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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Warwick Comity Gaol , Oct . 23 rd ., 1842 . Dear Mb . Hill , —I am happy to bear that you are spun at that post which U so essential to us at the present time , and as you , or your readers , might not have beard of the change -which dm taken place in my affMia , I take the first opportunity of forwarding the necessary information . I was informed , en the 15 th , that my case had been removed , by certiorari . to the Queen ' s Bench , on the application of my prosecutors ; I "hall , therefore , be tried at the ensuint Assizes , and aa I thought that the
eounty magistrates might be entrusted with power to take bail , I applied to Sir Bardly Wilmot , Chairman of the Sessions , to favour me with an interriew , as I ¦ w ished to make sn application to the bench ; I was accordingly brought before the comrt , which adjoins this prison , en the second day of the County Sessions , when I m informed , by the County Clerk , that my case was removed , by writ of certiorari , to the Queen ' s Bench . I then applied to the Chairman to be admitted to bail , and wss informed by him that the magistrates fcad no power in the matter , that the application would have to be made to the Judges , I shall , therefore , have to apply to the Judges .
I have been scandalonsly treated by the Birmingham Magistrates . Upwards of twelve respectable Bbopkeepers and men of business , whose qualifications were beyond dsubt , haTe been tendered as bail on my behalf , and were refused . A true bill was found against me by the Grand Jury , for the Warwick County Sessions , on . Wednesday last , and two true bills were found by the Grand Jury of the Birmingham Quarter Sessions , on Saturday . I shall , therefor * , have to face three indictments at the forthcoming assizes ; the evidence for which , » s you will already haTe seen , an of the most abominable character , but I hare no doubt of being able to procure sufficient eTidenee to proTe the falsehood of their statements , as I have not made use of the language imputed to me by them .
I am still confined in a room by myself , acd am well attended to by my Birmingham friends , and also by the Chartists of Leamington and Warwick , especially Mr . and Mrs . French , and Mr . Donaldson ol the latter place . I haTe beea TisJted three times last week by Mr . Charles Thorpe , who was sent here by my Birmingham friends to render erery assistance deemed necessary during the sessions ; I bare , therefore , no reason to comp sin of neglect , and am rery thankful to all my friends in the district for their kindness ; I bare also to thank Mr . O'Connor , who has liberally forwarded £ 5 to my Defence Committee . I am in good health and spirits , and remain , Yours truly , George White .
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INCARCERATION OF MR . JOHN WEST . We giTe the following letter of Mr . West from the ~ E , Ttning Star of Saturday : — Derby , County Gaol , Oct . 14 . I write to apprise you of my arrest , on a charge of sedition . I was arrested on Monday in Leicester , and conveyed in custody of the officers to Ashby-le-la-Zonch , where I wss lodged in the lock-up , and in the morn » ing brought before Sir John Care , at the Red Lion Inn , in Appleby . The first evidence against me , was Sir . George On tram , manager of Lord Granville ' s coal works , who deposed that before the 16 th of September , bis men turned out , and by persuasion , be got thtm back again ; that after the 18 th some of them refused to * o to work again ; that there had been some Chartist meetings before at Grisley ; on cross-examination , he said he never saw me before , nor did not know that I ever attended any meetings in that neighbourhood . The next witness was — Charlton , a
special constable ; he swore , that on Sunday , the 18 th of September , he saw me elevated above the people on a form , that there might be 150 people present We commenced with prayer and singing , then I took a text from the first chapter of the second epistle of Peter , fourth and following verses ; that I said many good things , but that at last I Imnched into politics , and said the aristocracy are our greatest enemies , that we must unite to get rid of bad laws and class legislation ; and that we must break open the locks of the prison doon , and let our incarcerated brethren free . On his cross-examination , he conld not remember any of the good things I had said , and in the quotation from Isaiah , respecting opening the prison doors , i which is strictly figurative ) he would rot say that the impression on his mind was , that I advised the people to acts of violence , but ignorant people might think so ; there was no cheering or disturbance , and the people dispersed quietly—another " speaat * -confirmed what Charlton said as to taking notes .
Sir John Cave said he did not know whether I was a Chartist or not . I immediately said , I was . Well , said Sir John , you have not disproved what has been swera , and I have no other course left but to commit yon . I said I had not time to produce my witnesses , and even from the testtmsny of the witnesses against me , there was no disturbance , and the whole tenon ; of m / discourse was anything but of a * seditious character . Bet it was no use , to trial I must go , and I then said I hoped he would not impose a greater amount of bail ; than a man in my situation could procure . He fixed it j at myself in £ 200 , and two sureties in £ 100 each , or ;
four at £ 50 . I hope my friends will exert themselves j to procure it for me , as it is a long time to lie in prison till the March assizes . The constable Charlten wished ! the magistrate to prevent me from taking out the copy ¦ cf the depositions , for said he , " he ittfl get people to ¦ contradict tchat I have tworn . " The magistrate very ; properly refused him , saying , I should have every fa-1 dlity of defending myself . I am allowed to write two ; dsys a week . In my next I will give you an account , of the prison . j John West , i
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TO THE EDITOB OP THE NOKTHEBU STAR . In the Star cf October l * t , a letter appeared with the initials W . P ., on the propriety of the working classes joining the Corn Law Repealers , as a mears of obtaining the Charter . In the discuuion of this preposition , W . P . doea not argue for the union of these classes , in hopes ef any permanent good being the effect of a Repeal of the Corn Laws ; but , on the contrary , after depicting the present condition ef the working classes in regard to the two great factions which at present rale the destinies of this country , he
« y » that ^ repeal » f these law * -would bring immediate * & d inevitable ruin on the middle classes , ( to use his own wo rds , ) ts they ( the Corn Law Repealers ) expect p ° it to have prosperity for ages , as they hope from « to get their feet upon our necks , and as it will ( I am m certain of it as fire burns ) assuredly trundle them into the stjfcets , let us by all means assist them to obtain it Here it is at once observable . We are to join the Corn La' * Repealers , as it yu ^ nm , to ruin the middle classes ; f&d , by granting them their pet measure , we would fcriog them to the Charter . This is the basis of W . P . ' a
» gnment , viz . the middle classes will not join the working classes tall they become alarmed at their own titusiion . But to give the writer's argument its full eight , what does it prove ? Just this—that the
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middle classes will not go for the Charter an hour sooner ; than necessity forces them to it No ; our foreign trade ia already damned—the power of competition j has forced the manufacturer to reduce hia prices ' to the lowest farthing , in order to effect a sale , aud in * this he is unsuccssfuU Warehouses are filled with the product of our labour , and the operative is starving for want of employment Now , I contend the interest of , the labourer and retail merchant are the same . If the labourer receives no wages , the retailer receives no profits ; if small wages , the retailer small profits . Thns their interests are co-extensive . I brlieve W . P . will agree with mo that the labouring classes were never i in a more miserable condition than they now are ; and I this , according to his own showing , necessity being the basis of this union , it was never so likely as now . But-suppose another portion of the middie classes were trundled into the streets , as a matter of course , theirworks i ,
would stop Mid a universal stagnation ( vis the employers ) would follow . W . P . cannot be ignorant that in all stages of the social condition ofthia country , the poor labourer comes in for the worst share . The employers for some tim 9 wonld procure food from the wreck of their capital ; and what , in the name of common Bense , are the poor workiea to do , whose eating ceasas with their employment ? It would be but poor gratification to me to assist in bringing about a state of thiDgs , reducing myself and family to starvation , merely for the purpose of starving my former master , even supposing we were to start this hungry race together . But , says W . P ., by that coarse we should obtain one of two good things , either the thing would be set at rest , or , what is mere probable , ( as in my opinion ) the repealers are not sincere , they knowing loo well what would be the result , they would give up the agitation at once , terrified at their own success . This would put them to the test .
: Here W . P . doubts the sincerity of the League . I do '• know who told Mr . O'Gonnor the mills would i be all stopt on one day . Mr . Acland , the avowed j advocate and paid agitator of the repealers , and for ; what purpose ? Why to repeal the corn laws . ( Bat in | this they reckoned without their host . ) Who refused to mix the question of the suffrage with the question of ! the corn laws ?—the League . Yes , they are in earnest , ; in right good earnest . To this fact the dungeons of > England bear testimony . i - W . P . adds .- —But let ns not give up eur at Station—: let ns persevere with tbat , in order that we may form a ! public opinion , that we may also be ready when the day j of trial comes , in order that we may be able to take I advantage of every circumstance which offers in our fayonr .
' : Now , sir , I frankly ewn that I cannot , for the Ufa of I me , me my way through this strange plan of agitating j for th 8 Charter Suffrage ; either it is my ignorance ( being an illiterate working man ) or tie quotation i 8 ; void of common sense ; for if we assist in obtaining a ' . measure which we believe to be fraught with mischief j to every class , we shall certainly corns up to the picture j drawn of us by every Whig and Tory scribe in the land . j No , no , W . P . if we are to cultivate 3 powerful pnblic opinion in our favour , in so far as we divide ' that " opinion with our opponents in the same proportion : we weaken ourselves . Nothing is plainer than this ;
to aid in repealing tke Cora Laws , ia to lend ourselves into the hands of our oppressors , enabling the capitalist to cast labour prostrate at the feet of capital , and rivet the chains of middle-class despotism more firmly round the neck of the people , and then begin an agitation for the Charter . After sacrificing bo much time , money , and patriotism , this is a mu-t monstrous monstrosity . No . no ; W . P . it will not do . In your second paragraph , in regard to the two gre&t factions that rule our unhappy country , you say , " Let them disagree about what elaa they may , they always ajjres ;> bont insulting and trampling upon that class which produces all the wealth iij which they wallew . "
Now , here you are right ; the premises are true as existence itself , and the conflict is between a powerful public opinion and the dominant influence of gold . If this is true , your whole reasoning is false ; the success of the people depends on their singleness of purpose , the strength of public opinion , and the power of their organization . The two former we have ; the latter we want In yonr last paragraph , you pledge yourself to the Charter , even the very uame . Hold there and heed not the factions . Convince the middle class of their interest l-y argument , and the day is our own . True , we suffer ac present by the iron grasp of tyrant power j but this ia no proof tbat we shall not succeed .
I own it is sickening to hea ^ cf something called a constitution co-fcxisiiDg with a desire to murder these who have been foremost in the combat of right against might ; bat so it has ever been . The tjr&ut ' s rigkt to rule has tver been written in the blood of itB victims . Its heraldic emblcZ 3 nments should be a dagger , a a-ofurd , prison , rack , stake , and scaffold ; npon it a gold and crimson ground , wiih the motto , " Biood and gold . " Life without liberty is naught Let even martyrdom come while struggling for its schievmtnt , it will be welcomed by th 6 patriot , for he knows" They never fail who die in a great cause : The block may soak their gore ; Their heads may sodden in the sun ; Their limbs be strung to city gate and castle walls—But still their spirit walks abroad . Though years Elapse , and others share as dark a doom , They but augment the deep and sweeping thongkta Which over-tower all others , and conduct The world at last to freedom !" S . K . Glasgow , October 10 th , 1842 . . . « .
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TO THE PEOPLE OF TODMORDEN . i Mt dear Fbiem ) s , —I am now at liberty again , ; breathing the fresh air of heaven I have been in the , boarding , school twelve days , and as a whole , I have nothing to complain of on my own account , ; bat I do compl&in of Mr . Berwick ' s conduct ' towards my companions , Djyle , Campbell , and others . I am anxious to return my sincere thanks for tho very liberal manner in which you ha'e contributed towards ' , my Defence Fnnd . The committee will issue a balance- j shet \ 1-efore long to your satisfaction . The charge that ; was laid at Todmorden ia given up , for what reason I do j not know ; but I can say this much , and I think you j will bear me out in it , that I used ray influence to gtt !
. m - m i % __ - *•»_!* _ J . I _ _? J t the people to keep the peace , as did all connected with : me ; and bow far we were successful is known . You i are ail aware tbat there was do property destroyed , or ! any breach of the peace ; and I think when I say that the J peace of the town may be attributed to the advice we j gave , I shall not be exaggerating . I now wish to say a i fewworiistornymostintimate friends the Chartist * . Some i of yon appear to be alarmed at the present crisis . Lord Abineer ' s charge to the Grand Jury seems to have had ; an effect upon a few of yen ; but I am glad tbat it is : only r . lew . Remember what Lord Abinger says is not Itw . If you have read the Bumming up of Tindal j and Abinsrer , you will see a great difference . One j says tbat it is not bis business to know anything about i the political opinions of the prisoner , and the other
makes the opinions part of the charge . My Lord Abii : eer , in his address to the Grand Jury , dwells at great- length npon what be pleases to call the doctrine of the CbartietB , and in that address he makes use of the Miowicg : —That they , the Chartist lecturers , ueed language tint was highly dangeious ; and they strove to niake it appear that the Queen lived out of the earnings of the labouring class , which was anything but th « tratb ; " and in the very next breath he admits that her Majesty lives cut of the taxes , and that she has a rieht to her taiary . Now , I do not dispute the right her Majttty has to a living ; but I do dispute the right to tax individuals , tiTiiess they are recognised by the Constitution , i . e . having a voice in the making and enfotevr . g the laws , and the distributing the funds of the state . It is daccerous to let such a man
preside upon the judgment-seat , who ia too old anci too greit a part > -man to do justice . A man named Knowies , who was tried fur breaking wood upon the Boiton liailway , was as innocent as a child nnborn of the charge laid sgainst him ; not that I say tee jury was aware of it , but the very man that did the mischief was in the same yard that I was in , avd be has got two years' imprisonment and bard labour . He told me that Knawles , who has got transported for seven yf-ars , w&s not ther « at alL This shows what sort cf evidence has been raked up . Now , are you ashamed of
the principles of the Charter ? I know that there is a great number will say , No . And if the question were atked , are you ready to risk everything for them , the answer would fee favourable . Well then , set to work boldly and deteiminediy , and do yeur duty . I do not wish you to understand from what I say , that you are to do any violence , but to make use of every favourable oppeitunity for the forth trance of the good cause , and above ail . things try to make as many friends as possible , and as few enemies ; remember that there must be many Chartists Kfore there can be any expectation of tbe Charter recombg law .
Since the ccmmeccemcEt of the Evening Star , you bare opened five news rooms , or rather reading rooms ; for I perceive that other besides political information , is being attended to . This is cheering . Let but the labouring class get information , and I defy all the power of the most infernal tyrants to keep jou in bondage for any length of time . I Bee that there are a many in prison for want of baiL The localities to which they belong ought to attend to them without delay , and not leave a etene unturned to liberate them .
Mt , Mooney was brought through Todmorden on Tuetday night , on his way to Manchester . It behoves every one to use bis influence for the support of the victims . I am confident that my brave companions , who have traversed , will do bo , and I am sure that a great number of my Todmorden friends will do their duty ; and I hope all will , as heretofore , attend the Lecture * , and enrol their naiccs under our banner . The tyrant ' s watchword is divide and conquer ; let ours ba union , and good feeling one towards anoth ' R . B .
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ESSAY ON THE PRESENT SYSTEM , INTENDED AS A COMPANION TO DR . CHANNING'S ESSAY , ENTITLED "THE PRESENT AGE . " Great Britain possesses one advantage which Greece , which Rome , in all the plenitude of their power , sighed for in vain . Great Britain is detached and defended from the coi : ttueut—we are surrounded by the sea . No wall , no mountain can equal this , our natural moat The Alps , the Pyrenees , the Apennines were aa nothing —they could not check the invading career of a Hanlbal or a Bonaparte , nor until she had a navy , could Britain repel the incursions of the Romans , the Saxonp , the Danes , and the Normans ,- — but with a navy , a little navy , the Spanish Armada , atyled the Invincible , was defeated , and the Imperial Bonaparte kept at bay . And now what continental power will dare to cross our moat , to scale our cliffs , to penetrate into the bowels of our land ?
The sense of security which our insular position imparts to as , as it renders life and property more valuable in England should make them be more , enjoyed , aud indeed it is owing to this sense of security that oar national character is more domestic than tbat of foreigners—that we are more independent We have been accustomed to boast of our Government as the best —of our social institutions as the moBt excellent—we are proud of ra ^ arding ourselves as a peculiar people . Tra < ie , commerce , and manufactures have made us the wealthiest of nations—the sun never sets on our equatorial empire , and Eoglami we say is the glory and admiration of the whole civilized world ! Tiue it is that she seems set apart a favourite spot in the globe—temperate is her climate
—feTtile her Boil—corn , cattle , and all that is fit for the life and happiness of man is produced here in overnowi ! - £ abundance ! and , aa if it were not so , the treasures of other climes , of other soils , from the four quarters of the globe , are poured in our lap aa from the cornucopia of plenty itself . Should not such a country—a country bo advantageously situated by Providence—so richly endowed by nature—comparatively free from pestilential aira , earthquakes , or inundations —with a people the bravfist the most skilful , the most industrious—should not Great Britain , esteeming herself the wisest , the best , the most powerful , not only be happy in herself , but capable of rendering aU other countries happy—should not we Britons be able to set an example to all nations , and kindreds , and tengu . es ?
Bat what is the fact ? In spite of all that God and nature have dc . e for us—in spite of all that we ourselves have doue—in sp ' . te of the past experience of all ages laid as in a chart before us—the people of England are sow , in the nineteenth century , the most degraded , the most miserable on the face of the earththey are more miserable and degraded now than ever they were—nothing in nature is sunk so low . The Arab , the Hottentot : md Ne ^ ro , may all bless God that they are not Englishmen , Scotsmen , or Irishmen . But this is owing to the system ; let us trace that Bystem to its cause—let us folio . v it through its effect ? . Government is in its owu . nature democratic ; if net of the people it is not true ; but we in England exist under a mixed Government of conqnest and usurpation .
What is bad in our Constitution was imposed upon ua by foreign fraud , force , or innovation ; what is good was of native growth . The Norman bastard , who conquered our Saxon ancestors , and reigned ever them under the title of a Conqueror , strove to root out all tbat was English in the soil , and to plant foreign customs in its stead . His successors trod in his steps , and deepened the footprints of conquest and usurpation on English ground . They were as arbitrary aa the Gran » i Turk , ¦ whose will is law , whose word is death ; they oppressed even the lords , but oppression made the lords Chartists ! Ttie lords united , and being prepared to take their rights—their righto were granted them—tha king signed the Charter . But the lords did but di « de kingly power to share it among themselves ; it was not their purpose to free the people . The
people , however , in course of time , freed themselves , and , nnder Cromweil , asserted their own sovereignty . Bat scarcely ripe for freedom , they suffered their leader to usurp a military despotism over them , so that , after hiB death , a re-actk n took place . Legitimacy carve in a ? ain . and monarchy ¦ w&g restored in the person of Charles II . Gro' ^ n -wiser by experience , our kings no longer regarded the people as mero serfs born for their use , aa a kind of personal property , $ ooAb and chattels or live stock transferred with the estate , the heir-looms of the crown—they no longer strove to rule by force—fraud came into fashion— the senate was bought by the king , and the senate sold the people . Factions arose—the parties of Whig and Tory , who did not drive , but led the people as sheep to the shearers . Feudal slavery was abolished , but political slat cry rose in its stead .
Government determining to act in defiance of the people ' s will and in spite of their wants—the aristocracy "with the king at their head , resolving to enslave the men of England , and to crueh them bo that they should be rendered fsr ever unable to rise again and re-assert their rights—saw that the first th ' . ng to be done was to disarm and disfranchise them—to deprive them of all means of effenco and defence—of their sword , shield , and feufivage . Accordingly an act was passed to maintain a Handing army , which though not wanted to repel foreign invasion , wes fouud very useful to keep down the people at home—and subsequently acts were
passed limiting the franchise and extending the sittings of that body , which sits like a night-mara on t ( i 6 great body of the people . By these measures the men of properly have beta banded cgsjnst the men of labour—the rich make all tbe laws and enforce them—what wouder that the idle enjoy all , that the industries suffer all , and that those who epjay are heedless ol those that suffer . The teeth of the British lion have been extracted —his claws torn out—he is chained and muzzled and given to a girl to be led about and plundered , provoked , tasked or knocked on tbe head just as the oligarch ; please . Such is the origin of the- system—let us look into its character . ' ( To be continued )
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GREAT FESTIVAL TO T . S . DUNCOMBE , ESQ ., M . P . A Tea Festival was en Wonaay night given , at the National Association Hall , in Hiah Holborn , to Thos . Slingsby Duncombe , Efq ., M . P ., by a number of the liberal electors of Finsfcury end other admirer of that gentleman ' s political career , to testify to him thei ? admiration and approbation of his zeal in supporting the people ' s cause in the Commons House of Parliament . The « hole of the airangfcmfcnta were excellent ; the tea , coffee , and accompaniments were good and plentiful ; and to add to the amusements of tho evening , an excellent instrumental band was engaged , who performed a variety of appropriate airs at the close of every Bentiment , and at various periods of the evening .
About SCO ladies and gentlemen partook of tea , but many more were present at the meeting after tea . Colonel Thompson was in the chair , buppoited on the right by T . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., Mr . Thomas , the barrister ; and on the left by Mr . Norman , Sir . T . O . E . Thompson , Da Black , Dr . Epps , Mr . Hodgkin , ( fee , ice The cloth having been removed , and the speakers adjourned from the body of the Hall to the platform , — Tee Chairman said tbat they were met on roordinary occasion , and in no ordinary times ; many were looking upon them with good ¦ w ill , many with ill feelings , but they would still persevere in their conduct , fearing notbing . intending no ill , but determined not to give up one atom of those principles -winch they ftlt it to be their duty to the community to agitate for ; they were
as men get upon an hill , not by themselves , tut by their opponents , and because they nobly stood by their name and principles , they were persecuted . He was not going to apologise for rueny acts which bad been committed ; their sentences had been av . arded to them , ar . rt whither justly or not , would be settled by future timta and ages . He was persecute d because he waa a friend to the People a Charter . ( Cheers . ) No disgrace was attached to those eight members of Parliament who drew up the Charter ; they were still honoured and prosperous ; but it was only uhen Chartism was t » ken up by the poor and humblo that it was dist , racefni to be a Chartist . Ev * ry cause was sure to prosper the more for being subjected to unjust perstcution ; they were met that evening as good , honest citizens , to take into consideration the wretched state of their
fellow-conntrjoien . Many of them "verts acquainted with the distress which existed ; but they bad not experienced it in its direst form—in the want of bread for their families ; though deubileta they had in want of employment The Colonel then made some y ^ ty appropriateremarks regarding the refusal of a licence for music and dancing to the Hall , and stated that if they were driven to tfcinfc of the more serious business of life than singing and dancing , they would eventually trnve cause to repent it There never was any prosperity in a community where the lower orders were inrulted and oppressed . The Colonel concluded by proposing the following toast : " The people , may they speedily possess tbeir political rights , in order to remedy thsir Bocnl wrongs . " He then sat down loudly cheered . Band— " The Marseilles Hvmn . "
Dr . EPP 3 proposed the following toast : " May tbe Queen remove from feer councils and the offices of slate all those who restrict and misapply our country ' s resources , aud call to her aid those only who will extend to the people the full nuasure of their rights . '' Dr . Epps in a long address supported the toast , and warmly advocated the cause of Complete Suffrage , which raised many voices in different parts of tbe room for tbe Charter . He spoke favourably of some of the acts of the Government as compared with those of their Whig predecessors , but denounced in plain terms the conduct of the Government in the Chinese and Indian wars . Mr . Hodgkins briefly spoke to tbe toast , and also in high terms of those who by establishing similar balls to that in which they were met assisted so largely to give a sonnd political education to the people .
Tb . eCHAin . MAN then stated that he had the honour to propose the next toast ; one which waa expressive of their approbation , of the honoured gue 3 t whom they now had the pleasure of meeting—a man who had faithfully represented them , and through thtm , the whole ccmtnunity . in the Commons House of Parliament . Other constituencies often met to congratulate their representative upon some private or local benefit which he had conferred upon tttm ; but they were met to ehew they delighted * to do bonou ? to a man because he had faithfully served the whole people—a man wto had joined them from no motive of necessity . He had not been driven from other scenes to fly to them as a last resource ; nor yet to indulge in a natural desire for fame or popularity . There
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w . ns scene of greatness to which he might not aspire , aud in which , perhaps , he bad not indulged . But he had sacrificed all to the honest , the noble feelinpy of faithfully serving bus coantry . When waa the popular causa unserved when Thomas Duncombe waa present ? where waa there a man oppressed and ha did not assist bim to the ntmost of his pewer ? If a political jodge had violated the integrity of the bench by party prejudices , where was there a man so fitted to : bring it before the country through the medium of Parliament aa the wan then before them ?—a ma ,: i sprung from the aristocracy ; but in all ages and countries , some few of tbe privileged orders had ever been found battling in the ranks of the people . Many had been sacrificed , many had died ia
the cause . They must remember that good blood waa sometimes concealed under a mustaehied lip , and the aristocracy must reflect that many of the ornaments of human nature aprung from the ranks of the people . Ho concluded , by proposing the following toast , to which he called u pon them to do honour : — " Our invited guest , T . S . Buncombe , a legislator , regardless of party or faction , who having espoused just principles has honestly stood forward ! n Parliament , the advocate of his oppressed and Buffering countrymen ; may he continue to pursue the same manly , prudent course , till the rights of the miiiioHs are won , and their wrongB redressed . " Thia was received with loud and enthusiastic cheering , waving of kits , handkerchiefs , &c , amivUt which Mr . Duncombe rose , which was the signal for reiterated applause .
Mr . Duncombe then expressed himself in the following wanner tad waa loudly and repeatedly applauded : — The high and distinguished compliment which you have this evening been pleased to pay to the humble Parliamentary aervices of the individual who has now the honour of addretsing you . calls for the utterance of grateful sentiments which I very much fear 1 am not able to express , at ail events in that strength of language which your kindness demands , and my own feelings make me long to acknewledge . ( Cheers . ) I have often heard it said that popular favour and public esteem are , after all , but transitory and capricious , and tbat those whom it pleaseth the people to honour today , they often turn theJr backs on to-morrow ; I
believe it will be invariably found that , whenever the people have withdrawn tholr ceufldenca from a public man , such conduct has been justified , and the desertion has been merited by the man having , for his own private interest , and for personal objects , betrayed the interests and cause of the people . ( Cheers . ) At all events , I can say , that since I have had the honour of a seat in Parliament , public cmfldenee and popular esteem have uniform ?} - been my lot ; and I believe thai so long as I do persevere in that course which I marked out for myself on my first entrance into public life , that esteem and that confidence will not be denied me . ( Hear , hear . ) And I now confess that I am proud to stand here beholden to no minister for his protection—¦ indebted to no court for its favour —( cheers)—conscious
that though I have not merited the ftindn&s you have extended to me this evening , at all events I have not done anything to forfeit your confidence and eatebm—( cheers ) . It is impossible for any one to look at the present state of political feeling in this country , and of political partiea in this country , without some feoling of shame and of regret I know that much of it is to be attributed to tbe disappointment which has been occasioned to the people by the inefnuiency of the measure of rieform , curried in 1832—an inefficiency which has been proved by the facility with which the present Tory administration forced itsolf into a power which they seem to glory in exercising over tho few remaining rights and privileges of thepeople —( bear ) . And now , gentlemen , are we not reaping the fruits of that
chan-. re of Government ? Much blame is attributable , and justly bo , to tbe Whigs fur their conduct They were told , over and over again , when in tbe zenith of their power , that they were not then making the best of their time—that the reform which had been effected was incomplete , aud that it was their duty to the people to render it at once a complete and uaeful measure . They heeded not the warning which was given to them , bat they talked ef finality , and hung to the skiits > jf the court , instead of relying on tbe Btrong arm of tbe people —( loud . cheers . ) And what has been the consequence ? The danger , as ' we . told them , was at their doors , and at the eleventh . hour they brought forward measures which were good , perhaps , but which came too late . . They called upon the people for aid—upon the
people whom they had neglected ; but amidst the universal corruption and intimidation used at the la *> t general election , their cries were unheeded in the hour of need . They fell , I am almost compelled to say , aa they deserved to fall , unpitied and despised by all—( cheers . ) Well , then , I say , we are now bitterly reaping the fruits of their mismanagement of the popular cnuse . ( cheers . ) I ask you te look at tho last ees > lc , ! it Parliament—tnke it with regird to any party . Thcie never waa a session so discreditable to the Turks , so in glorious to the Whigs , and I may say bo unsatisfactory to the people . I was lookinjr this morning at tbe return of the number of hours during which Parliament sat in tho course of hsfc session , tnd I find taut , from February to Ani ; ust , they sat 1 , 008 hours , und 125 of these hourB
were after midnight Now I would ask any rntional roan what did we do during thoao hours ? They wevo passed in crimination and tccriminatinn between this agriculturist and tbat manufacturer—between the high church and low churchman— between my Lora Jo ) n This and Sir Robert That —( cheeraj—my Lord John reproiob .-inc ; Sir Robert , and saying , " You are not hatisflo ' d with turning us out of oar places but you absolutely take our measures . '—( cheers . ) And what are those rribaaurts , now they have taken them ? ( Hoar , hear ) We have got a trumpery corn bill , a delusive tariff , and we hnve got au inquisitorial income tax . ( cheera . ) Now these great measures are those which Sir Robert Peel requirtd five months to ponder upon , before he proclaimed them to the world . ( Hear . bear , hear . ) But
then , what waa done with regard to the peoplo ? DU we not , night after night , make representations to the Government , and to thai House which culls itself the representative of the people , that tho peoplo of thin couutry were starving—were dying by hundreds in the manufacturing districts , and tbat it waa necessary to afford them eome relief , or tit all events to institute some inquiry into their condition , and tbe causes of that condition ? But evtry one of these inquirit s was r < =-bis ' . ed . We told them that if they peraisU-rt in this course , they wonld drive the people to desperation ; that the working , loyaJ , and industrious people t > f thia country were not prepared to starve and to diu in th « ditches ; that they ought not , und -would not , submit so to terminate their existence . They heeded not those
warnings—they prorogued the Parliament , ami toe moment the Queen had closed its doors , she was obliged to go home and sign a proclamation , calling on the magistracy , calling on the military to put down the people , because as Parliament would not help them , they threatened to help themselves—( cheers ) . These people said , " We had better die at tl . e point of the bayonet , or on tho scafiold , than cee ourselves aud our families starving in the ditches '— ( cheers ) . They said , " Thousands of us are out of employment ,. and those who aro in employ work from sunrise to sun Eft ; . th * y are over worked , but they are under paid , and they cannot get that which the working classes are quite right to demand—a fair day's wages for a fair day ' s labonr . "— ( cheers . ) AH tbe outbreaks and Insurrection
which occurred have been attributed to various causes Every one tries to shift the Odium from his own shoulders unto tlie shoulders of another . One day it is the result of Chartism ; another it is produced by the Anti-Corn Law LaRue . I believe , however , that neither was to blame . Distress is n « t the offspring of Chartism or of tbe Anti-Corn Law League ; but Chartism is the offspring of the oppression of the poor —( loud cheers );—and the Anti-Corn League is the offspring of a base and Bordid monopoly ; but as ChartiBm is the offspring of the oppression of the poor , the poor are iu tbe right to demand that they should have that voice and tbat power in the legislature which might enable them to obtain some ro lief —( hear , hear ) . Well , then , what is the resnlt ?
Wbut is the conduct of the Government with regard to this insurrection ? The police were put in motion , and the military -were let loose . The mngistrntes whom Sir Jamea Graham—the re : egade Graham—( the cat was out of the bag)—bad been so active in appointing dnring tbe past winter , were to be lefc loose for tbe purpose of committing these unfortunate individuals . 1 do not mean to say that there weie not many of them guilty of criminal acts , but when you look at their condition—thtir impoverished and starving condition—some allowaucu ought to be made for the misdeeds in which , perhaps , they were unfortunately engaged—ihear , hear . ) To be sure we have had a judge , who was sent down to try tUesa men , stating publicly from the judtmeiit-Ecat that the diatresseB of
the people were vastly exaggerated—( criesof ' shame . ' ) I want to know how they can possibly be exaggerated—( cheers . ) It shows either great ignorance or great indifference on the put of the Learner ) Jutige to hare made that assertion —( hear . ) How , I ask , could tbeir distresses be exaggerated , when we see thousands and hundreds of thousands of human beings inhabiting the manufacturing districts were glad to appropriate even carrion , if they conld find it ;—that many of them were glad to call the nettles from the ditches and the field b , and to put them into hot water to make something like broth . Many were without furniture in their houees , fuel in their flre-pJaeea , or raJment on their bodiea ; and yet these are the persons with reference to whom my Lord Abinger—( hisses , and cries of " shame" ) thought proper to aay from the judgment aeat , at Liverpool , tbat so far as he was a judge—and a pretty judge he is—( cheers)—their distresses weie
greatly exaggerated . ( Hear , hear . ) Men not mixing with society , or with the people , might , it ia just possible , make such a blunder ; but Lord Abinger appeared not only aa a judge , but he assumed the characters of a politician and a legislator , and aB & politician and a legislator , it was his duty , and it was impossible that he could be ignorant of the sad and lamentable distresses of the poor ia the manufacturing districts . ( Hear , hear , Bear , and cheers ) Not satisfied however , with thus insulting the distress of the peeple , be makes a moat indecent and unconstitutional charge to tbe grand jury . He describes those of whom he npeakaas » akind of men called Chartiats "—( cheers , hisses , and cries of " He was a Jucobin ') and be says that this kind of men want the werking classes of this coantry , not posaesslng any property , to have the power of voting at tbe elections for Members of Parliament , and , in point of fact , that they should have & vvico to legislate for those who have property . ( Cheers , and
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cries of " Most monstrous . ") Now , that is the charge which he makes . From what I have seen of the Chartists in England , I believe that the body ia far more numerous than either Lord Abingei , or the Government , or many members of the npper classes really imagine—( hear , hear . ) I believe that the opinion in favonr of the document called the Charter is daily gaining strength in the public mind—( cheera ) . Every party is calling for reform in some particular branch of the law , and as each finds the impracticability of canying out its views , they become convinced of the necessity of a change , by the effect of which the Hous 9 of Commons shall be entirely remodelled —( cheers ) . Lord Abinger , however , though he may not have possessed the same personal acquaintance with the extent
of the powers of tbe Chartists which I possess , most have recollected the petitions which have been presented to Parliament in the coarse of last year , and the present year . He mast have recollectad the petition of last year , signed by 1 , 300 , 000 persons ; and tbat of the present year bearing the signatures of three and a half millions of the industrious classes ; and yet be baa the assurance , and , I will say , the insolence , to insult the industrious classes by saying tbat they are " a eat of men called Cbartists , " who wish to subvert the aristocracy , to divide property , and to overthrow the monarchy—( cheera ) . I have looked at tho Charter again aud again ; but I can find nothing in it which wonld sanction an interference with the rights of the aristocracy — ( cheers )—nor could I find a line which indicates a
desire to overthrow the monarchy—( cheers ) . Quite the contrary . All the people ask , if I understand it right is , not tbat they should have the exclusive right of legislating , but an equal share in the legislation of the country—that labour—their property—should be equally protected with that of my Lord Abinger ;—( cheers ) , —and ( bat tbe Government of the country should be placed , as it ought to be , upon a broad , popular , and secure basis . ( Hear , hear . ) Well , indeed , may my Lord Abinger wish that the people should have no greater power in the House of Commons than they now possess , for I venture to say , if they had possessed that power which they claim , and which they ought to have , tbe House aa it would then have been constituted , would not hu , Ye sanctioned , as it did , that which is commonly called the " Scarlett job , " and the House of Commons thus constituted wonld have no hesitation in addressing the Crown far the removal from the
judgment aeat ef any judge who so disgraced that high position as Lord Abinger has done by his charge to the Grand Jury at Liverpool . ( Loud cheera ) I have no aoubt that tbe sharge delivered by him ia well received ; tbat it is greatly admired and highly approved of by his brother renegade , Sir . Jamos Graham—( hear , hear , and cheers ); but wheit Parliament doea meet , it is totally impoasiblo that tbia char « e , if made—aud I am , of course , presuming that the charge ia correctly reported in tbe newspapers , aud I have not heard the accuracy of the report doubted—I Bay it is impossible this charge , wbutbor in the words or in the spirit in which it is reported , can pass unnoticed in the House of Commons . It is impossible that the House of Commons , such even as it is , can allow tbat charge , dangerous to the liberties of the people , to pass uncensured and unnoticed —( cheers ) , —and I can only say , that if no other individual calls the attention of the House to
the subject on its meeting , I feel teat 1 should basely betray the interests of my constituency , and of the working classes of this country , if I did noS call the attention of the House to it— - ( cries of ' bravo , ' and loud chenra ) Such , gentlemen , at ail events , is the lauisntable position in which public affairs now standin which that quesiiou , which is the question of questions , I mean the franchise , stands before tho public . It atanda before the public- thus—that if a man culls himself a Chartist , be is to be condemned from the judgment-seat ; ' but it still rests with the people how long this state of things shall continue . Much will depend now on tbe energy , the prudence , and the forbearance , but , above all , tue cordial union of all classes . Let us have no more quarrelling and quibbling about
trifles —( hear , hear . ) Let us meet the foe openly I nay that the question of the day ia the franchise , and until that is settled , it is in vain , constituted as the House of Commons is , to look for auy other reform—( loud cheers . ) I kiiow the working classes have much to bear—they have much to exasperate them , but still with union and energy , they muat not despair . I am well aware that it is pussible for the Government , behind tha bask of Parliament , to strain tho law—to confer upon their police hew powert—to iipp . 'int sn innumerable host of magistrates to commit—to hire traitors to betray , and spies to deceive the uuwary ( cries of " hear , hear , andgroans . ) " They may also find pliant juries to convict , and they may alsj rtUun corrupt political partisans as judges to condemn ; bv . t
nevertheless , if the peopla arti true to themselves—if they will but stand witMa the four corners o £ tUc law — Sir James Graham and the whole of his renegado crew may yet find a united people who arc too awong for them —( cheers ) . It is stated that the ¦ " darkest h * ur fs nearest tho dawn . ' And bo it is ; there ia that elasticity about British freedom tbat on all past occasions , ¦ when darkness has moat prevailed , it has always emerged from it vr \ tb increased splendour unu renown . — ( cheers ) . I kiiovr ttiat I am speaking tu men ^ bo will ntt surrender one iota of these p ; mle « is which belong to them , and which the Govtrnvnent Bi ^ k to take away . If there is anything to which , abt ; ve all other things , you are eutit ed ; it is the right to hold public meetings ; when tbafc ia takeaway be auro despotism is in the ' ascendant But I know there aro hundreds and thous ; iartfi—I believe there are millions who—in the words of Sk R . Walpolo , " would prefer to die the last of British
freemen , than bear to Jive tho first of British slaves . " ( Cheers . ) I fear ( hat , amidst thy wrongs under which this country is buffering , I Lave wandered too fas iioru the compliment which you have honourc' . ' . rat > by paying me— ( cheers . ) Btlieve me that your kindness this evening will bo remembered to the last hour of my existence ; and if any reliance can be placed on the word of man , as you have been pleased t « approve of the course which I have taken , and as by continuing i / i that course I aba-. l meet your approbation , I b « £ to assure you that so lor . g as it shall pkusa God to give mo health and strength . I will never swerve frcm that course— ( cheeringi . Honoured wilh your approbUiuu , encnureged by your hoveat and disinterested " cheers , j : u exertion Hb . s . t ! be spared on my part until , in the win <; s of the first resolution , reail from the chair , " the j .-t rights of the millions aro won , and their manitokwroDga redreBhsd . " Mr- Duuctmibe resumed his st-iti , amidst' tbe most deafening applause , which lasted a considerable time .
Mr . Hetherington proposed the next toast , " May Reformers of all Bhades cf opinion speedily perceive the necessity for cordiality and union in favour of the People ' s Charter , a measure framed to . confer equal political rights , without which there are no hopts of ever obtaining equal political justice . " Mr . Thomson , Jun . responded to the toast in a b : itf and suitable manner . Mr . Cleave staled that the principal object of Lib rising was to shew them the positive necessity , not of talking about union , but of making some soli J efforts towards promoting it . While his friend Mr . Hethering was in such a happy mood , he bad bppt . d that Lie would have concluded what he begun , and shown th ? trifliDg causes wbich prevented a cordial union bet we"u all cIuksm of Chartists . If , instead of their acting entirely by themselves they had consulted the other sections of the Chartists , luatead of being such a limited attendance on the preeent occasion , the hall woulhave been too small to hold them . There was the
National Association , the Complete Suffrage hody , anrt beyond both the National Charter Association , from whom Mv . Duneoinbe has presented a petition signed by three and a half millions of individuals . As that large bedy of men had euificienfc confidence to eiit . ' ust their petition In tbe hands of that gentleman this festival would have been common ground on which all conld have united to express their approbation and gratitude to him for his manly conduct . He regretted tJiat he had not endeavoured to influence his old frienib to adopt that lino of cominct , but as regret a were uie-Iesa , he trustod some . ' other occasion weukl speedily arise , where they could unite together , heart aud hand , in pursuit of their common object ; when they oucts were united , the oligarchy of this country would
trt-inble in their stats ; but he waa convinced , that whiireach were pursuing their separate course , they wouki go down to the greve without achieving tbclr objtet . It had been his fate to sit two days under Lord Abinger , at Liverpool , daring the receut trials , and he was proud to hear Mr Z > ancombe : with a courage and a daring almost bis own , assert that he ¦ would do that which , many were patvtiDg to know , but hardly dare to ask him , tbe knowledge that he would do so womq communicated by the press . , wonld gladden the heartb of millions , aud they will truly say that he waa their own DuncsHibe . Mr . C ; e : ; ve then , ir a style rt forcible and natural eloquence which created a thrill of borrov in the min ^ s of his auditors described the fierce , the almost demoninc cr-nduct , of Lord Aoinger towards the
prisoners at Liver ; ocl , and stated that , in bi « opinion , the bench of justice wonld never be pure whilst he was allowed to retain his seat on it He himself , anci other friends of the people , had hung their heads like buli-nshes , and felt ashamed tbat ihey were men , while witnessing the manner in which humanity waa disgraced Mr . Cleave then dilated upon the monstrous iniquities practised In our gaols emd woikhouaes , more especially those at North Leach , Northallerton , Cirencetter , &c , and gave « correct but terrific putuie- of the torture in Btore for the working eia&ses at the model prison , Copenhagen Fields , Loncon . He waa astonished at the comparative silence of the press npon that horrible reinatitution of the bastile . It appeared as though for some inscrutable purpose an infatuation of apathy was decreed npon that 8 nbject standing before them as an unrepresented man , he wonld never cease to raise hfs voice
against having sucb hells erected for bis fellow men , avd he w « uld contend to the dtath for that Charter to which these infernal p risons and their dietary tables wert ^ nonnm ental beacona to direct the ! r course in purruit of representation for tbe whole people . If tho Chartists were determined to effect a solid uuiou of all sections of tbeir body , he knew of no man wto could so well serve to promote tbat object , to bring aht-uta feeling of fciet-. dahip and zealous co-operation aruo :: g them as their friend , Mr . Duncombe . Mr . Cleave t hen , in a feeling manner detailed the distress , misery , and expenditure of funds , which bad been caused by the result of tee special commissions , stated that a fund was oprnert for the defence of tbe viotiraa , and the support of ttoiT Vnd lies ; and that tbe fitst solid intention that could be mven towaTds creating a union was by putting thea
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bands ln . tbtir pockets * aud liberally supporting Out fmiil . H ' . ' -concluded by stating that lm had done bis duty , and now left them to do theirs , and sat dowj loudly cheered . Mr . Parrt , in a manly and eloquent manner , proposed the following toast : — "May ir . qnrty , in pursuit of truth , be freed from all legal trammels—may the press be unshackled from its restrictions—may despotic Judges be deposed , and nnjust magislratss be deprived of the * r arbitrary power—and may every obstacle to the purifying influence of knowledge be spee < iily removed . " Mr . Parry , during the whole otMs addrras , was loudly and deservedly applauded . Mr . Thomas , in a neat speech , supported tbe toast ¦ - * ¦ . ¦ Mr . Moore moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman , and stated that if ever a vacancy occurred in Foisbury , he trusted Colonel Thompson would bo called upon to mnt .
Colonel Thompson britfly acknowledged the compliment , and waa proud to connect bis nama with their cause . He told them to go on aa they had hitherto done , and Government would soon find that tbe kind of men called Chartists , and Chartesst ^ , too , ( for he was glad to see se many ladies present , ) were quite as good as their neighbours . He trusted u > meet them on other occasions . The meeting separated at a late hour .
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THE EXECUTIVE . TO THE EDITOB OF THE NOUIHERN STAR . Dear Sir , —Allow me , through the medium of the Star , to express my thanks to my Chartist brethren , in Birmingham , for the honour they have done me in nominating me to the Executive , and the reasons why I must decline standing . In the first place I am not one of the General Council , and I believe the constitution of Chartiiin requires that a candidate for the Executive should be one of that Council . Secondly , —I perfectly agree with the sentiments expressed in the resolution of our Yoifc brethren on this subject ; . I remain , , Dear Sir , Yours respectfully , John Watkins . Battersea , Oct 25 , 1842
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Ed / nbubgh awd Glasgow Railway . —On Thursday afternoon , about four o ' clock , a sensation was produced ajong Prince ' s-street by the appearance of a train of six carts linked togetner , laden with the immense rope manufactured by Messrs . Haggie , of Gateaide , for . the tunnel near the Glasgow terminus of the railway . The rope was laid in ioneitudm ?' coils along the rango of carts ; ifc seomed to be about two inches in diameier , and ef very strong texture . The rope is upwards of &hree miles long , and weighs fifteen tons , being five tons heavier than any line ever manufactured before . On the way up to Leith-waJk and Leith-sireet nine horses were required to drag this ponderous Joad ; but en reaching the level ground of Prince-s-street , three of these weie dispensed with and the remaining six proceeded at a brisk pace with their burden lo thu terminus of tfie railway . — Caledonian Mercury .
Murder . —A young man named Marcus Doran waa killed at'Mopafbdda , in the King ' s County luer-Roscrea ) , on tho evening of Friday , the 14 th inst ., by a blow of a stone which he received from a man named John Hennery , who was lying in wait , for him , in consequence of some dispute they had about a young girl in the neighbourhood . Owing to the active exertions of Constable Murphy , stationed near Monafodda , Hennecy waa soon atterwards arrested . Oa the 19 th inst . a coroner ' s inquest was held on the . body , and a verdict of wilful murdet waa returned against Heuuecy , who was ivausiniited 10 Tullamore gaol for tviai at the ntxc ' afcsizus . —Lfiw ~ sier Express .
Highway-KOBBERr between Chesterfield and Bhimington -On Friday evening last , between six and seven ,-o'doek , a persoa ^ of fhe name of Elret , aclerk in the employment of G . H . Barrow , Eaq ,, of Stavely Iron works , was leturniKg from Chesfcerfiek ; to Brimmgton , and when within a short distance oft he Jailer piaco , was attacked by three men , one of whom plated his hands over his mouth , while tho other picked hia pockets of t ! jree sovereigns , a quantity of silver , b < jold seal , a silrer pencil-case , ami other articles . Thoy then proceeded to beat and abuse him in-a shocking manner , and he does not know how far they might havs proceeded , but p * the Worktop n ; ail happened to be coming up , the villains made off . On Saturday CottereJl , the constable , suectedod in apprehending three suspicious looking characters , and on Monday they underwent along examination before Mr . G . Crompton and E . G . MaynarJ , Esqrs . ' , who ful y comiiiitied them for trial . —Derby Reporter .
How 10 Cuke a Sulky Wife . —Take her , wrap hu- in a linen cloth will tied at bosh ends ; when she sings out you may be pretty well certain that sba requires air ; then lake a good sized pair of kitehea billows , and work them till the cloth is well inflated , aud the contents preUy well blown ; now call her " Dear , " accompanying the adjective wilh a whistle , gradually dyitig into a whew , whew ; insinuate a bunch of noitlts ( holly will do as well ) , with whioh keep her well stirred up for ten minutes . Should she give tougue under the operation , immediately open the coveriug , and add ei . nhtcf u lively humble beea ( apex msluans ) for tbe faite of their honey , which bhould be quito iresh . She will now speedily simmer down to a proper consistency . Leave her for three hours to come io her senses ; go to your dinner ; administer thrpo leaves of Mrs . Fiy ' s Powers of Per-Kuasion ; when cool take her out If dry , offer her a glass of Hodgson ' s bitter ale . —Maryland Observer .
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From Jft « London Gazette of Friday , Oct . 21 . BANKRUPTSWilliam Starkie , carpenter , CatleisstTeot , Hourjs'i itcb , to surrender 'October 27 . at twelve , and December 2 . at one . at the Court of Bankruptcy . Peur . ell , ofHcial :. ? -- ^ , gnee ; Ruvk , Mincing lane . Stephen SimBon , watchmaker , Shirley , November 2 , sit four , and December 2 , at twelve , at the Royal Hotel , Southampton . Pocuck and Wilfein , BartholomewcId . ^ s , London ; Ciementand Newman , Southampton . . ' -William ¦ * East , builder , Spalding , Lincolnshire , November 10 , and December 2 , at three , at the White Hurt iDn , Spalding . Carter and Son , Spalding ; Wil-! is , Bower , and VViliis , Tokenhouse-yard , Lothbury , i . O ! l' . J . l > U . .- . ¦' Htnry B : iiton , jnn ., merchant . Liverpool , October 31 , and December 2 . ' at ' etoven , at the Cl . iiendon-rooma , Liverpool . Cotterill , Throgmoiton-street , London ; F : etc ? : er and Hull , Liverpool . .
Chavies O'N eil , Robert S . iikeld , and fJeerge SoinerviH'j Dighy , Ironfoundors , Br 5 ndei Woiks , near Marg . ! m . Glamorganshire , November 1 , at one , and December 2 , at eleven , at the Conrt of Bankruptcy . G-ibson , official assignee , BasiDghaU-stieet ; Tilson , Sqimnci 1 , and Tilson , Coleman-Btreet , London . Dtyviei Braiidou , shca-manufactorer , Roecfa-street , Barbican , October 29 , st two , and December 2 , at elivi-ri , at the Cuurt of Bankiuptcy . Johnson , official assignee , Ba&inghall-street ; Hall , Moorgate-street . Jcihn Cooper , provision-dealer , Livevpcol , October 31 , and December 2 , at one , at the Clarendon-rooms , Liverpool . ' Vincent and Sherwood , Temple , London ; LittieiiDlti and , Bardhwell , Liverpool . Marcus Harris and Solomon Abraham E&tfc . mercbants , Cullum-Etreet , Fenchurch-atroet , October 20 . at one , and December 2 , &t twelve , at the Cxuit of Bankruptcy . Pc-nneU , official asaignee ; Reynolds , Adani-Blrett , / . ( iciiihi .
William K' ^ orth ,, confectioner , WelHngborough , Ifortbaiupicftsliire , November 7 , and December 2 , at . leveii , at the George Hotel , Nortbunipton . Church , lk ; ilf < . > rd-row , London ; Murpby , WelliKcborougb .
PARTKEKSHIPS DISSOLVED . O . S . Rutherford , E . West , and E . S'acey , Britannia int-tit manu f acturers , Sheffield . I . O . Jones and J . B . Wiiiiiiina , attorneys , Liverpool . W . May and H . C . Tj"ih f > 3 on , wiiie merchants , Liverpool , W . Mullin > J . frftalon , jun ., aid R . Btrtdon , manufacturing chenmts , ir . ee , Lancasbire . A . Tod , J . Faiie , and T . Jaffray , merchants , Liverpool . J . Turner and C . Crummiiek , linendrapers , Y-ik . J . Johnson and S . Yates , grocers , M'dUtthfcbttr . R . Jones , jun ., and J . Miller , Bhip-einHLs , Liverpool . W . Siblty tied W . Toz « rr coal merchants , Liveipcol . Jii . Dyson . W . Djson , and Js . Dyson , luwndrapers , Huuceiaiieli ) , Yorkshire .
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Fron the Guzeite of Tuesday , Oct . 25 . bankbupts . James Wyatl ,, of Plymouth , Devonshire , upholsterer , November 4 and December 6 , at the Royal Hotel , Plymouth . Baiikam and Hought ^ n , Verulam-buildings , Gray ' 8-inn , London / Barber , Bridnorth ; Elwortby , Plymouth . John Davison , ' farmer , Marten , and earthenwaremanufactnrtr , Middlesbrough , Yorkshire , November 2 m& December 6 , at two , at the Black Lion Inn , Stockton-upon-Tees Gforbutt and Co ., Yann , Yorkshire . Thomaa Allen ., aiik-man , November 8 and December 6 . at one , at the Angel Inn , Macclesfield . Biundrett and Co ., Inner Temple , London ; E . W . Thompson , GIo 88 op . . John Alexander and Henry Gibbons , cheruuts , WolverhamptoD , N ovember 9 and December 6 , at ten , ct the Swan Idd , Wolverhampton , Clarke tmri Mtdcalf , Lincoln' 8-inii-fleldB , London : Edward Bennett ,
Wol-• verhumptcn . Henry Hedg « aud James Hedger , watch-manufacturers , Coventry , November 4 , at baif-paet nine , and December 6 , at eleven , at the Craven Arms Inn , Coventry . Weeks , , Crock's-court , Lincoln ' B-inD , London ; Dawes and Son , Coventry .
FAETJiKESniPS DISSOLVED . William Hill and Tbomas Cook , of Leeds , flax-spinners . John Leeming , William Blssw Learning , Edward Lfctming , Miles Edward L'emiog , and James Learning , uf Manchester , y ? or 8 Ud-spmners ( so fax as regards John L ^ eming ) . JoEbti ^ Piatt and CUarlea Whito , of Afibtoaundes .-Lyne , ampi . C / iutnttrs of cotton roviegs .
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Visit op Loed Stanley to Ikeukd . — Lord Stanley , who is now at Kuowsley Park , is Bhortly expected in Ireland , on a visit to his estates in the couniyof lipperary . —Preston Chronicle .
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The foliowing was received from Mr . West , on Sun- ! day , 22 nd , though dated Thursday , lSth : — I Derby County Gaol , Thursday . . Oct 18 th . ; Deak Sib ., —I embrace this first opportunity sf lettf-cg yeu know that I am in good health , and in as f ood spirits as can be expected , considering my titua-: ton . Yon are aware tfut I am to find bail in two sureties of £ 200 each , ot four of £ 50 , or be in till the March Assizes . I am in total ignorance as to what m 7 friends are doing , as I have no : received a letter since I came ; baa . In my own town , the only persons who could . '
or ¦ would gi 7 e bail for me belong to the anti-Corn Law League ; and I would sooner rot in gaol than receive a i favour from them that might be considered an obliga- j tion , and therefore might have a tendency to cripple my \ exertions against them , ¦ which I promise you stall be as keen as ever when I get my liberty . I know they ; are glad that I , for one , am out of tbe way ; but though , I am laid by the tee Is , I have the consolation of know- ; ing that I helped to strip the free-trade question of iu mask of delusion , and that ibe people now understand . it so well that th&y will never be able to succeed in ¦ sedncirg them , thongh they should spend £ 4 , 000 , weekly .
I find my situation very lonely , locked up by my-Scif all day l * ng , and the cell is so miall that I cannot take that necessary exercise that would keep me warm : and , as winter apprcacfc . es , if I have to lie till March , I fear I will eneecder some grievously bodily aiimect . liy braces were taken from me , and my trousers hang bo loctely about my hips that I begin to feel pains in ay back already , although tbe Governor was kiud tnongb to let me wear my belt . I am allowed to take an airing—and indeed it is not wrongfully named—with tbe other prisoners for twenty minutes , three times a fiay ; but it is such a solemn , eIow march that it makts me colder than when I was in the celL There is no distinction made between me and the greatest £ Ion . I am not allowed pen , ink , and paper , except two days in the week .
When I have to go into the cage in tbe yard , tbe same as another prisoner , I am not allowed any booka but what tbe chaplain gives , and that kind gentleman has but very few , and those only school books . He is very kind to me . I am completely under the silent system , and 1 have nothing to sit on in my cell but the iron frame of my bedstead . 1 have plenty cf good food , tkanks to By friends in Derby . There is one thing , when I get my liberty that I will direct pnblic attention to , that i * , tbe necessity of having aD elective magistracy ; there are no men so ill qualified t « perform their duties as the present " great unpaid , " as Cobbett
called them ; they know little of justice , and less of law . Their clerks seem to be their Sir Oracles , and they having an eye to fees tbinfr it their duty to convict a man right or wrong ; thus , in my own case , when cross-examining tbe principal witness , and getting him to admit the peaceable tecour of my whole speech , Sir John Cave interrupting me said , he could net see what good I was doing by that line of conduct . But I must conclude . Hoping yeu will , if possible , procure tbe necessary bail , I remain , Yours faithfully , John West .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 29, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct622/page/7/
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