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THE LATE BIRMINGHAM CONFERENCE.
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if HAVE great pleasure ( and no small share of pride ) JL in submitting the following encomium upon my little Compilation , the POOR MAN'S COMPANION for 1843 , to the notice of the public generally ; convinced that the lovers of ught ' and truth will be pleased , with me , that this threepenny-worth of ** Facts and Figures" is calculated to be of use in guiding the public mind to a correct appreciation of several political and social schemes of amelioration advocated by the advanced sections of the Reformers . The letter , in which tieEtimouy to this effect is borne by a gentleman whose good opinion I value more than that of any other man breathing , is , as will be perceived , a private one to myself . I take the liberty , however , to use it in this public manner ; satisfied that Mr . O'Connob will not object j to my doing so , as its publication can only have the effect of accomplishing his own desire , —ensuring the increased circulation of what he deems a good aud useful book ; useful , I hope , to the Poor Man and to the Poor Man ' s cause . JOS . HoBSON . Leeds , Nov . 213 t , 1842 . ) London , ^ Cov , 19 , 1842-MY dear HOBSON , —Tou will see ] by tbe Evening Star , that I have made a good use o £ j your invaluable little book ; the very best that ever appeared in the English language , and one which has taught me that I wan a fool tUI now . You should have called it the " Whig Economist . " It is splendid . [ The taxpayers on the platform started again , when I read tbe extracts from it . But I have not had time to do it justice . I forget the increased axpence of seeding Frost and others oot of tbe country . That item is-frightful . Your book should be in every house , from the palace to thocobbler's stall . It is the vary best book ever published : and I beg of you to aaeept my thanks for it . What labour it must have cost you in the compilation . Youi's , veiy . thaukfully , Feargus © "Conkor . P . S . —Our meeting was glorious . The Shams are touted for e ? er ! Not a Chartist would nibble t ! The following " Qpi 7 iions of ihe Press" will bespeak , in Borne measure , the worth of the little ompilatkm : — ; 11 "We bave here the most efficient mullum in parva that we have ever seen . As a " Po | or Man's Companion "— a book of ready reference upon many subjects in which he is vitally interested , dwA of information upon matters which he ought to know—it is the thing which every poor man needs ; as a text book f o > political lecturers it is invaluable . ' "Th 9 re i 9 aini'tii f ; of infjroaition coaWnsfl in it which we never before saw crammed into so small a compass . Facts , figures , tables , and calculations , all of them regarding matters of national importance , and all arranged and made ready for general ] and immediate use affording at a glance almost whatever information can be wanted—stud the whole boofe ; while a few happy and judicious comments afford a kind of guide to the uninitiated iu statistics for their application and use in the various matterB of civil and social polity which may come under contemplation . "—Northern Star . ; * i " The excellence of the calendar section of this multum in pa 7 " » o , is of the first order ; and ic might put all the Francis Moores that have existed since the days of Noah into the shade on the score of utility : and yet we have in this bijou , for threepence , twenty times the information pretended to be given in the veritable " Francis" for double the money . ( When will humbug and the Stationers' Company dissolve ] partnership ? t The statistical and argumentative portion of the " Poor Man ' s Companion , " presents j claims to the attention of every man ; and the intellect must , indeed , be obtuse , that canu ^ t derive liseful information from it There has been much reading and deep rtflection in the present compilation . ' -Weekly Dispatch , ¦ \ " This is one of tbe many and cheap [ political almanacs published for 1843 ; and it contains so many particulars respecting the amount and application of the taxes " wised from the industry of jjbe producing classes , ' and Buch a quantity of valuable statistical information , that ; it may safely be contrasted with any similar publication . It is compiled [ from Parliamentary and other documents , by Joshua Hobson , the printer and publisher , of Leedsi -who seems to have spared no labour to bring together such details as bear upon tbe leading questions of the day . Curious particulars are likewise given of the employment of tbe population , ' the I annual valuo of real property in England and Wales ; the trade of the United Kingdom , < kc , at the charge jof threepence The ? Poor Han' may thus obtain a ' Companion * tbafc he cannot fail to find full of inf otmati « m of a useful and interesting nature , and that renders this political Almanac well worthy of support from jthe classy for whom it is peculiarly prepared and adapted . "—Mvrning Advertiser . } *» * Parties residing at a distance frovn a bookseller may have a copy of the Poor Man ' i Companion sent to their residence per post , by pending their address and five postage stamps to i ^ e publisher . The Poor Man's Companion maj be had at the Publisher ' s Offices , 5 , Market Street , jLeeds , and 3 , Market Walk , Huddersfield ; o < J . Cleave , 1 , Shoe-Lane , Fleet Street , and J . \ Vatson , ( Paul ' s Alley , Paternoster Row , London \ A . Heywood , and J . 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tTHE EXECUTIVE AND THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . " TO THE CHABTI 5 T PUBLIC Hi PbiksiBj—I presume ihat you axe now all jamSiar with the contents of my letter reminding jou of Trhal I itexik to l > a your duty to yourselves and to your principles , in reference to your Organisation and your officers appointed and paid under iial Organization . I presume yon all know that I lave accepted ihe ** challenge" of the Executive
to make . good my charges against them in public discussion at Manchester ; though jjiey haTe not yet Tentured to make good jjjeij . challenge . "Whether they ever will do so remains to be seen . If ihe Committee , recommended hy the Delegates at Birmingham , be appointed , and discharge Its doty faithfully , it is probable that the matter might be thu 3 settled with * -aal saiisfaciaon to the conntry , and with less
tronble and expence to me . Be it remembered , howeTerj that I aiide by eTery word of my letter . I vmhdraw not a sentence of it \ bnt am prepared to sustain it—eTery line . I again repeat , that they lave no right to expect me to meet them in discusson ¦ bat that I am neTertheless prepared to do so ; and , on the terms and conditions named in my letter , to prove ererj charge therein enumerated . It vrss Eiy intention to pnblish that letter , and
also the letter demanding the proofs of the " conspiracy asd plotting" charges against me , week by week , « ntil the parties should either hare made good their ** mournings" or liavebeen duly dealt with by the people . But Mr . O'Cosbob states that he has hid many letters complaining of the space thus occupied by the continual repetition of the same matter . At his rrqn-st , therefore , I withhold the letters from farther publication in the Star But though withholden they are not withdrawn ; their operation remains in fall force , and I trust
that their contents are imprinted upon the memory of e Tery Chartist ; and that if hereafter any one should at any Chartist meeting in my absence prate about dragging me before the public , " or about the plots and conspiracies" I haTe been concerned H > , he will be reminded of these letters and made to hold histongne until their requirements shall haTe i > etD answered . This 5 s no more than justice : a justice which I hare certainly a right to eipeci bom the people ; and which I do expect from ihem I haTB only further to say thai it is high time the disgraceful business should be terminated , and
ihat you ought in your seTeral localities , at once , and without further delay , either to follow out the recommendation of the delegates at Birmingham by the appointment of a Committee , and by requiring that ihe books and documents of the ExecutiTe be placed in thar hands for inrestigation , and that afl parties who can famish information to the Com '
zokv e do so ; or to demand that they shall , at once and like men , maintain their own position , and meet me ia discussion j and , failing this , that yon should TmivtrsaJly Tots to them the name and character they merit . Wniiui Hni , Northern Star Office , Leeds , January oih , 1843 .
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The Metropolitan Chartist Delegates met on Sim day , at the JfatJonai Charter Association H& 1 I , Old Suley thus eorunenctng the campaign fwr 1843 , with the first fisy cf the new year . The object of the meeting was to receive a report from the delegates who bad arrived is London , of tbe proceedings which had coma under their notice , in thfi exercise of their delegation at the great Birmingham Conference . Messrs . Proa , Msynsrd , s&dlLiag&t , were the members of Conference present . Mi . kludge , delegate frem Harjlebonfi , was called to the chaa
3 Ir . Mayrtard opened the business » y a reference to fia oJjects lor which the Conference had been con-TSBed , and after a general descriptien of the assezn-Emg of the Conference , the appointment of Mr . Jos Stnrgs to Use chair , ai » a other matters , proceeded to state fhs Hotion of Mt Beggs , *• That Mr . Stnrge ' B BD 1 , -onder the mme of ' The BUI of Bights , * shonld be the KI 1 for discussion , " He then narrated the cnuse taken ij Mr . Havaft , whose amendment submitted that "the Peoples Charter" be the Bill ; and the farther amendment of ilr . Somen , a Scotch edezaie , a That bolh BUla 1 » laid on the
table fur discnsKon . " That proposition had reduced the Chartists to a great dilemma ; bat Mr Xovett pressing Ms motion , brought the natter to an Lssns ; and when the question bad thus come to » choice between principles , Ib * Chartist delegates had do other alternative t ^ 1 '" to Totelerthe "Peopled Charter , " and thB Tesuliwaa , the glorious majority * f ninety nine in fsvonr of that document—{ applause } 2 di- 3 i » ynsrd then described Ihe -withdrawal from the chair ,, and from the Conference , otJiz . Sturge , and the secession with him of hia party . The Charter was thea discussed , point after
peat , ana among thealtemxmB made 5 n It iras one in the dsBseielatiB ^ to "felons . " In the original Aoca-Ban It "was provided that no man convicted of felony could be afterward * degible for the enjoyment of the EtcfireTrauchifie ; hut more m&tnre consideration sugjestta relaxation in thiB point , it spptainig hard , afjeraffian had paid the penalty of his efface , and ^ SsSedlhela ^ B of his country , still fcepnrsne him wiQj a vindictive spirit , and mark him as a victim for perpetual dry fiiEabffiry and public punishment—tbe laws , trnJ and reBgioas , regarding a msn as again clear in H > eye ol the -world , and restored to community with I a fdltxw-chizens , after he had undergone the punish-S a awarded to his traa * gr « Esicn . Tateug this Tiew oit
^ e matter , sud rfcasonins Jnrther , that many , in thus-wlli md thtmBhUess periods of jonth , commit cfiaiees , from -which , in their sober and nfl-sctwe time rf manhood , they would shrink and abstein from , K -afas considered by those -who bestowed attention on ihe aaij ^ ct , that it would be hard to ia * Ba and toqualify a Ean for lif ^ for s jj ^ eeed so commzrted . And on Hat -pJew of tfce matter , the cteuse was hissed ; and the man who miEht unlommate ^ be fennd guilty of S S ^ rf ^ ^ ^ < aBBte oecome tbe law ~* y&S £ ? £ 2 -tS * r . ^• ^ i * sbi ? . ' » tt . f ~ . ata , » a ^ " %£
-32 M Ksar ^ xsrsi ^ &r ^? s ^ taffj-s fc"S ^ .. f ' ^ ^? *» # * g it The Son , t ^ fen conaderaticn , was , howeTer , lost , and the SLt 3296 /* " ^ ^ """ b ^ ideBce , " wi ^ tere decreed to stand as pan of the Ball Marti , S f £ a T ^ olier ^« » Mr- ^ synsTd ^ who S ^ SL ?™ ^ ^^ ^ tention , concluded by t o ^ iS ? 1 Teso 3 ntl 0 a ^ o ^ d ^ Mr . Parry , led to ^ J" ^? S d 0 S 6 * ** Conference . It was cf a lDQSt rx-r-i-T * ^< -ii _ t . w . ii , njii ui a BBlW %
; . ££ * £ * ££ ? £ ^^^ * ««« to erery liaSJ ^ J ? mwie d « rrying them ont , the ^ r ^ p ortimrty to do so & the ^ nner he might ina ttfUJ ? ^^ ^ ihe Sm gite party had seeded S h ^ V C i ^ rtKts , aey ( tie Chartists ) should 5 aA * k i ?* * Bn 8 ^^ «* thinking and acting &m ** h canned for themstiTes , and allow them to ^^ ° at any obbtmctioa . The motion , after an ^ r- ? Gebste , t »^ s , hoi » fcTer , lost ; bat a some-? SBna ^ n r ^^ *** WJ 1 ^ an P » I «» ed by Mi . 1 s « vruoBEor , was rarried , and in frre minutes a p ^ g ™• ff * a Jeliow&tip was tfifected between tie ^ SS Sj ™ - " " »> ndrrf ^? EQ P 15 * 35 *^ Kinselt and entered into a
a ^ jpj-T , ?* Conference—some of them of a serious , KnujV lf ** * a * Hmsh > g charaiter , Tbe Cnaitists , lie ^^ rftt ^^ ^^ aEd instead of being " kicked koj » o ^^ fatEc ^ ' as ae ^ « wtoy 7 " im « had sad pogi * —^ . J * P ^ * J cajna eff -rictorrs ^ B , carryiDg their " He */ * T ^^ ^ o 10 ™ - l"BraTof \ and cries of > iaiSe ^ ' ) ^^ CTE ^ y reason to feezatiifled •¦ Hi ^ i ^ * tbe-Conferenee . ( Baaewed cries of j ^^ J The matter ended amicably—it ended well tis ^^ rTZ . -E 16 Storgeite jarty -went elsewhere to lianna . ^^ ^^ tfee Ctarasts wiBely kept their ^ orSnl ?" 5111 8 " ^ ^^ ^ -7 ^ P * themselres np , ^^ J ^^^ cemmunieatjons with the others , they wonid , *^ Otr «^^ * them , have rtndtrtd tiemseivES ( as we Be th ^ > tym to ^ JJ liable to transptT ^ t ^ cs » en gate aa sccouat of the conduct of ilr . Piulp ,
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which he described as nothing short of treason to the Chartist cause . JTeTer , he said , did man cnJ a stranger figure . His words were , that "he had alwayscensaaered the Charter-a most perfect document , until he had read the second bill ; and that he must now consider it as most defective . He had a duty to perfbrmi and in matins a choice he was bound , therefore to give a preference tothe Second BBL" Now , continued Mr . D . the second bill was not read at all ; it would have taken Jive hoars to read , and he ( Jit Dron ) was of opinion" that Mr . PhUp had never read it The preamble of the bm was absolute nonsense . Mr . Dron then complimented Mr Pot * for hklfeit exertions in h 5 s
&-aract « of delegate , in snpport of the Chartist cause , and parficulaily for his efforts to efiect a union between the two _ parties . The worthy delegate then entered into the question of " the JExecntive , " which was brought under disenwnon at Birmingham , and commu nicated that a Committee of » Five" was recammended to be appointed to investigate the matter In London-He went at lexuth into the subject ; bnt the particulars have already been so often before the public , that it is unnecessary for us here to report them . They have already led to mnch angry feelins ; , and we wonld rather " throw oil upon troubled waters , " than otherwise .
Mi . Knight felt that it wonld give great satisfaction to many in that Hall , and to the Chartist public out of doors , to hear that Mr . O'Connor had pledged himself to interpose his friendly mediation to have the subject dropped in the Nor&ern Star He then went on to state how mnch Mr . O'Connor had to put up with at the Conference—first bullied on one side , then on the other , and eulogised that gentleman on his great forbearance—a forbearance , he added , which exalted him < Mi . O'Connoi ) in the minds of most who witnessed it—( hear )—anff which he ( Mr . Knight ) wished sll Chartists , for the sake of union , and the advancement of their cause , would imitate— (* pplnnse , and renewed cries of " Hear . " ) The reports having here closed , Mr . Cnffay gave notice to all parties having collection books out , and money to pay in , to attend on Tnesday < to-monow ) evening , at tbe Despatch -Coffee House , Bride-lane , Pleet-street
ETBIfrNG MEETING . A densely crowded meeting was held in the Hall in the evening , Mr . Overtoa in the chair , to which . Sir . Sifilton , \ rho appeared as a substitnte for Mr .. Harris { indisposed ) , delivered a very able and lsi £ nicti- ? lecture on " the law . * of nature , and the conf&tutien of man " At the conclusion of the lecture , which was beard throushont with attention , Miss Sna % mnah Inge moved , and Mr . Secretary Salmon seconded a vote of thanks to the lecturer .
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THE SUCKING PIGS A 2 ? D THE M WHOLE HOGS . " Thb mach-wisbed-for , long-talked-of Conference ha 3 been held- The professed advocates of nnion hsve met the working classes in discussion , wherein the equality of man was to have been a recognized principle , whatever question shonld constitute the basis of 3 iEcu ? sion . The adoption by the Scckikg Pig Chahtists of Ihe Six Points , for which the " Whole Hug Chartists'' contend , was an implied guarantee that the minority would be rated by the majority . Such were our anticipations ; and now we proceed to comment upon the proceedings as a whoJe , unwilling to nibble at them in their progress P « rhap 3 there never has been in any country ,
certainly not in England , a meeting of more importance than thai to which we refejr—not very important in its result , as it affects any political measure , bnt allimportant in its developem ? ni of political character . Before we set forth the purposes for which this Conference was called together , we mast make a passing observation upon the positionin which Mr . Stcrge h& 3 p laced himself . So long as Mr . Stctbce in his individual capacity , could be consistently separated from " Mr . Stbbgs in his corporate capacity , we stretched a poin ; to shield his name from the odium attached to a party . We had not , till now , any opportunity of testing the real character of Mr . Stcbge . We aTe of course understood to speak in political language . We are aware of the
dif&colues with which the lwader of a party is surrounded , and can make due allowances for acts of apparent in consistency . Bnt when we find a leader himself complaining of the prejudices which his class and party entertain against those whose alliance they court , and yet being foremost in augmenting those prejudices , then must we in candour admit , that however his ostensible object might have been just and conciliatory , as advocated by him aa an individual , his real motive is only to be learned through the acts of his party and supported oy Mm . History , then , doea not furnish any two characters more ai variance than the character of Mr . Joseph Stdrgk in quest of popalarity , and Mr .
Joseph Stpbgb the advocate of liberal principles . The Jegal maxim , " quern facit per aliam , facit per se , " he who acts by his agent acts himself , is a yery wholesome maxim , and one by which we shall henceforth test Mz . Stitbge ' s political value . Before we recur to tbe part performed by Mr . Stdbce out cf doors , we shall glance at the objects for which the Conference was called , and fhe materials of which the friends of purity of election would have constituted their Parliament . In order to aid us in the investiga . ion , we here insert the address of Mr . Stcbge himself , setting forth the pnrposes for which the Conference was convened . It ruBB thns ;—
[ Here follows the Starve council's address , which as -we have several times given , we omit to save space . — Ed . K . S . J How the very first paragraph of this address admits that the Conference was called to deliberate upon the essential details of a bill , and not to say aye to any measure that might be proposed by Mr . Sttjbge and bis friends . Next we come to the materials of which the Council of the Complete Suffrage Union would ( if allowed ) have constituted this Conference . And here , let i * be borne in mind , that Mi . Stdbge is the President of this litter of "Sucking Pig VhartUts f that not a move is made without his concurrence;—that he is not only the head-piece , but the pocket-piece , of this minor majority society of Liberals . The mode resorted to , then , by the Council wa 3 this : —TheyheJdsecret corresoondence with their friends in those several towns in which
delegates were returned ; andwithontother authority than the ex ^ arte and fabricated evidence of their friends , they proceeded to form the body into three classes . -Ko I , containing all those to whom no objections were made by their own party ; No . 2 , containing from seventy to eighty delegates returned by tbe people , and to whom frivolous objections were m&de by the Slurge parti ); and ISo . 3 , the condemned list , against whom grave objections had been made . In the discussion upon this part of the subject , Mr . Abkahjlm Dokcan , delegate for Arbroath , made the following pithy observation— " Mr . Chairman , I shall say but one word npon those lists . How , 1 want to knew , does it happen , that I find my name , against whose election no objection has been made , in list No . 3 , while I find in list No . 1 , the names of parties admitted for the same town , who werenever returned at all I *'
Surely , to enlarge npon tbiB brief observation wonld be but to insult our readers . The good senBe of the Cc-nferecce overcame this jjlariDg attempt of the Stcrge party , and all were admitted , subject to objections . Our next duty is , to consider the amount of population represented by the minor majors . It not unfrequently happens , that the position of a leading politician will attach an amonnt of importance to his acts , which may supersede that to which the combined acts of many , but 3 tss known , would be entitled . In the Conference , howpver , we recognize no such individuals on the
minor side . Their party consists of the rejected or the deserters from all , and may be termed a refuge for the destitute . If we omit Paddt Bbewster , the world would have heard but little of the others . In looking over the list , however , we find that villages with a population oi 2 , 000 or 3 000 sent four Sucking Pig Chartists , while the large popnlons towns and cities , without exception , returned Whole Hog Chartists . As we mean to devote a series of articles to this union Conference , we shall , for the present , merely touch npon the most glaring acts of the secediers . ¦
Three hundred and eighty-five delegates meet m Conference npen the invitation of Mr . Stubgb to deliberate upon something to be pboposkd to ihem . A division upon that something takes place , when it appears that for the Stusge object 93 record their votes , Dot 94 , 93 was the number ; 195 vote against Mr . Steege , no ; 193 as recorded ; 73 are absent , abont 50 of which number were returned for a specific purpose , namely , to snpport the Charter They were engaged very improperly in arranging a tea-party at another part of the town . Upon the announcement of this division , Mi . Stusge and his friends retire from the Conference , and subsequently pass a resolution that they are the Conference . Now , we ask , if ever insolence or presumption like this was known ! If may , however , furnish a very excellent of
precedent ; and as , curious enough , the supporters Mr . YiruKBs npon tbe JFxee Trade question in the Hoaseof Commons , and the supporters of Mr . Sttjbgk npon the same question —( for , disguise it now as they may , Free irade was their object , >—out of the Honse of Commsns , was 93 ; every lion has his jackall , and should Mr . Tjxmebs and Lord Johm . Russell adopt the precedent laid down , by ihe M Sucking Pigs , " all they have to do , upon their next triumph ^ is to leave tbe House , and declare themselTes the Parliament . We regret much that this precedent was not established by Mr . Stcbge upon the recent Nottingham election case ; inasmuch as 1801 would have constituted a majority over 1885 ; and Mr . Stdbge might , upon the same principle , have declared that he only went there to be returnedand not to he defeated .
, We inviie particular attention to the third paragraph in Mr . Stbbgb ' s address , which says—** S . To endeavour to ascertain feow far the friends of unrestricted and absolute frec-dom of trade will unite with us to obtain such an Act of Parliament on their being fcatisfia . j . that the newly acquired frantbAse will be ussd in ia . vo « i vi sack freedom of trade . "
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Now , Mr . Stubgb was well aware of the hostile feeling that existB throngbont the conntry to the Corn Law League ; and let us presume that a proposition had been made to assist that body , whieh would assuredly have been the case had the Sucking Pigs succeeded in their first prosition . Suppose , we say , that snch a proposition had been made , and had failed , might not Mr . Stohge and his party have declared , with equal truth aad propriety , that the minority were the majority , and that the co-operation of the Conference was thereby pledged to the League . Suppose we take Mr . Cobden ' s recent fishing for Chartist support at Manchester in connexion with this third paragraph , and the opportune time at which the bait
was thrown ont , was previous to the assembling of the delegates at Birmitgham , and upon the eve of the great gathering to be held at Manchester and in London . Can , we ask , any man in his senses entertain a reasonable doubt that the whole thing was an impudent free-trade trick to remit forces for the restoration of the old Whig faction npon a pledge of free-trade 1 Suppose this third paragraph had been acted upon , how ; easy would it have been to stretch the point , and construe it to mean a pledge to support those in the first instance who advocate free-trade principles . The bubble has burst , however , and with it has vanished the hope of that
union , which was merely intended to make the strong stronger , and the weak weaker . We trust that Mr . Jobeph Stubge will have now learned , that if he mixes with sweepsihe must expect to get seme of the soot . He must not longer hope to preserve one character as Joseph Sturge philanthropist , and another as Joseph Stdbge member of the Sucking Pig Association , He has made a most unfortunate political blunder , which in the opinion of Tallkyrakd is worse than crime . He must now repair the blunder as best he can ; he has deprived the people of the power of assisting him , because , if a few censure , he is bound to consider them a
majority . To-day we have spoken of the leading character in the national drama ; to-morrow we may have a word upon the parts performed by the subordinate actors , as well as a few observations upoa the M Bill of Rights" drawn up by Mr . Boothbt , ( we understand , ) whose presence as an expounder of its several clauses , was in our opinion indispensable ; and why such coarse was not adopted we are at a loss to know—especially as Mr . Spencer declared that the exposition of its merits by itaframer had quite captivated him , and it might have captivated the majority . —Evening Star .
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THE " POLITICAL PEDLARS . " The agitation for a Repeal of the Corn Laws being ( as we had long anticipated ) at length reduced to a mere practical form of advertisement , as puffy as " Reform your Tailors' Bills , " or the celebrated " Holloway ' a Ointment , " and not measuring more than a finger ' s length of handy Whig Lords , and Ex-officials , we can spare time from its further exposure , to follow up the consideration of a much more important subject . We had thought it quite bad enough that the whole country should be inr alted by Mr . Joseph ixrraGEand his party , without being further subjected to the taunts of the root from whence the faction sprung . Tbe Morning Chronicle , relying upon the success of that trick intended to be played off at Birmingham , maintained a very dignified silence pending the arrangements . As we before observed , St . Thomas's Day was a great day for England ; and while the Chronicle devoted columnB to the Ward elections of
some free-trade fools , cot a word did that paper contain about those elections which more interested the working classes—no , that would have been * ' infra dig . ! " The Chronicle ' s place was that of a camp follower , aud the time for action was after the battle . Our contemporary appears now to regret the result of the Birmingham Conference exceedingly ; and would saddle all the odium of the sudden irruption upon the deserted instead , of upon the deserters . It is a difficult task , we admit , for the leadiug journal of such followers as the Whigs , to shape a course that would have the effect of pleasing that Mosaic piece of art . We did think , however , as the Chronicle had ** left us alone in our glory , " while struggling for a fair
representation of the whole people , that we should have been saved from its slovenly interference when the battle was over . We had imagined that the 8 th clause of the Ashburton Treaty was a bone to piek , which would have required our friend ' s every device , and all his spare time and space . However , as the Chronicle merely shows its teeth and cannot bite , we pass the comment upon the defeat of faction over without further notice , and come to a consideration of the parts played by some of the subordinate actors . Old hands inform us that it is a good plan , when a -house is infested with rats , to singe one , and let him loose , and that the smell will drive the others out . We imagine , however that any less cruel plan , likely to be as
efficacious , would be a welcome substitute . We have tried this experiment aud found it to suoceed . At different times we found ourselves called upon to direct attention to the conduct of some -professing Leader . When we find a working man abandoning labour altogether for politics , we are impressed with i belief ,, that he is either very honest and enthusiastic , or very hzy and treacherous . But wheu working men are paid a certain salary for agitating , then have we a right to look for their snpport , their full and undivided snpport , of those principles , to advance which they hire their services . We must presume that the Chartists , at all events , do not advocate Cbartirm for mere gain , but from principle .
that onr lecturers , uulike the free-trade demagogues and the " snek-pig" squeakers , have selected their parts from- admiration of the principles of democracy . In our endeavours to keep some of those gentlemen in the straight road , we have been more than once , or one hundred times , denounced as denouncers i while , marvellous to say , the only two men whose political integrky we have questioned , and for doubting whom we ourselves have been abused , now stand before the country self-conticted of one of the most flagrant acts of treachery ever yet committed against principle . The Chartist delegates had gained a complete victory over their pretended friends , the question in dispute beiDg apparently nominal , but really a
trial of how far the opponents of the Charter conld securely go , in destroying first the tame , then the leaders , and then the principles . To nave made our own union more perfect , when abandoned by the minority , should have been the object of every honest man ; and to keep out of sight the " Bill of Bights , " the antagonist of the Charter , and npon which the separation took place , should have been the desire of every prudent man , Messrs . Willuhs and Philp , however , anxious for a very unenviable notoriety , took upon themselves to effect a change in the minds of men who had shown that they could not be seduced by sophistry . The dogged opposition evinced to the Charter by Mr . Stubbe and his party , had the < -fifee ;
of tallying those delegates who magnanimously consented to take both Bills into cont-ideraxion a ^ ence . But Messrs . Williams and Philp could not endure the humiliation of serving in heaven , and therefore commenced their hellish design of forming a third party . Bat we shall : proceed at once to comment upon their conduct . Having by a vote decided npon the course to be pursued , we had no right to expeet that the harmony of the Conference would be broken in upon by two delegates who had stood prominently forward in support of the very measure which they had been pa'd , and well paid , for supporting , sir . Williams may tell us that he Jbas not been paid ; but we tell him that he has , aud well paid tco , by : the fcupport he has
rec&ived in bis business from those who placed confidence in him . However , we shall proceed . The preamble of the People ' s Charter is proposed , and Mr . Williams , in a most incomprehensible speech , places the preamble of the rejected Bill iu opposition to it , and actually has the presumptioD and audacity to propose its substitution for that ot the Charter . As Mt . Williams has expressed a desire to know " What a base compromise is / " that was one , is our answer . For no * v more than three years the twistings of Mr . Willl&jis have been matter of discussion among Cbartisis . The very suhpicitn attached to some of his movemfnts i-houla have made him more cautious , and he sh ould have embraced the golden opportunity to set bimselt
right and to place his revilers in the wrong ; but no j —the recruiting party lor lecturers was abroad , and some recommendation was necessary . It we have just reason to complain of the conduct of Mr . V , n > -1 ixiMS , what . language must we use to stamp the treachery of P hilp ? This man has branded , himself a 3 the veriest hypecrite that ever di / .. - i graced society . He has committed frequent 1 breaches of faith , and has been pardoned . H ' j received the people ' s money as a member of t' te Executive , as a lecturer , and as a journalist . tf 0 received that money for his advocacy of the Cb / j-tist principles . He is appointed one of fi ? e pew JflS to carry out the principles of that Bill ; for *¦ eara he has lectured upon , and undertaken to gDow , its superiority over all other human concocv' ; when lo and behold , as if by magic , he seo ? tDe error oi
his way , and the light shines npon Vijr ^ through what to us was utter darkness . The preamble of the People ' s Charter was short , simpV ^ , plain , and explanatory of the principles contp ^ gd - its enacting clauses ; and what says this < joubl « -oyed , this wellsteeped advocate of Chart ' ^ m ? »» jji Chairman , OCB GLORIOUS CAUSE r < C ^ Qjreg aJJ 0 Br -oy and our object should be to '^ al those distr . j differences that have crept jujj , our ranks i k vujit the side-thrust at Mr . O'CosnobO We eaould consider the best D ~ yea . ua of preserving union , and should set an example of liberality . 1 confess that up io i ' Ais time I was the hrm advocate of the Peor . )» - / b Charter ! but since I have read this document * '/ am convinced of my error ,, and now I see all tlie glaring \ nrperfeclions of the People's Oiarter . « tj 000- uod ! Bid ever treachery equal this \ Whai ! a fallow who -would have Etatved
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had it not been for the generous support awarded to mm by the poor people—a fellow who must have bean supposed to have mao ' d up bis mind upon the principle * before he hired hi / nself to advooate them —one who was elected to the high office of an Executive Councillor , to have A entured upon such a declaration before-those with v » uose pence his every stitch was purchased j This preaching , long-faced hypocrite , with **\ our glorious ei , wse" on his lips , and treason to thai cause in his heart ! Again we ask , was any ' treachery equal to > this ? We were prepared for the desertion of Hasbt Vinckkt . We knew that he cot ^ d not long bide in the unclean ranks ; he , L \ owever , has deserted ug with a better grace ; he has
gone over to the enemy for money . i ° HiLp went over in the hope of getting pay . ViwcEvr has the advantage of having first made his bafgain ; while Philp has rendered himself valueless even tothe humbugs , inasmuch as we feel assured that no body of honest working men would ever agaiii allow this preaching pedlar to address them upon " our glohious cause . " Why did this weak-minded young man thus confirm every suspicion entertained of his honesty , and justify those who were chastised for suspecting him ! Perhaps the people will now see not only the justice but the necessity oF keeping a watchful eye upon those whom they pay for doing ( heir work , and will be more cautious in future how they heap those with reproach , who , seeing further
than themselves , entail upoa them that odium whioh is sure to follow the slightest reflection upoa favourites . We have felt it a duty thug to direct attention to those two gentlemen ; and if the wholesome chastisement which they will assuredly receive , were not likely to operate as a warning to sinners in a less degree , there are others , whose doubtful conduct while in the Conference we would now comment upon . They have , however , we trust , learned a wholesome lesson . They have discovered , that in an assemblage of from 300 to 400 honest working men , who , ftfter their work of three or four days is done , are once more to return to their daily toil , faction cannot : raise its head as in a Convention sitting for months , and consisting of from thirty to forty leaders ; many looking for jobs , and seeking for means to destroy all who are supposed to stand in their way . The delegates , that is , those
who expect benefit from the Charter , and who aro honest in its advocacy , took the full measure of every man at the late Conference . This was its great , its inestimable value ; and if ever the people meet again through their rfpresentatives , we hope that it will be for a time 80 short that faotion cannot mature its projects , and in numbers of honest blister-handed working men so great , that designing kuaves will not : be allowed to serve their factious purposes , while receiving the people ' s money fordoing the people's business . The working men have now had a taste of the manner in which ' some would have done their business . Thank God , the honest fellows were there to do it for themselves , otherwise we should have been sold neck a * , d crop ; and some of our lecturers would have gladly embraced the golden opportunity afforded for establishing a union , of the terms of which we have had a fair specimen .
We rejoice * hat our London representatives have borne honourable testimony to the forbearance of Mr . O'Coknob , and that he has not furnished faotion with a single charge against him during . the whole of this trying struggle , while ' not a few complaints are communicated of tbe disgraceful manner in which that gentleman was attacked by many professing friends of the Charter . One Chartist lecturer observed , upon rising to support Mr . PAKRY ' s motion , and alluding to Mr . O'Connor , "Now , THEN , WE ' LL DRAW THE BADGER . " Upon the whole , we most cordially congratulate the people upon the opportunity afforded them of seeing , hearing , and judging for themselves ; and
in the resultB they will have discovered some justification for those , who seeing all , cry out mad dog , when their friends stand in danger of being bitten . Let the people now reflect upon the damage that their cause would have sustained had Mr . Philp been one of the Executive Committee . We shall return to this subject again and again . We have not yet touched upon the speech of Mr , Lawrence Heyworth , of Liverpool , delegate for Reading , and in which this self-styled philanthropist Jet the cat out of the bag , when ho said , " We don't objact to your principles or to your name ; WHAT WE WANT TO GET RID OF IS YOUR LEADEKS , ' pointing his finger at Mr . O'Connor . —Evening Star .
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• ! MORE MIDDLE CLASS-SYMPATHT . TO THE EDITOR OF THB NORTHERN- STAR . Sib , —In some of the numbers of your paper , published last summer , you kindly inserted the manner in which I had been persecuted by the influence of the Anti-Corn Law Plague in Newcastle-upon-Tyne . In your paper , from time to time , j appeared various accounts of the exertions I bad imade to forward Chartism in the County of Northumberland-. There I continued until dire necessity , and the influence of faction , compelled me to come to Scotland . There are , however , few of your readers , except those who know me in the places where I bave laboured , that are aware I want my sight . I have always been able , by my own industry , to obtain support , and when elected as a councillor of the National Charter j Association , Newcastle-apon-Tyne , my name appeared iu your columns as a mattress-maker . '
Now , Mr . Editor , I am about to relate a case , of disg raceful tyranny , such as has j seldom appeared in your paper . I came down to Edinburgh in search of employment , but having found none , I was compelled to apply for work at the Asylum for tbe Blind , an institution supported by the voluntary contributions of the public , and tbe majority ot its directors are clergymen . They agreed to employ jme on tbe 14 th o ! November last ; but on the day following , when I went to work , judge of my surprise , whei I was asked if I had not lectured far the Chartists ?! Upon answering that I had , I was informed that I could not be employed until further consideration ; aud on the 28 th of the same month , the former resolution was recalled , the committee declaring they would give work to no Charttet
Now , Sir , what will the public think of this ? and from what I have heard of your writings , I know what you will think of it , and that you will take the earliest opportunity of giving it insert ! ou ) in tbe People's paper . I now conclude myself , Yours , A determined Chartist through life , John Cockburn . Edinburgh , Jan . 2 n 3 , 1843 .
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It appears from a Madrid journal that the officers who evacuated the fort of Atarazanaa , at the instigation of the French Consul , ! still remain at Perpignan , and refuse to return to Spain . Messrs . Blofkld & Co . of London , Map Sellers to thi . Queen , have published a most splendid Geological Map of Great Britain . H is one ot general utility to the private gentleman , the merchant , the manufacturer , aud the a ^ riouliurist , and it would form a handsome ornament for the library , the hall , or counting house . —See advertisement .
Frightful Accident.—On Thursday Afternoon Last, About Two O'Clock, Mrs. Judd, The Wife Of Mr. Judd. Haulier, Of Rillswenliy. Having Received A-
Frightful Accident . —On Thursday afternoon last , about two o ' clock , Mrs . Judd , the wife of Mr . Judd . haulier , of rillswenliy . having received a-
letter of importance for her husband , went out for the purpose of carrying it to him . She had proceeded but a > fcv 7 yards from her own house , in the direction of Pill , when , crossing the new tram-road which leads to the dock , a locomotive engine came up at a inodcrato pace . Mrs . Judd appeared to those who happened to be near at the moment , to be engaged in thought , & ¦ ' she was looking on the
ground , and takii g no noiice whatever of tag approaching engine , which at length struck her and knocked her down , aad before the engineer eould stop it , the wheels ha'i passed over the upper part of both her thighs , crushing the bones to atoms in an ins-tnnt . The unfortunate woman was immediately removed in this frightfully mu&lated condition to her own house , which she bad left in health and spirits but a few minutes before , and where death * released her from her suff rings in six or seven hours after . Mrs . Judd was about 35 years of age . —M « imouthshire Merlin .
To Obtain Beer from Chalk . —Ttus ia an easy and common process , and may be put iu practice as follows : —Go to a respectable public-house , having first taken a residence or lodgjng in the neighbourhood . Whea you wish for . beer , resort freely te the chalk , and go on , getting as much as you can upon this principle , until it becomes unproductive , whea you may try it ia another quarter . —Punch ' s Almanack . Sir Felix Booth . — -On Wednesday last , tha Magistrates heard , ic their private room , an extra--© rdiuary charge against Sir Felix Booth , of a very revolting nature , preferred against him by his , nephew . The ex- Sheriff of London declaring that it ia au attempt to extort money from him , ha » expressed his determination to have it probed to tha bottom , and the ease was a ^ jiurned to Tuesday . —^ Hull Jtocfcinghan ^ of Saturday .
Public Excotuiunicaticw frcm the Church . — A scene of rare occurrence in the present day , took , place in the parish church of Messing , in this county , on Sunday , tbe 25 th ult . During Divine service therector called 'from the congregation a young man sad woman , and in the presenca of ail those assembled , expelled them at opposite doors from thd sacred edifice . —Essex Herald . We regrsj ; to state that portions of a wreck were cast on the shore of Killihejis , during this week * which leave no doubt but that a mealancholy loss of life and property h&s occurred at sea . On the ) inside of one of the boards cast on shore * , are tha words " John Ssraia , " and on the outsida of the same board are the words " Thomas Richardson . ' * Portions of thecabiu . aud cabin furniture , were also thrown on ih& beach , aud some oars branded " T K " or " TR . J * for the brand is not very legible * We cannot indulge in the most remote hope , that any of the crew escaped . —Sligo Champion .
Richard Murkby , the steward of General Sir James Kearney ; who was lately fixed , at by some assassin near his master ' s house , expired on Thursday night , from the effects of the wounds he received —Kilkenny Moderator . Ingenious Coktri vance . —Wonders never cease * Art engineer afc Bru-sels , named Lap pen , has inveuted , says a Brussels paper , a galvanic telegraph ,, which he has set up in his own house ,. No . \ 2 , Kuedd la Paille , a . ud in that of M . Ledegunok , in the same street , whioh , although the apparatus is comprised in a fiaiall case not more than four inches cube , and forms a very pretty chimney ornament , enables those gentlemen to interchange whole sentences , and in fact converse with each , other for hours together .
Woj&thy of Imitati 0 N . —John Hulings , E ? q , of Presteign , recently made the liberal reduction or ten por cent , on the rental of his Radnorshire estates , conceiving that from , the heavy losses the farmers of that county experienced during the wet season of 1841 , in the dcaciency of crops , loss of sheep , and the low price of wool , the present depressed stale . of agriculture must be especially felt by them . —Hereford Times .
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Registered , Elizabeth O'Connor Fox . Newsome ihe daughter of Edward and Mary Ann Newsome , of Hanging Heaton . On Christinas Day was christened , at St . Thomas ' s Church . High-street , Dudley , by the Kev Mr . H . Cartwright , Charlotte Emmett Frost Wright , and Sarah Fear « us O ' Connor Wright , daughters of William aud Hannah Wright .
The Late Birmingham Conference.
THE LATE BIRMINGHAM CONFERENCE .
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THE BIRMINGHAM CONFERENCE . TO THE EDITOR OF TUB NORTHERN STAR . Sis , —In proportion as tbe cause of freedom progresses , aud as means are adopted which are calculated to improve tbe condition of tbe oppressed ; the enemies of truth and tbe hirelings of faction , exett themselves to destroy its it > flaence , and under the pretence of giving information , deal ont garbled statements ; and lite a canning adversary whose only object is to gain a paltry victory , or effect some mercenary purpose—they endeavour to confound circumstances aud pe ; sons , to throw odium on the characters of those who have partially mixed in tbe proceedings , and thus create prejudice where they are conscious of inability to prove ; anything against them by facts .
The Birmingham Conference , which was looked forward to with so much anxiety by the most liberal and intelligent part of tbe community , to effect a union of all classes , desirous of obtaining the principles contained in the People ' s Chatter , has been thus seized upon by our enemies , who not only assert that it has failed to do that for which it was convened , but tbut it has stamped disgrace upon us by showing that we are inconsistent with our principles . Whig and Try are alike rejoicing over , and seeking to turn to their own
account , what they term " the split" aud the explosion ' , and as might be expected , the enemies of reform are roost inveterate against tbe consistent and determined enemies of corruption , and attribute it to " the violence of the physical torce Chartists " , and art rather oily" in theit remarks upon the suffragiteathey call it an " attempt to amalgamate the oil of the Complete Suffrage with the vinegar of the Chartists ;" but these remarks are perfectly consistent with the inconsistencies into which the opponents of democracy must fall .
We cannot be ( surprised at the advocates of oligarchy assuming that one is more than two , or that one-third of a body is the whole , for this is in perfect accordance with their reasoning upon moral and political subjects , though it is doubtful whether they would apply the stme specks of logic upon other subjectsfor instance , if there was a mixture of gold , aad when half a pound of gold was taken from it , there was a pound of gold left—would they assert that it waa all dross , because it had consisted of one-third dross . Bat we can appreciate their motives In endeavouring to attach the practices of some of the professed friends of democracy , to the principles of the Charter , and understand why they are not able to distinguish betwixt tbose whj opposed practices , inconsistent with its princiyles , and those who resorted to such practices ; buihow men ¦ who claim " priority' * in the cause of democracy can furnish materials for , and then m . ike use cJ sur . h arguments , is only to be accounted for , by taking it in connexion with their other conduct .
The absurd and anti-democratic conduct of the Complete Suffrage party , cannot admit ot ps Hiation or defence ; for "were we to admit that ihe ) r intentions were perfectly honest , and that in the fair ess of egotistical vanity , they imagined that thc-y , alon e were capable of " preparing a bill to bd submitted to Parliament for securing the jost representation of thf ; whole people , " yet even in that case their actions ar j entirely at variance with the principles of just legislation , and which must be the result either of . ba < 4 motives or gross igiiorance , and display such ia u ' uter vpant of ability in calculating the tendency of * ot' Ons , as to make them contemptible as advocates ,, sad dangerous as colleagues . Tiie professed object tor which the Birmingham Conference was summonftt ymn to seenre just
representation for tbe peoplo , or , in other words , to : substitute power delegate * from the people , for power assumed over tbe peer , , and yet the first twit of the Complete Suffrage Qa udch Wft 8 to assume io themselves a pover over tha delegates of the people , and ' to exclude from , or ir x ] ude } B tDe Conference whom they thought proper- but they found it to be beyond their reach on acy jUnt of the firm stand made by the practical der-v cratB—and acis 1 , 2 . and 3 , were given up ; they v < cusuine a tight to dictate to the Confertnce a b \/ which had been only prepared and seen by themsel v . s and wn j cni from itB B ; Z 9 and complex character . ^ ^ impossible to consider in a period ten time . / , ^ j 0 D g afl fjj j . f WD | c b . we were met , and bfcc * . use the Conference resisted this arbitrary conduct , rty >» y in defiance of a principle which forms the basis of
'eir . ocracy , refuse to comply with tbe decisions of a nu . jority , though by submitting any subject to a vote , f 2 ih by expecting that the minority will acqaies 8 if the decision be favourable to him , likewise is bound to abide by the decision of the majority if the decision is I against him , aud if this principle u not acted upon , I then is democracy a farce , representation useless , and the ties which hold society together destroyed—yet this principle has been violated by those aspirants to I " priority , " and they not only retire , but upon meeting \ by themselves , they , with all seriousness , set about ) proposing a resolution that they were the Conference—! to determine that ninety-four who agreed with them i are superior to , and a majority over , 193 who differed ¦ from them . And thiB ia from the professed advocates ol political equality , aud aspirants to "priority" in the
cause . . These facts must either prove that their intentions were dishonest , ( as Lawrence Heyworth informed us , ) or else that they are entirely ignorant of moral and political truths , and that whilst they profess to oppose men assuming authority they assume authority themselves , to serve their own ipurpose , in direct opposition te those general rules which they tellUB they are exerting themselves to advance . I remain , sir , Yours truly , R . T . MOfcttlSOH .
Nottingham , Jan . 3 rd , 1843 . ? The Riv . E , Miall , iu Confertnce , December 28 'Jb , 1842 .
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, —'—~~ CLASS-MADE LAWS HAVE MADE ITS VICTIMS , LET US ENDEAVOUR TO RELEASE THEM . Fellow Working Men , —| -When I sent the advertisement to be published , which has appeared for the last few weeks , and which states that I will give four shillings to the Executive and one shilling to tbe Victim Fund out of every one hundred pouud weight of beverage ; I say , my friends , at that time it struck me very forcibly that the Victim Fund sto ^ d much need of augmenting ., and I think so stillj as you may see by
their letter ; and I also think if we may judge from appearance , that the country evinces bnt little disposition to support the cause of Chartism through the Executive , inasmuch aa neither j myself nor Messrs Crow and Tyrrel has bad much to add to t&eir funds for some weeks paat . I therefore propose that the whole of tbe five shiJiin ^ a per one } hundred pounds be given to tbe Victims' Defence Fttnd , and it seal ? appear as before in Mr . Weave ' s Subscription List weekly , notil the assizes are ovei , when ; we can make fresh arrangements as the times may reonire .
Now , my friends , it remains with ! the people , whether those men who have been made ^ victims for no alher crime than that of demanding justice at the hand ' s of our oppressors be left to the clemanc / ot a merciless judge and a time-serving jury , ] or whether tSey shall have funds sufficiently supplied which will secure to them justice ; aud we must Temember that there is only a few weeks to raiselthis money in , and we should also remember that we that are at liberty are so only because tbe law has hot gofc bold of as , but that we perhaps may bave said and done mote towards the downfall of tyrants than those whom it is out duty to support . I I now leave the matter in your hands , and only have to say , tbafc I pledged myself in i 8 ' 19 > never to rest until we were free—1 never bave nor never will . Roger Pi-nder , HulL
The Politician's Text Book.
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KjBoi-c | fown s 3 ; 3 atrfot 0 .
Marriages.
MARRIAGES .
On Saturday , afc Bethel Independent TJhapel , Wortley , by the Rey . R . L . Armstrong , Mr . Charles Hogg , clothier , to Miss Martha Smith , both of Horeforth . This being the first marriage solemnized at the above place of worship , tfie parties were exempted from payment of fees . On December 30 th , at the Superintendent Registrar ' s Office , Preston , . Mr . John Joseph Berienguier , of Birmingham , to Ann , eldest daughter of Mr . Thomas Coultherst , shoe-maker , of Friargate , Preston .
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DEATHS . On the 29 th ult ., at Riohmond , in the 35 th year of his age , Ambrose Clement , Esq ., surgeon . On Saturday week , aged 37 years , of typhoa fever , Mr . John Barker , relieving officer fox the township o * " Stansfeld , in the Todmorden Union , which office he had held from its formation in 1838 : his kindness endeared him to the poor , by whom he ia greatly lamented j and his steady obliging demeanour and integrity , had secured him the confidence and respect of the iahabitanis of the township . . _ On Wednesday , much lamented , Sarah , wife of Mr . John Jackson , bookseller , of this town > On Wednesday last , aged two years and eient mouths , William , son of Mr . JameB Wass , grocer aud tea dealer , Kivkgato , ia *> his town . On the 27 th uic , at Hull , aAeti 60 years , Jane , tfl 8 wife of Mr . William Mortimer , of Milibndge .
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