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Gldham . —Mr . Michael Roberts , of ' Bury , will lecture in the Chartist Room , Greave-st ., at six o ' clock in the evening . Halifax . —Mr . Abraham Hanson , of Elland , will preach here on Sunday ( to-morrow ) at six o ' clock in the evening , A Distbict delegate meeting will be held at New Pelion , on Sunday , st two o ' clock in the afternooH Delegates are expected to attend from Halifax , Sowerby , Rinponden , Luddenden , Upper Warley , Lower Warley , Mixenden , Ovenden , New Pelion , Si < idle , Elland , Sec , & . c . It is hoped that none will fail io attend . Lower Warley . —Mr . Butterley of Halifax , will preach in the Association Room , Hoilhonse , on Monday evening at eight o ' clock .
BrwsBCBT . —A district council meeting will be held on Sunday ( to-morrow ) in the large room , over the Co-operative Stores , at two o ' clock in the kfteTnoon when delegates are expected from the following { laces—Dewsbnry , Doghouse , Bitley , Birstal , . utletown , Horbury , Ossett , Wakefield , Cleckheaton , Heckmondwike , Potovens , East Ardsley , Ovenon , or any other locality wishing to subscribe to the Defence Fund . Holuxgytorth . —The Chartists of Hollingworth , Mottram , and surrounding neighbourhood , are requested to meet at their rooms iu Hollingworth , on ounday ( to-morrow ) at one o ' clock , on business of great importance .
Hollinwood — Oa Saturday evening , November 5 , a T « a Fany will be held in the Ralph Green Chartift roam , in commemoration of the birth day of Henry Hoiit . Tickets : —Male tickets , 8 d ., female do . 6 d . each , may be had of Joseph Rayner , John Garlick , Rotk-rt Whitehead , and ABhton Ashton . Tea on the tab ' e at six . o ' clock . —Mr . Thokas Raskin of Salford , will lecture here on Sunday next at six o ' clock . JIolhfirth . —Mr . William Cunningham will lecture on Sunday , ( to-morrow ) , in the Association room , Holmfirth , to commence at six o ' clock in the evening . Thvrstonlasd . —Mr . Edward Clayton will lecture en Sunday , ( to-morrow ) , in the Democratic Chapel , Thurstonlaad , to commence at half-past two o'clock in the afternoon .
Manchester . —Mr . Christopher Doyle will deliver two lectures on Sunday next , in the Carpenters ' Bail , in the afternoon , at half-past two o ' clock , and the other in the evening , a ; half-past six . The monthly meeting of the members of the National Charter Association will be held in the Carpenters' Hall , on Sunday , the 6 th of November , chair to be taken at ten o ' clock in the forenoon . It is requested that the membera will be punctual in their attendance . Rochdale . Mr . Dickinson , the Manchester Packer , will lecture in the National Charter Association Room , on Tuesday evening next . A Chartist tea party will be held in the Asso ciation Room , Newton Heath , on Saturday evening , November 5 th , when Mr . Dixon will address the friends of freedom upon the principles of the People ' s Charter .
KiBKHKATOJf . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) a lecture ¦ will bs delivered in the Association Room , by Mr . F . Vickerman , from Honley , at six o ' clock in the evening . Littletown . —Two sermons will be preached in the Association Room , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , when a collection will be made after each sermon , towards defraying the expences of the room . Hetwoqd . —Mr . Heywood will preach two sermons in the National Charter Association Room , Hartley -street , on Sunday , Nov . 6 th , at half-paBt two and six o ' clock . Birmingham . —Mr . Wm . Parke 3 will lecture at Aston-street , on Sunday night , and at BromsgroTe on Monday night .
Siddall . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) Mr . Joseph Colling will preach in the Association room , at six o ' clock in the evening . On Monday , Nov . 7 th , there will be a tea party held in the above place—tea to be on the table at six o ' clock . Lower Warley . —Sir . Butterley will preach here on Sunday ( tomorrow ) at two o ' clock in the afternoon . Halifax . —On Monday , Nov . 7 th , there will be a ball held in the large room , Swan Coppice , for the benefit of a distressed family ; to commence at seven o ' clock in the evening . Admittance three-pence each . Qcexxshead . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) Mr . C . Shaekleron will preach in the Association Room , Street end , at six o ' clock in the evening .
Mr . Smyth will lecture at ManniDgham at two o'clock on Sunday afternoon . On Su . ndat next , Mr . Smyth will lecture at Little Horton at six o ' ciock in the evening . Littletow * . —Two sermons will be preached by Mr . J . Stansfield , on Sunday next , in the Association Room , when a collection will be made after each sermon towards defraying vhe expences of the room . Oldham . —Pttblic Lectttres . —A course of three lectutes will be delivered in the Town Hall on Monday and Wednesday next , and on Monday , Not . 7 th , by Mr . Jamts Leach , of Manchester . Subject"The evils of class-legislation on Beciety , and the remedy for the same , "
Leeds . —Mr . T . B . Smith will preach a sermon tomorrow afternoon , at half-past two o ' clock , in the Chartist Room , Cheapside ; and , in the evening , a well-known advocate of the people will preach at the same place , at half-pas : six o'clock . Armlet . —Mr . Baron will preach here to-morrow evening , at half-past six o'clock . Sheffield . —Fie Trek Lane . —Two lectures or . fi the Land" will be delivered by a well known and talented champion of the democratic cause , on Sunday and Monday evening 3 at half-past seven o ' clock . A Members' Meeting will be held in the above room on Tuesday evening , to nominate the members of the General Council for the ensuing year .
West-Ridikg Meeting or Colliers . —A email hand-bill , of which the following i 3 a copy , has been left here . We understand that it his been plentifully circulated through the riding . We observe that it bears no imprint : — - " A public meeting of the colliers of the We ? t-Biding will bs held on the plot of ground opposite the Woodman Inn , Woed-street , Wakefield , on Monday , November 7 th , 1842 , for the purpose of taking into consideration the distress of the coal-Biicers , and adopting a petition to Parliament . Let unity , peace , law , and order , be your motto .
A delegate meeting will be held at the Griffin Inn , as soon as the above meeting is concluded . Each Colliery is requested to appoint a delegate to attend , and those who have not subscribed their share of the expences will please to do so , and send it to the delegate meetiag . u The committee will meet at eight o ' clock in the morning , to receive and give information , &c . " All communications to be addressed to the colliera , Gnffia Ian , Northgate , Wakefield . "
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TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAR . Sib , —The Chartist public generally , and the united Chartists , ( which all men should be , ) ought to be fnlly alive to the necessity of the establishment of a General Victim Fund , for the defence and general assistance of the victims , now under arrest , ( or that may be arrested for political offences , ) their wives and families . This fund should be ri ? en by the General Council of the National Charter Association , by whom collectors sheuld be appointed ; or b y the members in assembly , who should be furnished with collecting books or sheets , duly Eigned by the subsecretary or sub-treasurer , who should receive weekly the Money collected , and forward the same to tLe general treasurer , to be applied to the proper
purpose . A similar plan should be adopted for the collection of the weekly contributions of the members . The evident determination of the fac-ions press , parsons , magistrates , jurors , and judges , to victimize the noblest spirits of our order ; to pour down their own , and the malignant vengeance of the direful acts that ignorant , prejudiced , selfish , class-legisla'ors hare dignified with the name of law , upon the wretched starving victims ; to carry out other such enactments as disgrace the statute book of modern legislation , as witness the vindictive Bentence of Ellis , and of the working men at Preston , one upon the charge of destroying property , the other for taking bread to satisfy the cravings of hunger , or rather be *
cause they did not starve and die as have many others of onr Christian brethren;—These wicked acts of the factions , evidence the necessity of such a fund as the above being established permanently , for faction has only yet began to put you down with the iron-hand of despotic acts and power ; it hath not ended its work of persecution and proscription ; be prepared therefore , to meet the fell power at every point . Money is the sinews of war . therefore , get money . With money , prudence , energy , and honest zeal for the principles of freedom , whereon is ba ? ed our noble cause , we shall , we must succeed . Hoping my fellowbondsmen will pay strict attention to tho plan suggested , and my few observations , which I trust are to the point , I remain , faithfully yours , S . J , Bristol .
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Dreadful Shipwrecks off Ramsgate . —Seventeen Lives Lost . —On Sunday morning last , at au early hour , the town of Ramsgate was thrown into a state of the most painful excitement on account of two large vessels being wrecked on the Goodwin Sands , during the Btorm which raged furiously the whole night from the south-west , unequalled in violence since the hurricane in November last . Directly upon the wreck beiDg observed from the shore , which was not till near nine o ' clock , a party of the Coast Guard service , under the direotiou of the lieutenant of the Ramsgate station , pushed off in their logger to render assistance to the unfortunate creatures who might be on board , and a number of fishing boats put off for the same humane purpose . The
weather at the time was still extremely severe , the wind blowing almost a hurricane , with a tremendous sea rolling , and the greatest anxiety prevailed lest the boats should not be able to outlive its fury : bHt nevertheless , the gallant fellows stood the buffet of the waves with singular courage , and in the course of a short time they succeeded in gaining the distressed ves ? els . The first gained proved to be a barqne called the Hope , belonging to London , commanded by Captain Steel , on her homeward voyage from Quebec . She had struck on the outside of the Goodwin Sands , and was breaking up rapidly . There were no persons on board , which at first led to a supposition that the crew had been washed off by the sea , which was making a complete breach over
her . But upon inquiring of a master of a schooner , lying in the roads , it was ascertained that they had been saved by a vessel belonging to Broadstairs , named the Tartar . It appears , from the accounts given by the crew , that the ship struck shortiy after midnight , when running for the mouth of the Thames . The wreck has since entirely disappeared . Her Io 3 s is estimated at between £ 5 , 000 and £ 6 , 000 . The other wreck , upon the Coast Guard reaching it , was discovered to be that of a barque , nearly of the same siz ; , named the Nancy ; but they were unable to approach it on account of the tremendous surf about the sands where she struck . It is close to the Light of all Nations , which is reported to have been destroyed about the same time ; it was supposed by
the ship passing over it . From the fact of the boats being attached to the wreck , there is little doubt but the entire of her crew perished , as none of them have since been beard of . The ship is valued at £ 8 , 000 . DariDg the morning , and whilst the storm was at its height , his Belgian Majesty's man-of-war , the Comte de Fianderes , 18 guns , Capt . Hyde , commander , had a narrow escape of being lost off the same sands . The ship , which had bat a day or two before sailed from Ostend on a voyage of discovery round the world , ' was bearing down through the North Foreland when taken by the storm , and driven back on to the sands . For a length of time her situation was extremely perilous , and the consternation on board amongst her numerous crew
was as may be supposed , excessively great . After cutting away the formast , and otherwise lightening theship , she floated off , and was subsequently brought to an anchor in the roads . About three o'clock in tee morning , the Royal George , Margate steamer , came down to her assistance , and the captain offered to tow the ship into Ratnsg&te harbour . The offer was , however , refused . On Sunday afternoon , upon the storm somewhat abating , she was got under weigh , and reached Ramsgate in the course of the evening , where she still remains to repair damages . The Royal George steamer afterwards saw two ships ashore at Deal , having been driven from their moorings in the roads . From the position in which tht ) vessels laid , it was fully expected that they would become wrecks . Since then several other vessels have been ascertained as having been lost in the course of the night , as the coast , both in a northerly and southerly direction , hae been strewn
with spare and pieces of wrecks . This day ' s intelligence from the coast , it is much feared , will contain an account of fearful destruction of life and property in all quarters . Fire on thb Lancaster and Prestos Railway . —On Wednesday evening , about balf-past five o ' clock , the mail train left Lancwter , but had not proceeded far before a strong smell of fire was observed by the passengers , which eventually turned oui to arise from the luggage on the roof of one of the carriages beiue on fire , a spark from the engine , it is supposed , having ignited it . The fire communicated to the carriage itself , and the latter toon became one mass of flame . The train was stopped as quickly as possible , and the passengers in the carriage on which the fire originated were extricated , but almost all the luggage was consumed , and the carriage burnt very extensively , before the fire was subdued .
Defence Fund . —The Chartists of Warrington have forwarded to the treasurer of the Defence Fund the sum of £ 3 6 s . 5 d .
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OXiBHAM—A Concert . —On Monday last , the pupils of Mr . Joseph Winterbottom gave a public concert to a large and crowded audience , in the Lyceum Class Room . The pieces were of a firstrate character . The pupils acquitted themselves in a manner highly creaitable to their teacher . liEETJS . —Thief and Receiver . —On Tuesday last , a mechanics named John Holmes , who has been for some time in the employ of Messrs . Horner , Dockray , and Co ., machine makers , in Meadow-lane , was brought up at the Court Housf , on a charge of having stolen a quantity of working tools , materials , &c , the property of his employers . The prosecutors have of late missed considerable property from their premises , without being able to trace now it went , but not without some suspicion attaching to the prisoner . Ou Monday , he was seen to knock the handles off two files , and to secrete the latter in a place convenient for carrying away ; in this ,
however , he did not succeed , in congfquence of being closely watched , but so strange was his conduct , that policeman Thompson was sent for , and he was given into custody . On Mr . Horner appearing at the police office , he was shown a very large quantity of brass and iron materials ; , which had been taken by the police from Robert Wilkinson , a wholesale dealer in raps , &c , in the Calls , who stated that he had bought them at different times , but did not know from whom—a man with a velvet jacket was the best description he could give . The whole , or nearly the whole of this property , was identified by Mr . Horner as the property of himself and partners , and which had been rtolen from their premises . Wilkinson , when shown the prisoner , could not say whether it was he that he bought the property of or not ; the magistrates , therefore , ordered him into custody , and the chaTge of" receiving" was preferred against him . Both prisoners were committed for tiial at the sess odf this week .
« Stealing Lxad . —On Monday last , four young lads , who could scarcely be been above the side of the dock , were brought up at the Court House , on-a charge of having stolen a quantity of lead , from a spout on the premises of Mr . Wilson , in School Close . The charge was pretty clear against them all , and with the consent of their parents , they were flogged and discharged . Their names are George Day , Samuel Colley , Henry Colley , and Henry Dowess . Stealing a Cat . —On Saturday last , one of the
numerous tribe of juvenile thieves , with which the town is infested , was brought up at the Cour ' Hou ^ e , ou a charge ef having stolen a cloth cap , the property of Mr . Potter , in Kirkgate . He was taken by a policeman , with the cap in his breast , and which he said be had bought of another boy for ainepence , but it wouid not fit him at all , nor did his story bear any marks of probability about it , as it had only been stolen a short time , and he was apprehended not far from Mr . Potter ' s ahop . He was sent to Wakefield for a month .
Embfzzling Money—On Tuesday last , a young man named Edward Rinder , was charged before the borough magistrates , with having embezzled a sum of £ 2 103 ., the property of Mr . Renton , a farmer and milk man , of Meanwood . The offence was committed in the month of January , 1841 , at which time the prisoner was in Mr . Renton ' s employ , and went round to his customers with milk . The money was paid to him in one sum , by Mrs . Ripley , wife of Mr . John Ripley , one of the masters of the free grammar school , to whom he represented that he had been seEt by his master to rece } re the same ; and , alter having obtained it , he absconded , and had not sinie been heard of . The magistrates committed the prisoner for trial at the next sessions .
Charge of Pocb . et Pic&ihg . —On Satuiday last , two lads named Thomas Reynard and Thomas Brewer , were brought up at tho Court House on a charge of having abstracted a * um of money from the pocket of Mr . Brown . Brown stated , that on Friday evening , he was "tending in the street talking with another man , when two lads passed him , and one of them , the prisoner Reynard , ran against him as if by accident , but he directly missed his money ; be could not swear that Brewer was the oth-r lad , though he was sure as to the identity of Reynard : nor could it be proved by any one , that the two had been seen together at all , though they were known to be companions . Brewer was consequently discharged , and Reynard was seat to Wakeheld for two months .
Leeds Borough Ssssioks . —These Sessions commenced on Wednesday . Some priBonerB have been tried , but up to last night the Court had been principally occupied with appeals , none of which possessed any interest . The Sessions are expected to finish to-night . Beerhouse Information . —On Monday last , Mr . J . Brows , of the Punch Bowl Beerhouse , at Beeston , was summoned before the magistrates to answer a charge of suffering card playing in his house , contrary to the terms of the license . The information was laid by the nijiht police . It was his first offence , and there was no previous complaint against his house , which , it was admitted , had always been respectably conducted ; he was therefore discharged on payment of the costs only .
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The late Wool Robbery at Armley . —We stated last week that the workshops of Mr . Whiteley , of Armley , had been broken into , and a quantity of black slubbing and white wool stolen . On Friday last , from information obtained by Inspector Child , he obtained a search warrant , and went to the house of Mr . Thomas Grimshaw , a small manufacturer of Farsley , where he found both wool and Blubbing corresponding in weight and quality with that stolen , Mr . Grimsbaw said he had bought it , but to give him an opportunity of proving this , he was taken before a West Riding magistrate at Leeds on Saturday , on
a charge of embezzlement under the worsted act ; this charge , however , was dismissed by the bench , and Child then set about to detect the thieves , if possible . He succeeded in apprehending three young men , who&e names are Broadbent , Wilson , and Wade , who were brought before our Leeds magistrates on Tuesday , but from Child not being able to get his witnesses ready , they were remanded until Wednesday , when they were committed for trial . A charge was also preferred against Grim-Bhaw for having received the property , and he was committed for trial with the others . Up to last evening their trials had not oome on .
Strange and Serious Accident . —A very singular and serious accident occurred in this town on Saturday forenoon . A young lad named James Anderson , whose parents reside at the Medioal School , was returning from an errand on which he had been sent by his master ( Mr . Harrison , solioitor ) , along Commercial-street , and whilst passing the Leeds library a portion of the " volute" from the capital of one of the pilasters in front of that building , became detached , and fell upon his head , producing concussion of the brain ; under which he has since continued without the slightest hope of his recovery . He was taken up and removed to the infirmary , but was afterwards taken home , The stone seems to have struck the right side of his head , but there is no external injury to denote it , the whole of hi 3 right side , however , appears to be
affected by it , for he has not since moved his right arm , and only slightly the leg . We have not heard of any satisfactory statement of the cause of the stone falling . It appears to be of a very porous nature , and if the capitals had become cracked from any cause , the probability is that the rather sudden change of weather had finished the work of demolition . The capitals of the other pilasters were examined without delay , and we perceive that most of the volutes have been removed ; it would appear , therefore , as if the stone had suffered complete decay . Every means have been resorted to to relieve the snfferer , but without effect ; he died on Wednesday morning , and an inqaest was held before John Blackburn , Esq . the same evening , at which the above facts were deposed t " , and it was shown that the piece of stone weighed from 30 to 40 lbs . A verdict of " Accidental death" was returned .
East Ward . —Municipal Election . —A meeting of the burgesses of the above Ward was held on Thursday evening , at the Leeds Arms , when it was carried unanimously , that Mr . Wm . Baron should be Dut in nomination to represent the burgesses of the East Ward in the Town Council .
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¦ ^ MUNICIPAL MOVEMENTS . Elsewhere we have written at considerable length on the duty of the Burgesses on the coming Tuesday . We scarcely know now every movement of our friends in the right direction ; we trust they are prepared at all points , for if they are not—if they do not harass the enemy right and left—they ar « Bold like bullocks at Smithfield . The Whigs are full of promises ; keep them to the performance—if you can ; but by no means let them " steal a march . " They have always hitherto " held the word of promise to the ear , but broke it to the
heart ; " mind that they do not do it again . Have your men , and support them . Let both the factions see that you have the balance of power , and having it , are determined to use it . Get your own men in , where yon can , let the struggle be what it may ; or throw out the Whigs , and another year , depend Hpon it , they will help you . One good Chartist in the CoulciI Chamber next Tuesday , will pave the way for more another . Return that one sure—let there be no mistake : the game is yours if you play your cards—you have the trump card in your hands .
West-Ward . —This ward is yours if you work , and why should yon not work f You know that at a meeting at Wharton ' s Hotol , where they first brought out Mr . Waddingham , they did not give you a fair chance—they took a step unparalleled in the history of municipal elections , and because your masters were present insisted on the room being divided , that th&y ( the masters ) might see who were there , and then , work not being plentiful , they would know where to apply the screw . They knew that if they suffered you to vote as you wished , you would carry the man of your choice . But , then , they also knew that their man , who would not Btand exoept unanimously carried , would have to go to the right about . It seems , however , they are determined to
to have him yet—at least they are going to vote for him . Will you let them carry him in ! We know that you ( "the lads " , we mean ) are determined at least to have a voice in the matter , and we call upon you to act up to the spirit of Thursday night ' s meeting , where all the baBe trickery of the Whiga was exposed , and where Mr . Hobson attended to explain his political principles , which he did , if we may judge from your enthusiasm , to your entire satisfaction . We do not say to the satisfaction of the Whigs , who then favoured you with their company ; for , from the questions they asked , and which Mr . H . answered , we have no doubt they wish he was somewhere else . He
gave him , however , a fair chance , and made them a most libf ral offer ; namely , to SHbmit the claims of himself and of Mr . Waddinsbam to a public meeting , both to be present , and whomsoever might then be decided upon by the majority , the other to retire ; on the condition , of course , that the favourite was to be unanimously supported . Did they accept of this ? No ! They choose rather to let MrWaddingham run / Airrf to Messrs . Morton and Craven , in order to catch a few 6 tray votes , from a few " stupid old Whigs . " Well , let them do so . Tuesday will tell a tale . You will , of course , support your man , and thus show the factions that even your despiBed support is worth having .
Hcnslet Ward . —We know not how the factions stand here ; all we know is that the lads are determined to carry in Mr . Hobson at all hazardB . We trust they will be united , and not suffer a vote to be lost for warn , of looking after . Holbeck . —Mr . Hobson is brought out here also , and will be voted for so long as there is a man who has a voting paper to give in . The remainder of the wards in the borough will be fought by Whigs and Tories . No : we forgot the East ; it will be contested by Mr . Barron .
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Cheltenham , Wednesdat , One o'Ciock a . m . — At eleven o'clock the jury proceeded in the custody of the officer left in charge of them to the Bellevue Hotel , where the Coroner was . and delivered the following verdict — " That Charles fieale died of disease of the lungs , brought on and aggravated by the punishment and mode of treatment he received whilst a prisoner in Northleach House of Correction , and the jury express their unanimous disapprobation of the oonduot of the governor , Townsend , the Burgeon , Bed well , and the under-turnkey , Harding . "A memorial to the Secretary of State , Sir James Graham , praying him to cause an investigation into the treatment of prisoners ooBfined in , and the discipline of Northleach House of Correction , and the other prisons of the county , was signed by all the jurors , and forwarded to the Home Office .
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. Results of the Stafford Special Commission —Of the whole number of prisoners tried , no fewer than fifty-four have been transported . Out of these eleven have been transported tor life , thirteen for twenty-one years ( among them William Ellis , ) nine for fifteen years , eighteen for ten years , and three for the term of seven years . A very large proportion of the remainder have been sentenced to imprisonment and hard labour . There are in all 146 prisoners who will have to undergo this kind of punishment . Nine of them are sentenced to imprisonment and labour for the term of two years , one for twenty calendar months , nine for eighteen calendar months , six for fifteen calendar months , thirty-three
for one year , three for nine calendar months , seven for eight calendar months , thirty-three for six caleudar months , eight for lour calendar months , fourteen for three calendar months , fifteen for two calendar months , one for one calendar month , six for fourteen . days , and one for ten days . Eight have been sentenced to various terms of imprisonment without hard labour , and among these . areLinney and Cappur , the former of whom will have to remain in prison two years and three months , and the latter two years . Fifty-five prisoners were acquitted , two were discharged on entering into recognizances , six were discharged by proclamation , and three have traversed till next assiaea , these three being O Neil , Cooper , and Riohards . The whole number of prisoners for trial was 274 .
Singular Case . —The following novel case occurred on Thursday last at the Limerick quarter sessions : —Edmund Roche and Catherine Roche were called by the clerk of the peace to take their trial for larceny of butter . On being arraigned , it was found that they were both dumb ; the clerk of the peace then ( according to law ) empannelled a jury , to try if they were mutes by the visitation of God , or otherwise . The jury found that they were bo by the visitation of God . It was then requisite to have an interpreter who could swear that he understood the signs of the mutes , and that the mutes understood him , but the Crown not being aware of the circumstance , were unprepared with such an official , and the trial was postponed to next sessions . A case
such as this is not remembered to have occurred before in the county of Limerick . Adjourned Inquest on the Northleach Case . —A second edition of the Cheltenham Journal contains the further examination of witnesses at the adjourned inquest held on Monday at the Union workhouse , on Charles Beaie . One witness , named James Churm , spoke in condemnation of the pxison , and Curtis , the turnkey , asserted that the day-cells were in no case damp , and showed that Churm , the above witness , had bren twice punished for breach of the prison rules . There being no further evidence to off ^ r , and it being past five o ' clock , the Coroner adjourned the inquest until twelve o ' clock on Tuesday .
A Courteons Poacher . —We recorded in our last the daring escape of a poacher from custody , while on the coach which was conveying him to Abingdon gaol for two months' seclusion , and that he subsequently retnrned the handcuffs which manaclad him to Reading gaol in a parcel . We have since ascertained that this most courteous and considerate depredator had the grace to \ pay the carriage oj the parcel , by ml ! It waB directed to Mr . Hewett , one of the officers of the gaol . —Berkshire Chorn . The Working Classes at Carlisle are purchasing and slaughtering sheep for their own use , and thus eat tbeir mutten at a comparatively low price .
Departure op the Great Western—This noble steam-ship left her moorings in the King'sroad , Bristol , at twenty minutes before three o ' clock , p . m ., on Saturday last . Owing to the new American tariff her cargo was but light . She carries out one hundred and ten passengers . ' ¦ ¦ United States . —By the arrival of the New York packet ship South America , Captaiu Bailey , we have papers from that city one day later than have been conveyed by the late arrival of the steam ships Great Western and Acadia . The South Amerioa , brings twenty-five cabin passengers , and her steerage is quite full of returned emigrants . The news , which is only one day later , is not important .
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Leeds . —Mr . Dean Taylor delivered two sermons on Sunday afternoon and evening , to crowded congregations , in the Chartist room , Cneapside ; after each several were enrolled as members . At the weekly meeting on Tuesday evening , after the business was none through , the following resolution was agreed to : " That the thanks of this meeting are due and hereby given to Mr . Cooper and the other friends at Manchester , for supporting the people ' s advocates while incarcerated in the dungeon . " Merthtr Tydvil . —At the customary weekly
meeting , Mr . Matthew John in the chair , it was unanimously resolved , " That the Chartists of Merthyr Tydvil deem it their duty to use every means in their power to support the families of their patriotio brethren , who have fallen victims to the iron hand of tyranny , and will never cease their exertions till they are restored to their homes and families , and the Charter becomes the law af the land . " It was further resolved , as a token of sympathy , that ten shillings be sent to the Evening Star for Mrs . Ellis , Mid tea shillings to the defence fund .
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ADDRESS OF THE CARVERS AND GILDERS' LOCALITY . Brother Democrats , —This locality having been recently formed , and this being the first subscription we have been enabled to make , to the great cause of Political Reform , we feel that some apology is necessary to our brother Democrats on entering at this protracted period , into the great contest of Chartism . And also an address to all classes , explanatory of the motives that stimulated us at this time to take our stand under the banner of reform .
Although this locality has only been established at the present time , previous attempts were made by old adherents of the democratic cause , to introduce the important question of politics , as a trade measure ; but , having met with opposition from nume > ous individuals , this attempt was abandoned , and a few who felt friendly to the cause , formed themselves into a locality of the National Charter Association , hoping to increase our members , as our principles be « ome known , and as the necessity for
their adoption appears evident . Accordingly , a meeting was called , and seven took out cards of membership on our first night of meeting , with four who were previously members of another locality , making eleven ; since tken we have continued to meet once a week , adding to our number each night ; thus we hope to accomplish by degrees what we could not do all at onoe . It must be consolatory to the feelings of those who have loug laboured in the cause , to learn , that as Chartism grows in age , it grows iu strength .
As to the motives which led us to take up this question , we felt convinced , as every reflecting mind must feel convinced , that the possession of property is a false criterion of political rights . And , though the working classes of this country have for ages been defrauded of their just right to the Suffrage , we feel assured that antiquity , however remote , does not legalise the fraud . But what gave a greater impulse to this step was the late barbarous and unconstitutional proceedings against the right of public meeting , and against the leaders of the people , those worthy patriots who have r . ome for ward to enlighten the people , to rouse them from their apathy , and burst those fetters that have long enthralled them . We sympathise with their wrongs ,
and feel it our duty to come forward and cheer them with our approbation , and give our mite towards the support of their suffering families . When we take a retrospective survey of society for the last half century , we find that the discoveries of scientific men , the adaptation of machinery , and improved systems in our manufactures , have all tended to increase the productive power of this country , and add to the luxuries and refinements of the higher and middle classta , —and when we ask the important question , —have the working classes advanced in the same ratio , in refinement , in morality , and in affluence ? No ! is the simultaneous reply of the toiling millions . We are year after year sinking deeper and deeper in degradation , in poverty , and in crime , doomed to a life of penury and toil ; we wa * te our strength , for a scanty
physioal existence , and sink into a premature grave , and that , while our granaries are teeming with plenty , our warehouses loaded with superabundance , and our artisans and labourers wandering the streets for want of employment . When we contrast the woeful condition of the working classes with that of the higher orders—when we witness the enormous masses of wealth which many of them possess , and the manner in which it is squandered on prostitutes an i favourites , and every vice a vitiated imagination can conceive—we can come to no other conclusion , than the great source of those enormities is class legislation , which has deranged the balance of justice , by giving all power and patronage to an insignificant minority of the nation , while it has robbed the great majority of their just and sacred rights .
It has been alleged of Chartists , that they are deBtruotioniat 8 ; that they wish to demolish the institutions of the country ; that they want a division of property , and that they are too ignorant to entrust with the Suffrage . Let us glance at those assertions . It is a scandalous libel on the Chartists , to say that they wish to destroy any useful institutionit is the deBiro of Chartists to remodel the fundamental errors of our institutions , and reform the abuses that have crept into them . As to a difisfon of property , we say with Rosencrantz , " there is no such stuff m our thoughts . " Weareaware that under a competitive Bystem of society , inequality of property must exist . We know that happiness is not measured by the amount of our possessions . What we demand is equai political rights , not equal division of property . But then comes the charge that we too to
are ignorant be entrusted with the franchise and this is the unkindest cut of all I Not content with defrauding the working classes of their political rights , and plundering them of the produce of their labour , they impiously add intuit to injorv and tell us that we are too ignorant to be entrusted with the franchise . If we are too ignorant , what is the cause of our ignorance 1 la i ' . our inoanusitv to . learn ! Is it our lack of desire for know , ledge 1 is it that our bloated priesthood have neglected their duty ? or , is it that the present degraded condition of the working classes has so brutified our minds , and engrossed our time and attentionjn acquiring the physical wants of our nature , that ; we _ have no time left for moral and mental cultivation ? We ask the question , and leave the present clasa-formed government to answer
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it . For onr part we feel assured that we have tnott to dread from the cabalistic intrigues of the present exolusive system , than the so-styled ignorance of the working classes . When the people obtain « more enlightened ^ Government , chosen Jb y themselyei and under their control , this ignorance will quickly be dispelled , as the vapours and gloon of night are dispelled by the genial influence ot the sun . We fear that we are intruding on your valuable time , but we cannot conclude this address without calling on onr fellow working men of all denominations , to unite to gain the great principles of Chartism , Jill in its accumulated strength it sweeps away for ever the barriers of exclnsive selfishness , and establishes in Great Britain and Ireland , a government elected by the whole people ; under the control of the whole people ; and representing the interests of the whole people . C . Hutchinos , President .
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LETTER FROM MR . JOHN CAMPBELL . 180 , Holbom , Thursday Morning . Brother Democrats , —I am again amongst you . I should not have written to-day but for two circumstances that came to my knowledge yesterday and last night . The first is , that on my arrival in Birmingham from Manchester , en route to London , I asked a friend of mine , who is in employ as a porter on the railway , to get me an Evening Star as quick as possible . He said to me , < I wish I could , but the directors have forbidden the sale of the Northern and Evening Stars at the station . As many have not an opportunity of knowing , I will inform them that at aUjthe large stations , there is a person who seUfaTHhe
most prominent daily and weekly newspapers . Every sort of paper , from the Times to the Age , is permitted to be sold , exoept the two Stats ; such is the system that 4 s carried on to damn theXpeopIe ' a papers . Ought not this to be a stimulus ta , every Chartist in England , Scotland , and Ireland , to posh their own press 1 Every locality throughout the kingdom ought to take one or more Evening Stars Nay , where twelve individuals are able , they ought to subscribe twopence per week each , and take in the Star . When parties are too poor to subscribe twopence per week , they ought to subscribe one penny , and by this means twenty-four persons could take it in regularly . Working men , push the Star into every coffee-shop and place of resort .
The second circumstance i& this , that after I was sent out of town to Manchester , one of the police men who assisted in arresting me , called to see my wife , and said if she would inform him where Dr M'Douall resided , he would pay her down fifty pounds on the nail , and he would take steps that I should be released . She said , "No I I would not tell you if you would fill this shop with sovereigns !'' I wish I had been at home , I would have sent the fellow , probably to Vienna or St . Petersburgh , on a wildgoose chase in search of the worthy Doctor . Cards are again in readiness ; in the meantime , I subscribe myself , Your brother democrat , J . Cakpb&ll .
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OMNIPOTENCY OF CHARTISM . In faith this Chartism is a funny animal . It reminds ns of the worm which never dietb . No sooner is the oppressor ' s heel lifted , —no sooner are its separated parts held op to the all-admiring eye of faction , as things to meet no more , — -than we awake from oar slumber , and see the worm welded , strong } and crawling again . One side of the question is over . The Special Commissions are ended , bnt not so the special inquiries . There is some active agency at work ; for at the present moment vigorous preparations are being made to have tho point reserved by Mr . Allen on the trial of Ellis , argued before the fifteen Judges ; while at the same time the necessary steps are being taken by those Chartists who traversed till next assizes , to have their trials removed , in consequence of the prejudice created against them , in the minds of the Grand
Jury and the Petty Jury class , by the speeches of Lord Arbinger . There are also many patition committees in course of appointment , for the purpose of bringing the cases of those who bare received " disproportionate sentences" under the notice of the Queen and the Parliament ; while the general feeling of self-importance is daily getting stronger in the opinion of the Chartist body . They eay , and justly too , —We must be somebody , else is the Government an idle hussey , " and a frightened busybody to make so much noise about nothing . Our principles must be good , when they cause bo much alarm in high places ; and our NAME must be magical , when a Judsre of the land makes it an offence against law and Holy Writ to acknowledge it . So much for persecution and Special Commissions , to put out the Chartist light . Fudge I—Evening Star .
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Leeds Corn Market , October 25 th . —The supply of Grain to this day ' s market is much larger than last week . There has been a much better demand for Wheat than for some time , and last week's prices are fully supported . Barley has been very dull sale and Is . per qr . lower . New Oats have made rather moro money , in Old ones and Beans , little alteration . THE AVERAGE PRICES OF WHEAT FOB THE WEEK ENDING OCT . 25 , 1842 . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . Peas Qrs . Qra . Qrs . Qra . Qrs . Qrs . 3930 566 769 340 5 jGfl . d . £ B . d . £ s . d . £ a . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . 2 7-11 J 1 8 9 $ 0 18 9 J 00 0 1 13 5 116 Si
Leeds Cloth Markets . —There has been no improvement in the demand for manufactured goods at the Cloth Halls , and the two last market days have beer ^ , extremely doll , with nothing doing except in a few fancy goods . The business doing in the warehouses , is as trifling as needs be . The wool market also is extremely dull . Manchester Corn Market , Saturday , Oct . 22 . —The demand for all descriptions of Flour has been on the most limited scale , and the transactions in this article during the week were chiefly in retail quantities , at reduced prices . Oatmeal , on the contrary , was in a very steady request , and all suitable cut were readily cleared off to consumers at the
current obtainable rates of this day se ' nnigbt . Again the arrivals from Ireland form the principal amount of imports into Liverpool or Runcorn ; those elsewhere are unimportant , and the supplies of Flour from the interior are but to a moderate extent . At our market this morning Wheat met a slow sale at & decUne of 2 d . to Sd . per 701 V > s . on all descriptions The inquiry for Flour was likewise of a languid character , and even at a reduction of fully la . per sack a very moderate extent of business was trans acted . Oats must also be quoted Id . per bushel lower ; 2 s . 6 d . per 45 lbs . being a top value . Select qualities of Oatmeal , however , met with a fair demand , and all snch were readily disposed of to the trade at full prices .
Bradford Market . —TFoo/—There is still a dullness in the wool trade , and the purchases made are of a very limited character . Noils and Brokers are in steady request , but at a shade lower prices . — Tarn—We cannot hear anything better , but rather the contrary ; the adoption of short time is getting more general , and the only safegaard to put an end to the present extremely low prices , which we learn are below what they were erer known before . Piece—The demand to-day , which is not yery animated , runs on heavy goods , such as Lastings , Damasks , Moreens , and low Orleans Clothe , of the latter article the market is not very abundantly supplied , and fair prices given . In fancy goods the
condition of the manufacturer is very distressing , and the sales made at ruinously low prices , without A any prospect of the slightest improvement , as the ' winter trade is usually for plain fabrics . State of Trade . —There was no improvement in the demand , yesterday , either for yarn or goods ; and - prices of both , especially of the latter , continue gradually to decline . At the same time , stocks of all current numbers of yarn , and of most descriptions of goods with theexception of printing cloth , are exceedingly light ; and most of the spinners and manufacturers are working to order . These facts show the exceedingly prostrate condition ef the trade at the present time , but they also giro promise of improvement at no distant period . —Man * chesler Guardian of Wednesday .
WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET . Friday , Cct . 28—There is ft fair arrival of Wheat to- day , but a good deal of it was sold last week ; for New there is a steady sale , at an advance of Is . to 2 ? . per quarter , and old finds buyers at an improvement of Is . per quarter . Barley ia scarce and fetches full prices . Oats and Shelling have also unproved in value . Beans as before . No variation in other articles .
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O'CONNOR , Esq ., of Hammersmith , CoustJ Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSON , at hla PriJ * lag Office * , Km . 18 and 13 , Market-street , Brif gate ; and Published by the said Joshua Hobso * i ( for the « aidFEARGDS O'Connor , ) at his DW ' ling-house . No . 6 , MatkeUtreet , Bziggatei •» Internal Communication existing between the st ** No . 5 , Market-street , and the said Nob . 12 ani 13 , Market-street , Briggate , thus constituting tt » whole of the said Printing and Publiflhing O& one Premises . All Communications must be addressed , ( Post-paid ) & > Hobson , Northern Star Office Leed > Saturday , October 29 , 1843 .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR , Sir , —I have received from Mr . Cleave , of London , October the ltt . ten shillings for Mrs . Roberts , -which I paid over to her immediately . The funds in my hands baring been pii < J over to her some time since , she has been in a state of great deprivation for some months past . I am , Sir , Your obliged obedient servant , 51 , Bull-street , Jahes Guest . Birmingham . Oct . 25 . 1812 .
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^ rss- ^^ S ^ s ^^^ d ^^^^ ^ S ^^ J ^ S ^ S- ***" HTJDDEESFIELD — On Tuesday last a whole beaat was brought from the Marsh , considered unwholesome meat , and burnt in the shambles by order of the authorities , to the great annoyance of the snopkeepers in that locality . The stench was horrid . A Child Buri » t . —On Wednesday morning laBt , between eight and nine o ' cloek , the inhabitants of King-street were thrown into great alarm by the following circumstance . A little girl about eleven years of age was left alone in her father ' s shop , ( Mr . Fawcitt , tinman , ) in which was a stove , the door of which she threw open . The flames burst from the stcve with such force aa to set fire to the girl ' s clothes ; in which state ehe ran into the street , Tvhen she was immediately enveloped in flames She was soon overtaken , and the fire subdued , bnt not without injuring the child very much .
BRADFORD . —On Tuesday evening , the sons of Crispin held their anniversary at the house of Mr . Ellis , Boy and Barrel , Westgate . An excellent supper was provided , whioh did credit to the landlord , and after the cloth was removed , Mr . Lockwood was called to the chair . Several toasts were drank and responded to . Mr . Smyth distributed a number of tracts of " W hat is a CbartiBt 1 " Several professional singars entertained the company to a late hour . The whole reflected high praise on Mr . Ellis , the worthy landlord . ^
Found Dead . —On Friday , a tailor , named Thomas Smith , of Thornton , was found , by a person travelling on the road in that township , laid upon his side , and apparently dead ; he tried to arouse him , but he only Bobbed twice , and then expired . An inquest was held the same evening before G . Dyson , Esq . and a verdict of " Died through exposure to the weather , " was returned , he having no marks of violence upon him . On Friday last , a waggener in the employ of Mr . Butterworth , Keigbley , was returning home from Bradford market with his team , and on arriving at Cottingly Bridge , he appears to have fallen , as he was found laid upon the road quite dead , the wheel having passed over his head .
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ELECTION OF COUNCILLORS , ON TUESDAY , 1 st NOVEMBER , 1842 . BOROUGH OF LEEDS , IN THE COUNTY OF YORK . T WILLIAM PAWSON , ESQUIRE , MAYOR of the Borough of Leeds aforesaid , Do hereby give JLj Notice , and We , the several ALDERMEN and ASSESSORS of and for the Twelve several and respective Wards of the said Borough , and so far as relates to and concerns onr respective Wards , Do hereby also give Notice , that in pursuance ef the Statutes in Buch case made and provided , the Burgesses of the Borough of Leeds aforesaid , are required ON TUESDAY , THE FIRST DAY OF NOVEMBER NEXT , To elect from the persons who are qualified to be Councillors of the said Borough , one Councillor for eaoh of the followine Wards ; namely , North-West Ward ; North Ward ; North-East Ward ; East Ward ; Kirkgate Ward ; South Ward ; Hunslet Ward ; and Headingley Ward : and also , to elect two Councillors for each of the following Wards ; namely , Mill-Hill Ward ; West Ward ; Holbeck Ward ; and Bramley Ward , —making altogether sixteen Councillors , who are to continue in office until the First Day of November , 1845 , unless in the mean time , their or any of their offloea shall hare become legally vacant And Notice is hereby further Given , That , in pursuance of the statutes in such case made and provided , the Burgesses of the said West Ward of the Borough of Leeds aforesaid , are also required on TUESDAY , the said Firsi Day of November next , to elect from the persons who are qualified to be Councillors of the said Borough , onb Councillor for the said West Ward of the said Borough ( in place of Mr . Peter Fairbairn , who hath resigned that office ) and who ia to continue in office untilthe First Day of November , 1844 . And Public Notice is hereby further Given , . That such Elections are to take place accordingly , in the manner , and under and subject to the provisions contained in the Statutes now in force to provide for the regulation of Municipal Corporations in England and Wales , and shall commence at NINE o'Clock in the Morninq of the said First Day of NOVEMBER nfxt ; and that the several Booths or Places hereinafter mentioned , shall be the Booths for Polling the Votes of the respective Burgesses , whose Qualifications are duly enrolled in the respective Wards set opposite to the same ; and they are hereby allotted and declared to be such POLL BOOTHS accordingly , that is to say , LEEDS TOWNSHIP : ... j Situation and Description of „ , , - ¦ ' ¦ Aldermen and Assessors . Polling Booths . Wards . DARNTON LUPTON ... ... Alderman . 1 At the Witnesses Room , in the ) THOMPSON CLARKSON ... AflHnflRAra > Court-House , Park Row , V Mill-Hill Ward . THOMAS BLACKBURN ... ASsessoM 'J Leeds , ) JOHN DARNTON LUCCOCK ... Alderman . ) At the Infant Model Scb » o ] , ) THOMAS TENNANT As ™™™ . > Park Street , Park Lane , V West Ward . THOMAS TILNEY , ... ... ABSessors - j Leeds , ) ") At the Dwelling-House , lately" ) OB ADI AH WILLANS Alderman . | occupied as a Beer Shop by CHARLES CUMMINS . ( M 4 n _ y Robert Kay , situate at or > North-West Ward . JOHN DANIEL , Deputy ... ... Asse 33 ora « | near Nether Gteen , Wood- 1 j house , Leeds , J THOMAS HEBDEN ... ... ... Alderman . \ At the Templar ' s Inn , at the ^ THOMAS SIMPSON ... ... ... AsaegBors > Leed ^ occu ^ SDv waiSm 7 NoBTtt Waed - WILLIAM MA WSON _ Assessors , j Leed ^ occupied Dy William j MATTHEW GAUNT ... Alderman . ) At the Volunteer Inn , St . ) EDWARD WALKER .,,.. „„ V Peter ' s Street , Leeds , oc-\ North-East Ward . THOMAS JUBB ...... ... AS 3 Sesora' ) cupied by Thomas Otley , ) T . B . PEASE ... ... ... ... ... Alderman . ) At the Room adjoining the ) WILLIAM HEYWOOD ...... Amman > Methodist School Room , I ; JOHN CROYSDALE Assessors . | Mill Street , Marsh Lane , f ^^ < Leeds . ) JAS . MUSGRAVE ... ...... ... Alderman . ) At the Assembly Rooms , in ) WM . MIDDLETON ... kaaDaanra > Crown Street , Leeds , V Kirkqate Ward . WM . KETTLE WELL Assessors , j j GEO . GOODMAN ... ... Alderman . ) At the Rotunda of the South ) ¦ THOS . ROBINSON . MMIUWa ¦> ' Market , Hunslet Lane , > South Ward . H . GRESHAM ... ... Assessors . J Leed 8 , ) OUT-TOWNSHIPS : CHAS . G . MACLEA ... ... ... Alderman . ) At the Town School , near the ) STEPHEN CHAPPEL , Acaoaanra > Churdi , Chapel Street , V Hunslet Ward . SAMUEL WALKER , — - Assessors , j Hunslet . ) WILLIAM SMITH , ...... ... Alderman . ) At the Zion School Room , in ) unrirTf WirviTTTnw V the Leeds and Whitehall I Hoibftk Wibd W ^ . GrIaVES , ^ ' ' . .. Assessors , j Road , £ the TownBhip of | Ho-ECK to THOS . WM . TOTTIE , ... Alderman . ) At the Travellers' Inn , Stone ) prrwn Nfrwnrcnw tictpb I Hill Top , Armley , now or ( BsimibtWard fuM ? rp ° LIS 1 ER A 8 SeSSors . > lately occupied by James ( BRAM 1 BY WABD ' JOHN WALKfcK , ) Harrison . / . " 1 At the Beckett ' s Anns Inn , " ) JOHN JACKSON , Alderman . | Meanwood , in the Town- 1 GEO . HOWSON , » D / . _ ] - ship of Chapel-Allerton , J- Headingley Ward . JOHN SMITH , - •'¦ — Assessors . occupied by Susannah J Askey . J Dated this 26 th Day of Ootober , 1842 . WM . PAWSON , Mayor .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 29, 1842, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct777/page/8/
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