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THE UOETHEaU STAE SATURDAY, APRIL 2, 1842.
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TO MR. JAMES WILLIAMS, SUNDERLAND
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Mr, John Watkins, formerly of Aislaby Hall,
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Pinder's Blacking. —The money due this week to the ^ Executive, from the sale of Piader's blacking, is as follows:—
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» - . . ¦ — KXDDERMINSTES . GLORIOUS TRIUMPH OF PRINCIPLE OTER MR . STURGE S STJPFBAGE HTJMBrG . A publie meeting , convened by the Complete Suffrage gentry , was held in the large room of the White Horse Inn , on Monday last . The chair was announced to be taken at seven o ' clock , at a quarter past , there being no agn of a chairman being proposed , Mr . Cbocch rose and said it is now considerably past the time announced , I will therefore - propose Uiat Mr . Holloway do take the chair . lir . Shaep seconded the motion . The metion "was put and . carried unanimously amid laud cheers . " -
Mr . Hollow at—Gentlemen , haviag been called by you , and being -willing to render my humble services in aid of any good cause , I consent to fill the chair , and as far as I am concerned , everybody shall have a fiir and impartial hearing who may offer themselves to ycur notice— ( cheers . ) He then read the BUI , convening the meeting , and said he did not know who was about to take part in the proceedings or what the preeise busisiess was , but those who intended or had anything to bring forward would do so . After 3 long pause , Mr . W . Chabltox , ex-Chartist leader , rose , and . after a long speech , a = ked the mover and seconder of the chairman if they had signed the declaration . Both said " No . " Mr .. C—My purpose is answered .
Mr . Hqttajw then rose and said , he could hardly understand tne matter—he never knew anything like people appointing a chairman as they had done here . He teas in favour of Universal Suffrage ; bnt . he thought no one ought to take part but those -who had signed the declaration —( confusion , and cries of " Do you call-that Universal Suffrage ?") Mr . QtrrsK—To prevent confusion , I will now move that Mr . Holloway do take the chair . Mr . Davis seconded the motios . No one opposing it , it was carried unanimously . Mr . HOWARD—^ Tow I should like to know upon ^ rfiat principles this meeting is to be conducted , and lot what special purpose we meet I cannot conceive tbat any one wte nave not signed the declaration has any right to take part in the proceedings—( loud shouts of "Oh , oh !") :
Mr . Hitchi >' —I protect against having a padlock put upon hit mouth . Those gentlemen profess liberality —talk of complete Suffrage ; and yet want to prevent ike people taking any part in the proceedings- I am a mas , and a democrat , and claim the Tight of 8 , man loi myself and roy fellow-men—tfoud cheers . ) Me . Dadstcelj . —I agree in the sentiments of Mr . Howard . ( Load cries of " Oh , oh" from ail parts of the room , which prevented Mr . Dadswell from proceeding . ) The CHaiSHaX—I think everybody should be heard , and therefore request you to preserve order .
ill . HOT »" iRl>—I should wish my question to b 2 answered as to who are to take part I came hera decidedly in favour of Universal Suffrage . I have read and heard the Chartiste with attention often , but I do not like their proceedings this evening . I think no one should take a pait unless they had signed the declaration . Suppose a few persons assembled in my parlour to sag glees , -world yon have any right to go and interrupt them ? iLond cries of ' That wont do , that ' B privats ; t ^ m is a public meeting . " ) Mr . W . Chablto : ?—It is the conviction of my mind that the purport cf this meeting is not understood . About eight days ago ( for I knew nothing of it before ) , Mr . Dadswell came to me , and asked me if I should have any objection to move a resolution at such a
meeung as this , convened , as it is , for the purpose of a reconciliation between the middle . and working elasses . I told him the object was good , but we must not barter principle , but if I am chesenl ¦ will go to Birmingham and serve to the best of my ability . But before I consented I consulted the Rev . H . Price , I considered it to be an augury of good the middle classes coming to me , and who used tu bo differently before 1832 ; they find they cannot effect goo-3 for themselves , ( hear , hear , ) so now come and consult with us . I say I look at it as an augury of good . If we cs't unite after iha Birmingham conference we shall ttrind were we did—then "B"by object to allow ti . ose men to carry on their meeting ? They had a right to carry en their oxen
basinets , i He then read extracts from the Reverend Humphey Price's letter , as follows , ' The odds are in favour of your going to Birmingham , as regards that , that is , and must be , the consideration -with working men , the money , that will be right The stir of Mr . Sturge , like that of Mr . Biggs at Leicester , will work their effects , and old although I am , I nray yet live to see the day ; of England ' s liberty dawn . ") Jn taking such a star as Humphrey Price for my guide , I can't do wrong . Because certain persons are not able to look into my deep thoughts , they declaim against me . I see five points of the Charter granted here—! pointing to the bill convening the meeting laying on the table . ; Mr . StaLLWOOD— That is not " the declaration .
Mr , ChaBXTON , in continuation—A stranger says ihat is not tke declaration ; no , but it is the opinion of the gentlemen mooting the declaration . He then spoke of the principles of the Charter as though the declaration also contained them . He concluded as follows : — My respected fellow-townsmen , leave tile election of delegates to those who Save signed the declaration ; let them do their own business , and watck them narrowly ; and if they deceive yon , never trust them again —( cheers from the complete suffragers ) . Mr . Sharp moved that any person wishing to speak , should be beard . . Mr . Gaot- 'CH seconded the motion . Mr . Davis moved as an amendment , that none tut inhabitants of Kldderminstsr should be permitted to address the TnfteHog .
Ml . AUDZBS 05 seconded lie amendment , which being put , about five hands were held up , and all the rest for thVoriginal motion , amid tremendons cheering . Mr . HiICHi >* rose loudly applauded , and said / the preceding spsaker has the gift of double sight—( loud langhter . ) He speaks of eminent men . Now , ¦ we have our O'Connors , O'Briens ; Bairstows , " and our Chartist agitaton in general , sll eminent men—T 7 fyp ° of TPlioni can fixrd more than one point in , Sturge ' s declaration ; yet my predecessor sees five Trbere there is but one—ilouJ laughter and confusion from the Sfcorgites . ) Mr . Hitchen—I have a strong voice , and
good lungs , and can make myself heard without the aid of an orange . ( Loud ebeers , and cries of go on . ) "Wiy , you may as well cut off mj right arm as cut ofl one single detail of the Charter . These gentlemen talk about the Parliament settling the . details—a very pretty settling it would be—( hear , hear . ) The property qualification always reminded him of the basket of rotten eggs—you may take which you please j yet bat take -which you will , you are sure to have a rotten one . ( Loud laughter . ) So it was with these property gentry ; they were all rotten . A true Chartist ¦ wo uld stack to principle ; they are sincere . or thsy are not ; if they are , let them show it by joining us . ( Loud cheers . ) Did Mr . Chaflton require counsel ? Why go to Humphery Price ? Trne , the 9 ld adage says two saeep-ieads are better than one!—Uoud laughter . ) but why not eome and take counsel among and with his own ardor- tHear , hear . ) You have no occasion to send men to Birmingham , as our own Convention meets next month . The great mass of the people' have declared Sturge ' s declaration to be a complete humbug . ( Cheers . ) Follow the example of Birmingham , fleet no delegates . iThunders of applause . ) Mr . SHaE ? said he entered cordially into the feeling of the previous speaker Who is Mr . Sturge ? -Is he not tlie greatest corn factor in the country ; has he not * tore 3 and warehouses ; n Birmingham , Gloucester , Liverpool , and Bristol and finding he cannot get s repeal of the Corn Laws , goes for complete suffrage ; but can you be in two roomB at once ?—( 20;)—neithei can you be in two Conventions at once ; the purpose must be division . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Sharp" concluded by proposing that no delegate be sent from Kidderminster . Mr . CRorcH seconded the motion . Mr . QriKS said the Charter meant freedom to all ; —( hear , hear , and cheers , }—but when he , heard pistol , ^ tm , sword , and aye , if he must say it , muideierB , advocating Chartism I am disgusted . "Who sent Frost , Williams , and Jones across the seas , bat such men ? Mr . Sturge is a very benevolent man ; witness his exertions in favour of the black slaves . I came here with a little prejudice—I came here determined to oppose "William Cbsrlton going to Blnningn&in , bat I find ht la not going to tttrew overboard the six points , ther where is the use of crai coming here with a deal o \ bluster ? bat I was called & black sheep , so 1 thought 3 would walk by myself , and left the association ; but 3 find the great number will not let me , they will know and refuse to come to my shop because of my being 1 Chartist The name of Feargus O'Connor has alwayi been dear to me . I like the leaders of the Chartistsmany of them ; but while -we admit this , -we must no ' ssy * we admire Yincent , Xovett , & Co . I see no reasoi why Ciarlton should not be sent to Birmingham . ] do not see why we should not have one thing tha is good—( cries of " let us have the six points . ")—the suffrage is no good by itself . I hope you will seni Wm . Charlton to Birmingham , for I suppose you wil allow me the privilege of proposing him ; show you respect to W . Charlton by electing him . Messrs . Croucl and Howard both rose . The Chairman declared Mj Crouch first caught hia eye . Mr . H . then sat dowi Mr . Cbocch . —Too have been listening to some tal about physical force , but the speaker forgot to tell ? o about Mi . Sturge's physical force he says the Chute cannot be obtained without the sword , and whtarth country is prepared , my arm is at their Berricfe' As t UniTeraal Suffrage by itaelf , you have had prating about its advantages , but instead of the electors bavin a controul over the elected , the member would control tie voter—( hear , hear)—taking for instance the mastei , who employ two or three hundred men , as Sflcock ha in tMB town ; ha would say a Mend o £ hi -was coming , and I should like you to vot for him . If the men refused they would lose tfcei Qcployment , which is so simple that & child would kaoi it therefore the Charter , the whole Charter , and nothin less would prove a remedy for existing evils . —( grea cheering .- -. _ Mr . Hottabd—What a gooi thing it is that har < words break no bone * . I cow address those who hav come here honestly , as I bare done , and I hope tke ; wiQ not vote as they cannot recognise this as & rneetan cf ours , He desired a corroboration of the Binning bam people * nfusa to elect delegates ,-
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Mi . Stalvwood being requested , gave them the report from the -Star , amid loud cries of hear , hear . Mr . Howabd then required a proof of Mr . Sturge s physical force . Mr . Ceo dch read the paragraph from the letter by F . O Connar , to the Imperial Chartists , from the Star , amid loud cheers . After again protesting against any one taking part but those who had signed the declaration , and imploring his own friends to take no part , he sat down . Mr . Stallwood now rose , which was the signal foi great cheering from the Chartists , and tremendous uproar from the Sturgeites . The people having insisted on a hearing for Mr . Stallwood , Hie Chairman at length obtained something like order . Mr . S .
somineneed—Meu of Kidderminster , you have decided , although I am not an inhabitant of your town , that I am still your fellow-man . I am equally your brother Chartist—( loud cheersi;—and the free traders , although s » fond—so clamourous for free trade in corn , do not like freedom of speech—( hear , hear . ) The gentlemen around me are charitably throwing out their da-k hints and insinuations : some ask , who am I ? I have been before the public these last thirteen years : I have , during that time , been fined and confined , per-Becuted and prosecuted . I have just been elected by the men of London , out of sixteen a member of the people ' s parliament Let this be my answer ^—( lend appkmsa ) Mr . S . then showed that it was impossible there could be a " full , free , or fair representation" of the people nnless the whole Charter
-spas granted ; and asked , -will you allow men to go to Birmingham to settle details , yon can now settle for yourselves—( loud cries of ?» 0 , no . ") Well , will you allow the first Universal Suffrage Parliament to settle the details ?—( shouts of "No , no , " from all parts of the room . ) I emphatically say no . The first parliament elected by the people will have something else to do . I expect them to tind the meanH of relieving the distress and the miseries of the people , not palliatives but restoratives ; such means as shall put an end to the present state of things , and prevent their recurrence ; in other words , " to procure for the people health , weal til , happiness , and liberty—tgreat cheering ) : —bnt ¦ w e nave been told that the advocates of the Charter are pistol , gun , sword , aye , and murderers , and that those advocates were the causa of the
expatriation of Frost , Williams , and Jones—was it not the secret service money that caused their expatriation , in the employment of spies like Harrison , who is now confiaed for horse stealing ? ( loud cheers . ) _ Was it not spies employed by the Whig Government that caused the BSairs st JB .-sdford , Sheffield , and elsewhere ? ( hear , hear . ) He defied any one to point out , during the last three years , a single cose of Chartist incendiarism , the slightest particle of Chartist physical force . As to the charge of their being murderers , he repudiated it with indignation and scorn . What and who was it , when the disappointed Corn Law Repealers , Cobden , &c , counselled physical force , and exhorted the starving people to violence , that kept them from making the towns a heap of ruins , and laying waste our cities ?—what but the columns of the Northern Star and those
very calumniated Chartist agitators who kept them alive by a ¦ well-grounded hope of obtaining , and that soon , the People ' s Charter , the trne and only moans cf removing the many evils under which they now labour—( eathusiastic cheering ) . We -were told of -what individuals fiafl done . He , as a Radical reformer , thsmked them for what they had done . But if it should bo happen that they had or should now desert us—( great clamour from the Sturgeites ) . I do not charge any one with so doing , I only say , if they should , we must march on without them—( great cheering ) . Mr . S . then reviewed the various reconciling promises made by the middie classes , and showed the base desertion of them by their propounders , instancing Manchester ,
Wolverhampton , & . c and read a paragraph from A'o . 3 , of the Free Trader , denouncing ilr . Sturge , &c and calling the Chartists by a many pretty names , and asked , are those men what they professed to be—in favour of Universal Suffrage . If they are , let them act upon it , and , being the minorhy , bow to the majority—( great applause ) . —Mr . Stallwood cencluded by exhorting them to stand firm , as men , to their own Charter . They had agreed to details—( loud cheers )—and consequently Ttquired no conference to settle them—( hear , hear . ) Follow the good example of Bradford , Birmingham , Reading , and iondon . EHct no delegates ; but be determined as ever to stand by the Charter , details and all That or nothing —( immense cheeriDg . )
At the conclusion of Mr . S ' s speech , three rounds of applause was given , three ditto for the Charter . Mr . Qcrsx proposed that Mr . W . Charlton bs elected a delegate . In so doing , he made a variety ( f charges , insinuations , &c , mentioned Cardo , &c , when a man in a snow-white smock-frock , stood forward and said , " Why thee has belonged to all factions , thee would sell thyself any time for a day ' s wage—for half-a-crown . ( Loud laughter . ) Mr . Datjs seconded the amendment . The Chairman then pat the amendment . Twentyfive hands were held up for it , a forest for the original motion ; amid the most vociferous cheeriDg . The Chairman declared the original resolution to be carried .
A vote of thanks was then proposed and carried by acclamation to the Chairman ; three cheers was given foT Feargns O'Connor and the Star ; three for W . B . Ferrand , for exposing- the Whig humbugs ; three for the direct taxing Budget of Peel ; three for Frost , Williams , and Jones . Thus ended one of the most important meetings ever held in Kidderminster .
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THE SYSTEM WOEKS WELL!—SHALL WE EXTEND IT ! We call the attention of our readers to reports of three coroners' isquest in our columns oi to-day . These reports add fearful links to the already almost interminable chain of evidence that the 'Whole Bystem of Eociety in one of oppression , cruelty , and blood . Week after week and day after day do scene 3 resembliDg in the main facts those to which we » ow allude occur in almost every county , but the majority of them never reach the public eye
and consequently fail to produce the full measure of their horrifying effect . Yet , the system works well ! and the blood-mongers raise a fearful outcry against any change other than such an one as might turn to the extension of it . Judging , indeed , by the base rule of morals of a shopkeeping middleocracy , the system ha 3 worked well for them . They have had their day ; and they have made the most of it .
Houses have been added to house , and fields have been joined to field ; they have taken the toil of the poor without wage 3 ; their blood-cemented palaces cover the land . For them the system has worked well ; for it has gathered into their ooffcrg and their storehouses the wealth of all lands . Bui how long can it be reasonable expected to continue thus : o work , when scenes like these are of perpetual recurrence ?
Industry has made our land the glory of all lands , but oppressive Jaws and the dominion of bad principles have crushed the sons of industry beneath the hoof ; have left them stricken and wounded , to perish in the streets , or to seek shelter in a prison from trie Btill more gloomy horrors of a workhouse . Yet are the horse-leeches ill contented to disgorge a single drop of the blood with which their stomachs are distended . They have been warned of their danger . They know the precipice upon which they stand . Again and again have we reiterated cautions meant in kindness . We have but
provoked their hatred ! The "warning has now come from other quarters . Six Robert Pbel has sung the same song to them , though in a different key . He has practically told them that the cords have been already drawn around the neck of industry so tightly that another twist must strangle . He has warned them that- one more turn of the screw will npset the wholo machine , and bring certain ruin upon the oppressor , not less dire than that of the oppressed . This is the plain English of the whole matter ; and to those who are not determined to close their eyes to facts , and their reason to inevitable consequences , nothing can be plainer .
The infernal game of oppression and robbery and starvation may be carried out too far . Such fact 3 a 3 these , and many others recently recorded , will not , and cannot , and ought not , to be unproductive of their natural effects . The system which engenders them must soon come to it 3 final end . It was but the other day that poor Lucas , driven to madness by our diabolical social arrangements , sought refuge in the horrible alternative of murder , made doubly awful by its violation , or rather profanation , of the dearest and
most sacred ties of nature . Then wo had poor MabshaxLj a man of colour , found starving , having had but one penny loaf to subsist upon for five whole days , sent by a brute in the Commission to a prison and Tiard labour for seven days , bat released in twenty-four hours afterwards by death ; more merciful than the living savages who legislated for him . And here we have again a youth of eighteen years , unable to obtain employment , and brought to the most piteous destitution ; yet having onoe tasted the good things provided for unwilling
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idleness , declaring that he would rather be hanged than again enter a workhouse j and yet , bo firmly principled in honesty that he resists even the loud calls of cold and hunger till his limbs literally rot from his body . In this case the Jury returned i verdict that the deceased diedjrom mortification PRODUCED BY COLD AND HUNGER . " And this in a land of Christians , exporting coal , and having shops and stores innumerable ; filled to repletion with all manner of necessary comforts
Another youth of nineteen , is thrown out of employment by his services being no longer needed ; the father , out of work too , cannot help him , and he is driven by the well-working system to a state of madness—to a twice repeated effort at self-destruction , and finally to death ! And this poor outcast , all forlorn and wretched as he was , was yet too much a man to brook the iron despotism in which faction and middle-class legislative power has engulpbed the wretched victims of its infernal domination by the cursed Poor Law system .
What a picture of our " glorious Constitution " does this tale , in connection with the verdict " That the deceased died from the effects of a wound in the throat , inflicted by himself while in . a state of insanity , produced from hunger and destitution , " present to an admiring and delighted world ! Bad as our prisons are , it appears by the third of the cases which have called forth these remarks , that they are preferable to our battiles as asylumsf for tha destitute . A poor woman and daughter are in a slate of destitution they apply to the West London Union Workhouse and are refused relief ; they then break a . window in order to obtain the shelter of a prison ; in this place the mother dies suddenly , and what is the
testimony of the daughter I u We were very civillj treated in prison . " We never heard of any one being civilly treated in a Union Workhouse ' No ; at the gate 3 of fhe Workhouse these destitute females are refused relief ; they commit a petty offence , for which they are sent to prison ; and there the victims of Poor Law brutality are kindly treated . The coroner , Mr . Payne , very properly intimated to the jury that the charge of refusing relief might form a proper subject for further investigation , and a Guardian was present who , as far 33 we can judge from the report , was willing to have lent his aid to elicit tho truth ; but no ; the Jury deem any further inquiry on their part unnecessary , and return a verdict of "Natural death . "
But it may be said this is a solitary case , an extreme case , one that does not often happen . Is it so t What says the Governor of the prison ! In reply to a question from a juryman as to the reason why two prisoners were permitted to occupy 0110 bed , the Governor said the prison was so full that not only were three persons compelled to sleep in one bed , but many , who could not be provided with beds , were compelled to lie upon the floor . This was owing to the 7 iumlcr committed in a destitute slale t who broke windows , < £ c , to gel the shelter of the gaol .
Tha first inquiry necessarily forced upon the mind by the reading of these awful recitals is , " How come these things to pass ? What causes destitution to be so frighful and so general in aland SO plentiful V The only answer which the query can receive is that the system of socioty is one of robbery and fraud ; that the produce of the land is swallowed by the " lean kine "—the "locusts" of
the earth , who , in the shape of tax-imposera and taxeatera , destroy every green thing , Therentmonger 3 , the money-mongers , the profit-mongers eat up the earth ) till there is neither place nor provender remaining for the poor . Yet this is the system which the " Liberal" Reformers are most anxious to maintain and to extend . What say the people 1 Do they like the symptoms ? Will an extension of this systom "be a good" ?
Let them ponder well upon it , and remember that the only way in which they can bring about a change is through the acquisition of that power which the Charter only can give them , and which the great object of the factions , maugre all their "Liberal " pretensions , has ever been , is now , and will ever be , to withhold from them .
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DEATH OF HENRY FROST . Most sorrowfully do we communicate the intelligence that this yeung man , the son of our beloved patriot F-rost , has been snatched by death from the arms of his now doubly widowed mother . He died , after a lingering illness , at the home of his widowed mother , in Bristol , on Wednesday , March 22 , 1842 . We cannot , on this melancholy subject , otherwise than cordially re-echo the following sentiment from the Vindicator : — " We hope the bereaved mother will
not sink under the agony of despair . Let the breasts of Englishmen be re-animated , and their efforts redoubled , to restore the husband to the wife , the father to his children—or it may be , that grief , and the sickness of hope deferred , will consign to the dark tomb a family good and virtuous , that should even now be living in the happy presence of each other , honoured by the good and just , and blessed by seeing the freedom of their country , and the prosperity of their fellow creatures . "
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State of Tkade in Stirling . —In this town and neighbourhood , at present , business of all kinds is at a lower ebb than it was ever known before , and manufacturing , in particular , is at a dead standstill—nobody working above two or three days in the week , and many hundreds idle altogether , and that at a season when , on ordinary-occasions , there is usually a good deal of briskness in manuiaoturing . —Stirling Observer .
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is mr . feargus o'connor a working : ¦ / ¦ ¦ v !\ :. ; ; V : ; V . - ,. ' . - : ; mani : ; v -.: ¦ , ¦ ¦' . ; ' ¦;; :: ¦; ' . ; On Thursday last , Mr . O'Connor left Brighton at three o ' clock p . m . and returned to Brighton at four o ' clock p . m . on Saturday ; having , as he states , stood up in an open carriage for pearly three hours during the march of the procession through Manchester , addressing the people at considerable lengthj after laying the foundation stone of Hunt ' s monument ; then attending a splendid coiree in the blood-stained Hall of Science ; and starting from thence at seven o ' clock to ineet : the gallant ^ JjTt Fletoaer . of Bury . Thus it appeara that ii f fortyrnine hours Mr . O'Connor travelled SCO miles , addressed three meetings , and joined in a procession which continued for four hours . Whd says Mr . O'Connor is ' not- a working man !
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Dear Williams , —If my letter of a few weeks ago startled the country I must say of your two letters of last week , tkat the one astonished me , while the other must have amused the country . Now just read the first paragraph of your letter to the Editor of the Star , and ask yourself if it is hot a complete answer to the remaining portion , to which you ask me to reply 1 Lot me place that paragraph before you . It runs thus : — .: '¦ ; . ' ..- ¦ .. "• ' ' . ' . ; ; . "" .. . ¦ " . ¦ .. .. "A few weeka a ^ o Mr . O'Connor startled the country by exposing a yillanous scneme which had been concocted for the purpose of seducing the leaders of the people , ft appeared from that letter , that the party had been $ 0 far successful as to have secured four places which were to be made the grand points of attack , These were Glasgow , Sheffield , Leicester , and Sunderland . l ' " ; - ¦ . . ¦ ¦ " : ' ' : ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ •¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦'
Now , then , in your second paragraph , you represent yourself and Mr- Biuus as the Chartist leaders of Sunderland ; and such you are , and as such I have ever delighted to consider you , never losing a single opportunity of holding you up as tfee Castor and Pollux of Northern Chartisin , Just read these two paragraphs together . In the first , you admit that my letter pointed to an attack which was to be made for the purpose of seducing the lexdees while in the second , yon admit that you and George Binhs are leaders , and you call my announcement an imputation upon one or oiher , or both of you ; and in the third , you call for " the name of the parties . "
Now take these three paragraphs together , and read your own letter once more , and ask yourself how you could have been so blind as to have seen an imputation where a caution was intended . Don't you admit that I merely stated that an attack was to be made UPON the leaders , and not BY the leaders ; and you and Binns being leaders : whether was mine a warning voice TO , or a side thrust AT , you and Binns , or either of you 1 You ask , Who are the traitors ? Read my letter of last week , and you will have the answer . The answer is contained in the following passage of that letter : —
" And now / behold , we are threatened with a junction of all the routed forces under the most delusive form in which treachery has been as yet attempted . The Sturge move is to include the Whiga generally—the Attwoodites , the Com Law Repealers , the Christian Chattists , the " new nioyerB , " and , above all , the waiters upon th&t" n » w move , "' some of whom were among us and professed entire loyalty to our principles , but with less courage than the originators , thinking it more prudent to remain and undermine , than boldly to meet us . " Doea this satisfy you as to the three first enquiring lines of your letter 1 And how could you have so far misapplied my meaning as to have placed yourself in the very position of those against whom I wished to cauiiou you 1 Again , ask yourself whether or not , my announcement was justified by subsequent facts ?
In Glasgow :, Sheffield , and Birmingham , the other three places to which I sounded the alarm , the attack wag made UPON , and not by the leaders ; and were the brave Chartist leaders of these / places equally fired with indignationi as you appea ? to have been ? No ; they in common With the rest of the country were " startled , " were aroused , and prepared and marshalled themselves for the defence of the cause , instead of attacking the herald who from the waitoh-tower proclaimed the traitorB approach . My Dear Williams , I think you will believe me , when I assare you , that had I suspected that treason would have received : assistance from you , or Binns , or from any other person associated with Chartism , 1 should not have gone about the bush , but should have mentioned you or them by name .
My letter ^ then , Was not in the slightest respect , aimed at you , or Binns , as likely parties to the plot , but was intended as a warning to you . You have asked ' an explanation from me , and you have received it . I trust it will be satisfactory . Having now disposed of your letter concerning myself , I must be permiUod to read both of your letters as one whole ; and while in the one you manifest great sensitiveness about yoursGlf , in the other you appear to have but a very slender respect for the opinions of the rest of the Chartist community . I consider , your second letter as a very presumptuous disregard of public opinion ; so much so , that I feel confident had I ventured upon such a
course , you would have been amongst the foremost of my accusers / You will bear in mind , that in 1838 you had a sly thrust at me , in consequence , as you stated , of my opposition to Wm . Lovott and the London Working Menfs Association . In 1840 , you took another dig on behalf of those with whose conduct at the memorable Fox and Goose meeting at Leeds the Editor of the Star found fault ; and now your third encounter—by no means warranted , and very ill-timeid—is accompanied by a high eulogium UDon persons whose conduct [ I have not criticised , leaving that to the country , and also accompanied by an attack upon thereporter of the Star . In your second letter you
say" For my part , I cordially subscribe to the propriety of their whole proceedings , as those proceedings are explained in the letter of those gentlemen inserted in Ia 9 t week ' s Star . " Now , in answer to the above , I shall only say upon MY OWN PART , that if YOU sign the Sturge Declaration 1 will surprise and astonish you , by moving a vote of censure upon you myself , as a member of the National Charter Association . I am sure , however , that your good sense will convince you of the fact , that two agitations entirely differing * vb ^ V * a * ^ aI \* aa t nn mVi i \ + - ' first ay % ^* iynti 14 rn * i AAiinl wfi ^ n f ± / ii
Hi vuvii uujcuv vauuvv v vu DiuiuAbaucuuoijr yyii advantage to both . You must be aware that the sole object of Sturge and his party ia to create an indireot agitation for a repeal of the Corn Laws and the restoration of the Whig faction to power under the false light of Chartism . You must be equally aware that every working " man in the empire'has net his heart and soul upon the Charter , and upon that alone ; and if you , or I , or any other person , shall dare to oppose , thwart , or deceive them in their glorious movement , they will , with God ' s blessing , stamp traitor upon our front , and make us a mark at which each passerby will indignantly point the finger of scorn .
Believe me , Williams ; that those who Work hard for a living and yet cannot procure it , have appetites so whetted by adversity , and eye-sight so sharpened by long watching , that they can now see into every man ' s motive , however glossed over . They are honest and single-miHded j and they look for precisely the same qualifications in their leaders , * and , with the blessing of God , whether I live to see the success of their glorious cause , or die in its advocacy , I will fight the battle under the flag of pure and unsullied Chartism , not allowing ono tinge of light or shade to be mixed up with the brightness of the fast colours of my order . lam , Your faithful friend , Fearghs O'Connor .
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near Whitby , is , We regret to learn , in a state of health so dangerous as to leave little hope of his recovery . He is , by the advice of his medical . attend * ant , about to leave London for Aislaby , as a last resource , to try the effect of his native airy He has seat us the following valedictory address to the Chartist body : — " London , March , 1842 , " Brother Chartists , —Having suffered my zeal for tb . e causa to carry . me on regardless of all other considerations , it has brought me to a fatal decline ; and I now addresa you probably for the last time . As the farewell words , then , of a dying man , let me solemnly exhort you to union , for without brotherly love all your efforts will do more injury than service to the cause . As : I have sacrificed everything to : our
principles—as I shall die a martyr to them , it is natural in me to wish that you Who have honoured me while living , should respect my memory , when dead—that so , living or dying , I may still serve you . Though born and nourished in the lap of class distinction , I gave up ail , and thoroughly identified myself with the working classes . I married the daughter of a working man , a mason , the " poorest and prettiest" girl In Yorkshire , and for the honour of the class to which she belongs , I would record that never man had a more faithful , affectionate , and devoted wife . I must leave her , with an infant daughter , a most gracious little creature , t » the tsnder mercies of the " system" Which has murdered me ; but I trust that they will be respected for the sake of your dying brother , ^ . ¦ " John Watiuks . "
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Homely Tbuth . —A gentleman who was importuned by a sturdy beggar , answered him , — "My good man , I am nearly as poor as yourself , with only the difference that what I have I work for . "
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Correspondents of the Northern Star . — London— -T . M . Wheeler , 7 , Mills Buildings , Knigbtsbridge . Manchester— W . Griffin , 34 , Loinasstreet , Bank Top . Binningham- ^ GeoigQ White , 29 , Bromsgrove-stieet . Newcastle— Mr . J . Sinclair , Oateahead . Smderlaiid—Mr . J . Williams , Messrs . Williams and Binns , booksellera . Sheffield—Mr . G . J . Harney , news agent , 33 , Gampo-lane . Bath —Mr . G . M . Battlett , 8 , Trinity-place , Walnst . Chartist Addresses . t-T / i * General Secretary—Mr : John Campbell , 18 , Adderley-street , Shaw n s Brow ,
Manchester . Chartist Blacking Manufacturer—Mr . Roger Pinder , Edward ' s-square , Edward'splace , Pottery , Hull . Secretary to the Frost , WiU HaiiiSj and Jones Restoration C 9 mmiitee ~^ -3 . , Wiltduaon , 0 , Ctegoe Terrace , Beira Bain lioad , B » - mingham . ~ JiT . Smith , Chaitist Blacking Maker , Tavistpck-fltreet , Plymouth . Notice . —Any Stars , or oaier papers , sent to the Irish Universal Suffrage Association , to be addressed to E . F . Dempsey , No . 14 , N Ann-street , who has been elected in the room of Mr . P . M . Brophy , who has resigned .
Derby . — - —The friends of this neighbourhood having communications for the Star , or otherwise affecting the Chartist movement \ , are requested to send them to Mr . Thomas Briggs ^ care of Mr . John Moss , shoemaker \ Plumptre-squarei Barley-lane , Derby . , Public Funds . —To prevent mistaftes , let it be especially noted thai . all monies received by our Cashier for the various Chartist funds are acknowledged by him in the column of " Notices to Correspond dentfl , " and that he is answerable only for . '& ** sums there advertised to have been received , Monet Orders to this Office . —Our cashier is frequently made to endure an amount ' oj"inconvenience utterly inconceivable by those who have tiof multifarious transactions- like his to attend to , by the negligence of parties not attending to the plain instructions so ojten given , to make all money orders sent here payable to Mr , John
Asdilu Ssme orders ; are made payable to Mr . O'Connor—some to Mr . Hobson—some to Mr . Hill—some to Star Office : all theserequire the signatures of the person in whose favour they are drawn before the money can be got . This causes an attendance at the post-office of , some times , several hours , when a few minutes might suffice if all were rightly given—not to mention the most vexatious delays of . payment sometimes caused by it . Several old agents , who certainly ought to know better , have often thus needle&ly inconvenienced us ; we , therefore , beg that ajl parties having money to send to the Star Office for papers , by order , will make their orders payable to Mr . John Ardill ; if they neglect this , we shall not hold ourselves bound to attend to them ; if , therefore , they find their neglect to produce inconvenience to themselves , let them not blame us . .
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A Constant Reader , B > ompton . —You must give six months' notice , in such sort that you quit at the end of an exact year . To the Chartists of the East and North Ridings . —Those places that have not already sent their amount of Convention Fund are particularly requested to do so immediately ^ to the district treasurer , Mr , Win . Croft , joiner * # e ., Dundas-street , York , that the whole amount may be forwarded at the same time-to the proper quarter . Messrs . Campbell , Leach , and Cartledge particularly request thai each town in the Northern Division of Lancashire- will send a delegate to meet them at the delegate meeting to be held in
Accrington , on Sunday ,, the 3 rd of April , as there will be business of very great importance to be transacted . The present Executive came into office on the 1 st of July , 1841 ; and as soon as it meets in London immediate steps witl be taken for the election of the new Executive , which will come into office on the 1 st of July , 1842 . Mr . N . Morling has become agent for the sale of Dr . M'Douall ' s medicines in Brighton . To Mr , O'Connor . —Having heard it stated that you intend to visit Roehdale and the ^ surrounding towns before the Convention meet in London , the Rochdale Chartists wish to know if such is the fact ? If you answer by letter , direct "John Leach , Temperance News Room . Reed Hill , Rochdale . "
All Persons having any communication with the Chartists of Kidderminster will please address to Mr , Samuel Hitchen , sub-Secretary Blackwell-slreet . It is earnestly requested that Devon , Dorset , and Cornwall will send in their petitions to Mr . Smith , bookseller , Westwall-street , Plymouth . They must be all prepaid . : The General Secretary wishes to state that he never received Mr . Rainsley's official resignation . He also says that he posted twenty-four , cards to George Didibury , stocking-maker Skegby , near Sutton-in-Ashfield , and has had them returned * The postage has cost . lOd . He would feet extremely obliged to any Chartist that Could send to him thfi following twenty-seven Stars ^ -Nos . 157 , 16345789170123
,,,,., ,,, Wm . Boyd , J » Import Pagnell . — Will he write again and give his exact address 1 Some Chartist Friunds at Sheffield , recommend a general turn-out of the colliers , to be organised , . _ atid supportedlilt ' theCharter beobtained , E . ; R .-r-iJ / r . O'Connor ' s many engagements preclude the possibility of hisattending ic > legal ' questions . Notice of this appeared some time ago in / AeStar , The Editor makes no pretensions to such legal knowledge as may enable him to give an opinion which could be relied on . James Wilson must tike a like answer .
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Mr . West tci // oblige the friends of Hazelgrove , ly writing to Mr . Joseph Brooks , Chappell-slreet as to when he can give them a call . A Working Man , Newport , Isle of Wiqht . - ^ . You may lecture or preach in your oton house , and will most likely never be disturbed , if your language ( heatall guardedandorderly . ; But to make all quite sure ,. y < ni had Better get your house and yourself licensed . The expense is trifling and you , are then safe . U . Powell^—We must presume that he never reads the Star : or he would certainly never think of
asking us whether we think it wise for the Chartists to sign the Sturge Declaration , True ; the u Conference" is to be elected by ( the signers . What then ? why need the Chartists trouble their heads about ( Mr . Sturge ' s Conference ! Who does not see that it is meant only to injure and weaken the power and influence of the Conventurn elected by the peopled We ca . nv . ot afford to divide our energies . There is nothing like concentration , and none know this belter than the factions ; hence their continual throwing out of new "tubs to the whale . " /
Dr . M'Douall and Mr . John Duncan . ^—At the request of Dr . M Doudll we give the following explanation oj'his reasons for the new channel into which his professional talents are directed :---" I am . very unwilling to give Mr . Duncan credit as a man , a Chartist , and a parson fo ? the malicious intent of destroying the jDoot proapeot of subsistence which I have before me , and conceiving that ignorance rather than malice moves him to fall foul of my pi ) l box . I will endeavour to give him the reasons why I have come into competition with quackery of all sorts : " First The Medical Profession from time immemorial have made a perfect mystery of their profession , have covered their bottles with fantastic figures ,
and have spoken , written , and . prescribed in an unknown language , therefore the public in taking their : medicines Dad to " trust to : the . character , popularity , or honesty of the profession , and were utterly ignorant of the cause of their disease ; -of the virtues of the physic prescribed , or of the effects to be made apparent on tke constitution . As a natural constquence the public could not and cannot judga and decide between the claims of science or the cures ( of chance , therefore mystery has bred quackery , that has encouraged ignorance , and presumption , and both have preyed upon public credulity . The public mind being totally darkened upon the science of medicine by one act of medical men , we cannot wonder at pi blame them if they
purchase the medicine which is : most puffed , 01 ; emplby the medical man who is most popular , " Secondly . I am ashamed to say that which every apothecary ' sapprentice can bear testimony to , that , under the cloak of mystery , the medical profession do prescribe medicine in large quantities , aa mnch for tho sake of making up a large bill as for the purpose of cure ; therefore , the quacks have followed such a profitable example , and have palmed upon the people the most impudent frauds which an enlightened public mind would at once throw into the streets . ( ' ( . ' ; " Thirdly , the pride and conceit of the Medical Professionhave taught them hitherto tolookto the law fora remedy , and even at this moment , associations
are formed to effect by legal means , tha destruction of imposture and fraud . . .-. " It is needless for me to say that I am utterly opposed to such anantiquated mode of doinj ; battle with a system , which has se seriously impaired the incomes of medical mea , who have , like myself , paid' £ 1 , 00 . 0 : for the requisite education and qualificationa to practice medicine . " /\ ¦ "I am . opposed to persecution , becausa ; that would lead the public , medically ignorant , to suppose the Profession in the wrong and Quackery in the right . I am an advocate for a wiser course , and in my humble opinion a surer and certain one , but out whieh I regret ( q say , few Medical men have the moral courage to reBort to .
' ¦ ' I would by the publication of tracts , enlighten in a familiar manner , the pmblic mind on the science of medicine . I would by lectures disseminate without ; dog-latin and absurd technicalities , as much information , as could be conveyed on the practical operation of medicines , and the structure of the human frame , together with the diseases to which particular classes of men are subject , and the known and admitted remedies . ; " Lastly , I would at the risk of being called quack mercenary , or any other names , issne ^ a medicine for a particular class of diseases , and stake name , profesaion and character , on its efficaoy . " If every ? 4 " edical m * n would in his own locality , adopt this course , the benefit which the public
¦ woald derive would be ineawmable . I have taken up my position on these grounds , and nought , save abject proverty , will drive me from them . ' I will struggle to gain an honest living , and strive to do good ,- whether I . am sneered at by Parsons or denounced by Physicians . " ¦" . ' Boden and MoRtEY ' s bobbin-net weavers . —Their address next week . . .. ThojIas Ddnning . — We have never understooditto be illegal to adjourn- a church-rate meeting for twelve months ; but we do not pretend to legal lore . He had better not depend ' on our opinion . " Citizen Editor , —Will you inform « A Woollen Cadet , ' through the medium of your Answers to
Correspondents , that the answer (?) which he has been pleased to give to my remarks on his manworship articles , and about the presumed suppression of which he expressed such uneasiness in the notice to that effect which he had inserted in last week ' s Star , was inserted in the 20 tb number of the National Vindicator for the week ending Saturday , the ? 6 th ult , and that I shall reply to it veiry shortly in that paper . I remain , Citizen Editor , opposed to every species of man-worship ; and every thing approaching to it , respectfully , See ., Henrt Dowell Griffiths , Chartist and Republican , No . 11 , Winchester Bow , Edgware Road , London /' - ; - , "'¦ ¦ ' ¦¦' . ' : ¦ '¦ . ' ¦¦ ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ • ¦' ¦¦ ' ¦ ' - ' - '"'
Pat up , Pat dp : — " Me . Editor , —I have frequently seen it inserted in the Star that those Agents who do not settle their ; accounta when required will havei their papers stopped , and that the Subscribers may know where the . -fault ^ lies . But , Mr . Editor , I ' . -think there is some responsibility rests with the Subscribers ; for though there are some who pay up honourably , there ^ aw ethers from whom to get the monDy requires more labour than it is . woith . I bope this hint will be suf&cient to cause these parties to be more punctual in their payments , and thus enable the Agent to pay without having to run up and down borrowing money to pay for their papers If you will insert this in your paper you will greatly oblige , ypurs , & 6 ., Robert Sutclifee . ^—Booth Town , March ( 29 , 1842 . " : The ABDaESs of the delegates of . the WestMidlani - Districts of Scotland is too long for insertion ,
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D . France , Newcastle .- —We have been out of F . O'Connor ' s large portrait for a few weeks past , and could not forward Uie parcels Very well till the ? came : the whold will be seat eff during the next : ' . week . ' ' / . ' ¦ , - ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ .- /; ¦ : - . ¦ ¦ ¦ . (¦ ( . . - . ; : ' . A . Smith . —The cover refers to our quarter end , March . ¦ ^ . 26 th .. . : \\ ;¦ ¦ ¦¦ ,. . "• . - ¦ ¦ .. . . •¦ :- . . :. ¦• • ¦ ' . ; ¦ . Mr , Halton , Preston , and Mr . WiiiTEiAW , Airdrie , must please make their post-office orders payable toJohn ArdiU . -
A . Fuller , —Yes . / A . Losbok Chamisi should , have had two in twelve Weets . Aik the newsman ^ for tueni , wid pay ths ¦ .. . price . . .- " . . ; ¦ - .: j . '¦¦¦ / ' ¦" . ¦ . . ; ¦ v ; " . ¦¦ ' , ' . ' J . Skevington . —Yes . T . Walker , Berjiondsey . —A letter was sent to th « " address ha gave . W-lWooDWARD , Brighton . —Thb number of med ' sls " were sent to Mr . Cleave for both parties—eightyfi ve in all . A letter has been sent to him .
FOR THE MANCHESTER SUFFERERS . ' :. ¦ : v ¦ : :- : ¦¦ ¦ •; - ( £ s . a . From the Chartists of Mortey ... 0 2 0 „ two middlerelass Chartists xA Mansfield , per T . G . Hibbard ,.. ft 1 0 ¦ ¦ -, Armley . per Lawton ... ... 0 0 8 ^ FOR THE ' WIVES ' . AND FAMILIES OF THE INCARCERATED CHARTISTS . From the Chartists of Moriey ... 0 10 0 MfiS . FROST , MRS ^ WILLIAMS , AH 1 > MRS . JONES From a fiiend from Swala Green ... . 0 1 0
FOR THE CONVENTION . From a menial slave , Chepstow ... 0 1 2 ~ the Chartista of Hawick , per J-A- HoggV ... w . ... 0 10 0
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Mr . Lancaster , Wakefield ... r 8 - Mr . Priffleld , Spilsby ... 0 3 Mr . Padget , Hult ... ... 0 3 . --. . . Mf ; Pigott , Gainsborpugh ... 0 3 - ¦ ' .: ¦' . ¦ ' ¦ ; -X ¦ - ¦ - ¦ ; - ; ¦ ¦ - _ . . ' 5 ¦ / . . (¦ Due to the Convention Fund , from Win . Brelsford , chartist blacking maker , No . 18 j ilojb-road , ButBley , March 28 th , 1842 ;—¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ( ¦¦ - ¦ ' " ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ " ¦ -V ' - ' : ¦ ¦ . ' " - ¦ ; ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ - a . -d . ' - Mr . Samuel Magson , Mythoiniroyd 0 4 i " .. ¦ Mr . Henry Wood , Sabden ... 0 7 l
•¦ ' : ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' . " - : ' ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ . . " > ' ( ¦ ¦ :: ¦ : . ¦ ' i <>( " Lord Plcnkett and Mk . ; Gosdow— The arrest and imprisonment of Mt . Samuel Gordon , by Lord Plunkett ' s order , has been brought , in part , bef ore the House of Commons , by Thomas Duncombe . Two other petitions detailing more of the case are to , ba presented by Mr . Doncombej and Mr . Gordoa jntenda , when some documents-which have been stolen from the . offices of the Court , are restored , to take legal proceedings for malioiouB and false imprisonment , against Lord Piunkeit .
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4 - THE NOB THE BN S TAB . : " . : ' : - ¦' ' ¦ - ' ' ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ - "¦ ¦ - ¦ ; ^ ' : ; ' "'¦ : -- ' '
The Uoetheau Stae Saturday, April 2, 1842.
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PEEL'S INCOME TAX Toe people may expect shortly to be called on to give their opinions at public meetings respecting this measure . The middleocracy will magnify its enormities with words of fire and incitements of the fiercest character . L « t the working men remember that it is they and they alone who insist on the maintenance of tho system which makes this measure necessary . That Peel has declared , after a laborious and minute inquiry into the whole
condition of the country , that the expensive system cannot be carried on without more money , and that no more money can be raised direotly from the working people , and that therefore this is the alone alternative . Let them not then be bamboozled . Let a steady uniform line of conduct be pursued ; in everyplace alike . Leave the factions to fight their own battles . Let the people take no part in the agitation of the matter , further than is just necessary to preserve their own position . But let no lying resolutions , petitions , or memorials be adopted ia their narnfi .
The course for the people to take is this . At every public meeting , called for the purpose of considering this Income Tax , take care to be present in your full strength . Remember that every thing there doue , is douein your name , and said to be done by you . Negative every proposition against the Income Tax , at once and unmistakeably ; leaving by the largeness of the majority no room for cavil . And follow it immediately with a resolution for the entire Charter as the only just basis on which to rest the power of taxing the country . Make no propositions in favour of the Income Tax
by any means ; but if any ono else do bring such resolutions , offer no opposition . And in any case , and above all things , see that no public meeting ever separate without a resolution for the entire and unmutilated Charter ; and see that no memorial or petition beadopted at aay public meeting , without including a prayer for the enactment of the Charter — ¦ whole and unaltered . We are anxious that the people should not be taken by surprise we wish to see them fully ready to act when needed , and we bid them therefore to be ready , to be firm , to be united , aud nothing can or shall resist them .
To Mr. James Williams, Sunderland
TO MR . JAMES WILLIAMS , SUNDERLAND
Mr, John Watkins, Formerly Of Aislaby Hall,
Mr , John Watkins , formerly of Aislaby Hall ,
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Pinder's Blacking. —The Money Due This Week To The ^ Executive, From The Sale Of Piader's Blacking, Is As Follows:—
Pinder ' s Blacking . —The money due this week to the Executive , from the sale of Piader ' s blacking , is as follows : —
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 2, 1842, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct748/page/4/
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