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But Mr . Wbitehead and hii Committee have chal-XB 5 GK > to a public meetof . We accept ttwteCHix-1 K 5 GE . We awwUling to pat all the questions in airtmte to the fedmon ef a puMIe meeting of the fcbiHasnto of the Warf , pnbliely convened , for the M » eUl purpose of eonsiatfinf them . We we per-Sto ^ Otogtoippew before reebpublic m * etwg , * nd rt ^ irtato o « « Sob » for the part we have acted KarfXo perfectlywilling to ¦ ubmlt to thedecMon tfthat ineeSngTirbaW that dedrion may be , after bearing on statement * and reatona , and tfie rtstemente ^ rewon * of Mr . Wbiteheadi fnend ' a ; and the stataaents and wmmh « f the respective candidates tbemaelTM : ve are perfectly ? aiing to abide by the d £ sdriooofthatmeetteg ^» -ft « / whatever that decision be .
may . . . r , If it ahonld be a determination to rapport Mr . Whitehead , we shall be perfectly content , and will labour Kart and soul to keep on * the TORY . And if it should happen t&at the dedrioa of the meeting should bs that Mr . Wtdtebead abaQ retire and Mr . Hobson be supported in hi » atead , we ahall expect to be dealt within like manner aa we are prepared to deal with other * THTS THE * "WE ACCEPT THE CHALLENGE to " meet in pnblic" to consider the elai » s and qualifications of the respective candidates , on the condition th&t all partial will agree to be bound by the decision o ! vsieh meeting . 1
If the " challeJiGB" was not all " vapour , ' we prtn . IT soon have an opportunity of coming to a just and amicable conclusion , and thus prerent division and disunion in oar ranks . Mutual arrangements between the two committees for the holding of such meeting in the largest meeting room that can be procured , and at a time mutually conrenient to all parties , can easily be made , if the committee who hare put forth the " challenge" think proper to act upon their own offer . With them the matter rests . Signed on behalf of the Committee . Chables Cludkbay , Secretary .
Now , then , Chartists of Leeds ! We hare set forth to the whole world the work you have engaged in . Next week we shall have to report how you finish it ! What say yon ! Will you so exert yourselves as to secure from the country at large , and from your Chartist brethren in particular , the high commendation of , "Well rtoxs , good and faithful servants ?'' We pledge ourselves that you will ! We pledge
ourselves that every man of you will be found at hia post , either in fte Hunslet or Holbeck Wards ; and that you will secure the return of Mr . Hobson in both , should the public meeting in Holbeck ( which we opine nust be called ) decide on retaining him in nomination . This is a trial of strength . It calls for erery exertion on your pari , The course you have taken shews that yoa know your duty . Again we pledge ourselves to the country that you will gallantly perform it !
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There never was such a limping , " blethering anld bitch" as Liberalism . She always reminds us of as old hag picking up brambles in ft wood , and sow and then selecting a sound bit for a crutch to help her in her weary pilgrimage . The fragments that have been picked np by Liberalism , to aid her in lier course , within the last seven years , have been numerous . At first she took the whole handle of sticks , and called for ** union among Reformers . " By degrees , however , each fancymonger plucked the twig from the lot which did not exactly suit his taste , until at length the band got loose , and the union got slack That undefined system of procuring aid was ,
for a party whose principles were so undefined , perh&ps the best that under circumstances could h&ve been adopted . However , that awkward and querulous cnstomer , public opinion , stepped in in an evil hour , and asked for something defined ; and then after rambling through the wood , the " blethering aold bitch" picked up the Ballot , and for seven long years has she hobbled through life upon that crutch . The unusual prosperity of the years 1835 , 6 , and 7 , rendered the public mind too calm for a " Free Trade" storm ; but yet there being a party , and ft very large one too , engaged in commercial polities in this country , and to whom money being easy in the market , and profits being & / eai , ibis was no advantage so long as they were oat of th « market , or out of the treasury .
This is the party who , in times of general prosperity , are most put to their shifts to produce a good jnggle . The word " loyalty " soHnds uncommonly well in an old law-book , and " Church and Sir * e " cannot be surpassed in conception , while " our glorious Constitution * makes the heart of every man who is blessed by being born under it , jump out of his mouth . Yet , notwithstanding and nevertheless , do we feel assured that a minister out of place and & joung spark who has been accustomed to live on other men's labour , out of bread , are , the one and the other , Tery far from being worshippers at the shrine of any one of onr three great blessings . And SHre are we , that if the Liberals were impressed with a belief
that through revolution alone they coald be restored to office , they would set to work to-night , before to-morrow , | to lay the foundation of revolution . The less a party seeking for power can promise or need promise , the better , and better still i it may be undefined and yet satisfactory . Having , then , disposed of the questions of the Suffrage and Annual Parliaments in some previous articles , we shall now proceed to comment upon the Ballot . For seven years the Bal'ot has been the liberal talisman , the Aaron ' s rod of Liberalism , which was intended to have swallowed up , not only all other questions , but all thought . It was the " silent friend , " and was generally enforced with a wink or a nod , * nd an " Ah ! get vs the Ballot , " and
THEN YOU SHALL SEE WHAT YOU SHALL SEE j—nay , those who have watched Liberalism in her course will now cast back a thought , and recollect the m » gical effect of the word Ballot , in the House , on thehurtings . oronthe platform . WhentbePATRIOT was questioned and driven into a corner by some honest hand-loom weaver , the fugitive always found his crutch at hand ; and when anxious to escape too close an examination , he in general put in end to it thus : —My friend , and I am proud to call him so , though poor—( cheers . ) Ay , I would go fnr&er , and . call him brothee— ( leng and protracted
cheers ) . Aside , —bat only at an election . My brother , I say—( renewed cheers)—has very properly interrogated me upon many abstract questions of complicated policy ; and so difficult is it to give what may be considered a satisfactory reply , without going into the whole question of our financial relations , foreign and domestic policy , free trade , and the whole of our monetary system , together with the question of taxation— ( hear , . hear)—so difficult , I say , would it be to separate those great and vital , and all important questions , that I feel
assured my Tery excellent friend will receive , at my hands , an exposition of my political creed in one word , and which , in my opinion , and I should hope , iideed , in the opinion of all present , nay of every Reformer in the country , will be considered by my friend aslembodying » Uj and that word is THE BALLOT—[ loud cheering , followed by waving of hats and clapping of hands , which lasted for several minutes ) . Now , who but has seen that sickening f 8 ree acted over and over again , by liberal jugglers , who , laekiog talent or honesty , songht a substitute for those in a mask to cover such deceit ! Before we
enter opJra the question in detail , we must offer one . word upon the importance that the ** Black-place Association" attach to " Triennial Parliaments . " These short-sighted politicians , in advocating Triennial Parliaments , in preference to Annual Parliaments , say , What , would yoa dismiss a servant , just as he was beginning to learn his business ! " Now nothing con be more silly , inasmuch as nothing can he more certain , than that a servant who had done bia work honestly for one yaf $ ' and who , though unculti vated , yet showed a disposition to learn and be honest , would be continued in bis situation from year
to Tear . A master seldom discharges * good servant ; fc ^ i a truih , those political novices appear to think that annual elections would compel the constituent t ^ J to nake a clearance every year ; while the effect wonld merely be to giro the right of removal , if orewnstancfis justiled it . With Triennial Parliuoeats members would play the sinner ft * two years , and the saint for one year . ^ ith annual elections , they would ape the honest ^ M to insure s continuance of ofBee , well knowing & ** punishment would speedily follow delinquency ; J&d that before a SPECIAL COMMISSION , to be aolden for the bial of political offenders , too
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speedy justice woald be done to them . We have so banished the thought of abandoning any one point of the , Charter , however , that to suppose such s thing as the triennial joggle making way is nonsense As to the Ballot , then , we ask what the millions are struggling for ? Is it not for the vote t And of what nse wonld the Ballot be to them until they first got the vote . Oh , says " the blethering avid bileh , ' royal tradesmen and liberal tenantB of illiberal landlords , and many good fellows who are not allowed , to have a will of their own now , wonld all vote liberally if they had the Ballot . They would , we con .
ess it , —that is , liberally towards themselves , bnt most liberally towards those who are seeking admission into that sanctuary of which they are now in the exclusive possession , and of which the Ballet would be the Cerberus . Yes , give the electors the mask , and then see their face who can . Let them have that watch-dog for their house , and then enter it those who can lay claim to the present franchise , but none other . Establish this mode of conspiracy , and then , indeed , would ail hope of acquiring the Suffrage , or of extending it , be lost , and for ever . The Ballot with the present franchise would be individual protection against a general right of scrutiny , while the Ballot with the Suffrage would be a general protection against individual
interference with the disposal of a right . As long as the M ceatui qui trust" must have a trustee , bo long must the accounts of the trustee be rendered in open court ; but once let the minor take the management of his own affaire , and thea he may act secretly , or dispense with secrecy as he pleasesj and for our own part we are of opinion , that Annual Parliaments , Universal Suffrage , Payment of Members , Equal Electoral Districts , and no property qualification , would so far destroy nnjast interference and sordid dependency , that were the Charter passed , whole and entire , after a short trial , Englishmen would proclaim its triumph in the open recognition of its principles , and the consequent rejectioa of the BALLOT .
We shall have a word or two more to say upon this snbject , which we hope to illustrate with a few striking anecdotes , illustrative of the rottenness of this last of . the " BLETHERING AULD BITCH . " —Evening Star .
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John Newhousk , Birmingham , calls upon the Council resident in Birmingham , Dudley , Slourbridge , BUston , Wolverhampton , Tipton , Kidderminster , Bromsgrove , Redditch \ and Worcester to take immediate steps to call a delegate meeting at Birmingham , to take into consideration the stale of the cause , and to act with prompti tude . Huddsbs ? ikld Chartists . —// they will take the trouble to read the organization they will see that their nomination of persons to the Executive is altogether irregular and invalid . They have no power to nominate at all ; that is the province of the sub-Secretary to the National Charter Association . He can only nominate
one , and that one must be a member of the General Ceuncil . The Chartutst / the town may canvas the merits of parties whom they think fit for such an office . They may determine upon some one whom they think ought to be nominated for Hudderffield . But it is for the sub-Secretary , and not for the Chartists of ' Hudderffield , to nominate . Shall tee ever have reiterated often enough our imploring that now , when the twinfiends of despotism and treachery are so very rampant , the people xcill at least xv > e a little of that caution which costs nothing 1 Why does not every Chartist read the plan of organization and acquuint himself tcilh its previsions ? There is certainly no excuse for any man being ignorant of it when
it may be bought for a halfpenny . H . Edwards , after naming parties who have been instrumental in widely spreading democratic knowledge , says . " / think ice ought now to act . Could we not purchase various articles of food , & ~ c . from our own friends , they allowing Id . or Id . put of a shilling for the support of victims ' families ? Could ice not open stores in variOKS places , so as to prevent the money going into the hands of persons who would transport or send us to the villanous model prison for being Chartists f I have been asked by many persons when I think we shall all work more together in the good cause ?" Joseph Wabker . —Tie have forwarded his letter to the proper quarter . York Chartists . — We cannot insert their memorial . We have quite enough of prosecution on our
hands just now . Everything they say is perfecily _ true ; but there are injudicious modes of fulminating truths , ef whieh , we think , this memorial to be an instance . Our movement has got far beyond big words—they may rest assured that scoldikg will produce no effect upon the enemy . He is much too hardened for it . Our cause will be much better served by the firm , but temperate , assertions of its principles , tchich tharacterise deep thought , than by the ebullitions of deepfeeling . Miles Dkbbage teill see that the sum sent is acknowledged ihis week . If sent in time it would have been acknowledged last week . The fault was not ours—but his own . L . T . Clasct . —His letter to Mr . Rafter is tos long for insertion this week , unless we had had it a day sooner . The " Chartist Hkabts of Oak" next week .
Halifax . —John Dennis , James Walsh , Isaac Crook , William Hanson , and Joseph Thornton call on their late Chartist friends and associates to rally again , and let the banner of freedom float proudly in the breeze . They meet for the present , until a room can be obtained , at Mr . Joseph Thornton ' s , Barum Top , every Monday , to receive subscriptions for the Defence Fund , and in any other way promote the cause . Chbistopheb Dotlk , of course , had no expectation that his letter would be printed . We are not to be led unnecessarily into personal broils—though
we purpose to be _ much more free and prompt in opposing the beginning of mischief than vie have heretofore been . Past errors are now past remedy . It may be that those who committed them through haste , may have learned wisdom in the school of experience . At all events , it will te soon enough for such a note of warning as he calls for te be given when it may be needed to do good or prevent mischief . At present it could do neither of these things , but would certainly do mischief ; and \ that , tee think , Mr . Doyle ¦ m ust know .
e * by Hkabduvg , M 05 H 0 CTH . —His letter , with its enclosure , was duly received , and has been forwarded as desired , lilswobth Chartists send us a noticeeqf a public meeting in their room , but do not say when it is to be field . aiGHTON . —Mr . Sandy begs , on behalf ef the Committee appointed to consider the propriety qf establishing a Brighton Charter Electoral Association , to thank Mr . Wm . Garrond , of Ipswich , for hit kind communication . Also to enquire whether Mr . J . Sweet , of Nottingham , has received , through him , any communication from the said committee ; and , if so , to request him to favour him with a reply .
ATHAJfiBL Morling . —Mercy onus ! what a towering pasiion he is in because one of our last week ' s corresporuients thinks him an improper person " to be one of the Executive ! Poor fellow ! It has almost killed him . How he does bluster about " that blackguard (!) assertion "— ' villain "M deliberate lie "— " written by one of your own base tools ''— " Challenge yoa and the whole of your satellites "— " base assassins" — you and all yonr myrmidons "— " slanderer ! and liar I " and a heap more of the most choice flowers of Rhetoric J Steady , steady . ' good man , and 1 st the wind blow on you tiU you cool . Mr . Morling concludes his elegant epistle by " deHanding " the name of the parly who wrote to us stating his
opinion that Mr . Nathaniel Morling is " a most improper person'' for the office of Executive Committee-man . Nov we beg to tell Mr . Nathaniel Marling that we " give no reasons on compulsion . " We have full authority to give our correspondents name if we choose . It was signed at full length to his communication , and intended by him to be published with his letter . He knows Mr . Marling well : has known him long . He is a councillor , resident in Brighton , and agree * with his fellow-councillors , whose resolution we published last week , in thinking Mr . Morling a most improper person" for ( he important office of Executive Councillor ; and truly Mr . Morling takes much pains to prove that they are
right in their opinion . Our correspondent did not express his opinion without giving reasons for it . His name is no secret ; and we have no doubt thai Mr . Marling fcnetos it as well at we do ; but we shall treat Mr . Morling ' tbullying as we should that tf any other man . We give from Mr . Morling's letter the following sentence : — " As to bis being a councillor of the Association , I dare assert it is a deliberate lib ! and that no councillor in Brighton penned tkat sentence . " The man who could write this , with the published resolution . of the Brighton councillors staring him in the face , proves sufficiently that he is a "mest improper person" to sit on the Executive Committee . uSajwa Ings . —The liberation of Mr . Campbell has made her letter unnecessary .
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Jakes Holdkk , tailor , go ., 39 , Boslam-street , Bradford-street , Manchester , will give Is . 3 d . in the pound , for all work done by him . to the further once of the Chartist cause . R . T . Mobbjbon writes— " You will excuse me for suggesting that the publication of the names residence , number of family , and punishment of the different parties who have fallen victims in the recent crusade against Chartism , would be very acceptable to the public . I have heard many inquiries respecting it , and in consequence have taken the liberty of making this suggestion ; and in my opinion tfit was first published in the Northern Star , and afterwards in the form of a tract , it would have a wide circulationand
, would be aveiy useful companion , and enable any one to * show up'justice in England . " [ We quite agree with our correspondents suggestion and < ciil be glad to receive the necessary information to enable us to act on it . } J . Shaw . —For their own guidance , as an independent body , the Chartists resident in his locality , may adopt whatever bye laws they please : but as members of the National Charter Association they must abide by the plan of organization and by that only . Observe , however , that they may act as members of the great national body , and ulso as a distinct local body ; b ut care must be taken not to confound their movements in these two distinct capacities , the one with the other .
W . H . Cbonin writes to inquire what has become of the Chartists of Newport , in Monmouthshire ? Pbtbb Right sends us an extract from a communication in a Scotch newspaper , with a reply thereto , and several documents , testifying his efficiency as a Chartist lecturer . We cannot interfere . His reply should be sent to the Paper which inserted the attack . If the Editor be a just man he will insert it ; if no ( , we fancy Mr . Rig (> y will not have suffered much harm from any attack in that quarter , John Lowest , of Ballyhaunis , Ireland , would be glad to know if Mr . Wm . Diaon , of Manchester , received s lettei from him dated the \ 2 th inst ., and enclosing sixpence for the Defence Fund .
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Mb . Hpdson , op Cablirlk , and Mbs . Abthub . — We have received a letter from Mr . John Hudson complaining of the conduct i f Mr . Arthur in detaining his parcel of plates , which we had taken the liberty of inclosing in Mr . Arthur ' s parcel , with instructions to charge Mr . H . his proportion of the carriage-charge . Mr . H . says he is willing to pay such proportion : but that Mr . Arthur flatly refuses to let him have the parcel on any conditioa whatever . This conduct of Mr . Arthur , if it be correctly set forth to us , in most improper ; and arises , we fear , from business jealousy . Let Mr . Arthur reflect that his own parcel , containing Mr . Hudson ' s , was inclosed in that of another agent , who had more honourable feeling about him than to detain it , which he might have done , and
would have done , had he followed the example now Bet him by Mr . Arthur . We adopt this plan of inclosures to save the agents expence ; and it is rather too bad if our efforts to serve the agents be frustrated by the paltry jealousy of " two of a trade . " This letter of Mr . Hudson's is the fourth we have had from him on the subject ; and onr Clerk has written to Mr . Arthur privately , te set the parcel given up , but without effect , or this publics notice would not have apx > eared . We how desire Mr . Arthur to do that which is right ; to givo up the parcel , and take from Mr . Hudson his proportion of the carriage fee . If he does not do this , wo sbaH be under the necessity of charging him with the parcel of plates at full price .
J . Robinson , Dabtfobd . —There is certainly no law to compel a man to " uncover" at aa interment Propriety of demeaneur dittates the necessity of complying with custom in this particular : for wheu sorrowing friends and relations are assembled to perform the last sad office over the remains of humanity , once dear and kind , it would be bid taste indeed for any individual t « outrage their feelings by such an indecorous exhibition of bad manners aa the thrusting of himself upon their notice during the performance of the ceremony for the burial of
the dead , with his hat on . We think that if individuals had not learnt good m&onera , or they have , like the Quakers , cousciencioua objections to taking off their hats » t such a time and under Buch circumstances , ordinary feeling would dictate to them the propriety of staying away . The Portrait of T . DvxceMBE will be given to all our Subscribers on November 19 th . Tbey will be in the hands of all the Agents bj 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 on the day the Petition Plate is delivered .
FOB THE NATIONAL DEFENCE PUND . £ ¦ S . d , From three Chartists , St . Andrews 0 0 6 .. Norwich , per M . Itebbage 1 15 0 „ Wellington Foundry , Leeds o 10 5 J _ Leeds Chartists , per James Haigh ... 0 8 2 „ Junes Haigh , collected at the North Bast Ward meeting 0 5 3 .. Stockton-on-Tees . per T . Davison ... # 10 0 M a few friends at Kirkincb , per S . Martin 0 3 8 „ four Pullers , Vale of Leven 0 10 _ the Chartists of Sowerby 0 8 6 ditto Brigg End . Mill-bank 0 3 0 .. a few friendi of the Tailors' Society ,
3 > artford 0 5 1 _ the Chartists of Silsden 0 9 0 . » ditto Newcastle-on-Tyne ... 10 0 „ a few friends at Tredegar ... ... 0 12 0 „ the Chartists of Belfast 6 19 „ a few friends at KUbornie 0 8 0 „ Dudley , collected by Messrs . Rankin and Wright Q 8 10 „ A . Z ., Leeds # 20 _ the Chartists of Hunslet , per R , Walker 0 6 1 „ the Chartists of Leeds , per Be : jamln Knowles ... ... 0 7 6 „ Fryer , Halton o l o „ J . M . Q . Callanrier , Perthshire ... 0 4 7 } „ the Chartists of Croyden ... ... 0 12 0 „ a few friends at Frome 0 5 0 FOB MBS . M'DOUALL . From Norwich , per M . Debbaje 0 5 0 FOR T . B . SMITH . FromW . R . 0 0 3 FOB ThE DEFENCE OF MR . ELLIS , IN THE POTTERIES . Fromtae Cbartls ' sof Sundertand , —proceeds of a raffle for a pair of shoes ... 0 6 0 _ a few Liends at Sonderland 9 2 0 FOB MRS . HOLBERRT . From the Chartists of Rotherham 8 3 FOB COOPER ' S DEFENCE . From a person in Dunf eroUne agreeing with Mr . Cooper in opinion 0 16
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CUTIVE . NAME . RESIDENCE . PLACE . T . M . Wheeler 2434 , Temple-b » r Trowbridge , Reading , Salisbury , Bristol , & Flg-Tree-Lane , Sheffield . P . M . Bropby . * . Late of DabllB . ^ . Arnold , Ooseburn , and Fig-Tree-Lane , Sheffield . Jobu Watkins . ^ . Rancliffe Arms , Nottingham , KirkheatoD ,
Hebden-bridge , and Ajton-streetjBinntogham . John Q . Dron ^ Lambeth ~~~^~ . Long Buckby . Wm . Coffay 409 , Scrand —~ _ Vlire © Doves , London . John West Mscclesfleld Fig-Tree-Lane , Sheffield . David Boa »^« , Mandiesten ^^^ . Fig-Tree-Xane , Sheffield . N . Morb ' n ?^^ . BrightOD ., ****** Harleaton . Richard Hankin „ New iDn Yard , Carrington ~~~ Canington .
Brother Chartists , the above are the whole of the nominations which we hare officially received . We see by the Northern Star , of October 22 d , that Mr Beesley has been nominated at Newcastle , and Mr . Clancy at Brighton , bnt we have received no notice to that effect . It is now onr duty to call upon you to proceed immediately to the election , and return those men whom you may judge , tinder the peculiar circumstances in which your original Executive is placed , to be most calculated to benefit the cause , and maintain in its integrity that organization which has hitherto been both a shield and a sword for our defence . Yours , William Cu * fat . JOHN GhEOBGE DHON . James Knight . Thomas M . Whexleb , ( Secretary . )
N . B . All returns must be sent to the Secretary , oa Tuesday , Not . 8 th , and those candidates who have obtained the greatest number of votes will have been duly elected to fill up any vacancy | Or vacancies which at that period may exist in the original bedy .
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TO THE EDITOR OF TUB NORTHERN STAB . Sib , —I have received from Mr . Cleave , of London , Octobe * the list , ten shillings for Mrs . Roberta , which I paid over to her immediately . The funds in my hands having been paid over to her some time since , she has been in a state of great deprivation for some months past I am , Sir , Yonr obliged obedient servant , 51 , Bull-street , James Guest . Birmingham , Oct 25 , 1842 .
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PORT NATAL . SUBMISSION OF THE BOERS . The Cape papers contain the details of this . The South African Commercial Advertiser , with its extracts from other papew contains the mass of the intelligence on the ¦ object From that journal we give the
following—OFFICIAL STATEMENT " He * Majesty ' s frigate , Isis , arrived in Simon ' s Bay on Sunday last from Natal , bringing back part of the troops nnder Lieutenant-Colonel Cloete , commander of the late expedition , who Immediately prooeeded to head-quarters . On Monday the troops marched from Simon's-town to Cape-town , and in the afternoon of Monday the following ' Government Notice' was istoed for the satisfaction of her Majesty ' s loyal subjects : — "' His Excellency the Governor is pleased to direct the following information to be made publicly known .
"' Lientenant-Colonel Cloete left Port Natal on the 21 st ultimo , on board her Majesty's ship Isis , and arrived in Simon ' s Bay yesterday afternoon , accompanied by a portion of troops sent to reinforce the detwhraent under Captain Smith , and has reported to his Excellency the Governor the final cessation of hostilities between her Majesty's troops and the insurgent boers—no further hostile demonstrations having been shown by them after the troops under Lieutenant-Colonel 010610 * 8 orders were landed . " ' The emigrant farmers having made a solemn
declaration of their submission to the Qaeen , —having released the prisoners , whether soldiers or civilians . — having given ap the cannon captured , as well as those belonging to themselves , and having restored all public as well as private property seized by them , —the Lieutenant-Colonel , acting under the powers vested in him by the Governor , granted a general amnesty or free pardon to all persons who might have- been engaged in resistance to her Majesty ' s troops and authority , with the exception of Joachim Prinslo , A . W . Pretorius , J J . Burger , Michiel van Breda , and Servaas van Breda .
" He further declared , that all private property should be respected , —that the emigrant farmers should be allowed to return to their forms , with their gnnB and horses—that they should be defended from any attack by the Zoolahs—that the tenure of their lands should not be interfered with , pending the determination and settlement of Her Majesty's Government—that beyond the limits fixed for the military occupation , their existing Administration and civil institutions should not be interfered with till the pleasure of Her Majesty sheald be made known—that the Caff res shsuld
not be molested in the occupation of the lands on which they were settled at the dale of the arrival of Her Majesty ' s troops , subject to such future arrangements as may be made for general security by Her Majesty ; and by subsequent article appended to the conditions of this surrender , the Lieutenant-Colonel , in consideration of Mr . A . W . Pretorius having co operated in the final adjustment of the articles of surrender , and of his personal humane conduct to the prisoners , and his general moderation , included him in the amnesty which he had extended to all with the exceptions above named .
"' Major D'Urban , and a second detachment of the 25 th , were to leave Port Natal on or about the 25 th ult ., leaving Captain Smith in command of the post , with a force of 351 men . "' By command of bis Excellency the Governor , "J MOORE CRAIG . "' Acting Secretary to Government "' Colonlal-cfBcd , Cape of Good Hope , August 1 , 18 i 2 . ' " For people at a distance , who may not have all the points of Cape history by heart , it may be necessary to observe , that this is the conclusion or present state of an affair that has agitated Southern Africa for many mouths .
" Some time last year the Government received information that a party of boers from this colony had attacked , or were about to attack , some native tribes in the neighbourhood of the colony with whom we had established friendly relations . He In consequence poshed forward towards the menaced tribe , a detachment of troops from Graham ' s town , and warned the boers against committing the intended violence . To this the feoera replied in a letter dated the 21 st of February of the present year , In which they informed him , not for the first time , that they had renounced their allegiance to the British Government ; that they were an Indepen . dent state , and would deal with the natives and others as they saw fit ; that they were forming connections in Europe , where they bad no doubt their cause
would be favourably considered ; and with many opprobtous charges against their abjnred Sovereign ' s Government , they signified to him that they were ready to defend with their blood what they bad gained by their blood ; that it would be better for him to mind his own business than to meddle with them , and were his moat obedient servants . In this stage of the negociation a detachment of troops , amounting , we have beard , to about 240 or 250 men , were pushed forward under Captain Smith to Port Natal , distant from head-quarters at Graham ' g-town about 600 miles , through savage or desert countries , intersected by upwards of 100 rivers . Having surmounted the perils and privations of this toilsome journey , Captain Smith , with his little army , arrived at Port Natal in the beginning of May . Having signified the presence of Her Majesty ' s troops to the boers ,
ho received from them , throngh their fiteneral and Coramander-in-Cbief ,, A . W . Pretorius , an order to withdraw without loss of time from their territories , as they were no longer British subjects , but an independent republic , under the protection of the king of Holland . A collision , of course , ensued , In which Captain Smith was defeated with the loss , in killed , wounded , and prisoners , of about one-third of bis whole force , with a suitable proportion of guns and stores . Having drawn around his little camp a sort of hedge of waggons , strengthened with a breastwork of earth and a ditch , be now prepared to act on the defensive till reinforcements should arrive from the celony , whither he had despatched a bold and trust-worthy messenger , named King , who , by great good luck , eluded the enemy , and Informed the Lieutenant-Governor at Grv bam ' s-town of this rather unpromising state of things at
Natal . " From both ends of the colony reinforcements were despatched without loss of time . Indeed , there was little room for delny , as Captain Smith was besieged iu his rude camp b ^ an overwhelming force , by which he was effectually cat off from all supplies and from all communication . , " He was shut up in his intrenchments on the 24 th of May ; and from that period , with the exception of a few days' truce for burying the dead and negotiating a little , he lay under an incessant fire by night and day
from the guns and musketry of the boers to the 26 th of June , when be was relieved by the force sent from the colony under Lieutenant Colonel Cloete . He had been reduced to half ratbns and the use of horseflesh , tough and scanty , with execrable water . Lieutenant-Col . Cloete entered Port Natal , and , nnder cover of the guns of her Majesty's frigate , Southampton , anchored outside the bar . He wad received with showers of balls from the boers , who , however , soon disappeared and left the expedition to discharge its functions at its leisure .
" What those functions were may be gathered from the Government notice' printed above , " The following letter from one of the soldiers engaged trader Captain Smith , gives perhaps the best account of the proceedings : — " British Settlement , Port Natal , July 3 . " Dear Friends and Comrades . —I am happy to state , with the greatest satisfaction in the world , that I and the other two buglers still survive , after being snatched from the jaws of death , I must say that the troubles of this wicked world were nearly over with us all here . I suppose you require a statement of what happened since my last letter from Natal , but this I hope you or any of the boys won't expect from me , as it would be impossible for me to send the wbole of what happened , and I think it much better to leave it t # the testimony of the Graham ' s town journals , as it Would take np three or four quires of paper , and I can tell you that I am not in a very fit state to write at present
" i mean to mention a few particulars of what happened after our arrival here . For some time the boers were very peaceable , but at last they commenced to steal our cattle , and to take our herds prisoners . The captain sent to them for the cattle , but they wonld not send them back . We were after getting our two 18-pounders mounted , one at the camp , and the other at the point , where our provisions and stores were , and a detachment of fifteen men , tour gunners , one officer , a sergeant , and two corporals , was left there to protect then . The boers were seen on the morning of the 23 rd of May , in very large parties , on all sides of the woods , showing themselves te our camp now and again ; but the captain opened our guns on them from the camp . The 18-pounder made great openings among them , and
put them to disperse for that day . The next day , being the Queen ' s birthday , the captain intended to fire twenty-one guns , and hoist the union jack in front of our camp , but towards evening the captain held a consultation among the officers to attack the Dutch camp , and 100 men were warned to be ready , and two field-pieces and the howitzer were placed in a strong boat to proceed up the channel right nnder their camp , to throw In shells . The men left onr camp at eleven o . clock , the night being clear and bright , and arrived close to the enemy's camp at one o ' clock . The moment the enemy ptrceived them in front of their camp , they fired such a dreadful volley of musketry on our men that it made a great many intervals through the ranks . Onr men commenced a file-firing , and kept it up very well ; the guns and rockets kept playing into them on
all sides , and the howitzer from the boat sent welldirected shells into the camp ; but , notwithstanding althis , the enemy kept a heavy fire up , their number was so great ; they were cutting off our men very fast , and it was very little wonder , for they bad ten times oar number . After about an hoar ' s engagement the enemy ' s fire began to slacken very much , and the captain intended to charge them , bat when he saw he had so few to charge , he declined , and thought proper to retire homvto the camp . Yon most understand that where the action was fought was-cloae to the sea , and it being a spring-tide , onr men were up to their waists in the water , and as soon aa a man was wounded be fell into the sea and was drowned , for no person could offer any assistance at the time , for the enemy came in clone pursuit after us ; we left our dead there in like manner . The most of the artillery were swept
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from the guns ; out of eighteen gunners , there were twelve cut away killed and wounded . The officer of the artillery received a shower of balls in the body ( three in the head and foot in the body . ) He was in the act of firing the gas at the time . The gun-oxen were all shot away , sad it was impossible for the men to swim and draw the guns , as the tide was so full in . Many of our men fell victims to a watery grave , perishing In the water . We had not long arrived home at the camp , when the enemy made a dreadful charge on the camp on all aides , bat they were repulsed with great loss . Yon may say , my boys , this was one of the most horrible nights I ever witnessed in my life , from ten o ' clock until clear daylight in the morning . In this night's action the killed and misting were
seventeen and one officer ; wounded twenty-four , one captain , one subaltern . The next day the enemy brought up oar dead ; they could only find twelve , and the artillery officer . We buried them in a large pit convenient to tke camp . The other five men most have been : driven oat with the tide ; so I intend to finish with th « affair of Congella , or the Dutch camp , and I mast say it was an unfortunate thing for oar guns to fall into the enemy's hands , besides a great number of Bmall arms and ammunition ; bat I assure you it could not be helped , for yoa may easily know oar situation . The number of the enemy killed on this nigbt is estimated to be one hundred and thirty , and seventy wounded . There were ninety killed of them in one kraal , by shells from the howitzer . . .
" The boers now seeing that our guns were already in their hands that were left behind previous to the action at Congella , and so many of oar small detachment cut off , thought proper to cut off all communication by land ; and the next thing they had in view was to engage the point , and capture all our provisions . Accordingly , on the 26 th morning , they engaged the point , and , after half an hour's engagement , they captured it , bat not without losing a great number of men . Oar small detachment , as I mentioned before , did their endeavour to keep it , bnt they wer « soon overpowered . There were only one serjeant , two corporate , and fifteen men , and four gunners . The artillery fought well , until two of them were killed , and two wounded . The two that were wounded spiked the gun before the enemy came up
to them , and when they saw the gun already spiked , they drew their knives , and ripped them from the bottom of the belly to the throat They took all the rest prisoners . There were only one corporal and one private wounded , bat the four artillerymen were killed . Now they had us completely blockaded by sea and land . They also went on board of the two vessels that were lying in the harbour , and took about thirty Englishmen prisoners , and bound them in irons , with a strong guard over each vessel . It happened very fortunate that tho officer belonging to this small detachment was up at the camp on duty , or else he wonld have been taken prisoner also . The Dutch chief Bent many letters to the captain , entreating him to quit the camp , under the following circumstances : —
To pay the sum of £ 10 , 000 to the Dutch Republic ; te pay the damage done to them ; and further , to give ap all our arms , only 12 stand that he would allow to each vessel to guard ua down to Cape-town He wanted to send as in the two vessels that were lying in the harbour ; but this proposal only made onr captain smile , and he sent him back word he never would do any such thing . This made the Imperious chief blaster oat with great execrations , and said he woald starve as to death , and barn oar camp . The captain , knowing now they bad three gang of oars in possession , knew very well they woald soon visit oar camp , and blockade as , and keep as from getting any provisions or water . As the water was pretty far distant from the camp , he ordered the Engineer officer to make intrenchments all
round the Inside of the camp , and build a breastwork up against the front of the waggons , the way it wonld eave the men from the enemy ' s shot At this time they had the whole of our cattle captured , with the exception of 24 head , and we had very unfortunately only one waggon-load of biscuit op from the point before it was taken , On the night of the 30 th of May the enemy made all preparation for beseiging our camp , and on the next morning , being the 31 st , they commenced a dreadful cannonading on oar camp . They bad their gans pointing in every direction towards the camp , namely , one 18-pounder , two six-pounders , one 12-pounder , two 4-pounders ; total six gans . I forfot to mention , that they had some handicraft men among them that unapiked the 18-powuter , and a 12-pounder , that
belonged to them , which was spiked by us when we came here first They fired 160 rounds from their gans , besides showers of musket'y , the first day ; but , thanks be to God , they did very little harm , only smashed the sides of the waggons . We bad only two guns , — one 18-pounder and howitzer , and they were going the whole day at the enemy . The 18-pounder dismounted one of the 6-poanders the first day , and the howitzer killed a great number of the enemy with her shell . The enemy now dug entrenohments at the distance of 100 yards from oar camp , all round , for their small arms , and to save themselves from the fire of our camp . Here , now , I may mention that we were no longer inhabitants of the earth , but of the under world , living in subterraneous caves or caverns , or sepulchiwl tombs .
Our situation now was surely miserable , and we could get no water , only running in danger of beinjf cut to pieces going for it outside . of the camp by the enemy ' s fire , for that was the only time they kept up a strong fire . On the third morning of the siege the enemy sent us a flag of truce to onr camp for the purpose of Bending onr women and children , sick and wounded , on board of the vessels in the harbour , and that tbey wonld be taken good care of ; bnt this was only policy of them , te find eut bow many were disabled , that they might make an attack on our camp . None of the women would go , only Mrs . Lonadale , and the captain would not admit of any of the sick to go . and said be would nail the flag to the masthead before he should ever give them the lattsfaction of surrendering . Our provisions
now were getting very scarce , and the enemy shot most of the cattle we had in the kraal , to keep us from living , If possible . All the oxen we had now left alive were killed immediately to make ' biltong' of , lest the enemy should descroy any more of ua . The enemy still kept np a formidable fire every day on the camp—upwards of 100 rounds every day . We were living now on six ounces of biscuit-dust and half-a-pound of biltong . Our coffee and sugar were all out In like manner . This only kept the human frunic from failing ; and this was not all ; after the biltong was all out we were obliged to feed on h « rse-fiesh . ihis was very disgusting at first , but buBger obliged us tv make use of It To finish the siege , and not dwell longer upon It , the enemies kept their guns going for 16 days on our camp , and then brought them down to fortify the point against the reinforcement that was coming up , for they were well aware that King had
made his escape , and that he would discover all , Although the guns were taken away they still kept us in by their small arms . The Captain now determined tu level some of the intrenchments belonging to the enemy . in the dark of the night , and sent off twenty men and two officers . They went on their hands and feet until they came on top of the enemy . They were all asleep only the sentry , who fired and shot Mr . Prior in tbe heart This alarmed all the rest , and Bucb . n dr <~ aafu \ carnage never was heard tell of before . Our men fired and charged them with bayonets , and muzzle to muzzle ; the Dutch ahouted for mercy , but of course got none . Tbey drew their bunting knives , but they only killed two and the officer , and oar men killed every one in the intrenchmenfs , in number about thirty-six , and then returned to the camp . If they had waited much longer the whole of the enemy wonld have cut them to pieces ; bnt they ware in good time here . We remained here until the reinforcement
arrived . ? ¦ * * "The Grenadier company arrived here on the 24 tb of June , on board of a merchant schooner , but she had to beat about the harbour until the arrival of the frigate . On the 25 th tbe frigate came in sight , and fired two gans and three rockets as a signal to us , which were answered by as with one gun and one rocket , to let them know we were in distress and where we lay . On tbe morning of tbe 26 th , being Sunday , all preparations were made to effect a lauding . The frigate forced a flotilla of gunboats , eaoh boat bearing a howilz-r placed in her for throwing shells ; all the other boats were laden with the troops . At one o'clock , the troops set off from the different vessels under tbe frgato ' s fire ; the gunboats led the van , and it was very
handsome to see all the boats sailing up tbe channel , each having its standard w&Viog in the Btoin . The enemy now commenced a sttocg fire on the b ^ ata L-um their guns and small arms , but without much effect . The frigate now opened a formidable fire on the enemy from her forecastle and poop , broadsides from her 68-poundera . The boats also kept np a dreadful fire , pitching shells every moment The frigate's heavy fire made Bach openings in the woods among tbe enemy that they were soon conspicuous to the troops , who kept up a heavy fire of small arms on them . The shells from the boats swept tbe enemy from tueir gnus . The haughty rebels were now seen to fall . All on a sudden , after an half-hour's engagement , tbe outlaws made for the country , taking the guns with them .
Our 18-pounder kept ap a heavy fire on them as they passed the woods going to the country . Tbe troops having new possession of the harbour , they haalsd down the Dutch jack , and hoisted the onion . The troops now made their appearance through the woods towards onr camp , and took twelve rebels prisoners All the rest fled . Oh , heaven 1 what a joyful sight to see we were once more inhabitants of the upper world I No tongue can describe , nor pen can write , the joy we felt in meeting the Grenadier company and the 26 th Regiment hen . We gave three hearty cheers that rent the air and drowned the noise ot tbe cannon . The next day Colonel Cloece marched up the troops to the Datch village , and plundered It all over . We were only
allowed to partake of eatables , hat not to meddle with anything else . But some made well of it We took meat , flour , bread , tobacco , coffee , sugar , butter , cheese , tea , rice , brandy , wines , pigs , and every kind of poultry , and cooking utensils . I have now the satiafastion to feast on their sumptuous food for the long starvation tbey gave me . The enemy Is making fortifications up the country at their town , lest the troops should follow them . AU the troops here are kept busy everyday maUng fortifications round oar camp , and at the point or harbour . We expect to follow the boera up the country in a few days . There are about 700 men here now , with the 25 th and ours . Tbey are mounting all the fresh gans the frigate brought to proceed ap the country with a strong force of men . The Cafirea are
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burning and destroying all their small village * , and putting every one of the enemy to death they come across , and- bringing as dozens of cattle every day . AU oar sick and wounded are on board a ship to forward to Cape Town , and there are a great number of them . All the waggons that were damaged are taken to pieces and pat on board a ship to go to Algoa Bay to be sold by anction . Captain Lonadale , with family , is on board to join head-quarters . I am sorry to mention to yoa that your old friend Cartey dropped dead In tha intrenchments on the morning of the 16 th . " Joseph Beow . ve . "
" Daring the siege the boers fired apwar . 1 of 700 shots from the 6 and 18-ponndera , besides k -eplug ap an incessant firing of musketry . Though the siege lasted upwards of a month , there were but tour shot and three wounded on the side of the English ; but on the part of the Dutch , there is reason to believe many more . Lieutenant Moleaworth , with 20 men , made a sally oat of the camp one nigbt during tbe latter part of tha siege , and fell upon the boers in tbe trenches before they were aware ot it , the boers heh-. r a )! asleep . Of 20 boers , not tin o it Is said escaped . The English , however , paid dear for this by tho loss of Mr .
Prior , a fine young officer , who with two privates wm killed on the occasion . Before the earap was relieved they had eaten all their horses , and were uoon the most wretched pittance of spoiled bread , which they intended should enable them to stand it out twenty days longer , when the Conch arrived ; she iramedtately fired gans and threw up rockets , which were answered by the besieged . The captain oa hoard sent a flag of trace , requesting that a medical man wi'H comforts might be allowed to proceed to the camp . To this Pretorious answered , that all communication with C * ptiln Smith had ceased , and that it was r . ow too late . "
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At the Chartist room , Greaves-street , Oldham , the daughter Thomas and Martha Brierley , of that town , has been christened Sarah Ann O'Connor , by the Rev . W . V . Jackson , of Manchester . Registered by Mr . Joshua Wrfeley , Hannah Emmett Hirst , daughter of William and Betty Hirst , Tame Water , Saddlevrortb .
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On Thursday last , the 20 th inst , at SgfefnyB | gV « tfv M Think , John Swarbreck , Esq ., aged 8 « f JaBgyffl&JI 3 Same day , at Thirsk , Mr . John V | 09 M | fea _ S # f m O superintendent of police in that town , tfMvHH 5 S 5 ! ll 7 = 4 •* 9 } On Saturday , tbe 22 nd inst ., at TM | OBWK «^ ts | S Smith , grocer and draper , a member offtfcgSHBlSfc LJWW of Friends , aged W ; : ' ^ l ^^ SW ^ S
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 29, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct911/page/5/
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