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    • TO THE CHARTIST PUBLIC. Northern Star, Thursday, Oct. 20, 1842.
    • 'THE EXECUTIVE."
    • MOST ATROCIOUS MURDER AND OUTRAGE ON A FEMALE.
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      « vv KOKK . Jbf \ D-i BOSTON . PHILADELPHIA . j | | | L , and BALTIMORE . i WJwtNEW ORLEANS . And which are intended to Sail punctually on their appointed Days ; they are fitted up expressly for the comfort and convenience of Cabin , Second Cabin and Steerage Passengers , who may . ea-ve themselves tha expence and delay of waiting in Liverpool , by writing a letter addressed as above , which will be immediately , answered ; the lowest price for passage and provisions told them ; and they will be enabled to go direct on board the ship immediately on their arrival ia Liverpool , thus saving tho expence of lodgings , and should F . W . and Co . detain the Ship after the appointed time , passengers will be paid for detention . The splendid first-class American Ship " Michigan , " of 900 Tons Burthen , is appointed to Sail for New Orleans on the 26 th instant . N . B . The Ship will find the Passengers with the full quantities of biscuit , flour , rice , oatmeal , and potatoes , according to the new Aot of Parliament , and three quarts of water per day .

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      ASK FOR THE ENGLISH CHARTIST CIRCULAR 1 TRICE ONE HALFEEHNT . rjONTENTS of Part Eight , Price sixpence : — \ J O'Connor ' s Letters on the Land—Sketches of the French Revolution by Pro Chartist—Speech of Pat Henry , the Orator of American Independence—Horrors of Transportation—Spy System and Blood Money—Lecture , by W . Jones , ( lately confined in Leicester Gaol )—What is Blasphemy ?—An Address from the Poles—The Movement , by J . C . La Mont —Italy and the Operative Classes—Life of Washington—Letters , B y T . B . Smith-Several Chartisfc Addresses ,, including those of the Executive—Poetry , &c , &c .

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      derelicSion of their duty , sacrifice the suffrage infcnsted to them at the shrine of party . Faction mnst be east overboard , and strioi attention given to the „ , ! interests of the Borough . We are not in a ooation to pay men enormous salaries for doing [ irtle work , or merely strutting about as so many bashaws , who imagine the streets to be merely so many promenades whereon to exhibit their ill-shapen limbs . We must hare the business- done by really intelligent men , who will attend to their of the townThis is

      duties , and to the interests . not now the case , but the Burgesses can pare the way for a new and better mode of management . jj , them not support candidates at the ensuing election who think it right to retain men in office at the rate of £ 500 or £ 300 per annum . The work can be done , and ought to be done well , for Biuch less ; and many intelligent and useful men sight be found to do the duties better , and think tbemEelves well remunerated with half the salaries now paid .

      The rate-payers too well know the heavy burdens they hare to sustain—they know also that our borough officials have ever acted counter to their professions of economy ; let them thea see to their -own interests , and elect only such men as they are ¦ p ell assured are not wedded to faction !; and who they know will labour to decrease the amount of local expenditure . We must have functionaries who will work , and we must have a reduction in the number of those blue-coated idlers who are hourly pacing oar streets ; because they are not only an cnBecssary burden , but vice and crime has been on the increase in the Borough ever since the establishment of that detested force .

      Let the Burgesses seep aloof from those can didates who evince a gusto for the present systemfrom all sticklers for class legislation—from all admirers of the accursed 2 iew Poor Law—from all supporters of standing armies and police establishments—from all place-hunters , and from all nominal Chartists , or those who assume the name for the « ccasion . Select and support men who are known to have honesty and principle , and who are ODly inient on subserving the real interests of the masses . Do this and good may yet come . Give your suffrages to the pets of faction , or even mushroom Chartists , and yon must sustain your present and more -onerous burdens , till you learn better sense .

      To The Chartist Public. Northern Star, Thursday, Oct. 20, 1842.

      TO THE CHARTIST PUBLIC . Northern Star , Thursday , Oct . 20 , 1842 .

      Mt dejlb FriesdS , —The anrry-Knrry laving a little subsided , I can sgain look round me and survey -oar position . Tia not the best that might have bees , int it is for your to make the best of it This last has been a " bold stroke "; the boldest and most sweeping blow that has been aimed at public liberty since the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act under the " strong government" of Castlereagh and Sidmouth . It gives you an earnest of the unchanged character of Toryism . Ton may learn from it what may be expected

      Irom the honesty , the justice , oi the equity ox a " Btrong -Government , " whenever the circumstances of the times may 'fee such as to induce them to venture the experiment Bold as is their present flight of flaring , it is a mere feeler ; preparatory to a swoop infinitely fiercer and more fell , if you but show the -disposition which may warrant them in supposing that you will bear it This is but one part of a grand conspiracy and plain determination to suppress ¦ entirely the right of public meeting ; to stifle and put an end to the expression of opinion ; and to establish bare , in England , a system of pure despotism and terrorism under the name , though almost without the forms , of law .

      It is for you to say how far this conspiracy shall be successful . It has so far " cleared its ground" pretty effectually . It has thrown the iron meshes of the law around almoBt all your more prominent and trusted champions at one time . True we may thank the madbeaded inconsiderate zeal of some of those champions for affording the opportunity : no matter ; the eagerness with which that opportunity was grasped and the yilB use made of it show the animus by which the now dominant power is actuated , and demonstrate the sort of stuff you have to deal with . Tis always well fco have

      a good knowledge of your enemy . You now know perfectly the one you have at present to contend with . He Is awake to the importance of the struggle ; he knows that it is for life ; he has no jot of generosity ; he mil take every advantage that is offered to him ; he will prosecute every advantage to the utmost ; he will follow np toe more fiercely as he finds you ts become the more feeble , or more timid , or more unguarded ; and if you lie down beneath the pressure of his blows , or give up the contest in despair , he will immediately bind all your limbs so that nothing but a miracle can restore to you their use .

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      What say you then ? will you suffer the cause to be lost for want cf union , for want of spirit , for want of determination , for want of perseverance , for want of prudence ? All these requisites must be now . called into active exercise or you are lost , and will bequeath to posterity only the heritage of slavery ; and go down to your graves with the print of cowardice , folly and ingratitude deeply seared upoB your foreheads with the branding iron of oppression , and written upon your tombstones with the finger of deserved scorn . If indeed you be sen and 'RngiishwoTi ^ now is t ^ " > time to prove yourselves ! The dungeons are crammed with the choicest spirits of democracy ! Your fettered

      leaders look to you for kelp and sustentation ! Your expatriated brethren lift their shackled arms , and point you to their desolate homes , their weeping wives , and waning children '• Your own homes , your own wives , your own children , and your own hearts Becond the appeal . ' The rampant bands of faction mock your misery , and watch eagerly for the appearance of indecision or despondency ! Their treacherous emissaries are ready to whisper in your ears the lying story of cheap bread , and plentiful employment , or -of increased power by an union with the middle classes , on-the condition that you pledge yourselves to use the franchise ,

      when acquired , for the prosecution of their purposes ia preference to your own ! Europe and America are anxiously looking on 2 The fate of year movement , big as it is with the destiny of nations , is now in your own hands ! Will you new flinch ? Will yon now give back ? Will you bend the knee to the oppressor ? Will you lick tbe hand that smites yon ? Will you not rather redouble all your energies , and show yourselves invincible to tyranny , and invulnerable to its shafts ? Win you not brave privation , persecution , imprisonment , or death , rather than slacke :. your exertions , or cease your agitation till its just object be attained ?!

      I cannot , will not , for one moment admit the supposition that you will now be found wanting ; that you Trill rfiTttiV from filling up the gaps which tyranny has made , or that you will leave those who have sacri ficed all for you to chew the bitter cud of disappointment in reflecting on their worse than useless labours . To avoid this , let your energies be all aroused , and the even tenonr of your way pursued , only with increased diiifence . Let yocr meetings in all the localities be still holden just as usual , every man and every woman

      making it a point of solemn duty never to be absant What though you miss your speakers ! nevermind that ; epeakfor younelvet . You are all educated for it ; every man is eloquent upon the subject of his own sufferings ; nature keeps a true school of oratory , and her pupils never lack the power to command attention . "D p then ! arouse yo ; from the hoary headed are to the lisping child ! Each to his port I Let your moral might be now marshalled , and your battle-cry be " Justice' "

      Bet remember that it is useless to bring mere courage into such a contest . You must temper it with discretion , if you intend it to be successful . You must remember that you have great odds to fight with . The enemy have all the trained and marshalled physical force ot the whole country at their command . They have also the power of the law , both as to its making and its administration . These are their arms of warfare ; while unbounded wealth gives them every advantage in the using

      of them . Against all this , you can only oppose justice , united numbers , determiniiion , and prudeaee . The odds are great ; bat if you bring to the battle all these qualities the victory is yours ; if you fail in one of them you are undone . The justice of your cause you cannot leave behind you . The numbers by whom our principles are known and recognised must of necessity increase ; for they need only to be known to be received , and our enemies are spreading forth the knowledge of them faster

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      than we could have done it ourselves . I have bo fear for your determination : —the British boll-dog is not yet dead . The only matters doubtful are nnion and prudence . The former is a most important quality , and so far as end and purpose is concerned , a perfectly indispensable one for our success : but as regards means and matters of opinion , it is , though very valuable , too * dearly bought , when at the sacrifice of prudence . Late events have taught me a valuable lesson ; a lesson which I purpose to remember . Never again will I sacrifice my own clear judgment , of what means are best calculated to help on our movement and ensure success , to the

      phantom of a union of sentiment . Never again shall the wish to avoid misconstruction and" the charge of "denouncing" prevent me from expressing my opinions fully upon all the conduct of all public men in our own ranks . There are some men who seem naturally warm-hearted , enthusiastic , and sincere , but who are yet short sighted ; and withal bo obstinate and so conceitedly self-willed , that it is scarce possible to hint , however diffidently and respectfully , a dissidence from their opinion , without having the matter magnified at once into a cause for qnarrel , and a frothy declamation forthwith vented about "denunciation" and a purpose . to "burke " and " crash"the " good men and true . "

      We have had some men of this sort amongst us . We have some now ; and they have done us much harm . Whatever be the amount of their zeal or their sincerity , they are unfit for leaders ; they are better out of the movement than in it ; and the cause would suffer much less by the lack than by the mischief of their services . I have hitherto hoped that experience would teach these men wisdom . I have given them credit for an honest and devoted attachment to the cause , which I considered a sufficient cover for some faults of judgment . I have therefore dealt tenderly with them . I have been more fearful of controverting their opinions and proceedings than perhaps I onght to have been , lest in their schoolboy petulance , they might again revive the cry of " denunciation " and "leave the movement . " When I have

      found myself compelled—as in one or two cases—to speak out , I have done so with the utmost caution , lest I might hurt the cause by driving from it an honest advocate . I now ses my error . I have been to some extent wanting in that Bame quality of firmness swhich I now find so necessary to inculcate upon you . I will retrieve this error . Never again , if I know it , shall one man be unsuspectingly led into a mare , because of my unwillingness to be denounced as a denouncer , or to introduce disagreement of opinion . Where men are all honest , temperate and gentlemanly discussion does no harm : it but elicits truth . It is only the fool or the knave who is impatient of contradiction ; and of these the former is little more trustworthy than the latter .

      I shall have a good deal to say upon matters connected with the trap in which bo many of the Chartist body have been caught , and by whioh so large an amount of privation and misery , and so imminent a danger to our cause , has been produced . But the time is not now . Let us have the trials over . Till then let the people remember that the past can ' t be / helped , and the done can't be undone . Let them look to our present position , and make even the onslaught of the enemy a means of triumph . They may do this : it needs but gallantry and prudence now , and our former losses may be all turned to our advantage .

      Stick to the organization ; abide by the old ship of Chartism ; it is the only sound and safe one , after all . Beware of the Storgites ; and beware of every man who would counsel the least adhesion of the working people to that rotten party . No such man is your friend , whatever be his pretensions , or however you may have used to deem him . I warn you solemnly that the Sturge men as a a party , and the Free Trade men as a party , are identical . They are parts of the same whole . And their only purpose is to use you for their ends , and then plunge you in the mire , while they laugh as they tread you down . I warn you now ,

      thatjall savage and relentless as the Tories are , these seeming patriots are worse . I give yon this emphatic warning because I know that their emissaries are even now bnsy , seeking to turn what they suppose to be onr disaster to their own advantage . Now , on the score of prudence , do not let your selfish desire for their services induce you to press the fine fellow 3 , my " brother conspirators , " who are committed for trial in March , into unsafe positions . Remember that they are only out on bail for " good behaviour , "—a most rascally v&gne term , which means any thing the villains choose to make it mean . When my bail bonds were perfected , I

      asked tbe Clerk of the Crown what was meant by , " good behaviour " . He replied , " That , I Bhall not attempt to define , Mr . Hill ; for , in fact , I don't know what it means . " Take then your work for a time into your own hands ; but see that it be done . Imitate the spirit , the language and the conduct of the brave metropolitan delegates . Read their address in the Star of the 8 th inst ., which I have read to-day for the first time , and imbibe its spirit . Above all things , see that thejpoor fellows who are not yet bailed , be so , as soon as may be . Think when you lie down at night upon the cold hard bed of your brave honest advocates ]; and of the necessity that there is for them to be looking after the interests of their several families as well as working again in

      the cause . And see that their families be cared for . They have a right to expect it from you . Read Campbell ' s letter , and consider the case of poor Masset . It is disgraceful to the Chartist name . There are other instances not less so . What has Leeds done for Mr T . B . Smith and his family ! Just nothing at all . And L fear that there are other places equally deserving of censure . This i 3 not the way to have victims ready to offer up themselves again . You must , if you intend to deserve the name and liberties of Englishmen , put forth your energies , and quit yourselves like men . Stir ! Stir ! Do your own work ; open your own eyes ; put forth yonr own arms ; help your own selves ; and then God will help you too .

      In the free straggle of right against might , for the establishment of peace , righteousness , and honesty in all our public institutions , lam , Y » ur fellow-labourer , and Your faithful friend and servant , William Hill .

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      T . M . Whreleb ., London , correspondent to the Northern Star , informs the public thai he has removed from Knightsbridge to 243 ^ , Temple jBar , where all future communications must be addressed . Timely notice of all public meetings , S [ c , is respectfully requested . John Kbwhouse , Birmingham , calls upon the Council resident in Birmingham , Dudley , Slourbridge , BUslon , Wolverhampton , Tipton , Kidderminster , Bromsgrove , Redditch , and Worcester to take immediate steps to call a delegate meeting at Birmingham , to take into consideration the state of the cause , and to act with promptitude . West Kilbkide Chastists wish to remind the people of Sallcoats , Dairy , and surrounding

      districts , who were connected with the White Demonstration , held in Saltcoats , that a balance of 8 s . l £ < & remained in the Treasurer ' s hand , and would suggest that the above sum be without delay tent to the Committee for the Defence Fund . If the whole of the prisoners are not included in the Defence Fund , Ss . of the above to be given for John Duncan . Bjchabd Radfobd writes to correct an error in our report of last week ' s Liverpool Special Assizes Aaron Thorp , who is said to have been undefended , was defended by Mr . WighamX H . P&raCHASD , of Stroud , would feel obliged if Mr . Abel D . Cooke , one of the London Committee , wilt send him his address , by post , as speedily as possible , as he wishes to communicate with

      H . Pettchabd . —Apply to Mr . Cleave . Johk Hkahw , Wigan , writes to inform us that the Wigan Chartists sent 7 s . to Mr . O'Connor , for the Defence Fund , in September , and that they have now sent 8 s . more . Ah Enoct os all Monopolies . —We never insert such statements as he furnishes upon anonymous authority . Hkkbt Kitchen , Pbktokvtlle . —The letter to which lie alludes was thrown into the fire .

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      Joseph Thompson ,. Manchbstbb , —The Lines to the „ J ^ orking Men of England" will not do . N . 5 . T ., Bbistol . —Thanks for his friendly suggestion . We do not see how we can spare the space to act upon it . Unless all the documents of that description were given , mere dissatisfaction might be excited than by giving none of them ; and the lists from London , Liverpool , Brutol , and Hull would occupy more space than we can spare . JF . M'Dowald . —We cannot interfere in the matter . There has been a decline lately iu the number of Stars which used to cheer the night of the poorer members of the Irish Universal Suffrage Association . Circumstances account for this in degree . Thankful for the past , the Chartists of

      Ireland rest in confident expectation of future favours . Direct as usual , W . < H . Dyott , 26 , N Kino-street , Dublin . David Ritchie , Strathaven , sends us , on Thursday morning , the 20 th , a report of a soiree held in that town on the 7 th : he could scarcely expect to see it in print . Mb , Edward Clayton sends us a notice of a lecture to be delivered by himself on Sunday evening but he does not say where . , A ., Bbighto . t . —His letter does honour to him ; but we cannot find room for it . He will see his inclosure noticed elsewhere . G . A . N . sends us a glowing and eloquent appeal to the Chartists of Sheffield and its vicinity of the brave , good men , Otleu , Harney , and Parkes ,

      and their compeers in suffering : it came too late for insertion . Sutton-in-Ashfield Chartists . —Their communication of Mr . West ' s lectures , —if received at all , — would be received during the slight " confusion of affairs" consequent on Mr . Hill ' s arrest . We can learn nothing of it . Tfieir mote of censure on Ministers might render us 'liable to another prosecution ; while Us insertion could do no earthly good . If the people mean to subdue the power of injustice , they must fight it otherwise than by vote of censure . Mobs of the Sickening System . —A Correspondent sends us the following , upon which comment would be wasted : —

      " Saturday , October 15 th , was the day appointed for the consecration of St . Mary ' s Church , Wolverhampton , on which occasion tbe Bishop of Hereford was to perform the ceremony . The day arrived , and brought with it the Bishop , —a personage so seldom seen in provincial towns , that thousands go , out of curiosity , to look at him . I , amongst the rest , Sir , thought that I should like to see and hear the Bishop , and , as soon as I could make it convenient , proceeded to tbe Church , for that purpose . When I arrived at the Church the service was commenced , and I accordingly opened the door as gently as I conld , and was about to step inside , when I was accosted by a raw lobster , alias a policeman , with 'Yon cannot go in . ' I asfeed why ? and he replied , Oh ! WE do not allow any

      one to go in . ' ' You do not allow any one to go in , ' I said ; ' but the laws of the Church of England do , and therefore I wish to go in . ' ' Now , you had better be ruled by me , and go about yonr business , ' he replied , ' for you o-vinot Bit down if you go in . ' Just at this moment another raw lobster came up , and , tapping me with his cane , said , ' coma , come , come , you cannot be let in ; but if you will walk across the road , they will give you some beef and bread ; ' and with this insult I was turned out of tbe churchyard , while one of them stood at the gate to prevent my again entering . I stood for Borne time without the gate , while

      the conduct of tbe policeman called forth the indignation of many people . I had not stood here long before a young gentleman came up , and , after speaking to the policeman , was allowed to enter the Church . This surprised me , for I had been told the Church was full , and no one allowed to go in ; and I began to think what prompted them to allow the young gentleman to go into the Church , and to keep me standing at the gate . I was in my working dress , and the gentleman had a better coat on than I had , —perhaps they thought his soul was of more value than mine ; er that he could give them a shilling , and I only a penny . "

      Robert Lowery . —His letter , enclosing the long printed address , came to hand on Thursday . We shall not have lime to read it until after this week's paper has gone to press .

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      The Portrait of T . Ddncombe will be given to all our Subscribers on November 19 tb . They will be in the hands of all the Agents by November 16 th ; The charge for the Star on the day the Portrait of Duneombe is distributed will be the same as the charge for it en the day the Petition Plate ia delivered . Thomas Holbrook . —Yes . Q . Brown , Birmingham . —Refer to the Notices . Maurice Jones , Bradford . —Mr . Ibbetson ought sot to nave charged more than One Shilling for the Paper and Plate ; the other fourpence-balfpenny must be a mistake . Call upon Mr . Ibbetson and ask him to return it .

      Lynn , Norfolk . —If the Lynn Subscribers , or the Agent who supplies them , would get their Slars from the Office , and not trouble Mr . Violet , of London , they would always get their Plates by telling us how to forward them . Mr . Tiolet appears to have been bo afraid of " imposing upon them , " that he has kept the Plates and Papers . He has also forgot to sign his name to tbe Blip of paper he enclosed in the Agent ' s parcel instead of the Papers and Plates be ought to have sent : it would have looked better with his name attached . A . J . Hayes , Cinderford . —Write to Mr . Campbell , secretary . Joseph Newbold , Carlsile , is emitted to tbe Plate from Mr . Atthur if he subscribed the time he Bays in his letter .

      FOB THE NATIONAL DEFENCE FUND . £ B . d . From the Chartists of Woodhouse and Woodhouse-carr , Leeds , per W . Scott 10 0 „ Leeds , collected by a Young Chartist 0 4 0 _ the Chartists of Nuneaton 0 10 0 « . Jhe flint shoemakers , Grantham 0 10 0 „ Bishop Auckland , per Charles Connor 0 10 0 ^ the Chartists of Plymonth 2 0 8 „ the Chartists of Norwich 0 7 0 „ Bolton—a fow friends at Mr . Crook's factory 0 7 10 „ a few friends at Temperance Hotel , New Market Place , Bolton ~ . 0 12 2 _ from the Chartists of Hebden Bridge 10 0 _ I ^ arry Tool , the Keswick Chartist ... O 1 6 _ the Chartists and friends at Rochester 10 2 _ the Chartists of Dunferaline ... 0 1 6 _ a few friends in Lime Kilns , near

      Danfermline 0 3 0 the Chartists of Boston , per Fox ... 0 13 0 a friend at Sleaford , per Fox ... 0 2 0 the Chartists of Finsbury , collected by Henly , Knight , Davis , and others ... 0 10 0 G . B ., a Chartist of Doncaster ... 610 the shoemakers of Newcastle-on-Tyne , per J . Starkey and T . Leman ... 0 14 2 the Chaitistaot West Kilbride , Ayrshire 0 11 0 the Committee for Defence Fund , Birmingham 0 18 6 W . P . M ., Birmingham 0 2 6 the Chartists of Salford 18 0 a few friends in the Tailors' Society , Deptford 0 8 6 the Female Chartists of Kettering , per J . Roddis 13 0 the Chartists of Kettering , per 3 .

      Roddis 0 9 6 the Chartists of Isham , per J . Roddis 0 13 o £ the Chartists of Holbeck , collected by Daniel Garside 0 5 11 a few friends at Upper Wortley , per J . Hartley 0 2 1 a Chartist at Middleton , per J . Roddis 0 10 J . TO . ., Braintree 0 2 0 C . Fish , Witham , Essex 0 3 0 a few friends , C . J ... 0 3 0 the Chartists of Alva ... 1 10 0 six Chartists of Vantnor .. ... 0 4 3 a few Chartists of Cheapside , near Padiham 0 7 0 a few Chartists at Padiham 0 7 0 the Chartists of Lewisham locality O 10 0 the Chartists of Wotton-under-Edge 0 10 0 a poor woman , Leeds ... 6 0 1 D . M . T ., Leeds 0 0 6 a few friends , Upper Wortley , per J .

      Fletcher ... 0 2 4 Morley , near Leeds 0 5 0 J . George , Warminster 0 0 3 G . WUaon , Edinburgh 0 16 the Chartists of Shutford 0 10 0 G . B ., labourer 0 0 6 the Chartists of Holbeck , per J . Broadbent ... 0 7 8 David Sykei , Lower Houses 0 3 0 Yentnor , Isle of Wight , per W . Norman ... 0 2 10 "A Woolwich Cadet" 0 2 6 a livery servant , Brighton o 1 0 Brother Dick , ditto 6 0 2 the Chartists , cfMilnr ow , Rochdale ... 0 15 0 E . A . and friends , per W . M 0 18 0 the Ch&rtUta of Chesterfield , per

      W . M . ... 0 2 6 the Ctnrtute of St . Albaas ... ... 0 6 0 the Chartist * of Torquay , Devon ... 0 8 0 the blockprinters at Rbodes's printworks , near Middleton 0 17 6 the Charti sts of Colne 16 0 a few working men at Kettering silk factory 0 3 11 the Chartists of KUbarchan , Renfrewshire , being proceeds of a raffle for a Plate ef the Monmouth Court House ... 0 14 0 Nor thwicb , per George Moore ... 0 10 6 a few friends at Atowick 10 0 Brighton , beiof balance of old Victim Fund ... „ , 0 8 U

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      - Brighton , first subscription 0 5 2 ** « . L ¦ eoond *»• ¦ — ¦ V ° ° - the Chartists of St Paul ' s locality . Norwich , being proceeds of a ball 0 13 0 ~ a banker ' s clerk at Braintree ... ... 0 ' 2 6 ~ John Gamtt and bis men .. ; ; ... * 0 2 6 - two friends at Braintree .,. 0 Z . 9 ~ E . B Martin , Braintree ... ... 0 5 0 ~ Bamrpflelds , Dyke ' s Head , per France J and Co . ... ... , #% < ... o 3 0 „ Newcastle , per France and Co . ... 0 .. 6 3 .. W . C , Huddersfleld , per J . Leech ... 1 0 0 FOR THE EXECUTIVE . From th « Chartists of Plym « uth ... ... 0100 From W . L . R ., Braintree ... ... ... o X 0 „ Mr . Lundy , Hull , from sale of Pinter's ' blacking ... ... 0 3 0 -. Brighton ... ... n 72

      FOR MRS . HOLBERUY . From D . M . T ., Leeds ... 0 0 6 _ Brighton 0 4 5 FOR MRS . PEDDIE . ' From Mr . Craig , per M'Gregor , some time ago ... ... ... 0 2 2

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      After writing the article which appears under this head , in reference to the nomination of Mr . Morling , but too late for its withdrawal , my attention was drawn by the sub-Editor to the fact , that that article had been written under a misapprehension . I was not aware of the publication , during my sojourn in the New Bailey prison , of

      an address from the temporary Executive appointed by the London men , calling upon the people to elect a temporary Executivenot to supersede but to aid the present Executive , by acting in their places until they shall be at liberty to resume them , if that be between now and March . This , of course , alters the complexion of the whole matter , and makes void and pointless all those observations in the article which are

      levelled at the supposition of a purpose to supplant the present Executive ; a purpose which I doubt not Mr . Morling and his friends would regard with as much indignation as I did . I wrote on the supposition that these parties had , of their own accord , thought fit to take for granted that a new permanent Executive must be elected becauae the other had been pounced upon . My excuse for the misapprehension must be found in the fact , that the " worry " attendant upon my arrest , imprisonment

      and attendance at the Court in Liverpool occupied every moment of my time from the arrest until last Thursday—the day we go to press ; that I was then in a very ill state of health , having been harassed by attending in Court three whole days , and then travelling all night ; and that this , altogether , prevented me from being accurately acquainted with the contents of the two last numbers of the Northern Star . Usually I see everything that goes into the

      paper before it does go in . On this occasion the address in question , and the nominations consequent upon it , I had never seen at all , and hence the misapprehension on my mind . I wrote warmly , because I felt warmly . I thought injustice was being done to the Executive ; and I hate to see injustice done to any body . I hope this explanation will show that I had no intention by that article to do injustice to any body .

      I may just observe , in reference to the election , that I think it . a perfectly unnecessary one . My opinion is , that the good men appointed by the Metropolitan Delegate Committee are , under the circumstances , the men most fit to act as the Executive pro tern . Their prompt and gratuitous efforts for the cause show them to be men of patriotism and decision , and their appointment by the Metropolitan Delegate Committee is a proof that they are men in whom confidence may be and is reposed ; and the very fact of their calling for this election is a proof that thev are men not likely to abuse the

      people ' s confidence . They call for the election because they feel the delicacy and the forced irregularity of their position , and they wish the fair principles of pure democracy to be acted on in our movement , at least as nearly and as fully as circumstances will permit . The feeling does honour to them ; and I think the people will evince neither gratitude nor good taste if they elect otheT men . Of course , the people will use their own judgment ; but I presume that I have a right to an individual opinion , and to the expression of it . This is my opinion ; and I give it without any purpose either to " dietate" " denounce . " WlLLfAM HiLTj .

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      Glossop , Saturday . —Within the last few days , two investigations have been entered into , in tbe c « unties of Chester and Derby , in reference to the horrible murder of a man named James Shaw , a shoemaker , aaed forty-two , who for several years past had lived in the township of Charlesworth , which is situated on the borders of Derbyshire and Cheshire . The country in which the murder was perpetrated la peculiarly wild and romantic , bills and valleys stretching out for miles . The actual spot where tbe deed was done , is situated on the turnpike road , leading from Manchester to Sheffield , through Hyde , Mottram , Glossop , ( an extersive estate of the Duke of Norfolk ) , ana the Derbyshire and Yorkshire moors . It is nut far distant from the great tunnel , bow in the course of erection at Woodbead and Mottram , as part of the Sheffield and Manchester railway .

      The particulars of the frightful deed are as follow : — On Saturday evening , near twelve o ' clock , Shaw , accompanied by his wife , Hannah Shaw , left tbe Angel Inn , at Mottram , in company with a man named James Ford , who had for some time been employed on tbe railway as a labourer . It would appear that the party bad been drinking together at the Aueel , and that Shaw was advanced in liquor . When they bad reached a solitary part of the road , called Brad dock ' s Coal-pit , about a mile distant from Mottram , Ford began to teaZJ Mrs . Shaw , and took liberties with her , which so displeased her , that she indignantly resected his conduct They all thtet proceeded onward , and after walking about about a hundred yards farther , Ford renewed his misconduct towards Mrs . Shaw , when her husband's spirit was roused , and be quarrelled with . Ford ; in

      consequence Ford was very abusive , and drew forth a handkerchief , in which he tied a stone , and with the heavy sling he struck Shaw a violent blow on tbe bead , and felled him to tbe ground . Whilst down Ford continued to beat him with ' the sling until he became quite insensible . Doting this dieadfnl conflict Shaw ' s wife , alarmed at the situation of her husband , repeatedly called but " murder , " but the loneliness of the place , and the lateness of tbe hour , it being past midnight , rendered it doubtful whether assistance could be obtained . Shaw lay stretched on tbe earth in a stupor , from the loss of blood ; and whilst in this hel pless state Ford seized her ( Shaw ) , and forced her through a gate into an adjoining field .

      into which he dragged her to the distance of fifty yards , where he perpetrated a violent outrage on her person . Before he committed the offence be struck her several times , rendering hee insensible . After this second dome had been committed , he allowed the poor woman to quit the field , and with difficulty the readied the ternpike-road , along which she walked till she reached her own dwelling , believing that she h » d left her husband behind her murdered . To her great joy . however , she found that her husband bad crawled home , bat was in a deplorable state , and apparently dying . ' Her neighbours were informed df what bid occurred , and Mr . Smith , surgeon , ot Charleawortb , was Immediately sent for ; and on examination of , both , parties pronounced them to be in great danger .

      Information of the diabolieal affair having been communicated to Mr . Little , the Special High Consta ble at Hyde , he at onoe adopted means for tbe apprehension of the offender . After an active search bo succeeded in capturing him , and pu Wednesday he was taken before Jobs Sldebottom , Esq ., magistrate , who , after hearing Ul 9 evidence in the case , committed the

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      prisoner for trial at Chester AbsJj'm , on the donble charge of cntttolfand ' inaimtn ^ ' and rape .- ' ¦¦ '¦¦¦' < - ¦ ' *'¦ After t ^ e'comtnlttal'df Vcfcft'tt $ i 1 son , ' Shaw grew daUy w 6 rse , ' ana » ori Saturday nWrntog death put attend to' hii sufferfn&By 'hiir wife ; at' th £ ^ itne of his death ; being hburly'irttpiasted' to expire . r Ll ; , » . ; .. On Monday ; an fnqneat was held . on tbe body of Shiw ; ' afi tHel r Gi * otge « ad - Dragon pviblic-bewe , in CbarlMwOTtb , ' beford Thomas' Manderar , Esq ., one of the coroners for the High Peak Division of Ddrbyshire , and ' a respectable jtwy . The inquiry waa very extended , continuing for upwards of seven boars , when th * jury returned a verdict against Fordof Wilful Matder .

      The murder has caused great consternation in the densely populated district in which it toofc place . Sfeaw was a native of Charlesworth , and died in the house-in which he was born . He bad nofamily . He had always borne a respectable character , and' was reported an honest and industrious man . Ford is 24 years of age , is , by trade a carpenter , . and native of Liscard , County of Waterford . He is a powerful athletic man . : The . prindpal vitoesfl : in : the . case is Hannah Shaw , the wife , with » bont . adpgan . others , who give strong te » tim . ony . iuOne of tAem ,, »; resident of the neighboarhopd ,: was : near to the , fata ) , spot during the whole of the tragedy , but ,. apprehensive of violence from . Ford , dnrst not venture from , his 'biding place to render assistance . ;

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      NORTHLEA . CH HOUSE OF CORRECTION . ( FEOM THE MOBNIHG CHRONICLE . ) The death of Charles Beale is only another victim , added to the many whose days have either been shortened , or constitution shattered and broken , from the effects of the " starving system" which has lor a length of time been adopted within the walls of this damp and dreary dungeon . A long residence at Cheltenham , and for some time a regular attendance given at the public office of that town , in the discbarge of a public duty , have afforded me ample opportunities of witnessing the unfortunate prisoners , and ascertaining their state of health , loeks , and appearances , both before and after their commitment to Northleaoh .

      This town ia a distance of fourteen miles from Cheltenham , on the London and Oxford road , and is not a little remarkable for its ornamental appendages ; the new . union , workhouse being built at one extremity , ¦ whilst the house of correction graces the entrance from Cheltenham , the site of which is remarkably low and damp , the building standing in the hollow of a field adjoining tbe London road , and from its situation I am not the least surprised to find , from the statement at the inquest . held on the unfortunate man , Charles Beale , that , "in rainy weather the water often runs down the interior of tho walls , " I am thoroughly convinced from its locality , and more particularly in the winter , the interior of the prison mnst not only be nnwholesome , but exceedingly damp . It is to Nortbleacb House of Correction that the

      Cheltenham magistrates commit all prisoners who have the misfortune to be summarily convicted before the Bench ; such as reputed thieves , offenders against the vagrant laws , poachera , disorderlies , paroohial defaulters , and , indeed , delinquents of every description , whose cases ate not sent to the sessions , are invariably committed for terms varying from seven days to three months to hard labour at Northleach . All prisaners so committed , of whatever age or sex , are compelled to walk a distance of fourteen miles , handcuffed between two policemen , without the slightest refreshmentallo wed on the road . The toad from Cheltenham is , as I have already stated , along fourteen miles extremely billy , and in the winter season bleak , cold , and dreary . I have known even cripples , and females enceinte , being compelled to walk this distance in the very depth of

      winter , and when the snow has been thick on the ground ; no conveyance being allowed either by the committing magistrate or the county . I recollect the case of one poor man , whose name has at this moment escaped my recollection , but he was committed by Thomas Kenney , Esq . He was at tbe time in a miserable starving condition , and more fitted for the inmate of an infirmary than a dungeon similar to that of Northleach . He was charged with being found concealed in the stables of the George Inn , at Cheltenham , and with stealing tbe ostler's snpper from the corn bin . When brought before Mr . Kenney he was a truly pitiable object ; exhibited a dreadful pair of black eyes ; his countenance frightfully disfigured and swollen from the effects

      of a thrashing he received from the ostler , or some person connected with the yard ; he was so completely discoloured from the beating he had received , that it induced tbe magistrates to ask how he came in that dreadful state . He was committed to Northleach prison , and bard labour for one month , bat before he bad been many days in gaol , death released him from his sufferings . He complained of being starved and want of proper nourishment , and there can be no doubfc but he sunk under the low dietary of the prison . This poor fellow was compelled , In the most inclement weather , to walk in bia weak stato tbe whole ot tbia dreary distance , without the slightest refreshment being given him on the road . The man , on leaving the court , complained of being dreadfully ill , and observed , that "be should never come ont alive . "

      Tbe prisoners ;* ho have experienced the misfortune to become inmates of this gloomy and damp dungeon have one and all declared , on their liberation , that tbe dietary allowed is barely sufficient to keep body and soul together , and have complained of being quite starved , overworked , and being forced to sleep in damp cells . I am familiar also witb another case—a man of the name of Major , a cabinet-maker , who was committed by the Cheltenham bench for want of sureties . He waa in perfect health when be went to prison , but when liberated w ? s a perfect skeleton . In a letter to bia friendB , while in confinement , he says , " This is the most horrible damp prison in England ; the prisoners are starved to death , not being allowed sufficient rations . I have got a severe rheumatism from being

      placed in a damp cell . " When this person was at length liberated , he declared his constitution was Impaired and ruined , and that he was totally unfit for work . I could multiply many instances of a similar cbaiacter , and confirm tho statements relative to the treatment of the prisoners at Northleach , with which tbe public have lately been made acquainted . The visiting justices of Gloucestershire are rather unfortunate in their prison discipline ; for I believe it will be feund , on inquiry , that , the prison at Northleach is not the only ill-regulated place of confinement under their jurisdiction . The House of Ceirection at Little Dean , in the Forest of Daan , may perhaps furnish another illustration of the doings at Northleach . At all events , it is acknowledged , even by the magistrates themselves , to be a miserable hole .

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      THE MODEL PRISON AT PENTONVILLE . TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE . SIK , —I was enabled a few days ago , by your kindness , to lay before thepublio the evidence of an American physician upon solitary confinement , who found in the Penitentiary of Philadelphia no fewer than twenty-six lunatics ; and I also showed that the Penitentiary of Millbank furnished the Lunatic Asylum at Hanwell with no inconsiderable number of patients . It would indeed , be desirable that some member should move for a return of all the persons' names driven mad in the Penitentiary ; though , even if it were granted , it must be incorrect , for no return could be made of those idiots partly demented who range the country , and have been lost sight of since tbeir dismissal . My object , however , atpresent is to direct attention to the enactments of ft bOT ^ B Victoria ) for establishing

      tbe model prison at Pentonville . Some of these are of Incredible severity , but the twenty-third clause contemplates , with horrid foresight , the generation of madness , and it directs that when a prisoner shall be reported insane to tbe Secretary of State , it shall be lawful for the Secretary to remove him to some lunatio asylum , and he shall remain in it till of sound mind . Then , if his sentence be not expired , he shall be conveyed a second time to Pentonville , and there undergo the remainder of it—the Secretary sending his warrant to the keeper of the mad-house for that purpose . No provision is made for tbe treatment of those incurably insane , nor any remission of punishment in favour of those who had been already driven to madness . Now , I challenge the annals of the Inquisition to produce an instance of more deliberate

      cruelty than this ; search its records in Valencia and Madrid , and read all that Florente has written , for a greater act of rigour than this Yen first drive a prisoner mad by your treatment , you restore bis reason , and you a second time bring him to the stake . Again , what more inhuman , what more likely , to bring on insanity , than a return to the same cells , the same diet and discipline , tbe same exhortations from the same zealous chaplain , as those that first engendered the mental malady ? What unspeakable horror must seira the convalescent who a second time finds himself on the same spot , beset by the same instruments , under which he first felt his reason stagger . Is not sach a shock capable of producing Incurablu mania ? Would not humanity dictate tne liberation of any person who had once bvsn subjected to an experiment that deprived him for a season of his reason , and which perhaps shook

      its throne for ever i Did aot Sir Robert Peel , in 1824 , when Home Secretary , dismiss the whole body of prisoners in the Penitentiary , when a dreadful disease had broken oat amoag them , by low diet , deeming , justly deeming , that their sufferings had made ample compensation for their crimes ; and shall deatniia , brought on by the prison discipline , be treated with lens meisy ? The advocates for that treatment will , no doubt , say that their surgeon is to watch thft first symptoms of this malady in the patient ; but tbe officer has , perhaps , in bis charge 800 prisoners ; and , be be ever bo zealous , can he diecern the first dawn of this subtle malady ; successfully seize what Johnson called , " the variable weather of tbe tnlnd , the flying vapours of incipient madness ? " May not the afiiictJon oomeon in a day , an hoar ; may not the penitent be lunatic ere the overbnsied Secretary baa leisure to read tbe report , and direct bis tranaferrence to Hanwell t The surgeon ef the Penitentiary possessed not the alchemy , for many' of his patients are the tenants of Hanwell at this

      moment . ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦> . ¦ ¦ '• - ¦ ¦ : ¦¦¦•¦ '" - , , . . I proceed to tbe 21 st olaose ,, which is so framed as 10 secure in the most absolute seclnalon the whole process , tni the catastropbe- ^ neither the wife , nor the parent , nor tbe child , nor tbe clergyman , save tbe prison chaplain , admUted—no proton , for the Ctrtbolic no * Di *

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      M- I Mill - - . \ ^ ^ senter ; no admission for a magistrate ; no prison inspecie * , . save ; the authors of tbis bill ; a penalty of £ 50 or six joontfctfi impriaonment cpoa . the turnkey who shall convey a letter , clothing , or food . AH that the rela , ftj& < < $ n know Ts ' sttmined'irp , In this— " J . D . went ' mad ; 'hewjww ^^ anwBli . ami when cured will be returned hOTe-that he may receive his deserts . " Tne 2 ithefe «> 0 » riti 3 ^ ott- fne Convict to three years additional fp «! ar ^ atiotiif ; beb » eatprlaon—an unteardof period ; 'and idrtgdful sentence ; a second attempt i » construed to bVjio ^ hing short ^ f / rfoBj / , which might entitle hinrto ^ transportation . for Hfe j The attempt to break out of a , ceS ^ is ; lenfenoy ftself , merely a twelvs . month ' s additions * prfon , a ^ rd forrsssaaltf ng any officer of any rank , two jeops- . and corpora * punishment S « eh , sir , is car outline of thi * formidable code , such the character of thlr 'formidable prison , compared'to which , Nojt&leaeii and ite enwfties . ' borrlble as- they are , are merciful , for they do bnt afilict and destroy tbe Ixxisv while this contemplates the destruction of the brain .

      I will conclude this letter , already miobtoo long , ia the welJ known word * o / : Eurke ;—" Those philosophers-wnsidei men . In their experiment , no more than fckey . . iq mice in an . exhausted receiver , or in a recipienfcof mephitic gas . " ' ¦ . lam , air , Your ve ^ t obedient servant , Frederick Figod . Brooke ' s , Si James ' s-street , Oct . 12 .

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      —~~~—~~ ^ . „ ****^****^ ANOTHER ARREST . Mr . James Moonoy , fronvColne , was arrested oa Monday afternoon , in the pablio street , by William Asquith , deputy constabJe of ' GoJne , and convejed off to Manchester to be examined .

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      Oa the 1 st instan * , at the parish <* wrcb , » y tne Rev . George Hills , Mr . Johu Walker , cow-doctor , tq Elizabeth , only daughter of M ; a . Barker , nock dealer , GrceafcConrt , Bnggatej * U ofXoids . On Tuesday , tho ! 3 ih iosfc ., at the parish church , PontefraQ * , by the Rev . R . Stainferth , ; vicar , Mr . Pinder , of Pontefract P&tki ' to . Susan , youDge daughter of the late MfvfiJWffj ^ f Chestcrge W , m tl » WWty . of Derby . - : —

      'The Executive."

      ' THE EXECUTIVE . "

      Most Atrocious Murder And Outrage On A Female.

      MOST ATROCIOUS MURDER AND OUTRAGE ON A FEMALE .

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      . THE NORTHERN STAR 5

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 22, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct910/page/5/