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WATEINS'S LEGACY TO THE CHARTISTS . LECIUSE II . COXCL 0 DED . But the truth is , there are non 9 of us that do as we ^ pould be done by , lor , if so , should we Bee such gjp £ t 3 , would there be such scenes as appear—as are acted "without Intermission on this great stape of knaves and fools—in this threatre of the -world ? We need not ^ cend or descend into garrets , or cellars , or dog-holes , jkose enamel houses of the dying and the dead , -where plague , pestilence , and famine huddle their victims together ; we need not explore prisons , baetUes , ' or penitentaries ; hot need -we seek in factories or coal Ztfnes , we have only to -walk the open streets , 3 t midday , and at every step -we take -we shall tneet objscts ? o co-vinee us that we do not do unto others as-we would be done by . 1 -will pass along one of the
principal thoroughfares of this Hiighty metropolis—the ffi-Dital of England—the emporium of the -world—great in ^ realth , little in worth , magnificent in outward ap . Tjeaiancs , mean in real cb&racter—in a word—London !" I ^ ee two extremes ef wealth and poverty tbxt absolutely meet : they not only eo-exiBt , but they commingle ; and the wealth is more shameful , more disgnstteg , more abominable than the poverty ; for there is something very unjust , very revolting , very insulting in luxury when it exists—when it parades itself—when it triumphs in the very presence of the necessity which it contrasts with . If Eueh wealth allow of such poverty , the poverty should not allow of the -wealth . There is St . Paul ' s Cathedral—surrounded and almost smothered wiih shops and warehouses—an emblem of religion , be- fouleA and burtbened with the traffic of Mammon ; you
are shown the Monument ; and loos at the shipping in the Thames—the carriages in the streets—yes , and I point you to the miserable beings yon meet there . S&e a liuman creature , a few dirty rags scarcely hide ius shrivelled nakedness , Ms emaciated arms are folded across his skeleton £ erm to give it warmth , hw is bent with camps , he shivera with agues—the keen pangs of tuneer g \ are fiercely in his eyes—his appetite is reduced to that of a very dog—he seeks in the gutters for scraps of refuse—he is full of sores , an 4 shames—why is ihiB ? Answer it ye who have the making of the laws , who govern the country , who leave us not a will of our own—answer it , ye lords and bishops , who profess to reverence the very name of God—who tell us that msn was created in the likeness of God 1 Is thb the con-|
dition in which ycu would behold the image of Gsd ? You . say that God gave dominion to man over a ' : l ; things that all things were made for him , and given f to him- True , my lords and bishops , but such as you have robbed him of all , and we now frequently behold God ' s isaage pass along—a pale spectre of reproach to man—perishing with cold and hunger , and _ with no j place of rest , not even a pillow for his drooping , his j dying head , except the stony step of the door of seme i Taunted charitable institution "barred against him . ; That man is our brother , and is this doing to eurj brother as we would he sheuld be done to ? Is it doing ] as we would be done by ?—for we ought to put ourselves in his place—to identify ourselves with hin , to ; gyirnsathisa with him , to euccout him—for , as we would j
not wish to suffer this , we should resolve that neither j should one of like nature with ourselves be made to i suffer so . How miny do we meet doing penance for ; the crime of poverty , walking barefoot , and howling as 1 they hobble along , " God hslp me , I am starving . " Hun- j dreds -K . SS theai every misuts , hundreds full-fed , full- ; dre&ssd , and with their pockets full , but they i fceed not their suffering , perishing brethren . TJnsophis- ] ticaied strangers frcm the country will stop , will I enquire , will wonder , will be softened bj pity , win be fired , with indignation ; but the town passengers axe bent ; on " business ; on pleasure , on wastefulness , on wanton- ' Bess , and suffer * not their attention to be diverted for a moment to those who have no business , no pleasure ,: nothing to waste , who are in want of alL What a prize 1
a penny would be to them ; but no man gives them : anything . There is the T . xscar who has been brorzed : by the heat of a torrid sun—he finds eur climate cold , I bat our hearts are colder j a few tatters of his native oostume yet flap in the wind , and tells too plainly , " I shews too dearly , that fee has not been clothed since i he left his far , his foreign soil , and came a stranger to j a strange land- Do we do unto him as we would be done by , supposing that we were thns destitute in his conniry ? I sight go on addncing other instances of individual wretckedness in every variety of form— ' ¦ numbers of defenmed , crippled , mutilated objects whom we see in public , but who ought to be rowhere seen ¦ but in almshouses , hospitals , or asylums . But I will i mot weary your patience or render your compassion i
callous by 3 rdn recital of the wants and woes which j are caused by tyrants , who punish ns if we pity and" ! seek to relieve them . I will merely cite a few domestic I cases , which nature itself prompts us to relieve—such j as of mothers carrying their infants through the streets , ! and followed by their little ones with naked feet , driven from an empty home , and imploring with hopeles 3 \ eyes , a little foed to keep them alive . Is this the fate I we would wish for our fathers and mothers ? Fathers , ' who in spite of the Duke ' s dtdaraUon , that all may eat i who work , find that those -who do no "Work eat all— j for , unable to procure work , they have been obliged to ! to pawn their very tools for bread , and j
yet lack food—mothers who with aching hearts , ; after parting with erery comfort , ersry cod- ] Tenlence , every accommodation for the necessaries of life , after stripping themselves and their homes cf all ; the graces of life , of its very decencies , have been com- j peBwl to atiip tix > L » littlo rmoa , ! vnd m > H thei * tiny i articles of wearing apparel for food—then as a last J resource , have gone forth not with the pride of a i mother ' s joy , the pleasure of a mother's love , when she ' takes her chddren forth . to walk or play : but with the > degrading , the distressing , the despairing feelings of a XEesdicint who must exhibit her oi&pring as spectacles of painful pity to excite the compassion of those whose ; hearts have been hardened by avarice , who rejoice . at ; the wretchedness which is the foil and food of their
splendour . Alas ! such children are trained up not in , the way they should go ; but in a way which they ¦ would ft" * not go—in a way which they are forced to \ go . Ah , necessity is a vile thing , and makes villains of j ns alL Many mothers wish their daughters may die j and not grow up to become the victims of the suffering i life of sin that awaits them . Many fathers wish their j sons had not been born to be a burthen on them -which j they cannot support How many little sinless ones i Innocently wonder why they axe made t « Buffer so much i cold and hunger , and with the voice of first nature im-1 plore » beir parents to get them food from the abundance j which they see every where around them ? How many i parents commit suicide , or destroy their children , or ] sit in sullen impotency , unafiectsd by the cries of waat j
Which they cannot relieve ? How many groan in spirit ¦ under the grinding despotism of the present cursed i system—a system made by and for the benefit of the j rich , who do not feel any of these things , and therefore , -care for none of them ? It is very well for them , sitting j at ease in their possessions , and saying to themselves , < " Soul , thon bast mnch goods laid up for many years , eat , drink , and be meiry , "'—it is very well for them , i not pressed by poverty , not tempted by sin—for them to exclaim against the vice 3 of the poor ; but ltt the rich do as they would be done by , and the vices , the i ignorance , they so eloquently denounce , would cease , I would be known no more . Many honest men are I balancing the horrers of starvation on the one hand 1 with the degradation of dishonesty on the other , and '
in hopeless helplessness wish for seme swift disease to i come and carry them off . Many put themselves into the way of death ; many plunge into it from a life I that has robbed death of all its terrors , a life of pain and frantic woe . The verdict on such victim a is " self j murder I A lie—a cruel lie ; for it is the system that I murders them , and none but the supporters of such a ' system—the supported by it—would dare to pronounce ' such a sentence on the clay-cold corpse that sleeps j sound , that smiles for the first time ; a sentence that : should waken the sleeper , thai should mate the bloed f of the murdered flow afresh , that should recoil on i those who would torment the soul after killing the ! bocy . Ah , the grave ' . that is the true place of rest for those whom the wicked has made weary ; the grave is i
the only refuge fer the destitute . ' Now the knowledge of these things , the know- j ledge that so many instances of this kind have taken place , that so many are now taking . ; place , that so many will take place in future , ' the knowledge of all this ought to make our bloodboil ; ought to fire ns with virtuous indignation ; ought : to fili us with fury ; we should burn ; we should be all ' . a flame to redress these things , to stop them , to alter : the cursed system that cau 3 ts them . If we would not ; have such things happen to us , we should resolve that : they shall not happen to others ; we should resoive ; that they shall not be ; for while such things are , j while they axe sufered to continue , who shall say , ! which of us can tell that he will not be the next > . victim ? Save them , then , to save ourselves . \
I frequently see in the street of this proud city—and shame on it for showing such sights , old men and old women , worn to premature age by ill-requited toil , whose blood iB chilled by time , who ought to have some quiet nook , some comfortable fireside to rest their age , and shelter their infirmities in : yet they must "wanoer forth , and with voice that filters in unisen with their tottering steps , sing , or rather attempt to sing , —for in London it is ¦ no Bong , no rapper . ' * They must sing for alms , though alms ought to be given to prevent them being put to the pain of singing ; bnfc they dust sing or the ever-open hand will remain outstetehed in vain . How can they sing ? how unfeeling It is to expect them to mock their own miseries by Eierriment . Ii this the fate we wish for our grandsires and grandmothers ? But , alas ! the very commonness of these things , & commonness that makes them only more mournful , more shocking , makes them be unco ' neidered , unheeded .
And if these be the every-day sights , what are the fivery-night scenes ? when misery comes out of its iiding-place , and seeks relief by sin—when the fairest daughters of our isle , who have been Beared by the gaunt aspect of famine into the smiling embrace of voluptuousness—when ruined loveliness seeks a respite from thought in beastly intoxication or brutal lust—* ho feel every remaining spark of lost virtue a pain to them , and strive to extinguish it by unwomanising themselves , so to speak ; and yet these pcor , demoralised , brutalised , demonised creatures migkt have been the help of mothers , the comfort of lathers , the pride of brothers , the solace of husbands , the ornaments of domestic usefulness , but they fell into arms that ought to have been stretched to save and not to sink , and now their portion is guilty woe—the abomination of deso-
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lation . Surely , this is the last way of life that women -would walk in ; but what other way is left to thousands , except the path that leads to the grave t what escape is for them?—what means of return ? The penitentiaries open not to the voice of penitence , bnt to the voice of interest , and when open there are painful penances to be performed within ; no home and no house will take them back to virtue ; it is too late , and the poor victims are constrained to Bell themselves , body and soul , to disease and despair . These are our sisters , and is this toe way we would have our sisters done by ?
Parliament instituted to inquire into and to correct national evils , never inquired into these things , will not suffer them to be inquired into . Committees are appointed to inquire into the condition of felons in prison—of paupers in workhouses—of children in factories and mines , and all this is well werth inquiring into ; bnt no committee sits to inquire into the condition of the outcasts in the streets . Oh , what a tale each one could tell ; but a tale that our Government would not listen to , becaos 9 in it they would hear their own condemnation . But let us get the Charter , and all these evils will be inquired into and remedied—we must not expect it till then . Therefore I call on all who have fathers , who have mothers , who have brothers , who have sisters^—I call upon all whe are
] \ themselves fathers , mothers , brothers , « r sisters —upon all who are men , who have the common feelings of humanity—I call npon you for the sike of ctheia , for the Bake of yourselves—for the sake . of our I fellow-creatures , not only those who wear the human j form , but also for the sake of the poor dumb animals j that toil in torture , that are driven to death by hard I taskmasters for whom they work till they die , running j till they drop with bnrrten hearts ; I call on you for [ the sake of every living thing , for everything that has life , may me life under the present system ; for life , the j blessing of God , iB turned into a curse by man—I call j . on all , for the Bake ef all , to strive for the Charter , that these things may pass away , and a newer , a better order of things may come in their stead .
j I And now I conclude—conclude as I began with the I test—it is the first and the last , and if there had been I no other rule given in the Bible than this golden one , , it were enough ; it is a Bible in itself ; a precept most j worthy to be given by God to man , for if we followed it—if we strictly exemplified it , we should have all I happiness that our nature is capable of , we should be I what God intended us to be , we should all be happy | here and happy hereafttr , if only we did unto each | other as we would be done bj . J . W . Battersea .
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Emigration to America . —On Wednesday morning weekj the Ontario , one of the regular New York liners , left the north quay of the St . Katharine's Dock , vrith nearly 300 passengers onboard . The emigrants were principally persons from the country , who had been engaged in agricultural pursuits , and who , in the hope of bettering their condition in another and distant country , have left their father land .
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TO THE EDITOR OP THB NORTHERN STAR . Sla , —By giving insertion to the following corres pondence in answer to a memorial from the Brighton Chartists , praying for the release of Samuel Holberry from York Castle , you will oblige the friends of that persecuted victim of Whig despotism is Brighton . Tour ' s , truly , ¦ JT . MoaxiAG , Sab-Secretary . Brighton , May 22 nd , 1842 . " London , May 9 , 1842 . Sir , —I did net receive your letter of the 7 th iust until my arrival in town this evening , and I beg yon will assure the Association , that I will not lose a moment in forwarding their Memorial to the Secretary of State , on behalf of Samuel Holberry , and to urge Sir James Graham to comply with the prayer thereof .
I shall have the honour of advising you of the result as soon as I can obtain an official reply to my application . I am , sir , Your very obedient servant , Geo . R . Pechell . Mr . Ttobt . Colling , Brighton . " London , May 13 th , 1842 . " Sir , —Herewith I have the honour to forward a copy of the reply from the Secretary ef State to the memorial which I placed in his hands on behalf of Samuel Holberry , now a prisoner in York Castle , and I much regret to send you a communication of so unsatisfactory a nature . "I remain , Sir , 11 Your very faithful servant , " Geo . R . Pechell . " " Mr . R . Colling , Brighton . "
REPLY TO THE MEMORIAL . " Whitehall , 12 th May , 1842 . " SIR , —Secretary Sir Jame 3 Graham having carefully considered your application in behalf of Samuel Holberry , I am directed to express to you his regret that there is no sufficient ground to justify him , consistenly with his pnblic duty , in advising her Majesty to comply with the prayer thereof . " I am , Sir , " Your most obedient humble servant , "S . M . Phillipps . " Capt Pechell , R . N ., M . P . " At a meeting of the members of the National Charter Association , on Wednesday evening week , the foregoing having been read , a vote of thanks was unanimously passed to the Gallant Captain for his exertions in behalf of poor Holberry .
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AN ADDRESS ADOPTED BY THE DELEGATES ASSEMBLED AT DAKLIPTOTON , O ? T SUNDAY , MAY 22 , 1842 . Brother Chartists and Working Men , —We are now arrived at a crisis in the history of our country which will in after ages characterize us as a nation of tame , submitting slaves , or a society of men determined to exhaust every means within our power to shake off the yoke of slavery . We have now gained a position which depends on our own exertions to maintain . We have proved to the world the possibility of instituting a national organization of the working classes . We have done much ; we have rallied in thousands , nay mil Jons ; w « have already concentrated a power in itself irreaistable . But much as we have accomplished wa hftVA mnrrt tn flrhiAv **
Think not , working men , that the gigantic pyramid of wrongs which it has taken a thousand years to erect can be overwhelmed instantly . Through endeavours prolonged , through difficulties immense , through perils innumerable , you must work out your emancipation . This is no time to relax our exertions for liberty , when thousands of onr fellow creatures are dying for want ot the common comforts and necessaries of life . Wht re is the man styling himself a Christian , that has perused the debate on the National Petition in the House ef Commons on the 3 rd of May ; where we find statements made by Mr . Thomas Duncombe , M . P . for Finsbury , of
human beings eating a cow that had died by disease to satisfy tho cravings of nature ? Good God ! that statement alone ought to raise every patriot hand , and bring a burst of execration from every patriot tongue . Where is the Englishman that has recognized the insulta and libels that were put forth by Mr . Thomas Babingtou Macaulay , on the above mentioned debat « , that is not determined to shew to the world that we will not bear insults without shewing at least a spirit ot resentment by redoubiing our exertions to gain "Universal Suffrage , which that gentleman so much dreads ?
Fellow-men and fellow-slaves , do we not behold on the summit of our social system , or rather unsocial system , a gorgeous court and a grinding and grasping aristocracy fixing their deadly and merciless fangs on the sinews of industry , and coining the blood of labour Into gold for their own selfish pleasures and theirunscrupulous debaucheries ; and beneath them will we not see the great mercantile capitalists , whoBe enormous fortunes enable them to command the commerce of the world , vie in splendour and magnificence with those whose
bosoms glitter with the stars of nobility ? Descending a step further we will perceive the middle-class man , and amongst them many ef the learned professions shine conspicuously , fluttering about in all the extravagance of riches . Proceeding further we will observe a multitnde of petty speculators , all pressing forward on the track of avarice ; and at the bottom of this we will behold the great industrious community on whose labour all these diadems and stars , all the princely establishments , aad all this fashionable luxury , extravagance , waste , and money gathering deptnds .
But here reader pause ; tha scene is sadiy changed , for the millions who produce all , and consequently give value to all by their labour , wear tha threadbare robe of poverty . Destitution speaks too plainly in their aspects ; their homes are embittered by domestic cares and embarassmtnts ; the fond glow of love is chilled by the frozen breath of adversity , and the parent love ia appalled by the contemplation of the firura The benevolent spirit of nature is counteracted here , for the cheek of youth is made pale by labour , it being unprotected , and consequently not re-warded . The vigour of manhood is destroyed by excessive toil , and the white head of venerable old age is bowed down to the grave with poverty and neglect But does tne evil rsst here ? No , no ; poverty , like a desolating plague , is shedding its contaminating influence around ua , and multitudes of those who seem to flourish in the higher circles of society are becoming its victims .
Those would-be wise Corn Law Repealers wish to give us eheap bread ; at the same time , they are reducing our wages , depriving us of purchasing , no matter how cheap it may be . Working men , always bear in mind the cheapness of any article at all times consists in the means we have at our command to purchase ; therefore , we want Universal Suffrage first . And also recollect that , while the landlords rob us of 120 millions , the profit-mongers take from us 450 millions : thereto . © it is only a struggle between them both which party will take the whole ; and as long as thieves in common take all they can seize , it matters not to us ( the working classes ; who shares the booty , how they share it , or in what proportion .
Let it be our object to annihilate the gang , and destroy the system that perpetuates the robbery . We can only destroy the system by struggling for the power ; that power is the Charter . That obtained it would be the means of not only doing away with the high rents of landlords , but in a great measure put a check on the tyranny of the master manufacturers , h ' j throwing the mantle of the law around the working man , by making laws to protect his property , which is his labour , from the rapacious grasp of hv . man vampires .
Fellow-men and fellow-slaves , come forward In the majesty of yonr strength , and be determined ,, on youi part , to act like men and like Chartists , t-st as have
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a amnty lecturer , in conjunction with other parts of England : vrtienpoor North Lancashire , where there is some of the bravest but unfortunately the poores operatives in England , can afford to pay a lecturer , tteir wages not averaging' fear shillings a week , surely Durham Connty , and the Borders of Yorkshire united ; at least , can have one also . ; ; ¦ Brother Chartists , tne delegates assembled at Darlington , on Sunday , the 22 d May , have laid a plan down whereby the money can be raised , and have empowered Mr . Charles Connor * who acted as Secretary to correspond with the different places ; and the delegates hope that the Chartists in all the localities will immediately commence , if they approve of the plan , to set about collecting the money , as we came to the conclusion unanimously hot to employ a lecturer , nntil we had a month ' s pay in hand . - The following is the plan the delegates proposed : ^ - Sunderland
_ ^ to raise 5 a . a-week , Darlington 4 g . Stockton 4 s .. Richmond 3 s , Barnard Castle 334 > Bishop Auckland 3- > ., Nortballerton and Brompton 3 s . WeBt Auckland Is . 6 d ., Stofcesty 2 a . 6 d .. Dwitan 2 s . 6 d ., South Shields 2 a / , Wingnte Grange Colliery 2 s . 6 d ., Hartlepool la . ed ., -which will amount to the sum required in a month ; The delegates conclude this address by making an earnest appeal'to the working men of the aboye-TnentionHd places to have , if possible , the monies forthcoming £ y the next delegate meeting , which 'will be held at Darlington , on Sunday , the 20 th June , at Mr . Bragg s large room , Prieatgate , to commence at ten o clock . Mr . Robert Davidson , chemist and grocer , Bishop Auckland , Was appointed treasurer ; and Mr Charles Connor , Back Bongate , Bishop Auckland ; secretary . Also -the . delegate - from Stockton was empowered to write to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., requesting tnat gentleman to f ul a I his promise he made to him at York to visit the County of Durham .
The letter from Newcastle was deferred till the next delegate meeting ; also Brook ' s case , the Chartist connned in Northallerton prison . Signed , on behalf of the meeting , W . Bragg , Chairman . Charles Connor , Sec .
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . My Dear Friends ,- —Mr . . - . Ridley' and myself were appointed to attend to that business of the Convention which the members left ua to do on their leaving the metropolis . One part of our duty was to procure the aid of the Members of Parliament and others in behalf of our incarcerated brethren , and tu procure the return of FroBt , Williams , and Jones . With the view of effecting these desirable results , we waited on Mr . Duncombe , who , with hla usual earnestness and hoi \> 3 sty , at once expressed his readiness to serve us in any way ; at the same time stating his fears that his and our labours would end in disappointment . Mr . Duncombe , to prove to us that his doubts were not unfounded , banded to us an answer he had received from the Home Secretary , in reply to the prayer of a memorial he had forwarded . I looked at the document ,
aud instantly remarked , " Why thisis a printed answer , or rather a lithographed edition of the usual Government answer to our memorial . * ' " To : be sure it is , " aaid Mr . Dancombs , ¦ * ' and I have no doubt they have prepared them as answers expressly for the Chartist memorials which the Government imagine will be very numerous , and would take up tho time of tne clerks in answering them . You see blanks are left to be fllied up with the name of the person in whose favour you may memorialise , and Mr . Phillips has no more trouble than to put in Frost , Holberry , or any other name mentioned by you . " " That beats Whiggery altogether , " said both Ridley and myself . I carried the document with nie , and will exhibit it as a curiosity at every public meeting , until the universal burst of honest indignation shall : arouso the present flinty-hearted Ministers , if not to the practice of justice , at least to a sense of burning sbanie .
Fellow-countrymen , are you disposed to submit to this brazenfaced insult ? Know all of you that the Government have not time to answer your memorial , far less to listen to your complaints . It follows in proper order , after the refusal of the House to hear your wrongs explained to them and to the world . 'f he answer which is prepared for you , and which , like the laws of the Medes and Persians , is to be unalterable , runs thus . Ten millions of memoriaJs would have the same reply : — " Sir , —Secretary Sir James Graham , having carefully considered your application iu behalf of ^— - — -, I am directed to express to you his regret that there is no sufficient ground to justify him , consistently with hia public dutjy in advising her Majesty to comply with the prayer thereof . "lam . Sir , " Yonr obedient humble servant , "S . M . PHlT / LIPS "
This precious morsel of outrageous and unblushing tyranny is directed to any one who may be fool enough after this uncalled-for insult , to approach the Lithograph-office , at Whitehall . What they will do next I cannot pretend to say , but I should imagine the next improvement in th « science of despotism , will be to cast an iron man for the purpose of answering the people ' s prayers , and I really believe the mockery would not be much less than it is , whilst the trifling expence of the machine would bo aomething ta recommend It to the people's notice .
I would advise some of the Chartists to forward their memorials for the mere purpose of haying one of these lithograph evidences brought up in evidence against a callous and desperate faction , which may rest assured that bur complainta , our wrongs , and pur rights will have in every Chaitist mouth , a machine which will lithograph our grievances with ten-fold energy and perseverance throughout the length and breadth of the nation * I am ; my dear friends , Your uncomproinising Fellow labourer In the cause of Chartism , P . M . M'Douall . P . S . I shall be in Birmingham on Monday ; Manchester on Tuesday ; and Bury on Wednesday . My other promises shall be fulflibd as soon as possible , of which 1 shall give due notice .
The memorial and remonstrance have been slightly altered by the request of Mr . Duncombe , and the corrected edition will appear in tho next Star .
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An old lady named Dosson , is now living in Bridgewater , who is in her hundredth year ; she has all her faculties about her , and can Bee to read and sew without the aid of spectacles . — Western Luminary . Trick of a Member of Parliament to Elude the Income Tax . —It i 3 stated , on the authority of an Irish Ministerial paper , that Mr . Quintin Dick , the Member for Maldon , has transferred a sum of £ 95 , 000 from the British to the Irish funds , as & preparatory step to that of transferring himself from this land of his adoption to that land of his birth . We know not , of course what foundation there may be in truth for such a story ; but it wants not verisimilitude to make it current . Tories are in general disposed to back their friends and stand by
their principles , in the way xu which this Hon . Gentleman is described to do so ; that is , with the least possible detriment to themselves . Having agreed in Parliament , as member for an English borough , to lay a heavy impost upon his constimente he is here exhibited as avoiding to lessen their burthen or to share it by so much as his little finger . This—whether the representation be correct or wholly imaginative—is the very beau ideal of the public virtue at present in voguo . The patriot first of all helps his party at a dead lift , by establishing a tax for them , and his next care is to secure himself by running away from its operation , We wish Mr * Roebuck would interrogate the Hon . Member for Maldon , as to the truth of this rumoured movement to elude the Income Tax . If it be true , we presume there must be a compromise of the seat .
Ireland . —The Irish papers teem with accounts of " outrages , " mostly of an agrarian kind . We enumerate Bome ; of the number of instances . Tip ? perary has been so disordered , that the High Sheriff convened the magistrates of the disturbed districts , to make representations to Government . ' . The proceedings did not transpire . The Magistrates of King ' s County likewise assembled ; but the promptitude of their combination had much effect in pacifying the neighbourhood , and several rioters returned to their work . The meeting therefore broke hp without resorting to ulterior measures . The Nenagh post-office was the ohannel for a threatening notice to Mr . TJniack Bayly , of Ballinaclough . The AVmisft Guardian recounts riotous attacks on Mrs . Gleeson ,
of Grange , and heir cara-taker . At first Mrs . Gleeson was ordered to discharge him on pain of death ; another day a pistol was presented to her breast , as she was riding but , "and she was ordered to retain the man ; and finally , the cottage of the . man himself was entered V , y an armed and disguised party , who told him thr ^ t the second order was not the genuine mandate j of " Captain Starlight , " beat him , threw thatch ur , pn his fire , and drove him out of the cottage , threatening death if he returned . They said that they come from a great distance . Three policemen Wjre attacked near Michelstown ; one of them was bc , beaten as to be past hope of recovery , and the sec ond was killed with a bayonet ; the third escaped . Tne Government have , found it necessary to Btatia ' a an additional Stipendiary Magistrate at Portunv aa , to prevent as much as possible the
systomato ; ruffians from crossing the shannon from the adjoir ing border of Tipperary . The Newry Examine r attributes a fatal outrage to Orangeism ; one Maiden had his skull cleft with a spade , while at wp , by Meighan , a noted rioter ; and the murderer w as suffered to walk off * \ £ heLeinsler Express says that James Keogh was arrested near Moneygaii , while posting a notice threatening a Mrs . Ryan wnh death if she did not give ten acres of land to the poor people in the neighbourhood , for the purpose of potatoe-setting . The Dublin Evening Afai / mentions that the house of Michael Gleeson , at Cuxragnglass . was visited by an awaed party of four , who struck him , and told him that he would be killed if he did not give up the land which he took from widow Maher ; to whom he had paid a sum of money for her interest .
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The Cottage Garden Plan . —There are now in the neighbourhood of Nottingham fourteen & <\ xvUarie 3 0 fj 6 he Labourers' and Artizans' Friend Society , and applications are being , made to the society in Nottingham from niany placss to form others . Upwarids of one hundred and thirty acres in this neighbourhood have beerjt broken up into about 800 allotments , and seed has been found on loan for many oi ' them . The Town Council Of Nottingham passed a resolution in January last in favour of the cottage garden plan , bat the lands intended to be granted cannot be appropriated nntil an Act of Parliament has been obtained . Mr . Orange , who is the active and persevering agent of the society , proposes to fown auxiliary societies through the Northern aud Midland counties ; and contemplates that the funds raised should be appropriated to loans with bonus or interest , and part be applied to the erection of cottages , almshouse 3 for tho aged , and agricultural schools .
BiLLiNGsmjRST . —Strange Delusion and Consummate Cruelty . —A wommi named Barns , the wife of a labouring man residing at New Pound Common , in the parish of Wisborough-green , having been ill for a long time , and being unable to account for her lengthened indisposition , supposed , ax did her neighbours also , that she was bewitched , and looking about them for tho cause of the evil , their suspicions fell on a woman of about forty year 3 of age , said to be a very decent , moftensive . creature ; this idea had been entertained for a long time and many schemes were put into operatiou to destroy her influence , but all had failed up to the latter end of last April , when by some nitans they became possessed with the notion that if they got some pigeons and burned them alive , keeping every part
of tho room stopped up close , and not speaking while the operation was going on , they would effectually destroy the witch ' s power . In order to reduce this scheme tp practice they procured pigeons and tied them in pairs back to back by their wing ? , and lighted a Jarse fire , aud stopped up the roem as close as possible ; some of the poor pigeons they opened at the breast-in order that the tiro . might burn their hearts while alive . How many were burned the writer cannot say , but he heard a neighbour state that he himself burned four , and he thought they should have destroyed the witch if the house had been closer . It is supposed by the neighbours that from a dozen to sixteen pigeons were destroyed in this cruel manner . — - —Sussex Express .
tiXTRAORDiNARY Trial . —The following singular case , which , we believe , is the first of the kind that has ever been tried in a Court of Justice , either in thiscountry or America , has been heard before Judges Baldwin and Randall , in tho United States Circuit Court , at Philadelphia . The prisohor , A . W . Holmes , one of the crew of the William Brown , stood charged with manslaughter on the high seas . The vessel sailed from this port for Philadelphia on the 12 ch of March , 1841 . .-Oft-the night of the 19 di of April , when about 250 miles from Newfoundland , she struck , as is supposed , on an island of ice , and sank in s , bout an hour . Thiny-one persons , who had romaiued on board , perished . Of the remainder of the passengers and sailors , forty-two had got inio
tue long-boat , and the captain , with eight oi his crew and a passenger , were in the jolly-boat . On the following morning tha boats separated to make the best ot tiheii ¦ way to land , and so crowded was tho long-boat , that the mate , at parting , saii to tho captain that ho saw no alternative for ( hem but to cast lot' ? who should go over . Although / the sea was calm , baling was constantly necessary ; but at night thie wind freshed and the rain Was violent ; the boat leakedj and the waves were dashed ituo it , so that , according to the witnesses for the defence , the danger was great and inevitable , alhough those for the prosecution did not believe it to be imminent . It seems to have been admitted on all hands ( at least it was not denied by the witnesses for the
prosecution ) that the boat was sinking , and that the gunwale was within two inches of the water ' s edge . In this extremity , the expedient of lightening the boat by throwing over of passengers was rosorted to , did on the following morning two others were thrown over , but by whom does Hot appear to have bsen satisfactorily proved , some swearing that it was one individual , some another . Tho case was warmly argued on both sidesi the prosecution contending that no case of inevitable necessity had been made out , and that the law applied only to cases much more extreme than this . The defence aliged , that they had fully established a case of inevitable
necessity , and there was every presumption to believe , that if they had not resorted to the melancholy alternative of throwing some overboard , they would all have inevitably perishea . Here the case rested , when the Judge charged the Jury that tho obligation of the captain and crew-. to carry the passengers safe extended even to a case of such imminent peril , and they were bound to sacrifice their own lives , if necessary , for the preservation of the rest . , The Jury , after a consultation of twenty hours , found Holmes guilty , but unanimously recommended him to tho mercy of the Court . Judge Baldwin said , that their recommendation should have the most respectful consideration .
The Poor and the Grave . —If any additional proof could be required to establish the fact that the poor its this country are less cured foi ii . au Vt-uiy animals , we might fiud it in theiollowing disgusting realities : —It seems that for a considerablo time past a serious mortality has raged among tho labouring classes in the little town of Suttpn-in-Ashfield , Nottinghamshire , through a ^ species of low fever , produced by want of necessary food . This , oae would think , ia sad enough for the survivors , and it is not only mo 3 t lamentable , but most disgraceful also , to us that we must add to this calamity among families the inhuman treatment to whichthe bodies of the poor victims are subjected . For want of space in the churchyard of this placegraves have
, been opened—remains exhumed—the huoian bones , and even portions of sculls , with hair yet on , have been thrown at random about the desecrated precinct , that a few shovels full of earth might , for form sake , bo thrown over the last inma ; e of a parish grave . This ^ then , being the way in which we treat the remains of our poor bretbren , oan we wonder at the following companion picture , as it regards our humanity and decency towards foreigners , if poor ! It appears that the unfortunate Lascars , who are j from time to time , brought to this blessed land of cant and cruelty by the agents of the East India Company , are not only abandoned to partial starvation upou
their arrival , but , if they should siiik under the united hardships of our climate and their sufferings , they are left to do as they may . No consolation is afforded them—no pious , fbrty-horse power tongued spouter of Oriental iiteraturo addrcs es them—no man cares for either their souls or bodies i and , if they die , they are buried like rotten cattle at Bow Common ? Is not this horrible ? Cau our Exeter Hall saints ^ our missionaries—our guides to heaven look in each other ' s faces without blushing ? If they can , they are bronzed indeed—and pitiable is the condition of those who look to them for an example of Christianity . —London paper .
Distributing Bills against the Aiimt in Birmingham . —Birmingham , Saturday Evening—This morning , at the Police-office , the magistrates were engaged investigating a charge against a man named Samuel Hines , which caused considerable interest . The room was quite full , and amongst those present were Mr . Joseph Sturge , some of the ^ officers of the staff , and many of the Society of Friends . Serjeant Walter Cronen , of tho 1 st RoyalFoot Guards , appeared to prefer tke complaint ; and stated tHat he was on duty in Smithfield the day before , beating up for recruits , when he was interrupted by a great crowd , who collected around him and his party . He saw the prisoner delivering a great quantity of bills among the peoplet who were using violent language .
He heard the mob say , " To hell with the Queen , " " To hell with the Government , " " ; .. " To hell with the soldiers . " He applied to one of the head officers of police to know what he should do , and ( vas told that he must apprehend the prisoner , or any man who obstructed aim iu the exercise of his duty . He f'i'en proceeded through the fair , and the prisoner caoio close to him delivering his bills , and ho ( witness ) took one of them out of his hauds , aud found it was an advice to the people not , to enlist . It wu 3 headed " Hints to the Army , " and all through Was againat enlisting . When ho saw tho nature of the bill , and found his passage obstructed by the people , he took hold of the prisoner and brought him into the ranks of his party , and then ; called a
polico officer * and gave him into custodj . He could not swear tho prisoner was with the mob when he made ueo of the lar ; guage againat the government and the soldiers . The prisoiier did obstruct him by causing a crowd to assemble around him . He ( the sergeant ) was not a police-officer , but he considered that it was his bounden duty , as a soldier , to protect the government ; and wiiea he found the nature of the bills which were being delivered out , he thought he ought to take the psisoner up . Mr . Morgan , tha prisoner ' s attorney ,, crossexamined the Sergeant , who said he should not have interfered with the prisoner had it not been for the bills which he was delivering . He caused a great crowd to assemble about him , and the people obstructed him in his passage . Mr . Gem , the magistrate ' s clerk , said there was quFta sufficient against the prisoner to warrant tho magistrate in remanding him , until they could learn from the Crown what
was tO ; be done with him . They must take the opinion of the Attorhev and Solicitor-Generals upon the subject . Police constable 173 then produced a large bundle of hand .-bills , which he took out of the prisoner ' s apron . One of them was headed , " Rhymes for the army ; A > * iood , battle , and plunder . " The second was the case of a poor woman , named Crassman , a soldlet ^ s wife , who applied some time ago for relief to the rriagistrates of London , having been left in a state of great distress by her husband , and who lately left this country for India . Mr . Gem said fte prisonex could be admitted to bail to appear to answer ^ hy charge which might be prefei-red against him , oo the receipt of the government instructions . Mr . M . organ 5 aid Mr . Stnrge would be bail ... for the priBOraer ' s appearance . Mr . Joseph Sturge then rose and entered into £ 20 surety for the prisoner s appe ? racce , Hines also bonnd himself in the same W jb , - and left the office . —London Paper .
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Wonderful EscAPa—Qn Wednesdays evening one of the most frightful occurrences weerer remember to have seen , occurred in Bridlesmith-giie , in this town . The procession conducting Mri Sturge , was turning the corner of Middle-pavomeniT , and many hundreds lined Briolesmith-sate , when a cry was raised of " clear out , " and in the dis-tance a iprse and light cart in which sat a farmer-came tearing along the street at a furious pace . The farmer kept his seat well—he pulled with all hia might at tte reias , bnt to no purpose— -the animal still tore on at full gallop ^ in spite of the wavibg of hands and hats to stop him . At the end of Bridlesmith-gate , the driver tried to turn him _ to ihe left , but without avail , as he darted with his head and the shafts with immense force against tho front of Mr . » Johnsons' , the Postern-gate . The crash
seemed as if it would dash the cart to pieces , but in the most wonderfHl manner the driver kept bis seat —the horse turned himself rouiid and walked very gently ,- and the cart was uninjured . In turning round , the horse knocked a woman down into the gutter , and drew the cart over her , before he could be stopped . Accidently ; however , she had a thick cloak on , which saved her from a broken limb . ' The horse seenied quite stunned with striking his head with such . 'force , ' and to that may be attributed his quietness afterwards . Never did we see or hear of an accident evidently so appalling , ending so well . The course of the cart lay amongst hundreas of people , thzokly collected , and yet only one was hurt . Had he turaed into Middla-pavement no doubt many lives would have been lost . The cart had on it James Martin , farmer , Burton . — -Notting ham Review . : ' . .. ¦ . ¦ . ¦¦ '¦;¦ ¦
Distressing Occurrence . — -Two Lives Lost . — Chatham , May 19 . —This day a Jury assembled at the Duncan ' s Head public-house , JJew Road , Ghat ? ham , to investigate the circumstances attendant upon the death of two men , named Thomas Turner and William Taylor , whose lives were lost on ' Monday night last , whilst emptying a cesspool in Bestr street . The first v ? i . tness examiBed was Robert Taylor , brother of the deceased , William Taylor . He stated that his brosher was a bricklayer , and had been employed in making a cesr . pobl adjoining to another cesspool , on the premises of Mr . Farmer , Best-street . The new cesspool was nineteen feet deep , and the old one nine feet . A stage was erected
in the new one , about nine feet below the surface of the earth . OnMoncay night the deceased ^ . Win . Taylor and Thornaa Turner , wont down into the hole and mada an aperture , and the slough run through . Witness remained aboye . After which witness ' s brother , with a crowbar , enlarged the hole , and the stuff run out faster ; very soon afterwards witness heard his brother cry put , " Dear me , I can hardly breathe , " when almost in an instant be fell into the soil .- Witness called to Turner , and said , " For God's sake , put the rope down and fetch him up /* Turner did so ; he , however , fellinalso . Mr . ' Dunstall , who was then on the stage ; sang out for the rope , and before it could be brought up lie fell and fainted . Ha did not fall into the soil . Wuness and
a person named Farmer pulled out Mr . Dunstall . Mr . Dunstall was the master . Every . precaution was taken : a candle was kept burning down in the hold ; they therefore considered there was no danger . Assistance was procured . Witness ' s brother and Turner were got out , but they were . quite dead . Witness .- can speak positively that both the men understood their work . Deceased ' s brother is thirtyfive years of age , and Turner thirty-four . Mr . Benjamin Tribe , surgeon , said he was sent for on Monday evening , a quarter before . ten o ' clock . Saw tho deceased , Taylor , immersed in the sewer with his head out of the fluid . The body having been brought up , witness found the deceased Was dead . Turner , when brought up , was also dead . Their deaths were produced by suffocation , byv .- - ) hha ] iDg a quantity of gas . The Jury , - after ebme little consideration , returned a verdict— " Accidentally suffocated . " ¦"¦ ¦ > ;
Thr Great Western stenm-ship , Lieutenant Hcsken , R . N ,, sailed on Saturday aft'rndsn ,, from Liverpool for New York . She carried Bisty-five passengers , amongst whom was Mr . H . Palmer She had a fair quantity of fine goods on freight .
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From the London Gazette of Friday , May 20 . Tfaomaa Brettell , Bupert-atreet ,. Hayroarket , printer , to surreniler May 27 , at 1 o ' clock , July 1 ^ at 12 , at the Bankrupts' Cburt . Solicitor , Mr . Arden , Red Lion Square . Official assignee , MriBelchsr . [ William Smith , Curtain-road , Shoreditch , timbermerchant , May 27 , at 11 o ' clock , July 1 , at 1 , at the Bankrupts' Court . Solicitor , Mr . Surman , New-square , iincoln ' s-iDn . Official assignee , Mr . Belcher . ' : : '' ¦ . ' . Alexander Duncan , Cowpfr ' scourfc ; Corn-hill , merchant , May 31 , at half-past 1 o ' clock , July 1 , afc 2 , at the Bankrupts' Court . Solicitor , Mr . Kirkman , King William-street . Official assignee , Mr . PennelL John Stewart , Hampton-street , Walwortb , linendraper , May 31 , at I o ' clock , July 1 , at 11 , at the Bankrupts' Court . Solicitor , Mr . Reynolds , Adamstrett , Adelph ! , Official assignee , Mr . Graham ; Easingt ^ u-Rtreet . ¦ ' . ¦¦ " ' : ; :- , ¦ ' - . . ¦ ' : ' ' ¦ - ¦¦ .. ' '¦ ¦ . ¦"
William Hooper , Rsaainf ; , tooacw Tuanar ^ t-urer , May 27 , July 1 , at 11 o ' clock , at the Bankrupts' Court . Solicitors , Messrs . Acllington , Faulkner , and Follett , Bedford-row ; Official assignee , Mr . Edwai'd 3 , FrederickVplace , Old Jewry . John Rowley , senior , Wolverharupton , curry-comb maker , May 31 , July 1 , at 11 o'clock , at the Swan Hotel , Wolverhampton . Solicitora ,. Mesc-H . Hicka and Marriss . and Mr . Chaplin , G-ray ' s-inn-square ; and liessra . Turner and Corser , Wolverbaraptbn . William Thorpe , Cfoole , stone-mason and builder , May SI , July 1 , at 12 o ' clock , at the Guildhall , Doncaster . Solicitors , Messrs . Galawoitby , and Nicholls , Cook ' s-court , liincoln ' a-inn ; and Mr . Wilson , Goole . - . - ' . ¦ "¦ . ¦ . '" ¦ ¦ ¦ - ; ' ¦'¦¦ . " : ' '; ' ¦ ¦' ¦ . '' .:-. ¦' ¦¦ . . '
John Smith . Huddersfleld , wine and spirit merchant , June 10 , July i , at . ' clock , at the Pack Horse Inn , Huddersrleld . SolicitorB , Messts . Battye , Fisher , and Sudlow , Chancery-lane ; and Mr . Scholes , Dewsbury . ... ' ; ; ¦ . "• ' ¦ ¦ ¦'¦¦ ¦ ¦'¦ ,, - - :-. ¦' . - ¦ /' Jamea Irvine , Liverpool , salt-broker , June 6 , July 1 , at 1 o ' clock , at thei Clareiidon-rborjos , LjverpooJ . Solicitors , Messrs . Vincent and Sherwood , Temple ; and Messrs . Littledale and BirdsWell , Bank-buildings , Liverpool . ¦ . ' . ¦¦ '¦ " -Moses New , Grsat Malvern , Worcestershire , innkeeper , May 27 , July 1 , at 12 © 'clock , at the Cro-wn Inn , Worcester ^ Solicitors , Messrs . White and Eyre , Bedford-row ; and Messrs . Finch and Jones , Worcester . PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED .
J . Wa lker and Son , Leeds , tim ber-merchan ts . — -Manley , Parry , and Co . Manchester . linen thread-manufacturers , —Williamson and Thistleton , Kingslon-upon-Hull , ginger-beer manufacturers . —Black , Sleigh ,.. .-.. and Co ., Liverpool , brokers . —Coehrane and Gittir-s , Manchester , manufacturers . —J . Briggs , sen . and C . Horsemaa , Blackburn , Lancashire , cheese-dealers . —Buckley , Barcfiley , and Co ., Manchester , engravers to calico printers ; aa far as regards J . Buckley . —Graham and Son , Liverpool , tailors . . " .
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From tne Gazette of Tuesday , May 24 . Adam Telfer , smith , Praed-street , Paddington , to surreEdef Juue 3 , and July 5 , at half-post 11 , at the Courtof Bankruptcy . Alsagar , official assignee , Basuighatl-street ; "Virgo , Essex-street , Strand . ¦ ^ , ¦ William Finden and Edward Franeia Finden , engravers , Sontba-mpton-place . New . toad . Paucras , JUddtesex , June 3 , at 1 , arid July 5 , at U , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Johnson , official assignee , BasuighaU-stteet ; Johnson ; Cannon-si ., Mary Quick , baker , Compton-atieet , Burton-Crescent . Jahe 3 , at 12 , and JnJy 5 , at 11 , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Turquand , official assignee ; Drake , Bouvenestreet ,, Fleet-street ; : ; ; v : _ : : . , ' , __ . „ , Tiverton 21
' Jobn Kadford , upholsterer , , June , and July 5 , at 12 , at the Old London Inn , Exeter Fi'X , FinBhury-circus , London . Tanner , Crediton , i > dvori . ' ' ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . - ¦ .. " ' ' . ¦ ¦' : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ' -. ¦¦ .. - ¦ ¦ ¦ . - Robert Attree , hosier , Brighton , June 3 , and July 5 . at 2 , at the Town Hall , Brighton . Frefaian , Bathainley , and Eentall , CoJeman-sweet , London . Chalk , BritBton . . ; - ; . \; : : James Smith , -wine meiehant , Hertford , June 3 , at 2 , and July 5 , at 12 v at the Court of Bankruptcy , Lackington , official assignee , Coleman-street-builaiDgs . Eyeritti Haydon , sqaare , Minories . ^ . John Berry , grocer , Rugby , Warwickshire , June 8 , and July 5 ; at 11 , at the Grazier ' d Arms , Rugby . Wratisla * . Rugby . Fulier and SaltweU , Carlton-chambers , Becent-strsetLondon . ¦ - __ ¦
, ., _ . _ . _ - Robert Biass , wine merchant , Liverpool , June 3 ^ and July 5 , at 12 , at the Clarendon-iooms , LiverpooL Dim-Sck . Sjse-Iane , Bttcklersbury , London . Fairclough , ^ S ^ attersall , coal merchant , Heatk ^ Camock . Lancashire , June 15 , an * W 5 .. at eleven zt thrown Hall , Preston . Adlington , Gxegorr . J anlfeoer , asd Follett , Bedford-row , London . Stnngfellow , Ch Wi ^ am Gover Gray , dentist , Bath , June 6 , and July 5 ; at 12 , at the Christopher Inn , Batli . Sheppard , Caatle-streeti Holborn , London . . _ . . ^ William Donald , furrier , Brighton , M ^ y 28 , and July ¦ 5- - .-if-. I 8 . - " at the Town HaU , Brighton . Bennett , Brighton . Richarda and Walker , Linooln ' a-inn-aelda ,
James Simmons , John Simmons , and John Pine , manufacturerfl of prussiate of potash , ^ Ba . tersea , May 31 , at 1 , and July B , at W , at the Court o ! Bankruptcy . Green , official assignee , Aldeinianbutj . Lin < 5-Bay and Ma son , Cateaton-Btreet . " . .- ; _ - . . " - . Jamea Fuller , coal-merchant , Maidenhead , Beikshire . June 7 , at 2 , and July 5 . a t ^ l . at ^ the Court of Bankruptcy . Edwards , Fieaenck ' s-place , Old Jewry , official assignee . Try , Lesley , aud Fry , Cheapside . - ¦ : ¦ :- ' / ., -. ¦ ¦ , Jane Jones , w > lleri-draper , Carparvon , June 11 , and July 5 , at 11 , at the Eaales Inn , Carnaivcn , Grimtu . Carnarvon . Jonea , Parliament-Btreet , Lbndoc . _ _ - . Toset » h Cotterell . hins ? e maker , Dariaatoa , Statt ^ Ta
shire , Jnue 15 , and July 5 , at 12 , at the Swan Bo » v « vTplvejhampton . Ot » p \ in , Grav ' s-inn-aquaw , London . Spurrier and Ch > FUo , Bimiaghjpsj ,
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MR ROEBUCK AND THE BATH CHARTISTS . The folio-wing correspondence -will be read , no doubt , with interest by the Chartists throughout the country : —
" TO JOHN ABTHTJR ROEBUCK , ESQ ., M P . " 19 , Gloucest-er-road Buildings , Swanswsck , Bath . " Sib , —I am requested by the Council of the Bath ChartiBt Society to forward the following resolution to yon , with , a request that vou would answer the Bame . The resolution was passed unanimously . They take this Btep previous to their calling a public meeting to take the sense of the inhabitants respecting the matter to -which this letter r&ftra . It is as follows : —
| ! ¦ "' That -we , the Councillors pf the Bath Chartist Society , being a portion of those -who elected Mr . Roe-^ buck , feel called upon to state , that -while we approve of and are pleased -with Mr . Roebuck's general remarks made in defence of our principles , -we announce tis attack on the supposed author of the National Petition as malignant and cowardly , and as an insult to all who signed that document ; we , therefore , call upon Mr . B . to apologise for his conduct , to prove the charge of malignancy and cowardice , or to retract this assertion . ' " I am , Sir , Youra most respectfully , "G . M . Baetlett . " IX REPLY , ME , ROEBUCK SAIS : — " Londay , May 13 , 1 S < 2 . " SIR , —Before I can pay the slightest attention to your unseemly letter , I desire to know tha names of the electors -who passed the resolution .
" I am , Sir , " Yoar obedient servant , "J . A . Roebuck " Mr . G . M , Bartlett . "
IO MR . ROEBUCK , M . P . Sir , —On receiving your letter , I thought proper to Isy it before the Council . Feeling , as they do , a kindred regard for you as an avowed democrat They regret you should have raised any quibble , or doubted the veracity of the person who forwarded you their resolution respecting your attack on the supposed author of the National Petition—an attack which they considered to be an insult to themselves , and all others ¦ wh o signed that document They asked you to apologise for your conduct , to prove the charge of malignancy and cowardice , or to retract your assertion . For reply yen say yon must know the names of the " electors "
-who passed the resolution ,, before you can pay the slightest attention to » y —" " " iy letter This they wMnidar to be an evasion of a plain question , -which , whether , put by electors or non-electors , you ought in justice to have answered . However , I overlook the unseemly attack you have made on my veracity , and here give the names yen require . But permit me to E-tate one or two things . At a late meeting you advised ns , if dipleased with anything yen may have done , to ask you to explain- We do ask yon to explain why yon attacked the supposed author of the National Petition ? You also , on the occasion in question , advised ns to bear and foibear ; but is your conduct an example of such ?
We consider yonr attack to be unwarrantable and uncalled for . We are pained that it should have been made to undo that good which yonr speech -would otherwise have effected . Had you attacked , by fair argument , ' the very foolish petition , ' we saeald have applauded yonr candour and straightforwardness ; but , instead of doing this—instead of pointing out the foolishness' of the petition , you conjured up a supposed author for the purpose , it -would appear , of Eialigning his motives , and misrepresenting the character of the Chartists generally . Your attack was evidently made in the same spirit as that which you condemned . What proof had yon that the author of the petition ¦ was a malignant and cowardly demagogue ?'
The petition affords no such proof . It was drawn ¦ ap by the Executive of tfee National Charter Association . It expressed onr sentiments ; tbongh if we had had the drawing of it up , ik the first place , vfe might have differently worded it , thinking it best to give no pretext for the enemy to cavil about the principles . Bnfc -whatever petition may be presented in the Commons , it would be sure to displease some . Wishing an ansrrer as soon as convenient , I am respectfully yours , G . M . Bartlett . Bath , May 17 , 1842 . P . S . I enclose the names and resolution . The above is -written at the request of the National Charter Association .
ME . EOEBCCK 3 REPLT . London , May 20 , 1842 , " Sir , —The resolution yon sent me purported to be of the electors . I desired to know who those electors were . In asking that question I did not question the right of the non-electors in any way ; but when a man assumes a character it is bnt right that he should be entitled to it I desired to know the electors who had passed the resolution , and as you have sent me the names of five persons ( iix ) -who "were so , I answer them as such . Had yon not claimed the character of electors and demanded on that ground an answer , I should have said nothing on the subject of electors .
" Firstly , —I beg to say that I deem it of absolute necessity that every member of the House of Commons have perfect liberty of speech—and I will not , by any act of mine , by "way of explanation , diminish that right (!!) When , however , I can remove mistake , witbont prejudice to the perfect liberty of speech which I deem essential , I will do so . And therefore , " Secondly , —1 beg to say , that I took great care to express eTery proper regard for the petitioners who signed the National Petition . I cast no insult upon them , intended to cast none , but of the petition itself I spoke in the way I thought fitting , and shall do so again if the occa&ion requires it I thought it foolish , I think so still , and my opinion thereof is not altered by your comment on my speech .
" Thirdly . —I am told that the persons who really did write the National Petition were Mr . Philp and Mr . H'DonaH . I have told them that es neither of them was in the slightest degree alladed to by me , I wa » glad to have the opportunity of saying so to thera ; but that any further explanation I wonld not give . To them , as to yeu , I expressed strongly that I never did say , never wished to say , one word that could be construed into an insult of the petitioners ; but to them , as to yon , I did say that I had the same opinion of the petition itself . "I -will Dot now remark on the language of yonr resolution . Yon may deem it proper to abuse me , bnt of this I am sure , my constituents , my country men generally will not join in that abuse . 1 answer you because I would not have it Baid that I neglected to notice a remonstrance because it came from persons not powerful .
* ' I beg further to say that I have received the thanks of certain Chartists of Bath who signed the petition . I thought I had dons good service to their cause , on the occasion of which you complain . "I am , yonr obedient servant , » J . A . Roebuck . "
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'To the Right Hon . Sir James Graham , Secretary of Slate for the Home Department . " The memorial of the members of the National Chartea Association residing in Brighton , agreed to at a General Meeting of the Association , April 27 tb , 1841 . . .. ¦ ¦ . ¦ ..: " Bvmbly Showetii , —That at the York Spring : Assizes , in 1840 , Samuel Holberry w& 8 convicted of conspiracy and sedition , and sentenced to four years * imprisonment in the House of Correction at Noithallertor ) . " That the effect of this imprisonment , —the rigours of the silent system having been strictly enforced , —became alarmingly injurious to the health and future safety of the said prisoner ' s life .
" That subsequently , under your administration as Home Secretary of State , the said prisoner was removed from the Northallerton House of Correction to York Castle , where it was hoped—nay , gratefully believed by your memorialists and other friends of the said Samuel Holberry—was less injurious , and thnt he wonld there recover from the effeets of his former severe treatment . " That it is now become too manifest that the prison discipline at York Castle is fast destroying the said prisoner's health , and that unless timelymercy be shewn him , his life must be endangered ; for , to use bis own wards , ' his debility has so rapidly increased that he can hardly crawl , and death itself must be the consequence of continued imprisonment '
" That whatever opinions may be entertained as to the enormity of the offence for which the said S . Holberry was convicted , it cannot be disputed that he has , during the two years of his confinement most severely paid the penalty of his conviction , that if to punish was the object of the sentence passed en him he has endured punishment in one of its worst and most DESTRUCTIVE FORMS . 41 That , therefore , your petitioners earnestly solicit your interference on his behalf , and that , under the
consideration of the punishment he has endured , and of the precarious state of his health , you will intercede for his release from confinement , and by timely restoring him to freedom and to the bosom of society , confer a benefit on him for which not only he , but thousands ef hia fellow men wil ! be deeply grateful . " And yonr memorialists , as in duty bound , &c . &c , " Signed on behalf of the meeting , " John Page , Chairman . "Brighton , April 27 th , 1842 . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 28, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct755/page/7/
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