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SPLENDID AND COSTLY PRESENT TO THE READERS OF THE « NORTHERN STAR" . . .
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. " . ¦ . ¦'¦ ¦ . . ' •. ( ; : : DEATH. ¦ - ' "' . ' " v.; : , •; On Saturday lasti aged I years, Mr. Johi Hep Worth, cloth manufacturer, Vicar-lane, Leeds.
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A MOST ELIGIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY YOUNG MAN WISHING TO EMBARK IN THE LINEN AND WOOLLEN DRAPERY BUSINESS .: TO BE LET , and may be entered upon immedi&tely , or on the 12 ch of May next , all that SHOP and extensive Premises now in the occupation cf WiLLUM Njiisbt , situate in the Market-place , Iteilim . Tae Shop is 18 yards front , in the very best situation in the Borough . W . N . hss been 3 n the Drapery Business aboTe
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ItaBBJicreD to comm emorate every great nations ercnt connected irith the present " movement " Mr O'Connor lias entered into arrangements to presenSg the Subscribsrs to toe Star with . J arge ^ oHplendid Engraving of the Presentation of
THE GREAT NATIONAL PETITION to the House of Commons . This Plate will be sis much superior to the tngravings already gzTen with the 5 " tor , as they were to any ever given -with any other newspaper . It ¦ Kill be divided , as it were , into three main compartments . The first will represent the Dele-GATKinCosTBSTiqH ASSiMBtED . preTionstostarting with the Petition to the House of Commons , Tie centre and largest compartment will represent the Procession j-ccompanyicg the Petition to the House , the Petition itself , the Bkarebs of it , and the People , when passing Whitehall , and approaching Palace Yard . The third compartment will represent the Petition IN THE
HOUSE , when " laid on the table f being a general view of the Interior of the Honse of Commons , the Bar and the Speaker ' s Chair beisg prominent features . In addition , to these ma . ' compartments the upper and lower edges of the plate will be divided into sixteen other smaller compartments , each one of which will contain an accurate representation of some great Public Building passed in the route from the Convention Rooms to the Parliament House . Views will thus be given of Temple Bar , St . Clement Dane ' s , Church , Somerset Honse , Exeter HaU , St . Mary-le-¦
Strandj Trafalgar Square , Northumberland House , Whitehall . Richmond Terrace , The Acmiralty , The Horse Guards , Westminster Bridg ? , Tne Treasury , "Westminster Abbey , and St . Margaret ' s Church , Westminster Hall , and the Exterior of the Heuse of Common . There will thus be given , npou one very large sheet , Ninetfe * Splendid Pictures , all harmoniously combined to make the whole an effective and worthy representation of the most important movement ever made by the English people in favour of liberty . The terms upon which the Plats will bs issued axe as follow : —
Every Subscriber to the Star for Four Months from the 9 ; h of April will be eatitledto a Piate . We do not promise to have it ready at that time ,-though in all probability it will be ; yet we do not promise ; for the work will be one of such a character , and will need such careful attention on the part of the Engraver , as to defy aoy one to fix an exact time . This , however , we do promise . If the plate is not then ready , every subscriber is at liberty to cease his subscription , holding his ticket , and receiving his plate and paper from the Agent he ha 3 subscribed , with , the day it is presented , just as If he had continued to subscribe . The Price of the Paper the week the Plate is presented will be One Shilling . We will try to make such arrangements as will make this the only charge the Subscribers will have to
pay . Agents , therefore , will please to open subscription " lists , and in all cases furnish the subscriber with a ticket , which ticket will entitle him to the Plate whenever it is given for subscribing for the Star for four months . A 3 soon as possible , specimens shall be placed in the hands of the Agents .
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CARLISLE . —Axoest Oedeb . of Forestebs . —The members of the " Baron Wood Couit , " of v ^ arlisle , No . 766 , accompanied by many of their Brethren from the adjicent lodges in the neighbourhood , assembled at their lodge room , at the Andrew Marvel Tavern , Butchergate , on Easter Monday . 1 . is now only two years and a half since the above Jodge ^ as ope ned . Ths number of lodges u > to thai period were 766 ; the last lodge opened in this distoct , numbered 1 , 403 , shewing in this short period , anincrease of upwards of 600 lodges ; thus demonstrating most conclusively , the high estimation in
wnicti tins body is held ; indeed , the laudable objects tfiey have in view , that of cheering and protecting we unfortnnat « , sympathising with and and aiding f ose w ^ accident or disease may overtake , and trying the cneek of the mourner , ara snre gnanran-! ^ > stnetl y acted up to , of its prosperity . At ; w ^ th 5 Proceeded through the principal siieets in the following order : — Conductor , with a saall Ecariet flag ; two marshal men on horseback ; two spear men ; large banner ; forester ' s band ; two archers C . R . and S . C . R . in full regalia . ; two
ajeners ; dispensation ; secretary and treasurer ; two archers ; brethren ,, two and two a breast ; small cannfir wui appropriate mottos interspersed ; two archers ; large banner ; 5 . W . W . and J . W . W won . axes in fall regalia ; brethren , two and two aoreast ; small banners with appropriate mottos interspersed ; ax conductors at proper distances with Hmau Ecariet flags ; horseman , two abreast , with bows andarrows . They then returned to the Andrew . aiaryel ravern , where an excellent dinner was prepared for them by the worthy host and hostess . A
large nagfrom Wigton , attracted nniversal admira-Eoa . After dinner , Brother Dalton was called to the chair , and Brother Arthur to the rice chair , several appropriate toasts were given , amoDgst Wuch were the following : — " Prosperity to the ¦ krecufaiTe order of Foresters f " The High Court of the Order f " Health and prosperity to the Executive Conneil ,- " "Success and prosperity to the w ^ t on Court . ' Many « xcellen l toasts were given , * ad the Wigton band played ^ several ? lively airs in as course of the evening .
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XiONBON . —A public meeting was held at Hampstcad on "Tuesday evening Ia 3 t , on behalf of the masons on strike . Mr . Christopher ably presided over the meeting . Mr . Wood , delegate from the Masons' Committee , in an eloquent address , which ' occupied an hour in its delivery , detailed the past proceedings and the present position of the masons , and was londly applauded . Mr . Warrington moved a resolution , condemning the conduct of Messrs . Grissell and Peto , in retaining Allen in their service , and pledging them to support the men who had struck in vindication of the violated rights of justice and humanity . Mr . Grover ably seconded the resolution , which vraa supported , in his usual tainted manner , by Mr . Ruff y Ridley . Soveral other speakers addressed the meeting , and a subscription , for the benefit of the men now on Btrike , wa 3 entered into .
BBXCrHTOIT— « Extremes sometimes meet . " —A case of this kind has happened in Brighton , that no sooner was known than the news flew like wildfire . On Monday morning last , to those who were present , was seen a sight that will not be forgotten for many a day ; and what would the good readers of the Star think it was ? Why , Feargus O'Connor , the chieftain of the Chartists of England , arm in arm with the very reverend modest Vicar of Brighton , he who stopped the clock , trudging np Church Hill to the Brighton Workhouse 1 The facis of thecase are these : —Mr . O'Connor was out vralkiag ; he came to the church-yard of St . Nicholas , and , meeting a person , a > ked him how he could gtt a look at the workhouse ? The Vicar , who was officiating at a
funeral , hastily spoke to Mr . O'Connor , that if he would wait a few moments , he should be very glad to skew aim the workhouse , ho being one of the Guardians of the poor . Mr . O'Connor waited , and , iu waiting , a working man recognised him , and quietly -asked him if he knew who he had been talking to ! Mr . O'Coneor explained ; and the man replied , " That that was the fellow who stopped tne -clock I" Mr . O'Connor , though takes rather aback , was not dismayed at the awful sound ; and presently was seen the Rev . Vicar and Feargus O'Connor walking together to the workhouse . Mr . O'Cennor was much gratified at the comfort of the inmates exhibited to him , Brighton being governed by an Ac ; of its own ; and , after spending an hour
and a half , and also going over the new burial ground that has cost the parish so much , bade the Rev . Gentleman in bla-ck good morning . The Vicar knew not , from first to last , who was his distinguished visitor ; but Mr . O'Connor knew his man , and txpre = sed to us in the evening , amidst the laughter of his friends , the pleasant companion he had ha . d in visiting the Brighton Workhouse . Whether Mr . O'Connor , instilled the Chartist principles into the mind of the Rev . Gentleman we do not know ; if he has fortunately done so , we trust the respected Vicar will lose no time in letting his fluck have the benefit of his conversion . Of all the choice pic nics , this is , to . us iu Brighton , a beautiful one : in fact , we may say that the town is convulsed with laughter from one end to the other . —Correspondent .
Hawobth . —On Easter Monday the officers and brethren of Court Mount Ararat , No . 85 , of the Ancient . Order of Foresters , assembled for the purpose of celebrating their eleventh anniversary , when about seventy of the brethren partook of an excellent dinner provided by Mr . William Turner . After the brethren had done ample j'istiee to the good things placed before them , things which ought every day to grace the tables of sons of toil , they repaired to their Court Room , for the dispatch of busines 5 ,-at the close of which it was announced by the-Secretary that the Court and the Order generally were in a most prosperous and flourishing state .
LEPTONr Mysterious Disapp . kaiu . xce . Samuel Swallow , biacksmith , Gamhorp-green , Lcpton , left his lodgings on the 9 th of March last , to go to Huddersfield , and having been out of work for some time called upon a sister of his and borrowed half a sovereign . He was next seen at the Plumber ' s Arms , ft little the worse for liquor . He left the house about nine o ' clock quite alone , and has never b « n heard of since . It is thought he has come to an untimely end . He is single , aged thirty-five , middle size , fair complexion , and sandy hair . It is hoped that this notice will meet the eyes of some one who may have seen him , as his relatives are in great distress respecting him .
ROCHD ftTiFt . —Royal Artists . —On Easter Tuesday , the No . 5 Lodge , belonging to the United Order of Royal ArtistB , held its anniversary at th 8 house of Mr . James Butterworth , Tanner's Arms , James ' s-street , Rochdale . BZua . CKBtTKJf . —SlLKW EATERS . —For a great length of time the power-loom weavers of Blackburn have EnffzTcd various reductions In their wages , until they are reduced 26 per cant , from their former earnings , which masters are not content with , but we mast still suffer ourselves to be further Tobbed of our hard earnings . You must know that the proprietors of the Brookhouse Mills , have introduced patent -looms into their mills , Trhich in
them-Belves are a reduction to the -weaver of one penny in the shilling ; we had , on their ' introduction , since ehristmas latt , a further reduction of two-pence in the shilling , which we submitted to ; we have now had a further notice of three-half-pence in the shilling , making in the whole threepence-halfpenny iu the shilling since Christmas last . Against such a shameful robbery , we , the power-loom weavers of the Brookhouse Mills , have determined to make a . stand , being determined not to Submit Without a struggle , and call upon our Buffering fellow workmen , to assist us in resisting such tyrani > y , well Avowing that if we submit quietly wo must suffer a still further red uctioD .
MANCHESTER . —Destructioh of Batty ' s Cibcu 3 by Fins . —On Saturday night , about twenty minutea to twelve o ' cleck , information was given at the Town Yard that Batty ' 8 Circus , Great Bridge-street , was on fire . Mr . Rose immediately proceeded to the place with three engines , and four or five water carts ; but , before his arrival , the flames had progressed so far that it was utterly impossible to save the building . He , thnrefore , directed hi 3 attention to the preservation of the surrounding property , -which wa 3 in imminent danger . On one side of the circus , Mr .-Matthew Breugaam ' s timber-yard , which was nearly filled with : stock , a great portion of which was ljing against tne burning building ; and , on the other
side , the extensive factory belonging to Muspe . Royle and Crompton , required the mosi active , and strenuous exertions to save them from the flames . Upwards of 400 panes of glass in the factory were broken by the heat , and by the force of ttte water which was played on them to prevent the fire from communicating with the windows . Mr . Hose had persons stationed infids of tie several windows facing the circus , in order to extinguish any sparks that might get in through the broken paLes . An engine was stationed at the back of the Circas , for the purpose of preventing the flames from communicating with the Albion Mills . Mr . Rose and the firemen exerted themselves with their usual
energy ; and it ia creditable to them to gay , that the entire damage to the surrounding property will be covered by about ; £ 50 . Mr . Wells , who had the Circus hired for exhibiting feats of horsemanship in it during . the Easter week , performed there on Saturday night ; and with much difficulty succeeded in getting oat his horse 3 and most of the properties . Two trained dogs and a monkey perished in the flames . Mr . Wells ' s losses are estimated at about £ 2 i ) 0 , besides what he might hare realised from his performances during the present week . The fire was completely extinguished about three o ' clock on Sunday morning . The building is a complete wreck , and we have not ascertained whether it was insured .
No clue to the origin of the fira has been discovered . LEEDS . —A Hopeful Son . —On Monday last , two youths named Thomas Taj lor and We . Lowe , were charged- before the Leeds Borough Justices , the former with having broken open a secretaire in tis mother ' s house , and stolen £ 10 ; and the other with being privy thereto . Mrs . Taylor is a widow , residing iu Sykes-strcet , York Road , and the conduct of young Taylor , since his father's death , has been such a 3 to render his mother ' s life miserable . As a last resource , she had him bonnd apprentice to tVe sea l but after a voyage or two he ran away , and has now been for some time at home , where hia evil genius £ eem 3 to . haTe nude him the terror of bis family . On Sunday afternoon , during his mother ' s temporary absence , he broke open the drawer , stole the money , and left the house . Mrs .
Taylor did not discover her Ios 3 till about nine o ' clock at n : ghf , and she then gave information to the ^ poliee , by whose exertions Taylor wa-a found , and it appearing that Lowe , who only bears a bad character , had been with him at Harewood Bridge , where they had spent money pretty freely , he was apprehended also . It was also discovered that Taylor na 4 left £ 8 in the hand 3 of Mr . Laycock , the Masons' Arms , in St . James-street . Mrs . Taylor shrunk from pressing the charge against her son , and consequently there beiog another case of felony against him , both of them were remanded nntil Tuesday , on which day Taylor was again charged with having stolen a top coat , the property of Mr . B . Purday , assistant to Mr . Foster , Burgeon , Kirkgate . He had the great coat on -when be was apprehended dn - Sunday night , and it was stated to have been stolen on Friday ni ° ht . On thiB rbarge he was committed for trial . Lowe was discharged .
Relief of the Poor . —The committee for the management and distribution of the fund for the relief of those Buffering for want of employment , met on Monday last , at the Court Hou 6 e , the Rev . Dr . Hook in . the chair . It was stated that the renevred subscriptions , which were solicited in accordance with a resolution passed at a meeting of the committea , held on the 21 st nit ., amounted to upwards of £ 800 , and that the total sum in hand was about £ 880 . The visitors' reports showed that continued distress prevails to a very large extent amongst those dependent upon trade and manufactures and it was resolved to continue relief upon the reduced scale , ( 1 . 6 d . a week to adults , and Is . to children ) , and that the committea Ehould meet next Monday , to take into consideration what further measures it will be necessary to adopt .
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Sale of Woollen Cloths , 78 , Bat go ate , Ten Doobs fbom thb Top . —We beg to call the attention of our readers , but more particularly wholesale and retail buyers of woollen cloths , to Mr . HigginB'ts advertisement . They may rely upon it he offers advantages which no other person in the trade can lay claim to . We advise our friends , at all events , to call at 7 Sj and see for themselves . Ancient Romans , No . 1 . —The anniversary of this senate was held at Mr . Richard Wood's , Golden Fleece , Briggate , on Wednesday evening , when the member ' s and their wives and sweathearts sat down to a most sumptuous entertainment . Chaege of Foegeby . —On Saturday last , a young man , named William Wilson , ( who had been remanded from Wednesday ) was brought up for examination at the Leeds Court House , on a charge of forging the acceptance of Mr . Samuel Booking , butcher , of Bradwell , Derbyshire , to a two-month ' s
bill for £ o ., which bill he had paid to Mrs . BJundelJ , a dealer in fancy wares , in the Central Market , to whom he represented himself as a partner in the firm of Messrs . Fox and Co ., iron and steel manufacturers , Deepcar , near Sheffield ; whose address card be presented , and requested that needle 3 to the value of £ 4 : 10 i . might be sent to him , at his inn , the Three I / egs , in Call-lane . Mrs . Blundell took tha bill , but aitertrards suspecting that all was not right , contrived to get back her goods , and wrote to Messrs . Fox and Co ., ou the subject , who denied that the prisoner was connected in any _ way with them , as well as all knowledgeof the bill in question . Mr . Fox ' s deposition to this effect was taken on Wednesday , and on Saturday Mr . Booking attended for the purpose of attesting that the acceptance was not hi 3 , nor had he authorised the prisoner to sign it ; he had in fact no connexion with ' him . The magisf-rates being satisfied , committed the prisoner to York Castle for trial at the next assizes .
Conviction under the Wobsted Act . —Thomas Sykes , a clothier , at Pudsey Hough , was on Thursday last brought before the magistrates , under the provisions of the Worsted Act , charged with having in his possession a quantity of wool , of which he could give no account . He had been previously brought np and remanded on Wednesday week . Policeman Hague and Thompson , in consequence of information which they bad received , went to the prisoner ' s house , and looking through the window , saw him busily engaged in sorting a quantity of wool . They went in , and &tkcd him where he ha / d got it .
He said he had bought it cf a neighbour for U . 8 d . a pound . In reply to a further question , he said he had got no invoice of it , and was then told that he and the wool must go with them , upon which he exclaimed , " I am done . " On the road to Leeds , he offered £ 5 to policeman Hague to say nothing about it , but the offer was of course rejected . There was about lOOlbs . of wool , of a quality which Mr . Walker , of the firm of Walker and Gray , wool merchants , Boar-lane , stated to be worth from 2 s . to 33 . a pound . The prisoner was fined £ 20 , and in detanli of payment , committed to Wakefield Mouse of nonreetion for one month .
Theatre , Leeds . —This place of amusement was opened for a single night on Tuesday last , for the purpose of introducing Mr . and Mrs . Charles Kean —the latter for the firet time . The house was a bumper in every part ; even the orchestra and the stage ( behind the scenes ) being crammed . The piece selected was the play of " Tie Stranger , " Mr . and Mrs . Kean sustaining the principal characters . At the conclusion of th « piece they were loudly called for , and on making their appearance before the curtain were rapturously cheered . Stealing from a Shop . —On Saturday last , a youth named Thoma 3 Whitby , was brought np at the Court House , Leeds , having been giren into
custody under the following circumstances : —Mr . Wade , pawnbroker , Meadow-lane , said the prisoner went to his shop on Thursday evening , and offered to pledge somo new silk handkercb . ief . 3 , with which he said Iu 3 mother bad sent him ; but as he could not toU how many there were , and gave Borne contrary answers to other questions , Mr . Wade detained him and sent for an officer . The hankerchiefs were identified by Mr . Swann , draper , Marshall-street , who had seen them hung in his shop on Thursday afternoon , but did not miss them until the policeman went on Friday to see if he had lost any ; he was sure they had not been sold . The prisoner was committed for trial .
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SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED BY MR . HEYWOOD , FOR THE VICTIMS & REPAIRS AT THE HALL OF SCIENCE . s . d . John Taylor , Waterhead Mill 1 0 Collected at Holland's Temperance Hotel , Burnley ... ... ... ... 6 4 From the Chartists of Hindley , by Mr . John Heyes 7 2 . J Vest Houghton 1 6 Chartist Association , London , by Mr . L .
D . Weaver 5 0 Mr . Dixori .- ... 1 0 Calverton , Nottinghamshire S 0 Beesto * . do 3 0 Lambey 3 0 Democratic Chapel , Nottingham ... 7 0 Heart and Hand 2 1 RancliffeArms ... 2 0 Sweet ' s Shop ... 5 5 By Mr . Harris ... ... 1 6 Carpenters' Arms , Brick-lane , Tower Hamlets , by Mr . H . Shepherd ... 10 0 Mr . Samuel Parr and a few friends , Woodley Bridge ... 3 6 Hebden Bridge , per Mr . J . Helliwell ... 10 0 Leicester , from the workmen of Mr .
Bishop , by Mr . H . Lacy 18 0 Georgo Johnson 0 7 Peter Rigby 10 Ratciiff Bridge , per Hamer 0 8 Earkbeaion , Devvsbnry , per W . Brooke ... ... .... ... 10 0 £ 5 4 9 i Deduct arrears 0 5 o £ 4 19 9 i The five shillings announced last week as being received from London without remark I have since heard was for the Executive .
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Jlonies received by J . Cleave fer the Convention : — £ s . d . Midgley Association ... 0 10 0 Wadsworth xlitto -:.. 0 15 0 Colding ditto ... ... 0 2 6 Hebden Bridge , per T . Mitchell 1 6 6 2 U 0 Aloney collected for ihe Manchester victims , and in the hands of Mr . J . Hint , Huddersfieid!—s . d . R . P ... 6 2 Money collected for the Manchester victims in the hands of Mr . L . Pitkethly , siace last week : — s . d . From Berry Brow ... ... 5 G From Holmfirih ... ... 9 4
14 10 The subscription is still open , and will be a few days longer , when the money will ba remitted to the proper quarter at Manchester .
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Huddebsfield . —At a meeting of Charlist » last Tuesday night , the following was passed unanimously , " Resolved , That a vote of thanks is due , and is hereby given to the Rev . Daniel Hearne , of Manchester , for his patriotic conduct relative to the disgraceful affair at the Hall of Science . " Uppeb Wobti / et . —On Good Friday , a tea party and soiree took place in the Association Room . Sixty sat down to tea , and as many as the room woald hold . were admitted after , each paying threepence . A more lively and interesting scene the Chartists of Wortley never witnessed . Great praise is due to Mr . J . Hill and bis friends , for the very active part they took during the evening . Several sentiments wera given , to which the Rev . William Hill , and Messrs . Smith , Frazer , and Stonehouse . responded . The getting up of the tea reflected great credit upon the maaaging committee . Every thing was conducted in a quiet and orderly manner .
At a meeting of the members of the U pperWortley Charter Association , held on Monday , the .. 28 th" ot March , 1842 , it was resolved that the subscriptions , amounting to 8 . v 3 i , be forwarded to Mr . Abel rleywood of Manchester , by post office order . That trie gum of 53 . be paid over to the wounded persons of Manchester , and the remaining 3 ? . 3 d . go towards the damage done to the Hall of Science .
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[ ADVERTISaMENT . ] . CHARTIST RLACklNG . Bbother Chartists ^— In com pliance with the wishes of many of my customers , and also to meet the circumstances of the Chartist Associations , inasmuch as it is not always convenient to send so far as Hull for blacking , I have made arrangements for supplying Lattcaahirej West of Yorkshire , and London , carriage free , with any quantity of blacking , from half a gross and upwards , at the 6 &m . O price as ttUhe manufactory . . Mr . Wright , Brooke-street , Stbckport , will travel for orders in Lancashire , and will always have a supply , on hand , in Manchester and other plaoes . . -- . " . .- ; - . . ¦ . ' ¦ . ¦¦ ¦ ¦ v . " . ¦ .. - ¦ ' . - : ¦"' .. y - . / ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ., - . '• . ..
Mr . T . B . Smith will always have a stock by him , whereby the Ghartisttj of Leeds may be supplied ; Mr . Stallwood will also supply the people of London with any qnaritity , after the 10 th of April . And there is one thing Which I would have you to bear in mind , which is tha-t my- Blacking is hot only more brilliant , but it is more durable than almost any other ; and the reason of this superiority is , that component which gives the lustre and durability I giro you in a much greater proportion than mosfe other blaoking-makerS dp / aD . d the reason why it is so sparingly uabd by niany is , that it is the most expensive pait of the compound ; but I , being of a different opinion tbtho " Davit ' s Dust " Manufacturers , am resolved that tha people shall not have a bad article from me .
I remain , youi ' s , In the Cause of Right against Might , R . PlNDER , Edward ' s Square , Edward ' s Place . Hull
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ANOTHER CASE OF DESTITUTION AND DEATH . ¦ ¦ . ; : ¦' ; On Saturday evening , a long investigation was gone into before Mr , Payne , the city coroner , on the body of Ellen Sexton , aged 48 , a . prisoner in the City BrideweiJ , Bridge-strett , Blackfriars , whose death took pi ace under the following circumstatices : — ¦ - ¦ ; ¦ ¦ . ;; '" ¦ '¦ ' ¦¦ ¦ ' ' : '"'¦ , Ellsn Sexton , a ; prisoner , deposed—The deceased was my mother l and w » s a widow . . We were committed to prison together that day month . . For four months previous to that occasion we had no place to go to , and for two days and nights we had bad nowhere to lay our heads , and had not
tasted food for the samo time . We applied at the West London Union Workhouse for relief , winch was denied U 3 . We were thea quite destitute , aud walked as far as Cannon-street , where we broke a window purposely to get the shelter of a prison We were taken to the Mansion House , and bpiug unable to pay for the window were committed : or a month to hard labour . My mother was not put on the treadmill , not being able to bear it . She had a bed to sleep on , and I slept with her . On Friday morning , we got up about a quarter to six ; deceased was then 4 u '' e well . She went into the reading-room , and I left her ; about eight o ' clock 1 was sent for , and on going up stairs , found her dead . : ¦ -. ; ' ¦ ' . " : '¦' ¦' - . - . ' ' . ' '¦"
By the Jury . —We were very kindly treated in prison , and were more comfortable than we had been for some time before we were scut there . My mother was affected with a shortness of breath . We applied at the West-street workhouse , but they would not take us in or give us relief . The Coroner said , they vrere bound to relieve them as casual poor . A Guardian of the union who was present said , he thought the witness had made a mistake , as relief was never denied . He wished to know posi * tively the day on which application was made , as he Bhould feel it his duty to make Btricfc inquiry into the matter . The witness said , that it was that very day month . A Jnrvr said , bv the witness ' s statement it
appeared that two prfsonors slept in one bed . He wished to know from the governor the reason of it . The Governor said the prison was bo full that not only were three persons compelled to sleep in one bed , but many who could not be provided with bads were compelled to lie upon the ; floor . TIub was owing to the number committed in a destitute state , who broke windows , &o ., to get the shelter of the gaol , Eleanor Redding said—I was in the room set apart for the " iricapables" I prisoners not able to work , ) on Friday morning , about eight O ' clock , when the deceased oamo in , who said to naev" I have had such a singular dream—sit down and I'll tell it you , " The deceased sat down , and I was about to do the same , when she fell forward . I immediately lifted her up and found her dead .
By the Jury—She was very kindly trcat 2 d in prison , aed was never put on the mill . She was eating a piece of bread when she came into the
room . Mr . Charles Holdings of 33 ridge-street , Surgeon , eaid deceased was dead when he was called in . He could not state the precise cause of her death , but in his opinion it arose from a ^ dispase of theiheart . The Coroner said , that the present case was one outof the many they heard of , of persons breaking windows to get the shelter of a prison , Which they preferred to the workh 6 usi e , \/ - "As '" ragarded' --th ( Brefusal of relief they had only the statement of the daughter , and if the Jury wU&ed to go into the truth of that statement the inquiry must be adjourned . With respect to the question of t ^ e New Poor Law , he trusted that it Would be greatly improved . From what he knew of the Governor of the prison ho had not the least ddubt but the deceased had been kindly treated , and that her incarceration bad prolonged instead of shortened her lifo . : The Jury not thinking it necessary to adjourn , returned a verdict of " Natural Death . "
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If the lecturer , . Mr . O'Connor , had isaid ^ anytiling to excite ^ tnem , or had anything in my conduct been oat of order , or improper , they might have had some excuse ; but neither he , nor myself , nor any of the Chartfeta , had said or dotie anytbiug to cause Bitch a violent attack . "¦ . ' ; '¦ : ¦;¦ / . ; - -V-. : ¦' .. Vs- - -. ; - ' .. " .. ¦ "¦ ^ .. I have to thank some man , ( at present unknown to me , ) who , after the chair was Uarownoffi the platform , stood in front of nie , saying , he would protect me ; and after I received the blow pa the mpntli ana chin With the paying stone , he expressed hifl sorrow , and said he would do his best to prevaab me from being injured , even to the ri $ kof his life . ? O ,-ray frienda ,, if you coald have seen the men in that Hall the following night , and have felt the strong influence of determination to protect Mr . O Connor aud his Chairman , as well as any other © f the Chartists , It would have endeared them to your hearts , aud would have made you forget , or glory in yourwounds I
Ihare lived in Manchester how npwards of thirty years , but I never b « held such a glorious procession as we had on Gfood Friday ia 3 t , ptt the occaaioa of laying the foundation fltona for a monument to the late Henry Hiint , Esq i on ray premises ^ and the' excitement was stronger than it would otherwise have been , in consequenceof what had octuerea ou the . 8 th Inst . Also . It in nob out of place t > tell you that the Corn law Repealers had intended having a grand demonstration , on Easter Monday , but the- - Cbaitist procession htis taken the shiue cuvof tlaeiu , and it is , like otSer of iheir attempts , an abortion- I remain , Youra faithfully and very respectfully , J . SCIIOLEFIELD . E very-street , Manchester , March 29 , 1842 .
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TO THE CHARTISTS OF SOUIH LANCASHIRE AND THE / UNITED KINGDOM . BaoTHEE , Cuautists , —W « s humbly but eniphaticaliy coll upon you to render . , 3 rir . Scholefield and the Committea all the pecuuitny a \ d in your power , towards assisting them in their laudable uudcrtafeiag , until the top atone o £ ' - -tha monument be raised . ¦ Any llioniea ¦ which persona -wiah to oautribite , inay be sent to Mr . A . Hey wood , bookstlier , OUiliam-streeS , for tho treasurer , Mr . Scha ' tfield , and which will be duly announced in tlie next report . Yours faltbfulljr . Wii . Griffin , Wm . Gbowcott
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BABTLETT v . VINCENT , PHILP , ROBERTS , AND WILLIAMS ( OF SUNDERLAND ; . TO THE EDITOR OF THE KOaTHERN STAR . ¦ ¦¦; , Sir , —Allow me , through the medium of your paper , to do an act of justice to a young man at preseut in your iemploy as reporter ,. Mr- Q . Bartlett , who has bad to bear the brunt of the talented charges of three of the above-named individuals ; and , taat week , the somewhat superfluous and mean insinuation of Mr . J . Williams , whoi saith he " prefers to believe Messrs . Vincent and Philp because he knows them , and the country knows them , and not Mr . Baitlett . "
Now I am not aware that hisorthe covintry ' B kuowing any individual will make © r keep them bouuBt or consistent ; and I beg to say that I know Mr . Baifc'ett , have known him some years , have laboured with him in the good cause ; "the ' people of Bath know bim , if the country does not ; but be is nevertheless honest , for not having the good fortune to have travelled through the country as a lecturer , and therefore not receiving a country ' 8 praise . I would now state what I now can call to memory of Mr . Bartlett , for the information of Mr . W . and your readers generally : — The two Birtifltto , George and Simuel , h&ve done much to s « rv 3 the cause of Chartism , in Bath and Trowbndge , from its flrHt manifeatatiou . They joined the Bath Working Men's Association at a very unpropitioustime .
Just as Roebuck and Palmer were ousted from the representation of the city , the people were excited by their defeat ; I Could get none among us to come boldly forth to call a public meeting , and address toe public upon our principles . The middle class had destroyed the old Union , and deserted the cause of Radical Reform , and were desirous of doing away , as now , with the very name ; by them was the Liberal Association formed ; the BaitlettB were alike eager to extend our views , and increase pur Association . We sueeeedad in R etting the use of a room at the Temperance Coffee
House , Saw Close . George BartleU , your repprtar , drew up our first address ; it was , after behig adopted , printed as a placard , and circulated . Numbers fljcked to our voiniB . Here George and his brother signalised themselves in advocatinp ; our principles , which he hath not ceased to do at almost every meeting held since . This is much from an ij / nprard young man . He is also the person who wrote in the old Vindicator , under the titlei fcf Publicola . If serricea are to be the test of honesty here you have them , and I see not wherefore local services should be despised becaude they were not more extended .
I have of ten heard M . r . .. Bolw . ell , the chairman at the meeting to consider Sturge ' s motion , state that Bartlett had taught him politics ; and indeed if you refer to hia lottsrflj or speeches , you ; will not find them inferior in general iufonmition , or argument , to Mr . Pililps . True , he baa not lungs Bufficiently strong to maKe himself heard far in large meetings , a natural quality that the other gentleman may be able to boast of . So much for Mr . Philps ' s insinuatioR of ignorance ; hat at the charge , of not honestly reporting these gentlemen ' s words , Mr . MiuTiott , of Bristol , says at the meeting , it was true in apirit though perhaps not the exact words , and in what Mr . y . | P ., and R ., write , they confirm the fact , of true in spirit . They admit they supported Sturge ' s motion , and this ia Henry Viucwnt who fabtii continually , at public ir . eetinss , and in bis
old J indicator , seen telling us with words of fire , to stand by our Charter , not turn to the right hand nor to the left , not to go after Educational Suffrage , Household Suffrage , or anytliing but the Charter . This is he who hath bo oft and ekquuutly ridiculed Daniel O'Conne l ' s instaUment-get-whftt-you-can system , yet will go tit Mr . Sturge ' a installiuent , indefinite , complete bumfeug without aet * ii » , as ft great way towardfl the Charter . Verily he 1 b another Daniel come to judgment ! ¦ . ' . Western Chartists , keep together and choose another leader ; shout the entire Charter and O'CoBnor . Yours , in bonds , bonds of slavery , And bends to the Charter , J ., Bristol . P . S . —The brethren of Bath will recognise the writer by the initial .
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¦ " ¦' . [¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ :. MABRIAGE % " : v ., . . " ; ' ; .. " . ¦ ¦ .- . ¦;¦; On Saturday last , at Aldborougb , by the Rev . G . Hou ] dsworth , vicar , John ,, eldest son of stho late Mi-. William Jackson , surgeon , of Doncaater , to Jane , eldest daughter of Mr . Atkinson , Borough- ' bridge Mill $ . ; ; ¦ ; On Friday , at the ; parish chbrch , Otleyj by the ReT . J . Hart , B . A ; , Ticar , Mr . Jatnea Fox , of Leeds , land surveyor , to Hartiet , second daughter of Mr . Win . ForBtef , grocer , & , c ., Otley . Same dayv iMr . WilL ' am Marriot Bro ^ ridee cloth finisher , to Miss Gharlotte Speiahf , both of Hclbeck . - / ¦/ .- ¦\ : ' - ' -,. v . .. , - ..: ¦ . -. ¦; . ¦ . ¦ „ ¦ . . ,.. . - ¦ .
Oa the Mih ult ., at Frogmore-street Chapel , by the . Rev . Micah Thomas , Mr . William Jones , shoemaker , to Mana , youngeBt daughter of afr ^ Thoa . 'Holbrook , all of Abefgayenny . JB ^' lLl ^ Oa Thursday week , * t St ; Olave's v 'W& ^ York , by the Rev . John Heslop , Mr . Jan ^ a ^ SH of Pockiington , to Mrs . Edwards ,: dfiflH&t Wetghton , . ; \ \ - " . - ^ ¦¦'¦ ''¦¦ ¦^¦ W MBB Sams day , at Armthorpe , hear Dono * BCa * W Rsv ^ H . J , Branson , Mr . Isaac WellsJfflBlf ^ Classical and Commercial Aca . den > vi&ffllMd 5 * SL Anne , youngest daughter of Richard tfflwCT ^ fe of Armthorpc . W IfK ^ P ®
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The Steam-boileb Explosion on the Clyde . — The total number of deaths is eighteen . In regard to the persons mentioned in our last as injured , we havelitUe to state . Miss Catherine Keith , whose life was represented as despaired of , we are happy to s&y ia now considered out of danger , and her mother is doing well . Richard Anderson , too , who was not expected to survive , is now somewhat better . All the others , so far as we can learn , are doing well . Those in the infirmary here are recovering . In addition to the persons mentioned in our last , as having been injured by the accident , we have to mention the Rev . Mr . M'Farlane and Mrs . Grey ,
both from Hamilton , who had just landed from the boat , aud were walking up the quay , when they were struck by some of the fragmests of the boat . They were both removed to the house of Dr . Orr , of Helensburgb , where theii wounds were dressed ; and , although neither was injured to such an extent as to endanger life , yet we understand , that several weeks will elapse before the Reverend Gentleman will have completely recovered from the effects of the explosion . A boy named Crawford belonging to Glasgow , was also among the injured , He was taken home the same evening . —Greenock Advertiser .
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TO MR . ROBERT KEMP PHILP . Sir , —You are a member of the General Council of the National Charter Association j so am I . The course yon took , at the latrf Bath Conference of Sturgitea , has called forth one general burst of disapprobation against you ; you have not met this by argument , but by mere empty assertion , and bombastic observations about mushroom Chartists . Tnia Btyle of language comes with a very ill grace from Mr . Phiip . ' only furnishes additional evidence of your disaffection to Chartism .
You affect to treat me and others with supercilious contempt , which also proves you aii aristocratic democrat You have been elected to the office you at preeent hold , in the Executive department , by a majority of the National Charter Association . You know , also , that yoiir recent conduct , as a public man , has been directly opposed to tbe general policy of the Association , and I hold it as an opinion that the . Association to which you belong maiivtains an authority and influence over every public act of ite officers ; aud you have , in the most direct and flagrant manner , rebelled against such influence , with no other view than to injure the cause you have hithsito professed to espouse . The working class suspect you of treacheryvto the principles they contend for ; you deny the justice of these accusations without eondescendiug to offer any reasonable and honest defence .
Had you pursued a straightforward , even course , your efforts in the cause of political and social emancipation would have been gratefully appreciated and responded to by every right thinking Chartist in Britain j instead of which they denounce you , and the working men will cash off every leader whose public acts will not stand the test of scrutiny . You ridicule tke idea of a man thinking himself unworthy ; but you have not even attempted to prove a single allegation contained ' ' " in the Nottingham resolution as false ; your silence on the charges preferred against you by the Chartists of almost every . town in the empire , is tantimount to gtiilty .
It can be no pleasure to any body of men to surround their fellow man with suspicions , much less one who has hitherto laboured hard to gain thtm freedom ; then why are you so waspish and ill-natured with those who have hitherto supported andapplanded you' ?' ¦ ¦ Are you stiil faithful to them ?—prove it , and I will be the first man to tender you the right hand of fellowship ; but I never can consent to compromise one iota of the S / x Pointa of the People s Charter , neither will I ever act with men who would consest to mis up any other question wiih the Chartist agitation . I am , a Six Point Caartist , And no surrender , Wit . RUSSELL . Nottingham , March 30 th , 1842 .
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MR . O'BRIEN IN EDINBURGH . TO tHE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —I perceive that Mr . H . Rank en , who yeas Chairman of the last meeting that Mr . O'Brien attended in thi 3 city , has written you to covrect certain alleged mis-statements , m the notice I sent you of that meeting . Mr . R . denies that there were , as stated in the report , three votes taken . 1 deny that any euch thing is stated in the foporti If Mr . Ri takes the trouble to read it over again , he will fiud that the first two allusions to a show of hands ; refer to ohs and the Same . Mr . li ' g . style of Etis } hh is a pequljar One , if he eoncludes . tliat three diSerent allusions to a show of hands in an article , must mean throe
different and distinct show of hands , he iriight , with equal safety , on this principle , come to the con -Jusion that more than three Chairmen presided over themeotino :, and that ai least , hali ' -a-dozsn of the name ' . of . O'Brien ad dressed it ! It is quite possible I may have mistaken the wording of tae motion put . The Chairman ought certainly to . know this better than a mere spectator . Although , from my impressions beinjir recent , sind Mr . R- ' a at lea ? t a fortnight old , tho difference IS in this case ' 'little or nothing . Be that as it may , and granting , for argument's sake , that the vote was taken precisely as Mr . R . says , nothing is more manifest than that the point matters not a eiiigia pin ' s : head one way or t'other ! The sentiments of ¦
the : meeting is the real thing to bo attended to , while the mere maHner of testing it is of no earthly moment . Had I written in such a way as to lead the reader to conclude thati t ' SO meeting tvero less friendly disposed to Mr . Duncsin ' a views than they really were , then Mr . Ranken might have 6 ome cause to come forward and do "justice to all parties . " But , when the real truth was ^ ( as Mr . Ranken has aot denied , aud as he cannot deny ) thut Mr . Duncan ' s views met with no support at ail from the meeting , and that all present , bo far as a spectator could see ( with the exception of Mr . D . himself ) yrete in favour of Mr . O'Brien ' s views , what & farce it is for any person to come forward "in justice to all parties , " and dispute the manner of taking the vole ! It Mr . Charles Duncan or Mr . Ranken can produce
a single dozen of the many hundreds present who thought Mr . D . right and Mr . Q'B . wrong , they will certainly achieve more than I can believe them capable of . If not , the reader will duly estimate the force of the " mis-Bta . ement . " : ¦ The other " inis ? ' -8 tatincht is that I epoke of a Certain patt '' of Mr . C . Duncan's views , as being to tho tffectthat " an aristocracy and morieyopracy were essential to a state . " Mr . Ranken declares his belief that Mr . Duncan ' s statement vraa not to that effect—my : belief is that it waa . Fortunately ^ however , Isince the subject matter of discussion was Mr . D ' s letter , ) any reader who ^ hooses to turn to it in the Star , and who can see his way through tt , rasy satisfy himself as to whether Mr . Ranken s belief or mine be the correct one . ;
I : see no other mi 8-statement even alleged , and trusting this will satisfy Mr . R , anken , ' , ¦ ¦ ¦ ' " ' . '¦' ¦ .:- ; '¦" : ¦ ' . ' . , : : I .. remain ,. -.--. . ' ; ' . . '¦'¦ ¦¦ . . ¦' . Yonrs obediently , The Writer of xhb Repokt . Edinburgh , JIarcb . 28 , 1842 . P . S . —Having oontradioted Mr . Ranken ' a statements in no particular , but where the truth can be Been by referring to yojar own paper , I see no good end to be cerved by giving my name , othervrige I should have done so .
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THE MANCHESTER OUTRAGB . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR .
DEAR Sir , —I feel I shall not be discharging my duty to the Imperial Chartists it r further delay making , through the mediuitt of the Star , my grateful acknowledgments for the sincere- expressions of sympathy and the public vote of thanfes from the numerous associations throughout England , and which have been echoed back again even from the city of Dublin . To make such acknowledgment to any one association in particular would appear invidious ; I therefore respectfally beg to assure them all that I have only two marks , one on my nose and the otber on my Up ; and for the sake of the people ' s cause I have more reason to glory in them than to be ashamed . I am eoavinced that the assanlt has made , and will make , thousands of converts to the principles of the Charter ; andithaB given such an impetus to it that , like the rolling of a
vast avalanche , nopower can retard . Mr . O'Connor freely forgives them " :. it is well . But I am taught by the Gospel of Je ? us to see the fruits of repentance before they are entitled to forgiveness . And this is the evidence I rtqulre ; namely , that they become members of the Chartist Association , and help us to obtain the Chatter—then I can forgive , and call them brethren . I also think my request is not an unreasonable one : it wonld be something in the way of atonement ; for I never witnessed snch an nDprovoked attack , and never wish U * see anch a one again . It is only an act Of Justice , from all I can learn , to Bay that the anti-Corn Law League , as such , had not anything to do with it . How far the perpetrators of the violence calculated on their . countenance and approbation , I canuofc say .
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CHARTIS 2 J , JOHN COMPANY , AND CABOTIL . " GhQrea " pur Howdah— " Hathee" pur Zesn , Chullajao , ChuHajao , " Warren Hasteon" I !! ; ¦ ; Bhui-pore Native Poetry . ; When Lord Lake , jsccompanied by Warren Hat tings , then Governor " Ghaheral of India , was obliged to retire from the fortrees of Bhurpora , and pnt to the right abopt , such waa tlielr confusion and haste , that tie natives jeeringiysaid , " that the Feringtes put the saddles on thair elepbaiite and howdsihs on their horses , " and depicted their route and diBcomfiture in a naming picture ; on the walls of the jihurpora Rajah ' s Palace , with the above pithy motto contemptuously at the bottom , 'v OIF like a shot was Warren Hasteen I" It ifl no laughing matter for those who have dear friends
and relatives in India , but the Caboul force had not even that resource left ; as the Commissariat , with their cattle , had bten lost , and they had eatan their horses ! Aa we , the people of England , sire about to pay the piper , both in bipod and trearure , it ia not irrelevant to know what our chances of success to obtain satisfaction , ana take revenge for fancied injuies , ate likely to be , and whether it would be for our honour and interest to * ' couiuiit ; hayoc , and : jet slip tbe dogs of v ? ar" for the further piwsecutton of this : unjuat "war . The speech of Sir WiJliam VI'Naghten , which has been so . much lauded as a pure specimen o £ Christiauifcy and patriotism , that " death is preferabie to dishonour , and that we put our truat iu the ' God of Batties , and ia His name defy them , " is in
my opinion . a piece of horrible blasphemy . What an idea must snch people entertain of the " Creator of tha universe" to suppose that hei would sanctify ' . . theix crimes , and throw the mantle , ef his protection over their ruthless massacres , while "ten thousand festering and putrid corpses Tt-era tainting the air and spreading disease and death around . " Would men in their senses appeal thus to a God of Mercy , or to whem then do they thus insanjily and blasphemously appeal in their distresa ? Far different is my - -idea ot what is duu to a God of , love and mercy , and I should hope that the people , of England will not s&coud the aristocracy in their Sxe- breattiuig detertniiiation of hopeless and powerless revenge . True , they niay send ten thousand xcoremen to AffgUWMBtan . Truei the Horse Guaeds may rat-sack
England , Scotland , Irclund , and WaleB , and drain our remaining colonies for ths physical force necessary to feed the revenge of our moral force Government , and through Sir Henry Hardinge or some other fire-eater may inflict on the Affshans what the Duke of Wellington perpetrated on the poor Ryots in the Doib country , and drive into the Indus men , womon , and children by thousands , in th e . same heroic nianner they were drowned by ' fcho Duke in the Tom bed ra . The various cities and fortreases in Caboul , Kandshaiv &c , m ' uy ba stormed and pillaged as ^ eruigapatam and Bhurphore have been in -past , but not forgotten days ; an < 4 the women , wives , " mothers , sisters and daughters of the chitfi may destroy themselves , or be slaughtered by their relatives and protectors to escape yibiation , and . seek in the grave a refuge from ^ he pollution ' . pf an excited and
infuriated soldiery . Affgbanistan may ^^ become a desert , and the inhabitants may be massacred , sold as slaves , and not one stone left of their habitations to tell the tale of devastation , where all formerly was happiness , plenty and peace ! And why all this ? And where ia the power , I should like to know , capable of carrying into execution such fiend-like and desperate wickedness ? ISLe aristocracy of . England bave itisued the mandate , and . the universal world must bow down to its resolve ! The universai world may , I presume , arriveatafar different conclusion . Why , the wretched creature is in itself in a diath struggle , and its denunciationsare but the ravings of withering and blighted ambition , and it . knows its position in EBglaud as little as it knows its real position in India I Even the Times tella truth some times ; and , fipeakicg tf Qaboul , it says : — ' ¦ . ' ; : , ; ;¦'• . ' ¦' : ¦
• ' Not only in Btlndostan , but everywhere obstacles and enemies have seemed to melt before our arms or OUT policy . Wisely or unwisely , justly or unjustly , it Beemed that we had but to- move , and our wc-ik was dohel till ' we had begun totaink , as with . ' . tbe unhappy Chinese , that our will was law as well as powers and that it was an absurdity to suppose that fjrbiddea which British interest , or giory , seemed to require . At last , there has couie a shuck , and new , as it has not prospered , men dare call it treason !" Pnysieal force has not altogether governed India ; pur migbty power has been hitherto the power ef opinion ! ' What could our thirty : or forty thousand Europi'an troops avail in Hindostan alone , di 3 tributedj as they are , in small sections throughout the vaat Pdidnaula , without the aid of half a miiiion of native
soliiiflry , regulata aiid ivreguUrs , rectiying John Company ' s pay , and doing his behests , as long as they find it coavenient , and while . J ^ liiv Company ' s star is in the ascendu-nt ! When that star begins t-j wane the prestige that has followed our arms , that has made our Europeans &li but demi-goos , / that power of opinion which has clung to us , and upheld us , wiU flee from us as speedily ^ as we . .- formerly obtained : iti Aud what has beba to cause of all tnia ? Simply because , like fools , we must heed * civiliza the natives ; make them as wise m ourselves , or rather show them in practice , that we are not the imaginary and superior baings . they once bowed down io ; that we are frail' mortals like themselves , and that pur power is nothing substantial , and could not be upheld one day without their assistance . :
In their ignorance and simplicity they imagined the East India Cumpaiiy . some Jstaange . old woman , or , Beguin , that she ruled over a nation of wondroua animals , who possessed and ruled over half the world ; that they were invariably coji . querora , aud by their arts , arms , and civilization , thoy were never beaten , that it was madness to oppose ; their ¦ wilL ; Th ^ y dreaded their new-born power , and ' after some short struggles , they ibked ttemaeives to the old 3 eguni ' a chariot wheels ! , : Such were the prevailing ideas respecting the English , and although rebellions ,. mutinies , massacres , and discontent , occasionally sprung up , > y dividing the people , and urging them ¦¦¦ ¦ ia strife iamong themselves , and when feheywere exhauBted grasping the pie . y , and reaping all the benefits of warfire vthtn none dured to saytheianay ! .
By these , and similar means , they obtained a footing in Indii , which it was thought could never be shaken . Even now , people who ought to know better , talk of sending our thousands out to ^ India as a matter of course , ana that these reinforcements wUl settle our affair iutue East in a vtry short time after landing , and Sir ^ enry . Hardinge , like Cseiar , has but to appsar and all is arranged , —veni , vidi , vici , —^ ' ! cams , sawj aud cono U 3 red ! " People of England . ' . I would warn you of what is likeiy to take place in India for toe sake of our brethren about io mix in this unholy wsufire , and
for our own sakes here at home . Remember you . most pa . y all expences out of your labour , and your miserable crnafc will be furtUer taxed to take a hopeless revenge on peopla who have never iDjured you . Your money , your sinews , your mam > w , the fljwer of your population , will . be drained till , by and bye , by emigMtion , war , arid etatviition , you will bo left powerless and desolate , so that any handful of feluu-coited or redcoatsd ruffians , komt-bred or German-bred , will tram * pie you down . under the dust , irremediably and irrecoverably , '¦ ¦ :- : : ¦
We : h ^ ve no chance of success in Cabul or in the East , eventually . ' The natives are getting civilised ; thechain that has bound them is broken ; they hate us ; there is a' fearful debt of retribution against us ; they have feaiad us ; they never \ oted us . Friim . Afghanistan to Cape Qomorin , fr&ja Mialabaf to BsEg&l , the spirit will arise ¦ whiob -will titivo the Towrs , the Feringntea into the s ^ a or into their factories . Fresh defeats and diaasfcerswill be followed by fresh mutiniear and massacres ; aud in India—as in England—opinion will prevail . . ' ¦¦ -. ¦'¦ : Arr « fct the : cataract in its roar , or the lightning in its fail ; but dream not of anythiug so futile as stopping the tide of general opinion when once its banner ia cfluat . .. ¦ ' . ¦ .-- ¦"' . '' ¦ . ' . ¦ . '"¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ •; . ¦ ¦
Sir Charles SietcaJfe is the only man I know who may sav& us . in India , ttt least , may extcicats us from , our terrible positions He is arrived from Jamaica ih in health ; but » J 3 he has been all his ¦} : & in India , whero ho has been QovenoV- General— previous to the appointnieut of Lsrd Auckland—the climate may be of service to him . W -.: ¦ : ¦ ' ' .. , ' .. ' . ¦ - : \ ' ,. ' . . '¦ . / ¦ . ¦' . ; . ;/ Had he been Governor-General , the Affgbanistan war would not have taken place . The army wanted p ' . under , and the natives were getting fidgttty , so tbey shipped SirGhaTles off to Jamaica , while Lovd Auckland and M'Naghten trumped up this war for the sake of patronage and plunder , Too military wore pleased ^ and the civjliaiis also : the former have iiiet a sad-fate , and M'Naghten , withmany of the latter , have beeD raassa ' cred . tie fftiiXiA have knbwn , that it is Vie height of virtue , in Hindostan or Jtfyhanidan , never io keep faUfi With a '•' . " Feringhee" ! ¦'¦' : ¦¦ / ¦ : ; ' . " . :. ' . ¦' ¦ ¦ ' . '¦ A Wootwicu Cadet . Chichester , 27 th March * 1812 . ; ( To be conlinued next week )
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Splendid And Costly Present To The Readers Of The « Northern Star" . . .
SPLENDID AND COSTLY PRESENT TO THE READERS OF THE « NORTHERN STAR" . . .
. " . ¦ . ¦'¦ ¦ . . ' •. ( ; : : Death. ¦ - ' "' . ' " V.; : , •; On Saturday Lasti Aged I Years, Mr. Johi Hep Worth, Cloth Manufacturer, Vicar-Lane, Leeds.
. " . ¦ . ¦'¦ ¦ . . ' . ( ; : : DEATH . ¦ - ' "' . ' " v . ; , •; On Saturday lasti aged I years , Mr . Johi Hep Worth , cloth manufacturer , Vicar-lane , Leeds .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 2, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct884/page/5/
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