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THE ISOETHEftW STAR. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1842.
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TRIUMPH OF CHARTISM IN IRELAND . A public meeting of the Chartists of Ifablin to be beld at one o ' clock on Sunday , the 27 th ultimo , haying been duly announced by p lacarding the city on the previous Saturday , and on Sunday noning » placard w * s hung oui in the front of Mr . O HjftMB House , m . 14 , North Anne-street , where tbemeeting Waste be held . Police Sergeant M'Dowal , D No . 13 , watched his opportunity * J ^ £ * itoxri . JJfl O'Higgins having discovered thai the plac ^ was stolen annlied tothe policeman on the ** bate , " to iSliWhe toewaorthing » b <> ntit . ThepoHce-SSvD 74 sad that he bad taken itaway by order ofSereeant M'DowaL On the next day , Monday , m . ( YBiggais applied to the magistrates at Henry-Etreet && *» offi «* * ° * " * inform *" 0118 against the polioe man for the felony . The sitting m » gis-*« t « Mr . Stnddert , refused the information
upon the grooadB that the police were authorised by law to remove all tinngB -which they deemed to be the cause of obstruction . Mr . O'Higgins took several exceptions to this interference of the law , all of which were overruled by the sapient magistrate , Mr . O'Higgins then announced his intention to have a motion made in the Queen ' s Bench for a Mandamus to compel the magistrate to take lib informations . He also applied to the magistrate to have bis property restored to him , and in doing bo said that his object was to get the placard for the purpose of placing it again in the same spot from whence it was stolen . This was also refused . Mr . O'Higgins then said that the withholding of his placard would hare no other effect than that of putting him to the expense of a new board for the placard . Upon I *"* subject the Freeman ' s Journal of the 1 st contained the following spirited remarks , and also the subjoined letter from Mr . O'Higgins . - .
" Then there is a third case , of which our paper of yesterday contained the partieulan . Mr . O'Higgiu , a respectable householder of Dublin for many yean , thought proper to affix a placard to his house . It is -not pretended that tke placard contained anything illegal or contrary to moral propriety , and yet a policeman , in the exercise of his judgment , thought proper to earry away Mr . O * Higgins * a property from his houss . ' Was there ever heard of an outrage more wanton than 1 Mb ? And was there-any redrew afforded when Mr . O'Higgins complained to tbe magistrate ? Waa there any caution at reprimand . gi » BB to the constable- who bad ttras violated priwte rnbte ? Waa there any promise mad * ttet tb * violation hould not be repeated ? By no mean * .-. On the conteary , the constable was commended for bit attention to public convenience , in depriving a otiseo of his property , - and we heard it propounded from * She jaagiaterial bench that . - .
" * A poliee-cowtabte has an undoubted right to remove anything wfeich , w » the crercise of hit men judgment , he considers to be calculated to occasion an obstruction is the public streets r u This is most extraordinary doctrine , and most tyrannical also . We do not say that the tyranny arises from the magisterial interpretation of the law , but we ay it does arise from the state ot the law itself , which « an have left in doubt bo serious an aggression upon private rights . " Mr . OTHiggifis , however , has expressed his
determination to try the law as administered by Mr . Studdert , and the fact as perpetrated by Sergeant M'DowaL We are glad of it In our apprehension the constable Will find that he has exceeded even the extravagant power * wfaien the new Tory police Act oas conferred On persons of bis elass ; and we apprehend , too , that Mr . Studdert will be shown that if he gave an honest citiin redress for a gross violation of his private rights , be would be quite * as worthy of the seat he held , ' as when be permits a policeman to act as M Do wai has done , without even thefomality of a reprimand .
" Bat cannot the ffJfr ' T ""* of Dublin see the consequences to which the powers assumed by the pplioefranfohU nay be stretched ? Whose premises can be lafe—whoee property can be unaffected if such a principle be recognised . "
! "O"WXB OP THE POLICE TO BRHOVE THE CAUSES OF OBSTBUCTIOK 15 THE STBEETS . To the Editor of the Freeman ' s Journal . . Sm . —It must be , and no doubt is , obviousto every man of common sense that Mr . Studdert's interpretation ef the law with regard to tie power of the city poliee to remove causes « f obstruction in the streets , is sot very profound . In the case which I was forced to tiring before tfae magistrates of Henry-street Policeoffice , yesterday , and which appeared in the Freeman ' s Journal this day . Mr . Studdert said , and in fact decided , that the poliee are by law authorised to remove anything wb&tever which they in their judgment may « eem t » b « the cause of obstruction , and that therefore police-Serjeant M'Dawal had a last and lawful right to take
away , without my kaovledgr or consent , a placard which was hung apon a hook in front of my house , an-Bouncing to the public that tb * hour of meeting of the Iri&h Universal Suffrage Association was changed from six o ' clock in the evening to one o ' clock in t&e afternoon , at which hour it would be held every Sunday during the winter , and until further notice ; and that the entrance to the meeting was by BalTs-lane . The taking of th « placard in the way in which it was taken and the decision of Mr . Studdert , xmgb&nt'te , upon tile ease , involve very serious eoaaeqoeneea to the shopkeepers of Dublin . It is dear that , in the event ef the opinion of the worthy magistrate , Mr . Studdert , being legal , and that it turns out . when brought before a higher tribunal than the police-office , that the police have
authority under the police act to remove the cause of obstruction whether remote or immediate , it follow * that they have a right to enter a shop and take away a fine painting , a handsome Test , or a piece of Irph-manufactured doth , with the prize medal upon it , as a just reward of the excellence of the fabric . It is for the very purpose of attracting notice and # * Tu httii » g thmjr goods that the shopkeepers of Dublin have , to their credit , gone to such eaormens expense in fitting op their shop windows with plateglafis . —And is it to be supposed or esdsxed that , if a few individuals , male or female , of both , crowd round a shopwindow to see what they should like best before they enter the shop to boy it , that any policeman may , in the exercise of his discretion , enter tbe shop and
earry away the goods out of the windows under the pretence of those goods having been the cause of the obstruction ? If this be the law , the poliee-wittsoon have cheap superfine coats on tbe backs of all their relations , as wen as cheap watches in theirf bba , Tbe decision and opinion of the experienced Mr . Stoddert , who bad been a shopkeeper himself , and consequently knew the value of displaying goods in a shop window to the best advantage , but from the trouble of which he like many others was relieved by tbe blighting effects of the baneful ««<>»» mast lead to the rfrpHr ^ 'm * T » Mr if it be lawful for Polios-sergeant M'Dowal to take away the placard from the frost of ay house , Because a certain number of people stopped to read it , it is equally lawful for Sergeant M'Dowall to-ester any shop in Dublin ,
and take awsy any goods or pictures which may attract public notice , and have been placed in th « windows for tbe very purpose of attracting public notice . The picture of the Missonriimi . in Great Britain-street , onset a very great crowd to gather opposite to tt—so great that passers by are forced into the street , off the ibg-way . Have the poliee authorities sent Sergeant Jd'Dow&l , or any other sergeant , to remove the picture which is the remote cause of the obstruction ? Ho . The pictures of tbe moose deer , in Parii&ment-street , which is one of tbe mest leading thoroughfares in Dublin , attract v&st crowds to look at them . Has Police sergeant M'Dawal watched his opportunity to remove these portraits of the moose deer , in the absence of the owner , and without his knowledge , because they are
the cause of the obstruction ? 2 ? o J When the Evening Mail exhibits a large placard in front of the office in Parliament-street , announcing , as a glorious victory , tfae bloedy butchery of innocent and harmless men , women , and children in China , because they would not Bubmit to be poisoned by opium for the pr ofit of the East India Company , did Police-sergeant M JDoval steal that placard , and lay It before the authorities , with a view to a criminal prosecution for a libel upon Christianity ? Ho ! Bat he took away the placard from the front of my house privately and stealthily , not because it obstructed those either going to or coming from the Catholic church , but bncaiisfl his practised old eyes saw .
and his keen nose smelt sedition and treason in the awful -words on the placard , the " Pkople " s Chaeteb . ' This was the reason why he of election notoriety in the old police and of boxing notoriety in the new , took away the placard from my house on Sunday last " Now , " Bald be , as he seised tbe offending placard , " I stall make as much of this piece of sedition and treason- as will enable me , now in my old sge , to retire from these busy troublesome , and bruising scenes in which I have been ssprofitshly engaged far the last twenty years . I . have taught a Chartist in the T" » «>« of the l&w at last . " And so you have caught a Gb&rELtt which yen and your masters—tbe wise protectors and grave fathers of the citizens of Dublin—shall discover before you have done
with him . The placard was taken away in tbe hope of its being ¦ editions , and for the purpose of prosecuting those whose aames were affixed to it ; but , finding that it was not vnlawfol—that the meeting was not unlawfuljhat tbe association was not unlawful—the parties at the station-house offered to restore the placard on Monday , whieh offer was refused and then the pretence set up at the police-office for stealing it war , 5 Ut it Yis the cause of obstructing the people on their ¦ way to mass on Sunday . Well , well , miracles will never cease ! Who would have imagined some ten or gftom yean ago tin * M'Dowal , the policeman , would bdpfhecitiBBUtogo to man on Sunday , and that Mr . Staddart , tbe nttB *****^ won ld bt found cheering him ob . Sir , ttis ridiesaoBStosirppose « ven faramoment ibat tb * legislature would be guilty of such a monstrous
ataoTftitjaitopsjB a law authorising policemen to iewrve every cause of obstractaoo la the streets , remote , -or immedlsie . The immediate cause they are authorised to remove : bat over tbe remote cause the law gives them no power directly or indirectly ; because if the law gave such power to the police , it wonld be tbe most odious tyranny tbaUver existed in any country , which wOBld inevitably lead to robbery and plunder , and ultiinitTrrj trrnthtitn ht anarchy and revolution- Mr . Studidert ' s interpretasieB of the law reminds ice of the eon-- « Mt ' « f a fcwfeft safistrate when the act wss passed _ »» fiilrtji ft tbo aqps ^ Kof LackBey coachmen in that city , ^^ jstf « B ^! Biflaftji » waaebowners to affix copperplates , % ^ 4 Kl « H > 1 Ual !« &tf tt » coach upon the paneL The act i § glfgii ift '' p&WJmfi m wbsreia the drtvtx should umMt ?^
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extort or be guilty of any infract ^ the UW ( tte number of the coach should be , taken down in order to being the offender to justice , a . city magistrate hired a coach for a Kt , down , Jarvey sought for double the tare , the magistrate proceeded to take down the number of hia coach , but how did be do it ? Not with a pen and ink , but with a ripping chisel and turnscrew took the copperplate which contained the number off the coach . The coachman was fined for the extortion , but tbe magistrate was punished for tbe damage done to the coach ! Perhaps some learned barrister will be kind enough to define the difference between Mr . Studdert's definition of the law and that of the London magistrate . Patrick O'Higgiss . No . 14 , North Anne-street , Nov . 30 , 1842 .
The Isoetheftw Star. Saturday, December 17, 1842.
THE ISOETHEftW STAR . SATURDAY , DECEMBER 17 , 1842 .
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THE NECESSITY OF THE PEOPLE'S LOOKING TO THEIR OWN AFFAIRS . Nothing more iDcoatestibly prores the inherent selfishness of human nature than the fact that so principles however holy or benevolent—no cause however great or universal—and no movement however national and important , has yet escaped its withering influence . At the same time nothing can proTemoTo conclusively than this same argument , the validity and troth of those general principles of policy by which , as Chartists , we seek to take from individuals and from classes , the power to enrich ' and to aggrandize themselves unjustly at the expence of the many .
All history , and aU experience proves that , whereever sections of the people have the power to make laws for the government of all , the people are oppressed . Monarchic , oligarchic , and aristocratic despotisms are bnt bo many different phases of the same evil . Classes and individuals alike seiza upon the circumstances -which immediately surround them , and use them as they see best for the advancement of their own purposes . This is a principle so universal in its operation that it admits of no exception . And hence the absolute inuiility of all checks on the abuse of power save that of responsibility to all , duly and rigidly enforced by the people themselves .
The very nature of society itself evinces that in all states the people have once had this power ; and that all the abuses , political and social , tinder which they hare been grown , have resulted , when traced to their primary origin , in the neglect of its due exercise . Apathy is but that form of selfishness which induces us to decline active exertion unless when impelled to it by some immediate sense of interest . This is the selfish principle in its passive form ; in
whieh men regard the call of duty as an insufficient stimulus to activity , unless it be sustained also by the call of present and apparent interest ; and from this passive form of selfishness all the activities of that evil principle derive their power . No evils could ever have become bo general in their operation , and so mischievous in their effects , as those which now afflict Bociety , if men had always eschewed apathy and been quiok to the exercise of the powers for checking eril which they possessed .
This general reasoning might be easily supported by arguments adduced from illustrations furnished in abundance by the whole course of past history and present observation . We bring it now before our readers for the purpose of showing them how fully and how deplorably they have themselves exemplified it in the matter which they have suffered to become a source of pungent regret , through their own culpable inattention to their own duties . In the prosecution of our righteous and necessary struggle against rampant class legislation , it was seen clearly that we could do nothing effectual
> without Organisation . It was an easy matter to organise ; to lay down plans of mutual operation for the guidance of our energies ; but the Government had foreseen this , and had fenced round tbe whole system of corruption with a hedge of laws which , like a quicktborn hedge , threatened the impalement of all who Bhould assay to overtop them . The people considered about what was to be done for securing such an organization as could be worked out without infringing the law , and yet secure oneness of operation and design in all their movements , while
it husbanded as far as possible their scanty resources . They selected from among them men in whom they had confidence for wisdom , to frame such a plan . A plan was produced . It was proved to be insecure , aad open to the assaulte of faction . The people again selected men of experience and deep thought , and sent them to Manchester , when , on the 3 ftth of February , in last year , the plan was so revised and amended as to be made legal and effective if duly earned out . The people then appointed five men in
whose honesty they had confidence to carry out this plan . Their duties wen defined and dear ; their emoluments were fixed and certain : and { he people then , supposing , it would appear , thatifcey had no more to do with the matter , left ail is their hands and bid them do the work . Now the people , having by their suffrages adopted the Organization and appointed the committee to execute it , ought to have complied with its requisitions iheanolreB and to have exeeroised a careful vigilance over their committee . They have dote neither ' of these t&Qgs * I& very
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few localities has the Organization been fully carried out by the people themselves ; in very few localities has anything like due watchfulness been , exercised over those who were appointed by the people to carry out its provisions . They have been permitted to assume to themselves a legislative instead of an Executive power . They have been permitted without remonstrance or enquiry ( or with remonstrance and enquiry so feeble—coming from but one or two places—that they ventured to despise it ) to set aside and neglect the enforcement of the minor details of the organisation ; they have been permitted to play
with the people's funds unchecked ; their balance sheets creeping on from one degree of vagueness to another ; until at last they ventured openly to set aside all authority , and act as they please , directing the people ' s movements , and appropriating their funds , without even the semblance or pretence of authority of any kind . This matter is of no new growth ; it has been creeping and growing for a long time . And now that it has assumed a form which no longer can be trifled with , and tnat the people ' s attention has been seriously aroused the old expedient is resorted to of fixing it
as a personal quarrel upon the Editor of the Northern Star . And while the various members of the Exe ^ outive exhaust their respective funds of invective and blackguardism , their friends in several parts of ; the country revive the cuckoo cry of " denunciation " and affect to " regret the unhappy differences which have arisen between the Executive and the Editor of the Northern Star . " Others state that Mr- Hiix ought not to have taken np the matter editorally ; that it was his duty to have betaken himself to the consideration of the question , not as an Editor , but as a member of the Association . This is
a most unfair and dishonest mode of putting the thing . It is not a personal matter between Mr . Hill and the members of the Executive , or any of them ; nor will we permit it to he so represented—at least not without protest . Mr . Hill did in the first instance take np the matter as a member of the association . He waa most Careful to avoid all mention of it , and all allusions to it in the Star until the Executive themselves forced it on him . And he did all that he could in justice do to prevent others bringing it into the Star . And at last of all it was not Mr . Hill who brought the matter into public discussion at all , but Mr . Campbell In the first editorial notice of the Balance Sheet given on the 12 th ult ., there was no opinion given
or even hinted . The people were merely asked to read it along with the Organisation . They did soand the metropolitan Chutist delegates perceiving its non-agreement therewith , censured several of its items . Mr . Cahplbll replied . He . seat that reply to the Northern Star for insertion . Tbe report of that meeting and the reply of Mr . Campbell to the delegates were as much public documents as the reports of Parliamentary discussions ; and they were far more important to the people . It was our duty to comment on them ; and we Bhould have deserved to lose the people ' s confidence if we had permitted them to pass without comment . Indeed , had they been permitted thus to pass , no parties would have been so ready to w denounce" as as those who now censure us for having commented .
But who are they that keep up the howl of denunciation ! who are they thatjery out , while they admit that the Executive have deviated from their duty , and that they have misappropriated the funds " the Editor of the Northern Star had no right to interfere ; he should not have told tales ; he should have kept all snug V Is it generally speaking the people who hold thiB language ? Not at all . It is just a small clique of local leaders , who look anxiously for the Executive ' s cast slippers ; and who see In our recommendation of an unpaid Executive an end to all their hopes of money-fingering . We warn tbe
people to look well to this . We warn them that it is not for nothing that a few of the local councillors in one or two places , especially in Leeds and Bradford , have such a marvellous sympathy with the Executive , 'who in every defence they have yet made , have admitted all our charges . The remedy we have suggested is worse than the disease complained of ; as it not only censures past , but puts a stop to all juture peculation . O ! we can readily appreciate the open-mouthed virulence of the "job" -seekers while fraternizing with the "jobbers . " We had a very
pretty sample of these gentlemen during the last week at Leeds . There is usually in the small room in the Fish Market a weekly meeting of such members as choose to attend to hear and confirm the minutes of the previous Counoil meeting . As it commonly happens that there is no lecture on that evening and that the business is merely that which we have named—the attendance is generally very thin . Mr . Hill had expressed to a friend during the last week his purpose of attending the next meeting of this sort , for the purpose « f asking one of the oounoillon a question . H& vr&a informed
in Hull on Monday that he would not be heard if he went . This he could not credit ; and therefore took no notice of it . He went and found as usual a very small company , though much more numerous than usual . He public notice of the meeting had been given , and no business was expected to be done at it save reading and confirming the minuteBof Council . There were not 100 persons in the room . However , the " expectants " having heard of Mr . Hill ' s purpose had " whipped up " j the O'Brienites and every enemy of the Scar from whatever cause had mustered to a man ; and they mustered exactly fifty-five . A person who is agent for ibe ' StaUsman had been voted into the cbair previous
to Mr . Hill ' s entering the room—and after the spending of two mortal hours by about a dozen speeches in abuse of Mr . Hill personally—all sorts of wilful misrepresentations and falsehoods being unscrupolously resorted to , Mr . Hill rose to reply , and waa met by a resolution w That Mr . Hill be not beard ; " the reason assigned by the person who moved the resolution being that it would be dangerous to hear him , as he might produce an impression ! The resolution was actually put and carried by a majority of twelve persons ! Now , if the Chartists had attended to their own duty instead of leaving every thing to a clique , this disgraceful exhibition could have been made in their
name . Again we tell the people that they must do their own work ; that the inherent selfishness of human nature renders the beat men unfit for an undue amount of confidence ; and that if that selfishness be mischievous in its activities , as manifested by those in whom power is invested , it is hot less mischievous in their own apathy and neglect of exercising their own due powers of control . Had the Executive been properly held in check from the beginning , and made constantly to render Btrict reckoning and keep clear
accounts both as to money and all other matters ; had they been watched by the people , and reminded on their first straying from the line of their official duties ; had their first effort to make themselves governors insteadof Executors of thepeople ' swill been repressed by the people , the painfully unpleasant duty which has in the last few weeks fallen upon us would have been spared to us ; the disgraceful exhibitions that have been made would have been avoided ; their characters might have remained onimpeached ; and they have still been active , useful * and energetic public servants .
Why do we say all this I To deprecate the censure of some half-More of either deeignedly * 4 ntereated or short-sighted , Bimple people 1 By no means . 'While ever we oeocupy a public position we shall seek not to please the people , but to serve them : this we have ever done , this we Bhall ever do . Qvt object has ever been to lift the people out of leadership ; to make them independent of all leaders , whether general or local , by forming in them habits 4 > f sheading to their own business , and of thinking for themselves . We Again tell them they must do Has orfciiey will never better , their condition . For want ot this , factions md classes have been able nnitttie present ^ fltea toJtsad them down
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the want of this would alike make them the prey of faotion , even if the Charter were obtained . They mast manifest their fitness for national government by looking to their own . It ill becomes them to complain of peculation and despotism iu tho Whig and Tory factions , while they permit it to be practised and praised in their name by their own Uaders , We again adviae that the matters of preventing Exeoutlive abuses in future be referred to the people ' s delegates at the forthcoming Cortferenca ; we are glad to perceive that several localities agree with our opinion , we hope all will consider it .
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THE CONFERENCE DELEGATES . We last week called upon the people ia those localities where their Councillors had entered into any compromise with the Sturgites , to interpose their right , at the public meetings for the eleotion of delegates , and to do their own business / and to do it well by electing out and out Chartists as their representatives at the forthcoming Birmingham Conference . We did so because we conceived that the utmost vigilance , always necessary , is more so now ; seeing that the enemy has put on the face of an" angel of light , " in order effectually to beguile tho unwary ; and that consequently , this new more is more likely to turn aside
unreflecting leaders , and to open a wide M gap" for the designing . A strict surveillance , on the part of the people , may be somewhat galling to those who are either "wise in their own conceit , " or who intend to betray their - trust ; but it will be no annoyanoe to the truly wise and honest . It is , at all eventB , imperative upon the people to do , at all times , their duty by themselves and for themselves . No assumption by local leaders of oligarchical power and oontroul , ought io be allowed for a moment ; because the mischief which it is sure to do , sooner ot later , is incalculable . It tends only to puff up the mind , and engender strife even between friends .
Wherever our advice has been acted upon , and men of the right sort have been returned , every effort should be used to raise sufficient funds that all the Chartist Delegates may be sent without fail . It Bhould be seen to that these funds be impartially appropriated ; that the decision of the public meetinge may not be defeated by any counter decision , on the 1 part of the Councillors , to pay only those nominated , by themselves . If tbe people neglect this they might fust as well have
never interfered at all . We hate faotion , and wherever a factious spirit shows itself , it must be overruled and crushed , or it will crush the movement . We are the more urgent , because the " card" to be played at Birmingham is of the last consequence to the cause of Chartism , and will , in all likelihood , end either in the increased union of our " foroe 8 , " and consolidation of Our strength , or iu dividing and scattering us abroad to the four winds of heaven .
For a perfect exhibition of the Sturgite ' s wish for union , and of the real character of their whole movement , and the fellows by whom it is sustained , we refer to Mr . Cooper ' s letter elsewhere . Nothing could have proved more satisfactorily the perfect accuracy of our conception of this movement and its purpose than the treatment by the Sturgeites of Mr . Coopkb ' s kindly-meant , but short-sighted efforts at " conciliating '' those whose game is anything but conciliation—the devouring locusts of tho middle class profit-mongers .. Coopee ' s letter needs no comment , but we beg it may be read .
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MIDDLE CLASS LOVE OF LIBERTY . On the 4 tb inst ., we received for publication in our current number , a document purporting to be a printed copy of " Regulations to be observed at Ayr Colliery . " It was enclosed in the following letter , whioh we give entire , excepting the name and date .: — : ' ¦ ¦ /¦; ' ; ¦ ¦¦" ; ¦ : ' \ . ' ; ,: ¦; .: ¦ ' ;¦ ' ¦ ¦ , ' ... ¦ ' / . .. ¦ ¦ ' '' Sir , —I presume to use the liberty of here inclosing for insertion in the Star , that which ought to have appeared to the Jmblio long ago ; but whioh could not be done , as I shall afterwards show . It appears that these articles were ready but and dry for any emergency that might take place .
" Upon the Strike taking place , a man whom Mr . Gordon ' s emissaries thought a proper tool to make a knobstick of , being induced into the affair , was shown the regulations , and all sorts of ohieanery resorted to to get his compliance ; bat that would not do , as at this time the -man assumed to have a mind of his own as well as Mr . Gordon , and dared to use it , by Btating that the offer required consideration and a perusal of the rules , a copy of which , with reluctance , was given oh promise that they should be returned , whioh has not yet been fulfilled .
" Sir , as you are already awaie ot the extent of the Strike and the lamentable occurrences following , from the Kilmarnoch Journal , ( which you would , no doubt , perceive leaned much to the side Of the masters ) and the two Ayr-journals * refused to insert the inclosed copy ; the former , on the ground of non-interference between master and man ; the two latter for want , of room . However , the colliers employed a printer in Johnston , Renfrewshire , who printed a few copies , which accounts for the absence of the printer ' s name from the bill . Sir , if you can find space in your next week ' s journal to insert the inclosed , with a few of your own remarks , if yon think necessary , " Will much oblige , " A SUBSCaiBSB FROM THE COMMENCEMENT
of thb Stab . " ; . ' .. . / The following is the document alluded to :-r-M [ Regulations to be observed al At / r Colliery , and to vohxcji every man or boy employed at it , shall be understood to be bound s whether he has signed them or not . } \ "l . ~ -1 hereby deiplare'that I have renounced being a member of any union or association of working men , and bind and obligo myself never hereafter to have any connexion with such . " 2 . —That if in violation of the above rule , any one should be found to belong , at any time , to any Buch union or association , he shall not only instantly be compelled to renounce it , but shall also forfeit one
month ' s wages , and be liable to pay the proprietor JtO . . . -. : ¦ - ¦' . ¦ - ' : . '¦¦'¦ > .: /¦ ¦ . ¦ . ' . : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ . ' - ¦ . " 3/—That iHere shall be no meetings Of colliers or oncost , held above or below ground . If there be any grievance to complain of , each eollier oFonoastman is to complain to the manager for hinoBelf alone . " 4 . —That no man Or boy who may be employed at the works , is under any obligation to pay entry money , or give drink to those who were at the work before them ; and to prevent such being asked , the person or persons who ask it , shall be fined at the discretion of the master or bis manager ; and any person giving it voluntarily aud being thereby the means of keeping the men from their work , shall be fined in the like manner as above .
" 5 . —That no notice either from the master to any of the men , or from the men to the master , shall bo required when the men shall be dismissed , or when they choose to leave the work : except in such cases as may be otherwise provided for under written engagements . And likewise , no notice will be given with regard to rise or fall of wages . 1 " 6 . —That every man shall give , as he hereby engages to give , regular and steady work , and not less than ten days per fortnight : and he engages to work by night or day , and in whatever pit or pits his services may , Ifrom time to time , be required , he being paid for his work the same rate of prices as shall be paid then ; to the other colliers in the pit or
pits he may be put into ; and if any collier does not give ten days' full work per fortnight , he not being prevented by illucBS or interruption in the pits , then for every day of that number he does not so work , he shall forfeit one full day ' s wages , if the manager choose to exact it . . . . " 7 . —That , to prevent loss of work , if any man or boy begins a day s work and does not finish the same or produce a reasonable excuse , satisfactory to the master or his manager , he Bhall forfeit on account , and in payment of the Oncost Expenoes placed in the Pits , a full day ' s wages . " 8 . —That every Collier shall be bound , in the absence of Putters , to assist in putting the coals of his pit , whenever the Orersman shall require him to do so , he receiving sixpence per day above the ordinary nutter ' s wases . for the time being ; and failing his
doing so he shall be liable to forfeit , at tbe discretion of the manager , one full'day ' s wages . " 9 .- —That no collier shall be allowed fire , unless be bas wrought ten foil days in the fortnight . . " 10—Any collier exceeding the boundsallowed him to work in , shall be fined at the discretion of the manager , and all turns to the trams &o . to be regulated by the Oversman of each pit . < k 11 . —Any man or boy taking away the tools of another shall be fined two shillings and sixpence for every euoh tool , and if the loser of tbe tools is thereby deprived oi his day's > vork , the two shillings and sixpence is to be paid to him ; but if it shall appear that he returns the 4 wo shillings and sixpence , or any part of it , he fiball likewise be fined two shillings and eixpeitoo ; but if such person did not toaejiuB day ' s work , tbfl > fitte . ahall go to the poor ' s ( and , ' ¦ "¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦' : ¦ ¦ : ¦ ..- ' ¦ ¦ ' . ¦ .: ¦ " ¦ - . ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ .
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« 12—Any man or boy lif « n « his hand and striking another in the pitB , or on the road to and from the pits , or at the pit ' s headv shall be fined two shillings and sixpence first offenoej and five shillings for the second . - ¦ . ** 13 . That in regard to proving any offences mentioned above , for which fines or forfeitures may be imposed , the master or manager shall be the sole judge ; and if he is satisfied that the offence has been committed , there shall be no appeal to any party or court whatever . V M 14 . Any man or Jboy committing any depredation on the crops or fenced in the neighbourhood of , or leading to or from , the pits , shall be fined at the discretion of the manager .
" 15 . That for any offences not specially mentioned , the ! master or manager shall have power to impose fines . " 16 . All fines imposed under the above regulations , shall be paid in by the manager to the poors ' fund , kept for behalf of the distressed about the work / ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ . . - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ : ; , . ;¦ - ;¦ : . ¦ , ¦ : . ¦ . ; ' : ¦ ¦' ¦ ¦ .: ¦ ¦ ¦ " ¦" ,-We could not find opportunity for attention to . this matter before our present number . We never see the Kilmdrnock Journal to which our correspondent refers us . Will he or some one who knows all
about the matter , send us a brief clear statemeut of the history of the Strike , the extent and character of the works , the number of hands employed at them , what other works of the like kind there may be in the immediate neighbourhood , the rate of wages usually given , and whether that rate be on par with the wages given at other works ; also whether any other works have any such code of " regulations f we shall then have a word or two upon this infamous ' affair . - ' ¦ ¦ : ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' . ¦ : : V" . - ; ¦ .- ¦ ' . ' \'
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THE FOLLOWING NOTICES WERE ACCIDENTALLY . OMITTED ' FROM OUSL LAST . Hollinwood CttAKTisxs have written us , through their sub-Seerela , ry , in reference to the charge against them , at the South Lancashire Delegate Meeting , of not sufficiently remunerating the local lecturers for their services . They give evjrp lecturer . coming from Manchester \ s . Qd . which they slate to be more than , by the rules of the South Lancashire District , they are ensitled to . ¦ - ' ¦ ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ " . ^ . ¦ . ¦ ¦ .. ;• ¦ ¦ . '¦ : ¦ . ¦ ;¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ''
Susanka . Inge suggests that every locality should have the plan of organization , printed , framed , and hung up in a conspicuous postton in the meeting room , that all may have opportunity to see and know it ; that the bye-laws and rules of the locality be read at every meeting before the commencement of business ; and that if any officer of the Association fail in his duty , a special meeting of members be called to investigate the matter , and that private remonstrance be first Used before calling to it public attention fer the purpose of displacing him . The suggestions are all good . We hope Susanna Inge wiU read Mr ., HUPs letter to the North Lancashire Delegates . Jakes Andrews thinks the next Executive would do
well to spend a little money in getting printed a large impression of the plan of organization , and supplying all . the sub-Secretaries with them for the purpose of giving a copy t& every new member who may be enrolled . He would also have every lecturer plentifully supplied with ¦ : ' : them . ¦ , . ¦ ¦ - . ¦¦¦'¦¦• . ¦ ¦ ¦' . . ' : .- .. ¦ . ' . •¦ . ' David Swallow . —We did not know or recollect him , and we are sure , therefore , that he will rather respect than be angry with our caution . We do not now remember the tenor of his communication ; being rejected , it would be destroyed at the time—for we do not keep these things by us ; and we are , consequently , under the necessity of troubling him for another copy , if he wishes to have it published .
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James Hall . —We have sent his letter to Mr . Cleave , who will doubtless set it right . We think it is merely hurry of business . Larky Toole . —Thanks for his letter . He can have the Plate for 7 $ d . Queenshead . — We have ( received a letter'from some person , of whom we know nothing , containing what purports to be a list of nominations for Council ; and < thlaokgxtara paragraph , purport ing to be the resolution of some Chartists at that place . As tee ire quite sure that no Chartists ever so far disgraced themselves as to pass . any such resolution , we of course do not insert the ' nominations , believing the whole to be an ttnpudent hoax .
Crotdon Chartists . —Their resolution about the Weekly Dispatch s / k > uW , in all fairness , be fiut sent to that paper for insertion . We know nothing of the statement complained of , as we never see * A * Dispatch . . William Daniells , of Lasswade , begs to suggest to the members of the Birmingham Conference , the propriety and importance o /"_ their drawing up , during their sitting , a National Petition , and a Memorial to the Queen , in favour of the Political Victims . Also to appoint two days of holyday : one for the public meetings throughout the whole country to pass said Petition and , Memorial ; and one for signing the same . This , \ f properly carried out , would give an interest
and nationality to the Petition that would much advance the good cause , and show the enemies of liberty thtt we are neither dead nor sleeping . Manchester Youths have not given the residences of their Council . Democbate . —We might receive his former letter , but do not . recollect . The song he now sends might do to sing , but will scarcely bear printing . George Lindsay . —We thank him for hu letter ' : we have no doubt he tneans well ; but he evidently does not comprehend the matter upon which he writes . James Mascad . —We advise him to marry at the Registrar ' s office . The Birmingham Conpebence , —JVfr . Wm . Cotton ,
of Birmingham , a" whole-hog'' Chartist , writes us that fte is willing to serve any Chartist locality who rcish a delegate , but are too poor to send onef-but only as a thorough Chartist . R . C . S ., Nottingham . —His letter contains nothing but what we have told the people a hundred times over . We think , by this time , they should know it by heart , John Blancupielv . —We cannot interfere . J . Thompson sends us smeyerses , and wishes us Jo insert them , or sty " why . " We cannot print them . He had better let the" why" alone : he ieoh't like it if we giveit him ! Leicester Shakspkrun 3 . — We have received an anonymous letter addressed to this body , and containing several complaints and suggestions about the committee , &c . We cannot * print it .
The proper course would have been for the writer to address the committee . We have sent the letter to Mr . Cooper . F . Clirke . —Thanks for the pamphlet . It may be ; ¦ useful . ' : [ - ' :- ; . ' •• • • - ¦ . ¦ ; ' : . '¦¦ ¦ ¦¦ Lambeth Youths mus really excuse us . We can . not for ilie life of us read their Secretary ' s writing . The names he has again sent us tee cannot make out ; and if they wish to see them in print , they must get someboby to dra . ro them up who can both spell and write . "¦' : . . Newcastle . ^ —Will Mr . Sinclair , before Tuesday next , send us a regular list of tlie Council at this place , with their residences '! George Ferguson , Alexandria *—We should have been glad to have made use of his report had it " : arrived a day earlier . The meeting he reports took place on the 7 th , and u > e only received it on thel 5 th .
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John Henderson , BELFAST- ^ -Yes , they were sent to Mr . Cleave'a , 1 , Shoe-lane , London , together with all the Plates for Ireland , on Sep 27 th . W . Hamer . —Send 4 s . 6 d . David Harrower , jun . —For io . each , and the expenee of sending .
FOB THE NATIONAL DEFENCE FUND . ' ¦ - •¦ : ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦¦ • . •¦; ¦ :..- ¦ ¦ ... - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ • ¦ ' ¦ . - ¦ ' - ¦' : £ . s , -d .. From George Howgate , Sheffield ... ... 0 2 0 „ the Bristol Youths , ' per- Jacobs ... 0 2 6 „ the Chartiate of Worsbro'Common ... 0 11 4 « . the Edinburgh "Star" Club , per '" J . ' Ninbet ... » ... ; .. ... 1 0 0 . . _ ¦ ditto , ditto , per J , Niabet ... ... 0 11 4 $ ¦ ¦ -, ' ¦ « , ditto , ditto , per G . GellU ... ... e 11 10 M ditto , ditto , per Thomas Blackie ... 0 8 « M ditto , ditto , pec John Ritchie ... 0 5 llj w two brothers at Broaley ... ... 0 13 « Baffle of Petition Plate , Coalbrook Dale .. v ... ... ... ... 0 2 1 | _ ditlo , ditto , Dawley Green ... ... 0 1 8 J ¦¦¦ « Collected ... ... ... ... 0 12 „ Chaiford , HLmox ... .. ... 0 1 6
FOB MRS . BILIS . From JohnRo ^ geroand af riend , Sheffield ... e 2 0 w the Chartiate of Alva ... ... ... o n «| w » Cbartist , Alford , Lincolnshire ... o l 0
FOR MB . BROOK . From Thomas Hunt , York ... ... ... 0 16 ^ the Chartiats of Somen Town , London 0 5 0 ¦ - ; "' , ' /¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' : .. ' : FOB MB . PEDDIE . '¦ ¦ ¦ , - . - - ; : . ' " . '¦ From Th « masHnnt , York ... ... ... o 1 6 „ the Chartuts of Somera Town , London 0 6 o FROM THE CHARTISTS OF SOMEBS TOWN , LONDON , Five Shilliuga « acb for tbe following persons : — Ma . Mason , of StaffMd ... o 6 o Mb . P . Foden w ... o 5 o Mbs . Clayton ... ... o 5 Mas . Jones ... . „ ... o 6 o Mbs . Williams w '• „ ... . » 5 0
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Dear Sib , —I am glad to see that yon are of a similar opinion to myself respecting the Executive . I do not know bow any one can blame yon for watchfulness , which implies truth and honesty to the cause . It it certainly very unpleasant to be told that our " head * men " are not trustworthy , but it would be worse for ns to be deceived by them uy longer . They are not charged witbbnt an opportunity of vindicating themselves , if they can . Id my opinion they have failed to do so , and our thanks are due to : you for detecting and exposing them . I trust you wiiladhere to your declaration to spare neither friend npr foe when the food , of the cause is in question . This will make men hbnert , or keep them so , and I hope that there will be none found among the Chartists like the lazy maids in the
fable , who killed tho cock that awoke them to their duty . Encroachments are best stopped at the beginning , for if Buffered to go on wno knows -where they-win end . If the Executive deemed one of thair members worthy ef ten shillings a week more , they might next deem themselves worthy of a like advance and draw en the fands of the people ad libitum . We should endeavour t < o do our work at as little expense to tfae association aa possible ; and I am glad that Morgan Williams proved himself an exception to the spirit that Beams to hava actuated the rest . How many tracts might have been published and distributed by the money lavished on M'Douall . . I remain , dear sir , V Yours in the cause , A MEMBER O * THE N . C . A . London , Dec . 6 . ;
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THE LOUGHBOROUGH CHARTISTS ANJ > MR . BAIRSTOW 8 EXPLANATIONa TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Slfi , —In the Northern Star of last week , we , th * Chartista of Loughborough , have taken particular notice of a letter from Mr . Bairstow , respecting your observations on that precious document called the Executive balance-sheet Sir , —The ChartiBts of Loughborongh are muoh dl * . satiafled with that precious document , and beg leave to make a few remarks upon it ; as they consider the membbis of the Executive have drawn money when they were not entitled to it , for they see that Mr . Bairstow has drawn his salary , while at Loughborongh on his own business , in July ; and though we ware at as hign a state of enthusiasm for the Charter as we ever were , holding meetings every night of from seven hundred to a thousand persona , generally in the Market-place , yet he aided us not ¦ with bis council , nor would he address the p « op ! e , or come near our meetings , though repeatedly solicited te do 80 , V : : ; ,
We likewise perceive , that after the Manchester Conference , at wb / ch place , we nave been given to understand , by different parties , that he promised to visit Birmingham , whioh he did not do , bat hid bim < self , and was drawing bis salary , while others were labouring for nothing , "¦¦ . : ' . ¦ ,: > - ;¦; :, ¦> .. Mr . Bairstow came to Loughborongh on Taesday , August the 23 rd , and though it was the day on whieh friend Skeviugton was liberated , ha never eame near him to congratulate him onhia return , orcame . neariw to give us bia advice , bnt was biding hinualf , I suppose , with Mrs . Bairstow , at a public house , next door to . toa bouse of his father-in-law , at whose hoase , the sum night , amagtetrate waa aittiug , mrroundedby numbeai of policemen , and special constables , and priaonen , and afcar nine o ' clock the sam « night , the eaid magiatrate convicte j , and sent for various periods , nine or ten poor fellows to Leicester County # aol , for begging , having been arrested by scouting parties . ¦
We believe Mr . and Mrs Bairstow left Loughbo rough next day , to go to hide himself somewhere , and we likewise perceive that he charges , on the 27 th of August , £ 2 foe agitating expences . Again on the > rd of ~ S 9 ptember , 41 6 s . Again , Sept 10 th , 18 s . 6 d . for agitating . We think these sums ought to be explained , for we have heard that , at the time when these sums of money was drawn , he was staying with Mrs . Baintow , at an inn . In Northamptonshire . In fact we think that himself and colleagues , who drew pay the whole quarter , ought to give an account of where they were ,-and what they were doing , each day , for the satisfaction of the Chartist body . True , through oar poverty , and having to pay our own lecturer , we hava not been able to contribute much to the fund but stUl , we think , w « have an interest in the proper management of the otwue , and bsaee I have been requested to nottoe the above .
Wm . Sutton , Sub-Secretary . Moire-street , Longhborongh , Dec 7 th , 1842 . P . S . Mr . Bairatow promised na he would preach poor Holberry'a funeral sermon , on the 17 th day of July . After we had sent the notice to the Star , aid to the villages , he came not , and numbers came , and were diaappolated . ; : " v r ¦ ¦ " : - : ' \ . . ' w . b .
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THE METROPOLIS AND ITS * NEGLECT OF THE EXECUTIVE . TO THE BDITOlt OF THJB NORTHBRN STAB . Sir , —I perceive in the letter of Messrs , Campbell and Leacb , in reply to your strictures on the Executive Balanca Sheet that there is a complaint made that the Chartists of London did not pay the Executive for lecturing . during their stay in that city , and It * environs . Now , Sir , in reply to this it may bft fairly asked , were they invited thither , or did they proceed there upon their own accord 7 I well remember during " the time I was acting for Mr . T . M . Wheeler , while he was iacapadated by the accident on the Oreat Western Railway , receiving a note from Mr . Secretary Campbell to the following effect : — . "Mr . Campbell will lecture at 55 , 014 Bailey , on Sunday week , and Mr . J . I ^ aoh at the Working Man ' s Hall . Marylebone . "
Here was no invitation given , no request made , but the lecturing business -was a voluntary act of their own , and surely , if this be the occasion alluded to , neither Campbell or Leach have any jast ground of complaint , on the score of non-payment . On tbe last occasion Messrs . Leach and Baintow came to town , Mr . Leach , I think , did not attend one public meeting , or deliver any lecture , but returned to Mancheater immediately . Mr . Bairstow delivered a lectura or two during the few days he remained in town . j The practice in and around London ia to defray the expenca of canr&ge , or conveyance ot lecturers te and from tbe place of meeting . Persona residing lit or
near London are not supposed to lecture or agitate on the points of the Charter from " selfish love of money , " but for love of the principles thereis enumerated ; hence many of the lectarers work at their ordinarf callings aU day , and walk five or sis miles to lecture at night But these are not Executive men . Sir , w « are told of the great labours of the Executive , in bringing out the trades . Now , I believe that Mr . Watkiws , thongh less ready , perhaps , to brag of it , did at least one man * share In that business . I know something ef one wn laboured m « st rsalouary in getting up and bring out the weavers to the great meeting at which FeargnsO'Connor presided . I am quite aose it wai not Dr . M'Douall .
I know also who lectnred to the shoemakera at tbe " Star Coffee House , " Golden-lafle . and caused U » large meeting to be held at the Hall of Bdenee , COf Road , when Mr . O'Connor * Uead « d , and- addrwed them . It Was not Dr . M'DonalL And Mr . CuflVy « mi tell who it was that delivered lectures at tbe Dove * , Rod LWn-street , to the- tallow , prior to their great meeting at the Social Institution , John-street , at which Feargtu O'Connor al » o attended . I do not believ the lecturer * were member * of the "Executive Committee . " .. ¦ ¦ : ,: •' ¦ -. ' - ; ' ¦ ¦"' - '¦ . ¦'"¦ : .: ¦ ¦\ : - / " ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦'¦ Then , Sir , we are told of the arduous labours of our Secretary , ? Sir , I speak from my own obMrvatioo . Mr . c . bas plenty of time to attend to hia own busines * as a bookseller , news agent , < kc also to edit the P « t »* Democrat ; hi * only assistant being a little boy of twelve years « f age . ¦ - ¦ . . ... . ¦ :- •_ ¦ . . : ; v " : ^ - Next we are told of tte Doctor ' s poverty on tMrlfr ehiliingsa week ! Why , Sir , Dr . M'DoaaU prefeMM W be the representative of the working dam * . Toe w «
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On Sunday , the 4 th instant , a placard , of which the following is a copy , vraa hung out of Mr . O'Higgins * drawing room window , and beautifully but . mounted-by a handsome wreath of laurel , emblematical of the victory over the ridiculous conduct of the Polioe Commissioners and the Magistrates : — ** A ^ Policeman having stolen foe . Pteeotd , lost Sunday , this one is hung up here out of his reaeh . "Irish Universal Scftraqb Association . u At a meeting of the committee of this Association , on Tuesday , the 22 d November , at No . 14 , North Anne-street , it was moved by Mr . Henry Clark , aud seconded by Mr . Edward M'Mahoa :
" * Resolved , that the hour of meeting of the Asbociati&n be changed , during the winter months and until further notice , from six o ' clock in the evening to one o ' clock in the afternoon . ' M That the Irish Universal Suffrage Association has been founded for the purpose of obtaining , by legal and constitutional mean ? , and by euoh means only , the following objects , which are advocated by our Chartist brethren of Great Britain , and contained in that magnificent document known as the People ' s Charter , namely , Universal Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , Annual Parliaments , Equal Electoral Districts , Abolition of the Property
Qualification which amongst other blessings will relieve some Members of Parliament from the'disgrace of swearing that they have a real estate of . £ 300 a year or £ 600 a year , of their own , to which it is well known that they have neither right , title , nor interest of any nature or kind . Payment of Representatives , and finally for a Repeal of the Union , whioh vroold be valueless without these Radical Reforms . That these are the principles of Chartisrc , and that he who Bays they are not , speaks in ignorance or affirms that whioh he knows to be untrue . " Patrick O'Higgins , President . " W . H . Dtott . Secretary .
« Mr . H . C . Wright , of New York , will deliver a lecture to tbe meeting . u The question for discussion is , Can the union be repealed without the extension of tbe Franchise !"
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, TO THE EDITOR OP THE * ItEEEMA . N ' S JOURNAL . 81 B ., —By a report in this day's paper I perceive that Sergeant M'Dowai , No . IS , D , was accused of stealing a placard from Mr . O'Higgins' boose in North Annestreet , on Sunday last ; and in tbe course of the investigation Mr . O'Higgins said that police-sergeant M'Dawal was a very violent and ill-tempered man , and that he had seen him stripped boxing in the street opposite Mr . O'Higgins' hall door , which Mr . Sergeant M 'Do wai denied . Now , the fact Is bo , for it was myself he wig boxing at the time , for no reason at aU except
striving to protect the windows of my shop , whieh he and the crowd his ill-beheviour gathered round my house was breaking . The riot which was caused by Sergeant M'ltowa ] , and tbe noise which lie made breaking my windows , bo frightened my wife , who was in a state that I need not mention , that she did not recover from the effects of it for thirteen week * after , which tbe doctor who attended her can vouch for if necessary . I am , Sir , Your obidient servant , THOMAS LEKNOJI . North Anne-street , Nov . 30 th , 1343 .
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THE EXECUTIVE THE PEOPLE . TO THE EDITOR O ? THB NOBTHBBH STAB . The following are a few , out of scores of letters , which ¦ . ;¦ ¦ . '¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ . ¦ '¦ ¦ ' we have Jrecetoid : —¦ . ¦ ; . ; . Sir , —As one of those who was present when the Plan of Organization was finally agreed to ; ai [ likewise one of the Leicestershire Delegates , when the conduct of the Executive was taken into consideration , not from factious motives , but from a conviction that it is wrong to allow in ourselves , as a body , that which we condemn in tbe Government , you will' permit me to bear testimony to the correctnets of your remarks on that Plan , in ih ? Star of . " - laat Week , and to state tnat th # people in tbla j « li ~ Bire very much distrusted with the departure from the aam « , and trust that tffictual means will be taken to prevent its recurrence , as they consider it unfair foronelocallfcy to have the services of one of the Executive , as a lecturer , to be paid out of the general fond , while others have to pay for their lecturers ; others there are who wish to know if the parties who have made such heavy charges have not been receiving money at the same time from tho various places they havevisited . '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : - . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ " ¦¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦¦/¦ . ¦ ¦¦ ' ' • . " :: ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦> "
Trusting that in fatore the cause will be carried oa with honesty and faithfulness , ¦ .,- . ¦ ¦ . ¦ ' ¦¦¦ . ; ¦ I am , Sir , "¦ ¦ - ¦ . - ¦ . - .: . V ; . . - : ¦• ¦¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ . Yonri , Ac . - ¦ . . - . ; "¦ : ' JOHK SKEVlNGTOrU Loughborongh , Nov . 29 , 1842 . PS . You may use your own diaaetlon about publishing the above .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 17, 1842, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct461/page/4/
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