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AEEEST OF THE EEY . W . HILL , EDITOR OF THE " STAR , " Leeds Police Office , Friday , Twelve o'clock . This mormi ?? j about a quarter past nine , my sood Friend , & r . Htix , was arrested in the streets of Leeds , £ > J two officers from Manchester , on the authority of £ warrant issued by Mr . J . F . Foster , J . P . and bac ^ edby a Leeds
Magistrate . The charge is , as far ss I can ascertain , ore of '" ' sedition , " arising out of words spoken at some meeting or other , " tending to exite a breach of the Peace . " He was on his way to the Star-c&ce , when he was pointed out to the Manchester police officers by one of the Leeds 0 cers > / -who was accompanying them on their search , ) and brought to this place without &nv of his friends knowing of the arrest .
While waitin ? for his presence at the Star-office , to prepare- the second edition of the paper , it was intimated to me by a friend that Mr . Hill had teen seen to enter the Police-office , accompanied Ly two strangers ; and it was believed that he was in custody . I instantly repaired to the place , where I now write , to ascertain if such , was the fact . After waiting some little time , I * a w Mr . Read , the Chief Constable , and on my iuttir . ' £ the question to him , he at once informed me that the fact was so . I then applied to see Mr . Hill : when Mr . Read informed me , that he was in the custody of the Manchester
officers , who alone could grant my request ; and that they were then somewhere in the town procuring refreshment . " I therefore determined to await " their return , to make the request to them to be permitted to see my friend , before he is removed from this plp . ee to Manchester , which I expect he will be in the course of the day . I have now waited an hour-and-a-half ; but the officers have not made their appearance . I shall wait until they do , and communicate the result of my rpplication as soon as I learn it . Jos . Hobsox .
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ARREST OF T . B . SMITH . Star Office , Fifteen minutes past One . I have just returned from the police cfi : e , haying learned what was the sort of " refreihment" the Manchester police officers had gone to procure . They were absent on another arresting expedition ; and have jues returned with Mr . T . B . Smith in custody , lie being apprehended on a similar charge , indeed included in the same warrant with Mr . Hill . Mr . Surra w » 3 taken at his own home , and his house was searchfid by the officers , and all papers or letters found there removed " iu custody '
also . When Mr . Read had informed Inspector Taylor , from Manchester , who I was , I made a formal application to be permitted to see Mr . H ill , before he was remoTed from Leeds ; and he immediately replied that my request should be granted . I then asked " u-hen 1 " and his reply was *¦ Sometime in the course of the afternoon . " " Could it be now" ? was my next question ; and the answer to it " no ; not just now-: we hare some refreshment to get : but jog shall see him befoie we start . " " Will you name a time V " Sometime abon ; three o ' clock . If yoa will be at the Star cfiice , we will send on for you . "
Prom thi 3 conversation , and especially from the fact of " refreshment" being still wanted by the Manchester men , I infer that they haTe more arrests to make in this town ; and that they were anxious to get them made , and the prisoners all . together , before they permit any of them to be - seen by their friends . Mr . Hill has been kept in the " Stone jog" since his arrest . He is not , however , placed amongst the other inmates of ihe wretched hole used as a prison ; but is considerately placed in the women ' s ward , { which happened to be empty , ) vshich he has , ( till just now that Mr . Smith has joined him , ) occupied to himself .
He and Mr . Smith , with any others that may be arrested , will be removed to Manchester this _ afternoon , I believe ; and be bronght np for examination -to-morrow , at the New Bailey Court . I shall go np £ o Manchester with them , or after them , for the purpese of procniing bail , < fec . I shall also attend the examination to-morrow , and communicate the result in an ediiion of the Star , to' be published in Leeds to-morrow evening . JVish . Hoksojt .
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TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Beotheb Democrats . —No man can Jay the charge to me that I am fond of faction—it matters aot whether that man belongs to the Metropolitan Parliamentary Reform Association , to the Christian Chartists , to the Complete Suffrage Association , to the National Association , or to the National Charter Association , not a single member of any one of these dare accuse me of being fac'fious . Therefore , I may safely investigate the document issued by the CompleteSuffragistsfor convening the Conference on the 27 th December next . Every true Democrat must admit that there is the greatest necessity to convene a National Conference , bnt to make it a national one , what is the foundation on which it onght to be based ! Can it be called national when
a faction i 3 to have half the power at it ?—nay , more than half the power ; for , whilst London , Manchester , Birmingham , and the towns of the greatest importance and most numerous population , are to be restricted to six representatives , and such very important towns as Nottingham , Leicester , Norwich , &c ., areto be restricted to four , the small towns wherethemillownershave the greatest power can send two ; thus positively . giving a double power to the patriotic electors in the election of representatives . What poor man dare give an untrammelled rote on such an occasion , unless at the hazard of losing his employment , and eventually bringing destruction on
himself and family ? But to investigate the conduct of the Council of the Complete Suffrage Association with impartiality , it is right that we should take a closer view of its conduct on the day it met in Birmingham ; it did not allow strangers to be present at its deliberations . Yesterday , a gentleman called on me to inform me that he was ordered out of the room , and that when the report was brought up , when strangers were present on the day afterwards , it was the intention of the parties to allow the electors the power to elect two delegates to the Conference , for the working men ' s one ; and but for Mr . Stephenscn , of Worcester , such would have been carried .
If such report be correct ( and I have every reason to believe it is ; if jt is not , I hope I shall be set right on the matter , as I should not wish to make any falsa statements , tending to mislead the democratic party ) what conclusion can I possibly come to ? Can any working man—can any real Democrat come to any but the following—namely , that this party are not sincere . I am not cynic enough to condemn a whole body for the a cts of one or a few of its members ; but when a deliberative body assumes to itself the power to concoct schemes for the advancement of Democracy , then the public ought to scrutiny the act 3 of such men . What I propose to the Council of the complete suffragists is this , that , if they wish to have a lona fide representation of the people , namely , to reconsider their
address and take such Eieps as will bring together the whole intelligence , talent , and strength of the popular party into one great conference , they will limit the aggregate numbers of the Conference , Eay to 658 ; that they will divide the whole of England , Scotland , and WaV . s , into districts ; that accord irig ro the population in each district , delegates shall be elected ; that the people , the whole people , and neither more or less than the people , shall have the power to elect the representatives ; such are the views I entertain on the election of Delegates to the Conference pretended to be National , to be held on December 27 th , 1842 , If the representation of the whole is not recognised and acted Hpon , I then in that case enter my most solemn protest against the convening of any such Convention , and denominating it National , and for ihe following reasons ,
viz—1 st . That it i 3 false to call it a complete representation . 2 nd . That , if called , it has the appearance of faction . 3 rd . That it would be exactly as just to allow any one sect in religion to have the power to elect a majority to the Conference as to allow the electors to do so ; and what I recommend the people to do , if the-Complete Suffragists persevere in their factious opposition to a complete representation of the people , is this—to protest against such injustice . Let not the non-electors make the shadow of an attempt to elect a single delegate to the Conference ; and in every district let the honest electors , who wish to see the people fairly represented , attend the patriotic electors' meetings , and move an
amendment' to their electing delegates to the following effect : — " That this meeting of electors entirely disapprove of the one-sided , narrow-minded policy of the Complete Suffrage Council , in convening a Conference to be . elected contrary to the true spirit of genuine democracy and real liberty ; and cannot , therefore , for a moment , entertain the idea of at all takingpartin a Convention so elected . " If ontheother hand the system of convening the conference be abandoned , and that of justice established in its place , then let every hand be at work to assist in so holy an undertaking ; let the wealth and wisdom of the Metropolitan Parliamentary Reform Association be put into active operation on the occasion ; let the zeal of the Christian Chartists be actively employed to forward snch an object ; let the energies of the
Complete Suffrage Association lend its assistance ; let the members of the National Association not lag in the good cause ; and let the whole force of our own great , powerful , numerous , and intelligent association be exercised on snch a grand and noble object . To the people , I say , watch carefully all parties ; adhere to the Charter , the whole Charter , and nothing less than the Charter ; and I repeat again , although I am not factious , and bate denunciation , yet every exertion on my part shall be made to forward liberty , to establish even-handed justice , and , as far as I am able , thwart the designs of those who would make merchandise of the people , and keep up agitation to serve their own sinister ends . 2 have the honour to be , Your brother Democrat , John Campbell .
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VICTIM FUND . I have paid over to Mr . Cleave the following sums for the victims : — s . d . Unknown ... ... ... 7 6 J . Horley „ 1 0 Wm . Loft 2 0 Shoemakers , Birmingham ... 5 0 Ipswich 10 0 Ipswich Females 5 0 Colchester 10 0 D . K ,... 1 0 Colchester , pur Collingvcood 2 6 Chatford ... ... ... 2 1
Merry * .. - — 1 6 Rock locality 2 10 Lyna Regii 10 0 Two friends ... ... 1 0 Salisbury 10 0 I have paid in the Salisbury district 10 s . before to some person in Manchester , but as I did not book it at the- time , I nave had it to pay a second time . Will Sir . Dickenson , the Manchester packer , send me his address ? The note , in connection with thews , od ., headed " unknown , " has been mislaid ; will the party who paid it Bend me the separate items ! J . GufFBKLL , Secretary .
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ADDRESS OF THE COAL MINERS OF YORKSHIRE TO ALL CONSUMERS OF COAL . LAD 7 ES AND GENTLEMEN , —We , the Colliers of Yorkshire , humbly come before yon in the hope that you 'will lend a kind ear to our distressj and give ua that sympathy which we have a right to expect We are driven only by want and misery to lay before the impartial reader the enormous injustice under which we have for years been victims and Bufferers . We have employed every means in our power to be kindly listened to by our masters ; we have applied to them , but to no purpose . We are , therefore , compelled by them to lay before the public our grievances . 1 st A reduction of wages to an alarming extent , so that we and our families are perishing for lack of food . 2 nd . A great addition has been made to our day ' s work , bat none to our wages ; ( the reverse ) we have as much coal to get in two days as we had formerly in three .
3 rd- On account of the corveB ( or waggons ) being Continually enlarged , and our day ' s work increased , we have only two or three days ia tbe week ; the wages of two or three days is not sufficient to maintain us and our families through seven days . 4 ih . We are obliged to work in water and damp places , so that we get rheumatism and all sorts of complaints ; and we are obliged to work naked , or nearly so , on account of the hard and laborious empleyment we have to perform . 5 th . Getting coals by measure and selling them by weight ; tbis is the reason why they are continually enlarging the corves ; every new one that is made is larger than the old one . When they sold by measure they did not do so ; if they had , the public would have got the benefit ; but now that they pocket ife all they are never quiet 6 tb . Our masters have turned off from their employment some of the delegates whom we chose to represent our grievances to them .
The millions in onr own country , without taking into account the millions of foreigners , ¦ who are , through our labour , warmed every day , from the humblest being in our country to our gracious Queen , are little aware of all the misery , all the oppression , cruelty , and tyraHny we are subjected to by our masters . The Negroes were never reduced to such subjection ; they had only to work a few hours in the open air , whilst we white men , and , above all , Englishmen , cannot see the sun some times for weeks together except on Sundays , which is worse than any prison in the kingdom , and more injurious to the human system than tbe solitary cell . We are even worse treated than the greatest criminals in the slave mines of Siberia , for they have plenty of food given to them ; they can walk and work erect ; all their mines are six feet high ; whilst we are cramped and crushed into boles eometimes not more than eighteen or twenty inches high and a yard wide , and are forced to work naked in those low and narrow holes . When we enter the
bowels of the earth we cannot say that we shall see our wives and families again ; we cannot run out of the pits to save our lives ; we are forced to crawl on our hands and feet , the distance we have to go in and out before we can reach the basket that took us down . There is no trade or profession that is so much exposed to danger as that of the collier , and no man stands more in need of education and religion than the collier ; fer no one is more suddenly snatched out of time into eternity . Unacquainted with the will of God and the laws of man ; ignorant , stupid , and wicked ; as he lives bo he dies , and his blood will be required at your band . There are societies established for the education of the soldier and sailor , bat none for the colliers ; institutions far the support and education of the children and orphans of the soldier and sailor , is it bo with
the orphans of the collier ? We say not . The soldier may get a pension if he is wounded in battle , and be entered into an hospital ; the sailor may be rescued from a watery grave ; bat the collier is doomed to die without any one taking notice of him . He is more devoted to his country tbaa either the soldier or sailor ; his life is in jeopardy every moment , and strange to say , there is no reward for him ; but even bis master will reduce his wages if he ean . He is doomed to be crashed to death by the recks , to be drowned , to be suffocated by the sulphureous gaseB , to be burned or scorched alive ; no one can lend a helping hand to rescue him ; no one can see what is going on in the bottom of the pits . Look only at the numerous accidents which are continually taking place , and you will shudder ; your blood will run cold at the horrible
misery we have to suffsr , for a small pittance , or a piece of bread . All is not yet told , and were we to write until this day twelve months , more than one half would remain untold . Look at our children ; who takes care of them ? who gives them the food and education they are entitled to ? where are their Echools ? where can they learn the laws of their Creator ? the laws of their country ? and the love of man ? They are brought up in slavery and ignorance ; they are worse treated than the children of the negro . Instruction is denied them ; they only go to the Sunday school , and evsn on that day they are so fatigued and tired that they cannot learn any , or even enjoy themselves . We may add here , the school-masters universally describe the pit boy as always more drowsy and sleepy , as duller and more stupid at learning , than
ether boyB ; as reading much worse than they formerly did before they went into the pits , and yet equally willing to learn . ( Commissioners' Report , p . 175 ; see alse the Times for the month of May last ) They are doomed to follow their fathers in the pits , and crawl where be cannot This country can never expect to see men fit to defend their Queen and country whilst treating them with such barbarity , and sending them to the grave before it has been ordered by providence . It is our humbl 6 opinion , that it is impossible for us to bear up much longer under the burden which presses so heavily upon us and our families , and which is fast hastening us to the grave , and which so exhausts us , that we can scarcely crawl home . Do we there meet with that comfort we are entitled to ? do we there
meet with a table well stored with good and substantial food ? or even tfce commonest necessaries of life . ' do we there find our families well fed , and necessary raiment to put on ? To all these questions we say no . If this was i he caBe it would be some solace to . our weary , exheu * ted , and emaciated bodies , writhing and agonizing with pain , on account of the peculiar position , the cold damp air , and nauseous gases we have to labour under , and other evils too numerous to mention , which are injurious to the human system ; instead of all this we find an an abode of poverty and misery ; an empty table , or nearly bo ; a care-worn sickly wife , and hungry , desolate , and half-starved children , crying for bread . Oh ! how heart-rending is the cry of starving children for bread .
We make this appeal , not in our own name , bnt in the name of our perishing families , who , through wast , nre fast hastening to the grave , to appear before that God who baa declared , " cursed is he that witnholdeththe hire of the labourer . " ( See also Ecclea , chap , iv ., ver . 1 . ) . To expect from our masters an increase of wages i « ont of the question , for we bawHsedlt / ' "We hope , by the exertion of onr representatives i ; i , Patliament , and the public , we snail be readied from farther danger , by coming to eur help and giving bb thatwlief . weican
get nowhere else , by adding threepence to every tanj > f coalB yoa pay for , for toe-benefit of ithe colliers . We hare no other resource bub that one left ; . and ire Dope that every oce that has got a British heart , and bates oppression , will come to ont reliet By such timely help we shall be able to irafatrip oar families from starvation , and send them to school instead of the pits . We sincerely hope and trust that you will come one and all to onr ««;« t » irft . and by you support remove the unpanlieled distress under which we groan , and which has been borne with unexampled patience and fortitude . '
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Our masters have ears only for the sound of gold , smiling eyes for their customers , and feelings for themselves . We who send more gold into their pockets than any other trade are left to starve in these pita , ten , twelve , and sometimes fourteen hours per day . Are Englishmen to suffer slavery to exist to such a an extent at home , whilst they give millions of pounds and million * of Bibles to extirpate it from Asia , Africa , and America ; and send teachers to form schools in all par ts of the globe , whilst our own children are remaining in ignorance , and grovelling in the bowels of the earth , under one of the most tyrannical and oppressive systems that ever existed ? We , who warm you every
day , who expose our lives for you , you will certainly give us the trifle we aek of you without hesitation . Remember , that through our labour , all the trade is carried on , all the manufactures ; all the steamers which bring riches from the remotest parts of the earth , are set iu ' motion by us . Remember us at your meal , and think if you could have had all these comforts of life without the collier . Remember us in the evening , when the toils of the day are over , and you are enjoying the benefit of a good warm fire . Remember that we are all brethren , and that the same Cteator sees our Bufferings , and will come to our help . Remember that He who gives to the poor and Buffering , gives also to the rich .
We , the Colliers of YorWiire , pray that our Heavenly and Almighty Father mayWeceive you amongst the just , and increase your happiness in this world . Committee Room , ; Wakefield , Sept , 25 th , 1842 .
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EXTRAORDINARY HUNT FOR £ 100 , OFFERED BY THE SPYMASTERS OF THE SECRET SERVICE MONEY . On Thursday morning week the village of Bacup was the scene of a laughable farce , owing to a worthy son of Escalpius , who sleeps with his eyes open , making it known to the powers that be , that a notorious Fox bad stayed in Bacup all night ; accordingly the blood hounds were laid on the scent , and amongst them wore the following noted dogs : — Harry Fourhole , a particular favourite , who ran for , and carried off tho Odd Fellows' Stakes , amounting to £ 40 . Sergeant Numskull , a devil for having a good nose , and keeping his wife out of the poorhouse . . Nelfather , a Newfoundland dog , just imported , who has given up an honourable and lucrative trade to run in the pack .
Peter Simple , a dog nearly allied to the powers that be , and a sure destroyer of young women ' s happiness , as there will soon be as many bastards of his as will make a pack of his own ; and Bleakoountry , a dog who is trying to signalize himself , but has not brains sufficient , not being a licensed dog as yet , but it is hoped he soon will be ; besides a many others . After doubling , &c . they at last came to view ; but here another obstacle presented itself—who was to take him 1 One said , he has teeth ; another , claws ; a third , he carries pockets ; a fourth said the oldest'in the . service should have the honour of the death ; the eldest said the youngest should show his bravery . However , in this state of things they passed and re-passed their prey on the road , none of them daring to look on it , and had it not been for two sheep dogs , in tho shape of two carters , which they charged to help , the priza would have remained untouched .
But oh , what will the world say , when it is mado known that the consternation of the pack was bordering on despair , when they were informed very oivilly that they were not hunting Dr . M'DovialI , but that the person whom they were kindly pleased to escort on the road was no other than Mr . William Beesley , of Acorington , en route to Todmorden , to attend a Chartist meeting , to which place he very kindly invited them ? Ha ! ha ! ha ! Bacup dogs have good noses ! What will you take for your pi « s , Tom ?
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TROWBHIDGE .-On Thursday , the 22 nd ult ., a vestry meeting was held , in pursuance of a notice of the same , for the purpose of making out a list of names of those persons willing and those liable to serve as special constables , to the number of sixty , in addition to the police force ; but the Chartists and ratepayers in general were determined not to have them . At the time appointed , eleven o ' clock , Mr . J . Neweth , one of the churchwardens , was called to the chair . The Chairman then called upon Mr . Bush , solicitor , to read the notice calling the meeting . He then read the warrant from the Magistrates to the Churchwardens for them to call the meeting . Mr . J . Webb then rose and moved the following resolution : — " That , in the opinion of this meeting , there is a sufficient police force in this
parish ; it is therefore inexpedient to elect any special constables . " The resolution was seconded by Mr . W . Edgeal . It was put by the Chairman , and carried unanimously , not one being against it . On the evening of the same day , a glorious meeting was held in the Democratic Hall , for the purpose of uniting both bodies of Chartists , those meeting at the Demooratio Hall , and those at the Hope Chapel . The Sbakesperians and All Saints , at Leicester , set the example , and Trowbridge have nobly followed it , for they were convinced that nothing was more needed at the present than union . At the time appointed , eight o ' clock , John Stevens was called to the choir , and after stating the object for which the meeting was called , and advising a union , a list of rules were discussed and agreed to unanimously , on which as we trust a permanent union may be based .
BATH . —On Sunday , the remains of Mr . 6 . M . Bartltti ; were interred at Upper Swainswick Burial Ground . He was carried to his long home by twelve of his most intimate acquaintances , wearing rosettes of , black crape and crimson . The pall was borne by six young ladies ; being much respected , a large concourse of persons assembled in front of his house , in order that they might join the mournful procession , and although it had not been made a public affair , there could not be less than 1000 persona present while the funeral service was been performed . TONBBIDGE . —On Monday night , a full meeting was held at the large room , at the Chequers' Inn , when Mr . Snelling lectured on the rise and progress of Chartism , to a full meeting . A vote of thanks was passed at the conclusion .
GLASGOW . —The directors of the Charter Association met in the Hall , College Open , on Monday evening . Mr . Allcott in the chair . After disposing of the ordinary business of the Association , the delegate meeting about to be held at Edinburgh was taken into consideration , when it was resolved to call a public meeting on Friday , the 30 th , to take into consideration the propriety of sending a delegate , or delegates , to the above . Mr . H . Vincent lectured in the City Hall , on Monday evening . NOTTINGHAM . —On Sunday , Mr . Simmons , preached a very impressive sermon in the Democratic Chapel , Rice-place , to a crowded audience . A good feeling was manifested throughout . At the conclusion , a subscription was entered into for the purpose of defraying the chapel rent . —On Monday evening , in the same place , Mr . R . T . Morrison delivered a highly interesting lecture on persecution .
NEWCASTLE . —Mr . Russell , of Nottingham , preached a sermon in the Chartists' Hall , Goat Inn , Cloth-market , on Sunday evening last . After the sermon , it was announced that there would be public meetings held there every Sunday evening , for the future , at seven o'clock . The Chartists of Newcastle held their weekly business meeting in their Hall , on Monday evening , Mr . Wm . Smith in the chair . It was announced from the chair that there was 193 . lid . collected for the defence fund . Mr . Phinnix gave notice of a motion , deprecating the cruelty of the tyrants in power towards our best friends , and expressi ng a determination to use every possible means of procuring the " sinews of war , " to assist in procuring justice for them , and to form a committee for that purpose . After disposing of some local business , the meeting adjourned soon after ten o ' clock .
HULL . —On Monday evening we had an overflowing audience at the Mason ' s Lodge . Mr . Pindarin the chair . He opened the meeting in an excellent address , bnt short , and wished every oce to have a fair hearing . Mr . Grassby , the Secretary , read the balance sheet , and stated they would shortly be enabled to engage a local lecturer . Mr . Harfield commenced bis address by Baying , he was there to addreBS himself to men -whose desire was to know the truth , and not to men who are mere expedience mongers . After ¦ which he proceeded to deliver a moststiring lecture amid the enthusiastic applause of a crowded audience . Three new : members took out their cards .. The people are beginning to enquire who receives the benefitof" Peel ' s Tariff . " m beef is no lower , although there continues to be large importations of cattle .
Leeds . —At the Council meeting on Sunday morning , after . several resolutions had been carried , one was moved and carried that the Treasurer be authorised to transmit thirty shillings to Mr . O'Connor , for the General Defence : Fund . Mr . T . B . Smith preached a very excellent sermon to a large audienoe , at night , in the room , Cheapside . J
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HELPER . —The Belper Committee for the Defence Fund feel great pleasure in having obtained the sum of £ 3 10 a . ; and that it would be a neglect of duty not to congratulate the respective members and friends of the following places , which constitute the locality , who have especiallyaloDg with Dames , or Mesadames , Stocks , Tipper , Birch , Bell , and Belfield , members of the Belper Female National Charter Association , for coming forward so readily at this time of peculiar distress and persecution , for so nobly doing their duty in behalf of their incarcerated brethren , and especially as they are not yet wearied in prosecuting this labour of love , as will appear from the enclosed resolution . The following are the specific aums received by the treasurer from the following places : — < £ . a . d . Belper females „ . ... 0 12 0
Males ... ... ... o 14 0 Duffield , Mr . Pratt ... ... ' 0 15 0 Mattlock , Smith ... 0 10 0 Swanwiek , Mr . Q . Walters ... 0 7 6 Alfreton , Mr . Cross ... ... 0 6 O Ashover , Mr . Boar ... ... 0 3 0 Heage , Mr . Rogers ... ... 0 2 6 Total ... ... ... £ 3 10 0 James ViCKERs , Treasurer . Ed . Cross , Secretary . At a meeting of the female Chartists of Belper , on Monday night , Mrs . Birch in the chair , the following resolution waa unanimously adopted ; moved by Mrs . Belfleld , and seconded by Mrs . Poole : — " lhat we , the female Chartists of Belper , feel it a duty incumbent on us , at the present crisis , to use our best exertions in raising funds for the defence of our incarcerated brethren , and the support of their suffering families , an&call on our sisters in all parts of the kingdom to be up giid doing their duty to their country , and their oppressed and suffering families . "
SUNDEnLAND . —On Sunday afternoon , Mr . Williams lectured on the Moor near the Railway-station . The weather was unfavourable , and the audience , therefore , was not larga A collection was made at the close for the General Defence Fund , when the sum of 5 s . Hid . waa received . Mr . W . announced that another collection would be made the ensuing week . BIRMINGHAM . —The friends at Aston-street were disappointed on Sunday in not having a lecturer , Mr . Parkes failing to come according to promise . Mr . Talbert read several extracts from the Ufa of Muir ; O'Connor ' s letter , and different portions of the Star were also read . On Monday night the usual meeting took place , Mr . Russell in the chair ; after the usual monetary business was concluded the Secretary stated that the council was deficient of two members , when Messrs . Maliss and Russell were elected . The rrffla for the gun for the benefit of George White was postponed to next Monday night , when it will positively take place . Tickets , sixpence each .
A Delegate Meeting waa held at Wednesbury , on Sunday , when delegates were present from Wednesbury , Bilston , Walsall , Birmingham , Dudley , and Coseley . The proposition of Mr . O'Connor , to accept the services of Mr . Roberts , of Bath , at the ensuing Special Commission at Stafford , was unanimously adopted . A letter was directed to be sent to Mr . O'Connor informing him of the same , and requesting him to communicate with Mr . R . immediately . Monies for Mason ' s Defence Fund were received from the Star Office and other places . The next delegate meeting will ba held at the Chartist Room , in Wednesbury , on Sunday , Ootobsr the 9 th , at ten o ' clock in the morning .
Steelhouse La ^ e . —The Chartists of this locality met as usual on Tuesday night , Mr . Porter in the chair . The letter of Mr . O'Connor , in the Star of Saturday last , was brought under the consideration of the members of the Committee , and the propriety of voting money to the General Defence Fund was discussed . It appearing that some portion of the funds in hand bad been collected for the special purpose of defending George White , a debate of considerable length took place upon the propriety of merging such funds into the General Defence Fund . Upon a vote being taken the numbers were equal , when the Chairman gave the casting vote for the appropriation of all monies to the General Defence .
The Washingtoniaks have been dispossessed of their rooms , through the interference of Mr . Corbett , a member of the Council of the Complete Suffrage Association . He having taken the promises adjoining , considered , of course , the approximation of a Chartist Association a nuisance not to be borne . Lecture . —A lecture for the benefit of Mr . George White ' s Defence Fund was delivered by Mr . T . 8 . Mackintosh , at the Social Institution , Lawrence-street , on Tuesday evening last ; the subject , " Martyrs to Liberty . " At the close of the lecture , Mr . Thorn was called to the chair , and the audience , in pursuance of , notice , passed a resolution for the election of a Committee to collect funds for th « General Defence , and also appointed parties to carry it into effect
HALIFAX . —Those localities in the Halifax district holding monies subscribed for the General Defence Fund , will be kind enough to forward the same to the District Secretary , or to the Association Room , Swan Coppice , on or before Sunday , Oct . 2 nd , as it will be much more convenient to the parties receiving the same , and attended with much less expence , to go all together . SHEFFIELD . —Education—On Monday evening last , Mr . Edwin Gill delivered an interesting lecture on the subject of education , in the Chartist Room , Figtree-lane . The following Is an extract from Mr . G . ' s discourse ;— «¦ We have had great talk abonfc national education in our time ; we have been told that we may bless our stars that we were born in this enlightened country , in this the much-vaunted nineteenth century , the age of intellect , && , &c . Hearing these things , a Btranger would suppose that this was the most enlightened , Christian , prosperous , and happy nation on the face of the earth . Let us see how such titles will
accord with England ' s present state . We have an abundance of churches and chapels , and a noble army , Called-by-the-Grace-of-God parsons , as instructors , who receive £ 9 , 459 , 565 for their labours . Then we have Sunday schools , charity schools , L-incasterian Bchools , and national schools , where orthodox and loyalty are crammed into the brain or thrashed into the breeches of the rising generation ; without mentioning the heterodox sects , such as Unitarians , Presbyterians , Baptists , Anabaptists Wesleyan Methodists , Primitive Methodiets , and Church Methodists ; besides Quakers , Jumpers , and Shakers , each sect having schools for the promulgation of its own doctrines , in which loyalty and morality are combined . With such a number of public seminaries we ought to be an enlightened people , and as fer religion , what with the licensed and the
contraband faiths , we purely ought to be a moral people , and if we take into consideration the enormous sums our education costs us , we must be a wealthy people . But are we so—are we wealthy ? Let the bastiles be crammed to suffocation with our beat artisans and mechanics , the numerous deaths from starvation , the suicides occasioned by poverty and wretchedness , the tide of emigration and the lists of bankruptcy answer ; and when in times like these , we take into account the cost of a royal visit , the splendid costumes of a retinue of noble sycophants , dinner services of gold , < tc , and then see the starving " rabble , " the " swinish multitude , " as the unfortunate poor are Insolently called , the shoeless , naked , hungry people throwing their hats in the air , and calling on
God to preserve their oppressors , to uphold that system of tyranny which like tke poisonous upas tree is blasting their every hope , —I ask , have the people been rightly educated ? Morality is at an equally low discount , crime is said U > be rapidly on the increase . We are told that a great majority of the prisoners tried at the sessions and jujsizss are not able to read or write , and a reverend 'divine has said that there are thousands " living without God , and without hope , " how well the instructors of the people have done their duty ! Well may they sing their old song over and over again every Sunday , "We have done the things we ought not to have done , and left undone the things we ought to have done " ! The thanks of the meeting were unanimously given to Mr . Gill for his excellent lecture .
The Patriot Coopes . —Mr . Harney has received a letter from this gallant patriot , in reply to one lent by Mr , H , It will be seen that a former letter sent by Mx . Hamey has been detained : — "Stafford , Connty Gaol , Saturday , Sept . 24 th , 1812 . "My dear Julian , —Your reply did not reach , me . Never mind it ' Our light afflictions are but for a moment * I am well and nappy . How can I fail ? I do not know one gloomy moment " This day week , Tindal , Parke , and Rolfe , the Judges , open their ' spM ^ commission' for out trials , When mine will eome on I cannot tell ; perhaps Monday . I am expecting Hoi dap , my . deak Julian , with exaltation . To be acquitted is a thing I do not dream of ; but I shall have a glorious opportunity of speaking truth . And vet I will not Offend , rasblj .
" I am to be assisted by a lawyer , bat I act for myself in Court O'Connor has promised me to be there ; and I shall be proud and happy to see yon , my dear Julian , there also . Ten —_—_ to keep bJ > heart np . My little darling keeps her ' s op , as a patriot ' s wife should . "My beet regards to Mrs . H ., and accept yourself the enduring love of . " Yours , most affectionately , «« Thomas cooper /'
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AREEST OF G . J . HARNEY . Star Office , Friday , Three o Clock . I have jt ^ t seen one of the gnards of the North Midland Kailway , and he informed me that Mr . tr . J . Habket , oi Sheffield , bad been brought in the custody of & M&Ecbester officer , by the last Derby train , to the Normanton Station , whence he would be taken to Manchester . _ __ Jos , Hobson .
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RECEIPTS OF THE EXECUTIVE FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPT . 27 th , 1842 . £ s d Exeter 0 4 2 Birmingham shoemakers 0 3 6 Ipswich ... ... ... 0 5 0 Ipswich Females 0 2 6 Nottingham , per Barton 0 10 0 London , St . Pancras ... 1 0 0 Derby 10 0 London , Hammersmith ... 0 5 0 Colchester , Collingwood 0 2 6 St . Alban ' s 0 10 Tiverton 0 10 0 Carrington ... ... 0 4 0 Mansfield 0 2 0 On the 3 rd Sept . I should have acknowledged 12 s from the London Stone Masons . Will Mr . Child , of Coalbrook Dale , write to me t Will the Longhbro ' sub-Secretary write to me !
Parties in want of cards , in and round Manchester , can be supplied by Mr . Leach , bookseller , 40 , Oak-street , Manchester . I am yery _ anxious that when a sub-secretary receives cards of membership , he should write acknowledging their safe arrival . The following instructions to parties who write letters may not be useless ; let the letter be commenced thus , Euppose the letter is from Manchester : — Manchester , 26 3 John-street , Sept . 19 th , 1842 . By simply heading letters ia the above manner no mistake could ever occur . In reply to a Watford Chartist , the translation of the two latin quotations is sana , sound—mens , mind —in , in—sana , sound— corpore , body—Nemo , no one —morialium , of mortals— sapit , is wise—omnibus , at all hours . I confess I acted unwise in giving _ a latin quotation at all—however I won ' t offend again in a hurry . John Campbell , Secretary .
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' : tJf ^^ Xfe V ^^^ ' ^^ l ' .. - . s ^^ a ^^ ' fZ ^ ^ ' ^ ; ¦ ^ ^ t f ' THE SPECIAL COMMISSIOl ^ ^^^ j ( From our own Correspondent . J ^ .- " . ? ,-' yh * iSgt-^ Sxaffokd , Thursday . —On next Saturday another ^^^ Monmouth seene will ba re-enacted here . On that day Judges Tindal and Parke , who presided at the . Special Commission at Monmouth in 1839-40 , will , a . ided . by Sir Robert Mouneey Rolfo , open the commission hero lor the trial of 244 wretched beings ; whose greatest , if not only , crime i ? poverty . The poor fellows even within the walls of their dungeon , bear aught but the . appearance of men who would
transgress the laws of their country . Their conduct in p"'son is lauded by the governor and the visiting magistral , as exeiZ'P ^ ry and truly praiseworthy . The most mekncholy spectacle is that whioh presents itself outaid ' d of the gaoi , which is surrounded by the sorrowing wivessfldchtldfen i > pnsoners 7 whose haggard countenances and threaaYT . garments indicate suffering , nriseify , poverty , and rs ^ beyond description . They may * Jbe truly called ¦ " tc houseless , clotholess , and breao * ks 3 crowd , " to whom death ought to be a thousand tinses mpre acceptable than life .
The prosecutors under the special commission make no concealment of their intention to vent all their spleen aud direct all their power «> f vindicating the law agaipst such prisoners as are acknowledged Chartists . Amongst those who are thus marked out as victims to be made examples of , ars Thomas Cooper , who i 3 thus described in the calendar : " Age 37 ; reads and writes superiorly . Ha is committed for inciting and persuading a great number of people to assemble and gather togethor , and riotously aud tumultuously creating a great noise and disturbance on the 16 lh August , 1842 , at the parish ofStokc-upon-Trent . " Arthur O'NbiI , " aged 22- "
reads and writes well ; for inciting and causing a great number of perscus to assemble and gather together to disturb the public peace , on the 25 th Aug . 1242 , at the parish of Rowlay Regis . " And William Ellis , " aged 32 ; who reads and writes well ; . for having , with divers other persons , on the ICth of August , 1-842 , and on other days , at the parish of Burslem , traitorously compelled , imagined , aud devised , and intended to levy war against her Majesty , in order to foroe and compel her said Majesty to change her measures and counsels . " That the persecutors intend making a good harvest of the affair may be judged of by the fact that in some cases . the brief ' s for counsel contain fifty sheets .
The prisotiers complain much of the usual course being deviated from by the appointment or local PjUornies to prosecute for offences alleged to be committed in their peculiar localities ; this , they say , will afford an opportunity for the indulgence of personal hostile feelings . The prisoners would sooner commit themselves to the tender mercied of the Crown . officers , than to be thua subjected to the merciless treatment of men for whom tliey entertain hte most natural abhorrence . Nothing so clearly proves the low subterfuges to which certain local functionaries had recourse for committals as a recital of the charges under which many of the prisoners stand committed . Upon reading them , the publio will jus-ly
exclaim—What ! a Special Commission ro try suoh offences , which could be better punished summarily by the magistrate , than left to be disposed of by a Special Commission ^ at an enormous expence to the country !" The charges' alluded to are as follows : —Joseph Broster , for stealing four and sixpence ; Henry-Howard , stealing a book ; George Shaw , stealing a shirt ; Edward Adams , demanding the sum of sixpence ; William Prince , stealing one tame rabbk ; Williams Napper , John Hulme , Smuli Child , Wm . Plant , Thomas Adams , and Divici Parkes , demanding the sum of odo shilling ; Samuel Lockott , demanding the sum of sixpence ; Jolm . Hall , demanding tha sum of sixpence ; James Wooley , demanding tha sum of sixpence ; end Ebzibeth Bryan , stealing
one picture frame . Now , it' those offences were brought before one of our Metropolitan Magistrates , he would either dismiss the charge , or , at most , taking the circumstances into consideration , would sdnd the accused for a week or a fortnight to prison . Exclusive of the prisoners thus committed for tho Special Commission , there are 180 to be tried at the Sessions , the enormity of whose offences may be judged : of by the sample given of the commitments for the Commission . It is pretty clear by the classification of the prisoners by Mr . Brutton , the governor of the gaol , that they are not tho uneducated set which it is so much the object of the Whigs aud Tories ' to represent them us baing . Tha ub joined is the classification rotumed by the
governor , .: — Prisoners who can read and write superiorly 1 Ditto , read and write well ... 27 Ditto , read and write imperfectly ... ... 50 Ditto , reau well ... 5 Ditto , read imperfectly ... ... ... 73 Ditto , . who can neither read or write ... 59 Ditto , on bail ... 25 Total , 240 Here is a " damning lie" to those calumniators of the working classes who designate them as an ignorant , brutal ,: and lawless body , whose sole object it is to destroy life and property .
The Judges will merely open the court on Saturday , pro forma ; fox that occasion the only persons summoned , are the justices of the peace , mayors , coroners , esoheators , stewards , and also all chief constables , and bailiffs . On Sunday , the Judges will attend Divine Service , in Christ ' s Cliurch , when the Rev . Mr . E . Coldwell , rector , will preach . It is to be hoped that his sermon will savour more of mercy , thau what characterised the discourse of the Rev . Clergyman who preached before the Judges at the Monmouth Special Commission .
On Monday , the Grand Jury will be sworn at ten o ' clock , a . m ., precisely , when the Petit Jury , prosecutors , and witnesses , are bound to attend . The Solicitor-General , Mr . Sergeant Talfourd , and Sergeant Ludlow , Mr . Godson , Mr . Whately , and Mr . Waddington , will conduot the prosecution . After the first day , or at least after two or three convictions , three courts will be opened , in each of which a Judge will preside . This regulation will expedite the business . It is calculated that not more than 180 prisoners will be tried , and that the rest will be liberated on their recognizances to appear when called upon . Four more prisoners are expected hero from Burslem charged with being principals in the demolition and burning of the Rev . Mr . Vates' house and property , on tag 15 th of August . They were brought ; into Burslem on Tuesday ; one of them was severely wonnded in the head .
In NewcaBtle-undet-Lyme , Mr . Wise , Captain Mannering , Mr . Adderly , and a few other magisterial-dignitaries , are making great work about the protection of life and property during the winter . On Monday and Tuesday they held meetings at the Castle Hotel , Newcastle , when they resolved to erect a temporary barracks , at a cost of £ 500 , for the accommodation of two companies of infantry and one troop of horse . Government has promised to build for them a permanent barracks in spring . Tha Newcastle justices are also * raising a police force , and another body , which they designate a " protective force , " to escort the witnesses attending the commission , of whom there are forty housed in New * eastle . '
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Northern Star Office , Friday , Quarter-pas t Tico . I have just seen Mr . Hill . He was brought to this Office by the Manchester officers , accompanied by a Leeds police sergeanf . He bad been taken to bis own residence , I believe , and his non ? e searched . When the party arrived here , Irspector Tatlob addressing me , -s ^ id , tbat u they had found on Mr . Hill a number of keys
which be informed them opened certain drawers and boxe 3 at the Northern Star office , and that he wished to see what was contained m them . '' I immediately answered the application by another question : " Have you any authority to comehere to search ! Have you a Eearcb warrant ? This ' place is mine . Whatever is h-ere is in wx possession , and unless you have authority to come here and search , I most as suredly shall not permit such a search to be made . In this office are a vast number of papers and documents of all kinds : and I shall not consent
to their being exposed to the gaza of strangers , unless there k authority to compel me . If yon have a warrant , snow it , and I will not resist yon : if you have not , no search sball be made here . " On this , the Inspector Baid that " the locked drawers and boxes here , of which Mr . Hill had tbe keys ,-were his ; and it waa those he wished to see . " -My answer was , " whatever locked drawers or boxes are in this cfiice , belong to the oflice ; and Mr . H ill has been entrnsted with the keys , because such drawers
• or boxes are for the reception-of those official documents , belonging the office , overwhich he had charge . Bet such documents are no more his . than the books belonging the establishment are the property of the Cleik ihere , ( pointing to Mr . Akdill , ) who has the charge of them . Whatever is in this cfiice , or house , ismme . If yon bare any anthority to search my house , stow it , and go to work . If you have no authority , it cannot be done . " He then replied , 'I have no warrant : and if you ' object , of
course I must refrain . ~ I then asked if it was likely they wonld depart for Manchester this day ; and received for answer it was possible they might not . I then asked , if such was the case , conld bail be accepted for Mr . Hill's appearance in the morning ; for I should not like tbat he should have to be kept in the Leed 3 " Stone Jug" all night ; and the inspector said that he could not accept bailand the Magistrates would be gone
, from the Court . He , however , would endeavour to leave for Manchester to-night . _ After shaking hands with Mr . Hill , and after hearing from him that the alleged charge against him is for attending and speaking at a meeting in Manchester oa the 17 th of Augnst last r he was conveyed" back to his quarters in the " Stone Jug . under a promise , from the officers , that i should be allowed to see him again before he is taken off to Manchester . ¦ Jos . Hoesoh .
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SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED BY MR . CLEAVE . POLITICAL VICTIMS AND DEFENCE FUND . £ B d Subscriptions previously acknowledged ... 9 15 5 Friends , Pocklington ... 0 10 0 Temperance Hotel , New Marketplace , Bolton ... 10 0 Ledbury , Wilts 0 6 0 Mr . Fedhngham , Ledbury 0 3 6 Chartists , Cheltenham 0 15 0 Subscriptions , per Mr . Campbell 0 7 6 Wm . C . M l 0 0 Mr . Atkins , Bridgwater 0 2 6 Mr . Yoxall , ditto ... 0 2 6 Mr . Cass , ditto 0 10 Mr . Huxley , Tunstall , Staffordshire ' ... 1 10 0 An Old Bad , Hull 0 10 O Silkweavers locality , London 0 10 0
J . E 0 10 C . R ... 0 10 Shoemakers , Hackney 0 4 4 Mr . Hunt and Friends 0 2 4 Mr . Elliott , Stockwell 0 2 6 Friends , per Mr . Christopher 0 88 Bagthorpe , Nottinghamshire 0 2 6 £ 17 15 9 MASON AND CO ., VICTIMS . Teetotal locality , Waterloo-road 0 2 6
HES . HOLBERBY . A few Chartist Masons , London 0 8 1 MEMORIAL DEMONSTRATION . Wm . Stabbings . Langton , near Tunbridge Wells 0 5 0
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Threatened Outbreak in Wolvebhamphk * . —A gentleman , who has just arrived from Wolverhampton , states that the utmost excitement prevails there , in consequence of the notices from the men expiring on Saturday , when all the men will tarn out , as they cannot possibly exist on their present wages . The " butty" and " tommy" systems are in full operation in this locality , and are amongst tho primary causes of the discontent that pervades the working classes . Fatal Railway Accident . —A gentleman from London states that as the train on Monday was
about thirty miles from London , and within two milea of Tringy that the guard observed the headless body of a man , with the two hands also torn away , on the line . Upon setting out from London , he says that' the guard was desired to have a . look-out , in consequence of the wheels of the engine that arrived having been smeared with blood . On Tuesday , a fine cow , the property of Mr . Bannister ,, had itahead and legs cut off by the train near Pankridge . Three of them had strayed on the line , two escaped , but the latter was knocked down by the engine before it could make out of tha way . Its value is estimated at- £ 15 .
Earl Talbot , the Lerd Lieutenant of the county , and John Edward Piercy , Esq ^ , High Sheriff , are daily engaged with the authorities from eleven to four o ' clock , in preparing for the forthcoming trials . Mr . Rogers the Mayer , is in London communicating it is supposed with the Home Secretary , regarding the said trials . Every thing here is tranquil . The only absorbing topic is the probablst fate of tha prisoners . Crow and Tybrell ' s Beverage . —The proceeds due to the Executive from , the sale of Messrs . Crow and TyrrelTs Beverage , from the lZthto the 24 th of September , is as follows- : — . £ s d Mr . Mogg , wholesale agent for Shropshire 0 6 0 Mr . Harney , Sheffield ... ... ... 0 6 0 Mn Cleave , London * aad -wholesale agent
for the South . ... ... ... 0 4 6 Mr . Vickprs , BelpiR .. . ... ... 0 3 0 Mr . Morgan , De&tford ... ... ... 0 3 0 Mr . Thomson , Steekpo ^ t ... ... ... 0 3 0 M * Twite , Bath . ... ... ... ... 0 3 0 Mr . Sweet , Nottingham ... 0 1 6 Mr . Hibbard * Mansfield ... ... ... 0 1 6
£ 1 11 6 Pindek ' s Blacking . —Due this week to the Executive from the sale of R . Pinder ' s Blacking ;—s . d . Mr . Legge , Aberdeen ............. 1 10 Mr . Hasiem . Oldham .. 1 9 Mr . Cleave , I , Shoe-lane-, London ...... 3 11 ¦ 7 6
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YOL . Y . ] N O . 255 . SATURDAY , OCTOBER 1 , 1843 . ^ , nSc ^ r "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 1, 1842, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct618/page/1/
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