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TO DOCTOR PETER MTJRRAY M'DOUALL ATtt ) TO JAMES LEACH . In a letter written by you Dr . M'Docall , and published in the Evening SUroi Thursday , D * c . 1 st 1842 , 1 find these words : — "The Executive received letters from various parts , informing us that a conspiracy was being formed against them , and particularly a letter from Leeds , which stated that Mr . Hill and others agreed there in a certain honse , to pursue a certain course of conduct against the Executive , the basis of which yr » s—that the character of the Executive teas to be efficiently shaken first in private , and then ly a sanultasuousJy pvbiic assault . * *
•* Wt ; ere are tue meat oh ! >> - > in aen and letters can easily be forthcomi' - ^ t ^ d my respected colleagues can haTe no cii : .... y in producing the :.-: if they are wanted , an eveu * . which certain parties will not demand to be realised . '' This letter was written for publication in . the Northern Star and was published in the Northern Stars of December 10 , in which paper I demanded the pubHcafion 0 / those letters . They have not yet been published . At the South Lancashire delegate meeting , on Sunday , Nov . 27 th , yon , James Leach , are reported to have made a similar statement , and also to ha v e aid thai : —
"In the month of July last , the Hull Chartisfcj were abont to pass the Bxlance Sheet , when Me Hill entered the room and put a stop to it , and : a friend "that was present at that meeting wrote i o Mr . Campbell stating that there was a plot hatebir ^ against the members « f tke Executive , of whkik . he would receive the first attack in a &ort time . * In the N&rffiern Star of the l # th of Dec « oft > er , - { he Hull Councillors , ef whom 3 am 6 ne , demaided
the publication of that letter , sued the name -of the writer , ft has not yet been published . "I now reiterate tbe demand that theea letters , aad all of them , be published , together with the writers ' names—&at the writers m * y substantiate their statements if they can . I ofer you the free use of { be Northern Uter for their publication . I deny ihe truth of these statements , so far as I am concerned .
Ar » TIHIIL THOSE IJBTTE 2 S WHICH 'TOT EAT < X 5 K-1 AXS XXD COJTBTS 3 S . THESE" EIATESLESTS ( and which JOU have been required to publish , but have not done BO ) BB PUBLISHED , TOGETHER WITH T 5 € "VTRITERS * XAJCES , TO G 1 XEKB A 5-OPPORTUNITY OF « KETIN « THE CHXB 6 ES . p airly , I BRAND YOU , Doctor Peter Murray M'DouaU , and YOU , James Leach , each XKD SBRTERAiLLY , BBPOEE ALL IHE IBOPLE , AS A UAR AND A SCOUNDREL J ! At the same Delegate Meeting en tEe 27 th November , you Jaxes Leach are reported to haTe said : —
" -When I was at Leeds I had some conversation with Mr . Hill concerning a man in the movement , whose wife lives -sot far froza this place , and he is leading a common prostitute about the country with him . Mr . Hill A . -ked me what was to be done 1 I aid drive him from the ranks , Mr . Hill thought it "would not be advisable to do so , as in a short time a great number of the advocates would be in prison , and the movement would want all the assistance that could fee goL I thought that was the ven
I 8 asoo that we should drive such scamps as him from amongst us . Wit * n the honest friends of the people were locked op—the greater the necessity of the few that remained at large being unimpeachable in their moral character . But Mr . Hill thought if it could be kept quiet it would be better . I said that that was impossible , as six different districts had already exposed him—and yet at the very time that he was talking to me thus be had an ankle wrote to dams four of us "
Yon , Jaxes Leach , know this to be a wicked perversion of that conversation . You know that it is nothing like what was said on that occasion . 1 will not place my assertion against yonra ; because there were witnesses to that conversation , who heard what was said , and who can confirm your Statement if it be true . I dare you to call those witnesses and to ask them to publish a correct statement of what really was said . And until you have done this , I FURTHER BRA ^ D YOU .
JAMES LEACH , BEFORE THE WHOLE PEOPLE AS A BASE AND WICKED CALUMNIATOR . I shall publish this letter in the Northers . Star every week , till these statements are eirber proved or retracted , as far as they concern me . Yours , A true man , and a Lover of Fair Play , WILLIAM HILL . Northern Star , Leeds , Dec 24 , 1842 .
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It may do good to relate the reasons why Chartism does not progress so fast in London as it does in the country—why London , that should beforemost , is behind hand . When we know the reason we nay seek the remedy . The Londoners have this excuse—that they are corrupted by the immediate presence of the Courtdazzled by the constant glitter of the aristocracy . Everything tends to dissipate thought and reflection . There is a whirl of action that makes London a nnslstroom within whose vortex-all are drawn and sank . Strong-minded the man mnBt be that can stem the stream—that does not suffer himself to be carried away with it—yea , carried inDingly . In the country virtue can meditate in the green fields with nature , or on the barren mountain-top with liberty .
" To be great , and wise , and good , Are effects of solitude ;" But in London the "world is concentred . There is the essence of selfishness . Competition is a matter of life and death . Self-interest is carried to an extreme . Every device to gain patronage , to decoy profit , is resorted to . The very bug-destroyers vaunt themselves bng destroyers to her Majesty . " Yon everywhere Bee emblems of the most servile adulation to the powers that be—the pocket powers ; the Bystem reigns in full perfection in London . Every body is striving to make an appearance above bis' meanB . Theyjadge by appearances . It is not so much the intrinsic quality of goods that recommends them , as the manner in which they are exhibited' for salethe show they make—the grand shop they are
inthe novelty or the puff , Business i 3 regarded as the first thing ; pleasure next . Now Chartism is a disinterested thing—a self-denying ordinance ; and the wonder is that it should ever have found footing at all in such a deluge of all that is great and . good . How often have I been disgusted , on looking into a print-shop , to see the Duke staring me in the face ! it is almost enooga to make one smash the window is spite . The heads ef the nation , too , in loving contact together , smirk and smile at you ; and'well they may ! There is always a crowd of stupid gazers at such things . - In some shops yon will see Tanged together the buts of Shakespeare , Miltoa , and—who do yon think I—who but Prince Albert ! Are not the cockneys a little-minded people ? if this could be doubted , the fact that tbev chose Lord John Russell to represent them at the last -election would prove it .
__ The working-men in London hare more temptations to withstand than their brethren in the ctftmtry . True!—there is the pernicious gin-dwp ; and hard working is often made an . exosse for hard drinking—" more work , morebeer . " They come ont of the gin-shop less able to withstand the allurements of harlots who next waylay them . Then comes disease ; and many die not of the disease but of the doctor . There are others who do not spend their hard-Bantings thus , but who are tempted by follies , shows , and -vicious pleasures on every hand . The majority of the cockneys hoard op their weekly earn * ings to spend on the Sunday , with" the pint and the pipe—up or down the river , or in T&a-excursions These are not so much to blame ; fora breath of
fresh air is very desirable , and at any rate such a mode of spending the Sabbath is preferable to the support which numbers of working men even , untiniikingly give to state-churches and chapels , and other sneh abominations in the land . But selfish enjoyment , generally at the expense of anothers ' pains , seems to be the order of the day in London . Poor horses have a hard time of it here . The real ooekaoj lovee to drive hard ; and soon scenes occur aariekmthe sight- In the country , when a horse is overloaded and cannot rue a hill , men will ran from ef tflh side of the road and give it a lift—help It up}—tat in London they stand staring
at oca things as though they felt an inferat in toe straggles of the suffering animaL Tlnno ff nn snrrtr sign of * contracted heart than amis / . The horseB that drop and die in the streets an MCenaeroos than their drivers . Soch things weald am be raftered wader a better system . But no woinkr ttiit there is $ neh indiferenee to the snf-Jartttfji if cattle , when urea , woman , and children , the tbtj infants at the breast- decrepid age , crippled iufltmitf , sad toe most woftu want are seen m the tfseftts&odlesaj naked , and homv' ^ lefls , without relief aDtmpitied ; ffiUw ribilifar is soon worn out itf i * ndon , ttd ¦ g iirnosni caUouj . Even men from th *? -eountrj—JetlfraB the town-bred who are » ocu < . ' «*© med * o > ¦ flMw Hint minds froa Infracy . Most AMWW
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TO THE EniTOB OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sib ., —11 the following observations should meet your approval , your inserting them in the Star , would oblige , Yours , truly in the cause , Jno . T . Holder .
It as been my lot within this last week or so , to witness -with sorrow a revival in trade , "which when I explain the vrby And the -wherefore , I Bhall not be surprised if yon and the numerous readers of the Star do sorrow likewise . I have , as I said , within the last week helped { In the course of my occupation ) to put the finishing stroke upon forty-five ircn bedsteads , namely , five for Caistor , twenty for Sleaford , five foi Brigg , and twenty-five for Lincoln unions ? Tea , my friends , and while I pondered upon the system that is fast forcing our once bold English peasantry asd artisans into these hell holes , I shuddered at the idea ; for I -could not help feeling that the system of class legislation , from which all our evils , moral and political , fijw , and with which we are at present encumbere d is suffered , to remain ; if we still bow down to this modem Jaggernaught inevitably the same must J » our common lot
What will you say to this , you free traders ? What will yon say to this , you who cry out that there is a revival of trade i What will you , who fatten on . the system say to this ? Faugh , the veiy sentence is a perversion of the troth unless applied to the revival of 'which I sorrow over , and which no comment of mine can possibly strengthen . To yom , Shopkeepers of the Agricultural Districts , to you I would haTe a word ; to you I woald direct especial attention to soar own interests , and say that the present system which you uphold is fast robbing yon © r your ¦ caBtomera , for , by indirect taxation , which presses heavily upon the labourer , and the low rate 0 !
wages which he receives net being aqjEcient to satisfy kia physical wants , { and particularly if ha has a family , ) obliges him to part with his household goods , until he has nothing -whereon to la , j hia head . H « consequently applies to his parish , and , much against his will , is admitted a pauper , and at oae and the same time , you are charged -with his and his family ' s maintenance , and lose a customer . Thh , yon know , is a fact . YoVir tills tell you so of the one , your balance sheet in the item ef poor ' s rates of the other . Then why notatrttch out a helping hand , for you can yet save not on . ? yourselves , but your brother sufferers , from that gulph of ruin which jtmt to receive both yon and him .
Ton say give us "freetrade in corn ; " then the labourers will have " plenty to do and high wages / for the foreign markets , from which ire are that out by the restrictions upon our imports , woald take oar goods in return jastas though we exported nothing . And til this in the . face of the official returns , which gives U for last year * 102 . . 000 worth of maan&otored goods expected , from which we got only two afllioni more profit than we did for little more than one third the amout exported ia 1816 . This fact proves that with regard to " plenty to do , " then on
be no mistake , as tbe retsros show that last year the export * were greater than in any previous Tear , while at the same time you own organs ten yon that tbe poor in tbe manufacturing districts hare eaten their beds , which is a proof that high wages are not ft sequence to plenty to do , land « by is it not sot Because iron , wood and steam axe employed instead of bones , sinews , and flesh . Indeed I would point to the inenemd poor ' s rate and the official return of manufactures exported , as a refutation of ill the above sophisms And earnestly would I recommend you shopkeepers to ponder arm ttu above fssto and be ( aided bj you
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feelings of Teaaon and justice , for then yon -will feel and see that your interests an identified with those of the labourers , an < J that while you through your representatives impoverish them , in the same ratio do yon commit suicide , politically , upon yourselves . Come forward , than ; help us to save our common country ; join our National Charter Association . Be not frightened by the " buggaboo" that we want an equalix * tlon of property , which those few who fatten on those abuses have so prominently kept in the foreground , -doing that by appealing to the passions which the ; conld not accomplish by appealing to your reason .
To you , Chartists , I would say , do away with all bickerings from amongst yourselves ; form yourselves into one mighty and irresistible phalanx ; march forward , swerving neither to the right hand or to the left ; and then , and not tall then , will you make this country what she ought'to be , by giving to all and to every one an opportunity of enjoying the abundance sent by a benevolent God ; then , and not till then , shall we be worthy of being called " The envy of surrounding nations and the admiration of the world . " J . T H Hull , Dae . 27 th , 1842 . 10 THE EDITOR OF XIIE NORTHERN STAB .
Sir , —In your report of the Marylebone meeting for the election of delegates to the Conference , you say that the Committee that decided upon recommending at the public meeting , Messrs . Parry , Buch&nnan , Lucas , and Farrer , used every exertion both fair and foul , to ensure success . This , Sir , is a most unjustifiable falsehood , and one that 1 cannot in justice to myself and brother committee men , allow to go forth to the public , without gifing it . the most unqualified denial . And the following brief statement of facts , -will I think , convince every one of the malignity of the aspersions thus thrown upon them . The Borough Committee ( which was formed for conducting the election and raising funds for the payment of the delegates
elected ) was open to any person who thought proper to join them ; and indeed every portion of the Chartist body residing in the borough were apprised of the intention of forming such a Committee , and solicited to join in their individual capaoity , as were every shade of Reformers in the borough who were desirous of forming a union on principle . The committee-men sat for throe weeks with open doors , sull earnestly soliciting the co-oporation of all Reformers . It was well understood , as a great number of candidates seemed likely to be brought forward , that that the committee to prevent disunion at the public meeting , would take a voto upon who were , in their opinion , the most fit and proper persons to be recommended to the borough , for the important trust ot' supporting our glorious principles in the forthcoming Conference , and any person was
eligible to propose a candidate in the committee . Their decision -was postponed until late on the Friday night before the meeting , for the purpose of Ki ' viDg every opportunity ( of bringing forward candidates , awhen the following persons were nominated , and a rote of the committee was taken , namely , for Messrs . Parry , Lucas , Buchanan , Spur , " Gamma ge , Hornby , Humpheres , Cook , and Farrer ; aiid the choice of the Committee fell upon Messrs . Parry , Lucas , Buchanan , and Farrer . I most positively assert , that no further means were taken by the committee to secure the election . Then , sir , I think if disunion existed among the 11 whole hog" men , the fault did not rest with the Committee , but with those who neglected their duties in not coming forward and taking a more active part on the Committee . I remain , Sir ,
W ith great re ? pect . Yours in the cause of Truth and Justice , Thomas Farreh
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Martlebone . —Mr . Watkins will lecture at the Working Men ' s Hall , Circus-street , on Sunday evening next , at half-past seven o'clock . A public meeting will be held at . the Chartist Hall , 25 , btar-street , Commercial Road East , 011 Sunday , when it is earnestly requested that every member will be in attendance . Halifax . —On Monday there will be a ball in the lar ^ e room , Swan Coppice , to commence at seven o'clock , the proceeds to be appropriated towards the furtherance of the Chartist Cause . Kkigjilbt . —The next delegate meeting of this district will be holden in the Working Men's Hall , Sun-street , Keighley , on Sunday , January 8 th , at 10 o'clock in the forenoon . Each Locality ib requested to send a delegate .
Mr . Dickinson will lecture on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , at Preston ; Blackburn , Monday and Tuesday ; Liverpool , on Wednesday ; Warrington , Thursday ; Colne , on Friday ; Burnley , Sunday , the . 8 th Jan . ; and Rochdale , on Tuesday , the 10 th . Hollinwood . —A public tea party will be held in the Ralph Green Chartist Room , Hollinwood , on Monday . Tea on tbe table at eix o ' clock . Tickets , men eightpence ; women , sixpence each , may be had of Messrs . Athton Ashton , Joseph Brierly , John Booth , and Edwin Clough .
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BUNDERLAND , —On Menday last , a splendid concert was held in the Philosophical Halt , Atbuueum , for the purpose of defraying the expenses of the delegates to tbe National Conference , at Birmingham . The Cornetta and Quadrille Bands , and theyoonggentlemen of tbe glee club generously offered their services on the occasion . The orchestra consisted of about thirty performers ; the music was of the first-rate description and elicited the highest applause . The room and galleries were crowded in every part . WXGAN . —Mr . Dickinson lectured on Sunday afternoou and evening , at the Association Room . Four new members were ^ enrolled . BACDP . —Mr . Dickinson lectured at Bacup on Tuesday evening to a pretty fair audience . OUSEBUKN . —Mr . Jfrhn Hall , treasurer for the Northumberland snd Durham Lecturers' Fund , has received from Sunderland S 3 .
COLNE . —The Rev . W . V . Jackson delivered a lecture on Saturday evening last , to a crowded and attentive audience , in the Chartist Newsroom , Windy Bank . Colne . —The League had a meeting here on Monday , at which Moore , of Manchester , and Plint , of Letds , attended : The u lads" sent for the Rev . W . V . Jackson ; and at the close of Plint ' s speech , which he concluded by moving a free trade resolution , they proposed an amendment for the Charter . This was too much for the M respectables , " who kicked up a row ; and though the amendment was twice carried by tremendous majorities , the chairman , ( Mr . Walton , ) declared the u Plague" had it , and then dissolved the meeting . Mr . Jackson challenged them to two night ' s dibcuspion , but this they declined , and the Chartists , after giviBg cheers for their principles and leaders , retired .
Holmfirth . —Mr . Peter Rigby , Chartist Lecturer delivered two sermons , on Sunday last , in the Wortley-hill School , to respectable audiences . The sermons gave general satisfaction , and at the close three new members were enrolled in the National Charter Association . MANCHESTER .-Tho Chartist Mecbanios held their weekly meeting in the Charter Association Room , Brown-street , on Thursday evening week , when Mr . T . M . Brophy delivered an instructive and interesting lecture to a large and respectable audience . At the close of the lecture a collection was made towards defraying the expenses of the Delegates to the Birmingham Conference . Cabpenters' Hall . —Two lectures were delivered in the above Hall on Sunday la ^ t . One in the afternoon by Mr . P . M . Brophy , and the other in the evening by Mr . Starkey , from Coventry .
SUTTON-IN-ASHFIELD . —On Monday a concert was held at Mr . Edward Parka , Eastfield-side , Sutton , and on Tuesday , there was another at Mr . George Marriott ' s . The rooms were crammed to suffocation on both nights . The proceeds were appropriated to tho Political Victim Fund . ZiOKSOK . —At the general meeting of the Somers-Town locality , the resignation of the General Secretary was considered , and it was resolved , " that Mr . Cooper , of Leicester , is the most fitting person to take charge of the property of the Association , at present in the hands of the late General Secretary , from the interest he has taken in the movement , and his knowledge of the organisation , and his business habits . " He was also nominated to fill the ofiice of Executive Councillor , in the place of Mr . Campbell resigned .
bbbssn bridge . —A tea-party and ball was helo . in the Democratic Chapel , at tbt above place , on iv ' onday , when upwards of two hundred sat down i . o tea . The company separated at a late hour , hi& > ly delighted with the evening ' s entertainments .
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XtOKDOV . —Dmadfcx Mdbdeb iir White cxtoss-sxRBKf ^ -A . t half-past ten o ' clock on Wednesday morning , aa inquest was held before Mr . Baker and a highly respectable jury , at the Two Brewers , Whitecro ^ fl-B . * «« t , on view of the body of Thomas Leary , iwho was found dead , having been stabbed with ft shoemaker ' s knife , on the night of Sunday last . The jury-room was crowded almost to suffocation , and ihe gretfiert excitement prevailed in the neighbourhood . After . < he examination of two witnesses ( be enquiry was adjourned till half-past ten the following morning , when » t was resumed , and after several hoars investigation a verdict of " wilful murder" was returned against Mioha' 4 Meigan , the dead man's master . :
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HoLMFifttH . —Wm . Cuttell has become agent for tho'Nor then * Star , and hopes , by strict attention to all orders committed to his care , to receive that rapport which his labours may duly merit . Persons ordering the Star of him may receive the same at their own residence . Reports of Chartist meetings committed to his care will be duly attended to . Irish Poor Law . —It is stated that the Government have a bill prepared to fix the payment of the poor-rate altogether on tbe landlords , in the same manner as the tithe-rent charge . —Dublin Mercantile Advertiser .
Jessie Phillips , A Tale or the New Pook Law . —The celebrated Mrs . Trollope is bringing out a new work under the above title , to be completed in 12 Monthly Shilling Parts , with illustrations by Leech , the first Part of which appears with the commencement of the New Year . It cannot be doubted , that through the medium of a work of fiction many truths may be made known to the public , which would never attract the same degree of attention if developed in works of higher pretensions ; Mrs . Trollope is deserving of high commendation for bringing the aid of her powerful pen to the illustration of the Poor Law System . — London Paper .
Cunious AsTRONiMicAL Fact . —There is no new moon in tne month of February , 1843 , bat there are two 'new moons in the month of March following . It is a new moon on the 30 th of January , again on the 1 st of March , and also on the 30 th of March . Chbisimas Gift . —On Christmas day , upwards of 130 paupers in Spotland workhouse were treated with an excellent dinner of roast beef and plum pudding . They had also half a load of malt brewed into ale . In the morning , most of them attended divine service at Spotland church .
The B * de Lights in Oldham Chuhch . —Oldham Church is one of the first places of worship in the kingdom which has been lighted by means of the bude light . Eight of thes ^ powerful and brilliant burners have been fitted up in Oldham Church , and wore first lighted on Sunday last , at an expence of about £ 180 . The chandeliers are very effective and pleasing in their appearance . Scabcity of -Fuel . —Firewood ib Baid to be so scarce in some parts of the Middle States , that a man with a wooden leg is afraid to venture out after dark , for fear of being robbed of it . —New York Paper .
AN Example for Tenants . —The tenants of the Earl of Clonmell , on hie estate in the county of Monaghan , have convened a meeting " for the purpose , " as they state , " of taking into consideration the most effectual means of laying before his lordship the distressed condition of his tenantry , and of imploring him to tako the state of their affairs into his serious consideration , by a reduction of rents , "fc < 5 . . ¦¦ : . . ¦ . ¦ .. ¦' ¦ .. ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ .. '¦ - ' .. :- : ' . ¦• " ¦ ¦ ' Infanticide .--Shocking Circumstance—OnWednesday evening , about four o ' clock , as a woman
named Smith , residing on the new line of road outside tho Military-walk , near Ballinacurra , was turning pigs out of her field she discovered dogs in tho act ol eating something , which , on approaching , she was horrified to find , wa 3 the body of an infant which they had torn from the earth , and which appeared to havo been buried about ten days . There was ho coffin ; but a quantity of old ragu was placed about the body , and it was scarcely covered with earth . An inquest was held on Thursday at the Exchange , before the mayor , and a verdict accordingly returned . —Limerick Reporter ,
Fatal Excess . —On Christmas Day a shocking occurrence took place at Mr . Dennison ' s greengrocer , in Lambeth-walk . A lad named Thomas Powell , not sixteen years of age , with others in the employ of Mr . Dennison , were by their master liberally regaled , and , as an adjunct , spirits were also provided , with which all the party became merry , and _ the deceased among the rest ,- — the latter , in the evening , taking advantage while the rest of the party were engaged , seized a jug containing gin , of which he took a hearty
draught or two ; he afterwards became muoh intoxicated and fell down on the shop floor , where he lay for some time ; as he did not recover , surgeons were sent for , and Mr . Bendall and Mr . Wagstaffe attended , and deceased was conveyed home to his residence in the immediate neighbourhood , where his feet were bathed in warm water , and other remedies were administered , but without effect , as tho deceased sank and expired at two o ' clock on Monday morning from the effects of the ardent spirits .. ¦• '¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ : ¦ ' . ' ¦'¦• '¦ . ¦' ¦ ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ : . . •;¦; ¦ . " .: "' ¦ : ; : - > ;• ;
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Recently , in Bethel Church , by the Rev . William Hill , the infant son of William and Hannah Walker , was baptired under the name of Thomas Slingsby Duncombe . On Christmas day , was christened at St . Thomas ' s Church , High-street , Dudley , b y the ReV . W . H . Cartwright , the infant son of William and Hannah Wrighj , by the name of Edward Ellis Mason M'DouaU Wright . v
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At the Parish Church , Leeds , on Monday last , Mr James Holroyd to Misa Ann Robinson , ¦ On Sunday , at the Pariah Church , Whitkirlf ! James , eldest son of Mr . John Croswaitev of Colton , near thiB town , to Hannah , eldest daugter of Mr . William Pawson , h » y dealer and innk ^ pei " , * Halton . , ' ¦ ¦ On Saturday , the 24 th inst ., at theParish C ^ ureb , Leeds , Mr . Joseph Backhouse , of Leeds , to M « s » Barber , eldest daaghtex of the late Mr . ThoLnas Barber , farmer , of Crofton .
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Leeds Corn Mabket , Tuesday , Dec . 27 . —The supply of Grain to-this day ' s market , is smaller than last week . ; Fine dry Wheat supports lait weeks price , but all other descriptions are difficult to quit ; the damp qualities . .-were unsaleable . There has been rather a better enquiry for Barley , prices much the same . Oats dull sale and rather lower . H » rd new Beans little alteration ; damp and old are dull sale . - ; ¦ .-.- ¦ ¦' . ' " ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . : :. - ¦ ' ' ¦ ;¦ ¦ ' : ' " ' ¦ ¦ . ' ' .:. ;
[ WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET . FaiDAT , Dec . 30 . —The Wheat trade has beeft very heavy to-day : for the finest samples last , weeks prices have been fully supported ; but the secondary , which have come to hand in poor condition , must 6 e noted rathe * lower . The demand for Barley has been limited , and although the supplies are but small prices have given way Is . per quarter . Oats ano Shelling meet a heavy sale at a reduction . Bradford Markets , ; Thursday , Dec . 29 th . — TFoo / . —During the past week but little business has been done , and the dullness anolies to all kinds of
Long Wool . In Broke and Noils the demand con * tinues steady , and late prices fully maintained . --Tarn . —There is not anv marked alteration in the demand fer Yarns , and the continued Btiort time working keeps the stocks ' low , and prices very firm . —Piece . —This being the last Thursday , wasfonner ly not an acknowledged market for Piecesj but this custom was abandoned a few years ago , and to-d » T fully an average business has been done wiw former seasons , and the manufacturers are not without considerable hope . that at tbe commencement of the year an improved demand will be apparent and acceptable . \ - ¦ — '
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O'CONNORi Et * o « Hammermlth , CoobJ Mfddlewsx , by JOSHUA HOBSON , at hK Prf » w . IngOmee « f No « . 12 andl 3 , Majrket-itMet , Brlgg » t « I and Pubilsbed j > 7 the aald Josh * a Honsoir , ( for the said F * a « qd 8 0 * COwroB , J , »* U » D «^ v Hng-hoMe , No . § , Markefc ^ traet , Briggato ; Internal C « mmunlration exbting between the m » No B , Market-street , and the aald Nc * 13 « g 13 , Madtet-rtteet , Briggate , tbia epnatttatiM *•' whole of the said Printing and Publishing Offl « one Premiae * . ; ¦¦ - AU CommunlcaUona most be addressed . PoitpM * * Mr . HOBS « N , NfiUU ¦ ¦¦> SfarOffl * I * ed * Baturday , Deoambe i II , 1842 . ; .
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IRELAND . ^ WFtTL CATASTROPHE—LOSS OF UPWARDS
OF THIRTY L 1 YE 3 . The particulars of the following melancholy catastrophe are communicated by correspondents of the Dublin fEvenitit ) Mail . «« G-axway , Dec . 25 , 1842 . —A melancholy accident occurred in this town this morning . At early mass , in the parish chapel , there was an immense concourse of people ; the gallery , aa is usual on Christmas mornings , was crowded to excess . One of the rails of the -staircase , by the pressure of the multitude , was broken , and some persons in the vicinity having heard the crackling noise , gave the alarm , and cried out that the gallery was giving woy . An indescribable but tremendous rush was nude by the dense mass to escape . The catastrophe was awful ; thirty persons , up to the time I am going to post , have been made the victims of the rashness of the assemblage . The gallery did not give way . ( From another Correspondent )
" I think it but right to tell you , that a most tragical occurrence took place here , at six o ' clock this morning , at the parish chapel , similar to what occurred in Bublin two years ago . Previous to the celebration of mats , the chapel was crowded to suffocation , and some person gave tbe alarm that the gallery was giving way . The consequence was , that a tremendous rush was made towards the stairs—numbers were thrown down the stairs , and trampled to death by others getting into the street . At this moment ( two o ' clock )
Unrty-nve persons are dead , and it is supposed that from tenta fifteen more are also numbered among tbe dead . There are a great many , besides , maimed ; they are all of tbe lower class , such as poor tradesmen , labourers , and servants . There was no danger at all of the gallery giving way ; it is very stroDgly built , and would bear four times the weight that was on it at the time . There must have been between 4 , ( 00 and 5 , 000 people in it at tbe time . I never -witnessed a more heartrending scene . I saw myself twenty-five dead
( From another correspondent ) " I have just Been Dr . Gray , who informed me that be has ascertained twenty-eight individuals to be dead , but he t ^ int-H there are a great many more , carried to different parts of the town by their relatives , they have not yet come under his observation . The town is in a fr ightfully agiUted-sUte . The sufferers are all of the working classes . I went through the chapel an hour ago , and found the gallery to be very strong , 80 that if the foolish people had but thought for an instant , they might have been under no apprehension whatever of its giving way , and the lives of the poor creatures might have beea spared . Two of our servants were in tbe chapel at the time , but escaped—they do net know how . ThiB has been a scene very like that which took place at Kirkcaldy , and which I never can forget" _
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JONATHAN AND JOHN . TO TUB EDITOR OF THE A'OBIHEES STAB . Sib , —Having read the Message of tbe President of the United States to the Congress , I was struck with tbe manly and statesman-like tone breathed thoughout that important document What a contrast it exhibits to the puerile stuff read from tbe throne of this enlightened country , which is an olio of perfect nonsense —a string of hackneyed phrases twisted together by a set of noodles , sent £ own , or up . to her Majesty for rehearsal , and then dubbed tbe " Queen s Speech . "
The Message of the President is , throughout , of the xnost sheering character , and calculated to give an Increased impetus to Columbia's enterprising sons . But what , may we anticipate , will be the character of what is miscalled " Her Majesty ' s speech ? " Why one of the old stamp . Not a word of c * mfort for a starving people , nor any foundaUon given whereon to bnild even an expectation of a better state of things . Under the salntary system which obtains in America such sentiments as those with which the President's speech ia fraught may be expected ; but under the accursed system which prevails in this country we need expect nothing from the throne but what smacks of misrule , oppression and insult .
Who . Sir , are be blame for the evils of our legislation and all tbe ills emanating therefrom ? Why ourselves , the people . We are the foolB who support " the courts costly splendour , " that feed the vultures who gnaw our vitals , —that purchase bayonets to pierce us to the heart and bludgeons to break our beads . We clothe and feed the ermined Judges , such as Ablnger , to insult and punish us , and the surpliced wolves to'devonr the flock ; and then we , idiot-like , sit down and cry " God help us , " instead of shewing that we have learned that " God only helps those who help themselves . " We ought to set our shoulders to the wheel , and cease muling and puling about the want of extraneous aid . Sosae are " op and doing , " bnt many , too many , sit silently and supinely at home , thinking that good will come without their help . It is a personal , an individual affiir , and each and all ought to buckle on their armour and advance to the fight against the Hydra of tyranny Then tbe work will be . both facilitated and expedited .
We pay ten times more to support general and state Government than do the whole of the United States . Ten times more for bad Government thaa they do for good . Are -we not fools ? For God ' s Bake let us learn wisdom . Yours truly , Wm . Rises . Leeds , December 23 tbgl 8 i 2 .
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in getting—most thouRutiess in . s pgading . ^ 0 one loves his joke better than the Lon o > eer . Cockneys get" chaffing" one ano . her , as i j ia called . Ludicrous mishaps are what delight , them most . They are a great singing people , and Sir Robert Peel calculated very wiaels when to p * lease them and divert their minds from politics , he p atronised the * tinging millions" to eunr , chixe the v Atkra , and make us all " fai lrl la'' folk 5 . Tbe mor e nonsensical a song the more popular it beoomeB .. There is a succession every season . It -was , ** / * 11 round my' bat ! " then "Jump Jim . Crow ! " th '^ n "Nix my Doily ! " and now it ia " A Jberfs tot t ' ae fidale !"
Sing on and be slave 3—gaae at shows and have your poc > ; ets pwfeed ! The captive Israelites hunjz up their ' narps xnd w ould not , could not , sing Tbemist * * cles "Wten asVed to sing , said he could not Eing bui , he eocld rai * e a small town in a great city . Let us' then-here no singing except it be of patriotic songs- -or bystns of freedom—let us despise the tinsel Eh ; jws of a . baby Monarchy , and resolve not to danci ¦ till we dance on the grave of oppression , and sing , the trivaphant song of victorious liberty . J . W .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 31, 1842, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct784/page/8/
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