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      Now on Sale , Price Three-pence , THE POOH , MAN'S COMPAKIOK FOR 1843 , A POLITICAL ALMANACK , Shewing the amoant and application of thct Taxes raised from the Industry of the Producing Classes ; and containing a great amount of VALUABLE STATISTICAL INFORMATION .

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      « j Spescsb , in preferring rather to divide the Qp ^ ferenes tisa to concede the name , regarded as jj » indication of lis party ' s purpose , is proof paa-? jre that freir purpose neTer was union . Bnt -jat becomes of all the complaints of the Her . g ^ fleman , as the exponent of this party , about jke perthi&clij of the Chartiste in sticking to the jiBie , their unwillingness to concede anything in -gtnmfor ihe concessions they received , and their

      gareisoiiahleness in insisting on priority or disgj ^ sonlor ile Charter ; wh&t becomes , we say , of jj ^ aris , the p ith and staple of the Rev . Gentleman ' s " ^ Dlogy foi the conduct of himself aad friends j and i giat tecom-s of their pretensions to sincerity in iljaring the" nnion " . they ialkedsomnch abont , when ylewedin connection with the following statement pf Mr . Lotett made in reference to the very motion jgjjasi -which this speech of Mr , Spskceb was made ; md entered en the minutes of Conference by the

      Seere tarj : — "In iia anxiety for union , ie had made the foBowfeg-propositioris to the leading members of the ComtJe » SbStsk Union : —That both the propositions for Sjority should he "srithdiaim . That the two docn-^^ a , the People ' s Charier , and the Bill as prepared v y jjjs CinscS } should be laid on the table . That the gzses of the two documents should be read and disused alternately . That thus having extracted all that TSS Tslmae in both , and formed a Bill , that this Bill ££ 213 go forth to the country without any other title jan 'A £ 01 to provide for the jasi representation of Qg People- * Bnt he ( Mr . Lovett ; regretted tossy , jkai &Is reasonable proposal ttzs not acceded to , those jjnaemen rs ^ bsr wishing that the motion and amendiags shonid goto the vow . "

      ^ Sfjll any man , after reading that statement , and jfi $ ii knowledge that it was made before the whele SaEgspariJi and withont contradiction by any of &ea , l « fccTe hereafter that that party had the jj ^ ss wish to * 2 ect the ** nnion" of which they cffisasaaBy prate : And if Mr . Spescsb knew of fln » propoaJJon of Mr . Lotett what must be ifcrcghi of hJ 3 sincerity in uttering the following ¦ jrordsof hb speech : — " If gentlemen -woald only consent to have the bill dibs Assae&Gon , -which had been drawn Tip with max care s ^ d at a ^ reat expense , aad if they would consent to have it disenssed , then , at the end they vould be able tossy whether they thonght the bill or the CaarJer the most valuable "—( hear , hear , hear . )

      If he did not know of it , then what must be tlnrajlii of the honesty of Ms friends , the Council , too did know of it , and who yet permitted him to speak as the exponent of their views and purposes as though it had never been made 11 And to what ccncinsDn shall we come respecting the honesty and BEcen $ yof the party who having rejected £ na \ propaasoD j jet broiight forward , through Mr . Sehhebs , 12 additional amendmant embodying that same propossoa , in the mere hope of dividing their opponess Tasks by catching np a few "dials"in the " Rjaaed" net ?! Truly the whole business of the coadDct and character of these "Sucking Pig " j ajrl&sremisds one forcibly of an unsavoury pro-Tat : ihe more yon stir it . "

      Of the smaller fry m this discnssion ; of the Hev . Hr . ^ Tm , and las evidently hollow subtlety ; of 3 Jt Li"H 3 £ 5 CB Hitwobih , the " sample of his tSssf of the Rev . Patrick Bxewstkr , the only limei ynx * of the party ; of the self-sufficient EdinlEgh Doctor , and of many others who figured in iieiraie , we say nothing ; we have neither space rorfene to spend on them . The would-be-cona fisred Chartists , who would yet have ^ iven np the

      Qarierfor ths substitution of the £ ve honrs bill , sKth they had no . read , and the "knowing" trim-Em who supported the artful dodgers whenever itej csnld do eo , in the hop * of recommending themseb-es to some-small snack or other if they should mat it , bnt who not yet feeling themselves to be insrih acceptance to the enemy , " staid ^ t hom e " vfhen the names were called , we leave to be dealt ¦ jrith by the people , who will doubtless remember their faithfulness hereafter .

      "We eonemde our present notice of these " honest " " Sneking Pigs" with the following , from the elognent , weB-timed , and beautifully reasoned speech of Mr . Pabbt : — " 2 a ( Hz . Pany ) belonged to the middle classes . Ee mixed much among them , and he was bound to -B&zit that there existed on their parts a profound HiffiTence topolilical principles—fhe&r , hear ) . But ji the same time he ins bound to state this fact , ( and lehqped thememfeea of the Complete SuSzage Assou&a voald bearife in mird , ) that those of the middle diSTiih -whom he had mixed , were in the habit of

      sjnj te him , ' 01 we can easily understand -why Jis seaport the Charter , because 70 a are a Chartist We oppose ii because vre think the principles it ad vookt ire dssgerooBj but vxj > rolesi apainsl those jpnsa J > n ldag ihrusi doicn tntr throats wider another name . " —staid and continued Cheers . } That was a growing laeSujimong the middle dasaes , and he would ask the eomdl-vhfcthEr they thooght , it likely that their advoacj d the Six Points oE the Charter would enlist the ocpeistioh of the middle classes , because they supported them under another name ?—( loud cries of "hear , bat . Be believed the Association would defeat its ots object , and Trhy ? Becatsb THEY worm

      JOT BITE H 03 ESTT TO XECO » 34 £ > D THEM . " 1 ft Ehafl y ethave a word or two upon the after proceefings of the Conference , and also upon the marked ali&nona of honesty and modesty made after their seessaonbj the " bit of a Conference" of " Sucking Pip . Meantime , taking leave of the " piggery " fa aaoiher week , we cannot do so without calling ca fiie people to wonder and admire at their con-Esieni , earnest , and persevering sincerity in profcodttg that " union" with the people , which is to tfo&in for the people u fall , fair , and free representsdna" !'

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      abuses , however , usually do lead to useful revisions ; and in the present case the people seem disposed wisely , while deploring the abuse of their confidence which crippled the powers of their Organization , to enquire whether the Organizition itsself may not be capable of such revision as may , to some extent at least , preclude the recurrence of such abuses . Few things human are absolutely perfeet in their kind . It is not , therefore , to be wondered at , if in the execution of eo difficnlta task as that of devising an Organization of ihe whole people , which shonld unite and systematise their efforts tor

      political redemption , and yet keep clear of all the ingenious meshes of the law , some little things shonld have been left capable of some improvement . We have long been of opinion that the manner of choosing the Executive Committee was liable to objection . The Execntive Committee , and more especially the Secretary and Treasurer , should be men of business . They shonld bp cool-headed , far-seeing , discriminating men ; able to form a sober judgment of the consequences likely to ensue from any conrse of eonduct they might recommend to the people under given cireumstaBces . They should not be

      bulln « cked obstinates , who , having fixed their minds upon a point , would rather Bink the cause than fail to carry it . They should be men capable of formiDg a grave estimate of the grave duties of their office , and the important interests committed to them : and who would , therefore , weigh well , carefully , and rationally , every step they recommended to be taken . Above all , they shonld not be men easily pafied up with a conctit of their own dignity and importance—fond of prating about " their own responsibility , " and calculating upon their power to excite a public meeting by a few mouthing phrases , as a means of covering , and escaping from the consequences , of whatever madness or incompetency

      they may exhibit ; and , before all , they shonld be msn morally just and politically honest . They should not be money-grubbers and living-seekers . Their object should be not to live by and ou . of th » cause ^ but to live in and for the cansa . Such should be the character of the people ' s Executive . Speechmaking may or may not be superadded as an accomplishment ; hnt whether able to make speeches or not ihey shonld be ) umesl , clear-sighted , strong-minded , discriminating business men . Speechmaking 13 , at best , a mere secondary , and , in comparison of these-qualities , a very trivial , recommendation . Kow , the mode of electing the Executive under the present system , does not give a fair chance either to the candidates or the electors . The rcal

      points of merit in the respective candidates are necessarily known DOthing of by the far greater portion of those who vote ; and a man's chance for election depends mach more apoa the popularity he may have acquired by speech-making in various localities than upon his possession of those qualities which alone onght to be regarded as the test of fitness . We have seen this long ; and have therefore thonght Mr . Coo ? bb ' s plan for the election of an

      Executive committee decidedly preferable , as to its general notion , to the present one . We do not think that Mr . Cooper himself proposes the best mode of carrying oat his own general idea , as we shall shew by and by . But there are other and much-more Beriou 3 objections to this plan of Mr . Coopeb ' s ; objections which till they are removed must preclude all though ! of its being substituted for the present plan , or adopted as a whole by the Chartist body .

      Next to the adoption by the people of an uniform plan , it should be their object to have a legal one-The law-makers have made this difficult j but it is yet possible ; and that which may be done must be done for the prosperity of our cause . We have often and again called attention to the provisions of the iniquitous laws against political societies , designed to prevent the possibility of any national organization . We have often reminded the people that the faction by whom those laws were passed has now" the power of enforcing them ; and , since their provisions may be complied with , and yet an effective national organization had , it is essential that this point be well attended to . By the third and fourth articles of Mr , Coopsb ' s plan , it is provided that : —

      " 3 . The general government of the Association shall be vested in an Annual Convention—to be assembled in London , in the month of April of each yeax , and to close its sittings at the end of three weeks , or earlier , if convenient . " i . The said Animal Convention shall be composed of delegates from Chartist districts ; the delegates to be elected by the people in public meeting assembled ; the distr icts , and the number of representatives from each , to be arranged by the first Annual Convention , and re-arranged by succeeding A nnnaT Conventions , as need may arise . "

      Sow , by this arrangement , it is clear that the Chartists of each district will act , in the election of their delegate , not individually , but collectively , and as a body , independent of , and separate from , each other district . The delegate for Leicester would be , to all intents and purposes , an officer appointed by Leicester , and representing and acting for , and on behalf of Leicester—separately and distinctly from any other district . He would be elected by the Leicester people , and answerable to them for his conduct . He would be , in fact , a delegate elected by , andacting for , that part . Now , this is a desirable thing ; bnt like most oiher desirable things , it is precluded by law . By the 39 Geo . III . c 79 , it is among other things

      enacted : — " That every society composed of different divisions , or branches , or of different parts aclxng in any manner , separately or distinctly from * ach other ; or of which any pait shall have any di&tinct President , Secretary , Treasurer , Delega e , or other officer elected or appointed by or for Mich pan , or to act as an officer for such part , shall be deemed and taken to be an unlawful combination and confederacy . " And tiie punishments enacted by this law for all who take any part in such ** unlawful combinations and confederacies ' range from transportation as a maximum to various terms of imprisonment .

      Here , then , iB a stopper , at once , upon Mr . Cooper ' s plan of an annual Convention as a permanent governing body for a political society . Delegate meetings for pnblic and general purposes , in which aix are concerned , and all may vote , whether Whigs , Tories , or Chartists , and the election . of such delegates by public and open meetings of the inhabitants of any place , duly convened , are perfectly legal ; but when those delegates assume to themselves the government of a political society , each of them representing and

      acting for a part of that society , they do an illegal act : they become parties to what this law terms " an nnlawful combination and confederacy , " and every man of them becomes liable to transportation . So , again , the 8 th , 9 . h , 11 th , and 12 th articles of Mr . Coop-sb ' s plan clearly suppose and imply a distinctness of action between the several localities , the Presidential Sessions , and the Annual Conventions , the operation of which would be to bring the vhole society within the sweeping provisions of this Act : making every member liable to all its

      penalties . The 18 th , 19 th , and 21 st articles are again calculated to bring every member of the Association into direct collision with the law ; as each of these articles supposes a eeparate action of each of the localities , for itself , and distinct from any other locality . There- are various other matters in which we think the plan objectionable- We see no good end to be served by the " Piesidential sittings , " that might not be equally served at a less cost by a

      standing unpaid committee to assist the Secretary . We see no need of , or use for , a " Yice-Secretary . " We eannot understand why the Secretary and President should' be paid more than other members of the Convention . This seems to us to be only calculated to create a scrambling for those offices , and to beget the hazard-of their falling rather to the lot of popularity , or party and personal influence , than to that of specifio and necessary talenfr . We have little notion of these aristocratic distinctions among Char-Jists . They tend to no good . We think forty shill-

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      ings a-week good pay ; when it has to come oat of weaver ' s pence . These are minor matters ; but they are yet worthy of attention in the outset . The mode of choosing the parties who are to form the Presidential sitting '—in reality the Execntive Committee—as specified in the fifth artiole , seems ill calculated to attain Mr . Cooper ' s end , of securing business-like and efficient men . The objection to the present mode of electing the Executive is that the business habits of the candidates are 0 / necessity strange to a majority of those who rote for them . The plan of an annual Convention is suggested for

      the remedy of this . It is thought that each locality will be able to judge of the merits of the one man whom it may send—and that when all these meet together the men of business , talent , and discriminating powers will shew themselves ; so as to afford the Convention an opportunity of selecting five man in whom all its . members have confidence for the guidance and keeping of the society ' s affairs . Bat it seems to us that this wise object must be , to a great extent , frustrated , if the choosing of these five men be made the first business of the Convention , before any opportunity

      has been afforded of testing in the several disenssions which may arise , the habits and powers of ihe members . Taey meet together , in the first instance , for the most part , Etr&ogers to each other ; and the chances for the election of this " Presidential " Executive would -then be very little different from what they now are . The parties best known and having most popularity or personal interest would be sure to be elected , whether possessed of the necessary specific talent or not . We think that the election of the " ^ Presidential" Executive should be rather the last business of the Conventional session than the first .

      All these , and some other matters , that might yet be pointed out , would require , attention , if the LEGAL DISABILITIES WERE FIRST REMOVED FROM the plan . But while the . whole thing , as a whole thing , is impracticable from its contraversion of the law , it is useless to consider its details . We have thought much and seriously upon it , and see no reason to alter , now , the opinion we personally expressed to Mr . Cooper , when that gentleman was in

      Leeds , in the middle of last summer . He then named to us this idea of a Conventional Executive . We told him that we thonght the idea a good one , but feared whether it could be legally carried out . We think bo still . As a general notion , this mode of electing the Executive we think much preferable to the present one ; but the more we think and study of it , the more satisfied we become that the law would not permit its practical operation .

      We think the present plan of organization susceptible of some improvement as to its minor details , and that with those improvements ; with a Secretary , worthy of the name , giving his whole time to the b \ isineB 3 of the society , and having sense and honesty to do its business ; and with a standing , nnpaid Committee of four Councillors , to assist him in the concoction of publio documents , it would still be the best plan which under present circumstances can be adopted for giving efficitney to popular will .

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      THE POOR AND THEIR " GUARDIANS . " Mast , and humiliating , have been the exhibitions made by different Boards of " Guardians , " in their anxiety to " carry-out" the infamous provisions of the New Poor Law Act . But many as those humiliating exhibitions have been , —humiliating to our common nature , —it appears to us that the regulations enforced in the Huddersfield and Dewsbury " Unions'' transcend all we have previously heard of for heartlessnes 8 and rank oppression !

      It is well known that one of the operations of machinery in these manufacturing districts has been to drive men out of employment , and to cause them to roam over the country at large in search of work , —sometimes at their own trade , and oft-times at trades and occupations for which they were not trained or fitted , excepting that , for the time , they served an avaricious master ' s temporary purpose , by accepting work at a reduced rate of

      remuneration ; and thus enabled him to sink all his "hands " in the scale of comfort . The system has compelled men to leave their homes , and betake themselves to distant parts of the country ; where , after being employed for some months perhaps , destitution has overtaken them in consequence of " general depression of trade ; " and they have been compelled to apply to the parish-fund for the means to keep them from the jaws of death .

      At the present moment there are many belonging to the Huddersfield and Dewsbury Unions so circumstanced ; and it has been determined that no relief shall be afforded them , unless they go to tbeir respective settlements , and there earn the " relief " they are to receive , by breaking stones on the highways 1 The operation of this determination will be best understood by the following statement of facts : —

      Joseph Dawsox , belongs to Hoddersfield Township . He resides at present , and has done for some time , at Halifax , with his family . He is compelled , by dire necessity , to app ' y for parish relief . Before he can have a penny to enable him and his family to exist , he must earn it at the Paddock stoneheap . The wages for working at that stone-heap are 2 s . a day . He is allowed to work three-and-ahalf days a-week . It is a fact , that for months together , this poor man has walked from Halifax to

      Huddersfield , a distance of eight miles , every morning , for four days of every week ; and walked back again at night ! 1 It is a fact also , that if he is ten minutes later than the usual timeofstartiDg " work" at the stone-heap , he is not allowed to " work" at all that day ! This Joseph Dawson is fifty years of age ! and for the munificent sum of seven shillings , he has to walk a distance of sixty-four miles , and " work " three-and-a-half daya ! 1 Whether are the stones he has to break , or the hearts of his kind paternal " Guardians , " the hardest ?

      . " Ah 1 but , we hear one of their sapiencies exclaim , " Why does he go back at night ? Why does he not lodge in the town 'till his work is completed , and then return to bis family" 1 Because he has but seven shillings a-week for their entire support ! Because his lodging , in a common lodging house , would be threepence a-night . To save that threepence for his family , he walks sixteen miles 1 And yet the poor are accused of improvidence ! and profligacy ' Who would exchange the heart of this man , for the heart of the most benevolent of his " Guardians" 1

      The kind doingsfc however , of the protectors of the Huddersfield poor , do not end here . It is a fact , that parties residing in Leeds , sixteen miles from HudderefieW , are required to " work" at the Paddock stone-heap , before " relief" can be afforded them ! They are to travel from Leeds to Huddersfield , " work" two days , travel back again , wi : h the remains of four shillings in their pocket , after they have kept themselves at their work and paid for a night ' s lodging : and this miserable remnant of four shillings is all that can be afforded them to maintain their families for seven days !! What mockery of " relief" ! and how heartless and insultingly oppressive the conditions on which it is granted ! !

      This practice of forcing the absent indigent poor to go " home" (!!) to " work" for their " relief , " is not confined to the Huddersfield Union , as the following fact but too abundantly proves : — An old man , named Megsos , SEVENTYTHREE years of age , and now residing at Huddersfield , is compelled to walk to Thornhill , a township in the Dewsbury w Union , " and distant from Huddersfield eight miles , to " work" for two days , at Is . 6 d . a-day ! It takes him a full half-day to perform hiB jonrney , he is to feeble from extreme old age and insufficient food . He starts ou

      Monday mornings , reaches Thornhill by Monday noon , and works till night ; works again on Tuesday , and again on Wednesday morning , reaching home ( Huddersfield ) on Wednesday night , with the remains of 3 s . in his possession , after he has paid for his keep during his journeys , and while at work I He would have to jouraey backwards and forwards every nigbt and morning , like Joseph Dawson , of Halifax , were it not for the kindnes 3 of another of his "improvident" and u prq / l-gate" brethren at Thornhill , who gives him a bed for the two nights he is there .

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      Reader , remember , that this labouring man , who has laboured all his life ; who has caused more of the good things of life to b& than he could possibly have consumed , even had he " lived like a lord f and whose rights are thus " Gaardianized ; " remember , that this eon of toil so used , is SEVENTY THREjji years of age ! Remark it well , too , that while the poob are thus forced to labour hard for their " relief , " their relieving officers / seem to get on yery easily !

      Remark it well , that Needle-Jack , of Huddersfield , has now a horse of his own ! I and can affjrd to sit drinking in public inns for hours together , while the poob are kept waiting until he condeeoends to go to curse them ! Mark these things well ! and mark , too , that the authors , and enforcers , and present supportersj of the accursed law by virtue of which these crying enormities are practised , are the Free-Trading , Corn-Law Repealing ruffians , who want to persuade us that they have the welfare and interest of the poor at heart 1

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      James Sinclair begs to inform the Chartists of Northumberland and Durham that all communications to him . after next Saturday must be addressed to No . 25 , High Bridge , Newcastle . Edward Burley , of York , will feel obliged if those persons to whom he sent Holberry's funeral hymns , to be s » ld for the benefit of the widow , will forward pay for what they have sold , and return what are not sold . Democrats . — We think he takes a wrong view of the question ; and we do not see what good end could be gained by the publication of his letter . An Old Chartist and a Lover of Justice ought to have been

      aware that we cannot insert his charges on anonymous authority . Charles Meakin , Sutton-in-Ashfield . —His letter was received ; its insertion is declined . J . B- Matthews . — We have sent his notice to Mr . Cleave . 1 John Craig draws attention to the situation of Mrs . Peddie , for whom he solicits the sympathy and support of the Chartist publio generally . Jonathan Barber , Nottingham . — We cannot tell him : we keep no record of such letters . Liverpool Chartists —Their list of Council will appear when they Jurnish the address of the sub-Secretary and sub-Treasurer . Reports of

      progress should be forwarded as they occur . J . Mitchell , Jarrow , —Yes ; yours is a branch office—not a general one . Thomas Smith , Livehpool ,. —His address to the Chartists of Great Britain was received on Thursday morning . It is reserved for further consideration . , W . Schofield . —1 . Write nothing on your pap ~ r except on the envelope , and post it within seven days of its publication . 2 . You will have to pay twopence at the time you post it . 3 . Letters for f oreign parts must be written on one sheet , and not put into an envelope or contain an enclosure , or they wilt be charged extra . One sheet is a single postage : but there is a charge on post

      ing them in thiscountry . Mas . Holberry acknowledges the receipt of 2 s . 9 d . from Mr . Burley , of York . The money was received some time since , but omitted to be acknowledged at the time . Wm . Cooper , Wei-don . —Received . Thomas Blackie , Edinburgh . —We have already stated in our Notices to Correspondents , that we received the report to which he alludes from a person in whom we placQconfidence . We do not think he had anintention of injui ing' any party . Padihah CHAfiTisra . —Their report would certainly bring us before "My Lords , the Queen ' s Justices . " W . Young , Lambeth . —Received .

      J . Brown , Rochdale . —His address , he will perceive , has been rendered unnecessary by another Veritas . — We shall reply to his query in our next . S . J , Bristol . —His letter was duly received . The Division on Mr . Beggs ' s Motion in Conference . — We have received some letters complaitdng of inaccuracies in this document , published last week . We can onlySsay , that we printed it from Mr . Morgan's copy ; but to give time to alt parties to apprise us of any further mistakes , we shall reserve the matter until next week , and then endeavour to do all parties justice . Will the Delegate who gave his address te the South

      Wales Delegate , on the breaking up of the Birmingham Conference , do so again , through the Star , as the one he gave is lost , that he may correspond with him 1 Bristol . —Communications for the Bristol Chartists meeting in Bear-lane Chapel must for ihe future be addressed to John Copp , boot rnd shoemaker , Church line , Temple-street , Bristol . Keighlet . —The Chartists of Keighley wish Miss Alary Ann Walker , of London ., to favour them with her address . She may direct to John Garnett , Dam-side , Keighley . Abel Cook—Send your note to Mr . Dyoft yourself . Journeymen Bookbinders—We received their Address on Friday morning—too late to make any use of this week .

      - ^ Henderson , Belfast . —The Petition Plates and Duncombe were sent to London both at once , in order to be forwarded to Ireland in one parcel . Ma . Chippendale , Halifax—Whatsver was received up to the 12 th of November was remitted to them , but not any since . If he will say when it was sent , or if in one or more sums , a reference will be made to the account , and an answer given . Stewart M'Walters , Falkirk . — -Replied to privately . Apply at the post-office , if not received .

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      FOR THE NATIONAL DEFENCE FUND . £ . S . d . From a few friends at Colchester 0 10 0 „ W . Egremont , Cumberland 0 5 0 ^ a friend at Clayton West 0 1 0 „ Duckinfleld , per Thomas Broad bent ... 0 2 6 ^ Holmflrtb , per Joshua Hobaon ... 0 3 2 ^ Friends at Chepstow 0 3 0 „ "A Hater of things as they are , ' *; Leeds . ... .: 0 10 „ the Chartists of Piymouth © 5 0 FROM THE PLYMOUTH CHARTISTS . For Mrs . ELLIS ... 0 5 0 For Mrs . Roberts , Birmingham ... 0 5 0 For Mr . Peddie 0 5 0

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      Ferrand , Dearden , Etq ., on the body ot a man unknown , who , early on Saturday morning last , was found about a mile from Rochdale towards Burnley , frozen to death . The following description of tbe deceased may enable gome of his friends to identify him : —The deceased appeared to be about forty years of age , of a Jewish cast of countenance , respectably dressed , five feet four inches in height , black hair , beginning to turn grey , and blaok ourly

      whiskers ; he was dressed in a dark olive-coloured cloth coat , black satin waistcoat and stick , and black trousers , all very good ; cotton shirt with plaited lmen front , anew flannel vest , cotton drawers , cotton socks , Wellington boots , much worn and patched ; a beaver hat , purchased in Market-street , Manchester , 6 | , of a very small size , and rather old . He had apparently walked a great distance ; and though not emaciated , it was the opinion of a medical man who saw him , that he had taken no nourishment for a long time previous to his death . He had in his pocket a silk handkerchief and twopence in

      copper . Extensive Robbery . —On Saturday last , a woman , named Charlotte Mather , was brought before the magistrates at the Borough Court , Bolton , under the following circumstances : —On the night of the 28 th , or early in the morning of the 29 th December , the house of Mr . Nathaniel Holmes , of Keighley , Yorkshire , was broken open , and the undermentioned articles stolen : one dozen silver spoons , marked M . A . H . ;> six silver table 6 poons , aud four salt spoons , similarly marked ; a sugar spoon , with pearl handle ; a pair of sugar tongs , four gold rings , two brooches , two pairs of earrings , two silver thimbles ; five silver tea spoons , marked N . H . ; one pair of sugar tongs , marked N . H . ; and one hundred-yards of block cloth , value £ 100 . ' The

      particulars of this robbery were furnished to Mr . Harris , inspector of police , at Bolton , by Mr . M'Cable , superintendent of the county constabulary , at Burnley . On Friday last , the prisoner went to the shop of Mr . Yates , pawnbroker , Bolton , and offered to pledge six silver tea spoons . Suspeoting them to have been stolen , Mr . Yates immediately sent to the police-office , when Robert Murray attended , and took the prisoner into custody . Thomas Beach , another constable , was sent to search her lodgings , and found a broken silver spoon in her basket , which , she said , had been put there by her husband . The marks upon the spoons corresponding with those stolen from the house of Mr Holmes , the prisoner was remanded , and sent otf to Burnley the same night .

      FATAiAcciDENT at Grove Colliery Wakefield . —On the 14 th instant , an inquest was held on Eastmoor , at the Jolly Sailor Inn , before Thomas Lee , E-q ., on the body of Joseph Bradshaw , whose death was occasioned by falling down the pit of the Grove Colliery . It appeared that he had gone thither to see a friend , who was working in the scale coal of the pit , and was permitted to descend to speak with him ; and on getting out of the wrong side of the corve , which had stopped at the scale coal landing , he was precipitated to the bottom . A verdict of accidental death was returned .

      Mrs. Ellis

      MRS . ELLIS

      Tiie following address was drawn up and agreed to at a delegate meeting held at Wednesbury , at which there were delegates fromi Wednesbury , Kidderminster , Walsall , and fiilston . Tue poor woman's case is an urgent one , -and we trust there will be a noble response to the call thus made upon the Chartist public : — ¦'

      TO THE CHARTTSTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM . We the Chartists of South JStaffardshire being impressed with the claims which the wife of the maTtyred Ellis has upon public commisseration , would urge upon you the necessity of taking immediate steps to place her , along with her family , in comfortable circumstances , and lessen , as far as sympathy can lessen , tbe sorrow she must endure on account of her husband ' s expatriation from his native country . >

      You will , many of you , be aware , that Mrs . Ellis has been left the sole protectress of four children , and in a very indifferent situation ; and there is in many a disposition to persecute a | helpless family for tbe opinions and course of the jpareut . To whom then can the children of Ellis and his partner look for succour but to those men in whose cause he suffered , and whose principles he so long and faithfully advocated and defended against the oommon oppressors of our ill-fated country ? The working men of England are aware that the principles of our Charter will gather strength just

      in proportion as they rally round those men who advocate them ; and shall it be said , that after toiling to emancipate bis country , and braving want , danger , and imprisonment , with no object before his mind ' s eye but the emancipation of bis race and kinsmen t ' rom class-laws , —shall it ever be said that be was forgotten , and his offspring neglected , by a nation unworthy of bin ? ? rather let our movement ; itself be sunk deeper than human plummet ever sounded , before we can abandon ; Ellis to his fate , daring , as he did , to defend thei rights of universal man when Chartism itself was { struggling for an ¦

      existence . Perhaps it may be necessary to state , that Mrs-Ellis passed through Wednesbury aud staid a few days , after bidding adieu to her husband iu London , and she expressed herself as having no prospeot before her but an union workhouse , unless assisted by the country . To prevent this , let every association throw up its quota , and we shall then assuredly save her from the tender mercies of the wicked , which the Bible ] says are cruel . Such is the difficulty iu which she and her family are at present , that necessity has forced her to dispose of all her furniture ; she is literally without a home , and without the means of getting a livelihood : and what must have beeu her

      feelings , when , instead of sympathy on her return home , she and her helpless children were insulted by those heartless enemies of liberty in the Potteries . Surely no working man will be indifferent to such a case , but will do all he can , and prompt others to do the same , to meet an example of such pressing necessity . What you do , let it be done quickly . Let subscriptions be sent direct to Messrs . Cleave , of London ; Hey wood , of Manchester ; Hobson , Star-Office , Leeds ; or to Benjamin Daiiks , Union-street , Wednesbury , Staffordshire , who is appointed General Treasurer , by the Committee , on account of Mrs . EUis ' s wish to reside in that place , and also from the interest the Chartists there are taking in her welfare . Signed by the Delegates .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF TUE NORTHERN SlAR . Sir , —In the report of tbe meeting of the Conference , publiBhed in the Star of tbe 7 th , I iflnd only tbe onehalf of a resolution , moved by Mr . Hobson and seconded by Mr . Roberts , and as ttie other half is of very great importance to many of oar snffdriiig brethren , I trust you will permit me to lay it before your numerous readers . \ The published half ia as follows :- ¦ - " That this Conference cannot separate without expressing its deepest and most aiacere sympathy with the persons who are now suffering , or who may have suffered , from espousing tbe cause of tbe people , and advocating their right to a just and equal representative Government , and its consideration of their pre-eminent claim , to the

      sympathy , assistance , and support of the people , whom they have bo well and so faithfully served ;'' to which I moved the following addition , as instructed by the men of Campsie , and ' which has not been printed , either in the reports or minutes : — " We do , therefore , recommend to the people , that a general subscription be got up throughout the whole country foe the benefit of all persons , and their families , now suffering imprisonment io the dungeons and gaola of England , or transported beyond the seas for politicaljoffences , and that a general treasurer be appointed , to [ whom all monies so collected shall be transmitted by the local treasurers , and woo shall publish , in the ' Northern Star , an account of all sums received , and the manner in which it is expended . " ]

      The mover and seconder having expressed their wil . lingness that this should stand part jof the resolution , it was pat as a whole and carried unanimously , after which Mr . Cleave , of London , was appointed general treasurer . 1 It will here be seen that circumstanced as we are at this time , there cannot be too much publicity given to the above . Every man and woman in Great Britain , who wishes well to the great cause , who glories iu the name of Chartist , and who has read the monster indictment in your paper of last Saturday , will surely come to tbe relief of these poor sufferers , seeing they have it in their power to do so without any sacrifice on their part . j

      Mr . M'lntyte , secretary to the Chartists of the Vale of Loven , lays down a simple and effective plan , which if followed up , cannot fail to secure , the object aimed at in the resolution of the Conference . He says , let the acting committee , councillors , or collectors , of the various associations and localities , meet immediately , and portion out their towns , or districts , giving to each collector a fair share of the work . Let each man then commence a canvass of all the people in his district , Chartists and non-Chartists , asking one half-penny from eaeh ; and supposing that only ] the one-third of the people paid—nay even less—supposing that only the one-half of those who signed tbe National

      Petition gave this small earn , we would have a fund calculated to gladden the heart of the care-worn , dungeoned patriot , by giving him to know that his wife and little ones would not perish of hanger while he lingered in his loathsome celL This half-penny would raise a barrier more formidable than ten thousand bayonets to the onward progress of a { cruel and persecuting administration . But an objection may be raised here , that many would not pay even this small sum . Well , granted that only 1 , 500 , 000 responded to tbe call , and I am of opinion that it is not going too far in calculating on that number , we would then have above £ 3 . 000 . !

      It is my humble opinion , Sir , that Mr . M'Intyre's plan is quite workable , and I would therefore urge the Chartists to aet about it in every come * of the land ; if they act with spirit and energy in this matter , and raise the above sum , there wilt soon be an end to prosecution for opiaioa . ¦ I remain , Sir , Yonr sincere friend , As yon are the friend of my Order , Con Murray . [ In the report referred to , the latter half of tbe resolution was by mistake omitted ; Mr . Murray would see , however , that in tbe " Minutes of Conference ' it was inserted in ML—Ed . N . S 3 j

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      at the Prince William Henry , Bermondsey-street , on the body of a very fine female child , which was found dead under the following dreadful circumstances : —Ann Stagg , of No . 2 , Shepherd ' s-pardens , Spa road , Bermondsey , stated that on Tuesday night , about eight o ' clock , she had occasion to go to a water closet , from which the lock had been forced , and being in a court , is accessible to any one passing by . She observed a bundle on the seat , which caused her some alarm , and sho went for the assistance of a neighbour , of the name of Smith , who opened it , and found it to contain the body of a very fine female child . It was quite dead , and covered with a piece of white calico . The police were called in , and itwaB conveyed to Mr . Tilley'B , 1

      of Jamaica-row , surgeon to the force , who was subsequently directed by the Coroner to make a post mortem examination of the body , which he did , and the result of it is as follows . The body was generally healthy ; the lungs had been inflated , aud ha had no doubt it had been born alive . The umbilical cord was lacerated , aud great hemorrhage had taken place . This , and exposure to the cold , were the oause of death . The Coroner suggested an open verdict should be returned ; but the jury said it . was clearly a case of murder , which was of a nature now too frequent . A verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown , " was then returned . Inspector Hornsby said he had made every inquiry , and would con * tinue the investigation ; hitherto it had beeu without effect .

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      The other week , Mr . George Porter , of Letham , had a daughter baptised Jean O'Connor ; and Mr . John Tytler had a daughter baptised Mary O'Connor . Christened , at Christ Church , New Mill , on Sunday , Jan . 1 st , Allen West , the son of William and Harriet Cuttell , of Under bank , Holmfirth . Registered , Elizabeth O'Connor Voltaire Jennings , daughter of John and Obioh Jennings , of Manchester Road , Bradford .

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      On Wednesday last , at the parish ohnrch , Leeds , Mr . John Smith , shoemaker , to Hibb Elizabeth Smale , both of this town . On Saturday , the 14 th inst ., at Snaith , Yorkshire , by the Rev . R . J . Serjpantson , Robert Faulder White , Esq ., of Sussex Gardens , Hyde Park , to Elizabeth , the eldest daughter of William Shearburn , E ^ q . On Thursday , at tbe Cathedral , Ripon , by the Rev . R . Poole , Mr . John Hebden , of RedhooBe , farmer , to Margaret , eldest daughter of Mr . Christopher Hebden , of Field Dale , near Ripon . Same day , at the parish church , Halifax , by the

      Rev . William Smith , Mr . John Charlesworth , grocer , Hightown . to Sarah , daughter of the late ftlr . John Lawson , glazier , of the former place . Same day , at the parish church , Halifax , bf the Rev . William Guruey , Mr . Henry Stott , maltster , Elland , to Emma , daughter of Charles Brearley , currier and card maker , of the former place . Same day , at the parish church , Mr . George Gooing , grocer , to Miss Aan Harrison , both of this town . ^ Same day , Mr . George Lawrence , saddler , to Miss Sarah Hat field , both of this town .

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      DEATHS . On the 13 th nit ., at Scotton , near Richmond , ia the 80 th year of Sis ago , Mr . Andrew Robinson many years an officer ia the Excise . At Newaham , near Greta Bridge , on the 8 th . instant , after a long and painful illness , Margaret , third daughter of the late Marley Harrison , Esq ., of Whashton . On Monday eveuing last , aged 49 . Mr . Thomas

      Stoiies , tor many years editor of the York Courant . Same day , at Oiley , Mr . S . iinuel Kardbty , landlord of tht Q . ueen ' 8 Head Ii » n , at that plftj £ \ V'K £ > A Pi ; ' v On Sunday , the 15 th inst ., \ i the 32 * d- ^ eainfffM ** X \ his age , M r . Thomas Thompson , waielin 1 ^^ E | na ^ Wl ^? v * N jeweller , of Petergate , and eldt » £ soy ^ tjff ^^ sft ^^^^ j ^ Thompson , Esq , Grove Lodge , Yoim . fu'Vi ^ M _}« *^ YnW Same day , at Earlston , Stewartf ^ JoS ^ jyrlH ^^^ . fflftY bright , Sir John Gordon , Bart ., ^^^ f ^^^^ jSiS ^

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      ___ - — =--- THE NORTHERN STAR . 5

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      OSGASIZATION-MK . COOPER'S PLAN . These 13 no other subject upon which we have wen bo earnest vrith the people as that of adopting , aad adhering to , some definite system of national 5 r £ _ i _ tioB . We have been tins earnest because there is no other subject in which the people ' s ink ^ sts are so nrach involved . It is only by and flwagh organizidon that they can wield , at all ^ tfrely , the weapons of their moral -warfare , fcar soeffigenee and energy . Faction knows " * eB the force of system and the power of ^ Sas ^ on ; its force 3 are all organized ; its fc ^ mEais are all systematic . And hence the *** Pffig havoc of its ravages among ihe people . t ) rS 8 & » £ d forms * nd systematic laws are to its ajrnuaons and bloodsuckers as the stone walls of a

      J ™* omdd within which they ensconce them-™ > 1 o beat down this citadel _ the object of ^ PMple . But while they remain divided and unw * aaiied then attacks npon it are but like the ~* k _ tb spixshes of water thrown from a bucket ; 7 *^ rgan _ ation , by causing their action to become Jfcnttwras and united , gives it a power like that « Us rolBsg torrent in its strength . At the same rT * 6 ffins * not forget that the buttresses of this « citadel , projeci themselves , on every side , so ^ . mto the fab surface of the equal watera , that it J **?* 3 matter to combine their force by such an j ^ jaaon as shall not be liable to serious objec" ^ because of us powex fc ^ neutralised by one 01 Khar of them .

      1 M > DevfB to our readers to learn that , ju nctions hare contr ived , by a dexterous use . t ^ ™ ° w * poly of law making , to render it , j ^ . r 1 ^ 01 " * ° frame a national organization for i 4 ™?* <* J « t s Vnich shall not be in the teeth of i « w . The wisdom of the people ' B delegates ; j ^ V 5660 ^^ trial , frame an organization , per- ] iaTe - ^ icil k ** i > een carried out W 0 Qla 1 fcaa ft ^ Pt ° InU 6 nmore powerful for good j t ^ ajf "e yet been . It has never been carried j . f ^ J-f ^ eiifrre officers appointed -under its pro-* 5 < hae . J ^^ P ^ under foot those provisions ;; faaan J > eople iBTe neglected to enforce the per-i ti 0 B > j ! LOf lhdl" dntie 3- ** & hesceihe ABsotia- j * t 2-&gT being yr ^ & % lt 0 I 1 ^ ) s comPact > i , -saed , systema tic . wortiTur > . nnv . fca * hpp . n * ]

      ° « « Sf dla pdeslnni ? s , thrown together withssa aS ™ am * £ eme 3 lt > *** called by one com' ^ 352 , if * * - faBli of this " ffas noi m lhe ""ff " 1-1 Sa see * t ? Parties whose duty it -was ^ eeo ^ v £ Dfore * niei 11 - It is dear that ) ^ a hare an organizition as perfect as the *^ !? t Tine ? ro 7 idEIiee > m ^ st he useless ' : » edefied iastwdof ieing carried out . Great

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      Ikquest On A Pbkson Unknown.—An Inquest Was Held On Monday Last, At Healey, Before T.

      Ikquest on a Pbkson Unknown . —An inquest was held on Monday last , at Healey , before T .

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      THE CASE OF MRS . ELLIS . To the Editor of the Evening Star . Sir , —I have great pleasure in telling my brother Chartists , that I have reeeived a letter this morning from that good and honest Chartist , Mr . B . Danks , of Wednesbury , hinting that it is possible poor Mrs . Ellis may fiud a resting-place there , provided a sufficient sum be furnished to give her a good start in business . Nothing is needed now but for every good Chartist to set about raising the ! necessary funds . Let it be remembered that John Cleave is the treasurer , —and he has £ 3 11 s . to begin with . O'Connor has promised Mrs . Ellis to giro her all due help : will he undertake to ] wove London

      in her behalf ! I will pledge my word that Leicester shall not be behind . Sweet!—1 can depend on you , I am confident , to put Nottingham in motion . Harnoy !—you will urge the good Sheffi- Iders to do their best . Hobson—Brook ! come—yoke your horses , and let something be done to furnish bread , from Leeds , for this poor widow and her four helpless orphans . Robert Brook !¦—say to the Todmorden lads , that their sitter will perish in a Bastile , if they do not stretch out their hands aud help . Leach !—tell Manchester , even in its starvation , that the exile ' s beloved wife and babes must be helped . Clarke 1—nse your eloquence at Stockport , in the cause of these suffering ones . White —let not Birmingham be behind ! : struggle to set it first . \

      Let bnt £ 50 be raised to give the wife and children of Ellis a home , and some { prospect of comfort , —and I , for one , will return to a prison , with some content . Thomas Coopek . Leicester , January 13 , 1843 .

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      Robberies . —At an early hour on ; Thursday evening , some * arsons went into one of the bed-rooms at the house of Mr . Joseph Shepherd , ; the sign of the White Lion , Blaokley , near Middleton , whore they broke open a box and took upwards of £ 30 in cash , with -which they got clear off . On { Friday evening , or early on Saturday morning last , ono of the outhouses belonging to Mr . Kennedy-, of Alkringtou Hall , near Middleton , was catered , and a deak , containing the money received for milk , was brcken open . Several pounds in silver and copper were taken , with which the robbers mode- their escape .

      Dreadf&L Case Of Child Murder.—Mr. Carter, The Coroner For Surrey, On Monday Held Au Inquest

      Dreadf&l Case of Child Murder . —Mr . Carter , the coroner for Surrey , on Monday held au inquest

      ;Ptove Fpoung ^Atrioig.

      ; Ptove fpoung ^ atrioig .

      Marriages

      MARRIAGES

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 21, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct787/page/5/