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HURRAH FOR FREEDOM TO IRELAND EVERY Irishman now residing in England shonldreadNo . 120 , of THE CHARTIST CIRCULAR , ( Price One Penny , ) Which contains an Address ( written exclusively for the Circular , ) from F . O'Connor , Esq ., lonis Countrymen , who for want of Protection at Home , have been compelled to look for shelter and a Livelihood in a Foreign Land !—Biographioal Sketch of the late Samuel Holbcrry—Tho People's Cry : " The Land 1 the Land !!"—The Factory ! Child—The Chartists' Trial--H . chard filling ' s j Speech—The Spirit of Despotism , &c . I London : Clkavh . I , Siioe-hne , Flect-atT « et ; j Hobson , Star Uftinv , Hlywo ' d , MiiDelic-ii .-r ; Gu ^ st , \ Uunmihuam ; ami all liio Av ; t ; iHo R > : ¦ ' - ; Star ^ ews-; p ; = per .
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10 Bi * GSACE THE DUKE OF WELLINGTONUt lokd , — 'Mat it Please Tova Gsacz , — EaTii , i rtau your repfr to a eaesaon put bj tbe Earl of K . r . -. ui iha House of Lords , is rt / srcnca to the agita-. ivi of a Repeal of the legislative 1701011 , and iV-1 2 Bg fc-:.. i-it satisfaction at tie iastsEt response -which your U-aci " s uafrisiifily remarks Ur . v from the lovc . e of U ' - ; : t - I e ~ -7 taptrmitied , through tte medium of lie AV . - . V ' .-Ti Srar , to c-cvey to j-osr G .-iC- my humble cpici-Ci .: yuai Gracs * c anuocDcenicii ;; arid £ rai conviction < . : . rs irtfE-ac ? ts snppress the voice of justice ¦ whisii ;< = p--alicg i * J ihurderisg echee ? on the guilty ; caa-iez - _ r a tl > Tc- ? rearir . z Gotc nEie : t
I sm . ^ rfsctly a ware tia . t r-ta Gre-c ia a Doie , azd eoEiw . ' - '< ly iciaovcfi in -lie sc ' . s of sccU ' . t to a grcit di £ t £ r * - ires vcur Grac = ' . s c ^ rrespo _ dert ; but eviE os ihia \ -irt I tio net eivy ycur ti ; l 2 tr the ratals cj ¦ wfcT-.-L y n - ^ q :: rc-i it- Bat as I beer 'he ia ^ ge of jour Gci a : ? tr-w , sad lay claim for ' vlrth to the lind whki -aiSE to foTsit ¦ was Dice jout home , 1 Icl-1 that ! .-sot only justified , but tLit i : is my duty to do th- .: ~ ie I cm in the cause -which , next to life , a gcz ^ iiic ir «' --r . ' : n -raises most dearly . It := ¦ no ; tiie £ rs ; time that Ir ^ and suffered thouiri the treachery of her children , and witnessed theiiii cf her esgraieful sons selling rot only them-Ee : Te- bn : her , for a " Mess of Poiiag- / ' ; nor must yotir'irace be aij ^ ry if hiswry hand yea dewa : c < po-::.: . > " -3 an advocate for kjusiiee s . mi a Toiuntaxy eze ; .. os ? r o : its edicts . Y < - Grace EZ 5 ; cer : a nJv be a ~ sre of the fact
ihs : ;/ :.-.. i ne'er , v « -acoiqj-::-- , j ^ orc-..- ^ r , and : -i LTentii 3 Ua :: 2 . vvi 5 not fairly cbta ' . ueJ . and cuL-s- ^ eni-T •„' .- = e Govcmsiiiit Lav- no just cl ^ -Li Xo re :- i tcai wzicq Teas a ; ilk-sal : y 2 cqv ; r ; J , as u Isfrc : . _ iiiJy ]> : ^ : ried . . A . -a ehrJ-tia- jgmt Gk * c Ehoulo ¦ aware of ihc ccruiiand " To . ^; y . j cv ; iy CEel - ¦ - ..-n . aai rhc prec-f ? t , '" To co r-tO'j'her ; sjto .-. ; .- ^ M men saouid ¦?•> ua : o you . Moihtr Chi-r i- I- , all lUsiLlo ^ oar Grace ' s ' e 3 r ? . 3 Dd year
G--C- - - i ; : sa : ! to uer " Asattcjaa" hdU-s ? jou atid-.- _ •• ¦ . ci injunctions . But -what s ^ siScs tLc old ladT ' i ;\;!^ c-ii 5 traiice—the polices ] cc ^ rdeaee preiosni £ a > - :-T . _ rtbe religious , acd the thunders of scriptural d ^ usciation we drowned in the anticipated roar cf nriSlery , -which , crdtr the aaspjees of your Grac-i , : hrettens to sweep on : of existence the people of a p = i = --cut £ d country , ac-I tlci oa : her nose irvm ar : or .-t i he nations of the earth . Teruv , joht Grace must bare forgotten the taciics cfti-- General in haTisg thss tr :: caturely exposed
Tour T- ] an of acnon , aud by forfef . ung enatpruuence Is ic ratter part of raloor . As & miluaryr ^ n , jour Grs . ce has acted wrong in shewini ; your weakness : l > the eremy j and , as a poliiician , I would , w :: r-. u : ^ yiciiig sty offence , fay it is a Tery noisy bu : i . i-idviSed exhibinon of facaous spirit , _ and is Ecri re- ^ arkable fcr froth than wisdom . You : Grac-3 may have w-hnessed the performasce Of a f-Jrcc , estitled *• Bombastes Farloso , " and if eo , perhaps , rcaiember how the hero of the scene haegs Bp hii cools and Tauntingly
proclaims" Whoever does those hoots displace Ssill nisei Boiabaites face to fact , " Ara : bc 2 slrnts of the stage with the little drum-IE ; - _ : bis heels beaticg a insrch en a piece of sheepfliia l-y way of acoapaTiiiriest xo hi 3 morcm-n ' . Ihii , i ^ r ^ Tit j ^ rainer a comical r . funsss of a Geieral ^; ' -z Dike , vhq ha = fat . en the conqueror of ^ a ; -jieon , and the instru ^ tiit in the baud- of a de ^ i- ^ t to c rii -h the risit ^ cpirit of contiii-viita 1 lib- ; r-v ; i '" - - if jonr Grace ivii ] only riew yorj- - Eelf iu tie clear mirror of iaip ^ rL-iiabie juet .-.-c a . ' -i cnsu ^ ie-j trE : a yoc -trUl s < a , 'e perceive ; he rtieinbiaiice to be perfect"Whoever vril : not hold hi = p ? ace Shall meet old Bo }« b--is : face to face .
But . new mark , iny Lord Duke ' Yv ben tr . e voice of p " . t " :- - cp'nioz shall hare ccnc-cnrrated : he cors : eneri ,-es of the millions whom you would aiiiiihiiate . the bcniOi ? t : c threats cf the eatire host of aodern Pur . c ^ o- wiii be hushed ; and -. Then retrea-t will i > d 33 eeei--a 7 j , : Lere wUl be more drummers than one to bea : sp tne hearts of your dispirited companions to _ Feme s'J' a enliTening tune as tha '' Rogue ' s march , ' © r p- ; rhap ? the mere appropriate strain of " Thert ; you £ 0 with your --ye out . " This , my Lord Duke , will most positively be the end of all your projects , and 1 wij ! now be so plain as to tell you why 1 venture to prophesy your discomfiture .
A ? your Grace is doubtless conversant with the iistorr of the Irish people , 1 will refer you 10 its page ? Tor proof whether tyranny in any shape , either politic j ' :. religious , or military ever succeeded in its axttsits to siifl . 3 the cry for justice , or c- uld bind the :-Mrii of liberty which &oired above misfortune , srJ fcit-vr mighty even amid the din of persecution ; and - -vr . jch at s-iis moment , like a harbinger of peace , epr- ars rer ^ £ ^ L- over her devoted children . Yi . r Grace may seek in rain for slu example ihro . ^ h the black catalogue of one hundred years of bitter s-Seriiuis , nor wfil you find by a reference to tht n ^ re moiern portion of that period , nor even wj . i .- } oui Grace hai figured as a persecutor of his fcrtir-ui , a proof that violent threats or measnres iavt b ?^ n oi any svsii , or could either terrify inro E ^ bEi- ?~ - > n or compel that people to acknowledge the p . v » er which ctushed th-. m to be aught save tjraoi : - ? al ar cf msjusr . > ' '
I our Grace ' s opposition to the Cathouc Ecanc ! - p&tiou Bill is slid remembDiiu , and all classes cf hontat men can see in your attempts upon the liberties of ihc Irish , the certain bails of your own and party's abandonment cf your potion , and unqualifieu accepsioa to the demands of an injured and too long insalwd people . Tee opposition and vi-jleut declamations of fxciion s ^ air ^ t the measure of emancipation , mailed away like vapour before the morning son , and even the gres . ; General-whc . se titles are written in the blood of liberty's herobs , and whose ke * rt is a ^ callous as the iron-bolts wbjch paved his ¦ wij to a DokedosL , was constrained to yield to the foioe « f public opinion , and acknowledge ' himself defeated by the moral might of an invincible people . Tfear Grace trill also remember the Irish people kare learned by sad experience , the fact that the Government hsre invariabiy , as in the present case ,
3 xst goaded them to breaches of the peace , and then inflicted premeditated vengeance on- the heads of theaggreasor . History bears ample testimony to the truth of this assertion , nor can your Gr ^ ce escape the imputation of wantonly throwing down the gauntlet as a stimulus ior Irishmen to pick ft up . But , thank Gcd , that day is * oi ; e by ; the people Iiwb « B * former occasion dm <_ u y « ur Grace tremtrhtt yon eoBsderei a teaabia j * i-=: ticn , and by no other means save moral fcrce , and Lave attle row to dread from fection , vrh ^ . c ^ r shap e n may ^^ UB , provided they arc rue : u oacj otuer ana iheaSe wlact bindsthex& . Th-.- Iii ^ -i have grown ^^» and tem pim-:, ; - e siriid of your
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I Grace ' s physical display , and treat with merited contempt the efforts of yoar Grace ' s satelitea , to prompt them to deeds which would plunge themselves and country into the horrors of a civil war , r . nd only suit the purposes of the parties who are base enough to propagate it . How could your Grace , as an Irishman , listen to the vile and diabolical announcement of the Earl of Rod . n— " That the people of Ulster were srill sound aud loyal , and ready to do in 1843 what they had bo cSecta&Uy done ia 1798 , " when you must know that his Lordahip meant that they were ready " to wade knee-de ? p in Papist blood , " to support a cruel system cf Government—io uphold a church s ^ ceudancy , aci to perpetuate , as a national
grievance , " me glorious , pionB , and iramoml memory" © f their darling William , the father of the Orange faction , -whose war-cry is , "War to the Papists , and blood to the knife , " and whose motto is rhe two greatest evils of the Empire , " Church and State , and no surrender" ! The Rodens , the Jocelyn :, the Lansdownes . the Dowushires , and even the sapira : Broughams , echo back the cry of extermination , and death , or gauging is to be lavished on all wh :- care to raise iheir voice against injustice or brea 'he a prayer for the success of poor , unhappy , persecuted and degraded Ireland , But mark the warring ! The venom of their malice will recoil on their own guihy heads ; aid those who ia power wonid bury their assassin daggers in the boaoms of
their prostrate fbtims wil : in the day of retribution , " call upon ths mountains to cover them" from the wrath of an avenging people . Your hostile prtpararions are waecessdry ; there will not be znj more such scenes as 17 S 8 presented . We will have no who . ' esale murder—no " walking gallows , * ' or patriots suspended by tho neck on Bloody ilridge , wuh the barbarous iaseription of " Durham iiusiArd" artached to their persons aa a proof of tha sanguinary dispositions of a regiment bearing tha unenviable name of the " Durham Militia . " We will have no core burnings , rape ? , and , brut 8 lities , aor eoafiscauens of property to enrich the despoiJers . 2 s o , no , my Lord D _ ke , thu " schoolmaster has been abrosu , and tvc . the children of the humblest
peasant are hourly acquiring a knowledge of the tvils of the past and the remedies for the future ; ai ; d I would say to yoiir Grace , you ought , if no other circamftance induce you , if the dictates of common : &nc . c do hdi teach you , cr shame for bein * an enemy io your country ' s freedom , make am . rit of necessity , as lormcxls , and grant , vrith becomiii / r grace , that jatt concession which wiii not , CAJf . vor be refused wh-. n asked for , as the Irish will ask for it , and as the peeple of England and Scotland wiix ask for it at the same time . Your Grace must not be dec-sued . The . people of the empire sympathise with their Irish brethren , and forgetting minor differences w : Ii , to crush tire common enemy , aid them in the
hour of necn , and complete the triumph of principle fhzi riijh ; snail acbi-jvo a victory over might , and bury : or ever beneath the weight of iis own corruptions the evils of misrule and class dominion . If your Grace iriil p ] aee the two grr 3 t quesfions of Emaucipaiio . i ± z& Keform in jaxta-positiou with the Union , thrrr- wiii 02 little doub : of the result of your Grace's rtfkciioui regarding tbo Repeal agitation . Le : rae , therefore , wane it is yet time , inireat your Grace to consider that your efforts to suppress the spirit of liberty in Ireland , and through her to rivet the chains of English slavery , are as fruitless and unavailing as for your single arm to catch ths moon and hsrl it at ihbir heads , and your hostile dispositions as nanecessary as I&ela . nd ' s wluu to limkbty
IS JCST . I am , my Lord , Your Grace ' s obedient servant , And one of your persecuted but unconquerable countrymen , Vebxtas .
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~ THE LANCASTER TRIALS . The Seventh and las : Number of this popular work is row published , snd oa Monday next w . ii bs published a Number containing Notes Epun the Trial , and a review of the causes v . Irch ! eJ ! o the outbreak of last jear . This 2 ^ 2 xbi .-r vr ' ^ 11 also contain a Portrait from a Steel Engravis ^ of Barcn Rolf e , which pro-Fents a most sinking likeness of the " Just Judge , " together with an errata and General Index . ¦ ,
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REPEAL OF THE UNION . Bt reference to our present Number , the reader cay karu the p-:-= : . o 7 i of the respective balligersnts , ana will , do-b ; lv ; ss , without any suggestion of our's , dr . iT lii-i o-ivu conc l usions as to the probable issue
cf tne iii'irgle . It is our duty , aowtvcT , as . jourcalisu , hc : oniy to register our own opinion , but to cciiate for our readers all those matters and , fscis which ara likely to operate upon the minds of the respective parties . Since we last wrote upon ' , this subjec ; , then , we have had an opportunity of ¦ witnessing the amount of respect with which the English iliniittr ' a declaration of war was received j in tbe Irish cauip . We have also the answer given j by the Minivers of Peace to the Minister at : War . We have furthermore the declaration j and registered vows of the subalterns of th « moral army of Irishmen in an wer to tha anticipations of the local blood-suckers . 1 We are united , "' says tbe Lord Bishop of Ardagh j — we are resolved , " gays the paetor of Mallow \ — " we are determined , " respond the Irish people . I Our next and greatest consideration then is , how , I and in what manner , this struggle is to proceed and i tennL-. a ' e . Heretofore the public mind was led to believe , acd vra were amongs : those who gave ere- ; 6 ? jjc = to tbe assertion , that the question of Repeal was one which may te uted according to the caprice of ilr . O'Cox > ell himself ; and , so long as that noiion prevailed , iho diicutsion and consideration of lac question was likely io be confined within : very r . irrow limits , and , when dangerous , to be crusiKu without csciting any considerable amount of sympathy for tha sufferers . It would seem hovrever—and with pLasure we perform this r-rt of jus ' . ice—that Mr . OToxxell , supposing i ; at all Iri ^ h rxiress was eenired in the restoration of a Parliament , lent . a willing assistance towards the depletion of those measures which , in their workings , he was aware would be deiu 3 ive and unpopular . The end being great and glorious—being , in fact , the restoration of bi 3 country , and the destruction of the power of that band cf eurpliced rnfSi : ; s by whom her ruin v ? & 3 ensured , justify tho means—an apology which Churchmen use for the success of the worst of undertakings when accomplished by the most diabolical means , and which we are justified in using when the end is glorious , and the means justifiable . We learn , however , from the Freeman's Journal , that the question is now a national question—one which may be made in Mr . O'Conaell ' s hands the " Aaron ' s rod , " swallowing up all ethers ; but which can no longer be made tha instrument of extracting boon 3 for the few as a means of satisfyhig the many . We are awars that the recent declaration of ilr . O'Coknell as to the means : - ! I ; i ' j : ; I , i ' , I p t
still at the disposal of Gov £ n : meB ; for the sappression of the agitation has caused much doabt and , mi ; -giving ' , and we eha . ll scarcely be suspected of ; too much confidence in Da > iel ; but , weighing the matter as a whole , we do not feel ourselves justified j in coming to the conclusion , that the clauses of that speech to which exception has been taken , offered . fair grouad for impeachment of bis sincerity . Mr . j O'Consell describes the multiplicity of circnm- i
stances , each of which m its individual character , ] swells the nation ' s voice , and becomes a whole in j the national demand . " One section of Repealers , "' says he , " may be taken from the agitation by snch concessions , and another portion by the concession \ of something else ; and thus , by redressing griev- j anoes , I may be thereby reduced frem a giant ' * > strength to a dwarfish weakness . " In none , OMVU ^ ttt bV 0 UnOlMOU TI LMUUVOOl *** wuw i
• of these concessions , however , which , if granied I to the foil , do we recognise one single boon for , the people . They would be but sops to sections ' , \ which , when satisfied , would again retm * to the ; ranks of domestic faction , end whose alliance must be preserved at an erpence too great even for a strong Government . The natural inference , therefore , rfhich we draw from this recast declaration of Mr . CPCoNjaLL when con led "with the more i
recent avowal of the Catholic H ^ rachy of Ireland made through one of the most influential of their body—thearorralof the Rev . Mr . Comxs , togoiher with the at'Kta . tion of the Freeman ' s Journal , is tha : Mr . O'Cunmtu . u ? ed it as a means of de ! ia ? at :.: g to " .... It !;' i nr-L j ; .: e multiplied" of wrongs im ^ er vvVieh iLc u- ' . ioi ! e-uff-. rtd , s . nd the impossibility of
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the English Legislature conceding any such measures of relief as would bs satisfactory to the several sections he described , and at the 3 ame time palatable to tho " imperium in imperio , " the intolerant rampant State Church faction . His meaning , as we take it , may be rendered thus : —You see the multiplicity of our wrongs , can you redress them , and ensure us against their recurrence ;? — or are you willing to place us in a situation in which we may do so 1 or
are you prepared to set the hazard upon a single cast by attacking ua in our fastnesses , by forcing us into a physical resistance , and thus once more raise the bloody standard , which can only be struck by the accomplishment of our country ' s freedom , and which you have yet the opportunity to avoid by a timely concession to that national demand , which not all the powers at your disposal can long successfully resist J "
One of the greatest difficulties that the Repeal party will have to contend against in England , is the ignorance of the English press upon the general question . It will be difficult without the assistance of that power to convoy the fact to the minds of the English middle classses , Jhat a great portion of their burdens are occasioned by this expensive Union . It may take some timo to convince the English working clashes that in consequence of this Tery Union , the Irish emigrants banished from their own country , are not only competitors in the English labour market—that
they are recipients of between twenty milliora and thirty millions a year—but ilim they constitute a large re ? ervofor the Engli&h masters to fall back apon . ** O ! " says one sapient Vrriter , " capital vtill never flo-w into that country so long as agitation is permitted , " " 0 !' says another , and wa confcs 3 with more plausibility , " what , repeal the oaly bond of strength you have , when ytur greatest curse is domestic discord ! " In answer to the § rst observation , wo reply that the Union has so paralysed industry and abstracted capital ; thai tho domcatio tyrants have so abaadoned their trust , leaving their
duties to be performed by knd-shaiks and lawsharks- ; that penury , want of tenure , want of law , want af security—and not agitation—forbids the capitalist to venture upon speculation . Talk of danger , indeed , when we find that tho heat of the torrid , and cold of the frigid zone—that dread of raging cl 7 il war—the distance of country and the disadvantages of clime arc no barriers to the English speculator . Moreover , has Ireland never beon tMiiquii ? and have her peaceful invitations never been accepted by iha English capitalist ! Has any Government , the mo » i paternal and fostering , tried these means ef preserving peace and upholding dominion , the paltry exercise of which is looked upon as a palliative and last
resource , instead of being relied upon as a means for ; preserving power ! The only capital which cm be suci cessfully expended in Ireland is the capital of Irish j labour expended upon Irish resouraes ; but this ever j has been and ever will be rendered insecure and 1 abortive so long as Government patronage and ; Church preferment remain more lucrative than j landed property let at rack rent , aud abused for the I purpose of forging votes , by which Government i Patronage may be upheld , and which can only be i destroyed by restoring to Ireland that protection . which will consist in aa Louts : tmulaiioii tu hu th «
first in moral example , domestio culture , and national improvement . As to the second objection , and vrhich appeared in an article in last Sunday's Dispiich , and which we are willing to admit , is the most powerful that has as yet appeared in opposition to the Irish
claimsi we anbwer thus—the domestic disunion by which ! Ireland is afflicted , is a conseqaeuce of that Legislaj tive bond by which the wealthy classes of j both countries , snd especially the united Churches , are bound—that tho object of the \ English Minister , and of the English oligarchy ' has ever been to uphold imperial unity by domestic disunion , whereas tho overpoweriug weight of popular opinion brought immediately to bear
upon the acts of a domestic Legislature , would ; have the instantaneous effect of paralizing the arm of faction and of creating a strong bond of union I as the only means by which this power could be proserved and profitably u-ed . We are aware that all ! the objectB likely to be achieved by a Repeal of the Union aro not calculated to wed a plundering aristocracy to the measure , any more than the Reform Bill , which threatened destruction to the Tory party , was calculated to win the affection of that body . So it ever h'is been , aud so it ever will be . A great organic change or adminis- j trative improvement , be the anticipated results ' ever bo beneficial , will have their supporters and their opponents—those who support expecting somo advjintage—those who oppose expecting somo disadvantage . Upon tho Repeal of the Union , however , we put a very different construction , becauso we defy any man of common sense to point out one single grievance which it would be likely to destroy , and which should continue—while furthermore we con-! tend , that by that measure alone , that is by the Repeal of the Union , can the connexion between the two countries by possibility continue to exist , I while under its influence all tho grosser prejudices of I a domineering faction would be pioced in abeyance , ; and give way to the exercise of calm reflection and I honest conviction . However the struggle may teri minate , reason and justice point out our course , \ and the course of the people . Whether the invaders tender the olive branch , and thereby cave all the horrors of a civil war , or whether the native ? , assailed in their peaceful camp , are compelled to return the charge , our cry shall be " Union and victory—peace and courage . " We say to the Irish , forget not the all-absorbing : interests that are at stake . Remember that you are Irishmen !—that Ireland is your country , given to you by your God , with his command that you : " honour your father and your mother , that your ! days may be long in the land which he has given you . " j We say to Englishmen , there is a onenrr . s , an identity of interests between us , the Chaniuts of 1 England , and the serfs of Ireland ; and we should ! be guilty of an abandonment of duty , of gross in-; consistency , were we not to aid theai in their struggle for freedom . Prejudice has kept thousands of our Irish brethren aloof from us ; but let us not practice a conduct tewards them which we pronounced unjust when evinced towards us .
O Consell is now at the head of the brave Repealers ; he has unquestionably taken a bold stand , and we must not be iule because of his past history ; but we ought , and must , strive to remove every stumbling-block that may imp . de the onward progress of the chariot of Democracy . Wo know that many still suspect the sincerity of O'Connell ; and we shall not at present touch upon the ground whereon such suspicion is founded . We
are willing to think better of him , and to believe that he is in earnest ; that ho does , at all events , mean the thing now ; we put the best constructions upon every man ' s acts and explanations of which they are susceptible , and we see ao reason why Mr . O'CosNtLL should form an exception to the rule . But , even if there wore the best grounds for distrusting Dan , we entreat all lovers of the cause to bear in mind the fact that
THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND ARE DETER-| MINED ; I they are not joking about it ; they are seriously i bent upon repeal : they have O'Comnell at their 1 head with his own consent ; vs abe in duty bound ! TO ASSIST THEM IN THE GOOD FIGHT 1 AND
IHELAND AND ENGLAND COMBINED WILL M . IKE DANIEL KEEP HIS POST . Keep him at the head , and he cannot retreat , eave into the arms ef a people who , at all times , know how to re { -aj a traitor . We imp ^ or * , therefore , of all CbartiBts to saspend their fcUbplcioub , aud give O'Connell and Ireland wha ; th ^ j- a ; -. * each auitled to—thy former a fair tri-d , art j th- iat-cr their cordial help and co-operation .
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THE " DOGBERRIES" ; COMPLETE SUF
FRAGE ; AND NATIONAL EDUCATION . Ih our Parliamentary notices , our readers will find a report of Mr . Dukcombe ' s motion for enquiry into the conduct of the gang of insolent Whig Squires and Parsons who defile the "Justice Hall " of Cheshire , and thoir myrmidon Burgess , of Knutaford hell-bole ; of Mr . Shabjuj * Crawford ' s motion for a Bill for the better representation of the people , and of Mr . Roebuck ' s motion on the subject of National Education . These are all important subjects , and wo had written an article on each , but find that tho length at which we gire the Irish Repeal movements leaves us no space for their
insertion . Our readers will peruse the speeches on tho respective motions of Mr . Duncombe and Mr . Ciuwford with great interest : the former especially will furnish to them yet one more proof , in addition to tho countless list already chronicled , of the very spirit and embodymenl of middle class sympathy , and Whig preference for democracy ; yet another proof that the Charter must , be had—the people aust have power to appoint their own magistrates , and to control aa well as make the laws for their own governmoDt—beforo they can find a ghost of a shadow of justioe . The iasolenoe of those Cheshire Whig Dogberries is really uuk ] ue .
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J . Shkrhart )—His notice is so expressed thut it is impossible for us to sny whether he iutsrt'ls the meeting to be on Wednesday or Friday next . Julius . —His ^ p / an" is received , and will probably appear . Caroline Maiua Williams , — We admire our fair friend ' s object in the communication ake has sent us , and the holiest teal with which she seeks it ; but vie fear that the mind of the Chartist public is not disposed to appreciate it . Tut DEMONSTRATION DEFAULTERS . — Mr . Rujfey Kidlcy writes in reply to Mc ^ srs . Cator and Ford , insistiny that they , and not the parties to whom they may have sold tickets , are responsible for t / ie vul e of the tickets . He sends also a
balancesheet , from which it seems that Mr . Ford t . v indebted to the amount of 11 s . 6 c / . We really must have no more of this unpleasant personality . A Constant Rea » er and Chartist , Edinburgh , should have given us his name . Ma . John Pepfer writes to say , that on the 30 th of April , while preaching in the open air , at Hiden llul , he was subjected to gross annoyance and insult from a policeman , who encouraged some blnckguard fellows to dislui b the congregation , by talkmg and jabbering , saying that they had as j viuch right to talk as he had . Ultimately they were obliged to give up the meeting . Another meeting was held subsequently in the yard of a gootl mannamed Morris , who , himself standing
^ at the gate , kept out the police and their myrmidons , on' : so enabled the Chartists to hold their meeting peaceably . Morris urns afterwards severely bullied arid threatened by some puppy who called himself " Mr . Cook , the magistrate . " The Chartists of Tivf . rton have had printed very handsomely , in green and red letters , Mr . CHtggijis ' s cot / ectiw of "legal and other opitiions on Chartism , " fr in the Star of April 22 nd . They suggest a like course to all Chartist bodies . Buietol Chartists . — We have not room for their address . They rvill see that we have announced their purposed delegate meeting .
James Hirst , Hevwood . —Mr . Cleaves luts are always inserted as they reach us . Thomas Starkey . of Stuke-upon-Trent , wishes us to state his claims on the Chartist public for assistance . He was arrested in September last ; bail was refused fo- him ; he was tried in October last arid acquitted ; his . defence cost him £ 50 out of his own pocket ; and he is , besides thisx minus 35 s . as Chartist Treasurer . Thomas Smith , Liverpool . —His letter is received If he ivill oblige us with his address , he shale hear Jrom us privately . Charlhs Thorp , Birmingham . — We really cannot answer the question which he has propounded tl us : we Iiave no data on which to rely .
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A Subscriber , Ashton-under-Lyne , has in the Subscription Lists M the information that we can I give him . AH ban been noticed that has come to tins effice .
FOR THE NATIONAL DEFENCE FUND . £ 8 . d . From the Chartists , Morloy n i 6 f _ an old Radical . Tj&eda ... ... ... 0 0 6 ' „ S . Tudgey , Monkton Deveril 0 3 0 „ the Chartists of Mero 0 2 6 „ . TbotnaB Giivet , lungston De-vetil ... 0 0 4 „ a fow Constant Readers , Middleton , n ^ ar Manchester 0 5 0 „ four Cbartists at SheerneHS , Kent , ... 0 9 4 ' tho Whole-Hog Chartists , Wes > t End , I Leeds 0 6 10 ; „ William Johnson , Leeds ... ... 0 2 0 „ a friend , Leeda ... 0 0 9 „ Calico Printers , Belfleld Hall , near Rochdale , pet Mr . Hill 0 16 10 _ two friends at Bury , per Mr . Hill ... 0 2 6 Bolten—profit on twelve hymn books
bought at Mr . Hill's lecture on Monday evening ... 0 16 „ Rochdale—profit on thirty-six hymn books bought at Mr . Hill's lecture on Tuesday evening . 046 „ Zeta , — one * who bates Robbing Peel , and all his robbing measures ... 5 0 0
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FURTHER BALANCE SHEET OF THE VICTIM FUND COMMITTEE IN LONDON UP TO WEDNESDAY , Mat 24 th . RECEIPTS . £ B d Mr . Bateman ' e book 0 5 2 £ Mr . Shaw ' s do 1 10 0 Mr . Dunnage do ... 0 3 4 Mr . James do ... 0 2 6 Mr . Charles do . of Bow 0 9 8 Mr . Skidmore do 0 2 0 Delegate meeting , City 0 5 0 Paddiugton locality ... ... 0 4 0 Golden Lion locality , per Mr . Cufluy ... 0 1 6 Mr . Marden 0 0 6 A Working Man , Windsor 0 ' 6 ' 0 Mr . lio-. viand , Coggesball-street 0 10 £ 3 10 8 | EXPENDITURE . Paid to Mr . Cooper 0 15 0 Paid to Mr . Richards 0- 15 0 Paid to Mr . Harney 0 7 0 Paid to Mr . M'Cartney 0 7 0 Paid to George White 0 19 0 Overpaid in iast account 0 0 6 Expenc&d ... 0 0 2 £ 3 3 8 In hand 0 7 0 £ £ 3 10 8 . ] Friends . —Desirous of assisting this committee in sjivintf some kind of permanent support to George White and others of our persecuted countrymen , in London , are requested to meet the committee and add to its numbern on Wednesday evening next , at eight o ' clock , at Mr . Hawkins , Crown and Anchor , Farriu&don-street . By order , R . Ridley , Secretary .
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£ 3 5 0 TO THE HIGH ! HONOURABLE SIB JAMES GRAHAM . Sir , —As the subject of the factory question comes on for discussion in the Housa of Commons this week , snd as facts are very valuable , and particularly on Buch an agitated aubject , on which there are so many different opinions , you will perhaps excuse me tafcing the liberty of addressing you on this ? ery important subject , and pointing out to you that the present bill , now before the House , with its twelve hours ' clause , actually means aistecu and a half or seventeen hours per day .
And now , sir , to the proof . Oa Friday morning last , I arose at four o ' clock , am ., for the purpose of ascertaining what number of factory workers passed a certain inlet into the town of Bradford , at a certain place , within one and a half miles of the town . I jtoofe up my station at five o ' clock , and the first person that passed me was a female , who waa going to her work at six minutes past five o ' clock , and then thay passed me in rapid succession until teu minutes to six o ' clock ; the whole number of factory workers who passed me during the time was three hundred and forty-six , -sjid out of that number three hundred and seventeen . weria females .
ptow , Sir James , a great number of these people had to come , before they reached me , a distance of two miles , aud some of them more , so that they would not have beoa in their beds , that morning , later than halfpast four o ' clock ; they then have to work until halfpast 3 ovea o ' clock at night ; so that it would be impossible for them to reach home until nina o ' clock at night , leaving seven and a half hoars foe deep , recreation , education , religion , and for learniag other domestic duties at home , so as to make them , useful members of society .
Now , Sir James , to make this case doubly sura , I have this day enquired of one of the females who past me on the morning alluded to , and she informed me that she got up at half-pact four o ' clock in the morning , and reached home again at nine o'clock at night ; thus leaving seven and a half bouts out of the twenty-four . So that , instead of the present bill before the house being a Twelve Hours' Bill , to those parties it ia a sixteen aud a half or seventeen hours' Bill . And , pray remember , Sir Jamss , that out of those 34 C ,. no less a number than 817 w * re females , who have tbnt distance to travel through tha stormy blasts of winter , sometimes wet to the skin , and then cozniy * nce working with their clothes drying on their baeks : and this is only ono inlet into the town of Bradford—thers are abou : twelve altogether .
What than , Sir James , is to be dons ? Are thero to be no feelings of humanity shown to the female portion of society f Are wo btill to ba worsa in England than the black slaves , or is there to be svnie amelioration in the long houra of tha factory working population ? Sir J ; 'ines , do consider before the twelve hours clause pas-sea ; and follow tho example of the noble-minded Ashley , in endeavouring to shorten the hours of tha factory workers , by getting inserted in the bill a tea instead of a twelve hours clause ; and I am sure the blessing of God will follow yom humane and charitable act .
Sir , I hava been engaged thia last week in canvassing this aubject among the master manufacturers of this town , and a Rreat number have signed a petition fox a Ten Heurs'Bill , ' considering how it was once opposed by thorn ; but numbers declare they will navsr sign a petition again on any subject whatever ; they say a deaf ear is turned to all petitions , and therefore it ie of no mao whatever . AnA when onb individual master manufacturer was asked to sign tha petition , he said , " Yes , I will ; but them d—d thieves in London ( alluding to Parliament ) will never pass it until thctfe is a sword taken to them . "
Sir James , what a horrible state of things is this to be in , and all because attention has not been paid to tho petitions of the people , and this , too , from the middle class , ( and the working classes are the same : ) They say let Parliament make laws aa oppressive and tyrannical as they please , there will soon be an end to all law makers , for we might as well petition the rook of Gibraltar as the House of Commons . Now , Sir James , whit is to be done ? Is a deaf ear still to be turned to the cries of those tbat cannot help themsoivea ( the factory workers ) ? Are th « petitions ol tens of thousands that have bean presented on this important subject still to be of no avail ? If so , then I have no hope for the country .
During tne last electien I laboured hard to place you and your colleagues in tffice ; but if this is to be the or ^ er ol the day , than farewell conservatism ! I am an elector of the borough of Bradford and for the West Riding of the County of York . I have wrought in the factory cause thesa last six or seven years , —I am not , tuerefore , ignorant of the workings of the factory system . I have superintended a Sund 3 y School belonging to the Church ol England a number of years ; and , during that time , have visited many of the ' death-beds of my Sur . dny scholars , who , when I first j knew them , were aa blooming in health as the flowers in ' May ; but I can testify that th » long hours of factory labour brought on consumption , and soon laid them on a bed of affliction , which ended in death .
Do then , Sir James , as you have the power , intercede j for the poor factory workers , by getting inserted in the Factory Bill now befere the House , ten instead of twelve hours' clause ; and that God may prosper yoar work is the hearty prayer of Your obedient servant , S < jctre Aerv . Manchester Road , Bradford , May 22 , 184 S .
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Manchester , —On Wednesday evening ; Mr . James L-. ach delivered a lecture in the Brown-street room , subj ct , " No Monopoly and Free Trade . " Several persons asked questions of the lecturer which he answ-r . ed to tho entire satisfaction of the au ; ienco . Aftiv which a vote of thanks was given to t"ho lecturer , nnti a very handsome ^ colloction made for tho Vjcriia Fuud , whew the people separated . Middle-ton . — The Chartists of this place held thcii .- us ' -ial weekly meeting in the Association Koom , A-hL-sjixi-t , on Monaay eveniug Jasf-. An r tiiv bii .-ir . 'ji . «! of \\ c A * 9 ocia f ! ou was goiiij through , several ntw uidrub ^ s wyie euvolled .
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tweeds . —This week has been a glorious one for Leeds ; crowded and enthusiastic meetings have been held and new members enrolled in the Association . On Sunday afternoon a Camp Meeting waa held on Holbeck Moor ; on account of the rain many concluded that no meeting would be held , there were , however , from 5 to 600 persons present . Had U been fine , no doubt there wonid have been aa many thousands . Mr . Bell lectured in the evening to the Chartists , in Cheapside Room , which was well filled . On Monday evening Dr . Lees delivered a lecture in the same place . And on Wednesday evening , Mr . Davies delegate to the
late Birmingham Conference , delivered a lecture on the Repeal of the Union Only a few hours notice was given of the subject , yet the room was crowded in every part . Many of our Irish brethren were present , and evinced their satisfaction of the lecture by repeated applause . A vote of thanks was given to the lecturer , on the motion of Mr Brook , who said he hoped that Irishmen would take this as a proof that the Chartists were not their enemies , but their greatest friends . He called on them to assist the Chartists , and the Chartists ia return would assist them . He expressed a hope that a public meeting would be called to bympathisa with and cheer on Ireland in her good work .
Armley . —Mr . Gammage delivered a vary instructive lecture at this place , on Friday last , to a numerous meeting . Bradfobb . —On Monday evening , a great meeting of Irish Repealers , and English and Irish Chartists was held at the Wniie House , Broadatones , to heat a lecture from Mr . Condron , of Halifax , oa the customs and laws of Ireland . Owing to the want of room to admit all that were anxious to hear about the ancient customs of tho sister isle , a request was made from the chair , that the Irish who aad heard Mr . Condrou before , would retire to allow the
Engliah people an opportunity of haari&g and judging for themselves . This request was instantly complied with , and the lecture was resumed , and listened to with the greatest attention , whica gave general satisfaction . At the conclusion the Rev . Mr . Collins , a Roman Catholic clergyman , addressed the meeting on the subject , of repeal , and very ably exposed the fallacy of the press which is crying out that Ireland owes its existence as a natiou to the Union . At the conclusion the Rev . Gentleman was warmly applauded . A vote of thanks by acclamation , was passed to the lecturers and chairman .
On Sunday Evening , Mr . Harley lectured in the large room , Butterworth Buildings , on the Repeal of the Union . The room was crowded . After the lecture , Mr . Smyth addressed the meeting on the best means of agitating the question of Repeal in England . The members of the Couneil met at eight o ' clock , when the following sums were paid in for the defence . Stanniugley , 8 s . 9 d . ; New Lseds , 5 s ; Pit-lane , ( per Clarke ) 2 s . ; Thornton , lls , collected from a tew friends by Thos . Drake , late of Beverley House of Correction . It was resolved to call the attention of the Chartists in the district t » use every exertion to raise subscriptions for the victims , and to organise and enroll themselves , the better to carry on the agitation tor the Charter , and at the sane time render ail the assistance in their power to their Irish brethren on the Repeal question .
NOTTINGHAM . —The Chartists met at the Democratic Chapel on Sunday { morning , Mr . John Skerrett in the chair ; the foJiowiag resolutions were unanimously passed : — " That a petition be presented to the House of Commons relative to the treatment of Thomas Cooper , who is now confined in Stafford Gaol . " " That a camp meeting he held on Nottingham Forest on Whit-Sunday , when Mr Bairstow and several other speakers will address the meeting . " An able and soul-stirring address was delivered in the above chapel on Monday evening , by Mua Eliza Blatherwick , to a crowded audience ; after which a collection amounting to 6 s . 3 | d . was made in aid of the Sunday-school held in the above chapel established by Misses Abbott .
LONDON . — At a Ptolic Meeting of the Chartists of B . ' ooTisbury on Tuesday evening , at their new room , 23 , Chapal-place , Mr . R . Clinch in the chair , after the usual business was gone into , a resolution was carried , caliing upon the Finsbury Conference Committee to meet at the above room , on Thursday next , at eight o ' clock , to come to a final settlement . Mr . Watts is particularly requested to- attend . Tower Hamlets . —A public meeting was held at the Carpenters' Arms , Brick-lane , Mr . Ogden in the chair . It was unanimously agreed to hold a public moating next Sunday evening , at eight o'clock precisely , at the ab-lve place , to take into consideration the reorganization . The membo&are earnestly requested to attend .
At a . Meeting of the Young Men ' s Locality of the National Cfiaiter Association , on Sunday evening last > . Mr . Dyer in the chair , Mr . W . Sp ? ij $ more moved , aud Mr . Mallard seconded , " That a committee of five persons bo appointed ,, with power to add to their number , for tbe purpose o ! raisrag funds for the support of Mr . G . White , during his stay of eight months in the Queen ' s Beach . "—Carried . It was also agreed that 2 s . 6 d . bo given to the Committe from the funds of the association . Messrs . Bateman , Sprigmore , Mallard , Dyer , and Humphries , were appointed .
The Sovth London Locality met at the Rotunda * as usual , on Monday last . Considerable business was transacted , and it having been intimated thai Mr . O'Connor was not a member of the General Council , Mr . Knightoo v after eulogizing the patriotic and noble conduct of our tried friend , moved " That Feargus O'Cannor ^ Esq . be nominated as councillor " which was seconded by Mr . Morton , and unanimously carried ; after which , Mr . J . B . Smith delivered a talented and effective lecture on on ? present position . Dr . Lob ? ki , Mr , Skelton , and Mr . Knighton subsequentlyaddressedthe meeting , whica did not terminate till nearly ISo ' elock . It -was announced Shat Mr . Stallwood would lecture on Monday next * Dr . Lowski , on Monday week ; and Mr . Knighton on the following Miaday . Tliiee new members were enrolled .
Rei-sal of the Uniom . — Mr . O'Connor lectured on this subject , on Wednesday evoning , at tne City of London Political ard Scieiitinc Institution , to a crowded audience . Wz have received a very long report of his lecture , which we could n <« fc , under any circumstances , make room for in our present number ; it shall appear ii our next . SHEFFIELD . —Mr . Hamey delivered an address in the Fig-tree Lane reosa , oa Sunday last . Repeal—The English masses ara up and doing . The government has u ^ red to threaten Irels f , ' , „ new coercive resfiaists , and while Ireland nufia defiance in the teeih . of her mortal foe , tea haRim people cry ' forward" to the rescue . Ka ' . ional antipathies add bigotted prejudxe 3 , the dis ^ ce oi our fathers in dav&sone bv . are buried and forgotten m mi
the f . hout of fraternUy raised in answer to tnei - serable threats of Peel and Wellington . On mobday evening la-3 t , the disoassion on tho wrongs of Ireland" was resumed . The Fig-ire- Lane room was crowded almost to su ^ ocation . A large sumoer of tha sons of the Emerald Isle wero present , previous to ' . he chair beiag taken , Mr . Koyston rw the leaduig articles from the Northern Star and tne Nation ef Saturday la : t ; the sentiments of wm were loudly applauded . At eight o . clocfc , wr-Clayton was oalled to the chair , and opened ino business in a neat speech , piotunng the 7 . ; f the Irish people , and the duty of Eng lishmen » tinu thorn in tViair rierhtnonS struggle 10 r rau
government . Mr . Edwin Gill then moved , sewnaea by Mr . George Evinson , the following resolution - "That this meeting views with sorrow »« ™ : digna . ion the oppression to which the people « Ireland havo been subjected for tho past seven centuries—an oppression which , in the name oi present goneration of Englishmen , this reeling * pudiates a .-id condemns ; and , eoasidetinz n w »* the bounden duty of every lover of liberty to « u tho destruction of ' despotism , no matter mwnat coua try , or under what form it may exist , hereby « P ™?" its sympathy with tho long-suffering sons of Mm , aad solemnly proteges against any coercive mie A > ^ r-. / . <> nn r « , » n ,, t nf tho Oovftrnment , witn ioa
just , nenessai-y , and constitutional agitation ior Repeal of tho Legislative Union . " Mr . HarnjJ suggested that , before putting the resolution , k w » desirable that some of their Irish friends should M heard . Mr . M'Gowan , an ardent and en tbuaiasuo Repealer , addressed the meeting in eloquent * " « pathetic verm ? . He described the wrongs \ m u countrymen , and invoked the aid of all good patriot to mist them- H « was heartily and ° f « 7 » Jg cheered . Several others of our Repeal men followed , after which ., Mr . Julian Harney spoke * great length in support of the * e = o lutioa - t - r * Snlnr . ion was then out and carried by acclamation twee
Time soul-sttrriog cheers for Repeal and the Charter closed the proceedings . STocRPoaT .-Mr . E . P . Mead , © f Biming bjjji lectured to the Juvenile Chartists on TaesW «™ ing , subject , Self-improvement . The mee ^ was a crowded one ; the old commodore drew w attention to the illustrious mm who had n » e » » the hamble walks of life , and urged *«** £ »«• by their bright oxanple , and ^^ itlStrV ancft . He related maay pleasing and ^^^ mjd , tive anecdotes of Cobbett , Wm . Penn , D' -. 'JSjy Sir Isaao Newton , Sir | doudesley Shorel , Gap » £ Cook , Nelson , Dr . Carey , Bloomrfeld . a « j . BgJ Furgusson , Allen Ramsey , Hardy , wr e " "TL . Tbefwall , and others , and wound up with tougg aopealto the passions and feelings of & « 7 ©" auditors , which told well . The meeting was a verj
good one as well as Tery spirited . T 0 DH 0 RDKN .-Mr . John West deliver -d « rinteref tine acd instructive lecture to a very numei aud atteiitiTe audience , on Wednesday n ^ . , " ^ 17 h , ia tho Odd Fellows Hail , aaa &' ° Jf ££ sa tisfactioo . He also addreseed an out *> . a ' *\™ r ing ou Sunday last , at Studley Pike , »""¦•; £ * fafl into consideration the rain that ^ ' ;' . -tance nrarly the whole of the day , and the gicat J - thereto , was very oumero . xily atwaaea .
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£ ! - » ' , '¦ : ¦ 1 HE EDITOB OF THE 50 BTHEBS 5 TA £ . . Di - Sir , —Bsviug seen in the Northern Star oi yes .:..- is" a paragraph announcing a lecture to be deliver .. " , u . th& Chartist news-room , TTindybiak , Come , at t . 7 o -Vkk * on Sunday next , May 2 Sih , and tbe Gunr ra not being awsrc who the person is , noi where fc * S-.-.-2-Z . 3 ir-m , hire determined not io receive as lecturer -nT one who has not correspon-ed with the as ; ci - ; .. a crevious to tie innouEcemeat . And fsirther , arv 1 i-. zTrT 3 TfishiB ^ to vijit Colne are respectfully inf ' r : ? that tiey will be required to correspond with I file , -. tie sub-Sccret&rr to the Association ; aad ii , strfc . „ _¦; . , ¦ n-in be required to produce their credentials : ' , no : u .-e "s Ii ba sUendcd to . D--r Sir , by inserticg the above , ycu will much oilv . ' : Council of tbe Association . ' Tours , in the bonds of union , j Hexbt Eigsg . n , fub-Secretary , i Barker ' s Yard , Si John ' s-itreet , Colne . , Cv _ :-2 IflT 21 . 1543 . !
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7 " . TH £ EDIT 02 OF TB . B *» 02 IE £ 2 . > ' STAR . F :... —Save the goodness jnst to allow us io ' state , Ii :. .. ¦ - ^ meuiuai of ths Sic . -, for ths eatliiiCtlo- of V-i '• - - - " :- ¦ - Gre ^ n Ch ^ -lists , tnat ihe suffi of 8 s . i > l .. in th : ; .- rjiraie pajmar-ts . -sras rtceiveJ by as towards tc = I- - ^ :-w- Fund , s ^ a -which szm will set fail -duly to Epre- * - - *>^ n the lirt of subscriptions : s pabiishe-This .: »; -v .: il app-r ^ r ia a forcight , 3 t tie ' zxXxsi , frc-E . U ; - ;' -r = Sui-: uaie . Richard ilAEsri ?; , Ssb-Si-crtlarj . Pr z , ilay S « iiU , l ? i 3 .
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: ¦ 7 H £ ZDiZQiX . OF TEE ^ OP-TIirr .-V STAB-5 r -OjjJcej 3 J I was -iTsr ^ ed bzfore the Oasdle Bt _ r . i :. ¦ ' ¦ Riu . t zz- j called ni 2 aiitrai . es , to answer a chir . f £ =-: ; tion . George TValttr , a Ean-eltctor of Oc uaplixiJ , gave informauon , and swore oa lu ^ v . * - " £ 5 ih of April , ihit en ^ nndsy the 23 J Apr ; , it the parish of Ciaplhom , 1 aiad-J ate of ir .-flai- ^ : ;/ ji&gE ^ ge , and amoncv ., * ther expressions , tsld , vie Qi « n was s poor fciily girl , and not fit to gOVt : : II :. . ycu that I did not use the lasgoae ; here
stir : ' :-.. 1 t-- - ice . Waller Eokl oa earh . on Monday , that i d tbi people that tie G-ovcrcvaen-vf ^ s no * , rspr . -- _ :- > a , ^ n-J uhither feiiov swore th ^ t I said that £ Lc G ¦ .-i-aiest i ' . ood eo chance tseepi once in seven year ; .-. lets 2 feel ef a King or Queon happened to die . .- :--- citer : \ -j ] was aboni Io svriir to somaiHrg , bn : 1 .- - . t-t--i him thr&ngh c ^ KpIiining tbat this was E . oi ¦ . : ¦ trial , hi ¦ . Mr . KnithV . having been in tho roviL ;• - lie las : witness , a taller , had been gifing
TL ^ - . ; il * - "d Msjistrotes who sho-n *! be counsel fcr Ficb i- TV-i ^ cii , ^ n ciidefcEoSd prisoner , ileciaed tbat I -tt ^ 1-1 Eoreii&s is £$ O . myself in £ 30 , and two othrr .- « - is : n £ 15 each , to k-eep the peace , ilr . S . jd ^ . . , car much esteemed friend , who vras 77 t ? . t- ¦ ' -.- ce Tcesday , came forwsri ? -srith Mr . il . TV . r -.. iKflitajiecsily , and thus -1 -svaa libcr&ted th : - . ^ " -- kiajr . ess of these gentlemen , on that nay . Ih- 1 ¦ - : sn :, af ttr lying ore ni ; ht 5 n Onsdie Er . iic-¦ Wti ; , -- t- pritOEtrs : re only al ! iT ; ed 2 ; ba . of white bi _ -. .-:. ' . ; cud v ^ ter vrithont mease : t per c ^ y . 1 snij Sir , yours rer-TKCtfutiy , WILLIAM COOP 2 B .. TTi ; :. z-in-U : £ -lS ' coda , 20 ib May , 1 S 13 .
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THE STAFFORD VICTIMS . vVB # ive the following letters just aa wo received thcRH . We dare not trust oursclvea to write a word of comment—not a word !—We only Bay , readread J " Stafford Gaol , Wednesday , " Ai 3 yI 7 th , 18 i 3 . " D . SAR Hfs , i , —They are murdering me r Skilly , potalo .-s—rottea onca , too ' . —aDd blue bread , we are to live on . ' I am sure ? was nearly mad yesterday , and could not forbear sh < uting ' murder . ' "Nu Looba—na wilting' ¦ My poor wife , I fear , is dead , for they will cot tclJ me a syllable . ' For Grod'a sake , alarm—alarm ! " This ia a stolea letter . They will not let me petition ! " Your ' a affctionately , «' TuoM . ts Cooper "
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"Dear Btll , — This letter was conveyed to me by ' sleight of band , ' w ; th another one . The other letter develop ^ a more particuin .-a of his ' being nearly mad . ' From what I hear and xeo in the other letter , I fear that ibould ha remain two years in this monstrous hel ! , surroMudefi by ty . r . juta such as the present turnkeys me , that be will bd mad , stark mad , or dead , ore tha time ia exui . ed . '
" Suturii&y , Suuday , Monday , and Tuesday , he submitted to . tha gaol dk-t , at least , ha ate juat aa much as kept life in him Ck \ Wednsstlay morning , ' tht ptide of hia Boui aro !« V and ho determined to have food , or perish in thu attempt . ' "He first spoke to the officers . They refused to ask the governsr . Ho then rushed past them , and made his way tu the govc . nur ' s office , and demanded an interview . The f ; over : ior took no notice of him , wh < m ha seised & bludgeon , and played on the door until ho broke it . The Governor then came o « t , and , in a frightful manner , told him that he Bhould have coffee , dec . ; but bafore anything was brought him , he
was token to chapel' —being then as mad as ever any one was in this world . Tbe moment he saw the parson he darted hctoph the chapel , caught hold of him , and demanded of him , as a ministearuf Christ , that he should see him righted ; and otherwise behaved himself so tLat tbe person •• viid marly fri ^ htored to death ! Cooper wai a . last carried out of thi chapel rcying stark mad ! and T 7 M Bubn < qoently placed in tbe ' black holo ! " from which they wero teoon forced to rek' ; iae him , as his criea and thur" , ' -js woro so awful . Immediately two doctors
visited him , anil they were very kind to Mm , and recommended that Sis have milk , butter , a quarter of a pour : d of animal food daily , « 5 tc ; while the Governor went to Sir Jamrti Qrr . ham to know what vvaa to be dont . This struggle' has nearly cost him his life ! He is now so ill that he cannot sit without an arm chair , ami complains of violent pains in his head and hack . I suppose they mean to drive him mad and murder him ! I eould write a gnat de ^ il more , but I am umivrved at the tiioughts of it . You may publish tha whole of this , if yeu like , as coming from me . "
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4 THE NORTHERN STAR .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 27, 1843, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct483/page/4/
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