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THE LANCASTER TRIALS.
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THE JSORTHEHN STAR. SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1813.
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n THE EDITOB OP THE XOBTH . BRS STAB . B . is SrR , —Having s ;« n in the XorOiera Star of yest ^ r-fay 3 paragraph announcing a lecture to be deii-Ter u in the Chartist n ^ ws-room , Windybink , Colne , at twi o ' clocfc en Sunday next , May 2 S ± , and the Cof- ! t ) nor bciiig s-war 3 "who the person i * . nor -srh » re h « t - ^ ea from , have determined sot to receive as lecture-- any one whe has not correyponded -with the as = c —Ion DreTioas to the annoaBcement , And foriber , aaV rcturtrs -wiEbing to viJt Coins are respectfully in f ^ - _^ d tha t they -will be required to correspond -wi th Ee . the gat-Secretary to the Association ; and if stn :-. 73 , « " 2 * be required to produse their credentials : nor « " -TiK b < attended to . D-s- Sir , by inserting the above , you will much obli- -- - -- Council cf the Association . Tours , in the bonds of nnion , Hesbt Higso >" , sab-SscTcLary , Barter's Yard , St . JohnVstreet , Colce . C---i , May 21 , 1 S 43 .
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T- THE EDITOR OF TEE NOHTHEXS STABS' :-. —Hsre the go- ^ dness jsst to allow us to state , thri . he medium of the Star , for the satisfaet :-j : < of the C - -. rdv-n Graen CL .. ti-sis , toai the earn of 8 s . 9 * .-, i = thrt- - -psr- ^ paynitiiU , was received by us towani 3 ti 6 I » i-:. sLr Fu ^ d , and -which sum vriU cot fail duly to app = i -when the Bit of subscriptions is published . This i--t - * iil appear in a fortnight , at tie farthest , froc tie present ilata . Richakd MjkSSDr >' Sub-Steictary . Pr--. os , M » 22 aJJ lSi 3 .
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TO l : s grace the duke of tvellixgtox-T& ~ - . Lobd , —Mat it Please Tors Gjucs , — Hav :: u read your reply to a question pnt by the Earl of K > a in the Houee of Lords , in reference to the gitaiv 3 of a Bepeal of the legislative Union , and feeling h- Ktell satisfaction at tha instant response which your 'j : ice * s unfriendly remarks dre'w from the lorers of lit- -y , I is ^ t be permitted , through the medki ^ i cf the X-. r ' &em Star , to convey ' . o jenr Gnc- nay humble opini-.. i of year Grace ' s annoxxnecmect ; ax : d firm cynvicfion .: " its r ^ efiisacy to suppress the voice of justice lrhicii ¦ . * pealing its thnr . d « ixsg echoes on the guilty ; on-8 eiet ; . ' -if a slav-e-creiting GoTfernnsti : ' ..
I b _ perfectly aware that jvtu Grz : e i 3 a Duke , axd eorj . _ . ei-tly removed in ' -he scale if wclt-ty to a greet dists ¦ ¦ - - from your Gr ^ ct ' s corrtsr-o d £ i : t ; tu * . ev ; n < . u Ihis : nt I do not er . vy your tit " : 3 er the means by whi ;! : 7- ? u r-cqa-rsd iu But r . s I Kar ' . ht image of your God _ : mj broTP , and lay cjaim for -irth to the land "wMc-i 3 U seem to forget "was once your home , I letl that I _ m not only justified , but that it is my cuty to do ths , ; ttJe I can in the cause which , next to life , a genuir-. Irishman va 2 a = a most dearly . It ¦> pot the firsi time tha * Ireland suffered though the treachery of her children , and witnessed iheiiCt of her ungrateful sons s-elling not only themseiTCz on : her , jot a " Mess cf Pottage" ; nor mu ^" . your j : zce be asgry if history hand you down to posi- Ti . y as an advocate for injus-ic « and a Tolantary exec-i' -. ^ er of its edicts .
Y ' - ' - .-r Grace mast c « rta n ! 7 be aware of the fait iiar Irdard h-: ~ ct was co ^ quc-od by force Gf arms , and .:--: even ths Union ^ a ? cot fairly obtained , and consequently the GoTernment-hav 3 no jast claim to reviln that -which was £ 5 illegally afq'aircd , as it is fra- ialccUy po-ressed . A- > a Christian your Grace shocIJ be aware of the command "To gixe tr-jv oneL- own , " and the prectpt , '" To rio ypto ethers ssy- _ - -ffoald pien should do ucto yo-i . " Mother Caiir-. ' d . ns all this into jour Grace ' s ear ? , and ynur Gra :-: . ^ ast snbicit to her " . \^ aibcma '' unlcs- jou abid .- ¦ y kei injoDctioiis . Bnt what signifies the old lady "; remonstrance—the poJirical conscience predomitir .-. 5 over the religions , and the thunders of scripiuiz . i :-nancistion are drowned in the anticipated roar -.: " artillery , iThich , nrdpr tho au ? pices of jour Grac . threatens to Eweep on ; 'S exir-tecce the people of a 1 . rsecnted country , a :: d bio ; cut her name trom aoo ; -x the nations of rhe eanh . the
Vcr-. Iy , voht Grace innsJ h ^ v ^ forgotten tactic ; of the i ^ eneral in having thas 7-reEaturely exposed yonr plan of action , and by lor ^ euing that prudecce is thi better part of valour . As a military man , joet Grace has acted wrong in bhewing youriweak-Jiess to the enemy ; and , as a pomician , I would , withc-at m £ » 3 ii : g any off ' -r . ce . ? ay it is a very coisy bs ; CJ-advised exhibition of factious spirit , and is xaoTt remarkable for froth than wisdom . Yo-. r Grace pay have witnessed the performance of a firce , eotitltd Bombastcs FnriObO , " and if = 0 , per > 3 i ! s retne « iber how the hero of the sc-cne h ^ ngs cp hi ; boors and vanntiiigly proclaims" Whoever does those boots displace Shall mstJ Baabasies face to face "
And then struts off the stage with " the little drum-Eer ; : his heels beating s march on a piece of shcep-Ekin \ y way of acGompanimpnt to his rccvcmci-t . Thir , i grant , is rather a comical likeness of a General :. a Duke , - ^ ho has been ihe cenqutror of JfaP ' .- ' . eoD , and the instrument in the hands of a despot to cruih the rising er-irit of contineiital liberty ; but if your Grace wiii or- "; y view youi-Eelf = £ the clear mirror of imperi-hab ' e jubilee and nnsD . ' Jid truth you will soon perce : rc tie resemblanes to he perfect—Whoever wil ] not hold his p- ^ Ece Shall meet old BoJiB-ast face to face .
Buv uow mark , my Lord Duke ! When tbo voice of p ^ r ic opinion sh all h 3 Te concentrat ed ihi moral enerj ? : i-5 of the millions vrhom you would annihilate , the bomba ? t c threats of the entire host of modern Furious will be hushed ; and when retreat will be necessary , there will be more drummers than one to beat up the hearts of your dispirited companions 10 some 5 uca enlivening tune as the * ' Rogue ' s march , ' ' © r perhaps the more appropriate strain of " There ymi go with yopr * ye out . " This , mj Lord Dake , * nll most positively be the end of all your projects , and I will now be so plain a 3 to tell yon why I venture to prophesy voor discomfiture .
As your Grace 13 doubtkas conversant with the history of the Irish people , I will refer you to its pages for proof whether tyranny in any shape , either polfcie&l , religious , or military ever succeeded in its attempts to stifle the cry for justice , or c ^ uld bind the .-1-mt of liberty which soared above misfortune , and trew mi ^ bty e ven amid ibe din of persecution ; and which at this moment , like a harbinger of peace , spreads her iE ^ is over her devoted children . Your Grace may seek in vain for an example through the black catalogue of one hundred years of bitu-r sufferings , nor will you find ty & reference to the more modern portion of that period , nor even ¦ while jour Grace has figured as a persecutor of his brethren , a proof that violest threats or measures have been of any avail , or could either terrify into EEbm . ssion or compel that people to acknowledse the power which crushed them to be aaght save tyrannical and
uDjost-1 our Grace's opposition to the Catholic Emancipation Bill is stiil remembered , and all classes of honesT men can see in yonr attempts npon the liberties ol the Irish , the certain baeis of your own and partj s abandonment of your position , and unqualified accession to the demands of an injured and too Ion * insulted people . The opposition and violent oecliinations of faction against the measure of emancipation , melted away lie vapour before the morning sun , and . even the great General whose titles are wrttun in the blood of liberty ' s heroes , and who = e heart is & 3 callous as the iron-bolts which paved bis fray to a Dakedom , was constrained to jield to the force of pnblic opinion , and acknowledge himself defeated by the moral might of an invincible people .
Yonr Grace will also remember ths Irish people hare learned by sad experience , the fact that the Government have invariably , as in the present case , Irrt goaded them to breaches of the peace , and then inflected premeditated vengeance on the heads of the aggressor . History bears ample testimony 10 the truth of this assertion , nor can your Grace escape the impntation of wantonly throwing down the gauntiet as a stimulus ibr Irishmen to pick it up . But , thank God , that day is gene by ; the people hare on a former occasion drivei : ycur Grace from what you considered a tenable position , and by no other means iave moral force , ard Lave little now to dread from faction , whs * tver shape it may assREe , provided they are rue -: o ( yea other and the cause which b " -r d- _ th-m . Th- Iii : h fa ^ ve gTorsc more wise and i-iiapti . au-, to be afraid of youi
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. ' Grace ' s physical display , and treat with merited I contempt the efforts of your Grace's satelites , to prompt them to deeds which would piling © themselves and country into the horrors of a civil war , and only suit the purposes of the parties who are base enough to propagate it . How could your Grace , as an Irishman , listen to the vile and diabolical announcement of the Earl of Roden—** That the people of Ulster were still sound and loyal , and ready to do in 1843 what they had so effectually done in 1798 , " when you must know that his Lordship meant that they were ready " to wade knee-deep ia Papist blood , " to support a cruel system of Government—to uphold a church ascendancy , arid to perpetuate , as a national
f trievauce , " tho glorious , . pious , and immortal memory" of their darling William , the father of the Orange faction , whose -war-cry is , "War to the Papists , and blood to the knife , " and whose motto is the two greatest evils of the Empire , " Church and State , and no surrender" ! The Rodens , the Jocblyn :, the Lansdownes , the Dowsshires , and even the sapient Bioughams , echo back the cry of extermination , and death , or gagging is to be lavished on all who dare to rai ~ o their voice against injustice or breathe a praytr for the success of poor , unhappy , persecuted acd degraded Ireland . But mark the warning ' The venom of their malice will recoil on their owe £ "Lhy heads ; and those who ia power would bury their assassin daggers in the bosoms of
the'r prostrate vistims will in the day of retribution , " call upoa the mountains to cover them" from the wrath of an avenging people . Your hostile preparations are unnecessary ; there will not be any more such scenes as 1793 presented . We will have no wholesale murder—no " walking gallows , " or patriots suspended by the neck on Bloody Bridge , with the barbarous inscription of " Dnrham Mustard" attached to their persons as a proof of the sanguinary dispositions of a regiment bearing the unenviablo name of the " Durham Militia . " We will have eo more burnings , rapes , and brutalities , nor confiscations of property to enrich the despoilers . ^ o , no , my Lord Dake , the " schoolmaster has been abroad , " and tvja the children of the humblest
peasant are hourly acquiring a knowledge of the evils of the past and the remedies for the future ; and I would say to your Grace , you ought , if no other circumstance induce you , if the dictates of common sense do not teach you , or shame for being an enemy to your country ' s freedom , msio a merit of necessity , as formerly , and grant , with beccminff grace , that jast concession which will not , ca > m > t be refused when asked for , as the Irish will ask for it , and as the peeple of England and Scotland will ask for it at the same time . Your Grace must aot be deceived . The people of the empire sympathise with their Irish brethren , and forgetting minor differences will , to crush the common enemy , aid them in the hour of need , and complete the triumph of principle
teat right shau achieve a victory over might , and bury for ever beneath the weight of its own corruptions the evils of misrule and class dominion . If your Giac-3 will place the two great questions of Emancipation and Reform in juxta-positiou with the Union , there will be little doub ; of the result of your Grace's itfiecr . o . is regarding the Repeal agitation . Let me , therefore , while it is yet time , intrcat your Grace to consider that your efforts to suppress the spirit of liberty in Ireland , and through her to rivet the chains of English slavery , are as fruitless and unavailing as for your single arm to catch the moon and hurl it at their heads , and your hostile dispositions as unnecessary as Ikh . ixd ' s claim to libebtt is j ust . I am , my Lord , Your Grace ' s obedient servant , And one of your persecuted but unconquerable countrymen , Veritas .
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REPEAL OF THE UNION . Bt reference to our present Number , the reader may Icara ihc position of th 9 respective belligerents , and will , doub . kis , without any suggestion of our's , drafr his own conclusions as to the probable issue of the struggle . It is our duty , however , as journalists , zoi only to register our own opinion , but to collate for our readers ail those matters and facts xrhicb sre iiksJy to operate upon the minds of
the respective parties . Since we last wrote upon this subject , then , we have had an opportunity of witnessing the amount of respect with which tho English Miais ' Lr ' j declaration of war was received in iae Irish camp . W e have also the answer given by the Miui ttrs of Peace to the Minister at War . We have furthermore the declaration and registered vows of the subalterns of tb » moral army of Irishmen in answer to the anticipations of the local blood-suckers . ' We are united , " says the Lord Bishop of Ardagh — " we are resolved , " savs the pastor of Mallow
— " we are determined , re ? pond the Irish people . Our next and greatest consideration then is , how , and in what manner , this atru ^ le is to proceed aud terminate . Heretofore the public mind was led to believe , and we were amongst those who gave credence to the assertion , that the question of Repeal was one which may be used according to the caprice of ilr . O'Co ^ ell himself ; and , so long as that nodon prevailed , the discussion and consideration of ihi question was likely to be confined within very narrow limits , and , when dangerous , to be crushed without exciting any considerable amount of sympathy for the sufferer ? . It would seem
however—and with pleasure we perform this act of justice—that Mr . O'Con . xell , supposing taat all Irish redress was centred in the restoration of a Parliament , lent a willing assistance towards the completion of those measures which , in their workings , he- was aware would be deiusive and unpopular . The ^ nd being great and glorious—being , in fact , the restoration of his country , and the destruction of the power of that band of surpliced ruiaan 3 by whom her ruin was ensured , justify the means—an apology which Churchmen use for the success of the worst of undertakings when accomplished by the mo 3 t diabolical means , and which we are justified in using when the end ia glorious , and the means justifiable .
We learn , however , from the Freeman's Journal , that the question is now a national question—one which may be made in Mr . O'Connell's hands the " Aaron ' s rod , " swallowing up all others ; but which can no longer be made the instrument of extracting boons for the few as a means of satisfying the many . We are aware that the recent declaration of Mr . O'Gox . nell as to the means siill at the disposal of Government for the suppression of the agitation has caused much doubt and mis-giving ; and wo shall scarcely bo suspected of too much confidence in Daniel : but , weighing the
matter as a whole , we do not feel ourselves justified in coming to the conclusion , that the clauses of that speech to which exception has been taken , offered fair ground for impeachment of his sincerity . Mr . O'Cos . vell describes the multiplicity of circumtiances , each of which in it * individual character , swells the nation ' s voice , and becomes a whole in the national demand . " One section of Repealers , " says he , " may be taken from the agitation by such concessions , and another portion by the concession of something else ; and thus , by redressing grievanoes , I may be thereby reduced from a giant's strength to a dwarfish weakness . " In none
of these eoneesfionj , however , which , u granted to the full , do we recognise one single boon for the people . They would bv but sopB to sections which , when satisfied , would again retar * to the ranks of domestic faction , and whose alliance must be preserved at an expence too great even for a itronff Government . The natural inference , therefore , which we draw from this recent declaration of Mr . O'CoA-. i-tLL when cou »] ed with the more rtcent avowal of th ? Catholic Hijrachy of Ireland made through one of the most influential of their body—; he avowal of the Rev . Mr . Colli . vs . together ¦ with tr . e at ' e . ?! a :: on of the Freeman ' s Journal , is that M ' . O'Cu > -: > --ll u > ed r . as a means of dvl : nc-a ; i :, £ to ' ¦' ..-: lri-h t : i .. u . ' . ¦ .. ;• rcultipiicuv of wronj ; - nu . IeJ wl . ich the uar . ou sufiVrc' and tho imD . ^ - ' . hiiitv oi
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the English Legislature conceding any such measures of relief as would be satisfactory to the several sections he described , and at the same time palatable to tho " imperium in itnperio , " the intolerant rampant State Church faction . His meaning , as wo take it , may bo rendered thus : —You see the multiplicity of our wrongs , can you redress them , and ensure us a » aiast their recurrence 1 ~ or are you willing to
place us in a situation in which we may do so ? or are you prepared to set the hazard upon a single cast by attacking us in our fastnesses , by forcing us into a physioal resistance , and thus once more raise the bloody standard , which can only be struck by the accomplishment of our country's freedom , and which you have yet the opportunity to avoid by a timely concession to that national demand , which not all the powers at your disposal can loDg successfully resist i "
One of the greatest difficulties that the Repeal party will have to ¦ contend against in England , is the ignorance of the English press upon the general question . It will be difficult without the assistance of that power to convey the fact to the minds of tho English middle classscs , that a &reat portion of their burdens are occasioned by thi 3 expensive Union . It may take some time to convince the English working classes that in consequence of this very Union , the Irish emigrants bani 6 hed from their own country , are not only competitors in the EDglish labour market—that
they are recipients of between twenty millions and thirty millions a year—but that they constitute a large reserve foi the EugH 6 h masters to fall back upon . k * O 1 " says one sapient writer , " capital will uevcr flow into that country to long as agitation ia permitted . " " 0 ! '" Bays another , and wo confess with more plausibility , " what , repeal the only bond of strength you have , when ycur greatest curse i 3 domestic diecord ! " In answer to the first observation , we reply that the Uuion has so paralysed industry and abstracted capital ; that the domestic tyrants have bo abandoned their trust , leaving their
duties to bo performed by land-sharks and lawsharks ; that penury , want of tenure , want of law , want of security—and not agnation—forbids the capitalist to venture upon speculation . Talk of danger , indeed , whtu we find that tho heat of the torrid , and cold of the frigid zone—that dread of racing civil war—the distance of couutry and tho disadvantages of clime are no barriers to the English speculator . Moreover , has Ireland ue . ver been tranquil 1 and have her peaceful invitations never been accepted by the English capitalist 1 Has any Government , the mo . it paternal and fostering , tried these means of preserving peace and upholding dominion , the paltry exercise of which is looked upon as a palliative and last
resource , instead of being relied upon aa a means for preserving power t The only capital which can be successfully expended in Ireland is the capital of Irish labour expended upon Irish resources ; but this ever has been and ever will be rendered insecure and abortive so long as Government p&trouago and Church preferment remain moro lucrative than landed property let at rack rent , and abused for the purpose of forging votes , by which Government Patronage may bo upheld , and which cau only be destroyed by restoring to Ireland that protection which will consist in an honest emulation to be tho firtt in moral example , domestic culture , and national improvement .
As to the second objection , and which appeared in an article in last Sunday's Dispatch , and which wo are willing to admit , is tho won powerful that has as yet appeared in opposition to tho Irish claimswe answer thus—the domestic disunion by which Ireland is afflicted , is a consiquencoof that Legislative bond by which the wealthy classes of both countries , and especially the united Churches , are bound—that the object of the English Minister , and of the English oligarchy has ever been to uphold imperial unity by domestic disunion , whereas the overpowering weight
of popular opinion brought immediately to bear upon the acts of a domestic Logislaturo , would have the instantaneous effect of paralizing the arm of faction and of creating a strong bond of union as the only means by which this power could be preserved and profitably used . Wo are aware that all tho objects likely to bo achieved by a Repeal lot the Union are not calculated to wed a plundering aristocracy to tho measure , any more than . tho Reform Bill , which threatened destruction to tho Tory party , was calculated to win tho affection of that body . So it ever h'ia been , and so it ever
will be . A great organic change or adminis' trative improvement , be the anticipated results ] ever so beneficial , will have their supporters and ' ¦ their opponents—those who support expecting some advantage—thoso who oppose expecting some ; disadvantage . j Upon the Repeal of the Union , however , we put , a very different construction , because we defy any man of common sense to point out ono single grievance which it would be likely to destroy , and which should continue—while furthermore we contend , that by that measure alone , that ia by tho
Repeal of the Union , can the connexion between ] the two countries by possibility continue to exist , I while under its influence all tha grosser prejudices of I a domineering faction would bo placed in abeyance , and give way to the exercise of calm r < flection and honest conviction . However the struggle may terminate , reason and justice point oat our course , and the cour ? e of the people . Whether the invaders tender the olive branch , and thereby save all the horrors of a civil war , or whether tho natives , assailed in their peaceful camp , are compelled to return the charge , our cry shall be " Union and victory—peace and courage . "
We say to the Irish , forget not the all-absorbing interests that are at stake . Remember that you are Irishmen !—that Ireland is your country , given to you by your God , with his command that you " honour your father and youv mother , that your ! days may be long in the land which he has given you . " We say to Englishmen , there i 9 a onen ? 35 , an j identity of interests between us , the Chartists of England , and the serfs of Ireland ; and we should be guilty of an abandonment of duty , of gross
inconsistency , were we not to aid them in their struggle for free-om . Prejudice ha 3 kept thousands of our Irish brethren aloof from us ; but let us not practice a conduct towards them which we pronounced nnjust when evinced towards us . O'Cokn-ell is now at the head of the brave Repealers ; he has unquestionably taken a bold stand , and we must not be idle because of hia past history ; but we ought , and must , strive to remove every stumbling-block that may impede the onward progress of the chariot cf Democracy .
n e know that many stiil suspect the sincerity of O'Coxxell ; and we shall not at present touch upon the ground whereon such suspicion ia founded . We are willing to think better of him , and to believe that he is in earnest ; that ho does , at all events , mean the thing now ; we put ( he best constructions upon every man ' s acts and explanations of which they are susceptible , and we see ho reason why Mr . OTo / wtLL should form an exception to the rule . But , even if there were the best grounds for distrusting Dan , we entreat all lovers of the cause to bear in mind the fact that
THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND ARE DETERMINED ; they are not joking about it ; they are seriously bent upon repeal : they have O'Conwell at their head with his own consent ; ws are in doty bound TO ASSIST THEM IN THE GOOD FIGHT J AND IRELAND AND ENGLAND COMBINED WILL MAKE DANIEL KEEP HIS POST . Keep him at the head , aud he cannot retreat , save iir . o the arms ef a people who , at all times , know how to repay a trator . We imploro , therefore , of all Chartists to suspend their iUij .-. 'cioi .-i . and give O ' c ' o . nmlll and Inland what thvy a . \* -r-a « h enti ' . lon to—th-i former a fair triil , and : . ' . ) : > . ' . \ -: r Su- - . iv ? . - ' ¦ ¦'< In ) hflp ? . nd co-ojxiation .
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THE "DOGBERRIES "; COMPLETE SUFFRAGE ; AND NATIONAL EDUCATION . In our Parliamentary notices , our readers will find a report of Mr . Dukcombe's motion for enquiry into the conduct of the gang of insolent Whig Squires and Parsons who defile the " Justice Hall " of Cheshire , and their myrmidon Burgess , of Knutsford hell-hole ; of Mr , Sharman Ckawford ' s motion for a Bill for the better representation of the people , and of Mr , Roebuck ' s motion on tho subject of National Education . Tneso are all important subjects , and we had written an article on each , but find that tho length at which we give tho Irish
Repeal movements leaves us no space for their insertion . Our readers will peruse the speeches on the respective motions of Mr . Duncombe and Mr . Cbawford with great iuterest : the former especially will furnish to them yet one more proof , in addition to the countless list already chronicled , of the very spirit and embody ment of middle class sympathy , and Whig preference for democracy ; yet another proof that tho Chartoi musi be had—tho people must have power to appoint their own magistrates , and to control as well as make the laws for their own government—before they can find a ghost of a shadow of justice . The insolence of those Cheshire Whig Dogberries is really unique .
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THE STAFFORD VICTIMS . We give the following letters just as we received thotn . We dare not trust ourselves to write a word of comment—not a word 1—We only say , readread ! " Stafford Gaol , Wednesday , " Alayirth , 1813 . "Dear Hill , —They are murdering me ! Skilly , potatoes—rotten onoa , too !—and blue bread , wu are to live on i I am sure I was nearly mad yesterday , aud could not forbear shouting ' mutUer . ' "No books—no writing . ' My poar wife , I fear , is dead , for they will not tull me a syllable ! For God ' a saku . alarm—alarm !
" This is a stolen letter . They will not let me petition . ' " Your ' a aff . ctionately , " liiOMAS Cooper . "
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J . Shkbratid . —Ht . i notice is so expressed that it is impossible for us to sny whether he intends the meeting to lie on Wednesday or Friday next . JuNius . — fits' * plan" is received , and will probably appear . Caroline Mama Wiluams — We admire our fair friend's object in the communication she hax sent us , and the honest zeal with which she seeks it ; but we fear that the mind of the Chartist public is not disposed to appreciate it . The Demonstration Defaulters . —Mr . Ruffey Ridley writes in reply to Messrs . Calor and Ford , insisting that they , and not ( he parties to whom they may have sold tickets , are responsible for the val , e of the tickets . lie sends also a
balancesheet , from which it seems that Mr . Ford is indebted to the amount of 1 Is . 6 c / . Me really must have no more of this unpleasant personality . A Constant Reader and ( . ' iurtist , Edinburgh , should have given us his name . Mb . John Pepper writes to sap , that on the 30 th of April , while preaching in the open air , at Hiden Ht'l , he was subjected to gross annoyance and insult from a pohcevian , who encouraged some blurkf / uard fellows to disturb the congregation , by talking and jabbering , saying that they had as much right to talk as he hud . Ultimately they were obliged to give up I lie meeting . Another meeting was held subsequently in the yard of a good man , named Morris , who , himself standing
at the gate , kept out the police and ihe \ r myrmidons , aw so enabled the Clmrtixts to hold their meeting peaceably . Morris was afterwards severely bullied and threatened by some puppy who called himself " Mr . Cook , the magistrate . " The Chartists of Tiverton have bad printed very handsomely , in green ami red letters , Mr . O' / Iiffgins ' s collection of "legal and other opinions on Chartism , " fr > m the Star of April 2 ' 2 rtd . They suggest a like course to all Chartist bodies . Bristol Chartists . — We have not room for their address . They will see that we have announced their purposed delegate mrcthti / .
James Hikst , Hevwood . —Mr . Cleave s fats are always inserted as they reach us . Thomas Stahkry of Stoke upon -Trent , vishes us to slate his claims on the Chartist public for assistance . He was arrested in September last ; bail was refused fo- him ; he was tried in October last and acquitted ; his defence cost him £ 50 out of his own pocket ; and he is , besides this , minus 35 s . as Chartist Treasurer . Thomas Smith , Liveupool . —His letter is received . If he will oblige us with his address ^ he shall hear Jrom us privately . Charles Thorp .- 1 ) irmi \ gham — We really cannot answer the question which he has propounded to us : we have no data on which to rely .
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A Subscriber , Ashton-under-Lyne , has in the Subscription Lists * 'til the information that kvj can give bin ) . All bus been noticed that has conio to tbia effice .
FOR THE NATIONAL DEFENCE FUND . £ a . d . From the Chartists , Morley © i 6 „ an old Ka . iical . Lteds ... ... ... 0 0 6 „ S . Tudgey , Monkton Deveril 0 3 0 „ the Chartists of M « re 0 2 6 „ Thotasis Gvrret , Kingston Deveril ... 0 0 4 „ a few Constant Headers , Middleton , neat Manchester 0 5 0 „ four Ch . ' irtists at Sheerness , lO-nt , ... 0 9 4 „ the Whole-Hog Chartiats , West End , Leeds ... 0 0 10 „ William Johnson , Leeds ... ... 020 „ a friend , Leeds ... ... 0 0 9 .. Calico Printers , Belfk-ld Hall , near Bochdsle , per Mr . Hill o 15 10 „ two friends at Bury , per Mr . Hill ... 0 2 6 _ Bolten—profit on twelve hymn books
bought ut Mr . Hill ' s lecture on Monday evening 0 16 „ Rochdale—profit on thirty-six hymn book 8 bought at Mr , Hill ' s lecture on Tuesday evening 0 4 6
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Lord Ashlet . —This benevolent and philanthropic nobleman has been kind enough to transmit the sum of ono pound ( through Mr . Mark Crab tree ) to Richard Pilling , of Ashtcn-under-Lyne . The gift was entirely voluntary on the part of his Lordship , no solicitation having been matie to him whatever . Tho letter bearing the post tffico order states that Lord Ashley was exceedingly well pleased with tho speech which was delivered by Mr . Pilling at Lancaster . Murder—As a man nanvd Mahony , from the neighbourhood of L . stry , was returning J ' rora the revtal meeting a ; , Kiiioi ' ^ fin , on Sund ay nigh ; , la . t , ho . vrj- ; waylaid and r . j . i . tu ; . . It is taid that ho himsolf had been Sv . von or ci ' . V . ; < ; . , ¦ ., a <; o impiicaud in ihe dtath of ai ; ot' > -jr iktsi ' . ; ; -n . d it , i « * upposvd ihiit-the fri > liv . ls ( if t ';' ii (> ' . ¦ !? u w ^ aked thmr vt-n-: ^ c : iiic . on him . k . ; - . iiJt-y i ' i ... ; :. , ; u a ! mm uiu' in ¦ ' eli- pcwti . ' ' : k < n : ! ;<•*• .- > j . ve >;<>•¦ a , s y tfbeui Cil .: COY ; ireJ . — Kit ry /'¦ ;•' .
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FURTHER BALANCE SHEET OF THE VICTIM FUND COMMITTEE IN LONDON UP TO WEDNESDAY , Mat 24 th . RECEIPTS . £ B d Mr . B&teman ' s book ... ... 0 5 2 K Mr . Shaw ' s do ... 1 10 0 Mr . Dunnage do ... 0 3 4 Mr . James do 0 2 6 Mr . Charles do . of Bow 0 9 8 Mr . Skidmore do 0 2 0 Delegate meeting , City 0 5 0 Paddiagton locality 0 4 0 Golden Lion locality , per Mr . Cuffjy ... 0 1 6 Mr . Marden 0 0 6 A Working Man , Windsor ... ) .. 0 C 0 Mr . Rowland , Cogeeshall -street ........ 0 1 0
£ 3 10 8 j EXPENDITURE . Paid to Mr . Cooper ... 0 15 0 Paid to Mr . Richards 0 15 0 Paid to Mr . Harney 0 7 0 Paid to Mr . M'Cartney 0 7 0 Paid to George White 0 19 0 Overpaid ia last account .. 006 Exptncea ... ... 0 0 2 £ 3 3 8 In hand 0 7 U . £ 3 10 8 i Friends . —Desirous of assisting this committee in giving some kind of permanent support to George White and others of our persecuted countrymen in London , are requested to meet the committee and add to its numbers on Wednesday evening next , at eight o ' clock , at Mr . Hawkins , Crown and Anchor , Farringdon-street . By order , R . Ridley , Secretary .
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TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR JAMES GRAHAM . Sir , —As the subject of the factory question cornea on for discussion in the HouBe of Commons this week , and as facts are very valuable , and particularly on such an agitated subject , on which there are so many different opinions , you will perhaps excuse Bie taking the liberty of addressing you on this very important subject , and pointing out to you that the present bill , now before the House , with its twelve hours' clause , actually means sixteen and a half or seventeen hours per day .
And now , sir , to the proof . On Friday morning last , I arose at four o ' clock , am ., for the purpose of ascertaining what number of factory workers passed a certain inleti into the town of Bradford , at a certain place , -within one and a half miles of the town . I took up my station at five o'clock , and the first person that passed me was a female , who was going to her work at six minutes past five o'clock , and then they passed me in rapid succession until ten minutes to six o ' clock ; the whole number of factory workers who passed me during the time was three hundred and forty-six , end out of that number three hundred arid seventeen were females .
Now , Sir James , a great number of these people had to come , before they reached me , a distance of two miles , and some of them more , so that they would not have been in their beds , that morning , later than halfpast four o ' clock ; they then have to work until haifpast 3 oven o ' clock at night ; so that it would be impassible for them to reach home until nine o ' clock at night , leaving seven and a half hours for sleep , recreation , education , religion , and for learning other domestic duties at home , so as to make them useful members of society .
Now , Sir James , to make this case doubly sure , I have this day enquired of one of the females who past me on the morning alluded to , and she informed me that she got up at half-past four o ' clock in the morning , and reached home again at nine o ' clock at night ; tbu 8 leaving seven and a half hours out of the twenty-four . So that , instead of the present bill before the house being a Twelve Hours' Bill , to those parties it is a sixteen and a half or seventeen hours' Bill . And , pray remember , Sir James , that out of those 346 , no less a number than 317 were females , who have tb . 3 t cTiBtsnce to travel through the stormy blasts of -winter , sometimes wet to the skin , and then commence working with their clothes drying on their backs : and this is only one inlet into the town of Bradford—there are abou' twelve altogether .
What then , Sir James , is to be done ? Are there to be no feelings Of humanity shown to the female portion of society ; f Are we still to be worse in England than the black ; slaves , or is there to be some amelioration in the long hours of the factory working population ? Sir James , do consider before the twelve hours clanse pusses ; and follow the example of the pobkvmint ' ied Ashley , in endeavouring to shorten the hours of the factory workers , by getting inserted in the bill a ten instead of a twelve hours clause ; and I am sure the blessing of God will follow your humane aud charitable act .
tsir , I have been engaged this last week in canvassing this subject among the master manufacturers of this town , and a great number have signed a petition for a Ten Hours' Bill , considering how it was once opposed by them ; but numbers declate they will never sign a petition again on any sufject whatever ; they say a deaf ear is turned to all petitions , and therefore it ie of no use whatever . And when one individual master manufacturer was asked to sign the petition , he said , " Yes , I will ; but them d—d thieves in London ( alluding to Parliament ; will never pass it until there is a sword taken to them . "
Sir James , what a horrible stata of things is this to be in , and all because attention has not been paid to the petitions of the people , and this , too , from the middle class , ( and tha working classes are the same . ) They say let Parliament make laws as oppressive and tyrannical as they please , there will soon be an end to all law makers , for we might as well petition the rock of Gibraltar as the House of Commons . Now , Sir James , what is to be done ? Is a deaf ear atili to be turned to the cries of those that' cannot help themselves ( the factory workersi ? Are the petitions of tuna of thousands that have b . ? en presented on this important subject still to be of no avail ? . If so then I have no hope for the country . During the last election I laboured hard to place you and your colleagues in effice ; but if this is to be the order of the day , then varkwell conservatism !
I am an elector of the borough cf Bradford and for the West Riding of the County of York . I have wrought in the factory cause these last six or seveu years , —I aiu not , therefore , ignorant of the workings of the factory system . I feave superintended a Sunday School belonging to the Church of England a number of years ; and , during that time , have visited many of the death-beds of ray Sunday scholars , who , when I first knew them , were an blooming in health as the fl j-wers in May ; but I can testify that the long hours of factory labour brought on consumption , and soon laid them on a bed of sffliction , which ended iu death . Do then , Sir James , as you have the power » intercede for tha poor factory workfcrs , by getting inserted in the Factory Bill now before the House , ten . instead of twelve hours' clause ; and that Qo 4 may prosper yout woik is the hearty prayer of
Your obedient servant , Sqpire Aim Manchester Road , Bradford , May 22 , 1843 .
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Manchester—On Wednesday evening . Mr . James L- ach delivered a lecture in tho Brovvn-strert room , snVj ct , " No Monopoly and Free Trado . " Several ;> er ? ons a < -ked questions of the loc ' urer which ho answuied to tho entire satisfaction of tho au-ienpe . After which a vote of thanks wjl- given to ih «> ' irvarcr , and a v « . r 7 handsome collie * ion made icr t ! ie Victim Fun > i , v . ' . itJi the people separated . j VIiddl : to . n . — Ti'o f'Y . &rtists of tlij place held their u .-r . al wc-. kly meeting iu tho Ar .-: oriition Kvoro , Mi !' i-s : r > . ft , on Mo ^ ay evening ' : is \ Awu-Uio ! 'i ; . ;• • . ; ' :,.. A- ^ ociStlOH \\\ u £ •* & „ tisr . . : j ,: i , EL'VtTui ik . iv u . ^ iwo . j ivoieen ro lJe'i .
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BiaittlKGHAM . —A meeting of the G 5 Council was held at Aehton-street , on Sundav v " Thornton in tho chair . The minutes of the pteV meeting having been read and confirmed a lilt " wa 3 read from Mr . George White , whe ^ i it i ? Tesolved that the friends of that gentleman « Lt be called together on Wednesday eveninguext form a committee for the purpose of collecuiwali scriptions , so that he may be enabled to keep him il during his incarceration . Mr . John Mason addresS a large and enthusiastic meeting of the working » of Birmingham , at Daddeston-row , on Sunday mo ing Ia 3 t , and another in the afternoon , on thesr ^ belonging to the People ' s Hall , which gave iSf satisfaction to the multitude assembled . ™ Birmingham Chartist Tailors . —A meeti ™ *> the Chartist tailors was held on Monday evening the large room of tho Royal Oak Inn ul ? Bireeit oi
ciiarjes- ., or me purpose neanngaiefit t Mr . John Mason , on " the dnty of Tradts' Uain making common cau 3 e with the millions of th ^ suffering fellow countrymen , to procure their a . -nlf share of representation in tho Legislature , ^ j ^ only means of guaranteeing for their labour ill skill an equitable remuneration . " Mr . John Bart * was called to the chair , and opened the meeting k briefly stating the business of the evtnino , J then called on Mr . Mason , who , in a clear aedsn rited address , proved to the satisfaction Of V audience the mtor impossibility of the wotW classes receiving any permanent benefit frQm * protection to Trades' Unions , until such time J the whole people have the control over the makis *
or the laws oy whicn tney are governed , and whit ? could not be until the People's Charter wastt « law of the land . The thanks of the mee-inj having been given to Mr . Mason for lus able address Messrs . Burton , Ncalo , Valoise , Wycombe aS Tnorp were elected as committee of management f ™ tho Association . DUBLIN . —Irish Univkrsal Sctfprage Association . —At the usual weekly meeting of this A * , sociation , held in the Great Rooms , North Ana . street , on Sunday last , speeches of tho most eon . ' ciliatory character were delivered by Messrs . O'Higgins , Dyott , &c , on the subject of IWji
and a determination evinced by all present tojji and assist their countrymen in the present sfn « J » for nationality , while as Chartists they firmly ^ lieved that even that change would bs inadequ ^ to the wants of ihe producing classes , and wq ^ continue to contend for the adoption of the Charter till that document became the law of the hil Mr . Hill's last article on the Repeal was read , &n 4 loudly applauded ; and an Eaghsh gentleman wlw was present , in handing in his subscription , declared that the unanimous feeling of his Chartist brethren was with the Irish ; they were willing to for » et and forgive all , and join in the general exertion for an extension of human rights .
NOTTINGHAM . —The Chartists met at the Democratic Chapel on Sunday jmorning , Mr . John Skerrett in the chair ; the following resolutions were unanimously passed : — " That a petition be presented to the House of Commou 3 relative to the treatment of Thomas Cooper , who is now confined in Stafford Giol . " "That a camp meeting he held on Nottingham Forest on Whit-Sunday , when Mi . Bairstow and several other speakers wiil addtea the meeting . " An able and soul-stirring address was delivered in the above chapel on Monday evtuing , by Miss Eliza Blatherwick , to a crowded audience ; after which a collection amounting to 6 s . 3 Ji was made in aid of the Sunday-school held in & above chapel established by Misses Abbott .
A Chartist Tea Party will take place in ilr , Bean ' s rooms , Parliament Row , Nottingham , ik proceeds to go to the Local Victim Fund . Tickets may be had of Mr . John Mitchell , at the Democrat Chapel ; Mr . Rogers , No . 11 , Narrow Marsh ; Swan ' s Coffee House , Drury Hill ; Rollett ' s Sua Coffee House , corner of Queen-street ; and of Ik Thomas Stanford , 27 , Olauam-strest , at mnopence each .
LONDON . —At a Public Meeting of the Chartists of Bioomsbury on Tuesday evening , at theii new room , 23 , Chapel-place , Mr . R . Clinch in the chair , atter the usual business was gone into , a resolution was carried , calling upon the Finsburj Conference Committee to meet at the above room , on Thursday next , at eight o ' clock , to come to a final settlement . Mr . Watts is particularly requested to attend .
Tower Hamlets . —A public meeting was held » t the Carpenters' Arms , Brick-lane , Mr , Ogdea ia the chair . It was unanimously agreed to hold J public meeting next Sunday evening , at eight o ' clock precisely , at the above place , to take into consideration the reorganization . The members are earnestly requested to attend . At a Meeting of tho Young Men ' s Locality oi the National Charter Association , on Sunday
evening last , Mr . Dyer in the chair , Mr . W . Spr ^ more moved , and Mr . Mallard seconded , "That a committee of five persons be appointed , with power to add to their number , for the purpose oi raising fund 3 for the support of Mr . Gr . White , during bis stay oi eight months in the Q leen ' s Bench . "—Carried . 16 wa 3 also agreed that 2-i . 6 d . be given to ihe Commute from tris funds of the association . Messrs Bateman , Sprigniore , Mallard , Dyer , and Humphries , were appointed .
The South London Locality met at the Rotunds , as asiial , on Monday Jast . Considerable business was transacted , and it having been intimated that Mr . O'Connor was not a member of the General Council , Mr . Knighton , after eulogizing the patriotic and noble conduct of our tried friend , moved Thaj Feargus O'Connor , E .-q . be nominated aseonnciilor , which was seconded by Mr . Morton , and unanimously carried ; after which , Mr . J . B . Smith delivered a talented and effective lecture on our present position . Dr . Lobski , Mr . Skelton , and Mr . Knighton subsequently addressed the meetin ? , wnictt did not terminate till nearly 12 o ' clock . It was announced that Mr . Stall wood would lecture on Monday next ; Dr . Lowski , on Monday week ; and ilr . Knighton on the following Monday . Three ne «
members were enrolled . Repeal of the U . MON . -Mr . O'Connor lectured on this subject , on Wednesday evoinng , at tne uij of London Political and Scientific Institution , to » crowded audience . We have recced a verj ' ^ report of his lecture , which we could not , under any circumstances , make room for in our present
number ; it shall appear in our next . SHEFFIELD . —Mr . Harney delivered an address in the Fig-tree Lane room , on Sunday ! a = t . Repeal . —The English masses are up and doing . The government has dared to threaten Ir , tlar . „ , , new coercive restraints , and while Irclana ma defiance in the teeth of her mortal foe , the tnRii ^ people cry forward" to the rescue . National aau pathies aad bigotted prejudices , the dl ^ "ce ™ . fathers in days gone by , are buried and W '"^ , the shout of fraternity raised in answer toi « w «« serable threats of Peel and Wellington . O » J *™ day evening last , the discussion on tfte wr „ of Ireland" was resumed . The Fig-tre * Lane Mg , «« n « - ~^ J ^ « 1 ™^ » + *\ cutirWat . inu- A . largo aiiiuy *
,, of the sons of the Emerald IMe were present . « vioua to the chair being taken , Mr . K ^ " / the leading articles from the Northern U "*}* ^ Nation of Saturday last ; the sentiments oi were loudly applauded . At eight o clocK , » Clayton was called to the chair , and ovoned w busintss in a neat speech , picturing - the wro " *' the Irish people , and the duty of ir ishmen »• ing them in their righteous struggle w government . Mr . Edwin Gill then moved , scconje by Mr . George Evinson , the follow ^ resolf ™ - "That this meeting views with sorrow w £ » diizna-ion the oppression to waicn the V ^' Ireland have been subjected for the pa * s * cnturies-an oppression which , in the nwn "" prespnt generation of Englishmen , tbia martin - pndiated a > . d condemns ; and , considennK " w - tlm bounden duty of every lover of liberty m the destruction of despotism , no matter in wn- m ^ trv nr unrii ' . r what , form it tnav exist , nereDj e » - \> -. oi
its sympathy with the long-suffering sous and solemnly protects against any coe 7 ' ^ , . u t&a forence , on tho part of the Government , » h- % just , necessary , and constitutional a # ta - " e , Repeal of the Legislative Uuion . "f- UWJi biynjes-ed that , before pndiiu the resolution ,, i desirable that eom « of th , ir Irish in ^ Ki * heard . Mr . M'Gowan , an ardent ^^^ U Repealer , aadreised tho meeting m eloqueu . ^ pathetic ifcnn .-i . Ho described the wron - ' . ; oa countrvmen , and invoked tho aid of all gouJ V - ^ to a ^ isi them . H « was heartily and derer cheered . Several others of oar RiP * ' tf followed , arter which , Mr . Julian Harney m ^ great length in support of the 'woluwoo . resolution wa « then put and carried by wf *™ fit Thrno soul-stirring cheers for Repeal aud t ^ the Charter closed the proceedings .
STOCKPOET .-Mr . E . P . Mead , ° f BjJ ^ JJ lectured to the Juvenile Chartists oa Tuesday ing , subject , Self-improvement . Ihe » ^ was a crowded one ; the old commodore « w » ^ attention to the illustrious mm who had rise" ^ the humb . e walks of life , and ur ^ ed ^ aawr ^ by their bright example , and inflexible Pj ancn . He related many pleasing and " « I" ! Hift tive anecdotes of Cobbett , Wm . Penn j , !*• * £ pU j » Sir Isaac Newton , Sir Cloudesley Shore ! u ^ Cook , Nelson , Dr . Carey , Bloomflsld , U m . ^ Fursus ^ on , Allen Ramsey , Hardy , " » " trueb ^ Thelwall , and others , and wound up wi . na t ;¦ ^ appeal to iho passions and feelings of »»•» . a auditors , which told well . Tn ^ meeting was good one as well as very spirited . ToDMoRDrs .-Mr . John West fo *" ; * *^*** c \\ r \ t > and ms ' . ructiva lecture to a vi . y > ls , and attciiiite audience , on Wednesday n- - ^ !!^¦
17 h , in tlu Odd Fellows Ha , » , ^; . ^ tv 17 h , hi tlu Oid Fellows nan , •« -. ;\ me el-,:. rlS f :.,. f : . n . He also addressed r . iii m . c > - H u . c . oa *; r ., h y last , at Siudley l ' *' - *^* »¦> i ; l 11 ; ,- 'o cm-., a !' ration the au \ that •;"'•'' \ , ; i ... oc « , „ « ,- ,- the w ' : ole of tho J . y , a : iJ u * tf' ~ " ¦ - •• • thereto , . va .. ysry numtro ^ ly aijji- ^ -
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TO THE EDITOR OF TB £ NORTHTJO STAB . Si .. —Oa Sloniaj J ^ ras jlras $ 6 u btfore the Ouc dle BcE .:. cf -wtnt Era called manistrilcs , to answer a chat . A £ e > iUoiv . GeoTge Waiter , a Don-electcr of Oni . - ; . coir-i lalESvl , gave fcforaiaucn , and swore on Tne . -7 , tbe 25 ib of April , th 3 t on Scrdsy the 23 d Apri . it the parish of Ciapihorn , 1 1 n 2 . de usa cf infl » -n - j laEjoEge , a ^ il iHiongi ' . fr ' -hsr expresMons , said ' ¦ 'ie Qifcca Vf&s a pos . r fciily girl , and not fit to gOVt > - .
11 - _ ra ycu ILat I did net use » be language here attrv - -- \ V > me . "WilU * s ^ ld en oa'h , on Monday , thut ; ; oH tha people \ hs . i it ? GoTtinmeEt vras net iepr--- _ i : cd , asd luwther felk . w svrore thut I said that the G Tifcmect stood do chance txcej . ! ence in seven year-. -..-Jess a fool ef a K ! cg or Queen happened to dia 5 a . e other fool was about to iwe ^ ir to something , bat ' - _» vTC 3 itc-u him thronih coxlj < rising that this was Doi .. fLiir trill , fce ( Mr . Knight ; having been in tht rocii- - - ---ile tie last -witness , a tailor , had been giving his f . ccce .
Tfcc .-called Magistrates who shoiiid be cousse . for met ^ zrTKlf , an undefeDufcd pnsirrr , decided that I -W £ ; , fiau sureties in £ 00 . uvstlf in £ 30 , and two other -reoss in £ 15 each , to ifcp ihe peace . Mr . B- a ± =, cur much esteemed friend , who "vrcs 77 year- . " ace en Tuesday , came forward with Mr . M . TTyii :: . Fpocunecusly , tsd thus I was liberated thr-. . i - tte kia ' nesa of these feectlciren , oe that ay , ih& ' .. i '_ stmt , afttr Ijiiig ote nisht in Oundle Bhdc-• w d-. it re prisoners sre c = ly allc-wtd 2 . hs . of white bre _ - . ^ d ccid water without me ^ -uie per day . I am , Sir , yours respectfully , "William Cooper . TT-: I-icn-is-the-Woods , S 0 : h May , isi 3 .
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The Seventh and last Number of this popular Trork is now published , and on Monday next j ¦ will be published a Number containing Notes upon the Tml , and a review of the causes v ; h : ch led ; o the outbreak of last vear . This > umb-r vfiil also contain a Portrait from a steel £ 21 graving of Baron Rolpe , which presents a most striking ] iktne = 3 of the " Just ^ Jad ^ -p , " to £ cther with an errata and General , Index . ; . i
The Jsorthehn Star. Saturday, May 27, 1813.
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SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED BY MR . CLEAVE . GENERAL DEFENCE AND VICTIM FUND . £ s . d . Previoualy acknowledged 491 15 1 J ^ A few Flax Dressers , Belfast ... ' ... 0 6 10 Ludworth , Derby .- 0 18 2 Mr . J . Russel ... 010 A Friend 0 10 Mr . Hennins ... 0 1 0 Mr . Caughlan's book , Stratford ... ... 0 5 9 Mr . Henna and Friends , Somera Town ... 0 8 6 Mrs . Du ^ ly ... 0 1 0 Mrs . Thwaites 0 10
Mrs . Pratt 0 10 Mr . Larkins and Friends 0 2 3 Mr . J . Hetherington 0 0 6 Daw Green , Dewsbury 0 5 0 Carlisle 10 0 Backup 0 10 0 Mountain , Yorkshire ... 0 9 0 Retford ¦ ... 0 8 0 Kirkfortharfew 3 .. 050 Cheapside , near Burnley 0 5 0 Welliii s buro' 0 10 0 Mansfield , Woodhouse , 4 th subscription 110 Shoulder of Mutton , Barkergate , Nottingham ; ... 1 5 0 Burnley 2 0 0 £ 502 11 113 FOR M ' DOUAL . £ s . d . Harmonic Meeting , Feathora , Warrenstreet , St . Pancras ... ... ... ' 10 0 Members of Democratic Association , Sheffield ... 1 17 6 Female Members of Ditto ... ... 0 7 6 £ 3 5 0
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"Dear Hill , —Thi 3 letter was conveyed to me by ' sleight of hand , ' with another one . The other letter ( iovelopcs more p « rticu : ars of bis ' being nearly mad . ' From what I beat and see iu the other letter , I tear that should he remain two years in ibis monstrous hell , eurroundel by tyrants such aa the present turnkeys are , that h « will be mad , stark mad , or dead , ero tbe time is expired ! " Saturday , Sunday , Monday , and Tuesday , he submitted to the gaol diet , at least , he atu just as much as kept life in him On Wednesday morning , 'the pride of his scut ar « se , ' and he determined to have food , or perish in the attempt !
" He first apoka to the officers . They refused to ask tho guverner . Hu then rushed past them , and made hia way to the governor ' s office , and demanded an interview . The governor took no notice of him , when be aeieaJ a bludgeon , and played on tbe door until he broke it . The Governor then camo eut , and , in a frightful manner , told him that be should have coffee , < fcc . ; but before anything was brought him , he was taken to chapel—being then as mad as ever any one was in this world . Tbe moment he saw the parson he darted across the chapel , caught hold of him , and demanded of htm , as n minister of Christ , that ho should see him righted ; and otherwise behaved himself so that the parson was nearly frightened to death ! Cooper was a *
last carried out of tbe chapel rgjina stark mad ! and was 6 ub 3 tquuntly placed in tha ' black hole ! ' from which they were noon forced to release him , as his cries and tLunges were so awful . Immediately two doctors visited him , and they were very kind to him , and recommended that be have milk , butter , a quarter of a pound of animal food daily , &c . ; wbife thu Governor went to Sir Jainus Graham to know what was to be dune . Tins ' Btrus ;«) e' baa nearly cost him his life ! He is now so ill that be cannot sit without an arm chair ; ami complains of violent pains in his bead and back . 1 supposj they mean to drive him mad and murder him ! I could write a gr » 'at deal moro , but I am unnerved at the thoughts of it- You may publish tho whole of this , if you like , aa coming from me . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 27, 1843, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct652/page/4/
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