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IN the Bankruptcy of John Ellison, of Leeds, in the County of York. Nail Manufacturer
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Dealer and Chapman . First Public Meeting for Proof of Debts and Choice of ABsijmecs , on the Fourth of Fbbrvahy next , at T * vo o'C 7 ock in the Afternoon , at the Commissioners' Rooms , Commero al-Buildings , in Leed 3 aforesaid .... Second Public Meeting for Proof of Debts , and Bankrupt ' s Final Examination , on the Twenty-fifth of February next , at Two 6 'Clock in the Afternoon , at the Bame Place . WILLIAM BATTLE , Solicitor under the Fiat . Audus-Street , Selby , January 12 th , 1842 . -
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FT 1 HE DARK YEAR , 1842 .-ZADKIEL'S ALX MANACK ( enlarged and improved ) , just published . Price One Shilling , contains—Predictions of most important Events from the Great Conjunction and Total Eclipse of the Sun in 1842—Alarming Occurrences in tne East—Distress in the Manufacturing Districts—Confusion and Riots at Birmingham , Manchester , &c , &o . ^ -Awful Conflagrations—Daniel O'Connell . Sir Robert Peel , Lord Melbourne , &c . —Health of Prince Albert—Railway Accidents , Failures in Trade , Forgeries , &o . — -New Religious Hero—Great Drought and Pestilence ; together with an Ephemeris of the Planets , and Nativity of the Prince of Wales . London : Sherwood , Gilbert , and Piper , No . 23 , Paternoster-row .
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PREDICTION FOR THE YEAR 1852 . The Doctors are all in a fright Their trafficing season is o ' er , The secret has taken its flight , And the people ^ Dlieve them no more . Too long have their nostrums been ta ' en , For delusion bad spread them afar ; But tbe monster is happily slain , By the wisdom andakill of Old PaRB . Diplomas aTe not worth a groat , The College of Prieas is bare ; Dissecting room windows have got , "To let" stuck in characters there . TbeirkniTes and their saws baye all fled , With the grave-robbing villains afar J Fornp use now have they for tbe dead , Since tbelivinghave heardpf OLD Paeb .
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TO THE PIllMEN OF THE TYNE AND ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦; .-: ; : ; '¦ -y - ' ii ' : . -:: WEAR , ;^; . ; : V ^ y . ¦ y ^ ' k DELEGATE MEETING will \ tb held at A Chestar-le-street , on Saturdat , Jan . the 22 nd , 1042 ; at One o C 3 ockf when eich Colliery is requested tb send a Delegate or Delegates , to adopt Measnres for Resistance to the Tyranny of the Coal Owners and their Viewers . v Union is Stbbngth ! Byordero £ the ^ Thornley ColJieryUnion . ; Thomas BirRBBLL . Secretary .
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H EALTHY MEN , of all ages , are invited to . join a Benefit State Club , called the INDEPENDENT CHARTIST PEW , consisting of Thirty-one Members , at 6 d . per Week . ; Benefit Ten Shillings per Week , when sick . Share every Six Months , r / ; v Held at the Political and Scientific Institution , 55 , Old Bailey , every Friday Evening , from Eight till Nino , to enrol Members . W . Knox , Secretary .
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Stm on sale at aJl the Publishers , ! Price Threepence only , i , THE POOR MAN'S COMPANION : A POLITICAIi ATiMANACK FOR 18 * 2 / SETTINGforth , at one view , the enormous amount of Taxes wrung from the industry of a starving people , and their extravagtmt and shameful expendituie , Also containing tables of useful reference on almost all subjects connected with general policy .
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CAUTIQN TO LADIES . rpHE PROPRIETORS OF KEARSLEY'S i' ORIGINAL WIDOW WELCH'S FEMALE PiLLS find it incumbent on them to caution the purchasers of these Pills against an imitation , by a perion of the name of Smithers , and calling herself the Grand-daughter of the late Widow Welch , but who has no right to the preparing of them , the Original Recipe having been sold to the late G . Keabslby , of Fleet-street , whose widow found it necessary to make the following afiidavit , for the protection of her property , in the year 1798 : —
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JUSTICE , JUSTICE—TIS ALL I ASK . On Saturday , Qte 6 tb a » y of November , a paragraph appeared in tbi Leeds Times , in which It in stated , that on Sanaa / , the 31 st day of October , two leetares ( or fcarangnea ) -where dslevered by Mr . J . B . O'Brien , Jriwhl ^ principle was never grapled with , or anjf tHag instructing advanced , they ( the lectures ) eorifit * $$ g of nothing but denouncing individuals and humbug ; and to wind up , states that he was " drank , and no mistake . " Now the charges are before the pnblfe they must either be true or false . Lst us examine fairly the last charge first On Sunday , " the 7 th , I waited upon Mr Broadbent , the reporter ; he wasengadged . The day following was appointed , when I ahouldhave an
opportunity of seeing him . Accordingly I waited upon hjm . my object in so doing I stated the reasons where first was he the author of that paragraph ? secondly , upon what authority or grounds did he rest the charge of drunkenness I To the first his answer was in tbe affermitive . To the second , he stated to me then and again on Tuesday eroing , before two witnesses , that he had no proofs . No proofes no not one , save and except what" Why , " he thought he was ! " I asked him repeatdjj it this was the only foundation for such a public eh&rge . '"upon the character of a gentleman and he distinctly stated it was I esnld . scarcely conceal my indignation and diagust for auch an individual who could bo fontet himself
to satispy the baser passions , to the injury { as far as lay in his power ) of a gentlemen as far superior and above bini as Heava is to Hell . Yes , the only thing on which he rested the charge was " he thought he was . " j then , so that he could contradict the same , proved to him by oceular proofs , tkat-the same ir » s false and nntrne I will now lay then before the public , and leave them to judge . J waited Mr . O'Brien arrival , accompanied him to an Hotel , a Tempresce on , mind this , from there to Mr . Pitfcethly ' s , to dinner ; he took for Ma beverage one glass of water ; from there , along with Mr . Penny , to the Hall of
Science , which we found croweded to excess . After the afternoon lecture Mr . O'Brien was taken ilL On the recommendation of a medical gentleman , and unknown to Mr . O'Brien , I sent for four pennyworth of brandy , -which be drank upon the platforn . After which , Mr . O"Brien having wrapped himself well up , I and Mr . O'Brien took a Bbort walk until tea was ready ( which was pro-Tided in the Hall for the accommodation of the country friends ) we saunterd into the country for the space of i \* iif an hour . On our return we took tea with nearly 100 friends , and if Mr . O'Briea had been in liquor would have known , after tea I left Mr . O'Brien for the
space of ten minutes with va worty and tried friend Mr . Shaw , a tetotelar of long standing . They took a short walk , and I joined them We proceeded to the Hall , which was crammed almost to sufibcrtion , where he so exposed the fallacies of Owenism , and shewed the absurdity of thler system as called for oft and numerous plaudits . He also exposed , in the most eloquent manner , whieh showed that be was complete master of the subject—the vilany of the funding syBtem ; and traced , in a most dear and lucid manner possible , the progress of usury , and the system | by ¦ which tbe working classes of this country have been brought to tbier present situation ; pointing out , in the clearest manner posseble , the only
possable way by which these direful ! effects could be rooted from society , which was received by the audiene in such a manner as proved that thy met "the cordial approbation of the vaBt assemblythen present—the produce of that Gentleman ' s labours is increased , numbers to our ranks , which is a proof of the good done by his lectures . Indeed . many who are opposed to us in principle , met me , and candidly confessed that he ( Mr . OBrien ) was . a truly talented and eloquent speaker , that the paragraph in tbe Times was a most shamefull and disgracefull paragraph ; and some ¦ went so far as to assert , that if any person there -was in a state of drunkenness it was Mr . Broad
bent This , from those opposed to us , is ef itself a proof scmcent . Now , I furthermore beg to stats , that Mr . O'Brien never , during the course of that day , ever tasted Msy kind of drink , either intoxicating , or unintoxicating , sav on cup of coffee . at ten o ' clock that night , which I can prove by living witnese chiefly total abstainers . I never left that gentleman while near twelve o ' clock . Furthermore I challenge . Mr . Broadbent to & public meeting of his townsmen , when and whtre be pleases , to prove his assertions , and I will undertake to prove that be ( Broadbent ) is a base , lying , rainroaaating villian , to a majority of the meeting then present I remain , truly yours ,
Edwaed Glatton . Such is the famous letter of Mr . Clayton , about which all this disturbance has been made . We have not altered a word , a letter , nor a point ; and we think that all who read it will agree with us th&t , in declining to publish it , we acted kindly towards Mr . O'Brien ; and that in merely stating , as m reason for so declining , " enosghhad been said upon thesubjecV'we acted both kindly and delicately towards Mr . Clayton . We are sorry that the intemperance and Hi-temper of Mr . O'Brien ' s JrLenda _ should have dragged this exposure from us ; but the fault is not ours .
And now we have only one more word to say , and that is to our friends generally . There is probably no otter newspaper in England that receives so much original correspondence as the Northern Star—there is certainly no other that circulates so extensively amongst persons wbo , while their feelings are very strong epos tke subjeets in which they are interested , are yet from their education and circumstances , unable to form any adequate conception of the peculiarities , the difficulties , and the labour of our position . And hence we have been induced to pass by , without feeling the least offence at them , many very harshly expressed censures which
we felv convinced would never have been pronounced had the parties from whom they emanated , known all that we knew . We are always , ready to excuse the hasty ' expression of a well-meaning mind , ill fitted , by circumstances , to jndge accurately of a matter upon which they yet feel deeply ; and hence we net only excuse but thank our York friends for the admonition contained in their resolution ; while we feel quite sure that had they consulted upon it with Mr O'Brien , who knowB more of the peculiarities of such & position as ours is than they do , their resolution would in all-probability , if passed at all , have assumed a different form . ' We can make nft such excuse for the
Huddersaeld friends of Mr . O'Brien , who have dragged thin explanation from us . We leave them to account to that gentleman for their extraordinary mode of " vindicating" him in the best way they can . Bbief Rcles fob the Government of all wh » wsite foe Newspapehs . — Write ' . legibly . Make as few erasures and intrrliiiealions as possible . In writing names of persons and places be more particular than usual to make every letter distinct and cleat—also in using words not Eiigluh-Write only oa one side of the paper . Employ no abbreviations whatever , but ¦ wri te out every word in full . Address communications not to any particular person , but to " The Editor . " Finally , when you sit down to write , don ' t be in a hurry . Consider that hurried writing makes
slow printing . The Poets . —Our poetical friends have been as usual exceedingly b&unteous : we have so large a slock of poetry and apologies for poetry on hand , and our friends supply us constantly so liberally , that we shall not henceforth particularly notice this department in our " Notices to Correspondents . " We shall select from the mass sent us as much as we have room for , with as much impartiality as possible . Accepted pieces mill , therefore ,-be known by their appearance in the paper ; and authors whose communications do not appear will not , therefore , conclude that they are rejected because of demerit , as it would be impossible for us to find room for half of even the readable postry \ that comes to us .
An Opkbatiyb , at Wakefield Oltwood , recommends the friends of Dewsbury to visit East and West Ardslcy , Kirkhamgate , Alverthorpe , end Potopens , at which places , he says , a great number of signatures to the petition might be obtained . Wm . Wilding , Wigan . —The paragraph he has sent us cannot be inserted except as an advertisement . Mb . Wm . Mabtin , of Chesterfield , begs w acknowledge the receipt of 8 s . 'Id . per Air . James Sweet , of Nottingham , for Mr . Samuel Hotberry , which will be forwarded to him in the next letter . Wm . Martin wishes to press the attention of the Chartist public to the case of the suffering patriot , Holberry ; and any donation , however
small , will be thankfully received and duly acknowledged-. Address , care of Mr . Edward Pendleton , Maynard ' s Row , Chesterfield . Gjeobge Jplian B-iBJfBT acknowledges the receipt of six postage stamps for Holberry and others , from " A Poor Man , Bristol , " ( being his second donation . J G J . H . has handed 4 he same to the Sheffield Victim Fund Committee . Oca tbiejtds in Knightsbridge , [ Chelsea , Brompton , Kensington , and Hammersmith , who complain of not obtaining the Si&r , are informed thai they can be supplied at their own houses with the Star , Chartist Circular , 4 " ^ i ° H ffiving their orders to the following news-agents : —Mr . C . Weslerton , Park Side , Knightsbridqe ; Air . C .
niuis , 1 , Ling-street , Kensington , ' Mr . R . Doughty , Young-street , Kensington ; Air . F . ; Barker , Dorcas Terrace , Hammersmith . Mb . John Cleave , proprietor of the . English Chartist Circular , trill give 10 per cent , upon all orders obtained for the Circular , in support of the Executive Council of the National Charter Association and the Missionary Fund . Will those whoteish for the Political Regeneration in Jreland , send as many of the forthcoming Stars as possible , and a few of the 24 iA ult . and 1 st inst .. to P . M . brophy , No . 14 , North Annestreet , Dub'in . We did not receive Mr . O'Connor ' s letter on the Scottish Convention in time for publication .
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W . Daniells , —H- « are extremel y obliged to him for the tables he has sent vs of the wages paid to the carpet weavers , in England , Scotland , France , and America , They seem to be prepared with great care ; and the accompanying observations are valuable . £ We shall use them in our articles on " WaaescFiLabour , " as occasion serves . Mb . John Hall has our best thanks for his tables of wages paid to the flax-dressers . Can he supply us with another , showing the relative numbers of men engaged in hand-heckling at the different periods , embraced in the return ? If he can Tie wUl oblige us , and serve his * trade . ' > J . W . Pabkeb . —Nextweek . H . D . Griffiths dissents from t \ e opinion of * A
Woolwich Cadet , * that it is advisable for Chartists to wear the O ' ConneU Medal by a ribbon , and he deems such a practice an evidence of leadership , and a "badge of voluntary slavery ^ ' We cannot answer his queries } Timothy Falvky , of Macclesfitld , writes to deny emphatically that part of our report of the Manchef ler Anti-Corn-Law meetiny last week , which makes him to have spoken disrespectfullt of Mr . West , of whom he declares that he said not one word in disparagement . We have a letter from Mr . West in reference thereto , in which he undertakes to support the affirmative of the following proposition against Air . Falvey or any other gentleman whom the - League "
may think mere ^ qualified for Vie task . — " That the causes which have produced the present distress were in existence before the enactment of the Corn Laws , and that their mere repeal would not remove them ; and therefore to agitate for their repeal is a useless waste of the people ' s energies , which might be more beneficially em ' ployed in seeking the establishment of the " People ' s Charter , which measure is alone calculated to restore peace , happiness , prosperity , and secu rity to all classes of the community . " Ah Old Reformer . —Received .
James Marshall . —JFe are not aware that any change has been made in the Editorship of the Dundee Chronicle since the accession to that paper of Mr . R . J . Richardson . We presume , therefore * that Mr * R . J . Richardson u stilt Editor of theDundee Chroniole .. We shall not publish his letter . It would look invidious in us . to do so . The proprietors of the Dundee Chronicle are the proper . parties tojlthQm it should be addressed . ' . ¦' --- ' '' -: " An Irishman . —We have no room . . A . H . O . — We cannot give him Afar tin ' s address ; we do net know it .
The Communications of an Old Reformer , an outand out Chartist , C . J . M . Thorpe , A . D . Cooke , one of the Sufferers , a Sussex Farmer , Peter Rigby , John Leach , Wtn . Brelsford , John Hover , S . W . Gawkrodger , Edward Morris , and a number ef other Correspondents have been received .
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J . Skervbs , Cambobme . —We s ent as many of the papers as he ordered , what more does he want t S . Hash . —The Plates and Medals were sent to Mr . John Cleave , London . The Five Shillings from H . M ., London , noticed in last , was for Mrs . Frost and not O'Brien ' s Press Fund . J . Stiven , Boulogne . —The parcel has been for warded as directed . John Riddle , St . Albans . —We supplied the London
agents with both Medals and Plates . Let the agent at St . Albans write for them , if he has not received them . D . S . Gbantham . —The Post-Office Order for the Executive is wrong . Send address , and it will be returned to be corrected . T . G . H . —Say * cho he has taken his paper from . J . Slooombe . —Send 3 j . 9 d . quarterly to the office , and there will be no further trouble about it . J . Hall , Ouseburn . —Send address and he will have an answer to his question .
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FOR THE CHARTIST CAUSE . £ . 8 . < L From J . R . ... ... 0 2 6 FOB THE CBBIEN PRESS FUND . From Gh Dove , Scarborough ... 0 0 3 " the Chartists of Preston , per G . Halton ... ... 0 13 4 FOR MRS . FBOST—THE *« WBIG-HADE WIDOW . " From T . S . Brook , Dewsbnry ... 10 0
" J . G . and T . B ., two Hylton friends , per J . Williams ... 0 2 0 " Three Rainton friends , per Thos . Graham ... ... 0 1 6 " The Members of the National Council , in Mansfield 0 5 . 0 " The Chartists of Wednesbury' ... ... 0 10 6 ' The Chartists of Sal / ord .. . 0 6 0
FOB THE EXECUTIVE . JFrom the flax-dressers a » MouIin-a-Vapeur , Boulogne . 0 9 7 " Three Bristol Chartists , " per B . Gibson , third subscription ... ... 0 5
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XiEEDS— Riot at a Funeral . —Oa Saturday last , John Wood , Mary Best , and Ruth Byron appeared , by warrant , before the sitting magistrates at the Court House , charged with having created a riot in High-street , on Wednesday afternoon week , sad committed an assault upon Richard Stockhill , by pelting him with stones and rubbish . The com * plainant stated that the two female prisoners were relatives of a former wife of his , and that on Wednesday afternoon , whilst he was burying his child , they along with several hundred others , congregated in the street ; his appearance out of doors being the signal for a general attack . The male defendant , he averred , seizid his crape scarf .
and nearly pulled his hat off , besides striking him violently on the back of his neck ; whilst the two females , in addition to a tremendous torrent of abuse , were particularly active in pelting him with stones and mud . The hackney coach in which the mourners sat , was also described as having suffered iu the general row . It was explained to tho Bench that rumours had been circulated that Stockbill ' s second wife had so ill-used the child in question , as to cause its death ; these rumours , however , were completely falsified by medical testimony . But it would appear that since Stockhill ' s second marriage , the connexions of his former wile have shown towards him anj thing but a friendly disposition , from what cause was not shown . The complainant called two men and the hackney coachman to prove his statement , from whose evidence ic
would appear that several hundred persons were assembled , whose conduct was violent in the extreme—that the coach was followed to thechurchj&rd at Quarry Hill , where also violence was committed , and that the two females were particularly noticed , one as having thrown a stone , and the other some mud . As against Wood the evidence was very weak indeed—Stockhill ' s testimony beiBg entirely unsupported . Wood denied having taken any part at all ; he was hawking pots , and was passing along the street with his cart , when he was obliged to stop on account of the mob ; he knewHeitber the parties nor the circumstances , and never even had his hands out of his pocket 3 . The two women denied that they had thrown anything at all at Stockhill—they had only used their tongues . The magistrates decided that there was no case against Wood , but fined each of the ] women 5 s . and costs , or in default to go to Wakefleld for fourteen days .
HUDDEKSFIIXD .-A Pathiot . —An ; Anti-Corn Law lord of the furnace blast , having agreed that his lady should be one of those who should go round tbe neighbourhood last week , for tho purpose of obtaining signatures , of her owa sex to the petition of the mighty League , so far over-stepped his benevolent desire to procure for the mass of the people cheap bread , as to ' shew the clevon . foot b y presenting his own men with a boon , preparatory to receiving a still greater one , namely , by reducing their wages two shillings per week .
DARLINGTON . —The Darlington theatrical amateurs intend , giving the proceeds of their last night's performance ( Thursday , the 13 th ) to the relief of the unemployed operatives and poor of Darlington . The band , the printer , and all others conneoted with the society , have given their Bervioes gratis for the evening . CAMJSU 3 . —Horrible Distbess and Destitution . —We mentioned , last week , that a Committee of working men bad been formed for the purpose
of taking a complete enumeration of the circom-EtaBces and condition of the poorer classes . They have since completed their labours , which they tiave been enabled to perform in a most correct and satis factor ; manner , through the kindness of G . H . Head , Esq ., banker , who very generously paid all the expences of books and labour . As the report of the Committee will best convey an adequate idea of the result of its inquiries , we hasten to lay it before the public , as opening up a mass of misery and destitution which is heart- rending to contemplate .
Report of ihe Committee appointed at a Public Meting ^ of the Inhabitants of Carlisle , held in the Town ' Hall , on Tuesday , December the 28 lh , - 1841 , to take a complete enumeration of the circumstances and condition of the working classes , tviih a view to assist ihe Committee previousl y appointed ^ to distribute temporary relief . ' ' ' ' ¦ ¦ ' " .- 'i : ' j Tour committee have given their most minute and assiduous attention to the subject they were appointed to investigate , and beg leave to lay before you the
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Registered at Sheffield , Deo . 31 , 1841 j Margaret O'Connor Johnston , daughter of Thomas Charles Johnston , and Margaret Murdon Johnston . ' Registered at Rotherham , Tom Frost Lee , son . of Thomas and Sarah Lee . The infant son of William and Alice Raistrick , was bom November 6 th , and registered on the 23 rd , by the name of Feargus O'Connor Raistrick . On the 25 th of November , 1841 , the wife of John
Hawkins , of Mountsorrel , was delivered of a son which ha 9 been duly registered , Robert Emmett Hawkins , in honour of that illustrious patriot who fell a victim to factious cruelty in 1803 Christened on the 2 nd of Jan . 1842 , at the parish church of Ashton-under-Lyne , David Feargua O'Connor Mayman , the sou of Divid Mayman , dresser for power-loom weavers . Jane Wilson , wife of Francis Wilson , was safely delivered of a son , Novembar 3 , which was duly christened Thomas Feargus O'Connor Wilson .
Elizibeth , wife of Robert Johnson , was safely delivered of ason , Nov . 24 , and christened Thomas Feargus O'Connor Johnson . Ann , wife of John Backhouse , jun ., was safely delivered of a son , December 16 th , and was duly baptised John Frost O'Connor Backhouse . ; Born on the 22 dof March , and duly iogistered on the 3 rd of May , Sarah O'Connor Hallo well , the daughter of Mr . John Hallo well , tailor , of Soyland . -: " - ! /'¦' ¦; ¦ : . ' . ¦ ¦ ' .- . ' ¦' . . - \ ¦ . ¦ ' " : ' : ¦ ¦ ' ¦¦¦ . - ¦ ¦ '¦ . ' ' ¦'¦¦ ¦¦ ; - . - Duly registered ^ Elizabeth O'Connor Randall , daughter of John and Mary Randall , of Manchester-road , Bradford , i Born 17 th of October , and duly registered , Wm . Jennings O'Connor Pellett , son of Wm . and Elizabeth PeJlett , Manchester-road .
Born Nov . 8 i ; h , and duly registered Dec . 6 th ult ., Robert Emmett Edmondson , only child of James and Martha Edmoridson , of Bradford . Afew days ago * the-wife of Mr . Barnabas Northropvpf CJayton-, was delivered of a fine son , which has since been registered John Frost Northrop .- - ¦• ¦ ¦ ¦ : ; :.:. ¦ . ¦' ¦ . ^ ' . . . ¦ - ; . ¦ ¦ . ¦¦¦ ¦; . ^¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ., , v '" 'V :- ! - - : - - ; : .. A short time since was registered , Hannah Frost Harrison , daughter of George Harrison , of Thornton , near Bradford . v Baptised in the parish church at Bromsgrove , by the Rev . J . B . G . More , James Feargus O'Connor Wakeman , the son of James Wakeman , nailor , of that townr
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:.. - \ ¦ ¦• : ' . - . . ¦¦ ¦ DEATHS . : y ' '" ^; / , . •; . On the 10 th inst ., Mrs . Cockfield j relict of the late Mr . Jos . Cockfield , Beacon , near Richmond . December l ? 3 i , at his residence , Ashted-house , Birmingham j aged 70 , Samuel Lowe , Esq . ^ aged 46 years , an eminent solicitor in that town . ? : - * Oii the 21 st December , at Lanoast « rj Mi . .., ; ; 'i Duffy , father of James Duffy , tho Whig yiciiin he was in the 931 Year of bis age ; a native of plones , in the County Monaghan , Ireland ; and one of the sufferers of—58 . ^ ^ :. ^ ; ; . * On the 4 th insfc ., at Bristol , after a week's illn « M .
Mr . George Chappie , . many years landlord , of the Duke of Devonshire , 'temple-street , leaving a widow and seven small chikren ta deplore iis loss .-. -.. On Monday last , s ^ t the house pTiier nephew , Ciptain Mdnkmanjinrfiull , aged 72 , ^ 8 . Key away , relict of the late Mr > j . Kellaway , formerly of the Tiger Inn , Bridlington Quay . / ! On Sunday laBt , aged 79 years , Mrs . Robinson , relict of the " late Mr . Robinson , of Wakefield , upholsterer . - ¦ ¦ .: "' . ;¦;• ¦ : •; . ¦ ¦" . ' ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ •'• - : ' - ¦ * . V : ¦ ' ~ - ¦ " - '¦ : On Tuesday , Mr . James Towlcr , aged 71 , for upwards of twenty years sexton of the pariahIphurcn , Wakefield . ' ; : ' ¦
On Thursday , the 6 £ h , inst / , at his residence , Blossom-street , uniVe ^ sal ^ esieemed , aged 65 , William Ranee , Esq ., receiving inspector . - of stamps and taxes for the county ' of York . : "' ' v " Died at Darlington , Jan . 10 th , Mrs . Ei Dunuing , aged 73 years .
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In the Patriot , tiiafc part of which Mr . O'Brien was taken HI , ia omitted altogether , it was considered useless to send that portion , And when the atterUon it made that be never tasted , it ia meant , ana tons understood , by thousand ! , that he ( Mr . O"B . ) never tasted any intoxicating H ^ nor as a beverage -whatsoever . People take laudanum , not to poisonthemselvei ; no , but for medicine ; and many others toonnmerona for us to mention . TTehave thus , as briefly as possible , vindicated the character of Mr . Clayton from any Maine whatsoever in this affair , deprecating as we do any illfeeling or divisions amongst our own body . Yet , when an active and useful member of onr body , of
nnhtennabed character , is attacked in the manner ¦ which Mr . Clayton has been , we feel- it our dnty to stand forward and save the character of such from tbe obloquy which those who did not know the individual would heap npon him . And hi conclusion vre 4 o protest ag&inst such conduct as that evinced by the Editor of the Star , for it is establishing » dictator little short of that assamed by the conquerors of old , from whose Sadgment tiere was no appeal , which , in an Editor of Democracy , comes ¦ with : an III grace . To ti » above we Deed not add another word , save that tbe Order ¦ will teep in mind that tbe two letters ' do not purport to be verbatim copies , and are not stated to be so .
Isaving the public to judge , "We remain , National Chartists , HCDDEESEIELD FaIB . PLAl JOHH CHAPMATi . Joseph Brat . Joseph Rbshfo&th . " Wm . sellkbs . Bob ? . Jones . asdb . ew emmeb . s 0 x Jakes Qlbdhill . . Wednesday , Jan . 5 £ b , 3 S 42 .
Upon this letter a very few remarks will suffice . The chief point is it seems to be the assumption by Messrs . Chapman and Co ., of all the the responsibility of Mr . Clayton ' s acts . They affirm that Mr . Clayton ' s letter to the Scottish Patriot , respecting the yorthem Star , as baring , conjointly with the Leeds Times , originated go * " drunkenness" scandal against Mr . O'Brien , was not his letter in reality but theirs ; that Mr . Clayton acted under their instructions and by their command £ B ire can say to this is , that no appearance of gach instructions and commands was observable in Jfr . Clayton's letter either to us , orto the Scottish Patriot He wrote in his own name ; he wrote as from himself , $ u& apparently on his own authority . We , therefore , who bad only his own letter to go by , could know
nothing of the" instructions and commands" which Messrs Chapman and Co . say were given to him . Perhaps this utter losing eight of bis constituents , and personal assumption of all the importance and dignity of his communication , may be one reason why Messrs . Chapman and Co- exenlpsteJMr . Clayton from tbe charge of vanity and self-conceit . Be that as it may , we are quite willing to give Hz . Clayton all the benefit of the mantle thus tiirownover him by bisfriendsChapmantCaltno-w seems &en , Qjat Mr . Clayton did not , as we supposed , send this lie to the Scottish Patriot , of himself , as the conseqaence of forming disappointed eoneeitedness at not seeing his letter in print . He merely lent himself as ibe tool of Messrs . John Chapman ; Joseph Bray , Joseph Bushforth , William Sellers , Robert Jones , Andrew Smmenoa , snef James GJedhill , who had a mind , for some reason which -we have yet to learn , to ' amuse themselves with a game of irilfnl falsehood and malicious slander . They it seems thought Mr . Clayton
a very £ & instrument for work of this kind , and he was very ready to do it We wish them and him joy of their occupation ; but advise them to practise ii upon same other subject . Whether the lie was Mr . Clayton ' s , or Messrs . Chapman and Ca ' s , we care not : tbe only difference is , that on the former supposition there was a motive sufficient to operate upon a weak and conceited mind palpable in tbe fact of our having declined to insert Mr . Clayton ' s now famous Utter . In the latter case , no motive is discoverable but the love of mischief , of which MesBrs Chapman and Co . seem so conscious , that even in this episUe , in which they endeavour to exonerate Mr . Clayton by taking upon themselves the disgraceful odium of having charged the Northern Star with assist ing the Leeds Times to asperse the character of Mr . O'Brien , they do not venture to assign any reason why they did so . They merely assert that Mr . Clayton acted for them . Ssit so ; he was , then , the disgraceful Instrument of a disgraceful trick .
Messrs . Chapman and Co . affirm that the letter of Mr . Clayton to us , our declining to insert which has given rise to all this display of impotent malice , was their letter and not Ms . They say " Mr . Edward Clayten wrote in his official capacity as secretary and not as S private individual , as the Editor knew welL" This is false . Mr . Clayton wrote here as a private individual 5 n his oira ' name , and -without any reference to any authority but his own . What commands or instructions might have been given him by Messrs . Clapbam and Co ,, we neither know nsr care . They did not appear in or with Ms letter . His letter to us was . introdueed ¦ With the ftUoTfiiig-words : — Haddertfeld Novr , 15 , ISil
" Dsas Sib , —I hope you will allow me a portion of ; your valuable paper of Saturday next , to vindicate the conduct ana character of That Pouly calumnated Gentleman J . Bronteree O'Brien , whilst amongst us , and as one , trbo is fatly wpi ^ wtftfi -with all the circumstances of the case , and to lay before The public , the Truth , " One word npon the great stress laid br Messrs . Chap man and Co . upon tbe necessity of a contradiction of the " drunkenness" calumny coming from them . Our testimony—the strong testimony of Feargus O'Connor , tai the gentlemanly statement of Mr . Peony , all go for nothing , if the veracious fingers of Messrs . Chapman , Clayton , and Co . be net in the pie . How happens it that these very zsalous friends of Mr . O'Brien did not discover the necessity of meeting and rebutting the calumny of the Leeds Times agaiast Mr . O'Brien ,
nntil after it had been effectually done by others , and their quiescence had been reproved by Mr . O'Brien himself , who they say ¦ wrote " to demand that they should vintiieate him" ? Hovr happened these " Huddertfield Pair Play" gentlemen to command their tool , Mr . Ed-ward Clayton , to incite 'to the Scott ish PatrM , denouncing the Leeds Tiroes for the calumny , after it had been retracted and apologised for by the Editor of that paper ? We have little reason to lovethe Leeds Times ; but ire do love " Pair Play , " and disapprove its violation as much against an enemy as against ourselves . The attempt to palliate the lie that the letter sent to the Scottish Patriot and tbe one sent here -were dnplicates is of a piece irith all the rest Tbe letters are essentially different , not merely as to -words , but as to substance and as t » facts , as Mr . Edward Clayton well knows .
We learn that a most dishonest and dishonourable use is being made of our having suppressed this famous letter of Mr . Edward Clayton ' s . It is represented that this letter met not merely the chaige of drunkenness , bet that other things were handled and referred to in it , which our disposition t * injure Mr . O'Brien caused in to withhold . We now think that justice , not less to ilr . O'Brien than to ourselves , requires us to state plainly why this letter was not printed in the Northern Step : A sense of delicacy to Mr . Clayton prevented us from Btatujg those reasons fully in the Sitt instance , and we gave the fact of there being do new point in it , of its being nearly a repetition of Mi O'Connor ' s and Mr . Penny ' s statements ., as our reasoa for not printing it . That was a reason and a suffieiaii one , but it was not the . only one . Tbe letter itself ¦• as so splendid a composition , that we must either have tad the perfectly unnecessary trouble of re-writing
It , or we mutt have mortified Mr . OBrien , and have exposed tiirn to ridicule , by exhibiting the contemptible display made by bis friends in bia defence . We had no win to do either of these things . We did not -wish to injure , to insult , or to annoy Mr . O'Brien ; we did not wish to publish a letter of our own with Mr . Clayton ' s signature to it ; and therefore as the letter itself was utterly valueless either to Mr . O'Brien or anybody else , we witheld it in the civilest and most respectful BM'n « possible , simply observing that we thought enoo § k bad been said upoa the Eubject It was our opinion that if even the letter had been a creditable and Ie 8 pectabl 8 one , any continuance of the discussion , after the flnt indignant denial of the calumny , must be injurious to O'Brien . This seams not to be our opinion J ? tfy » J ° r we have now before us a letter from the aubp 6016 ^ at York , informing us that after Mr . O'Brien ' s Isctcre ia list City , the following resolution was
"That the Chartists of York view with extreme ppet & « continued introduction into the Star of what ™ termed * tbe eharge of drunkenness against Mr . O'Briea , " which charge they believe to be base and tt * anmions ; and they cannot approve of the conduct of tbe Editor in allowing ( under any circumstances ) the eoutumed introduction of that whieh ought never to b * ve been suffered to appear in the Star at alL" " That the above resolution be sent to the Star for insertion . " W » Cobdbcx , sub-Secretary . T / pon this we remark , en passant , that the sending of this resolntion to us for insertion , is a queer way of o ^ precating the continued introduction of the subject nto the Star . "We perfectly agree with the Chartists of York , *\ i \ t the discussion is nnadvisable ; and we regret that the anxiety of Mr . Clayton and bis fziendB , Messrs . Chapman and Co , to " cut a caper" by way
of serving Jdr . O Brien , should have been so unfortunately manifested . It was because vre thought so that » e declined to insert Mr . Clayton ' s letter of the 15 th of November last We repeat that tout reasons for dtdMng it were—first , that enough had been aid upon the subject ; second , that the letter contained no new point—it met nothing but the " drunkenness" charge , which had been already much better met ; and , third , that the letter itself was so disgraceful a composition , that its insertion must havrbeen an Insult and an annoyance to Mr . O'Brien . Lest Mr . CBriEB and his friends should really think that there was Boms other point besides the " diunkennesB" one in the letter , and lest our own friends Efcould think fhat we do ilr . Clayton , the candidate for Conventional honours , injustice in thus characterising his production , we give the letter verbatim eiliieratim : —
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result of their labours . The day following tbe public meeting in the Town Hall , a deputation from the com mittee waited on G . H . Head , Esq ., and after haying stated the bWect of the committee , he kindly ordered Mr . Arthur , bookseller . tt > ^ 'orn&h tbe committee with a gnffioient number of jraitable books , to take a complete enumeration . Your Committee then proceeded to divide the town into flft en districts , as will be seen by the table attached to this report , and appointed two persons to each district , and that the slightest charge of partiality might be avoided , they bo arranged the enumerators , as to invariably hive one person appointed to each district who was a comparative stranger to the persons residing therein . In this manner they proceeded to take down all the parti * culara aet forth in the table , by which it wiil be seen , that out of a population of twenty-two thousand ,
there are six thousand two hundred and eighty-six human beings starving , ( for it cannot be called living ) , on the miserable pittance of one shilling anp THREE FABTHINGS PER HEAD PEB . WEEK , OR ONE PENNY THREE FARTHINGS PER HEAD PER DAT ! ft state of things which cannot be much longer endured , and which is utterly disgraceful to those who have had the management « f tbe public affairs of the country . And your Committee are strongly persuaded that , until a great and substantial change takes place in the wretched and ttirvlng condlUra of the people , tbe casual band ef charity will prove of Blight avail In relieving the immense mass of misery which at present exists ; indeed it is only a drain on the purses of those humane and benevolent gentlemen who have so generously come forward . to relieve the poor and destitute . ..,. ¦ . / ' / . ; - . " i- : - ' ¦ s - ' -.:. - ¦ . ¦ ,, /;¦ ¦ ¦• : ' , - . . ; .. \ ^ - ¦ . ;
Your Committee cannot refrain from stating one important feature in the result of their investigation , which Is , that an immense majority of the distress which exists , and the suffering which is , at present , being endured—Is amongst , and by those , more immediately engaged in the manufacture of cotton goods . There are in the Enumeration Books no fewer than six hundred and sixty five hand-loom weavers who with those depending upon them , for support , amount to the almost incredible number of ! 2 , 096 ., being onb half of the whole number of persons in the table I Wretched as ia the condition of this numerous body of men , yet it does not shield them from the pestilential hand of the spoiler , who , on the slightest plea will , monster-like , grab another threepence or
sir-Jsesfce per cut from their miserable pittance . The other ypit ion , as exhibited in the table , arises principally from labourers and others being but of employment at this inclement season of the year . Nearly all of your Committee belong to the working portion of society ; and as such ; they were prepared to meet with great privation , destitution , and want ; but until they actually visited the various districts , they had formed but a 'weak conception of the alarming extent to which the distress prevailed . There are few of your Committee whose hearts have not sickened at the horrible and heart-rending destitution and misery which they have witnessed ; hundreds of cases of dwellings
* scarcely containing a single decent article of furniture ; cupboards without a solitary mouthful of food of any description ; wretched straw beds with scant ; and meagre covering ; grates with little , and in some instances no fire ; whilst the heart-broken inmates of these miserable abodes presented a picture of human wretchedness , at which humanity shudders —clothed in raga , and in many cases without shoes and stockings—their appearance pale , haggared , and woe begone—they are evidently fast sinking into premature graves 1 Can this be once happy England , where the people were wont to be well-fed , well-clad , and had not a tithe of the-labour , they have now to perform ?
Your Committee cannot but congratulate you on the moral and peaceable demeanour of the working classes under inch trying and barrasslng circumstances , and can only express their surprise , that depredations on property haee not been tenfold more numerous ; for yoor Committee well remember the time when not half the amount of deprivation and misery existed , that tbe people at once set the law at defiance , and invaded and took away tae property of others ; a course highly reprehensible , and which ought never to be for a single moment countenanced in a well-regulated state . of society . 1 ;; . ' ;/ . ¦ ¦ ' : ' < ¦ : " : - .. ; ' . - . ' ' ¦ ¦'¦' Year Committee would urge the necessity of furnishing the Important result of their inquiries to the Members of Parliament for the borough .
Your Committee have , they believe , In some solitary cases been imposed upon , which circumstance calls for an active vigilence on the part of those distributing charity ; but in most instances the well-deserving have been diffident in giving in their names . In conclusion , your Committee beg leave to state , that they will willingly aid the Charity Committee , by giving them information from their books , or otherwise assisting them in carrying out the laudable object they have in view—that of relieving the poor and destitute . ¦ ¦•; ¦ ¦ . ' ; , -, ¦ : . ; , ¦ ¦; ,: " {¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ : ..: v ;; " /¦ ¦ - Table , shewing in figures , the results of tbe labours of i the Committee .
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; '¦¦ ' ' ¦ - . v ' " ^ t ¥ - V ' ; - - ;^ % \ ; -d ; e . a . tfO . 1 j ' 200 226 10 464 624 35 0 1 1 lJ NO . 2 116 168 103 39 * 496 28 10 7 1 l No . 3 132 239 lfiS -418 601 27 IS 5 0 11 No . 4 110 159 139 313 452 28 18 6 1 Sj No . 6 103 79 29 218 247 9 0 10 Q 9 No . 6 82 102 40 237 277 13 13 8 0 llf No . 7 71 95 37 218 255 13 6 3 6 0 A No . 8 131 107 111 441 552 23 17 1 0 10 No . 9 129 186 224 268 492 32 11 S 1 3 ^ No . 10 125 I 9 i 186 329 515 31 10 0 12 No . 11 80 139 112 232 344 16 13 4 0 ill No . 12 76 128 166 197 863 24 , 14 6 1 i No . 13 58 142 151 265 406 23 15 3 1 2 No . 14 64 100 134 183 317 21 17 0 1 3 No . 15 70 153 119 226 345 28 2 ty 1 7 Total 1546 2217 1894 4392 S 286 359 6 0 | 1 l £
In The Bankruptcy Of John Ellison, Of Leeds, In The County Of York. Nail Manufacturer
IN the Bankruptcy of John Ellison , of Leeds , in the County of York . Nail Manufacturer
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 15, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct737/page/5/
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