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know any thing about God . " . Richard Williams , almost ten years of age—a scholar in a "Welch Sanday school , belonging to the Independents—informs bs that he neve ? i £ &z £ ' 6 f Jesns Christ , and does not fcnow the LerdV Prayer . We -wonder what the Independents of England will say to this . Then there is another- ^ child , who " knows noflung of the Commandments j and a girl , aged seventeen , gives as this informatioa— " They never hare told me anything of Jesus Christ , nor do I know who he is . " A giil , thirteen years old , does not know whether God made her , and says roundly , "There are no Commandments , " and , to finish this enlightened
jpecimen of the " religious" tuition imparted in those ' semmariei of " Scriptural" learning , we hare 8 boy , £ Steen years old , who "thinks Jesus Christ mada God ? ' and it had taken him twelve months at school to arrive at this conjecture ; while another of the same age—pye , wl » 3 u > w goes to ^ he Sunday school of the Independent ^— " thinks Jesus Christ ¦ 5 fas born in Wales , and went to England I" This is & fearfol pichire of the manner in which the gidliten of the . poor are instructed by the Eaintly hypoerites * who are' ejppassing sea aad land to " nisie proselytes , and who denounce the imparting of useful knowledge of a secular character on the Lord ' s Day &g rank infidelity . -
Sometimes an appeal is made to the pockets of fcenevolen ? people , for the purpose of presenting b ^ j-3 and girls" with Bibles and Testaments . We ¦ jroncler of what use they would be to parties whose teachers ha"fi left them in the state of lamentable ignorance dttalled in this report . There is Thojus HiTf hell , aged thirteen , at Halifax , in the heart of Christian England , -who- never heard of Jesus
Chbi > t—does , not know what you mean by God : has heard of a Bible , but does not know what it is all sbouy ; and as a proof of the excellent moral training he . has received . He says— " I do not know what ¦ # o ' uldtl > ecome of me hereafter if I am wicked ; I have never been told . If I tell a falsehood or lie , I tell ? Ee . It may be good , or bad ; but I don't know the difference . "
Ve wish we . knew the precise school in JHalifax is which this boy was taught , or , rather , was not taught ; for not a particle of useful knowledge appears to have been imparted . We- would certainly gire it all the infamous notoriety the case so richly Baits . The truth is , thiB most important document Ernst force conviction upon all who are not determined to remain unconvinced in spite of the most incontrovertible evidence that a system of Jbe most brutalising character and diabolical cruelty is at this moment in actual
operation in the coal mines of England , Wales , and Scotland , a system to which the state of Elavery in ihe West Indies was a Paradise , and which will only bear comparison with the most demoniac practices of ancient times . Nay , we are prepared to prove that in juxaposiuon wiib . the atrocieties now practiced and the wholesale , physical , mental , and moral slaughter dairy perpetrated , in the mills , factories , and mines of this country , the darkest deeds of antiquity are white as snow . We are told of the infanticide sanctioned by the laws of Sparta .
What was that la atrociety in comparison with the binding pauper children by Poor Law Guardians for % period of sixteen years , to labour in those dens of darkness , misery , and vice , more hellish in their character than we can conceive even of hell itself We are reminded of the massacre of the infants of Bethlehem . Why that was mercy itself compared wiih the taking children , aye , and female children too , at three and foHr years old , and subjecting them to ihe labours and brutal treatment which have been brought to light "by this inquiry ! We may be
referred to the human , sacrifices offeied tsp in ancient Greece and Rome , or to the demon worship of the Jews in causing their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Moloch . We admit the horrible nature of these sacrifices and idolatrous rites , tat they have at least this extenuation , that they were performed in a time of gross ignorance sad were in perfect accordance with the acknowledged fpirit of the age . Besides in these cases the body only was affected ; but here we have a system opposed to every precept of Christianity , abhorrent
to every principle of humanity , and destructive alike to body , mind , asd spirit . These helpless victims are a 3 truly offerings consumed upon the altar of Idolatry , as were any of the ancient sacrifices . Mammon is the god of Britain . Mammon is exalted on cur altars , and is enshrined within our palaces Capital has usurped the throne of Omnipotence , and € Ten in tha temple of God is elevated as supreme . To this monster Devil , this modern Juggernaut , all most bow . Decrepid age , and . helpless infancy , the strength , of maaaood and female beauty , the powers of the intellect , and the gushinga of affection , must
alike be sacrificed ; and it appears as if no one dared to raise the standard against its insatiable iiurstofgain , or venture to interrupt the further nvages of its uncontrolled authority . We are glad iefiadtoatihe pres 3 of every shade « f politicals beginning to take up this question . This is as it should be .. It is no question of politics , it is far removed beyond and above the narrow range of party bickering ; it is a great question of social and moral iz&rest ; it demands the exertions of all , and no ess can henceforth refuse to aid in the rescue of those victims of oppression without incurring the guilt of innocent blood .
We want to know whether the pulpit will follow the example of vhe pres 3 ; whether the prjesibood , who were first and foremost in denouncing and putting an end to negro slavery , will come forward to the rescue of the white slaves of England ? We know they ought , and we know they must , or be prepared to encounter ii « curse of the Almighty , and the detestation aad abhorrence of every honest man . . We aig ' nt ask , why an interference on their part has not been made long since ! We might inquire
cow they could live , as thousands of them do , in the coal districts , and witness the horrible depravity and profound ignorance everywhere so apparent , and Eot Institute a searching inquiry in order to provide a remedy t We can readily conceive that a large portion of the ignorance , vice , and wretchedness , which the commission has brought to light , was unknown even in the places where it existed in the greatest abundance ; but we cannot permit the plea of ignorance to be carried so far . It is impossible &at magistrates , proprietors of mines , and especially
Ministers of religion living upon the spot , would be altogether uninformed as to what was going on . Aad jet nothing has been done—and why ! We fear the proprietors have closed their eyes to the Eorribls evils of tlro ^ ystem , because it was to them proSabie ; the magistrates have winked at it , lest * & interference on their part should give offence b > some wealthy neighbour j and the minis-*» s of religion have connived at it because ample collections are required to carry out their designs , and to enable them to appear
K re-pecmble . " The fleece must be securedj ao nmter wbat becomes of the fiockj and ihe splendid temple must arise , though every stone should be purchased with the price of blood . Whatever may have been the case , ignorance now exists no loader . The evidence is ample , and it is undeniable . We now , therefore , haTe a right to ask for practical proof , tiiat ail ihe denunciations against B * aTery , thai all the mournings over the wrongs of Africa , that all the professed anxiety to oenveri fte heathen , was not , and is not , mere cant and hypocrisy . If there is either truth or consistency
m taa religious public , now is the time to show it . A system has been brought to light , as now actually existing , which is fraught with the znoet fearful , ^^ productive of the most tremendous , cirfB ^ aaaceSj temporal and eternal , to all concerned is it . The same power which broke the chains of slavery can rescue the children of Britain from present thraldom and iuture ruin . The same zeal and
animation as animated the country in 1833-4 , ie required now , and the same result would inevitably follow a sijaiiar exhibition of moral deienainatfoii
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To you , the ministers and members of Christian churches , of every name and denomination , we now appeal ; and we tell you plainly that on you , in reference to this question , the eyes of the whole country are placed . You may ait down and do nothing , but you cannot do so with impunity . Your' Christian character i » at stake . You cannot defend this cruel and villanous outrage on humanity . You know it is opposed to every precept of Revelation , and to every dictate of feeling and of sympathy . You would not havejour own children so deliberately handed over to destruction , and you are bound , therefore , to exert every power on behalf of those helpless victims of oppression .
An appeal to Parliament , on this subject , from every congregation throughout the land ought instantly to be made . On your Altars petitions were laid for the abolition of slavery , and were numerously signed , even after divine service , on the Sabbath , in many places ; let those Altars be now consecrated to a not . less holy purpose . Let the cry of oppression at your own . doors excite an interest , at least , as powerful as that which was called forth by the wrongs of strangers ; and let us , at least , have one proof that you are not entirely dead to the claims of domestic misery , and the demands of our most holy faith .
We have not yet done with this horrible subject . We shall return to it again and again . The wicked shall have no rest : nor will we cease from troubling them . While it may please God that we have power to write or speak , we " will uphold the cause of the afflicted , and maintain the right of the poor . "
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THE FORTHCOMING NOTTINGHAM : . ¦ - ¦¦ ' ELECTION . The eyes of the whole country are now directed to the approaching contest for the deserted seat at Nottingham j and , as no doubt every species of corruption will be resorted to , we think it right to give to both electors and non-electors a few words of advice and caution . The base factions know that many of the electors are poor—that a sovereign or two would be to them a present advantage ; and sovereigns will be freely , though not openly perhaps
offered on the coming occasion . Let the electors rem » mbef that no man will buy them unless he intends to sell them ; and let them count carefully the loss and gain of the experiment . They may gain a paltry trifle , bnt they will certainly lose not only the chance of benefiting their country , but they will also be , as fat as in them lies , instrumental in perpetuating their own misery and wretchedness . What has brought Nottingham and every other town in the kingdom to the state of
unparalleled distress under which they are now suffering ! Class legislation . And class legislation has been mainly produced by the readiness with which electors have received the reward of iniquity from the base betrayers of their country . Let them reflect well on these things , and they will infallibly come to the conclusion that they will be more benefitted by an ionest non-buying Representative , than by a Candidate who wishes to buy them with a sovereign or two , in order to continue the Bystem ; and we trust they will act accordingly .
We hope every friend of freedom will be at his post and manfully perform his duty . Let local committees be instantly appointed , and let the most extensive steps to be taken to hunt out and put to rout , both night and day . all bribery machinery of every kind , that the tricks of the factions may be displayed in open day ; and let all to whom a bribe is offered be well assured that tha candidate who spends money intends to have it all back with good interest , either by himself , or his relations , or connections . Mr . Stubgb stands pledged neither directly , or indirectly , to spend
any money beyond the necessary legal expences , and if the other side aTe watched vigilantly and at all points , the electors will have no where to look , and they will vote right . We would suggest the rigid administration of the bribery oath . The House of Commons will not abolish bribery , and therefore , the steps suggested by the law ought above all things to be attended to at the present and every future election . " The freemen in the boroughs are chiefly of the working classes , and if they are promptly shown that nobody will be allowed to give them money , they will do their duty .
To run purity against bribery is like doing nothing . Bribery can be and must be prevented everywhere , if the friends of honour and consistency will bnt do their duty . Nottingham gave the fatal blow to the most detestable faction that «* er cursed a country , let it now rear the standard of purity and vigilance , aud be first in the glorious battle for a nation ' s rights and a world ' s redemption .
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BROOK THE VICTIM . Elsswhese we give a letter from the brother of this . victim , to whioh we call attention ,
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Detebhined to commemorate every great national event connected with th « present " movement , " ¦ Mr . O'Cokhob has entered into arrangements for presenting the Subscribers to the Star with a large and splendid Engraving of the Presentation of
. THE GREAT NATIONAL PETITION to the House of Commons . This Plate will be as much superior to the Engravings already given with the Star , as they were to any ever given with any other newspaper . It will be divided , as it were , into three main compartments . The first will represent the Delegates in Coxvbxtiok assembled , previous to starting with the Petition to the House of Commons , The centre and largest compartment will represent the Procession accompanying the Petition to the House , the Petition itself , the Beabebs of it , and the People , when passing Whitehall , and approaching Palace Yard . The third oomparhnent will represent the Petition IN THE HOUSE , when laid on the table ? being a general view of the Interior of the House of
' Commons , the Bar and the Speakers Chair being prominent features . In addition to these main compartments the upper and lower edges of the plate will be divided into sixteen other smaller compartments , each one of which will contain an accurate representation of some great Publia Building passed in the route from the Convention Rooms to the Parliament House . Views will thus be given of Temple Bar , St . Clement Dane ' s Church , Somerset House , Exeter Hall , St . Mary-le-Strand , Trafalgar Square , Northumberland House , Whitehall . Riohmond Terrace , The Admiralty , The Horse Guards , Westminster Br idge , The Treasury , Westminster Abbey and St . Margaret ' s Church , Westminster Hall , and the Exterior of the House of Common .
There will thus be given , upon one very large sheet , Nineteen Splendid Pictubes , all harmoniously combined to make the whole an effective and worthy representation of the most important movement ever made by the English people in favour of liberty . ' . The terms upon waiob . the Plate will beissaed are as follow : —
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Every Subscriber to the Star for Four Months , from the date of entering bis name with his newsagent , will be entitled to a Plate . We do not promise to have it ready at any particular time , for the work will be one of such a character , and will need such careful attention on the part of the Engraver , as to defy any one to fix an exact time . This , however , we do promise . Every subscriber is at liberty to cease his subscription at the end of four months , holding his ticket , and receiving his plate and paper from the Agent he has subscribed with , the day it is presented , just as if he had continued to subsoribe . The Price of the Paper the week the Plate is presented will be One Shilling . We will try to make such arrangements as will make this the only charge the Subscribers will have to
pay . Agents , therefore , will please to open subscription lists , and in all cases furnish the subscriber . with a ticket , which ticket will entitle him to the Plate whenever it is given for subscribing for the Siar for four months . As soon as possible , specimens shall be placed in the hands of the Agents .
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G . S . Ndssey . —The subject of his letter is one on which , as he must be aware , the readers of the Star have been often warned . Our space does uot at present allow ' of its insertion ; but we shall be glad , with his permission , to reserve it for awhile : it may be useful by and by : we by no means intend the subject to sleep . The Tbcck System biqhtlt administered . —A petty / tosier , who wishes to pass for a good methodist , being lately " pulled up" belore the Mayor of Derby for paying one of his workmeii partially in goods , was very properly informed by the Mayor that the goods which the poor fellow hod had from him could only be regarded ^ as a present , and that he must now pay the remainder
of the money due for wages . Job Plant , before he b'gdn a system of insslent annoyance , should have "taken stock" of his drain pan , to ascertain whether he had sense enough to carry it on . His letter was not directed for Feargus O'Connor ; it was directed to the Editor of the Northern Star , though addressed to Feargus O'Connor , inside . We do not publish Feargus O'Connor ' s " dwelling house to be No . 5 , Briggate , <| 'c ; " we usually publith and write what we know to be true ; had this been Mr . Plant ' s practice he would have saved himself the trouble of writing , and us of replying to thh letter . Cubistophkr Wood , late ofHonley , still continues a
prisoner at Rothwell , without any other means of sustenance than the casual aid of parties who are indisposed to see a man starved to death in England for being a Chartist . We have reason to believe that th&t is the "head and front" of Mr . Wood ' s offending . We trust that the Chartists of the West Riding , and the country generally , will see that the devils who desire his destruction be disappointed . X . Y . Z . —His crmmunication is an advertisement . Erratum . —In the balance-sheet of the Convention last week , Robert Wing was printed , instead of Robert King , in the list of Yorkshire contributions . Robert Kisg —We are very sorry that parties
professing Chartism should evince such a spirit as that which he describes in his letter . Darli . ngton Chartists . — Write again to Mr . Hey ' wood . Profits to tiie Executive , f rom "Rvffy Ridley ' s sale of tea and coffee , from February 26 / A to May 6 th , 8 s IQhd . Audited and found correct , Thomas M . Wheeler , John Fcssell . F . —We will lake his file of the Times at the price he states if he will send it to us , with a letter stating how we can remit . Messrs . Dewhibst and Ebwabds wish to inform those whom it may concern , that on acconnt of so
many applications being made for their services to address Chartist camp meetings on Sundays , they beg that in future all those who may wish for their services will correspond with them previously , at Mr . Alderson ' s , tailor , Bank-street , Bradford , Yorkshire . The Greenock Young Men ' s Charter Association are desirous of having correspondence with their brother Chartists , and would be obliged if some of the Young Men ' s Charter Associations would send a copy of their rules , and give their addresses . Alt letters to be directed ( post paid ) John Smith , tailor , Hill ' s Land , No . 9 ,
Williamstreet , Greenock . Denunciations . — We have received f rom our London correspondent very strongly worded resolutions from two of the Chartist districts of the metropolis in reference to the conduct of a very prominent character in connection with the ball for the political victims . Our correspondent accompanies the resolutions by a note , from which we give the following : — "I most request your insertion of it , or upwards of twenty subscribers will leave the Star , they feeling ranch " crabbed" that the last denouncement was not inserted . "
We have every desire to oblige our friends so far as we can do so consistently with public service ; but the one thing against which , more than all others , we have set ourselves during our whole political existence has been the publication of sectional squabbles and individual denunciations . While the slightest and most respectfully expressed intimation from us that we did not perfectly approve and feel delighted with everything done and said by some parlies has been termed " dictation" and " denunciation , " and has been made the pretext for heaping upon us coarse and offensive ribaldry , we have the satisfaction of knowing , and every reader of the Star knows as well , that we never yet denounced any man ; and
none know better than the yelpers about dictation" and "denunciation" that we have always deprecated and struggled against it . Nottingham , Leicester , Sheffield , Newcastle , Huddersfield , Birmingham , and London can all bear ample—and some of them have borne sufficiently angry—testimony to this fact . We have been always of opinion that local and sectional differences should b ' e confined to the quarters in which they unfortunately exist ; and that when individuals are—a * in the present case—charged absolutely with dishonesty and unworlhiness of trust , the . charge ought never to come before the public as mere denunciation ; it ought to be accompanied by a full statement of particulars ,
circumstances , and proofs ; so that if the accused can reply he may . This course was adopted by the Manchester Committee , in reference to Mr . R . J . Richardson , who has now , it is said , a Sturgite commission to organise South Lancashire for Complete Suffrage . That person was charged by the committee with certain acts of treachery , which could only have been the acts of a villain ; the circumstances were detailed and the proofs given , and he was dared to meet and contradict the statements . He never did meet and contradict them ; and , therefore , we believe the charges against him to be true , and the man to be a scoundrel , with whom it is disgraceful for any man , or body of men , to associate . In the present case , this Aas not been done . The resolution is one simply of denunciation ; and therefore we cannot insert it . We hope that the distinction between denunciation and criticism will be
carefully noted by the people ; so that hereafter when thin-skinned or insidious and dishonest men shall seek to jumble them together , for tfte purpose of covering villanous practices , and " getting away in the smoke , " they may be in no danger of being" humbugged . " W . H . Dyott has gratejully to acknowledge the promptitude with which his appeals for Stars have been answered , and much regretx that time does not permit him to reply personally to all the kind friends who remember him weekly . The struggle is setting in in good earnest in Ireland ; the good seed has been sown , and is germinating in the minds of the many ; events are rapidly ripening it to fruition ; an early and abundant harvest may be expected . W . H . D . begs of his friends not to relax their exertions . Monies to Mr . Hetwood . —We have received the following from Mr . Heywoed : —
" Manchester , May 25 , 1842 . " Sib , —I sent yon a statement of subscriptions three weeks ago , to be inserted in the Star , and yet no notice has appeared . " The parties are continually writing tome to know the reason , and I have no way to get ont of tbe matter but by laying the whole of the blame upon the Editor of the Northern Star . Do oblige the subscribers by inserting it " Yours respsctfnlly , " ABEL HE * WOOD . "
AU we can say in the matter is , that so far as we know , every list of subscriptions received by us has appeared . Whether in the mass of letters which reach us some one may have been overlooked we cannot say ; but we are as careful as we can be to prevent this from happening . There can be no doubt that all monies received by Mr , Heywood will be rightly applied . We suggest that , in future , it may be wed for him to keep a copy , with the exact date when sent , of any such articles he may send us . This will enable us to correct any mistake that may hereafter occur . Rochdale . —Mr . John Leach writes to say that he was not the author of a parmgraph in our last , stating the number of the meting on Bagilate Common to have been not less than 10 , 00 l » . Slithero Mill . —We cannot itwert the account of the sudden death ef a female on anonymous authority . A Woolwich Cadet . —Too ilate .
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Thomas Griffiths . —We Mow nothing of the ' matter . " - . . \ - ' ; - . - ^ .-- . ;¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦/ ¦ . - -.- - ¦ ••; -. ... ¦ . J . R . Watson , Boston .- ^ - We of course know nothing of the matter . Doubtless the money would be paid to and by Mr . Cleave , and accounted for in his balance-sheet . ' Bath Chartists have sent us a correction of the Convention accounts , which is itself wrong to the amount of ten shillings : we do not therefore insert it . They accompany the statement by a resolution , in which they say ;— ; « The whole demand on us would have been I « rfd were it not for the late division , owing to Messrs . Vincent sod Phiip having established another society . " \ ;¦ . '• ., ¦ , . ¦ . ; ' : '" - /" : \ , :- . , . v Samuel SidebottoS . —His long tetter , written on both sides , received oh Friday morning , is reserved for . Mr . 0 Connor . . - . ¦
Cablisle CHABTisTS . - ^ -rfoiV address to the Middle Classes came just aswe were going to Press ^ CORRESPONDENTS OP ¦ i THE NORTHERN STAR . — London—1 . M . Wheeler , 5 v Mills Buildings , Knightsbridge . Manchester— W > Qriffin . 'Si , / Loma 3-street . Bank Top ,, BUmingVam—George White , 29 , BromBgrovefatreefc . 'Neivcdslle ~ -iii . J . Sinclair , Gateshead . Sw&erland , —Mr . J . Williams , Messrs . Williams and Bihas , booksellers . Sheffield—Mr . G . J . Hn , niBy , news ' agent , S 3 , Campo-lane . Bath —Mr . G . M . Baitlett , 19 , Gloucester Road BuLdings , Swauswick , Bath .
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Money Orders to this OFFiCE . —Our Cashier is frequently made to endure an amount of ihcohvenience , utterly inconceivable by those who havejnot multifarious transactions like his to attend to , by the negligence of parties not attending to the plain instructions so often given , to make all money orders sent here payable to Mr . John ARpiii ,. Some orders are made payable to Mr . O'Connorsome to Mr . Hobspn—some to Mr . Hill-r-s 6 me to Star-office : all these require the signature ef the person ia whose favour they are drawn before the money can be obtained . Thia causes an attendance
at tbe post-office of , sometimes , 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 needlessly incovenlenced us ; we therefore beg that all parties having money to send to the Ster-office for Papers , by orderi . 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 .
To Agents . —All those Agents who have orders for the back portaits , had better send them as early aa possible , so that they may be forwarded with the specimens of the Petition Plate . W . M . Chesterfield . —Yes . To six week ' s subsuscribers 7 ^ d . in addition to the charge for the six papers . Wit Wooley , Dukenfield . —The money has not been received here ; if it had , it would have been noticed . Thomas M'Cristle , Greenock . —Mr . Inne 3 will receive a plate , with the others for him . J . A . Hogg . —Cannot say when we shall have a parcel for Newcastle . The Plates have been ready since April 23 rd—say how they are to be sent . J . B . Merry . —A Plate and a Medal will be sent during the week , either to Mr . Cleave , 1 , Shoelane , or to Mr , Watson , 15 , Paternoster-row .
FOB THE CONVENTION . £ B . d . From a few Devonpert Friends , per T . Smith , Bent on the 6 th of April , but omitted ... ... 0 5 0 FOB , MRS . WILLIAMS AND MBS . JONES . From the Female Radicals of Bath 0 14 0
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DUNDEE . —Provost Lawaon has received £ 300 of the Government grant ' for constructing and improving public walks in the vicinity of large towns . This sum will be expended in improving the Magdalen Green , the only public ground of easy access in the neighbourhood , and will give employment to a number of the unemployed , but at a rate of wages very far below the living point . The miserable condition of our unemployed , is beginning to excite general attention . Oa Tuesday , the l ? th current , a considerable body paraded the si reeta with inusio and flags . A black flag was carried in front , on one side of which was the following inscription : — " Oh t why has man the will and power . To make his follow mourn ?" " 'Tis tvrannv and submission . "
They went to the Magdalen Yard to wait the result of a meeting of those assessed for poor-rates , then holding in the Town-Hall , and whioh had been convened by the magistrates to take into consideration the condition of the unemployed . ThiB meeting broke up without adopting or even considering any means of alleviating the misery of their fellowtownsmen . After several of our respectable philanthropists (?) had said their say , they went off in a hurry , without electing acommit too , leaving it to be understood that the committee previously in existence , and whioh has done absolutely nothing for the removal of the distress , should still continue in office . The sufferings of the poor oast-off tools of the fortune makers must increase—must come to be unbearable , and threaten , danger / to these feeling gentlemen , ere they will be bo generous as return a
portion of the wealth produced by the unemployed to save them from death . The unemployed were addressed by several persons who enjoined them to preserve the peace , and not give the magistrates an opportunity of pouncing upon any of them . They resolved to hold a public meeting en Friday , which was held in the Bill-street Hall . Several individuals addressed it , and exposed the unfeeling conduct of the magistrates , who had retained several sums of money they had received for the use of the unemployed , and when questioned about it , spoke of the unemployed in the most base and contemptuous terms . A committee of three was then appointed to remonstrate with the magistrates , and ascertain what the committee elected in the Town-hall , intended to do .
Thursday , the 19 th , was celebrated as her Majesty ' s birth day by the ringing of bells , the hoisting of flags on the old steeple and the shipping in the harbour , and the laying of the foundation stone of the parish church , which is to be built on the site of the old one , which with the south and cross churches was burnt down on the morning of Sunday , the 3 rd of January , 1841 . The magistrates , trades , and masonic bodiea walked iu protseBsioti to St . Andrew ' s Cnuroh , where a sermon was preached by the Rev . Mr . Arnott ; and from thence pa the church where the foundation atone was laid by Provost Lawson , as proxy for Lord Panmure , Provincial Grand Master . The numbers in procession were not greatbut a considerable number of
spec-, tators were present at the laying of the stone . A collection was made in St . Andrew ' s Church for the unemploved , which , with the handsome donation of £ 50 received from Lord Penmure , amounted to upwards of £ 100 . The fooleries of the seniors during the day ' brought out the fooleries of the juniors in the evening . A crowd of lads and boys assembled in the High-street , not to give vent to their pent up feelings of loyalty to her Majesty , but evidence of the strength of their arm 9 and "legs to all her loyal subjects who had the misfortune to wear a "hat . " Mr . MackissoQ , Superintendent of Police , having his cranium covered with one of these , then
unpopular , but necessary articles , was attacked asd rather roughly treated , but he took it all in good part . We observed , the Junior Editor of the Courier , the lad who writes about the " Chartist sluts" and " unwashed blackguards , ' * iathe middle of a crowd of boys , at the top of Uniou-6 treet . He was considerably elevated ^ with the " ardent" spirits of loyalty , challenging any one present to fight him , declaring he would stick to his post , and brandishing in his hand a new hat , bought , we suppose , for the occasion ; for the possession ; of which in the morning he was indebted to a kind- coachman , who put bis fustian-covered arm round the young gentleman , and led him away . —Correspondent .:
SHEEPSHEAD , near Lopghborough . —At a meeting of the framewdrk-knitterB of Sheepshead , held on Monday last , Mr . Thomas Callis in the chair , it was unanimously resolved—1 st . " That a Committee of seven persons be immediately chosen , to watch over and protect the interests of the workmen . " 2 nd . That the weekly sum of one halfpenny be solicited from every framework-knitter having employment . " 3 rd . "That the respectable tradesmen of the town be solicited to aid arid assist na in onr houeat and lawful endeavour to resist and overthrow the attempt recentlj made to advance the frame-rent . " 4 th . * That Mi ^ John Rogers , a respectable freeholder resident in : the town , be appointed Treasurer of the funds to he raised as above , such fond to be at the disposal cP'the Committee , whose Secretary shall lay the accounts beforerthe 1
next general meeting for their approval . ' 5 th . M That the Committee Bhall make every ia ^ uiry concerning parties who are or may be paying the increased frame-rent , aad any person fcayuuc knowledge of parties so acting are requested to report the same to the Committee without delay . " 6 th . "That the Committee shall wait upon every person who may be found paying the extra rent , and persuade them to give np their frame or frames to theur , emplovers , and ehall , on giving up such frame or frameB , allow them a weekly sum of money as an equiva lent . " 7 th . *¦ That a report of the proceedings of this meeting be Bent to the Editors of the three newspapers having the greatest circulation in this locality for insertion—namely , the Northern Star , the Nottingham Review , and the Leicestershire Mercury . " 8 th . " Thatthis meeting invite their fellowtradesmen in every village to font a Goouaittaa for self-protection . "
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SUNDERLAwD . —Distressed Condition of WoBKmo Mi * . —Thousands of workmen are now wandering about unemployed in thiH once flourishing place . Many have been absolutely destitute of all employment for nine months , and some longer . They- are now leas employed than they were in winter . The degre © of distress may be judged of by the fact that the poor rates , which are collected quarterly , are now 4 s . in tbe pound . Thus a house and shop rated at £ 25 pays £ 20 per annum poor rate . > A meeting of the unemployed workmen is intended to be held in a few days .
BRADFORD . —Fatal Coilifbt AmDENT . — Oa Monday last , at the Dudley Hill Colliery pit , a frightful accident occurred by which one man lost hia life . The name of the deceased ; is Abraham Simpson , who , with another man , was removing some scaffolding in the pit , on part of which being removed an immense body of foul air escaped , and coming in contact with a lighted candle which the deceased held in his hand , immediately ignited , and an explosion took place . The pit was instantly in a blaae , andsuoh wastheforceof the explosionthat
, Simpson was blown to a considerable height in the pit from which he , fell down j his hat being blown out of the pit ' s mouth . Hia corpse , when taken out , as our informant significantly related it , appeared to have been " smashed to atoms . " The other man escaped the violence of the explosion in a great degree by secreting himself under the scaffolding , and though he has sustained considerable injuries , hopes are entertained of his ultimate recovery . Simpson has left a widow and four children to mourn bis untimely end .
Fatai , Accident near Bbadpobd . —On Tuesday evening , an accident attended with loss of life , occurred a little below Bradford Moor . It appears that as Benjamin Greenwood , of Shipley Moor Head , carrier between Shipley , Leeds , and York , ; was on his return from Leeds at about six o ' clock , with a waggon loaded with wool , and drawn by four horses , when on the brow of the hiil the main pin of the waggon came out , which throwing the whole weight of the load on the animals caused them to move forward at a rapid pace . He ran to the head of the leaders to arrest their progress , but not succeeding in this he was thrown down , and either the wheels went over hia head and left shoulder ,
or he was so severely crushed against the curb stone , or the road wall , as to fracture his skull and cause instantaneous death . Finding themselves at liberty the horses dashed onward , taking with them their load , until beside New Leeds , where they liberated themselves and went clear off . Tae circumstance having been noticed further inquiry was made , the result of which was , that the unfortunate man was found at the place where the accident occurred quite dead . He was taken up and conveyed to the publichouse , kept by Grace Brear , and surgical assistance instantly procured , but as he was dead before taken up the attendance of a surgeon was of course unavailing . :-: ¦ . :. ¦
Smpi jEY . —Sudden Death . —Mr . Ducket , tanner , near Wiudle Graig , died at a moment ' s notice , on Monday afternoon last . Thunpeb Stobm . —The town and neighbourhood of Bradford were vinted by a severe and awful thunder storm , accompanied with hail and rain , on Monday last . LEEDS . —Ancient Forestebs . —On Monday , a new court of Ancient Foresters was opened in Leeds , at the house of Brother John Cummins , Hope and Anchor Inn , Pottery-field , when the officers and
brethren of Court Moderation , and Court Mutual Friendship , attended in their splendid regalias . Brother Thomas Stead , P . D . C . C ., of the Leeds United District , delivered an address suitable for the occasion , and impressed on their minds to be united as the heart of one man , and to do justice , love mercy , and unite altogether ; and after P . D . C . R ; Thos . Stead had proceeded to open the New Court "Oak , " a number of respectable young men were initiated into the mysteries of this Ancient and Honourable Order , and a number more expressed their wish to be made on the next meeting .
Zoological Gabdehs .: —Upwards of £ 100 was paid by the Temperance Sooiety , for the use of those gardens , last week * ^ is estimated that more than 10 , 000 persons passed through the gate oh this occasion . The Society paid 3 d . each for all who were admitted , retaining the other 3 d . towards the expense of making good any damage to the gardens , should any be sustained , but as this was not the case it will be a nice addition to their funds . Whilst
referring to these gardens we cannqt but express our regret that the committee will be driven to sell them . £ 500 mast be raised in annual subscriptions before the 6 th of June , if they are to be continued open to the public , and as yet only £ 100 has been raised . We have heardofmany who are inclined to subscribe if they be canvassed , and we would suggest to the committee the propriety of making an aotive canvass for subscriptions . Surely there ie taste enough in Leeds to raise £ 500 a-year for such a purpose .
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BubiaL-Gbounds in Fbance ;—The subject of intermural interment would seem to be exciting some interest iu France . The Minister of the Interior required the academy to furnish answers to the following questions ;—1 . Is this presence of burial-Krounds in cities capable of acting injuriously on the health of the public 1 2 ., / Should buryingi grounda be removed to a distancefroin towns and all inhabited places ? and is there any danger in permitting the deposit of dead bodies in churches ! Supposing the second question to be answered in the affirmative , to what distance from the town should the cemetery be removed ? The questions were submitted to a commission compoBd of MM , Otfila , Keraudren , Lecanu , ViJleniie ' , and Royer-CoUard .-TProvincial Medical and Surgical Journal .
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EPSOM RACES—THE DERBY . The Derby Stakes of 50 sovs . each , h ft , for three yrs old colts , 8 st 71 b ; and fllliea , 8 at 21 b ; the last mile and a half the owner of the second horse to receive 100 sovs . out of the stakes . The winner to pay 100 sovs . towards the police and the regulations of the Course . ( 183 Subs . ) Colonel Anson ' s Attila . ; . . ( W . Scott ) 1 Lord Verulam ' a Robert de Qorhanx ... iCotton ) 2 : . ' ¦ ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ 24 ran . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ " ¦ ' ¦
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¦ s ^^ s ^ Vm ^ - ^^ v ^ s*—^^^^ i vn *^^/ v ^> The National Convention . —Received by General Treasurer towards payment of balance overdrawn , and outstanding debts : — ' ' ¦ . ¦ ¦¦ .. ¦ . ' ; ¦ ¦ ¦ , ¦ . .: ;¦ ' ., : ¦ ' £ > . d ,. Mr . Sims , London , ( second ) ... 0 0 6 Female Chartists , Carlisle ... 0 9 0 Mr . L , Pitkethly ... ... 1 0 0 Max well town Association ... 0 5 0 Wirigiate , Grange Colliery ... 10 0 Malton and Pocklingtbn ... 1 9 8 Marriage party , Ripponden ... 0 14 1 SunderJand and South Hotton ... 0 13 0 Three Crowns , Richmond street , balance not reported ... ... 0 4 8 Nottingham , Thatcher ... ... 1 0 0 Middle Class Chartist ... # M 0 2 6 ¦ - ¦ . ; ¦¦ ¦ ' ¦ , ; . ¦¦ ' " ¦ ¦ " . . ¦ " ¦ . ' .. £ 7 2 5
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Awful atjd HeabTrendino Scene . — -From a CSorresponrfent . —The peaceful and romantic village of Ashoverbeoame the scene of one of the moss deplorable and heartrending tragedies that ever occurred in this , oi ¦ perhaps any other conntry . Mr . Richard Eaton , a gentleman in independent circumstanoea , about sixty , yearu of age , ia loading hia gun in the bouse , to go in pursuit of a mad dog , accidentally shot his son , a youth about 16 or 18 years of age , and immediately after , in the frenzy of the moment , took a pistol and shot himself through , the head and fell dead upon the spot . The gun was loaded with slugs and its contents first struck the young man ' s arm , and after passing in an oblique direction and shattering the bone , entered his side . He of course in *
stantly dropped , but did not expire till about seven next morning . On seeing his son fall the father was seized with an agony of grief , and exclaiming , « My dear son ! What shall I do f what shall I do t My dsar , dear sou f he took a loaded pistol , rushed out into the garden , applied the muzzle just below his right ear and fired , when tno bullet , after penetratiBg the head , passed out a little above the left ear , causing instantaneous death . Inquests were this day held over the bodies before Mr . Hutchintton , the Coroner for the Hundred of Scarsdale , and verdicts returned to the effect that the son was accidentally shot , and that thefather put an end to his own existence in a fit of frenzy consequent upon the previous accident .
Mr . Eaton was a gentleman very highly respected by an extensive circle of acquaintances , to whom his urbanity of manners and his known worth had greatly endeared him . His melancholy end will be a subject of unfeigned grief to all who knew him . He hau left a wife and daughter , who resided with him at Ashover , and a son who is in business in Nottingham . The younger son , who baa lost bis life as above described , . was also an appremtiee with Mr . Hioklin , tbe boaksellor in that town , and bad returned to spend afew weekB at home , in oonseqoence ot indisposition . Waat adds , if possible , to
the deplorable character of this sad catastrophe , is the circumstance that the elder son was to have beev married this day , and the wedding party were Vo have vidted Ashover , in commencing their tour , ol pleasure , and preparations were nade to receive th / em bat , alas ! how changed : the scene ! Ashovy , r « about six miles to the south-west of Cheat ©/ leld , Qrerton Hall , the seat of the late Sir Joseph £ anks IB within about half a mile of the residence .-of pool '¦ Bftr . Eaton . Mn E . was formerly GoverD * r of th < County Prison , Derby , and bad retired w ' nh a comfortable independency , and purchased a p / .-etty little property in Ashover , and waa , as it were ^ taa teadini man in tne place .
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TO THE EDITOB OF THE NOBTHEBN STAB . Sib , —I have , during the Whitsun Holidays , mide 9 second pijgrimage to Ndrthallertbn , tor tha . purpose of Beeing a dear brother who is confined in Northal ^ rtoa House of Correction for a poUtical offence , and who lias Buffered already two years and nearly three month * , under the silent system . ' . ' .- ; ' . i !^ --. I visited him last on the 26 th of December , 1811 , and found him greatly reduced in body ; at that " Hm 9 . nii had been ill a considerable time , but has sine * enjoyed ! better health . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - " ¦ ¦ ¦' / ' :- ' - ¦ .-: ;' ; ¦; ' [ : ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦¦ - ¦ : >¦ '' ' ' :: ' ::
-I saw him again on Whit-Tuesday . Alas !; what > strange alteration ; the bloom that used to adorn hia manly cheek had nearly all fled , his countenance Wa » pale and sallow , and marked with scorbutic eruptions . I told him he looked much worse than whdrt Jtast visited him . I asked hew be felt ? His answer was , * that his . constitution was completely bTokenwHe . attributed it to his long confinement Bat though hi * constitution is injured , and his health impaired , his love of liberty la still unconqnered ; his spirit still remains the same , determined to battle with tyranny and oppression to the last moment of his life . He has got nine months and a few days to serve of his time . Something ought to be done for him
in order to raise his shattered constitution . He was not sentenced to hard labour , and will in conaequeno * be allowed to find his own provisions , it our Chartist brethren will only enable him to do so . Tbia will cost about eight or nine shillings weekly . The good men andftrue of Northallerton and Brompton have it in contemplation to raise a fund for that purpose , If'they can be assisted by other Chartists of the kingdom . They instructed their delegate , Mr .: Isaac Wibon , 6 * bring the question before the delegate meeting at DirV lington , on Sunday , the 21 st insfc , and to aakthem to co-otserate in the noble and Gad-like work of rescufng ' a fellow-creature from the horrors of starvation , ^ frhild a prisoner for no other crime than trying to 8 tay tfa » iron hand of despotism , V ; ' "
I feel ; confident I shall not appeal in vam to my Chartist friends , to render their mite in so good a cause ; the men of Bradford , I feel assured , will not ' be backward in lenoing a helping hand ; to them he Is well known , and I need not say one word in his behalt They have on many occasions witnessed bis 2 eal and devotion to the Six Points of the Chaitsr . Then arouae ; my brave friends , and convince his and ear enemies that those who suffer fortts shall be supported by us / v ' If you will insert this in your valuable journal , you will much oblige , ^ ; : . si j ¦ ' ¦¦¦ ' ' ¦ ¦ ' . '¦ ¦ ¦¦ . Bit , yours , &c .. ? : ¦ ' - ' ¦ ¦ : . - ^ : " ; . . "¦'¦'¦ ¦ JOSH . BBOOK . Bradford , May 25 , 1842 . . '
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THE NEW EXECUTIVE . We again call the attention of the people to this subject . They will find tbe instructions of the Executive as to the voting , &c . elsewhere , to which we refer them . We would also beg the people generally to read the plan of organisation . Many localites , we perceive , have nominated several different candidates . This is unaccordant with rule , and must be at once corrected . Every sub-Secretary
is at liberty to nominate one candidate , but no more . Every locality ought to consider carefully the whole range of public men before them , and instruct their snb-SecretarieB accordingly for the nomination . For Heaven ' s sake , let us have an Execntive in which the people—the whole peoplecan have entire confidence . No barking , yelping , stealthy , winding , slimy lookers-out for thirty shillings a week , as a means ot becoming or of helping to become " respectable . "
Splendid 'And Costly Present To The Readers Of The " Northern Star."
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 28, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct755/page/5/
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