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But M * - Whitehead Mid his onunittee have chal-1 EWGED to a poMe meeting . We sccept their chixlesge . We « re -willing to put all the questieas In girpnte to the dediion of & public meeting of the Inhabitants of fiie War * ,- poblicly convened , for the Bipedal purpose of considering them . We an perfocUy vflUng t « appear before stub public meeting , acd there state oar reasons for the part ire hare acted . Weare also perfectly vffling tosubmit to the decision < £ that meeting , whatever that decision may be , after tearing onr statement * ana reasons , and the statements aad reasons of Mr . Whftefcead * friend's ; and the statements and reasens of the respective candidates themselves : ve aw perfectly wiDfag to abide by the decision of that meeting after this , whatever that decision may be . But Mr . Whrfceiead and his ommittee have chal-
_ , „ If it-abonld be a determination to rapport Mr . Whitefaesd we shall be perfectly content , and will labour heart and sod to keep oat the TORY . Aud if it ¦ bonM happen fiat the decision of the meeting should be that Mr . WhKehead shall retire and Mr . Hobaon be ¦ npported in his stead , ire stall expect to be dealt with in like t """"" 1 as we are prepared to deal with others .
THUS THES WE ACCEPT IHE CHALLENGE to " meet in public" te consider the clans and qualifications of the respective candidates , on the condition that all parties will agree to be bound by the decision of each meeting . If the " challenge" was not all " vapour , " we shall soon have an opportunity of coming to a just asd amicable conclusion , and thus prevent division and disunion in our ranks . Mutual arrangements between the two committees for the holding of such meeting in the largest meeting loom that can be procured , and at & time mutually convenient to all parties , can easily be made , if the committee who have put forth the " challenge" think proper to act upon their own offer . With them the matter rests . Signed on behalf of the Committee . Charles Cujdebat , Secretary .
Now , then , Chartists of Leeds ! We have set iortii to the -whole world the work yon have engaged in . Next week we shall have to report how you finish it ! What say you ! Will yon so exert yonrselves as to secure from the country at large , and from your Chartist brethren in particular , the high-commendation of , "Well ikjxe , good and faithful seroantsV ' We pledge ourselves that yoa will I We pledge
oarselves that every man of you will be found at his post , either in tie Hunslet or Holbeck Wards ; and that you will secure the return of Mr . Hobsos in both , Ehould the public meeting in Holbeck ( which we opine must bs called ) decide on retaining him in nomination . This i 3 a trial of strength . It calls for eTery exertion on your part . The course you have taken shews that you know your duty . Again we pledge oarselres to the country that you will gallantly perform it !
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There never wa 3 such a limping , "blethering anld bitch" as Liberalism . She always reminds us of an old hag picking np brambles in s wood , and now and then selecting a sound bit for a crutch to help her in her weary pi ' grimage . -The fragments that have been picked up by Liberalism , to aid her ia her course , within the last seven years , have been numerous . At first she took the whole bundle of sticks , and called for " union among Reformers . " By degrees , however , each fancymonger plucked the twig from the lot which did not exactly suit his taste , until at length the band got loose , and the union got slack . That undefined system of procuring aid was ,
for a party whose principles were so undefined , perhaps the best that wider circumstances could have been adopted . However , that awkward and querulous customer , public opinion , stepped in in an erQ hour , and asked for something denned ; and then after rambling through the wood , the "blethering anld bitch" picked np the . Ballot , and for seven long years has she hobbled through life npon that crutch . The unusual prosperity of the years 1835 , 6 , and 7 , rendered the public mind too calm for a "Free Trade" storm ; but yet there being a party , and a very large one too , engaged in commercial politics in this country , and to whom money being easy in the market , and profits being great , this was no advantage so long as they were out of the market , or ont of the treasury .
Thi 3 is the party who , in times of general prosperity , are most put to their shifts to produce a good jnggle . The word " loyalty " sosnds uncommonly well in an old law-book , and " Church and State " cannot be surpassed in conception , while " our glorious Constitution * makes the heart of every man who is blsssed by being born under it , jump ont of his mouth . Yet , notwithstanding and nevertheless , do we feel assured that a minister out of place and a joang spark who has been accustomed to live on other Ben ' s labour , out of bread , are , the one and the other , Tery far from being worshippers at the shrine of any 02 e of out three great blessings . Aiid sure are we , ihat if the Liberals were impressed with a belief
that through revolution alone they coald - be restored to office , they would set to work to-Dight , before to-morrow , jio lay the foundation of revolution . The less a party seeking for power can promise or need promise , the better , and better still if it may be undefined and yet satisfactory . Having , then , disposed of the gnestions of the Suffrage and Annual Parliaments in some previous articles , we Bhall now proceed- to comment upon the Ballot For seven yeara the Ballot has been the . Liberal talisman , the Aaron's rod of Liberalism , which was intended to have swallowed np , not only all other questions , but all thought . It was the " silent friend , - " and was generally enforced with a wink or a nod , and an " Ah ! g et us the Ballot , " and
THEN YOU SHALL SEE WHAT YOU SHALL SEE ;—nay , those who have watched Liberalism in her course will now cast back a thought , and recollect the magical effect of the word Ballot , in the House , on thehustings , oronthe platform . WhenthePATRIOT was questioned and driven into a corner by some honest hand-loom weaver , the fugitive always found his crutch at hand ; and when anxious to escape too close an examination , he in general put xn end to it thus : —My friend , and I am proud to call him so , though poor—( cheers . ) Ay , I would go further , and call him bkotheb —( long and protracted cheers ) . Aside , —bet only at an election . Mj
brother , I say—( renewed cheers}—has very properly interrogated me npon many abstract questions of complicated policy ; and eo difficult is it to give what may be considered & satisfactory reply , without going into the whole question of our financial relations , foreign and domestic policy , free trade , and the whole of our monetary system , together with the question of taxation—( hear , hear)—so difficult , I say , would it be to separate those great and vital , and all important questions , that I feel assured my very excellent friend will receive , at my
hands , an exposition of my political creed in one word , and which , in my opinion , and I should hope , indeed , in the opinion of all present , nay of every Reformer in the country , will be considered by my friend a 3 embodying all , and that word is THE BALLOT —( loud cheering , followed by waving of hats and clapping of hands , which lasted for several minutes ) . Now , who but has seen that sickening farce acted over and over again , by liberal jugglers , who , lacking talent or honesty , sought a substitute for those in a mask to cover such deceit ! Before we
enter upon the question in detail , we must offer ; one word upon the importance that the " Black-place Association" attach to "Triennial Parliaments . " These short-sighted politicians , in advocating TrienriaJ Parliaments , in preference to Annual Parliaments , ay , " What , would yon dismiss a servant , jnst as he was beginning to learn his business ! " Now nothing can be more silly , inasmuch as nothing can be more certain , than that a servant who had done his work honesUy for one year , and who , thoagi nncaltiv&ted , yet showed a disposition to leanrand be honest , would be continued in his situation from jear
* ° year , a master seldom discharges * good servant ; "d . ia truth , those political novices appear to think that annual elections would compel the constituent body to make a clearance every year ; while the effect would merely be to give the right of removal , if ciienmslanees justified it . With Triennial Parliaments members would play the sinner for Vwo years , and the saint for one year . With annual elections , they would ape the honest ma n to insure a continuance of office , well knowing that punishment would speedily follow delinquency ; and that before a SPECIAL COMMISSION , to be fcriden for the trial of political offenders , too
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speedy justice would be done to them . We have so banished the thought of abandoning any one point of the Charter , however , that to suppose Bach % thing aa the triennial joggle making way is nonsense . As to the Ballot , then , we ask what the millions are struggling for ? Is it not for the vote ! And of what use would the Ballot be to them nntil they first got the vote . Oh , says " the blethering auld biteh , '' royal tradesmen and liberal tenants of illiberal landlords , and many good fellows who are not allowed to have a will of their own now , would all vote liberally if they had the . Ballot . They wonld , we con . esa it , —that is , liberally towards themselves , but gpeedv iustioe would be done to them . We h *™ ™
most liberally towards those who are Becking admission into that sanctuary of which they are now in the exclusive possession , and of which the Ballet would be the Cerberus . Yes , give the electors the mask , and then see their face who can . Let them have that watch-dog for their house , and then enter it those who can lay claim to the present franchise , but none other . Establish this mode of conspiracy , and then , indeed , would all hope of acquiring the Suffrage , or of extending it , be lost , and for ever . The Ballot with the present franchise wonld be individual protection against a general right of scrutiny , while the Ballot with the Suffrage , would be a general protection aeainst individnal
interference with the disposal of a right . As long as the * cestui qui trust" must have a trustee , so long must the accounts of the trustee be rendered in open court ; bnt once let the minor take the management of his own affairs , and then he may act secretly , or dispewe with secrecy , as he pleases ; and for our own part we are of © pinion , that Annual Parliaments , Universal Suffrage , Payment of Members , Equal Electoral Districts , and no property qualification , would so far destroy unjust interference and sordid dependency , that wera the Charter passed , whole and entire , after a short trial , Englishmen would proclaim its triumph in the open recognition of its principles , and the consequent rejection of the BALLOT .
We shall have a word or two more to say upon this subject , which we hope to illustrate with a few striking anecdotes , illustrative of the rottenness of this last of the "BLETHERING AULD BITCH . " —Evening Slar .
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Johjj Newhocse , Bieminghah , calls upon the Council resident in Birmingham , Dudley , Slourbridge , SUs / on , Wolverhampton , Tipton , Kidderminster , Bromsgrove , Redditch , and Worcester to lake immediate steps to call a delegate meeting at Birmingham , to take into consideration the slate of the cause , and to act icith promptitude . Huddeesfield Chabtists . —If they will take the trouble to read the organisation they will see that their nomination of persons to the ^ Executive it altogether irregular and invalid . They have no power ie nominate at all ; that is the province of the sub-Secretary to the National Charier Association . He can only nominate one , and that one must be a member of the
General Ceuncil . The Chartists of the town may canvas the merits of parties whom they think Jil for such an office . They may determine upon some one whom they think ought to he nominated for Huddersjkld . But it is for the sub-Secretary , and not for the Chartists of Huddersfield , to nominate . Shall we ever have reiterated often enoughow imploring that now , when the twinfiends of despotism and treachery are so very rampant , the people will at least use a little of that caution which costs nothing ! Why does not every Chartist read the plan of organisation and acquaint himself with its previsions * There is certainly no excuse for any man being ignorant of it when it may be bought for a halfpenny . H . Edwards , after naming parlies who have been
tnstrumenlal m widely spreading democratic knowledge , says , " / think we ought note to act . Could we not purchase various articles of food , . 6 [ c ., from our oim friends , they allowing Id . or Id . out of a shilling for the support of victims ' families ? Could we not open stores in various places , so as to prevent the money going into the hands of persons who would transport or send us to the villanous model prison for being Chartists t I have been asked by many persons when I think ice shall all work more together in the good cause V Joseph Washer . —We have forwarded his letter to the proper quarter . Yokk Chaktists . — We cannot insert their memorial . We have quite enough of prosecution on our hands just now . Everything they say is
perfectly ^ true ; but there ire injudicious modes of fulminating truths , ef whieh , we think , this memorial to be an instance- Our movement has ¦ got far beyond big words—they ¦ may rest assured that scolding will produce no effect upon the enemy . He is much too hardened for it . Our cause will be much better served by the firm , but temperate , assertions of its principles , which eharacterise deep thought , than by the ebullitions of deepfeeling . Miles Debbagb will see that the sum sent is acknowledged ihis week . If sent in tine it would have been acknowledged last week . The fault was not ours—but his own . L . T . Clancy . —His letter to Mr . Rafter is io » long for insertion this week , unless we had had it a day sooner . The " Chabtist Hearts of Oak" next week .
Halifax . —John Dennis , James Walsh , Isaac Crook , William Hanson , and Joseph Thornton call on their late Chartist friends and associates to rally again , and let the banner of freedom float proudly in the breeze . They meet for the present , until a room can be obtained , at Mr . Joseph Thornton ' s , Barum Top , every Monday , to receive subscriptions for the Defence Fund , and in any other way promote the cause . Christopher Dotle , oj course , had no expectation that his letter would be printed . We are not to be led unnecessarily into personal broils—though we purpose to be much more free and prompt in
opposing the beginning of mischief than we have heretofore been . Past errors are note past remedy . It may be that those who committed them through haste , may have learned wisdom in the school of experience . At all events , it will be suon enough for such a note of warning as he calls for te be given when it may be needed to do good or prevent mischief . At present it could do neither of these things , but would certainly do mischief ; and that , we think , Mr . Doyle must know . He . nrv Hearding , Mosmouth . —His letter , with its enclosure , was duly received , and has been forwarded as desired .
Failswobth Chabtists send us a noticesof a public meeting in their room , but do not say when it is to be htld . Brighton . —Mr . Sandy begs , on behalf of the Committee appointed to consider the propriety of establishing a Brighton Charter Electoral Association , to thank Mr . Wm . Garrond , of Ipswich , for his kind communication . Also to enquire whether Mr . J . Sweet , of Nottingham , has received , through him , any communication from the said committee ; and , if so , to request him to favour him with a reply . Nathaktel Moklikg . —Mercy onus ! what a towering passion he is in because one of our last week's correspoTidenis thinks him " an improper person " to be one of the Executive ! Poor fellow ! It
has almost killed him . How he does bluster about "that blackguard (!) assertion "— ' villain "" deliberate lie" — written by one of your own base tools "— " Challenge you and the whole of your satellites "— ** base assassins "—" you and all yonr myrmidons "— " slanderer ! and liar !" and a heap more of the most choice flowers of Rhetoric ! Steady , steady ! good man , and let the wind blow on you tiU you cool- Mr . Iforling concludes his elegant epistle by " demaKDIKg " the name of the parly who wrote to us stating his opinion ihat Mr . Nathaniel Morling is " a most improper person" for the office of Executive Committee-man . Note we beg to tell Mr . Nathaniel Morling that we " give no reasons on c&mpulsion . " We have full authority to give our correspondent's name if we choose . It was ii § ned at full length to his communication , and intended by him to be published with his letter . He knows Mr . Morling well : has known him long . He is a
councillor , resident in Brighton , and agrees vnlh his fellow-councillors , whose resolution we published last week , in thinking Mr . Morling "a most improper person" for the important office of Executive Councillor ; and truly Mr . Morling takes much pains to prove that they are right tn their opinion . Our correspondent did not express his opinion without giving reasons for it . His name is no secret ; and ve have no doubt thai Mr . Morling knows it as well as tee do ; but we shall treat Mr . MorTtng ' s buUymg as we should that rf any other man . We give from Mr . Morling ' s Utter the folUnewg sen tence . — " As to his being a councillor of the Ab-BociatioB , I dare assert it is a deliberate us ! anc that no councillor in Brighton penned tka Eentence . " The man who could write this , totttt the published resolution of the Brighton councillors staring him in the face , proves sufficiently that he is a " most improper person" to sit on the Executive Committee , Scsakha Inge . —The liber at ion of Mr . Campbell hen made her letter unnecessary .
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Jaws Holdkk , tailor . £ ., 33 , Boslam-sireet , Bradford-street , Manchester , will give Is . 3 d . in the pound , for all work done by him , to the furtherance of the Chartist cause . R . T . Mokbison writes— " You will excuse me for suggesting that the publication of the names residence , number of family , and punishment of the different parties who have fallen victims in the recent crusade against Chartism , would be very acceptable to the public . I have heard many inquiries respecting it , and in consequence have taken the liberty of making this suogestum ; and in my opinion if it was first published m the Northern Star , and afterwards tn the form of a tract , it -would have a wide circulation , and would be a veiy useful companion , and enable . T »«« , n ^^^ . , _ .-7- _ ... _ „ ,. ~ , . . „ .. _ ,
any one to show up' justice in England . " [ We quite agree with our correspondent ' s suggestion , and tcill be glad to receive the necessary information to enable us to act on it . } 3 . Shaw . —For their own guidance , as an independent body , the Chartists resident in his localily , may adopt whatever bye laws they please : but as members of the National Charter Association they must abide by the plan of organization and by that only . Observe , however , that they may act as members of the great national body , and also as a distinct local body ; h ut care must be taken not to confound their movements in these two distinct capacities , the one with the
other . W . H . Cronin writes to inquire what has become of the . Chartists of Newport , in Monmouthshire ? Peter Rigby sends us an extract from a communication in a Scotch newspaper , with a reply thereto , and several documents , testifying his efficiency as a Chartist lecturer . We cannot interfere . His reply should be sent to the Paper which inserted the attack . If the Editor be a just man he will insert it ; if not , we fancy Mr . Righy will not have suffered much harm Jrent any attack in that quarter . John Lowbbt , of Ballyhaunis , Ireland , would be glad to know if Mr . Wm . Dixen , of Manchester , received a lettet from him dated the 12 / A inst .,
and enclosing sixpence for the Defence Fund . Bradford . — We have been asked both this week and last , as to cur Correspondent at this place . We cannot answer anonymous enquiries on this subject .
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Mr . Hudson , of Carlirle , and Mrs . Arthdr . — We have received a letter from Mr . John Hudson complaining of the conduct of Mr . Arthur in detaining his parcel of plates ^ which we had taken the liberty of inclosing in Mr . Arthur ' s parcel , with instructions to charge Mr . H . his proportion of the carriage charge . Mr . H . says he is willing to pay such proportion : but that Mr . Arthur flatly refuses to let him have the parcel on any condition whatever . This conduct of Mr . Arthur , if it be correctly set forth to us , is most improper ; and arises , we fear , from business jeaiouay . Let Mr . Arthur reflsot that his own parcel , containing Mr . Hudson ' s , was inclosed in that of another agent , who had more honourable feeling about him
than to detain it , which he might have done , and would have done , had he followed the example now set him by Mr . Arthur . We adopt this plan of inclosures to save the agents expence ; and it is rather too bad if our efforts to serve the agents be frustrated by the paltry jealousy of " two of a trade . " This letter of Mr . Hudson ' s is the fourth we have had from him on the subject ; and our Clerk has written to Mr . Arthur privately , te eet the parcel given up , but without effect , or this public notice wonld not have appeared . We now desire Mr . Arthur to do that which is right ; to give np the parcel , and take from Mr . Hudson his proportion of the carriage fee . If he does not do this , we shaH be under the necessity of charging him with the parcel of plates at full
price . J . Robinson , Dartford . —There is certainly no law to compel a man to " uncover" at an interment Propriety of demeaneor dittatea the necessity of complying with custom in this particular : for when Borrowing friends and relations are assembled to perform the laat sad office over the remains of humanity , once dear and kind , it wonld be bad taste indeed for any individual te outrage their feelings by such an indecorous exhibition of bad manners as the throating of himself upon their notice during the performance of the ceremony for the burial of
the dead , with his hat on . We think that if individuals had not learnt good mannerB , or they have , like the Quaker * , conscientious objections to taking off their hats at such a time and under such circumstances , ordinary feeling wonld dictate to them the propriety of staying away . The Portrait of T . Du » ceMBE will be given to all our Subscribers on November 19 th . They will be in the hands of all the Agents by November 16 th ; The charge for the Star on the day the Portrait of Dnneombe is distributed will be the same as the charge for it on the day the Petition Plate is delivered .
FOR THE NATIONAL DEFENCE FUND . £ . B . d , From three Chartists , St . Andrews 0 0 6 . » Norwich , per M . Debbage 1 15 0 „ Wellington Foundry , Leeds o 1 ° H „ Leeds Chartists , per James Eaigb . ... 0 8 2 _ James Hr . igh , collected at the North East Ward meeting 0 5 3 „ Stockton-on-Tees , per T . Davison ... 0 10 0 ^ a few friends at Kiikinch , per S . Martin 0 3 8 _ fourPallera , ValaofLaven 0 10 „ the Chartists of Sowerby 0 8 ( S ditto Brigg End , Mill-bank 0 3 0 ^ a few frienda of the Tailors' Society ,
Dartford 0 5 1 „ the Chartists of Silsden 0 9 0 „ ditto NewcasUe-on-Tyne ... 10 0 _ a few friends at Tredegar 0 12 0 „ the Chartists of Belfast 0 19 0 „ a few friends at Kilbornie 0 8 0 „ Dudley , collected by Messrs . Rankin and Wright 0 8 10 ^ A . Z . Leeds 3 0 _ the Chartists of Eunslet , per K . Walker 0 6 1 „ the Chartists of Leeds , per Be : jamin Knowles 0 7 6 . » Fryer , Halton 0 10 ^ J . M . G . Callander . Perthakire ... 0 * 71 „ the Chartists of Croyden ... ... 0 12 0 * . a few friends at Frome 6 5 0 FOR MRS . M ' DOUALL . From Norwich , per M . Debbage ... ... 0 5 0
FOR T . B . SHITH . FromW . K . ' 0 0 3 FOB ThE DEFENCE OF HE . ELLrS , IN THE POTTERIES . From the Chartists of Sunderland , —proceeds of a raffle for a pair of shoes ... 0 6 0 M a few friends at Sunderland 0 2 0 FOB MRS . HOLBERRT . From the Chartists of Rotherham 0 8 3 FOR COOPER'S DEFENCE . From a person in Dunfermlino agreeing with Mr . Cooper in opinion 0 16
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NOMINATIONS FOR THE PROVISIONAL EXECUTITE . WAHE . RESIDENCE . PLACE . T . M . Wheeler 2 i 8 i , Temple-bar Trawbridge , Reading , Salisbury , Bri » tol , Fig-Tree-Lane , Sheffield , & Huddersfield . P . M . Bropby ~« Late of Dablin Arnold , Ooaeburn , and Fig-Tree-LMe , Sheffield . John Watkins . . » BancUffe Arms , Nottingham , Kirkheaton , Hebden-bridge , Aston-atreet , Birmingham , and York . John Q . Dron _ Limbeth Long Buckby and HuddersSeld .
Wm . Cuffay ~ -. , Strand ~~~ . Three Do vea . Lnndon , and Huddersfield . John West Mscclasaeld Fig-Tree-Lar . e , Shef-Beld . David Ross Manchester ^ -w ~ . Fig-Tree- x , ane , Sheffield , and Huddersfield . N . Morling BrightoD . ^~ . ~~ Harlerton . Richard Hankin ^ w ~~ - New Inn Yard , Carrington Ca' . lington . R . K . PhOp , Banbary ,...,,. Sb ' . p Tavern , Long-Is ne , Bermondsey . James Knight , Clerkenwell ^^— Jorns Tavern , Crucifix-lane , Bennondsey , and Hnddersfield . Edward Clayton , HnddersBel < J ^ . Hnddersfield .
Brother Chartist * , the at ove are the whole of the nominations which we havr , officially received . We see by the Northern Star , of October 22 d , that Mr Beeriey has been nominated at liewcattle , and Mr . Ciancy at Brighton , bnt we have ? . « ceived so notice to that effect It is now onr duty to- call upon yon to proceed immediate ]; to the electior ,, aad retain those men whom you may judge , muter Vae peculiar circumstance * in which yonr original Executive is placed , to be most calculated to benefit the eatrae , and maintain in its integrity that organisation which has hitherto been both a shield and a sword , ( or ov _ r defence . Yours , WllIXAX CFFFAT . Jobs George Dron . James Knight . Thomas M . Wheeleb , ( Secretary . )
N . B . All returns mast be sent to the Secretary , on Tuesday , Nov . 8 th , and those candidates who have obtained the greatest number of votes will have been duly elected to fill up any vacancy or vacancies . which at that period may exist in the original body .
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PORT NATAL . SUBMISSION OF THE BOERS . _ Tl i fi ** 6 P Pera contain the details of this . The South African Commercial Advertiser , with ' its ' ' extroeU from other papers contains the mass of the Intelligence on the subject From that journal we giye the following— - , ~^ . ¦ ¦ I . ¦ ~~ ' -
OFFICIAL STATEMENT "HerMajesty ' s frigate , Ms , arrived In Simon ' s Bay on Sunday last from Natal , bringing back part of the troOpB under Lieutenant-Colonel Cloete , commander of the late expedition , who immediately proceeded to head-quarters . On Monday the troops marched from Simon'a-town to Cape-town , and in the afternoon of Monday the following Government Notice * was Issued for the satisfaction of her Majesty's loyal subjects : — •" His Excellency the Govemer Is pleased to direct the following information to be made publicly known . "• Lieutenant-Colonel Cloete left Port Natal on the 21 st ultimo , on board her Majesty ' s ship Isis , and arrived in Simon ' s Bay yesterday afternoon , accompanied by a portion of troops Bent to reinforce the detachment under Captain Smith , and has reported to his Excellenoy the Governor the final cessation of hostilities between her Majesty's troops and the insurgent boers—no further hostile demonstrations having been shown by them after the troops under Lieutenant-Colonel Cloete ' a orders were landed .
" ' The emigrant farmers having made a solemn declaration of their submission to the Queen , —haying released tho . prisoners , whether soldiers or civilians . — having given up the cannon captured , as well as those belonging to themselves , and having restored all public as well as private property seized by them , —the Lieutenant-Colonel , acting under the powers vested in him by the Governor , granted a general amnesty or free pardon to all persona who might have been engaged in resistance to her Majesty ' s troops and authority , with the exception of Joachim Prinslo , A . W . Pretorius , J . J . Burger , Michiel van Breda , and Sarvaas van Breda .
'" He further declared , that all private property should be respected , —that the emigrant farmers should be allowed to return to their farms , . with their guns and horsea—that they should be defended from any attack by the Zoolahs—that the tenure of their lands should not be interfered with , pending the determination and settlement of Her Majesty's Government—that beyond the limits fixed for the military occupation , their existing Administration and civil institutions should not be interfered with till the pleasure of Her Majesty should be made known—that the Caffres BheuLl
not be molested in the occupation of the lands on which they were settled at the date of the arrival of Her Majesty ' s troops , subject to such future arrangements as may be made for general security by Her Majesty ; and by subsequent article appended to the conditions of thU surrender , the Lieutenant-Colonel , in consideration of Mr . A . W . Pretorlus having co operated in the final adjustment of the articles of surrender , and of his persona ' : humane conduct to the prisoners , and his general moderation , included him iu the amnesty which he had extended to all with the exceptions above named .
"' Major D Urban , and a seeond detachment of the 25 th , were to leave Port Natal on or a \> out the 25 th ult , leaving Captain Smith in command of the post , with a force of 350 men . '" By command of his Excellency the Governor , "J MOORE CRAIG . "' Aoting Secretary to Government '" Colonial-office , Caps of Good Hope , Augnat i , 1812 . ' " For people at a distance , who may not have all the points of Cape history by heart , it may be necessary to observe , that this is the conclusion or present state of an affair that has agitated Southern Africa for many months .
" Some time last year the Government received information that a party of boers from this colony had attacked , or were about to attack , same native tribes in the neighbourhood of the colony with whom we had established friendly relations . He in consequence pushed forward towards tha menaced tribe , a detachment of troops from Graham ' s town , and warned the boers against committing the intended violence . To this the boers replied in a letter dated the 21 st of February of the present year , in-which they informed him , not for the first time , that they had renounced their allegiance to the British Government ; that they were an independent state . and would deal with the natives and others as they saw fit ; that they were forming connections in Europe , where they had no doubt their cause would be favourably considered ; and with many
opproblous charges against their abjured Sovereiga's Government , they signified to him that they were ready to defend with their blood what they had gained by their blood ; thit it would be txtter for him to raind his own business than to meddle with them , and were his most obedient servants . In this stage of the negociation a detachment of , troops , amounting , we have heard , to about 240 or 250 men , were pushed forward under Captain Smith to Port Natal , distant from head-quarters at Graham's-town about 600 miles , through savage or desert countries , intersected by upwards of 100 rivers . Having surmounted the perils and privations of this toilsome journey , Captain Smith , with his little army , arrived at Port Natal in the beginning of May . Having signified the presence of Her Majesty ' s troops to the boers ,
he received from them , throngh their Craaeral and Commander-in-chief , A . W . Pretorius , ofr order to withdraw without loss of time from their territories , aa they were no longer British subjects , but au independent republic , under the protection of the king of Holland . A collision , of caurse , ensued , in which Captain Smith was defeated with the loss , iu killed , wounded , and prisoners , of about one-third of his whole force , with a suitable proportion of guns and stores . Having drawn around his little camp a sort of hedge of waggons , strengthened with a breastwork of earth and a ditch , he now prepared to act on the defensive till reinforcements should arrive from the celony , whither he had despatched a bold and trust-worthy messenger , named King , who , by great good luck , eluded the enemy , and informed tke Lieutenant-Governor at Graham ' s-town of this rather unpromising state of things at
Natal . "From both ends of the colony reinforcements were despatched without loss of time . Indeed , there was little room for delay , as Captain Smith was besieged in his rude camp by an overwhelming force , by which he was effectually cut off from all supplies and from all communication . "He was sbutup in his Intrenchments on the 24 th of May ; and from that period , with the exception of a few days'truce for burying the dead and negotiating a little , he lay under an incessant fire by night and day
from the guns and musketry of the boers to the 26 th of June , when he was relieved by the force sent from the colony under Lieutenant Colonel Cloete . He had been reduced to half ratbns and the use of horseflesh , tough and scanty , with execrable water . Lieutenant-Col . Cloete entered Port Natal , and , under cover of the guns of her Majesty ' s frigate , Southampton , anchored outside the bar . He was received with showers ol balls ftom the boers , who , however , soon disappeared and left the expedition to discharge its functions at its leisure .
" What those functions were may be gathered from the ' Government notice' printed above . " The following letter from one of the soldiers engaged under Captain Smith , gives perhaps the best account of the proceedings : — " British Settlement , Port Natal , July 3 . " Dear Friends and Comrades , —I am happy to state , with the greatest satisfaction iu the world , that I and the other two buglets still survive , after being snatched from the jaws of death . I must say that the troubles of this wicked world were nearly over with us all here . I suppose you require a statement of what happened since wy last letter from Natal , but this I hope you or any of the boys won't expect from me , as it would be impossible for me to send the wbole of what happened , and I think it much better to leave it te the testimony of the Graham ' s town journals , as it "Would take up three or four quires of paper , and I can tell you that I am not in a very fit state to write at present .
" I mean to mention a few particulars of what happened after oar arrival here . For some time the boers were very peaceable , but at last they commenced to Bteal our cattle , and to take our herds prisoners . The captain sent to them for the cattle , but they would not send them back . We were after getting our two 18-pound era mounted , one at the camp , and the other at the point , where our provisions and Btorea were , and a detachment of fifteen men-, four gunners , one officer , a sergeant , and two corporals , was left there to protect them . The boers were seen on th « morning of the 23 rd of May , in very large parties , on all sides of the weodB , showing themselves t » our camp now and again ; but the captain opened our guns on them from the camp . The 18-pounder made great openings among them , and put them to disperse for that day . The next day , being
the Queen's birthday , the captain intended to fire twenty-one guns , and hoist the union jack in front of our camp , but towards evening the captain held a consultation among the officers to attack the Dutch camp , and 100 men were warned to be ready , and two field-pieces and the howitzer were placed in a strong boat to proceed up the channel right under their camp , to throw in shells . The men left our camp at eleven o . clock , the night being clear and bright , and arrived close to the enemy ' s camp at one o ' clock . The moment the enemy perceived them in front of their camp , they fired such a dreadful volley of musketry on our men that it made a great many intervals through the ranks . Our men commenced a file-firing , and kept It up very well ; the guns and rockets kept playing into them on all sides , and the howitzer from the boat sent
veildirected shells Into the camp ; but , notwithstanding althis , the enemy kept a heavy fire up , their number was so great ; they were cutting off our men very & « t , and it was very little wonder , for they had ten times our number . After about an hour ' s engagement the enemy's fire began to Blacken very much , and the captain intended to charge thtm , but when he saw he had so few te charge , he declined , and thought proper to retire home to the camp . You muBt understand that where the action was fought was close to the sea , and it being a spring-tide , our men were up to their waists in the water , and as Boon as a man was wounded he fell into the sea and was drowned , for no person could offer any assistance at the time , for the enemy came inclose pursuit after us ; we left our dead there in like manner , Toe most of the artillery were swept
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from the guns ; . out of eighteen gamers , there were twelve cut away killed and wounded . Ibe officer of the artillwy received a Bhtrwer of b » U » in the body ( time in the head and four ia the body . ) He was in the act of filing tke gun at floe time . Tbeguo-oxen were all shot away , and it was impossible for the men to swim ' and draw the guns , as toe tide was so full in . Many > f our men fell victims to a water ? grave , perishing in the water . We had rtot long arrived , home at the camp , when the enemy maito dreadful charge on the camp on all sides , but they were repulsed with great low / You may say , my bojs , this was one of the most horrible nights I ever witoessed in my life , from ten o'clock until clear daylight in the moroteg In this night ' s action the killed aad mluing were
seventeen and one oflteer ; wounded twenty-four , one captain , one subaltern .. The next day the enemy brought up our dead ; they could only find twelve , and the artillery officer . We buried them in a large pit oonvenlent to the eamp . The other five men must have been driven ont with the tide ; so I intend to finish with the affair of Congella , or the Dutch camp , and I must say it was an unfortunate thing for our guns to fall into the enemy ' s hands , besides a great number of small arms and ammunition ; but I assure you it could not be helped , for yoa may easily know our situation . The number of the enemy killed on this night is estimated to be one hundred and thirty , and seventy wounded . There were xrinety killed of them in one kraal , by shells from the howitzer . . .
" The boers now seeing that our guns were already in their hands that were left behind previous to the action at Congella , and so many of our small detachment cut off , thought proper to en toff all communication by land ; and the next thing they had in view was to engage tha point , and capture all our provisions . Accordingly , on the 26 th morning , they engaged the point , and , after half an hour ' s engagement , they captured it , but not without losing a great number of men . Onr smatt detachment , as I mentioned before , did their endeavour to keep it , but they were soon overpowered . There were only one Serjeant , two corporals , and fifteen men , and four gunners . The artillery fought well , until two of them were killed , and two wounded . The two that were wounded spiked the gun before the enemy came up
to them , and when they saw the gun already spiked , they drew their knives , and ripped them from the bottom of the belly to the throat . They took all the rest prisoners . There were only one corporal and one private wounded , but the fonr artillerymen were killed . Now they had us completely blockaded by sea and land . They also went on board of the two vessels that were lying in the harbour , and took about thirty Englishmen prisoners , and bound them in irons , with a strong guard over each vessel . It happened very fortunate that tho officer belonging to this small detachment was up at the camp on duty , or else he would have been taken prisoner also . The Dutch chief sent many letters to tbe captain , entreating him to quit the camp , under the following circumstances : —
To pay the sum of £ 10 , 000 to the Dutch Republic ; te pay the damage done to them : and farther , to give up all our arms , only 12 stand that he would allow to each vessel to guard us down to Cape-town He wanted to send us in the two vessels that were lying in the harbour ; but this proposal onlv made onr captain smile , and he sent him back word he never wonld do any such thing . This made the imperious chief bluster out with great execrations , and said he would starve us to death , and burn our camp . The captain , knowing now they had three guns of ours in possession , knew very well they would soon visit our camp , and blockade us , and keep us from getting any provisions or water . As the water was pretty far distant from the camp , be ordered the Engineer officer to make intrenchments all round tbe Inside of tbe camp , and build a breastwork
up against the front of the waggons , the way it would save the men from the enemy ' s shot . At this time they had the whole of our cattle captured , with the exception of 24 head , and we had very unfortunately only one waggon-load of biscuit up from the point before it was taken , On the night of the 30 th of May the enemy made all preparation for beeeiging our camp , and on the next morning , being the 31 st , they commenced a dreadful cannonading on onr camp . They had their guns pointing in every direction towards the camp , namely , one 18-pounder , two six-pounders , one 12-pounder , two 4-pounders ; total six guns . I . forgot to mention , that they had some handicraft men among them that unspiked the 18-pounder , and a 12-pounder , that belonged to them , which , was spiked by us when we came here firBt . They fired 160 rounds from their guns ,
besides showrrs of musketry , the first day ; bat , thanks be to God , they did very little barm , only smashed the sides of the waggons . We had only two guns , — one 18-pounder and howitzer , and they were going the whole day at the enemy . The 18-pounder dismounted one of the 6-pounders the first day , and the howitzsr killed a great number of the enemy with her shell . The enemy now dug entrenchments at the distance of 100 yards from our camp , all round , for their small arms , and to save themselves from the fire of our camp . Here , now , I may mention that we were no longer inhabitants of the earth , but of the under world , living in subterraneous caves or caverns , or Bepulchural tombs . Our situation now was surely miserable , and we conld get no water , only running in danger of being cut to pieces going for it outside of the camp by the enemy ' s
fire , for that was the only tune they kept up a strong fire . On the third morning of the siege the enemy sent us a flag of truce to our camp for the purpose of sending our women and children , sick ami wounded , on board of the vessels in the harbour , and that they would be taken good care of ; but this was only policy of them , to find eut how many were disabled , that they might make an attack on our camp . None of the women would go , only Mrs . Lonsdale , and the captain would not admit of any of the sick to go , and said he would nail the flag to the masthead before he should ever give them the satisfaction of surrendering . Oar provisions now were getting very scarce , and the enemy shot most of the cattle we had in the kraal , to keep us from living , if possible . All the oxen we had now left alitfe were killed immediately to make ' biltong' of , lest the
enemy should destroy any more of us . The enemy still kept up a formidable fire every day on the camp—upwards of 100 rounds every day . We were living now on six ounces of biscuit-dust and half-a-ponnd of biltong . Our coffee and sugar were all out in like manner . This only kept the human frame from failing ; and this was not all ; after the biltong was all out we were obliged to feed on berse-flesh . This was very disgusting at first , but hunger obliged us to make nse of if . To finish the siege , and not dwell longer upon it , the enemies kept their guns going for 16 days on our camp , and then brought them down to fortify the point against the reinforcement that was coming up , for they wore well aware that King b . a ; J made his escape , and that he would discover all , Although the guns were taken away they still kept us in by their small arms . The Captain now determined to
level some of the intrenchmests belonging to the enemy , in tbe dark of the night , and sent off twenty men and two officers . They went on their bands and feet until they came on top of the enemy . They were all asleep only the sentry , who flted and shot -Mr . Prior in the heart . This alarmed all the rest , and such a dreadful carnage never was heard tell of before . Our men fired and charged them with bayonets , and muzzle , to muzzle ; the Dutch shouted for mercy , but of course got none . They drew their hunting knives , but they only killed two and the officer , and our men killed every one in the intrenchments , in number about thirty-six , and then returned to the camp . If they had waited much longer the whole 6 f the enemy would have cut them to pieces ; but they wsre in good time here . We remained here until the reinforcement arrived .
" The Grenadier company arrived here on the 24 th of June , on board of a merchant schooner , but she had to beat about the harbour until the arrival of the frigate . On the 25 th the frigate came In sight , and fired two guns and three rockets as a signal to us , which were answered by us with one gun and one rocket , to let them know we were in distress and where we lay . On the morning of the 26 th , being Snnday , all preparations were made to effect a lauding . The frigate formed a flotilla of gunboats , each boat bearing a howitz-r placed in her for throwing shells ; all the other boats were laden with the troops . At one o'clock , th « troops set off from the different veaaels under the frigate ' s fire ; the gunboats led the van . and it was very handsome to see all tbe boats Bailing up the channel , each having its standard waving in the stern . The
enemy now commenced a strong fire on the beats from their gens and small arms , but without much eff ; ct . ? ne frigate now opened a formidable fire on tbe enemy from her forecastle and poop , broadsides from her 68-poundeTs . The boats also kept up a dreadful fire , pitching shells every moment The frigate ' s heavy fire made such openings in the woods among the enemy that they were soon conspicuous to the troops , who kept up a heavy fire of small arms on them . The shells from the boats swept the enemy from their guns . The haughty rebels were now seen to fall . All on a sudden , after an half-hour's engagement , the outlaws made for the country , taking the guns with them . Our 18-ponnder kept np a heavy fire on them as they passed tbe woods going to the country . Tbe troops iiaving now possession of the harbour , they hauled
down the Dutch jack , and hoisted the nnioD . The troops now made their appearance through the woods towards our camp , and took twelve rebels prisoners All the rest fled . Ob , heaven 1 what » joyful sight to see we were once more inhabitants of the npper world I No tongue can describe , nor pen can write , the joy we felt in meeting the Grenadier company and the 25 th Regiment here . We gave three hearty cheers that rent the air and drowned the noise of the cannon . The next day Colonel Oloete marched up tbe troops to tl » Patch village , and plundered it all over . We were only allowed to partake of eatables , tut not to meddle with anything else . But some made well of it We took naeat , buttercheesetea
flour , bread , tobacco , coffee , sugar , , , , rice , branay , wines , pigs , and every kind of poultry , and cooking ntenails . I have row the satisfaction to feast on their sumptuous food for the long starvation Uiey gave me . The enemy is making fortificaUoas up the country at their town , lest the troops should follow them . AU the troops here are kept busy every day making fortifications round our camp , and at tho point or harbour . We expect to follow the boers up the country in a few days . There are about 700 men here now , with the 25 th and ours . They are mounting all the fresh guns the frigate brought to proceed up the country wUb a strong forw of men . The C . afire » are
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bornlag and destroying all their small villages , and putting every one oi the enemy to death they come across , and bringing as dozans of cattle every day . All our s 4 ck and wounded are on board a ship to forward to Capo Town , and there are a great number of them . All the fnggena that were damaged are taken to pieces and pu $ on board a ship to go to Algoa Bay to be sold by auction . Captain Lonsdale , with family , is on board to join head-quarters . I am sorry to mention to you that your old friend Carter dropped dead hi the intrenchmente ob the morning of the 16 lb . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ " • ¦ ¦ ¦ ' * ¦ ? - " Joseph Bbowrk . "
" Daring the siege the boers fired upward of 700 shots from the £ aad 18-pounders , besides keeping up an incessant firing of m twice try . Though the siege lasted upwards of at month , there were bat fonr shot and three wounded on the side of the English ; but on the part of the Dutch , there is reason to believe manymore . Lieutenant Molesworth , with 20 ' men , made a wily ont of the camp-one ni « ht during the latter part of the aiege , apd fell npon the boers in the trenches * before they were aware of it , the boers being all asteep . Of 20 boers , soft two it is said escaped . Th « Eegliah , however , paid ; dear for this by the loss of Mr . Pric
r , a fine young officer , who with two privates was killed on the occasion . 3 efbre the camp vra » relieved they had eaten all their horses , and were upon tho most wretched pittance of spoiled bread , which they intended should' enable them to stand it out twenty days longer , when the Cbaoh arrived ; she immediately fired guns and threw up rockets , whfon were answered by the . besieged . The captain on-board sent a ftag of truce , requesting-that a medical man with comforts might be allowed to proceed to the camp . To this Pretorious answered , that all communication with Cipfcitn Smith had ceased , and that it was now too late . "
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DEATHS . On Thursday last , the 20 th iast ., at Sowerby , near Thirsk , John Swarbreck , Era .. seed 83 . . Same day , at Thirsk , Mr . John Little , * late fcuperintendont of police in that tow r ., aged 43-Died , on Saturday last , ut NcwcaBlle-upon-Tynet suddenly , in his 26 th year , Henry "Wass , book-keeper , sixth son of the la , ^ Mr . William W sig , gtoscr , « thtetown .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 29, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct454/page/5/
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