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T " nBnf Mn . ^ ^ ¦ ¦ ' MKiBLAw ^ ¦ Yi&Hjf ^ taV Hdttt ^ r ^ rAV ¦ T ? MIGRANTS TO AMERICA are not generally 111 aware that there is a large per centage paid in Liverpool and other ports , to lodging-house keepers and porters , for booking Passengers . They are told ail sorts of plausible stories to induce them to pay their money the moment they arrive by Steam Boat or Railway . . ¦ _ ,. ¦ ¦;¦ . . ¦ -: ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ .. - ¦'• ¦ . ; :: ; : . . - . : ¦ }¦ : . ' - ¦'¦ By remitting One Pound each , in a Post-office Order , Passengers save this Commission , and will also receive back One Shilling in the Pound on the amount of their Passage money when they pay the balance . The new " Passenger ' s Act , ' which will soon be in force , will , in a great measure , put a stop to the many gross impositions that have been practised for yeara , pa 8 t . ¦ ' ; . ¦ ;•• ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦" •• ¦ ¦ - . ¦ -, ' . ¦ . - ¦ . - . ¦ ¦
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know any tiling about God . " Richard Williams , almost ten years of age—a scholar in a Welch Sunday school , belonging to the Indepeadeais—informs as that he never heard of Jesus Christ , and does not know the Lord ' s Prayer . We wonder what the Independents of England will say to this . Then there is another child , who knows nothing of the Comman dments ; and a girl , aged seventeen , gives us this information—" They never have told me anything of Jesus Christ , nor do I know who-he is . ? A . girl , thirteen years old , does not know whether God made her , and saya roundly , "There are no Commandments f * and , to finish this enlightened
specimen of the " religious" tuition imparted in those seminaries of " Scriptural" learning , we have a boy , fifteen years old , who " thinks Jesus Christ made God f and it had taken him twelve monihs at school to arrive at this conjecture ; while another of the same age—aye , who now goes to the Sunday school of the Independents— " thinks Jesus Christ was born in Wales , and went to England " This i 3 a fearful picture of the manner in which the children of the poor are instructed by the Eaintly hypocrites who are compassing sea and land to make proselytes , and who denounce the imparting of useful knowledge of a secular character on the Lord ' s Day as rank infidelity .
Sometimes an appeal is made , to the pockets of benevolent people , for the purpose of presenting boys and girls with Bibles and Testaments . We wonder of what use they would be to parties whose teachere had left them in the state of lamentable ignorance detailed in this report , There is Thomas Mitchell , aged thirteen , at Halifax , in the heart of Christian England , who never heard of Jesus
Chbisi—doe 3 not know what you mean by God : lias heard of a Bible , but does not know what it is all about ; and as a proof of the excellent moral training he has received . He says— " I do not know what would become of me hereafter if I am wicked ; I have never been told . If I tell a falsehood or lie , I tell a lie . It may be good , or bad ; but I don't know the difference , "
We wish we knew the precise school in Halifax in which this boy was taught , or , rather , was not taught ; for not a particle of useful knowledge appears to have been imparted . We would certainly give it all the infamous notoriety the case so richly merits . The truth is , this most important document must force conviction upon all who are not determined to remain unconvinced in spite of the most incontrovertible evidence that a system of the most brutalising character and diabolical cruelty i 3 at thi 3 moment in actual
operation in the coal mine 3 of England , Wales , and Scotland , a system to which the state of slavery in the West Indies was a Paradise , and which will only bear comparison with the most demoniac practices of ancient times , Nay , we axe prepared to prove that in juxaposition with the atrocieties now practiced and the wholesale , physical , mental , and moral slaughter daily perpetrated , in the millsj factories , and mines of this country , the darkest deeds of antiquity are white as snow . We are told of the infanticide sanctioned by the laws of Sparta
What wa 3 thst in atrociety in comparison with the binding pauper children by Poor Law Guardians for a period of sixteen years , to labour in those dens of darkness , misery , and vice , more hellish in their character than we can conceive even of hell itself ! We are reminded of the massacre of the infants of Bethlehem . Why that was mercy itself compared with the taking children , aye , and female children too , at three and four years old , and subjecting-them to the labours and brutal treatment which have been brought to light by this inquiry ! We may be
referred to the human sacrifices offei ed up in ancient Greece and Rome , or to the demon worship of the Jews in causing their son 3 and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Moloch . We admit" the horrible nature of these sacrifices and idolatrous rites , bnt they have at least this extenuation , that they were performed in a time of gross ignorance sad were in perfect accordance with the acknowledged spirit of the age . Besides in these cases the body only was affected ; but here we have a system opposed to every precept of Christianity , abhorrent
to every principle of humanity , and destructive alike to body , mind , and Epirit . These helpless victims are as truly offerings consumed upon the altar of Idolatry , as were any of the ancient sacrifices . Mammon is the god of Britain . Mammon is exalted on oar altars , K"A \ b enshrined within our palaces Capital has -usurped the throne of Omnipotence , and even in the temple of God is elevated as supreme . To thi 3 monster Devil , this modern Juggernaut , all must bow . Decrepid age , and helpless infancy , the strength of manhood and female beauty , the powers of the intellect , and the gushings of affection , -must
alike be Bacrinced ; ana it appears as if no one dared to raise the standard againsi its insatiable thirst of gain , or venture to interrupt the further ravages of its uncontrolled authority . We are glwl to find that the press of every shade ef politics is beginning to take np this question . This is as it Ehouldbe . It is no question of politics , it is far removed beyond and above the narrow range of party bickering ; it is a great question of social and moral interest ; it demands the exertions of all , and no one can henceforth refuse to aid in the rescue of those victims of oppression without incurring the guilt of innocent blood .
We want to know whether the pulpit will follow the example of the pres 3 ; whether the priesthood , who were first and foremost in denouncing and putting an end to negro slavery will come forward to the rescue of the white slaves of England ? We know they ought , and we know they must , or be prepared to encounter the curse of the Almighty , and the detestation and abhorrence of every honest man . We might ask , why an interference on their part has not been made long since ! We might inquire
hovf they could live , as thousands of them do , in the coal districts , and witness the horrible depravity and profound ignorance everywhere so apparent , and not institute a searching inquiry in order . to provide a remedy ? We c&n readily conceive that a large poition of the ignorance , vice , and wretchedness , which the commission has brought to light , was ¦ unknown even in the places where it existed in the greatest abundance j bnt we cannot permit the plea of ignorance to be carried so far . It is impossible that magistrates , proprietors of mines , and especially
ministers of religion living upon the spot , would be altogether uninformed as to what was going on . And yet nothing has been done—and why ! We fear the proprietors have closed their eyes to the horrible eiils of the system , because it was to them profitable ; the magistrates have winked at it , lest an interference on their part should give offence to some wealthy neighbour ; and the ministers of religion have connived at it because ample collections are required to carry out . their deagns , and to enable them to appear
respectable . " The fleece must be secured , no matter what becomes of the flock ; and the splendid temple must arise , though every stone should be purchased with the price of blood . Whatever may have been the case , ignorance now exists no longer . The evidence ib ample , and it is undeniable . We now , therefore , have a right to ask for practical proof , that all the denunciations against slavery , that all the mournings over the wrongs of Africa , that all the professed anxiety to convert
the heathen , was not , and is not , mere cant and hypocrisy . If there is either trnth or consistency in the religious public , now is the time to show it . A system has been brought to light , as now actually existing , which is fraught with the most fearful , and productive of the most tremendous , circumstances , temporal and eternal , to all concerned in it . The same power which broke the chains of slavery can rescue the children of Britain from present thraldom and future ruin . The same zeal and
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To you , the ministers and members oT Christian churches , of every name and denomination , we now appeal ; and we tell you plainly that on you , in reference to this question , the eyes of the whole country are placed . You may sit down and do nott inp , but you cannot do so with impunity Your Christian character i * at stake . You
cannot defend this cruel and villanous outrage on humanity . You know it is opposed to every precept of Revelation , and to every dictate of feeling and of sympathy . You would not have your own children so deliberately handed over to destruction , and you are bound , therefore , to exert every power on behalf of those helpless victims of oppression .
An appeal to Parliament , on this subject , from every congregation throughout the land ought instantly to be made . On your Altars petitions were laid for the abolition of slavery , and were numerously signed , even after divine service , on the Sabbath , in many places ; let those Altars be now consecrated to a not lessholy purpose . Let the cry of oppression at your own doors excite an interest , at least , as powerful as that which was called forth by the wrong 3 of strangers ; and let us , at least , have one proof that you are not entirely dead to the claims of domestic misery , and the demands of our most holy faith .
We have not yet done with this horrible subject . We shall return to it again and again . The wicked shall have no rest : nor will we cease from troubling them . While it may please God tbat we have power to write ox speak , we " will uphold the cause of the afflicted , and maintain the right of the poor /'
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THE FORTHCOMING NOTTINGHAM ELECTION . , Thb eyes of the whole country are now directed to the approaching contest for the deserted seat at Nottingham ; and , as no doubt every species of corruption will be resorted to , we think it right to give to both electors and non-electors a few words of advice and caution . The base factions know that many of the electors are poor—that a sovereign or two would be to them a present advantage ; and sovereigns will be freely , though not openly perhaps
offered on the coming occasion . Let the electors remember that no man will buy them unless he intends to sell them ; and let them count carefully the loss and gain of the experiment . They may gain a paltry trifle , bat they will certainly lose not only the chance of benefiting their country , but they will also be , as far as in them lies , instrumental in perpetuating their own misery and wretchedness . What has brought Nottingham and every other town in the kingdom to the state of
unparalleled distress under which they are now suffering ? Class legislation . And class legislation has been mainly produced by the readiness with which electors have received the reward of iniquity from the base betrayers of their country . Let them reflect well on these things , and they will infallibly come to the conclusion that they will be more benefited by an honest non-buying Representative , than by a Candidate who wishes to buy them with a sovereign or two , in order to continue the system ; and we trust they will act accordingly .
We hope every friend of freedom will be at his post and manfully perform his duty . Let local committees be instantly appointed , and let the most extensive steps to be taken to hunt out and put to rout , both night and day , all bribery machinery of every kind , that the tricks of the factions may be displayed in open day ; and let all to whom a bribe is offered be well assured that tha candidate who spends money intends to have it all back with good interest , either by himself , or his relations , or connections . Mr . Stuege stands pledged neither directly , or indirectly , to spend
any money beyond the necessary legal expences , and if the other side are watched vigilantly and at all points , the eleotors will have no where to look , and they will vote right . We would suggest the rigid administration of the bribery oath . The House of Commons will not abolish bribery , and therefore , the steps suggested by the law ought above all things to be attended to at the present and every future election . The freemen in the boroughs are chiefly of tho working classes , and if they are promptly c"hown that nobody will be allowed to give them money , they will do their dnty .
To run purity against bribery is like doing nothing . Bribery can be and must be prevented everywhere , if the friends of honour and consistency will but do their duty . Nottingham gave the fatal blow to the most detestable faction that ever cursed a country ; let it now rear the standard of purity and vigilance , and be first in the glorious battle for a nation ' s rights and a world ' s redemption .
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Detebmined to commemorate every great national event connected with the present " movement , " Mr . O'Coknob has entered into arrangements for presenting the Subscribers to the Star with a large and splendid Engraving of the Presentation of
THE GREAT NATIONAL PETITION to the House of Commons . This Plate will be as much superior to the Engra-Tings already given with the Star , as they were to any ever given with any other newspaper . It will be divided , as it were , into three main compartments . The first will represent the Dele-GATEsin CoxvExnoNASSEMBLED . previous to starting with the Petition to the House of Commons , The centre and largest compartment will repre-- sent the Pbocsssion accompanying the Petition to the House , the Petition itself , the Beakers of it , and the People , when passing Whitehall , and approaching Palace Yard . The third compartment will represent the Petition IN THE HOUSE , when laid on the table , " being a general view of the Interior of the House of
Commons , the Bar and the Speaker ' s Chair being prominent features . In addition to these main compartments the upper and lower edges of the plate will be divided into sixteen other smaller compartments , each one of which will contain an accurate representation of some great Publio Building passed in the route from the Convention Rooms to the Parliament House . Views will thus be given of Temple Bar , St . Clement Dane ' s Church , Somerset House , Exeter Hall , St . Mary-le-Strand , Trafalgar Square , Northumberland House , Whitehall . Richmond Terrace , The Admiralty , The Horse Guards , Westminster Bridge , The Treasury , Westminster Abbey and St . Margaret ' s Church , Westminster Hall , and the Exterior of the House of Common .
There will thus be given , upon one very large sheet , Niketbbs Splendid Pjctcebs , all harmoniously combined to make the whole an effective and worthy representation of the most important movement ever made by the English people in favour of liberty . The terms upon which the Plate will be issued are - as follow : —
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Every Subscriber to the Star for Four Months , from the date of entering bis name with his newsagent , will be "entitled to a Plate . We do not promise to have it ready at any particular time , for the work will be one of such a character , and will need such careful attention on the part of the Engraver , as to defy any one to fix an exact time . This , however , we do promise . Every subscriber is at liberty to cease his subscription at the end of four months , holding his ticket , and receiving his plate and paper from the Agent he has subscribed with , the day it is presented ,
just as if he had continued to subscribe . The Price of the Paper the week the Plate is presented will be One Shilling . We will try to make such arrangements as will make this the only charge the Subscribers will have to pay . Agents , therefore , will please to open subscription lists , and in all cases furnish the subscriber with a ticket , which ticket will entitle him to the Plate whenever it is given for subscribing for the Star for four months . As soon as possible , specimens shall be placed in the hands of the Agents .
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G . S . Nussey . —The subject of his letter is one on which ) as he must be aware , the readers of the Star have been often warned . Our space does not at present ailoio of its insertion ; but we shall be glad , with his permission , to reserve it for awhile : it may be useful by and by : we by no means intend the subject to sleep . The Truck System rightly administered . —A petty hosier , who wishes to pass for a good methodist , being lately " pulled up" belore the Mayor of Derby for paying one of his . workmen partially in goods , was very properly informed by the Mayor that the goods which the poor fellow hod had from him could only be regarded as a present , and that he must now pay the remainder
of the money due for wages . Job Plant , before he brgan a system of insslent annoyance , should have "taken stock" of his brain pan , Jo ascertain whether he had sense enough to carry it on . His letter was not directed for Feargus O'Connor ; it was directed to the Editor of the Northern Star , though addressed to Feargus O ^ Connor , inside . We do not publish Feargus O'Connor's " dwelliny house to be A !? . 5 , Briggate , & [ C- ; " we usually publish and write what we know to be true ; had this been Mr . Plant ' s practice he would have saved himself the trouble of writing , and us of replying to this letter . Christopher Wood , / ate of Honley , still continues a
prisoner at Rothwell , without any other means of sustenance than the casual aid of parties who are indisposed to see a man starved to death in England for being a Chartist . We have reason to believe that that is the "head and front" of Mr . Wood ' s offending . We trust that the Chartists of the West Riding , and the country generally , will see that the devils who desire his destruction be disappointed . X . Y . Z . —His communication is an advertisement . Erratum . —In the balance-sheet of the Convention , last week , Robert Wing was printed , instead of Robert King , in the list of Yorkshire contributions . Robert King . —We are very sorry that parties
professing Chartism should evince such a sptnl as that which he describes in his letter . Darlikgton Chartists . — Write again to Mr . Hey wood . Pbofits to the Executive , from Huffy Ridley ' s sale of tea and coffee , from February % th to May § th , os 10 y . Audited and found correct , Thomas M . Wheeler , John Fussell . F . —We will take his file of the Times at the price he states if he will send it to us , with a letter staling how we can remit . Messrs . Dewhibst and Ebwards wish to inform those whom it may concern , that on acconnt of so
many applications being made for their services to address Chartist camp meetings on Sundays , they beg that in future all those who may wish for their services will correspond with them previously , at Mr . Alder son's , tailor , Bank-street , Bradford , Yorkshire . The Greenock Young Men's Charter Association are desirous of having correspondence with their brother Chartists , and would be obliged if some of the Young Men ' s Charter Associations would send a copy of their rules , and give their addresses . All letters to be directed ( post paid )
John Smith , tailor , Hill s Land , No . 9 , Williamstreet , Greenock . Denunciations .- —We have received from our . London correspondent very strongly worded resolutions from two of the Chartist districts of the metropolis in reference to the conduct of a very prominent character in connection with the ball for the political victims . Our correspondent accompanies the resolutions by a note , from which we give the following : — "I must request your insertion of it , or upwardB of twenty subscribers will leave the Star , they feeling much " crabbed" that the last denouncement was
not inserted . " Wt > . h / ine onery rff . sirp . tn nhlioe our friends so far as we can do so consistently with puoctc service ; Out the one thing against which , more than all others , we have set ourselves during our whole political existence has been the publication of sectional squabbles and individual denunciations . While the slightest and most respectfully expressed intimation from us that we did not perfectly approve and feel delighted with every thing dene and said bp some parties has been termed " dictation" and " denunciation , " and has been made the pretext for heaping upon us coarse and offensive ribaldry , we have the satisfaction of knowing , and every reader of the Star knows as
well , that we never yet denounced any man ; and none know belter than the yelpers about " dictation" and "denunciation" that we have always deprecated and struggled against it . Nottingham , Leicester , Sheffield , Newcastle , Huddersfield , Birmingham , and London can all bear ample—and some of them have borne sufficiently angry—testimony to this fact . We have been always of opinion that local and sectional differences should be confined to the quarters in which they unfortunately exist ; and that when individuals are—as in the present case—charged absolutely with dishonesty and unworthiness of trust , the charge ought never to come before the public as mere denunciation ; it ought to be
accompanied by a full statement of particulars , circumstances , and proofs ; so that if the accused can reply he may . This course was adopted by the Manchester Committee , in reference to Mr . R . J . Richardson , who has now , it is said , a Sturgite commission to organise South Lancashire for Complete Suffrage . That person was charged by the committee with certain acts of treachery , which could only have been the acts of a villain ; the circumstances were detailed and the proofs given , and he was dared to meet and contradict the statements . He never did meet and contradict them ; and , therefore , we believe the charges against him to be true , and the man to be a scoundrel , with whom it is disgraceful for any man , or body of men , to associate . ¦ In the present case , this has not been done . The resolution is one simply of denunciation ; and therefore we cannot insert it . We hope that the
distinction between denunciation and criticism will be carefully noted by the people ; so that hereafter when thin-skinned or insidious and dishonest men shall seek to jumble them together , for the purpose of covering villanous practices , and " getting away in the smoke , " they may be in no danger of being " humbugged . " W . H . Dyott has gratejulfy to acknowledge the promptitude with which his appeals for Stars have been answered , and much regrets that time does not permit him to reply personally to all the kind friends who remember him weekly . The struggle is setting in in good earnest in Ireland ; the good seed has been sown , and is germinating in the minds of the many ; events are rapidly ripening it to fruition ; an early and abundant harvest may be expected . W . H . D . begs of his friends not to relax their exertions . Monies to Mb , Heywood . —We have received the following from Mr . Heywoed . —
" Manchester , May 25 , 1842 . " Sir , —I sent you a statement of subscriptions three weeks ago , to be inserted in the Star , and yet no notice has appeared . " The parties are continually writing to me to know the reason , and I have no way to get out of the matter but by laying the whole of the blame upon the Editor of the Northern Star . Do oblige the subscribers by inserting it . " Yours respectfully , " Abel Heywood . "
AH we can say in the matter is , that so far as we know , every list of subscriptions received by us has appeared . Whether in the mass of letters which reach us some one may have been overlooked we cannot say ; but we are as careful as we can be to prevent thisfrom ^ happening . There can be no doubt that all monies received by Mr , Heywood will be rightly applied . We suggest that , in future , it may be well for him to keep a copy , with the exact date when sent , of any such articles he may send us . This will enable us to correct any mistake thai may hereafter occur . Rochdale . —Mr . John Leach writes to say that he was not the author of a paragraph in our last , stating the number of the meeting on Bagslate Csmm&n to have been not less than 10 , 000 . Suthero Mill . —We cannot insert the account of the sudden death of a female on anonymous authority . A Woolwich Cadet . —Too late .
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Samuel Sidebottom— His long letter written on both sides , received on Friday morning , is reserved for Mr . OConnbr , Carlisle Chabtists . —Their address to the Middle Classes came jiist as we were going to Press . Correspondents of the Northern Star . — London— T . M . Wheeler , 7 , Mills Buildings , Knightsbridge . Manchester—W . Griffin , 34 , Lomaastreet , Bank Top . Birminahani—Qeorge White , 29 , Bromsgrove-street Newcastle—Mr . J * Sinclair , Gateshead . SuHderland—Mr . J . Williams , Messrs . Williams and Binns , booksellers . Sheffield—Mr . G . J , Harney , news agent , '¦ ¦ 3 . 8 , Campo-Iane . Bath —Mr . G . M . Battlett , 19 , Gloucester Road Buildings , Swanawick , Bath .
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Money Orders to this Office . —Our Cashier is frequently made to endue an amount of inconvenience , utterly inconceivable by those who have { not multifarious transactions like his to attend to , by the negligence of parties not attending to the plain instructions so often given , to mate all money orders sent here payable to Mr . John Abdul . Some orders are made payable to Mr . O'Connorsome to Mr . Hobsori—some to Mr . Hill—some to S / ar-offlce : all these require the signature « f the person in whose favour they are drawn before the money can be obtained . This causes an attendance at the post-office of , sometimes , several hours , when a few niinntes might suffice if all were rightly given— 'not to mention the most Vexatious delays of payment sometimes caused by it Several old Agents— -who certainly ought to know better—have often thus needlessly incovenienced us ; we therefore beg that all parties having money to send to the Star-office for Papers , by order , will make their orders payable to Mr . John Ardill . If they neglect this , we shall not hold : ourselves bound to attend to them : if , therefore , they find their neglect to produce inconvenience to themselves let them sot blame us .
To Agents . — 'All those Agents who have orders for the back portaits , had better send them as early as possible , so that they may be forwarded with the specimens of the Petition Plate . W . M . Chesterfield . —Yes . To six week ' s subsuscribers 7 | d . in addition to the charge for the six papers . Wu . Wooley , Dukenfield . —The money has not been received here ; if it had , It would have been noticed . Thomas M'Cristle , Greenock . —Mr . Innes will receive a plate , with the others for him . J . A . Hogg . —Cannot say when we shall have a parcel for Newcastle . The Plates have been ready since April 23 rd—say how t&ey are to be s ' ejpt , J . B . Merry . —A Plate and a Medal will be sent during the week , either to Mr . Cleave , 1 , Shoelane , or to Mr . Watson , 15 , PatemoBter-row . FOR THB CONVENTION . £ 8 . d . From a few Deyonpert Friends , per T . Smith , sent on the 6 th of April , but omitted ... ... 0 5 0 FOB . MHS . WILLIAMS AND MRS . JONES . From the Female Radicals of Bath 0 14 0
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DUNDEE . —Provost Lawson has received £ 300 of the Government grant for constructing and improving public walks in the vicinity of large tovvns . This sum will be expended in improving the Magdalen Green , the only publio ground of easy access in the neighbourhood , and will give employment to a number of the unemployed , but at a rate of wages very far below the living point . The mi serable condition of our unemployed , is beginning to excite general attention . On Tuesday , the 17 th current , a considerable body paraded the streets with musio and flags . A black flag was carried in front , on one side of which was the following inscription : — " Oh ! why has man the will and power , To make his follow mourn ?" " 'Tis tyranny and submission . "
They went to the Magdalen Yard to wait the re 3 ult of a meeting of those assessed for poor-rates , then holding in the Town-Hall , and which had been convened by the magistrates to take into consideration the condition of the unemployed . This meeting broke tip without adopting or even considering any means of alleviating the misery of their fellowtownsmen . After several of our respectable philanthropists ( 1 ) had said their say , they went off in a hurry , without electing a committee , leaving it to be understood that the committee previously in existence , and whiohhas done absolutely nothing ... for llio loiuoml of tKo Jiotrnaa , should Still oontiuuo in office . The sufferingsi of the poor cast-off tools of the fortune makers must increase—must come to be unbearable , and threaten danger to these feeling
gentlemen , ere they will be so generous as return a portion of the wealth produced by the unemployed to save them from death . The unemployed were addressed by several persona who enjoined them td preserve the peace , and not give the magistrates an opportunity of pouncing upon any of tnem . They resolved to hold a public meeting en Friday , which was held in the Bill-street Hall . Several individuals addressed it , and exposed the unfeeling conduct of the magistrates , who had retained several sums of money they had received for the use of the unemployed , and when questioned about it , spoke of the unemployed in the most base and contemptuous terms . A committee of three was then appointed to remonstrate with the magistrates , and ascertain what the committee elected in the Town-hall , intended to do .
Thursday , the 19 th , was celebrated as her Majesty ' s birth day by the ringing of bells , the hoisting of flags on the old steeple and the shipping in the harbour , and the laying of the foundation stone of the parish church , which is to be built on the site of the old ope , which with the south and cross churches was burnt down on the morning of Sunday , the 3 rd of January , 1841 . The magistrates , trades , and masonic v bodies walked in procession to St . Andrew ' s Church , where a sermon was preached by the Rev . Mr . Arnott ; and from thence to the church where the foundation stone was laid by Provost Lawson , as proxy for Lord Panmure , Provincial Grand Master . The numbers in procession were not great , but a considerable number of
spectators were present at the laying of the stone . A collection was made in St . Andrew ' s Church for the unemploved , which , with the handsome donation of £ 50 received from Lord Penmure , amounted to upwards of £ 100 . The fooleries of the seniors during the day brought out the fooleries of the juniors in the evening . A crowd of lads and boys assembled in the High-street , not to give vent to their pent up feelings of loyalty to her Majesty , but evidence of the strength of their arms and legs to all her loyal subjects who had the misfortune to wear a " hat . " Mr . Mackissonj Superintendent of Police , having hiB cranium covered with one of these , then
unpopular , but necessary articles , was attaoked and rather roughly treated , but he took it all in good part . We observed the Junior Editor of the Courier , the lad who writes about the " Chartist sluts" and " unwashed blackguards , " in the middle of a crowd of boys , at the top of Unipn-street . He was considerably elevated with the " ardent" spirits of loyalty , challenging any one present to fight him , declaring he would stick to his post , and brandishing in his hand a new hat , bought , we suppose , for the occasion ; for the possession : of which in the morning he was indebted to a kind coachman , who put his fustian-covered arm round the young gentleman , and led him awayi—Correspondent .
SHEEPSHEAD , near Locghborough . —At a meeting of the framework-knitters of Sh&epshead , held on Monday last , Mr . Thomasi Callis in the chair , it was unanimously resolved— -1 st . V That a Committee of seven persons be immediately chosen , to watch , over and protect the interests of the workmen . " 2 nd . '' That the weekly sum of one halfpenny be solicited from every framework-knUter having employment . " 3 rd . " That the respectable tradesmen of the town be solioited to aid and assist us in our houeBt and lawful endeavour to resist and overthrow the attempt recently made to advance the frame-rent . " 4 th . " That Mr . John Rogers , a respectable freeholder resident in tho town , be appointed Treasurer of the funds to be raised as above , such fund to be at the disposal of the Committee , whose Secretary shall lay the accounts before the
next general meeting for their approval . " 5 th . " That the Committee shall make every inquiry concerning parties who are or may be paying the increased frame-rent , aad any person having knowledge of parties so acting are requested to report the same to the Committee without delay . " 6 th . " That the Committee shall wait upon every person who may be found paying the extra rent , aad persuade them to give up their frame or framos to their employers , and shall , on giving up such frame or frames , allow them a weekly sum of money as an equivalent . " 7 th . "That a report of the proceedings of this meeting be sent to the Editors of the three newspapers having the greatest circulation in this Jocality for insertion—namely , the Northern Star , the Nottingham Review , and the Leicestershire Mercury . " 8 th . ** That this meeting invite their fellowtradesmen in every village to form a Committee for self-protection , "
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SUNDISniiANI ) . —Distressed Condition of Working Men . —ThOHfianda of workmen are now wandering about unemployed in thiR ^ once flourishing place . Many have been absolutely destitute of all employment for nine months , and some longer . They are now less employed than they were in winter . The degree of distress may be judged of by the fact that the poor rates , whiph are collected quarterly , areinow 4 s . in the pound . Thus a house and shop rated at £ 25 pays £ 20 per annum poor rate . A meeting of the unemployed workmen is intended to be held in a few days .
BRADFORD . —Fatal Cqllibet Aocident . — On Monday last , at the Dudley Hill Colliery pit , a frightful accident occurred by which one man lost hia life . The name of the deceased is Abraham Simpson , who , with another man , was removing some scaffolding in the pit , on part of which being removed an immense body of foul air esoaped , and coming in contact with a lighted candle which the deceased held in his hand , immediately ignited , and an explosion took place . The pit was instantly in a blaze , and such was the force of the explosion , thai
Simpson was blown to a considerable height in the pit from which he fell down ; his hat being blown out of the pit ' s mouth . His corpse , when taken out , as our informant significantly related it , appeared to have been " smashed to atoms . " The other man escaped the violence of the explosion in a great degree by secreting himself under the scaffolding , and though he has sustained considerable injuries , hopes are entertained of his ultimate recovery . Simpson has left a widow and four children to mourn his untimely end . * :
Fatal Accident near Bradford . —On Tuesday evening , an accident attended with loss of life , ocenrred a little below Bradford Moor . It appears that as Benjamin Greenwood , of Shipley Moor Head , carrier between Shipley , Leeds ; and York , was on his return from Leeds at about six o'clock , with a waggon loaded with wool , and drawn by four horses , when on the brow of the hill the main pin of the waggon came out , which throwing the whole weight of the load on the animals caused them to move forward at a rapid pace . He ran to the head of the leaders to arrest thair progress , but not succeeding in this he was thrown down , and either the wheels went over hia head and left shoulder ,
or he was so severely crushed against the curb stone , or the road wall , as to fracture his skull and cause instantaneous death . Finding themselves at liberty the horses daehed onward , taking with them their load , until beside New Leeds , where they liberated themselves and went clear off . Tke circumstance having been noticed further inquiry was made , the result of which was , that the unfortunate man was found at the place where the accident occurred quite dead . He was taken up and conveyed to the publichouse , kept by Grace Brear , and surgical assistance instantly procured , but as he was dead before taken up the attendance of a surgeon was of course unavailing .
Shipley . —Sudden Death . —Mr . Ducket , tanner , near Windle Craig , died at a moment ' s notice , on Monday afternoon last . Thunder Storm . —The town and neighbourhood of Bradford were vieited by a severe and awful thunderstorm , accompanied with hail and rain , on Monday last . LEEDS . —Ancient Foresters . —On Monday , a new court of Ancient Foresters was opened in Leeds , at the house of Brother John Cummins , Hope and Anchor Inn , Pottery-field * when the officers and
brethren of Court Moderation , and Coart Mutual Friendship , attended in their splendid regalias . Brother Thomas Stead , P . D . C . C ., of the Xeeds United District , delivered an address suitable for the occasion , and impressed on their minds to be united as the heart of one man , and to do justice , love mercy , and unite altogether ; and after P . D . CR . Thos . Stead had proceeded to open the New Court "Oak , " a number of respectable young men were initiated into the mysteries of this Ancient and Honourable Order , and a number more expressed their wish to be made on the next meeting .
Zoological Gardens . —Upwards of £ 100 was paid by the Temperance Society , for the use of those gardens , last week . It is estimated that more than 10 , 000 persons passed through the gate on this occasion . The Society paid 3 d . each tor all : who were admitted , retaining the other 3 d . towards the expense of making good any damage to the gardens , should any be sustained , but as this was not the case it will be a nice addition to their funds . Whilst referring to these gardens we cannot but expresslour regret that the committee will be driven to sell them . £ 500 must be raised in annual subscriptions before the 6 th of June , if they are to be continued open to the public , and as yet only £ 100 has been raised . We have . heard of many who are inclined to subscribe if they be canvassed , and we would suggest to the committee the propriety of making an active canvass for subacriptiona . Surely there is taste enough in LeedB to raise £ 500 a-y ear for suob . a purpose .
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Awful and Heartrending Scene . —From a Correspondent . —The peaceful and romantic village of Ashover became the scene of one of the most deplorable and heartrending tragedies that ever occurred in this , or perhaps anj other country , Mr . Richard Eaton , a gentleman in independent circumstances , about sixty years of age , in loading his gun in the house , to go in pursuit of a mad dog , accidentally shot his eon , a youth about 16 or 18 years of age , and immediately after , in the frenzy of the moment , took a pistol and shot himself through the head and fell dead upon the spot . The gun was loaded with slugs and its contents first struck the young man ' s arm , and after passing in an oblique direction and shattering the bone , entered his side * He of course
instantly dropped , but did not expire till about seven next morning . On seeing his son fall the father was seized with an agony of grief , and exclaiming , ; " My dear son ! What shall I do ? what shall I do ! My dear , dear son !'' he took a loaded piBtol , rushed out into the garden , applied the muzzle just below hi 3 right ear and fired , when the bullet , after penetrating the head , passed out a little above the left ear , causing instantaneous death . Inquests were this day held over the bodies before Mr . Hutchinson , the Coroner for the Hundred of Scarsdale , and verdicts returned to the effect that the son was accidentally shot , and that the father put an end to his own existence in a fit of frenzy consequent upon the previous accident .
Mr . Baton was a gentleman very highly respected by an extensive circle of acquaintances , to whom his urbanity of manners and his known worth had greatly endeared him . His melancholy end will be a subject of unfeigned grief to all who knew him . He hau left a wife and daughter , who resided with him at Ashover , and a son who is in business in Nottingham . The younger son , who has lost his life as above described , was also an apprentice with Mr . Hicklin , the bookseller in that town , and bad returned to spend a few weeks at home , in consequence of indisposition . What adds , if possible , to
the deplorable character of this sad catastrophe , is the circumstance that the elder son was to have been married this day , and the wedding party were to have visited Ashover , in commencing their tour of p leasure , and preparationswere made to receive them , but , alas ! bow changed the scene ! Ashover is about six miles to the south-west of Chesterfield Overton Hall , the seat of the late Sir Joseph Banks is within about half a mile of the residence of poor Mr . Eaton . Mr . E . was formerly Governor of the County Prison , Derby , and had retired with a comfortable independency , and purchased a pretty little property in Ashover , and was , as it were , the leading man in the place .
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THE NEW EXECUTIVE . We again call the attention of the people to this subject . They will find the instructions of the Executive as to the voting , &c . elsewhere , to which we refer them . We would also beg the people generally to read the plan of organisation . Many localites , we perceive , have nominated several different candidates . This is unaceordant with rule , and must be at once corrected . Every sub-Secretary
is at liberty to nominate one eandidate , but no more . Every locality ought to consider carefully the whole range of public men before them , and instruct their sub-Secretaries accordingly for the nomination . For Heaven ' s sake , let us have an Executive in which the people—the whole peoplecan have entire confidence . No barking , yelping , stealthy , winding , slimy lookers-out for thirty shillings a week , as a means of becoming or of helping to become " respectable . "
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BROOK THE VICTIM . Elsewhere we give a letter from the brother of this victim , to which we call attention ,
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Burial-Grounds in France . —The subject of intermural interment would seem to be exciting some interest in France . The Minister of the Interior required the academy to famish answers to the following questions : —1 . Is the presence of burialgrounds m cities capable of acting injuriously on the health of the publio ! 2 . Should burying-grounds be removed to a distance from towns and all inhabited places ? and is there any danger in permitting the deposit or dead bodies in eknrp . heg 1 Supposing the second question to be answered in the amruia < , i < r « , to what distance from the town should the cemetery be removed ? The questions were submitted to a commission composd of MM , Orfila , Keraudren , Lecanu , Villeriney and Royer-Collard . —Provincial Medical and Surgical Journal .
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EPSOM RACES . —THE DERBY . The Derby Stakes of 50 sovs . each , h ft , for three yrs old colts , 8 st 7 . 1 b ; and allies , 8 st 2 lb ; the last mile and a half ; the owner of the second horse to receive 100 sovs . out of the stakes . The winner to pay 100 soys , towards the police and the regulations of the Course . ( 183 Subs . ) Colonel Anaon's Attila .... ( W . Scott ) 1 Lord Verulam's Robert de Gorham ... ( Cotton ) 2 24 ran .
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The National Convention . —Received by General Treasurer towards payment of balance overdrawn , and outstanding debts : — £ s . d . Mr . Sims , London , ( second ) ... 0 0 6 Female Chartists , Carlisle ... 0 9 0 Mr . L . Pitkethly 10 0 Maxwelltown Association ... 0 5 0 Wingate , GrangeColliery ... 10 0 Malton and Pooklington ... 19 8 Marriage party , Ripponden ... 0 14 1 Sunderland and South Hetton ... 0 13 0 Three Crowns , Richmond street , balance not reported ... ... 0 4 8 Nottingham , Thatcher ... ... 100 Middle Class Chartist ... ... 0 2 6 £ 7 2 5
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —I have , during the Wfiitaun holidays , made a second pilgrimage to Northallerton , for the purpose of seeing a dear brother who is confined in Northallerton House of Correction for a political offence , and who has suffered already two years and nearly three months , under the silent « ystem . . I visited him last on the 26 th of December , 1841 , and found him greatly reduced in body ; at that time he bad been ill a considerable time , but has sines enjoyed better health .
I saw him again on Whit-Tuesday . Alas ! what a strange alteration ; the bloom that used to adorn hia manly cheek had nearly all fled , his countenance was pale and sallow , and marked with scorbutic eruptions . I told him he looked much worse than when I last visited him . I asked haw he felt 7 His answer was , that bis constitution was completely broken . He attributed it to his long confinement . Bat though his constitution is injured , and his health impaired , bis love of liberty is still unconquered ; his epirit still remains the Bane , determined to battle with tyranny and oppression to the lost moment of his life . He has got nine months and a few days to serve of his time . Something ought tc be done for him
in order to raise his shattered constitation . He was not sentenced to hard labour , and will in consequence be allowed to find bis cw » provisions , if our Chartist brethren will only enable him to do so . This will cost about eight or nine shillings weekly . The good men and | true of Northallerton and Brompton have it in contemplation to raise a fond for that purpose , if they can be assisted by other Chartists of the kingdom . They instructed their delegate , Mr . Isaac Wilson , to bring the question before the delegate meeting at Darlington , on Sunday , the 21 st hub , and to aik them to co-operate in the noble and God-like work of rescuing a fellow-creature from the horror * of starvation , while a prisoner for no other crime than trying to stay tha iron hand of despotism . ' ¦¦ ' : ¦• . ¦ ..
I feel : confident I shall not appeal In vain to my Chartist friends , to render their mite in so g « od a cause ; the men of Bradford , I feel assured , will not be backward in lending a helping band ; to them he is well known , and I need not say one word in his behalf . They have on many occasions witnessed his zeal and devotion to the Six Points of the Chatter : Then arouse , my brave friends , and convince his and ear enemies thai those who suffer for us shall be supported by ub . If you will insert this in your valuable journal , you will much oblige , Siry yours , fcc . JOSH . BBOOK . Bradford , May 25 , 1842 .
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Splendid And Costly Present To The Readers Of The " Northern * Star."
SPLENDID AND COSTLY PRESENT TO THE READERS OF THE " NORTHERN * STAR . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 28, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct432/page/5/
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