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TO THE SUBSCRIBERS TO THE W ATKINS TESTIMONIAL FUND . " The eaose of Chartism is too pure and too holy to be be trifled with—its escutcheon mut > t be kept free from biota ; no rust mmt be permitted to eat into its substance ; and if mire be cast npon its surface it moat be instantly cleansed . ' Editor of ite Northern Slar . It is due to you , my London Mend * , and to the few good London ChartiEU , that I should lay before yon a memorial of my Chartist experience daring a year ' s trial in the metropolis .
My Tint to London 'was occasioned by the death of a talented friend , whose affairs I had been requested to arrange for the benefit of his ¦ widow and orphans . In the mean time time , I took every opportunity of becoming acquainted with town Chartism , which truth obliges mo to tay I found to be a hot-bed plant , more like a weed than a fiower , and as perfectly in contrast ¦ with the healthy , hardy Chartism of the country as a British oak is to the ivy that clasps round it , to suck its heart out . At first I had been led by showy appearances to think that the men were far behind the leaders ; but further insight enabled me to form a truer estimate .
The unadulterated Chartism of the country was illrelished by the aophisteated palates of specious and spurious Cockney Chartism : they manifested a dislike or dread of it , and a jealousy of its advocates . This -riliated taste of theirs was the m&itupriDg of the New More , -which indeed was nothing more than a recoil back to the old move of Whig-Radicalism . The political Jews of the GJobe in Shoe-lane were to be reinstated as the leaders of the people , in order that they ErigLt hacg like drawbacks upon the cause—the star of Chartism wa 3 to mate a retrogade motion . But never Trill sound principle rise to the ascendant in London ; never will it truly progress until these old things are done away , and all things become new .
Compelled to be my own publisher and my own bookseller ( for my drama of " John Frost" was iaot only rejrcted by those who call themselves Chartist booksellers but was also denounced by them ) , I was called upon by certain men of London to oppose the usurping , monopolizing , and tyrannical trade-league , whose members , though known to be mere traffickers in politics , had been ungrudgingly supported until they shewed themselves to be traitors also . God Almighty never intended me te be a bookseller , and God knows I never intended it myself . Feargus O Conner told me truly that I was not fit for a shopkeeper ; Vat I was ready to sacrifice my feelings and to make a large pecuniary saerince . I was willing to humble mystlf and to suffer whatever mkht serve the causa for the cause sake .
There was no ether method than the one I took to f-xterainate the " London ruffians , " as O'Brien truly termed them , and I have every reason to believe that it -would have proved successful had I been backed by the press ; but the light of its countenance was unexpectedly withheld from me ; it unexpectedly shone on the League , and I was left to the mercy of the mde foes whose wrath was of that cruel kind which springs from fear . Tae only resource available to me , whether for attack or defence , was to lecture at the localities . Accordingly I preached to the City of London Chartists and to the men of Marykbone , the sermon from the Uxt , " In perils among false brethren , " which was received with votes of tkanks and a request tor its publication- I was by several challenced to discussion , and aVthough every attempt had been
made to prtjudge the question , and to prejudice the minds of the people , a very large majority decl&red that all the charges in the sermons were tiuihs—that all bad been proved . Thus does an appeal to the people in public ever decide a case in favour of honesty against private intrigue and corruption . B ^ fiLd in every subsequent repeated public effort to discredit the sermon , or its author , the detected and exasperated league next resorted to private means 'and in these they were more successful ) to destroy the little business I had , to ruin my reputation if possible , to blast my character , and to drive me back to the country ! Every rile articce was employed to accomplish this , and here my assailants had a decided advantage over me , because their mode of warfare was of a nature too disgusticg 'for me to retaliate . In reference to this part of my subject , I may say with
Byron" From mighty wrongs to paltry perfidy , Have I not seen what human things coald do ? From the loud roar of foaming calumny , To the small whisper of the paltry few , And subtler venom of the reptile crew , The Janus glance of whose significant eye , Learning to lie with silence would seem true , And without utterance save the shrug or sigh , l > sal round to happy fools its speechless obloqay Mealy-mouthed spies were sent into my shop to entrap me , and multif&ced emimTipa into the localities
favourable to me to warp them . The most insidious enemy of the working-men was induced to dispatch me in two successive numbers cf his wetkly paper ; tut checked by some remains of conscience , or cf compunction , he could not do it without paying me the greatest compliment ever yet paid to man , if we consider thatj at the very time he was paying me this compliment , he bad been employed to abuse me . My name was placarded on the walls of London as the " dagger and halter Chartist "—and in Scotland aa iU-breiced wind blew it about that I was a " second Robespierre . " '
Confining strietly within honourable bennds my opposition to the rogues and fools who environed mewho -vilified me for virtue and hated me for honestyunsupported save by my own oonvicticns sf righthaving no weapon but truth—no armour but justiceno shield bnt patience—no ally bnt hope—fighting for the caure , not for myself—miin ^ derst ^ od and misrepresented , it could not be that I ccald hoJd out longyet I retired , rather than retreated and may boast with
Corioianns" It you have writ your jvnnals true , 'tis there That like ait eagle in a dovecot , Flutter'd your tockneys in their capital : Alone I did it " But a hard winter was approaching ( 1841 ) , and my day and night labours in the cause had greatly impaired my health . The same ciuse which had led to my exile from Aislfcby Hal !—" "Where I had known the sweets of luscious plenty Had slept with sweet content about my head , And never waked but to a j vjful morning , " that ame cause , namely my strict adherence to principle , now doomed me to the destitution of the poet Savage in London , such as few , " havicg been otherwise , " ever endured : — " I to bear this , Who tevtr knew bat belter was some burthen , "
Tet it yriil sot be said that my tossrue or my pen , my voice o .- my hand was evtr wanting to the cause which I still cherished ss the bird i ~ i my bosom—to that Chartum which is dearer than his heart's blood to every true Briton . A gecsroES foe will not pursue vengeance furtLer than ruin if so fir ; but the UEgiultfcd acd gloating malice of my sUtk ami fat defaults and dtstreytrs pursued me like e 6 kTHb .-b . otnd , and not content with my rain—not satiated with the wretchedness that followed it , they vindictively strove to prevent me from Ending a fcovel to fcou * e my head in , a place to rest my foot on . Yes , their remorse ] ess spite pursued me in sicknfcS 3 to the very Verge of the grave , and had I died a maxtyr ' E death my toBib would net have been sacred from their Blanderoua bite . But thank God . ' not the BuEsriiigs of myself , nor of these dearer to me than self and tut'rtly dependant upon me—and here I would a * k , what bad they dene?—nay , what had I done ?—what horrible crime had I committed ? Thank God , I say ,
sot cisapointmfcnt , nor dfficulty , nor distress , nor dis > grace ; i-wbich is to me the worst distress ) nor death it-£ —f—thuugh I , my wife , and little child were severally threatened by it . Not all , not anything has besn . or ever shall be able to stiflo my voluntary love for the cause—for the Charter , wfeicb is my amulet , ray crucifix . True it is that far less persecution than I have endured ( SBd maik ! this pcrsecation came not from Whigs or Tories , but from professing Chartists ; far less provocation has sufficed to tnrn tie hearts of many Chartistshas rL > a / Je many renounce even Chartism iteeif ; f .- > r can ¦ we coEsiitently foster in our own body those wrongs ar . d grie-rauces wh " * cn ve tnth to eradicate fiom the comrrunity at large . ' Bat I know that this lamentable Btstecf things is owing to the ir-fLence of the cursed sy .= t : m which has crept , even into our cause , and which nothing bnt the prset'Icil operation cf our cause can curt-, therefore , I c ' . itg ail the closer to Chartism resolved like the true patriarch to wrcst'e with the angel till it bless me .
TVfcy am I 2 Cfcartkt ? Not m ? re ! y because I am S slave struggling for freer ? - m , tut tte :. use the precast eysttm makes iraves and f .- ols of rich , the arbiters * f the tocest and talented if poor— becsuse those who have no strength and skill of their ov . n can make a profit of the strength acd still cf others—because booksellers have efll the power , as formerly , to starve an OrtrEy , a Chfitteitun , cr s Gji ^ smith , while all the « b "' le they are mskicg a fortune by the tale of tkeir pilfered and pirated worts—ard if a man of genius be too independent to cringe to them , cr too honest to become the servile tool cf their venality , these worthless wretches can combine and crush him—they cm shut out every chance tf obtaining a livelihood from him , and then speak 0 ! his sordid woes with EEetrine pity , or with s-coraful exultation . Alas what spurns must " patient merit of the unworthy take . " " How lone . Oh L _ rd ! how lone" . '
I Lave spoken of my sufferirgs in the cause , but ^ srhit have I suffered in comparison with a Bo berry , who had no friends but felons—no one to close his * 5 ing eyes but inhuman turnkeys—who pined like a woodland dove in his cell , loathing the food which he could not eat in freedom—who went delirious before be ditd !—2 nd what is Frost now irfivring ?—torments tisfc rticc'd not zo much as be known are his portion . ' — "srhat is tot Peddie suffering ?—alas ! the mo * t sincsre , the iaost in earnest are made to suffer most , while tie gin }* that canker the blossoms , the caterpillars ttst tat the treen leaves of Freedom's tree a * fas : as tke ? put forth , these are praised , suppoited , ej-* » tn- _; r d— tLese are fet by the very viil-cy that EtaiTf , the honest There is too much of tie Tile *? rtes in aii this—too much of werldly-mindcd Chartism— te who has any philosophy in him , who knows SBjthirg about csnst-s atd effects mest krow that all thif mwt be alttred , icuit te cciec'eled , tefcre any 8 col « n be done .
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1 cordially respond to those sentiments of Mr . Hill , which I have placed at a motto at the head of this paper , and I would call upon all Chartista to make them the substance of a resolution to be passed in every locality of our association . Let not impartial posterity when reviewing the history of our csuse , have to say of as that we were made the dopes of the designing—that hoary-headed knaves , grown grey with iniquity—the man , tbe mercenary—dirty traffickers in politics , filthy lovers of lacre—men who would at any time desert the cause , betray it and j jin our enemies for a penny more advantage—let it not be s&id that we countenaneed such scoundrels as these and suffered them to prejudice us against the upright who were pining in neglect and
obscurity , grieving not so much for themselves as for the cause in the hands of such harpies—alas ! how andiscriminating we have been—how unjust to the noble minds who are suffering for us in exile and in prison , and at a time too when thousands of our fellow-conntrymen wer * impelled bydespair to present their naked breasts to the bayonets of infantry—their defenceless heads to the swords of cavalry- ^ -without arms and without shields , and with no sounds to inspire them but the shrieks of their wives and children to rush on well-armed and well-trained bands frantic . ' Is this a time to suffer buyers and sel era , and money-changers to set up their trafficking tables in the very temple of our most holy cause ? Shall we not make a whip of small cords , a whip of words , and scourge them all out .
I envy not the prosperity of She wicked , who flourish like green bay trets . No ; welcome , thrice welcome poverty to the very lips , privation to the very akin , oniy let me keep what no misery can take
away—. " the grace of life , Its comeliness of look that virtue gives , Its port erect with consciousness of truth ., Its rich attire of honourable deeds , Its fair respect that ' s rife on good men ' s tongues . " Yes , keep far from me that prosperity which is the reward of double-dealing lies and deceit , and let me , whatever I lose , whatever I suffer , " hold fast my integrity . " aad my mind snail repose like a lake in a calm Bummer ' s eve riflcctieg the heavens , and unruffled for a moisent by the midges that flit athwart its gentle suiface , " Truth bath a quiet breast . " John Waikiks . ( To be concluded in our next . )
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ONTINUATION OF AN ESSAY ON THE PRESENT SYSTEM BEING INTENDED AS A COMPANION TO DR . CHANNING'S ESSAY , ENTITLED " THE PRESENT AGE . "
We need not enter far in the question of our selfacting and counteracting legislature , which , like Cerberus the dog cf hell , has three heads , all turned against the . people : —an hereditary house of Lords supporting an hereditary monarchy , and a House of Commons , the members of which expecting to become lords , supporting both . All look up to the Crown with hope—down on the people with contempt Sufficient it is for tbe people to know that there is no legislature for themthat in fuct there is no legislature at all , for our legislature is a msre confederacy against all good government . An abie French writer sajs , —where a despotic governarch reigns there is bat one criminal—the tyrant on the throne . '—yet do we not lift voice or hand against the Queen—no , we forgive her for she knows net what
sne does—but the oligarchy that tyrannize in her name , that will not allow us a will , a word of onr own , that force us to obey in epite of reason and humanity—they know what they are doing , on them should our indignation be poured . ' nay not even them—it is the S ? STEM—we must alter the system—we cannot expect an evil tree to bring forth good fruit , nor a conupt carcase to breed ought'but maggots . It is the abominable , the accursed system—a system that has gone on oppressing the people till bow it owns it can oppress them no further—yes , it has reached its height , its cup is full , it is rotten ripe—it owns that nothing more can be wrung from the working classes but tears or bloodand the oppressors are now compelled to confine their additonal taxation to the middle classes , and
when they have drained them as dry as they have drained the working classes , they will m-xt tax themselves , and do it to the uttermost farthing ; yea , to the half-farthing \ for now we are a half-farthing people by reyal proclamation : we were before a farthing people ; , they will support the system to the last , for it supports them . Yes , they know that for every Bhilling whick they pay in taxes , they receive pounds back in salaries and sineenres ; for , is there a lucrative office in church or state , in the army , the navy , or tbe law , that is not held by tbe aristocracy or their minions ?—nay , are not many offices created purposely , as a pretence for extortions , exactions , and pompous privileges . They say what matters it , so long as the money is sptnt in tbe country ? Bat it jm not spent in
the country ; a great portion of it is spent in other countries , in France , Italy , and elsewhere ; and if it were all spent in the country , still it matters , and matters very greatly , by whom it is spent ; who has a better right to spend it than the labourer who earns it ? - and if he spend it , be would spsnd it not in the pomps and vanities cf this wicked world , not in prisons and police , not in naval armaments ; but in promoting our borne trade and manufactures , in buying the neces-, saries of life , and in furnishing his home with comfort j and respectability , so that the workirg man might j keep his dearest wish at home with him—the welfare and happiness cf his family ! bnt tbe aristocracy spend i it to the dishonour # of the country , to the disgrace of themsel ? es , and to the destruction of all virtue .
public and private , most frivolously , most * flagitiously they * pend it . Who prefer fo- j reigners to their own countrymen—who are the patror > s ; &f singers , boxers , cockfight-era , gamblers , horse jockeys , and all other pests of society—who but tbi- j aristocracy , who are themselves the greatest prfts of society , and yet they arrogate au exclusive circie as if ' they alone were the excellent of the earth—they "will feast on nothing that is common or unclean—nothing j that the people can obtain—if acy high-prictxl luxury I becomes cheap , they immediately lose all relish for it— ] it becomes vulgar in their eyes , Their chief pride is to draw the liut > of demarcation as widely as possible between themselves and the plebians—they delight in i
strong contrasts in those ontward distinctions which fortune aDd advenlitions circumstances give them—not j in inward worth or real nobility , the nobles of naturesre <' far their superiors in that—bnt th 6 system Bt-is hollow- j hearted knavery above honest worth- Oh , it is a glorious j system!—it works well for them !—an admirabla sys- j tern ! "What wonder that the aristocracy should extol t it !—that like pawDDroktra they should say the very ! liistresses of the people are an evidence of toeir prosper I iry ( of their own they mean ) ; that the more the I national debt increases the more the cou -try is ¦' enriched—{ themselves they mean . ; What wo . der that , ' in accordance with these opinions they should plunge ' the hrckec-hearted people into deeper distress , and j lay heavier loads on the broken-bicked country—what ; wonder that they should charge all those whe murmur 1
at this state of things , who are discontentd with , or disaffected to , the present system , that tney should brand all patriots and philanthropists , all true noblemen as seditious , rebellious , and treasonable , as men instigated "by the devil—what wonder that they ehou-d take pains , that they should go to some tx ^ ecce—that they should subscribe to have these doctrines t = u « bt at schools , in churches , in theatres— that magistrates , that jnilgfcs , that peers in Parliament fchouKi enforce them , arid that the weekly and daliy press should be bribed to reprint and impress them on our minds , till daped , deluded , enslaved , we become the rea . iy tools , the unwitting victimB of the avarice ai ; d ambition i , f oar rulers , who , when they have stripped us t-f all that
is necessary foi the v > ell-bttiru $ cf scul and body—when they have maddened us by misery—send their police men to butcher us , while all the -while they th ( niselves are parading the wealth which they have wrung from us , displaying their s-poil , are most insolently , most impudently , making tn exhibition of their pride , and hardheartedn ; ss , their very exultation , like Nero , who could find no time so appropriate fur fiddling as when the' people of Rome -were peribhiDg in . the fHruea , which he had kiudltd , though he charted it on them , just as our aristocracy say thst the famine in the land is caused by the ditcontest of the people , and as a judgment frc-m Heaven upon them . But let us enter further into the sjfctcin . ( To le continued )
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TALES . WRITTEN EXPRESSLY FOR THE "NORTHERN STAR . " BY CHAHTlt'S . NO . IV . —A TALE OF SEDUCTION . " Trnst not a man ; we are by nature false , dissembling , ^ Gbtle , cruel , and inconstant . WhtB a man taiks of love with cauiion , trust him ; but if he swears , he ' ll certainly deceive thee . " OlWAY . There is a s « queetered hamlet romantically situated
in a hollow formed by several surrounding fail's . A brsok winds round the bases of those hills . The place attracts visitors from a neighbouring town . Seme take up their abode there duriDg the summer months to rejoice alocg with rejoicing nature , or to angle for trout . Shooting parties , holiday parties , wedding parties , have all sojourned here , free from the cares &nd vices of the world , like those who entered the gardens of Florence to escape the plngue . But , elns , what part of the country , however remote , is unspotted by the manners of the town !
The cynosure of this lovely spot was a labourer's daughter , named Rachel . She Eeemed to have sprung up like a garden rose on a common . But we will ^ not attempt a description of her beauty , tbe theme is fie hackneyed ; and besides she will gain more praise from the fancy of the reader , if a youth , than we can bestow npon her . Pass we over , then , her childhood , when she played with innocence among the fluwers ; pass we ovtr htr girlhood when Ehe inBoctntly comforted her parents in thtir cottago of content ; and come we to hc-r womanhood TThen she loss that innocence . It is paired ! to think tkatsuch things are . But -we must proceed .
A neighbouring youth , the son of a farmer , had observed that Rachel was prettier than the other girt / , in the village— nay he thought her the prettiest girl be Lad ever seen . Ceremonious refinemeEtB are _ seV . iom practiced ' in the country ; aU ate aeq , a . ai © ted * i& e&cb
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other , all are familiar , all are free . It was no d fficult matter for Richard to get to apeak to B 3 chel , Jaor was it more difficult for him to make her believe ti . at he loved her . How revdythe yotmg heart is to deceive Itaelf ! No wonder it should bo easily be deceived by another ! Innocence credits all that lore says—it ia fa . ' too credulous . All the time that Richard could spar * he spent with Rachel , for bis time passed most pleasantly when passed with her ; be enjoyed himself most when in her company . He walked with her tbe woodl-nd walks ; be danced with he ? in the booths afc the fair ; and be sat up with her at home , according to that moat dangerous custom of the country . She seemed the dearest thing on earth to Mm , and he was really so to her . One would have thought that he would have laid down his life to save a hair of her head and yet—he did not murder her , but be did something worse .
She had her father's sanction to walk openly with him but not to see him in secret Biehard said to her , you cannot lore me as I love yon , unless you break this hard command . She did break it , and with it her father ' s beart Her mother bad often warned her to take care ; but when did prudence and love go together ? In sh » rt , Richard was too kind to Rachel , aa the phrase goesthat is , he rained her . Richard ' s crime soon became visible in Rachel ' s misfortune . The night terrified him ; bo much so that ; whereas , formerly nothing could keep him from her , now nothing could induce him to go nfcar her . She could not tkus fly from herself—in lonely woe she must bear the burthen of their mntu&L guilt . It was strong —he had made ber Buch promises , such
proteitationsif he could prove false , then never man waa true . ' — he longed so much to marry her , and now , when no excuse should have nerved to put it off , any little excuse sufficed—it would not suit his circumstances , his father would be angry—be wished be could , but it was impossible > She blamed herself more than him . Sue thought if she bad kept her innocence she might have kept him , for it waa after she bad lost that , that she lost him . In losing that , she had lost all her wealth , all her marriage-dowry—she had lost all ber charms too , for now he waa no longer attracted by her . She had loBt all , but bad lost it to him , and therefore he ought to have forgiven her . But be did not , and she could
not forgive herself . If be thought so ill of her what must others think ? what muut she herself think ? and above all , for that now pressed most painfully upon her mind , what would her poor parents thick ? What she herself thought was this—ane thought of hiding her disgrace , of ending her misery in the brook . But could she hide it from God ? No , and she durst not thus plunge into his presence . She let the consequences which she could not arrest , take place . We will not dwell upon the domestic sffl ' . ction caused to her parents by the child of their joy , now taking her baby in her arms , and wandering over the wide world in quest of charity . Her father threatened , and the poor broken-spirited creature swore the oaths .
The overseers laid a weekly rate of Is . 6 d . upon Uicbard for the support of his unfortunate offspring . No more was thought of the matter—Richard had but done what many others do , and by his boasting of it , it shewed that what he bad done was a recommendation of him to the world . But he was not altogether satisfied—I do not mean to say that he was dissatisfied with the part which be had played , but he did not like beiug made to pay for it He shewed the order of payment to a friend of his , an attorney , a very rich man , Indeed quite a igentleman . Now it so happened that this attorney entertained a violent pique again » t the overseers , because they bad done him the very sensible injury of preforring the professional services of another attorney whoso superior
success in thair causes had warranted this preference . He , therefore , not caring though the poor girl should be deprived of her small allowance so be could plague the parish , opposed the order which the overseers had served upen Richard—opposed it at the next quarter session—opposed it on the ground that it was informal —not upon the ground that Richard was not the father , for Richard had never denied that—but upon more legal grouuds—he had found ground whereon to found a quibble , and a quibble is a great point iu law . Tbe parishioners , as usual , employed their own lawyer who as usual , was successful in their behalf . Their preference was thus again fairly justified ; but it was not likely that Richard ' s lawyer would be pleased at this . Defeat rendered the law-gambler desperate ; he resolved to move the cause to a higher and snore expensive
tribunal , for the deeper his revenge the sweeter it would be . That revenge he was not destined to taste . Once more worsted by his able antagonist , he must pay hie own eosts , for his client was too poor to pay him , and c insole hitns If with the idea that he had at least given th . parish a good deal of trouble and put them to a good ueal of expence . lu the meantime what became of Rachel ? She thought that Richard ' s love for her had no pity in it ; that there was no justice in the law ; that a lawyer must be an awful man ; and sick of a world in which she saw nothing for ber but injury and Injustice —sick of her own deserted , miserable self , she south ' - heaven and she found it She died and left ber persecutors to live to their own condemnation . She had been their victim , but they were worse victims of their own evil nature . Here ends the story of Richard and Rachel .
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* M'Cormlck was a shopmate of mins , and received seven years' transportation . Knowles is Mr . West ' s brother-in-law ; he received ueven years' transportation . Bell received six months' imprisonment ; be bas a wife and three children , in Heywood , in great distreas . Tbe two Hardmans were shopmates of mine .
The hecently discovered process of making oil from lard , appears to ba not only successful , but to promise a new field for enterprise and profit . The establishment of Messrs . Lea and Co ., of Cincinnati , is said to manufacture sixteen barrels every day , which ,, as it takes five hofi s to a barrel , requires eighry hogs . This will use up S'J . -iOO a-ycar . Death of tke Rev , Solomon Hebschell . —Died on Monday morniu ^ , iu the 8 : 2 nd year of his age , the Rev . Solomon Herschell , forty years chief rabbi , and curing thai bug period beloved and respected by all classes oi" persm * without reference tQKl \ - gious opinion .
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Such was the precious document forwarded to the Hull Council for acceptance , and to which Mr . Fir * h expected an answer in writing . He has got it ! Hero it is : —l " Hull , October 31 st , 1812 . xi gir > 1 am instructed by my brother Chaitist CounciWota to acknowledge the receipt of youra , of the 2 ? ih instant on the 29 tb , relative to you , r acceptance Qt Mr-
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Mr . Bee 8 ley 8 ( not Bsensey ) challenge to a discus 3 ion on » j , ' lorn Lows ; and to state to you in reply , that whsn Mr . B 9 esley ' 8 challenge was accepted by you , . tbeir hope waa , tb . a * > t bad been done in good faith , and that your purpose , * ' * e onra > Wa ^ *<> i * Y tiirly the merits of the questionu ^ a discussion npon fair and equal terms . They did u ot anticipate , from your tone and bearing , that covert 1 drinking from the contest which they regret to find manit ssted to y ° ur letter . " Sit , the p , irP ° 88 of the Hull Chartists is fair and honourable . \ "heir doctrine upon the subject of a repeal of the Cot n !>»*« has been so often and so fully stated , that they 1 "annot suppose a person whose conversance with tbes . ' other matters of public debate
and notoriety may L ave qualified for the post of ' Corresponding Seeretary ° ' Hall Anti-Monopoly Assouiatlon , ' to be snacquv Jnted with it . And as you undertook to controvert tba \ " doctrine , they were not pre pared to find yon attemi . * ? ; to . substitute for It , aa in this letter , an altogether different matter ¦ «*¦ ¦ dispute . They do not think the p ropositions , which yen have been pleased to caH the * t ' onaitiras of Dabafce , " to he either 'just' or ' impartial ; ' and tIiey eannot withhold the expression of their snrpi " ise , that you shoald have thought so meanly of their jud ^ wnent » to suppTse them incapable of perceiving the e \ ? ident attempt to get away * from the qoestion , which is contained in these Conditions of Debate . '
" Sir , the Hull Cbartiafcj are n ot children , nor are they to bo treated as such . THEr , at least , know tBeir own position ; and however much they migbc be disposed to oMige the Corresponding Secretary of tb * Hull Anti-Monopoly Association , ' yet tkey cannot consent , at his bidding , to-abandon . that position and take up such an one aa he may be ploased So provide for them . "I have already stated that they consider your « Conditions of Debate' neither ' juefc nor 'impartial , ' and I proceed now to assign their reasons for this oainio . n ; ami ia doing so shall refer to your * Conditions sf Debate , ' not perhaps seriatim , but in such order as * they
seem to be connected with each , other . I stop not to comment upon the apparent inconsistency of a gentleman ' s claiming that the whole responsibility of ibis matter should rest exclusively upon himself , whiiehe yet writes in his official character of Corresponding Secretary' of a public body , Thia may be considered a matter of taste ; and I ttust that I and my blotter Chartists shall always have higher objects of attention . "To your 'Con . titions of Debate , ' therefore , I address myself ; minding little whether they be simply those of Mr . Robert Firth , or of the ' Corresponding Secretary of the Hull Anti-Monopoly Association ; " merely observing that I reply not individually , but for myself and my brother councillors by whom I am instructed .
" To the 4 th . 5 tb , 6 th , and 8 tb , of your 'Conditions &f Debate * we offur no remur . The 2 nd we consider so worded as to admit of much altercation . This we are anxious to avoid . Our desire is that the preliminaries should be short , clear , and simple , that we mny come to the work at once . While , therefore , we agree with you that each party should hava its own chairman , yet seeing that the mutual agreement upon an umpire might be difficult , if not impossible , we think it would be more 'just' and more ' impartial' to leave the election of umpire to the meeting—letting Lira , be chosen at the meeting , from the meeting , and by the meeting , without any interference from either of the disputants , their chairmen , or their committees .
• 'To your 7 th ' Condition of Debate * we have a strong objection . The matter ia one of great public interest and concernment . We are to presume that your object iu seeking this debate is , like our own , simply benevolent —seeking to elicit Truth that it may be useful , and aid tbe uninformed in the formation of opinion ; so that when Truth shall be discovered and catabliahed its votaries may be bo numerous and ardent as to ensure its speedy triumph . And inasmuch as we think it probable that those who may most need enlightenment are the least able to pay for it , we entertain a strong objection to the money charged for admission , by which some might be excluded . We are anxious that the public should be . rightly .. Informed—that they should be misled neither by us nor others , and , therefore , we desire that all , who may feel interested should nave full opportunity of hearing the diacussien and judging of its merits .
" We at once obviate your objection about expenses by undertaking to defray the whole . The discussion shall not cost you one farthing . ' and , thia p ^ int settled , we can see no earthly reason for the £ 5 deposit talked of in your first ' condition of debate . ' In negociating with yourself , whether we regard you personally or officially , we aro desirous to suppose that we are dealing with a gentleman—a man of principle and probity — who will hold himself bound sufficiently by his engagements . While , therefore , we give al ! due credit to the delicacy of the feeling which might prompt it , -we cannot permit you to i-lace yourself in a position which must imply that we thought yout engagement not to be a sufficient guarantee .- If the discussion should be ultimately determined on , ws f * el quit © satisfied that your own eenp . e of honour will impel you to ro through it ; and whilst we thus treat you with all fair and gentlemanly courtesy , we are in nowise disposed to be treated otherwise .
• ' Thus fat we have pioceeded on the roppoBition that discussion was your purpose ; but a perusal of your third ' condition of . debate' engenders serious doubt on oui minds thnt you have any purpose of discussion ; or that your letter to us was written for any other purpose than that of ' getting out of the concern * with as little scalh as might be . Tou propose that the question for . discussion shall be— ; i Would a Repeal of the Corn Laws bo beneficial to the operative clnsses ? anil that Mr . Beesley shall , on eur part , maintain the negative of this bold nnked question , without any reference to collateral subjects .
" Sir , we will not insult you by ' affeelivg to suppose you ignorant of the fact , that tbo question , thus put . is one about which tne CnartistP , as a body , never Biado any question . That the repeal of every law tending to restrict trade , or fetter commerce , would , under a proper system of national government , be beneficial to the operative classes , few Chartists deny , or even dispute ; nor do we flud many persons in connection with the Anti-Corn : Law League , or the various anti-monopoly societies , so hardy in their exhibition of ignorance , or dishonesty , as thus to take for ' granted their denial of ifc " Sir , we are not to be thus choused / if you have any stomach for the fight , come to it fairly ! Let the question at issue be correctly designated , and tbe preliminaries such as to secure to us what we promise you , ' a fair field , but no favour . '
We beg that , if you entertain seriously the purpose of discussion , you will peruse the following propositions , or , in your own phrase , " Conditions of Debate . " " 1 . That Mr . Bsesley , or hisparty , do defray . 'the whole expenses of this discussion . " 2 . That each party appoint its own chairman—tbe umpire to be . elected by the meeting . " 3 . That the question for diaeussfon be— " Is there a probability that the repeal of the Corn Laws wbulri . beneficial to the whole community , whilst any portion of the community is unreprrsented in Parliament . " Mr . Firth to maintain the nffmnutive , and Mr . Beesley the negative . The discussion to be restricted to this subject—the chairmen to be judges , and in case these cannot agree , the decision of the umpire to be binding on the disputants .
5 . > Same as previous similar numbers . 6 . j 7 . That free admission be gifen to all wisriine to be present at tbo diecunsion , in order that none mr . y ba prevented from hearinc the arguments of the disputants on this important sutyct . ' 8 . Same a 8 the other 8 . You will perceive , Sir > the Vh , 5 th , Gtb , and 8 th of the ^ e are your own ; and if the others .= nit you not . we request from you only the justice we have rlone to yen—the reasons upon which your objections to them may be founded . Your objections , thus supported snail have our deliberate attention . No needless bar sb ; ill by us be offered to ' : the " coming elf" of tbe discussion . I have the honour to ba , On behalf of the Hull Chartist Council , Your ' s , respectfully , W . J . Holliday , Secretary . To Mr . Robert Firth , &c .
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TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Brethren in Democracy , —You are aware that I have been for the htbt four months alternately demaadiug a liitle Sturliyht , and requesting that those who would respond to my demand would send me their addresses , which i 3 absolutely neuassary , because I cannot know whether you Btnd or not , without you acquaint me -with it , as there ate as many retained ot mislaid as come to band . In tbe-Star of tbe 8 th instant , I requested what I request to day , and what do you tbink was tbe ultimatum ? why , that I received three letters ; one from a Londoner , saying that that was the first time he had
seen my name , ' and that he would send me the Evening Star attexuateiy ; another from a fmud in SunderlauU , stating that — sent ma the Northern Slar now and agaiafor some time back ; an / i another from an old friend tbat was missing this ; good time . -Now the Chartist public can estimate their inexorable pertinacity , such pertinacity as 1 have never witnessed . I Lope it will not be long- thus ; that at least I will haw balf-a-doaen of peruranent friends who will not lag after a week or so , and . then desert me , as ba 3 betn the case since tbe oomme ncement . I expect the person ia Abergavenny who di-i send me the Star in the beginning will write to 'me , as also the HudderBfield gentleman .
I would be obliged to any Londoner , or any person who would send the Evening Star in goad time , ts those soul-stiw » . ng leaders which appear therein aie un'rserbiyy af ^ riciateQ . Your ? , . A ttrrlin ^ Demociat , J . C , Grvdy . " Neat Frenchpatk , County Roscominon , Ireland , Oci . 31 st .
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THE VICTIM ILLI 8 . TO THE BD 1 T 0 B 6 P TH * I OBTHKBS STAR . DEAa Sir—Allow me , through the medium of your justly widely circulated journal , to make a few obsar . vatioaa on bebaif of that persecuted , much injured , though innocent man , Mr . Wm . Eilis . Eaglishraen , I eall upon you by all the enilearini ? ties that bind man to man ; you , whose fathers have fnuaht , bled , ami died for Hbetty ; and yon , sons of Cunsria , whose tuneful harp was always strung in favour of tha oppressed ; and you sons of Scotia , descendants of the ) heroes of B'innockbnrn ; and yen , sons of the
• ' First flower of the earth and first gem of the sea , " inhabitants of the lovely , thoush degraded and insulted Emerald Isle , to rally round this innocent man , for by your united voices alone can he be saved . I > ca . 'l upon you to petition for b « 3 pardon , for by heaven , I a *; ain soy be is innocent ; his friends are in possession of ficta that wiil shortly be published , which will clearly prove even to the niv > st sceptical , tbat he is inuocent , but let us look upon what evidence he has been convicted , out of the whole host of witnesses against him , only one man swears to-him beinjr at the fires , a A that uian s = aya "he bad only a sida view of his face , aud coald not swear whether he fca < i a bat on or r . ot . " There , fellow slaves 1 Hpon that evidence aleae is Ellis con-rieted .
I will make no comment npon the above fact ; but simpiy ask you , if you think it milt a man should be tiNinsportSsd for twenty-sne years ttpon su-sfa evidence . I now , for the present , leave the case with you , for you I to inakff yoor own r' -fldetions-upon it ^ but , in the mean f time ,. I niBCit' tell you , tftst-tbe caevr vrill be urgutd . tofore the fifteen Judges kt ashort thne , and thitt the " sinews ot war" are w :: vtius , tiierefsrr ? - send in your "mites" immediately to O'Connor , wio-will properly apply them . Do not , for God's sike , ftr the salsa-of your children , but , above all , for ths safeo of Xilte ' * w ; fe and chiloren , do-not let Dim be sacrificed f « j ttia want of fundt ... Prom yours ,
Truly iu the cause of Dtmoctsaj-, J-B > Maxt Boothen Villa , Stoke-upon-Trent , October , 30 , 1842 .
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THE EXECUT-IVR TO- THE BCITOR . OP THU rJORTUER . V 3 « VR . London , Nov . 1 st ; 1842 . SIR , —By an oversight of the Star tit the 22 M inst , I -vsras not aware of my nomination f . » r the Executive by the Chartists of Brighton , until my attention waa culled thereto by the Executive pro ¦ tsm . in the Star of the 29 > . h , elSB-youshouid have hear 4 from mo btfora this time . I am not eligible to actr id . that capacity , nos being on the- General Council , and if I were , T would not feel myself ju 3 tiaed , under-present cirouiMteinees , in doirgso . my opinion being that the ei-ectioix ^ &new Executive is . a very unnecessary , and to say the 5 e-ist of it , unbecoming proceeding , and tbat : it < loes . R 4 > fc rt Uct
credit on either tho judgment or foresight of ii . > Gf itjiiiators ; indeed , I am sure the country generaiiy-is not in favour of the scheme , as I ptreeive thnre is no nomination for Lancashire , or many otiier places . I : believe it altogether to ba a triek of somo uneiny . Woald in not be much more prudent to wait fciie elaction _ tiil * March , its proper time ? 16 is really too bad tbat ear whole body must he put in motion to please the wbi : n : of any one who choose to send a line or t-vo to the Star . This is , tb 4 point the enemy Beems-to attack , and therefore we should be on the alert ot him , and sot allow ourselves to become bia tools to cswry out bis objects . I would object to anew Executive on the- iollowing grounds :-
—Because the powers which webad given the Executive in 1841 , have not been taken from them , and are we now going to be tools in the enemy's- hands to disarm them ? Campbell , Leach , and Williams are still at thoir post ; M'Douali' and Biirstow ave yet at large ; autl I- stu no good reason fur the step tbat is about to be taken . However , if we have gone too far to recede , I hava sent my vote to Brighton , to be recorded fwr me . I am , Sir . Your obedient Servant , L T . ClAKCT .
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TO THE CHARTISTS OF SCOTLAND . Fellow-countrymen . —By the time tbia reaches you every locality in Scotland -where there is a Ccarti 6 t association Tyill have received the address recorrinitmied by the late delegate meeting at Edinburgh , to Le issued to the country . No time is to be lost wherever there ia an association , a , committee , or but a score of Ciiaitiata in aDy village—they should meet and decide instantly whether they will support the plan or not . If decided in f ivoui' of the plan a provision for carrying it out must be made by every place . Fiiit For the salary of the secretary , and subscribers for the publication afterwards , for lectures aDd whatever iiieans of general agitation may be adopted . It was suggested by
the delegates that if there were sixty associated localities 213 average of sixpence tach , weekly , would furnish the salary of the secretary—if some could not give tbat others would give tvrice as much with ease ; it only requires every place where there is any number of Chartists , to decide what tiiey can . do , au 4 estimate rather below than above , and take Bttps to stn : l ona quarter of a year ' s contribute n , whatever it be—3 s . 6 s . 12 a . or 24 s . — ah < l to commence instantly takiug mines of subscribers fpr the Scottish Chartist Pionter , and tend tbe list into the committee , remeuiberiiii ; that if the monthly publication is supported , the profits of it will pay tha Secret-try , wbo has to be E . litor of it , and help the cener ; U eauae .
Theee points settled , it will be the duty of each place to send in their opinion as to tbe general card of membership ; if there ate but aix Chartists in a village , they can still havo cards sent them , and Vans give assistance to the cause : It is . 'herefore , respectfully requested that every place will send , in an account how they have c ' tcidad on those subjects ; and , if they have not decided , instautly proceed to do so , in fairness to ; he resi of their hretureo , w-liV are anxiously walt ' wg the result . All communications to be addTessprt Robert Loweky . 46 , Nicholdun-streat , Edinburgh . . a . * a a ^^ a . « i ~ a « ^ ^ f j ^ ^^^^^^ n ^^ B ^ m jitfif ~ — ni * i- — j ~ - — — — -
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Lamentable OcconnEN . at Plymouth . —Afc half-past two o ' clock on Saturday , the foJiowini ; lamentable accident occurred at a placo called Mill Bay , near Plyniomh . It appears a man by the name oi' John Spiney , about thirty years of a > je , a lime burner , in the employ of Mr . T . Gill , M . P , in whose employ ho hag been for tha last seven yearx , went into a beer shop , called tho Prospect Inn , and kept by a person of the name of Grace Sargent . He cslltd for a pint of beer , upon which she told him to pay her what he owed her , and she never wanted to see him again . Words ensued ; from words they
came to blows , she offering to Rtrike him with a meat-hook , the held in her hand ; be ' gave her a push from him , and , shocking to tell , she came down with her head iu contact with a wooden bench or sfool , and never spoke again , beiug Jaucheii iuto eternity without a moment ' s thought of such a con&umnmion . The man was placed in custody , off-jring no resistance . An inqvust has been held upon the bo-Jy , aud , a verdict of Manslaughter returned . The unfortunate woman was upwards of fifty , and the much-tobe-pitied prisoner leaves to sorrow , uo doubt for a long period , a wife and child to mourn over ihin ualooked-for event .
. ' Something- uke an Invention . —The Etkaji-E . ngine . Superseded— A German 13 now in Liverpool , endeavouring to induce the merchants and shipowners of that-enterprising town to patronise aa invention which , if successful , will be likely to supersede the steam-engine . It is thus described in an extract of a letter with which a friend has iavoured us : — "Tnis machine can be employed instead of the steam-engine , without fuel of any kind , and without a boiler ; jt needs very little rspnir .-s and can be worked without danser : anv rower can be « mp : o \ ed .
from one to one thousand horses or more ; it . may be made of brass or iron , and the povrf r of tjie machine exists within itself , and does not uiaiinish , but remains always the same . It may be r-raployed on . railroad ? , iu ship ^ , and manufactories , With t / icame effect as the -steam-engine , and d es not crc-atu any noise , and does not require moro attendance than the Kteam-erigino , and the first co .-a not more than half , and may ' be made with or without wheels . It may also be remarked that , ss no kind of fuel need bo employed , it wcujd'be well ada pt . 'd ( or vessels making long voyages . —Mining Journal .
Egypt . —There have b ? en fobjb very severe Ins'es in the Delta , caused by the breaking cf dike * which had been raised to keep in lha waters ; in one place , Hpwards oi' ficty villages were entirely inundated , aud the itihaVi'anls reduced in consr quence to hopeless misery . The ' mortality amongst oxen does not seem to subside ia the least " ; iu many places , where no animals whatever can be obtained , women and bovrt ara made to turn the -water-wheels m their stead . Owing to the repeated applications of Mes-rs . Briggsand Co ., the Govermncni ; has finally promised to begin at once to clear : < nd level tho road m the desM-t between Suez and Cairo . By this the jou-ney will be rendered much less fatiguing , ana the ' distance also will be shortened . Some people say that a coal mine has betn discovered in tae vicinity of Suez ; should this be true , and the vein ha nf irood aualitv . ic will prove a most fortunate aua
valuable acquisition for the Peninsular au Uriemai Steam Navigation Company . The nature of th « Arabian so \ l , however , precludes all hppo of the mine being either a good or extensive one . lne p ] acneseem 3 to have determined upou giving us . alittle respite this year , aud up to to-day no cases have been mentioned for the last two mouths . The Pasha hasbegun to erect a line ot' telegraphs on the deceit road between Sat-. % u . ui . Qywy-wisrtm two or three mouths time tho 5 ftp 3 fe »!^ ' >^? m ° ay steamer at Suez will be kn ^ taj ^ cia ^ Mw ^ few
hours after it takes place . * Vfi ^ sh £ . l 3 ^ frV ! B to sell his produce by public W X ^ & ^ SSf . & 15 .. 6 d . per imperial quaififer i ] $ !^ im $ rt $ frJ 3 g ftej on bc 8 r 4 2 « re .-C&' * f tJ m ^^ W&SSfSX SwMf& ^ s wi
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TO THE PE 0 Pl 4 OF MANCHESTER . ' 180 , Holborn , Nov . 1 . Ishabitanis op Manchester , —I Bhould not now addrcas you , but tbat I consider the subject which I iaj btfore you to b-j of the most vital importance . Thatsnbject is the efforts that are now being made by tbe Ami-Corn Law League to get up an agitation in favour oftheikfbee tradescuemes . Mark ! they intend tu raise £ 56 . 000 by the beginning of January , 1843 , having , according to tbeir own acknowledgment , already expended £ 100 000 on the agitation . I tell tha Anti-CoTn-Law League , that if they will collect £ 5 . , 000 instead , of £ 50 000 , it will not avail them in dragging the masses after them . 'Tis true they in to
may co » p « l w ^ rkiw ? men their employ take tickets t-t the Anti-Corn-Law Association , bnt evtu these men will attend public meetings , and vote against tbeir detestable tyrants . Men of Manchester if the Corn Law repealers dare attempt to convene a pnbJic meeting in your town in Janurxnext , wheu they intend having scores of M . P ' s and hundreds of parsons attend in your overwhelming might , and let them know yon are more powerful than ever Yon have two gentlemen anongst you who know weli how to lay bare the doctrine of the free-traders . These two are Messrs . Leach and Doyle , either of them capable of denuding the Anti-Corn Law par ' y of their clonk of hppociisy . Insist upon fair play for your speakers , and if violence sbaii be resorted to by tbe repealers , then is
your time . for resistance . Dj not suffer your It&ds . to bs fcrofcen quietly , let yoar answer lie to their cant and mock charity , Where is Al'Cormack ?* Where is Kaowies ?* Where are the Hardmans ?• Where is Bsll ' : * Where is Ashley ? Where ara the hundreds who have been transported and imprisoned ? Ask thum do they intend prosecuting O'Connor , Hill , Lench , Doyl $ , M'Cartney , Brookes , Allmson , Harnty , Otley , Kijlton , aud others , wbo have taken an active part in opposing their fallacies ? Let your answers be timilar to what tee Birmingham men told tbe Corn-Law Repealers at the Town-hali tbe other day ; fight them inth by inch ; UBe fair argument ; do not allow them to gain any footing amengst you ; they have immense ¦ wealth in their hands ; tho town-halls at their disposal ;
local authorities to lend tbeir assistance , and nrst-rate talent to preaca up their nostrums . What have we ou our side ? We havs honest poverty ; naked , undisguised tiutb ; and , I can proudly boast , nrat-rate taient too , — certainly Dot so well pai 4 . There is no man amongst us receives £ 10 per week and all travelling ezpeases paid into the bargain . Who ever heard of Leach , er Doyle , or West , or Btisley , or Clarke , keeping horses and gigs ? Yet , with all their wealth , they cannot draw tbe people into their meshes . If they are honest , why do not thiy allow fair and free discussion at tbeir meetings ? I atn sure tbat Leach , or West , or D ^ yle will be most happy in meeting their picked men , and discusking the questiou wkh them . Now , maik , I am a Corn-law Repealer , iu the strictest sense of the word , but I wish to have a voice in its rtpeal . I will not lend myself to assist one gaDg of spoliators , merely to transfer- the power of plundering
the people from another gaDg to themselves . I now ten the cuuucil of the Ami-Corn-Law League , if they are sincere in their efforts to obtain redress for tbe people , they will employ their £ 50 , 000 to propogate Chartism . Thc > y can find eloquent and talented advocates at £ 3 per ^ reek each ; they could thus employ 300 talented propagators of the truths of democracy , and in twelve months suf-b a powerful public opinion would be raised aeainst Toryism and Whiggism , aud in favour of Chartism , that our principles should become law ; and I wonld venture to lay my head on the block that a Parliament , elected by the -whole people , -would soon completely carry out 6 ona iWe free trade principles The League will stretch evf ry sinew to extend their views , and to thwart their designs . I would wish the Chartist body—and particularly our young speakersto moke thtvnselve * acquainted v ? ith the Corn Law question , and furnish themselves -with sound arguments on that htad .
I remain , Your , brother Democrat , Joiin Campbell
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TO THE EDITOB OF XHE NOK 1 HEBN STAR , ««*?* . 0 ™ mitte « 0 ' Mr . Cooper * Defence Fund , be * to S ^ fWS ton ™* 8 sums received by them % to the 3 Isi of Oct .. and to lay before the public thai * expenditure up to the aame day . Tha committee hnt * £ f ?^ v nk" to tb 08 e P *™ 0118 who have eontri-; S » ™ « i 7 e fand ' «™* tQat » U Iowa ° < ?«»? \ 1 •*** tfaenuelw * by subscribing their mite towards defraying the debt which has already been ^ 11 , T Other hewy cba »« eB * M « h «» Jong vnll be brought againat theni ' for traversing , and other law espencea : —
RECEIVED BY SUBSCBIPriONS , Collected iu the * * * Mr . Simeon . &' ' ¦' ¦ *' ™ S 1 Jf » r o u 2 * Bri 8 to 1 ° ° Djtto ditto 2 10 Mrs . Roiestone 0 30 Ditto ditto 0 14 3 A YoangChart-Sl ' t ™ ist , Derby .., 0 1 0 Shaksperean Gainabro per MrpTii" * ° Mr . Partridge 3 0 4 ^ V ? - ^ " - 0 2 6 Mr . Winters ... 63 0 An Old Radical o 1 0 Mr . W . Smith » 1 0 ™!? d ^ . ' Mr « Anderson OS 0 OldRadfotd 0 3 6 Mr . Holiiok ... 0 6 0 Mr ± «™ > »• Sketchley
A , Countesthorp 0 15 1 } Hinckley ... 0 4 6 Mr . R Smith .., 0 6 0 Mr . H . Jtffa ... 0 2 6 Mr . Pick ... 0 2 0 A few friends 0 1 11 ?*' £ leDd 8 » . 0 2 6 Mr . J . Nixon 0 fr 6 Mr . W . Tyrrel 0 16 Mr . Verney ... 0 0 6 ^ S a ° ° 6 ¦ ¦***• G « l > . « 0 0 6 Ana WigBeld 0 0 3 FROM SHEFFIELD . Mr-W . Cook ... o 0 6 Mr . J . Moulds 0 0 6 Mr-P Chapman 0 o fl Mr , J . Summer-Mr . J . Shtffisld 0 1 0 field ... 0 0 Mr . T . Phillips 0 0 6 Mr . Cook .. 010 Mr . Morris ... 0 0 6 Mrs . Clarke ... 0 0 3 Mr . R . Holyoak 0 0 6
MONIES RECEIVED BY CARDS . Mr , J . Smith 0 19 7 Mrs . Trickey ... 0 5 10 Mr . T . Toone ... 0 9 2 Mr . Sp . irks ... 0 5 9 Mr . M . Taylor 8 12 3 $ Mr . W . Steven-Mr . CBurbidge 0 12 8 son ... ... 0 5 7 Mr . W . Johnson 0 12 0 Mrs . Worthy 0 5 4 Per Mr . Beard- Mrs . Johnstone 0 5 2 more from Mr . W . Garner 0 5 1 Chapman ' s Mr . R . Jucksou 0 5 2 shop 0 11 9 . J Mr . Cbarnber-Mr . Adams ... 0 9 4 lain , Kib-Mr . J . H . Bram- worth ... 0 5 0 which ... 0 8 4 Mr . W-Stanley 0 9 6 Mr . J . Pollard , Mr . Cooper ,
Anbty ... 0 9 2 Wigston ... 0 4 6 Mr . T . Roberts 0 8 10 Mr . — Reed , Mr . R . Kooma 0 7 9 ^ Thunnaston 0 4 7 Mr . Stanton ... 0 7 1 Mr . B . Hayes 0 2 4 Mr , W , Cockayne © 2 10 Mr . D . Toone 0 4 B } Mr . G . G .-ay ... 0 2 2 Mr . J . Jenkinson 0 6 5 Mr . W . Burrell 0 2 10 Mi . T . Holyoake 0 10 0 Mr . — Satchwell 0 2 6 Mr . T . Phillips 0 6 0 ^ Mr . N . Cavener o 1 10 Messrs Elliot and Mr . J . Carter 0 3 10 Sinsome ... 0 1 6 Mr . N . Edwards 0 1 'lOi Mr . Cain ... 0 10 Mr . S . White 0 1 6 " Mr . Lacas . . Nar-Mr . C F . SiddoDEO 2 2 borough ... 0 10 Mr . W . Pratt 0 1 10 Mrs . Bailey ... 0 1 6 Mr . U . Wooley 0 12 Mr . W . Stafford 0 1 0
Mr . R . Allen 0 16 Mrs . Bingley 0 10 Mr . J . Holmes 0 12 Mr . D , Moulden 0 2 0 Mr . T . Hall ... 0 1 4 Mr . J Pettifor 0 10 Mrs . —Lanad 0 1 9 Mr . S . Taylor 0 1 0 Mr . W . Kuighfc Mr . S , Pepperdy 0 1 0 Littlethorpe 0 12 Mrs . Coles .... ¦ 0 1 0 Mr . Boulter ... 0 1 6 Mr . W . Cirr ... 0 10 Mr . White ... 0 0 8 Mr . J . Pegg ... 0 0 6 Mr . W . Howitt 0 2 0 Mr . H . Samuel 1 0 Mr . R . Blow 0 2 4 Mr . W . UnderwoedO 1 0 Mr . T . Cox ... 0 2 1 Mr . J . Watts 0 0 6 Mr . Agar ' s phop 0 2 2 Mr . J . Clews 0 2 0 Mr . W . White 0 0 8 Mr . R . HardimanO 0 6 Mr . H . Hunt 0 5 3 Mr . Cfiamberlain 0 1 2 Mr . G . Grey ... 0 5 3 Mr W BrendweJIO 2 9 Mr . W . Gmt 0 5 9 Mr . J . Cox ... 0 14 Mr . J . Why ... 0 10 0 Mr . Beardmore 0 18
Mr . W . Watts 0 3 0 Mr . Souter ... 0 0 9 Mr . W . Norria 0 3 1 Mr . Perkins ... 0 t 6 Mr . W . Bills . 0 3 6 Mr . J . Sharman 0 0 6 Mr . Wilroan .. 0 3 0 Mr . J . Frier ... 0 0 6 Mr R WilliamsonO 3 2 Mr . Cope ... 0 0 6 Mr . C . Btmley 0 4 2 Mr . Wileman 0 0 0 Mr . W . James 0 3 9 Mr . W . Frier 0 0 6 Mr . W . Lvigham Mr . T . Allen ... 0 0 6 Winston ... 0 5 0 Mr . Martin ... 0 0 6 Mr . W- Facer 8 3 0 Mr . J . Anderson Mr . J . D * acou 0 3 10 North ... 0 0 6 Mr . J . Neal ... 0 2 2 Mr . W . Anderson Mr J . Markham 0 2 5 North ... 0 0 6 Mr . Kuk ... 0 5 3 Mr ? . Cooper , per Mr . Pilly ... 0 4 4 k box ... 2 3 7 £ Mr . J . Scanion 0 2 ll " Name not legible 0 1 0 Mr . White ... 0 2 4 A friend ... 0 0 6
DISBURSEMENTS . £ « . d . 500 bills , and delivery ... ... 0 7 6 Mr . Wiuters ... ... ... 0 18 0 Deputation to Potteries ... ... 3 18 0 ^ Post Office Orders , Papers , Stampa , *<• . ... ... ... 0 8 2 J For Subpcrnng , Law , and Council Expenses ... 8 13 0 Carriage of WitneBaes ... ... 4 17 0 Board and Lodging ... ... 14 14 0 Mr . Winters ... ... ... 1 10 9 £ Total of Expenditure ... ... £ 35 6 3 $ Income ... ... ... ... 33 8 SA Deficient ... ... ... ... 1 18 o " Total £ 35 6 3 ^ W . JOHNSTONE , Sec ' o . ; .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . ' Hull , Nov . 1 st . 1842 . Sir . —Knowing the interest which you take in all our proceedings , 1 forward you a copy of the correspondence which has passed between us and tho " Corresponding Seeretary of tbe Hull Anti-Monopoly Association , " to shew you , and if you think proper , to shew to tbe public , through the columns of the people ' s organ , the Slur , that the councillors here do not slumber on their post , but manfully throw dppn tbe gauntlet to every assailant <* f our hallowed principles . You
will observe a report of the meeting which ed to the correspondence in the Evening Star , of Thursday , the 26 tk November . I am , sir , Yours faithfully . W . J . H . Copy of'Correspondence ' between the Hn . 'l Chartist Council , and Mr . Robl . Firth Corresponding Secretary to the Hull Anlx-Monopoly Association : — "October 27 sh , 1842 . English-street , Hull .
Gentlemen—As the acceptance of the challenge , given by Mr . B-: ensey , was in my individual capacity , I have on consideration , deemed it prudent to let the responsibily rest exclusively on myself ; I have , therefore , without consulting the committee of the Anti-Monopoly Association in thi » town , taken tbe liberty to submit to you the following conditions of debate , in accord anco with the limitation I fixed in the Lodge en Monday evening , Oct . 24 th . I trust you will find these conditions just and in-partial . Waiting your answer in writing , I am . gentlemen , Yours respectfully , Robert ' Firth .
To the Chartist council , Hull . . Conditions of debate between Mr . Beensey , Chartist lecturer , and Sir . Firth , corresponding Secretary of the Hull Anti-Monopoly Association .
" 1 . That each party lodge £ 5 in the hands of a person mutually agreed on , to meet any deficiency of expences iucurrtd in making the necessary preparations , and tbat , in c ; ise either party shrinks from the debate , after tbe conditions have been fixed and signed , the said party forfeit the money so advanced . " 2 . T / ut oach party appoint its own chairman , and the umpire be mutually agreed on . " 3 . That the question for discussion be , " Weuld a repeal of the Corn Laws be beneficial to the operative clas .-es ? " tbat Mr . Beensey maintain the negative and Mr . Firth the affirmative , under th » following restrictiuus , namely , that neither the Charter nor any other scheme be introduced , but that the discussion be rigidly confined to the subject of enquiry—the chairmen to be judges ; and , in case they cannot agree , the decision of the umpire to be binding on tbe disputants .
" 4 . That each disputant be allowed half an hour iu his opening address , and a quarter of an hour afterwards . " 5 . That as Mr . Beensey gave the challenge , he open , and Mr . Firth close the debate , tho debate to commence at half-past seven , and close at half-past ten o ' clock . " 6 * . That afc the close of the debate each chairman shall obtain for his side of tbe question at issue , the sense of the meeting , by asking for a shew of both hands , the umpire to decide on the majority . " 7 . That there be one penny for admittance to the debate , to defray the expeoces ; and should any surplus remain , that it be equally divided between the Chartist Council and Mr . Firth , to be appropriated to- any benevolent ot'jecfc they may respectively deem proper . " 8 . That these conditions be printed oa the bill convening the meeting . " Other little matters will have to be attended to but which involve no difference of opinion . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 5, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct778/page/7/
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