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ARREST OP THE BEY . W . HILL , EDITOR OF THE " STAR . " Leeds Poliee Office , Friday , Twelve o'clock This morning , about a quarter past nine , my aood Friend , Mr . Htli-, was arrested in the streets of Leeds , by two officers from Manchester on the authority of a warrant issued by Mr . J . F . Poster , 3 . 7 . and backedby a Leeds Magistrate . The charge is , as far as I can ascertain , one of " sedition / ' arising out of -words spoken at some meeting or other , " tending to exite a breach of the Peace . " He was on his way to the Star-o&ce , when he was pointed out to the
Jlanebester police officers by one of the Leeds officers , ( who was accompanying them on their search , ) and brought to this place without any of his friends inowing of the arrest . While waiting for his presence at the Star-office , to prepare the second edition of the paper , it ires intimated to me by a friend that Mr . Hill had been seen to enter the Police-office , accompanied by two strangers ; and it was believed that he was in custody . I instantly repaired to the place , where I now write , to ascertain if snch was the fact . After waiting some- little time , I saw Mr . Ee ^ d , the Chief Constable , and on my putting the question to him , he at once informed rre that the fact was so . I then applied to see
Mr . Hill ; when Mr . Read informed me , that he was in the custody of the Manchester officers , who alone could grant my request ; and that tfcev were then somewhere in the town procure ? refreshment . " I therefore determined to await " their return , to make the request to them to "be permitted to see my friend , before he is removed from this plnce to Manchester , which I expect he will be in the course of the day . I have now waited an hour-and-a-half ; but the ofneers have not made their appearance . 1 -shall wait until they do , and con : n . unicr . te the result of my application as soon as I learn it . Jos . Hobson .
ARREST OF T . B . SMITH . Star Office , Fifteen minutes past One . I have just returned fro : n the police office , having le&rnea what was the sort of ' refreshment" the Manchester police officers tad gone to procure . They were absent on another arresting expedition ; and hare jass returned with Mr . T . B . Smith in custody , he being apprehended on a similar charge , indeed included in the same warrant with Mr . Hill . Mr . Smith was taken at his own home , and -his ionse was searched by the officers , and-all papers
or letters found there removed "in custody ' also . When Mr . Read had informed Inspector Tatloe , from Manchester , who I was , I made a formal application to be permitted to see Mr . Kill , before ke was removed from Leeds ; and he immediately replied that my request should be granted . I then asked " when ? '' and bis reply was II Sometime in the cour ;* of the afternoon . " " Could it be now" 1 was my next question ; and the answer to it " no ; not just now : we have- some refreshment to get : but you shall see him before we start . " " Will jou name a time 1 " " Sometime about three o ' clock . If yoa will be at the Slar office , we will send on for you . "
From thi 3 conversation , and especially from the fact of " refreshment" being still wanted by the Manchester men , I infer that they have more arrests to make in this town ; and that they were anxious to get them made , and the prisoners all together , before they permit any of them to be seen by their friends . Mr . Hill has been kept in the " Stone jng" since his arrest . He is nor , however , placed amorist the other inmates of the wretched hole used as a prison ; but is considerately placed in the women ' s ward , ( which happened to be empry , ) which he has , ( till just now that Mr . smith has joined him , ) occupied to himself .
He and Mr . Smith , -with any others that may be arrested , will be removed to Manchester this afternoon , I believe ; and be brought up for examination to-morrow , at the New Bailey Court . I shall go np to Manchester with them , or after them , for the pnrpese of procuring bail , &c . I shall also attend the examination to-morrow , and communicate the result in an edition of the Scar , to be published in Lseds to-morrow evening . Josh .-Hobsos .
Northern Star Office , Friday , Qua : ier-past Ttu > . I haTe just seen Mr . Hill . He was brought to this Offic e by the Manchester officers , accompanied by a Leeds police sergeant . He had been taken to his own residence , I believe , and his House searched . When the party arrived here , Inspector Tatlob addressing me , s&id , that 8 they had found on Mr . Hill a number of keys
which he informed ihem opened certain drawers and boxes at the Northern Star office , and that he wished to see what was contained in them . '' I immediately answered the application by another question : u Have you any authority to come here to search ! Have you a search warrant ! This pjace ir mine . Whatever is hire is in my possession , and unless you have authority to come here and search , I most as suredly shall not permit such a search to be made . In ibis effice are a vast number of papers and documents of all kinds : and I shall not consent
to their beicg exposed to the gazs of strangers , unless there i 3 authority to compel me . If you have a warrant , show it , and I will not resist you : if you have not , no search shall be made here . " On this , the Inspector said that " the locked drawers and boxes here , of which Mr . H : ll had the keys , were his ; and it were those he wished to see . " My answer was , " whatever locked drawers or boxes are in this office , belong to the . effice ; and Mr . Hill has been entrnstrd with ihekevs , because such drawers
or boxes are for the reception of those official documents , "belonging the effice , over which he has charge Bnt snch documents are no more his . than the books belonging the establishment are the property of-the Clerk there , ( pointing to Mr . AbtjilLj ) who has the charge of them . Whatever is in this office , or house , is mine . If yon have any ainhority to search my house , show it , % nd go to work . If you have no authority , it cannot be cone . " He then replied , ' I have no warrant : and if yon object , of
course I must refrain . " " I then asked if it was likely they would depart for Manchester this day ; and received for answer it was possible they might not . I then asked , if such was the case , could bail be accepted for Mr . Hill ' s appearance in the morning ; for I should not like t&at he should have to be kept in the Leeds Stone Jng" all night ; and the inspector said that he could not accept bail , and the Magistrates would be gone from the Court . He , however , would endeavour to leave for Manchester to-night . . .
After thtking hands wiih Mr . Hill , and after hearing iiom him that the alleged charge against him is for attending and speaking at a meeting in Manchester on ibe 17 ih of August last ; hewascon-Teyed back to bis quarters in the "Stone Jug , " under a promise , from the officers , that I should be flowed to see him again before he is taken off to Manchester . Jos ; Hobson .
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TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Bhothkb Democrats—No man can lay the charge to me that 1 am fond of faction—it matters sot whether that man belongs to the Metropolitan Parliamentary Reform Association , to the Christian Chartists , to the Complete Suffrage Association , to the National Association , or to the National Charter Association , not a single member of any one of these dare accuse me of being factious . Therefore , I may safely investigate the document issued by the Complete Suffragists for convening the Conference on the 27 th December next . Every true Democrat must admit that there is the greatest necessity to convene a National Conference , but to make it a national one , what is the foundation on which it ought to be based ? Can it be called national when
a faction is to have half the power at it 1—nay , more than half the power ; for , whilst London , Manchester , Birmingham , and the towns of the greatest importance and most numerous population , are to be restricted to six representatives , and such very important town 3 as Nottingham , Leicester , Norwich , &c , are to be restricted to four , the small towns wherethemillownershave thegrea test power can send two j thus positively giving a double power to the patriotic electors in the election of representatives What poor man dare give an untrammelled rote on snch an occasion , unless at the hazard of losing bis employment , and eventnally bringing destruetion on
himself and family ? Bat to investigate tbe conduct of the Council of the Complete Suffrage Association with impartiality , it is right that we shoald take a oloser view of its conduct on the day it met in Birmingham ; it did not allow strangers to be present at its deliberations . Yesterday , a gentleman called on me to inform me that he was ordered out of the room , and that when the report was brought up , when strangers were present on the day afterwards , it was the intention of the parties to allow the electors tbe power to elect two delegates to the Conference , for the working men ' s one ; and but for Mr . Stephenscn , of Worcester , such would have been carried .
If such report be correct ( and I have every reason to believe it is ; if it is not , I hope I Ehall be set right on the matter , as I should not wish to make any fals 9 statements , tending to mislead the democratic party ) what conclusion can I possibly come to 3 Can any working man—can any real Democrat come to any but the following—namely , that this party are not sincere . I am not cynic enough to condemn a whole body for the sets of one or a few of its members ; but when a deliberative body assumes to itself the power to concoct schemes for the advancement of Democracy , then th ? public ought to scrntinize the acts of such men . What I propose to the Council of the complete snffragists is this , that , if they wish to have a bona fide representation of tne people , namely , to reconsider their
address and take such Eteps as will bring together the whole intelligence , talent , and strength of the popular party into one great conference , they will limit the aggregate numbers of the Conference , say to 658 ; that they will divide the whole of England , Scotland , and Wales , into districts ; that according to the population in each district , delegates shall be elected ; that the people , the whole people , and neither more or less than the people , shall have the power to elect the representatives ; such aTe the views I entertain on the election of Delegates to the Conference pretended to be National , to be held on December 27 th , 1842 . If the representation of the whole is not recognised and acted upon , I then in that case enter my most solemn protest against the convening of any such Convention , and denominating it National , and for tue following reasons ,
viz—1 st . That it- is false to call it a complete representation . 2 nd . That , if called , it has the appearance of faction . 3 rd . That it would be exactly as just to allow any one sect in religion to have the power to elect a majority to the Conference as to allow the electors to do so ; and what I recommend the people to do , if the Complete Suffragists persevere in their factious opposition to & complete representation of the people , is this—to protest against such injustice . Let not the non-electors make tbe shadow of an attempt to elect a single delegate to the Conference ; and in every district let the honest electors , who wish to see the people fairly represented , attend the patriotic electors' meetings , and move an
amendment to their electing delegates to the following effect : — " That this meeting of el ectors entirely disapprove of the one-eided , narrow-minded policy of the Complete Snffrage Council , in convening a Conference to be elected contrary to the true spirit of genuine democracy and real liberty ; and cannot , therefore , for a moment , entertain the idea of at all taking part in a Convention so elected . " If on the other hand the syEtem of convening the conference be abandoned , and that of justice established in its place , then let every hand be at , work to assist in so holy an undertaking ; let the wealth and wisdom of the Metropolitan Parliamentary Reform Association be put into active operation on the occasion ; let the zeal of the Christian Chartists be actively employed to forward such an object ; let the energies of the
Complete Suffrage Association lend its assistance ; let the members of the National Association not lag in the good cause ; and let the whole force of our own great , powerful , numerous , and intelligent association be exercised on such a grand and noble object . To the people , I Bay , watch carefully all parties ; adhere to the Charter , the whole Charter , and nothing kss than tbe Charter ; and I repeat again , although I am not factious , and hate denunciation , yet every exertion on my part shall be made to forward liberty , to establish even-handed justice , and , as far as I am able , thwart the designs of those who would make merchandise of the people , and keep up agitation to serve their own sinister ends . I hare the honour to be , Your brother Democrat , John Campbell .
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VICTIM FUKD . I have paid over to Mr . Cleave the following sams for the Tictims : — s . d . Unknown 7 6 J . Horley 1 0 Wm . Loft ... 2 0 Shoemakers , Birmingham ... 5 0 Ipswich 10 0 Ipswich Females * 0 Colchester 10 0 D . K 1 0
Colchester , per Collingwood 2 6 Chatford 2 1 Merry 1 6 Rock locality 2 10 Lynn Regis ... 10 0 Two friends 1 0 Salisbury 10 0 I have paid in the Salisbury district 10 s . before to some person in Manchester , bnt as I did not book it at the time , 1 have had it to pay a second time . Will Mr . Dickenson , the Manchester packer , send me his address ! _ .
The note , in connection with the ' 7 s . 6 d ., headed " unknown , " has been mislaid ; will the party who paid it send me the separate items ? J . Campbell , Secretary .
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ADDRESS OF THE COAL MINERS OF YORKSHIRE TO ALL CONSUMERS OF COAL . Ladies and Gentlemen , —We , the collierH of Yorkshire , humbly come before you in the hope that you will lend a kind ear to our distress , and give us that Bympathy which we have a right to expect We are driven only by want and misery to lay before the impartial reader the enormous injustice under which we have for years been Tictims and sufferers . We have employed every mean 3 in our power to be kindly listened to by oar masters ; we have applied to them , but to no purpose . We are , therefore , compelled by them to lay before the public our grievances . 1 st . A . reduction of wages to an alarming extent , so that we and our families are perishing for lack of food . 2 nd . A great addition has been made to onr day ' s werk , but none to our wages ; ( the reverse ) we have as much , coal to get in two days as we had formerly in three .
3 rd- On account of the corves ( or waggons ) being continually enlarged , and our day ' s work increased , we have only two or three days ia the week ; the wages of two or three days is not sufficient to maintain us and out families through seven days . 4 th- We are obliged to work in water and damp places , bo that we get rheumatism and all sorts of complaints ; and we are obliged to work naked , er nearly so , on account of the hard and laborious employment we have to peif . orm . 5 th- ( Jetting coals by measure and selling them by weight ; this is the reason why they are continually enlarging the corves ; every new one that is made is larger than the old one . When they sold by measure they did not do so ; if they had , tbe public would have got the benefit ; but now that they pocket it all they are never quiet . 6 th . Oar masters have turned off from their employment some of the delegates whom we chose to represent our grievances to them .
The millions in onr own country , without taking into account the millions of foreigners , who are , through our labour , warmed every day , from the humblest being in our country to our gracious Queen , are little aware of all the misery , all the oppression , cruelty , and tyranny we are subjected to by our masters . The Negroes weie never reduced to such subjection ; they had only to work a few hours ia the open air , whilst we white men , and , above all , Englishmen , cannot see the sun some times for weeks together except on Sundays , which is worse than any prison in the kingdom , and more injurious to the human system than the solitary cell . We are even worse treated than the greatest criminals in the slave mines of Siberia , for they have plenty of food given to them ; they can walk and work erect ; all their mines are six feet high ;
whilst we are cramped and crushed Into holes sometimes not more than eighteen or twenty inches high and a yard wide , and are forced to work naktd in those low and narrow holes . When we enter the bowels of the earth we eannot say that we shall see onr wives and families again ; we cannot run out of the pits to save our lives ; we bid forced to crawl on out hands tod feet , the distance we have to go in and out before we can reach the basket that took us down . There is no trade or profession that is so much txposed to danger as that of the collier , and no man stands more in need of education and religion than the collier ; fer no one is more suddenly snatched out of time into eternity . Unacquainted with the will of God and the laws of man ; ignorant , stupid , and wicked ; as he lives so he dies , and his blood will be required
at your hand . There are societies established for the education of the soldiei and sailor , but none for the colliers ; institutions fer the support and education of the children and orphans of the soldier and sailor , is it so with the orphans of the collier 1 We say not . The soldier may get a pension if he is wounded in battle , and be entered into an hospital ; the sailor may bo rescued from a watery grave ; bat the collier is doomed to die without any one taking notice of him . He is more devoted to his country than either tbe Boldier or Bailor ; his life is in jeopardy every mement , and strange to say , there is no reward for aim ; bat even his master will reduce his wages if be can . He is doomed to be crashed to death by the racks , to be drowned , to be suffocated by the sulphureous gases , to be burned or scorched alive ; no one can lend a helping hand to
rescue him ; no one can see what is going on in tbe bottom of the pits . Look only at the numerous accidents which are continually taking place , and yeu will shudder ; your blood will run cold at the horrible misery we have to suffer , for a small pittance , or a , piece of bread . All is not yet told , and were we to write until this day twelve months , more than one half would remain untold . - Look at our children ; who takes care of them ? who gives them the food and education they are entitled to ? where are their schools » where can they learn the laws of their Creator ? the laws of their country ? Bnd the love of man ? They are brought up in slavery and ignorance ; they are worse treated than the children of the negro . Instruction is denied them ; they only go to the Sunday school , and even on that day they are so fatigued and
tired that they cannot learn any , or even enjoy themselves . We may add here , the school-masters universally describe the pit boy as always more drowsy and sleepy , as duller and more stupid at learning , than other boys ; a 3 reading much worse than they formerly did before they went into the pits , and yet equally willing to leam . ( Commissioners' Report , p . 175 ; see alse the Times for the month of May last ) They are doomed to feiiow their fathers in tbe pits , and crawl where he cannot This country can never expect to see men fit to defend their Queen and country whilst treating them with such barbarity , and sending them to the grave before it has been ordered by providence . It is our humble opinion , that it is impossible for us to bear up much longer under the burden which presses so heavily upon us and our families , and which is fast hastening us to the grave , and which so exhausts us ,
that we can scarcely crawl home . Do we there meet with that comfort we are entitled to ? do we there meet with a table well stored with good and substantial food ? or even the commonest necessaries of life ? do we therB find our families well fed , and necessary raiment to put on ? To all these questions we siiy no . If this was th « case it would be some solace to onr weary , exbau&ted , and emaciated bodies , writhing and agonizing with pain , on account of the peculiar position , the cold damp air , and nauseous gases we have to labour under , and other evils too numerous to mention , which are injurious to the human system ; instead of all this we find an an abode of poverty and misery ; aa empty table , or nearly so ; a care-worn sickly wife , and hungry , desolate , and half-starved children , crying for bread . Oh ! how heart-rending is the cry of starving children for bread .
We make this appeal , not in our own name , tut in the name of our perishing families , who , through wast , are fast hastening to the grave , to appear before that God who has declared , " cursed is he that "withholdeth the hire of the labourer . " ( See also Eccles , chap , tr ., Ter . L ) To expect from our masters an increase ot wages is out of the qutstion , for we have tried it . We hope , by the exertion of our representatives i 1 Parliament , and the public , we shall be rescued from further danger , by coming to eur help and givlne us that relief we can
get nowhere else , by adding threepence to every ten of eoala yon pay for , for the benefit of the colliers . We hare no other resource bnt that one left ; and we hope that every one that has got a British heart , and bates oppression , will come to on reliet By snch timely help we shall be able to nndnt » iw onr families from starvation , and send them to school instead of tbe pits . We siscerely hope and trust that yon will come one and all to onr assistance , and by your rapport remove the unparalleled distress under which we groan , and which has been borne with unexampled pstieace and fortitude .
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Oar masters hare ears only for the sound of gold , smiling eyes for their customers , and feelings for themselves . We who send more gold into their pockets than any other trade are left to starve in ^ ese pits , ten , twelve , and sometimes fourteen boursT > er day . Are Englishmen to suffer slavery to exist to such a an extent at home , whilst they give millions of pounds and million ! of Bibles to extirpate it from Asia . Africa , and America , and send teachers to form schools in all parts of the globe , whilst our own children are remaining in ignorance , and grovelling in the bowels of the earth , under one ot the" most tyrannical and oppiesBive systems that ever existed ? We , who warm you every day , who . expose our lives for you , you will certainly gir o us the trifle we ask of you without hesitation . Remember , that through our labour , all the trade is
caniw . on , all the manufacture ; all the steamers whicn" bring riettes from tbe remotest parts of tbe earth , are set ia motion by us . Remember us at your meal , and think if you could have had all these comforts of life without the collier . Remember us in the evening , when the toils of the . day are over , and you are enjoying the benefit of a good waim fire . Remember that we are all brethren , and that the sams Creator sees onr Bufferings , and will come to our help . Remember that He who gives to the poor and suffering , gives also to the rich . We , the CoUiersof Yorkshire , pray that our Heavenly and Almighty Father may receive you amongst the just , and increase your happiness in this world-Committee Room , Wakefield , Sept , 25 th , 1842 . ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ^
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EXTRAORDINARY HUNT FOR £ 100 , OFFERED BY THE SPYMASTERS OF THE SECRET SERVICE MONEY . On Thursday morning week the village of Bacup was the soene of a laughable farce , owing to a worthy bob . of Escalpius , who sleeps with his eyes open , making it known to the powers that be , that a notorious Fox had stayed in Bacup all night ; accordingly the blood hounds were laid on the scent , and amongst them were the following noted dogs : — Harry Fourhole . a particular favourite , who ran for , and carried off the Odd Fellowa' Stakes , amounting to £ 40 . Sergeant "Numskull , a devil for having a good nose , and keeping his wife out of the poorhouse . Nelfather , a Newfoundland dog , ju 3 t imported , who has given up an honourable and lucrative trade to Tun in the pack .
Peter Simple , a dog nearly allied to the powers that be , and a sure destroyer of young women ' s happiness , as there will soon be as many bastards of his as will make a pack of his own ; and Bleakcountry , a dog who is trying to signalize himself , but has not brains sufficient , not being a licensed dog as yet , but it is hoped he soon will be ; besides a many others . After doubling , &o . they at last came to view ; but here another obstacle presented itself—who was to take him ? One said , he has teeth ; another , claws ; a third , he carries pockets ; a fourth said the oldest in the service should have the honour of the death ; the eldest said the youngest should show his bravery . However , in this state of things they passed and re-passed their prey on the road , none of them daring to look on it , and had it not been for two sheep dogs , in the shape of two carters , which they charged to help , the prize would have remained untouched .
But oh , what will the world say , when it is made known that the consternation of the pack was bordering on despair , when they were iuformed very civilly that they were not hunting Dr . M'Do « all , bufc that the person whom they were kindly pleased to escort on tbe road was no other than Mr . William Beesley , of Accringtori , en route to Todmorden , to attend a Chartist meeting , to which place he very kindly invited them ? Ha ! ha ! ha ! Baoup dogs have good noses ! What will you take for your piss , Tom ?
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TROWBRIDGE . —On Thursday , the 22 nd ult ., a vestry meeting was held , in pursuance of a notice of the same , for the purpose of making out a list of names of those persons willing and those lkble to serve as special constables , to the number of sixty , in addition to the police force ; but the Charr tists and ratepayers in general were determined not to have them . At the time appointed , eleven o ' clock , Mr . J . Neweth , one of the churchwardens , was called to the chair . Tho Chairmau then called upon Mr . Bush , solicitor , to read the notice calling the meeting . Ho then read the warrant from the Magistrates to the Churohwardens for them to call the meeting . Mr . J . Webb then rose and moved the following resolution : — " That , in the opinion of this
meeting , there is a sufficient police force in this parish ; it is therefore inexpedient to elect any special constables . " The resolution was seconded by Mr . W . Edgeal . It was put by the Chairman , and carried unanimously , not one being against it . On the evening of the same day , a glorious meeting was held in the Democratic Hall , for the purpose of uniting both bodies of Chartists , those meeting at the Democratic Hall , and those at the Hope Chapel . The Shakesperians and All Saints , at Leicester , set tho example , a : d Trowbridge have nobly followed it , for they were convinced that nothing was more needed at the present than union . At the time appointed , eight o ' clock , John Stevens was called to
the chair , and after stating the object for which the meeting was called , and advising a union , a list of rules were discussed and agreed to unanimously , on which as we trust a permanent union may be based . BATH . —On Sunday , the remains of Mr . G . M . Bartlett were interred at Upper Swains wick Burial Ground . He was carried to his long home by twelve of his most intimate acquaintances , wearing rosettes of black crape and crimson . The pall was borne by six young ladies ; , being much respected , a large concourse of persons assembled in front of his house , in order that they might join the mournful procession , and although it had not been made a public affair , there could not bo less than 1000 persons present while the funeral service was been
performed . TONBB 1 DGE . —On Monday night , a full meeting was held at the large room , at the Chequers' Inn , when Mr . Snelling lectured on the rise and progress of Chartism , to a full meeting . A vote of thanks was passed at the conclusion . GLASGOW . —The directors of the Charter Assooiatiou met in the Hall , College Open , on Monday evening . Mr . Allcott in the chair . After disposing of the ordinary business cf the Association , the delegate meeting about to be held at Edinburgh was taken into consideration , when it was resolved to call a public niGeting on Friday , the 30 th , to lake into consideration the propriety of sending a delegate , or delegates , to the above . Mr . H . Vincent lectured in the City Hall , on Monday evening .
NOTTINGHAM . —On Sunday , Mr . Simmons , preached a very impressive sermon in the Democratic Chapel , Rice-place , to a crowded audience . A good feeling was manifested throughout . At the conclusion , a subscription was entered into for the purpose of defraying the chapel rent . —On Monday evening , in the same place , Mr . R . T . Morrison delivered a highly interesting lecture on persscution . NEWCASTLE . —Mr . ¦ Russell , of Nottingham , preached a sermon in the Charti-ts' Hall , Goat Inn , Cloth-market , on Sunday evening last . After the sermon , it was announced that there would be public meetings held there every Sunday evening , for the
future , at seven o'clock . The Chartists of Newcastle held their weekly business meeting ia their Hall , on Monday evening , Mr . Wia . Smith in the chair . It was announced from the chair that there was 19 s . lid . collected for tho defence fund . Mr . Phinnix gave notice of a motion , deprecating the cruelty of the tyrants in power towards onr best friends , and expressing a determination to use every possible means of procuring the " sinews of war , " to assist in procuring justice for them , and to form a committee for that purpose . After disposing of some local business , the meeting adjourned soon after ten o ' clock .
HOT * . —On Monday evening we had an overflowing audience at the Mason's Lodge . Mr . Pindar in the chair . He opened the meeting in an excellent address , but short , and wished every one to have afair hearing . Mr . Grassby , the Secretary , read the balance sheet , and stated they would shortly be enabled to engage a local lecturer . Mr . Harfield commenced his address by saying , he was there to address himself to men whose desire was to ino / r the truth , and not to men who are mere expedience mongers . After which he proceeded to deliver a most stiring lecture amid the enthusiastic applause of a crowded audience . Three new members took out their cards . The people aro beginning to enquire who receives tbe benefit of "Peel ' s Tariff , " a * beef is no lower , although there continues to be large importations of cattle .
Leed 3 . —At the Council meetiDgon Sunday morning , after several resolutions had been carried , one was moved and carried that the Treasurer be authorised to transmit thirty shillings to Mr . O'Connor , for the General Defence Fund . Mr . T . B . Smith preached a very excellent sermon to a large audience , at night , in the room , Cheapside . )
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BEtPER . —The Belper Committee for the Defence Fund feel great pleasure in having obtained the sum of £ 3 10 s . ; and that it would be a neglect of duty not to congratulate tbe respective members and friends of the following places , which constitute the locality , who have especially along with Dimes , or Messdames , Stocks , Tipper , Birch , Bell , and Balfield , members of the Belper Female National Charter Association , fox coming forward ao readily at this time of peculiar distress and persecution , for so nobly doing * their duty In behalf of their incarcerated brethren , and especially as they are not yet wearied iu prosecuting this labour of lova , as will appear from the enclosed resolution . The following are the specific sums received by the treasurer from the following places : —
£ . b . d . Belper females ... ... 0 12 0 Hales ... ... ,,, 0 14 0 Duffield , Mr . Pratt ... ... 0 15 0 Mattlock , Smith ... 0 10 0 8 wanwiek . Mr . Q- . Walters ... 0 7 6 Alfreton , Mr . Cross ... ... 0 6 0 Ashover , Mr . Boar ... ... 0 3 0 Heage , Mr . Rogers ... ... 0 2 6 Total ... ... ... £ 3 10 0 James Vickeks , Treasurer Ed . Ceoss , Secretary .
At a meeting of the female Chartists of Belper , on Monday night , Mrs . Birch in the chair , the following resolution was unanimously adopted ; moved by Mrs . Belfleld , and seconded by Mrs . Poole : — " That we , the female Chartists of Belper , feel it a duty incumbent on us , at the present crisis ) to use our best exertions in raising funds for the defence of ou < incarcerated brethren , and the support of their suffering families , and call on our sisters in all parts of the kingdom to be up and doing their duty to their country , and their oppressed and suffering families . " STJNDERLAND . —On Sunday afternoon , Mr . Williams lectured on the Moor near the Railway-station . The weather was unfavourable , and the audience , therefore , was not large . A collection was made at the close for the Ganeral Defence Fund , when the sum of . 5 s . Hid . was received . Mr . W . announced that another collection would bo made the ensuing week .
BIRMINGHAM . —The friends at Aston-street were disappointed on Sunday in not hiving a l 9 cturer , Mr . Par ties tailing to come according to promise . Mr . Talbert read several extracts from the life of Mnir ; O'Connor ' s letter , and different portions of the Star were also read . On Monday night the usual meeting took place , Mr Russell in the chair ; after the usual monetary business was concluded the Secretary stated that the council was deficient of two members , when Messrs . Maliss and Russell were elected . The rafflj for the gun for the benefit of George White was postponed to next Monday night , when it will positively take place . Tickets , sixpence each .
A Delegate Meeting was held at Wednesbury , on Sunday , when 'delegates were present from Wednesbury , BilBton , Walsall , Birmingham , Dudley , and Ooseley . The proposition of Mr . OConnor , to accept the services of Mr . Roberts , of Bath , at the ensuing Special Commission at Stafford , was unanimously adopted . A letter was directed to be-sent " to- Mr . O'Connor informing hini of the same , and requesting him to communicate -with Mr . B . immediately . Monies for Mason ' s Defence Fund were received from the Star Office and other places . The next delegate meeting will be held at the Chartist Room , in Wednesbury , on Sunday , October the 9 th , at ten o'clock in the morning .
Steelhouse Lane . —The Chartists of this locality met as usual on Tuesday night , Mr . Porter in the chair . The letter of Mr . O Connor , in the Star of Saturday last , was brought under tbe consideration of the members of the Committee , and the propriety ef voting money to the General Defence Fund was discussed . It appearing that some portion of the funds in hand had been collected for the special purpose of defending George White , a debate of considerable length took place upon the propriety of merging such funds into the General Dafence Fund . Upon a vote being taken thenumbers were equil , when the Chairman gave the casting vote for the appropriation of all monies to the General Defence . The Washingtonians have been dispossessed of their rooms , through the interference of Mr . Corbett , a member of the Council of the Complete Suffrage Association . He having taken the premises adjoining , considered , of course , the approximation of a Chartist Association a nuisance not to be borne .
Lecture . —A lecture for the benefit of Mr . George White ' s Defence Fund was delivered by Mr . T . S . Mackintosh , at the Social Institution , Lawrence-street , on Tuesday eveniug last ; the subject , " Martyrs to Liberty . " At the close of the lecture , Mr . Thorn was cailed to the chair , and the audience , in pursuance of notice , passed a resolution for the . election of a Committee to collect funds fortlie General Defence , and also appointed parties to cany it into effect HAtlPAX . —Those localities in the Halifax district holding monies subscribed for the General Defence Fund , will be bind enough to forward the same to the District Secretary , or to the Association Room , Swan Coppice , on or before Sunday , Oct . 2 nd , as it will be touch more convenient to the parties receiving the same , and attended with much less expence , to go all together .
SHEFFIELD . —Education . —On Monday evening last , Mr . Edwin Gill delivered an interesting lecture on the subject of education , in the Chartist Room , Figtree-lane . The following is an extract front , Mr . G . ' s discourse : —" We have had great talk about national education in onr time ; we have been told that we may bless our stars that we were born in this enlightened country , in this the much-vaunted nineteenth century , the age of intellect , &c , to . Hearing these things , a stranger would suppose that this was the most enlightened , Christian , prosperous , and happy nation on the face of th « earth . Let us see how such titles will accord with England's present state . We have an abundance of churches and chapels , and a noble army , Called-by-tbe-Grace-of-God parsons , as instructors , who receive £ 9 . 459 , 505 for their labours . Then we have
Sunday schools , charity schools , Lancasterian schools , and national schools , where orthodox and loyalty are crammed into the brain or thrashed into the breeches of the rising generation ; without mentioning the heterodox sect 9 , such as Unitarians , Presbyterians , Baptists , Anabaptists Wesleyan Methodists , Primitive Methodists , and Church Methodists ; besides Quakers , Jumpers , and Shakers , each sect having schools for the promulgation of its own doctrines , in which loyalty and morality are combined . With such a number of public seminaries we ought to bu an enlightened people , and as fer religion , what with the licensed and the contraband faiths , we Buvely ought to ba a moral people , and if we take . into consideration the enormous sums our education costs us , we must be a wealthy people . But are we so—are we wealthy ? Let the bastiles be
crammed te auffoeation with our best artisans and mechanics , the numerous deaths from starvation , the suicides occasioned by poverty and wretchedness , the tide of emigration and the lists of bankruptcy answer ; and when in times like these , we take into account tbe cost of a royal visit , the splendid costumes of a retinue of noble sycophants , dinner eurrices of gold , &c , and then Bee the starving " rabble , " the " swinish multitude , " as the unfortunate poor are insolently called , the shoeless , naked , hungry people throwing their hats in the air , and calling on God to preserve their oppressors , to uphold that system of tyrauny which like tke poisonous upas tree is
blasting their every hope , —I ask , have the people been rightly educated ? Morality is at an equally low discount , crime is said to be rapidly on tbe increase . We are told that a great majority of the prisoners tried at the sessions and assizes are not able to read or write , and a reverend divine has said that there are thousands " living -without God , and without hope , " how well the instructors of the people have done their duty ! Well may they sing their old song over and over again every Sunday , " We have done the things we ought not to havo done , and left undone the things we ought to have done " 1 The thanks of the meeting were unanimously given to Mr . GUI for his excellent lecture .
The Patriot Cooper . —Mr . Haraey has received a letter from this gallant patriot , in reply to one sent by Mr . H . It will be Been that a former letter sent by Mr . Haruey has been detained : — " Stafford , County Gaol , Saturday , Sept 24 th , 1842 . "My dear Julian , —Yonr reply did not reach me . Never mind it ' Our light afflictions are but for a moment * I am well and happy . How can I fail : I do not know one gloomy moment •* Thls day week , Tindal , Parke , and Rolfe , the Judges , open their' special commission' for out trials , When mine will come on I cannot tell ; perhaps Monday . I am expecting that day , my dear Julias , with eznltoUon . To be acquitted is a thing I do not dream of ; but I shall have a glorious opportunity ef speaking truth . And ret I will not offend , rashly .
"I am to be assisted by a lawyer , bnt I act for myself In Court O'Connor has promised me to be there ; and I shall be proud and happy to see yon , ' my dear Julian , there also . « Tell— to keep his heart up . My little darling keeps her ' s up , as a patriot ' s wife should . ' ? ... ? ? ¦ ¦ ' ? ' ¦ " My best regards to Mrs . H ., and accept yourself the enduring love of , " Yours , most affectionately , " THOMAS COOPER . "
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ARREST OF G . J . HARNEY , Star Office , Friday , Three o Clock . I haTe juft seen one of the guards of the I ^ rth Midland Railway , and he informed me that Mr . G . J H . ul \ ey , ot Sheffield , had been brought in the custody of a Manchester efficer , by the last Derby train , to tie Nonnanton Station , whence he would be taken to Hinchefter . Jos , Hobsos .
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RECEIPTS OF THE EXECUTIVE FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPT . 27 th , 1842 . £ s d Exeter 0 4 2 Birmingham shoemakers 0 3 6 Ipswich 0 5 0 Ipswich Females 0 2 6 Nottingham , per Barton 0 10 0 London , St . Pancraa ... 1 0 0 Derby 10 0 London , Hammersmith ... 0 5 0 Colchester , Collingwood 0 2 6 St . Alban ' s 0 10 Tiverton 0 10 0 Carrington ... ... 0 4 0 Mansfield 0 2 0 On the 3 rd Sept . I should have acknowledged 12 s from ' . he London Stone Masons . Will Mr . Child , of Coalbrook Dale , write to me I Will the Loughbro ' sub-Secretary write to me !
Parties in want of cards , in and round Manchester , can be supplied by Mr . Leach , bookseller , 40 , Oak-street , Manchester . I am very anxious that when a sub-secretary receives cards of membership , he shonld write acknowledging their safe arrival . The following instructions to parties who write letters may not be useless ; let the letter be commenced thus , suppose the letter is from Manchester : — Manchester , 26 , John-street , Sept . 19 ih 1842 .
By simply heading letters ia the above manner eo mistake could ever occur . In reply to a Watford Chartist , the translation of the two latin quotations is sana , Eound—mens , mind —in , in—sana , sound—corpore , body—Nemo , no one —mortalittm , of mortals— sapit , is wise—omnibus , at all hours . I coniess I acted unwise in K iviHg a latin quotation at all—however I won ' t offend again in a hurry . John Campbell , Secretary . ^
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SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED BY ~ MR . CLEAVE . POLITICAL VICTIMS AND DEFENCE FUND . £ S d Subscriptions previously acknowledged ... 9 15 5 Friends , Pocklington ... 0 10 0 Temperance Hotel , New Marketplace , Bolton 10 0 Ledbury , Wilts 0 6 0 Mr . Fedlmgham , Ledbury 0 3 6 Chartists , Cheltenham ... 0 15 0 Subscriptions , per Mr . Campbell 0 7 6
Wm . CM 1 0 Mr . Atkins , Bridgwater 0 2 6 Mr . Yoxall , ditto ... ... ... ... 0 2 6 Mr . Cass , ditto 0 10 Mr . Huxley , Tunstall , Staffordshire ] ... 1 10 0 An Old Rad , Hull 0 10 0 Silkweavers locality , London ... ... 0 10 0 J . E 0 10 C . R 0 10 Shoemakers , Hackney 0 4 4 Mr . Hunt and Friends ... , 0 2 4 Mr . Elliott , Stockwell 0 2 6 Friends , per Mr . Christopher 0 8 8 fiagthorpe , Nottinghamshire 0 2 6 £ 17 15 9 MASON AND CO ., VICTIMS . Teetotal locality , Waterloo-road 0 2 6
HSS . EOLBERRY . A few Chartist Mason ? , London 0 8 1 MEMORIAL DEMONSTRATION . Wm . Stubbings , Langton , near Tunbridge Wells 0 5 0
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poor fellows even within the walls of their dungeon , bear aught but the appearance of men who would transgress the Taws of their country . Their conduct in prison is lauded by the governor and the visitiDg magistrates , as exemplary and truly praiseworthy . The most melanoholy spectacle is that which presents itself outside of the gaoi , which is surrounded by the sorrowing wiveB and children of the prisoners , whose haggard countenances and thread worn garments indicate suffering , misery , poverty , and rags , beyond description . They may bo t . uly called * ' a houseless , clotholeas , and breadles 3 crowd , " to whom death ought to be a thousand times more acceptable than life . »
The prosecut 6 rs under the speoial oomnnsston make no concealment of their intention to vent all their spleen and direct all their power of vindicating the law against such prisoners aa aro . ackuowlecigea ChartiBtu . Amongst those who are thus marked out as victims to Jbe made examples of , are Thomas Cooper , who is thus described in tho calendar 11 37 ; reads and writes superiorly . He is committed for inciting and persuading a great number of people to assemble and gather together , and riotously and tumultucusly cr . ating a ereat noiso aad disturbance on the 15 th August , 1842 , at the parish of Stoke-upon-Trent . " Arthur O'JSeil , " aged 22 reads and writes well ; for inciting and causing a great number of persons to assemble and gather together to dibtnrb the public peaco , on the 26 th Aug . 1342 , at the parish of Rowley R"gis . " And William Ellis , " aged 32 ; who reads and writes well : for
having , with divers other persms , on the 16 i . h of August , 1842 , and on other days , at the par ; 3 hof Burslem , traitorously compelled , imagined , and devised , and intended to levy war against hor Majesty , iu order to foroe and compel her said Majesty to'change her measures and counsels . " That tha persecutors intend making a good harve ? t of tbe affair may be judged of by the fact that in some- cases the briefs for counsel contain iifty sheets . The prisoners complain much of the usual course beiEg deviated from by the appointment of local nttornies to prosecute for offenoes alleged to be committed in their peculiar localities ; this , they say , will afford an opportunity for the indulgence of personal hostile feelings . The prisoners would sooner commit . themselves to the tender mercies of the Crown officers , than to be thus subjected to the merciless treatment of men for whom they entertain hte most natural abhorrence .
Nothing so clearly proves the low subterfuges to which ccrcain local functionaries had recoime for committals as a recical of tho oharges under which many of the prisoners stand committed . Upon reading them , the public will justly exclaim" VVhat ! a Speoial Commission to try such offences , which could bo better punished summarily bt' the magistrate , than left to be disposed of by a Special Commission , at an enormous expence to the country !" The charges alluded to are as follows : —Joseph Broster , ibr stealing four and sixpenou ; Ilanry Howard , stealing a book ; George Sua ' w , stealing a shirt ; Edward Adams , demanding the sum of nixpence ; William Prince , stealing one tame rabbit ; Williams Napper , John Hulme , Smith Child ,. Wm . Plant , Thomas Adams , and David Parkes , demanding the sum of odc- shilling ; Samuel Lockett , demanding
the sum of sixpence ; John Hall , demanding the sum of sixpence ; James Wboley , demanding the sum of sixpenoe ; end Elizabeth Bryan , stealing one picture frame . Now , if those offences were brought before one of our Metropolitan Magistrates , he would either dismiss the charge , or , at most , taking tho circumstances into consideration , would sond the accused for a week or a fortnight to prison . Exclusive of the prisoners thus committed for the Speoial Commission , there are 1 * 0 to be tried at the Sessions , the enormity of whose offences may be judged of by the sample given of ttie commitments lor the Commission . It is pretty clear by the classification of tho prisoners by Mr , Brutton , the governor of the gaol , that they are not the uneducated set which it is so muoh the object of the Whigs and Tories to represent them as being . The ubjoined is the classification returned by the governor , v ; z .:
—Prisoners who can read and write superiorly I Ditto , read and write well ... ... ... 27 Ditto , read and write imperfectly ... ... 50 Ditto , react well ... 5 Ditto , read imperfectly 73 Ditto , who can neither read or write ... ID Ditto , od bail ... 25 Total , 240 Here is a " damning lie" to those calumniators of the working classes who designate them as an ignorant , brutal , and lawless body , whose sole obiaot it
is to destroy life and property . The Judges will merely open the court on Saturday , pro forma ; for that occasion the only persons summoned , are the justices of the peace , mayors , coroners , esoheatora , stewards , and also all chief constables , and bailiffs . On Sunday , the Judges will attend Divine Service , in Christ's Church , when the Rev . Mr . E . Cold well , rector , will preach . It is to be hoped that his serinon will savour more of meroy , than what characterised the discourse of the Rev . Clergyman who preached before the Judges at the Monmouth Special Commission .
On Monday , the Grand Jury will be sworn at ten o ' clock , a . m ., precisely , when the Petit Jury , prosecutors , and witnesses , are bound to attend . The Solicitor-General , Mr . Sergeant Talfourd , and Sergeant LudloWi Mr . Godson , Mr . Whately , and Mr . Waddington , will conduct the prosecution . After the first day , or at least after two or three convictions , three courts will be opened , in each of which a Judge will preside . This regulation will expedite the business . It is calculated that not more than 180 prisoners will be tried , and that the rest will be liberated on their recognizances to appear when called upon . Four more prisoners are expected here from Burelem charged with being principals in the demolition and burning of the Rev . Mr . Vates' house and property , on the 15 th of August . They were brought into Burslem on Tuesday ; one of them was severely wounded in the head .
In Newcastle-under-Lyme , Mr . Wise , Captain Mannering , Mr . AJdcrly , and a few other magietorial diguitaries , are making great work about the protection of life and property during the winter . On Monday and Tuesday they held meetings at the Castle Hotel , Newcastle , when they resolved to erect a temporary barracks , at a cost of £ 500 , for the accommodation of two companies of infantry and one troop of horse . Government has promised to build for them a permanent barracks in spring , The Newcastle justices are also , raising * a police force , and another body , which they designate a " protective force , " to e 3 cort the witnesses attending the commission , of whom there are forty housed in Newcastle .
Threatened Odtbreak in WoLVERHAMPro . v . —A gentleman , wtio has jns 5 arrived from Wolverhampton , states that the uunost excitement prevails there , in consequence of tho notices from the men expiring on Saturday , when aU the men will tarn out , as they cannot possibly exist on their present wages . The " butty" and " com my" systems are in full operation in this locality , and are amongst the primary causes of the discontent that pervades tha working classes . Fatal Railway Accident . —A gentleman from London states thai as the train on Monday was about thirty miles from London , and within two
miles of Triu * , that the guard observed the headless body of a man , with the two hands also torn away , on the lino . Upou setting out from London , he says than the gua . rd was desired to ha . ve a look-out , in consequence of the whooic- of the engine that arrived having been tmeared with blood . On Tuesday , a fine cow , the property of Mr . Bannister , had its head aad legs cut off by tho train near Pankridge . Three of them had strayed on tiie line , two escaped , but the latter was knocked down by the engine before it could irake out of'ths-wiiy . Its value is estimated at £ 15 . ¦
Eaul Talbot . tho Lard Lieutenant of the county , and John Edward Piercy , Esq ., High Sheriff , are daily engaged with tho authorities from eleven to four o ' clock , in preparing for the forthcoming trials . Mr . Rogers the May < r , js in London commnnioating it is supposed with the Home Secretary , regarding the said trials . Ev ^ ry thins ; here in tranquil . The only absorbing topic is the probable fate of the prisoners . Crow and Ttkrell ' s Beverage . —The proceeds due to the Executive from the sale of Messrs . Crow and Tyrrell ' s Beverage , from tho 17 : h to the 24 lh of
September , i 3 as follows : — £ a A Mr . Mogg , wholesale agent for Shropshire 0 6 0 Mr . Harney , Shtffisid ... ... ... 0 6 0 . Mr . Cleave , London , and wholesale agent for the . South ... ... ... 0 4 « Mr . Vickers , Belper ... ... ... 0 3 0 Mr . Morgan , Deptford ... 0 3 0 Mr . Thomson , StockporJ ; ... ... ... 0 3 0 Mr . Twite , Bath ... ... ... ... 0 3 ft Mr . Sweet , Nottingham ... ... ... 0 1 6 . Mr . Hibbard , Mansfield ... ... ... O ^ JSJ ^ a . fl ^ f ^ | Pikdee ' s Blacking . —Due this week tcjjftV&jfitetfJ ?^^^ ? Ui M tive from the saie of R . Pinder's BlackinJft ^^ : ^ V \ 'VS / : ^ * J G Mr . Legge , Aberdeen ........ J'dftT'WS ^* Mr . Haslem . Oldham ., ... il pi-ffe Vtf L % S Mr . Cleave , 1 , Shoe lane , London ...., jS Mj , JTfSSc / rk , S
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 1, 1842, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct966/page/1/
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