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g ^— — ' ' ugerof J . AsJU 5 , which we published » short time ^ merely use their local designations as a heading H 'irreBpoiuteaee : Thus- : " Bradford , " or they may -j " The Members of the National Charier Asaociajjai rodent at Bradford and District . " j ^ the people , then , confer in their several loeaftjes upon the snbject of fitness of officers , and rejjemend sneh officers , as they shall * pprare , to the ^ s oeiation at Manchester ; and then let the Asso-( jjoon call a public meeting at Manchester , and v « sQch recommendations as they Bhall see fa the Star , before tfie meeting ; and let the mating proceed to nominate , though , be it observed , the Association may appoint its own ( igeersand committee-men . The Association may
{ hen pay such officers , such salaries as they Bhall ism . proper , as "My dear Rat" is paid ; and the . Association m 3 T recommend meetings , and transact aH business , is she same manner as the Repeal , or my other Association ; and all members , in any pan of the kingdom , may freely correspond with the . Association and with each other ; and they may tare cards of admission ; and they may appoint lecturers ; and they may defy the Attorney-General . Bm be it observed , that . the legality of an Assooption does Inoi justify what is termed u illegal language . " This is all they hare to guard against ; and we would strongly rsoommend the famishing of all lecturers with simple and defined rules , ana imprinting the same on their cards .
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_ , V O'CONNOR . EXTR AORDINARY OYERLAKD DISPATCH
FROM YORK We haTe this week had an Overland Mail from &e &r country of Dungeon-land . We do not think j necessary u > be Tery precise in pointing ont the tia : let Muttr Phipps find that- out as he can . Enough ) that we haTe thereby receded voluminous despatches from our Ambassador at the High Court of p etty vengeance ; some of which will be found , in oar present Number , and the rest shall appear in dee season . We need not claim attention from our readers to whatever comes from O'Cojt . vob ' s pen ; bnj we would point especially to the ingenious
reason for submitting his improved xtyle to authors-UUTe criticism , given as the PJS . of a letter to the Editor of this paper . This is not badly pat . In troth , it is most ludicrous that O'Co > sob should fee obliged to address us by stealth , in the teeth of ooi advertisement and review of a periodical avowedly published for , and edited by , another political prisoner at thi 3 present time . Do not let is be mistaken : we find no fault with the " privilege' ^ I ) allowed to Mr . Stephens , and other political " offenders "—but we do protest against the paltry individual exception of O'Coxxoa , as mon strous and contemptible beyond expression .
We feel quite certain that the friends of freedom mQ be glad to see tha use made by the captive of the leisure which his tyrants have afforded him . There is one thing in his long letter which we regret , and from which we decidedly dissent ; the strong eondemaation pronounced on what he calk " Bible nmtim . " We hold the principles of Chartism to be all contained in , and inculcated by , the Bible ; sad we hold a deep-rooted , honest , religious principle to be the best guarantee for political and social hotiestj , as well as for individual benevolence . It fives us great pain to observe in O'Co . nsos any principle from which we foel compelled to dissent ; bnt , next to truth , perfect sincerity is -our best isr ^ f .
We hear that some of toe ablest members of the Commons have undertaken to bring the whole of O ' Consoe ' s case before the House , in detail , this \ Session . I ; is a disgrace u > any country , calling i itself Christian , that such a man , for the alleged i offence of which he has been convicted , should be lubjejfted to the rigours of solitary confinement . He . is the only political offender in solitary confinement in these dominions . Much good may their gloating over that fact do his heartless tyrants !
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THE NEW YEAR'S DAY DEMONSTRATIONS . The * Establishment" and its votaries are knocked all ot a heap by the New Year ' s Day demonstrations , finding that neither frost , snow , rain , hail , or wind can freeze th * hot blood of y oang Chartism , or * ool the growing desire for change . No wonder that an ignorant press should have so long misrepresented the more philosophical teaching of " the-Birch-of-inteDect " -Chartists , when one and all are
lo » J in very wonderment at what they are pleased to call the Tery equivocal motto upon , one of the banners displayed at the metropolitan meeting , and which was , " Oh I legislators , why should men unite to obtain justice f' Now , there is not an ignorant Chmisi in the land , who would not translate this equivocal motto ihns : " Oh tyrant 3 ! is it not too bad that men should be compelled to beg for their own P _
Th& 5 immense blunderbuss , the Weekly Chronicle , a great friend to national education , has , from the mearopolitan meeting , discovered , an arithmetical process by which a part can be made greater than tie whole I and which , no doubt , will be most serviceable in aiding the Chancellor of the Exchequer ia making np for the deficiencies in the revenue . Friend Chron . tells us , that the " number at the metropolitan meeting may have amounted to about a thousand , - " "FIFTEEN HUNDRED of whom , he says , ONLY could find room in the place of J&eetjrg . " Well done Cocker , " Malthus was a fool to von !
now , Chron ., you beauty , can you tell us why { wo and two make four ! Give it up 1 Well , then , because they must make some number , and they Biake no other than four . Now , Chron ^ this i 3 your new addition after Parliament meets , when " them as lams figures pays a halfpenny more . " Chron . gays , that in the procession there were many " thinly dad females . " Chron . was
• qmnong , the little rogue . But , ah ! Chron ^ why ! or , mher , oh I legislators , why should poor women be compelled to be thinly clad , ia the depth of ehiiling winter , in the richest country in the world , * ad at a time when additional clothing is ordered for Eojal horses » Aye , aye , they were of the Hon . « sd Rev . Baptist Noel ' s staff of "withoat-God-« id-wi ; hout-hope" Chartists , and to clothe whom *» s a part of the men ' s business npon New Year ' s Div .
What , now , is the fact of the case ! Why , that fcs meenng on New Year ' s Day , taking all cixcum-RttLces into consideration , was the most trium-$ aa ! eTer held in London ; for the people had Kiher Coroner , Liberal Member , or other underfefcer , than an independent , and virtuous , and elo-! tea ; carpenter , to measure their patriotism ; and rj "which means alone we can ever hope to arrive at a fc&e knowledge of its dimensions . -
The room , we are informed ( for we hare not been *» X is capable , with its spacious gallery , of hold-^ g between two and three thousand . It was «* ffiawd to overflowing ; this all admit , and was so unaed by a mere section of the whole , the great •*» being disappointed , and all this most magically ** oaplished by one thousand . Go , go , to a seminary fciOldC&ron .
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THE WELSH VICTIMS , fc&RG the past week , a smart fire has been kept ^ between the rival camps , about a paragraph ** fc the Sun paraded under the head " PARDON ° * JOHN FROST , " in biasing capitals , to draw * j * > The paragraph , when read , merely stated *•* Faosi had been appointed to some clerkship Part Arthur , and that hopes qf hit ultimate *** & tcere entertained . The Standard , Herald , * 4 Jrther Tory papers , furiously attacked the : *^ tnm ent for this presumed aet of delinquent *** acy ; while the Globe , and other Whig prints , ^^ J defended them , on the ground of its £ * b eing intended to pardon Faosi at * H , and ^ ag that he wu not swrly so well off m the
Tories were desirous of insinuating . We can now settle the controversy , by giving the real truth from T&ost himself , as coatained in the following l « tter to Mk . Fbost , which was read at the Bristo meeting , and which describes the tree position of himself , aad his two patriot associates in exile : — Pert Arthur , Tan Diem&n ' s I ^ and , . . Jaly 21 st , 1840 . MT Dearest MABT , —The words Norfolk Island and Port Arthur convey to tie minds of the English people , places o ( extreme suffering . They are penal Battlements , to which , generally , persona are sent , who , being prisoners , have committed other offVaces in the colony . The punishment here is great , but the persona who are sent here ate irequeotly old offenders . There ire various reasons assigned for seeding tw to Port Arthur , bat as it is impossible that I can be acquainted with tae true one , I shall merely state the facts . I an at Port Arthur ; a place to which the Tery vrorat of
men axe sent , and where human misery may be seen-to , probably , its greatest extent I was not , however , sent here for what it called pimishnmU ; the Governor told ua repeatedly that we were not sent to Port Arthur &e a punishment , but to fill certain efflees . Williams is a Superintendent at the coal mines ; Jones fills a situation at the Juvenile Establishment ; and I am in the office of the Commandant , that is , the Governor , of Port Arthur . I am acting here as a elerk , and hitherto tke labour has not been heavy . 1 am in excellent health—I never was better ; and . my spirits are very good , considering all things—much tetter than 1 could possibly have anticipated .- The climate ii , so far &s I haTe seen , Tery good ; mildtr , I expect , than our own country ; the situation « f the settlement must be healthy , we having a fine open bay before us . Indeed , from tie appearance of most of the prisoners , and from what I hear , I think Port Arthur is a Ter / healthy plioe .
So much , my lo-ve , far this part of the suVject Ton are a- * rare that all letters sent from ., and received by , every prisoner , are read by the Commandsnt ^ and though I believe that that gentleman would not be very pirticular in a correspondence between a husband and a ¦ wife , yet it is a peat ch : cx to that freedom of communication , which , to be affectionate , must be unrestrained . Politics are , I believe , forbidden ; yet it is a subject very much connected with my affairs . There are rarioui matters of a public nature which affect our situatioas ; I ( hall , however , leave that subject till I bear from England . I am of the opinion that my letters will be perused by others besides the gentleman who roles here . I suppose the Colonial Secretary would be clad to hive a peep at the letters of his aid correspondent Well , I trust that if Lord John Russell should break the seal of my letters , he will haTe so much of the gentleman abtut him , as to send them according to their address .
I wrote to you , my dear Mary , from the Cape of Good Hope ; also to ilr . George Kogera . I hope you haTe received them . I see that you received my letters sent from Falmoutb . I believe , mj lore , that every thing is done for the best ; but omissions and addition !) do not dovetail well ; however , you are the best judges , exercise your own discretion , and be assiacd th ^ your husband will believe that every thing U rfoae for the best . *¦ . I have almost forgotten the subjects of the letter sent from the Cape ; it w < is written in the hospital of the ship , amidst the tumbling and tossing of the vessel ,
and noise of all Borts ; a place very unfavourable to correctness » f composition . You ¦» £ « , and so were my-friends , I dare say , glad to hear from me ; and particularly to find that I was in excellent health . You know how much I suffered , and how much I dreaded sea-sickness . Strange , passing strange , that ia a voyage of sixteen thousand miles , I felt scarcely any sickness , nor was my tamach once disordered . So little do -i now dread a sea voyage , that I like it I should like , in » good ship , and in pleasant company , a voyage ^ to almost any part of the world . * *
. We amTed at Symood ' s Bay , Cape of Good Hope , on the 6 th of May , after a remarkably fine passage . There were some ships of war intended for the China expedition . 1 had a Voag comers&'uon wift some military and naval officers , some of whom were in England during » ur trials . The first Lieutenant » f one of the gun brigs had been to Newport We left the Cape on the 13 th . The Doctor put into the harbour for the purpose of obtaining fresh provisions , the scurvy having made its appearance on board our ship . I can assure you , my dear , that tie Cape beef , although not the best 1 ever saw , was very acceptable after our salt pro vision * .
We hid no wind for severs . ] days after we left the Cape , and our progress was slow ; but about the latter end of the month we had plenty of it The greater part of the month of Jane was exceedingly tempestuous . On the 8 th of June , VThitsttn-Monday , it blew great guns ; the oldestsailors on btard scarcely ever recollected irach a hurricane . During the night , many supjfosed that our danger was extreme ; the ship ( an excellent sailer ) tumbled about merrily . The fore and main hatchways battoned down ; the mi » en hatch opened a little to admit air to the prisoners , through which opening tbe sea was pouring ia streams , so that the bo * $ it&l , under the qnaxtei-deck , was naif filled with wattr . Tke ship rode it out welL The 18 th , 16 th , 16 th , 20 th , and 2 Ut , were exceedingly boisterous ;
however , on the last day of' June , we anchored in the Derwasy , before fiobart Town ; we were exactly four calendar months from England ; we left Falmonth on the last day of February . Here we were supplied immediately with fresh provisions , principally muUta ; and though what we had was much inferior to our English mutton , we thought it capital , after , the convict salt junk . The next day our friend , the Doct # r , waited on the Governor , Sir John Franklyn , and , I haTe no doubt , did every thing in his power for us . It is usual for the Doctors of convict ships to give e * cu prisoner a character , according to his behaviour oa board the / hip , and the character given has" some influence on the fate of the prisoner . We arrived on the Tuesday . On the Thursday , we were informed that the Governor would come on board on
Saturday , and that we should all be landed on the Monday morning . At four o ' clock , on Friday morning , we were told that we must prepare to leave that day for Port Arthur ; we were rather astounded it this information . Port Arthur ! a penal settlement ; while the most able men at the bar contended that we hsdhad no legal trial , while our case was , when we $ eft , before the House » l Cmmons , &citc It was intimated , I do not know how true , that these were instructions from the highest authority , and that it was intended to favour us . On the Friday coining , we were taken on board the colonial schooner , Eli » , and soon after , the Governor came on board ; and his
Excellency addressed us for a considerable time , pointing out the regulations under which we should be placed , recommending a certain line of conduct , aud informing us repeatedly , that we were not sent to the penal settlement for punishment As soon as the Governor left , the ship sailed ; and the next morning , Saturday , the 4 th of July , the ever memorable day , held in such estimation in the United States , we were landed at Port Arthur , the penal settlement for Van Diemen ' s land ; we . were taken into the Commandant ' s Office , where the regulations for prisoners were read to ns . They are , my dear , as you may suppose , pretty stringent ; but I have no doubtthatlshall be enabled to observe them .
We certainly were not treated as the generality of prisoners are treated on their arriTal ; they are . taken to the shoemaker ' s shop , Btrippod quite naked ; all their clothes taken from them and burned ; they ara then put in the prison-dress—generally yellow ; sometimes black and yellow . We were not treated so ; we kept all our clothes , and we now wear some of tham . So far , there has been a great difference made . I inform you , my d « ar Mary , of these particulars , because I wish the exact state of things to be known . I understand that a strong feeling was produced in the colony by our being sent down to Port Arthur , and 1 have no doubt that great indignation will be felt in England , Scotland , and Wales when it is known . It will be said that we are on the chain gangs , and that
we are treated as the vilest of the Tile ; I wish t | tat truth should prevail , and for that reason I have stated facts ; God knows that the very best situation in Port Arthur is bad enough privation , and suffering ; but our situation is one of comfort , compared with tbat of , many prisoners here . Yes , my dear ilary , and with many weil educated and ialented men ; however , my dear , 1 am , as I said before , in good health and spirits ; prepared , as far as possible , to meet whatever is prepared for me . While you and my dear family have been anticipating the worst respecting me , the imagination drawing pictures of hardships and suffering , Tery different from those I experienced , I have been engaged in the same work in . regard to yon ; and I hope with as little truth . The greatest misery I endured was in
Monmouth Gaol ; fancying that certain thing * would take place , and then feeling as if they bad actually occurred . It is unwise to be meeting coming events too favourably , because , as the mind is likely to be affected by anticipation , it is less able to meet a reverse . On the other hand , to be continually looking at the dark tide is to be placed in -continual misery . I need not tell you , my dear , tfiat I am exceedingly anxious to hear from yon ; anxious , Tery anxious , to hear of the welfare of my dear children , relations , * nd friends ; anxious to hear of the state of things in England—England , to which I am as much attached as ever , even should I never again tread het shore * . Her happiness "mad her prosperity ia , and eTer will be , near My heart The post lesvei her * on Friday ; this is Wednesday ; I shall dose for the pretest
Thursday morning—The post comes in to-day ; I hope I shall have s letter . I trust that my dear children will evince a proper degree of fortitude under oar present circumstances : it Is the only effectual mode to combat dMcalties ; t * yauag people , particularly , troubles ate blessings in disguise ; they prepare them for the . ills of life ; they give them ooolaess to meet dangers and difficulties , and many hare been constrained to ssy , vrith the Psalmist , " It was good for me thai I was afflicted . " I hope my dear boy will learn this lesson ; I hope that he has learnt it ; he must see that bis mother and Bisters are placed in a situation ., which will require of kirn a manly conduct Desirous as I am of addressing particular individuals , I find it impossible ; were I to begin , I should be likely to omit Borne , which might , give pain . My dear children and friends will not think I hare forgotten , because I i 3 o not name . . Love to their father and their country will , I trust , animate them to act ia each a
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» t ¦ ¦ manner , that , in future times , the recollection , will be pleasing to them . Friday morning—The post leaves to-day ; no letter . " My kindest regards to all my dear family and friends . I will write ia the coarse of nt-xt month . Believe me , my dearest Mary , Truly yours , John Fbost . Let not the people think that this paltry amelioration is to serve . Nor let tkem suffer the villains who kidnapped them , so far to deceive themselves , as to suppose that the lion-cry of an uprearing people is to be thus stopped . The men most come back ; and back they shall come , or the factions shall most deadly rue the day they went .
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POOR LAW ATROCITIES . We have watched , with intense interest , the proceedings , as £ > ven ia the London papers for some time , of an atrocious case of Somerset Houtfe law , the details of which have occupied the Rochester magistrates some time . It is too long for oar present number ; bat it will keep . It furnishes too admirable a specimen of class legislative animus to be lost sight of .
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A Largb Numbir of Correspondents must emcuse our untieing their productions till next week . Walter Mason asks , " Is it illegal to distribute bills , 4 "c , in a meeting-house after service ! " We are not quite sure about the the law of the matter ; but tee incline to think it is not illegal . B . —His second letter to Lord John Russell is mttch too long . A great portion of it might veil be spared . We will gladly print it ; but seek permisxitn to improve it by . judicious curtailment . Will he write us t A Commercial Traveller has sent us some very sensible reflections on the anomalous conduct of the master class at Merthyr Tydiil , who threaten their workpeople with loss of employment if known to contribute ant / thing to the cause of Chartism ; but send their gaffers round the shops ' with subscription lists for a service of plate to be presented to a retiring agent of their own . It will always be so , so long as there is a masterclass and a slave class .
J . H . Fleetwood , Chesterfield , wishes his name ap-pended to the Chartist Total Abstinence Fledge . Mb . George Young , of Worcester , wishes the same . The Address , fbom Macclhsfield , signed John Weaver , " is too long . Charles Cross . — The report was not received , or it would have appeared . W . M ., Chesterfield . —I ' m .- write to W . Thomson , 22 , Princes-street , Glasgow . James Cartledge , Secretary to the South Lancashire County Countil , wishes his name attaching to the Total A bstinence A ddress . Mb . Doyle . — We have not room for his letter this week .
Sto « kpobt . —The Imprisoned Victims . —Great exertions are making by the National Charter Association to rouse the people to a sense of their duty to the victims of mi . sgovernm . ent , Mitchell and J > avies , who come out of Chester Castle on the \ ith of Febi-uary . A Committee has been appointed to get up a demonstration for giving tltem a public entry into Stockport . Thomas Dunking . — We have not room for Mr . Benbow ' s letter . Teetotal Chartists . — We are happy to perceive that every week adds to the number of the workiflff men whose eyes become open to the incon-^ sistency and wickedness , as well as folly , of holding up the hands of their oppressors by consuming their accursed drink . A Total Abstinence Charter Association has been opened in Birmingham . It meets at No . 17 , Little Charles-street ,
and is , we are informed , going on well . J . R ., Lambeth . —The Secretary of the Sunderland Association is Mr . John Hemsley , Provision Store , Bridge-street , Sunderland . Flbet Papers , No . 3 ., is received , but too late for notice this week . It ctntains some notice of Dak ' s invasion of Yorkshire . Peddie's Lawyer ' s Bill . — We have received a balance-sheet , which we cannot publish ; but from which , it appears , that this bill is paid ; and that the accounts have been audited by the Committee , and found correct . The Secretaries op thb various Associations , are hereby informed , that thef can have their r Card * on the 21 st ., through the medium of their Delegate * at the present meeting , to be holden at Leeds . Wm . Tiluui , Secretary of the Provisional Committee .
A mass of Chartist Intelligence , lotal , and pther news , and interesting communications , fropt Lambeth , Selkirk , Loughborougb , Nottingham , Carlisle , Mansfield , Aslibunou , Edinburgh , Cupar Angus , Southmolton , Bristol , Thirnk , and a variety of other places , are shut out from sheer want * f room . Wt shall give many of them in our ne * t . Pltmouth . —The report of the Chartist meeting at this place reached us only a few hours before going to press , though the meeting ttas holden on the previous Friday ; it is , of tourse . $ hmt out .
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To Agents . —If those Agents who have reeeived their accounts do not settle thtm immediately , t / ieir Papers wilt be stopped . J . M'Whirkie . —Received . W . Dakiels is entitled to F . O'Connor , but cannot have the Convention Plate : we do not sell any that were given after T . Attwood . Walsall . —Cannot : he is not supplied f rom this Qfice . J . Yates— // will do . Ma . Cleave will please forward Specimens to Mr , English , Bury St . Edmunds , Suffolk . Mr . King- cum have one when they are given . Nash . —No : Five Pounds' worth is rather too mueh . A . Fi . vlay can have Arthur O'Connor ' s Plate , postpaid , for sixpence ; an"d F . O'Connor ' s (\ f he means the first given with the Star ) at the same price : but the next of F . O'Connor is only to
Subscribers , and will not be sold at any price . Newport , Isle of Wight . —A Subscriber will receive the Portrait of Feargus O'Connor if he continues to take the Paper . G . Cook . —Ask E . Hobson . Joh . " * Cbaiw , Mouu . n a Vapxur , BouLoaxE , France . Write again , and say what is to be done with the 13 s . now in hand , after you receive the parcel of Portraits now left uilh Mr . John Cleave , of London . G . Phipps . — Three Plate * are due—Oastler , Collins , and M'Douall—wltich will be sent with F . O'Connor ' s , us desired . ¦ * F . W . Siueos . —Yet , at the time promised , which was , " the time tlie others are sent , " making one parcel . . J . Darken . —Mr . Cleave received the Specimens . Hbsrt Land . — Three Shillings will pay his account to March 27 th , and Five more to June 26 f /» , with postage for Plate included .
W . Habtley , Banburt . —// he was a Subscriber at the time others were subscribing for Frost ' s Portrait , he is entitled to one ; but if he was not , he cannot get one . J . Y ., Tauntox— The Portraits qf Mr . O'Connor have not yet been given : no doubt he mill receive one when they are . FOB THE COMMITTEE FOB SUPEBINTENDINQ DAK . ' s CHABTIST WELCOME TO LEEDS . £ * . O \ From W . Slasori l o „ Bristol , N . S . P 0 1 _ a Friend , Hunslet 9 3 6 _ do . Park-lane 1 0 _ Leamington , per J . B . S . ... % i % _ G . Drew and A . fcooke , per W . Mason , Harlestone , Norfolk 0 3 9 « Selby Chartists 0 7 _ Bamsley National Charter
Association ... ... ... 1 0 0 _ two Republicans , Doncaster ... 0 1 Mr . Ireland , Dunfermiine ... 0 I , „ Chartist Association , Stroud 8 3 _ the Members of the National Charter Association , Brighton OS * FOB THE WIVES AND FAMILIES OF THE INCARCBBATHB CHARTISTS . From Onseburn , near Newcastle : — W . Longtt&ff ... * % Friend near Byter Bar ... 3 ff P « r Messrs . Hebden and Bell i S National Charter Association 12 10 1 » I FOB FROST ' S RESTORATION COMMITTB * . Frtm a Working Man , Park-lane ... •!•
FOB ROBKBT PBDOIS . From Dr . Goldwing • • FOB THE » I 8 rfiIHmO ) f OF CHARTIST F-BIXCIKJIS From » ne of the unrepresented in Boss , Herefordshire ... ... 9 i FROM ASHBUBTOJT , DSTO * . or Roberts , Brown , Peddle , and O'Brien ( 5 s . each ) ... ... 1 t
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1 EEDS . —Copbt Hocsa—Sack Stjealing . —Oo Saturday last , Wm . Clarkson , brewer , and Henry Kirk , milkman , were charged with stealing several sacks and a quantity < jf hops , from the Qoeen Hotel , on the Ronndhay road ; some of the sacks were identified by the owners , ft appeared from the evidence of the policemen , that they found the sacks in a stable occupied by one of the prisoners . The landlord of the Queen stated that Clarkscm had been in'hisemploy as brewer , but that he had dismissed Kim on account of dishonesty . The depositions of the various witnesses being taken by the magistrate's clerk , the prisoners were committed to the sessions . . The prisoners then applied io be . admitted to bail , and after several questions being put to them by the magistrates , they were ordered to produce evidence a 3 to their former ohar&ctef , before suoh waB granted . Kirk was bailed on Monday .
Another Musiciam . —Louis Zscharroth was charged with pawning a piano-forte , the property of Louis Zeraggio . Considerable difficulty was experienced in order to arrive at the real merits of the case , both plaintiff and defendant being Germans , and not able to speak English . Defendant was understood to Bay that he wanted nine months' wages from Zsraggio , who had employed him at the rate of eitfht shillings a month , with an understanding that he should receive the whole ' " proceeds arising from defendant ' s musical perambulations . Plaintiff ' s wife admitted that they owed eight months' wages , but urged , by way of set off , that Zecharroth was in the habit of gambling and losing bis money instead of handing it over to his employer . After a long palaver , duriug which the plaintiff bowed like a Chinese mandarin , it was ordered that the plaintiff should pay £ 1 18 s . to the defendant , and receive the ticket of the ptauo .
Wilful Damage . —Jane Prince , a well-known travelling musician , appeared before the Beach , and charged » . mail , named Prince , with wilfnlly breaking her fiddle , whilst she was " shewing off , ' at the Central-Market Hotel . The fiddle was then exhibited . The mad stated he had offered to mend it at the time the . accident happened ; and , upon his consenting to do so , that evening , the case was dismissed : A Stolen Watch Found . —John Stonehoase , of Hunslet , appeared before the Bench to recover a watch which , he stated , had been stolen from his shop fifteen mouths since , aud which was then in the possession of the authorities . Policeman , No . 18 , deposed that , hearing a woman , then present , had a
watch in her possession , which had been found by her son , who was also present , he got it from her , Jnromwing , at the same time , that if an owner was bund , the lad should be remunerated . Mr . Tottio questioned the lad , who stated that he found the watch when playing near Trinity Church , Stonehouse having told the number , and other particulars , received his watch on condition that it should be produced horeafter if thought necessary ; he was ordered to give the lad that found it , two shillings and sixpence . Summonses for Wages . —The men in the employ of Messrs . John and Charles Towneend , joiners and proprietors of a saw-mill , in'Wellington Road , and others , in the employ of Mr . George Roberta , of the
Britannia Foundry , appeared to shew the justice oi their claims against their employers . The names of the parties summoned were several times called , but it appeared they declined attending . Several other summonses were applied for , but the magistrates declined granting them until the ; saw how matters stood with regard to those to whom they * bad already granted them . Some of the poor me , n want from £ i t » £ 6 for wages : one of Messrs . Townsend ' s men seated that the workmen wanted about £ 60 for wages , and could not get a penny . As it was understood there were bailiffs in possession of the goods of both defendants , the magistrates ordered Handley , the officer , to inquire into the case before they took any further steps . This is poor satisfaction for' the starving men and their families .
Gambling . —Henry Ibbetson , landlord of the Hope Inn , Burley Road , was charged by a watchman with allowing gambling in his house . The watchman stated that he went into the kitchen of the Hope Inn , on Saturday evening , and saw two men playing at cards , but could not succeed in apprehending them . Mr . Tottie said that Ibbetson should choose whether he woald produce tho men or be fined ; he preferred the latter alternative , and in consequence of a good character given him by one of his neighbours , he was ordered to pay ten shillings and ooats . XiONDOJV . —Temperance . —The cause of the teetotallers is going on well in Bermondsey . Meetings take place every Thursday evening , at the British and Foreign School Room , Great George-street .
DURHAM . —A Bishop ' s Shirt Stolen !—George Miller , a young lad , was charged at Durham Sessions , the other day , with having feloniously stolen a shirt , the property of the Right Reverend Father in God , the Lord Bishop of Durham , under the following circumstances : —The brig Syria was wreoked behind the North Pier , Sutherland , during the late gale , and Captain Meuican and part of the crew were drowned . A shirt ( that one would have thought the Bishop would have been ashamed to own , for it was scarcely worth 9 d . ) was washed upon the beach , and the defendant being down upon the sands , picked it up , in the presence of many people , sarried it home , through the streets , unconcealed , and in broad daylight , never thinking ,
for a moment , that it was the property of the Bishop , or that a man , "not of this world , " would have claimed a shirt that nuay a beggar would have refused as a gift . However , it having been proved that the shirt was ' washed up from the wreck of the Syria , sod the owner of it being dead , it was claimed by the Bishop , as Lord of the Manor . The police , ever ready to catch a job , though a dirty one , went in pursuit of the poor boy , arrested him at his home , and some Justice Shallow on the benoh committed the youth for trial . To the honoar of the Jury , however , he was acquitted , and the whole court , except the magistrates , was disgusted at the trumpery affair . Hero is the county subjected to an immense expence . probably £ 30 , over an affair that
should never have been brought forward ; and we only regret that the verdict of acquittal was not accompanied with a merited censure on the magistrates , who were so malicious , and the Bighop , who was so greedy . It is the first time that we ever heard of a Bishop wanting a shirt , and especially " ono which , perhaps , had been a sailor ' s only shroud . It is something like robbing the dead , for we may fairly suppose that if the boy had not taken it when he wanted one , that his " reverence" would , who could never have worn it , if he had got it . What do the Sunderland magistrates mean ! They ought to have some kind of decency and propriety about them , foT if the Bishop had asked them to look , out
for au old shirt for him , they need not'have allowed their chagrin to go so far ahead , because a poor shirtless boy had got one before them . Will the Bishop pay the law bill for the recovery of his shirt t After the disposal of the above case , another indittment , against the same person , for stealing a pair of the Bishop's drawers , was actually preferred ; thus entailing the expence of a double prosecution . The second indictment met with the fate of tho first . The . poor lad quietly and sarcastically asked if they had any more to bring forward . This second affair was M too bad" for the Sessions' Magistrates , the Chairman of whom made some severe aud just comments upon the reckless waste of the . public money thus displayed .
Akotkeb Specikbh of Durham Justice . —A boy , about ten years of age , was indicted for stealing a cap , in Newbottle Lane , near Houghton-le . Spr . ing . ThiscftSe was got up by that " vigilant and indefatigable officer , " . Superintendent Ingo , of Houghton , and the following was the total evidence supplied by him : —That » little boy , about five years of age , cama home crying , and stating that he had lost his cap , whereupon search wus mado , and the culprit was found with the said cap in his possession . Sergeant Ingo's daughter proved this , and the Sergeant proved that he arrested the boy for this . There
was not » particle of evidence to show how the boy got the cap , except the boy ' s statement that he found it . The day was very wiudy , and the cap w » 3 blown past him * , me caught it , and , not knowing to whom it belonged , kept it . Yet , upon this evidence , a jury found him guilty , and the bench sentenced him to fourteen da > s' confinement , seven » days to be solitary 1 Buc why marvel t The boy was a wandering tinker ' s son , and , therefore , must have been a thief . Here , then , is a fine sample pf the vigilance of tke new police , of the wisdom of juries , the justice and humanity of the bench , the economy of the law , and the liberty of the subject !
HULL . —New Direction op the Tbmpeeukcb Movement . —The Hull Temperance Committee has taken a step which does them honour , and proves the great national and moral advantages derivable from that soundness in mental power , which must ever result from habits of temperance . They are about to form a library to supply the operative classes with booki at a cheap rate . Asa means of obtaining the necewary fond , they have arranged with professor Warrene , ' to give a consecutive coarse of lectures , on suoeedrox Thursday evenings , upom the natural , mental , aaaTnoral capabilities of man , his education , and professional adaptations ; admission twopeaoe . Donations of books should be immediately forwarded to the oomisUtee , to prove that the public feel the importance of this noble movement . '
OLPHAM . —MHWDicrTT . —Thos . Stott , Grwnhill , Cromptoa , Oldham , an old man about seventy years of age , is employed in cotton weaving , and has to do the following extraordinary work ; for the small sum of 7 s . 6 d . Tie / joes seveu miles to order a warp , and when it is got ready , he fetches it and very frequently has to take it to be siied . The warp weighs about 151 b ., to which ad < l 30 lbs . of weft , the weight will be 451 b . He has then to weave , wimi and carry it home , having tr » / relied in all 40 miles , and carried 45 lb . ; out of thi b , he has i wife and himself to support , rent rod taxes to pay . It is really matterof wonder hov •/ enob persons can live . Not long ago , 3 ta . would hi , Ve been paid for weaving guch apiece .
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XiOUGHBOaOUGH . —New Mode of Hying . — -A poor man , recently called on a being , who calls himself a respectable tradesman , and asked him for employment , as he had neither money uor food i The brute told him he could employ him , bat he would give him a little advice ; the poor man thanked him for what he thought might prove beneficial , when he reoeivod the following comfort"Go home , and live upon your owa&t J " SONDBRLAWD . —Durham Copnty Social Institute Gbocbry Store ,- —Thai seeoud half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the above Store was held in the Co-operative Hall , Laxnbton-Btreet , on Tuesday evening week , when the directors presented their report for the last six months , which Was received with general satisfaction , notwithstanding theefforta to create want of confidence made by two or three factious individuals , whose object to break
up the Society has for some time been manifest . The balance-sheet exhibited a profit of eleven percent . tor the last half-year , or twenty-two per cent , per annum on the capital invested ; At its commencement , the Durham County Social Institute met with Us full share of opposition from the existing shopkeepers ; who used every exertion to shut the mau ' agers out of the market , " by threatening to withdraw their custem from such of the . wholesale dealers as supplied the Store with goods . The Society , however , has triumphed over all opposition ; the managers being enabled to purchase goods for read y money , while their opponents are compelled to buy upon credit , has convinced tho dealers that they would be committing suicide upon their own interests by avoiding commercial intercourse with the Store ; and the Chartists ' of Sunderland are determined to make the Society an efficient means of acquiring political and municipal power .
Tea Party . —On Monday night last , the members of the Oldham Lyceum , held their annual tea party in . Mr . Braddock's large room , Terrace Building *; , when about seven hundred sat down to tea . The room was decorated with banners of various descriptions , likewise specimens from the" drawing class , llor&tio Nelson , Esq ., id the chair ; Geo . Thomson , Esq ., « f Edinburgh , the lecturer on British India , Jfhn Brooks , Esq ., aud Mr . Buckland , of Manchester , each spoke of the usefulness of Lyceums and mechanical institutions , and were loudly cheered .
The evening was enlivened with vocal and instrumental music , from the vocal and instrumental classes . The vocal class was conducted by Mr . Joseph Winterbottom , of Vineyard , near Oldham , and the instrumental class , by Mr , Thomas Jackson , of Oldham , who performed selections from Gardiner ' s Judah , m admirable style , and received the thanks of the- different speakers . The proceedings of the evening lasted until about half-past ten o ' clock , when the company broke up , highly delighted with the evenmst ' s entertainment . ¦ *"' .:
ST . ANDREW'S—Our M . P .-This distinguished personage lately honoured the electors of our " auld city" with a si ^ ht of him—certainly a very rare occurrence . It was really disgusting to witness the servility displayed oh this occasion by our self-styled " Liberal aad independent , constituency , " aa their member , accompanied by his agent , acting as a pointer , shewing the hunter where the game lay , waited on them , shook hands , and then retired ; for this was all the account he chose to
give of his stewardship . We are informed that Mr . Ellice expressed his gratification at seeing the town so quiet , aad free from agitation V But we can assure him that , if he had dared—yes dared—to call a public meeting of the inhabitants , ' we wonld have given him » specimen of our quietness tbat , perhaps , would have surprised him-such a specimen as the *; ood folks of Crieff gave tbat promising brat , Fox Maule , when he appeared among thorn . But , for reasons best known to himself , our Liberal (!) member cut his stick without doing so . But ,
" He who fights » nd runs away , May live to fight another day . " ' HUDDERSFIELD . —Explosion of Gas . — On Tuesday morning , about Awo o ' clock , an explosion of g « 3 took place in the lew factory of Messrs , J . W . and H . Shaw , near the'BatU Hotel , which set lire to a part of the premises ; but , by the prompt exertions of a number of persons ' , who soon assembled from the alarm of the watchman , the fire was extinguished . Mb . Oastler , —On Thursday evening , January 7 th , a few friends of Mr . Outler met at Mr . Pitkethly ' s , when it was agreed that a public tea party should take place , and a committee was-immediately formed . Mr . Gland « ng ' aod Mr . Brook , were ap .
pointed secretaries , a . nd Mr . Stocks , treasurer . The committee met again on Sunday evening , at Mr . "Binns ' 8 , when it was finally agreed that the festival should take place on Monday , the 25 ' < h , in the Philosophical Hall . The females have taken up the cause very warmly , and formed a committee to make arrangements , which met on Tuesday evening , at Mr . Binns ' 8 , and appointed persons to canvass their friends , and the friends of the "Old King . " It is expected the call will be responded to with that aoal Which , has on former occasions presented itself in favour of their banished "King . ? The tickets are ityw ready for sale , aud are going off at railway speed ; and , it is to bo hoped , that the display of sympathy will console him under bis present
wrongs . DEWSBURTT . —Teetotaush . —The temperance . cause is progressing steadily in Dewsbury ; meetings are held weekly , and accessions are made to the ranks . The town has recently been visited by several talented advocates , whoso exertions , combined with the powerful appeals made a few weeks since " Tothe Working ClaseeB of England ? ' in the spirited address issued b ? some of the most eminent politicians of our day , has given to the cause a new impulse , and boen chiefly instrumental in ^ tie
formation of a Chartist Teetotal Society in . Dewsbury , which is no \ v organised under the most favourable * auspices , and happily the utmost cordiality exists between it and the Parent Society ; and from the combined energies of both much good may be expected to result . A new and commodious Temperance Hotel has also been opened in the centre of this enterprising towu , the proprietor of which , a short time ago , received a letter , dated December Q » th , 1840 , containing a sovereign for the funds of the society , hearing norther signature than" From a well-wisher of the cause . "
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At the chapel , Nottingham * on Sunday , evening , Januwy 3 d , was christened , by Mr . Harrison , Zephaniah Williams Frost Qreensmlth . On Sunday evening last , was christened at « the Parish Church , Calverton , by the Rev . Samuel Oliver , Feargus O'Connor Lester , the son of William and Sarah Lester . , At Dalston , a village , near Carlisle , on New Year ' s Day , the following children of Thomas and Ann Walton , were duly registered by the Rev . Walter Fletcher , chancellor tf the diocese , Adam Henry Tincent M'J > 6 uall Walton ; George Arthur Feargus O'Connor Walton ; John Frost Walton ; and Margaret Lovett Collins Walton . ' At the same place , a short time ago , a son of William and Barbara Ridley , was registered Joseph Feargus O'Connor Ridley . " ¦ ••
On Sunday , Dec 28 th , James Horrocks had a child Christened , in the Catholic Chapel , at Darlington , Margaret O'Connor Horroeks . Christened by the Rev . Robert Atkins , of St . John ' s Church , Hanley , Emma O'Connor Yates , the daughter of Martha Yates , of the same place . On the 24 th of November , Mary , the wife of Richard Grassby , of Hull , was safelydelivered of a son , whichhas beetfftuly registered Feargus Roger O'Connor Gnssby , after the brave champion of the people ' s rights , and his most illustrious and immortal father , who died a martyr to the people ' s cause , '• ¦ * . ¦ On the 3 d of January , at the Catholic Chapel , Barnsley , bythAvKev . Mr . Cook , Mr . D . Pilmore , hairdresser , ha 4 his son chriBtened Fe&Tgus Athton O'Connor Pilmore , in commemoration of the "lion" of bar « der , Feargus O'Connor , and our honest and independent incarcerated townsman , Wm . Ashton . _ .. ' ,:.
OnSaturdsy , the l » tn ulfc , Hannah , the wife of J « faj > Horsfall , at Honley , nearHuddersfleld , newsagent * was ssfely delivered of s > daughter , which was duly registered by the Rev . James Potter , Sarah O'Connor Pltost Horafall . At Mansfield Church , on Friday , Deo . 18 th , the fafant son of Richard and Ann Birch , was named Feargus O'Connor Birch . This poor babe was soon deprived of its mother by the curse of poverty , being forced , throagh necessity , to assist in cleaning herbnsb * nd * wo » k , through whichshe caught cold , and has been hurried to a premature grave . Thus ar « the fair daughters of Britain left to pine in wretchedness and want in the hour of their affliction . . . On tke 24 th Dec was registered , the daaghter of John Stewart , of MolA-gwen , Alice Artuo * Feargos O'Connor Stewart ¦ - « i ¦ At Linthwaite was registered , the daughter of Wm . Jenkinson , Hannah O'Ctonor Jenkinson .
At Worcester , on t *» * Oth December , Mr . Martin Griffiths had a child teptfsed Jane Vincent Join and Maria Liswnore , of Binninfhsaa , had a son bom December a 7 tb , «* <» «* iort " & * 1 him re « * tefedFewgns O'CoimorCollinsF ^ eridt . . " . ^ x . V Christened at th * Collegiate Church , MMcbertwvon the 85 th ult , Masj Jane O ^ htaim ^ nm . dM ^ ja John and Hmtet P © w « . <*«* » - «*••*• *** " 5 * " ? - ing from church , the health at the *» *«» * ¦¦* also , the health of the old O ., with ^ ttaeejlmes thne tremendous cheers , t ^ l ^ * «* ^^ natives : shewing that , although he was in York , he ^ a ^ SS ^ onnor Bm * K d « ght « of jTbomas Mirths ! Breariey . was registered at Oldham . th l ^ d ^ 'Se wlfe of Thoina . Price , ofStapfefort , wLffiveS 5 - daughter . wWch ha , been dnjr registered Elin Frost , in honour of the exiled patriot ,
J < SgKl Nov . 30 th , 1840 , Feargus , tbe ^ oUohn tod Arnrtia QVedhm , Berry Brow , ue « Jadta **^ The daughter « f Robert and Ann Holt , of Herwood , was duly registewd Mary Ann Frost Holt .
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UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE AND NO SURRENDER . nP'HE Working People of Leeds are respectfully JL apprised , that a GRAND SOIREE , in furtherance of the cause of Equal Rights , will be holden in the MUSIC SALOON , SOUTH-PARADE , LEEDS , on the Evening of Wednesday , Jan . 20 th . Tho following Geutiomen will be present on the occasion ' : —Messrs . O'Neil , M'Crae , Pattinson , and Moir , from Scotland ; Messrs . J . R . Richardson , and
J . Leech , from Manchester ; Mr . John Mason , of the Midland Counties ; Messrs . J . R » Bairstow , and P . Deegan , Chartist Lecturers ; Mr . Clancy , of Norwich ; John Watkins , Esq ., of Aislaby Hall ; Mr . John Collins , of Birmingham ; and Mr . Penny , of Millbridge . Several other Gentlemen are expected to be present on the occasion ; being sent as Delegates or Deputies , from other partB of the Kingdom , to tho Great National Demonstration , on Thursday , the fl ? wenty-First .
Tea will be on the Table at Half-past Seven in the Evening . . .. - Toasts and Sentiments will be given from the Chair , an ^ d responded to by the Gentlemen present * us soon as TOa i » over . Tickets , One Shilling each , may be had at tha Northern Star Office ; also of Mrs . Mann , Bookseller , Central Market ; Jtmes Illingworth , White Horse , Vicar-Lane ; Mr . Joseph Turner , corner of * Fre © Market ; Mr . Francis Phillips , Hair Dresser , New Road End ; Snd of the Members of the Council of the National Charter Association . A limited number of Tickets will be issued ; and none sold after Monday the 18 th .
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The Armstrong Liver Pills are recommended , as an Anti-bilious medicine * to every sufferer from bilious complaints and . indigestion , or from an inactive liver , and are procurable at all Druggists , and at the Northern Star office . It is only necessary to see that the stamp has «• Dr . John Armstrong ' s . Liver pills" engraved on it in white letters , ana bo let no one put you off wi ^ h any o ther pills . N . B . The boxes in marbled paper , and marked R , are a more active preparation than the others , ana are particularly and universally praised .
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On Monday last , at St . John ' s church , Leedf . Mr . John Jackson , to Misa Sarah Holliday , third daughter of the l » te Mr . William Hollid » y , * H of Leeds . ... ¦ On Thursday last , at Silkstone church , new Barnsley , Mr . Shaw , profefsdr of rausic ^ YoW n t » Misa Eliia Headon , of Barnsley . _ On Thursday , at our parish church , Mr . John Humphrey Bland , npholsterer , to Sarah Kaye > second daughter or the late Mr . Matihew Htttchiason all of Leeds , ' ., . , i .. ¦ On Wednesday , at oar parish enurcb , by tho Rev . P . Cookson , Thomas Cane , Esq ., of Bnblni . to Jane , eldest daughter of the John Atkinsoa , Etq ^ F . L . S ., surgeoft , of Leed ? . ^ . ¦ , _„ ¦ ,. On the 1 st iast ., »* the Old Church , AAtgn , Mr . Jacob Hibbert , spinner , the son of David Hibbert , farmer , to 3 Mfo » Jane Bentley , both of Ashtonuader-Lyne . . .
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DEATHS . On Sunday last , in the 19 th year ^ of her age , Nelly , the daughter of Mr . Joshua Paget , farmer , after three week ' s illness , Mre .. Bella Raffield , wife of Francis Raffield jomer , aged « . . . On Saturday last , the 9 th insl . £ homMM Tiute , the infant son of John Thwna * Dolaan , Esq ., of Micklegate ,. ia York . _ . n ^ . ^ , ! . t 2 &&WJ ? &Sj * & . greaves , eloth » anufaoturer . Worthy . wmiMtt . rw , finnrf » lui . and 46 y « ars ,. MrwWiuaa ,
L * M « da ^ wr y taddenl ,, at Jus wndwMseia ^ r ! £ ^ ^ n ' sunda ^ tbi « town , Mr . G « . rgeF « rtar , aged 76 jear » i he bad been ft _ Bhenff '• pfiear fo » &t 2 y ? at Dnkinfield , the wife of Gwrfp Heaton , mechanfo . In her 36 ih wj ^ lw tw ]«** » !«« e family . She was a staunch Chartist , and was highly respected by a large circle of friends . . ' - Lately , at Ashton , Catherine Hughes , in her 62 nd .
Lately ,. * k AsbWp . Mary Ann , the wife of Mr Henrvilurlana , in her 32 nd . year . j . On ^ iiday , at Manoheatj ir , ii * n advanced /» , ranch r tijreUed by bis family and friends , Mr . Johtt Lifejfomerlj pf Bi |» le / , in 4 h ] 8 « ountT . '
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Melahcholt Death of x Mamiac , vrok Wart , jlKD Expospbe to Cold . —On Tuesday evening an inquest was held by Mr . Payne , at the St . Sepulcre ' s Workhouse , West-street , Smithfield , on the body of Thomas Arthur Sadler , formerly a compositor . From the evidence , it appeared that he had been found l y ing on the West pavement , from whence he was taken to the workhouse , where he expired . Verdict—Died from want , and exposure to extreme cold .
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THE "WELCOME TO DAN . " A > st THEWorkgoes bravely on . The Committee are acting energetically . The Delegates are beinjg chosen . Preparations arc being made on an extensive scale . Indeed , all appearances promise thai Thursday next will be such a day , & Leeds never saw , —nay , such a day , as never befotie dawned njjpa England . . - ; . " '
Barnsley is ready ; Dawsbury is ready ; HudderBfield ia ready ; Halifax is ready ; Bradford is ready . Nay , who is there tbat is not ready to march to Leeds , to give O'Connob his day , and Pa » Bs welcome ! " 1 ! 1 The Deputies are hereby requested to be in Leeds early on Wednesday . On the evening of that day , a Grand SoiRXB-yrill be field in the Music Saloon , which they are required to attend .
Again , we say to all parties , be prompt ! Send m your subscriptions at once . Appoint your deputies without delay . Get your music and your banners ready , and march to the Welcome , " every one who values his wife's good name , his children ' s flesh and blood and tears and groans , and his own individual rights . Yes , all who think they owe O'Connor a day , and Dan a" Weloome , " and who live within six and thirty miles of Leeds , « March ,- nuxsh , all in good order , " to pay your debts to eaob . The Committee of arrangement also desire thai by Monday , at latest , they may be apprixed of all appointments of deputies , that they may duly announce the same .
Now , then , every one to his post ! This is the last warning we can give . Before the Star appears again , the Welcome will be given—the demonstration will be over . On your existence as a party ; on your affection for your wives and your babes ; on your own feelings as men and fathers , and women and mothers , we charge you to make BOTH what they should be 1 !! Again , " every one to his post I ' One thing mind . ! " No Riot "—no breach of th * peace ! The Liar ' said we counselled Riot , because he wished to have one when he found that n < j other means would save him and his " little flefek . " from political destruction . Yes ! "Riot" would just suit . But he will be disappointed } * No Riot !! " Peace—L * w—Order" must be our motto , aad nothing must cause us to swerve from it .
The bare announcement that the Chartists' are coming to Leeds ' to " Welcome Dak , " has thrown the menagerie of " birds and beasts" into the most delightful confusion ! They suspended seliingtheir tickets , determining to give them only to their own creatures . They whispered to one another , "And is it true , think you , that the Chartists will interfere ? " Their organ tried the power of "Sqf » - SAWDEa , "by whining out ,. " The Chartists have more
sense — " We cannot believe they will do any such , thing ! " Their " show" is to be guarded by hosts of policemen ! to save the geese from being plucked I In fact , consternation , has seized upon the whole herd 1 and they gladly wish to get out of the mesa , under cover of a " riot , " which they would be sure to charge upon the Chartists . But they shall be disap * pointed . We can , and will" welcome Dan , " without riot !! ' ... " ¦
Amongst either lies they have used , to sell thefif tickets , they have circulated , far and near , thai Collins bad accepted their invitation , and was to b present 1 Tub Liaks ! A letter from him now lies on our table , in which he says : — "My answer t » them was , that as my principles were different , I declined to attend ! " What miserabla subterfuge I How are the mighty fallen ! Come to Leeds on Thursday , and -complete in person , what your expressed intention ef coming has so well begun I Come and extinguish the political rushlights 1 Bu £ no Riot ! " Peace , Law , and Order . "
The different processions are requested to draw up in the Free Market , Vicar ' s Croft , as they arrive , preparatory to one general procession tothe place of meeting . Again we say , " Every one io hj / t posit' *
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 16, 1841, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct362/page/5/
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