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TO THE EDITOR OP THE SOUTHERN STAR . ; Warwick County Gaol , Oct 23 rd ., 1842 . \ Dkab . MB . Hill , —I &m happy to bear that you are jurain st that post which is so essential to us at the present time , and as yon , or your readers , might not have heard of the change which has taken place m my afikiis , I take the first opportunity of forwarding the necessary information . I was informed , en the 15 th , that my case had been removed , by eertiomri , to the Queen * Bench , on the application of my prosecutors ; I shall , uurefore , be tried at the ensuing Assizes , and as I thought that the eounty magistrates might be entrusted with power to
take bail , I applied to Sir Eardly Wilmot , Chairman of ; the Sessions , to favour me with an interview , as I j wished to make an application to the bench ; I was < accordingly bronght before the comrt , which adjoins this prison , en the second day of the County Sessions , when I wu informed , by the County -Clerk , that my case was renoved , by writ of ctrtiorari , to the Queen ' s Bench . I then applied to the Chairman to be admitted to bail , and wsj informed by him that the magistrates bad no power in the matter , that the application would have to be made to the Jndges , I shall , therefore , haTe to apply to the Jndges .
1 have been scandalously treated by the Birmingham Magistrates . Upwards of twelve respectable shopkeepers ted men of business , whose qualifications -were beyond doubt , have been tendered as bail on my behalf , and were refused . A trne bill was found against me by the Grand Jury , for the Warwick County Sessions , on Wednesday last , and two true bills were found by the Grand Jury of the Birmingham Quarter Sessions , on Saturday . I shall , therefor ** , bare to face three indictment * at the forthcoming assizes ; the evidence for which , » a you will already hare seen , are of the most abominable character , but I have rro donbt of being able to procure snfficitnt evidence k > prove the Msthood of their statements , as I hat e not made use of the language imputed to me by tbesi .
I am still confined in a room by myself , and am well attended to by my Birmingham friends , and also by the Chartists of Leamington and Warwick , especially Mr . and Mrs . French , and Mr . Donaldson of the latter place . I have been visited three times last week by Mr . Charles Thorpe , who was sent here by my Birmingham friends to reader every assistance deemed necessary during the sessions ; I have , therefore , no reason to comp ain of neglect , and am very thankful to all my friends in the district for their kindness ; I have also to thank Mr . O'Connor , who has liberally forwarded £ 5 to my Defence Committee . I am in good health and spirits , and remain , Yours truly , Geobge White .
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The following was received from Mr . West , on Sunday , 22 nd , though dated Thursday , 18 th : — Derby County Gaol , Thursday . Oct lSth-Deae Sis ., —I embrace this Erst opportunity » f letting y * u know that I am in good health , and in as good spirits as can be expected , considering my situation . You are aware that I am to find bail in two sureties of £ 200 each , or four of £ 50 , or be in till the March Assizes . I am in total ignorance as to what my friends are doirg , as I have no : received a letter since I came here . In my own town , the only persons who could
or would give bail for me belong to the anti-Corn Law League ; and 1 would sooner rot in gaol than receive a favour from them that might be considered an obligation , and therefore might have a tendency to cripple my exertions against them , which I promise you stall be as teen as ever when I get my liberty . I know they are glad that I . for one , am out of the way ; bnt though I am laid by the heels , I have the consolation of knowing that I helped to strip the free-trade question of its mask of delusion ard that ihe people now understand it so well that tbey will never be able to succeed in Bedncing them , though they should spend £ 4 , 000 weekly .
1 End my situation very lonely , locked up by myself all day 1-ng . and the cell is so Email that I cannot take that necessary exercise that would keep me warm : and , as winter approaches , if I have to lie tin ilarch , I fear I will engender some grievously bodily ailment My braces were taken from me , and my trousers hang so loosely about my hips that I begin to feel pains in my back already , although the Governor was kind enough to let roe wear my belt I am allowed to take En airing—and indeed it is not wrongfully named—with the other prisoners for twenty mi : ntes , three times a day ; but it is such a solemn , slow march that it makes me colder than ¦ when 1 was in the cell . There is no distinction made between me and the greatest felon . I am not allowed pen , ink , and paper , except two d 3 vs in the week .
When I have to go into the cage in the yard , the same as another prisoner , I am not allowed any books but "what the chaplain ta ^ es , and that kind gentleman has but very few , and those only school books . He is very kind to me . I am completely under the silent system , and I have nothing to sit on in my cell bnt the ' iron frame of my bedstead . I have plenty of good food , ' thanks to my friends in Derby . There is one thing , when I get my liberty that I will direct public atten- ' tion to , that is , the necessity of fcaT ; ni ? an elective magistracy ; there are eo men so ill qualified te perform their duties as the present " great ncpaid , " as Cobbett
called them ; they know little of justice , and less of law . ' Their clerks seem to be their Sir Oracles , and they having an eye to fees think it their duty to convict a man right or wroDg ; thus , in my own case , when cross-examining ¦ the principal witness , and getting him to admit the ' peaceable tenour of my whole speech , Sir John Cave j interrupting me * aid , he could net see what good I was doing by that line cf conduct Bnt I must conclude , j Hoping yeu will , if possible , procure the necessary bail , [ I remain , j Tours faithfully , I jdhx West , i | i i I ¦
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TO THE EDITOB OP THE 50 BTHEK . V STAR . j In the Star of October 1 st , a letter appeared with ¦ the initials W . P ., on the propriety of the working ' dosses joining the Com Law Bepealers , as a means of ! obtaining the Charter . In the discu ssion of this pre-1 position , W . P . does not argue for the nnion of these classes , in hopes ef any permanent good being the « £ «* of a Repeal of the Com Lawa ; but , on the con- [ tr 8 J 7 > after depicting the present condition ef the ; working classes in regard to the two great factions ' which at present rule the destinies of this country , he i says that a repeal « f these laws would bring immediate J and inevitable ruin on the middle classes , ( to nse his j i ! i ! j j j j i j i [
own word * , ) ta they ( the Corn Law Repealers ) expect from it to have prosperity for Bges , as they hope from " to get their feet upon our necks , and as it will ( I am &s cerUin of it as fire barns ) assuredly trundle them into the streets , let ns by all means assist them to obtain it S-eie it u &t once observable . We are to join the Corn ^ aw Repealers , as it means , to ruin the Hiiddle classes ; and , by granting them their pet measure , we would kring them to the Charter . This is the basis of W . P . 's * rgtnnent , viz . the mW < Hn <* iyre »« will not join the working clashes till tbsy become alarmed at their own rifcuation . But to five the writer ' s argument its full height , what does it prove ? Just this—that the
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middle classes will not go for the Charter an hour sooner than necessity forces them to it No ; our foreign trade ia already damned —the power of competition has forced the manufacturer to jvdnee his prices to the lowest farthing , in order to effect a sale , and in this he is unsucsssful . Warehouses are filled with the product of our labour , and the operative is starving for want of " employment Now , I contend the interest of the labourer and retail merchant are the same . If the labourer receives no wages , the retailer receives no profits ; if . small wages , the retailer small profits . Thus their interests are co-extensive . I believe W . P . will
agree with mt that the labouring classes were never in a more miserable condition than they now are ; and this , according to his own showing , necessity being the basis of this nnion , it was never so likely as now . But suppose another portion of the middle classes were trundled into the streets , a& a matter of course , theirworks would stop and a universal stagnation ( viz the employers ) would follow . W . P . cannot be ignorant that in all stages of the social condition of this country , the poor labourer comes in for the worst share . The employers for some time would procure food from the wreck of their capital ; and what , in the name of common sense .
are the poor workies to do , whose eating ceases with their employment ? It would be but poor gratification to me to assist in bringing about a state of thiDgs , reducing myself and family tu starvation , merely for the purpose of starving my fnrmer master , even supposing we werti to start this hungry race together . But , says W . P ., by tbat course we should obtain one of two good things , either the thing would be set at rest . or . what is nitre probable , ( as in my opinion ) the repealers are not sincere , they knowing : oo well what would be the result , they would give np the agitation at once , terrified at their own success , ThiB would put them to the test .
Here W . P . doubts the sincerity of the League . I do know who toK Mr . O'Connor the mills would b * all stopt on one day . Mr . A eland , the avowed advocate and paid agitator of the repealers , and for what purpose ? Why to repeal the corn laws . ( But in this they reckoned withont their host . ) Who refused to mix the question of the suffrage with the question of the corn laws ?—the League . Yes , they are in earnest , in right good earnesr . To this fact the dungeons of England bear testimony . W . P . adds : —But let us not give up ear agitationlet us persevere with that , in order tbat we may form a public opinion , that we may also be ready when the day of trial comes , in order that we may be able to take advantage of every circumstance which offers iu our far our .
ftuff , sir , I frankly ewn that I cannot , foi the life of me , s * e ray way through this strange plan of agitating for the Charter Suffrage ; either it is my ignorance ! being an illiterate working man ) or the quotation is void of common sense ; for if we assist in obtaining a measure which we believe to be fraught with mischief to every class , we shall certainly come up to the picture drawn of us by every Whig and Tory scribe in the land . No , no , W . P . if we are to cultivate a powerful public opinion "in our favour , iu so far as we divide that opinion with our opponents in the same proportion we weaken onrselves . Nothing is plainer than this ;
to aid in repealing tke Corn Laws , is to lend onrselves into the hands of our oppressors , enabling the capitalist to cast labour prostrate at the fe *> t of capita ] , and rivet the chains of middle-class despotism more firmly round the neck of the people , aiu ' . then begin an agitation for the Charter . After sacrificing so much time , money , andpatrioiism , this is a ino-t monstrous monstrosity . No , to ; W . P . it will not da In your second paragraph , in regard , to the two great factions that rule our onhappy country , yon say , ' Let them disagree about what else they may , they always agrea about insulting and trampling upon that class which produces all the wealth in which they wallow . "
Now , htre you are right ; the premises are true as existence itself , and the cocflict is between a powerful public opinion and the dominant i : fluence of gold . If this ia true , your whole reasoning is false ; the success of the people depends on their singleness cf purpose , the strength of public opinion , and the power of their orcanizition . The two former we have ; the latter we watt In your last paragraph , you pledge yourself to the Charter , even the very uame . Hold there and heed not the factions . Convince the middle class of their interest ;> y argument , and the day ia our own . True , we suffer at present by the iron grasp of tyrant power ; but this is no proof tbat we shall not succeed .
I own it is sickening to bear of something called a constitution co-existing with & desire to muider those who have been foremost in the combat of right against might ; but so it has ever been . The tyrai . fs right to rule has ever been written in the biood of its victinu . Jta heraldic embbzonments should be a dagger , a sword , prison , rack , stake , and Bcaffold ; upon it a gold and crimson ground , -wiih the motto " , " Blood and gold . " Life without liberty iB naught Let even martyrdom come while struggling for its achievnunt , it will be welcomed by the patriot , for he
knows" They never fail who die in a great cause : , The block may soak their gore ; Their heads may Bodden in the sun ; j Their limbs be strung to city gate and castle ' walls— i But still their spirit walks abroad . Though years j Elapse , and others ? hare as dark a doom , j They but augment the deep and sweeping tbongkta Wbich over-tower all othtr 3 , and conduct , The world at last to fretdom ! " ; S . K . j Glasgow , October 10 th , 1842 . j
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«• - j TO THE PEOPLE OF TODMORDEN . j I Mi deas . Fiuesds , —I am now at liberty again , \ bresthing the fresh air of heaven I have been in the : boarding school twelve days , and as a whole , I have nothing to complain of on my own account , i but I do complain of Mr . Beswick ' s conduct ' towards my companions , D ^ yle , Campbell , and \ others . ¦ I am aDxious to return my sincere thanks for the very liberal manner in which you have contributed towards \ my Defence Fund . The committee will issue a balance * j sheev before long to your satisfaction . The charge tbat i was laid at Todmorden is given up , for what reason I do not know ; but I can say this much , and I think you will bear' me out In it , that I used my influence to get the people to keep the peace , as did all connected with j
me ; and how far we were successful is known . Yeu \ are aii aware that there was no property destroyed , or j any breach of the peace ; and I think when I say that the \ peace of the town may be attributed to the advice we gave , I shall not be exaggerating . I now wiBh to say a i few wordstomymostintimate friends the Chartists . Some j of you appear to be alarmed at the present crisis . Lord Abinper ' s charge to the Grand Jury seems to have had , an efiVct upon a few of y <* n ; but I am glad that it is only a few . Remember what Lord Abinger says is not lsvr . If yoa have read the summing up of Tindal [ and Abinger , you will see a great difference . One j says that it is not bis business to know anything about , the political opinions of the prisoner , and the other , makes , the opiuions part of the charge . My Lord
Abirger , in his address to the Grand Jury , dwells at grea : length npon what he pleases to call the doctrine of the Cbartitts , and in that address he makes nse of the following : —That they , the Chartist lecturers , used lanttage tfeat was highly dangerous ; and they strove to mike ii appear that the Queen lived out of the earnings of the labouring class , which was anything but thft truth ; and in the very next breath he admits that her Majesty lives tut of the taxes , and that she has a right to her saiary . Now , I do not dispute the right her Majesty has to a living ; but I do dispute the right to tax . individuals , unless they are recognised by the Constitution , * ' . e . having a voice in the making and enforcing . the laws , and the distributing the funds of the state . It is dangerous to let such a man
preside upon the judgment-seat , who is too old and too great a party-man to do justice . A man natu ^ d Knowies , who was tried for breaking wood upon the Bolton Kail way , was as innocent as a child nnborn of the charge laid against him ; not that I say tLe jury was awsre of it , but the very man that did the mischief . was in the same yard that I was in , ard be has got two yeErs" imprisonment and hard labour . He told we that Knoffles , who has got transported for seven yearst was not ther * at alL This shows what sort of evidence has been raked up . Now , are you ashamed of the principles of the Charter ? I know that there is a great number will say , No . And if the question were atked , are you ready to risk everything for them , the answer would be favourable . Weil then , set to work
boldly and determinedly , and do y * ar duty . I do Dot wish yon to understand from what I say , tbat you are to do aiiy violence , but to make nse of every favourable opportunity for the furtherance of the good cause , and above all things by to make as many friends as possible , and as few enemies ; remember that there must be many Chartists before there can be any expectation of the Charter becoming law . I Since the commencement of the Evening Star , you j have opened five news rooms , or rather readiDg rooms , for I perceive that other besides political infennation , is beiDg attended to . This is cheering . Let but the labouring class get information , and I defy all the power of the most infernal tyrants to keep you in bondage
! ! for aDj length of time . I see that there we a many in prison for want of baiL The localities to which they belong ought to attend to them without delay , and sot leave a stone unturned to liberate them . 2 dr . Mooney was brought through Todmorden on Tuesday night , on his way to Manchester . It behoves every one to nse bis influence for the support of the victims . I 8 m confident that my brave companions , j who have traversed , will do so , and I am sure that a I great nnmber of my Todmorden friends will do their ! duty ; and I hope all will , as heretofore , attend the Lectures , and enrol their names under our banner . The tyrant ' s watchwoid is divide and conquer ; let ours be union , and good feeling one towards ano-*** B . B .
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Yisit of Loed Stanley to Iseulkd . — Lord Stanley , who is now at Knowsley Park , is shortly expected in Ireland , on a visit to his estates in the county of'iipperary . —Preston Chronicle .
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ESSAY ON THE PRESENT SYSTEM , INTENDED AS A COMPANION TO DR . CH&NNING'S ESSAY , ENTITLED "THE PRESENT AGE . " Great Britain possesses one advantage wbich Greece , which Rome , in all the plenitude of their power , sighed for in vain . Grtat Britain is detached and defended from the continent—we are surrounded by the Bea . No wall , no mountain can equal this , our natural moat The Alps , the Pyrenees , the Apennines were as nothing —they could not check the invading career of a Hanibal or a Bonaparte , nor until she had a navy , could Britain repel the incursions of the Romans , the Saxon .-, the Danes , and the Normans , —but with a navy , a little navy , the Spanish Arraa 4 a , Btyled the Invincible , was defeated , and the Imperial Bonaparte kept at bay . And now what continental power will dare to cross our moat , to scale our cliffs , to penetrate into the bowels of our land ?
The sense of security which our insular position imparts to as , as it renders life and property more valuable in England should make them be moru enjoyed , and indeed it is owing to this sense of security that our national character is more domestic than that of foreigners—that we are more independent We have been accustomed to boast of our Government as the best —of our social institutions as the most excellent—we are proud cf Tessrding ourselves as a peculiar people . Tra < U \ commerce , and manufactures have made U 9 the wealthiest of nations—the sun never sets on out equatorial empire , and England we say is tfie glory and admiration of the whole civilized world ! True it . is that . she seems set apart a favourite spot in the globe—temperate is her clituuto
—fertile her soil—corn , cattle , and all that is fit for the life and happiness of man is produced here in overflowing abundance ! and , as if it were not so , the treasures of other climes , of other Boils , from the four qu-ultra of the globe , are poared ia oar lap as from the cornucopia of plenty itself . Shouid not such a country—a country so advantageonsly situated by Providence—so richly endowed by nature—comparatively free from pestilential airs , earthqu : ikes , or inundations —with a people , the bravest the moat skilful , the most industrious— should not Great Britain , esteeming herself the wisest , the bast , the most powerful , not only be happy in herself , but capable of rendering all other countries happy—should not we Britons be able to set an example to all nations , and kindredB , and Ungues 1
Bnt what is the f ict ? In spite of all that God and nature have do : e for us—In spite of all that ; weourselveB buve done—in spite of the past experience of nil ages laid as in a chart before us—the people of England are bow , in the BiEtteenth century , the most degraded , the most miserable on the face of the earthtbey are more miserable and degraded now than ever they were—nothing in nature is sunk so low . The Arab , the Hottentot and Nes < ro , may all bless God tbat they are not Englishmen , Scotsmen , or Irishmen . But thia is owing to the system ; let us trace that system to its cause—let us follow it through its effect ? . Government is iu its own nature democratic ; if not of the people it is not true ; but we in England exist under a mixed Government of conquest and usurpation .
Wbat i » bud in our Cjastitotlon was imposed npoa us by foreign fraud , force , or innovation ; what is good was of native growth . The Norman bastard , who conquered our Saxon ancestors , and reigned » ver them under the title of a Conqueror , strove to root out all tbat was English in the soil , and to plant foreign customs in its stead . His successors trod in his steps , and deepened tbo footprints of conquest and usurpation on English ground . They wera as arbitrary as the Grand Turk , whose will is law , whose word is death ; they oppressed even the lords , but oppression made the lords Chartists ! The lords united , and being prepared to take tb « ir riehts—their rights were granted thfrn—thabing signed the Charter , But the lords did but di / ide kiugly power to share it among themselves ; it was not their purpose to free the people . The
people , however , in course of time , freed themselves , and , under Cromwell , asserted their own sovereignty . But scarcely ripe for freedom , they suffered their leader to usurp a military despotism over them , so that , after his death , a re-action took place . Legitimacy came in aj ^ in . and monarchy was restored in the person of Charles II . Grown wiser by experience , our kings no longer repardei the people as mere serfs born for their nse , ua a kind of personal property , goods and chattels or live stock transferred with the estate , the heir-looms of the crown—they no longer strove to rule by force—fraud came into fashion— the senate was bought by the king , and the senate sold the people . Factions arose—the parties of Whig and Tory , who did not drive , but led the people as sheep to the shearers . Feudal slavery was aboliahed . but political slavery rose in its stead .
Government determining to act m defiance of the people ' s will and in spite of their wants—the aristocracy with the king at their head , resolving to enslave the men of Eugland , and to crush them so that they should be rendered for ever unable to rite again and re-assert their rights—saw that the first thing to be done was to disarm and disfranchise them—to deprive tham of all means of offence and defence—of their sword , shield , and sufiVace . Accordingly an act was passed to maintain a ftandiDg nrmy , which though not wanted to repel foreign invasion , waa fouud very useful to keep down the people at home—and subsequently acts were passed limiting the franchise aud extending the sittings
of that body , which sits like a night-mare on the great body cf the people . By these measures the men of property have betn banded against the men of labour—the rich make all the laws and enforce them—what wonder that the idle enjoy all , that the industries suffer all , and that those who enjey are heedless of those that suffer . The teeth of the British lion have been extracted —his claws torn out—he is cttaiued and muzzied and given to a girl to be led about and plundered , provoked , tasked or knocked on the bead just as the oligarchy please . Such is the origin of the system—let us look into its character . ( To be continued )
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GREAT FESTIVAL TO T . S . DUNCOMBE , . ESQ ., M . P . A Tea Festival was on Monday night given , at the National Association Hall , in High Holborn , to Thos . Siingsby Dunccmbe , Esq ., M . P ., by a number of the liberal electors of Finsbury and other admirers of that gentleman's political career , to testify to him their admiration and approbation of bis z al in supporting th 9 people ' s cause in the Commons House of Parliament . The whole of the arrangements were excellent ; the tea , coffee , and accompaniments were good and plentiful ; and to add to the amusements of the evening , an excellent instrumental band waa engaged , who performed a variety of appropriate airs at the close of every sentiment , and at various periods of the evening .
About 200 ladies and gentlemen partook of tea , but many more were present &t the meeting after tea . Colonel Thompson was in the ehair , supported on the right by T . Dunoombe , Esq ,, M . P ., Mr . Thomas , the barrister ; and on the left by Mr . Norman , Mr . T . O . E . Thompson , Or . Black , Dr . Eppa , Mr . Hodgkin , &c , fcc The cloth having been removed , and tbe speakers adjourned from the body of the Hall to the platform , — The Chairman said that they were met on coordinary occasion , and in no ordinary times ; many were isoking upon them with good nil ) , many with ill-feelings , bnt they would still persevere in their conduct , fearing nothing , intending no ill , but determined cot to give up one atom of those principles which they feit it to be their duty to the community to agitate for ; tbey were
as men set upon an bill , not by themtelves , but , by their opponents , and because they nobly stood by their name and principles , they were persecuted . He was not going to apologise for many acts which bad been committed ; thi-ir sentences had been awarded to them , and whether justly or not , would be settled by fnture times and ages . He waa persecuted because ho was a friend to the People s Charter . ( Cheers . ) No disgrace was attached to those eight members of Parliament who drew up the Charter ; they were still honoured and propperovis ; but it was only when Chartism was taken np by tbe poor and humble tbat it waa disgraceful to be a Chartist . Ev-ry cause was sure to prosper the more for being subjected to unjust persecution ; they were met that evening as good , honest citizens , to take into consideration the wretched state of tbx-ir
fellow-countrymen . Many of them were acquainted with the distress which existed ; but they had not exptrienced it in its direst form—in the want of bread for their families ; though doubtless they had in want of employment Tbe Colonel then made some very appropriate remarks regarding the refusal of a licence for music and dancing to the Hall , and stated that if they were driveD to think of tbe more serious business of life than singing and dancing , they would t / ventually have cause to repent it . There never was any prosperity in a community where the lower orders were intuited and oppressed . The Colonel concluded by proposing the following toast : " The people , may tbey speedily possess their political rights , in order to remedy their social wrongs . " He then sat down loudly cheered . Band— " The Marseilles Hymn . "
Dr . Epps proposed the following toast : " May the Queen remove from her councils and the offices of state all those who restrict and misapply our country ' s resources , and call to her aid those only who will extend to the people the full measure of their rights . " Dr . Epps in a long address supported the toast , and warmly advocated the cause of Complete Suffrage , which wised many voices in different parts of the room for the Charter . He spoke favourably of some of tbe acts of the Government as compared with those of their Whig predecessors , but denounced in plain terms the conduct of the Government in the Chinese and Indian wars . Mr . BOBGKIKS briefly spoke to the toast , and also in high terms of those who by establishing similar balls to tbat in which they were met assisted so largely to give a sound political education to the people .
The Chairman then stated that he had the honour to propose the next toast ; one which waa expieseive of their apprebation of the honoured guest whom they now had the pleasure of meeting—a man who had faithfully represented them , anci through them , the whole community , in the Commons House of Parliament . Other constituencies often met to congratulate their representative upon seme private or local benefit which he had conferred upon them ; but they were met to shew they delighted to do honour to a man because he had faithfully served the whole people—a man who had joined them from no motive of necessity . He had not been driven from other scenes to Sy to tfcem as a last resource ; nor yet to indulge in a natural desire fer fame or popularity . There
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was no scene of greatness to which he might not aspire , and in which , perhaps , be had not indulged . But he had sacrificed ull to the honest , the noble feeling , of faithfully serviug his country . When was the popular cauaa unaerved when Thomas Duncombe wa § present ? where was there a man oppressed and ha did not assist him to the utmost of his pewer ? If a political judge had violated the integrity of the bench by party prejudices , where was there a man so fitted to bring it before the oountiy through the medium of Parliament as the man then before them ?—a man sprung from the aristocracy ; but in all ages and countries , some few of tke privileged orders had ever been found battling in the ranks of the people . Many had been sacrificed , many had died in
toe esase . Tbey mast remember that good blood was sometimes concealed under a mustachied lip , and the aristocracy must reflect that many of the ornaments of human nature sprang from the ranks of the people Ho concluded , by proposing the following toast , to ¦ which he called upon them to dp honour : — " Our invited guest , T . S . Buncombe , a legislator , regardless of party or faction , who having espoused just principles has honestly stood forward in Parliament , the advocate of his oppressed and suffering countrymen ; may ha continue to pursue the same manly , prudent course , till the rights of the miiiioHS are won , and their wrongs redressed . " This was received with loud and enthusiastic cheering , waving of hats , handkerchiefs , 4 c , amidst which Mr . Duncoinbe rose , which was the signal for reiterated applause .
Mr . Duncombe then expressed himself in the following Bianuer and was loudly and repeatedly applauded : — The high and distinguished compliment which you have this evening been pleased to pay to the humble Parliamentary services of the individual who has now the honour of addressing you . calls for th « utterance of . grateful sentiments whieh I very much fear I am not able to express , at all events in that strength of language which your kindness demands , and my own fee / ings make me long to acknowledge . ( Cheers . ) I have often heard it said that popular favour and public esteem are , alter all , but transitory and capricious , and that those whom it pleaseth the people to honour today , they often turn their backs on to-morrow : I
believe it will be invariably found that , whenever the people have withdrawn their confidence from a public man , such conduct has been Justified , and the desertion has betn merited by the man ha vine , for his own private interest , and tor personal objects , betrayed the interests and cause of the people . ( Cheers . ) At all events , I can say , that since I have had the honour of a 8 e * t in Parliament , public c ^ nfiJenee aud popular esteem have uniformly been m ) lot ; aud I believe than so long as I do persevere in that course which I marked out for myself on my first entrance into public life , that esteem and that confidence will not bo denied me . ( Hear , hear . ) And I now confess that I am proud to stand here beholden to no minister for his protectionindebted to no court for ita favour— ( cheers)—conscious
tbat though I have not merited the kindness you have extended to me this evening , at all events I buve not done anything to forfeit your confidence and esteem—( cheers ) . 16 is impossible for any one to took at the present state of political f-jeling in this country , and of political parties in this oountry , without some feeling of shame and of regret I know that much of it is to be attributed to tbe disappointment whioh haa been occasioned to the people by the inefficiency of the measure of reform , carried in 1832—an inefficiency which has been proved by the facility with which the present Tory administration forced itself into a p > wer which they Beem to glory in exercising over tho few remaining rights and privileges of thepeople —( hear ) . And now , gentlemen , are we not reading tbe fruits of tbat chan ge of Go verm en t ? Much blame is attributable ,
and justly so , to the Whigs for their conduct They were told , over and over again , wheu in the zenith ef their power , tbat they were not then making the best of their time—tbat tbe reform wbich ha > 5 been effected was iucomplbte , and that it waa their duty to the people to render it at once a complete and u&eful measure . They heeded not the warning which was given to them , but they talked ef finality , and bung to the skirts cf the court , instead of relying on the strong arm of the people—(!<> ud cheers , ) And what has been the consequence ? Tue danger , as we toKl tht-m , was at their doors , and at the eleventh hour they brought forward measures which were good , perhaps , but which came too late . They called upon the people for uid—upon the people whom tbey bad neglected ; but amidst the universal correction and intimidation used at the last
general election , their cries were unlitedud in the hour of need . They fell , I am almost compelled to say , as they deserved to fall , unpitied and despiecd by all—( cheers . ) Well , then , I say , we aro now bitterly reaping the fruits of their mi&ni'inagt'rutnt of tha popular cause , ( cheers . ) I ask you to look at the l » £ t sestfoi of Parliament—take it with reg-ird to any party . There never was a session so discreditable to tho Tories , so in glorious to the Whigs , and I may say bo unsatisfactory to the people . I was Jookin ? this morning at the return of the number of hours during which Parliament sat in the course of last session , and I find that , from February to Aueust , they sat 1 , 008 hours , and 125 of these hours were after midnight Now I would ask any rational man what did we do during those hours ? They were
passed in crimination and recrimination between this agriculturist and that manufacturer—between tha high church , and low churchman—between r . iy Lorrt JoV . n This and Sir Robert That—( cheers )—my Lo : d John tepvoachin £ Sir Robert , and saying , " You are rot sat : sfly ; d vvith taming ua oat of oar places but you absolutely tube oar measures . ' —( cheers . ) And what are those measures , now they have taken them ? ( Hear , hear ) We have got a trumpery corn bill , a delusive tariff , and we have got au inquisitorial income tax . ( cheer ? . ) Now these great measures are those which Sir Robert Peel required five months to ponder upon , before he proclaimed them to the world . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) But then , what was done with regard to the people ? Did we not , niaht after night , make representations to the
Government , and to that House which calls itself the representative of the people , that tbn people of this country were starving—were dying by hundreds in the manufacturing districts , and that it was necessary to afford them some relief , or at all events tv > ' institute some inquiry Into their condition , and the causes of tbat condition ? But every one of these . inquiries was resisted . We told them that if they persisted in this course , they would drive the people to desperation ; that the working , loyal , and industrious peuplo of this country were not prepared to starve and to dk- in the ditches ; that they ought not , and would not , submit so to terminate their existence . They heeded not those warnings—they prorogued tho Parliament , ami the moment the Queen had closed its doors , she was
obliged to go home and sign a proclamation , calling on the magistracy , calling on the . military-to put down the people , because as Parliament would not help them , tbey threatened to help themselves—( cheers ) . These people said , " We had better die at tLe point of the bayonet , or on the Bcaffold , than see ourselves and our families starving in the ditches ''—( cheers ) . They said , " Thousands of us are out of employment , and those who are in employ work from sunrise to suDsot ; they are over worked , but they are under paid , and they cannot get that which the working classes are quite right to demand—a fair day ' s wages for a fair day's labour . "—( cheers . ) All the outbreaks and Insurrection which occurred have been attributed to various causes Every one tries to shift the odium from his own
shoulders unto the shoulders of another . One day it is tbe result of Chartism ; another it Is produced by the Anti-Corn Law L aRue . I believe , however , that neither was to blame . Distress is not the offspring of Chartism or of the Anti-Corn Law League ; but Chartism is the offspring of the oppression of the poor —( loud cheers );—Rnd the Anti-Corn League is the offspring of a base and sordid monopoly ; but as Cbartism is the offspring of the oppression of the poor , the poor are in the right to demand that they should have that voice and that power in the legislature which might enable them to obtain some re lief—( hear , hear ) . Well , then , what is tho result ? What is the conduct of the Government with regard to this insurrection ? The police were put in motion ,
aud the military were let loose- The mngistrates whom Sir James Graham—the re ; egade Graham—( the cat was out of the bag)—had been so active in appointing during the past winter , were to be let loose for the purpose of committing these unfortunate inoividuals . I do not mean to say that there were not many of them guilty of criminal acts , but when you } ook at their condition—riheir impoverished and starving condition—some allowance ought to be made fer the misdeeds in which , perhaps , they were ^ unfortunately engaged—( bear , hear ) To be suTe we have had a jndge , who was sent down to try thtse men , stating pu . Micly from the judumwit-seat tbat the distresses of the people were vastly exaggerated—( criescf shame . ' ! I want to know how they can possibly be
exaggerated—( cheers . ) It shows either great ignoranca or great indifference on the part of the Learned Judgo to have made that assertion—( hear . ) How , I ask , could tbeir distresses be exaggerated , ¦ when we see thousands and hundreds of thousands of human beings inhabiting the manufacturing districts were glad to appropriate even carrion , if they could find It;—that many of them were glad to cull the nettles from the ditches and the fields , and to put them into hot water to make something like broth . Many were without furniture in their houses , fnel in their fire-places , or raiment on their bodie »; and yet these are the persons with reference to whom my Lord Ablnger—ihisses , and cries of " shame" ) thought proper to say from tbe judgment seat , at Liverpool , that so far as be waB a judge—and a pretty judge he is —( cheers }—their distresses were greatly exaggerated . ( Hear , hear . ) Men not mixing
with society , or with the people , mteht , it is just possible , make such a blunder ; but Lord Abinger appeared not only as a judge , but he assumed tbe characters of a politician and a legislator , and as » politician and a legislator , it was bis duty , and it was impossible that he could be ignorant of the sad and lamentable distresses of the poor ia the manufacturing districts . ( Hear , bear , hear , and cheers . ) Not satisfied however , with thus insulting the distress ol tbe peeple , be makes a most indecent and unconstitutional charge to the grand jury . He describes those of whom he speaks as " a kind of men called Chartists "—( cheers , hisses , and cries of " He was a Jacobin ') and be says tbat this kind of men want tbe werking classes of this country , not possessing any property , to ha ^ e the power of voting at the elections for Members of Parliament , and , in point of fact , tbat tbey 6 hould have a vvice to legislate for those who have property . ( Cheers , and
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cries of " Most monstrous . " ) Nuw , that ia the charge which he makes . From what I havo seen of the Chartists in England , I believe tbat tbe body is far more numerous than either Lord Abinget , or the Government , or many members of tko upper classes really imagine—( bear , hear . ) I believe that tbe opinion in favour of the document called the Charter is daily gaining strength in the public mind—( cheers ) . Every party is calling for reform in some particular branch of the law , and as each finds the impracticability of carrying out its views , tbey become convinced of the necessity of a change , by the effect of which the Housa of Commons shall be entirely remodelled—( cheers ) . Lord Abinger , however , though he may not have possessed the same personal acquaintance with tbe extent
of the powers of the Chartists which I possess , must have recollected the petitions which have been presented to Parliament in the conrse of last year , and tbe present year . He must have recollected tbe petition of last year , signed by 1 , 300 , 000 persons ; and that of the present year bearing the signatures , of three and a haJf millions of the industrious classes ; and yet he has the assurance , and , I will say , the insolence , to insult the industrious classes by saying that they are " a set of men called Ciiartists , " who wish to subvert the aristocracy , to divide property , and to overthrow the menarcby— ( cheers ) . I have looked at the Charter again and again ; but I can find nothing in it which would sanction an interference with the rights of the aristocracy —( cheers )—nor could 1 find a line which indicates a
desire to overthrow the monarchy —( cheers ) . Quite the contrary . All tbe people a&k , if I understand it Tight is , nut tbat they should have the exclusive right of legislating , but an equal share in tbe legislation of the country—that labour—tbeir property—should be equally protected with that of my Lord Abinger ;—( cheers ) , —and that the Government of the oountry should be placed , aa it ought to be , upon a broad , popular , and secure basis . ( Hear , bear . ) Well , indeed , may my Lord Abinger wish that the people should have no greater power in the House of Commons than they now possess , for I venture to say , if they had possessed that power which tbey claim , and wblcb they ought to have , the House as it would then have been constituted , would not bwe sanctioned , as it did . that which is
commonly called the " Scarlett job , " and the House of Commons thus constituted would have no hesitation in addressing the Crown fer thu removal from the judgment seat of any judge who so disgraced th ; it high position as Lord Abinger has done by bis charge to the Grand Jury at Liverpool . ( Loud cheers . ) I have no doubt tbat the charge delivered by him is w » ll received ; that it is greatly admired and highly approved of by his brother renegade , Sir James Graham—( hear , hear , and cheers ); but wher Parliament does meet , it is totally impossible that this charge , if made—and I am , of course , presuming that tbe charge is correctly reported in the newspapers , and I have not beard the accuracy of tbe report doubted—I &iy it is impossible thia charge , whether in tbe words or in the spirit in
wbich it is reported , can pass unnoticed in the House of Commons , it is impossible that the House of Commons , such even as it is , can allow that charge , dangerous to the liberties of the people , to pass unconsured and unnoticed—( cheers ) , —and I can only say , that if no other individual calls the attention of the House to the subject on ita meeting , I fuel that I should basely betray the interests of my constituency , and of tbe working classes of this country , if I did not call the attention of the House to it—( cries of bravo , ' and loud cheers . ) Such , gentlemen , at all events , is the lamentable poaition in which public affairs now standin which tbat question , wbicb is the que&tiou of questions , I mean the franchise , stands before tbe public-It Btands before the public thus—that if a man calls
himself a Chartist . be is to be condemned from thu judgment-seat ; but it still rests with the people how long this state of things shall continue . Much will depend now on the energy , the prudence , and the forbearance , but , above all , the cordial union of all classes . Let us have no more quarrelling and quibbling about trifles—( bear , hoar . ) Let uh meet the foe openly I aay that the question of the day is the franchise , and until tbat is settled , it is iu vain , constituted as the , House of Commons is , to look for any other reform—( loud cheers . ) I linow the working classes have much to bear—they huve much to exasperate them , but still with union and energy , they must nut despair . I ara well aware that it is possible for the GoTernmenfc , behind the back of Parliament , to strain tha law—to
confer upon their police now powers—to appoint an Innumerable host of magistrates to commit—to hire traitors to betray , and upies to deceive the unwary ( crieB of "hear , hear , andgroans . ) " They way also find pliant juries to convict , and they may ais-j retain corrupt political partisans as judges to condemn ; but nevertheless , if the people , are true to themselves—if they will but stand within the four corners of the law — Sir'James Graham and the whole of his renogade crew may yet find a united people who are too stroag for them —( cheers ) . It is stated that the "darkest h * ur In nearest the dawn . " And so it is ; there is that elasticity about ; British freedom that on all past occasions , when darkness has most prevailed , it haa always emerged . from it with increased splendour ucd
renown-—( cucera ) . I know that I am speaking to men who will n ? t surrender one iota of tliesu privileges which belong to them , and which the Government 86 o& to takb away . If there is anything to which , above all other things , you are entit ed , it is the right to hold public meetings ; when that is takt-n away be aui-e despotism is in the ascendant . Bat I know there are hundreds aud tuouaai .. . *—I believe there are millions who—in the words o £ Sir B , Walpolo , * ' would prefer to die the lass ot" British freemen , than bear to live the first of British slaves . " ( Cheers . ) I fenr that , amidst tha wrongs uuder which this country is suffering , I have wandered too far from the compliment which you have , honoured , me by t&ying me—( cheers . ) B-iiiovo me that your kindness this
evening will be remembered to tbe last hour of my existence ; and if any reliance can be placed on the , word of man , as you have been pleased t 9 approve of the course which I have taken , and as by continuing in that course I nh& 1 meet your approbation , I beg to assure you that so long us it shall please God to give me health and strength , I will never swerve from thiit course— ( cheering ) . Honoured 'witii your approbation , encouraged by your houc-st and disinterested cheers , ; . v exertion shall be spared on my part until , in the wouis of the first resolution , read from the chair , " the ju . « t rights of the millions are won , and tbeir munifoiu wrongs redressed . " Mr . Duccoinbe resumed bis atai . amidst the most deafening applause , which lasted a considerable time .
Mr . Hetueringion proposed the next toast , " May Reformers of all shades of opinion speedily perceive the necessity for cordiality and union in favour of tbe People ' s Charter , a measure framed to confer equal political rights , without which there are no hopes of ever obtaining equal political justice . " Mr . Thomson , Juu . responded to the toast in a b ief and suitable manner . Mr . Cleave stated that the principal object of bis rising was to shew them the positive necessity , rot of talking about union , but of making some soli- , ; tffurts towards promoting it . While his friend Mr . Hethering was in such a happy mood , he had hoprd that hu would have concluded what he begun , and shown tho trifl ' ng causes which prevented a cordial utiion between
all c ); i 9 . « es of Cbartista . If , instead of tm-ir acting entirely by themselves tbey bad consulted tho other sections of tho Chartists , instead of being bucU a limited attendance on tbe present occasion , the hail woult- ; have been too siiinll to hold them . There was tbe National Association , the Complete Snffrage bony , and beyond both the National Charter Association , from whom Mr . Duncombe bas presented a petition signed by three and a half millions of individuals . As that large bedy of men bad sufficient , confidence to entrust their petition in the hands cf that gentleman this festival would have been common ground on wbich n'l could bave united to express their approbation aii < 1 gratitude to him for hia manly conduct . He regretted tbat he bad not endeavoured to influence his old friends
to adopt that line of conduct , but as regrets were useless , he trusted some other occasion weuicl / speedily ariBe , whero tbey could unite together , heart au <\ hand , in pursuit of their common object ; ¦ when they ojice were united , tbo oligarchy of this country would trunble in their seats ; but he waa convinced , that while each were pursuing their separate course , they would go down to the grave without achieving their object . It had been bis fate to sit two « a > B under Lord Abinger , at Liverpool , during the recent trials , and he was proud to Lear Mr . Dczncombe , with a courage and a daring almost his own ) assert that he wonld do that which many were panting to know , but hardly dare to ask him , the knowledge that he would do so when communicated by the press , would gJ . idden the heorrs
of millions , aud they will truly say Ibat he vms tbeir own Duncembe . Mr . Cieavo then , iv a style ¦'¦ •( forcible and natural elf quer . ee "which created a tbrill of horror In the minds of bis auditors , described the fierce , the almost demoniac conduct , of L ^ rd Abinger towards the prisoners at Liverpool , and stated that , in bis opinion , tbe bench of juatica wouW ntvei ba pure whilst , he was allowed to retain hi * seat on it . He himself , aud other friendsof the people , had hung their heads like bulrushes , and felt ashamed tbat they were men , while witnessing the manner in which humanity waa disgraced Mr . Cleave then dilated upon the monstrous iniquities practised In our gaols and workhouses , more especially those at North Leach , Northallerton , Cirencester , < kc , and gave « correct but terrific puture of the torture in store for the working classes at the model prison , Copenhagen Fields , London . He was astonished at tbe Comparative silence of tbe press upon tbat horrible reinstftation of tbe hostile . It appeared as though for some
inscrutable purpose an infatuation of apathy was decreed upon tbat subject standing before them as an unrepresented man , be would never cease to raise his voice Bgainsfc having aucb heiis erected for bis fellow men , and ho weuld contend to the death for tbat Charter to which these infernal prisons and tbeir dietary tables ¦ were monumental beacons to direct tbeir course in purctrit of representation for the whole people . If tbe Chartists were determined to effect a solid onion of all sections of their body , he knew of no man wlio could so well serve to promote that object , to bring abouta feeling of friewisfeip and zealous co-operation nmoi ' g them as their friend , Mr . Duncombe . Mr . Cleave then in a feeling manner detailed the distress , misery , and expenditure of funds , which bod been caused by the result of the special commissions , stated that a fund waa opened foi the defence of tbe victims , and the auppoit of tteir families ; andttat the flwt solid - . intention ' that could be given towards creating a union was by putting thdr
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hands in their pockets and liberally supporting that fttu « . He concluded by etatng that ho had done his duty , and -now left them to do theirs , and sat dowa loudly cheered . Mr . Parry ,-in a manly and eloquent manner , proposed the following toast . — " May iuquiry , in purauifc of truth , be frted from all legal trammels—may the press be unshackled from its restrictions—may despotic Judges be deposed , and unjust maglatrat 3 s be deprived of their arbitrary power—and may every obstacle to the purifying influence of knowledge be speedily removed . " Mr . Parry , during the whole of bis address , was loudly and deservedly applauded . Mr . Thomas , in a neat speech , supported the toaat Mr . Moore moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman , and stated that if ever a vacancy occurred in Finsbury , be trusted Colonel Thompson would be called upon to fill it .
Colonel Thompson brii fly acknowledged the compliment , and was proud to connect his name with their cause . He told them to go on as they had hitherto done , and Government would soon find tbat the kind of men called Cbartists , and Cliartesses , too , ( for ha was glad to see aa many ladies present , ) were quite aa good as tbeir neighbours . He trusted to meet them on other occasions . The meeting separated at a late boor . .
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THE EXECUTIVE . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR , Dear Sib , —Allow me , through the medium of the Star , to express my thanks to my Chartist brethren , in Birmingham , for the honour they have done me in nominating me to tbe Executive , and the reasons why I must decline standing . In tbe first place I am not one ef tbe General Council , and I believe the constitution of Cbartkm tequires that a candidate for the Executive should be oae of that Council . Secondly , —I perfectly agree with the sentimeuti expressed in the resolution of our York brethren on this subject . I remain , Dear Sir , Yours respectfully , John Watkins . Batteraea , Oct . 25 , 1842
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Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway . —On Thureday afternoon , about ; four o'clock , a sensation was produced along Prince ' s-etreet by the appearance of a train of six carts linked together , laden with the immense rope manufactured by Messrs , Haggie , of Gateside , for the tunn « l near the Glasgow terminus of the railway . The rope was laid in ioneitudin . pt . coils along the range of carts ; it seemed to be about two inches in diameter , and ef very strong texture . The rope is upwards of three miles long , and weighs fifteen tons , being five tons heavier than any line ever manufactured before . On the way up to Leith-walk and Leith-sireet nine horses were required to draz this ponderous load ; but on reaching thu level ground of Prince ' s-street , three of these were dispensed with and the remaining bix proceeded at a brisk pace with their burden u > the terminus of ihe railway . — Caledonian Mercury .
Murder . —A young man named Marcua Doran was killed at Moiiafodda , in the Kiug ' s County ( tier " Rcscrea ) , on the evening ; of Friday , the 14 sh mat ., by a blow of a stone which he received from a man named John Iiennecy , who was lying in wait for him , in consequence of some dispute they had about a young girl in the neighbourhood . Uwiug to the active exertions of Constable Murphy , stationed near Mouafodda , Hennecy was soon afterwards arrested . On the 19 fh inst . a coroner ' s inquest was held on the body , and a verdict of wilful murder was returned against Heiiuecy , who was transmitted to Tullamore gaol for trial at sh 6 ntxr , assize . —Leivster ' 'Express . '
Highway Robbert between Chesterfield and Birmington —On Friday evening last , between six and seyeu o'clock , a persoc of the name of EIret , a clerk in the employment of G- H . Barrow , Esq ., of Stavely Ironivorky , was returning from Chesterfield to Brinvugton , and when within a shore distance of the latter place , was attacked by three men , one of whom placed his bands over his mouth , while th 8 theWorksop c / , ail happened to be coming up , the villains made off . On Saturday Cottereil , ihe constable , succeeded in apprehending three auspicious looking characters , and on Monday they underwent a long examination bo . foro Mr . G . Crompton and E . G . Maynard , Esqrs ., who ful y committed them for trial . —Derby Reporter .
How to Cure a Sulky Wife . —Take her , wrap her iu a linen cioth well tied at both ends ; when she sinjis out you may be pretty well certain that she requires air ; then take a good sized pair of kitchea bclLows , &v , < l vjork tueni till tbe cloth is well inflated , and the contents pretty well blown ; now call her " Dear , " accompanying the adjective with a whistle , gradually dying into a whew , whew ; insinuate a bunch of nettles ( holly will do aa weli ) , with which keep her well stirred up for ten minutes . Should she give tongue under tho'operation , immediately open the covering , and add eighteen lively humble bees ( apex amluans ) for the pake of their honey , which should be quite fresh . She will now speedily simmer down to a " proper consistency . Leave her for three hours to come to her senses ; go to your dinner ; administer three leases of Mrs . Fry's Powers of Persuasion ; when cool take her out If dry , offer her a "lass of Hodgson ' s bitter ale . —Maryland Observer .
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From the London Gazette of Friday , Oct . 21 . BANKRUPTS . William Starkie , carpenter , Cutler-atroet , Honnsflk'CQ , to surrender October 27 , at twelve , aud Decemher 2 . at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Pennell , oficial nfsi ^ nee ; Ruck , Minting lane . Stephen Simson , watchmaker , Shirley , November 2 , at four , and December 2 , at twelve , at the Royal Hotel , Southampton . " Pocock and Wilkln , Battholomeweloee , London ; Clement and Newman , Southampton . ¦ William East , builder , Spalding , Lincolnshire , November 10 , and December 2 , at three , at rbo White Hait Imi , Sr-alduig . ' Caiter and Son , SpaMiDg ; ¦ Willis . Bower , aud Willis , Tokenhouse-yard , Lothbury , Loru : ou . . Htnry Buton , jun ., merchant , Liverpool , October 31 , and December 2 , at eloven , at the Claiendon-rooms , Livtrp : ui . Cotteriii , Tbrogmotton-Btiest , London ; Fletcher and-Hull , . Liverpool ..
Charles O'Neil , Robert S . ilkeld , and George Somerville DigHy , ironfounders , Brinder Works , near Margum , Glamorganshire , November 1 , at one , and Dacfcmber 2 , at eleven , at tbo Court of Bankinptcy . Gibson , official assignee , Basinghall-street ; Tllson , Squance , and Tilson , Coleman-street , London . Divid Brandon , shoe-manufacturer , R ' . ech-street , Barbican . ' October 29 , at two , and December 2 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Johnson , official assignee , Basiughall-street ; Hall , Moorgate-street . John Coofer , f » rovision-deakr , Liverpool , October 31 , and December 2 , at one , at the ClaTsndon-rooHis , Liverpool . Vincent and Sherwood , Temja ' . e , London ; Littieciale and Bardswell , Liverpool . Marcus Harris and Solomon Abraham K »» fcr merchants , Cullum-Btreet , Fenchurcb-Btreet . October 29 . at one , and DecBBaber 2 , at twelve , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy . Peunell . official assignee ; Reynolds , Adamstrett , Arteluhi .
William Koworth , confectioner , WelHngborcugh , North » mi > tonshire , November 7 , and December 2 , . ; it tloveii , at tho George Hotel , Northampton . Cbmxb , Hcdfo ' vd row , London ; Murpby , Welliogborough .
PAR . THERSHIPS DISSOLVED . G . S . Uutherfoid , E . Wett , and E . Stacey , Britannia metal manufacturers , Shtffield . I . O . Jones and J . B , Williiiius , attorneys . Liverpool . W . May and H . C Taoinpscn , wine merchants , Liverpool . W . Mullin , JSe < idon , jun ., and R . Secidon , manufacturing chemists , Ince , Lancashire . A . Tod , J . Farie , and T . Jaffray , nterchauts , Liverpool . J . Turner and C . Crummuck , lineudraptirs , York . J . Jobueo . n and' 8 . ' Yatc-s , grocers , llsnchfcstwr . K . Jones , juu ., and J . Miller , ehip-BmitLs , Liverpool . W . Sibiey and W . ToZ ' . r , coa ! merchants , Liverpool . Jn . Dyson , W . Dyeon , and Jfi . Bjboo , liiitnurapers , EuttdcrElic'ld , Yorkaiiirtf .
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From the Gazette of Tuesday , Oct . 25 . BANKBTJPTS . James TVyait , of Plymouth , Devonshire , upholsterer , November 4 and . December 6 , at the Royal Hotel , Plymouth . Bacikam and Houghten , Verulam-buildings , Gray ' s-inn , London ; Barber , Bridnorth ; Elworthy , Plymouth . John Davison , farmer , Marton , and earthenwaremanufacturer , Jvlid ( ilesbrougb , Yorkshire , November 2 and December 6 / at two , at the Black Lion Inn , Stockton-upon-Tees . Garbutt and Co ., Yarm , Yorkshire . Thomas Allen , silk-man , November 8 and December 6 at one , at the Angel Inn , Macciesfleld . Brundrett and Co ., Inner Temple , London ; E . W . Thompson , John Alexander and Henry Gibbons , chemiete , Wolverhamptou , November 9 and December 6 , lit ten , at taa Swan Inn , Wolverhampton , Clarke and Medcalf , Lincoln ' s-inn-aelds , London : Edward Bennett ,
Wolverbampton . Henry-Heiiger and James Hedger , ¦ watch-manufacturers , Coventry , November 4 , at ba ! f-past nine , and December 6 , at eleven , at tha Craven Arras Inn , Covenuy . Weeks , Crook ' e-court , Lincoln ' s-inn , London ; Dawes and Son , Coventry .
PARTNEBSHIFS DISSOLVED . William Hill and Thomas Cook , of Leeds , flax-splnners . John Leeming , Williem Blaze Learning , Edward Lemming , Miles Edward Leeming , and James Leeinicg , of ilauchester , worsted-spinners ( so far as regards John Leoming ) . Joshua Piatt and Charles White , of AsLtonunder-Lyne , manuiiicturerB of cotton rovinga .
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INCARCERATION OF MR . JOHN WEST . We give the following letter of Mr . West from the Evatixp Siar of Saturday : — Derby , County Gaol , Oct 14 . I -write to apprise you of my arrest , on a charge of sedition . I -was arrested on Monday in Leicester , and conveyed in custody of the officers to Ashby-le-la-Zouch , where I ttzs lodged in the lock-up , and in the morning brought before Sir John Cave , at the Red Lion Inn , in Appleby . The first evidence against me , ¦ waa Mr . Gsorge Outrsm , manager of Lord Granville ' s coal works , ¦ who deposed that before the 18 th of September , his men turned ont , and by persuasion , he got them back again ; that after the 18 th some of them refused to co to work again ; that there had been some Chartist meetings before at Grisley ; on cross-examination , he said be never saw me before , nor did not know that I ever attended any meetings in that neighbourhood . The next witness vraa — Charlton , a
special constable ; he swore , that on Sunday , the ISih of September , he saw me elevated above the people on a form , that there might be 150 people present We commenced with prayer and singing , then I took a text from the first chapter of the second epistle of Pater , fourth and following verses ; that I said many good things , but that at last I hunched into politics , and said the aristocracy are our greaUst enemies , tbat we most unite to get rid of > &d laws and class legislation ; and that we must break open ihe locks of the prison doors , and let our incarcerated brethren free . On his cross-examination , he could not remember any of the good thices I had said , and in the quotation from Isaiah , respecting opening the prison doors , {¦ ff hich is strictly figurative ) be would cot S 3 y that the impression on his mind was , that I advised the people to acts of violence , but ignorant people might think so ,-there was no cheering or disturbance , aad the people dispersed quietly—another " special" confirmed what Cbarlton ssid as to taking notes .
Sir John Care said he did not know whether I wa » a Chartist or not . I immediately said , I was . Well , said Sir John , you have not disprove * what has been sworn , and I have no other course left bat to commit yon . I said I ba ^ Dot time to produce my witnesses , and even from the testimsny of the witneeses against me , there was no disturbance , and tbe whole tenour cf my discourse was anything but of a teditious character . But it was no use , to trial I must go , and I then said I hoped he would not impose a greater amount of bail ; than a man in my situation could procure . He fixed it
at myself in £ 200 , and two rarefies in £ 100 each , or four at £ 50 . I hope my friends will exert themselves to procure , it fer me , sjs it is & loag time to lie in prison till the ilarch assizas . The constable Charlten wished the magistrate to prevent me from tailing out tbe copy cf tbe depositions , for said he , " he u-ili gei people to contradict tchai I have morn . " The magistrate very properly refused him , saying , I EfcraJci hare every facility cf defending mystlf . I am allowed to write two days a week . In my next I will give you an account of the prison . Joh > " West .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 29, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct777/page/7/
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