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wonld be needed , in comparison to Sic number at present Id occupation . Again the great command is , Thon shall labour ;* and would not even ihe capitalist bs benefitled by bodily exertion , knowing i&ai it is essential to health 3 3 Joi without preEsng ihb subject any further " , we would again urge upon oar artizans the importance of Epade iDsbandry , as we can produce abundant facts , that whenever persevering Indrridnals and enierpiisDg ebmmnniiiss have had & fair trial ef the pnndple , iti 3 B been « rowned with sneeess . Titer * erf indimdusZjr in several of ihe Sheffield Trades , teko are partly employed on ihe land , axd theib jleaks
OT SUPPCST USE BETTER THA 5 IEOSK WHOSE SOLE imPESDiSCE is ox artizak labocr . An instance of Uiis feind presents itself among the razor grinders j a portion of the menObers of ibat trade work in the country , and ( with sense exceptions ) they are partly employed in agricultural pursuits . - The consequence is , they five better—are longer lived—and , in the « anforts of life , are snperior to ihe Sheffield grinder , w&oiaBnothiBi ? else but Ms artizanlaboar to depend spon for 3 Hretihood . "Felirtr Workmen—We would likewise submit to yonraHaftiDn , the propriety « f giving assistance io * inrir * de that joins yonx ranks , whenever thB said trade feels it consistent yrith their interest or fiuiy to try to amend fheir condition- This might be
easily done by a small trifle paid by e&ch member , eomprMnga general union of trades . For let us snppose there are ten thousand -workmen m the varixras trades of : Sheffield ^ and these workmen memba s of one general union . A penny from each member Konld amount to £ 41133 and if this was continued weekly , for the space of ax months , would amount 16 £ 1 , 083 € 3 . Kow let the same be added to the moral force that such an nnien would be capable of wielding , and we "will Teniure to predict -with nEerr-5 n % eeraiaijibaX a better state of things ¦ would saon "b e the result .. "W « wonld just point ont an example ^ ofttnion and unanimity in the most powerful body of dissenters in this country— -we mean the Methodists , who at their commencement were a despised
and persecuted body ; but can now assume euch an attitude : as to command respect from ihi 3 or . aaj oiher ^ orernment : and yet they owe so smal l share of then- importance to penny-a-week subscriptions . "fellow Workmen , —In 4 hu 3 diEmisaingihe above , we think we hare stateS BnfScieni to show you , ihat it would be greatly to your interest to come forward and join u 3 . We have the heartfelt satisfaction in tellmg you th&t we hare already a great majority of the most Influential trades with us , and there are several others thai are nearly ready to declare their adhesion . We trust that in a short time aB the trades -will form one compact union , as
their interests more or less depend on each other . In conclusion , we say we hare performed no more ihaa oar duty . Our respective trades naturally "wish for a developemeni of < rar views , in wanting an organization of all the trades . If they approve of the Beatiments contained in this address , it will certainly impel us to go on as we have begun . If 3 hey disapprove of them , we shall still enjoy the conscious satisfaction of having served them to the best of our abflity . We are , Fellow Workmen , with lie best wishes for your welfare , *! Ehe Dixegaie Cokxttxes of xhb Associated Trades . "
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THE COLLIERS , THE STRIKE , AUD THE
M LITTLE-SHILLING" MEN . Wb find the injurious effecte of an Extension of Trade" developing themselvesmore prominently day after day , as the struggle between capitalists and their slaves progresses . Not only vraa the supply too great for the ^ iristing demand , but it was further segmented by the facilities which an artificial Paper Currency afforded the speculators of dabbling in the labour market - and as charms are balm to the soul and captivating to ihe mind , we find the old-Paper Currency sdvocaieB proposing an extension of this latter evil , as a means of correcting the calamity to fffhich , in a more mitigated form , it has led .
The cry has been raised that " as Ireland has her CCoHtKii , and Wales her Bebeccjl , why should not England hare her Aitwood * The answer is , 3 £ asland lias her Arrsroon , and & ready to BEEfgriTg hex Arrtpoou in ihat position from which his own timidity hurled Mm ; but the qualification must he—not his advocacy of a return io One Pound Notes , we She "little ShiHing , " but Ms return to those principles which he and his parry most shamefully abandoned .
A disordered multitude will never lack leaders professing an entire sympathy with the sufferers ; while experience must have taught the working clasejylbat those circnmftance-made-generals , hare inTariably attempted to use the soldiers for the attainment of their own peculiar objects . The colliers , appear lo us to hare gained experience in the school of Adversity . They are daDy learning the state of xmopposable dependency to which they have been brought ; and in each successive failure that dependency is more widely imprinted on their minds . They have discovered that they are mere machinery
used by cajewists , trio are directed m their speculations by the amount of confidence with which they can inspire the managers of joint-stock paper ; and , in the-grieranee they recognize the working of the system by which , they axe disinherited from any participation of the making of those laws , and in Jhe f rft * " ** E of ibose xnles and regulations ,- bj which iheir affaire are governed c and , therefore , instead of sUnajnnt / iiiescinn from the surfaceirithaOne Pound NoU , they look for political equality as a means of cleansing the ffith from the bottom . Nothing could inspire us with greater confidence , or fill us with
more joy . than the discretion by which their movements have been hitherto marked . The preas , bowever , is already beginning to associate Chartism with the * Strikef * and it becomes our bonnden duty to guard our clients against the admission of the Chartist scum into the " wage 3 " -weH . In the MomxngAdverliseT , now lying before us , we find that " a meeting of colliers was addressed by Mr . Thomjlsos , a Chartist . " "When the Snuge parly ittempted , under the guidance of the League , to enlist the Colliers of Staffordshire in support of "Pree Trade" principles , we hesitated Dot to
( action them against the wiles of that party ; and We yhtt-K not now -withhold trax adrico when similar danger threatens the body . Instead , then , of giving our own opinion , as requested by several Correspondents , as to the fitness of Mr . Thosason to £ 11 lie office of a Collier lecturer , we would refer the applicants to those localities where Mr . Thomaso * is better know than he is to us . Let them apply to Hie Chartist Associations * 2 ? ottingham , to their OWD party at NeTrcaEtle , afld to the people of the "Vale of Leven ; the localities where the services of Mr . Thoiuso 5 are best known : and if lie succeeds in
getting such a character from those places as will prove him to be worthy « f their confidence , by all means let him hare it ; while , should he fail , he ought not to be trusted with any participation in the movement , let them also Inquire of the Chartists of Bilsttm and Wednesbury , and ask who it is that Tn « t been instrumental in causing the People ' s Hall to be takes from them ? We feel ourselves called upon to administer this wholesome caution ; one , from the observance of which Mr . Thokaeoh can receive no injury j one , from the neglect of which the Colliers and the Chartist body may receive irreparable damage .
We rejoice to £ nd that © na ^ tae appointment of lecturers las been acted upon ; while we axe 20 less pleased to learn that the ungenerous attempt in Staffordshire to make the Strike a mere local Question , has been repudiated by the sound Ceding and good sense of the great body of Colliers ^ riuced in their resolution of not limiting their snp-5 ° rt to those immeaiately connected with ihep : l 06 * EtJ « This is the true principle ; and if gener-^^ c iea Bpon , will lead to an extension of that ^ "JWhy upon which , together with their own e 2 «» QnB , ihey mustrely for success . That there is fcoaepe forabemiiow at their own trade ^ fdelying *» der the earth . 3 b self-erideni ; and therefore , hiaead of delviag in Us boweh ? like slaves , Jet them
nfflQ ilielr attention to the cultivation of its surface ^ s f ree men . The labour Vo which a collier is BJnred from infancy particularly fits him for an ^ Sncultoral jjf j ^ is easy , in comparison , more fas-^ JaaaDg , and fax more remunerating than the trade of a collier ever was , and far more so than ever it "SnB be again . Great however as the importance of file Landed question 13 , in our estimation ; and sur-5 ) SE 3 ng all othera in importance as is that of the S ' wpk ' s Oiarto- ; yei , for the present , would we lec ° saatod jjjpgg j ^ q srszi . gnegtf ore to hs made of EeMmtlaj j 4 » nsderation until that of more immediate ^^^^ eatie , the hsbjnr-dej > eTidency ^ uesnon , is *** & *¦ * J the ColhsK wiin their masters . The
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earth has belched up many uncultivated slaves . Let thoseTipoiiits surface , who have had betterj opportunities of instructing themselves , receive their brothers and embrace them j and instead of looking upon them as an additional increase to the syitem-madesnrplus-population , let them l '» ok upon them as an augmentation to that force , which , 8 ecing | abnndance in the Land , will increase the demand for Its application to its legitimate purposes . The colliers are to be won tofthe advocacy of the Land arid Charter question \ but they must be wooed and led by gentle
courtship , and not driven by declamation . ; Our first step should be to save them from their seducers By caution ; our next to win them to ourselves by argument . We desire not to rouse an angry feeling against their masters ; while we would place them in a condition to resist their further powers of oppression . In case a speaker should frequently present himself as their instructor , let their leaders instantly and openly through our columns , or by letter if they prefer it , communicate with ; the Chartist body in those several localities where the
character of such speaker is best known : and until this preliminary step is first taken , we would strongly recommend them to discountenance and discourage any alliance with strangers to their body . Of all things let them abstain from private letter writing , and secret associations . Amongst lheir own order in Staffordshire , Northumberland , Yorkshire , Wales , and Scotland are men of the very highest order of talent , and of unimpeachable integrity . We would , therefore , suggest tbe propriety of their calling a Convention of their own body , to meet in the most convenient place , not sitting beyond three days ; trhose business it should be to decide upon , and to recommend , some uniform system whereby their operations may be directed .
So much for the colliers especially ; while our advice to colliers and Chartists is , to beware lest what belongs to other circumstances should be saddled upon the back of Chartism ! If the " free traders , " or sectional leaders , should succeed in exciting the an S r J passions of the starving colliers , let the remonsirance and the language of their Chartist brethren be— YOU WERE CAUGHT BEFORE IN THE SAKE TRAP ; and tee were charged vith-alllhe consequences of your indiscretion . "
There is little doubt bnt the old rump of the Birmingham faction will attempt to foist themselves as leaders of the irritated colliers . We caution them against any alliance with any party who wonld use them for mere class purposes .
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Straxob Conduct op a Pabson and his Tools , THE Chttechwabdess . —Some fete weeks ago we published an account of a vestry meeting which had been called at Sutlon to lay a Chuich Rate ; and which , when it was -assembled , was . suddenly adjourned hy the parson-chairman an his individual authority . Since then the adjourned meeting has been hotden ; indeed tixo adjourned meetings , us the follovnng account will show : — The churcbTOHleBS having given notice that a Tertry meeting -would De holden on tbe 13 th of June , 1843 , at ten o ' clock in tbe forenoon , for the purpose ol levying a rate of sevenpence halfpenny in ibe pound , the ratepayers assembled at the time appointed . The Minister took tbe chair ; sod being furnished with a boot he commenced -writing in iti without any business being brought before the meeting . After some time , he read over the notics calling the meeting , and then -what he had -written , tbe pnrport of
-much was , that the meeting stood adjourned to the 27 th of Jana On that da ; the ratepayers . a ^ ain as sembied , and in larger numbers than bflfore . The Minister did not mate his appearance ; but one of the churchwardens took the cfcair , and -without consulting the meeting -wrote another aoJournmeRt . He -was reasoned -with upon the impropriety \ of such conduct , - when he declared tkat it was legal , closed the book , and bid the ratepayers to help themselves —he stood responsible . Tbe other churchwardens took the books * ud went away -with them . ¦ AccoTding to tbe last adjournment tbe ratepayers assembled on Tuesday morning last , at ten o ' clock , in larger numbers still ; but neither Miniaternor churchwardens made their appearance . After -waiting some half hoar in the church-yard , an individual -went do-wn to the Clerk ' s house to see what was up . The Clerk said he -was jost coming to the church ; and come he did , bat not to let the ratepapers into the' chorea , hat to pat tbe following notice upon the church door : —
" The legality of the last adjournmeBt having Ven disvcted , fresh notice -will be given ; when we shall be able to lay before the vestry the business for which it was originally called . i Joiin Ksowies Dawbesey , Church-wardens . < Job * Bbitebwobth ^ \ BesjaMi 2 * Burton , Sutton , August 1 , 1812 . " Now the whole of this business is grossly illegal , after the first assembling of the meeting . At a vestry meeting ^ the minister , or parson , can legally , assume the cliair ; but he has no pmeer to adjonrna meetittg of his own individual tail , unless in case a yoll is demanded , when , after taking a few votes on the spot , ? te may adjourn to another lime and
place , for the convenience of finishing the poll . But even in that case , if he put the question of adjournment to the meeting ^ the power to adjourn of himself 15 given up The . conduct of this parson , then , in the very first instance , was grossly contrary to law ; and this is , for him , a very unfortunate circumstance ; for tee have no doubt but that he looks upon a great portion of his flock as a very law-less rabble , and turns up his noic—fis it well-dyed ? J—accordingly : whereas in this business so far , he , the parson , is the only u lawless" ragamuffin in the whole parish . There is an old saying , " like master like man ;" and the truth of it was exemplified at the first a adjourned" tneertnp . " The chtirditparden took
the chair" What mere the ratepayers doing to let him ? He had no more legal right to do so than we should have had , had we chanced to have been strolling through the place . The law of vestry meetings is , that in the absence of the pardon from the chair , the ratepayers shall appoint some one to preside . The ratepayers , therefore , iu tfiii . instance ought to have elected o chairman , and proceeded to business . Jf the churchwarden had then interrupted the harmony of the meeting , and tried to cause confusion , the chairman should have caused him to be removed out of the place , — to a dunghill if the parties taking him liked . The
ratepayers having neglected the necessary appointment of a chairman , the churchwarden as&wned it ; and pleycd- the illegal prank of the parson over again . He , of himself , again adjourned tbe meeting ! More fools the ratepayers io let him ! They should have laughed at Aim , and gone to business . If the officials would not leave the - vestry-book with the chairman , for the recording of the business transacted , the chairman should . have taken it from them . Meetings should ? wt be mere play things in the hands of officials . Teach them their proper place , whenever they go beyond it . There is no wonder that the church'vkrdens
felt themselves compelled io give notice that the legality of . iiiese adjournments teas disputed , and that Afresh notice" for a meeting must be given . The conduct , all through , of the parson and his tools was highly illegal . The first adjournment tvas illegal , and tw > future steps could cure the defeei . Bad the secotui meeting gone to business , whatever they had done would not have been worth a straw ; and so with the third meeting . This Mr . Parson seems to have found out ; und we have no doubt but ihat he induced the churchwardens io ploy the bully at the second meeting io get himself out of the scrape . ** The legaTtfy of the last adjournment is disputed" ' , say the churchwardens . The last adjournment was as legal as the first one ;
every whit so . But it is convenient sometimes for a law-breaking parson to have a scape-goat io carry off the odium . The ratepayers are , however , to have another meeting . ** Fresh notice will be given . " Let them then assemble . Let them then go io business . If the parson comes to "take " the chair , well and good . If he should not do so , or if he should again play the prank of ** adjourntneni' \ and leave the chair , appoint ene of the ratepayers to fill it , and go to work . Be not ridden over , either by Air . Parson or his lacqueys . John Hicket , Maxchestek , has collected for Mr . RaiUon the sum of 6 s . HW . ' W . Majob , Bebmosdsbt , is informed thai Mr . T . R . Smart , late of Loughborough , is now at Shaw lane \ near Markfield . . ;• Pat-ot . —We are desired to notice , ihat unless all
persons holding money for the late concerts , held at the City of London Institution , p y the same into the hands of Mr . Wheeler , on or before Wednesday , 9 th of August , they will be published as LoTXKRiiS JKD BaJTXES . —All lottery and raffle announcements are expressly forbidden by statute . The insertion of one in the columns of a newspaper involves a fine of £ 10 0 This is sufficient explanation to our Newcastle friends . Bbess of Mattes has caused us to reserve the commiaucatums of Ms . Gaiton , Gbacchds , ALr . isroiXHETSB , and several others , till next week , Mbs . 1 oop £ B desires to acknowledge the receipt W £% from Roberl Haines , E > g ., of Ou-ndie ;; £ 1 J romMr . Wm . Tatloir , Manchet-ter ; Kh . from the female Chartists of Todmorden ; and \ Qsfrom the female Chartists at Sheepshead .
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Stabs to Ibklind . —The Sheffield Council again press upon the Sheffield Chartists the necessity of sending their Stars to Ireland . A committee is in attendance at the Fig Tree Lane Room every Wednesday evening , to receive and forward all papers ^ they may be favoured with . Let our Sheffield friends see to ] this ; without any trouble to them the committee \ will forward the papers , and immense good will doubtless be the result . The Council beg to acknowledge Jhe receipt of several copies of the Northern Star / rwn unknown friends * sent as the Council suppose to be forwarded t » Ireland . Our Chartist friends in any part of the country who will favour the Sheffield Council with their Stars , are informed thai they will be duly posted to
Ireland . Papers may be addressed to Mr . ^ ° " » Green , shoemaker , Vine Yard , Hartshead , Sheffield . Ms . Jtojan Haenhy would feel obliged to his friends in different parts of the country , if they would favour him wilh any local papers they may " take in" and have no further use for when read . Their politics will not matter , - and English , Scotch , Welsh , or Irish papers will be equally acceptable . Mr . H . desires thim for purposes connected toilh the furtherance of the democratic cause . Address No . 24 , Sheaf Bank , Lead Mill Road , Sheffield . W . B ., Sheffield . —The lines won't do either him or us credit , if published . A Poor Slave , in the Coai Mines , Duckinfielp , tends for insertion an address to the coal
miners that has already appeared * n our pages . We think one insertion ought to suffice . Leicester Dsmochatic Hall of Science—We are happy to hear that this project is well received by the working people and their friends . We have advice that the society is going on well : that more than one Hitfidred shares are already taken . This is cheeringPSMost heartily do we wish that every large town had its Working Man's Hall devoted to the Working Alan ' s welfare . D . Cateb , London . —All is right . It was our mislake . J . Whiddon , London , will see in this day ' s Star
where he can send his Stars to for distribution in Ireland . He has only to make them up in a cover open at the ends , and aduiess them to Mr . Green , of Shfffield . Of course they will go post free . Ode Clerkenwell Friends . — We are sorry for their disappointment , but could not help it . We were compelled to act as we did . We had no alternative . The press of matter upon us last Thursday was . so great , that reports from a score of places had to be cut down , theirs amongst the rest . We tried lo avoid it in their case , if it had been possible ; but could not find matter to displace for them .
MR , M 01 R AND THE GLASGOW CHARTISTS— IFehave received a long account of a severe [ con ( est in Glasgow for Vie office of Commissioner of Police , just now vacant . The Chartists started that sturdy democrat , James Moir . This- stirred the shams ; and they have opposed Moir , wiih a man who had promised him his vote and support J Trickery the most unblushing has been resorted to . When they saw Moir a-head , they actually got a number of persons v : M had already voted for Moir to go register their votes for his opponent At the close Moir was in a minority of eleven . A protest has been handed in , and a scrutiny demanded The result is expected io be the seating of Moir by a majority of fiflttn .
Truth nbvbb tears the Light . —Under this head a correspondent writes from Bishop Auckland , on Jnly 31 st , as follows : — It is painful to see -what n > en -will sometimes do , and to hear -what they will sometimes say when under tbe influence of jealousy . We have had an instance of this lately in the Bishop Auckland district of the Miner ' s Association . We had been almost inclined to follow tbe advice of Mrs . H . More , and to "let asses kick and puppies bark unnoticed" ; but , lest silent contempt should be constrned into conscious inability to refute , and thus a breach be made iu the Brotherhood , I bave thought it best to give a statement of the facts of the case . Some persons have been very industriously engaged in circulating derogatory reports
respecting the worthy secretary of thiB district , Mr . Wm . Downs , to the effect that be has pocketed a considerable Bum of money , the property of the society . Now nothing short of deep-seated malice could have invented such a calumny ; for on last Saturday a delegate meeting was holden at Cockton Hill , to investigate tbe matter , when not only was tbe charge found to be false , but bis accounts proved to be so admirably kept as to call forth the admiration of the delegates , and a vote of thanks - was unanimously awarded him- I < et this stop the mouth of slander , and put the members of the society on their guard against giving credit to every Btory they hear . By order of the delegates . James Ballantyne , Delegate . "
Mr . Low Wages Cobden and the Agricultraxisis- —Mr . Cobden has lately been making great fuss in some of the agricultral counties , taking advantage of the distress and dissatisfaction pro * dueed amongst tbe farmers by Six Robert Peel's Free Trade Tariffs and persuading the poor innocents that their distress is only to be cured by another and longtr dose vl the very * ' medicine " which has prodnced the general debility and flatulence from which they now suffer . Amongst other places he has viiited Hereford ; and respecting that visit -we have received the following letter , which gives another specimen of tbe manifest "fairness " of the " freetr&ding" ( in lies and deception ) gentry : — Sir , —Perhaps you will allow me to state that I met
Pilchard Cobden at Hereford , on tbe 26 th ult , and proposed an amendment to their resolution , in which I averred that former approaches to free trade had been followed by an invariable reduction in prices , profits , and -wages ; it was declaratory of resistance to Corn Law Repeal foi those reasons , and concluded by recommending the idlotment system . Tbe meeting was to begin at eleven o'clock , but as the people took little interest in the affair , the Leaguers did not begin to speak till one pm ., thus robbing parties of the two hours in which they had a right to reply , by occupying them themselves . Cobden and Thompson -were there . Cobden opened , but iu a totally different strain of argument to that In which he addresses a manufacturing audience . For instance , in his reply
to my argument , that machinery displaced labour , he said he employed 600 hands on ten acres of land , to prove his assertion that it did . not . How evasive . I told him the * xaising-gig , " 'lewis-machine , ' and ' perpetual , ' had displaced 270 , 000 hands since 1795 This ho could not answer . Over-production , be said , meant that the people were too industrious . Pooh . ' said I ; overproduction means that the labour and energies of a portion of tim people have been loo long and loo partiall y employed in manufacturing pursuits . That is what over-production means . W 2 ? en a smith has shod all the horses of bis customers , does he keep on hammering red hot iron ? When a butcher lias snpp'ied the full demand on kim tor meat , does be keep killing on at his cows , and let the beet spoil ? Ho ; these parties turn to
their large garden , or thtir plot of land ; and precisely so must the manufacturers do , or starve . We mnst keep to the land question . Well , 1 had twenty minuter good hearing , but when I began to pair their sails too close for their comfort , they hatched a conspiracy and got the chairman to ask the meeting if I ¦ was not wide of the question ; of coarse the geese responded to the foxea , and I Dad to conclude . Cobden then requested tbe caairman to suspend tbe resolution , that he might speak again . This was to draw my machinery arguments out ol them . He and Thompson spoke fifteen minutes each , without saying one -woid to the qnestion . Tfeeir resolution was only just carried ; and thns ended tbe meeting in -which Cobden , in ills ovra vtotcIb . used delusion and deception . Faithfully ,
John W . Clarke . Ledbury , 1 st Acgnst , 1841 . Me . j . Pepper , akp the Frjekds at Selston . — They surely never could wish us to insert the resolutions they have seiit Tae whole affair is paltry . Surely they could have managed to settle the business , -without bringing it before the body . It is trifl . ug to spend tne time that should be devoted to the advancement of the principles of right , to manifestations of little local querulousness . It is time to have done -with this baby play , not only locally , but generally . Jealouay ^ nd envy have done more to split up our ranks thau almost any other cause , tbe ST-R 1 S . S plot excepted ; and envy is hateful , present itself where it may , -whether amongst the local
leaders or amongst those of a higher grade . The rectification , however , rests with t-he people themselves . As long as ; they nurture the spirit of unchariubieness and ' bard judging in their own intercourse one 'with another , the ranks will never be free from ihe blight of jealousy . Precaution and watchf ulnees are highly necessary ; but these are not Suspicion or ill-wilL ! A proper iseariDg one t » -w « dB another ; a manifestation towards 0111 brother of that confidence and good-feeling which we expect him to entertain for ourselves ; a desire to be just on all occasions , and give ] every man his due , will soon eventuate in a better aspect of things generally When the several members of the great body of Chartists act in this spirit , they will instantly detect any attempt to -work upon their grosser passions ; and the man who endeavours thus to play with them -will be soon convinced that he niuut either instantly
desist and confine his exertions to a legitimate sphere of action , or he -will : be quietly given the " go-by . " This spirit , -we axe nappy to say , is fast extending . Let it but actuate all , and -we may bid defiance to the envious and the jealous ; for they will then be powerless for eviL Liberation op a " ViCTiM , t-OD Saturday , the 12 th of Aug ., one of the sirikeplot victims will be at liberty to breathe the free air of heaven , and receive the congratulations of his Mends . We mean poor but honest Dewhorst of X > sswsbury . From a notice amongst the " forthcoming meetings " it -mil be perceived thai the Chartists of his locality intend to evince their sense of Ms moral ^ vrorth and political- - goodness , by some mark of public approbation on the day of his rt lease . This is -well . Such e : sh \ bi * . k >» B flo great good , ana serve more than one purpose ; lor while they show
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the man who has braved danger , and heroically sttferea in the people ' s cause , that bis efforts and services are not forgotten , they also teach the enemy the futility of persecution in " patting down" opinion ;[ and they also serve Ito bring the persecuted persons aad principles prominently before the public , and gives the latter au impetus towards general adoption . The known spirit of the " Dawabuty laflB" forbids all fear but thds thiB demonstration of respect for suffering Integrity will be all that the moat ardent friend of Mi-. Pewhurst could desire . Ovjr Bqchdale Friends and the Victims — Most [ readily d © we give insertion to the following from oar Rochdale brethren , and would strongly urge their example as one worthy of being universally followed : —
Sir , —On reading your remarks in the Star of Saturday last concerning tbe Victim FJund , and the election of a committee pro . tent , to superintend the management [ of that fund ; and having perused the two letters to the Star of the previous week , from Hoyle and Williams , at present confined in K-rkdale gaol , as a Chartist and a man I blush to acknowledge the troth pt the charge againafci the Chartists generally for negleot of victimised brethren ; yefc I feel proud to be able to record that the associated Chartists of Rochdale have rendered considerable assistance to victims not immediately connected with their own town , while the family of the only Chartist victim of Rochdale has a regular weekly allowance from the Association funds , which keeps them at least from want ; Our locality was one of the thirteen whichiWintamB Bpeaka of as having been applied to to memorialise tbe Queen on their behalf ; and the
Chartists of Rochdale did not merely « signify their intention of complying with tho request , ' but set about the work immediately , and forwarded a memorial to our excellent member , Mfc Sharman Crawford . Our memorial was on behalf of all political prisoners connected with the strike 0 ! August last . Out kind-hearted female Chartists sent a specialj messenger with six shillings to Williams , of Oteham , tbe same Chartist that found bis family in such a deplorable condition on bis release ; and we gave him rather more , which } the poor man came and thanked us personally for , with manifestations of gratitude that I for one shall not soon forget . This was before the letters of Hoyle and - Williams appeared ! I bave taken the liberty o ( Basing this much to induce other localities to ' go aud do like-Wise '; And let us tender what assistance we can to our victims , as I consider they can never be fully recompensed for their sufferings ;
Jordan Chadwick . Rochdale , 31 st July , 1843 . The Victim Fund , and the Victim Fund Committee . —We are happy in having to record that our Manchester friends have done in this matter , just -what the cauntry expected they would do , — their DUTY . They have with alacrity responded to the call made upon them , and appointed a Victim Fund Committee . The following is the account we have received ol that appointment : — At a meeting of the Committee of Management for the Carpenter ' s Hall locality , held on Monday evening last , the recommendation which has appeared in the Star tar two Saturdays past , relative to a General Victim Fund Committee being appointed in
Manchester , was taken into consideration ; and after a good ideal of discussion , it was agreed— " That we comply with what appears to be the wish of our brethren in tbe country . " A committee was then appointed , and a highly respectable gentleman of the name of Tallow was chosen Secretary . All communications for the committee to be addressed to Mr . Wm . Xatlow , at Mr . Kudfem'a , hardware dealer , 18 , Swan-street , Manchester . We can assure our Chartist brethren that the abovenamed Gentleman . poBswaea the entire confidence of tbe whole of tbe General Council and the Members of this locality , and we have not the least doubt but the Committee will do their duty , strictly and impartially , in tbe administration of the funds placed at
their disposal . The following resolution was also unanimously agreed to : — " That we , the members of the [ Manchester Council , are of opinion that none but recognised members of the Chartist Association , or their wives and ; children , are justly entitled to receive any relief from tbe General Victim Fund , established under the auspices of Chartists ; and we call upon the different localities to express jtheir approbation of , or dissent from , this resolution as early as possible , in order that the Committee may know how to . act in the appropriation of the funds , should application be made from parties wfeo ate not immediately connected with the Chartist agitation , or who were not members prior to their being imprisoned . "
Now this is as it should be . The Manchester Chartists have gone to work in & business-like manner . They have appointed a good committee , with a gentleman for Secretary possessing their entire confidence ; and possessing , we understand , good business-habits . They have also started a point , which ought to be immediately settled , as a guide in the distribution of the relief to be afforded . The Chartists in their different localities will do well therefore to turn their attention to that point , and comply with the r ^ qiest made . F or our own part we would Bay , be discriminating . Many do no . t join the ChattiBt body , for fear of thd certainty of starvation through loss of work if they did ; and who yet are good Chartists' in their hearts ; and would be likely to be
the foremost in such affairs as August last saw , they not having the benefitof the counsel and judgement of an associated body to guide them through the strong and almost overwhelming excitement . Mnnyaone , also , is too poor ^ o pay contributions to any society , who would gladly do so , would it not deprive the almost empty platter of the foodless children of the crumbs scantily scattered thereon ; and such an one would be likely to , ! be " drawn in" into the " strike mess , " in the vague and desperate hope of mending an awful and unendurable state of things . These are victims ; and we hold them to be as much entitled to our succour and support as tbe best man amongst
us wbo has been so circumstanced aa to be able to join the Association opertly . We say , then , that in our opinion , the Committee ought to be left at liberty to ! discriminate ; to judge of the merits of each case presented to their notice ; and to afford relief to all who have been VICTIMISED , as far as they have the means . Chartism is not exclusive . The favours of Chartists ought not to be exclusively conferred . These considerations we press upon tbe Chartists generally ; and ask them to decide the matter . Tbe Committee , then , is now appointed . They are ready fur work . ' ¦ Tbe Manchester friends bave done so far
tbsir duty . A duty now devolves upon the localities . They must find the Victim Fund Committee something , to do . They BlU 8 t seek out the cases . Seek all out ; ascertain all the facts ; collect all the particulars ; name , occupation , situation in life , when convicted , bow long imprisoned , number of family , means of living , and actual condition . Send these to tbe Manchester Committee . They can then judge of each case ; aad , according to the means they have , afford the necessary relief . Now this U a duty which must not be neglected . If it be , all hitV . erto done goes almost for nothing . There are many pining in want , who do not even know of the existence of either : Victim Fund , or Victim Fund Committee . There are many also
who would sooner pine in secret , than make their case known of their own accord . All these must be sought out To seek them out is tbe duty of the Ciiartista in each locality . Let them , therefore , see to it at once . No time should be lost Too mucb Las been wasted already in forgetfulness . Let tbe Cnarlist Council of each locality from which " Victlais" have been dragged , appoint an active Committee , who will engage heartily in the work and go tbrougti -with it . It will be mainly round and / -. bout W anchester where these subordinate Committees will bo needed ; Of course they will be required in all places where Victims have been made , unless tbe Councils themselves i do the necessary work ; but it is round
and about Manchester where the large majority of the cases will be found . Tbe Victims were mainly made at the Special Commissions-at Chester , Lancaster , and Liverpool . York and Stafford contributed no mean quota ; but Chester , Lancaster , and Liverpool bore away the palm 1 A&inger was ai tho latter places ! In relation toithis matter , we have received from Mr Cleave the following letter , which we shall first insert and then offer a few words of explanation : — To the Chutists of Great Britain . -MY Friends , —jln the Chartist Circular of last week I presented you with a somewhat lengthy—but yet , I believe , an interesting—statement ^ of the history , so to term it , ' of the Political Victim Fund from its
origin with ray nomination as Treasurer by the Birmingham Conference down to the present time . I trust that that statement was perfectly satisfactory so far as I am individually concerned , however general and just the dissatisfaction which we must frantly acknowledge ought to be Induced in the minds of every humane Chartist at the almost criminal disregard w ^ ich it evidences to have existed of the bitter sufferings so [ long endured by our " Political Victim *" It is now my desire to confer with you upon tbe best means of disbursing , without further delay , the too trifling fund 'which you have entrusted to my keeping . It is indeed alike necessary and proper that a correct undemanding should exist between . you as toe subsaribers , and myself , aa the Treasurer of the fund in question : —in fact , that our relative duties to each ether , and to the vistins , should be bo clearly defined
as to preclude the possibility of subsequent cavillings I perceive that the Editor of tbe Northern Star entreats you to establish a " General Victim Food , '' and to entrust tbe disbursement of that fund to a committee consisting of , and appointed by , oar frisnds at Manchester . To ; the former suggestion I answer that these is no occsion for " establishing , " while there is a necessity for upholding a " General Fund . " The Birmingham Conference cUd establish such a fund , but you have not supported it . Your delegates laid the foundation , b $ t you hive neglected to fear the fabric . To the second f art of tho proposition ( the vesting the distribution qf the funds exe'usively in tbe hands of our Manchester friends ) 1 do certainly demur . But previously to advancing my objections to such a proposal , I nrust assure the Manchester 'folk , ' iu all sincerity , that ; I am not inuuuic&d by tbe slightest
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distrust or antipathy to them . I appreciate aa highly as any man cam their undaunted and consistent devotion to our common canst I can dwell with , satisfaction upon their past "efforts , and anticipate with confidence their future exec t , ons against tyranny . I cannot , therefi re , hesitate in affirming my belief that —K entrusted with jthe duty—tney would disburse the Victim Fund with the utmost impartiality . With this emphatic disclaimer of any distrust in the integrity of our " good friends and true" at Manchester , I will now , very briefly , tell you why I
dissent from their appointment as a " General Victim Fund Committee . " j 1 st . Because I am of an opinion that the appointment of a General Committee for the management of a National Fund should , emanate from a National Conference , and not from n local body . 2 ndly . Because I canriot but feel that the appointment of such Manchester -Committee , having an exclusive controul over the fund , would virtually set aside my appointment as Treasurer by the last Conference , and would be a de facto [ vote of " want of confidence" in
myself personally , j The Editor ot the Star will probably say that he also approves of the appointment of a General Committee by the forthcoming Conference , but that the immediate wants of th 9 Victims demand that we should not defer , even for a ] few weeks , tbe distribution of the fund in hand . And so sap I ; but this does not prove the existence of any necessity for there being a Committee at Manchester , and a Treasurer in London . Cannot , I ask , the Manchester folk , and , in fact , the people of every other district , form their local Committee , seek out the ] Victims , and then forward to TQ 8 ( as the duly authorised Treasurer ) tbe names of those Victims , tbe ' terms of their Imprisonments ,
the number , ages , and circumstances of each family , and such other information and suggestions as may be requisite . This course outjbt to bave been adopted long since , and yon—the people— -are to blame it has not been so . Let it now be done , and I will immediately convince you that my only desire is to have the fund applied to its legitimate purposes . But I do think that ] I am fairly entitled to some of the pleasure of distributing the fund in return for the trouble which it has cost me . I must really remind you that within the past twelve months upwards of six huuared pounds have passed through my hands by way of subscriptions for " Defence and Victim " , and other funds ; but principally for the former . This fact alone must shew these funds to
have cost me much time , and no inconsiderable amount of labour—not to mention money frequently expended for paper ! postage , and so on . I have received not hundreds , but thousands of letters- ' eacb letter containing ! a remittance by way of postoffice order . It was necessary that I should sign each of these orders , and procure payment from the General Post-office , jl need scarcely tell you that this alone required hundreds of walks—in the course of the year—from myj house to St . Martin ' s-le- Grand ,
and consequently occupied many , many hours that otherwise would have been devoted to my own affairs—and "to a man of business time is money . " But this was not all . I There was also the labournot a trifling one—of entering each subscription into a book kept for that purpose—and then copying out the list every week for publication in the Northern Star , and in the Evening Star , bo long as the latter existed . If you had had a proper Organizition all this would have been the duty of ja regularly salaried Secretary -, but in the absence of such an officer it has been done
by me—or by parties employed by me—without receiving , or even desiring , one farthing . Is it not natural , then , that I should demur to a proposition vhicb . would deprive ime of the only tewwl I « o < rot —that of having a voice { such as I maintain my appointment by the Conference entitles me to have ) in the distribution of a fund which has already required from me the sacrifice of so much labour and time ? It is said , that with the truly benevolent there is as much pleasure in giving as in receiving . So I anticipated & 3 much delight in disbursing as in receiving your subscriptions . If , then , the fund is
removed to Mrncbester , you deprive me at once of this roward , and my pleasure , But , I Bhall be told , that my personal feelings ought not to interfere with a public duty . True , Very true , but cannot both be regarded , without doing iDjury to either ? Have we not as good , as faithful , and as z ^ ataus friends bete , in London , aa in tbe provinces ? Have not the . people as much ! confidence in such men as Wheeler and Cuffy , and M'Gratb , and O'Connor himself , as in those } of Manchester ? I repeat that I esteem highly ] the latter , but I have equal respect for tbe former . Aye , but then the Manchester Committee could ascertain what victims there
are . Who doubts this , ? Is It not their duty to do bo ? Cannot they bo enquire now , and forward the result of their enquiries , and their recommendations , to me ? They need only do this to ensure all that can be required . If It should be then found that I hesitate to perform my duty , I can very speedily be sent "to the right about , " and a more trustworthy treasurer appointed ; but I cannot see why even the appearance of confidence should be withheld from me . I am [ bold enough to say that not one man can challenge a single instance in my past conduct with reference to thiB matter aa meriting distrust in the slightest degree . When the Conference assembles , I shall be prepared to render them an account of my stewardship , and to abide by whatever decision ( they may come to on
this subject ; but during the brief period that will intervene between then and tbe present time , I must , in justice to njy charge and to myself , desire that all subscriptions—by whatever party heldfor the Victim Fund ibe forth with transmitted to me as tbe Treasurer of that Fund ; and I must also most earnestly impress upon all the necessity—nay , more , the duty—of forwarding me all the information that can be collected as regards the victims . Let there be no delaj | in Bupptyiug lap Viith such means , and such information , and there ahall not be any delay in supplying sucJi assistance as the fund will allow . Let each of you see to the immediate performance of your own duty , and you shall not have any opportunity off charging a non-performance f duty upt > n
Your friend , ; and fellow Chartist , 1 , Sboe-lane , Fleet-street , Joiin Cleave . London , August 1 st , 1 J 843 . Now we must beg most distinctly to disclaim all intention of purpose to induce' a feeling of " want of confidence" in Mr . Cleave as Treasurer , or even of casting any , the least , slight upon him , in proposing a Committe at Manchester for tbe disbursement of the Victim Fund . In making this suggestion , we but suggested what was done in 1839-40 . Then Mr . O'Connor was treasure ^ to tbe " VICTIM FUND . "
IIIEN was a victim sjund Committee appointed in almost the same manner as now , and under almost similar circumstances , and for similar reasons . To that Committee was accorded the confidence of the Chnrtiat body , same as now ; Sand to that Committee Mr . U'Counor , as treasurer , transmitted the monies in bis hands just as tney needed them . It was considered no slight then . We coulcl not , in proposing the same machineifi over again , intend slight now . What we had in view was , io get some one to work Cases of : gross and indeed criminal neglect were fairly brought home to the Chartist door . Men had been allowed to
suffer for eleven months without almost a hand being raised to aid them , or a voice to comfort . Their wives and families bave had to endure all the horrors of actual starvation , both iu the B AST ILE and out , added to the painful pangs of separation , and tbe regret and shame that their natural protectors were in prison ! When this fact was brought home , cur ears burned on our head for very shame that we had neglected our duty , in not rousing others to their duty long since . But there was now no time to lose . Every hour wasted added to the disgrace already heaped upon all . 1 Considerations of personal etiquette never entered our bead . We proposed tbat which ' seemed most likely to accomplish tbe end
wanted , —relief of the suffering . We proposed tbe means we did—because we knew they had worfced well and satisfactorily before , j To the objection that a General Committee for the disbursment of a National Fuud , should proceed from a National body , an < i not from a local one , we fully accord ; and bad it as fully in view as Mr . Cleave when we suggested that the Manchester Committee should be appointed pro . ( em . Pro . tern , for what ? Far constant sitting ? For a constant disbursement of a National Fund ? No such thing . For the immediate relief of t ^ e NEGLECTED victims . who were starving when ; money was in hand subscribed for their relief ; while , as was well put in the resolutions of tbe Hnddersfleld district delegates ,
" means for the establishment of a Permanent victim Committee could be devised by tbe National Conference , when it assembled . " Tbe manner in which our proposal , for tbe establishment of this Committee , pfo . ten ., has been received by the country at large , makes it , for all purposes , as good as if appointed by tbe Conference itself . Nearly every Chartist locality have vottd their acquiescence with it ; not one has voted against it . The present aud last week ' s Northern Star affords as good an expression of Chartist { national opinion on this point as it is possible to obtain under present circumstances . We certainly leokj upon the appointment of that Committee , and the duties assigned to it , to be as national as it can be .
Wa care not who has the honour of giving the relief , so that it be given . This point may be easily settled between tbe Manchester committee and Mr . Cleave . We advise them to look more to accommodation than to honour . Jf it will conduce to the furtherance oi business to have the means of relief on the apot where they are mest » ee
be made , Irrespective of other minor considerations . It may be the best course to collect all the information , and send it up to London , 80 that the payment may be made direct in each' individual case . Of this we will not judge , leaving it to be determii ed on by the parties named . Np doubt they will datermineon the least expensive ] course ; for the fund is but small , and will not afiord much for postages . We bave before assigned s reasott a conclusive one witli us , why we suggested Manchester as the locale of tne Committee ; because from aad around Manchester
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the niiin portion of the victims have been dragged / and because there , on tbe Bpot . are the main of the wives and families of the victims to be found who nsed relief . We allude to this matter again , for fear that is should be for one moment imagined that ¦ vre did not name London from any feeling of w . mt of confidence , or o'f " aa much confidence" in . Lo « 1 in as Manchester merh No eueb , idea crossed or entered the mind . In the proposal , wo had nieruly the abject to bo accomplished in view , ami tb . 8 means tow best to accomplish it . We trust our mind is not so filled with petty little jealousies ; with paltry despisablo suspicions , as to cause ui to look more at one locality than another , except for business arrangement and
accommodation ; or to be all bristles up' if our own favourites are not invested in office . Tbe London men are as much worthy of confidence as tho Manchester men . The London men have nobly done their duty in this very matter of the victims , as our sheet of this very week testifies . They furnished relief to the " conspirators" while in town , to the amount of about . £ 12 . They bave purchased furniture for George White to the ameunt of about £ 5 ; besides a weekly allowance averaging about 12 a . They have also given £ 1 to Mr , Railton towards redeeming bis tools , in addition to their support of the General Fund , They have in this , perhaps , done their duty as well , or even better , than any other locality ; and for it they deserve all commendation , aud have outs most
heartily . But still it does not follow , tbat because Manchester 13 named aa the locale of a Committee for business accommodation , that therefore " want of confidence in London men" is implied . No such thing ! We must get over these suspicions of one another , and these jealousies as to who shall be honoured with particular appointments , or we shall never know peace . There is by far too much sensitiveness on these matters between tbe " London men " and their country brethren . Tae fact is so ; and Ifc is to be deplored that it is so . " London men" have their peculinrites ; and so have the " country-men "; and until each learn to know ono another , and to bear and forbear with each other , suspicion and jealousy and ill-feeling is sure to bo engendered and
manifested . Let ua all try to harmonize ^ and not to drive assunder . Le iving , then , the question as to who shall send or give the monies into the hands of tbe needy to be settled hereafter , let us again UTge upon the country at large to aee that means ef relief are aflVded , and that they are instantly applied . Isaac Hoyle has had no relief yet ! Isaac Hovles family bave hart no relief yet . He has been in prison nearly twelve months ! Si has James Williams , William Booth , and Thomas Ogden ; and they are all similarly circumstanced . Is it not time Chartists were at work ? Then there is Coofee and his wife . There ia Richards ; and God knows bow many , to be ferreted out of their obscurity , and their wants
attended to . Remember tho charge of Hoyle and Williams against you . They charge you with having showered your favours upon some few wellknown characters , and left others to die , neglected . Remove this stain . Provide the means of relief for all . Let all share your bounty , as far as you can . Treat all alike ; and if one has to go short , he cannot npbraid you with selection and favour in the disbursements of your , gifts ,- for in tbat case all would be Bhort alike . To our own appeal let us add that of a well-known friend , as follows : — For I was hungered , and ye gave me ratal : I xeas thirsty , and ye gave me drink : I was a stranger , and ye took me in :
Naked , and ye clothed me : I was sick and ye visited me-. I was in PRISON and yt came to me . Brother Chartists . —Permit me to ask , how is it we bave been so forgetful as to overlook so important , so imperative , a duty as that of providing for the families of our persecuted brethren ? Shall we attempt to palliate our peglect by any little evasion or excuse , or , like Mr . Harney , honestly and at once plead guilty to the charge ? Remember this is not tbe time for excuses . Away with them ! there should be no such word in your vocabulary ! Guilty is the term : and reparation should be the -. penalty for your apathy and neglect . Are you KEALJtr Chartists ? Are you men who sincerely wish to obtain -what yon profess to seek ; * o pull
down the Stronghold of oppression and establish , upon its ruins tbe immaculate throne of justice and truth i Are you philanthropists , or are you Christians ? Then prove yourselves worthy your high pretensions . Do not let a Chartist who has struggled with yon , and wbo is suffering for his advocacy or , and fidelity to your principles , pike neglected in prison ; or the partner of his sorrows , the wife of his bosom , the children of his love , perish whilst you can , nay , ought to protect . ' It is a mockery to cry out against oppression if you permit your victims to suffer the oppression of their enemies , and at tbe same time oppress them with the weight of your beal or appahent ingratitude . It ia folly to say you are lovers of
humanity unless you take effectual steps to relieve the sufferers . Let us give tbe world a convincing proof of practical Christianity by adopting the moral virtue of Ihe " text" with which I bave headed this appeal . Let us do this , and still we shall only have done our duty . Our political brethren in distress ought to be aa dear as our natural relatives ; for , let me ask , why do our friends suffer ? Is it not for seeking our redemption' from tyranny and raisiule ? Surely , as men , you Will not close your ears against the " dungeon ' s VOICE , ' or listen with iudiffeaence to the cries of tyiiaNT-made orphans for bread ! Will you , who are fathers , hesitate to juin in so holy a work , when you reflect that your
" prisoners " have also children -whom they love , but of whom oppression has bereft them ? Ah , eo : When you are anxious to supply tbe wants of yowr own children , bemember TllE LITTLE " viitims . " who , although innocent as angels , are compelled to share the punishment irfiicted on their parents !!! Will Chartist mothers , and females refuse their aid when they call to mind the " garret ' and the " bed of shavings , " and piGture to themselves the vast amount of bodily and mental suffering which must in this cast ! bave existed ? No , no , it cannot be I Forbid it heaven ! There is , I am persuaded , little fear that appeals of this kind will be made in vaia , or that the victims" of [ oppression—the martyrs to our
cause—shall still suffer at our hands . Stir yourselves then , and give proof of your zeal ! Let every locality , both female and male , do their duty . You can easily , by your united efforts , though ever so humble your " mites , " place those unfortunates boyond tbe reach of starvation and premature death . Let every man and woman who is a Chartist immediately ( and I beg leave to request they will not neglect it ) , pay into the Victim Fund of their several localities at least one penny aa a first instalment ; and admitting that only twenty thousand , which is only a small number of out strength , would do so , there would be at the expiration of one short week the vety handsome sum of £ 83 6 * . 8 d .
available for present use ; this sum , with the £ 30 in Mr . Cleave's hands , and £ 0 14 a . 2 d . in the Star office , would make £ 120 0 a . lOd . l and wbo amongst you , even the poorest , would feel the loss of a ten NY upon such an occasion ? I implore of you ; to take this question into immediate consideration . It is one which justice , honour , virtue , demands yon . should look to ( . And , above all , it is by sues generous support of your suffering friends you will and c * n only obtain your darling object , the Charter . Chartism is now suffering , and militant ; aud why should you not make it triumphant ? W . H . Cliftow .
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ley appeared before the Wakefield board of Guardmns for relief when the overseer of Stanley said that the woman and her children had been removed to the parish to which she belonged ( Rudderfield ) , and that on her arrival there the Huddersfield relieving-officer had placed her and her children in a cabin , in which there was only a straw mattrass and no furniture , along with a man , and she was told that he must remain there , - or if she was dissatisfied she must e , o back to Stanley , whither she returned .
Ihe woman was questioned by the board , and she said , weeping , that such had been the case . Appleyard , the overseer , was directed to take the womaa before the Huddersfield guardians . Mr . Cra , ven said , that at the last Ppntefract sessions a similar case came- before the grand jury , of which he was one . It was then stated in evidence that the relieving officar of Huddersfield had actually given a female pauper a ticket for lodgings iu a common broiheli and also that the relieving officer was in the habit of Paying . the lodging account at brothels for tho paupers seat there I Comment on such a case as this ia
out of the question . We could not have believed that such a monster was in existence . Will any father support a law which gives to such inhuman , brutes as this man suoh power I— Wakefield Journal . Accident . —A few days since a dreadful accident happeutsd in the family of Mr . Durrant , of MaySeld , near Bristol , from the incautious use of fire-arms . It appears that a son of Mr . Darrant ' s was iuthe fruit-garden , attached to the house , BUooting small birds , and his sister , a fine young woman , about eighteen yeare of was walking nnpercayed in the grounds , when shoot a sparrow , who was hid by charr u in her face tho house , when in discovered that her
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 5, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct813/page/5/
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