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k . Aitkeh nest wek . jjf AsKaDBES . —AU the Utters addressed to J . B . ' O'Brien , and received at this office before he left Leeds , uere delivered to him . There hat been one received since he left , butdonot knots thai it w as the otte they ask soout . It teat tent to London , care of «/ . Watkins . , W . BxBsyisxo , Casterbubt . —Say what the 10 * . is for . Caasiuft RxiDXE , Ltwx—Should have given his [ Ej . Yi . ED WCiS . Tssr .-If furnished in sufficient time , the meeting shall be inserted to the extent of two or three columns .
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iocal at ® General 3 zntztti £$ ntt * DEATH OF THE EARL OF HAREWOODThe Eari ° f Harewood died suddenly on the turnpike ro ad near Bramnam Moor , on Wednesday [ fternoon last- He had been hunting , and was rtLsrvinR home after a hard day ' s ran . He bad ggsonnted from Mb horse for a temporary purpose , gadini his servants forward . His not joining them led to thtir return , when they found him dead by » h * side of his horse * He wae in his 7 iih year .
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gEXGHLEF ? . —Eastkb Dcxs—The war with iSa sew Rector against the inhabitants for the netfrerj of Easter Dues , still progresses . Two more yietms , Mr . John Lister and Mr . John Butterfield , vt « the list , destined to bare their goods taken fres their booses , unless they pay the tax to the Saie Cburcb . To-day ( Wednesday ) , being -what is j ^ jaonlj called Justice meeting , ihe&e Vwo indi-TJjuib made their appearance according to the order of j&e sunmonsea , to shew cause why they refused to p » T . They informed the maRissrates and -the Sector , who was present , that as men who wanted Baking &om the State Church , they thought it k ^ l in c ommon honesty , to let them alone . They
> & obserred , tnat as tney naa never paiq anyjjtiBjr of the kind before , they were entirely ignorant of the nature of the demand , and thought that , as 5 $ was at best a questionable concern , they ought to aasfr them by reading orer the law on the Bubject . ¥ . K ffij S E ? q-, Chairman of the meeting , aceordjEr ijread something out of a book handed to him by jSe dak , about an Act passed in the reign of MBam III ., for the better recovery of Bmall tithes , cfsings , oblations , obrentions , &c After the readhi of this piece of stuff , which appeared to conis
tiia nothing about the case on hand , the msgtaMS eiTe their verdict , as a matter of course , in bmr ef the Rector , and told the parties to cash up , e take the consequences . The Rector then got up , qiise satisfied with the decision of the Bench , and TtUst walking towards the door , had his ears Earned with a regular hiss from the crowd . The m rietims , who are thus marked out as examples d ibe power cf the Church , are honest , indoshkis mea , and , like the two before , of Chartist p 3 & 0 Pi £ S .
LEEDS . —Ma 5 Oss' Stbiks Comarrsit . —This { oaniiiee met , according to adjournment , on Friuj tmwg . The minutes of the last meeting wers rad and confirmed . The secretary announced tha t feiad reeerred a parcel of circulars from Londoa , Tbeh were directed to be made as good use of aa dwLsuncts would permit . A delegate from the juserers attended , and was addad to the fconnnitw . Much important Dusness was done , and it was ncssed thaj the secretary Bhoold correspond with ue Tuiocs Cfiartfcz Aesociations in the
out-towncijs , foliciiiDg their aid in getting up public meetre in fsTour of the masons . The Chairman stated uu ifce subject of Trades' Unions should occupy sort of his attention than it had hitherto isst , izd solicited aoy of the members to furnish ex with information on that subject . It was rtsohed that the comnittee should meet on Friday tdss , at seren o ' clock , until further notice . The sauaittee sit eTery Saturday eTening , in the Assoowa Room , Snambles , to receire Eubsoriptions in ti o / the strike .
Aj Old Fool . —On Monday last , an aged man ntOTe his name Joseph Fenton , and said he came hm ToDg , appeared at the Court House to support J ttxrfe ot robbery against a nymph of the pare . urned S » nth Howarth . Fenton Btated that he came u Leeds on Saturday , and about nine o clock in the fHEii £ he icet with the prisooer and three or four kss in ibe Calls ; they asked him to give them RSKpa , to which he consented , and went to a dram s » p for that purpose . He sat with them some time , cd when he got up to go away , the prisoner and one tf the other girls followed him into the street , where
ad of them seized an arm to prevail upon him to en ti > aa seme more drink—he refused and they sr , hia , when he almost immediateiy missed hi jese md money , two soTereigns and about thirty E 3 iBgs in siiver . The prisoner was immediately Bpn&asded , but the other girl got away , and she stu , according to his tale then , that had got his * atj ; but on Monday morning , he had changed £ j ffiid , andewore stiffly that Howarth had got it . ji Boner , howerer , was found , and it being eyident "¦ iis k Lid told % vro different tales , the prisoner f ii disekirgei We guess he will mind better tKSET time .
i ^ i RcBErsT . —On Saturday last , a young l&d , ajsai John S ' aaw , who has beea for some time an r * a bey in the serriee of Mr . Kettlewell , drug-; C 5 iDd grooci , Bridge End , was charged with l ^ g . » various times , stolen money from the tilL - »^ stared also that he had confessed to haTing | £ « 3 % quarter of a pound of coffee and two ounces I * -a eTcry week for the list twenty-four weeks . On | - -i 3 j , Mr . Kettlewell left his shop for a minute or i-n , tad on Ms return he saw the lad with his
l ^ a a the till , and on searching him , he found i ** i &ppsr ia his pocket ; he consequently sent ^ lpollKinan , and ga , Te him into custody . It was ; S £ * j tj t ^ mother , that he had nefer brought ; |[ p ^ eit he r the tea or co ffee home , nor was she ?* ^ iware that he was guilty of any thing of : ¦* Esd ; it was the first time that any thing := ** ^ alleged against him . The magistrates , r ^ . ^ nig to send him to the House of Correction , :- ^ , i Kettlewell not desiring to prosecute for ^¦^ J ) ^ ^ aa ordered to be , whipped and
diste to a Child -On Tuesday last , Thomas t '^ ti Morritt , residing in Hardisty ' s Yard , ^ iioad Ead , were brought before the sitting ma-^• - ^ M answer to a charge of hating crneUy *« ui < l ill-treated their son , a lively little fellow jj *^ echt years of age . The little fellow ' s back rr-T * 542 ^^ ost to a mummy ; and sereral aeigh - £ - we ? e ia attendance to prOTe the ill DSage to j ^ » ksd b&en objected . Morritt declared that ^ J « iTery bad la d , and Biid the neighbours entaT - * ° su > 9 from home ; he had punished w ra ** a"ky morning , because be did not come ff- an ne ^ r midnight on Saturday night . A 2 ^? aw tha : both Morritt and his wife were out , 2 ^ -m eonldnot ge t into the house . She had * feh ic Kaj " ^^ faer c ^^" . aad t ™* h ™ c ' lm The whole neighbourhood were dis-- ^* early hoar by the lad's cries . The Ka ^^? * ? . *^ severely censuring Morritt , and yg iess !
-- » u ^ cyQgIor me intoie , nnea ^ tbtjEa costs . ' "feh ^ i ^ raG . —On Monday , an inquest ^ ^ » lae Court Honse , before JohnBlack-^ 4 ^ 9- , on the body of Daniel M'Connick , ^ l-ftv ^^ redde in Ebentzer-street . He had * W b motber ™ & some other children , in * sk ^ I t itUTda J '" ght j and during her absence N h ^ l * ? Elj P i fle was dreadfully burnt , and (^ ^ infirmary on Sunday . Verdict—Acci-L ^ Accri ) E 5 i . —On Tuesday morning , an in-RttW ^? ** the Conrt Honse , before John IjBirf q < 1 Qn Uie bod J of Thomas Speight , Nrtof m o' who waa employed at the stone EiSJr V . CI&rkson , at WoodhouBe . On the fc » T "" ., * » While lowering gome stona into the
hor S ! > ar of the Et&lJg s * Te wa y > ^ d iQe N a 1 ? " * ctn « llt Mm on the leg ; he sus-R gJ wniPound fracture . He was ^ em ored to bdiTV ' j . ^ " died from mortification on ^* J- i ediei—Accidental dea th . htJr ^ " ¦ AW > ^^ W aICH COKHITtK .-At KSrlSf 1111 * , the w * tch Committee of this Pteriii && ****> foUowing resolution iS ^^ - T <}* the Town Clerk fo instructed RSaL ?* 6111 ! . 7 of til the oecnpiew &" who are found on the eianu-F » hflt ^^ ^ eemen to hare allowed them KSSi ^ lP ^" !* < w «»• Friday before P ^ KSf . ^ 0118 - " ThepoUcementhem-Wea » -I i ° ^ Te tt e 3 e t « tb is 5 as if they sF ^ ey wul doubtlefis be punished .
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BABHWiET . —CoiXPiT Explosioh . —One of the most awful and distressing a&cidentB that erer took place in this town , or it erer fell to our lot to record , happened about half-past six o ' clock on Monday morning . Just as the men got to their work at Mr . TrribeH ' s colliery , a fire-damp explosion took place , and no less than fifteen of oar fellow creatures were burned to death , and fire more are only just alive . The alarm and excitement that hare been created in the town and neighbourhood , it is impossible to describe . At an early hour the bank at the pit was covered with thouiands of people , all anxious to ascertain th » fate of the unfortunate sufferers . This mournful catastrophe has filled the whole town and neighbourhood with gtoom ; and the
distress of the relations and friends of the nnforta-Bate victims is beyond all description agonizing . The deprivation to them will be truly grievous and irreparable ; and we trust some public effort will b « made to soften , bo much as sympathy and charity can soften , its cad effects . Fifteen bodies in all have been got out of the pit , Quite dead , their names being as follow : —Three of the name of Hinchcliffe—an uncle and his two nephews . James Beacon and his son , a grown up youth . Walker , ( who has left a wife and child , ) Scholey , and Mitchell . There is something particularly touching in this latter man ' s case ; he had brought three bodies to the pit-bottom , and was in search of a fourth , when he fell a sacrifice to the dreadful and subtle element and his own
exertions . Three brothers of the name of Walton , and a fourth not likely to recover . Thompson , Schofidd , Pease , and M'Carty , the latter aa Irish lad , literally roasted . The depth of the pit , which we are informed Us but badly ventilated , is about 180 yards ; and though sereral rumours are current a 3 to the cause Of ihe explosion , bat little of a very certain character can yet be said of it . All , however , agree that it originated in one of the men going with a candle into an unsafe part of the pit for his tools . The concussion was heard and felt too j ^ an immense distance . It was like the report of a field of artillery , and shook down a wall near the pit . A young man named Walton was blown out of the corTe , whilst descending the shaft , and literally dashed to pieces : whilst , singular to relate , two
others who were descending with him escaped with but little injury . This was the first time he bad attempted logo down to his work since being severely burnt about three weeks ago . One of the most singular . traits of this distressing accident , was the preservation of two of the boys descending in the corre before adverted to . Although actually blown out of the corre , they dropped into it again as it went down ; whilst , & 3 we have stated , their poor companion fell te the bottom and was killed . So abundant and overpowering was the baleful vapour which occasioned thiB dreadful calamity , that it was observed to issue from the Bhaft-mouth for full three minutes after the explosion . An inquest was held on the bodies on Tuesday , and a verdict of " Accidental death" was returned .
HUXiXi . —Public Mkxtino at thb Tow . n-Hall . In compliance with a requisition , signed by 124 householders , a large proportion of whom are voters , the Matpr hu appointed a meeting to be held in the Town-Hall , at one o ' cl&ck , on Monday , the 6 th of December , to consider the propriety of petitioning Parliament to take into consideration the present defective state of the representation of these kinddoms in the Commons' House of Parliament , with a view to its amendment . A soiree will be holden in the evening , at the Freemason ' s Lodge .
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aoCHDAXJB . DEMONSTRATION IN HONOUR OF FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ . On Tuesday last , the above demonstration took place , and the dispiay made on the occasion of the moral power of the people hu proved Chat the men of Rochdale are not last in showing their love for liberty , and their attachment to O'Connor , for bis firm adbereace to the principles of Unirsrsal Liberty , and justice to the whole human family . Early in the morning , groups began to wfive at the Chartist Association-room from various surrounding districts . As the hour appointed for the meeting began te dr&w sear , the anxiety of the people became intern *© . Parties were in waiting at the Railway station to eoarey the intelligence of his arriv&l to the Committee appointed to
carry out the demonstration . At the hour of twelve o ' clock at noon , a carriage and four drove up to the station , accompanied by the two marshals , and a great number of the friends of our cause , who , upon the arrival cf Mr . O'Connor , formed into procession ; and , headed by the marshals , and the powerful band of the Chartist Association , proceeded down Duke-street to the place » f meeting in the Butts . There were several very beautiful flags in the procession—one from Todxnorden in particular , & silk one , with the representation of a bee-hi re in the centre—on the reverae , a furicaa bun , pursuing a nest of Bishop aristocrats , and other wholesale plunderers of the people . On the arrival of the carriage at the place of meeting , Mr . O'Connor was greeted with tremendous cheering , which lasted several minutes .
Mr . George Howe , jeweller and watchmaker , was called on to preside . Mr . Jchj * Leech moved a resolution to the following effect : — " Thit in the opinion of this meeting all the poverty and destitution which at present afflict the manufacturing classes of this country is the result of class legislation , and that the onJy : remedy will be , to xo&ke the People ' s Charter the law of the l&nd ; and that this aeettDg agree again to petition the Hoase ef Commons innnedialely to place the Charter upon the Statute book ; and that this meeting pledge themselves never te rest until the whole of the people are taken within the pale of the eonstitation . " The resolution was seconded by Mr . Jos . Linnet .
Mr . Q'Conkob then rose and made a brilliant speech , which was loudly cheered , but for which we hav « not room . We understand , however , that his unmerciful flagellation of the Sun newspaper , for a leading article on Monday last , "Wherein the monster directs , the incendiaries' attention to Buckingham Palace and the Museum , was responded to by cheers and " bravo Feargus , "' which lasted for several minutes . The distinction made by O'Connor , between an innocent and unoffending ¦ woman and an irresponsible monarch , was very beautifuL Upon the whole , be gave the " firebrand press" a tremendous castigation . Thus ¦ writes our correspondent . We regret not having space for Mr . 0 "Connor's Admirable speeeh . The meeting was atteaded by several thousands , who showed by thefr conduct that their motto was " Peace , law , order , " and that they will never be satisfied with anything less than their just and legitimate rights .
At the conclusion of the meeting a procession was formed , and proceeded through tha principal streets , accompanied by the band , flags , dec Mr . O'Connor was saluted from the windows of several friends of the cause , a * the carriage proceeded through the streets , with tokens of respect and esteem . The precession finally accompanied Mr . O'Connor to Mr . Tweedale ' s Hotel , Bailie-street , -where he was again greeted with loud and enthusiastic cheering .
TEA PABTY l . N THE EVEKIJiG . At , five o'clock , the hour appointed for the public tea party , the Temperance Institution , adjoining the Theatre , ir&s beautifully decorated with banners , flags , mottos , and devices belonging to the association , -when upwards of 100 sat down to tea . On Mr . O'Connor entering the room , he vras greeted with loud cheers . The party enjoyed themselves in mirth and harmony until the hour appointed for the public meeting in the Theatre . Long before the hour appointed the Theatre fras crowded to suffocation , and numbers Treat away unable te obtain admission . Mr . Qeoboe Howe was again called to the The first toast of tie evening was The People , the source of all legitimate power , " which was responded to by Mr . James Taylor , in a very neat speech .
The CHAiBJiAJi then gave " The People's Charter , and may it soon become the law of the land . " Mr . Thomas Ljvsey was called on to respond . He said he 'was glad the committee had selected that subject for him to respond to , for he firmly believed that this cenntry would never be justly legislated for until the principles of that Charter became law . "Under our present system of legislation we bad every kind of property legislated for except labour . The Landowners , the East and West India Proprietors , the Church , and the Law , had each theii representatives , and each was protected , and by their political power were enabled to extract a great amount of wealth out of the labour of the people ; but if labour was represented the system would be put- an end to . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . )
[ At this stage of the proceedings the harmony of the meeting was in some degree interrupted by a Tory churchwarden , who appeared to be in a state of intoxic&ton . He was appealed to on his impropriety , and shortly afterwards took hifl departure . ] The speaker proceeded—There is now » plan et emigration proposed to remove the present unemployed portions of the community . If the Government wasted to remove any of the useless classes of this country , let them begin by emigrating all the Bishops , parson * , aristocrats , lawyers , a&d other petti of society—( loud cheers)—whose only labour is to live on the best of the land , and to be planning how to wring another farthing from the starving operative . If we had at the present time a great number of natmployed labourers , they should look at the cause , whiah was owing to excessive
taxation , by which the starring people are preTented from purchasing the goods of the mannfacterers , and thereby giving increased employment He was sorry that the town of Roehdale was to-morrow to be placed under tha power of the Rural Police ; it was a disgrace to the Tory party , who had petitioned for them , and thereby stamped their character with infamy . He called upon the people to single out the parties who bad signed the memorial for their introduction , and if they dared to come before the public , to mark such infamy by every means within their power . He thought that Rochdale , above all other places , ought to be exempt from such an unconstitutional force , for they had shewn themselves capable of manning their own a&irs , by sending to Parliament ft man who was && honour both to them an / 1 the country which gave him birth . But their introduction was the result of disappoints party
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motives , aad the people would never forget the party that had caused their introduction . The act will be the means of annihilating the last hopes of » faction that have ever distinguished themselves by crushing the liberties of the people . Mr . LivBey resumed his seat amidst protracted cheering . The next toast was " Frost , Williams , and Jones , and may they speedily be restored to the bosom of their disconsolate families . " Mr . Joseph Linnet responded in a very feeling and affectionate manner . Mr . John Leach then presented an address to Mr . O'Connor , which he did in a complimentary speech . An address was also presented by Mrs . Sarah . Ashworth , oafeehalf of the females of Rochdale .
Mr . O'Coshob ., in reply , addressed the assembly for upwards of an heur , in a speech replete with glowing eloquence , convincing argument , and deep pathos , which was only interrupted by the enthusiastic cheers of his auditory . The concluding toast was " The TdmwuW * witches , " which was responded to byj Mr . Tboxas Cook , in a short and humorous speech which was well received . At the conclusion of Mr . O'Connor ' s speech , be called npon all the persons in the meeting to come forth and join the Association , and appointed Mr . J . Iivsey treasurer for the M'Douall Fund .
After the meeting , the band struck op , and dancing commenced , which was kept up to a late hour , to the evident gratification of the youthful portion of the meeting . Thus concluded one of the most orderly meetings ever held in this town , and it cannot fail to be beneficial to our rightful cause .
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NOMINATIONS FOR THE GENERAL COUNCIL . LOUGHBOBOCGH . Mr . John Skevington . Mr . Win . Stevenson . Mr . William Priestley . Mr . James Jones . Mr . John North . Mr . Samuel Bucknall , sub-Secretary . Mr . Thomas Eveleigh , sub-Treasurer .
NEWCASTLE . John Pickering , smith , Hill-afreet . James Frazer ^ hoeaiaker . Macford's-entry , Northumberland-etreet . William Hall , Goat Inn , Cloth Market . J . R . C . Crothera , bookseller , 2 , Shakespearestreet . John Cockburn , mattress-maker , Barliff-cate . Nathaniel Frankland , quarry-man , Bell-street , Arthur ' s-hi'l .
James Purvis , 18 , Swan-street , Gateshead . James Kirker , shopkeeper , Oakwell-gate , ditto . Edward Scorfield , saddler , ditto , ditto . Wm . Dees , coachmaker , Pilgrim-street . Robert Harrison , shoemaker . Buckingham-street . Stepb en Binns , blacking-mannfao turer , Nun-street . John Condon , tailor , Pilgrim-street . Timothy M&ngham , tailor , Clayton ' a-court , ditto , sub-Treasurer . James Sinclair , foundry-man , Pipewellgate Grateshead , Bub-Seoretary .
ETA 7 F 0 BD . William Pepton , shoemaker , Friar-street . William Wood , ditto , Cottage-street , willoughby Wilke , ditto , Topping-Btreet . Thomas Follows , ditto , Gaolgate-street . Henry Harriss , ditto , Eastgate-Btreet . William Haldes , ditto , Forgate-street , sub-Trea surer . Samuel Ward , ditto , Friar-street , 6 ub-Secretary
NXWABK . Thomas Simnitt , pipe-maker , Chatham-street . Richard Collins , butcher , Mill-gate . Fraacea Morley , tailor , Philadelphia-place . Frederic Houghton , Cooper , Barnby-gate . John Jallands , tailor , Chatham-street . James Saunders , rag-merchant , . North-gate , Bab-Treasurer . Benjamin Hutohioson , wire-drawer , Mill-gate , sub-Secretary .
AiyasroK . William Williamson , Derby Road . Mark Gsmble , No . 2 , Nesbit Row . Henry Topham , Chapel-street . Christopher Gibson , Nottingham Road . Joseph Darley , Camp h ' eld Lane . Lawrence Anderson , Copton Lane . John Cross , Copton Lane , sub-Secretary . Isaac Ward , Common Side . snb-TreasBrer
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BALANCE SHEET OF FESTIVAL TO MR . W . CARRIER . £ . s . d . 81 tickets sold at 2 s . 6 d . each 10 2 6 131 do . do . at Is . 6 d . do 9 16 6 84 do . do at Is . do 4 4 0 Subscriptions , by T . S . Dunoombe , Esq ., M . P 5 5 0 Ditto , M . Miniken 0 2 6 Ditto , Mr . Sidey 0 10 Sundries 0 5 0 Profits on Ginger Beer and Apples ......... 0 9 5 .
£ 30 s m BXPKJJDITUfcE . Paid 247 teas at 8 d . per head , as per receipt 8 4 8 Ditto use of Hall do . do .... 2 12 6 Ditto sis musicians , at 3 s . 6 d . each , do .... 1 1 0 Ditto printing 500 bills , do .... 1 14 0 Ditto advertisements in Morning Advertiser and Northern Star , do 0 8 0 Ditto tickets and stationery , do .... 0 0 0 Ditto balance to Mr . Carrier , do .... 16 5 9 £ £ 30 5 Hi Auditors , G . Wyatt , and D . Cater ; J . Hawley , Treasurer ; J . W . Parker , Secretary .
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TO THB RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORD MAYOR OF DUBLIN . Mt Lord , mat it please your Lohdship , —I should have presumed to address you a few days past , had I not felt a delicacy in trespassing on your valuable time , at a period when you must have had ample employment in receiving the office and honours of civic dignity , to which you have been lately exalted ; but as the excitement and bustle consequent npon such an occasion are , by this time , I should hope , greatly abated , and your Lordship is now beginning to feel yourself at home in your new quarters , I may , as an
Irishman , be permitted to ask—was it indispensible that the man whom tie people of Ireland so long confided in as a friend and a patriot , should accept the < ffice of Chief Magistrate for the City of Dublin ? or was it merely to eDjoy a triumph over the fallen faction whom you displaced ? If the latter , I will only say I do not envy you your glory ; but if the former , I ask , of what benefit to Ireland will be your acceptance of such aa office ? Will the cause of Repeal gain anything by such a course ? I rather think that many persons will take example by your Lordship , and be Repealers in private , but not in public .
M ; countrymen have ever been too credulous and confiding , and this your Lordship has had many proofs of ; they have ever given you eredit for consistency , without eTen inquiring whether you merited it ; but they muit be blind indeed , if they cannot now see you in your proper colours ; for not content with the many thousands of pounds which they voluntarily contributed to enrich you , you covetted the paltry toys of office , and to procure them " registered a vow" that no man should know yeur political opinions . Now , my Lord , I have no objection to yottr silence , or to your office ; nor do I begrudge you the honour of feasting on venison presented by the officer of a Tory Government ; hut I do feel hurt to see my fellowcountrymen made the willing tools of your cupidity and ambition .
There is one thing , however , which gives me a great deal of pleasure , and which I have no doubt will gratify your LorcBhip exceedingly ; namely , as you have been heretofore outrageously violent in your denunciations of CbarUstB , and would by every possible means attack the character of ' Torch and dagger men , " to show that yea hare now the opportunity to examine , and the power to punish , should you find any suck within your jurisdiction ; that you have the will to de so there can be little doubt ; therefore , it we find no convictions amosgst the seven hundred honest Chartists of Dublin , yon will be obliged to admit that Chartism is not bo " terrible a thing" as your Lordship has taken so much , pains to represent it
I have no doubt your Lordship will keep your promise as resptcta your silence on political matters , but I have no wish , save to furnish you with a few hints occasionally , which your Lordship can either muse npon in your easy chair , or reserve until heaven releases you from the solemn engagement yen have so voluntarily made . I have the honour to be , Your Lordship ' s most obedient , Bumble Servant , W . H . Clifton . Bristol , 74 , West Street .
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^ A TRIP TO NOTTINGHAMSHIRE . invited to visit Nottingham , 8 utton-in-A * hneld , and H&as&eld , and accepting the invitation , I left Sheffield at two o'clock on Wednesday , Not . 17 th , taking the train ( or rather the train taking me ) to Derby ; a hard frost the previous night had dried the streams , covered the earth with its wintry mantle of white , aad made the atmosphere piercing cold . I shall not pretend to give a description of my ride to Darby—enough that about a quarter to four o ' clock we reached the station at Belper , and now I began to feel myself at borne , the country was not new to me ; but though I bad travelled the road several times between Derby and Belper , I could scarcely believe my senses when , after a few minutes' rapid whirl the well-remembered pleasant UtUe village ot Duffield glided ( apparently ) by me , a few minutes more , and Derby "hove in sight" There wm the town where I had while yet a boy braved per-
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secution , asd in Brandreth ' s death cell had laid me down nightly on my prison bed of straw to dream of the future when tyranny should wither and die . and equality , freedom , and justice reign triune sovereign of a liberated world . la that town where those musings of enthusiasm were nurtured , which at a subsequent period found Tent in speech , and brought down npon me the denunciation of open enemies , and the slander of pretended but false friends , I was called madman , fool , traitor , io . &c Aad why ? because I spoke what I felt " O , could I feel what I have felt , or be what I have been ! "
Says the poet ; but , that may not be;— 'tis a hard lesson to learn , to a young heart beating with the love of truth , that " language was intended net to express but to conceal man ' s thoughts ; " but , 'tis a lesson that all must learn , and all most more or less act upon . Talleyrand has beea denounced ss a monster for giving expression to the above sentiment ; he was a monster , no doubt , bnt he was but a little monster ; the great tyrannic monster ia society , that practically proclaims and enforces the above rale . Am I asked , do I act npon that rale 1 I answer , yes I for I do not now speak all that I feel . I feel more than tongue or pen can tell—mooh more 1 In that town of Derby I once had friends—11 friends of my youth ; " perhaps by them I am now forgotten . But why pursue the subject further ! the recollections of the past are painful , and if they recall a few gleamB of sunshine , they serve but to render the darkness of disappointment more visible .
We reached the I > erby Station about ten minutes pait fonr o'clock—that station with its innumerable offices and rooms of refreshment—ita gas illumination its scores of carriages and engines—the countless throng intent on business , pleasure , or other pursuits , that fill its walks in one twenty-four hours—is one of the proudest trophies of man ' s sU \ l and labour to be found , probably , in any part of the world . But a murderous social , or rather anti-social , system poisons all . The men whose ingenuity and toil have here made beauty and solidity to everywhere greet the eye—whose right arms here have wrought that which to be appreciated must be seen—these men , nature ' s nobility , are treated as outcast Pariahs by those who profit by their toil ; even on these railways , these " modern improvements " on the old system of travelling , your " third class passenger" is treated worse than the dog of the aristocrat , —and why ? Because he is poor l " How long by tyrants shall the earth be trod f tlow laog thy people trampled on , O God t "
I had hoped to have been able te have spent an hour in Derby , bat finding , unless I took the first train , I could not leave until half-past seven , I had no alternative but to proceed . Accordingly at half-past feur I left Derby in the train for Nottingham . I sat next a gemtlem&n , whom , entering into conversation with , I found much opposed to the railway system of travelling , on the ground that the " third class passengers " were treated with neglect and insult Finding ourselves agreed on this point , the conversation tamed upon the present state of the country and public affairs generally . I found my new acquaintance to be a bitter foe of the aristocracy and a stanch Corn Law repealer . The Chartists , of course , came In for their share of abase for opposing the philanthropic schemes of the cheap bread gentry , my acquaintance expressing bis conviction that
the Chartist leaden were in the pay of the Tories . Taking no notice of this last absurdity , I set about showing him the impossibility of the middle classes carrying a repeal of the Corn Laws unless aided by the working men . I justified the conduct of the Chartists in standing out for political enfranchisement , and I flatter myself made him half if not wholly a convert . He admitted that the suffrage was the right of the people , but feared it wsuld only be obtained by bloodshed ; that I showed him was a Tain fear ; that would the middle class honestly join the people , the Charter would be made the law without the shedding of a drop of blood , or the loss of a single life . He assented but doubted if the middle classs would join the people ; bat added , that sure be wm Reform most come , or Revolution would come . Having reached Nottingham we parted .
At eight o ' clock , I addressed a crowded meeting in tha democratic eh&peL I -was moet heartily received , and Shall long remember with pleasure , the kindness with which I was treated by the Whig-hating Chartists of Nottingham . The cause is steadily progressing ; the wont obstacle is the extreme poverty of the working classes , but where men ' s hearts are right this difficulty may be surmounted . Justice demands that I should here pay a passing compliment to that honest patriot James Sweet , who is regarded aa the life and soul of the movement in Nottingham . He has the universal confidence of the people . Long may he enjoy what be so well deserves .
Thursday , left Nottingham per coach for Mansfield , on my way to Button ; oar road lying through a put of the far-famed Sherwood forest , the scene of the exploits of that Immortal king of good fellaws , " bold Robin Hood . " I was not aware until too late , that at one point of the road I was within a mile of Newstead Abbey , had I been aware of this in dne time , nought should have hindered me treading the " holy ground , " sacred to liberty's noblest bard . But on my next visit , I will atone for my past offence—nothing shall then prevent me worshipping at the poet ' s shii&e .
Beaching Mansfield I found certain friends waiting my arrival ; in their company I proceeded to Button . At seven o'clock I addressed a large and enthusiastic meeting in the Hope Inn , Mr . Joseph Alvey in the chair ; I must do the men of Button the justice of saying , that ef all the men I have met with in England , they appear to me to be the most determined and hearty in the cause . They nobly supported the first Convention , and had all England been like Sutton , the Charter would then have been law , but such was not the case . Weil , have the men of Sutton allowed this to damp their spirits , or destroy their energies ? No ; on the contrary they are now , as before , in the van of the democratic army , steadily extending their organisation , collecting funds , and procuring signatures te the petition . God speed them , is my prayer , and may tne men of every other locality reading tola— " go and do likewise . "
Friday , weat to Mansfield ; I here foand that our " old friend with a new face , " Mr . Murray , of Manchester , late of Liverpool , was to lecture the same evening on " Corn Law Repeal . " Mr . Murray ' s -visit was very fortunate , aa the Chartists not having a room where they could hold a large meeting , had intended to have called the people together in the Market-place ; this owing to the state of the weather and extreme cold , was impossible , as such I agreed with the Council to summon our friends to hear Mr . Murray . They needed little summoning , and by half ' past seven , the room ( large and commodious ) was well filled with Chartists and Corn Law Repealers . Mr . Hamilton proposed that Mr . Dutton , a Chartist , should take the chair , some person proposed another gentleman , whose name I did not catch . A show of hands wu taken , when by a sweeping majority the ChartUfc chairman was elected .
Mr . Murray then delivered bis lecture , upon which I need say nothing . I then replied , and after speaking about half an hour , moved the adoption of the following resolution : — " That while this meeting consider the existing Corn Law to be unjust and oppressive , and one that ought to be erased from the statute book , thay are also of opinion that the said law is but one of the numberless evils under which the working classes lahour , the result of class-legislation ; and this meeting pledges itself to agitate for no measure of reform short of the People ' s Charter . " Mr . Murray moved the following crafty amendment : " That the Corn and Provision Laws are unjust and ought to be repealed . "
About fifty hands were held up for the amendment , and from two hundred and fifty to three hundred for the original motion . Three cheers for O'Connor , three for the Welsh martyrs , and three for the Charter and no surrender , closed tho _ triumph of the good men and true . Last Saturday ' s Star exhibited the awful distress prevalent in Mansfield—need I add that circumstances are doing what srgument failed to effect—and the " good old cause" moves on . The services of Mr . Dean Taylor , as county lecturer , have been productive of immense good . Mr . Tayler is warmly respected by the Nottinghamshire Chartists , and his highly Successful labours will entitle him to their esteem .
Saturday , I returned to Sheffield . One word with Mr . O'Connor . The Nottingham Chartists are most tmxiouB to know wtien be will viBit their good town . As one of the first places to rally round the banner of Radicalism at his call , five years ago—they think they should not , and I am sure they will not , be forgotten . George Julian Haenet .
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THE ENGLISH CHARTIST CIRCULAR . TO THB EDITOB OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sib , —It rejoices my soul to see another number of the Chartist Circular , which , from its tardy arrival this last week at this sink or cefs-pool of Toryism , I had began to fear had gone to that bourn from which only Mxi immediate energy of our Chartist brethren can rescue it I do , howerer , solemnly trust that they will not suffer this real catastrophe to happen . I should regard the circumstance ta a just and general misfortunedeep and melancholy shade thrown over the otherwise bright path of political regeneration . Every working man in the whole breadth of tie land should carry tha ChaHid Circular in his bosom , and read it to bis dear wife and children at his meals . It is printed and composed for his benelt , and should be worn next hi *
I have pondered much on the , to me , solemn notice addressed "To the Chartists generally , " in No . 40 , warning them of the critical situation of the Circular , and do trust it will be responded to in a manner worthy of men united in the sacred cause of freedom . I do fervently trus t that the Chartist brethren of the United Kingdom will carry it triumphantly through ita present unassured coarse , and I have great satisfaction in stating that , on my reading the appeal referred to above , and the remarks connected with it , and the letter of our Chartist brother which precedes it , to the Committee of the Chartists here , they readily and unanimously resolved to adopt hia suggestion , to take a dozen
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copies weekly , for discretional and gratuitous distribution . Supposing , Mr . Editor , the National Charter Association to extend at this time over 250 towns , if each locality would agree to take a dozen copies for general use , this would call for 3 , 000 copies ; and if the promiscuous sale in the same towns were only eight copies in addition , this would moke the demand to be 5 , 000 , that is , 350 multiplied by 20 , which I trust would prove a remunerating number ; bat if otherwise , I would recommend that at the end of the present volume or section , It were raised to a penny , which I im asinred no real Chartist would object to .
Let as make a simultaneous national movement to place the Chartist Circular in a situation of prosperity , and to afford its meritorious editor that satisfaction , in regard to its publication , which his labours and his outlay of capital justly entitle him to . Respectfully and sincerely ysurs , A Chartist . Liverpool , Monday , Not . 15 th , 1841 .
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ATTACK UPON MR . LOWERY , THB CHARTIST MISSIONARY , AND MR . CHRISTOPHER COYNE , OF CAPEL-STREET , DUBLIN . TO THB EDITOR OF THE NOBTHEBH STAB . Sir , —Mr . Coyne called upon me and complained of having his name included amongst the names of the party who made the hrual attack upon Mr . Lowery , in Henry-street , in August , 1839 , and for which they received the marked approbation of the Lord Lieutenant and the thanks of Mr . O'Gonnell . He said that he was in the room when the attack was made upon Mr . Lowery , but that he did bis utmost to prevent it , and to obtain a hearing for Mr . Lowery , by whispering to those over whom he thought he had influence , not to beat Mr . Lowery , but to hear him . The reason why he did not speak out was , that he did noi wish his name to appear before the public at the time . He says he is a Chartist in principle , and is therefore desirous to relieve himself from the charge which appeared in the Northern Star of the 13 th instant Patrick O'Higgiks . No . 14 , North Anne-street , Nov . 22 , 1841 .
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CHARTIST HOUSE OF CALL , LEEDS . HALL'S TEMPERANCE COFFEE HOUSE 32 , CALL LANE , LEEDS . THE great want of a Good , Clean , Central Houro of Call for all Chartists vieitiHg Leeds has been generally felt ; but now the want no Iongei exists . At a recent meeting of tha Members of the Chartist General Council resident in Leeds , a resolution , recommending the above Coffee House , as a Central , Cheap place of accommodation for Chartisi Lecturers , and Chartists in general } was unanimously passed . Mr . Hall , the host , being a Member of the Association , will be enabled to give everj information connected with the Chartist Movement in Leeds to Strangers . H . STONEHOUSE , Sub-Secretary . Leeds . Nov . 22 nd . 1841 .
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James Turnbull , of Seaton Delavel , had a eon duly registered there , on the 14 th ult .. Thomas Feargua O'Connor TurnbulL The son of James and Sophia Graushaw , of Mile End , New Town , has been baptised James Feargoa William Graushaw . The infant daughter of George and Ann Vernon , of Stalybridge ,. was born August 12 , and duly registered Ann Frost O'Connor . The infant eon of Joseph and Mary Ann Harris , of Bristol , has been baptised Joseph M'Douall Harris .
Th % infant son of William and Elizabeth Pendleton , of Manchester , born on the day that O'Connor was released from prison , has been baptised Feargua O'Connor Pendleton . The infant son of George and Hannah Uttley , of Warley , near Halifax , has been baptised Feargua O'Connor Emmett Uttley . Registered , at Leicester , on the 12 th inst ., William Feargus Frost Winters , son of Mr . Mr . Thomas Winters , of that place . On Sunday last , wa 3 baptised at the Parish Church , Ashton-under-Lyne , Alice O'Connor Ha / rae , daughter of John and Hannah Hague , of Charlestown . '
Born at Huggart Houses , Hindley , near Wigan , on the 20 th October , and registered on the 2 nd of November , Feargus O'Connor Critcbley , son of Jonathan aad Mary Critchley , silk weavers . Lately at Hindley , near Wigan , the wife of William Anderton , shoemaker , was delivered of a son , which was duly registered Thomas O'Brien Anderton . The infant son of Thomas and Betty Wilson , « f Herod , was born on the 9 th , and duly registered
on the 10 th of August , John Frost Wilson . Baptised by the Rev . John Whitby , at the Independent Chapel , Ipswich , Oct . 31 st ., Malvina Janet Feargus O'Connor , daughter of Dona £ and Mary M'PhersoD . Baptised at St . Nicholas Church , Nuneaton , on Sunday , October 17 , the infant son of Thomas Pickering , Attleborbugh , by the name of Feargog O'Connor John Pickering . Baptised and duly registered , Nov . 3 d ., at the Parish Church Hexham , Susan O'Connor , daughter of Samuel and Hannah Cowin .
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- ^ - THE CROWN AND ANCHOR ADDRESS TO O'BRIEN . We have received , on this subject , a letter from Mr . Watkina , which we think it right to publish , and which is the last we mean to publish on the matter , Mr . Watkins says : — " TO THE EDITOB 07 THS NORTHERN STAB . " Sir , —My friends in London have pressed me , very much against my own inslination , to notice several misrepresentations that have lately appeared in the Star . I am so accustomed to these things that they have no effect upon me ; but my friends say thajt they may take effect against me in quartern where the facts are not known . Well , then , in reference to the O'Brien address . I , as Secretary to hia Committee , in London , -was appointed ; to draw up tnat address , which wm adopted by the Committee , and beeame the address of the Committee . In my capacity of reporter to the
Committee , I forwarded the address in an isolated form to the Star . How it came to be inserted in the report of the Crown and Anchor meeting , yon , Mr . Editor , have already explained . It was not my business , bnt the business of the Reporter to the Star to report what took place at the Crown and Anchor ; in his absence , a friend did it for him it appears . I was appointed to read the address to Mr . O'Brien , and to present it to him , when , on reading * it , I got to the passage " There never was a press , * c" Several individuals objected to It , npon whica Mr , O'Brien rose to check me ; but as the general applause of the meeting overbore the individual objections , I proceeded to the end , mindless of the interruption that had takes place . The address was not put to the meeting , nor presented to Mr . O'Brien , therefore he could not , as Mr . Nagle is made to say , tear it to pieces . The address was a verbatim copy of the one adopted by the Committee .
• 'To every word In the objected passage of that address , I stand . Time nor circumstance has not yet allowed any press to represent the interests of working men in their fullest extenl Let the emphasis be laid where it was meant to be , and no honest mind will object to the passage . "A reflection has been cast on the O'Brien Committee for convening the Crown and Anchor meeting on the same evening that a benefit for Carrier was to take place . The Committee , as they were in doty bound to do , merely acted in accordance with O'Brien's instructions , who himself fixed that evening , unknowing of Carrier ' s benefit ; and there was no time to apprize him of it Both places were filled ; those , therefore , who complain aiost must be fond of complaining . "I am , Sir , Your ebediont Servant , Johj * Watkins . " 20 , Upper Marsh , Lambeth . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 27, 1841, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct730/page/5/
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