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WATKDJS'S LEGACY TO THE CHARTISTS . X . BCTETRB II . COKCIXDED . ~ gt& tlie troth is , there are none of us tbat do as - we vrovld be doiie by , for , if so , should we Bee snch sir ' sts . Troisld there be such Bcenea as appear—as are acted -without intermission on this great stare of knaves and fools—in this threatre of tiie -world ? "We need not ascend or descend into garrets , or cellars , or dog-boles , those charnel honses of the dying and the dead , where plague , pestUenee , and famine huddle their "victims together ; -we need not explore prisons , bastiles , or Tjesitentaries ; nor need we seek in factories or coal ^ ' ) we have only to walk the open streets , at midflay , and ai every step "we take "we shall meet objects + a convince ns that -we do not do onto other 3 as we of the
• would be done by . I wiU paaj ^ long one principal thoroughfares of this mighty metropolis—the < 3 t > ital of Eng land—tbe emporium of tb . 9 world—great in wealth , little & worth , magnificent in ontward apreararee / mean in real character—in a word—London ! Isee t&o extremes ef wealth and poverty that absolutely meet : they not only co-exist , but they comminsle ; and the wealth is more Bhameful , more disgnstiEe , more abominable than the poverty ; for there is something very unjust , Tery revolting , very insulting jn Ixrsxny when it exists—when it parades itself—when it triumphs in the very presence of the necessity which it contrasts with . If such wealth allow of snch porerty , the poverty Bhculd not allow of the wealth . There is St Paul ' s Cathedral—surrounded and almost smothered
with shops and warehouses—an emblem of religion , befouled and burthened with the traffic of Mammon ; you are shewn the Monument ; and look at the shipping in the Thames—the carriages in the streets—yes , and I point yon to the miserable beings you meet there . See a human creature , a few dirty rags scarcely hide tis shrivelled nakedness , his emaciated arms are folded across his skeleton term to give it warmth , ha is bent with cramps , he shivers with agues—the keen pangs of hunger glare fiercely in his eye 3—his appetite is reduced to that of a very dog—he seeks in the gutters for scraps of refuse—he is full of sores , an 4 shames—why is this " ? Answer it ye who have the making of the laws , who govern the country , who leave ns not a will of our ewn— answer it , ye lords and bishops , who profess to
reverence the very name of God—who tell us that man was created in the likeness of God ! 13 thU the condition in which yon wonld behold the image of G * d ? You say that God gave dominion to man over a'l things that all things were made for him , and given to him . True , my lords and bishops , but such as you faave robbed him of all , and we now frequently behold God ' s mage pass along—a pale spectre of reproach to man—perishing with cold and hnngsr , and with no place of rest , not even a pillow for his drooping , his dying head , except the stony step of the door of some Taunted charitable institution barred against him . That man is out brother , and is this doing to onr brother as we wonld be sheuld be done to ? Is it doing as -we would be done by ?—fer we ought to put
ourselves in his place—to identify ourselves with hiia , to sympathise with him , to succour him—for , as we would not wish to suffer this , we should resolve that neither should one of like nature with ourselves be made to suffix so . How many do we m » et doing penance for the crime of poverty , walking barefoot , and howling as they hobble along , ' God help me , I am starving . " Hundreds pass them every minute , hundreds full-fed , fulldressed , and with their pockets full , but they heed not their suffering , perishing brethren . Unsophisticated strangers frcm the country will stop , will enquire , will wonder , will be softened by pity , wiil be fixed with indignation ; but the town passengers are bent on business ; on pleasure , on wastefulness , on wantonness , end suffer net their attention to be diverted for a
moment to thoEB who have no business , no pleasure , nothing to waste , who are in watt of alL What a prize a pency would '• be to them ; but no man gives them anything . There is the Lascar who has been brorzed by " the heat of a torrid sun—he finds our climate cold , but our heart 3 are colder ; a few tatters of his native coslnme yet flip in the wind , and tells too plainly , shews too clearly , that ke has not been clothed sines be left his far , his foreign soil , and came a stranger to a Etrange land , 3 > o we do unta kirn as we would be dons by , supposing that we were thus destitute in bis country ? I might go on adducing other instances of InGividnal wretchedness in every variety of formnumbers of defoimed , crippled , mutilated objects whom ire-see in public , but who ought to be Eowhere seen
but in almshouses , hospitals , or asylums . But I will not weary ycur patience or render your compassion callous by a vsin recital of the wints and woes which are caused by tyrants , who punish ns if we pity and seek to relieve them . I wiil merely cite a few domestic cases , which nature itself prompts ns to rtlieve—such as of mothers carrying their infants through the streets , and followed by their little ones with naked feet , driven from an eapty home , and imploring with bopele& 3 eyes , a little fo * d to keep them alive . Is this the fate we would wish for cur fathers and mothers ? Fathers , who in spite of the Dnke's dtclaration , that all may eat vho work , find that tbose who do no Work eat allfor , unable to procure work , they have been obliged to to pawn their very tools for bread , and
yet l 2 . ck food—mothers who with aching hearts , after parting with every comfort , every con-TenieEce , every accommodation for the necessaries of life , after stripping themselves and tbeir homes of all tfce graces of life , of its very decencies , have been compelled to strip their little ones , and Mil their tiny articles of wearing apparel for food—then as a last resource , have gone forth not with the pride of a mother's joy , the pleasure of 8 mother ' s love , when she take 3 her children forth to walk or play : but with the degrading , the distressing , the despairing feelings of a mendieant who must exhibit her offspring as spectacles ¦ of painful pity to excite the compassion of those whose hearts have been hardtned by avarice , who rejoice at the wretchedness which is the foil and food of their
splendour . Alas ! snch children are trained np not in the way they should go ; but in a way which they would fain not go—in a way which they are forced to go . Ah , necessity is a vile thing , and makes villains of us alL Many mother * wish their daughters may die and not grow up to become the victims of the suffering life of sin that awaits them . Many fathers wish their soils had not been bom to be a burthen on them which they cannot support . How many little sinless ones innocently wonder why they are made te suffer so much cold and hunger , and with the voiee of first nature implore their parents to get them food from the abundance which they see every where around them ? How many parents commit suicide , or destroy their children , or sit in sullen impotency , ¦ unaffected by the cries of want
which they cannot relieve ? How many groan in spirit under tie grinding despotism of the present cursed system—a system made by and for the benefit of tie rich , who do not feel any of these things , and therefore , « are for none of them ? It is very well for them , sitting st ease in their possessions , and saying to themselves , " Soul , them hast much goods laid up for many years , eat , drink , and be merry , * ' —it is very well for them , not pressed by poverty , not tempted by sin—for them to exciaim against the vices of the poor ; but ltt - the rich do as they would be done by , and the vices , the ignorance , they so eloquently denounce , would cease , would be known no more . Many honest men are balancing the horrors of starvation on the one hand "srilh the degradation of aishonesty on the other , and
in hopeless helplessness wish for seme swift disease to come and carry them off . iiany put themselves into tbe way of death ; many plunge into it from a life that has robbed death of all its terrors , a life of pain and frantic woe . The verdict on such victims is self murder J A lie—a cruel lie ; for it is the system that murders them , and none but the supporters of such a system—the supported by it—would dara to pronounce such a sentence on the clay-cold corpse that sleeps sound , that smiles for the first time ; a sentence that should waken the sleeper , that should mate the bloed of the murdered flow afresh , that Bhould recoil on those who would torment the soul after killing the body . Ah , tbe grave ! that is the true place of rest for those whom the wicked has made weary ; the grave is the only refuge fer the destitute . '
Now the knowledge of these things , the knowledge that so many instances of this kind have taken place , that so many are now taking place , that so many will take place in future , the knowledge of all this ought to make our blood boil ; ought to fire us with virtuou 3 indignation ; ought to fi .-l us with fory ; we should burn ; we should be all a fianie to redress these things , to stop them , to alter the cursed system that causes them . If we wonld not Inve such things happen to us , we should resolve that they shall not happen to others ; we should resolve that they shall not be ; for while such things are , while they are suffered to continue , who shall say , which of us can tell that he will not be the next victim ? Save them , then , to save ourselves .
I frequently see in the street of this proud city—and Basse on it for showing such sights , old men and old women , worn to premature age by ill-requited toil , who £ 2 blood is chilled by time , who ought to have some qaiet nook , some comfortable fireside to rest their *§? , and shelter their infirmities in : yet they must waiifier forth , and with voice that filters in unissn with their tottering steps , sing , or rather attempt to sing , —for in London it is " no song , no supper . '' Tbay ttust sing for alias , though alms ought to be given to prevent them being put to the pain of singing ; bnt" they Enist sing or the ever-open hand will remain outstretched in vain . How can they sing ? how unfeeling it is to expect them to mock their own miseries by merriment Js this the fate we wish for our grandsires and grandmothers ? But , alas ! the very commonness of these things , a commonness that makes them only more mournful , more shocking , makes them be unconsidered . unheeded .
And if these be the every-day sights , what are the every-night scenes 1 when misery comes out of its Mding-place , and seeks relief by sin—when the fairest daughters of our isle , who have been Beared by the gaunt aspect of famine into the smiiirg embrace of TolTOtaousneES—when ruined loveliness seeks a respite from thought in beastly intoxication or brutal lustwho feel every remaining spark of lost virtue a pain to them , and strive to extinguish it by unwomanising themselves , so to speak ; and yet these poor , demoralised , brataiised , demonised creatures migkt have been the help of mothers , the comfort of fathers , the pride of brothers , the solace of husbands , the ornaments of domestic usefulness , but they fell into arms that ought to have been stretched to save and not to sink , and now tteir portion is guilty woe—the abomination of deso-
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lation . Surely , this is the last way of life that women would walk in ; but what other way is left to thousands , except the path that leads to the grave 7 what escape is for them ?—what means of return ? The penitentiaries open not to the voice of penitence , bnt te the voice of interest , and when open there are painful penances to be performed within ; no home and no house will take them back to virtue ; it is too late , and the poor victims are constrained to sell themselves , body and soul , to disease and despair . These are oar sisters , and is this the way we would have our sisters done by ?
Parliament instituted to inquire into and to correct national evils , never 'inquired into these things , will not suffer them to be inquired into . Committees are appointed to inquire into the condition of felons in prison—of paupers in workhouses—of children in factories and mines , and all this is well werth inquiring into ; but no committee sits to inquire into the condition of the outcasts in the Btreeta . Oh , what a tale each one could tell ; but a tale that our Government would not listen to , because in it they would hear their own condemnation . But let us get the Charter , and all these evils will be inquired into and remedied we must not expect it till then . Therefore I call on all who have -fathers , who have mothers , who have brothers , who have sisters—I call upon all whe are
themselves fathers , mothers , brothers , « sisters —upon all who are men , who have tbe common feelings of humanity—I call upon you for the sake of ethers , for the sake of yourselves—for the sake of our fellow-creatures , not only those who wear the human form , but also for the sake of the poor dumb animals that toil in torture , that are driven to death by hard taskmasters for whom they work till they die , running till they drop with bureten hearts ; I call on you for the sake of every living thing , for everything that has life , may rue life under the present system ; for life , the blessing of God , is turned into a curse by man—I call on all , for the sake ef all , to strive for the Charter , that these things may pass away , and a newer , a better order of things may come in their stead .
And now I conclude—conclude aa I began with the text—it is tbe first and the last , and if there had been no other rule given in the Bible than this golden one , it were enough ; it is a Bible in itself ; a precept most worthy to be given by God to man , for if we followed it—if we strictly exemplified it , we should have all happiness that our nature is capable of , we should be what God intended us to be , we should all be happy here and happy hereafter , if only we did unto each other as we would be done by . J . W . Bittersea .
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MR , ROEBUCK AND THE BATH CHARTISTS . The following correspondence will be read , no doubt , with interest by the Chartists throughout the country :- TO JOHN ARTHUR ROEBUCK , ESQ ., M P . " 19 , Gloucester-road Buildings , Swans wick , Bath . " Sir , —I am requested by the Council of the Bath Chartist Society to forward the following resolution to you , with a request that you would answer the same . The resolution was passed unanimously . They take this step previous to their calling a public meeting to take the sense of the inhabitants respecting the mutter to which this letter refers . It is as follows : — "' That we , the Councillors of the Bath Chartist Society , being a portion of those who elected Mr . Roebuck , feel called upon to state , that while we approve of and are pleased with Mr . Roebuek ' s general remarks made in defence of our principles , we denounce his attack on the supposed author of the National Petition a ? malignant and cowardly , and as an insult to ail who signed that document ; we , therefore , call upon Mr . R . to apologise for his conduct , to prove the charge of malignancy and cowardice , or to retract this assertion . '
" I am , Sir , Yours most respectfully , "G . M . Bartlett . " IX REPLY , MIL ROEBUCK SATS : — " Londay , May 13 , 1812 . " Sir , —Before I can pay the slightest attention to your unseemly letter , I desire to know ths names of the electors who passed the resolution . 11 1 am , Sir , " Toar obedient servant , "J . A . Roebuck . " Mr . G . M . B&rtlett . "
TO ME . ROEBUCK , M . P . Sir , —On reeeivinf yonr letter , I thought proper to lay it before the Council . Feeling , as they do , a kindred regard for you as an avowed democrat They regret you should have raised any quibble , or doubted the veracity of the person who forwarded you their resolution respecting your attack on the supposed author of the National Petition—an attack which they considered to be an insult to themselves , and all others who signed that document . They asked you to apologise for your conduct , to prove the charge of malignancy and cowardice , or to retract your assertion . For reply you say yon must know the names of the " electors "
who passed the resolution , before you can pay the slightest attention to my unseemly letter . This they consider to bo an evasion cf a plain question , which , whether put by electors or non-electors , you ought in justice to have answered . Howsver , I overlook the ' unseemly' attack you have made on my veracity , and here give the names yeu require . Bat permit me to state one or two things . At a late meeting you advised us , if dipleased with anything yeu may have done , to ask you to explain . We do ask you to explain why you attacked tbe supposed author of the National Petition ? You also , on the occasion in question , advised us ' to bear and forbear ; but is your conduct an example of such ?
We consider your attack to be unwarrantable and uncalled for . We are pained that it should have been made to undo that good which your speech would otherwise have effected . Had you attacked , by fair . argument , the very foolish petition , ' we sheuld have applauded your candour and straightforwardness ; but , instead of doing this—instead of pointing out the ' foolishness * of the petition , you conjured np a supposed author for the purpose , it would appear , of maligning his motives , and misrepresenting the character of the Chartists generally . Your attack was evidently made in the same spirit as that which you condemned . What proof had yon that the author of the petition was ' a malignant and cowardly demagogue V
The petition affords no such proof . It was drawn up by the Executive of the National Charter Association . It expressed our sentiments ; thongb if we had had the drawing of it up , 1 b the first place , we might have differently worded it , thinking it best to give no pretext for the enemy to cavil about the principles . Bui whatever petition may be presented in the Commons , it would be sure to displease some . Wishing an answer as soon as convenient , I am respectfully yours , G . M . Babtlett . Bath , May 17 , 1842 . P . S . I enclose ths names and resolution . The above is written at the reqnest of the National Charter Association .
MR . ROEBUCK ' S REPX . T . London , May 20 , 1 S 42 , > " Sir , —The resolution you sent me purported to be of the electors . I desired to know who those electors were . In asking that question I did not question tbe right of the non-electors in any way ; but when a man assumes a character it is but right that he should be entitled to it I desired to know the electors who had passed the resolution , and as you have sent me tbe names of five persons ( six ) who were so , I answer them as such . Had you not claimed the character of electors and demanded on that ground an answer , I should have said nothing on the subject of electors .
" Firstly , —I beg to say that I deem it of absolute necessity that every member of the House of Commons have perfect liberty of speech—and I will not , by any act of mine , by way of explanation , diminish that right (!!) When , however , I can remove mistake , without prejudice to the perfect liberty of speech which I deem essential , I will do so . And therefore , . " Secondly , —1 beg to say , that I " took great care to express every proper regard for the petitioners who signed the National Petition . I cast no insult upon them , intended to cast none , but of the petition itself I spoke in the way I thought fitting , and shall do so again if the occasion requires it I thought it foolish , I think so still , and my opinion thereof is not altered by your comment on my speech .
" Thirdly . —I am told that the persons who really did -write the National Petition were Mr . Philp and Mr . M'Douall . I have told them that as neither . of them was in the slightest degree alluded to by me , I wa » glad to have thtf opportunity of Baying so to them ; but that any further explanation I would not give . To them , as to yeu , I expressed strongly that I never did say , never wished to say , one word that could be construed into an insult of the petitioners ; but to them , as to yon , I did say that I had the same opinion of the petition itself .
" I will not now remark on the language of your resolution . You may deem it proper to abuse me , but of this I am sure , my constituents , my country men generally will not join ir » that abuse . I answer yon because I would not hare it said that I neglected to notice a remonstrance bfjcause it came from persons not powerful . " I beg farther to v&j that I have received the thanks of certain Chartists * of Bath who signed the petition . I thought I had don- a good service to their caass , on tbe occasion of whicb you complain . 111 am , your obedient servant , "J . A . Koebuck .. "
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AN ADDRESS ADOPTED BY THE DELEGATES ASSEMBLED AT DARLINGTON , OS BTm-DAY , MAY 22 , 1842 . Brother Chartists and Working Men , —We are now arrived at a crisis in the history of our country which will in after ages characterize us as a nation of tame , submitting slaves , or a society of men determined to exhaust every means within our power to shake off the yoke of slavery . We have now gained a position which depends oa our own exertions to maintain ^ We have proved to the wortd the possibility of instituting a national organization of the working classes . We have done much ; we have rallied in thousands , nay mil ions ; we have already concentrated a power in itself irresistable . Bnt much as we have accomplished we have more to achieve .
Think not , working men , that the gigantic pyramid of wrongs . which it has taken a thousand years to erect can be overwhelmed instantly . Through endeavours prolonged , through difficulties immense , through perils innumerable , you must work out your emancipation . This is no time to relax our exertions for liberty , when thousands of our fellow creatures are dying for want of the common comforts and necessaries of life . Where is the man styling himself a Christian , that has perused the debate on the National Petition in the House ef Commons on the 3 rd of May ; where we find statements made by Mr . Thomas Dancombe , M . P . for Finsbury , of
human beings eating a cow that had died by disease to satisfy the cravings of nature ? Good God . ' that statement alone ought to raise every patriot hand , and bring a burst of execration from every patriot toDgue . Where is the Englishman that has recognized the inaulta and libels that were put forth by Mr . Thomas Babington Macaulay , on the above mentioned debate , that is not determined to shew to the world that we will not bear insults without shewing at least a spirit of resentment by redoubling our exertions to gain Universal Suffrage , which that gentleman so much dreads ?
Fellow-men and fellow-slaves , do we not behold on the summit of our social system , or rather unsocial system , a gorgeeas court and a grinding and grasping aristocracy fixing their deadly and merciless fangs on the sinews of industry , and coining the blood of labour into gold for theirown selfish pleasures and their unscrupulous debaucheries ; and beneath them will we notsse tbe great mercantile capitalists , -whose enormous fortunes enable them to command the commerce of the world , vie in splendour and magnificence with those whose
bosoms glitter with the stars of nobility ? Descending a step further we will perceive the middle class man , and amongst them many ef the learned professions shine conspicuously , flattering about in all the extravagance of riches . Proceeding further we will observe' a multitude of petty speculators , all pressing forward on the track of avarice ; and at the bottom of this we will behold the great industrious community on whose labour all these diadems and bUts , all the princely establishments , and all this fashionable luxury , extravagance , waste , and money gathering depends . .
But here reader pause ; ths scene is sadiy changed , for tbe millions who produce all , and confiequently give value to all by their labour , wear the threadbare robe of poverty . Destitution speaks too plainly in their aspects ; their homes are embittered by domestic cares and embarassmtnts ; the fond glow of love is chilled by the frozen breath of adversity , and the parent love is appalled by the contemplation of the fu t ure . The benevolent spirit of nature is counteracted here , for the cheek of youth is made pale by labour , it being unprotected , and consequently not rewarded . The vigour of manhood is destroyed by excessive toil , and the white head of venerable ol < l age is bowed down to the grave with poverty and neglect But does the evil rest here ? No , no ; poverty , like a desolating plague , is shedding its contaminating ihfiuence around us , and multitudes of those who seem to nourish in ths higher circles of society are becoming its victims .
Tbose would-be wise Corn Law Repealers wish to give ns eheap bread ; at the same time , they are reducing our wages , depriving us of purchasing , no matter how cheap it may be . Working men , always bear in mind the cheapness of any article at all times consists in the means we have at our command to purchase ; therefore , we want Universal Suffrage first And also recollect that , while the landlords rob us of 120 millions , the profit-mongers take from as 450 millions : therefo e it is only & struggle between them both which party will take the whole ; and as long as thieves in common take all they can seize , it matters not to us ( ths working classes ) wbo ahare 3 the booty , how they share it , or in what proportion . .
Let it be our object to annihilate the gang , and destroy the system that perpetuates the robbery . We can only destroy tbe system by struggling for the power ; that power is the Charter . That obtained it would be the means of not only doing away with the high rents of landlords , but in a great measure put a check on the tyranny of the master manufacturers , by throwing the mantle of the law around the working man , by making laws to protect his property , which is bis labour , from the rapacious grasp of human vampires .
Fellow-men and fellow-slaves , come forward in the majesty of your strength , and be determined , on your port , to act like men and like Chartiats , Let us have
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a county lecturer ,, in conjunction with other parts of England : when poor North Lancashire , where there is some of the bravest but unfortunately the poores operatives in England , can afford to pay a lecturer * their wages not averaging four shillinga a week , surely DurhanvCour y , ¦ ' ¦ ¦ arid the Borders of Yorkshire united * at least ; eaWhava one also . Brother Chartists , the delegates assembled at Darllngtdn , on Sunday , the 22 d May , have laid a plan down whereby the money can be raised , and have empowered Mr . Charles Connor , who acted as Secretary to correspond with the different placts ; and the delegates hope that the Chartists in all the localities will immediately commence , if they approve of the plan , to set about collectirig the " monejr , as we came to the conclusion unanimously not , to employ a lecturer , nntil we had a month ' s pay in hand . TheYollewing is the plan the delegates proposed : — Sunderland
; to raise 5 s . a-weeki Davlington 4 a ., Stockton . , 4 s .. " - Richmond 3 s ., Barnard Curtle 3 s ., Bishop Auckland 3 s ., Northallorton and Brompton 3 s ., We ! t oi . nd ls > 6 d - » Stokesly 2 s . 6 d . . Dwitan 2 s . 6 d . > South Shields 2 s ., Wingate Grange Colliery 2 s . 6 d ., HartlepooJ is . 6 d ., which will amount to the sum required in a month . The delegates conclude this address by making an earnest appeal to the working men of the above-mentioned places to have , if possible , the monies forthcoming by the next delegate meeting , which will be held at Darlington , on Sunday , the 20 th June , at Mr . Bragg s large room , Priestgate , to commence at ten 0 clock . ^ Mr . Robert Davidson , chemist and grocer , Bishop Auckland , was appointed treasurer ; and Mr . Charles Connor , Back Bongate , Bishop Auckland , secretary . Also the delegate from Stockton was empowered to write to Foargus O'Connor , Esq ., requesting that gentleman to fulfil his promise he made to him at iork to visit the County of Durham . ;
The letter from Newcastle was deferred till the next delegate meeting ; also Brook ' s case , the Chartist confined in Northallorton prison . Signed , on behalf of the meeting , W . Bragg , Chairman . Charles Con nor , Sec .
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TO THE , MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . My Dear Friends , —Mr . Ridley and myself were appointed to attend to that business of the Convention which the members left us to do on their leaving the metropolis . One part of our duty was to procure the aid of the Members of Parliament and others in behalf of our incarceratad brethren , and to procure tho return of FroBt , Williams , and Jonea . With the view of effecting these desfraWo results , we waited on Mr . Duncombe , who , with ^ his usual earnestness and honesty , at once expressed his readiness to serve us in any way ; at the same time stating his f ^ ara that his an « our labours would end in disappointment . Mr . Duncombe , to prove to us that his doubts were not unfounded < banded to us an answer he had received from the Home Secretary , in reply to the prayer of a memorial he had forwarded . I looked at the document , and instantly remarked , " Why this is . a printed ans v , or ,
or rather a lithographed edition of the usual Government answer to our memorial . " " To be sure it is , " said Mr . Duncombe , " and I have no doubt they bave prepared them as answers expressly for the Chartist memorials which the Government imagine will bo very numerous , and would take up the time of the clerks in answering them . You see blanks are loft to be filled up with the name of the person in whose favour you may memorialise , and Mr . Phillips has no more trouble than to put in Frost , Holberry ; or any other name mentioned by you . " "That beats Whig-Kery altogether , " said both Ridley and myself . I carried the document with me , and will exhibit it as a curiosity at every public meeting , until tho universal burst of honest indignation shall arouse the presant flinty-hearted'Minifrtars ,-if not to the practice of justice , at least to a sense of burning shame .
Fellow-countrymen , are you disposed to submit to this brazen-faced insult ? Know all of you that the Governmect have riot time to answer your memorial , far less to llBten to your complaints . It follows in proper order , after the refusal of the House to hear your wrongs , explained to them and tothe world . £ he answer which is prepared for you , and which , like the laws of the Medes and Persians , is to be unalterable , runs thus . Ten millions of memorial would have the same reply : — " Sir , —Secretary Sir James Graham , having carefully considered your application in behalf of — - —— , I am directed to express to you his regret that thero is no sufllcient ground to justify him , consistently with hia public duty , in advising her Mnjesty to comply with the prayer thereof . "Iam , Sir , " Yonr obedient humblo servant , " S . M . Phillips . "
This precious morsel of outrageous and unblushing tyranny is directed to any one who may befool enough after this uncalled-for insult , to approach the Lithograph-office , at Whitehall . What they will do next I cannot pretend to say , but I should imagine the next improvement in the science of despotism , will be to cast an iron man for the purpose of answering the people ' s prayers , and I really believe the mockery ¦ would not be much less than it is , whilst the trifling expence of the machine would ba something tj reooiumeud it to the people ' s notice .
I would advise some cf the Chartiats to forward their memorials for the mere purpose of having one of these lithograph evidences brought up in evidence against a callous and desperate faction , yrhlch may rest assured that our complaints , out ' Wrongs , and our right i will have In every Chartist mouth , a machine which will lithograph > cur grievances with ten-fold energy and perseverance throughout the length and breadth of the nation . : I am , my dear friends , Your uncompromising Fellow labourer ) In the cause of Chartism , , P . M . M'Douall . P . S . I shall be in Birmingham n Monday ; Manchester on Tuesday ; and Bury on Wednesday ; My otb . tr promises shall be fulfilled as soon as possible , of which I shall give'due notice .
The memorial and remonstrance have been slightly altered by the request of Mr . Duncombe , and tho correctad edition will appear In the next 'Star .
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The Cottage ( Garden Plan . —Theh are now in the neighbourhood , of Nottingham four , teen auxiliaries of the Labourers' and Artizans' Frit nd Society , and applications are being made to the society in Nottingham from many placssto form oth ers . Up . ward 80 f one hundred and thirty acres in tl . ' " neifjhbom-hood have been broken tip into about 8 QO allotments ,. and seed has been found on loan for x nany pf them . The : Town Council of Nottingham ; pt ssed a resolution in January last in fstfour of the ci ^ ttage garden plan , bud the lands intended to be gii vnted cannct be appropriated until an Act of Parliaa » crit has been obtained- Mr . Orange , who is the aci ive and persevering agent of the society , proposes to form auxiliary societies through the Northern aa d Midland comities ; and contemplates that the fund > A raised should bo appropriated to loans with bonus or interest , and part foe applied to the erection of cottage 9 y : almshouses for the aged , and agricultural schools .
BittrNGSKURsT . —Strange Delusion ato Coksummatb Chuklty . —A wonma named Barns , the wife of a . labouring man residing at New Pound Common * in the parish or Wisborough-grcen , baviin ; been . iU for a long time , and being unable to accouut for her lengthened indisposition , supposed , as did her neighboiu-salso , that she was bewitched , and looking about them for the cause of the evil , their ' suspicious fell on a woman of about forty . years of a # e , said to be a very decent , inoffensive creaiure ; this idea had been entertained for-a long tiico and many schemes were put in to operation- to destroy her influence , but all had failed up to tho latter end of last April , when by somonn ans they became possessed with the notion that if they got some
pigeons and burned them alive , keeping every part of the room stopped up close , and not speaking while the operation was going on , they would effectually destroy thfcjriich ' s power . In order to reduce this soheme to practice they procured pigeons and tied them in pairs back to back by their wings , and lighted a largo fire , and stopped up the roem as close as possible ; some of the poor pigeons they opened at the brea 3 S in order that tho firo might burn ¦ their hearts while alive . How mapy were burned the writer cannot say * but ha heard a neighbour state that he himseif burned four , and he thought they should have dcbtroyed the Witch it the House had been closer . It is supposed by the neighbours that from a dozen to sixteen piseohs
were destroyed in this cruel manner .- — -Sussex Express . Extraordinary Trial , —The following : singular case ^ which , we believe , is the tint of tho kind thaJ has ever been tried in a Court of Justice , either in thiscountry or America , has been heard before Judges Baldwin and Randall , in the United States Circuit Court , at Philadelphia . The prisoner , A . W . Holmes , one of the crew of the William Brown , stood charged with manslaughter on the high seas . The vessel sailed from this port for Philadelphia on tho 12 ch of Marchj 1841 . On tho nights of the 19 . h of April , when about 250 miles iroBj NewFamidhnd , she struck , as is supposed , on an island of ice , and sank in about an hour . Thirty-one persons , who had remained on board , perished . Of the remainder of
the passengers and sailors , forty-two had got into the Iong-bpat , vand the captain , with eight oi" his crew and a passenger , were in the jolly-boat . On tho following morning the boats separated to make the best of their way to land , and so crowded was the loug-boat , that the mate , at parting , sai-i to tho captain that ho saw no alternative for them but to cabt Jots who should go over . Although . the sea was calm , baling was constantly necessary ; but at night the wind freshed and the rain was viokut ; the boat leaked , and the wavos were dashed into it , so that , according to the witnesses for the defence , the danger was great and inevitable , alhough those for the prosecution did not believe it to be immiueat . It seems to have been admitted on all bands ( at
least it was not , denied by the witnesses for the prosecution ) that the boat was sinking , and that the gunwale was within two inches of the water ' s edge . In this extremity , tha expedient of lighteaint ; the boat by throwing over of passengers was resorted to , » nd on the following morning two others were thrown over , but b y whom does not appear to have been satisfactorily proved , some swearing that it was one individual , some another . Tho case was warmly argued on both sides , the prosecution contending that no ca * e of inevitable necessity had been made out , and that tho law applied only to cases much more extreme than this . The defence allied ; that thhad full
ey y established a ease of inevitable necessity , and there was every presumption to balievo , that if they had not resorted to the melancholy alternative of throwing some overboard , they would all have inevitably perished . Here the case rested , when the Judge charged the Jury that the obligation of the captain and crew to carry the passengers safe extended even to a case of such imminent peril , and they were bound to sacrifice their own lives , if necessary , for the prebervatiQU . of the rest . The Jury , after a consultation of twenty hours , found Holmes guilty , but unanimously recommeiided him to the mercy of the Court . Judge Baldwin said , that their recommendatioa should have the most respectful
consideration . The Poon and the Grave . —If any additional proof could be required to establish the fact , that the poor in this conutrjtaro less cared for ; t ' aan brute animals , we might Had it in the / oJlowing disgusting realities : —It seems that for a considerable time past a Serious mortality has raged among thelabouring classes in the little town of Sutton-in-Ashfield , Nottinghamshire , through a species of low fever , produced by want of necessary food . This , one would think , is sad enough for the survivor ^; , and it is riot only most lamentable ^ but most disgraceful also , to us that we must add to this calamity among families the inhuman treatment , to which 1 the bodies of the poor victims are subjeiBted . For want
of space in the churchyard of this place , graves hare been opened—remains exhumed— -the human bones , and even portions of scuUs , with hair yet on , have been thrown at random about the desecrated precinct , that a few shovels full of earth might , for form sdke , be thrown over the last inmate of a parish grave . This , then , being the way in which we trcac the remains of our poor brethren , can we wonder at the following companion picture , aa it regards our humanity and decency towards foreigners , if poor ! It appears that the unfortunate Lascara , who are , from time to time , brought to this blessed land of Cant and cruelty by the agents of the East India Company ,
are not only abandoned to partial starvation upon their arrival , but , if they should sink under the united hardships of our climate and their sufferings , they are left to do as they may . No consolation is afforded them—no pious , forty-horse power tongued spouter of Oriental literature addresses them—no man cares for either their souls er bodies ! and , if they die , they are buried like rotten cattle at Bow Common ? Is not this horrible ! Can our Exeter Hall saints—our missionaries : —our guides to heaven look in each other ' a faces without blushing ? It they can , they are bronzed indeed—and pitiable is the condition of those who look to them for an example of \ Christianityi—London paper *
Distributing Bills against the Army in Birmingham .- —Birmingham , Saturday Evening—This morningj at ¦ . the Police-office , the magistrates were engaged investigating a chargo against a man named Samuel Hines , which caused considerable interest . The room was quite full , and amongst those present were Mr . Joseph Sturge , sOme of the officers of the staff , and many of the Society of Frienda . Serjeant VValter Cronen , of the 1 st Royal Pool Guards , appeared to prefer tke complaint ; and stated that be was on duty ; in Smithfield the day before , beating up for recruits , when ho was interrupted by a great crowd , who collected around him and his party . He saw the prisoner delivering a ^ reat quantity of bills among the people , who were using violent language .
He heard the mob say , T 6 hell with the Queen , " " To hell with tlie GovornmentV " To hell with the soldiers . " He applied to one of the head officers of police to know- what he should do , and was told that he must app ; ehend the prispiier , or any man who obstructed trim in the exercise of his duty . He then proceerjed through the fair , and the prisoner came close , to him delivering his bills , and he ( witness ) took" one Of them out of his hands , and found it was an advice to the people not to enlist . It was headed " Hints to the Army , " and all through was against enlisting . When he Eaw the nature of the bill , ap d found his passage obstructed by the people , ho too- s hold of the prisoner and brought him into the ' ranks of his party , and then called a pblic a officer , and gave him into custody .
He could not swear tho prisoner was with the mob when he made use of the language against tb . -, e government and the soldiers . Tha prisoner did o ostruct him by causing a crowd to assemble around ' nim . He ( the sergeant ) , was not a police-offiuer , but he considered that it was bis bounden duty , as a soldier , to protect the government ; aud when he found the nature of the bills which were being delivered out , he thought he ought to take the prisoner up . Mr . Morgan , the prisoner ' s attorney , crosse ^ anriued the sergeant , ; who said he should not have interfered with the prisoner had it not been for the bills which he was delivering . He caused a great crowd to assemble about him , and the people obstructed him in his passage . Mr . Gem , the magistrate's clerk , said there was quite sufficient against tbe prisoner to warrant the magistrate in remauding him , until they could learn from the Crown what
was to be done with him . They must take the opinion of the Attorney and Solicitor-Generals upon tnesubjeot . Police constable 173 then produced a large bundle of hand-bills , which he took out of the prisonet ' sapron . One of them was headed , ? 'Rhymes for the army ; bloodv battle , and pluuder . " The second was the case of a poor woman , named Crassman , a soldier ' s wife , who applied some time ago for relief to the magistrates of London , having been left in a state of great distress by her husband , and who lately left this country for India . Air . Gem said the prisoner oould be admitted to bail to appear to answer any charge which might be preferred against him , on the receipt of tho government instructions . Mr . Morgan said Mr . Sturge would be bail for the prisoner's appearance ^ Mr , Joseph Sturge then rose and entered into £ 20 surety for the prisoners appearance , Hines also bound himself in the same sum . aud left the office . —London Paper *
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WoNDEBFiTi , Escape . —On Wednesday owning one of the most frightful occurrences we ever remember to have seen , occurred in Bridlesciith-gite , in this town . The procession conducting Mr . Bturge , was turning ths corner of Middle-paremdno ., and many hundreds lined Bridlcsmith-ijate , when b . cry was raised of '' clear ont , " and in the diVtauce a hor 3 eand light cart in which sat a farmer came tearing along the street at a furiouspace . ' The farmer kept his seat well—he pulled with all his might at tie reins , but to no purpose—the animal still tore on at full gallop , in spite of tho waving of hands and hats to stop him .. At the end of Bridlesmith-gate , the driver tried t o turn him to the Zefti but without availj as he darted with his head * nd the shifts with immense forci ) against tho front of ilfi Johnsons * , tho Postern-gate . The ; prash
seemed as if it wbulddash the cart to pieces , but in , themostwonderfal manner the driver Kept his seat --thehors 8 turred himselfVrou ' ud and walked : very gt ntIy » ; a ^ d the cart wa 3 aninjured . la tnrning remind , fche horse ; ¦ knocked , a woman down into thV gutter , and drew , the cart over her , before he could b * stoppeoV Accidently , however , she . had a thick cloak on ^ which saved her from a broken limb ., The horse seemed quite stunned with sirikfeg his head with snch force , and to that may be attributed his qffictiiess afterwards . ; . Neverdid we see or hear of an accident evidently so appalling , ending so well . The course of the cart lay amongst hundreas of people , Ihiokly collected , andyet . ' only one was hurt . Had he turned into Middle-pavement no * dotlbt many lives would have be ^ n lost . ' Thff cart had on it James Martin , farmer , Burton . — -Nottingham Review . v ' .,. ¦ ' . "''' . "•'" . ¦ •' .
Distressing OccimRENCE . —Two Lives Lo 3 t . — Chath . am , May 19 . —This day a Jury assembled at the Duncan ' s Head public-house , New Road , Chatham , to investigate tlw circumstances attendant upon the death of two men , namod Thomas Turner and William Taylor ;; whose lives were lost oa Monday night last , whilst emptying a cesspool in Beststreet . The first witness examined was Robert Taylor , brother of the deceased , William Taylor He stated that his brother was a bricklayer , and had been employed in making a cesspool adjoining to avidthsv cesspobl v on the premises of Mr . Farmer , Best-street . The new cesspool was nineteen feet deep , and the old one nine feet . A stage was ejected in the new one , about nine feet below the surface
of the earth . On Monday night the deceased , Wm . Taylor and Thomas Turner , went down into the hole and made an aperture , and the slough run through . Witness remained aboyo . After which witness ' s brother , with a crowbar , enlarged the hole , and the stuff run out faster ; very soon afterwards witness heard , his brother cry out , "Dear me , I can hardly breathe , " when almost in an instant be fell into the soil . Witness called to Turner , and said , " For God's sake , put the rope down and fetch him up . " Turner did so ; he , however fell in also . Mr . Dunstall , wbo was then on the stage , sang out for the rope , and before it could be brought up lie fell aad fainted . He did not fall into the soil ; Witness and a person named Farmer pulled out Mr . Dunstall . Mr . DuQstall was tho master . Every precaution
was taken : a caudle was kept burning down in the hold ; they therefore considered there was no'danger . Assistance was procured . Witness ' s brother and Turner were got out , but they were quitedead . Witness can speak positively that both the men understood their work . Deceased ' s brother is thirtyfive years of age , aiid Turner thirtyrfour .. Mr . Benjamin Tribe , Burgeon , said he was sent for oa Monday evening , a quarter before ten o'clock . Saw the deceased , Taylor , immersed in the sewer with his head out of the fluid . The body having been brought up , witness found the deceased was dead . Turner , when brought up , was also dead . Their death . 3 were produced by suffocation , by inhaling a quantity of gas ., The Jury , after some little Consideration , returned a verdict- ^'* Accidentally suffocated . " :
The Great Western steam-ship , Lieutenant Hcsken , RI N ., sailed on Saturday afVrao 3 n , from Liverpool for New York . She carried eixty-fivo passengers , amongst whom was Mr . H . Palmer . She had a fair quantity of fine goods on freight .
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Frqni the London Gazette of Friday , May 20 . Thomas Brettell , Ruper ^ street , Hayraarket , printer , to surrender May 27 , at 1 o ' clock ; July 1 , at 12 , at the bankrupts Court . Solicitor ,-Mr . Arden , Red Lion Square . Official assignee , Mr , Belcher . T William Smith , Curtain-road , Shoreditcb , timperraercbant , Bfay 27 , at 11 o ' clock , July 1 , atl , at the Bankrupts' Court . Solicitor , Mr . Surman , New-square , Linc 6 ln * 8-iun . Official assignee , Mr . Belcher . ' - : ' : . ' . " ¦ " : " : ' :- " - ' - ' ¦'"' . .. '' . . ¦" -. " - :. ¦ . -
Alexander Duncan , Cowpcr'scouTt , Corn-bill , merchant , " May 31 , at half-past 1 o ' clock , July : l , at 2 , atthe Bankrupts * Court . Solicitor , Mr . Kirkinan , King . William-street . Omcial assignee , Mr . PeunelL John Stewart , Hampton-street , Walworth , linendraper , May 31 , at 1 o ' clock , July 1 , at 11 , at the Banlnupta * Court- ' , SpllcltOr , Mr . Reynolds , Adamstreet . Adelphj , : Official assignee , Mr . Graham , Basinghall-street .- -...- ' . " -, . ; .. : ' ' William Hooper , Heading , laVaccG maiiufuotnrer . May 27 , July 1 , at 11 o ' clockj at the Bankrupts' Court . Solicitors , Messrs . Adllngton , Faulkner , and Follett , Bedford-row . Official assignee ; Mr . Edwards , Frederfck's-place , Old Jewry . ¦ ' v ! John Rowley , senior , Wolverhampton , curry-cembmaker , May 31 , July 1 , at 11 o ' clock , at the' SwaiU Hdtal , Wolverhampton . Solicitors , Messrs . Hicks aud Marriss , and ''¦ ¦ Mr ; Chaplin , Gray ' s-inn-square ; and llessrs . Turner arid Corser , Wolverbampton .
William Thorpe , Goole , stone-mason and buuaer . May 31 , July 1 , at 12 o'clock ; at the Guildhall , Dqncaster . Solicitors ^ Messrs . Galswbrthy , .: and Nicholls , Cook ' s-courtj Liacoln ' fl-inn ; and Mr . T ^ ilson , Gopie . : ' ., ¦ ' ' ' : ' ¦' ¦ ' .. ¦ ¦ ;¦ ' ¦ ¦ '¦ ' . , ¦ - . ' ¦ ' . ' : . - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' i ; - - ; John Smith , Huddersflold , wine and spirit merchant * June 10 , July 1 , at 2 o'clock , at the Piick Horse Inn , Huddersfleld . . Solicitors , Messrs . Battye , Fisher , and Sudlow , Chancery-lane ; and Mr . Scboles , ' Dewsbury . ¦ . ¦ : ' ¦ .- ¦ ¦ •¦ : ' . ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ . y ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦' ¦ ¦ - . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ' . ' ¦ ¦ . ¦ •¦¦¦¦¦ '¦ James Irvine , Liverpool , salt-broker , June 6 , July 1 , at 1 o ' cicck , at the Clareudon-rooms , Liverpool Solicitors , Messrs . Vincent and Sherwooi , Temple ; and ., Mesar 3 . LitUedale and BinlsweUi Bank-buildings , Liverpool . ^ . Moaes New , Great Malvein , Worcestershire , innkeeper , May . 27 , July 1 , at 12 © 'clock , at the Crown Inn , Worcester , Solicitors , Messrs . White and Eyre , Bedford-row ; and Messrs . Finch and Jones ,
Worcester
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . J . Walker and Son , Lseds . timber . merchante . —Manley , Party , arid Co . Manchester , linen tbread-mannfacturers , —Wiiliumsoa and Thistletbn , Kingston-upofi-HuU , Einger-beer manufacturers— Black , Slsigh , antt Co ., Liverpool , brokers . —Cochrane and Gittins , ilanuheater , manufactur = rs .- ^ J . Briggs , sen . and C . Hor - seman , Blackburn , Lancashire , cheese-dealers . ---Buckley , Barnstey , and Co ., Manchester , engravers .. to .: oal . co printers ; as far as regards J . Buckley . —Graham and Son , Liverpool , tailors . ;
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From , the Gazette ofTuesd < xv * May 24 . Adam Telfer , smith , Praed-street ; Paddington , to surrender Juue 3 , and July 5 , at half-past 11 , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Alflagar , official assignee , Basinghall-stTeet ; Virge , Essex-street , Strand . William Finden and Edward Francis Finden , engravers , Southamplon-place . New . ioad . Paucras , Middlesex , Juue 3 , at 1 , and July 6 , at 11 , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Johnson , official ; assignee , Basinghall-fctreet ; Johnson , Cannon-st . i w 4 . Mary Quick , baker , Compton-street , Burton-Crescent , Jnhe 3 , at 12 , and July 5 , at 11 , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Turquand , official assignee 5 Drake , Bouvenesteeet ; Fleet-street ^ ; , . _ . John Radford , npholsterer , Tiverton , June 21 , and July 5 , at 12 , at the Old London InH , Exeter . Fox , Finsbdry-clrcus , London . Tanner , Crediton ,
Davon . ¦ ' ¦¦ . ¦' ' ¦¦ .- . "¦ ¦ ' ¦ - ' ¦¦ ' . ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ' ¦• ' : • . " . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' . Robert Attree ^ hosier , Brighton , June 3 , and July 5 at 2 , at , the Town Hall , Brighton . Frcemaai , Bothamley , and Bentall , Coleinaa-street , Locdon . Chalk , Brigfeton . ¦¦ ¦ James Smith , wine merehaut , Hertford , June 3 , at 2 , and July 5 , at 12 , at tius Court ol Bsa \ kiuptoy , Lackington , official assignee , Coleman-street-builaings . Everitt , Haydon . square , Minpries . ... ¦ :- ' . ¦ . Jjhn Berry / grocer , Rugby , WarTOckehire , June 8 , and July 5 . at 11 * at the Grazier > Arms , Rugby . Wratislaw , Rugby . Fuller aud SaltweU , CarltpE-chambers , Regent-street , London . ^ v ^ it « b «^ : Robert Biass , wine tnerchant , Liverpool , June 3 , and July 5 at 12 , at the Clarendon-rboms , Liverpool . Dimmock . ' siaUne . Bucklerabury , London . Fairclougb ,
S TattcrEall , coal merchant , Heath Carnock , T ^ ash ire June 15 , and July 5 , at eleyen at S ^ SHSpreaton . Adtogton , Gregory , FaulknelandFollett ; Bedford-row , London . Stripgfellow , Ct WilHam Gover Gray , dentist , Bath ^ Jone 6 , and July 5 at 12 at the Christopher Inn , Bath . Sneppaxa , ^ SoS ?^^ 5 at 127 ftt-the Town Hall , Brighton . Bennett , Brighton . Richards and Walker , Lincola ' a-inn-aelds , L 0 Jamefi SimmonB , John Simmons , and Jobi Pine , manufacturers of prusMate of pptaah , _ BMtersea , May 31 , at 1 , and July 5 , at 12 , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Green , official assignee , Aldermanbury . Lindeay and Mason , Cateaton-street ' .. ' .., . , _ "• Jam - e ' B Fuller , coaVmerchant , Maidennead , Berkshire , June - . 7 ' i ^ % and ; July : 5 , at ll ^ at ^ e Court of Bankruptcy . Edwards , Frederiek ' a-piace , Old Jewry , official assignee . Fry , Lesley , afld Fry ,
Cheapside / T » , «^ Jane Jonea ,-woollen-draper , Carnarvon , June 11 , ana Jaly 5 . at 11 , at the Easles Inn , Carnarvon . Griffith . Carnarvon . Jones , ^ Parliament-str ee t , London . V . Joseph Cotterell , hinge raaker , Darlastop , StoBdrashire , June 15 , and July 5 , at 12 , at theSwan Hotel , m Wolverbampton . Chaplin . Graya-inn-square , I « ondoIU Spurriet aa ^ CtoplJStBitminghani , r
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"To the Right Hon . Sir James Graham , Secretary of Slate for the Home Department . " The memorial of the members of the National Ghartei Association residing in Brighton , agreed to at a General Meeting of the Association , April 27 th , 1841 : . ' " ¦ " Hvxbly Showeta , —That at the York Spring Assizes , in 1810 , Samuel Holberry was convicted of conspiracy and sedition , and sentenced to four years ' imprisonment in the House of Correction at Northallertoo . " That the effect of this imprisonment , —the rigours of the silent system having been Btrictly enforced , —became alarmingly injurious to the health and future safety of the Baid prisoner ' s life .
"Teat subsequently , under your administration as Home Secretary ef State , the said prisoner was removed from the Northallerton House of Correction to York Castle , -where it was hoped—nay , gratefully believed by your memorialists and othtr friends of the said Samuel Holberry—was less injurious , and that he would there recover from the effects of his former severe treatment " That it is now become too manifest that tho prison discipline at York Castle is fast destroying the said prisoner ' s health , and that unless timely mercy bo shewn him , bis life must be endangered ; for , to use bis own werds , ' his debility has so rapidly increased that he can hardly crawl , and death itself must be the consequence of continued imprisonment . '
" That whatever opinions ma 7 be entertained as to the enormity of the offence for whiehthe said S . Holberry was convicted , it cannot be disputed that he has , daring th 9 two years of his confinement most severely paid the penalty of his conviction , that if to punish was tbe object of the sentence passed on him he has endured punishment in one of its worst and most DESTRUCTIVE F 6 RMS . '' That , therefore , your petitioners earnestly solicit your interference on his behalf , and that , under the consideration of the punishment he has endured , and of the precarious state of his health , you will intercede for his release from confinement , and by timely restoring him to freedom and to the bosom of society , confer a benefit on him for which not only be , but thousands of his fellow uion will be deeply grateful . " And yonr memorialists , as in duty bound , &c . &c .,
"Signed on behalf of the meeting , " John Page , ChalrmaD "Brighton , April 27 tb , 1842 . "
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An old lady named : Dosson , is now living in Bridgewater , who is in her hundredth year ; Bhe has all her faculties about her , and can see to read and sew withoat the aid of spectacles . — Western Luminary . Trigk . of a Member of Parliament to Elude the Income Tax . — -It is stated , on the authority of an Ir an Ministerial paper , that Mr . Qmbtitt Dick , tho Member for Maidon , has transferred a sum of £ 95 , 000 from the British to the Irish funds , as » preparatory step to that of transferring himself from this land of his adoption to that land of his birth . We know not , of course what foundation there may be in truth for such a story ; but it wants not verisimilitude to make it current . Tories are in general disposed to back their friends and stand by
their principles , in the way iu which , this Hon . Gentleman is desoribed to dp so ; that is , with the least possible detriment to themselves . Haying ' agreed in Parliament , as member for an English borough , to lay a heavy impost upon his constituents he is here exhibited as avoiding to lessen their burthen or to BhaTe it by so much as his little finger . This—whether the representation be correct or wholly imaginative—is the very beau ideal of the public virtue at present iu vogue . The patriot first of all helps bis party at a dead lift , by establishing a tax for them , and his next care is to secure himself by running away from its operation , We wish Mr . Roebuck , would interrogate the Hon . Member for Maidon , as to the truth of this rumoured movement to elude the Income Tax . If it be true , we presume there must be a compromise of the seat .
Ireland . —The Irish papers teem with accounts of " outrages , " mostly of : an agrarian kind . We enumerate some of the number of instancos . Tippcrary has been so disordertd , that the High Sheriff convened the magistrates of the disturbed districts , to make representations to Government . Tho proceedings did not transpire . The Magistrates of King ' s County likewise assembled ; but the promptitude of their combination had much effect in pacifying the neighbourhood , and several rioters returned to their work . The meeting therefore broke Hp without resorting to ulterior measures . The Nonagh post-office was the channel for a threatening notice to Mr . Uniack Bayly , of Baninacldugh . The Nenagh Guardian recounts riotous attacks on Mrs . Gleeson ,
of Grange , and her care-taker . At first Mrs . Glee ^ son was ordered to discharge him on pain of death ; another day a pistol was presented to her breast , as she was riding out , and she was ordered to retaiD ( he man ; and finally , the cottage of the man hin ? . . self was entered by an armed and disguised par . / y , who told him that the second order was not the genuine mandate of " Captain Starlight , " beat " him , threw thatch upon his fire , and drove him out * of tne cottage , threatening death if he returned . They said that they come from a great distance . Three policemen were attacked near Michelstown ; one of them was so beaten as to be past hope of recovery , and the second wag killed ^ witti a bayonet '; the third escaped . The Government havefouad ' it necessary to station an additional Stipendiary F jagigtrate at Portumna , to prevent as much aspof . sible the ^
vstematic ruffians from crossing th « So / jinoii from the adjoining border of Tipperary . V a& Newry Examiner attributes a fatal outrage te , Orangeism ; one Madden had his skull cleft witb a spade , while at work , by Meighan , a noted riote' - ; and the murderer was suffered to walk off . The * . * £ e % nster Express b&js that Jaines Keogh was arrfjsted near Moneygall , while posting a notioe threatening a Mrs . Ryan with death if she did not ' give ten acres of land to the poor people in the neighbourhood , for the purpose of potatoe-setting . Thfy Dublin Evening ' Mail mentions that the house of Miohael Gleeson , at Curra ^ hglass , was viaited by ah armed party of four * who struokh : m , andt <)); d him that he would be killed if he did not give -q the land which he took from widow Maher j * M whom he had paid a sum of money for her iatereat .
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Emigration to America . —On Wednesday morning week , tb e Ontario , one of the regular New York liners , l ^ ft the north quay of the St . Katherine's Dock » with nearly 300 passengeis onboard . The emigr ants were principally persons from tbe country , who , bad been engaged in agricultural pursnits , and wb / o , in the hope of bettering their condition in an other and distant country , have left their father lMid .
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TO IHE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sia , —By giving insertion to the following corres pondence in answer to a memorial from the Brighton Chartists , praying for the release of Samuel Holberry from York Castle , you will oblige the friends of that persecnted victim of Whig despotism in Brighton . Tour ' s , truly , : N . Morlikg , Sub-Secretary . Brighton , May 22 nd , 1842 . " London , May 9 , 1842 . Sir , —I did net receive , yonr letter of the 7 th Inst until my arrival in tbwn this evening , and I beg you
will assure the Association , that I will not lose a moment in forwarding their Memorial to the Secretary of State , on behalf of Samuel Holberry , and to urge Sir James Graham to comply with the prayer thereof . I shall bave tbe honour of advising you of the result as soon as I can obtain an omcial reply to my application . I am , sir , Tour very obedient servant , Geo . R . Pechell . Mr . Robt Colling , Brighton . " London , May 13 th , 1842 .
" Sib , —Herewith I have the honour to forward a copy of the reply from the Secretary ef State to the memorial which I placed in bis hands on behalf of Samuel Holberry , now a prisoner in York Castle , and I much regret to send you a communication of so unsatisfactory a nature . " I remain , Sir , " Your very faithful servant , "Geo . B . Pechell . " " Mr . R . Colling , Brighton . "
REPLY IO IHE MEMORIAL . " WiiitehaH , 12 th May , 1842 . " Sir , —Secretary Sir James Graham having carefully considered your application in behalf of Samuel Holberry , I am directed to express to you his regret that there is Be Bumcient ground to justify him , consistenly with his pnblio duty , in advising her Mar jesty to comply with the prayer thereof . "lam , Sir , " Your most obedient humble servant , " S . M . Phillipps . " Capt Pechell , R . N ., M . P . " At a meeting of the members of the National Charter Association , on Wednesday evening week , the foregoing having been read , a vote of thanks was uuanimously passed to the Gallant Captain for his exertions in behalf of poor Helberry .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 28, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct600/page/7/
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