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and protected the very officers charged vi& the duty of conveying him as a prisoner to Dublin—Having defeated a conspiracy against some of his tenants , sent them to xaeu- homes , and the witnesses against them toBotauyBay for perjury , expected to enjoy T \ - f / anuIy that unmolested happiness to wliica tlie innocent have a right . But the -oppressor was not thus to be balked of his P ti- ? * " * "asigned paper he was charged ffitn High Treason , and then seized by the myrmidons of power , and treated thus — 11
¦*?» 7 ^ ? rrested ^ j ^^ " »*<> prison , where in a dungeon wnefett square , filtlij beyond description , I ky rotting Z-T ^ . r ? ^ « erliarinS felt tlie influence of the sun , 2 £ rf 3 ? f T ° U bj ** MrdurinS the whole time ; at the « adof wluchl was conyeyedfrom thisdungeon tothe court , iSSSSR ^ S Upon . Clla ^ ° ««* *¦*•<* The poor wretches who were supposed to have been either bribed , or tempted into the making of these false charges , denied them at ihe trial , and the result was a triumphant and instant acquittal , mat then ? Peace and repose ? Js o ! the ties of brotherly affection led him the moment he was liberated from his own dungeon to that of his brotheron the
, other side of the Channel . But without being ¦ allowed an interview , he was again seized without pretest or show of law , hurried back to Ireland , and thence again to England , laving been forced to perform jourufes of Bearly 1 , 200 miles—which in those days rare nealry equivalent to as many thousands in ours—and to cross the Irish Sea three times in thirteen days and night » , without taking off Ms clothes , or being allowed to lie down for nsore than seven hours during the whole tune ! Such treatment would have made any
_ m . 1 im _ - _ r other but an extraordinary and strong-minded man mad . After thus heing dragged from one countr y to another , without even the form of a legal process , Mr . O'Coxxoit vras imprisoned in Dublin , and firmly declining to make any statement , or commit an act which could be construed into an admission of guilt—after ¦ withstanding open menaces and promises , and the insidious and secret proposals of pretended friends , the ruffians at the head of ^ fiairs , proceeded to commit an outrage which it mates one ' s blood boil to repeat ;—
Orders were despatched to the officers chmmand-ng at Bandon , to send detachments ot horse and foot to take possession of my house , which they did to the amount of between two and three hundred men . They expelled four -of my b < fant children awl my servants ; the onieers broke open my cellars , drank all my wine ; they ordered the men to kill my sheep and oxen on which the whole party subsisted ; they converted my iron gates into shoes for their horses ; they made firing of windows , doors , .-mil frames of the house and offices ; " burned all my iarmhig utensils ; destroyed my gardens , the wall trees , the hot house , green Inuse . and all the plants ; turned all their horses out into young- plantations which were all ruined , stole every thing moveable , and committed every species of devastation for eight or » ine weeks that they remained there , for which I aever received one penny as remuneration from that da \ tothis .
Even this destruction of his " household . gods , " and desolation of his hearth and home , failed to intimidate or subdue this unconquev--able hero , who was at length without , trial or sentence , marched to Fort George at the point of the bayonet , and incarcerated for nearly two years , under circumstances which cost the use of his limbs , and nearly deprived him of life—and last , not least ; in order at length to have the pleasure of
breathing his native ah" , for which he pined , lie was compelled to part with his patrimonial estate , with all its treasured memories ; to leave—as he pathetically expresses it— " the place of ray earliest days , " and to take up his residence in a distant part of the country , away from the friends of his youth , the tenants who looked up to him with affectionand the scenes hallowed by recollections of the past .
"What horrible iniquity , what appalling crime , caused this unrelenting cold-blooded and unswerving persecution ? Let Mr . O'Cox-3 TOR answer in his own dignified , but simple and emphatic language . Because , ten years before tlie French Revolution . I saw the absolute necessity of a reform in Vie Commons in . Ireland which was acknowledged afterwards hy the factions of England and Ireland , and because I would not consent to a legislative union , which I regarded as equally ruinous $ o both parts of the kingdom . Eternal infamy rest upon the memories of the men , -who carried that Union by such infamous , oppressive , and tyrannical means !
But the sufferings and losses of the patriot father will be avenged in the best sense by the patriot son . Mr . Feargus O'Connor has waged , and is now waging , a war with the infernal system which tore his father from his ancestral home , and treated him worse than the vilest criminal , in which he must ultimately le the victor . In addition to the indignities and the cruelty endured by his father , he has the recollection of Ms own imprisonments , his own pecuniary losses , his own wrongs , to urge
Bin on , and he will not relax his efforts till they are crowned by success . Happ ier than his sire he carries with him a powerful public o pinion , and is shielded by a public Press , ¦ which if not completely freeis sufficiently so to prevent the re-enactment of atrocities , which aivethc lie to all our boasted constitutional freedom , civilisation and Christianity . Soon ma y the flag of triump h wave over the downfall of one of the most heartless , tyrannical , and unscrupulous oligarchies that ever plundered and oppressed a greatpeople !
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JiACXAMARA'S ACTION . Huddersfield , Nov . 10 th , 1840 . Snt , —I herewith hand you two shillings' worth of postage stamps towards the re-trial of the action of Mr . O Connor v . Macnamara . I think it was the duty of the Chartists to have paid the debt Ion * ago , before it came to a trial . I sent you half-: ° crown ' s worth of stamps for the defence of the victims . I am ashamed to own the Chartists as a body , for their supineness and apathy in those affairs : as I am confident , if each would pay a trifle , they might raise funds for anything , and gam a glorious moral victory over all * their enemies . I cannot think the Chartists are possessed of so much knowledge as Mr . O'Connor gives us credit for , otherwise we should do so . To Mr . W . Rider . J . Oldfield .
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NATIONAL PARLIAMENTARY AND FINAH CIAL REFORM ASSOCIATION . A meeting of the St . Pancras branch of this Association , was held at the Exmouth Arms , Exmouth-street , Hampstead-road , on Monday ftvenin " last . Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart , and Mr . ' Sergeant were present , and Mr . G . W . 11 . Reynolds , attended as a deputation from the parent society . Mr . MiSN having been been culled to ihe chair , and opened the' proceedings ef the evening , Lord Dcdley Sioabt was called uponio address the meeting , llis lordship declared that reform alike in the representation and finances of the country av . os absolutely necessary , and called upon the working classes to join the middle classes in the struggle to obtain it .
Mr . Geokoe W . M . RErxouos , who was received with long and enthusiastic applause , said that it was not necessary to proclaim such a reeommendation as that which had just fallen from the lips of Lord Dudley Stuart , inasmuch as the workin ^ - cJasses had already taken the matter in hand for themselves , and had shown the most praiseworthy spirit of conciliation towards the middle-class ' movement . The working classes were too intelligent as men , and too honest as reformers , not to accept reform from whosoever ' s hands it came ; and they never had , and never would , . throw any obstacles in the way of real , substantial , and unmistakable improvements . ( Loud cheers ) . The real intelligence of the country existed in the
masses ; aud that intelligence , which was always a century a-head of the intelli gence of the Government ansl upper classes , was now exercised for a good and honest purpose . The middle classes had nothing to fear from the working classes , so long as the former did their duty , and the latter saw reason to put Confidence in them . ( Cheers ) . The middle classes must not , therefore , proceed -with apprehensions on that score : ospoeially when they came forward in the honest , straight-forward , and conciliatory way which characterised Mi-. Mann ' s conduct that evening . Mr . Reynold ' s then proceeded to expatiate at great length upon the principles which formed the programme ol the National Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association
and he observed , that although his own opinions went further— much further— than those set forth in that programme , yet he was willing to accept the proposed reforms as an instalment , and likewise to assist heartily and cordially in the struggle to obtain them . Mr . Reynold ' s drew a graphic and touching picture of the miseries endured by the greater portion of the working clauses ; and asked . whether such a position of things could be much longer endured . It would " bo wise and prudent , as well as just and right , for the government and the legislature to yield and grant timely reforms ; otherwise the incidents of the future would form a feavful subject for the hazard aud conjecture of prophecy . ( Cheers . ) Mr .
Reynolds then proceeded to draw a comparison between the Lord John Russell of 1831 and the Lord John Russell of 1 S 13-9 ; and he asked whether renegadeism was ever more dispicable—ever more flagrant ? ( Hear , hear . ) Let the middle and working classes take a lesson out of the Look of their enemies . The Whigs and Tories fought like cat and dog for place , power , and patronage ; hut when once the people raised their voice to demand refogm , those two great factions instantly forgot all differences , and banded together to resist the popular will . Let the middle class and the working class , then , unite in the same manner , but with the stern and
uncompromising resolution to obtain that reform which was so unjustly—so arrogantly—so insolently denied . ( Cheers . ) Mr Reynolds then entered into a variety of interresting * illustrations to show the corruption of the House of Commons ; and he sat down , after a speech of an hour and a half ' s duration , amidst the most enthusiastic cheers . Sergeant Shee then made a few observations upon A resolution which was put into his hands , and which was in accordance with the views and objects of the meeting ; and two or three other gentlemen having addressed the audience , the business of the evening terminated with a -vote of thanks to the chairman .
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LETTERS TO THE WORKING CLASSES . LXVII . " Wordg are things , and * small drop of ink Fulline—like dew—upon a . thought , produces That which maVei thousand * , perhaps millions , think . " * , 1 Bos . " THANKSGIVING DAY . " CONDEMNATION OF THE DEFENDERS OF THE FRENCH CONSTITUTION . Beotheh Proletarians .
This is " Thanksgiving Day , " appointed by the Q . OEENin Council to be " reverently and devoutly observed , " in gratitude for the abatement of the cholera . It forms no part of my plan to discuss in these Letters questions connected with religion ; but I should hold myself guilty of a neglect of duty did I not on this occasion protest against the cant and hypocrisy of tho ruling powers of this duped and misgoverned land .
Whatever mystery may still be attached to the nature of cholera , and tho best mode of battling with that disorder when it has laid hold of its victims , one important fact has been placed beyond dispute—that while the epidemic has smote down some few of the members Of the well-to-do classes , it has raffed onl y in the ranks of the poor . Poverty , hunger , and filth predisposed their subjects for the sword of the destroyer ; and hence the Pariahs of " civilisation" were " mown down in
masses . " Misgovernment—political and social —prepared the way for the triumphant march of the Pestilence ; and , now that the virulence of that scourge has abated , our rulers call upon the people to mate long prayers , and sing long psalms , instead of themselves exhibiting practical repentance for their past sins of commission and omission , by commencing the good work of political and social reform . Truly , our priests and rulers must possess unlimited faith in the gullibility of the British people .
The insolent pretension of our aristocratical and clerical rulers to dictate to the people when and how they shall offer up prayera and praise , is worthy of notice . For my part I will not be made to pray and sing "by her Majesty ' s special command ; " nor will I have my thanksgivings manufactured without my consent , by the Abchbishop of Canterbury , or any other High Priest of Cant and Fraud . The folks who occupy the " chief seats" of power in this country must be terribly ignorant of history , or they would have a
wholesome recollection of the fate of Strafford and Laud , ( not to speak of the Prayer Book "Martyr , " Charles , ) who were most justly punished on the scaffold , for attempting to establish a civil and sacerdotal despotism . I grant that our " most noble" and " right reverend " rulers have neither the talents , the ambition , nor the daring of the historical characters just named ; but , so knowing , I can only the more wonder at the presumption of such persons dictating to the British people , anything in matters appertaining to religious observances ,
The prayers appointed for this day contain some choice specimens of Mother Church " piety . " I find in tho " Order for Morning Prayer "the following :-Rejoice in the Lord , 0 ye righteocis ; for it becowoth well thojust to he thankful . ' The "just ! " Surely the "Right Reverend Fathers in God" will not pretend that they and then * aristocratic and money-mon < rcriug friends are " the just ? " If they will , theu I should like to know who are tho unjust ?
In the prayer appointed "instead of tho Collect for the day , '' it is craftily insinuated thatthe cholera wasa "judgment" and . a manifestation of " Divine wrath . " This seems to me to strongly savour of " blasphemy . " Most certainly the insinuation is based on falsehood . JS ot "the wrath of God , " but the injustice of Man , was the prime moving power in the cholera visitation . In the next prayer there are more visible departures from the truth . After asserting that " Thy displeasure brought us down to the gates of the death , " there is added these words : — " Thy mercy hast stayed tho coursn of that pestilence for which there vsas . no help in man : to Tiiee alone we ascribe our
deliverance ; in thee only do we trust , 8 ,-c , tyc " If there was no hel p in man , ^ y hy were Boards of Health instituted , medical visitors appointed , choking graveyards closed , and sanitary regulations ( partially ) enforced ? It is true these efforts of man were only imperfectl y made , and at the eleventh hour ; but to the extent they were made , they were productive of immense good . What says the Quarterl y Report of the Registrar-Geneiul ? '' Chester
having benefited by sanitary measures , sustained a lower mortality than in 1848 , although some deaths by cholera did occur . " Nottingham escaped the scourge in consequence , * as is stated , of "the sanitary measures adopted by the municipal authorities and principal inhabitants . " " In Thee alone do we trust , " hardly consorts with the Queen ' s very sensible abandonment of Pimlico and Windsor , for the Scottish Highlands and the Isle of Wight ! Another prayer commences as follows '~
O Gracious God , who art kiiri to the unthankful an , « evil , we humbly acknowledge that we hate not manifested a due sense of the numberless blessings , both spiritml wd temporal , which we and our fathers have received at Try hands , and of the might ; deliverances which Thr nower hath wrought fovtliis Church and Kingdom . Thouch onr neglect of Thy ordinances , and misuse of Thy bounties offences have been multiplied in the land , and in ournro ' sperity we hate not sufficiently honoured Thee , ic . tfcCi If this were a special prayer for prince "
priests , aristocrats , and usurers , I could understand and appreciate the fitness of these words of seeming contrition ; hut in the subsequent portion of the prayer there is nothing to warrant this view of the Archbishop ' s production . I , therefore , infer that it is meant to placo the oflences and uutbankfuluess of the privileged orders to the account of the people . For my part I must respectfull y decline to take any share of so onerous a J'espousibility .
Ill the course of these prayers I find onKone sentence—or , rather , a portion of a sentence—which at first sight seems- to claim approbation ; it is the following words in italic : — " Make us duly sensible of Thy mer" cies to this nation , in maintaining our do" mestic tranquillity , andin granting a ¦ p lentiful 11 return to the labours of our husbandmen , that " we may show our thankfulness by an earnest
" endeavour to conform to Thy will , and to " advance Thy glory . " I say tho words in italic , might seem to claim approval , did not the reflection immediately follow , that it is rank hypocrisy for the privileged orders to pray for grace to grant a plentiful return to the labours of their husdandmen , when every one is aware that there needs no "grace , '' but their own will to be honest .
Compare this canting appeal to " Dmae Providence" with the fact that , at this very time , the wages of the agricultural labourers are undergoing a general reduction , to the sum of six and seven shillings weehly . The " Standard" announces that , "inconsequence " of this shocking state of things , multitudes " of unhappy men are flying from their families , in order to avoid accompanying them
"to the workhouse , to witness their death by "famine ; and thai the most serious apprehen" sions of fire , and other outrages , in the course " of the winter , are entertained by the gentry * ' and yeomanry . " Let the hypocrites in high places reflect on that . ; Their sham may be turned into real prayers , should Captain Swing begin to " enlighten their darkness . " As it was in the past , so , it seems , it is to be in the future ; or , as Tommy Moore would
« ay , or sing : — " As long as millions shall how down To ask of tiums&nis for their own , And thousands coldl ; turn away And to the millions answer ' Nay ! ' So long the merry reign shall be Of Captain Suing and Ms family . " A letter is now lying before me from Pyraore , parish of Bradpole , near Bridport
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Dorsetshire , in wiUCQ tiie witer states that m consequence of corn being cheaper , ( mark that , ye Free Traders !) the farmers are reducing wages in that part to seven , and six shillings weekly : "So that the " working num is thereby deprived of any " additional comfort from the abundant " supplies of God ' s Providence . " The writer of the said letter , seeing that the people ' s petitions to the Legislature are treated with disregard and contempt ,
suggests that the miilions should appoint a day for a general supplication to Heaven to stay the flood of poverty , demoralisation , and misery at present overwhelming the poor ; by removing from this , and every other land , all avaricious oppressors , preparatory to their being consi gned ^ their fi nal penal settlement , &c ., &c . Such a SUggestiou is certainly worthy of consideration . Will the Queen , in council , appoint such a day , for such a purpose , <| b y special command ? " Will "His
vrl'clCG nf rSnif < itti .. it .,. - » ..- « . _„« „ .. „! nt wace of Canterbury prepare a set of prayers suitable lor the occasion ? I doubt a responso in the affirmative . But what if the people take their own affairs into their own hands , and appoint the day , and the service for the day , themselves ? The entire Proletarian people leaving their homes of misery and workshops of unrequited labour—abandoning the plough , the anvil , and the loom , to protest , in tho sight of Heaven and earth
, against the injustice , . oppression , and hypocrisy of their taskmasters , would be a sight solemn and startling to the " Have-alls ;" their soldiery , police , and " specials" notwithstanding . The '' Friends of Order '' would do well to ponder on . the possibility of such a demonstration of the loug outraged children of Labour . England has hitherto escaped the hurricane-wrath of popular despair ; but what of the future ? The Rural Commissioner of
the "Morning Chronicle" reports that Socialism is extending among the half-starved rustics of Devonshire ; and the " Manufacturing Commissioner" might , if he would , report that which I can vouch foi —the spread of Red Republicanism in the industrial hives of the North . One special point in connexion with this day of thanksgiving must not pass unnoticed ;—
the loss to a great number of the working classes of a day ' s wages , to the consequent injury of their families . Geokge Bates , Grinder , near Sheffield , ' writes to the " Times , " that he is a labouring man with a sickly wife and seven children , his wages fifteen shillings a week ; and that his employer stopping work on this day will be a loss to him ( the workman ) of 2 s . 6 d . Geokge
Bates s case is that of tens of thousands of working men , who , consequently , are much more likely to curse than to pray on this day of thanksgiving . Mark , too , that the Queen , the Archbishop of Cantekei'uy , and Lord John IIussell do not forfeit a day ' s wages by their singing and praying . It appears ° to me that Her Majesty , Her Majesty ' s Advisers , the Archbishop of Cakteububv , and the Bench of Bishops , wheu making an order for a national cessation from work , should have
renounced a day's pay , and called upon tho rich generally to do the same , and appropriated the money thus set apart to compensate the poor for the loss which , under present circumstances , will render next Saturday evening anything but a time of thanksgiving . It may be well for the powerful , the privileged , and the wealthy , to oiler up their prayers and praise , for they have good reason tO bo grateful for having oseapod the scourge of Cholera . Queen Vicxoiua , Prince Albeiit , and those titled vermin
" Who baslung in the sunshine of a court , ratten on its corruption , " have good cause to be glad that they are permitted to enjoy , for a few years longer , the " pomp , pride , and circumstance" paid for by the wretched artisan , and provided by the brcadless labourer . Ministers of State , Bishops and Archbishops , landed oligarchs , and money-gorged usurers , though doubtless , as good Christians , assured that ' the joys of Heaven are reserved for them , may , nevertheless—on the principle that a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush—feel happy that thov
have been preserved to face , for a little longer , tho troubles and trials of "thi 3 transitory state of existence . " But what cause have the poor to bo thankful ? Why should a Tower Hamlets slop-worker be thankful that his female child has escaped the pestilence , when he knows that if her life is spared for a few years , poverty , and the force of other infernal circumstances , will certainly doom that child to misery , prostitution , disease , and a premature , wretched death ? Let the Pharisees who have this day been proclaiming their own holiness , mark the following words of two—two only out of thousands—of- the victims of our social
system : — No one knows the temptations of us poor girls in want . Gentlefolks can never understand it . If I had been born a lady , it . wouldn't have been very hard to have acted liku one . To be poor and to be honest , especially with young girls , is the hardest struggle , of all . There isn't one in a thousand that can got the better of it . I am rendv to say again that it was want , and nothing more , that niada mo transgress . If I had been bcttcv paid , I would have dono better . Young as I am , my life is a curse to me . Another , a hard-working sober widow , says : —
My wages will barely find me in fond . I know that the low prices that , are paid by the slopscllevs makes women and girls prostitutes . lean answer for myself and many beside me ; and had I been better paid , been merely able t » live bj my labour . I should have still been an honest ami virtuous woman . For three or four years after my husband's deatli 1 struggled on , and kept true to his memory ; but at last all my clothes were gone , and I was obliged to transgress . A father who , to save his daughter from being brought to such shame , should stab her to the heart , might bo tried , and even hanged for murder , in virtue of Parliament-made laws ; but , by the moral law , he would be acacquitted—nay , honoured as another
Vinci-Jiius . Brother Proletarians , let the words of the poor girl above quoted , sink deep into your hearts : — " If I bad been bom a lady , it " wouldn't have been hard to have acted like 1 one . " True ! the vices of the poor are principally to bo charged to the account of their position . Had Queen Victoku been exposed to the miseries and temptations of Bethnalgrecn , she would , in all human probability , have shared the doom of the miserable creatures whoso words I have transcribed from the "Morning Chronicle . " Onr whole social (?) system is destructive of human happiness ; and , from its roots even to its summit , mustbrother Proletarians say with mo , shall—be reformed .
The monster mock-trial of our devoted brothers—the heroic patriots of the 13 th of June —terminated on Tuesday morning lust . There was no defence—the tyrants prevented that , lho advocates for the defendants , when about to prove that the constitution had been violated by the conduct of the Government towards Rome , and that , therefore , insurrection was warranted—were stopped b y the judges andnot allowed to proceed . Thereupon , the advocates , proclaiming that their rights had been
violated , retired from the court . The Jury acquitted eleven of the accused—the rest were condemned . The mockery was then gone through of asking the condemned if they ' had anything to say ? The majority disdained any reply ; and the minority , who attempted to speak , were severally bullied by tho Presidentof the Court , and forced by the gendarmes to cease speaking . Tho following sentences were then passed : —Sucuet , Representative ; Maube , and Fkaboulet de
Chaundar—Five Years' Imprisonment . Chiphon , Andke , Dufelix , Napoleon Lebon , Langlois , Paya , Comsiissaire , Sergeant , and Representative ef the People ; Maigne , Representative ; Piuies , Representative ; Fargin Fayoixe , Representative ; Daniel Lamaziere ; Bacii , Representative ; Vauthier ; Deville , Representative ; Gambon , Representative ; Guinard , Colonel , National Gurd ; and Schmitz , to be transported FOR life . On hearing
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their sentence , all the prisoners rose , and cried — " Vive la Repvhlique Democratimie et Sociak !" Unfortun ate / yet most noble men . In the case of the brave aud true-hearted Guinaud I have to mourn over the sufferings of a personal friend ; but , indeed , for tho whole of the martyrs my heart bleeds . Alas ! that I can only lament , not save them . It maybe anticipated that Ledru-Roliis , and the rest of the accused not present , will be condemned and sentenced in their absence . But France will , ere long , reverse these sentences , and sternly judge tho persecutors of her true aud noble sous .
On the Democrats of this metropolis I would impress the duty of making some manifestation of sympath y for the condemned Republicans . Let the Fraternal Democrats take tho initiative ; and let us on this side of the channel echo the cry of our beloved brothers . — " Vive la Eepublique Democratique et Sociule . " L'AMl DU PEUPLE . November , 15 , 1849 . '
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THAMES . —A Wife op Many IIusiunds . — Samuel Daley appeared to answer a parish charge of deserting his wife Jane , preferred by Mr . Job Warren , rcliavins officer of Limehouse . Mr . Pelham appeared for tho defence . —Evidence oftliB marriage of the defendant with Jane Havens , widow , thirty-three years of age , at St . Catherine ' s Creo Church , on the 22 ud of April , 183 S ) , being given by John Smith , and corroborated by Catherine Mason , who assisted him on the occasion , and who understood that four children were the issucof that marriage . —Mr . lMhain said it would now be lor him to show that the woman ' s first husband , William 'Wilkins , was alive when she intermarried with the defendant . —Daley : Yes , and it can bo shown that in the meantime she married her second
husband ( Havens , ) before marrying me . —Mr . W . Baldwin , a clerk out of employment , produced an extract from the marriage registries of Little Trimley , Middlesex , showing " the marriage of Jane ltobson , spinster , tho woman ' s maiden nam . e , to W . Wilkms , bachelor . Wilkinswasaboutfiftyyearsoldnttlie tiinc . aml the marriage took placo twenty years ago . — Samuel Harwell , who was described by Mr . Polham as an unwilling witness , said he knew W . Wilkins , in London , twenty-five or twonfcy-six years since , when he lived with tho female present , who went by his name . About eleven or twelve years since ho saw Wilkins in Jamaica , where he was a pilot , or harbour-master . He was a short dark-coin plexionod mail . —Captain Thomas Booth , master of the Planet , knew a person named Wilkins , as
harbour-master at Jamaica , lie was short , dark , and about seventy years of age . Witness knew him . fifteen years in that capacity , and saw him in July last . —Mr . Yardloy : That completes the case . Barwell saw tho man Wilkins in 1839 , when the marriage with the defendant took place , and he was seen by the last witness in July , so that Daley gets rid of hisj wife . ( Laughter . )—Mrs . l > ali > y : And I of my husband . ( Renewed laughter . ) But I suppose he'll support his own son . — Mr . Yardloy ; He ought to do so . —Defendant : I am perfectly willing . —Mr . Yardlcy : Though not ¦ lega lly , you are morally bound ; as to the woman , her husband has been so long absent that she is not responsible for any offence in this marriage . — Mr . Pclham : This is a new version of the Comeoy of Errors . I understand Wilkins has married again in Jamaica . ( Laughter . )—Mrs . Wilkins : It is shameful in you , Daley , to desert me after we have
been together for ten years . Yon are an unmanly fellow . —Daley - . It wds your shameful conduct compelled hie to do so . —Mr . Yardlcy : I havo doi . o with the case . It is dismissed . —Mrs Wilkius , who , by the way , though the wife of three husbands , appears never to have possessed much personal attractions , here cooly exclaimed , I suppose then I am at liberty to marry again . ( Roars of laushter . ) —Mr . Yardlcy : Oh . no . There is now evidence of J'Our first husband beincr alive , and you will be indicted for bigamy . ( Laughter . ) -Mrs . Wilkins : But I have a person hero to prove that Wilkinson has been dead eighteen months . One of the witnesses was false . —Mr . Pclbam : You mistake , my good woman . We could , if necessary , bring evidence from the Colonial office . The summons -was then dismissed , and Mrs . Wilkins left the court , evidently much chagrined at beins , ' shut out from the prospect of having another husband .
MAItLBOROUGH-STREET . — TlIB SOI-DISANT Oou . vtess of Carusle . — Tho female named Wethorell , who has for sometime passed herself off as the Countess of Carlisle elect , and who has imposed on various tradesmen by the assertion that she was about to be married to the Earl of Carlisle , who had given unlimited power to her to order a suitable wedding outfit , on Wednesday came into Court to ask the magistrate to get her some property , which slio alleged her former landlady illegally detained from her . —The applicant , it will be recollected , was supposed to be of unsound mind , from the circumstance of her styling herself , in her literary productions , " the last descendant of the Bruce , " and her eccentric bebavionr at Buckingham Palace , and this induced the magistrate , instead of committing her for trial when brought in custody
to this court , to send her to St . Martin ' s parish , there to have a medical opinion us to the state oC her intellects . It is presumed that the medical gentlemen have considered that her mental faculties arc sufficiently sound to warrant her boiiis , ' agaia set at large—Mr . Havdvrick , who heard her application on Wednesday , said he could not do anything in the matter , as he was not the masistratc who heard tho original charge—Smith , the principal usher , told the applicant to come next Monday , when Mr . Bin . tfiam , the other magistrate , would lie on duty . —The * applicant said she was fearful she could not come that day , as she had taken her passage to Australia , and was doubtful about the time the vessel would sail . —The applicant , who appeared to have totally forgotten her old story of being the Countess of Carlisle , then left the court .
CLEltKEXWELL . — Assault .-On Wednesday , Henry Delaney , a man of gentlemanly appearance , was placed as the bar before Mr . Combe , charged with having violently assaulted Mrs . Jane ltoss , the wife of a , respectable tradesman , residing in North-street , Gray ' s Inn-road , by which her life is in danger . —Tho prisoner was described in tlm policc-sheot , as ; i civil engineer , of No . 14 , Upper North-street , Gray ' s Inn-road . It appeared from theeviJcnce of Air . Kose . tho husband of tbo injured woman , that on Tuesday ni ght last , about nine o ' clock , he wns walking with his wife along Cray ' s Inn-road , when he had occasion to leave her for a short time , and on Iris return Jig found that during his temporary absence she had been violently assaulted by the prisoner . She had followed him
across the road , when he took refuge in the house No . 14 , Upper Jforth-street , where they remained until be came out , and they gave him into custody , llis wife foul since been confined to her bed with an injury on her spine . She wns six montlis advanced iti a state of pregnancy , and a premature labour was anticipated in consequence of the injury she bad received . He produced a certificate ' fr . m the surgeon who attended , which confirmed this statement . —Mr . Combo asked the prisoner what he had to say to the charge ?—The prisoner denied the charge of having assaulted the lady . He was walking with his friend , Mr . Morgan Joseph Morton , who slipped , and pushed him against her , whoa she fell down . Sho afterwards followed them , and he entered his brother ' s residence , in Upper North-street , and on leaving there sho gave him into custody . At tho station-house bo gave the residence of his brother , but lie
resided at 12 , Cumming-strcut , Pentonville . —Mr . Combe : Pray what arc you?—Prisoner : I am in . the employ of Mr . Austin , engineer , of Kottinghill . —Mr . Combe : Then you admit havins been pushed against her by your friend ?—Mr . Morton , who was sitting at tho solicitor ' s table near the prisoner , interfered , and said he would give evidence in the case , —Mr . Combe : Pray what are you ?—Mr . Morton : A civil engineer , of 1 ( 5 , llauover-strcet , Islington . —Mr . Combe told him the less ho said upon the subject the better . The prisoner sad that he ( Mr . Morton ) had pushed him against Mrs . Rose ; if she should happen to die , they ntislit both bo indicted for murder or manslaughter . —Mr . Uose : I have seen the surgeon this morning , lie says that my wife is in great danger . She cannot turn herself in bed . —Prisoner : I never touched tlie woman . —Mr . Combe inquired whether the gentleman was sober , and what the prisoner said When the Clliiveo W !\ S tsikon in the
station-liousc——Sergeant Dyer , E , said the whole of the party were perfectly sober . The prisoner said he pushccl her . Mrs . Hose immediately replied , " No , you did not ; you struck me with your fist in the back . " She said she followed him across the road , when the prisoner entered the house 14 , Upper Northstreet , and she waited till he came out , and gave him in charge . She said to him , " Why did you strike me ? " He said , " I did nothing to you . ' "Mr . Morton again said he could give evidence . — Mr . Combe gave him a caution , saying that he would allow him to be sworn conditionally . If tho woman happened to die , and a coroner ' s jury should return a verdict of murder or manslaughter , he ( Mr . Morton ) would lw inclndcd in the charge , and what he said would bo used against him . — Mr . Morton was then silent . —Mr . Coombe said that
alter the evidence lie had heard , coupled with the surgeon ' s certificate , be questioned whether lio should bo warranted in liberating the prisoner on bail . He eventually ordered him to procure hail , two sureties in £ 50 ench , and himself in £ 100 , to appear at the Court on a future day to answer the charge against him , when tho fate of the woman should bo known . —The prisoner was then locked up for the production of the required sureties .
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THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS . Tho committee assembled on Friday evening , Nov . Oth , at the Institution , John-street , Tottenham Court-road . John Pettie was called to the chair . A number of new members were enrolled , and subscriptions received . Tho following propositions were unanimously adopted : — " That a tract be primed for distribution by , or before , the middle of December next . " " Thatthe following be the subject of the said tract : ' The doctrine of Fraternity illustrated and defended against the misrepresentations of the enemies of human 2 > rogre $ sion . ' " " That tract No . 1 , consist of four small octavo pages , ( similar to the Democratic Review . ) The essay to be compressed within three pages of brevier type ; the fourth page to be devoted to the objects and rules of the association . "
" That the members are hereby invited to forward essays to the secretary by , or before , the 7 th of December ; and that the committee be empowered to adopt any one of the essays exclusively , or portions of two or more . " The committee then adjourned .
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LABOUR'S WRONGS—A DAY OP SUPPLICATION . TO TIIE EDITOn OF TUB JfOHTHEBS STAB . Sir , —The hand of tho oppressor is turning the screw , in this part of England , quite in character with the nature of the system under which we live . Ill consequence Of wheat bein » somewhat lower in price , the practice is now going on of reducing wages from seven shillings to six shillings per week , so that the working man is to derive no additional comfort from the abundant supplies of God ' s Providence ; but is to be screwed down to the same starvation point as when corn was higher in price , in consequence of its being deemed more scarce ? This practice is not confined to the farmer alone ; but the manufacturer in some instances ^ is adopting the same tricks .
Isow petitioning tho rulers upon this , or any other subject , is a mere waste of time : as I have long observed with insulted feelings , tlmfc tlie prayers and complaints of the working unenfranchised people of this country , have been not only treated with disregard , but with contempt by the " powers that be ; " consequently for some time past I have suppressed an inclination to oSer a suggestion to the toiling slaves of our country , touching the appointment of some day for the especial purpose of supplicating our ' Ilcavcnly Father to stay the flood of poverty , demoralisation , misery , and death—more calamitous than the cholera itself , though apparently not so alarming , because move slow in its progress . Tho simultaneous petition should be , that he will be pleased , in his
infinite wisdom , to turn the hearts of avaricious oppressors in this and every other land . Perhaps some who havc . not weighed this subject may be startled at the idea , but I bee to remind thorn that the existence of such horrid misery is not plcasinf to God rend Jeremiah IS ., 2 iv ., " I am the Lord , which exercise loving kindness , judgment , and righteousness in the earth : for in these things Idelbht , " saitli tho Lord . The complaints uttered against oppression , which cause tlie people to err from rectitude ; and the threat of entering into judgment with those who grind the faces of the poor , eat up the produce of the vineyards , and spoil the comforts of their dwellings , ( Isaiah III ., 12 to lGy ., ) " With the assurance tliiit God will come near
to ludgment , and bo a swift witness against those that oppress the hireling in his wa ^ es , &c " 'Mai III ., on . ) " Together with the awful miseries awaiting those who are charged with keeping back by fraud the hire of tho labourers , &c , " ( sec James V ., ) To my mind is abundant evidence that God wills not such oppression and ruinous injustice . It is when tlie " cries of the labourer enter into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth , that we may expect deliverance Christ , the friend of human kins ! , has suggested this mode of adoption , by reference to the unjust judge . " ( Luke XVIII ., 7 to 8 w . ) Aud shall not God avenge his own people who cry unto him ? I tell you that he will avenge them speedily , I am sir , yours respectfully , W . Loveless . Pymore , parish of Rradpole , near Bridport , Dorsetshire , Nov . 11 th , 1319 .
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THE DAY OF THANKSGIVING . TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE TIMES . Sir , —I am a labouring man with a sickly wife and seven children , and I earn 15 s . per week wages . My master has just been telling me that next Thursday is to be a day of general thanksgiving , and his place of business is to be closed ; consequently I lose my wages of 2 s . 6 d . for that day . He says it is the wish of our Queen that we should keep this day holy , as recommended by the Privy Council ; so I suppose I must , and let my poor children go without their dinners , which will be both a fast mid thanksgiving day for us ; but , Sir , I wish tUo Privv
Uuncil would at the sanle time have recommended that masters should not be particular as to stooping the day ' s wages of such men as wo . You know winter is coming on , and Christmas will soon be here , when another half-crown goes for ChristmaEday . I do not wish you to publish this letter , as I am no scholar , and am not fit to appear in your paper ; but I know n paragraph in your paper towards aiding the poor man will do more than a great many petitions ; and I am sure there are thousands such as -we who will have to go dinnerlcss on that day . I aiu , Sir , youvs , ... ¦ Gkorgb Dates , * <»• • » . Grinder , near Sheffield .
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Lawless Proceedings is NoittiiAMrToxsmnE . — For some weeks Upper Boddington and its neighbourhood have been in a lawless state , and serious offences have been rife . Last week a stack of oats , valued at £ 25 , the property of Mr . John Paine , of Upper Uoddington , was destroyed by fire . It is believed to havo been the wilful act of an incendiary . On the night of Saturday last Mr . John Boneham . of Byfield , a shopkeeper aud carrier , was , when between Coddington and tlie above village attacked by two men , who beat him with bludgeons and roWsed him of about £ 4 . He is , from the injuries , in a precarious state . "Within . a few weeks nearly , twenty cases of sheep stealing , besides other robberies , havo occurred . Clarke , the police officer and Mr . Paine , the constable of Boddin « ton , were shot at , and since then two guns were fired at the policeman . In neither case was iniurv done , but
in the first one the shot hit Clarke . The district is in a state of terrorism and disquietude . The authorities arc taking active steps to bring tho offenders to justice , and with this view ten additional officers are to' be forthwith employed . Damage to ran Cockles . —Tho lovers of cockles or cookie sauce will regret to learn , through the medium of the Carlisle Journal , that the recent heavy rams in the neighbourhood of Ulverston have proved exceedingly destructive to the cockles upon the sands in Morecambe-bay , and along tho cose . In the sand-banks formed in consequence of the erection of the new weir above the Ulverston canal , millions of young cockles were growing to maturity ; but through the sands having been washed away by the floods , the fresh water has reached tho fish and destroyed them by wholesale . Teeiotaiism forbids a man to touch anything that can intoxicate—except a pretty girls lips . You may taste that article , after signing the pledge , if you 11 only do it discreetly and with moderation .
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The Bihtas . via Bridge . —On Saturday last , the first of the great tubes of the Britaunia-bridge was finally lowered down again by a 3 ft . fall to its permanent bed of plates and rollei' 3 , tho operatioa for effecting a junction with the tube on land having occupied about three weeks . The event was cheered by tho assembled workmen and spectators , and hailed by firing of cannon on the Carnarvonshire side of the straits . Tho hydraulic presses ami lifting apparatus are now being removed from th » Angclsea to tho Carnarvonshire shore , in order to raise tho next tube as soon as it is floated to tho
piers ; an oporntion which , weather and tide permitting , will take place on the 3 d of next montk Ihe processes connected with this niagiiificaift work have now been carried on for several' months 7 . H ? 8 ht » ™ t « the superintendence of Mr . h . Clark , the aoting engineer , Mr . L . Cl ai ^ , the resident engineer , and Messrs . Forster and Wild ; and from tho strenuous exertions made , there appears to be little doubt but that the first lineriE tubes will be opened for traffic ^ en-,- % L 1 st * $ . Mavch nest , „ A ' riA ^ rK A Hard Causr . —It lias D . 'bfen' aBj ^ i fcii ^^ vUnSj solid cruafc of the earth atrw ^ w cafoo £% } W « than 80 Q or 1000 miles thiofci » tfiLJ | lS £ ^^ yw ^^ a iiS . BSi ^ fiSgj
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*' THE POTATO CROP . TO IIIB EDITOK OF THE NOBTHEIIN STAB . Deib Sir , —As I promised several persons that I would let them know ( through the columns of the Star , ) the result of my planting potatoes last autumn , with your permission , I now do so . Some were planted ia September niue inches deep ; some in October eight inches deep ; and some in Xovember and December six inches deep . Those planted in the two last months turned out well , and not one of them wa 3 diseased , though I have a great portion of them yet by me . Those that were planted in September and October did not do so well , which I
attribute to their being set so deeply . It is but right to observe , that it is dangerous to plant potatoes in autumn unless the land be well drained . I hare some already planted , and purpose planting the best part of an acre before Christmas . To some it may appear incredible , but for the accuracy of the following I will vouch . My autumn planted potatoes came up early in the spring , but were cut off by the frost , —again they appeared and were cut of ^—the third time they came up far stronger than they did at first . Touw truly , Lowbands School . P . J . O'Bmex .
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F ?> . ° F WIACNAMARA ' S ACTION . lWedb yW . RiDEB . -J . Smith , Bury , C ; John and RosannaBeuwell . Brierly . lun , Is . ; W . Kershaw , Ending , near Rochdale is . iL jUmis , and W . S ., Bradford , ' 2 s ? ILIIamer ; KadcUSe Bnd-e , cd . ; J . Oldfield , Muddersffelrl , b A « Workl " S Men . Manchester , per J . Kay , 4 s . ; John HWW . J J . av ., StaljMdge , « L ; Bradford Land Company , per James Connell , 13 s . 5 d . ; John Wil cock , tador , Granfliani , 5 d . ; J . Stewart , Alloa , Is . ; E . T ., Birmingham , Mr . \ Vibon , Is . ; Birmingham , Mr . Cloughan M . j KinningLam ilr . Taylor , fid . ; cfTristrain , Warwick ^ Awii ttn * 3 ; *« l « ar . Cd . ; Korthampton Chartbt Association , per O . Cofbf , Ss . . ; Nortliamptoa Ciiartisd Uwperative Association , per G . Corby , Gs . Id . ; W . Y ., SKcSSSirf ? 1 * 1 ¦* S-B— - FOR THE AGITATION OF THE CHARTER . Bno ^ iv W . BinBb-Bmilfind Land Company , per J r ? ° 4 f ' 3 s . 4 d . ; KomngIiam , perJ . Sweet , 8 d . ; Bristol S ^ . 9- O 31 ^ **• ™ . ; London , a few Cigar Maker ?
FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS . ^ ISKSK . - ^ Da * ' «— ' *' DEBT DUE TO THE PRINTER . Received by W . Ru > EB .-Kottingham , per J . Sweet , Gd . FOR WIDOWS OF THE LATE MESSRS . " WILLIAMS AND SHARP , Received by W . Rideb .-j . Jones ; riymoutn , 3 d . Kn " aarnoek per George Robertson , ' 8 s . ; R ? Hin ' dky . ASuftj , olL MRS . M ' DOUALL , Received by V . Kideb . _ K . C , per R . Uamer , Raddiffe Bridge , is . ; Andershore , Lancashire , a few Weavers , pev J . Bambndge , £ \ . ' f
WILLIAMS AND SHARPS MONUMENT . Received by W . Rideb . —E . T ., 6 d . FOB WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . ReclTedbyW . Bn ) ES .-Ki 5 in Sun , Calendar-vai-a , per J . Scoiter , 8 s . ; John Smith , Kennowav , 2 s . ; Kifinarnoek per George Robertson , 12 s . ; Nottingham , per J . Sweet , Is . ' foUeross , near Glasgow , per W . Shylock , 5 s . ; Truro , per W . Bumdge , 10 s . ; James Barrie , Ashford , 6 d .
VICTIM FUND . Received by S . Boosiuh . —Philip Elliott , 2 s . 6 d . ; Mr ? wood , 4 d . ; Balance of proceeds of Concert and Ball held at Kentish Toivn , 5 s . ; A . ft , Hew Sorth-Toad , per T Brojvn , is- ; Cripplegate , per T . Brown , 7 d . ; South London llalLpOTJ Luval , Cs . 94 ; Mr . Piercy , AVestmiustcr Cd . ; aFnend , Westminster , 2 d , ; Mr . Rider , £ 118 s .
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_ November i ? 1 M 9 i THE NORTHERN STAR . ^_____ * 7 ^^ " ~— - .. . - _—
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THAXKSGIVISG DAY , Thursday , 2 fovEscnF . u 15 th . —This day , according to tlie proclamation issued by her Majesty , was strictly observed as a day of humiliation and prayer-, and business was entirely suspended . Every shop was closed , and the day appeared similar to our Sabbath . Sermons were preached in all the parish churches and chapels , after which tho congregations responded cheerfully by ffiviiiw alms in
aid ot the various necessitous charities . A very eloquent and impressive sermon was delivered by tlie liisliop of London in St . Paul's , this morning , at eleven o ' clock , in the presence of the llight Iloii . the Lord Mayor , Mr . Sheriff Uicoll , and a numerous and highly respectable congregation . The River presented an unusuall y quiet appearance , in consequence of very little work being done upon it , and very few cvaft wove to be seen . In fact , less worl ; was verformcit on the Thames this day than on anv Sunday . — Globe .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 17, 1849, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1548/page/5/
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