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ASK FOR THE ENGLISH CHARTIST CIRCULAR ! PRICE . ONE HALFPENNY . AONTENTS of Part Eight , Price sixpence :-V O'Connor ' s Letters on the Land—Sketches of the French Revolution by Pro Chartist—Speech of Pat Henry , the Orator of American Independence—Horrors of Transportation—Spy System and Blood Money—Lecture ,, by W . Jones , ( lately confined iu Leicester Gaol)—What is Blasphemy ?—An Address from the Poles—The Movement , by J . C . La Mont —Italy and the Operative Classes—Life of Washington—Letters , By T . B . Smith—Several Chartist Addresses , including those of the Executive-Poetry , &o ., &c .
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2 MCABRIAOES . «On the 1 st instant , at the parish church , k y ^ JMk- ^^ Rev . George Hills , Mr . John Walker , c , W ^ P Vfi K 3 ^ to Elizabeth , only daughter of Mrs . BaflKr £ MBPK » j >^) * * dealer . Green ' s Court , Briggate , all of "L » w ^ S ^ S ^? Sfci S On Tuesday , the 18 : h inst , at the Par ^ fntnMnSkjVAS Pontefract , by the Rev . & Stainfarth . ^ Sf fi ^ m ^^ B Bvifi Pinder , of Pontefract Park , to SnsaiiAJnBn ^ Cirf «|^ 9 | daughter of the late Mr . Brown , of CheagifcHTu ^ i '" / ssi&W * the county of Derby . g | O JliLilj Pfl nurcn , ° yj ) Wfc ^^ Bb i mm IP
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, . jjction of their duty , sacrifice the suffrage iat Z&A to them ** ihe shrine of P " ?* : Faction must jvLst orerboard , and strict attention given to the al interests of the Borongh . We are not in a - non w PaJ men en ° raous salaries for doing £ vL worfc , or merdy stnittin « ILbout M * ° l -i » w- who imagine the streets to be merely ^^ any promenades whereon to exhibit their ^ shitea lim ' We must hare the bnsiness done r ^' " ^ y intelligent men , who will attend to their / - - and to the interests of the town . This is
w the case , bnt the Burgesses can pave the B 0 ' f r a new and better mode of management . T > f them not support candidates at the ensuing - = ob who think it right to retain men in office at ^ Tr ate of £ 500 or £ 300 . per annnm . The work l ! be done , and onght to be done well , / or h less ; and many intelligent and- nseful B w&l ** found t 0 d ° V * ne duties ° _ jnd t >"" fr themselves well remuner-. . . rf wid . half the salaries now paid well knothe burdens
The rate-payera too w heavy iiev have ' -o sustain—they know also that onr boroug h officials have ever acted counter . to their nrofesions of economy ; let them then see to their own in terests , and elect only such men as they are ffel ] assured are not wedded to faction ; and who no know will labour to decrease the amonnt Tfocal ex penditure . We must have functionaries who wll work , and we must have a reduction in the amber of those blue- « oated idlers who are houriy paeiBg our streets ; because they are not only an Eo n-casary burden , but vice and crime has been on tie increase in the Borongh ever since the established of that detested force .
Let the B HTgeaaes keep aloof from those candidates who erincs a gusto for the present systemfrom all sticklers for class legislation-from all admirers of the accursed New Poor Law—from all sup porters of standing armies and police establishme nts—from all place-hunters , and from all nominal Cfcariins , or these who assume the name for the cxJJaaou . Select and support men who are known toh aTe honesty and principle , and who are only in-Kn onsubserring the real interests of the masses . Do this and good may yet come . Give your suffrages M the pets of faction , or eTen mushroom Chartists , i-d you must sustain your present and more oser oas laid 833 , till you le ^ rn better sense .
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TO THE CHARTIST PUBLIC . . Northern Star , Thursday , Oct . 20 , 1842 . Mi EZA 3 Fsie . nds , —The hurry-Bcurry having a liitle subsided , I can again look round me and survey oni position . Tis not the best that might hive been , but it u for your to make the best of it ' This last ha * been a " bold stroke " ; the boldest and most rsr&eping blow that has been aimed at public liberty ance the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act under the " strong goTermnent * of Castlereagb . and Sidmoath . It gives yon an earnest ol the unchanged character of Toryism . Ton may learn from it -what may be expected
from the honesty , the justiee , or the equity of a " strong Govsmment , " whenever the circumstances of the times nay fee such as to induce them to venture the experiment . Bold as is their present flight of d&riEg , it is a mere feeler ; preparatory to a swoop infamy fiercer and more fell , if yon but show the disposition ¦ which may warrant them in supposing that yon will bear it . This is but one part of & grand conspsiacy and plain determination to suppress entirely the right of public meeting ; to stifle and pat sb end to the expression of opinion ; and to establish hire , in England , a system of pure despotism and terrorism under the name , though almost without the forms , of law .
It is for you to say how f&x this conspiracy shall be suecessfnL It has so Lir " cleared its ground" pretty Effectually . It has thrown the iron mesbes of the law around almost all your more prominent and trusted chucpioDS at one time . True we may thank the madbssded inconsiderate seal of some of those champions for affording the opportunity : no matter ; the eagerness with -which that opportunity was grasped and the vile use made of it show the animus by which the bow dominant power is actuated , and demonstrate the sort of stuff yoa hare to deal with . Tis alwsys well to have
a good knowledge of your enemy . You now know perlecdy the one you have at present to contend with . He is awite to the importance of the struggle ; he knows that it is for life ; he has no jot of generosity ; be will iafce every advantage that is offered to him ; he will prosecute every advantage to the utmost ; he will follow tp the more fleroely as he finds you te become ths era feeble , or more timid , or more unguarded ; and if job lie down beneath the pressure of his blows , or en up the contest in despair , he will immediately tad all your limbs so that nothing but a miracle can ware to you their use .
TThat say you then ? will you Buffer the cause to be bsl for want of union , for want cf spirit , for want of dScrmination , for want of perseverance , for want of P ^ itDce ? All these requisites mus t be now called is » aetive exercise or you are lost , and will bequeath to joeterity only the heritage of slavery ; and go down to 73 ta graves with the print of cowardice , folly and intrs'itude deeply seared upos your foreheads with the eroding iron of oppression , and written upon your tombstones with the finger of deserved scorn . If ini * d you be men and 'RngH » hm « n now is the time to pore yourselves ! The dungeons are crammed with Sis choicest spirits of democracy ! Tour fettered
ii&deri look to you for help and sustentation ! Tour spatri&ted brethren lift their shackled arms , and point jon to their desolate homes , their weeping wives , and veiling children i Tour own homes , your own wives , Josrown children , and your own hearts second the itpsa : ! The rampant bands of faction mock your Eisery , and watch eagerly for the appearance of indecision or despondency ! Their treacherous emissaries s « ready to "whisper in your eara the lying story of cheap bread , and plentiful employment , or of increased F >* ei by an union with the middle classes ,- on the condition that you pledge yourselves to use the franchise ,
* hea acquired , for the prosecution of their purposes in preference to your own ! Europe and America are sssiciiiy looking on 1 The fate of yeur movement , tig as it is with the destiny of nations , is now in your OTOhaads ! Will you new flinch ? Will you now pn bsck ? Will you bend the knee to the oppressor ? ¦ RH 1 you lick tbe hand that smites you ? Will yon not niha redouble all your energies , and show yourselves nrrkirible to tyranny , and invulnerable to its shaf U ? Will you not brave privation , persecution , imprisonmat , or death , rather than slacken your exertions , or cease your agitation till its just object be attained ? !
I cannot , ' will not , for one moment admit the supposition that you will now be found wanting ; that you * ill shrink from filling up the gaps which tyranny has made , or that you will leave those who have sacrifi » d ill for yon to chew the bitter cud of dissppointiflent in reSecting on their worse tVinn huMph * labours . To avoid this , let your energies be all aroused , and the eTEB tenour of your way pursued , only with increased diligence . Lit jour meetings in all the localities be still holden just u usual , every man and every woman 'Miing it a point of solemn duty nevei to be absent . "RTiaS though you mia your speakers . ' never mind that ; speifor yourselves . Ton are all educated for it :
every rasa is eloquent upon the subject of his own snffEr ingB ; nafoiK . j- eepg a ^ g ^ j ^ of or&torVj md her pupHi neye , j ^ xixo p ^ gj to command attention . ^" P thea ; srouse ye ; from the hoary headed sire to the toping child ! Each to his post ! Let yeur moral ^ 5 kt be now marshalled , and your battle-cry be Justice . ' " Bnt remember that it is useless to bring mere »«» ge into such a contest . You must temper it ^ ttu discretion , if yoa intend it to be successful . * ou ttnst remember th » t yon have great odds to ^ tUwith . The enemy have all the trained and galled physic *! force of the whole country » t « er eoaauad . They h * ve also the power of the law , m « to its making and its adminiBtaation . These * f weir arms of warfare ; while unbounded wealth 8 "a them every advantage in . the using « "am . Against all this , you can only oppose sacs , united numbers , determination , and pru-ShLJP '« ^ * " great ; bat tf Joa bring to f ., *" these T »* litie 8 the victory is yours ; if i on tu { in one of them you axe undone . The justice &m > hf < * 1 ISe IOa cwmot le * behind yon . The jm bers by whom oar principles are known and reobWv ^ ° f necessit ^ crease ; ft , titej need i w be known to be received , and onr enemies «« sp reading forth the knowledge of them faster
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than we could have done it ourselves . I have eo fear for your determination : —the British bull-dog is not yet dead . The only matters doubtful are union and prudence . The former is a most important quality , and so far as end and purpose is concerned , a perfectly indispensable one for our success : but as regards means and matters of opinion , it is , though very valuable , too dearly bought , when at the sacrifice of prudence . Late events have taught me a valuable lesson ; a lesson which I purpose to remember . Never again will I sacrifice my own clear judgment , of what means are best calculated to help on our movement and ensure success , to the
phantom of a union of sentiment . Never again shall the wish to avoid misconstruction and the charge of "denouncing" prevent me from expressing my opinions fnlly upon all the conduct of all pnblic men in our own ranks . There are some men who seem naturally warm-hearted , enthusiastic , and sincere , but who are yet short sighted ; and withal so obstinate and so conceitedly self-willed , that it is scarce possible to hint , however diffidently and respectfully , a dissidence from their opinion , without having the matter magnified at once into a cause for quarrel , and a frothy declamatioa forthwith vented about "denunciation" and a purpose to "burke " and " crash"the " good men and true . "
We have had some men of this sort amongst us . We have some now ; and they have doae us much harm . Whatever be the amount of their zeal or their sincerity , they are unfit for leaders ; they are better out of the movement than in it ; and the cause would suffer much less by the lack than by the mischief of their services . I have hitherto hoped that experience would teach these men wisdom . I have given them credit for an honest and devoted attachment to the cause , wkich I considered a sufficient cover for some faults of judgment . I have therefore dealt tenderly with them . I have been more fearful of controverting their opinions and proceedings than perhaps I ought to have been , lest in their schoolboy petulance , they might again revive the cry of " denunciation " and "leave the movement . " When I have
found myself compelled—as in one or two cases—to speak out , I have done so with the utmost caution , lest I might hurt the cause by driving from it an honest advocate . I now sea my error . I have been to some extent wanting in that same quality of firmness which I now find bo necessary to inculcate upon you . I will retrieve this error . Never again , if I know it , shall one man be unsuspectingly led into a enare , because of my unwiDiDgness to be denounced as a denouncer , or to introduce disagreement of opinion . Where mea are all honest , temperate and gentlemanly discussion does no harm : it but elicits truth . It is only the fool or the knave who is impatient of contradiction ; and of these the former is little more trustworthy than the latter .
I shall have a good deal to say upon matters connected with the trap in which so many of the Chartist body have been caught , and by which so krge an amount of privation and misery , and so imminent a danger to our cause , has been produced . But the time is not now . Let us have the trials over . Till then let the people remember that the past can ' t be helped , and the done can ' t be undone . Let them look to our present position , and make even the onslaught of the enemy a means of triumph . They may do this : it needs but gallantry and prudeace now , and our former losses may be all turned to our advantage .
Stick to the organization ; abide by the old ship of Chartism ; it is the only sound and safe one , after all . Beware of the Storgites ; and beware of every man who would counsel the least adhesion of the working people to that rotten party . No such man is your friend , whatever be his pretensions , or however you may have used to deem him . I warn you solemnly that the Sturge men as a a party , and the Free Trade men as a party , are identical . They are parts of the same whole . And their only purpose i 3 to use you for their ends , and then plunge yon in the mire ! while they laugh as they tread you down . I warn you now ,
that . ' ali sarage and relentless as the Tories are , these seeming patriots are worse . 1 give you this emphatic warning because I know that their emissaries are even now busy , seeking to turn what they Euppo 3 e to be our disaster to their own advantage-Now , on the score of prudence , do not let your selfish desire for their services induce you to press the fine fellows , my " brother conspirators , " who are committed for trial in March , into unsafe positions . Remember that they are only out on bail for good behaviour , "—a most . rascally vague term , which means any thing the villains choose to make it mean . When my bail bonds were perfected , I
asked the Clerk of the Crown what was meant by , " good behaviour " . He replied , " That , I shall not attempt to define , Mr . Hill ; for , in fact , I don ' t know what it means . " Take then your work for a time into your own hands ; but see that it be done . Imitate the spirit , the language and the conduct of the brave metropolitan delegates . Read their address in the Star of the 8 th . inst ., which I kave read to-day for the first time , and imbibe its spirit . Above all things , see that the . poor fellow 3 who are not yet bailed , be so , as soon as may be . Think when you lie down at night upon the cold hard bed of your brave honest advocates ' ; and of the necessity
that there is for them to be looking after the interests of their several families as well as working again in the cause . And seo that their families be cared for . They have a right to expect it from you . Read Campbell ' s letter , and consider the case of poor Massey . It is disgraceful to the Chartist name . There are other instances not Ies 3 so . What has Leeds done for Mr T . B . Smith and his family ! Just nothing at all . And I . fear that there are other places equally deserving of censure . This is not the way to have victims ready to offer op themselves again . How different is the noble conduct of tbe men of Manchester , who ,
while the brave fellows were all confined in the lockups there , for the space of more than a week , supplied them all with present necessaries in abundance , and who have Eince left no stone unturned to procure and enforce the reception of bail , not onl y for their own men , but as far as possible for others also . This is precisely what they ought to have done , and wbateveryotherlccalityoughttodo . Youmust , if you intend to deserve the name and liberties of Englishmen , put forth your energies , and quit yourselves like men . Stir ! Stir ! Do your own work ; open your own eyes ; put forth your own arms ; help your own selves : and then God will help yon too .
In the free struggle of right against might , for the establishment of peace , righteousness , and honesty in all oar public institutions , lam , Year fellow-labourer , and Your faithful friend and servant , William Hill .
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Johx xsewhocse , BiBMiKGHAM , calls upon the Council resident in Birmingham , Dudley , Siourbridge , Btiston , f Tolverhampton , Tiplon , Kidderminster , Bromsgrove , Readilch , and Worcester to take immediate steps to call a delegate meeting at Birmingham ^ to take into consideration ihe slate of the cause , and to act with prompti ' tude . H . Chilton , BiEMiNSHAiL . —His neves letter was not received until the entire of our space teas more than occupied . We might have had the greater part of what he has sent on Wednesday morning , and the rmainder CTaesdays proeeeaings ) on Thursday . We have told our correspondents over and over again that * ct cannot guarantee the insertion of any thing which only reaches the office on Friday morning ; the Star has then been , at press fourteen or fifteen hourt , and consequently their contributions are only of half value . F . MaTO , Stsoud . —May take the same answer .
Richaed Rabfoed writes to correct an error in our report of last week's Liverpool Special Assizes Aaron Thorp , who is said to have been undefended , was defended by Mr . Wigham } fl . PfiircHAKD , ofSt roud , would feel obliged if Mr . Abel D . Cooke , one of the London Committee , wilt send him his address , by post , as speedily as possible , as he wishes to communicate teith him .
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Joseph Thokpson , Maschestkr . —The Lines to the Working Men of England" voill not do . N . S . T ^ Bristol . —Thanks for his friendly suggestion . We do not see how we can spare the space to act upon it . Unless all the documents of that description were given , mere dissatisfaction might be excited than b y giving none of them ; and the lists from London , Liverpool , Bristol , and Hull would occupy mere space than we can spare . F . M'Donald .- We cannot interfere in the matter . Tbers has been a decline latel y in the number of Stars which used to cheer the night of the poorer members of the Irish Universal Suffrage Association . Circumstances account for this in degree . Thankful for the past , the Chartists of
Ireland rest in confident expectation of future favours . Direct as usual , W . H . Dyott , 26 , 2 V . King-street , Dublin . Mr . Edwabd Clattom sends us a notice of a lecture to be delivered by himself on Sunday evening but he does not say where . , A ., Bright ©* . —His letter does honour to him ; but we cannot find room for it . He will see his inclosure noticed elsewhere . Q . A . S . sends us a glowing and eloquent appeal to the Chartists of Sheffield and Us vicinity of ihe brave , good men , Otley , Harney , and Parkes , and their compeers in suffering : it came too late
for insertion . Sutton-in-Ashfield Chaktists . —Their communication of Mr . M ' est ' s lectures , —if received at all , — would be received during the slight " confusion of affairs" consequent on Mr Hill ' s arrest . We can learn nothing of it . T / ieir vote of censure on Ministers might render us liable to another prosecution ; while its insertion could do no earthly good . If the people mean to subdue the power of injustice , they must fight it otherwise than by vote of censure . More of the Sickenikg System . —A Correspondent sends us the following , upon which comment would be wasted : —
"Saturday , October 15 th , was the day appointed for the consecration of St . Mary ' s Church , Wolverhampton , on which occasion tbe Bishop of Hereford 'was to perform tbe ceremony . Tbe day arrived , and brought with it the Bishop , —a personage so seldom seen in provincial towns , that thousands go , out of curiosity , to look at him . I , amongst ths rest , Sir , thought that I should like to see and hear the Bishop , and , as Boon as I could make it convenient , proceeded to the Church , for that purpose . When I arrived at the Church the service was commenced , and I accordingly opened the door as gently as I could , and was about to step inside , when I was accosted by a raw lobster , alias a policeman , with ' Tou cannot go in . " I asked ¦ why ? aud he replied , Oh 1 we do not allow any
one to go in . ' ' Tou do not allow any one to go in , ' I said ; ' but the laws of the Church of England do , and therefore I wish to go in . " ' Now , you had better be ruled by me , and go about your business , ' he replied , ' for yon cinnot sit down if yoa go in . ' Just at this moment another raw lobster came up , and , tapping me with his cane , said , ' come , come , come , you cannot be let in ; but if you will walk across the road , they will give you some beef and bread ; ' and with this insult I was turned out of the churchyard , while one of them stood at the gate to prevent my again entering . I stood for some time without the gate , while
the conauc : of the policeman called forth the indignation of many people . I had not stood here long before a young gentleman came up , and , after speaking to the policeman , was allowed to enter tbe Church . This surprised me , for I had been told the Church was full , and no one allowed to go in ; and I began to think what prompted them to allow the young gentleman to go into the Church , and to keep me standing at the gate . I was in my working dress , and the gentleman had a better coat on than I bad , —perhaps they thought his soul was of more value than mine ; er that he could give them a shilling , and I only a penny . "
Hemry Kitchen , Pkntonville . —The letter to which he alludes was thrown into the fire . H . Peitchard . —Apply to Mr . Cleave . John Hkatin , Wigan , writes to inform us that the Wtgan Chartists sent 7 s . to Mr . O'Connor , for the Defence Fund , in September , and that they have now sent 8 s . more . An Emehy of all Monopolies . — We never insert such statements as he furnishes upon anonymous authority .
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Ihe Portrait of T . Duncsmbe will be given to all our Subscribers on November 19 tb . They will be in the hands of all the Agents by November 16 th ; The charge for the Star on the day the Portrait of Buncombe is distributed will be the same as the charge for it on the day the Petition Plate is delivered . Thokas Holbrook . —Yes . G . Bbown , Bibmikgham . —Refer to the Notices . Maurice Jones , Bradford . —Mr . Ibbetson ought not to have charged more than One Shilling for the Paper and Plate : the other fonrpence-faeJfpenny must be a mistake . Call upon Mr . Ibbetson and ask him to return it Lynn , Norfolk . —If the Lynn Subscribers , or the
Agent who supplies them , would get their Stars from the Office , and not trouble Mr . Violet , of London , they would always get their Plates by telling us how to forward them . Mr . Tiolet appears to have been so afraid of " imposing upon them , " that he has kept the Plates and Papers . He has also forgot to sign his name to the slip of paper he enclosed in the Agent ' s parcel instead of the Papers and Plates he . ought to have sent : it would have looked better with his name attached . A . J . Hayes , Cinderford . —Write to Mr . Cajnpbell , secretary . Joseph Newbold , Carlsile , is eniitled te the Plate from Mr . At thur if he subscribed the time he says in his letter .
FOR THE NATIONAL DEFENCE FOND . £ 8 . d . From the Chartists of Woodhonse and Woodhousa-carr , Leeds , per W . Scott 10 0 .. Leeds , collected by a Toung Chartist 0 4 0 .. the Chartists of Nuneaton 0 10 0 „ the flint shoemakers , Grantbam _ o 10 0 „ Bishop Auckland , per Charles Connor 0 10 0 „ the Chartists of Plymouth 2 0 „ the Chartists of Norwich 0 7 0 .. Bolton—si fow friends at Mr . Crook ' s factory 0 7 10 „ a few friends at Temperance Hotel , New Market Place , Bolton ~ . 0 12 2 « . from the Chartists of Hebden Bridge 10 0 „ Larry Tool , the Keswick Chartist ... 0 1 6 _ the Chartists and friends at Rochester 10 2 .. the Chartists of Dimfermline ... 0 1 6 „ a few friends in . Lime Kilns , near Donfermline 0 3 0 _ the Chartists of Boston , per Fjx ... 0 13 0 „ a friend at Sieaford , per Fox ... 0 2 0 „ the Chartists of FinBbury , collected by Henly , Knight , Davis , and others ... 0 10 0 _ Cr . B ., a Chartist of Doucaster ... 610 „ the shoemakers of Newcastle-on-Tyne , per J . Starkey andT . Lemm ... 0 14 2 ^ the Chartists of West Kilbride , Ayrshire 0 11 0 „ the Committee for Defence Fund , Birmingham ... ... ... ... 0 18 6 . » W . P . M ., Birmingham 0 2 6 _ . the Chartists of Salford 18 0 .. a few frieuds in the Tailors' Society , Dsptford 0 8 6 „ tbe Female Chartists of Kettering , per J . Roddis 13 0 _ the Chartista of Kettering , per J . Roddis 0 9 6 ^ the Chartists of Isham , per J . Roddis 0 13 oj _ the Chartists of Holbeck , collected by Daniel Gareide 0 5 11 _ a few friendB at Upper Wortley , per J . Hartley 0 2 1 _ a Chartist at Middleton , per J . Roddis 0 10 „ J . M ., Braintree 0 2 0 „ C . Fish , Witham , Essex 0 3 0 „ a few friends , C . J . 0 3 0 _ the Chartists of Alva ... 1 10 0 _ six Chartists of Ventnor 0 4 3 .. a few Chartists vt Cheapside , near Padiham 0 7 0 „ a few Chartists at Padiham 0 7 0 .. the Chartiits of Lewisham locality 0 10 0 _ the Chartists of Wotton-under-Edge 0 10 0 .. a poor woman , Leeds 6 0 1 .. D . M . T ., Leeds 0 0 6 _ a few friends , Upper WorUey , per J . Fletcher 0 2 4 „ Morley , near Leeds 0 5 0 » J . Gteorge , Wanninster 0 0 3 _ G . Wilson , Edinburgh 0 16 _ the Chartists of Shutford 0 10 0 ^ G . B ., labourer 0 0 6 „ the Chartists of Holbeck , per J . Broadbent ... 0 7 8 .. David Sykea , Lower Houses 3 0 „ Ventnor , Isle of Wight , per W . Nerman 0 2 10 ^ " A Woolwich Cadet " . 0 2 6 „ a livery nerrant , Brighton ... ... 0 10 .. Brother Dick , ditto 6 0 2 _ the Chartists , efMilnrow , Rochdale ... 0 15 0 « E . A . and friends , per W . V . 0 18 0 _ the Chartista of Chesterfield , per W . M 0 2 6 .. the Chartists of St . Albans 0 5 0 -, the Chartists of Torquay , Devon ... 080 „ tbe blockprinters at Rhodes ' s printworks , near Middleton 0 17 6 ~ tbe ChartistB of Colne 1 0 ^ a few working men at Kettering silk factory S 11 „ toe Chartists of KUbarehan , Renfrewshire , being proceeds of a xeme for a Plate et the Monmouth Court House ... o 14 0 _ Northwieb , per George Moore ... 0 10 9 „ a few friends at Alnwick 10 0 „ Brighton , being balance of old Victim Fund o g 11
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_ Brighton , first subscription 0 5 2 .. D > . second do . ... i o 0 „ the Chartists of St . Paul ' s locality , Norwich , being pYoc : ; da of a ball 0 13 0 „ a banker ' s clerk at Braintree ... ... 0 2 6 „ John Crarrett and bis men o 2 6 „ two friends at Braintree ... „ 0 2 6 „ E . B . Martin , Braintr : 3 ... \\\ 0 6 0 „ Bumrpflelds , Dyke ' s Head , per France and Co . ... # < 0 3 0 „ Newcastle , per France ami Co . ... # 6 3 „ W . C , Huddersfleld , per J . Leech ... 10 0 FOR THE BXECCTIVK . From ths Chartists of Piymauth ... ... 0 10 0 From W . L . B-, Braintree ... ... ... o 10 _ Mr . Lundy , Hull , from sale of Pinder ' s blacking ... ... ... ... o 3 0 „ Brighton ... ... ... ... o 7 2 FOR MRS . HOLBERR . Y . From D . M . T ., Leeds ... ... ... o 0 < 5 „ Brighton ... 0 4 5 FOR MRS . PEDDIE . From Mr . Craig , per M'Gregor , some time ago ... ... ... ... ... o 2 2
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AFTER writing the article which , appears under this head , in reference to the nomination of Mr . MORLING , but too late for its withdrawal , my attention was drawn by the sub-Editor to the fact , that that article had been written under a misapprehension . I was not aware of the publication , during my sojourn in the New Bailey prison , oi
an address from the temporary Executive appointed by the London men , calling upon the people to elect a temporary Executivenot to supersede but to aid tbe present Executive , by acting ia their places until they shall be at liberty to resume them , if that be between now and March . This , of course , alters the complexion of the whole matter , and makes void and pointless all those observations in the article which are
levelled at the supposition of a purpose to supplant the present Executive ; a purpose which I doubt not Mr . MORLING and his friends would regard with as much indignation as I did . I wrote on the supposition that these parties had , of their own accord , thought fit to take for granted that a new permanent Executive must be elected because the other had been pounced upon . My excuse for the misapprehension must be found in the fact , that the " worry "
attendant upon my arrest , imprisonment , and attendance at the Court in Liverpool occupied every moment of my time from the arrest until last Thursday—the day we go to press ; that I was then in a very ill state of health , having been harassed by attending in Court three whole days , aud then travelling all night ; and that this , altogether , prevented me from being accurately acquainted with the contents of the two last numbers of the Northern Star .
Usually I see everything that goes into the paper before it does go in . On this occasion the address in question , and the nominations consequent upon it , I had never seen at all , and hence the misapprehension on my mind . I wrote warmly , because I felt warmly . I thought injustice was being done to the Executive ; and I hate to see injustice done to any body . I hope this explanation will show that I had no intention by that article to do injustice to any body .
I may just observe , in referenee to the election , that 1 think it a perfectly unnecessary one . My opinion is , that the good men appointed by the Metropolitan Delegate Committee are , under the circumstances , the men most fit to act as the Executive pro tern . Their prompt and gratuitous efforts for the cause show them to be men of patriotism aud decision , and their appointment by the Metropolitan Delegate Committee is a proof that they are men in whom confidence maybe and is reposed ; and the very fact of their calling for this election is a proof that they are men not likely to abuse the
people ' s confidence . Ihey call for the election because they feel the delicacy and the forced irregularity of their position , and they wish the fair principles of pure democracy to be acted on in our movement , at least as nearly and as fully as circumstances will permit . The feeling does honour to them ; and I think the people will evince neither gratitude nor good taste if they elect other men . Of course , the people will use their own judgment ; but I presume that I have a right to an individual opinion , and to the expression of it . This is my opinion ; and I give it without any purpose either to " dictate" or " denounce . " William Hill .
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Glossop , Saturday . —Within tbe last few days , two investigations bave been ent -red into , in the counties of Chester and Derby , in reference to the horrible murder of a man named James Shaw , a shoemaker , aged forty-two , who for several years past had lived in the township of Charlesworth , which is situated on the borders of Derbyshire ani Cheshire . The country in which the murder was perpetrated is peculiarly wild and romantic , hills and valleys stretching out for miles . The actual spot where the deed was done , is situated on the turnpike road , leading from Manchester to Sheffield , through Hyde , Mottram , Gflossnp , ( an extersive estate of fhe Dufee of Norfolk ) , and the Derbyshire and Yorkshire moors . It is nut far distant from tbe great tunnel , now in the course of erection at Woodhead and Mottram , as part of the Sheffield and Manchester railway .
The particulars of the frightful deed are as follow : — On Saturday evening , near twelve o ' clock , Shaw , accompanied by his wife , Hannah Shaw , left the Angel Inn , at Mottram , in company with a man named James Ford , who had for some time been employed on the railway as a labourer . It would appear that the party bad betn drinking together at the Aucel , and that Shaw was advanced in liquor . When they had reached a solitary part of the road , called Btuddock ' s Coal-pit , about a mile distant from Alofc ^ ram , Ford began to to ; z-t Mrs . Shaw , and ttok liberties with ber , which so di 8-plciiged her , that she indignautly resected his conduct-They ail tore * proceeded onward , and after walking Bbnut about a hundred yards farther . Ford renewed his misconduct towards Mra Shaw , when her husband's spirit 'was roustd , and he quarrelled with Ford ; in
consequence Ford was very abuiive , and drew forth a handkerchief , in which he tied a stone , and with the heavy sling he struck Shaw a violent blow on the heud , mid felled him to the ground . Whilst down Ford coiitinued to beat him with the sling until he became quite insenBible . During this dreadful conflict Sfiaw'k wife , alarmed at the situation of ber husband , repeatedly called out "murder , " but the loneliness of the place , and the lateness of tbe hour , it being past midnight , rendered it doubtful whether assistance could be obtained . Shaw lay stretched on tbe earth in a stupor , from the loss ot blood ; and whilst in this helpless state Ford seized her ( Shaw ) , and forced her through a gate into an adjoining field ,
into which be dragged her to the distance of fifty yards , where he perpetrated a violent outrage on ber person . Before he committed the offence he struck ber several times , rendering her insensible . After this second crime had been committed , be allowed tbe poor woman to quit tbe field , and with difficulty she reached the tcrnpike-road , along which she walked till she reached ber own dwelling , believing that she had left her busband behind ber murdered . To her great joy , however , she found that hex husband bad crawled borne , but was in a deplorable state , and apparently dying . Her neighbours were informed of what had occurred , and Mr . Smith , surgeon , of Charleaworth , was immediately sent for ; and on examination of both parties . pronounced them to be in great danger .
Information of the diabolieal affair having been communicated to Mr . Little , tbe Special High Constable at Hyde , be at once , adopted means for the apprehension of tbe offender . After an active search be succeeded in capturing him , and on Wednesday he was taken before John SicJebottom , Esq ., magistrate , who , after hearing the evidence In the ctue , committed tbe
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prisoner fjr trial at Chester Assizes , on the double charge of catting and maiming , and rape . After the committal of Ford to prison , Shaw grew daily worse , and on Saturday morning death put an end to his sufferings ; his wife , at the time of his death , balng hourly expected to expire . On Monday , an inquest was b « ld on the body of Shaw , at tbe Cfoorga and Dragon public-house , in Charlea worth , before Thomas Manders , Esq ., one of the coroners for the High Peak Division of Derbyshire " , and a respectable jury . The inquiry was very extended , continuing for upwards of seven hours , when the jury returned a verdict against Ford of Wilful Murder .
The murder has caused great consternation in the densely populated district in which it took place . Sba w was a native of Charlesworth , and died in the house in which he was born . He bad no family . He bad always borne a respectable character , and was reported an honest and industrious man . Ford is 24 years of age , is by trade a carpenter , and native of Liscard , County of Waterford . He is a powerful athletic man . The principal witness in the case is Hannah Shaw , the wife , with about a dessn others , who give strong testimony . One of them , a resident of tbe neighbourhood , was near to the fatal spot during the wbole of the tragedy , bnt , apprehensive of -violence from Ford , dnrsfc not venture from his biding place to reader assistance .
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NORTHLEACH HOUSE OF CORRECTION . ( FROM THE MORNING CHRONICLE . ) The death of Charles Beale is only another victim , added to the many whose days bare either been shortened , or constitution shattered aud broken , from the effects of the " starving system" which baa for a length of time been adopted within the walls of this damp and dreary dungeon . A long residence at Cheltenham , and for some time a regular attendance given at the public office of that town , in the discbarge of a publio duty , have afforded me ample opportunities of witnessing the unfortunate prisoners , and ascertaining their state of health , looks , and appearances , both before and after thtjix commitment to
Northleacb-This town is a distance of fourteen miles from Cheltenham , on the London and Oxford road , and is not a little remarkable for its ornamental appendages ; the new union workhouse being built at one extremity , whilst the bouse of correction graces the entrance from Cheltenham , tbe site of which is remarkably low and damp , the building standing in the hollow of a field adjoining the London road , and from its situation I am not tbe least surprised to find , from tbe statement at the Inquest held on the unfortunate man , Charlea Beale , that , "in rainy weather tbe water often runs down the interior of the walls . " I am thoroughly convinced from its locality , and more particularly in the winter , tbe interior of the prison must not only be unwholesome but exceedingly damp .
It is to Northleach House of Correction that tbe Cheltenham magistrates commit all prisoners who bave tbe misfortune to be summarily convicted before the Bench ; such as reputed thieves , offenders against the vagrant laws , poachers , disorderlies , parochial defaulters , and , indeed , delinquents of every description , whose cases are not sent to the sessions , are invariably committed for termB varying from seven days to three months to hard labour at Northleach . All prisoners so committed , of whatever age or sex , are compelled to walk a distance of fourteen miles , handcuffed between two policemen , without tbe slightest refresbmentallowed on tbe road . The road from Cheltenham is , as I have already Btated , along fourteen miles extremely hilly , and in the winter season bleak , cold , and dreary . I have known even cripples , and females enceinte , being
compelled to walk this distance in the very depth of winter , aud when the Bnow has been thick on tbe ground ; no conveyance t ling allowed either by the committing magistrate or the county . I recollect the case of one poor man , whose name has at this moment escaped my recollection , but he was committed by Thomas Kenney , Esq . He was at tbe time in a miserable starving condition , and more fitted for the inmate of an iufirmary than a dungeon similar to that of Northleach . Ho was charged with beioi ; found coneealed in the stables of the George Inn , at Cheltenham , and with stolins the ostler's supper from the corn bin . When brought before Mr . Keniiey he wal a truly pitiable object ; exhibited a dreadful pair of black eyes ; his countenance frightfully disfigured and swollen from the effects
of a thrashing he received from the ostler , or aotue person connected with the yard ; be was so completely discoloured from the beating be had received , that it induced the magistrates to ask bow he came in that dreadful state . He was committed to Northleach prison , and hard labour for one month , but before he bad bsen many days in gaol , death released him from his sufferings . He complained of being starved and want of proper nourishment , and there can be no doubt but he sunk under tbe low dietary of the prison- This poor fellow was compelled , in the most inclement weather , to walk in bis weak state tbe wbole of this dreary distance , without the slightest refreshment being given him on the road . The man , on leaving the court , complained of being dreadfully ill , and observed , that " he should never come out alive . "
The prisoners who bave experienced the misfortune to become inmates of this gloomy and damp dungeon have one and all declared , on their liberation , tliat tbe dietary allowed is barely sufficient to keep body and eouI together , and bave complained of being quite starved , overworked , and being forced to sleep in damp cells . I am familiar also with another case—a man of the name of Major , a cabinet-maker , who was committed by the Cheltenham bench for want of sureties . He was in perfect health when he went to prisun , but when liberated wrs a perfect skeleton . In a letter to his friends , while in confinement , he says , " This is the most horrible damp prison in England ; tbe prisoners are starved to death , not being allowed sufficient rations . I have got a severe rheumatism from being
placed in a damp cell . " When this person was at length liberated , he declared bis constitnticn was impaired and ruined , and that he was totally unfit for work . I could multiply many instances of a similar character , and confirm the statements relative to the treatment of the prisoners at Northleach , with -which the public have lately been made acquainted . The visiting justices of Gloucestershire are rather unfortunate in their prison discipline ; for I believe it will be fsund , on inquiry , that the prison at Northleach is not the only ill-regulated place of confinement under their jurisdiction . The House of Ceirection at Littlu Dean , in the Forest of Diaa , may perhaps furnish another illustration of the doings at Northleach . At all events , it is acknowledged , even by the magistrates themselves , to be a miserable hole .
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THE MODEL PRISON AT PENTONVILLE . TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE . Sir , —1 was enabled a few dajB ago , by your kindnr i , to lay before tbe public the evidence of an American physician upon solitary confinement , who found in the Penitentiary of Philadelphia no fewer than twenty-six lunatics ; and I also showed that tbe Penitentiary of Millbank furnished the Lunatic Asylum at Hanweil with no inconsiderable number of patients . It wouid indeed , be desirable that some member should move for a return of all the peraons' npmes driven mad in the Penitentiary ; though , even if it were granted , it mvat be incorrect , for no return could be made of those idiots partly demented who range the country , and have been lost sight of since their dismissal .
My object , however , at present is to direct attention to the enactments of a bill ( 5 Victoria ) for establishing the model prison at Pc-ntonville . Some of these are of incredible severity , but the twenty-third clause contemplates , with horrid foresight , the generation of madness , aud it directa that wben a prisoner shaJl be repotted insane to the Secretary of State , it shall be lawful for the Secretary to remove him to some lunatic asylum , and he shall remain in it tiil of sound mind . Then , if bis sentence be not expired , he shuil be conveyed a second time to Pentonville , and there undergo the remainder of it—the Secretary sending his warrant to the keeper of tbe mad-house for that purpose . No provision is made for tbe treatment of those incurably insane , nor any remission of punishment in favour of those who had been already driven to nudness . Now , I challenge the annals of the
Inquisition to produce an instance of moie deliberate cruelty than this ; search its records in ' Valencia * and Madrid , and read all that Fiorente has written , for a greater act of rigour than this Ytn first drive a prisoner mad by your treatment , yon restore his reason , and you a second time bring him to tbe stake . Again , wbatiDore inhuman , what morelik 8 ly , to bring on insanity , than a return to tbe same cells , the same diet and discipline , tbo same exhortations from tbe same zealous chaplain , as those that first engendered the mental malady ? What unspeakable horror must seize tbe convalescent who a second time finds himself on the same spot , beset by tbo same instruments , under which he first felt his reason stagger . Is not such a sboch capable of producing incurablo mania ? Would not humanity dictate the liberation of any person who hod once bean subjected to an experiment that deprived him for a season of bis reason , and which perhaps shook
its throne for ever ? Did not Sir Robert Peel , in 1824 , when Home Secretary , dismiss tbe whole body of prisoners In the Penitentiary , when a dreadful disease bad broken out among them , by low diet , deeming , justly deeming , that their sufferings bad made ample compensation tot their crimes ; and shall dementia , brought on by tbe prison discipline , be treated with less mercy ? The advocates for that treatment will , no doubt , say that their surgeon is to watch the first symptoms of this malady in tbe patient ; bat the officer has , perhaps , in his charge 800 prisoners ; and , be be ever so zealous , can be discern tbe first dawn of this subtle malady ; successfully seize what Johnson called , "tbe variable weather of the mind , the flying -vapours of incipient madness ? " May not the affliction come on in a day ; an hour ; may not tbe penitent be lunatic ere tbe overbusied Secretary has leisure to read the report , and direct bis transferrence to Hanweil ? The snrgeon of the Penitentiary possessed not tbe alchemy , for many of nis patients are the tenants of Hanweil at this
IDOXOfi&w * ¦ I proceed to the 21 at clause , which is so framed a » to secure in the most absolute seclusion thewhole process , till the catastrophe—neither the wife , nor the parent , nor tbe child , nor tbe clergyman , Bare tbe prison chaplain , admitted—no provision for tbe Catholic not D ' . c-
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senter ; no admission for a magistrate ; no prison inspector , save the authors of this bill ; a pena'ty of £ 50 , or six months' imprisonment upon the turnkey wLo shall convey a letter , clothing , or food . All tl-itthe relatives can know is summed up in this— " J . D . went mad ; he is now in Hanweil , and when cured will La returned here that he may receive hJs d' ^ ii " The 24 th clause subjects the convict t 3 three yeurt additional incarceration if be break prison—an unheardof period , and a dreadful sentence ; a second attempt is construed to ta nothing short ot felony , which m f g ' ik entitle him to transportation for life . ' The attsmpt to break out of a cell is leniency itself , merely a twelvemonth ' s additional prion , and for assaulting any officer of any rank , two years and corporal poaishmenr .
Suoh , sir , is an outline of this formidable code , such the character of this formidable prison , compared to which , Northleach and it * cruelties , horrible as they are , are merciful , for they do but smict and destroy the . body , while this contemplates the destruction of the brain . I will conclude this letter , already much too long , in the well known woida of Burke : — " Those philosophers consider men , in tkair experiments , no more than they do mica in au exbAustetl receiver , or in a recipient of mephitic gas . " I am . sir , Your very obedient servant , Frederick Pjoou . Brooke's , St James's-street , Oct . 12 .
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ANOTHER ARREST . Mr . James Mooney , from Colne , was arrested on Monday afternoon , in the public street , by William Asquitb , deputy constable of Colne , and conveyed off to Manchester to be examined .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 22, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct453/page/5/
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