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TO JOSEPH STURGE. ESQ., BIRMINGHAM.
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KING CHARLES'S CROFT , OR ROYAL WEST-END MARKET . Accommodation for Carts in a most convenient Situation , between Briggate and Albion-street , Leeds . ¦ ELK . \ NAH OATES , Beoker , &c . No . 3 , King Charles-street , begs to inform the Public that he has taken the above Croft , and from a general opinion expressed by the inhabitants in its favour as the most eligible situation for a VEGETABLE MARKET , he has the . satisfaction to announce that it is intended to erocfc for the purpose a suitable Building , to cover upwards of One Thousand Square Yards of Ground , still leaving some Thousands of Square Yards open , to accommodate Carts from the Country , for unloading and loading , or standing , at Twopence each per Day . Entrances—From Guildford Street and Land ' s Lane for Carts ; and a Foot Passage from Albion Street . iJS * Stabling and other Accommodation may be had at . the Cockaad Bottle , Upperhead Row , and . other Inns in the immediate Neighbourhood . Leeds , July 21 st , 1842 .
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CONVEYANCE OF GOODS TO AND FROM S . ONDOM BY RAILWAY . JOHN KENWORTHY and Co . beg to inform their Friends and the Public that , on the Fiasi of September next , they intend to commence Carrying by RAILWAY to and from LONDON , and LEEDS , BRADFORD . HALIFAX . HUDDERSFIELD , DEWSBURY , &c ., and hope to merit a share of that support so many years conferred oa them as Carriers by Canal . Warehouses . —Axe Inn , Aldermanbury , akd Railway JStation , Cajiden Town , London . Railway Trains to Liverpool , Manchester , Rochdale , # c , every Day . Also , DAILY FLY BOATS between Huddersfield , Manchester , Runcorn , and Liverpool . The only Canal Conveyance between those Towns without change in the proprietary . August 24 sb , 1842 .
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their own officers to disguise themselves ; to worm themselves into the confidence of the nan or men upon whom they are set ; to deceive them into a belief that they are bo 3 om friends , and may < be entrusted with their every thought ; and that , as these tools , by such insidious and treacherous means , pump out of the party their innermost thoughts , they relate them , with their own colourings and additions , to the cowardly dastards who have employed them 1 Remember that it is English governors ; the administrators of EngRsh laics ! the protectors and guardians of the
Iifes and liberties (!) of Englishmen , who thus act ! Aye , and remember , too , that a portion of the public pres 3 ; a portion of that press which has been long known , as the most base , sordid , mercenary , treacherous , and truckling , that ever disgraced the earth : remember that a portion of this press has been base enough to publicly justify this most hellish system , even when enacted in England , and by Englishmen ' . The Times , in relation to this Tery exposure made by White , defexds the
employment of the wretch to deceive and betray "White , by the no less wretches who paid the thing to compass the destruction ef an honest , bo l d , nprigbt , fearless , truth-speaking citizen ! This practice the Times defends and justifies : arguing that our blessed , and paternal , and much-loved Government could not long exist , unless it resorted to such means to learn the opinions and eounteract the intended actions of the governed ! A . rare tommentary on the degeneracy of the times ; and of the nature of the notr English Government ' .
White and Cooper are to be made " examples' " of ! They are to be sacrificed . ' They are to be offered up on the altar of class prejudice ! They are to be victimised , to satisfy the cravings of a depraved and debased appetite for vengeance . ' The note of preparation to the jurors who have to try each of them feas been sounded ! The Morning Chronicle has taken it in hand to procure the quietus of CoofEU ; and Old Bloody has been set upon " White
Let a jury dare to acquit either of them ; and they will be denounced by these mercenary hirelings as traitors to their country . ' To appease the longings of" oua Paternal" these men must be offered up victimised ! The cue ha 3 been given to the bloodhounds , who have started on the scent , and will hunt their victims down ! The juries alone have now to do their portion of the work . It is now well known what that work is ! They never fail in it , when prejudice is excited and class-fears appealed to !
Next turn to Leach s case . Read over the whole examination well . Endeavour to draw out of the whole mass of jumblety stuff anything that would seem to sanction the conduct of the magistrates , in H committing k him for Itrial , " and in demanding such heavy ( and for a working man ) excessive bail ! Try to do this ; and a job presents itself not easy of accomplishment ! There is one thing in connection with Leach ' s case
thai must not be suffered to drop out of sight . Indeed it must be instantly taken up by the whole country , and an " example" must be made . ' The Chartist leaders are to be made an " example" of ; and the facts we are about to narrate will show , in some sort , the means used to accomplish this object . Most heartily do we thank God that the means exist to make the wicked be caught in his own snare ! and to cause him to fall into the pit he digged ~ for others . '
By the report of the examination of Leach , it will be seen that a Johx M'Ken . na swears , point blank , that Leach attended a meeting at the Carpenter ' s Hall , on the Saturday after the riots commenced ; that he knew Leach , and that he saw him thert *; that he saw him come upon the platform after another man hid done { speaking ; that he heard Leach speak ; that he remembered him saysaying that if they { did not link together as one man , it would throw thejeause back fifty years . He advised them to keep the peace ; and not to starve . "
Sy a reference to the report it will be seen that this M . 'KE . ssi , who describes nimself aa a- schoolmaster , deposes , on oath j swears , point blank , to all of these things . In so doing , he has committed PERJURY ! He is a black-hearted perjured villain . ' Leach was never near the meeting in question ! On " the Saturday after the riots commenced" he never darkened the doors of the Carpenter's Hall 111 He was at home , in his own shop , minding his own business all the time the meeting w * s being held ! Thi 3 is known to scores and hundreds of witnesses It can be proved beyond the possibility of doubt .
And yet , upon the evidence of thi 3 lying perjured ruffian was Leach committed for trial ' Upon the evidence of this wretch , who risked transportation rather than let lha wished-for victim escape , w ere heavy and excessive bonds required ! And upon the testimony of suborned rascals like this , w e r e s c ores of Chartists convicted and sentenced to long periods of imprisonments in the persecuting period of 1839 . Now , this case must be met J The perjured villain must be made to receive the punishment lacoorded by the law to perjurers . The people ' s friends are to be made " examples * of : let the people make an u example" of this hired perjured scoundrel . ' Let the people teach him and all such like , that the liberties of their leaders are too valuable to be
lyingly sworn away by mercenary scamp ? , who are but too ready to do the dirty work of their dirty employers . Let the perjurer have the full benefit of his perjury I "We advise that he be indicted , the first opportunity , foi swearing to false and lying statements . We advise that the people enter into a subscription to defray the cost of the prosecution . We advise that a spirited and honest-i&h lawyer be set to work to get up the case against him . We advise that the rufKan , who so glibly swallowed the oath , and then lied to get an honest man laid by the heel ? , shall be made a public ** example" of , at the pnblic expence .
Now ibis must be done instanter . No time must be lost . A " vigorous" and " strong" prosecution in this clear and undeniable case , will have a wonderful effect upon others of the same stamp , who may be contemplating a similar victimisation Let them but be once shown that the law awards transportation for the crime of perjury , and we shall not have them quite so ready to swear lies into truth , and thus procure the incarceration of the people ' s advocates and friends . Too many
have had to suffer from this cause already ! Here is a case that can ba laid hold of , and handled . It is tangible and clear . No doubt can possibly exist respecting it . All that the wretch detailed about Leach being at the Carpenter ' s Hall meeting ; hii coming upon the platform ; hi 3 spsaking ; and the words he Epoke ; all that the ruffian thu 3 so minntelj detailed , 05 oath , wa . 3 SHEER INVENTION—LIES I Let him receive the fruits of his lying . ' We charge the people to see to it I
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"authorities" lore this " playing at despotism" so well that they are determined to keep op the game a bit longer . All law is therefore placed in abeyance —the liberty of the subject is laughed at , and the right of expressing the opinions of honest Englishman , in the way prescribed and provided for by the constitution abrogated . The people must not meet to discuss grievances or to express opinions , because the : authorities proclaim all meetings of the people illegal . So at least it is at Leeds and in many other places . A requisition was here pre-Bented to the Mayor , signed by a considerable number f f influential and " respectable " men , as well as by a number of honest and useful
working men , praying him to call a meeting of the inhabitants ef the borough for the purpose of electing delegates for the approaching Conference . That functionary not merely refused to call the meeting , but insolently threatened that if the meeting were called by the requisitora it should be dispersed . In cousequence of this and of communications from various other place 3 , informing ns thai pnblio meetings could not be holden , we addressed a letter to Mr . Stubgb , requesting him to postpone the sitting of the Conference for one month , to give time for the restoration of something like order and peace in the country , when the right of public meeting may be again recognised , and the people may be able to elect their representatives fairly and freely .
Of course , we know not what Mr . Stusge and hia friends will do . Whether they will postpone the Conference , or go on with it . It is therefore necessary that the people should go on with their prep arations , and be ready for either contingency . L&t the requisition in every place be prepared and presented . Wherevet meetings are allowed , let delegates be chosen . Wherever the Dogberries
prevent the meetings from being holden , let a letter , Elating the facts , without any angry comment on them , be sent to the Chairman of the Conference , ' that Mr . Stvrgb and his friends may know exactly the position which the Conference does hold , and the amount of influence to which it is entitled . Let this by no means be omitted in any one * case ; let the people do their own work well , that their friends may have heart in working for them .
AIUXDO . NME . VT OF THE CONFERENCE BY MR STCRGE . Since writing the above , and after posting our letter to Mr . Stosge , a copy of which we now publish -elsewhere , - we have received by the post thi 3 ( Thursday ) morning , the following : — " ( IMPORTANT . ) "NATIONAL COMPLETE SUFFRAGE VN 10 N . " At a meeting of the Council , held in the Office of the Union , Waterloo-street , Birmingham , August 30 th , 1842 , the Chairman having read a resolution , adopted by the Committee of tbe Birmingham Town Hill , refusing the use of that building for a public meeting to appoint delegate * to the Conftrence , and the Secretary having read letters , by which it appeared that similar meetings would be prohibited in other places : —
" Resolved , —That instead of holding a Conference on the 7 th of September , a special extraordinary meeting of the Council shall be held on the 12 th of September , at three o ' clock , p . m ., in the room belonging to the "Union , ( formerly the Mechanics Institution , Newhallstreet . ) Birmingham ; and that the fri&nda of the cause , throughout the country , be invited to communicate to that meeting , by letter addressed to the chairman , such recommendations and advice for the consideration of the Council , as they may deem called for by the peculiar position in which the country is placed . " Joseph Stuhge , President "
The people will see , therefore , that the Conference is not postponed but given up ; the Council having doubtless found that it was unlikely to become , under present circumstances , anything like what it was desirable it should be . - We regret , certainly , the resolution to abandon the Conference ; and hope that it will be reconsidered . We did think the period of its session to be ill chosen , and the event proves that we were right in so thinking ; but we are still of opinion that Euch a Conference , well and honestly got up , could not fail to be productive of great good . We
should be sorry to suppose that the abandonment of the Conference has arisen from any fear , lest our call upon the people to make it a really " national" one should be responded to . As we were willing to belk-ve that the ostensible was the real object of tbe conveners of this Conference , so we are willing to believe that the reason assigned for its abandonment is the real reason why it is abandoned ; that it is not # iven up from any fear that so many delegates should bo sent to it , not merely from the
Complete Suffrage Union but from the people generally , as should make it unmanageable for party purposes . We are quite willing to believe that the object of Mr . Sicbge and of those who act with him , was upon this occasion to give fair play t « the expression of the public voice , to consult freely with the people through the medium of their friends , by themselves fairly elected , upon the best means of enhancing their interests and securing their rights .
We repeat our conviction that this would be a proc e edi n g franght with good ; and our expression of regret that this Conference of the people ' s friends , summoned , as we think , hastily and without due consideration , has been yet more hastily and inconsiderately abandoned . We would respectfully urge on thosg by whom it was projected the probability that a few weeks will suffice to restore tbe authorities from their fainting fits—to tire the children of their new toy—and to restore a state of things in which the Conference so desirable might be safely and usefully holden .
We hope the prjectors of the Conference will take these hints a 3 they are meant , in all honest kindness . Tue idea of the Conference having been first promulgated by them , we think that the honour and the management of it should in justice be accorded to them , notwithstanding even their present abandonment of the design . We think , however , that the . design is too good to be lost sight of , and that if the Sturge frienda persist in their refusal to go on with it , it should then be taken up by the people themselves ; who should , as soon as circumstances will permit , car r y ou t , in its efficiency , tbe avowed purport of this intended Conference ; soliciting the co-operation of Mr . Stubge and all other good men . _
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Sib , —Assuming that in you I address one whose avowed anxiety to support the establishment of political right , and the enfranchisement of the people , generally , is honest and sincere , I mate no apology for intruding on your attention the notice of what I take to be most important considerations . The state of the country at this moment is fraught with fearful interest to every true philanthropist . Every good man must of necessity desire to Bee the general adoption of some measures whereby the fermentation of popular discontent may be , in Borne degree , allayed , ttne differences of opinion among good men accommodated , the breaches in the ranks of
patriotism closed up , and the intelligence , spirit , and energy of the people so guided and directed as that by peaceful and certain advances , the goal of righteousness may be attained , in the putting of the people into possession of those legislative powers which have been often proved by . the clearest induction , to appertain to them ; and their natural right to which is , indeed , self-evident . 1 rejoice , therefore , most sineerely , in your proposal to gather into one focus the wisdom , and intelligence of all those elapses of the people amongst whom it is important to the general well-being that a good understanding should prevail . The assembling together
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of a National Conference of Delegates , fairly and freely chosen , so as fully to represent the whole people , in the manner intimated by your late proposition ; to confer with each other ; to compare their ideas ; to club their inteligeuco ; and to determine by amicable and friendly discussion upon the best mode of general conduct to be , under present circumstances , recommended to and adopted by the people , can scarcely fail , if not mismanaged , to eventuate in something really good . But in order to this it is first of all necessary to take care that the Conference be of this character ; that it do fully , fairly , and freely represent the opinions , wishes , and sentiments of the people , in all those places from which delegates may be Bent to it ; and that all
E laces , feeling an interest in its discussions , shall are free Bcope to be fairly represented in it ; and I question , m uch and serio u s ly , whether the circumstances be now in existence to make this possible . Great subjects of investigation must corns before such an assembly ; subjects on which it is necessary that the people should have consulted together , and should have , to some extent at least , so formed public opinion as to be able to give instructions to their delegates . For this , it does cot seem tome that the period between the issuing of your announcement and the time when these delegates must of necessity be elected , in order to their sitting on the 7 ih inst . is by any means sufficient . Thi 3 I saw to be matter of serious regret
at the first issuing of the announcement , signed by yourself , summoning this Conference . And I saw also that its hasty meeting would , of necessity , entail another serious inconvenience on . tbe people , for the advancement of whose interests its session is projected : it would allow them less time than is desirable for selecting fit men as their representatives . My knowledge , however , of the energy , and , to a great extent , of the shrewdness and prudence , of which the unenfranchised people of this country are possessed , and which they can bring into exercise , when spirited thereto on extraordinary occasions , induced me to trust to those qualities for the avoidance ef any harm to the beneficial character of this Conference , from the somewhat hasty manner
of its coDvenement . And , therefore , participating cordially in the desire that at the present crisis some specific course of conduct should be , if possible , unanimously agreed upon and pursued by the friends of the people generally , I waived these objections , though I did not overlook them , and brought whatever small amount of influence I may happen to possess , mo&t heartily into the Bupport of those , by whom , as " friends of the people , " thiB intended Conference has been summoned . I recommended the people in last week ' s Northern Star in the strongest terns I was able to use , to make this Conference efficient for its avowed and benevolent purpose ; and I can have no doubt that they would have done so , had we lived in ordinary times
or under ordinary circumstances . The fact , however , of the recent excitement in the * nauufacturing districts , has furnished to those whose purpose it is to uphold faction and to keep down the people a pretext , which they are not slaok to lay hold of , for the establishment of such a Btato of things as renders it almost impossible that any suoh Conference as I presume you contemplate nan be holden at the time specified . You , I am quite sure , would be sorry to gee delegates meet together on suoh an occasion and for such a purpose , otherwise than in suob numbers as to form a pretty " full" assemblage of the people ' s frienda , "fairly"and legally chosen as their representatives . You know that no delegate can be legally chosen otherwise
than at a public meeting ; nor can he indeed in any other way be " fairly" and " freely" chosen ; because there could otherwise be no means of testing public opinion as to his merits and qualifications : and my position has enabled me to le irn enough already of the state of things in very many of those districts of the country most deeply interested in the discussions of this Conference , to know that public meetings for the election of delegates thereto will not be , just now , permitted by the authorities to be holden . In the borough of Leeds , for instance , a most respectfully and numerously signed requisition , bearing the names of most of the influential members of tho National Complete Suffrage Union , as well as those of several members of the National
Charter Association , has been presented to the Mayor , praying him to call a meeting for the purpose ; but that functionary not only refused to call the meeting , but informed the parties who presented tbe requisition , that should they call the meeting on their own responsibility , it would be considered by the authorities as an illegal meeting , and would certainly be dispersed ! The effect of this expression of the purpose of the Mayor has been the withdrawal of their names from the requisition , by all the members of the National Complete Suffrage Uuion , who had si gned it , and their refusal either to call the meeting on their own responsibility or to co-operate in any way with those of the requisitora who were desirous to call the meeting . Like intelligence has reached
me frcm so many places s . s to induce a fear on my part that nothing like a national delegate meeting can be held so early as the 7 th instant . It is of great importance that the avowed and benevolent object of this Conference should not bo frustrated ; and yet that object must , in all propability , be frustrated unless tho Conference itself be so constituted , that as m a n y of t he peop le as may be wishful can be fairly represented in it . Without at all recognising as just and right what I believe you will agree with me in deeming to be a tyrannical and unconstitutional suppression of the right of public meeting , I yet take the liberty of suggesting to you that the people ' s friends would display , most efficaciously , their prudence and sincerity by bending
in some little to the storm they cannot stem . The excitement of the "disturbed districts"is fast subsiding , and thing 3 are settling gradually down into something like the usual appearances of society ; we m ay r easonabl y , conclude , therefore , that the absurd fears of the nestling authorities will proportionately subside ; that the regard for right and fair-play of the well-disposed amoo ^ them will resume its operation ; and that the right of public meeting will be again recognised in a few weeks . It would then become possible—and certainly is most desirablethat a public and open Conference of the people ' s friends , freely and fairly chosen by the people , should meet together to agree and determine upou some specific course of conduct by which the cause of right
may be upbolden , the people ' s grievances redressed , and these fearful convulsions of society totally avoided for the future . I am exceedingly deBi ' rous , as must be every good man , that the intended Conference should effect this purpose , but I much fear that if called now together , it will not be able to do so , however wise and 'patriotic may bo the individuals of whom it is composed ; because I fear it cannot be made sufficiently national in character to command national respect aud confidence ; without which its recommendations would be powerless and its labours usoless . My object , therefore , in thus troubling you , is to pray that you and the gentlemen with whom you act , will take seriously into consideration all the
circumstances of the whole matter , and , in consideration of the interests of Biany thousands , —perhaps some millions—of our fellow-countrymen , for whose interests , as friends of the people , we are bound to care , and who are likely , under present circumstances , to have ao voice in this Conference at all , to postpone its session until such time as a reasonable expectation can be fairly entertained of its being able to effect the objoct for which it is convened . It is perhaps difficult to say how long it may be before the magnates of faction may go far recover their senses as to recognise again the right of publio
meeting ; but I should hope that , at all events , a month may suffice fer the playiDg of their present daring and dangerous game of recklessness . I take leave , therefore , to suggest to you the propriety of postponing the session of the Conference for one month !; that the people may have time and opportunity to make it efficient to its purpose—of devising such a specific course of action as may command the general assent aud approbation of the people ' s friends , and its consequent general recommendation to , and adoption by , the people themselves , ; or the safe , certain , and speedy acquisition of the people ' s rights .
With every disposition to hail you as a fellowlabourer in the causa of right , and to co-operate with you aud every other sincere friend of the people for its advancement , and praying that the smile of Providence may accompany that of an approving conscience on our several and collective efforts for its establishment , I am , Sir , Respectfully and faitbfulW yours , Wm . Hill , Editor of the Northern Star . Leeds , September 1 , 1842 .
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Thb " Stbike" and the Calumniatobs of Messrs . Bowman , Arthur , and Hanson , at Carlisle . —We hove received a letter from these gentlemen stating that an attack has been made upon them for advising the people oj their district against joining in the late " strike . " They have been accused oj being in the pay of the Tories—bribed to suffocate the movement—one scoundrel stating publicly that he knew Mr . Arthur ' s name to be down in the books of a certain Tory attorney mi the recipient of large sums of money ; but who , on cauedonfor his
being proofs , was found wanting in the manliness necessary to substantiate his statements , and yet having the vUlany to leilerate them . He teas required to produce his proofs at a delegate meeting , but refused to do so , aliedging his readiness to do so at a public meeting , knowing at the same time that his Whig friends had prohibited public meetings . The injured men write naturally with some warmth in reference to this dastardly affair . We have not room for their letter , nor is its publication necessary , as we are sure that when the good people ofCarlislet
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who know all the parties , know also the facts we have just stated , they will not fail to treat the cowardly calumniator as he deserve * . As to the obloquy heaped upon these and other oood men because of their opposition to the strike ' , we think httleofit . The people are warm-hearted ; and when misled by those in whom they have confidence are apt to deal somewhat summarily with those by whom their notions are opposed . But thouah warm , they are honest , and will repay with increased affection the wrong they may have done as soon as time and reflection shall have sho'on them who were their best and wisest friends . The abuse of merely disappointed League-men , or of agitation-mongers , is no matter of regret—it is always valuable to honest
men . - . - .,. W . W ., Ashton-undhr-Lyne . —Thanks . Da . M'Douall ' s long letter was received by Thursday ' s post . C . C , Ctrencester . —His communication , written on both sides , was received on Thursday . It will appear in our next . T . Salmon must write to Mr . Sounders privately . Address op the London Delegates to the Females ef the Metropolis , next week . A Host op Correspondents must excuse U 3 ; we have a 3 much matter , Chartist news , State of the Country , articles of communication , and other important materB as would fill three paper now lying upon our table ; not one word of which can be even read before our present Star goes to press . We can but do what we can
our utmoBt energies are tasked to gei all in , but the paper will hold only a certain quantity . Many of our correspondents might ease us much if they would be less prolix , and give us faots instead of speeches , comments , and opinions . We have very often to wade through four or five pages , of manuscript to get out of them the fact of some meeting havingibeeu held , or some man ' s having lectured , whioh we chronicle in two lines . We wish that some of those who think themselves neglected , would take a single day ' s spell at reading our correspondence We should like to refer a good many of our favours to the Evening Star , whioh , though though smaller than the Northern Star , has more room , because it comes out daily , and would probably feel , as a relief , a little of that whioh overburdens us .
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S . Mann , -Ashbukton . —The Plates cannot be sent off till , we receive them—they are yet in the bauds of the printer . To Agents . —All Agents are requested to send word , during the next week , how their Plates are to be forwarded , and how many of eaeh . Some Agents at a distance , who find it difficult to obtain parcels , can have both Plates in one parcel by having them two or three weeks later . Any Agent having orders for the other Plates given with the ' Star bad better forward them , and they can be enclosed in the same parcels . ; J . Jeffries , Axbridge . —Apply to the Agent who aenda the Paper . T . Fright . —Mr . Cleave is agent . FOR THE POLITICAL VICTIMS , THEIR WIVES AND
FAMILIES . £ b . d . From Knightsbridge , being proceeds of a ball on July 25 th ... ... 2 14 0 FOR THE CHARTIST PRISONERS' DEFENCE FUND . From W . Lacy , hair-cutter , Cleckheaton ... ... ... ... 0 10
FOE THE EXECUTIVE . From the Chartiata of Wai worth locality ... ... ... ... 0 10 0 FOR MRS . HOLBERRY . From tt friend at Colchester ... ... 0 2 6 FOR MR . PEDDIE . J From and old Radical , Edinburgh ... 0 0 6
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On Tuesday , great excitement was caused in Park-lane from the circumstance of a young man , being shot , who was in the service of Mr . Wharton , of the Victoria Hotel , as brewer . The name of the unfortunate deceased is John Dunwell ; and he , it appears , was going into the gateway of his master's yard , on Tuesday forenoon , when he was met by a young man , named Joseph Henry Bennett , a pupil with Mr . John Ingham Ikin , surgeon , of Cookridgestreet , whose surgery ia in Alexander-street , nearly directly opposite the stable yard of Mr . Wharton .
Bennett , it seems , had a pistol in his band , which he pointed at Dunwell , and pulled the trigger ; the pistol missed fire , and the parties stood for a minute , when Bennett again pointed the p ist o l , and discharged it at Dan well , who fell , and died in a very few minutes . Tho unfortunate deceased was tWenty-six years of age , had been for about ten years with Mr . Wharton , and was greatly respected in his situation . Bennett is nineteen years of age , and is described as being of an absent disposition . His family is highly respectable , and reside at Wakeficld , where his father is a phjsician in extensive practice . Tho young roan , it seems , also , had been sworn in a special constable , without Mr . Ikin ' s knowledge or consent , and
during the excitement consequent upon the late riots had officiated both by day and night ; the pistol , too , he had only reoently purchased , professedly to " shoot the Chartists , " but really , we should supp o se , for no other purpose than , like many others , to amuse himself . The following evidence was adduced at the inquest held on Wednesday morning , before John Blackburn , E ? q , coroner , and a respectable jury , at Wharfcpn's Hotel : — Mr . Wm . Price , surgeon , exammed—I was called in to examine the deceased a few minutes after his death , and have made a post mortem examination of the body . The wound is on the left breast bone ; the wound has been made by a ball , which splintered the breast boue ; it had then taken a direction rather down aud across tho breast , passing over the large vessels of the heart , injuring the pulmonory artery , passing through the lobe of the right lung , through the fifth rib on the right side , and was found lodged iatho hollow of the scapula of the
shoulder blade . The immediate cause of death most probably was the Bevere injury to the nerves of the ba s e of t h e h ear t , occasioned no doubt by the gunshot wound . The passage of the ball through so vital a part would cause certain death . George Gibbs , of Staveley—I am thirteen years of age , and am acquainted with Joseph Henry Bennett , pupil to Mr . Ikin ; I was on a visit to Mr . Ikin ' s , and was with Bennett yesterday morning in the field behind Alexander-place , about nine o ' clook ; he wanted to fire off a pistol , and asked me to go with him ; He had a small pistol with him . [ The pistol was produced by policeman Hirst , and identified by the witness . ] Bennett fired a pistol at a piece of pot ; the pistol missed fire the first time—the second time it went off . This was the only . time he fired . Bennett told me he had got the pistol to shoot the Chartists with . I left Bennett at Mr . Ikin ' s about ten o ' clock ; I saw no more of him during the day .
Stephen Redgwell—I am a labouring man , and reside at Holbeok . I saw the deceased near thib house yesterday , about eleven o ' olook . I saw a young gentleman come out of a passage on the opposite side of the street , with a pistol in his hand . [ Tbe witness identified Bennett as the person . ] I passed by him , as he came out of the passage ; the deoeased was then nailing a piece of wood on each Bide of Mr . Wharton ' s door ; be left the door , and stood for a moment talking with a carrier in the street . Mr . Bennett walked across the street , and went into a gateway leading into Mr . Wharton ' s yard . Dunwell also went into the same gateway , and I immediately heard a report of fire-arms . I turned round , and saw the deceased staggering
towards a cart , which was by the side of the causeway ; he fell on the cart ehaftB , and I saw blood issuing from his breast . I turned him ever ; he g r oa n ed , but did not speak . He was taken into Mr . Wharton ' s house . When I was turning the deceased over , Bennett was close by , and said , " He is 6 hot—I have shot him—I'll go lor a doctor . I did'm kuow the pistol was loaded . " He then went into the passage out of whioh I had Been him come . I did not see anything more . Before the firing took place I Lad not heard anything said , either by Bon . nett or Dun well . Bennett appeared alarmed and excited . I did not see the pistol fired ; both parties were in the passage ; 1 was three or four yards off .
Jonathan Alarshall—I live at Farsley , I am a clothier ; I am in the habit of coming to this house on Market days . I knew the deceased . I was in Mr . Wharton s yard yesterday morning , eat right opposite the gate-way ; it might be half-past eleven o clock ; I saw Bennett enter the gate-way ; Dunwell entered immediately after—in fact they seemed to meet in the gate-way ; I saw Bennett present a pistol at Dun well ; it snapped , but did not go off . Dunwell held up his right hand and exclaimed " Ah ! " as if in joke . I saw Bennett do something at the pistol , during whioh Dunwell stood still , not seeming the least apprehensive of danger , and Bennett then snapped the pistol again ana it went off ; he pointed the pistol deliberately at him—seemed as if he took aim . I did not hear Bennett say
anything . I saw Dunwell stagger away , and on following him found him laid down in the street . I should think the parties were within two yards when the shot was fired . I had not the least apprehension of danger when I saw the pistol pointed ; I thought it had only a cap on , and was not charged . When I saw Bennett again he was coming out of Mr . Ikin ' s passage ; a gentleman said to him " Did you shoot the man V to which he replied I did . " In answer to questions by the jury , the witness said he was sure the pistol was pointed the first time after Dunwell got into the passage : the second time he held it as if taking aim . Wm . Wriggles worth—I am nine years of age . I live in St . John ' s Square . I was coming along Alexander-street yester ay morning , and I saw a young man pointing a pistol in Mr . Wharton ' s gate-
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way ; he snapped it off , and it missed ; I think ( pointing to Benaett ) that is the young man ; I saw him when the pistol missed take a cap oat of his pocket , and pat it on the pistol ; he then snapped the pistol again , and it went off , and shot a man ; they were both standing just within the gateway . Joseph Bates—I am a wool merchant in Leeds ; I was in Park-lane yesterday , and heard the report of a pistol ; I turned into Alexander-street quickly , and saw the deceased laid across a cart ? haft , and blood running out of bis waistcoat . I saw Mr . Bennett running into the passage leading to Mr . Ikin ' s house . I followed him , and he came out of Mr . Ikin ' s house , Mr . Ikin following him . I said to
him , " Are you the person who has shot this young man I" Bennett answered " Yes , I have shot him . I asked him his motive , when he said , " I had forgot the pistol was loaded ; I had been oat firing it in the morning , and had forgot that i had loaded it agaifcu" I then said , "Did you say anything to deoeased before you fired 1 " He replied , I said I would shoot him ; and I snapped the pistol at him , as I had previously done at Mr . Ikin ' s ostler , and at others . Tbe pistol went off , and then I remembered that I had loaded it . " He said further that he knew the deceased was shot , and ran in for Mr . Ikin . Bennett seemed in great distress , and was much excited .
James Matthews—I am groom to Mr . Ikin , I knew Bennett , and I knew Dunwell ; the pistol ( produced ) belongs to Mr . Bennett ; I saw it in his possession one day last week ; he told me he had bought it , but did not say what for ; I have seen him fire it offonce or twice , with nothing but powder in . I was standing in our stable door-stead yesterday morning ; I saw Bennett and Dunwell in the gateway of Mr . Whartou ' s yard ; I Baw the pistol go off , but did not see how it was pointed . Bennett and the deceased were on good terms together . The pistol was utterly under Bennett's charge ; I never saw it laid about . He had pointed the pistol at me , but had not snapped it ; he pointed it at me yesterday morning ; I told him to give over , as it might go off He had told me in the morning that it was loaded when he pointed it at me , but said afterwards that he had fired it off . This being the whole of the evidence ,
The Coroner summed up the case , and explained the law upon the subject ; the Jury then retired , and after an absence of three quarters of an hour , returned a verdict of MANSLAUGHTER against Joseph Henry Bennett , who was committed to York to take his trial at the present assizes , the Grand Jury not being discharged .
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MAGISTRATES' ROOM .-Satubday , Aug . 27 . William Henry Clarkson was charged with forgery . To be transported for seven years . Thomas Carr , 21 , James Carr , 19 , William Leech , 21 , Peter Conway , \ 9 , and James Thornto ? i , 23 , \ rae charged with having , on the 23 rd of February last , at Holylandswaine , assaulted James Heppenstall , and stolen from his dwelling-house twenty-six sovereigns , twenty-seven ehillings and sixpence in half crowns , one man's coat , a piece of cloth , and divers other articles , his property . Judgment of death recorded .
Monday , August , 29 . William Hodson , 26 , was cnarged with having , on the 2 nd of August , at Glaizedale , feloniously stolen a pig , the property of John Ackroyd . To be imprisoned to hard labour for six months oa two indictments . Joseph France , and William Hanby , burglary ; to be imprisoned for eighteen calendar months to hard labour . Francis Cayton and William Swann , burglary ; to be imprisoned in Beveriey House of Correction for twelve calendar months to bard labour . Bessy Powel , 42 , was charged with having , on or about Martinmas last , at Boston , feloniously concealed the birth of a male bastard child . Not Guilty .
John Tuyhr was charged with having feloniously stolen a heifer , the property of Samuel Wood . Not Guilty . .- k ¦ William Snoivden , 25 , was charged with a burglary in the house of George Rudd , of Stammergate , in the City of Ripon . To be imprisoned eighteen months to hard labour . Robert Prince and Joseph Hawleyrobbery ; to be imprisoned six months each to hard labour . TCESDAY , AfGUST 30 . Thomas Turner was charged with having , on the 15 ch of July last , at Wakefleld , feloniously stolen one lamb , the property of Richard Syfces . To be imprisoned one year in the Wakefield House of Correction , and to be kept the last six months of that period at hard labour . . Edward Maude was charged with housbreaking . To be imprisoned in Wakefield House of Correction for twelve calendar months to hard labour .
Ann Ross * out on bail , was charged with haying committed wilful and corrupt perjury . Not Guilty . BenjaminAstewith . big&mj . To be imprisoned two months in Wakefield House of Correction . John Pearson , 21 , was charged with having , on the 14 th of August last , at Pannall , feloniously assaulted Mary varley , with intent to commit a rape . To be imprisoned and kept at hard labour in Wakefield House of Correction for six months .
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London . —A lecture will be delivered on Sunday evening , at the New Chartist Room , 29 i Mile End Road , near the Red Cow . Chair to be taken at seven o ' olock . Mr . Dickenson , the Manchester packer , will lecture on Sunday evening , at the New Chartist Room , 29 | , Mile End Road , near the Red Cow . The members of the late Provisional Committee are requested to attend at 55 t Old Bailey , on Sunday afternoon , at two o ' clook precisely , that a balance sheet may be published , and the affair brought to a final close . Mexbro . '—A delegate meeting will ba held tomorrow ( Sunday ) , Sept . 4 th , at half-past ten o'clock in the morning , at the Masons' Arms Ion , New Vlexbro ' .
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• THE PATRIOTIC " BULLY" COOPER . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sift , —Since the arrest » f Mr . Cooper , the Chartists of Leicester have been moat anxious to adopt the moat efficient means to save the man ot their choice from the fangs of the law . And to do this they have elected a coBnnitteo of five , with power to add to their number , to be called a " Defence Fund Committee , " to raise funds to defend Air . Cooper at his forthcoming trial at Stafford . The Committee desire , through the medium of your journal , to make an appeal to the Chartists of Great Britain to assist them , as far as they are able , a a be is likely to be tried in a few days . They sincerely hope that their appeal will not be made in vain . Any sum will be thankfully received by tbe Committee of Mr . Coopet'a defance fond . ¦
. I remain , Brother Chartists , Y ours , in tbe good cause of right against might , Thomas Wisieb . P . S . Any . person or association wishing to contribute to the above object , can direct to Mr . Crow , 81 , Belgrave-gate , treasurer ; ortoMr . Jotyison , 37 , Bedfordstreet , secretary to the defence fund committee . T . W . Leicester , 11 , Chnrchgate , Aug . 31 , 1842 .
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Getjing bid of a Moxster . —Mr . Wm . Thwaite , farmer , of Sheepridge , near Huddorsfield , on Sunday morning , the 24 tb July , voided one of those dangerous species of worms , " taenia , " or tape-worm , of the amazing length of sixty-six yards , and containing 3300 joints ,, and weighing two pounds thirteen ounces . —Halifax Guardian . This paragraph has gone the round of the press ; but no paper has yet told the fact that the cause of this voidanoe was the taking of Dr . Wallace's celebrated spice nuts . Dr . Wallace is well known in all parts of Yorkshire as the first worm-doctor of the day .
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Tuesday last , aged 50 , Mr . William Marriott , compositor . He bad been engaged in the Iutelligencer-c / ffije for the long period of fourteen years , during which time he was ever distinguished for zeal and . punctuality . In life he maintained the character of a sincere friend and affectionate husband . . On Sunday , August 21 st , Edward Kitson , aged thirteen months , of Leeds . On the 27 th ult ., after two days illness of typhus fever , John Nichols , aged 21 , who was a member of the Tayistock Charter Association , and'one of the Council .
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THE BIRMINGHAM CONFERENCE . LittLlE minds and ignorant people are always very unwilling to part with any " little brief authoriry" with which they may have been invested . They like " To strut and fume their hour upon the stage , " and « ' Shew their Kasell'd bravery . " The " risings , " and the riotinp , " the boiler tapping ? , of the poor dnpes to the League have afforded many of the same League , in their capacity of Justices , an opportunity , such as they never had
before , of being ** great men" for the nonce . It ib a very gratifying thin /; to be able to command military , and specials , and blue bludgeon men ; to parade them up and down the streets of a town , and to " shew people who are their masters . " The League men of all degrees , justices , specials , yeos , " and " blues " have had rare fun of this sort . Their excellent compeers , the Tory mags—to whom th » late breezs " was like raw meat thrown to a famished wolf—have not enjoyed the sport less heartily } and neither of
them seem at all disposed to quit the gamo . It is sot enough that the prisons are full and that the Strike is over , or nearly so , and that the people never were more peaceful than they now are , and indeed nave been through the whole time , save when they have been driven into violence by the " authorities ' - ' thaaselves—a task not very easy , bnt yet just a possible achievement ; it is not enough that * E decent show and pretext" of necessity for extraordinary measures has gone fairly by / the
To Joseph Sturge. Esq., Birmingham.
TO JOSEPH STURGE . ESQ ., BIRMINGHAM .
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THE PATRIOT VICTIM COOPER . Elsewhere we give two letters from Mr . Cooper , written from bi 3 prison house . One of them , intended as a private letter , may show something of the mind and feelings of the main We entreat the attention of our readers to those letters . We beg that they may be read carefully ; and tLat those who read them will remember that they are the letters of " the bully . " Yes ! the writer of those letters is the man whom James
O'Brien , the "Schoolmaster "; the chaste and mealy-mouthed middle-class man ; the " educated '' member of a learned profession : the writer of those letters is the man whom James O'Brien denominates " a bcllt" ! whom he , in his last Statesman classes along with O'Connor , the u coward and traitor" ; hounds on the dogs of Government upon the trail of both of them ; and upbraids the Government for not having sooner laid them by the heels . ' . ' !
Death From A Pistol-Shot, In Leeds.
DEATH FROM A PISTOL-SHOT , IN LEEDS .
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YORKSHIRE SUMMER ASSIZES . Satukda y , Aug . 27 . Christopher Dent , 47 , was charged with having , at the last assizes , committed perjury . To be transported for seven years . George Crawshaw . and George Wright , pleaded Guilty to having , on the 7 th insfc ., broken into the curtilage of the dwelling house of Charles Jaxvoy , of Hatfield , and stolen therefrom seven hams and some bacan . To be imprisoned for eight calendar months to bard labour . George Lund and Benjamin Owen , were charged on the coronor ' s inquisition with the murder of Peter Handforih , at Rothwell . Not Guilty . Luke Jackson , 19 , was charged with having on the 25 th of March last , at Greasbrough , stabbed John Cocking , with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm . Not Guilty .
Samuel Parkes , 41 , was charged with having , on the 22 ud of May last , at Ecolesnold , stabbed Charles Stringer , with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm . To be imprisoned two calendar months to hard labour . The Grand Jury ignored the bill against James Bower , charged with misdemeanor . Samuel Wooler , stabbing . To be impoisoned one month . Matthew Gommersatt , stabbing . To be imprisoned one calender month to hard labour .
Monday , Aug . 29 . John Walton , , embezzlement at Halifax . — Guilty . Booth Walker , who bad been out on bail , was charged with the manslaughter of Elizabeth Dcnison , at Leeds , on the 23 d of April last . To be imprisoned for four calendar months . John Walton was then placed at the bar and further charged with having , on the 6 th of April , 1839 , embezzled £ 100 , the property of Messrs . L . W . Hird , and Co . The prisouer pleaded Guilty . To be transported ten yearB . James Johnson , 36 , and Thomas Penniston , 27 , were charged with having , on the 11 th of May , 1841 , stolen a chesnut mare , the property of George Naylor . To be severally transported for ten years . Thomas Carrol , cutting and wounding . To be imprisoned one year .
James Thompson , slabbing . To be imprisoned one year to hard labour . James iV / 'C ^ Wa / irfstealing . To be imprisoned oac year . Robert Hudson and Wm . Lang , who had been convicted of a rape on Kirza Pratt , at Folkton , were eaeh sentenced to be transported for ten years . Thomas Isles , who had been convicted of an assault on Mary Oldftald , at E c c lesfield , was sentenced to be imprisoned eight calendar months . Tuesday , August 30 th . Samuel Bnlmforth , cow stealing ; to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour ten calendar months . William Wi /' son , forgery ; two years imprisonment to hard labour . John Thompson , bigamy ; to be imprisoned and k . pt to hard labour three calendar months . Benjamin Bapiy , cutting and wounding ; to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for one year .
John Brown , bi gamy ; to bo imprisoned and kept to hard labour one calendar month . John Hellawell and Peter Fe . r , were charged with having , on the 16 th of August inst ., at Brighouse , feloniously assaulted Wm . Smith , and stolen from hia persou two half-crowns aud one shilling . Not Guilty . Elizabeth Hartley was indicted for keeping a disorderly house in Parliament-street , Harrogate . Not Guilty . The Grand Jury ignored tho bill against James Taylor , charged with having , on the 17 th of August instant , at Leeds , together with divers other personB , unlawfully , riotously , and taraulfcuously assembled together and disturbed the public peace , to the great terror and alarm of her Majestj ' s subjects .
Wednesday , August 31 st . Francis Scott , who had been out on bail , was charged with a misdemeanour , he beiDg the keeper of a prison at Halifax , and having unlawfully interred the body of a debtor named Henry Foster , in the prison yard . Guilty . He was required to enter into a recognizance of £ 10 to appear when called upon to receive judgment .
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Chartist Hymn Book.
CHARTIST HYMN BOOK .
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A former report is confirmed that the Russians have sustained a severe reverse in a late encounter with the Circassians . The Russian General Grabbe ' s camp was attacked on the 13 th of June ; eight pieces of artillery were captured , but were retaken , except two pieces ; with a loss , however , of 1 , 600 Russians and sixty officue .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 3, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct904/page/5/
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