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sffltted abo tie overthrow of the WelUngton-Pesl ad niinistr&tian , by the impulse which they conunuoi eated' to the pnVHc mind ia favour of legislative MforZ&S" Tbe popular disorders which bare broken oat in TouIocm and other towns of Frame , excited by the stiempt of the Government to supply the deficiencies of ths etste by increased taxation upon the people , are tjkelt TO HATE A POWERFUL EFFECT XTPOX THE PEOPLE OF THIS COTTNTBY , ewfer gj . circumstances in tchich they are at present placed yor wiil the resemblance between the present and the pist escape ^ observed by the plain unsophisticated Jaisdof the I > n 3 ce of Wcdlingtoa . - Tha £ x « bj « t , too , in his last Number , has the
foll owing : — » Ho-w soft , bow delightful , bit new led tf roses , ShonM Peel , undisiurb'd , by the Chartist * , or SWING , FiB' 3 the Captain *—contented with all he proposes—It fcis Kodens and Perdvals ready to ding . »" * Captain Rock ! There , now ! Can the Chartists , the bloodyininded , " physical-force '' Chartists , mateh that ! Hs ^ e those who are now being murdered in Whig dungeons ever said anything half so calculated to induce net , " seditious and treasonable conspiracies , " an d an overturning of tie throne and institutions of the country , as the aboxe ? No ! no I But then the Chartists wanted to get the Whigs out , asd the Globe , Chronicle , Sun , and Examiner wans to keep ihem in ; and that makes all the difference ! The
Cbarttsts -were prosecuted—the othere not only go k » : free , bat will be rewarded should they succeed in their object ! Let not the Solicitob Gekeeal , howsver , mistake m , and our object , in thu 3 giving currency to the atrocious incitements and revolutionary recomjiacdations of the Whig press-gang- We do not fcnnif »» such recommendations—on the contrary ire heartily reprobate them . God forbid that we should ever be dastardly enough to incite the people of England to cut off » ladies' heads" and " carry them about the streets on pole ? , or trail them in the dirt" ! God forbid that be
SWI ^ Gsh onl d ever introduced into manufacturing districts ! though it be named by the Examiner as a means of disturbing the repose of Sir Robert P £ el ! Ko ! Ko ! We are far from joining in such recommendations ! We denounce both them and t heir authors : and we tell the latter , that the people of England must have something more to fight for than the return of the Whigs to power , and the passin ? of the Whig Budget , before they will consent to act on the recemmendations given ; before tkey will either burn factories or corn stacks , cut o ladies' heads , stab Tory parsons , raise barricades , o hois ; the fhg , Bread ok Blood 2 "
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EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM ONE OF THE DOOiiKD VICTIMS I >~ THE HELL-HOLE OF " In consequence ef nothing being said aboat this iorrid place lately , you perhaps imagine that the system pursued is less cruel than it was ; but I assure yen , that it gets worse , if possible , dally . The hearts of those in authority here are completely seared against . jay feeling of humanity . The continual sight of wretchedness and torture has deadened all their tender feelirgs , if they eTer had any . Men are ahnost daily being dragged out of their rooms in fits or strong con-Talaous , occasioned by the horrid usage their are being
subjected to . These poor creatures exhibit a most frightful aad ghastly appearance as they lie extended cm the 2 ag-stoaes on the outside , frothing blood from the mouth and DostrHs : the frequency of these sights are such , that the only notice taken of them is , to order s quantity of water to be dashed npon the poor s&Serers . Death certainly would be a happy release to them ; and a great number are blessed with this atrful alternative in the hospital , while others are attempting to ei » d their existence by hanging themselves ; but there are sach a swarm of officers , at a guinea a week , to watch them , Bight and day , that few can get a favcurable opportunity ef doing so .
" I will give y » u a few instances of what has taken place , within thfa last few weeks , in the hanging way : A yonng man from Stanningley , near I&eds , -was fonud &t&& in the priTy , having been fortunate enough not to be discovered in time to save his life . Since his death , a young mvn , convicted with him , has died in the hospital James Hades , from ffnTjf ^ x , and Williara Patcbett , from Bradford , vrere found all but dead in the priry , about three weeks since ; they were removed to the hospital , and , by great exertions , are now recovered- Since then , Joseph Brewer , from I / eeda , George Rushforth and James Milbom , ditto , have , through attention , been saved for a time from the same zsijerable end . Allow me to ask , must it not be
a very horrid place indeed , when young men lie these attempt such awful means of termin&tiag their earthly woes . But starvation , and the most inhuman treatment on the face of the earth , mafcei them regardless of iBother world , ¦ where they mnt meet their final judgment . I will relate a circumstance that took place about four weeks since . Ton are aware that the poor ¦ wretches confined here have only ten ounces ef meat per week allowed . This meat is supplied at 3 id . per petmd , consequently nothing but the very refuse of the market finds its wsy into the prison , and it is absolutely ef such a horrid description , when served out , that none but men bordering on absolute starvation can eal it I am frequently compelled , altocugls hungry at
the time , to throw it away . About four weeks since , in consequence of tkis filthy stuff , on Sunday night , up-¦ Wards of 250 men , mid 50 women , were seized with violent cramps in their stomachs and bowels , attended with vomiting and purging . The Governor ' s Doctor ao 4 all the officers were up all night removing the sici men and women from their cells and dormitories to the hospital and day rooms , where medicine was administered to them . AJ&im was depicted in every countenance , is almost evtry body here imagined that tie cteera morbiu bad broke out The Magistrates next dsy tent fer the Governor and Doetor on the subject ; but \ rhen they found it was occasioned by bad food only , they were satisfied , as there was no danger of the disorder exteadice its ravages to them . All , I believe ,
Lave recovered , bat the same description of meat is still Served out . Xow only inujnc ten ounces per ¦ B-eek of such unwholesome meat being allowed to each man , wish skilly for every other meal , except what they call peas sonp , sen Friday , and you will be able to form some opinion of the sufferings of the poor devib in this hell-hols . One of the Chartist * , named >* aylor , u in & sad condition with his legs , from starvation . Unless a great alteration takes place soon , he * ill be a cripple the remaining portion of his life , Which will not be long . His legs are covered with torrnpt places and black blotches . Scores are deformed fc ? the same complaint , owing to the impoverished s ' . ate of the blood . Walter , another Chartist , is nieret ? a walking ghost . I shall not say any more at present , a * 2 am afraid of being caught writing . "
Af : er reading this detail of atrocities , which was landed to us by the private friend to whom it was addressed , we were , as we doubt not our readers will be , at some loss to know for certainty , whether we had before us a veritable record of things done 6 a earth , or whether by some chance a statement of the doings in some cavern of the damned bad found its way to the table of our office , It i 3 , however , a re * l record of facts now actually in progress of occurrence in her Majesty's prison at Wakefield . And this is a part of the boasted system of reform ; of that system which was to give contentment and Peace to the working men of England !
Can anything be more hellish , moreiab . umanjinore fri-J diabolical than tiis state of things detailed in this ^ pO . ebBi affecting statement ? Put this narrative iau > ibe hards of ar . y foreigner , and ask him , when M has perused it , to say what he conceives to be tie design of such a system , as it developed . The Only conclusion to which he could come , would be ^ « is a nevr a ^ d licgering kind of death , wtich refinement upon cruelty had invented , & » the appropriate punishment for the w ° rs : of ail conceivable crimes . Yet
^ the system from which Peter Holy ™ s jasi coae forth , a cripple most probably for £ - &—iaa whom a more respectable and honest working man we do not know ;—this is the system to which several Chartists are now subjected in wis iafemal den of horrors , against whom no other crime has ever been alleged than that of being pre-*'•* at a Chartist meeting . ^" e know that of all the feeling 3 which * = naate a human bosom , the love of life is & * strongest and the most difficult to be
sub-* W > daed ; yet in ibis English prison—in this place fe the correction of crime , and the reformation of ° yEiiials—in this seminary for the inculcation ° ' r itht , moral , and political principles even tie Iots Cf iife is = ahdued and death is del j £ rattl y chosen , ra ' . her than a continuance of the ea « tdxa able tortures to which its unhappy inmates £ e saljec ; . To think but of men seeking self-dessnicUoa in the way here detailed , and of a state of frfl law and governance which provides bo remedy w & case ! We cannot , we dare not , write
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about it !! Letftbe . people read this ; let them know that it is not half the worst of the Jetter which now lies before us , and then let them think whether it is not high time that somewhere , —ia the hands of somebody , —a . power should be vested and exercised for the uprooting of the infernal system under which these atrocities are perpetrated . It is to so purpose to denounce the miserable wretches by whom these viUanies are actually perpetrated ; they are necessary to the system of which they are but the executive ; Heads of hell alone , Bach as those which govern this hell-hole , are fitting Wols to carry
oat the principles of thorough-paced infernalism upon which this country has been long governed . Cruelty , however , is ever cowardly , and cold-blooded . Self-seeking villainy always , shrinking abashed before the front and dignity of virUe , hides its own featnres with a mask more pleasing ! Hence , though the spirit of legislation , as we have had it long practiced , fully recognizes these enormities , the letter of the law will certainly not sustain them ; and upon this fulcrum the people must immediately rest the mighty lever of their expressed opinion , "which directed rightly , must , even now , be successful in ameliorating , if not putting an end to this state of things . The fiend Shepherd and his heartless employers mast be taught that a reckoning
awaits them at no distant day . Endurance has become ^ criminal . When heartless and determined selfiihies 3 thus degenerates into fiendish gloating over misery—when our prisons are converted into places in which murder may not only be committed with impunity , but , also , by tho most scientific and nioely-calculated media of agony , it is time for every honest man to speak out , and to declare that these things shall not be . The peoplethe whole people—must take up this questionj or they must be contented to have pointed at them , through all future ages , the finger of abhorrence of all savage tribes of men , and to nave the name of Englishman aud Christian become synonymous with that of fiend in every language under heaven .
Thi 3 is no party question ; it matters not whether this inhumanity . be practiced upon a Chartist for his politics , or upon a felon for his crimes , it is such as -no man , and especially no Christian , can approve ) or , vr iihout moral guilt , tolerate . It is alike abhorrent to the laws of God and man and must not be suffered to exist . Let then tho whole country at once beastir and clear U 3 from the foul disgrace of passing tacitly and unenquiringly this awful narrative . Let publio meetings he instantly convened in every town and village , and let petitions be prepared and signed by all to be
presented to the House of Commons , so soon as it shall again assemble , embodying the facts we now lay before the public , and praying for immediate investigation ; let erery minister o £ religion , who is not willing to acknowlege that he deserves the title of a "hypocrite" or " surpliced ruffian , " at once prepare a similar petition , draw to it the attention of hiB people from the pulpit or the altar , and urge them to immediate exertion ; let it be remembered by all parties that the infliction of these horrid cruelties forms no portion of the sentence , and that therefore we are bound to suppose that the
judge never contemplated them . Punishment is designed to vindlc » t « tbe law and to reclaim the offender ; at least it is so in theory , and by Gad ' s blessing we hope to see the day when it shall be so in practice . But feeding prisoners with scanty and unwholesome food , leaving thsm t > vomit blood upon the cold stones , dragging them out of their cells in fits , and driving them into temporary madness , to say nothing of diseasing and making cripples of them for life , is not calculated to accomplish either the one or the other of these purposes . We call , therefore , upon all , without distinctiou of sex , sect ,
or party , to unite with us in calling upon the government , in a manner not to be misunderstood , to put an instant and . final end to this system of atrocious bntchery . We tell the governor and officers of this prison ; we tell the West-Riding magistrates , and vre tell the Government that it shall be pat an end to ; that we vrill never rest until our fellow-men , be their crimes and enormities what they may , shall be at least recognised as men , to be by correction reclaimed and benefited , and not doomed as brute beasts , to torture and slaughter , at the bidding of worse miscreants than themselves .
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The Chartists of York will thank their brethren in Ma / fon , Pockiington , Selby , Market heighton , and of any other town of the Xorth and East Ridings of Yorkshire , te fortcard their address to W . Cordnur , 25 , HFicklegate , York , as early as possible-, as they xrish to communicate with them on business of importance . If J . Thompson saur half the letters thai come to this office through the post , he icould not be sur ~ prised at an occasional one pasting unnoticed . We have no recollection of the letter which he say * he sent through the post a fortnight ago . T . S . 5 . — We have no information un tiie subject . Ma . Jjlsies Akihub acknoir ' edges the receipt of Jive shilling * from the Chartists of Davgrecn , in She to'enshis of Dewibury , in aid of ike
defence of the tiro men charged with the murder of i / ardine , the policeman . G . L . Eccles . —TItanks . I . vTiMiDATioN . — We have no room . 51 esss 5 . Seal a > "d Burden , of Leicester . — We have received letters from both these gentlemen i ) i - reference to a paragraph in OUT last paper stating that the Leicester Chartists wish it to be generally known that Messrs . Seal and Burden have no longer any connection with the body . Both letters confi > m the statement that these gentlemen are not now members of the Chartist body at Leicester . They assign as their reason for having withdrawn themselves , the support given by the Chartists of Leicester toihe Tories , ' ai the late election , which they regard as a
dereliction of principle . A SrascBiBEB may address Sir Francis Burdett at 25 , S »\ Jam ~ s ' s-place , London ; at Foremark , Ashby .-dc-la-Zouch ' , or at RamsLury House , Hun- gerford . < , Brighton CorsciL . —We have several times given pablic _ 7 u > iice that ice cannot insert the addresses of individuals or of local councils : if we did so , they vould multip ' y upon us until we should have no room for anything else . t A Constant Subscriber , Birmingham , wishes to . to impress upon the starving millions who are out of employ , the necessity of calling public
meetings in every toicn and village , every ^ Ionday morning , and after being formed , to wa k in procession , in a peaceable and orderly manner , though the principal streets . He recommends that each place should have a banner , with an inscription to the following effect : — " We are willing to work , but cannot get it . If we go to beg , there is the prison for vs ; if we go to steal , it is the same ; and if we go to sell anything , the law prevents us icilhout we have a license . " J . C , Halifax . — We know nothing of the"Notice of the delegate meeting" to which his letter alludes . John Bainbsidge . —His letter was received too late
for insertion , and ice are sorry that it was so . He prints attention to the forthcoming conference of deToymen and ministers of ali \ denom \ nations , at Manchester , to consider the cause of the present general distress , and to endeavour to alleviate it , and calls upon the people , wherever practicable , to send honest and talented men to represent them at this important meeting ; and where this cannot be done , to send in their addresses to the secretary , Geo . Thompson , Esq ., 15 , Leverstreet , Manchester , bringing into play the icLole
force of moral power and reasoning , and shoirs to ativfro may not have previously considered it the real cause and ground of the evils under which the nation groans , We shall give the letter next week . F . W . Simeon will feel obliged to the Secretary of the Working ^ fen ' s Association , at Huyle , Curnwall , if he wi'l forward him Ms address , as he wishes to communicate something of importance . ** Songs fob the Millioss" next week . "ARTHUR O'Keil , or the Gipsy ' s Prophecy . , "—We
cannot insert . James -Hysslop , a " creedless Christian and teetotal Chartist , " writes us that he has recently travelled through the Howh of Scotland , and gives a most encouraging statement cf the progress ' of the principles of Chartism , and of " pure , poor , primitive , and crccd'csi Christianity / ' particu l arly in reference to " Annan , Ecclesechan , Locker ! y , Lochmaben , Dumfries , Maxirellto ' . cn , ThonOivl , San / j'ihar , Wan ' ockhead , Leadhvls , Minnah-ae , Castle Douglas , Dalbeattie , Kirkcudbright , and in all the towns and villages throughout G allow tcy . " He says , " the fields are already ripe for a thorough liadicat ^ Christian ^ teeioial . aiA ' C ' lurl-it harvest . "i
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The London Coppersmiths and Braziers , having been only received on Thursday ^ tee cannot insert their addresx , on account of its length . We thall have great pleasure in giving it in our next ; and heartily tcish them success in Vteir righteous struggle * W . RoBmsow , Gorxn . —We cannot understand his first question ; his second is a very childish one . Of course we print all our Papers in Leeds . A Female Chartist . —Her Lines on the " caged lion" shall appear . Aberdkkk . —TAc report o / Monday ' s meeting tras received on Thursday afternoon , too late far insertion , Mb . R . J . Richardson . —// m reply to the letter of the Manchester Committee tee received not half an hour before going to press , and , consequently , have not had time to read it .
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The Acceleration of thh Mails by Railway causes so much actual loss of time in the transmission of letters and papers , that we are compelled now to go to press some hours earlier than usual , and this trill probabaly shut out some of our usual acknowledgments of money subscriptions till next week , as we always choose to send these acknowledgments through the tehole round of our circulation , and it is most likely some such letters may be received after our first edition has gone to press . If , therefore , this should happen , our friends unit know the reason . The 6 s . noticed for Wives and Families , November lilhyfrom Witney , Oxford , should have been is . £ . e . d . FOR MBS . FBOST . From Cockermonth , per R . M'Adam ... o l o FOR B 1 CHABDSON , MANCHESTER . From a few Friends at Horbury 0 4 0 fob i . B . o ' brikn . From a few Friends at Horbury .. ... # 4 6
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BOXiTON . —Odd Fellows . —The anniversary of Tioben Burns Lodge , ISo . 25 , of the above Order * took place on Thursday , July 29 th , at Brother Settle ' s , One Horse Shoe Inn , New Market Place , Bolton , when betwixt fifty and sixty of the Brothers partook of an excellent dinner provided by Brother Settle . OLDHAM .-Seemo . vs . —On Sunday last , two sermons were preached in Providence Chapel , Regent-street , Oldham , by the Rev . B . Firth , of Wjke , near Leeds , and collections were made to the amount of £ 20 1 U . in behalf of the Sunday School . A selection of sacred music was performed on the occasion , from Haydn , and other emiment composers . The principal vocalists were Miss Batty , Miss Brooks , and Messrs . Winterbottom and Taylor . Master J . Lees presided at the organ with much effect .
AiiWOKOBTjRY , Robbery . Between twelve and one o ' clock on Wednesday morning , the 28 ; h inst ., some person or persons committed a robbery in the shop belonging to Mr . John Buckley , shopkeeper , of this place . The depredators effected an entrance by pulling open part of a window , which had been walled up , and took away & drawer , containing about five shillings in copper . Fortunately , however , the drawer next to it , which contained a Quantity of gold and silrer , was undisturbed . Mr . Buckley has been a temperance disciple for upwards oi two years , but on the night in qutstion , he had slipped " off the line , " and at the lime the robbery was committed , his better half was gone to fetch him home . Teetotallers beware !
RICHMOND .- Visitation . —The Lord Bishop of Ripon held his visitation in the Parish Church of Richmond , on Monday last . The Rev . F . Fowke , B . A ., and the Rev . Robert Meek , M . A ., Rector of Richmond , preached , after which the Lord Bishop delivered a beautiful and impressive charge to the clergy , with all the mildness and eloquence which is usual to that learned prelate . Consecration . —On Tuesday last , the Lord Bishop of Ripon consecrated the newly-erected church at Melbecks , in Swaledale . A number of the clergy attended , and the ceremony attracted a large congregation . Chcrch Missionaut Societt . —A sermon was preached on Sunday last , in the Parish Church of Middleton-Tyas , by the Rev . J . B . Birtwhistle , M . A ., in behalf of the above society , in the morning ; and in the evening at Moulton Chapel . The collections amounted to £ 5 10 s .
STOCKPOBT .-State of Trade . —Two large firms stopped last week , which caused great consternation in the town , and will ultimately cause great distress . Messrs . Stocks and Sons have failed this week , which will throw at least a thousand people out of employment . lib UPS . —Court House . —Some extensive alterations , to effect a better ventilation and arrangement of this building , which have been some time in progress , are now completed , and will , we believe , hare the effect of warming and better ventilating the larger rooms in the buildiDg ; but we regret to find they have not had the effect of abating the offensive effluvium and the strong current of air which pervades the Rotation Office , or daily sessions room , arising , we understand , from the internal communication between some of the lower cells and tho Court Room . It is therefore satisfactory to find that the
sitting magistrates have had sufficient regard for j the public health , as well as their own , to hold their I daily sittings in the principal Court Room , which ' is not only better ventilated , because more lofty and i spacious than the other rooms , but is in all respects better adapted to the convenience of the public who may have occasion to giTe their attendance at special or petty session . 8 . The proceedings are much better heard than in the smaller court , where , from the proximity of the witnesses to the bench , very little of what passes is audible to either the public or the reporters , without much inconvenience ; and we hope that the magistrates will continue to sit in the large cturt as frequently as possible ; indeed , we may say at all times , except duriDff the holding of the Quarter Sessions , and the revision of the electoral lists ; they will find that it will add materially to their own comfort . RECEIVED ON BEHALF OF DUFFY , BY MR . WILLIAM HICK . £ . S . d . Moses Townend ... ... ... 0 0 3 Mrs . Lancaster , Wakefield ... ... 0 1 o The men of Nuneaton , Warwickshire , per Thomas Winter ... ... ... 0 10 0 A Friend ... ... ... ... 0 2 6 George Hacckett ... ... ... 0 0 4 Collected after a Sermon at Hunsiet ... 0 2 8 A . Mitchell , Hnnslet ... ... ... 0 0 3 Moses Townend ... ... ... 0 0 3 A Friend ... ... ... ... 0 0 2 Mr . Barker ... .. ... ... 0 0 6 Collected fey Mr . Phillips , h-iir-dresser , Kirkstall Road , who will have pleasure in receiving subscriptions ... 0 4 2 Mr . Dyson , Leeds ... ... ... 010 £ 1 3 1 ^
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ROODEN LANE . —On Monday evening , a very numerously attended out-door meeting was effectually addressed by Dr . Sl'D . juaU and Mr . Walker , of Ratcliffe .
DEVON HNJ > CORNWALL . —Mr . Bnlwell ' s lectures are attracting attentive and numerous audiences . The causo looks well here , and it is hoped that these counties will soon take the proper stand . BAHNSLE ? . —Mr . Skevington lectured in the Odd Fellows" Hall , on Thursday night , in last week . Ihe usual wi-ekly meeting was held on Monday night , ft Mr . Hoty ' a . The letter of the Executive was read , and an excellent spirit maEifested . IiEPTON . —Mr . Harney lectured here on Tuesday evening with great effect A procession was had , flags ind tanners were sported , and much enthusiasm was Exhibited .
HA WICK . —The Hawick Chartist Association eld their usual quarterly meeting on Monday evening ist , when the election and association accounts were used , and office-bearers and committee elected for the osuing six mouths . After the business of the associa ; on was disposed of , the following resolution was loved by \ lr . Alexander Hogg , seconded by Mr . Chrisspher Crosier , and passed unanimously : — " That the tuuks of this Association be rtspectfully tendered to Ir . John Fraser , fo the prompt and disinterested lanu .-r in which 1 e CO -. p lied with the request of the iorder Chartists to aaa I as a candidate for Roxburghiire at the late election—for the talent he displayed on iat occasion , and for the great [ service he has thus indered to the cause of liberty in tbe Border District " t was also resolved that the above be sent to the Editors ef tlie Northern Star , Scoliish Patriot , and lundit Chrouit ! e , and rtoutBt them to insert it in \ heii rs : iicpcesHao .
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WEDNE 8 BURY . —Mr . Moseley lectnred here on Tuesday wrening , to a large assembly . BOIiTOir-Xi 3 B . lttOOHB . —LlBBRATiOKOP FkaBGDB O Connor akd J . Bbontehhe O'Brien . —The time will soon arrive when the M Caged L : on , " and that noble of nature , J . B . O'Briea , will be liberated from the grasp of Whig tyranny . The Chartists of Bolton are determined to welcome the above gentlemen on their liberation , and a delegate meeting will be held , of persona appointed for that purpose , from the neighbouring towns and villages around Bolton , viz . LsighvChowbent , Tyldsley , HaiBbaw
-moor , Kiugley , Turton , Horwich , Westhoughton , Harwood-lee , Ratcliffe , and any other villages , not named , and we sincerely hope that the Chartists will not fail to send from each of the above places at least one or more delegates for the purpose of making arrangements , and showing to the world , that Chartism ia Bolton is not dead , nor yet Bleepeth . The delegate meeting will take place at the Association Rooms , Oxford-street , Bolton , on Sunday , the lfitn of August , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon . All communications , for the future , to be addressed to Mr . John Sullivan , No . 21 , Great Moor Street , Great Bolton .
GAINSBOROUGH . —Mr . Cooper , of Leicester , being on a visit here , for the melancholy purpose of interring his aged mother , consented to give a lecture last Tuesday night , to his old fellow-townsmen . The Large Room at the Lamb Inn was procured for the purpose , and was well filled . Some noisy interruptions took plaoe during the hour and a half occupied by the lecturer ; but they only arose from a few individuals who had been keeping too close fellowship with Sir John Barleycorn , during the market day . The latter part of the discourse was listened to with silent attention .
BERWONOSEY . —A Lecture will be given by William Farrar , junior , Secretary to the Council of the London Trades Hall , on Tuesday evening next , at half-past Eight o ' clock , to the Members of the Bermondsey Charter Association . Subject , London Journeymen ' s Trades Hall , at the Horn ' s Tav < rn , Crucifixion-lane , Bermondsey-street . Publio Meetings for the Repeal of the Union take place every Sunday evening , at Eight o ' clock , at Mr . Roche ' s , Red L pn , Maize , Tooley-Btreet , Borough . LONDON . —The Chartists of Marylebone held a B&lf &t their Hall , No . 5 , Circus-street , on behalf of B . O'Brien . The room was decorSted with the pictures of P . O'Connor , Frost , Oastler , M'Douall , &c . and flags , with the mottos , " Frost . Williams , and Jones , " and " Universal Suffrage and no Surrender , " " The People ' s Charter , " the Arms of the N . C . A . and a splendid Bilk tricoloured flag hung from the oeiling of the room . The portrait of Mr . Collins was beheaded on the commencement of tbe evening , and burnt at Twelve o ' clock by Mr . Scott .
LEEDS . —On Sunday evening last , an excellent lecture was delivered in the Association Room , Fish Shambles , by Mr . John Skevington , of Loughborough . In tbe course of his lecture he depicted the sufferings and privations endured by the labouring portion of the community—the fallacy of the measures propounded by the League and Free-traders for tho removal of the existing distress—the hypocrisy of the so-called ministers of tbe Gospel , who , while they publish the golden rule— " Do unto others as ye would that others should do unto you , " nniformly encourage the oppressor in his every act that militates against the well-being of society—he also fully exculpated the Chartists from the calumny which those interested in things as they are , iu variably cast upon the Chartists , showing that
the real plunderers were those who sport purple and fine linen , and fare sumptuously every day , particularly such characters as the Dukes of Newcastle and Bedford , whoso vast estates have , in by-gone days , been plundered from the rightful owners . He concluded his eloquent , pitby , and well-received address , by announcing that on the following evening he would enter more immediately into the principles of Chartism , which he contended were the only remedy for the cure of the present national grievances . The Chairman then announced that lectures would continue to be delivered in the room every Sunday evening , to commence at seven o ' clock . On Monday evening , Mr . Skevington , according to announcement , again addressed a numerous audience in the abjve-named room . He observed that
he was glad to see such a numerous and respectable audience assembled , tor tbe purpose of hearing an exposition of tbe principles of right against mightprinciples , tho justice of which every man ought to be acquainted , witn— principles which , if established , would ensure to every man of sound mind , untainted by crime , and having attained his twenty-first year , a voice in the making of those laws which he is called upon to obey . He next adverted to tho different means proposed by different parties , for the alleviation of the condition of the labouring population of this country ; and he would tall them that , notwithstanding tbe agitation of the dectrines of Teetotallers , Corn Law Repealerj , Household Suff . ageites , &c . &c , they must persevere in a demand for the establishment of the
Charter , -without which theproductiveclaases would continue to be anenslaved and degraded race , while tinder its workings they would become a free and happy people ; he therefore conjured them to discountenance all partial measures , and resolve to have the whole -Charter and nothing less . He expatiated upon the prosecutions and persecutions endured by the advocates of Chartism under Whig domination , upwards of 100 of whom had been consigned to " durance vile * * for asking for the Charter , and for the establishment of which ten thousand thousand voices now cry aloud . Yet , when we ask for its establishment , our tyrants taunt us with being too ignorant to possess the franchise ; but is it so 1 Ne ; on the contrary , it is because we are too intelligent Yes , too intelligent . ' They know , full well ,
that if the people were in possession of the franchise , their long-usurped power would be destroyed , and their peculation must cease . It behoved the men of Leeds to bestir themselves for the attainment of such noble , just , and righteous principles as those contained in the People ' s Charter . It was the duty of every wealthproducer to come forward , and enter the ranks of Democracy with a bold front , and swear never to rest satisfied , until the Charter becomes the law of the laud . He then proceeded to describe the injustice of class legislation , without the abolition of which he contended England would never prosper , and never become a mighty and powerful nation , as she might otherwise be . The present misery was , in a great measure caused by the unjust system of class-legislation , and tbe fact of the working man not being allowed to have a voice in the making of those laws which he is called upon to obey . Our rulers , ( said Mr . Skevington , ) say that women have no business to meddle with politics , but
he would ask , bad not the wife of any working man as much business to meddle with politics , as the Queen of England bad ? He for his part would answer yes , for what did the Queen know of the agony felt by the mother who beholds her children dying for the want of that sustenance which every infant ought to receive , and which every mother ought to be able to give ? Mr . Skevington then commented upon' the hardships endured by the hand-loom , weavers , in the neighbourhood of Loughborough , the recital of which produced great sensation in the meeting . Ho concluded his excellent lecture , which occupied upwards of an hour in the delivery , by exhortiDg his hearers to rally round the standard of liberty , to unite for the establishment of that Charter which would , unquestionably , conduce to tbe benefit of AIL . Thb speaker resumed his seat amidst thunders of applause . Several members afterwards addressed the meeting , after which votes of thanks were pa&sed to the Chairman and the lecturer , and the meeting separated highly gratified .
O'Connor akd O'Brien ' s Demonsibation . —The " good men and true" arc determined to make the above such a demonstration as has never before been witnessed in Leeds . All seem determined to prove to the patriots their lovo of freedom and their determination to be no longer slaves , but to give their leaders every encouragement in their power to go on advocating the cause of universal justice , until the Charter , the wbolo Charter , and nothing less than the Charter , shall become the law of the land . At a numerous and enthusiastic meeting of tho Committee , the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : —1 st . " That a delegate be Bent to the meeting to be held at Hebden Bridge , on Sunday , August 15 ; h . " 2 ad . " That Mr . Brook be tho delegate , and that he be requested to use his utmost exertions for the two advocates of the poor man ' s rights to enter Leeds together . 3 . " That the collecting books bo brought in every week , and the moneys paid over to the treasurer . ' After collecting books were delivered to the number of about forty , the following places were appointed , where subscriptions will also be received : —Northern star office , Joseph Turner ' s , corner of Vicar ' s Croft ; A . Gardner ' s , news-agent , 24 , George-Street ; Win . Koberts ' s , Front-row , Camp-field ; F . Pliillip 3 ' s , KirkBtall-road ; Jamea Iliiugworth ' s , opposite the Tabernacle , Meadow-lane . The committee meet every Tuesday evening , at eight o ' clock precisely .
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WEST-RIDING DELEGATE MEETING . According to notice , a Delegate Meeting of the West-Riding was held in the Large Room over the Co-operative Stores , Dewsbury , on Sunday last Delegate * were present from tfle following places . *—Dawsbory , Mr . Win . Moseley Stott Huddersfield , Mr . Edward Clayton , Halifax , Mr . Crossland . Leeds , Mr . Brooke . lepton , Mr . Messenger . Sheffield , Mi .. Wm . Frort . Sowerby , Mr . J . Wild . Bradford , Mr . J . W . Smith . Letters were also received from K « ighley , Burnley , and other places . Mr . Brooke was called to the chair .
Mr . Stott , tbe Secretary , read letters from Selby , Doncaater , Rotherham , Hebden Bridge , and other places , wishing to have the West-Hiding lecturer , when it was agreed that the lecturer should , in future , -visit the above places ; after which the following resolutions were adopted : — Moved by Mr . Clayton , and seconded by Mr . Smith , — " That the appointment of a lecturer , ia place of Mr . Harney , be deferred until the next Delegate Meeting , and thai Mr . Harney be requested to continue three weeks longer from this time . " Moved by Mr . Clayton , and seconded by Mr . Smith , —
" That the Secretary be authorised to receive applications from persons wishful and willing to fill the office of West-Riding Lecturer , in tbe room of Mr . Harney , now removing to Sheffield , such applications to be sent to the Secretary , Win . Moeeley Stett . hair dresser , Town End , Dewsbury , oh or before Saturday , August 14 , 1811 ; also , that the salary will be £ 6 per Month , and that the appointment will be made at tbe next Delegate Meeting , to be held on Sunday , August 29 th . " Moved by Mr . Brooke , and Beconded by Mr . Stott . —
" That , in accordance with the suggestion of Mr . Harney , lately offered in the Norther n Star , a meeting of delegates from a \\ patta ol Yorkshire , be held at Hebden Bridge , on Sunday , August 15 th , at tea o ' clock in the forenoon , to take into consideration- the measures necessary for tbe reception of those glorious patriots Feargus O'Connor and fironterre O'Brien , upon their liberation from prison , and also to consider the propriety of submitting to the National Executive Council the necessity of adopting a National Petition for 18 42 ; we further resolve to invite our brethren , the Chartists of Lancashire , to co-operate with us in the foregoing labours , and we respectfully urge upon them to send delegates to Hebden Bridge , on the day of meeting , that the suggestions before alluded to may be fully carried out , and Lancashire , with Yorkshire , fully represented . "
The Delegates , when they arrive , may inquire for Mr . Abraham Marshall , shoe-maker , St . George ' Square , Hebden Bridge . Moved by Mr . Clayton , and seconded by Mr . Crossland , — " That this meeting do adjourn to Sunday , August 29 th , to be held at Dowsbury . " A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman , aud the meeting separated . " w i i , i ^ ^^^ . . Wi ^ ,,,, 1 11 , | ,
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THE CONTROVERTED ELECTION RETURNS . A case has been prepared and laid before Counsel for opinion , as to the merits of the lato Newcastle Election , in which that of Suuderland , Perth , aud Other places Will also be involved . We give the case and the opinion below : — CASE . At the late election for an English borough , the candidates were J . H ., W . O ., and J . B . On the Friday evening , J . "B . ' s address was issued ( the other two candidates having previously declared themselves ) , and a deputation of bis friends waited on the Sheriff to inform him of their determination to bring J . B . forward as a candidate . The Sheriff told the deputation that he would order hustings to be erected , and desired them to make tbe necessary arrangements with the Committees of the other candidates in regard to the expences .
On Monday morning ( the day of election ) another deputation of J . B . ' s friends waited on the Under-Sheriff , at bis request , when he asked them if they seriously intended to go to a poll ; to which they replied that that depended greatly upon the result oi tho show I bands at the nomination . The Under-Siieriff then aid that it made no difference -whether they intended o go to the poll or not , each candidate must make a deposit of £ 50 , or give security for that sum , before they could be admitted on tbe hustings for nomination ; some discussion then arose on this subject and Lord Abinger ' a late decision was referred to ; the Uader-sheriff , however , still adhering to hiB determination , the deputation said that they
be-Heved they 'would not go to tbe poll , but it depended greatly upon the result of the shew of hands , aud if J . B . s friends should then determine to persevere , and a poll were demanded , that the requisite deposit would then be made , but that they considersd the Uudersheriff had no right to demand it before that time ; a long discussion again ensued , the result of which was that the Under-sheriff declared his determination , that unless tbe required deposit or security were first produced , J . B . ' s friends would be admitted to thehuatings to nominate him . J . B . 's friends protested against this course , but eventually the Under sheriff ( probably be-Having that if he were proposed , he bad little chance of sucsess , ) agreed to give them tickets of admission to the hustings , and did so .
J . B ' s friends were then admitted to the hustings , and he was proposed and seconded in the usual manner , after the other candidates ; upon the shew of hands the majority was decidedly in favour of J . B ., but for reasons Which we are ignorant cf , he did not think fit to pursue the contest further , and his proposer accordingly stood forward and informed the electors that J . B . retired , upon which tbe Sheriff declared the majority of hands to be shewn in favour of J . B . ; but as be retired , he declared J . H . and W . O . duly elected . It does not appear that a poll was actually demanded after the show of hands .
The bHow of hands being thus admitted to be in favour ef J . B ., some of his friends protested against J . H . and W . O . being returned without going to a poll , and a written protest to that effect , signed by about thirty electors , was banded to the Sheriff , which he said be would hand to his legal adviser ; but nothing more was heard of it , and J . H . and W . O . were returned duly elected . The question for consideration is , whether the Sheriff did right in pursuing this course ; that is , whether , after the show of hands was taken , and admitted to be in favour of J . B ., it was competent for the Sheriff to return the other candidates as duly elected , without going to the poll , though it was intimated that J . B . retired . Your opinion is requested on this point on behalf of the friends of J . B .
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On May 27 th , Ann Casey , wife of Mr . John Casey , John-street , Butcher-gate , Carlisle , was safely delivered of a son , who has been duly registered " Henry O'Connor Casey . Christened at Christ Church , New Mill , on Sunday , Oct . 4 th , 1840 , David Feargus O'Connor , the son of William and Harriet Cuttell , of Uuderba . uk ,
Holmfirth , in honour of . that noble-miaaed patriot Feargus O'Connor , Esq . Christened on Sunday last , August 1 st , at Christ Church , New Mill , Wright Feargus Fairbank , the son of Thomas and Fauny Haddock , of Underbanfc , Holmfirtb , in honour of that noble patriot Feaxgas O'Connor , Esq . . * . The wife of Mr . David Stanley , of Northampton , has given birth to son who has been duly registered Feargus O'Connor Stanley .
On Tuesday , the 20 th ult ., at Wigan , Margaret , wife of Mr . George M'Cann , was safely delivered or a son , who was christened ( after the persecuted advocate of the people ' s rights ) Feargus O'Connor M'Cann . A few weeks ago , Mary , the wife of Mr . Joseph Anthony , of Arnold , was safely delivered of a son , which has been duly registered Alfred Feargus O'Connor Anthony . Mr . James Hardy , of Arnold , has had a daughter registered Ann Frpst Hardy . The second son of Thomas and Mary Whittaker was baptised after the name of William Feargus O'Connor Whittaker , at Clitheroe Old Church , on Sunday last .
William Tell Maddock ? , the son of William and Elizabeth Maddocks , of Goodall-etreet , Manchester has been duly registered , on the 2 nd instant , ana may he become as virtuous a Democrat as William Tell , the hero of Switzerland .
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DEATHS . On Wednesday last , after a short but severe illness , aged 51 years , Mr . Thomas Hepworth , late innkeeper , of this town , much respected . On Monday last , highly respected , Joseph Taylor , Esq ., Meltham , a ged 53 years . On Sunday morning last , Feargns O'Connor Mart , the infant son of Mr . G . B . Mart , of Bootheu Ville , Stoke-upon- 'Ilent . . . - ¦¦¦¦ T ¦ On Sunday last , after a lingering illness , Hannah , wife of i Tnomas Holmes , Esq ., of Hopwood Hall , Halifax . ¦ On Monday , the 2 nd inst ., after a short and severe illness , Anne , second daughter of Thomas Sherwood , Esq ., the Groves , near Y ork . Same day , at Norton-le Clay , Boroughbridge , in the 80 : h year of his age , Mr . William Smuteon , farmer . Same day , at Driffield , aged 63 , highly respected , Mrs . Nioho&on , widow .
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The late Election . —A correEFonclent writes u as follows : — " On Tuesday , the 3 rd inst . I met John Brooke , who keeps a Beershop at Bar-row , Sheepscar . I atked him if he had got the Bible Mr . Lawson , sen . had promised him 1 He said , No , d n him , he has ^ one to Ireland instead of paying me . I ihen said , You have had a great deal of trouble about it . You have been three times for it , I understand ? He said , How the devil do you know ? I said there was always some ono ready to expose such acts as those . His answer was , I will watch them next time , d u them , I will not stir without the Brass in hand , for 1 believe 1 shall not get one farthing now . 1 replied . You should vote for principle , and not sell the poor . "
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sjr , —If you will bave the kindness to insert the following in your journal , you will much oblige the wklow of tho unfortunate D . md Morgan , who lost his life in the people ' s cause , at Newport It will be satisfactory to those kind friends who have assisted me in my distress , to know that Mr . George Black , of Nottingham , since his release from prison has delivered to me the suin of £ 1 16 a ., wishing me to : name the places where he had collected it , and the seperate sums from each place : — £ e . d . Nottingham 0 9 C Sutton-in-Ashfleld 0 8 9 ^ Calverton , 0 2 0 Arnold . 0 5 1 Newport 6 6 0 Abbersjchan 0 * 7 ^ £ 1 16 0 Friends of humanity , I heartily thank you fcr y cm kindness , this being the only way in which I can r jp » y you . Yout 3 , In the causa of freedom , Saiuii Mo rgan . Tredegar Iron Works , Near the Globe Public House .
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Oa Wednesday last , the wife of Mr . William Simmons , of this town , machinist , of a daughter .
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CARRIAGES . Oa Monday last , at Wakefield , Mr . Richard Walsha , of Ossett , maltster , to Ann , eldest daughter of the late Mr . Anthony Fearnley , grocer , of Horbury . On Tuesday last , at the parish church , Halifax , Mr . Wrjgley , of Netherton , near Huddbrsfield , to Mary Ana , only child of the late Riley Kitson , Esq ., of the former place . On Monday last , at Bulmer , near Castle Howard , Mr . Jackson , painter , to Ann , youngest daughter of the late Mr . Beetham , builder , all of the city of York .
Same day , at the parish church , Wakefield , by the Rav . S . Sharp , vicar , John Neale , Esq ., of York , to Jane , youngest daughter of the late Thomas Johnson Esq ., of the former place . Same day , at Birstal , by the Rev . W . M . Heald , M . A ., vicar , Mr . Philip Smith , of Settle , officer of excise , to Fanny , youngest daughter of Mr . 'Samuei Middlebrook , innkeeper , of Mill Bridge v near Dewsbury . Same day , at Driffield , Mr . Thomas Cressy , wheelwright , to Misa Hannah Chambers , both of that p ' ace . On Sunday last , at St . Dennis church , Walmgate , by the Rev . Mr . Sabben , Mr . Percival Watson , bookkeeper , to Messrs . R . Wood and Co ., raft merchants , to Miss Mary Horseman , both of tho city of York . ? 1 t ¦ „
_ _ . . Same day , at the parish church , Otley , Mr . James Hartley , gardener , of that place , to Miss S . Da ? ison , cook at the White Horse Inn , Otley . On Saturday last , at St . Lawrence church , without Walmgate Bar , Mr . Kettlewell , of Bradford , builder , to Elizabeth , third daughter of Mr . James Wood , herdsman , of the Cottage , oo Heworth Moor . ¦¦ — . . t . it Same day , at the Holy Trinity Church , Hull , Thomas , eldest son of Thomas Walker , Esq ., of Dano ' s-hill , near Rctford , to Mary Ann Eliza , only daughter of Captain John Agars , of the Vivid steam , ship , of Hull .
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Ma . Macaulav having been asked by the Town Council of Edinburgh for a subscription towards the support of the races of that oity , he replied by reoukiug the body , for their improper demand : — "In the first place , I am not clear that the object is a Rood one ; in the noxt place , I am clear that by giving money for such an object in obedience to suoh a summons , I should completely change the whole character of sty connexion with Edinburgh . It has beea usual enough for rich families to keep a hold on corrupt boroughs by defraying the expences of pablio amusements ; sometimes it is a ball , sometimes a regatta . The Derby family used to support the Preston races .
The members for Beverley , I believe , find a bull for their constituents to bait . But these were not the conditions on which 1 undertook to represent Edinburgh . In return for your generous confidence , I offer faithful Parliamentary service , and nothing else . I am , indeed , moat willing to contribute the little that I can spare to your most useful public charities . But even that I do not consider as & matter of contract . Nor should I think it proper that the Town Council should call on me to contribute even to a hospital or a school . But the call which is now made is one so objectionable , that I must plainly say I would rather take the Chilfc Hundreds than comply with it . "
The Thrift-Box . —I read in the Star that many Chartist Associations is the different towns through * out the land are preparing either in large bodies , or as deputations tojneet that noble champion of the people ' s rights , F . O'Connor , Esq ., on his liberation from the tyrants'grasp on the 11 th of November ; and being convinced that the needful will be wanted , I recommend to the working classes generally , for they are all eaters , drinkers , and wearers of a fetr of the necessaries of life , to provide themselves with thrift-boxes sealed , and nailed , then ask the person where they trade ,, to let the box stand on their counter , butchers' block , tap-room , flour-bin , &c , as ' presume the Chartists generally act like all parties , that is , dea with their friends . I think
those friends , or evap if they are only pretended friends , would agree to Bomothing like the following : —that every hat 2 d . ; each pair of shoes , 2 d . ; each pair of clogs Id . ; for every 5 i . laid out in groceries , i ^ d . ; for every stone o flour , | d . ; for every 41 bg . of meat , Id . ; for every three pints of strong beer , id . ; for every bushel of coal , id . ; where coal is sold by the ton for every five cwt . Id . ; for overy four stone of potatoes , Id . ; . these small items to be put in tho boxes when the purchase is made , and where you buy your weariug apparel , get something to put in your box ; let your every transaction add something , if ever so trilling , to it . If this plan is acted upon , as it ought to be , by the 1 st of November , you will have some thousands of pounds at your disposal , and when you have got your friends ( if they do not espouse your cause ) to support it—mind that , they will always be glad of Your ready cash , and will
remit yon the aoove trifle for your custom . You need not let the box stand still after the 11 th of November , but keep it going till you gain the Charter , the glorious Charter , which vrill unable you to have a fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' s work . —Sir , —If the above is generally acted npon , say by a million of families , expending only five shillings each per week , it would be a million sterling per month , aad you would find in your thrift-box , each month , the sum of £ 25 , 000 . Is this worth haying ? Is this worth asking for ? Is this worth uniting tor { Yea I am sure many would be glad of your ready money , and would freely contribute to your thrift-box . Will not £ 25 , 000 per annum help you to gain the Charter , aud if that is not enough , you oaa eooa enlist a million more families into your service , and then on the above narrow estimate , you will Bave £ 50 , 000 per month . What more do you want ! A soft still voice says—Union .
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I think that tbe Sheriff ought fo bave taken a poll , and that it i » no answer to say that the candidate and his proposer being withdrawn there -would have been no person liable for the expenses of boatings , ia , as I think that the candidate and his proposer ennnoi by ao withdrawing raonerata themselves from their liabitytopay rach expenses . The question , nevertleleu , is one of strict law , and a Committee would-do all in their power to maintain the election and return . C Austin . Northlam , 30 th July , 1841 .
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I am of opinion that tbe Sheriff was not justified , under the circumstances , in making his return without taking a poll . As the parties proceeded to nomination , I put aside the previous demands of deposit , Ac , which do enter into the question . There are but two modes of election recognized by the English Constitution , aud these are the view or show of hands , and tbe poll . Thus , it is said by Bayley , J . in Faulkner , » . Elger 4 , B . and C . 455 . "The common law mode ef election is by show of hands , or by poll . " Now , in the present case , the new returned members were elected by neither of these mode 3 ; not by tbe show , because that was In favour of J . B ., nor by tbe poll , because that was not taken : in fact , J . B . seems , at present , to bo the true representative . The show of bands by which he was
elected , is of great importance ; it is a primafacia election , " a rude and imperfect declaration of the sentiments of the electors . " ( Per Sir Wm . Scott Anthony v , Seger , 1 , Haggard ' s Consistory Court Cases , 13 . ) Members of Parliament appear formerly to be elected by a show of hands alone . In Buckley v . Bice Thomas , ( Mich . Term , 1 and 2 , Pk . and M . ) Plowden 128 , it is said by Brook , C . J .: — "The election may be by voices , orbyhanda , or such other way , wherein it is easy to tell who has the majority and yet very difficult to know tbe certain number of them , and in such manners are divers elections in London ; aud I myself was elected in London by holding ap of hands , but I could not tell how many tbira were that held up their hands . " ( Electionpoit-tsire fait jxr voices , ou per mains , ou per auter tiel voy en guel , A-e )
I A candidate may be elected by the show of ! hands . 1 . Where no more parsons are proposed than the number required by tlw writ , 1 Pckw , 77 , 2 and 3 Win . 1 IV . c . 05 , 5 , 29 . I 2 . When a poll in not demanded , either by the candidates or the electors— Devizss and Journ 107 , Southward and Jovrn 280 , Jd . 392 . In the case of the Cirencester Glanv , no , a poll being tafcen , where no demand was ma ^ e , it was held veid ; and he in whose faveur the number of voices was first declared , was held duly elecf /) d , and it will be seen by reference to the cases cit' ^ d in support of the general proposition , " a poll is -unnecessary , where no demand ia made " that they jo not sanction the Sheriffs' conduct in the present f /^ e , but they merely establish that he may in auch ev ent , at ence return the party , ( provided such party > . ave the show in his favour . ) A poll , however , is ner /; ssary .
. 1 » Where the election is not determined on the view , as - ' jit the present case , By 7 and 8 Wm III ., cap 25 , s . 5 « in case theelection be not determined on the view tfit ' h the consent of the freeholders there present , but that a poll shall be required for determination thereof , i then the Sheriff shall forthwith proceed to tafce the said | poll , " and see 25 Geo . III ., C 14 , 3 , 1 . 2 . Where such poll is demanded by the candidates or j eUctors . The Sheriff is bonnd to take the poll , 1 Juurn . 802 . After nomination tha demand ia rather I tho privilege of the electors than of the candidate ; "if i the party of freeholders demand the poll , the SheriB cannot deny the ecrutiny , for he cannot discern who be freeholders by the view ; and though the party would wave the poll , yet the Sheriff must proceed in the scrutiny . " i Institute , 48 .
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The practice regarding tbe petition , the parties to it , their description , signature and recognizance , will bo found to be clearly regulated by the recent statute , 4 mad 5 Vic , c 58 , which repeals tbe 3 and 3 Via , c . 38 . ( Signed ) H . Maciusuba , Temple .
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