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PRICE ONE PENNY . CONTENTS of Part Eight * Price sixpence : — O'Connor ' s Letters on the Land- ^ Sketches of the Frenoh Revolution by Pro Chartist—Speech of Pat Henry , the Orator of Amprican Independence-Horrors of'Transportation—Spy System and Blood Money—Lecture , by W . Jones , ( lately confined in Leicester Gaol)—What is Blasphemy 1- ^ An Address from the Poles—The Movement , by J . C . La Mout —Italy and the Operative Classes—Life of Washington—Letters , By T . B . Smith—Several Chartist Addresses , including those of the Executive—Poetry , &c ., & . c . ¦ ** We have been watching , with interest and deli Rht , the progress of The English Chartist Circular ; ' alar ^ e sheet , filled with sound wisdom and no trash , for One Halfpenny . This is of itself , enough to break the rest of Tyranny , and destroy the slumbers of the luxurious few with uncomfortable dreams . 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TO DOCTOR PETER MURRAY M'DOUALL AKD TO 3 AMES LEACH . In a letter v ^ -itten by yon Dr . M'Bouall , and published in the . Evening Storof Thurtday , D : c . 1 st 1842 , I find these wordB : — "The Execntire received letters from various Darts , informing us that a conspiracy ttst being lonned against them , and particularly a letter from Lt ^ ds , which stated that Mr . Hillandothers *^ n i there in a certain house , to pursue a certain coarse of conduct aga ; nst the Executive , the basis of which yn-i—that the character of the Execiiiive teas to be iufficienihf shaken first in piivale , and then by a simuUaiuov / v pvbi . c assault . * *
" Wcere are the men ! oh ! both men and letters /• -. n easily be forthcoming , and my respected colleagneT can baTe no difficulty in producing them if they are wanted , an event which certain parties will not demand to be realised . '' This letter was written for publication in the Northern Star and was published in the Northern Star , of December 10 , in which paper I demanded the publication of those letters . They hare not yet been published . At the South Lancashire delegate meeting , on Sunday , Nov . 27 th , you , James Leach , are reported to hare made a similar statement , and also to have said rnat : —
** In the month of July last , the Hull Chartists were about to pass the Balance Sheet , when Mr . Hill entered the room and put a stop to it , and a friend thai was present at that meeting wrote to Mr . Campbell static ^ tha t there was a plot hatcbicg a ^ a ms : the members of the Executive , of which he would receive the first attack in a > short time . " In the- Ncrthern Star of the lOtb of December , the Huii Councillors , of whoa I am one , demanded
the publication of : aat letter , and the name of the Waiter . It has not yet been published . I now rsiteraU tae demand that these letter ? , and all of them , be published , together with the writers ' names—that ths writers may substantiate their statements if they can . I offer you the free use of the Northern Star for their publication . I deny the truth of these statements , so far as I . am concerned .
Asd cam . those letters which too eat cox-XAIS ASU C 0 MTH 3 I THESE STATEMENTS ( and Which yOU have been required to publish , but have not done BO ) 3 E PUBLISHED , T 06 KTHKE WITH THE WEITERS HAMES , TO GIVE MB AS OPPORTUNITY OF MKET 1 S * THE chaeges fairly , I BRA 2 ? D YOU , Doctor Petex Murray M'Douall , and YOU , James Leach , each ASD SEVERALLY , BEFORE A LL THE P E OPLE , AS A LIAR AND A SCOUNDREL !! At the same Delegate Meeting on the 27 th November , you Jakes Leach are reported to have said : —
* ' When I was at Leeds I had some conversation with'Mr . Hill concerning a man in the movement , whose wife lives not far from this place , and he is leading a common prostitute about the country with him . Mr . HD 1 asked me what was to be done 1 I a d drive him from the ranks . Mr . Hill thonght it would not be advisable to do so , as in a short time a great number of the advocates would be in prison , and the movement would want all the- assistance that could be got . I thought that was the ven
reason that we should drive such scamps as him from amongst us . When the honest friends of the people were locked up—the greater the nvcesssity of the few that remained at large being unimpeachable in their moral character . But Mr . Hill thought if it could be kept quiet it would be better . I said that that was impossible , as six different districts had a l ready exposed him—and yet at the very time that he was talking to me thus he had an article wrote to damn four of us . "
Yon , James Lkach , know this to be a wicked perversion of that conversation . You know that it is nothing like what was said on that occasion . I will cot place my assertion against yours ; because there were witnesses to that conversation , who heard what was said , and who can confirm your statement if it be true . I dare yon to call those witnesses and to ask them to publish a correct statement of what really was said . And until yon have done this , I FURTHER BRAND YOU , JAMES LEACH , BEFORE THE WHOLE PEOPLE AS A BASE AND WICKED
CALUMNIATOR . I sfcaTl publish this letter in the Northern Star every week , till tfcr ^ statements are" either proved or retracted , as fax as they concern me . - Yours , A true man , and a Lover of Fair Play , WILLIAM- HILL . Northern Star , Le 9 ds , Dec 24 , 1842 .
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It may do good to relate the reason 3 why Chartism does not progress so fast in London -as it does in the country—why London , that should be foremost , is behind hand . When we know the reason we may seek the remedy . The Londoners have this excuse—that they are corrupted by the immediate presence of the Courid&zzled by the constant glitter of the aristocracy . Everything tends to dissipate thought and reflection . There is a whirl of action that makes London a nrclstroom within whose vortex all are drawn and sunk . Strocg-minckd the man must be that can stem the stream—that does not suffer himself to be carried away with , it—yea , carried willingly . In the country virtue can meditate in the green fields with nature , or on the barren mountain-top with liberty .
" To be great , and wise , and good , Are effects of solitude ;" Bat in London the world is concentred . There is ihe ejsesce of sel £ shnes 3 . Competition is a matter of life and death . Self-interest is carried to
an extreme . Every device to gain patronage , to decoy profit , is resorted to . The very bug-destroyers vaunt themselves " bug destroyers to her Majesty . " You everywhere Ece emblrins of the most servile adulation to the power * thw be—the pocket powers ; the system reigns in full perfection in London . Every body is striving to mak-= an appeararce above his means . They judge by appearances . It is not so much the intrinsic quality of goods that recommends them , as the manner ia vrhich they are exhibited for salethe shovf tV-ey make—the grand shop they are inthe novelty or the pi ; ff t Business is regarded as the first thing ; pka .-ure next . Now Chartism is a disinterested thing—a self-decying ordinance ; and the wonder is that it should ever have found footing at a ! in such a deluge of ail that is great and good .
Hot ? often have I been disgusted , on looking into a print-shop , to ~ oe tLe Duke staring me in the face 2 it is slEo ^ t esongh to make one smash ihe window in = pite . The heads of the nation , too , in loving contact together , smirk and smile at you ; and well they maj ! TVre h always a xsrowd of stupid gazers at inch things . In some shops yon will see ranged together ihe boils of Shakespeare , Milion , and—wLo do you . think!—who but Princt Albeit ! Are not the cockneys a little-minded peopie ? if this could be doubt-, d , the fact that they cho-. e Lord John Russell to represent them at the last election would prove it .
The working men in London have more temptations to withstand than their brethren in the country . True!—there is the pernicious gin-shop ; and hard working is often made an excuse for hard drinking— " more work , more beer . * They come cm of the gin-shop less able to withstand the allurements of harlots who next waylay them . Then com ? B disease ; and many die not of the disease but of the doctor . There are others who do not spend their hard-earnings thus , but who are tempted by follies , Ehows , atd vicious pleasures on every hand .. The majority of the cockneys hoard up their weekly earnings to spend on the Sunday , with the pint and the nip©—up or down the river , or in van-excursions . These are not sa much to blame ; for a breath of
fresh air is very ^ desirable , and at any xate such a node of spending the Sabbath is preferable to the support which numbers of working men even , unthinkingly give to state-churches and chapels , and other such abominations in the land . . But Belfish enjoyment , generally at the expense 6 f another ^ D&ins , seems to be the order of the day in Londoa Poor horses have a hard time of it here . Tbe rai cockney Iove 3 to drive hard ; and such somes occur as sicken the sight . In the country , when a horse is overloaded and cannot rise a hill , men will run from each Bide of the road and give it a lift—help it ap ;—bat in London they stand staring at such tbines as though ther fait an
intercet in the struggles of the suffering - animal There is no surer sign of a contracted heart than cruelty . The horses that drop and die in the streets are more generous than their'drivers . Such-things would not be esfiered under » better System . Sot no wonder thai there is such indif orence to the sufferings of cattle , when , men , women , and children , the very infants at the breast , deerepid age , crippled infirmity , and the most worm want arc seen in the Street * fbodle&s , naked , and homeless , without relief and ospitiedl All senabilitT-is soon worn out in London , and ¦ ten become eafioos . Even men from the countrylet alone the town-bred who are accustomed to ¦ huB'fs their miuds from infancy . Most anxious
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in getting—most thoughtless in spending . No one loves his joke better than the Londoner . Cockneys get" chairing" one another , ai it iB called . Ludicrous mishapi are what delight them most . They are a great singing people , and Sir Robert Peel calculated very wisely whon to please them and divert their minds from polities , he patronked the ( tinging millions" to ennuchize the nation , and make us all " fal If 1 la" folks . The more nonsensical a song the more popular it becomei . There is a succession every sermon . It w *~ , / 'I round my hat I" then "Jump Jim Crow ! " then M Nix my Dolly 1 " and now it is " Albert ' s cot the fiddle !"
Sing on and be slaves—gaze at shows and have your pockets picked ! The captive Israelites hun . tt up their harps and would not , could not , sing Themistodd when asked to sing , said he oould not sing but he eonld raise a small town in a great city . Let ns then have no singing except it be of patriotic songt— or hymns of freedom—let us despise the tin * tel shews of a baby Monarchy , and re-olve not to dance till we dance on the grave of oppression , and sing the triumphant song of victorious liberty . J . W .
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IRELAND . AWFUL CATASTROPHE—LOSS OF UPWARDS ' OF THIRTY LIVES . The particulars of the following melancholy catastrophe are con mumoted by correspondents of the Dublin Evening UmiL " Gaiwat , Dec . 25 , 1842 . —A melancholy accident occumd in thiB town th ' i morning . At early mass , in the parish chapel , there "was an immense concourse of
people ; the gallery , as is usual on Christmas mornings , was crowded to excess . One of the rails of the staircase , by the pressure of the multitude , was broken , and Lome persons in toe vicinity having heard the crackling noise , gave the alarm , ami cried out that the gallery TTf giving way . An indescribable but tremendous m ? h was made by the dense mass to escape . The citrstrophe was awful ; thirty persons , up to the time I tm going to post , have been made the victims of the ra&hnesa of the assemblage . Theg&Uery did not give
( From another Correspondent . ) " I think it but right to tell you , that a most trrjlcal occurrence took place here , at six o ' clock this morning , at the parish chapel , similar to what occurred in Dublin two years ago . Previous to the celebration of mau , the chapel was crowded to suffocation , and some person gave the alarm that the gallery was giving way . The consequence was , that & tremendous rush wn made towards the sta ? rs—cum tors were thrown down the stain , and trampled to death by others getting into tbe street . At this moment \ two o'clock )
thiiLj-Sve persons are dud , and it is supp&ed that from ten ts fifteen more are also numbered among the &c > i . There are a great many , besides , maimed ; they are all of the lower class , such as poor tradesmen , labourers , and servant * . There wr <» no danger at all of tbe gallery giving way ; it is very strongly built , and would bear four times the weight that was on it nt the time . There most have been fc Jtwaeii 4 , 000 and 5 , 000 people in it at the time . I never witnessed a more heartrending scene . 2 saw myself twenty-five dead Indies . "
( From another correspondent ) "I have just seen Di . Gray , who informed me that be bp 1 ? r- ' —x' - ' nei twenty-eight indiTidua ' s to be dead , but he thinks there are a great many more , carritd to different parts of tte town by their relatives , il ^ y have not yet come under his observation . The town is in a frightfully r ; it ^ ted state . The sufferers are all of the -working iless ' 3 . I -went throngh tbe chapel an hour s $ o , and found the gallery to be very strong , ao that if the foolish people bad but thought for an instant , they might have besn under no apprehension whatever of its giving way , and the lives of the poor creatures might have beea spared . Two of our servants -were in the enspet at the time , tut escaped—they do n&t know how . This has been a seme very like tba > which took place at K * Tke ~' . dy , _ and wbica I never can forget "
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JONATHAN AND JOHN . TO THE EDITOR OF THE WOBTHEBJJ STAB . Sir , —Having read the Message of tbe President of the United States to the Congress , I was struck -with the manly and statesman-like tone breathed thoughout ' ¦ 'b .-xt important document . What a contrr-t it exhibits to the puerile stuff read from the throne of this enlightsn : d country , which is an olio of peifeet nonr ? r-. e — a string of hackneyed phrases twisted together by a set of noodles , seat down , or up , to her Mnjesty for rehearsal , and then dubbed tbe " Queen ' s Speech . " The Message of the President is , throughout , of tbe most sheering character , and r ? 1 culated to give an lucres rd impetus to Columbia ' s enterprising sons . But what , may we anticipate , will be-the charrcter of -wt ^ t is mkcalkd " Her Majesty's speech ? " Why one of the old stamp . Not a word of camfort for a atatvisg people , nor any foundation given "whereon to build CVfcn sn expectation of » b « tu » ttate of trnngj
Under the salutary system which obuins in America such sentiments ai those with which the President's speech is fraught may ba expected ; but under tbe aoeoned system which prevails in tkii country we need exj : ct nothing irem tbe throne but what smacks of misrule , oppression and insult . Who , Sir , axe to blame for the evils of our legislation and all tbe ills emanating therefrom ? Why ourselves , the people We are the fools who support " the conT * v costly splendour , " that feed the Tultures who gnaw oat vitals , —that purchase bayonets to pierce us to the heart and bludgeons to break our heads . We
clothe and feed the ermined Judges , such as Abinger , to insult and punish us , and the surpliced wolves to'devour the nock ; and then we , idiot-like , sit down and cry " God help us , " instead of shewing that we have learned that " God only helps those who help themselves . " We ought to set our shoulders to the wheel , and cease muling and puling about the want of extraneous aid . Some are " up and doing , " but many , too many , sit silently asd supinely at borne , thinking that good 'will come without their help - It U a personal , an individual fcffur , and each and all ought to buckle on their armour and advance to the fight against the Hydra of tyranny . Then the work will be both facilitated and expr Uted .
We pay ten times more to support general and state Government than do the wkele of tbe United States-Ten times more for bad Government than they do for good . Are we not fools ? Fcr God'B sake let ua learn wiLdom . Yours truly , Wm . Rider . Lfcds , December 2 Sth , 1 S 42 .
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feelings of rer-ton and justice , for then you will feel and see that your ist 3 rests are identified with those of the labourers , and that while you through your repr . nHtlveB impoverish them , in the same ratio do you cemmit suicide , politically , upon yourselves . v Come forward , then ; help ui to save our common country ; join our National Chwtar Anuektdon . Be not frlgbt 2 ncd by the " buggaboo" that we want an equalization of property , which those few who fatten on those abuses have w prominently kept in the foreground , do'tJg that by appealing to the prtsIom which they could aot accomplish by appealing to your reason .
To yon , Cbertiata , I would ny , do away with all bickerings from amongst yourselves ; form your : oWes into one mighty and irreeUtible phalanx ; march for * wrrd , swerving neither to the right hand orto the left ; and then , and not till then , will you make this count- 3 what she ought to be , by giving to all and to every one an opportunity of enjoying tbe abundance sent by a benevolent God ; then , and not till then , shall we be worthy of being called " The envy of . surrounding nations and the admiration of the world . " J X S Hu ? l . Deo . 27 th , 1842 .
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TO TBS EDITOB OF THE KORTHEBN STAB . Sir , —In your report of the Maryleboue meeting for the election of delegates to the Conference , you say that the Committee that decided upon recommending at the public meeting , Messrs . Parry , Buchannan , Lucas , and Farrer , used every exertion both fair and foul , te ensure suceess . This , Sir , is a most unjustifiable falsehood , and one that I cannot in justice to myself and brother committee men , allow to go forth to the public , without giving it the most unqualified denial . And the following brief fctaUment of facts , will I think , -convince every one of the malignity of the aspersions thus thrown upon them- The Borough Committee
( which w as formed for conducting the election and rauing funds for the- payment of the delegates elected ) was open to any person who thought proper to join them ; and indeed every portion of the Chartist body residing in the borough were apprised of the inteutiou of forming such a Committee , and solicited to join in their individual capacity , as were every shade of Reformers in the borough who were desirous of forming a union on principle . The committee-men sat for throe weeks with open doors , still earnestly soliciting the co-operation of all Reformers . It was well understood , as a great number of candidates seemed likely to be brought forward , that that the committee to prevent disunion at the public meeting , would take a vote upon who
were , in their opinion , the most fit and proper persons to be recommended to the borough , for the important trust ot supporting our glerious principles in the forthcoming Conference , and any person was eligible to propose a candidate in the committee . Their decision was postponed until late en the Friday night before the meeting , for the purpose of "iving every opportunity of bringing forward candidates , twhen the following persons were nominated , and a vote of the committee was taken , namelv , for Messrsl Parry , Lucas , Buchanan , Spur , Gammage , Hornby , Humphercs . C 3 ok , and
Farrer ; and th # choice of the Committee fell upon Messrs . Parry , Luoas , Buchanan , and Farrer . I most positively assert , that no further means were taken by the committee to secure the election . Then , sir , I think if disunion existed among the " whole hog" men , the fault did not rest with the Committee , but with those who neglected their dmies in not coming forward and taking a more active part on the Committee . I remain , Sir , With great re .-pect , Yours in the cause of Truth and Justice , Thomas Farrer . 22 , Grape-street , Rathbone-Place , Dec . 27 , 1842 .
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Mastlebone . —Mr . Watkins will lecture at tho Working Men ' s Hall , Circus-street , on Sunday evening next , at half-past seven o ' clock . A public meeting will be held at the Chartist Hall , 25 , Star-street , Commercial Road East , on Sunday , when it is earnestly requested that every member will be in attendance . Halifax . —On Monday there will be a ballin the large room , Swan Coppice , to commence at seven o clock , the-proceeds to be appropriated towards the furtherance of the Chartist Cause . Keighlky . —The next delegate meeting of this district will be holden in the Working Men ' s Hall , Sun-street , Keigkley , on Sunday , January 8 th , at 10 o'clock in the forenoon . Each Locality is requested to send a delegate .
Mr . Dickinson will lecture on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , at Preston ; Blackburn , Monday and Tuesday ; Liverpool , on Wednesday ; Warrington , ThurmUy } Coins , on Friday ; Burnley , Sunday , tbe 8 th Jan . ; and Rochdale , on Tuesday , the 10 th . Holli . vwood . —A public tea party will be held in the Kniph Green Chartist Room , Hollinwood , on Monday . Tea on the table at sis o ' clock . Tickets , men eightpence ; women , eixpenoe eaoh , may be had of Messrs . Aibton Ashton , Joseph Brierly , John Bootn , aud Edwin Clough .
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BDNDERLAND , —On Menday lert , a splendid concert was held in the Philosophical Hall , AU » : ieum , far tbe purpose of defraying tbe expenses cf the delsgates to tbe National Conference , at Birmingham . The Comfctta and Quadrille Bands , and the young gentlemen of the glee club generously offered their services on the occasion . Tbe orchestra consisted of about thirty performers ; the music wrt of the flrst-iate description and elicited tbe bigbest applause . The room and galleries were crowded in every part . * WIGAN . —Mr . Dickinson lectured on Sunday afternoon and evening , at the Association Room . Four new members were enrolled . BACCF . —Mr . Dickinson lectured at Bacup on Tuesday evening to a pretty fair audience .
OUSEBDRK—Mr . John Hall , treasurer for the Northumberland and Durham Lecturers' Fund , has received from Sunderland 53 . COLNE . —The Rev . W . V . Jackson delivered a lecture on Saturday evening last , to a crowded and attentive audience , in tne Chartist Mews-room , Windy Bank . Colne . —The League had a meeting here on Monday , at which Moore , of Manchester , and Plint . of Le » ds , attended . The " lads" sent for the Rev . W .
V . Jackson ; and at the close of Plinl a speech , wmch he concluded by moving a free trade resolution , they proposed an amendment for the Charter . This was too much for the " respectables , " who kicked up a row ; and though the amendment was twice carried by tremendous majorities , the chairman , ( Mr . Walton , ) declared tho ' Plaguo" had it , and then dissolved the meeting . Mr . Jackson challenged them to two night ' s discussion , but this they declined , and the Chartists , after giving cheers for their principles and leaders , retired .
Holmfibth . —Mr . Peter Rigby , Charti 9 t Lecturer delivered two sermons , on Sunday last , in the Wortley-hill School , to respectable audiences . The sermons gave general satisfaction , aud at the close three new members were enrolled in tbe National Charter Association . Manchester . —The Chartist Mechanics held their weekly meeting in the Charter Association Room , Brown-street , on Thursday evening wee ^ when Mr . T . M . Brophy delivered an instructive and interesting lecture to a large and respectable audience . At the close of the lecture a collection was made towards defraying the expenses of the Delegates to the Birmingham Conference .
Carpenters Hall . —Two lectures were delivered in the above Hall on Sunday last . One in the afternoon by Mr . P . M . Brophy , and the other in the evening by Mr . Staxkey , from Coventry . SUTTON-IK-ASHFIBLD . —On . Monday a concert wa 3 held at Mr . Edward Parks , Eastfieid-side , Sutton , and on Tuesday , there was another at Air . George Marriott ' ^ The r ooms we re crammed to suffocation on both night 3 . The proceeds wore appropriated to the Political Victim Fund . LONDON . —At the general meeting of the Somers-Town locality , the resignation of the General Secretary was considered , and it waa resolved , " that Mr .
Cooper , of Leicester , is the most fitting person to take charge of the property of the Association , at present in the hands of the late General Secretary , from the interest ho has taken in the movement , aud his knowledge of the organisation , and His business habits . " He was also nominated to fill the office of Executive Councillor , in the place of Mr . Campbell resigned . HEBBEN BRIDGE . —A tea-part y and ball was held in the Democratic Chapel , at tht above place , on Monday , when upwards of two hundred sat down to tea . The company separated at a late hour , highly delighted ' with the evening ' s , entertainments . '
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ZiOmBOH . —Dbeadfui . Murder in Whitbcross-sthkbt . —At half-past ten o ' clock on Wednesday morning , an inquest was herd before Mr . Baker and a highly respectable jury , at the Two Brewers , Whitecross-Btreet , on view of the body of Thomas Leary , who was found dead , having been stabbed with a shoemaker ' s knife , on the night of Sunday last . The jury-room was crowded almost to auffocation , and the greatest excitement prevailed in the neighbourhood . After the examination of two witnesses the enquiry was adjourned till half-past ten the following morning , when it was resumed , and after several hours investigation a verdict of" wilfu murder * was returned against Michael Meagan , the dead man ' s master . -
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Holmfibth— Wm . Cuttell has become agsnt for the Northern Star , and hopes , by strict attention to all orders committed to his care , to receive that support which his labours may duly merit . Persons ordering the Star of him may receive the same at their own residence . Reprts of Chartisi meetings committed to his care will be duly attended to . . Irish Poor Law . —It is stated that the GoTernment hay © a bill prepared to fir the payment of the poor-rate altogether on the landlords , in the same manner as the tithe-rent elia . vge . --Dublin Mercantile Advertiser . " . '¦/¦/¦ : ¦ ' ' : ¦ '¦ ' ' ¦¦¦¦'¦ ¦" , '' . ¦' ¦ . ' .:. .. '
Jessie Pbim . i * $ , A Tale of the New Poor Law . — -The celebrated Mrs . Trollope is bringing out a new work under the above title , to be completed in 12 Monthly Shilling Parts , with illustrations by Leech , the first Part of which appears with the commencement of the New Year . It cannot be doubtedXthat through the mtdium of a work of fiction many truths may ; be made known to . the public , which would never attract the same degree of attention if developed in works of higher pretensions ; Mrs . Trollope is deserving of high commendation for bringing the aid of her powerful pen to the illustration of the Poor Law System . — London Paper .
Cvrwvs ASTBOWMicAL Fact . —There is no new moon in tne month of February , 1843 , but there are two new moons in the month of March following . It is a hew moon on the 30 th of January , again on the 1 st of March , and also on the 30 th of March . Christmas Gift . —On Christmas day , upwards of 130 paupers in Spotland workhouse were treated with an excellent dinner of roast beef and plum pudding . They had also half a load of malt brewed into ale . In the morning , moit of them attended diviue service at Spotland church .
The Budb Lights iw Oldham Chubch . —Oldham Church is one of the first places of worship in the kingdom which has been lighted by means of the bud e light . Eight of these powerful and brilliant burners have been fitted up in Oldham Church , and were first lighted on . Sunday last , at an expence of about £ ! 80 . The chandeliers are very effective and pleasing in their appearance . Scarcit y of Fuel . —Firewood is said to be to scarce in iome parts of the Middle State- * , that a man with a wooden leg is afraid to venture out after dark , for fear of being robbed of it . —New York Paper .
An Example for Tenants . —The tenants oft the Earl of Clonmell , on his estate in the count ; of Monaghan , have convened a meeting "for the purpose , " as they state , ¦ '" of taking into consideration the most effectual means of laying before his lordship the distressed condition of his tenantry , and of imploring him to take the state of their affairs into his serious consideration , by a reduction of rents , "&o . Infanticide . —Shocking Circumstance—OaWcdne 8 day evening , about four o ' clock , as a woman
named Smith , residing on the new line of road outside the Military walk , near Ballinacurra , was turning pigs out other field she discovered dogs in the act of eating something , which , on approaching , she was horrified to find , was the body of an infant which they had torn from the earth , and which appeared to have been buried about ten days . There was no coffin ; but a quantity of old rags was placed about the body , and it was scarcely covered with earth . An inquest was held on ' 'Thursday at the Exchange , before the mayor , and a verdict accordingly returned . —Limerick Reporter .
Fatal Excess . —On Chi-istm&s Day a shocking ocurrence took place at Mr . Dennison ' s greengrocer , in Lambeth-walk . A lad named Thoma 9 Powell , not sixteen years of age , with others in the employ of Mr . Deiinison , were , by their master liberally regaled , and , as an adjunct , ' spirit 9 were also provided , with which all the party beoamo merry , and the deceased among the rest , — the latter , in the evening , taking advantage while the rest of the party were engaged , seizad a jug containing gin , of which he took a hearty
draught or two ; he afterwards became much intoxicated and fell down on the shop floor , where he lay for sometime ; as he did not recover , surgeons were sent for , and Mr . Bendall and Mr . Wagstaffe attended , and deceased was conveyed home to his residence in the immediate neighbourhood , where his feet were bathed in warm water , and other remedies were administered , but without effect , as the deceased sank and expired at two o ' clock on Monday morning from the effects of the ardent spirits . ' . ¦ ¦ : - . ' ..- ' ; ' ¦¦ ''¦ ' . . " : ¦ ¦ : , ; . ' '¦¦¦ ' • .
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Recently , in Bethel Church , by the Rev . William Hill , the infant son of William and Hannah Walker , was bapticed under the name of Thomas Slingsby puncombe . : ' ; "¦¦ ¦ : On Christmas day , was christened at St . Thomas ' a Church , High-3 treet , Dudley , by the Rev . W . H . Cartwright , the infant son of William and Hannah Wright , by the name of Edward Ellis Mason M'Douall Wright .
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Leeds Corn Market , Tuesday , Dec . 27 . —The supply of Grain to this day ' s market , is smaller tha n last week . Fine dry Wheat supports last weeks price , but all other descriptions are difficult to quit ; the damp qualities were unsaleable . There has been rather a better enquiry for Barley , prices much the same . Oats dull sale and rather lower . Hard new Beans little alteration ; damp and old are dull sale . : - . ' - . v . ¦' ¦; . " ' . '¦ ¦; ¦ ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ , ¦ ¦ : ¦ THE AVERAGE PniCES , OF WHEAT , FOR THE WEEK ending ' dec . 27 , 1842 . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . Pea * Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Q-s . Qrs . Qr * 3197 1083 487 — 324 - £ s . d . £ s . d .- £ .. a . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . 2 7 2 | 1 6 10 | 0 18 9 l 0 0 0 18 11 0 0 0
Bradford Markets , Thdrpday , Dec . 2 ? th . — TJ oo / . —Duriiia the past week but little business . has been done , and the dullness applies to all kinds of Long Wool . In Broke and Noils the demand continues steady , and late priors fully maintained . — Torn . —There is not anv marked alteration in the demand fer Yarns , and the continued short time working keeps the stocks low , and prices very firm . —Piece , —This being the last Thursday , wftsformerly not an acknowledged market for Pieces , but that custom was abandoned a few years ago , and to-day fully an average business his been done with former seasons , and the manufacturers are not without considerable hope that at the commencement of the year an improved demand will be ap * parent and acceptable . ;
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Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSO N , at us « wr Ing Offlees , No » . 12 and ^ Hufret-street , Briggate ; and PubUrfied by the *» 3 A Joshua HQBSOif , ( for the Mid Pbargcs O'COwnor , ) atbls 'D « I « Ung-hou * B , No . 5 , Maiket-rtreet , Briggste ; internal Communication ftdatlng between the «»» No . 5 , Market-rtreet , and the said Nos . 12 » 13 , Market-itreet , Brtggat * i ttius conatitntisg «* whole of the « aid ^^ Printing and PubUshing Offlct one Premise * . ^ All CommnnicaUoM must he adAressed , Portrpdai M » . HOBS » N , Sorthern Star Offioe , ^ Leeds . Saturday , December 31 , 18 * 2 .
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TO THE EDITOR OP THB NORTHERN STAR . ;¦ Sir , —If the following observationa shonld meet I yonr approval , your inserting them in the Siar , -would : oblige , Tours , truly in the cause , Jno . T . Holder . It as been my lot within this leit week or bo , to -wit-! ness with sorrow a revival in trade , ¦ which wLen I tx-; plain the -why and the 'wherefore , I shall not be suri prised if you and the numerous readers of the Slar do *• sorrow likeTirifle . I I Lave , as I said , within the last wesk helped ( in
tbe courte of my ocsupation ) to put the nni&hing stroke upon forty-five iron bedsteads , namely , five for Caibtor , twenty for Sleaford , &re for Brigg , and twenty-five for Lincoln unions ? Yes , my friends , a i . d while I pondered upon the system that 1 b fast forcing our once bold English peasantry and artisans into these hell holes , I shuddered at the idea ; for I could not help feeling that the system of d&ss legislation , from ¦ which all our evils , moral and political , flj ^» and with which we are nt present encumbered is suffered , to remain ; if we still bow down to this modern Jaggera&ught intrvitably the same must be onr common lot .
What will you » y to this , you free traders ? What -will yon say to this , you who cry out that there is a revival of trade ? What will you , who fatten on tbe system say to thri ? Faugh , tbe very centence iaa perversion of the troth unless applied to the revival of ¦ which I sorrow over , and which no comment of mine can possibly strengthen . To you , Shopkeepers of the Agricnltnral Districts , to yon I would have a word ; to you I would direct especial attention to your own interests , and say that the present system which you uphold is fast roibing you of your customers , for , by indirect taxation , which presses heavily upon the labourer , and the low rste of wsjes which he receives not being sufficient to satisfy his physical wants , ( and particularly if he has a family , )
obliges him to part with his household goods , until he hti nothing "whereon to lay his bead . He conzequeritly applies to his pariah , and , much against his -will , is admitted a pauper , and atone and the same time , you £ re charged with his and bis family's maintenance , and lose a cvrtomer . This , you know , is a fact . Your tflJs tell yen so of the one , your balance sheet in t £ e item ef poor ' a rates of the other . Then why not stretch ont a helping hand , for yon can yet save not only yourselves , bat your brother sufferers , from that gu \ ph of ruin which yawni to receive both yon and him . Yon my give ns " freetrade in com ; " then the labourers will have " plenty to do and high wages , '' for the foreign markets , from which we are shut out by the restrictions upon our imports , would take our goods in return just r % though we exported nothing . And all this la the face of the official returns , which
gives us for last your £ 103 , 000 , 000 worth of p » iwnfactnred goods expected , from which we got only two millions more profit than we did for little more than one third the amount exported in 1815 . This fact proves that with regard to " plenty to do , " there can ba no mfotakfi , as the returns show that irit year the exports were greater than Is any previous year , while at tae same time 700 ? own organ * tell yon thai the poor in the manufacturing district * have eaten their beds , which ia a proof that high wages are not a sequence to plenty to do , and why ia it not so ? Because iron , wood and steam are employed Inff **"" of bones , ainews , and flesh . Indeed 1 would point to the increased poort rate and the official return of manufactures exported , aa a refutation of all the above aephiama . And earnestly would I recommend you shopkeepers to ponder over toe above faota and be guided bj your
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At the Parish Church , Leeds , on Monday last , Mr James Holroyd to Miss Ann Robinson . Qn Sunday , at the Parish Church , Whitkirk , James , eldest son of Mr . John Croswaite , of Cotton , near this town , to Hannah , eldest daugtor of Mr . William Pawson , hay dealer and innkeeper , of H » lton . On Saturday , the 24 th inst ., at theParish Church , Leeds , Mr . Joseph Backhouse , of Leeds , to Miss Barber , eldest daughter of the late Mr . Thomas Barber , farmer , of Croftom :
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