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TO JOSEPH STURGE. ESQ., BIRMINGHAM.
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KING CHAR&ES'S CHOFT , OR ROYAL WEST-END MARKET . Accommodation for Carts in a most convenient Situation , between Briggate and Albion-street , Leeds . T ? LKANAH OATES , Broker , &c . No . 3 , King El Charles-street , begs to inform tho Public that he has taken the above Croft , and from a general opinion expressed by the inhabitants in its favour as the most eligible situation for a VEGETABLE M ARKETr he has the . satisfaction to announce that it is intended to erect for the purpose a suitable Building , to cover upwards of One Thousand Square Yards of Ground , still leaving some Thousands of Square Yards open , to accommodate Carls from the Country , for unloading and loading , or standing , afc Twopence each per . Day . Entrances—Prom Guildford Street and Land ' s Lane for Carts ; and a Foot Passage from Albion Street . . , : £ S » Stabling and other Accommodation may be had at the Cook aad Bottle , Upperhead Row , and other Inus in the immediate Neighbourhood . Leeds , July 21 st , 1842 .
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CONVEYANCE OF GOODS TO AND FROM LONDON BY RAILWAY . TOHN KENWORTHY and Co . beg to inform J their Friends and the Public that , on the Firsi of September next , they intend to commence Carrying by RAILWAY to and from LONDON , and LEEDS , BRADFORD . HALIFAX . HTTDDERSFIELD , DEWSBURY , &c , and hope to merit a share of that support so many years oonferred oa them as Carriers by Canal . Warehouses . —Axe Inn , Aldermanbury , axd Railway : Station , Caji den Town , London . Railway Trains to Liverpool , Manchester , Rochdaie % < £ • ., every Day . Also , DAILY FLY BOATS between Huddersfield , Manchester , Runcorn , and Liverpool . Th 6 only Canal Conveyance between those Towns -without- change in the proprietary . Au&ust 24 th , 1842 .
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^ eir own officers disguise themselves ; to ^ oria themselves into the confidence of the mm or men upon whom they are set ; to degejre them into a belief that they are bosom friends , * ad m * J ** entrusted ^ " ^ their every though ; and that , as these tools , by such insidiotu and treacherous means , pump out of the party their innermost thoaghts , they relate them , with their own colourings and additions , to the cowardly dastards who haTe employed them ! Remember that it is English governors ; the administrators of English lain ! the protectors and guardians of the
iires and liberties (!) of Englishmen , who thus act i Aye , and remember , too , that a portion of the public press ; a portion of that press which has been long known as the most base , sordid , merce-Daryj treacherous , and truckling , that ever disgraced the earth : remember that a portion of this press ias been base enough to publicly justify this most hellish system , even when enacted in England , and by Englishmen ! Ths Times , in relation to this rery exposure made by White , defends the
emp loyment of the wretch to deceive and betray "Whiter by the no less wretches who paid the thing to compass the destruction ef an honest , bold , upright , fearless , truth-speaking citizen ! This practice the Times defends and justifies : arguing that onr blessed , and paternal , and much-loved Government could not long exist , unless it resorted to such means to learn the opinions and counteract the intended actions of the governed ! A . rare commentary on the degeneracy of the times ; and of the nature of the now English Government !
White and Cooper are to be made " examples " of- They are to be sacrificed . ' They are to be offered up on the altar of class prejudice ! They are to be victimised , to satisfy the cravings of a depraved and debased appetite for vengeance ! The note of preparation to the jurors who have to try each of them has been sounded ! The Morning Chronicle has taken it in hand to procure the guietus of Coopex ; and Old Bloody has been set upon White !
Let a jury dare to acquit either of them ; and they will be denouncsd by these mercenary hirelings as traitors to their country > To appease the longings of ocs Pat . ke > ' al" these men must be offered up ! victimised ! The cue has been given to the bloodhounds , who h * T 2 started on the scent , and will hunt their victims down ! The juries alone have noic to do their portion of the work . It is now well known what that work is ! They never fail in it , when prejudice is excited and class-fears appealed to !
ftex ; turn to Leach ' s case . Read over the whole examination welL Endeavour to draw out of the whole mass of jumblety stuff anything that would seem to sanction the conduct of the magistrates , in " committing ^ him for Itrial , " and in demanding such heavy ( and for a working man ) excessive bail Try to do this ; and a job presents itself not easy of accomplishment ' There is one thing in connection with Leach ' s case
iitatmnsi not be suffered to drop out of sight . Indeed it must be instantly taken up by the whole country , and an " example" must be made I The Chartist leaders are to be made an " example" of ; and the facts we are about to narrate will show , in some sort , the means used to accomplish this object . Most heartily do we thank Gad that the means exist to make the wicked be caught in his own snare ! and to cause him to fall into the pit he digged for others !
By the report of the examination of Leach , it will be seen that a John M'Kexxa swears , point blank , that Leach attended a meeting at the Carpenter ' s Hall , on the Saturday after the riot 3 commenced ; that he knew Leach , and that he saw him there ; that he saw him come upon the platform after another mm hid done Jspeaking ; that he heard Leach speak ; that he remembered him say-Biying that if they Jdid not link together as one man , il would throw tbejea-use back fifty years . He advised them to keep the peace ; and not to starve . "
By a- reference to the report it will be seen that this M'Kk . ' iTia , who describes himself & 3 % schoolmaster , deposes , on oath ; swears , point blank , to all of these things . In so doing , he has committed PERJURY i H 9 is a black-hearted perjured villain ! Leach was never near the meeting in question : On " the Saturday after the riot 3 commenced" ha never darkened the doors of the Carpenter ' s Hall 11 ! He was at home , in his own shop , minding his own business all the time the meeting w& 3 being held 1 Tb . 13 is known to score 3 and hundreds of witnesses It can be proved beyond the possibility of doubt .
And yet , upon the evidence of thi 3 lying perjured roffiin . was Leach committed for trial ' . "Cpon the evidence of this wretch , who risked transportation rather than let ths wished-for victim escape , were heavy and excessive bonds required ! And upon the testimony of suborned rascals like this , were scores of Chartists convicted and sentenced to long periods of imprisonments in the per seen ting period of 1839 . Now , this case must be met I The perjured
villain must be made to receive the punishment accorded by the law to perjurers . The people ' s friends are to be made " examples" of : let the people make an " example" of this hired perjured scoundrel . ' Let the people teach him and aJl such like , that the liberties of their leaders are too valuable to be lyingly sworn away by mercenary scamps , who are but too ready to do the dirty work of their dirty employers . Let the perjurer have ; ha full benefit of his perjury '
We advise that he be indicted , the first opportunity , for swearing to false and lying statements We advise that the people enter into a subscription to defray the cost of the prosecution . We advise that a spirited and honest-ish lawyer be set to work to get up the case against him . We advise that the ruffian , whe so glibly swallowed the oath , and then ued to get an honest man laid by the heels , shall be made a public example" of , at the public exveace .
Now thi 3 must be done instanier . No time mast be lost . A " vigorous" and H strong" prosecution in this clear and undeniable case , will have a wonderful effect upon other * of the same stamp , who may be contemplating a similar victimisation-Let them but be once shown that the law awards transportation for the crime of perjury , and wo Binil not have them quite so ready to swear lies into truth , and thus procure the incarceration of tha people ' s advocates and friends . Too many
have had to suffer from this cause already ! Here is a case that can be laid hold of , and handled . It is tangible and clear . No donbt can possibly exist respecting it . Ail that the wretch detailed about Leach being at the Carpenter ' s Hall meeting ; his coming upon the platform ; his speaking ; and tha words he spoke ; all that the ruffian thus so minntely detailed , o > " oath , wa 3 SHEER INVENTION , —LIES I Let him receive the fruits of his lying ! We charge the people to see to it !
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authorities" love this ^ playing at despotism" so well that they are determined to keep up the game a bit longer . All law is therefore placed in abeyance —the liberty of the subject is laughed at , and the right of expressing the opinions of honest Englishman , in the way prescribed and provided for by the constitution abrogated . The people must not meet to discuss grievances or to express opinions , because the authorities proclaim all meetings of the people illegal . So at least it is at Leeds and in many other places . A requisition was here presented to the Mayor , signed by a
considerable number of influential and " respectable " men , as well aa by a number of honest and useful working men , praying him to call a meeting of the inhabitants ef the borough for the purpose of electing delegates ftr the approaching Conference . That functionary not merely refused to call the meeting , but insolently threatened that if the meeting were called by the requisitora it should be dispersed . In consequence of this and of communications from various other places , informing us that publio meetings could not be holden , we addressed a letter to Mr .
Stuege , requesting him to postpone the sitting of the Conference for one month , to give time for the restoration of something like order and peace in the country , when the right of public meeting may bo again recognised , and the people may be able to elect their representatives fairly and freely . - Of course , we know not what Mr . Stukge and his friends will do . Whether they will postpone the Conference , or go on with it . It is therefore necessary that the people should go on with their preparations , and be ready for either contingency .
Let the requisition in every place be prepared and presented . Wherever meetings are allowed , let delegates be chosen . Wherever the Dogberries prevent the meetings from being holden , let a letter , stating the facts , without any angry comment on them , be ' sent to the Chairman of the Conference ; that Hr . Stvrge and his friends may know exactly the position which the Conference does hold , and the amount of influence to which it is entitled . Let this by no means be omitted in any one case ; let the people do their own work well , that their friends may have heart in working for them .
. tBiXDOXMEXT OP THE CONFERE-NCE BY MB . STURGE . , Since writing the above , and after posting our 1 letter to Mr . Stukge , a copy of which we now publish elsewhere , we have received by the post this ( . Thursday ) morning , the following : — " ( IMPORTANT . ) "NATIONAL COMPLETE SUFFRAGE UNION . " At a meeting of the Council , held in the Office of tbe Union , Waterloo-street , Birmingham , August SOth , 1842 , the Chairman having read a resolution , adopted by the Committee of tie Birmingham Town Hall , refusing the use of that building for a public meeting to appoint delegates to tha Conference , and the Secretary having read letters , by which it appeared that i similar meetings would be prohibited in other places : — i
" Re 89 lved , —That instead of holding a Conference on the 7 £ h of September , a special extraordinary metting ] of the Council shall be held on the 12 th of September , j at three o ' clock , p . m ., in the room belonging to the ; Union , ( formerly the Mechanics' Institution , >* e * rhall- \ Btreetj Birmingham ; and that the friends of the cause , throughout the country , be invited to communicate to that meeting , by letter addressed to the chairman , such recommendations and advice for the consideration of the Council , as they may deem called for by the peculiar position In which the country is placed . I " Joseph Sturge . President" ;
The people will see , therefore , that the Conference is not postponed but given up ; the Council having doubtless found that it was unlikely to become , under present circumstances , anything like what it was desirable it should be . We regret , certainly , the resolution to abandon the Conference ; and hope that it will be reconsidered . We did think the period of its session to ba ill chosen , and the event proves that we were right in so thinking ; but we are still of opinion that such a Conference , well and honestly got up , could not fail to be productive of great good . We
should be sorry to suppose that the abandonment of the Conference has arisen from any fear , lest our call a pen the people to make it a really " national" one shoald be responded to . As we were willing to believe , that the ostensible was the real object of the conveners of this Conference , so we are willing to believe that the reason assigned for its abandonment is the real reason why it is abandoned ; that it is hot given up from any fear that so many delegates should be sent to it , not merely from the
Complete Suttrage Union but from the people generally , a 3 should make it unmanageable for party purposes . We are qui : e willing to believe that the object of Mr . Stckgk and of those who act with him , was upon thi 3 occasion to give fair play to the expression of the public voice , to consult freely with the people through the medium of their friends , by themselves fairly elected , upon the best means of enhancing their interests and securing their rights .
We repeat oar conviction that this would be a proceeding franght with good ; and our expression of regret that this Conference of the people ' s friends , summoned , as we think , hastily and without due consideration , has been yet more hastily and inconsiderately abandoned . We would respectfully urge on those 'by whom it was projected the probability that a few weeks will suffice to restore the authorities from their fainting fits—to tire the children of their new toy—and to restore a state of things in which tha Conference so desirable might be Bafely and usefully holden .
W e hope the prjectors of the Conference will take these Lint 3 as they are meant , in all honest kindness . The idea of the Conference having been first promulgated by them , we think that the honour and the management of it should in justice be accorded to chem , notwithstanding even their present abandonment of the design . We thick , however , that the design is too good to be lost sight of , and that if the Sttrge friends persist in their refusal to go on wi ; h it , ' it should then be taken up by the people themselves ; who should , as soon as circumstances will permit , carry out , in it 3 efficiency , the avowed purport of this intended Conference ; soliciting the co-optration of Mr . Stckge and all other good
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Sir , —Assuming that in you I address one whose avowed anxiety to support the establishment of political right , and the enfranchisement of the people , generally , is honest and sincere , I make no apology for intruding on your attention the notice of what I take to ¦ be most important considerations . The state of the country at this moment is fraught with fearful interest to every true philanthropist . Every good map must of necessity desire to see the general adoption of some measures whereby the fermentation of popular discontent may be , in some degree , allayed , 1 the differences of opinion among good men
accommodated , the breaches in the ranks of patriotism closed up , and the intelligence , spirit , and energy of the people so guided and directed as that by peaceful and certain advances , the goal of righteousness may be attained , in the putting of the people into possession ot those legislative powers which have been often proved by the clearest induction , to appertain to them ; ana their natural right to which , is , indeed , self-evident . I rejoice , therefore , moss sincerely , in your proposal to gather into one focus the wisdom , and intelligence of all those classes of the people amongst whom it is important to the general well-being that a good understanding Bbould prevail . The assembling together
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of a National Conference of Delegates , fairly and freely chosen , so as fully to represent the whole people , in the manner intimated by your late proposition ; to confer with each other ; to compare their ideas ; to club their intell i gence ; and to determine by amicable and friendly discussion upon the best mode of general conduct to be , under present circumstances , recommended to and adopted by the people , can scarcely fail , if not mismanaged , to eventuate in something really good . But in order to this it is first of all necessary to take care that the Conference be of this character ; that it do fully , fairly , and freely represent the opinions , wishes , and sentiments of the people , in all those places from which delegates may be sent to it ; and that all
places , feeling an interest in its discussions , shall hare free scope to be fairly represented in it ; and I question , much and seriously , whether the circumstances be now in existence to make this possible . Great subjeots of investigation must come before such an assembly ; subjects on which it is necessary that the people should have consulted , together , and should have , to some extent at least , so formed public opinion as to be able to give instructions to their delegates . For this , it does not seem to me that the period between the issuing of your announcement and tho time when these delegates must of necessity be elected , in order to their sitting on the 7 th inst . is by any means sufficient . This I saw to be matter of 6 erious regret
at the first issuing of the announcement , signed by yourself , summoning this Conference . And I saw also that its hasty meeting would , of necessity , entail another serious inconvenience on the people , for the advancement of whose interests its session is projected : it would allow them less time than is desirable for selecting fit men as their representatives . My kcon-ledge , however , of the energy , and , to a great extent , of the shrewdness and prudence , of which the unenfranchised people of this country are possessed , and which they oan bring into exercise , when spirited thereto on extraordinary occasions , induced me to trust to those qualities for the avoidance ef any harm to the beneficial character of
this Conference , from the somewhat hasty manner of its conyenement . And , therefore , participating cordially in the desire that at the present crisis some specific course of conduct should be , if possible , unanimously agreed upon and pursued by the friends of the people generally , I waived these objections , thougn I did not overlook them , and brought whatever small amount of influence I may happen to possess , most heartily into the support of those , by whom , as " friends of the people , " this intended Conference has been summoned . I recommended the people in last week ' s Northern Star in the strongest terms I was able to use , to make thi 3 Conference efficient for its avowed and
benevolent purpose ; and I can have no doubt that they would have done so , had we lived in ordinary times or under ordinary circumstances . The fact , however , of the recent excitement in the manufacturing districts , has furnished to those whose purpose it is to uphold faction and to keep down the people a pretext , which they are not slack to 2 ay hold of , for the establishment of Buch a state of things as renders it almost impossible that any such Conference as I presume you contemplate can be holden at tho time specified . You , I am quite sure , would be sorry to see delegates meet together on such an occasion and for such a purpose , otherwise than in such numbers as to form a pretty " full" assemblage of the people ' s friendd "fairJy " aDa legally chosen as their representatives . You know
that no delegate can be legally chosen otherwise than at a publio meeting ; nor can he indeed in any other way be" fairly" and " freely" chosen ; because there could otherwise be no means of testing public opinion as to his merits aud qualifications : and my position has enabled me to leirn enough already of the state of things in very many of those districts of the country most deeply interested in the discussions of thiB Conference , to know that public meetings for the election of delegates thereto will not be , just now , permitted by the authorities to be holden . in the borough of Leeds , for instance , a most respectfully and numerously signed requisition , bearing the names of most of the influential members of the National Complete Suffrage Union , as well as those of several members of the National
Charter Association , has been presentea to the Mayor , praying him to call a meeting for the purpose ; but that functionary not only refused to call the meeting , but informed the parties who presented the requisition , that should they call the meeting on their own responsibility , it would be considered by the authorities as an illegal meeting , and would certainly be dispersed ! The effect of this expression of the purpose of the Mayor has been the withdrawal of thoir names from the requisition , by all the members of the National Complete Suffrage Union , who had signed it , and their refusal either to call the meeting on their own responsibility or to co-operato in any way with those of the requibitors who were desirous to call the meeting . Like intelligence has reached me frcm so many places as to induce a fear on niy part that nothing like a national delegate meeting can be held so early as the 7 th instant .
It is of great importauce that the avowed and benevolent object of this Conference should not be frustrated ; and yet that object must , in all propability , be frustrated unless the Conference itself be so constituted , that as many of the people as may be wishful can be fairly represented in it . Without at all recognising as just and right what I believe you will agree with me in deeming to be a tyrannical and unconstitutional suppression of the right of public meetiug , I yet take the liberty of suggesting to you that the people ' s friend 3 would display , most tfucaciously , their prudence and sincerity by bending in some little to the storm they cannot stem . The excitement of the " disturbed districts" is fast subtiding , and things are settling gradually down into
something like the usual appearances of society ; we may reasonably , conclude , therefore , that the absurd fears of the nestling authorities will proportionately subside ; that the regard for right aud fair-play of the well-dieposed amoDg them will resume its operation ; and that the right of public meeting will be again recognised in a few weeks . It would then become possible—and certainly is most desirablethat a public and open Conference of the psople ' e friends , freely and fairly chosen by the people , should meet together to agree and determine upon some specific course of conduct by which tho cauac of right may be upholden , the people ' s grievances redressed , and these fearful convulsions of society totally avoided for the future .
I am exceedingly desirous , as must be every good man , that the intended Conference should effeot this purpose , but I much fear that if called now together , it will not be able to do so , however wise and ' patriotic may be the individuals of whom it ia composed ; because I fear it cannot be made sufficiently national in character to command national respect and confidence ; without which its recommendations wculd bo powerless and its labours useless . My object , therefore , in thus troubling you , is to pray that you and the gentlemen with whom you act , will take seriously into consideration all the circumstances of the whole matter , and , in consideration of the interests of many thousands , —perhaps some millions—of our fellow-coumrymeD , for whose interests , as friends of the people , we are bound to care , and who are likely , under present circumstances , to have no voice in this Conference at all , to postpone its
session until such time as a reasonable expectation can be fairly entertained of its being able to effect the object for which it jb convened . It is perhaps difficult to say how long it may be before the magnates of faction may so far recover their senses as to recognise again the right of public meeting ; but I should hope that , at all events , a month may suffice fer the playing of their present daring and dangerous game of recklessness . 1 take leave , therefore , to suggest to you the propriety of postponing the session of the Conference for one monthl ; that the people may have time and opportunity to make it efficient to its purpose—of devising such a specific course of action as may command the general assent and approbation of the people's friends , and its consequent general recommendation to , aud adoption by , the people themselves , 1 or the safe , certain , aud speedy acquisition of the people's rights .
" Wifh every disposition to hail you as a fellowlabourer in the cause of right , aud to co-operate with you and every other sincere friend of the people for its advancement , acd praying that the smile of Providence may accompany that of an approving conscience on our several and collective efforts lor its establishment , I am , Sir , Respectfully and faithfully yours , Wa . Hill , Editor of the Northern Star . Leeds , September 1 , 1842 .
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The Strike" and the Calumniators op Messrs . Bowhan , Arthur , and Hanson , at Carlisle . —We have received a letter from these gentlemen slating that an attack has been made upon them for advising the people oj their district against joining in the late " strike . " They have been accused 0 / being in the pay ef the Tories—bribed to suffocate the movement—one scoundrel stating publicly that he knew Mr . Arthur ' s name to be down in the books o a certain Tory attorney es the recipient of large sums of money : but who , on cailedonfor
being his proofs , was found wanting in the manliness necessary to substantiate his statements , and yet having the viliany to teilerate them . He teas required to produce his proofs at a delegate meeting , but refused to do so , aliedging his readiness to do so at a public meeting , knowing at the same time that his Whig friends had prohibited publio meetings . The injured men write naturally with some warmth in reference to this dastardly affair . We have not room for their letter , nor is its publication necessary , as we are sure thai when the good people of Carlisle ,
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who know all the parties , know also the facts we have just stated ^ they will not fail to treat the cowardly calumniator as he deserves . As to the obloquy heaped upon these and other good men because of their opposition to the strike ' , we think little of it . The people are warm-hearted ; and when misled by those in whom they have confidence are apt to deal somewhat summarily with those by whom their notions are opposed . But though warm , they are honest , and will repay with increased affection the wrong they may have done as soon as time and refaction shall have shown them who were their best and wisest friends . The abuse of merely disappointed League-men , or of agitation-mongers , is no matter of regret—it is always valuable to honest men . W . W ., Ashton-cnder-Lyne . —Thanks . D * . M'Douall s long letter was received by Thursdays post .
C . C , Cirkncesteb . —His communication , written on both aides , was received on Thursday . It wul appear in our next . T , Salmon must write to Mr . Saunders privately . Address op the London Delegates to the Females ef the Metropolis , next week . « A Host of Cobbespondjbnts must excuse us ; we have as much matter , Chartist news , State of the Country , articles of communication , and other important maters as would fill three paper now lying upon our table ; not one word or which can be even read before our presenter goes to press . We can but do what we can ; our utmost energies are tasked to gei all in , but the paper will- hold onla certain tity
y quan . Many of our correspondents might ease us much if they would be less prolix , and give us facts instead of speeches , comments , and opinions . We have very often to wade through four or five pages of manuscript to get out of them the fact of some meeting havingibeen held , or some man's having lectured , which we chronicle in two lines . We wish that some of those who think themselves negleoted , would take a 6 ingle day's spell at reading our correspondence . We should like to refer a good many of our favours to the Evening Star , which , though though smaller than the Northern Star , has more room , because it comes out daily , and would probably feel , as a relief , a little of that which overburdens us .
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S . Mann , Ashbdrton . —The Plates cannot be sent off till we receive them—they are yet in tbe hands of the printer . To Agents —All Agents are requested to send word , during the next week , how their Plates are to be forwarded , and how many of eaeb . Some Agents at a distance , who find it difficult to obtain parcels , can have both Plates in one parcel by hating them two or three weeks later . Any Agent having orders for the otner Platea given with the " Star" had better forward them , and they can be enclosed in the same parcels . , J . Jeffries , Axbridge . —Apply to the Agent who sends the Paper . T . Fright . —Mr . Cleave is agent . FOE THE POLITICAL VICTIMS . THEIR WIVES AND FAMILIES . £ S . d . From Knigbtsbridge , being proceeds of a ball on July 25 th ... ... 2 14 0 FOR THE CHARTIST PRISONERS' DEFENCE FUND . From W . Lacy , hair-cutter , Cleckheaton ... ... 0 1 0 FOR THE EXECUTIVE . From the Chartists of Walworth locality ... ... 0 10 0 FOR MRS . HOLBERRY . From a friend at Colchester ... ... 0 2 6 FOR MR . 1 'EDDIE . J From and old Radical . Edinburgh ... 0 0 6
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DEATH FROM'A PISTOL-SHOT , IN LEEDS . On Tuesday , great excitement was caused in Park-lane from the circumstance of a young man , beine shot , who was in the service of Mr . Wharton , of the Viotoria Hotel , as brewer . The name of the unfortunate deceased is John Dunwell ; and he , it appears , was going into the gateway of his master ' s yard , on Tuesday forenoon , when he was met by a young man , named Joseph Henry Bennett , a pnpil with Mr . John Ingham Ikin , surgeon , of Cookridgestreet , whose surgery is in Alexander-street , nearly directly opposite the stable yard of Mr . Wharton . Bennett , it seems , had a pistol in his hand , which he pointed at Dunwell , and pulled the trigger ; the pistol missed fire , and the parties stood
for a minute , when Bennett again pointed tbe pistol , and discharged it at Dunwell , who fell , and died in a very few minutes . The unfortunate deceased was twenty-six years of age , had been for about ten years with Mr . Wharton , and was greatly respected in his situation . Bennett is nineteen years of age , and is described as being of an absent disposition . His family ia highly respectable , and reside at Wakefield , where his father is a physician in extensive practice . The young man , it seems , also , bad been sworn in a special constable , without Mr . I kin ' s knowledge or consent , and during the excitement consequent upon the late riots had officiated both by day and night ; the pistol , too , he had only recently purchased , professedly to " shoot the Chartists , " but really , we should suppose , for no other purpose than , like many others , to amuse himself . The following evidence was adduced
at the inquest held on Wednesday morning , before John BlackbHrn , Esq , coroner , and a respectable jury , at Wharton ' s HoteJ : — Mr . Wm , Price , surgeon , examined—I was called in to examine the deceased a few minutes after his death , and have made a post mortem examination of the body . The wound is on the left breast bone ; the wound has been made by a ball , which splintered tbe breast bone ; it had then taken a direction rather down and across the breast , passing over the large vessels of the heart , injuring the pulmonory artery , passing through the lobe of the right lung , through the fifth rib on the right side , and was found lodged in the hollow of the scapula of the shoulder blade . The immediate cause ot death most probably was the severe injury to the nerves of the base of the heart , occasioned no doubt by the gunshot wound . The passage of the ball through so vital a part would cause certain death .
George Gibbs , of Stayeley—I am thirteen years of age , and am acquainted with Joseph Henry Bennett , pupil to Mr . Ikin ; I was on a visit to Mr . Ikin ' s , and was with Bennett yesterday morning in the field behind Alexander-place , about nine o ' clock ; he wanted to fire off a pistol , and asked me to go with him ; He had a small pistol with him . [ The pistol was produced by policeman Hirst , and identified by the witness . ] Bennett fired a pistol at a piece of pot ; the pistol missed fire the n ' rst time—the second time it went off . This was the only time he fired . Bennett told me he had got the piscol to shoot tho Chartists with . I left Bennett at Mr . Ikin ' s about ten o ' clock ; I saw no more of him during the day .
Stephen Redgwell—I am a labouring man , and reside at Holbeck . I sxw tho deceased near this house yesterday , about eleven o ' clock . I saw a young gentleman come out of a passage on the opposite side of the street , with a pistol in his hand . [ The witness identified Bennett as the person . ] I passed by him , as he came out of the passage j the deceased was then nailing a piece of wood on each side of Mr . Wharton ' s door ; he left the door , and stood for a moment talking with a carrier in the street . Mr . Bennett walked across the street , and went into a gateway leading into Mr . Wharton ' s yard . Dunwell also went into the same jjataway , and I immediately heard a report of fire-arms . I turned round , and saw the deceased staggering
towards a cart , which was by the side of the causeway ; he fell on the cart shafts , and I saw blood issuing from his breast . I turned him over ; he groaned , but did not speak . He was taken into Mr . Whatton ' s house . When I was turning the deceased over , Bennett was close by , and said , " He is shot—I have shot him—I'll go for a doctor . I did'nt know the pistol was loaded / ' He then went into the passage out of which 1 had seen him come . I did not see anything more . Before the firing took place I had not heard anything said , either by Ben * nett or Dunwell . Bennett appeared alarmed and excited . I did not see the pistol fired ; both parties were in the passage ; I was three or four yards off .
Jonathan AlarshaU—I live at-. Farsley , I am a clothier ; I am in the habit of coming to this house on Market days . I knew the deceased . I was in Mr . Wharton b yard yesterday morning , sat right opposite the gate-way ; it might be half-past eleven 0 clock ; I saw Bennett enter the gate-way ; Dunwell entered immediately after—ia fact they seemed to meet in the gate-way ; I saw Bennett present a pistol at DunweJl ; it snapped , but did not go off . Dunwell held up his right hand and exclaimed " Ah ! " as if in joke . I saw Bennett do something at the pistol , during which Dunwell stood still , not seeming the least apprehensive of danger , and Bennett then snapped the pistol again and it went off ; he pointed the pistol deliberately at him—seemed as if he took aim . I did not hear Bennett eav
anvthing . I saw Dunwell stagger away , and on following him found him laid down in the street . I should think the parties were within two yards when the shot was fired . I had not the least apprehension of danger when 1 saw the pistol pointed ; I thought it had only a cap on , and was not charged . When I saw Bennett again he was coming out of Mr . Ikin ' s passage ; a gentleman said to him i ( Did you shoot the man 1 " to which he replied I did . " In answer to questions by the jury , the witness said he was sure the pistol was pointed the first time after Danwell got into the passage : the second time ho held it as if taking aim . Wm . Wrigglesworth—1 _ am nine years of age . I live in St . John ' s Souare . I was coming along Alexander-street jester ' ay morning , and 1 saw a young man pointing a pistol in Mr . Wharton ' s gate-
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way ; he snapped it off , and it missed ; I think ( pointing to Bennett ) thatis the young man ; I saw him when the pistol missed take a cap out of his pocket , and put it on the pistol ; he then snapped the pistol again , and it went off , and shot a man ; they were both standing just within the gateway . Joseph Bates—I am a wool merobant in Leeds ; I was in Park-lane yesterday , and heard the report of a pistol ; I turned into Alexander-street quickly , and saw the deceased laid across a cart ehaft , and blood running ; out of his waistcoat . I saw Mr . Bennett running into the passage leading to Mr . Ikin's house . I followed him , and he came out of Mr . Ikin ' s house , Mr . Ikin following him . I said to
him , " Are you the person who has shot this young man 1 " Bennett answered " Yes , I have shot him . I asked him his motive , when he said , " I had forgot thepi&tolwas loaded ; I had been oat firing it in the morning , and had forgot that 1 had loaded it again . " I then said , " Did you say anything to deceased before you fired 1 " He replied , " I said I would shoot him ; and I snapped the pistol at him , as I had previously done at Mr . Ikin ' s ostler , and at others . The pistol went off , and then I remembered that I had loaded it . " He said further that he knew the deceased was shot , and ran in for Mr . Ikin . Bennett seemed in great distress , and was much exoited .
James Matthews—I am groom to Mr . Ikin , I knew Bennett , and I knew Dunwell ; the pistol ( produced ) belongs to Mr . Bennett ; I saw it in his possession one day last week ; he told me he had bought U , but did not say what for ; I have seen him fire it off once or twice , with nothing but powder in . I was standing in our stable door-stead yesterday morning ; I saw Bennett and Dunwell in the gateway of Mr . Wharton ' s yard ; I saw the pi 6 tol go off , but did not see how it was pointed . Bennett and the deceased were on good terms together . The pistol was utterly under Bennett ' s charge ; I never saw it laid about . He had pointed the pistol at me , but had not snapped it ; he pointed it at me yesterday morning ; I told him to give over , as it might go off- He had told me in the morning that it was loaded when he pointed it at me , but said afterwards that he had fired it off . This being the whole of the evidence ,
The Coroner summed up the case , and explained the law upon the subject ; the Jury then retired , and after an absence of three quarters of an hour , returned a verdict of MANSLAUGHTER against Joseph Henry Bennett , who was committed to York to take his trial at the present assizss , the Grand Jury not being discharged . v ^^ rf' ^^ v ^^^ -Mi ^^^^ fc- ^^^ y ^^' -- - ^^^ -
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MAGISTRATES' ROOM .-Saturday , Aug . 27 . William Henry Clarkson was charged with forgery . To be transported for seven years . Thomas Carr , 2 \ , James Carr , 19 , William Leech , 21 , Peter Conway , 19 , and James Thornton , 23 , were oharged with having , ou the 23 rd of February last , at Holylandswaine , assaulted James Heppenstall , and stolen from his dwelling-house twenty-six sovereigns , twenty-seven shillings and sixpence in half crowns , one man ' s coat , a piece of cloth , and divers other articles , his property . Judgment of death recorded .
Monday , August , 29 . William Hodion , 26 , was cnarged with having , on the 2 nd of August , at Glaizedale , feloniously stolen a pig , the property of John Ackroyd . To be imprisoned to hard labour for six months oa two indictments . Joseph France , and William Hanby , burglary ; to be imprisoned for eighteen calendar months to hard labour . Francis Cay ' on and William Swann , burglary ; to be imprisoned in Beverley House of Correction for twelve calendar months to hard labour . Betsy Pou-et , 42 , was charged with having , oa or about Martinmas last , at Boston , feloniously concealed the birth of a male bastard child . Not Guilty .
John Taylor was charged with having feloniously stolen a heifer , the property of Samuel Wood . Not Guilty . William Snowden , 25 , was charged with a burglary in the house of George Rudd , of Stammergate , in the City of Ripon . To be imprisoned eighteen months to hard labour . Robert Prince and Joseph Hawley robbery ; to be imprisoned six months each to hard labour . Toebdat , August 30 . Thomas Turner was charged with having , on the 15 th of July last , at Wakefield , feloniously stolen one lamb , the property of Richard Sykes . To be imprisoned one year in the Wakefield House of Correction , and to be kept tbe last six months of that period at hard labour .
Edward Maude was charged with housbreaking . To be imprisoned in Wakefield House of Correction for twelve calendar months to hard labour . Ann Ross , out on bail , was charged with haviag committed wilful and corrupt perjury . Npt Guilty . Benjamin Askwith , bigamy . To be imprisoned two months in Wakefield House of Correction . John Pearson , 21 , was charged with having , on the 14 th of August last , at Pannall , feloniously assaulted Mary Varley , with intent to commit a rape . To be imprisoned and kept at hard labour in Wakefield House of Correction for six months .
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A former report is confirmed that the Russians have sustained a severe reverse in a late encounter with the Circassians . The Russian General Grabbe ' s camp was attacked on the 13 th of June ; eight pieces of artillery were captured , but were retaken , except two pieces ; with a loss , however , of 1 , 600 Russians and gixty offices ,
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London . —A lecture will be delivered on Sunday evening , at the New Chartist Room , 29 £ Mile End Road , near the Red Cow . Chair to be taken at Eeven o ' clock . Mr . Dickenson , the Manchester packer , will lecture on Sunday evening , at the New Chartist Room , 29 ^ , Mile End Road , near the Red Cow . The members of the late Provisional Committee are requested to attend at 55 , Old Bailey , ou Sunday afternoon , at two o'clock precisely , that a balance sheet may be published , and the affair brought to a final close . Mexbro . '—A delegate meeting will be held tomorrow ( Sunday ) , Sept . 4 th , at half-past ten o ' clock in the morning , at the Masons' Arms Inn , New Mexbro ' .
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THE PATRIOTIC " BULLY" COOPER
TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sib , —Since the arreat ef Mr . Cooper , the Chartists of Leicester have been most anxious to adopt the moat efficient means to save the man of their choice from the fangs of the la w . And to do this they hive elected a committee of five , with power to add to their number , to be called a " Defence Fund Committee , " to raiBe funds to defend Mr . Cooper at his forthcoming trial at Stafford . The Committee desire , through the medium of your journal , to make an appeal to the Chartists of Great Britain to assist ; them , as far as they are able , as be is likely to be tried in a few days . They sincerely hope that their appeal will not be mnde in vain . Any sum will be thankfully received by the Committee of Mr . Cooper's defence fund .
I remain , Brother Chartiata , Yours , in the good cause of right against might , Thomas Winter . P . S . Any person or association wishing to contribute to the above object , can direct to Mr . Crow , 81 , Belgrave-gate , treasurer ; or to Mr . Johnson , 37 , Bedfordstreet , secretary to the defence fund committee . a T . W . Leicester , 11 , Chnrchg&te , Aug . 31 , 1842 .
Geijing . rid of a Mo . nster . —Mr . Wm . Thwaite , farmer , of Sheepridge , near Huddersfield , on Sunday morning ,- the 24 th July , voided one of those dangerous species of worms , " taenia , " or tape-worm , of the amazing length of sixty-six yards , and containing 3300 joints , and weighing two pounds thirteen ounces . —Halifax Guardian . This paragraph has gone the rouud of the press ; but no paper has yet told the fact that the cause of this voidanoe was the taking of Dr . Wallace ' s celebrated spice nuts . Dr . Wallace is well known in all parts of Yorkshire as the first worm-doctor of the day .
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Tuesday last , aged 50 f Mr . William Marriott , compositor . He had been engaged in the Intelligencer-effice for the long period of fourteen years , daring which time fie was ever distinguished for zeal and punctuality . In life he maintained the character of a sincere friend and affectionate husband . On Sunday , August 21 st , Edward Kitson , aged thirteen months , ef Leeds . On the 27 th ult ., after two days illness of typhus fever , John Nichols , aged 21 , who was a member of the Tanstock Charter Association , and one of the Council .
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YORKSHIRE SUMMER ASSIZES . Saturday , Aug . 27 . Christopher Dent , 47 , was charged with having , at the last assizes , committed perjury . To be transported for seven years . George Crawshaw . and George Wright , pleaded Guilty to having , on the 7 th inst , broken into the cartilage of the duelling house of Charies Jarvey , of Hatfield , and stolen therefrom seven hams and some bacan . ' To be imprisoned for eight calendar months to hard labour . George Lund and Benjamin Owen , were charged on the coronor ' s inquisition with the murder of Peter Handforth , at Rothwell . Not Guilty . Luke Jackson , 19 , was charged wiln having on the 26 th of March last , at Greasbrough , stabbed John Cocking , with intent to do him sume grievous bodily harm . Not Guilty .
Samuel Parkes , 41 , was charged with having , on the 22 nd of May last , at Ecolesfield , stabbed Charles Stringer , with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm . To be imprisoned , two calendar months to hard labour . The Grand Jury ignored the bill against James Bower , charged with misdemeanor . Samuel Wooler , stabbing . To be impoisoned one month . Matthew Gommersall , stabbing . To be imprisoned one calender month to hard labour .
Monda y , Aug . 29 . John Walton ^ 44 , embezzlement at Halifax . — Guilty . Booth Walker , who had been out on bail , was charged with the manslaughter of Elizabeth Denisop , at Leeds , on the 23 d of April last . To be imprisoned for four calendar months . John Walton was then placed at the bar and further charged with having , on the 6 th of April , 1839 , embezzled £ 100 , the property of Messrs . L . W . Hird , and Co . The prisouer pleaded Guilty . To be transported ten years . James Johnson , 36 , and Thomas Penniston , 27 , were charged with having , on the 11 th of May , 1841 , stolen a chesnut mare , the property of George Naylor . To be severally transported for ten years . Thomas Carrol , cutting and wounding . To be imprisoned one year .
James Thompson , stabbing . To be imprisoned one year to hard labour . James Af'C / e # u » £ stealing . To be imprisoned one year . Robert Hudson and Wm . Lang , who had been convicted of a rape on Kirza Pratt , at Folkton , were eaeh sentenced to be transported for ten years . Thomas Isles , who had been convicted of an assault on Mary Oidfield , at Ecclesfield , was sentenced to be imprisoned eight calendar months . Tuesday , August 30 th . Samuel Balmforth , cow stealing ; to ba imprisoned and kept to hard labour ten calendar months . William Wihon , forgery ; two jeaxs imprisonment to hard labour . John Thompson , bigamy ; to be imprisoned and k . pfc to _ hard labour three calendar months . Benjamin Bapty , cutting and wounding ; to be imprisoHedand kept to hard labour for one year .
John Brown , bigamy ; to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour one calendar month . John Helluwell and Peter Fox , were charged with having , on the 16 th of August inst ., at Brighouse , feloniously assaulted Wm . Smith , and stolen from his pcrsou two half-crowns and one shilling . Not Guilty . Elizabeth Hartley was indicted for keeping a disorderly house iu Parliament-street , Harrogate . Not Guilty . The Grand Jury ignored the bill against James Taylor , charged with having , on the 17 th of August instant , at Leeds , together with divers other persons , unlawfully , riotously , and tumultuously assembled together and disturbed the publio peace , to the great terror and alarm of her Majesty ' s subjects .
Wednesday , August 31 st . Francis Scott , who had been out on bail , was oharged with a misdemeanour , he being the keeper of a prison at Halifax , and having unlawfully interrod the body of a debtor named Henry Foster , in the prison yard . Guilty . He was required to enter into a recognizance of £ 10 to appear when called upon to receive judgment .
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CHARTIST HYMN ROOK .
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THE BIR 1 IINGHAM CONFERENCE . Little minds and ignorant peop l e are always very unwilling to part with any " little brief authority" wi : h which they may have been invested . They like " To fctrat and fume their hour upon the stage , " and " Shew their tinsell'd bravery . "
The risings , " and the riotings , " the boiler tappings , of the poor dnpes to the League have afforded many of the same League , in their capacity of Justices , an opportunity , such & 3 they never had before , of being great men" for the nonce . It is a very gratifying thing to be able to command military , and specials , and blue bludgeon men ; to parade "them up and down the streets of a town , and to " shew "people who are their masters . " The League men of » ll degrees , justices , specials , " yeos , " and "blues " &Te had rare fun of this sort . Their excellent com-P 6 ^^ Tory mags—to whom tho late " breezs "
*» a nke r » w meat thrown to a famished wolf—have sot enjoyed the sport less heartily j and neither of them Eeem at all disposed to quit the game . It is Dot enough that the prisons are full and that the Strike is over , or nearly so , and that the people never "fire more peaceful than they now are , and indeed hive been through the whole time , save when they k « e been driven into violenoe by the " authorities " tteaflelves—a task not very easy , but yet just * possible achievement ; it is not enough that all decent show aod pretext of necessity « r extraordinary aie * snreg has gone fairly by j the
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THE PATRIOT VICTIM COOPER . Elsewhere we give two letters from Mr . Csopee , written from his prison house . One of them , intended aa a private letter , may show something of the mind and feelings of the man . We entreat the attention of our readers to those letters . We beg that they may be read carefully ; and that those who read them will remember that they are tbe letters of " the bcllt . " Yes . ' the writer of those letters is the man whom James
O'Bhiex , the "Schoolmaster "; the chaste and mealy-mouthed middle-class man ; the " educated ' ' member of a learned profession : the writer of those letters is the man whom James O'Brik . n denominates a bully" ! whom he , in hi 3 last Statesman * classes aloHg with O'Co . vsoa , the " coward and traitor" ; hounds on the dog 3 of Government upon the trail of both of them ; and npbraids tbe Government for not having sooner laid them by the heels 1 ! I
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^^ THE NORTHERN STAR . 5
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 3, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct614/page/5/
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