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( From oar own Correspondent . ) CjiPFOBD , Thursday . —On next Saturday another Monmoutb scene will be re-enacted here . On that 2 » r Jndses Tindal and Parks , who presided at the Social Commission at Monmouth in 1839-40 , will , aided by Sir Robert Mounsey Rolfe , open the com-™ issien hers for the trial of 244 wretched being * , ^ ose greatest , if not only , crime is poverty . The «> or fellows even within the walls of their dungeon , bear aught but the appearance of men who would Stress the laws of their oonntry . Then ¦ conduct lauded the and the
fa prison is by governor visifing magistrates , as exemplary and truly praiseworthy . The most melancholy spectacle ib that which presents itself outside of the gaol , which is surrounded br the sorrowing wives and children of the prisoners , whose hsgpaTd countenances and threadworn gariBeDts indicate suffering , misery , poverty , and rags , beyond description . They may be truly called " a houseless , clotheless , and breadless crowd , " to whom death ought to be a thousand times more acceptable than life . , ., .. .. The prosecutors under the special commission laajje no concealment of their intention to vent all their spleen and direct all their power of vindicating i } e lau- against such prisoners as are acknowledged rw-tists . Amongst those who are thus marked-out 25 victims to be made examples of , are Thomas Cooper , who i 3 thus described in the . calendar : a j ± ge ft reads and writes superiorly . He is committed for inciting and persuading a great number of people to assemble and gather together , and riotously and tumultuously creating a great noise and disturbance on the 15 th August , 1842 , at the parish of St oke-upon-Trent . " Arthur O'Neil , " aged 22 ; reads and writes well ; for inciting and causing a rreat number of perse ns to assemble and gather togerberio dLiurb the public petce , on the 26 th Aug . 184 ° at the parish of Rowley Regis . " And William Eii- = " aged 32 who reads and writes well ; for
, hanne , with divers other persons , on the 16 th of August . 1842 , and on other days , at the parish of Bur = lem , traitorously compelled , imagined , and de-r ised , and intended to levy war against her Maje-ty in order to force and comoel her said Maje 3 ty to " change her measures and counsels . " That the persecutors intend making a good harvest of the sSasr may be judged of by the fact that in some cases the briefs for counsel contain fifty sheets . The prisoners complain much of the usual course beitg deviated from by the appointment of local anornies to prcsccuie for offences alleged to be committed in their pecoliar localities ; this , they say , ¦ Kid afford an opportunity for the indulgence of personal hostile feelings . The prisoners would sooner commit themselves to the tender mercies of the Crown cfiicers , than to be thu 3 subjected to the Errcilcss treatment of men for whom they entertain hie most natural abhorrence .
Xotiicg so clearly proves the low subterfuge to ¦ w hich certain local functionaries had recour : e for committals as a recital of the charges under which many of the prisoners stand committed . Upon Tiidhg them , the public will justly exclaim—^ B What ! a Special Commission to try such offences , which could be better punished summarily by the magistrate , than left to be disposed of by a Special Commission , a ; an enormous exptnce to the country !" The charges alluded to are as follows : —Joseph Broitcr , fcr stealing iour and sixpence ; Henry Howard , stealing a took ; George Shaw , stealing a shirt ; Edward Adams , demanding the sum of sixpence ; William Prince , stealing one tame rabbit ; Williams Sapper , John Hulme , Smith Child , Wm . Plsnr , Thomas Adams , and David Parkes , demanding the sum of ore shilling ; Samuel Lockett , demanding
the sum of sixpence ; John Hall , demanding the sum of sixpence ; Jame 3 Wooley , demanding the ium of sixpence ; end Elizabeth Bryan , stealing one picture frame . Now , if those offences were brought before one of our Metropolitan Magistrates , he would either dismiss the charge , or , at most , taking the circumstances into consideration , would send the accused for a week or a fortnight to prison . Exclusive of the prisoners thus committed for the Special Commission , there are ISO to be tried a : the Sessions , the enormiiy of whose offences may be judged of by the sample given of the commitments for the Commission . It is pretty clear by : he ciassifisation of the prisoners by Mr . Brutton , ihe governor of the * gaol , that they are not the uneducated set which it is so much the object of the "Whigs and Tories to represent them as being . The subjoined is the classification returned by the
governor , vjz : — Prisoners who can read and write superiorly 1 Ditto , read and write well ... 27 ' Ditto , read and write imperfectly 50 Ditto , reaa well 5 Ditto , read imperfectly 73 Ditto , who can nehner read or write ... 59 Ditto , on bail 25 Total , 240 Here is * " damning lie" to those calumniators of the working classes " who designate them as an ignorant , brutal , and lawless body , whose sole object it is to destroy life and property .
The Judges will merely open the court on Saturday , pro forma ; for that occasion the 'only persons Eummoned , are the justices of the peace , mayors , coroners , escheators , stewards , and also all chief constables , and bailiffs . On Sunday , the Judges will attend Divine Service , in Christ ' s Church , when the Rev . Mr . E . Coldwell , rector , will preach . It is to be hoped that his sermon will savour more of mercj , than what characterised the discourse of the Rev . Clergyman who preached before the Judges at the Monmonth Special Commission . On Monday , the Grand Jury will be sworn at ten o ' clock , a . m ., precisely , when the Petit Jury , prosecutors , and witnesses , are bound to attend . The Solicitor-General , Mr . Sergeant Talfonrd , and Sergeant Ludlow , Mr . Godson , Mr . Whately , and Mr . Waddington , will conduct the prosecntion .
After the first day , or at least after two or three convictions , three courts will be opened , in each of "ffbich a Judge will preside . This regulation will expedite the business . It is calculated that not more than 180 prisoner will be tried , and that the rest will be liberated on their recognizances to appear when called upon . Four more prisoners are expected here from Burslem charged with being principals in the demolition and burning of the Rev . Mr . Yates' house and property , on the 15 th of August . They were bronght into Burslem on Tuesday ; one of them was severely wonnded in the head .
In Newcastle-nndei-Lyme , Mr . Wise , Captain Mannerirg , Mr . Adderly , and a few other magisterial dignitaries , are making great work about the protection of life and property dnring the winter On Monday and Tuesday they held meetings at the Castle Hotel , Newcastle , when they resolved to erect a temporary barracks , at a cost of £ 500 , for the accommodation of two companies of infantry and one troop of horse . Government has promised to build for them a permanent barracks in spring . The Newcastle justices are also raising a police force , &pd another body , which they designate a " protective force , " to escort the witnesses attending the commission , of whom there are forty housed in Neweastle .
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TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Bbotheb D . kmocbat 5 . —No man can lay the charge to me that I am fond of faction—it matters sot whether that man belongs to the Metropolitan Parliamentary Reform Association , to the Christian Chartists , to the Complete Suffrage Association , to the National Association , or to the National Cnarter Association , not a single member of any one of these dare accuse me of being factious . Therefore , I may safely investigate the doenment issued by the Complete Sufiragistsfor convening the Conference on the 27 th December next . Every true Democrat must admit that there is the greatest necessity to convene a National Conference , but to make it a national one , what is the foundation on which it ought to be based I Can it be called national when
a faction is to have half the power at it 1—nay , more than half the power ; for , whilst London , Manchester , Birmingham , and the towns of the greatest importance and most numerous population , are to be restricted to six representatives , and such very important towns as Nottingham , Leicester , Norwich , & , c , are to be restricted to four , the small towns wherethemillownershave thegreatestpower can send two ; thus positively giving a double power to the patriotic electors in the election of representatives . What poor man dare give au untrammelled vote on such an occasion , unless at the hazard of losing his employment , and eventually bringing destruction on
himself and family 1 But to investigate the conduct of the Council of the Complete Suffrage Association with impartiality , it is right that we should take a doser view of its oondnet on the day it met in Birmingham ; it did not allow strangers to be present at its deliberations . Yesterday , a gentleman called on me to inform me that he was ordered out of the room , and that when the report was brought up , when strangers were present on the day afterwards , it was tbe intention of the parties to allow the electors the power to elect two delegates to the Conference , for the working men ' s one ; and but for Mr . Stephenson , of Worcester , such would have been carried .
If such report be correct ( and I have every reason to believe it is ; if it 13 not , I hope I shall be set right on the matter , as I should not wish to make any falS 3 statements , tending to mislead the democratic party ) what conclusion can I possibly come to ? Can any working man—can any real Democrat come to any but the following—namely , that this party are not sincere . I am not cynic enough to condemn a whole body for the acts of one or a few of its members ; but wnen a deliberative body assumes to itself the power to concoct schemes for the advancement of Democracy , then the nublic ought to scrutinize the acts of such men . What I propose to the Council of the complete suffragists is this , that , if they wish to have a bona fide representation of the people , namely , to reconsider their
address and take such steps as will bring together the whole intelligence , talent , and strength of the popular party into one great conference , they will limit the aggregate numbers of the Conference , Bay to 658 ; that they will divide the whole of England , Scotland , and Wales , into districts ; that according to the population in each district , delegates shall be elected ; that the people , the whole people , and neither more or less than the people , shall have the power to elect the representatives ; such are the views I entertain on the election of Delegates to the Conference pretended to be National , to be held on December 27 th , 1842 . If the representation of the whole i 3 not recognised and acted upon , I then in that case enter my most solemn protest against the convening of any such Convention , and denominating it National , and for the following reasons ,
viz—1 st . That it is false to call it a complete representation . 2 nd . That , if called , it has the appearance of faction . 3 rd . That it would be exactly as just to allow any one sect in religion to have the power to elect a majority to the Conference as to allow the electors to do so ; and what I recommend the people to do , if the Complete Suffragists persevere in their factious opposition to a complete representation of the people , is this—to protest against such injustice . Let not the non-electors make the shadow of an attempt to elect a single delegate to the Conference ; and in every district let the honest electors , who wish to see the people fairly represented , attend the patriotic electors' meetings , and move an
amendment to their electing delegates to the following effect : — "That this meeting of electors entirely disapprove of the one-sided , narrow-minded policy of the Complete Suffrage Council , in convening a Conference to be elected contrary to the true spirit of genuine democracy and real liberty ; and cannot , therefore , for a moment , entertain the idea of at all taking part in a Convention so elected . " If on the other hand the system of convening the conference _ be abandoned , and that of justice established in its place , then let every hand be at work to assist in so holy an undertaking ; let the wealth and wisdom of the Metropolitan Parliamentary Reform Association be put into active operation on the occasion ; let the zeal of the Christian Chartists be actively employed to forward such an object ; let the energies of the
Complete Suffrage Association lend its assistance ; let . the members of the National Association not lag im the good cause ; and let the whole force of our bfcn great , powerful , numerous , and intelligent association be exercised on such a grand and noble Object . To the people , I say , watch carefully all parties ; adhere to the Charter , the whole Cnarter , and nothing less than the Charter ; and I repeat again , although I am not factious , and hate denunciation , yet every exertion on my part shall be made to forward liberty , to establish even-handed justice , and , as far as I am able , thwart the designs of those who would make merchandise of the people , and keep up agitation to serve their own sinister ends . I have the honour to be , Your brother Democrat , John Campbell .
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RECEIPTS OF THE EXECUTIVE FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPT . 27 th , 1842 . £ s d Exeter 0 4 2 Birmingham shoemakers 0 3 6 Ipswich 0 5 0 Ipswich Females 0 2 6 Nottingham , per Barton 0 10 0 London , St . Pancras ... 1 0 0 Derby 10 0-London , Hammersmith ... 0 5 0 Colchester , Collingwood 0 2 6 St . Alban ' s 0 10 Tiverton 0 10 0 Canrington 0 4 0 Mansfield 0 2 0
On the 3 rd Sept . I should have acknowledged 12 s from the London Stone Masons . Will Mr . Child , of Coalbrook Dale , write to me ? Will the Loughbro ' sub-Secretary write to me ! Parties in want of cards , in and round Manchester , can be supplied by Mr . Leach , bookseller , 40 , Oak-street , Manchester . I am very anxious that when a sub-secretary receives cards of membership , he should write acknowledging their safe arrival . The following instructions to parties who write letters may not be useless ; let the letter be commenced thus , suppose the letter is from Manchester : — Manchester , 26 , John-street , Sept . 19 th , 1842 .
By simply heading letters ia the above manner no mistake could ever occur . In reply to a Watford Chartist , the translation of the two latin quotations is sana , Eound—mens , mind —in , in—sana , sound—corpora , body—Nemo , no one —morialivm , of . mortals—sapit , is wise—omnibus , at all hours . I confess I acted unwise in giviBg a latin quotation at all—however I won ' t offend again in a hurry . John Campbell , Secretary .
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VICTIM FUND . I have paid over to Mr . Cleave the following sums for the viciims : — s . d . Unknown 7 6 J . Horley 1 0 Wm . Loft 2 0 Shoemakers , Birmingham ... 5 0 Ipswich 10 0 Ipswich Females 5 0 Colchester 10 0
D . K 1 0 Colchester , per ColliDgwood 2 6 Chatford 2 1 Merry 1 6 Rock locality 2 10 Lynn Regis 10 0 Two friends 1 ° Salisbury 10 0 I have paid in the Salisbury district 10 s . before to some person in Manchester , but as I did not book it at the time , I have had it to pay a second time . Will Mr . Dickenson , the Manchester packer , send me his address ! . _ ...
The note , in connection with the 7 s . 6 d ., headed " unknown , " has been mislaid ; will the party who paid it send me the separate items ? J . Campbell , Secretary .
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ADDRESS OP THE COAL MINERS OF YORKSHIRE TO ALL CONSUMERS OF COAL . Ladies and Gentlemen , —We , the colliers of Yorkshire , humbly come before you in the hope that you will lend a kind ear to our distress , and give us that sympathy which we have a right to expect . We are driven only by want and misery to lay before the impartial reader the enormous injustice under which we have for years been victims and sufferers . We have employed every means in our power to be kindly listened to by onr masters ; we have applied to them , but to no purpose . We are , therefore , compelled by them to lay before the public our Rrievances . 1 st A reduction of wages to an alarming txtent , so that we and oar families are perishing for lack of food . 2 nd . A great addition has been made to our day ' s work , but none to our wages ; ( the reverse ) we have as much coal ta get in two days as we had formerly in three .
3 rd- On account of the corves ( or waggons ) being continually enlarged , and our day ' s work increased , we have only two or three days in the week ; the wages of two or three days is not sufficient to maintain us and our families through seven days . 4 th . We are obliged to work in water and damp places , bo that we get rheumatism and all sorts of complaints ; and we are obliged to work naked , or nearly so , on account of the hard and laborious employment we have to perform . 5 th . Getting coals by measure and selling them by weight ; this is the reason why they are continually enlarging the corves ; every new one that is made is larger than the old one . When they sold by measure they did not do so ; if they had , tke public would have got the benefit ; but now that they pocket it all they are never quiet 6 tb . Our mas * 3 r 3 have turned off from their employment some of the delegates whom we chose to represent our grievances to them .
The millions in our own country , without taking into account the millions of foreigners , who are , through our labour , warmed every day , from the humblest being in our country to our gracious Queen , are little aware of all the misery , all the oppression , cruelty , and tyranny we are subjected to by onr masters . The Negroes were never reduced to such subjection ; they had only to work a few hours in the open air , whilst we white men , and , above all , Englishmen , cannot see the snn some times for weeks together except oh Sundays , which is worse than any prison in the kingdom , and more injurious to the human system than the solitary cell . We are even worse treated than the greatest criminals in the slave mines of Siberia , for they have plenty of food Riven to them ; they can walk and work erect ; all their mines are six feet high ;
whilst we are cramped and crushed into holes sometimes not more than eighteen or twenty inches high and a yard wide , and are forced to work naked in those low and narrow holes . When we enter the bowels of the earth we eannot Bay that we shall see our wives and families again ; we cannot rnn out of the pits to save our lives ; we are forced to crawl on our bands and feet , the distance we have to go in and out before we can reach the basket that took us down . There is no trade or profession that is so much exposed to danger as that of the collier , and ne man stands more in need of education and religion than the collier ; for no one is more suddenly snatched out of time into eternity . Unacquainted with the will of God and the laws of man ; ignorant , stupid , and wicked ; as he lives bo he dies , and his blood will ba required
at your hand . There are societies established for the education of the soldier and sailor , but none for the colliers ; institutions for the support and education of the children and orphans of the soldier and sailor , is it so with the orphans of the collier ? We say not . The soldier may get a pension if he ia wounded in battle , and be entered into an hospital ; the sailor may be rescued from a watery grave ; bat the collier is doomed to die without any one taking notice of him . He is more devoted to his country than either the soldier or sailor ; his life is in jeopardy every mement , and strange to say , there is no reward for him ; but even bis master will reduce his wages if he ean . He is doomed to be crushed to death by the recks , to be drowned , to be suffoeated by the sulphureous gases , to be burned or scorched alive ; no one can lend a helping hand to
rescue him ; no one can see what is going on in the bottom of the pits . Look only at the numerous accidents which are continually taking place , and you will shudder ; your blood will run cold at the horrible misery we have to suffer , for a small pittance , or a piece of bread . All is not yet told , and wera we to write until this day twelve months , more than one half would remain untold . ' Look at our children ; who takes care of them ? who gives them the food and education they are entitled to ? where are their schools ? where can they learn the laws of their Creator ? the laws of their country ? and the love of man ? They are brought np in slavery and ignorance ; they are worse treated than the children of the negro . Instruction is denied them ; they only go to the Sunday school , and even on that day they are so fatigued and
tired that they cannot learn any , or even enjoy themselves . We may add here , the school-masters universally describe the pit boy as always more drowsy and s ! etpy , as duller and more stupid at learning , than other boys ; as reading much worse than they formerly did before they went into the pita , and yet equally willing to learn . ( Commissioners' Report , p . 175 ; see alsd the Times for the month of May last ) They are doomed to follow their fathers in th « pits , and crawl where he cannot This country can never expect to see men fit to defend their Queen and country whilst treating them with such barbarity , and sending them to the grave before it has been ordered by providence . It Is our humble opinion , that it is impossible for us to bear np much longer under the burden which presses so heavily upon us and our families , and which is fast hastening us to the grave , and which so exhausts us ,
that we can scarcely cr 3 wl home . Do wa there meet with that comfort we are entitled to ? do we there meet with a table well stored with good and substantial food ? or even the commonest necessaries of life ? do we thers fiud our families well fed , and necessary raiment to put on ? To all these questions we say no . If this was ; he case it would be sor . ie solace to our weary , exhausted , and emaciated bodies , writhing and agonlz ' ng with pain , on account of the peculiar position , the cold damp air , and nauseous gases we have to labour under , and other evils too numerous to mention , which are injurious to the human system ; instead of all this wo find an an abode of poverty and misery ; aa empty table , or nearly so ; a care-worn sickly wife , and hungry , desolate , and half-starved children , crying tor bread . Oh ! how heart-rending is the ciy of starving children for bread .
We make this appeal , not in our own name , but m the name of our perishing families , who , through want , are fast hastening to the grave , to appear before that Gpd who has declared , " cursed is he that withholdetti the hire of the labourer . " ( See also Eccles , chap , iv ., Ter . 1 . ) To expect from our masters an increase of wages is out of the question , for we have tried is . We hope , by the exertion of our representatives i i Parliament , and the public , we shall be rescued from farther danger , by coming to enr help and giving us that relief "we can
get nowhere else , by adding threepence to every ton of coals you pay for , for tbe benefit of the colliers . We have no other resource but that one left ; and we hope that every one that baa got a British heart , and hates oppression , will come to our relief . By such timely help we shall be able to maintain oar families from starvation , and send them to school instead of the pits . We sincerely hope and trnst that you will come one and all ta our assistance , and by your support remove tbe unparalleled distress under which we groan , and which has been borne with unexampled patience and fortitude . )
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Oar masters have ears only for the sound of gold , smiling eyes for their customers , and feelings for themsslvea . We who send more gold into their pockets than any other trade are left to starve in those pits , ten , twelve , and sometimes fourteen hours per day . Are Englishmen to suffer slavery to exist to such a an extent at home , whilst they give millions of pounds and million ? of Bibles to extirpate it from Asia , Africa , and America ; and sand teachers to form schools in all parts of the globe , whilst our own children aTe remaining in ignorance , and grovelling in the bowels of the earth , under one of the most tyrannical and oppressive systems that ever existed ? We , who warm you every
day , who expose our lives for you , you will certainly give us the trifle we aek of you without hesitation . Remember , that through our labour , all the trade is carried on , all the manufactures ; all the steamers which bring riches from tlie remotest parts of tho earth , are set in motion by us . Remember us at your meal , and think if you could have had all theeo comforts of life without the collier . Remember us in the evening , when the . toils of the duy are over , and you are enjoying the benefit of a good warm fire . Remember that we are all brethren , and that the same Creator sees our sufferings , and will come to our help . K « - membertbat He who gives to the poor and suffering , gives also to the rich .
We , the Colliers of Yorkshire , pray that our Heavenly and Almighty Father may receive you amongst the just , and increase your happiness in this world . Committee Room , Wakefleld , Sept , 25 th , 1842 .
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EXTRAORDINARY HUNT FOR £ 100 , OFFERED BYTHESPYMASTERS OF THE SECRET SERVICE MONEY . On Thursday morning week the village of Bacup was the scene of a laughable faroe . owing to a worthy son of Escalpius , who sleeps with his eyes open , making it known to the powers that be , that a notorious Fox had stayed in Bacup all night ; accordingly the bloodhounds wert laid on the scent , and amongst them were the following noted dogs : — Harry Fourhole , a particular favourite , who ran for , and carried off the Odd Follows' Stakes , amounting to £ 40 . Sergeant Nuraeku . ll , a devil for having a good nose , and keeping his wifo out of the poorhouse . Nelfather , a Newfoundland dog , just imported , who has given up an honourable and lucrative trade to run in the pack .
Peter Simple , a dog nearly allied to the powers that be , and a sure destroyer of young women ' s happiness , as there will soon be as many bastards of his as wiil make a pack of his own ; and Bleakcountry , a dog who is trying to signalizo himself , but has not brains sufficient , not being a licensed dog as yet , but it is hoped he soon will be ; besides a many others . After doubling , &c . they at last came to view ; but here another obstacle presented itselfi-who was to take him ] One said , ho has teeth ; another , claws ; a third , he carries pockets ; a fourth eaid tho oldest in the service should have the honour of the death ; the eldest said tho youngest should show his bravery . However , in this state of things they passed and re-passed their prey on the road , none of them daring to _ look on it , and had it not been for two sheep dogs , in the shape of two carters , which they charged to help , the prize would have remained untouched .
But oh , what will the world say , when it is made known that the consternation of tho pack was bordering on despair , when they were informed very civilly that they were not hunting Dr . M'Douall . buc that the person whom they were kindly pleased to escort on the road was no other than Mr . William Beesley , of Acqrington , en route to Todmorden , to attend a Chartist meeting , to which place he very kindly invited them 1 Ha ! ha ! ha ! Bacup doga have good noses ! What will you take for your pigs , Tom i
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TROWBRIBGE . —On Thursday , the 22 nd . ult ., a vestry meeting was held , in pursuance of a notice of the same , for the purpose of making out a list of names of those persons willing and those liable to serve as special constables , to the number of sixty , in addition to the police force ; but the Chartists and ratepayers in general were determined not to have them . At the time appointed , eleven o ' clock , Mr . J . Neweth , one of the churchwardens , was called to the chair . The Chairman then called upon Mr . Bush , solicitor , to read the notice calling the meeting . He then read the warrant from the Magistrates to the Churchwardens for them to call the meeting . Mr . J . Webb then rose and moved the following resolution : — " That , in the opinion of this meeting , there is a sufficient police force in this
parish ; it is therefore inexpedient to elect any special constables . " The resolution was seconded by Mr . W . Edgeal . It was put by the Chairman , and carried unanimously , not one being against it . On the evening of the same day , a glorious meeting was held in the Damocratio Hall , for the purpose oi uniting both bodies of Chartists , those meeting at the Democratic ) Hall , and those at the Hope Chapel The Shakesperians and All Saints , at Leicester , set the example , ar d Trowbridge have nobly followed it , for they were convinced that nothing was more needed at the present than union . At the time appointed , eight o ' clock , John Stevens was called to the chair , and after stating the object for which the
meeting was called , and advising a union , a list of rules were discassed and agreed to unanimously , on which as we trust a permanent union may be based . BATH . —On Sunday , the remains of Mr . G . M . Bartlett were interred at Upper Swainswick Burial Ground . He was carried to his long home by twelve of his most intimate acquaintances , wearing rosettes of black crape and crimson . The pall was borne by six young ladies ; being much respected , a large concourse of persons assembled in front of his house , in order that they might join the mournful procession , and although it had not been made a public affair , there could not be less than 1000 persons present while the funeral service was been performed .
TONBRIDGE . —On Monday night , a full meeting was held at the large room , at the Chequers' Inn , when Mr . Snelling lectured on the rise and progress of Chartism , to a full meeting . A voto of thanks was passed at the conclusion . . GLASGOW . —The directors of the Charter Association met in trie Hall , College Open , on Monday evening . Mr . Allcott in the chair . After disposing of the ordinary bus-iness of the Association , the delegate meeting about to be held at Edinburgh was taken into consideration , when it was resolved to call a public meeting ou Friday , the 30 th , to take into consideration the propriety of sending a delegate , or delegates , to the above . Mr . H , Vincent lectured in the City Hall , on Monday evening .
NOTTINGHAM . —On Sunday , Mr . Simmons , preached a , very impressive sermon in the Democratic Chapel , Rice-place , to a crowded audience . A good feeling was manifested throughout . At the conclusion , a subscription was entered into for tho purpose of defraying the chapel rent . —On Monday evening , in the same place , Mr . R . T . Morrison delivered a highly interesting lecture on persecution . NEWCASTLE . —Mr .. Russell , of Nottingham , preached a sermon in tho Chartists' Hall , Goat Inn , Cloth-market , on Sunday evening last . After the sermon , it was announced that there would be public meetings held there every Sunday evening , for the
future , at seven o'clock . The Chartists of Newcastle held their weekly business meeting in their Hall , on Monday evening , Mr . Wm . Smith in the chair . It was announced from the chair that there was 19 s . lid . collected for the defence fund . Mr . Phinnix gave notice of a motion , deprecating the cruelty of the tyrants in power towards our best friends , and expressing a determination to uae every possible means of procuring the " sinews of war , " to assist iu procuring justice for them , and to form a committee for that purpose . After disposing of some local business , the meeting adjourned soon after ten o ' clock . .
HUUi .-0 n Monday eveniDg we had an overflowing audience at the Mason ' a Lodge . Mr . Pindar in the chair . He opened the meeting in an excellent address , but short , and wished every one to have a fair hearing . Mr . Grassby , the Secretary , read the balance sheet , and stated they would shortly be enabled to engage a local lecturer . Mr . Harfield commenced his address by saying , he was there to addresB himself to men whose desire was to know the truth , and not to men who are mere expedience mongers . After which he proceeded to deliver a most stiring lecture amid the enthusiastic applause of a crowded audience . Three new members took ont their cards . The people arc beginning to enquire who receives the benefit of" Peel's Tariff , " as beet is no lower , although there continues to be large importations of cattle .
Mb . Baiestow delivered a most eloquent lecture on Monday evening , at the Britannia Coffee House , Waterloo Road . After the lecture was concluded , a deputation was received from the Metropolitan Delegate Meeting , and the subject of their mission , which was regarding the employment of unauthorised lecturers , wa 3 referred to the General Council . The sum of 8 s . was collected for the victims .
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HELPER . —The Belper Committee for the Defence Fund feel great pleasure in having obtained the sum of £ 3 10 s . ; and that it would ba a neglect of duty not to congratulate the respective members aad friends of the following places , which constitute the locality , who have especially along with Dames , or Messdames , Stocks , Tipper , Birch , Bell , and BelSeld , members of the Belper Female National Charter Association , for coming forward so readily at this time of peculiar distress and persecution , for so nobly doing their duty in behalf of their incarcerated brethren , and especially as they are not yet wearied in proseeuting this labour of love , as will appear from the enclosed resolution . The following are the specific sums received by the treasurer from the following places : — £ . s . d . Belper females ... ... o 12 0 Males ... ... ... 0 14 0 Duffleldj Mr . Pratt ... ... 0 15 0 Mattlock , Smith ... 0 10 0 Swanwiek , Mr . G . Walters ... 0 7 6 Alfreton , Mr . Cross ... ... 0 6 0 Ashover , Mr . Boar ... ... 0 3 0 Heage , Mr . Rogers ... ... 0 2 6 Total ... ... ... £ 3 10 0 James Vickeks , Treasurer . Ed . CROSS , Secretary . At a meeting of the female Chartists of Belper , on Monday night , Mrs . Birch in tha chair , the following resolution was unanimously adopted ; moved by Mrs . Balfleld , and seconded by Mrs . Poole : — " lhat we , the female Chartists of Belper , feel it a duty incumbent on us , at the present crisis , to use our best exertions in raising funds . for the defence of our incarcerated brethren , and the support of their suffering families , and c . ill on our sisters in all parts of the kingdom to be up and doiug their duty to their country , and their oppressed and suffering families . "
SUNDERLAND . —Oa Sunday afternoon , Mr . Williams lectured oa the Moor near the Railway-station . The weather was unfavourable , and the audience , therefore , was not large . A collection was made at the close for the General Defence Fund , when the sum of 5 j . lljjd . was received . Mr . W . announced that another collection would be made the ensuing week . BlUmiN' GHAW-The friends at Aston-street were disappointed oa Su-iday in not having a locturer , Mr . Parkes failing to come according to proniisa . Mr . Talbert read several extracts from the life of Muir ; O'Connor ' s letter , and different portions of the Star were also read . On Monday night the usual meeting took place , Mr . Russell in the chair ; after the usual monetary business was concluded the Secretary stated that the coui'Cir was deficient of two members , when Messrs . Malisa and Russell were elected . The raffle for the gun for the benefit of George White was postponed to next Monday night , when it will positively take place . Tickets , sixpence each .
A Delegate Meeting was held at Wednesbury , on Sunday , when delegates were present from Wednesbury , Bilston , Walsall , Birmingham , Dudley , and Coseluy . The proposition of Mr . O'Connor , to accept the services of Mr . Roberta , of Bath , at the ensuing Special Commission at Stafford , was unanimously adopted . A letter was directed to be sent to Mr . O Coniior informing htm of the same , and requesting him to communicate with Mr . R . immediately . Monies for Mason ' s Defence Fund were received from the Star Office aud other places . The next delegate meeting will be held at the Chartist Room , in Wednesbury , on Sunday , Octobar tho 9 th , at ten o ' clock in tho morning .
Steelhouse Lane . —The Chartists of this locality met as usual on Tuesday night , Mr . Porter in the chair . The letter of Mr . O'Connor , in the Star of Saturday last , was brought under the consideration of the members of the Committee , and the propriety of voting money to the General Defence Fund was discussed . It appearing that some portion of the funds in hand bad been collected for the special purpose of defending George White , a debate of considerable length took place upon the propriety of merging such funds into the General Defence Fund . Upon a vote being taken the numbers were equal , when the Chnirmna gave the casting vote for the appropriation of all monies to the General Defence . The Washingtonians have been dispossessed of their rooma , through the interference of Mr . Corbetfc , a member of the Council of the Complete Suffrage Association . Ha having taken "the premises adjoining , considered , of course , the approximation of a Chartist Association a nuisance not to be borne .
Lecture . —A lecture for the benefit of Mr . George White ' s Defence Fund was delivered by Mr . T . S . Mackintosh , at tho Social Institution , Lawrence-street , on Tuesday evening last ; the subject , " Martyrs to Liberty . " At the close of the lecturu , Mr . Thorn was called to the chair , and the audieuca , in pursuance of notice , parsed a resolution for tho election of a Committee to collect funds for tha General Defence , and also appointed parties to carry it into effect . HALIFAX . —Those localities in the Halifax district holding monies subscribed for the General Defence Fund , will be kind enough to forward the same to the District Secretary , or to tho Association Room , Swan Coppice , on or before Sunday , OcL 2 nd , as it will be much more convenient to the parties receiving the same , and attended with much less expence , to go all together .
SHEFFIELD . —Education . —On Monday evening last , Mr . Edwin Gill delivered an interesting lecture on the sulject of education , in the Chartist Room , Figtree-Iano . The following is an extract from Mr . G . ' s discourse : — "We have bad great talk about national education in our time ; we have been told that we may bless our stars that we wero born in this enlightened country , in this tbe much-vaunted nineteenth century , the age of intellect , &c , &c . Hearing these things , a stranger would suppose that this was the most enlightened , Christian , prosperous , and happy nation on the face of the earth . Let us see how such titles will accord with England's present state . We have an abundance of churches and chapels , and a noble atmy , Called-by-the-Grace-of-Gotl parsons , as instructors , who receive £ 9 , 459 . 565 for their labours . Then we have
Snnday schools , charity schoob , Lincasteriau schools , and national schools , whero orthodox and loyalty are crammed into the brain or thrashed into the breeches of the rising generation ; without mentioning the heterodox sectB , such as Unitarians , Presbjterians , Baptists , AnabaptistsWesleyau Methodists , Primitive Methodists , and Church Methodists ; besides Quakers , Jumpers , and Shakers , each sect haviug schools for the promulgation of its own doctrines , in which loyalty and morality are combined . With such a number of public seminaries we ought to be an enlightened people , and as for religion , wiat with tho licensed and the contraband faiths , we ' simly ought to be a moral people , aud if we take into consideration the- enormous sums our education costs us , we must be a wealthy pao ^ Ae . But are we so—are we wealthy ? L ' .-t tho bnstiles be
crammed to suffocation with our best artisans and mechnnics , the numerous di-atbs from starvation , the suicides occasioned by poverty and wretchedness , the tide of emigration and the lists of t . inkruptcy answer ; and when in times like tfceso , we take into account tho cost of . a royal visit , the splendid costumes of a retinue of noble sycophants , dinner services of gold , &c ., and then B-e the atarving " rabble , " the " swinish multitude , " as tha unfortunate poor are insolently called , the shoeless , naked , hungry people throwing their bats in the air , and calling on God to preserve their oppressors , to uphold that system of tyranny which like tke poisonous upas tree is
blasting their every hope . —I ask , have the people baen rightly educated ? Morality is at an equally low discount , crime is said to be rapidly on the increase . We are told that a great majority of the prisoners tried at the sessions and assizes are not able to read or write , and a reverend divine has said that there are thousands " living without God , and without hope , " how well the instructors of the people have done their duty ! Well may they sing their old song over and over again every . Sunday , " We have dona the things we ought not to have dope , and left undone the things we ought to have done " ! The thanks of the meeting were unanimously given to Mr . Gill fur his excellent lecture .
The Pathiot Cooper . —Mr . Harney has received a letter from this gallant patriot , in reply to one sent by Mr . H . It will ba seon that a former letter sent by Mr . Harney has been detained : — " Stafford , Cour « ty Gaol , Saturday , Sept 24 th , 1842 . "My dear Julian , —Your reply did not reach me . Never mind it . ' Our light sfflictions are but for a moment . ' I aai well and happy . How can I fail ? I do not know one gloomy moment . " This day week , Tindal , Parke , and Ralfe , the Judges , open their ' special commission' for onr trials . When mine will come on I eannot teli ; perhaps Monday ; I am expecting that day , my dear Julian , with exultation . To be acquitted is a thing I do not dream of ; but I shall have a glorious opportunity of speaking truth . And yet I will not offend , rashly .
•• I am to be assisted by a lawyer , but I act for myself in Court . O'Connor has promised me to be there ; and I shall be proud and happy to see you , my dear Julian , there also . «¦ Till — - to keep his heart up ; My little darling keeps btr ' s up , as a patriot ' s wife should . " My best regards to Mrs . H ., and accept yourself the enduring love of , " Yours , most affectionately , Thomas Cooper . "
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^~ i 4 ^ y ^ - ~^ f ^ r ^ y ^ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ^ y - ujl } - /! - ^ / ' ^' ¦¦ ¦ ' ' . ¦ ' ^ - ^^~ J J yfa . r , j % ^ &Mj OXFORD . —The recent tom-oafc , or atrike / foVwagea ia the manufacturing districts , has been attended by circumstances which seriously concern all who value thb right of free discussion and the privileges of Englishmen . The mere will of the police and of rnagistr . itea has been set above tbe law—public meeting * , even for the solo purpose of advocating temperance , have been forbidden—and hundreds have been thrust into prison for having met to discuss their grievances . Not only so , but many men of good character and of high principle are now in prison or bound in heavy bail , unler the undefined and unproved charge of " sedition , " for having given utterance to complaints certainly less strong than those made by . ' Members of Parliament in
tte House of Commons , and as far less violent in words and manner than the language of tha newspaers of both political parties towards their oponents in possession of tho Government . Scarce a speaker at a Conservative meeting held within the last eight years—scarcely any editor of a Conservative newspaper , but might have been arrested for " sedition , " upoD charges similar to those under which Mr . O'Neill , of Bivmineham , Mr . Leach , of Manchester , Mr . Bairstow , Mr . R . Ridley , aud others have been arrested , in whose persons the right of discussion and liberty of complaint under suffering ia put down . Under these circumstances , it has been proposed to form a " defence fund , " in order that these persecuted men may have the benefit of legal assistance —as far as possible a fair trial , and the rights of Englishmen be maintained and vindicated . Subscriptions will be received by Mr . J . J . Faulkner , Old Grafton House , St . Aldgate ' s , and Mr . Hurcomb , Three Tuns , St . Ebbe ' s , and the amount collected be forwarded to tke London Committee .
LEICESTER ;—Liberation of William Jofes , the Chartist Lecturer . —Monday was a day of unusual aDxiety iu Leicester , in const quence of the expected arrival of that old 7 eteran in the people ' s c : ius 9 , Mr . Robert Haines , of Oundle , who is truly an old English gentleman . He arrived in Leicester on Monday afternoon , and repaired to the office of the Town Clark , but the Mayor , not being present , the signing of tte bond was put off until half-past five o ' clock . At five o ' clock Mr . Jones was taken fi-om the gaol by a policeman to the office of the Town Clerk , and then liberated . The Chartists of Leicester assembled in larga nnmbers , siDging through the streets " Spread the Charter , " and •« We'll rally around him again . and agafti . " Mr . Jones delivered a short but energetic address to a large assembly , who had congregated together against Mr . Cooper's house .
STAFFORD—The Patriot Cooper . —Having had an interview on Thuisday last , at the Stafford University , with our indomitable and noble patriot , Mr . Cjoper , I tako this opportunity of informing the Chartists , through the columns of the Star , that he is in excellent spirits and health ; in fact , I never saw him look so well . He is waiting , with intense anxiety , the day of his trhl ; he says it will be one of his happiest days . He inquires most eagerly after the people and the Chartist cause . He related to me bia midnight employment and daily avocation . Ezch morning he paces the yard in which ho is confined for an hour , then he gets his breakfast und sits down to ' write-to iu ' s friends , and no passes the weary hours of hi 3 cunuueuient .- In tho night he muses over his inward treasures ; sometimes rambling' through Milton ' a Paradise , at another time bti lies with Byron , Wordsworth , Coivper , d lo ridge , Homer , Virgil , Shakspeare , Beethoven , Ha >\ in , M ( zut , au-i a hsst of others ; and so this noble u ^ vucate spends his time . He desived to be remembered to all good Chartists . —( Correspondent . )
BRADFORD . —Couxcil Meeting . —The Council met in the Association Room , Butterworth ' a-building , on Monday evening last , at eight o'clock . The meeting was a numerous one . The following sums of money were paid in on account of the defence fund , and were ordered to be sent to . Mr . OC « ranor : —Daisy Hill , 25 s ., Mason ' s Arms , 9 s 10 d ., New Lseds , 5 s . 9 d ., Thompson ' s Building , Us . 63 d ,, Bowling , 3 s ., Manningham , 2 s . 21 ., Sutcliffts and Rawson ' s twisters , 2 s . 8 id ., four females Is ., a friend 6 d , a friend , A , 6 d , Mr . T . Is . It was determined that'the Association Room should be opened from nine o ' clock in the morning till nine at night , every Sunday , for the purpose of reading . A committee of observation was appointed , consisting of five persons .
Little Hortok —A meeting was held in the Chartist Association Room , on Sunday evening , at sis o ' clock . A lecture . was announced but did not take place . The Northern Star was read instead , and another collection made on behalf of the Victim Fund , which amounted , with the Sunday p re vie us , to five shillings and tenpence halfpenny . The meeting was adjourned - to next Sunday evening at the same hour . Daisey Hilx . —The Chartists of this locality met on Sunday last in their meeting room , and formed themselves inti a collecting committee , and each member went amongst his friends and solicited their aid on behalf of the victiius of the late plot , and the result of their labours was £ 1 5 s . Let every town and village so and do likewise , and then wo shall be able to contend with those who would crush us under their feet . ' ' White Abbey . —Mr . Hnriey lectused to the Chartists of White- Abbey on Monday evening last .
Masons' Arms . —The Chartists of this locality met at the above house on Saturday evening last , and collected the sum of nine shillings towards the defence fund , which was handed over to the council on Monday evening . BIANSFIEL 3 — Mr . Fraser , of Leeds , lectured here last Sunday afternoon , to an attentive nudisnee . Five persons enrolled their name ' s . The Evening Sfar is read in the Chartist Room , Lawn , every nicht except Monday , at eight o ' clock ; on Sunday nights it is read at six o ' clock . They have agreed to send them to Ireland to iustruct the brethren in the great truths of Chartism .
CARLISLE . —Mr . Bropiiy ' s . Lecture on the state of England and Ireland , with a view to show the utter impossibility of a re-PEAL of the Legislative Union under Present CiR . cuMSTAN . CES—On Monday evening lest , the above-named ¦ gentleman gave a lecture in the Theatre on the above subject , to a very attentive and numerous audience . Mr . John Hudson was called on to preside , who , after a few observations , introduced Mr . Bxophy to the meeting ; and who , on making his appearance , was loudly cheered . Mr . Brophy commenced by complimenting the working classes on then- present position , aud told them that they were no longer to be deceived by false and treacherous friends , who were paid for deceiving the people , and bringing about their own selfish ends . Tho Lovetts ,
Hetherlngtons , Dysons , and a host of others could now deceive the people no longer . The people now worship principles and not men , and it will be impossible either for one leader or another to mislead them again . Mr Brophy then nljuded to the disastrous effects of Trades ' Unions in 1832 , when the Dorchester Labourers and the Glasgow Cotton Spinners were banished from ¦ their native homes and friends , and four hundred other persons were imprisoned Alas ! it was found , to the people ' s cost , that a want of unien boa caused nearly all their misfortunes aud sufferings . In 1839 tbe people suffered for a name ; but every new prosecution but strengthened Chartism , and the prosecutions vow going on would only have the effect , of increasing the people ' s ranks . Mr . Brophy ihen spoke of the middle classes and commercial men ,
who choose the House of C « umons ; and went into a lengthened' analysis of the materials of which that House was composed , and inquired what hopes there were for the people , while such a btate of things existed . Mr . B . then dwelt at great length on the state of Ireland , showing from Parliamentary and other documents , the immense possessions of the clergy and aristocracy of that unhappy country ; while on the other hand the great majority of tb « people wero starving . He instince'l several cases of poor persons dying for want , int ho very . precincts of some of those reverend and holy me ; i who pretended to bo followers of the im-ek and lowly Jesus . ' Mr . B . then went in to the subjecti of txports as applied to Ireland , and showed fmm tfoi-so and other documents , that tlie people of that country ha'l not profited one single potato by C . ithoiic Emancipation , but wero now in afar worse condition thaD tho / were previous to its passing . H « then proved to demonstration , that with the present House of Commons , composed
as it was by a very yreat majority of Protestants , that thtie was not the rbost distant hope for a Repeal of the Legislative Union . ; moreover , were it rep ; : a td to-morrow , what good woul . l it tff . 'cfc under the prtseut state of things ? Look at the Parliaments of England , and say what they have dono for the people ! N o thing , but increased tbeir burdens ; and such would still be the cisfl , bo long as tbe people were deprived of political power . F ) T upwards of forty years , the 105 Meraber 3 who represented the Irish nation had constantly voted for measures to oppress the people , and to raise anil agprandine ttunuelves ; and such would always be the case updec the present state of things . Why Go working me 1 not resist the tyranny which has been so shamefully practised upon them ? Let the spirit of their forefathers animate them to greater exertions . Oh ! ( said Mr . B . ) I would cherish the memory of the man , who would fearlessly attempt to break bUr country ' s fetters and remove the load , which now presses so ceaviJy on the working man .
" Oh ! for the swords of . former times , Oh ! for the men who bore them , Ace . " " Lives there a man with soul so dead , Who ntver to hiuissif tas said , This is raj own , lay native land . " Mr . B > then touched on several other snbjects , and concluded' by urging the people to fresh exertions , and to co-operate with each other for the good of tha whole . The foregoing is a mere outline of Mr . Bropby ' s lec . ure , which abounded with tbe most varied information , and which was happily illustrated by tbe lectarer as he proceeded . The striking and apposite anecdotes which he related in a rich vein of conriu humour kept bit *
audienca in roara of laughter during a great portionxjf > . . v v \ the evening .. Mr . B . was loualy cheered during On , " . { . - \ delivery cf . his lecture , which occupied him about two \ V > , ' hours . A vote of thanks was then given to Mr . BrojSSy , { >¦ - - ;" i }' who returned thanks . A vote of thanks was also ^ giwa V ¦* _ . - ¦; ¦ . •;; .. to the Chairman , who announced that the tradei ' hid ... > ' > ' c : > made arrangements to endeavour to permanei . tlyijngage j ¦ ¦ : •; . '• - ;"" . V ' Mr . Brophy as a lecturer . We bslieve nearly Uty- ' * ; K /'~ . " ' ' ¦ pounds have been collected for the defence fun * ' /¦ •" ¦' . » v- ' ! ¦ '¦¦¦ / " r , . * i ^ :-.-o : ^ * £
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SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED BY MR . CLEAVE . POLITICAL VICTIMS AND DEFENCE FUND . £ S d Subscriptions previously acknowledged ... 9 15 5 Friends , Pocklington 0 10 0 Temperance Hotel , New Marketplace ^ JBolton 1 0 0 Ledbury , Wilts ... 0 6 0 Mr . Fedhngham , Ledbnry 0 3 6 Chartists , Cheltenham 0 15 0 Subscriptions , per Mr . Campbell 0 7 6 Wm . C . M 1 0 0
Air . Atkins , Bndgwater 0 2 6 Mr . Yoxall , ditto 0 2 6 Mr . Cass , ditto 0 10 Mr . Huxley , Tunstall , Staffordshire ; ... 110 0 An Old Rad , Hull G 10 0 Silkweavers locality , London 0 10 0 J . E 0 10 C . R 0 1 0 Shoemakers , Hackney 0 4 4 Mr . Hunt and Friends ... ... .. 024 Mr . Elliott , Stockwell 0 2 6 Friends , per Mr . Christopher 0 8 8 Bagthorpe , Nottinghamshire 0 2 6
£ 17 15 9 MASON AND CO ., VICTIMS . Teetotal locality , Waterloo-road 0 2 6
MBS . HOLBERRY . A few Chartist Masons , London . 081 MEMORIAL DEMONSTRATION . Wm . Stnbbings , Langton , near Tunbridge Wells 0 5 0
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Csow am ) Ttkrell's Beverage . —Tbe proceeds one to the Executive from tbe sale of Messrs . Crow ai-d Tyrrell ' s Beverage , Irom the 17 th to the 24 ; h of September , is as follows : — ~ - s d -Mr . Mogg , wholesale agent for Shropshire 0 6 0 Mr . Harney , Sheffield 0 6 0 Mr . Cleave , London , and wholesale agent for the South 0 4 6 Mr . Vickers , Belper 0 3 0 Mr . Morgan , Deptford 0 3 0 Mr . Thomson , Stockport ... 0 8 0 Mr . Twite , Bath T . 0 3 0 Mr . Sweet , Nottingham 0 16 Mr . Hibbard , Mansfield ... . 016 £ 1 11 6 Pisdeb ' sBlackixg . —Due this week to the Executive from the sale of R . Pindei ^ s Blacking ;—s . ' d . Mr . Legge , Aberdeen ..... 1 10 Mr . Hasiem , Oldham 1 9 Mr . Cleave , 1 , Shoe-lane , London 3 11 - * 7 6
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TffREATESXD OUTBREAK IN WOLVESHAlIPrON . —A gentleman , wno has jasj arrived from Wolverhampton , suites that the utmost excitement prevails there , in consequence of the notices from the men expiring on Saturo ' ay , vrhen all the men will turn ori , as ihey cannot possibly exist on their present wages . The " butty" and " tommy" systems are in fail operation in this locality , and are amongst the primary causes of the discontent that pervades the working classes . Faial Rail-wat Accidi ^ ct . —A gentleman from London states that as the train on . Moaday was
about thirty miles from London , and within two ttiiei of Tring , that the guard observed the headless body of a man , with the two hands also torn away , on the line . Upon setting out from London , he says that the £ uard was desired to have a look-out , in const qaence of the wheels of the engine that arrived having been smeared with blood . On Tuesday , a fine ccw , the property of Mr . Bannister , had its head * nd legs cut eff by the train near Pankridge . Three Oi them had strayed on the line , two escaped , bnt the latter was knocked down by the engine before it could make out of th 3 way . Its value is estimated &t £ 15 .
¦ Earl Taibot , the L * rd LieutenaDt of the county , and John Edward Piercy , Esq ., High Sheriif , are daily engaged with the authorities from eleven to four o ' clock , in preparing for the forthcoming trials . Mr . Rogers the Mayir , is in Lendon communicating it is supposed with the Home Secretary , regarding the said trials . Every thing here is tranquil . The Qaly absorbing topic is the probable fate of the prisoners .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 1, 1842, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct450/page/1/
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