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T O BE LET WITH IMMEDIATE POSSESSION, an Old and well-accustomed BEERHOUSE known by the Sign of" Thb Duna," Manchester-road, Bradford.
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THE EDITOR OF THE "NORTHERN STAR" TO HIS READERS.
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THE FUNERAL OF JAMES SHARROCK, A VENDOR OF THE NORTHERN SCAR.
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The present Occupier of the Premises having made another engagement , the incoming tenant will be treated with on liberal Terms . The Stock , Fixtures , ' and Brewing Utensils to be taken at a fair Valuation . For further Particulars , apply on the Premises .
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NEW CHARTIST PERIODIC- — . rPHE MIDLAND COUNTIES' ILLUMINAi T 0 H , Trice Three-halfpence , is Published every Saturday Morning , by hit . Seal , of Leicester , and may be had of Mr . Cleave , Shoe-lane , London : of Messrs . Sweet , ( Nottingham , ) Skevington ana Eveleigh , ( Loughborougb , ) Neal , ( Derby . ) Vickers , ( Belper , ) Burgess , ( Hinckley , ) and all Booksellers ia the Kingdom , by application to Mr . Cleave London , or to the Publisher , Leicester . '' The Illuminator we hesitate not to pronounoe infinitely superior in style , matter , and composition , to most , if not any , of the high-priced periodicals , written by and for educated men . '—Northern Star . No . 12 , ( Published Saturday Morning , May 1 st , ) contains " Lives of the Commonwealthsmen : John Pym , " continued . " The Nottingham Election : Chartist Policy defended . " Colonel Thompson ' s reply to "John Smith . " " Thinker ' s Note-Book ;" &o- &o . Copies of Nos . 1 , 2 , * , i , i , 0 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 19 , and II , may be had on application .
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THE BEG 1 KMKG OF THE END , AND THE END OF THE BEGINNING .
The difference between English and Irish agitation is jas ; the above . We are in the beginning of the ead ; Dah is at the end of the beginning . lei as jasJ hare a word ; his faded honour is not 1 TOT& more , although that warm-faced p&taot , jksrEB Thomas Stxkle , would make a God of the fcllai ingeL Let us hare a word upon poor " Six ' s latter end . Wlsea we last noticed the settlement of a Corn Jxehmge account , it w&s to express our indignation at ; he Association ordering the Treasurer to
p » j the sum en hand , at the abruption of the Preewsois , s&y £ 1000 , vo Das ' s Banker , and to Du ' s credit , and which we hare never heard of cure ; and shall therefore charitably make it a brocght forward" in the account settled last week . Hear , then , "ye pillaged English Chartiste , " trho gWe so largely for political agitation ; hear , we pray you , the last settlement of a two years ' aeewmt . DuiiL O * Co ? tfSLL , Esq ., M . P ., Treasurer , In account ¦ nth the Roj-il Loyal Repeal Association' of Ireltnd . 3 U 51 EL DB . DlSIKL CB .
£ ad . £ b . d Joiinottnttna * - To Bnmbog 80 " 2 18 1 feed from Pre- Balance due to cursors to credit Daniel ... 72 18 C tf Association 1000 0 0 loaoaeji since lecsired , as toted pet 'weekly account " 00 # 0 0
Hiking » 'tottle ' aiJyeHams TOEld toy , of £ 8000 0 0 £ 8000 0 0 Audited and found correct , by a lot of master tiers and tailors , Corn Exchange patriots . Sow , we haTe no hesitation in saying , that the Kgh Hon . David Pigot should prosecute these ngibonds , ( halloa , we beg pardon of our Trowferidge fri-rndsj gentlemen , from thu 3 robbing the poor IffiL and getting money under false pretences . HoweTer , the account is now settled ; and with it is Killed lUpeal" for the preset ; which , in Irish " practical" '' diplomatic" Corn Exchange phraseg ! o £ t , means , that that pap of the ould cow is dry , and that her udder must be rubbed and softened a
bis before she can be expected to give , any more aat But what ' s the fun of the thing ! Why , ^ hat in tie exact proportion in which the Liberator P ^ ys tie rascal , ( we again beg pardon , ) in the exact sms proportion do the other rascals ( again ! well , * e aust call a Epade a spade , ) shout hurrah for tttfKde . Every Irishman in England must now turn to our prediction as u > the fate of Repeal . " It is not to be brought forward this Session ; " nor at all , uniU . Dism . O'CorssLL , Esq ., iLP ., and Liberator , and ^^ P-go-fernment defender , has £ 200 , 000 in his Treasury , and then , hnrrah for Repeal 2 and hurrah for the £ 200 , 000 , we say I
Mospcth , as we predicted , also has raised his wKincarion works iu Ireland , and finds that they " ^ 21 W eight pounders instead of fire pounders ; Wit is , a twrlve pounds franchise instead of a ter ponnds ten shillings ; and now Da * will rat * sd cama Moepeth and the Whigs , and , for the fet tine in his life , he will most reluctantly be comi ^ ed . by his duty to his ' client , ' poor Ireland , to **«* £ desparingiy of our u beautiful , dear , darling , "flrnoas yean ? Queen . " Le ; O'Connors prophetic letter to O'Mallet « 't * d which we this week publish , and also a * npfrom the World which we subjoin , and then «* m app ^ i to the coe l discretion of Irishmen , and ** Jh ° * long will you worship this golden-calf ? ~ J *^ is siren np ; and now , " Hnrrah for " Irish ** a ^ 2 ctures , with no money to bny them ! Down ^ the landlords , and down with the Whigs . " « & , I always told you that Ireland had only « " a ^ u £ er braTe sons to rely npon , and wa 3 J ^ aoi r ghj i » ( Cneers , loud and long , and "You « , ^ n were , yon always are ; for , be my sow ] , J 03 a . ways bars the right end of the ptrse !") ^ - hxy : a ., Dxxlzl , Daxiel ! your fall is at ^ aaa a mighty one it will be . You have many ^ Mcd-: io settle , and not one single set-off against £ Ia : ; 0 Dal demands upon your promissory notes . Y ^ V JOar troaVk we wi 11 return good for eril . jto " - ' 0 Wn Aeseeda of more oppression , that ffi 3 J therefrom reap an abundant harvest ; but , w E *? * HiTE so powEB , we promise you that ® * ae Tories shall not oppress Ireland , nor shall * eiV ? ^ 5 treD £ til » ky a fo g < x upon yon . Thus * " shew oui power b y protecting even yon from T <* seance which you have been bo long bring"sapoB your devoted head . \ n T ) iw thev eS « . T >' t
< w er on you ' 0 I ehe lw * here ^ ^ Oot Ka , and significantly place our finger on froi ^ tft" faow wh » t they h » e to expect isaefo ^ f f ^ k ^ ge . The proclamation has * £ S . ° m the ^ P 8 of M » - O'Connell that nntU jis £ « i ^ m of money be subscribed , and two mil-« aames enrolled , the measure for which they . rsriiu&Ut ^ - forced ^ P 011 tlie attention of JeDbV n V ** M certainly a noTel mode of pro-• Ittta . ii ^ UeE&on ' and may—for we lire in an age •* l > twriS . ~ "proTe emmently guccessfuL Be it W » . V . r lmee tO Watch thft nrnnou « f onnfo . n / 1
to 8 ^ tn !» 1 ? ^ i&Uy " P ° P «> PM « - But we ^ ttHnp f ^ ^ " > ^ tler ourselves that many of eur Ske them ^ * xrt 6 ° because they feel that ^ BEtrriT ^ We llaTe reall I interest of the * tfeisrt-, n Twould dfc £ ire to have our opinion ** U ibf ; cheme for advancing Repeal , and we *¦ ^ 7 a ^ f > ar ] eS 6 l JJ and withoat hesitition , give ^^ We a r ^"? 1 ^ 1 to the plan , and thint it for ^ oaes- " ie i ^ f " ^ ^^ that a P ^ P ^ ire e *« ^ « th ir ieKl * ' * - "on— : b . at nine years a ^ o they coundence to rarious persons who
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pledged themselves as devoted to the measure some of whom are so lukewarm now as to announce that they will not mention it in Parliament until two millions of names and shillings are forthcoming ' . la this the manner in which any other great national question is advanced ! What would have been the language used at the Corn Exchange had Grattan or Plunket refused to provoke a discussion upon the Catholic claims until their arguments in support of religious freedom were sustained by two millions of shilling emancipationists ! Shonld sot oar popular representatives be contented with the thousands who , not lo » g ago , congregated at Repeal meetings , and whose ardour did not cool till they imagined that the agitation for a Parliament in College Green was solely intended to keep the Wbiss in office ? Bu
^ t money ; well , why is so much money required ! Counties , towns , and parishes can petition at . a very small cost , aud , thank God , our trusty representativ « 3 do not need to be paid for their speeches . There is still another item of expenditure—the returning of Repeal member . " . Funds would undoubtedly be necessary for thi 3 purpose did we not know that monied men can be easily found to start , and that -when they do , they will assuredly be made pay .
** Bat to be brief , will the Repeal Association , to insure the public confidence , and leave no excuse for national apathy , withdraw it 3 countenance from the Melbourne Cabinet , which ha 3 Towed eternal enmity tu R ; poal ! No—who is insane enough to think it will j The unforsunate people who nave , heretofore , sacrificed blood , money , and liberty , are expected to do everything , while the place-giving and jobbing Whigs have nothing to do except now and then remove the ' old hat from the window , ' and put it round for public pelf . "
Dax , the World , you see , has found you out ; and we now conclude by wishing you joy of your chum , the Member for Nottingham , Johr Walter , Esq ., proprietor of the " bloody old Ttmes , " and nominee of Dasiel O'Cossell , Esq .
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- -THE BRUMMAGEM SHALLOWS AND GEORGE WHITE . Bt our report of the Birmingham proceedipgs , in the Town Hall , it will be seen that the tyrants of that Whig-ridden spot have early availed themselves of the excellent advice of M Anglo Saxon , " the pet of the Sun , by arresting and actually dragging , by brute force , from a meeting of rate-payers , one of those very ratepayers , and even before he had moved any resolution or amendment . Now , we aik our Trowbridge friends to find us a Boft name for those murdering rascals , whom , for the present , w « shall thns mildly characterise . We regret that
White was not able , as he would have been justified in knocking the four ruffians down , who dragged him from the platform . Now , then , we * a y more emphatically than ever , Chartists take B&tisfae&m ; allow not a meeting to pass ovsr without moving the Rainsley amendment to any and every resolution proposed by the factions . These are the men , the rsfiians , whom Mr . Lovjett would conciliate , forsooth ! The business shan ' t stop here . No , no . We know O'Connor too well to suppose that he will tamely submit to such an insult being offered to his representative at Birmingham .
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THE GOVERNMENT , THE DODGER , AND THE MINORITY . The principle of the Irish Fortification Bill has been wholly demolished by a majority of 21 . Of the debate , however , we have not now time to say a word ; but judging charitably of the ignorance of the House and the press upon all Irish and most other matters , we can afford to give our cotemporaries a full week ' s odds , and smooth the question after their eight dajs' mangling in our next . For the present we need only observe that the artful dodger denies , by anticipation , the propriety of resigning upon
such a trumpery question . In faith , Chron . is right . The whole , the sole , the only duty of our protectors is to ensure the supplies , and bayonets to collect them . They will not pl 3 y the part of the well-bred dog , and walk down stairs before they are kicked down . However , it appears that a dissolution is spoken of , and therefore let the balance of power he prepared with all constitutional means , as out struggles znest be fierce and resolute . In fact , it will be our trial day ; and let maudlin politicians censure us as they please for our mild and courteous
designation of high offences , we tell those for whom we fight , that from the enemies' fears alone have they anything to expect . Therefore , Jet them dis-Belve , and we will publish our paper twice a week , when our motto shall be " have-at-em , " and our demand " give us our prisoners and our Charter . " In no single instance will the Northern Star attempt to conciliate the enemy , so that let those who feel inclined to- censure , take warniDg . " Onward and we conquer , backward and we fall . " No JtOBB BVV . BVG . DkJlTS OS LIB 2 RTT ; AS LIFE WITHOUT IT IS yot WOBTH THE KEEP 1 . NG .
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F&iexds , —The dastardly animosity of the sneaking wretches who " live on lies and fatten on detraction , " and who gloat over every opportunity of pnmshingas the most odious of all criminals by any process or through any medium , the advocates of your rights , have made it necessary for me to say a word or two to you on personal matters . The sanctity of domestic and private matters being disregarded by the " educated" and polished panderers to the vicious system of misrule , the affairs of my private household have been dragged before the public in such a manner as to compel me to claim a minute or two of your time for explanition . In the Leeds Mercury of last Saturday , appears an
infamous paragraph headed " Practical effects of Socialist Principle ? , " in which I am certainly depicted in most unenviable colours . I cannot suppose that this matter wa 3 inserted in the Leeds Mercury with the knowledge or consent of its Editors ; I know enough of newspaper business to be aware that it might creep ia clandestinely , and I will believe , until compelled to think otherwise , that it was so in this instance . However , their paper of to-day will convince me . A copy of the following letter , to which I must request the attention of my readers , has , I believe , been sent to the Leeds Mercury for insertion , and I can hare no doubt of its finding , not merely insertion , but Editorial notice , as I am sure any such matter ha 3 always done with me , and always shall while 1 have the columns of a newspaper at command .
THE "REVEREND" MR . HILL AND HIS
"SWEDENBORGIAN SOCIALIST CHAPEL . " to the editors of the leeds mercl'rt . Gestlemek , As historians and moralists , the position of influential journalists , in the present state of society , is an important and responsible one ; the tone of the public mind being in a great measure taken from their statements of and comments upon alleged matters of fact . It is , therefore , very necessary for the public good and safety that such persons should be men of tound mind and discriminating judgment , not liable to be imposed upon by exparte
statements , or false colourings ; it ia still mor « necessary that they should be men of high principle , and strict moral integrity , who will not , under any circumstances , sacrifice truth to personal pique , or political animosity . It is clearly a contravention of all the principles of right that currency should be given to imputations upon personal character , nnless absolutely necessary for the public good : even then , no journalist acts justly or honestly who publishes such imputations , otherwise than when sustained by such evidence as may be reasonably trusted . I am perfectly aware , that in the exposed situation which a journalist does occupy , he is liable to be often deceived by the false information which from bad and maliciouB persona may be sent to him ;
and that he may thus sometimes inflict injury unwittingly . In every such case a good man feels pleasure in affording all the reparation in hi 9 power . HeBce , I feel the greater confidence that in asking you as religious aDd good men for the insertion of this letter 1 shall , in fact , be conferring upon you a very pleasurable feeling . 'In your last publication , a statement appears which I must suppose to have originated in false information conveyed to yon ; it is calculated very seriously to injure the private character , the public reputation , and the usefulness and respectability , not of one only , but of many individuals ; and I , therefore , as one who is affected by it , ask of yon the justice to allow me to place facts before the public in reply to it .
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The statement to which I allude is headed "Puac-TICAL EFFECTS OF SOCIALIST PRINCIPLES , 7 and pUTDorts to be a record of an application to the Leeds Workhouse Board , and of other matters indirectly connected therewith . It states , among other things , that Mr . Hill , Editor of the Northern Star , ia " the Minister of a Swedenborgian Socialist Chapel , at Hull , " that his wife was " some months since deserted by him , " and that he " vindicated hi » eonduct to bis congregation at Hull on the principles of Robert Owen , " and it is »} bo said that " the Swedenboreian congregation at Hull have nearly &U deserted Hill , ana their place is now supplied by Socialists and Chartists . " Now , Sirs , as a member and an
office-bearer of the church , worshipping under the pastoral care of the Reverend William Hill , I have means of knowing that every one of these assertions is entirely false . The church over which Mr . Hill presides &b minister—and of all whose honest and consistent members I believe him to enjoy the fullest confidence and the most perfect esteem—is not a" Swedenborgian-SocialiBt" church . We have no connection , nor have we ever had any connection , with the Socialists at all . And as the prejudices of society have been made to run so strongly that the bare word " Socialist , " applied to any person or persons , is accounted opprobrious , I cannot but fear that the application of this term to the members of Mr . Hill ' s church is a malicious as well as a wilful slander .
1 will not follow the heartless example of the person whom you h » ve permitted to drag , through your columns , the domestic afflictions of Mr . Hill before the public gaze , gratuitously ; but I must make some reference to them in order to be understood . Mr . Hill w » 8 unhappily circumstanced ; and , finding himself forced into a position , of which it seemed to him right that he should give some explanation , he acted in that manly and straightforward manner which has characteriied all his dealings amongst us ever since we hare known him . Without waiting to be called to an account by others , be summoned , by special circular ^ the members of the church together , and ** vindicated his conduct , " but not" on the principles of Robert Owen , " as vour informant maliciously and falsely usserts . \ lr . Hill made no allusion or reference to " the principles ' of Robert Owen" at all . As a Christian minister he addressed
his own people on Christian and scriptural principles ; and he appealed not to " the principles of Robert Owen , " but to the doctrines of the church and the truths of Revelation . Mr . Hill ' s " vindication" was heard by the meetiDg ; Mrs . Hill was present , and her statements were heard also . Many of her statements were contradicted instantly by respectable members of the church then present . Other statements she avowed herself capable of proving , if time should be allowed her for the production of evidence . Time was allowed . With Mr . Hill ' s full concurrence , the meeting was adjourned that she might have time . The adjourned meeting was holden , and Mrs . Hill , who had had writteu notice of it specially sent to her , failed to appear or
to adduce any additional evidence , or to furnish any satisfactory reason why she did not do so . Mr . Hill , on the contrary , produced letterb from various persons , besides oral testimony , disproving effectually various atrocioms charges made against him by Mrs . Hill , at the former meeting , aud which , having had no notice of them , he was then unprepared to meet , otherv ^ se than by counter assertion . With Mr . Hill ' s full concurrence , and at Mb suggestion , the meeeting was again adjourned for a week , aud Mrs . Hill was written to by a gentleman who had warmly interested himself on her behalf , informing her of the adjournment , and requiring her , in the name of the Church , to substantiate her statements by the production of the evidence , which at the first
meeting she had declared herself to be in possession of . The adjourned meeting was again holden , and Mrs . Hill again failed either to appear—to authorise any other person to adduce the alleged evidence on her behalf—or to assign any satisfactory reason why she did not do so . The discussion had now extended over the full space of four weeks , and of course it had occupied , during the intervals of the meetings , a large share of the attention of the members , all of whom were deeply interested in it ; and amongst whom , therefore , the whole subject , in all its bearings , was fully canvassed . The Sunday afternoon following , April 18 : h inst ., was the regular meeting of the Church for discipline : at that meeting , therefore , the subject was resumed , and the following resolutions were adopted by the Church : —
" That taking into iu most serious consideration the events which have recently transpired , and the statements made by Mrs . Hill , impugning the moral character of our beloved and esteemed minister , the Rev . William Hill , and also impugning the moral character of several members of this church , which statements Mrs . Hill declared herself in a condition to prove by the production of certain letters , which she stated were in her possession , but incapable of being produced , unless sufficient time for their production was granted , they being then at Leeds ; and taking also into consideration that , in compliance with this apparently reasonable demand , the meeting at which these statements were made was adjourned for a fortnight , in order to give time for the forthcoming of the said
letters , and which adjournment was with the perfect and unsolicited sanction and concurrence of our esteemed pastor ; and further , taking into consideration the fact that at the said adjourned meeting of the church , Mrs . Hill not only failed to appear , but in a letter addressed to Mrs . Aclam , stated reasons for her non-appearance , which , upon investi gation , turned out to be utterly groundless , failing also to send the alleged letters to lay before the Church , which , hail any each letters been iu her possession , she clearly had the same means of sending as of communicating with Mrs . Aclam ; and coosidering , finally , that the Church gave imperative orders to Mrs . Hill , through Mr . Firth , her friend and advocate , to produce the said letters , sending them to the said Mr . Yltth by letura ot post , with
which order of the Church Mr . Firth promptly complied , but which has received no manner of notice from the said Mrs Hill , except in a private letter to Mr . Firth , in which a reason f ^ r the non-production of the letters is assigned , which It appears to this meeting is atter ) y destitute of truth , and only prepared as an evasion to suit the purposes of the moment , and to effect , if pcssible , a breach between our respected minister and the flock committed to his charge ; this Church resolves that it is its most deliberate and decided conviction that the several charges and allegations made by the said Mrs . Hill against the said Rev . William Hill , and various members of the Church ,
are entirely false , and without the least foundation . And while the Church thus solemnly records its judgment before the Lord and before men , it also desires te express to the said Rev . William Hill , its venerated minister , its undiminished confidence , affection , and esteem ; expressing at the same time its detp sympathy with him as a man , a Christian , and a minister , under these most distressing circumstances , and tendering to him iu warmest thanks for the assiduity , care , and pastoral diligence with which , at a most serious sacrifice of time , health , and pecuniary means , he has watched over its interests , and has endeavoured to promote aDd secure its prosperity , for a period ot more than four years . "
"That Mrs . Hannah Hill , now a member of this church , has conducted herself , duriag several months past , iu a manner utterly at variance with the truth and sincerity of the Christian character ; and that she is especially guilty of a breach of moral ord *) r in the following particulars : —First , in that sl ~ . e has made charges against the moral character of the esteemed pnstor of this Church , which Bhe has in every instance failed to prove , although ample time and opportunity have been afforded her to do bo ; Second , in that she has used her utmost endeavours to wonnd the peace , stab the reputatation , and destroy the character of several members of the church ; against ruiy and all of whom she has made , directly or indirectly , the most serious charges of moral delinquency , failing at the same time to adduce a single shadow of evidence against them ; and third , in that she has , by thus doingall in her power
to blast the reputation of the minister and members , sought the overthrow of the peace , credit , and prosperity of the church , andb ? eB guilty of ljing , slandering , and malignant persecution to a most alarming extent UnderthesecircumstancestheChurchdeemsitan imperative duty to demand from the said Han nah Hill , a full and ample recantation in writing , o $ * I l the infamous and unfounded allegations rtceBtly ' TBade by her , in reference to the above-named persons and things ; the form of such recantation , with an apology to the parties aggrieved , to be drawn up by the Kev . William Hill and signed by the said Hannah Hill , on or before the 28 th day of this present month of April , iathe presence of the said Rev . William Hill and three attesting witnesses ; the document when signed , to be placed in the hands of the Church on the 2 nd day of May now next ensuiog , to bo printed or otherwise disposed of as the society snail determine . '
An amendment was moved on these resolutions , to the effect that the further consideration of the subject be adjourned for another fortnight , to give Mr 9 . Hill more time ; but , so satisfied were the church that ample time had been given , that on the question being put , only one person , besides the mover and seconder , voted / or the amendment , and ( hat one was one of the persons against whom Mrs . Hill ' s glanderous averments had been directed . These statements have probably prepared you to expect a contradiction to the assertion of . your informant about the " congregation having nearly all
deserted HilL" Gentlemen , my cmcial situation ia the church enables me to knots that this iu false . This painful business has been thoroughly canvassed amoDg the members , but not one single name haB been withdrawn from the church roll , and , so far as I know , net one single person has been absented from the congregation through it ; ou the contrary , many members now attend the meetings of the chnrch who did not attend them previously , and there have been placed on the nomination book of the church , ( during and since the conclusion of this unhappy investigation , ) no fewer than twenty-two candidates for admission to its fellowship and
oommun-. on . These facts I submit to you , and to the public , as an ample replv to the charges made through your columns , both agaitiot ^ our esteemed though calum-
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niated minisf r , (! ,, i the church committed to his charge ; these iacis I submit to your consideration as gentlemen , as Christians , and as public instructors who are bound to judge fairly what comes under their notioe—to judge not onlj fairly but charitably in all personal matters where they have only an opportunity of hearing the statements of one party ; these facts I hope you will allo-w not only to exonerate the church fro . ti the charge of " Socialism , " but also to evince the confidence which ita members still repose in the man who has watched over their spiritual interests for more th » n four years—who has done so not only without gain , but at a most
serious sacrifice oi health , and time , and money—and under whose ministerial can the numbers of the church hare been more than trebled , exclusive of those now on the proposition Toll . In my own name , then , and in that of the church of which 1 am a member and office bearer , I claim from you as honest and coueeitntious men the insertion in your next paper of this statement of facts , as a correction of the false and scandalous imputations of your last , to which it makes reference ; and I further claim as an act of justice , the name of the person who furnished the information contained in that scandalous paragraph .
Trusting that your own sense of honour and honesty will enforce my demand , 1 am , Gentlemen , Youra , Ac , James Boungbkokb , Senior Deacon of the Christian Church , worshipping under the pastoral oare of the Rev . William Hill , at Hull . No . 30 , Chariot-street , Hull , April 28 sh , 1841 . Supposing , now , that my readers have read Mr . Bjlingbroke ' s letter , I have only to add thereto that into the unhappy differences betwixt me and my wife , I presume they will not expect me to go more particularly here . I wish not to triumph over the defenceless , nor to insult the fallen . I shall ,
therefore , forbear to go into particulars , unless dragged into them . Suffice it that I have not without good reason , after seventeen years' « ndurance , placed myself in a position so painful as that which I now occupy . In explanation of the faet of my wife seeking relief at the Workhouse Board , bo malignantly paraded , by the Mercury , I givo the following letter , sent in accordance with its date to the proper officer : — Northern Star Office , Leeds , Saturday morning . March 27 , 1811 .
SIR , —I regret exceedingly to be compelled to trouble you upon a most unpleasant subject—unpleasant at all events te me . —I have the misfortune to have a wife , whose conduct has been , for some time , such as to preclude the possibility of my living with her . In consequent of which I have , for the last six or seven weeks , absented tnsyelf frem her ; placing my two children at boarding school , with Mr . and Mrs . Rhodes , of Armley , where they now are ; leaving her quietly in possession of a good bouse—No . 25 , Templar ' s-street , well and handsomely furnished , and supplying ber regularly for her own support with sums ef money varying from ten to twenty shillings weekly . Latterly , however , Bhe has been so outrageous that 1 thought it necessary to notify to her brother in writing , on the 16 th
inst , that in case of her continuing to annoy and molest me in the way she had systematically done , till then , I should be reluctantly compelled to withhold further supplies of money which was only used for my annoyance and injury and leave her to seek her remedy by application to you . Her conduct since then bos apparently left me no alternative , but to abide by the terms of that notice , However , I have this morning again applied to her brother offering to enter into mutual articles of maintenance and peace / nines * . If this be declined , it is probable that > he will apply to you ; and if she do , I authorise you to re lieve her to any amount not more than seven shillings weekly , and I will reimburse you , and secure it iu any way which to you ma ; be most convenient .
I am not desirous to have the matter made more disagreeably public than can be avoided . Sincerely regretting that I should be obliged thus to trouble you . X am , Sir , yours , &c . WK . Hill . To Mr . Mason , Relieving Officer , Leeds . P . S . If I bare not addressed the proper officer , you will probably be so obliging as to hand this to the proper party . My address—5 , Market-street , Leeds . The result was that she did apply at the Board , as stated by the Mercury , and that on their informing me thereof , I immediately arranged with them to pay ten shillings weekly to hex brother , besides supporting my children , who remain at sohool .
I presume that I have now said at least enough to convince you that the atrocious paragraph which has rendered this explanation necessary ought never to havs been published . It is a violation of every principle of decency supposing its statements to hare been true , but when thus fraught with falsehood , and involving not my reputation only , but that of many other parties , it is infamous , and might well justify an appeal to the protection of the lawwhich , bad as it is , does furnish a remedy for outrages like these , when it can be found to be administered honestly . This resource I shall take to vtry reluctantly ; but if , which I cannot suppose ,
the Messrs . Baines refuse to insert Mr . Bolingbrok «' e letter , I shall certainly have recourse to it . One dirty villain has eked out his version of this unhappy affair with a much larger share of malignant invention than even the Mercury . Him , as " fit food for sharks" alone , I have handed over to my attorney who will deal with him as his tender mercy may dictate . Like proceedings I shall institute against the proprietor and publisher of every paper into which tho libellous paragraphs may be copied , or which may insert similar ones after this date ; or which having copied it previously to this date refuses now to insert the contradiction and explanation .
Doub . less , the rascally tools of faction think this fine pie ; but I can tell them that if they dip their fingers too deeply into it , they will nod it rather high-seasoned . 1 ask no favourable construction of my conduct , from any ono . I ask only for myself as for the people , juoTice ; and , asking not more , I hope that I have no disposition in any capacity , public or private , to offer less , or to take le 3 S . Let me , then , be . as rightly understood by my political friends and followers as by my religious ones . I havo submitted my whole conduct to the investigation and censure of my Church , who have had the best opportunities of knowing and
estimating me : their sentence is seen in the resolutions contained in Mr . Bolingbroke ' s letter , and they have the means and opportunity of personally knowing the truth of the whole matter , much more accurately than any exparte or written statements from me could gire it . I offer their satisfactory exculpation as the ground of my dornand that tbis private and family affair of mine shall not be made a pretext on which to injure O'Connor aud the Star . Claiming for myself , what I am ready to accord to all others , the full measure of right , I am an unalterable advocate of Universal Suffrage , And tho People ' s ready servant , WILLIAM HILL . Northern Star Office , Leede , Saturday , May 1 st , 1841 .
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POST-OFFICE ORDERS . —All persona sending money to this Office by Post-office Order , arj especially requested to make their orders payable to Mr . John Ardili , as , by a recent alteration in the Post-office arrangements , any neglect of this would cause ns a great amount of trouble and annoyance . Infamous attempt of Messrs . Whtte and Salter to stop an ancient right op wat across Nottino Valb , bt employing the Rural Police to " stop whom they please . "" Mr . Editor , —I sent you » full account of the abovenamed atrocious proceedings for insertion . You hare given a very imperfect luminary of the whole in " Answers to Correspondents . " Perhaps you
¦ will allow me to make It more plain by inserting the preeent , which I have made as brief as I possibly can . You say I call upon the working men of Londsn to aid me in breaking through the attempt of Messrs . Salter and others to atop the Tight of toad ( it should have been path ) ¦ which the public bave always had across what is now called the Victoria Park' (?) , in Notting Yale ; though you do not state where Notting Vale is , ot in what part the path in question lite . When I state that the Val « is adjoining tli « Paddingtou aide ot tho Hippodrome , it will be a sufficient guide ; and aa for the path—the free and aucicut footpath—it ever bas aud ever must form a continuation to that nut-browu line of rural liberty , ' running from PaddingtOB . throagh Jackson ' s and part . of . Wisa ' a
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fields , and learfs , aslant , to a stile situated within a fluid ' s length af Notting Barn Farm , Baiter ' s residence , and from thence to Wormholt Common , &c . I therefore call upon ereiy person within , at least five miles of the spot , to preserve this highly necessary thoroughfare , by not giving it up . Never mind the police : your business is te defend your rights ; their ' s—and I have it on their own authority— 'to insult whom they please . ' Again , exhorting you to assert your independence as men , and sot submit lite slaves , " I remain , yourt respectfully , "Henby Griffiths , " No . 3 , Philpot-terrace , Edgware-road "
Ant Chartist Friends t ^ Ao have the Northern Star of December 19 , 1 ( 540 , and voiil cut out the Memorial of Birmingham , in behalf of Frost , Williams , and Jones , inclose the same , per post , by the 8 lh of May , directed to Mr . James Guest , Sttelhtuse-lane , will be rendering great service to the cause of the committee . —T . P . Green . Mas . Clayton . —The 12 * . from Leicester , last week , per Mr . Cooper , should have been , " Leicester 6 s ., and Ansty 6 s . " G . J . Hakney . —The Chartists of York would feel obliged if that gentleman would forward a note , addressed to W . Cordeux , 26 , Micfclegate , statin // when he will be" in Yo-rk , and where they may write to find him . . Mr . H .. Hetherington . —By Thursday ' s morning
post , we received a long letter from Mr . Helhering ton , which should have been inserted this week had we received it a day sooner ; but as it is impossible for us to prepare a reply to its stalemerits ^ and assertions at , his late period of the week , and as we certainly shall not suffer it to appear in our pages unaccompanied by such reply , its insertion is deferred till our next . If Mr . Black , or any other Chartist lecturer of the right sort , could make it convenient to favour Monmouth with a lecture , they have an excellent room , which will hold upwards of 400 persons , and would feel grateful to hear him . Samuel Kilbubn , of Desborough , Northamptonshire , wishes his name to be inserted as a Teetotal Chartist .
John Samuel Gee . —Yes : Mr . Hill has published a Grammar , which may be obtained from Mr . Hobson , and all booksellers .
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R , F . Salop . —His letter has been forwarded to Mr . Cleave , London . Abel Goodhall , Heckmondwikey will receive the plates of F . O'Connor , for Mr . Chadwick ' s subscribers , in time to deliver with his papers on May l&th . Mum ' s , of Kilmarnock , plates were sent to Paton and Love , Glasgow , on the 6 th . H . C , Bristol , will be entitled to the forthcoming plates if he continues ; but cannot say for the last , as he does not say when he commenced . G . White . —The 10 s . was noticed . W . Haynes , Tewksbury . — Write to John Cleave , 1 , Shoe-lane , London : he supplies Mr . Clark . Several of our Agents complain of not having their papers according to order . If they will not order in time , they must take the consequences . POLITICAL PRISONERS' AND CHARTER CONVENTION
FUND . £ s . d . From Bridlington , per Mr . Tate « 3 0 „ Tillicoultry , per D . Gray 0 6 0 „ a mental slave at Chvpstow 0 11 „ Stovre , of Leeds 0 0 3 _ two friends to the cause at Cullam ... 0 10 „ T . C . Spencer , Devizes 0 0 6 ,. Desborough , per Samuel Kilburn ... 0 1 6 „ Middlesbro' National Charter Association , per J . Hollinshead 0 15 8 _ New Pellon , near Halifax 0 0 0 „ Horbury , near Wakefleld ... ... 0 10 7 „ Pontypool , per T . Parry 0 10 1 ^ Merthyr Tydvil . per E Williams ... 100 _ Norwich , per S . Goat 0 It i „ the Doura Chartist Association .
Ayrshire ... ... . 060 „ Preston Chartists 10 0 „ a few friends at Oldlands Common , per T . W . Simeon , Bristol 0 16 _ Hawick , per J . Hog « 0 10 0 „ the Birmingham National Charter Association , per Q . White 10 0 Hyde per J . Rather 0 2 6 „ Mr . Bale , blacksmith , Bretton , near Westbury 0 2 6 FOR THE WIVES AND FAMILIES OF THE INCARCERATED CHARTISTS . From the Association , Liver&edge ... ... 0 0 5 „ D . Hipgood , Kowde , near Devizes ... 0 0 8 „ Desborouzh , per Samuel Kilburn ... 0 1 8 „ J . T Mills , Clerkenwell , London ... 0 1 6 _ the ChartiBta of Preston 0 10 0 _ Wm . Drysdale , DuDfermline ... ... 0 6 4
FOR MRS . CLAYTQN ., From THIicoultry , per D . Gray 5 0 _ Kensington , per Thomas Wheeler , the proceeds of sermons , less txpences 1 * 4 „ Southampton Temperance Association , per J . Russell 0 10 0 „ Horbury , near Wakefleld ... ... 0 1 6
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —Allow me , through the medium of your paper , to pay a sincere tribute of respect to the memory of James Sharrock , of Wigan , one of the vendors of the Northern Star , who departed this life deeply and deservedly lamented by a large circle of friends and acquaintances , on the ni ^ ht of the 19 th instant , after lingering for some years with declining health . As a firm and consistent Republican , he staod one of the foremost of the present age . He was also a man of extensive information , had a superior knowledge of the aristocracy , and the abuses under which the
industrious classes of the three unhappy kingdoms have long Buffered , and of the direful effects of servile oppression and misrule . His mind was patriotic , generous , and humane ; and he bas undergone much fcatdship in aiding uud assisting the lovers of republicanism to expose tko errors of a corrupt system of administration , and in circulating useful publications , calculated to free the working classes generally from that thraldom and miserable state of existence which he had long been the victim of . He was a kind father , an inoffensive and obliging neighbour , and a good husband ; and , perhaps , a sounder and more zealous politician and advocate of the rights of man never breathed the vital air .
Such , Mr . Editor , was the individual of whom write . If-, therefore , pure merit ever deserved a place in your valuable journal—if the tear of heartfelt sorrow and , sincere esteem ever fell from the eye of gratitude for a worthy character , the deceased , James Sharrock , of this borough , deserved that tear ; and as he has been an honest vendor of the Northern Star for years , through gtod and evil report , it will only be an act of justice and humanity in you to give this humble tribute to his memory a place in this week's paper . His funeral was numerously attended , on Sunday , by the industrious classes , the most useful and most respectable portion of the human race ; and a general feeling of sorrow and respect was manifested while the venerable remains slowly moved to the spot where he is interred , in St . John ' s Chapel Yard , in Wigan . There let him rest , iu undisturbed repose , While o ' er his grave the soft breeze gently blows ; Whilst his kind spirit , free from toil and pain , With serapha dwells , and we our rights maintain . J . B TH . Hill Cottage , near Wigan Lane , Wigau , April 25 , 1841 .
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FROM OVtt LONDON CORRESPONDENT . Wednesday Evening , April 27 . The Ministry . —Ever since the defeat of the Ministry on Monday evening upon Lord Howick ' s amendment , the members of the Administration have held frequent meetings . Yesterday , a Council was held , at which all the Cabinet Ministers attended , aud which lasted for three hours . To-day , also , a Council was held ; and the result of the Nottingham election , coupled with the defeat on Monday night , will , it is thought , induce the Ministers to « et through the " Budget" as swiftly as possible , and then dissolve the Parliament .
The present week has been dull in the metropolis , so far as regards meetings on any particular subject of public importance . The Petition Committee held its weekly meeting last evening , at the Dispatch Coffee House , Bride-lane , Fleet-street , Mr . Simpson iu the chair . A Jetter ( enclosing a petition ) was received from tkat devoted Chartist , Walter Mason , of Norfolk , in which he stated that he had twenty-eight more petitions ready on behalf of the incaroerated victims , and that he was desirous the Committee would inform him the best way of getting them presented to the House of Commons . The Secretary ( Mr . Balls ) was directed to afford the required information . The Committee have engaged a room at No . 55 , Old Bailey , next to the british Coffee Housefor the sittings of the ConVention . —
, Mr . Parker reported his interview with Mr . Dancombe , respecting the returns named in the Northern Star . Several petitions were received on behalf of Frost , O'Connor , the Charter , Ac . The Committee , on separating , agreed to re-a ? semble at two o ' clock on Sunday next ; and it was requested that all communications for the Committee might be addressed to the care of Mr . Wm . Balls , 13 , Back-hill , Hattongarden , London , ( pm-paid ) . It is to be hoped the friends of the Cnarter rcBidcnt in the country will assist the Committee by getting up as many petitions as they cau on behalf of the victims ; each petition bhould be signed by from four to twelve individuals . Humanity demand * ibat exertion should be made on behalf of thoso incarcerated patriots who are suffering iu the people ' s , cause *
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MITCHELL'S NARRATIVE . TO THE EDIT 0 B OF THE NORTHERN BTAfU My Dear Sir , —I write at the Governor's request to desire that no more of Mitchell ' s narrative shall be published tor the present , as its publication may frustrate the ends of justice . I beg also to correct a mistake which appeared in the Leeds Mercury of lost week , and which , being an unusual occurrence with that paper , did not a little surprise me . For thB Mercury ' s satis / action I beg to inform hk readers , that . the confession was made to the magistrates ; that the facts were told by Mitchell to his companions while in the condemned cell , and when Mitchell
had no hope of any commutation of punishment ; that he , Mitchell , « ub » equently to his pardon , being in the yard with Livesey , one of his companions in the condemned cell , requested Livesey to take down his narrative in writing with a vUw to it * publication , u the only reparation he' could make to society for his past life , and with the hope that hU confession weuld break np the gangs to which he belonged . Livesey did write it down and read it over to Mitchell , who also read it himself , and signed his namah it . Livesey then threw it over to my yard , and I gave it Mr . Hohson at Liresey and Mitchell ' s request ; and now , what says Mr . Bainea o his friends ' '
Mitchell ' s father came te York , when he saw it announced that his aon had confessed to being concerned in a thousand robberies , and Mitchell on being questioned made some excuse ; I heard that he denied it ; and when the Governor next visited my cell , I requested of him to put the question to Mitchell , which he did , and Mitchell repeated the oonfeuion , and said that he did say and sti ll said that he waa at a thousand robberies and more . Now , Sir , he aaid so in my presence ; and when , he said so , Livesey said , " nay , John , not a thousand , lad , that ' s ten hundred . " " Well , I know , " replied Mitchell , and / tea * at more , since I have been always at it . "
And now , Sir , I repeat that Mitchell ' * life has been the most extraordinary race of profligacy ever yet published to the world , and I desire that all the rest sha ll be suppressed until justice shall have taken ita course . The many names contained in the sequel of the narrative , must not just now be published . Yours , faithfutly , F . O'Cohhob . York Castle , 28 th 12 th month . P . S . I am at a low to know what has produced Mr . Balnea ' s strong sympathy for Mitchell .
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Nottinghah Election , Tuesday . —We hare fought the battle and won the victory-, and our French opponent has taken French leave of the electors . He resigned at two o ' clock , when the numbers Were , for Walter 2 , 018 Larpent 1 . 722 Majority for Walter Q 96 It is a glorious victory , won against all the influence , intimidation , and coercion of the Treasury . The people are in the best humour , and nothing like disorder has been witnessed dnring the day . On Mr . Walter ' s return to his inn , the immense crowd
who accompanied him in grand and peaceful procession were addressed in appropriate speeches by Mr . Roworth , Mr . Eagle , and several other of his friends . About half-past one o ' clock , Mr . Larpent retired from the hustings , and , as he proceeded to the Exchange Rooms , was most vehemently groaned by the mob . It 80 happened , that as soon as the assembled multitude had despatched the unhappy candidate , Lord Rancliffe ( his friend and proposer ) entered the town , and on his passage through the streets to the White Lion Hotel , the Whig quarters , was treated with similar marks of popular indignation . —Times Correspondent .
Liverpool , Tuesday . —Shocking Murder . —At an early hour this morning , a report of fire-arms was heard in the house of a respectable cotton broker in Portland-place , Everton , and upon an alarm being given , and the bed-room of the master of the house entered , it was found that he had shot his wife and child ( an infant ) Surgical assistance was immediately called * in , but the lady died immediately . The child is living . Mitsfortua . es in trade are said to have Caused this dreadful act .
T O Be Let With Immediate Possession, An Old And Well-Accustomed Beerhouse Known By The Sign Of" Thb Duna," Manchester-Road, Bradford.
T O BE LET WITH IMMEDIATE POSSESSION , an Old and well-accustomed BEERHOUSE known by the Sign of" Thb Duna , " Manchester-road , Bradford .
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t = ^ ffCZSr A >' D THE MEN DERBY . We ha « Ter * ^^ leasure in directing aiten-^ at we may call the retractation of V ikqbkt *** > , " > ' ew Move , " while , in defence of ihe men of * ° * ^ e ' dslight in the noWe sentiment declared in ^^ solution , to the effect that they would throw -c 5 O'Cos ^ ob himself overboard , if he had ^^ i party to it . So that whatever pretensions JfL - vr mJ hare to popular f » Tonr and support , 2 ire admit them to be great , many , and cou-. * yet must he rejoice to find , that if they * ^ en-fold more numerous , they would not justify * ^ le . n * J » ^ most in " * departure from those * . -: D i , s which he has laboured bo hard to
incul-« id which have cost him so much to aissemimd which he has disseminated with such good * to ' , « to render them proof against all attempts . contamination or subversion . % e have do hesitation in saying that the ready , . j gydec , and unanimons manner in which the ^ T " s Move , " has been met , will hare the effect of -iUkang our enemies , of strengthening onr ranks , ^ j of cemsnting more strongly than ever the ^ between all real Chartists . B *?» ears that Viscera ' s notion as to the mprack ^ jj of carrying out the plan , was in precise ^ eordssce wiih oar own views ; and indeed , the . - of . > £ D 4 ng necessary to license a publican , as pn of the establishment of Odd Fellows' Halls , v ! & at snch a tremendous expense , and the fact of Ik ^ rates refusing to licence those publicans , in fjibej shall allow pub He meetings to be held in the le - baildings ( witness Bradford and Barnsley ) £ onee proves that if the people had property , jo& was likely to be converted into a means of orrriBj ? the Cn * rter , the middle classes would get Ac ; of Parliament , either to rob them of the property , or t 0 withhold il from ^ cbArtist P " - BftMs , -trMch would be just the same .
In conclusion , we rtjoice , most heartily , at the « j 2 ] t exp laaaiian given by Vincest , in reply to the -jri ' men of Derby , who should command his njpeet for their true following of his preaching , and jas Onaks for the opportunity they afforded him of uairg himself right ¦ We iia ^ e a letter from Mr . Sasdt , of Brighton , jod several others , which we are obliged to keep bts all d 21 ' wee ^ -
The Editor Of The "Northern Star" To His Readers.
THE EDITOR OF THE "NORTHERN STAR " TO HIS READERS .
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The Funeral Of James Sharrock, A Vendor Of The Northern Scar.
THE FUNERAL OF JAMES SHARROCK , A VENDOR OF THE NORTHERN SCAR .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 1, 1841, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct853/page/5/
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