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THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, MARCH 2i, 1843.
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TO THE CEAB 33 STS OF LEEDS A > 1 > ITS YICINITY . Ml 5 eiekds , —The trials have terminated and 1 vm icqctted . This is not the lot of all , aDd in consequence a K » lenm duty de-rolves npcn us . The ftrniiiie . a of som * , who b&ve 'been on come paltry gretenee £ onnd gnilir , * 21 suffer nrach onless proper funds be at once prov ^ ed . Thank God , I need not to beg for mjseU , so I tan do so the more boldly . 3 shall deem it my fixity , and I think it the duty of til who haTe been *« isitted , to aid the ctfence rand « s much sb possible . OnSatarday-weekl stall "be inLeeda , and shall be "Bost happy to deliver one or two lectures at any place -within five miles . The-whole proceeds of snch lectures to go to the defence fond , providing that the application to me be made through the sub-Secretaries during the first two -weeks of Aprfl .
let ns up and 1 « doing ? The canse must not suffer , and the enemies of right nrast not boast tbat the people have left lusir friends to suffer and their funilies to starve . 5 an , yours , In the good cause , T . B . Smith . Xoa *« March 21 , 1 S 43 .
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EXTBAOEDINABT CASE . BKiGHroy , Mjlb . 17—Ae Inquest ¦ was held this morning , before Mr . Gall , coroner for East Sobshc , at the Sussex County Hospital , on the body of Hannah Dale , a serrant at the sysagegue in Devonshire-pl&ee , ¦ whose death tot * place by poison yesterday , morning . Tbe firrt -witnEss called -was Sarah Kentel , trile of Meyer Rental , who Eves in London . She deposed that she lives with be * son , Moses Kantel , reader of the synagogue , and the deceased was their serrant On Wednesday evening the deceased talked abont " a weed that grew in the hedges asd was Icsowo locally by the Dane of "lords and ladies , " ¦ w hich "was poison . She -went to bed at half-past nine o ' clock , taking the eat as
usual ,-with her She slept down stairs in the kitchen . In the morning , her son -came to her room and told her the fire -was sot Ikhted , and that the deceased was sot np . He then went into the synagogue and ibe got up and called deceased ; and * obtaining no answer , she made the fire herself and prepared coffee . On her son returning from the synagogue and finding that the serrant was stiH in bed , he went to the door and called , and receiving no answer forced the door open , and then ran fora doctor . Witness , ner son , aod the girl were the only persons living at the synagogue . There was so poison in the house , nor any medicine which could have poisoned her . She went out to see her parents on
Tuesday evening , and did sot return JID "half-part ; sine o ' clock . She had sever stayed out so late before . ' Closes Hentel , She reader , deposed to ealling the girl without getting xxl answer both before and after be Trent into the synagogue , and to forcing th » kilehen door open . He then saw the girl in bed , with her face very Ted , and her mouth discoloured . He ran to jE-3 "ward-street and fetched Mr . Candle , a surgeon , who ' returned with him , and said the girl appeared to have i taken poison . He then nw the cat lying dead on the j ¦ floor . A short time afterwards Mr . Whitehouse came in , and by his advice the girl was at once taken to , "the liospifcj . Be > v »« 3 no particular animosity against the cat . and had no poison abont the house . !
Mi . E . O . W . Whitehonse > surgeon , deposed to finding the girl at the synagogue with the pupils-of the eye very much dilated , the countenance and the eyes sufFased , ^ asd respiration and circulation hurried . Around the mouth was a 'white mart , which arose from some chalk ' aod -water administered as an antidote by Mr . Candle . After her removal to the hospital he examined the room : thoroughly . He first saw a dead cat , which had ' Tomited . There were also marks of -vomiting on the ' girl ' s pnio-w . He examined her clothes , asd found nothing except a , small piece of insist cake in her ' pocket . He coa 7 d see no paper , or bottls , or anything , else indicating the presence of poison . The boiler was , open , and he ordered some of the . water to be taken i
out for examination . He made a post mortem p-rnmfn . ation of the cat , but discovered so morbid appearance in the stomach , nor any inflammation which could lead to a supposition that poison had been * taken—at least any mineral poison . He had . since had a portion of the contents of the stomach , brought up by the stomachpump , sent to him from the hospital ; aud he-produced the contents of the stomach from a . j > osl mortem » - « -nTnin » . tios which he cad just made . He had analysed five different substances—the « mtentsof the" stomach of the cat , the vomiting on the girl ' s pillow , the contents of her stomach brought up by the pump , the contents of the stomach post mortem , -and the water in the boiler , and could find no tiacs of any corrosive or hud era poison . All the results were negative .
Coronet—Now , let us go to the posl moriem m \ jn \ -n * . tion af tbe body . Witness—We first examined the brain , the TesselB ' ol which were congested , the blood being more fluid than mm ! , ^ oA a small Quantity of strain infused beneath the numbranes . The tinuses were also gorged with blood . The oesophagus and stomach presented no unusual feature . The contents of the stomach are hers . There is a considerable quantity of dirfcy whitish sedi- ' ment in them , which would require further analysis j Befere-lie could give an opinion upon it The condition . of the bate indicated that there had " been a sarcstic poison , if there ha * been poison at alL , of dSh " ~ HaTe JOtt f ° "" ° P a ? t <> the cause
Witoes 5--2 fo ; I have not even satisfied myself that ^ If ^ r ^^^ ^^ tte circumsSes lead - 7 " - ^ ** " * aP * *^ tests for all the mineral * ^ iS 7 ^^ to * 3 ' > in order to allow time forarur ^ er analyms . to take place , and Mr . Whitebous . sad . he should like to call in the asstetance of ^ & ™*** ' ?** S «*** Spa , who Bad tented much attention to vegetab ^ analyses . ' . lwyBU Mr . George I ^ wdeU , h 6 i » e * nrge 6 n to the hospital , deposed to the deceased having died in anlionranda fealf after her admission to the hospital , and to his eoneErrsneein the evidence of Mr . Whitehouss as to the resalt of the vost vtorttm examination .
GJarlo ^ ePielder . -a airl eleven years of age , deposed ' ¦ Biat ^ n Monday lass she S 3 trthe deceased ,-who cried 1 to hex , asd said ^ they . had just had a dreadful row \ and ttuc Qie son [ the reader ) had "knocked her about" i She said Jib had knocked her down on ibe stairs , when j ihe eaugSt bold of the rails to Bave herself , and be said i Bhe deserved to be poisoned . She had heard deceased ' eomplain several times before of being Si-treated by i her- mairter and in 3 stre £ S . Witness did not mention I
anything abent the Jhreat to poison deceased till she i bezrHBhe ws * dead . ,
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The mother of deceased , two oi her sisters , a companion , and some neighbours , all deposed to having heard the deceased frequently complain that ber master and mistress had cither ill-used her in various ways or threctened-io do so . One of them swore that deceased bad told her that trer master had threatened ' to "do " for her , for Ehieldiag the xsA In question from Us illusage . The jury deliberated with closed doors fox abomk half an hour , wben an adjouraiaent took plaoe to Sunday ; and tin coroner issued his warrant for tke apprehension -of Moses Rentel , the reader , sad bis mother , to wait the result of the inquest They we new in custody .
The Northern Star Saturday, March 2i, 1843.
THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , MARCH 2 i , 1843 .
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COOPER'S AND WEST'S TRIALS . Elsewhere we give a fall report of the trial of Joh » West . Out readers will peraae it with interest . They will see that Baron ALDoaoif . like Baron Roue , took a very different view ot the matter from the petty 3 > ogberry ' 3 of the Magisterial bench . The Lord save ns from the wisdom ( I ) and clemency of the Great Unpaid ! We had purposed writing something on ihe matter of West ' s trial bat are spared the tronble by the following from himself : —
xo the ssitob of the horthbbh stab . " Sib , — The Derby trials have terminated , and Chartism ha » received another triumph . The Factious fondly imagined that the strong arm of the Law would be laid heavily on our devoted heads , and that through its leaders ' a heavy blow and great discouragement " would be given to our glorious cause . The reverts , however , has been the case , Baron Aldereoa declaring from the judgment seat * that the Charter was a perfectly legal document , and tbat toe people were justified in seeking ita enactment by peaceable and constitutional means . Many of the magistracy , the ' Tillage Kings , ' aye , and Tyrant * too , were taught aseful lessons
as to bow they should exercise their power in attempting to snppresa public meetings and the discussion of the people ' s grievances . Chartism must now rise tricmphajtt , but there must be no more vtittake —no more strikes—no more risings . No , no 1 We have bad enough of them , too much praise cannot be given to Baron Alderson ; he was the upright , though stern judge . In my case , in his summing up to the Jury , he acted with the greatest impartiality ; and when the verdict of acquittal was pronounced , he said' Gentlemen , I perfectly agree with your verdict , ' and I am informed , on food authority , that In private he hat
given it as his opinion , tbat a more unjurt or paltry charge was never brought into a c * urt of Justice Throughout th » whole trial ha treated me with the greatest courtesy . The obligations of th « Chartist body to Mr . Roberts is greatly increased for his laborious and untiring exertions on behalf of the Glossep prisoners ; any advice that he could give , even to those who were not Chartists , was cheerfully given ; in fact no labour seemed too great for him . 1 thus publicly u ** n * him for his assistance to me . " Yonra , respectfully , " Jouk West . "
We have not jet seen the result of the trial of Cootek . The evidence of the first day against him is of a very paltry character .
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of the matter until the routed occupants of the other carriages made their appearance and commenced canvassing for seats . After nearly an hour spent in & fruitless endeavour to get the mail and the Leeds carriages replaced on the rails , the train started for Leeds , where it arrived considerably after its time . We have chronicled this accident as we have learnt it , bat we cansot allow it to pass without some brief notice . It will be in the recollection of our readers that , the directors and
managers of the North Midland Railway did some months ago , discharge their practiced enginedrivers , because the men would not submit to a redaction of some twenty-fire per cent , from their wages—of course , save , save , Bave , being the order of the day , the experiment was made upon the most industrious portion of the community , and while we bear nothing of a reduction in the high officials , it appears that the really working portion were all treated to the sliding scale of twenty-five per cent .
• f a reduction . The death of poor Mr . Hahvey , who was literally smashed to atoms , is not yet forgotten , untO at length accident after accident , if the events deserve so mild a term , have followed , in quick succession , owing to the grasping polioy of the money-mongers , who , by the bye , took e-peoial good care to raise the fares , at the time when they reduced the wages of their men . Amongst other importations this life-preserving oommunityimported the ruffian by whose conduot poor Mr . Habvey lost his life .
To show the little care entertained for the public safety we ehall just state one fact . This said enginedriver , tbat is , the man by whose recklossness the life of Mr . Habvet was sacrificed , was well known upon the Newcastle line ; and so ferocious and brutal was his oonduct , that while there he acquired the appropriate appellation of " Hell-fire Jack . " Could the Direotors of the North Midland have engaged this ruffian without making due enquiry , and with learning the above fact ! or did the Newcastle Direotors allow them to do so without communicating it !! Let us have an answer to that question ; as one of the parties must be highly culpable .
We shall relate a fact whioh came to us from an eye witness . Upon the morning on which Mr . Harvey . loat his life , and while the bye-atanders were lost in sorrow ; the ruffian , who had himself lost a part of his hand , looked on with apparent indifference , and more than once , in the most , cold blooded manner , exclaimed , " Pooh , its nothing , I hare often had ten times worse jobs than that . "
One word more and we have done , and that is—Will those who care but little for the lives and comforts of poor engine-drivers , now cry out against the directors of this lino , when the lives of their own order are placed in jeopardy , by the cupidity of money-mongers and railway direotors ! We shall see .
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MR . O'CONNOR AND THE RECENT TBIALS . We are happy to be able to point attention to the Advertisement of Mr . O'Connob , announcing the first number of the State Trials for Monday next . Each number will be given as formerly advertised , and we therefore have less reason to regret the omission of the speeches of many of the defendants in the Star , as they will be presented verbatim , that every word spoken tor the whole eight days will be faithfully recorded . This valuable work will be completed in about four numbers , whioh , with a beau tiful portrait of the > k Just Judge" will constitute a beautiful volume , and commemorate the triumph of right over might .
Upon consulting the several agents , Mr . O'Conhob has discovered the necessity of having each number bound in a wrapper , the additional expenoe of whioh will be one penny , making the prico 7 d . Instead of 6 d ; and even this , we are assured , independent of the portrait of Baron Rolfe , which will be given gratis , will not cover the expence . We axe most anxious to find this work upon every working man ' s shelf , and are happy to announce that it is likely to be the precursor of a Chartist Monthly Magazine , which will be . open to working men for whose contributions the highest amount possible to be afforded will be given . Such a publication is essential to our cause , and if properly managed , should have a gigantic effect in pushing it onward .
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roETic MOTION op s upimiow . — we sometimes have rich traits of original genius in the poetry line . This week a poetess sends us some verses , with the following unique request at bottom : — " Sib , —If this trine is worth the notice of the Editor of the Star he is welcome to it ; if not , I should feel obliged for his opinion of it Martlkbonk . —Abel D . Cook informs us that the M remonstrance 1 ' was not adopted in this locality , but negatived . J . Warner , Sheepshead . —The report he has sent us should have appeared last week . It is too old . He must write on one side of the paper only J or the future . Oldham . — "About three weeks before Christmas I received a letter from Mr . Thomas Writd % ofOldham % written on behalf of the female Chartists of that place , which J replied to , at the same time , reguesting an answer , which I have not received . 1 again wrote , enclosing in my last the rule * , as
desired , but I have not received ang acknowledgment of the receipt of it ; consequently I am in ignorance as to whether my letters have reached the place of destination or not . Should this meet the eye of any of my Oldham friends , J should feel obliged to them for a line or so , Susanna Inge , 23 , Great Warner-street , Clerkenweli , London . The Secretary to the Barnsley Chartists is requested to send his address to Mr . Edward Clayton , newsagent , Kirkgate , Huddcrsfield , as early as possible . James Hillock , Jun ., Lockie . —The fellow is not worth the notice .
W . M ' D ., will see that his address is inserted with some flight alteration which was necessary . In its original form it might have been prosecuted . H . Schltiiobpb . —We have no disposition to appropriate the intended compliment he pays us . We know nothing which the Northern Star has ever yet contained at all calculated to produce the effect at which he seems to intimate in his friend ' s mind . We should be sorry to see it likely to do any such thing . ' G . Vf . ^ Sunderland , asks : — First— Is it legal for local bodies of Chartists ( for instance , the Whole-Hog Brigade ) to have rules for their local government V Certainly . " Second—Would it be legal , on any person joining the
Whole-Hog Brigade , to request him to take a card of the National Charter Association !" Yes . JOSEPH FIRTH . —His letter is received ; but too late for this week . Mb . G . White , of 38 , Bromsgrove-slreet , Birmingham , will be obliged to Mr . Christie , of Glasgow , late of Coventry , if he will correspond with him immediately . Mb . George White ' s Committee beg to acknowledge 10 s- from Tavislock , Devon . P . B . is a great fool . Richard Cbowtheb . —His pamphlet is received .
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Thomas Holbrook . —Monmouth Court House . Yea . William Dratson , Eastry , Kent . —The mistake did not occur at this office . We did not know that , such a paper existed . Some postmaster has Wanted the Star tot the trials , and has changed it . There were nearly thirty papers lost of the week he mentions : and It always happens thus when anything very particular is recorded . WK . fflCHOXSOlf , TJiVEBSTONJE . —Yes . The 3 a , per Crow and TyrrelTs Beverage , noticed in last Star , from Mr . Long , should bave been from Mr . Jonas .
FOB THE NATIONAL DEFENCE FUND . £ S . d . Prom George Owen , Stirling 0 0 4 $ _ Hnnalet , per J . longbottom .. . .. . 0 5 0 _ the Chartists of Selby 0 6 6 „ a few friends at Mill Brack , near Aauton 0 3 4 „ an old Radical 0 0 6 POB , THB DEFENCE OP GEORGE WHITE . From Norwich , per M . Debbage , o 10 0 POB . THE DEFENCE OF T . COOPER , LEICESTER , From Nprwicb , per M . Driftage ... ... 0 5 0
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BA&NSXJ 2 V . —Considerable excitement was created in this town in consequence of a new born child having been found on Sunday morning in a draw well , in Oxford-Bquaro , in WDsoD ' s-piece , by a person who wa ? searching the well with drags , for a can , The circumstance soon spread , and hundreds were soon on the spot . A . Coroner ' s inquest was held on the body on Monday , at one o'clock * and the following facts came out in evidence : —Tne first wi'ness called was a boy b y the name of Hurst , who swore that upon Friday night , Mary Moss , ( a midwife who was taken into custody on Sunday morning ) who j came to the house of his parents on Friday night , with something wrapt in her aprou , enquiring about the u , e of the water of the well . When she went out the boy went to the door after her—saw her go to the well and heard a great splash
in the well . He told his mother about it . The person who found the child deposed to its being bound with cords , one of which was round the neck , with a stone fastened to it . Elizabeth Pickering swore to the child being hers I that she was delivered the Sunday fortnight previous ; that the child was still born , and chat it was nailed up within" a few boards ; that she gave Mary Moss sixpence to get it buried , which ; she said was done . Mary Cook swore to being there just as the child was born . She said it was warm and must have been alive about the time' of its delivery , but neyer breathed . Doctor Eyre was of opinion that the Child was still born . From this evidence the Corouer had no further jurisdiction over the case , but the woman aIoss was retained to be tried for a felony and misdemeauour , for stripping the body of the child and keeping the money .
MANCHESTER—Leagde mode of manufacturing SIGNATURES TO THEIR PETITIONS . —The Anti-Corn Law League have had a number of petition sheets laying for signature in Various parts of the town of Manchester and Salford , for the total and immediate repeal of the corn laws . Wo have not heard the number of signatures obtained to the petition , nor do we know from whence the petition originated , butjof ' this we are certain , that it has not received the sanction of a public meeting of the inhabitants ; but at ! the same time we are prepared to
prove from ocular demonstration , that a very great number of the signatures are forgeries , At one table we saw one person write eighteen names , at another we observed the person who had the charge of it , write down six . We expressed our disgust at such nefarious proceedings , and he immediately laid down the pen . ; At another table we observed boys under the age' of nine years , write from ten to twenty names each . Tnese are facts we can substantiate upon oath if required , and we think such infamous conduct deserves exposure . —Cor . '
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR * Sir , —The trials news now being over , I thought you might perhaps be able to find a little space in your valuable columns for a remark or two on the subject of " ventilation of coal mines , " dee . Sir , you will perhaps remember that I sent you an article "aa the cause and dreadful effects of explosions
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in mines , " some twelve months since or thereabouts . You will remember , Sir , that I then distinctly asserted that it was the driving of the works such an , imme nse distance with so little current , that was tbe only cause of such frequent , terrible and dettru&ive explosions , and that the only way to remedy this evil would be to sink three or four shafts where they only sink one . ' " ' ¦" ¦ " " ¦ '¦ ' ; " *''; - ' : ''" ' ' Well , Sir , I am very happy to find that there'has been a committee formed at North Shields to examine and to gain information on these and other points ; and , Sir , it is truly gratifying to see how well they have done their dutyon every point they have taken up . For my part , I am highly delighted wita the disco * veries they have made and with the information they
have given . Ail that they bave said is strictly tfUe and all the plans whioh they have suggested must be carried lully out before the poor miner can ever conaider himself asgtolerably safer Should the Caramittee' 8 suggestions be adopted and enforced by law , ( for depend upon it ; Sir , they will never be adopted on an ; other ground ) , they will effect such a chaDge and reformation in coal mines a * will be calculated to remove a very heavy load of dread and horrible forebodings of danger and death , whica nave Continually preyed upon the minds of poor miners for ages . To such a degree has this fear of danger preyed on men ' s minds frequently , that they bave been heard to say that they 'feared tbe danger more than they feared the labour , end that in itself is horrible . " O , yes , Icava
often said it myself , and have heard many others , indeed it is an universal complaint . Well , soon may this crying evil—this wilful murder of men ' s bodies and comforts be for ever done away by the Committee ' s suggestions being enforced by law . There are a few more important points which I have not seen noticed , but which call loudly for Retorm . The first thing I shall . notice is , tbe pit-shaft itself . There is a vast of danger connected with the shaft as at present constituted at most places , all for wont of a little outlay at the first . Now , when a shaft is sunk , if it be intended for a " cast-up-8 baft " it ougnt to be walled with either bride
or stone and lime , from top to bottom with cast iron cribs and ring-dams , then it is safe bnt not unless . If it be intended fora " cast-down-shaft" it should either be walled or sheeted with good strong sheeting , two inches thick from top to bottom . Thsn it would be safe in most cases , especially with a little cast-iron cribbing , placed in odd places when there may be a little pressure . Observe , this cribbing should be placed on the front , or inside the sheeting , by means of little screws . They may be made to fit every crevice by means of placing thin wood wedges between the crib and sheeting . Shafts under this process might be made perfectly safe .
Now , Sir , for want of this little expenas at first , 1 know shaft * , like quarry holes , ' where scores of cart loads of rubbish have tumbled in . Sometimes I have seen stones fall out of the shaft bigger than I could lift , and sometimes cart loads at a time . And , Sir . I have seen skulls laid bare , more than once , and Others crippled all their lives from this very source . Now , Sir , what kind of comfort can human beings enjoy , either night or day , who have to go op and down such horrible holes as these every day of thsii lives ? But no murmuring , only very low , or else yon leose tbe swe « -t privilege of earning afew potatoes and a little gait , even under these circumstances . O ! brave Christian E < gland ! Bat Sir , tbese penny-wiee folks are pound-foolish in the end , for they bave hundreds of times to mend and patch those old , rotten , pit-shafts . Well , I onl ? WisQ the strong arm of the law to lay hold of these abases , for I know nothing else will .
Now Sir , is should be observed , that if the air-cur rent should be worked by high-preasare steam , ( which is desirable , and ought to be ) , sheeting , in the manner I have stated , would be quite sufficient in moat cases . The next point which I would briefly notice is , this , viz ., many poor harrier lads are exposed to much danger , and are lamed and sometimes killed on t&espot , by means of detached pieces of the roof falling , under which they have continually to pass . Now , these roads ought to be examined every day , and unsound pieces of roof pulled down , and taken out of the way . But this , like the rest , will only be done by a Government Inspector . The next point I have to notice , is a misery vhica poor helpless children have to groan and weep under .
Sir , to give yon a proper idea of my meaning , in the next place I most t&tte you to the railway . Now , suppose one side ef tbe rails was lifted up some incites higher than the other , by reason of the ground rifling up in that direction , and supposing the rails to be thrown into a zig-zag form , and almost buried in filth , stones , and dirt , and suppose a steam-engine had a waggon of coals to draw through a tunnel , and the waggon trailing first against one side and then another , and the coala wedged against the roof of the tunnel ; I Bay , Mr . Editor , "steam flying-horse , " as he is , this would be tne way to clip him his wings . Wonld it not , think yon ? Well , bnt suppose there should be ft great lounging fellow or two kept on purpose to keep such places in repair , and they neglected to do it from sheer idleness ? what would yon think then ? Well , but I know such a case ; and nothing dare be said by the workmen still . Yes , I know of a race ot poor
children who have to drag heavy loads of neatly a quarter of a ton weight , under these very circumstances . Well , what effect has it npon human nature ? Well ; not an hour passes but you may hear some crying most pitifully , and others cursing and swearing most tremendously , and calling on ftod Almighty to " damn the pit and the roads , and to blow it all up together . " These are the daily prayers of these poor , insulted , and provoked creatures . Here ' s yonr Christianity ! While our preachers'sons are brought up in a college for God , these are brought np in a college for the devil ! My God , my very blood runs chill many times when I think of these anomalies . Then , again , they are put in a situation whereby they are instantly coming in contact one with another , and turning on another's back ; then there is such fighting aud screaming , and swearing and roaring , and blackguardism ; why , in short , it is nothing less than a subterraneous hell I !
Now , Sir , all this misery , suffering , and wickedness might be avoided under proper arangements . Bat this , like all the rest , must be done by a " Government Inspector . " Now , Sir , I have worked in the pits thirty years or more , and I bave seen so much of tne hateful system , that I should be almost tempted to dash my children's brains out rather than let them go to such sinks of sin ana misery , as they are at present Nobody stands more in need , but I cannot do it . Another point I would just notice is « ' bad ropes . " At some places they run thier ropes till they actually break , and sometimes men's lives are sacrificed In this way . This , too , wants a " Government Inspector , "
Now , Sir , on this point , I jast beg to say that a plan baa just been suggested to my mind , which wsuld pie * vent any injury taking place , even in case of a rope breaking with a number of men . on it . Bab bow is this to be done ? Now , men who understand pits will best understand my meaning . Now , then , to accomplish this point , the oondnrfora should be made of wood , and strong , and well stayed . Then , under each end of the balk , or cross-beam of wood , which slides up and down , the conductors to which the corves are attached , I say under each end , and within a few inches of tho end should be placed short , strong , iron prong , with two sharp prods at the e d in this direction—Now these prongs should be projected outwards by means of a spring when the meo are coming up the shaft , so that the brods would slide up the face of the conductors , but if the tope should happen to break , they would stick fast in the conductors in a moment , and would prevent the men from falling a aingle inch But mark , two brods would be necessary , as only one would Bplit the conductors . These might be made to act during the men going up and down tbe Bhaft , at other times they might be fastened oat of the way by means of a sneck or eaten . Sir , if you think proper to let these suggestions appear in your columns , I trust they will be made ° " seme service , and you will much oblige , Your humble servant , A Coal Miner . March , 21 st , 1813 .
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TO THE CHARTISTS OF BOLTON AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD . Brother Chartists , — -Owing to the depressed state of trade in this town , togeUier with the 1 ° * "J * , of wages received by the operatives , the funds of tnfl Association have been materially injured . The Connei-1 have therefore determined to commence selling tne Northern Star , and other Chartist publications , the profits upon which will be solely appropriated to tnespreading of Chartism . . _ They therefore respectfully call upon lhe « b ? otn « Chartists to assist them in an undertaking which , wnua it will incur no additional expenditure , will be uw . . means of considerably augmenting the income . -, There are , we believe , about five hundred wpj 68 ^ the Northern Star circulated in the neighbournood , «?« -.. ¦ profits uDon which , if devoted exclusively to 1 * Mgfe- . s
purposes of the Association , would enable us to Wv / the agitation into the surrounding Villages , ias ;» # ¦ - ?« defraying tie Incidental expences connected wita wj room we now occupy as a place ormeetfagt ., * %£ . ? , two hundred copies were taken from the A * f * W °% >? - the proceeds arising from them Fotfd enable tta » fra push the movement ^ n this town without being . ne « M | K sitat « d to appeal to the starving b ^ d-loom weav ^ , 5 and factory operatives te contribute out of the scan ^^ pittance which they receive , in the shage of wages , W- ; carry on a movement which can alone elevate taw , v moral , social , and political condition , , ~ , . - We hope , therefore , that those g ^ wto who a ¦' take in thi Star will favour Mr . J . Sullivan , bpot * & shoe-maker . Moor-street , Great Bolton , with «»« orders , thai gentleman having ktodly undettakea ^ e trouble connected with tbeir delivery free of expence , and will most religiously appropriate the profits to uw purposes before mentioned . By Order op the Couscu-
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BAKH-OCKBTJSN . UNBLUSHING TYUA ^ NY—MORE MIDDLE CLASS SYMPATHY ! As event has taken place in this once-happy , Isgh-spirited -village , vrhich has produced the greatest gloom and despondency amongst the inhabitants . This las been caused bj another reduction of a halfpenny per yard on 4-4 th carpets , which will reduce the present miserable pittance paid to the weavers from ten : to fifteen per cent . This has been effected hj two firms in £ hi 3 place , trading under the designation of Wilson and Sons , and John and James Wilson , ail of one family . . li is not pretended that there is any just cause for this reduction—that the znaarafastnsers are sot geUine suScieni
rem&Beration—bsc&ose It is notorious that they hare realised immense fortunes in a few years by the trade—tbat they were once wearers themselves , aud have leached ihtir present opulence by -the labour © F their ¦ workmen . "What , then , is the cause of this reduction 1 It may be answered , tha : greed is the cause J —that inordinate love of gain is the cause—that "the " * ^ -uri sacra famei" is the cause ! It may be considered thai reducing the wag&s was bad -enough , bnt ** worse remains behind f ihe reduction is nothing compared with what followed . The carpet wearers of Scofland , hearing of the rednction , sent = a deputation to Bannockbum to remonstrate wim the Messrs . Wilson , but those gentlemen (?) would not receive them 1 Were they afraid of
being contaminated by their presence ! Well , a jneeting was held in the Trades Hall , at which the Sannockburn wearers passed a resolution to support 4 he veavers of Port igiington , Glasgow , -who had struct against a similar reduction . On this coming ioiheearsof the Messrs . Wilsons they sent word , that If the men did not go to their work ( at the reduction of course ) they would fill their looms with tartan wearers in a day I "Sis thus working men ; sxe set against each other , like cocks in a pit 1 Kot content with this , they drew np a paper and compelled the men to sign it on pain of leaving their work . The following is a copy of this precious document ! let the carpet wearers of Great Britain TS&d it with attention- Every man signed the iocuised thing , bat
one" We , the undersigned , bind ourselves not to assist the carpel weavers of Port-Eglbigton , Glasgow , directly or indirectly , who have struck work , snd also pledge ourselves to give no pecuniary aid in Any shape , so as to prolong the strike . " Any comment on this infamous paper would only weaken its effect . It has caused a complete panic in the place , as thej consider their slavery" is now tho-Tonghly effected . Yet though this eTent has caused such indignation and calamity in Baanockbnra , it ' hsg j we donbt not . brought pleasure to some , Taere ire some that will "grinagastly smile" to think their long-laid plans have at last taken effect . These are a kind of nondescript animals—half man , half fiend . It seems of the genus homo , with all ihe
¦ worst bm none of the better features of the species ; ihe thing eats , drinks , sleeps , in fact , in every thing bnt work , it seems to act like man . This venomous reptile is to be found crawling abont factories , mills , and workshops , and is ihe woTkiug man ' s bitterest enemy ; the animal is known by several names—as foreman , overlooker , eaves-dropper , sycophant , fcasket carrier , tiz ^ tale teller—JEt hoc genus omnethe creature is too idle te work , and too crafty to want ; hence they became hangers-on to manufacturers ; in fact , may with propriety be called , tbe tyrants - executive council , since they carry all their mandates into effect . This subject is too important to he lightly passed over ; we snail leturn to it on a future occasion .
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AJDDRESS TO THE WORKING MEN OF ENGLAND , AND MORE PARTICULARLY THE aLA . rRTFACTTJRIN <* OPERA . TIYES . M * Distressed Brethken , —To relieve the depreask > B on trade effectually , you must become farmers and producers of food for yourselves . Yon must unite in co-operative conrmonitles and be located on hitherto uncultivated , unreclaimed , and unappropiated , or on the nselessly © ccapied and unproductively appropriated soils of the land . They wbo now monopolize tbe bo 3 nut be compelled by law , not to disgorge their unhallowed illg&ten prey , bnt to let to yon a part of their immense domains at reasonable rent charges , to Be under the guidance , msnagement and direotion of efficient com mittees , treassrers and secretaries , selected from amongst yourselves and jour more wealthy friends , * o cerding to a plan to be proposed and approved .
Heed not the professions or arguments of the humanity-mongering over-gorged capitalists and the other traffickers and traders , and unholy appropriators of the fruits of your toil and genius , the Free Trade tribe . If their favourite nostrum , the further extension of commerce , means the further extensien of the accursed , the horrible , depraving and emaciating factory slave system , I entreat yon io spurn it The woxking of machinery for the SO . T 7 AL 2 BH 2 FIT of all vox . LB so * o' £ i . i ,, bat tbe system a > it is in reality , working enly for tae benefit of a mere crafty monopolixing section of the community , producing them princely fortunes ; enabling them to erect superb mansions and maintain costly establishments ; and all at the price of your liberty , your morals , yonr health , nay . yoar very existence—It is too bad .
Trust no more to this system for your dally bread , but endeavour to work for yourselves In convenient bodies . Ton may , indeed , use machinery ( if necessary ) for yourselves , without abusing its use , bat tarn , Isay , turn ye to the land—the land , from whence your forefathers came , a noble and " a bold peasantry , their country ' s pride" !—turn ye to the spade and the plough , and gain by your industry and care , sufficient of food and raiment , you will then , like them , become healthy and athletic and in time , indepsndent , and not continue as yon are , poor , . stunted in stature , sickly , half fed , ha ' . f-clad , houseless , homeless , helpleaa , emaciated beings ; the mere apologies of men and slaves ! Again , the individual competitive system , most of necessity be destroyed—the reasons are obvious , and by acting on the principles of this address , yon will most effectually repeal the Corn Laws , as you will need no corn of foreign growth .
The further extension of foreign commerce also means tbe further increase of profit to tbe profit-mongers ; not the farther increase of the comforts of the workies , or even relief from their present destitution and wretchedness . During the last thirty yean , or more , our foreign commerce , or exports have been increasing , whilst the wages of the operatives have been gradually decreasing , and , at present , Improvements in machinery are progressing at railway speed , on the self-acting principle , bo that , shortly , as regards manufacturing operations and processes , and even those of the mechanics , manual labour will be in a great measure annihilated aud snperceed&d , therefore , yon see , your case is without a remedy , except from the land , the land . Tour true friend ,
A REFORMER GROWING GRBT IN THE CAUSE . Kendal , Feb . 6 th , IS 43 .
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FRIGHTFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT , 1 SD MIRACULOUS ESCAPE OF FRARGUS O'CONNOR , PRINCE GEORGE OF CAHBfiLDGE , AN »
SEVERAL OTHERS . Ox Monday night last , the down train to Leeds had proceeded as far as Masboroagh , where the Sheffield train for Leeds joinB it . We are nol sufficiently informed upon the subject to Bay whether the London train or the Sheffield train should arrive first at the Masboroagh station ; but we should suppose the latter , as the distance is short ; be that , howerer , as it may , the point of junction being close to the station , the pnblio has every right to expect that the usual precaution to prevent collisions should be observed ; especially when the distance used by both trains does sot exceed two
hundred yards . Upon the night in question , the London train had most fortunately slackened its pace when nearing the station ; for jost ai the junction , and as one half of the London train had passed , it { was run into by the Sheffield train . The York and Darlington carriages were immediately after the engine , the mail department followed , and then the Leeds carriages . The engine and York carriages had passed the point of junction when the remainder of the train came into fearful collision with the Sheffield engine , and so tremendous was tbe shock , that the heavy iron crank by which the mail carriage was attached to the Leeds carriages was snapped , as if bj magio , the Leeds carriages and mail being pitched completely off the rails , and to a considerable distance . The passengers were suddenly roused by the erash which , as we learn , was terrifically aUrwingj and at once made the best of their way to " terra JirmaP Mr . O'Con . nob has informed us that so dose was the engine of the Sheffield train to whare he sat , that he conld , without bending : forward , pat his hand npon it , while the head of it was all bat in the carriage of his Royal Highness Prince George . The steps of the carriage were torn off , and the buffers of the mail shattered . Fortunately the collision took place elose to the station , where there is a considerable extent of leTel space . The front carriage went on to the station , and : the passengers for York neither felt the shock c * kaow aavthine
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Febmoy . —There are few men in the community more obnoxious to the Irish peasantry than the guagers , who seem , in this quarter , by every means to render the j habitual aversion of them well deserved , by using the most unworthy means of entrapping a poor publican or tradesman within the meshes of the Excise laws ; such as getting a guager from a distant station to enter a public-house , and , after being supplied with whatever drink he may order , to ask for pipes and tobacco , whioh , being procured from the houses licensed to sell the article for the accommodation of "gentbmanly customers , " the unsuspecting publican finds himself proceeded arainst for selling the weed without license , and is
mulcted in heavy fines . Such cases have occurred in this town several times . Now that Father Mathew has , generally ; speaking , left very little for these folks to do , why should the public expenditure be augmented by paying salaries to such of them as are not wanted ! The fact is , that one guager now would be sufficient for the districts which gave employment to a dozen of them a year ago , yet their number is not diminished . If , with & ruinous decrease of revenue , the Government thought fit to keep up such a staff of idlers as tbese , paying them for doing nothing , ; it is pretty nearly as monomaniacal in a financial View as anything that has occurred in
these latter dayB . There are some , to be sure , exempt from this ; character , but these are only the exceptions to the general rule . One of them a few days ago in this town , having , of course , nothing else to do , betook himself to deep potations , and daring the night he fell foul of come drunken chaps lately returned from sea , who gave him a pair of sable eyes and other | ugly bruises . Being asked next day what was the cause of his looking so black and rueful ; he could give no more account of the matter than that he took a supper of eyeslers , and some young men who came into the room handled him roughly . Fellows like h ; m pocket £ 30 a year of the pnblio money . —Dublin World .
The WELSHt Collieries . —Cardiff . —A meeting of the magistrates took place on the 18 th instant , with the view of inquiring into the cases of Llcwellin Lewis and Edmund David , who were charged with threatening arid intimidating the workmen at the collieries at Gelly Gaer . Mr . Evans appeared for the prosecution , and Mr . Owen for the prisoners . John Lewis , of Dowlais , stated , that in consequence of the colliers of Gelly Gaer having struck , he was engaged to work at those collieries , together with several other men . As they were proceeding to work they were surrounded by a crowd of men and women , who pelted them with stones , and compelled them to abandon their work . Jenkin Thomas , one of the men employed , saw the prisoner , Llewellin
Lewis in the crowd . Mr . J . Lewis remonstrated with the mob . j He returned to his brother workmen and informed them that they would be allowed half an hour to make their escape . The workmen then left the contractor ' s house , to whioh they had fled for shelter , and made their escape amidst a shower of stones . Lewis ! Lewis stated in evidence that he had , in consequence of the strike among the workmen , obtained a fresh supply of hands from Merthyr and Dowlais . When he arrived at the Cardiff works he found a large j mob had assembled , and the most violent language was used . His life was threatened . A mau of the name of Thomas Thomas , who was in the crowd , said tbat be would drive his fist through
witness ' s heart . Witness , considering the lives of the new workmen in danger , atked for time to send them back again . Hslf an hour waB granted for that purpose . 'The mob , however , broke faith with the contractor . ; Ab soon as the new . workmen issued from the house , they were pursued by the crowd of enraged colliers . Mr . Bruce Pryce spoke highly of the last witness . He had examined the books , and found that these colliers were receiving 25 s . per week ; and that the average rate of wages was 22 s . per week ; and ] that , too , when wheat was at a low prioe . Both prisoners were found guilty , and were sentenced , one to three months' imprisonment and bard labour , and the other to one month ' s confinement in prison . —Times .
The Unemployed ax Glasgow . —On Tuesday forenoon , the interest of the citizens was considerably excited , by the ; appearance on the streets of several hundred men and women , belonging to the unemployed poor , walking in procession . They mustered in the Green , tinder what management we have not learned , aud from thence proceeded through the principal parts of the city , headed by a person bearing a black flag . Several other individuals , both men and women , carried boards , bearing inscriptions , on one of which , were the words "Bread or Death . " Taa party had a truly miserable and squalid appearance , many of them having little more clothing than was necessary for the purposes of decency ; while their whole aspect betokened the lowest stage of wretchedness . Not a few had the appearance of being
reduced tradesmen and factory girls ; but it was not difficult to discover that a considerable proportion of them belonged : to that outcast class , always numerous in Glasgow , even in the best of times . Their object was to excite the sympathy of the inhabitants is their behalf , but further than the display made for this purpose they did not go . No begging was attempted , nor the slightest breach of the peace committed , and after traversing the greater part ef the -city , they returned to their original place of muster in the green , and quietly dispersed . A party of police hung on the skirts of the procession as it wound through the city , but as we have alreadv observed , no cause of interference was given , and tbe poor creatures were left to pursue their way unmolested . —Glasgow Argus . «
Tragical Occurrence . —On Monday night , between eight and nine o ' olock , an occurrence of a tragical nature , but whioh is at present involved in mystery , took plaoe at the house , No . 4 , Shire-lane , Temple-bar , it appears that a gentleman having met with a female iu the public street , agreed to ao company her to the above house of ill-fame . On their way thither , however , they called at several public-bouses and had something to drink at each , and on their arrival at their destination the gentleman was in a state of inebriety ; but , according to the statement of the girl , whose name is Susan Emerson , they proceeded together up-stairs to the second floor back room , where she left him for a
moment to get a light which had gone out ,, and on her return , the gentleman had , thrown himself out of the window into the back-yard , falling upon the flag-stones , where he lay bleeding from different parts of his head . Two of the city constables ( Wardle , 325 j and Stan way 311 ) having been sent for , placed him on a shutter , and conveyed , him to King ' s College Hospital , where he lies in a state of insensibility , jarising chiefly from the injuries he sustained by his fall . He is not expected to survive . The unfortunate person , whose name ia at present unknown , is about twenty-four years of age , and is dressed in black . On searching him 53 . 7 £ d . was found in-his possession , bat nothing to lead to bis identification .--- Times .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 25, 1843, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct795/page/4/
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