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THE NORTHERS STAR. SATUBDAY, JUNE 10, 1SM3.
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PEA 31 GUS 0 * C 02 * NOR AND THE N 0 T-T 1 NG HAM ELECTION . ! Ehe feUewirj * correspondence has been handed to us for pablieatibn . It needs no comment : —
2 O FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ-3 Sew Bedford " , near Nottingham , Jane 5 * . 1 S 43 , ilEAB . Sik , — "We tare danB on bsst in tracing to their source tba fcfamoas ealnmnlra that trere so freely TOenlated in Nottingham and its vicinity , and hare mcceeded ao&r as to leave no doubt upon oar mind * Irom whence ibeysprnnj , and Ibe wrtrorthy motive that Staled them ; and also we are nappy to inform yon that - * very one , syen the very " ^ orst amongst yon ? tainroniator * have fcee » compelled to esi their -own ¦ words , £ nd confea tbenselveslfcB propagators of lies , and that there hevs "was thslast foundation for their -wicked attempts to injare ydor character by Blander , m tbe following BCccnnt "Wifi » bow : —
In the first place , yon 1 R » charged " with receiving £ SS for your services at Hr . Stnrge *» election ; but the encioEfed leUii-ot Mr-Ufl ^ s -will set that at rest ; * nd yonr oirn letter to Hr . TEeggB , containing an account of the sppropiieSon of file s& 2710 s . -will do away with the charge -feat youT . eceived £ 5 for a gentleman , and only paid Mm £ 3 , aid . pocketed the other £ 2 . Novr , Sir , this report arose from the following circnmstano ^ , ss -we -sre informed by Mr- Beggs , Mr . H . Cartwrijkt , sad cCiers : —Mr . Mead , to whom yon paid . £ 3 10 s . < net Ms . "Sean and thanked that gentleman for the ViT » tVr » wi 61 the Committee in paying him £ 3 10 s , for ias ^ cnsnsea ; and then it "was aseertsined that in the lhi } m gave into the Committee , £ i was swarded to Mm , aiSd-y » n had only paid him £ 3 IDs . And as tales lose " nothing by passing through dirty channels , it had increased ta £ 5 ; hut y # nr o ** n letter explains that , * nd dees away -with charge the second .
In thtTthixd place , yon "was charged with demanding -of Mr . -Jihn Bogera , a rich and respectable hosier , of 2 ? ottiagbsm , the mm of £ 19 for your services at Mr € ssbom < r 8 election , and -wax told by that gentleman lie tod ro fncda for sach purposes . Well . Sir . we have seen ^ lr . Rogers , and . be authorised ns to say that he Barer saw yon bnt twice in his life , and never * x-^ jhsnged a -word witti yon , or in any Tray , or through any person had he ever held any commentnation wit 2 i yoa ; and in accordance -with that be has published his contradiction in the Nottingham
Mercury-2 iow , Sir , having gone through all the charges , and all parties in Nottingham— - "Whigs , Tories , and RadicaJa , l « tng perfectly satisfied of the utter falsehood of all of them , ^ we Jiops that Oie Xondan daily Tiroes , and every other paper that baa given publicity to toe above reports , -win have the honesty to do their best in nn-< loing the miscbitf they have done ; for vce are of opinion thai it is the duly t > f all men , and all parties -of men , to cnltivate truth , and give to each and every one fair pl 3 y ; and when an injury is cone , to do our bsst to repair it , and show to the -world that party is sot oet aim , bnt the spread tf truth , and the good of all . therefore , we are about to follow that maxim by explsinlng'tPhat * re meant by the postscript tfe attached to our letter , which yon published four -weeks since in HtBStar . It reids as follows : —
"ThB Whigs don't Eka pnrity of * leciion , neither do they lite a sis point man fcreed upon them . No , Sir , they cant bear it , and that is the secret of all their lies sod talnmny . ™ Now , Sir , we kere beg leave to state that -we do not class all -who act "wiBi the Whigs in the above censure , for -we "know that there are a many gentlemen teo honest , and are too ranch of gentlemen to practise deception , or in any "way to encourage bribery and cor-TUDiianat elections ; -we -oaly meant those nasty things improperly called men , wh& are ever ready , -when a 33 cn sna-comzpt candidate offers himseif , to distribute Some of >»» moaey { or y ^ m in iie shape of iribery and treating ; and , at the same time , always remembering their ^ nro filthy adves byieepiug a Etfle for their patdotic services in the cause of the devil and the enlargement d w » imedom .
2 f ow , Sir , having done our duty in tracing this nnpleasani afiiir to it * authors , and being prepared to give you names if yon require them , -we $ binkit bs well , ss they have canfessed , to leave them to their ovro reflections ; but if they let us have any more of their nonsense , the -vrorld shall know them ; and a few of the base tricks and dirty doings of these electioneering Sid ready-f or-aByihing vagabonds shall be brought to Eght . O , Sir , you hsvB spoiled them , for they cannot handle the money now : and may yon live to spoil all such reptiles , and zee corruption put down , and purity of election established , together with thr establishment « f the" Six Points of the People's Charter ; and the intabitants of our belo-red England . Ireland ^ and Scotland enjoying the fruits of their own industry ; and ail { Trades , from the richest to the poorest , living in bar * xnony and peace .
We remain yours , With all sincerity , Jaues WooDHorsE , Tbohas Weight , JOH 5 BiGLET . P-S . We are bound , in justice to Mr . Beggs , to state that be acted like a gentleman , and expressed' his sorrow for not publishing his conUadicdon sooner .
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COOPER . { ineetfa Prison , Soctbwaii , . London , June ^ th , 1843 . Deah Sra . —I bsve seen a letter from my friend , Cooptr , a few dsys rince , and should have written to you oa tha subject in . the beginniag of the wtrtt , were I not laid up wiih an attack ofiiiflaenz * , broash ^ on by a severe cold . Irom the statement * contained in the letter to which 3 hsveallndcd , it appears that poor Cooper ib merely of
anfiergonjga ^ iort regHte tie hellish treatment to "which he has been ralgeeted , to be repeated whan the afeite of his btalth -win pamit . Se also states list a repebKen of the same nsage will drive him mad , -and jEgnHte that something may be done to deliver iim iJromtbB monsters under whose control ie is at present W ™ . *<* reasons mot tobe mishien ) it appears = aatflieniagistettes baveaofc visited the prison since . iirMmaztment thereto , neitfcerwfll he be allowed to ZH ^^ * petition , or memorial , to the necessary jgaxsxt . that the
-JE *^* H ^ «» cmEEtances I irert people -wil ^ best * JhemHilves . let them « k Ssemselva ^ rhrfoCT Cooper , Bwia rc * , « 3 apper , and others , are to 3 » iHi » l £ rBdmthe aameaaaBiiex asthe noble pxtaioto , 3 H ° ^ L * Sv S - U ^^ «*>«* tb ^ TduiS iiow ,: tiidx talk about ayapathy fcr the Chariaat * Ic-^ msTfjDiejnrtJy looked Trpon as idle wind . I-thersfore trust that pefifions-wiH be immediately for--wjBied ^ rcffli every town and TilLige in the Mngdom aa ^ u i < 4 : aajweable , and iave bo doubt that you win also * xatiyojir . powea to ssva soble-mindtd Cocper , jnd the veteran . Jtiebards from the miseries to wiiich our ^ rMtujafiorasiBent haVB subjected them .
I am , yours truly , Geoege Whits . ' P-&—In answa- to tbeeEquIries of numerous friends , I have to &tate that I £ sve btea well stteniiwi to l-j my Jjondon Menfis iince I lave been placed here . &cd not forgotten by the Ch&r&is of Bh&usgbzm usd Warjsieksbire . ' All persons are sllovrtd to visit ma vnihajU -reslfoixl Erery dzy , SsbOzj jifiedtd , from tLcht in the jnojnjcg to jjins &t niglit I . ' . ' - . " G- W . , ¦ - " ? A ? » - - ' : -
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TO MB . JAMES PBNNT ; Sib ., —In answer to your letter of the 15 th >' » reqnesUng a more minute description of the V jtfaxtf cultivation of my small plot of ground , I beg ' t / sKf % to Bend yon the following particulars : — i About tiie i 8 th July , I sow early 3 ?« £ tabbage aeed , In rows eight inches apart 7 -when tile ffeints have six leaves prick them oat in rows , right feches apart and three inches in the row . In November , I prepare and manure the ground , in the sam « i manner as is jtenerally done for potatoes . Abovt ^ the middle of November transplant cabbages on tbe ridges of eighteen incheB apart , or fonr plants In the square yard . In March , boe the ground deep » J earth the plants up close to the lover leaves . As toon ss the plants begin to grow , dig the ground tatw « aa the rows with a spade Give them another digging in about a month and hoe them well up . '
On tbe ISth -of May , 1 % 43 , I commenced cutting the finest lot of cabbages thatl have ever seen . A great portion of the plot , No . 2 , will be cleared of cabbages the first week is June . I then plant the same plot -with Prince Regent potatoes , in ! the ordinary manner , l bsve the potatoes cat in two and sprouted about three-quarters of an inch , when I set them . I shall finish planting potatoes on No . 2 , about ths middle of June . Then commence cutting of the cabbages On No . s . In the last week in April , bow Swedish turnip seed in the same mnp ^ pr aa tbe -cabbage seed , except
pricking them out . Thin them in the rows to four inchta . apart As I dear No . 3 , of cabbages , I have tbe ground dog a good depth , and . manured and laid in ridges , in the same manner as for potatoes . Then transplant-it with Swedish turnip plants , at the rate of six in the square yard . I shall finish planting this plot about the first week in August When the turnips are full grown , I have the tops cut off as they stand on the ground , and give them to the cattle as they are wanted . In the beginning of November , I hare all the turnips gathered off the ground and stored in heaps , covered with straw and earth ; they are thus 1 preserved foi winter food .
About the middle of March , No . 1 was planted with potatoes , called early maiza , in the same manner as the other poUtoes stated above . By the middle of July , these potatoes will be full grown and fit to take up ; when this crop is cleared off , tbe ground is then prepared in the same manner as before stated , and planted with Swedish tarnipi I makes few days -variation in the sowing of tbe turnip seed according aa I think it will be wanted ; in fact I sow the aeed in several places on the sides of the walks or where I have a bit of spare ground .
The forty-seven days labour includes every thing except milking and management of milk and batter The twenty quarts of milk per day is the mean quantity for the forty--sii weeks taken at Tour times of equal periods . Jx > as Listoh . Sslby , June 6 th , 1842 .
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THE . ENUTSFORD ATBOCITIE 5 . Is another column , onr readers will find the mild , temperate , and gentlemanly reply of Mr . Bbowkk , to the fellow , Egkbton , the M . P ., who took the cowardly advantage of " his place in Parliament , " to traduce an absent Clergyman for the offence of rebutting , ho&estly , opea violations of the law and contempt of humanity and religion , in the treatment of the prisoners and conduct of the Officials of this Hell hole . r / wv ^ virvy ^ tfi ^^^ wwvy ^ i ^ w
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REPEAL OF THE UNION , Gsstle Reader , has it ever been your fate to visit that metropolitan seminary for amphibious youths — that refuge for tart maturity—that asylum for frail old age—that depot of all the variety which the fair sex in its worth can present ; have you ever been to Billingsgate ! where the value of a cod-fish is to he estimated not by its sonnd , its liver , or its firmness , but by the length and breadth of its fair owner's tongue . Have yon seen the fair proprietress of a rival cod-fish tako np the gauntlet in favour of her sound , her lifer , and her firmness ? Have yon witnessed the delight beaming
in the eye of those testy old bachelors , who make their morning call at the shrine of ugliness and slang , in the hope of Beeing their hatred of the sex justified , or of reconciling to themselves that state of unwilling celibacy to which they have been doomed 1 Have yon , in short , witnessed a real jolly set to between two fat red-faoed fish-wives ; and , have you observed the altered tone of the belligerents , and their respective friends , as the chances of triumph alternate ! Have yoa , seen the lond brawler , reduced to humiliation by the superior powers of her antagonist ! faintly and
wearflj reprobating all the vocabulary o £ Billingsgate , and soften into the mildness , of subdued wrath , with a bloody knife in one hand , and the guts of the triumphant cod-fish in the other ! We cannot ? ead to the hope that our picture may be realised to all ; bat the nearest approach to critical resemblance that we can present is the Lady of the Times newspaper , with the sword of Protestantism in one hand , and the . guts of popery in the other , lisping u justice" in mild accents , and sighing in disappointed rage over the triumph that superior power and skill has wrenched from her hand . It
is not anamnsing ) or uninstrnctire , to gee this meretricions journal shuddering at the desolation of its ortn part creation , and , coward-like , whimpering like a child at the danjjeri which now threatens , and which is mainly attributable to the rancorons feeling produced by this church vassal between the Protestant spoiler and ; the Catholio serf . This Argus " defender of the faith * ' and so forth , that was wont to see and to foresee so far in the calm . appears to be blinded in the storm . Not many months ago we were informed that Ireland enjoyed not the delusive tranquillity arising Jfrora partial government , hat tbe natural calm ' produced by just and impartial legislation ; by a happy
blonding of constitutional circamstaBoes info national character by a considerate deference to national prtjudiceB ; in short , by a combination of that wit , wisdom , wile , and l policy , for which our Tory rulers are pre-eminently distinguished . More Protestant churches in a CathoKc country ; more sectional education ; a stricter observance of the appointment of our bwn friends to administer © or own laws : such was { the policy of the Times when the weakness of Ireland was relied npon as tbe main strength of her oppressors , while cow , that that nation , like one man , has arisen in its moral aught , and proclaimed with one voice its hostility to this very policy , the aame , paper turns round , and , pleading in meanness for pity ,
cries" Thou canst not say we did it " Are natural consequences dedncible from natural causes 1 And , if they are , what result was more likely to follow the total disregard of everything Irish , than that combination of Irish mind which has now resolved upon doing for itself ; what has not only been denied to prayers , petitions , and imploring& , bu ; for asking for which she has been threatened with coercion and destruction 1 The Times may vmte in that maudlin tone of assumed-confidence to suit the Stock Exchange and the money brok « , bnt the tbinkingman most laugh in scorn at the foolish
attempt to convince the world that although the very air is redolent of complaint , that yet travel north or south , east or west , neither resident nor traveller can give an assignable reason for a single complaint 1 Such is the logic of our feinting contemporary ; while , did space admit , we could shew jnst cause of complaint in every act of England towards Ireland , And complete the picture by painting ; the ^ ngliBh faction in Ireland , in their several relations , whether ptblic or private , and in all of which they would appear as the jailors of convicts , -rather fliMi as the patrons of their clients . l ? ot a duty
performed , not an tfiice discharged , in which fhe vengeance of the Law Chureh , the dominion of tbe land shark , or the petty tyranny of the oScialj is not discernible . Under the law of primogeniture , the eldest branches of Jfamilies are patrons of church preferments , held in ; trnst as portions for the yocBger branches pensioned npon the industry of the Catholio slave , their pjower upheld by holding him in subjection . We should be glad to know whether the altered tone of the Times furnishes a fair prospect of Irish improvement , or whether we are to receive it as a hypocritical mediation , while the strong overnntent ia preparing all the
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appliances of force to destroy the rising genius &f Ireland . We did not offer one word of comment hastily upon the question . In 1840 , when opposed by the press of the whole kingdom , we devoted column after column to the support of Irishmen's right to govern themselves ; since then the very fact of being drawn into tbe discussion , and the prospect ( of the subject being revived , has compelled us , as a duty to our readers end to the pnblic generally , to inform ourselves upon the history of that ill-fated country . It is fresh in . the recollection of our readers , that we announced some
few weeks since , the fact that both the Administration and the Irish Executive were powerless for good , and only strong when bent on evil . That the domestic faction , among whose ancestors Ireland has been partitioned by the respective plunderers who , from the days of the second Henry to the invasion of tbe Dutchman , have followed their respective Jeaders , were too powerful for the Administration or the Irish Executive , or both unitedly . We stated that whatever the intentions of Government might be , the determination of the spoiler was to hold by force what had been gained by fraud . That Ireland has
been garrisoned by a legalized banditti , no man can deny ; that ; the standard of the Invader is the Church , peculation , professional emolument , and the wages of idleness , upon the express condition that the privilege of the associated band should be used for the annihilation of the Irishman ' s rights . We directed attention to the several articles which apppeared in the English newspapers upon the subject of Repeal , and we predicted that all remonstrance , caution , invitation to settlement , and promised forbearance would be lost in the recommendation of the Standard , the organ of the Church
party . Have events proved the truth of that asset " tion , or have they not 1 and could the invitation of the Standard to the Protestants of the North to massacre the rebels be moro quickly accepted than it has been by the LOYAL PROTESTANTS of Dangannon , Have they not buckled on the armour of the Church ? havo they not sounded the trumpet of Protestantism ? have they not mustered some 14 , 000 strong with arms in their hands , and not waiting for the technical forms , for the legal requirements necessary for the completion of the disarming bill , have the ; not anticipated tho
Government ^ constituted themselves a excoutive , searched the ! houses of the Catholics for arms , and demolished and levelled their hovels to the ground Is not our prediction then so far verified ? And while the public mind is lost in thought as to tbe probable chances of peace or war , of suocess or defeat , and iis in doubt as to the circumstances which may lead to the first outbreak , we will venture upon another prediction ; it is this , that it matters not what the policy of Sir Robert Peel may be , what his notions individually , or what hia intentions , if left to himself might lead to , but the Government over
which he presides , will force him to maintain and uphold the Union , at the expence of any amount of Irish blood and English treasure ; that the enactment of the- Irish Arms Bill , the proclamation of that measure ' and the mode of enforcing its provisions will lead to the first outbreak in Ireland . It matters not that the Government may intend tbe measure as a sword suspended , and to be used only at their discretion . When it is law , it will then become the pleasing duty of the weeded Orango Magistrates , to recommend themselves to their brotherhood by a vigorous execution of that law .
Under its sanction domiciliary visits will be paid to the Catholic hovel by the infuriate Protestant mob , the peaceful peasant will fly his home , —his house will no longer be a shelter in the dead of night , —and when driven to take refuge under the canopy of heaven , and to take council with ; his unhoused brethren in the darkness of night , the gatherings of houseless wanderers , thus brought about by the terror of the law , will be construed by its administrators as the nocturnal meetings of Irish rebels ; they will be proclaimed as outlaws and reduced to the sad alternative of either
remaining at home to answer to the night call of licensed robbers , before whom they must parade their naked wives and children , or they will be com * pelled from fear to abandon that hovel which is no longer a protection against the intruder , and leave it a prey to the spoiler who will set it in flames , its desertion being proof that it was the haunt of a Tebel . While we hear of the perfect information of which Government is in possession with reference to the doings and intentions of the rebels , cannot the far seeing eye of a watohful public discern anything in the camp of the enemy !
If the Government is watchful , if the Irish people are cautious , does any man suppose that the leaders of Oraogei&m are indolent and inert ! Can he who grasps the whole question of English polioy , Irish feeling , and Foreign intrigue make up his mind upon the issue , without making the present visit of the King of Hanover to this country , an important feature in the consideration of the whole question 1 At any time , but more especially at the
present crisis , the thinking public expects much of caution , as well as close attention to passing events from public journalists . Fortunately for ourselves , and perhaps , not less so for oar readers , we are untrammelled by other restraint than that which reason and judgment may impose upon via . We write for mind , and not for prejudice . We seek to improve , and by improvement to correct ; and , therefore , do we feel bound to assign good and substantial reasons for our every assertion .
In speaking , then , of the probable result of the great question now at issue between the English invaders , their Church , their possessions , and their administration of the laws ; and the Irish party demanding self representation and release from clerical bondage and class domination , we are bound to consider what the feelings of that party are likely to be towards their head . In tbi 3 analysis we find it impossible to treat her Majesty as head of the Rampant Church in Ireland , with the same amount of indifference with which we would treat her as first magistrate and civil chief of
tbe nation . Let us , then , see what tbe causes of discontent are which have been engendered in the minds of the : tithe Protestants of Ireland , by their prints , their leaders , and clansmen . The Routs and the BbadshaYs spoke the feelings of the Irish Orangemen , if opportunity but presented itself of gratifying them . The declaration ot Lord Mbibouknk , that his intention was , " to give the Church a heavy blow and great discouragement " The well circulated rnmour of the conversion
of Pnnce Albbbt to Catholicism , and more recently the official announcement through the Court journals that Prince Albert had been commanded by the Queen to announce by bis own hand to the anti-Church Minister ( Melbourne ) the glad tidings of another royal birth ; but , above all , the still more recent announcement by Mr . O'Conjjell that the Queen had rebuked Sir Robert Peel for the presumptuons use made by him of Her name with reference to the question of Repeal .
Now multiply all these causes of Protesant discontent by Protestant fear and Church preferment , ami we shall at once discover the inducements to combination and the probable course of the united Chur . ch supporters . Pjsel must either cling to this party / or good or for evil , or he aast abandon them in their mad career , and leave to the Rocjikghams , the Grahams , tbe Smnlsts , and the Plumtrees th& glory of witnessing the triumph of reason ovea the darkness of prejudice , after a fruit * less and expensive straggle of ignorance against
knowledge—o >? brnte force against moral power . That the Ch urch " should continue alw&ya to tread down the ordinary rights of human nature is impossible . As mind progresses , mea become impatient of it % and s if not remodelled by her own heads npon the' score of justice—which she never will be—she mi is * tumble , and bury all recollection of her bloated intolerance in the ruins , none but fools can doubt . " and tho only question now is , by whose hand the n . "a , gic and welcome blow Bhnll be-struck . From the . ^ shea of her ^ temporal pil e ,
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pore , unbiased , aoBuUled , and uaboaghfc , religion will spring , and the preponderance in favour of an acceptable creed will be distinguishable ia the sincerity of its votaries and the purity of their lives , rather than in corporate wealth or individual intolerance ' , la all these reasons , then , wo come to the conclusion that the English Ram pant Church party and the Irish Orange faction would willingly depose the present Queen , and with shouts of joy proclaim Er . nest the 1 st from the statue of King William decked in orange letters , King , defender of their plunder , and £ 0 forth ; while , to avoid such a calamity , the Irish people demand a concentration of all their native powers and long withheld rights .
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THE TRIALS . So ! the labour of the mountain has at last eventuated not indeed in the birth of a mouse , nor in any : birth at all , but in an abortion so utterly beneath contempt , thai , it is really difficult to write anything about it . We give from Thursday's Times the following report of the decision of the Court as to the fifth count : — COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH . Wednesday , June 7 .
THE CHARTISTS . ( Sittings in Banco . ) \ THE QUEEN V . O ' CONNOll AND OTHERS . Lord Dehman , at tho sitting of the Court this morning , proceeded to deliver the following decision of the Judges in this matter : — The Court has considered the case of" The Queen V . O'Cannor and others , '' with reference to the objections arising upon tho points of venue . No venue is stated ia the filth count , and it is plain that at common law the couut on that ground is bad . Every material fact must bo btated , with timo and place , m order that it may appear that the Grand Jury had jurisdiction to fiud tho bill , and also that it may be known whence the Petty Jury are to come who are
to try the case . This is laid down in all the books and . authorities cited at the bar . Indeed , it was hardly contended on tho pan of the Crown that the couut cuuld be supported at common law , as it cout&ins no venue ia itself , nor any words of reference to the venue in . the margin , to which many faotB stated in the fifth count canuot be referred according to the difctiuction hereafter to be mentioned . Recourse is then had to the statute of the 7 th George IV ., c . 64 , s . 20 , which enacts that no judgment after verdiot orconfession or default shall be stayed for want of a proper or per * feet venue , provided it shall appear by the indictment that the Court had jurisdiction over tbe offence . Now , whether a total omission of venue
can be considered as cured by these words , or whether the statute must be confined to oases where some venue is stated , though improperly or imperfectly , in either case the conditiou on which that remedy for defect is given by the 7 th ticorge IV . is , that it shall appear by the indictment that the Court had jurisdiction over the offence . If this meant local jurisdiction , the fifth count does not show it , for no place is mentioned in the body of it ; and we cannot , as already stated , import into it for that ; purpose the county ^ noted in the margin , as has been done in civil actions . To hold this would be to say , as was indeed said by the Solicitor-General , that whenever the grand jury of any county whatever has found a bill of indictment for a crime
cognizable under the commission , a trial which takes place upon it in that county must be good after verdict , though the indictment does not show tho Court to have any jurisdiction over the offence , on which condition atone tho defect is cured by the statute . The argument drawn from the 16 th and 17 th of Charles ll ., c 8 , and 4 Anne , c . 16 , was , that as in civil actions the total omission of venue is cured by the first of these acts under the words " for want of a right venue , " £ O the total omission , of venue in criminal cased may be cured under the 7 th George IV ., which uses the words " for want of a proper or perfect venu'i ; " but the defect cured in civil actions is not the total omission of the venue , but the introduction of an improper or imperfect vcuuo , aud it is
cured by the statute of Charles if tho case is tried by a jury of the proper county in which tho action is lard . ; Now , tbe action in every ciril case is laid in the county stated iu the margin , and if the trial takes place in that county , the condition is fulfilled . By tho 4 th of Ann& the remedy is extended to the caso of judgment by default ; ail the defects which would have been cured by the statute of Jeof ills in case ; the verdiot of twelve men had been given ia suchi action being expressly cured by the 2 d section of that statute . To bear sny analogy to these statutes tho 7 ih of George 1 Y . should have cured the defects of venue where the case was tried by a jury of the county in which the indictment was preferred ; the venue in tho margin may show this , but
certainly does not make the indictment show that the Court had jurisdiction to try the offence , unless specifically referred to iu the body of the indictment . The distinction between ' criminal and civil cases in this respect is found ia the 2 d Lord Raymond , " the King v . Knollys , " Lenthale ' a case , Cro . Kliz ., 3 P . Wiliiams , " the King r . Biirridge , " and "the icing v . Fawceu , there cited , and many other cases quoted at the bar . It has been established in euoh a variety of cases , that it is impossible for this Court to overrule or overlook them . It follows , therefore , that as the Court cannot oonneot the venue in the body of the indictment with the venue in the margin , for want of such special reference , it does uot appear by the indictment that the Court where the indictment was
fouud had jurisdiction , and that defect is not cured by the statute of 7 th of George IV . The Court has considered whether the 7 th of George IV . may not admit of a different or wider meaning—namely , that the . offence should appear to be of such a nature that the Court has authority to try it ; and a strong argument in favour of that construction arises from the apparent impossibility of giving effect to the words in " any other manner , but we are satisfied such is not tbe case , but we are convinced thai the defects in venue are not intended to be cured , unless the jurisdiction of the Court in respect of locality is made to appear . One consideration , indeed , is decisive of that .: Persona accused might otherwise be puaished for offences committed in another reaim , if the
quality of the offence alone gave jurisdiction ; this clearly was not intended . Mr . Duudas referred to a case reported not quite correctly in the last edition of Burn ' s Justice , aud also in 1 Mooay ' s Crown Cjses . We nave before us the very case ia which the opinion of all the judges was taken , and also a copy of the indictment . The prisoner was tried tor bigamy at the Old Bailey in 1833 . The first ] marriage was alleged to hare been contracted in Kent , and the second in Surrey , and the prisoner was alleged to , have been apprehended on a day named , but of the place or county where he was apprehended no mention was made . The conviction was held bad , because the witnesses proved tbe offence in Surrey , though the venue in the margin was Middlesex , but no one suggested that
Middlesex could be drawn from the margin into the body of the indicrment , though that would unquestionably hare cured the defect ; nor was it suggested that the Court appeared by the indictment ;! to have jurisdiction over the offence of bigamy , which would have cured the detect if the reference had been to the quality of the offence , and not to the place where the offence was committed or the prisoner apprehended . An objection on ' the 6 core of omitting the local venue is not merely technical , but real and important ; for tbe allegation of material facts as occurring ia a par * ticular county ia not only that which authorises the grand jury to find any bill of indictment , but is also a warrant to the sheriff to summon the petty
jury ,: which must pass judgment oa those facts between the Crown and tne prisoner . The trial of witnesses for peijury m . ght ba embarrassed and justice defeated , if the jurymen were to be empanelled without authority . To make the act of trying confer the right to try would be a change so violent that we cannot believe it to have been intended by the Legislature , Upon the whole , we are of opinion that the judgment upon the fifth count must be arrested . An objection was also taken to the fourth count , on the score of venue , a material fact being alleged without place . Stott '* case * 2 East " 9 Pleas of the Crown , was thought to bear directly on this doctrine , and was not successfully distinguished by the defendant ' s counsel ; but the Master of the Crown-office
has found the paper books ia that case in which Mr , Justice Ashurst took his notes of the argument offered by Lord Abiuger on the one side , and the late Mr . Justice Vaughaa on the other , in Michaelmas term , 1796 ; and the endorsement of the learned Judge intimates that the case stood tor further argument . The prisoner was coimeted in April and sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment , more thanjhaif of which had expired before the argument ; and there is every reason , to believe that Sir Edward East ! was mistaken in reporting that case ae decided ; indeed , he himself intimates that if there was an error in the sentence , it might possibly have been amended by being changed to transportation for fourteen years—a strong reason for not pressing the
argument founded upon that case further . We think , that , however , here the statute 7 th George IV .. applies a remedy , as the conduct imputed to the defendants is criminal and is stated with venue . The count stales the tact of unlawful assemblies having taken . place at divers places , without naming them } though that Btatement is introductory to the charge , which is a charge of aiding and assisting persons to continue the said assemblies , and the aiding and assisting is stated to have been in the county of Lancaster ; t . tye count therefore hus a ve&ut :, ; tb . ou £ h an imperfeOt one , because though the material facti ia the earl } ' part of it are without place ; the part which . char&' « = 9 the deftnti&utB with the off . nee hv « a vwaue , and rei ' ere £ 0 a former part of the co . nt , wiiioh former , part , th erefore , may be con-
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sidered an imperfect venue , and as the offence itself is laid with a proper venue , it appears by ^ tho count that the Ourt haM jurisdiction ; and that ia tho very case contemplated by the statute , We , therefore , think it necessary ! to Hear the argument on the validity of the mode of stating the charge in that count , and appoint Friday morning for that purpose . Mr . Justice PAacrasoN thea said—I think ifc right to state that tho incorrect report in my brottier D'Oyley ' s edition of Burn ' s Justice is not to be lajd to his charge ; he had the statement of the case from me , and put it in the very woTds in which I furnished it , and it is wholly my mistake . This is of course tantamount to an absolute acquittal of all the parties convicted under the fifth count of the indictment . It is worthy of notice that the
Judges , as they always do , rest their decision on a technical matter , [ rather than on one of principle-The want of venue in the fiifth count was clearly , to the common sense of every man , a fatal though necessary result of the determination of the crown to strain the meshes of their net for the encompassing of those whom they knew to be utterly without its pale . Had the venue been laid properly , it would have appeared at . ! once that all the parties against whom this connfcj was levelled were utterly beyond the scope of the general offence charged . Henco the Attorney General , having bat the choica of two things—to lei . ro them entirely alone , or to hazard the defective venue—chose the
latter , and , as he sayn » framed the indictment in the form it ijore specially and purposely to meet the case . They are greatly mistaken , who suppose that this jdefect of vonue in the Fifth Count was an oversight on the part of the Crown lawyers . On the contrary ,, it was a cunning trick of lawyer craft : it was a c ecermincd and dishonest effort to como at those who were not otherwise to be come at ; and vfho had so guarded themselves as that they oould not be legally charged with any offence whatever . This , and this ouly , is the reason why the fiifth count had no venue in it . The insertion of a venue would have demonstrated clearly that there was no manner of connection between those
whom this count was specially framed to reach , and those with whom it waa impudently assumed , on the general face of'the indictment , that they had conspired together for the carrying out of an insame and illegal ] . project . If there had been a proper venue to this count , the parties to whom it specially pointed , ' and to get hold of whom it was framed , must have been every one acquitted on the trial at Lancaster . The Crown lawyers knew that perfectly ; and hence the "dodge" by which they have been subjected to so much inconvenience and trouble , and robbed of bo much time and money . The real objection , however , against the fiifth count was of much more consequence thaa this paltry technicalityof venue ; it
, was that it charged upon the parties no offence whatever ; nothing but a legal act ; an act which they or any other men have a perfect right to do ; and on the legality of wbjph it is known that Lord Denman ' s opinion has been more than once strongly expressed . This utter vitiation of the Count on principle , though often pointed clearly out by the Judges during tie argument , was carefully kept out of sight in the Judgment ; and the thing made to seem rather a technical escape of the prioners than on upright Judgment of the Judges . We do not think that this mode oi doing the thing redounds at all to the credit of the Bench . It shews
us clearly that we owe them nothing ; that if they could have lent their sanction to the effort of the Crown , without an utter sacriSoe of their judicial character and a sinking of themselves to a level , with A singer and Gcrney , they would have gladly done so . It shews ns , and it ought to shew the people , that we owe this termination of thisa protracted enquiry to the caution which- avoided to break through the ! law , and not to any merciful
construction of the law which we are to expect . It shews us , and it ought to shew the people , more than ever , tho necessity of trusting , as leaders in the movement , none but those who have sense enough to look before they leap , and honesty enough to take no unsafe leap which may involve others besides themselves in its consequences .
We shall be glad if the Attoenet-General and the Judges will now do their duty in pointing out to the triumphantly acquitted subjects of this unjust and rascally prosecution how they are to be compensated for the personal indignities , the anxiety of mind , the scandalous inconvenience and loss of time , and the ruinous expences which have been inflicted on them . How is the country to be compensated for
the wanton and wicked wasting of its funds in the perpetration of these outrages % We suppose that we may ask theae questions till we are tired of hearing echo for tho answer ; And we can tell the people that it will ( never bo otherwise than thus till tho making and administration of the law shall be put under the oontXoul of justice , and that will never be till they make and administer it themselves .
We cannot of course give , m our present number , the decision of the Judges as to the fourth oount ; though it will be [ given , before this reaches the oye of our readers . The parties interested in this count , and respecting whom we aro yet uncertain as- to whether they may or may not be required to " come up for judgment" are Peter Murray M'Douall , Jas . Leach , Christopher Doyle , John Campbell , Jonathan Bairstow , Bernard M'Cartney , James Arthur , Thomas Cooper , Robert Brooke , James Mooney , John
Leaoh , David Morrison , George Candelet , John Durham , James Fenton , and Frederick Augustus Taylor ; while those who are relieved by the present decision from further harraasment in the affair , are —Feargus O'Connor , William Hill , George Julian Harney , John Hoyle , John Norman , William Beesley , Samuel Parkes , Thomas Rail ton , Robert Ramsden , John Arran , John Skevington , William Aitkin , Sandy Challenger ! , Wm . Woodruff , and Richard Ottley .
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1 O'CONNOR AND REPEAL . The following communication is from our London Correspondent : — M I have refrained from hitherto alluding to a circumstance which { has created a great sensation among the Chartists and Repealers of the Metropolis , being anxious to avoid everything calculated to keep up a feeling of hostility between parties whose duty and interest it is to be united ; but , the cloven foot being now fairly shown , it becomes a duty to make the ! circumstances public . It is- well known that Mr . O Connor , at the conclusion of his late lecture on the Repeal of the Union , expressed his wish to be enrolled & member of the Repeal
Association , and tendered a sovereign as a contribution towards the [ " Rent . " On Sunday evening , May 28 di , Mr . Dwaine , the chairman of the meeting , proposed Mr . O'Connor as a member , at Mr . Buckley ' b Repeal Warjj , Boswell's Court , Fetter-lane . Mr . Haynes , ex-sub-Editor of the Charter newspaper , ex-teetotalj lecturer , ex-Corn La . w lecturer , ex-sab-editor of the Statesman , and now Repeal advocate , objected to ! Mr . O'Connor's admission . . An animated discussion arose , and Mr . Buckley wrote to Dublin to receive instructions od the subject . M . r . Haynes also wrote , stating his views of the case . On Sunday evening , a large muster of Chartist Repealers , and others , met at the above house , to hear
tbe result . Oa arriving there , all was confusion . On the previous ( morning , W . J . O'Counell , Inspector General for London , had peremptorily closed the Ward , alleging they were unfit to be a Ward , for receiving O'Connor ' s money without consulting head quarters ; great was the indignation manifested by the independent repealers at this outrageous proceeding , and epithets of a very strong description were applied to its perpetrator . Messrs . Dwaine , Buckley , M'Carthy , Overtoa , Rathbone , Wheeler , and others expressed their opinions warmly , and in answer to objections proved , from printed documents , that O'Connor had ever been an ardent
advocate of the repeal of the legislative union . A repeal warden impressed upon the meeting the propriety of saying nothing calculated to widen the breach ; private letters from Ray and Steele to Haynes had beui alluded to ; he repudiated the idea of being guided by the private opinions of any man , aud called upon them to meet on the following Sunday , and they should hear the result of the deliberations in ( Dublin ; if they rejected Chartists he was one , and they rejected him also ; on this understanding the meeting dispersed . Since Sunday a letter ha ' s been received from Ray as secretary , returning O'Connor ' s mon ^ y , and desiring that the money of all Chartists should be iinmediiutt . f&iy returned . Here the matter rejta uutil Sun-
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day evening ; your readers will make their own comments upon this statements of facts . " Wo give elsewhere a letter from Mr . O'Connob to the Irishmen in England upon this matter , to which we refer our readers , and leave them , as out Correspondent says , ' * to make their own comments . "
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John Fheheley , of Scregg Ballyhafny , by French Park , Ireland , will be thankful for a Star which any good English Chartist can spare him after reading it . Manchester Lock Hospital . —We have received a long statement in reference to the resignation of her place i < y the matron of this institution together with the letter of that person to ilve Cora miltee on tendering her resignation . We cannot insert it . The subject is one for the private investigation pf the Committee ; and ure must suppose that a committee ofrespectablje ministers and gentlemen will duly enquire into any well founded allegations of abuse . Mr . Julian Harney . —Letters intended for Mr .
Julian Harney must be addressed to him , A ^ o . 91 , Sheaf Bank , Lead Mill Road , Sheffield . Mr . Harney has received for the Local Defence Fund the sums of Is . lid ., and \\ d ., colleetei by Mr . Benjamin Richardson , Sheffield , John Miller , Halifax . —It is , perhaps , better just now to wait a little silently . We are looking on But we are not to be driven out of our . course by either fools or knaves ; and we hope to see the same spirit actuating all our friends . G . Charlton , Sunderland , sends us a long letter in reference to his expulsion from the body of WeS ' ley an local preachers , on account of his entertaining Chartist principles . These things are so much of Course that'tie are net at all surprised
at them . We cannot afford so much space as Mr , Chir lion's letter woi / Ud occupy ; but we can as , sure him , for Ms comfort , that he is no worse used than many other good men have been ; and wo think that the methodist parsons have paid him a great compliment . E . Ferguson , Alexandria . —His last week ' s letter did not reach us until the Scotch papers were worked off .-N . W . B ., Preston . —We are not surprised . We never yet knew better of the " bawlers" A widethroated barking dog is always a cowardly cur , and generally an ill-natured one . " A Real Chartist , " Chorley . writes us that" highwages- and-cheap-bread" Cobdenhas been again
reducing wages . We suppose this will surprise no one : but a real Chartist" should have given his name and address ^ Debsy . —All letters for the Chartists of thistoim must in future be addressed to Mr . John Moss Plum-tree place , Darley-lane . A Mechanic . —Hamilton ' s literal and interlinear translation of the Gospel of St . John is the best book to begin with . He may get it both Greek and Latin at any bookseller ' s shop . St . Pancras Chartists . — We cannot interfere in the affair of Mr . Lucas . Alfred Linch . —No room . S . Boonham , Nottingham , writes us , in reUrenee to a notice in our last , that he sent no common
ca ion respeding the tea party at all , and that his name must , therefore * have been appended to the one we received without his knowledge or authority . **• John Gibson . —The signature of a boy ten yearsofa < fi would give no power to any parties to deprive him of anything which by law belonged to him A minor cannot be bounden to his own prejudice . A Regular Subscriber , Dopworth . We have better occupation for our lime and columns than answering pintr questions . If we should be gin wiih them , we might soon spend a day or two in each week with nothing eke . Stars 16 Ireland . — W . Foster , ofBingley , writes to
call ( he attention of the Chartists ofEngland and Scotland to the necessity , at this particular period , of sending all the Stars they can to Ireland , Let all who ^ can send their Stars to Mr . O'Higgins , No . 14 , North Ann-street , Dublin . They want them ; and he states that very few comparatively are now sent . . . James Hyslop , draper , Wigan , wants a few copies of the Northern Star for all last month . Justice for the Poor—A poor man in Wigan owed 11 s . 6 d ., which he was adjudged by the Court of Requests to pay at the rate of \ s . per week , or is . per mmith . The costs were 1 Is . 5 d .: ' within one penny of the full amount of the original debt !
Thomas Stark ky , Stoke-upon-Trent , sends us the following letter ;—•• Stoke-on-Trent , June 7 , 1843 . " Dear Sir , —It is not enough for a man to'sell and mortgage all he has got , In defence of himself and principle , to claim your attention , and ask for a share of what bis frienda have subscribed , I sappose ? " Yours trnly , "Thomas Starkey . " To Mr . Hill , Leeds . " If Thomas Starkey happens to know his own meaning , toe fancy he is wiser than any one else can become from reading his letter . Manchester Chartists . —We cannot publish their resolution in reference to Mr . Cooper . Welsh Chartists . — . 4 correspondent thus writes
" Ia answer to the questions in last week ' s Star about the Welsh Clwrtists— " Wfcere are they ? Wbat are they doing ? Are they still alive ? " We are here still , and doing aa much as we possibly can nnder present circumstances . Yes , the brave men of the bills are still alive , for all some of the leaders have stood in the back ground for tome time , for reasons best known to themselves , the people are determined to do their own work , and trust not even to their friends any more . It is true tnat the oppressors have taken advantage oi these bad times to clog the Wheels of Liberty ' s chariot ; but ere long they must give way , and confess that tbe people are enlignteued and are determined to have ( heir right ? " If onr brothers in England do not know whether we are dead or alive , tho tyrants here know well . ^ to their mortification , that we are still at our post *
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THE 8 s . 6 d .. for Defence Fund , noticed on May 6 th , from " J . Lonabottom , Leeds , " should have been —From Hun 8 let , per J . LongbDttom Robert Whitpield , Bingley . —Apply at thePort % office for a letter .
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FOR THE DEFENCE FUND . £ . 8 . d . From W . Cooke , Duckinfield ° i ® „ Hunslet , per J . Lougbottotn ® * jj .. Joseph Turner ... ** ° ° n _ the Chartists of Coventry ... ... " ° 8 jj „ Bix other friends at Coventry ... ° 3 * FOR THE VICTIM FUND . From Bristol , collected by Miss M . Williams ... „ 0 8 <> m the Female Chartists of Bristol — P * * « . W . Joslyn e 1 0
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Dr . Horneb , of Hull , recommended potatoes and arsenic as the most effectual means for tne destruction of beetles . We have tried it m onr houses with the most triumphant success . —tr « r * deners * Gazette . Cheap Medicine for Horses . —For the disease commonly called the gripes , to which horses * & & subject , there ha 3 been discovered an infaluow remedy , and one that ia in the possession of every person ; it is merely one spoonful of soot , and one of wheat flour mixed with a pint of cold spring water , given with a horn in tke usual manner . This will be found to afford instantaneous relief .
Total Wreck of the Ship Great Britain . — We have to report the total loss . of the splenma packet-ship , the Great Britain , Captain Sbaxsin , master , on her outward passage to New York , together with the whole of the valuable cargo , on © was frigate-rigged , four hundred and four tons burthen , and was built at Quebec in the year lw * The preservation of her crew and passengers was truly miraculous . Extensive Robbery . —Information has been
received from Edinburgh that a person named Ueorfie Goldie had stolen and absconded with £ 340 belonging to the City of Edinburgh Lodge of the Independent Order of the Odd Fellows of the Manchester Unity , of which he was treasurer . » . * stated to have been formerly a carver and £ iWe *» and lately a hatter , raiding on the North-bridge * and is about thirty-seven years of age , fire «« t save a inches high , of fair complexion , stout , and blow 01 the left eye . and is rather genteel looking .
Arrival 0 * the Kino op Hanover . — -Precisely at twenty minutes before four on Friday afternoon * his Majesty the King of Hanover and suite Ianueo at tho Custom-house Quay , from the Eagle Government fteamer , having the royal standard at itsmain * mast . His Majasty appeared in health , bnt more than usually pale . Indeed , the reception be met with was 110 s calculated to raise his spirits , ine number of persons assembled was about 700 ; ano hia Majestyfollowed by a Hanoverian officer , wsliea
, uncovered through the crowd , which formed two lines to admit ; of their passage . Not a hat was raised—not a sicgle cheer greeted his arrival on tn shores of his native land . At length hisses ano groans commenced , and became general . As B& Majesty ascended tho steps of the Custom-house a respectable-looking man exclaimed , with a strong voice , " Dou ' t hiss tho poor old man ; lei us be inaoKful to , God he is not King of England ! " This remark was loudly cheered .
The Northers Star. Satubday, June 10, 1sm3.
THE NORTHERS STAR . SATUBDAY , JUNE 10 , 1 SM 3 .
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TO MESSRS . SWEET ANB WGODHOTJSE . Nottingham , May 24 , 1843 . Gbstxejees , —In reply to yonr inquiries respecting 2 nsnonr which has ieen circulated , to the effect that Jlr . O'Connor r&Csived the jam of £ 23 for his services at Hz . StorgB ' * election . 2 beg leave most nsegoivo-< aHy to state that 'Mr . O'Connor never applied for any payment nor received sny consideration for his services in that election . At the same time , it will be right for me to state the cfreamstanees ¦ which so 4 onbt have given rise to this unfonnded report : —
On the-day immediately following the election , Mr . O'Connor preferred a claim of £ 27 10 s . He stated tien * ' that it had sot beat Ms intention to receive , any reward for hit men services ; nor did he cg * rf nor would he accept even Ote repayment of his travelling expanses Axfor Mis personal services he had given Diem for the cause Mr . Sttuye advocated ; but ihtrt mere a jaanber of men who had come at Ms vtvUalicm attd at the request vf the Chariislbody ; axdhcccmceived it right their expenses should be paid . " Mr . O'Connor submitted the different item * t /> ¦ writing , amounting to £ 17 10 s . I took it to tin Gaiticittee ; and az some doubts arose in their minds a » 10 this claim properly belonging to them , it "was subscribed amongst a few gentlemen , and I went and paid this sain immediately to Mm .
The copy of Ma letter in acknowledgment of its receipt , and containing an account of it » appropriation I annex to this eoxnmiiidc&tum . I tan assure jon , Genflerflen , this is the ocJy pecnuiaiy application that tna ever made by Mr . e Connor to the Committee , and the only snm that was ever paid to liirn oa any account whatever . I am , Gentlemen , Tours very respect * nHy , Thomas Beggs . P . S . Ton are qmta st liberty to make what use von lite of this letter .
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JLondoo , AngvBl 20 , 1843 . Ml Djbxb Beggs , —Aa it -was from yon I received . £ 27 10 s . for my brigade , and as all money matters ahonld be paternally observed , 2 beg to snomit to yon an account pf the appropriation : —
Dr . M-Itonall £ 9 ; Cooper £ 5 ; Jones £ 3 J 5 w ; West £ 3 1 O »; Mtad £ 3 10 sj and Clarke , £ 2 lhi . " Total £ 37 10 s . Ton vnD zee that a trifling alteration has been nude til a-tew ihillinca in iho application , which Tras owing to travelling expenses ; bnt inch have been the disbon-TBt-TtHt Tonrs very trnly , P . O'Cossob . To Mr . Beggs , Nottingham .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 10, 1843, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct485/page/4/
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