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HE NORTHERN STAB. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1842.
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TO THE CHARTISTS OF GBEAT BRITAIN . Bsothes Chartists , —The time has come , and is , -when every man who has a desire to see tea fellows enjoy freedom and happiness , should lend his every assistance to carry on the great moral warfare the people are now ao nobly engaged in . We behold on everj baad factions uniting against principles ; despotism and tyranny are going hand in hand together , and have let loose the worst passions of human nature . The honest and the noble-minded haTe been selected * as their Tictims , because they hare fearlessly and successfully preached the Bever-dring principles of pure democracy . Special commissions are issued , that the eorruptionists may Ik- enabled to wreak their vengeance upon a ! l whom they have got within their infernal grasp . The Habeas
Corpus is virtually suspended ; riots , tnmnlts , plots , and C 0 L--p 5 racies are set on foot to entrap the innocent and enthusiastic by spies and tools Hired for the purpose . Tae rcsijlatraies have set aside all justice , and exercise a df .-potic power , destructive to the liberty of the subjV . t . Legal meetings of the people have been dispers ^ i . and the basest reptiles that ever breathed angi . gr I to swear a * ay the lives and liberties of the virtuous and innocent , from a vain hope tbat they will be enabled to suppress the growing power of an intelligent people . The constitution U grossly violated by the G jvernment , and its every power lent to assist these who lire net by honest industry . Landowners , stockjobbers , fundholders , sinecurists , speculators , merchants , lawyers , parsons , manufacturers , and all sorts of idlers
'Who live from the wealth produced by the starving and ¦ woe-worn slaves , are protected by our unjust Government , whilst the people and their laboar are left in the handE of those whose interest it is to reduce wages , and introduce and improve the producing power of Btesro and iron ; men in whose hearts dwelleth not one particle of feeling , worshipping at no shrine but that of avaric * , hiving no god bnt gold , and whose Whole study is to increase their own riches , granreur , and comfort , at the expense of those whom they employ ; and l-j whose unjust proceeedings thousands have been « e :: t to a premature grave , causing misery , destitution , and want , with all their concomitant evils ,. to spread through this once happy land , until the people , driven through desperation to make effort to resist their diiVoIical power , have been met by the police wolves a- d the mercenary tools of a cruel Government , and
cut down &a the mower cuts down the ripe grass . Men , ¦ wo men , and children have suffered alike from the fury or tLese detestable monsters ; the sabres of the police have been dyed in the blood of English men and "Women ; the bullets of tka soldiery have pierced the hearts of oar countrymen , because they raised their voices to heaven for justice , and cried to the God of mercy to assist them against the cruelty of their irochearted task-masters . The shriek of the bereaved mother has been heard ringing through the air for the loss of her darling child . The widowed , maddened , and distracted wife has cried aloud in phrerjy for her murdered husband , weeping , wailing , and moaning for the partner of her life , and the supporter of her helpless offspring , whilst the conoocters of this calamity have looked on with a hellish grin , and with a fiendish laugh have they committed their victims to a prison ' s cell .
Arcuse , then , my countrymen , from the apathy in which you have so long lain , and say these tkiCgs shall not be . Proclaim alond in tie msjealj of jour manhood that you will be free . You perceive that faction is about to do its worst ; its minions , tools , and spies are prowling from place to place , seeking whom they may devcur ; rewards ore offered for the apprehension of your best friends , and the best and bravest are either driven from your ranks or arrested ; and if you are determined not . to make one mighty effort to obtain your freedom , the last vestige of your liberty will be destroyed , and yourselves for ever made slaves . But 1 have too much confidence in
my countrymen to think that they will now slacken in their exertions to obtain their Charter , when they have perceived the weakness of the strong Tory Government ; yea , it baa made manifest lbs weakness by the arrests that have already taken place ; it is gone forth in language that cannot be misunderstood that the strong Government is to weak too stand against the verbal truths uttered by the humble advocates of the People ' s Charter , and that truth , ere long , will triumph over filseh wd , and right over might The po irer -of truth has already shaken Toryism to its foundation ; and it now rests with a united people to say when the edifice shall be th&ken to the ground , and
" Like the baseless fabric of a vision , Leave not a wreck behind . " Awake , then , my Chartist brethren , and let the agitation be carried on with renewed vigour . Come forward and diffuse abroad that spirit of freedom so essentially necessary to the establishment of our great principles . Send forth your accredited lecturers into ever ; county , town , city , hamlet , sad village , to instruct the ignorant and arouse the apathetic to a sense of their duty . Yea , let the messenger ! of truth go forth and proclaim aloud the only panacea for the evils which now am ' ct us , until the people cry aloud at of old , " Behold bow beautiful
upon the mountains are the feet of those that bring good tidings , tbat publish peace , that bring good tidings of good , that publish political salvation , that saith unto Britain , thy Charter is established and justice reigneth . " The power is ia your own hands , if you are only willing to exercise it Let unity and concord guide your every action ; stand firm to your principles , and be led not away by the sophistry , cunning , and deceit of any party . Let those who are now suffering in the Government slaughter-houses see that you deeply sympathise with them , and that you will not sacrifice those principles for which they have so nobly fought
In conclusion , let me just say , that I myself , like many others , are out on bail until March next ; and I am determined to make the best use of my time- I have , therefore , resolved to carry the Charter , and preach its principles where it has not yet been named , and to be at the service of the Chartists in the diffusing abroad our principles , and establishing the Association "Where it is not ybt known ; for if I am to be deprived ef my liberty for speaking the truth , I will work double time in making the people dissatisfied with the present system of oppression . And believe me to be , A determined and unflinching advocate of the People * Charter , Wm . Beeslet . Abbey-street , Accrington-
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THE ADDRESS OF THE DEFENCE FUND COMMITTEE TO THEIR BROTHER CHARTISTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM , MORE ESPECIALLY THE STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERIEJ . Beothek Chartists , —The Committee of the Defence Fund earnestly call your attention U the cases ef our suffering brethren now in Stafford Gaol and on bail awaiting theii respective trials by special commission , to commence on tbe 3 rd of October next The nntnber already charged are about ten with being connected one way or other with the late riots in this neighbourhood .
We do not think it necessary , after the spirited and timely address of our respected General Secretary , in last week's Star , to trouble you with any introductory remarks , but will at once procted to lay the claims of « ur suffering brethren before th- Chartist public , and more especially those of our own district The first victim we shall venture to remark upon is John Richards , a venerable old man , charged with inciting to riot ; this victim has not only advocated the political rights of the working classes since what may be called the Chartist agitation , but has willingly and gratuitously on all occasions during the last
twentyfour years opposed tyranny and oppression in their multiform shapes , whether national or local ; he it is that assisted the potters to obtain an advance of price some years ago , by his writings in the defence of their claims ; he also , among others , successfully opposed the incorporation of this borough , and thereby saved this district a many year's unnecessary annoyance and expense ; he has also supported reforms in our parochial afiain , and opposed , on several occasions , the imposition of church rate *; in a word , the old . veteran has spent by far the greater part of his years in defending the rights of labour and establishing the reign of justice in this degraded and oppressed country .
The next prisoner is Joseph Capper , charged with inciting to riot- He has also laboured indefatigably -during a many years in the Reform cause , and been unremitting in his advocacy of the cause of the poor , fur which he has been constantly exposed to the taunts and sneers of those who once called themselves the friends of liberty . William Ellis , charged with high treason , a person of commanding and respectable talent , has been marked oat by the more wealthy portion of society on account of his fearless and eloquent exposures of their ignorance , tyranny , and bypocricy ; and more particularly that of the clerical order , of whom he has strikingly developed many unpleasant truths .
We invite the attention of the political Reformers and friends of Temperance to Samuel Robinson , the bold and persevering advocate of social and political Reform ; his unsUnching defence of Democratic principles , in the borough of Stoke-npon-Trent , has bronght down upon him the influence of the police system of espionage in this neighbourhood . The case of James Oldham savours much of petty revenge , inasmuch as there is a paltry charge of felony preferred against bio , a thing as foreign to his known principles and habits as possible . This is an ardent and enthusiastic young man , who has endeavoured to ^ Mfmfntt . those just principles to which he is so strongly attached , and for which be is virtually per-SMKted .
The ' persons before-named have , on these accounts , rendered tbemselraf obnoxious to the enemies of human liberty , who have long panted for an opportunity , and they have at last availed themselves of tbe late disturbacoes , and raked together evidence to asso ciate them with the riots ; the evidence has been given , of coarse , by truly " respectable men , " who are always ready , trAen sober , to protect the peace of her Majesty's liege subjects from illegal violence and Insult Toe other prisoners charged with being present at tbe riots , although they have not taken a public part In the Chartist agitation , are nevertheless good sen and tzw , and have rendered essential service to the cause , and are therefore entitled to our sympathy and gnppoif .
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We have enumerated tbe claims of the prisoners for the purpose of furnishing motives for exertion to those who are but partially acquainted with their past public services in the cause , and not for any invidious or Tain display ; and we confidently expect that those who profess an attachment to the Chartist cause , will make an tffjrt worthy of the same , and such as the nature of the case requires , and the principles of justice and humanity demand , and thereby evince a sympathy for their injured brethren , together with their distressed
wives and suffering children , as shall show a pro-judging venal press , together with those who live on the present corrupt stats of things , that while we are too high-minded to impede the course of justice , we are equally determined to prevent our friends , to the utmost of our power , from being immolated on the altar of cupidity and implacable revenge . Signed by order ef ths Defence Fund Committee , Shelton , Staffordshire Potteries , Moses Simpson , Secretary .
N . B . We have beard , with detestation and disgust , that some of the prosecuting parties threaten their hands with loss of employment if they give evidence in favour of the prisoners . Is this justice ?—let the public say . " M . S .
He Northern Stab. Saturday, September 24, 1842.
HE NORTHERN STAB . SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 24 , 1842 .
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CRUSH THE MOVEMENT 5-NEVER MIND HOW ! We have often told our readers that the one design of the factions , was to enslave the people , and deprive them of their laBt remnant of political and social freedom ; and the conduct pursued by their rascally organs of the press and their base and perjured witnesses in all the prosecutions arising out of the late Strike , bo cunningly got up by th mselves , as a means of at once alarming the Government into an adoption of their measures , and of putting down the movement , furnishes abundant evidence of the fact .
The disturbances in the Potteries are well known to have assumed a serious aspect , and it appears that the creatures who are entrusted with the administration of the laws in these important districts are resolved , at all risks , to do their little best to prevent the progress of sound opinion and practical justice , and that they find ready " helps" to their infernalism in the press . The North Staffordshire Mercury of the 17 th , furnishes a copious report of the examination and committal of Ellis , for high treason . And this examination , in connection with the unfair and rascally comment of the base tool of
faction " wot does the Mercury" gives us a peep into some of the tricks which the' enemies of tho people are resolved to resort to , rather than secure national prosperity , by rendering justice to the toiling and starving millions . We have long known that the authority of the constitution is suspended , and thus "this free and happy country" is under a virtual , if not an actual despotism . We also know that this system of misrule and tyranny is sustained by a whole army of spies aud informers , who provide the food necessary to satisfy the insatiable hungerings of the demon of capital and class domination . If the readera of the Star have
any remaining doubts upon this subject , we think they will find them removed by the following detail , given in the Mercury , of the means perseveringly and successfally resorted to for the apprehension of Elli 3 : — " In consequence of the prominent position he had taken , and tho seditious language which , it was reported to the magistrates he had uttered , a warrant was issued for his apprehension , charging him with sedition- Ellis , however , either alarmed at tbe turn which affiirs had taken , or fearful ( hat he should be apprehended , thought it prudent to leave the district , which he aid secretly , on the 12 th of August , and it
is said on that day he was seen passing through Congleton . Notwithstanding that diligent enquiry was made , he was completely lost sight of for a few days , when information was received tbat he was hiding in Shropshire , between Market Drayton and Wellington , and the police went there in search of him , but he had removed from thence the night before . It was at first suspected he had takenrefuge in Wales , buc this turned out not to be the fact , for he was afterwards traced from Shropshire to Liverpool , where he armed on the very day the Philadelphia sailed f America from that port . It being thought possible that he might have sailed in that vessel—as
no further trace of him could be found in Liverpool —his apprehension was considered very doubtful ; but at the beginning of last week a fresh clue was obtained by Mr . Ryles , superintendant of the Burslem police , who hed a letter siown to him by an inhabitant of Burslem , which he had received from a friend in Glasgow , in which the fact was stated that " Bill Ellis was at work there , "' under the name of George Forrester , and that the writer had seen him . Mr . Ryles lost no time ia communicating this intelligence to Samuel Alcock , Esq ., the indefatigable chief constable of the town , who forthwith
despatched Inspector Tierney , of the A division of London police , to Glasgow , with the warrant for Ellis ' s apprehension . The Inspector left Burslem on Tuesday morning , and arrived in Glasgow on Wednesday evening , when he found that the information was correct as to Ellis being there . The Inspector got the warrant counter-signed by the Glasgow magistrates , and by means of a little stratagem , succeeded in apprehending Ellis at the manufactory of Mr . Thompson , in the Gallowgate , Glasgow , without Mb entertaining the least idea that his liberty was in jeopardy . "
No one , after reading this , can doubt for one moment that there ifl a regular organised spy system established , both local and national ; and that the agents are chosen from the ranks of those who are not by any means troubled with an over scrupulous conscience , or who attach any undue importance to the sanctity of an oath . The following also , from a late trial in Ireland , shews what sort of evidence is admitted , when the object is to convict honest men of crimes of which they were never guilty , but whose love of freedom renders them obnoxious to a classmade Government . One of the Government witnesses thus gave his evidence : —
" I was nabbed' in September last . I was eight days in ' crib . ' The first I spoke to about Ribbonism , after I was ' recked , ' was Constable Johnston , and told him to go for the Provost of Sligo , which be did . "When I hsd con / erred with that
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gentleman . I was let out on heavy bail . After that I attended meetings , made passwords , Ribbonmen , and all that . I made Ribbonmen by the hundreds . The police knew that was the business I went on . I was oat from September to February . I did not expect to be wanted by the police till about Patrick ' s day—till the assizes time . When I returned , I told them about the meetings . By the word * them' I mean Mr . Fawoett , Provost of Sligo , and the magistrates . While I was out of jail , I concocted about sixtv-six
Ribbon papers , and scattered them about as well as I could . The magistrates knew all this . During the time I wrote several letters to people , and got answers . I took tbe oath of the society once , twice , thrice , four times—aye , fourteen times—I had no farther to go , or I would have sworn more . / am at this moment breaking them all . I get MY SDPPOKT FROM TH 8 GOVERNMENT . My COnSCieUCO stretches sometimes . During the six months I was out I was as busy as ever at the old * trade . '"
In reply to the Attorney-General , he gave the following ominous answer : — " / wrote the Ribbon letters , S ( c , distributed them , and canvassed Ribbonmen , under the direction of the magistrates , but not of the police ; the former were perfectly aware of what I was doing . " And another police Bpy , of the name of Cox , on tbe same occasion , thus proclaimed in open court the means he resorted to for the accomplishment of the villanous services he was paid by the people's money to perform : —
" I told the party that I was from Termonbarry . in the county Roscommon . That was a lie . I told other lies on the occasion . That was a lie to say that a man from Stokestown was to have met me there . I may have told other lies then . I think it quite right to tell the lies . It would not answer me to tell the truth alwayB . I consider it was only my duty to tell the lies . When it comes in my way , as a policeman , I don't think much of telling a lie . '
It is plain from all the proceedings of the solons of Newcastle , on the examination of Ellis , that their worships , acting doubtlesB in conformity with their secret instructions , had a double purpose to serve First , Ellis was to be committed for some offence what—was not at first decided on , bnt at all events , he had not been caught to be let loose again ; so evidence must be provided for the accusing of him . It was provided , and so manufactured as to give the humane possessors of " a little brief authority" the exquisite pleasure of refusing bail , and of ' puniehing him before trial , by refusing him intercourse with his friends , and the use of writing materials . We have read over all this so carefully—collected evidence with mor « than our usual attention , and we unhesitatingly declare , that a mass of more
paltry and inconsistent rubbish was never sworn to in any of our courts of inquiry . We are certain that no sane man will give credit to the statements put forth , and had Elvis to ba tried on this evidence by " a jury of his peers , " his acquittal would be certain . But he will bo tried by a middleclass jury , with whom the evidence will be nothing , but who will conyiot him of any crime with whioh his persecutors may please to charge him , simply because they are told he is a Socialist and a Chartist It is for his principles that he will in reality suffer , though the smooth-faced hypocrites will not dare to be honest in their villany , and say bo . The charge of Treason , of the committal of which there is not the shadow of evidence , is merely got up as a cloak ; and it is too flimsy to answer the purpose in the eye of every honest man .
But the authorities had another object to serve . Their prosecution of the noble patriot , Cooper , may break down , unless some better evidence than that upon which the warrant for his apprehension was granted can be procured ; and Cooper is to be made a victim to the malice of the middle-class scoundrels , whose heartlessness and hypocrisy he has so often and so iffioiently exposed . For the accomplish , ment of their noble object the magistrates stepped out of their prescribed line of duty , in order to elicit from the witnesses against Ellis some additional evidence which might tend to prejudge Cooler ' s case in the minds of the Jury before whom he is to be tried , and with whom his acquittal or conviction rests . Whati in the name of common sense , we ask , has the following portions of the evidence to do with the case of Ellis at all
?" Thomas Smith , boot and shoe maker , of Shelton . He stated that he was a special constable of Hanley and Shelton , and on Monday morning , the I 5 f h of August , he was present at a meeting on the Crown Bank , which was attended by a great number of persons—many hundreds . It was what was called a Chartist meeting , and the principal speaker at it was Cooper ; but witness did not seethe prisoner there . Cooper spoke a good deal respecting the clergy and the State Church , and he told the meeting " they must stick to their work , " ( as witness supposed , referring to what bad been iagreed on at a previous meeting ) , and moved a resolution" that work should
be suspended until that day month , " and by that means " they should obtain the Charter . " After passing this resolution , tbe mob proceeded from the meeting to Lord Granville ' s colliery , turned all the men out that were at work , stopped the engines , and plugged the boilers . They then turned a bum bailiff out of a house , and forced him to go along with them . They next liberated the Drisoners from the lock up ; attacked the police office , broke open the door , dashed in the windows , and ransacked the place . After that they attacked Mr . Gibbs ' s , broke ths house windows , and ransacked the office . The mob then passed on towards Stoke , but witness did not
follow them . From the advice given them at this meeting , witness believed that the mob pursued the violent line of conduct thut they bad done . On the same day witness was at a meeting in the same place , about seven o ' clock in the evening . Witness observed Cooper speaking again . At that meeting Cooper said , " Lads , you have done your work well ; not that I'm going to commit myself by the law—but you have done your duty like men . You must keep it up , and then we shall have the Charter the law ot the land . " It wa 3 getting dusk then , aud witness retired from the meeting , and m company with some gentlemen , he had the pleasure of taking a glass ot ale . "
And no doubt while enjoying tho pleasure of drinking a glass of ale with " gentlemen , " he struck a bargain with the said " gentlemen" as to what bloodmoney he was to receive as the price of his evidence to aid in Cooper ' s conviction . Thomas Firtb , ta lor aud draper , of TunBtall . About seven o ' clock on the evening of Friday , the 24 th June ( he believed ) , saw the prisoner and Capper go to tbe west end of the Market-piace , Tunstall , when Capper mounted a stool , which he carried wuh him , and addressed the meeting , whilst the prisoner stood by . At first tht / re were thirty or forty persons present , but they increased during Capper ' s speech to about 200 . Capper said , they must have the the Charter . He said , " I suppose they are bringing the red-coated gentry to stop us , bat there is sufficient
strength among the people to defeat their base tyrants and the soldiers too . He said the bulk of the soldiers were gone to China , to murder the poor Chinese—that there were not more than five soldiers for each town . Capper went on to recommend the people to arm themselves , for a great struggle would certainly take place shortly , when the people would have to fight for their political rights . Ho eaid , ** The noble-minded Chartists of Yorkshire and Lancashire have armed themselves , do you likewise follow their noble example . Those that can't afford to get guns , must get pikes ; and those that cannot afford to get either , mu 9 t get torches . " The object of the arming , Capper said , was " to fight for their political rights . " He said the day was olose at hand when the people must make laws for themselves , for their tyrants were deaf to all their petitions . "
All this , and much more of the evidence adduced had nothing to do with the subject of the inquiry , but it could be made useful another way , and that other way was clearly contemplated by the magistrates . Thus the witness Smith was interrogated by some of the worthies on the bench : — " Mr . Wise—You say you left the meeting when Cooper had done speaking . Why did you do 60 ? M Witness—I left because I was afraid . " To Mr . Ward—I was attending the meeting to see what was going on . It was not possible for the police to have interfered against the mob with effect ; it would have taken a hundred more police , with pieces loaded , to hare charged them with effect .
** To Mr . Wise—The language used at the meeting by Cooper was likely to excite to aots of violence , and when the fires occurred , witness connected thorn in his own mind as the result of the language that he had heard used . " Mr . Broade—When Cooper said , ' You - have done your work well , ' to what did you suppose he referred ? " Witness—To the riotous proceedings of the day . To Mr . Ward—Saw Capper at the meeting , but did not hear him speak . The s £ t cutler clearly convicts the witness of perjury . M Saw Capper at the meeting , but did
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not hear him speak . " He had just before detailed the substance of Cappkr's address . Bat suppose that the word Capper is a misprint for prisoner , then the same fact is proved ; for he had stated on oath tbat he did not see prisoner there . This examination appears to have been intended to effect great things . Others , besides Cooper and Ellis , were to be affected by it . Hence tbe witness Firth , after some remarks whioh he Bays the prisoner made , telJs m : — " The observations witness said were applauded by the majority of the crowd , and among the applauders he particularly noticed Huxley , Capper , Nixon , and Howard . Ralph Baker was present at the meeting , but witness did not notice him applaudisg . "
Thus endeavouring to produce in the minds of the Jury class a prejudgment of these several cases ; the examining Magistrates very evidently lending themselves as pliant tools to carry out the infamous intentions of their still more infamous co-partners in iniquity . In 'hi 9 meritorious design , however , the " worshipful" scamps must not be allowed to carry off all the honours ; the press generally of both factions is entitled to its full share of public odium , and in this particular the Editor of the North Staffordshire Mercury is especially worthy of an infamous notoriety . The miserable driveller has done all he could to earn his share of the blood money , which is no doubt to be liberally distributed amongst " the friends of order . " Thus he introduces his report of the examination of Ellis : —
"APPREHENSION OF ELLIS , ANOTHER CHARTIST LEADER , AND HIS COMMITTAL ON A CHARGE OF TREASON . 11 William Ellis , a character well known in this neighbourhood , from the prominent part he has taken as a Socialist aud Chartist , has at length been apprehended , and committed for trial , on the serious charge of treason . " For some few months past he had been more particularly aotive in his advocacy of the Charter ; and in addition to the usual tirade of abuse whioh the Chartist lecturers generally pour forth against all who differ with them , as * tyanta and oppressors of the people , ' Ellis more especially called attention
to the middle classes , whom he very frequently designated as the most impudent , ignorant , insolent , overbearing , oppressive , and worthless class of individuals that ever existed , affirming' that they were the class whioh stood between the people and their rights ; and declaring that sooner than allow them to remain an impediment , he would recommend the people to exterminate them . One of the last times he uttered this , language , forsooth , was at a meeting called by the Chartists themselves , to endeavour to promote a union of the middle and working classes , for the obtaining of the Charter ! Although we have mentioned this meeting in particular , we have
repeatedly had it reported to us , that his usual language was of the most reokless and violent kind . The only occasion on whioh we ourselves beard him speak , was when he officiated as chairman at the meeting held in connection with the " O'Connor Demonstration" in this district , some months ago ; but at that meeting the speeches of the Charsists were the most moderate—including that of O'Connor himself—that we have listened to at any of their displays . On that occasion O'Connor complimented the meeting on the talent of their young chairman , ( Ellis ) , and expressed regret that he did not continue the excellent speech whioh he ( O'Connor ) had interrupted , by his appearanoe on the platform . A stock theme with Ellis was the Mercury ' s dereliction of duty in not
giving reports of the speeohes delivered by himself and other agitators . "On the unhappy occurrence of the turnout of the colliers in North Staffordshire , Ellis and his associates were not slow to avail themselves of it , as a means whereby they might promote their political objeots , and we find him with Cooper , and other CnartiBts , present at the meetings of the turn-out colliers—or rather Chartist colliers—before and after the riots and arson which characterised the proceedings of the mob on the 15 th and 16 th August ; indeed , it will be seen that one witness sworo to seeing Ellis actually present with his face blackened during the fire at the Rev . R . E . Aitken ' s , and the next morning saw him at the head of the mob going ia the direotion of Burslem , where it was fired on by the Boldiers . "
This is clearly intended to so prejudice the minds of the class from whom the Juries will be selected , as to close their ears against all the appeals of counsel , or the evidence that may be adduced in the defence . And what do the wretches intend by all their outrageous violation of all law and decenoy To put down the movement . We are told—W A special meeting of magistrates was held at Newcastle on Monday , at which Lord Talbot , the
Lord Lieutenant , was present . The business had refereuce to the preservation of the peace in this part of the county ; and amongst other things , we aro told , it was resolved not to allow any meetings to be held in the open air for some time to come . Arrangements for the establishment of the horse patrol in aeveral districts of the county are in active progress ; and in some places the men will be ready for service almost immediately . In the vicinity of the Potteries the horse patrol is nightly on duty . "
And then we are furnished with the following intelligence , which evinces the recklessness of faction , if it does nothing else : — " The magistrates acting for the Newcastle station have seat the following circular to the proprietors and residents in the Pirehill district . Of . the propriety of such a measure there cannot be two opinions . The troops not being stationed at Newcastle for the defence of that borough alone , but to maintain the peace of the whole district , it is to be expected that an extended subscription will be obtained in the neighbourhood : — " Castle Hotel , Newcastle-under-Lyme , Sept . 10 th , 1842 .
" The Colonel commanding the midland district , having signified to the efficer in command of the detachment stationed in thia district , that it is highly objectionable and very injurious to discipline , to keep the troeps in billet , and that the Government will be recommended to withdraw the force ? , unless immediate steps be taken for providing a temporary barrack , fitted up with bedding and utensils ; it has become necessary for the magistrates appointed to act for this station to unite with the Mayor and inhabitants of Newcastle , to raise the funds to procure the required accommodation .
*• It is my duty to state to you , that I believe the lives and property of Her Majesty's subjects cannot be protected during the approaching winter , unless a military force be stationed in the district ; and I therefore take the liberty of earnestly requesting you to assist the magistrates is their anxious exertions to preserve the peace by Bending a subscription to 'The Newcastle barrack Fund , ' at Messrs . Ktnnersly ' s , for the purpose of paying the rent and fitting up a building , which has been seen aud approved of by Major Deedes , the commanding officer of the district . " The business at Newcastle , which is very heavy , is undertaken by Captain Mainwaring and Mr . Wise .
" Arrangements have been made to ensure the presence of a magistrate at Hanley every night , to be with the troops . " The maddened fools ! As well might they expect to remove the sun from the firmament , or turn the seasons from their course , as to put down that resolution to be free which is now , through God , glowing with unquenchable ardour in the breasts of millions of our enslaved countrymen . Faction may rave , viotims may suffer , the demands for justice may bo disregarded—but us sure as there is a just God in heaven , the doom of oppression is sealed forever .
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The Sturge Men ' s ' NO . "— The simple " NO" of the Sturge men , recorded in our last , as their answer to the applieation from Mhite ' s Committee , has caused a complete hubbub among them . Many of their adherents affirm that it must have been the work of some individual on his own responsibility , and require to be informed who signed the ** NO" reply ; others demand that we should say of whom the Council Meeting consisted . We do not see how this last requirement bears upon the question ; but as we always like to oblige when we can , we give the folloiving list of the persons composing this somewhat famous ' " democratic" Council Meeting from their own
official organ : — "Joseph Sturge , president ; D . T . Rowlmson , Birmingham ; W . Lovett , London ; A . Albright , Birmingham ; John Collins , Birmingham ; George Goodrick , Birmingham : Thomas Beggs , Notttng > tam : John Dun / op , Edinburgh ; Lawrence , Heyworth , Liverpool ; James C . Perry , Birmingham ; Rev . T . Swan , Birminyham ; Samuel Fox , Nottingham ; Joseph Pumphrey , Birmingham ; Samuel Bean , Nottingham ; J . D . Stevenson , Worcester ; and Hopkins , Nottingham . " There was no signature to the "NO" dotnment , except the initials "J . < S . ;\ andit will be seen , ora reference to the list' that these initials will only stand for " Joseph Stubse . "
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Monet Dear-earned . —A correspondent writes us that a poor woman in the neighbourhood of Wigan has paced backwards and forwards from her own house to her employer ' s warehouse as many times tn reference to one single warp as have entailed upon her the travelling of 204 miles of ground—the price of the weaving of the warp is 6 s . 6 d . 11 An Old Chartist ; but not "Thb Old Chartist "' must excuse us : we have not room for his letter . The only point in it has been replied to in the Star again and again . The repeal of the Corn Corn Laws would but strengthen" the outworks" o f the enemy ' s citadel . Gbeenock Chartists . —They have not given the residences of their Council—the list cannot
appear . Wm . Fairbuun , Wednksbury , must know that our correspondents should write on one side of their paper only . Newcastle Chartists . —The Home Office have no-.. thing to do with the payment of wages to the police : the whole control of their expenditure , engagement , and discharge is placed in the hands of a " watch committee . " Liverpool Chartists . —Their list of Council would have been printed had the residences of the members been properly given . Lewishah Chartists . —The same remark as the above will apply to their list . The Donfermline Victims—A . Henderson and T . Morrison . — We received on Thursday
evening , loo late for notice in our last Paper * an address on behalf of these gentlemen which would fill more than a column of our Paper . It would be impossible for us to occupy so much space ; but we do trust that our Scotch friends will see that their own victims be cared for : indeed , we trust that all will receive all the assistance which the whole people can give them . Squirs Auty . —We advise him to write again to the Editor of the Leeds Times . Possibly his former letter may have miscarried , or have been mislaid , or forgotten . We cannot think so simple an act of justice will be denied him : at all events , we
recommend him to " try again . " Me . John Pepper . —This gentleman writes to inform his friends that , though driven from home by the bloodhounds , he is neither dead nor asleep , nor yet idle ; but is working in the glorious cause of freedom , and feels disposed to continue to work . His home and family have been well protected by the police ever since he quitted . They have searched his house , drawers , cupboards , and even the side oven , —whether for pudding or bacon is best known to the blue devils themselves . Robert Adams would thank Ruffy Ridley for his address .
Patrick O Neil writes to us , detailing a most gross and scandalous case of private outrage . The publication of it would subject us to another libel prosecution , while it would do the writer no manner of good . We really know not how to advise him under the circumstances . He seems to have done all that he can do . The fact is , that for a poor man there is neither justice nor law to be had in this blessed land of ours . Mb . John Watkins . — We have some enquiries as to whether this gentleman be or be not receiving a pound a week from the St&T'effice . We know not from what motivee these enquiries are made . We know no man to whom , if the Star-office could support every one , its support would be more
cheerfully awarded . Mr . Watkins has done much to serve the cause , and he has made ' great sacrifices in the cause—real sacrifices , such as , though he speaks not of them , might bear speaking of . We regret much to learn that he has really become a sufferer in every sense of the word . We do think the London Chartists ought not to permit such a man to suffer . His exertions nave been latterly almost entirely among them . If , as we said before , the Star could sup . port all who need supporting , no man would have it sooner ; but this it cannot do , nor has the country any right to expect that it should . . The Dundee Victims . —The address on behalf of Messrs . Ross , Penny , and Graham has been
received ; but we cannot insert all the addresscs ' of this kind that reach us . The best way would be for a General Defence and Relief Fund to be established for all victims and their familiesboth Scotch and English—under the management ef a public committee . R . T . Morrison . —We have written him privately to say" Yes . " Me . W . Matthews writes in reference to thet General Defence Fund . — " In some districts 1 find they are starling funds for individuals : this I think should not be the case ; for it was an error in 1839 , and should not be repeated . Let there be but one defence fund , and let it be national . Let us have one treasurer , in whom every man
who has a shilling to spare can place the most implicit confidence . Let every Chartist be well defended ; for the meanest of them is as much to me as the greatest—for all have been , in my opinion , equally short-sighted for nibbling at the bait which their enemies had set for them . " We cordially coincide in our Correspondent ' s opinion and suggestions on this matter . Carlisle . —A Correspondent writes : — "The Council of the Chartist Association here , acting on your wise advice , did everything in their power to prevent the late Strike taking place , for which discreet and proper conduct they have been abused , villified , and denounced by certain individuals , who , I have every reason to believe , are
members of the anti-Corn Law League , and who have been put forward to propagate their false hoods \ for the sole purpose of dividing and finally destroying the Chartist cause . They have succeeded in slopping the regular collections , and have been assuming a power which alone belonged to the Council . They are now plotting to destroy , or at least injure , Mr . Arthur , bookseller , a man who has done more to forward our cause here than almost any other individual . " We know nothing of the parties immediately pointed to in this communication ; but we know that in every locality such parties may be expected to be found ; and though they may for a time carry with them a few of the people by appealing to
their passions , msttad of thetr judgment , the people will eventually discover who have-been t / ieir best friends . "The Major" informs"Tideus" that he has gone to New Orleans , and would be glad to meet him there . ' George Clarkson , Sheffield , writes : — "One thing which appeared in your Paper of Saturday last ought to be contradicted . Your report says , 'After Mr . Vincent ' s lecture , on Saturday evening , Mr . William , ( not Edwin ) Gill announced , that in the course of the present week a meeting of the members of the Political Institute would be held , to take into consideration the propriety of merging that body into the Complete Suffrage Union . I know not whether this has been
reported by mistake , or for some foul purpose , but it is false from beginning to end . Mr . Gill never mentioned such a thing ; neither has such a thing ever been mooted by that body . After Mr . V . ' s lecture the Chairman announced that the Youths meet every Thursday evening in that room , and the subject for discussion on Thursday evening would be on the propriety or impropriety of joining the Complete Suffrage Union ; but ( he 1 ' ouths are a body to themselves , and only meet in the same room . " We wish the two " sections of Chartists" at Sheffield would exhibit more of Chartist character with in their dealings and towards each other . We know not what the public of Shffield feel about it ; but we are much ashamed of it .
WM . Parker writes : — " With regard to my friend George White , I think that he is bound in his own recognisance for , £ 200 for each offence ,. in all £ 900 , and to find two sureties for each offence for £ 100 each , making in all £ 1 , 200 . Now , I think , as there are three charges against him , two to be tried at Birmingham and one at Warwick , if the Birmingham Committee were to get two men as surety for White ' s appearance at Warwick , and two men for each of the other two called offences , —if the authorities should say no to this , and the people should allow the same authorities h rule this land , we may soon expect to be bought and sold in the market as slaves . My reasons for writing to you this letter are these . —
Suppose that the jacks in office were to knock two men down in the street , and that theg were going to place a ton weight on one man ' s body , and 50 lbs . weight on the other man , we should try to get or save the man from under the ton , but not to forget the man that was down under the 50 / 6 s . weight . I think they do intend to lay it on While as hard as they can ; but George White is not made of flinching nor runaway stuff ? James Wills . — We have no room . James Hall . —Thanks for his attention ; but we shall not use the scrap sent . J . C . GRADY . —His letter came loo late for present insertion or attention . He must write to the parlies whom he desires to hear from , as he has their several addresses .
Irish Universal Suffrage Society . — Their long address should be sent to the Nonconformist , which is the official organ of the National Complete Suffrage Union . A Sufferer . —We advise him to consult a regular and respectable surgeon , and have nothing to do with the quacks . Mr . Dickenson . —We don ' t understand the meaning of the note accompanying his communication . We have always noticed whatever we have received from him . We assure him that his threat of " sending to some other Paper" gives us no manner of concern . Notice . —Theresidence of the Secretary to the Frost , Williams , and Jones Committee , at Birmingham is changed to No . 2 , Carver-street .
Jos eph Wilkinson , Barnsley . —Sends us Monday ' s news on Friday morning , written on both sides of his paper , and authoritatively writes , " Fail not to insert this . " He must be two days earlier for the future ^ and write only on one side .
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Xhb Portrait of T . Duncgiibb will be given to ai ] our Subscriber * on November 18 tb . Ttwyidli be in the hands of all Oa-Agents by Novembtt 16 th and by about September 2 itb , we shall bavejmfB * dent of Buncombe * priiited to »« w ? ly-thoae Ag&ta who darfre to . bam . both Plates in one parcel . The charge for tbe Star on the day the Portrait of Buncombe is distributed will be the nmfe as the charge for it en the day the Petition Plate is delivered . . /; The Petition Plates are not yet ready for tha whole of our Subscribers ; bnt as soon as received they will be forwarded to the Agents . The price
of the Star when each Subscriber receives hit Plate is Is ., and no more . The Agents are allowed per centage upon both the Paper and the Plate , to cover carriage expences : they can , therefore , n » t have any excuse for charging more . The Plates for all Scotland and for Newcastle and neighbourhood will all be sent next week is time for delivery on Saturday next Those at a distance from Glasgow , Edinburgh , and Newcastle , will receive both : Glasgow , Edinbugh , aud Newcastle only one ; as we bare not sufficient of Doncombe ready to supply the whole . Those Agents -who receive both will deliver Buncombe on the 19 th of November .
B . Dyson , Honley . —The two Plates he mentions , — one for B . Gill , and the other for James Moor * bouse , —were , by mistake , enclosed in Mr . Gross * land ' s parcel , of Holmfirth , who has been requested to deliver the Plates to the two Subscribers . Wavier . Mason , Harleston . —The gold sent watr 3 d . light The other portion of his letter will bo attended to . Andrew Fisher . —Other three months ; for both Plates .
Joseph Thompson , Dundee . —Send word the parti cular Plates he wants , and give his address . WM . M'Naxr . —The same answer . Mb . Wheeler sent an advertisement to this Office last week , on which was written— " The advertisement money left at Mr . Cleave ' s . " Mr . Cleave says he has not received it , and does not know anything about the advertisement , The charge foe it is 6 s . Robert Adams , Yeoyil , may receive all the Plates
he wants by applying to Mr . Cleave , Shoe-lane . FOR MASON AND OTHERS' DEFENCE FUND . £ s . d . From Bristol , collected by Mr . Cbivers ... 0 5 0 „ London , per Jeb . n Simpson ... ... 0 18 4 „ . the Chartists of St James ' s and St Paul ' s , Bristol ... ... ... 0 2 0 _ a few Chartists at Warrington ... 0 110 FOR THE CHARTIST PRISONERS' DEFENCE FUND . From W . iacy . Cleckheaton ... ... 0 3 4 _ the Chartists of Kingswood , near
Bristol 0 4 ft E . B ., Great Berkhampstead 0 10 an old Chartist at Newport , Salop ... 0 5 o J . Beckwith , Leeds ... ... ... 0 10 J . D ., Saxon-lane , Leeds 0 0 3 two working coachmakers , Harrogate 0 10 Hannah Mawaon , Bradford ... ... 0 0 3 the Chartists of Sowerby ... ... 0 14 0 A . and C . Cheltenham , per W . Martin 0 10 0 a few friends , per Wm . Hale , Burtonon-Trent ... ... ... ... 0 6 6 the Chartists of Naneaton , per Mr . J . Johnaon ... 0 10 0 the Chartists of Hall , per James
Graaby ... ... ... ... 218 6 James Halsall , Preston ... ... 0 0 6 the Chartists of Ormskirk ... ... 0 10 0 a few Chartists at Cock-pit Houses , near Wakefleld , per Mr . Buhner ... 0 3 4
FOR MRS . JONES . From the Female Chartists of Leeds , per Mrs . Showers ... ... ... 0 1 3 FOR MRS . WILLIAMS . From the Female Chartists of Leeds , per Mrs . Showers — ... ... 0 13 FOR THE PROSECUTION OF K KINNA FOR PERJURr . From Toobridge Wells , per L . S . ... ... 0 14 0 FOR MR . WATKINS . From a few Chartists at Warrington ... 0 110 FOR MR . BROOK . From the Chartists of St Paul ' s and St James's . Bristol ... ... ... 0 2 0
FOR MR . PEDDTE . From the Chartists of St Paul ' s and St James ' s , Bristol .... 0 3 * FOR JAMES DUFFT . From a few Chartists at Warrington ... 0 1 10 FOB MRS . HOLBERRT . ' From a few Chartists at Warrington ... 0 1 10
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Arrangements have been made with tbe Proprietors of the Evening Star , by which our Publisher , Mr . J . Hobson , is enabled to supply that Paper , in any quantity , and at any distance from London , at the usual time . Orders addressed to him , enclosing Post-office Orders for the number of Papers wanted , or an order for payment , will meet with prompt attention : tbe parties receiving their Papers in due course of post . The Evening Star is daily on sale at Mr . Hobson ' s shops , 5 , Market-street , Leeds ; and 3 , Marketwalk , Huddersfield .
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MANCHESTER . —The adjourned inquest sat on Wednesday upon the death of poor Lyons , and after remaining together for several hours , broke up in coafusion , on account of their not agreeing ia their opinions upon a verdict , one part Baying that it was justifiable homicide , and the other that it waa a case of manslaughter , if not murder , as there was no attack made upon the mill by the turn-outs , the assault being made from within . One old gentleman ,
in the heat of the debate , cried oat at the top of his voice , that he would M go to hell twenty-five times before he would agree to a verdict of justifiable homicide ; it was murder and nothing less . " Their numbers were as follows : —Eleven for justifiable homicide , and eight for manslaughter . And to suoh a height did they get , that they broke up and left the case as they found it . Nor did they appoint a future day to meet and decide upea it . We suppose that a fresh jury will have to be chosen .
LEEDS . —House Robbery . —About half-past two o ' clock on Friday morning , Hales , one of the night police , while on his beat in Hanover Square , observed a barrow reared against a wall connected with the residence of Mr . Riwson , solicitor , as if to assist Home one in getting over . He procured tna assistance of two other watchmen , and they searched the house , and in the library found a man laid on bis face pretending to be asleep . His excuse was , that he was waiting to see some servant girl ^ in the neighbourhood , with whom he had an appointment and had got into the house to sleep away the
intervening time . He gave his name Jamas Giles , ana said he was a joiner living in JJuslingthorp Lane . He effected an entrance by the cellar window . He was taken into custody , and the police afterwards seatohed his house , and found there four brass door handles , whioh fitted the doors in Mr . Rawson s house . The prisoner was brought before Griffita Wright and James Holdforth , Esqrs ^ thet same day . The brass handles were not identified by Mr . Rawson as his property , but the prisoner was committed for three months to Wakefield Hojisepf Correction , for being ifl the house for an unlawlul
purpose . Parliamentary Revision . —The Aire and CaLder fROPRiETona . —The objections to the Aire ano Calder proprietors , who were on the parliamentary lists of electors , for property at Warehouse HWi were all allowed on Friday , and those gentlemen , six ia number , and all Tories , are now therefore disfranchised . Their names are John Blayds , wo Lane Fox . Edward Jowitt , and Joha Green Faley ,
Esqrs ., Sir 4 ohn Lowther , Bart ., and the Rer . J » Armiiage Rftodes . The premises , as we have statea , for which they have hitherto been on the tost " electors , are situated at Warehouse Hill , and tna reason xrhj they hare now been dislrancnjsea , » that , in consequence of a large portion of the premises having been let off , the annual value m «» occupation of the proprietors , is so much reijliee ~} as not now to afford the requisite annual value ot £ 10 to each of them . The premises are situate in the Kirkgate Wa . d .
Leeds Independent Order op the Abk . —0 * Monday last , the Fawkea ' s Rose in the Dale LoogJ No . 139 , held its anniversary at the House of Mr-George Calvert , the Bay Horse Inn , Ofley , wh en the officers and members sat down to a suapw ™ dinner , provided by the worthy host ana bostt »« after which the evening was spent in the ffj *?*! harmony . On Tuesday evening , the members wn » partook of an excellent cup of tea , at the m *»» house . On Wednesday , the officers of the Hora 6 u » district opened the 158 Lodge of this prosper *" si »»
Order , at the house of Mr . Wm . Harrison , U » e of the Rose , at Leathley . On the same evening . ^ , Dove Lodge , No . 5 , held its eighth anniversary , the house of Mr . RiohardWood , the Fleece i ^ Briggate , when the Lee&j district officers , and ^ members of the Lodge partook of an excelien » »» ner , whioh gave great credit to Mr . * " £ ., » £ Wood . After th * cloth was drawn , the o" *^ gave the health of the Queen and her w ^^ b . sort , which was drunk with great en * ^ ^ Many other appropriate toasts were given , ** evening waa spent in tbe greatest harmony .
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4 THE NORTHERN STAR .
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THE '^ FENCE COMMITTEE OF MB . GEORGE WHITE , TO THE CHARTISTS OF WORCESTERSHIRE AND WARWICKSHIRE . Brothers—The arrest and subsequent imprisonment of friend White , your delegate at the late convention , is , we presume , well known to yon ; also that bail has been tendered for his appearance when called fur , and that it has been refused . Entirely precluded himself from taking measures for his defence , his only hope for obtaining justice must depend upon you . If the assertion were true , that there is the same law for tbe rich as for the poor , there would be no occasion for this appeal—experience has ever proved it to be a lie . In the case of our friend , had he been wealthy , bis bail would have been aecepted , though they had been insolvent .
A committee has been farmed to procure funds for his defence ; for In this country law and gold are convertible terms , and the committee call upon you to render him all the aid his known honesty and industry deserve . Tbe committee are taking the necessary steps for an application to the judges , on tbe score of excessive bail , and illegal refusal of those tendered . When Mr . White waa before the magistrates he was told that two sureties in £ 100 each , with himself , would be sufficient Since then the magistrates have declared they require four ; and the governor of Warwick gaol declares , from the manner in which the three indictments are backed , that he should not con&ider himself justified in allowing Mr . W . to leave unless there were six sureties in £ 100 each provided .
From this it is clear that there is naught te be hoped for from the magistrates of Birmingham should he be tried before them ; and in the event of the application to tbe Judges being successful , tbe Committee intend to apply , in the next place , for a writ of certiorari , to remove the trial to the Warwick Spring Assizes . These proceedings will be expensive ; the committee , therefore , request yoor cordial oo-opersfciea aad sapport With the fullest confidence that you will do your duty for the man who has done his , the Committee leave his case in your bands . Signed , on behalf of the Committee ,
W . Chilton , Sec . P . S . All communications to be addressed to the Secretary , Mrs . White's , 38 , Bromsgrove-street , Birmingham , Immediate attention is requested in consequence of the shortness of the time previous to the Sessions .
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Notice —Holders of books are desired to p » y in the amount of their collections on Sunday afternoon , at three o ' clock , at Aston-street room . W . C .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 24, 1842, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct772/page/4/
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