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jp ' oc * Bxad * m ^ -W « regret that an aeddeBft owe-. jed to oor printing machine hat week , at ¦« & a : jperiod of the day , Friday , as aaued us to diaapf oist a good porttoaof tbensdea applied by the j [^ tiaafcire mafl . Had it oe auuad < athgr aooner or later in the day Ham tt did , U would not bare jaade ninci iifierenw in the publishing erf the paper ; feat the "Manrherter mail leafing at half-past eight QB Friday erasing , ¦»• eDde * Tonr to giTe all the teadexs supplied by that man as late news we possibly « an ; therefore just leave aa many papers to print with the Second Edition news in them as the printing Tnin-T ""* can perfect up to tte latest moment . Joat ^ tre were engaged In It © threat of the day ' s TPtak , abont fixe o ' clock , one of the wheels of the jo ' fiVM B « AJ )« M ^ -We regret tint an aertdesi ond- . » d te oo printing machine last wsek , at awh a
Knehine smashed in pieces , and a complete stop ¦ km pal to iia -working . We hare another machine iBtbe place ; bat same Jims necessarily occurred in changing the forma from the one to the other , and fa starting the one which has stood a considerable time without being worked . This caused us , as before stated , to disappoint some of oar Lancashire readers . However we sent drcalan to each agent tppasiBg them of the esnse—and , where we could , forwarded their papers by coach . We are glad to have to say that the disappointment was borne by bottx agent * and readers in the Tory beat spirit Not eves a shadow of a complaint Itu reached us . We fad * newwfeeel east , sad fit * e « J on , and tile broken down machine at work again by eleven o ' clock—* on instance of what skill and determination ein
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On Saturday next , Sept . . 12 th , tbe Subscribers in Yorkshire will reeedve a Portrait of JOHH COLXJKS . Ihe Snbseribera in Lancashire will receive one of P . BL MTJOTTAJJL . Those in-London , Birmingham , Newcastle , and SeoUaiad , win reoeiTe one of & . OASTLEB . The Plate of Mr . COojwob is in theliands of the . Engraver , and specimens will be issued as soon as ready .
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To ASK 5 TS . —7 fci * week we have dispatched to many of the Agent * the Portraits due to them . During the court * of next week , we shall forward the remainder U > them whose accounts are settled at the office ; tee shall , in all cases practicable , get them t » all such , in time for the 12 th September The Scotch parcel , via Glasgow , hat been kept open for several dags , waiting the remittances of several Agents , whose accounts are not paid . The one t \ % Edinburgh » * ent . We also-wait to hear f rom some of the Agents at Bristol .
Newport , Newcastle , Dundee , and Halifax , j Xxa . TjsrvB MAseajsna Coesespokdssi fob the "Staa . "—Tomtttthe mints tf the readers of the Star is Manchester and its neighbourhood asd to attend to the meetings of the people , which a rapcctabie y ' paper s never think of noticing , « w have appointed Mr . Win . Gri 0 bn , late of Stockport , at our correspondent for ike Manchester district . His instructions are to procure for us the general news of the district , and , in
particular , news relative to the movement of the people for less work and mon food . For this Purpose he will attend the Police Courts , the meetings in fhe dittriel , and aS other places neeeuaryfor him to acquire the requisite mforma * on- His present address is W . Griffin , IS , AtkUmst reet , London Road , Manchester . Those fe may wish to confer with Mm , or tocommu nicate with httm respecting any occurence ' he OOl ^ to be coffnitani ^ f , rriU do mei 2 to caU -upon hmor tb drop * R x * as above
TttHroDsssyiBXD Shams . —We wish for * fist of the persons at present holding shares in each of the towns tehere the interest has not been paid fr * m the district treasurers . Wherr these have been furnished agreeably ' to our request some «* te « 4 . , they have hoi money tent them fa the interest * Unless we have such return , it itmpossibit to know what to send . Agrnn , we beg the attention of the shareholders and treasurers to this -point . Sanrtraii Chabhsk . —Next week .
Hjsxt Boss . —The hpng rascals know perfectl y that Gxagh never -was a Chartist . -Jobs M'Cohjuc . —We < fe » V set that he ean d * anything but write a letter of complaint to the Postmaster General * Tai ** Hvbxbxbx Ltbctjto ** akp Mi . Johk Bkll . —We have received a letter signed by a number of persons m Newcastle , addressed on the outside to us , but inside to the Editor of the Northern liberator , complaini ng' of the non-reception of Mr . John BeUmtoihe Liberator establishment ,
** m declaring their intention on this account to withdraw their support from the paper . . This letter ought to have been sent to the Norther * Liberator , and not to us . We cannot insert it . We have received a great many other letters from different parties , all commenting very severely •» the conduct of Mr . Gibbs . We cannot insert ny of them -AtQAKDO Lourni . —We see no good end that evtld be answered by the pubRcatim of any of
ote documents he has sent us . We think his plan mpectmg the lectures to be most inquisitorial « w * impracticable . oa Bmtah StJBScaiPHoa . —No man knows better than he vho has so often pestered us about tht rueriion of all the items in this list that our invariable rule is never to give in our notices any ac-<** nt of monies which we hate not received we have once or twice broken through our regu-! f& * n to obSge him . He has repaid us with *** olence and scwrri&tv . We shall not do it
agatn . ' ^ 'TF * P ° per " ° f Mirte ini < md « i «« acceptance V hu proposal . We shall , however , use our •** jud gment as to the publication of anything kemaysend . * £ X Stxxzas 05 Thoeogoob" don ' t suit us . *«» Booms .-Fir received the address but did not - *«** the Upof , ravings worthy of notice .
T 7 f Wi— ir * have no room for his letter , v- vtp&thould have sent Ms letter to the ffirmine . a * a Journal . * ^ was must excuse us . We cannot publish *« fe « er in reference to the proprietor of the "onhern Liberator ; some parts of U might be construed at libellous , andihewhole of it would ^ rtainl y appear invidious appearing in our
• C .- # t , verses are decRned . «• AuHMM . -fli , verta ^ declined . * S Umdon . - We hate some recollection of the address out really & iux jvat itnow what became of U ; » what mi ghi ^ the reason of its non-insertion , mo probabl y lack of room at the time of itt refa il ^ ' Stroodw »*« - -5 « letter , desiring us " acknowled ge certain monies for Yiwaorr and ** x ^ has been received , but no money with q J * " BoiB Uthis ? ' ftH ^ T *' * 17 * ^ f 0 ™ 0 *™ *** i a fortni ght ago , JT f ertum ° f *<> me additional sums in aid Ln L fence ° WltUA « s and BI 5 H& . ap-P € artd ****** U was sent , ** :- *
S ^ dry tun fg d - p WoUingham 0 16 \ Ifi ; , , . £ 2 7 6 « aenrmu that political knowledge should be 2 ^ . - lTeUcnd aswtUastn England , and ««** u xrouid ^ beneficial to the cause of liberty , for tT * * ? # and fo <» &rf e «««« fmd d charitable purpose of sending a confi-ZT ~ ««» into that degraded and intuited ^™« ry , h distribute useful political tracts . He T **> ° hng * Uh hit letter , sixpence as his mite ^ rt the expense . *?* OB SPBSADrSO RADICALISM HI IfiELAK > . *^ T . R . ___ Q Q 9 p FOB KABSDOC . 07 n M **> field , PerS . Dobson 0 4 0
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FOK XBX WTTB AXU * Almj « OF TfflB IMPBISOa * CHAKT 18 IS . £ S . d . PromTmcovUry , perDr . Fonyth 0 6 0 A lover of equal representatiQn , Zeed * 0 2 0 Sheffield , per Dr . Walker ... 0 10 0 a Clericus" 0 2 6 J . Morgan , Deptford 0 2 0 Hann , YeovU ... ... ... 8 1 2 Leith , per H . Macgowan ... 0 2 0 »» — ~ i i i m cbaxti *^ ^^
FiOM IJTEESEDGX , FO * -WTTES , &C Ai Sheffield 0 10 0 At Bradford ... ... ... q 10 0 £ 10 0 FBOM J . W ., MATWOBTH . For imprisoned Chartists ... 0 0 4 For their wives and families ... 0 0 4 Towards Williams and Binns ' s ex-Penses 0 0 4
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XJBEDSi » K N ^ ° ! l ^' ^ ^ : ^ BS 0 clAT 10 II - -Mr Bairstow , the West-Riding Missionary for the National Charter Association , Trill take the following rente durme the next week : —On Monday , in accordance with the kind inriution of the Leeds Association , Retinas , M'Douall , Collins , and White , at thi Mnac Saloon ; on Wednesday , he mil attend liarnsley for the purpose of lecturing on the principles of Chartism , and the new plan of organisation for the attainment of the Charter . On Thnrsdiv
night , at Sheffield ; and the following Friday and = ** urday evening , in the vicinity of Sheffield and Barnsley ; on the week following he will lecture on Monday and Tuesday eveningB , in the neinity of i * eda ; arrangementa as to the places , time of meebng , &c ., to be made by the Leeds friends ; on Wednesday erening , at Keighley ^ Thvsday erenwk' at 8 > y ; Saturday evening , at Bradford , when his nusBion for the month closes . All the MKnre places are requested to provide a suitable room for meeting , * nd raise funds for the Westttiding Dmnet of the National ChKfcer Associa t ion .
Wsst-Ridibg Ba . rwsTER SKssiojts .--These Sessions for this division of the Riding were held before toe county magistrates , at the Court House , Leeds , on Tuesday last . The old licenses were granted without any complaints ; and two new applications were successful . The firet of these was by Mr . John Speak , of the Odd Fellows' Arms , Bingley . The application was supported by Mr . Bond , solicitor , and opposed , on behalf of the proprietor of a rival wtabhshment , by Mr . John Hope Shaw , solicitor , both of Leeds . After hearing the case at length , on both Bides , the Bench decided , by five to two , in favour of the license being granted . The other application was made by Mr . Matthew Walker , of
; tne Umnmercial Inn , Yeadon , and was also successful . We may remark that the licensing business , as conducted by the Wost-Riding Justices , affords a strong contrast to the line of conduct pursued by the Leada Borough Magistrates . In one case , all is open , frank , and generous ; there is no desire for or attempt at concealment : in the other , the Bench , as if afraid of having their actions scanned by the public , must shroud themselves in privacy , whilst they decide upon that publio ' s business . Sorely , if the occupants of the bench " do justice and lote mercy , " there can be no reason why they Bhould thus shrink from a fair and open administration of the law .
- Household SurraAGS Association . —On Monday evening , the first general meeting of the members of the Leeds Parliamentary Reform Association , was held at the Music Hall , Albion-street . James G . Marshall , Esq .. was called npon to preside . Addresses were delivered by the Chairman , Hamer Stansfeld , Esq ., George Goodman , Esq ., Mr . Joseph Aiiddleton , and others , and the officers of the WCl ' ety , for the ensuing year , were elected . The proceedings did not terminate till near eleven o ' clock . BuBGLAiT . —During the night of . Friday last , * o » e thieves entered the residence of Darnton
Lnpton , Esq ., of Potternewton , from whence they stole * number of « lv « r table , dessert , tea , egg , salt , and caddy spoons , some small forks , a pair of sugar tano , an oval sujjar basin , and the tops ot mustard and pepper boxes . The thieves got in at a low wintfotr ,- * ad their depredations were oennned to toe zoom they first entered . The looks of the side * boar £ have been all forced . No trace has yet been heard of the depredators .
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REPORT OF PROGRESS . TO THE "WORKING MEN OF LANCASHIRE . Hi FBIEMM , —I take the present opportunity ot addresaiBg yon , and of thanVfag yon for the splendid reception yoa have given me . There cannot be anything more pleasing to the human mind t >« n to perform a duty , to mankind , and to know that the people approve of tho effort , and respect the labour done . My friends , your heart-cheering reception has fully compensated me for my imprisonment ; and I am not so much gratified with your smile * and your applause as I am proud to see you occupy your wonted position , and declare your determination to agitate for the Charter , the whole Charter , and nothing teas than the ChArtet
My mends , we ¦ wr&ni more than declaration * or cheers—we absolutely require union and organiaation . Let me impress upon you one gnat truth , which your experience will fully confirm . Had the people been -united , and had that union been baaed on a sound , safe , and public organisation , the Government would not have dared in their weakness to have arrested jour leadera . i ** me » dd , that it the people will unite now— if they trill organise now , the Government dare not refuse us the Charter . Why have oppressors of labour feared the labourers ? Why do they now respect and dread the people , disunited as they are ? Simply because you , the people , have stood true to the Charter , and because you have exhibited the real strength of your minds by refusing to be led away from the great and only true cause of liberty which is embodied in the Charter .
My friends , your leaders , who have been bold and consistent , have been respected for the same reasons ¦ any honest man who is really determined to have nothing less than the Charter , would scout the idea of joining a Corn Law agitation , which can only have the interest of the manufacturers for its end . He -would also rtrenuoUBly oppose the Foreign PoBcy Question , or any other humbug east before the people as a decoy , aa a hone of contention , and a source of division . No honest leader , I affirm , who really desires to secure the rights of labour , would think for one moment of « nccombing to the capitalists or the middle class , and thereby destroy that respect which those classes entertain for us , and that salutary dread which they cannot banish from their minds . Is it not recorded on the page of our experience , that the working class were once despised , abused , andtxampled upon , merely because they allowed thenuelvea to be worked like poppets , by aristocratic and middle-elu * leaden .
My friends , the table * have completely turned . Once you were the miserable tools of selfish men ; now these political mountebanks , or wire pollen , dare not approach you—they dare not appear before the people . How many schemes have been devised to wile you away from the only sound path which can possibly lead to real political power , for tb » labourers you have spurned , and after you haTe exposed all cheats . Therefore your enemies know yon are wi * e , and feel that you are resolute . They respect you for the one , and fear yon for the other . Give in to them one inch , and you lose all ; you not only lose respect , bat yon give courage to the enemy , who will instantly set you down as a set of coward * .
Never , my friend * , never , I implore you , for your own interest , and for that of yoor children , never lower or stain the glorious banner of the Charter by cheering on or supporting a set of men or measure * , except the cosae of to * one , and the legislation of the other are founded on Universal Suffrage . We know well that the middle class want to establish Utelr humbug half measures , after the old fashion , and en the old plan . Oppose them , if they will sot reason with you , and put them down with a mighty hand if tbey -will not advocate justice for the working man .
My friends , you never can err if you hold firm by the Charter , if you assemble your countless thousand * , and on' all occasions ding into the ears of the enemy tne / resolution of the labourers of Great Britain to have their rights , to enjoy ail their right * , and to begin the political edifice which shall exist solely for their benefit , by laying down the first , the noblest of our right * , ' the right of electing law-makers and tax-makers by Universal Suffrage . How can we strengthen our position , and gain the measure ire nave straggled for so long ? If you want to defeat yowr oppressors then VXITK , BKITK ; organise , organise . They will , they mast , nay , they shall give in ; be bold , be united , be determined . -
How did they subdue you . By making yon / ear them Go-then and do likewise , and instead of your rich and powerful rulers governing yon by force , and despising you for your submission , they will come y—Vng to the producers of all even for a crumb of bread , and fainting and fatting , they will allow the reins of power to fan "from their hands into your * . Be men ! arise with that dignity which belong * to men , and step forward upon the stage of political conflict with that finnhess and resolution which ought to characterise the all-pervading , all-creating , all-supporting workmen of a nation so powerful as ours .
My Mends , what other proof can I give you of my sincerity in the cause of liberty than my sufferings and devotion to your Charter—to your cause . 1 have nothing now left but my life , and I am &vre few men irill doubt my willingness to give that But we can have the Charter without euch leases . The Government have seen the folly of opposing us by force , and therefore , if they see the necessity of laying aside physical force , we will have no occasion to resist .
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If you wiu mile and te rtafmtMrt t * have yewr rights , yom know I am always « fe jrom * service , aad if we sheuld be driven to a final straggle , wfaleb I hope in . God we may » ot , yon know also Oat I will not d ?*> rt you fBtbft hour of dang * . Go on , » y friend ., MHj , form your uniena , and when the GoveroiMnt begins to see that yon are really applying your strength to the task , and baring your nervous arm for the national work , they wHI , like rats , retreat with dejected beads and dripping tails from the falling and ruinou stronghold of corrupt and oppressive powar . , ; , , ., ¦ You are aware , my friends , of the recent movement whieh has been created again , and yon have no doubt all witBeaaed tnat glorious tide of agitation Which hM swept over Lancashire , and on which I was borne like .. .. _ . _ ... Jl ? ™ ^ ^ , * ad *• dekratoed to bsve yo «
an humble shell on the ocean—borne there , my friends , exalted and honoured , not because of any personal claims , but because I am an advocate of the rights of labour , and because you respect and revere my principles—those great and equitable opinions for which I have Buffered . In Chester ( to begin a slight statement of my progress ) I opened up the new ground which had been so long trodden hard , and resisted by the fanatic and the oppressor . It is true it was like unfolding a hedgehog , and I had nearly got wounded for my pains . Nevertheless , I succeeded in awaking opinion , and the second time I try 1 shall have a meeting . The seed ia sown , so let it grow In Liverpool I also had large and enthusiastic audlences . In Manchester , the most splendid display was
made of the power of the working men , and the whele proceedings having been planned and carried eut by working men . I cannot sufficiently admire tne ability and enthusiasm which waa displayed on that memorable occasion , associating as it did the anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre and my trial , both of which happened on the same day , the 16 th of August On the Tuesday I proceeded to Rochdale , accompanied ; by Collhu , and the men of Rochdale nobly did their their duty . Indeed , there are true and honest hearts in Rochdale , and some of the leading men here , whose names it would be invidious to mention , hare ahown by their capacity and firmness that they were worthy of the esteem and confidence of all sound Chartist * . I ^ i * h to God we had such men in every town and village .
On the 19 th I . visited Heywood , and found that , ajarited place alive and nobly prepared to demand , the Charter . Heywood ha * been still ¦ ince the lfeth now it has resumed its position , and tl » men of Heywood are reselved to be independent aa a town . Haywaod ¦• rill do «¦ duty . The men jure br&ve ,. honest , and enthusiastic' and the women are all Chartists . ' On the 21 rt I visited my own little village , Samsbottom , and found the * pirit burning still . The lamp had only to be trimmed , the torch had only to be wiwound , and the flame burst forth with an enlivening blase . Eighty sat down to supper , and hundreds filled the supper-room to hear my address . '
On the 22 nd I visited . Aabton , and as a fall aoooant of the procession and dinner was given in the Star . I need not describe K orer again . The dinner-party was SO numerous that a trumpeter was engaged' Vr sound " Silence . " 1 will speak for -MhUm .. my . <> ld . stronghold . I never had my hand in such a vice before a » I had it here , in the horny and friendly fist of thousand of my old friends . Ashton has not forgot her duty , and I have strong hopes that the onion here will be more powerful than ever . I regret , that my constant engagements prevented me remaining longer amongst the peopla , The spirit of Hie A « ntoh working men Will never die . I shall be back to them soon , and then I must have a rally beaten up , and I know the lads will flock in to the summons .
On the 24 th I went to Middieton , and I was escorted into the town by a large procession of the brave and determined men of Middleton . The chapel was crashed full , and an old grey-haired Had was in the chair . My friends , what better proof could there be of the eternity of the love of freedom , than to see that old man , with his foot upon the coffin , and M'Dou&U , with the bloom of youth upon his cheek , both swearing attachment to the Charter- ^ to aee age and youth shaking hands in . the same cause , and uniting in two person *—an age long gone by and an era . just beginning . There was also a supper in the evening , which was attended by a listening and most intelligent audience .
On the 25 th I had dinner at Radclifie , my old friend . Waller , In the chair . Richard is himself again , " and BO Radeliffe is 6 n « r more entered Into the field ; and may the spirit of the men , and the enthusiasm of the women , be speedily rewarded by the bleating * of the Charter . On the * Kh I entered Bolton , at the head of at least 10 , 000 men . The Theatre was really " an everflowing bumper . " I saw nothing to e ^ nai the crush , unless it might : be the surpassing numbers of the anxious thptttanda . All went off nobly . The menjof Bolton are sot to > e pwt " down , and they ahalTnot . I reallj eaagratoble th * peopt * of Boltou on TtoSr splendid spirit . They equalled Aabton , and , in proportion , surpassed Manchester . There was a supper in the evening , attended by about 200 persons .
On the 29 tb I visited Stockport , and rather disappointed the people by arriving per coach , instead of per railway . However , I had tea with the wive * of the poor men who are incarcerated in Chester Castle ^ and allow me , my friends , once more 'to impress upon ' your minds the necessity of supporting amply , yes amply , these poor heart-broken women . Oh ' let , not the political widow and orphan mooro , or weep , or want Subscribe , collect ! I do Implore yew te support them . Surely yon will not forget tha-women ,-flod bless them . , ,. ¦ ¦>¦> -. , . ; The meeting at night was another suffocating bumper . I never was in such a warm bath in my life . I was actually as wet as if I had been in the rives The spirit in Stockport is again moved , and no paltry , in * sponsible gin-seller and finer , no miserable eavesdropper can arrest the stream . It will flow- ^ it must—ifr Ehallflow on . ¦¦ " ¦¦' ¦¦¦ .-.:
On the 21 st I lectured to large and attentive an . dienees in Hyde ; and a resolution was came to to enter into a solid and enduring union . . On the 22 d I visited Oldham . I was met At Austerlands by a carriage and a band of music . The Oldham people marched out of the town .. . and a very large procession -was formed , which accompanied . ine to ttje pl&ee of meeting . I lectured to a crowded and enthusiastic meeting of aound-hearted men ; and , after the lecture , a tea party was held , which was graced by the ladies , God bless them again ! They sat around their brother Chartist in a long line , like a . twisted and brilliant garland ; and I thought , my friends , When gazing at the enlivening scene , I thought of victory for the people ; and I hoped we should nave such wealth of nature—loveliest flowers—at all Chartist meetings .
My friends , I write in the Star Office ; and I am told I have exceeded my space . I have , at the same time , finished my Lancashire tour . Next week I will address the Yorkahiremen . I am busy in the great cause . All is activity in Yorkshire . I remain , my dear friends , Your faithful advocate , The friend ef labour , P . M . M'Dovall . Leeds , September , 1840 . P . 8 . Direct all Utters to the Northern Star until further notice .
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^ imrgiff ^ MTO THE WORKING CLASSES OF GREAT BRITAIN , MORE PARTICULARLY THOSE OF BIRMINGHAM , 8 TOURBRIDGE , AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS . Fellow-Slaves , —The Committee , in appealing on the part of that honest advocate of the people * rights , Mr . E . Brown , late delegate to the G « reralConvention , for Birmingham and Stourbridge , cannot express their thMiV * sufficiently to those generous individuals who have rendered their services and their mites to keep
from starvation the wife and seven small children of one of the people ' s patriots , nor their gratification , that although the dagger of the pretended friend and the bludgeon of the open foe has been used to suppress the rising spirit of freedom , yet , from the smothering cry of stifled oppression , and the manly stead made by the people in defence of their just right * , the glorious Charter , breathing equality founded on justice , and the pure Christianity of by-gone days , must eventually become the law of this once happy , but now miserable and degraded country .
The Committee have great satisfaction in believing that it will only be necessary to remind those who might happen to differ in zeal to Mr . R . Brown , having the same point in Tiew , being actuated by a desire to promote justice , that on the « core of « elf-preservation alone , it ia their daty to come forward , forgetting party differences sown by the enemy , and assist in so benevolent a purpose . The Committee wish strongly to Impws * that the talent and zeal of Mr . E . Brown was the sole cause of his incarceration , whieh might have been the fate of any other person possessing the same qualities , and believing that an honestly cbo * en House' of Commons alone can save this country from the impending bankraptey and eventual rain , which at present overshadows it . ¦
The Committee moat amrJonsly entreat all the workingolaiMS , in justice to themselves , to come forward and render every Mrtntance in their power , to all martyrs , who , in out cause , get themselves ensnared in the tranunels of our ruler * * laws , and feel the mortifying insults , the malieiou * cruelties infllcted on them merely for ¦ peaking the tenth , not being accused either of immorality , or guilty of any crime . In ooBcmsloB , the Committee intend , a * soon and as public aa possible , to giv « tb » pubUo a just account of their finances , i * such a way as will , they hope , give general satisfaction . All persons holding books will be kind enough to meet the Committee Immediately ; and any person desirous of beiag collectors can have books , by applying , on Monday evenings , at Mr . Bell ' s Coffee Booms , Moon-street , from half-past seven until nine o ' clock . Signed , on behalf of the Committee , Samuel Davies , Sec .
> . B . —The Committee aeet every Monday evening , at Mr . Bell ' s Coffee Boom * , Moon-street , Birmingham . P . S . —Received from the Northern Star office , for E . Brown's fund , 12 s . S . D .
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TO THE CHARTISTS OF THE TJWITBD KINGDOM OF GRBAT BRITAIN . Dkak Bbothebs AND sisTBRS , —W « again appear before yon , in the cause , the holy « uu « of Mniversal liberty , liberty to uj » God ' s beat gift , that gift which distinguishes man abov % all the rest of God ' s created creatures , our reasoning faculties—liberty to make known to our fellow-man , either by speech or by writing , that which is passing in onrmlnda , be it what it nay , order that if it be good , out fellow-man may be bertefitted thereby , or it be evil , itmay be met with > proper spirit and exposed , so as to prevent its evil congequeneea , wUhout subjecting us to the atroclofB law of libel , a law which exposes the honest advocate of troth to . fine and imprisonment \ ; consequently , to TO THE CHARTISTS OF THE UWITBD KING-
utter and irretrievable ruin . For , mark , the wicked and designing wisdom of our hereditary legislators , the greater the truth the greater the libel . Does not the conviction flash upon your minds , that there must have been a deal of niaJiceaJorethooght , or , as the : motto has it , mal a prepense ,. Bottled in the minds of the concoctors and framert of so diabolical a doctrine ? Yes , depend upon it , it was meant " to shield themselves from wholesome exposition , and the consequent indignat ion of a just and generous people ,, and this law , remember , which works incatculabieniiscniefsto the honest [ portion of society , is only one of the many evils , which you will never get removed till jron nave obtained an equality before the law , viz ., Universal Suffrage . Need we point out to you the facility with which
our every word , our every action , with all the caution we ate master * of , ia eonsWed Into sedition and conspiracy . Need we djrwfr you ? attention to the laws of primogeniture and entail , ( subjects which every man laying claim to freedom should understand , ) to the atrocioa * Game Laws , abd the Vagrant Acts , the accursed Poor ¦ La # ¦ Amendment . Bill , those twin brothers of hell , the Factory and , Police Bills . Remember the late exposition by \ h& wbrthy Member for Oldham , Mr . Fieiden . Indeed it would be a very easy matter to ennjne , rateV a thousand wrongs under which the people of this ; country suffer ; but , libel , sedition , and conspiracy stire us in the face , and remind us that our service * at large ture required yet a little longer . ..
Yes , ye ^ brave assertorpi of . your righte , yet a little longer , and oar proud ship , ihetrnidn ,. anoble five decker , shall agara be bni ^ ed up « n the sea of agttatibo , well i .-ianne 4 anarom > eredv wifch the flag ofUniversal Suffrage **)* & $ Wff ^ i ^ hai ? ! * JW longer ; and she shall be seen with her figure-head decorated with the brilllant' -JPertoerh ' -Swir ' , ' riding triumphant through the stormy darting her lightning * ¦ in every direction where rorrnption . jBoVdftiU , vjg& ,. encircled-. by it * bloody supporters-yguilt , crime , and liberty—annihilating treason soon shall be heard / dealing , out her thunders of eloquence , which strike with deadly aim , the hearts o a nation ' s oppwaaor * ,. wbilei at the . same time they purify the relgions of . reason , virtue * andl ; justice sheer on them .
Your noble band of Dtbthew , the spirits of the martyr * to youreattse ,, are witbv you . Come from the hills and the dales . ^ oae ^ ftt a moment , all I * now rife s be up and stirring ; and 89 on the trumpet of fame shall proclaim the happy fete ; the glorious jubilee of British freedom and labour ' s holiday . ( Signed ) Jambs Lbach , President WM , TiLLMAW . Secretary . Note . —The . respective Secretaries are particularly reqnested to send , by letter , to the Secretary . of the Provisional Ex <*« tfve Council , M * . Tluntan , Collingstraet . etrctforxl New . iRo&d , the names of thett different officers as quick as poaaible , there being little or no time for references to papers ; they willalso forwarda list of members ' nameJ'ilHdfesMences , in alphabetiiH order , that they may b » ' * n *> Ued and' snpp \ tea Wh cards as speedilyfepoasiblefc Wis a » sbTequeatedthat the re » Hton ^ should ba sent forthwith . ;¦ ¦ ,,, : » . ' Ax * 2 a ^ . ' :.:, ; " " ; , i : v .. ; ' . ^' j ¦• ^ WB . ^^ ii . liiam , .
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'• ¦ . ¦ - ¦ --: ..: T " .: ; " ? . "P ¦¦ m . < ir ? $ rrf ~ ti ¦ ¦ : i . r . !••• ¦ THE TWIN ! aiANTS r CHARTISM ' ANti . ¦ 'WxlW ® AUmilK , MKm % •"' i' ^ 'ri Chartism wai ^« ! ^ a ^ ore ^ - m ' X&i I now as fin * a fellow as y * u- «< njld wish io see ; tndfe ^ d , I thinkI neY ?»« ewiA : nneiv- ' ¦ ¦;¦ ' , '" ' \ - \ p ; " > :: ';; :
" His form in manly , and the Ugiit of ifriendahip . Sits > amlr ^ jfl . hig ^ - , Minv , iV ( r u , , 1 L . His gait U M firni as are ^ his P ^ rpwiej ; hence $ U , that be is never efi ^ ctuall / : dverthrown ; Ma intentions are honest and srnceWi neatt nfl ¦ WimPfolloWenr si ne proceeds ; wMlst hi * aothnw are ^ withal « o nftble ^ ttnt the calumnies which jiiby ^ ia e ^ eflites ^ ajre preadi to bhnd the ignprant , are buVaa a m } st ; fpr . letbiit this un «» n ) < rt fieedotk appeari and < t Instantly diipersei , i -i :. Ji ^« 'i ^ J .- ' -i J * . ¦ r . ir . U _ Jm ^ iJ i .. «• : ' . > fiv ! :. J
; : '' % W ^^^ m& ?^^ : Jn fij ^ e , thej ^ ant Ghwti * u ]| . , ^ i , » ftat : ie ) rerar , lover ; « f < ¦ * ' ? ffi fffir ^ al ^ MH ' . l ^ ffl 1 * rrv , " N <> V % prpn * toraiV *! & ** & > $ « w » ali : ,. * . -.. Nor vtorms that from their dark retreat , The lawless surges ' watfei ' ' " >" Not Whigs and Tories' « tt th * wh % le , The firmer purpose of bis lOaf ^ i ' ¦ r ^ * m » . i « if ^>^ w 1 . * r * e , r ,, v ,, ¦ . . .:
Tbi 8 « ot MlrtiJhtiMStMnfftt -bum seeking to . •' divide p « rtr ; jy ^ jwafeat Rrotoctoe , tjjflngb , hig ehemles { who artf notorious for' dividing the property of' the people ,-under'tni bovfet t > f tHntion ) WtU netigivei Jji « t the « edit' of ^ last ; -by als ^^' ¦ Ili'W ^ I ^ . ^****^*^ « that " dmsibnJ ' . Again , he . does not , like the slant of ow , ma . ^^ . mmGw ^^^ tM the other J ^ and . ke-minglea ^ Wy ' antbnjgiittbedi / and d- efe ^ ds thfiin , ,-g , § B auea || , jthj > IbajrtKs ^ teiBPlev ^ P ^ Li ^ TSJ ' i . fei- ^ H , al ' j . tewperanoe njeetfcags ; heTe /^ ideedrne is ; m mil ^ br / . " Here brother ineeta"brother , " and friend welcomes ' « rten 4 . "" '; "" ' - r - : it J ; : ( i ; '; ' ' ' : '' "¦' ¦'• " '¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦•
¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' . ¦ ] 'i . I " : - - ' . !•>/¦ - . /• ,. - ;{ fv . " . " ¦¦ ' = ¦• ¦ ¦ .. ¦ ¦ Aye , here is all , unanimity ; and though he ia not Allowed to discuss his principles here , yet ttelotallsm , aboveall : other tbinfia , forward * his objects . TeetotaiUm leadt to kBOWledge-rknowledge leads to thlrtkiog ^ - thinking leads to a , discontent . of things as they are , and then , as a matter of course , comes Chartism .
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ChBRWAV MtBDER . TO THE JE » ITOB OF tHK NORtHKBK 8 T&& Mr . Editob , —If you eould find room for the insertion of the following brief account of "Clerical villany , * you will much oblige a numerous portion , of . yoor readers , as well as do an act of public Justice . Yours , truly , John Duncan . A poor widow , whose hniband died abont eevea months ago , left her with two children , the oldest of whom is now only eleven years of age , the other moch younger . This poor Woman being ill of dropsy , and having no friends in Perth , left that city abW-the beginning of last week , where it seema Aa has been residing since before the death of her boaband , and was on her way to Edinburgh , where , it is reported , she bad some relatives , and expecting to get into the infirmary . .. : ;
On reachiag Saline , she fouud herself unable to proceed further , and made application for assistance to the minister of the pariah , who very charitably informed her that he could do nothing for her . He , however , ordered a cart to take her to the next parish . Next , she got to the parish of Mockhart , and the minister of the parish was applied to , but in vain ; he , like the former , could do nothing for her , but ordered her off in a coal cart to the nearest parish . Enduring the moat severesuffiiring , the miserable creature arrived in Dolar , and again appealed to the parish minister Reader , mark what here takes place , and what follows The policeman is sent off for a doctor : Dr . Walker came , and examined the state of the poor woman ' s health , and then gave it as his opinion , that it was very doubtful if she would live to be taken to another parish ; bat instead of this inducing the divine ( par don me for using the term to such a cruel wretch , ) to extend mercy to the dying woman , it only stimulated him to make more haste to get her out of bis parish .
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The eart was soon again in motion , a » d she mx stopped at the daw of the pariah miniater of mili-• oottry , in a aUt * of aoniplete eihaastiwi , aad in n « tremepahi . . The servpicB at tb « door -were asked for drink of water ; but replied that they dnrst net without the consent of the minister t which they went to try and obtain . The woman who was driving the cart in the meantime had taken the bason whieh stood outside the door for the convenience of the hens' dr inking , and waa in the act of giving it to the poor creature , when the servant appeared with a jog of water , and orders to drive ou to the village to the ruling elder , as the minister was shaving , and could do- nothing for her . :. . - . ¦ . '¦ . . ¦' .. ' ¦ . : ' . ¦ " - ¦ ' Tne ear * was soon aoia in motion . a « d a « i ~*
Off they set again to the village and applied to the elder . By this time the woman was nearly gone , bat pleaded with all the strength she had to be taken out of the cart , as she could not suffer tbe pain which the shaking of the cart was causing her ; and begged of the Elder a room , that she might die in peace . Tbe Elder very feelingly replied that it was a nne day , and she would be the better of the air ; and all he oould do for her was to give the person who waa driving the cart two shillings and sixpence , with orders
to take her to Sanchie , the next pariah , and if they could do nothing for her , just to drive on to" Alloa , " and apply to Mr . Button , and he would take care to get her off to Edinburgh by the " first boat , " A working man , hearing the complainings of the woman , stopped the cart , and got a glass of wine for her , which the poor creature , with assistance , look , and again entreated that she might be taken from the cart . A brute of a policeman , standing by , d- d her for a d———d thrawn b— , —b , and said that she was very well off .
By and by the cart got near Sanchie , and some persons being standing by the way , the woman in her death straggles tried to get out of the cart ; the people came flocking round it , aad all that the tortured creature could say was , "A little water ! " The water was brought , but she could not take it ; and while the people were standing round , she fell back in the cart and expired . , Good God ! and will any one say that these cold hearted wretches are Christians , who could drive a human being , in such circumstances , from parish to parish , until they drove her out of the world . I hope net V .. „ . '' ,... , Ttie children of tne woman were all this time in the cartand their cri # a , whea their mother died-were
, , truly aflectbg .. The oorpse was then taken to a barn , and opened , when it was found , as abeve stated , that she , bad been ill of dropsy . She was buried next day . I tea ^ e , tjie readers of . the Star to make their own ( wmments upon the above " murder , " and to form their own opinipne of . the , " mubdebers . " My own wish Is , timt the time may « oon aome when such monsters as tbJsae shall not be left the name of " Christian t ( lnif ^ , f : M ' , » cloak to © over their rotten-hearted hypocrisy f and I hope that , notwithstanding the length of this ,. Mr . Ejditor , that you will give it insertion , and by so doing , you will much oblige John Dokcak . Edinburgh , September 4 , 1840 .
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THE DUTY OF REMEMBERING " THEM THAT ARE IN BOND 8 . " TO THK BDITOR OP THB ROHTHEKH 3 TAK . "Remember them that are in bonds , as bound with thetn . " -rPa « i . Sie , —The above exhortation comes from one who swas well qualified to plead the cause of the prisoner ; j&nd who had been in prisons more frequently than hi * feUow labourers—who had felt the iron enter into his soui . ' antl could deeply paitlc ^ pate ^ n the woes of others . "' w $ ! i&W ^? v ? "SW <* Mf ° Wft aumarings , he . exhorts ¦ « " tOjeupPBSsoursMT ^ jnthe . pla ^ ot ijhem that are h 1 i 1 \ % VhIIUa nklf 1 tm mi i in
{« v « V «« n n * % Jt Ve *»* -iJ& ** Jk _>^ . _ _—_ - jppnos , an ^ . De gumea ^ ytt ^ eCUriatianrOle-r" What' ¦^^^ a ^^ SM ^^'?^* *^* - - «| inr-i » iito I yoa , ; da ja ¦ : li ^^ fe *^ 1 ^^ I * 9 » W cam ^ i ^ annds of your , readers , to the , cella of our uhftan ^ y hrettfen ,, an ^ t )^ , befoje ! ih «« i lfce borrojs of 'lmB * 5 ^ nmfcntj , T « itb .-vrant o ^ . jth > moat , opmmon neces * aarie «' oFltfe , and bitter thoughts of a helpless offspring left to pine nnder the cruel , tender mercies of the wicWe ^; an 4 ; iik-e . nini , t would » y . "Though Ihvre thefgTftiJf p ^ pn ^ , ' and 4 ind ' erataiid , all mysteries , and aU inbWtedge ^ iind \ Iion ^ T tove ' aJl ' faUn , ' so . that I fioul 4 remove'' mbumaina , ' and'' have not charity . I am nothing . ** r \ r ''^ r-- < \ ¦ -. ^^¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦¦¦ ¦ <•¦ ¦ ' ** ¦
' But there Ia a voice more powerful than mine—a voice lo which , if they do not listen , they would not be petanaded if PauL , huuself wexa to , arise from , the ^^ M # H # c ^^^ Ml ^ . ^ arti * U , ittta voice from the dark caamDera ^ of the sufftjrew ; which Is faithfully transmitted tons in every copy of the iforthernStar . Andean any one hear of their sufferings , and not feel as if . he were bound with th « m , es . pecialiy aa k | w * in ' our cause they Were brought into trouble ? . Can any one be bo w ^ fish m , to desire merely thewneffia we anticipate , without bearing , aay part of thb bunfeni of Chartism ? " Wfcafc said" Moaea to ' tite ' children of Gad and Reuben , when they threw a greedy ^ B-AW& e'iM-Vnda-oM yourbjre ^ hren | 0 to war and . shall y , e 4 there » , Wber ^ 1 ot 4 duoovrage ye the hearts of the children of , Isra « i r : ¦ - ¦' ¦ - ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ " ' "¦'¦ ¦ >¦ - - ¦ : - - - ¦ : : •' . ¦ : ,
Sir , I know that many friends live in rural distrieta , where Ujiej . cannot ,, cpntribnte , ftt meetings $ ,. others may be prevented from countenancing Cnartism , through fear of their employers - but lit one way all may contribute ; for if I were footman to the most drivelling ariBiocrat in the land , I could send a secret note to the NorOierhStmr office , encloeing half-a-crown , towards the' relief of -the Chartt ' r t prisoners generally . We Ufl a poor peopla , aAd our «> nly ^ expedienti Ia unity ; but ahalfcTqwnjmite would be a g < wd thing to the prisoners , and would not be much felt by men who are
employed , and of temperate habits . , '¦' .. I am a bad beggar ; but I cannot be silent , ' knowing , as Ido . and as every one must know who has , read the twenty : fiftb chapter of SL Matthaw > jGk » 8 p « l Kthat we wiute judged at"last , ' not according to our paasive forbeutuice from actual crime , but according to our actual obedience to the law of love , in relieving the poor , the sick , and the prisoners . Permit me , then , t » beseech my fellow Chartists , in the name of Him whose eternal benediction we hope then to receive , to " Remember them that are in bonds , as bound with them . " ¦ ... .:. -.. Clericus .
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TO THB KDITOK OF THiE ifOBTHSRN STAR . . Sia , —VovWiou permit dm , through , the columns or your valuable journal , to call the attention of your mass of readers to the state and condition of the five cotton Bplnnera of Glasgow , lately liberated from slavary on tbe hulks , and to call npou the eeveral committees , which wer ^ formed througbont the country for the purpose of raising subscriptions for the virtuous but unfortunate men , to use every effort within their power , and to dose their books within one month , * nd traasmit the Amount subseribed to George Hobs , Esq ., Prince'e-street , Glaarow , who will hand It over as directed by the committee of management in that city . 1 cannot pass without again urdnc upon all nv
friends the importance ,, of . the case of ray worthy ftiead Mr , Joseph Broyan , of Sutton-in-Aahfield , Nottinghamshire . I have laid a short sketch of bis history and circum ^ Uncea , before , the publio , throueh the columna of the Star a few weeks ago . Suffice it , therefore , to say that , after a special jury—a jury of Esquires—pronounced Mr . Unwin , the magistrate , ( aga # uatv whppi hft brought the action ) , guilty of surrounding his . house , and , carrying off goods and papera , they awariea for damage , &o . donenot £ l , fOO—not £ 100—not £ 10- ~ not one poundbut what—only one paltry , fartbinx J leafing poor Broyan to pay the wnole of his own law expenses in two 8 peoial jury ' { rials at ~" the Spring and Summer AssiBes at Nottingham , which he is
altogether unable , to do—and for him and his family 1 now appeal to every Briton—and thi * I do in the public confidence tDat all who wi 6 h to have their home protected against the inroads ot pry-Ing , paltry , petty despots ; suoh aa the culprit JuBt-ass Unwin—that all who hold that that their home is sacred , will come forward instantly with their mite , and that , if no reward is made for this aoble , that virtue is not entirely destroyed by oppression . ; and that the full-amount of outlay will epeeduj be made up . To the men of Leeds , of Bradford , of Halifax , of Key ? hley , of Dewsburv , of Wakeneld , of Barnsley , of Sheffield , of Huddersfield—to every man ¦ worthy of the name in Yorlr ^ tw " and I ^ nctflbire , I partioularlv
appeal—but no man can withheld support—no man who advocates equal rights and equal laws , can permit any individual saeriflce to be made by Brbyafn while so much praise is due to him for his virtuous doing . - Now , " Mr . Editor , before closing this letter , allow me to remind your readers of the decision of the magistrates at the last Pontefraot Quarter Sessions . Let me rewind . theui that the magutratea wait for the voice of . the Riding as to whether they desire to be kept in slavery byan army of bludgaonmen called the"rural poTice , " and , if the people are passive , they hap a good ohanee of being bludgeoned , which , if they do not desire , let them be up at ones—Wt ' themibidld meetings in every division and hamlet ; and memorialise the magistrates at the ensuing sessions Mjainst bo monstroui a proposition
Mareden , the Bcnoolmaster . has had some dozen apples stolen by gome children , arid , forsooth , tbe clergyman , vrith four * others , have got np a requisition to tbe oonatable to . call a meeting to memorialise the magistrates in Quarter Sessions to bring upon the township those unconstitutional ragamuffins ; and soon will this pedant Parson and Company repent that they committed so gross a blunder , when suoh poltroons oar . be guilty of auch meanness . It is time to be up and doing . Then ^ fet meetings be held everywhere during next and the following week , and let tha public voice resound from shore to Bbore . Let the universal cry be •* No Blue bhidgeonrmen—r io rural poliae . " I am , your most o ^ dient Servant , L . PlTKETHLr . Huddersfieldv 1 st Sen * ,., 1840 .
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AJT ADDRB 88 FBOM THK NATIONAL UNION * 7 VTSn > COMXITTSE " TO . JHE PKOPLB OP ENQLAiq ^ 8 dOTtAND ^ IRELAND , AHD waxes . ' : . ,, : ' - / :- . " . -- - ¦ ¦ ;;¦ : . " : / ¦ - ¦ ¦ . ¦ - . " > - . , ¦ \ l- . i ; . ¦ ¦ ' : : i ' i !> ' : ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : :.. " ^^^^^^^^^' tf ^ ^ n ^ t , and wiU ahortly rtow to tl » world thbae ^ who intend to struggle againM im ^ jfim- ^ -imatl ^ - ti ^^ ii ^ have not courage to rtand by their order / and thos » who have aworn , at alliluttarda , to swell th » iank of * £ * ^ f , ? 1 " 1 ¦ **—* ** *• oaTirbsegtaiifftl l- > the past tUt both Wnlg » and Tories will \ e $ da& 4 bt £ ther ag » in * t the interest of the people , to crush tt » spirit for ireedom and UbBrty , which at the present time seems nearly to be realised . " aw * t «« , ™» « . _ .- __
But in drawing your minds to the aabjeot , it is no % what has been dene , but . what you ought to do at the present time ; for , bear in mind , that procrastination ia the thief of time—ia a truth we all are in possession ot . At tne present many are the families of our counteymen sinking into their graves for want of thai support which yonr united mights would place out of the reach of want , misery , and death . Oh ! how heart-breaking it moat be to the man that loves bia wife and children , to think that after risking his life , and now suffering imprisonment , that thoee which brought him out and cheered him onward , ami bid him good cheer in the hour of trial and trouble , should not now bo much as look upon his family , but allow tke > finger of scorn to be pointed at them , and nil children to be trampled upon as the osaceurings of society . But so it is , and with shame we must confess it ¦ ¦ ' ¦ • • - ,- ¦ .:. - ¦ ' ... ¦
We , the members of the National Victim Fund Committee , knowing at the present time the different calls hat have , and are now being made , believe at th * same time , if there is one fund that has more claim upon society than another , it is Uie Victim Fund . If yon look back at its object , it is noble in the extrem *; It is this , and thia alone that givea food to the hungry * clothes to the naked , and shelter to the houseless . Cat you withhold your aid from so noble an object » if yo « can , there dwells no longer that feeling for the oppressed which once was our country ' a pride . - Bat we behave we should be remiai in our duty to oar country , and the cause in whieh we are embarked , if we did not impress upon yon the importance of giving the lie both to the Whig and Tory Jaotion , that ther is no fellow feeling existing , amongst us toward * the suffering families that the stern hand of the law has thrown as paupers upon society for support .
Then , men of the three kingdoms , if there be left ia your ooeoms the lejwt spark of bumaa feeling , if y <« love your conntry , your « od , * nd th « taBseyonespouse , if you wish to see your eountry free , we say , unite , unite , and prove to a demonstration thai you know what your rights are , and knDWing , daw maintain them , Will you allow the wives of O'Bri « , Maraden , Crabtree , and othera to be treated wito contempt ? HeaYea forbid it : then let your erf be oHwaru > -onwnrd ! If we look to the ruling powers of the country , w » see nothing but Tory misrule en the one haad , and Whig dominion , tyranny , and oppression on the other ; -while the advocates of the former have bees staining their hands in oars and other countries * blood . the latter have atarved . us with-their promises , got fat on our hopea , and drained every current of ourcauntry - B resources ; we are plundeKd in every direction by our relentleaa oppresson , who , finding that we Btfll breathe , are hanging a thoawand leeohes On every vein » to cenvert tho last drop of blood into a golden god . "
In leaving this subject with you , deeply impressed with a desire to allay all party animosity , we solicit yonr aid in thia righteous cause , and believing in proportion as yon show your willingness to support then ? sufferlngB . in the same proportion do you show your zeal for the Charter .: ; . Ever Jceepinff in miadour motto is , peace , law , and order , we are fox pence , if peace can proenre justice ; and are for law , which ia , baaed' on equality , proteetinf alike alitthe descendant * of 4 dam » and order we would impose for the accomplishment , of Universal Sufirage and no Surrender ! . ¦ . .,. , ; .,,-. ¦ •¦ . . _ ¦¦ ¦ : WlIXlAM RUSHTOJJ , AWDBKW MaBJtVtLLE ; ... .. " ¦ - WlUUK -M * DX > OCKS , James Wheelkr , ' - ¦¦¦ ¦ : - John MitLiHGTON , . James CHaMBEblain . President Peteb 8 HOBHOCK 3 , Secretary .
P . S . At a meeting held at their . Committee Room , it waa resolved , "That they solicit all claimants on the funda to send their particular cases to the secretary , Peter Sborrpcka , No . 70 * Gun-atrtet , Great Ancoata atreet , Manchester , that their cases may'be taken 1 st * consideration r they mast « end thai * names , residence , wmiber , nna atate of their families ; In all towns and village * where . Asaociattona are held , It is reqaeeted that they apply through their Secretory o * President . "
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fpHE Pnblic are most respectfully informed , that JL thia Noble Patriot intends to ^ risit this Town on Satdtidat , Septembeb the 12 th , 1840 , and Persons wishing to honour him frith their presence on that occasion , JW ^ iaqneste'd to assemble in Thornton Streetvat Half . past Pour o'Clox * in the Afteraoon , and join the ProceSsionv ' whJflh vyill set out preciselr tL ^ 'J ^ ' 0100 ^' ¦ the Sbmp Cross Inn , wheri Mr . JI'DotfAti . will be m « ? ° PW » way bere . The rrocesmon will then return bv the same routo . and
Svf 5 ¦ S 1 iS w , % KincTpal streeis of HaU&x , to the ^^ W ^^ WJiere lfc lpPoualt will ' deliver . Political Lecture ; to' commence at Seven o'clock A i 7 il- "fe' ^ KT 7 *? ewid ^ w on Mondat , the 14 th . ;© f . September , ar ^ be ^ same b , our « ud place . Admission Jtp ' ihe fiodj , of tbe Hall , Tiropenoe ; the Gallery and Orolhestra , fonrpenoe . 4 x ?^ % ; *«* will be provided for tbe Chartist * andtbeir . Wwes . at the BUck-Lion Inn ^ and at tha Labour . sMHcaiib ° »» Monday Afternoon , at Five fiV ^ r v" « 5 f will remain on aale at both plaoes till Saturday Evening , the 12 th instant , at Ninepenw caOiI . . ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ / * .
. Men of Halifax , and Residents of the Parish , cfte this stout-hearted Patriot a most hearty welcemft ; let his arrival b « hailed by ten thousand voices ; let all mean spirits ^ and willing slaves stay at home oa this auspicious day ; and let all men' of firm hearts and dear beads be at their post , and shew themselves worthy of the rights they seek , and let them brimr their wives and children to hear the words of exhortation and advico from this public-spirited man . of the people ; and , above all , let every movement be regulated by prudence , and directed by wisdom . Halifax , September 2 nd , 1840 .
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. DR . M'DOUAXL . A Few Copies of the TRIAL of DR . M'DOUALL , P «« e Sixpence , still remain unsold , and as considerable anxiety » now manifested to obtain them early Applications are necessary . ^» A . Heywood , 60 , Oldham Street , Manchester ; Hobson , Star Office , Leeds ; and all Booksellers aad Vendors .
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On Thursday , at the Parish Church , ( St . John ' s ) by the Rev . YV . F . Hook , D . D ., Vicar of Leeds , the Rev . John Clark , M . A ., Curate of Hunslet , and Domestio Chaplain to the Right Honourable Lord Howden , to Anne Elisabeth , only daughter of John Cawood , Esq-. of this town . On Tuesday last , at Salem chapel , Otley , by the Rev . 1 . S . Haatie , Wm . Ackroyd , Esq ., wonted spinner , of that place , to Miss Baines , of Famley Hall , Otley . r . i ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ •' ::.
Un Monday last , at the Methodist Chapel , Otley , by the Her . John Shipman , Mr ; M . Hobson to Misa Ann Bentley , both of Bramhope , near Otley .. •; - - ¦ '¦ ¦ ' ¦ -: -.. - ¦¦ . ¦ . ¦ :: ¦ i . . ¦ • . .. OnSaturday last . at the ehuroh of SfcCuthbert , in York j by tha Rer . J . Grayson , William , eldest son of Mr . Johia Kendsll , builder , of Tadosster , to Sarah , eldest daughter of Mr . Thomas Tovmsend , stonemason , of the former place . , ¦ .. On the 30 th ult ., at St . John ' s Church , Mancheater , Mr . George M'Ray , of New Mills , Derbyshire , to Miss Elizabeth Wilkinson , of Salford .
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^ . —_— .. _ . —rrTWVyWiMV ^^/^ yy ^ DSATH 8 , Yesterday . ; week , sged 36 , Mr . Samuel Hiley , Lister Lane , Halifjvx . He was ¦ a member of the Odd Follows' Society , sod his remains were accompanied by a number of the brethren to Ziou Chapel , Wade-street , on Tuesday , the 1 st of September inst . . . On Monday , last , of scarlet fever , after three days illness , in the 25 th year of his age , Mr . Joseph Wright Moore , carver and gilder , of Stonegate , in York . ¦ .. ¦ ¦ ¦ , - ¦ - ¦ , ¦'¦ v - • ¦ ¦ ' .- ¦ - ' - ' . ¦ ¦ " . Same day , at MountviUe , near York , the residence of her son-in-law , in the 86 th year of her age , Hannah , widow of Isaac Wbitelock , of Sbeepscar , near this town . .
Same day , at the Stratford Anns Inn , WakefieM , after a few days illness , Mr . Mackintosh , the cele brated railway and canal contractor ; he had been blind for a number of years . On Sunday . laat , . in the 75 th year of her age . Mr 8 . Pitohfortb . of the Old Crown Inn , Wakefleld . Oa Saturday last , < U his residence . Qaarry Hill , near Roehdale , in the 74 th year of his age , much regretted by his friends , Jonathan FUdes , Esq . Same day , aged 25 , Mrs . Hepton , the beloved wife of Mr . Hepton , of York .
On the 31 ^ t ult , aged 40 years , Susannah , wife oi the , late Mr . Richard Hudson , timber merchant , oi Liverpool , and eldest daughter of the late Mr James Jackson , Great Jaokson-etreet , Hulme . " Death Extraobdinart . —On Monday , ' \\ . flu King ' s Head Inn , Leybum , where she had residet for the last fifteen years , much and deservedly respected by , all who had the pleasure of knowinj her , Polly Coultmau , a native of the Janiaio Islands , from whence she was brought by a brothe of the worthy host of the above Inn , Het faolti were few , and-virtues many . • ¦
The Portraits.
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To Readebs And Correspondents.
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Leeds And W Est-Riding News.
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THE _ . W ^ sh ., MARTYRS . TO TH ^ I PEOPtE . ¦ ¦ ¦•>¦' . ' . •} --- piiUi . a . ' a •¦ : ¦ : ¦ :. ' -i ¦ ¦ : . ¦ . . : ¦¦ - . ' - \ Fbibnds and i ^ j $ w , £ BAR-rjaxs ,-J Tin ease of these infernally prosecuted martyrs must be constantly kept before the publtc , if Honly- be by speaking of them . Such , howevw ; i * » ot tny intention In the present iMtanoe , foruth « ugb , I oobalder it highly necessary that Frost ,. TCIU } aw , tan 4 Jones should be mentioned at every pub ^ io meeting , < kc ; that you shbuld ebeer theni « J « e time * three , ; aha also * hoot the Wh % » at tbeir .- ^ ectaooa , and their Corn Law prevenHyea . of justw ^ . ^ t , stbeir meetinga , and cry at each , "¦ Wneie ' s , Fjpst ? - « What haveyou done with tbe Welah martyrs ! ' ^ thongfh 1 say I approve of Hr as the mean * whereby yoa expn » v yonr opintona , and show jour ,. dete ^ ndnaUanj r > yet ( 1 I would have you do more ; or , more properly apeakug . I would have vonr
leaders do mo « toobUintheir release . My plan is ; or wa «—Dor the press has refused to Insert It for yoar adoptlpft-r ^ o , g « t up tare © sotbtjU national memorialB to the Queen : thus , male , female , and all the youth of England , \ and tha ^ llOctively of England , Scotland , and WoleV » spraying ! for the irttmediato "liberation ; ' of the W ^ sh martyra , aa ordained by the laws—aa approved of ' by a roajority of the Judges then present at the trial—arid as expected by justice not a free pardon , " which they do not stand in need ot However , tbe ; plaq jis auppreseed , and therefore I shall apeak no mote , about it . as 1 could inyent ten or twenty more , if needed s at present , however ' , i shall content myself by publicly asking every Chartist ABsociation , Union , fce ,, what they are doing to obtain the liberawn of the Welsh martyrs ? Aye , what ARE tOV DOING ?
I expect an answer in about a week or two , in the Worther * Sim , &ad if yen * do not each and all give one , I shall know that ypu are doing the fatiguing work of NOiHiNO . ' AwaiUng your reply , I remain , respectTutty , & « ., The entbnslaatie advocate of the W * elah Martyrs , j H , GaiFPiXHSi ; Edgeware Koad . London , August 30 , 1840 , , .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 5, 1840, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2700/page/5/
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