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1 ETTEB FROM THE GLASGOW COTTOXSP 1 XXBES TO THE EDITOR OF THE "NORTHERN STAB . " London , July 2 d , 1840 Sis , —Permit as , through the medium of your patriotic and widely-circulated journal , to tender to you our most sincere and heartfelt thanks for the manly , spirited , and disyrteresied ' part you took , as public journalists , at the time of , and prior toj our eTer memorable trial .
Wien the partisan portion of the public press leTelled its whole artillery at the character and motives of the fire humble individuals "who have now the honour to address you , your columns weredevoted to the cause of humanity , the defence of the oppressed , and the rights of labour , for which , "we humbly presume , we bare sugared not » little . It was our lot to'be in tbe foreground , and to bustftin the baamy ' a firs in their unhallowed crusade ¦ gainst the poor man ' s all , his only property—his labour ; and whether we hare betrayed or promoted the eauae la which we stained all that we held dear loiaon earth , is is not our intention to say . We leaTe Utat f a diseandag publie to decide ; not that we
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shrink from the discussion of our actions , er the motiTes by which we were actuated , but because we axe disposed to practice the truly Christian principle of forgiving injuries , and to consign our wrongs , and Ijaffwings , and the recollection of H em , to eternal oblivion . . "• .,. When the dungeon " s gloom and the felon ' s chains held in strict bondage , not only the bodies , bat tho minds of your humble servants , and when a consider able portion of that mighty engine , the press , which shrink- from fte dtacusdon Jt our actions , er the uiuwyoo DJ WillCn W 6 Were aCtUatfia . bnt hACanfU \ rA
ought ever to be the guardian of public liberty , the protector of the oppressed , and the terror of the oppressor , -winging its way to the extremities of the earth , the organ and guide of public opinion had directed its machinery against us , and was employed in maligning and vilifying our characters , which we then held , and still hold , dearer tban life itself , the columns of your paper were devoted to our defence , and that of the rights of labour generally ; and , above all , to the interests of our bereave . 1 , unhappy , unprotected , and unprovided for wives and children .
To tender to you our unfeigned gratitude for your disinterested advocacy , and to thank the working men of Britain , and many other private friends , whom we cannot here en'imerate , is our only motive for thus intruding on your valuable paper for the prompt and efficient manner in which you and they came to our rescue , when an ignominious grave was being prepared to receive us , and when it -was intended by certain parties to erect a new fabric of comMnstion laws for the purpose of extinguishing the last remnant ef the workmaoi ' s rights , and to ct meat that fabric with the blood of five selected victims , you and they stood forward in our defence , and , like a guMdian angel , hovered over onr gloomy dunseon , and shielded us from its baneful influence . But we may say a little more on this subject before leaving England for the ' ¦ landof cakt-s . "
TVe have already said , that we are disposed to forgive aud forget our wrongs and suffering , and to remember o :: ly , Lnd to transmit to posterity our graiitude to the working clashes of Britain for their sympathy and support to oorselves and families , ! u : d to that portion of the press which defends d us vlien wa were the sport of misfortune , tossed to and fro on C . o ocoin of a lvers-ity , -without compass or rudder , hope or anchor . Now that we are free iuvl unfettered , for which inestimable blessing we aro chiefly indebted to the humane interference and intercession of Lord Ijv ughani , Mr . Wakley , il . P ., Francis Place , Esq ., ; iui a few others , with her Majesty ' s ( i ^ vtrmnent . In conclusion , Sir , we beg you to accept our grateful Acknowledgments for your able advocacy of our cause , and the cause of universal liberty . TVe are , Sir , Tours , ice .
Thomas Hunter , Peter Hackkt , Richard M'Neil , James Gibu , " William M'Cleak . Dear Sia , —1 herewith transmit you a letter from those persecuted members cf the oppressed class , the Glasgow Cotton Spinners , and beg leave to append a f < . w brief observations on tbe situation in which tbese men are placed . Though literally destitute—even , as I belkve , o : the means of returning to their families , they have steadily resisted all entreaties to make their
condition known to the public at large . I waited on them yesterday , at the Bell Inn , Old Bailey , where I bad ocular evidence that the statement contained in their letter , " that their sole object in addressing the public is a sense of grateful fteling to those who have been instrumental in procming their release from bondage , " is strictly correct . A benefit for them is announced to take place at the Grecian Saloon , Cityroad , on the 16 th instant ; but as this must necessarily be , even should the place be crammed , a very slight receipt , I would entreat all who can spare a mite , to contribute it without delay .
There is one other fact connected with their appeal , which I cannot resist the temptation to mention ; namely , the letter is their , own spontaneous acd offhand production ; not , s « is usual in such cases , the concocted and studied effort of a committee , or a paid secretary ; but tbe genuine outpouring of unsophisticated emotions , which will , I trust , and believe , have due effect . —Your London Correspondent . ]
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TO THE SUBSCRIBERS OF THE DEFENCE FUND—M 1 S-CALLED STEPHEN'S . Fellow Citizens , —Agreeable to the Committee ' s promise last week , I am directed to furnish you with the balance sheet of tbe above mentioned fund , as furnished by Mr . Thomas Fielden , treasurer , with a hope that those towns , villages , and hamlets , that have seat any m * aey to Mr . Fielden , or given it to any person for him , ion account of this fund ) will net fail to attend the Delegate Meeting , at Manchester , on Tuesday , the 7 th of July , at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon , and couie prepared to say , as true Radicals , that we will nave Universal Suffrage amount the br-ve men that are now suffering in our cause , for honestly defending right against might .
1839 . £ s d . February 4 . Hyde , by J . Dawson lu 4 9 . A „ „ Ashton , byj . Duke ... ... 25 0 o " March 5 . Staljbridge , by C . Dean 13 0 0 „ 11 . Aihton , by J . Duke ... ... 25 0 0 „ „ Northern Star Office , by J . Duke 50 0 0 ,, 14 . Rochdale , byT . LiTesey . . ... 10 0 0 ,, 19 . Leigh , by J . Newton ... ... 20 0 0 ,, ,, Colne , by J . Watson ... ... 5 0 0 „ ,, Do . do . do . ... \ 2 15 6 „ 20 . Hyde , by J . Rather ... ... 15 10 oh „ „ Do . go . do ... ... 2 00 " „ „ Blackford Bridge ... ... 2 1 G loi „ 22 . Wigton , Richard Farlane ... 1 16 0 " „ ,. Do . da do . ... l 10 0 „ „ Barns ! 9 y , by T . Ackland , and
J . Crabtrets ... ... 20 0 0 „ „ Shefaeld , by W . H .... ... 1 10 0 „ 23 . Rooden-lane . Ly Wm . Grimshaw 4 10 9 ,, „ Longfield , by D . Buckles ... 3 6 5 ,, ,, Shaw Chapel , by Win . Taylor 4 4 0 „ ,, High Crowhloe , do . do ... 16 3 „ 25 . Keigbley ... ... 15 0 0 „ „ Glossop , by J . France ... 11 0 0 „ ,, Middleton , by E . Fallows ... 10 0 0 „ „ Bury , by J . Palkner ... ... 50 4 1 $ „ ,, Manchester , by Wm . Lonrlale 0 16 0 " i , „ Do ., by J . Robinson ... 1 11 6 „ 26 . Daisey Hillock , by J . Newton ... 1 « 6 ^ „ 27 . Leeds , and Sundry places , by J . ArdUl ... ... .. ^ 49 9 8 „ „ Carlilse , by J . Arthur 22 0 0
,, 28 . Bradford , &c , by J . S . Shackleton ... ... ... 25 0 0 April 1 . Hull , by J . Watte 5 0 0 „ „ Little Horton , by J . Brook ... 12 13 2 ,, 2 . Halifax , by S . Ingham ... 24 0 0 ,, „ Bury , < fec , by Falkner ... 5 14 9 b ,, 4 . >* o . 1 . District , Manchester ... 2 0 0 " „ 9 . Colne , by J . Watson ... 2 7 6 „ „ Radcliffe Bridge , Mr . Walker ... 8 2 0 ,, ,, Mansfield , G . Baisley ... 5 0 0 ,, 17 . Hamson mill , J . Falkner ... 2 1 6 ,, „ Halifax , by J . Butbjrworth ... 15 10 0 May 4 . Bishop Wearmouth , by Williams anuBinns ... ... ... 13 0 0 ,, 6 . HuddereSeld . by J . Leech ... 12 7 $ } ,, ,, Badcliffe , by Mr . Walker ... 2 0 0 " „ ,, rfewton , Moston , and Failsworth ,
by Coliinge and Booth ... 6 0 0 „ 20 . Macclesneld , by Mr . Bennett ... 13 5 0 „ 23 . Huduersfield , by J . Leech ... 4 17 0 i „ 28 . Hyde , byj . Rather ... ... 4 15 l " June 4 . Skipton , by E . Jackson ... 0 17 0 ,, 17 . Newton , Moston , and Failsworth , Walker and Booth ... 2 16 5 July 18 . Manchester , by the R « v . J . S-. holefield j ... ... 1 9 5 „ 31 . Carlisle , by H . Bowman ... 1 2 0 August 17 . Fenton , S . C . ... ... 0 8 0 „ „ Salford , by J . R . Richardson ... 5 16 0
Sum total received by Mr . Fielden , £ 567 6 11 This account -was received from Mr . Thomas Fielden , on the 10 th of December , 1839 . By Order of tho Committee , W . Smith , Secretary . P . S . The items of Mr . Willis ' s account will be laid btfore the delegates when they come to Manchester , to the meeting , which will be held at tbe house of Mr . C Riding's Griffin Inn , Great Ancoats-street , on the 7 th instant . W . S . July 1 st , 1840 , Committee Room , 9 , Whittle-street , Oldham-street .
N . B . —I am directed to say that the subscription received by Mr . A . Heywood , bookseller , && , of Oldham-street , was forwarded to the Star Office at Leeds , and , of course , forma & put of the item of £ 50 which appears in the abovo account ; and the balance in Mr . Fielden ' s hands is £ 398 13 s . W . S .
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Mcbder and Scpposed Suicide . —Within a few minnte 3 of going to press intelligence has reached us of another having been added to the long catalogue of crime 3 induced by intemperance , a wife , within & fe . w weeks of her acconchment , having met her death whilst iu a state of intoxication from the violence of her husband , and the latter , as is supposed at the time we write , h&viEg in the agony of the moment , committed suicide . The man , whose name is William Blagburn , was a keelman , living in Sandgate , in tbi 3 town , and bore a good character , being a membar of the teetotal society , but bis wife , it seems , was very much addicted to drinking . On returning from his employment yesterday evening ,
tae man found his wife , as usual , in a state of beastly intoxication , and words ensued , and then blows , and whilst the woman was on the ground she received a kick on the chest , which terminated her existence almost immediately . The man perceiving her suffer from the effects of tbe blow ran out for a doctor , and no less than three were in attendance within a very short period , but their aid came too late , for the vital spark had fled . The husband the while had continued in a state of very great excitement , and on learning from one of the medical gentlemen the true state of the case , he replied , " Well , here goes for another , " and ran out of the house and has not since been beard of , though the strictest search has been instituted . —Newcastle Journal .
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RELIEF FUND FOR THE IMPRISONED CHARTISTS OF ASHTON , THEIR WIVES AND FAMILIES . £ 0 . a . Brooke ' s Mill ... 0 10 4 Mellor ' sMill 2 3 1 Knott ' s Mill ... ... 10 5 Chadwick'a Mill 0 10 2 A Jubal Shaw ' s Mill 0 5 11 S . Higginbotham ' s Mill 0 6 2 Platfs Weavers ... ... ... ... 0 4 4 Piatt ' s Spinners 0 14 Kershaw ' s Mill 0 2 2 . April 10 , Collected in the Cbarlestown RELIEF FUND FOR THE IMPRISONED CHAR- mtcnia rvo latnuw ibtitstti ximmei .- »»
Meeting Room ... q 12 10 May 29 , Boz 0 10 0 Abel Swann ... ... ... ... 0 2 0 Returned by John Wild 0 8 0 Collected in the Charlestown Meeting Room , by the Weavers ... ... 0 13 0 From Stalybridg © ... ^ . ... l 10 0 Bancroft ' s Mill ... 0 , 2 0 Thomas Leigh , Draper ... 0 6 0 Jonathan Walmsley 0 2 6 Collected by E . Hobson , in his shop ... 0 2 5 Edward Hobson ... 0 2 6 From Littlemoss 0 6 0 Ernest Whitworth 0 2 6 By Moses Chapman , from Saville " s Mill , Lets Brook 0 6 0 From the Welcome Friend 0 8 9 From various individuals , in small sub- 1 scriptions 5 2 l . J £ 16 9 6 £ £ s . d . April 11 . —To Cash Book 0 0 6 lG . —To use of Meeting Room ... 0 6 6 20 . —To Printing and Posting ... 0 18 6 May 9 . —To Printing 200 Circulars ... 0 8 0 9 . —To Seven Prisoners , 8 s . each . . 2 16 0 9 . —To Five Wives , 4 s . each ... 10 0 9 . —To Eleven Children , under 13 years of age , 2 s . each ... 1 2 0 9 . —To Paper 0 0 lk 9 . —To Postage of Letters ... 0 0 4 " 9 . —To twu Bar ^ Orders , 3 d . tach 0 0 6 June g . — To Six Prisoners , 10 s . each ... 3 0 0 8 . —To Five Wives , 5 s . each ... l 5 0 8— To Eleven C . ildren , 2 s . 6 d . each 17 6 12 3 Ik Balance in hand 3 5 7 " ' £ 15 9 C jJ Edward Hobson , Treas-. irer . Elijah Broadbent , Secretary . Tbo Committee for managing the above fund return their si-icere and heartfelt thanks to the public , for tho handsome manner in which they have come forward on this occasion , and hope they will continue contributing their mites towards those who are suffering in a prison ' s gloom , for advocating their cause , and the cause of their helpless children . The Committee feel extremely sorry at the smallness of tho subscription from Stalybririgo , a town as populous as any in the district , and only £ 1 10 s . ; and one-third of that sum was paid by two honourable individuals , namely , Mr . Peter Jomieson , and Mr . James Muir .
Where is Mr . Deegan , Treasurer , and Benson , and all the other leading Radicals of that once active town , for , in looking over the collecting book , we do not find their names , nor any subscriptions to their occouut Shame , Bhame , on Stalybridge . On behalf of the Committee , Elijah Broadbent , Secretary . . P . S . —Peter Murray M'Douall will have served twelve months in Chester Castle on Saturday , August 15 , and the people of Ashton hope that the people of Hyde , Stalybridge , and other places , will assist them in paying off Mr . Cobbett ' s bill , so that the Doctor will not have to be detained by that gentleman for his charges .
The people of Ashton intend honouring the Doctor with a public dinner , at the . termination of his imprisonment , at the Old Cross Inn , Old-street , Ashton , and those individuals who are desirous of being at this fenst , on this occasion , may be furnished with tickets at Is . 6 d . each , at the bar of the above house , and at John Williamson ' s , printer , Stamford-street . E . Broadbent . Ashton-under-Lyne , Jme 29 , 1810 .
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XiATEST FKOia THE STATES . We have received , by the Wellington packet-ship , New York papers to the 10 th inst ., being five days later than those brought by the last packet . A decline had taken place in the United States Bank Stock , the closing prices on the 10 th being at New York 711 , and at Philadelphia from 744 to 74 g . New York papers to tue 8 th ult . iuclugive have also been received by tho packet ship George Washington , Captain Burrows . Canada papers to late dates have been received by the same conveyance . The money-market remained without any material
alteration . The exchange on Euglaud for the packet was at the rate of 107 $ to 108 , chiefly at 1 » 7 $ . Sterling bills were plenty , and but few sales were made . The shares in the Bank of the United States stood at 72 . J at New York , where they had advanced from the previous quotation , and at Phihuiephia , where they had slightly declined , at 76 i . The New York papers do not contain any political new 3 of the slightest general interest . Details of the destruction caused by the freshets in the Southern States * ccupy much of their space . We do not find in the Canada papers any intelligence worth extracting .
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TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAR . Dear Sib , —Since my unsuccessful effort to obtain an interview with Mr . O'Connor immediately after his committal to York Cattle , I have patiently waited any official communication which might be made in answer to my application ; but not receiving any each information , although six weeks have elapsed , I have diligently watched the debates in both Houses of Parliament on Mr . O'Connor's case , in the hope of deriving Borne knowledge as to the course to be adepted in reference thereto , more particularly as regards my admission to see that gentleman , in his lamentable situation , on professional business ; and on my return from York , having informed you of my ineffectual attemptyon may well
, be surprised on reading the statements—or rather mis-statements—of the Secretary of State for the Home Depai iment , on the recent debate , and " commend them to my attention . " I do assure you that their perusal perfectly astonished me , and I have consequently , considering it an imperative act of duty to the interests of my client , addressed a letter to the Marquis of Normanb y on the subject , which I shall feel particularly obliged if you could spare room to publish in your widely-circulated Journal , in order to counteract the false and erroneous impression , which , if left uucontradicted , must naturally prejudice the public mind against Mr . O'Connor ' s statement , and the integrity of my own conduct .
M Bradford , 1 st July , 1840 . " My Lord , —On my reading in the Times newspaper , of the 23 rd ult ., a report of the debates in the House of Lords , on Monday , June 22 nd , on the presentation of a petition from my client , Mr . Feargus O'Connor , at present under confinement in York Castle , for an alleged seditious libel , I perceive that uiy name is introduced in connexion with certain erroneous statements therein contained ; I therefore respectfully beg your Lordship ' s indulgence to listen to an explanation , which , in justice to my client and my own charac'er , I feel
imperatively called upon to make ; in doing which , I $ mst direct your Lordship's attention , firstly , to an extract , carefully selected from tho report , of such matter only as relates to myself and client ; and then present to your Lordship a short narration of facts relative to my ineffectual endeavours to obtain an interview with Mr . O'Connor ; after due consideration of which , I confidently trust that your Lordship will , without delay , give clear ,, certain , and distinct directions with reference to my requisite interviews with my client , and that yoar Lordship will be pleased to inform me of the purport of Buch
directions . " It wonld be trespassing too much upon your Lordohip ' s valuable time in referring to Mr . O'Connor ' s original complaints , as to his treatment immediately alter committal , for , I presume , they are still fresh in your Lordship's recollection , and I will at once proceed to extract the recent report . " " House of Lords , Monday , June 22 d . " Lord Buodgham presented a petition from Mr . F . O'Connor to wttch he begged leave to call the attention of hisKoble Friend , in which the petitioner restated his former complaints as to the treatment which he had received in York Castle , particularly as to his having been prevented from seeing his legal adviser . '"
"' The Marquis of Normanby said ,, as to a refusal to allow his ( Mr . O'C . 'a ) professional adviser to see him , that was not a fact Orders were given that his legal adviser should have access to him at ail convenient tunes , and Mr . Crawford ( the prison inspector ) stated that the gentleman who was represented to be Mr . O'Connor's legal adviser , and who , it was alleged , was refused admission to him , told him that he did not want to see Mr . O'Connor on professional business . '" Lord Brougham said , with respect to being debarred from seeing his legal adviser , the petitioner positively asserted the fact , and flatly contradicted the statement on the other side .
" The Marquis of Normanby said Mr . Crawford ' s Statement wag , that he was told that Mr . Clarkson , who was described as the professional adviser of Mr . O'Connor , wished to Bee him ; but , on inquiry , he found that it was cot on professional business . He was convinced that Mr . O'Connor ' s professional adviser was not refused admission to him , because , strict orders were given that his friends and relations should be ad-
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mitted at proper and convenient times , and , above all , that bis professional adviser should have easy and ready access to him . " I will nowj with the permission of yoar Lordship , state my object in seeking an interview with Mr . O'Connor . Being engaged at the last Liverpool Assizes to conduct his defence upon an indictment , the trial of which , upoa the motion of Mr . W . H , Watson , counsel for Mr . O'Connor , founded upon the usual affidavit of the defendant and his solicitor , in which I joined , and was sworn to in open Court on the 1 st day of April last , before Mr . Justico Coloridgo , was postponed to the ensuing Assizes , and is still pending , and being concerned for him in other general business of a private nature , it was ( and still is ) absolutely necessary that I should have his mitted at proper and convenient times , and , above all , thaf Mb nufm . l . n . 1 . j ^ ... . L ... U i .... .. . __ j „_ j _
instructions ; and on the 21 st of May last , I took a purpose journey to York to see my client , and on arriving there , proceeded directly to the CaBtle , and applied to the Governor for an interview with him , who referred me to the Visiting Justices for ah order . I immediately waited upon Barnard Hague , Esq ., Chairman of the Visiting Magistrates , to whom I explained the object ef my visit , both parcularly with regard to the trial at the approaching Liverpool Assizes , and other general business , who after remarking that there ' was plenty of time , the Liverpool Assizes not coming on till after the Yorkshire Assizes , ' peremptorily declined giving me an order ; and informed me that my application should be made to the Secretary of State
for the Home Department , and that I was at liberty to correspond with Mr . O'Connor in the ordinary way ; my letters and his answers undergoing the inspection of the Governor , but intimated that 1 might apply to some of tbe other magistrates . I consequently called upon Sir John Lister Lister Kaye , and stattd my object , who informed me that he should have an iutet view with some of his brother magistrates that eveuiug respecting arrangements , and would communicate them to me . 1 also called on Mr . Tweedy , tho only other visiting magistrate then in York , to whom I mentioned tho result of my applications to Mr . Hague and Sir Johu L . L . Kaye . On tho following morning , I waited upon Sir John
L . L . Kaye , who politely received me , and apologised for not being able to give an answer the evening previously , he having been much engaged in the investigation of tho origin and circumstances attendant Uj ; ou the fire whioh unfortunately had recently happened to York Minster , and said that' he should prefer a written application , stating the object of my desired interview , which Sir John informed should be transmitted to your Lordship for directions , and that he woulo inform mo of the result . With this assurance I returned from York , after apprising Mr . O'Connor by letter ( which of course was scrutiuised by an officer ) of my journey to York , aud what I had done .
" The following are copies of my mitten application to Sir John L . L . Kaye , tho acknowledgment of its receipt and subsequent correspondence : — " ' York , 22 nd May , 1840 . " Sir , —As tbe Solicitor of Mr . Feargus O'Connor , who is in custody of the Gaoler of York Castle , I am desirous of obtaining an interview with him upon professional business , and should be greatly obliged by an order t « that effect . " ' Waiting tho favour of yocr reply , addressed to me , at the Old Sand Hill , " ' I am , Sir , " ' Yours respectfully , ** * J Clarkson * *' " To Sir John L L . Kaye , Visiting Magistrate , "' York Castle '" " ' Sir , —I have communicated your request to the Scsretary of State . " ' I am , Sir ,
" ' Your obedient Servant , " ' Joun L . L . Kaye , " V . M ., YorkCaatle . " « To Mr . Clarkson , Solicitor , " ' Sand Hill , Colllergate , York . '" " ' Bradford , 29 th May , 1840 . " " Sir , —I should feel particularly obliged by your favoring me with the result of your communication , made to the Secretary of State , respecting my application to you on thtt 22 nd inst , for an interview -with Mr . O'Connor . "I am . Sir , " ' Yours obediently , " J . Claekson . " ' To Sir John L . L . Kaye , Bart , " ' Visiting Magistrate , York Castle . ' "
" < Castlegate House , " York , June 1 st , 1840 . " Sir , —When the Secretary of Suite has made his definitive arrangements respecting Mr . Feargus O'Connor , you shall be informed . " I am , " ' Yours , < Scc &c . &c "' JOUN L . L . KAYE , " ' V . M ., Y . C " " To Mr . Clarkson , Solicitor , " ' Bradford . '"
" Since the receipt of Sir John Lister Kaye's last letter ^ 1 beg to inform your Lordship that up to this fine I have not been favoured with further commuuicatiou from auy official source whatever , and have been anxiously waiting for directions , considering it more prudent to defer further application to the Visiting Magistrates , expecting that , upon the completion of the Prison Inspector ' s report of his inquiry into Mr . O'Connor ' s case , proper directions would have been given ; and to use your Lordship's owu expression in the language of the Times , ' above all , ' 10 facilitate my * easy aud ready' access to him .
" As to Mr . Crawford ' s statements ( as reported in your Lordahip ' a speech ) , ' that the gentleman who was represented to be Mr . O'Conuor's legal adviser , and who , it was alleged , was refused admission to him , told him that lie did not want to see Mr . O'Couuor on professional business ; and that , on inquiry , he ( Mr . Crawford ) found that it was not on professional business ; " after what I have above stated , it is hardly necessary lor me to declaro most positively that I have never had auy conversation , either with Mr . Crawford or any other person , to the purport just quoted , and , to my knowlodge , 1 never saw that gentleman .
** On the contrary , I do assure your Lordship thai I went to York on the 21 st of May last , and remained there till the following day , expressly to see and confer with my client ou professional business , which I distinctly and repeateily explained to tho Visiting Magistrates , and told them that I was not induced to go there merely to gratify any idle curiosity , off from any other foolish or improper motive ; and I hope your Lordship will excuse me , when I candidly confess that I cannot force upon myself the idea that the report iu the Times ( celebrated for correctness ) must , iu this instance , have
been inaccurate in attributing to your Lordship language that your Lordship has not used . It may be , that Mr . Crawford has been imposed upon by hearsay evidence , which is seldom correct , and at all times exceedingly objectionable ; but ic is not for me to dictate the method to be pursued , or presumo to pass hasty remarks upon a Government officer , who must be furnished with all requisite information in undertaking and conducting an important inquiry , particularly in the absence of his report , which may , I venture to hope will , speedily be published , and settle vague conjectures to the satisfaction of all coucerned .
" The foregoing fair and acourate account of facts within my own knowledge , and so far as I am concerned with Mr . O'Connor ' s present case , being at varianoe with the statement attributed to your Lordship , will , I trust , be considered a sufficient reason and excuse for inviting your Lordship ' s attention to the circumstances , and which induce me earnestly to request the favour of your Lordship ' s directions whether or not I am to be admitted , and finder any and what restrictions to hare interviews with my client ; I being impressed with the idea that prisoners ' attorneys are generally allowed greater indulgences ana more frequent access than their most intimate friends or relations . " M I have the honour to remain , "My Lord , " Your Lordship ' s obedient servant , M J . Clabkson . "
" To the most Noble the Marquis of Normanby , Secretary of State for the Home Department . " In addition to the above , I might have informed the Noble Marquis , that since my being refused admission to Mr . O'Connor , I have studiously endeavoured to avoid-compromising my conduct in reference to the situation m which I am placed in this matter ; and so jealous was I that at a preliminary meeting of his friends in this town , to make preparations for a public meeting , on the subject of his imprisonment and cruel treatment , and which was subsequently held , on my absolutely refusing the honour of an unanimous iuvitation to the chair , I preferred ; and actually submitted to a vote of censure for being " too nice and over-refined ! " And ,
notwithstanding this vote , I afterwards attended the meeting , and detailed the circumstances of my journey to York , fearing that any mis-statements by others less acquainted with the precise circumstances might over-rate or not give them accurately ; and . after all , a little inaccuracy crept into the Star ' s report , so trifling , indeed , that I did notthiukit necessary to correct , and which I attributed to your reporter arriving some time after the meeting had commenced , and probably gathered his information from verbal inquiry ; but as the columns of your paper may be referred to as the beat evidence , apart from actual examination of the parties , I now take
the liberty of correcting the error , which reads as follows : — " Mr . Clarkson then went on to state that he was himself at York on Thursday last , ( 21 et May ) on his own business , and was surprised to find tie could not see Mr . O'Connor , although his professional adviser . " It ought to have been , ( and I stated the fact ) that I went purposely to see Mr , O'Connor on his own business . Had 1 Mt disposed to amuse the assembly , instead of confining myself to the dull recital of dry matt « rof fact , I might have informed the meeting that I had been told that on the night of the fire , which happened to that venerable pile of buildings , the Minster , it wm
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rumoured that the Chartists bad set fire to it , in order to burn the City , and release Mr . O'Connor and that no less than fourteen men were set to guard the Castle , and the Governor ^ who was on the alert , assured the debtors that they were all safe ; , and , aa another proof of the rectitude of my own conduct ( and I almost blame myself for being too scrupulous ) several of the debtors ( into whose department I strayed to kill an hour whilst waiting ) of different grades of politics , discoursing upon that topic of conversation most warmly espoused O'Connor ' s cause , and without any intimation from me voluntarily proposed to memorialise the Secretary of State , and send up petitions to Parliament for his removal to their Bide of the prison , which they said they were rumoured that the Chartists bad set fire to it , in - _ j *_ i it _ «? x _ j i ¦»»¦_ e \ in
sure that every debtor would sign ; indeed , some of them persuaded themselves into the belief that two comfortable apartments , with boarded doors , then being detached from the Under Gaoler's house , were intended for his reception , and they one and all , with whom I conversed , satisfied themselves that his domicile in a" stone cel ( " was only temporary . But I must conclude , trusting that you will excuse the length of this epistle j which has run out longer than I anticipated , but which I could not well curtail and preserve a connected account . I am , dear Sir , Yours , most respectfully , J . Clarkson . Bradford , 2 nd July , 1840 .
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TORTURE IN ENGLAND .
( From , the Sun of Thursday . ) [ From the Supplement to the Votes aad Proceedings of the House of Commons . ] On Tuesday the House of Commons ordered several petitions to be printed from persons imprisoned on account of political offences . We copy the names of the petitioners , with a portion of their petitions .
GEORGE MORSE BARTLETT AND CHARLES BOLWELL , Prisoners in Ilchester Gaol , the former on a charge of sedition , and the latter on a charge of conspiracy . Sheweth , —That we havo heard that Feargug O'Connor , Esq ., aud other incarcerated Chartists , have been granted the privilege of maintaining themselves ; and that , therefore , we pray your Honourable House to grant us the same privilege , as the most Noble Marquis of Normauoy has refused to do so . WILLIAM EDWARDS , Late of Newport , now confined in the County gaol of Rutland .
Most respectfully showeth—That your petitioner was indicted for seditious speaking , and attending unlawful meetings , before Baron Alderson , at Monmouth , on the 3 lst July , 1832 ; and , after a , long trial , found guilty of attending illegal meetings only , and sentenced to nine months' imprisonment iu Monmouth gaol . That before the termination of your petitioner's sentence , that is to say , on the 26 th of March , 1840 , your petitioner was again brought to trial before Baron Gurney , at Monmouth , on a eecoad
indictment , for conspiracy and sedition at public meetings held at Pontppool , on the 1 st of January , 1839 , and on the 5 th , 20 th , and 24 th of April 1839 , and was found guilty , and senteuced to fourteen months ' imrisonment , the remaining one month of the first sentence being included in the second . Your petitioner cannot but complain that this second trial was an act of wanton persecution ; more especially as he had offered the Ministers of the ' Crown ( through the medium of J . R . Blewitt ; Esq ., M . P . for the Borough of Monmouth ) , his own bail , in any amount , to keep the peace for any length of
time . That the alleged offence for which your petitioner was condemned the second time was committed previous to the first offence , and in the same county ; and your pet tioner eolemnly ] declares , that at all the public meetings he attended , he was solely engaged getting up petitions praying for a Reform of your Honourable House . That yonr petitioner was removed from Monmouth Gaol to the General Penitentiary , Milbank , on the 8 th of April , 1840 , and was there degraded by beiag compelled to wear the garb of a convict , and beiug
subject , in every way , to the discipline by which the convict 3 are governed . That your petitioner was removed to the County Gaol of Rutland , on the 9 th of June , 1840 ; is living upon the common felon ' s food , which consists of gruel , bread , potatoes , and three ounces and a half of uncooked meat daily , which your petitioner finds insufficient to restore and sustain his lost health and strength . Your petitioner also complains that he is not allowed the use of a knife , but is obliged to tear his food with his fingers ; and is not allowed the free use of books .
Your petitioner , therefore , prays your Honourable House to take his case into your serious consideration .
HENRY VINCENT , Now confined iu the county gaol of Rutland , Most uespectfully showeth—That your petititioacr was removed to the county gaol . of Hutland on the 9 th of June , 1840 , where he is now confined . That , although your petitioner is permitted to wear his own clothes , he is , in every other respsctr , under the comman gaol regulations , living upon the-same poor diet as the feions , and not allowed the use of a knife to cut his food with , and only permitted to receive a few very mean religious books from the gaol library . That the diet of the prison consists of bread , gruel , potatoes , and three ounces and a half of uncooked meat , daily .
That your petitioner finds this food to be insufficient to sustain his strength and health ; aud this , coupled with the long period of his confinement , is makinjr havoo with an originally good constitution .
RICHARD WHITE , Of Bradford , in the county of York , news-agent , Showeth—That your petitioner's son , George White , of Leeds , in the said county , was ; at the last York Assizes , convicted of a political offence arising out of the late Chartist agitation , and was sentenced by the Judge to six months' imprisonment in the Castle of York . That your petitioner , on the 15 th dav of Mav
last , was informed by John Lumb , of White Abbey , in Bradford aforesaid , woolcomber , who had shortly before been imprisoned in the House of Correction at Wakefield ; that petitioner ' s Bon was there , haying been removed from York Castle ; that he was treading the mill , with those who had been convicted of felonies ; that he was in an ill state of health , and so feeble that he had twice fallen from the treadmill in a state of exhaustion , and had to be caaried to the sick ward .
That your petitioner , being greatly affected with the above intelligence of the state of health and sufferings of hia son , who is of a weak and hectic constitution , wrote several letters to his . son to know if the above intelligence was true , and received no answer to any of them , obtained an order from Matthias Whitehead , of Bradford aforesaid , Esq a magistrate for the West-Riding of tie County oi York , desiring the keeper of the said House of Correction to allow your petitioner to see his son . That your petitioner , whose age is sixty-two years , and is infirm , on the 8 th day of this present June , walked to Wakefield , a distance of fourteen miles , and on the succeeding morning applied to Mr . Shepherd , the keeper of the said House of Correction , with the order of Mr . Whitehead , and desired permission to see his said son , on account of the ill state of health he was in . ¦
That the said Governor treated yoar petitioner's application with contempt and scorn , and peremptorily refused to allow your petitioner any access whatever to the said son ; aud stated that the letters your petitioner had , as aforesaid , written were stopped by him—that he would stop all your petitioner so-sent in future , and that he would not allow your petitioner ' s son to send any letters ; that your petitioner , being poor , walked home again . fourteen miles . That your petitioner ' s son ' s -offence was purely a political one , arising out of the Chartist agitation in which
yourpetitioner ' s sou was unhappily engaged * and that , according to the testimony of several persons who were present on the trial of your petitioner 8 son , the sentence was imprisonment only . and that it was never intended by the Judge that the sentence should be carried out with the severity it has been . Petitioner prays that an inquiry may be instituted as to the treatment of political offenders in , the House of Correction at Wakefield , and that measures may be taken to prevent their punishment being left to the caprice and political dislikes of the Visiting Magistrates and Governor .
WILLIAM SHELLARD , Late of Pontypool , in the County of Monmouth , and now confined in the County Gaol of Rutland , Showeth—^ That your petitioner was brought to trial on the 26 th of March , 1840 , before Judge Patteson , at' Monmouth , on the charge ef conspiracy and sedition , and found guilty , and sentenced to eighteen months'imprisonment in Monmouth Gaol , . That your petitioner was most cruelly treated on his trial , by those witnesses being withdrawn whose testimony he was prepared to refute by the most respectable evidence , and other witnesses Riihst . itnt » H
in their places whose testimony he was then not prepared to refute . That your petitioner is entirely innocent of the charges for which he is now suffering in a prison and oould prove his innocence by witnesses whose veracity could not fora moment be doubted .-. That your petitioner was removed to the General Penitentiary , Milbank , on the 8 th of April , 1840 . and ^ was t here kept in solitary confinement ; , ciad m the dress of a convict , and governed by convict regulations . . That ™ ur petitioner was removed to the county goal of Rutland on the 9 th of June , 1840 ; and al-
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though your petitioner is permitted towewbjasi clothes , he is , in every other way , subject to tfeft ^ S mon gaol regulations . jji That your petitioner , in consequence of hit m health , is now under the handaof the surgeon , if That your petitioner complains that the food J the prison is insufficient to restore and preserve Ifl health ; that he is not allowed to receive boofil save a few religions books from the gaol Kbrarrl that he is not allowed to correspond with his ws and familv until six months have elapsed from t * passing of * his sentence ; and that he is not allow * the use of a knife to cut hia food . * [ The Sun also reprints a portion of CrabtreeV petition , which appeared in the Star of last weekS Ed . ] though your petitioner is permitted to wear hi . !» '»_»»_"_ * t _ - _ _ .. i _ .. "™ ¥ ** WK
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Imperial Pabliamemt . —We have received tfct commencement of Thursday ' s proceedings in bott Houses , but no business of any interest had be transacted up to the hour of post . ' The Socialists—The Sun of Thursday cont * W a long account of a brutal attack made upon * Socialist congregation in the Potteries , by a drunW mob . . . . ' * ..., r ^* Cbim . Con . —Dundas v . Hoie . —In the QueenV Bench , Thursday , an action was brought by -& Rev . Mr . Dundas , a clergyman of the Church 4 England , against Mr . Hoie , a gentleman residing
^ the neighbourhood of Bath , to recover damages ft » criminal conversation with the plaintiff ' s wife . 7 more digraceful action was never brought intoj Court of Justice . The Rev . plaintiff had seduced his victim first , married her upon compulsion aftej . wards , then exposed her to the seductions of oth « men to get rid of her , and even treated her with personal violence ; and now brought the action U punish her for the consequences of his ownvillany Lord Denman summed up the case , and the Jurj returned a verdict for the plaintiff . Damages"One Farthing . " g 3 >
The Queen and the Teetotallers . —Her Moal Gracious Majesty has recently given audience to V deputation of teetotallers . The deputation was r * ceived with the utmost affability and condescension , and the privilege of " kissing the hand" was most readily allowed . Her Majesty purchased a eilva medal-for her laundress , who is a teetotaller , and ou finding that the inscription thereon was mereh the " short pledge , " her Majesty very promptlj and liberallv purchased a second one , which con * tained the pledge required . —Evening Paper . Notice to Quit . —We are informed , on good authority , that Messrs . Hawes and D'Eynconrt , the present representatives for the borough of Lambeth , have received notice , from a considerable portio ? of their most influential supporters , that after th * present Parliament their services will be ] no longet required . —Times .
ELECTION OF SHERIFFS FOR THE CIT 1 OF LONDON . CLOSE OF THE POLL . Gibbs ( Tory ) U 28 Farncombe ( Tory- ) 1360 Galloway ( Whig-Radical ) 687
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LEEDS SOKE ABOLITION ACT . , NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , that , puf . suant to the Provisions of an Act passed a the second Year of her present Majesty , intituled " An Act for Discharging the Inhabitants of the Manor of Leeds , in the Township and Parish « f Leeds , in the County of York , from the Custom tf Grinding Corn . Grain , and Malt , at certain Wata CornM ; lls in the said Manor ; and for making Co n * pensation to the Proprietor of the said Mills , " " A Special Sessions of the Justices of the Peace , actint in and for the Borough of Leeds aforesaid , willS held at the Court House , in Leeds , on Monday , & 20 th Day of July next , at Eleven o'Clock in ft Forenoon , to be a
COURT OF APPEAL for the hearing and determining of all disputes it specting the Claims of Exemption from the Rats to be levied by virtue of the said Act of all person claiming to be exempt from the Soke of Leeds Milk in respeet of Property heretofore part of the Pqk sessions of the Knights Templars of the Hospitallai or Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem . And Notice is also hereby given , that the Hate Books , containing the Rate laid on the 22 ni day of June instant , by virtue of the said Act , will be open to Inspection by a 1 partia interested therein , on and from Saturday tin 4 th , till Saturday the 18 th Day of July next , at mj Office ^ Number 6 , Butt ' s Court , Leeds . —Dated tha 30 th Day of June , 1840 . By Order ,
JOHN ATKINSON , Clerk to the Trustees under the said Act N . B . Parties dooming themselves entitled U Appeal , are requested to give Four Clear Dayr " Notice of Appeal to the Clerk to the Trustees .
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On the 27 th ult ., at the parish church , Rochdalt Mr . William Kelly , of Rochdale , draper , to Mk Jane Sowden , niece of Mr . Wm . Sowden , of the saai place , draper . ' On Tuesday last , at Brompton , near Northallef ton , by the Rev . W . J . Middleton , Henry Marsk Esq ., surgeon , of Aldborough , to Hannah , secou daughter of John Wilford , Esq . ^ On Monday last , at the parish church , HowdS by the Rev . T . Guy , M . A ., Mr . William BlwK of the firm of Ullathorne , Marshall , and Blani grocers and drapers , to MiBs Singleton , all a Howden . Same day , at the parish church , Huddersfield , bj the Rev . M . Wilkinson , Mr . Atkinson , surgeon , ol Leeds , to Miss Battye , sister to W . W . Battye , Esq offMold Green , Huddersfield .
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DEATHS . On the 2 nd . inst ., in the 72 ad year of his age , lit John Houson , of the Bull Hotel , Scarbro ' . On Wednesday last , after three days illness , Bfe Benjamin Haigb , describer of Mr . Laidlaw's Panorama , in this town , and formerly of the Theatn Royal , Hawkin ' s-street , Dublin . On Sunday last , Eliza , the beloved daughter d Mr . James Evans , gun maker , aged four years anJ three months , universally loved , and deeply regrettod by all who knew her . On the 20 th . ult . at the house of Mr . Josejl Hodgson , Spinners' Arms , in this town , Mr . Istf Earnshaw , in the 74 th year of his age . ^ On Monday last , after a long illness , aged 8 , Nancy , the wife of Mr . John Cocker , of Wakefidi On Sunday last , at Low House , near Byland ibbey , aged 69 , deeply regretted by her family aai friends , Mrs . Jane Burton .
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WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET . ( BT EXPRESS . ) Fridat , July 3 . —Our arrivals of Wheat is moderate ; runs of f . esh sell readily at 2 s . per quarUT advance ; lower descriptions are Is . per quart * dearer . Barley as before . Oats the turn higheij and Shelling fetches Is . per load more money . Bestf and other articles without material variation . Leeds Corn Market , June 30 . —The arrivals of Grain to this day ' s market are larger than 1 * 8 week . Fine Wheat has been in fair demand at ltf * week ' s price , but no improvement in other descrip tions . Oats have been rather better sold . Bean no alteration . THE AVERAGE PRICES FOR THE WEEK
ENDING JUNE 30 TH , 1840 . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . Pe » Qrs . Qra . Qre . Qra . Qrs . Q » 4359 — 950 — 114
—£ s . d . £ a . d . £ a . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . l > 3 6 2 | 000 1113 000 2 4 5 J 0 0 »
HUDBERSFIELD CLOTH MARKET , JUNE 3 . —Otf market to-day in the ball has again been in the sat * dull 8 tate as for some months past , nothing beitf sold except a few new samples in the fancy wooll * trade , and at very low prices . Broad and uarro cloths are in demand only for immediate consunP tion ; nothing doiug on speculation , except it is take off at an immense sacrifice . Tbe fancy waistcw * ; ings are , as usual , very little in demand . The w «» trade remains iiTthe same dull state , aud very lit **
business doing . Bradford Market , Thursday , July 2 . —W * f Market . —There is a continued dulness in the Wj ?» Trade , and we observe a gradual decline inpri ?*» with a limited amount of business . The comp * ** tively low prices of Colonial Combing Wools « r » operating upon the fine English wrta . Yarn Marhth We cannot report any alteration in either deo «» or prices . Piece Market—There still remains a degree of heaviness not usual at this season of the ye » f > and it behoves our Manufacturers to continue tfiv caution , in limiting production , till they real better prices , the present being , for many as * ruinous .
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O'CONNOR , Esq ., of Hammersmith . Co « W Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSON , at-hi * '*** - ing Offices , Nos . 12 and 13 , Market-street , &t gate ; and Published by the said Joshua Hobso '' ( for the said Fbargus O'Connor , ) at hia *>•* ling-house , No , 5 , Market-street , Briggate ; J » internal Communication existing between the" *' No . 5 , Market-street , and the said Nos . 1 » •?• 13 , Market-Btreet , Briggate , thus con » titutii «^ whole of the said Printing and Publishing O »* one Premises . ^ AU Communications must be addressed , ( Post-paid ) J . HOBSON , Northern Star Office , Iaeda . ( Saturday , July 4 , 1840 .
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Marriages.
MARRIAGES .
Local Markets
LOCAL MARKETS
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to na editor of tbs tottXHUir stae . IJlTlMuiknT riae + io Tniu > tn hia TO THS EDITOR OP THE HOBTHKRM 8 TAE . Lancaster Castle , June 29 , 1840 . Sra , —If you refuse me the use of your columns to Tindioate my character , when I am represented as an impostor by the Southern Star , yon refuse me that which I btlieve , you do not refuse to others , under similar drcpnistancea , and without which life will be a burden to n . e in prison . On consideration , I do not blame you for nnt having inserted my former long letter , since it referred to other parties besides Mr . Smith , but I will blaue you , and think myself cruelly treated , if you do not insert this .
I Lave received a letter from . London enclosing extracts from the Sovlhern Star , from vhich it appears that Mr . Smith has bieu persuading the people of Portsea , that I really did request him to carry on the SouUitrn Star for my bznrjit , dari » i / my imprisonmnJ , and showed some pretended letter of mine to that effect It fnriher appears that the meeting ( vrhich consisted of lay uld political frieads ) "was bo convinced by the hand-¦ writLng , the post-mark , it , and above all , by Mr . Smith's reiterated professions of generosity and friendehip—that ! Mr . Smith ' s story is true , and mine falsethat one of them , a Mr . Dodd , exclaimed ,, after set-ing my handwriting— " I mvsi confess thai Mr . O'Brien has falltn in my estimation !! " Now , Sir , all this is doTvnright trickery . Had you published my *' loBg letter , "
Mr . Smith could not have imposed on the unsuspecting people of Portsea . I sin very sorry that you inserted any portion of tliat letter , whan you could not inatrt tile ¦ waole ^—though perhaps had you inserted about teii lines more cf it , you "would have saved me the necessity of writin g this . From the meagre extract you gave it ¦ w eul . i appear that I denied having \ 7 ritten any letter to Mr . ? 2 iith , requesting that guitieniau to assist me in bringing out a n *_ vrspaper , — "whereas , had i , vu only given the ic . or frcelve following lines Ike public icovid have seen that it was not the FACT of my having "Hri ' . ten to Mr . Smit . b I deiiied , but the satcee and objects of the letter . Iu short , the extras you gave could not postably have done me auy good , but it ¦ was quite enough to etn ' ole Mr . Smilii ta iaipose upon the good naiure of my unsuspectiD ? friends in Pottsaa ,
I uo again , Sir , most fcmphatically , denj . that I ever antlr-xLied , much less " urgently requested , " Mr Smitli to carry on the Southern Star for my benefit , during my imprisonment . Ko such request "was ever made "_ . y mt If Mr . Smith pro ^ uces-any letter to tliat effect , it is a forgery . I care not how closely the Lacd"Writ ::. g may restmbla mine—I care n <_ t what post-mark may t >; upon it—it is no letter of lnine^—but a letttr TnsrnTVignired far Mr . Smith either by some agent of Irs own . > T some agtiit of ihe Government My Liverpool letter- . o Mr . Smith vras one "which simply asktdhim "Whether , in the erfztof tnybeiny acquitted in Liverpool , he \ ruul-. i enable me to brii' j out ftmr ? or thirteen
numiers c ; ' a p-jper to be edited by myse'f . That , and no othtj . -was the purport of my letter—and , as to tLe particular circamstaices -which led to ray -witing it , aad th ? objects I hr . d in Tie-sr , 1 must only refer to my Ion * . Setter , " -which I understand you have duly fur aro i to Mrs . O'Britn . Sufico it-to observe here , that ttie k ' . ter was Trritten in consequence ef Mr . S : nith ' s repeat" ! offers of assistance—and that , cevertheltts , it was Viittcn more -with » view to test his sincerity , than With any hopes from his friendship . I had seen quite enough of Mr . Smith , the -week before , in London , to distra-t hia mere verbal promises altogether .
^ If the public can beliere me capable of asting Mr . Emitt . or any body el 9 & , to be at ail the expense and Jroablt of bringing out a newspaper for 28 months , aad fe ffiv < - me all the profits of it , they will believe me capalie of anything , and the sooner my career is closed the better . But Air . Smith well knows that I would be the last m . -vn to make , and be the last man to accede to any sack impudent request Well , too , did Mr . Smith know that I would not have my name connected with any journal over which I had no control , - ( as must be the case 'ierring my imprisonment ) , and more especially with
a journal conducted by men whom , he knows , I have reason to hold in distrust and abhorrence . My only reason for ever having connested myself with newspapers at all , was to have the opportunity of promulgating my principles of political and social reform Had money-gettinf been my object , newspapers are the last things I should meddie with . But , from Mr . Smith ' s construction of my letter , it would seem that Hot only was money-getting my sole . object , but that I cared not ¥ y what means , or at whose expense and risi I got tie money . to
In nn ^ wer questions from some of my Portsaa fries u . .-vir . Smith stated tfc&l fce " had sent three letters toMr . rBrier , sinahis imprisonment ; he had no doiAt Mr . 0 Brien never received the letters , and he fancied they wav n . * r in the hands of the Secretary of State , " The only truth , I fear , in this statement . Mr . O'Brien never reeeived -aj y one of Mr . Smiths letters . The rest is humtrag . Why should the Secretary of State get hold of Mr . Smith ' s letters , more than anybody else ' s . All letteri addressed to me here are regularly brought to me ( after inspection by the GoTernorj , and the Governor WBures me that hs has But the powier ( 1 know he has not the wiah » to detain any letter from a prisoner , without apprising him of the fact , and ot the caTise of detention . Moreover , had Mr . Smith chosen to aaswer my Liverpool letter , I would have received his reply ¦ everal days before my commitment , and at least three veeks before my removal from Kirkdale to Lancasttr .
_ The truth is , Mr . Smith had no \ rish to communicate ^ rith me on the subject Mrs . O'Brien repeatedly asked him to TFrite to me , but his excuse was—that he " Tis T-ainful to me to cave to speak thus of a man ¦ whom I believed to be—what he so ardently professed himself—my friend . But be has left me no alternative He has joined in its plot with some of the basest "WretcJ - ^ s in existence , to disgrace and ruin my family , aad to destroy my credit with the public , at a tiaie ¦ when I am powerless to defend either . " What right had he to send advertisements all over the country trnmpe i ' ng the destitute state of my family and his own generosity ( without my sanction or my wife ' s ) , and that , tc-o , when he had never advanced a shilling to
relieve either of us sines my imprisonment ? He still , 1 percerrs , calls himself my friend , and declares that I Ehall hire all the profits of the Southern Star , and the paper \> -iil into the bargain , when I get . liberated . Once , for alL I tell Mr . Smith , that I woali not , for fifty times hia estate , accept one farthing of his money after tit shameful conduct toward * my dear wife . Jfnch less irould I accept the proceeds of a paper irhich has used towards h ? r the foulest and most in-Rjlting language for no other cause than that she had ( often remonstrating privately in vain ) done an act of duty to her husband , by publicly contradicting the published statements as to my connexion with the paper And as to the unmanly wretch wko who was the author of that language , I shall never know happiness till 1 have nis-Ie him atone for it
Tali of friendship , indeed ! True friends do not parade their generosity—much less- try to degrade the objects of their bounty . The truly generous , men of Brighten have never boasted of their generosity , though they subscribed far beyond their m ? Mn towarus bringing out the Southern Star . I owe to a few truly generous friends in Liverpool , all the comforts I have experienced in this gaol , and ¦ ince my trial , yet have they never blazoned in tha newspaper either my poverty or their own public spirit But for ihem , I should be now clothed in prison dress , living oa felon ' s fare , and piekicg cotton all day amongrt criminals of every sort , in addition to all the other cruelties of modern prison discipline . Yet no man ev ^ r knew them to glorify themselves , or to ad-Tartifie ^ heir liberality in the public prints .
To those who have proved themselves true frienr . s , I \ rill net yield ingratitude to any Tn * n living , but I cannot rec-inize him as my friend whose journal has beaped unmerited insults on one of the most nobleminded and duvoted of her sex—in the person of my dear wife—aud who , while in one breath , he demand ft publis subscription for me ,. in the next breath labours to prove that I am an impostor . I cuxr . ot conclude this letter- without fhapVin g the men of Portsea , for the generous zeal they have shown tat my interests in their anxiety to have tbe Southern Star preserved for my benefit Let me beg -of thtm , however , to deal with tha Southern Star on its own mer it * , and not in reference to wbat has transpired between me and Mr . Smith . I have no claim whatever ,
either on Mr . Smith « r the Southern Star . Havi : g abandoned my connection with tue latter , it was competent . ' or Mr . S . or any other person to feiie it np , Bid maie what they could of it , either for themselves or the public . All I blame Mr . Smith for is , his drgradiifj connexion of my nann tdUi the inert profits of the paper , without my consent—inn insu- ' ling nature of his atuiouncemetit ! , and Oieir maiUfest U 7 ideticy to Jeopar dize the very ezistenx , as well as ihe character and respectabUity of my family , and ail this , when he knew in his hea .:, that the paper was not intended-for my benefit , a-id that he had never come forward to my assirtasce , "when be had known me for years to be Struggling in vain to pi omul gate ay views and principlesIix want of a littie pecuniary aid
, . * Hoping , Sir , that you will nut refuse aomlssion to this , and referring my friends for further information , if necessary , to my farmer letter , irhich Mra . O'Brien baa received , I remain , &c . James Bboxterke O'Briejj . ¦^
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