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ANOTHER "STRIKE-PLOT!"
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MELANCHOLY CASE OF STARVATION IN YORK.
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• ad&essio the people" announcing the fact that jlur 3 » psr ; wals lenceforth to be under his managenoit and eonironlJ and limning out the eonrse of Boli-T he should pursue . AnoSavwazte to Mr . O'CoksobIo the effect rtat be m ^ t become part proprietor if he chose j hoi he at once and decidedly declined ; declaring gat lie should be amply repaid for any serrice be " eat perform by the aid and assistance that would ^ rne to ihej ^ ople and their cause from their advo-It then ^ b _ - » ^ fe v »
-sry in the columns of a daily organ . was mopcssd to place . £ 100 at Mr . O'Cokhob's disposal , ! Tb « expended in advertisements and placards , jmHHfficmg Mr . O'Cohhob ' s assumption of Editorial I" ^ , This proposal , too , he declined ; declartbat he tcould have nothing io -do with the Ttanca qf the eslabUshment ; nor finger a farthing J pfinC'Bej in any shape . At the same time he gave Mi Pbat a list of places to which bfll-advertisemerts might be sent .
. „ _ . 33 iis , then , -was the nature of Mr . O'Coknob ' s eos neclicB with the Evening Star . For many jEODihs he -wrote almost the entire "leaders f performing his serrices at home , some six miles from Oje cfice ; and sending in his " copy" at his own - * His labours were immense . He often wrote jj ^ columns of matter ; seldom less than two eolamns This work was d a ll y : and it was work . Vm one doubt it , Id- Mm try Snarler who has
Bat , s » js &e ¦ Z ^ d 5 , any one j ^ jy read the paper might haTe seen at a glance , Ojjs is real object , from the commencement , was , , ^ spread of Chartism , but the maintenance of f te Bread Tax . " LaUly read the paper" 1 How Wp * Since ii was bought by the ConBerratiYes & before ! lost see hoir the fellow who penned the aboTe jsoisel states thing 3 as facts , of which he is totally Mask The sentence aboTe quoted from his list T-fisEhovre that he sever read the paper ; or he isve known that befoTe Mr . Cohsob
—pb ^ O' ' s ^ j ^ aj to it , it was a Repeal Journal 11 and it Xf ^ gsi , that while Mr . O'Coxsob was ill and . jayg to perfonn his duties , the gentleman bejgjpag ihe-establishment who did perform them , Hi * Bspenler , and so far committed ihe paper io the cause of Repeal , -and of course Mi . O'Conjob , that that gentleman felt himself bound to call upon the Pnblisher of the Evening Star to state Bmi the articles in qae 3 tion were not Mb ( Mr . CCoss jb ' s ) !!! Sa much for its " real object from the co mmencemenJ ? ' 11
* It seeES , " gays obi Snarkr , tnat Dr . Slkigh ihe Dnke of BrcKWGaus ' s tool , has been the Editor ] irhile Jeaxgns O'Cossob has done the puffing ieparimeni . ' A pure , unmitigated , deliberate , pal-Pj * 1 bxixj for what purpose the reader will plainly ^ eresve . B japerhss lest £ 3 , 5 DD . " True ; and who told yea ! Who told the people ? Mr . O'CosjroB . And is there any thing wonderful in a new paper , and
especially anew daii [ y paper , losing £ 3 , 500 during iiefct sxmonths of its existence \ The True Sun lest £ 11 . 000 in almost as short a space of time as the Etmng Star lost only £ 3 , 500 . And yet , bo one grer hinted that it was Tory money that the True Sm hid lost , though it took the very side upon the Corn Lsw qnesticn that the Evening Star tooki Then under Mr . O'Coskob ' s management . The I « di Snarler Snows well , that so far from its being
i * injusnal thing for new papers to lose money , it is not unnsn&l for gvd lapses to be minus ! He knows fiat by experience . His own paper has reached Bs ekTenth Tolame : wiQ he state how many wealthy persons it has ruined ? and how much it has lost utetj year of ite existence ! Dare he do this ! and &rs ha name ihe means that have lately had to be resorted to , lo keep it in being 1 The Evening Star Jjiefctha only paper that has lost £ 3 , 5001 !
lj , ini " iriohas lost the money ? asks the Snarler . 'Esreal losers are the real proprietors ^ the paper , iJaw » io are advocating in its columns * High Jury principles . ' ** The object and aim of this tnM deliberate lie is plainly apparent , The real iotsr teas ihe former proprietor , saTe and except -what he got back again when he sold the paper to its present High Tory" holders ! And see how the miserable fool answers himself . If the
paper teat advocating Toryism , when under Mr . CCo 55 OB * b management ; and if she Puke o / BrcKisGRUi had B hi 3 tool" Dr . Sleigh , npon it is Editor , in the name of the gods ichat was the rue oJOie ^ Eigh TorieJ' buying U out o / Mr 0 'CoK 50 B * s hands I "Whateyer could induce them to taie mil step ! Just see the stupidity of ihe ininless ass I The " High Tories" had the japa 5 they had the " High Tory" Dr . Slhgb as 2 Stor of it ; they had Mr . O Coxso& helping him ; Say had the paper doing the work of the Tories effaiwiligi and yet , the Tories were such fools as io bnj the paper from themselves pob themselYes , to * et it out of Mr . O'Coksob's hands !!
The abore paragraph is not the only one the Saerler has , relating to Mr . O'Cossob , and his *? ef from &e Tories . In his paper of the prerious ¦*« £ , he had hb fling at O'Cokkob and the Carlton ( M > . Indeed , it is Mb common practice . Tf Ay , the Jadei wBl soon learn . HaTicf disposed of the Evening Star , by relating , afc ^ £ l at » ut &e connection that Mr . O'Cokkob has tai with the establishment , we hare now to deal with the dirty-souled wretch who has raked fegeiber the bnndls of lies -he hare been replyiag to .
l& tq ask Mm , then , what right he has to accuse < Bifman of receiring pay ? Hs , of all men in the " ra ^ S ] Hs , whose erery crumb , and every stitch , is Pnrch&sed with the wages of prostitution ! He , who iiSiot abitetopntinbishead , nor aragiojrat on his b « i , biit Trhati 3 bought with money derired from the * & of his powers of mind to those he privately hates , ^ jases , and contemns I HE haB hired himself to fis adrecicy of measures and plans he in private
m * $ he does not agree with ; and of whose evil ^« 3 he is faDy aware ; he has prostituted fchnsdf for pay , and lives on the wages of infamy ; ^ 4-jrith ihe beef slicking in his teeth , and the liquor s 31 & 1 Qi ! £ from Ms moath , purchased fey such means , ™ HE venture to bring actnsations of veaality ^ 3 msi parties whose ovsy fault is that they are just •^ fllfis tiieii « vra coaricnons , and advocate in pvb-& Sieaemeasures and plan 3 which HE ATCTWS I ^ i "TTATE >» s t i
I * t bsparticularise somerlitfctle , Not long ago the J « Perof which lie is Editor , had lost so mnch ftat lis ^ proprietors could stand it no longer . Several fasnz ones had gone to the wall . It was brought otofie market for sale . It was advertised for sale . f P « U who is well known to us bid for it . They ™ S *^ ed for it . The price was fixed on , and ^ on- Tsnt it was that the Malihusians ^ red themserres . An offer was made that if the « a Editor vmild advocate doctrines to sehich ihe ?* &'' had cheays been opposed , and ibr which it had it had
^ afioa acquired what name ; an ^ w-r -BM 2 n » de that if this coald be done , money " ^ S be found to enable Mm to go into the pro-? ° etor&i p ; and the paper should benpheld . He OasxsiK ^ He received the price . He went in as S ' The Pox and Goose scheme" was the " ^^ Bsnifesiation of Ms new policy . He had certain * £ ? V vfiie vp p He ^^ hand - He \ ^ " ? "K y failed ! The " Pox and Goose" Club t o ^** *" 1 some £ ^ detk * ^ mouey * insice ^ , -f . * - ^** proprietor " Trzamsted . Inlapseoftime -. ?*? $ 3 teased . Be ms ihen kicked ont of the
^^ PyibrsUp' ^ and he has since beenoUiged io f ?*""*^ io the League for the means of ezis-¦ £ ** ¦ ' ' ? And this is the polluted wretch who dares **^ e ef O'Coxkob receiving pay from the Carlton T ^ a ttnng ^ tae pe ople note . When this hired -IT * - " ** u * proprietor , " and in the receipt of ^*> tt-money from the two leading members of the ^ jx& i' &e course of policy was " thb suffbage . " » fttecsion of Su&age "" Household Suffrage "
; , JI ?*** Suarag 6 » "Complete Snffrage ^ j the ^^ ia tome shape or oiher . Nothing bnt the tSw ? 1 BCrald d ° mihoni the Suffrage nothing " ^ »« gsbed . O ! ho b aid tickle the cars of
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the groundlings about " the Snffirage , " Bat the bait . did not take . The people " were not with the "Foxes . " They couldinot be won oyer . The scheme < lied of inanition . The supply-money stopped And what are the tactics now ? The Suffrage never heard of I The League extolled to the Bides ! Becommendatioas to put ^ the Leaguers into parliament , particularly Bbight Johh of Rochdale ! in the teeth ^_ -w a _
of former recommendations to send no one there bat Suffrage candidates . Advice to the League to court the working classes ; not for " the Suffrage ?' , bat for the Repeal . The upholding of the Leagne in every particular ; and in none so much as in the inventing . and circulating all the lies and attacks upon Mr . O'Cokkob and the Star that he can possibly rake together from all parts of England , Ireland , and Scotland !
With each sale has gone the man ' s former principle . He becomes the hired scribe of first one Bet of men , and then another . What little talent he has is prostituted for pay 3 and as Tie is paid , is first developed one course of policy and then another ! It is not often that we meddle with him . For months together has he been allowed to have fnll fling ; and a fling he has had ! His paper has been composed , on an average , foDy one-third , of attacks
of all sorts and sizes , and forms , upon Mr . O'Conkob and the Northern Star . Whatever he could cull fromaay quarter has been carefoUy culled . His pages for the last three years is a faithful record of the efforts of faeiion , through the press , to uproot O'Consob from the hearts of the working-people and . put down the Northern Star . During the most of this time he has been unmolested . His , however ^ stuck up so invitingly thiB time that we could not forbear the kick ! 1 !
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TO THE PEOPLE . Fbibxds , —How get the subscriptions ont What is the prospect of your doomed victims' families , this cold weatheri Stir ; stir ! The work may be hard ; but the time shortens and it must be done . You must not be shamed in the eyes of the whole world whioh is looking on . You must make an effort ; a strong and determined effort ; snob an one as you never made before . The struggle is for you , and yon must no \ sacrifice the stragglers .
Prom Mr . O'Connor ' s letter I learn a piece of law wMch Idid not previously know . It Beems that one expensive difficulty—that of getting the " Conspira tors" to Manchester—may be shifted from your shoulders to that of the enemy ; the conditions being that the parties be tried and convicted and sentenced in their absence . How far this may suit the inclination of many of them , I cannot say . I know they shall not convict me , without my having a word with them about it . But , in any case , if convictions do
take place , and if imprisonments follow , the families must be looked to . Many of them will have no means of helping themselves at all ; and these you must provide for . Where they have the means of living by their own labour , I think they ought to do bo ; but scores aTe likely enough to be utterly unable to do this ; and these are legitimately your poor , whom you are bound to maintain . And you have no right to permit the patriot props of these households to be knocked away , without first satisfying them that provision has been made .
. There is another part of O'Connor ' s letter to wMch I invite specially your earnest contemplation : the second , contemplated , League Outbreak . I have means of knowing that this is fact . Tnat emissaries are already abroad and at work . The same crafty game is 'being played as before . The dodge" is to bring the Chartists in for it ; and , in fact , if possible , to make them do it . The work of tampering has
already begun again . Letters and secret agents are gliding about — - cautiously and stealthily inciting the people to regret the opposition that was offered by the rational among their leaders to tbe last League-trap , and U > incense them against those who saved thousands of them from destruction , and the country from a worse state of ruin than even that in which it is . Thus it is
h oped wi l l a p lan be formed of impatient , unreasoning , and consequently short-sighted Buffering , on which their scoundrel operations can be successfully carried on . I know that letters are now circulating from hand to hand , and that parties are most busy in private conversations , denouncing O'Connor as a cow . ard for not coming out" on the last occasion to "leadon" the people . I know that these letters , and some of the parties thus busy , are those on whom O'Connor has bestowed , and very recently too , what I think to be ill judged and certainly ill deserved commendatiens . O'Connor will find out in time who are his friends , and the people will find out who are the traitors . All will come in good time . Things are h astening t o a denouement .
It is useless to ask me whence I have jay information . I have it ; and I know it is correct . Those who know me be 3 t know that I never speak , but npon velvet . I never level my gun till I am sure of my game . I name these things nowte put you on your guard . ATTEMPTS ARE NOW BEING MADE TO GET UP ANOTHER STRIKE . Attempts will be made to get up incendiary fire 3 . Every effort will be made by the soulless , bloodless , muckthrifts to raise the wind . The trap will be , as before , gilded with a
speciousness of secerning ; your best feelings will be iBvited to betray you . The "Charter" and the" Rights of Labour" will be again made the watchword j and the ebject is now , as before , to destroy you The laBt " move" of this kind did muoh . It wrought more mischief to the cause than all other evils which have befallen us for the last ten years . It might have been yet more successful but for " that bl—ted watchtower "" ttat d—d Northern Star that spoils every thing . " I quote words which wDl be known by those who
used them . 1 warned yon last year , against the trap that was then laid for yon . I told yon it was a trap . I fcaew more than most of you did . I have better opportunities of knowing . I have more eyes than most of you have . Many of you however chose to listen to the big mouthers who ** wanted to bring it to a finish '; and you have found the " finish " they brought it to for yon 1 Thej plumped you over head and ears into the League trap ; and there some of them left you , You saw nothing , and heard precious little , of them , while the danger lasted
The infernal trap is again being baited ; and , from their skulking holes , they squeak by letter about my cowardice , and about O'Connor ' s cowardice J I warn yon now again . The enemy is on the qui vfre . If you be again let in for it , " don ' t blame me . I may not , fat some time , have another opportunity of warning yon . I do warn you now . Another strike will be attempted . Failing that , every means will be tried to excite or force you into violence . A League Scamp , whom I know more of than he
thinks I do , sent here this week for insertion in the Star , a most insidious incendiary address to the Colliers j seeking to " get them out . " The Scamp thought his assumed calling , A labourer in the Mines , " would ensure Mm attention here . Poor fool ! He knows nothing of honest working men ' s habits , or he would not have attempted the trick . I warn him not to try it again , even if I should be " locked npf wMch I presume I shant . But if I be , the Watch Tower" will not be deserted . I shall leave on it one
whose Jeyes are too quick , and whose aim is too steady , to . miss fire" at a single robber of them all . I have-been in North Lancashire this week . I found them a set of fine fellovrs . Just what Chartists should be . M Up to the mark , " but jet cool , prudent , and discriminating . The complexion of Chartismjn this district was never so healthful as now . It is much improved ; and I attribute the improvement mainly to the fact that the poverty of ihe people since the " plug-drawing , " and for a short time before , has protected them from tbe predator ? esuarsioiis of the *• lice ou the
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beetle's back , " the tramping paid agitators—the "bring it to a finish" men . They have steady firm , and good leaders resident among them ; and under their judicious arrangements and advice , they are now presenting to the front of faction a more certain and telling opposition than they have ever previously done . I sever saw finer fellows than the Baoup " Lads . " They are ; an honoar to our cause and reflect no small credit upon the gallant Beesley , of whose brigade they form a portion . The meetings there on Sunday were well filled , though the bills announced a tax of threepence , which I much
regretted the necessity of . On Monday and TDei&ay j I should have been at Accrington and Clitberoe . But such is the intensity of middle class sympathy that in neither of those towns , nor in Blackburn could a room be bad for love or money . I therefore lectured on Monday and Tuesday evenings , in a small chapel , kindly lent for the occasion by the Rev . Mr . M'Phail , Baptist Minister , of Hound Coat , a sort of " Central point" near no place ; about two miles from Accrington and four from Burnley . The distance was too far for the "lads" who had work to travel on a cold night , and return after ten o ' cloc k , having to rise again at five for work : and those who
had eo work were kept out by the three-penny tax at the door , an arrangement which I am sorry wa adopted . These causes made the meetings at Hound Coat thin ; but they were of the right sort who came . I learned much about the late strike in North Lancashire ; many very interesting facts which I may sometime tell for the good of the League . I learned also some other * ' small facts , " which in due time I Bhall unbottle . Meanwhile , let me repeat once more , though it should even be the last time , the warning I have so often given you . Watch well your leaders ; and beware of the big talkers : they are your worst enemies after all .
I am indebted to the kind and gentlemanly courtesy of Mr . O'Connor ' s attorney , M . Turner , Esq i of London , for the information that our trial is fixed for Wednesday , the 1 st of March , and that the Attorney-General is to prosecute in person . This will give me a day or two longer than I expected ; I shall not now need to be in Lancaster before Tuesday . I name this especially to my Hull friends ; many of whom I dare say will be at our little "Bethel" on Sunday , iatending to eivo
me the " good b ye " grasp of tho hand . I shall not bow come to Hull on Sunday . My " Jads" most do without me and leave me that day ' tis the only one I shall get—foT a little rest . On the Sunday following , I shall have been six years with them : I was desirous to spend that anniversary with them , and I thank the Government for the unintentional indulgence . The address , therefore , which I intended to deliver in oar Church room on Sunday , I reserve until the Sunday following : and I name it now to prevent disappointment .
If I escape the tiger ' s den , I shall take an early opportunity of taking personal counsel with the people of the many districts to whioh I have received invitations , and of others who may wish to " hae a crack wi' me . " If I am " caged , " I shall at all events go with the satisfaction of knowing that I leave the Star in Bafe hands till my return ; that itB brightness will neither grow dim nor faint in my absence . I shall know that I have done my
duty ; and I shall stalk into my gloomy domicile with more satisfaction than any one of the League millocrats , of whose tools I am the victim , will feel when spreading ont his feet upon the hearth-rug of Ms mansion " built by blood . " I am , as ever , Your faithful friend and servant , W « . Hill . Northern Star Office , Leeds , Thursday , Feb . 16 th , 1843 .
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P . S . —Fbidat Morning . —It is seldom that a Postscript accompanies any letter from me ; but I must give you to this a mournful one . For many years , the sum of my domestic and personal happiness has been restricted solely to the endearments of a daughter whom I almost adored , a father whom I revered , and a mother-in-law whom I love . About sixteen months ago , the light of my eyes departed from me ; my daughter escaped , and went home . I have never recovered the shock I then received to my natural feelings and constitution . I never shall . The " old folks" were then " my all " . My father was infirm and subject to much severe indisposition ; but he was—my father— . No one who knew him
could help loving him . All did love him . I did more : I revered him . I had great reason so to do : I shall never see his like again . He had been " poorly" for some years . That is to say , long continued industrious activity had done its work ; an excellent natural constitution had given way ; and the " infirmities of age" pressed on Mm somewhat heavily . He was in his 72 nd year . I loft him " toddling about the house '' in his customary manner yesterday , afwr our frugal noon-day meal , when I came up to the office to write my letter to you- 1 had finished it , and the paper had gone to press but a very short time , when a messenger arrived in breathless haste to summon mo . 1 ran into the street , leapt into the first coach I saw ,
and bade the coachman " drive for life ; he did so but vainly ; I was too late to catch _ h is dying breath : it was gone . Ho was a corpse in his chair If , then , the fiends of faction have viadictive punishment in store for me , they hare here a fine scope for exultation . Their devilries will fall upon a lacerated mind ; but , though lacerated , they will find that it has not lost its elasticity ; though bowed , it is not broken : it will resist tho pressure , and repel the blowB , of tyranny with as muoh vigour as though its natural firmness had not been softened by the rending asunder of its ties . The wailings of the widowed mother , who ia some years older than my father was , at her supposed prospect of a speedy severance from me also , may form but a melancholy accompaniment to
the necessary duties of preparation for trial which I have yet to begin . May it please God . only to give me health for the next week ; ana then they shall not yet prevent me from twing " a dy " . The poor old man often wept at the approach of the trials , and expressed his conviotion that if 1 should be imprisoned , h e sho u ld nevermore see me . It was his constant theme or conversation ; it preyed hard upon his mind ; it galled and fretted him severely ; he was too weak for it ; and I doubt not that he adds another to the long list of murders by the devilish Bystem . Whether the old woman and myself msy be also add e d , remaias for proof- But it is only by multiplied misery that their cup can be filled . It is filling fast , aud may soon run over . Wk . Hili ..
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Leiqh Gleevb . —We have it not . John Thobnton . —We think it would be adviseable for as many as purpose to conduct their own defences . "A Mbmbeb op the National Chabtkb Association" suggests that a Defence and Victim Fund be forthwith opened in « very locality—eachmember , who possibly can , subscribing one halfpenny weekly , and striving to induce some other fr > er , d or relation to subscribe weekly a like sum . Tnts fund to be kept open as long as there is one victim needing support ; and let the proceeds be equally divided between the Defence and the Victims'families . G , of SowKBBr . —G . «/ . £ ? ., news agent , Hartsheadt
Sheffield . I A Rbadbb . — Write io the Horse Guards . i Will Mb . Kidd send his address to his old friend , William Daniels , of Lasswadei Tbowbbidob Chabtists . —We thank them for the article which they have sent to us , and for thexr kind expression of opinion . The party , however , to whom they reply would feel his vanity flattered by their notice . We treat ihe document with the contempt it merits . M . Gbiffiths , of Worcester , would be glad lo hear from Mr . Leach and Mr . Cleave . Mb . J . O . Lamont suggests that the first assembled Conference of National Delegates amend the P eop le ' s Charter by introducing into it a clause providing more ijfidently than is now done for the due moral and business qualifications of MJ >' s .
Ashton-todeb-Lyhe . — We have received a commu nicationfrom this place without any si gnature er confirm ition whatever . We never give insertion to articles on such grounds . J . Colquhopn , Glasgow . —His correspondence has always met with every attention : it has at times been curtailed , when circumstances rendered it absolutely necessary . Did he see the piles of letters we are obliged to out out , he would then know thai he had " no room to complain . " Will Mb . Wm . Jones , of Liverpool , send his address as soon as possible to Mr . John . M'Farla : / . of Xorlhnvipton ?
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Bpbibt , York .--The £ 1 given at Birmingham wai n . 9 t a loan .- it was a gift , collected for that purtut p Av ! has not to be repaid . MB . O-Connob s- reasons for not replying to many letters oftnvitatwn are setforthin his letter of this ¦ week . Besides the Sums * handed over to Mr . Cleave by Mr . O Connorifor the Defence Fund , this week , he has received another remittance of £ 1 from button xn-Ashfield , on Wednesday morning , and £ lfrom Bristol Chartists , —too late te be acknowledged tn Mr . Gleam ' s weekly account . Mb . Abban ' s letter , Bradford , has been tafely delivered . William Ccttell , Holmfirth . —Write to Mr . O'C ., and direct your letter to be at this oMce by Monday nest . i
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FOB THE NATIONAL DEFENCE FOND . £ B . d . From S . M . W ., Falklrk : proceeds of a raffle 0 17 6 ^ the Chartists of Plymouth , pei J . Rogers , 10 0 ~ David Rushforth , 006 Collected by E . J . and J . M ., Holme Mill 0 11 0 Wm . Mortimer , Mill Bridge 1 0 0 From Nottingham , per Richard Hawkins . ! . 10 0 - Heckmondwike , pei Mr , Penny ... 1 10 0 - B . Bulmer , Lofthouse ... o 1 0 ~ the Chartists of Idle , near Bradford ... 0 3 0 ^ So werby , per Wm . Stancliffe 1 10 0 -. Nantwich , per T . Dunning ... .., 0 9 0 . » a few friends at Eaatry , by Sandwich , B-ent 0 6 6 „ G . F ., Vale of teven ... 0 l o „ a Friend , Todmorden . 926 „ Sabden Chartists ... ... ... 0 5 0
FOB MBS . ELLIS . From S . M . W .. FaJkirk : proceeds of a raffle ... ... ... ... ... 0 6 0 FOB P . M . M'DOUALL . From S . M . W ., Falkirk : proceeds of a raffle ... 0 5 0 FOB MB . PETEB FODEN , SHEFFIELD . From tbe Somers' Town Victim Committee 0 12 0
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Our last week ' s article on the M March of Machinery , " has produced , as we anticipated , a great sensation amongst the producers of woollen cloths . Many have been the shruggings of shoulders aud shakings of heads , during the past week ; and many have been the surmises and inquiries as to what will become of the parties so surely to be displaced in the labour market by the " new" and " improved" machinery .
We have heard of the sayings and doings of one little knot of producers whioh are deserving of some little note . They wore met together , as scores of working men now have to do , to hear the Northern Star read ; and of course the article iu question became the subject of more than ordinary attention . Gloomy were the forebodings , and despairing were the conclusions that many of them arrived at . They thought they saw ctteb ruin staring them full in the face . At length one man , an old man , bid them not to be completely cast down ; not to sink into the earth at once ; but
to look the matter full in the face , and see if there was not some means or other that could be adopted to make these new means of producing wealth work to the advantage of the workers . " Let us reason on this matter , '' said he ; " here , on one hand , is a machine capable of aiding ia the production of wealth . Suppose that by its means one hundred pound ' s worth is produoed in one year , and the oost of keeping it in repair is ten pounds . Then there are ninety pounds clear gain to those who get it . We have on the other hand , a Bishop , who takes from us some £ 30 , 000 a-year . But he proddces nothing .
Whioh do you think we could do best without , the BiBhop , or the Machine 1 We have Mis . Adelaide also . She gets from u <* £ 100 , 000 every year . What does she produce ! Anything ! Is she of any use , as far as production of wealth is concerned 1 Is she as useful as tbe Machine ! Whioh would it be wise for us to dispense with , suppose it should come to be a question as to whether should go , Adelaide , or the Machine ! For my part I would keep the machine . I would try if it oould not bo arranged so that I could have my share of what the machine produced ; and then I fancy » t should not be sotery much against machinery . "
There are some very queer points put here ! What deea the reader think about them ? Wo hardly dare venture to express an opinion about some of them * Good God , —where are we getting to—and what will become of us !
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f Abridged from the York Herald ) This week the deaths of a mother and her infant son have occurred in this city , under very painful circumstance * . The death of tho former was caused From want of the common necessaries of life , and that of the latter from exposure to the cold and irregnlatity of food . On Monday evening , an inquest was held at the workhouse by John Wood , Esq ., the coroner , on view of the body of the mother , whose name was Mary Clegg . The following witnesses were called : —
Mr . John Grimshaw deposed—I am the master of the workhouse of the York Union . The deceased came into the workhouse about a quarter before ten o ' clock on Saturday evening . She was accompanied by Mr . Hodgsen , the relieving officer . The house was full , and the case being urgent I went to the chairman of tho board , and arrangements were made by supplying a male pauper with money to get lodgings to make room for the deceased . She appeared to me to be intoxicated , and the relieving officer stated to me that she appeared to be in that state . I ordered her to be put to bed , thinking that in the morning the effect of the liquor would be gone off , and that she would be better . She had neither meat nor drink on Saturday night . Two
women slept ia the same room with her , who I directed to look after her . On Sunday morning I found herin the same state as on the previous evening , and knowing then that it oould Dot be from liquor I cent for Mr . Thomas , one of the surgeons to the Union . It appeared to me as though she had taken something injurious , and I told tho woman to bring her pockets to me . On examining the pocket 1 found a paper containing white powder , whioh I gave to Mr . Thomas . the medical officer . There werealsoin her pocket 13 £ d ia money , and tour pawnbrokers' tickets . Mr . Thomas brought some medicine which he de-Bired me to administer to her , and said if the first dose did not make her sick , I was to give her tho other in twenty minutes or half an hour . I gave her
the first dose which caused her to be at first sick and then quite stiff ; she turned up her eyes and her feet became quite cold , In consequence , I did not give her any more . She turned stiff in about ten minutes after the medicine was given to her . In about half ah hour Mr . Thomas came again , and I told him the effects his' medicine had produced , and that I had not given her the second doss in consequence . He told me I had acted very properly , as he said he believed the woman was dying . I think he attended twice after that during the day . She continued ill all the day . and she died about three
o ' clock this afternoon . A woman named Margaret Davies , Bat up with bier all last night . Mr . Thomas attended once to-day , between eleven and twelve o ' clock , but he said there waa no chance for her living . She never was out of bed after she came in . The night she came in I asked her where her husband was , and she said seek about . " That was all that was intelligible . I guessed her age for the purpose of filling up my book , to be thirty-five years . She was quite a stranger to me . The pocket and other articles whioh I now produce , are those found upon the deceased as I before described , and also a black leather pocket-book .
Mr . Robert Hodg 8 otS *< Iepo 3 ed . —I am one of the relieving officers to to the York Poor X < aw Union . It was on tbe Tuesday or Wednesday in last week , that I first saw the deceased . She came with two children to the room whioh I use as my offiae in Lendal , stating that' she was ill , and that her bus- j band had deserted her , leaving her with two chil- ' dren , and he taking one . The woman appeared to be delicate , but I was not altogether satisfied with her conduct . I thought it necessary to make some inqu-ry about her circumstances , and being still dissatisfied with the woman ' s profession of being ill . I afterwards fetched Mr . Thomas , tho medical officer , to examine her in the room . He returned with me and examined her . Herald that the woman was ! Dot wel ) , but she did not appsar 60 ill as she was i professing to be . I gay hex money io obtain , her
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loggings . She asked for relief . ; I gave her Is . 6 d . and Tecommended her to see if sho could obtain lodgrngs in the Water-lane ; and if she informed Mr . Thomas where , he would { attend her . I saw no more of her until Thursday afternoon , whe n a h e asain came to my office . She stated that she was obliged to leave ber lodgings | l gave her Is . 6 d . more . an"d advised her to obtain freah lodgings . On the _ Friday forenoon she was brought to my office again- by jKey , the policeman , tier conduct seemed very siran *? e , and my first impression was that she was not sober . She sat there for some considerable thne aad I told ber as I had relieved her on the previous day she could not want any thing then , and told her to bo going . On getting upon her feet she
had a'l the appearanoes of a peron completely intoxicated ; she reeled very maoh . In the course of a minate or two a female brought the deceased ' s infant into my office again , and said the mother was not fit to- take care ofifc , she hid nearly thrown it down m the street . I desired the woman to take charge of the infant , and let it have proper support . The deceased had taken her seat 1 , on Mr . Braarey ' s step , and a policeman wa » sent for to remove her , which was done , and he took her away . On the same afternoon I met the \ person who had the charg © of the infant bringing it back to the mothejr ; the child was given to tho mother . On Saturday I attended at the Guildhall to be present when the charge was ( preferred against
the deceased before the magistrate ? . Mr . Chalk stated that she was too unwell to be brought up . He recommended to the Lord Mayor that she should be discharged , and that we had better assist ber on her way . In the afternoon I met with Key , and it was agreed that he should obtain lodgings for her until tho Monday , and that I would pay the expense incurred in her support . I accompanied Key to the Station-house , and the woman appeared to have altered very much , and appeared scarcely in her reason then . I aent for Mr . Marshall , one of the medical officers . He saw her , and p r obabl y from a ' representation of my own , he diii not recommend anything at the time . 1 said that II thought she was j an imposter , and I thought that she had had drink .
No medicine was ordered . She | waa then left at the station , I myself taking charge of the infant . Key said if I would take the infant , they would manage with the woman . At about nine o ' clock in the evening , I was sent for to the police station . Mr . Chalk directed one of his men to place the woman outside the door , she was not a ! prisoner , and she should not remain longer there . I then had her put into a cab , and again sent for Mr . Marshall , who examined her whilst-she was in the cab . He stated that the woman was extremely ill , but he sa « v no immediate danger . I then had the deceased driven in the cab to the workhouse , where I left her . The elder child went with the woman who took the
infant on the Friday , and remained with her until to-day , when I brought her to the workhouse . On Wednesday I asked the deceased the usual questions for filling up my application book , ; and she gave her name Mary Clegg , and said her husband had deserted her . She said that she had been at Hall , aud that her husband had taken one child ! with him . She professed to have no home , and did not say what her husband was . She said she was a Lancashire woman , and if I remember right , she said that her husband was an Irishman . I don't recollect her age she gave , but it was under forty years I know . The deceased did not make any complaint about want . ^
Mr . Richard Thomas deposed—I am one of the surgeons to the York Union . I gaw the deceased first at Mr . Hodgson ' s office on Wednesday afternoon last . The woman , upon my examining her , appeared certainly to be somewhat ill , but not seriously so . She said she had been in Walmgate and applied for some lodgings there , but was refused in consequence of her being ill . I told her I would give her some medicine upon her getting lodgings , and Mr . Hodgson gaveher money and desired her to apply in the Water-lanes for lodgings . I also told her when she had obtained lodgings to let me know and I would visit her . She came ! to my house in about an hoar afterwards and said she had obtained lodgings in the First Water-lane , and I then gave
her some medicine . She had not ; been long gone when she returned and told my servant to let me know that she had been turned out of her lodgings , and that she had obtained other' lodgings in the Middle Water-lane . The deceased ) soon afterwards oame again and told me she had been turned from there also- I told her I oould not interfere and she must endeavour to obtain lod gi n gs , but in tbe event of her not succeeding , she must apply again to Mr . Hodgson , » he relieving officer . I also told hor that if she would let me know when the got lodgings I would visit her . I never heard or saw her again till yesterday morning , when I visited her . I was tent for to the workhouse . I
came immediately , and knew her to be the same person . In consequence of the messenger telling me that it was supposed the woman bad taken poison or something of that sort , I took some medicines with me . On coming to the workhousa I found her in bed , and it appeared to me that she certainly had not taken any corrosive er narcotic poison , as there were no symptoms of that kind , but Mr . Grimshawe told me that the woman , on coming in , appeared to him to bo intoxicated . ] Her appearance and ber state generally led me to suppose that she was suffering from the effects of intoxication . Mr . Grimshawe also gave me some white staff whioh he said had been found in her pocket . 1 I gavo medicine to Mr . Grimshawe to administer to the deceased .
It was sulphate of zmc . I put it ; into a mug and desired him to add tix table spoonsful of water , and then to give her oue half . I expected that would operate as an emetic I did not expect it to produce any other effect . - If the whole had been given at once it would only have had the effect of increasing the vomiting a little . I did not expect that it would make her stiff , or produce coldness At the extremities . The medicine was not Calculated to produce such an effect as that . — On my second visit , within an hour afterwards , Mr .
Grimshawe said he had not given the deceased the other half of the medioine in conseqnenco of the effects which had followed the first . I told him ( and I am now of that opinion ) that under the circumstances he had acted quite right in withholding the other half . At the timo I went in on my second visit the deceased was vomiting , and I examined the matter that was ejected , but I could not detect anything there like spirits . From that I became of opinion that she had not been intoxicated . I therefore cannot account for the state in whioh she was
when she entered the workhouse , that 13 , the apparent state of intoxication . I cannot state with any confidence the cause of death , but if I was to hazard an opinion I should say it arose from ( serous ) apoplexy , from inanition , that is general debility arising from the want of the necessaries of life . There were symptoms to indicate that disease ,- and there were also others that were wanting . If she had taken opium it would have had the contrary effect . The white stuff which Mr . Grimahawe-gave me I ascertained to be merely sub-carbonate of soda , which is not injurious . It was common washing soda , which would only have produced burning at the stomach and retohing , and that only in case it had been taken in a large quantity .
By a Juror—I could not have detected poison in tho matter that was ejected by the deceased without a n al ysing it , unless it had been prussic acid . T . iere being no further evidence then ready , the inquest was adjourned until the following eTening , when Mr . Chalk , the superintendent of police , and Charles Weadley , a policeman , were examined , and proved that the deceased had been found wandering in the streets of the city , and had been taken to the po l ice sta t ion , where every att ention was paid to her . Both of them thought her intoxicated . Mr . Marshall , another of the medical offioers of the Union , corroborated the evidence of Mr . Thomas , previously given . - ' -,
Mr . Thomas waa then further examined and said : I have made a post-mortem examination of the body of the deceased . On removing the tkull cap I found that the vessels of the membranes of tho brain were very much congested , and on taking out the brain there was a considerable quantity of cerum at the base , viz ., between three and foiiir ounces . The latteral ventricles of the brain were quite filled and distended with a simi ' ar fluid . I also examined the abdomen and took out the stomach ; it contained a very s m a l l quantity of dark coloured fluid , which had a strong smell of wine . I had ordered her a small quantity of wine on SundayJ All the organs and the entire viscera in the body were in other respects quite healthy . I have no doubt the cause of
death was the effusion of cerum on the brain , which , by compression on the brain would produce apoplexy . In my opinion the disease had come upon her very gradually . The peculiar breathing in case of serous apoplexy , and the lo . s of : sensibility ware very much wanting in the case , bus the other symptoms were marked enough . A very frequent cau 3 e of the state whioh I found the brain to be in , is starvation and want , and it will very often arise from external injury . There waa no evidence of external injury . I am quite of opinion that the long conutinued privation must have been the cause of that state of the brain . The state of apparent drunkenness which was exhibited on Friday and Saturday was occasioned in my opinion by tb . 9 disease . whioh { was going on is the brain , as I have described . I
The Coroner said , suppose the witness or any other medical man bad an opportunity of administering the proper medicines , ' and taking the proper care of her , did he think it probable that her life might have been saved ! The witness replied there was a probability of it , bnt he did not think it was a possible case at a )} . I don't suppose the disease had any existence at all on the Wednesday , or if it had it was iu so slight a measure that it was not to be detected . I think that the disease had been coming on \ for a very long period . I don't think that if she had been properly provided { for and attended even from Wednesday it would have prevented the disease ! and death at this moment . I was not sent for to the Workhouse on Saturday night , at all , that I am aware of .
Mr . Brearey aske : i the witness that from the con ' jested appearanea « f the brais which fce had des ' ' cribed miftht it not fca . vc been produced by dr \ mke-a aess !
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Witae 83—It would bava been au exciting caase ; in would bring the predisposing cause more speedily into operation . Mr . Brearey inquired if there had been a tendency to that predisposing cause in the brain previously , and if the deceased had been drunk on Friday , would that have materially accelerated her death ? Witness—Doubtless it would . Three or four ounces of blood congested on the brain is a large quantity . By she Coroner—I am of opinion that the deceased died of serous apoplexy . ... Some other witnesaes were examined , but they stated no new facts , and Mr . Wood , the coroner , summed up the evidence to the Jury at great length . The Jury then consulted together for a few minutes , and returned the following verdict ;—
" Died by tbe visitation of God , to wit , serou apoplexy , and we think it right to express a hope that both Mr . Marshall , the surgeon , aud Mr . Hodgson , the relieving officer , will be more attentive in future . And we are of opinion that the police officers are deserving our commendation for their kind and humane attention to the deceased . "
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On the 13 th inat ., at the Catholic . Chapel , Richmond , ky the Rev . R . Johnson , M 7 . James Ward , of that place , to Miss Tephanu of Melsonby . On Monday the 13 th instant ^ St . Peter ' s church , Leeds , by the Rev . Mr . Oxlej , Mr . Robert Thorrold Tay » r , flour dealer , t » Elizabeth , only daughter Mr . W j&am . Helhwell , elook mk ' i wateb . ma&r , all of
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DEd ' TH . On Thursday eroair . g , rather suddenly , at his house in BarsJow-atwet , Leeds , in the 72 ad year of a ¥ "• 5 ^? •**» Elill , of this town , late a grocer w * u ™ 1 eSF * ^ "ralej , aud father to the Rer W . Hill , Editor -Of the Northern Star . * 9 a F ? ida ?» February tho lOib , Jaha Goalbora or Manohe&tev . She was an af setionate wife , a kind mothot , a faithful friend , aatf a sterling Chartist , and
by Siet death the Association , together with her taauls , b /» 7 e sustained a severe loss . liQa Tuesday , the 14 th instant , at 'Dewabury , Thos . Oidrov dj E ; q . solicitor , in tho 52 nd year of his age , a gentleman known to most of his profession in thiB floi ' . nty , and whose kindnesa aud urbanity caused p \ m to be universally respected and beloved . Iu him the poor have lost a feeling benefactor , the town of Dewsbury a valued and faithful servant , and his relatives and numerous friends , a k ind and prudent adviser .
Another "Strike-Plot!"
ANOTHER "STRIKE-PLOT !"
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Melancholy Case Of Starvation In York.
MELANCHOLY CASE OF STARVATION IN YORK .
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The money sent from Holmflrth noticed for the D 3-fencs Fund should have been for Mrs . Ellis 3 a 2 d . J . W . R ., Wobcestbb . —At 7 Jd . each , and postage of the two 6 d , making in the whole Is . adj . J . M'Whinsib—The parcel waa sent ; if not direct to Paton and Love , to Mr . John Cleave to be inclosed to Paton aud Lov » .
Crumbs Of Comfort.
CRUMBS OF COMFORT .
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Invest on the body of tbs child . Immediately after the conclusion of the above inquest , another was held by the same eoroner at tho Lord Nelson public house , Walmgate , on view of the body of James Clegg , the infant son of the above woman . Mr . Hodgson was examined , and the former part of his evidence merely related to the application made for relief by Mary Clegg , his relieving her , and placing the deceased under the care of Mrs . Dalby , of Walmgate . He then further deposed—At noou on Sunday I received a message that the child was very ill , and I along with Mr . Short atteaded him immediately . I was not aware that the deceased was ill before . When the child wag with the mother it cried and appeared uneasy , but from the manner in which she treated it that is not to be wondered at . The mother told me the deceased was three months old .
Ellen Dalby , wife of James Dalby , labourer , de posed—I toos the deceased on Friday for a short time . I did not then perceive any ailment about it except cold and the hooping cough . It took the breast , which I gave it . I returned it to the mother on Friday night , at six o'clock , and took it again on Saturday , about three in the afternoon , and continued to have charge of him until Monday morning , between one and two o ' clock , when it died . I washed him on Saturday night , and put him clean clothes on , as he was filthy . The deceased was very restless en Saturday night , and 1 sat up with him ; he had a convulsion fie about noon on Sunday . I sent for Hodgson and Mr . Short , and they attended . By Mr . Short's order the deceased had a little brandy and water to wet Us lips with , which was applied accordingly . He was in a warm bath about three minutes by order of the surgeon . There was a succession of fits until its death .
By a Juror—I fetched Fome medicine from Mr . Short's about five o ' clock , which was given according to his direction . The first time I saw the child was on Friday , when he was near St . Dennis ' s church wall with his mother . Mr . Short , surgeon , deposed to the weak state ia which he found tho child , and the remedies which he directed to be applied . In his opinion it had died from the convulsions caused in all probability by irritation of the bowels from the change of food and exposure to the cold . The Jury returned a verdict of " Died of convulsions brought on by exposure to cold and irregularity of food . "
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So far the Coroner ' s Inquest . The Poor Law-Guardians , howev er , took the matter up , and at their meeting on Thursday , after the matttcr had been introduced by the Chairman , Mr . Oates said that in consequence of the verdict of the jury commending the pohco for their conduct towards the deceased during the time Bhe was in their custody , he thought it was nothing but right that Mr . Brivgs , the overseer of the parish of St . Sunpaon , should btate to the board , the condition in which he found the woman at the Station-house , Mr . Briggs then made a statement to the following purport . About seven o ' clock on Saturday evening , one of the police informed him that Mr . Chalk wanted him . He went immediately , and Mr . Chalk told him that he had a person in his custody who had been charged with being drunk on Friday near the post-office , and that she was acquitted by the magistrates on Saturday at twelve o ' clock . She
was therefore no longer a prisoner of his , and he wanted to know what was to be done with her . Mr . Chalk also stated that the relieving officer had been acquainted with the case , and he had come down about two o ' clock , took away the child , and said he would return soon after and attend to the woman . He had not , however , come down since , and the woman was not drank but seriously ill . Mr , Briggs went to the guardian , and . stated to him in what condition the deceased was . He found her in-the cell sitting on the floor , without a cap and without a shawl on her shoulders , sitting in the diri , and wet just as nature had relieved itself He and the guardian went to Mr . Hick , the churchwarden , because he ( Mr . Briggs ) knew if she had not
proper attention paid her , they should have the same disgrace thrown upon them as was attempted in a ca ^ e without Walmgate Bar . He shortly afterwards sent his own young man for tbe relievibg officer , and when he returned said that Mr . Hodgson was out and would not be in till half-past nine o ' clock . An order was then written out and taken to the station honse , and he requested a cab to be sent for to go to the workhouse . Whilst he was giving these instructions the relieving officer came into the station house , aud he said the workhouse was full . The police ( as we understood ) took her by the shoulders aud was putting her out , but Mr . Briggs saw she could not use her let s : they were trailed after her . He told
Mr . Hodgson to take her to the workhouse and try to get her in , and if he could not to try somewhere else . The relieving officer was pressing Mr . Marshall to attend to the case . Mr . Briggs said he did not wish to throw any disgrace npon Mr . Marshall , but he certainly did think he did not act with that energy which was required . Mr . Briggs had seen the deceased before taken out of the cell , and his opinion was that she was not sensible ; she had the appearance of a person who was quite deranged , and when questioned could get no other answer than Mary , Ashton-under-Lyne . He thought it a pity she should remain in the condition she was . Mr . Briggs saw her in the cab , saw her also pass his shop to go to the workhouse .
The Chairman—What time did Mr . Marshall att end h er ! Mr . Briggs—It would be about ten minutes past nine o ' clock . Mr . R . Bell—Had he been there before I Mr . Briggs—I was not aware that he had beep thtro before . Mr . Dewse—What time was it yoa found the deceased in the state you have mentioned ? Mr . Briggs—Seven o ' clock on Saturday evening . Mr . Oates—You did not sod any bedding or rags in the cell \ Mr . Briggs—There was a sort of platform raised up ; I did not see the rugs ; I think it was a boarded floor : there was no fire in the cell .
Mr . Oates ' stated that it was about half-past eight on Saturday evening when he went with Mr . Briggs to the station-house . He gave a similar account of the condition in which he found the deceased , and he thought it was disgraceful to the police to have a woman there in that situation . He had written &t the bottom of the order admitting the deceased to the vrorkhoase , that Mr . Hodgson had not attended to the case in consequence of what Green had told him . Some sonversation then took place , and , in the end , Mr . Pulleyn moved— " That the relieving officer be exonerated from all blame in the matter . "
Mr . R . Bell—Not altogether . He would be as lenient with him as possible , but thought Mr . Hodgson waa misled . He was of opinion that Mr . Marshall was the most censurable , and Mr . Hodgson in a little degree . He , however , should not like to pass a vote of censure , but to negative the motion . The resolution was ultimately carried by fourteen to four . Mr . Hodgson , the relieving officer , observed that he should not let an event of this sort Das 3 without deriving some important lessons from ' it ; and he promised that in future no effort should be wanting on bis part for the proper discharge of his duties .
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Marriages.
MARRIAGES .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 18, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct469/page/5/
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