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GROSS ATTACK OF A COAI. PROPRIETOR UPON MR. D. SWALLOW, THE AUTHORISED AGENT OF THE COLLIERS* UNION.
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ciptesstem aoTOca oi unartum xpowuniuui BRAPEOR©.—On Tneaday evening, the Chartists of Bowling Back-lane, bad a dinner party in the Asso ciation Room. Thirty-six men of good and sound prin-^2^1 .n._ * — JI^aaaA^b. t ^.f £*%^^^m^l^~^ A *1 VPrf^^Va-dhatfciX ff |M
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THE C 02 E ? EK ^ CB . . . T ? Pi look with no o ^ jyudetj io Sw forthcoming -Confirance . ! "Ifiyii ^^ lj Waw ^ iheiapprenshed condign of ihe woiKng classes , who » re e ^ Dea u pon to » id r 3 ea ^ eB ? fM the pnrpose © f j&a gsjamg flj ^ j ^ u ^ M ^ bodjr ^ ^ e _ are &rfher » waieof the j ?^ ea | er coxnpeteiicjjn a few wise heads , ihsn in & mdlitSde -of i&Ikers , to digest such a ^ aswc > nIdl > e | Dte | f jto ' lead to ths ^ d « lted object . A Confer ^ c ^ wh ^ Biuon and aiieairetoBtreDgthea "* "" — ' " '
the democratic party , "will be ithe one ^ —ihe only aHsaaa&n , # > H . ^ . m ^ e up of discreet sad iraaneas-likeiaeB' J& ^ iragfli inn consist , not bo mich in Itsiunibers , asin its capacity for business In order , therefore , to achieve onr dogble purposeihal ' of swing the publiclands , and the performing fte zregnired JrasmeE& ^ -we would strongly urge upon ibepeopleib © desirableness of iiaTinga diBfcrictraiher ihin town representation .
If the counties of Cumberland , Northumberland , Durham , Wesimoreland , the two Biding of Yorkshires ifie two drnaons of ^ Lancashire , Cheshire , Somersetshire , Wiltaliire , and such other counties as hare been incorporated in the movement , agree to dab their pence so us to insure a representation commensurate with their size , a . small contribution from tie several places , ; aliiougli insufficient to insure representation for themselves , would be amply safiuaeai to secure county or large district representation . '
it mB 3 t"bel » me in mind , that eren in the event of a large number meeting , a l » nsiness committee must be chosen upon wiom will devolve all the labour of digesting a wholesome code ont of the Bereral plans that stay be submitted to Conference The working classes are not to anticipate such ^ TKqpTimoas as those inat took place at the ** minority mejoritjj Conference . They are to suppose that . the several Delegates as ? enxbled -will be . guided by the one single motive 5 and that they will hare received general instruction ixom wiach -they cannot depart . Towns dearous ^ of being represented , hat
unable to send a delegate , " because of expence , would 2 nd their object effected by transmitting their ¦ news and opinions in writing : all of -which can be laid Wore the delegate , and constitute the material iqwnzwMeh the committee should found the general planof Organization- Such course , and we know of none wiser , would saye hundreds of pounds : while It would bring the Tiewb of tlie people of each district in a more collected shape , before the Confer * enee . Muchmoremaybegatheredfrom * writtendocumBnt than from the best speech . Theone is material for business : while the other may be material "for eonlroversyi :
5 oihewiH 3 caenaghthearffly J Let each delsgate be prepared with a suitable address , to be presented from tb . B district he represents , to the leader of £ he Chartist caase—Mr . Tbqxas Dotcomsb : and let ns see what is , in truth , tke present power of public opinionjand how far those possessing public confidence are capable of deTising means for its proper direction .
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! EHE "TIMES" 1 IBEL . In another part of this sheet will be found a nportof the trial in ike ease of O ^ Connor t . Lawson . " 2 ? o ficmbtlmi S will te read with interest , as it affbrda another sinking instance of ihe rascaKty of ihe idw vfRbcL It is a foil explication of the folly and evfl of entrusting Jndges with a powerof Tenting their Epleen and TindictiTeness on the head of la distasteful client , by -vMfing him with Hs own costs , even in . » case which ihe law "forces him to desgoate as one that " conld not be passed . OTer , "l > ecanse of its -nlenesa .
It may "be proper to state that ihe shape in which Mr . OtJoHKOE irongbi ihe action was the most fevourabTefor the defendant that could hare been adopted . He had a chance to J usuxx : Le . to prove ihe truth of 3 ns aecosatwns . This the defbxd-ABJ 3 HD BOT iTTKMTT TO 3 » . He Conld DOt attempt it : an 3 therefore all that Mr- CfCcaaos . soughtio accomplish by his action ha » been
accomplished . The fact was established thai the paragraph complained of was a tile slakdkr , circulated for bale nnworthy purposes ; : and the only means ihe Times 2 ad io shield Itself from general condemnation . -was io pursue its ordinary vocation in court | and get its hired advocate to pander to iheprejadices of * Speexal" jury , hy a course of defamation and vilification which , in any other place , -sronld iare secured for Mm a pall of the
nose . There were iwooiher courses open for Mr . O'Cos-50 B to yarsue : he Jnight haTe mbTed for a criminal information , when the irulhot the aeeasation , howersr netarions Halt tmth might Itsro " been , woald h » TB been of no smSL Bainigh ^ haTe proceeded by lnatemenl > when justification could sot hare been pleaded . He ohose , howerer , to go in the course that would gtre Hm Times a full opportnnitj of jnrv&ag all he had said , A Terdict of Twenty Shillings , smaHasTt is , Etemps the Times as a xx& £ Slid SULRDKSKS .
Many other Journalists Inserted the paragraph thus judiciaDy pronounced to be a lie j and but few of them have had the fairness to insert the contra-&c&nu It must be Temembered that a full contradiction was giren to the lying acccnsationsj long before ibis trial came off . That conbadiction was from Mr . Beggs , the Chairman of Mr . " SnnHa ' s Committee at Nofcfingb&nc Tfa contradiction ought to have been
pub-Bshed in every journal that gave currency io the slander . Few of , them , howeT-er , could * 2 hrd to be fiojust . To run { down G'Cobsob ^ to * destroy " him i was an object to be accomplished at all cost No scruple as to Ihe meansj so that the end could ba aeeranpSBhed . " The means liave faaled j CCohkob sffll lives 5 and his ; character is vindicated , spite of all that class-prejudice and unjust men could do to prerenHt .
The Zeeds Mercury and the Leeds Times were amongt ihe first to insert the slander . They have not yet , either of them had the manliness to contradict it . Will they now do so 1
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Gxobsb Mitchell , Pobzski . —We cannot give him ihe Information hs seeks . 32 . Eva ^ TBTHilTCHDWnau-rSaag o / ihe umbe rs are out of jmnU We do not know ihe address . 3 . G , Iteoir , Ljobeth , ene ^/ eticaJh / iaJIs upon all Chartists to support the Jiciui JFotd , and espetialfy ' onthemenjljondonsiot tojorffet ihat € h T&ttttT ? ZXSlK& £ i & ^ thut 1 eUery addressed to Jam iothemreofMr . DaoidJSosS j 2 ? o , l % WelRngtonp ^ ace , lAr > eiyooJ'road i Ma 7 ii 3 iester i inU reach him mg ' time daring Jut intended short stay in England . : - , ~ ¦ B . T- MosETBoa , "v JforxTPGaiM . —The announceneat ihat Mr . JDormanhas opened -a Temperance Seiet iVmMhe charged at an advertisement . «* . Bse 2 ubd 18 S ^ sasT . -rp ¥ erors requested h fate , mieTMJqJ ^ KSenmTdl ^ CiBrih ihat is io Beth ienovsu / iuatta
« amjmea ., anoug vuxtpabie oj replying io i ^ correspondenUfor the fail three wjo ^ rhoeela ; muH ^ &aZia attend at w « n « a ^ Hw * tMkX Va ^ landnea o / ftw J ***** Ms vimied Mm m \ d ^ ereni parts ' of the coaai ^ ' He trusts that ihh tffM be taken at a a ^ r !^_ " « » and sii 0 nentjz > phgg . -a iorsB of Ltbebu , ^ BistkmwiX * -rTke letters in * If 5 * OTa test -not ^ leen reprinted . Whether thes T ^ v *' %$ ¦ ^^ i depends on circumstances . i , ~* Q ~^ eoBaataucaUon hi - f / uesSan is W mthheldhecause e } feax , ofpnsecution But feh ^ aj ^ -ihatihe reagerx pf tbe $ isfteould TXSntdge ihe ^ pdce the series weald occupyj . Jor V ^ fervioemmu their construction ,, andle&rned m Their matter , Jjudgirip fromfcimksenQz &ey ° re not adapted Jdt _ ihe comprehension 4 f : JuvrI& laen * mdmotcalci 8 atea ' ttT&aa ~ i 6 anvimmedvO J
Procttcat restdt . f- -- - --- J- - - - " Ma Hnii Lraasau— Ai four {? £ & < £ , mZTnvrsday vjteno onjjBJireceived Mr . ' &OPsietter . We . ' were «« just * made-up" for Press . It is MaposstMe l&gg ** . ! *"** : ¦ n ^ war . Txaaw , MiffCHESTEB , desires Untdauw ^ J ^ recapvof ^ lfromlhe CarHsJeiTharUsls , ^ jar the General J SeSm Ftmd \ andMr . GrpcoUhas ' ' £ ^^™ &i ^ fromMr . ' JaaesMticheIl , qf *^ % Bridge , j > er C . Doyle , for the same pur-
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POUHCAX I ?« STITute , Shcthkld . Send , and seeir We must judge when it comes . We can puAe tu ^ promiffsigfyfiBhand : accept that wvntt not act unfairly . ' ; j ^^^ Tojjxsrs ^ .-rNestveek . \ M ^ , Coopjeb dfenw * io acknowledge ihe sum of ¦ - . * 1 12 j . c&hcted qfter Mr . Dormant * sermon at ¦ Nottingham * . j -Wjb obe destsed to announce ihat all lecturers snshingto visit Sunderland , must first correspond ¦ «* a the Secretarg ,. Christopher Scott , No . 33 , Ropery-lane , Sunderland . Aiexakdee Abkbceombie . -- Yes . . " ' ' " ' *~ ' '" , ' '
THE Sodth Iakcasblbb Dklegatxs -win perceiTe Mai we have not pntMied one of' their resolntians . Oatjwwn 1 ^ a fwr ot perpetaating the Tery feellag they ao justly deplora . Beddes we hardly think it wonli be fisx , lender the drcuoistancev We thmkHat the lent all parties can H * is to wait and see what it done in future j and that too without obserratiMi or leference to the past . By-gones are by-gooea . Let thsm remain bo 1 while -we « aeh , individually , B 8 t to work to inculcate a good spirit and kindly feeling among all who honestly aeekto place the people in their true position . : \ Iffit AiiEGSD EXBCUIIOS OF ZEPHAUlAHf WliaoiiiSj—Weoxecappy in having it in our power to ay that the atory now going theiound ol tiiepiess , allndin jj that Ziphtnlah Williams has been hanged , is yrfbxnded . Last waek we gavs the paragraph
in q . nestion ; and announced that we had received a letter from Mb sorrowing . wife asking for advice and ' information . We are tappy to hare it to say that She mtanswe pointed ont ^ ha-re succeeded in getting at the truth ; and the result is ihat ont ot the circumstance of another person named . Williams ) being executed , has { he story of the hanging of " Williams the Chartist ' been manufactured . -Let us hope ihat every paper thai has published the ioaeearate statement will have the honesty and tha fairness to publish f 3 xB following official contradiction ;— I . Sib , —In reply to a letter sent to the Home J Office xetpecting my unfortunate husband , I 'have -received the following i— " Joan Williams ia informed in answer to her letter , requesting information upon eertain circumstances therein detailed , —that upon iftfereics to -the OSdal Setarna so mernUoa is mad © thereon . . Tbere has been a man ^ named Samud Williams executed at
Port ArUjnT . By publishing the above , accompanied -with shy remarks your prudence may suggest , yon will extremely oblige , Yours , respectfully , ] JOAS WlTLliHS . THE "PHTS 1 CA 1 S" COHTEaTKDIHTOMOBXLyOBCE Adtocates !— Of all the strange things connected ¦ with the Chartist Movement ( and we have seen Bome very strange ones ) there is no one so strange as the feet that the most rabid and uncompromising " Phtsicai , PoacB- driver * is 1839 , have become , in 1842 and 1843 , models of "morality , " philosophising by the hour on ?*> madness of ever thinking to sain asy good in England by the force of arms ! And at the time they * o innocently do this , they also charge their own * 'physical" deeds on the heads of
those ifho aloas sared Jrandreda from being massacred fey the soldisry , by sounding tho note of nraming when the bellish plot was laid ( by the now " moral men" ) to get the unarmed people to ran into collision with the authorities . We scarcely know JwidIo account for the Jactj : bnt it is so . It may be that these " "heroes" -man to diiTeitrom memory all remembrance that they once were tbe getters-np of emutes , and conoocteraof plans to take towns and barracks ; srzsngen of breakin |^ -ont , and the deserters of those whom they bad placed in danger , alleging that * 'it ironld not do for them to be present , as strangers would be sure to be suspected . " Respecting one of this ^ enns ve h * Te reoeived tbe following : — !
A person yon know resided ! n Windsor-street , Islington , in 1839 , and represented the Chartists of Bristol in tbe first Convention ; be was at that time a " physical force ? Chartist of tbe first water , and exhi" blted his yrKEto all -wbo entered his house , it being suspended over the mantel-pleee . Since then he has been driven about with every wind of doctrine , and has ever been in pursuit of an easy job among tbe most insidious foes of the Charter—the ' * JlBW-movers " and the '' League "—theChartiats . beitbomainEiind , had so idle , lucrative job in which to fix him . Well , he is sow at the dirty work of the- almost defunct League ; and inbisperlirlnstionshaB called on the people of Hun , before whom be has frankly declared be has cbakgbd . !
"An exemplification of the changling ' a staiUUv was given when he joined the "New Move " j bis si-owed reason for so doing being that there was too mneh " daaadaHon" in theChartiBt ranks , NOW he is employed as tramping denouncer 1 We certainly live in strange times , and we meet with very strange men—men trho -saem ambltioQi to attain the rerj apex of inconsistency . Why &o the people tolerate such walking incongruities ? However , let them only be known , and the ; are harmless . : Yours respectfully , Batocxl . GOTEKKOBS OP PSIS 03 S SUPEBIOB TO l * i * t . — Under the above head , we have "received Ihfr follow ing from " the Queen's { own } prisoner , " Q . Whita ^—Queen's Prlaon , Aug . 25 , 18 * 3-Sjr , —1 have to complain for the first time dace I entered the prison , of an act of gross injustice , ! contrary to the law and the prison rales . j
On Sunday last a number of my friends from Tarions parts of Xoodon , some of whom walked as muefi as fonr mile * , called here for the purpose of seeing me , but irere refused admission . i I applied to the new k « eper appointed by Sir James € kaham , to know the reason -why my friends were tbe •» Jy persons who had been treated in this manner ? He informed me that there ¦ were too many of them , and t&at he should only admit six visitors to see me . I told him that he was not justified 3 s acting thus ; and that it appeared as if be intended to treat my visitors differ , ently 2 rom all others , as all other parties were permitted to pass through the gates without being goesUoned .
That the majority of those who visited me were woiking men , "vrbe conld not come on a "weekday ; and that if he persisted in anch a course , it would amount to an abrogation of the privilege which J slaimedjas a Sat rate misdemeanant , to -which I was entitled by law , and which was confirmed by Baron Alderson and the Jndges of the Queen ' s Bench . In reply , be stated that" he should take the responsibility onbim-¦ rif , ftnfl ahxmld not aamit them . " My faeods were , therefore , compelled to -walk away disappointed ;; and I haveiecdved another lesson of the inutility of Acts of Parliament to protest those whose opinions itn » y sot he In accordance with the -views of XJovernmect
officials . [ I was sent to ibis prison for the express pnrpose of enjoying the privileges of a debtor , between whom and first class misdemeanants no distinction should be made ;_ at least so said Lord Denman in my hearing But here-vre learn that a governor of a prison can set aside the decision of the Jndges and an Act of Parliament , particularly when a Chartist is the aggrieved party . -Hoping yen wOl giTe insertion to the above , I am , yours truly , Geobge White ,
TBS G 0 U . T 2 S . S ; AND THE jlTTBMPIS TO GST THEM io Stsike . —Most -watchfully doea it behove [ this ill-used , oppressed ^ and badly-paid body of men to be on their guard against tbe machinations of men ¦ wh o are -wishlnl to defeat tbe honest purposea of tbe "Colliers * Movement . '' Snakes in every direction are slimily working themselves into confidence , endeavouring to raise op a feeling in favour of on immediate Strike , knowing that no means will so effectually destroy tbe power acquired by "Union" as a prematoie exhibition ef it , leading to fiisorgsnisiUon and decay . These sneakers are to be found in ^ iery corner . Lately , we gave the caution of one of the accredited agents of the Collierien * "Union , against them and their purposes . He testified to the fact of
their eren getting into tha bed-rooms ot the I « Ctnrers ; and adopting erery means to get at tboir opinions and plans , andsway their judgments . Xbis -week sre give the information gathered by Mr . Harney in hia tour through the Northern mining district *; and to his timely sad judicious advice weo \ d beg to add an imploring that , the Colliers -win look about them , and defeat the ends of those who seek their -otter destruction . If they suffer the , present opportunity foT ^ good , —effectual good , to be thwarted to evil ends , they may bid a long farewell to the hope of bettering their condition } The means are being raised np by Trtrieb tbey may , if ihtg ad jpdiciomily astd cautious !? , assert and- establish the independence snd emancipation of their order from a thraldom , as
bitter as it is heavy ; but those means "will not bear trifling with ; and if once let go , will sot soon be gathered together again . A perfect organization' the Colliers may hare , if they only set with discretion ^ and prudence . Utter confusion they will have , if theytpffor themselres to be led or driven into a -wrong course of action . When they are thoroughly organized , they can determine , vnUedly , on an object to be sought for ; they can go , tantedly , to seek for it ; they will Hum succeed , if the orject be a just one , and t the means for accomplishing it veil calculated , and ; the plan-of operations systematically laid down and carried out ' Without organintion , or with an [ imperfect orgamzatioa , tiiey will be like a ship -without a Tndder , floating in the open storm ; ocean , » t the mercy aud beck of every opposing force , and tdU « ma ^ ely dashed to pieces upon tbe rock , and sent to the bottom ; all perishing ler vrant ot file means of amdimj the "vessel ttrongh the TrsverJfiat bftfi&tted ,
* and eat of tbe current that drove her onward »; to destmetion . Xet them , Jhen , J » e to It , t * : b * T * th «> ir ^ np ! W 8 il-mann » d } , to hs » all hex . = * ppoiat «? ntt - -perfect ; to haveba in vailixff Mm before tiiey -weigh anchor and aetaail ; andlBtJw > one , no ; -powet , ipeat » tt * de themfc ^ go to * ea -witiiont compart or ^ pilot . Aiove aUihixgs , lei , them ace = &at JheyvreTmu -PiOiisiojiKD > oa afie- 'voTAOB ! Inattfentioniito ttese points will hnrl them to destraction , as . surely as they venture ont of port . " 1 | - < Xrom another of file accredited agents of the Miners * AsaodatioB , we have received jworas of csutionfto hia brethren . He details one of the mean * resorted to by th ? ( nova ) kfad Aienda of the eoDiers , rJfboire , all at « Dce , become filled with commisseration and kindly affection . In a large town in Sootl&nd , ' Mr . W . Hammond-sras intrednced by a friend into a conjpanj , consisting mainly of \ ooal-inastor ? , « olllfiiyderks , and other little Jacks-in-oSee , He had not
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_ beefr 3 bBt * _ 36 ag £ m £ * atnt > of thow Had phiuiBtliro * -pMftgenH ^ naaitplpin % v express their sentiments , as te ^ wh ^ wo ^^ th ^^ thing ffleMIneMjOoald nowdo ^ - ^ ThejwsirKnttoey r «* ommend ^ gs Jot ttoevibthepora ^ pepplBarolabbnriniunatf / wb * ? - «^* o « M «^^ r ^^ STo ; thilt tfe frUaia > th « ri » d Introdnced me repKoi that vur object WAS to prevent all strikes at ibepiesest - atiej otter ^ MSTrered ttu& * TB IBB 1 TB « i ) ipr » or- 8 TBIEE THE MASTEBS WOtfEDll' ? To ^ A my frien 4 p > rtinentlyrepUed * VTZ STBtJCK MKai ' MS tAST TIMB : WE WILL LET YOU 6 TB 1 EE PIBST TtilS TIME . I soon * perceived the sort of company Tbad got amongst , and wa » - ret ? careful how I spoke . ; Tbe object they bad In -rifiw , to m fonoof oielr own parase « , vras , ' to
draw the lea , ' but as I was on my guard , I , heard aU , bnt said nothing ; excepting now and then just pntting ia a word to draw their leg ! Their object is to ; crush the present movement at its birth . . I consider it my duty as one placed ass watchman upon the walls of * union * to ^ warn my fellow slaves to beware of the subtle devils who conceal the cloven foot under the garb of WndneBs . Having now for ti long time been advocating the cause of freedom '; and although I have not yet obtained my darling object , yet I am far from despairing of success , provided that prudential means be attended to . I am aware ot tbe disposition thftt there ia in many ^ to run at random , without considering , -what the result will be , madly expecting that
the new born child is as strong as the adult . I have oeen a young man , and am now turning old -yet I never saw any f thing that was done prematurely answer any good purpose . Nay , on the contrary , it invariably failed , in accomplishing the intended design . I caution you , lellowmen , once more to be on your guard . Do nothing rashly ; bat let patience , perseverance , and reason direct you in all your movements , and you-will be then sure to succeed . Recollect it is not that brhich is most rapid in its movements ,, that meets the greatest success . Some things , like Jacob ' s Tenison , are too quickly got to be of the right kind ; or like Jonah ' s gourd , too rapid in their growth to be of loDg standing . " The game a as begun— . —We shall-shortly hear of 7
" Coercion Measures ? tor Ireland . The press has its part to play , inpavtog the way . It has the alarm to sound , ond to act upon the fears of the men of property . This is the usual course . Whenever Governmeat have determined on an onslaught , the press gets the ewe ; and forthwith it is at work . This has been the case in ^ Eugl&ud on all ooeaslona ; and In Ireland too . "When the " Green Bag Conspiracy " had to be hatched in 1817 , the press laid the eggs . When tiie Whigs determined upon a course of coercion in Ireland , in 1834 , the press paved the way . Tbe Leeds Mercury , then talked most glibly about
" King Man . " when the Caattists were to be " put down" in 1839 , the yell ot •' physical-force" was set up by the press ; and every old woman in breeches frightened out of her wits . When it was expedient in 1812 to remove the Chartist opposition ont of the way of the anti-Corn Law League , the cry of " Chartiat Insurrection" was raised the instant the men en Strike bad been induced to couple the Charter With the wages question rand the press took care that tha cry was well echoed from side to side . So now it Is with the Repeal The press has begun . Coercion will follow I Bead the following '' alarm" cries ; and say what they are uttered fox : —
A private investigation has been held by J . Little , Esq ., B . M and the : Stranorl&r magistrates , relative to the R'bbon , or Repeal procession whioh took place there at midnight , on the 11 th ult ., and which has caused such an awful sensation Jn that part of the country . As the meeting was a private one , we bare not heard the result ; but we are glad to learn that the authorities hare taken up this frightful outrage for pro * aecution . —ATetCTy Telegraph . ; Late on the evening ] of the day on which the recent anti-Repeal meeting was held at Curren , some hundreds of Repealers collected at the New Bridge , armed wltk pikea , guns , bayonets , * &c , &a , accompanied by a piece of ordnance , a swivel ! During the night a number of shots were fired by the party . It Is said that Shortly before the above meeting took place , a large quantity of gunpowder was brought , by a carrier , from Belfast , to that neighbourhood . ; The New Bridge is -within three
miles of CastiedawBonj county of Dorr ? . —Correspondent of Ihe Newry Telegraph ; . The Manchester ^ Victim Fond committee . — In relation to this committee we . have the following . It -will now be seen who the Committee are ; and tbe objection that "they were elected by a committee" is removed ; for we perceive that the appointment has received the sanction of the members of the locality in special meeting assembled : — Sir , —At a special meeting of the members , held in Carpenter ' s fall , the following individuals were confirmed to set as Committee for tbe Victim Fund , via , —Mr . -John Hudson , ! idr . Edward Clark , Mr . William Hughs , Mr . Thomas Robert * , Mr . WilUam Grocott : Mr . George Marsden , treasurer , Mr . Maorice Donovan , secretary . Mr . Win . Tatlow , the late secretary , finding the holding of such an office -would interfere too much with his business , was compelled to resign .
By order of the Committee , ittiTjBicE DONOVAK , Secretary . Manchester , Aug . 14 th , 1843 . P . S . All ownmunications to be addressed to No . 15 , Garden-street Hulme , Manchester . M . D . The Meetings for ^ Elections of Delegates to THE Cokfesskce must be open public meetings , of which public notice must be given . Mind , and letlhia point be attended to . A single dsparture from this rule perils toe whole . The Chairman in each case should sign a credential for the delegate to take with him to the meeting . That document should set forth that the delegate chosen was elected aba public open meeting ; and specify time and place . It should also set forth the purpose for -which the delegate is elected . The Newcastle Chartists . —In answer to their inquiry-we have to Bay , that the reports in question
have been kept ont of the Star , because not deemed of snfEcient public Importance to justify insertion . They hava mainly referred to routine business of no interest generally ; and sometimes they have reached at that period of tbe week which has left us no alternative but to omit them . We are not aware of a report of a lecture , or any public proceeding being withheld : but some reports of the nature we speak of ha-re been . The \ Northcrn Star cannot be a mere transcript of the minute book of each locality , giving publicity to voteB and resolutions merely affecting the nembers in a particular place : its space is rather too valuable for that It does give , and will continue to give , reports of public movements ; and even of these , whenever there is a press , we mast ba allowed to determine which is to be inserted , and -which -withheld . JOHH AlLKN ATtD PRIEKDS , BRIGHTON—We COUld not make use of their communication this week .
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VICTIM FUND . J . Green , Warwick . ! l o From the Chartists of Mansfield , per J . G . Hibbard ... J . 8 0 From Brighton , per ^ W . Flower ,. „ 11 0 FOB MB % ELLIS . From H . Harris , StafFord .... 4 0 FOB GOCKB 0 HN , NEWCASTLE . From a few Friends , Moriey . ...,,. 5 0
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, ces . uuu , tat down to ft good substantial dinner of Old English fare , serred np in a style which reflects credit on the managing committee and the ladies who assisted . After the cloth was removed , Mr . Henry Smith , was called to the chair . He briefly opened' the business of tbe meeting by stating that tbe -working men , finding there was nothing to be expected from the present law monopolisers , had determined to set np for themselves ; and as Bradford was never backward in standing forward to aid in the good work of social improvement , tbe present party was got op for tbe **
purpose of rallying the " good and true" once -more round tbe standard of Liberty . He now felt great pleasure in announcing the first v toast of the eYfning , one that he was sure the . mention of it among working men was enough to insure it that honour , ] which the ardent and honest Uriend of the -working- man always received . The toaat he had thohpaonr togive was "Feargus O'Connor , the people ' s advocate and poor man ' s friend . " The toast ¦ wu received with rapture and cheers . The nexfctoaat was " Thomas S . Doncoinbe , the honest representative of the People ' s Cbarter fax the so called Honse of Commons - and the warm advocate of political liberty in every sense of the Word . * ' Received with three times three and one cheer more . The next on the list was
"The Welsh Patriots , and may they sosn enjoy the blessings of liberty . " Here every one stood np , uncovered , and -warmly responded to the prayer . The Chairman then gave " The ICev . Father Matnew , and the tempera'vce cause . "; This was warmly received ; a many testifying to the great comfort experienced in tito donieitic . cii « l 9 , by ; foUowing ^ tiie advice of the great apostle of Temperance , i A vote of thanks was tendered to the Oiairman for his-ability and kindness , and the meetiog brokefup highly , satisfled . - Oh M 6 ni > at jEv > i » iifo the nsnal monthly meeting of tte Bradford Central Joint Stock Company was held . Thejreport fprltieV la » t month was laid before tbe meeting , and unanimously passed . It was agreed that a speilal meeting of iha ahareholdera , be held on Monday Idqtt ^ rt ifi ^ : Cenfaal S torei C ^ pd-lime , at
«« nt o ' clock in : the evening . CardsVof ^ membewbip wi ll then'be JdaUrerii'iCTheeoinmitteeapppinted to icanvass ^ new shweholders will state the progress of their . mj ^ ffl ^ . -. ! tbijmanaglng commltte * yequeafc all -nirfnbeTt i ^ roier . five ahirea to pay . np that sum , as branch * sippVare immediately to be opened in varwus parts of j 3 ii Lfown . ' Weyhave already . opened one branch in . Bowling Backplane , it is hoped the working classes will take up flhares in this laudable undertaking , and by their cplbpecaUon prove that they are capable to ! iQJH ^ e , tbj ^ om bnilneas ., Already has it done much good ia ' ke ^ ping ^ down the , prices of provisionsi as from the fact of this store being managed , by jrorking men ; haying i working man for an agent , tiWvMe enabled to sell at a much less rate of profit thin the -wouJd-be-gantry shopkeeper who strives ^ to ape the aristocrat at the expenc * of the working mas .
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^^ r ^ ve 4 : by « ie ot ^ o ^^ StMi ^ tf ^ rS ^ ^ W *^ *^ oye ? s , rivfio ^^ SS » - ^* % K ^ iTes '« »¦ * ropeirbJolt has W § MP ^ & 8 &&Mffimm 8 £ & Close * 1 ^ 3 { 6 d ,, Jarrow £ 2 16 a , 6 d ., NovsiSootia 14 s . 3 d . i Hebbron 4 s ., SpringveU M , Coppybrooks 16 a . 4 d ., J ^ eazinethorne $ 3 . 6 d ,, Westerton 6 s ^ Shildon Bank 5 a . 6 i » Evenwood £ 11163 . fid .. Samfaton
H , ?¦ ¦» - S ? f »> M * V ^ 1 S 3-. tJrpeth £ U Black Boy it I A . di South Shields £ 214 ? ., Marley Hill £ 1 V * n ? ?^ y Main £ 2 !*•« OFawdon £ 1 , Cow-Pen 7 s . 9 d ^ Waldridge Fell £ l \ Andrew ' s House 123 . 3 d , Wallbotfle ^ l , Walkerk 2 169 , 6 d ., Oakwellgate 16 s . East Cramlington £ 4 4 a . 8 d ., Heaton * f ? \ l ' « i ^ Mwea Iron Works 12 s ., iHeworth ; 61 12 s ., and Coxlodge 4 133 , ' MSETIMO OP DaLBQATES IN CONSKOtlON WITHTHB MiNEBs ^ AsspcuirpN op Gbeat IBbitaiw and Ikel an ^; —On ^ Monday morning last , August 14 th , a meeting of the delegates was holdenat the Wheat bneat , rendlebury , near Manchester . A jeoodly number of delegatea yroto in attendance , Mr . George Harnaonittthe chair . The Ghairman opened the
business mjan appropriate speech , in which he depicted , m glowing colours , tneidlsfcress so universally prevalent amongst the colliers , and feelingly alluded to the condition of himself and family , who , be said , vrer e often in want of the common neceseanes of hfe ,, - and this too notwithstanding all his toil , which was none of the lightest . He then called upon the delegates to pay their proportions of contribution ; the following snois were then paid in : — Oldham 103 , | 4 d ., Ashton lOa . » 3 d . iChorieyiei Ss * 2 d ., Hanging Bank 8 s . 4 d ., Bolton £ 3 8 s . lOd ., Damside £ 1 8 s . 7 d ., RinKley £ 18 s . i HaUbiw Moor £ l 8 a . 7 dM Bank Top £ l 9 ^ 2 d « Fariihai 5 a . lld Iattle tever £ 2 14 s . M ., Soholes Wigan 7 s . 6 d ., Ratoliffe Bridge £ 123 . 9 d . Crofter ' s Arma , lGs . llAd . ToCal ^ l 712 s . lid .
Tbe fouowinjg resolutions were then agreed to without a diBsentient : 1 . "That Mr . Grooott be allowed the sum oifj 6 a . for past Bery | ce 8 . " 2 . "That Mr . Septimus Davies have IO 3 . for bis expencea from Wakefiold aid back , and for his ] attendance at the KerBal Moor meeting . " 3 . "That Mr . John Lomax , of R&teliffe Bridge , be engaged as a leaturer for the Miners ' Association , and that he enter upon bis duties forthwith . " 4 . "That the lecturors be allowed £ 1 : 4 ai per week , instead of £ 1 Is . until the next genewdj delegate meeting . " ) 5 . " That Mr . D . Swallow be authorised to send fora person from the Yorkshire district , to officiate as a leoturer in the Lancashire district . " 6 . " That ia public meeting be held on Amberwood Common , near Wigau , for
that district , oa Monday , the 21 st instant ; and that a speoial delegate meeting ! take place immediately after the oonolusion of the pnblio business at the CroReir * s Arma , Wigan . " f ^ That a public meeting beholden upon Oldham Edge , on Monday , the 28 ih instant ; and the General Delegate meeting to take place at the close of public business , at the Old Mess House , Oldham , when delegates from the whole county are requested to attend . " 8 . " That 500 placards be printed , announcing both meetings ; and the chair to be taken at both public meetings at ten o ' clock : In the forenoon . 9 . " That Mr . Charles Meadoworbft , of Dukinfield , near Aehtou-under-Lyne be appointed the Treasurer for this county , and that he give security for
alimonies that may come into his possession . " 10 . ** That Mr . Win . Grocott , of Manchester , be elected Secretary for ] the county . " 11 . " That D . Thompson and John Lomax be appointed to go into the Wigan district , D . Swallow into the Bolton district , and the Yorkshire friend into the Oldham district until the General Delegate Meeting ^ ' 12 , ' ? That we , the delegates present , empower the ( delegates of the Wigan distriofc to eleofc Henry * Dennet , as leoturer for the Association . " Thanks were then voted to the Chairman , who briefly acknowledged the compliment ; and the delegates retired after sitting nearly six hours . The best feelilig prevailed ; and
all present conducted themselves like men determined to take' their own affairs into their own hands , and by their own exertion ameliorate and improve the conditionjof themselves and families . T > . Swallow ' s Roxjte . —Pendlebury , Saturday , the 19 th instant ; Wigan , Monday ,. 21 st ; Hanging Bank , Tuesday , 22 ad ; Halshaw Moor , Wednesday , 23 rd ; Little Lever , Thursday , 24 th ; Bury , Friday , 25 ih ; and Ratcliffe , Saturday , 26 th . All communications for the Secretary of the Miner ' s Association of Lancashire , to be addressed , Wm » Grocott , care of Mr . Wm . Dixon , 2 , Cross-street East , Bank Top , Manchester . I '' ' ¦ .
DHNFERtaLINE . —^ -CCBN IT OF ; FlFB . ——Messrs . Damellsand HammoBd ha , v « boen actively employed during the priit week , in propagating the principles of tha Miner ' s association , and have had pretty good
success . : GBOssaArKs : —Impohtant Dhlegatb Meetino . — A Delegate Meeting of the Colliers of Fife , was holdon on Saturday last , 12 th inst . at the house of Mr . Cairns , New Ion , Crossgates , There were thirty-nine Colliers from the ! different WorkB present . MrJ James Beverage W « oi called to the chair , and Mr . William Daniells' appointed Secretory * The meeting was addressed at very great length by Mr . William Daniells * on the objects , motives and laws of the Miner ' s Association ; and afterwards by Mr . Hammond on tho same subject . After this there was a short disoussion , and the following resoluiions were unanimonsly passed . —1 st . " That we highly approve of the Miner ' s association of Great Britain and Ireland /'—2 nd . ! That the
following be the route of Messrs . Y Hammond and DanieJIs during the next fortnight , when another Delegate Meeting shall be held : —viz ., Monday , 14 th . instanti Willwood ; Tuesday 15 th , Elgin ; Wednesday 16 tb , TownhiU ; Thursday 17 th , Holbeith ; Friday 18 th , Crosegates District ; all to meet together , comprising the following places , Furdle , DonnybrusslejNethorbeith , Halibeitb , and Ramsay ' Monday 21 st , fKetley and Beith ; Tuesday 22 nd * at LockgeUy * and Lockfinens ; Wednesday 23 rd , Bagside and Kupledrary ; Thursday $ 4 tn , Clunny and Taugh ; andou the next day to pross over to the Lothians to attend a general meeting of the Colliers , which will be holdeB on Saturday the 26 th int . " There being no more business tho meeting broke up , heartily wishing success and prosperity to tho Miner ' s Union .
CouJEBs Meeting at Barnsley , Yobkshibb . — A meeting of ; Colliers was holden on Bare-bones Moor , near Barnsley , which was addressed by Mr . S . Davies , frdm Newcastle , who spok ? upoii the many advantages to be derived from Union , and a proper direction of the energies of the working men . He exorted them ] to join the Miner ' s Association . A good feeling was manifested . Wellwoodv near Donpebmlink . A-publio open-air meetiiag of the Colliers of Wellwood and Elgin , was held on- Monday , 14 th inst ., Mr . Shepperd is the chair . The meeting was addressed at considerable length by Mr . William Daniels , evidently with good effect . A number of coal masters , clerks , overmen , &o . attended the meeting to watchthe proceedings , and 6 f course to overawe the men . One of
theso worthiesthad the unmanliness to interrupt Mr . D . four or fiveitimes during the time he Was speaking . At first Mr . D . treated him iwith silent contempt , but Hading this only made ; him bolder , he turned upon the . thins , and administered to him a severe castigation , -which had the effect of silencing him during the ' remainder of the meeting . The objeet of this interruption was , without doubt , to break up the meeting before any resolution was passed , but the men stood their , ground boldly , aud passed a resolution in their tery'teeth , pleaging thenifielves to join the Miners' Association of Great Britain and Ireland . Tfaisjwas gall and wormwood . The 1
meeting was afterwards very ably addressedby Mr . Hammond , after which a taxman came 1 ^ rward to « bject to the association ; he had got it into his head that the association' was about to ap ^ ly fi > Tarjiainent , to regulate the hours of labour among colliers . He delivered himBelf of a rambling ^^ Bpiseohi which neither himself or any'body else could understand , and was replied toby Mr . W , DanieIIsVyrho fseVbim right on the subjeqt of legislation . Ultimately the coal-masters , clerks , overmen , taxmea , et hob genus omney all walked away , having found it was nogo , consequently the colliers were left masters off the field . jThis meeting will do great good ; as a beginning , sixtytwo cards were taken out before the meeting broke
« P . .. . | . . - ' ¦ ¦ ¦; .. ¦ ; .. ¦ Colubhs' MovEMENT .-r-Apttblia meeting of coalminers will be holden on Amberswood Common , near Wigan , on Monday next . Messrs . Thompson , Lomax , Swallow , and other friends , will address the meeting . Chair to be taken at ten o ' clock in the forenoon . The ; miners of the district are respectfully requested ito attend . 1 A National iCoNFEBENCB of the Miners' Association of Great Britain and Ireland will be golden in the ^ Three' Tins' long room , Manor { Ghair , n awcastle / oa" iWday ihe lBtfof September , proxima , iatnijae o ^ jlockj ^ M ^ tand fts bn&iess of vs ^; importance will b > considered by the delegates , jit is hoped that each mine ' in the : Empire will send a delegate . _ ' . Wifi ^ rnn ' i ¦ . * 11 " 1 ' , . -n-- ^ ' *****^ fc r- - * --- »» --- « - » - » - » j »
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Manchester!—The discus ^ ioir upon the propriety of amalgamating the question of the Land with the agitation for the Charter , will be again resumed in the 1 irgetA , nftiRoqin of tho Catpentere' H all , on Snhday Ctp-morrbw ) . Chair to be taken at half-past tWo o ' eldcfcln ^ tbeafternoon . ~ ; .. , f ... v ; Mr . Robebi [ Peddie , late a prisoner in Beverley House bi Gorrection for his advocaoy of Chartist principl ? fli , rwiU | 4 eliver a lecture in Ithe GaJrpentere ' Hall , on Sunday evening ( to-morrow ) . Chair to be taken at half-pstst six o ' clock . Mr . Peddie will also give a dHsoription of the sufferings he eadured while in prison .
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Railboad Acc ( dbwts i » Ransn * TANiA . - ^ - i-i 1 ne Holidaysburgh Megister BKys ihaX a great explcsipn took placo in the tunnel of the Alleghanny Portage Railroad . Some c « rsla ^ en with whiskey and bacon had been run into the tamnel in tho evening , where flwjw ^ leftfo ^ ibe ^ gKtj , b ^ wcomingalon g , a spark from the looomotiv 6 hadgot into one of them , and remained unobserved .- | -Toward 3 morning it had in ciw ^^ aflaineiJuxd , jteaeKing the contents of tfleiarr « is « n explosiba of tremendous violence ocourred—rending the Cars into a thousand atoms , and disengaging Jwge masses ] of rook above , filled the tunnel to such an extent as to render . it impassable
for a day or two . —The same paper gives an account of another accident ou the same Railroad , On Plane 10 , the rope broke , while a | burden ( tain of cars was near the head of the plane . The cars rushed down the plane . •* like maid ; " the conductors held on , and applied their levers , but unavailingly ; they gained in velocity every moment ; so that near the foot of the plane , the conductor ^ leaped off and escaped without injury ; but the oars kept on , and coming in contact With another burden train on the same track at the bottom , in fan instant there was a ** wreck of matter , " and [ the road bestrewed with fragments of the broken cars and their burdens . — Six Were utterly destroyed .
Gross Attack Of A Coai. Proprietor Upon Mr. D. Swallow, The Authorised Agent Of The Colliers* Union.
GROSS ATTACK OF A COAI . PROPRIETOR UPON MR . D . SWALLOW , THE AUTHORISED AGENT OF THE COLLIERS * UNION .
? meeting of Colliers having been announced to take place at Hulton Lane Ends , near Bolton , Mr . David Swallow attended for the fpnrpose of explaining the nature and objects of the JMinenf Association . Upon his arrival he was Infonnedf that none of the publicans In the village durst allow toe meeting to be holden on their premiBeB . Mi . Swallow therefore proceeded to make arrangements for addressing the Miners in the open air . He then discovered that a Coal proprietor , aud a magistrate of the name of Holton , had taken measures both of a coaxing and coercive nature , to prevent tbe attendance of bis men ; coaxing , inasmuch as
the coal king had descended from bis high station , and paid for ale , and played at bowls ¦ with , those In his employ ; coercive , as he had determined no meeting should b « holden . Mr . Swallow proceeded to address those about him , and had the gratification to find that the utmost good feeling prevailed among his audience , whose numbers augmented , notwithstanding the temptation of the ale and tlie bowls , till the squire was deserted . He came running foaming with rage , and shoatfng at the top of his voice , "I say , you , Mr . Swallow , yon must not preach here ; if you are not off instantly I shall give you in charge of the police , for I have received orders not to allow public meetings In the thoroughfares . " Mr . Swallow then asked him " upon what auOiarlty he was acting ? " He said "he was
a magistrate , and it was his duty to disperse all meetings . " Mr . Swallow replied , " there waa not any obstruction , either for carriages or foot passengers ; " and Htspectfally asked , " whatjreaBon Mr . Hulton could assign for preventing the men from giving him a fair hearing ; they surely could jdiacriminate between right and wrong , and if what he advanced was prejudical to their interests , tkey would then have an opportunity of saying so ; and he assured them if they produced proof that union would be an iDjijry to them , he would not advocate it any more . " Mr . JH . then took Mr . Swallow by the aim and told him " If he was not gone in a few minatef , he woald send hfmfto prison . ' ' Mr . Swallow , therefore , bid the men disperse quietly , and go to their respective homes ; and then turning to Mr . H . said , rt
your craft Is la danger ; " ] to which hsreplied , "I Will not be insulted ; I do not wish to prevent the men from going with you to another place ; get a field if you can , and then I will not interrupt you . " Mr . S ., " No , because you date net : but Sir you know all tbe property around here belongs to yourself . Will you allow us a field to meet in ? ' \ " No , " said he , "I will not" " No . " said Mr . Swallow , ?' I did not think you Would , Have you not threatened the publicans if they allowed us to meet ; and does not : your whole conduct prove that yoa dread the diffusion of intelligence among your vassals ? " Well , " said he , " youhave no occasion to come hereto teach us ' ;; we know more than you do . " To which Mr . Swallow said , "I do not know quite asmuch about ' Peterloo '; I had to go and work in a coal pit , when very yonDg , to belp to aggrsndiza such men as you . " Being ! then near the door of a
publip bouse , ihe landlord jtoek Mr . Swallow by the Bhouldei and attempted to posh him forward , Saying , " go along , you shall not cpme in my bouse" Two ooiliers , tbe mere lickspittles of a tyrannical employer , came forward and said , "dim yonoa the consequence oa talkin abeawt Peterloo toth' Sfnoire ? " Mr ; Swallow wanted to reason with them ; bat finding their object was to kick up a row , he left them , and proceeded on bis way . Tbe colliers in this village are receiving leu wages than at any other colliery inLancashire . They are paid once In each month , anil have , on some occasions , what they call a long month : that is , five Weeks . This was the case at Mr . [ Swallow ' s visit ; and he found , npon enquiry , that , mfter paying drawers and otber Incidental expencea , a many of the colliers hail only 25 s . for their five weeks labour 1 ! Well may the " Coal King " dread the cpliicrs meeting to take these things into consideration . I
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ATTEMPT Tp MURDER . CAUTION TO ALL CONCERNED . A person has called at this office this afternoon ( Friday ) to state the case | of a family residing at New Church Place , Mabgate , Leeds , of the name of Stocks , who are at present suSsring all the horrors of actual starvation , and likely , if relief be not immediately afforded , to starve to death . The head of the family , Williatn Stocks , is by trade a miner ; has been out of work some time , having had an inflammation in bis hand ; , and been under the care of the General Dispensary . He has a wife and seven children . One of them is working , the oldest girl , in the factory ; and her earnings are 3 s . 2 d . a-week . One of the children is , at the present moment , lying on a sick bed . For some time Stocks has been " relieved" by thje Dewsbury "Board of Guardians " with four and sixpence a-week ; and to entitle him to that monstbous sum , they have required him to go from Leeds to Dewsbury , or Bat ley - Car r ,
to break stones for it ; a distance of eight miles there and eight miles back ! For ! the nine shillings pay for a fortnight , he has had ] to walk that distance six times over ! or a distance of ninety-six miles , and break four and-a-half tons \ of dross / The Whole family therefore , have enly had seven and eightpence per week to keep nine of them alive ! The sick child is under the care of the General Dispensary ; and on Thursday the House Surgeon gave the distressed father ft certificate to take to the "Overseers of Dewsbary , '' as to the condition of the child . Of that certificate the following is aj copy : — This ia to certify that WHliam Stocks ' s child has been a patient of the Dispensary , and is at this time dangerously ill . Her disease appears to have been brought on by scanty and innutritious food , and the family seem to be in the most deplorable state . ¦ ' J . Carpbii Pago , House Surgeon tojthe General Dispensary . Leeds , August 10 th , 1843 .
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With this dooument the starving father waited on the Overseer . He showed it to him . Ho received four shillings and sixpence back with him , and an order to go break dross again , so as to entitle him to four shillings and sixpence more on Thursday , the 17 th inst ., with an intimation that if he does not so earn it , he wilt not receive it 1 NOW THIS IS AN ATTEMPT AT MURDER i We warn all csneerned \ to see to it ! If thb child DIE , we wiU do jour utmost to have a legal investigation ; and an indictment for
Murder shall be preferred I j The Guardians and relieving officer of the Dewsbury Union have had fair Warning . They have Had it certified to them that this child "is DANGEROUSLY ILL of a disease brought on by scantySind innutritious food" ! They have had it certified tot them that iv the family seem to be in the most deplorable state" I They have Withheld the necessary relief ! If they still withhold it , and the child , or any of the family die , they are . guilty of MURDER ! j !! They had better , therefore , look out !!! I
The " Certificate" states that "the family seem to be in the most deplorable condition . " The public , will judge of that condition when we tell them that the only furniture to the hovel they "dwell" in , is , an old cradle , a stool , a single bed and bedstead , and a few p » ts . One single bed foe nine peesons !!! AND ONE OF fTHEM ¦* DANGEROUSLY ILL" ! !! That bed baa not a blanket ! The " sheeting" is composed of two old flax-bags ! These , with an old coverlid ( a borrowed one ) , is the stock of bed-clothing .- This man has worked for nearly thirty years . He worked for M Tottie and Gaunt" for twelve yearfs confinuoHsl y :-j- and he worked for thirteen years together for Mr . Fenton , of . Waterloo ! Arid - after all his toil , , the above is < his lot 1 - During the time that he
has been receiving ^" relief 1 * froio the Dewsbary Board , his wife has been confined to bed with an inflammation in the knee ; Ha has had four of the children down in the small-pox ; > nd he himself laid np with an inflammation in jthe hand , which is not yet well ! He is unable to work ; were he to proenre work to morrow ; and consequenUy unable to break dross . The surgeon informs | him that if he attempts it ; his hand will be as bad again as ever it was . We advito the father to go to the Leeda' Over-B « ers , anailik them for relief . If they refuse , we adfiOT ' him to go to W' * T 2 ^* - ' Jb ! &ri ! ifaitos
If they ' . refuser we-aayiBel him ^ "to ao to the Dewsbory Eelievin | J ^ Officer j and It he refuses , WB THBN « ADVISBl BJM ; t 6 GO AS © STEAL . If herjpejrihits that child to DIE for want of food , while there is ! bo ' miich aroand him on © very hand , he wiia , && ^( OBitwy a MVmmmil It he tries a / rthe ^ eani we point out , and they /«!/ , every principle of reason and common sense will justify him in taUing where he can get it 1 We seriously advise him to do to , AFTER HE HAS TBIED All THE OTHEH MEANS , AND THBT HAVE FAILED !
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MR . FEABGUS O'CONNOR AT LEEDS . On Wednesday Mr . O'Connor arrived from London , to ^ ulfil his eEgagement of addressing tho people of Leeaoupou that and the following night . The large Halt of the Commercial Bnildiugs was engaged for the occasion ; and shortly aftor eight o ' clock , Mr . O'Connor , accompanied by Air . Brook , Mr . Westlake , and other leading Chartists , entered the room , and was loudly cheered . Mr / Brook moved , and a number of persons seconded , the appointment of Mr . Jackson , corn * miller , and common-coanoil man Tor iho West Ward , to the chair , which was carried unanimously . ' . The Chairman , who had been , recently installed in bis new dignify , owed his elevation
asooainioucouncilman solely to the Chartist interest , upon the pledge that he was an-Out-and-out-Chartist . Tho people were therefore anxious to know Whether or not , Mr . Jackson common-connciiman . anu * nr . Jackson candidate , was one and the same . The audience were "very speedily relieved front all dos&t ; the worthy councillor taking the opportunity to inform the meeting that he was no chahtist ; tha ' . ho was no -physical-force man ; that he was no levelkr -, aad that be was no partisan of FEAHaoBO'Cowffoa ^ whom he had heard represented in many companies as being a Tory spy in the pay of tke Tories . " This epening speech , fallowed by a very cold introduction of Mr . O'Connor , was received with breathless
eilenoe and evident emotion . Upon Mr . O'Connor presenting himself , he was received with thuadars of applause . As soon as silence was obtained :, he turned to the Chairman , and truly " wiped hhn down . " He so placed the question of" No Chaise , " " physical-force , " moral-force , " "levelling" aad " partizanship , " that it was soon evident the worthy Chairman wished he had left unsaid what he had said . The lecturer then proceeded for upwards of two hours to instruct his audience upon the preseet state of political parties , and upon the prospects of a Repeal of the Legislative Union / between Great Britain and Ireland ; explaining how ihat measure Could bo effected , and the benefit which it would assuredly confer upon all classes of English and Irish society . He contrasted the benefits likely to accrue from that measure , accompanied with tha
Charter , with those which wore so lavishly promised by the League , as the fruits of "Free Trade ; " and , in the course of his observations apon that portion of his address , he convulsed the meeting with fits of laughter , ' by his representation and imitation of " a Methodist parson'making a Free Trade speech . " He appeared to swell himself out to double hi $ usual size ; and , assuming a clerical attitude , in a deep sepulohral tone , a most ludicrous countenance , and with fixed and uplifted eyes , continued for some minutes , until the roars of his audience prevented the preacher from proceeding . Mr . O'Connor concluded an address which appeared to give universal and unbounded satisfaction . A vote of thanks was given to the chairman ; and the meeting after giving throe cheers for O'Connor , Repeal , and the Charter , separated in high delight .
Thursday . On Thursday night , the interest appeared io increase * | ttte spaoious building being weu filled . Dr . Lees , the eloquent and talented teetotal advocate * was proposed by Mr . Brook to the chair . In doing : this he apologized for having imposed upon the previous" meeting , by proposing Mr . Jacksou to that c £ Sce , stating that he ¦ had been imposed upon him-Bdlf , as he and many others kad heard Mr . Jackson , when , canvassing for omoe , declare that he was a
Chastist , and had considered him Buoh . How great was his surprise , however , to hear Mr . Jackson declare that he was " no Chartist . " This night he would not faU into the same error ; for ho now had the pleasore to propose a gentleman well-kno wa to them , not only as ft professing , but as a practical * Chartist . He meant Dr . Lees . ( Loud cheers . ) r The nomination was seconded , and carried unanim Dr . LKiES introduced Mr . O'Connor as their able , long-tried , and uncompromising friend .
The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to address the meeting upon the subject pi the " Land with the Charter . " He analysed the questions of agriculture , manufactures , manual labour , and artificial labour , class legislation , and popular representation ; sfaewin j ? , in the clearest manner , the direct and indirect effects of each npon all . He handled the law of primogeniture , of settlement and entail , in a clear and lucid style ; and shewed aach an intimate connection between the grievances occasioned by a bad system of agriculture , and artificial production , as to create a strong feeling in favour of his argument , espepisilyia the rnlndsofthe middle classes , of whom thore was a eood SDrinklinc oreserit . He spoke for two hours .
only interrupted by applause . . When he had coneluded , he proposed , and Mr . Brook seconded , a vote of thanksto ^ eChairman r : wh 0 v ; upen rising , waa reoeiyed ^ with ^|| Bry olaTk . pf regard . He said that he wjw trulyS ^ hartistijand he believed that every man who had time and inclination to consider that great measnre would arrive at the same conclusion that he had . Many parties sn « ered at them , and said they were led away by demagogues . Had there been , i ^ anything of the ^^; BO ) t ^ that « igo . t 1 . Ha had marked the breathless attention with which they had listened to aepeech of two honra duration , which tor simplicity of language , soundneas of reasoning , and raBBarcb . Coiild ^^ not ^ j » e JewepaHeei . - - ~ iip " »»»• !
sure -tfi ^ pid $ S ,. e ( r 3 e |^^ was never wiin ^ d ^ iit ; a ^< Wite bfc Tory rfieetiafc in this orariy other' ; townir ^ itlOTid * cheefe 7 ' - ' He had seen the pernicious effects of the landlord system and of machinery , and all the evils that sprung from the misapplication of capital , and its baneful effects upon unprotected labour ; and he was a Chartist , because reason had led him ., to , the conclusion that that measure , and tbatalbrie , cotridpnrify the source from which fair adjiissnicnt and pirbper distribufion , should flow—( renewed cheering ) . Can any mau refute any < ff % . O'Connor ' s positions ?—( " No , " and , cheers ) . No ; and why ? Because I have attended closely and followed anxiously through his address ; and he never once appealed to your passio 7 M- ^( cheers ) . No ; he treated you as reasoning
beings ; he appealed to your judgments , your common sense , and yoar understanding ; and the triumph of Jthose attributes is sure to lead to the redemption of the working classes . —( Loud and rapturous applause . ) A vote of thanks was then given to Mr . O'Connor , who , after a brief acknowledgment , anBOunced , that although ha never had atteiided a Sunday meeting , yet ; as the object ; was a good one—that of raising funds to send delegates to the Birmingham Organization Conference—he would , iri compliance with the reqaest of his brother ' ChartistB , address them * in their own room , on SHnday evening next , ai halfpast six , p . mMon the 8 ubjedtpf the Land and Organization . This announcement was received with much cheering f and the meeting broke up more than repaid for their attendance .
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Souse op lords—tbursdat , August io . Lord Bbodgham then rose , and said tha f , in consequence of what he had said the other night , ho had deemed it to be his duty , and he now rose to perform that duty , premising that he had adopted this coarse without any communication with the Government , or even his Noble Friend on the woolsack , to present a Bill to their Lordships , by which he had succeeded , in 1833 , in putting an effectual stop to the disturbance of the public peace . ( Hear , hear , ) His reason for presenting this Bill—which was in form the same as the former naeaaure , with this exception , namely , that it was confined in its operation to seditious
procecdiagswhoreas the former act related to all pwceedings attendiag unlawful meetings—was this : he had seen with horror and indignation , which ho should in vain attempt to describe , or to give vent to by words , an attempt of the most atrcwioue description on the loyalty of her Majesty ' s army—( hear , hear )^ The sergeants of the British Army , forsooth , wero-the worst used men of any army-of Europe ; and if the Repeal of the Union took place , fthey wdnldlfoT the first ! time have their rights—( cheerBy . He . would take on himself to say for tha sergeants of the . BritiBh army , that they would regard with that acorn which it deserved this miserable attempt on their loyalty and diseretioa . —( hear , he » r ) iV If such things were
to be done with impunity , and if impunity was to be secured to them when done by ; the result of a partial trial , he could not tell how ; long that loyalty and disoretion might endure . 1 The constant appeal to the base jjassions of men , ey ^ Httf ^ the best of men , was neither wholeadtna not fit to be allowed j and he took the step on which he was now entering for the . protection of the loyal , just as much aatO Lord ;^^ Wigklow expressed ^ his extreme gratiflcatton at the re-introduction of a . measure which shouldfrdni the . first have been : made permanent 5 but Lord Campbell ^ conaiderittg 'the bill as cl « arlj One of coeraon , ; opposed it . 48 nrmes ^ ^ j ected , moreover ^ that it Bhonld have emanated from the responsible advisers of the Crown . ^ -
^ ^ After * fewiwordsfrom tM Marquis of Londonderryi * he . Bilt passed its first stage ; . and Lord Brougham gave ^ notice that he would more tb » Beo 9 EdxeadiQg . thia day .
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, HOUSE OF COMMONS ^ -ThtosiuT » Abo . 10 * In the Commons Mr . Gladstokb moved the second readiHg of the Bill for removing the remaining restraiiBtte ; o » ^ t | ie : exp ^ a ^ oa ot maohiiie ^ tmhiqh * after , ; | i Bomewhat lonK ;; , debate , was carried : by a mJHori ^ of ^ ej ^ n ^ eighi ; , vt .,. v - , *; There was : another attempt to defeat the ScoUh Benefices Bill , ;; on the motion that- the Speaker leave , the Chair , Mr . P . " Stewart moving that it should be committed that , day six months , It failed ; for on a division there was for the committal a majority of 31 . . ' ' . ¦ .: . '¦ „ ¦ ; . The eeoond reading of the Bill authojruiiubttfcs ^ Government to call out , and arm , the 0 Wlo » Mg ^ excited a smart disoussion ; but it was olnte ^ & £ ^ large majority . ^ , . v ^ r >
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 19, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1226/page/5/
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