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CContinued from our Sixth - page . ) evident anxiety . Now for union , whispered some upon the platfora ; now for the Charter , muttered those upon the floor . Mr . O'Connor conld not proceed for gome mbmtes , the applause with which he iras greeted iru so tremendous . Nor aid he leave his audience long in doubt when he did commence . His declaration «¦ i hire suffered for the Charter . This ia my sixth prosecution in less tft "" fiTe years ; and if my suffering iri !! tarry the Charter , I un prepared for the worst ; fcnt from me faction his nothing to hope for ; and those who imagine that te aToid suffering , or to moke it the milder , I 'will form a junction 'with Whigs or free traders upon no better terms than lenity for myself , baTe made a wrong calculation of my mind and their
own powers Here is the Charter staudird ; here am I , rejecting none , but declining to moTe my standard back a fraction of an inch for the purpose of establishing a union profitable to myst ! i , but injurious to my party . " This declaration was received with shouts that made tie building ring , and faction shud-&tr . Perhaps , iowtver , the most striking portions of Jlr- O"C * nnai ' s address , were those statistical data yod from Mr . Hobson"a Almanack , for the year 1 S 43 , ssd which She speaker used for the purpose of proving to the middle classes , that they paid indirectly for Chartist prosecution . Heshowed that the amounts paid for theprccation of felons fur the the ten years preceding reform , Taried from £ 59 000 in 1821 to £ 74 000 in 1831 , while in 1 S 33 tbe account opened -with £ 147 . 000 . 2 nd
dosed in 1541 with THRE HUNDKED A >> 'D FlFTFEIGHT THOUSAND POUNDS , tnns Ehowing an ircTease in vest , item between 1821 and 1 S 41 of £ . v ? O , OC 0 , or the ifitertst upon nearly £ 10 . 000 000 ; he Tlfo showed that the Stcrct Service grant bad become augmented within the same period ; and ttit the largess advances "were made from that fund during years of general election , and in tirss years when Whig spies had been abroad . In 1 ? S 3 , the amonct -w ^ s £ 29 000 ; -wh \\ e in 1 S 34 , a general election , it ¦ sms £ 49 0 C 0 ; in 1 SS 6 . £ 29 ooo : in 1537 , a general election , £ 45 0 ( 0 ; in 1 S 40 . £ -27 . 000 ; in 1841 , a general election , £ 37 OOO . Bnt fey far the most appalling item was for 1 S 3 ? . -when the spy system was made general thronghout Eng ' aEd and
Scotland , and tlnrirg which period , Fci Msnie admitted the fact of seeding 'Inspectors to look after Fearcns O ' Connor , and to report npon the ttate of the harvest " in 1 S 38 , the winter of torch- ' : 5 ght meetings , and jest before the election of dt-le £ st = s to the first Natioual Convention . The amount of Secret Service money was SEVENTY-TWO fHOUSAND POUNDS , being many tienssnds more than ia any year for the twenty-six precedire years . Another curiens column appears in this ~ invaic 3 b ! e little compilation , under the head ' Svfering Partot . s ; ' and here we learn , tfcat the * Dissent ministry * were not as sparing in their beqnesis to the parsons as they w ^ re lavish in a "^ u ? e of them . The item in 1 S 31 axneuried to £ 15 000 ; and in 1 S 41 , while the flick
¦ jras slsrvzzg . and crying cnt for brsad , and the Dissenters bellowiDg ' Cheap Bread . " this item amounted to £ 57 000 , or tad been nearly trebled . * From the year 15-4 to the year 1 S 31 , the annual amount paid to tho ? ^ ttfferinsr innocents varied from . £ 17 . 000 in 1 S 24 , to £ li , 000 in 1 S-31 , and amctLsttd to i' 37 , 000 In 1 S-S 1 ; while in ISIS , only £ l 000 were granted to them . >" ow , tber , here is Whig economy with a vengeance , in details too minute , and bestowed for objects too congenial for the supporters of Whiirgery to condescend a gla :. ce at Lit xiz now balance accounts . The Whigs left a general deficit npon their balacca sheet , of over £ 2 , 400 . 000 sterling ; and if any arithmetician will tafc ' e'the trouble of balancing those several items of secret Berries money , suffering p&Kotis' money , and
proserntion cf felons' money , he will find that the amonnt paid in the ten y-: ars , from 1832 to 1 S 41 , as compared with the amount pa > d under the same beads from 1 S 21 to 1 S 32 , leaves a balance arainst the ten Reform years of more than £ 2 . , 000 sterling . Now , then , we have solved a problem for the Income Tax p-. yers , and riven a solution of Whig economy , which will pc 2 Z : e tie best friends of Reform to answer- Of the meeting we need only say , that it was in every respect snch as the country had a right to expect , and Euch a one as does honour to the men of London ; note of tb . 2 recruiting parties made their appearance , though they marie their way tere and there , if occasion required . London has nobly done its dtty ; let the country row respond . We shall do ours .
" In conclusion , we have to request that the Chartists in every locality win meet as speedily as pcssible for the purpose of hearing Mr . Dnncombe ' s bold , and manly , and eloquent speech read alond to the classes ; and then let each Association at orce form a defence fund ecramitiee , and remit the proceeds to the treasurer , F O Conner , by post-omee OTder , made payable to John Citave , addressed tothe Publisher , Evening Star Office , 552 . Siracd . "
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TAXES WRITTEN EXPRESSLY TOK THE "KOKTHERN STAR . " BI CHABT 1 US . THE FOUNDLINGr OF AYR . rBOif facts pcbsished by a juso" chabtist .
PAST II . Tha ¦ n *™ mr . 2 that Saw J <» = » ° » » e % onf in . » oo * -. l » c / a livelihood , was a morning similar to that which ha"i ushered him inte life ; bnt great was the difference between the helpless infant and the stalwart young man . With Ms bundle and working-tools he trudged cheerfully along , for his heart was lightened by hope ; and the constant change of Ecene , with the prospect before him , contributed to exhilarate his spirits . But he soon found his ht 3 vy tools an incambruEce , not so mnch from their weight as that they chafed and made fcis shoulder sore . It Vas in vsin that be shifted them from one side ta th . 9 other—it was only making one as bad as the
otter . Be muit carry them , however , for tufey were to be bis " bread-winners . " Fonunstely , a good-nstiirea rustic coicg with a cart for coals , scav = him a "lift , " which " relieved him greatly , and at the end of the day he found himself in a town about nve-atd-twrnty miles frr . io the place of his depasture . Sc enteted a Bicail pnblic-heuse , and creeping to a corstr of the room ordered himself a pint of ale , and took out a little bread and cheese , which still remained from hi a day-meaL He asked if he conld be accommodated with a lodging , and being answered in the affirmative , he wished his bed to b * got ready , as he was weary and had a long day's tramp before him on the morrow .
There were one or two smokers and drinkers , pothouse politicians , Pittites and F . > xites , occupying their old accustomed seste in tie wann irrgle-nook . They were in high debate on the cenriuct and character of Bonaparte who Ttas at that time valruy endeavouring to msie an ally of E island in his crusade against the crowned tyrcsts cf Europe . " What , " said the Pittite , "join With that usurper , that tyrant and murderer !—did he net prison bis sici troops at Jiffa ? ' "No , " repli ?! tie F ^ xite , " he did not—it was the doctcr . "
•• Bet , " kits the other , " Bonaparte ga ? e the doctor orders to do it . " " On the contrary , " the Foxite replied , " it was by the doctor ' s advice that such orirTs were given—the men were sick of the plague , ard the infallible tokens of that disease shewed them to bsp :. ; t recovery—it is a common eastern among doctors t ) rive a quietus to their patients to shorten their mortal agonies , and Bocsparte complied with this ccftora from a motive of humanity . " Humanity !" ecfcofd the Piitite in a fnry— " it is snch humanity as I wish von and all adcirers of that arch-villain ctnld
exp-rier . ee . " "Why , you Tcries , " said the Fexite , c « ls \ y , would be worse than the Tuiks if we were to fall ii . to your hands—and certainly I had rather be poiscn-.-d than left to your tender mercy . " " Here ' s Church and K . r ; g , " sbouted the Pittite , drinking bis glsw with an sir of exasperation , and setting it down with &n ; h a clash that it broke to pieces . " Aye , is tbit the way yon would serve your favourite , " said the r . xire ^— -new I would treat mine more mildlyhere ' s Church and State ! and our constitution in its purity . ''
J . mes had listened during his frnc ? -l repas > t with con-8 3 trjb * e int- Test to this discussion , -which now appeared to be end&d , for each party having gu ! ped down bis principles with all the satisfaction that the liquor cou ] J impart , besaa to digest them in silerce . puffing their pipes with an appearance of triumph . Whether it was that th ° gof * i cteer bad enlivened his spirits , or the icMte had rooted his latent enthusiasm , James , wbc ta' 5 th-ronr , hly imbibed the pnre democratic principles of Pjice , ar . d consequently was no admirer of Church ct s-at-j in their prest-nt corrupt and nion ^ rchical foria — J-ines could net hrfp likewisa shewing his opinions ,
an ? drark success to Reform ! The magical word was n i s-joLtr uttered than the startled gi * e of both Whie an 1 Tory wag turned npon our hero—the former seemed * u : L to won er at his boldness , while the latter eyed tin with a mixture of contempt and detestation , as ti- uc ! he were Eome odious reptile that had crept into ti 5 pir-rDC * . "What ! " said be , " have we Reformers here ? —thry are to better worth than burning—I would bave them all served as the lads serve the stakes tt-y put into the middle of bonfire * , and call Joa Paaeri >"
'" Icceed . '" ssid the WLfg , " as their doctrine * are fifestractirt , they themselves wBgbt to be destroyed . " J 2 Evs was surprised to find both belligerents bo suddenly form s coalition against him with BUch term * of b . Ut-r ar , imc £ ity ; but befere he had etifficiently reco-¦ vertd fum his tnrprise , he received a gentle intimation fi . -m the iacdlord that their beds were all full—they eoaid nut aecemmodate him : our Reformer was obliged to Uke Bp tis bundle and walk . It was now late at night—the shops were all dosed , all but a few huckrt-rs of ths poorer sort The benighted wanderer traced up asd down one or two streets completely lcit , and thonxht that it was herd be thcnld be made 2 ia cc-. cait fir beirg a Refcrmera character that ought
, W t * h . r 6 ared and loved everjTrbere . As he now Jffifl Ihts c ^ tsti a eliinpse through a- lighted parlour window of the comfortable kmates within , stting down t ^ c ^ rds or to tucper—enjoying every luxury because ta :-y weie Tories aid . favoured by the system , while he ¦ ra . - -s ^ ihoa * a fecme or a lodsirg , in a £ trauma pkee , j cod ! not bnt reflect on the necessity of that reform fh-T-f ^* ^ ^ an humble advocate , and instead of * - T ^ -S ~ Q promote his own interest by turning Tory , f " W ^ - ^ l more rooted in Radical principle * . At * \ - " ~ . . " -P id a half-open doer of a j . ubiic bouse—he ep' .-. rtd j- ^ t as ths last cu > st was quv . tir . g it Accosting tii i ^ i ' -i ^ rJ . -wfco vfas about to cicss up ft-r tfce night ,
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he asked him if he couW have a 'bed there . The landlord , after a scrutinizin ? Rlanoe , told him , na that ' all were ocenpied . James b ? g ? ed hard that he mi « bt lay ou a bench by the fire side , or anywhere undercover , for he was a stranger in the town , had travelled far , and did not know where to find a lodging . The landlord still hesitating , James showed him a shilling and told him he would pay for a night's rest on the floor just the same as fora bed , if he might stay . Mine host now remembered that he had a Vetlstead without a bed in it which James might have if he chose . Oar wayfarer -immediately accepted the offer with thanks , and was conducted by the landlord to the top of the bonse , into a large attic where stoai two beds already appropriated snd the said bedst-ad . After bidding him good
ni ? ht , and leaving him without a candle , the landlord went to his own comfortable qiarters and James laid down in his clothes . fiia mind immediately reverted to the occurrences of the day—he th « ught of the young wife that he had left aBd bid heaven bless hsr!—he thought of hia foster-parents , and of the mystery that shrouded his birth—of the difficulties and hardships that seemed to be in hh way , and were likely to prevent the accomplishment of his wjshes—bnt he had heard that work was plentiful in the town to whi ; h he was travelling , and all his distresses would vanish when he was able to send for his wife , and earn a comfortable livelihood for both . His" mind soothed by these pleasing hopes , he was Kradually sicking to sleep , when he was rcti&ed
by the most dismal groans that ever mortal in the pains of death , uttered . They seemed to come from an old man in one of the beds , and contrasted strongly with the deep-drawn Enores that indicated the sound sleep of the lodger in the other . The dying jrun uttered broken exclamations and prayers between his groans , and at length all was silence . James listened awhile , but could hear nothing , save the cry of the watchman from the street , going his rounds , and his " Past one I" soumied like a knell as it -died away in the distance , Hiif-tmified , nud haif-stirvtd , he bought in vain for rest , and , with the first dawn of day , arose , aDd went down stairs The landlord was already tip , and received the thiiling with a thankye , wbiif James took to the read—the Great Northern
Rja ' . l ! The sou broke out at mid-day , and he lay by the wayside and slfpt He was now without money , ai . d had to beg his way ; and , thnogh it was but , seldem that be received any haif-venca , yet he was plentifully furnished at the fam houses with broken bread ; for in those days a working man was seldom compelled to beg , and never in vain . It is not our pnrpose to- lengthen out this narrative by minute iiet ^' . ls of the hardshiis , the insults , and privations which James endured , till he rtacbtd "canuy Newcastle . " Trades" Unions were not then established , or he ( if a member ) wonid have had a sufficiency every day allowed him for tramp money , and , when he rt-ached the phce of his destination , his brother fiiioiiists would have told him where to get work , if
any was to bo had , or jiven him some support Howt-y-r , on inquiry at a large st < 'n _ --yard , he hid the good luck to fall into a job imnie : lia ' ely , and was directed by one of tbe men to a street where he might find a suita ble lodging . He cnlled at the Erst house that had a notification in the windc w . The landlady , a woman cf tbe world , &iked Lim who had sent him ? He could n&t . tell . for he knew not the man ' s name . " Then , where ' s your bundle ? " said she . " I have ltft it at the store-jari alone with my tools . " " Go and fetch it , my canny man , and we will then see about the lodning . " James went b » Lk for the talisman that was to bd the " opin sesime , " and , ail being right , he was instated into his lodeings , worked daily at tbe yard , soon SLiit for his wife , and became stttled in " canny Newcastle . " ( To be concluded in our JieaLJ
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TO T 3 E CHARTISTS OF SCOTLAND . Friends . —Having received from various places an assurance tLat they were desirous to join tbe National Association propssed by the meeting at Edinburgh , but desiring to have the rules sent to them , the committee now lay them before the country through the press , not deeming themBelves at liberty to p : int them as final until they receive the sanction of the general body ol the Chartists of Scotland , when , if a sufficient numbei sanction atd adopt them , to give a fair chance of the Ae «> ciation becoming national—they will then prin ! them for ' general issue , to be sent to every part requestins ; them , after havii . g adopted any alterations or additions that may have been generally desired .
Tne design of the aasociation bu beta before you for some weeka—rules are here presented to you . In justice to your brethren that have taken the sufject up , every place where there are any number of Chartists should mset , no matter how few they may be , and on or before the erst of December transmit decisions , whether they will join the Association or not , snd what number of car&s of membership they will need , the number stated beu ; g deemed an order for them . Also every t 1 T-& sbool-i C £ fc paKtnna to " faha nuui down for the Scollish Chartist Piottter , price twooecce , which has to be the monthly organ of tbe Association ; it is suggested that twopence be paid when the name is taken dosm , and the price of the ntxt when the first number is delivered , thus keeping the payment in a < =. var . ee . To enable the comniittee to bring it out on January 1 st , 1 S 43 , the orders will have to be in by the early part of next wtek .
The committee respectfully hope that these places that huve had the addresses em ! have not sent in the an .-. ar : t dne for tbeni . trill do so ; and that each place that may have received thtm will b = ar in mind thai there v-re o : Ler exi-cEces besides the ictre eo 3 t of the iddiess , and that it is bnt just that each place assists the committee with a little to defray those expenses Ail communications to be addressed , ilr . Rubtrt Lowery . 48 , Nicholso ;> strect , Edinburgh . RTTLES A 5 D OBJECTS OF THE XAllO >" AL ASSOCIATION .
I . —That the object of this Association be to obtain for every msle of Great Britain and Ireland , of twentyore years cf age , of sane mind , non-convict of crime , and a registered resident of not less than three months in the parish he shall vote in , a right to Tote for the electicn cf members to serve in the ConimcEs' House of Parliament ; that the Totes be given by Ballot , tf . e Election of the Members annually , No-property Qualification require : of thtm , and they to be paid for their services ; and thai thr country shall be divided into electoral districts fyr the election of those members in accordance with their popu l ation ; or in other words this Association is titibiisteJ to obtain tbtp'Siin ? iutu law the prin < r " p ! e 5 cjEtzL : ed in the document known as the People ' s Chaiter .
II . —That all iie power shail be directed to the above olject , by peaceful and moral means , by agitating tbe public mind to tbe discussion of its principles through the prefcs , on the plalform , or in the House of Commons , and fcy the adoption * f practical modes of passive resistanc * to the evil and injustice it seeks to removethe object of tho Association being the establishment of right and justice for all , it will repudiate ; xts of violence or wrong whether on the part of uvowed enemies or professing friends , deeming any guilty of such acts as ceasing to be members .
III . To carry out the objects of the association every member ihall take out a card of membership yearly , paying at the time twopence , one penny fur the card , and ene penny as one menth'a subscription in advance to the general fund of the association , established for general purposes , and continue to pay one penny per mocth afterwards to the same general fund , and that as fiT as poj-i-ible the collection of these subscriptions should be q"irt ^ rly . in advance . IV . That this association holds r . " correspondence thionch ita officers or members thereof , as i fficers or mem > v-r 8 with any other associstion , it being illegnl to do so , bat that in any locality where there m : iy be other associations established for the Ewe objects , their members msy become membero of this also , by taking ont their cards and joining this as a ditticct body , paying only tise peniiy per month , in consideration that they pjy to others for lecal purposes .
V . —That where there are no distinct associations , or where the- members cf such have abolished them to join this , all p rsons joining this aEfcocia \ ion in these places shall pay , besides the penny p = r month to tbe general fund , whatever more the raembera in these places shall dtfin necessary for local purpose , the association leaving the fixing of those suras to every place to be guidt-J by their circumstances , and use ^ i by them as th < y see best , in cjnformity with the ol-jects in view . VI . —Th » l the management of the aff . iirs of ihe Association be committed to a Council and Secretary , of seven persons , tbe Secretary only t <* be paid for his services ; tbe Council to sit in Edinburgh , a : ) d be elected by Ballot there , except the Secretary , who shall be elected by Ballot by all the members of tbe Associetion , and paid thirty shillings per week for hifa services : if taken from home his txpences to be paid
also . Throt-the above seven persons shall form a permanent " Z . xecutivtj Council ; and that every town or locality -Kiitre there are mere than ten members , shJl appoint or nc minate a sub-Secretary , to correspond with the Council , who shall receive and transmit to them the subtcripti ons for the General Fund , dispose of cards- m the place , and keep a list of the names of members entered , and transmit the name and ad . ^ ress to the General Secretary , and assist him by ten ding such advice and information as th&y may deem useful ; Bush Eub-secrttaxifes to b « elected into the Exet ntive Council , and attend to take part in its business v > i ' tsnever they may think it nec « 8-eary or convtniect ; a '«> , tfcat everyplace nominate one person for every tt-n members , to be elected into the G = ntral Council , and traniact the bnsiness of the Association in \ hafc pluce to collection with the
subfl&CTfctn . " V VII . That the duty of the' Secretary be to conduct the correspondence , keep the books of the Association , and edit t £ c Scottish Chartisi i ^ iaeer , to ba established as the organ of the Association , and coEdneted for its beneLt , tu mtec with thu Ex-rat iT s- sUted periods , and lay the business of ihe S ^ cic ' T before them . That he and the Executive fctail sire si'd rec-.-ire plans acd
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suggestions for advancing the cause , laying them before the general body , and receiving the opinion of the mem ^ eM thereon—to regulate the affairs of the Pioneer , e » g . i « e lecturers ; or , in other words , execute the declared will of the Association , in consonance with its rules and objects , in as far as the members or majority make their wishes known , and famish the means to carry them out ; and that the books of the Association , with the member ' s names , and account , &c shall be open to Inspection when desired , and a balance sheet published every month .
> III—That the Lecturers engaged or recognised by this Association be men known to the public as possessed of good moral character , and talent fitted to enable them to advocate its principles effectually , or if previously not generally known to the public , have certificates of the above , frooi the locality they may come from ; and that any locality giving such certificates , remember that if they give them from a mistaken sense of kindness to an individual , or allow a false delicacy to hinder them from refusing them'When , asked for , by those that are unfit , they commit fUX act of im * posture and irjuaVce on their brethren .
IX— That when a Lecturer has to be engaged , it shall be notified to the members of the Association by the Secretary , and that any one may propose a candidate , and that a list of the candidates shall be published , and the whole Executive , including the sub-Secretaries , shall decide by majority who shall be the person , and that ail persons thus engaged shall be members of the Council for tbe time being in virtue of their Gffice . X . —That no great o > ject affecting the general interests of the Association shall bo decided or acted on by any mere section of it , either as members or cmcers , unless the whole body has been consulted , and a decision given in ita favour through the medium of the officers appointed to ascertain the same ; that any locality wishing anything adopted must communicate the same to the Secretary , and through him let it be laid before the general body , that the opinions of the majjrlty nwy tbere bs known , and dt-cide the same .
XI . —That the Council and Secretary > hallbe chosen , ana enter on office on January 1 st , 1843 , the int « i 5 m ones acting until then ; and that afterwards the election of all officers shall take place on the first wttk of every ruonib . of December : all nominations having taken place and been published by the 1 st of the previous munth ; no member being allowed to vote that hud not taken out his card before tne nominations were publiBhed . That a list of the votes be kept , and should anjthiug occur to deprive the Association of the services of auy of its officers , the candidate that was next to him in the number of votes shall be culled to the cfiice , and fiil it until the return of the other , or the period of office expirt . 3 .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . SIR , —To pursue the narrative cf my britf and only meeting with Eiiis , cummeiiC «( i in tbe Eveiiiny Star of Mum ' ay . So vivid w ^ s the interest ho evidently took ia the grand movement for human progress , that there was but one thought which drew him into psulness : it was the anfiuit-h of being separated from bis wife and children . That thcught seemed almost to choke him with agony , and his whole frame trembled with the tflu-rt to keep down his feelings , as he huns ; on my arm , and allusion was made to this dreadful : fflction , while we walked to and fro in the dungeon . His eye sparkled
with hope when I protested to him that I thought there was aonitthing bo flagrantly unfair in his condemnation that it must excite pubiic sympathy , and compel the government to reverse it . He th « n ; equestyd rne to libten while he presented to me the most striking points of his trial , according to his own judgment . He had not procceJtrt fir b * fore I desired him to stop , in order that I ruight take down his observations in pencil . I have tht-m btf-ire me ; but they are tco lengtby for me to copy them , word for woru . The most fctrikim ; feature of injustice in William EUis ' s condemnation is this : —
Oa the evidence of one solitary witnesB , Georce Goodwiu , he is declared " guilty" of arson , by the jury . And what kind of a witness ? A man who swears that he was but five minutes at Atkins ' s fire ; that during some part ef tho five minutes he saw a tall man ttinding inside the rails , with hiB back toward * h : m ( the witness ) ; that the said tail man was not taking an tzdlve part I—that he ( tbe witness ) '" somehow" got a glance at the tall man ' s aide-face , —saw that his face was blacked , black , or " a dirty tinge , "—could , not tell whether he had a hat on , or how he was dressed , — but the tall man was Ellis 1
Such is the unique evidence ^ on which William Ellis is convicted of arson by a British jury , and then sentenced to twenty-one years transportation . All this , too , in face of the facts that Jane Brooks with whom Mr . and Mrs . Ellis lodged , Bwears that she locked her door after she sat ? her lodgers go to bed , and found the door locked the next morning ; and that Ellis could not go out of her house without passing her chamberdoor , and disturbing her . Ann Rogers , on a visit to the house , swears that she fetched the candle out of their sleeping-room , and left Win . Eilis and his wife in bed . Peter Rogers sw ; ars that on his return f . a Hanley to Burs ^ pm , Eilis was not in the room below , and his wife , Anff Rogers , informs him that Ellis is in bed in the other room . John Blllirgton , barber , swears that he shaved Ellis the next morning ; that his beard had no Eppearance whatever of tavin been blacked ;
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that ho shaves colliers , and the razor invariably tarns up some black , Jet them wash themselves as clean as they may . James Livesley swears that he wan at Atkins s fire , and saw Gaorge Goodwin there , drunk , and knew that he was drank , because he had seen him drunk so often . Joseph Bradley sweats that he was at Atkins ' s fire , and saw a tall man there , who might be mistaken for Ellia ,-bnt itwasNor Ellis , —he knew him so welL Let this proof of Ellis ' s alibi , and the testimony of the barber who shaved him next morning , be set against the _ oath of a notorious drunkard , thai he can swear to the identity of a man , although ha only sees , at first , the back of a tall figure and then gets " a glance" at the blacked side-face of the figure j and who can fail to be filled iwith horror at the thought that a man must be sent twenty . one years over the sea on such stra ' Ke evidence I
A bove ail—let it be remembered that after the Solicitor-General had made hia reply and the case Is thus virtually closed , on the Saturday night , new evidence ia raked up against the poor victim on Sunday , and brought against him on Monday morning . Still Judge Tinrtall , the proroundest " lawyer on the bench , directs the jary , as plain as & Judge can speak , not to convict . But Lord Ingestre fixes his eye on the foreman a 8 soon as he le-enters the court , ( after himself and fellows had retired for twenty minutes ) , the foreman nods significantly t » hia noble landlord , and returns the verdict , " Guilty" ! ! J " Good God I" I said to Ellis , at the close of his recital , " how did you feel when you heard thit fatal word ? ' "I was stunned , " he replied ; " for I previously thought it impossible that such a verdict could be returned : it ee ^ med to me unreal : I felt aa if I could not trust ray ears for evidence of correct Bounds . "
Let me express a fervent hope , Mr . Editor , ere I haste again to conclude , that public opinion wiil soon , very soon , express itaelf so strongly on the horrid injustice rione to our banished friend , as to compel Sir Robert Peel ' s administration to aunul the dreadful sentence , and thereby restore the suffering patriot to his bereaved family .
I&m / SW , Yours truly , , Thomas Cooper Leicester , Tuesday . Nov . 22 d , 1842 .
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TO TUE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —I would correct a mistake in the account of Mr . John West ' s bail . The Ruv . H . Price ' s bail for one hundred pounds was at once accepted . The other bail for one hundred pounds was a most worthy ' man and thorough Chartist of tho name of George Harris , of Shet-pshead . I was much taken with the appearance and manners of this man . He was a volunteer in the cause ; a plain , countrified looking person of about sixty , who said he knew nothing of Mr . West beyond what he had read of him in the Northern Star ( which paper he takes in himself ) , and what he had heard a friend say of a lecture which Mr . West had delivered in their neighbourhood . When Sir John Cave Browne
Cave , the magistrate , asked . George whethet . he ' could make o ;* tn that he was worth a hundred pounds after all his debts were paid , the honest m : in promptly replfcd ., "I have no debts . " Magistrate ( good humouredlyi— " I am glad of that ; but are you worth one hundred pounds upon your oath ? " George—' ¦ ' 'Yes ; and a good deal more , or I should be very sorry . " The magistrate then administered the oath and accepted the bail . Qjorge was accompanied by a man seemingly in the 8 ame situation nearly withbiraself , who wnsanxions to be bound for fifty pounds . He durst not go further , he said ; but as his bail did not appear to be then wanted it should be ready for another time . I am , Sir , Your humble Servant , A Spectator and Friend , W . H . Burton-upon-Trent , Nov . 21 st , 1842 .
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TO 1 KB EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . SIR—During the last twenty-seven years , crime has more tbr . n quintnpled , whilst the population has not advanced more than two-fifths . By the natural course of increase the human species doubles itself in seventy years and a fraction ; tbe increase of crime having advanced so much more rapidly than population , sufficiently demonstrates that the latter is not the chief cause of increase in the former I The most prolific sources of crime are distress and privation , of which , during the before stated period , the productive classes of the United Queendom have suffered an unprecedented portion from want of employment and reduced wages .
An " eminent" and much-admired political economist has attributed the want of employment and severe distress experienced , to a redundancy of Inhabitants alone . Unfortunately , nirxny of our " eminent"legislators and statesmen , apparantly -without examination or consideration , adopted thia ignorant dictum of Malthas , and stumbled upon tbe nieaf-nre of Foreign Colonization as the most likely node of rectifying the redundancy of workers in ( he United Queendom , without having counted the cost or considered the folly of entering upon such a difficult and outrageous plan . The average increase in the population of the United Qneendom in the ten years frem 1830 to 1830 was . upon the average , 840 , 000 per year , exclusive of emigration , as appeared by the census taken for tbatdute . The increase of the
first year would be about ' 310 , 700 ; that ef the tenth yrar 362 , 300 . Sir Sidney Norton stated to the House of Commons , that the cxponce to the Government of sending out emigrants to Canada was , £ 22 10 a . per he » il ; at that rate of exptnee , 362 , 300 persona expatriating , would cost the nation eight millions , one hnndred and fifty-one thousand , seven hundred and Sftypounds per annum , to prevent increase ! still leaving the alledged evil of redundancy unmitigated ! I It is therefore quite clear that it ia not possible t « accommodate the number of the people to the means of giving due employment to labour , by expatriations , or even to keep it stationary . The state of the nation and the poverty of the fxchfquor forbid it . If no other mode of relief can be adopted , the situation of the nation is hopeless In the extreme .
I suaptct that the advocates of foreign colonization are alone such from not having considered its futility , the ruinous expence of making the experiment , ( if it can be so designated , ) and other attendant disappointments , sorrows , and sufferings that emigrants have experienced ; or from pecuniary considerations for those who have obtained large grants of land abroad , and their agents , for the purpose of peopling the land and rendering it valuable . How fallacious 1 The All-wise and Beneficient Creator has provided an ample resource for the emp l oyment o / ttll in our own soil 1 !! There is in the United Queendom more than twenty millions of acres cf uncultivated land—by the culture of which more than ten millions of the suffering inhabitants might be rendered comfortable and contented !! ! But this ready ,
cheap , and efficient resource U . too old fashioned , too easily atlbinaW . e , too obvious io a common understanding . to attract the ] attention of' 'eminent" political economists ; though the state of the country , and consequent impending danger point to the soil as the cheapest , most available , and only efficient remedy for existing evils and the promotion of permanent peace and prosperity , as with the finger of OEauipotence ! In the year 1825 , when tuch general and severe distress pervaded the manufacturing districts , my mind was deeply impressed by the probability thenFapparent of greater and more extensive suffering in future being caused by lack of employment for the labouring classes , if a national remedy for the apparent mighty impending evil were not adopted by tho Government without delay . This turned my
attention to the consideration of the unhappy consequences of the absence of'such efficient remedy for the then apparent sad results 'which , to me , appeared inevitable jf efficient remedial measures should not be resorted to ; and my mind was almost entirely occupied during sovt-ral weeks , in an irquiry for the cheapest , most ready , and most efficient remedy . After being fully convinced tli : it home colonisation and a national allotment system were tbe cheapest , most efficient , and easy of adoption that man cculd resort to , several weeks of close examination and deep reflection were exercised by me in the attempt to discover the difficult and encouraging circumstances , the beneficial or evil tendencies of these measures , and I became so fully convinced of the num .. btrlfss bentflts that might bo rationally expected to result from them , in the improvement of the condition of the productive classes , the prevention of crime , and the
creation of general good feeling , peace , and contentment they appeared ao aiuch calculatad to diffuse tbrougb tbe community , and withal aofree from objections of any weight , that I felt confident no one possessing calm consideration , a benevolent mind , and real desire for national peace and welfaro , would attempt to oppose their adoption . During the succeeding six or seven years , my time was much devoted to the recommendation cf thene measures from time to time , to the most eminent leading members of both Houses of Parliament . I have gotten petitions presented to William lY . and the Hon . House of Commons , praying for their adoption ; bavo travelled and read lectures in several countiea upon home colonisation and the garden-allotment systems , frequently with apparent promise of success ; but in' a fev ? instances only with tbe -wished-for effect . And I also got a memorial presented to Earl Grey by Thos . Attwood , Esq ., of Birmingham .
Some persons may derido snch persevering endeavours of an humble individual void of influence I If auch had maturely considered the sigus of the times , and anticipated the sad results which were almost as obvious to my views sixteen years since as they now are from demonstration , mjr endeavours might have been more appreciated , and have induced others to take more interest ia checking the impending evils before they bad so fearfully accumulated t More afflicting results y « t impend , should not a sure prospect of relief be opened to the suffering millions 1 Hanger will break through strong walls I ; I thank God , a dawn of hope
gladdtna my heart . J . G . Marshall , Esq . is at the prrsent time engaged In preparing land for a considerable numbers ef gardenallotments ; that gentleman being couviiOid of the diffusive benefits o that measure : and this has imparted a hone that Mr . Marshalls benevolent example will be copied by every township in the borough of Leeds , and impart its benign influence to all adj'ining parishes . The plan may be said , with propriety , to be unattended with trouble or expence , as the btnetits it imparts to the recipients ha $ the effect of reducing pauperism and crime so materially , teat
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benefit is found in the mere labour saved in the collection of poor ' s rates , and in their application , in addition to the value of the contentment and good feeling invariably consequent upon the establishment of the plan . I venture to hope , that few parishes only are so void of sufficient judgment and humane feeling as to be backward in the attempt to form an association and raise a subscription to aid and encourage the allotment tenants at the outset of the plan , ( it being fraught generally with highly satisfactory ai'd beneficent results ); and to form a comditt » j « of management , to render aid t « such as' need it , to purchase seed potatoes , and encourage the tenants to eultivat 3 carefully for their own benefit . So much , Mr . Editor , on the plan of allotments of land generally . I will next give a tow h ^ n ta for practict .
A proper and convenient portion of land for each tenant would , in jny humble opinion be aa fellows , viz .: twenty perches , or half & rood , for . one without family ; thirty perches to one with two children ; forty perches , or one reod , to a tenant who has four children ; fifty perches , or one rood ani a quarter , to one with a larger family , having oae or more able to aid in the cultivation of the garden . A subscription equal to ten shillings per lot . to aid in the purchase of inauure , at the outset ( if necessary ) on loans , to be repaid when thu crop is reaped / allowing an abatement of one-third or half the amount of the sum lent , as a premium fir good management , as the case might recommend . After the first year , only a very small additional subscription would be necessary to sustain the fund for future aids ,
If the allotments 'wove numbered from one upwwds , and entered in a book with the name of the occupant , any gentleman who would be so kind as to take a vi ^ w of the allotments occasionally , to encourage the tenants . and offer a friendly admonition to any mho appear careless or negligent , would have a beneficial tendency , and might be A soured of pleasing satisfaction to oae exhibiting a kind solicitude fur the advantage and comfort of the allotment tenants . Turning up the land early , ia order that it may get the benefit of laying opeu during two or three of the winter or spring months , to mellow and render ita being prepared for cropping with ease and advantage . The first year the whole of a lot is generally cropped with potatoes ; after which only one half the lot each alternate year , tbe other half
feeing planted or sown with other useful vegetables , of which few are more fruitful , wholesome , and nutritious than parsnips , as they stand the winter , and ore considered in their prime when they begin to shoot leaves in spring . When the whole of the gardenia cropped with potatoes , a garden bean is often put in between two potatoe sets to the number of five or six beans , at one end of the rows , and at the other end a cabbage plant between the rows ; this affords a little variety and prevents the potatoes being taken for uso sooner than they otherwise might bo when small . The frequent turning up the ground in thu winter and spring months , which both lightens the soil and tends to keep down weeds , is very . bencfidial . This practice , with a fair proportion of manure , ensures good crops , if not sown or planted
too rank . Room and air arc essential . Nothing onects crops mure iujuriouBly tLau sowing too thick , or planting too closa When land cannot ; be obtained in time to dig and let lay open two or three of the winter and spring months , or if it should have the sward upon it , it may be planted without being digged . This mode is much practised in Ireland , when the land lies low , is in grass , or thought too moist for potatoes . In such cases the ground is marked out in beds of from three and a quarter feet to four and a quarter or five feet , according as the soil may be considered too moist or too thin to cover the Bets dropped upon the gruund without being digged , with a space of from one and a half to two and a half feet broad , from which to dig earth to cover tbe potatoe sets placed upon the bed promiscuously , about
nine inches asunder . If the land has the sward upon it a thin sod is taken from one-haif tne furrow , and turned with the grass downwards , upon the ed&e of each bed to the right and left of the furrow or trench , to prevent the earth which should be made fine as may be , from crumbling off the bed into the treceb , from which only as much earth is taken as ; is necessary to give the potato seta a alight covering , when tke ehoota from the plants peep out , another slight covering withdrawn from the trench , over tho beds which is called the second spit : again , when these shoots appear thoough the second
covering , earth is digged from the second trench to cover the bed a third time , as before—which is termed the third or last spit A few cabbage plants , or beans are frequently put in the sod at one or both edges of the bed . This mode ef cultivating potatoes is quite common in Ireland , and from it large crops are obtained . The sward is pretty well destroyed by the potatoes growing over it , by the timo of digging in the letter end of October . lam , Tery respectfully , sir , Your humble servant , Wm . Atkinson .
November 19 th , 1842 . N . B . —If the grass be not quite Bhort at the time of planting potatoes on the sward , the beds should be close mowed by the scjthe , and the grass left on the beds as manure .
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MR . BAIRSTOW AND THE EXECUTIVE BiLaNCE BHEET . TO TUE EDITOR OF TUE NORTHERN STAR , AND THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Mr . Editor and Brethren , —I should have replied in last week's Slur to the " respectful suggestion" of the auditors of the Executive Balance Sheet , but other business filled my head and hands . I deem it perfectly legitimate in any member of the National body , of which I and iny four coadjutors form the Executive , to a « k for explanation oa matters of expenditure ; and , when couched in respectful laueuage ,- to lay under obligation additionally strong the public servant so requested . But when , . on the other hand , these requests are put forth in an attitude of bullying , defiance-Jeraandicg , insisting , &c , presuming a profligacy that exists nowhere but in the querist ' s brain , and associated with insolent dogmatism , I treat them with silent contempt
I now proceed to an explanation of the respective items connected with myself . I deem , of course , that employed in the West ef England , where the defection of the " Sturgites" from our movement left a wide gap in the agitation , none will object to a- weekly receipt of £ 1 10 s . for wages . 1 . The first journey , after my election on the Executive , was from BriEtol via Gloucester and Birmingham , to Manchester , to our first sitting , and was performed on Sunday evening and Monday morning ; the sum stated was expended in bare coach hire and Railway fares .
S . The enormous additional amount , charged for travelling from Manchester to Bristol may have vey reasonably excited surprise ; the sura charged being £ 2 ' 15 s . . ' 6 ( 1 . The reason was , the receipt of a letter from my father-in-law , from LouRhborough , containing the painful intelligence that my beloved partner was in such a state , that if no speedy Alteration took place , a few hours would see her exit from this world , and which immediatel / caused me to take the earliest train on the Leeds and Manchester Railway , to the Normanton Junction , thence by the North Midland to Derby , and up to Loughborough by the Jlidanrt Countiea expedition and economy heir g my objects . Afterwards I travelled from LouRbbwo ' vta . Bugn ' y , Birmingham , and Gloucester , to Bristol . I trust this will be a satisfactory explanation of the difference between the eums charged for going and returning .
3 , The next item of £ 2 2 s . was expended in travelling , as before , from Bristol to Manchestev , by the same route as before . 4 . Under August 27 , Aug . 30 , and Sept 3 , are the respective aums , £ 2 , £ 2 , and £ 1 6 s . put down for " agitating expenees , " and " travelling . " The £ 4 was charged for travelling to Manchester through the P ^ ak to Derby—thence to Leicester , back from Leicester to Loughboro ' , from Lougbboro' to Nottingham , back thence to Long Buckby , and after being ensconced
for better than a week from Government-sharks , thence to Bristol by Birmingham , Cheltenham , and Gloucester . This item , large as it is , was certainly enhanced by the necessity for privacy in travelling . The " agitating expences , " Sep . 3 d . were paid me as one-half of my incidental exponcea for the previous two months , the localities in which I laboured having always paid me the other half . In incidentals I include fees to coachmen , porters , servants , postage and paper cf letters on business relative te the agitation , Ac . ¦ : - ¦ - . ' •' .... . -.. ¦ " •' . ' ¦ . ¦ ¦
The next sum , under Sept . lltb , of 18 s . 6 d ., charged as " agitating expenses , " was paid me for two journeys I performed between Bristol and Cheltenham , and was in tbe strictest conformity with the plan-of organization , fiom one-half of it being expended in meeting an old , wily antagonist of Chartism , Mr . Richard Carlile , who was attempting to show that our organization and machinery of agitation would ne ^ er enable us to obtain the Charter . . The next sum put down , " Bairstow ditto , " meaning travelling to London , ia indefinite , as it does not specify from what point I started . I travelled by the Great Western Railway from Bristol . It cost me , naked fare , the sum of £ lls . ; I charged only £ I . The last sum , under Sept . 30 , " Bairstow ' s travelling ,
£ 1 6 s . " was from London to Sheffield , my transit between the extreme points of the journey being described in a period of four weeks . The whole of my receipts have , I believe , been conformable to the plan of organisation , in clauses 17 and 18 , specifying the remuner ation cf officers , and compensation . Several items appear exorbitantly heavy to poor hand-loom weavers , who earn perhaps 3 s . per week—have but little travelling , and that chiefly on foot ; but I have maintained the most fastidious accuracy in both beeping correct accounts of whatever I have received , and as rigid an economy as was compatible with the performance of duty , and the repeated calls of the people , in its outlay and expenditure . If my services or remuneration , as your accredited and elected servant , be unsatisfactory give me legal notice , and I will quit
' *> To you , the members of the body who called me into my present capacity , I am amenable , and to you only beneath no other earthly God will I worship ; nor will I prostrate myself before any other shrine than that which is resplendent with the lusireof our loniuioa
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" ¦ M aw \ immortal principles . In their advocacy I have , given upwards of 8 < 5 O lectures ,-speeches , and addresses ; travt'iit't upwards of 5 000 miles ; and literally worn out a splendid constitution of body to a mere shade of what it was ; . and am ready , at any hour , sooner than recant to lose my life ' on their bahalf . '¦ Mr . Editor ; ' on behalf of the poor exiled Doctor , it surely will not be too much to a » fc a cessation of attacks similar to those which appeared in the editorial column of the Star , laat week , in charity to his own , and hia brofcen-Krarted . wife ' s feelings . Exhaust your thunder on us , who oro yet at large . Yours , faithfully , J . R . H . Bairst . w , Hull , November 22 , 1842 . '
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aIonstrous Gmjtton . —Mr . T . J—— , of thia town , for a bet of 'iOi ., undertook to eat 600 oyster ? , and drink two bot'laa of porter . He succeeded ia eating 585 oysters , and drank tho porter ; but lost his _ wager by being unable to finish the remaining fifteen . TUis extraordinary and disgusting exhibition tookplacoin a pubiic shop , and , incredible a 3 it may , appear ,- ' w . e have been a-sured of its tru ' . h by several of tht > persons who were present at the time . —Tuarn Herald . Attempted Murdeb in Cambkidoe . —At the Town-hall , Cambridge , on Monday , Charles Triplowa green-grocer , Hying in that borough , v ? as charged with having attempted to murder his wife by curtinjj her throat in the market-place , on Saturday .. Charles
Wilderspen deposed 1 hat on Saturday , between six and seven in the evening , he was in the market , when he saw th « prisoner und his wife , standing ag . « iii 3 t thuir stall . The prisoner went up to his wife , nr . d pushed at her two or three times , as if angry , and they appeared to have been quarrelling . A womaa culled out to witness , " He ' s cut her tKro ^ t . " H © hast ? ned to the prisoner ' s wife , aud saw her bleeding from the neck . The prisoner turned off , a 3 if to rua away , when witness collared him . Someone then said to tho prisoner , " You have been cutting your wife ' s throat ; " he replied , " Yes , I'll cut her
heart out before I ' ve done witft her . The woman was conveyed tothe hospital . One of the surgeons to the hospital deposed that the wound was three inches . in length and one inch in depth ; the external jaiigler vein had been cut through . On . liiB way to the station bouse , the prisoner said he infant to kill his wile , and if she was dead he should be happy ; ho '' ntended , after killing her , to kill hiras ? lf . The knife was produced wick which the wound had been inflicted ; it was a very large clasp knife with a sharp point . As the woman was dangerously ill , and not able to give any evidence against net husband , he was remanded i ' or a few days .
' -An . i-. xM at Assassi-nation . This town was thrown into a state of gnat consternation ' between eight and nine o'clock , on Thursday night , by a report that the Rev . Edmd . Mortlock , B . D ., Fellow of Christ ' s College , had been fired at by his nephe > . v » Frederick Cheethara Mortlocfe . Mr . Mortlqck . U appears , was sitting in ono of his rooms , in the Fellow ' s wing of the College , about half-past eight , in company with Mr . Thomas Mitchell , when hia nephew opened the door , and , making some observation ? , said , he would Bhoot them both , at the same time presenting a pistol . Mr . Mitchell made bis escape ; and the missile from the pi-tol , which has not been discovered , grazed the clothes of Mr . Mortlock , providentially without injuring the
reverend gentleman . The assassin , in the mean time , mudo his escape , lashing two huntiug whips together , and dropping a hirhtof three storiea into the Fellows' garden ; having first bolted the door , which was in vain attempted to be forced while he was making his escape . The unhappy young man has been held to bail , and imprisoned ia default for threatening his uncles—Edmund , the object of the above diabolical attack , and Thomas , the head of the eminent banking establishment , for some grievance , real or supposed , retetire to his father ' s -will ,. to which they are executors . — Cambridge Independent Press . —The examination of tho prisoner took place on Friday , when the prisoner was committed to take his trial at the assizes for felony . ' . ' . -
Destruction of a laege Steamer by Fire . — The following has been received a& Lloyd ' s : — " Nevf Orleans , October 12 . —Tue ship Hero , Captain Ensor , master , which arrived here yesterday from Havannah , reports that , on Thursday last , at about one o ' clock in the . morning , ihey were surprised at observing the reflection of an extensive e&Bflagration in the horizon . They immediately made all sail in the direction from whence it proceeded , when , after going ten or twelve mile ? , they discovered it to bo a vessel on fire . Upon coming up to her , at about seven o'clock , she proved to be a very large ship ,
unquestionably a steamer . The fire by that hour had almost consumed the deck , the masts had fallen overboard , and she was rapidly burning to the water ' s edge . They cruised round the wreck for an hour or two , till she went down , which took place almost instantaneously . Upon first coming up , no person appeared on board , nor was any boat about . Thcy » however , saw a barque bearing away to the westward , which , it was supposed , must have received the crew and passengers . From the mark of aa anchor , " which was hanging at the cathead , mid the appearance of several sparB which were overboard , they judged the unfortunate steamer to be English .
Atmospheric Changes . —Although changes in the temperature are more prevalent in the tempeiate zone than in other latitudes , there , is scarcely a spoi to be found where such great differences exist as ia Great Britain , varying in » few hours some twesiy digrec 3 or more . The c-ffect of such rapid changes oii the bodily health is very afflicting to many thousands of persona , especially those in the Middle arid more advanced ages in life , causing attacks of those puiufnl disorders ,- - 'Sciatica . Gout , and Rheumatism . Happily , those who was afflicttd with those painful di . seases , ohemfeal ecieace has produced that excellent medicine , Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills .
Fatal Shipwreck off Flamborougu-head . —Oa -Wednesday the brig Integrity , of fc ' uadcrland , came in collision with another vessel ( name unknown ) , by which the latter was sunk , and all hands unhappily drowned . The following letter , written by Captain Thomas Ramsay , master of the Iutegrity , states fully the particulars : — " I deem it my duty to make public the following unfortuuate circumstance , which occurred this . morning ( Wednesday , the 16 th ) at half past one o'clock , a . m ., to tho brig Integrity , when on hor ' passage , 'timber-laden , from Poole to Sunderland . Whilst reaching to the northward , oa the starboard-tack , with the wind at E . N . E . and rain , FlamboroH ^ h Head bearing W . N . W ., distant about twelve iniles . ' a vessel standing to the
southward on tbe larboard ta « k ( which afterwards proved to be a laden- schooner , of about the burden Of from six te seven keels , though I have no knowledge of her name ) , was seen by the man on the look forehead on board my vessel , at only twice or thrice our length off , coming upon our labroard bow , when he shouted 'Vessel a-htad 1 ' and I sheuted out to the man at our helm , ' Port the helm , hard a-port ! but before I could call to the vessel herself ( on board of which there was a dead silence , as if the crew were asleep ) , she ran into our larboard-bow . I immediately called to them to get their boat out and come on board , thinking that of the two our ship might have the best chance of keeping afloat . This they did not do
but answered , ' You won't leave us . ' I replied , ' Depend upon it 1 will not . ' After having laid our yards aback , and got the vessels clear , I wore our ship round and reached towards theschonner , for the purpose of endeavouring to render her assistance ; but from . the wind blowing so hard , we ran a good piece leoward of her , when I saw fcer turn upon her side and heard the crew cry for help as she was ia the ac ; of einking . At this time owing to the heavy sea , 'we were unable to lower our boat , neither wouid have there been time for us to have saved the lives from the ptople having all gone down with the ship . * The Intfgrity . got into Hartlepool the same alter ' uoon , with her bow stove , anchor-stock broken , and other damage .. ¦ ¦¦ ' .. " . -. - . ' - . ¦
Gin Drinkijig Extraoroinart . —A most determined ac . t of felony and drunkenness occurred at OuncUe , in this countyj during the past week , and wliich has nearly coat one of the depredators his life , but should he survive , it is imagined he will never relish the smell of gin again as long as he exists . The following are the particulars : —Foarwe : ! known characters residing in the above town , named John Nightingale , John Wortley , James Coles , and Samuel Allen , contrived to enter the yard of Messrs . Smith and Tibbitts , brewers , in Oundle , and to steal therefrom a two gallon bottle filled with gin , which was placed on a waggon to be conveyed with otker articles to Thurnley early on Friday morning , the 11 th instant . The bottle was then secreted in a heap of used hops , ia Mr . Smith ' s close adjoining , where it remained till the evening of the same day ., when a fifth person named Fox was intrusted with the secret , and despatched to convey it to a hovel near the union workhouse : There the five assembled and in the
absence of a corkscrew the top of the bottle was knocked off , and a half-pint pot substituted for a glass . Here they sat and regaled thimselves till they finished the two gallons . Wortley was in snch a beastly state of intoxication that he could not ba conveyed home , and lest he should lead to their detection , although some of the others could scarcely walk , they left him in V ditch contiguous tothe hovel , / lere he was discovered by Mr . Ambridge , the superintendent of police for tbe pnndle division , and with the assistance of Darker and another of ths force be was wheeled to the Bridewell in a barrow * At lirsi it was not certain whether he was h ' Ti ' ng Ot
dead , andon medical aid being procured , Mr . it atBon , the surgeon , applied the stomach-pump , and ' at least three pints of neat gin were ejected . Th # rther prisoners were apprehended the same nignl ; and the following morning ( Saturday ) , inclndiug * Fox , wh £ _ was taken into custody also as accessary . . AfUjrw JJ ^\ apprebension of Nightingale he conf ^ sM Jm * JSk 3 ^ Z <^ . . whole of the circumbtances connected viwm ^ & \ - * « j ^ bery . The prisoners , with the exception of ^ Wtttley . St . . - ¦ '< y » ^ were all brought up to the Town-hall oftjffi ^ & ^^ T & 3 m last for examination before the magistra 1 e@ ^ WB : J- <; $ t >'"; p 3 Q potty scpsious , but in consequence of the 4 ebgSB « fc , |^ ' / J £ S SS "" ' he caie ™ remwidM -f- »^ , || % § N is ^ x
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TO T 11 E ZDITOa OF THS JiORTHERS ETAB , Sin . —If you can insert the following letter and rules inycur next publication , - you will confer a favour on the coniiiiittse , and oblige Yours in the cause , ' KOBERT LOWERT .
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TO TUE EDITOR OF TUE EVENING STAR . Sir , — "Breathing the free air during the past week , and erj lying the pleasure of addressing iny Shaksperians twice yeater . lay , have had en cxhilirating aud restorative effect upon me . And how shall I employ the first hours of r-scOYered health T I vowed solemnly to William Ellis , in the dungeon beneath Stafford Courthouse , that s t > long aj G ) d gave me life and energy , I would not cease to proclaim his ¦ wrongs in the hearing of my countrymen , that I wonid , on every possible opportunity reiterate the circumstances of his unjuBt and horrible condemnation , —and that , if I had to vralk to LonJon for the purpose , I would . b ; fore a second imprisonment , see Mr . Dnncombe personally , and lay my exiled friend ' s case before that honoured patriot , as nearly as possible , in ths very words in which he himself would have conveyed it to Mr . D . ' s ears , —in order that that unshrinking advocate o ! the oppressed might plead fur bi « -Tecal in the H ' . use ef Commons .
J had never tern EHit in my life until I saw him through the grated bars of the chapel in Stafford . Lot that be marted by all who doubt about tht- justice of the indictments against each and all of us during the late trials . E ' . ! is , Capper , Richards , and myself were iri one indidmeiU , '' for conspiracy I" Aye , conspiracy : although I had never seen Ellis , nor £ Uis me , until , as 1 have just intimated , we were pointed out to each other , across the chapel of tbe gaol , in the month of October last , the " conspiracies , " riota , he , having occurred , be it remembered , in the middle of the preceding August Ellis ' 8 appearance surprised me . He stands full six fett in height His face is decidedly intelltctusl ; and the L . teat fire of his eyu tells jou&t once that he is a being capable of no common energy .
We coul * not exchange a word until we met in what is called by the pocr degraded beings who most commonly compose the tenantry of a prison , —the" glory-hole !"—a low , dingy , dirty dungeon beneath the Court-house at Stafford—lighted by a filthy , gloomy , lamp , and so unhealthily offensive to the senses , that a turnkey was seat in several times , during the fortnight ' s comwiesfon , with a pail half-full of vinegar , into which he plunged o piece of red-hot Iron , in order to create an exhalation that might counteract i :. fection . From forty to fifty prisoners were in this dungeou , some having received their sentences and othera waiting to be called up into the Court , on the evening , —the only evening— that "we were together . After the first shake of the hand , we did not « uit each other for one moment till the
turnmons was borne in by a turnkey , that Ellis , in company with eleven others who hsiA nuu . iv « a * antnncu . must be hand-cuffed to the gang-chain , in order to be conveyed , in the winriowless omnibus , back to the jaiL These three hours of converse 1 shall not forget , to my last moment . I found myself in contact with a mind imbued with much metaphysical as well as political knowledge—a judgment gifted with acute penetration , both of humin character , and of the correctness or falsity of trains of reasoning ; and , above M , a memory stored wiih a rich , —n 3 y , a brilliant assortment of facts . In spite of his situation ( n t more th ; in an bonr having elapsed since the judge ha ;! pionouucet ! the awful vordi . '' twenty-one years beyond the seas , ' ia hia distracted ears )—he entered on a turvey of the movement , of the wen who composed it , of the prospects of Sir Robert Peel ' s ministry , of the people ' s prt-r .-aralion
for their enfranchisement , of the growth of Socialism , ( for he is a disciple of the venerable Rubert Owea . i and of the certitude that ths grand community , the real milltnium will be one day established , and men of every clime become one equal brotherhood . I esteem it remarkable , when I find a working-man " who can tell me of a book on an important subject that I have not baard of . Ellis can do this . He described to me " E' . z ' . er ' s Paradise in the Reach of all Men ;" and , from his description of it , 1 shall feel restless until I see it Evtry subject that was touched upon he could handle in a way that I was not prepared for . There was a refinement about him , too , that was strikingly unlike the manners of the sincere , but unpolished n , en of the Potteries . Above all , his calm but intense earnestness on every subject that was worth an interest , won upon and delighted me .
Cin I fail to regard the banishment of $ zich a man as a deep loss to my country—ass , veritable robbery of it ? Can I still : indignation at the pampered tyranny which fostt-TS titled villany and coronetted imbecility , while an Englishman , bo intelligent and so true-hearted as ¦\ Villi : im Eiiis , is condemned to chains and a foreign strand , —leaving a deeply devoted wife and her innocent babts to weep their perpttual bereavement ? I remember that your space is brief , and therefore defer the c-ntinuar . ee of this melancholy theme till tomorrow . Btsides , my Sbaksptri&nB are calling out tint it is time for the leciure , after having lustiiy Bung— " 'Twas Feargus O'Connor was diligent then . Wb'ii rally around him again and again . "
—So ho ! we are converts to some new faith , are we , at Leicester?— Ha ha ! Yours , truly , Thomas Cooper . Lticester , Monday , Kov . 21 .
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THE NORTHERN STAR . 7
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 26, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct458/page/7/
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