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GRAND MEETING OF THE CHABTISTS ON KENNINGTON COMMON . GRAND MEETING OF THE CHABTISTS nv t 7-T ? v-v-r-r » r . T / -.-w ' -minr / tiT
On Monday last , th . © 12 th inrtant , a magnificent demonstration , on the part of the Chartists of London , of Moral and physical force , was shewn on Kenninjton Common . The object—the main object—of the meeting , * ru one of the holWt , as it had in view the prevention of the shedding of hnman blood—of inaoceat blood , condemned to be spilled by an ifle § al conviction . The Chartists of London , to their eternal honour , sunk YMt « £ aY ail claims —all efforts that could be deferred : they were intently , and almost solely , e * nt in a combined effort . May it be gneceitfel to rescue from the jrripe of the executioaer
, their fellow-oountrymen , Francis Roberts , Joseph Howell , and John Jones . At an early hour the Cfcarristsof the four quarters of the metropolis were in motion ; sections of them left , at eleven o ' clock , their separate localities , and they all met between one and two in Lincoln ' s Idb Fields . Froa thence they proceeded in orderly array to Kennington Common . A waggon , with a hKstmfi erected apon it , was placed in the middle of the common , and arosni this principal waggon YrTd several others , filled with committee-men , and with the wives » nd children of the moet attire Chartist * . The bunnesg of the meeting commenced at aboot kalf-Bast three o ' clock .
Ilw » meeting was a complete triumph over the Chartist cahimniators . There the vile slanderers of honest aen might see teas of thousand * of- thoss whom they called " dagger md torch men , " peaceably assembled withoat weapons of offence or de « Knee , to me for mercy at the hands of » weak girl —to humbly and respectfully appeal to her that she would be graciously pleased to exercise t *» e royal prerogative , and extend the royal par ^ oh to th ' sir teuow-workmen illegally tried and convicted . Nev ^ r aid a more orderly mee ' ting take place . The London Chartists met , transacted the busnees for which
they we r e assembled , and then dispenad withont the slightest breach of the peace having been comtaitted . The character they displayed on Monday has won over to their side the nmid , the wavering , aad the Hi-informed ; and it ha * overwhelmed with shame those bad men who have hitherto endeavoured to represent the ChartMta as men of disorder , rapine , asd bloodshed . H on oar to the Chartist * of Lcnion , wko met on the 12 th ; and may a speedy and favourable answer be returned to their patriotic and hnmane address to the Quae&i The v&jt multitude having iaien cp quietly the space in front of the platform , by a vote o \ acclamation ,
Mr . Fearges O'Coxxor took the chair . The loud cheerin * having died away , the learned , patootic mnd eloquent Gentleman said—Moral and Physical Force of the Empire , I am delighted to hare this opportunity of taking on myself all and any refpons aility that Eiay attach to this meeting . 1- have bsen often told that I have frequently attended illegal meetings , perhaps 1 shall be told that the prefect ii an illegal one , but I tell you that my presence has always legalised the meetings 1 have attended , and my presence here to-day will render
thw glor ious meeting legal . ( Cheer * . ) Why , this is a meeting of the people , of the mighty , thj sovereign people , met to give expression to their will—therelore it is legal , legitimate , constitutional , j ^ st , to me—not even a Whig Attorney-General can desy that ( Cheers . ) When we are thus met , who or what _ ean fiighten cj ? Can a Wing Government do it r Do they supper thry can strike terror into us bicause they have their dungeons filled with the martyrs of liberty , because they have their scaffold . ' e « cted to drink the blood of the innocent ? Vain ¦
supposition Punishment—death in the most inhuman , excruciating , and i f nonunions form has no terror for the true patriot . ( Ckeere . ) What do the Chartists meet for ? To reconsider , to reform the laws of this country . That ' s not illegal . Seven year * ago , there was meeting after meeting for an alteration of the laws of the land—many of the members of the present Government wefe active actors at those meetings—they were cocsidered legal , and they effected their immediate object . Tae Reform Bill—now a law of the land—fprcrg out of public meeting *—those who passed it , x > nsidering that it was founded on the wisbei of th ? people , tacitly acknowledged- by passing it , that the will of tha nation ought to become the law of tie
land . ( Loud cheers . ) The Chartists of the pre *? rt day are only doing what the political Re - oncer * of 2532 did—they are endeavouncg to make the -will of the people law—they are endeavourisg to can-v into effect a principle that the very fact of the pa */ - in £ of tke Reform Bill recently and irrevocably established . ( Hear . ) We are at this pre « em mqm-m assembled for the holiest of causes—for one tKai must like a grateful sacrifice asaead to Heaven—we are met to gire liberty to the persecuted prisoner , to bestow freedom on the illegally conr icted captive . ( Loud cheering . ) We are assembled in thousand * —I look before mft , and I exnltingly exclaim in tens of thousands—to endeavour to save the lives of those wao have b # en ill gaily tried , ilWeativ couvicte
and sentenced to death . Oh , the infamous pr-ceeMing of the Whig A ttomey-General ! Tfiose unhappy prisoners now in Warwick—conld those who * ere persecuted for righteousness sake , could the innocent , the suffering , ip . a holy cause be tilled unhappy ?—were commuted for the simple offanco of riot , but they were trisd for a capital crima—tried on aa old Act of Parliament , ferreted" out by the inhuman ingenuity of a Whig Attorney-General . ( Cheers , and cries of indignation . ) 1 tell yon if those mea mffsr—I tell yon if yon suffer them to suffer , I am no longer a Chartist . ( Cheer * . ) If yon allow _ them to be executed , you are cowardi—if yon permit them to be murdered , go instantly and bum TOur Charter , and let its smoke ascend to Heaven .
a token of their martyrdom , a symbol of our successless sympathy ? ( Hear , hear . ) What I now say will be carried to Government—there are Government reporters here—gentlemen , forsooth !—there are ppies here of every sort ; there are present policemen in coloured clothes , but we do not fear them . Ocf cause is so good , that if we do not injure ii by misconduct of our ovm , it can receivs uo hurt from the machinations and informations of reporters , * pies . and policemen . 1 cannot help here alluding to the excellent articles that hive appeared this -weei in fevouT of our cau ? p , in several of the S _ nday papfrs : sai I beg of you to look eg ^ eciiUy to one article that appeared in the ff ' eekly Dispatch of yestercay , ia which the Guvernmem are told that if the people
do not receive full and fair representation , Chartism must go on daily gaining ground , until it cannot be uprooted , bat nourish etemsliy . Ii those excellent article * had been constajitly written anterior to this time , we aionld now possess Universal Suffrage , ( Cheers . ) Good God , what a mass of crvnt aad hypocrisy tfcere was in the world ' . What infernal hypocrites the Whig ^ are ! They h&i liberty on their lips , but tyraiHiy is bursting ( their organs are go crammed with it ) iu their heart * . Oh ! how they sympathised with the Poles—what deep indignaaoa they breathed against Russia : tkey subscribed privately—they voted an annual grant lor the relie ! of the suffering Polish refugee * , exiles for doctrine ? they would not forsake . Tiiey did this ; and yet a :
the very present aoimnt , if one of those roles gave out that your cause was a jest one , and that he -eras willing to aid you in accomplwbirg ir , he wejs snr ? to be declared " Lord John Ruraell or Spring Rice , not to be a ii ; obj ct to receive any longer a portion of the money voted to alleviate Polish suffering . ( Shame . ) There is cpoa thia platform a Pole ( Major Beniow # ki ) whj has txrea thus treated by the Whigs . ( Sham ? . ) I can scare -ly see any sSfety for our lives and liberties ; there w ^ uld be nonenot a Bhsdow , if we wrre at the mercy of the" Whigg . They teli us to arm—they precl&ixn the right "Englishmen have to arms them ^ lves , and yet they alloW the magistrates and their myrmidons the power of searching at all hotrs oir bouses , and seizing , no ^
only those arms , but ourselves . Why do yon allow this ?—why do the Whigs dare treat yon thus ? Simply > ecauae you are not as yet properly organised . ( Hear . ) Meu of Loadon , I tell you—it is with deep regret that I tell yovi—that you are not organised . You are ignorant of the organisation o ? the men of the JJorti—you do not know how they have acted , and how they act ; but let me adviss you to make yourselves acquainted wiAlhe mods o ! oTganisaUoa adopted by yoar brave brothers of the North , and let me aisnre you that you may religiously rely on their co-operation and strenuous scppert . Every man in this world must eat his peck of dirt : every feody o ? men oontending for a priaciple have their ordeals to undergo ; we cannot hope to be
exempt from them . Knowing beforehand our trials , let w > bs armed with fortitude . I fed that many lives may be lost before we completely succeed ' : patriotism has its penalti ** to pay ; but I do not despair , for 1 know that there is an undying spirit abroad the unextinguishable spirit of liberty , which cheers me on , as it fills you with buoyancy and hope . Be but united , aad your c » u 3 e is victorious . Banish from your though te and hearts every feeling of bicker ing and dissension . See bow our enemies are united—how firmly they cleave together . In their union is our weakness—in onr disunion is their strength . ( Hear . ) The moment our disunion has disappeared , then will 1 is * ne the word of command , "March . " ( Hear , hear , aod loud cheering . ) My fr iend * , 1 have hitherto been with yon be of
in all your straggle *—be united , worthy yourwslves and of the great , good , and gloriow cause you advocate , and , so help me God , you will find me with you—remaining amongst you to the very last . ( Loud cheers . ) My enemies and yours first told you that I was a Tory spy ; then I was a friend to the Whigg , and playing their game . I have no friends either amongst Tories or Whigs . 1 have no earthly friends bmt among the working clajees . ( Enthusiastic cheering . ) This head of nxioe woald long since have been hanging over Temple Bar were it not for the affection the working classes bear me , and I shall aet at nought the endeavours of the Tory and Whig factious again * t me s « long aa I know that the working cUases are for me . ( Cries , . " aad that will be for ever . " ) I acknowledge that there haTe been faults committed by some of the
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aemberi of the Convention . I do not claim myself to be exempt from those faulta-fe ^ t I trust that thev Sfl ^ S ^ J P ^^ le ones-more the TtojSZ oftheh « ad than of the heart . Working Men of England , weigh our faults with our virtues , and l y ° J ^ v 8 ee T **** - ^ heaviest in the S ™®!* " ! ) ** . 1 agai ? *»!*»* tbat 1 t **» tie responsib&ty of this meeting on aygelf , and I hope that the several gpaaker * who will have to follow me wui not give utterance to one word that shall not be to the purpose- or if it should be in anv way foreign to the purpose—for God ' s sake let it not be injurious to the cause of Roberts , Howell , and J ones—to tha cause of humanity , of liberty , and of justice—t o the cause of all England . ( Ckeers . ) I kave be ? n this morning at Marylebone police offica ~ ,. t » w . * r ^ n nnrDatiull T . j to > i » Avamnf < w . _ . » i i ' i * i . » c > mn * mysen
efora Mr . Rwrlinon , to defend three bill-stickers , who were taken up for posticg tha placards announcing this meeting . These placards were at first pronounced illegal , but I soon convinced the magistrate that they could not be illegal , as they S ™ P' 7 announced a meating that was legal , and the bill-stickers were accordingly discharged . ( Cheers . ) 1 beg of yon to bear in mind the chief objeet for which you" have this day met , viz . to save the lives of innocent men , unjustly convicted , and who would have escaped if they had known in time that they were to be tried on an indictment for a capital offence . They were taken by surprise by the Attorney-General , and , therefore , were unprewith witnesses
pared for their defence , or with persons to speak to their previous character . This meeting will have a good effect—it will enable me to cause the people of England and Scotland to rise more generall y in your cause , and in behalf of tho prisoners at Warwick ; and last , not least , it will bnng orer to us many of the bra ? e men of Ireland . I nm most happy to announce to you that I have seen to-day one of our delegates who has been in Ireland , and he tells me that in a short time the majority of my country-men will be decided Chartists . ( Cheers . ) I will now conclude , and make way for my friend , Mr . Bronterre O'Briea , who , 1 aay gay , threw the first stone against the citadel of corruption . ( Cheers . )
Mr . B . O'Briex rose to move the first resolution , and was received with loud cheering . He said-Men of Lfljjdon , these are -times when every man should be prepared to carry his head under his arm , like St . Denis . ( Laughter and cheers . ) These are time * when , without scarcely a shadow of proof , a man might be put to death by the lDgennily of a hired l& « y .= r . These are times when we must all suck close together . ( Cheers . ) The man that deserts us now is a traitor . We are now living under a government which has abjured its own laws —under a government that not long wnc- said thi people had a right to publicly meet and declare their grievances—under a government which now employs the police to take into custody poor people wiio
assemble to mention their wrongs . I always told yon to obey the laws as long as those who made them obeyed them , but whrn the very law makers them-* lTes are destroying the laws you must trust to your right arms and defend the laws against the robbers w ho are breaking through them . ( Cheer * . ) There is scarcely a county iu England at this present moment in which your brethren were not seized , and arrested , and draggtd before the maz . strate .-, and by the most infamous evidence committed tried , and convicted . ( Cheers . ) Among all these arrests have you heard of the arrest of one cicgle Aristocrat , or one of the middle elates ? You bare not heard of any such persons beiag arrested . When quiet agitation' took place a few da \» seo . in
wmca the epper and middle classes t ^ ok a part , were any of them arrested ? They were not arrested because middle men then agitated to get a middle cia ^ s bill pa-sed into a law . It is vain for you to expect independence ! or justice in this country until you have a power over the law , and you canuot have that power whilst tie middle men urtu ^ lly make the law * . The law makers represent the middle men . The middle elates are interested in making such laws as would oblige you to work for low wages and enable them to have iarge profits atvour > -xpen * e . Your interests are eternally opposed to tho * e of the middle cli " . *? ** , and as lon > c as the ruidile classes have the making of the laws you can never reasonably expect liberty . The only way that
you can obtain your liberties and your rights is by oae ricm : taaeot : s cry for the Charter , for nothlDg ebe short of this will obtain for you equal justice and equal right * . We want aud claim our lib-rti- 's —we want the same voice in the le / i « Uturc thnt the middle c ' as . es have , aud if we do not get ic peaceiDly let us tell the middle classes that We w ; L takit from them by force . ( Cheers . ) We have ns ^ d psaceabb means— we have petitioned . That celebrated petition of oura signei by two millions of mec , had been contumeliou-ly rejected by the Legislature . Th ? npxt course theu left for c * to pursue is to try and annoy the Government in everv way we can . We nujst try to take all the go'd on ' t of their c-fTer « , and l ave thetn nothing but paper
meney , which will be the cause of their ruin and' our prosperity . ( Cheers . ) Another plan -we roust a ^ opt is aa excellent one , viz .: that of exclu > ive dealing , for why should we deal -with our enemie » , with , those who actually rob us . We have no right to do it , and we will not do it—we will deal only with _ our friends . ( Cheery . ) No enemy to the working classes shall be dealt with , and ho farmer inimical to our principles , shall , if we can present it , ht " . ve bii crops cut for him . ( Lond cheering . ) Ansther plan I advise is to arm not for the purpose of attacking the consritnu * d authorities , or of acting aggressively , but to protect ourselves against the hire-d assasatins of the upper and middle classes . ( Cheer « . ) I have been told that the upper
and middle classes had a right to have arm * because thev supposed they } - ad everything thev wauted ; aad" so icag as they have arms they wjQ continne roLib ng you per secula seculorum . ( Cheers . ) It was Lori John Russell tha ; first gave advice to certain persons of property to have arms for the defenc ? of that property ; and I did not give the people advice to arm until Lord John had sst me an example . Iu fact , I scrupled to do so until his Lordship said that the principal inhabitants of the country had a right to arm . No' * , I maintain that the working classes axo the principal inhabitants of the countrv ; for they are the producers of all wealth and poorer ; aud I therefore tell them , that tkey must , with their right ana * , and their hre-ann * . protect their
country , their own property , ana their own live * . ( Loud cheering . ) As Lurd John Ruisell uld the upper aad miudle classes to arm , so I tell you to do the same , I do not tell you to do to in order to protect Lord John Rut sell ' s property—that is his besiues * . aadnotmin ? , ( Cheers and laughter . ) Yet I know not what his property consists of . It formerly belonged to tho poor of this countrv ; but it * was robbed from them in the reign ol * Henry VIII . TLat ii Dot the sort of property that I wish to have protected . ( Laughter and cheers . ) I do not adn » e vou to attack the lives and properties of the middle cla-se ? , b ? cau £ 9 that wonld be setting a bad exampl --, and they , in tWiT turn , woald " attack yours I bold it to be essential that every man vr £ o is a wealth producer should have a musk :, t hanging over
Lia mantt-lpiece ; acd that th _ 3 answer should be to any man who tame to take it—By God , you -hull have tha contents first ! ( Loud cheers . ) laavebeen called a dagj ^ r-aini-to rch man ; but the men who call-. d me so gave the satne denomination to Mr . F . O'Connor and Dr . Taylor , and 1 am not ashamed of my company . The men whose whole live * were passed in rendering evil for good—who refused the people their rights—who enslaved and ( under the form of mock trial ) murirred them—those were the real dagepr-and-torch men . ( Cheers . ) Those who came and took your arias , and delivered you over to gaolers ; who ordered that Physical Force eb pnld be applied to all that differed from them in opinionsuch men were the true knights of the da ?
ger-andtorch . ( Cheers . ) The resolution I have to propoge to you pledges that you will never relax your effort * until the Charter be thdlaw of the land . I told you that without the Charter you must remain slaves ; and that to obtain the Charter you must be united in one band—that every -working man must consider his fellow wo : kinKn as a brother—that he . miut not quarrel with him about matters of gain , or trifling differences of opinion , bat that all must march forward in one united phalanx . Those who had a little property always united with thj rich , and therefore when toe batila shall be fought you will find the man of £ 1 , 000 a-year united against you with the man of £ 50 . 000 a-year . In the same way shoul J . you be united , the man that earn * 5 s . a * veek should unite with the man that earns Ss ., and the cue pound a week man should agree with him that
earns only 12 s . The law of the land ought to be held sacred , and the Government would ntvr have attacked the Charrigtg , if the middle classes had not calumniated you by telling the Government that your objects wsretiie destruction of life aci property . You are thi * very day giving the lie direct to such a calumny . If you wish « aby violent means to destroy life and property wonld you be here quietly petitioning for your rights ? Property is your own creation , 1 do not think it likely , 1 do not think yon so unnatural as to destroy the child of yoar own creation . ( Hear , hear . ) { now propo&fttiie foflowing resolution : — " That this meeting hereby pledges itsMf to the principles of the People's Charter , declares that it will never desist f ^ orn its exertions to establish those principles until the people shall be in a condition to demand by their united voices the enactment of it as the law of the land . "
Dr . Taylor next presented himself and said , I regret the state of my health and voice renders it impossible tc-r me to address you as long or as loud -as 1 could wish . I have not anything to state that I am ash % m ? d of , but that I should not have embraced Chartism if I did not think it would lead to republicanism . ( Hear , hear . ) Three innocent men n&ve been condemned to be barjged . I am not much in the habit of quoting Tories , but a Tory stated to me this momisg , that if the Chartists allowed those three men to be hanged they ought to be likewise hanged with them . ( Cheers , and cries of " We oneht . " ) I am romething of this opinion myself , but being a quiet person , I have no obj ' ection to dying quietly . ( Laughter , aad cheers . ; I
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hare a petition from Birmingham , in which it is asserted that one of the ooademned was not at the Bull King at the time of tha burning . Thi * xnaa was convicted on the sole evidence of a polio-man named Hall who having besn formerly well kicked oy tna liberal * for hu apoatacy now wants to hang us . The petition from Birmingham will be presented to day , and I hope that both it and the address you are going to agree to , will have some eHoct npon the Queen and make her grant not mercy but j ustica to the prisoners . If not ? I have a petition frons the North that will not be refused . ( Loud Cheer * .. ) i ' ou all know that I was arrested and fer trying to save the lives of two policemen . That wan my crime , and you may rely upon it that I shall never be caoght committing sueh a crime nave a petition from Birmiu ^ hnm . in which it ia
again . ( Laughter . ) I was accused of another enme , namely , the advising the people to be quiet at the time for I knew that they were not sufficiently organised to kick their enemies then . If ever I am caught protecting the peace again may I be a Dutchman . ( Cheers and laughter . ) 1 have pledged myself to the men of Birmingham ; I have promised Metwrs . Lovett aod Lollmu to get a remission of the sentence on the meu who were going to be murdered , and I again pledge myself to do so if the men of the South show tkermelyes ready to act as the men of the North will do . ( Cheers . ) There are two ways of applying ? v " ^ ! 0 " 58- St ° PI « np the supplies is one ; tke iv . r" ? 8 ay 7 ? n a" caa « QeM- ( Cheers and laugnter . ) A combined movement effect the
may first , but a chance spark may bring about the other . Combustible materials yet remain ; and if my hand can fire them , I shall not be found wanting . ( Load cheers . ) I caution you not to trust to spies , or to any man who tells you that he is a spy of Lord John Kussell s , and then promises that he will be a spy for yon over his Lordship . [ This allusion the Reporter understood to be to a delegate named Hancock . ] I thank you for the kindness you have shown to me—I thank yon both on my own behalf and that ol tne men of Birmingham ; and I promise the men of London if they will only keep the water hot by by their peaceable meetings , 1 will take care to keep it boiling m the North . Dr . Taylor thea seconded the resolution , after which
Mr . O'Connor put it from the chair , and it was unanimously carried , amid loud acclamations . The Learned Gentleman then stated that he regretted circumstances compelled him to leave the chair , as he was going to attend a Delegate Meeting at Glasgow . Mr . O'Connor then retired from the platform amidit the heartiest cheering . Mr . Carpenter was then voted into the chair . Mr . Goldiso spoke to the resolution ; but the only thing remarkable iu his speech was an attack he made upon a person of the name of Hancock , who , he alleged , had received money from the Commissioners of Police , t o act as a spy upon the Chartists .
Mr . Cardo , in moving the second resolution , said —Mr . Chairman , and brother working men , —I appear before you , not as an humble suppliant to the Queen , but to move an Address to her Majesty caJing on her to dismiss her present Ministers ) from her Councils , and for other purpose * . Mr . Cardo here perceiving that he had the wrong resolution , 8 &id—No ; the resolution 1 have to move relates to the prisoners at Warwick , who aregoiDHtobe offered up at the ehrine of tae base and imbecile Whig Government . When I saw those three prisoners arraigned in the dock , knowing their innocence , I thought that they should depend upon thatinnoceace for their safety ; but when 1 see so many thousands of persons ronnd me , let the Queen ' s Goreroment execute them if they dare : however let not "
, us peril their lives by any act ol oure ; bat let us approach the throne for mercy , and I hope that we shall be enabled to call it a throne of mercy . The Jnry were led by the sophistry of the Attorney-General to condemn those men , because they wera told by him that their lives and property would be in danger if those men did not perish . ( Hear , hear . ) It will be a matter of satisfaction for those men to know that if they should die , that they will perish witB your sympathies , aad with a knowledge that you considt-r them innocent , and deem them murdered men . ( Cheer . " . ) Jf wo fail to-day in saving their lives , let it be remembered that they are not the only parti * * that sh . ill die . 1 at once declared that I would never petition the Legislature , uor address the Crown , but as that is cow the only
constitutional way to save those men's lives , I do so ; and if the Throne is founded on mercy , Jmercy will be administered to thce men ; but if tho Throne is not founded on mercy , then perish the Throne nnd all that surrounds it . ( Loud cheers . ) The pevple also have a right to demand it . The sovereign people of England condescend to sue for mercy . From wham ? From a creature of their own powerfrom a Government which , if the people of England were united , they wonld have the powor to annihilate la ono moment . ( Hear , hear . ) In connexion with the men of Birmingham , 1 ask her Majesty to spare thtir lives , because , by God , those men are as innocent as you are free . ( Hear , hear . ) Our lives hang on the conduct of the police , and it is vet a nion whether
qu ^ - the hoBse * at Birmingham were *> et on fire b y tho people , or by the police . ( Cheers . ) Public opinion will decide to-day if these men are to be executed or not , and if they are executed , I foretel that they will not be the only parties who will meet a similar fate . Before I sit down , I beg to mention , that on the back of the indictment were seventeen names of witnesses of whom the prisoner * had no knowledge , and whose evidence , therefore , ihey could not contradict . On such an indictment they were convicted and sentenced to death ; and if mercy was rafused to them , we shall meet agaia in after times to do justice to those men , and to offer to their memories the tribute which their lives so justly deserved . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Cardo concluded by moving the following address : —
" We , your Majecty ' s loyal subjects , had reason to hopT that the mild spirit of the age had rendered obsolete all those sanguinary laws which , in other reigns , had subjected offenders to ignominious death for comparatively trivial offences . We regret to learn that three of your Majesty ' s snbjecfs have been recently convicted under an old Act of Parliament , which appears to have escaped the eye of the Legislature in it * svvi * ion and Tepeal of barbarous enactments ; we cannot avoid believing that had thoge crimes been found upon the calendar of a general assiz 9 , and not treated aa political offences , that they would have been more mildly construed , and the punishments , even after conviction , would not have amounted to a sacrifice oflifo . Under those circum-Hances , we . humbly and respectfully appeal to
your Majc-sty , that you wiil be graciously pleased to exercise your Rsyal prerogative , by extending the Royal pardon to Francig Roberts , Joseph Howell and John Jones , lately convicted and sentenced to death at the assizes ol Warwick . We beg most reapectfnlly to direct your Majesty ' s attention to the unfavourable circumstances under which the prisoners were tried , being committed for a mere riot , and afterwards bting capitally indicted . " Mr . Hartwell seconded the resolution—saying Mr , Chairman aud man of London , I rise with mingled feelings of pleasnre and of pain—with & leeling of regret that in the 19 th ceutury , men should assemble to sue for pardon for an offence committed against the life of no man , but against property only—with a feeling of pleasure because
that meeting was a proof of the strong sympathy lelt in those ynhappy men . All of you know the result of the trials at Warwick , but if you had seen the way in which they were conducted , you would have nsen up and said that no justice was to be expected from the constituted authorities of the state—you would have said that if justice and mercy were wanted you raust obtain them by yourjelroi . 1 / yon saw the Judge and every authority down from nun to the commos policeman—if you aaw the Attoraey-G . neral—if yon saw how they were all pressing for a conviction , you woald have burst with indignation , and many persons in the Court , not Ch&TtistB but , simple spectators , so loudly expressed their indi cant feiling » , that the officers of the Codrt were obliged to repress them . The
evidenca by which one of those men was convicted Was that of a fellow named Hall , formerly a notorioug p rize fighter , who hid fought with Sampson and beat him , and who was in consequence of his bullying and thievish propensities , thought by the magistrates a tit person to be made a police officer . The evidence of this scoundrel was the only ote that was adduced egain * t Francis Robarte , all he said was tnat he ? aw Robsrts in the crowd . He saw him throw a stone—he did not arrest him then , but he saw him on the following morning looking at some rnins in the Bull Ring . ( Shame . ) This man had a most excellent character , was an excellent workman , had never been taken before a magistrate , and there were many respectable neighbours of his who were ready to swear that they saw him at home at the time the policeman swore he saw him in the Bull Ring . They did not appear as witnesses in his favoat
ur Warwick , because they understood that he was to be tried for riot only , and bad they been aware that he *? as to have been tried for a capital offence , they would have attended and given such evidence that no Judge or Jury could have convicted him . There was only one witness against Jones , aud all that that witness swore was , that he saw Jones waving a stick over his head at the time of the conflagration of the houses in the Bull Ring . Jones had also an excellent character from his master , which would have been sworn to before the Judge , if Jones's master knew the full extent and nature of the trial . He hoped that these facts , for they really were fact * , would induce her Majeaty to spare the live * of both these men . ( Cheers . ) If those men were executed , he hoped that their blood would fall upon the heads of thote who had condemned them unjustly . ( Lond cheers . )
Major Beniowski , a Poliah refngee , spoke to the resolution , and said that it was rather peculiar that a foreigner should advise them to address the Queen , but he conld not help doing so , and telling them that they weald not he worthy of the name of Chartists , and that the blood of &oee meu would be upon their
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heads , if they acted passively < m Uus occasion . Hj trembled at the idea of shedding human blood , though he had ahed much in Mb time , yet it was not the blood ot the innocent , but of the tyrants of hi * gloved conutry , Poland . ( Cheers . ) There was . Wood » ow being shed everywhere in France , in Portugal , in Spam , in Poland , and blood would coatume to flow until there waa a Reformed Parliament in England . An English Refarmed Parliament could alone save Europe from * lavery aad increased bloodshed' ( Hear , hear . ) Dr . Johnson moved the following resolution : — "That the meeting view * with feolings of indignation and alarm the encroachments upon the liberties and nghta of the subjects lately made bv the country magistrates , instigated and directed solely by the advice of her Majesty ' s ministers . That this meeting considering such conduct on the part of such ministers a * unconstitutional , and to all law heads . ther anteH n «< ai ^ iv . . ^ . ^ i ,, n .: u
opposed , both common and statute ; and also as oaing both inhuman and mean , has been principally directed against those classes of her tf ^ eaty ' s irabjecu who are the least protected by the Legislative body from having any influence or voice in their control or election . That we , her Majesty s subjects , legally convened in public meeting , humbly suggest that such despotic and illegal advice is sufficient in itself to demonstrate the unntness of the presant Cabinet to possess the confidence of her Majesty , and humblyrequest that she will consequently dismiss from her councils those men who have proved themselves so opposed to the rights , have shown guch aa utter want of sympathy witk the great masses of the people , and who have go uncoagtitotionall y endeavoured to deprive them of tkose liberties which they have receivod from their fath-w , and which they are deterlained shall be transmitted to their children as perfect and as entire as they have received them themselves .
Mr . Williams said , there is a committee now Bitting that will soon organize London , and you wUl soon have , if yoa give your agsiitance to this corns mittee , the Charter , which we all so eagerly desirtfj bat let me now speak to the most important question ef Um three unfortunate men who have been committed to death . I deny that I am a torch and dagger man , and I will tell the Aristocracy that my land * have nevaf been stained inhuman blood : and I will tell them tbat I wish to prevent the Aristocracy from staining their hands , as they will if those innocent men are executed . ( Cheers . ) The law has said you shall not commit murder , and if you do not prevent the execution of these men you will allow the Aristocracy to commit ranker , arid you will therefore be accessories yourselves . ( Cheers ) beveralof us went last Sunday , with black on
crape our arias to St . Paul's , to sh , ew the Aristocracy and the middle classes how we felt npon this subject , and we afterwards assembled to the number of 3 000 in Copenhagen Fields , and declared that these men should not be executed . \ advise you all to wear black crape around your arms , and to visit the different fashionable churches of the metropolis on Sundays , m order to shew the Aristocracy that if these men are murdered there will be other murders . ( Cheers . ) I advise every man that can afford it , to have a front room , and to have a black flag hung out of his windows . The Qoeen can sav ! these three men if she likes . She w atill popular , but I will toll her that if she does not save these men she will soon lose all her popularity . I am no enemy of the QaeenV , and I hope she will consult the feeling * of tne working classes of this country . wiio real
nre ner mends . ( Hear , hear . ) If toprevont this execution , yon do not us ? yonr physical power you will not be worthy of the name of men . m tne course of another week we shall hold far greater meetings than this—I feel that it is useless for us to hold out for a three days' holiday ; wo are ^ . ^ prepared for it , bnt with your assistance we shall in a short time be enabled to organize London in such a way that uo power can put us down . For every nine men in our unions there shall be a leader , so that we shall be enabled to correspond with one another without the necessity of calliag great public meetings . If the people are united , I promise them before the year is out , the Charter will be the law of the land . ( Cheers ) I hope that instead of emna to
lnPublic houses on Sunday ? , yoa will frequent the churches , and use yonr efforts to save the lives of these wretched men . I advise you to keep sober , for a drunken man ciwi never be a real or a tree patriot . Instead of going into tap-rooms , frequent intelligent society , as by that means you wili every day become more useful members of the community . Many honourable men will desert yon , and will never come before you again to address or advise you , because they will at once say that you * £ * » i"di * if you ssffer these men to be executed . ( Cheers . ) Spies have bi-en pointed out to you—let us have nothing to do with spies—let u * make no attack upon them-but let us pass them by and spurn them with silent contempt . ( Cheers . ) I hope wi
yon n join me and my friends on Sunday next , » nd meet us in Sinitbneld , in order that we may go to the several churches , and mix among the aristocracy , aad ahow them our determination of saving tho-e unfortunate and innocent men . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Hare , from Nowcastie-upon-Tyne , said tkat a short time since he was arrested in the dead of the mgibt 5 n a charge of sedition , and that he was most glad to have that opportunity of delivering hia opinions to the people of London . Those men they bal met to save were not unfortunate , but innocent , ltey werelmng under the oppression of aa iniquitous Government , and the Chartists and the people at large would be for evor to blame if they allowed the sentence passed at Warwick to ba carried into effect . He had no faith in anything that would result in application to her M 'jestv . His onlr hon «
was m the moral and physical power of the community . ( Cheers . ) He had been arrested a few days ago , and torn from hi * family by four hired rurliins , for haviugitold the people to arm , and he wonld now , on the very threshold of tyranny , repeat the advice . ( Renewed cheers . ) The working classes had nothing to loose , they were aheady bankrupts . 1 he beginning of each week saw them without a farthing . What iU they auk for ? A Wge day ' s wagas for a good day ' s work , and nothing more . rn ° nnn # ^ v Rn 8 sen m ? commit 10 , 000 of them , and IUjUUU of them may be executed , but there was a spirit in the nsrng generation , the fruit of agitation and extended education , which could never be put down . ( Cheers . ) Ho believed that that varv dav
the people of the North had begun the National Holiday , had ceased from work , and had commenced stopping the supplies . He had heard a gTeat deal said about physical force . Why , it was by physical orce the present Government was maintained . He had pawed the Horse Guards that day , and ha saw nothing but physical force in the 8 hape of soldiers in that neighbourhood . ( Laughter and cheer * . j He was not for spilling human blood , but he thought tuat there was i : o human action better , no one more acceptable in the eye of heaven , than that by which the blood of a tyrant waa shed . ( Tremendous cheering . ) His last advice , for it was most probable it would be the last time he should ever address them , was to be united and strong , put crape on their arms if they thought proper , but by the Lord xod they should carry something better in their hands . ( Loud cheers . ) The resolution was then carried .
Mr . Carpenter . —Allow me , in the name of myself and my friends on the platform , and in the name of all those who have witnessed your condnct at this meeting , to thank you for the steady and peaceable way in which yon have conducted yourselves . It is the way in which you always conduct yourselves when allowed to transact your own business , and it is only when the Government interferes with your useful proceedings that rioting and destruction of property occurs . It is your enemies that are the real destroyers of property , and not yon . ( Cheers . ) I am sure 1 need not Ml you to disperse quietly , but when you go away remember that you have your work to begin . We want yoa to increase your number * , to that by the united strength of the secple , the Charter must become the law of the land .
The Trade Societies of London have taken no part in this meeting , not because they , are averse to it , byt becanne the time allowed to them for so doing was not sufficient to enable them to go through the usual routine business on such occasions . However they have pledged themselves to a demonstration in favour of the Warwick prisoners , a demonstration of their own , and within a month from this time I shall have the satisfaction of seeia ^ the Trade Societies joining their voice with yours in deprecating the punishment of innocent men , and demanding the Charter as an enactment necessary to secure the persons , the property , and the well-being of the community . ( Loud cheers . ) After a most flattering vote of thanks to the Chairman , the immense assembly peaceably departed to their respective residences .
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HALIFAX . National Holiday . — On the evening of Thursday se ' nnigbt , the bellman was sent round this town , by order of part of the Committee belonging to the Radical Association , to announce to the inhabitants , that a publio Meeting would be held in the large room lately oooupied by ths Socialists , situate in Jail-lane , to commence at eight o ' clock , when Mr . Bussey was expected to be therefrom Bradford . At the hour appointed , a large number of people , oooaisting chiefly of the working class , were assembled together , when having waited a short
time , and- Mr . Bussey , from some cause or other , not having arrived , Mr . Robert Wilkinson was called to the chair , who stated that they had been called together for the purpose of ascertaining , as far as possible , the general opinion respecting the Holiday ; aad wished any who thought proper to come forward and state their opinion on tke subject . Robert Sutcliffb made a ftw remarks on Universal Suffrage , and called npon those persons who thought themselves deferring of tbmt right jfco hold up their bauds , when emy hand in the room waa immediately held up : he afterwards made , tome
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ODServations on tbe HolidayjjoDcervingithat it Miigm be a lolemn fast . An operative named Gibson next addressed th » meeting , deprcc « ting the Sacred Month ai inapplicable to the present state of the working clawes , bat advised the people to ana , in order to protect themselves aad their property , and also to abstain from the u * e of all exciaeable articles . Mr . B . Rushton , chairman of the Radical Association , next addressed them on the 8 eriovj 8 n 9 S 3 of refraining from work in small numbers , as it mi ght bo , not for three daj 8 only , but for a much longer period , and advised caution ia that reapeot . Some enquired what they were to do for the three days , for when they worked one day it was to earn victuals- for the . , . .
next . InthU stage of the businea * the ohairenn adjourned the meetiBg till Saturday evening , when Mr . Tetley begged to make a few remark * which were nearly similar to the advice given in the Star , the week previous . On Saturday night they again met to discuss the question , when Mr . Thomas Cliffe , read a resolution pnrpo .: ting to , call a public meeting oa the Monday following , when Mr . Tetley made a few remarks as to the legality of a meeting 93 called , should they adjourn as spoken of to Skircoat Meor . The resolution was afterwards abandoned , and another adopted , calling on the meeting to show how many of them were favourable to keeping holiday on Mend&y , when about half the number present expressed their willingness to Slop
working oa Monday , by holding up their hands , a few to the contrary , and a great many remaining neutral , as though undecided about the question . The chairman then announced , that so many as thought proper to keep a holiday , would meet on Monday Burning , in that reom , at half-past nine o ' clock , when the meeting broke up . On Monday , at the time appointed , from 300 to 400 persons assembled , and after addresses delivered by Messrs . Cliffe , Sutcliffe , Rushton , "Wilkinson , and Tetter , , the address to the Queen , as proposed by the Council ef the Convention , was read to the meeting and unanimously adopted , and signed on behalf of the raee'ting by the chairman , to be presented to her Majesty by Earl SUnhepe .
GKN-tfiiBsiEN , —Please to add to the account of the « Ddfene * -. Fuad" sent you last wiek the following euma which have been received since . As the article did sot appear , I presume for want of room . We hop * to see it iu your next , 1839 . £ . 8 . d . July 90 th , From Ripponden ( received by B . Wilkinson , Halifax .. 3 14 2 £ 6 th , Mixenden Stones , Ovenden , paid in by B . Rushton , J . Charnock , 0 6 0 Ditto a few Amateurs ...... 0 4 0 ,, a few friends at IIlingworth Moor-bottom 0 15 8 £ „ a few friends in the Association room 0 5 1 10 th , „ a few friends at Warley town 0 3 6 ,, a few friends at Highroad Wel \ s 0 5 8 „ at Old and New Pellou , of the Assaciation 0 10 6 £ 6 5 8 KEIGHJToEV . Chartist Meeting . —On Tuesday evening last , a numerous and spirited meeting of the Chartists was held iu the WorkiDg Men ' s Hall , for the purpose of addressiag the Queen , according to the recommendation of the Convention , and on behalf of the three victims to middle class cruelty , now in Warwick gaol . Mr . Thomas Walton was appointed te the chair , when the following resolutions were unanimousl y agreed to : —1 . Moved by Mr . Joseph Firth , and seconded by Mr . Thomas ConstantiHe , " That this meeting has lorg been convinced that nothing can rescue the
labouring cla < w of this country from their preuent horrid state of slavery and oppression but by a speed y and effectual reform in the Commons ' House of Parliament , baaed upon the principles contained irj tke People ' s Charter . " 2 . Moved by Mr . James Bedford , and secondtd by Mr . John Smith , " That the late attacks of tke present Government upon the constitutional rights of Englishmen , by dispersing them when peaceably assembled , by an armed military , and police force , and afterwards b y mercilessly punching them as the greatest and worst of criminals , is a full proof to this meeting that the labouring class is now under a « y » tem of brute force , divested even of the
appearance of liberty and justice . That it is , therefore , the duty of every honest man to come forward in the present alarming crisis , and unite in putting a stop to this state of things , which , if suff-red te proceed , will ruin the country , and leave the labouring class , aa they now are , greatest Blaves in existence . " 3 . Moved by Mr . Charles Sunderland , and seconded by Mr . Jopeph Vickers , " That this meeting sympathizes with the brave patriots who are now suffering in the different dungeons of the kingdom , for exeroising their constitutional rights , and we especially consider the case of tte three unfortunate men now under
sentence of death for the alleged destruction of property at Birmingham , as ene of extreme and cold-blooded cruelty , iaasmuch as , if at all guilty , they were driven to the crime by the outrageous condsot of the Government and the local authorities , who , in our . opinion , are the parties really deserving of punishment . " Mr . David W . Weatherhead read the address , which it was agreed upon should be sent off immediately to the General Convention , for presentation to the Queen . The different speakers , in moving and seconding the resolutions , received the repeated applause of the meeting for their manly and honest exposure of the present middle-class Whig Government .
BULL Hull Election Union . —A meeting of No . 1 district , called together by circular , was held at the Royal Oak Inn , Blackfriargate , on Friday evening week , for the purpose of taking into consideration the best meant of SBCuring the return of Colonel Thompson , aa representative for this borough , and for other business connected with the unjustifiable conduct of a section calling themselves the Reform party towards Colonel Thompson . Mr . John Peck was called to preside , who read a great deal of correspondence betwixt the Colonel and his immediate fcieuda here , which gave geseral satisfaction ; after which , Mr . Larard gave a detail of an interview with Mr . Clay , the other candidate , on the Reform interest : likewise Mr . Wilde gave an
account « f his mission to Colonel Thompson in London—all of which were highly approved of . Moved by Mr . Wm . HoWea , chemist , seconded by Mr . Colly Bedford— " That this meeting having heard the statements relative to the transactions of a clique of persons stiling themselves the Reform party , are of opinion that Colonel Thompson was perfectly justifiable in refusing to enter in the plan for purchasing the freedoms of new burgecses in return for a written engagement to vote as desired at the next election for this borough ; and that this meetiBg having full and entire confidence in the talent , ability , and known integrity of the gallant Colonel , do hereby pledge itself to support that gentleman at the next election for this borough , and if necessary , give to him our sole and undivided support .
Ch . & . H . TIST Meeting . —On Saturday last considerable excitement was caused by the appearance upon the walla of large green bills announcing that a public meeting would be held on Dock -Green on Monday morning , at eight o ' clock , to address the Queen to dismiss her present ministers , and call to her council sueh men as would give the people good and cheap Government . The Mayor having refused to call such meeting upon the requisition of twelve respectable householders , the u qnisitionists thought proper to call the meeting themselves . Upon this announcement , the Mayor and Magistrates sent down to the garrison a strong body of police with a cart , aud brought back with them a sufficient
quantity of cutlasses and other phyeical-force weapons a « was sufficient to arm the whole body of police . These proceedings canted many reports to be in circulation ; one was tbat a great seizure of Chartist arms had been made , which turned out not to be true . On Monday morning the dreadful 12 th of August arrived , when great numbers ef people were seen to be slowly marching to the Green about the time appointed for holding the meeting . About half-past eight the Committee appeared on the hustings ; when Mr . R . Lundy prepod » d Mr . John Jackjen to take the chair . At that moment between seventy an . l eighty pnlicemen inarched up in a body to the meeting , which
for a moment oanaed a little stagnation . The chairman then addressed the meeting for a short time requesting them to be firm and peaceable , and not to give the enemies of the people any cause to disturb their peaoeable assembly . Moved by Mr . Tate , seconded by Mr . Pawson , in a long and sensible speech , — " That thit meeting deeply lament that the conduct of the present minuter * of the Crown , notwithstanding their professions of liberal sentiments has been marked ever since accession to power by a continued series of aggressions on the righto , liberties , and comforts of thi people . " Moved by Mr . John ITalker , seconded by Mr . WaiU « > — " That their tyranny and insolence ia now at length become unbounded , u effaced by their
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recent illegal , unconstitutional , aad moot outrageous attack on the people when peaceably assembled . " Moved by Mr . Lundy , seconded by Mr . Bell , " Tbat an humble address be presented to her Majesty , praying her to dismiss her Ministry , and dissolve the present Parliament , and call only auto . men to her councils as will give the people cheap and good Government , based upon Universal Suffrage . " After wbich Mr . Read spoke at considerable length , wherein he gave Lord John RnsseH and the Whigs a most severe lashing , and highly complimented the Magistrates for their attendance aft the meeting . MoveH by Mr . Walker , seconded by Mr . Read , — " Tbat an humble address be
presented to her Majesty , praying her to remit thesentence of Jeremiah Howel ) , Francis Roberta . au 4 John Jones , the individnab who are now lying ; under sentence of death in Warwick jail , " for the late riots in the town of Birmingham . "Notice was then given that in tea days time a public meeting would be called to elect a Delegate to the National Convention in ' the plaee « f Mr . Henry Vincent , who ha « resigned , in osnaeaaeHco of being incarcerated in prison , for advocating th * rights and liberties ef the people . The meeting breke up about 11 o'clock , without the least breach or the peace , indeed the whole fear was that the authorities would be the first to break it .
Firk on Sunday Last . —About mid-day s . fire was discovered by one of the police in thoa * extensive premises belonging to Mr . S . Bennett , Wincolmlee , and occupied by him as eil merchant and seed crusher . Plenty of water being close at hand , and sufficient number of peraons beiag speedily oa . the spot , the fire was soon got under with Vety little damage ; but if it had happened in the night a . great deal of valuable property would haw twea destroyed .
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~~~ ^ . » j ¦ .... » ARREST OF BRONTEBBE , Mr . James Bronterre O ' Brien , the Chartut Delegate , was brought before Mr . Mia » hull , by . l Th <»» Click , a . constable > of Newcsatle-upon-Tyne , « pon m . Bench-warrant , « igiied . 4 > y Mtv Justice-Coltman , ia which > was charged with having true biH ^ foa nxl againsthim for sedition . The defendant was attended by Dr . Taylor , Mr . Carpenter , aud several Delegates ; and after he . avowed himself to be the persen named in the warrant , ' Mr . Miushurt said there waa not much use in his making any observations , although he was prepared to hear anything he had to advance . Mr . B . O'Brien said he was aware there WMT not much use in saying any thing on the present oe > casion , and he would reserve hid defenee for a . higher tribunal .
Mr . Minshull inquired of the constable if he was authorised to accept of bail . The Constable said he was instructed to have bail accepted if the defendant could procure it . Mr . O'Brien observed that there were fo « other persons naned in the indictment , for each of whom bail to a moderate amount was taken , aud he waa prepared with the same if it met with the Magis trate ' s approbation . Mr . Minshull had no objection ; and the bail he should require would be the defendant in £ 100 , and two sureties in £ 50 each , te meet the charge at the Aseize 8 . _ Mr . Regers , of High-street , Bloomsbury , and Mr . Hartwell , of the Cornwall-road , Lambetk , then came forward , and they being considered sufficient securities , the defendant was liberated .
Mr . O'Brien was to have started by the evening train for the North , for the purpose of surreuderiBg feim 8 elf , but in this he has been prevested , and saved a troublesome and fatiguing journey .
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Ko . 3 C , ( late 2 ) , Bath Street , NORTH END , PRINCES DOCK , LIVERPOOL . T ) ACKET « r transient ghips ar 8 dispatched front . X this establishment every week , with Goods and Pessen&ers for New York , Philadelphia , Baltimore , New Orleans , &o . and at suitable periods for Quebec and Montreal , aud other ports in British . America . These Vessels will be found oh inspection to average from 500 to 1000 Tons Burthen , very roomy betwixt docks , and fitted up in a manner to ensure the comfort and convenience of those embarking , either in Cabin , Second Cabin , or Srecrage . For Terms of Frei ght or "Passage , Apply to William Salmon and Co . Agents . Liverpool , August , 1639 . N . B . Ships and Passengers supplied with Stores ' , &c
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NOTICE . To the Calico Printers of Lancashire , and elsewhere . WHEREAS JAS . HEALEY , Block Printer , near Cumersdale , near Carlisle , asd late of Wigton , Cumberland , has defrauded and embeaaled his fellow-workmen out of £ 30 , and absconded with the same , the greater part of which he obtained under false pretence * . It is generally reported that he ia . 9 gone to America , but there are strong reason * for believing that he is still in England or Scotland *
If any who may have seen him , or knows where he is , will be kind enough to send notice thereof to James Henderson , Block Printer , at tke plac « aforesaid , they will oblige him and his fellow-workmen . The said James Healey is about 6 . " Feet & Inches high , about 33 Years of Age , and of Light Complexion , rather stout made . It is expected that workmen will be careful , into whose hands they entrust their money ; for it has been through tha connivance ef some who ought to have locked aftw it , that this individual obtained a gTeat portion of the aum with which he decamped .
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STATE SECBETS . T > J . RICHARDSON begs to thank the Pub-J-v * lie for the patronage bestowed upon his ALMANAC of last year , and he begs to announce , in accordance with hi * promise , that he wiil publish , on the First of October next , the Sheet Almanac for . 1840 , price One Penny j which will contain , beside the usual information ,
The whole of the . Pension List , containing above One Thousand Names of Lords , Ladies , Knights , and Esquires , now receiving outdoor Relief from the Taxes , the Date of the Grant , &C . &C . ' It will also eontain the Salaries of all the Gresfe Officers of State ; eome eurious Information relative to the Royal Household ; Abstracts of Parliamentary Documents ; Expense of the Army , Navy , Church , Ordnance Department , Law Courts ; Colonial Expenditure , ; Diplomatic Expenses ; Secret Service Expenses ; Extravagance of Poor Law Commissioners ; Expenses of the Police Syrtem ; Estimates qf the Current Year ; Humbug ol the Banking and Government Paper Systems ; Number and purport of Publio Petitions ; with a Fund of Useful iBformaion telative t » the management of State Affairs .
Also , Pnoe Three Pence , The BLACK BOOK , or Annual Tell Tale : Containing all the above-Information , with Thirty Two Pages more of tha same kind ; showing how the Taxes earned by lh « honest and indnstrious Artizan were idly pqaandered away in useless Plaees , PeneionB , Sinecures , Grants , Emoluments , and Bribes . N . B . As Twelve Thousand Copie 9 only were printed last year , many of the public were disappointed , it is Mr . R ' s intention to print Twenty Thousand , and no more ; so that every one ia requested to give their Order immediately to tha Booksellers .
Letters sent to R , J , Richardson , 19 , Ch&pel Street , must be Post Paid , as he haB been obliged to pay , ob an average , Five Shillings a-week for Public Letters .
Transatlantic Packet Office ,
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BLINDNESS . MR . CHILD , Jan ., who , with bis Father , has been performing such extraordinary earen ia Hull , Bradford , Halifax , Manchester , and other Towns in the Tfortb . of England , begs to anBoanca his intention of again visiting the following Towns , viz ,: —Leeds , Griffin Inn , "West Bar , Monday Tuesday , 19 th and 20 th of August ; Bradford , Swan Inn , "Wednesday and Thursday , 21 st and 22 nd ot August ; Hudderafield , Plough Imu-Friday an * Saturday , 23 rd and 24 th of Auguit ; Halifax , Boar ' s Head , Monday and Tuesday , 26 th and 27 th . of August ; Rochdale , Boar ' s Head , 'Wednesday aad Thursday , 28 ch and 29 th August j Stockport , A > gd Inn , Friday and Saturday , 30 th and 31 st August . ADVICE GRATIS . HourB of Attendance from Ten to Four ,
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Attest iy 1839 . THE NORTHERN STAB . 5 ~~~ ggBaggBBg !! ggggegW ^ f" ^""^ M *^ ^^ if nr thi ¦; . ___^ . « .- . " ¦
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 17, 1839, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1070/page/5/
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