plainly « een that the devoted ^ hsraoter who should SDcsaed to Xord FitzwUllam , at tbls eventful ast opprobrious period , would come over manacled with instructions ssd bound to move in tnmnels ; that be would be taught bis lesson like a school boy , and commanded to-do ^ 11 which bia predecessor would have left undone ^ and to leave andese-aD which bis predecessor would have done—in fine that the new Chief Governor most sell and -commit himself , tody aad soul , by Importunity to the foal fiend « f tha faction wbicb had Tods the harassed land , like an Incubus , to tbe T « g 8 of * precipice . Yet a JSoblemao was found who | willingly devoted himself , asd with a hardihood equal to that ef Curthts . plunged into a gulf of peril . A .
private tutor , oi Mayor -de Ftdais . was assigned to this Ticeroy , Fainesrol * as the Governor of our Chief Governor , a man of some'Character for a resolute temper and political dexterity . How 4 id the new administration prepare to meet a disappointed and irritated nation ? Kot with lenient measures of concilia * tion , but with unmerited chastisement , and the menacing brow of stem defiance .. Pains were at first taken by the Bight Hon . Secretary to disseminate an opinion , that the old task-masters -of Ireland were allowed no influence in the comnclls of thejnew cabinet ; but the close and intimate-connection which subsisted with that party , did not at any time allow tbe most credulous to give implicit credit to this assertion , and it soon became impossible to retain the mask .
I have premised this rapid sketch of some past administrations , that you might the mor « easily comprehend tbe rcope and yng ^ Tna of tie present system . With one solitary exception yon perceive that an a 4-hexence to tbe £ ng ] i 8 b interest , 83 itis universally called , is the ruling principle in them all . Itis under a pretence of maintaining this interest ; that a set of men equally deficient in talent and in honesty , block up the avenues to the castle , retain those j who an entrusted with the helm cf this country in a state of siege ; keep honest and moderate men at a distance ; stigmatize the warning voice of truth and sincerity as the guilty murmur of discontent and faction , and prescribe many of the most zsalous friends and supporters of monarchy , who have been marked out as diB&ffected persons , because they will not express a blind and implicit confidence in the virtue and abilities of the present Ministry . I am yeura , MOKTASBS .
The Ifoethern Star Saturday, July 1, 1843.
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THE PROSPECTS OF OUR CAUSE . Oob Glasgow correspondent , with the shrewd penetration and cool-headed good sense for wfcioh his countrymen are famed , takes the following retrospect of tbe state of Chartism la his district : — " To those who have paid close attention to all the circumstances connected with the Movement from its commencement , it most have been clear that a calm wonld inevitably follow the storm of August last . The people ; were doped . Advantage was taken of their ardour in the cause . Those whose only object was to Hve upon the movement through ingenuity and falsehood , succeeded for a time ; and as a natural consequenoe tbe enthnsiasm of those who had been victimised
was turned into bitter disappointment . In almost nineteen eases oat of every twenty these were our best men : however , matters are now promising to assume a healthy tone once more . Many who for sometime past have ; remained inactive are again rallying round tbe standard of our country ' s freedom and tbe poor man ' s only hope . " We take this to be a most accurate and vrelldrawn pietere of the " state of things" not only in Glasgow , bnt through tbe whole country . The spirit of tbe people is rising above tbe ^ heavy
blow and sore discouragement" -which it received from bands who were indebted to tbe people for their power to wound . Tbe object must now be to prevent a similar relapse : to go on steadily , and consistently , and soberly foT the time to come' We hope this may be done . It depends ] on tbe people's own prudence . They shall not lack tbe best counsel we can give them : and they have never yet known H 3 either to give rash counsel , or to " run away" from the consequences of our counsels , — having led them into a ditch , and left them in it .
Oar success is in our prudence and our perseverance . We bare great pleasure in reiterating Mr O'Coshob ' s cautions to tbe people in his letter of this present week . They axe necessary , and must be attended to . Had our counsels been heeded in August last , tbe "backening" whica our agitation baa received would bare been saved . There are plenty of Encb f ellowB as those O * Cos | cok speaks of , hanging upon the people ' s skirts . There always have been . We know one skulking scamp who lives on the movement—who has long lived on it—and who , though an excellent workman ! with a good
trade , teiBnol wori ; who has left more than one situation , for no other reason than because be preferred living on tbe people to Irving bybi 3 obtx labour , and who , on tbe 18 th of August last , assembled a Dumber of poor fellows , —who * thought him honest and valorous enough to be a leader , —on a certain moor ; and after having given I them a most exaggerated and lying statement of the doings at tbe Manchester Conference ,, said i Now tbe first thing you must do is to go and fire tbe Mayor ' s bouse "; and after a portion more of like good advice , be appointed them to meet him there at four
ia the afternoon of tbe same day , having in tbe meantime " beat up" the surrounding ] villages and mustered a force of at least four thousand , wben be would be there to consult with them , to lead them , and " go to work / ' Tbe poor fellows went away to tbe neighbouring villages ; they beat np " for recruits ; tbey mustered a good many hundreds ; they kept their appointment on tbe moor ; but there wasnoleader ! bisconrage bad oozed out in the meantime ! and be had sought tbe safety of bis own Ecamp ' s-caicase by getting out of tbe district ; while , instead of tbe valiaat Chartist leader , ' tbey found
ready for tbeir reception a body of police , whom tbey very wisely spared the trouble of dispersing them , by making off as fast as possible . ; What connection , or whether any connection , might have subsisted between bis getting out of tbe way , and the police getting into tbe "way , we neither know nor care : but tbia we know , that the fool-braggartness which leads a man to love " splmter sad splash ; " the craven-heartedness which makes bim desert the men he has bronght into danger , and tbe black villainy which would induce Mm to Bell them if be could get a bidder , are
very near relatives . Tbey are like pleasure and pain—almost the shadow of each other ; when one iB seen yon may be sure the other is not far off . If the people wish success for their cause they must trust do man who has anything to say to them that may not be said in tbe bearing of tbe whole world . They must have no secret proceedings—no matters to account for which cannot be explained . ; They must trust no man who fears to take tbe consequences to which be would invite them—who shrinks from the
nodding of his own plumes . They must trust so man who shall in any way suggest to them a going beyond tbe law—or any measure which must lead to it if persisted in . Tbey must ensconce themselves in tbe firm enclosure of high principle , strict justice , increasing vigilance , watchful penetration , and cool perseverance . If tbey do ibis we Bhall then rejoice that even the Strike Plot and many previous matters have iad-their uses in tbe opening of their eyes , and ws fball c 0 Bgid " er cur cause in a much more hopeful condition than we have ever yet seen it . ;
Js is time that cur organisation bad some attention paid to it . We Bee that Mr . O'Cohmob recommends tbe electien of a new Executive . Several bodies of the people have also urged the necessity of this course . We bi * pe certainly that-if we do have a new Ezeccifre , -ire shall have one who ¦ will
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organise the people , instead of living on them . We are for bo more paid men , except a Secretary ; who must have some little qualification for Mb office . For pur own part , we think the adoption of a plan of organization should precede the election of an Executive . "We have no organization , nor we never hare | had one . It is high time we should . We neverj shall be able to have one , unta we can get into a position to take advantage of the law instead of having always to evade It . Weoaa never do this , In the present state of the law , without making the basis of our Society wider , and its objects
more comprehensive , and , at the same time , more specJBo , than we ever yet have doae . This may be dose as well as not ; and this is the * thing for the people to consider before they elect an Executive ! Organization is a subject of the last importance to < rar movement . "We have by us a number of oom-j munications from a great variety of talented , shrewd men . in the Movement , which we have reserved for the purpose of bringing them at one view before the people , that tbey may take into consideration : the multitude of counsels , and , if possible , extract wisdom from them .
We Bhall next week give all these communications ; a ot , it jnay be , in the words of the several writere , but in as small a space as possible , bringing their ideas before the people—and we shall hereafter give our , own view of the whole matter : of tbe form which our society ought to assume—the objects it ought legally to have—the organization and government it thus may have—and the results which must flow from them if rightly carried out . We have no
purpose to : dictate on the matter ; but we scorn the * ' cry" of dictation . " The people have a right to our opinion , and they shall have it . They may set what estimate tbey please upon it—that shall not prevent our giving it them . We live not to please them , but to Btrro them ; with their own aid when we can , because so much the more efficient does our service' then become ; but without , when we honestly believe them to be " standing in tbeir own light . " :
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nruMii-L -i . ru- J -r S J -J j- . . ^^^^^^ - ^ s ^^—^ -w .- — - " REBECCA" IN WALES . In another part of this sheet we have inserted , from the Times , extracts from a series of articles , which have appeared in that journal ; and which are worthy of serious consideration . To them we invite special attention . In that paper of Wednesday there is another from the pen of tbe same writer , revealing moie of the causes that have led to the strong manifestations of dissatisfaction with " things as they are" lately made in Welshland . His details are moat important ; Showings as they do , the efeots of the " Free-Trade Tar iff" upon tbe prices of agricultural produce .
And we must remember when reading those details , that what the writer describes as the effect in Wales of the Free-Trade" measures , is , in minature , what has taken place all over tbe kingdom * Before the next winter is over , it is much if we don't see " Rebecca" in other places than Camarthen ! The farmers 6 f England can not pay tbeir share of the £ 60 , 000 , 000 a-year taxation , with fixed rents and tithes , and increasing rates , while wheat is at 6 s . a busheli butter at 6 ^ d . per lb ! cheese at 2 £ d . per 1 b !! andltwo-year old cattle , which used , only'two years ago . to feteh £ 8 each , selling now for £ 3 \) I Rare " Free Trade , this ! Rare for tbe
taxeater >! But if ibis state of things be not soon altered , " Rebecca" -will have a roving commission ; and we shall hear of her doings nearer home than Carmarthen in Wales ! And bow can they be altered , but by repealing tbe £ 60 , 000 , 000 a-year taxation ; and re-adjasting it on the principle of eqnity and right ? But who , of all our " Statesmen (!) " , dare propose such a measure ? Who , amongst them all , dare tackle it 1 Who dare to propose to ; deal with the debt ? Who dares advocate an Equitable Adjustment J Which of them
wishes any such thing 1 No one 1 The £ 60 , 000 , 000 a-year will continue . The low price of agricultural produce will continue also , for it is impossible to get prices up again , save by an utter failure of harvests , or by , an issue of One Pound Notes , inconvertible into Gold 1 And who dare propose to take that step 5 Who but crack-Ekulled Axiwood and Mxjktz , of Birmingham 1 Dare Peel propose it 3 Shade of Cobbett haunt bim if he does ! Wbere is the Geidiron ? 0 I what a " feast" we will have !
Lowness of prices must continue . Nay , prices must get lower . It is " the spirit of the age" to reduce them . But Tithes are a fixed burden on the Land . Rents cannot be reduced , because of the " Mortgages / ' and the " Marriage Settlements ;" Rates must increase ; tbe " recklessness" and " don ' t care what they do" will increase also ; and " Rebecca" Will have " plenty-to-do" ! t ! The " Free Trade" Tariff will play up before it is done with , unless the £ 60 , 000 , 000 a-year be reduced to £ 4 , 000 , 000 . This it most assuredly will not be ; and THE THING will either have to go to pieces ,
like a ship upon the rocks ; or the " recklessness " of ** Rebecca" must so operate on the fears of our ° Statemen , " as to induce them to give way , not only on the Poor Law , bnt on all our fiscal arrangements , and " final" state of the Representation ! " If , " to paraphrase the language of the Times ; "if manifestations of popular vengeance should induce our ' Statesmen'to look tha difficulties of THE THING fully in the face , and apply the only adequate remedy , the time may come when we shall have to thank even ' Rebecca and her Daughters '" 11 If they should not have this effect , nothing can save THE THING from destruction .
To the following article we direct tbe attention of every one who is anxious to know of the causes that are bringing the Farmers of Wales into the field of fight , with arks in tbeir hands , to upset toll-bars , and pull down Union Workhouses . He will soon see , that something more than filling Wales with troops , must be done , to enable tbe Farmers to pay Taxes Tithes , and Rent , and live , with Wheat at six shillings a-bushel ! " Since my last communication to you on Saturday night , I have ; met numbers of Rebeccaites , and conversed with several respectable farmers engaged in the outrage at the Carmarthen ¦ workhouse on Monday
last-One Intellligent farmer , who informed me that he was actually inside ; the workhouse gates when the dragoons charged amongst them , and who got outside in tbe confusion , stated to me that he was compelled , most unwillingly , to go there ; for , having refused to join one of tbe toll bar expeditions , he had his stable fired , and a threat was held oat to him that if be did not join the procession on Monday } ast , bis bouse wonld be destroyed . He accordingly did join tbe procession , but refused to disguise himself by turning his coat and blacking his face , as they wished him . His statement fully bore out my first communication to you , that the distress of the small fanners is at tbe bottom of all the
miBcluet By bis account , never over well off , they have now . by ithe depreciation of prices , AND THE UNABATED AMOUNT OF RENTS , AND TITHES , AN 3 > TAXES ,: and tbe increased amount of poor-rates and tolls , tecovyiat last hopelem and utterly reckless . Two years ago , ' said be , ' the price of oats in this county was 23 . 6 d . the Winchester bushel , now the farmer can only get la . € d . and Is . 8 d . The regular price of barley was two years ago 4 s . a bushel , and sometimes they were enabled to sell it as high as 5 a , and 5 s . 6 d . ; now tbey can only get Ss ., and were frequently compelled in winter to sell it for 2 s , 66 . a bnsbeL The average price of wheat was about 8 s . a bushel ; bow the price is 6 b . ; butter , which used to sell at 8 ^ d . and 9 a . per lb ., is now Belling at 6 ^ d . ; cheese , "wbich n&ed to fetch 4 d . per lb ., now sells at 2 ± < L Two-year old cattle , which two years ago used
to fetch £ 8 apiece , are now selling at 60 s ., and you may pick the very best for £ 3 . Colts rising two years old , which formerly readily fetched £ 8 or £ 9 each , now cannot be sold for more than £ 3 . ' This state of things he attributed partly to the operation of the New Tariff , but principally to the depressed state of the Glamorganshire iron TroTkB throwing numbers of men out of " employment , and decreasing tbe amount of agricultural produce required . Whilst THE tithes , which have been very generally commuted in this county under the late Tithe Commutation :-Aet , and -which-were calculated on the former imce of agricultural produce , ROW REHAJK A FIXED BUHDEN UPOW THE LAND , tkepnoe of produce being decreased one-third and iome ~ times one-half ; AMD BBNTS Have not palls * in ANT DEGSEE WHATEVEB . The constqneBce is , to quote his own expressive words , ' THE FARMERS
ARE GO 1 N&TO NOTHING , EVERY ONE OF THEM ! THETiAKE GETTING RECKLESS , AND DON'T CARE WHAT THEY I > 01 On Monday last , ' said be , ' greatnumbers of them from thejbills joined tbe mob and prjeession into Carmarthen , armed with Bcithes fixed on . sticks , scd guns and weapons of all
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kinds , hundreds and hundred * ot them ; but they listened to tbe advice of , a respectable farmer , who addressed them , and prayed them , for God * a sake , to leave them at one ' ft the tillages they passed through , or he could not ten what would have been the result wben the eoVafen attacked them . ' But their chief and prominent cause of grievance la the toll-bar tax . It is now impossible to get to Abergwilly , for Instance , a distance of six mile * from where we W 6 re thenstanding , without paying three turnpikes—a fax on the farmer who goes there with his catt and two horses with his market produce of 9 ) ., when ' oftan , ' said he , the farmer bar not 9 d . in his pocket to pay it With ; it is too hard : we can't bear it . '
" The landlords also must now begin to feel the depression . Another ] farmer Informed me that he wat the steward of a landowner of Carmarthen , who owns an estate of nominally £ 4 , 000 a year rent-roll , but who , said he , for the last two years , has not received the greater part of his rents ; he is a good landlord , and did not press his tenants ; but , said be , 'if he were now to distrain for them , he would get nothing , unless he sold their cows , which they live by , and their working horses . '
" I end&vonrgdfe ascertain the cause sf the attack on the workhouse of Carmarthen from several of the fanners , and from some who were even present at it Generally they said , * Oh , we did not intend it at all , but were urged forward by the Carmarthen mob . ' One farmer who appeared perfectly impartial , and very intelligent , and of whom 1 asked the cause of the unpopularity of the workheuse , toUi mo , and from all I can gather I think it ia the troth , that the poor of Carmarthen are opposed to the New Poor Law because they are badly used ; that they bave not enough food ; that they are separated from their wives and families , and kept as in a prison ; but tbe shopkeepers and farmers of the parish , who have the rates to pay , uphold it because they pay less poor rates . 'I myself , ' said he , ' saved lost yeat £ 27 in peor rates , which I paid less than I
did formerly for my farm close to Carmarthen , and generally poor-rates for tbe town of Carmarthen are twenty per cent , less now than they used to be ; but , said be , ' I have another farm , at some distance from tbe town , in another' and rural parish , belonging to tbe same union , in which tbe poor-rates are more than doubled , and the farmers there comphin that the management of their own poor ia taken oat of their OWU bands , and that they ate compelled to pay others to do tnis duty for them . But why should I , as ratepayer , ' . said he , ' wish to pull down tbe workhouse , which ban only just been built at the cost of the ratepayers 1 There is nn aense in doing that But it was the poor formers , ' who are grown reckless and can pay nothing , and do ; not care what they do , led on by tbe Carmarthen mob , who were ready to pull down tbe workhouse , or do anything else . '
"The country , in the day time , appears perfectly [ quiescent . At night , however , the small farmers on the hills assemble together and appear pefectly orgajnfirad for any mischief ; and those farmers who have aslake to &e country are afraid that INCENDIARISM JWJI . L BE COMMON I ' " On Sunday the Earl of Cawdor and Colonel Powell , lord lieutenant of the county of Pembroke , arrived here at the request of the Government .
' " A bedy of marines are marching from Pater to Newcastle Emlyu , and ColonU Love is disposing the troops in various parts ef tbe county , so as to be ready to march on any part attacked . ) ' " Yesterday the troop of tbe 4 th Dragoons marched from h « re to Newcastle , and I believe it to be the commanding officer ' s intention to ts continually moving the trdops about , so as to prevent the insurgents frtfm knowing at what spot they may find them .
; " In the mean time , every day brings fresh accounts of gates beiug thrown down . On Friday night four were pulled down within two miles of Cardigan , and on Saturday three near Abergwilly . In { act , a general feeling of appiehension prevails that the destruction of private property will follow the present toll-bar outrages . "A lessee of eleven ! toll-bars on the Cardigan trust states , that ten of them bave been thrown dewn . " . To the working people we have one word to say jn reference to these Rebecca riots . Let them alone . Have nothing to dor with them . Let the middle class men fight their own battles and take their own
risk . Those farmers who now feel ** the pressure of the times" are tbe very fellows who would have ridden down , trodden down , and sabred dewn , you at any moment , in any effort for your own rights . They now seek to involve you in the meshes of this lawless struggle merely to make " eat ' a paws" of you . They will use you to work their mischievous purposes ; and then , whether their project hit or miss , they will lead themselves to Government for your destruction—and , as jurymen , will be the first to send you by scores to prison and to the hulks , for helping them . There is a marvellous similarity between these " Rebecca , " riots and the Strike Plot
of last year m England * Be not befooled . Let the sorrow and misery of your English brethren ' s experience teach you wisdom . Should any of your own rank and party tempt you to have any , tbe least , communication with " Rebecca , " be sure that those who do so are knaves or fools , or both at the same time . That " Rebecca' * will progress we can have no doubt ; because we know that the hand of faction will not Blacken its gripe ; and it is the nature of all evil to beget its like , though not always in precisely the same form ; but we bid the people note that they will never get good from , violence . In all battles the blows will come to their share , while their "friends " the : middle class sympathisers , will carry off the prizes , and add more blows to their portion . Thus it ever was , and thua it ever will be .
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IRELAND AND REPEAL . We must refer our readers to our news columns for information of the progress of the Repeal agitation . In England , the matter is exciting serious apprehension and attentk n from all classes ; and the cry now is , not" what shall be done with Ireland !" but " what shall be done for Ireland ? " And though , in the debate on the Arms Bill , Ministers made no promises , and the Whig press are , of course , big with denunciation on the matter , we opine that , in all probability , the sincerity of Mr . O'CoKNEiA and the Repeal leaders will be tested ere long . It is impossible for things to keep as they
are : something must be done . And we shall not be at all surprised to find some means put in operation which it may be thought will serve as a sop to Cerberus . { The people , English as well as Irish , will look anxiously ou , ia the meantime , and the result , if it beeo , will shew the grade and status of the Irish mind . Of this may the Irish people rest satisfied : that no remedial measures short of Repeal , nor even Repeal itself unaccompanied by an universal participation in the right aad power of Government will roach their wrongs and heal thp cryiDg wounds of their body , social and political ,
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THE FACTORY BILL , AND THE HYPOCRITICAL DISSENTERS . As we well knew , and stated at the first burst of holy indignation against the Factory Bill of Government , the battery was nearly masked by opposition to the Educational Clauses ; while the real animus of the entire opposition was directed against the protection clauses , which the canting cowards dared not to openly attack . The Educational Clauses have been withdrawn entirely ; but the Bill is no more palateable yet ! It is aa bad a Bill as
ever ! The Mawworms and the Cant wells are as loud in their abuse of it now , as before their withdrawal . " Neddy ; " brother Patriot ; and the Rev . Mr . Mxssie , as tub-thumping corporal , st ill pipe their whistles lustily ; and Noncon . beats a email tattoo in concert , though he corrects one or two of the most dissonant of their false notes . Hereafter we we shall take the trouble of giving these " Blugs " one more pickHng . For the present this notice must suffice ; just to inform them that we do " see them crawl . "
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Mr . O'Connor ' s Visit to Hull akd Leeds . — When Mr . O'Conner wrote to Mr . West , of Hull \ saying that he would visit Hull on Friday next , it was under the impression that he would have to lecture ^ according to farmrr arrangement , at Leeds , on Tuesday and Wednesday next . These lectures , however , have had to be postponed , till Monday and Tuesday fortnight , in consequence of the building where they are / o be delivered being undergoing repair . Mr . O'Connor will , therefore , not visit Hull until after he has been to Leeds ; and of which timely notice will be given in the Star .
Victim Fond . —A balance-sheet has beenforwarded \ from Friday , May 26 th , to Wednesday , June 2 lst , from which it seems that the Committee have received , from various parties , £ 5 16 s . Hid . ; and that their disbursements have been £ 5 Us . ll % d . —leaving in the hands of the Treasurer , 4 s . 5 d . The Committee request all persons having out books to bring or send them in every week \ on a Wednesday evening , at eight o ' clock , at the Hull , Turnagainlane . Arthur Apgcstine Magee . —We cannot insert the address sent us from the Repealers of Carlisle /• Mr . O'Connell . It would be better suited to the columns of the Nation , or some other Irish paper . The Northern Star gives as much intelligence of the Repeal movement as practicable ; but the insertion of addresses such as this would exclude
from ih columns the reports of meetings , which are more interesting to the general reader . Wimjam Toxbert , Birmingham . —We have a distinct knowled ge of the language he quotes having leen used by the Corn-Law-Repeating Fimswil-. lux , in his place in the House ; but cannot aid him to the date . The same Fitzw « . wak has been enabling his tenantry to meet the Free-Trade Tariff caused low price of agricultural produce by incroastijg their rents ! The reason assigned for this course on the part of the " noble" Earl is that the electors of the West Riding rejected his son at the last election . Parliamentary seats and influence have , it seems , been purchased by lov > rents ; at least the " Ear ? ' seems to have deemed them low . Unless , however , that Parliamentary influence is submissively afforded , the price is to be withheld .
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MATERIALS FOR : A "CASE" AGAINST IRELAND . Tbe English Press are circulating the following as " a sample of the poetical effusions , now in very general circulation among the ' finest peasantry ' i " - " Then Luther's generation will take a speedy flight . And go into Hanover io lands of sweet delight ; Oar enemies must cut tbeir slicks , and leave this fertile land , For it was decreed that Luther's breed should fall by . God ' s command . ¦ Our clergymen they will attend , while blood tans in : their veins , And Erlu ' s sons , with pike and guns , will chose them ' like the Danes . "
Let not the reader laugh at this " weak invention of die enemy . " The Whig Irish Coercion Bill was justified , and PASSED , by a House of Commons , having a majority of 200 . Reform members , on less grounds than the foregoing " poetical effusion" ! Lord Stanley was then Irish Secretary ; and he brought into the House the official Red Bos , " filled , as he said , with the evidence upon which he relied for tbe passing of the Bill which the Whig Government bad prepared to put down the Repeal agitation . He opened his box , aad produced his evidence . It consisted wholly and solely , of an old sono // than which the above " poetical effusion "
contains a thousand times more " sedition , " and a thousand times more " treason" and cause for alarm '! The " old song" game has been tried before and it answered ! On the . evidence afforded by that " old song , " did the " Reformed House of Commons , " pass a law making it transportation for any one to be found out of his house ( cabin !) after sun-set !! and on the evidence afforded by that same song , did the English "Reforming" Press support the Legislative Rdformers in tbeir atrocious act against public liberty ! There is , therefore , moro than , meets the eye , in this " old song" story , now so industriously circulated .
We have noted , most minutely , the great difference in the tone of the Whig press during the present Repeal agitation , from that which it bore in 1833 . Then it was treason . Then it was unjustifiable . Then it must be put down by the strong arm of the law . Now , it is not even condemned ; or , if so , in accents so mild , that they amount to an encouragement . What is the reason of tbe change ? Thb Whigs are out ! Were the Whigs lin , the Leeds Mercitry would again begin
to sneer at " Kino Dan" ; and justify another Irish Coercion , Act \ The Whios are out ; and the Whig press gives the present agitation a sort of countenance , in the hope that it will eventuate in seating ithe Whigs again on the Treasury Beaches , where they know they will be sure of the aid ef the Tories in putting the agitation down ; and in sending the inflexible agitators to eool their corns in a dungeon , while the flexible and useful ones are rewarded for their labours ' .
The oni . t hope the Repbaiers cak have fob success is to keep tbe Whigs out ! ! See what excel * lent oppositionists they make I Look at the Arms Bill . That measure would have been through both Houses long since , had the Whigs been inf with the Tories , at their back to carry it ! Keep them in opposition 1 and you will thwart the Minister , and procure Repeal ! Lit tiie Wh ' gg again into office , and awayfgaos every hope fir success !
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"EXTENSION OF COMMERCE . " " HIGH WAGES ! AiND PLENTY TO DO !" Every week , and day that passes over brings with it new instances of the affection of the people ' s friends among the middle classes , for the amelioration of their sufferings . Every body knows how fall of patriotism and philanthropy the Extension of Commerce men have always been ! How anxious
they have been to get the Corn . Laws off , that the poor might ! have " cheap bread , high wages , and plenty to do ! '' with what earnest eloquence their privations , { under the depressed state of commerce , were set forth and insisted on . Well ; the corn laws are not repealed , but trade is better ; much better orders are brisk and mills are required to work full time ; indeed we had it from a largo tradesman bat a week or ] two ago , that " there never was a better trade than now . " And what do we
now hear of the philanthropists—the " cheap bread and high wages" men ! Why , that , having failed in their purpose of intimidating the Government through the Strike-Plot of last year , they are now seeking their " extended ' , ' profits in further reductions of the miserable wages of the operatives Whose condition thty go pathetically deplore at publio meetings . At a recent meeting in Manchester one of the speakers related the fact of Mr . "Cheap-Bread" Cobden having reduced his block printers to the tune of five pence in each one shilling and sixpence they earn ! t This announcement
excited a strong sensation of disgust at the conduct ; of the fellowj , who during his perambulations through the country has been professing the greatest sympathy for the starving operative ; ascribing all their Bufferings to the Corn Laws and the tyranny of the aristocracy ; holding up himself and his manufacturing brethren as the very essence of philanthropby ; and who , in the midst of all this hypocritical whining , unjustly deprives those who are dependant on him for employment of almost one third of their entire earnings !! At Leicester , it seema that similar proceedings are going on at the same time . On the 19 th instant , a
deputation of workmen went , in a respectful and orderly manner , to the different glove manufactories , soliciting their owners to give the same rate of wages as agreed to in the month of May last , which was a reduction of nine per cent , on the wages of last year . Messrs . Bailey , Cook , Warner , Mills , Howe , Thorpe , Richards , Preston , and Bramp-TON , all agreed to give the price : but on soliciting the Messrs . Biggs , Mr . William , the present Mayor ; —the concocter of the " Midland Counties Charter "; the great " Reformer of tbe House of Lords "; the mighty agitator for a Repeal of the Corn Laws ; the supposed philanthropist ; the great teacher of equality ; the man who , in 1832 , harangued the people on the Reform Bill , and told them to
prepare themselves to march to Birmingham : yes ; this man told jthe deputation "he should „ hold no conference with them ; and if they broke the peace , by committing ; acts of vagrancy , or anything else , he should puuibh them to the utmost rigour , of the law . " The deputation wanted to reason with him . He haughtily returned for answer , " you have heard what I have said ; you know what I mean ; you can »* ¦ . I Our correspondent , from whose communication we have quoted the foregoing setting forth of facts , tells us , that " the reduction HE offers is about twentyfive per cent , less than the hands received last year ! ' * Other Corn Law Repealing firms vrere
visited with no better effect . Thus has it ever been , and thus will it ever be while the infernal system lasts I No change of times for better ever betters the condition of the poor workman ; but he is incessantly made to put his shoulder under the full weight of every extra pressure . Simultaneous y with these proceedings of the ' friends of the working men" in Cheshire and Leicestershire , we learn from another correspondent that a Coal Owner of Staffordshire notoriety—the
identical same Goal Owner who produced all the disturbances , in ( that district , of last year—and for which disturbances poor Cooper is now being immolated—has giveninotioo of a reduction throughout his collieries of fourpence a-day !! bringing the poor wretches to wear out their lives in the bowels of the earth , amidst sulphurous fumes , and surrounded by untold dangers , for eighteen-pence a-day ! While the Messrs . Grace , Car , and Co ., in another part of the kingdom—at their immense collieries at
Reckiugton , in the Newcastle district—have perpetrated upon their men , one of the most heartless oppressions that we have ever heard of , even in the annals of" Friends to the poor" . This matter is deserving of a passing notice , and we entreat our readers to give it one . They will all remember the awful explosion in the Kino Pit , recorded in the Star at the beginning of last April . Just at that time . these conscientious gentlemen had contracted with a number of workmen for twelve months ; the terms of the agreement being , [ that those poor men should on no account work for any body else during the twelve months ; and also that as many of them as should absent themselves from labour
during that period , should forfeit to the masters two shillings and sixpence for every day so lost . After the dreadful catastrophe of the 5 th of April , the men , of course , felt some hesitation at risking their lives until they should learn that the pit was safe ; they proposed , therefore , the very reasonable expedient of an examination by competent and
disinterested parties . This the Christian-minded middle class " friends to the poor" refused to accede to ; and the men have consequently been out from that time to the 22 nd inst . ; | ten weeks having been lost in the unreasoning , reckless obstinacy of the masters , and four more in ventilating the pit to make it workable ; during all which time these poor men are lying idle , and their philanthropic and Christian-like employers , who would surely ( have imprisoned them bad they
taken a day ' s work for any other party , refuse to give them a farthing of wages for their lost time We hear that the jineu , who are all now at work , intend to proceed against these fellows at the assizes for the amount of the wages due to them ; or rather for the amount of the 2 a . 6 d . per day profit upon their labour , which by tbeir indentures they must have paid to Messrs . Grace , Cabs , and Co ., if the time had been lost by their fault : and we do hope most earnestly that they will be universally aided by their fellows in the struggle . It is only in united exertion that the people can find any efficient
substitute for that juat power of action which they ought to have , and which they must nevor rest until they do have ; for nntil then will they always find their energies full tasked for the correction of the grievious evils which the system brings into operation .
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PARTS OF THE WHOLE . We are of those who seldom feel surprised at any detail of atrocity committed under the present system of society . A system to bo homogenous must have parts in correspendenoe with its whole . The whole system of class legislation is one of rapine and cruelty . Its necessary reanltB are an extinc tion of the moral feelingi and of all the attributes whioh should distinguish between humanity and the predatory tribes of the ferocious " lover animals ? superinducing upon man their worst characteristics with all the fearful aggravations and refinements
of ratiocination . Our knowledge of this inevitable working of the general principle , prepares us there * fore bo fully for the instances whioh meet us continually , that they lose much of the effect which they might otherwise produce upon our- minds , Sacn tales of horror as are brought to light continually by the records of our Poor Law administration ; and the doings of onr factory , farming , manufacturing and magisterial lordlings , though they may excite our indignation , seldom call forth surprise . They are the sort of fungi that will always rise while the ulcer is permitted io remain uncleansed .
We have given lately Home prime specimens of gaol discipline , dietary , and management at Stafford , Northleach , Knutsford , and other places ; we now add another sample at Carnarvon . A poor fellow named Owen Da vies was thus treated , according to the inspector ' s report ; from which it appears that : — 41 Ellen Davies called before the Inspector , deposes upon oath that her late husband , Owen Divies , a prisoner , complained during bia illness of tbe gaoler George ' s treatment of him . It was about tbe beginning and middle of his illness that he complained that he did not get the meat that wag fit for him . " 1 recollect
his sending me to Dr . Roberts , the surgeon to the gaol , to say that he , Owen Davies , was very ill , and bad great injustice done him in gaol ; that he took a great deal of physic , and had not such food as a sick person could eat ; that tie did not thick he should live long ; that he told me , with tears in his eyes , that George wes starving him to death ; thet he of ten said , when I was attending bim in the hospital « Ellen , if I die here , remember I die from starvation and ill-treatment at the beginning of my illness' In her cross-examination by Mr . Ctevrgo her statements were not shaken ; she admitted that her husband had every attention during the latter part of bis illness , and every thing a sick man
could fancy or require ; bat she added , 'If he had been hsi . it as well attended to at first , I think be would have been better . ' The surgeon ' s evidence ig conBrmatory of this statement He says : s Owen Da . vies frequently complained to me of the treatment he met with from George . George had used harsh language to him , he said . I myself have heard George use harsh language to him : I have heard him say to him , in my presence , ' He is a d—d rascal , and the greatest thief in the country . ' I recollect Owen Da vies saying tome , that he considered George ' s severity would be the cause of bis death . After his removal to
the hospital he complained to me about the diet ; be complained frequently that he did not get the diet I had ordered . I bad told George what Owen Divies ' s diet we ? to be . About six weeks after Owen D-ivies went to the hospital I said to George , ' the man is dying , yon should not speak harshly to him / Gaorge replied , ' He is a great rascal ! You say he is dying but he is a long time about it' ! 11 Tbe surgeon adds : * I did . ot enter these complaints in my journal , or report t £ em to the visiting justices . I consider that if I bad reported Owen Daviea ' s complaints about George to the justices , it would only have exasperated him more against Owen Davies . '"
Such is the statement given by Mr . Pigou , m the Morning Chronicle , in his letter bearing date Jun « 27 th , Mr . Pigoc adds : — " I understand the gaoler is to be examined on these charges , of cruelty to criminals and lunatics ; of illegal punishment and forced labour to debtors ; of drunkenness ( nine charges in and out of the prison ) ; and of a decided partiality to cock-fighting , at the aext quarter sessions , on the 29 ih of this month ; that great interest is making throughout the county in favour of this exemplary gaoler , and that the " Thrashers '' count upon as great a majority in bis and their favour as their brethren in Cheshire secured for their champion , and against their chap * lain , and as the Northleach " Thrashers" obtained for their surgeon .
"' Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just ;' and success is almost certain ; particularly as there fortunately is also a chaplain at Carnarvon as at KniKsford , who may be offered up vicariously for the gaoler ; thus making the precedents tally : for this gentleman , without the fear of the Rev . Mr . Brown ' s fate , has had the conscience to depose that ' he ( Owen Davis ) attributed the origin of his disease very much io George . ' Vce viclo . Let him not repeat this testimony on the 29 th , or he may chance to lose his chaplaincy , and Mr . George may be confirmed in the exercise of his mild authority . "
No doubt it will be so . Such gaolers as this Geohge are necessary to tbe system ; and while the system lasts there will be always plenty of them found to anticipate the bidding of the things who desecrate the magisterial bench . When the Charter becomes law , these atrocities will be no longer practicable ; for though the magistrates will then , as now , have power to control the gaolers , the people will bave power also to control the magistrates , and thus keep all right .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 1, 1843, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1219/page/4/
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