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CFrom the Tmes . ) Newport , Tuesday Elerea o'Clock . C 03 QHTZU . OP ZEPHAXIAH WILLIAMS FOB HIGH
33 tEASO 5—DfCBKlSB OF THB JIIL 1 IAET GCAKD . Zeph&ni&h Williams "has been this day committed tothi gb ^ treason , after an investigation of eighteen Lours , in the course of -which the prisoner was proTed to liaxe made -a lot of cartridges , a ^ d to haTe com © -with the rebels to Newport . Among the packet of cartridges prodnced , one was -wrapped in a piece of the Flndieator , and looking at it you read as if It had been labelled— . B TO THE JEEH OF KSGLAXDAXD WAXES . ** These are the times to fay men ' s souls . " In consequence of tbe Chartists , by their attempts upon the military , haying succeeded in corrupting four of the 45 th , who last -week deserted irom here , the commanding officer has thought proper to strengthen the pickets , and the Magistrates hare issued the following
bilk" xoucb . - K All publicans , spirit-dealers , and beer-sellers are to close their houses this evening at ax o ' clock , and to eontinue to do so until further notice . "By Order of the Magistrates . Newport , Kov . 26 , 1839 . " _ Magistrates present—The Rev . J . Coles , the Mayor , Mr . Octavius Morgan , Air . "Hall , and Mr . -Brewer . _ rVaiiam HoweE sworn and examined by Mr . I'helpB—I lire at Blaiaa . I work at the gas works . 1 do not know Zephaniah Williams to swear to him . 1 saw JZephaniah Williams again the sexi day the Sunday when they rose . There wye a greamany persotB there thai night . It was in his own lonse . He said that there was 4 large meeting to ins neiQ
on me mountain . It was to be a meeting on i the mountain for , all to be ready to go up to London ; m peace . That there was-to be no sheduing ai Mood , nor nothing of the sort to be yq ihc case ;' tnat the gentiemen , a great number , were to give i them money ; to support the . poor to go up to i . London to shew themselves there , and to support i their wires and families until they reiomed again every one to his own home peaceably , i He told us every one to be np on the mountain i just at dark , -It was a little after threo o ' clock in j tne afternoon fliatlwas at Zephawah Williams s . on the Sunday . I went home that evening , and did not . . go oat again until it was time w go to chapel ' for which purpose 1 and my wife went out about ] hi by
. we were obliged to ^ o Zephaoiah ' s jloor I on our » oa < i ; as we were just opposite the door we i met three men with pikes . 1 saw a great many men \ ¦ s ruhontpikes . I know tie lodge-ioom atZepha-j mah 3 house ; it is » large room , and will hold 2 vO or 300 . After meeting the men with the pikes , I inei some without any , who turned down by Zepha- ' lu ^ h Wfflams ' s house . 1 saw some of them come i Back again ,, and they were then armed -with , pikes ; they returned in a minute . The lodge-room ha 3 at room under it . The men who were unarmed , and who returned armed , went down towards the door of the lodge-room , or rather the place under it . I- ; aid not see theargo in , hut I saw them come ont . j I am not Tery certain that the men I saw come out with pikes were the men I had before seca without '
saem , as I did jiot know any of them . I saw four I come out of the room under tie lodge-room with ' "pit ^ j two and two , and outside there were a dozen i ornfteen , or twentv . I did not go to chapel , for 1 i ¦ was obliged to go to the mountain . They drove me ; up with the pikes . Where they first began to drive ' me with th « pikes was by Zephaniah Williams ' s 1 door . I saw a man on the mountain whom they calied ' Zephaniah Williams . The praoner is very much like fee man I know « 3 Zepihaniah Williams j bat I cannot swear to him : he is very much I like the man they said TO 3 Zephaniah Williams . I We went from the mountain dowu to Peuey-Caer i works , and from there to the Welsh Oak ; ail the throng of U 3 were together ; we came on " . to the en- ' - trance of the town , and then . Iran away .
Cross-examined by Mr . Geach—1 saw twelve per-i sons ronnd his house with pikes . There is no garden round his house . The house is built on a common I near the turnpike-gate . j Richard Hawkins—I lire at Blaina . I am a miner . I hare been a corporal in the marines I = know Zephaniah Williams ; he hVed at the Royal \ Oak , Blaina . I remember Sunday , November 3 -i I went to the prisoner ' 3 house between sis audseven that eTening with my brother-in-law . My brother- > in-laVs name is Isaac Dans . 1 called in to see i iow tMiTCT were go&ag on . I owed Mm some money . There Trere a good many people in the ' honse . I saw laMoner there . I saw him go np stairs . He came down in a few minutes . He changed his clothes . Had better clothe 3 on ; when he -went up 'than -when lie came doim . ;
it was rasher wet thai evening . fle wr _ t into another little room by himself . I followed him in a few minutes . I spoke to him . He tvld me not to mind , but to go on . He wa 3 standing ct the table . I saw cartridges on the table , about tweiny or thirtyj I cant ' t say exactly . He was , I think , packing them up in paper . 1 went out of ths room immediately . Know well what cartridges are . 1 can ' t say if those with Mr . Williams were ball cartridges . 1 did not take notice . The cartridges were less than 1 hare before used . 1 haTe used musket cartridges . 1 have seen pistol cartridges . Those on flie table were rather larger than i > istol cartridges lent not so large as mnsket cartridges . 1 owed prisoner money iBr beer and spirits . Never joiued a Chartist lodge in my life . 1 have seen prisoner out-Side . That is the man on the chair .
Cross-examined by Mr . Geach—The cartridges 1 i saw were not so large as 1 haTe been in the habit of I oang . Did not take them in my hand . If they had : been ball cartridges , 1 think they would have been ' longer . j xbB-examined—1 mean to say , that if the cartridges ' which lay on the table had contained hall they would tare been longer . They were made in the usual way of cartridges ; tied at both ends . They could i have contained ball , without my seeing it , as 1 did not take that notice of them . A cartridge ; might i be fired from a gnu by a match , as they do a cannon , 1 supposing it to hare neither fliut nor lock . - John Parsons , sworn and examined by Mr . Phe ] ps —I am a butcher . I live at Piflgwei > tly . I remtui- her the -kh of NoTember . On the morning of that ' < flap I was in Newport , in Commercial-street . 1 "was also on Stotr-hjil that morning , at about nins
0 dock m the morning . I saw a great many men i eomine by the way of the Friars . They were walk- 1 ing eight or ten abreast . They were armed with - gnn 3 and weapons of Tarious descriptions . They i came down Stow-hill towards the town . I know i TLapKaTicth WiHiams . It is the jrisorrer . 1 havei known him seTen or eight years . I saw the prisoaer ] coming out with the mob . I don't think there was j any one by the side of him . There were some be-1 hind him . I 8 aw him nearly opposite the turnpike-1 gate . He was on the footpath , not in the road . I j Should say there were abont 4 , 000 or 3 , 000 m « n be-1 fere him . 1 don ' t think there were twenty behind ills . Those behind him were not armed . 1 am certain that the prisoner was . the man I saw that morning . I saw him go ^ down . the hill as far as the Six Bells . I heard firing that morning . It was ¦ was after I - saw the prisoner . - ----- ;
Cross-examined—The prisoner was not armed . The prisoner was then cautioned , atd asked if he had anything to say . The Prisoner—1 hare nothing to say . The prisoner was then committed to Monznoaih gaol to take his trial for high treason and sedition . The Court thea adjonmed nntil tomorrow .
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Monmouth , Not . 96 . ( From a Correspondent of the limes . J For the last few days thi 3 town has been in a Etate of considerable excitemenj . Thereare a great many strangers here at . present , and from their general appearance it is snppos **! that they are Chartists , who have come here for the purpose of obtaining all the informatio-i they can as to the precautions which are being taken for defence * There are now on guard at the Gaol twelye of the lancers and twelve of the 45 th . Regiment of Infintry . Last night one of the sentinels was strnck by a large stone , but the darkness prevented him from seeing the qnarter whence it -came . Since Sunday last , when ( Colonel Considme arrived here ? ery nnexpectedly from Newport , the guards at the oaeinavebeen dou
bled . The UolonelleftforKewport yesterday , and has appointed Major ArmEtrong to take the command in this town during his absence . Major Armstrong , in company trith" the Mayor haTe " just drove out to reconnoiire-the bridge and iind out the best points of defence , in « se they shouia march onto . attaek the town . 1 snppobe you have already neardfrom your Newport correspondent of the discovery of seven pieces of cannon and some powder and tail at Caitiff . 1 have not yet heard how or where the Chartists have been able to procure it but it is evident from this cirenmstance that their designs were of the most deeply constructed nature . We
shall not be quite tranquil here till the special comjBiasionis finished and the prisoners disposed of . So long as a Chartist remains in the gaol here , there will be cause for apprehension , as although the gaol is well defended , from its tatura 1 position , yet , from the UDBettled state of their mlndK , and tho numbers who are yet out of work , there is no knowing what rash enterprise they might attempt . The greatest secreey is obserred here by the authorities of the town , but I have reason to think that the GoTemmeiil have obtained some information of an intended attack , and that that was the ca-jse of CobmelrConsi&nVs sudden arrival Lore on Sunday evening .
Another prisoner ha 3 jnst come in —Llewelirn ; lie was attended by two constables , whbout aav ' e 3-tort of mHitftry .
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The gaol is now pretty fnll—bo much so , that if many more prisoners are sent here , it will be attended withmuch inconvenience . What has lately raised the most alarming apprehension is the strong suspicion which exists of some secret correspondence being carried on at present between the Chartists here alia those in the north : hoy / ever , if au attack is made here , we are well prepared , and they shall meet with a warm reception . The gaol now pretty full-BO much w , ttiat if
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- The eeltef gains ground , that there iatobea farther shuffling of places amongst the incapables now in office . Lord Nonnanbv is to be expel' . ed the Home-Office , and provided for as the Privy Seal Lord John Russell is to return to the Home-Office ; while Lord Clarendon is to grapple with the difficulties that envelope our Colonial relations . Such are the most recent rumours on the subject . —Herald The America ?! Packet Burgundy arrived at Havre from ! New York in 161 days . She mailed on the 8 th . General Jackson , whose death had been rumoured , was alive , and in excellent health .
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Chester Castle , Nov . 20 th , 1839 . IVei / lott Sufferers , —Hating wrote to you on the 10 th inst ., acknowledging the money . you sent ni ~ b y Mrs . Davies , and at the same time returning you tlhn-nVj on behalf of my friend Mitchell and myself ; likewise hlfonnins ; yon how we are situated ; but to my grea < astonisliment , our srorthy Governor returned the lettei this morning , ( Tuesday , ) at the same time telling me i wpuld not be allowed to go out on account of the language which it c ¦ ntainod ; which would lead you to suspect that it contained something that 'was nujust and Tmla \ rful , lirhich 1 detlareit did not . 2 f o , it only gave
yon an outline of our situation , at the same time a word or fsro in reply to the unjust , the unmanly , unprincii-led , cpwsr , '; ly , and untrue attack which haa been ir . r . f lexipon oar characters by iiessrs . Setton , Homer , Lo :: gson , and a fellow whom nobody hardly knowa , iiud .-who has B gned liimsolf John Smith . -Whether > iulth be his name or trade we know not , at the same \ Yffie irformin 3 " you of the language made use of by a rertihi person who keeps a lodge in this prison , -whose name is Richardson . He told 3 Ir . Davies tiiat he wished the CLartists •«• € !« all hanged ; but which , be notr denies , but that , of course , wi 1 bereft for him and us to make xigbtj -wMc . nl nope -we snail before wa leave this place .
I just mentioned th ' s circumstance to shew our friends how we are eituated . I shall not forget 31 essra . Sefton , Haincr . longson , and that man -who calls himself Smith . O yes , the great philosophical reasonera : We are not allowed to -write the sentiments of our minds , neither are we allowed to give our opinion upon any snbject , nor even to make a reply to the stigma ¦ which appeared in public print , -while we are in this place ; neither are we permitted to read any newspaper but \ he London Timrs ; therefore you will perceive at once that we are prohibited from standing in trar own defence , but for which we are "very sorry , knowing as I do , that ire are able at any time , -when -we have an opportunity , to refute all the dastardly and false charges and calumny they have yet brought against my friend
Mitchell and myself . We should be Ycry much obliged to you if you - would apply to Messrs . Earner , Sefton , Langson , Smith , and their party , if they would intercede on our part to P . E . JVlsr&Land , Esq . and his brother county magistrates , to allow us to hold a correspondence vrith them , i . e . those -who hare been tniting against us , and then we will go to . work like honest men , and the public shall have both Hides of the question before them , vrhich-will enable them to give an impartial decision -upon that party "who has got hold » f the right end of the question at issue ; after their going abont night and day , as they have , doing all thai lay in their power to damn our characters for ever , at the same time embr&dn / eTery opportunity that they could to destroy the sympathy the good people of Stoctport ha-re hrherto displayed towards us . :
| They have found a great deal te say about Mr Mitchell and the letters "we haTe sent I » ake this opportunity to inform them I , Charles Davis , only am responsible for * hat appeared in those letters , -which they com r lain so much about ; and I am at the same time-able an J -willing to prove what 1 have 'written at any time vhen called upon . I do hope that if they hare any respect for us , they will lose no time till thejf haTe ascertained whether ire shall be so highly honoured with such a welcome privilege . But my opinion is that they neither c&re abont the people ' s cause . nor the people ' s happiness ; but on the contrary , their sole end and . aim is to add , if possible , to our punishment all they can while here ; and to vtotc my assertion 1 will take the liberty to ask
them a fe-w questions . If they are -well -wishers to mankind ; if they want to-aee the people easy -woried and -B-tfii paid for it , v-ell fed aiid well clad , -well housed , comfortable homes , and all well educated , and peace and happiness and smiling countenahcea once more adorn and spread over the shores of old Ehilaad , and no one desiring to disturb them , -we sire -with them ; if tiiej- -want to do sway -with unjust taxation , placemen , and pensioners ; if they -want' to sepa-ate the Church from the State ; if to do away with all useless and uDJnst expenditure , as they are pleased to « 3 k about , and to do away -with the infernal Xew Poor L ? . vr Bill , and all other national evQs , 1 shonld like to ssi the great , -wise , strictly rational reformers , the
pro-ETcssive and philYsophical reasoafcrs , -who can see and know all things , and who nave arrived at the meridian , and before -whom a Newton , a iiilton , a Locke , or a Paine , or a Cobbett , must fall into the shades , whether they -will arrive at a climax by their malicious , snperciiious , lanvpoenry ; or -whether they Trill obtain . their object by abasing us , now -we are in the walla of a prison , in the Tery unbecoming manner they haTe done , kno-iring , as all cowards do , -when they assail an enemy , that-we shcuid not haTe the . slightest chance to reply or to stand in our defence . - Sui -what must the feelings of our poor-wives and friends , to . hear our characters branded in the manner -these wretches have done , andwe at the same time in prison ?
I -would appeal to any man that has either love or respect f > r his -wife , and likewise to the poor - women that are about to baye their husbands' dragged from them , and to be incarcerated with us , and for doine and saying what-we have done , -whether it is right or just that -we should be treated as we have been ? What muEt be their feelings , when these men begsn to Tihfy and misrepresent their husband ' s characters . I say it la a ^ uwjje upon such men . Here is the great Mr . Sv fton , -who , l know has , or ought to iuvre , more &en 3 s , and 1-did th . nk would be actuated -with higher and better motives , bttter judgment , and more humanity thin to act tlms . Then , again , there is the great B > raggerin 2 , mighty , and blustering John Huner , who is getting an old man . and sorry aui I that he
has made himself a laughing stock to the whole borough . 1 belieTe tbo man ' s intentions are good , but his feelings soon overcome his judgment . As for 51 r . l ^ ngson he ought to be excused ^ knowing , as we do , that he is anything but a sober man , and all is fish that conies into the net . Then comes tills man Smith , whom we knew all about . He like the rest has a great deal to say . These men seem to think they will never haTe to meet us face to face ; but we hope they will not put themselves about , for nothing shall be Wanting on our part to bring that to pass . And in reference to what Mx . Smith seems to say about our moral character , it has lon ^ enough been before the public , and whether it be our own fault or noi as to our being in prison , the time will come , if we liTe , when we shall haTe the chance ofniskin £ him prove whathehasasserted .
Come weal or woo he shall do , or he shall shrink l > ke a cotrard from the oontest And we hope Mr , Seftoh , likewise , will not pine away while he is making himself into a to » l , in order to serve the Whigs ; and we willproTe to him that what we haTe done was done on pure principle alone . Yigahonds , as he thinks proper to make his party belieTe , we are , ur spirits are yet up , and we hope to continue so , hoping -we shall yet see the day -when we shall meet them face to face , and wu shall be able to make them skulk into a corner to hide their odious , impious , ani lying heads— "when they will have to blush , if they have shame , for their conduct . Rnt to conclude , not hirring the privilege now . we must decline making only those remarks , which "will be consistent with the goTemor of the prison , to let go to the public . .
"We remain , yours truly and respectfully , Chables Daties . James JIitcbsll . P . S . "We haTe not receiTed the Stockport Acbertixr you sent us . TVe sen a request to the magistrates , but it -was not granted . "We return our most sincere thanks to the committee and friend , Mr . Griffin , for the -rery nandsome manner they hare vindicated our characters in our absence Please to give our loTe to all the independant and free and true-hearted men and women of Stockport .
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TO THE BD 1 TOB . OF THE N 0 BTUBR 3 STAB . Stockpor t , Not . 25 th , 1839 . Sis , —Pursuant to a resolution passed a few months ago ,-which was recorded in the Minute Bock , I tras directed by the Committee of the Working Men ' s Association to attend all meetings where their interest was at stake , for the pnrpose of furnishing them Tvith correct reporU of the proceedings , - I have since that time attended to my appointment , and hs / rq submitted the reports to the Committee for their ^ consideration ; and if they ocaiderod them of sufficient interest to be published , I haTe been auinonsea to send
them to the . Star : if not , I hav « committed them to the flames . The only truly just reason for taki ng this step was , because they could not depend on either faction for the honest truth , each factiou having a party to serve . On the 1 st of November , many of the Chartists trsorttd thenistjlves ( on the ground of expediency ) in tnin » to Becnro the return of Mr . Wsnterbottom to xh- ? Town Council . A more charitable , honest , and nprijjht geutlensau { excluding his politics ) -we have not in the whole borough at Stockport He wavby the exi-rtioos of a few of the Churtiste , returned ; but by some artifico or informality , he wai
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thrown out again by the Whigs .: In- a stert time after a -vacancy oconrred in another Ward j' the burgesses of which Ward being so disgusted and exasperated by their conduct , came to the determination to let the WbJga see tbat they should not EaT © all their own way , and concluded to bring the ^ aid gentlemen out to represent them . : This has caused a very great agitation in the town j each narty labouring with all their . power to return their candidate . A Ward meeting was called by the Aldermen of the burgesses of the Portwood Ward , to nominate a suitable person , as the placard expressed it . I , on the evening in question , made application for admittance ; but , to my great astonishment , was refused by the police , who had , at thrown out again by the ; Whiga .: Ift- a steritime
other meetings of the same description , given me permission . . ; '; I came down stairs , and at the bottom I Baw another fungus of the same tribe , who said I should not go in , telling me that I was not a reporter . This I considered a very base trick , but nothing unnatural to Mr . S ., who knew that he was telling a great fakehood ; for he no longer since than the recent base , unprincipled , flagitious , unconstitutional , decency-defying , hypocritical , meanly ctuel , Bneakingly malicious , spitefully revengeful , and waspishly venomous . arrests of our tovrnsmen i wanted me to be BubpcenEed against my poor townsman , Mitchell , for a speech he made at the great Macclesfield meeting but , thank . God ! he did not succeed . So much for the Veracity of this mushroom . -
Shortly after , one of our Committee , who was a burgess of the same Ward , came and inquired why I was not up stairs : after I had told him , he went and made some inquiries about it , and brought the question before the meeting . And the only reason one of the hangers-on of the Whig party could bring forward was that I was not a paid reporter . Orders werethen given forme to be admitted , on the condition that I could shew a reporter ' s ticket , which X never before was asked for . And to finish this part of my story , I was not suffered to co in to report .. . : : - " : ¦ -
After the business was over , a few of the members of the Committee were not half-satisfied with their representative being objected to : in consequence of which another large meeting was convened at the Queen , where the matter was proporly explained . The Northern Star vfas spoken of in the Jiighest terms . Mr . Royle moved , andMr . Pilling seconded , that the Whigs deserve a vote of ceusure for depriving me of tho privilege of attending the meetings , which was carried unanimously , with groans and hisses ; and by ' . the . spirit manifested at that meeting , it was evident that the Whigs have iondered themselves still more obnoxious . Poor blind , short-sighted , empty-headed fools !—if they had not been entirely , bereft even of common sense , thoy might have known better than to disgust those
persons by their tyranny : at a time when they were expecting their support . During the Tvhole of the municipal election in this towii , the working classes have been at their post ; and by so doing , they have taught both factions a very useful lesson . They have not given any quarter to-the Tories ; but have alike exposed both factions , nor have leaned to the Tories without suffix cient grounds for it ; acd had ; we no other reason than making a change , in of der to elicit discussion . A few of the best members of tho Council have positive l y declared that it was high time there was something done , in order to check two or three individuals who had all their own way . And likewise Mr . Nelstrop , when proposing Mr . Wintorbottom , said the town had already been eovemod bv one
man , namely , Mr . Coppocfe , Town Clerk . Therqtbre , on such grounds as the above , the Kadicals have acted perfectly consistent bj returning afew enemies to look afteT their friends . Monday , Nov . 18 th , was the day appointed for the polling to take place , and although many of the Whig party were canvassing all day on Sunday , the Chartists hastened to the poll on Monday in good time , and took the lead and kept it during the day , ¦ and at four o ' clock , when the poll closed , IVfr . Winterbottom was 544 , and Mr . Wortley , brought for-Avard by the Whigs , was only 147 ; majority 19 ? in xavour of the former . It was rather amusing to see the inconsistency of each party ( Whigs and Tories ) . The narrow-minded , superstitious , bigoted Tories had two men parading the streets with a large loaf , with an apDrdDriate
motto , to cause the deluded to imagine that if their candidate was carried , that the working classes would have a larger loaf . While the Whigs , on the other hand , had a large loaf and a small one , as though the one represented the Whigs and the other the Tories . A reference to Richardson ' s black book will shew what the Tories have been , and the present and past conduct of the Whi g ^ , wiU shew what they are ; Therefore any man with the least particle of even common sense , would conclude that neither party are the friends of the black hands and faces . There certainly is more blame to be attached to tho Whigs because they were , when out of office , the pretended friends of the working classes , But alas ! these last eight years have proved it all delusion . The Whi ^ s of this town consider the repeal of the corn laws the grand panacea for air the evils which afflict this country .
fcow ! do really wonder at these poor , deluded , short-teighted men . Those labour in vain who think that we shall be any better by a repeal of the Corn Laws , so long as the very best machinery is exported to Ostend , to France , to Russia , to Switzerland , and to all parts of the world , followed by the best artizans , and large capital , and so long as the great taxation hangs upon the country , and so long as the manufacturer in some of the above-named places can work their mills by water , thereby reaping an advantage over the English manufacture ^ . The same power which cost only £ 2 10 s . in some of the above places , would cost in steam power in England £ 12 1 (^ . ; besides , the artizana in some of tho 3 e parts can actually do better on 10 s . per week than we could with 15 s . If the Corn Laws were made as
clear as some of the sponters would have us to believe they are , there is not the slightest hopes of evehaTing them repealed under thepresent constituency , and if there had been any good intentions towards the labonring classes by these gentlemen , why did not acknowledge their error like honest mea when they found that their petition was so slightly noticed by tho preswit government . The poor ignorant Chartists who could better foresee , and who told them both in this town and in maty parts of the country , that petitioning the present House of Commons for a redress of grievances wonld be tantamount to trying to heat the oven with snow balls . Why I say did they not join the people for the Sulfrage , more especially when the great leaders told them they never would haTe a repeal of the Cora Laws ,
without a further extension of the suffrage was granted ! This was acting honestly , which is far irom being natural to Whigs . I wasmet by one of the great Corn Law sticklers cf this town just about the time when the bill was thrown out , and Tasked him what he thought must be done . Oh , sayshe , -why agitate for the Suffrage to be sure . But at any rate he has forgot it now . Tlie only truly just and reasonaWe conclusion that the Chartists could come to ia , that the manufacturers and middle-class men care pot a iig for the working classes so that they en n get their own . ends served ; or why would they go shouting and bawling about the country , calling on the lower classes to assist them , which ia nothing less than mocking them uuder present circumstances . We have no
power-T-wo are quite helpless . How long have we prayed and . petitioned for our rights , and yet in a statd of starTation , arid no nearer for the prayers or petitions ? Therefore , unless we have the Suffrage we cannot move any farther . If we agitate , we are dragged from our homes in the dead hour of the night , aad placed within the walls of a prison , and if we write to give advice io the rulers of our country , it is made into a libel ; andif v ^ e call public meetii \ g 3 wo are tried for attending unla ^ vful meetings . And yet the Attorney General said that it was lawful to meet and discuss onr grievances , and he would be the last person who would prevent us . The country is diseased , and requires very strong doses to cure it ; but the men who are honest enough to tell the patient . t > f tlie disease , will bo first to be ruined by the advice . Good God ! is this happy England ? Is this the pride of the worid , a nation of churches , a nation of Bibles , a nation distinguished for Christianity and
benevolent institutions , and who send missionaries into nearly to all parts of tho world to evangelize and convert the poor natives , as though England was happy , contented , and prosperous . V what inconsistency ! While we have thousands upon thousands of beggared families ; broken hearts ; desolate children ; ruined intellects ; shattered constitutions ; horrid murders ; reckless suicides ; famishod wive 3 and infants ; thickly peopled madhouses ; populous brothels ; debaucheries indescribable ; splendid halls ; gin palaces ; and all the most odious and diabolical deTueries that can be enumerated . A goTernment persecuting and prosecuting somo of the most intelligent , moral , sober , brave , and patriotic subjects for giving such advice as would , if acted upon , remore th ? black catalogue , and which if the goTernment do not take , Tt > ut deTiate fi-omit , tolzr will this country sink into neclected ruin . ; "
NVhero ate our fellow countrymen who have stood forward in behalf of their once beloved country ! And where , alas , will our woll-tried friend and patriot , Feargus O'Connor , aud the uadaunted and imflinthing Frost be ! Where will Bronterre O'Brien , the echoolma&ter of England , and the kind-hearted Dr . Taylor be t 0 yea , and what will becomo of the grand llitk that binds utt together f the brightest luminary iu the political hori 2 on—the eTer-roady and willing advocate of the oppressed from the rallytng point—the tyrant's foe and the peoploV friend , and from which thousands liavo received their political right , and who hail with delight to tho newsvendors on Saturday inorning , to welcome it in , and which brini { y the tiding * from our brethren iu distant towns—I mean the NORTHERN STAR .
I ask sgain , what will become of it if other factions can have reporters in public mcclingB , and because this advocates the ri x hts of the working man , and iupaget are open for their reports , a reporter
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whom the ty * a > ts well knew : to be was repprtiiig for that paper , if any , iawst ^ be deprived of the priTilege , hut , however , on tho day of poll the working cksses let them see that so far as they bad the power , they ? did not approvei of such conduct , a ? d defeated the party wh . 9 : were ettemies to their paper and their own servariti myself ; This I hope will teach each jparty that without the support of he working . classes , at any rate in a local point , they oannpt : hold ofiice . Last year we put in all Whigs , and this year , where we contested , we have siiCceededm putting in the Tories , : Jn 8 t the same as the waggoner who goes back in : order to get : out of the hole , so that ho may proceed better . Now , it is the hrin belief 6 f the : Chartists ofStookpoft that beforeconfidence wtom the tyrants weU taew to be was reoortine
, can be restored again , and trade revived , the : Suffrage inust be granted * as . no ess than a dozen factories have stopped within the last week , and the masters themselves cannot tell when they will commence again . Thousands of people are wa'king our streets for want of employment , and what , will be the result God only knows . But it is evident that starvationy pennry , arid want exist to a very alarming extent ; "When a nation complains the rulers should v tako warning . " The rulers of the cbuutfy have had timely-notice ; and » as if to giv © the lie to : the complaints they are atr tempting to crush their advisers , and the very vehicle through which such complaints have ' been made : Sending pur best friends tq prisoh , and filing esc OWIC 10 Writ 8 Will llOt br ! n < rT > Pa . Oft .- nlAnt . v KanniniDD
and contentment to the / country , but on the otlier land will create misery , dissatisfaction , and destroy the gobdfoeling of the people . Very silly and weak must our rulera be , / if they expect to put down he people , by sending their advocates to pyigon . Hunger -will bTreak through walls , and many bf my poor tpwtiamen who are now out on bail , who traversed last assizes , xleclaro thai bad and miserable as the prison is , they would as soon be there as witness their wives and ^ families starving tor the want of food , and they , for Want of employment , nbt able to relieve them . So much for happy England , although the country is in such a bad state , we , who wish the peoplo instruction , are hunted like
cats after mice , - . and , asi Mr . Yardly called theml&t Chester , by the blood-hqunds of thelaw ; A short tune agOj one of tlie " . fungus got it into his thick skull that plots were being laid to take his life . Whether it was his wicked conscience that told am , ' or whether he dreamed it or not , nobody knows but himself : but , however , he thought he was juatitied iu sending some one to our committee to carry a report of all our proceedingfl . Hearing that he had such suspicion , 1 lmmediatcily called the committee together ; and a resolution was passed , that any man Avho would be guilty even of mentioning such a tWng would be forthwith di 3 Charged without further notice , as a trait 6 r and a disgrace to the cause . .
I sent this , poor delioate man ; a lettor together With a eopy of the resolution , jvfever sirico that time have wo heard qf any . spies being on the com ^ mitteee . He having confidonce in" mo , I am led to suppose , as I told him , that I would be the first > erspn who would inform him of anything of the klnd ., ;; .. .: ¦ ;¦ ¦ . - - ;" - . . ; - ¦ .: ¦• :: ' ~ ¦ .. " ¦ _ . '* / ' y '" . \ : '" ' ... ' ; To make short of my story , tiine has proved that all was imagination , But the great Mr . S ., who has risen Irom the tanks , of the ginuy-spinners , and the cadee butchers not feeling satisfied unless he is popping his . iipse into some one ' s affairs , to the neglect of his own , came into my lodgings the other day , Nov . 20 th , and saw me sittingT ) y the fireside reading CobbetCs Register ; and what think you he said to the mau With whom I lodge ! This is a regular rendezvous for Chartist leaders , and bid
limrememDer . Newport ; as it \ ve could help what tad been don e in Wales . Now , Mr . S . do you know auy one in Stockport that ever saw me before : tho . magistrates , either for a pplitical offonce or any other ? and what authority have you for coming after me ? I cannot tell ; I have never yet done you or any other man any injury to cause such treatmeht ; and I must telf you , through tins papbr ,. if the Editor will grant ocfmission / that I dp not care the flirt of my fingers for you or Sadler's Wells either , so long as I act according to _ the law of prudence arid honesty ; andy if nothing Will serve you better than crushii | g me , if nothing will serVe you than try ing to frighten tho landlPrd of a large and respectable Inrij where I am now .
lodging , to turn me out . I bid you go to work as soon as possible , for , if this is liberty forthwith , good Lord deliver me ! But , Mr . S , in exchange for such conduct , if you persist ; I shall certainly give an exchange ; and , to show that I do iiot ttjeah physical force , 1 will be : yery plain upon the subject , and hope to keep all sedition out of my letter , so that I might . not subject poor Fcargris OCprinor to a . libsl . I haTe written a biography of your public life and . acts fpr twenty years past , detailed to me by many of . your old acquaintances , and I promise you , cojne weal come woe , that the public shall haye tho beriefit of it , if there is any benefit in reading a tissue of the niostglaring ihcohsistencies tha t were eTer penned , and •* fine surfeit to come ud der
¦ our own hose it will be .. And what you mean by Mr * Part'ngtpn remeinberiiig Newport j ai * v at a loss to discern ; but you might just as reasehably have told him to remember the Birmingham fire , or the . Bristol fire , or the French revolution , or the Irish rebellion , or tho Manchester massacro , for ought I have to do with either . I am no physical force man . My gun , pistol , and dagger , shall bo my pen , my ammunition snail bo truth , my gun barrel shallbothe press , and I shall take my aim at tyraiiny aud oppression , and if that be sedition , if that be libellous , the consequence . mugt fall upon me . But sooner than be watchcd hunted , and pursued by a mushroom of a police , I would make any sacrifice , and sooner than be deprived of Teading a book the fire side
by , I would meet even death as a welcome messenger . The Working classes could do no wrong * however strong and secitious their lan-S ^ S ' tTn ? n placing the present jGovcniment in office , but now those who were then leading : them forward are the first to turn round aud bludgeon them . If I ^ how anythinjj about my ofon duty , or about yours you have , no right to come after me ; but at all events if I have a suspicious character for "God's sake , as sopii as you can , bring me before the authpriueS j , aud not let such 1 a mkn go unpunished , I promise you that although you haye succeeded in porsuading the landlord ( who has iiot the least charge agaiost me ) to give me notice to quit hia premises . You never will sileiice : me by such low , wicks indeed it
mean , dirty , ; I was not persecuted for advocating the rights of the "beople , it would be an exception to a general rule , for we air know from the expsrierice of other patripts that have gone before , that no sooner did they begin to expose tyranny , and oppressioh , than it , Was ) a sure toboii Of their haviiig the shafts of the law arrayed against them ; therefore , ; it is what I who have orily yet began to chirp might oxpect ; and instead of silencing my chirpiug by such puny means as the mushroom of police of Stockport have taken , it will bo a justifiable motive for me to whistle out . The , tirno is come when men will speak out ; when both Whig , Tory , and Radical , who liaye any honesty , acknow-Jedgo that dreadful overits must come to pass , unless
a speedy change . Much too long has reason slumbered—much too long have the poor been in a state of slavery . "Slavery is such an atrocious dobasement of human nature , that ita Very extirpation ; if not performed with solicitous caTOj may soinetinies open a source of seripus evil 3 . " Tho unhappy man , who has lon » been treated as a brute animal , too frequently sinks beneath the common standard ofthe human species . The gallingchaing that bind his body , do also fetter his inteUectual facnltieP ) and impair the social iitfectioiis of his heart ; accustomed to mbva \\ k < i a , meve machino : by -the will of tyf ants ,, reflection is suspended ' , he has not the power of choice , and reason arid conscience have nut little -influence over his
conduct , because he is chiefly ^ governed by the passion , fear . He is poor arid heTplesa aa ( l frandlces , and his spirits broken by tlii galling yoke of worse than Egyptian bondage . ; GoTernniont should adopt such measures as would restore their countrymen to freedom ; to iiistractjtoudTise , and quality them for the exorcise and enjoyment of civil liberty ; to proniote i < them habits of industry , to furnish thorn with oniploymeut suitod to their age ,, sex , talents , and cirCumstanceSj and to ptpcure the children an educationvbefore tliey become cbntaminated in one of thPsO hell-hPles of a Cotton Factory , arid for their future siuitioit in life , by so doing : they would promote tlio pvibHc good , and the happiness of our hithevto much ^ neg ^ lected fellow-creatures ;; inBtead of whjoh too many of the people in the i mahufacturing -districts are without edunatipn , atid consequeritlv , cannot iiapart
it to their , ofi ' ipriug . The children ave : sont at an early age to the factoi-y cpllekc , anil thus it is that ignprariee , misery , crime , ann all its cpneomitarit evils are stalking forth with unblushing hardihoodI ; as naturally as if by the laws of primogenitaie , arid what is more astpriishiii }? uudor a Bfctoi'ni Goyernmerit . Toll me not / Mr . S . that I am commit ting a crime by iu 8 tructirig my fellow creatures , as : lar as my circumstances will permit ;; at least you go a Very poor way about it ; by trying to ^ 6 t all the peopl e ' -to ' turn their backs upon mo . O my God ! is this Engl » ud 7-Uberty-lpTing Bvitain , when a landlord of a publio inn dare not hayo a lodgor in his house without being threatened : ' . of losing his licPnse , arid that samo lodger neyer yet was "'brought ; before a magi ' s ^ trato for an offence ; and the only chargoagainst him 'if for defending ; the poor prisoners and : instructing tho people * NpW j Mr . S . twill not bring any other part of the committee into danger , therefore , I ani the only responsible person for this letter . v ' .-. . . ¦ ' . ' . ' .- :: ;; : . ' , ' ; . ¦ ¦' - . . . " . VW . ' Gripjfin >'
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yori andi ^ anr thonsMsds ' readera , the manner we are t rested iu oar corporate borough which is now jfoverned by the ¦ " Base , brutal , and bloody Whigs . " {) n : the . 18 th instant , after fly iny wife ; : and eight chu ^ en had rotired to re « it onr limbB freni the i ^ pies 3 f & 9 d ^^ ah ^ teleTsn o ' clock at night or a / ter , we were a . ??* ' *^ *! " a lotiid Kapok s at ; tLe door ; I got np ib th « window , and called yrhd' 4 mere ? when « peraon answered me , raying :, n £ i had Bomethine pi tepprtance to tell me . I imme . diately went down stairs , snlocked the dbir , when instantly the latckV ' . was : liitedyasd in bolted two naeii in a rtafe of intoxication ^ and seated themselven . Wmu Vgpt a light , I recognised one to be John lMa . ? n , keeper : of : the Union Baslilei and vori aiid ^ on r thousands readerfl manner we
treasurer to the corporation ; the other " was the rate , collector , who : tpl > i me ha had ' asnniffions for my son Tfiomas for a bastard child . I called hiui down ; they then demanded ? s . 2 d . On being told we had . ho money in the hbasev they begdii to be very noisy , and demanded that my son mast go with them . On being questioned , I found that they had no warrant so ^ ordered theia to go out of my house , it being av ^ ry ' Tingeasohaile hourfor my family to be thna disturbed ; brit they told me they were gentlemeb , and were determined to remain as long as tHey liked . A f I wi « stepping over to another apartment toi get on my shoes , John Mann , the Haatile gpvsrapr , pushed me aside ; I pushed him again : my pthorv sons' hearing a scuffle , came
t'vnij a 3 « 8 tanc 9 , antl we put them out of the house . Next day 1 and my three sons : were tjakeh by the police and cbnveyeu to durflncevile , arid remained aii night , and were liberated n « xt : morning on giving bail Jor pur appearance on Friday ( this bedngWcdnesday ) to answer ' -fojj the critne of flssaulting these twoofficwla . ; I ha . d : forgot to tellyou we went to tho Ipck-pp yjithoatianyhandcuftV , the p 61 ice seeing no occ $ 8 ott for hfird ti ^ ase . Bat for this they ¦" raceived a aeyero reprimand from Mr . Monn , his name is Mann , but you will see by tho police report in the Kendal . Gazette ^ which I : send you , that he n ^ yar assumed the character of a gent )» man > ^ n Friday we made ourappearance iai the Court ; the Magistrates preseat were Mr . R . Wilson , Mayor ,
( rtna formerly the great Refprin Agitator of this borough—^ yes , Sjr . a real physical forcei agitator , who haa bern raioed to his present statibnby ths working clajses of- Kendal , by ifalsa pfpniissf ! , declaring hi , e > - would never desert th > in till they hive toe flecfivn franibise , but now their most bitter opponent , a real Muntz , ) and E . Tathain , Esq ., Cojj . «(? rv < 4 iye . After t-achparty stating their case , Mr , Tathasi ftought it "iras very ixtr * Prdiriaty to go oh jjucti business at that time of the iiight , bnt par ; worthy Whig Mnyor inMsted upon it thnt any P . na-hHd a right to geive the order at any time , and that- Mr . M « ia should not have been abused . Mr * Tatham-begged to differ trom his Worship distinctly , acd-did . not -conceive that in such a case it was P ' pper to call a man out of his bed , as the order ¦
naa opiy been ouc on the preceding-Saturday . Ihis Mr . J . Mann , ; remember ^ is no con stable or upliceinBn , 'bat h « siys he' went in company with his friend , Mr .. Bar-toh , ' . ' th ' e rate cpllectorV still thii Maypr miisp strcnuoasly support Mr . Mann , who , I thiat , / onght to have been in the Workhouse , looking after his duty there . I suppose- his salary at least £ JlOO yearly , bwsides : J 20 . for Borough TwusurtTj : a good sum for " . ' hits ' . R ght or wrong , I had to euffer after all , for I was orderid to pay 10 s . fine , and 4 s . 8 d . costs ; my two tjoris each 6 s ., and 48 . 8 i . costs . Thishascpst my family , who arc only h ^ ctV-loom weavers , ( Vpss of time inclndea . ) not les-s than £ 3 . This is Kendal , in Westmorelnndi it 'it hot the O'GpnnPr' ^ : the Frosti » , or Taylori ! , biett auch law administrators as
are calculated to bnng about a bloody revolution , aad if not Boon aTrested , all tha powers of earth , and hell cannot save ns . I am a ( Qhartut , and havii bseni . a Ridical theao forty yecw ^ btttnpyer oiice violated the laws of my country , an < i I hope I never will ; but it is ' to be hoped that every working man in England , Scotland , Ireland , and a ** alee , will stand forward in defence of our aacierit I » ws ^ and hnrl from power the base demi-barbarians that now admiuister t :. em . -.. ;; ' I am , Sir , yo ' Ts , ' . ¦ ¦ ' ¦' " ¦ ' ¦ A Subscriber , '¦¦ „ Wm . MlLlCHRlST . Kpnd 8 i , 25 th Nov . 1839 .
R A Die a tisii , —M r . Pe ' . d ; e , froni Edinburgh , passed through K ^ udal on Friday , the 22 ud November . Tho wprkintf clasps hearisj ! of hird being in town , iminijdiately got up a requisition , deniring him to jiive n lecture qa Radicalisro , eiud the present state of Great Britain . Thuwas late on Friday afteri noon , and he kindly coriseatedi We could riot get the bellman tp call the meeting , but a few 'tt- -. ua divided bur ^ lves iato districtB , ; and warned : all we could , to attend on the Old Bowling GreenVateight o'clock at nig-hr ,- It wa * a iiae imoon-li ^ ht oight ^ and notwithstondin ^ the short Hotice given , * nd the c ildcess of the night , hundreds : attended , and lwtened to an heart- stirring address for near two hours . The lecturer ; was ; cheered throujjbpaif , and ha * , we have no ddubt , put fresh spirit into thi > Kendal Chartists . "' . ¦ .
- ¦ " ;•¦ " ¦ . / . - ¦ . '¦ . .. . .. . . . . " ... ¦ Hoas . v . , ¦' . ¦ . .. pRDEn pt' Shepherds oe the Hull UNiTV .- ^ -On Monday night week , the officers and inembprs of the Star . iii the : East Lodge , Is ' p . 3 , sat doWn to a . gpod and substantial supper , provided by Host Robinson , of the ULicorn Taveriv Salthouse-larie . After the cloth wais drawn , Mr . Wm . ; Piukney was callecL to the chair , when loyal and patriotic toasts and sentiments succeeded each other until a late hour . A vote of thanks was given to the chairman for his urbauity arid kindness ; upon all occasions ; after which , the company scperated , highly satisfied with their evening ' s * amusement .
Httt Police . — - —On Friday afternoon , corisiderablo excitement took plate , in consequence of seeing auuinber of the police , armed % ith swords , driving along the Hedou-rpadvin cabs . On inqjuryy we ipmid that - tho avtthority of the . Magistrates of Hedou had been obstructed by a large number qf tho country people , in theapprehension of a person of thename of Nowlove , who had set the constable of that district at deflance . Upon the : appearance of tho poliee . the people scampered otf , aud left poor Nowlove to their tender mercies ; after which , they returnod to HuU in triumph . This is put forth by the AVhig minion as another proof of the necessity ot" ^ establishing a' Riirstl Police .
Information under a Repealed Statute . —At the Police Office , on MPnday , before the Mayor and Messrs . Carrick ^ and Parker , the sitting . Magistrate ' s , Mr . Peter Jplirispn ( commonly called Doctor Johnson ) who Was described . in the informationi as a medical practitioner , was charged by Henry Wilson , gentleman , with having , on the 20 th of NoYember , published and dispersed a printed pappr , not having printed on the name of the street , square , court , or place , or parish , in which : his dwcllinghonse , or usual place of abode was situate , w ; hereby he had had ibrteited the sum of £ -20 . Mr . Rushworth appeared for the iiifovmant : Mr . England and Mr ; B . L . Johnson for the defendant . When the informer was called , instead of a gentleman , a
Dersou in the drpss of a sailor appeared in the box . Mr . Rushjvprth said-this information was laid under the 2 i ) th George III ., c . 79 , sec . 27 . The clause he read at iength ; he said tho intprmatiori was not for printing , buc for ; publisHing or dispersing . In support of this , he called HonryLangdale , who said he went with Wilson-to the printing-ofiice of JoHusori where he saw a boy cpmp out withsome bills . By Mr . Johnson -Wilson went to him andasked him if he could get a bill -from Mr . Jphhson . They weut to endeavour to dp so ; but Ali \ Johnson was not there ; , He was toJiaye 5 s . if he could get a billfroui Mr . Johnson's hand . AVilliamGreeii deposed that howasin Humber-strcot with the iuformei-, on the 20 th instant , when ho saw a little bov comofroih
the printing-office with some bills . The iiiformer asked him for one , and the boy gave him one . Witness marked it . Mr . Rushworth put a number of ] questions to the effect that tha boy admitted that he belonged to Dr .: Johnson . The Cpurt interfered , and said that was not evidence ; By Mr . EHgland : Believes : the i ^ oiiner to bo the grandson of Dr ; Tiiplih . N ever heard of siUH a person as tlie Attor ney .-Gencr . al v or " . tho Qiieeii ' s Solicitor-General . Tha iulbrnier is a sailor , and neither' Attofney-Geueral nor Solicitor-Gcucral : he "lives , with Tupliii . The informer showed him some bills lie got from the boy which he marked . Mr . Carrick : f wish yori would como to the Attorney-Ucneral , Mr . Parker said , the case was going ten times as Far as there was anv
necessity . Mi-. JpUuRpii said the fact was , this was a malicious prosecution got up by Tuplin . The fame of Dr . JohHsonj his client , had travelled intP Asia , Africa , and America . Parties from Siberia auc Lapland mem y addi'essed their letters , " Dr < Johrisou , Englaud ^ there : was no necessi ty to put Hull on theni ., P-avties werponvipusof this- ; celebrity , and heneo ttieso proceedings . "' - 'JS «« y had' availed tliemy solves of tlw long staudiiig . the great , legal expcrienco , and eioqqoiice of Mr . ltushjvorth , who for forty years had beeiicolebrated in -thia and other counties ' , ; but on this pocasiou Mr . Buahworth had riot acted with hia usual judgment , for he had pvorlooked . the ^ laot that the Act of ParliameJit und , pr which , ho went had boon repealed : it had loug siuco gone tp : 'tho pastry-cook 8 , arid all the penny mutton piejB ; in Lpiidpu were wrapped ^ ii piri portions o
tue oiHh . George IU ., e . 7 D .. Iu additiou to this thoro had not been evidence to make out his caie and ; if he tools their ; information j he might drive a waggon andhorseB through evety line of it . : hit Jolinaon . hero quoted several Acts , which re P ° ^ , » 1 « ° ^? ' Vof George IiL ; besides : all which , no ind ot Victoria enacted "that it aliaU uot W lawful ipr any person to commence , - entov , or fllo ^ ^ T " 1 < in * ° ?* * ^? »« beforo ^ ustices , for any fin © or pcmltyi unlcEB the sanie el . ; il W coinmeuced , eiitcted , proseeutcd , orfiled Iri the immri of the AttPruey or SoTicUor-Oouoral / ^ At Uri j lr HnAworth ^ pked niuVttembJe thhi « s , bund Jd fe l . i » papers and saul if Uw Court was . atwHod . JtV ^ Iio uao -going ftirthdr . Tl , o Mayor ^ aUl the * £ was ^ duipM . ; Mr , K , Hrlai . d ap ^ ej ibr «^ h »» t : i | i . O m , tmr m& ^ erc ^ Sau 4 . ^ WjS 9-Mr . Julin . on wa « uraklng prithfe Uui , tlio i » Sr £
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:. :-. ; ' ' :: ; :- 'V ' : ' ' iH * Wr < m . ' ., ^ ' : C : ¦'' -: [^ : % & $ * J « nT ^ ° ^ ^ to ^ imperiAabl r ^ f ^ S ^ ba rt ^ than at any former period oiQ ^ uoor meeetin g- ^ tliankB ; to the ligwous 8 acce » aow of'Hh , Grey ; » : y 8 t a ^ lm , r * tiL < aK epnquenng 8 pmt of patriotiam has supplanted t £ more ^ pwy and declamatory sgitation-of a forme P 3 riod-a spirit that * rhileI Stalks , strikes ^ terror int o the hearts of " freedom ' s foeS *' taan . - ¦'¦ - - ¦ : : ' " Altthe iwt » pf "Vfar , - ? Q . - ¦ '' , ¦¦ " ' / - ¦; , ^¦ - ' V v ^^; ' - ^' J ^ iUi
Appliances and meaas to boot . "/ : 1 W-e hara had a cpritinttaricB of indoor irlaetinei ^ o ^^ aKement ^ of which has taught us general ship ) , at one of which a delegate to any ConventioB that may assemble was app int «(! . 4 nd oiy « S heldin the late Reform . Association Rooin , 0 ^ ford S ^ e et ( m consequencei : of a fe * : Whig tinderlingi offering to : compromis 9 ; , the pogition of the * BoltS C ^ artisw ) , ^ whichrineetmg ; it wag UDanimbnsh '& * ' ~ - > £ ^ 'V : ackno'f ^ g' » theinjurioM tendency of the Cora Law * ., yet we are conWced thatv the paly means of repealing the odious impost w by extending the Suffrage to the WorkuiE claalei i that considcrin | the ^ epresgM ponditipn of S interest at r -his Urn * we cannot hide from onrselvea
, the fact , that no hope of imprbvemsnt or aaelior 4 atipit remams for m withont an ^ entire chatS system ; and t&at at mast be self-evident to all pod men . that ^ ocieiy is at ^ present based on ot . roneoug principles , we earnestly call ripon ewrr lpyer qf ^ , i 8 county to come forward ; ami assist i 5 the gpodly _ change . ^ Thatwe ; since ^ wita Mr ; Frost and his fellbw patnbts , midrs » olvd to assist them Sr i ^ ry means in onrpowen—M r : Maslam : was called to the chair , and ^^^ the meetinii was addressed by New * . Pehdiehury , LloyS , RoJ berfacn . Warden , j ^ rd vKenybn , ani D ^ huret , when the meeting pe | iceahly diaperBed delighted with the proceedings pi the evenibg . ]
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; THE SPECIAL . Cp ^ tMISSlbN . ;; A Special Commission ,-for the trial of Mr > Frost and the other Chartists now in confinement in th « coun . ty . of Momnouth , ; wiU be opened in that city by Lord Chief Justtte Tyndal , Mr . Baron Parke , an 3 Mr . Justice Williams on the 1 ' OiBi of December . Th « Court will sit for threo or tour- days for the purpoaai Pf receivingthabills of indictment , and wiUthen b * adjourned till the 31 st of December . The adjonrnment will he necessary , because according to the 7 thf i \ jiue , -c . ^ l . s . 16 , all prisoners who are prit on their ' trial for high treason ,: or nrisprision :. 6 f treason , mrisij be tumished with a copy of the indictment , a : list oft the ^ urors , andpf the : Witriesses who are to be called against him , at : least ten days previously to th « tnal . ^ -5 ' u »; - '¦ :- -.. ¦ : ¦ : ¦ . - - ¦ ¦' ¦ ' : "¦ : ' . '¦ -- ¦ : : ¦¦ :. : ¦ - ¦¦¦ \
We are given to understand that the special ' comniissipii will not be extended to the county of Brecon ^ and that the Chartist Vprisoners now mi the ;« ounty jail ( eight in number ) , will hot be tried until the spring assizes . 0 n Suriday : last , two companies of the 45 th Regiment arrived in Brecon , and marched on : Monday morning pa their route tor Wewt 6 wn / to replace the companies of the 12 th , drafted for the Mauritius ^—Brecon Silurian .
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WAKEFIELDi CORN MARIjEET . ¦ ' : ' . . ; Y ' ' ; . . ¦( BY-EXPRESS . )' ' '¦ ¦ vY-Y " '' ; ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' ¦' . . 1 . ' JFiudat , Nor : 29 . —Oar arrlvaliik all ! Grain for ] this day's market : are moderatiB . ; The trade for Wheat is very firm , and last week ' s prices maintain-v ed . . iJarieyis Is . per qrv lower , and inferior tery ^ unsaleable . Oats and Shelling aredullj : ind sold at i rather less . money . Qther articles as before . ? ^ Leeds JrLiBKErrs . — : We havte ^ no ^ alteration for the better to notice in the trade of this district : th « ransactions at the Cloth Halls , on both i ^ rtet days > eing -on the most limited scale . We : are sorry to hear that the number of hands out of employ , in tha i clothing villages round Leeds , is on the increase , i and that thempst gloomy apprehensions" are enter-1 tamed lor the winter / The price of Tallow 13 5 a . per stone ' . -: ' - ^ : ; . v ;" : ; - ' . ' . -. . . ' .: ¦ ¦ :-,.- ; - ¦ : , '¦ -: .- .. ¦ ¦'¦; .- ¦ -.
_ Leeds . Cqrw MARKET . ~ The arrivals of Wheati JatSj and Beans to this day ' s market are smaller ; parley larger . Pine dry new Wheat and fresh 61 < I has supported last week ' s price , but the secondary and damp qualities are very dull sale and rathe * ower . Barley has been-1 b to 2 a per quarter lower , the secondary qualities : are difficult to quit . Oats and Beaos scarcely any ' . alteration ; ' ¦ ¦¦' :., HupDEnsFiELD Cloth Mirkkt ; Nov . 26 ;—Oar market to-day continues , in much the same langnid' i state as last week . The Whole of the ma . unfactnrers m every description of goods ; both wbollen an 4 i ancy , makes one general depression . - Sales canals be effected without a great sacrifice . The stocfcflP not ¦ incrwae ., as all are in one mirid not to speculate until a change takes place .-- The Workmen in evenr departtyenti are daily falling ^ out of employ , aiA bankrupts ^ and . assignments are daily occurring amongst the mastere . The wool market also con ^ inues , in . ther \ same depressed state , and prices eofcr
it A ^ ? GT 0 N C «» N MiBKBt .--At our market oii Monday last , wehad a good supply of Wheat , prices a shade hidier . Prime Wheat at from 15 s . to 18 s . ' per boll ^ ; But ^ r 1 * . 2 d . per lb ; Potatoes is . ledi Apples 2 s . perbusheL- : Y ; :: . ; ^ ; ^ Rooidale Tlannei . MARKOTi Nov / 25 th ^ The i flannel market -haa been very dull to-day ^ Buvers a ° i . ll - t naou 3 ^ foparcnase , only for present need ; al though njanufacturers' stocks ^ are comparatively low lhere seems a yrarit ot spirit ainohgst mercnants . Wopis remain almost ^ stationary . Oils sam » ; London Wool Market , Mondat , NoV . 25 . —We 1 have . liad ^ nother ^ hcayy week ,-as relates to the transactions ^ n aU descriptions of foreign wool , and 1 the prices have a downward tendency . The' im- v PO ^ npeamounted to about 2000 paokages * 650 of
, , wlHch ^ came from ; Taganrog , the remainder from ¦ 7 South Wales . Electoral Saxbriy : wool , from i 3 to 5 s ; first Austrian , Bpheminn , and other Garma ° i ' . 8 s 8 d to 4 a W *; eecprid ¦ dittoi 2 a 4 d to gs ^ JWfe rior ditto , in locks and pieces , Is 6 d to I V ^ f " lamb 3 > dittoes to 4 s 6 d ; Hungarian Bb . fe . P'ii * tto , 2 s to 3 s ; Leonesa sheep ' s ditto ? 23 2 d to 2 s . lOd ^ Segovia : ditto , 2 s to 3 s 3 d ; Soria ditto , ^ . toi 2 s ; . Caceres : ditto , 2 s to , 2 s 4 d ; Spanish lambs ^ wool , Is 8 dto : 2 s 6 d ; German and Spanish cross ditto , 2 a , to' 3 a , 2 d ' ;! Portugal sheeps ditto / Is Id ^) l 8 4 d } dp lambs' ; ditto , : Is 3 d to ^ 3 ; Australian fine crossed ditto , 2 s to 2 s 7 d ; ditto , native shefep ' s ditto , Is Id to 2 s ; Van Bieman ' a IianAitativ « sliB « ii ' a and of
ditto , Is 4 dto . 2 slt ^ Cap e Good Hope ditfow i ? 2 l . p ^' lb * T 1 ^ e l 4 t keavy pressure in the Nloney Market has had considerable influence upon the British wool trade , so miich soi indeed , that since . Monday last , the : sales have beenhm trivial tnat . the currencies must be considered xioxt to nominal . From our manufactutiiig districts the acl ^ fu ^ YP ** gloomy- Down tegs , Is 5 d to Is 6 Ad : ^ . Prea ditto , Is 5 d to Is M ; wethers , la 2 d to is 4 d ; Leicester hogs , Is 3 d to Is 5 d ; Leicester wethers Is 2 d tp . I 3 4 dj blanket wool . 8 d to is ; Jiannel do , H 2 d to Is 6 d ; Wire combing Is 2 d to Is od . ¦ ¦ : ¦ ' . ¦ ¦¦ - .
_ Xondon Corn Exchange , Monday , Nov . „ 2 . 5 th . ---There was a moderately fair quantity , pf Wheat and Jiarley froin Essex , Kent , and Suffolk , for this day ' s marketj \ yith a fair suppl y of Beans from the two former counties , but only a / limitcd : show of Peas ; A . few vchsoIs irem our own coast and Ireland have arrived with Oats ; but thei'e are scarcely any in s » nce Friday from Ireland . ' Thejmports of foreign \ yneat , Barley , andOats , haVebepn tolerably good since this day se ' nnight . Tho drying north-easterly wmds on ? riday and Saturday have been succeeded by a sudtlpn chaiig 8 » to the south-westerly , accompaniod ; wuhugood aeal ^> f rain ; and the ^ ohdition of the no wW heat having been much aiFected by this ftf % ^ eather , vour . millers bought such ' cautwusly , although it was offered on rather lower terms at tho opening of the market ; however a declin . of full 2 s . per or . haviiie boon auhmiti ^ . *« i f «^ ^ i «««
ih »> l ^ 1 > Vas - % > > wMstiftr oldforeign : no : abatement . generally was submitted t « , which ke-S ^ ked bus mess ^ thc ^ nwctftiiiBVbeiriij : ( Jto * S ^^ < J ' laIltie 8 > -takenin ^^ small quantiiies for town and country account . : The . top' price of town made flour settled down unapimouslrdnriu }? the past week to 02 ^ , per : sack , and ship :: marksvhavei beea onuruig ratlior lower iu couseduence . Malting Barley must - be quoted about 2 s . per q . r . below last Mon-^ ay . ^ prices ,, but therer was little : decline in good grinding qualities . ¦ Bcarts and Peas were in fair request , without anyL variation in the value of fine samples . There was a moderate demand Itfr Oats ^ but all . nev / must be corisidered Is . per qr . cheapprfic ^ old suppotivng prices ; In Llniepd ^ nd Bapesee T " ° ffl ^¦ . *>»»* worth ? of notise . Malt was dull and to eifect sales rather lower . Canary seod much duarer and very scarce . - ' :: i :
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V M ) N » 0 B , Esq ; , of Ilamruersmith ; County Mid . aie ^ ei , by « JosK [ tiA IIpn 9 pN , at his i * riuting pfflces , Nosi 12 and 13 , Markot-stveet , IJriggatei and Pubftshed ^ by the said JositDA Hobson , ( for tho mii Fauioijs O'ppx nou , ) at : hiaPwellinghouse , No . 5 ; Market-street , Briggate |» n . . inr . . ;¦ •' , tortial Commuriieatioii ^ exUtirig ^ betweien ^ thoflaid No . 5 , Marketratrticty and tho said' Nps . 12 » nd I ' i , Market ^ treuti lirij ^ to , / thii * cpri ^ Uwtiiiji thpwrhole of ^ thoisaidi ' virithigitui Publishinif OilicepnoPreiijiECSi ' ¦ ' ¦' . ' ¦ " . [ { : -v ' --Y-:: - ' . -r ¦'" ' - . All Oaauiiuriiciiti « ri 3 tnuM bo a » Mrp ?* edt ( Pcat-paltl ) to J . itoiisoN j iforriicjejiSiar OURce / Le « 4 »« - fHfcnvd ^ Ni » Tj « aber 30 , 1 B 39 ;)
To The Committee Of The Workingmen's Association, Stockport.
TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WORKINGMEN'S ASSOCIATION , STOCKPORT .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 30, 1839, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1085/page/8/
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