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But Mr . Wbitenead and his Committee have chal . t « gsd to a public meeting . We accept tbeir chat .. ss jwje ? - A £ ~ g ^^^^^ s SKJSoSflfirfntof to » tatt to the deciBion rf that meet ^ Tirhsterer that dectaon may be . after bearing our statements and reason ., ana ttie statements iaHLon . of Mr . Wfaitehead ' a todii and the ¦ tatemnts and reasens of the respective candidates £ SS » : w . are perfectly willing to abide by the dedaon of that metting after this , whatever that decision be *
may . _ , ..,. _ . . „ . Trrv :.. _ If itLbonld be a determination to support Mr . Whitehead we shall be perfectly content , and will labour Sufe udwa ] to beep out the TOBY . And if it ihonH happen that the decision of the meeting should be that Mr . Whitehead ahall retire and Mr . Hobson be supported in bis stead , we shall expect to be dealt with in like manner as we are prepared to deal with others . THrS THE 5 "WE ACCEPT SHE CHALLE 5 GE to " meet in public" te consider the claims and qualifications of the respective candidates , on the condition that all parties will agree to be bound by the decision of inch met tine . 1
If the " challenge" was not all " vapour , ' we Khali soon hare an opportunity of coming to a just and amicable conclusion , and thus prevent division and disunion in our ranks . Mutual arrangements between the two committees for the holding of such meeting in the largest meeting room that can be procured , and at a time mutually convenient to all parties , can easily be made , if the committee who have put forth the " challenge" think proper to act upon their own offer . With them the matter rests . Signed on behalf of the Committee , Chaelbs Cludesat , Secretary . Now , then , Chartists of Leeds ! We hare set forth to the whole world the work yon have engaged in . Next week we shall have to report how you finish it !
What say yon ! Will you so exert yourselves as to secure from the country at large , and from your Chartist brethren , in . particular , the high commendation of , "Well done , good and faithful servants ?" We pledge ourselves tha ; you will I We pledge ourselves that every my of you will be found it his post , either in the Hunslet or Holbeck Wards ; and that yoa will secure the return of Mr . Hobso . v in both , should the public meeting in Holbeck ( which we opine must be called ) decide on retaining him in nomination . This is a trial of strength . It calls for every exertion on your part The course yon have taken shews that you know your duty . Again we pledge ourselves to the country that you will gallantly perform it !
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There never was such & limping , "blethering auld bitch" as Liberalism . She always reminds us of an old hag picking np brambles in a wood , and now and then selecting a sound bit for a crutch to help her in her weary pilgrimage . The fragments that have been picked up by Liberalism , to aid her in her course , within the last seven years , have been numerous . At first she took the whole bundle ¦
of sticks , and called for " union among Reformers . " By degrees , however , each fancymonger plucked the twig from the lot which did not exactly rait his taste , until at length the band got loose , and the union got slack . That undefined system of procuring aid was , for a party whose principles were so undefined , perhaps the best that under circumstances could have been adopted . However , that awkward and querulous customer , public opinioD , stepped in in an evil hour , and asked for something denned ; and
then after rambling through the wood , the " blethering auld bitch" picked up the Ballot , and for seven long years has she hobbled through life upon that crutch . The unusual prosperity of the years 1835 , 6 , and 7 , rendered the public mind too calm for a Free Trade" storm ; but yet there being a party , and a very large one toj , engaged in commercial politics in this country , and to whom money being easy in the market , and profits being great , this was no advantage so long a 3 they were out of the market , or out of the treasury .
This is the party who , in times of general prosperity , are most put to their shifts to produce a good joggle . The word " loyalty " BOHnds uncommonly well in an old law-book , and "Church and State " cannot be surpassed in conception , while " our glorious Constitution * makes the heart of every man who is biassed by being born nnder it , jump ont of his mouth . Yet , notwithstanding and nevertheless , do we feel assured that a minister out of place and a joung spark who has been accustomed to live on other jaen ' s labour , out of bread , are , the one and the other , very far from being worshippers at the shrine of any
one of our three great blessings . And sare are we , that if the Liberals were impressed with a belief that through revolution alone they could be restored to office , they would set to work to-night , before to-morrow , . to lay the foundation of revolution . The less a party seeking for power can promise or need promise , the better , and better still if it may be undefined and yet satisfactory . Having , then , disposed of tha questions of the Suffrage and Annual Parliaments in some previous articles , we shall now proceed to comment npon the Ballot . For Betea Tears the Ballot has been the liberal
t&listtan , the Aaron ' s rod of Liberalism , which was intended to have swallowed up , not only all other questions , but all thought . It was the " silent friend , " and was generally enforced with a wink or a nod , and an " £ fe ! get rs the Ballot , " and THEN YOU SHALL SEE WHAT YOU SHALL SEE , —nay , those who have watched Liberalism in her course will now cast back a thought , and recollect the magical effect of the word Ballot , in the House , on thehnstings , oronthe platform . WhenthePATRIOT was questioned and driven into a corner by some honest hand-loom weaver , the fugitive always found
his crutch at hand ; and when anxious to escape too elose an examination , he in general put an end to it thus : —My friend , and I am proud to call him bo , though poor—( cheers . ) Ay , I wonld go further , and call him bxothee—( long and protracted cheers ) . Aside , —but only at an election . My brother , I say—( renewed cheers)—has very properly interrogated me upon many abstract questions of complicated policy j and so difficult is it to give what may be considered a satisfactory reply , without going into the whole question of our financial relations , foreign and domestic policy , free trade and tbe whole of onr monetary Fystem , together with the tuestion of taxation—( hear , hear)—so
difficult , I say , would it be to separate those great and vital , and all important questions , that 1 feel assured my very excellent friend will receive , at my hands , an exposition of my political creed in one word , and which , in my opinion , and I should hope , indeed , in the opinion of all present , nay of every Keforaer in the country , will be considered by my friend as embodying all , and that word is THE BALLOT—( loud cheering , followed by waving of hats and clapping of hands , which lasted for several minutes ) . Now , who but has seen that sickening faroe acted over and over again , by liberal jugglers , who , lacking talent or honesty , Eonght a substitute for those in a mask to cover such deceit ? Before we
enter upon the question in detail , we must offer one word upon the importance that the " Black-place Association" attaoh to "Triennial Parliaments . " These short-sighted politicians , in advocating Triennial Parliaments , in preference to Annual Parliaments , say , " What , would you dismiss a servant , 3 n * i as be was beginning to learn his business ! " Now nothing can be more silly , inasmuch as Dothing can be more certain , than that a servant who bad done his work honestly for one year , and who , though un-^ Itivated , yet showed a disposition to learn and be basest would be continued in bis situation from year
* ° ? e * r . A master seldom dischargesa good servant ; ^ dj ia truth , those political novices appear to think hat Uffiual elections wonld compel the constituent * ° dy to make a clearance every year ; while the ef' ect would merely be to give the right of removal , if circumstances justified it . With Triennial Parliam ents members would play the sinner for two years , and the saint for one year . With , annual elections , they would ape the honest m&a to insure a continuance of office , well knowing that punishment would speedily follow delinquency ; and that before a SPECIAL COMMISSION , to be holden for the trial of political offenders , too
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speedy justice would be done to them . We have bo banished the thought of abandoning any one point of the Charter , however , that to suppose such a thing as tbe triennial juggle making way is nonsense . As to the Ballot , then , we ask what the millions are struggling for ? Is it not for the vote ! And of what use would the Ballot be to them until they first got the vote . Oh , says " the blethering auld bitch , '' royaltradesmen and liberal tenants of illiberal landlords , and many good fellows who are not allowed to have a will of their own now , would all vote liberally if they had the Ballot . They would , we cod .
e 33 it , —that is , liberally towards themselves , but most liberally towards those who are seeking admission into that sanctuary of which they are now in the exclusive possession , and of which the Ballet would be the Cerberus . Yes , give the electors the mask , and then see their face who can . Let them have that watch-dog for their house , and then enter it those wlio can lay claim to the present franchise , but none other . Establish this mode of conspiracy , and then , indeed , would all hope of acquiring the Suffrage , or of extending it , be lost , and for evsr . The Ballot with the present franchise would be individual protection against a general right of scrutiny , while the Ballot with the Suffrage would be a general protection against individual
interference with the disposal of a right . As long as the " cestui qui trust" must have a trustee , so long must the accounts of the trustee be rendered in open court ; bat once let the minor take the management of his own affairs , and then he may act secretly , or dispense with secrecy , as he pleases ; and for our own part we are of opinion , that Annual Parliaments , Universal Suffrage , Payment of Members , Equal Electoral Districts , and no property qualification , would bo far destroy unjust interference and sordid dependency , that were the Charter passed , whole and entire , after a short trial , Englishmen would proclaim its triumph in the open recognition of its principles , and the consequent rejection of the BALLOT .
We shall have a word or two more to say npon this subject , which we hope to illustrate with a few striking anecdotes , illustrative of the rottenness of this lastoftbe "BLETHERING AULD BITCH . " —Evening Star .
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Johs Newhouse , Birmingham , calls upon the Council resident in Birmingham , Dudley , Slourbridge , Bilsion , ( Volverhampton , Tipton , Kidderminster , Brcmsgrove , Redditch , and Worcester to take immediate steps to call a delegate meeting at Birmingham , to take into consideration the state of the cause , and to act with prompts tude . Hcddebsfield Chastjsts . —If they mill take the trouble to read the organization they will see that their nomination of persons to the Executive is altogether irregular and invalid . They have _ no power to nominate at all ; that is the province of the sub-Secretary to the National Charter Association . He can only nominate
one , and that one must be a member of the General Council . The Chartists of the town may canvas the merits of parlies whom they think fit for such an office . They may determine upon some one whom they think ought to be nominated for Hudderffield . But it is for the sub-Secretary , and not for the Chartists of Huddersfield , to nominate . Shall we ever have reiterated often enough our imploring that now , when the twinjiends of despotism and treachery are so very rampant , the people will at least me a little of that caution which costs nothing ! Why does not every Chartist read the plan of organization and acquaint himself with its previsions * There is certainly no excuse for any man being ignorant of it when
it may be bought for a halfpenny . H . Edwards , after naming parlies who have been ¦ instrumental in widely spreading democratic knowledge , says , " / think we ought now to act . Could we not purchase various articles of food , S ^ c ., from our own friends , they allowing Id . or 2 d . out of a shilling for the support of victims ' familiesl Could we not open s > ores in various places , so as to prevent the money going into the hands of persons who would transport or tend us to the villanous model prison for being Chartists t I liavc been asked by many persons when I think we shall all work more together in the good cause ?" Joseph Washes- —Tie have forwarded his letter to the proper quarter . Yobk Chartisis . — We cannot insert their memorial . We have quite enough of prosecution on our
hands just now . Everything they say is per-• fectly true ; but there ire injudicious modes of f ulminating truths , e > f which , we think , this memorial to be an instance . Our movement has got far beyond big words—they may rest assured that scoldikg will produce no effect upon the enemy . He is much loo hardened for it . Our cause will be much belter served by the firm , but temperate , assertions of its principles , which characterise deep thought , than by the ebullitions of deep feeling . Miles Debbagb will see that the sum sent is acknowledged this week . If sent in time it would have been acknowledged last week . The fault teas not ours—but his own . L . T . Clakct . —His letter to Mr . Rafter is toe long for insertion this week , unless we had had it a day sooner . The " Chartist Hearts op Oak" next week .
Halifax . —John Dennis , James Walsh , Isaac Crook William Hanson , and Joseph Thornton call on their-late Chartist friends and associates to rally again , and let the banner of freedom float proudly in the breeze . They meet for the present , until a room can be obtained , at Mr . Joseph Thornton ' s , Barum Top , every Monday , to receive subscriptions for the Defence Fund s and in ant / other way promote the cause . Christopher Doyle , of course , had no expectation that his letter would be printed . We are not to be led unnecessarily into personal broils—though
we purpose to be much more free and prompt in opposing the beginning of mischiej than we have heretofore been . Past errors are novt past remedy . It may be that those who committed them through haste , may have learned wisdom in the school of experience . At all events , it will be soon enough for such a note of warning as he calls for te be given when it may be needed to do good or prevent mischief . At present it could do neither of these things , but would certainly do mischief ; and that , we think , Mr . Devle must know .
Henry . Hoarding , Monmouth . —His letter , with Us enclosure , was duly received , and has been forwarded as desired . Failswokth Chartists send us a noticefof a public meeting in their room , but do not say when it is to be held . Brighton . —Mr . Sandy begs , on behalf of the Committee appointed to consider the propriety oj establishing a Brighton Charter Electoral Association , to thank Mr . Wm . Garrond , of Ipswich , for his kind communication . Also to enquire whether Mr . J . Sweet , of Nottingham , has received , through him , any ^ communication from the ssid committee ; and , if so , to request him to favour him with a reply .
Nathamel Morli 5 g . —Mercy on us ! what a towering passion he is in because one of our last week ' s cerrefpoTidents thinks him " an improper person " to be one of the Executive ! Poor fellow I It has almost killed him . How he does bluster about " that blackguard (!) assertion "— "villain "u deliberate lie "—" written by one of your own base tools '"— " Challenge you and the whole of your satellites "— " base assassins "— " you and all your myrmidons "— " Blanderer ! and liar !" and a heap more of the most choice flowers of Rhetoric I Steady , steady ! good man , and let the wind blow on $ ou till you cool . Mr . iforling concludes his elegant epistle by " demanding " the name of the parly who wrote to us stating his
opinion that Mr . Nathaniel Morling is a most improper person" for the office of Executive Committee-man . Now we beg to tell Mr . Uathaniel Morling that we " give no reasons on cempuUion . " We have full authority to give our correspondent ' s name if we choose . It wot ligned atjull length to his communication , and intended by him to be published with his letter . He knows Mr . Morling well : has known him long . He is a councillor , resident in Brighton , and agrees utith his fellow-councillors , whose resolution w $ published last week , in thinking Mr . Morling " a most improper person" for the important office of Executive Councillor ; and truly Mr . Morling takes much pains to prove that they are
right in their opinion . Our correspondent did not express hit opinion without giving reasons for it . His name is no secret ; and we have no doubt thai Mr . Morling knows it as well as we do ; but we Shall treat Mr . Morling ' t bullying as we should that rf any other man . We give from Mr . Morling's letter the following sentence . — " As to his being a councillor of the Association , I dare assert it is a deliberate us ! and that no councillor in Brighton penned tkat sentence . " The man who could write this , with the published resolution of the Brighton councillors staring him in the face , proves svfjficiently that he is a " most improper person" to nt on the Executive Committet . Scsasna Ikge . —The liber a lion of Mr . Campbell has made her letter unnecessary .
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James Holdek , tailor , < £ • ., 39 , Boslam-street , Bradford-street , Manchester , will give Is . 3 d . in the pound , for all work done by him , to the furtherance of the Chartist cause . R . T . Morrison writes— " You will excuse me for suggesting that the publication of the names residence , number of family , and punishment of the different parlies who have fallen victims tjt the recent crusade against Chartism , would be very acceptable to the public . 1 have heard many inquiries respecting it , and in consequence have taken the liberty of making this suggestion ; and in my opinion if it was first published in the Northern Star , and afterwards in the form of a tract , it would have a wide circulation , and would be a veiy useful companion , and enable any one to * show up' justice in England . " [ We quite agree with our correspondent's suggestion , and 'vill be glad to receive the necessary information to enable us to act on it . ' ]
J . Shaw . —For their own guidance , as an independent body , the Chartists resident in his locality , may adopt whatever bye laws they please : but as members of the National Charter Association they must abide by the plan of organization and by that only . Observe , however , that they may act as members of the great national body , and also as a distinct local body ; b utcare must be taken not to confound their movements in these two distinct capacities , the one with the other .
W . H . Cronin writes to inquire what has become of the Chartists of Newport , in Monmouthshire 1 Petbb Rigby sends us an extract from a communication in a Scotch newspaper , with a reply thereto , and several documents , testifying his efficiency as a Chartist lecturer . We cannot interfere . His reply should be sent to the Paper which inserted the attack . If the Editor be a just man he will insert it ; if not , we fancy Mr . Rigf > y will not have suffered much harm from any attack in that Quarter .
John Lowkrt , of Ballyhaunis , Ireland , would be glad to know if Mr . Wm . Dixon , of Manchester , received a lellet from him dated the I 2 lh inst ., and enclosing sixpence for the Defence Fund . Bradford . — We have been asked both this week and last , as to our Correspondent at this place . We cannot answer anonymous enquiries on this subject .
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Mr . Hodson , of Carlirlb , and Mrs . Arthur . — We have received a letter from Mr . John Hudson complaining of the conduct of Mr . Arthur in detaining his parcel of plates , which we had taken the liberty of inclosing in Mr . Arthur ' s parcel , with instructions to charge Mr . H . his proportion of the carriage-charge . Mr . H . says he is willing to pay such proportion : but that Mr . Arthur flatly refuses to let him have the parcel on any conditioa whatever . This conduct of Mr . Arthur , if it be correctly set forth to us , is most improper ; and arises , we fear , from business jealousy . Let Mr . Arthur rfflsct that his own parcel , containing Mr . Hudson's , was inclosed in that of another agent ,
who had more honourable feeling about him than to detain it , which he might have done , and would have done , had he followed the example now set him by Mr . Arthur . We adopt this plan of inolosures to save the agents expence ; and it is rather too bad if our efforts to serve the agents be frustrated by the paltry jealousy of " two of a trade . " This letter of Mr . Hudson ' s ib the fourth we have had from him on the subject ; and our Clerk has written to Mr . Arthur privately , t © g et the parcel given up , but without effect , or this public notice would not have appeared . We now desire Mr . Arthur to do that which is right ; to give up the parcel , and take from Mr . Hudson his
proportion of the carriage fee . If he does not do this , we BhaH be under the necessity of charging him with the parcel of plates at full price . J . Robi . vson , Dartford . —There Is certainly no law to compel a man to " nncover" at an interment . Propriety of demeaneur dittates the necessity of complying with custom in this particular : for when sorrowing friends and relations are assembled to perform the last sad office over the remains of humanity , once dear and kind , it would be bad taste indeed for any individual to outrage their feelings by such an indecorous exhibition of bad manners
as tbe thrusting of aimseJf * npon their notice during the performance of the ceremony for the burial of the dead , with his hat on . We think that if individuals had not learnt good manners , or they have , like the Quakers , cousciencious objections to taking off their hats at such a time and nnder such circumstances , ordinary feelivg would dictate to them the propriety of staying away . The Portrait of T . Duscqhbr wiil be given to all our Subscribers on November 19 th . They -will be in the hands of all the Agents by November 16 th ; The charge for the Star on the day the Portrait of Duncombe is distributed wiil be the same as the charge for it on the day the Petition Plate is delivered .
FOR THE NATIONAL DEFENCE FUND . £ . B . d . From three Chartists , St . Andrews 0 0 6 .. Norwich , per M . Debbage 1 15 0 „ Wellington Foundry , Leeds o 10 5 j „ Leeds Chartists , per James Haigh ... 0 8 2 _ James Haigh , collected at the North East Ward meeting 0 5 3 _ Stockton-on-Tees , per T . Davison ... 0 18 0 .. a few friends at Kirkinch , per S . Mar- ' tin 0 3 8 _ four Pullers , Vale of Leven ... ... 0 1 0 „ the Chartists of Sowerby 0 8 8 ditto Brigg End , Mill-bank 0 3 0 „ a few friends of the Tailors' Society ,
Dattford 0 5 1 „ the Chartists of Silsden 0 9 0 „ ditto Newcastle-ou-Tyne ... 10 0 .. a few friends at Tredegar ... ... 0 12 0 .. the Chartists of Belfast 0 19 0 _ & few friends at KUburnie o 8 0 ,. Dudley , collected by Messrs . Rank in and Wright 0 8 10 _ A . Z , Leeds 0 2 0 „ tbe Chartists of Hunslet , per R . Walker 0 « 1 _ the Chartists of Leeds , per Be : jamin Knowles 0 7 6 ^ Fryer , Halton 0 10 .. J . M . Q . Callander , Peithskire ... 0 4 7 j „ the Chartists of Croyden 0 12 0 „ a few friends at Frome 0 5 0 FOR MRS . M'DOUALL . From Norwich , per M . Debbage 0 5 0
FOR T . B . SMITH . FromW . R . 0 0 3 FOR . ThE DEFENCE OF MR . ELLIS , IN THE POTTERIES , From the Chartists of Sunderland , —proceeds of a raffle for a pair of shoes ... 0 0 0 _ a few friends at Sunderland 0 2 0 FOR MRS . HOLBERRT . From the Chartists of Rotherham 0 8 3 FOR COOPER ' S DEFENCE . From a person inDonfermline agreeing with Mr . Cooper in opinion 0 10
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CUTIVE . NAME . RESIDENCE . PLACE . T . M . Wheeler 243 $ , Temple-bar Trawbridge , Reading , Salisbury , Bristol , Fig-Tree-Lane , Sheffield , & HutldersEeld . P . M . Brophy ~ . Late of DabllD ^~» Arnold , Ousebarn , and Fig-Tree-Lane , Sheffield . John Watkina . . ~~~ w _~~ . RancliSe Arms , Nottingham , KirkheatOD , Hebden-bridge , Aeton-street , Birmingham , and York . John Q . Dron „ Limbeth ~~ w ~^» Long Buckby and Huddenifleld .
Wm . Cuffay . ^ . 409 , Strand ~*~^ . Three Doves , London , and Huddersfleld . John West Macclesfleld . „ Fig-Tree-Lane , Sheffield . David Roa ? Manchester , ^* . ... Fig-Tree-Lane , Sheffield , and Huddersfield . N . Morling Brighton ,.. ^ . Harleston . Richard Hankin ~*^ . * . New Inn Yard , Carrington Carrinjjton . R . K Philp , Banbttry 1 ^ « M ^»^ j Ship Tavern , Longlane , Bermondsey . James Knight , Clerkenwell Homs Tavern , Cruelfix-lane , Bermondsey , and Hnddersfleld . Edward Clayton , Huddersfleld Haddersfield .
Brother Chartists , tbe above are tbe whole of the nominations which we have officially received . We Bee by the Northern Star , of October 22 d , that Mr Beesley has been nominated at Newcastle , and Mr . Clancy at Brighton , but we have received so notice to that effect It is now our duty to call upon you to proceed Immediately to tbe election , and return those men whom you may judge , under tbe peculiar circumstances in which your original Executive is placed , to be most calculated to benefit the cause , and maintain in its integrity that organization which has hitherto been both a shield and a sword for our defence . Yours , William Cuffat . John George dron . James Knight . THOMAS M . WHEELER , ( Secretary . )
N . B . All returns anst be sent to the Secretary , on Tuesday , Nov . 8 th , and those candidates who have obtained tbe greatest number of votes will have been duly elected to fill tip any vacancy or vacancies , which at that period may exist in the original body .
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PORT NATAL . SUBMISSION OF THE BOERS . The Cape papers cont&tn tbe details of this . The South African Commercial Advertiser , with its extracts from other papers contains the mass of the intelligence on the subject From that journal we rive the following— " " — ¦¦— ¦ .. - -,- — - — -
OFFICIAL STATEMENT " Her Majesty ' s frigate , Isis . arrived in 8 lmon ' s Buy on Sunday last from Natal , bringing back part of the troops under Lieutenant-Colonel CJoete , commander of the late expedition , who immediately proceeded to head-quarters . On Monday the troops marched from Simon's-town to Cape-town , and in the afternoon of Monday the following Government Notice' was issued for the satisfaction of her Majesty ' s loyal subjects : — " His Excellency the Govenwr is pleased to direct the following information to be made publicly known .
•• • Lieutenant-Colonel Cloete left Port Natal on the 21 st ultimo , on board her Majesty ' s ship Isis , and arrived in Simon ' s Bay yesterday afternoon , accompanied by a portion of troops sent to reinforce the detachment nnder Captain Smith , and has reported to Ws Excellency the Governor the final cessation of hostilities between her Majesty ' s troops and the insurgent boers—no further hostile demonstrations having been shown by them after the troops under Lieutenant-Colonel Cloete ' s orders were landed . »• • Tao emigrant farmers having made a solemn
declaration of their submission to the Queen , —having released tuo prisoners , whether soldiers or civilians . — - having given up the cannon captured , as well as those belonging to themselves , and having restored all public as well as private property seizad by them , —the Lieutenant-Colonel , acting under the powers vested in him by the Governor , granted a general amnesty or free pardon to all persons who might have keen engaged in resistance to her Majesty ' s troops and authority , with the exception of Joachim Prlnslo , A . W . Pretorius , J . J . Burger , Michiel van Breda , and Servaas van Breda .
" 'He farther declared , that all private property should be respected , —that the emigrant farmers should be allowed to return to their farms , with their guns and horses—that they should be defended from any attack by the Z *> lahs—that the tenure of their lands should not be interfered with , pending the determination and settlement of Her Majesty ' s Government—that beyond the limits fixed for tbe military occupation , their existing Administration and civil Institutions should not be interfered with till the pleasure of Her Majesty should be made known—that the Caffres should not be molested in the occupation of the lands on which they were settled at the date of the arrival of Her
Majesty's troops , subjtct to such future arrangements as may be made for general security by Her Majesty ; and by subsequent arMcle appended to the conditions of this surrender , the Lieutenant-Colonel , in consideration of Mr . A . W . Pretorius having co operated in the final adjustment of the articles of surrender , and of his persona ! humane conduct to tbe prisoners , and his general moderation , included bira In tho amnesty which he had extended to all with tho exceptions above named . "' Major D'Urban , and a second detachment of the 25 th , were to leave Port Natal on or a ^ out the 25 th ult ., leaving Csptatn Smith in command of the post , with , a force of 350 men . "' By command of his Excellency tbe Governor , « "J MOORE CRAIG .
"' Aotlng Secretary to Government . "' Colonial-office , Cape of Good Hope , August 1 , 1842 . " " For people at a distance , who may not have all the points of Cape history by heart , it may be necessary to observe , that this is the conclusion or present state of an affj . fr that has agitated Soutuem Africa for many mouths . " Some time lost year the Government received information that a party of boers from this colony bad attacked , or were about to attack , some native tribes in the neighbourhood of the colony with whom we had established friendly relations . He in consequence pushed forward towards the menaced tribe , a detachment of troops from Graham's town , and warned the boers against committing the intended violence . To this the
boers replied in a letter dated the 21 st of February of tbe present year , in which they informed him , not for tbe first time , that they bad renounced their allegiance to tbe British Government ; that they were an independent sUte , and would deal with the natives and others as they saw fit ; that they were forming connections in Europe , where they bad no doubt their cause would be favourably considered ; and with many opprobious charges against their abjured Sovereign ' s Government , they signified to him that they were ready to defend with their blood what they had gained by their blood ; that it would "be better for him to mind his own business than to meddle with them , and were his most obedient servants . In this stage of the segoclatioo a detachment of troops .
amounting , we have heard , to about 240 or 250 men , were pushed forward under Captain Smith to Port Natal , distant from head-quarters at Gmham'a-town about 600 miles , through savage or desert countries , intersected by upwards of 100 rivets . Having surmounted the perils and privations of this toilsome journey , Captain Smith , with his little army , arrived at Port Natal in the beginning of May . Having ; signified the presence of Her Majesty ' s troops to the boeft , be received from them , throngh their aneral and Commander-In-Chlef , A . W . Pretorius , an order to withdraw without loss of time from their territories , as they were bo longer British subjects , but an
independent republic , under the protection of the king of Holland . A collision , of course , ensued , in which Captain Smith was defeated with the loss , in killed , wounded , and prisoners , of about one-third of his whole force , with a suitable proportion of guns and stores . Having drawn around his little camp a sort of hedge -of waggons , strengthened with a breastwork of earth and a ditch , be now prepared to act on tbe defensive till reinforcements should arrive from tbe celony , whither he had despatched a bold and trust-wortby messenger , named King , who , by great good luck , eluded the enemy , and informed the Lientenant-Governor at Grabam's-town of this rather unpromising state of things at Natal .
" From both ends of the colony reinforcements were despatched without loss of time . Indeed , there was Little room for delay , as Captain Smith was besieged in his rude camp by an overwhelming force , by which be was enectually cut off from all supplies and from all communication . " He was shut up in bis intrenohmenta on the 24 th of May ; and from that period , with the exception of a few days' trace for buryiDg the dead and negotiating a little , he lay under an Incessant fire by night and day
from the guns and musketry of the boers to the 26 th of June , when he was relieved by the force sent from the colony under Lieutenant Colonel Cloete . He hod been reduced to half ratijns and the use of horseflesh , tough and scanty , with execrable water . Lieutenant-Col . Cloete entered Port Natal , and , under cover of the guns of her Majesty ' s frigate , Southampton , anchored outside the bar . He was received with showers of balls ftom the boers , who , however , soon disappeared and left tbe expedition to discharge its functions at its leisure .
" What those functions were may be gathered from tbe ' Government notice' printed above . " The following letter from one of the soldiers engaged under Captain Smith , gives perhaps the best account of the proceedings : — " British Settlement , Port Natal , July 3 . " Dear Friends and Comrades , —I am happy to state , with the greatest satisfaction in the world , that I and the other two buglets still survive , after being snatched from the jaws of death . I must say that the troubles of this wicked world were nearly over with us all here . I suppose you require a statement of what happened since my lost letter from Natal , but this I hope you or any of the boys won't expect from me , as it would be impossible for me to send the wbole of what bapoened , and I think it much better to leave it to the testimony of the Graham ' s town journals , as it Would take up three or four quires of paper , and I can tell yon that I am not in a very fit state to write at present .
" I mean to mention a few particulars of what happened after our arrival here . For some time the boers were very peaceable , but at lost they commenced to steal our cattle , and to take our herds prisoners . The captain sent to them for the cattle , but they would not send them back . We were after getting our two 18-pounders mounted , one at the camp , and the other at the point , where our provisions and stores were , and a detachment of fifteen men , four gunners , one officer , a sergeant , and two corporals , was left there to protect them . The boers were seen on the morning of the 23 rd of May , in very large parties , on all Bides of the woods , showing themselves U our camp now and again ; bnt the captain opened our guns on them from the camp . The 18-pounder made great openings among them , and
put them to disperse for that day . The next day , being tbe Queen ' s birthday , the captain intended to fire twenty-one guns , and hoist the union jack in front of our camp , but towards evening the captain held » consultation among the officers to attack the Dutch camp , and 100 men were warned to be ready , and two field-pieces and the howitzer were placed in a strong boat to proceed up the channel right under their camp , to throw in shells . The men left our camp at eleven o . clock , the night being clear and bright , I and arrived close to the enemy ' s camp at one o ' clock . The moment the enemy ptrceived them in front of their camp , they fired such a dreadful volley of musketry on oar men that it made a great many intervals through tbe ranks . Oar men commenced a file-firing , and kept it np very well ; the guns and rockets kept playing into them on
all sides , and the howiteat from the boat sent welldirected shells into the camp ; bat , notwithstanding althis , the enemy kept a heavy fire up , their number was so great ; they were cutting off our men very fast , and it was very little wonder , for they had ten times oar number . After about an hour ' s engagement the enemy's fire began to slacken very much , and the captain intended to charge them , but when he Baw he had so few te charge , he declined , and thought proper to retire home to the camp . Yon mast understand that where the action was fought was close to the sea , and it being a spring-tide , oar men were up to their waists in the water , and as soon as a man was wounded he fell into the sea and was drowned , for no person could offer any assistance at the time , for the enemy came in close pursuit after as ; we left oar dead there in like manner . The most of the artillery were swept
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from the guns ; oat of eighteen gunners , there were twelve cut away killed and wounded . The officer of the artillery received a shower of balls in the body ( three in the head and font in the body . ) He was in the act of firing the gun at the time . The gun-oxen were all shot away , and it was impossible for the men to swim and draw the guns , as the tide was so fall in . Many of oar men fell victims to a watery grave , perishing In the water . We had not long arrived home at the camp , when the enemy mode a dreadful charge on the camp on all sides , bat they were repulsed with great loss . You may say , my boys , this was one of the most horrible nights I ever witnessed in my life , from ten o'clock until clear daylight in the morning . In this nigbt ' s action the killed and misting were
seventeen and one officer ; wounded twenty-four , one captain , one subaltern . The next day the enemy brought up our dead ; they could only fimd twelve , and the artillery officer . We burled them in a large pit convenient to the camp . The other five men must have been driven out with the tide ; so I intend to finish with the affair of Congella , or the Dutch camp , and I must say it was an unfortunate thing for our guns to fall into the enemy ' s hands , besides a great number of small arms and ammunition ; but I assure you it could not be helped , for yoa may easily know our situation . The number of the enemy killed on this night is estimated to be one hundred and thirty , and seventy woanded . There were ninety killed of them in one kraal , by shells from tbe howitZ 9 r . . . .
" The boers now seetag that onr guns were already in their hands that were left behind previous to the action at Congella , and so many of oar small detachment cat off , thought proper to cut off all communication by land ; and the next thing they had in view was to engage the point , and capture all oar provisions . Accordingly , on the 26 th morning , they engaged the point , and , after half an hour ' s engagement , they captured it , bat not without losing a great number of men . Our small detachment , as I mentioned before , did their endeavour to keep it , but they were soon overpowered . There were only one serjeant , two corporals , and fifteen men , and four gunners . The artillery fought well , until two of them were killed , and two wounded . The two that were wounded spiked tbe gun before the enemy come up
to them , and wben they saw the gun already spiked , they drew their knives , and ripped them from the bottom of the belly to the throat They took all the rest prisoners . There were only one corporal and one private woanded , but the four artillerymen were killed . Now they had ns completely blockaded by sea and land . They also went on board of the two vessels that were lying in the harbour , and took about thirty Englishmen prisoners , and bound them in irons , with a strong guard over each vessel . It happened very fortunate that tho officer belonging to this small detachment was up at the camp on duty , or else he woald have been taken prisoner also . The Dutch chief sent many letters to the captain , entreating him to quit the camp , under the following circumstances : —
To pay the Bam of £ 10 , 000 to tho Dutch Repablio ; te pay the damage done to them ; and further , to give up all oar arms , only 12 stand that he would allow to each vessel to guard us down to Cape-town He wanted to send ns in the two vessels that were lying in the harbour ; but this proposal only made onr captain smile , and he sent him back word he never would do any such thing . This made the imperious chief blaster oat with great execrations , and said he woald starve us to death , and burn our camp . The captain , knowing now they bad three guns of ours in possession , knew very well they would soon visit oar camp , and blockade as , and keep us from getting any provisions or water . As the water was pretty far distant from the camp , he ordered the Engineer officer to make intrenebments all
round the inside of the camp , and build a breastwork up against the front of the waggons , tbe way it woald save the men from the enemy ' s shot At this time they hod the whole of our cattle captured , with the exception of 24 head , and we had very unfortunately only one waggon-load of biscuit up from the point before it was taken , On the night of the 30 th of May the enemy mode all preparation for beseiglng our camp , and on the next morning , being the 31 st , they commenced a dreadful cannonading on our camp . They had their guns pointing in every direction towards the camp , namely , one 18-pounder , two six-pounders , one 12-pounder , two 4-ponuders ; total six guns . I forgot to mention , that they hod some handicraft men among them that anspiked the 18-pounder , and a 12-pounder , that
belonged to them , which was spiked by as when we came here first . They fired 160 roandB from their guns , besides showers of musketry , the first day ; but , thanks be to God , they did very little harm , only smashed the sides of the waggons . We hod only two guns , — one 18-pounder and howitzer , and they were going the whole day at the enemy . The 18-pounder dismounted one of the 6-pounders the first day , and the howitzer killed a great number of the enemy with her shell . The enemy now dug entrenchments at the distance of 100 yards from onr camp , all round , for their small arms , and to save themselves from the fire of oar camp . Here , now , I may mention that we were no longer inhabitants of the earth , bat of the under world , living in subterraneous caves pr caverns , or sepulchural tombs .
Our situation now was surely miserable , and we could get no water , only running in danger of being cut to pieces going for it outside of the camp by the enemy's fire , for that was the only time they kept np a strong fire . On the third morning of the siege the enemy sent us a flag of trace to oar camp for tbe purpose of tending onr women and children , sick and wounded , on board of the vessels in the harbour , and that they would be taken good care of ; bat this was only policy of them , te find eut how many were disabled , that they might make an attack on our camp . None of the women woald go , only Mrs . Lonsdale , and the captain would not admit of any of the sick to go , and said he would nail the flag to the masthead before he should ever give them the ¦ atlsfoction of surrendering . Our provisions
now were getting very scarce , and the enemy shot most of the cattle we had in the kraal , to keep us from living , if possible . All the oxen we had now left alive were killed immediately to make ' biltong' of , lest the enemy should destroy any more of us . The enemy still kept up a formidable fire every day on the camp—upwards of 100 rounds every day . We were living how on six ounces of biscuit- < 3 uBt and half-a-pound of biltong . Our coffee and sugar were all out in like manner . This only kept tbe human frame from failing ; and this was not all ; after the biltong waa all out we were obliged to feed on herse-flesb . ! his was very disgusting at first , but hunger obliged us to make use of it . To finish the aiege , and not dwell longer upon it , the enemies kept their gans going for 16 days on our camp , and thea brought them down to fortify the point against the reinforcement that was coining up , for they were well aware that King had made his escape , and that he would discover all .
Although the guns were taken away they still kept us in by their small arms . Tbe Captain now determined to level some of the intrenchments belonging to the enemy , in the dark of the night , and sent off twenty men and two officers . They went on their hands and feet until they came on top of the enemy . They were all asleep only tbe sentry , who fired and shot Mr . Prior in the heart . This alarmed all the reBt , and such a dreadful carnage never was heard tell of before . Oar men fired and charged them with bayonets , and muzz ' e to muzzle ; the Datch shouted for mercy , but of course got none . They drew their hunting knives , but they only killed two and the officer , and our men killed every one in the intrencuments , in number about thirty-six , and then returned to the camp . If they had waited much longer the whole of the enemy would have cut them to pieces ; but they were in good time here . We remained here until the reinforcement arrived . ¦
" The Grenadier company arrived here on the 24 th of June , on board of a merchant schooner , but she had to beat about the harbour until the arrival of the frigate . On the 25 tb the frigate came In sight , and fired two gans and three rockets as a signal to as , which were answered by as with one gun and one rocket , to let them know we were in distress and where we lay . On the morning of the 26 tb , being Sunday , all preparations were made to effect a lauding . The frigate formed » flotilla of gnnboata , each boat bearing a howitzer placed in her for throwing shells ; all the other boats were laden with tbe troops . At one o ' clock , the troops set off from the different vessels under the frigate ' s fire ; the gunboats led the van , and it was very handsome to see all the boats sailing np tbe channel ,
each having its standard waving in the stern . The enemy now commenced a strong fire on the boatB from their guns and nnall anna , bat without much efflct . The frigate now opened a formidable fire on the enemy from her forecastle and poop , broadsides from her 68-ponnders . The boats also kept up a dreadful fire , pitching shells every moment . The frigate ' s heavy fire made such openings in the woods among the enemy that they were soon conspicuous to the troops , who kept up a heavy fire of small arms on them . The shells from tbe boats swept the enemy from their guns . The haughty rebels were now seen to fall . All on a sadden , after an half-hour's engagement , the oatlawa made for the country , taking the guns with them . Oar 18-pounder kept up a heavy fire on them as they
passed the woods going to the country . The troops having new possession of the harbour , they hauled down tbe Dutch jack , and hoisted the union . Tbe troops now mode their appearance throngh the woods toward * oar camp , and took twelve rebels prisoners All the rest fled . Oh , heaven 1 what a joyful Bight to see we were once more inhabitants of the upper world I No tongue can describe , nor pen can write , the joy we felt in meeting the Grenadier company and the 25 th Regiment here . We gave three hearty cheers that rent the air and drowned the noise of toe cannon . The next day Colonel Cloete marched up the troops to the Dutch Tillage , and plundered it all over . We were only allowed to partake of eatables , tut not to meddle with
anything else . But some made well of it . We took meat , flour , bread , tobacco , coffee , sagor , batter , cheese , tea , rice , brandy , wines , pigs , and every kind of poultry , and cooking utensils . I have now the satisfaction to feast on their sumptuous food for the long starvation they gave me . The enemy is making fortifications up the country at their town , lest the troops should follow them . All the troops here are kept busy every day making fortifications round our camp , and at the point or harbour . We expect to follow the boers up the country in a few days . There are abont 700 men here now , with the 25 th and ours . They are mounting all the fresh guns the frigate brought to proceed up the country with a Btrong force of men . The Caffres are
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burning and destroying all tbeir small villages , and putting every one of the enemy to death they come across , and bringing ns dozens of battle every day . All our sick and woanded are on board a ship to forward to Cape Town , and there are a great number of them . All tbe waggons that were damaged are taken to pieces and pat on board a ship to go to Algoa Bay to be sold by auction . Captain Lonsdale , with family , is on board to join head-quarters . I am sorry to mention to you that your old friend Cartey dropped dead in the intrenchments on the morning of the 16 th . " Joseph Browse . "
"During the siege the boers fired upward of 70 f shots from the 6 and 18-poanders , besides keeping up an incessant firing of musketry . Though the siege lasted upwards of a month , there were bat four shot and three wounded on tbe side of the English ; bat on the part of the Dutch , there is reason to believe many more . Lieutenant Molesworth , with 20 men , made a sally ont of the . camp one night during the latter part of the siege , and fell upon the boers in the trenches before they wera aware of it , the boers being all asleep . Of 20 boers , not two it is said escaped . The English , however , paid dear for this by the loss of Mr .
Prior , a fine young officer , who with two privates was killed on the occasion . Before tbe eaoip was relieved they had eaten all their horses , and were upon the most wretched pittance of spoiled bread , which they intended should enable them to stand it out twenty days longer , when the Conch arrived ; she immediately fired guns and threw up rockets , which were answered by the besieged . The captain on board sent a flag of truce , requesting that a medical man with comforts might be allowed ts proceed to tbe camp . To this Pretorious answered , that all communication with C ^ ptiin Smith had ceased , and tkat it was now too late . "
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At the Chartist room , Greaves-street , Oldham i the daughter Thomas and Martha Brk-rley , of that town , has been christened Sarah Ann O'Connor , by the Rev . W . V . Jackson , of Manchester . # Registered by Mr . Joshua Wrigley , Hannah " Emmett Hirst , daughter of William and Bettj Hirst , Tame Water , Saddleworth .
- , D £ ATHS . On Thursday last , the 20 th inst ., at Sowerby , near Thirsk , John Swarbreck , Esq ., aged 88 . 1 Same day , at Thirsk , Mr . John Little , late superintendent of police in that town , aged 48 . Died , on Saturday lost , at Newcastle-upon-Tyne , suddenly , in bis 26 th year , Henry Wasa , book-keeper , sixth son of the late Mr . William Wasa , grocer , of this town .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 29, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct777/page/5/
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