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THE EDITOR OF THE "NORTHERN STAR" ) TO HIS READERS. '
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NEW CHARTIST PERIODICAL THE . MIDLAND COUNTIES' ILLUMINATOR ,. Price Three-halfpence , is Published every Saturday Morning , by Mr . SEAi ^ of Leicester , and may be had of Mr . Cleave , Shoe-lane , London ; of Messrs . Sweet , ( Nottingham , ) Skevington and Eveleigh , ( Loughborougb , ) Neal , ( Derby , ) Vickers , ( Belper , ) Burgess , ( Hinckley , ) and all Booksellers in the Kingdom , by application to Mr . Cleave London , or to the Publisher , Leicester . * ' The Illuminator we hesitate not to pronounce infinitely superior in style , matter , and eomposition , to moat , if not any , of the high-priced periodicals , written by and for educated men . "—Northern Star No . 12 , ( Published Saturday Morning , May 1 st , ) contains ' * Lives of the CommoHwealthsmen : John Pym , " continued . " The Nottingham Election : Chartist Policy defended . " Colonel Thompson's reply to "John Smith . " " Thinker ' s Note-Book ;" &c . &c . Copie 3 of Nos . I , 2 , 8 , 4 , 5 , 0 , 7 , 8 j % 10 , and 11 » may be bad on application .
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BLINDNESS . MR . BAXTER has left Liverpool * and may be consulted Daily at his Residence , Bridgemau Place , Cockerill Spring , Bolton , ( personally , or by Letter , pre-paid , ) upon all Cases of Ophthalmia , or Inflammations , Specks , &c ., Am . aurosis o > Dimness of Sight , cured without Surgical Operation , or any restraint of Diet or Business . N . B . Mr . B : may be consulted at the White Horse , in Soutbgate , Halifax , Yx > rkebire , on Monday and Tuesday , the 10 th and 11 th of May .
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""^ jSCENT AND THE UES OF DERBY . Ws ia T « Te 7 Kee 3 'i P IeasQre " * directing atten-« to what we may call the retractation of Vince . vi f ^ m the "New Move , " while , in defence of the men of tv t > T we dslight in the noWe sentiment declared in 2 L re lation , to the effect that they would throw jfctBcrs O'Conxcm himself overboard , if he had been a party t ° Sa th ** whatever pretensions VI 5 CK 5 I m * J ° * T to P 0 ? 11 * 41 farour and support ,
d VB &daiit them to be great , many , and con-^ ent , yet must he rejoice to find , that if they -pre ten-fold more numerous , they would not justify . jingle , nay , the mosi minnte departure from those Peop les which he has laboured bo hard to incul-Lj ^ and which hare cost him so mnch to dissemi-. j ^ « id which he has disseminated with such good jjefS &s to render them proof against all attempts _ j goat&minat ion or subvereion .
We have no hesitation in saying that the ready , Mid , decided , and unanimous manner in which the a secret More , " has been met , will have the effect of jjBJyang our enemies , of strengthening out ranks , jod of cementing more strongly than ever the union between all real Chartists . Is appears that Yis cent ' s notion as to the imprao S enility of carrying oat the plan , was in precise ^ sordancs with our own views ; and indeed , the h £ t of its being necessary to license a publican , as
i part of the establishment of Odd Fellows' Halls , taH ; at such a tremendous expense , and the fact of Mag istrates refusing to licence those publicans , in Msethcy shall allow public meetinp to be held in-the Mop leVbaildings ( witness Bradford and Barnsley ) jj onoe proves that if the people had property « kiefc was likely to bo converted into a means of ffjrpsg the Charter , the middle classes would get IB Acs of Parliament , either to rob them of the propenj , or to withhold it from all Chartist pur-BMes . wiich would be just the same .
In conclusion , we rejoice , most heartily , at the bjbIj explan&tien given by Yincest , in reply to the mod men of Derby , who should command his ^ peet for their true following of his preaching , " and iis liuEfa for the opportunity they afforded him of iettin / E himself right . We h » Te a letter from Mr . Sajtdt , of Brighton , ami KTeral others , which we are obliged to keep ^ rer till next week .
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THE BEGINNING OF THE END , AND THE END OF THE BEGINNING . Tas d- 'fierenee between English and Irish agitation is ia 5 > the abore . We are in the beginning cf the end ; Das is at the end of the beginning . Lei os just have a word ; his faded honour is not Troth more , although that warm-faced patriot , % xsn 3 . Tho > lls Steels , would make a God of the fiBa angeL Let us have a word upon poor Pi 5 ' s latter end . Wien we last noticed the settlement of a Corn Exchange aceount , it was to express our indignagos » t the Association ordering the Treasurer to jaj the ram on hand , at the disruption of the PrecEfi-ors , e&j £ 1000 , to Das ' s Banker , and to Pi 5 ^ credit , and which we hare never heard of cuk ; and shall therefore charitably make it a brought forward" in the account settled last ireei . Hear , then , " ye pillaged Englisk Chartists , " who give so largely for political agitation ; hear , tr pny you , the last settlement of a two years ' KOOQILt . DixiEi . CTCoxkell , Esq ., M . P ., Treasurer , in account vu& the Koyal Loyal Repeal Association of Irelmd-Dastel Da . Dasikl Cr . £ ad . £ b . d . Tomoniit trans- To Humbnf 8072 18 1 fared from Pre- B ^ v" ** due to arum to credit Daniel ... 72 18 0 d Assodatioa 1000 D 0 To montjB since received , a tiled per-wetkb ; account 7001 0 0 Hitinga'totae ' tiwoe Hume mid say , of £$ 000 0 0 - £ 8000 0 0 incited and found correct , by a lot of master fakers and laDore , Corn Exchange patriots ; ^ ow , we have no hesitation in say ' mg , that the K ^ s Hen . David Pigot should prosecute these ngabotds , ( halloa , we beg pardon of our Trowbidje friind 30 gentlemen , from thus robbing the poor Irish , md getting money under false pretences . Homer , the account i 3 now settlftd ; and with it is aetJed u Hep ? H " for tub pkesew ; which , in Irish " jinedeal" u diplomatic " Corn Exchange phrasedo ^ y , means , that thai pap of the ould cow is dry , JEdtiather ndder mDst be rnbbed and softened a
K $ before she can be expected to give any more m 2 L Bui whit ' s the fan of the thing ! Why , that hi the exact proportion in which the Liberator piiJB tie rascal , ( we again beg pardon , ) in the exact » ae proportion do the other rascals ( again ! well , * e must call a spade a ' Epade , ) shout hurrah for Our side . ETerj Irishman in England must now turn to our prediction as to the fate of Repeal . " It is not to te bronchi forward this Session ; " nor at all , until Dasi u O'CoriELL , &-q ., M . P ., and Liberator , and « i «* P ; fOTernment defender , has £ 200 , 000 in hh "fr ^^ rj , and then , hurrah for Repeal ! and hurrah fcr the £ 2 oo , 000 , we say !
Moweih , a 3 w « predicted , al 30 has raised his fcrriacarion works in Ireland , and finds that they ^ bear eight pounders instead of fiye pounders ; k « is , a twelre pounds franchise instead of a * "& pounds ten shillings ; and sow Da * will rat ^ ixnrn . Moepeth and the Whigs , and , for the fe time in his life , he will most reluctantly be comi ^ M by his duty to his ' client , ' poor Ireland , to *?«* dejparicg ' . y of our " beautiful , dear , darling , Buboes yonng Qaeen . " . ^ 0 ' Co . vsoa ' s prophet-c letter to 0 'Mau . et « read which this week publishand also
we , a ^ P from the World which we subjoin , and then « as appeal to the coel discretion of Irishmen , and * J £ dtt loag win TOa worship tni 8 golden calf ? - ^ Pal i = r ; up . noWj „ Hurrah for Irish **^ ke ; nres with no money to buy them ! Down r * & * landlords , and down with the Whigs . . & ° > I always told you that Ireland had only T 5 ^ aasi her brave sons to rely apon , and wa 3 ^ ii gh ; ;» ( Che ^ loud ud l 0 Bgi ^ d « You ^> J ou were , you always are ; for , be my sowl ,
; Ua 5 I £ l , Damkl , Dakiel ! your fall is at ° . lad a migh-. y one it will be . You hare many >«« CT : a ; to settle , and not one single set-off against j ^ : iOa &l demands upon your promissory notes , ^ wyonrtronfcje we will return good for e vil . ^^ e sown the seed 3 of more oppression , that 1 ° f ? tnerefrom reap an abundant harvest ; but , Tea \ BATK K 0 ^^^ promise you that * ^ e Tories shall not oppress Ireland , nor shall * i ' * m lhsh £ tren S » la ? » ^ ct D P 1 °° ' ThuB /^ l shew our power by protecting even you from _ T rageance which you have been 60 long bring-J ^ J ° « devoted head . No , Da 5 ; they shan ' t ^* aoger on you , or else [ We here lay oor pg ^ ^( j gigj ^ gj ^^ y place our finger on '' Jttie . ] now
i ^^ lers what they to expect SteW , ^ change . The proclamation has [ T ^ rtn from the lips of Mr . O'Connell that until ^^ Rua of money be subscribed , and two mU-. w auae , enroiledj the nje ^ gnje f -which they « ia « ^ ^? ^? forced upon the attention of jgg T ™ e « . This i s certainly a novel mode of pro-* « Xten esnon ' - maT ~ ft ) r we live iaan age * r »^ l ~^ ) roTe eminently successral . Be it ^ "ow to watch the progress of events , and ** Tia mparti * y report progress . But we tttijTr ™ ° ^ sh to flatter ourselves that many of our 1 ^ me nds-who are so because they teel that •• atrfifv WehaTe r «» lly the inwrest of the f 4 ait eart ~ W 0 I 1 la desire to have our opinion ^ W *! S * 9 ? . « ^ vancing Repeal , Mid we
i tt-. : * " ' = 'wjessjy , ana wicnoat aesitition , give *» ot « Ie - ther ob Ject-to the pbui , and think it •^ ' ¦ ¦ asenblo fai lure . * Qoae « i ^ * f ** told t ^ * people are eager ke ft ^; Ki | ia . tion . —; hat nine yens ago they a confidence to various persons who
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pledged themselves aa devoted to the measuresoms of whom are so lukewarm now as to announce that they will not mention it in Parliament until two millions of names and shillings are forthcoming ? la this the manner in which any other great national question is advanced ? What would have been the language used at the Corn Exchange had Grattan or Plunket refused to provoke a discussion npon the Catholic claims until their arguments in support of religious freedom were sustained by two mulionB of shilling emancipationists ! Should sot onr popular representatives be contented with the thousands who , not loig ago , congregated at Repeal meetings , and whose ardour did not cool till they imagined that the agitation for a Parliament in College Green was solely intended to keep the Whiro in office ? -
" But the money ; well , why is so much money required ! Counties , townB , and parishes can petition at a very small cost , and , thank God , our trusty representatives do not need to be paid for their speeches . There is still another item of expenditure-the returning of Repeal mombers . Funds would undoubtedly be necessary for this purpose did we not know that monied men can be easily found to start , and that when they do , they wiU assuredly be made pay .
" But to be brief , will the Repeal Association , to insure the public confidence , and leave no excuse for national apathy , withdraw its couutenance from the Melbourne Cabinet , which has vowed eternal enmity to R . peal ! No—who is insane enough to think it wiil ? The unfortunate people who have , heretofore , sacrificed blood , money , and liberty , are expected to do everything , while the place-giving ana jobbing Whigs have nothing to do except now and then remove the ' old hat from the window , ' and put it round for publio pelf . "
Dan , the World , you see , has fonnd you out ; and we now conclude by wishing you joy of your chum , the Member for Nottingham , Johic Walter , Esq ., proprietor of the "bloody old Times , " and nominee of Dasiel O'Coxnell , Esq .
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THE BRUMMAGEM SHALLOWS AND GEORGE WHITE . Bt our report of the Birmingham proceedings , in the Town Hall , it will be seen that the tyrants of that Whig-ridden spot have early availed themselves of the ' excellent advice of " Anglo Saxon , " the pet of the Sun , by arresting and actually dragging , by brute foree , from a meeting of rate-payers , one of those very ratepayers , and even before he had moved any resolution or amendment . Now , we ask -our Trowbridge friendB to find us a soft name for those murdering rascals , whom , for the present , w # shall thus mildly characterise . We regret that Wsitk was not able , as he would have been
justified in knocking the four ruffians down , who dragged him from the platform . Now , then , we tay more emphatically than ever , Chartists take satisfaction , * allow not a meeting to pass over without moving the Rainsley amendment to any and every resolution proposed by the factions . These are the men , the ruffians , whom Mr . Lov £ tt would conciliate , forsooth ! The business shan ' t stop here . No , no . We know O'Coiy . vor too well to suppose that he will tamely submit to such an insult being offered to his rspresentative at Birmingham .
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THE GOVERNMENT , THE DODGER , AND THE MINORITY . The principle of the Irish Fortification Bill has been wholly demolished by a majority of 21 . Of the debate , however , we have not now time to say a word ; but judging charitably of the ignorance of the House and the press upon all Iri 3 h and most other matters , we can afford to give o » r cotemporaries a full week ' s odds , and smooth the question after their eight days' mangling in our next . For thepresent we need only observe that the artful dodger femet , by anticipation , the propriety of resigning upon
Buch a trumpery question . In faith , Chron . is right . The whole , the sole , the only duty of our protectors is to ensure the supplies , and bayonets to collect them . They will not play the part of the well-bred dog , and walk down stairs before they are kicked down . However , it appears that a dissolution is t-poken of , and therefore let the balance of power he prepared with all constitutional means , as oar struggles must be fierce and resolute . In fact , it will be our trial day ; and let maudlin politicians censure us as they please for our mild and courteous
designation of high offences , we tell those for whom we fight , that from the enemies' fears alone have they j anything to expect . Therefore , let them dis- solve , and we will publish our paper twice a week , when our motto shall be " have-at-em , " and i our demand " give us our prisoners and our Char- ' ter . " In no single instance will the Northern Star [ attempt to conciliate the enemy , so that let those j who feel inclined to censure , take warniDg . j " Onward and We conquer , backward and we fall . " I No MORE HCMBCG . DEATH OR UBEETY ; AS LIFE j WITHOUT IT IS * 0 T WOBTH THE KEEPING . . '
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Fejexds , —The dastardly animosity of the i sneaking wretches who "lire on lies and fatten on J detraction , " and who gloat over every opportunity of j punishing as the most odious of all criminals by any process or through any medium , the adTocates of j four rights , have made it necessary for me to say a I word or two to you on personal matters . The sanctity of domestic and private matters being dis- j regarded by the " educated" and polished panderers ; to the vicions system of misrule , the affairs of my j private household have been dragged before the j public in such a manner as to compel me to claim j a minnte or two of your time for explanation . In the Leeds Mercury of last Saturday , appears an ' infamous paragraph headed " Practical effects of
Socialist Principle .-, " in which I am certainly depicted in most unenviable colours . I cannot suppose that this matter was inserted in the Leeds Mercury with the knowledge or consent of its Editors ; I know enough of newspaper business to be aware that it might creep ia clandestinely , and I will btlieve , until compelled to think otherwise , that it was so in this instance . However , their paper of to-day will convince me . A copy of the following letter , to which I must request the attention of my readers , has , I believe , been sent to the Leeds Mercury for insertion , and I can have no doubt of its finding , not merely insertion , but Editorial notice , as I am sure any such matter has always done with me , and always shall while I have the columns of a newspaper at command .
THE "REVEREND" MR . HILL AND HIS "SWEDENBORGIAN SOCIALIST CHAPEL . " to the editors op the leeds ueecurt . Ge > tlekes , . As historians and moralists , the position of inflneniial journalist ? , in the present state of society , is an important aud responsible one ; the tone of the public mind being in a great measure taken from their sta-t-ementa of and comment * upon alleged matters of fact . It is , therefore , very necessary lor the public good and safety that snch psrpons should be " men of sound mind and discriminating judgment , hoi liable to be impoEed upon by exparie
statements , or false colourings ; it is still more necessary that they should be men of high principle , and strict moral integrity , who will not , under any circumstances , sacrifice truth to personal pique , or political animosity . It is clearly a contravention of all the principles ' of right that currency should be given to imputations upon personal character , unless absolutely necessary for the public good : even then , no journalist acts justly or honestly who publishes such imputations , otherwise than when sustained by such evidence as may be reasonably trusted .
I am perfectly aware , that in the exposed situation which a journalist does occupy , he is liable to be often deceived by the false information which from bad and malicious persons may be sent to him ; and that he may thus sometimes inflict injury unwittingly . Iu every such case a good man feels pleafnre in * ffording all the reparation in his power Hence , I feel the greater confidence that in asking you as religious and good men for the insertion of this letter 1 shall , in iact , be conferring upon you a very pleasurable feeling .
In your last publication , & statement appears which I must suppose to have originated in false information conveyed to yon ; n is calculated very seriously to injure the private character , the public reputation , and the nsefulness aud respectability , not of one only , but of many individuals ; and I , therefore , as one who is affected by it , ask of you the ju&iica to allow me tQ place facts before the public in rep ly to it .
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The statement to which I allude is headed " Pkacticai effects of Socialist Pbimcjpi £ 9 , " and purnorts to be a record of an application to the Leeds Workhouse Board , and of other matters indirectly connected therewith . It states , among other things , that Mr . Hiix , Editor of the Northern Star , is ** the Minister of a Swedenborgian Socialist Chapel , at Hnll , " that his wife was ' some months since deserted by him , " and that he" vindicated his conduct to his congregation at Hull on the principles of Robert Owen f and it is also said that " the Swedenborgian congregation at Hull have nearly all deserted Hill , and their place is now supplied by Socialists and Chartists . " Now , Sirs , aa a member and an office-bearer of the church , worshipping under the
pastoral care of the Reverend William Hill , I have means of knowing that every one of these assertions is entirely false . The church over which Mr . Hill presides as minister—and of all wh » se honest and consistent members I believe him to enjoy the fullest confidence and the most perfect esteem—is not a" Swedeuborgian-Socialist" church . We have no connection , nor nave we ever h&d any connection , with the Socialists at all . And as the prejudices of aodety have been made to run so strongly that the bare word " Socialist , " applied to any person or persons , is accounted opprobrious , I cannot but fear that the application of this term to the members of . Mr . Hill ' s church is a malicious as well as a viitful slander .
I will not follow the heartless example of the person whom you have permitted to drag , through your columns , the domestic afflictions of Mr . Hill before the public gaze , gratuitously ; but I must make some reference to them in order to be understood . Mr . Hill was unhappily circumstanced ; and , finding himself forced into a position , of which it seemed to him right that he should give 6 ome explanation , he acted in that manl y and straightforward manner which has characterized all his dealings amongst us ever since we hare known him . Without wailing to be called to an account by others , he summoned , by special circular , the members of the church together , and " vindicated his conduct , " but not on the principles of Robert Owen , " as your informant maliciously and falsely tBserts . Mr . Hill made no
allusion or reference to " the principles of Robert Owen" at all . Ab a Christian minister he addressed his own people on Christian and scriptural principles ; and he appealed not to " the principles of Robert Owen , " but to the doctrines of the church and the trnths of Revelation . Mr . Hill ' s ** vindication" was heard by the meeting ; Mrs . Hill was present , and her statements werepeard also . Many of her statements were contradicted ingtaatly by respectable members of the church then present . Other statements she avowed herself capable of proving , if time should be allowed her for the production of eridence . Time was allowed . With Mr . Hill ' s full concurrence , the meeting was adjourned that she might have time . The adjourned meeting was holden , and Mrs . Hill , who had had written
notice of it specially sent to her , failed to appear or to adduce any additional evidence , or to furnish any satisfactory reason why she did not do so . Mr . Hill , on the contrary , produced letters from various persons , besides oral testimony , disproving effectually various atrocious charges made against him by Mrs . Hill , at the former meeting and which , having had no notice of them , he was then unprepared to meet , otherwise than by counter assertion . With Mr . Hill ' a full concurrence , and at his suggestion , the meeeting was again adjourned for a week , and Mrs . Hill was written to by a gentleman who had warmly interested himself on her behalf , informing her of the adjournment , and requiring her , in the name of the Church , to substantiate her statements by the production of the evidence , which at the first
meeting she had declared herself to be in possession of . The adjourned meeting was again holden , and Mrs . Hill again failed either to appear—to authorise any other person to adduce the alleged evidence on her behalt—or to assign any satisfactory reason why she did not do so . The discussion had now extended over the full space of four weeks , and of course it had occupied , during the intervals of the meeting ? , a large share of the attention of the members , all of whom were deeply interested in it ; and amongst whom , therefore , the whole subject , in all its bearings , was fully canvassed . The Sunday afternoon following , April 18 th iast ., was the regular meeting of the Church for discipline : at that meeting , therefore , the Bubject was resumed , and the following resolutions were adopted by the Church : —
" That taking into its most serious consideration the events which have recently transpired , and the statements made by Mrs . Hill , impugning the moral character of our beloved and esteemed minister , the Bev . William Hill , and also impugning the moral character of several members of this church , which statements Mrs . Hill declared herself in a condition to prove by the production of certain letters , which she stated were in her possessioa , but incapable of being produced , unless sufficient time for their production was gr&nUd , they being then at Leeds ; and taking also into consideration that , in compliance with this apparently reasonable demand , the meeting at which these statements were mode was adjourned for a fortnight , in order to give time for the forthcoming of the said letters , aud which , adjournment was with the perfect and unsolicited sanction and concurrence of our
esteemed pastor ; and further , taking into consideration the fact that at the said adjourned meeting of the church , Mrs . Hill not only failed to appear , but in a letter addressed to Mrs . A clam , stated reasons for her non-appearance , which , npon investigation , turned out to be utterly groundless , failing also to send the alleged letters to lay before the Church , which , had any such letters been in her possession , she clearly bad the same means of sending as of communicating with Mrs . Aclarn ; and considering , fii . alJy , that the Church gave imperative orders to Mrs . Hill , through Mr . Firth , her friend and advocate , to produce the said letters , sending them to the said Mr . Firth by return of post , with which order of the Church Mr . Firth promptly complied , but which has received no manner of notice from the said Mrs Hill , except in a private letter to Mr . Firth , in which a reason far the non-production of the letters is assigned , which it appears to this meeting Is utterly destitute of truth , and onJy prepared as an evasion to suit the purposes of the motntut , and to
effect , if possible , a breach between our respected minister and the flock coaimitted to his charge ; this Church resolves that it is its most deliberate and decided conviction that the several charges and allegations made by the said Mrs . Hill against the said Rev . William Hill , and various members of the Church , are entirely falsa , and "without the least foundation . And while the Church thus solemnly records its judgment before the Lord and before men , it also desires te express to the said Bev . William Hill , its venerated minister , its undiminished confidence , affection , and esteem ; expressing at the same time its deep sympathy with him as a man , a Christian , and a minister , under these most distressing circumstances , and tendering to him iu warmest thanks for the assiduity , care , and pastoral diligence with ¦ which , at a most serious sacrifice of time , health , and pecuniary means , he has watched over its interests , and has endeavoured to promote and secure its prosperity , for a period of more than four years . "
" That Mra Hannah Hill , now a member of this chnrcb , has conducted herself , during several months past , in a manner utterly at variance with the truth and sincerity of the Christian character ; and that she is especially gnilty of a breach of moral ord « r in the following particulars : —First , in that she has made charges against the moral character of the esteemed pastor of this Church , which she has in every instance failtd to prove , although ample time and opportunity have been afforded her to do bo ; Second , in that she has used her utmost endeavours to wound the peace , stab the reputatation , and destroy the character of several members of the church ; against any and all ol whom she has made , directly or indirectly , the most serious charges of moral delinquency , failing at the same time to adduce a single shadow of evidence against them ; and third , in that she has , by tens doingall in her power
to blast the reputation of the minister and members , sought the overthrow of the peace , credit , and prosperity of the church , and been guilty of Ijing , slandering , and malignant persecution to a most alarming extent . Underthese circumstances the Church deems it an imperative duty to demand from the said Hannah Hill , a full and ample recantation in writing , of all the infamous and unfounded allegations recently made by her , in reference to the above-named persons and things ; the form of such recantation , with aa apology to the parties aggrieved , to be drawn np by the Kev . William HiU and signed by the said Hannah Hill , on or before the 28 th day of this present month of April , Lithe presence of the said Bev . William Hill and three attesting witnesses ; the document when signed , to be placed in the hands of the Church on the 2 nd day of May now next ensuing , to be printed or otherwise disposed of as the society shall determine . "
An amendment was moved on these resolutions , to the effect that the further consideration of the subject be adjourned for another fortnight , to give Mrs . Hill more time , * but , so satisfied were the church that ample time had been given , that on the question being put , only one person , besides the mover and seconder , voted for the amendment , and that one was one of the persons against whom Mrs . HilCt slanderous averments had been
directed . These statements have probably prepared yon to expect a contradiction to the assertion of your informant about the " congregation having nearl j all deserted Hill . '' Gentlemen , my official sitnatioo in the church enables me to know that this is false . This painful business has been thoroughly canvassed among the members , but not one single same has been withdrawn from the church roll , and , so far as I know , not one single person ha 3 been absented from the congregation through it ; on the contrary , many members now attend the meetings of the church who did not attend them previously , and there have been placed on the nomination book of the church , ( during and since the conclusion of this unhappy investigation , ) no fewer than twenty-two candidates for admission to its fellowship and
com-. These faots I submit to you , and to the public as an ample reply * o the . ohaxges made through your columns , both agaiust lour esteemed though , calum-
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niated minister and the church committed to hie charge ; these facts I Bubuiit to your consideraV ion a 3 gentlemen , as Christiana , and as public instructors who are bound to judge fairly what comes nndi r their notice—to jjudge not only fairly but charitably in all personal matters where they have only aa opportunity of hearing the statements of one party ; these facts I hope you will allow not only to exoneratethe church fro ^ i the charge of " Socialism , " but also to evince the confidence which its members still repose ja . the man who has watched over their spiritual interests for more than four years—who has done BO not 6 nW without cain . hut at a moat
serious sacrifice oi health , and time , and money—and under whose ministerial care the numbers of the church have been more than trebled , exolusiveof those now on the proposition roll . In my own , name , then , and iu that of the church of which I am a member and office bearer , I claim from you as honest and conscientious men the insertion in your next paper of this statement of facts , as a correction of the false and scandalous imputations of your last , to which it makes reference ; and I further claim as an act of justice , the name of the person who furnished the information , contained in that scandalous paragraph .
Trusting that your own sens © of honour and honesty will enforoe my demand , 1 am , Gentlemen , Yours , &c , Jamks Bolingbrokb , Senior Deacon of the Christian Church , worshipping under the pastoral care of the Rev . William Hill , at Hull . No . 30 , Chariot'street , Hull-April 28 th , 1841 .
Supposing , now , that my readers have read Mr . Bolingbroke ' s letter , I have only to add thereto that into the unhappy differences betwixt me and my wife , I presume they will not expect me to go more particularly here . I wish not to triumph over the defenceless , nor to insult the fallen . I shall , therefore , forbear to go into particulars , unless dragged into them . Suffice it that I have not without good reason , after seventeen years endurance , plaeed myself in a position so painful aa that which I now occupy .
Iu explanation of the fact of my wife seeking relief at the Workhouse Board , so malignantly paraded by the Mercury , I give the following letter , sent in accordance with its date to the proper officer : — I Northern Star Office , Leeds , Saturday morning , March 27 , 18 ( 1 . Sib , —I regret exceedingly to be compelled to trouble you upon a most unpleasant subject—unpleasant at all events to me . —1 have the misfortune to have a wife , whose conduct has been , for some time , such as to preclude the possibility of my living witli her . In consequenee of which I have , for the last six or seven
weeks , Absented msyelf from htr ; placing my two children at boarding school , with Mr . and Mrs . Rhodes , of Armley , where they now are ; leaving her quietly in possession of a good house—No . 25 , Templar ' s-strtet , well and handsomely furnished , and supplying her regularly for her own support with sums of monuy varying from ten to twenty shillings weekly . Latterly , however , she has been so outrageous that I thought it nbcessary to notify to her brother in writing , on the 16 th inat , that in case of her continuing to annoy and molest me in the way she had systematically done , t ill then , I should be reluctantly compelled to withhold
farther supplies of money which was only used for ray annoyance and injury ; and leave her to seek her remedy by application to you . Her conduct since then has apparently left me no alternative , but to abide by the terras of that notice , However , I have thia morning again applied to her brother offering to enter into mutual articles oi maintenance and peace / vines * . If this be declined , it is probable that she will apply to you ; and if she do , I authorise you to relieve her to any amount not mor » than seven shillings weekly , and I will reimburse yon , and secure it in auy way which to you may be most convenient .
I am not desirous to have the matter made more disagreeably pablic than can be avoided . Sincerely regretting that I should be obliged thus to trouble you . I am , Sir , yonrs , Ac . WM . Hill . To Mr . Mason , Relieving Officer , Leeds . P . S , If I have not addressed the proper officer , you will probably be so obliging as to hand this to the proper party . My address—5 , Market-street , Leeds . The result was that she did apply at the Board , as stated by the Mercury , and that on their informing me thereof , I immediately arranged with them to pay ten shillings weekly to her brother , besides supporting my children , who remain at school .
I presume that I have now said at least enough to convince you that the atrocious paragraph which has rendered this explanation necessary ought never to hav « been published . It is a violation of every principle of decency supposing its statements to hare been trae , but when thus fraught with falsehood , and involving not my reputation only , but that of many other parties , it is infamous , and might well justify an appeal to the protection of the lawwhich , bad as it is , does furnish a remedy for outrages like these , when it can be found to be administered honestly . This resource I shall take to very reluctantly "; but if , which I cannot suppose ,
the Messrs . Baines refuse to insert Mr . Bolingbroke ' s letter , I shall certainly have recourse ^ to it . One dirty villain has eked out his version of this unhappy affair with a much larger share of malignant invention than even the Mercury . Him , as " fit food for sharks" alone , I have handed over to my attorney who will deal with him as his tender mercy may dictate . Like proceedings I shall institute against the proprietor and publisher of every paper into which the libellous paragraphs may be copied , or which may insert similar ones after thia date ; or which having copied it previously to this date refuses now to insert the contradiction and explanation .
Doubtless , the rascally tools of faction think this fine pie ; but I eta tell them that if they dip their fingers too deeply into it , they will find it rather high-seasoned . 1 ask no favourable construction of my conduct from any one . I ask only for myself as for the people , justice ; and , asking not more , I hope that I have no disposition in any capacity , public or private , to offer less , or to tako less . Let me , then , be as rightly understood by my political friends and followers as by my religious ones . I have submitted my whole conduct to the investigation and censure of my Church , who have had the best opportunities of knowing and
estimating me : their sentence is seen in the resolutions contained iu Mr . Bolingbroko ' s letter , and they have the means and opportunity of personally knowing the truth of the whole matter , much more accurately than any exparte or written statements from me could give it . I offer their satisfactory exculpation as the ground of my demand that this private and family affair ef mine shall not be made a pretext on which to injare O'Connor and the Star . Claiming for myself , what I am ready to accord to all others , th ? full measure of right , I am an unalterable advocate of Universal Suffbage , And the People's ready servant , WILLIAM HILL . Northern Star Office . Leeds , Saturday , May 1 st , 1841 .
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POST-OFFICE ORDERS—All person * sending money to this Office by Post-office Order , are especially requested to make their orders payable to Mr . John Ardill , as , by a recent alteration in the Post-office arrangements , any neglect of this would cause us a great amount of trouble and annoyance . Infamous attempt of Messrs .-Whtte and Salibr TO STOP AH ANCIENT RIGHT OP WAY A . OKOSS NOTTINO Y * LB , BY KUPLOYING THK ftUBAL
POUCB « k STOP WHOH IHEY PLEASE . ' *—" Mr . Editor , —1 sent you a full account of tkeabovjnamed atrocious proceedings for insertion . You have giv « n a very imperfect summary of the whole in " Aaswers to Correspondents . " Perhaps you win allow me to make it more plain by inserting the present , which I bave made at brief m 1 pos-» ibly can * You say I call upon the working men of London to aid me in breaking through , the attempt of Messre . Saiter and . others to atop the
right of road ( it should have been path ) which thu public h » ve always had across what ia now culled the ' Victoria P . irk' (?) , in Notting Vale ; though you do not state where Netting Vale ia , or in -what part the path in question Iks . W lien I » Ute that the Vale is adjoining the P . i'Uiin ^ ton sida of tli « Hippodrenie , it wiil be a sutiicitut guule ; anvi as for the path , —the free and ancient " . fob ; path—it ever fcaa and ever must foim a continuation to that nut-brown lints of rural liberty , " running from Pftddington , through Jackson ' s and put of Wue ' a
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11 "I" ¦ " ¦ — - ¦¦ ¦ fields , and leads , aslant , to a stile situated within a field ' s length of Netting B . irn , Farm , Sslter ' s residence , and from thence to Wbrmholt Common , Ue . I therefore call upon every person within , at least five miles of the spot , to preserve this highly necessary thoroughfare , by not giving it np . Never mind the police : your business is te defend your rights ; their ' a—and I have it on their own authority- — ' to insult whom they please . ' Again , exhorting you to assert your independence as men , and not submit like slaves , " I remain , your ' s respectful Jj , "HENttT GB . 1 PF 1 TBS , " No . 3 , PhUpot-teiraee , Edgware-road , " __________
Awr CHABTrsr Friends who have the Northern Star of December J 9 , 1840 , and will cut out the Memorial of Birmingham , in behalf of Frott , Williams , and Jones , inclose the same , per poet , by the &lh of May , directed to Mr . James Guest , Steelhouse-lane , will be rendering great service to the cause of the committee . —T . P . Green . Mss . Clayton . —The 12 a . from Leicester , last week ; per Mr . Cooper , should have been , " Leicester 6 s ., anrf AnstyoV 6 . J . Harnky . —The Chartists of YorJe would feel obliged if that gentleman would forward a note , addressed to W . Cordeux , 26 , Micklegate , staling when he will be in York , and where they may write to find him . Mb . H . Hethkrington . —By Thursday ' s morning post , we received a long letter from Mr .
Hethermgton , which should have been inserted this week had we received it a day sooner ; but as it is impossible for us to prepare a reply to its statements and assertions at this late period of the week , and as we certainfy shall not suffer it to appear in our pages unaccompanied by such reply , its insertion is deferred till our next . If Mk . Black , or any other Chartist lecturer of the right sort , could make it convenient to favour Monmouth with a lecture , they have an excellent room , which will hold upwards of 400 persons , and would feel grateful to hear him . Sahuel Kilbubn , of Desborough , Northamptonshire , wishes his name to be inserted as a Teetotal Chartist . John Samurl Gee . —Yes : Mr . Hill has publifhed a Grammar , which may be obtained from Mr . Hobson . and all booksellers .
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R . F ., Salop . —His letter has been forwarded to Mr . Cleave , London . Abel Goodhall , Heckmmidwike , will receive the plates of F . O'Connor , for Mr . Chadwick's subscribers , in time to deliver with his papers on May ISlh . Muir ' s , of Kilmarnock , plates were sent to Paton and Love , Glasgow , on the 6 th . H . C , lirisM , will be entitled to the forthcoming plates if he continues ; but cannot say for the last , as he dors not say when he commenced . G . White . —The 10 s . was noticed . W . Haynes , Tewksbury . —Write to John Cleave , I , Shoe-lane , London : he supplies Mr . Clark . Several op oua Agents complain of not having their papers according to order . If they will not order in time , they must take the consequences . POLITICAL PRISONERS' AND CHARTER CONVENTION
FUND . £ $ . d . From Bridlington , per Mr . Tate 0 3 „ Xillicoultry , per D Gray 0 6 0 „ a mental slave at Chepstow Oil „ Stowe , of Leeds 0 0 3 _ . two friends to the cause at Cullam ... 0 l 0 _ T . C . Spencer , Devizes 0 0 6 ,. Desborough , per Samuel Kilburn ... 0 1 6 „ Aliddlesbro' National Charter Assocfati-m , per J . HolIinsUtad 15 ? „ New Pellen , near Halifax 0 6 0 _ Horbury , near Wakefield 0 10 7 „ Pontypool , per T . Parry 6 10 .. Merthyr Tydvil . per E Williams ... 1 0 „ Norwich , per S . Goat 0 18 ., the Doura Chartist Association , Ayrshire 0 5 . » Preston Chartists 10 0 _ a few friends at Oldlanrts Common , pet T . W . Simeon , Bristol 0 1 6 „ Hawick , per J . Hoeg 0 10 0 „ the Birmingham National Charter Association , per G . White 1 0 0 Hyde per J . Rather 0 3 6 „ Mr . Dale , blacksmith , Bretton , near Westbury ... 2 6 FOR THE WIVES AND FAMILIES OF THE INCARCERATED
CHARTISTS . From the Association , Liversedge 0 9 & . » D . Hipgood , Kowde , near Devizes ... 0 0 6 „ Desborough , per Samuel Kilburn ... 0 1 6 .. T . Mills , Clerkenwell , London ... 0 X 6 „ the Chartists of Preston 0 10 0 „ Wm . Drysdale , Duufermline 0 « 4 FOR MRS . CLAYTON . From Tillkoultry , per D . Gray 5 « , Kensington , per Thomas Wheeler , the proceeds of sermons , les .-i ezpences 10 9 .. Southampton Temperance Association , per J . Russell 0 10 „ Horbury , near WakeSeld 1 6
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —Allow me , through the medium of your paper , to pay a sincere tribute of respect to the memory of James ShaTrock , of Wigan , one of the vendors of the Northern Star , who departed this life deeply and deservedly lamented by a large circle of friends and acquaintances , on the night of the 19 th instant , after lingering for some years with declining health . As a firm and consistent Republican , he stood one of the foremost of the present age . He was also a man of extensive information , had a superior knowledge of the aristocracy , and the abuses under which the industrious classes of the three unhappy kingdoms have
long suffered , and of the direful effects of servile oppression and misrule . His mind was patriotic , generous , and humane ; and he has undergone much hardship in aiding and assisting the lovers of republicanism to expose the errors of a corrupt system of administration , and in circulating useful publications , calculated to free the working classes generally from that thraldom and miserable state of existence which he had long been the victim of . He was a kind father , an inoffensive and obliging neighbour , and a good husband ; and , perhaps , a sounder and more zealous politician and advocate of the rights of man never breathed the vital air .
Such , Mr . Editor , was the individual of whom I write . If , therefore , pure merit ever deserved a place in your valuable journal—if the tear of heartfelt sorrow and sincere esteem ever fell from the eye of gratitude foi a worthy character , the deceased , James Sharrock , of this borough , deserved that tear ; and as he has been an honest vendor of the Northern Star for years , through geod and evil report , it will only be an act of justice and humanity in you to give this humble tribute to his memory a place in this week's paper . His funeral was numerously attended , on Sunday , by the industrious classes , the most useful and most respectable portion of the human race ; and a general feeling of sorrow and respect was manifested while the venerable remains siowjy moved to the spot where he is interred , in St . John's Chapel Yard , is Wigan .
There let him rest , in undisturbed repose , While o'er his grave the soft breeae gently blows ; Whilst his kind spirit , free from toil and pain , With seraphs dwells , and we our rights maintain . J . B THi . Hill Cottage , near Wigan Lano > Wigan , April 26 , 1 S 41 .
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FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT . Wednesday . Evening , A prill 2 $ . Tub Ministry . —Ever since the defeat of the Ministry ou Monday evening » pon Lord Howiek ' s amendment , the members of the Administration have held frequent meetings Yesterday , a GouboiI was held , at which all tb . fr Cabinet MiniateBd attended , a « d which lasted for three hours . To-day , also , a Council was held ; atui tho result of , the Nottingham election , coupled with tho defeat , on Monday night , will , it is thoagjat , induce tb * Ministers t » get through the * " Budftel" as swiftly a& possible , and then dissolve the Parliament .
The PRtsENT TfcBSH , has been dull in » the metropolis , bo far as regards uaeetings on aay particular subject of publio importance . The l ? e » ition Committee held its weekly meeting last evening , at the Dispatch Coffjjo House , Bride-lane , IJket-street , - "Mr . Simpson in the chair . A letter ( enclosing a petition ) was received from that devoted Ckartist , Walter Mason , of Norfolk * ia which he stated that ha had twenty-eight more petitions ready » & behalf of ihe incarcerated victims , and that be- was desiroas the Committee would inform him thojteet way of getting them presented to the House of Commons . The Secretary ( Mr . Balls ) was directed to afford the required information . The CosMBUtee have engaged a room at No , 55 , Old Bailey , next to ihe britieh Coffee House , for the Bittisgs of the Convention . —
Mr . Parker reported , hia interview with Mr . Duaeombe , respecting the returns , named ia tb « Northern Star . Several petition * w « re roceiwd on behalf of Frost , Q'ConnorjthftCharter , &c . Tke Committee , on separating , fagreed to re-assemble at two o ' clock on SuaUay next ; and it was requested that all oommunieauons lor tht > Committee might be addressed to tluLcareof Mr . Wm , Balls , 13 , Sack-hill , Hattongarden , LonUou , ( pre-paid ) . It is to bo hoped the ftibuda of the Cnavier xesident in . the country will assist the Committee by getting up as many petitions as they can oa hebablf of the victims ; each petition fchould ba . sinaed by from four to twelve individuals . Humanity demands that exertion should bo made on belulf of those incarcerated patriota who are sufferiutf in tWpeogie ' fl cause .
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MITCHELL'S NARUAMVE . TO THE EDITOR Of THE NORTHZKR STAR . My Dear Sir , —I write at the Governor ' s request , to desire that no more of Mitchell ' s narrative » ball be published for toe present , as its publication may frustrate the ends of justice . I beg also to correct * mistike which appeared in tho Leeds Mercury of last week , and which , being an unusual occurrence with that p * ftr , did not a little surprise me . For tie Mcrcurtft satisfaction I beg to inform fab readers , that the confession was made to the magistrates ; that the facts wire told by Mitchell to his companions white in the condemned cell , and when Mitchell
had no hope of any conrmitation of punishment ; that he , Mitchell , subsequently to his pardon , being in th * yard with Livesey , one ol his companions ia the condemned cell , nfuested Livesey to take down ki » narrative in writing irilh a viaw t » itspublication , as > the only reparation he could make t » society for his past life , and with the boj * that his confession wtrold break up the gangs to . which he belonged . Livesey did write it down and read it over to Mitebell , who also read it himself , and signed his nam to-a . Livesey then t&rew it over to my yard , sad I gave it Mr . Hobsonat Lhwaej aad Mitchell ' s request ; and now , what says Mr . Bakies t » hls friends ?
Mitchell ' s father eame te Yort , when he aaw it announced that his son had confessed to being concerned-in a thousand jobberies , and Mitchell on being ; questioned made some excuse ; I heard that he denied it ; ud when the Governor next visited my cell , I requested of him to put the question to Mitchell , whicb he did , and Mitchell repeated the confession , and said that he did say and still said that he was at a thousand robberhts and more . Now , 3 ir , he said so in my presence ; and when h « said so , livesey said , " nay , John , not a thousand , lad , that ' s ten hundred . " " Well , I know , "replied Mitchell , and 1 teas at more , since I June-been attttxvtai it . "
And now , Sir , I repeat that Mitchell ' s life has been the most extraordinary race of profligacy ever yet published to the world , and I desire that all the rest shall be suppressed until justice ehalJ have taken its course . The many names contained in the seqpel of the narrative , must not just now be published . Youw ,. faithfully , P . O'COHKOB . York Castie , 28 th 12 th . month , P . S . I am at a Ios 3 to know what fas produced Mr Baines ' s Btrong sympathy for Mitchell .
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NoTxiNOHAX Election , Tues » at . —We hav » fought the battle and won the victory , and oar French opponent has taken French leave of the electors . He resigned at two ] o cJoek , when the numbers were , for v Walter 2 , 018 Larpent - 1 , 722 Majority for Walter ... ~ . 296 ' It is a glorious victory , won against all the influence , intimidation , and coercion of the Treasury . The people are in the best humour , and nothing like disorder , has been witnessed during the day . On Mr . Walter ' s return to his inn , the immense crowd who accompanied him in grand and peaceful procession were addressed in appropriate speeches by Mr , Roworth , Mr . Eagle , and several other of his friends . About half-past one o ' olock , Mr . Larpent retired from the hustings , and , as he proceeded to the Exchange Rooms , was most vehemently groaned by the mob . ' It so happened , that as soun as the assembled multitude had despatched the unhappy candidate , Lord Rancliife ( his friend and proposer entered the town , and on his passage through the streets to the -White Lion Hotel , the Whig quarters , w « s treated with similar marks of popular indigoation . —Times Correspondent . Liverpool , Tuesday . —Shocking Mtsbdeb . —At an early hour this morning , a report of fire-arms was heard in the house of a . respectable cotton broker in Portland-place , Everton , and upon an alarm being given , and the bed-room of the master of the bouse entered , it was found that he had shot his wife and child ( an infant . ) Surgical assistance was immediately called in , but the lady died immediately . The child is living . Misfortunes in trade are said to have caused this dreadful act .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 1, 1841, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct547/page/5/
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