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SHEFFIELD.—State of the Town.—What-
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Agsin , what could be more eloquent than the appeals made to the Jury by Mr . Murphy and others , in all of which the abomination of the laws of conspiracy and sedition was bo forcibly exposed ^ g to extract an admission from the Judge that while he admitted the justice of the censors , he fns nevertheless compelled to administer the law as he found it . The foolish notion of foolish men to occupy time , by each man being separately tried , and challenging the Jury , ig calculated to
create much misapprehension , if not exposed . The fact is , that prisoners of this class have no power of challenging , nor yet of separating their pleas : and & 3 to poor men occupying so much time for the purpose of protracting the proceedings , the notion is fascinating , but the practice frill be found to be very difficult . The Judge would Tery speedily tell the wandering prisoner that he was willing to sit all night to hear him , as long * s he confined himself to the question at issue ; but that he could not allow the time of the cdcrt
asd the cooihy to be wasted upon ibbeletaxt hatteb . For all these reasons , we sincerely rejoice in the wise decision , to which our Leicester friends bare come , and we only hope , that it will hare its due effect npon the country , and that one gentleman will not again be compelled to supply OTer £ 300 ont of hi 3 own pocket , for the defence of his associates , and in three years after , for so doing , be charged with an act of high treason against his pastt !"
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THE EVENING STAR . "
Abbas gesextb hare been made -with the Proprietors of the Evening Star , by which our Publisher , Mr . J . Hobeon , is enabled to supply that Paper , in any quantity , and at any distance from London , at the Bsoal time . Orders addressed to Mid , enclosing Post-cffioe Orders for the somber of Papers wanted , or an order for payment , will meet -with prompt attention : the parties receiving their Papers in due coarse of post . The Evening Star is daily on Bale at Mr . Hohson ' s shops , 5 , Market-itrect , Leeds ; and 3 , Marketwalk , Hudderafield .
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Notices of Mb : Brophy ' s Lecicbbs at Colne and atSaiden Bridge , and of his route for 1 he present tceek , were received too late far our last . Nones of x Special Meetikg of the Committee and collectors for the Mason's Relief Fund at Birmingham , on Sunday , was received some hours after the Papers were printed and in the Post-office . Chtxa Walk Chabtists . —We have often given noike thai tee cannot insert addresses from localities . JoHJf Milleb , BoXHTLL . —We ought to have had his report for our last Paper . B "—We bid him welcome to reneved acquaintance —we thought we had lost him . Geosgb Fitto >* . — We think him quite wrong in his
opinion . Ebbob is ors Last . —In the letter of Peter Rigby inserted in oicr last , complaining of the infamous vse made of Jtis former letter by a mock Chartist print , the name Rigby teas spelt Rigley . SrM ) EBLA 5 i > Council . —Their resolution is received . They mistake the whole matter , as far , at least , as we are concerned . There is nothing personal . It is our duty to give the people notice of the presence of an enemy whenever we discover him , whether he may assume an open front and manly bearing of hostility , or whether he ikulk beneath the cloak of democratic profession that he may Ji : sh his coward knife more readily . We have done so in this instance . The villain stands naked
in the scornful gaze of honest men . If the Sunderland Councillors had read the Star of last week , they would have seen their resolution to be unnecessary—at least so far as it affects vs—be cause we there state our determination to " have done with the wretched scamp . A Democrat , Hawobth . — We perfectly concur with him that the scamps who seek to make us the cat's paw for iha advancement of their own in ? teresis , and the gratification of their fiendish passions of malignity and revenge , are the dead-Rest enemies of the people ; whatever amount of jnouth-patriolism they may lay claim to . We have not room for his letter . Alexam > eb Cahpbell . —We have sent his letter to
Mr . Cleave . Co-opebatios . —Will any Chartist Co-operative Slore forward a copy of their rules to Mr . Wm . Martin , Beetxecll-street , Chesterfield 1 It will be esteemed a great favour . &jnKE Arrr , Beadfom ) , must send his letter of complaint and explanation to the Paper which has misrepresented him . If he he refused justice there , we will try to find ronn for his statement . James M'Phsbson , of Absbdzev , wishes for the address of Mr . Wm . Thomaion , late of the Yale of Levtn , Y . Ha £ COMB , Oxfobd , wishes us to stale that Mr . Campbell has received no communication from
Oxford since the last money-acknowledgment in the Star . Joh 5 Taylob , Hopwood Cocbt , Olbham . —His communication , staling thai his wife , a sharp , clean-looking woman , with a Scolch accent , a full eye , dark complexion , and ahoul fifty years of age , left home on the 5 th of Jung , in company with her son , a boy about fifteen years of age , and not been seen or heard of by him since—and stating that he is in greit distress of mind about her ; that he supposes her to be somewhere in Cumberland ; and that he will be thankful to any one who can induce her to return , —would be considered at the Stamp-office an advertisement : ve cannot , therefore , insert it .
We hate received the following : — " Will our worthy General Secretary oblige a Watford Chartist with the English of the Latin he used in reference to O'Brien m his letter of the 3 rd instant ? By inserting the above , Mr . Editor , you will oblige one who has read every Star for this four years past , and never saw cause to grumble . — Watford , September 11 , 1842 . " Ah Ekemy to Humbug a > t > Tyrak 5 Y , and an c-nfiischisg Chabiist , Bibmingham , writes us lhai at a late sitting of the Council of the Complete Suffrage Union , in Birmingham , a copy of an address from the Committee , fbr the defence of Georae White , presented by deputation to the Chairman , requesting the co operation and assistance oj the Council in raising funds for his defence , it was returned with the single word . NO" written on a bit of paper ! He also compl ains that , though the business en which the
Council were nut was professedly national , and though the tneeling was called by public advertisement in the Birmingham Journal of Saturday last , and from the wording of the same , he , in conjunction with a portion of his fellow-townsmen , went for the purpose of being edified and instructed by their proceedings , they were refused admittance , unless they purchased a member ' s ticket of the Union . A Wandebeb . "— We have received his letter , posted at Market Raisin ; but did not receive the other to which he refers , or it would certainly have been inserted . He will see in our present Paper a letter on the same subject from "One of the Delegates . " Of course we ihall not occupy space needletsly with a repetition of the same statement of facts ; but if there be any circumstances peculiar to the case of " A Wanderer" in addition to the general statement of his co delegate , now published , we shall be happy to do him
justice * Geobgb Hesbt Smith . —We are sorry that any body should have been so stupid as to suppose that t he epithet " started viper" used in our notice of his communication , was intended for him . We are quite sure that it would not fairly bear that application ; and never dreamed that it would be se applied . We intended it , of course , for the wretch to whom his communication had reference . We could have no purpose to treat Mr . G . H . Smith disrespectfully , —because we have no reason to do so . He will see that , \ n Mr . O'Connor's letter of this week , the matter to which his comwunication referred is put in its true light .
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W . H . Newtos Stewart . —Mr . Stewart , White chapel , Liverpool . The Petition Plates are not yet ready tor me whole of ore Subscriber * ; but as soon as receded they will be forwarded to the Agents . The price of the Star whea each Subscriber receive bis Piate it Is ., and no more . The Agents are allowed a > er centage upon both tbe Paper and the Plate , to corei carriage expsncei : they can , therefore , not hate any excuse for charging more . Tub Pobtbait or T . D ^ cenBB will be given to jui our Sabseribers on November 19 th . They will be in the h * nri « of all the Agents by November 16 th ;
and by about September 24 th , we shall have sufficient of Buncombe ' s printed to supply those Agents who desire to have both Plates in one parcel . The charge for the Star on the day the Portrait of Buncombe is distributed will be the same as the charge for it en the day the Petition Plate is delivered . Jakes Houses , Ne-wpokt . —The address Bent here » as upon Mr . Parry ' s parcel of 26 . How the parcels have been chasged is impossible for u « to 07 , unleai it has been done at the Post- « ffiee , fontypooL It is evident Mr . Horoert address has "been at Pontypool , or the parcel with Mr . Parry ' s address would not have found Mr . Homer at Newport
Sheffield.—State Of The Town.—What-
SHEFFIELD . —State of the Town . —What-
ever amendment in trade may have taken place in some of the eotton districts , no such revival in Sheffield is yet seen ; on the contrary , the cutlery trade-in all its branches continues steadily to decline ! nor is there aDy hope , that we can learn , entertained of a better future . The number of persons in the Sheffield Poor House in the week ending Sept . 3 rd , was five hundred and thirty-five . The amount paid to the regular ticket poor for the same week in money , bread , &c , was £ 95 5 s . The amount paid to the casual poor for the game week , was £ 593 10 s . 6 d ., being a total of £ 598 15 a . 6 d . paid to the out-door poor for the week ending Sepr .-3 rd . A paragraph has gone the round of the Sheffield papere stating , that five hundred of the ablebodied poor have volunteered to work on the Old
Park contract ( the Sheffield and Manchester line of railroad ); that two hundred of them are already employed upon it , and that the remainder will very shortly be set to work . We believe the truth is , that the * volunteers' above spoken of are something very much like ' pressed men , ' —there being ' no compulsion' in the matter , only ' you must 1 ' The paragraphistB forget to add , that the ' volunteers' are to be paid at the rate of fourpence halfpenny per yard , something like half the prices paid ( we believe ) to the navigators and usual railway workers . Of course , the railway proprietors and guardians of the poor have no pecuniary interest m drugging the labour market with law-made paupers ! We understand that several severe accidents have occurred , the men being altogether ignorant of work so foreign to their past employment .
Chemxitz , Sept . 1 . —We have just received the melancholy intelligence that the town of Sayda was this morning bHrnt to the ground , with the exception of twenty houses . A report states that Tetschen is in flames , and several hundred acres of forest . — Leivzic Gazette .
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¦ TO THE EDITOS OP THB NOBTHERX STAB . Sir , —Having sent a copy of the following statement to tae Scotsman for publication , and it never having appeared , we take it for granted as a refusal ; tkerefore if yon will have the goodness to insert it in your paper , the yorthern Star , yon will mcoh oblige Your humble and bedient Servants , The Operative Body of Colliers , In Mid and East-Lothian . We , the colliers and miners of Mid and East-Lothian , having long been in a distressed state respecting our ¦ wa ^ ea , we have thought it necessary to engage in an important struggle with a full determination , by all iaw / al and constitutional means , to gain a fair remuneration for oar labour ; as labour is the soured of all wealth , it is therefore considered that labour , in all its several engagements , should receive its due reward .
That we , the above , having formerly laid before the public , coDjunctirely and severally , a statement of our demands upon our employers , for a rise upon the price of labour , we further thought it an object of prudence and honour to lay before the public a statement of the -wages we have been making for this somejtini * back ; and to confine the limits to the strictest scrutiny , we hereby give an exact statement of the wages we have been making , for regular working individuals , for at least the last three months . It is therefore humbly requested , that the discerning public will contrast this statement with the prices our employers have been selling this commodity at , and this -will fchow them tae profit * they have been formerly receiving , and partly at the expense of the depressed werkmen . Moreover , it will enable them to consider "which of the parties , between employers and servant * , arc most to be blamed for the present rupture : we hereby annex the following statements , -rz .:
—Dalkeith Colliery , Is . 8 d . per day , for ten hours labour , or 10 s . per week ; this is after deducting working expenses , such as light , tools , &c . Newbattie Colliery , West Bryans , 3 s . per day , working from ten to twelve hours per day , or 18 s . per week , after deducting 7 b . for putter ' s wages , Is . 7 d . for light , and 4 d . for tools , leaving a balance of 93 . Id . for the collier . East Bryans , 3 s . per day , of twelve hour ' s labour , or 18 s . per week , deducting 7 s . for drawer ' s wages , and is . lid . for light and tools , leaving a balance of 9 s . Id . for the c « llier . Edgehead Colliery , 3 s . 6 d . per iaj , for twelve hour ' s labonr , or £ 1 . Is . per week , after deducting 2 s . C J . for cutting road , 5 s . for drawer , Is . 9 d . for light , 4 d- for tools , and 6 d . for house rent , leaving a fealance of 10 s . lid . for the collier . Armston Colliery ,
Parrot Coal , at an average 2 s . 7 ^ d . per day , working thirteen hours per day , and five days per week , 13 i l ^ d , deducting working expenses for light , * c , leaving a balance of 10 a . 1 PJ 4 . for the collier ; Great Seam , 2 s . 4 o \ per day , working eleven hours per day , and five days per week , 11 s . 8 d ., after deducting working expenses , Is . 2 d ., leaving a balance of 10 s . 6 d . for the worker . Edmoston Colliery , at an average rate per tearing men , working six days per week , and twelvo hours per day , 14 s . 7 d ., deducting 7 d . for a woman , for light Is . 10 & , leaving a balance of 5 s . 9 d . to the colliw ; Patting men , same colliery , at an average rate per ¦ week , of six days , 13 s ., deducting working expencea one shilling , leaving 12 s . balance to the collier per day . White-hill Colliery , at an average rate of five
days per week , woikiug twelve hours per day , 11 s . 6 d ., tfoer deducting Is . 2 d . for expences , leaving a balance of 10 s 4 i for the collier . Barley Dean Colliery , under the same master , at an average rate of five days per week , working twalve hours per day , 13 s . 6 id ., deducting working expencea , tonnage 8 d ., lost work 6 ^ d ., for light , powder , and tools Is . 8 cL , leaving a balance of 10 s . 8 dL-for the collier . New Craighall Colliery , at an average rate , 2 a . id . per day , or per week , of six days , 14 a , working from twelve to fourteen hours per day , deducting working expenses , light 10 d ., tools 3 d ., powder 9 d ., leaving a balance of 12 s . 2 d . for the collier . Vogrie Colliery , at an average rate , 15 s . per week , for man and drawer , deducting 6 a . Sd . for drawer , Is . 3 d . for light , 4 d . for tools , leaving a balance of 6 s . 9 d . for the collier , working from twelve to fourteen hours per
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EAST LOTHIAN STATEMENT . Teanant Colliery , at an average rate per week , of six days ,-is .. 8 d . per day , or 10 i . per week , working fourteen hours per day , deducting expenses , say for a Patter 6 d . per week , light Is . 6 d ., tools 4 d . ., leaving a balance of 23 . S ± for the collier . Elphinstone colliery , at an average per week , between man and putter , 12 s ., deducting expenses , say for a putter per week 63 ., light is . 6 d ., tools 4 d ., leaving a balance of 43 . 2 d . for the collier , working twelve hours per day . Pencaitland colliery , at an average per week , £ 1 4 s ., or 4 s . per day , deducting expences , say for a putter is . 2 d . per day , or
7 s . per week , light 2 i , tools 9 d ., score tubs 2 s . 7 d ., leaving a balance for the collier or 12 s . per week , working from ten to twelve hours per day . Huntlaw Colliery , at an average rate , 3 s . 9 d . per day , or £ 1 2 s . 6 d . per week , deducting expenses , say for a putter Is . 4 d . per day , or Ss . per week , light 2 s ., tools 9 d ., leaving a balance to the collier of lls . 9 d ., working twelve hours per day . Bircley Colliery , at an average rate 2 s . per day , or 12 s . per week , deducting expences , say for a putter Is . per day , or 6 s . per week , light Is . 6 d ., tools 4 d ., leaving a balance to the collier of 4 s . 2 d . per week , working twelve hours per day .
The public may hereby consider what kind of wages this useful body of artfzins would receive , provided they had not wrought more than eight hours a day , which is considered to be a lawful quantity of hours for any individual to be confined in the subterraneous bowels of the earth . Signed , WH . Katsmith , Chairman . Thos . Cunningham . Secretary
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MR . COOPER'S DEFENCE . TO THE EDITOR OF THB KOBTHBBN STAB . Sib , —In your last week " s number , a paragraph appeared from our indomitable and worthy advocate , Mr . Cooper , stating that it was not his intention to employ any hireling to defend his cause , but that he would defend himself . The Committee of his Defence Fund , desir * to state , through the columns of the Northern Star , that it ia their intention to employ counsel to watch the proceedings of his adversaries , in addition to his own powers of speech . They consider it their bonnden duty to use all lawful and constitutional means to save their virtuous and incorruptible patriot from the fangs of the law .
The subscription is going on gloriously . Leicester is doing ite werk nobly , and they hop * that all true lovers of freedom , will at once bestir themselves in raising contributions towards defraying the expencea of his trial , which will come off on the first of October . The Committee beg to acknowledge the following sums on behalf of Mr . Cooper ' s defence : — £ , 8 . d . From an Old Radical , Hull ... 0 1 0 From Great Glen , per Mr . Wbye ... 0 7 0 From Countest&orpe , per Mr . Grant 0 15 lj From Gainsbro * , per Mr . Partridge 1 19 8 £ 3 2 9 /| By inserting the above , yon will much oblige , T . Wintebs . 11 , Church-gate , Leicester , Sept 14 th , 1842 .
CONDITION OF MR . GEORGE WHITE . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Dear Ms .. Hill , —The annoyance of which I last week complained , instead of being diminished appears to increase . I have been under the necessity of requesting the attendance of the visiting magistrates , for the purpose of ascertaining , through whose authority my Utters are detained : for although they were withheld last week , I received a few lines copied from them , but now they are detained altogether , and what is worse still , I am informed tkat nearly a whole page of one of my letters to my wife had been erased previous to leaving the prison , for the post-office .
To-day I was called into the Magistrate ' s room , and found there a Reverend Gentleman , whose name I understand is Boudier ; he informed me that he was the only visiting magistrate in Warwick at present , as they had left town on various business^—one of them , and that the best , has left to attend Doncaster Races . After a vast deal of conversation , he gave me to understand that my letters would be kept back if they contained any extraneous matter . I wished to know what he meant by extraneous matter , and after a deal of twisting and twirling , I found that every remark which does not accord with their honour ' s notions , is considered extraneous .
I told him that perhaps what he might think wrong , I might form a contrary opinion of , and stated my determination not to submit quietly to such injustice , and was told that I might apply to Sir James Graham , if I thought proper . I have drawn np a memorial to the Hone Secretary , not that I expect any redress , but that tho Govern , ment may either repudiate , or identify itoelf with this beggarly system of persecution , and shall forward it to
T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., from whom I have received a very instructive and straightforward letter yesterday , in answer to one sent by me a few days since , in reference to the conduct of the Warwick and Birmingham magistrates , and from which I quote the following extract : — " As to the Birmingham magistrates refusing bail , on account of political opinions , such conduct la monstrous and illegal ; bail is a question of property , noX of politics , and it is quite a new doctrine that a man must be either a Whig or a Tory to qualify u
bail . " Well , so it is in both cases . Our beautiful set of justices , a great many of whom call themselves " LiWals , " thrust me in here fer a row , manufactured by themselves ; and their brother '' Conservatives " neglect no opportunity of tantalizing me here , so between them both I am in 1 comfortable condition . I am in excellent health , and manage to pass my time away middling well , by reading several capital books , forwarded by that staunch friend of the cause , H . A . Donaldson , of Warwick . I am still confined by myself , not having a mortal to speak to , so that on Friday I shall have had three week ' s solitary confinement . I am sorry to hear they have got my friend Cooper in Stafford Gaol , together with Joseph Linney . Are they going to make an 1839 job of it , I wonder ?
I have evidence to prove that the collier's strike originated with the "Anti-Corn Law League , " and can point out the very room where it wm first broached , and the men who bronght it forward . Put that down 1 It ' s monstrous to see Cooper , Linney , Leach , M'Douall and others suffering for these men ' s villany . Yours , truly , George Wuite . Warwick County Gaol , Sept . 13 , 1842 .
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THE CALM AFTER THE STORM . Working Men of Sheffield , —The Strike is vistually over . The jails are gorged with victims . But yon have escaped the pit To whom are you indebted ? The question is soon answered . To a wise , virtuous , sterling patriot , who determined , even at the risk of his jnstly earned popularity , yea , the rkk of his life , rather than suffer you to run headlong into the lion's mouth . The consequence is , you , your wives , and families are quiet in your houses , while scores , nay hundreds , are mourning the Iops of liberty , leaving destitute those that are near and dear to them , and yet with all have accomplished no earthly good . Working men . ' if ever one man deserved better than another of his fellow men , that man is Julian Harney . But for him , many , very many , of you weuld at thlB moment be pining in prison , your children crying for bread .
Yes , fellowmen , he Baw the danger , boldly met it , and completely set at naught the machinations of designing knaves , treacherous friends , and wild unmeaning enthusiasts . To me ha is a stranger ; but I freely declare ay opinion te be , the town of Sheffield owes him a deep and everlasting debt of gratitude , and something more , from the highest to the lowest , for the peace of the town , the preservation of yourselves , your wives , and children . From the higher or richer class he has little to expect ; but from you , working men , I trust to hear of better things . Up and be doing ! Let not yonr energies longer lie dormant ,- but show your detestation of the tyranny of class legislation , by enrolling yourselves members sf the National Charter Association ; by your support of those who are incarcerated , the victims of an infernal faction . Working men , if yon possess the
feelings of men ; if the least spark of sympathy animates year breast , or one drop of the milk of human kindness Sows in your bosom , suffer not the ensuing week to pass without ample proofs of your regard for your brothers in bondage , members of one common family , God the father of all . Instantly set to work in the aoly cause , and render all the support in your power , and show your gratitude to your preserver , by aiding and assisting him in the glorious cause of liberty . Finally , working men , if your hearts are not as hard as the nether mill-stone , you will not relax one ieta , until the trials are all over , and you have made Harney a testimonial ( substantial ) tf approval for the horrors he has saved you from . Do thin , and you will command the respect and admiration of not only Sheffield , but the good and true of every town in the kingdom . That such may be the case , is the earnest desire of Your friend and brother Chartist . G . A . N . Sheffield , Monday evening , Sept . 12 th , 1842 .
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TO THE TRADES AND WORKING CLASSES GENERALLY SOF MANCHESTER AND ITS VICINITIES . Fellow Workmen , —At a special general meeting of the smiths of Manchester , called for the purpose of taking into consideration the circumstances connected with the arrest of our esteemed friend and delegate , Alexander Hatchinson ; and for devising the best and most speedy method of raising the necessary funds for his defence , it was unanimously resolved : " That a committee « f seven persons be appointed , with power to add to their number , to act as a finance committee , and that they he requested to issue an address to the trades and the working classes generally , to solicit their assistance in behalf of Alexander Hutchin-Bon , and that each trade be requested to send a delegate U the finance committee . "
Most of you are aware of the circumstances under which our brother was arrested , but te those who are not we would briefly state that in accordance with a resolution passed at the meeting at the Carpenters Hall , we held a meeting of our body and appointed Alexander Hutchinson to represent us at the Trades Dslegates " Meetings , of which he was elected chairman ; and foi this , which might have been tko case with any of us , our brother has been arrested , incarcerated , insulted , and abnsed : the authorities ue using arery means in their power to convict him ot sedition and conspiracy , and to throw the responsibility ot the meeting upon bia shoulders ; it follows therefore , from the fact of his being appointed chairman of a general Trades' Meeting ,
that the trades generally are imperatively bound to come forward and assist us la this great public cause , and endeavour , by every means in their power , to restore him free and unfettered to the bosom of hlk disconsolate family . \ mb We are also impressed with the belief tfiat yonr sympathies will not be abated when we inform you that our brother has at all times endeavoured to tender bis services for the benefit of his fellew men , and has always maintained a character for honour and integrity ,-he has been most assiduous in endeavouring to educate , instruct , and instil in the minds of the millions , sound practical knowledge , pre-eminently calculated to improve their morals and to elevate their social condition , and no labourer in tola high and holy cause is more
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justly entitled to yourfcaevolenoe than the victim for whoti we are appealing . In conclusion , we most earnestly solicit yonr assist , ance to defend him at his forthcoming trial , which we trust will be cheerfully and eneigetically responded to ; and we hope that each and every individual will , by considering the ease at his own , together with the impending danger of our friend , and the privations to which his helpleas and heart-broken family will be subjected , mease of his conviction , be stimulated to co-operate with ub and thus restore the trades' mar tyr to h' . a previous position amongst us .
We have made a wdculatioa of the probable amount of expense that will be incurred in his defence , and we flu * that as the success of the ciae principally depends on obtaining the best counsel , and the necessary number of witnesses , that nearly two hundred pounds will be required , which may be easily raised by the Trades coming manfully forward and supporting a oause which is decidedly their own . We are , fellow workmen , In the cause of human freedom , Yours very respectfully ,
The Committee . N . B . —The Committee meet every Wednesday and Saturday evenings , from half-past seven , to half-past nine o ' clock , at the Olympic Tavern , Stephenson ' ssquare , for the purpose of receiving subscriptions .
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. - ••» MR . WILD AND THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF HIS ARREST . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAP . SIR , —I find in your last paper a short notice of my arrest , &o . ; will you allow me to state through the same medium a few facts relative to my conduct from the commencement of the strike , up to the day of the meeting , for attending which I was apprehended . On the 18 tb of August , a large concourse of people came to Middleton , 8 ome of whom came Into my house , and insisted on my leaving work immediately , saying , if we find you working again , we'll cut your warp across . Thinking it the least of two evils , I compiled , - being fully resolved to take no part in the 7 proceedings connected with the
strike-On the evening of the 13 th , I beard it reported that some evil-disposed persons connected with the procession , bad visited certain shops , and obtained money , bread , &c , by means of intimidation . I had yet abstained from attending any meeting or procession . But feeling that these parties , if allowed to go on , would bring disgrace upon the working men of Middleton , I determined to avail myself of the first opportunity of exposing them publicly . I attended the meeting for the first time on the 15 th , for that purpose . I did expose them , as did also the Chairman . The consequence was , no procession took place either then or since .
I was arrested for attending that meeting ; cut acting as I did , whatever the result may be , I have the satisfaction to know that I did my duty . Yours , &c Thomas Wild .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , *—Having seen in the columns of your invaluable journal of the 20 th of August , an account of the riots which took place in Preston on the 13 tb , from yonr correspondent in that town , in which he states something that has an evident tendency to cask suspicion upon the two delegates who visited that town ; and having also seen in your leading articles of the 20 th of August and Sept . 3 rd , two paragraphs , in which you state that the whole of the six delegates were paid by the shopkeepers and factory masters of Asbton , such statements are entirely false .
Now , Sir , as such statements , if not contradicted , will probably tend to ruin the characters of men whose honesty has never been questioned , I shall , as one of the delegates , with your permission lay before your numerous readers and the public , a plain statement ot the facts connected with our delegation . It had been for some time previous to the present strike , generally known by the workiDg men of Ashton and the surrounding towns , that it was the intention of the League millowners either to shut up their mills or reduce the wages of the hands in their employ to that starvation point , upon which they knew they could not npon aoy means subsist , by which means they hoped to drive the working people to a state of desperation , and that const qusntly anarchy and confusion would become the order of the day , during which time they hoped to frighten the Tory Government to a repeal of the Corn Laws . Mr . Alfred Rayner and Brothers , of Ashton , were the individnals selects to commence this dra
Law crusade against the land-owning monopolists . But , Sir , the working men saw through the move ; and no sooner did the Corn Law repealing Raynera announce their intended reduction than the working men held a public meeting . This was on the 20 th of July , at which meeting Rayner ' s bands stated that they could not subsist if that reduction was submitted to ; and it was the unanimous opinion of that meeting , composed of factory hands of all trades , that if Rayner ' a reduction was submitted to a general reduction all through the town and district , would be the consequence ; accordingly a resolution was passed at that meeting , that if the Riyner ' a did not withdraw their reduction , they weuld , unitedly and collectively , cease working until they could obtain a fair day's wages for a fair day ' s work , and in order to bails the Corn Law move , they declared farther , that if any political change was accomplished , through their cessation of labour , it should be not a repeal of the Corn Laws , but the enactment of the People's Charter .
That meeting was adjourned until the following Tuesday evening , July 26 th ; it was held in the open air , when there could be no less than from twelve te fifteen thousand people assembled on that occasion , when resolutions were coma to that a general strike for a fair day ' s wages and the Charter , should take place if Messrs . Raynera' persisted in their reduction . Mr . Dixon , your reporter , attended , and took a copious report of the proceedlnes . I do not know how it was that Mr . O'Connor had to complain in his letter to the Imperial Chartists , of the 27 ch of August , that the strike had come on like a shock ; if proper publication bad been given to that , and the subsequent meetings , Mr . O'Connor would not have had to complain . The fault was not the people ' s , aa they paid Mr . Dixon and P . M . Brophy for reporting .
On the Thursday following , the Raynera withdrew their reductisn ; but no s&oner had they withdrawn it , than the Messrs . Bayleys , of ' Stelybridge , gave notice to reduce ; and no ssoner did this bscome known , than meetings were held in Stalybridge , Ashton , Dnkinfiold , Hyde , and Droylsden , at all of which meetings , the above resolutions were unanimously adopted . On Friday , the 5 th of August , the hands in Bayley ' s employ struck work , and on Monday , the 8 th , a general strike took place in Stalybridge and Ashton . The working men hero know well , that isolated and alone they could accomplish nothing ; they therefore felt a desire to extend the Strike ; the me 1 were too poor to
send out delegates at their own expense : application was therefore made to those shopkeepers who had long sympathised with the people ' s sufferings . The shopkeepers generously responded to the call : a public meeting was held on Tuesday , the ninth day after the general Strike commenced , fur the purpose of electing delegates to go into North Lancashire , to show the people the necessity of co-operating with the people of South Lancashire to carry out their object . The meeting at which the delegates were elected was convened in the Market-place , Ashton , and upwards of 40 , 000 persons from Dukenfield , Stalybridge , and Ashton , attended , and the delegates were unanimously elected .
New sir , it was no secret that the shopkeepers furnished the delegates with funds for their mission : it was announced in public and was received with the moat deafening cheers , by upwards of 40 , 000 persons . Yea , sir , the delegates do not blush to avow that they were paid by the shopkeepers : bat they were not paid by the factory masters , as you state ia your articles—Tney would have scorned to have received a fraction from those monstrous reptiles who have brought us to destitution and misery . The delegates deny the assertion , and would long since have replied to it , had not the peculiarity « f their situation rendered it imprudent And , sir , the shopkeepers who did furnish us with funds , who are they ? Sumo of them have long been struggling against factory tyranny , and have suf
fered imprisoment ia the Chartist cause . The delegates who visited Preston did tell your correspondent in that town that the shopkeepers furnished them with funds . The also told tho people of Preston so , and felt proud in bo doing ; but they never told your Preston correspondent , or any created being that they were paid by the factory masters . No , sir , it is as false as it is perfidious . In reference to the reduction offered by Mr . Aiasworth , your Preston correspondent asks—Was it not preconcerted before these Ashton men came ? Perhaps , Sir , as your correspondent lives so near Mr . Ainsworth ' s , can best answer that question . Your Preston correspondent further states that the Ashton men , after addressing the meeting in the morning , were quietly boused ; and that when the military fired , they had fled .
Now , Mr . Editor , the fact is , that the Ashton men neither attended nor addressed any meeting whatever oh the day on which the riot took place ; neither did they flee when the inllitaiy fired . But they went away when they had done their business , strong in their own integrity . Sir , ia conclusion , I can only say that the conduct and character of the whole of the six delegates is in their own localities above suspicion . Three out of the six have suffered imprisonment fox advocating the rights of the people , and for struggling for the enactment of the Charter . Hoping , Sir , that you will give Insertion to the above letter , ia order that your numerous readers and the pnblio may have a fair opportunity of judging of our conduct from plain facts , I remain .
' Tour ' s , in the cause of troth and justice , One of the Delegates , Stockport , Sept , 7 , 1842 .
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STAFFORDSHIRE VICTIM FUND . TO THB EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —Allow me space in the next < S % zr , to acknowledge the receipt of the following sums for the support of Mason and his fellow victims : — £ s d From the Flint Shoemakers , Stafford 0 2 6 The Assotiated Chartists , Stafford 0 6 0 Southampton ... ... ... 0 4 0 From the Metropolitan Delegate Meeting as follows : — Goldbeater's Arms ... ... ... 0 2 0 Star Coffee House ... ... ... 0 6 0 Lambeth Locality ... ... ... 0 2 0 Rock locality ... ... ... 0 0 9
Clock House ... ... ... ... 02 9 Carpenter ' s Arms ... ... ... 0 2 0 Crown and Anchor ... ... 0 1 0 A Friend , Birmingham ... ... 10 0 The money from Stafford and Birmingham is paid me expressly to find food for Mason , Recording to contract ; the other will be placed at the disposal of the Committee , for the . wives and families . Yours , to . Wm . Pepiow , Frlar-street , Stafford , Sept . 11 th , 1842 .
TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAR . SIR , —Be so kind as to publish the following caution , and you will oblige the Chartists of Newcastle . There are four men ia Newcastle who have got as much money as will enable them to " spree" about for a month . These man profess to be Chartists , and by that means are endeaveuring to insinuate themselves into our affections , and thereby get us to commit ourselves in oar private conversations , and bo get us entrapped . While I was lecturing at Avenue Head , a snare was set by one of the " respectables . " Bat it was no go . I
am too cool , and too deliberate to be entrapped by spies . I will say nothing , either in public or private , but what I am prepared to prove and abide by in a Court of Justice ; and I hope my countrymen will do the sama No man need go to Newcastle unless he can produce his credentials from his own locality , and the locality he last visited . I hope every place , during these trying times , will adopt the same rule . The reason of the above ia , there are men who were good Chartists (?) a few weeks ago , but ore bad ones now . Yours , truly , Petes . Rigbtt . South Shields , Sunday morning .
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STATE OF THE POTTERIES . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —I have been here for some time and have made all the inquiries I couli , as t « the real state of the district . Truly it is lamentable to see the array of military and civil force , that parade the streets of the Potteries . The market houses are converted into Barracks , and the special constables parade the streets every night . A terror seems to pervade the minds of the people , and yet they know not what for ! The local press exerts its utmost powers to prejudice the public mind against the Chartists , but without any great effect ; , for numbers are now enrolling their names and taking out cards , and great nombara of the special constables are subscribing liberally to the Defence Fund .
I am happy to say tbera is not a dozen Chartists in Stafford G iol , and the evidence against them is so trifling , and so mixed up with gross perjury , that I doubt not but with a proper defence they will be acquitted . The Chartists are in good spirits and are exerting themselves very much to collect evidence for the defence . All that will be wanting wlH be money , and that I hope will be liberally supplied by the Chartist body . Mr . Ellis has been arrested , I have heard at Glasgow . He will be examined this day in Newcastle , and is sure to ba committed—they will &ttive hud to make a case against him , as he baa been an honest and indefatigable Chartist The prisoners are all in good spirits , and so are most of their families . All public meetings are prohibited at present , and the known
Chartists and their bouses are watched closely . I have jast been with a bill to the printers to announce a lecture on the " Corn Laws , " bat he refused to print it without the consent of the high Bailiff , but I could not as yet see that gentleman , he not being at homa . Persecution seems to be tha order of the day ; several have been suspended and others threatened . A Mr . Lester , of Newcastle , a bigoted Tory , making himself most conspicuous , on Saturday discharged one of his men of most excellent character , who served his apprenticeship to him , and whose wife was an old servant of the family , for being a Chartist . " For , " says this wiseacre , " if I keep a Chartist in my employ , he will enter into conspiracy with other Cbartists to come and destroy my property . " But all will not do ; Chartism is too strong to be put down by the puny efforts of such modern UPSTARTS .
Mr . Capper ' s case is exciting universal disgust in the minds of all classes , —going back to last February to rake up a charge , and supporting it with the basest perjury . Mr . Capper is universally respected , and one friend has privately sent him £ & towards his defence ; Oa the whole the Potteries aro not in such a bad state as moat people imagine . If anything more transpires I will send you an account Yours faithfully , John West . Tuesday morning , Sept . 12 th .
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LETTER FROM E . P . M . TO HIS DEMOCRATIC FRIENDS AND BROTHERS . My dear Friends and Brother Democrats , — In' times like these discretion and prudence are cer » tainly the betUr part of valour ; through tho vigilance of my Nottingham friends , I have escaped with the utmost difficulty the clutches of their Dogberries , and their blue devil bltodhounds , and hare taken precautions to secure my own liberty , because I know all impartial justice has ceased to exist in our ill-fated class-misgoverned country . Call me not coward or renegade , for I am neither the one nor the other ; and as long as I could be useful I remained at my post Mr . Roberts and Mr . Longwise apprised me that a warrant was out , and brought me money to assist me on my journey . Careful as I was , however , the bloodhounds tracked my path forty miles , when I doubled upon them , and they lost scent . I am doing pretty well , and am a little recruited , and ready to work for the good cause while life and health
. Too many useless sacrifices have already been made : some of oar best and staanckest advocates are now wearing the gyves of class-tyrants , and the iron is entering into their souls ; their atoio philosophy may grin and endure , but still men like Cooper , Mason , White , and Jones , have minds too sensitive , too much alive to those keener feelings of the enlightened heart , not to feel doubly galling those fetters which bind their limbs , and those restrictions which tyrants have laid upon their tongues , pens , and usefulness . We that
are still at liberty in our persons « nd minds have now a duty to perform which no sincere Christian ( I mean no practical Christian ) , no sincere patriot , no sound democrat , no real Chartist , can or must neglect , namely , warmly to sympathise with our persecuted and incarcerated frienda and brothers , —ia the first place , by defending their characters when maligned , in our presence ; and , secondly , a zealous and incessant activity to provide for them the ablest and best defence , and relieving their minds from all anxiety about their dear families . '
This , by a small pecuniary , sacrfloe in each and every man , may be done : a single penny per week paid by every member in every locality every Sunday morning to a General Defence Fond , will be *> pleasing oblation ia the sight of oar great democratic example , Christ , and a proof that we are sincere in oar sympathies for oar dear victimised friends . This I am resolved to do ; and , according as God shall bless me with the means , more too . Yon shall , from time to time , hear from me in the . Star ; and in a few weeks I hope to resume my labours as a public advocate of our maa-exalting and tyrantabaaing principle * .
I sincerely thank yon , my dear friends of the West of England , of Wiltshire , Reading , Birmingham , London , Leicester , Nottingham , Derby , and Newark , for all your past brotherly love and good-will to me , and still hope , by steady , active , and prudent—but zealous —perseverance ia the great moral battle , to the beat ot my humble abilities , to merit still the esteem yon have hitherto professed for your sincere friend , The Oid Commodore . Sunday , 11 th September , Safety Cove , Suuglaud . On board the Caution , Democratic Sloop of Peace .
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DONCASTER MEETING , 1842 . MONDAY , September ° 12 .... The CHAMPAGNE STAKES of 50 sovb . each , h ft for two-year old colts 8 st 71 b fillies 8 st 5 Uh The owner of the second horse to save his stake , and the winner to give six dozen of Champagne to the Doncaster Racing Club . —Red House ia . ( 34 subscriber ? . ) Mr Blakelook ' s b 0 A British Yeoman ; . ( Templeman ) 1 Lord Maidstone ' s b c The Caster ( W Scott ) 2 Lord Westminster ' s b f Maria Day ( Mawon ) 3 Lord Sligo ' s br f Winter ; ...... ( J Day ) 4 Mr Ramsay ' s b f Lady Skipsey .. ..... ( Noble ) 5 Even betting on the Caster , 3 to 1 against Maria Day , 4 to 1 agst A British Yeoman , 10 to 1 agst Winter . —Won by a length . The GREAT YORKSHIRE HANDICAP of 25
sovs each , 15 ft but 5 only if declared , &c with 200 added by the Corporation . The owner of the second horse to receive 100 sovs . out of the stakes , and the third to save his stake . The winner to pay 20 sovb to th « Judge . —St . Leger Course . ( 106 subscribers , 65 of whom declared . ) Sir C Monk ' s b 0 br to Garland ... ( Hebdale ) 1 Mr Powlett ' s br f Disclosure .. ( T Lye ) 2 Mr Robertson ' s Little Wonder ... ( Robinson ) 3 Mr John 8 tone ' s br h Charles XII ( Marson ) 4 Mr Crawfurd ' s br f by Langar ( Arthur ) 0 Mr Van 8 ittart ' s b c Galaor ( Carfcwrigbt ) 0 Major Hay ' s ch h Retriever ( Murphy ) 0 CoV Cradook ' s b c Pagan ..... ( Oates ) 0 Mr Clark ' s b c William le Gros ... ( Howlett ) 0 Mr Peck ' s b 0 Paragon .. ... ( Bell ) 0 Mr Osbaldeston ' s br c Devil among the
Tailors ............ ( Simpson ) 0 Mr Bell ' s b c Thirsk .... ( Bamby ) 0 Lord : Palmerston ' 8 b m Iliona . ( W Day ) 0 Mr Jones ' s b g Tubalcain ( Coupland ) 0 4 to 1 agst Charles XII 5 to 1 agst Disclosure , 6 to 1 agst Retriever , 8 to 1 agst William le Groa , 10 to 1 agst Pagan , 10 to 1 agst Iliona , 12 to 1 agst Little Wonder , 20 to 1 agst Thirsk , and 20 to 1 agst Tubalcain . —Retriever took the lead after ;* beautiful start . A splendid race : all well up . ' Won by a length . HER MAJESTY'S PLATE of lOOgs . Four miles Mr . Ramshay ' s br 0 Moss Trooper ... ( T Lye ) 1 Mr Gascoigne ' s Jack Sheppard ( Templeman ) 2 Mr Oshaldeston ' s Woldsman ... ( Wakefield ) 3 Lord G Bflntinck' Yorkshire Lady ( Hebdale ) 4 The Produce Stakes of 100 sovs was walked over for by Gen Sharps ' s ch c Lara .
TUESDAY , Sept . 13 . The TWO-YEAR OLD PRODUCE STAKES of 100 sovs . each . —Red-House in . ( 4 subscribers . ) Mr . Clark's b f Ameine , ( J . Holmes ) walk . ever . SWEEPSTAKES of 100 sovs . each . —Mile and a half . ( 3 subscribers . ) Mr . Bowes ' s ch f The Ladye of Silverkeld Well ....... ( N . Flatman ) 1 Mr . Mostyn's b 0 ...............,.. ( S . Darling ) 2
Won very easy . The GREAT ST . LEGER STAKES of 50 sovs each , h ft for three-year old colts 8 st 7 ib and fillies 8 st 21 b . Tho owner of the secona horse to receive 100 sovs ont of the stakes . —St Leger Course . ( 133 subs . ) Lord Eglinton ' s b f Blue Bennet ( Lye ) 1 Gen Yatea ' s br 0 Sea-horse ( Chappie ) 2 Mr Dixon ' s b c Policy ( J Bntler ) 0 Col . Alison ' s Attila , by Colwick ,... ( W Scott ) 0 Mr . Bell ' s b 0 Eboracum ............ ( Heseltine ) 0
Mr . Ciark ' s b 0 Master Thomas ( Holmes ) 0 Mr . Combe ' s br f Rosalind ......... ( S . Rogers ) 0 Mr . Ferguson ' s ch c Fireaway ...... ( Jacques ) 0 Mr . S . King ' s b 0 Cattonite ......... ( J . Day ) 0 Mr . Kitching ' s br f Prisoilla Tomboy ( Oates ) 0 Mr . Meiklam ' s b c Aristotle ( S . Templeman ) 0 Mr . Owsley ' s b 0 Happy-go-Lucky , ( Br&dIey ) 0 Mr . Price ' s b f Marion ,......... ( Cartwright ) 0 Mr . Ramsay ' s ch 0 Cabrera ( Noble ) 0 Mr Thompson ' s Pharmacopoeia ... ( Flatman ) 9 Mr Maher ' s b 0 Ballinkeele ... ( J Robinson ) 0 Lord Miltown ' s ch c Scalteen ( Calloway ) 0
After « ne false start , all got off -well together , Master Thomas leading . A splendid race . Seventeen started , being six more than last year . As on that ocoasion there was a false start , in which Attiia got well forward , about fourth or fifth horse ; but the horses were recalled . On the second start when about a hundred yards from the starting post , he shot ont and took the lead , which he kept over the hill and round by the bashes , where he was first by three lengths , and so on to the Red House , where the little filly , Blue Bonnet , t ill then "unknown to fame , " came up to him , and defeated him at the distance . About half distance from home , Attilo- struggled with her , bat ia vain ; he could not pass her , While at this point , Sea Horse made a tremendous
rush , passing Attila , and coming up to Bine Bonnet , Tommy Lye , who was holding in , Beeing that Attila was done for , and that Sea Horse was aiming at the front rank , let out his mare , and she came in first winning cieveriy by a length . Prisoilla and Tomboy ran a good third . These three were quite clear of the " ruck ;" . which , however , were well up , Attila amongst them . No accident occurred to mar the race . The start was made exactly at a quarter before four o ' clock ; and though we have not heard the precise number of minutes and seconds in which it was performed , we understand that it is considered as quick a raoo as has been ran for some years past .
The Betting . —Of course it is generally known , that the prime favourite was Attila ; and juet before the start , the betting was even on him , and 5 to 4 against him . As to the other hors « s speculated on , the prices were 7 to 1 against Ballinkeele , 8 to 1 against Cabrera , 8 to 1 against the winner , 10 to 1 against Master Thomas , 15 to 1 against Fireaway , and 15 to lagainBt Policy . Sea-horse ( the second in ) was not mentioned ; and the betting was chi < fly confined to the four horses first recorded . Of course , the backers of Attila are losers to a considerable amount , and very large sums of money changed hands on the ocoasion .
Remarks . —Will Scot , after carrying off the St . Leger prize for four successive years , on Don Joba in 1838 , Charles XII . in 1839 , Launcelot in 1840 , and Satirist in last year , appeared equally confident ef success on the present occasion ; and the knowing ones very sagaciously pronounced to their familiars a few words of oracular import , to the effect thafc Attila was booked to win , and must win . Scott ' s brother declared , on Sunday , that no horse could have been better trained , and the race showed that Will did his best to carry off the prize a fifth time in succession ; but the charm was broken . Attila reigned first favourite , not only with the said knowing ones ; but with all classes of Bporline men ; he
was , in fact , a sort of popular , if not universal favorite ; and this , without any doubt apparently felt of his success till Monday morning , when , it \ a said , Lord Eglingtoun took 1 , 000 to 40 against Blue Bonnet four times successively . Up to that time , we believe , " her name was never heard " as the song says ; but his lordship ' s example found several imitators , and the filly rose in estimation a little ; but , as will be seen by the above betting , was far below the favourite at the time of starting . It is seven , years since the St . Leger stakes were carried off by
anlly ; and it is not a little remarkable , that on both occasions T « tnmy Lye rode the winner ; and being the only times he has won this race , he may say he has never won the St . Leger save with fillie 3 . From 1816 till the present time , a period of 26 years , only four fillies have carried off the stakes , viz . the Duohess of Leven , in 1816 * ; Matilda ( ridden by Jem Robinson , ) in 1827 ; the Queen of Trumps ( Tommy Lye the ri ier ) , in 1835 ; and now Blue Bonnet ( T . Lye ) , in 1842 . —We have not heard the exact amount of the stakes won on this occasion .
The CLEVELAND HANDICAP oi 20 sovs . each , 10 ft . but five only if declared , &c , with 60 sovs . added by tha Corporation . The owner of the second horse to receive 30 sots , out ot the stakes . The winner of the Great Yorkshire Handicap , to carry 71 b . extra .... One mile . ( 25 subscribers 13 of whom declared . ) Mr . Walker ' s b f Billingham Lass , ( Bumby ) 1 Lord Chesterfield's ch 0 Knrght of the Whistle . ( NFlaxman ) 2 Lord Kelburne's ch o by Retainer , ( Bell ) 3 Mr . Brook ' s br f ldolatry ............ ( Howlett ) 4 Mr . Denbam ' s Compensation , ( Whitehouse ) 5 Mr . Beli's b f Fie * .... ( Hebdale ) 6 A good race .
The CHESTERFIELD STAKES of 20 sovs . each , with-50 added by the Corporation . Maiden horses , &o ., at the time of naming allowed 51 bs , . and a winner of the Derby or St . Leger to carry 4 lbs . extra . Mile and a half . ( 3 subscribers . ) Col . Oaddook's bo Pagan ( Templeman ) 1 Mr . Gaseoigne ' s b 0 Jack Sheppard ... ( Oats ) 2 Won cleverly . Mwuovww ^ vwvwuuuk ^^ bBWiAMWiA ^ Vi /^ A / VK ^ I
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Hkr Majesty ' s Visit to Scotland . —Edinbbo * . —Monday .- —1 have nothing of importance to communicate . Her Majesty fe gone to Drummond Castle , and is there enjoyrafc heredf with her spouse , ia . the midst of revelry and gaiety of the niO 3 t extravagant kind . I perceive that the London press teems with exaggerated and fulsome descriptions of the doings of her Majesty in Scotland . Very few of the stories abroad , with regard to the enthusiaatio reception of the royal visitant by her Scottish subjects , are true . I have been out and about a good deal , and my ears have been appalled with complaints that her Majesty can spend fast enough her subjects' money , but that she is very slow in endeavouring to ameliorate their miserable condition ; I will not trespass further on your spaee , as I know your columns will be occupied with far more important and interesting matter .
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FOR THB TUTIONAI . DEFENCE FUND . From the Chartists of Burton-upon-Trent .. 0 6 0 From Wing&te Grange Colliery , per R . A . 0 5 0 From W ., St . L&ngton , near Tonbridge Wells 0 0 4 FOB THB EXECUTIVE . From Wingate Grange Colliery , per B . A .... 0 10 0 - T . Woods , Sudbury , Suffolk 0 2 6 FOB MASON ' S FAMILY . From Wingate Grange Colliery , per R . A .... 0 2 6 VICTIM FUND . From Wingate Grange Colliery , per R . A ... 0 2 6
FOB MRS . HOLBEKET . From the Committee at Sheffield , after paying Mrs . H . £ 1 duriDg the last month 1 17 4 Merley , proceeds after a sermon by Mr . T . B . Smith 0 5 0 ,. the Chartist * of Brighton . 066 ~ Long Bnckby , collected after an address by Wm . Jones , of Liverpool 1 15 0 „ - Chesterfield , per Wm . Martin ... 0 5 4 FOB THI PROSECUTION OF M'KINNA FOB PEEJUBY . From Brighton , subscribed at the Red Cap 6 8 7 „ Wm . Thompson , Saltcoats 0 0 2
FOB GEOBGE WHITF . From Wm . Thompson , Saltcoats 0 0 2 Tbe PiATis . for Barnsley have be en forwarded to B Hague ; for Sheffield , to Q . J . Harney ; for Halifax , and surrounding towns , to R . Wilkinson ; for Huddersfield and Villages , to Joshua Hobson ; for Hull £ nd Beverley , to R . Lundy .
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1 have only o request that the above may be inserted in the Northern Star as soon aa convenient , and remain , Sir , yours respectfully , o . J « Leicester , Sep . 11 . . _ . .
TO MR . FEARGUS O'CONNOR . Sib , —I have the honour of sending enclosed an order for 15 s . Id ., which sum has been subscribed to the General Defence Fund , suggested by you in the Northern Star of the 27 th ult . It may not be amiss to state that the subscribers are all working men , and , with one or two exceptions , entirely unconnected with the Chartist body , Hatred of oppression , and sympathy for the oppressed , have alone induced them to subscribe on the present occasion i
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BEESLEY—THE NORTH-LANCASHIRE CHAMPION . Bbotheb Chabtists , —Out long-tried and muchvalued friend , Mr . W . Beesley , has at last been arrested on a charge of sedition , and committed for trial at the nest Lancaster Assizes . ; we therefore consider it to be our duty at once to establish a defense fund , in order to prepare him with the necessary means in the hour of need , being confident that the friends , and Chartists generally , will rally around our champion . We have appointed a Committee for the purpose of receiving subscriptions .
It is useless to say anything about the sacrifices he has made in the cause , and the energy and perseverance wit h which he has pushed on the agitation , and the firmness he has displayed upon all occasions , in support of oar principles . This is well-known to all ; and in order to give all who feel inclined to assist tbe Committee an opportunity , the Committee have appointed Air . Thomas Horsefleld , engraver , Abbey-street , Accriogton , treasurer ; and Mr . Stephen Sutcllffe , engraver , Church-street , back ot Warner ' s Arms , secretary , to receive subscriptions , —which will be duly acknowledged through the columns of the Northern Star . Stephen Sctcmffe , Sec . Accrington , Aug . 12 , 1842 .
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