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THE SCOTTISH CONVENTJON AND THE NATIONAL PETITION OF THE EXECXTTITE . " Fellow countrymen , —What are the real grounds of tfee objection ?"—Dr . P . M . M'D-onail to the men of Scotland- . '" ¦" ^ - - —¦ —
TO THB EDITOR OP THB 50 STHBRI ? STAB . Sib , —With these -words Dr . MTXraafl concludes Ms letter in the Star of 25 th January . As one of tbe Contortion whose dedaion the Doctor review * , and as one ef those who were immediately concerned in passing the resolution he impugns , I will with your permiabod , answer the query . From the frwofrmCT of your report of the discussion , yotrr English readers most I > 3 equally ignorant of " the objection" wita the Doctor , and it is right they should know it The matter in dispute naturally resolves into two points : — .. 1 st The original merits of the Petition . 2 nd . The propriety of protesting against it after the iteps which had been taken in proceeding with it .
As to the first of these , I never had any donbta , nor hare I yet ; the introduction of certain matter into it Tislatesa principle , which if it bo net alluded to , may proTe fatal to « nr increment . Those great principles upon which the Chartirts are agreed , which formed the snbitance ef the document from which they took their name , and which constitutes a bond of nnion between thousands who differ upon other subjects , refers solely to the constitution ef the legislature . Mark that They leave each and all jabscribing to them free to hold what opinions they may , as to the messnres which it would bs proper to pass , if once thatconstitution was obtained .
In this , and in the trath of these principles , lies our strength ; oar creed excludes no man , be his opinions spon every other point what they may , proTided he fabscribes to the equality of man , and would " do nnto others as he would that others should do nnto him " In onr ranks we may with consistency number Repealers and anti-Repealers , arti-Poor Law men , and Malthucsas , OCocBorites , OBrienites , Owenites , Cobbetfites , Churchmen , Dissenters , or no Church at all men , and others I need not mention , differing in their Tiews of political economy , mails , and religias , wide as the poles asunder . This btwg ihs case , and I defy any one to dispute it , it is manifest th * i as Chartists we should never mix np with these our great and fundamental opinions , others which are only entertained by & section of our number ( no matter how large or how small that section ) and * hich are repudiated by others every whit &s good Chartists as themselves .
The party doing so , set up an unwarrantable standard of Chartism which will debar many from going llong with them- As Chartists we hold a certain fixed opmion ^ upon the constitution of the legislature , but no one particular opinion whatever upon any of the laws that ought to be possessed by it The petition framed by Hie Executive of the National Charter Association violates this rule broadly and unquestionably . It expresses a fixed opinion upon certain laws , on which as a body the Charti&t 3 are not agreed . Does it follow because a man is an anti-repealer or . a Halthasisa that he is not & Chaiiist ? No . Many may be sincere in both . Why then introduce into a petition , framed for the Chartist body generally , opinions nowise inseparable from Caartiit principles , and from which many , who would otherwise be disposed to labscribe to it , may feel called npon to dissent .
I hold that , as individuals , rvery Chartist has a rigtt U express and propagate his opinions , but he has no rizht , be his position what it may , to fix these his peculiar opinions to the Charter and exclude aU who may not feel disposed to approve of the addition . This the fnusers of the petition have done , and for taia reason Ifor one have felt myself called upon to protest against it . Gad knows I am no Malthusian , nor am I an admirer oi &s "ijinman Xew Poor Law , but that signifies nothing ; others , who may consdectioualy subscribe to the Charter , nay be both ; and if I mix up ray opinions on these points with the Charter , I put all who differ from me ia i false position ; they mast sithsr subscribe what they So not atree with , or not at all .
This is my objection . I have heard that all the dekg&tes express their opinions in public , and n » t a few of them in private ; and I can assure Dr . M'Donall that this , with very few exceptions , was the opinion of all , even of many who voted f or the amendment Whether as Doctor or his colleagues will meet this objection , time will show . As to the propriety of protesting , mere is more difficulty in deciding . But let us stand to our principles , and Ie 3 re expediency to the Whigs . ' lo commit a false step ^ is bad—to persist in it is worse . TheDjctor contends that we , the men of Scotland , should not dissent "from , the rest" It is with pain we do * o ; but circumstance * may arise which will leave bs no alternative , unless we choose to admit a mode of proceeding which will prove fatal to our movement . The Dostor
says"If our principles are exactly the same , then in practice your leaders , or a majority of them , have seceded from the spirit of the Charter ; and have rirtually laid it down as a rule that in petitions the minority have & clear right to role . " Tnere is a fallacy here— " Our principles are exactly fie same , " only in so far as thase are comprised in the Charter . On other matters they are not " exactly the same , " but very different ; and it is from the Executive shutting their eyes to this fact that the misunderstandfa | his arisen . The Doctor is mistaken in saying that ths minority" seek to rule , and that they have " seceded from the spirit of the Charter . " We gave
fia petition framed by the Executive our best considerafca . We viewed it as the production of men to wh 9 m Ti owed not a little ; but we viewed it as rucb . onlyifci the Doctor muss remember that the constituents of tfar Executive are confined to the members of the As-Bcadona of which they are office-bearers)—and we found it W 2 ntiEg . We seek not to dictate to others . feit -we claim the right of jndging what we shall ad-Mbit our own namas to , and what not Had the Exe-CE 2 Te stuck to tie Charter , and that on ' y , there should Et >» hare been another word about the matter , but Enee they chose to introduce other and different ques iianj , laey need nut be surprised that some of their tether Chartists i * fase to £ 3 ncuon the digKsaion .
1 lay iso stress upon the fact that we were never connoted , T 7 e ought to have been , no doubt ; and had we been so this discussion might have been spared : but * sre the Pc&Uion oiherwise unexceptionable , this would Sstsj fa 3 Te been noticed . Ths Doctor errs when he ssys we objected to introimng grievances because other countries—not ourssfrcs—felt them . Who ever said so ? or how has such an ids entered his head ? We objected to those grievances , Eot because we do cot feel them , but because £ * y are ( the Kepeal of the TJrion -for instances grievances ttMcJi manj Cbaitistfe consider no grievances stall . ^
Tha Doctor wishes tfee men of Scotland to protest Egafcst the decision of their " leaders . " He does not kuo-y , it seems , that ihe decision was not tiafc of their " lenders , "Ivi their cvu . Tiu-t with hardly an exception , every deltgate Lad his particular instructions from fcu constituents on tuis very point , and that in some izsszcts they were is opposition to tha delegates own VISITS . Tue Executive , I am aware , are elected because the EteEbeis cf the association have a general confidence in than . They have a carte bliu . cke given them as to their acts and d&eds , and cosstqucntiy they may act in a Eamtei -which their constituents 11147 refuse afterwards to KEctioiv . But the Convention , whose proceedings «* D jctor imp-cgns , was differently conitituted , whek& butter or worse , I leave for your readers to isoie .
« conclusion , I am glad the matter is so calmly and aticcaU j taken up . Id Scotland it has cansed no ^ trion of feeling , [ or very little : In England 1 ' . rust a nsy be so too . The Doctor stems not to be aware «^ epen the merits vf the Petition the Scottish Con-^ SiUoa ¦ were almoit unanimous in condemning if : * "h very few exceptions , even those who voted for " . now that it had been taken np , expressed them-* KTfcs hostile to it , and would , had ' they been ceEsultcS l » « it , have voted against it I am , < fcc , Johs DrscA >\ " ^ dee , j ^ i , isi 2 .
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MAS CHESTER AND LEEDS RAILWAY . TO THE XDITes 0 ? THE yOSTHERS STAB . Sia ^ if jou -sill be kind enough to give the follow-- tXi-auT ? of a piece of flagrant unfairness , a place in r ^ ssaeedirg EUniter cf your exet llent paper , the ¦^ w will deem himself complimtuU d . fcM ?^ ti ! e ° J : iC 5 of * & * railway , many adrantagea * -tea aSojgeQ + 0 ^^ 0 ^ 5 having to travel between * J *? ^ ve named important commercial and icanu-^^ Eg toTF us , sad the intermediste places ; and the ^ k . w proprifetors sre . justly entitltd to the support of £ 5 Piwiie far their enterprise and perseverance . Cer-ZT P ^ IfcbSe abuseshoweverare permitted to exist Lii fcu
. , , wl- , * — - — ••* . ***»^ i ; j UU & < C 1 ) ( UC Jr ^ " * ¦ * * * w ^** m _ ¦« ca militite very materially against my own order , * Q pr evert the-Baking man from obtaining his full ¦™ itptisate share of the benefits accruicg from this g ?* a : tionsinode rf travelling ; as I shall , with your ?*' ' fcEdeavcur to shew to the satisfaction of your ^ tterons readers , ty the following incidents which «* e rtctntly com * uadtr my own personal observation fa txperiecce . Tbe like annoyances I have good •*» & to believe will continue to be experienced by the ^ f-tive class , to -vrhich 1 have the honour to belong , * £ fccme powerful effort is made to arouse public g ^ on cpon tbe & ^ ect > ^ A effident measures be *« : n to counteract the Epiead of such enormities .
d "f-fe at Wskfcfield , but have for several ytare been ftT ^ f § my vscation at Dewsbury , and have been in U inT a returning home at the close of each week , 5 «! d the Sunday . During the winter I have gese-^ availed myself of the train which leaves tbe Dowsr [ S fe ' ttioa , at Thombill Lees , at twenty minutes to ** s o ' clock , p . m . ^ Sifcrday evening week 1 -sras detained in the j ^ a few minutes bej ^ nd the usual toe of tb ^ oas EtirUcg , and I accordingly took the shortest { US to the Btati ° B , a foot-path on the bank of the g «; and , by dint of txertion , succeeded in arriviEg fe ? Nearly at the same time . The train had not got aestiiution when I reached rhe £ tatic-n-housey * rd ,
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( puffing » nd blowing like s miniature stetm engine , from the effects of so hard a ran , ) but it was co-ning np at a slackened speed at some fifty or sixty yards ' distance . Elate with the hope of having conquared , I darted into the office at the precise instant that it stopped , aod found , to my momentary gratification , a number of individuals taking tickets . With as little delay as possible , I presented myself at the window , and asked the clerk for a third-class ticket for Wakefield . The young man reiterated zny question , and was
overheard by » gentleman in the office , whose name I understood to be Mr . Pearson : this personage snappishly exclaimed , " Yon cant go in the third class by this train r I appealed to him a second time , hoping he would exercise a little clemency , ( as I knew the next would not arrive until ten minutes past nine ) but he again pertinaciously refused to oblige me ; I therefore pocketed my money , along with the insult , and bad Use mortification to see several secondclass passengers supplied with tickets , who proceeded forthwith to take their places .
Now , Sir , this conduct may be considered railroad legality , but I think it can scarcely be called justice . Had the gentleman alluded to said " Ton ahant go , " I should have believed him , as it was I could not I cannot conclude without adverting to tbe " waggons" provided for the third-class passengers upon this line , which , as I am informed , are the only vehicles of such a disgraceful construction used upon any railway in England ; and if it be true , as I have seen it stated somewhere , . that the third-class fares have raised more money than eithtr the second or first , I think the public is imperatively called upon to demand an alteration .
On Chrisnus Day I rode down to W&kefield on the seven o'clock morning train , and the third-class passengers were not then even allowed the privilege of riding in a " waggon ; " but were actually pent up in a cattle truck , and had to effect their ingress and egress by clambering over a five-barred fence about a yard and a half high . I am , Sir , sincerely yours , Thomas Brovtsj , A journeyman-printer . Dswsbnry , Jan . 25 , 3842 .
[ We readily give insertion to the above letter ; for the conduct of tbe managers of the Railway he names , towards the poor , is grossly insulting and shamefully indectnt -he " management" on thiB " line" is the most miserable of any in tbe kingdom . ' Mr . Bro-wn has correctly stated that the waggon vehicles used on this railway for the transit of the poor , are the only things of the kind in England ! and truly disgraceful things they are ! ! The name " waggon " is insultingly affixed to them by the Directors ; and they are vnlhoui seals , and the bottom bored full of holes , like a cuilendar . for the purpose of producing a " draff of cold air upwards , to make the occupierr of them as uncomfortable bs possible ! And this is all the " accommodation" which these
Manchester Directors can afford to the working classes Then tbe passengers by them are required to be at the " station" -ttn minutes before the departure of a " train , " or they " cannot be booked . " No Porter is allowed to aid them in putting any luggage they may have into the carriages ; nor are the " waggon passengers" allowed to go into the " waiting-r » oms , " no matter how long they may have to wait for thu " train , " or for what purpose they may wish to retire . TLe waggons are without spring-buffers , in despite- of the recommendation of Sir Frederick Smith , the Government Inspector ! And indeed , for thai matter , tb s " miserable" management could not afford to let their " second-class carriages" have this valuable and necessary precaution against accident ? .
Their " second class" were at first , every one cf them , actually without spring-buffers ; and a good portion of them are so to this day 3 A paragraph has lately gone the round of the newspapers to the effect that Mr . Herapatb , of the Railtray Magazine , had communicated the fast tbat at the lita accident on the " Great Western" not one passenger suffered th 3 t was sealed at tbe time . If this be so , what does it ray to the managers of the " Leeds and Manchester , " who provide no seats at all for by far tbe greater number of their passengers ! Let any one go and loos at the infamous things they insultingly call " waggons ; " and see them crammed , aj they not" uufrequently are , with fifty ; or sixty human Icings each I and ask himself what would be
the fade of the passengers in the case of an accident like that at Sonning Hill cutting ?! The gingerbread things of carriages would be smashed in an instant . ' . ' They are the most raseally-made things ever seen ; and would afford no manner of protection against the disastrous effects of only a slight collision ! " Tbe Leeus and Manchester line does not pay . " We are glad of iL It never ought to pay , until the " managec-eat" learn to treat their passengers something like human beings . Contrast the " management" on this railway , in respect to accommodation , with that on the " North Midland . " " On the litter you find good , strong roomy , easy carriages ; every " class" having springbuffers ; the " third class" being equal in that Tespect
to the " first class" on the Leeds andMsnchester line , and moreover provided with pood seals . Contrast this " third-claes carriage" of tbe " North Midland Company , " with the rascally " wsggon" of the ' Leeds and Manchester ; " and see in the two a vivid representation of the workings of the factory system in the cotton 3 nd woollen districts . ' It is notorious that in the cotton districts , the comforts and conveniences of tat working population are tbe least attended to or car = d for of any part of the kingdom ; and this indifferi nee Js also developed in-the " management"of the "Leeds and Manchester Railway . " That " management" is a cotton one , —the managers being cotton-lorda ! In tbe ¦ woollen districts the fac * . orj-3 vstem , though bad enough God knows . is not as bad as it is in the land of cotton :
Kid the difference is exhibited in ths accommodation the " North Midland ( woollen ) management ' have provided for the working people carried npon their line . Still tbe accommodation on the " North Midland [ line " is not what it ought to be ; far from it We lately saw , with considerable satisfaction , in one of the papers , that toe directors , in conjunction with tho ; e of other rail wajs , intend to greatly enhance tbe comfort of their " second class passengers , " by making their carriages something like those on tbe " Grand Junction" line , —to close in -with glass . This is very deeirible , and is no more than ought to be . Its adoption "will be a decided improvement on tht " N « rth Midland line ; " for their " second class " carriages ar ^ vsry open , and consequently very uncomfortable in teat respect But we don't hear that they intend to enhance fee comfort of the " tbml class" passengers ; and we think they might
soon and ' easily do so . We "would sugges ; to them that they place a cover , or awning , over every one of their open passenger cstriagss , to protect the passengers from the hot scoria from tbe engines ,- from rain and snow , and from the drippings of the tunnels . This would cost them very little , and would be very Btr ? ictable . And if , at the same time , th&y entirely closed tbe ends of the carriages , ltaving them open at the sides oDly , they would * til mort ; eiihancs their comfort ; and not mak « s them too comforiaVe . We shonlti like to see the " North Miala ^ d" lead the way in this matter—that of providing well for their poor passengers . Sure ire aru they wonl . 4 lose nothing by such an exhibition of tiua pul-lic spirit As far as tie " waggons" on the " Leeds and Manchester RaLway" are concerned , the sooner the " Directors" collbct" them together , a ; d make a public b-. fifire -of them , the more creditable will it be to them . '—Ed . 1
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TO THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND . Pellott- CorxTRYHEjf , —Having in my letter of the 22 ^ d ulr . explained th * reason why the Chartists aided the Tories in the late . Parliamentary election struggle , it now becomes my duty to point out the necessity of displacing tLat party , and establishing in their stead a legislative body from amongst the people . . You must 5 ear in mind ( as you "will see by my letter ) " that it "was not for love of them , but for the purpose of getting rid of their false friends , the Whigs , and a love of fair pky , " that tbe C&artists aided the Tories ; therefore , I must not be accused of inconsistency , when I stats my opinion on the necessity of their removal . It is true , that by the power of tbe Chartists you have been placed in apecnliar position ; they have confronted you with the enemies of your country and your creed , and thrown down the barriers which separated you from
your hereditary foes . So far they have served you ; inasmuch as henceforth you will have a clear itage to act npon ; you will no longer have the fawning sychophaiit or skulking assassin to flatter or betray jou . 2 iu : tke Chartiits have driven them from the field , and have placed you in that position in which you must grapple with your oppressors , and fight the battle for political equnhty as btccmes you . There is now no excuse ; your enemies are before you ; you have no choice , save victory or defeat ; you have ( be spirit of ycur fathers in your bosoms ; you have your bleeding country sinking btnestth the pressure of her wrongs , and calling on you to rescue her from misery ; you have the hand of fellowship stretched out by millions of the "working classes of Great Britain ; and , above all , you have the invincible spirit of liberty cheering you on to the contest
1 have said . J " that the Chartists were determined henceforth , to have fair play ; " and I see no reason "why you should not act on the same principle , and , by your own txeriions obtain that justice for yi-ur country which has so loDg been denied by the aristocracy , and retarded by the temporising measures of interested indidividuals and " knavish politicians . " The . first question then which you should ask yourselves is , What is the duty we owe to sur country ? and tbe second should be , Will we fee justified in point of " law and religion" in opposing our present rulers ?
To tbe first of these queries the answer will be , Yon are bc-nnd by evtry principle of honour , virtue , and patriotiem , to rescue jour country from degradation aad ElaTery , and to raise her to an honourable position in th& scale of nations ; but to the l&ttar it will be necessary to examine the right by which the aristocracy hold their power of governing and persecuting you . To make this enquiry as simple as possible , it will be only necessary to state .-firat , that all man are equal by nature , sn < 3 , secondly , tpafc laws and governments were f rst instituted for thi mutual benefit and protection of
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all ; and consequtnOy , tbe people were originally the law makers ; and those whom they appointed as officers to watch over and administer those laws , Wtra responsible to them and subject to watch over their control . When men found it necessary to establish forms of government to regulate the affairs of society , and strengthen the bond of mutual interest which was essential to the well-being and security of the community , and appointed judges and officers to administer and execute the laws which they had agreed to obey , they did not at the same time delegate the power to such judges or officers of adding to or taking from thoee laws , er intend that such officers should set themselves above the laws which they were appointed to be the
guardians of , in opposition to the will and the power of the law makers . The first judges were men whom the the people elected for their wisdom , honesty , and integrity , and whose only qualification was their superior abilities and virtue . The people , as a body , had the power to make , alter , or change those laws whenever the interests of society required , and beyond their tribunal or against their sovereign will , no man could appeal ; the power of life or death , banishment ! fines , or imprisonment , rewards , or punishments rested in their hands , and was exercised according as their judgment dictated ; and thus they enjoyed that ennobling prerogative which nature intended they should be in possession of .
Here then we have a brief outline of the origin and nature of democratical Governments . Here we see the man in a position in -which he had the power to serve his country and himself ; here we find him obeying no laws , save those which fee had ft voice in making , and giving support only to such institutions as were necessary for the benefit of the Commonwealth . He had ne tyrants to trample on him , for all were equal ; no overwhelming misery to bow down his spirit , for all were interested in promoting the prosperity of the country ; nor was he tbe victim of rapacions bigotry as all were in possession of liberty of conscience .
Time , however , brought with it a fearful changemen became apathetic , and resting in peaceful security » nd happy content , neglected to watch over their interests or guard against the inroads which were made upon taeir liberties by designing , ambitious , and unprincipled individuals , who from time to time watched for opportunities to place themselves above their fellows ; and thus , the people throuith their own faults allowed their power and their happiness to be wrested from their grasp , and became the tools and the slaves of their numerous and tyrannical usurpers .
At one time ambition swayed the sceptre , at another , bigotry reigned predominant ; and ever as the people became more oppressed , their oppressors became more determined to crush them . Some times the people awoke to a sense off their prostrate condition and would make an effort to shake of the yoke from their necks , and then they too frequently found that they were losers by the contest , and that their blood only tended to cement their bonds more firmly together . At others , they raised their voices , and in their moral might rie Banded tbeir emancipation from slavery , and might hare often conquered , had they acted firmly and been more wise that ) credulous ; for upon such occasions , when the people were likely to obtain the liberty they
sought for , and when their oppressors were on the eve of ft defeat , a third party would spring up , and taking advantage of the excitement of the one , and the weakness of the other , succeed in introducing themselves into power , having first silenced tbe people with promises to better their condition , but basely deserting them , and forgetting their vows became even greater tyrants than their predecessors ; the people finding , when too late , that they had been duped , and only exchanged ohb ret of tyrants for another set worse And this , my fellow-countrymen , has been too long the position in which you and the people of Great Britain have been placed , and which you are now called npon to shake off .
The liberty of Ireland has been infringed on , and she has been victimised to the cupidity , ambition , and reckless tyranny of an aristocratic faction , who by treachery , deceit , and bribery , became your masters , aad deprived yon of almost every vestige of liberty , and made a ruin of your country . The Tories and the Whigs became the gamblers in the political market , whilst you were set np as the stake , regardless of your misery so they could but enrich themselves at your expence . Where , I would ask , ia the Justice in entering your neighbours house , and robbing it of every thing it possesses—murdering the father—violating the feoBom of chastity , and gloating over the mangled corpses of a once comfortable home ? Where is the justice in plundering yon of your birthright , and denying yon a voice in the making of the
laws which govern you ? or is it justice to have one set of laws for the rich aa 4 another set for the pooT ? Was it—is it just , to punish you npon the authority of such laws , they having been framed without your consent or approval ? Did you make the law which carried fire and desolation throughout the length and breadth of the land ? or was it by your anthsrity that your fathers * nd your brothers were suspended from gibbets in front of , their own doors for the would-be crime of loving the land of their birth , and breathing a prayer for her welfare ? Was it justice which forced you to give up all you possessed , and reduced you to tke condition of a starving province , and steeped you to the Ups in poverty and wretchedness ? It was not justice . Heaven does not sanction—earth does not approve—nor . can Irishmen be ever led to believethere is justice in—sush treatment
The power which wonld rob and murder , is not justice . The hand which could clutch the assassin's knife and bury it in the bosom of its victim , is not the hand of jn . stice . The power which monopolises the resources of tbe * country , and leaves you to pine , and drag out a miserable existence , is not , cannot be allied to justice . The power which could raise a debt on the nation , p . nd compel the people to pay an enormous interest to those who raisod it is not justice . Nor will you act justly by yourselves or your country , unless you rise up in your moral might , and demand political equality . What have you to hope for ? Will they who have so long persecuted and oppressed you , become more gentle and kind in their dealings with you , or do you suppose that those who , with your own
money , purchased muskets , bayonets , halters , and gibbets , and erected prisons and dungeons to immure you , -will now repent of their deeds , or make restitution of their ill-gotten gains ? Will they , can they give you back your fathers or your brothers , your wms and your children , from their cold , but honourable graves , or eancel the blood-stain which pollutes their guilty brows ? Will the aristocracy , which has for hundreds > jf years fattened on your misery , and who yet deem yeu " aliens in blood and country , " receive you into their friendship , and treat you with the courte y which you deserve ? Will they voluntarily give you back your birthright , -which they have unjustly and most tyrannically deprived you of , or restore your couiit'y to the position in which they found it ? Will they 'unless they canDot help it ) give you back the Union which they treacherously obtained , and which they fraudulently retain , in spite of all yonr complaints and murmnrings ? No , iny ftllow-count'ymen , the
prowling wolf is not more savage in his nature than the aristocracy of these countries ; he ia , in fact , less rapacious , for he only follows the instinct of his nature . Tout oppressors never did intend , nor do they now intend to deal jestiy by you ; it is in vain to hope for justice from them ; therefore , you must obtain it for yourselves . You have already seen that their promises are not to be depended on . and that they never flattered but to deceive yen . I have shewn you the nature of a Government in which the people are the rulers ; and I trust you are convinced that justice with the aristocracy , is but a cloak to cover their rillanies . Is there one amongst you can dispute my assertions ; or , is there an Irishman who denies that the aristocracy are the enemies of his country and the cause of her misery ? Who amongst you "will any longer temporise with either party , or hesitate to work out , and that quickly , your political receneration .
I have noiv oaly treated on the legality of opposing the aristocracy , and will , in my next , endeavour to convinoeyouthat religion does not sanction deeds of tyranny and oppression . I know it is upon these two points your objections rest , and those once removed , you wil ] not hesitate to set your hand to the People ' s Charter , and believe me I am sincerely of opinion there is no other means in your power by which you can be politica'ly saved . . Irishmen , your duty calls you at the present—you have now bat one ensmy to contend with—you know
them , they are your avowed enemieB—onwaTd and yeu conquer , back-srard and you falL Remember what they owe you—remember wt-atycu figkt for—remember your beloved Ireland is the stake to be won or lost , and pave her as become you from the mereiless grasp of bfct tyrants . Tril them they have lorried it over you lone enough—tbat you are tired of their justice , and that you are dtt-jrminad to obtain the power to legislate for yourselves . I have the honour to be , Fellow-countrymen , Your most obedient humble servant , W . H . CUFTON .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES . Sir , —Our attention has been arrested by an article from your pen , in reference to our strike at the New Houses of Parliament , and other public works , which appeared in your columns of Wednesday , the 26 th nit prejudicial to the cause of humanity , in which we are engaged , and not strictly true ; we , therefore , now ask , what in a spirit of fairness we rely on your granting , . namely , permission , through the same colnmns in which your article appeared , to lay before the public the othtr and true side of the question .
Whether our efforts to annihilate cruelty the most consummate " have been simply defeated" in London or not—whether " open houses are provided by the nnion " for the quarryroen who , in various localities , manifest such a humane feeling towards their cruelly ill-treated fellow-men or not—or whether onr delegates proceed from place to place , in tbe performance of their " labour of love , " " mour . tei" or otherjriae . are questions » i on
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which wa shall hot waste onr time , or seek to occupy your pages in animadverting wpOn . Snffice to say , that , saUsfiea with the justness of bar cause , we are as determined now a » at the first moment , and . shall persevere by every lawful mains to succeed . To "die of atrophy , " thatls , from the want of notirishment , Is what we do not fear , the period of a V consummation so devoutly to be wished for by par opppneots is " tw / y remote ;• zxO . respecting u club \ vn" « New PoL ' ce" law , the one we abhor , and the ether we have no intention to offend . It is foy sober , rtfliictfagy and purely moral means-rby " Surrounding those " in of
who , ignorance th « Bacred duties of man to man , passively submit to Insult and , cruelty , " with » moral and social influence" that we intend to pilot ourselves to the desired haven . Contrast this I , with the following paragraph in your artiole j— " But for such a movement as the present , founded on misrepresentation , and forming part of a systematic attempt to establish a dangerous and unconstitutional tyranny , we have no com passion or sympathy ; and repeat that it must me « t ¦ with no compromise , but be pat down thoroughly and unflinchingly , even though its progress were only to be checked by a general stoppage of trade throughout the munlryJ "¦•¦ :. . : ¦ ...- . ¦ _ ¦ , ¦ ¦ .. . . ;¦ ¦ . . ¦ : ..- ; ' ;
Our business now , Sir , is to shew that we have not used " misrepresentation . " We preferred several serious charges against George Allen , foreman to Messrs . Grissell and Peto , our late employers , and which they refused to redress . We then courted , by every means at our disposal , public inquiry into them , md preferred , through the medium of the Sun . Morning Advertiser , and other of the doily and weekly press , to submit the whole case to arbitration ; a deputatibn waited on Mr . Grissell , and informed him that we would concede our request . If , by the evidence of Allen ' s victims and others who had witnessed his unfeeling conduct , we proved that his conduct towards us had not been such as we had attributed to him . Mr . GrUseU refused , asserting that he had lowered his dignity in deigning even to hold converse with them ; and this , Sir , is not much like " misrepresentation , " or a desire "to establish a dangerous and unconstitutional tyranny . :. / . '¦ ¦ .. ^ . : - ¦ ' ¦ , / :.. } ¦ ¦ ; . , \ ; . \ v . - - ;¦ .. ¦ -. ' . ; _ ¦¦¦ ¦ :
The following , Mr . Editor , are the charges we allege against George Allen ; we are prepared to submit them to any just arbitration , and to be content with tbere 8 ult : — ' . ; ' . ' ::-- . ' ¦ : > -j ¦ ¦" ¦ . ¦ . ¦;• .. ' . ¦ . 1 st Locking np the pump , or rather "the door leading to it , to prevent those under his control from getting a drink of nature ' s beverage , with a view to compel us to buy beer of an inferior quality , from a house he visited , and until we strongly remonstrated , was the only one permitted to bring beer on the worka 2 nd . One of enr ahopruates had the unwelcome intelligence from Manchester of the decease of his mother ; he informed Mr . Allen ( tbe foreman , ) of bis wish to go and see her interred , Btating that he would have to be absent for a week er a fortnight ; when Allen informed him , if that was the case , he might atop away altogether ; with an assertion that he ( Allen ) would not keep a job open for any man that length of time under such cirenmstances . . . ¦ ;
3 rd . It has also been quite customary for Allen to order , in the most domineering manner , many a good tradesman to " pick up his tools and be off , " before he had been many hoars on the job ; also tor the most trifling mistake , have been discharged at a moment ' s notice , without the least consultation as to whether they were blameable or not Again , one of the men bad his leg broken by a fall from a scaffold , and oribia return to his work , expected , of course , as he had been lamed in the service of his employers , that they would continue to give him work . But , no ; Alien immediately discharged him , with an execration that he wanted none such d——d hobbling fellows as him there .
4 th . The same foreman told one of our ahopmates , who had been at home ill for some time , and whose wife was also very ill , on his return to work , to go about his business , as he ( the foreman ) did not want any men there of his description . We immediately made a collection for him , to enable him to procure food for himself and his sick wife . . . ¦ ¦ : ' ¦ 5 th . Another of the men had been called from his work to attend the death-bed of his wife , and when he came from ; that scene to his work , he was told to go back and die with her , and be damned . In fact , hia general conduct has been so bad , as to be quite unbearable ; and , to terrify us , he has made a practice of threatening to discharge two or three dczan of us at a time , if we even complained of such conduct .
These , Sir , are facts which we are at any time prepared to prove , and , as there ia convened on our behalf a public meeting to be holden at the White Conduit House , on the evening of Monday next , the 31 st instant , we solicit the attendance of Messrs . Grissell and Peto , George Allen , or any of their agents in their behalf , when and where every facility shall be afforded them to lay their own statement before the public . We are , Sir , Yours respectfully , The mxsons Society . Thomas Suokxx , Secretary .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —I consider little apology is necessary , to induce you to afford a small space for the following remarks in the people ' s paper . About two months ago , an address was got up in this place , to tbe Queen , showing the great distress tbit existed in the country , stating that distress to bo caused by cJnss legislation , and praying her Majesty to call honest men to her Councils , who would cause the People ' s Charter to become a legislative enactment , as the only efficient remedy for , the existing distress , also praying for a free pardon for Frost , Williams , and Jones , and all politico prisoners .
This address was sonfc to T . S . Duncombe , Ikq ., M . P , for Finsbury , to bebyhira presented to the Queen ; It appears from the following letters , which X have jusfc received , that he did not ; think proper to present the address himself , but contented himself , by sending the same to the Home Secretary . Had we known such to have been the intention of the Honourable Gentleman , mo 3 t certainly the address would never have been ' sent to Lam , because it was sent under the impression , that he would have personally presented it ; for we had many suspicions that a number of the people ' s petitions
have never reached her Majesty . ' ¦ The following are the letters above alluded to \ - — "The Albany , Jan . 28 th , 1842 . " Dear Sir , —I beg to enclose to yoa the official answer to the petition to her Majesty , from the inhabitants [ of LasBwade , which you did me tbe honour \ o transmit to me for presentation . " Ireinain , " Faithfully yours , "T . S . Duncombe " Mr . W . Daniells . " " Whitehall , 2 flthJan . 1842 .
" Sir , —Secretary Sir James Gtabam , having carefully considered your application in behalf of John Frost , Zepbinlah Williams , and Wm . Jones , I am directed to express bis regret , that there is no sufficient grounds to justify him , consistently with his public duty , in advjsingher Majesty to comply with the prayer thereof . ¦ - .- ¦ ¦ ¦ . ; , . ¦ :: i'V ¦ ¦ / - ' : ' ' . ¦ ¦ . ' ' ; ' ' '' -V ¦ " ¦ . . '¦ . - . " . . ; '' Iam ,- ; Sir , - ; , ; ;" " - ¦ . ¦ .. ; . ;¦ ' ; ' . ; ' Your most obedient humble servant , ; "s . Pmtiipps . "T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P . " ;
In answer to this I beg to inform Sir James Graham , thatJits opinion was never asked I ; We siinplj"wished our address to be laid before the Queeu , that she may know the wishes of the people , andwp know it Vpaa the bonndtn duty of the Home ; Secretary to have laid the same before her , if it was properly and respectfully worded , which it certainly was ; he had nothing further to do with it ; we never n&ked him to advise her Majesty ; we only wished to lay our BeDtimeiitsbefore be .-, tbat Bhe may be able to judge of the wishes of fcer
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subjects . It thus plainly appears that the petitions of the people hava 1 to pass through this ordeal of the Home Secretary—If they please him they ate presented , if not , tUey are rejected , and her Majesty hears nothing at all about It I ask , is this ' 1 »^ ntinne 1 Are the people ' s petitions to be rejected at the will of a Secretary of State ? If ad , the long boasted privilege of Britons , viz . the right of petitioning , is nothing more than a solemn farce 1 - . ' .. ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ' - \ ¦ ¦ . V r : ¦'' ' . ¦ ' . "'¦ ¦'' ¦¦' It will be perceived that the principal part of the petition is not mentioned , that of the country ' s distress , the Charter , & 3 . Ah ! Sir James , was it because we wished her Majesty to call honest men tp her coonoils , that pur petition was rejected ? For the only reasonable inference to be drawn is , that it was rejected , because hot one word is said , in the official answer , of its being presented .
• Sir James says , there is no reasonable grounds for him to recommend the exiled patriots to mercy . Is not the fact ' -of their being ; illegally tried , and illegally transported , reasonablegrounds for their being recalled ? Is not the opinion of five of the judges of the land that their sentence was illegal , reasonable grounds that mercy should be extended to them ? Are not the hundreds of petitions in their favour , reas&nable grounds why they should be pardoned ? Answer , Sir James ! Then only think of Sir James Graham talking of hia consistency ) Tis too much . '
In conclusion , I wonld ask , when are the wishes af the majority of the people to be treated with respect ? When they Bet a proper value upon themselves , and act accordingly . When they declare themst'lves independent of priestcraft , and are no longer nose-led by the clergy . When members of ene trade drop reviling , inaultiug , and thinking themselves better than the members of other trades , and when they form themselves into an holy band of brothers ; and adopt for their motto , 'V All for one , one for all . " When they get rid of their local and national prejudices , their jealousy and acrimony , and place confidence in each other ; then , and not till then , will they be respected , and their petitions treated as they should be , and then would they be able to carry their Charter in . spite of pretended friends , or opposing foes . '¦ ¦ ' . " . ¦ ¦ . ¦' ; . " ¦ ¦ I om ,. &c ' '¦ ¦' William Daniells . Lasswade , Jan . 29 th , 1842 .
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MORE TRICKS OF THE LEAGUE . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sib . —The League are manifestly undone ; and are necessitated to employ trickery and fraud to retain a shadow of their defunct notoriety . They wish to make a noise in the land by procuring a numerously signed petitien in this Borough in favour of a tepeal of the Coin Laws . BaV they hEve" fictitioua signatures in order to induce" the Parliament to believe that the people are really in favour of the Whig paiia ^ cea , Some sit in public-homes withtheir'sheet , pint , and directory , ' and manufacture four columned sheets at one shilling each ; Others walk round the town , call-¦
Ing at every petition . stand , and appending a " flctitlous" name at each turn . One of these useful personages , yclep'd Greveson , residing in George ' sstieet , has , in his perambulations , called twice , and , in mistake , eigned thevNational Petition ; in one case amxlngihe name of the laie Mayor of the BoronRh . On discovering the fraud I erased the names attached by this officious member of the Fox and Goose Club , and shall take care , should he repeat his visits , to show him the propriety of attending to the sale of his fehts . We have . ; no need of " fictipua" signatures to thy National Petition , aa we have a quantum sufflcit of veritable Chattieta to accomplish our own work .
Permit me , Sir , also to ask If the Corn Law repealers can be sincere in their desire to abrogate those laws , when they breathe not a word about the infernal New Poor Law , which was enacted to pinch the bellies of the poor , and to reduce them to subsist or starve : on Va coarser sort of food" ? Certainly , their bawlings about the " big loaf " quadrates most charmingly , with their taciturnity on the short allowance doled out in their Bastiles . Again , their consistency is gloriously displayed in their concurrence with the caterers for the stomachs of the workies and those of the do-nothinfs . One of the Corn Law repealers—yes , one of their oracles—tells us that the following ought to be the food of the working man . Nay , the heterogeneous mess is to suffice for " ' -five men" ;—One redherring ....... ^ d . Four ounces of rice ... ^ ..... Id , On < : ounce of bacon ^> l .
One onion \ d . Pepper 3 d . Bread ............ 2 fd . 5 i' » . Now , that is , the " big loaf" for tive working men . That Is the recommendation of the god of the League . " /• ¦ ¦ ' .. ¦ ¦ ¦¦' - . ; . ,. ¦• ... But what do they say about the following dish for a state pauper ? Not a word . The cbkf do-nothing is to consame the fat of the land to any extent , without an allusion being made to it by the League . However , here it is , and 1 st the people look on this picture as well as on the above : —
" The Queens Fa voi / rite soup . —The royal bill of fare constantly inuludes tht ? excwUeat polage , the recipe for which I obtainM by special favour . I subjoin the necessary proportions for a party of a dozen persons . —Skin and entirely clean out the iuaides of three fat fowls , er chicken 8 , according to the season ; let them be well washed in warm water ; put them into a stew pan for an hour , covered with strong ' veal broth , and add a gbod-sizjd bunch of parsley . Take out the fowls , and soak the crumbof two French rolia in the liquor ; cut the meat off ; take away the skin , and
pound the flesh in a mortar , adding the soaked crumb ,, and the yolks of four h ^ rd boiled eggs . Force this through a coarse sieve , and put ; it into a quart of cresm that haa been previously boiled ; re-warm for table . Observation . — -if you desire to have a small tureen of thia royal prepartttion upon an economical plan , parboil a couple of fowls , use the wings and brenstafor a fricassee , and make your soup of the lees , necks ; and baclcs , taking care that your consomme of veal is aufflciently strong to make ainenda for the absence of fowl , and following the previous directions in all other respects . "—Atlas .
Will the people submit to such insult on . the pnvt of the Leaguers and such extravagance un the part of state cormoranta ? If bo , let us fold our arm ? and pray for the annihilation of the " envy of surrounding nations and the admiration of the world . " Yours truly , William Rider . Leeds , Feb . 1 st , 1842 .
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TO THE CHAKTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . BROTHEB , Democrats , —During tb . e last few weeks our progress ha ? been most rapid . I have visited , since I last addressed you , Holmrlrth , Honley , Huddexsneld , Bridford , and Sheffield . I was sent for expressly to Holmfirth , in consequence of the unjust and unfair svttacks made upon me , in conaequence of publishinc my pamphlet on the Corn Laws . Discussion was allowed . The gentleman who stated that mine were garbled extracts failed to make his appearance ; I addireased the people of Holraflrth in the largest room thai coitld be had for , about an hour . Mr . Beardsell , & ypuDg man about nineteen years of age , next addressed the meeting , on the necessity of tht repeal of the Corn . Laws . The discussion was condvtr . teo in the most perfect good temper . I need oniy ttate that Mr . Cunninghani , an Irishman , was iu tbe chair . The room is capable of holding 700 persons , ami was crowded to excess , and hundreda upon huntlreds had to eo away , who couUl not get admission .
On the night after I lectured in the NaHonaV Charter Association Room , Upper Wortley ^ I had an excolU nt audience , and enrolled eight members at the conciuaion of the discourse . On Saturday night , I addressfed the Honley Cbarlists . The . room was -very full , At the close of the meeting I again enrolled a considerable number of mbihbers . I attended the delegate meeting on Sunday , aud gave some necessary information to the delegates . I attended in Euddcrsueld on Sunday night The audience appeared to be well pleased . I earblled a dtz'n iiieiixbera after my lecturo ,
I arriyed in Bradford , and met an old friend ,. Mv . Smyth , a Charttet of the right Bott . I artriresscd vfce people in a room capable of holding 1 . 20 ft persons , n n . i although the evening was remarkably rough' yet tkere was an excellent meeting . In the Bradford distrfct , there are 800 members enrolled , and they crdetetl SOO more cards . Bradford has nobly done its duty to the cuuse generally . ¦ ; ¦ . '¦¦ . On attiving home , oh Tuesday , ' such is the position we occupy , that there were 127 Ifettera before ine ; I went to business immediately . Forwarded all the plain cards that were required by the Association . The enamelled caids will be forwarded next ¦ witk- ; and those parties who have prepared for the bror . z-d cards must excuse me for not btiog able to send them asyet . ¦ : ¦ ¦'¦ , '¦ ¦ .. •<•¦ ' \ - :: '¦ " .. ; . ; .. ¦ ; ' - ¦ ¦ •' .. ¦ . " , . ' . / : ' '
I return thanks to those gentlemen wbo Have forwarded me the different newspflDers and periodicals . One of those papers , colled the Kent Herald , has got the whole of the National Petition inserted in its columbs , and the Editor says that all future agitation must be based on that document . Saveral papers now becan to say thtra mu 3 t be an extension of the Suffrage . . ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ : .. " ; ¦ / . ¦ ¦ '; ; . ¦ , ; ¦ . : ;¦ ' : ¦ ; - . : . ' ; V . ' . - . \ . V ' - ' ..: -. ; . Now , my friends , we must adhere firmly to our pfinciples . No truckiing , ne half nieasures— let uS ' . boflrm and United , and , depend upon it , the increasing difficulues of the middle classes will induce a many of them to assist us in the great and sacred itroggl ' o we are engaged in . ^ I started for Sheffi Id ph ; Safardsy last . I mot my old and tried friend Harney , wlip was very glnd to see we . I addressed the Sheffield Chartists , In the Polir tical Institute , in the afternoon . There ; was a very geod attendance . • ¦¦' ¦¦ - ; " ' . . "¦¦ ; ' " . ' . ¦ '"¦'•¦ : . " ' ¦/ " ¦ v : : ' ' ' r- ¦' .
In the evening I again addressed the Chartisis , in Fig-tree-Iaca The rooiii was densely crowded , and hundreds cotild ; nofc gain admittance . At the conciuaion , upwards of twenty members were enrolled . Sheffield \» ill sooa bp itseif again . Everything bids ua -d vance , ^ au not icUasiuc .
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I hate had two or three letcers stating that th « writers request that they wish to have a scarf each , of the same pattern that Is to be worn by the members of the ExecutiTe , and spggesting that the individual who manufactured them should publish his address , in order thit Pther persons might have the opportunity to purchase the scarfs . . / , ^ . ^ . ^ I shall again address you next week , after 1 wfll nave visited Nottingham , LonghborougU , Leicester , Kug&y Northampton , London , and Bristol ; . ¦ ¦ - ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' ; ' .- . - : - •¦ ¦ '¦ ¦ ; " I . -am ,. yours , /; . ¦;¦ . ¦ - y- - ' : ¦ ' . - ¦ ' . " . ¦ ' . In the good cause of Chartism , John CampeI / I , Sec Sheffield , Slat January , 18 « .
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THE FEMALES OF HOLBROOKE TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRlTilN AND IRELAND , IN BEHALF OF MRS . FROST , SIRS . WILLIAMS , AND MRS . JONES . Brethren * and Sisters in the cause of liberty * permit us to call your attention to an appeal id the-Star ot the 15 th » f January , is the behalf of the Whiff made widows of the Welsh patriots , who it appears are in a very distressed state and havingnothing to depend on for their support , hot what little they can obtain by their own limited exertions . Mrs . Jones considers herself neglected by her hnstands pretended friends . Have you responded to this call ? if not , hasten to do bo } tor remember their hnsband ' s were banished foit their devotion kd lhat good cause for which so many
hive been made martyrs . Their only crime consisted in their hatred of tyranny , oppfesssion , and iojostJce ; with a determination to have rhe comforri of the poor restored , and their rights and liberties protected . Has the call from Mr . Wilkinson aroused yen to a sense of your doty ? The claims of the destitnte and dJscoiiaolate widows , at this time , are Imperative . We are aware tbat unsoHcited gratitude is the moat valnable , but consider ifc better late than never . Come then to work in good earnest , and make amends for the past by working double tides for the future . One million of pence amennta to the considerable snm of £ 4166 13 a 4 d . To rilse this snm wonld . only require one penny from every six families in the United Queendoru . Surely , if every exertion was made this sura might be raised which would not only place them beyond want for ever , kut we are inclined to think ; wonld restore the patriots back to their codutry and friends . BecoJlect what a few pounds the last Convention coat the country , who ^
by their able exertions obtained a level vote in the House of Commons ; and bad it not been for the ^ casting vote of that marble-hearted wretch , the speaker , in all probability ere this , they wonld have been restored to their destitute and < disconsolate wives and families . Come then , y « good and true , stain not the Chaitist banner with ingratitude , but show your hatred to tyranny ; injustice , and cold blooded despotism by doing all that lies in your power for its victims . We particularly request that the females of every place where Chartism has taken root , will appoint individuals to wait on all whom they conceive might be prevailed upon to give something towards relieving these much injured aud heartbroken Individaals . We think if this pian was carried out effectually , it would be attended with good effects . Though living in a remote vi'lage on one of the frigid moantains in Derbyshire , we pledge ourselves to do our duty , and hope all good Chartiiita will do theirs .
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TAKiNa Physic . — " Please , eir , I don't think Mr . Dosom takes his physic reg'lar , " 8 aid a doctor ' s boy to his employer . 'VWliy sof "Cause he ' s getting well so precipus fast . ''—American Paper . Death » KosiDESTiTurioK . —On Saturday ni ^ hti a poor man named Luggan , died in tho Glasgow PbJice Qfflce , ^^ where he was detained previously ia befng sent over to Ireland , his native eouutry . — Reformer ' s Gazette . . ; . After the Christeninq crowd ? of persons dipped their handkerohiefs in the font , in order to
preserve a sort of imaginary relic of the w ater of the river Jordan , in which the Prince has beeen baptised . This water was brought-over , t ' o this country by Mr . Scales , of Argyll-place , who ; in the year 1825 travelled in the East . [ Superlative fudge !] Foktt " Black CB 0 ws . " --0 n Tuesday Be'nnight , the frost was so severe in th&neij ; hbourhood 01 Horncastle , that on on the farm of Mr . Bett 9 , of Benniworth , forty crows were taken alive by the hand , their wings being so frozen as to prevent ; their flying ;—Lincoln Mercury .
A few days since a case of rather a novel character came before a court at ^ Eye , the complainant being a lady of high respectability . She staied that she was ridiiig on the Queen ' s highway with a gentleman , ( a sohoolmastet by profession ) that he committed a misdemeanor , which at length proved to be only an affectionate salute with the lips . The defendant !» aving nothing to plead hi his own behalf , was fined five shillings , and dismissed ^ with a strict charge never to commit the like again . On Thubsday morniba ; last , as the workmen employed in a . field near Wash wood Heath were removing a quantity of earth for the empankmeat of rhe Birmingham and Derby Railway , they discovered two skeletons , environed in chaiiig . ^ It appears that they are ' -. the- remains of two soldiers , named John Hammond , an American by birth , and Thomas Pitmore , a nitive of Choshiro , who were executed on the 2 nd of April , 1781 , for the wilful murder of Wilfred Berwick . !
A poor man named Roger , 70 yearg of age , died iii Westminster , "n Tuesday , ( within the sound of the Bow 'Bel ' l ^ which at ( he ^ Jme were ringing a merry peal in honour of the christening of the Princt of Wales ) from want of , as the jury who hrld an iuq ^ iest on the body declared , " themere necessaries of life / ' His bird was in the cage , dtad from want Of food . . - ' ' ; . ; ¦ /¦ . ' , / ' ¦ ; ' " ¦ ¦ . -. : . . ' . ''¦' - '¦ ' ,. ' ¦ ¦ ' : ¦ ¦ _ William Faibweathee , Wacksniith , at Gairlow " Bauk , parish of Kirriemuir , was . on Saturday weekj transmitted to the gaol of Porfar , charged with having coufined his daughter , Sutan Fairweather , a young woman of about nineteen years of age , not altogether compos mentis , in a wooden
crib , measuring in length about four feet ten inches * and in height about four feet nine inches at the h ighest part , and two feet sis inches at the lowest point ( constructed in an out-house there ) , from the 9 th ultimo to the 1 st currant , among 3 t a quantity of straw , and without sufficient , clpthfng . When she was roleased by the oncers of justice , it was found that , from want of attention to her , the very straw in the crib had become rotten . She had become bo emaciated , and was in such a state of debility , that she was unable to walk ; We understand the case is at present under investigation . —Montros $ Sland'ird .
ComiT-MARtiAL Law . —A court-martial has been recently held at Malta on Mr . Elton , a aiidahipman of the Cambridge , for an act of inunny toivarda Captain , Woodford J . Williams , cr-mmanding the Stromboli steam frigate ! Mr . EJeon is sentenced to an nudofiiied term of imprisonment , iuasmiioh as his six months' imprisonrneiit is tocorartieuce on his arrival in England . Suppose then the Admiralty thought proper to order him to be kept in Malfa harbour , on board the flagship for twenty years , he would , in that case , be virtually itaprisoaed for life—this the law wciuld riotallow . A ^ aiu thia young gentleman is entitled to his immedi < tte discharge , on the gi'oand that Captaivi Barnard , who was a material witness , formeid one of the Court
aud thus appeared in the character of prosecutor and judge—an anomaly ; which the law will not . admit of . Mr . Elton , 'Who came to England in the ilajting ' ?' , was removed to London on Tuesday last , umua- charge of an AdmiriiHy messeuaer ; aud we much fear , that during the time he was in that ship ho , from impetuosity of temper , greatly vommutea himself . Wo mention tbi ; j ,-6 nly-tp account for any want of morcy which -the admiralty njfght hava been disposed , uii'icr the circumstanees of . the ' . ' . case * to have shown iou'ards him ; still his fricada , who are powerful , ( ho oping a- nephow ot bir Abraham Elton , of Clifton , ) have their reait ^ y by application to the Lord Chief Justice , —Hampshire Teh ' graph . ; ; , ; . ; :
Death fr > m a Singular CAiTSE—Oa Wencsday last , at Ely . aged thirty-six , Jdines Prior , a shoemaker , leaving a wife -and four children to lament thoir loss ; This poor fellow ' s d ^ ath \ yks accelerated by so singular a circuuistance that vyq caniipt forbear giving it publicity . It appears thai : he bquiC time since made or moucied a jiair of shoes for Mr . Wit ? . Kx-ropfon , lay clerk of Ely Catiiedral , a corpulent mrtij , thiit , through the shoes being xoo tight , or a smh-1 , 1 nail pcrt ' ovatir , g-tho sole , Mr . K&inpton was lamed , mortification ensued , and his liie v / as ia darter . Having been informed that tiiis was' all owing . 'to . him , produced such aii eifecV that he became at first- mekneholy , then raving mad ; wheu dea th at last , put a period to his suffcringe . The extreme sensitiveness of poor Prior was , indeed , remarkable .- ^ CambridgeIndependent Pt ess .
RELEASE OF BERNAn * GAVAKAGH UNDEn A WRIT of Habeas CoaptJs . —rBernard Cavanagh , rhe fasting impostor , was brought up before Lord Deninaa and tho judges of the . Queen's Bench , on Monday , under the writ of habeas corpus , directed to the keeper of the f ^ aol at Reading ; and the return ojf that officer , setting forth , the commitojent by the mayor , was read . Tie commitment stated a conviction under the- Vagrani Act , and a sentence of thre ^ months' imprisenmeht . Lord Dentnan inquired if the cuse had not been argued and the commitiaentdeclared to he bad , and upon Mr . James ( Cavanagh ' s counsel ) replying in ; the affirmative , said—" Then let him be discharged . " The
Solicitor-General rose to aigue . the question ; but Lord Denman observed tha . t the court was not one of appoal from the decision of th ' e lea rned Judge ( WillianiB , ia the Bail Court ) , and : the case could not be re-heard . His Lordship added that the -judges then present had , in fact , been consulted before the decision oh the commitrnent was pronounced . The defendant was then dischargedj and bpwing very low to the judges , and thanking them very audibly ,: he ¦ w ith' - drew ¦ ¦ .-from the court . ; There , had betii a great crowd collected in court to see him , the curious . much preferring this economical exhibition of the mail to that at which money was lo bo puid fsr the sight , .-¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ '¦' . . ' ¦ ' y ' ' .: ¦' ¦ ¦ . ¦ ' ,-. '" '
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THE MASONS ON STRIKE . to the editor of the southern star . Sir , —The folio wing letter has been refusea insertion in the Times , as also all the other daily paptrs . unleas as an advertisement . By inserting it in the Star you wil : greatly oblige The Masons on Strike .
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NEW "INVENTIONS" FOR OBTAINING SIG NATURES TO TOTAL REPEAL PETITIONS
TO THE EDITOR OP THB NORTHERN STAR . SIR , —Having been informed of the following facts by persons upon whoBe veracity I can depend , I deem it right that the world should be made acquainted therewith , if you can spare a corner for the purpose . One of the . persons to whom I allude is a bearer at the General Baptist Chapel , Queenshcad . It B 6 ema an Anv-Corn Law petition had been provided for signature by the congregation meeting at that chapeL The clerk announced this at the close of tho service , and informed his bearers that all who bad signed' before had done so as inhabitants of Queenshead ; and now they were to sign as " members of the congregation . " My informant
happening to " carry-in "' was again met , at the warehouse , with an Anti-Corn Law petition . ' which he was naked if he had signed . As he bad done so durln-z some former yeai" , and not wishing to fly in the face of hisempliyer in these difficult times , ha repliedin tho affirmative . Ohl but you have not signed iis-one of our workmen , and we mast bare your name here . -Su it appears the very righteous , honest , and disinterested repealers have hit upon this very ingenious plan Of multiplying signatures : —a man is to Sign as au iNHAr illTANT , A HEABER , and A WOKKMAN , and thUS to give his signature three times to one petition . Well , lfct it be so , we will beat them hollo w ^ hen they have done a ; .
1 have also heard that a renegade Radical and Republican , of the name of Carlisle , hastwtn hawking arepefti petition during the pa « t week . His method of obtaining signatures is quite unique , and well worthy of imitation ! Carlisle enters a house . Well , is your husband ¦—your father , at home ? ( as the case may be . ) No , he is out , or he is asleep in bed . What is his name ? which having learnt , he begins to write without ceremony , tel ing perBons , who happeu to witness his praiseworthy readiness to sign for other people , ( who , poor
unfortunates , might otherwise have no opportunity of Vraying Parliament to grant them cheap bread , ) and who , busy-body like , cannot refrain from making remarks thereon , that he cares for neither them , nor the Nor / hern Star . Working Ken , remember , when you sign an Anti-Corn Law petition , you send a prayer to Parliament to give a full swing to capital against labour , without at the same time requiring that labour shall be duly protected , J . AB . RAN . Bradford , Jin . 28 , 1842 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 5, 1842, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct877/page/7/
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