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THE CArSE 0 ? O'CONNOR . TO THS SDITOS OF THE MOHTHEHN STAB . " A Pairwi is the noblest work of God . " Pope , with a slight alteration . glR _ J " or nice long months has the patriotic -Q ^ jjBor been immured within th « dreary dungeon , * niBS long months lie has suffered every indignity and wmXt that a mean factions party could devise to crash j- ^ y * sd noble spirit The brightness and beauty g jaaaier pissed mj , but they passed uneiyoyed by the captive in his cell ; the cheeriest -winter has been . disji iag on its course ; i » fonnd , and it is leavw cm geierous and sincere friend an oppressed
sriswsr ; > SiT ' t * ° 'QS l 1 " « ' ^ asons change , though * L 6 ^ e oEward , though nAutions occur in the poll-^ , jo the n&tural -vrorW , yet O'Connor is fonnd in v-jyjasd soal the same—the same in resolution and u , ] jOi»—trae to his principles and his promises—¦ sal-oss is the c&ase of right , and painfully anxious for jfce test intcrtsta of tie people . Sir , 1 bad tie graiigaaon of bearing Mr . O Connor , when oa his trial at York , for " 5 fBat ** called " Libel ; " I there saw him gnu U& erect in tae dignity of truth , contesting , inch by isshi ^» £ cispTated ground "with the persecutors oi tia toi ^ TE ^ ; I heard him launch the thunders of ha eloquence against the corrupt minions of the crown ,
acd paL . t their chaxictars with such fidelity , that even ihrj sLrnrk from his frowss abashed and confused ; I also hsJ the pain of seeing him in the prison of tie Quest ' s 3 c = ^ whe re he -was suffering , mentally and todilj-, fro 31 " * health ; I heard tixe opinions cf his icsdleal attendants , and 1 saw their certificate * , staking jwj . professional reputation , declaring th&t it rcmd most probably be fatal to their patient , if he vss iesoTesi to ± e cold and cheerless castle of York ; I btt him dragged awsy in spite of all these circunr gjja ^ s , and heard his last sentiment * before his ^ gp-jtsre , shoiriEg defiance and scorn for his merciifss cptres&n , scd love and anxitty for his dear
countryjjjjjj , I uesd hardly say what pleasnre I hare since daiTfd stlartin ? . from yonr truly Ttluable columns , £ « i ht in fTer maintained the same composure and ferrj&i * £ aiiaa throngh the m » ny and severe trials to wtici &e ^ a 3 ^ e exposed . He has shown himself jo ie » ilJ ^ S to jcfftjja a martyr in a good csuse , and to be ea ^ o ^ ed « i& a character , as Christian , and as chiJascr'bica . as it is truly patriotic Bat why dc I E ^ s ; cr x ^ £ se : iings ? It is needless , for the " High piest cf Chartijm" has been tried by every test , and feu cs-e forth pare from the ordeaL He is a iried 3 ~ z ; he is acierstoad , and he is trusted ; for his in . Verity is apprecIiteJ by the masses , who haTS never kED'sra him to brtak his word , or to leave a
promise unfulfilled . 2 f o , sir , it is unnecessary Vo paint { he excellent qualities of O'Consor , when he is so uiTsrstlly ackn ; "yled § ed to possess them ; but yet it Ei ~ be trcefjary to remisd all of the fa : t , that one is son' s » " 37 ii ^ Tn m , who not only has the will , but ii ¦ the talent and power to serve them ; it may be jscasry to remind them , lest there should be focsd any so apathetic or so lest to tii oto welfare , m rot tc ? . ase all his B ^ rgies in tka strangle we are about to make Jar ths restoration of our truest friend once mere to our Biij , or . ee more to freedom , and the cause of justice . & : appeal , which has appeared in your paper , and * *¦ ¦ ' £ : tis emanated from mretinzs assembled on the
cc ; cr ., win not , I feel certain , be uisregirded . The px-pfe are grit « ful to those who liTe but for their eles , asd as opportunity has now presented itself for fea to display their most ferrest gratitude . They esj hot dedare the falsehood of tte assertion that fi-rj sre fckle , a = d stow that they will noj dasert thsir fciaoi in nee-i Wi'Ji renrd , Sir , to the mode we ybonld pursue for the ienravle end cf obtaiairg O'Connor ' s liVcrty , it sspairs - -o me that xhn ? -are rtro features , which should be iept ia Tisw , ard whirh , periar-s , you will allow ne to lay beicre you , ind y-ar readers .
?_ rit , we must coiaeziraie our powers , and © ur « rrtion ? . c-s c- « oVk : ai a i : " - ^ . This is tbs o ^ Iy way to attain ary t'ait end ; the taiaiin Eiind , if much firrL-e-d in i-s parraiis , may alTacc <; some ¦ sray in each , ~ bzi seidwi ! gj = s the waole length in any . Xnd so it is with tbe pec-ple , as wi'Ji an indiTidnal ; if they propose V ? o sazy rrimphs of a dif er = n : niture , and reqoiri&g Cfrren : mtius a : ose -jrae , they prohabiy fail in alL ] , Sir , £ S as inziosi as 027 one en be to see justice dose to rTay sTm ^ rer , aud to behold the fcles&iaes of frsecj'ZQ bestowed on every political prisoaer , ace ! ererr jxitjcal c ^ rlrt Bat , at the same time , I can-» : ¦ : ciinuse fron r : Ts& ] f the fsct tfcat ws are not
Uka ^ proper steps attainment tkis c 3 ; I sass ^ t bat feel that we should first gain fcs prf ££ rce of scch a n : na as 0 "Co = nor amongst us , Ed then , reinforced by Lis inestimable assistance , go ar » sTd fsr ± 5 restoration of th : -se whom ssaa diTide fcn their c-. urtry . I adopt this opinion , Sir , after EihiK d : Iib-jrition , aid I do so , first , because we can ebaia lie release of the Y ^ rk prisoner , in a shorter raee c' time , than we can possibly Lops to obtain is : cf Frost . Joues , asd Williams . f cc- ; - _ i . y , I < : csu 55 the litter obji-ct , as we all know , psss-ti iLsry more dificclties than the former , and f- ^^^ A tik
VS XT ^ ir . "W ^ . r * r-. < r *\ a nM f ^/ *^ * V . « c r \ -r ^ . * . * . ^ . r a want cf the aid cf sndh a frieud , as O'C-jnnor , fc cTrr--:. rxi them . And tiirdly , because I know we cst iciect one of these subjects for our first attack , ca lisa harirg met with suctcss , go on to snuther . I pxr . orf , ± enicre , that our powers should be collected cio " 5 » fts ^ j , End without deviating to thcrkhtor £ = k : i . ihsaid te s . t oiice directed in tieir overwhelm'Zi' -. x- to tbs liberation of O'Cjanor . This adTintaae * = t » 2 pin immediately , if -we set about it in rtal sat . and do not weaken onrs . -Iy s by LaYing too tS ^ T > ; -Z . 's in "view . "Whii b ^ is out . then let -us do
** - t-ii . 3 f' ^ Other del ? , t h ^ n ^ ii iufJ ' er ^ s friends , fca ; "> . J ; n ; j > : »_ that petitions for O'Connor must PS - zij iz « Hcuse of Common from cTery % uart * r ; ysr-h , Ei , t , vrm , and S uth , n- ^ -t rally in go ^ d BE-- - * * ., if isythirg is to be accocipiished . And this fciiJ n = to - the ££ cond poi = t , which is the m ^ Kle of te - ^ g ^ p our petitions . If , Sir , the cause we ara en-P | ti la be wcrthy of c ^? exerJons , it is also « 2 Tsgci scni-e trouble to prevtit tt . es-: exertions ~^ a btitg fn-straud- We cannot blow hot and cold * j ^ a 2 Le tL * ' -: lfct ^ ~ sie cnr eh ° - If ve PK : t :- » r , ind ctsire to be heard , what in the came cf P **""*» - » . . . - Kzi 13
~ - ^ u . .-u e the use cf framing our petition so that 2- nv . - , ¦ 1 he heard ? Why 511 it with Tain aad foolish ^ is ^ hici parent asy good arirlxg fro m it ? We ** t U hs-rs c-3 opinior on the capacity and honesty c 03 Pai ^ aeat ; -sre let tban ir . ow it eufflciently , te ^ t l , - r * orfa ^^ it : ' " 5 ' dofeS apJ * ^ " & ~ * : " ^ " t 0 cioose tte momEnt cf petition-^^ thr roment of abuse . The result is , that we P ~ r-- - "Lu : ; Y . j . Ocr trmble , for the appeal is imme--V " ' : il ' - ~ * ' - - Let ' as be prud = 2 t in our ac-tions , and "~ = E - ^ 2 cur rnuesTours . fef " ' ^^ - ^^ > J Ttnture to offer in a true and j-.. I "" ' ¦*' ' n - = l ^ TiEg o-ly our common good at fceartt »^ T' " ii : ii ti 5 ai Qf ^^ "" ^^ 2 , perhaps you will " ¦ ¦ " ^ ' " P-ace in " the organ of Chartism , " My iet > ~ t ' * C ° maJ Pemse tLfc « frcrJs , I need k , J _^ t 0 ^ 0 their duty . It lies plainly marked < fc Tj * " ^^ * -tE 7 hiTe but to follow it , and all will i ^* ^ }* t them remtmbcr that oce who has ^ . " " ^ > iin Es f-jr tl em , who has fleYoied his t ^ * f \ ^ ' to then , who h their weZi-tried , tSEEtC" ^ ¦ ' iJ > Ii ! y adTocate ' " ooTTseclnded from their ' . Ci t ^ tir service by a dssgeoa walL I * t them wf lor
^^ hcn 7 v- v «» -i j , .. « 2 j ^ " * " ^ *^ Tei 3 item , and how lie is ^ J- ^ J to devote bis best energies to their cause . fcft *!? Ii « UIlbCT these tME « ' y ^ r ^^ ^ -- ^ t- . tude , one feeling of remaining afection ^ -fc-r aeats , they will eagerly rush forward te * - ^ a 3 dq a Yslued friend . I rcmaiE , Tour sincere admirer , and Constant resder , ^ ^ Pebraaryjr ^ js ^ .
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Mt D £ iR M , —I / was oMiged to close my l :-it letter so abruptly , to b « ia time for post , that I k-ft much nn ? aid in cinntxion with the Leeds affair which I was desirous of spying ; and what I did say was written so" hurriedly , that I fear you will either bare misunderstood it , or at least hare drawn Eome erroneous conclusions , unless I explain myself further . Well , then , let me resume the subject , that we may the better understand each other . I « hould net be opposed to a union betwixt the middle and working classes , if I aw asy likelihood of a real and honest union . But I see no such prospect ; nor is there , I am persuaded , any such intention on the
put of the originators of this scheme . True , their ostensible object is union , but their reil object is tfwunion In pretending to unite with the working classes , they only seek to disunite the latter among themselYes Indeed , they have , to & small ext «; , t , done ao already TheybaTe detached seme of our leaders frcm tieraaks-Others are eTidently " on the more . " These last hare not , ax yet , openly joined the humbugs , bat they are smoothing the way . I can s ? e this in their eTery act and speech since the Leeds demonstration . Trust me , M , you will see , before three menths have
elapsed , one half of the old Convtntion sitting cheek by jowl " with tbe humbogf , unless the people SPEAK OST , AND THAT EJGHT EABNESTLT , AND AT oscs ! Fear alone deters tbe traitors for the present But f iTe them a little time , jost sufficient to sound one another—to form a party—to provide themselves with a pepuiar organ or two in tho press—and to agree upon some legerdemain definition of Household Suffrage that may appear to be Universal—jnst give them time to do this much , and you will see them desert in a body to the eneniy's camp .
" Bat what harm in this , " you may say , " if those you caD the enemy corae over to Uuiveral Suffrage ? " Not the least , I admit , if , if , if ! but in the if " lies the rub , " as Shakspeare hza it . // tbe enemy really meant to come over to Universal Suffrage , there would be no harm in uniting with them ; but that is precisely what they do not mean . If they did mean it , they would have joined the Chartists , instead of asking the Chartists to join them . If they did mean it , they would
: not try to split the Chartists into two distinct bodies , ; by calling one pertion of them " rational , " " sensib'e , " he , and the rest " physical-force-mtn , " and by paying eonrf to one particular set of Chartist leaders , White i th £ v incessantly calumniate better men in the persons of other leaders . In short , if they really did mean Uni-. Tersal Suffrage , or anything calculated to produce the ; results anticipated from UniYcrsil Suffrage , th * y would , ; instead of settin » up for themselves , have gone among , the Chartists \ atteaded their public meetings , for ini st&ncei , and then and there told them frankly what
1 they wanted , and why and wherefore they bad r . ot sooner joined the Chirtists ranks . They would have " heard what the Chartists had to say , the Chartists j would have beard what they had to say , and if an amicable understanding or agreement was the result , xhen , but not till then , would be tbe time to pr ; pose a unio ' n with the middle classss , or rather with that sni ^ ll portion of them who have cot altogether renounced GoJ and humanity for tbe summon o' unrighteousness ; for as to naiting with the middle crosses generally , I cannot vk-w the proposal in any other light than as a gross and wanton insult . How the devil are we to " unite" with men who stake a halter in onr
faces the moment we talk of equality of rights , and whose only argnmen ' . s are the bludgeon , the bayonet , the domiciliary visit at midnight , and tbe iron-doored dungeon . ' Talk , indeed , of " uniting with the middle cl&sses acaicst the Government ! " of " uniting , fcrsooth , with the crezior against his crtaiurc ! with the toel-makfcr agr . inst bis own handiwork . ' Why , if the people are not absolute fools , they must know that it it is not so much the protection of the middle classes against the Government that we want as the protection of the Government against the middle classes . What had the Government to do with tha numerous cases of individual persecution alluded to in
a former letter ? What bas the Government { meaning its present members ) hid to do with the innumerable cases of hard-ship and ruin with which masters have Yisiiad working men since tho commencement of the present movement , and with which middle class magistratss , brewers , acd houie lords have visited publicans , coffee-house keepers , and various other descriptions . of small tradespeople , wholiy and solely on account of their CJartist principles ? I hardly know a Chartist licensed victualler ; and I have known many ) who was not persecuted during tbs late movement . The same of eating-house keepers , nevrs-agenv . 8 , pork-butchers ; ill short , tverv description of tradespeople , if they had
shown them&e ' . Tss Chartists . Their credit was stepped —their shops were deserted by the middle classestheir landlords came down upon them for arrears , where they coald , and where they could not , gave them notice to qnit , or refused to renew th ^ ir Uasts . Xor was persecution confined to small trades-people . I k-. ow one Chartist landlord , who had three houses to let in one of the best streets of a fashionable town , but could not find a tenant ! His business , a few y-.-urs ago , was woita £ S 00 3 year to him ; last jizr and tbe year before it w . \ s not worth £ 150 ; and had be not " made hsy while the sun shone" ( alias , placed himself beyond the vicissitudes of trade by the purchase of
some freehold property in better times * , he would , ere cow , most probably have figured in the GzzetU . As it is , he has been obliged -having a large family to provile for . j toacc-. pt a local appointment under " the powers that be , " and of course to retire from Chartist politics . A more benevolent and Ktter mrji r . ever existed than the individual I allude to , and I have cited his case eniy to show yon that even men of wealth cannot escape persecution if they are Chartists , and that tbe best of men axe sometimes driven to fly into the arms of the enemy , as tbe only refuge fr ^ ra destruction . TV as ever tyiinny more horrible than this ? Yet I find it th 9 same all ovt-r
the country . I con ' . d name to you r . ot less than forty bocest tradesmen , acd more than eighty honest and skilful workmen , of tlie best character , who have been literally talf-siarvei since I came here , through the system of miadie-class persecution I 3 ' ilude to . I know one poor fcJ . ' ow , a publican , who had spent nearly £ 300 in fitting up his house , and making the addition of ! a large room to it , to sccoramo-late Chartist meetings , kc ~ This man was doing a flourishins : busings jnst before my trial : ' he is now houseless ,
a wanderer like Cain , and that after six months' imprisonment in a debtor ' s gzol ' . . ' Poor Batterworth , who left this place at Christmas , has been starving ev * r since . He has had but £ 2 ( given him by the Manchester Chartists ) to lire upoa for six weeks , BO that , Were itnot for the tx-unty of his fellow workmen , bis liberty would but ha-re proved his death . ' Not a mniowntr , cot a master weuld employ him ! He tried a hundred of them in and abont Manchester , bnt the answer of the overseer icvariaKy was , " Mr . So-and-so will not allow ice to employ a Chartist" Sometimes tie fellotT 3 are prudent enough to conceal their r ^ al uiotiv . s , aid to pretend that they are full ot hands . And to such eiitnt is the perS-. iy of thosa modern depots carried , tlut they have actually lecret marks by which , under the appearance of giving a man a good charactt-r in the shape of a written recommendation , they render it -impossible for him to get any employment at all ! 1 cou' . d tell yon inrtaices of this that would perfectly horrify you . A poor fellow applying for work with one of these ncimmendaiior . s , imagines all to be right , ifor it gives him credit for being " steady , " " sober" "industrious , " and SO forth . ) bat then there is the damning SECRET MARK , by wliich the eonspira . tor 3 recognise a
. Chartist or black ebeep »• * 1 I know a poor ftllow vrho belonged to an hotel or I bathing establishment , as head waiter or chief atien-I dant He was many years in the situation , and was a ; great favourite with Ms m \ sttr , on account of his escel-: lent character and amiable disposition . But , then , JI , he was a Chartist , and no sooner was it known be had attended some Chartist meetings , than his master was waited on by ceveral " gentlemen" in succession , who gave him to understand that unless he j initantly dismissed the said favourite servant , they j would cut the establishment ! But I might fill fifty
' sheets oi paper with similar occurrences ; and , after all , ' what si ^ nilies all that has fallen under notice , in ! comparison with the sum total of suffering resulting ¦ from this dark and malignant system . Look to the case i of my dear old " venerable friend , William Flowers , of ' Brighton . This old man is upwards of seventy years of 1 age—has been for : y years a Radical—was connected : wita every roovemtut in the country since 17 S 4 -, and I throughout has borno tbe reputation of incorruptible ! honesty and unblemished manners . He was once in ! gofcd circumstances ; but in latter years has been in-I dtbted for a slender subsistence to a little millinery
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REVELATIONS FROM NORTHALLERTOX HELLHOLE . [ The following revelations from tbe heU-holrof Nirthallerton dupSay some of the horrid and atrocious cruelties and indignities to which the Chattibt victims are subjected by Whig tyranny . They Wt-ro wriitea by Martin to his friend , who-has forwarded thtm to us for insertion . — Ed ] Lancaster Castle , Feb . 12 th , 18 U . Mr Dear Friend , —The Editor of thu Northern Siofvtry truly observed that poor Clayton wtut to N-Jitu&llerton madhouse a hale man , but leaves it a corpse .
Tne following summary of his treatment , and of the treatment of the other Ciiartists , wiil enable you to judfje of the causa of bis death , and of-what will be the rrsult , if the other poor fellows be not immediately remove- ! from their horrible dungoon . Thursday , the 2 tith ef March , was the day on which we wertf tuken from York to Jfortb . Vilerton . The prison van having itopped at an inn 011 the road , some of the prisoners ort ' . ured ilrii . k , pipes , an . l tobacco , which gave rise to a convcnr . tion on total abstinence . C . ayton condemned the practice of drinking and smoking . He said that aa ho i . ad been without for somo time , and had f j und the disuse of them had not impaired his healtii , which he then remarked was Very good , he Wi > u > il never Main Lave rt-ct-urae to euch bad l ^ ibits .
As he and Marshall , Peatkurpe , Bcnison , and Paul Olilsworth , ha--1 bten stnuuctd to hard labour , the oiily opportunity I had of acquiring any knowledge of their treatment ( afttr iuy removal from the mill ) was wiien thi- visiting surgeon came into the mess room , in ¦ which ail the prisoners , felons and niisilemoanunts were iniliscriminaUly arranged ; but his visits to th . it quarter were few , as ho generally called at the -workshops . 1 once heard him ask C . ayton how ho was . Clayton complained of a pain in his back , and of tba linr <> labour uf the mill . Ho attempted to say Bomeiiiiug to iuiiuce the surgeon to aliuvi ^ ve his tiUTerhjijs , by
rvuiuving him Lum the t » : tunrg wnet-i , wheu William Shepherd , the governor ' s b-ja . in ids usual peremptory manner , ordered him to sit , ho told jlaritjai ; ( who is a wt-ak , debilitated old iusn ) there was nothing the nntU'r with him , I w .-w at the heels of th : s tiusht-to-be-prtsfcrvfer of life and health . He was going into the eilko when I heard him say , " These Charubta are ulwuy&cunipkvlcini ; . "
I wiil now proceed to lmuim you Low the otber Cbaitists , r . ot bcnUnveil to hard lubour , were treated . Upun our arrival at the prisuo , ad soon as our chains vreia reu-ovei , 1 w ^ ib put int > a cell with one bed in it , with u . strict i ' - jinictk'U not to m-. ke anyLoise . There Wt-re sou . e other pi hoiiers in the adjoining cells , but I had no idea wiio they were . About tw » hours n ; i ^ , ij * havu el . ipssd , when I was taken to the robing-room ; ilolberry and Wells came in imuit-diuteiy afterwariLs . A 3 soun as we -were fitted out 111 i-ur pi . ion gurb , wo were pbc ? d with our backs ugaiua * . the wail , in the pipage where the ceils , in wlii . h we La ; I been placed , are situated . The governor ' 4 co 2 i st-ii / J on the itairs , a ; . d r ^ ud a few of ihv pii-j : > rults , y . vc jinpuiiied with , vivjleat threats of how \ vu hh-ju . vi b-. trvuUil if w-- atttmptt ; l to inuve our La ^ d .-i about , r ..-i-. c . ir » . -r which there is not one word tu be ious J in t' -e wLoie vocabulary of tbe silent system .
At tlnj clo .-e of this haruugue , wo wtre taken to anotLer pa "t «; f the prison , anti locked iu cells similaito tbe fiiat . It vis then about thraa o ' clock ; at live o'clock one of the oflktr . 3 throw a black lo ; -. f ou the ied , aud a pmont-r placed a tin can of bki ' . ly on the d-jur . It was the worst meat 1 ever tiad in the whoie course of my life ; and surely no individual can be a tetttr judge of coarse food tbun an lr khinim . The monster hunger comvtlied me to s-waiiv-w tbe cose , NotUreata were necessary te induce me it . ofe-y ; for my etomach llad be ^ ll alrca'iy subdued in i'urk Cast . a .
On the Mlo-wing momin ? , the Governor came round to inform those who had not been sentenced to hard libuur , that they nius ; work upon the treadmill . 1 raised an objection , and told him that the Jud ^ o said tLe iaw vr-julu not allow me to be put to bard labour . . But he to ! d itehe KsU the JVIa ^ istratts' orders to do so , ai ; d must . obey . I thouyut 1 would try it before I offered any resistance . I did do so ; but , so gruat were n : v sutfvriii ^ s , tLat 1 felt as 1 never felt before . God kiiu « r « wliat my thoughts -Here , but mortal never hhall !
A * out five o ' clock upon the evening of the first day , which was one h : ur sooner than the usual time of leaving work , I refused to obey the signal for me to ascend the wheel , for which I was arraigned before the Governor ' s son , -who treated me with the greatest scurrility . But my fate was not decided until the following morning , when 1 was taken to the office . The Governor was there ; he a _ -ked me if I would go to work . Oa my 'answering in the negative , be ordered his son to tiku ine to ioiitary coniinement . The countenance Of the barbarous boy brightened , and he ordered me to iollow him . Tae jouthful monster called fur an officer , and , with a suppressed laugh , commanded him to put me in a cuid , dark dungeon , with doublo doors , where I was fed on bread and Water—having first been deprived of my cravat and pocket handkerchief . Tfeia was on the morning of th « 2 Sth of Marcb .
Oa the following day , which was Sunday , the G « - veraor came to see me . He E&id he would release me from tbis belly of hell , if I would promise to go to work on Monday . I consented , for I thought it would be better to die in the workshops , in the presence of Bome of my fellow prisoners , than in a horrible dungeon , where no parsons but my assassins could tell how 1 came by juy death . On the ensuiDg Wednesday , the risiting magistrates came round . I applied for my removal from tbe mill ,
and told them what I had told the Governor , vjz . ;—that tbe Judge , when passing sentence , said that the law would cot allow me to be put to hard labour , and 1 did not forget to tell them I had -been to " eoiifewy . " William lient , then chairman , informed n , e that the Governor had been ordered by the Magistrates to send me to solitary confinement ; and ho likewise ; toiil mo , that I should not bi removed from the mill , unless an order came frcm the Home Office to compel them to do so .
Tbe firs . heart-rendiDg scene I had to behold waa William Brook , of Bradford , who bad fallen from tlie mill , stretched-, to all appearance , lifeless on the floor .
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But what do you think , my dear friend ? the poor fellow , though not sentenced to hard labour , was compelled to work on the inurderiogniachtae the ibilowittf morning ' and poor Diiffy could not have lived , bad be been forced to perform hard labour two months longer . His sufferings were great He mi troubled with a violent expectoratioD , and frequent Tomiting . I ask now , my friend , do such tellowa e&re about tbe lives of their fellow creatures , who have been treating poor men in the manner I have described ? With what consistency can the Magistrates of Northallerton add reproof to a penalty of forty shillings for Jha worrying or killing of a cat , while they themselves permit men to be tortured to death ? Ot , how shall tha Whigs , at a future election , reprobate tbe bad Government at tho Tories , when the people have been treated worse by them than by Sirtmouth and Caatlereach ?
William Brook , Duffy , Holberry , Wells , William Booker , and myself , were put on the tread mill , contrary to law . I was removed to Lancaster , in consequence of the moved tyranny of tho Governor ' s son ; You must put all this ia your petition . I could fill a dozen sheets with tb » ir cruelties ; but I hope thia letter will suffice , until 1 am at lilwrty . I am , dear Sir , Your ' s faithfully , William Mabtin .
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PLEASANT NOTIONS OF JUSTICE AND LIBERTY . TO THS EDITOR OP THE NOETHERN STAR . We give the following communication as we received it : — Sir , —I am a Working man , and have had the misfortune te be out of w « rk for a long time , having batl only eight weeks for the last twenty-three weeks past . On Friday week , I got -work at Pontypool , After working eight days , I went into a public-bouse with a shopmate ,, where we had four pints of ale between us , and no more . A soldier conies into the heuse , and begins to insult the whol « company , and to threaten to blow holes in the coats cf » omt ) of tho company . At length I ventured to beg of him to hold his tongue , for a soldier vras no more than a man , and 1 feared and thought he was something less than man to disturp the compaoy withnut provocation of any kind . Vary few honest hard-working men ever entered the army , but
it was a kind of place to run to when all others failed . Ho said he had taken the Queen ' s money , and would not hear her name blasphemed . Now , no one had blar . phoiued her name ; but I told hun the Queen would have no money if I and others of my class would give her none , at which word he runs oft " , and brings s-. ime men , and takes me off before a Mr . Roberts , inspector of police , who Footed very wise , and told me it was a serious chaTge . 1 called for my accuser to know what the charge was . The man came forward , and accused mo of speaking blasphemy against the Queen . He could not repeat any words , but lie knew it was very bad . On this charge I was locked up for four hours in the guard-house . The great man , Mr . Huberts , told me he had power to discharge me ; but for the future 1 muss mind wiiat I said . The soldier waa very drunk , or perhaps tbe charge might be a very serious one .
Now , Mr . Editor , I was taken in custody , and kept for four hours , on the word of a drunken fellow , with a green coat , who could not even give the charge , except ttie vague chargo of blasphemy ; could not even tell tbe words of blasphemy ; ami then discharged by a pulioeman , without any other authority . If I had any cash , who could I bring an action agtdnst ? Neither policeman nor soldier * are worth , action ; so , I must report it to the world by means of your paper , and let it rest . George Eclintox . Pontypool , Feb . 23 d ., 1811 .
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TO THE ED 1 T 0 K OF THE N 0 RTHEBN STAB . Sir , —For reasons , with the repetition ef which I will not trouble you , but which are to mo important , I request your txp . icit and decided answer to thia plain question . Have all monies received by me from your agents , during the time 1 have been collector for the Slur , been paid over by me , at all times , iu my next Settlement of accounts after having received them ? ( Yours , respectfully , KoufciiT Wilkinson . Halifax , March 2 , 1841 . [ Decidedly , Yts—Ed . N . S . ]
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TO THE HONOURABLE THE COMMONS OF GKEAT BKITAIN AND IRELAND IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED , The Ptlition of Robert Peddi * , lale Manufacturer and General Ayenl , Edinburgh , present Prisoner in the Huiise of Correction , Bevevlty ; Hl ' siisly Sheweth , —That in the month of August , 18-JU , & petition was presented to your Honourable House from your petitioner , containing statements relative to his apprehension , trial , and conviction , upon a charge of sedition , conspiracy , and riot , at Bradford ; and complaining , but in Vtry moderate terms , of tho tteauuenc to which hts had been subsequently subjected in consequence of tbe severs sentence of three years ' imprisonment , passed upou him ut the March Absizjs , held at York , in 1840 .
Tlmtthe said petition was presented to your Honourabio House , by Jnsenu Huuio , Esq ., but not pTe&sett to a division , in consequence of a piedge from the Honourable Fox Maule , Under Secretary of State , that he wyuld institute an inquiry into tha truth of its allegations . Tiiat the petitioner was grioved to learn that the Secretary of State for the Homo Department , had returned for nnsvTer to your petition * r ' s friends , relative to this petition , that certain alU-gatiuns v ^ ero not borne out by facts ; but that those which related to impaired health Bliould be referred to tUo prope offlccrn . In regard to tiio first of tiiese allegations , which were relative to his entrapment and condemnation through the agtncy and evidence of paid and acknowledged spies , he is prepared to prove ihoiu at thj bar of joui Honourable- House , fihouid bu bo allowed tha means ; and , in regard to the second , a dangerous illness of twentyeight days' duration , laid the officers of th « establishment ojen to ce-nviction .
That it is further in the power of your petitioner to make clearly munift ^ t to your Honourable Houue , that the priucipal concoctors and agents of that conspiracy , las entailed in his former petition ) were persons employed by ono Briggs , a constable at Bradford , under tho tanction of the iiiacistrates , and who , in all tbeir doings , haJ this man ' s concurrent and approbation . In short , that tliia porabn was tho life and soul of that wicked ana disgraceful system of spy entrapment , whicii endangered Iho property and yeaca of the inhabitants of Bradford , and uow crowds the prisons of Yorkshire with victims .
That your petitioner , who WO 3 at Leeds on business , was iuvitod to attend a meeting at Bradford , in favour of Juiin Frost and others , then under suntence of death , which , out cf a motive of humanity , he unhappily for bhusoif , attended , and which was the first connectiou lw had with tho Kadiva ' s of Yoikabire . That previous to this period tho magistrates , thr : > ush their emissaries , had information of tbe farce of an insurrection ui Bradford , and v . ere prepared for it accordingly . That the petitioner was inveigled , by one Smith , in conjunction with Harrison , or ratber compelled by au anntd toTce , assembled in his bouse , to attend a weoting iu
the M&rket-piacc , where he waa the means ( under Providence ) of saving much property and life iroiu the destruction of a lawless multitude ; and , ou that aflbount , bud he no other claim , feels himself entitled to the clemency of yi > ur Honourable House . Ard he may here be allowed to state , us a pruof of his iunoeeuco , that thd inhabitants of B . ' iuifurrt have belli a meeting , if they have not already petitioned in bis favour . So conscious , indeed , waa tlw petitioner of hearing a conscience void of oifence , that ho went about his public business as usual , for Bomo days previous to liis being apprehended .
That > our petitioner on tria apprehension was committed to York Castle , on the serious cl : arge of high treason , which was afterwards abandoned by the Attorney-General , aa too ridiciikus to be entertained ; bat to the injury of the petitioner ' s iiase this charge was kept up against him until within a few hours of bis being placed at the bar , upon the minor charges ef sedition , conspiracy , and riot . That by such conduet on the part of th < s Attorney-General , your petitioner was compelled to go to trial with his arrangements incomplete ; and thereby both he and hi 3 counsel were prevented from doing that justice to his case which they otherwise might have done . That , as a striking mark of how little ho had to do with tbe Bradford affair , h « was aot unly considered by the Chartist p » ity as a spy hiniseU , employed by Government , but vilified in tbeir public juui'tiabi wbilo his trial vraa pending , and even denied the bunotit of their most approved counsel .
Tiiat upon tbe uncorroborated testimony of two accredited spies ami twu policemen , tho latter of whom he can prove to have beei * deceived , iu a very material point , and one Askton , who waa absent during part of the i : roeeeding 8 , your petitioner was convicted of sedition , conspiracy , and riot ; and although upon the chargo of sedition no evidence was offered , yet hod ho passed upon him the cruel , Severe , and , in bis case , most undeserved sentence of three years' imprisonment , haul labour , and to find security ; a sentence of unprecedented hardship , the parallel of which was never passed upon a political offender iu Britain , and which be humbly submits to your- Honourable House , that no act of bis , up » n tbe most strict inquiry , will be found to warrant .
That in pursuance of his inhuman sentence on the 23 rd of March , 1840 , he was conveyed , in the mofct iguoaiinioua manner to Beverley , chained to three rubbers , one Cliartiat , and ene woman , and there subjected to tbe state , condition , and treatment of the most depraved , and worst of ftlosia . That be was immediately subjected to the severe , painful , and health-destroying labour of the tread-mill , \ v ; Jcii to him has proved positive toiture ; and , as much ignorance exists in regard . to the working of this accursed machine , your petitioner may be allowed to state , that the prisoner is compelled to keep ascending the wheel until he has accomplished an ascunt of 1100 Btega , which geneially occupies twenty minutes ,
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when he is permitted to rest for ten minutes , and is then put on again , and is thus continued for about nine hours a day . By the tinio your petitioner has accomplished the third or four hundredth step , his body is covered with the most profuse perspiration Every article of dress be wears ( and even in winter be wears as little as decency will permit ) is wet through , and his shirt drenched as if taken unwrung from a washing-tub . That by the time he has accomplished 800 steps , be is uniformly seized with giddiness in the bead , dimness of vision , nausea , and not unfrequently vomiting . That by the time he has gained the one thousand one hundretb step , his state of body , from excessive suffering and fatigue , is past the power of language to describe .
That the consequence of bis subjection to tbe painful operation of this cruel machine has been already most disastrous to his health , so much so , that for many weeks together he has been under tbe care of the surgeon ; and that he entertains the most serious bnt too well-founded apprehension for the safety of his life , as the baneful effects already produced upon his constitution , by tbe operation ef tha tread-mill , are such oa to warrant the assertion , that if the sentence ia pressed to its full extent against him , death , from general exhaustion and loss of appetite , must inevitably follow . That such being the true state of the case , your petitioner would have considered death , by the hands ef the common executioner , decidedly preferable to the more tedious but not less painful one of tbe tread-mill , in bis present deplorable situation .
That besides the amount of bodily suffering ha has now endured for about twelve months , he is subjected to the mental agony and operation of the silent system , which is here rigidly enforced . That he is denied the use of pen , ink , and paper , except for a single monthly letter . That he is prevented from receiving visits from either friends or even tbe members of his sorrowing and nfflicted family , none of whom are , by the rules of the prison , permitted to see him during the three years of his imprisonment . That by the rules of this house , to whUti ia common with felons he is subjected , he is only permitted to receive and write one letter a month . The extreme hardship of tbis arrangement wiil appear , when your
Honourable House Is Informed that your petitioner is engaged to a considerable extent in trade . That owing to bis unexpected and unaccountable apprehension , be was withdrawn from his business at a moment ' s notice , leaving his affairs in a state of confusion . Tiiat liu is , moreover , a married man , with a family . That bis wife , on whose exertions they now depend , is a woman of extremely delicate health , which bos been much aggravated by her anxiety for her husband . TLat hi 8 mental suffering , on her account , is painfully great , more espucially as the poor privilege of u monthly letter has been , by one restriction or another , as unmeaning as they are , in his circumstances so frittered away , as to render bis correspondence with hid family almost useless .
That the magistrates of this place , acting , as the petitioner eonceives , under a mistaken knowJudge of their instructions from the Homo-office , have kept from him his wife ' s letters , so that be has only received one letter for a period of nearly seven months . The reason assigned for tliis ctue \ conduct ; is , that tlicue letters contain accounts of what exo : tions have b-. tu made , publicly and privately , in the shape of getting up memorials to her Majraty in behalf of your petitioner , in order to procure a mitigation of his sentence . His present interest , according to tbeir opinion , not being coticerned in these proceedings , he is considered as not entitled to receive these letters : your petitioner 1 b thus deprived of tha comfort of receiving bis ¦ wife ' s monthly letters— a privilege secured by law to the very worst of felons .
Your petitioner will not occupy more of tho time of your Honourable H ;; use at present , by disclosing all the horrors of his situation ; but trusts that be Los said enough , both now and formerly , to shew your Honourable House the base , artful , and wicked means by which he lias been entrapped into his present unhappy situation , to which he considers transportation would have been a mercy ; aud he trusts that what little be has said of his bodily and mental sufferings will prove sufficient to interest ( ho humanity of y « ur Honourable House in behalf of himself ami afflicted family . That , in addition to these sufferings , yeur petitioner has sustained a loss in business , credit , and otherwise , which one thousand pounds would not compensate . That tbe health , comfort , and prospects in life , of himself and fauiiiy , have been , by bis imprisonment , already nearly ruined ; and that he would fain hopo that tho ends of justice may now be satisfied without dying her bunds in blood , or at the expanse of the lif < j of the petitioner .
Your petitioner , therefore , throws himself , with full confidence , upon tbe justice ami humanity of your Honourable House , trusting that , in your wisdom , you will so address her Majesty , as will rescue your petitioner from bis painful and degrading treatment—a treatment which tUrows negro slavery , into the shade , and is repugnant to the spirit of the British Constitution ; fraying that her Majesty may be pleased to order the removal of Hie prisoner ( aa has been done in some cases toothers convicted for political offences ) to a place of confinement where tho rules are les . 3 rigid—• wbere the torture of the tread-mill is unknown , and wbere hia communication witii hiB friwids and family may be uninterrupted . And your petitioner will ever pray , &c Robert Peddib . Bevsrley Houso of Correction , 12 th February , 1841 .
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MR . COLLINSTO THE EDIT 0 U OF THE NOUTHERN STAR . Bread-street , Birmingham , l- \; b . 24 th , 1841 . " I concluded my remarks by observing that « no union would be effected without s ' .-ch a definition of the term Household Suffrage as elwul . l incluiJti every man of mature agfi , and sound nii ; :: l , &c , who bad a residence in a house , or unp pwt qf a house ; ' and further , that , unless upou sucti terms , a union ought not , and , if 1 cou'd prevent it , should not take place . " —le ^ er to Leeds Times .
Sm , —You nave occupied nearly four columns of your pap < : r in pointing out the difference between the Charter Suffrage and the Household Suffrage , which would not enable more than " one persou to vote out of a house , be it never so large . " I need not say that 1 opposo as much as you can such a franchise . That tho term " Household" can by no art bo made to include more than one I totally deny , for if you have ever visited Sco'land , you must kllOW that , even umler tho present exclusive system , seven , and even ten votes are obtained from one house ; and , moreover , that the majority of £ 10 electors in tho largo towns hold the franchise solely on this footing .
lja < i voh taken tho above quoted sentence , and shou-n that there was any difference between it and theChavtor Sutfra . eo , you would have complied with my request ; and 1 ha-ve yet to learn thar , any man who reads the above sentence . <>? . n sec any difference . It is exactly the Charcer Suffrage , or to use your own expression in the fourth column " Uttiveraul Suffrage qualified by residence in a house . " If any panies or persons agree to ( his extension of the franchise , I shall be most willing to receive them , as brethren , from whatever class they comof&ud I need not say that I shall bo tho last man to join any class or person , who do not espouse it and the other fundamental points of the Charter . I remain , yours , &o . John Collins .
[ . We regret that our reply to Mr . C-Uins ' s letter -was too iong for him ; but we should have regretted still more to weaken its force or perspicuity by shortening it ; and y * t it appeaTS that lorig as it was , % ve miy with preat propriety adopt the foregoing of Mr . Collins as un appropriate postscript , ' wherein ho most forcibly illustrates our position by ) iia reference to the Scotch system . We b . avo always said that such a definition of HonseUo-d Suffrage as would satisfy the owm-rs of property , would make houses mere stables for holding human beings , and that to whomsoever the housa belonged to him also would belong tho vole . Mr . Collins knows full well that the voters to whom be refers are all man nfactured voters ; urban voters qualified out of email allotments of land , and not as he states qualified out of one house . But , does Mr . Collins supposa that tho power which the present system vests iu the hands of tho privileged order for protecting their votin ? serfs , would , if the vote belonged to tho serf himsalf , be exercised by the master for the benefit of tbe slave ?—We thank Mr . C . for his confitmation , and now we will ask him a short question . Wiil any of the Scotch houses full of voters , be found voting for a Chartist candidate ? or even further , are not Whig bouses filled with Whig voters , and Tory houses with Tory voters ? and does Mr . Gollina presume bo far upon bis strength or upon middle-class forforbearance , as to suppose that a like system would not prevail in England and Wales ? If so , we beg to refer him to the seven thousand and sixtieth clause of the new alliance
Household Suffrage Bill which is to be ; for to that , or evea greater length , would the details run , rather than commit the blunder at allowing Chartist voters to stable themselves ca a qualification . We imagine that if we bad merely said , " Then , Mr . Collins , as there is no difference , call the spade a spade , " we should have satiafectorily replied to his former question . Again , we tell him tbafc so long as one man ' s property constitutes another man ' s vote , so long will the owner have tent , and vote ; nnd we heartily thank our friend for having furnished his Scotch case as the most trite and happy illustration of tbe position . If Mr . Collins is sufficiently omnipotent to have bis Houeetold Suffrage just as he likes , then let him call us brethren , but till then , we ¦ ball remain related to tha fundamental points of the Charter , —Mr . Collins with « 3 if he will , without him if we mutt—EC }
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O'CONNOR ON ELECTION CLUES . In onr last number we- reprinted a letter of Mr . OCONXOHS , from- the Northern Star , Sep . 28 , 1839 There happening to be two letters of his ia that number , the printer mistook our directions , and extracted tbe wrong on p . The following is tbe letter we intended to have given last week : —
TO T&E WORKING CLASSES . Brotber . Radicals , —For the same reason that a Serjeant ' s guard of disciplined and armed troopa will beat aud put to flight a squadron of raw and unarmed recruits , h . we we been beaten by factions disciplined in the arts of treachery and deceit We mest discipline ami remedy thh evil . We mast meet them oa their own ground , and with tbeir own weapons . We must organise , and show ttie front of freemen . Ia order to effect it , then , I submit the fallowing suggestions for yota consideration : —
Ptel says " Register , register * register r—O'Connell says "Register , register , register !"—the Whig preea and tho Tory press say " Register , register , register I " and , therefore , there mast bo some magic in the word " Register . " You cannot register , but you can " Unite , unite , unite ! " and Russell says it is your right to exer <; i * e influence over the elector ; while O'Connell s * ya that it is your right * to use gentle coercion towards tbe elector . Lot us , then , place ourselves in a position to be prepared whenever the struggle may come ; and , believe me , it ia at hand , else would not our enemies be loading their pieces . Let a committee be established in evury town and village throughout England , Scotland , and Walts , according to the following form , and tor the performance of the following duties : —
THE FORK . Let the electors and non-electors instantly form couuty , city , and borough election clubs . Where the clubs consist of several hundreds , let them be divided into liumlreili . Let each hundred appoint a chairman . The hundreds should" then bo divided into tens , and each ten should appoint a chairman . The chairmen of the hundreds should constitute the Ge'neral Election Committee . The chairmen of every ele ? eti tens should , according to convenient locality , constitute the district or ward committees . The committee of tens should report on every Monday night , to the General Committee , the state of the public mind in their several districts ; after which , a compendious report should be submitted by placard , handbill , or through the medium of the press . The terms to constitute membership to be one penny per -week . The funds to be appropriated as a Finance Committee , appointed by : » jsiiow of hands ftt a genual meeting , shall
direct-THE . DVTIES . Tho duty of the Election Club will be to select a fit and proper candidate , who shall be vigorous and active in laying before his constituents the principles upon which ho claims their support—to read at publi * nijotings , as otten as opportunity affords , the rc-ports aud resolutions from the several committees . Every candidate should be pledged to support Universal Suffrage and a repeal of the Legislative Union between Great Britain and Ireland , to take his sta . t if returned by a majority in the house called thu House of Commons—and to restore his trust whenever required to do so by a majority of a committee to be called "Iha committee of review 'of public men ' s conduct , " which step must be functioned by a public meeting of hi * constituents . Tho committee should also appoint coileotors
of contributions , who should leave the folluwirg printed form of application at the housa of every vocer ill their district : — " We , tha committee appointed to superintend tho management - of the election of , do respectfully solicit your support and interest , and also such contribution as you can conveniently give ,, to promote the aforefcaid object" A book should be kept containing the names ' of all the electors in the several districts , to b « called ' The canvas aud contribution book . " When the whole machinery ia completed , public nibetings of the ^ lectors and non-electors should be convened , to take into consideration the propriety of appointing a National Election Convention of twentyone , whose duty it shall be to Bit in London for the purpose of receiving , and disseminating throughout tbe couatry , digested reportu from the several election committees .
I think at a single glance you will see that the adoption of tbe foregoing plan will at once raise a safe and constitutional standard round which the friends of Radicalism may raliy . We stall then stand upon ant equality , in the field of agitation , wish both Wfeigs and Tories ; and , according aa we are treated , so shall we treat the enemy . In t :-is instance the constitution recognises no superiority ; and if we are not prepared to carry out this principle ,, we are not desiWing of Universal Suffrage . If , upon the other hand , we arc prepared , and If , by our united exertions , we can return a majority of the tix hundied anii iifty-eigbt , we shall be justly entitled to go to the House oi Commons upon the tirst day of the next session of Parliament , and there pass a law directiug her Majesty to i& = uo new ¦ writs for
the return of a Parliament « pon the principle of Universal Suffrage . This requires no exhibition of physical force , as any opposition off-red to the will of a nation thus manifested would kv . high , ttcasoii upon the part of our opponents . Tae eirexi of our preparation -would be the immediate liberation of our friends from theii dungeons ; for , believe mo , that our enemies but await our union to obey our command . I cannot csneeive a mote glorious aight tliati a nation of freemen marching to the hustings in sectiona , ( iiviaious , and squadrons , there to show vhwir hands , which are ready to support the dictates of their heart ? . My mind is always upon the rack , my invention is ever at work , to learn how lean btst serve your uause ; and lazy men , who will not work tberuseives , call me presumptous—but how much more pleasing and easy would it be for me to remain idle , if those who abuse me would work ; but the work must be cither left undoce , or dona by a
few . Instead of constantly nibbling and cftrjiing at my propositions , let them suggest , and I wiil follow ; but 1 cannot and will not' remain idle so long as a single grievance remains unredrecsed . I implore you , then , my fellow men , by your valour , by your patriotism , and by your humanity -by the love which you bear to your God , your country , your family , and your kind , to awake , arise , anii let tho voice of fieedom be heard upon each passing brei-ze throughout this tea-bound dungeon ! Lot us procla m the right of the labourer to enjoy the fruits of his own labour—of tlia freeman to e . '; joy the protection of his castie—of tha community to < jnji . > y social comfort and happiness—of the poor tolive upon tbe land of Us birth—and of the nation to be governed by laws made equally for the protection of the rich and the poor . Lbt union be your watchword — liberty your idol—and Universal Suffrage , aud no surrender , your motto .. For these things I have lived , r . no . for tlitsa things I am ready to risk my life j and nm , Your faithful and sincere friend , FEARGL'S 0 C 0 NNNR . Lesds . 25 th , Sept , 1839 .
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— < a » We learn that the houso of Montefiore Brothers , connected chiefly wi , h the Australia trade , have come to the determination of suspending payments . It is confidently stated ,-ho \ vever , thattn . e suspension will be but temporary , and that before the termination-of the present year the firm will be able to discharge their eu ^ aKenaenis . Falling of two Houses in Flekt-strekt . —One of the most awi ' ul casualties taat can possibly occur in a crowded city , occurred on Saturday night at ton o ' clock in Fleet-street . A few nights since a fire took place at the house of Mr . Bnr . dy , a trunkmaker , next tioor to tlie office of tho Weekly . ZHsmarcA . and the ruins were left , as was imagined , in Thishoweverbtho
a state of perfect security . , , y event that has occurred , appears , too awfully , to have been an error . On tfetuiig into the street , tho scene that presented jiFetf- to the spectator was frightful in the extreme- There was a wide and fearful gap of falling brinks and timbtrs , supported by gable ends and ricki-uy boarde , rendering the approach of aid a matter of the fcreatcst danger Soon after the accident , Mr . Harding and Mr . Ward , builders in the neighbourhood , were sent for to examine the premises , as was also Mr . Elmes , the City Surveyor , who 6 ent for a number of builders but without being able 10 obtain their co-operation A man , named Wm . Megson , a journeyman tailor , was let down by ropes from the back room on the third flr / or of Mr . Dobson ' s house , and which house
also fell , with a tremendous crash , at the same time ; ha had been in bid upwards of an hour when he heard the crash of the timbers . He instantly jumped out of bed , and endeavoured to open his door , but , finding it impossible to do so , he ; bgh » ed his candle , and dressed himself , and remained standin * upon half a foot of boards for nearly three quarters of an hour , until he waa released by tho police , in the way ju ^ t mentioned . He also said , that finding his room-door going out oi the level , he fnfl ' . uiulv warned Mr . D ^ bsyn of the danger , wno , however , " Jaujjhad at his fears . Every precaution was taken to arouse the inmates of the -adjoining house to tho prrilons situation in which they wero biased , and tne police having made a communica-Lr . t ,, Mr . D-jbson . a hackney carnage was obtained ,
and Mr * . Dobiou , with four or five children ttne statements vary ) , were placed in the vehicle , and drove to the residence of a friend . At this time loud cracking of the tottering walls became more loud and fearful , and the police observing the upper part of the houses bending forward , raised a shout of "It is coming . " The constables took to their heels , and a cab , which had just set down its fare , ¦ was peremptorily a few minutes before ordered off . The driver happily took the warning , and acting upon it , lost 110 time in leaving the fpo :, which , in a very brief space of time , presented a
melancholy instance of the desolation , thus unexpectedly created . Dalton , the 0 & ® $ JBtyfrfej $ fc > row escape , his clothes being cojpfflg ' pTy < y < % H < f M ii with flying dust , which , but a sagonft ^ JSWWJ'UN . - ^ notice of the fall of tho two f * & * K ^ tyx * W ^\ , j \ casualty occurring , a large nJMaw ' lSE . ifttf rfJttjj ^?; v ^ r \ Police Force were in attendan * f 4 » dJpi »*^ Swg to ^ V / . * reckless females with winch ^^ ivgtfl ^ t ^ WVWW ^ J ^ fare is thronged from meeting wjpf ^ oidjpu ^ ralnl , }' * . ; T // in all probability , would have w \^ e $ ^ w $ * li % < & ^ rity iu approaching tbe ruins . ^* -- ^^ -IJi ^^ yr
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* &I > 13 > CLASS UNION , " AND MIDDLE CLAsa PERSECUTION , g , Edinburgh , February 22 , 18 * 1 . 5 ^ S j ^ T D «* **• in continnstion of hi fc ***¦ u £ Stil ycnr ****** 1 ^ ^ " * " * 1 s hall *~ ? Ch he ^ - ^ ues the snljecL and £ **• ^ -h ' tiT /^ ^ Tow readers-weigh ttvir V fe = * of 4 35 i 0 ? Collins « d O-Nti ! , Jr * " taw s-cJL . t ' ttt : n » y vhtther tbe A . M .
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estaWlahmcnt , superintended by his wife . Kn has been under one landlord fjr tho last tw ^ n .-y-eigbt years , and never was brbind with bis rent . J * o opportunity 01 excuse , yon will say , for falling foui » n such an old man as this . Yea , M- , there is I A base , bloodsucking landlord will never fail to find aa opportunity of wreaking vengeance on the tenant that shall dare t © be a freeman ; Tbe course adopted by poor Fiowera' landlord , is to setup another party in the same iusincss netct door to kim , which , poor Flowers tells me , will have the effect of breaking up his little establishment . He has told me much more ; but yon have heard enough . For the wise , verbum sat ( a word ia sufficient . ) ? * Poor B , of S . was titeraltv tun davt
without food when 1 last saw him as I passed through Preaton about a fortnight before my trial . He told me a horrid tale ! * * In facti no good man who remained truo to his principles , has escaped middle-clasa persecution . Youth , beauty , innocence , or old age , has sometimes melted tbe heart of a Dey of Algiers , but nothing , human or divine , can touch the heart of & thoroughbred middle-class vampire ! Several of my old London Chartist friends have gone off to America—others are preparing to follow—some are in gaol for debt—others have just gone through the Gaxeile— in short , I could never tell you a tithe of a tithe of the cases of individuals suffering that have fallen within my own cognizance ; and , as I nave jtust remarked , wbat signifies all that has come to my knowledge in comparison -with the sum total all over England . Scarcely a single one of my London , Brighton , or Manchester friends has escaped .
Koir , M , the Government has bad nothing to do with this slaughtering system of proscription . It is wholly and solely tho work of landlords , cotton lords , iron , masters , brewers , lawyers , et hoc genus omne . Yet these ore the parties with whom the Leeds impostors ask us to enter into alliance ! Why , the vagabonds might as "well ask us at once to unite ¦ with dtath and damnation ! Even in respect of the government prosecutions , is it not notorious that the Ministry were driven to institute them by the magisterial dogfcerries of tho provinces , and these dogberries themselves only acted in accordance with the private solicitations , and everlasting remonstrance of the local shopocrats throughout the country ? Ia it not notorious that these parties had been calling out for " military protection , " and abusing
the Government for non-intervention for several months before the prosecutions began ? Is it not equally notorious that the middle cl- ^ s-ea of Bradford raised subscriptions in support of subsidized spies and informers , whom they bad sent amongst the Chartists ? Was it not at the urgent request of the ' respectables" that the Birmingham magistrates first came into collision TR-ith the Birmingham Chartlsis ? In short , does not every man with a grain of common sense know right well that all the tyranny and cruelty exercised against us during the last two years by the Government were urged upon , enjoined , dictate 1 , and virtually commanded to them , by the niUMIu-classes ? Yet , tbe Leed * " Reformers" have the niouesty to ask us to unite t ? ith the middle c ' a ^ sea against the Government ] I will resume to-morrow , and meantime , &C . James B . O'Biuen .
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^_ ^_ _ . THE NORTHERN STAR . f
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 6, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct845/page/7/
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