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PKICE ONE PEKNY . CONTENTS of Part Eight , Price Bixpfince : — O'Connor ' s Letters on the Land—Sketches of the French Revolution by Pro Chartist—Speech of Pat Henry , the Orator of American Independence—Horrors of Transportation—Spy System and Blood Money—Leoture , by W . Jones , ( lately confined in Leicester Gaol)—What is Blasphemy 1—An Addreas from the - Poles—The Movement , by J . C . La Mont —Italy and the Operative Classes—Life of Washington— Letters , B y T ; B . Smithr-Several Chartist Addresses , including those of the Executive—Poetiry , &c , &o .
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TO DOCTOR PETER MURRAY M'DOUALL AKD TO JAMES LEACH . In & letter uMien by you Dr . M'DouAtx , and published in the Evening Star of Thurtday , D : e . 1 st 1842 , I find these words : — "The Executive received letters from " varionB parts ,, informing ua that a conspiracy wai beiD £ ioraed against them , and particularly a letter from Lc . 3 ds , which stated ihat Mr . Hill and others a ~ n ; J there in a certa i n house , to pursue a certain course of conduct against the Executive , the basis of which sra- —that the character of the Executive teas to be sufficiently shaken first in pi hate , and then by a sunuuaneovsh pvblu : assault . * *
" Wnere are the men ! oh ! both men and letters can easily be forthcoming , and my respected colleague " , con have no difficulty in producing them if they are wanted , an event which certain parties will not " demand to be realised . * This letter was written for publication in the Northern Star and was published in the Northern Star , of December 10 , in which paper I demanded the publication of those letters . They have not yet been published . At the South Lancashire delegate meeting , on Sunday , Nov . 27 th , yoa , James Le&ch , are reported to have made a similar statement , and also to have eaid chat : —
fc In the month of July last , the Hull CharrifctB were about to pass the Balance Sheet , when Mr . Hill entered the room and put a stop to it , and a friend that was present at that meetiisg wrote to Mr . CampbeJl statiBg that there w&a a plot hatching ajea-. risr the members of the Executive , of which he Trou ' d receive the first attack in a short time . " In the Northern Star of the 10 th of December , the Hull Councillors , of whom I am one , demanded
the j . ablication of that letter , and the name of the writtr . It has cos yet been published . I now rsiierate the demand that these letters , and all of them , be published , together with the writers ' names—tb at the writers may substantiate their statements if they can . I offer you the free use of the Northern Star for their publication . I deny the truth of these statements , so far as I am concerned .
Akd xnmh those lettebs which Tor sat coniiix i >* D coiTFXRM THESE statehests ( and which you have been required to publish , but have not done BO ) BE FCBL 1 SHED , TOGETHEB WITH THJ ! WBUZBS ' 5 AME 5 , TO G ! TE HE aH OPPORTUNITY OF MEETIS * THE chabges paiblt , I BRAND YOU , Doctor Peter Murray M'Douall , and YOU , James Leach , each AUD S E V ER A LLY , BEFORE ALL THB PEOPLE , AS A LIAR AND A SCOUNDREL !! At the same Delegate Meeting on the 27 th November , yoa Jambs f .-mr ^ i are reported to have said : —
" When I was at Leeds I had Bome conversation with Mr . Hill concerning a man in the movement , whose wife lives noi far from this place , and he is leading a common prostitute about the country with bun . Mr . Bill Asked me what was to be done ! 1 srd drive him from the ranks . Mr . Hill thonght it would not be advisable to do so , as in a short time a great number of the advocates would be in prison , and . the movement would want all the assistance that could be got . I thought thai was the verj
reason that we should drive such scamps as him from amongst us . Wheu the honest friends of the people were locked up—tbe greater the nccesssity of the few that remained at large being unimpeachable in their moral character . But Mr . Hill thought if it could be kept quiet it would be better . I said that that was impossible , as six different districts had already exposed him—and yet & 4 the very time that he w& 3 talking to me thus he had an article wroie to damn four of us . "
You , Jakes Lkach , know this to be a wicked perversion of that conversation . Yon know thai it is nothiug like what was said on that occasion . I will not place my assertion against yours ; because there were witnesses to that conversation , who heard what was said , and who can confirm your statement if it be true . I dare yon to call those witnesses and to ask them to publish a correct statement " of what really was said . And until yon have done this , I FURTHER BRAND YOU , JAMES LEACH , BEFORE THE WHOLE PEOPLE AS A BASE AND WICKED
CALUMNIATOR . I shall publish this letter in the Northern Star every week , till thece statement * are either proved or retracted , as far as they concern me . Yours , A true man , and a Lover of Fair Play , WILLIAM HILL . Northern Star , Leads , Dec 24 , 1842 .
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It may do good to relate the reasons why Chartism does not progress so fast in London as it does in the country—why London , that should be foremost , is behind hand . When we know the reason we may seek the remedy . The Londoners have this excuse—that they are corrupted by the immediate presence of the Courtdazzled by the constant glitter of the aristocracy . Everything tends to dissipate thought and reflection . There is a whirl of action that makes London a EKlstroom within whose vortex all are drawn and sunk . Strong-minded the man must be ihat can stem the stream—that does not suffer himself to be carried away with it—yea , carried willingly . In the country virtue can meditate in the green fields with nature , or on the barren mountain-top with liberty .
" To be great , and wise , and good , Are effects of solitude ;" But in London the world- is concentred . There is the esser . ee of selfishness . Competition is a matter of life a-nd death . Self-interest is carried to an extreme . Every device to gain patronage , to decoy profit , is resorted to . The very bug-destroyers vaunt themselves " bug destroyers to her Majesty . " You everywhere see emblems of the most servile adulation to the powers th ± t be—the pocket powers ; the system
reigus in full perfection , in London . Every body is striving , to make an appearance above his means . They j'idge by appearances . It is not so much the iritniiac quality of goods that recommends them , as the manner in which tbej are exhibited for salethe show they mate—the grand shop they are inthe novelty « t tbe puff , Business is regarded as the first ihing ; pl ^ ature next . Now CluutiEm is a disinterested thing—a self-denying ordinance ; and the wonder is that it should ever bare found footing at a ! in such a deluge of all that is great and good .
How often hare I been disgusted , on looking info a print-shop , to seu the Duke staring me in the face ! it is almost er . on . ib to make one smash the window in spite . The heads of the nation , too , in loving contact together , smirk and smile at you ; and well they-may ! There is always a crowd of stupid gazers at tuch things . In some shops you will see ranged together the basts of Shakespeare , Milton , and—who do you think J—who but Prince Albert ! Are not the cockr . ejs a little-minded peopie ? if this could be donbttd , the fact that they chos-e Lord John Russell to represent them at the last election would prove it .
The working- men in London have more temptations to withstand than their brethren in the coantry . True!—there is the pernicious gin-shop ; and hard working is often made an excuse for hard drinking— more work , more beer . " They come out of the gin-shop less able to withstand the allurements of harlots who next waylay them . Then comes disease ; and many die not of the disease but of the doctor . There are others who do not spend their bard-earoingB thus , but who are tempted by follies , shows , and vicious pleasures on every hand . The msjoritj of the cockneys hoard up their weekly earnings to spend on the Sunday , with the pint and the pipe—irp or down the river , or in van-excursions . These are not so maeh to blame : for a breath of
fresh air is very desirable , and at any rate such a mode of spending the Sabbath is preferable to th « support which numbers of working men even , unthinkingly give to state-churches and chapels , and other such abominations in the land . But selfish enjoyment , generally at the expense of anothers ' pains , seems to be the order of the day in London . Poor horses have a hard time of it here . The real cockney lores to drive hard ; and such scenes occur as sicken the sight . In the counter , when a horse is Overloaded and cannot rise a' hill , men will ran tram each aide of the road and give it » lift—help
it op j—but in London they stand staring at such things as though they felt an interest in the ttrnggles of the suffering animal . There is do surer sign of a contracted heart than cruelty . The hones that drop and die in the streets are more generous than their driven . Such things would not be uaffered under a better system . But no wonder that there is soch indifference to the sufferings of cattle , when men , women , and children , tbevery infante at the breast , decrepid age , crippled Jonraaty , and the most wofal want axo seen in the street * foodless , naked , and homeless , without relief and nnpitied !
Allseasibiltty u soon worn ont in London , and men become c * Uoub . ETen men from the countrylet alone the town-bred who are -accustomed to Hhuarxe their auods from infancy . Most anxious
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in getting—most thoughtless in spending . No one loves his joke better than the Londoner . Cockneys get" ehaiang" one another , as it is called . Ludicrons mishapi are what delight them most . They are a great singing pcopla ^ and Sir Robert Peel calculated very wisely wbeaT © please them and divert their minds from polities , he patroniLed the " singing millions" to ennnchize the nation , and make us all " fal M la" folks . The more nonsensical a song the more popular it become } . There is a succession every sermon . It w «" , " 1 round my bat ! " then "Jump Jim Crow ! " then Nix nay Dolly 1 " and now it is Albert ' s got the fiddle 1 "
Sing on and be slaves—gaze at shows and have your pockets picked 1 The captive Israelites hung up their harp ? and would not , could not , sing ! Themistoak-. when asked to sing , said he could not sing but he could raise a small town in a great city . Let us then have no singing except it be of patriotic songt—or hymns of freedom—let us despise the tinfeel shews of a baby Monarchy , and resolve not to dance till we dance on the grave of oppression , and sing the triumphant song of victorious liberty . J . W .
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feelings of reeson and justice , for then you will feel and see that youx interests ate identified with those of the labourers , and that while you through your repr ; oHtlvea Impoverish them , in the ¦ ame ratio do you commit suicide , politically , upon yourselves . Come forward , then ; help us to save oar eonunon ( -rantry j join our National Cbortar Ar-weUtion . Be not frigbtsned by the " buggaboo * that we want an equalization of property , which those few who fatten on those abuse * have so prominently kept in the foreground , doing that by appealing to fhe pr-jioni which they could not arsomplish by appealing to your reason .
To you , CbrrtUta , I would say , do away with , all bickerings from amongst yourselves ; form younolvea into one mighty and irresistible phalanx ; march forward , swerving neither to the right hand or to the left ; and then , and not till then , will yon make this count- 7 what she ought to be , by giving to all and to every one an opportunity of enjoying the abundance sent by a benevolent God ; then , and not till then , -shall we be worthy of being called " The envy of surrounding rations and the admiration of the world . " J . T . H . Hu . ! , Dec . 27 th , 1842 .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —In your report of the Marylebone meeting for the election of delegate to the Conference , you say that the Committee that decided upon recommending at the public meeting , Messrs . Parry , Buchannan , Lucas , and Farrer , used every exertion both fair and foul , te ensure success . This , Sir , is a most unjustifiable falsehood , and one that I cannot iu justice ^ o myself and brother committee men , allow to go forth to the public , without giving it the most unqualified denial . And the following brief statement of facts , will I think , convince every one of the Bialignity of the aspersions thus thrown upon them- The Borough Committee ( which w as formed for conducting the election and
raising funds for the payment of the delegates elected ) was open to any person who thought proper to join them ; and indeed every portion of the Chartist body residing in the borough were apprised of the intention of forming such a Committee , and solicited to join in their individual capacity , as were every shade of Reformers in the borough who were desirous of formioK a union on principle . The committee-men Bat lor three weeks with open doors , still earnestly soliciting the co-operation of all Reformers . It was well understood , as a great number of candidates seemed likely to be brought forward , that that the committee to prevent disunion at the public meeting , would take a vote upon who were , in their opinion , the most fit and proper persons to be recommended to the borough , for the important trust o ! supporting our glorious principles in the forthcoming Conference , and any person was eligible to propose a candidate in the committee . Their decudon was postponed until lateen the
Friday night before the meeting * for the purpose of KiviDg every opportunity of bringing forward candidates , &whon the following persons were nominated , and a vote of the committee was taken , namely , for Messrs . Parry , Lucas , Buchanan , Spar , Gammage , Hornby , Uumpheres , Cook , and Farrer ; and the choice of the Committee fell upon Messrs . Parry , Lucas , Buchanan , and Farrer . I most positively assert , that no farther means were taken by the committee to secure the election . Then , sir , I think if disunion existed among the " whole hog" men , the fault did not rest with the Committee , but with those who neglected their duties in not coming forward and taking a more active part on the Committee . I remain , Sir , With fcreat re-pect , Yours in the cause of Truth and Justice , Thomas Farrer . 22 , Grape-street , Rathbone-PJaoe , Dec . 27 , 1842 .
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Martlebone . —Mr . Watkins will lecture at the Workiug Men ' s Hall , Circus-street , on Sunday evening next , at half-past seven o ' clock . A public melting will be held at the Chartist Hall , 26 , Star-street , Commercial Road East , on Sunday , when it is earnestly requested that every member will be in attendance . Halifax . —On Monday there will be a ball in the large room , Swan Coppice , to commence at seven o ' clock , the proceeds to be appropriated towards the furtherance of the Chartist Cause . Keighlet . —The next delegate meeting of this diulrict will be holden in the Working Men ' s Hall , Suu-street , Keighley , on Sunday , January 8 tb , at 10 o ' clock in the forenoon . Each Locality is requested to send a delegate . .
Mr . Dickinson will lecture on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , at Preston ; Blackburn , Monday and Tuesday ; Liverpool , on Wednesday ; Warrington , Thursday ; Colne , on Friday ; Burnley , Sunday , the 8 th Jan . ; and Rochdale , on Tuesday , the 10 th . Holunwood . —A public tea party will be held in the Ralph Green Chartist Room , Hollinwood , on Monday . Tea on the table at six o ' clock . Tickets , men eightpence ; women , sixpence each , may be had of Messrs . Afhton Ashton , Joseph Brierly , John Bootn , and Edwin dough .
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BUNDERItAND . —On Menday last , ft splendid concert was held in the Philosophical Hall , Attnnenm , for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the delegates to the National Conferenoe , at Birmingham . The Cornetta and Quadrille Bands , and the young gentlemen of the glee club generously offered their services on the occasion . The orcheatia consisted of about thirty performers ; the music -wrs of the first-rate description and elicited the highest applause . The room and galleries were crowded in every part . VllGAS . —Mr . Dickinson lectured on Sunday afternoon and evening , at the Association Room . Four new member j were enrolled . BACtTP . —Mr . Dickinson lectured at Baoup on Tuesday evening to a pretty fair audience .
OUSEBURN . —Mr . John Hall , treasurer for the Northumberland and Durham Lecturers' Fund , has received from Sunderland 5 s . COLNE . —The Rev . W . V . Jackson delivered a lecture on Saturday evening last , to a crowded and attentive audience , in the Chartist News-room , Windy Bank . Colne . —The League had a meeting here on Monday , at which Moore , of Manchester , and Flint , of Lo d * , attended . The " lads" sent for the Rev . W .
V . Jackson ; and at the close of Plint ' s speech , which he concluded by moving a free trade resolution , they proposed an amendment for the Charter . ^ This was too much for the " respectables , " who kicked up a row ; and though the amendment was twice carried by tremendous majorities , the chairman , ( Mr . Wal ^ - tou , ) declared the Plague" had it , and then dissolved the meeting . Mr . Jackson ohallebged them to two night ' s discussion , but this thay declined , and the Chartists , after giving cheers for their principles and leaders , retired .
Holmfibth . —Mr . Peter Rigby , Chartist Lecturer delivered two sermons , on Sunday last , in the Wortley-hill School , to respectable audiences . The sermons gave general satisfaction , and at the close three new members were enrolled in the National Charter Associaiicn . Manchester . —The Chartist Meohanios held their weekly meeting in the Charter Association Room , Brown-street , on Thursday evening week , whin&Ir . T . M . Brophy delivered an instructive and interesting leoture to a large and respectable audience . At the close of the lecture a collection was made towards defraying the expenses of the Delegates to the Birmingham Conference .
Cabpenters' Hall . —Two lectures were delivered in the above Hall on Sunday last . One in the afternoon by Mr . * . P . . M . Brophy , and the other in the evening by Mr . Starkey , from Coventry . STJTTON-XK-ASEPXBLD . —On Monday a concert wa 3 held at * Mr . Edward Parks , Eastfield-side , Sutton , and on Tuesday , there was another at Mr . George Marriott ' s . The rooms were crammed to suffocation on both nights . The proceeds were appropriated to the Political Victim Fund .
LONDON . —At the general meeting of the Somers-Town locality , the resignation of the General Secretary was considered , and it was Tesolved , " that Mr-Cooper , of Leicester , is the most fitting person to take charge of the property of the Association , at present in the hands of the late General Secretary , from the interest he has taken in the movement , and his knowledge of the organisation , and his business habits . " He was also nominated to fill the office of Executive Councillor , in the plaoe of Mr . Campbell resigned .
hsbdsn BRIDGE . —A tea-party and ball was held in the Democratic Chapel , at tht above place , on Monday , when upwards of two hundred sat down to tea . The company separated at a late hour , highly delighted with the evening ' s entertainments .
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Holmfiiith . — -Wm . Cuttell has become agent for the Northern 5 tar , and hopes , by strict attention to all orders committed to his care , to receive that support whieh his labours may duly merit . PersonB ordering the Star of him , may receive the same at their own residence . Report ? ot Chartist meatings committed to his care will be duly attended to . Ibish Poor Law . —It is stated that the Government have a bill prepared to fit the payment of the poor-rate altogether on the landlords , in the same manner as the tithe-rent oharge . —Dublin Mercantile Advertiser .
jgssiB Phillips , A Talk of the New Poor Law . —The ' celebrated Mrs . Trollope is bringing out a new work under the above title , to be com * pleted in 12 Monthly Shilling Parts , with illustrations by Leech , the first Part of which appears with the commencement of the New Year . It cannot be doubted , that through the medium of a work of fiction , many truths may be made known to the public , which would never attract the same degree of attention if developed in works of higher pretensions ; Mrs . Trollope is deserving of high commendation for bringing the aid of her powerful pen to the illustration of the Poor Law System . — London Paper . .
CvniQVB Astronjmiwl Fact . —There is no new moon in the month of February , 1843 , but there are two new moons in the month of March following . It is a new moon on the 30 th of January , again on the 1 st of March , and also on the 30 th of March . Christmas Gift . —On Christmas day , upwards of 130 paupere in Spotland workhouse were treated with aa excellent dinner of roast beef and plum pudding . They had also half a load of malt brewed into ale . In the morning , moit of them attended divine service at Spotland church .
The Bide Lights in Oldham Church . —Oldham Church is one of the first places of worship in the kingdom which has been lighted by means of the biide light . Eight of these powerful and brilliant burners have been fitted up in Oldham Church , and w . re first lighted on Sunday last , at an expence of about £ 180 . The chandeliers are very effective and pleasing in their appearance . Scarcity of Fuel . —Firewood is said to be to scarce in tome parts of the Middle States that a man with a wooden leg is afraid to venture out after dark , for fear of being robbed of it . —2 Vew York Paper . .
Am Example for Tenants . —The tenants of the Earl of Clonmell , on his estate in the county of Monagh&n , Have convened a meeting " for the purpose , " 08 they state , "of taking into consideration the ; most effectual means of laying -before his lordship the distressed condition of his tenantry , and of imploring him to take the state of their affairs into his serious consideration j by a reduction of rents , ' '&o . ¦ : ; *" .. ¦ , /¦; ' ] ' .. ¦¦ - ; * Infanticide . — -Shocking CirwCBM 3 TANCE—OnWednesday evening , about four o ' clock , as a woman
named Smith , residing on the new line of road outside the _ Military-walk , near Ballinacurra , was turniug pigs out of her . field she discovered dogs in the act of eating something , which , on approaching , she was horrified to find , was the body of au infant which they had torn from the earth , and which appeared to have been buried about teudaya . There was no coffin ; but a quantity of old rags was placed about the body , and it was scarcely , covered with earth . Ah inquest was held on Thursday at the Exchange , beforo the mayor , and a verdict accordingly returned . —Limerick Reporter .
Fatal . Excess . —On Christmas Day a shocking occurrence took place at Mr . Dennison ' s gi ' eengrocer , in Lambeth-walk . A lad named Thomas Powell , not sixteen years of age , wiih others in the employ of Mr . Denuison , were by their master liberally reeled , and , as an adjunct , spirits wore also provided , with which all the party beoame merry , and the deceased among the rest * , — the latter , in the evening , taking advantage while the rv ? 8 t of the party were engaged , seized a jug containing gin , of which he took a hearty
draught or two ; he afterwards became mnoh intoxicated and fell down on the shop floor , Where he lay for some time ; as he did hot recover , surgeons were sent for , and . Mr . Bendall and Mr . Wagstaffe attended , a-nd deceased- ' -Waa conveyed home to hia residence in the immediate neighbourhood , where his feet were bathed in warm water , and other remedies were administered , but without effect , as the deceased sank and . expired at two o ' clock on Monday morning from the effects of the ardent spirits . •** ' ¦ ¦ ¦' ¦ : ¦ ¦ . ¦'¦' : ' . ' . ; •¦; ¦ ¦ . . ¦ ¦ ¦ : ' ; ¦ . ¦ . ' .:
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Recently , in Bethel Church , by the Rev . William Hill , the infant son of William and Hannah Walker , was baptised under the name of . Thomas Slingsby Duhcoinbei On Christmas day , was christened at St . Thomas ' s Church , High-3 treet , Dudley , by the Rev . W . H . Cartwright , the infant son of William and Hannah Wright , by the name of Edward Ellis Masott M'Douall Wright .
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Leeds Cokn Mabket , Tuesday , Dec 27 . —Tha supply of Grain to this day ' s market , is smaller thaa last week . Fine dry Wheat supports last week 9 price , but all other descriptions are difficult to quit J the damp qualities were unsaleable . There has been rather a better enquiry for Barley , prices much the same . Oata dull sale and rather lower . Hard new Beans little alteration ; damp and old are dull sale , ¦ ' . - " . . . . '¦ ¦ ¦ . \ . ; " ' .. ¦ . ' ¦ ' ¦ '• • ¦ ¦ " •¦ ¦• ¦ - ;¦ . ; THE AVERAGE PRICES OP WHEAT , FOB THE WEEK ENDING DEC . 27 , 1842 . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . Pea Qra . Qrs . Qrs . Q"s . < 5 rs . Q »* 3197 1383 487 — 324 — £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ p . d . £ * . «• 27 21 16 101 0 18 9 A 0 0 0 1 8 11 0 00
Bbadpord Markets , Thursday , Dec . 29 th . — Wool : — DuriDg the past week but little business baj boen done , and the dullness applies to all kinds of Long Wool . In Broke and Noils the demand CW ** tinues steady , and late prioes fully maintained . - * Tarn . —/ There is not any marked alteration in »• demand fer Yarns , and the continued short time working keeps the stocks low , and prices very first —Piece . —This being the last Thursday , wasformeril ; not an acknowledged market for Pieces , bnt tn «* custom was abandoned a few yearsaRO , and to-dM fully ; an average business has been done wiw former seasons , and the manufactarew are no * without considerable hope that at the commencement of the year an improved demand will be » p * parent and acceptable .
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Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSON , at hb W *; JagOffl ^ , No « . 12 andlS , M » ket-stwet , ttlg ^ and PubUBhed by the said Joshua Hobso ( for the said Fbargus O'Connor , ) athto D «* ^ Bng-hoMe , No . 5 , MaikeUfcraet , Bria { 8 * ft j Jgi internal Communication exiarjng between tl > e ^* No ; 5 , M » ritet- « tre « t , and , toe said No * '¦ }* ** . 13 , Marke ^» tre « k , BrigrAte , thua constitnfln « jW whole of the said Prtattng and Poblismng O »* one Premlsef . ; i , Lto All OommunicaUons tnnBt he ad * " ** , Po ^ P" ™* Mr . HOBStN , Nirthern Star Office , leed * Saturday , December 31 , 18 * 2 .
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IRELAND . AWFUL CATASTROPHE—LOSS OF UPWARDS OF THIRTY LIVES . The particulars of the followirg melancholy catastrophe . nT 8 communicated by correspondents of the Dublin Evening Mmil . " Qalway , Dec . 25 , 1 S 42 . —A melancho ' y accident occumd in tbis town this morning . At early mp < j , in the piiish chapel , there was an immense couooune of people ; the gallery , as is usual on Christens mornings ,
was crowded to excess . One of the rails of the staircaae , by the prmure of the multitude , w& ? broken , and tome persons in tae vicinity having heard the crackling noise , gave the alarm , and cried out that the gallery W £ 3 giving way . An indttcribable but tremendous ruah vras made by the dense mass to escape . The citf-trophe was awful ; thirty persons , up to the time I am going to post , nave been made the victims of the rashness of the assemblage . The gallery did not give way .
( From another Correspondent . J " I think it but right to tell you , that a most trrjlcal occurrence took place fcere , at six o ' clock this morning , at the parish chapel , similar to what occurred in Dublin two years ago . Previous to the celebration of man , the chapel was crowded to suffocation , and some person gave the alarm that the gallery was giving way . The consequence was , that a tremendous rush we-5 made to ^ rards the stairs—numtiTs were thrown down the stein , and tr&mpled to death by others gt-tting into the street . At tois moment ( two o ' clock )
thftty-flve persons are dead , and it is supposed that from ten t » fifteen more are also numbered among the dcr 1 . There are a great many , besides , maimed ; they are all of the lower class , such as poor tradesmen , labourers , and servants . There we ? no danger at all of the gallery giving way ; it is very stronj ' . y built , and would t ? ar four times the weight that was on It at the time . There must have been t : tween 4 , 000 and 5 , 000 people in it at the time . I never witnessed a more heartrending scene . I saw myself twenty-five dead bodies . "
( From anolhtr torrespondeni ) "I have just seen Dr . Gray , who informed me that he hf s t't * i" ' . cd twenty-eight individuals to be dead , but be thicks there are » great many more , carriti to different parts of the town by their relatives , they have not vet come under bis observation . The town is in a frightfully r ; ir \ t 3 d state . The sufferers are all of the working class's . I went through the chapel an hour e $ o , and found the gallery to be very strong , so that if the foolish people bad but thought for an instant , they might bare bran under no spprebsssion whatever of its giving way , and the lives of the poor creatures might have been spared . Two of our servants ¦ wtre in the chapel at the time , but escaped—they do not tnow how . This has been a £ C 3 ne veiy like that which took place at Kirkfldy , and which I never can forget "
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JONATHAN AND JOHN . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHEB . N STAB ; SIR , —Having read the Message of tie President of the United States to the Congress , I was struck with the manly and statesman-like tone breathed thougbout tMt important documen * What a comrr-t it exhibits to the puerile stuff read from tbe throne of this enlighten :. ! country , which is an olio of pe . fc ct nonrenaj — a string of hackneyed phrases twisted together by a set of noodles , eeut down , or up , to her Majesty for rebearnl , and then dubbed the " Queen ' s Speech . "
The Message of the President is , throughout , of tbe most cheering character , " and c ^' culsted to give an facrep ^ od impetus to Columbia's enterprising sods . But ¦ what , may -wo anticipate , ¦ will bs tbe cbarr -ter of wr" > t is micrallcd "Her Majesty's Epetch ? " Why one of the old stvnp . Notawe ^ d of camfoit for a starving people , nor any foundation given whereon to build even an expectation of a better state of things . Under the ralutary system which obtains in America such sentiments as those -with which the President's speech ? s fraught may ho expected ; but under the accursed system which prevails in this country we need exj , ct nothing from the throne but what smacks of misrule , oppression and insult .
Who , Sir , are to blame for tbe evils of oar legislation and all tbe ills emanating therefrom ? Why ourselves , the people . We are the fools who support " the com * - ' costly splendour , " that feed the vultures who gnaw our vitals , —that purchase bayonets to pierce us to the heart and bludgeons to break our heads . We clothe and feed the errained Judges , such as Abinger , to insult and punish nsjaudthesurpricedwolvesto'devour the flc ik ; and then ¦»» , idiot-like , sit down and cry ' God btlp ub , " instead of shewing that we have learned that " God only helps those who help themselves . " We ought to set our shoulders to the wbrel , and cease muling and puling about the want of extraneous aid . Some are " up and doing , "' but many , too many , sit silently and supinely at home , thinking that good will come without their help . It is a personal , an individual tff * ' * , and each and all ought to buckle on their armour and advance to the fight against the Hydra of tyranny . Then the work will be both facilitated and exp : lited .
We pay ten times more to support general and state Government than do the wbole of the United Stetss . Ten times more for bad Government than they do for good . Are we not fools ? ForQod ' BMSe letn » learn wi ' . dom . Yor » s truly , Wm . Rider . Leeds , December 28 th , 1842 .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR , Sib ., —If the following observations Bbould meet your approval , your inserting them in the Star , would oblige , Tours , truly in the cause , Ji « o . T . Holder .
It as been my lot witbm this If n week or bo , to witness with sorrow a revival in trade , which when I explain tbe why and tb . 9 wherefore , I shall not be surprised if you and the numerous readers of tbe Star do sorroi » likewise . I bave , as I said , within the last wesk helped ( in the course of my occupation ) to put the finishing stroke upon foifcy-five iron bedsteads , namely , five for Caistor , treaty for Sleaford , five for Brigg , and twenty-five for Lincoln unions ? Yes , my friends , and while I pondered upon toe system that is fast forcing our once bold English peasantry and artisans into these bell boles , I shuddered at the idea ; for I could not help feeling that the system of class legislation , from which all our evils , moral and political , fljw , and with which we are tit present eccumbered is suffered , to remain ; if we still bow down to this modern Jaggezn&ugbt inevitably the same most be our common loL
What will you say to tbii , you free traders ? What will yon say to this , you who cry ont that there is a revival of trade ? What will you , who fatten on the system say to this ? Faugh , tbe very sentence is a perversion of the truth unless applied to the revival of wnicn I sorrow over , and which no comment of mine can possibly strengthen . To you , Shopkeepers of tbe . Agricultural Districts , to you I would bave a word ; to yoa I would direct especial attention to your own interests , and say that tbe present system which you uphold is fast robbing yon of your customers , for , by indirect taxation , which presses heavily upon tne labourer , and the low lite of
wejes which he receives not being sufficient to satisfy kis physical wants , ( and particularly if be has a family , ) obliges him to part with his household goods , until be ba nothing whereon to lay bis bead . He consequently applies to hia parish , and , much against his will , is admitted a pauper , and at one and the same time , you are charged with his and bis family ' s maintenance , and lose a crstomer . This , you know , is a fact . Your t'JJs tell you so of tbe one , your balance sheet in tbe item tf poor ' s rates of the other . Teen why not stretch out a helping hand , for yon csn yet save not only yourselves , but your brother sufferers , from that gulpb of rain which yawns to receive both you and him .
Yon ssy give us " free bade in corn j" then the labourers will bave " plenty to do and nigh wages , " for the foreign market * , from which we are shut out by tbe restrictions upon our imports , would taka our goods in return jast r * though we exported nothing . And all toil is the face of the official returns , which gives ns for last year ^ IOS . 000 , 000 worth of manufaotared goodi exported , from which we got only two mfllioDs more profit than we did to little more than one tbird the amount exported in 1815 . This fact proves that with , regard to " pleats to do , " there eaa
be no mistake , a * tbe returns show that last year the exports were greater than in any previous year , while at the same time yon ? own organs tell you that the poor in the manufacturing districts have eaten theii beds , which is a proof that high -wages are not a sequence to plenty to do , and why U it not so ? Because iron , wood and steam > re employed instead of bones , sinews , and flesh . Indeed 1 would point to the Inereacsd poor ' s rate and the official return ot manufactures exported / as a refutation of all the above sophisms . And earnestly would I recommend you shopkeepers to ponder ov « r the above facts and be guided by your
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LONDON . —Dreadful Murder ik "Whitecross-street . —At half-past ten o ' clock on Wednesday morning , an inquest was held before Mr . Baker and a highly respectable joif , at the Two Brewers , W hitecross-street , on view of the body of Thomas Leary , who was found dead , having been stabbed with a shoemaker ' s knife , on the night of Sunday last . The jury-room was crowded almost to suffocation , and the greatest excitement prevailed in the neighbourhood . After tbe examination of two witnesses the enquiry was adjourned till half-past ten the following morning , when it was resumed , and after several hours investigation a verdict of " wilful murder * ' was returned against Michael Measan , the dead man ' s master .
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At the Parish Church , Leeds , on Monday last , Mr James Hokoyd to Misa Ann Robinson . On Sunday , at tho Pariah Church , Whitkirk , James , eldest son of Mr . John Croswaite , of Coltoo ( near this town , to Hannah , eldest daugter of Mr . William Pawson , hay dealer and innkeeper , of Halton . , On Saturday , the 24 th inat ., at theParish Church , Leeds , Mr . Joseph Backhouse , of Leeds , to Misa Barber , eldest daughter of the lite Mr . Thomas Barber , farmer , of Crofton .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 31, 1842, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct462/page/8/
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