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( Continued frvn our Sixth page . } evident anxiety . Vow for . nnion , wbiapered some npon tbeplatfoim ; now for the Charter , muttered those ppon the floor . Mr . O'Connor could not proceed for Bome misntes . the applause with which he was greeted vas so tremendcns . Not £ id he leave has audience long in doubt when he did commence . His declaration ti I have suffered for the Charter . This is my sixth prosecution in less than five years ; and if my suffering ^ ill carry the Charter , T am prepared for the worst ; jot from tne faction has nothing to hope for ; and those jrto imagine that t © avoid suffering , or to make it the milder . I will form a junction irith Whigs or free traders npon no better terms than lenity for myself , h ^ ve made a wrong calculation of my mind and their own pavrers . Here is the Charter Btandard ; here am __
I , rejecting none , but declining to move my Btan-iard back a fraction cf an inch for the purpose of establishing a onioa profitable to myself , but injurious to mj party- " Tins declaration was received with shouts that made the building ring , and faction shaddtr . Perhaps , however , the most Etriking portions of 2 dr . O'Connojs address , were those statistical data xtal from Mr . Hobson * Almanack , for the year 1843 , and wh"ch the speaker used for the purpose of proving to the middle classes , that they paid indirectly for Chartist prosecution . B e showed that the amounts paid for the procation of felons for the the tea years preceding reform , TaricJ from £ 59 . 000 in 1821 to £ 74 . 000 in 1831 , while in 1833 tbs account opened with £ 147 , 000 , and doses in 1 S 41 with THRE HUNDRED AND
FIFTYEIGHT THOUSAND POUNDS , tbus showing an irjcrtase In that item between 1821 and 1841 of £ 300 , 000 , or the interest npcn ^ nearly £ 10 , 000 000 ; he also Wowed that the Secret Service grant had jjecome atigHieBtsd within the same period ; and tfcvt the largest advances were made from that fund during years of general election , and in those years when Whig spies bad been abroad . In 1 S 33 , the amount wjs £ 29 , 000 ; while in 1834 , a ger-eral election , it was £ 49 COO ; in 1 S 36 , £ 29 . 000 ; in 1 S 37 , a general election , £ 45 000 ; in 1840 , £ 27 , 000 ; In 1841 , a general election , £ 37 , 900 . Bui fey far the most appaUiEg . item was for 1833 , when the spy system was made general throughout England and Scotland , and during which period , Fox Maule admitted
tfce fact of sending 'Inspectors to look after Feargus O'Connor , and to report npon tfce * tate of the harvest " in 1 S 3 8 ^ the winter of torch-light meetings , and juit before the election of delegates to the first National Convention . The amount of Secret Service money was SEYEXTY-TWO iHOUSAKD POUNDS , being many thousands more than in any year for the twenty-six -preceding jeara . Another carious column appears m this invaluable little compilation , under the head 'Svjrvi *> 9 Parsons ; " and here we learn , that lh « Discrest ministry" wtre not as sparing in their beqnrsta to the parsons as they were Wr : ^ in a > u ? e of them . The item in 1831 amcutitedto £ 15 . 000 ; and in 1841 , while the flock was starving , and crying out for bread , and the
Dissenters bellowing " Cheap Bread . " this item amounted to £ 37 001 ) , or he 3 bt * n nearly trebled . F . om the year 1 S 24 to the year 1831 , the annual amount paid to those suffering innocents varied from £ 17 . COO in 1824 , to £ 15 , 000 in 1831 , and amounted to £ 37 , 000 in 1841 ; whHe in 1518 , only £ l : 000 were panted to tbtm . 2 s ow . then , here is ^ hig economy with a vengeance , in details too minute , and bestowed for objects too congenial for the supporters of Whiggery to condescend a glance at Let us now balance accounts . The Whigs left a general deficit upon thtir balance sheet , of over £ 2 , 400 , 000 sterling ; and if any arithmetician will tote the trouble of balancing those sev-ral items of secret service mosey , suffering parsons' money , and
prosemtion of felons' money , he will find that the amount psid in the ten years , from 1832 to 1841 , as crmrartd -with the amount pad under the Bams heads from 1821 to 1 S 32 , leives & balance against the ten Biform years of more than £ 2 . . 000 sterling . Now , tfcen , we have solved a problem for the Income Tax payers , and given a solution of Whig economy , which will puzzle the best friends of Reform to answer . Of the meeticg we need only ssy , that it was in every respect such as the csuntry had a right to expect , and such a one aa does honour to the men of London ; none of the recruiting parties made their appearance , though they made their way here and there , if occasion required . London has nobly done its duty ; let the country sov Tesr > ond- "We ab&U do onrs .
" In conchuaon , "we have to request thai the Chastinta in every locality will meet as speedily as possible for the purpose cf bearing Mr . Duncombe's bold , and manly , and eloquent speech read aloud to the classes ; and then let Hieh Association at once form a defence fund committee , and remit the proceeds to the treasurer , FO'Gennor , by post-ofnee order , mads payable to John Cleave , addressed to the Publisher , Everting Star Office , 252 . Strand . "
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TALES WRITTEN EXPRESSLY FOR THE " NORTHERN STAR . " BY CHASTICS . THE FOUNDLING OF AYR , tbom facts fubmshed by a mason chabtist . PABT II . The mcraicg that saw James set out in search of a livelihood , was a morning similar to that which had ushered him inte life ; but great was the difference between the helpless infant and the stalwart young man . With his bundle and working-tools he trudged cheerfully alcusj , for bis heart was lightened by hope ; aud the constant change cf scene , with the prospect before Mm , ttmtrifefltefi to exhilarate bis spirits . But he soon found his heavy tools an incumbranee , not so much from
their weight as that they chafed and made his shoulder sore . It was in vain that he shifted them from one side to the other—it was only making one as bad as the other . He mast carry them , however , for they were to be his ' brtad-winnera , '' Fortunately , a gocd-natcred rustic going -with a cart for coals , gave him a " lift , " which relieved him greatly , and at the end of the day he found himself in a town about five-and-twenty miles from the place of his departure , fie entered a small pnblic-hpuse , and creeping to a corner of the-room ordered himself a pint of ale , and took out a little bread and cheese , which still remained from his day-meaL He asked it he eosld be accommodated with a lodging , and being answered in the affirmative , he wished his bed to begot ready , as he was weary and had a long day's tramp before him on the morrow .
There were ona or two smokers and drinkers , pothouse politician ! , Pittites and . Fuxites , occupying their < A& accustomed Beats in the -warm ing ! e-noofc- They were in high debate on the cendnct and character of Bonspmewho \ t&s at that time vainly endeavouring to mike an ally of England in his crn&ade against the crowned tyrants erf Europe , Wnat , " said the Pittite , "joia with that usurper , that tyrant and murderer !—did h » not poison his sick troops at Jaffa ? " "No , " replied the Foxite , " he did not—it was the doctor . " " Bnt , " says the other , " Bonaparte gave tie doctor orders to do it" " On the contrary , ** the Foxite replied , " it was by the doctor ' s advice that such ordfcia wars siven—the roen were tick of the plague , and the infallible tokens of that disease shewed tktm to be P-st recovery—it is a common custom among doctors
to give a quielcs to their patients to shorten then mortal agonies , and Bonaparte complied with this custom from a motive of humanity . Humanity !" echoed tte Pittite in a fory— " it is such humanity as I wish you and all admirers of that arch-viliain c&nld experiecce . " "Why , you Tories , " said the Foxite , calmly , would be worse than the Tarts if we » ere to fell into your hands—and certainly I bad rather be poisoned than left to your tender mercy . " "Here ' s Church and King , " boated the Pittite , drinking his gliss tr-th an air of exasperation , and setting it down with such a clash that it broke to pieces . " Aye , is that th = way yen -would serve your favourite , " said the Foxite— ¦ ' now I would treat mine more mildlyhere's Church and State . ' and our constitution in its purity . ' *
Jamts had listened during his frugal repast with con-BderaLIe interest to this diienssion , ¦ w hich now appeared to be ended , for each party having gnlped down his principles with , all the satisfaction that the liquor coul ^ impart , be § au to digest them in silence , puffing their pipes with an appearance of triumph . Whether it was tb . it th * good enter had enlivened his spirits , or the dfctate hi : i roused his latent enthusiasm , James , who t&i tE-. roushly imbibed the pure democratic principles of P-iine . and const , qnently was no admirer of Church 01 State in their pr&aeni corrupt and monarchic !} fons —Jade ? could not help likewise shewing his opinions .
SEd craii success to Reform ! The magical word was no sooEer nttered than the startled ga » of both Whig and Tory was turned upon our hero—the f-inner seemed JQUsh to wonder at his boldness , while the latter eyed him with a mixture of contempt and detestation , as though he were some odious reptile that had crept into bis presence . " What ! " raid he , "have we Reformers here ? —tb-. y are no better worth than burning—I would cave them all served as the lads serve the stakes they put into the middle of bonfires , and call Tom Painers "
" Indeed ! " said the Whig , " as their doctrines are dfrstiuctive , they themselves ought to be destroyed . " Jsmes was surprised to find both belligerents so sudfcsi ; form a coalition against kim with such terms of bltttr animosity ; but inf * re he bad sufficiently recovered from his surprise , he received a genie intimation frcm the landlord that their beds wtre all full—they ecraI 3 uot accommodate him : our Kef ormer wm obliged to take up his bundle sod walk . It was now late at ai £ ht—the shops were all closed , all but a few buck-Sera of the poorer sort . The benighted wanderer fci ^ ged up and down one or two streets completely lost , and thought that it was bard he should be made
to outcast for beings Reformer , a character tin * ought to be honoured and loved everywhere . As be now tod then caught a glimpse through a lighted parlour "Window of the comfortable icmates within , sitting down to < = rds or to supper—erjeying every luxury because « = y were Tories and favoured by the system , while he * - ^ without a hems or a lodging , in a strange place , ™ eontt not but refisct on the necessity of that reform « . » bica he was an humble advocate , and instead of Vuxkag to promote las own interest by turning Tory , p became tdl the more rooted in Radical principles . At "agth he spied a ball-open door of & public house—ha ftltered just Mthe last gnast was quitting it Accosting the laaalord , who was about to close up for the night ,
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he asked him if hs could have a bed tb » ra The landlord , after a scrutinizing glance , told him , ne ! that all were occupied . James begged hard that he rni s ht lay on a bench by the fire-side , or anywhere under cover , for he was a stranger in the town , had travelled far , and did not know where to find a lodging . The landlord still hesitating , J 3 mes showed him a shilling and told him he would pay for a night ' s rest on the floor just the same as for a bed , if he might stay . Mine host now remembered that he bad * bedstead without a bed in it which James might have if he chose . Our wayfarer immediately accepted the offer with thanks , and was conducted by the landlord to the top of the house , into a large attic where stood two beds already appropriated and the said bedstead . After bidding him zood
night , and leaving him without a candle , the landlord went to his own comfortable quarters , and James laid down in bis clothes . His mind immediately reveriad to the occurrences of the day—he thanght . of the young wife that he had left and bid heaven bless her !—he thought of his foster-parents , and of the mystery that shrouded his birtb—of the difficulties and hardships that seemed to be in bis ¦ way , and were likely to prevent the accomplishment of his wishes—but he had heard that work was plentiful in the town to which he was travelling , and all his distresses would vanish when he was able to send for his wife , and earn a comfortable livelihood for both . His mind soothed by these pleasing hopes , he was gradually sinking to sleep , when he was roused
by the most dismal groans that ever mortal in the pains of death uttered . Tbey s&emed to come . from . an old man in one of the beds , and contrasted strongly with the deep-drawn snores that indicated the sound sleep of the lodger in the other . The dying man uttered broken exclamations and prayers between his groans , and at lbngth all was silencs . James listened awhile , bnt could hear nothing , save the cry of the watchman from the street , going his rounds , and his "Past one ! " sounded like a knell as it die ! away in the distance . Hilf-terriSe'i , and half-starved , he sought in vain for rest , and , with the first dawn of day , arose , and went down stairs The landlord waa already up , and received the shilling with a thankye , while James took to the read—the Great Northern
Road ! The sun broke out at mid-day , and he lay by the wayside and slept He was now without money , ai . d had to beg bis way ; aad , though it was but seldom that he received any half-pence , yet he was plentifnlly furnished at the farm houses with broken bread ; for in those days a working man was seldom compelled to be ? , and never in vain . It is not our purpose to lengthen out this narrative by minute details of the hardships , the insults , and privations which James endured , till he reached " canny Newcastle . " Trades' Unions were not then established , or ho ( if a member ) would have bad a sufficiency every day allowed him for tramp-money , and , "when be reached the place of his destination , his brother Unionists would have told him where to get work , if
any was to be had , or piven him some support However , on inquiry at & large stone-yard , he had the good luck to fall into a job immediately , and was directed fey one of the men to a street where he wight find a suitable lodging . He called at the first house that bad a notification in the window . The landlady , a woman of the world , a ^ ked him who had sent him ? He could net tell , for he knew not the man ' s name . " Then , Where ' s your bundle ? - said she . " I have left it at the stose-yari along with my tools . " " Go and fetch it , my canny man , and we will then see about the lodging . " James went back for the talisman th 3 t was to be the " open sesime , " and , all being right , he was installed into his lcdcings , worked daily at the yard , soon sent for his wife , and became settled in " canny Newcastle . " ( To be concluded in our nexLJ
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TO THE ZD 1 IOB OF THE NORTHERN STABSir—If you can insert the following letter and rules in your next publication , you will confer a favour on the committee , and oblige Yours in the cause , Robert Lowest .
TO THE CHARTISTS OF SCOTLAND . Friends . —Having received from various places an assnraace that they were desirous to join the National Association proposed by the meeting at Edinburgh , but desiring to have the rnJes sent to them , the committee now lay theaPbefore the country through the press , not deeming themselves &t liberty to piint them as final until they receive the sanction of the general body of the Chartists of Scotland , when , if a sufficient number sanction aud adopt them , to give a fair chance of the Association becoming national—they will then print them for general issue , to be sent to eveiy part requesting them , after having adopted any alterations or additions that may have been generally desired .
The design of the association baa been before yon for some weeks—rules are here presented to you . In justice to your brethren that have taken the subject up , every place where there are any number of Chartists Ehoald meet , no matter bow few they may be , and on or before the first of December transmit decisions , whether they will join the Association or not , and what number of cards of membership tbey will need , the number stated being deemed an order for them . Also every place should get persons to" take names down for the Scottish Chartist Pioneer , price twopence , which has to be the monthly organ of the Association ; it is suggested that twopence be paid when the name is taken down , and the price of the ntxt when the first number is delivered , thus keeping the payment in a 4 v&nee . To enable the committee to bring i % out on Jannary 1 st , 1 S 43 , the orders will have to be in by the early part of next week .
The committee respectfully hope that these places that have had the addresses and have not sent in the amount due for them , will do so ; and that each place that may have received them will bear in mind that there were other expences besides the mere cost of the address , and that it is but just that each place assists the committee with a little to defray those expences . All communications to b ? addressed , Mr . Robert Lowery . 46 , Nicholson-street , Edinburgh .
BCLES AWD OBJECTS OP THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION . L—That the object of this Association be to obtain for every male of Great Britain and Ireland , of twentyone years of age , of sane mind , non-convict of crime , and a registered resident of not less than three months in the pariah he shall vote in , a right to vete for the election of members to serve in the Commons' House of Parliament ; that the Totes be given by Ballot , the Election of the Members annually , No-property Qualification requireo of them , and tbey to be paid for their services ; and that the country shall be divided into electoral districts for the election of those members in accordance with their population ; or in other words this Association is eftablishei to obtain the passing into law the principles contained in the document known as the People ' s Charter .
II . —Ttiat all its power shall be directed to the above oVject , by peaceful and moral means , by agitating the public mind to the discussion of its principles through the press , on the platform , or in the House of Commons , and by the adoption ef practical modes of passive resistance to the evil and injustice it seeks to removethe object of the Association being the establishment of right and justice for all , it will repudiate acts of violence or ¦ wrong whether on the part of avowed eneniiea or professing friends , deeming any gnilty © I such acts as ceasing to be members .
111 . ' To carry out the objects of * he association every member shall take out a card of membership yearly , paying at the time twopence , one penny for the card , and one penny as one month ' s subscription in advance to the general fund of the association , established for general purposes , and continue to pay one penny per month afterwards to the same general fund , and that as far as possible tbe collection cf these subscriptions should be quarterly , in advance . IT . That -this association holds na correspondence through its officers or membei « thereof , as officers or members with any other association , it being illegal to do so , but that in any locality where there may be other associations established for the same objects , their members msy become members of this also , by taking out their cards and joining this as a distinct body , paying only the penny per month , in consideration that they pay to others for local purposes .
T . —That where there are no distinct assne ^ uons , or where the members of such have abolished th < em to join this , ail persons joining this association in these places shall pay , besides the penny -pst month to the general fond , whatever more the members in these places shall deem necessary for local purposes , the association leaving tbe fixing of those suma to every place to be guided by their circumstances , and use . i by them as they see best , in conformity with the objects in view . VI . —That the management of the affairs of the Association be committed to a Council and Secretary , of seven persons , the Secretary only t » be paid tor his services ; the Council to sit In Edinburgh , and be elected by Ballot there , except the Secretary , who shall be elected by Ballot by all the members of tbe Association , and paid thirty shillings per week tot his services : if taken from home bis expences to be paid
also . That the above seven persons shall form a permanent Executive Council ; and that every town er locality where there are more than ten members , shall appoint or nominate a sub-Secretary , to correspond with the Council ,, who shall receive and transmit to them the subscriptions . for the General Fund , dispose of cards in the placs , and keep a list of tbe names of members entered , and transmit the name aud address to the General Secretary , and assist him by sending such advice and information as they may deem useful ; such Eub-secretaries to be elected into the Executive Council , and attend to take part in its business whenever they may think it necessary or convenient ; also , tfeat every place nominate one person for every ttn members , to be elected into the General Council , and transact the business of the Association in that place in connection with the subsecreta y .
TIL That the duty of the Secretary be to conduct the correspondence , keep the books of the Association , and edit tfce Scottidi Chaitist Pionetr , to be established as the organ of the Association , and conducted for its benefit , to meet with the Executive at stated periods , and lay the business of the Society before them . That he and the Executive shall give and receive plans and
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suggestions for advancing the cause , Jayln ? them before the general body , and receiving the opinion of tbe members thereon—to regulate the affairs of the Pioneer * engage lecturers ; or , in other words , execute the declared will of the Association , in consonance with it » rules and objects , in as far as the members or majority make tneir wishes known , and famish the means to carry them out ; and ihat the books of the Association , with the member's names , and account , Sec , shall be open to inspection when desired , and a balance sheet published every month .
Till—That the Lecturers engaged or recognised by this Association be men known to the pnblio as possessed of good moral character , and talent fitted to enable them to advocate its principles effectually , or if previously not generally known to the public , have certificates of tbe above , from the locality tbey may come from ; and that any locality giving such eertific . tes , remember that if they give them from a mistaken sense of kindness to an individual , or allow a false delicacy to hinder them from refusing them when asked for , by those that are unfit , they commit an act of imposture and injustica on their brethren .
li . —That when a Lecturer has to be engaged , it shall be noti&ed to the members of the Association by the Secretary , and that any one may propose a candidate , and that a list of the candidates shall be published , and the whole Executive , including the sub-Secretaries , shall decide by majority who ahall be the person , and that all persons thus engaged shall be members of the Council for the time being in virtue of their office X . —That no great object affecting the general interests of the Association shall bo decided or acted on by any mere section of it , either as members or officers , unless the whole body has been coueuliad , aud a decision given in its favour through the medium of the officers appointed to ascertain the same ; that any locality wishing anytLing adopted must communicate the same to the Secretary , and through him let it be laid before the general body , that the opinions of the majority may there be known , and decide the same .
IT . —That the Council and Secretary . "hall be chosen , and enter on office on January 1 st , 1843 , the interim ones acting until then ; and that afterwards the election of all officers shall take place on the first week of every month of December : all nominations having taken place and been published by the 1 st of the previous month ; no member being allowed to vote that had not taken oat his card before the nominations were published . That a list of the votes be kept , and should anything occur to deprive the Association of the services of any of its officers , the candidate that was next to him in the number of votes shal ^ be called to the office , and fill it until the return of " the other , or the period of office expires .
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^^ TO THE EDITOR OF THE EVENING STAR . Sir , —Breathing the free air during the past week , and ecjoying the pleasure of addressing my Sbaksperiaus twice yester . iay , have had an exhilirating and rtstorative effect upon me- And how shall I employ the fir * t hours of « covc ; red health ? I vowed solemnly to William Ellis , in the dungeon beneath Stafford Court-house , that so long as God gave me lifo and energy , I would not cease to proclaim his wrongs in the hearing of my countrymen , that I would , on every possible opportunity reiterate the circumstances of bis unjust and horrible condemnation , —and that , if I had to walk to London for the purpose , I would , btfore a second imprisonment , see Mr . Duncombe personally , and lay my exiled friend ' s case before that honoured patriot , as nearly as possible , In th » very words in which he himself would have conveyed it to Mr . P . 'a ears , —in order that that unshrinking advocate of tbe oppressed might plead for his recal in the House ef Commons .
I had never seen Ellis in viy life until I saw him through the grated bars of the chapel in Stafford . Let that be marked by all who doubt about the justice of the indictments against each and all of us during the late trials . Ellis , Capper , Richards . and myself were in one indictment "for conspiracy ! " Aye , conBpiriey : although 1 had never seen Ellis , nor Ellis me , until , as I have just intimated , we were pointed out to each other , across the chapel cf tbe gaol , in the month of October last , the " conspiracies , " riots , < Sta , having occurred , be it remembered , in tbe middle of the preceding August . Ellis's appearance surprised me . He stands full bix feet in height His face is decidedly intellectual ; and tbe latent fire of h ' s eye tells you at once that he ia a being capable of no common energy .
We could uot exchange a word until wo met in what is called by the poor degraded beings who most commonly compose the tenantry of a prison , —tbe" glory-hole !"—a low , dingy , dirty dungeon beneath the Court-house at Stafford—lishted by a filthy , gioomy , lamp , and eo unhealthily offensive to tbe senses , that a turnkey was sent in several times , during the fortnight ' s commission , with a pail half-full of vinegar , into which he plunged a piece of red-hot iron , in order to create an exhalation that might counteract infection . From forty to fifty prisoners were in this dungeon , some having received their sentences and others waiting to be called up into the Court , on the evening , —the only evening—that we were together . After the first shake of the hand , we did not salt each other for one moment till the
summons was borne in by a turnkey , that Ellis , in company with eleven others who bad received entcooe , must be hand-cuffed to the gang-chain , in order to be conveyed , in the windowless omnibus , back to the jaiL These three hours of converse I shall not forget , to my last moment . I found myself in contact with a mind imbued with much metaphysical as well as political knowledge—a judgment gifted ¦ with acute penetration , both of human character , and of tbe correctness or falsity of trains of reasoning ; and , above all , a memory stored with a rich , —nay , a brilliant assortment of facts . In spite of his Bituution ( not more than an hour having elapsed eince the judge had pronouueed the awful words , ' twenty-one years beyond the seas , " in bis distracted ears)—he entered on a survey of the movement , of the Kien who composed it , of the prospects of Sir Robert Petl's ministry , of the people ' s preparation
for their enfranchisement , of the growth of Socialism , ( for be is a disciple of the venerable Robert Owen , ) and of the certitude that tbe grand community , the real millenium will be one day established , and men of every clime become one equal brotherhood . I etfteem it remarkable , when I find a working-man who can tell me of a book on an important subject that I have not heard of . Ellis can do this . He described to me " Etzler ' s Paradise In the Reach of all Men ;" and , from bU description of it , 1 shall feel restlesa until I Bee it- Every subject that -was touched upon be could handle in a way that I was not prepared for . There was a refinement about him , too , that was strikingly unlike the manners of the sincere , but unpolished i ; ien of the Potteries . Above all , his calm but intense earnestness on evety subject that was worth an interest , won upon and delighted me .
Can I fail to regurd the banishment of such a man as a deep loss to my country—as a veritable robbery of it ? Can I stifi indignation at the pampered tyranny which fosters titled villany and coronetted imbecility , while an En ^ Hbhinan , bo intelligent and so true-hearted ns William Ellis , is condemned to chains and a foreign strand , —leaving a deeply devoted wife and her innocent babes to weep their perpetual bereavement ? I remember that your tpace is brief , and therefore defer the continuance of this melancholy theme till tomorrow . Beside ? , my Sbaksptriaiis are calling out that it is time for the lecture , af ^ er having lustily
song—TwasFeargns O'Connor was diligent then . Well rally around him again and again . " —So ho . ' vre are converts to some new faith , are we , at Leicester ?—Ha ha I Yours , truly , Thomas Cooper . Leicester , Monday , Nov . 21 .
TO THE EDITOR OF THE KORTHEKN STAR . Sir , —To pnwue the narrative of my brief and only meeting with Ellis , commefccec ? in the Evening Star of Monday . So vivid was the interest he evidently took in the grand movement for human progress , that there was bnt © ne thought which drew him into sadness : it was tbe anguish of being separated from IiIh wife and children . That thought seemed almost to choke him with agony , Bnd his whole frame trembled with the effort to keep down hia feelings , as he hung on my arm , and allusion was made to this dreadful affl i ction , while we walked to aiid fro in the dungeon . His eye sparkled
with hope when I ptoUsted to him that I thought there was something so flagrantly unfair in bis condemnation that it must excite pnb ] ic sympathy , and compeJ the government to reverse it . He then requested me to listen while he presented to me tbe most striking points of his trial , accsniing to bis own judgment . He had not proceeded far before I desired him to stop , in order that I might take down his observations in pencil . I have them befere me ; but they are too lengthy for me to copy them , word for word . The most striking feature of injustice in William Ellis ' s condemnation is this : —
On the evidence of one solitary witness , George Goodwin , he is declared " guilty" of arson , by the jury . And what kind of a witness ? A man who swears that he was bnt five minutes at Atkins's fire ; that during some part ef the five minutes he saw a tall man standing inside the rails , with his back toward * him ( the witness ); that the said tall man teas not taking an active parti—that he ( the witness ) " somehow" got a glance at the tall man ' s side-face , —saw tbattia face was blacked , black , or " a dirty tinge , "—conld not tell whether he had a hat on . or how he waa dressed , — but the tall man was Ellis I
Such ia the unique evidenced which William Ellis is convicted of arson by a British jury , and then sentenced to twenty-one years transportation . All this , too , in face of the fscts that Jane Brooks with whom Mr . and Mrs . Ellis lodged , swears that she locked her door after she say her lodgers go to bed , and found the door locked the next morning ; and that Ellis could not go out of her house without passing her chamberdoor , and disturbing her . Ann Rogers , on a visit to the house , swears that she fetched the candla out of their sleeping-room , and left Wm . Ellis and hia wife in bed . Peter Rogers sw ars that on his return fi » n Hanley to Burslem , Ellis was not in the room below , and his wife , Ann Rogers , informs him that Ellis Is in bed In the other room . John BUUngton , barber , swears that he shaved Ellis the next morniug ; that his beard had no appearance whatever of havin been blacked j
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that be shaves rimer * and the razor invariably turns up some black , Jet them wash themselves as clean as they may . James Ltvesley swears that he was at Atkins s fire and saw George Goodwin there , drunk , and knew that he was drunk , because he had seen him drunk so often . Joseph Bradley sweara that be was at Atkinss fire , and saw a tall man there , whomight be mistaken for Ellis , —but it was noi Ellis —he knew him so welL Xetthla proof of Ellis ' s alibi , and the testimony of the barber who shaved him next morning , be set against the oath of a notorious drunkard , that he can swear to tbe identity of a man , although ho only sees , at fiist , the back of a tall figure and then gets " a glance" at the blacked aide-face of ths figure ; and who can fail to be filled with horror at the thought that a man must be sent swenty-one years over the sea on such stra'i « re evidence ? ,
Above all—let it be remembered that after the Solicitor-General had made faia reply and the case is thus virtually closed , on the Saturday night , new evidence is raked up against the poor victim on Sunday , and brought against him on Monday morning . Still Judge Tinriall , the profpundest lawyer on the bench , directs the jury , as plain as a Judge can speak , NOT to convict . But Lord Ingestre fixes his eye on the foreman as soon as he is-enters the court , ( after himself and fellows had retired for twenty minutes ) , the foreman nods significantly to his noble landlord , and returns the verdict , "Guilty" !!! "Good God ! " I said to Ellis , at the close of his recital , " how did you feel when you heard thit fatal word ? ' "I was stunned , " he replied ; " for I previously thought it Impossible that such a verdict could be returned : it Betmed to me unreal -. I felt as if I could not trust my eara for evidence of correct sonnda . "
Let me express a fervent hope , Mr . Editor , ere I haste again to conclude , that public opinion will soon , very soon , express itself so Btrongl y on the horrid injustice done to our banished friend , as to compel Sir Robert Peel ' s administration to annul the dreadful sentence , and thereby restore the suffering patriot to his bereaved family . lam , Sir , Yours truly , Thomas Coofer . Leicester , Tuesday , Nov . 22 d , 1842 .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . SIR . —I would correct a mistake in the account of Mr . John West ' s bail . The Rev . H . Price ' s baji for one hundred pounds was at onca accepted . The other bail for one hundred pounds waa a most worthy man ; md thorough Chartist of the naruo of George Harris , of Sheepahead . I was much taken with the appearance and manners of this man . He was a volunteer ia the cause ; a plain , countrified looking person of about sixty , who said he knew nothing of Mr . West beyoad what he had read vf him in the Northern Star ( which paper be takes in himself ) , and what he had heard a friend say of a lecture which Mr . West had delivered in their neighbourhood . When Sir John Cave Browne
Cave , the magistrate , asked George whether lie could make oath that he was worth a hundred pounds nf ter all his debts were paid , the honest man promptly replied , " I have no debts . " Magistrate ( good hutnouredly!— " I am glad of that ; but are you worth one hundred pounds upon your oath ? " George—" Yes ; and a good deal more , or I should be very sorry . " The magistrate then administered the oath and accepted the bail . George was accompanied by a man seemingly in the same situation nearly with himself , who was anxious to be bound for fifty pounds . He durst not go further , he said ; but as hia bail did not appear to be then wanted it should be ready for another time .
I am , Sir , Your humble Servant , A Spectator and Friend , L W . H Burton-upon-Trent , Nov . 21 st , 1842 .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir . —During the Ia 3 t twenty-seven years , crime has more than quintupled , whilst the population has not advanced more than two-fifths . By the natural course of increase the human species' doubles itself in seventy years and a fraction : the increase of crime having advanced so much more rapidly tbaa population , sufficiently demonstrates that tho latter is not the chief cause of increase in the former I The most prolific sources of crime are distress and privation , of which , during the before ! stated period , the productive classes of the United Queendom have suffered an unprecedented portion from want of employment and redaced wages .
An " eminent" and much-admired political economist has attributed the want of employment and severe distress experienced , to a redundancy of inhabitants alone . Unfortunately , many of our "eminent" legislators and statesmen , apparantl y without examination or consideration , adopted this Ignorant dictum of Maltbus , and stumbled upon the nicasnre of Foreign Colonization as the most likely mode of rectifying the redundancy of workers in tbe United Queendoin , without having counted the cost or considered the folly of entering upon such a difficult and outrageous plan . The average increase in tho population of the United Qneendcm in tbe ten years frem 1820 to 1830 was , upon the average , 34 Q , ooo per year , exclusive of emigration , as appeared by the census taken for that date . The increase of the
first year would bs about 316 . 700 ; that of the tenth year 362 , 300 . Sir Sidney Norton stated in the House of Commons , that the expence to tho Government of Bending out emigrants to Canada was £ ' 22 loa . per head ; at that rate ol evpence , 36 ' 2 , S 00 persona expatriating , would cost the nation eight millions , one bnndred and fifty-one thousand , seven hundred and fifty pounds per annum , to prevent incrense ! still leaving the alledged evil of redundancy unmitigated !! It is therefore quite clear that it is not possible t » accommodate the number of the people to the means of giving due employment to labour , by expatriations , or even to keep it stationary . The s ^ ate of the nation and the poverty of the exchequer forbid it . If no other mode of relief can be adopted , the situation of the , nation is hopeless in the extreme .
I suspect that the advocates of foreign colonizition are alone such from not having considered its futility , the ruinous expence of making the experiment , ( if it can be so designated , ) and other attendant disappointment ? , sorrows , and sufferings that emigrants have exper i enced ; or from pecuniary considerations for those who have obtained large grants of land abroad , and their agents , for the purpose of peopling the land and rendering it valuable . How f : \ llacions ! The All-wise and Beneflcient Creator baa provided an ample resource for the employment of all in our own soil 111 There is in the United Queendoni more than twenty millions of acres of uncultivated land—by the culture of which more than ten millions of tbe suffering inhabitants mii ; ht be rendered comfortable and contented !!! But this ready ,
cheap , and efficient resource it too old fashioned , tdb easily attainable , too obvious to a common understanding * . to attract thfejattention of " eminent ' political economi ^ B ; though the atr . te of the country , and consequent impending danger point to tbe soil as the cheapest ; , roost available , and only efficient remedy for existing evils and the promotion of permanent peace and prosperity , as w » th the ringer of Omnipotence ! In the year 1825 , when such general and severe distress pervaded the manufacturing districts , my mind was deeply impressed by the probability thenjapparent of greater and more extensive suffering in future being caused by lack of employment for the labouring classes , if a national remedy for the apparent mighty impending evil were not adopted by tbe Government without delay . This turned my
attention to the consideration of the unhappy consequences of the absence of such efficient remedy for the then apparent sad results which , to me , appeared inevitable , if efficient remedial measures should not be resorted to ; and my mind " was almost entirely occupied during several weeks , in an inquiry for the cheapest , most ready , and most efficient remedy . After being fully convinced that home colonisation and a national allotment system were the cheapest , most efficient , and easy of adoption that man could resort to , several weeks of close examination and deep reflection -were exercised by me in the attempt to discover tbe difficult and encouraging circumstances , the beneficial or evil tendencies of these measures , and I became eo fully convinced of the nnmberless benefits that niitjbt be rationally expected to result from them , in tho improvement of the condition of the productive classes , the prevention of crime , and the
creation of general good feeling , peace , and contentmtut they appeared so much calculated to diffuse through the community , and withal bo free from objections of any weight , that I felt confident no one possessing calm consideration , a benevolent mind , and real desire for national peace and welfare , wonld attempt to oppose their adoption . During the succeeding six or seven years , my time was much devoted to the recommendation of theoe measures from time to time to the most eminent leading members of both Houses of Parliament . I have gotten petitions presented to William IV . and tbe Hon . House of Commons , praying for their adoption ; have travelled and read lectures in several counties npon horns colonisation and tbe garden-allotment systems , frequently with apparent promise of success ; but in a few instaocts only with the wished-for effect . And I also got a memorial presented to Earl Grey by Thos . Attwoed , Esq ., of Birmingham . .
Some persons may deride such persevering endeavours of an humble individual void of influence I If such bad maturely considered the signs of the times , and anticipated the sad results which were almost as obvious to my views sixteen years since as they now are from demonstration , ray endeavours might have been more appreciated , and have Induced others to take more interest in checking the impending evils before they had so fearfully accumulated ! More afflicting results yet impend , should not a sure prospect of relief be opened to the suffering millions J Hunger will break
through strong walls !! I thank God , a dawn of hope gladdens my heart J . G . Marshall , Esq . la at the present time engaged in preparing land for a considerable numbers ef garden allotments ; that gentleman being convircad of the niffasive benefits o that measure : and this has imparted a hops that Mr . MarshalVs benevolent example will be copied by every township In the borough of Leeds , and impart its benign influence . to all adjoining parishes . Tho plan may be said , with propriety , to be unattended with tronble or expence , as the benefits it imparts to the recipients has the effect of reducing pauperism and crime eo materially , that
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benefit is found in the mere labour saved in the collection of poor ' s rates , and in their application , in addition to the value of the contentment and good feeling invariably consequent upon the establishment of tbe plan . I venture to hope , that few parishes only are so void of sufficient judgment and humane feeling as to be backward in the attempt to form an association and raise a subscription to aid and encourage tbe allotment tenants at the outset of the plan , ( it being fraught generally with highly satisfactory a » d beneficent resalts ); and to form a committee of management , to render aid U such aa need it , to purchase seed potatoes , and encourage the tenants to cultivate carefully for their own benefit . . So much , Mr . Editor , on the plan of allotments of land generally . I will next give a few bints for practice . . ;
A proper and convenient portion of land for each tenant would , in my humble opinion be as follows , viz .: twenty perches , or half a rood , for one without f&uiily ; thirty perches to one with two children ; forty perches , or oue rood , to a tenant who has four children ; fifty perchea , or one rood an 4 a quarter , to one with a larger family , having one or more able to aid in the cultivation of the garden . A Eu ' sscription equal to ten shillings par lot . to aid in thy purchase of manure , at the outset ( if necessary ) on loans , to be repaid when the crop is reaped , allowing an abatement of ona-Uiird or half the amount of the sum lent , as a premium for good management , as the case might recommend . After ths first year , only a very small additional subscription would bo necessary to sustain the fund for future aids ,
If the nllotmants were numbered from one upwards , and entered in a book with the name of the occupant , any gentleman who would be so kind as to take a view of the allotments occasionally , to encourage the tenants , and offer a friendly admonition to any who appear caraiesa or negligent , would have a beneficial tendency , and might be a source of pleasing satisfaction to one exhibiting a l : ind sjlicituile for the advantage and comfort of the allotment tenants . Taming up the land early , in order that it rmy get tho benefit of laying open during two or three of the winter or spring months , to mallow and render its being prepared for cropping with ease and advantage . The first year tbe whole of a lot 1 b generally aropped with potatoes j after which only one half the lot each alternate year , the other ball
being planted or sown with other useful vegetables , of which fow are more fruitful , wholesome , and nutritious than parsnips , as they stand the winter , and are considered in their prime when they begin to shoot leaves in spriug . When the whole of thogardenis cropped with potatoes , a garden bean ia often put in between two potatoe sets to the number of five or six beans , at one end of tho rows , and at the other end a cabbage plant between the rowa ; this affotd 3 a little variety aad prevents the potatoes being taken for use sooner than they otherwise might be when small . The frequent turning up the ground in tha winter and spring months , which both lightens the soil and tends to keep down weeds , is very tH-ntflcial . Th'S practice , with a fair proportion of manure , ensures good crops , if not sown or planted
too rank . Room and air art , essential . Nothing affects crops more injuriously than . sowing too thick , or planting too close . When land cannot be obtained in time to dig and let lay open two or three of the wjnter and spring months , or if it should have the sward upon it , it may be planted without being digged . This mode is much practised in Ireland , when the land lies low , is in grass , or thought too moist for potatoes . In such cases the ground is marked out in beds of from three aDd a quarter feet to four and a quarter or five feet , according as the soil may be considered too moist or too thin to cover the sets dropped upon the ground without being digged , with a . space of from one and a half to two and a half feet broad , from which to dig earth to cover the potatoe Bets placed upon the bed promiscuously , about nine inches asunder . If the land has the sward upon it a thin sod is taken from one-half -trie furrow , and turned with the grass downwards , upon the edge of
each bed to the right and left of the furrow or trench , to prevent the earth which should be made iine as may be , from crumbling off the bed iuto the trench , from which only as much earth is taken aa is necessary to give the potato sets a slight covering , when the shoots from the plants peep out , another slight covering withdrawn from the trench , over the beds which is called the second spit : again , when these shoots appear thoough the second covering , earth is digged fri . m the second trench to cover the bed a third time , as before—which is termed tho third or last spit A few cabbage plants , or beans are frequently put in the sod at one or both edges of the bed . This mode ef cultivating potatoes Is quite common in Ireland , and from it large crops are obtained . The sward ifl pretty ¦ we ' ll destroyed by the potatoes growing over it , by the time of digging in the letter end of October .
I am , Very respectfully , sir . Your humble servant , WM . ATKINSON . November I 9 tb , 1842 . N . B . —If the grass be not quite short at the time of planting potatoes on the award , the beds should be close mowed by the scythe , and tbe grass left on tbe beds as manure .
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MR . BA 1 RSTOW AND THE EXECUTIVE BALANCE SHEET . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB , AND THE MEMBERS OP THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . MR , Editor aud Brethren , —I should have replied in last week ' s Star to the " respectful suggestion" of the auditors of the Executive Balance Sheet , but other business filled my head and hands . I deem It perfectly legitimate in any member of the National body , of which I and my feur coadjutors form the Executive , to ask for explanation oh matters of expenditure ; and , when couched in respectful language , to lay under obligation additionally strong the public servant so requested . But when , on the other hand , theae requests arc put forth in an attitude of bullying , defiance-demanding , insisting , &c , presuming a profligacy that exists nowhere but in the querist ' s brain , and associated with insolent dogmatism , I treat them with silent contempt
I now proceed to an explanation of the respective items connected with myself . I deem , of course , that employed in the West ef England , where the defection of the " Sturgitea" from our movement left a wide gap in the agitation , none will object to a weekly receipt of £ l 10 s . for wages . 1 . The first journey , after my election on the Executive , was from Bristol via Gloucester and Birmingham , to Manchester , to our first sitting , and was performed on Sunday evening and Monday morning ; the sum stated was expended in bare coach hire and Railway fares .- ¦ . ¦ " - .: ' ¦ ' ' ' ; ' :
2 . The enormous additional amount charged for travelline from Manchester to Bristol may have ve-y reasonably excited surprise ; the sum charged being £ 2 15 s . 6 d . The reason was , the receipt of a letter from my father-in-law , from Loughborough , containing the painful intelligence that my beloved partner was in such a state , that if no spesriy alteration took place , a few hours wonld see her exic from this world , and which immediately caused me to take the earliest train on the Leeds and Manchester Railway , to the Norman ton Junction , thence by the North Midland to Derby , and up to Loughborough by the Midand Counties ; expedition and economy being my objects . Afterwards I travelled from Loughboro ' via Rugby , Birmingham , and Gloucester , to Bristol . I trust this will be a satisfactory explanation of tbe difference between the sums charged for going and returning .
3 . Tho next item of £ 2 2 b . was expended in travelling , as before , from Bristol to Manchester , by the same route as before . 4 . . Under August 27 , Aug . [ 30 , and Sept 3 , are the respective sums , £ 2 , £ 2 , and £ 1 6 b . put down for " ¦ agitating expenees , " and "travelling . " The £ 4 wa 8 charged for travelling to Manchester through the Peak to Derby—thence to Leicester , back from Leicester to Longbboro" , from Loughboro' to Nottingham , back thence to Long Buckby , and after being ensconced
for better than a week from Government-sharks , thence to Bristol by Birmingham , Cheltenham , and Gloucester . This ifem , large as it is , was certainly enhanced by the necessity for privacy in travelling . The " agitating expences , " Sep . 3 d . were paid hie as one-half of my incidental expences fur the previous two months , the localities in which I laboured having always paid me the other half . In incidentals I include fees to cjachuieu , porters , servants , postage and paper of letters on business relative t » the agitation ,
Tbe next sum , under Sept 18 th , of 18 s . Gd ., charged as " agitating expences , " was paid me for two journeys I performed between Bristol and Cheltenham , and was in the strictest conformity with the plan of organization , from one-half of it being expended in meeting an old , wily antagonist of Chartism , Mr . Richard Oarlile , who was attempting to show that our organisation and machinery of agitation would ne \ er enable us to obtain the Charter . The next sam put down , " Bairstow-ditto / ' meaning travelling to London , is indefinite , as it does not specify ftom what point I started . I travelled by the Great Western Railway frem Bristol . It cost me , naked fare , tbe sum of £ 1 le . ; I charged only £ 1 . The last flum , under Sept . 30 , " BalrBtow ' s travelling ,
£ 1 5 a , " was from London to Sheffield , my transit between the extreme points of the journey being described in a period of foor weeks . The whole of my receipts hava , I believe , been conformable to the plan of organisation , in clauses 17 and 18 , specifying the remuneration of officers , and compensation . Several items appear exorbitantly heavy to poor band-loom weavers , who earn perhaps 3 s . per week—have but little travelling , and that chiefly on foot ; bat I have maintained the most fastidious accuracy in both keeping correct accounts of whatever I have received , and as rigid an economy as was compatible with the performance of duty , and the repeated calls of the people , in its outlay and expenditure . It my services or remuneration , as your accredited and olected servant , be unsatisfactory , give me legal notice , and I will quit
' & . To you , the members of the body who called me into my present capacity , I am amenable , and to you only : beneath no other earthly God will I worbbjp ; nor will I prostrate myself before any other shrine than that which ia resplendent -wita tbe lustre of our ' ^ oinmoa
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and immortal principles . In taelr advocacy I have given upwards of 860 lectures , speeches , and addresses ; travelled upwards of 5 000 miles ; and literally worn out a splendid constitution of body to a mere shade of what it was ; aud am ready , at any hoar , sooner than recant , to lose my life mi their bahalf . Mr . Editor , on behalf of the poor exiled Doctor , it surely will not be too mneh to ask a cessation of attacks similar to those which appeared in the editorial column of the Star last week , in charity to his own , and his broken-hearted wife ' s feelings . Exhaust your thunder on us , who are yet at large . * . ¦ . ' Yours , faitbfnlly , V J . B . H . BAlBSToW . Hull , November 22 , 1842 .
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Monstrous Gltjtton . —Mr . T . J— -, of this town , for a bet of' 20 s ., undertook to eat 600 oysters , Smd drink two bottles of porter . He succeeded in eating 585 oysters , and drank the porter ; but lost his wager by being unable to finish the remaining fifteen . This extraordinary and disgusting exhibition took place in a public shop , and , incredible as ifc may appear , vfe'have been assured of its truth by several of the persona who were present at tha time . —Tuam Herald . Attempted Mimosa in Cambridge . —At the Totvn-hall , Cambridge , on Monday , CharleB Triplow , a groen-groeer , living in that borough , waa charged with having attempted to murder bis wife by cutting
her throat in the market-place , on Saturday . Charles Wilderspen deposed that on Saturday , between six and seven in the evening , ho w&s in the market , when he saw the prisoner and his wife , standing against th < iir stall . The prisoner went up to his wife , and pushed at her two or three times , as if angry , and they appeared to have been quarrelling . A woman called out to witness , ' "He's cut her throat . " He hastened to the prisoner ' s wife , and saw her bleeding from the neck . The prisoner turned off , as if to run away , when witness collared him . Some one then said to the prisoner , " You have been cutting your wife ' s throat \ " and he replied , "Yes , I'll cut her — heart out befora I've done with her . " Tha
woman was conveyed to the hospital . One of the surgeons to tho hospital deposed that the wound w& < t three inches in length and one inch in depth ; the external juggler vein had been cut through . On his way to tne station house , the prisoner Baid he meant to kill bis wife , aud if she was dead he should be happy ; be intended , after killing her , to kill himself . The knife was produced with which the wound had been inflicted . ; it was a very large clasp knife with a sharp point . As the woman was dangerously ill , and not able to give any evidence against her husband , he was remanded for a few days . „
Attemn at Assassination .- — -This town waa thrown into a state ef great consternation between eight and nine o ' clock , on Thursday night , by a report that the Rov . Edmd . Mortlock , B . D ., Fellow of Christ ' s College , had been fired at by his nephew , Frederick Cheetham Mortlock . Mr . Mortlock , it appears , jvas sitting in one of hi 3 rooms , in tho Fellow ' s wing of the College , about half-past eight , iu company witb , Mr . Thomas Mitchell , when his nrphew opened the door , and , making some observations , said he would shoot them both , at the sam 9 time presenting a pistol . Mr . Mitchell made his escape ; and the missile from the pistol , which has not been discovered , grazed the clothes of Mr Mortlock , providentially without injuring tbe
reverend gentleman . The assassin , in the mean time , made his escape , lashing two hunting whip a together , and dropping a hi * b $ of three stories into the Fellows * garden ; having first bolted the door , which was in vain attempted to be forced while he was making his escape . The unhappy young man has been held to bail , and imprisoned in default for threatening his uncles—Edmund , the object of the above diabolical attack , and Thomas , tho head of the eminent banking establishment , for some grievance , real or supposed , relative to his father ' s will , to which' they are executors . —Cambridge Independent Press . —The examination of the prisoner took place on Friday , when the prisoner was committed to take his trial at the assizes for felony . " ¦
Destruction of a lafgb Steamer by Fire . — The following has been received at Lloyd ' s : — "New Orleans . October . 12 . — -The ship Hero , Captain Ensor , master , which arrived here yesterday from Havannah , reports that , on Thursday last , at about one o ' clock in the morning , they were surprised at observing the reflection of an extensive conflagration in thVhorizon ; They immediately made all sail in , the direction from whence it proceeded , when , after going ten or twelve miles , they discovered it to be a vessel on fire . Upon coming up to her , at about seven o ' clock , she proved to be a very large Bhip ,
unquestionably a steamer . The fire by tbat hour had almost consumed the deck , the masts had fallen overboard , and she was Tapidly burning to the water's edge . They cruised round tbe wreck for an hour or two , till she went down , which took place almost in 6 tantaneou 9 l 5 . Upon first coming up , no person appeared on board , nor was any boat about . They , however , saw a barque bearing away to the westward , which , it was supposed , muBt have received the crew and passengers . From the mark of an anchor , which was hanging at the cathead , and tha appearance of several spars which were overboard , they judged the unfortunate steamer to be English . "
Atmospheric Changes . —Although changes in the temperature are more prevalent in the temperate zone than in othor latitudes , there is scarcely a spot to be found where such great differences exist as in Great Britain , varying in a few hours some tweaty degrees or more . The effect of such rapid changes on the bodily health is very afflicting to many thousands of persons , especially those in the middle and more advanced ages in life , causing attacks of those painful disorders , Sciatica , Gout , and Rheumatism . Happily , those who was afflicted with those painful diseases , chemical science has produced that excellent medicine , Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic Pills .
Fatal Shipwreck off Flamborodgh-head . —Oa Wednesday the brig Integrity , of Suuderland , came in collision with another vessel ( name unknown ) , by which the latter was sunk , and all hands unhappilydrowned . The following letter , written by Captain Thomas Ramsay , master of the Integrity , states fully the particulars i— " I deem it my duty to make public the following nnfortuuste circumstance , which ocourred this morning ( Wednesday , the 16 th ) at half past ono o ' clock , a . m ., to the brig Integrity when on hot passage , timber-laden , from Poole to Sunderland . Whilst reaching to the northward , on the starboard-tack , with the wind at E . N . E . and rain , Flamboroagh Head bearing W . N . W ., distant about twelve miles , a vessel standing to the
southward on the larboard tack ( which afterwards proved to be a laden schooner , of about the burden offrQm six . to seven keels , though I have no knowledge of her name ) , was seen by the man on the look forehead on board my vessel , at only twice or thrice our length off , coming upon our labroard bow , when he shouted 'Vessel a-head V and I shouted out to the man at our helm , Port the helm , hard a-port ! but before I could call to the vessel herself ( on board of which there was a dead silence , as if the crew were asleep ) , she ran into our larboard-bow . I immediately called to them to get their boat out and come on board
thinking that * of the two our ship might have the beet chance of keeping afloat . This they did not do « but answered , ' You won't leave us . I replied , 'Depend upon it I will not . ' After having laid our yards aback , and got the vessels clear , I wore our ship round and reached towards the schooner , for the purpose of endeavouring to render her assistance ; but from the wind blowing so hard , we ran a good piece leeward of her , when I saw fcer turn upon her side and heard the crew cry for help as she was in the ace of sinking . At this time owing to the heavy sea , we were unablo to lower our boat , neither would have there been time for us to have saved the lives
from the people having all gone down with the ship . ' ' The Integrity got into Hartlepool the same after ' noon , with her bow stove , anchor-stock broken , and other damage . Gin Drinking Extraordinary . —A most determined act of felony and drunkenness occurred at Oundlo , in this county , during the past week , and which has nearly cost one of the depredators his life * but should he survive , it is imagined he will never relish the smell of gin again aa long as he exists . The following are the particulars : —Four well known characters residing in the above town , named John Nightingale , John Wortley , James Coles , and Samuel Allen , contrived to enter the yard of Messrs . Smith and Tibbitts , brewers , in Oundle , and toBtcal
therefrom a two gallon bottle filled with gin , which was placed on a waggon to be conveyed with other articles to Thurnley early on Friday norning , the 11 th instant . The bottle was then secreted in a heap of used hops , in Mr . Smith ' s close adjoining , where it remained till the evening of the same day , when a fifth person named Fox was intrusted with the secret , and despatched to convey it to a hovel near the onion workhouse . There the five assembled and in the absence of a corkscrew the tap of the bottle was knocked off , and a half-pint pot substituted for a glass . Here they sat and regaled themselves till they finished the two gallows . Wortley was in such a beastly state of intoxication that he could not be conveyed b » me , and lest he should lead to their detection , although some of the others could scarcely walk , they left him in a ditch contiguous to the hovel . Jlere he was discovered by Mr . Ambridge ,
the superintendent of police for the Q&ndle division , and with the assistance of Darker and another of the force be was wheeled to the Bridewell in a barrow . At fi » t it vm . ' not . certain whether he v » as living o * dead . andon medical aid being procured , Mr . Watson , the surgeon , applied the stomach-pump , and at Jeast three pints of neat gin were ejected . Tbe other pri ? soners were apprehended the same night , and the following morning ( Saturday ) , inoluding fox , who was taken into custody also as accessary . After the apprehension of Nightingale he confessed to the whole of the oiroum&tances connected with the rob bcry . The prisoners , with the exception of Wortley , were all brought up to the Town-hall on Monday last for examination before the magistrates at the petty sessions , but in consequence of the debilitated state of Wortley the case was rcmattde . d . T-iybrrtamn ^ ton Herald . '
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^^ THE NORTHERN STAR , 7
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 26, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1188/page/7/
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