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SCRAPS FOR RADICALS . No . XIII . BT L . T . CLA 5 CT . " Will some one "write a song fear tie Star V F . O'COKSOfc ,
S 0 X 6 OF THE IRISH ABSENTEES On ihe passing of Peels Income Tax BUL To be sung in parts , by the following illustrious MP . ' s , ai every Political Dinner for the ensuing three months . Tuns— " The night before Billy's birth-day . " DUKE OF LEINSTEE . Oh . ' -where can we fly from yon , Peel ? Yen hare Bhook the whole earth to its centre , And -are poor Whig devils will feel The shock of yonr eartfcqsaie ere winter . The game -we hare long played so well Is np now ; where shall we take shelter ? The old doom— " To Cannaught or hell , " Will send us adrift belter skelter . Oh ! "the enrse of the crows" * on yon . TPeel 1
MABQTTIS OP DO"H \\ SHJBE , And must we go back to the sou 1 And feend to the yoke that we scorn ? And kis 3 e ' en the point of the rod -That flogs us to where we were born ? And how shall we grind down the poer , Or lea Ye all the blame on the agent , When Poverty lurks at our door . With Pity and Bight in her pageant ? Oil 5 "fcity bad lucks" to you , Pc ,-i 1
LOHD LORTOS . Oh ' how can we witness the sight Of the lying-in wife , and her bedding Dragged from her at dead of the night . To serve at some tithe-proctor ' s wedding ? We never can stand it , I'm sure ; But Bfiil we must march , there's no hating . To Jive in one land with oar poor , The tb » aj ; ht is already revolting . Our gorge rises up in disgust ! B . L . shiel . Ah ! Bob , you ' re a new Castlereas ? h , And your bubbles political feelcra , Blown up just to point out the way To seduce us poor Whiglicg " Repealers . " You think , you Tile nifebler of " Bents , " That our patriet fame we will barter—That to ecrape up your lousy " per cents , ' We'll eell our dear isle for a *• Garter . " " And damn'd glad to have it to sell . '" t
DAXIEL 0 CORNELL . Ah ! how v _ in tis to frown or to fret Taat Feargus did not get the halter ; Sure the snn of cur ; rlory was set The ere ere it rase npon '' Walter . " Ths Cnartists , the torch-flaming crew ! Save some of the oldest Convention j " Three good men , both loyal and true , WLo yet may create some dissension , And set their whole camp in a blaze !
TV . SMTTH O"BEIE >\ Sure , now , we will carry Repeal , " By means altogether romantic ; All tope must be centred in " Sieel , " And the brave beys beyond the Atlantic . Up , up , then , in marshal array > Shouts Ireland ' s head " Pacificator" ! The Tories will yet rue the day They did not KnipM % our great " Liberator , " If he cancel his registered tow !
MACE . ICE O CORNELL . How we rushed to the House to ' ¦ divide , " left our " hells , " our hcrse-racing , and " boating . " But . alas ! vre were qaite flnniified , The Tories outdone us in voting . Though the BUI ia now passed into law , And our " beautiful young Queen" fra « signed it , Yet , by Samson ' s great jackass's jaw , She'll remember the day " never mind it , " So snre as b . sr name ' s " Little Tic "
Finale , by o ' cokxell . So , come now , my braTe boys , let us toast , Fill up every heart , that is willing ; " Onld Ireland , " " my first love , " " my boast , " lot each be prepared with his " shilling ;* The next is oui glorious "Rtpail " My forty years' bright " agitation "; Fota millions of " shillings" can't fail To haTB it from this " cursed nation , " And plant it in ould College Green !
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SONG FOR THE MILLIONS . Bsttase ! ye white slaves of old England , beware ! Your dastard oppressors are fiendish and base ; Their spies are abroad , to betray and ensnare—To brin ? yon to ruin , to death , and disgrace . They are thirsting for blood , and impatient to apoil The prospects of freedom which all now enjoy ; Ttey have soldiers to crush you who live by your toil , Then beware of the irI _ mouB traitor and spy ! Be firm and unite , but be cautious imrords , On j our prudenee depends the success of your cause Eemembsr , pciicemen have bludgeons and swords , And unjust protection from despotic laws . The press is corrupt , and knaves they can find Who will perjure their seals , and swear truth is a lie ; Then , prodaeers of wealth , be not wilfully blind , Bat beware of ihe infamous traitor and spy 1
Tis true that your sufferings are grievous and great , And desth , from starvation , yon constantly fear ; While a prond , pampered priestheod would teach you to wait For that comfort in heaven they rob you of here . 'Tis true ye are goaded by insult and wrong , Bnt justice will come ; be united acd wise : Tie weak shall not ever be " slaves to the strong ; Then beware of the tyrants , their traitors , and spies Celestial freedom . ' the birthright of all , Inert in our bosoms , inhaled by our breath ; Tby spirit abhors both oppression and thrall , We still live in hope for thee even to death . Oh I let thy bright presence enliven ur Lmd ;
The free-born will despots and dnngeon 3 despise ; They will purge the fair earth from slavery ' s brand , And exterminate tyrants , and traitors , and spies 1 BENJAMIS SIOTI Manchester .
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* " The curse of the crows" was formerly considered by some of the Irish people as heavy a malediction as could fall upon them . If one knows better than " Ireland's enly Doke" the calamitous tffeets of sucb a visitation . Tbe author was , in the year 1839 . » n tbe estate of the Koble Duke , at Cartown , County Kildare , ¦ when the heavens appeared te be clcaded with the black-winged race , and ' was informed by a tenant of the Noble Duke ' s , that bad as the tithe-prcctor was , he "was merciful compared with the "knights of the raven wing , " * as the former only took one-tenth cf their produce , but the latter , if unmolested , would consume onethird of thtir potatoes ! In vain d'd they complain to the Noble Duke , and requested him to allow a man a tew sbUlio * s per week for powder and shot , to prevent their rsTiges : he wss inexorable . Wa 3 it because they weiv ether arise provided from his pl ^ iemtsand bounllful hoard ? Alas I
T Ths expreaaen of an Irish patriot at the time of the "Union to the exclamation— " Sure , you would aot sell yonx country J " § " I beg to ask the Bight Hon . Gentleman opposite if it be h B intention to aavise her Majesty to confrr the honour of kciijhthood on the Lsrd Mayor of Dublin , as is customary on such occasions T ~— W . S . O'Brien in ihe Home sf Commons . Peel replied , and the Hon . and Bight Hon . Gents , no doubt felt their ears pretty warm
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TEE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS ; A 2 \ D HOW TO GET THEM . Bj the Rtv . Thomas Spe ? czr , M A ., Perpetual Curate of H ; nton Chart * rhcn ? e , near Bath , and late Fellow of St . John ' s College , Cambridge . LonciGn : John Green . 121 . Newgate-Street -, and Samuel Gibbs , 5 , Vmon-Siictt , Bath . We regard thh pamphlet as the evidence of a vrel-iEtentioned mind , led away by its own conceits . Tiere is a theoretic 5 pecicu ? ne = 3 sbout it ? r < a * onir . £ s hiahly calculated to amase and deceive tbe superficial mind . Acknowledging just general principles , its "details" are such a =, if broach ; into operation , Tfould scre ' j fail , and prodect much mischief . The Reverend Author defineE
tf e people ' s rights to be—1 st . —Tne light to earn a living with tbe fewest possible impediments . 2 nd . — The right to keep property when acquired with the fewes : possible demands npon it . 3 . —The right ol every man to worship God according to his con-Eciei ce . 4 . —The right to good government . 5 . — Tie ri ^ ht to self-goTernment by full , fair , and free representation . After enlarging upon and proving ^ Efficiently all these rights , he comes to the conadtratioa of the important question "How to get item ! " And hi 3 firrt recommendation is the very pfccessary and essential one of an improved Btate o iDdindual , and henceof social and political , morality . Bis next means of obtainmeriS we give in his own ¦ jrordE : —
2 . Bv WAKI 5 C tbial op them . —He that haj served an apprenticeship well may set up in business lor himself . When an inventor would obtain p&troBagt for a xttw machine he exhibits a model , and allows the pnblie to inspect ite movements . And if instead ol great haste to force upon an unwilling legislature untried Institutions , an orgaiuEtion were contrived which \ f ould exhibit to the spectator the manner of their operation , then would thousands of men throw away theii doubts and place confidence in the proposed planr . Let , then , the working men cease to petition Parliament ; let them lay aside all ar . xiety to get tb . e name of th « Charter enacied by the legislature before its principles
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are adopted by public opinion ; and let tbsra bBtake themselves to those practical measures that are within their own power ; and if by the success cf these txperimenta they ebtain a verdict of the country in favour -of these principles , the formal enactment of them into law will be matter of course . In order to this , let them bring into full operation all the people's rights as far as can be done without an Act of Parliament Let them divide the kingdom into 300 electoral districts j appoint a Committee of Management in each district ; select polling places for each locality , in which every man , twenty-one years ef age , may register himself , and be able to record his vote without going far from his own home ; and provide each polling place with a ballot-box . When the apparatus is ready , let __ -- * - _ . *^ V _ !*• _•• 4 vh .- » « - —
the inhabitants of each electoral district be invited to recommend peraonB whom they think fit to represent them in a provisional assembly , to be called " tha Trial ParUameat ; " and when opportunities have been given to the inhabitants of each neighbourhood to hear the sentiments of the various candidates , and to ask them questions , then let a day be fixed on which the voting shall take place ; and if tbe polling places are sufficiently numerous , the polling , commencing at the same hour all over the kinedom , will take so short time as effectually to prevent any dishonest person from giving his Vote in two or more places . When the result was ascertained by a Central Council there would be 300 men representing the average sentiments of the districts from which they come . After seeing the kind of men
the people w-uld choose , the next thing for the country to know is what they will do . Let these 300 representatives , supported by such salaries as the districts would fnrnish , consider what laws they would destroy if they had the power to destroy , and what laws they would enact if they had the power to enact . And in order that the public might know by what kind of reasoning they arrive at their respective conclusions , let tbe reporters of the press be present ; and if the propoBed code of laws were snch as would bear the examination of moral philosophers and upright statesmen ; if their conduct were more orderly and dignified than that of the House ol Commons , then wonld there be gained far the new system a degree of pub ' . ie confidence which years of agitation and thousands of petitions
eould never obtain . * * " It will be no disadvantage that this Trial Parliament will be destitute of power and patronage , and that its decisions will possess no legal authority . There will be greater calmness in its deliberations , and greater fairness in . ita conclusions than if it were at once exposed to tho-= « conteminatiDg influences which are now in operation in every department of the state . After revising the laws and institutions of the country , left the Trial Parliament be dissolved , and let the new constitution , which they recommend , remain b :-fore the public a sufHcient length of time to enable every man to form an opinion ; and let the Houses of Parliament have an opportunity , if so disposed , to pass an act givinj ? to these recommendations the force of law . But until such measures have been adopted : until public opinion has been enlist * d on the side of tbe Suffrage movement , and until legislators themselves have had the means of testing the system of Complete Suffrage by
its practical operation , it is too much to expect them to become converts to it Hid it bean gained by intimidation , before tbe intelligent portion of the middle and wealthy classes were convinced of . its propriety , it would have beeD followed by no real jjood to the people , but , in all probability , would have thrown back for many years the cause of civil and religious liberty . To this conclusion came the powerful mind of the late Robert Hall , the most eloquent and one of the most enlightened " men of his day . He says . ' -All attempts to urge forward in the right path beyond the measnre of tieir li ? ht , ar « impracticable if they were lawful , and uniawful if they w < -re practicable . A ujmer . l their light , conciliate their affections , and they will follow ef their own eccord . " It 13 believed that after this fair trial , tbe greater part of the present constituency , and all the truly liberal and honourable members of the House of Commons , will become willing to concede the people's rights ; which they may then obtain , —
" 3 . By taking Possession of them . —Whtn the public micd has been prrpared for a change , there is up nted of civil war , or ef the beheidingof monarchs , as in the time cf Charles I . of England , and of Louis XVI . of France . When the leaders of the people are certain that they have the approval of the vast majority of their fellow-citizens , they have only to demand admission , and the doors of power will open to them cf their own accord . " Now this plan of the Rev . Gentlemen for " trying " by practical experiment , in a mock parliament , rhe efficiency of Chartist principles to renovate society is open in the out-set to the great objection of placing self-government , ^ vhich the author has already admitted for himself , and amply proved to
others , to r-e a fi ght , upoi : the low ground of expediency , a ground on which no real patriot or tinlj honest man would wittingly or advisedi } - advocate it ; and besides this , it is quite clear that his experiment could never have fair play . This experiment is to eonvtrt the '' middle" and " upper * da ~ ses—to induce them to acknowledge right principles ; he would set down , therefore , three hundred ¦ working men unpractised in any of the forms of lt-giflition , to consider aud tear up , with due discrimination , the accumulated trash of many ageF . This is neither a likely nor a reasonable expectation . And if it even were , the admission of the factious press would be sufiicitut to secure its failure ; as the deliberations of the people ' s
Parliament , instead of being honestly reported , would ; be sneered at and rioiculed and Ja ] s : fied . And as ; that press would be the only medium through which those whom the writer calls " tbe intellecmal portion of the middle and wealthy classes" could view * their proceedings , the inevitable consequence must be that those classes would never become "cohvinced of their propriety "' nor of the soundness of the principles in which they originate . The onl y " fair trial" of the principles of Chartism in legislation must he their adoption by a legislative assembly already formed , and the election under the iuflueuce of those princip ' es of such a body of representatives as might ^ naturally be expected to follow the enaction of the Charter by the House of Commons , —a mixed body , all deeply and strongly imbued wnh the principles of liberty and truth , but tome of them having already had experience in the forms of legislation , and being
therefore fitted to direct and aid their less experienced though probably not Ies 3 able and souudthinking compeers . Tfce pamphlet contains , as might be . expected , a recommendation of the Sturge movement ; and is , from its catching title and specious style , well enoush calculated to > erve the purpose of the middle classes by leading shallow minds a wild-gcose chase . We observe that ihepseudo lioeral movement party are pouring forth a large quantity of cheap pamphlets just now , many of them written most plausibly , ard advocating various plans and schemes , while the tendency of the whole is to divert the people , and prevent their united energies from being bended towards any one given and uetermmed tubjec ; . This is tbe whole secret of the S : urge men ' s objection to the name ef the Charter , while they' prol ' e 53 its principles . Tneir object is division ; cur ' s must be union , or they will succeed , and we shall be laughed at .
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The Mabquis of Waterfobi ) . —Conseqnent on the Marquis ' s nuptials , he has intimated to his agent Mr . Mears , his intention to forego the whole of his agricultural tenantry one entire year ' s rent . Last Fhidat night ' s Gazette contains the proclamation announcing the issue of the copper coinage of half-farthings . The proclamation declares that they will not be a legal tender for any sum above the value of sixpence . Resignation of the Bbajntbee Boabd of GcAXDUtSs . —A few days Bince , the Poor Law pn ^ ^ _ _ _ . ^__ . . ^
Commissioners issued an order to the Board of Guardians ^ to the effect , " that their clerks do transmit to the Assistant Commissioners of the district , after every ordinary meeting of the Guardians , a copy of any special minute made , or notice of motion on the books ; " the Braintree Board of Guardiansforwarded a strong remonstrance to the Central Commissioners against such order . The Board met on Monday for the purpose of taking the reply of the Commissioners to the remonstrance into consideration . As the Commissioners vindicated the
legality , and defended the expediency , of the © b noxious order , and expressed their determination to enforce it , the Chairman of the . Board ( the Rev . J P . Wood ) resigned his office ; and the Board , having first passed a resolution of thanks to the Rjv . Gentleman for his conduct as Chairman of the Board , and another declaring the order unnecessary and arbitrary , also resigned , leaving the business of the Union in the hands of the clerk and ihe Relieving Officers . Hambobgu Gratitude . —The following notice has been published in Dublin by Mr . Wisdom , the Hamburgh Consul , and affords a splendid specimen of Hamburgh gratitude : — " Lest any workmen or labourers may ba induced to quit Ireland
for-Hamburgh in search of work , the underwriter is directed to make known that there is not any want tor such there ; and that any captain of a vessel taking ovtr persons in search of work , will be compelled by the State authorities to take them back again . " Siga < d , " Thomas H . Wisdom , Consul , Dublin . " This oertainly is a worthy re . urn of the Haraburghiass for the generous manner in which the English and Irish c % me forward , and opened their purses for their assistance , when they were houseless and destitute . Why prevent the Irish , whose National Biuk contributed £ 100 to the Hamburgh fund , from endeavouring to obtain work ! Why hinder them entering
the labour market on the fair and honourable grounds of compeli'ion ? If the Irish labourers failed in obtaining work , they then had their alternative o ? returning to their native land . The pronibition breathes a spirit of ingratitudo and base monopoly , calculated to make ihe people of Hamburgh , in future , unworthy of the least help at the hands of British generosity . If the thousands of pound * sterling sent over to assist them m recovering ihtir former position , had been distributed amoiig ^ t our starving millions , it would gladden their pallid sunken checks , and throw comparativo comfort around their present desolate domestic ciroJes .
A Registry Scese . —The Ca-shel sessions commenced yesterday ; there were 194 notices served by the Radicals for the county , and one borough , but , s ; range to say , out of the entire number not a sh-gle individual attended , with tha exception of one Simon Mabassy , an old grey-headed man , between whom and theHaiical attorney the following ex raordinary dialogue took place as soon as Simon got on the table , in the presence of the barrister : —sol . citur . — Simon , don ' t mind scratching your head ; it ' s nothing you'll scratch out ot it . Where ' s your lease ! Simon . — What information do you want ? May be , my head is cleaner than ycur ^ , and tiiat same -woudn ' t be saying much for it ; I'll cuck you ap with my le&-e ; how bad you are wi'iiuu it ; I
suppose I can't register a bluuderbu > h without having shown that I am a freeholder ot tho couuiy . Solicitor . —Go down , Sir , out of that ; you ' re eitrur drunk or a most impudent fellow . Simou— -No , nor the devil a stir ; though you're all ihe way from Carrickbeg I ' m a dceenier man than ever you weiu . drunk or sober ; and as to impudence , sure if you hadn ' t , the Deuce ' s own stock of it , it ' s . 001 hero but there you'd be [ pointing to the dock ]—( Gnat laughter . ) Solicitor . —1 cali upon the Court fur protection . Court . —Really you ought to trct . t your freeholders with more oourtesy , and par ? oalarly an old man , and the only one in attendance out of :-iich number . Simon —Thank your Lora ^ iip , but you ' re under a mistake . I ' m no freeholder of the man ' s at
ail . nor do I wish to have anything to do wi h his father ' s son ; I came to register my firelock , to have ready for the lads of the kind , the next time they drag me out of my house in vote for as fiao playboy . s a 3 themselves . I was obliged to fire three sh ^ 's before I could escape away from them at the las ' election . ( Great laughter . ) Court . —You had better speak to the clerk of ihe peace about your fire-irm .-. I can ' t , interfere in the matter . Simun . —Thaiik your reverence ; but I'd rather settle with your Loro ' ship ' s honour than any of them ; they charge so high , your roverance , for the smallest tr fl i ; it' 'tw-i b ody a crown summons you wanted , they d charge you 5 i ., as they say a crown and 5 =. aro bo * . h ino same , and consequently , that a crown summons
alwayg costs a crown . Now , I a .-k your Honour is that fair ? I Irll you what , y « . ar Honour ; I'll giv . you 2 s . 6 d . for registering my firelock . The busier here became so loud , that the Court was obliged to have Simon and his firelock removed from the table . The Jist was then cslied ov . r the third time , when no oneappearing , the civil busine ^ was gone into , ar . d the Radical agent ' s yazo on vac . inoy , when looking in vair . at the door lor a view of a , freeholder , Wa . > really amusing , and it stemed to have puzzled ail in court to account for the decried ranks of his allies . It is to be hoped that th < - ? e unfortunate dupes are becoming more alive- to their own interest and the machinations of designing and heartless knaves . — Tipperury Co 7 istitution .
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morning . ( The order was produced and read . ) It was aa follows : — ; , " TfbftebaU , Jane lttb , 1842 . * ' Sis , —I am directed by Secretary Sir James Graham to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the lltti inst ., with its inclosed Medical certificate , respecting Samuel Holberry , a prisoner in York ( pintle and to acquaint you that , under the circumstances therein stated , Sir James Graham has felt warranted '' in advlaing her Majesty to grant the prisoner a pardoj »» on conditions of his tnterine ; into a recognisance , hith . wM in £ 200 , with two Burettes , to be approved by .-tte Visiting Justices of York ' Castle , in £ 100 each , for his good behaviour for five years from this date . I haye , thtrefote , te request that soch recognisance , when entered into , may be transmitted to me ; and ujpbn Mceipt thereof , her Majesty ' s warrant will be forwarded fer theprisoner ' s liberation . " " * - _—> ^ _' .-11 ' . - - '"' ..
It was signed by Mr . PhUlipps , Under Secretary of State * and it was addressed to Barnard Hague , hsq ., Visiting Magistrate of the Castle , York . There has not been an order for his immediate discharge . . Cross-examined by , Mr . Leemin—I do not know nf any order of the Marquis of No ; manby ' s , in September last , relating lo the deceaseds I do not know the iDasoTi of his being sent here from Northallerton ; but I boliove it was in consequence of hia bid state of ctaltb . I do not know how it was , unless I read it in the newsDaperi or from having heard the magistrates talk ab < ut it . I do not lecolleijt seeing an order upon th « subject . When he was b ^ re ^ five or six months , he
M > ptareil quite well . It is Henry Pease's ( the schoolnia » ter " s ) duty to read all the lfctteM sent out by the prisonara . [ Several letters frcin Hoiberry ¦ were here hnuded to the witness ] The . re is no doubt but this letter has been written titht-r by the deceased or by bis o tiers . I believeit to bu the deceased ' s writing . LookinR at this latter , I cannot say whether he was well or not when it was written . This letter niust have passf-d either through the fechoolmusttrr's or my hands . I believe this letter to be w ' ritt ' euby him . Ihave no doubt that this letter is his-writing ialludins totbttbiriVletter . ) This is also in his haud-writins ; I think i have some recollection of setlng the last letter when it was sent out .
Mr . Leeman then requpite .-J that the letters might be read , which was done by the Coroner , and tiiey are as follows : — York Castle * April , 1 , 1842 . Dear Buiilrt .-j—I having reorived no answer to my ia . » t I am afmicl you never received it I feel anxious to know If you have : heard froi / i Mr . Dune , mbo , When ho mentions my case in tho Houso , cut the extract out of tho newspapers and forward to me . I ain rather tr , evt « r than I have btsen . I have been looking for some news from you all the week ; write on Sunday . Sir , I wish you would sen-t me a stick of Spanish juica for my couKh : it troublts vie so at Bights that I cannit sleep . I am sorry to inform you that my detvr wife is very poorly . Give my respects to all friends , accept the same youraeif , from your well wisher , Samuel Holberry , Hospital , York Castle , April 3 « th , 1842 .
MY dear Friend —ram sorry t-j inform you that I am j !« l . tt : » r ; lam reduced t <) a skeleton , and if no aeration t « kea place for thy better ^ I shall soon not be able to crawl . My appetitti is very bad , and the little food I take I cannot diktat without the a » 3 istanc « of medicine , and then only with pain ami difficulty . You ptrrhup * will be surprised to fJ ^ ar that tho Castle is a wpr . ' nee for a man in sicfe' : a . JS than the House of Correction at N-rthaHert ' . in . \ Vhon I was ill there , I haJ sti-h food fillowwi as 1 could eat , but here the case i » different , and if a man's stomach cur . noi take thd food allowed , he muse go with ut . You will not won--te > - ut me btirig bo much ( iubiiitatod , ¦ when I tell you tent I can take no t « .-t'on of the food allowed for
iiimitr , .-xcepuig a few potit'ies ; and you perhaps are aware , that -t is -not every 'day * ve gtt them- A bit of bread and a sup of what in ti . e Castle is called tea , is tbe only ( except a potato osfasioaallyi food I have taken for tun last thr > e weeks . My eyeaaie sunken in my hea 4 , aua c <> uid you see me you would think I had thr . j-. undiOH . My friend , I feel too weak to say niort ) . 1 shall be gla'i to heai' from you when convenient Sir , I write nothing hut . -facts , and you have no . occasion to be r . fraid o > f making use of my words ; when tbej have taul nil thvy can of me , they cao neither call mo a , liar or a felon . Give my respects to ail friends , accept the samn yourself , from yours truiy ,
j Samuel Holbebby . ; To E Burley , 10 . Bilton-stroet , : Lnjerlhorp '^ , Yoik . ! Hospital , Castle , May , 19 th , 1 S 12 , -I My dear Friend . —I di * not receive yours of tha , 10 ch till the 16 tli . I aliouhi hive Biiswereii it sooner , but the faurituiis ha 1 been r ; iii »» ri ^ an eruption on my ' ' si < 1 « , -which whs so paii ) ful ami ran . such quantities of 1 corruption , that I have be n for three days and could I r-ot stoop ; but neither ihe ( iiUjftion , th « blisters , nor ( anvthinii else that I have tak » -n inwardly or applied i outwardly , has dune me any good . The fact is , I ! believe the lmijjs are affcted . I am worse now than ' tiVer I was at NiTthnlU rton . * n . i ' . fiir more " teduced . I i am 60 b-tdly trouliltd with dysptpsy thnt I ! cmnot digest the litv !© food I eat 'without tbe nssi ' -tance of nigd ciues ; but its no use ' ! me truubliriii' you wit . li i-on : j > i » ' ! its , or 1 could fill
;¦ this letter-with them . Wbtn you soe Mr . Crowther cive my compiirnmts to him . ; ui'l till him . I am : oiiligeil to him for the atni'ips hu sott ine . You : enn full him tho reason I did not uuswer his note . D .-ar friend I wnia to borrow ¦» feathf-r pillow ( if any I of out friends has one to ¦ . s ' j-ar * - ) ' UU I get better . I ! wonlil bave sent for one from h < ime , but the carriage I costs eo much , but I hope the Convention has made I some arrangement for the wiv » s on 4 fusniiits , and not i lffs th ^ m destitute , as thty have h « en for months past Sir , I oru aluiost lost for tho want of something , ( when ti ' . e fttvtr is on mo so strong I drink such a 1 quintity of water thnt 1 fei-1 it do ^ s me barm . I wish 1 ) ou would bu so kind as send me rxpennyworth of . © rai . 'pea . I wi / i repay you as soon as { « et some money . 1 cannot write more at present . Let me b « ar from you when convenient Give- niy tesptcls to all friends , accept the aame yourself from
Your ' s , tmly . Sabiuei , Holberky . To Mr . E . Buriey . Hospital , Castle , May 28 tb , 1842 . My dear Burley , —I roceiveil your kind letter , and the one from my dear wi < e ; likewise tho oranges and pillow . Tell the gentleman who lnit it me . I am very much obliged to him . Accept my thauks for the oranges and give my eappcts to . V ! rs . Biirl « y , an ( i tell her I am obliged to her for ihe acid drops , though I have uot sot ieavu to have them jet . York Castle is a que » -r place for a sick njan . 1 wish 1 was back in
Northalitrton > 'ospitaV ( hoNpi ( al uiindj til / Ijjet better There I had everything that a mi-suna 'le man could require , cooked hy females , and dqiie as it ought it be .. Dv-ar Sir . jou ratber hlamn me for telUng my wife to send you a trifle of moni-y for to Rtt me a few oranges . I might just add that I had wrote to two fri-nds ( I Lad perhaps as ¦ weli say placps ) for a trifle for the same purpose , but to no use , an < i that is not the worst . But 1 am r . ' . v ; : re this is not a proper place for me to muke complaints of that nature . What I have said , abovo , I hope iind trust you will not nit'tuiuii to any one . You should not have Bent the shilling to me ; no one will
ivuy me orargm or arythinx else with Jt ; it ' s contrary to the rules tor any one belonging- to the Castle to buy a prisonfr snjthin *; , or I si ould not have fiiven you the trouble , but I will ask Mr . Pr-ar . re , the schoolmaster , to try and get the shilling , ' -and- r « -tvirn it to you for the purpose it wch inttuded for , but you had hrttt-r buy me nothing but or . in ^ es . I am as fru ^ al as poasible with them : one of a -niij'ht is all I uso . You have just rereived f ^ uch an answer as 1 > xpectt-d from Sir James ; htj eo :: t the sama answer to a pour unfortunate convict , that lays be * id « -nie in the last staiio . of a consumption who was rtcommendrd by the nuuiiB . trates , backed by tho surgeon ' s cer . iflcate . Give my respects to all friends ; accept . the samo yourself fr < m Your Weil wither , Samuel HoLDEnKY . PS . —Be careful li ' ow you wont your letters ; they draw the pen auross iliiferent words ihit are strong .
Tbe cross-txaniination was thttn continued . Holberry .-aw Mr . Hai : ue very fr < -qui-nil } ' , and the other visiting magistrates cfwn ; . Mr H .-i ^ ue mor < - fr < quently than the others . I caunot speak us vo th « fr > qucucy that Hqlberry gaw the visitine justices . Fioiu thw early-ptirt of April up to the tini * e of his : decease , they friquiaitly saw the deceased . Ever since he c-inie to this prison ho has always had extra ditt . Sumetimes he has had tea , fconittimes milk ; but I do nut tnow ttint he ever had gruel , the re « u ! at diet of tne priton . Ha has always
h » d iiiutton since became to tho pri . wn , wuh ti >« excaption of the la ^ t two or three days , when he could not eas it . He woul < i havn tnutton ou the 30 th i > f April , and milk or Ua . He bad three pounds and a haif o ! mutton evtry wetk when he could eat it Captain VVilliahis , iJiKptctor of pricons . was hero specially on tbe 9 th , 10 th , and Jltb inst . He saw Holberry twice , but 1 wasnot with him either time . I saw the deceased yesterday . I think he was delirious , and could not speak rationally . I think Qioma Greaves has baen with the deceased since h « went into tbe hospital .
By the Coroner—Since he cain « . he w . ib always dieted according to the jBurgeon ' sdirottuin . He has had pudr dings with eggs in them lately , made verygoodand
nice •¦¦¦• - . ¦ . ¦ ¦ -. - ..- ¦ Wm . Anderson , Ejq \ , deposed : —I am deputy surgeon to York Cabtle . I knew the * lec « iased . and have attended him along with Mr . Champney from the time of his coming here from If orthallerton . When he came from NorthaliertOB he was in a very weak state , and in consequence on the 21 st of September , the day he came to tbe Castle , toe "was ordered 3 | ibs . of mutton per week as extra diet On the 24 tbi he was ordered in addition to that tea twice a day instead of gruel , which is the ordinary diet His general disease tids been disorder of the stomach . He has continued that diet , I believe , unintenuptedly duriug the whole of the 'winter xmtU he became senously worse , which waa on the 16 th of April last , ¦ when he went i ' nte the hospital . During the greater part of the winter he was comparatively well , and thongb he frequently ot > n » pJaiBed of slight cold and indigestion , he has very frequently suted to me that he considered nimseVi in ato ^ rtbl % Bteta ot health , and very much improved aince bis coming to
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York Castle . For some weeks after he went into the hospital his diet cpntinned the aame , but his digestion became 80 very much disordered that we were obliged frequently t <» vary his diet according to cirenmstahces On more than oce occasion , he has complained to me that Uis mutton cbopa or necks of mutton were too fat , and I have several times ordered other pieces of inutton , such as legs , to be « rot for him . Oa the lGth of May , he was ordered to have milk nfght and morning instead of teabyhis own particular desire . On the 6 th" of June ; ha was ordered to have light pndoing every day and there were particular directions given that it should contain eggs and milk along with the flour . On account A ? his digestion being so precarious , a frying pan r . nd otter implements were procured , in order that he iuighi : ¦ cook bits of meat , and alter things as he liked t £ : em ; a thing that has ne ^ er been don e since
I was contacted with the prison , whieh has now been for 18 years . On yarious occasions he has had little things provided for him which were hot entered upon the journal , varying froia milk to tea and tea to milk , according to circumstances . On seyeial occasions I have requested him to name anything which he thought was likely to agree with him better than the things he has . had . He requested on one occasion to have the mutton cut from a leg , which was done . He was always accommodated according to his wish . I believe that all the directions I gave were complied with by the gaoler , as he was always seen once or twice a day , either by myself or Mr . Champney , / since he was in the hospital . Our attention was particularly drawn to Hplberry's casa from the commencomeut , owing to a communication from the Secretary of . State , requesting the medical attendant to » er . d certiHcates from time t > time of his hoalth . to the home df&ce . THfisfl « flrtiaea . tea
were sent ; Daring the winter , when his health was so well , they were not so frequently sent as at the commencomeiit , or since . On th « 7 th of June . Mr . Champney gave me a ceitficate to give to Capt . Wlilianis , who was expected in York in two days , and this is n copy . It states that "Samuel Holberry , ihe Chartist prisoner , is suffering from severe pain in the left side , the effect of chronic iDflimtnation of the left lobe of the liver , extending to ttie stomach , and prtrhaps the colon , which from his having had former attacks , I believe to be or /? aiiic disease . His digestion is very b : id , and he is very weak . I consider him to bo in great danger . I am of opinion that his symptoms have increased , and his Reneral health has been impaired of luio by the length of conflnennent , and the great anxiety of mind he appears to have suffered since his long imprisoniiient . " This was aitned George Cbampney , surgeon to York
Castle . I saw the deceased yesterdMy . For the last two or three days he has been confined to his bed . Yesterday , when I saw him in tho middle of tho day , he had been suddenly seized with fainting , and was quite delirious , which was the first day I had obseryt * him bein / j decidedly so . These symptoms continued in spite of the idmedies that were applied , and he died this morning at half-past four o'clock , of chronic inflammation of the left lobe of the liver , and implicating the other viscera . From the time of 'his entering the prison ! have known that his liver was implicited . I was called upon about four o ' clock , and got hore in half an hour after wards . For several days past he has given me answers which havo had to be repeated before I could understand what he meant , and which I attributed tofxtreme debility . By a Juror—I csnstantty saw hi » diet .
Cross-examined by Mr . Leeman—I have not a copy of any other certificate sent to tha Secretary of State before the one of the 7 th of June . Others were nude , I am almost confident , at certain period * I think during th ' s fir ^ fc two months of his being here three or four certificatss . were sent , but I cannot speok confldently as to the dates . When he got better I did not continue the report so regularly . I cannot exactly state when the one previous to the 7 'h of June was sent . I cannot state whether one was sent to the Government during May or April . I cannot state of my own knowledge
when one was sent previous to the 7 th of June . I believe they Were sent , but I do not recollect the time . He Was sent into th « hospital on the 16 th of April , and I believe ft report was then sent , but I cannot state positively of . my own knowledge . Tbe first time that I thought he was dangerously ill , or had this chronic affection , was in April . We misht have had some suspicion previously ; but on his goinf { into the hospital in April I more particularly examined his side , and theh I became of opinion that he was uffevted with iiiflamination of the left lobe of the liver .
Mr . Leeman—On the 30 th of April would inis describe his condition ( quoting from one of the deceased ' s letters )— " I am reouctd to a skeleton . Jf no alteration takes place for tiio better I shall soon not bo able to crawl . My appstite is very bad , and the little diet . I take I cannot digest without the assistance ef medicine , and then only with pain and difficulty ?"No doubt at this time he had bLCome much weaker , and his symptoms of disease bad increased . We should think at that time that . t was a dubious poiut whither he would recover or not . My impression most certainly was 't > tat . he would , I couid r . t , b say on the 16 th of April whetlier he had the chronic affection or not . I do not recollect ' that I had any ccniTnuRication with the Secretary of State in the hiontha of March or . Ayrtt-Thtre is no note of any in the book . Ever after he went into the hospital he was in a dubious state . I cannot swear positively that I rfcollect signing a memorial to the Secretary of State in the moath of April
haying reference to the deceased , but I rather think I did . I recollect two or three men , but who they were I know not , calling at my house in Stonegate some time duving the »>> iing . I cannot really say whether the deceased , was in the hospital at the time or not . If he was it would be at the very commencement of his goingthere , I recollect perfectly well stating to those men that until a very short period the deceased had improved in health , and th « y need not be at all afraid of his being properly attended to in the C 213 ^ 6 ' for that a certificate was reiiulatly sent up to the Secretary of State , stating exactly how his health want ob . I do not recollect having any coinniunicatioa with the Secretary ot State after these men called . I cannot recollect having signed any eertiilcata to the Secretary of State after that until toe 7 th of June . Probably Mr . Cbampney did . After the 30 ih he gradually got worse . Oa the 9 th of Juns Captain Wiiliams visited York Castle .
Mr . Leeraan—I want to know how long btfore Captain Williams visited York Castle did you consider Holberry in danger ? I had no positive idea that he would not recover even up to the time of the certificate being written ; nor had Mr . Champney . We thought that if he wmained in the Castle it would go very hard with him , as that certificate states . It was only very shortly previous to the certificate being Written that we first formed the opinion that if he were to continue in the Castle , under the same degree of excitement , it would go hard with
him , I should think that , even supposing the restraint had been removed in April , he would not have got better Supposing I had be 8 n asked , in April , Without being acquainted with tbe results which have since happened , what would have been the best mea s to be adopted in order to preserve this man's life , I should have said it was not necessary to discharge him from the Castle . Oa the 30 th . of April hia life was not in such a dubious state as to render it ntceasary to give a certificate for bis discharge from the Caatle . At that time douUless his life was in a dubious state .
Mr . Leeman—Then I want to know whether any r 6 turn was made with respect to the dubious state the men- was in irom the 30 th of April until the 7 th June ? That I do not know . I do riot know that it is ascertainable ; I should think so . The reason why a special report was made oh the 7 th of June was because we thought him much worae . We then knew that Captain Williams was coining down . We get to know only a day or two before . He was pot coming down , as far as my knowledge goes , about anything connected with this man . He cauie down for another special purpose , and the management of the deceased had nothing to do with it . I remember being asked to sign a medical cert ^ - cate with reference to the deceased * state of haalth by those persons who called upon me . I cannot give the dato of this , but I think it was just before he was sent to : the hospital . The persons who called , reoresent «< i that it was en account of Hoibeits ' e ill health that the
memorial was about to be sect to the Secretary of Stale . I do not ^ collect having any communication with Mr . Hague respecting : the prisoner up to the time of his going into the hospital . I have not the slightest recollection of mentioning the circumstance . -to any of the visiting justices . I am not certain whether I visited tho deceased in company with Captain Williams or Mr ; Hague on the Thursday or Saturday . I saw him on these days . I cannot state of any representation being mude to the govtrnment with re , aard to the state of this man ' s health , from the time of his goiDg into the hospital until Captain Williams had been and inspected the prisons . I cannot speak of any inquiry being made from the Home Secretary to me between tfeelgthof April and the 7 th of June . I did not know from Hoiberry that Parliament v / as petitioned in March on account of hia health , and askhig the government to consent to his discharge . I recollect seeing something respecting it in the newspapers .
Mr . John Noble , the governor of York Castle , who had retui-ned from Wakefitld during the examination of the . previous witnesses , was next examined , lit deposed I knew the deceased , who was a prisoner under sentence in the Castle , and came in from NorthalLertou : on the 21 sV September , 1841 . When be came in he looked very poorly , but got considerable better . He has been regularly attended by the medical efiScers . The direction givfen by the medical tfficera have been regularly attended to , and my wife haa occaaionly sent him pudding , and he has bad oranges . ; -, h
CrosB-examined by Mr . Leeman .--There was an order earn * down from the Secretary of State ' s offiee , soon after the deceased ; came here fromNorthallerton , directiDg tho medical officer t » Bend reports fram time to time of the state of the deceased ' s health , and several were , I know , sent in consequence . I do not positively know whether any certificate was sent between the 16 th of April ; the time of his going into the hospital , and that of the 7 th of June . I think one waa sent as I talked witi Mr , Champney about it , but I cannot be certain . ' : ' -. ' "¦ ¦ - . '' -.: ¦ V ' . ¦ ¦' ¦ ' .-. - . ' . ¦ '¦ ¦ : ' ' B > a Juror—When the deceased first came into the Castle he appeared a strong healthy man . He looked rather pale in the face , but did not complain . I eaw no alteration in him up to tbe time he was removed to Northallerton . ,
ThiabeiDg the whole of the evidence that was offered , the Coioaet incited o £ Ut . tQemaaNsb-eUieit be wished to cail any witueasea ,
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Mr . Leenian said , that ho was there at the instance o ? the friends of the deceased , more with a view to watcli the evidacc ?; and to see that all the facts and clrcumstanoss attending the case of this unfortunate man were properly inrestigated , than to offer any direct evidenca upon the ^ suVjtct , breame , as muithe palpibJe , the authorities of the prison were the bn ' 7 paities wbo could give any legal evidence respecting hia condition further than as that condition had b 6 en shown by bis letters . After the evidence which ' .-. had been adduced ^ he would , very britfly state the reasons , why he submitted to . ' tha' Coroner the . propriety of some farther evidence being civen as to the rfepresenfations msde by the medical officers of the prisaa to the Q-onremnieat , from time to time . respeGtiner the etate of healtji of the
deceased . In the month of September last , it appeared that a representation was made to the Secretary of State as to Holberry ' s haalth , in consequence of which Sir James Qiaham was induced to issue directions for the removal :-6 f Holborry from Nbrthallerton House of Correctloa to York Castle , the discipline of which was supposed * Ao be much milder than that of the former prisoa Arid it further appeared , that express directions were then given to the medical officers of York Castle , to .: send up from time to time , repraaeniationa with respect to this man ' s state of health . At tha following Christmas a mem * riaV , he nnderstoou , wa 3 presented to the Secretary of State , by the deceased ^ friends , representing his health to be of the same precarious character that it was before , and p : ay ing that
on that ground he might ba relfeased j he was further instructed that , in the month of March last , a p&titipn , nuuierou « ly signed , was forwarded to Mr . Thomas Duncombe , au& by him pveseiited to tha House of Commons , setting forth that Holberry's life was still in a Very precarious s-tate , and piayiag that he might be discharged ; that again in April , and afier ha was so ill as to be removed into tha , hospital , another memorial was sent to the Secretary of Stata ; and that the ) answer given by Sir Jameo Grahaia to these mftmorials and petitions was , that he did not feel himself justified in interfering at all in the case of this man Now it appeared that the 16 th of April was the day on which he was last sent into the ho-pital , and according to Me . Anderson ' s evidence he , on the 30 th of that month , coiisidered ' thedeceased to be tu a dubious state . The 30 th of April it would be remarked was the date of ene of the letters in which fie deceased stated himself
to be bo very bad ; and Mr . Barker had said that the deceased appeared gradually to sink after he went into the hospital . Nx > w he ( Mr . Lesman ) did think that , for the satisfaction of the friends of the deceased and of the public—riii justice to the Socr ^ tary ; of State himself— andnot -less for the justification of the-inedical qfHcers of the prison—it ought if possible' to be > ascertained whether any communieatum was forwarded to tbe Secretary of Siate between the 30 th of April , when it was perfectly dear that he was in a very dubious and dangerous state , and the 7 th of June , when Capt . Williams came down forth . epuipose of inspecting the prison < . and when , in consequence cf the conimuniciition made to him , as ¦ well probably as of his personal observation , a letter was forwa-. ded by the . Secretary of State directing steps whieh might have ended in tbe release of this poor fellow , bad not death first releasad him from ail furtlier suffering . ' ¦ ' ¦ , ' -. ' ' ¦ ' . ' ¦ :. ¦ . '•
The Coroner thought it was necessary to have the evidence of Mr , Cbampney , who had been in the habit of seeing thu deceased frtquenUy . .: Mr . Anderson eaid that Mr . Chaaipney was in Pans , whither he h&il gone for the benefit of his healfh , previous to the arrival of i ' aptaiii WilJiams ia York , or he ( Mr . Champney ) would hot have written the curtiflcata until Mter he hid arrived ill Yotk- Inanawtr to a question from Mr . Leemau , Mr . Anderson stated that tha report of the-7 th of June would have been sent up to tho the Secretary of State supposing Capfc . Williams had not visited York Castle .
The Coroner then addressed the Jtiry at considerable length . After alludiag to the : circumstances under which the dece-ieed came into the Castlo—the improve ^ ment which , took placa in his health for a time , and hia subsequent rtlapse , he said the . question for their consideration ; would ba 6 , st—what was tho causa of his death , and upon this head—the deceased being a prisoiier— it would be necessary for them to be satisfied Hint he had been pv ^ vedy / attendtd to if those whose duty it was to take care of him—namely , the offi-cers ot tho prieon . Now , from the evidence it appeared that his tiiet had leen consiilerably improved ; that he had had mutton , milk , and tea , in : addition to the ordinary diet of the prison , and therefore there could ba no question but that , as far as his pwsonal comforts were
concerned , he , had most undoubtedly bssn attended to . Of ccu ' ise they were aware tban whenever : * person committed a 1 > reach of the laws of bia country , he must submit to the puBiahiRent which those laws inflict for such offence , antl in this case it appeared imprisonmv . ' ;! t had been the punishment infl ' . cteiV f « r Holberry ' s offence . And although he might have been a person of weak constitution and delicata health , yet ha -was bound to suffer the puniahmeDt inflicted for his transgression of the laws . Therefors he eould not be set at liberty ;^—he could not be allowed to takea walk out of the Castle into the country for th « ter-efit of his health , because tho '• . offictr . of tho prison where he was confined had no power to set him at liberty . Jmprisonment ha was bound to . bear , unless
the prerogative of the Crown had been exercised in his bbhalf . He could only be set at liberty by an act of the Queen ' s grace and : clemency . Wht > ii he : became indisposed as they ha < i heard , he was placed in the hospital , ¦ which they all probably kne > v was a place of more comfort than the ordinary cells of the prison , and other prisoners , were placed along with him all the time , for " the purpose of attending to him as well as . t ' boy could . Tbty could not have the evidence of those prisoners who attended him , inasmuch as they being persons who had been convicted of felony , their evidence was not admissible . Bui according to the evidence of Mr . IJarker , the under-gaoler , ever ^
description of attention was paid to the deceased , that was necesea'y under the circumsraiices . 'Me had had every medical attendance since he weDt into the hospital—' from the 16 tb of April to the day of his death , he ha . 3 had all the -. ' assistance that medical skill could render He had had both medicine and diet suitable and proper for his casp , and it would appear that greater favour . haS been shown to him than waa ever . done to any other prisoner . It appeart-d that the nature of his disorder was such as to have destroyed or greatly impaired his digestive organs ; ami considerable care had been taken te supply him with that description of food wfeich was likely to be most serviceable and beneficial to him . Even his own
wishes bad been consulted in this respect—it did appear to him ( the coroner ) that , bo far as regards the officers of the prison , both medical and otherTFise , every possibla attention bad been paid to the deceased ' s case They would have no difficulty in coining to a conclusion with regard to' the cause of' th « deceased's deatia , f o * Mr . Anderson had shown in a most fatisfartory manner , that he bad died from inflammation of the left lobe of tne liver—in fact , by tbe yiaitatioti of God . Ha also thought they would have no d : f 2 cu ; ty in stating that every sort of attention had been paid by the ofiicsrs © f the prison , during his ilh ; es ? . Another circumstanca had beeH : introduced into this inquiry , certainly of considerable importance . It appeare ' ti that atpplicatioii had been made to tbe Secretary of State , for a remission of
the dtceased ' s Stntenct * . in coiiiequence of tbe bad st ^ to of his health . No doub . his removal from N otth a ' --lerton iiouse of Correction to York Castle took place in . consequence of that rtpresentatiiin . ^ An order" also came down from the 'Secretary of fcSUte to the medical officers of the Castle , requesting these pereoiiii to furnish , from time to time , as they thuught necessary , certificates of the state' of the deceased ' a hsalth . What was the objsefc of that order he of course could not say , but he apprehtneied it waa in orciair that the Secretary , of State might be informed of the progress of the ' disease , in prd ^ r that ha n » ight com-Hiunicate with the Governmtnt upon the subject . ' Tiois order waa attended ' to , ahu Beveral ctrtificates appeared to have bee ; sent up—more fi ; quently during the early
period of the dtceaeed ' s inipriEdnment . The reason given by the rnetlical efficer >; hy tlisy : wore not cohtinned ao , frequently aft ' . rwards was , that ths deceased had so far recovered as to render them ucnecessary-They bad heard thit a certificate was written ; on the 7 th of June , when he btcaine worse , which was given to Captain Wiiiistms , the iiiBpfcctor of prisons , who had come down for some oilier olject Ttat certificaia certainly represented the deceased as being in a very bad state of health . Consideiableiiiquiry had been made as to whether any oihcr certificate bad bt-eii sent to the Secretary cf State bet ^ eea the time the deceased went into the hospitil and the 7 th or Jane . Now , they hart no evidence to ehow whether any certifiuate \ vas sent to the home / office between these
perioiis . Whether such a certificate was . stnt or not , Mr . Anderson dianot know . Air . Champney was the only party who could spt . ik to this , and as they were aware they could not have his evidence . Mr . Noble h ' aii stated that lie beiieved one was sent cut , but they had no positive evidence upon tba subject .. Another iiiip \ rrtt , nt lr . quiry was made of Mr . Aucierson , namely , wuh rtsjecc to " cis opiiiion of the state of tbe deceaseds health up to a very recent period , and as to the ctrtiticato he would have given hud he hims- - -if been called upon to ¦ furhish one ,. and ha bad stated that hq did not consider on the 30 th of April thitt the dectased ' s life was so . dubious as to render it necessary for him to be discharged from prison . Tkerelore had he at that time sent up a certificate to the home office , it was clear be would- not have
represented the deceased's health as being in eo precarious a state as to rentier his removal from prisen nectsssry The Coroner then proceeded to . recapitulate the most important portions of the eviaence , commenting upon it a 3 he went on . He then said : —So . that according to tbta evidence of Mr . Anderson , it appeared that even in April last had-the dectased been removed it wonld not bave saved his life . With that ho wever the jury had nothing to do . He could cot see how that could affect their Verdict . If there had been neglect on the part of the offiicers of the prison in not sending the proper certificates to th « Secretary of State , it > oalii be looked to in another quarter . But from tbe evidence he must aay there bad been no such neglect . Looking at allthe circumstances of the case , he thought they would have no dimculty ia finding that the deceased had di&X
fromnatnraicauses . : : ;/ The jury In a few minutes returned the following vttdiet : —" That the deceased had died by the visitation of God , and they were of ppiuion that he had had every attention paid to him by the officers " of the prison wbieh hia case requircd , V
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INQUEST UPON THE 1 > ODY OF HOLBERRY
THE CHARTIST . YORK CASTLE—TUESDAY , June 21 . On Tuesday eveDiDg last , an irqnest was held before John Wood , Esq ., at York Cistle , upon the b » dy of Samuel Holberry , the Shtfiield Chartift , who disil between four and five o ' clock that morning , in the hospital of the Castle . Mr . Leeman , soHcitor . of York , attende-i on behalf of tbe friends of the deceased . Tha following is tbe evidence which was given : — Mr . Baxter Barker , under gaoler of York Castle , was first sworn . He deposed—I knew the deceased . Ho was a prisoner confined in the Caatle . He -s-as twentyseven yearB of age . His home waa at Sin ffitkl , and ho ^ as a spirit-distiller by trade . He -was committed to the Cistle in the first instance on tbe 15 th of January .
2 S 40 . ai . d was tried at the amz-s held on the 5 th March , 1841 ) . and was convicted cf conspiracy , spdition . and riot . After that , on tbe 26 th of March , 1840 , he was removed to Northailwrton House of Coirsction to undergo the sentences of thacturt-, uameiy , four years ' imprisonment , and at the expiration of that period ho was to enter into recojfni 2 anc < -8 of two euretit-s of £ 10 each to keep the ptace for three y ' e ; irs . Then he came here again on the 21 st of September . 1841 , by order < if tbe Secretary of State for the Home Department . ( Thewitness was then desirf d to state what he knew respecting Holberry's death . ) He said , about half-past three o'c ock this morning . 1 heard a knocking in the felon ' s prison , and I likewise h ^ ai d some one , as I supposed , calling to the watchman . I immediittely got
up and looked out of the window . As soon as I got ibe keys 1 went to see what was the matter . I saw the deceased in bed in the hospital . He was in a verj weak state . I ir . qnirvd of The prisoners if they tbought he was in a -worse state . They s ? . id they thought he was I then said we will send for tho doctor iiEmediatt-ly . I did bo . He could not speafe . After a while I csrne down , and in a short time the knocking was repeated . At the same time there was a knocking at the outer gate , which was tinned by Mr . Anierson . the surgeon . I proceeded to the hospital along with Mr . Anderson . Tbe prisoners are told that when they sto tat en ill they are to knock . My s ' . eepinj ; room is not so ¦ well situa ed for hearing out of ihe felons' prisons as the governor's The deceased
appeared to be dead when I got t <> the room . I cannot tt-ii when hi- went to tbe ho pjtal , fxeept from tbe surgeon ' s journal . When be came here from Northallerton in Se ^ fctiibbr last , he w . is in a very ill and weakly state of health . He seemed to recover for about four or five months from the time he c . tffie into ttie Caste , when he sppwsred to ma to have quite recovered . About two months since , as near as I can ttll , he ji pesrrd t » become ill again , and I think he ha ? continued , as far as my observation has goce , to sink eraduhlly under disease up to the period of his dealh . I th : Dk jt is ab-at two wunlba Binco he went into the hospital by the surgeon ' s direction . Ever since that \' r-i \ r he has continued a patient in tho bofpifa . 1 ihink he bus been ahle ntariy every day tD come d ' jwn
»< to the yard , until the last two or tbreu dajs . Duiing the fi . nr last days he ha . s not bten able to gtt down in crmor quence of weakness . I belitve he fir < -t oVjccteci to cumiiie down in consf qtience of tbe cold . During the time he has been in tbe hospital he has been regularly atteudt-d t- > . Ho has had persons to wait upon him . He has never been left alone ncithtr Ekbt nor day . Tba persons who were witb him wtre prisoiitrs . They were put there for tbe purpose of waiting upon him . George Greaves iB the name of the person who principally attended upon the deceased . There were other sick prisoners in the hospital at the time , bat not in the s » me room with the deceased . Greaves slept in the sama room with deceased . There were three beds in the room where the
deceased « l * pt , the deceased occupied one , and George Grtaves zno Lnke Marshall , who also waited upon the deceased , slept in the remaining two . They are both of them convicted prisoners , and were both convicted of felony . Every day during tho last two months that the deceased has been an inmate of the hospital , he has been vi # iteU by the doctor , and sometimes twice a day . The orders of the surgeon with respect to the deceased have invariably been attended to , and so far as I bave observed , he has had every attention paid to him . both medical and otherwise . Mr . Noble Is unavoidably absent attending the sessions at Wakefield . He went yesttrday morning about nine o ' clock . I have an order in my possession fer the deceased ' s discharge . I believe it was received by Mr . Hague , last Saturday
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The late Hiots at Enxis . — Tne Government invf = t < j { 3 t : on into tbe disinrbaiice at Ennis , closed on Wednesday , the loth , havii . g © ecupkd five daj ? . In the course of his evidence , Mr Brown , the Couuiy inspector t . f Police , deposed that Mr . Sfiijth , ibe stipendiary magistrate , had made repeated efforts to disperse lhe crowd , and had actually Icj away " one batch , * but without being ab ] e to abate the excitement . He recoil , cted Mr . Fnz-imon ' s c ^ aj inj ; , about < -i ^ ht or ten minutes before ihe firing , " W--must throw shot into the people , '" or words 10 that effect . Mr . Brown declared that he hearo no one give orders to fire . He did no : ttniik fit 10 a > k Capt De Ruvjces for instru-tions to act , b > cau .-e the pohce
came out under the immediate directions of Mr . Smyib ; and he preferred to act with Mr . Smyth , for he knew he had much more influence v ? nh he crowd . He " appealed to Captain De Ruvynes several time-s as a magistrate , for three ions ; and Taptam De Ruvynes said he did not feel bim .-elt caiH-a upon to act in the . absence of Mr . Smyih . '' He gave me that answer more than onGe . Tne only master I was Gissati .-fied with Captain De Kuv \ nes on that night for , was his unwiliingiiess to inierlere and a ve proper instructions . " Mr . B-ovrn acmrtea ( j : ; i ^ he had . nc ^ iecttd to ascertain the names ot the policemen wbo fired ; and he couid ijoi remember ai what hour he vi ? iitd tbe Police Barrack . The police diary "was produced , which tbtwed that J ) r biowu did 110 : vi-ii the barrack ' umiJ .-eve ; i o ' ciock ou the
evtnii ;^ -oi' . Tuc ^ c ' ciy . Captain L > e Jiuvyut-s ^ ave ni ^ version of the narraiivf , w { ich did noi niak- out any very striking difivrence from the pnrviom accounts . He ?' a , d that after the firing had ceased , a policeman osed threateuiDS language to mm , ( setmiii ^ lj- provi'keu at his warn 01 decision . ) Another policeman exclaimed , " 1 ihiak you are a fool . " Cap : a : n De Ruvynes accounted f . r his reluctance 10 interfere by stating ihat a difference , which had arisen on ibe B- nch , existed betweea himselt aud Mr . inniih . Captain De Ruvjnes save it ab hi ? opnntn that the Police were not in danger , nor hao riicy ai . y occasion to lire on the people in oefence 01 their lives . Michael Dolan , one of th « < rowa , * t ave evidence tending to conviot Cap : an . De Huv 3 ue > and Mr- Brown of insti ^» tine » Dd « rdrrm « in * Poiice
to fire ; but his testimony w » s aamaKefJ D ) " 1 ^} S admission— " I was asking Mr Hji . ta la--t ni « htto get me off attending the inquesi i / iis cav . - * 1 had not time to attend : 1 also a ^ ktd him at ihe r .-ing of the Coart last night . He toJo me 1 shoulo aneud the inquest : I then told him tha * I wouio give it against bis client , Mr . Brown ; who bom po .-invely denied the truth of his siatem * nt The insn pap . r beBtow ^ r eat praise on Mr . Smith ' s- condu « i of tbe investigation ,-as searching and impartial : or curse his report would be made to the Gov « mm . nt , and any conclusion to which he had come ia not announced , Mr . Brown and Mr . F . tzsimon have been apprehended , and lodged in gaol . A subscription haa been set on foot at Trim , in Meaib . to relieve tbe distress . "Whole families in the nei ^ nbow :-hood are known to subsist on Wild rape .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 2, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct437/page/3/
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