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SCRAPS FOR RADICALS . Ko . XIII . BY h . X . CLAXCT . " Will some one * rite a song for tke Star ?' F .
OCoxxos-SOXG OF THE IRISH ABSENTEES On ihe passing of Peel ' s Income Tcuf Bill To be mag in p-j-ris . by . the Jdlovnng illustrious MP . ' s , at every Political Dinner for ihe ensuing three months . Tune— " The night before Billy's birth-day . " DCKE OP rEISSTEE . Oh . ' "where can we fly f rom yon , Peel ? Ton hare shook the whole earth to its centre , And we poor Whig devila mil feel The shock of yonr earthoji&ie ere winter . Tfca game we have long played so well Is up now ; wher « shall we take shelter ? The old doom— " To Cennaught or hell , " Will send ns adrift helter skelter . Oh I " the cures of the crows" * on you , Peel !
5 IABQCIS OF DOWSSHIKE . And must we go hack to the Bod / And iend to the yoke that we scorn ? And kiBs e ' en the point of the rod j ~ hat flogs ns to where we were born ? And how shall we grind down the jx > er , Or lea-re ill the blame on the agent , When Poverty lutfcs at onr door , With Pity and Eight in her pageaBt ? Oh J " foity had lucks" to yon , Peel . '
LORD LOB . TOS . -Oh ! how can we witness the sight Of the lying-in wife , and her bedding Dogged from her at dead of the night . To serre at jome tithe-proctor ' s wedding ? " We neTer can stand it , I'm sore ; But sail we must march , there ' s no halting To live in one land with onr poor , The thought is already revolting . Our gorge rises np in disgust I E . x . shiel . Ah ! Boh , you ' re a new Castlereagb , And your tubbles political feelers , Blown cp just to point out the way
To seduce ns poor Whigliug " Repealers Ton think , yon vile cobbler of " Ben is , " That onr patriot fame we will barter—That to scrape np your lousy " per cents , ' We'll sell our dear iale for a " Garter . " " And damn'd glad to have it to sell ! ' t
DANIEL O ' COySELTAh I how vain 'tis to frown or to fret Taat F ^ argus did not get the halter ; Sura the sun of our zlbry was set The evB ere it rese upon * ' Walter . " The Chartists , the torch flaming crew . ' Save some of the oldest Convention ; ¦" Three good men , both loyal and true , " Who yet may create some diassnaion , And set their whole camp in a blaze ! W . SMITH O ' BRIEN . Sure , now , we wiil carry Repeal , " By means altogether romantic ; All hope must be centred in Steel , " And the brave b » ya beyond the Atlantic TTd , up , then , in marshal amy ;
Shouts Ireland ' s head " Pacificator" ! The Tories will yet rne the day They did not Knighl § onr great " Liberator , If he cancel his registered vow 1
HACB . 1 CE O COSSELL . How we rushed to the House to " divide , " JLef t our V hells" our horse-racing , and " ooaiixg . " But . alas ; we were quite fiankifled , The Teries outdone na in voting . Though the Bill is now passed into law , And onr " beautiful young Queen * has signed it , Yet , by Samson's great jackiss * s jaw , She'll remember the day " never mind it , " So sure as her name ' s " Little Vic "
Finale , oy O ' COSSELL . So . come now , my brave boys , let ns toast , Fill up every heart that is willing ; fi Oald Ireland , " " my first love , " " my boast , " Xtt each be prepared with his " shilling . " The next is our glorious " Repail " My forty years' bri g ht " agitation "; Four millions of " shillings" cant fail To have it from this "curs = d nation , " And riant it in onld College Green i
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- «^^ - SONG FOK THE MILLIONS . Be" 5 vahe l ye white slaves of old England , beware I Yutir dastard oppressors are fiendieb . atd base ; Their fpir « art abroad , to betray and eusnare—To hrinf you to rain , to death , and discrace . They are thirsting for blood , and impatient to spoil The prospects of freedom "which all now erg 07 ; They hive soldiers to crush you who live by your toil , Then be ware of the ir . fvmous traitor and spy I Be £ rm end unite , but be cautions in words , On ; our prudence depends the success cf your cause Ksmembcr , policemen have bludgeons and swords , And unjust protec . ion from despotic laws . The press is corrupt , and kiavts they can find Who will ptajure their souls , and swear truth is a lie Then , producers of wealth , fee not wilfully blind , Bat beware of the infamous traitor and spy . '
Tis true that yonr sufferings are grievons and great , And death , from starvation , you constantly fear ; While a proud , pampered priesthood would teach you to wait F ^ r that comfort in heaven they rob yon of here . 'Tis tree je are goaded by insult and wrong , Bnt justice will come ; be united and wise : The weak shall not ever be slaves to the strong ; Then beware of the tyrants , their traitors , and spies ! Celertisl freedom . ' tfce birthright of all , Icert in our bosoms , inhaled by our breath ; Toy spirit abhors both oppression acd thrall , We still live in hope for thee even to death . Oh i Itt thy bright presence enliven » ur land ;
Tfce free-born will despots and dungeens despise ; They trill purge the fair earth from slavery ' s brand , And exterminate tyrants , and traitora , acd spies ! Bexjajux Sioti ! M an Chester .
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* " Tee curse of the crows" wan formerly considered by some of the Irish peoplt as heavy a malediction as ccuid fali upon them . Nose knows better than " Irelaud ' s I'Biy I > nke" the calamitoos tfiVcts of such a visitation- Tlie author was , in the year 2 * 39 , « n tfce estate of the Noble Date , at Cartown , County KiJdare , whm the heavens appeared te b = cloaded with the black-winced race , and was informed by a tenant of the ifobie Dakes , that bad as the tithe-proctor wag , he was oie'eifoi compared wlta the ' knigbts of the raven Ring . " a .- the former onJy took one-t « nth ( f their prodncr , bus tbe latter , if unmolested , would consume onethird vf their potitoesJ In vain d ; d they complain to ike N < bie Da . be , and requested him to allow a man a ftw shillings pcr week for powder and shot , to prevent their rjvases : he was inexorable . Was it because they TTfer- ' . thtrraise provided from his p ' eiJeoitsand bountiful trsird ? Alas '
f The expression cf an Irish patriot at the time of the TJi iun to the exclamation— " Sore , yun would not sell y ^ ur cyuDUy I " § " I ^>» -g to ask the Right Hon . Gentleaian opposite if n be b : s intention to aavise her Msjesty to confrr the hon-.-nr of kriigbtbood on the Lara . Mayor of Dublin , as is cnc - . on . ary on such occasiens ?'— W . S . O'Brien in ihe Hotue »/ Commons . Peel replied , and the Hon . and Bi ^ it R' ju . Gcnte . no donbt fell their ears pretty warm
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Tl . 'E PEOPLE'S RIGHTS : AND HOW TO GET THEM . By the R-v . Thomas Spesczbl , y < A ., Perpetua ] Curate of Hinton Charttrt- 'tu ~ e , near Bath , and Jate Feliow of St . John ' s r > £ -e , Cambridge . London : John Green , i'l . Newgate-Street ; and Samuel Gibbs , 5 , "U- " : cr .-S : rcet , Bath . " ^ r ^ . aid ibis pampKet as the evidence of a "we , ¦ ; t-: rtloned mind , led away by its own eouce :,-. T ; -. ! - is a theoretic specJousness about its itn- '^ . ry ^ highly calculated to amnse and deceive tctr ~ .: rx . ~ n ! . almind . AckDowled ^ ing just general pr ., -.- ;„'; . » , jj s " details * are such &s , if brougbE id' t-p-iaijoc , would £ nreJv fail , and product ra schief Tfce
Ej ^ iT . . Reverend Author defines tie ; - - : •; . .= " £ rights to be—1 st . —Tee right to eara a UT ; TiJ \ nih the fewest possible imped : ments . 2 nd . — ¦ pf r ^ hi to keep property when acquired with the kb-s : pilule demands apoait . 3 . —The right of every man to worship God aeordiug to Mb con-« ipi c < -. 4 . —x ] ie right to good government . 5 . — Th ~ ri « hi to self-feoveniment . by inil , fair , and f ree Te f ^' -sWon .. After enlarging upon and proving EtiLcif-a . lY all these rijihiSj he comes to the con-EGk : av . 0 L cf the important question "llow to get tici V And bis firtt recommendation is the very f £ f- r- > ary and essential one of an improved state ol iBc ^ Oijual , and hence of social and political , morality Hi- t * . xt means of obtainment we give iahis own ¦ Rror l- . — ¦ .
' 2 . Bt MA 3 . IKG tbial of them . —He that has ser ^ vl an apprenticeship well may set np in business for 2 : lEseli When an inventor would obtain patronage for j Btw machine he exhibits a model , and allows the pnfri , ; to inspect its movements . And if instead oi grtat haste to force upon an unwilling legislature nntrifcO institutions , an organisation were contrived which Woalii exhibit to the spectator the manner of their oper-¦ &tio ; i , then would thousands of men throw away theii < 5 on > -is and place confidence in the proposed plans . Let , then , lie working men cease to petition Parliament ; kt them lay aside all at-xiety to get the name cf the Charter exacted by tLe legislature before its principle
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are adopted by public opinion ; and let them betake themselves to those practical measures that are within their own power ; and if by the success of these experiments they obtain a verdict of the country in favour of these principles , the formal enactment of them into law will be matter of tourse . In order to this , lfctthem bring into full operation all the people's rights as far as can be done without an Act of Parliament Lst them divide the kingdom into SOD electoral districts ; appoint a Committee of Management in each district ; select polling places for each locality , in which every man , twenty-one years of age , may register himself , and be able to record bis rote without going far from his own home ; and provide each polling place with a ballot-box . When the apparatus is ready , let
the inhabitants of each electoral district be invited to recommend persons whom they think £ t to represent them in a provisional assembly , to be called " the Trial Parliament ;* ' and whtn opportunities have been given to the inhabitants of each neighbourhood to hear the sentiments of the various candidates , and to ask them questions , then let a day be fixed on which the voting Bhall take place ; and it the polling places are sufficiently nninerous , the polling , commencing 3 t the same hour all over the kingdom , will take so short time as effectnally to prevent any dishonest parson from giving his vote in two or more places . When the result was ascertained by a Central Council there would ba 300 men representing the average sentiments of the districts from which they come . After seeing tbe kind of men
the people wmld choose , the next thing for the country to know is what they will do . Let these 300 representatives , supported by such salaries as the districts would famish . ' consider -H-bat la-ws they weald destroy if they had the power to destroy , and what lairs they would enact if they had the power to euact . And in order that the public might know by what kind of reasoning they arrive at their respective conclusions , let the reporters of the p ? e > s be present ; and if the ptoposed code of laws -were guch as would bear th 9 examination of moral philosophers and upright statesmen ; if their conduct were more orderly and cHenified than that of the Housa of Commons , then would there be gained for the new system a degree of public confidence which years of agitation and thousands of pc-titions aould neve * oblain . * * *
" It will be no disadvantage that this Trial Parliament will be destitute of power and patronage , and that its decisions will possess no legal authority . There will be greater calmness in its deliberations , and greater fairness in its conclusions than if it were at once exposed to tbo ? e contaminating influences which are now in operation in every department of the state . After revising the laws and institutions of the country , lef : the Trial Parliament be dissolved , and let tbe new constitution , which they recommend , remain before the public a sufficient length of time to enable every man to form an opinion ; and let the Houses of Parliament have an opportunity , if so disposed , to pass an act giving to thtse recommendations the force cf law . But until snch measures have been adopted : until public epiaion has been enlisUd on the side of the Suffrage movement , and until keiBlators themselves have ha < 1
the means of testing the system of Complete Suff .-age by its practical operation , it is too much to expect them to beconi' ? converts to it . Had it bean gained by iutitnidation , before the intelligent portion of the aiirtdle and wealthy classes were convinced of it 3 propr i ety , it would have beeD followed by no real gootl to the people , but , in all probability , would haTe thrown back for many years the cause of civil and religious liberty . To this conclusion came the powerful mind of the Jat-j Robert Ball , the most eloquent and one of the most enlightened men of his day . He says , "All attempts to urge forward in the right path beyond the measure of their light . ar « impracticable if they were lawful , and unlawful if they were practicable . Augmeul { heir Ivjhi , conciliate their affections , and thty wili follow ef their own accord . " It is believed that after this fair trial , the greater part of the present constituency , and all the trulv liberal and honouraVe members of the
House of Commons , will become willing to concede the people ' s rights ; which they may then obtiin , — " 3 . By tak . i > - g Possession of them . —When the public mind has been prepared for a change , tb ^ re is no need of civil war , or ef the beheading of monarebs , as in the time of Charles I . of England , and of Louis XVI . of France . When the leaders of the people are certain that they have the approval of the vast majority of their fellow-cit -2 ens , they have only to demand admission , and the doors of power will open to them of their . own accord . "
Now this plan of the Rev . Gentlemen for " trying " by practical experiment , in a , mock parliament , in ? efficiency of Chartist principles to renovate society is open in the out-set to tue great o *\ jec : i"n o : placing self-government , which tbe author ha ^ already admitted for himself , and amply proved to others , to fce a -right , upon the low ground of e rpc diency , & ground on which no real patriot or truly honest man would wit iagiy or aavisu-iy advocate it ; and besides this , it i .- quite clear that his experiment coald never have fair play . This experiment is to convert the '" middle ' ' and " upper ' elates—to induce them to acknowledge right principles ; he would set down , therefore , three hundred working men unpractised in anv of the forms of
Ifghbtion , to consider and tear up , with due discrimination , the accumulated trash of man-y a ^ ts . This is neither a 1 'keiy cor a reasonable expectance . And if it cren were , the admission of ihe factious pres ^ would be sufficient to seeure iia failure ; as-the deliberations of the people ' s Parliament , instead of being honestly reported , vruald be sneered at and ridiculed and falsified . And as that press would be the only medium through which those whom the writer C 1 II 3 * " the intellectual portion of the middle and wealthy classes" could view their proceedings , the inevitible consequent must be that those classes -would never become " convinced of their propriety ' nor of the soundness of the crinciples 1 q'which they oriHinate . The onh' " fair
trial of the principles of Charti .-m in le ^ j .-jaiion must be their adoption by a legislative a ~ scmb ] y already formed , and the election under the ii . flu ^ iice of those princip l es of such a body of representatives as might naturally be expected to follow the enaction of the Charter by the House of Common ? , —a mixed - body , all deeply and strongly imbued with the principles of liberty arid truth , but some of them haviog already had experience in the forms of legislation , and being therefore fitted to direct and aid their less experienced though probably not Jess able and soundthinking compeer .- - . The pamphlet oon'ains , as might be experted . a recommendation of the Starve
movement ; and is , from us catching title and specious style , well enough calculated to verve the : purpose of the middle elites by leading E ^ aliow miudsaTnld- ^ t ose chase . We observe that . ' ¦ he pseudo literal movement party are pouring forth a lar ^ e quantity of chtap pamphlet ? jusr now , many of thtm written moH phusioly , and advoeaiine various plan ? and schemes , ; wmle the tendency of the whole is to divert the people , and present their unired fher ^ i ^ ¦ frombeiuii bended towards any one given and Jetermintd MihjVc :. This is the whole secret of the . 5 ; urge men ' s objection to the name of the Charier , , while they profe » 3 its principles . Their o > -j-ct is crrision ; ou ^ s must be union , or they will succeed , and we fcbah be iaugned at .
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The Marquis oy Watebfoud , —Consequent on the Marquis ' s nuptial ? , he has intimated to his agent - Mr . Mears , his intention to forego the whole of i his agricultural tenantry one entire year ' s rent . | Last Friday night ' s Gazette contains the proj clamatioa anifuneinn the issue of the cooper coinage of half-farthings . The proclamation declares that they will not be a legal tender for any sum above the value of sixpence . ! RES 7 GNATION CF THE BlUINTREE BOARD OF Guardians . —A ie > v day 3 f-ince , the Poor Law ¦ Commissioners is .-urd an order to the Board of ! Guardians , to the effect , '" that tbeir clerks do trans-; mit to the Assistant Ccmnui ^ sioners of the district , after every ordinary meeting of the Guardians , a ; copy of any speoi : il minute- made , or notice of motion
j on the books ; " the Uraiiitree Board of Gu-irdiansforj warded a btrong reu i'lisiraiice to the Central Comj nrissiont-r * ag 9 . in .--t such ord * r The Board met on i Monday for the purpu ^ o of taking the reply of the ¦ Comm ^ siouers u > the t ^ nion ^ trance into consideration . As the C-.-uiOii ^ biourrs vindicated the legality , and dtleiivltd ths expediency , of the ob ] noxious urder s a ;> c ! expressed their determination to ! enforce it , thy Chairm-in ff the Board ( the Rev . J . : F . Wood ) resigned his office ; and the Board , having : first passi . d a resi- ' uti m of thanks to the It . v . Gtntii-raan for his c- > : i < lu ( -- . u . s Ci . a . Tiuau of tho Board , i and another dt-c-. ;' i : i'g the order uuneeessary and ' arbitrary , a ) -o n-. v ^ . . j , k " : ving the business of : the Uaiou hi uia L ... 'iji ; of the clerk and ilie Relieving i Jin > rs
Hamburgh Givatj ruz . —The following notice ha ? been published Hi L »; -a 7 : > tr , ^ i-ckm , the ilanibur » : h Consul , and ; -ilV > a .- i > svlondid tpecimen of Hamburgh grav . ' . un-.-: — " Lo-t , any workmen or labourers inav i > e iiniiUM d : <• cjuit Ireland for Hamburgh m search of % vuik . i ! i ui . derwriter is directed to make known t ;; at iht-rt js vet any want rorsucb thtro ; and tha . ; a " n > ra >¦!„) . ) oi " a v , . s ; -, el lakiug ov ^ r persons iu ^ t-uTch oj wu » -li , will be compelled by tho State authorii : t ! - < ibiakf th-111 backaguin . " Signed , " Tisomas H . W ' nbr . ii , Con > . ul , Dublin . " This certainly is a worthy r >; urn of tho Hamburghians for the generous m ; imi . r i » which the English and Irish c-une fortvard , jji .: >> i > r . eJ ihe ' u purged for the . r a- ^ istjncf , wi ^ -ii tn < -y \ v--r > -Jionseless a . nd dePtiuKe .
Why prevem ^ h ^ h :-h . . vntse National Bank contributed ± ' 100 tj thd ; L-mf- iurgh fund , from endtavouriuj i to ob ; a 11 uurk ? Wiij hinder them entering the labour iuark « to 1 tn fair and honqarablogrouuda of compel i ! u > ii I I . " !; ,.: itNsli labourers hvilei in obtaining work , th-.-y ihcu hud their alternative o ; returning to in lr tauvc land . The prohibition breathes a spirit u : nmra'itu-lo and base int > nopuiv , calculated to uiake ...-.: p ,-cple of Hamburgh , in future , unworthy oi' m ¦ ka-L lielp at . the hands of Kritish g n .-l ^ : ¦ ^ . t ^ . li : iie thousands of pounds sterling sen ' . ov » t 1 , a -l-i rl . cm in recovering their former position , ha ; d » - ¦ ;¦> . ) i > ? ribiued amongst our starving miilioi . s . i : . \; -u " ' j gladden their pallid sunken che-Ks , tin \ \ : rotv coiuparst've comfort around their pr sent . ! . - <» JLc ii
A HisGisruY . tCf .. NE . — f ' ae Ca ^ hul sessions comiBt-:. eed yt .- ' i-r .-a ; , ; j re- « ..-r . 3 104 notices served by the Ratiirajs ? or ¦ . )] . (¦¦ ¦>" u ;\ , ami owe borough , hut , s » rani ; e to say , cui « ji i ; .- ^ iiHro number no t a single iudividual attemkd , w ' . - h ie exception of one Simt-u Mabassy , an old gr-y jtcudjii mj . n , between whom and tne Radical at : or .. fv i ^; - t ' oJiosviiig extraordinary dialogua t <>« k vIm- * ,- ::-, ~ j . . n as Simon got on the table , in the pre . senct- >•! lV . o i'irrijter : —Solicitor . — Simon , don ' t nii :-i M-nti-jiing your head ; it ' s nothing you'll m tj cii » r . ; r 01 it . WliereV your Ira-e ? aiuiou — \\ .: a i :: torm ation do you want ? . May be , my Ikt . u :- « . l--ai : » : r than yours , and that sami ! wou . Ju ' i hj r syn ¦ £ uincii i ^ T it ; I'll cock you up with my ka e ; ! u > w a . i-J you are wuhouv ir ; I o'jppo ^ e 1 can ' t r < >«;! - ; v a biundcrbush without having shown ihut 1 a ! : i a freeholder of tho founty .
Solicit-Jr . —Gu down . Sir . out . of that : voii ' rn cithfr bolicit-jr . —Go down , sir , out- of that ; you ' re eitiier drank or a most impu . ;•••!; ;<_ iiow . Simon—No , nor the devil a * iir ;¦ ? iitJ ;> £ l . you ' re all iho way fiom rarrickbeg I ' m ' a v tr-. ir . rm : m than ever you Were , drunk or ? obtr ; : i ; :-j : i- u iaipudenre , f-ur if you hadn ' t the Dciice ' s i . wn Muck of if , it ' s no : hore but there you'd be [ ui'ii , i : i . g to tho dockj —( Gwat laughtei . ) So'iotoi .- 1 ia ' , i upon the Court for protccfon . Courr . — . U . •¦' :: > jou ought to treat your freeholders . ivirb ns-ir ^ r » ur :. _ > y , and particularly an old man , and tiie ou ) y i , u , ? . in att-ndauce out of f-. uc . h i . urnber . S . mon — ilui , k > .-ur LorJpbip , but you ' re under a mis : jko . I ' m 1 : . r ' ri-.-hoider of ih > i inau ' s at all . nor do 1 wUh to h i \\ -. Uiyining to do wi : !! his father ' s son ; I ctui >; i <> ie ^ i- cr Oiy firclocl ; , to huv «
r . ariy for'he , t > ; ' ¦ 1 . kii . J , tho next lime tluy cirag me out ul ' ar : iifi- ; r > v . > to iur as fiae pisyboys as themseives . 1 w . ; s o ' r-li ^ cd t-j fir o three sIims before 1 i - - > ulj c ci-p * ^ -v . iy from them at the la .-t election . ( G .- » a - ai ^; - ; . , ) C .-urt . —You had lust-r speak to th- t ' . ' o . k . •;; f u ]¦ ¦ ¦ .-. c .. ' about yuur firvuruis ? . I can ' : interfere i : > t . ' iKtur . Simon . —Thank your reverence ; ' w , I'd rath- ; r stttlo with your Lori . Ship ' o hoi . ' . iur ti . ai - ^;> y of th * ni ; tlu y charge so iii ^ h , your rov . r . uic -, I ' -.-r t ] ie sm-ilvst tr H : ; it ' twas oiily a crown luaiuious juu waijt-.-d , toty'd cliarue you 5 ? ., as they - ! ya cro . % n and 5 s . are both the same , and con- < ~ <\ -u'ly , that a crown Miuiiiioit * always cos--a cunvn . Now , 1 ask your Honour h
that "atr ? I t < ii j <> u whjt , y «/ ur Honour ; I'JJ giv ^ : you 2-. CJ . ioT rt ^ i- ' .-rj . ' u ; ray iirelock Tho } : mun < r here b .-carne .-i > 1 < uJ . : . - it xhc Court wa . i (( blig < -d in iiavj Siaio :, a .. u hir i : r ' .- ik r-:-ra > ved from the table . The H-t -vas ihe ; : . ? -. 1 ovt-. r t :: e third tims ' , when no oneappf ar : r : >; , iht-1- ¦ v 1 i busine .-s was gone in ' o . aiid the Kad ral ngfutV ^ :. z- r .-n vacmcy , whfn looking in vaii ;/ t : h > _ - oVor < vr : i vicr of a freeholder , Was really an : u ~ !> g , and u >• • = n : ed lo have puzzled all iti rourt to ai-couiiL for ihv . ;<¦ -. rted ranks of his allies . It is to bo h"nfd ?> i < i n .-y unfortunate dupes are becoming njort- a ! : r .- :, i ) ,, i . r own interes : and the ni ;! r ' ni ? , ; it : u ! is of di- _; ii :: 1 ; and heartless kuwves . — Tijp-rciTy Const ' i ' uf'HH .
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morning . ( The order waa produced and read . ) It was as follows : — " Wbltehal ] , j uneirth , 1 S 42 . \« Sib , — -I am directed by Secretary Sir James Graham to acknowledge the receipt of your letter ; of tb 4 lith iust ., with its inclosed medical certificate , respecting Samuel Holberry , a prisoner in York Castle ;« id to acquaint yoa that , under the circumstances therein stated , Sir James Graham has felt warranted in advisiDg her Majesty to ' grant the prisoner a pardon , on coaditiona of his entering into a recognisance , himself in £ 200 , with two Buretifs . to be approved by the Visiting Justices of York Castle , in £ 100 each , for \ his good behaviour for five years from this date . I have , therefore , te request that such recognisance ^ when entered into , may be transmitted to me ; and upon receipt thereof , her Majesty ' s warrant will be forwarded for the prisoner's liberation . "
It wa 3 signed by Mr . PhilJippa , IJnder Secretary of State , and it was addressed to Barnard Hague , Esq ., Visiting Magistrate of the Castle , York . . There has not been an order for bis immediate discharge . Cross-examined by Mr . Leeman-r-I do not know ef any order of the Marquis of Nomanby ' s , in September last , relating to the deceased . I do not know the reason of his being sent here from Northa ! ierton ; but I believe it was in consequence of his bad state of health . I do not know how it was , unlei > 8 I read it in the newspaper , or from having heard the magistrates talk atv . ut it . I do not recollect seeing an order upon the aubject . When be was here five or six months , he
ai'peared quite well . It Is Henry Phase's ( the school * master ' s ) . . duty , to read all the letters suit out by the prisoners . [ Several letters front Holbery were here handed to the witness ] There is no doubt but this letter has been written . either by the deceased or by his o ders . I -belie . ye . it to be tho deceased ' s / writing . Lqokivg at this letter , I cannot say whether be was well or not when it was written . This letter must have passed Mther through the schoolmaster's ox my hands . I believe thiB letter to be written by him . I have no doubt that this letter is his writing ( alluding to the third letter . ) This is also-in his baud-writing I think I have some recollection of setiug the last letter when it was sent out .
Mr . Leenian then requested that the letters might be read , which was done by the Coroner , and they are as follows : — v > York Castle , April , \ , 1842 . Dear Burlky , —I having received no answer to my iitt I am afraid you never received it . I feel ' . anxiousto know if you have heard from Mr . Duncombe . When hd mentions my case in the House , cut the extract out of the newspapers and forward to me . I am rather betwr than I have been . I havobeen looking for some news from you all the week ; write on Sunday . Sir , I wish you would send me a stick of Spanish joAcs foi my cough : it troubles me so at nights that I cannot sleep . I am sorry to inform you that my dear wife is very ( poorly . Give ray respects to all friends , accept the . same yourself , from your well wisher , 1 Samuel Holberry , Hospital , York Castle , April 30 th , 1842 .
MY dear Friend , —I nm sorry to inform you that I am nobetUr . ; I am reduced to a skeleton , aud if no alteration takes place for the better , I shall soon not be abld to crawl . My appetite is very bad , and the little food I take I cannot digest , without the assistance of medicine , and then only with pain and difficulty . You perhaps will be surprised to iKar that the Castle is a worse place for a man idsipkuesa than the House of Correction at Northallerton . When I was ill there , I had such food allowed as I could eat , but here the case is different , aud if a man ' s stomach cannot tuke tho food allowed , he must go without You will not won-¦ i er at mo being- . so much debilitated , when I tell you that I can take no portion of the food allowed for dinner , excepting a , few potitoes ; and you perhaps are
a-warp , that it is not every day we gtt them . A - bit of bread and a sup of what in the Castle is called tea , is the only ( except a potato occasionally 1 food I have taken for the last three weeks . My eyes are sunken in my head , and could you see me you would think 1 had the jaundice . My friend , I feel too weak to say more . I shall be glad to hear from you when convenient . Sir , I write nothing but facts , and you have no occasion to be afraid oif making use of my worda ; when they have said all they can of me , they can neither call me a liar or a felon . Give my respects to all friends , accept the same yourself , from youis truly , Samuel H 0 I . BEURY . To E . Burley , 19 , BHton-street , Layerthorpa , York .
Hospital , Castle , May , 19 th , 1842 . My dear Friend , —I did not receive yours of the JO : £ j till the lfi . tii . I should have answered it soonir , hut the sui ^ eocs lial been rawing an eruption on my » ide , which was so painful and run such quantities of corruption , that I have be : n-for three days and could ; njt stoop ; but neither the eiuption , the blisters , nor an \ thing else that I have taken inwardly or applied outwardly , has done me any gbod . The fact is , I heiibve the lungs are afft-cted . I am worse now than ever I was at Nurthallerton , and'far niore ieduceo . I am to badly troubled with djspepsy that I cinnot digest the little food I eet witliout the assistance of med chics ; ' but its no use me troubling you with complaints , or I could fill this letter with them . When you see Mr , Crowther
give my compliments to him , und tell him I am obliged to him for the stamps ho sent me . You c : m tell him the reason I did not answer his note . Dear frivnd I want to borrow a feather pillow { if auy > if our friends has one to spare ) till I get better . I would bave sent for one froiii home , but the carriage oats so much , but I hope the Convention has made tome arrangement for the wives and funiilies , and not kit them destitute , as they have been for months past Sir , I sm almost lost for the want ' of ' something , vvh ^ n the fever is on me so strong I drink such a quantity of water that I feel it . tides me harm . I . wish > ou would b- j eo kind as send me sixpennyworth of ora' : ges . I wjil repay you as soon as I get some money ; I cannot write more at present . Let me hear from you when convenient Give my respects to all friendB , accept the same yourself- from
Your ' H , tnily , SaJiuel Hoxherry . To Mr . E . Burley . Hospital , Castle , May 28 th , 1842 . My dear Barley , —I received your kind letter , and the one from my dear wife ; likewise the orangi-s and pillow . Tell th « gentleman wlip lent it me . I um very much obliged to him . Accept my thanks frr .-the oranges , and give my icspects to Mrs . Burlt-y , and tell her I am obliged to her for the acid drops , thpuch I J uve not cot leave to have themjet . York Castle i « a quc-r { Jace for : i skk . man , I wish I was b : tck in Jf . irthallerton hospital ( hospital mind . i til . I pet butter There 1 had everything-that a r *; isuna le-ur . vtv could requirti , co . jked ' i . y f « male . s , and done as it ouyht it be .
1 ) -. tr Fir , you rather blame me for telling my wife to semi jiiu a triflo of money for to get sue a few oranges . I ni ' Klit just add that I had . wrote to two fri > -n < is d had iwrhaps as well say places ) for a triflj for the same j urpose , hut to no use , and that ia not the worst . But 1 ; un aware this is not a proper place for me to make c , 111 Quints of that nature . What I have said above . 1 hofa- and trust y < m will not mention to-any uric . You i-houid not have sent the shining to me ; no one Will iuy me oran / jfs or anything cIm-wilb it j it ' M contrary to t ? in rules for any one btlon ^ ing to the Cji ? jt | e to buy 1 prisoner an > thins . ' , or I should not bave jjiven you the
trouble , but 1 will ask Mr . Psar . ^ ej the schoolmaster , to try ami get the shilling , and return it to you for the (¦ urpose it was intended for , but you bod better buy nie nothing but urangt-s . I am as -frugul- « s pwsible with t ?; em ; one of a night is all I use . You have just teteived filch an answer as I t . xpeetcd from S . r James ; h-j se : ; t the same answer to a poor unfortunate cimvicf , that Inys beside me in the last . stage of 0 consumption s-lio was recommended by the niii »; i « tnites , hucke . d by t \ u surgeon ' s ctriificate . Give my respects to 11 U irkndB ; accept the same yourself frtin Your well wisher , Samuel Holberry .
P S —Be careful how you word your letters ; they itvaw tbe pen across dxffevent wonla vh ^ t ate a ^ roiig . The cross-exan . ination was tli « n continued . Holbtrry -aw Mr . HiiKUe very frequently , and tlie other visiting n 1 ; uSatiates often ; Mr Haputi mor « fr < -quentiy than the uihera . I cannot speak as so thu' frVquepoy that Holberry paw th" visiting justices . Prom the earl > finrt of April up to the time of his decease , they fnquntiy a . i w the deceased . Ever since-he c ; me to- this prison ho has always had extra diet . Sometimes he h . is had tea , Miuiitiuu's milk : but I do not l : now that , lie ever Lad
gruel , thu retiulu ? diet of ttxc prison . He . h . walwaj's bun mutton since he c . ' > ne . tn the ' pri'on , with li u- ' . -t-xci-ti'ion of tbe lai-t two or three uay .- » , 'when r . e ciiulti i . ot * at it . He wuul < l have mutton ou the 3 o * U < f A \ ril , ; si'd miik or te ; a . Ho had thrte pwitulb nrnia huif of mutton evtry week when ho . could fiit it Cnp'ain Wiiliams , ' inspector of prisons , was here fpicuulv oh the oth , 10 th , and 11 th inst . Hh saw Holbwiy twice , but i wfisnot with him either time . I saw the-dect used jt > ttrdoy . I ibink be was delirious , ' and Co > . l < l not Kpeak rationally . I think Qyorge Oi caves has baen with ihe dectaRcd since he went into the hospital .
By the Coroner—Since he ctnie . be was always dieted according to the surgeon ' s direction . He has had pudflings with eggs in them lately , made very good and mctj ' - ¦ ¦ ' - - Wm . Anderson . Esq ., deposed : —I am deputy surgeon to York Castle . I knew the deceased , and have attended him alone with Mr . Champney from the time of his cominu here from Northallerton . When he came from Northallerton he was in a very wonk stato , and in constquence on the 21 st of -September , the day he came tn the Caatle , fce was ordered 3 . } lbs . of mutton per
¦ w ' etk as extra iiiet . On the 24 th be was ordered in addition to that tea twice a day instead cf gruel . Which ia the ordinary diet His general disease has been disorder of the > toni . acb . - He has continued that diet , I believe , uninterruptedly during the whole bf the winter until he became seriously worse , ¦ which was on tbe 16 th of April last , when be wentinte the hospital . Daring the greater part of the winter he was companitiytlj well , and though he frequently complained of s ' iight cold and indigestion , he has very frequently stated to me that he considered himself in a tolerable state of health , and very much improved since n » comiDgto
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York CaatlCr For some weeks after he went into the hospital his die * continued the same , but his digestion became so very mOch disordered that we were obliged frequently to vary iu » diet according to circumstances On more than dee occu i ° > be has complained to me that his mutton chops or uf&a of mutton svere too fat , and I have several times ordei > other pieces of mutton , such as legs , to be got for him . 0 « the 16 th of May , he was ordered to haye milk night ano morning instead of tea by his own particular desire . 03 Jhe 6 th of June , he was ordered to have light poddiog every day , and thete were particvilOT diTectionsigiVen that it should contain eggs and milk along with the flour . Ou account of hia digestion being so precarious , a frying pan Md other implementa were procured , in order that h ?
might cook bits of meat , nnd alter things as he liked them ; a thing that has never been done since I was connected with the prison , which has now been for 18 years . On various occasiona he has had little things provided for him which were not entered upon the journal , varying from milk to tea and tea to milk , according to circumstances . On several occasions I have requested hhn to name anything which he thought was likely to agree with him better than the things he has had . He requested oa one occasion to have the mutton cut from a leg , which was done . He was always accommodated according to his wish . I believe that all the directions I gave were complied with by the gaoler , as ! he was always seen once or twice a day , either by myself or Mr . Chanipney , since he was
in the hospital . Our attention was particularly drawn to Holberiry's case from . this , commencement , owing to a communicatiou from the Secretary of State , requesting tbe medical attendant tO Rend certificates from time t > time of his health , to the home office . These certificates were sent . During the winter , when his health was so well , they were not so frequently sent as at the comynencument , or since . On the 7 th of June . Mr ^ Cbampney gave me a certn . cate to give to Gapt . Williams , who was expected in York in two days , and this is a copy . It states that "Samuel Holberry , the Chartiat prisoner , is suffering fronr severe pain in the left aide , the effect of chronic inliiinmatioii of the left lobe of the liver , extending to the stomach , and perhaps the colon , which from bis having had former attacks , I believe to be organic disease . Hia digestion is very bad , and he is very weak , I consider hint to be in great danger . I am of opinion : that , his symptoms have increased , and Ma general health boa been impaired of late by the
length of confinement , and tbe great anxiety ; of mind he appears to have suffered since his long imprisonment . " This was signed George Champuey , surgeon to York Castle . I saw the deceased yesterday . For the last two or three days he baa been confined to his bed . Yesterday , when I saw him in the middle of the day , he bad been suddenly seized with fainting , and was quite delirious , which was the first day I bad observed him belnij decidedly ao . These symptoms continued in apvte of the » emedies that were applied , aud he died this morning at half-past four o ' clock , of chronic inflammation of the left lobe of the liver , and implicating the other viscera . From . the time of his entering the prison I bave known that his liver was implicated . I wa 3 called'upon about four o ' clock , and got here in half an hour afterwards . For several days past ho has given me answers which have had to be repeated before I could understand what he meant , and which I attributed to extreme debility . By a Juror ^ I constantly saw his diet
Cross-examined by Mr . Leeman—I have not a copy of any other certificate sent to the Secretary of State before the one of the 7 th of June . Others were made , I am almost confident , at certain periods I think during the first two months of his being here three or four certificates were sent , but I ' cannot-speak confidently as to the dates . When he got better I did not continue the report so regularly ! I cannot exactly state when the one previous to the 7 th of June was sen ! .- I cannot state "vrbetboT one was sent to the Ooverument during May or April . I cannot state of my own knowledge
when one was sent previous to the 7 th of June . I believe they were sent , but I d © not recollect tho time . He was sent into th « hospital on the 16 th of April , and I believe a report was then sent , but I cannot state positively of my own knowledge . Tfae first time that I thought he was dangerously ill , or had this chronic affection , was in April . We might have bad some suspicion previously ; but on his going into the hospital in April I more particularly examined his side , and then I became of opinion that he was affected with inflammation of the left lobe of the liver .
Mr . Leeman--On the . ' 3 Oth of April Would tkis describe his condition ( quoting from one of the deceased's letters)— " I am reduced to a skeleton . If no riiteration takes place for the better I shall soon not bo able to crawl . My appatite is very bad , and the little diet I take I cannot digest without the assistance © f medicine ; and then only with pain and difficulty ?"No doubt at this time he had become much weaker , and his symptoms of disease had increased . We should think at that time that it vraa a dubious point whether he would recover or not . My impression most certainly was that he would . I could nat say on the 16 th of April whether he had the chronic affection or not . I do not recollect that I had any cr nimunication with the Secretary of State iti the months of March or A \ itil . There ia no note of any in the book . Ever after he went into the hospital he was in a dubious state . I cannot swear positively that I recollect signing a memorial to the Secretary of State in the month of April
having reference to the deceased , but I rather think I did . I recollect two or three men , but who they were I know not , calling at my -house' in Stonegate somo time during the spring . 1 cannot really say whether the d . ece ' ase'd was in the hospital at the time or not . If he was it would be at the very commencement of his going there . I recolleot perfectly well stating to those men that until a very short period the deceased had improved in heiilth , and they need not be at all afraid of his being properly attended to in the Castfe , for thnt a certificate was regularly sent up to the Secretary of State , stating exactly how his health went on , I do not recollect having aiiy communication with the Secretary of State 'after these :: i « n called . I cannot recollect having signed any eertificaX * to the Secretary of State after ' that until the 7 th of June . Probably Mr . Cbampney did . After the tfOth he gradually got worse . On the 9 th of June Captain WiiUams visited York Castle .
Mr . Leeman—I Want to know how long before -Captain-Williams- visited York Castle did you consider Holberry in danger ? I had no positive idea that . he wouM not recover even up to the time of the ceitincate being written ; nor had Mr . Champnoy . We thought that if he remained in the Castle it would go very hard with him , as that certificate states . It was only very shortly previous to the certificate being written that we first formed the opinion that if he were to continue in the Castle , under the same degree of Excitement , it would go bard with
him . 1 should think that , even supposing' the restraint had been removed in April , he would not have got better Supposing 1 had been asked , in April , without being acquainted with the results which have since happened , what would have been the best mea s to be adopted in orrfer to preserve tbia iiian ' a life , / should have said it was not necessary to discharge' him from the Castle . Ou the 30 th of April his lif = > was not iu HUCll a dubious stale as to render it necessary to give a certificate for his discharge from the Castle . At that time . doubtless his life' was in a dubious state .
Mr . Leeman—Then I want to know whether any raturn was made with respect to the dubious slate tbe maii-was in irbm the 30 th of April until tho 7 : h June ? That I do not know , i do not know that it ia ascertainab ' le ; 1 should think sd . The reason why a special report was made on tho 7 th . of June ' was - 'because wo thniisht him much worse . We tbeu knew that Captain Williams was coining down . We get to know only a day or two before . He -was pot coming down , as far as my knowledge goes , about anything connected with this man . He came down for another special purpose , and thu management of the deceased bad nothing to do wifh it . I remember being asked to sign a medical ceit . flcate with reference to . the-deceased'is state of health hy those persons who called upon me . I ' cannot give the date of this , but I think it was just before he was sent to the hospital . The persons who called , r < presented that it was on account of Holbeiry's ill health that tbe
memorial was about to be sent to the Secretary of State . 1 do not recollect having any communication with Mr . Hague respecting the priaont-r up to the time of his going into the hosiiital . I have not the slightest recollection . of mentioning the circumstance to any of the visiting justices . I am not certain whether I viaited the deceased in company with CupUin Wi ' Uiama or Mr . Hague on th « Thursday or Saturaay . I saw him on these days . I cannot state of any representation being made to the govtrnmtnt v , th rc-gurd to the state of this man's health , fro'iu ttit . time of hia going into the hoppital until Captain WiluaTiis hart been and inspected tha prisons . I cannot sptak of any inquiry bein ^ mad « froin -tt . e Homo Sv \ : r- , -ta . i'y to in « between the 16 th of Ai-ril and the 7 th of Ju ^<' . I Hid not know from H <> 1-btrry tha . t Parliauieiit was petitioned in March on account , of his health , and asiiius tbe govcrnnitnt to consent to hia cH-chav ^ ti . 1 reouilect aaein ? somtthiiig
respecting it in tno rewspaj ^ fcis . Mr .- J .. hn NoWe , the * govert or of YorL Cnstle , who had returned from WaktnVM during " the examination of tho previous witnciSt . s , was ntxt examined . r . t > deposed ; I kuew the deceased , "who was a prisoner under sentence ' -in th * Castle , and carao in from NorthaVifcrtou on the 21 st Stptembtr , 1841 . When he came in he looked very poorly , but got cansiderable better . He has been-regularl . j . attended by tiie medical ; officers . The dir « -clioii given by the xuedical ifficera have been regularly attended to , and my wifa has occasionly sent him pudding , an « i he has had oraages .
Croas-bxamined by Mr . Leeman ., —There was an order eame down from the Secretary of State ' s office , soon after tno deceased came here from Northallerton , directing the medical officer to sond reports frsm time to time of the state of the deceased ' s health , and several were , I know , sent iu consequence . I do net .. positively know whether any certificate was sent between the i ' eih of April , the timo of his going into the hospital , and that of the 7 tk of June . I think one was sent as I talked with Mr . Champney about it , but I eannot be certain . ' - ' . ¦ ' . - ¦ ¦'¦• . ¦ . ¦' : '¦ . - ¦ By a Juror—When the deceased first came into the Castle he appeared a strong healthy man . He looked rather pale in the face , but did not complain . I saw no alteration in him up to the time he was removed to NorthallertoB .
This baing the whole of the evidence that was offered ; the Coroner inquired of Mr . Leeman whether be wished to call aoy witnesses .
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- " — " - * - *» - »~ Hr ^*~*"" Y—rmn 1 ¦ . Mr . Leeman said , that be was there at the inatance ' -of the friends cf the deceased , more with a view to watch the evidence ; , and to see that ail the facts and eircumatances attending-the . case ofthis unfortunate nun w . - -re properly investigated , than to effsr any direct tviderue upon the subject , because , as must : be palpable , tba authorities of the prlwn were the only parties who could give any legal evidence respecting his conditi «> a further than as that condition bad been shown by hi » letters . After the evidence ifhich had been adduc-d , he would very briefly stato the reasons why tie submitted to the Coroner the propriety of some further evidence being given as to the representations -mid 9 by the medical officers of the prisaa to- tho Qovernnit ut .
from time to time , respecting the state of health of *? r . e deceased . In the month of Saptember last , it apptar-d tiia \ ^ representation was made to the Secretary of Sea ? , ai to Bolberry ' s health , in consequence of vflii ' h Sir James Qialiara was indncsd to issue directions-for rUa removal < A Holberry from Northallerton House of Correction to York Castle , the discipline of -vvbich was supposed to be much milder than that of She Sinner prison . And it further aDpeared , that express < li !• .- »> tt-ons were then given to tbe medical officers of 1 rfe Oastl ' e , to send up from time to time , repreieDtat ^ v'ns with respect to this man ' s state of health . Al , the following Christmas a memorial , he-understood , ^ . ig rresenteel to tho Secretary of State , by the ( iL ce ; i > v'i'i' 3 fliends , representing : his health to be cf the saaw >; . e-
cariouscnaracUr that it was before , and praying that on thai ; ground he might be released ' ,. ho wna-fi . irifior ' instructed that , in the njouth of March last , a pcti ?; -n , numerously signed , was forwarded to Mr . Tliowas D . incombe , and by him pieatinted to the House cf . C-.. sinioiia . sc-tting forth , that Holberrya life waa stfll i-. ia very precarious , state , and praying that he ini ^ bt bo discharged ; that again in April , anirlafsur h « wax so iil as to be removed into the hospital , another memorial ¦ yeas sent to the Secretary of State ; and that the answer given by Sir Jtmea Graham to these m ' -m . itiJs and petitions was . that ho did not feel himself ' . just'tlVdin intyrferina ; at all in the case of this man Now it appeared that the IGth of April ¦¦ ¦ was the day -On- . which , he was last sent into thebojpital , arid according to . Air . Anderson ' s evidence h » , on the 3 Oth of that moj : rh , considered the deceased to be in a dubious state . The 30 th of April it wou'd be Temaifked was the date of
one of the letters in "which the deceased stated himself to be so very bad ; and Mr . Barker had said that the deceased appeared gradually to sink after he went into the hospital . Now fee ( Mr . Leeman ) did think that , for the satisfaction of the friends of tlie dtceiistd arid of the public—in justice to the Secretary of S ; ate himself—and not less for the justification of the nvedjcal officers of ^ the prison—it ought if possible to -a ascertained whether any communication was forwsv drd to tbe Secretary fit '' 'State between tbe 30 tb oi April , when it was perfectly clear that he was in a very dubious and dangerous state , and the 7 th of June , wh ^ n Capt VVilliams came down for the purpose of inspecting the prison , and when , in constquencti of the communic . ition made to him , as well probably as of hia personal observation , a letter was forwarded by the Secretary of Stata directing steps whieh might have ended in the release of this poor fellow , had not death flrbt releasad htm from all further suffering .
The Coroner thought it was necessary to have the evidence of Mr . Champney , who kad been in the habit of seeing the deceased frtqutintly . Mr . Anderaon said that Mr . ChaHipney vras in Palis , whither he had gone for the benefit of hia health ,. previous to the arrivAl'Of < Japtain WiHiams . in York , or be ( Mr . Champney ) wovld not have written the cerlificritg until after he had arrivfed in York . In answer to a question from Mr . Leeman , Mr . Anderson stated that the report of the 7 th of June would have been cent up-to the the Secretary of State supposing Capt . Williams had not visited York Ciistle . Tbe Coroner then addressed tbe Jury at considerable length . After alliidiag to th 9 eircumatances under which the deceaged came into the Castle- ^ the improvement which took place in his health for a tirne , and hia subsequent relapse , he said the question for their consideration would be first>—what was the causa of bis
death , and upon this head—the deceased bung a prisoner—it -would , bs necessary for fiern to be aalii-riud that he had been properly attenutd to by those whose duty it was to take care of him- ^ namely , the officeis of the prison . No " w , from tbe tvidence it appeared tnai his diet bad been considerably improved ; that he had had mutton , milk , and tea , in addition to the ordinary diet of tbe prison , and -therefore there could ba no que > tion' but that , as far as his personal comforts -wevo concerned , he had . most undoubtedly besu -attend e d to . Of , course they ; ¦ were aware thim wheDevV'r a person committed a breach of the laws cf hia cc . un . try , he niust submit co the puriiBhrnent which those laws itiflict for such effauce , and in this case it appeared imprisorimunt hild been the punishment
inflicted for Holberry ' s offence . And although he might have been a person of weak constitution and delicate health ' , ytt he was bound to suffer the punishnlent inflicted for his transgression » . 'f the laws . ¦ Therefore he could not be set at liberty;—he could not be allowed to take a walk out of the-Gastle into the country for th benefit of hia health , because the officer of the prison where he was confined bad no power to set him at liberty . In' . prisonmt'nthe was bound to bear , Unless the prerogative of the Crown bad b ^ en exercised in bis behalf . He could only be set at liberty by an act of the Queen's grace and clemency . When he became indisposed as they ha-i heard , he was placed in toe
hospital , which they all probably knew was a place of more comfort than the ordinary cells of the prison , and other prisoners were placed along with him all ; the time , for the " purpose of attending to him as well as they could . They could not have the evidence of thoso prisoners who attended him , inasmuch as they beir . j ; persons who had been convicted of felony , their evidence was not admissible .. ' ' But according to the evidence of Sir . Barker , the underTgaoler , every d « scn ption of attention was puid to the deceased that was necessary under the circumstances . Ho had had evtry medical attendance since he went into the hospital . — from the 16 th of April to the day of his death , he hi ' - 'f had all the assistance that medical skill could' Tender
He had had both medicine and diet suitaole and proper for hi 3 case , and it would appear that greater favour , ha < i been shown to him tbsm "wiia ever done to any other prisoner . It appear . d that the nature of his disorder was such as to have destroyed or greatly impaired : his digestive organs ; and cenaiderabie care bad been taken te supply h m With that description of food wbich was likely to ba most serviceable and beneficial to him . Even his own wishes had been consulted in this respect—it did appear to him ( the coroner ) that , so far ' . -as . -regard * the officers of thu prison ' , both medical and otherwise , every possible attention had been paid to the . deceased's casa . They would have no difficulty in coming to a cenelusion with reeard to the cause of the deceased's death , fir
Mr . Anderson had shown in a most satisfactory manner , that he had died from inflammation ; of tbe left lpboof the liver—in fact , by the visitation of God . Ho axa thought they -svould have no difficulty in . stating . that every sort of atttntiou bad been paid . by the officers < . i the prison , during his illness . Another circumstance baa been introduced into this inquiry , certainly Of considerable importance . Is appeared that application ui ' . dbeen luada to the Secretary of State , for a rtntissiou of the dtceaseri'fl stiittnco , in conEcquenca of the -bad btnteof bis heaith . No doubt his removal from JJorthalenon House of Correction to York Castle took place iu consequence of that , representation . An order also cAiiUi down froui the SecrfctaTy of State to the medical ofiktrs of the Castle , requeBting these persons to furnish ,
from time to time , us they thought necessary , certificates of the state of the deceased ' s heaith . What was the object of that older he cf course ccuid not say , but he apprehended it was in ' order ttiat the Secretary of State might be informed of the progress of the disease , in order that he might cohi-Kiuuicate with the Cfovfcrnment upon the subject . This order was attended to , and several deriiScatea appeartd to have bee sent up—aiore frequently during the early period cf the deceased ' s iuiprisoiimeut . The reasi 11 given by the medical t ffioer why they were not continued so frequently afterwards was , that the deceased bud eo far recovered as to render them unnecessary . They hud heard that a ctrtificata was written on the 7 th of June , when he became worse , which ^ as given to Captain Williams , the inspector of prisons , who bail come down for some other o'ject . Tl . at certificate certainly represented ihe deceased as being in a very
bad sttite of health . Coi : siderable inquiry had been mailer as to whether any othtr certificate had been sent to the Secretary cf State- bet Aeon the time the deceased went into . the hospitxil and the 7 th of Juue . Now , they had no evi ; enc « to slioW whether any ceTtificute was sent ty the home t-flice bit ween these perioda . Whethtr such a , csrttficate was sent or nut , Air . Anderson d ' iu not ktiow . ftir . Cbampney was tLe oiily party who could , .--p ^ ak to this , and as they "woth aware they could not fcave his evidence . " Mr . Noble bad stated that ho beiie ^ td one was sent out , but tb 6 y bad lio posiuve eviii « ii 2 o upon the sut jp-ct . Anothtr ; inp' * rt £ . nt ir . qu . iry was . juadfe of Mr . Anderson , namely , wiitt respect to hia . opinion of the state of the deceastd s health up tu a very recent period , and as to the catirlcatt * be would have given had he himstif been called upon to furnish one , and he bad staled that has did not consider oh the 30 th of
April that tbe dectased ' s life was so dubious cs to renricr . it . necessary foe him to be discharged from prison . Therefore had heat that time sent up a certificate to the home office , it was clear he would not have reprer sented the deceased's heaith ^ a « being in so precarious a state as to remier his removal . from prison , necessary . The Coroner ihen proceeded to recapitulate the most important portions of the evidence , commenting upon it as he west on . Hd then said : —So that according to the evidence of Mr . Anderson , it appeared that even in April last had the deceased been removed it would not have sated his life . With that however the jury had nothing to do . He could not see how that could affect their verdict . If there had been neglect oa tbe part of the . . . officers ' of the prison in not sending the proper ceitificatfc 3 to the Secretory of State , it would be looked to in another quarter . But from the evidence he must say there had been no such neglect . Looking at all the circumstances of the case , he thought they would have no difficulty in finding thoArtiKk ( iCC « qudtha ^ from natural cauaea . 1 »^ V ^ i -v l J ii ~
The jury in a few minutes i 6 t « £ ^« EffietfdllwgWP ^ diet : — " That the deceased ^»* di # 43 tJ ^^^ t »| oj God , and they were oflTj& | & / ttefcfckjSa Wj every attention paid to hinijbfl ^ am * ^^^ PbWH which his case requiied . V \ I ^ f ^ j ^^ i ^ } h ^¦ Wmm UVJ . S * U 5 TRXMOW
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The late Riots at E . n . ms — The Governmer . * mviri ^ at on into tne dis-urbauce at Enuis , closrd on Wccintscay , the loth , having occupi ' d five « iay =. in tne course of his evidence . Mr Brown , the County inspector uf Police , depos-d thai Mr . SnAib . : he ? tiptnciary ma"i > trate , had made repeated i-ifvits to disperse the crowd , aud had ac ually }» -a 2 vray " one batch , " hut vrinnjiii bein ^ able to abate the excitement . He recoil , cted Mr . Fnz-imou ' s ^ ayi ! n ^ about ti ^ ht or ten minutes bciore the firing , " We must throw ? hot into ihe p ^ oplt , '' or words : o : hat eifect . Mr . Brovrii deslaTed ihat he heard nn ore give orders to fire . He did not think fit to a _ -k Capt . De Ruvvnes for ms-tru t-otis to act , bf-cause ihe police
came out under ' the immediate directions of Mr . Smyth ; aDd he preferred to act with Mr . Smjth , for he knew he sad much more i ; fluence with ihe crowd . He appealed to Capta . n Dj Ruvjnes several nme ? , as a magistrate , for direc ions ; and Captain Dc Ruvynes said he did not Jeel him ^ elf called upon to act in the absence of Mr . Smyth . " He gave me that answer more than onc < -. The only matter I wa . - dissati .-fied ivith Captain Dc- Kuvjnes on that night ior , was his nnwilliiigue ?? to iuierlcre and g . ve proper instructions . " Mr . Bown aonuued tliat he had neglected to ascertain th ? names of the policemen who fired ; and he cou ; d no ' - remember at what huur be visited the Police Bairatk . The police diarv this produced , which * hewi- < i iha * Mr . Brown
I cid not viri : the barrack- un : il .-evt-u o ' clock on the i eveniii ^ of Tuesday . ' Caplaui Dc R-ivjijts i ; ive l ; is ¦ version of the narrativf , vr . -: ich aid Lot . make cut ! any very stnkin % difirrtnee from the previous . accounts . He said that after the firii .-t ; had ceased , ' a polictman used threatening Isi . gaa ^ e to him , < ( seemingly provoked at his vraut of decision . ) 1 Another p ' oliceman exclaimed , "I ih : nk you are u i fool . " Captain De Ruvynes accounted for his j reluctance to interfere by stating that a j diifereiice , -winch had arisen on the Binch , ) existed between himself and llr . Smith . I Captain De Ruvynes gave it as his opinion that I the Police * were not in danger , nor had they auy j occasion to £ re on the people in defence of their l lives . Michael Dolan , one of the crowd , gave evi-|
dence tending to convict Captain De Ruvynes and I Mr . Brown of instigating and ordering the Police I to fire ; but his testimony was damaged by this I admission— " I was asking Mr . Hynes ia-t night to I get me off attending the inquest this day . as I had i not t : me to attend : I also aiked him at the rising ' of the Court last night . He told me I should attend 1 the inquest : I then told him that I would give it [ against his client , Sir . Brown ; who both positively I denied the truth of his statement . The Irish paptr . bestow great praise on Mr . Smith ' s conduct of the ! investigation , * s f earching and impartial : of course his report would J > e made to the Government , and ! any conclusion to which he had come is not ant nounced , Mr . Brown and Mr . Fitzsimon have been I apprehended , and lodged in gaol . A subscription I has been set on foot at Trim , in Heath , to relieve j the di > tre = 3 .- Whole families in the neighbourhood are known to subsist on Tnld rape .
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INQUEST UI' ^ 'N Tli-K . » ODY OF HOLBERUY THE CHARTIST . YORK CASTLE— i UE ^ DAY , June 21 . On Tuesday tveiiiri : la-. ' , an inquest was held before Join Wood . E > q ., at Y ^ r ? Cu-tle ,. upou the b » dy of S ^ mut-1 H ' -Obf-rry , !) ie S :. t ilield Chartist , who oi-. d bet-ween fi-ur and fiv « n ' c ' . nck that morning , in the hospital of the C . * stle . -lr Lenmnn . solicitor , of York . at * bn > -ei on b ? hulf of tt-e friends of the deceased . Thy following is the evid < .-riC ! « rrhich was given : —
. Mr . Baxter B . ifccr nr . ck-r cuoltr of York Castle , vas fi : > t swoit . He ( if | n » t- - 1 knew the deceased . Hr \ Ttj a prisoner confliK-. s in the Castle . He vas twontyj . ( .-veu yrars of a ?« . U . shi'ine vrss at Slnfficld , : indLm was a « -p ! rit-d :.-. ii . lfr hy i , "•> : ii . > .: ; ncf en the 15 ta of J itir . ury K-i " . and was iri-d « t ti . « a- ' . 'iz s lund on tuo 5 h ^ iarch , IMu . and «"< is c <> ii « ct ¦! tf coiibpii . iC / , suiiitiuii , and r ' u > X . Aft r ti-.-it on t ' . e 2 iyh cf > Jarc ! i , J 8-l f ) , he ifas rri' ; oved to Xoithri ! Jejti > i » Hou 3 & of Co ? r-cti -n v > nnd ^ njo the Sttntt' - ' ft <> f ihavurt ; namely , four yiaid impnsuIiHient , aail ^ t tti ^ ix ^ . rati'Jji of that pt-riou > : ;» was to enter iQtn Teco » niE « ijt ! - ^ ( if two sureties of £ 10 each to keep tte ptace f » r ihreb years . Then Iil- cui .. * here again on ths 21 * X Ot r ? ' iit ^ nitur . 18-11 , " by Oriii-:- uf
the StcTttiry cf .. Stue i « . r the Home Department . ( The ¦ w itnrfcs V 7 as thtn rii . * iri-d ty state vrbat be knew r--sptctina Ho ' . btrry ' j ui'ii . ] Hu siid . about half-jjast thrte \>' c cck thia jiiort ' iDi :, 1 heard a knocking in tb »" feiou ' B prison , and J hkt-r . Se hvairf f-ome ono , zf > 1 supposed , calling to uin watchman- I imniedifitelj s ^ t up and iockef ] out oi tL ; - window . As soon as I go ' ibtk ^ ysl -WfcPt t > f-j Y . \ , nt was the Hiatttr . I ^ ¦* Ihe decf-asfed in be : in iJ :- _ liowpital . He was in a vt-ry weak itat " . I iitjirv' 1 < - f the prisoners if tl « . y tiiou ^ bt be was in h - . vi > rse state . They said Uu'j thoupht be was 1 tfc-n j , a-, d we will send f « . T thr doctor knnicdi .-ittly . I diii eo . He could no : f ULak . After a while I cinie <* - / n-n . snd in a . > -hort time thu knockini ? vas Ttp-: at < ii . At tlie s-ime time thwe - »? n ^ a
knockiiii ; at the iutcr « : i e . trhich was caused by Mr . Anfltrsi . u , the suritnn . I ) Toceeded to the hoajiiti alonjj with 3 Jr . Andt-rM-n . The prisoners - are toKt thi . whtn they are taken ill they ere to knock . . V < y sltf-pin / room is not so v . il gitua'ed for hearing oti ' . ¦¦ *' the ftions' prisons as the governor ' s jjj e dei ^ a : - «; appeared to be dtad when I Rot to the room . 1 duno : tt : 1 whfn h « went to tl . d ho \<\ t'i \ , fxctpt frc-m the fcurg » -on > journal . Wl . tn he cmiC her « from XurthaUt-iton in Se * tenii .-tr last , Le was in a very iii and weak ;; state of htaltb . He Si-t-nit-ii to . recover for about font or tivy monti'S fruni ih- " . ime lit cime into tlits Cast-. ¦ wb-:-n hf appeared to w » to have quite recovti- 'i AVout two loonths s-iisca , as near as I can t . !' ¦ ,
ht ; ij pviiTcd t" hccnine iil ij ^ ain , and I thii ; k he h ** co :. tinus (! , ss far as n : y ob .-t-rvation has gr'Ee , lo t >! J ; jTd' 5 usi' ; y under uisi 2 . t up : < j tbe period of hiss de h J thi ! k ? t ; s ab ut tr o J ., ; ribs fince he . went int" t : b > - > pstcl by the surj ; - n s iVirection . Ever siiiCt t ^ . )¦ f-nc ; he hiis cod ; : ! . ; i J a . iut : ei . t in the hospi :. ' . 1 lb : i . k ho his bteo r \ n : ^ - •¦ ¦ ir ' . y every day tj cunic < i •'• ¦ i'lt'i tbe j ; : rd , until frt l .- . st two or three days . D-mi'ithf fc-uf ) r . st dajs fce h : r . hs . t hten ab . 'e to get jichh in c-: iscqu 6 uc 3 vf Wr . ik ^ -. vs . I beiieve he flrtt o > j c ;<< i to cnuiiij !; dov > n in cci ; ' - q .: ri . ce uf the cold . Du ; n > - ' t . f time he has been in the- h'i > p : tal he has been r- ' ^ uu- . ! ; j attended to . He h ; . s hr . a i ^ r ^ ons to vait upon bim He has never butn left alono neither v . u . ut nor day . T . ie pe ' rei-na who were m > : u hiia vere pmoiiers . Tin y were put there for the purpose of waiting upon him . George Grtnves is t / ie jianie of the person who principally attended upon the
deceased . There were other skfe prisoners in the hospital at the time , but not , in the same Tootn with the dtceased . Greaves slept in the same room with deceased . There were three beds in the room where t hedeceased slept , the deceased occupied one , and Geow Greavea snd Luke Marrii&n , "who also waited upon the deceased , slept in the xtn . aining two . They are both of them convicted prisoners , and w ? re both convict ' , d of felony . Every day duriag the last two mouths that the deceased has been an inmate of the hospital , b ' S has been visited by tbe doctor , and sometimes twice a day . The orders of the surgeon with respect to the deceased have invariably been attended to , and s a far as I bave observed , fce has bad every attention pud to him , both medical and otherwise . Mr . Noble is unavoidably absent attending the sessions at W attfield . He went yesterd . o-y morning about nine o ' clock . I have an order in my possession f ? r the deceased ' s -discharge . I believe it was received by Mr . Hagua ^ kujt Saturday
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 2, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct760/page/3/
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