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TO THE ABTIZANS , MECHANICS , AND AGRICULTTJBAL LABOURERS , OF THE ANCIENT CIT Y OP SALISBTTBT , AKD ITS 2 fEieHBOURHOOD . Fellow CovyiRjusy , —If erer there was a time Then it behoved eTery individual member of the working classes to be prepared to meet and resist the aggroseions ot tyranny , it is now ; emphatically sow . To all who -sronld irish to te « p tbe partners of theii b osoms , the p led ges of their lore , their hoary-headed parents , sad themselTeB , from the merciless fangs of a poor Lsvr -workhouse governor ; to all who would wish to see their country free , prosperous , and happy , and the heart ' s-ease of gladness throTrn around the hitherto despised producers of wealth . " Novrs the day , and sows the horn . "
Friends , the election farce being now oTer , the fumes of the bribery drini having subsided , the beastly and slavish yells of drunken excitement haying died »\ ray on the breeze , to give place to the l&inentat-ons of Tirtnoos poverty , we now entreat you , for your own sakes—for the sake of all that U dear to you—in the isaie of bleeding humanity—by the ignominious sufferings of those patriots who are now pining in prison on your behalf—by all that is sacred and holy—we implore you to allow reason to resume her empire over your minds , trfiils ire address you in the spirit of brotherly feeling and kindness , on these principles which alone < an rescue our country from impending ruin , and ele-Tate us to the rank of freemen .
Let us consider wkat is our present position in society , and we shall find that we are mere slaves , ¦ working and tolling from morning till night , ± rom year ' s end to years end , alwayB poor , on the threshold of the workhouse ; our fellow-countrymen in many other parts of the ccvmtiy , who produce the most indispensable necessaries of life , huddled together in cellars and attics , two or three families occupying a single wretched apartment , in maty cases with nothing for a bed save & little loose straw , and in the midst of tUtfc and disgustiag indecency , literally starving to death . Thus we are
contributing to the ease and comfort , nay , we are " the sole support of , and our labour is the source whence is drawn the affluence , ths luxury , and the sp ' endour , of those drones in the hive of society , who toil not , neither do they spin- Why is this the case ? Because the laws of the country axe made by s . faction , for the interest of & faction , while the bin * fide producers of all wealth are neglected , and despised , and trampled . on , excluded from the pale of the constitution for ever , tinier the ban of the law , instead of enjoying its protection .
The Bonne of Lerds is truly " the hospital of incurables , " and the usurpers of the Commons' House is no better , ccr will it ever be improved until the Augean stable fft * H be cleansed by the people themselves , who are the legitimate source of all power . Countrymen , the work has commenced ! The eternal izx of s people '* will taj gone forth I ilore than Tiro MILLIONS of our friends have del&red for freedom . , 9 hnil -we stand aloof in idleness while our friends are straggling for our liberty ? Perish the cowardly thought : Let us be up and doing ; there is a little tand in *> " « city who have resolved to stand in the lanks of free men , and you are respectfully invited to nni t e wit h them , and assist in working oat our political salvation .
Oar objects are pure , and holy , and unimpeachable ; for they are based on truth and justice . We ask no more , nor will we ever be satisfied with less , than the people ' s chabteb . It is not the Charter of a faction , but a measure which must assuredly benefit a whole people . It has been aid by ignorant or ill-disposed persons , that the Chartists are anarchists , who would do away with laws and governors . This is false , and asserted only by fools , or those who are interested in upholding the present iniquitous system ; we know that Jaws are necessary and that governors are not less so , in ercer that the weak may be protected against the strong , the honest against the dishonest , and the welldisposed against the violence of tyranny ; that each may be prevented from taking undue advantage of hi : fellow , and justice be impartially administered ; this i £ the true end of all good government .
We admn that we must have law-makers and goreraors , bnt since the beneficent Creator of the w orld doss co t , as he would b * Ye a jast tigut to do , create those beings and give them to be our governors directly from his hands , and believing as we do , that ¦ we are all equal in his sight , we contend that no man , or set of men , can have a right to set themselves up as our governors withoat ovu consent , any laore than ¦ we fcavea right to govern thtm ; we believe , and so does everybody else who has ever thought about it—though all are not honest enough to confess it—that whtn a man wishes to be > governor over his fellow men , he ought to ask their consent , and if he cannot gain their consent , or at least the consent of a majority he cannot be their
eovesnoi-Our charter proceeds upon this principle which is Universal Suffrage , that is , universal in a restricted sense , Universsd Saffiage la the mcsl extended signification of the phrase , means that every human being youcg and old , male and female should have a vote ; Imt common sense tells us that the new-bom infant Woald not be capable at Toting , so then there mist be > certain age to be agreed on at which it msy fcOriy be presumed individuals in general arrive at discretion , when it would be safe for the individual as well as for the community to entrust him with a vote . Much has been said about the right of women to the suffrage . tut as cur present object is merely togiTe you an outline of principles , we will reserve tLat question till another time , though " ' The rights cf women , ' says a fema ! e pen Are , to do everything as well as men . "
The laws of England consider a tti * ti at twenty-one ysara of age , to be capable of discharging his duties as a member of society , and the Charier agrees to the same , and we are all agreed that twenty-one shall be the age when every man who is of sound mind and whose character is untainted by crime , shall have the right of voting for Members of Parliament ; then by the help of the Ballot -we should be able to send those X& £ n to Parliament whom we liked best We also demand Annual Parliaments , that is , a new Parliament every year , so that if our member had been neglecting his £ aty or doing more than his duty , we night be able to discharge him at the year's end , fo r as we say , and you will agree with us , one year is quite long eaoigh to be troubled with a had ssrrzsi , but if we found him a good one we should continue him in our
sendee ; wessy our service , because as they now profcS 3 to be , ho they would in reality be our servants , for , as we demand Payment of Members there could be no doubt tut those who received their wages from us woald be our servants ; and Members of Parliament ought to be psid as well a 3 other people , for these two reasors , firstly , " the labourer is worthy of his hire , " and secondly , " if the servant is not paid by his employers , it is ten to 029 bnt he will rob his employers of a great deal to ore than he ought to receive to pay himself ;" and this is certainly the case with Members of Parliament ; they manage to create places for themselves and thai fri = nas , who , of c o u rse , reward them fur it hj dicing the booty , and enormous salaries are given than o = t of the taxes , and it is quite evident that every ptunv of the tixes comes out of enr labour .
n e also require no Property Qualification ; that is , if we have poor men who have sufficient knowledge , and we believe they would makfl the best laws for the good o f a ll , -vre might be able to return them as onr isaaibera . We farther demand Equal Elective Districts so that eTery part of the country may be equally represented . For the present we must take enr leave of yon , hop-JEg , aswe earnestly do , that you will Jose no time in tailing with us to aid our exertions for the accom-T ' htmEnt of our glorious objects . We advise you to consult the columns of the Northern £ ¦' :: ;¦ newgp&per , and The Satio 7 ial F indicator , where you will alwsyB find the clearest expositions of cur principles , and are quite sure that when you become acquainted with the great and philanthropic principles of our glorious Charter ; you will feel grateful to us for having directed your attention to it .
The Council of the National Charter Association aett at Mr . TVilkisscn's , next door to the City Arms , every Monday evening , at eight o ' clock , and will be mosthsppyto see any person present , either for the purpose of being enrolled as members , o r t o s olicit information relative to the C 3 use . Mr . TViikinson will also be happy to znssrer any Questions , or afford any information at any other time , morning , noon , or Bight . It being- our intention in future to report all our proceedings in the Northern Star and Vindicator , those frtio feel interested about tie progress of the cause in ii ^ s town , will do well to see those papers weekly . Bsaesibir the expressive word 3 of Lord Byron : — * " Hereditary bondsmen : know ye not , WLo would be free , themselves must strike the bloTT . ' , You -will shortly hear from cs af ain , meanwhile , Beueve us , Year faithful fellow countrymen , i . Signrd ! Jobs Wilkinson , Sab-Secretary to the CoundL
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HAXD-LOOM WEAVING . TO THE EDITOB OF THE NORTHERN . STAB . S 12 ., —Having occasion to go out as far as Sheeprid ge tte ether day , f met an old mxn named William Sykes , from near Marsden . 1 said , " What are you doing bere ttis morning ? - He replied , "lam going a sixth time lot Boms weft" " How is thst ? " said J . Be replied , " This is my sixth journey , and 1 have learnt from one of the weavers there is none to-day again . " Se told me he had walked 108 miles far six pounds of weft ; that he should have 6 d- per pound for weaving and wincing ; and that when , he got home he should find
three gsudchiidren , under nine years old , wto were without fitter and mother , £ Jid who tad not a bite of bread when ha left is thememing . He said he had Is . per * = ck each ehUd from tie town ; and this old man is above ' - ' years old . So you see it is certain , from what he ^^ . he will have to walk 132 miles for three shillings ^ th cf vcrk ; and if he has to take en / . her journey , * aithisnct a ! all imcrobaWe , it will te US mUes . ¦* - £ is is hard -wori : Youii , truly , -P JA-y LEECH . a « dai B :. fcld iusiiEt 2 nd , 1542 .
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THE NATIONAL EXECUTIVE . TO THE CHABTI 3 TS OF ENGLAND AND WALES . CorATBTME . x a . vd Brqtbers . —Ycu h&re perused the address we issued on the occasion of our first meeting , and we thank the members cf the various Associations for their promptitude in attending to the recommendation given . We congratulate the country on the movement of the powerful and patriotic trades of London . We feel a deep anxiety for the organisation of the trades , and for the -co-operation of their representatives with our Council in all the considerable
towiia-Let the election of all Delegates be in the most publie manner possible , so as to be within the compass of the law . We shall depute one of our body in a short time to proceed to London , for the purpose of assisting the masons and other iLfluential bodies in forwarding thai cause which alone can advance their interests , by giving them individually and collectively , the political power to protect wages . We rejoice to announce to you the fact , that numbers of the misguided supporters of Whiggery in the middle raiks of society , have expressed a serious desire to become acquainted with , and adopt the principles of the Charter . Let it be the business of all our members and brothers to reason calmly on such a great subject , and by every effort of the mind to impress truth on the minds of aU inquirers and opponents . Cool and rational argument is our most powerful stronghold , and will advance our principles more effectually , than the loaded cannon or the glittering sword .
As soon as some of our distinguished brethren , no-w in prison , shall be liberated , we shall project a plan by which the leaders cf the working men , and thote of the middle classes may assemble together and deliberate on the best means to be adopted in this crisis in the affairs of a great nation . We shall shortly issue an address , in the form of a small pamphlet , explanatory of our principles and futarE plan of operation . We earnestly draw your attention to this our forthcoming tract . Brethren , the more immediate object of this address is to point to you tbe present plan of operation , which we Ehall next wetk carry into execution . ¦ R * e are nnxictis to avoid the great error of the first Convention ; and initead of sitting to become an agitating body , we have decided on commencing an agitation on Monday , the 9 th of August
We shall proceed through various parts of the country , and on the 2 nd of September , we shall be assembled in Birmingham , for the purpose of receiving and giviDg in reports of our progress , of meeting with delegates from all Associations in and around Birmingham , audtif putting that important district into better organization , than it appears at present to possess . We have issued a warning address to each sub-Secretary of the Association , requesting them to be prepared for the Tiait of the members of the Executive in their sgitating tour . The following is a sketch of the various lines to be pursued by the members of the Executive : — Mr . R . K . Philp will proceed through Stockport , Macclesfisld , CongJeton , Haaley , Birmingham , Cheltenham , Gloucester , Bristol , and thence to the counties of Corzitrzll and Devon .
Mr . J-mes Leech will proceed to Warrington , JTantwich , Middkwich , Sandbach , Northwich , giving each week further notice of his tour in Cheshire , Lancashire , Derby , and York . Mr . John Campbell will proceed t » Haslingden , Blackburn , PrestoD , and Lancaster ; and should time permit , to Kendal , Carlisle , it Dr . P . M . M'Douall will be confined a short time to Chas t e r , Wrvxham , and Liverpool ; afterwards he will proceed to Oldham , Rochdale , H udde r sfield , Dawsbury , Leeds , York , and Hull ; theEce to Sb . effi . eld , Nottingham , Derby , and Birmingham . Each member of the Executive will be provi led with the names of the various sub-Sscretaries , and communicate the exact date of his visit to each place .
" Brethren , the events of the past have been conspiring together to bring nearer and nearer that liberty fer which you have struggled and suffered . Fate points to the sacred moment -when the reason of the people shall triumph over every faction , however gigantic , and b .- £ ak down every opposition , however powerful and protracted . Let . nct the enemies of the people indulge in the shortlived triumph of their insulting pawer . Public opinion 13 btill the sovereign of Great Britain , and the same irresistible force which has careered in past times over croMm and coronet , over mitre and majesty , is heaving like a restless sea within the limits of this oppressed and misgoverned Island . We bave oftimes , in the frerzy of despair , been verging into the cbaos of revolution ; and never were we so near it as no w . At no time have the parted reHttants of society had a better txca . se for coalition—3 better chance of a victorious conclusion to all "political warfare .
Factions may despise oar power , class representation our petitions and complaints , and add to our injuries and distress . Let them dream on , and be infatuated as the imbeciles of France were . The mandate has gone forth and their doom is written . - Brethren , be prepared . Be calm , be peaceful One unit is Email in s z 2 , insignificant in force ; but millions united are omnipotent The mind has been aroused ; reason has broke loose from the fasteniagB of tyranny . The opinions have been lifted up from their calm . The defences of tyranny , the barriers of selfish party , will be like sand walls on the sea beach ; & sudden stena will arise—a short straggle ensue , and the ruins of the strength of our old oppressors will pass away for ever , learin ^ r . oi one mark above the waters—not one nime upon the shore . Brethren , confining in your energies during t e approaching strangle , We remain , Your faithful Repsesentatives , James Leach , MoECiX Williams , P . 1 L M'Douall , R . K . Puilp . Johx Campbell , Secretary . Manchester , August 3 rd , lSil .
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FOREIGN SUBXSiaBV . FnAKCE . —The Paris papers of Wednesday are particularly dull . The " Three Glorious Days" furnish little matter for remark : Paris was riot convulsed , and that seems to content the Parisians this year . The usual ceremonies were performed . Extraordinary precautions were taken to preserve the peace : the soldiers were kept constantly in barrack , the cavalry with their horses saddled ; and the King's Guards were doubled . Not the least disposition to break the peace , however , had been discovered . Tbe Three Days were celebrated at Toulouse even , without exciting a tumult . The Extraordinary Commissary had suspended the National Guard of the town from its duties ; and the Natonal Guard of Martrea , which had openly evinced sympathy with the revolters of Toulouse , had been dissolved .
Cakada . —From Canada we learn that the question of the controverted elections to the House of Assembly had been adjourned , and dropped , and delaved in various ways , bo thatit was still undecided on the 14 th of July . Sir James Stuart had been appointed Deputy Governor of Lower Canada . Spain . —Q / ieen Christina has addressed to the Spanish nation a solemn protest against the act of the Cortes by which she is deprived of the guardianship of her daughters—an office now intrusted to S . Arguelles . The protest is dated July 19 th . She sets forth her title to the office , founded on the 60 th article of the Constitution of the State , and u po n tha common law as a mother and a widow . She asserts that tho Cortes is only competent to nominate a guardian to a minor King when no guardian has been appointed by will . She then insists that her temporary absence does not invalidate her rights . She
proceeds" I declare that the decision of the Cortes is a usurpation of power based on force and violence , a usurpation to which I neither ought nor can consent ; that tbe rights , privileges , and prerogatives which beloDg to me as Queen-Mother , and as testamentary and legitimate guardian and superintendent of the Queen Isabella and tho Infanta Maria Louisa Fernanda , my beloved daughters , cannot be lost ; nor proscribed ; that I do not give up these rights , privileges , and prerogatives , but that they subsist , and will subsist in all their force and validity , although in fact the exercise of them is suspended and hindered from me in consequence of violence . For these causes , seeing that 1 am bound publicly to repel so monstrous an act of violence by all the means in my power , 1 have resolved to protest , as I do now protest , once and a thousand times , solemnly , in the face of the nation and the whole world , of my full and free will and spontaneous movement against the decrees
already pronounced of the 2 d December last , which fettered in my hands the exercise of the guardianship ; agiinst the resolution of the Cortes which declares this guardianship vacant ; and against all the efforts and all the consequences of these arrangements . I declare , moreover , that the motives alleged for taking away from me the guardianship of my augnst daughter ? , and for thus tearing my entrail 3 as a mother , are null and false . One consolation remains to me—that is , that while my hands held tho helm of the state , a nnmber of Spaniards saw shine for them the day of clemency , for all the day of impartial justice , for none the day of vengeance . It was 1 who , at St . lldefonso , granted the benefit of the amnesty . Madrid was witness of my constant efforts to cause the renewal of peace . Valencia saw me for the last time defend the laws scandalously trodden under feet by men who were the most bound to defend them . "
Hasover . —The King of Hanover has issued a proclamation , dated 14 ih July , explaining his views on the dispute between himself and the Second Chamber of the State . Full half of it is devoted to a recap : culation—in the stylo of Royal brevity , yet rambling—of his quarrel with the people concerning tbe constitution and the final affirmation of the present constitution , which subsists under guarantees pompously enumerated" The duration and the inviolability of the Constitution is assured for the future by tlie basis of the ancient right of the Crown on which it reposes ; by
the basis of the laws of the German Confederation , with which it is in accordance on all points ; by tho Federal resolution of the 5 th September , 1339 ; by our Royal word j by the assent of the Prince Royal ; by the approbation of the States ; by the rights accorded to the General Assembly of the States , and in its absence , to the College of the Treasury , to invoke the protection of the Germanic Confederation . As long as Providence shall preserve our life , we shall not for a moment doubt the legality of that constitution . Our well-beloved son the Prince Royal has formally expressed for the future this wish in the First Chamber . "
After announcing that some individuals who were formally opposed to the regulations of the constitutional question , and who compromised public ordtr , had been prosecuted—and threatening arrests under cbelaw of 27 th June , 182 & , whenever plots shall be entered into against the safety of the state , King Ernest proceeds" We have just heard that some enemies of our G&vernment have spread a report that the taxes are about to be raised . Notwithstanding this and other equally mischievous rumours , only taking counsel of our justice and of our solicitude for the welfare ol our subjects , we havo reckoned on the unalterable devotion and gratitude of our subjects . On the 2 nd June last the Chambers assembled ; thirty-six
Deputies manifested their attachment to the laws of the country , twelve other Deputies have placed themselves at the head of a party who are hostile to our Government . Their object was to revive the constitutional question , and to oppose every measure favourable to our subjects . A number of others were drawn over to their way of thinking , and thus they formed a majority in the Chamber hostile to our Government . It has been weak ; it has been , however , the meansof paralyzing our paterual views , inasmuch as they required the concurrence of the States . The Second Chamber , thus composed , have led away many Deputies who were animated with the best intentions , making them believe that we wished to attack the established laws , whilst , on tho
contrary , we respect them . It is thus with the Liberal party , which respect 9 neither private nor public rights . The tyranny was become so intolerable that the members of the majority , fearing the responsibility which would weigh on them , quitted the Assembly , not daring to support a contrary opinion . Our gevemmental acts , our desire to Jefsen the taxes which press on agriculture , should have deprived the remarks of the enemies of the Government of all their force . The first acts of the Second Chamber showed hostile intentions . The choice of tbe candidates for the Presidentship fell , first , on a member who tinder the reign of William the Fourth used all hiB efforts to constrain tbe . Royal power to make concessions and to enter into compromises with
the States . The second candidate declared on the 13 ' . h March , 1833 , in tho Assembly of tho States , that he never wished for a fundamental law based on tho existing laws . Tho third was declared , by us inadmissible to the functions of the Councillor ol the Treasury . These three candidates obtained at the first ballot the absolute majority of voices , which proved that there was in the Chamber a party docided on carrying on a systematic opposition against the Government . Circumstances independent of our will having prevented us from convoking the Assembly of the States at an earlier period , it was our intention to shorten the session , that the members might not be kept from their homes beyond the usual period . Tbe Budget
should have been the first object of their attention . The Chamber , at tho same time , had communicated to it different financial and other bills . The first Chamber , hastened to form a Committee oa the Budget . The second Chamber , instead of forming a Committee of able and intelligent men , made choice of members who had no knowledge of financial matters , and by their turning their attention instead to constitutional questions prevented the proceedings of the other Chamber . It was our duty consequently to assure the carrying on of the public service by constitutional means , and as a commencement to dissolve the States agreeably to an article of the Constitution , which we should otherwise have done from the hostile attitude assumed by the Second Chamber . The President of that Chamber
being honoured with an interview , hesitated not to draw conclusions from my words contrary to thoir meaning , but in unison with his own ideas . In refusing all concurrence with Government , it was wished to suggest to the people a false idea that the Constitution ' of 1840 was not proper to assure the welfare of the people and the country , and to excite disconteDt against the existing authorities . The address was rejected by the First Chamber , and blamed by a large number of the Second . The discovery of these criminal projects will only render odious their authors , who have sworn fidelity to us and to onr son . We repel with horror such an opposition . * * Conformably to the provisions of the Constitution of the 6 th of August 1840 , we shall convoke
within the legal period an assembly of the States , to which we shall again submit the projects of law which have not been examined ; and we are willing to believe that the enrols committed by the majority of the Second Chamber of the dissolved Assembly will exercise a salutary influence on the composition of the new one . We do not require the concurrence of the States to carry on the public service and to levy the taxes , but we do require their concurrence to realise objects which are of benefit to my subjects , always the object of my paternal solicitude . Partygpirit , which is blind , could alone dissemble that the welfare and prosperity of tho country must inevitably suffer by apersistance in a state of things as adopted by the dissolved Chamber . "
"United States . —We have received private intelligence from " Washington of a highly important nature , relative to onr relations with England , p ? owi » g out of the case of M'Lecd . The opinion of the Supreme Court was received , unofficially , in advance of the regular mail , at Washington , on Tuesday , and we learn that Mr .
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Fox , the British minister , has given assurances to our Govern m en t , that no further steps will be taken bv him until the case goes through the courts of New York in the regular way . It is true that , in certain opBtincencieB , Mr . Fox was directed by his Government to demand his paBSports , but there is now no probability that those contingencies will ever happen . The first swp taken by the British Government , and the debate m Parliament , consequent on M'Leod ' s arrest , were rather forced upon them by the Tory oppositwH , and the popular impulses there , than any unfriendly disposition of the Ministry . 1 ? i £ i al 1 likely 'hat any farther difficulty will take place , unless , perhaps , a popular ferment
should break out in England , on the arrival there of the opinion of tho court , stimulated by the Tory opposition to the Government in the approaching elections . For the present , at least , there is a perfectly good understanding between Mr . Webster and Mr .. box , and the latter will demand no passports , but wait the iflsue of M'Leod ' a trial , which the minister thinks should take place as soon as possible , without any attempt to carry it to a higher court . buch being the amount of our information , we , therefore , assure oar readers and the public that no war or difficulty can take place with England at present—that M'Leod will probably be tried in a lew weeks , in some other county than Niagara , probably in Utica , where he now is . At all events , there is nothing to disturb the peaceful relations of the two countries . —New Fork Courier .
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The recent charge brought against certain parties connected with the Downbam Union Workhouse , in Norfolk , of alleged indecent treatment of female paupers , must bo familiar to moat of our readers ; and the sensation created baa been rather increased by the unmeasured denunciations , coupled wiih the measured details , in which the publie press has indulged . Into the circumstances counected with the case an inquiry has just been instituted , under , we believe , the authority of the Poor Law Commissioners , an Assistant-Commissioner having attended throughout , and the depositions being now before the central board . Copies of these depositions have been placed exclusively in our possession , and we thick it due to tho public , and to all parties concerned ,
that we should lay tLe most material points before our readers , suppressing Buch portions only as are immaterial to the broad facts at issue , or as , from their nature , are two indelicate for our columns . From these depositions , it will be seen that tbe gist of ths charge is the presenco of the li ^ v . Mr . Howman at surgical operations of a peculiar character performed on females ; and while every excuse shsuld be made for a love of science , and the parties are entitled to all that can be said in relation to the character of the unfortunate females lu question , seems , at least , very clear that tho offence alleged is fully made out ; and after making every possible allowance , tre are bound to add that the whole case is ineffably disgusting , most painful as it regards the clergyman implicated , but more disgraceful in the medical man for having permitted anything of the sort .
we are not sure , indeed , whether the charactor of the females implicated is not an aggravation of the offence ; and principally in the hope that exposure will prevent all such extra-professional pursuits for the future , we , with the restrictions specified , lay the depositions before our readers : — The first witness called was Mary Ann Leedale . — Examined by Mr . Palmer : Do you recollect how long it is since you first came into the union ? About five weeks bfcfora last Christmas . —Had you the venereal disease ? Yes . —When had you medical attendance ? On the Monday following admission . —Who attended you ? Mr . Ward . —Did you undergo any operation on that day ? Yes . —Was any one elae present at that oneration ? Yes . —Who ? The Rev . Mr . Howman . —
Were you lying on the bed at the time ? YeB . — [ lltro the witness answered some questions with regard to tbe operation , and tbe conversation between the parties present ] In what position did Mr . Howman staud at thia lime ? By my bed-Bide . —Could Mr . Howmam have a clear view of your person ? Yea . — Did you know Mr . Howman at the time ? No , I did not . —You mean to say you did not know he was a clergyman ? No , I did not . Did you know he was a magistrate ? No , sir . —What did you suppose Mr . Howman to be ? A doctor . —Did yoa suppose Mr . Howman to de a bead surgeon or physician ? Yes—If you had known Mr . Howman was a magistrate and a clergyman , instead of a doctor , would you have allowed him to exatnino sou ? Certainly not . —Was there any
one else present besides Mr . Howman and Mr . Ward ? No , not in the room . — Dj you mean to say that you had no women present at the time ? None . —Who was with you at the time you were called to undergo the operation ? Mrs . Bushell , Susan Forster , and Elizabeth Hardy . —Duriug the operation was there any one came to the door or window ? The porter of the uuiou and a girl went down the passage . —What girl ? Susan Lenton . —Did Mr . Howman see them ? Yes ; and he said pass on , pass on—there ' s no one here . —Did you not thiuk it very singular that no females wero with yon ? I did . —[ The witness here replied to some
questions with regard to the complaint , under which she still suffered , and stated that aho had no internal medicine administered . ]—Did yeu ever complain to the board of not having any medicine ? Yes , I have . —Did you ever make any complaint of being examined by Mr . Howman ? No . —Why did you not ? Because I was ashamed . —Since you have had the disease did you apply to any other medical man ? Yes , before I came in , —who ? Mr . Hunter . —Did he examine you in the public way you were evamlned in the union-house ? No . —Did he allow anyoneelae to be present ? Never ; he was always alone in a private room . —Mr . Howman , in cross-examination , could elicit nothing from this
witness . Susan Bushell—Do you recollect a girl named Mary Aun Leedale ? Yes . —Had she an operation performed on her ? Yes . —Where was you going when tue operation was performing ? Going up the passage . —Did you see any one iu the room ? Mr . Ward and Mr . Howman . —Could you see the person of Mary Ann Leedale ? Yes . —What pait of her person did you see ? Her knees . —Where was Mr . Howman ? Stood by her , taking hold of her hands . —in your opinion , could Mr . Howman see her person ? Yes , he could . —Was it your opinion that an operation conducted in such a way was decent ? Very indecent , I thought . —Was there any woman present ? No , not any . —Do you know a girl named Flood ? Yea . — Did you ever hear her Bay Mr . Howman had examined her ? Yea . —Do you believe that it has been the custom in the unionhouse to examine females ? ( This question was stopped , as unfair . )
Susan Lenton . —You are mow lWing in the union ho u se , are yeu not ? I am . —How old . are you ? Just turned fourteen years . —Do you know Mary Ann Leedale ? Yes . —Do you Tecollect an operation being performed upon her ? Yes . —Where was you going at the time the operation was being performed 1 I and the porter was going past with the dinners . —Did you see any one in the room from the door ? Yes , Mr . Howman and the doctor . —What did Mr . Howman say to you ? He said , Pass on , pass on , there's no one here . — 'After leaving the door did you look through the window ? Yes . —What did you see ? I saw her knees . —Where was Mr . Howman when you peeped through the window ? Mr . Howmau was standing by the bedside . — What was he doing ? Holding her hands . —Now , could Mr . Hovrmau see the person of Mary Anne Leedale ? Oh , yes , I am we of that .
Susan Flood . —Youhave been in the union-house ? have . —When did you go in ? The beginning of harve-—How long was you there ? A month . —Had you ' venereal disease ? Yes . —When did Mr . Wales , union doctor , examine you ? The Monday befr r ( came out—All tbe time you was in tho union , di j take any medicine ? No , nona—Did any one eJ se t ' miue you before j \ lr . Wales ? Yes , air . Ward an ( i Hodman . —When did . Mr . Ward examine yur , ¦> q Sunday after I came in—came in on a Satuxd ay . — -M long was it beford Mr . Howman examined yo a ? In f
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« fire days . —Were you in your sleeping room ? Yes . —Was any one besides Mr . Ward and Mr . Bowman present ? No . —Was you lying on the bed ? Yea . — Had Mr , Howman a full * ie « of your person . ? Yes , he stood at tbe foot of the bed . —After , or during the time Mr . Howman was examining you , did he make any remark ? No . —Did yoa know Mr . Howman at the time ? No . —Did you know he was a magistrate ? No . —Did you know he was a clergyman ? No . —What did you suppose Mr . Howman to be ? A doctor . —Supposing you had known Mr . Howman was not a doctor , would you have allowed him to examine you ? Certainly net .
—Pray did ever any other surgeon attend you before you went into the union ? Mr . SteeL—I believe he wanted to examine you , did he not ? Yes , he did . — Did you allow him to examine you ? No . —Did Mr . Steel tell you that when j ou went into tbe union you would be examined by doctors ? Yes . —What made him tell you so ? Because I would not be examined by him . —Supposing you had submitted to the examination by young Mr . Steel , should you have come into the union ? No . —Was it Mr . Steel ' s telling you that yon would be examined by doctors made you suppose Mr . Howman was a doctor ? Yes . —You naturally thought Mr . Howman was a doctor ? Yes . —You would not
have supposed Mr . Ward would have brought any one else besides a doctor ? No , —Has Mr . Steel attended you since you came out of the union , for the same complaint ? Yes . —You was not cured in the union ? No . —When Mr . Howman and Mr . Ward were examining you , were there any women present ? No . —What not the nurse ? No . —Where did this take place ? Down the receiving ward . —You never complained of being examined whilst in the union ? No ; I was ashamed when . I knew who Mr . Howman was . —Did you ever tell any one about it ? Yes ; 1 told Mrs . Buihell .
Mr . Ward—I believe you assist Mr . Wales , the union surgeon ? Yes . —You principally , if not wholly , attend the union ? Yes . —Are you a member of the College of Surgeons ? No . —Are you a member of the Apothecaries' Company ? No . —Where did you serve your apprenticeship ? At Horncastle . —Have you any indentures ? I refuse to answer that question . —Are you acquainted with hospital practice ? Yes . —Did you ever know an operation performed ou a female without some woman being present ? Did not take particular notice of anything of the kind . —Did J . W . Milnes , Esq ., ask you whether it is true , that you and Mr . Howman had examined females ? I refuse to answer that question . —Did you r . ot d « ny that you and Mr . Howman did ? I equivocated . —Nonsense ; you denied
it , did you not ? No answer . —For what reason did you deny it ? Because I did not wish to have anything to do with tbe matter . —I suppose you were a little ashamed of the circumstances ? No answer . —Pray , Sir , will you inform me how many females you and Mr . Howman have examined together ? I refuse to answer it . —Did you allow Mr . Howman to be present to gratify his wishes , or his love for seeing surgical operations performed ? Mr . Howman did not ask my leave . —He came as a right , you mean to say ? No answer . —Did Mr . Howman ask your leave to be present , or how was it that ho cam © to be tbete ? I invited him . —Did you ever examine a girl named Elizabeth H a r dy ? I do n't recollect . —Did you not examine , with Mr . Howman , a girl named Elieibeth Hardy ? I refuse to answer it—Did you not tell a girl named Addison just now not to say anything about the matter of this inquiry , or it might be the worse for her ? No
answer . —In what relation do you stand to Mr . Walesan apprentice , or what ? I refuse to answer any impertinent questions . —You believe Mr . Howman to be fond of surgical operations ? Yes . —Pray , Sir , will you tell me whether or no you performed an operation on the girl Flood ' ! I don't recollect ; but if you will tell me what an operation is , 1 on answer you . —Did you perform any operation whatever ? Please to define what an operation is , —This is perfectly absurd . I call cutting off a man ' s leg an operation ; don't you ? Yes . —As you bave eaid Mr . Howman is fond of surgical operations , and as there was no operation performed on the girl Flood , how was it he' came there ? He was in the next room . —The girl Flood ' s evidence is not contradicted , Sir . No answer . —Will you inform us what took place about Flood ? I asked her whether she would allow Mr . Howman to te present , and she refused . —Mr . Howman here said , you must be mistaken , Mr . Ward . I don't recolkct anything about it
Mr . Hall , called by Mr . Howman to prove that it was common to invite friends to surgical operations , in cross-examination by Mr . Palmer , deposed as follows : — You are an assistant to Dr . Paterson 1 Yea . —Are you a member of tho College of Surgeons ? No . —Are you a licentiate of the apothecaries ? Yes . —Pray , Sir , did you ever know an operation performed on a female in any hospital in Eugland unless other women were present ? I do not J . S . Bradfield , Esq ., a magistrate , was asked by Mr . Howman whether ho had not been invited to surgical operations ; be said that he had , but had no taste that way . —Weekly Chronicle .
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ALARMINO CONDITION OF THE COUNTRY . We have been told that Lord Francis Egerton ia about to raise a yeomanry corps from amongst his numerous tenants . Should this be true , and we have no reason to doubt the truth of our informant , it will show that his Lordship is resolved to be prepared against any ej / ieute in his own neighbourhood . The example will probably be followed by all the Tory ariatoeracy , and thus a new military force , will be created , auxiliary to the Tory Government , and for the suppression of any disturbances that may arise from the continuance of the corn monopoly . There is too much reason for alarm . We have been close observers of the state of the manufacturing districts for the last quarter of a century , and we venture to affirm that there never was , during all tbat period , so intense nnd wide-spread distress aa that' which is
now experienced . We have had sudden depressions , which occasioned great suffering , but they were of comparatively short endurance ; but there has been a gradual progress downwards for the last two or three years , till tho profits of business and the reward of labour have fallen below what we ever remember them to have been , and this , too , without any reasonable prospect of amendment . The census shows that fnlly one-tenth of the bouses in the manufacturing towns ot Lancashire are untonanted ; and we have good grounds for belief that the occupiers of another tenth are totally unable to pay rent This shows an enormous diminution of the means of subsistence , even with
those who are partially employed ; and wo know tbat a great number of persons are without employment at all . One-half of the hand-loom weavers in Manchester are without work ; and a great proportion of them are Irish , who havo no claim to parochial assistance . We saw Jour of these men yesterday—men of good character , as their late employer testified—endeavouring to raise amongst the benevolent a few shillings to save their families from starvation , and their story was heart-rending . One of them said— " What are we to do ; we cannot get work ; we are not entitled to parish relief ; wo havo no other choice but to lie down and die , or put out our hand and steaL "
No country can be tranquil while this is the condition of a great portion of the people . It cannot be expected that men will peaceably lay themselves down to die . We cannot txpect that , on the vergo of starvation , they will forget that they have been thus reduced by bad la w s , that they will exercise forbeaxiDg thoughts towards tho men who support those laws . There is , in truth , much cause for fear . The elements of combustion are Mel . A spark may ignite the whole in a moineBt . Take , for example , Paisley , where the manufacturers , With two or three exceptions , are involved in one eomn \ on rain . There is the whole population of a large town unemployed . Let there be but an extensive bank failure in Lancashire , and we should have whole tewna here in the same deplorable condition . And all this without the hope of amendment . ' !!
Will the raising of bands of yeomanry be instrumental in preventing an explosion ? On the contrary , it would add to the existing causes sf discontent- A few hundreds of hot-headed partizins , acting as . tbe Manchester yeomanry of 1819 did , might involve Use whole country in a civil war . —Manchester Times . " We are in a state ,, " eays the Tyne Pilot , " of almost unparalleled distress . Even in eur immediate neighbourhood no one can shut his . eyes to the misery which surrounds our working population . It is evident that some deadly evil ia at the toot ofi our system , and that evil we believe 60 be monopoly . "
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BRADFORD . —Tba cause is progressing rapidly in this town . The ftmale&seem determined to lead the van . They held a meeting on Monday evening in the room over the Chartist Provision Store , Goodmans-end , Mrs . W aterhouso in the chair , when the following resolute , n was put and carried : — " That this meeting is 0 f opinion , that the Government of thia country has , in defiance of the remonstrances and entreaties c , f the nation , introduced iniquitous and diabolical . ^ aws for enslaving the people , it will be the duty of the females of the United Kingdom to meet weekly to disouss those grievances , aad never to rest satisf ied until the . People ' s Charter be made the law of ' the land . " What will the apostate WhigB say to thia j They will be ready to appeal to the Tory Exe cutive when it is formed for more red coats to protec t property .
Bow ^ ing . — Mr . Martin preached here last Sunday , V j an attentive audience . The females of this distii' . fc are requested to attend at the Chartist meet' ino-room , on Monday evening , for the purpose of f arming an association , and to elect a council wo man to represent that body in Bradford . Wapping . —The Council held their usual weekly " meeting at Mr . Carrodus ' s , on Sunday evening last . There was a good attendance , and they performed their business-like good legislators . The females will meet here on Wednesday evening tha 11 th instant , when a good attendance is anticipated .
Manningham . —The Chartists of this town , mot at the meeting room , in James ' s-street , Win . Uawnsley in the chair , when the following resolution was unanimously adopted : — " That it is the op inion of this meeting that the conduct of Messrs . John Collins , and Arthur O'Neil , at the late anti-Corn Law meeting in Birmingham , is highly censurable , and proves them to be unworthy of the confidence of every true Chartist . "
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crrr or toicDorc . —At a meeting of the mem * bers of the National Charter Association , held July 17 th , at the City of London Political and Scientific Institute , a resolution was unanimously passed con * demnatory of the base conduct of the Lovettites in their dastardly and cowardly attempts to destroy the association , and the present struggle for liberty . On Sunday morning , August 1 st , the above place was opened at ten o'clock , to the public , when , as usual , portions , of the Star , were read also the first chapter of the late Mr . Cobbett ' s " Legacy to Labourers . " The managing oompnittce directed Mr . Saunders , the secretary , to write to friends for books to form a library to carry out the objects of the institute . In the evening of the same day , and
in the fame place a very excellent sermon was preached on Chartist principles , b y Mr . Spatr . _ The preacher commenced the service by singing a Chartist hymn , in which a very respectable and numerous congregation joined ; after which he delivered a very animated Chartist Bermou from Paul ' s EpiBtle 10 the Romans , and closed with singing and a prayer . Discussion was not permitted . A Rev . Mr . Francis , Sunday morning preacher to the coal-heavers of Paddle-dock and its vicinity , and minister of New Court Chapel , Old Bailey , challenged any Chartist to prove that it is is right for them to hold political meetings on the Sabbath . Mr . Spurr accepted the challenge , and they are to meet in the abov « place in public meeting , at eight o ' clock , on Thurday evening , the 12 th instant . At the conclusion of the service , the clerk gave the following notices : —Next
Sunday morning , the above place will bo opened to tbe public , at ten o ' clock , for political information . At seven , in the evening , Mr . Watkins will preach . On the following Monday , a concert will take place in the above Institution , two-thirds of the profits to be for tho benefit of Mr . O'Brien , when out of the tyrants claws . On Thursday evening , the female Chartists of this city locality , will meet to transact their business , and to enroll members . They are very deairous that their fair friends will instantly obey the call of their sisters of Manchester , and come forward in the good cause , and they beg to observe that the Northern Star , National Vindicator , Enfjliih and Scotch Chartitt Circulars , Messrs . Cleave and Watkins ' s tracts , &o . &c , are for sale in the same place , on Sunday morning and evening , and on Tuesday nights , being the nights when the Chartists of the city meet to enrol members , &o .
Another Chartists' Room has been opened at the Northern Star Alu and Coffee rooms , 1 , Goldenlane , city . Chartism progresses in the city , and by another election little Lord John will find himself confronted with a goodly number of honest Chartist electors . Chelsea . —At a public meeting of the Chartists of this neighbourhood , on Monday last , Mr . Dowling in the chair . After the transaction of the usual business , the secretary read a reply he had sent to the Anti-Corn Law Gents , which elicited general approbation . Messrs . Dabbar and Bullen were appointed a deputation to wait upon the trustees of tha Chelsea Temperance Hall to endeavour to procure it for a public place of meeting . Mr . T .
Wheeler then delivered an interesting lecture on the past and present condition and future prospects of the working classes of Great Britain , clearly demonstrating that machinery , instead of being a blessing to the working classes ,. by relieving them of the drudgery and ixksomeness of excessive labour , only served . to . oppoao and oppress them , and to render them tenfold more the children of misery than they were previous te its introduction . The lecturer went on to show that this must ever be the case till the who ) e people were duly represented . Messrs . Bullon , Sturge , and Dowling , then made some excellent observations , and tho meeting concluded with a vote of thanks to the lecturer and chairman . By particular request , Mr . Ridley will lecture next Monday evening on class legislation .
Greenwich . —Mr . Wheeler lectured here on Sunday evening- last , to a numerous and attentive a u d i ence , on the *• Evils of a Standing Army . " The lecture elicited much approbation , and considerable good was effected , WIGAN . —Mr . William Dixon delivered a lecture in the Chartist Association Room , Millgate , on Sunday evening last , Mr . Michael Ward in the chair , who opened the meeting in » neat and appropriate speech , and called on Mr . Dixon , who addressed the meeting in a masterly manner for upwards of an hour . He shewed the utility of the working classes of all denominations uniting together in one common union , for the accomplishment of their social trnd political right ?' . He then went on to deprecate the conduct of the ministers of the Established Church , in preaching the doctrine of passive obedience and
non resistance to a starving people , whilst they themselves are living in luxury , and eating uu the fruits of the industrious millions . He denounced all parties who wished to divide the peoplo by the cry of " No Popery I" " Down with Orangeism I" the two great bug bears of the factions . He Bhewed the tyranny of the mill-owners of thia town , some of the pTetended Liberals , who pay their hands but four days per week , whilst by conniving they work full time ; . for instance , they pay but half a day for Saturday , whilst the hands work till one o ' clock , three hours short of a full day , as the mills regularly stop at four o ' clock on Saturday a . He concluded by telling the meeting ho would address them again on that day fortnight , at eight o ' clock in the evening . A letter was read , from Poter Hoey , late inmate of Wakefield Hell-hole , but now in Ireland , suffering under a bad leg , created by Whig tyranny .
WILTSHIRE . —On Sunday last , the County Council for 'Wilts assembled at Westbury , at the house of Mr . Tuckers . The delegates were not bo numerous as they have been on former occasions , on account of a special meeting being held a fortnight previous . The Trowbridge delegates gave a pleasing account of a defeat of the CalvinisSic party in their Association . Mr . Tuckers gave a good account of the progress of the Chartist cause in WeBtbury , amongst the middle classes , since tbe defeat of the Whigs . Mr . Tudgey and Mr . Garrets gave a cheering account of the success of the Chartist principles amongst the respectable farmers in their district : Air . George , of Warminster was hi ghly delighted to inform the delegates present that the
People ' s Charter had become the chief topic of conversation amongst the theological classes of that priest-ridden town . Mr . Mills , witfe respect to Mere , was happy to say that 6 ince Mr . Ridley had lectured in that place , he had been the means of rejnoviBg a great amount of prejudice from the minds of some of the shopocrats , and they were now arousing themselves to a sense of their duty . The following resolution was unanimously earned : — Proposed by Mr . Tndgey , and seconded by Mr . Stevens , " That each place where an Association is fermed in this county be written to , requesting them to sand their weekly subscriptions of a farthing per week to the county treasurer , that he may forward the same to the Executive Council in Manchester ; and tbat all villages where there is only classes formed be requested to- 4 o the same . " A letter from Mr . John Moore , tue County Secretary , was read ,
tendering his resignation ; his reasons tor eo doing were quite satisfactory to the delegates present . A vote of thanks was giv » tthi » for so ably filling- that office , but afe the same time much regret was expressed at his resigning , when his services are much needed . It was unanimously agreed to recommend Mr . Ruffy Ridley as a fit an 4 able lectursr-in the Chartist sanka , he having been the means of doing much good-to the Chajtist eaase in Wiltshire . Tha following sums were handed in towards defraying Mr . RidJey ' s expenses : — Trowbridge , 14 s . 6 d . ; Holt , 4 s . 6 d . ; Bradford , 9 s . § d . ; Bromham , 7 s . 6 d . ; Warmin 3 ter , 33 . ; Several , 15 . 3 . ; Frbme ,. 6 s . Gd . ; Salisbury , 5 s . ; Mere , 3 s . ; Westbury , 8 s , ; . North Bradley , 5 s . 6 d . ; Melksham , 8 s . ; Devises , 12 s . ; Shaftesbury , Is . fid . Several delegates paid 3 d each towards making' up the sum they intead to give Mr . Ridley .
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MuaDER . —At the Exeter assizes on Fziday , William Major , a man seventy-four years * f age , waB convicted of adisinistermK poison to Thoaas Coombs , his son-in-law , his daughter , and 6 ovejsd of their children . The wretched man it would appear was led to commit the crime from some petty quarrel he had with his son in-law , when he said to him , according to the evidence of the daughter , " Yon think to have the end with I , but I shall have my end of thee , and before Saturday night you shall die in a ditch like a gipsey . - If ihee dost not I'll be d——d tor it . Tho parties were dangerously ill for several days , but they all survived . The daughter , grand-child , and son-in-law , were the principal witnesses . Baroa Rolfe passed sentence of death on the prisoner .
Distress of the Working Classes . —The reductions which hare recently takea place in tha make of iron in this district , and the consequent discharge of large numbers of men from the works , have produced an extent and degree of distress among the working classes truly afflicting . During the week , we have Been more than one g «* 8 of unemployed men , who , after seeking for work at the different establishments in this and the adjoin ng counties without euccess , have travelled through the Forest of Dean , through Staffordshire , and into Shropshire , without being more fortunate . They then , as a last resource , returned to this neighbourhood , and we heard one of the poor fellows earnestly imploring employment for his meat only— Monmouthshire Merlin .
The Armstkong Lives Piils are recommended as an Anti-bilious medicine , to every sufferer from bilious complaints and indij-estioa , or from an Inactive liver , and are procurable at all Druggist ? , and at the Northern Star ofBce . It is only necessary to gee that the stamp has "Dr . John Armstrong ' s Liver Pills" engraved on it in white letters , and to let no one put you off with any other pills . N . B . —The Pills in the boxes enclosed , in marbled pape r , and marked B ., are a very mild aperient , and are particularly and universally praised .. They are admirably adapted for sportsmen , agriculturists , men of business , naval and military men ; as they contain no mercury or calomel , and require neither confinement to the hoi Ee , nor restiaint in diet .
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JT 1 IAN HAItXEY TO THE DEMOCRATS OF rGRKSHIRE AND XA > "CASHIRE . Mt Fbiends , —In the Northern Star of July 24 th appeared a few linta from your bumble servant , suggesting the propriety of liolding a meeting of Delegates from all parts of Yorkshire and Lancashire , to consider and determine upon the arrangements to be mi < le for the right reception of oar glorious friends , O'Connor and O'Brien , on their liberation from the tings of tyranny ' s tools . The Delegates of the West Biding assembled at Dewsbnry , o n Sunday las t , unanimously resolved that such a meeting should be called . The meeting is called to be held at Hebden-Bridge , on Sunday , Angnsi 15 th .
I doubi not but that the men of Lancashire will rasjrond u the C 3 ll of their brethren of the West Riding . Upon the question of the arrangements for the reception of onr patriotic leaders , I presume not to speak ; it will be for tbe constituency of each delegate to instruct him as to its views and wishes . It will be for the delegates to determine and decide . , Bat cpon otLer questions that may—that shouldcome under the consideration of tie delegates , I wish to offer a few words . Tbe Whi ^ s having bten mort miserably defeated in the late election struggle , vriil be compelled to resi gn the reins of dominion into other hands , and in all probability a few vreeks will see the Tories ones again at the helm of affairs . If we may judge of the character -if ths Tories by their deeds in other days , then must we regard them aa a faction to be hated and opposed—a faction with whom ¦ vrar to the death must be "waged .
A short time and the intentions of tb . 9 party mil be disclosed . In the mean time do you prepare . ' PB . EPAB . E ! By a moral , peaceful , -well-organized , ene : getic agitation , prepare te meet tbe T « riea . How- can we get up such agitation ? My answer is , under the cover of a National Petition . 1 am no friend to petitioning , could it be dispensed with , I believe with Southey , that " Petitioning for pity is moEt weak : The sovereign people ought to demand justice . " But , unfortunately , we are not at the present moment in a position to back , or force the aristocracy to comply ¦ with , our demand . It is a maxim vrith me * that , if I cannot do vrhat I would do , I will just do what I can do ; and if I can , for the time beicg , do nothing better , I will even petition .
r ^ cw , for the delegate meeting , I would respectfully suggest ths . 4 each constituency instruct its delegate as to whether , Aje fer No , they approve of the suggestion of the ^ Editor of the Northern Sla r , that a National Petition be got up for 1842 . If the com-titaencies £ ay aye , I would then suggest that the delegates make ksc-svn the wish of tbe people to the National ExecntiTe Council , that that body may draw up the said petition , to be transmitted to the conntry for the signatures of the people . " It is for you , nun of Yorkshire and Lancashire , to say vrhetier there shall be a National Petition ; if the project is approved of by you , I feel assured that the rest of England , acd Scotland , too , from Higland glen to Southern Border—frill iostactly and heartily concur . Let us have a National Petition— demanding
The Peopled chaeter . The Repeal of the Union . The , Liberation of all Political Prisonebs And the Restoration of Fkost , Williams , AJ > "D- JOXES . Let rs hate tuhee millions of signatures , —Let us have rnion cud orcanzruoa—firm energy , and stern resohe—thin vfiil tjransy tutter to its falL " Ae ; 1 , like the bise ' e-ss fabric of a vision , L ^ ave cot a meek l-eLicd . " I an 3 , T 3 roiiier Democrats , Fsi : ifully and fraternally yonrs , Geouge Julias Hak . net , Hudd = r 3 aeld , August 3 . ISil .
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DECISION AND OPINION OF THE SUPREME COURT IN TUE CASE OF M ' LEOD—THE PRISONER REMANDED FOR IBIAL . On Tuesday morning , at an early hour , our extraordinary express arrived from Utica , bringing us the opinion and decision of the Supreme Court of New York in the case of M'Leod . Judge Cowan delivered the opinion . It is learned and powerful , and directs that M'Leod be remanded to the county of Niagara for trial acoording to law . The consequences of this decision will be fearful but honourablo . It establishes the supremacy of
the laws oyer the threats of a foreign Government . It is now highly probable that the British Minister will demand his passports , and return immediately to England . Let us all now prepare for the worst—for an attack on onr seaports—for a war perhaps of great length and obstinacy . The whole country must rally now as one man to support the institutions and legal decisions of this glorious republican union . Prepare ! Cheer up i , Hurrah I—New York Herald .
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China . —By extraordinary express , from Marseilles , accounts anticipatory of the overland mail from India , have been received , with the following dates—Calcutta , June G ; Bombay , June 19 ; Alexandria , July 19 , and Malta , July 22 . There are no later dates from China than had bsen previously received , nor are there any news of importance by thia arrival . Commodore Bremer left Calcutta on the 26 th of May , in the Queen steamer , and it is expected that
the whole fleet will reach Canton by the beginning of July . The whole of the 55 ih have proceeded to China . The Cameronians and the 4 lst are to follow . The steamers have been fitted up with carronades for river service . Tha Emperor's edicts breathe vengeance against , and extermination of , tho English , ' and he swears " both powers shall not stand , one or the other must conquer or die . " His orders are , " Stite tho barbarians , and make an entire extermination an end of them . " These edicts were published at Macao on the 31 st of March .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 7, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct561/page/7/
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