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yiTR SCOTTISH" CONTENTION AND THE - 1 TATIONA 1 PETITION OF THE EXECU" / TTVB . " Fellow countrymen , —What are the real grounds of tb « objection T "—Dr . F . M . M'Dooall to the men of ¦
fcoUsad . ~ ' XO TTTB EDITOR OP THS KORTHBRH STAR . StB , — "With these Treads I * r . M'DouaH coselades his letter in the Sfcir of 15 th January . As one of the Con-TBntion irhose decision the Doctor reviews , and ai one ef thoaeTrho "were immediately concerned in passing the resolution ha impugns , I 'will ¦ with your permission , answer the quay . From the briefness of your report of the discussion , your English readers must be eqnally Ignorant of " the objection" with the Doc-\ at , and it is light they should know it Tfaa ^ matter in dispute naturally resolves into two points : — 1 st . The original merits of the Petition . 2 nd . The propriety of protesting against it after the sieps which had been taken in proceeding -with it
As to the first of these , I never had any doubts , nor have I yet ? the introduction of certain matter into it ¦ riel&tes » pr inciple , which if it be net aQnded to , may prove fatal to tan movement Those great principles upon -which the Chartists are jgreed , which formed the substance « f the dtcument from whkh they took their name , and which constitutes a bond of onion between thousands who differ cpoa other subjects , refers solely to the constitution of ibs legislature . Mark that They leave each and all gobscribing to them free to hold what opinions they may , as to the measures which it would he proper to toss , if once that constitution was obtained .
In this , and in the truth of these principles , lies our strength ; our creed excludes no man , be his opinions » pon erery other point what they may , provided he subscribes to the equality of man , aad "would " do unto others as he would that others should do unto him . " In our ranks wemay with eonsisteneynumber Repealer end anti-Repealers , anti-Poor Law men , and Malthuf ifuiR , O'Coxsorites , O'Brienites , Owenites , Cobbettites , Churchmen , Dissenters , or so Church at all men , and others I seed not mention , differing in tbejix -riews of political economy , mends , and religion , wide as the poles asunder . This being the case , and I defy any one to dispute it , itism&nifest that as Chartista we should never mix « p -with these our great and fundamental opinions , others which are only entertained by a section of our number ( no matter how large or how small that section ) and "which are repudiated by others erery vwbit as good Chartists as themselves .
The -party doing so , set up an unwarrantable standard of Chartism which will debar many from going along with them . Ab Chartists we hold a certain fixed opinion upon the constitution of the legislature , but no one particular opinion whatever upon any of the laws that ought to be possessed by it The petition framed by the Executive of the National Charter Association violates Mas rule broadly and unquestionably . It expresses a fixed opinion upon certain laws , on which as a body the Chartists are not agreed . Does it follow because a man is an anti-repealer or a ilalthusian that be is not a Chartist ? No . Many may be sincere in both . Why then introduce into a petition , framed for the Chartist body generally , opinions nowise inseparable from Chartist principles , and from trhich many , who would otherwise be disposed to subscribe to it , may feel called upon to dissent
I hold that , as individuals , every Chartist has a right is express and propagate his opinion * , but be has no right , be his position what it may , to fix these his peculiar opinions to the Charter and exclude all who may not feel disposed to approve of the addition . This the framers of the petition have done , and for this reason I for one have felt myself called upon to protest against it God knows I am no 'MaHT > n » i « i nor am I an admirer of the inhuman New Poor Law , but that signifies nothing ; others , who may conscientiously subscribe to the Charter , may be both ; and if I mix up my opinions on these points with the Charter , I put all who differ from me in a false position ; they must either subscribe what they do not agree with , ox not at all
This is my objection . I have heard that all the delegates express their opinions in public , and net a few of them hi private ; and I can assure Dr . M'Douall that this , with very few exceptions , was the opinion of all , « vea of many who Toted f er the amendment . Whether the Doctor or his colleagues will meet this objection , time will show . As to the propriety of protesting , there is mo » difficulty in deciding . Bat let us stand to our principles , ani leave expediency to the Whigs ! To commit a false step is bad—to persist in it is worse . The Doctor eostenda that -we , the men of Scotland , ihouldno * dissent " from ^ he rest" It is -with pain we do so ; but circumstances may arise which will leave us no alternative , unless we choose to admit a mode of proceeding 'which will prove fatal to our movement . The Doctor
says" If our principles are exactly the same , then in practice your leaders , or a majority of them , have se ceded from the spirit of the Charter ; and have virtually laid it down as a rule thst in petitions the minority have a dear right to rule . " There is a fallacy here— " Our principles are exactly the same , " only in so far as these are comprised in the Charter . Oa other matters they are uot " exactly the same , " but very different ; and it is from the Executive shutting their eyes to this fact that the misunderstanding has arisen . The Doctor is mistaken in saying that the " minority" seek to rule , and that they have " seceded from the spirit of the Charter . " We gave
the petition framed by the Executive oar best consideration . We viewed it as the production of men to whem we owed not a little ; but we viewed it as such only—{ for the Doctor must remember that the constituents of the Executive are confined to the members of the Associations of which they are tiBce-bearers )—and we found it wanting . We seek net to dictate to others tat we cJaim Mje right of judging what we shall adhibit our own names to , and what not Had the Executive stuck to tke Charter , and that only , there should not have been another word about the matter , but since they chose to introduce other and different questions , taey need not be surprised that some of their brother Chartists refuse to sanction the digression .
I lay no stress upon the fact that we were never consulted . We ought to have been , no doubt ; and bad we been so this discussion might have been spared ; but were the Petition otherwise unexceptionable , this would never have been noticed . Ths Doctor errs when he says we objected to introducing grievances because other countries—not our-* = lves—felt them . Who ever said so ? or how has sueh an idea entered his head ? We objected to those grisTancsa , not because -we do not feel them , but because % y are ithe Repeal of the Union for instance ) grievances -which manj Chartist * consider no grievances stalL
The Doctor Irishes the men of Scotland to protest f £ ai £ * t ice decision of their leaders . " He does not ebott . it seems , that the decision -was not ttiat of their " ltaUtiV bnt their own . Ibzt with nardly an except ion , eTery delegate had his particular instructions from his ecnstitneEts on this very point , and that in Home instircas they n-ere in opposition to the delegates own Views . The Erecntive , I am aware , are elected because the aeiEbeis of the association have a general confidence in item . They hare a carle blw < c £ e given them aa to their tete and deeds , and consequently they may act in a manner which their constituents may refuse afterward * to Ktction . But the Convention , whose proceeding * the D . ctor impugns , -was differently constituted , ^ whe-M > -r better or ¦ worse , I leave for your readers to judce .
In conclusion , T am glad the matter is so calmly and B-c-BaSy taken up . In Scotland it has caused no nutation of feeling , . or very little : In England I trust it jlzj be so too . The Doctor seems not to be aware that npon the merits cf the Petition tbe Scottish Convention -were almost ¦ un animous in condemning i » : * ith very it-m exceptions , even those who voted for it , now that it had been taken np , expressed themfc-Tes hostile to it , and would , had they b&en eensulfced at 2 » t , have voted against it I am , &c , Josh Dvscxy . ^ dee . Jsn . Si . 18 i 2 .
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Manchester axd leeds bail way . TO THE EDIT 8 B OF THE 50 BTHEES STAB . S ) S , —Jf -. on ¦ will be tirsd enough to give the follow-™* exposure of a piece of flagrant unfairness , a place in ice tnceeediog cumber of your excellent paper , the * nter will deem himself complimented . Since the opening of this railway , many advantages fcaTe been afforded to persons hsving-to travel between &s two above named important commercial and maxu-&ctpriBg towns , snd the intermediate places ; and the « P -ri- ; ed proprietors are justly entitled to the support of tb * ptiblie for their enterprise and perseverance . Cerkia palpable afenses , however , are permitted to exist
Which militate very materially against my otto order , Bo' prevent the working man from obtaining his fnll ad legitimate share of tbe benefits accruing from this expeditious mode of travelling ; as I shall , with your leave , tudeavour to shew to the satisfaction of yonr numerous readers , by the following incidents which have rteently come nnder my own personal observation and experience . The like annoyances I have good ttason to believe will continue to be experienced by the opeaiive class , to which I have the honour to btloDg , « ntil acme powerful effort is made to arouse public opinion upon the subject , and efficient measures be tektn to counteract the spread of such enormities .
I reside at Wakefield , bat have for several years been lollswing ay vacation at Dewsbury , and have been in the habit of returning borne at the close ef each vrtek , to spend the Sumday . During the winter I have gexe jaHy availed myself of the bain which leaves the Dewsp&ry Station , at Thornhill Lees , at twenty minntes to even o ' clock , p . m . i Oa Saturday evening week I was detained in the to-wn a few minutes beyend the usual time of tb aaibus starting , and I accordingly took the shortest Kad to the station * a foot-path cm the bank of the C ^ fcr ; and , by di » t of exertion , succeeded in arriving « u £ re nearly at the same time . The train had cot got its dfcstmatien when I reached t ^ estation-houselyard ,
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( puffing snd blowing like a miniature steam-engine , from the effects of so hard a run , ) but it was eo » ing up at a slackened speed at some fifty or sixty yards distant * Hate with the hope of having conquered , I darted into the ofllce at the precise instant that it stopped , and found , to my momentary gratification , a number of indhfidaals taking tickets . With as little delay as possible , I presented myself at the window , and asked the clerk for a third-class ticket for Wakefield . The young man reiterated my question , and was
overheard by a gentleman in the office , -whose name I understood to be Mr . Pearson : this personage snappishly exclaimed , "You can * go in tbe third class by this train ! " I appealed to him a second time , hoping he would exercise a little clemency , ( as I knew the next would not arrive until ten minutes past nine ) but he again pertinaciously refused to oblige me ; I therefore pocketed my money , along with the insslt , and had the mortification to see several secondclass passengers supplied with tickets , who proceeded forthwith to take their places .
Now , Sir , this conduct may be considered railroad legality , but I think it can scarcely be called justice . Had tiie gentleman alluded to said " Yon shant go , " I should have helieved him , as it was I could not I cawiot conclude without adverting to the " waggons" provided for the third-class passengers upon this line , which , as I am informed , are the only vehicles of such a disgraceful construction used upon any railway in England ; and if it be true , as I have seen it stated somewhere , that the third-class fares have raised more money than either the second or first , I think the public is imperatively called upon to demand an alteration .
On Chrismas Day I rode down to Wakefield on the seven o ' clock morning train , and the third-class passengers were not then even allowed the privilege of riding in a " waggon ; " but were actually pent up in a cattle track , * and had to effect their ingress and egress by clambering over a five-barred fence about a yard and a half high . I am , Sir , sincerely yours , Thomas Bbotfn , A joarneymait-printer . Dawibury , Jan . 25 , 1842 .
[ We resdDy give insertion to the above letter ? tor the conduct of the managers of the Railway he names , towards the poor , is grossly insulting and shamefully indecent i ~ he " management" on this "line" is the most miserable of any in the kingdom ! Mr . Brown has correctly stated that the waggon vehicles used on this railway for the transit of the poor , are the only things of the kind in England ! and truly disgnuxfol things they are 11 The name " waggon " is insultingly affixed to them by the Directors ; and they are triihoui seats , and the bottom bored full of holes , like a . cullendar , for the purpose of producing a " draft" of cold air upwards , to make the dccupier ? of them as uncomfortable as possible 1 And this is all the " accommodation" which these
Manchester Directors can afford to the working classes Then the passengers by them are required to be at the " station" ten minutes before the departure of a " train , * " or they " cannot be booked . " No Porter is allowed to aid them in putting any luggage they may have into the carriages ; nor are tbe " waggon passengers" allowed to go into the " waiting-rdoms , " no matter how long they may have to wait for the ** train , " or for what purpose they may ¦ wish to retire . The waggons are without spring-buffers , in despite of the recommendation of Sir Frederick Smith , the Government Inspector ! And indeed , for that matter , this " miserable" management could not afford , to let their " second-class carriages" have this valuable and necessary precaution against accidents .
Their " second class" were at first , every one of them ; actually without spring-buffers ; and a good portion of them are so to this day ! A paragragh has lately gone the round of the newspapers to'the effect that Mr . Herapath , of the Bailtoay Mapaxine , bad communicated the fact that at the late accident on the " Great Western" not one passenger suffered that vas seated at the time . If this be so , what does it say to the managers of the " Leeds and Manchester , " who provide no seats at all for by far the greater number of their passengers ! Let any one go and look at the infamous things they insultingly call " waggons ; " and see them crammed , as they not unfrequently are , with fifty | or sixty human beings each . ' and ask himself what would be
the fate of tbe passengers in the case of an accident like that at Sonning Hill cutting ?! The gingerbread things of carriages would be smashed in an instant !! They are the most rassally-made things ever seen ; and would afford no manner of protection against the disastrous effects of only a slight collision ! " The Leeds and Manchester line does not pay . " Wt are glad of it It never ought to pay , until the " management" learn to treat their passengers something like human beings . Contrast the , " management" on this railway , in respect to accommodation , with that on the " North Midland . " f Oa the latter you find good , strong , roomy , easy carriages ; etery "class" having springbaffew ; the " third class " being equal in that resptsct
to the "first class" on the Zends andifanchester line , and moreover provided with good seals . Contrast this " third-class carriage" of the " North Midland Company , " -with the rascally " waggon" of the' Leeds and 3 Linebester ; " and see in the two a vivid representation of the workings of the factory system m the cottan and woollen districts . ' It is notorious that in the cotton districts , the comforts and conveniences of the working population are the least attended to or cared for of any p ± rt of the kingdom ; and this indifference is a ! so developed in the * ' management" of the 'Leeds and Manchester Railway . " That " management" is a cot » ton one ,- —the managers being cotton-lords ! In the -woollen districts the factory-5 ystem , though bad enough ( rod knows , is- not as bad as it is in the land of cotton ;
kiid the difference is exhibited in the accommodation tbe " North Midland ( woollen ) management " have provided for the working people carried upon their Iin 2 . Still the accommodation on the " North Midland pine " is not -what it oaght to be ; far from it . We lately saw , with considerable sat-isfaction , in one of the papers , that the directors , in conjunction with tho *« of otht-r rzi , Viwsjs , intend to greatly eDhance tbe comfort of their " second class passengers , " by making their carriages something like those on the " Grand Junction" line , —to close in with glass . This is very desirable , and is no more than ought to be . Its adoption ¦ will be a decided improvement on the " North Midland line ; " for their " second cla 3 s " carrla ? es are very open , and consequently very uncomfortable in thai respect . Bat we don't hear that they intend to enhance tke comfort of the " thirl class" . passengers ; and we think they might
soon and easily do eg . We "would suggest to them that they place a cover , or awning , over every one - of their open passenger carriages , to protect the passengers from the hot scoria from the engines , froia rain and snow , and from the drippings of tbe tunnels . This would cost them -very little , and troald be very serviceable . And if , at the same time , they entirely closed the ends of tbe carriages , leaving them open at the sides only , they would stil ni' > rs enhance their comfort ; and mt make them too com / orutbe . We should like to see the " North Midland" lead the way in this matter—that of providing Well for their - poor passengers . Sure we are they would lose nothing by such an exhibition of true public spirit As far as tae , ' * waggons" on the " Leeds and Manchester Kaiiway" are concerned , the sooner the " Directors" collect them together , ad make a public b ' jnfirt of them , the more creditable will it be to them < —Ed . ]
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TO THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND . F-ELLoTr-CotJATBiHE ? . - , —Having in my letter of the 22 i . d ulr . txpLiiiied the reason -why the ChartistB sided the Tories in the late Parliamentary election struggle , it now becunits my duty "to point out the necessity of dispiacir . g that party , and establishing in their stead a legiaUuvb b&dy from amongst the people . You must tear in mind ( as you will see by my letter ) »¦ that it was not for love of them , but for the purpose of getting rid of their false friends , tbe Whigs , and a love of fair play , " that tLe Chartists aided the Tories ; therefore , I must not b * accused of inconsistency , when 1 * tate ay opinion on the necessity of their removaL It is true , that by the power of the Chartista yon have bees placed in a ptcn 5 iar position ; they have confronted yon -witJi the enemies of yoar country and your creed , and thrown down the barriers which separated you from
your hereditary foes . So far they have served you ; inasmuch as henceforth yon -sill have a clear jtage to act upon ; you wilino longer fcave tbe fawning sychophant or stalking assassin to flatter or betray you . No : the Chsrtifts have driven them from the field , and have placed you in that position in which you must grapple with your oppressors , and fight the battle for political equality as becomes you . There is now no excuse ; your enemies are before you ; you have no choice , save victory , or defeat ; you Lave the spirit of your fathers in youi bosoms-, ^ ou bave your bleeding country sinking bentatii the pressure of her wrongs , and calling on you to xeseue her frcin mistry ; you have the hand of fellowship stretched Out by millions of the working cla&ses of Ore&t Britain ; and , above all , you have the invincible spirit cf liberty cheering you on to the contest .
1 have « aidf | " that the Chartists were determined henceforth , to have fair play ; " asd I see no reason why yon should not tct on the same principle , and , by your own exertions obtain that justice for y « ur country which has so long been denied by the aristocracy , and retarded by tbe temporising measures of interested indidividuals and " knavish politicians . " The first question then which you should aek yourselves is , What is the duty we owe to eur country T and the second should be , Will we fee justified in point of " law and religion" in opposing our present rulers !
To the first of these queries the answer will be , You are bound-by every principle of honour , virtme , and patriotism , to rescue your country from degradation andf slavery , and to raise her to an honourable position in the scale of nations ; but to the latUr it will be necessary to examine the right by which the aristocracy hold their pyvrer of governing and persecuting you . To make this enquiry as simple as possible , it will be only necessary to state , first , that ail mtn are equal by nature , and , secondly , that laws and governments were BrstifcistituUd for the mutual t » nfcfit and protection of
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all ; and consequently , the people were originally the law makers ; and those whom they appointed as officers to watch over and'ftdminister those laws , were responsible to them and subject to watch over their controL When men found it necessary to establish forms of government to regulate the affairs of society , and strengthen the bond of mutual interest which was essential to the well-being and security of the community , and appointed judges and officers to administer and execute the laws which they had agreed to obey , they did not at the same time delegate the power to such judges or officers of adding to or taking from those laws , er intend that such officers should Bet themselves above the laws which they were appointed to be the
guardians of , in opposition to the will and the power of the law makers . The first judges were men whom the the people elected for their wisdom , honesty , and integrity , and whose only qualification was their superior abilities and virtue . The people , a * a body , had the power to make , alter , oi change those laws whenever the interests of society required , and beyond their tribunal or against their sovereign -will , no man could appeal ; the power of life or death , banishment , fines , or imprisonment , rewards , or punishments rested in their hands , and was exercised according as their judgment dictated ; and thus they enjoyed that ennobling prerogative which nature intended they . should be in possession of .
Here then -we have a brief outline of the origin and nature of democratical Governments . Here we see the man in a position in which he had the power to serve his country and himself ; here we find him obeying no laws , save those which kthad a voice in making , and giving support only to such institutions as were necessary for the benefit of the Commonwealth . He had ne tyrants to trample on him , for all were equal ; no overwhelming misery to bow down hisspJrifc , for all were interested in promoting the prosperity of the country ; nor was he the victim of rapacions bigotry as all were in possession of liberty of conscience .
Time , however , brought with it a fearful changemen became apathetic , and resting in peaceful security and happy content , neglected to watch over their interests or guard against the inroads which were made upon their liberties by designing , ambitious , and unprincipled individuals , who from time to time watched for opportunities to place themselves above their fellows ; and thus , the people through their own faults allowed their power and their happiness to be wrested from their grasp , and became the tools and the slaves of their numerous and tyrannical usurpers .
At one time ambition swayed the sceptre , at another , bigotry reigned predominant ; and ever as the people became more oppressed , their oppressors became more determined to crush them . Some times the people awoke to a sense off their prostrate condition and would make an effort to shake of tbe yoke from their necks , and then they too frequently found that they were losers by the contest , and that their blood only tended to cement their bonds more firmly together . At others , they raised their voices , and in their moral mtght d « -Handed their emancipation from slavery , and might rare often conquered , had they acted firmly and been more wise than credulous ; for upon rach occasions , when the people wen likely to obtain the liberty they
sought for , and when their oppressors were on the eve of & defeat , a third party would spring up , and taking advantage of the excitement of ths one , and the weakness of the other , succeed in introducing themselves into power , having first silenced the people with promises to better their condition , but basely deserting them , and forgetting their vows became even greater tyrants than their predecessors ; tbe people finding , when too late , that they bad been duped , and only exchanged ose set of tyrants for another set worse . And this , my fellow-countrymen ,, has been too long the position in which you and the people of Great Britain have been placed , and which you are now called upon to shake off .
The liberty of Ireland has been infringed on , and she has been victimised to tbe enpidity , ambition , and reckless tyranny of an aristocratic faction , who by treachery , deceit , and bribery , became your masters , aad deprived you of almost every vestige of liberty , and made a ruin of yonr country . The Tories and the Whigs became the gamblers in the political market , whilst you were set np as the stake , regardless of your misery so they could but enrich themselves at you expence . Where , I would ask , is the justice in entering yonr neighbours bouse , and robbing it of every thing it possesses—murdering the father—violating the bosom of chastity , and gloating over the mangled corpse * of a once comfortable home ? Where is the justice in plundering you of your birthright , and denying you & voice in the making of tbe
laws which govern you ? or is it justice to have one set of laws for the rich and another set for the poor ? Was it—is it just , to punish you upon tbe anthority of such laws , they having been framed without your consent or approval ? Did you make the law which carried fire and desolation throughout the length and breadth of tbe land ? or was it by your authority that your fathers and your brothers were suspended from gibbets in front of their own doors for the would-be crime of loving the land of their birth , and breathing a prayer for her welfare 1 Was it justice which forced you to give up' all yon possessed , and reduced you to the condition of a starving province , and steeped you to the lips in poverty and wretchedness ? It was not justice . Heaven does not sanction—earth does not approve—nor can Irishmen be ever led to believethere is justice in—such treatment
The power -which would rob and murder , is not justice . The hand which could clutch the assassin ' s knife and bury it in the bosom of its victim , is not the hand of justice . The power , which monopolises the resources of the country , and leaves you to pine , and drag out a miserable existence , is not , cannot be allied to justice . The power which could , raise & debt on the nation , and compel the people to pay an enormous interest to those who raised it is not justice Nor will you act jnstly by yourselves or yonr countiy , unless you rise up in yonr moral might , and demand political equality . What have you to hope for ? Will they who have bo long persecuted and oppressed you , become more gentle and kind in their dealings with you , or do you suppose that those who , with your own
moaej , purchased muskets , bayonets , halters , and gibbets , and erected prisons and dungeons to immure you , will now repent of their deeds , or make restitution of their ill-gotten gains ? Will they , can they give you back your fathers or yonr brothers , your wiveB and your children , from their cold , but honourable graves , or eancel the blood-stain which pollutes their guilty brows ? Will tbe aristocracy , -which has for hundreds of years fattened on your misery , and -who yet deem yeu " aliens in blood and country , " receive you into their friendship , and treat you 'with the courte y 'which you deserve ? Will they voluntarily give you back your birthright , ¦ which they have unjustly and most tyrannically deprived you of , or restore your country to the position in which they found it ? Will they ( unless they cannot help it ) give you back the Union ¦ which they treacherously obtained , - and which they fraudulently retain , in spite of all your complaints and murmurings ? No , my fellow-countrymen , tbe
prowling wolf is not more savage in bis nature than the aristocracy of these cpuntriea ; he is . in fact , leas rapacions , for he only follows tbe instinct of his nature . Your oppressors never did intend , nor do they now intend to deal justly by you ; it is in vain to hope for justice from them ; therefore , you mast obtain it for yourselves . You have already seen that their promises are not to be depended on , and that they never flattered but to deceive you . I have shewn you the nature of a Government in which the people are tbe rulers ; and I trust you are convinced that jnstice with the aristocracy , is but a cloak to cover their villanies . Is there one amongst you can dispute my assertions ; or , is there an Irishman who denies that the aristocracy are the enemies of his country and the cause of her misery ? Who amongst you will any longer temporise with either party , or hesitate to work out , and that quickly , your political regeneration .
I have now only treated on the legality of opposing the aristocracy , and will , in my next , endeavour to convince yeu that religion does not sanction deeds of tyranny and oppression . I know it is upon these two points your objections rest , and those once removed , you will not hesitate to set your hand to the People ' s Charter , and believe me I am aincerely of opinion there is no other means in your power by which you canJbe politically saved . Irishmen , your duty calls you at tbe present—you have now but one enemy to contend with—you know them , they are your avowed enemies—onward and y » u
conquer , backward and you fall . Remember what they owe you—remember wtat you fight for—remember your beloved Ireland is the stake to be won or lost , and save her as become you from tbe merciless grasp of her tyrants . TeJl them they have lorded it over you long enough—that you are tired of their justice , and that you are determined to obtain the power to legislate for yourselves . I have the honour to be , Fellow-countrymen , : Your most obedient humble servant , W . H . Clifton .
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THE MASONS ON STRIKE . TO THE EDITOB OF THE NOBTHEEN STAR . Sir , —The following letter has been refused insertion in the Times , as also all the other daily papers , unless as an advertisement By inserting it in the S / ar you will greatly oblige The Masons on Strike .
TO THB EDITOR OF THE TIMES . Sis , —Oar attention has been arrested by an article from your pen , in reference to our strike at the New Houses of Parliament , and other public works , which appeared in your columns of Wednesday , the 26 th ult . prejudicial to tbe cause of humanity , in which we are engaged , and not strictly true ; we , therefore , now ask , w&at in a spirit of fairness we rely on your granting , namely , permission , through the same columns in which your article appeared , to lay before the public the other and true side of the question .
Whether our efforts to annihilate cruelty the most consummate " have been simply defeated" in London or not—whether " open bouses are provided by tbe union " for the quarrymen who , in various localities , manifest such a humane feeling towards their cruelly ill-treated fellow-men or not—or whether our delegates proceed from place to place , in the performance of their " labour of love , " " mounted" or otherwise , are questions upon
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which w « shall not waste oar time , or seek to occupy your pages in animadverting upon . Suffice to say , that , satisfied with the justness of our cause , we are as determined now as at the first moment , and shall persevere , by every lavofii means , to succeed . ; «• die of atrophy , " that is , ' from the want of nourishment , Is what we do not fear , the period bf »" oonsatnmatlon so devoutly to be -wished for" by our opponents is " very remote ; - and respecting " club law " . / or " New Police" law , the one we abhor , and the ether we have no intention to offend . It is by sober , reflecting , and purely moral means—by " surrounding those "
who , in ignorance of thsaacred dnHoi of man to man , passively submit to insult and cruelty * " with a moral andBocial influence" that we intend to pilot ourselves to the desired haven . Contrast this with the following paragraph in your article : — " But for such a movement as the present , founded on misrepresentation , and forming part of a syetematicattempt to establish a dangerous and unconstitutional tyranny , we have no ; compassion or sympathy ; g Ud repeat that it must meet with no compromise , but be put down thoroughly and unflinchingly , even though its progress were only to be checked by- * general stoppage of' trade throughout the country . ¦ : ... . ¦ - _; ¦ . . ¦ ¦ . . ; . - ' . ¦ ¦ ; .. y . ' •' . ¦ ¦ . ' . ¦ •¦ ¦ ¦ .. • . ¦ .
Our business now , Sir , is to shew that we have not used "misrepresentation . " We preferred several serious charges against George Allen , foreman to Messrs . Grissell and Peto , our late employers , and which they refused to redress . We then courted , by every means at our disposal , publio inquiry into them , md preferred , through the medium of the SUn , Morning Advertiser , and . other of the daily and weekly press , to submit the whole case to arbitration ; a deputation waited on Mt . Grissell , and informed him that we would concede our request , if , by the evidence of Allen ' s victims and others who had witnessed bis unfeeling conduct , we proved that his conduct towards us h 3 d not been such as we had attributed to him . Mr . Grissell refused , asserting that he had lowered hla dignity in deigning even to hold converse with them ; and this , Sir , is not much like " misrepresentation , " or a desire " to establish a dangerous and unconstitutional tyranny . "" .. '• ; : ¦ ¦ •'¦ ' .. .: ¦ . . " * ' _ " :- ¦ ; . '¦ ' ¦ . :, ' : : '
The following , Mr . Editor , are tbe charges we allege against George Alien j we are prepared to submit them to any just arbitration , and to be content With tberesult : — - ¦ " - . \ , ¦ ¦ ¦ .. •¦ ¦ . ¦¦/ . ¦; ' : '¦¦¦ ' / . ' . . y . v 1 st Locking up the pump ; or rather the door leading to it , to prevent those under his control from getting a drink of nature ' s beverage , with a view to compel us to buy beer of an inferior quality from a house he visited , and until we strongly remonstrated , was the only one permitted to bring beer on the works . 2 nd . One of eur shopmates had the unwelcome intelligence from Manchester of the decease of his mother ; he informed Mr . Allen ( the foreman , ) of his w |* h to go and see her interred , stating , that he > would have to be absent for a week or a fortnight ; when Allen informed him , if that was the case , he might stop away altogether ; with an assertion that ho ( Allen ) would not keep a job open for any man that length of time under such circumstances . ;
3 rd . It has also been quite customary for Allen to order , in the most domineering manner , many a good tradesman to " pick up his tools and be off , " before he had been many hours oh the job ; also for the most trifling mistake , have been discharged at a moment ' s notice , without the least consultation as to whether they were blameable or not . Again , one of the men bad his leg broken by a fall from a scaffold , and on his return to his work , expected , of coarse , as be had been lamed in the service of his employers , that they would continue to give him work . But , no ; Allen immediately discharged him , with anexecration that he wanted none such d——d hobbling fellows as him there .
4 th . The same foreman told one of our ; shopmates , who had been at home ill for some time , and whose wife was also very ill , on bis return to work , to go about '' his business , as ho ( the foreman ) did not want any men there of his description . We immediately made a collection for him , to enable him to procure food for himself and his sick wife . 5 th . Another of the men had been called from his work to attend the death-bed of his wife , and when he came from that scene to his -work , he was told to go back and die with her , and be damned . In fact , his general conduct has been so bad , as to be quite unbearable ; and , to terrify us , he has made a practice of threatening to discharge two or thtee dozen of us at a time , if we even complained of such conduct .
These , Sir , are facts which we are at any time prepared to prove , and , as there is convened on our behalf a public meeting to be holden at the White Conduit House , on the evening of Monday next ; the 31 st instant , we solicit the attendance of Messrs . Grissell aad Peto , George Allen , or any of their agents in their behalf , when and where every facility shall be afforded them to lay their own statement before the public . We are , Sir , Yours respectfully , . - ¦¦¦ Thb Masons' SociETt . Thomas Shorit , Secretary .
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¦ . . - .. , = " ¦ — ^ p ' .. . ¦ ¦ ^ -.. - . . - ¦ . - . ¦ .. NEW "INVENTIONS" FOR OBTAINING SIGNATURES TO TOTAL REPEAL PETITIONS . TO THB EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . SIR , —Having been informed of the following facts by persons upon whose veracity I caa depend , I deem it right that the world should be made acquainted therewith , if you can spare . a corner for the purpose . One of the persons to whom I allude Is a hearer at the General Baptist Chapel , Queeiifihcad . It seems an Anti-Corn Law petition bad been provided for signature by the congregation meeting at that chapel ; The clerk announced this at the close of the service , and informed his hearors that all who had signed before had done so as inhabitants ofQueenshead , and now they were to sign as " membersof the oongregaiion . " My informant
happsnttig to " carry-in' * , v ? as again met , at the warehouse , with an Anti-Corn Law petition f which he was asked if he had signed . ; As he bad done so during some former year , and not wishing to fly in the face of his employer in thesei difficult times , he replied in the affirmative . Oh I but you have not signed aa one of our workmen , and we must have your name here . So it appears the very righteous , honest , and disinterested repealerB have hit upon this very ingenious plan of multiplying signatures : —a man is to sign aa an iNiiABITANT , A HEARER , and A WORKMAN , and tllUS to give his signature three times to one petition . Well , let it be so , we will beat them hollow when they have dona all .
I have also heard that a renegade Radical and Republican , of the name of Carlisle , has oat n hawkiiig a repeal petition duriDg the past week . His method of obtaining signatures is quite unique , and well worthy of imitation ! Cariisle enters a house . Well , is your husband —your father , at home ? ( as the ciise maybe . ) No , he is out , or he is asleep in bed . What is hfa name ? which having learnt , be begins to write without ceremony , tol in ? persons , who happen to witness his praiseworthy readiness to sign for other people , ( who , poor
unfortunates , might otherwise have no opportunity of praying Parliament to grant them cheap bread , ) and who , busy-body like , cannot refrain from making remarks thereon , that he cares for neither them , nor the Northern Star . ; Working men , remember , when you Bign an Antir Corn Law petition , you send a prayer to Parliament ; to give a full swing to cctpitul against labour , without at ¦ ¦ ¦ the ifine time requiring that labour shall be duly protected . J . ARRAN . Bradford , Jan . 28 , 1842 .
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TO THE EBITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —I consider little apology is necessary , to . induce you to afford a small space for the following remarks in the people ' s paper . ' ; About two months ago , an address was got up in this place , to the Queen , showing the great distress that existed in the country , stating that distress to be caused by class legislation , and prajing her Majesty to Call honest men to her Councils , who , wouRl cause : the People ' s Charter to become a '' legislative enactment , as the only tfflcieut remedy for the existing distress , also praying for a free pardon for Frost , Williams , and Jones , and all politlcas prisoners . ^ . " ,
This address was sent to T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P . forFinabury , to be by him presented to the Queen . It appears from the following letters , which 1 have just received , that he did not think proper to present the address himself , but contented hiujself , by sending the sunje to the'Home Secretary . Had we known such to have been the intention of the Honourable Gentleman , most certainly the address would never have beeri sent to him , because it was sent under the impression , that he wonld have personally , presented it ; for we bad
many suspicions that a number of the people ' s petitions have never reached her Majesty . The following are the letters above alluded to ¦ : — - / •' The Albany , Jan ; 28 th , 1812 . " Dear Sir , —I beg to : enclose to you the official answer to the petition to her Majesty , from the innabi tants [ of Lasswade , whicu you did me the honour to transmit to me for presentation . " I remain , " Faithfully yours , " T ; S . DimCOMBB :
" Mr . W . Danlellfl . " » Whitehall , 2 « th Jan , 1842 ; " Sir , —Secretary Sir James Giaham , having carefully considered your application in behalf of John Frost , Zephintah Williams , and Wnu Jones , I am directed to express his regret , that there is ho sufficient grounds to jastify him , consistently -with his public dnty , in advising her Majesty to comply with the prayer thereof . ' . : ' •¦ ' . ¦ ¦ .,, - ' ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' . - '; " - ¦ ' ¦¦ "•" " ¦ '' . r ;• ¦ .. - ¦¦ . :. " . ranvS ! rf . ' ... •;; ¦/ , ' : ;/ . ¦ : \\ . ,. ' ; . : . " Your most obedient hnrable servant , ¦ . ' . '¦ . - / ; ¦ : - "¦¦ ¦ ¦ , i .. - . ' - '¦'¦ . * ' S ; PHILtlPPS . " T . RDanebmbe , Esqv , M . P . "
In answer to this I beg to inform Sir James Graham , that Ms opinion was never asked I We simply wished our address to be laid before the Queen , that she may know the wishes of the people , an ^ i we know it yrati tbe bounden duty of the Home Secretary to have laid the same before her , if it was pronely and respectfully worded , which it certainly was ; > ie bad nothing further to do with it ; we never ask'ad him to advise her Majesty ; we onty wished to l ? iy our sentiments before her , that the may be able to j udge of the wishes of her
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subjects . It thus plainly appears that the petitions of the peeple have to pass through the ordeai of the Home Secretary—if they please him they are presented , if not , they are rejected , and h « r Majesty hears nothing at all about it I ask , is this to continae ? Are tbe people's petitions to be rejected at the will of a Secretary of State ? Jf so , tbe long boasted privilege of IWtons , viz . the right of petitioning , i « nothing more than a solemn farce ! . ¦ ¦ ¦ ''¦¦ . : . ' ¦ ¦¦ . ¦ ¦/¦'¦; ¦¦/¦ ' ,- ' / : ¦ . '¦ \ ¦ ¦' ¦ . ¦; ¦ ; . ¦ . ¦ It will be perceived that the principal part of the petition is not mentioned , that of the country ' s di » - toaa , the Charter , &c Ah ! Sir James , was it becauia we wished her Majesty to call hooest men to her ^ cb ' iincils , th&t our ¦ petition was rejected ? For the only reisonable inference to be drawn is , that it was rejected , because not one word is said , in the official answer , of its being presented . / r
Sir Jamas Bays ; there is no reasonable grounds for him to recommend the exiled patriots to mercy . Is not the fact of their being illegally tried , and illegally transported , reasonable grounds for their being recalled ? Is not the opinion of five of the judges of the land that their sentence was illegal , reasonable grounds that mercy should be extended to them ? Are not tbe hnndreds of petitions in their favour , reasenablei grounds why they should be pardoned ? Answer , Sir ' James ' ! Then only think : of Sit James Graham talking of his consistency . I 'Tis too much ! V '
In conclusion , I "wpuW ask , "when ate the wishes « f the majority of the people to be treated with respect ? When they set a proper value nponthemselveB , and act accordingly , when they declare themselves independent of priestcraft , aid are : no longer nose-led by the clergy . When members of ene trade drop reviling , insulting , and thinking themselves better than the members of other trades ; and when ¦ they form themselves into an holy band of brothers , and adopt for their motto , All for one , one for alL" When they get rid of their local and national prejudices , ' their jealousy and acrimony , and place confidence iu each other ; then , and not till then , will they be respected , and their petitions treated as they should be , and then would they be able to carry their Charter in spite of pretended friends , or opposing foes .
¦ . ¦ . -.- ¦¦ ¦ .. . .. ¦ . '¦ . . ¦ lanii . &c , ' ¦ . - ¦ WILLIAM © ANIEtLS Lasswade , Jan . 29 th , 1842 .
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MORE TRICKS OF THE LEAGUE . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB :. SiR . - ^ The League are manifestly undone ; and are necessitated . to employ trickery and fraud to retain o shadow of their difunct notoriety . ; They wish to make a noise in the land by procuring a numerously signed petitionin . thiB Borough in favour bl a repeal of the Corn Laws . But they have " fictitious signature * in order to induce" the Parliament to believe that the people are really in favour of the Whig panacea . Some sit in public-hou * os with their Bheet , pint , and directory * arid manufacture four columned sheets at oneShilling- each : Others walk round the town ,
calling at every petition stand , and appending a "fictitious" - panae at each . turn . One . of these useful persbaages , yclep'd GREVESON , residing In George ' sstreet , has , in his perambulations , called twice , and , in mfstake , signed the National Petition ; in one case affixing the name of the late Mayor of tho Boroagh . On discovering the fraud I erased thei . namesattached by this officious member of tho Fox and Goose Club , arid shall take care , should he repeat his visits , to ahow him the propriety of attending to the sale of ¦ hia fents . We have no need of * ' fictions" signaturea to the National Petition , as we have a quantum sufficUol veritablo Chartists to accomplish pur own work .
Permit nie , Sir , also to ask if the Corn L » w ^ repealers can be sincere in their desire to abrogate those laws , when they breathe not a word about the infernal New Poor Law , which was enacted to pinch the bellies of the poor , and to reduce them to subsist or starve on " a coarser sort of food" ? Certainly , their bawlings about the " big loaf" quadrates most charmingly , with their taciturnity on the short allowance doled out in their Bastiles . Again , their consistency Is gloriously displayed in their concurreECo with the caterers for the atomachs of the workiesind those of the do-riothinga . One of the Corn Law repealers—yes , one of their oracles— -tells us that the following ought to be the food of tho working man . Nay , the heterogeaeous mess is to suffice for " FIVE ken" j—
One red herring ............... | d Four ounces of rice ......... Id One ounce of bacon ......... id One onion ..................... id Pepper \ a Bread ................... 2 | d
' • ¦ ' ¦ . - . ¦ ¦ ^ Hi . " : Now , that is , the " Bia loap" for five working men . That M tiie recommendation of the god of the League . : "'"• . ' . ' . -: ' ¦'¦'¦¦ :: ¦ ¦ '¦¦ - ¦ .- ' - '¦" Bat what do they say about the following dish for a state pauper ? Nota word . The chief do-nothing is to conaurae the fat of the land to any extent , without an allusion being made to It by the League . However , here it is , aud let the people look on this picture as well as on the above : — / " The Queen's Favourite Soup . —The royal bill of fare constantly includes this excellent -potoje , the recipb for which I obtained by special favour . I subjoin tho necessary proportions for a party of a dozsn persons . —Skin and entirely clean out the insides pt three fat fowls , # r chickens , according to the season ;
let them be well washed iu warm water ; put tbera into a atew pan for an hour , covered with strong veal broth , and adda good-sized bunch of parsley . Take out the fowls , and soak the crnmb of two French rolls in the liquor ; cut the meat off ; taftei ' away the skin , and pound the flesh in a mortar , adding the soaked crumb , arid the yolks of four hard-boiled eggs . Force this through a coarse sieve , and put it into a quart of cream that has been previously boiled ; re-warm for table . Observation . —If you desire to have a email tureen of this royal preparation upon an economical plan , parboil a couple of fowls , use the wings and breasts for a fricassee , and make your soup of the legs , necks , and backs , taking care that your consomme of veal is sufficiently strong to make amends for the absence of fowl , arid following the previous directions in all other respects . "—Atlta .
Will the people submit to such insult on the part of the Leaguers and such extravagance on the part of state cormorants ? If so , let us fold our arms and pray for the annihilation of the ' ? envy of surrounding nations and the admiration of the worM . " Yours truly , William Rider . Leeds , Feb . 1 st , 18 t 2 .
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- ^ r TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Brother Pemocrats , —During the last few weeks our progress has been mosi rapid . I have visited , since I last addressed you , Holmflrth , Honley , Hudderefleld , Bradford , arid Sheffield . I was sent for expressly to Holmflrth , in consequence of the unjust and unfair attacks made upon me , in consequence of publishing rivy painphiet on the Com Laws . Discussioii was allowed . The gentleman who stated that mine were garbled extracts failed to make his appearance ; I addressed the people of Holmfirth in the largest room that could be had for about an hour . Mr . Beardsellj a young man about nineteen years of aige , next addressed the meeting , on the necessity of the repeal of the Corn Laws . ¦ ' The discussion was conducted in the most perfect gopfl temper . I need only state that Mr . Cnnningham , an Irishnsan , was in the cbairi the room is capable of holding 700 persons , arid wus crowded to excess , snd hundred * upon hundreds had to go away , who could nob get admission . " .
i > a the night after I lectured in the National Charter Aasociation Room ,: Upper Wortley . I bad an excellent audience , and enrolled eight members at the conclusion of the discourse . .:.. > . ¦'¦; ¦ On Saturday night , I addressed the Honley Chartists . The room was very full . ; At the close of the meeting I again enrolled a considerable number of members . ¦ ' - ; : ' : ' ¦¦ ' /¦• ¦ , ' - ; ; - ' ' ¦ ' }¦ ' ¦[ ' ¦' ¦ ¦ . ¦ , " ¦/ : . - ... ¦ ' I attended the delegate meeting on Sunday , and gave some necessary information to the delegates . I attended In Huddersfleld on Sunday night The audience appeared to be well pleased . I enrolled a dcz .-n meiubera after tuy'lecture . . ;¦'¦
I arrived in Bradford , and met an old friend , Mr . Smyth , a ChaTtist of the right sort . I addressed the people in a room capable of holding 1 , 200 persons , and although the evening was remarkably rough yet there was an excellent meeting . In the Bradford district , there are 800 members enrolled , and they ordered 300 more cards . Bradford has nobly done its duty to the cause generally , .. : On arriving home , on Tuesday , stich is the position we occupy , that there were 127 letters before me ; 1 went to business immediately . Forwarded all the plain cards that : were required by the ; Association The enamelled cards will be forwarded next week ; and those pErties who have prepared for the broczed cards must excuse me for not being able to send them as . yet ;^ ' - 'Nv ' : ' . - ' ' . ; - ., ' ' .. ¦¦ ¦ ' >¦¦¦ : ¦? ¦'' , \ . :. ;¦ ¦' " " i-
I return thanks to those gentlemen who have forwarded me the different newspapers and periodicals . One of those papers , ealled the Kent Herald , has got the whole of the National Petition insertsd in its columns , and the Editor says that all future agitation must be based on that document Several papers now began to say there must be an extension of the Suffrage . ¦; . ¦•"• :. ¦> :. ¦ . : i . v ¦ , : " ' ¦ ¦ •"•;¦ ' . /'¦;; . ' - ; '¦' ¦ ¦¦ : : ¦ / Now , my friends , we must adhere firmly to oar principles . No truckling , ne famlf measures—let us be firm and united , and , depend upon it , the increasing difficulties of the middle classes will induce a many of them , to assist aa is the great and sacred struggle we are engaged in . ' .. // ¦" ; - ; ' - ¦ - ' / -:, " . : " . .- ' -. " . ¦¦' I started for Shefiield on Saturday last . I inet my old and tried friend Hamey , who was very glad to see me . I addressed the Sheffield Chartists , In the Political Institute , in the afternoon . There was a very geod attendance . ¦ :
In the evening I again addressed the Chartists , in Fig-tree-lane . The room was densely crowdedi and hundreds could not gain adriiittance . At the conclusion , upwards of twenty members were ' enrolled . Sheffield will soon be itself again . Everything bids ua advance , and not retrogade .
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I have had two or three lettera stating that ; the writers request that tbsf wish ... toi haveia ^ scirf « adbu of the same pattern that is to be wbria by the inem | en of the Executive , and suggesting that the individual who manufactured them should publish hia address , in order ^ tbat other persona might have the oppartuuiity to purchase the scarfs , '¦'¦ . , ¦ ¦ '¦¦ - . -: v V- ' - - . ' ' . . ¦ ¦ - ' ' ' ¦ ¦/ £ ¦ £ '¦ ¦ ¦ I shall again address yon next week , after I will have visited ' 'Nottingham , LoughbotoBgh , Leicester , Rugby , Northampton , London , and Bristol . ; ' . ' ¦ '¦/ ; . ; : " ' ¦ ¦' . '• ' ¦ ; ' / I » m , ypars ; ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦[ . "¦} . In the goed cause of Ghartismi John Cam pell , See . Sheffield , 31 st January , 184 J .
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THE FEMALES OF HOLBR 00 KB TO THB CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND , IN '; . BEHALF . OF MRS . FROST , MRS . WILLIAMS , AND MRS . JONES , Brethrbn ANP , Sisters in the cause of liberty , permit us to call your attention to an appeal in the ^¦/ ar of the 15 th of January , ia the behalf of the Whig made widows of the Welsh patriots , whoit appears are in a very distressed state and having nothing to depend on for their support , but what little they can obtain by their own limited exertions . Mrs . Jones considers her * Self neglected > by her husbands pretended friends . Have yon responded to this call ? if not , hasten to do so ; for remember their husband ' s were banished for their devotion to that good cause for which so many
have been made . martyrs Their only crime consisted in their hatred of tyranny , opDresssion , and injustice ; with a determination to have the comforta of the poor restored , and their rights and liberties protected . Haa the call from Mr . Wilkinson aroused yea to a sense of your duty l The claims of the destitute and disconsolate widows , at this time , are imperative . We are awaxe that unsolicited gratitude is tiie most valuable , but consider it better late than never . Come then t » work in good earnest , and make amends for the past by working double tides for the future . One million of pence amaunU to the considerable sum of £ 4186 13 s . 4 d . To vjise this sum would only require one penny from every six families in the United Queeudom . Surely , if every exertion was made this sum might be raised which would not only place them beyond want for ever , tut we ate inclined to think , would restore the patriots back to their country and friends . Recollect what a few pounds the last Convention coat the country , who
by their able exertions obtained a level vote in the House of Commons ; and had it not been for the cast * ing vote of that marWe-hearted wretch , the speaker , ia all probability ere this , they would have been restored to their destitute and disconsolate wives and families . Come then , ye good and true , stain not the Cbaitirt banner with ingratitade , bat show your hatred to tyranny , injustice , and cold blooded deepotisin by doing all that lies in : your power for its victims . We particularly request that the females of every place where Chartism has taken root , will appoint individuals to wait on all whom they conceive might be prevailed upon to give something towards relieving these much injured and heartbroken individuals : We think if this plan was carried out effectually , it would be attended with good effects Though living in a remote village oa one of the frigid mountains in Derbyshire , we pledge ourselves to do our duty , and hope all good Chartista will do theirs . '
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Taking Physic . — "Please , rfr , I don't think Mr . Dosera takes his phyeio reg'lar , " eaid a doctor ' s boy to hia eniplbyer . "Why boI" " Cause he ' s getting well so precious fast . "—American Paper . Dbath » rom Destitdtion . —Qn Saturday night , & poor mail named Luggan , died iu the Glasgow Police Office , where he was detained previously to being sent over to Irelandi bis native boantry . — Reformer ' s Gazette . ; : ; ; After the Christening crowds of persons dipped their handkerchiefs in the font , ia order to preserve a sort of imaginary relicof the water of the river Jordan , ia which the Prince has beeen baptised . This water was brougbt over to this country by Mr . Sboles , of Argyll-place , who in the y ^ ar 1825 travelled in the East . [ Superlative fud « e 1 ]
Fortt " BtXcK Grows . "—On Tuesday se ' nnight . tk « frost was so severe in the neighbourhood oi Korncastle , that on on the farna of Mr . Bett 3 , of B 8 r iniworth , forty crows were taken alive by the hand , their wings being so frozen as to prevent their flying . —Lincoln Mercury . / : A few days since a case of rather a novel charaotei came before a court at Eye , the complainant being a lady of high respeotability . She Btaied that she waa riding on the Qiieenls highway with a gentleman ( a scbowmaster by ^ profession ) that he cozmnitted a misdemeanor , which at length proved to be only am affeotionate " salute with the lips . The defendant haviag nothing to plead in'his ovrn behalf , was fined five shillings , and dismissed , with a fctriot charga never to commit the like again . . ¦';
On Thursday morning last , as the workmen employed in a field hear Wash wood Heath were r » - moving a quantity of earth for the embankment of ihe Birmingham ^ and -Derb y Railwayy they discovered two skeletons environed in chains . It appears that they are . the ' . * remains pf two sbidier ? . named John Hamniondj an American by birth , and Thomas Pitinoref a native of Cheshire , who . were executed on the : 2 nd : of April , 1781 for the wilful murder of Wilfred Berwick . , A poor man named Roger , 70 . years of age , died in Westminster , on Tuesday , ( within the sound . of the Bow Bells , which at the time were ringing a merry peal in- honour of the christening of the Prince of Wales ) from want of , as the jury who h ; id au inquest on the body declared , "themeren « ce ? saii € l of life . " His bird . was in the cage , dead from want Of'food .: ' . ' ¦ ; : / .. :-: •/; . .. ;¦' . ;¦ ¦ >/ -: . \ r- ; .- - ' rfg ^^ jj William Pair weather , blacksmith , at Gairio w
Bank , parish of Kirriemuir , was , on Saturday week , transmitted to the gaol of Forfar , charged with having confined his daughter , Susan Fairweather , a young woman of about nineteen years of age , not altogether compos mentis , in a wooden crib , measuring in length about four feet ten inches , and in height about four feet nine inches at the highest part ; and two feet six inches at the lowest point ( constructed in an out-house there ) , from the 9 ch ultimo to the 1 st current , amongst a quahtity of straw , aud without sufficient . clothing .. When she was released by the officers of / justice , '' - it-was found that , from want of attention to her , the very straw in the crib had bepome rotten . She had become so emaciated , and was in such a state of debility , that she was unable to walk . We understand the case is at present , under investigation .- —Montrose Standard . ; . ;
Goukt-Mahtiai . Law- —A conrt-marHal has been recently held at Malta on ; . Mr ; EJton a midshipman o ? ' . the Cambridge , for an act of mutiny towards Captain Wopdford J . WilJiams , commanding the Stromboli steam frigate . Air . Elton . is sentenced to an undefined term of imprisonment , inasmuch as his / six months' iraprisonmeht is toeommeace on his arrival in England . Suppose then the AdjHiraUy thought proper to order him / to be kept in Malta harbour , on board the flag sliip for twenty years , he would , in that ca ? e , be virtually imprisoned for ] ife > --this the law would not allow . Again this young gentleman is entitled to his immediate diacharge , on the ground that Captaiji Barnard , who was a material witness , formed one of the Court ,
aud thus appeared in the character of prosecutor and judge—anyaBbmaly which the' law Wiij not admit of . Mr . ElteD , who came to England in the Hastings , was removed to London on Tuesday last , under charge of an Admiralty messenger ; and we ciuch fear , that during the time he was in that ship he , from impetuosity of temper , greatly committed himself . We mention this , only to account for . any want of mercy which the admiralty . might have been disposed , under the circumstances oi" tbe case , to have shown towardshim ; Btil ) his friends , who are powerful , ( he being a nephew of Sir Abraham Elton , Of Cljfton , ) have their remedy by app . 'fcatibn to the Lord Chief Justice . —Hampshire Tele-Graph . : '¦ . . ' - . " ¦ : ¦ ' . ¦ . '¦ ¦ '"¦ ¦"¦' ¦ ¦''' . •• : " . : ¦' ¦ ' \ - ¦ : ¦ - ' - '¦'¦'¦' .: '
Death from ; a Singular Cavse —On Wenesday last , at Ely , aged thirty-six , Jumes Prior , a shoemaker , leaving a wife-sin d- four children to lament their loss . This pbp *\ fellow ' s de ath was accelerated by so singular a circumstance that wo cannot forbear giviBg n publicity . It appears that he some time si . uce made or mended a pair of shoes for Mr , Wm . Kempton , lay clerk : of Ely Cathedral , a corpulent man ; that , through the shoes being too tight , br a wbwII nail per Tot at \ ng the v solo , Mr . _ Kempton was lamed , mortification ensued , and his life was in danger . Having been informed that this was all owing to him , produced such an effect , that he became at first melancholy , then raving mad j when death at last , put a period to his sufferingf . The extreme sensitiveness of poor Prior was , indeed ^ remarkable , —CambridgeIndependentPress *
Release of Bernakd CavanAgh ukber a writ op Habeas Cokpus . —Bernard CaVanagh , the fasting impostor , was brought up before Lord Denmaa and the judges of the Queen b Bench , on Monday , under the writ of habeas corpus , directed to the keeper of / the ^ aol at Reading ; and the return of that officer , setting forth the commitment by tho mayor , was read . The commitment stated a conviction under the Vagrant Act , and a sentence of three inonths' imprisonment . Lord Denin&n iaqaired if the case had not been argued and the commitment declared to be bad , and upon Mr James ( Cavanaghfa counsel ) replying in the . affirmative . said--VThen let him be discbarfied . " The
Solicitor-General rose to aigue the question ; but Lord Denmaa observed that the court was not one of appeal fronvtho decij-ion of the learned Judge ( Wiiitams , in / the Bail CourO , and the case could not be re-heard . His Lordahip added that the judges then present had , in fact , been consulted before the decision on the commitment was pronounced . The defendant was then discharged , and bowing very low to tha judges , and thanking them vtry aucibly , he withdrew from the court . ¦¦/ There cad been a great crowd collected in court to see him , the curious much preferring this economical exhibition of tht mail to that at which , mouey was to be paid fax th « sight . '"¦ ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ ¦¦ '¦ .: ¦ '¦ ¦ : ' ¦ : : : - :- . .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 5, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct740/page/7/
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