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CAtVZBTOtf. Mr. Bairstow delivered two swiaons cb Sunday, the 5:h of September, in tbe opui air, to numerous and attentive congre£3:iorLS,
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LIBERATION OFTHE PATRIOT OAPT IT El TTf ORKING MEN OF LEEDS , —Your BRAVE , UNFLINCHING , aad INDOMITABLE Friend O'CONNOR , Will make his FIRST ENTRY into your Town since his Liberation from Sixteen Months of " Solitary Cofifiuemeftt" ia a Whig-Dungeon in York Castle , OK TUESDAY , THE 38 th OF SEPTEMBER , Oa 'which occasion it 1 b intended to afford you an opportunity of paying that mark of respect to the CHAMPION OF YOUR RIGHTS , which his past Services and Sufferings in your cause ENTITLE HIM TO RECEIVE . The RELEASE-of the Patriot from the clutches of Tyranny and Faction , will be celebrated by A SOIREE , IN THE MUSIC HALL , ALBION STREET , Oa which occasion a substantial TEA SUPPER will be served up , under good arrangements , and the proceedings of tbe Evening enlivened by Music and Song . The follow ins ? distinguished Gentlemen have been invited to attend : —Sharhaw Crawford , fisq ., M . P ., and General Johnson , M . P , the Mover and Seconder of tbe late admirable Amendment to the Address , " by which they obtained the votss of thirtt-ninb Members to the question of Universal Suffrage ; Thomas Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., the presenter of the National Petition signed by 1 , 400 , 000 Persons praying for the Charter and for the Release of the Political Prisoners ; John Fielden , E-q ., M . P ., the firm friend of the working people on all occasions ; and Cqloxkl Thompson the distinguished advocate of Free Trade and Universal Suffrage . TEA . ON THE TABLE AT HALF-PAST SEVEN O'CLOCK . Tickets , Is . ffd . each may be had at the following places : —The Northern Star Office ; the Association Room , Shambles ; Audrow Gardner ' s , News Agont , George-Street ; Frank Philipa ' a , Hair Dresser Ktrkstall-Kcad ; James Illingworth ' s , Pork Butcher , Meadow-Lane . — . mt A PUBLIC PROCESSION will also be formed to receive and welcome the Poor Man ' s Advocate and Friend , O'CONNOR , Which will proceed through the Principal Streets of the Town . Place and Time of Starting will be announced in future Advertisements .
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LABOUSEB 8 ' X . XB&ABY , nONTAlKING THE REMEDY for . National V Poverty and Impeading National Ruin ; « r tha only safe way of Repealing the Corn Laws , by enabling each Working Family ia Britain t * produce a "CHEAP LOAF" ato 1 "BIG LOAF " for themselves at Home 1 By F . O'CONNOR , E » q ., Barrister-at-Uw ; aai Prisoner for Libel in York Castle . Addressed (• the Landlords of Ireland . Also , now en Sale , a Complete LIST OF THE NEW HOUSE OF COMMONS
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JUST OUT ! PRICE TW 0 PBHCB , THE REPUBLICAN : A TALE OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION . By" ARGUS . " FROM -the great Expense in gettfeg « p THB REPUBLICAN , ' all Orders must be pre-paid Agents will , of course , be supplied on the usual trade terms . Glasgow : Published by J . O . La Mont , 20 , London-street ; and Sold by the Booksellers , and all respectable News Agents in Town aad Country .
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C . GRIMSHAW < fc CO ., 10 , GOREE PIAZZAS , LIVERPOOL , DESPATCH fine First-CIass AMERICAN SHIPS , of large Tonnage , for NEW YORK and SEW OJlLEANSi in which Passengers can b « accommodated with comfortable berths in the Cabin , second Cabin , and Steerage . Persons about to emigrate may save themselves the expence and delay of waiting in Liverpool , by writing a Lettefc , addressed as above , which will be immediately answered , the exact-day of sailing , and the amount of Passage-money told them ; by remitting a part of the Passage Monay to Liverpool , Bertb . 3 will be f-ecured , and it will not be necessary for them to be in Liverpool till the day before sailing . N . B . The Ship never finds Provisions for Second Cabin or Steerage Passengers , and Emigrants are imposed upon by Agents agreeing to find them .
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Mklancholt Loss op Lifk . —The following has been received by Mr . West , the secretary of the Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Benevolent Society , 26 , Bocklersbnry , London : — Evemouth Sept . 9 , 1841 . " Sir ,- —I beg to communicate to you the particulars of the following distressing caao . On the evening of Friday the oth instant , a fishing boat , named tho Jabeze , belonging to this port , was lost off Marshall Meadows , betwixt this port and Berwick , whilst prosecuting the herring fishery , and all the hands , five in number , drowned—viz , Thos . Dongal , Joha Dougal , his son George Dougal , an other fisherman f the name of G . Dougal , and John Grieve , a landsmaa employed in the herring fisheiy . Thomas Dougal
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Manchester . —The election committee , who were chosen prior to the late eleotion , are particularly requested to meet ia tha Tib-street Association Room , on Wednesday evening next , on business of the greatest importance . On Tuesday evj-ning , Dr . P . M . M'Douall gayo a very splendid lecture to a crowded audience , in the Theatre . ' : Bradford . —On Sunday , the Rev . Mr . Jackson will preach three sermons in the Social Institution —morning , afternoon , and evening .
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jYtfLS Tatlor , Rochdale . —We cannot give the riames of individual contributor * to public funds * 1 ? , C Stocktoa . —Hi * verse * are declined . faoius Booth write * to the Radical * of Shaw , near Haworth , intreating then to east away their apathy , and become active for the Charier . n LawlxT , Brighton , or Birmingham . —The Pottmatter it not responsible except the registration shilling wat paid . Jax es PiuT , Botstox , —The subject of hit letter u bang taken up in the proper quarter .
Addresses to Mb . O Coititoa . — We have received mOrt of the * e from all part * of the country , hit from Scotland more especially , than would fill hro paper * . Our friend * trill tee , therefore , tht impossibility of their being inserted . They have been all trantmitted to Mr . O'Connor , or art preserved for transmission to him the first opportunity , which is all ice can do teith them ; saving ihnl tee may stale in general terms that the addresses all concur in rejoicing at his liberation , end most of them contain invitations to attend the place * whence they are issued , at his earliest
convenience . V < - Tbojus . —If the friends of Merlhyr have not had their proceedings noticed more frequently it his been their own fatift : ice have hitherto insorted every report that we have received . Jvoswich . —We have received from Mr . Goat , a letter enclosing a copy of their petition against the return of the assumed Members for that city , and correct ing a serious error in our statement upon this subject , copied from the San . The petition vat signed by 6 , 008 writing men , instead of two . Mr . Goat complains , end with seme appearance « f justice , that this statement should have been taken from the Son in preference to the account
end explanation tent by the men of Norwich . He eiso complains that he hat tent very many communications that have been unnoticed in the Star , end satis , very justly , that the isolated condition of Norwich , the distance preventing it from being visited by lecturers should give it a claim in much attention from the Suras to ensure an insertion of the reports of their proceedings when sent . In rep ' -y t » all this , ve have onfy solemnly to assure Mr . Goat , and , through him , the men of A ' onricA , that we have never passed vnnotictd * ny one communication from them . The tiro ivmm'tnxcations specially named in his Utter vert never received nor heard of iere . We hat te
never had any unpaid letter from Isorwtch , ikatihtyi cannot hare been the c * ase . Where or with wbom the fault lies w know not . We advise them U stir up the Post-office . There is some foul j&tg- tmaetehere . We hove often been astonished , and a good deal ^ hsgrineaU that the people of Norwich did r ** communicate with us mart fret / vently . * W « - Johhwki , K * iws * nKHJGH . —Mr . Hill handed the letter to Dr . JtPDouaU , who stales that he has brought 700 cards with hint , the price of vhieh is twopence e * ch . The Knaresborpvgh Association can have any number of curds by app l ying to the Norther Star office , Leeds , or forwarding the money . Knaresbovgh will likevise be visited by ont of the Executive on an early occasion , of which due notice will be
BisKiSGHAic . —The memorial and correspondence next week . A Losdos Chabtist . The new move" is dead and Ivried—let it rest in peace . Torres op Maschrstjer . —Their Adders * nert week grappggyntr . p . —We are requested to stale that Mr . pitketh ' y * whose name appears in the liit of delegates at the York demonstration , was not a delegate from Hudderrfitid . The delegates from Hvddersfield were Messrs . Peel , Bray , and Sellers . Mr . Pitkethl y offended , we believe , in his individual capacity , and was put down by
mis-Yidow Elizabeth Wtxx , of Barnsley , wishes to hfve a fetelinesfr * m David Black , brassfounder , Idle of that place . A Hxwcastlb Chabtbt wishes to be furnished with jftg edfrra pf Punter , the poor man whemLord -Vraniley wished 49 rob of his cottage . "gpiuTi . —In last Saturdays Star , we inadvertently rpeli the name of Mr . Mart , Hie delegate to York from the Staffordshire Polleriet , "Mark . "' The stand delegate meeting tea * headed Monday , indead of Tuesday ; and the address from the delegates should have been headed " To the People of Great Britain end Ireland . " # B * iE 5 Fuitd . — -John ¦ Ogden wishes to acknoiekdas the receipt of 2 s . Bd . from Mr . WUcock .
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^ HxXoMxrrrsB for tending the Northern Star to - n > \ it -v ¦ Mil it j ^ Wm . Foleg" by addressing $ Je \ c of their Sun ijrl&m , ~ ear *»/ £ * tgern Zhern , Nh . 5 , Sullivan ' s Quay , Cork . " The readers of his own paper lutve become so numerous thai they can scarcely ail get « sight of it , and are too poor to purchase any for themselves . Pooid © should hare sent h ' u name : we enty advercertlse when Die charge is p / iul in advance . W . JL Pjujlet . —HI * letter has been sent to Mr . Cleave . "W . Bexbell . —The Plate * have been delivered to cur agents . £ . & . d . y ou Mas . frost . FroaiDaTidTrheatherhead , Keigbley ... 0 5 0 CHAET 1 ST C 05 TESTED SBlTS . Trom T . C . Speaocr . Deriaes 0 2 6
FOR THE O * BBIES AND BISKS FESD . Prom TFingsLia Grange Cullierv , per Mi . R . Arkl « ... « 10 0
FOa THE SP 2 EAD OF CHABT 1 SM 15 IB . EI . jX 2 . Press I > adiey—W . Wright 2 0 S . WoodiiU 2 0 « . T . YiBfbors ... .. 0 6 Hicb&ei il . Gee ... 0 6 6 5 0 FOB THE EXECUTITE , HASCHESIEU . Jrcai Wing&Us Grange Colliery , per Mr . R . Arils 0 5 FOR PETZE K BR 0 PHT , 1 B . ELASD . Prrcn YT . Baird and Owen SalliTsn , BoltoB 0 16 . FOB THE DEXO : SSTBATIC » ' AT 1 OSK . From Wincste Grange Colliery , per ilr . R Atkle 6 5 0 FOR FSESS FOR J . B . O * B 3 IE >\ Pnra Rockdsie , per Juae » T- ) Ior 6 6 0
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DEATH OP SIR WHEEDLING WHIG-2 JO-MORE , " ^' e hare this day to record the melancholy dem : ?; cf S : r Wheedling Whig- ! No-More , vrho expired ii ci ? rres = ing circumstances at his reticence , Do ^ ninznreei . onthe 30 th uk . Ihe deceased tad , for tf . i years , been struggling vrith a complaint iu the bead which £ r < -as ] y impaired his intellect , and rendered tasnhj-et to nis of extravagance- ar . d insaniiy . tha * tended w brin ^ hh protracted ¦ u Seriiigs to z e ? cse To aggraYate his Eiseries , ihe firm he belonged to — Final :: ? and Co . —had for many yrars been in a v ^ rj « tbarra 5 s * d condition Irom ; he vran : of credit , and tserr ? oods being nnea ' . eable , till a teta . 1 bankruptcy foiiowed —the creditors refusing all compound , on fte nr-nnd of fraudulent management .
S : r Wheedling s general character wa- a compound of ranity and hypocrisy . He frequency b ^ a-ied his ibiliiy of pnrtinjf the firm on a Peru re foundation , j& < i trained for this purpo ? e rarioos lar ^ e snm i frota his confiding friends , till the secret got wind Gat Sir Wh ^ edlin ^ and his partcers -STrre sqnander-H ^ t he profits of the concern among their different Jaauves , » nd the building of stables , besides iiuport-^ 8- ? fcoa . i 5 of Germans to eat sausages at the expense ° f his creditors . Sir Wheedling was too far exi » c ? ted to make s full confession of penitence .-
t : i jzsi before bis last breath , he motioned to those 12 attendance , and uttered ¦ vrith great diSculty—« at , in extenuation of his Bufferings he had entailed on bs poor cc < : ocier 5 , who had lust in the purchase of ais counterfeit goods , that he had made provisions in ~ is -ffjll—that his friends should be written to on tae coctinent to ser . d o-ver " some cheap corn for tht b r atS - of those he had rained . Sir Wheedling expired tftjvngh pure exhaustion—when his executors , eu examining his affairs , found him in arrears to the extent of fire millions . —Scottish Patriot .
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THE WATKLVS AND WATSON DISCUSSION . ^ ? 0 THE EDIIOB OF THE XORTEERS STAR . .. ' - ' 3 ~ £ t- -sg one of the chairmen appointed to pre-Eue orer the Public Discussion betwetn iies . rs . ifo ' T * ^ TValkins i a ' « HaU of Science , Gt > rvoao ^ cc Tuesdaj erenicg la * t , I of course had no opportunity ob that occasion of express my sen-B—ents on the questions at issue benveen ihe re-^ 3 _ Ponies . I Dcw iherefore trust to jour irP "" i ij ^ y ^ or liberty to ex press my opinions i . TOcgh the medium of the extensively read colnnms Of ite \ orthern
. Star . I am anxious for that publicity w aroir my comnctions , boldly and re ^ ardltss of personal censeqaences , in ordtr that no man shall « PPose I wish to shelter myself under the shield of tori !^ ' that 2 TronW ' * iieEtJy il ^ OH- of , thereby jT" . consenting to , the JEfiietioa of injustice on ~ r ^ "O i in my conscience , from long observation , »^ a latinute acquaintance , I belieTe to be of goou ™ orii character , unsullied political integrity , and the * f * Jcus tri ? nds of the liberties of the people ; in other Z ° d ™ the P ^ ciples of the People's Charter—I oean Williaa Lovett and Hetherington
Henry . i will now as briefly as I can state my reasons for £ s « Ettng from a proposition ibat "the charges msde &y ^ lr . W at ktp s are fully established , " and also for f-o esting against the competency of thai aeeiise to cec : de me quescion .
SEASONS For dissenting from the proposition " Teat the charges ttade b y Mr . Watkins are fully establish ? d . ' T » I ¦ Be . * U 5 e Mr - "W&tkins hatirg chsrged Mr . Lfi rttt mth "echoing ( in the psmphlet called Uiartirm ) the WLig cry that the people are too
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ljfnor&nt te be entrast ©* with the Suffrage ; " this charge was , in my opinion , fully disprenred by Mr . Waton , who read seTeral passages from Mr . Lorett ' s book , expm&ly directed agaiast , and pointedly condemning guck a doctrine . 2 nd . Because , Mr . Watkins harinf charged Mr . LoTett with entering iott & compact to sell the K > ple > , insUneing as proof an iaterriew of Mr tett with Mr . Hume aad others , respecting a proposal of the latter to effect a union between th « middle classes and the Chartists ; this charge was also directly refated by the testimony of Mr . Vincent who was present , to the effect that Mr . Lorett refused to accept the proposals of Mr . Hume , stating his determiuation not to connect himself with an agitation for any objeotshort of the People ' s Charter .
TBOTFST Against the competency of the meeting to decide on the truth or fikehood of the charges made by Mr . Watkins against Mr . Hetberington . 1 st . Because Mr . Watkins , baring asked why Mr . Watson took upon himself the defence of his friends , and why they did not come forward to defend themseWea , gare as a reason that they either would not or dared not . Mr . Hetberington , on presenting himself to the meeting , was in violation of all fairness , and with the most unmanly , nay , cowardly and brutal menaces of personal violence , refused a
hearing . 2 nd . Because , in consequence of such refusal , and of the disorderly and disgraceful conduct of the " discordant spirits , " the barking dogs" as Mr . Watkins ' s chairman called them , and with the concurrence of my brother chairman and of Mr . Gardner , the moderator , declared the meeting dissolved , and Mr . Cameron » lso rose for the same purpose , but amid the clamour and tumult that ensued he was induced contrary to his previous determination to submit the motion and amendment , the meeting however ( by its conduct in refusing a hearing to an accused' party , as also by the act of one of its chairmen sanctioned by the other , and by the moderator ) having beoono incompetent to decide" on such motioa . 4 Cnd amendment .
3 rd . Because I will not participate in , or sanction by silence , ifefl injustice of men who give ear to a sl&aderor >( who offers no proofs in support of his calumniator ) and convict an innocent man unheard . ( Signed ) Arthcb Drsos . U 6 , Kingslaad Road , Sept . 8 , 1841 .
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HOUSE ' OF LORDS . —WEDNESDAY , Skit . 8 . The Royal Assent was given thi » aiternoo » , shortly brfore four o ' clock , by Commiaaioa , to the Earl of Scarborougu'a Indemnity BUI . The Commissioners were , the Lord Chancellor , the Date of Wellington , aod Lord Wharncliffe . Immediately after the Ccmmisaion their Lordships adjutimed to Monday , the 20 th inat&nt .
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Mr . O'Bjue :. - xsd the Demonstration . —In con-Ecquence of renewed invitations to Mr . O'Brien to attend the forthcoming demonstrations , we are rfquested by that gentleman to state ence more , that cenher his health , nor his circumstances , nor his ronvc :: - ¦ :. £ ( as to what he owes to the country and Lhe csn ? e of'Chartism in the present crisis of affairs ) will permit him to take part in any of the demonstration ? , except , perhaps , the Manchester one , tor specie' reasons , which Air . O'Brien will explain in the Star of uc Xi week .
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TO XH 2 KDITOS OT TUB ffOKTHXRff STAB . Sis , —I was reflecting upon the multitudinous sins committed against the people by the rascally Whigs I was glad at the thought of the benefit which would accrue to the eaase of onJYersa ! liberty through the exerttoni of the UN- « agc * Lion f I felt sorrow that victims should yet remain is the grasp of the oppressor , and I sighed for the restoration of The Factory ChiM ' s Fr iend , " when my cogitation * were most pleasantly distarbod by a visit from my old friend , Mr . Mark Crabtree , holding in his band a letter from Lord Ashlay , which he requested ma to peruse . I did so , and also took a copy thereof which I hand over to too , m I think it worthy of insertion in the people * * paper . The following ia a copy of the letter : —
September 4 th , 1841 . Mr . Cbjlbtbsb , —In answer to your enquiry on behalf of the operatives of the West Riding , I have to reply , that an office was tendered to me by Sir Robert Peel . Having , however , ascertained from him that bis opinions on the subject of the Factory question were not matured , and that he required further time for deliberation , 1 declined the acceptance of any place , under circumstances which would impede , or even l jnit , my full and free action in the advancement of that measure which I consider to be vital both to the welfare of the working classes and the real interests of the country . In taking this comrse , however , I neither express nor feel despair . It will be your duty and mine , not only to persevere , but to redouble our efforts ; and I still entertain a hope that Hor Majesty ' s advisers , after an investigation conducted with sympathy and candour , will , under God ' s good providence , give us all an answer of happiness and peace .
I remain , Your very obedient Servant , Asiilet . Mr . Mark Crabtree . Now , Sir , I am not one of those who would blink ihe good and praiseworthy deeds of men , merely because there is a discrepancy of opinion exists between them and myself on certain point * , -but by whomsoever laudable actions are performed , the just meed of praise ought to be tendered to them .
It r : nects lasting honour upon Lord Ashley to spurn from him the prize of the ambitious and factious rather than sacrifice the cause of the ill-treated iud toil-worn factory slave ; Buch noble actions are of rare occurrence , and ought not to pass unnoticed Would to God that many of our senator * would imitate the example . I thank him for' this proof of his sincerity and disinterestedness , and I donbt not that every friend to the factory slave will feel greatly rejoiced at . this manifestation of principle .
Sir , is it not strange that Sir Robert Peel ' s opinions are not yet matured upon this question \ He has heard the mass of irrefutable evidence adduced in both Houses of Parliament—he has seen the country agitated throughout upon the subjectthe petitions of tens of thousands have entered his ears , and yet his opinions are not matured ! What shall 1 say ! Why I must pronounce him either a fool or a hypocrite—the former I verily believe him not to be , therefore I must consider him to be the latter , and I trust that , ere long , he will throw off tho mask and prove himself worthy his high station , if not his power must pass away . Ten Hour men , rally round Ashley , Yours truly , William Ri » kr . Leeds , Sept . 9 th , 1841 .
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than we wished , or than he had originally intended . He will be in Birmiugbam on Monday , the 20 th ; in Manchester on Monday , the 27 th ; Leeds on Tuesday , the 28 th ; and Sheffield on Wednesday , the 29 th of September .
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SUNBKEUL&HD . —Mb . n and Masters . —Mr . Lewis again !—On Thursday week , this now celebrated personage was again summoned before the B ^ nch at Sunderland , for non-payment of wages due to Thomas Duke and three other workmen , who were firemen at Bishopwearmouth Iron Works , of which Lewis is manager ( manager , indeed !) The case was before the Court three several times , and Lewis called on each time before he appeared ; at length be appeared to answer the charge preferred LSai&ai him . He had the professional&ervicea . of J . J 7 Wright , Esq ., a most giib-tongued limb ofthe law : the men had engaged Mr . Cooper in their behalf . Thomas Duke sworn—Was fmman at Bishopwearmouth Iron Works . Claimed 12 s . of
Mr . Lewis , being the balance due to him of one month's wages , at 18 s . per week . There were three other firemen who had a similar claim against Mr . Lewis . Was engaged at 18 s . per week , ind * continued to receive that sum until the last month . Recently the Company , at Mr . Lewis ' s instigation , he understood , had introduced a syeten of settling with the men only once a mouth , instead of every week , as formerly . They paid so much at the end ot a fortnight , which was called cubsistenco money . A fortnight ago . when he went for his wages to the office , he was offered 303 . for one fortnight ' s wages ; he refused to take it . The clerk told him to take it , it was only " subsistence" money ; the balance due to him , 65 . for the fortnight , would be paid at the
end of the month . The month expired on Saturday last , when he went for hiB wages ; he was a « ain offered only 50 s . for the fortnight ; refused to take it . Was told he would get no more . The clerk who was paying the wages , told him to go to Mr . Lewis if he wanted more , lie went ; Lewis said it was quite enough ; asked him if he did not know the wages were reduced . He replied no . ' ha had received no notice . Lewis then haughtily told him to go away ; he would give no more . Afterwards he said he would give him los . per week . Witnesses were then called to prove lhat the regular wages were 18 s . per week , that no cotice of a reduction had been made . Here Wright , attorney for Lewis , read a paper shewing that the men were not
employed by Lewis , but engaged by the engineers , and Dad to be paid by them out of their receipts . The magistrates izquircd what tho wages cf the ea ^ intmen were , and were told by one of ihem . that the sixpence per ton . ! ad ltift them bttween hjm and another , only 17 ^ . 31 . for a ioru / . ght ' s work , or 4 s . 7 kd . each per week ! This was a'l they had after paying the ikemen . Tho magistrates here cried shame , shame , but Lewis , with the coolest impudence , was perfectly insensible to shame . Daon , one of the engitiemea , was calied to prove that Ltwis had promised him , that should the sixpence a ion not pay sufiici' -r .:, tha" the wages of tke firemen should bo mudt up by Lewis . He refused ai the end of the first fortnight to take the work logger
by the ton , and th ^ y ihen r-.-verted to the old mode of payment . Wcaihcriiead , one of the firemen , was railed and gave tvidei . ee o : ' a similar character . Lewis was then called upon . Ho swore th ^ t the men were not his servants ; that they were employed by Pijsou and tho other en ^ iiiemeu . la reply to a qWtion frcm tho bench , he said ( hat he never stipulated to make up the deficiency ( that rni ^ ht happen by taking the work by the tun ) m the tiremim ' a wa ^ ts ; he never mentioned a word about the firemen in his agreement with Dixon . Mr . Simpson , one of the magistrates , then immediately referred him to his own pretended agreement , which he had put into Court , and aeked him how he could reconcile his assertion with that paper .
This was a pOEer . He was completely nonplussed . Mr . Simpson , perceiving it , blunt y told him , that although he would not call him a liar , yet it was his opinion he could not 6 peak the truth . This biting and just remark was luudiy appkiudid in the coutt . Lewis was then liberated irom his unenviable position , and the cashier ca'led . When passdDg by Lewis , the latter atcempted to whisper something to him . This immediately called foril ; a severe rebuke from the bench . The cathitr iheu swore that the firemen were not employed by Lewid ; but upou bcin ^ asked who authorised him to pay them , he said he did not know . The magistrates , disgusted at the reckless swearing of these respectables , stopped the case , telling Lewis that they would lee him see that in that
court workiDgmen should have both law and justice . They then ordered Lewis to pay the amount cJaimed , together with all costs ; at the same time plainly telling him his conduct was Ejcst disgraceful . Afttr this case , an application was made to the Bench tor another summons against Lewis , for a sum ot £ 10 16 s . due by him to some masons , but ^ he magistrates learning that the work had been taken by contract , informed the applicant that it wa-j out of their jurisdiction , they informed him that he mi ^ ht commence an action against Lewis for the recovery yf it . Proceedings have since bevn taken , and if Lews does not learn wisdom in the meantime , or his employers compel him to save them « he disgrace ,, there will be a nice exposure next Assizes .
BAXUfSZiXiY' . The committee of weavers annected with the late strike , called & pi ,, blic meetig of the body on Wednesday last , to give an ccount of their stewardship ; the balance sheet was jad over and passed , from which i ' , appeaTB that le amount spent on that occasion wA £ 576 13 a . 3 d . BABKS 1 EY . —The BarnFley O , artists held their sual weekly meeting on Monday last , Mr . Peter loey in the chair . Tfee meeting was addressed by lessTs . l » iiine \ d , "Bradley , 'Joilins , and others , liter which the following resolution was carried nanimously— " That the be ^ thanks of this meeting re due , and hereby giv eu , to William Sharman rawford . Esq ., M . P ., a a ( i the glorious thirty-nine lat supported his add' enda to the address to the tueen . " After the er . rolnient of some new memtrs , a letter from y , O'lliggins was read to the iceting being an a cknowlecgment of the vote of iai , ka given to hisr , at a previous meetiug .
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BRADFOBD .-Corn Law " Plague . "— Oa Tuesday evening , the 31 st ultimo , the Corn Law plaguers called a meeting to receive the report of ministers deputed to the Manchester Conference , and announced that Mr . Acland was expected to attend , and notwithstanding that the Chartists as a body had determined to pass the ex-parte proceedings over with that silent contempt they deserved . and despite all dne care and precaution in the sal * of tickets to friends , a goodly number of Chartist * as well as Socialists , with great reason , feeling aggrieved at the exclusion of their representatives at the Conference , mustered on the occasion , and after patiently waiting for some time for Mr . Acknd , who did not make his appeamce , and
hearing the Btvctal mimstcTs tell their deplorable and heart-rending tales of misery , caused as they had suddenly discovered by restrictive laws , Mrs . Chappellsmith , through the medium of one of the Rev . cteolaimers , passed a note to the self-eleoted chairman , asking permission to speak , which was granted , and whilst corroborating the Rev . Gentlemen m their cry against the unholy bread tax , gained a favourable heariDg , but when she began to show that the remedy for the crying evil existed at bome , and altogether independent of foreign aid , and to speak of the enormous ravages committed by those locusts , the parsons , pensioners , placemen , and milloorats ,
upon the profits of labour , such a scene of confusion ensued as iB impossible to describe . The Reverend introducer disclaimed all acquaintance / with the lady , whose presence graced the platform , and one and all , actuated no doubt by the moet sincere motives of charity , benevolence , and Christian virtue , most unmannerly interrupted her further progress ; however , not till after many wholesome but unwelcome truths wera eloquently and' foroibly impressed upon their ignorant understandings . Mrs . Cbappellsmitti then gave waj for Mr . Ellis , one of the rejected delegates from the rational religionists , the bare announcement of whose name put to flight the whole
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army of plaguers , parsons and all ; and the meeting broke up with three hearty cheers for O'Connor , the Charter , and Frost , Willum ? , and Jones 1 On the following evening , Mrs . Chappellsmith announced a lecture on the Corn Laws ia all their bearings , freo admission and free discussion . During the week it was announced that a Mr . Duffy ivould deliver a lecture on a totaJ repeal of the Corn Law * on Monday last , in the Theatre of the Mechaaics' Institute . Suoh was the anxiety on the part of Che Chartists to bear this Mr . Duffy , and to prove to the Whigs that they were not clamourous , that they assembled by hundreds before the time Lad arrived for meeting ; but they , to their chagrin , were not admitted until after the hour for
which tho meeting had been called was gone by . Not one of tbe men who had invited Mr . LHiffy to the lecture accompanied him to the platform , nor * ero any of the anti-Corn Law party to be seen upon the hustings . Mr . William Martin having been called to the chair , observed that as Mr . Duffy appeared to be unknown to all present but himsuit ; and as the public character of a man who set himself up as a teacher of the people ought to be known , he would introduee the lecturer , by reading the report of a meeting which took place in London . He would read tbe report of that meeting without comment , and would leave the meeting to judge of Mr . Duffy from the part which he took ia the proceedings . The Chairman then proceeded to read
a speech of Mr . Preston ' s , and a part of Mr . Daffy ' B at tbe London meeting , until he came to tbe following words : — " Challenge the Parliament I Why , they might as well go into the Palace Yard , and throw up their hats ; it was a piece of buffoonery altogether . Ad to the competition of tatent with the Commons , chat was nonsense . " At the close of this sentence , a little kuot of Whigs gave the signal for a row , by ordering the chairman to cease reading , and Mr . Duffy , as it wore by instinct , collared Mr . Martin , to force him from the chair . After a short time silence was restored , and the chairman again
proceeded to read , but had not proceeded far , when Mr . Wilkinson , bookseller , mounted the platform , aud behaved ia the most violent manner . Several resolutions were then proposed , one of which way that a vote of censure be passed on the anti-Cora Law party , for their conduct that night in disturbing tbe meeting , and neglecting Mr . Duffy . It was moved by Mr . Clarksou , and seconded by Mr . Duffy . The motion was carried ; after which a vote ot thanks was passed to the chairman , and the meeting separated in the greatest confusion , the constable being busily employed In clearing the meeting . — Correspondent .
HimvEBBriSM . —At-tfle weekly meeting , held on Tuesday last , it was agreed , by a resolution passed , that each member should pay one peany , to make good the deficiency of the Club ; and it ia hoped that all other branches of the Chartist Association will second our efforts . The members of the Association aro requested to baud in their old cards , as the new ones will be issued on Tuesday week . STOCKPORT . —On Wednesday evening last a crowded meeting was held in the Association Koom , Bomber ' s-brow , for the purpose of takiog into consideration the conduct of tie cotton masters . Mr . Unffin was called to tho chair , and resolutions wera passed deprecating tho conduct of the masters in reducing the wages of their workmen .
Manchester . —Fearcus O'Connor's Djjhonsriuiiori . The Chartists of Brown-street East , Manchester , have subscribed and purchased a large piece of canvas , aud engaged a portrait painter who is now painting a full lengtn likeness of Frost , Williams , and June ? . WANUSWOH . TH . —At the meeting on Tuesday , resolutions wero adopted expressing thanks to Suarmaa Crawford , for his glorious amendment ; delignt at the liberation of O'Connor j and thanks to Air . Mayuard , lor his York delegation services .
LEEDS . —Lecture . —On Sunday evening , Mr . Smith , a working man , delivered a lecturo on the science of phrenology , in the Chartist Room , to a very crowded meeting . He handled the subject in a masterly ma ; mer . A long and animated discussion ensued . W < s are glad to find that the working classes of Leeds are bestirring themselves ia such a manner as they are at present ; wo feel convinced that if the Chartists throughout the country would t ike an example from tho conduct of the peopie of Leeds , their oppressors would very soon find ovi waethor they themselves or the people would makii the best laws for the Government of this nation .
The Leed 3 Demonstration to Mr . O'Connor . — From the advertisement inserted in another part of this paper , the working men of Leeds will see that the committee are progressing with their arrangements , and that they meau to get up the meetings in a superior style . It behoves all who have subscription books to bestir themselves ; and the Committee earnestly call upon the working men of Loeus to show by their couduct , both ia attendance at the meeting , and in furnishing the mean * beforehand , that they appreciate the services of him who has
forsaken rank and station to make their cause his own . Only a limised number of tiskets for the Soiree will be issued—and as this will be the first demonstration in Yorkshire , no doubt it will be attended by many friends from surrounding towns . Au early ' application for tickets , both , from those parties and town-residents too , is the only means of ensuring admittance . Working men , to your post J Every one has a part to perform on this occasion : see that it be weil done !
HUNSLST . —On Sunday last , Mr . T . B . Smith delivered three sernaons at this place , to attentive and respectable congregations , the two latter for the benefit of the Sunday School recently established . The expositions given by the preaoher of the practical nature of Christianity were listened to with the greatest attention , and at . the close of the services 12 h . 6 d . was collected in aid of the school funds . On Tuesday evening ; , a public meeting was held , according to previous announcement , at Stocks Hill , and by adjournment , on account of the weather , in the Temperance News Room , Mr , Abraham Smith in the © liair . Mr . T . B . Smith and Air . Hick addressed the meeting in energetic and soul-Btirriuc addressesafter which , the
fol-, lowing resolutions were passed unanim 9 usly : — " That in consequence of the xumoura which esist in the country , arising from the atrocious silent system of prison discipline , and the cruelties resulting therefrom , and which , if true , are , in our opinion , the most diabolical perpetrati&ns . ever committed upon the human species , moreover being greatly injurious to the health , and destructive ot all good morals , we , the men of Hunslet , in public meeting assembled , deem it highly necessary that a petition should be presented to the Commous House of Parliament to take into its most serious consideration the said silent system of prison discipline . "
" That the petition now read be adopted and signed by the Chairman on bebalf of the meeting , and that it be forwarded to T . Duncombe , Esq . for presentation , and that the members for the Riding be respectfully requested to support the prayer . " " That this meeting has no confidence in the present House of Commons , and therefore pledges itself not to cease its legal aud peaceful agitation uutil a full measure of justice is obtained , and the People ' s Charter has become the law of the laud . " The petition has already appeared in the Star . Five new members were added to the society , and the meet * ing broke up , highly gratified with the proceedings of the evening .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS .-Widxesdat , Sept . 8 . Tbe Speakee entered the Bouse at a quarter before four o ' clock . Messengers from the Lords brought down the Administration of Justice Bill , and tbb Foreign Consecrations to Use office of Bhhopa * Act Amendment Bill Tbs SpsaKXB . bad to acquaint the House that he hid received & letter from Mr . Daniel O'Connell , dated ' Memon-sqaije , ub . September , 1841 , which with the psrmiation of the House he should read : — " Sir , ELaviag been returned to serve in Parluutent for the count j of Meath , as well as the county of Cork , I beg to state , for tbe information of tbs House , that it is my intention to elect , and I do elect to serve , for the oouaty of Cork , » od should there be any other act which it is necessary for me to do is order that a new writ may be immediately issued for the county of Meath , I shall be ready to do it "
The Speak eh said the letter of the Hon . Gentleman kad evidently been written under the impression that no petition had been presented against the return for the county of C- > rk , but as a petition bad been presented , he could not , according to the rule * of that House , nuke hi * election to sit for whatever place he thought proper . The Foreign Consecration * to the office of Bishops ' Act Amendment Bill was , on the motion of Lord ASHLET , read a first time , and ordered to be printed . On tbe motion of Sir Thomas Fbeemantle , a writ ms ordered For the Borough of Taraworth , in the room of the B ' gfet Hon . Sir Robert Peel , Baronet , who had accepted tbe office of First Lord 0 / tbe Treasury . Also » 3 tbe motion of the fame Hob . Member new writs -wen ordered
" Por Xbb TJnWeraitT of Cambridge , 1 b tb » room of the Right Hon . Henry Qoulburn , "Who ba * accepted tb * office of Chancellor of the Exchequer . For the North Riding of Lancashire , in the room of Lord Stanley , -who accepted the office of her Majesty ' s Principal Secretary of State for tha Colonies . For the Borough of Djrehaster , iu the roam of Sir James Graham , Bart , who had accepted the office ot ber Msjtsrj / s Principal S * cr * tary of State for tbe Home Department . For th « Eastern Division of the Coanty of Kent , in the rscia of the Kght Hon . Sir Edward Kn ^ tch bul l , Birt , -who had accepted the office of hex Majesty ' s Payranter-General For the Borough of Lanncerton , in the room of Sir Henry Hardinge , who had aewpted the office of hex Majesty ' s Secretary at War .
For the Southern Division of the county of Nottingham , in tbe room of Lord Lincoln , who had accepted the office of # hief Commissioner of Woods and Forests . For the County of Monmoutb , in the room of Lord Gr&nviUe Somerset , who had accepted the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer for th « Dochy of Lancaster . For the County of Westmorland , in the room of Lord Li- ^ tber , now called to the House of Peers , as Baron Lowther . Fox the Borough of Cardiff , in the room of John Kicbolls , Esq ., who had accepted the office of her Majesty "« Jud ^ e Advocate-General . For the Eistera Division of the County of Cornwall , in the room of Lord Eliot , who bad accepUd the effice ut Principal Secretary to the Lard Lieutenant of Irelaud .
For the Borough of Bary St . Edmund ' s , in the room of Eirl Jtrmyn , who had aecepted the effice of Treasurer of her Majesty ' s Household . F ^ r the Borough of MDriborougb , in the room of Lord Ernest Brace , who Lad accepted the office of Yice-Ciniiiberlsin of her Majesty ' s HuusthoM . For t- -e B-jnmgh of Newark , in the room of the R ' gat Hon . William Ewart Gladstone , wfco bad accepted the office of Vice-President of the Board of Trsdt ; and Master of the Mint . For the City of Huntingdon , in the room af Sir Fred . Pelloci , who had accepted the office of her Mojsaty's A ' . torney-GrneniL For tee C : ty of Exeter , in the room of Sir William FoUtrtt , who had accepted the effice of her Majasty"s S- 'iichor-G ^ neraL For the SLire of Bute , in the room of Sir W . Rae , •• vhu had accepted ths office of Lord AUfui-ate o ! Srroilacd .
Tot the Borough of Wenl ^ ci , in the room of J . M . Gi ^ kiil , Esq .. -who had accepted the office of one of the ir-T-is of tie Treasury . F- > r the Borongh of Marlborough , in the room of the Right Hon . IL Binch 3 . n 1 Siring , who hod accepted the i-Eue of one ef tbe Lords of the Treasury . j Fuf lbs County of Sligo , in tbe room of Colonel Alrx ^ nder Pcrcival , who Lad accepted the effice of one of the Loros of the Treasury . i For the Siire cf Selkirk , in the room of A . Pringle , [ Esq ., -who had accepted the office of one of the Lords of J the Treasury . ; For the Ehire of Aberdeen , in the room of the Hon . W . Gordr-n , who had accepted the effice of one of the j Lords cf the Admiralty . ] Fur the County of Tyrone , in the room of the Bight ] Hon . L ^ rd Cor ry , who had accepted ihe office of one of ; the LofAs of the Admiralty . '
F'jr the Citv of Huntingdon , in the room of JonathaE Peel , E = q ., who had accepted the office of Surveyor-Grnerai of the Ordnance . For the Boroaghot Chipp ^ nham , in the room of Capt . Bolero , who kad accepted the effice of Clerk of the Orduance . For the Borough of Lisbum , in the room of B . M » jnall , Esq ., who had accepted the effice of one of btr Majesty ' s Lords in Waiting . For Bridport , in the room of Henry Warbarton , E = q ., who , since his eiec . ion , bad accepted the oScs of Steward of her Majesty's Chiitern Hundreds . — ( Laughter . ) Fjr the North Kiding of Yorkshire , in the room of the Hon . Wm . Duncombe , now Lord FevershaiB . Fur B-adford , in tbe room of W . Cunliffo L'ister , Esq ., deceased .
Fur Sunderland , in the room of W . Thompson , Es ^ ., who , Eince his election , had accepted the sfSceof Steward of her M . 3 ifity ' s Chiitern Hundreds . On the luotion of Mr . Ponso . nbt , a newwrit was also issued fur the City of Liclifltld , in the room of Mr . Geo . Anson , who , since his election , had scctpted the office of Steward cf tbe Manor cf Poynirjg ; Mr . RoEia ck brought before tbe Honse a case of Breach ol Privilege , contained in an article in the Times newspaper , refit cticg on his character . He moved that the paragraph-he complained of was a broach of the privileges cf the Hcu > e ; but no member seconding the proposition it fell to the ground . The Eouse then , or . the motion of Sir George Clerk , adjourned to Then-day iht lCih instant .
Mr. O'Connor Has Broken Loose Sooner
Mr . O'CONNOR has broken loose sooner
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ANOTHER GLORIOUS CHARTIST MEETING IN LONDON . London , Thursday Evening , Sept . 9 / A . The men of Surrey , who were among the first to rally round Feargus O'Connor , in 1835 , were anxious to embrace tho earliest opportunity of convincing him of their unabated attachment to tho principles which he has so unflinchingly advocated , took the very first opportunity of convening a public meeting , which , after a few hours' notice , came off on Wednesday night at the large Temperance Hall , St . George ' s-road , Lambeth , Surrey . Long before the hour for commencing business , the spacious Hall was filled nearly in double column , many leaning over those ia advance ; and when Mr . O'Connor arrived , the heartiest cheers and welcomes greeted him for RnYPra . 1 minutes .
Mr . Maynaed , a working man , wag called to the chair , who briefly opened the proceedings by inviting discussion , and promising all who might take part a fair and impartial hearing . Mr . Watson , a working man , moved , aad Mr . Moboan , a working man from Depiford , seconded , the first resolution of oongratnlation to Mr . O'Connor on hia release from prison . Mr . R 053 moved , artd a woiking man , whosename we could not catch , seconded the second resolution , declaring adherence and fidelity to the principles of the Charter , and a determination to aid their Irish brethren is accomplishing a Repeal ef the Legislative Union .
Mr . Pabkkb moved , and Mr . Goodfellow seconded the third resolution , expressive of a determination to accomplish the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones , to their native country , and also theTeleaseofall political prisoners . The Beveral resolutions were carried by acclamation without ono dissenting voice ; after which Mr . O'Connor presented himself and was warmly and enthusiastically greeted . He spoke for nearly two hours , without repeating a sentence of hia speech delivered at the Crown and Anchor on Monday , forcibly exhibiting the great damage which the London trades and mechanics wero experiencing from the over-population of
competitive labourers , created by machinery in the provinces . He directed attention to the several new faces , as well English as Irish , whioh were daily making their appearance in the labour market of London , and showed that if one million acres of land were subdivided , within fifty mile 3 of London , to meet the retail market , that it would firstly ireleive tho over-stocked slave competition nmrkel of nearly half a million , while it would at the same time elevate that number to a condition which would renderthem valuable to those who remained behind as conEajners , and would also establish a standard for ( he semanies ' and artisans 1 labour . He went at great length into the question
of steam-producing power and its owners objections to the Charter , and the landed power and its objection to any change . He entered at considerable length into the question of free trade , and labour , and continental consumption , and the foreigner ' s entire independence ol us . Ho ridiculed the notion of education preceding the suffrage , and shewed that the suffrage must be the precursor . He then drew a ltvoly and powerful / picture of the difference of a Tory Administration for England and Ireland . We know its length and breadth in England , said he , and we can meet it , as we aTe now , by public opinion : we know all its pointF , from the Home Secretary to the policeman , but not in Ireland ; and after
animadverting at great length , and having exhibited the increased power which it gaveto faction as well as party , he abruptly closed the picture thus : I will sum it np lor you m a wcrd : —a Tory Administration is a constitutional license to every little Protestant weaver ' s cur dog to bite an Irish Catholic . ( We never heard greater cheeriDg than followed this extraordinary climax . ) Mr . O'Connor entered at great length upon the question of a Repeal of the Union , and after a bitter sarcasm against the Whigs in general , and Lord John Russoll and the authoritiesoi NewDort . in particular , for the sacrifice of Frost , he concluded a powerful and soul stirring appeal by a strong recommendation to union and perseveranco
ho deiended his party a £ a ' nsfc all attacks , and announced that he would attend a publio meeting every night for the next fortnight The vast multitude then separated in high spirits . Mr . Feartus O'Connor meets the people at the White Conduit House , this ( Thursday ) evening ; he has a meeting in some other looality on Friday ; he mcers the stonemasons , at their rendezvous at Diury Lane , on Saturday ; will go to Brighton on Monday ; return to attend a meeting at Hamnier-^ mith on Tuesday ; Brentford , or some of the thereabout localities , on Wednesday ; and the other three nights to such p laces as arrangements shall be made ; and then to Birmingham on the 20 th . Good bathing
and rest this for an invalid : however , the life which Mr . O' Connor ' s presence has already knocked into Metropolitan Chartism has , we can aver , made the Tories , who had the folly to anticipate Irom him a more moderate course , rather quake for that repose which they anticipated from reaction and popular hatred of Whiggery . Mr . O'Connor denounces Tories , their principles , and their professions , in withering terms , and rouses every latent spark of the long slumbering animosity against that faction ; he says he feels better after every vapour bath taken in the sweet breath of the . people . London is now in advance , although Mr . O'Connor brill taunts us with backwardness , aud frequently throws Scotland , aud tUe Scotch in our teeth .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 11, 1841, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct720/page/5/
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