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DAN "BOTHERED , " TEXED , AND TJXDOKE . CHARTISM IN IRELAND . Our readers most have attended wiih great pleasure to the weekly reports of the progress of Chartism in Ireland ; out more particularly to the mighty advances made by right principles in Dublin , under toe Terr nose of the arch enemy of the poor , I > an . the apostate , and in spite of all the counter-exertions of the " Loyal Royal ? . " But , perhaps , the most gratifyingproof of the progress wespeak of , was the public proposing and admittance of the Rev . Father Ryan , rector of Ponajbate , as a member of the Dublin Universal Suffrage Association- Tke labours ana worth of the Rev . Father are sot unknown to many of our readers at Bradford j and the reasons assigned bv Mr . O'Higgins , when proposing the Rev .
Gentleman , prove that Mr . Rjan has not forgot the many acts of kindness he met with in his official capacity , from the Radicals of Bradford . O ! how it must hsTe gratified the heart of the honest Chartist carpenter of Bradford , to find that the good action his principles led him to perform , in providing a place of meeting for the despised and persecuted Catholics of Bradford , when every one else had turned their backs upon them , had sunk so deeply into the heart of the good and faithful shepherd , as to lead him to inTesdgate into the principles which prompted scch condnct—and , by such investigation , to be led to adopt them because of their simplicity and truth ! end 0 ! how much more gratification must have been yielded by the fact , that the Rev . Gentleman
iad the honesty and moral courage to come forward j and bear testimony to the truth of those principles , ' and speak with admiration of the particular action resulting from them , at a time when , Uo Berve the ' purposes of needy and " trading" politicians ) thfti once despised and persecuted Catholics are led on to denounce and persecute those who stood between them and oppression in the days of adversity ! j " Cast thy bread upon the waters , and it shall be found after many days , " are the words of Holy Writ ; and seldom has the beautiful irath contained in them j been more strikingly exemplified than in the instance before us J Tie honest Chartist carpenter of Brad- ' ftvrd d \ d that which his love of justice told him was right to be done ; he found a portion of his
fellowmen persecuted by the ascendant party of the day ; he found them without a place in which to meet to worship their God in the mode their fathers had said was right and worthy ; he found them repulsed on every hand—as a baud of "worshippers homeless —ALTABLtss—despised ! and he opened his door wide unto them , and said , " * Enter here ! This shall ; K a resting place unto you ! Here erect your altar ! i Here worship yonr God after the honest dictates i of your own hearts ! Here attend to and receive ! the ministrations of yonr own priest I J / y prin- ' cjples lead me to discountenance and resist oppre ^ - ! Eon in every shape . I find you are oppressed . As : far as I am able , I will ward off the oppressor ' s i stroke ; and all I ask in return is—that you will \ examine the principles which lead me to this course [ of action ; and if in ? , to adopt them ; if false , to
reject them . " Tie honesr , htaxty , and upright conduct of the Cha . r : ist sulk deep into the heart of the faithful minister of the persecuted iiock ! Be did as he was desired . He examined for himself . He found the carptntEi wa 3 right : he found that the principles he had imbibed , and which led him to shield the defenceless and protect the oppressed , were the principles of justice to ail—the principles of universal philanthropy and good-will . He adopted them ! And when the carpenter and his brethren came to be persecuted by those who have the least reason for doing \ i . the upright man of Goi refused to take part with the intt-resied and the mercenary ; he lifted up his voice against the oppression : he openly joined the ranks of the persecuted , and boldly testified to their worth and good works ! Yerily , the bread is seen after many days *
But hereupon great was tha dismay of the interested J A panic was struck into the rank ? of the expediency-mongers ! The " Loyal Royals , " who feed upon the miseries of the poor , and whose efforts are ever directed to keep them within their own dutches , " •• te struck mute with the daring of the faithful minister of God ' s word , in being honest to his own convictions ! The arch-apostate , who had " dismissed the Chartists from his mind with the most sovereign contempt ; " who had " determined thai neither they cor their douj . gs should ever again arrest his attention ; " nay , who had de : ermined that
even their name should no : again pollute hisJips ; " " the arch-apostate , who had so lately affected ail this , fo \ mti it necess-ry 10 take a decisive course . Accordingly some of his creatures received instructions to proceed to the meeting place of the Chartists—there " kick up a row —rais-j a disturbance , and then get the paliee to interfere , ^ nd apprehend the Chartists on a charge of holdins " illegal meetings '" How iha j plan failed we nave ekewiiere shewu , ir » our last 'week ' s repon of the Dublin Chartist proceedings ; and we no : ? purpose 10 lay before our readers that which will gratify tieaa to their heart ' s eore .
At & mealing of the Lo \ al Royals , " held on Monday , Aug . Slu , at which Dan was present , he , after vhe Secretary Lad read a letter from the pries ; of Glocluff , handing in several subscriptions from Dr . Blake , tha Catholic Bishop , and some other Catholic clergymen , spoke as follows . Our report is from the Freeman ' s Journal : — •' Whenlsee » ur clergy tins coming in with tLeir &ub-KjrptJons in aid of the cause of their country , I catmo * . help t **™ g some notice of what appears to me a very tmgular circumstance . "Feargus O'Connor has got up a newspaper to praise himself : pen and ink are at full ¦ work , and types are set up to praise Feargua in his own paper , because no other would do so . ( A laugh . In this paper thera is an account of a Chartist meetine ; it is not , however , called a Chartist meeting , for that ¦ would not do m Dublin , but it is called a meeting for Tzrrerssl Suffrage . This rsaeting , it woaM appear , was held in this city , in the back roc-m of tht house of a person of the name of O'Hig £ ins , in
Abbty-«• a voice Sa , Sir ; not in Abbeynfcrfcet ., out in North Anne- street . "Mi . OCjnnell—In North * _ : ir : e-5 tr % * t-, I beH = ve it Is so . Fe-argus savs in hi * riper thai tit . Rev . Mr . Ryan , Catholic rector of Dataybau , ba * jointd in this vrArersai Suffrage Ciarus ; societj fcsr =. iGrtat BensatJon" A voice—I besrd the K * t . Mr . Ryan proposed as a member of the society . O Higzics -m ihn proposer , and a person nrsisd W » i * seconded the motion for his adausEka- We ¦ wt- . ' . z . to the Rev . Mr . Ryan on tbs nbj * = i ; h « iii-1 ac-t aniTr ^ r oar letter , but O'H : ggiti & , d b * * v ^ li ti 7 c nin in the chair at their nest in » eti : ^ H » ar , tf ^ -t . Myself and some others opjxjMai O * Hi ?? ia * . as- ^ bs *» - > i he ¦ wcaid apply to the Bi » ji « traJfc « -A " rLzBTZ-Hr * - - * i > olic « -e £ ca aga ' nist two of us . iAacbi ^ r . )
" Mr . O Oitntil—Tsis O'Higgins does -well to establish his Ctirtirs soeifctj in It . crtt instance ; it is a good beginning . ¦ Iacreai * dlau £ b . ici . > " The sime voice—I to . d the people that went to jo : n OHiggins tint they -were wrons ; in doing so—that such meetings were decidedly ilisgal , and that Mr . O'Connell had denounced them as being so . ( Cheers . ) " Mr . O'Corinell—I feel much obliged to you , Sir ; I ^ r&s not aware , when 1 commenced noticing the lubject , that I could get all this information . Yea aettd perfectly right , Sir ; and you nria . ll be protected in anything which O'Higgins may attempt against you in eonseqaenee of this your conduct ( Cheers . ) What a yerj pretty plan it was , to be sure , for the encouragement of free expression of opinion , that the proposer of
it , -when contradicted , threatens his opponent with an application to the magisterial authorities to punish him Tor doing so . I take the present mode of noticing this matter in reference to the RsY . Mr . Ryan , as the best calculated fur its coming to the knowledge of that gentleman- If hs be rector of Danrbrook , as it is B&id , ha mast have been recently appointed , and by the moit B ^ v . Dr . Murray , within whose archdiocese tho parish lies . Now , it is known that oui venerable and most estimable archbishop would not confer such an appointment upon any clergyman whose characer was not perfectly exemplary , so that in the present case I must take tk&t of th * Rev . Mr . Ryan to be entirely so . I therefore , in any observations of mine , speak of Mr .
Ryan with all the respect dae to bis sacred character , and oniy for the purpose ef affording him an opportunity for answering "what has been thus reported of hini . There is a person of the name of Brophy who I am told acta as secretary to these Chartist meetings . of O'Higgins . He , it is said , bad been a Catholic , but abandoned that religion and became an Oniageruan . 1 weuld not say that if he had turned from a Catholic to be a Protestant that the ReT . Mr . Ryan -would cot associate with him ; but "would he , he having become from a Catholic an Orangexan ? ( Hear , hsar . ) By the way , I have bsen informed tint this Mr . Brophy presided lately at a meeting of silk- ^ cavers , at ¦ which resolutions ¦ were passed against dealing with Catholies . ( Hear ,
" A roice—No , he vra 3 not in the chair ; It was a meeting of silk-weavers—a person named Davis presided , but he wae at the passing of the resolution . " Mr .- O'Connell—Well , these persons not caving dared at once and openly to take the name-of ChartiEtB , bni assuming Universal Suffrage as their denomination , is because they well know the deeply-rooted hatred ¦ which Irishmen bear to the very name of Ch&rtista . But we must not—we will not let it spread ; no matter tinder vrhat fictitious designation it may seek to screen
itself we shall check it in the bud , and cut it off before ¦ we soffer It to spread its delusion in this country . \ ( Hear , hear , hear . ) I roae merely for the purpose of ' stating that which I have heard , in order to its reaching ' the eon of the Rev . Mr . Ryan—not by any means to call » n thfl gentleman to render an account to me—be baa no right whatever to do so , nor have I any right . to ) expect that Ira should ; it is merely for Mm to answer j for himself to the publU . ( Hear . ) Let it be distinctly ' understood that I speak of him with all the respect , ' due to his sacred character as a priest" !
Ah ! Dan , "Feargus O'Connor has got up a newspaper f and right well you know it 1 But , Dm , there is this difference between Feargu 3 O'Connor and yourself : he haa the honesty and the courage to proclaim himself the Proprietor of his " owa " newspaper , and w suffer imprisjnment , is proprietor , for ¦ wnat appeared in the paper without hiB knowlec ^ e - whilst you are dastard enongh to have a newspapti
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—^ on the sly—and whether to praise you ot not , let the public judge)—and were mean enough to allow another man to go to prison for what yon had written yonrseIf in yoor * own" newspaper ! Dan , Bay no more abont " own" newspapers ! " Comparisons are odious" ! In the Morning Register ot Aug . the 11 th , there appears the following letter from Mr . O'Hias « u 8 in reply to Dan and Mb bousebreakPre —
"TO THE EDITOR OF THE MOBNING REGISTER . " Sin , —In the proceedings of the "Loyal National Repeal ABOociation of Ireland , " published in this day ' s Register , I perceive that a person , whose name is not mentioned , said— ' That he attended a meeting at Mr . O'Hi ^ giiis'B of North Ann-street , -who said that be could have the Rev . Mr . Ryan chairman on the next night of meeting . We said be could not , and he went this day to Henry-street Police-office , to take out sum-• mouses against us . * Whereupon Mr . O'Connell said' I am obliged to you ; do not be afraid ; you must be protected . ( Hear . ) Yon did nothing illegal . The Universal Suffrage men first invite discussion , aad the moment a man opens his lips contrary to their way of thinking , Mr . O'Higgini applies to a police magistrate . ' " Mr . O'Connell rays that these men must be protected ; that they need not be afraid ; that they did nothing illegal
"Is it legal to break into a man ' s house against nil will ? Is protection from the legal consequences of such conduct to be publicly held out to men by an association composed of lawyers , clergymen , and others ? Xow Sir , when the persons nho forced their way into my house on Sunday last , and "who refused to give their names , said that they were authorised to do so by the advice of Mr . O'Connell , I did not believe them ; and I could scarcely believe my own eyes when I saw it reported in your paper this day , that Mr . O'Connell said that those men should be protected from the legal consequences of such conduct Can it be possible that Mr . O'Connell holds out prolection to men who sreak into other men ' s houses , under the pretext that there is an illegal assembly there ? Who made the men who broke into my house on Sunday judges of an illegal assembly ? 1 do not blame the deluded men ; but I do blame those -who sent them .
" It is not true that I went to Henry-street police , or any other office , ta take out summonses . It is not true that I invited the public to discuss propositions , loug since agreed to—nor upon the propriety of establishing an association alrer . dy established . Bat it is true toat a meeting of the Irish Universal Suffrage Association -was held at my house on Sunday last , and upon several other occasions . —It is also true that , with the blessing of God , a meeting of the same association will be held in the same place on Sunday next And if so humble an individual as I am may offer a legal opinion in opposition to that of so profound a lawyer as ilr . O'Conneli , that opinion is , that I hare a lawful ri 5 ht to protect my house from being forcibly entered by any one ; and that I can invite whoever I please to meet me in my own house . I am glad to see that Mr . O'Connell identifies himself with the deluded victims who made the attack
upon my honse on Sunday , and that he promises protection for any service they may fender in a similar manntr ^ hereafter . Those persons read si _> me papers , ¦ wh ich they said were given to them at the Con ; -Eichange Rooms , and which papers pronounced a ceuaure upon me , and was signed by Mr . O'Comiell and every member of his family , eight years ago . This cenBura was passed upon me because I refused to be a member of the committee of Irish Volunteers with a man through whose instrumentality 1 lost the sum of £ 750 . I take this opportunity of informing Mr . O'Connell , and those whom he professes to protect in their premeditated attack upon my house , and upon my friends in that house , that I shall resist such attack by every means in my power , even in the event of the assail * ants being led on by the " Liberator" himself . Patrick O'Higgi . ns . Xo , 14 , North Anne-street , Auirast 10 , 1841 .
The Freeman ' s Journal of the Earae date , Aug . lltb , also contained the following letter from Mr . Michael Brophy , in which it will be seen that he successfully disposes of the trumpery and lying charges brought against him by the " Great Liberator . "
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEHAN S JOUB . NAL . " SIR , —In your paper of this day , August lOtb , I have read a speech of Mr . O'Connell ' s , in whith I find him , in his usual strain and without any just ground , calumniating me as aa Orangeman , aad as one who presided at a meeting of silk treaTsrs , st -which meeting he says certain resolnti&B * were passed against dealing with Catholics . Sir , I entirely repudiate the charge ef being an Orangeman ; I have never been in an Orange society , nor in a secret society of any kir . i ; but have at all times declared such societies iLimieal to tke iatertsts ana feelings of the great bulk of the Irish people ; though a Protestant , I have ever opposed that which 1 thought might be calculated in the least degree to mar the progress of the liberty of Irishmen , without reference to creed or party . Religious animosity 1 have
ever looked upon as the bane « f this conntry , and to these faxAs I cm giTa ample testimony . I most positively deny that any sieeting of silk weaTfers -was ever held for the motives jou have assigned , or that I ev « r attended a meeting where such was the object ; and I wish it to be distinctly understood that I am b * t a poor working man , having a wife and three children dtpend-JTig on me far support , and that J consider tbe present attack of Mr . O'CoBaell as anti-Christian , and calculated to deprive me and my family of the means of support , by pointing me out to a populace who parhaps might be my frieBds , but whom ho has excited and enraged against me ; and that I will hold Mr . O'Connell
accountable for the injuries that I may suffer in my persun or calling- In conclusion , Sir , let me tell 3 ir . 0 Council that I have had the honour , and a high honour it was indeed , to be introduced to the Rev . Mr . Ryan , of Donabate , and who after a cordial shake of hands tola ine the reason he joined the Irish TTniTersal Ssfiragt ; Association -was , that it was for the political emancipation of the "whole people , and not for a sectien of them . Hoping that you ¦ will give this a place in your ctxt paper , I am , Sir , yours respectfully , ' Peter Michael Bropiit , " 6 , Wormwoed-gate > " August 10 th , 1 S 41 . "
In addition to the above evidences of right feeling and rectitude of conduct on the part of the Dublin Chartists , evinced in their determination not to be put down by bullying and brute force , even if used by those who clasp iheir hands , turn up their eyes , and piously exclaim , " 0 God forbid we should ever countenance physical force" 1 G q dforbid that a single drop of blood should be shed in the prosecution of our glorious cause . " In addition , vre say to the above evidences , we have the high gratification to pre-im our readers n-ith the following able bu ; nr . ld , firm but temperate , reproving but charitable , letter of the Rer . Patrick Ryan , which we extract from the Freeman ' s Journal of Friday , August 13 ' -h . Dan ' s power for mischief is £ one ! The Christ : is-like rebukes so mildly administered to the apostate , by the excellent priest , for his
uncrtarilaUe aud unchristian denunciations pourwd upon the heads of the devoted" Chartists must have an effect upon the minds of the Irish poor , if they have none on Dan himself ! Yts ! his day for misc hief is gone ' . Head the excellent letter of the right-minded and bold man of God ; and then join in thanks to Almighty God that he has raised up such a servantoue who dares to be honest—to stand up for the poor and rebuke and beprowe these , who have been ' excuing the people and agitating the country from centre to surface , without one practicable object in view , and without one solitary effort to bring forwaid any measure to ameliorate the condition or relieve the safferings of the poor hard-working but deluded Irish . " Ye 3 ! iGod be thanked ' . )—the cause of the poor in Ireland is now safe 1 Reader ! treasure up the following letter in your inmost heart —and 3 Kiin thank God for the servant he has raised !
10 THE EDITOR 0 V TUE FREEMAN ' S JOURNAL . Sib , —It appears by the proceedings of the Loyal Kntional Repeal Association of Ireland , which are reported in every newspaper in Dublin , that I nave been arraigned by that association , and dragged before my countrymen in an insidious light , for having joined the Irish Universal Suffrage Association , while my reasons for having joined it hare been studiously suppressed by the party who laboured hard to plasa me in a false position before the public , while , by his own showing , he was in possession of sufficient facts to justify me in the step I had taken , even had I committed an error in j augment
' The Irish TJaiYersal Suffrage Association appeared to me to be an association eminently calculated to promote amore kindly feelinj , and a more general interchange of good cfiices between the labouring classes of Great Britain and Ireland , than had hitherto existed ; and I did believe , and still do believe , that it is absolutely nnecessary to take some effectual means to counteract the evil effects which are likely to result from the vaunted and anti Christian boast of Irish Catholics having shot down English Protestants ; and the threat held out that five hundred thousand Irish Catholics would be brought over from the county Tipperary to slaughter English Protestants who are seeking for those measures cf raform wbieh I nee in » paper called the People ' * Charter , and to which I conceive the people of this empire to be jost-y entitled . As an Irish Catholic priest I repudiate the uncharitable and unchristian denunciations which have been for the last few years poured upon the deyoted heads of these ill-used people .
" When I saw an association established in Dublin , embracing , as it does , the political emancipation of the whole people of every rank and degree , and of every religious denomination , I did , after mature consideration , consider it a solemn duty to afford it all the assistance in my power ; and with that view I requested my friend Mr . O'Higgins to propose me as a member of it ; and in doing bo I said that I should feel obliged by his mentioning the kind , and hospitable , and never-tobe-forgotten treatment which I experienced at the hands of the Radical Reformers of Bradford twenty years ago . And as I am aware that several of those kind-hearted Englishmen are still alive , and active , and efficient advocates of Uie " People ' s Charter , " I knew it would be exceedingly gratifying to them to learn that I was still the- supporter of these ' prineiples of common justice to ¦ chich they are so devotedly attached , and to which they are justly entitled .
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" It has bees a fertile source of pain and affliction to me that great numbers of my brethren have been foi seTeral yea * B n « wittingly led from one association tc another , each and all propagating a delusion , exciting the people aud agitating the country from R » n « - » *" surface , without one »»•*«• - »«» ¦ onject in view , and withont «>» ° eoiiary effort to bring forward any measure to ameliorate the condition or relieve the sufferings ol my poor bard-workioibut deluded countrymen . " it is but too truOTOat there are ribbon aocietiss in some parts of the country . The trials at the present assizes in the North prove it ; and I have no hesitation in declaring it as my firm opinion that the propagation of the principles and objects of the Universal Suffrage Association would , like Aaron ' s rod , "devour them all ; " because the most l . norant person would soon see that he had something to agitate for in which be was deeply interested , and would therefore at once and for ever abandon all wild and unlawful projects and societies .
It is melancholy to observe the diabolical spirit ol ill-will and hatred which has been recently infused into the minds of some ignorant persons in this city . I have , I regret to say , experienced this personally . A man , whose name I shall now forbear to mention , but who 1 b the same person to whom the " Loyal National Repeal Association , " promised its protection against the legal consequences of bis violence and misconduct , told me to my face , after he had been informed by myself that I was a Catholic priest—that if I should presume to take the chair at a meeting of the Irish
Universal Suffrage Association , he would seisn me by the neck , and drag me out of it , even if I were clothed In my robes . Now , Sir , permit me to ask you when such a threat has been made to a priest , what is a layman to expect from such characters , particularly when they are encouraged in it by an association upon whose protection they rely with the most implicit confidence ? " I am your obedient Servant , "P . Rtax . Donabate , August 12 , 1811 .
There is one thing which we must enjoin upon every English Chartist this week as a » utv . As soon as each one has read his Star , let him fold it up , wrap it in a cover , paste the end of it down , address it " Patrick O'Higgins , 14 . North Anne-street , Dublin , " and then put it into the nearest Post-office . Let this be done generally , and before Saturday next . It is important that the Iri ? h poor should be enabled
to see and read the excellent letters of Mr . O'Higgins and Mr . Brophy ; and above all , that they should know of the admirble defence of the poor , by Father Ry&n : and the Irish poor will value the production none the less when they know that the paper containing it comes from some poor English vrorkins : man . ' This , in itself , is a drawing together of the bonds of union ! a union for " practicable objects , " aud for " measures of amelioration for the sun ' eriDgs of the poor" of both countries . Let thia be done , then , and leave the rest to God !
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YORSHIRE AND LANCASHIRE DELEGATE MEETING . This important meeting took i > laro > «* 'Sr 2 T -D . MOO . o _~ a-j uik At eleven o clock , the following delegates were present : — YORKSHIRE . Tobk Mr . Cordenx . Leeds Mr . W . Brooke . Bradford Mr . Arran . Halifax . Mr . Crossland . Huddersfield Mr . Clayton . Dewsbusy Mr . MoselyStott . Bibnsley Mr . Julian Harney . Keiqhlei Mr . Bottomly . Sowebby Mr . Wild . Thornton .. Mr . Grey . Midgley Mr . Naylor . Hebden Bridge Mr . Midgley .
LANCASHIRE . Manchester Mr . Swallow . Colne Mr . Mooney . Tqdmorden Mr . R . Brooke . On the notion of Mr . Stott , Mr . Edward Clayton was elected chairman . On the motion of Mr . Mooney , Mr . Julian Harney was elected Secretary for the day . A letter was read from Manchester , and one from Sheffield , stating that the men ef Sheffield , though unable to send a delegate , approved of the meeting , and would abide by * any decision the delegates came to . Mr , Swallow , delegate from Manchester , stated that he had been at Middleton ; the people of Middleton , approved of the meeting , and would abide by the orders of the delegates .
The Secretary read and commented upon a paragraph which appeared under the head of Oldham , in the . War of Saturday last The Secretary showed that the Chartists of Oldham had quite mistaken the objects of the meeting ; he had originally suggested the calling ofthemeeting for the purpose of making arrangements in the two counties for the distinguished patriots shortly to be liberated—his object was to prevent the clashing of arrangements . His hope was that this meeting would bu conducive of preserving harmony in their ranks , such was his object . ( Hear , hear . ) The West-Riding delecau- * h » d been pleased to approve of his suggestion , and tbi ; meeting was called , but not a word had been said bv him or any other parties about
" county demonstrations . " Ho was at a loss to conceive how any such absurd idea had ever entered the heads of the men of Oidhatu ; most certainly he was not responsible for it . ( Hear . ) Again , with respect to a National Petition , it wua true that in a subsequent letter of his that was published in the Star , he had recommended that the dolegates should come instructed as to whether aye , or no , their constituencies approved of a National Petition ; if so , that the delegates * should suggest to the Executive the propriety ol getting up such petition j but it was never contemplated by him , nor he believed any other person , that this meeting shouid get np the petition . Jt was then perfectly ridiculous for the men oi' Oldham to find fault with tho
intention of this meeting 'interfering with the powers or prerogatives of the Executive when no such intention existed . ( Hear . ) He maintained it was the duty of the country , it was the duty of any portion of the people to , from time to time , offer any suggestions to the Executive whkh they the people might think fit to offer ; ami quite sure he was that that talented and patriotic body woald be ever ready so receive any suggestions the people o ? any portion of the people might think fit to faveur them with . He tho » ght he need say no more , assured as he was that evesy delegate would be satisfied with , the explanations givea . ( Heat , hear . ) On the motion of the Secretary , seconded by Mr . Swallow , the delegates unanimously resolved , " That the first demonstration take plate at York , on the day of Mr . O'Connor ' s liberation . " Moved by Mr . W . Brooke , seconded by the Secretary , "That the Leeds Demonstration take place on Friday , Kov . 12 th . "
On the motion of Mr . Cordeux , secoiMied by Mr . R . Brooke , the delegates resolved , " That the rest of the places be named in rotation—that is . the order in which the demonstrations shall be held . The people of each locality named to arrange with Mr . Connor and other patriots they may invite , the day on which , they will hold their demonstration . " Tne following is a list of places at which the delegates agreed demonstrations should be held , and the order in which they are fixed to take place : —1 st , York , Thursday , Nov . 11 th ; 2 nd , Leeds , Fruiay , Nov . 12 th j 3 rd , Sheffield ; 4 th , Manchester ; . 6 th , Colno ; 6 th , Keighley ; 7 th , Halifax ; Stli , U ' adfori ; 9 th , Todmorden ; 10 th , iiolton ; llti ) , Stockpoit ; 12 th , Hudderafield ; 13 th , Duwsbury ; 1-Lth , Barnajey ; 15 th , Iloehdale ; 16 th , Middleton ; 17 th , Blackburn . Tho following resolutions were agreed to : —
1 . Moved by Mr . Cordeux , seconded by Mr . Stott , " That the delegates at present assemWad do recommend to the Ciiurtiats of Great Britain and Ireland to send deputations to York on the release ef Feargus O'Connor , Esq ,, with assurances of tlieij unabated confidence in him , ana of their firm adheseuce to those principles for which he has so long and unjustly suliertd . " 2 . Move ;! hy Mr . XV . Brooke , seconded by Mr . Stott , " Th-it i : i aJ : r . i ' ' o » to his credentials , eaeh delegate sent to York have witti hiia a green silk banner , bearing the name of the place for which he is delegate . " ( Description ;— A yard of green silk will make twodivided so that the staff end be the full width , tapyring to a point ; silver lettered , with the name of the place , to wit , " HivddursfieM . " " Dewsbury , " &c . J
3 . Moved by Mr . Swallow , sesonded by Mr . Bottomly , " That in conscquonce of 3 Ir . O'Brien not wishing any tx ; ensn to }; e incurred on his account , we recommend that the demonstrations , got up sball be for Misbrs . O'Cuiiuor , O'Brien , and Bonbow , conjointly . " 4 . JloTcl by the Secretary , seconded by Mr . Mooney , " That this meeting suggest to the National Executive Council , the propriety of drawing up a National Petition for 1842 . demanding the adoption by the Legislalature of the People's Cbartev ; tbe Repeal of the Legislative Union of England and Ireland ; the liberation of all political prisoners ; the restoration of Frost , Williams , aDd Jon * - ? . Aj ;< 1 this meeting respectfully suggest Urn this s-aul Petition shall be drawn up by the Executive at their meeting at Birmingham , on the 2 nd of September . "
5 . Moved by Mr . W . Brooke , seconded by Mr . K . Brook , " That this meeting do recommend the Executive to take into their consideration the propriety of calling a Convention for 1842 . " (! . Movud by the Secretary , seconded by Mr . Cordeux , " That tliii meeting cannot separate without marking in the atungost terms their detestation of the atrocities pmc : ised iu the gaols and houses of correction in this country uuiler the fiendish silent system . Tbe barbarous cruelties known to be committed upon the political and other prisoners at present confined in the
gaols of Wakefit-ld , Beverley , and Northallerton are revolting to humanity , and disgraceful to the people 'who have up to this time suffered such deeds of devilish darkness to be perpetrated unpunished , —unavenged . We hereby call upon the country to immediately prepare petitions for presentation to the Parliament about to assemble demanding an inquiry into the present prison discipline , and the liberation of our suffering fritmls and br-nhera confined for no other crime but that they have sought the safuty of the state , the rights of tho millions , and the prosperity and happiness of the whole community . "
7 . " That to carry out so far aa in their power lies , the foregoing resolution , the delegates present pledge themselves to get up the petitions recommended in their several localitits . " Moved by Mr . Arran , seconded by Mr . Swallow , "That the Secretary be requested to draw up a copy of the proposed petition for an inquiry into the prison discipline , &r ., for publication in the Northern Star . " Agreed to . On the motion of Mr . Bottomley , the Secretary , together with Messrs . Arran and Swallow , were appointed a committee to draw up an address to the Chartists of Yorkshire and Lancashire . " The committee retired , aud returned in a short time with the address given below , which on being read was unanimously adopted . Air . Crosulaud moved the thanks of the delegates to the committeee . Agreed to .
Mr . Stott moved the thanks of the delegates to Mr . Harney , for his efficient services as secretary . Carried . Mr . Harney moved the thanks of the delegates to the council of the Hebden Bridge Association for the use of the room- Carried . Mr . IV . Brooke moved the thanks of the delegates to Mr . C ayton for his excellent conduct as chairman . This closed tho proceedings : the room was crowded nearly to suffocation byz . alous friends , who from all parts of thu West-Riding attended the meeting . A number of the fair sex from Keighley , Halifax , &c ., wereprestnt—they appeared deeply interested in the labours of the day .
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York on the day of Mr . O'Connor ' s liberation . The second will be held at Leeds the day following . Some time in the ensuing week Mr . O'Connor will probably -.. —s « « r , w »* . c , « j « ffle 1 d : and in all likelihood Saturday , Not . 20 th , will be t £ e fia , „ . .. » . » r , » . e 8 ter Demonstration . We have not fixed the dates of thesnooo ^ -.-f meetings ; we have simply enumerated the order in which they shall be held . It will be for the Council or Committee of each locality to make arrangements with the patriots as to the date of their visit Brother Chartists , —We appeal to you to be up and doing ; long enough , too long , have we submitted to oppression's rod—martyrs have perished on the scaffold —philanthropists have dragged the exile ' s chainpatriots have pined in the loathsome cell , too long— 'tis time we did our duty— 'tis time we rallied round our
leaders , and , strengthening their bands , enable them to put an end to the present unrighteous system . Friends and Fellow Countrymen , we implore you to remember the wrongs of those who have saffered , and are suffering in your cause . Welcome in your thousands , and tens of thousands , those patriots who will shortly be among you . At . the same time , forget not those whose sufferings are destined for a longer period—come to their help at once—pour your petitions into the House of Commons about to assemble , demanding a cessation of the hellish cruelties inflicted upon your brethren . Last , not least , prepare for the struggle of 1842—prepare by extending your organization , and
giving to the Executive on efficient support Let zeal be combined with prudence . Let energy be united with wisdom . Let unalterable determination characterize all your proceedings—show to your oppressors that you are sternly resolved to obtain your rightsprove it by your numbers in union . Then will the patriot not have suffered in vain . Then , with the blessing of God , will you establish your liberties , and posterity shall honour the men who successfully struggled for England ' s redemption . Signed , on behalf of the delegates , Edward Clayton , Chairman . George Julian Harney , Sec .
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ADDRESS FROM THE OPERATVE STONE MASONS IN LONDON , MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL CHARTIST ASSOCIATION , TO THE TRADE-UNIONS IN LONDON . Brothers in Bondagk , —We appeal to you with confidence on a subject of more importance to the welfare of our order than any that has engrossed our attention since the day we first dared ao far to assume the rights of men as to think for ourselves . We have been now engaged for a number of years , in battling with a monster , which , although we have at times rendered powerless , yet have we not been able to conquer . Fellow men , we adopted the system of Trades' Unions in the full hope that by thit means we could defend ourselves against the ferocious monster , capital , who is at all times eager to appease his greedy appetite upon the very miseries of the sons of industry .
From Trades' unions , wo have derived many , very many benefits ; and aa we have found from them a protection for the past , let us use them as pallia tired for the future , until each time aa we can render them useless by removing the cause of their existence . Fellow men , to accomplish that most desirable object is our reason for addressing yon at present . Having duly considered the address of eighteen of our own trade , who eanied the People ' s Petition to th « House of Commons , on the 2 » th of May last , wo have adopted ita objects in all their bearings . We have formed ourselves into a Chartist Association to act ia strict accordance , with the rules laid down by the Executive of the National Charter Association of Great Britain and Ireland , and we now call upon you , the tirades of London , to embark with us in the sacred cause of human regeneration , by adopting a similar course , in order that by our united exertions we may establish the People ' s Charter as the law of this country .
We deem it almost superfluous to expatiate upon the prineiplts of the People ' s Charter , being aware that the principles contained in that document are all but universally known amongst the working classes generally ; but ia order that our intentions may not be misconstrued either by the ignorant- er the self-interested , we beg leave to give a few of our reasons for adopting the leading principles oi the Charter ; . and first , Universal Suffrage . We demand Universal Suffrage in order that the whole people may bu able to give practical effect to their wishes in framing tho laws they are called upon to
obey . We deiiiaud tiat the working man shall be consulted in the institutions of his eountry , as well as the useles * and profligate lord , or the fraudulent and scheming profit-monger . We demand that those who raise all the food , make all the clothes , build ail the ships- anil houses , construct all the canals and railways , work all the mines , collieries , turbaries , and fisheries , who , iu ailiiitiori to all these worts , tight all the battles of oui country , shall be the foundatiun of all authority , as they are actually the foundation of all power : and we uuUe » itatingly declare , the man who wishes anything contrary to this to be an unprincipled and dishonest uian .
Ho who would give a vile falsifying attorney , or an unprincipled swinuling profit-menger a vote , and beep it iroiii an honest tailor , shoemaker , smith , mason , carpeuttir , &c , is a scoundrel , and ought to be looked upofi as such by all honest men . The man who , by a property qualification , would disfranchise ueariy all nieu that are sound , trustworthy , aud really valuable in tho country , is a being for whom no epithet can be too harsh—im punishment too severe . If any man doubt this , ltt him only abandon prejudice , and look with an impartial eye at the constitution of England , as it as . preseut exista , in which , by virtue of property qualifications , the upper and iuiddle classes , as they aro termed , are armed with an unlimited powtr
of murder and robtwry over the rest of the population . No animal in creation , wild or domesticated , ia half bo miserable as the so-called upper and middle classes bave rendered the working people of this country from birth to death . They are cither the victims of want or the victims of overpowering toil . There may be solitary exceptions , but the general rule ia certainly as stated . So long as th « profit-mongers can get a profit out of us , thtsy make us work like galley-slaves , and call it giving us employment , and for which they say we ought to be tiwnktul ; but whun no profit is to be derived from our labour , they turn us off to starve with as little ceremony as a publican would turn out a penniless sot at midnight .
Would this be our condition if we had a power over the laud aud circulating medium of our country ? > S ' onlil this ba the case if we had a power to raise food for ourselves , and sell the Burplus proiiuce of our own industry ?—a power , in short , to make the laws and inistnutious by which our employment or nonemployment is determined , and by which the proceeds of our skill and labour are distributed . They may din our ears with corn monopoly aud non-monopoly , but what difference is it to us whethercom is cheap or dear , so long aa we aro neither suffered to raise it nor given the means to buy it ? They may talk about the Whigs being opposed to the Tories , and the Tories to the Whigs , and ¦ while both factious pretend that it is our interest they hare at heart , th ^ villains are perfectly agreed upon one point , aad that is , that we shall have nothing to say in the arrangement of our affairs ourselves ; on this point the plunderers are perfectly unanimous , knomug well , that had we the power , the fruits
of our industry would at all times be administered to the wants of our fellow-men , rather than to the superfluous use of royal dogs and horses . Fellow men , knowing these to be mere items of the abuses under which we labour , let us unite as men determined no longer to submit to the usurpation of the plundering crew . Remember , they only hold it by the right of usurpation , and any class of men holding a certain amount of property can have no more natural right to domiueer and oppress than any other class of men would have , had they strength on their side to wrench it from those classes , and use it for their own particular interest ; but , in conclusion , let it not be our determination to deprive any man or set of men of their rights , but establish our own , for which purpose let us , as before stated , unite as one wan , to cause the People ' s Charter to become the law of this country , in which cause you will find none more ready to co-operate than the operative stone masons . Alexander Wilson , Chairman , pro tern . Assccution-room , Craven Head , Drury-lane , August 10 th , 1841 .
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LIST OF THE ANNUAL SUMS TO HER MAJESTY AND OFFICERS OF STATE , AMBASSADORS , BrSHOPS , &c , IMPOSED
ON THE PEOPLE . As a change of Ministry is now certain , a list of the salaries granted to her Majesty ' s household , foreign ambassodors , &c , in which establishments a change also takes place with the Administration , and shows the good pickings of office , wili no doubt be read with interest—Her Majesty ' s privy purse , £ 60 , 000 per annum , his Royal Highness Prince Albert , £ 30 , 000 per annum ; salaries of the great officers of the household , and officers of state , and of the establishments of the ¦ various departments of the household , including retired and super-aunuation allowances to old servants in those departments , £ 131 , 2 ^ 0 ; expenses of the household in the departments of the lord chamberlain , lord steward , master of the horse , and master of the rob « 8 , £ 172 , 500 ; royal bounties and charities , and special service , &c , j £ 23 , 200 ; pensions , £ 75 , 000 ; unappropriated money , £ 8 , 040 . Total , £ 500 , 000 per annum .
Details of the establishment of the Lord Chamberlain . —Lord Chamberlain , £ 2 , 000 per annum ! vice-chamberlain , £ 924 ; eight lords in waiting , £ 5 , « 16 ; sight grooms in waiting , £ 2 , 685 ; first lady of the bedchamber , £ 500 ; seven ladies ditto , £ 3 , 500 ; eight maids of honour , £ 2 , 400 ; eight bedchamber women , £ 2 , 400 ; corps of gentlemen-at-arms , £ 5 129 ; corps of yeomen of the guard , £ 7 , 100 ; ord » r of the garter , £ 502 ; order of the bath , £ 419 ; kings and heralds-Rt-arms , £ 355 ; sergeants-at-arms and offisere of ceremonies , £ 1 , 556 ; chaplains at Windsor , Kensington , Brighton , and preachers at Whitehall , £ l , 23 l >; medical establishment for her Majesty acd the royal household , £ 2 , 705 ; gentlemen ushers , grooms , pages , &c , £ 7 , 576 ; masters of music and feand , £ l , yi 6 ,- officers having charge of firniture , < fcc , £ 5 , 800 ; surveyor of pictures , && , £ 162 -, barsemas
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ten and watermen , £ 400 ; comptroller of accounts &c , £ 3 : 110 ; governor of Windsor Castle sal deptttt , ditto , £ 1 , 293 ; retired pensions , £ 7 , 656 , Details of the Master of the Horse ' s Establishment . —Master of the bone , £ 2 , 500 per an » nm ; chief equerry and derk-marshall , £ l , poo ; foux equerries , £ 3 , » uv ; ruur pages of honour , £ 460 ; secre . tary , clerks of stables in London , Windsor , and Brigh . ton , £ 1 , 500 ; inspector ani veterinary surgeon , £ Goo ; equerry of crowa stables , £ 445 ; master of the buck hounds , £ 1 , 700 ; coachmen , postilions , ic ., £ 12 , 563-retired allowances , £ 2 , 766 . '
Details of thb Lord Stewabd's Establish-MENT . ^ The lord steward , £ 2 , ooo per annum ; treasurer £ 9 * 4 ; comptroller , £ 904 ; master of the household £ 1 , 15 ?; secretary , paymaster of the household , clerk &c , £ 2 , 920 ; ranger of Windsor borne park , £ 590 ( kis Royal Highness Prince Albert ); domestic servants cooks , &c ,, £ 9 , 938 ; knight marshal , maishalmen , and eipences of the Marshals ** Prison , £ 1 , 924 ; Chapel Royal , chaplain at St James's , Whitehall chapel , and Lutheran chapel , £ 3 , 535 ; allowance in lieu of table money , £ 1 , 676 ; superannuations , bounties , and retired allowances , £ 6 , 365 .
Expenditure of the Lord Steward of thx EOYAE Household fok 1840 . —Bread , £ 2 , 350 ; but . ter , bacon , cheese , and eggs , £ 5 , 150 ; milk and cream . £ 1 , 500 ; butchers' meat , £ 10 , 000 ; poultry , £ 4 25 < H fish , £ 2 , 180 ; grocery , £ 5 , 000 ; oilery , 1 , 850 ; fruit and confectionary , £ 1 , 0 * 80 ; vegetables , £ 520 ; wine , £ 5 , 250 liquors , &c , £ 2 , 000 ; ale and beer , £ 3 , 000 ; wax-caul dies , £ 2 , 150 ; tallow-candles , £ 750 ; lamps , 4 , 950-fuel , £ 6 , 880 ; stationery , £ 870 ; turnery , £ 400 ; brsi ziery , £ 950 ; china , glass , dec , £ 1 , 576 ; linen , £ 1 , 998 ¦ washing of table and other linen , £ 3 , 250 ; plate , £ 355 ! Total annual expenditure of the royal household ' £ 69 , 765 . . * Salaries to Ambassadors at Foreign Courts . —Ambassadors ; France , £ 10 , 000 per annum ; Russia !
£ 1 , 376 , 16 s . 5 d . ; Austria , £ 9 , 900 ; Ottoman Porte £ 7 , 000 . Eovoya and Ministers : Spain . £ 5 , 750 ; Pru& sia , £ 4 , 124 158 . 7 d . ; America , £ 5 , 0 t 0 ; Two Sicilies £ 3 , 757 2 s . 10 . ; Portugal , £ 3 , 658 ; Brazil , £ 3 , 0 . Envoys Extraordinary : Holland , £ 4100 ; Belgium , £ 4 , 000 ; Sweden , £ 2 , 271 19 s . 5 d . ; Denmark , £ 3 , 140 ; Bavaria , £ 4 , 0 » 0 ; Sardinia , £ 4 , 10 »; Wurtemberg | £ 2 . 000 Is . 2 d . Ministers Plenipotentiary : Frankfort , £ 2 , 960 89 . per annum ; Hanover , £ 1 , 457 2 s . 10 d . Saxony , £ 2 , 188 7 s . Id . ; Tuscany , £ 1 , 948 7 s . ; Swiaa Cantons , £ 2 , 366 ; Greece , £ 2 , 800 ; Mexice , £ 2 , 200 ; Columbia , £ 3 , 100 ; Buenos Ayres , £ 3 , 300 4 s . Charg » de Affaires : Florence , 246 ; La Guayra , £ 365 ; Rio de Janeiro , first attache , £ 1 , 002 ; Bogota , ditto , £ 8 12 s . 5 d . ; Peru , ditto , £ 188 0 s . 8 d . Total salaries of am .
bassadors , secretaries , attaches , &e . £ 129 , 398 123 . 8 d . per annum , Consuls abroad : The annual salaries of consuls abroad is £ 103 , 618 . —Pensions to ambassadors who served tinder the Tory administration , some only for a few months , £ 182 , 028 12 s . per annum , amounting to thirty three in number , of which five receive £ 2 , 056 each , viz ., Sir Robert Adair , the Right Hon . Charles Arbufcbnofc , Lord St Helena , Lord Straagford , and Lord Stuart de Rothsay ; six , £ 1 , 786 each . Earl Cathcart , Lord Cowley , Earl Elgin , Sir Gore Oiiselej-, Sir C . H . Thornton , and Sir Arthur Paget ; two , £ 1 , 700 L ^ Heytesbury and Sir Charles Bagot ; three , £ 1 , 516 ; one , £ 1 , 336 ; four , £ 1 , 300 ; six , £ 1 , 066 ; the remainder receive from £ 900 , £ 889 , £ 706 , £ 550 , £ 436 , and £ 300 each , foz having opposed the liberties of the people of this country and general freedom abroad .
Pickings of she Church out of the People's Pockets . —The number of parishes in England and Wales is 14 , 482 . There are sixty-two rectories , sinecures , whose net revenue amounts to £ 17 , 095 ; net income of collegiate churches , £ 208 , 289 ; net income of dignitaries and other spiritual persons , £ 66-, 465 . Total number of benefices , 10 , 550 ; net revenue of benefices £ ' 3 , 004 , 721 . Total number of benefices attached to otber preferments , exclusive of those above , £ l * , 718 . Net revenue , £ 3 , 05 & , 450 . Curates employed by nonresidents , 4 , 224 ; annual stipends , 337 , 620 . * * Tory Spiritual Peeks t ^ xed ox Natiok . —Archbishop of Canterbury , £ 19 , 182 per annum ; Archbishop of York , £ 12 , 629 ; Bishop of Asapbj £ 6 . 301 ; Bishop of Bongor , £ 4 , 464 ; Bishop of Bath
and Wells , £ 5 , 946 ; Bishop of Bristol , £ 2 , 351 ; Bishop of Carlisle , £ 2 , 213 ; Bishop of Cashel , £ 3 , 276 ; Bishop of Chichester , £ 4 , 229-v Bishop of St . David ' s , £ 1 , 897 ; Bishop of Durham , £ l £ > , 066 ; Bishop of Ely , £ 11 , 105 ; Bishop of Exeter , £ 2 , 613 ; Bishop of Gloucester , £ 2 , 282 ; Bishop of Hereford , £ 2 , 516 ; Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry , £ 3 , 920 ; Bishop of Lincoln , £ 4 , 542 ; Bishop of Llandaff , £ 924 ; Bishop of London , £ 13 , 925 ; Bishop of Norwich , £ 5 ., 3 » 2 ; Bishop of Oxford , £ 2 , 648 ; Bishop of Peterborough , £ 3 , 103 ; Bishop of Rochester , £ 1 , 159 ; Bishop of Salisbury , £ 3 , 939 ; Bishop of Sodor and Man , £ 3 , 555 ; Bishop of Winchester , £ 11 , 151 ; Bishop of Worcester , £ 6 , 596 . Total annual amount received by the bishops , £ 1 , 1 * 0 , 292 . Total amount of the revenues of the established cliurch , from various pickings , £ 9 , 450 . 585 .
Tori Pension List—The annual am ' onnt of pensions to protegees of the Tory clique is £ 130 , 638 Is . Gd . Pans ions aud sums received by his Grace the Duke of Wellington , £ 4 . 000 per annum ; also , by 53 Geo . III ., p , 4 , £ 100 , 000 ; amended by 53 and 54 Geo . III ., an annuity of £ 13 , 000 , or £ 400 , 000 ; also , by aii Geo . III ., c . lSli , £ 200 , 000 ; as constable of the Tower of London , £ 950 per annum , and patronage ; as colonel of the rifle brigade , £ 238 ; as colonel of 1 st grenadier regitneut of foot guards , £ 2 , 695 ; as lord warden of the cinque ports , £ 474 , 10 s . per anunm patronage , and Walmer castle . Salaries and Essences of both Houses 01 Parliament , £ " 7 , 000 per annum ; treasury , £ 40 , 0 » 0 ; secretary of state for the home department , £ 30 , 060 ; foreign offices , ditto , £ 87 , 009 ; colonies , ditto , £ 87 , OU 0 ; privy council and board of trade , £ 24 , ( 00 ; paymaster general , £ 36 , 000 ; commissioners of poor laws , £ 65 , 080 pur annum ,
P . S . There are two ex- ! ord chancellors receiving an annual pension of £ 5 , C 00 , Lord Brougham and Lord Lyncihurst ; and two ex speakers of the House of Commons , Lord Canterbury and Kight Honourable James Abercromby , £ o , M ) 0 . Weekly Chronicle .
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MILITARY EXECUTION . We have received the following letter , dated Gibraltar , 29 th July , 1841 , from a soldier : —" Being aware that a military execution has in it something awfully impressive , I therefore send you an imperfect account of one which took place in this garrison . About half-past three o ' clock on the morning of the 23 rd instant ,, the troops in garrison were marched from their respective barracks to the neutral ground , to witness the last act of the law being carried into effect upon the person of a private of the 7 th Fusiliers , for the wilful murder of a young woman , a servant of the officers' mess , to whom he had been : payin # his addresses , aud at one time had
been favourably received , but latterly she had rejected hia overtures and given preference to another youiig man of the baud . Hence the fatal act . Each regiment and corps formed close column upon the front division , the whole formed three sides of a square , the temporary gallows occupying the fourth . Colonel Sir C . Smith , Royal Eugineera , adorned with military honours , and staff , soon after rode into the square , the prisoner following in a sick waggon , strongly guarded . The words " Attention , " and " Shoulder Arms , " having been given , the prisoner standing uncovered , the Town Major , in an impressive manuer , read the minutes of the Courtmartial , which were as follow , viz .:
—At a General Court-martial held at Gibraltar , on Saturday , the 17 th day of July , 1841 , and continued by adjournments nntil Monday , the 19 th day of JQly , 1841 , private Robert Garton ( No . 1388 ) , of the 7 th or Royal Fusiliers , was arraigned upon the following charge , viz . —For having , at Gibraltar , on or about the morning of the 5 th July , 1841 , feloniously , wilfully , and with malice aforethought , stabbed with a knife , Elizi Kelly , a female servant , employed at the mess-house of the 7 th or Royal Fusiliers , thereby inflicting a mortal wound , of which she , the said Eliza Kelly , died on the 10 th
of the same month . The Court having maturely weighed and deliberated upon the evidence produced before them , are of opinion that the prissner , Robert Garton , ( No . 1388 ) of the 7 th , or Royal Fusiliers , is guilty of the charge preferred against him ; and they do therefore sentence him , private Robert Garton , of the 7 th , or Royal Fusiliers , to be hanged by the nock till he be dead , at such time and place as his Excellency , the Li iutenant-General , Sir Alexander Woodfoni , K . CR , and C . M . G ., Governor of Gibraltar , shall appoint ( Signed ) J . Carter , Col . and President .
The unhappy man then passed in front of the troops , the Fusilier band playing the Dead March . This was a very affecting part of the proceedings , and local circumstances rendered it peculiarly so . There was he , in company with tho garrison chaplain , keepiug step to the beautiful but melancholy strains of musioj which were reverberated from the contiguous mountains , the glorious orb of day rising , as it werej out of the bosom of the Mediterranean Sea , dispensing gladness to a happy world ; but , alas . ' bringing certain death to this truly infatuated and miserable young man ; the grave yard just immediately behindf in which rest so man ; of our brave countrymen , and in which the material part of himself was soon to » e laid . The enormity of his crime was forgotten , pity 1 00
alone was . depicted in every countenance , and believe every person present would have been pw had justice been satisfied short of death . A ciyii execution haa something coarse and brutal in it compared to a military , although they are both alike in the end . The prisoner having again come to tne centre , the Town Major read the warrant for hw execution . He ascendea the platform with considerable fortitude , placing himself upon the drop , the chaplain kneeling in prayer . The satellites of the Provost Martial adjusted the rope and drew * cap over nia face . Unon a fiismal from the front beine Biven , tne
key was knocked out , the drop fell , » nd the * oria with all its pleasures and pains closed upon bun for erer . He hung for about a minote without showing the least sign of volition , struggled fora minute or two afterwards , and then gently vibrated in tne morning bretze . After the body had hung f oi ¦»»» * three quarters of an hour , it was cut down and i « o upon the lid of the coffin , with the faco nacornea From the right in singlo rank , arms reversed , p « m » playing the Dead March , we passed it in slow time which took above an hour . We were then P * ?? : " home , tired enough you may be sure , havjug t > eeu about five hours under arms . "
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girdlers , < ; glaziers , 57 ; glovers , 119 ; goldsmiths , 151 ; gold and silver wire-drawers , 49 ; gunmakers , 29 ; haberdashers , 368 ; innholders , 307 : ironmongers , 78 ; joiners , 116 ; leatherseUers , 106 I lonners , 234 ; playing-card makers , 68 ; merchant tailors , 236 ; mercers , 77 , masons , 42 ; musicians 72 ; needlamakers , 332 ; pattenmakers , 115 ; paju ters and stainers , 111 ; pewterers , 64 ; plasterers , 26 : plumbers , 50 ; poulterers , 28 ; saddlers , 60 ; salters 131 ; scriveners , 35 ; shipwrights , 91 ; s-ilk throwsters , 7 ; fkinners , 125 ; spectacle makers , 81 ; stationers , 381 ; tallow chandlers , 117 ; tin-plateworkers , 43 ; turners , 63 ; tilers and plasterers , 108 vintners , 282 ; upholsterers , 86 ; wax chandlors , 68 weavers , 86 ; wheelwrights , 117 ; woolmen , 17—total , 7 , 782 . N . B . A great number of citizens have taken up their livery during the present year .
8 The Liv £ bv of Loxdo . v fob 1841-2 . —The following statement exhibits the number of liverymen in the city of London belonging to each company , as also the aggregate number who w c qualified as such to vote for members of Parliament to represent the aaid city : —Armourers and braziers , 73 ; apothecaries , 26 ; barbers , 116 ; baker ? , 225 basket-makers , 6 ; blacksmiths , 94 ; bowyers , 47 ; brewerB , 4 fi ; brodereurs , 28 ; butchers , 163 ; carpenters , 111 ; clockmakers , 99 ; cloth workers , 123 ; coach and coach harness makers , 66 ; combmakers , 15 ; cordwainers , 97 ; coopers , 239 ; cooks , 136 ; curriers , 98 ; cutler , 81 ; distillery 38 ; dyers , 282 j dyers , 117 ; fanmakers , 19 ; farriers , 80 ; feltmongers , S 3 ; rkhmongers , 217 ; n " eteberfi , 18 , fraraework knitters , U ; fruiterers , 41 ; founders , 70 ; glass sellers , 58 ;
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ADDRESS TO THE CHARTISTS OF YORKSHIRE AND LANCASHIRE . friends and Fellow Couktryhen , —Assembled to take measures necessary for the reception of the patriots who , about to emerge from tyranny ' s cells , have proved , by their unflinching devotion to the people ' s cause , how vain have been the efforts to crush them by torture and th « chain , we briefly address you upon the topics that have engaged our attention . Some misunderstanding appears to have existed in the minds of our Oldham friends as to the objects of our meeting . We met not to thwart the Executive Council , but to assist that talented and patriotio body . In the report of our proceedings tbia day , it will be seen that while we have respectfully suggested certain things to the Executive , we have ordered nothing it may be their duty to
command-Again , we must set the men of Oldham right with respect to " county demonstrations . " Nothing of the sort was contemplated by those -who suggested the meeting , and called the delegates together ; nothing of the sort has been proposed by us . The preservation of harmony and unity in the ranks of our patty has been the object of our meeting ; we trust our exertions will not prove fruitless . It will be seen that the first of a series of popular demonstrations , or meetings , is arranged to be held at
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6 THE NORTHBjlW STAJly
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Since writing the above we have received a letter 1 from Loughrea , aot less eucouraging as to its ; beariiig on the state and prospects of Chartism than 1 the excellent letters £ iven above . This letter was I not intended by the writer for publication , but we i venture to tike the liberty of laying it before our 1 rfaders , as a most certain index of the state of ] fetliug in respect to the rising cause of real liberty j in Ireland . < Loughrea , August 11 th , 18-11 . j Sm ,-I take the liberty of addressing you oa j the part of the Chartists of this town , to request your j advice as to measures in contemplation amongst some of j its members ; but before I proceed to lay before you | the rule which some of them want to adopt , 11
likewise consider it prudent in use to state to you the 1 reason why I differ with a part , a small part , of them j in opinion . ! One of the Chartists of this town , a respectable man , J asked my liberty to get placards printed , calling on i the friends of the Charter in this town , to assemble on a certain day , when he would introduce to them a \ Methodist preacher , to lecture to them on the principles- ; of the Charter . I sought the odriee of some of my ¦ Chartist brethren on this occasion , men of learn- \ ing and talent , and well versed iu political affiirs , ; and likewise burning with a pure seal in the holy cause j of liberty and the Charter ; and they ti > ld me if 1 sane- tioned such proceedings , I should be the means of ; retarding the progress of Chartism in thia town ; but ;
should there be a proper lecturer , having his creden- ; tials freru any of the Chartist associations of either England or Ireland , then would he have their support , as the aiinouncenwnt of such a one making his appear- i ance amoncst : lie Chartists of th : » town would cause i such a cry of " liberty" amongst them as could Hover i be stifled or put down by the policy ef either Whig or 1 Tory . Such then b * ing the case , I expect your- i advice as early as possible , so as to- prevent any disu- ' nion arising amongst any of the members ; for 1 j assure you they are very numerous , and if once 1 was- ; allowed , by the lovers of liberty in England , means to-i enable me to rent a room for thfilr accommodation , 1 would at once kave an association formed thus would spread the love of liberty , and the knowledge and benefit of the Charter through tkia extensive county .
I dow beg leave to call your attention to the part ] have taken sinee I became a soldier of liberty in th » Chartist cause , likewise the £ ?» at straits I was put to , in being bereft of friends for a length of time . In the j month of November last I was appointed to circulate I tht Star in this town and neighbourhood , and I do j as * we you that I have done so with the greatest fidelity and success . I also circulated them through the , respective town 3 , viz . Galway , Gort , BalUnasloe , Eyrecourt , Portumna , fcc . ; and in all those towns I -was received with great eivility , with the exception of Ballinasloe , where I was shouted aud booted through the streets by a pirty of ignorant country people , vrho was employed yn that occasion by . some villians , who , in order to stem the voic-j of truth i and the cry of liberty , thongbt it a proper way to cry me down aud thereby prevent the distribution of the Star in that town .
When I commenced circulating thu Star in Loughrea , the people looked on me as a rtbel—such they called the Ciiartista at that time . I was forsaken by all my friends , so that I was put to great straits to support a large family : but now , thank God , it is far different ! for the greatest enemies I had are now become the b » st of friends , and the firm supporters of universal libertywhich liberty they say , they can never attain , unkss by means of the Charter . I shall be very happy to receive any communication from yon , which will enable me , still further , to advance , the cause of the Charter , and With the greatest respect . I beg leave to rtmiiin , Your very humble servant , BEKNAUD M'fiO . NNELL .
With respect to the matter on which our opinion aad advice is asked in this letter , wo say at once that no means fehould bo omitted of drawing the attention of the Irish people to the glorious principles ot liberty contained in the Charter through any unexceptionable medium . It would certainly be bet'er to have lecturers accredited from the Chartist bodies ; while , at he same time , a truly honest and taleuifi man should not be repressed in hi 3 efforts to do good , because circumstances may have prevented him from having such credentials . This would apply more particularly to any native or resident of Ireland whose attention mijjht have been recently drawn to the principles of Chartism . A stranger , and particularly a clerical stranger , could not expect to be received with perfect confidence unless he either had credentials , or was introduced by some prudent , coolheaded , honest Cimrtist , who was well known , and whose judgement and honesty were perfectly
undisputed . It is necessary to be very cautious in putting men forward in an agitation watched with such fiendish malignity as that which glares on Chartism in Ireland . A single traitor insinuating himself into the body , and making his way to a prominent situation , might do incalculable mischief ; as all his violent and illegal balderdash would be charged upon the Chartist body , whilo he would be " protected " from the legal consequences of his own rascality . We think it very likely that this mode of procedure will be resorted to by Dan . and his myrmidons , now that they feel the failure of their efforts at open intimidation . We think , therefore , that in the matter of Btrangera especially , too much caution can scarcely be exercised . Discretion is tho better halt of wisdom , and while we abhor the cowardice which shrinks from an avowal of its principles in favour of danger , we would always recommend prudence and caution to onr friends .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 21, 1841, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct393/page/6/
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