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Now on Sale , Price Three-pencff , THB POOB MAN'S COMPANION FOR 1843 , A POLITICAL AL . VIANACK , Shewing the amount and application of the Taxes raised from the Industry of the Producing Classes j and containing a great amount of VALUABLE STATISTICAL INFORMATION .
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^ "T ^^ jfl preferring rather to divide the & f L nce ihaii to concede the BMne , regarded as % , aication of his party ' s -purpose , is proof poatiai tbar purpose never was union . Bnt **! » becomes of all &e : complaints of * he Her . fjLaan , as ihe - exponent of ibis party , about rijjnaejij of ihe Chartists in sticking to the ** eTihar nnwiniB ^ ness to concede anything in fjLi-fer the concessions they received , and their ^ on ^ ieDess in insistin * on priority of dis-&e what
^ oa for Charter ; becomes , we say , of "frfe : the pith and staple of the Re * . X-Jentlem&n ' s i DDTfor 1 he conduct of himself and friends ; and % i ' iseomiS * f iheir pretensions to sincerity in T ^ ngthe " Tniioi 1 '' . tiie J talkedsomuch about , when ^ red in eorneetion with the following statement 'fijj XoTErr made in reference to the Tery motion - us . -pj ^ ii iMs speech of Mr . Spescer was made ; jaiiered on the minutes of Conference by the
•¦ Is iis acnety for union , fee had made the foHow-- -nropMiSiro 3 M tie leading members of tbe Com-SJsa&Kre Usuou : —That"both the propositions foi ^^ jy jborid be vriihdra-ira . That the two docn-^ ir ' jjjg People ' s Charter , ana the Bill as prepared ** . Qjuadl ) i&dtM be laid on the table . That the Fees of tts tsro-docnments should be read and di » - ^^ dtajatdy . That thus caving extracted all tta | g ss ^ niHe in beth , and formed a Bill , that this Bill S ! ud eo forth to the country without any other title Sn" i . B 31 to pTOTide for the just representation of SrWple . ' S 12 * cMr - i *^ * ' regretted to ssy , £ * 2 sl 5 reasonable proposal -was not acceded to , those jjjjjeu niher "sriibiEg that the motion and amend * go to ts * voie
^ should , - ¦ fljB mjm&n , after reading that statement , and -a inowle ^ ge that it was made before the whole 53 i * epsrtJj and without « ontradicaon by any of jha ^ i ^ eTB hereaft er thai shat party had the ^^ t ri ^ j to effect the *• union" of which they w anmuBjjsiile ? And if Mr . Sjescsb knew of ¦ ^ p ^ pffiiaon of Mr . Lovsn what must be jbonj Mtrf hi 3 sincer ity in uttering the following jBrfscf iisspeech : —
j . jf-gjaaasa -ffonMonly consent to have the bill xfjbe Association , irhich had been drawn up with -ax Hie sad a * " » P * * e ^ pe ^ . and if they would insntto have it discussed , then , at the end they Tooid be able to sy Tti&iha thsy thought the bill or fhs Garter tfce cast valuable" — ( hear , hear , hear . ) If be did Jrf > t know of it , then what nrast be ? hocfht of -lie honesty of his friends , the Council , ¦ giodidinow of it , and who yet permitted him to speai as the exponent of their Tiews and purposes ii had been made And to
li ion ^ o nerer i I what fioe baon shall we come respecting the honesty and E s-emty ^ f fee party who having rejected that proioseob , jet broHght-forffardjthrongh Mr . Sciimkrs , s > idfiaonal amendment embodying that same propjgjjjm , in the mere hope of dividing their oppo-ESis' ranis ij catchiDg np a few "fiats" in the jqerted" net 11 Trnly the whole business of the gEJincS snd character of these "Sucking Pig " wjnosraffijads one forcibly of an unsavoury pro--raii : " the more you stir it . "
Cf fl « smaller ny in this discussion ; of the Rev . 3 fc "Wtitt ., and hi 3 eridently hollow subtlety ; of jji . Iaw 3 S 5 CE Hstwosih , the " sample of his £ ssf of ike EeT . Patrick BEnrsTKa , the only issued isaa of the party ; of the self-sufficient Edinisi ^ i Boeairj and of many others who figured in iemie , wesajnothing ; s ? e haTe neither space Kscsneio spend on them . The would-be-oonsi J 3 fd GtrtKts , who would yet haTe given up the XJanerfor the substitution of the five hours bill , ¦ liathiJaT had not read , and the "knowing" trim-EHSTrbo supported the artful dodgers whenever &J eould do bo , in the hope of recommending them-KTsstosome small snack or other if they should
TSKit , hntwho not yet feeling themselves to be Tjffiiacceptance to iha enemy , " staid at home " BSD the names were called , we leave to be dealt liihbj ihe people , who will donbtles 3 remember aer faithfnines hereafter . ¥ e condnfle oar present notice of these honest " * Sacking Kgs ° with the following , from the ibquent , well-timedj and beautifully reasoned iKech of Mr . Px&sr : —
"Is ( He . P ^ rry ) belonged toths middle classes 2 s mixed much among them , and he was bound to grtsit that there edited on tieir parts a profound rsSSaswe to-political principles—( hear , hear ) . But sfla anytime he -was boand to state this fact , ( and Jr V jed tbemsmbers of the Complete SuSeage AssodSsi -raald beirit in micd , ) ihsX those of the middle oafish whom he had Tnrraft , -were in the habit of sjqtalrim , * O ! ye can easfily -underatarid why jttcwjrfctfce { Sorter , because you are a Chartist
Wi rapewit-bessuss we think the principles it advo-( Cast dangerous , but ueprolzsl opoiTiSl those j > rvta ys bstj Ami dotes mtr ihroals -ander another name . " -id Kid cautioned cheers . ) That was s growing JsifejxniQB ^ lije juiddle classes , and he would ask the raaWtetta they thou ^ it it likely Qiat Uieir advovqd fee Sx Points of the Charter would enlist the c-opea&jB cf the saddle classes , because they snpjcsfedaamaiuEr another name 2 —{ loud crieaof 'hear , ies- " ) SeieJiered the Association would defeat its sntljeeS , and » hy ? Becatse THEY would
> 3 T SiTJ S 05 I 3 TT TO SEC 0 « 3 iKSD XHKH . " IFsiiaflyeJhayeawDrd or two upon the after prowS ^ gsof the Conffcrence , and also upon the marked SEfeJoas of honesty aad modesty made after their sasaoaly &e ^ bit of a Conference" of 5 addn £ Be . " Hsantinie , taking leave of the " piggery " fe saoiaer week , we cannot do so without calling b fla people to wonder and admire at their con-^ t , arae 3 t , and persevering sincerity in proecd | On " onion" with the people , which is to " * a fe ike people fnB , fair , And free represen sassfn
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0 S 51532 ATIO . N-MIL COOPERS PLAN . ^ sa . is no other snbjeet upon which we have feasrEsrne 5 t with the people as that of adopting , Etfa&mng to , Eome dennite system of national CEt eaanoB . "Wehave been thus earnest because ^• b Mother subject in whieh the people ' s in-^ b-sre-so much involved . It is only by and = fs ^ ergaaiation that they can wield , at aH ^ % i the weapons of their moral warfare , J isSeQi ienee and £ nergy . Faction knows tfe forea of eystcm and the power of ***» Siaj its forces are all organized : its ae all
^ sfc Eystemafic And hence the j - |*« gittg hwoc of its ravages among the people . ; jT ^ - fcnna and 5 ystema , tic laws are to itsj ^ a « a and blooosackers as the stone walls of a ! ^ J ^ d within which they . ensconce them- j i . lo beat down this citadel is the object of ; wibS ?" ¦ ¦ "¦** 1 rla 8 ftey remain divided and nn-^^ tiar attacks upon it are bnt like the yg ^ *^ ea of water thrown from a bucket ; 1 . ' ° 18 « a » aon , bv causing their action to become i — —^
r Wj * ftVh . m r ^^ ^^ ^^^ ' sL- tk ^ ^^ 3 mited » ^ 7 es il a V ° wa ffi" ttat j iu ^ aa * torrent in its strength . At the samei ^ mi foTSEi tiat &e ' bnKrrases of tbis j ^ jj T ^ P ^ eci feemselves , on every side , so j * J » aiV *** snrface of ^ b € 9 "waters , that it «* T Biitter to coffibine their force by stash an / CT ^ * ^ E not be liable to serious objec- j * v ^ T \ itS power ^^ S nentralised by one ^ F than . i
It ' ^ Z . 20 ? eB 3 to 0 Kf readera to learn that i tS ** *™ wntrired , by a dexterous use ; ^ SSn ^ ° IaW making * to render it ! 1 ?^^ l- a ^^ o ^ al organizatioa for ] Ss fc - ^^ ^ Mch shall not he in the teeth of j ^« aft * lfiSdcm of ^ ^ OP 16 ' 8 legates ] % 1 ^ Secocdlri al frame sn organization , per- *» n nSft WMdl ^^ itlt > een cwried 0 Qt would i ¦ & * thej ; t peoplB mch tt 0 M Powerful for good fcl : 4 e-S ^ ti eeiu Xt i ^ s never been carried ] ' ^ sal ^^" officers a PP ° mted under its pro- 1 tod ihe W ^ 3 Dpled nnder fo < " those provisions ; J k * 1 ** | J 5 - n ^ lected to enf « ce the per-^ a ^ 3 ^ l fimira * - ^ iecce the Associa-^ SJJIL * . Wiat i 1011 ^* compact , ] 5 J
^ 62 S p > v ' ^^ j worsiEg body , Has been a ^ « aB-ft- ^ > d 8 as 3 lnn IB . tfcw ) wJi together with-* * HBa , - £ IZ 31 Z toznt ijid called by one eom-^ ^ t h v ° f lM 3 ^^ D 0 ' ™ tie or ^ an-- as - ^ . parties whose dnty it was ^« ji EDf 0 rcement - 1 * ^ dear that ^ Uj 6 at 50 2 ^ wga ^ 2 ^ on as perfect as the ^ i& * 7 ITmB : P r 0 Tid ence , it must be ustless ^^ ttst ^ ad of being carri ed Great
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abuses , however , usually do lead to useful revisions ; and in the present case the people seem disposed wisely , while deploring the abuse of their confidence which crippled the powers of their Organ zation , to enquire whether the Organization itself may not be capable of such revision as may , to some extent at -least , preelnde the recurrence of such abuses . Few things human are absolutely ' perfeet in their kind . It is not , therefore , to be wondered at , if in the execution of go difficult a task as that of devising an Organization of ihe whole people , which should unite and systematise their efforts for political redemption , and yet keep clear of aU the
ingenious meshes of ihe law , some little things should have been left capable of some improvement . We have long been ef opinion that the manner of choosing the Executive Committee was liable to objection . The Executive Committee , and more especially the Secretary and Treasurer , should be men of bnsiness . They should be cool-headed , far-seeing , discriminating men ; able to form a sober jadgmeDt of the consequences likely toensaefrom any course of conduct they might recommend to the people under given circnmstaHces . They should not be bullnecked obstinates , who , having fixed their minds
npon a point , would rather sink the cause than fail to carry it . They should be men capable of formiDg a grave estimate of the grave duties of their office , and the important interests committed to them : and who would , therefore , weigh well , carefully , and rationally , every step they recommended to be taken . Above all , they should not be men easily puffed up with a conceit of their own dignity and importance—fond of prating about tf their own responsibility , " and calculating upon their power to excite a public meeting by a few mouthing phrases , as a means of covering , and escaping from the consequences , © f whatever madness or incompetency they may exhibit ; and , before alL they should be
msn morally just and politically honest . They should not be money-grubbers and living-seekers Their objset should be not to live by and out of th » cause , but to live in and for the cause . Such should be the character of the people's Executive . Speechmaking may or may not be superadded as an accomplishment ; \ u % whether able to make speeches or sot they should be honesty clear-sighted , strong-minded , discriminating business men . Speechmaking is » at best , a mere secondary , and , in comparison of these qualities , a very trivial , recommendation . Jfow , the mode of electing the Executive under the present system , does not give a fair chance either to the candidates or the electors . The real
points of merit in the respective candidates are necessarily known nothing of by the far greater portion of those who vote ; and a man ' s chance for election depends much more upon the popularity he may have acquired by speech-making in various localities than upon his possession of those qnalities which alone ought to be regarded as the test of fitness . We have seen this long ; and have therefore thought . Mr . Coo ? eb . 's plan for the election of an
Executive committee decidedly preferable , as to its general nolion , to the present one . We do not think that 3 tr . Coopeb himself proposes the best mode of carrying out Wb own general idea , as we shall shew by and by . But there are other and much more seriou 3 objections to this plan of Mr . Cooper ' s ; objections which till they are removed must preclude all thought of its being substituted for the present plan , or adopted as a tchole by the Chartist body .
Next to the adoption by the people of an uniform plan , it should be their object to have a legal one-The law-makers have made thi 3 difficult ; but it is yet possible j and that which may be done must be done for the prosperity of our cause . We have often and again called attention to the provisions of the iniquitous lawB against political societies , designed to prevent the possibility of any national organization . "We have often reminded the people that the faction by whom those laws were passed has now the power of enforcing them ; and , since their provisions may be complied with , and yet an effective national organization had , it is essential that this ' point be well attended to . By the third and fourth articles of Mr . Coopee ' s plan , it is provided that : —
" 3 . The general government of the Association shall be vested in an Annual Convention—to be assembled is London , in the month of April of each year , and to close its sittings at the end of three weeks , or earlier , if convenient " 4 . The said Annual Convention shall be composed of delegates from Chartist districts ; the delegates to be elected by the people in public meeting assembled ; the districts , and the number of representatives from each , lobe arranged by the first Annual Convention , and re-arranged by succeeding Anmrnl Conventions , as need may arise . "
2 ^ ow , by this arrangement , it is clear that the Chartists of each district will act , in the election of their delegate , not individually , bnt collectively , and as a body , independent of , and separate from , each other district . The delegate for Leicester would be , to all intents and purposes , an officer appointed by Leicester ,-and representing and acting for , and on behalf of Leicester—separately and distinctly from any other district . He would be elected by the Leicester people , and answerable to them for his conduct . He-would be , in fact , a delegate elected by , and acting for , that part . Now , this is a desirable thing ; but like most other desirable things * , it is precluded by law . By the 39 Geo . III . c . 79 , it is among other things
enacted : — " That every society composed of different divisions , or branches , or of different parts acting in any manner ^ separately or distinctly from each other ; o . r of which any pait shall have any distract President , Secretary , Treasurer , Delega e , or other officer elected or appointed by or for such part , or to act as an officer for such part , shall be deemed and taken to be an unlawful combination and confederacy . " And the punishments enacted by this law for all who take any part in Euch " * unlawful combinations and confederacies" range from transportation as a maximum to various terms of imprisonment .
Here , then , is a stopper , at once , npon Mr . Coop . kk's'' plan of an annual Convention as a permanent * governing body for a political society Delegate meetings for public and general purposes , in which all " are concerned , and all may vote , whether Whigs , Tories , or Chartists , and the ekction of such delegates by publio and open meetings of the inhabitants of any place , duly convened , are perfectly legal ; but when those delegates assume to themselves the government of a political society , each of them representing and
acting for a part of that society , they do an illegal act : they become parties to what this law terms " an unlawful combination and confederacy , " and every man of them becomes liable to transportation . So , again , the 8 th , 9 : h , 11 th , and 12 th articles of Mr- Coopsb ' s plan clearly suppose and imply a distinctness of action between the several localities , the Presidential Sesaons , and the Annual Conventions , the operation of which would be to bring the tchole society within the sweeping provisions of this Act : making every member liable to all its
penalties . The 18 th , 19 th , and 21 st articlea are again calculated to bring every member of the Association into direct collision with the law ; as each of these articles supposes a separate action of each of the localities , for itself , and distinct from any other
locality . There are various other matters in which we think the plan objectionable . We see no good end to be served by the " Pr esidential sittings , " that might not be equally served at a less cost by a standing unpaid committee to assist the Secretary . We see no need of , or use for , a » Yice-Secretary . " We tannot understand why the Secretary and President should be paid more than other members of the Convention . This seems to us to be only calculated to create a scrambling for those offices , and to beget the hixard of their falling rather to the lot of popularity , or parry and personal influence , than to that of specific and necessary talent . We have little notion of these aristocratic distinctions among Chartists . They tend io no good . We think forty shill-
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ings a-week good pay ; when it has to come out of weaver ' s pence . These are minor matters ; but they are yet worthy of attention in the outset . The mode of choosing the parties who are to form the Presidential sitting "—in reality the Executive Committee—as specified in the fifth article , seems ill calculated to attain Mr . Coopeb's end , of securing business-like and efficient men . The objection to the present mode of electing the Executive is that the business habits of the candidates are of necessity strange to a majority of those" who vote for them . The plan of an annual Convention is suggested for
the remedy of this . It is thought that each locality will be able to jadge of the merits of the one man whom it may send—and that when all these meet together the men of business , talent , and discriminating powers will shew themselves ; so as to afford the Convention an opportunity of selecting five men in whom all its members have confidence for the guidance and keeping of the society ' s affairs . Bat it seems to us that this wise object must be , to a great extent , frustrated , if the choosing of these five men be made the first business of the Convention , before any opportunity
has been afforded of testing in the several discussions which may arise , the habits and powers of the members . Taey meet together , in the first instance , for the most part , strangers to each other ; and the chances for the election of this " Presidential " Executive would then be very little different from what thpy now are . The parties best known and having most popularity or personal interest would be sure to be elected , whether possessed of the neces-Eary specific talent or not . We think that the election of the ' ^ Presidential" Executive should be rather the last business of the Conventional session than the first .
All these , and some other matters , that might yet be pointed out , would require attention , if thb LEGAL DISABILITIES WERE PIBST REMOVED FfiOM thb plan . But while the whole thing , as a whole thing , is impracticable from its coutraversion of the law , it is useless to consider its details . We have thought much and seriously npon it , and see no reason to alter , now , the opinion we personally expressed to Mr . Coopbb , when that gentleman was in
Leeds , in the middle of last summer . He then named to us this idea of a Conventional Execative . We told him that we thought the idea a good one , but feared whether it could be legally carried out . We think so still . As a general notion , this mode of electing the Executive we think much preferable to the present one ; bnt the more we think and study of it , the more satisfied we become that the law would not permit its practical operation .
We think the present plan of organization susceptible of some improvement as to its minor details , and that with those improvements ; with a Seoretary , worthy of the name , giving his whole time to the business of the 3 ociety , and having sense and honesty to do its business ; and with a standing , unpaid Committee of four Councillors , to assist him in the concoction of public documents , it would still be the best plan which under present circumstances can be adopted for giving efficiency to popular will .
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THE POOR AND THEIR *• GUARDIANS . " Ma . vt , and humiliating , have been the exhibitions made by different Boards of " Guardians , " in their anxiety to " carry-out" the infamous provisions of the New Poor Law Act . But many as those humiliating exhibitions have been , —humiliating to our common nature , —it appears to us that the regulations enforced in the Huddersfield and Dewsbury " Unions" transcend all we have previously heard of for heartleBsness and rank oppression ' .
It is well known that one of the operations of machinery in these manufacturing districts has been to drive men out of employment , and to canse them to roam over the country at large in search of work , —sometimes at their own trade , and oft-times at trades and occupations for which they were not trained or fitted , excepting that , for the time , they served an avaricious master ' s temporary purpose , by accepting work at a reduced rate of
remuneration ; and thus enabled him to sink all his "hands " in the scale of comfort . The system has compelled men to leave their homes , and betake themselves to distant parts of the country ; where , after being employed for some months perhaps , destitution has overtaken them in consequence of general depression of trade ; " and they have been compelled to apply to the parish-fund for the means to keep them from the jaws of death .
At the present moment there are many belonging to the Huddersfield and Dewsbury Unions so circumstanced ; and it has been determined that no relief shall be afforded them , unless they go to their respective settlements , and there earn the " relief " they are to receive , by breaking stones on the highways ! The operation of this determination will be best understood by the following statement of fa « ts : —
Joseph Dawsoj * , belongs to Huddersfield Township . He resides at present , and has done for some time , at Halifax , with his family . He is compelled , by dire necessity , to appiy for parish relief . Before he can have a penny to enable him and his family to exist , he must earn it at the Paddock stoneheap . The wages for working at that stone-heap are 2 s . a day . He iB allowed to work three-and-ahalf days a-week . It is a fact , that for months together , this poob man has walked from Halifax to
Huddersfield , a distance of eight miles , every morning , for four days of every week y and walked back again at night 5 ! It is a fact also , that if he is ten minutes later than the usual timeof starting'Vork" at the stone-heap , he is not allowed to " work" at all that day . ' This Joseph Dawson is fifty years of age ! and for the munificent sum of seven shillings , he has to walk a distance of sjxty-fonr miles , and " work " three-and-a-half days 31 Whether are the stones he has to break , or the hearts of hiB kind paternal " Gnardians , " the hardest ?
M Ah 1 but , " we hear one of their sapiencies exclaim , " Why does he go back at night ? Why does he not lodge in the town 'till Mb work is completed , and then return to Mb family" I Jiecause he has but seven shillings a-week for their entire support ! Because his lodging , in a common lodging house , would be threepence a-night . To save that threepenoe / or his family , he walks sixteen miles ! And yet the poor are accused of improvidence ! and profligacy I Who would exchange the heart of this man , for the heart of the most benevolent of his " Guardians" 1
The kind doings , however , of the protectors of the Hndderefield poor , do not end here . It is a fact , that parties residing in Leeds , sixteen miles from HnddersfieW , are required to work" at the Paddock stone-heap , before " relief" can be afforded them I They are to travel from Leeds to Huddersfield , " work" two days , travel back again , with the remains of four shillings in their pocket , after they have kept themselves at their work and paid for a night ' s lodging : aud this miserable remnant of four shillings is all that can bo afforded them to maintain their families for seven days !! What mockery of " relief" 1 and how heartless and insultingly oppressive the conditions on which it is granted ! I
Thi 3 practice of forcing the absent indigent poor to go " home" (!!) to " work" for their " relief , " is not confined to the Huddersfield Union , as the following fact but too abundantly proves : — An old man , named Meoson , SEVENTYTHREE years of age , and now residing at Hnddersfield , is compelled to waJk to Thornhill , a township in the Dewsbury "Union , " and distant from Huddersfield eight miles , to " work" for two days , at Is . 6 d . a-day ! It takes him a full half-day to perform his journey , he ia so feeble from extreme old age and insufficient food . He starts on
Monday mornings , reaches Thornhill by Monday noon , and works till night ; works again on Tuesday , and again on Wednesday morning , reaching home ( Huddersfield ) on Wednesday night , wi $ h the remains of 3 s . in his possession , after he has paid for his keep during his journeys , and while at work ! He would have to jouraey backwards and forwards every night and morning , like JostPH Dawson , of Halifax , were it not for the kindness of another of his "improvident" and " profligate" brethren at Thornhill , who gives him a bed for the two nights he is there .
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Reader , remember , that this labouring man , who has laboured all his life ; who has caused more of the good things of life to be than ho could poBsibly have consumed , even had he "lived like a lord ; " and whose riaftfe are thus ¦ ** Guardianizad ; " remember , that this son of toil so used , is SEVENTY THREE years of age I Remark it well , too / that while the pooh are thus forced to labour hard for their " * eUef » " their relieving officers seem to get on . very easily !
Remark it well , that Nebdlb-Jack , of Huddersfield , has now a horse of his own 11 and can afford to sit drinking in publio inns for hours together , while the poob are kept waiting until he condescends to go to curse them ! Mark these things well ! and mark , too , that the authors , and enforcers , and present supporters , of tho accursed law by virtue of which these crying enormities are practised , are ' the Free-Trading , Corn-Law Repealing ruffians , who want to persuade us that they have the welfare and interest of the pjdh at heart !
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James Sinclair begs to inform the Chartists of Northumberland , and Durham that all communications t » him after next Saturday must be addressed to No . 25 , High Bridge , Newcastle . Edward Burlev , of York , will feel obliged iftho&e persons to whom he sent Holberry ' s funeral hymns , to be seld for the benefit of the widow , . wtll forward pay for what they have sold , and return what are not sold . Democrats . — We thbikfte takes a wrong view of the question ; and we db not see what good end could be gained by the publication of his letter . An Old Chaktist and a Lover of Jcstice ought to have been aware that we cannot insert his charges on anonymous authority . Charles Meakin , Sutton-in-Ashfield . —His letter was received : its insertion is declined .
J . B . Matthews . — We have sent his notice to Mr . Cleave . \ John Craig draws attention to the situation of Mrs . Peddie , for whom he solicits the sympathy and support of the Chartist public generally . Jonathan Barber , Nottingham . " — We cannot tell him : toe keep no record of such letters . Liverpool Chaktists — Their list of Council will appear when they Jurnish the address of the sub-Secretary and sub-Treasurer . Reports of progress should be forwarded as they occur . J . Mitchell , Jarrow , —Yes ; yours is a branch office—not a general one . Thomas Smith , Liverpool . —His address to the Chartists of Great Britain was received on Thursday morning . It is reserved for further consideration .
W . Schofield . —1 . Write nothing on your pap-r except on the envelope , and post it within seven days of its publication . 2 . You will have to pay twopence at the time you post it . 3 . Letters for foreign parts m ist be written on one sheet , and not put into an envelope or contain an enclosure , or they will be charged extra . One sheet is a single ^ postage : but there is a charge on posting them in this country . Mrs . Holberry acknowledges the receipt of 2 s . 9 d . from Air . Burley , of York . The money was received some time since , but omitted to be acknowledged at the time . Wm . Cooper , Weldon . —Received .
Thomas Blackie , Edinburgh . —We have already stated in our Notices to Correspondents , that we received the report to which he alludes from a person in whom we place confidence . We do not think he had an intention ofinjuting any party . Padiham Chartists . —Tfieir report would certainly bring us before ? My Lords , the Queen ' s Justices . " I W . Yohng , Lambeth . —Received . J . Bbown , Rochdale . —His address , he will perceive , has been rendered unnecessary by another Veritas . — We shall reply to his query in our next . S . J , Bristol . —His letter 'was duly received . The Division on Mr . Beggs ' s Motion in
Conference . — We have received some letters com ' plaining of inaccuracies in this document ^ published last week . We can only ? say , that we printed it from Mr . Morgan ' s copy ; but to give lime to all parties to apprise us of any further mistakes , we shall reserve the matter until next week , and then endeavour to do all parties justice . Will the Delegate who gave his address te the South Wales Delegate , on -the breaking up of the Birmingham Conference ^ do so again , through the Star , as the one he gave is lost , that he may correspond with him ?
Bristol . —Communications for the Bristol Chartists meeting in Bear'lane Chapel must for the future be addressed to John Copp , boot rnd shoemaker , Church lane , Temple * street , Bristol . Keighley . —The Chartists ef Keighley wish Miss Mary Ann Walker , of London , to favour them with her address . She may direct to John Gamett , Dam-side , Keighley . Abel Cook—Send your note to Mr . Dyott yourself . Journeymen Bookbinders—We received their Address on Friday morning—too late to make any use of this week .
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Henderson , Belfast—The Petition PJafcea aud Duncombe were sent 'to London both at once , in order to be forwarded to Ireland in one parcel . MR . Chippendale , Halifax . —Whatever wbb received up to the 12 th of November was remitted to them , but not any since . If he will say when it was sent , or if in one or more sums , a reference wili be made to the account , and an answer given . Stewart M'Walters , Falkirk . —Replied to privately . Apply at the post-effice , if not received .
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FOB THE NATIONAL DEFENCE FUND . £ . b . d . From a few friends at Colchester ... ... 0 10 0 ^ W . Egremont , Cumberland ... ... 0 6 0 „ a friend at Clayton West 0 10 „ DuckinBeld , per Thomas Broadbent ... 0 2 6 „ Holmflrtb , per Joshua Hobson ... 0 3 2 „ Friends at Chepstow 0 3 0 ^ "A Rater of things as they are , '" Leeds . ... ., 0 19 .. the Chartists of Plymouth ., 0 6 0 FROM THE PLYMOUTH CHARTISTS . For Mrs . Ellis 0 5 0 For Mrs . Roberts , Birmingham ... 0 5 0 For Mr . Peddie 0 5 0
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Invest on a Person Unknown . —An inquest was held on Monday last , at Healey , before T . Ferrand , Dearden , Esq ., on the body of a man unknown , who , early on Saturday morning last , was found about a mile from Rochdale towards Burnley , frozen to death . The following description of the deceased may enable some of his friends to identify him : —The deceased appeared to be about forty years of age , of a Jewish cast of countenance , respectably dressed , five feet four inches in height , black hair , beginning to turn grey , and black curly
whiskers ; he was dressed in a dark ouve-coloured cloth coat , black satin waistcoat and stick ) aud black trousers , all very good ; cotton shirt with plaited linen front , a new flannel vest , cotton drawers , cotton socks , Wellington boots , much worn aud patched ; a beaver , hat , purohased in Market-street , Manchester , 6 | , of a very small size , and rather old . He had apparently walked a great distance ; and though not emaciated , it was the opinion of a medical man who saw him , that he had taken no nourishment for a long time previous to his death . He had in his pocket a silk handkerchief and twopence ia
copper . Extensive Robber ? . —On Saturday last , a woman . named Charlotte Mather , was brought before the magistrates at the Borough Court , Bolton , under the following circumstances : —On the night of the 28 tb , or early ia the morning of the 29 th December , the house of Mr , Nathaniel Holmes , of Keighley , Yorkshire , was broken open , and the undermentioned articles stolen : one dozen silver spoons , marked M . A . H . ; six silver table spoons , ' and four salt spoons , similarly marked ; a . sugar spoon , with pearl handle ; ¦ a pair of sugar tongs , four gold rings , two brooches , -two pairs of ear-rings , two silver thimbles ; five silver tea spoons , marked N . H . ; one pair of sugar tongs , marked N . H . ; and one hundred yards of block cloth , value £ 100 . The
particulars of this robbery were furnished to Mr . Harris , in&peotor of police , at Bolton , by Mr . M'Cable , superintendent of the county constabulary , at Burnley . On Friday last , the prisoner went to the shop of Mr . Yates , pawnbroker , Bolton , and offered to pledge six silver tea spoons . Suspeoting them to have been stolen ; Mr . Yates immediately sent to the police-office , when Robert Murray attended , and took the prisoner into custody . Thomas Beach , another constable , was seat to se&rohher lodgings , and found a broken silver spoon in her basket , which , she said , had been put there by her husband . The marks upon the spoons corresponding with those stolen from the house of Mr- Holmes , the prisoner was remanded , and sent off to Burnley the same night .
Fatal Accident at Grovb Colliery Wakefield . —On the 14 th instant , an inquest was held on Eastmoor , at the Jolly Sailor Inn . before Thomas Lee , Esq ., on the body of Joseph Bpadskaw , whose death was occasioned by falling down the pit of the Grove Colliery . It appeared that he had gone thither to see a friend , who was working in the scale coal of the pit , and was permitted to descend to speak with him ; and on getting out of the wrong side of the corve , which had stopped at the scale coal landing , he was precipitated to the bottom . A verdict of accidental death was returned .
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MRS . ELLIS . The following address was drawn ; up and agreed to at a delegate meeting held at Wednesbury , at which there were delegates from Wednesbury , Kidderminster , Walsall , and Bilstou . The poor woman's case is an urgent one , and ( we trust there will be a noble response to the call thus made upon the Chartist publio : — . TO TflE CHARTTSTS OF THE UNITED
KINGDOM . ; We the Chartists of South Staffordshire being impressed with the claims which the wife of the martyred Ellis has upon public oommisseration , would urge upon you the necessity of taking immediate steps to place her , along with ] her family , in comfortable circumstances , and lessen , as far as sympathy can lessen , the sorrow she must endure on accouut of her husband ' s expatriation from his native country . j
You will , many of you , be aware , that Mrs . Eilis has been left the sole protectress of / four children , audin a very indifferent situation ; and there is in many a disposition to persecute a helpless family for the opinions and course of the parent . To whom then ean the children of Ellis and his partner look for succour but to those men in whose cause he suffered , and whose principles he so long and faithfully advocated and defended against the common oppressors of our ill-fated country ? j The working men of England are aware that the principles of our Charter will gather strength just
in proportion as they rally round those men who advocate them ; and shall it be said , that after toiling to emancipate his country , aud { braving want , danger , and imprisonment , with no object before his mind ' s eye but the emancipation of his race and kinsmen from class-lawa , —shall it ever be said that he was forgotten , and his offspring negJeoted , by a nation unworthy of him \ rather let ' our movement itself be sunk deeper than human plummet ever sounded , before we cau abandon Ellis to his fate , daring , as he did , to defend the rights of universal man when Chartism itself was struggling for an existence . ¦
Perhaps it may be necessary to state , that Mrs . Ellis passed through Wednesbury and staid a few days , after bidding adieu to her husband in London , and she expressed herself as having no prospect before her but an union workhouse , unlese ' assisted by the country . To prevent this , let every association throw up its quota , and We shall then assuredly save her from the tender mercies of the wicked , which the Bible ssyjs are cruel . Such is the difficulty in which she aud her family are at present , that necessity has forced her to dispose of all her furniture ; she is literally without a home , and without the means of getting a livelihood : and what must have bjeen her feelings , when , instead of sympathy on her return
home , she and her helpless children were insulted by those heartless enemies of liberty in the Potteries . Surely no working man will be indifferent to such a case , but will do all he can , and prompt otherB to do the same , to meet au example of suoh pWeeing necessity . What you do , let it be done qmofcfiSpfLet subscriptions be sent direot to Messrs . Cleave , of London ; Heywood , of Manchester ; HobBon * : 'Star-Office , Leeds ; or to Benjamin Danks , [ Union-street , Wednesbury , Stuffordbhire , who is appointed General Treasurer , by the Committee , on account of Mrs . Ellis's wish to reside in that place , and also from the interest the Chartists there are taking in her welfare . ! Signed by the Delegates .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —In the report of the meeting of the Conference , published in the Star ot the 7 th , I Bad only the onehalf of a resolution , moved by Mr , Hobson and seconded by Mr . Roberts , and as the other half is of very great importance to many of our Buffering brethren , I trust yon will permit me to lay it before your numerous readers . The published half la as follows : — " That this Conference cannot separate without expressing its deepeot and most sincere sympathy with the petsons -who axe now suffering , or who may have suffered , from espousing the cause of the people , and advocating their right to a just and equal representative Governaient , aud its consideration of their pre-eminent claim to the
sympathy , assistance , and support of the people , whom they have eo well and so faithfully served ;' to which I moved the following addition , as instructed by the men of Campsie , and which has not been printed , either in the reports or minutes : —•• We do , therefore , recommend to the people , that a general subscription be got up throughout the whole country for the benefit of all persons , and their families , now suffering imprisonment in the dungeons and gaols of England , or transported beyond the seas for political offences , and that a general treasurer be appointed , to whom all monies so collected ahall be transmitted by the local treasurers , and who shall publish , in the Northern Star , an account of all sums received , and the manner in which it is expended . "
Tne mover and seconder having expressed their willingness that this should stand part of the resolution , it was put as a whole and carried unanimously , aftex which Mr . Cleave , of Loudon , wag appointed general treasurer . It will here be seen that circumstanced as we are at this time , there cannot be too much publicity given to the above . Every man and Woman , ia Great Britain , who wishes well to the great c&use , who glories in the name of Chartist , and who has read the monster indictment in your paper of last Saturday , ; will surely coma to the relief of these poor sufferers ; seeing they have it in their power to do so without any sacrifice on their part . 1
Mr . M'Intyre , secretary to the Chartists of the Vale of Leveo , lays down a simple and effectivejplan , which if followed up , cannot fail to secure the object aimed at in the resolution of the Conference . He says , let the acting committee , councillors , or collectors , of the various associations and localities , meet immediately , and portion out their towns , ot districts , giving to each collector a fair share of the work . Let each man then commence a canvass of all the people in his district , Cnartists and non-Chartists , asking one half-penny from , each ; and supposing that only the one-third of the people paid—nay even less—supposing that only the one-half of those who signed the National
Petition gave this small sum , we would have a fund calculated to gladden the heart of the care-worn , dungeoned patriot , by giving kim to know that his wife and little ones wonld not perish of hunger while he lingered in his loathsome celL This half-penny would raise a barrier more formidable than ten thousand bayonets to the onward progress of a cruel ; and persecuting administration . But an objection may be raised here , that many would not pay even this email sum . Well , granted that only 1 , 500 , 000 responded to the call , and I am of opinion , that it is not going too far in calculating on that number , we would then ! have above £ 3 , 000 . I
It iB my humble opinion , Sir , that Mr . M'Intyre ' s plan is quite workable , and I would therefore urge the Chartists to set about it in every corner of the land ; if taey act with spirit and energy in this matter , and raise the above sum , there will soon be an end to prosecution for opinion . I remain , Sir , Your sincere friend , As yon are the friend of my Order , Con Murray . [ In the report referred to , the latter half of tbe resolution was by mistake omitted ; Mr . Murray would see , however , that in the Minutes of Conference ' it was inserted in full Ed . N . S ]
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Dreadful Case of Child Murder . —Mr . Carter , the coroner for Surrey , on Monday held aa iDquest at the Prince William Henry , Bermondsey-street , on the body of a very fine female child , which was found dead under the following dreadful circumstances : —Ann Stagg , of No * . 2 , Shepherd ' a-gardens , Spa road , Beraondsey , stated that on Tuesday night , about eight o ' clock , she had occasion to go to a water closet , from which the lock had been forced , and being in a court , is accessible to any one passing by . She observed a handle oa the seat .
which caused her some alarm , and she went for the assistance of a neighbour , of the namo of Smith , who opened it , and found it to contain the body of a very fine female child . It was quite dead , and covered with a piece of white calico . The police were called in , and it was conveyed to Mr . Tilley ' s , of Jamaica-row , surgeon to the force , who was subsequently directed by the Coroner to make a post mortem examination of the body , which he did , and the result of it is as follows . The body was generally healthy ; the lungs bad been inflated , and he had no doubt it had been born alive . The
umbilical cord was lacerated , and great hemorrhage had taken place . This , and exposure to tbe cold , were-the cause of death . The Coroner suggested an open verdict should be returned ; but the jury said it was clearly a case of murder , which was of a nature now too frequent . A verdict of " Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown , " was then returned . Inspector Hornsby said he had made every inquiry , and would continue the investigation ; hitherto it had been without effect .
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The other week , Mr . George Porter , of Letbam , had a daughter baptised Jean O'Co . mor ; and Mr . John Tyiler had a daughter bapiistd Mary O'Connor . Christened , at Christ Church , New Mill , on Sunday , Jan . 1 st , Allen West , the son of William and Harriet Cuttell , of Underbank , HolmBrtb . Registered , Elizabeth O'Connor Voltaire Jennings , daughter of John and Obioh Jeunings , of Manchester Road , Bradford .
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Oa Wednesday last , at the parish nharch , Leeds , Mr . John Smith , shoemaker , to Miss Elizabeth Smale , both of this town . On Saturday , the 14 th inst ., at Snaith , Yorkshire , by the Rev . R . J . Serjeantson , Robert Faulder White , Esq ., of Susse . x Gardens , Hyde Park , to Elizabeth , the eldest daughter of William Shearburn , Esq . On Thursday , ' at tbe Cathedral , Ripon , by the Rev . R . Poole , Mr . John Hebden , ot" Redhouse , farmer , to Margaret , eldest daughter of Mr . Christopher Hebden , of Field Dale , near Ripon .
Same day , at the parish church , Halifax , by tho Rev . William Smith , Mr . Johu Charlesworth , grocer , Hightown . to Sarah , daughter of the late lUr . John Lawson , glazier , of the former place . Same day , at the parish church , Halifax , by the Rev . William Gutney , Mr . Henry Stolt , maltster , Elland , to Emma , daughter of Charles Brearley , currier and card maker , of the former place . Same day , at the parish church , Mr , George Gooing , grocer , to Misa ABn Harrison , both of this town . Same day , Mr . George Lawrence , saddler , to Miss Sarah Hatfield , both of this town .
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DEATHS . On the 13 th nit ., at Scotton , near Richmond , in the 80 th year of bis age , Mr . Andrew Robinson , many years an offioer ia the Excise . At Newsham , near Greta Bridge , on the 8 th instant , after a long and painful illnc-33 , Margaret , third daughter of the late Marley Harrison , Esq ., ofWhashton . s On Monday evening last ; , aged 49 . Mr . Thomas Stones , for many years editor of the YfafcGhuxqnL Sameday . atOtiey , Mr . Samuel HSfifetXSIglJp lord of the Queen ' s " Head Inn , at thartf afaJ ^ L ^ » . ^ L On Sunday , the l-5 th in&t ., in tjfeu 3 ffi&i ||» f jl || his age , Mr . Thomas Thompsoa , f imSmi ^^ m § jeweller , of Petergate , and eldesrf ;» jpS 3 ah& $ ^ Thompson , E , q , Grove Lodge , W « 3 Mt ^ Sl
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Robberies . —At an early hour on Thursday evening , some persons went into one of the bed-rooms at the houao of Mr . Joseph Snepherd , the sign of the White Lion , Blaoklty , near Middleton , where they broke open a box and took upwards of £ 30 in cacih , with which they got clear off . On Friday evening , or early on Saturday morning last , one iof the outhouses belonging to Mr . Kennedy , of Alkrington Hall , sear Middleton , was entered , and a desk , containing the money received for milk , was broken open . Several pounds in silver and copper were taken , with which the robbers mode their-escape .
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THE CASE OF MRS . ELLIS . To the Editor of the Evening Star . Sir , —I have great pleasure in telling my brother Chartists , that I have received a letter ; this morning from that good and honest Chartist , Mr . B . Danks , of VVednesbury , hinting that it is possible poor Mrs . Ellis may find a resting-place there , provided a sufficient sum be furnished to give her a good start in business . Nothing is needed now but for every good Chartist to set about raising the necessary funds . Let it be remembered that John Cleave is the treasurer , —and he has £ 3 lla . to begin with . O'Connor has promised Mrs . Ellis to give her all due help : will he undertake to move London in her behalf 1 I will pledge my word that
Leicester shall not be behind . Sweet!—I can depend on you , I am confident , to put Nottingham in motion . Harnoy !—you will urge tbe good [ Sheffi' Iders to do their best . Hobson—Brook ! j come—yoke your horses , and let something be done to furnish bread , from Leeds , for this poor widow ( and her four helpless orphans . Robert Brook . ' — say to the Todm or den lads , that their sister will perish in a Bastile , if they do not stretch out their hands and help . Leach!—tell Manchester , even in its starvation , that the exile ' s beloved wife and babes must be helped . Clarke . ' —use your eloquence at Stockport , in the cause of these suffering ones . White —let not Birmingham be behind : struggle to set it first . !
Let but £ 50 be raised to give the wife and children of Ellis a home , and some prospect of corafort , —and I , for one , will t » t&m to njpriooa , with some content . * Thomas Cooper . Leicester , January 13 , 1843 .
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In a neat pocket volume , of sixty four closely printed pages , price three-Pence only ! Printed and Published by J . Hobsen , 5 . Markettreet , Leeds ; and 3 , Market-walk , Huddersfield . London Publisher , J . Cleave , 1 , Sho « -lane . Fleetstreet . Manchester : A . Heywood , 60 , Uldhamstreet . Glasgow : Paton and Love , 10 , Nelsonstreet .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 21, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct919/page/5/
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