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Municipal Election—Htoblet Wabd . —A meeting of the burgesses of this Ward was called by placard , to be held on Tuesday night , in the large room of the Exchange Inn . At the time for holding the meeting the room was crowded to excess . Mr . Pybns moved that Mr . Joshna . Barnard , a stanch old Chartist , should take the Chair . This was carried unanimously . Th « Chairman then read the Mil calling the meeting . He then said that the burgesses ought to be Tery careful a 3 to whom they elected as councillors ; for a very great addition of power had been vested in the hands of the Town Council by the passing of the New Improvement Act ; and eonclud « d by calling upon any person to nominate a person to represent this Ward in the Town Council . ^ fc ^ T ^^^^^^ h ^ . m _ ^ ta ^ C ( - __» w ^* ^^^^ 1 V 7 ~ & ^ —_ . a .
Mr . Thomas Beaumont then came forward and said it w& 3 high time that working men took their affairs into their own hands . The Whigs had acted a treacherous part towardB the people . H * alluded to a conversation he had with a middle-class man of that place , wherein he said that the working classes were fools ; they did not use the power they possessed . If , said he , the working men united in supporting their own men , we the middle classes , would be quite powerless . Mr . Beaumont called upon them to nnite in supporting the man he had to propose ; he believed him well qualified for the office of town councillor , and one that would confer a lasting benefit to the working mea of the borough if he was returned . He concluded by proposing Mr .
Joshua Hobson , as a fit and proper person to repre- j sent ihe burgesses of Hunslet , on the 1 st of Novem- j ber next , in the town council . Mr . George Pybus / then mada a few observations on the necessity ofj supporting , by heart and hand , the election of Mr . ; Hobson . He concluded by seconding the proposi- i tion . Mr . Baron supported it ; his speech was j one unvarnished statement < of facts , and appeared to have effect with the meeting . ' The Chairman then enquired if any other gentleman j had any one to propose ! After waiting a few \ minutes , and no one offering to come forward , he put j ike proposition to the meeting , when it was carried j unanimously , not a single hand in opposition . It j 5 then announced that Hobson would address iual ilir nuiuu
vas Mr . W 3 £ tnen asnounccu . uvuovu auuxeas the men of Hunslet on Wednesday night , 28 th Sept . in the same room , and all were solicited to come . Thinks were then giTen to the Chairman , and the j meeting separated . The men of Hunslet have s begun well ; they haTe quite alarmed the WhigB and Tories . When the polling day comes we j should hope they will not shew themselves j fools any more , bnt come boldly forward and snpport the maa of their own choice ; they can carry him triumphantly if they work as they ought to do . Let them every day canvass the voters ^ let
them have everything ready before the day come 3 ; and let them be determined to win . Don't let any doubts trouble them ; they have every reason , from the meeting on Tuesday night , to indulge in the hope of certain trinmph . They most now sacrifice a few hours every day previous to the 1 st of November for the good cause . To the Burgesses in the other wards we would say go and do likewise ; they have a glorious example before them ; in many of the Wards there is every chance of carrying men of Ihe people , if properly gone about . Let all be on the look out ; meetings for the nomination of candidates are now being held in
most of the Wards . We hear of a rumour that the Whigs and Tories have agreed to units and support Mr . James Thompson , Woodhouse-hill , an old " Whig . The hononr of driving the Whig 3 and Tories together will belong to the men of Hunslet .
SUICIDE BY A SOLDIER . On Tuesday afternoon , an inquest was held before John Blackburn , Esq ., at the house of Mr . J . W . Johnson , the Barrack Tavern , on view of the body of Joseph Bird , a private in lie 17 th Lancers , now stationed at Leeds barracks , who committed snicide by blowing his brains out with a horse pistol , on Monday evening . The appearance of the remains was shocking in the extreme ; the charge of the pistol , ( and a very heavy one it most have been ) , having passed from under the chin carrying away the left side of the face , disfiguring the right side , and entirely blowing to pieces the skull , scattering the brains in every direction . The Jury having viewed the body , wnich had been removed to the oead house at the barracks , the following evidence ¦ was heard : —
Mr . Win . Hall , quarter-master of the 17 th Lancers , deposed that tlie deceased had for five or six years been bia servant ; he had been In the regiment about twentyore years ; he last saw him alive about a quarter past ten yesterday morning , and fead observed for the last few weeks , more particularly , symptoms of something like insanity ; he had been given to drinking , and seldom went on parade withont great appearance of nervousness . The witness could not assign any cause for the deed ; he had been hia servant , always paid his monthly bills , and with one exception bad found nothing wrong . He considered him an honest
man-John ( Sough , sergeant schoolmaster in the 17 th iAncers , said that he saw the deceased about half-past ten o ' clock on Monday morning ; he went into the Quarter Master ' s store-room at that time , in consequence of hearing a report that the Quarter Master himself had been shot ; the door he found locked ; and whilst faying to effect an entrance the deceased opened the door ; there was much smoke , and deceased said be ksd been firing his pistol through the -window . The report was an unusual one ; the pistol bad evidently been leaded with balL The marks of two bails were afterwards found on the wall of his room , and a ball which had been fired was found in the room . The witness had not observed any change in bis manner , and alw&js considered him of sound mind .
Martha Eastwood , servant to Mr . Hill , the Quarter Master , who resides in Bnslingthorpe-lane , deposed that she saw the deceased about half-past twelve on Monday ; she » w no more of him ; at half after three in the afternoon , she heard the report of a pistol ; she had heard several reports daring the day and took no notice ot it ; but about six had occasion to go into a hay-loft on the premises , to fetch some wood , when she saw the deceased laid ; she gave Information to other parties , and a boy went up ; had not observed any thing particulu in his manner . We Britton , son of a private in the regiment , deposed that he went into the hay-loft , where he found fcbe deceased laid on the floor on a sack ; he was without coat , waistcoat , and sboss ; he had a pistol in his right hand . He was quite dead . and found
Thomas Spiers , policeman , was sent for , the deceased laid in the loft as described . He had the pistol , which had evidently been discharged , in his right h \ nd , with his finger on the trigger . At his right side there was a nzar laid . His cap had been shot through , and there were portions of the skull in the cap . His brains were scattered about the room . From the state of the room it appeared as if the deceased had been burning some papers . Martha Bird , the wife of the deceased , said she had not Been him alive since abent six o'clock yesterday morning ; he had been low-jpirited for Borne time , particularly since the death of Mrs . Hall , the wife of the quarter master , in whom he always said he had lost a good mirtress . The Jary retired for a few minutes , and returned a verdict that the deceased shot himself whilst labouring
under temporary derargement . HUDDESSFIELD . —Magisterial Law . —A poor man was heard to be rather noisy ( being intoxicated ) in the presence of sevenl officials during the late excitement ; he was taken , before the magistrates , who ordered him to pay fifteen shillingsa Earn he eonld noi pay , so was set at liberty , under the promise that he would pay . Failing to do so up to last Monday , he was placed in the stocks for the debt . If those who are so strenuous for sobriety were treated in a similar manner when intoxicated , the ? tock > would generally be engaged .
SHKI > iv . fr p _ . —Chabgb of Absok . —On Tuesday week , John Hurst , Abraham Cook , and Valiant Gilpin were brought up at the Town-hall , no suspicion of havjDg set fire to Smith s wheel , ( a notice of the fire appeared in laet week ' s SlarJ ) The police deposed that they captured the prisoners in the neighbourhood of the wheel a few minutes before the discovery of the fire . On searching them , they fonnd upon Hurst , a wheelband and a small saw . On Cook was found a large key , and on Gilpin was foutd a bunch of small keys . The most material witness against the prisoners was George Howe , a fork grinder . Howe deposed that the band produced was his ; be spoke quite conleft the band at
fidently to it by two defects . He the wheel on Monday . When the fire was extinguished , he went to the wheel and found that his Wd 3 and about fire gross of forks that he had to grind were gone . The prisoners were remanded . On Friday they were again brought np . The witness , George Howe was not forthcoming . After the examination of several witnesses , the prisoners were again remanded . On Tnesday last , the ^ prisoners were aga n brought up . No additional eridence was produced , but the magistrates decided on committing them for trial on the charge of arson , at the same time consenting to take t ail ; each of fte defendants , himself in £ 80 , and two sureties of £ 40 eaeh—requiring twenty-four hours' notice .
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Sedgtvick Powder Mills , kkak Kekdal . —A serious expIoQon "" took place at these mills about a quarter before two o ' clock on the morning of Saturday last , Ko idea can be formed as to the occasion of the accident ; bnt , at the time mentioned , the watchman , * &o bad just been Mb round and found * 2 right , had returned to the watch-house , which he « & <* scarcely entered ere the first blow occurred , and * seat in after him the door whieh he had closed the moment before . The extent of the damage done cannot be verv accurately estimated until it has been
repaired ; bnt four mills , with their contents , were destroyed ; and many widows in the neighbouring wiiages , with several panes in Sedgwick Honse , the residence of J . Wakefield , EEq ., one of the proprietors , were shattered . The grinding mills—in which the explosion occurred— are erected in pairs , one water-wheel turning two pairs of Etones j and the two pairs of mills blown up were separated by an interval of about twenty yards . Fortunately , so life was sacrificed , and no personal injury sustaiaed by any onz . —Kendal Mercury .
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A few DATS ago . the wife of a workman residing in the Rue St . Victor was delivered of her 32 nd child , at the age of 58 years !—Paris paper . Naval Heso op Hchble Rank . —Died here lately , Mr . George Gray , at the advanced age of 82 years . For considerably upwards of thirty years he held the sitaation of a tidewaiter in the Customs , and a few years ago was superannuated , receiving a retiring pension for his long and faithful services . At an early period of life he served in the navy , and fought under Admiral Hyde Parker , in the gallant action of that distinguished officer with the Dutch fleet under Admiral Ziutman , off the Doggerbank , on the 5 th of August , 1781 . He afterwards served in the grand fleetunder Lord Howe
, , when sent to the relief of the garrison of Gibraltar , in September , 1782 ; and in the partial action which took place between the British fleet and the combined fleets of France and Spain , on the 20 th of October following , our hero , then on board the Goliah , 74 , was disabled from farther service to his country in the line of his profession , having lost an arm by one of the last shots which were fired . Although far from obtrusive , yet , when the subject of the action off the Doggerbank was introduced , he entered into it with great spirit , and seemed to feel a pride in having shared in the glory of that memorable engagement , of which , it is believed , he was the last survivor . —Aberdeen Herald .
Emigrants in America . —We learn that within the last week from seven to eight hundred emigrants have arrived in this city , and that their situation is truly deplorable , friendless and without the means of sustaining themselves from abject suffering unless they can procure work . They could not have come to our shores at a more un propitious period ; whatever may have been their condition at home , it was superior to that they are forced into in a season like this ; it is criminal to delude emigrants to come to this country at the present time , and we trust the Irish press will place before the people who may be about to emigrate , the true condition of those who are here already ; without work or even the prospect of it , they must in a short time be reduced to the
most melancholy straits to procure subsistance . Cannot something be done to relieve the friendless and lonely lot of those who are here in this situation ? We think an effort should be made at all events , to direct and council them in their forlorn condition , and if possible procure for them some means to protect them from the sufferings a stranger without monby in a strange land , must feel . —Bos . ' on Pilot . [ Our attention being called to the above extract , we cannot but give it a passing remark . From other sources we have learned that thousands of emigrants are in a most deplorable condition , at which we marvel not . The large towns are literally crammed with those who have left their father-land in quest of an asylum from tyranny ' s fell dominion . These emigrants having had barely sufficient means to convey them across the Atlantic , are compelled to remain where they are set down , consequently there
must be a redundancy of operatives and much distress . Emigrants must either carry their friend in their pocket , or endure privation , for they may rest assured that hospitality to strangers is as scarce a commodity in America as in any other part of the world . America has its aristocracy and its profitmongers , manure its admirable constitution—the tares axe there plentiful and require eradicating ; and we think it more praise-worthy and patriotic in Englishmen to stay at home , and labour in reforming the abuses in our own coantry , rather than to self-expatriate themselves under the vain hope of meeting with a Whittington ' s fortune among strangers . We therefore advise all to stay at home—to set their own hou = e in order by clearing away the rubbish which faction has heaped together , always remembering that England ha 3 , within herself , the material to make all her sons comfortable and happy . —Ed . N . S . ]
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THE PATRIOT COOPER . The spirit with which this indomitable patriot " bears up against a load of woes , " may be in some sort estimated by the following extract of a private letter to her , kindly famished by Mrs . Cooper : — " Stafford , Monday , Sept- 19 th , 1842 . ? *???«• " Well , I still look forward with a calm and intrepid hope , not that I shall get oat of these toils unscathed , but that I irm" be able , undauntedly , though with the modesty of a man , ' to speak the truth , and ftai not ;' and then that I shall be able to meet and endure my sentence as becomes one who has bo often displayed to assembled thousands tho high and holy example of Latimer , and Raleigh , and Algernon Sydney , and all the worthies of Old England . I will hope the best , bnt meet the worst , as it becomes those to do who have embarked all their hopes and fears—who have thrown their whole being into the EtraeEle for truth .
"A fortnight from to-day , and the Judges enter Stafford for our trials ! How rapidly the time will pass away ! and then comes the effort . How exultingly I shall go np to it ! I used to feel proud t « go out on the Sunday evenings , to take my stand in Leicester Market Place , to deliver truth ; but how much more prondly Bhall I proceed to this trial ! My heart will be tbe lightest in Court that day . II shall be a day in my life , depend on it . ' "
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THE MANCHESTER PACKER . TO THE EDITOfi OF THE NORTHERN STAR . De . vB . Sib ., —Having seen in your piper a resolution p : >_ ssed concerning me at Manchester , allow me , through your means , to tell those gentlemen that I think it wculd have been the fairest way if they had sent me a line or two first , and then they could bnt publish m « after . Mr conduct , Bince I have stood forth in this cause , ¦ will beat the strictest scrutiny ; and I know when
those delegates are better informed of my actions , they will come to an opposite conclusion . To enable them to do so , I Ehall feel much obliged to every locality where I have lectured to sen * their opinion of my conduct and abilities to Mr . Cartledge , 34 , Lomasstreet . Bank Top , Manchester , before the 16 th October , when , if I am at liberty until then , I shall meet any one who can bring the smallest charge against me , and let all that are strangers to me suspend their judgments until then ; and to my friends , let them examine my conduct and report accordingly .
You are , no doubt , aware that I have been lecturing in London ; bnt perhaps you are not aware of one thicg , that at every lecture I had the attendance of police spies in plain clothes , and sometimes men were sent in to disturb the meetiDg , and cause a breach of the peace ; but it was " no go . " I have now passed through Wakefield , where the authorities would not allow me to lecture in the open air , so we were obliged to go into a private house , where we had a very comfortable party . . 1 proceeded on Tuesday to East Retford , Nottinghamshire , where I fonnd some thousands waiting my arrival , and the police called out , ready cut and dried ( oi boiled ) , to put me down . When I came up to the Corn Market , and was just beginning my lectnre , Mr .
Foljambe , the mayor , came up to me , with some more of the " powers that be , " and the blue * bringing up the rear , and teld me I must not lecture on Chartism in that town . I told him I would go to the outside of the town ; but he said be was a county magistrate , and fee would put a step to the meeting if held In the county anywhere within the reach of his power . I then asked this doughty magistrate -what reason he could give for such tyrannical conduct His reply was , «« I do noV cboeee to tell my reason . " I then announced » y intention lo lecture in a private house , which was received with three hearty cheers : and wbea we got a very large room In a house belonging to one of the right sort it was filled to suffocation , and thousands had to stand outside with the policemen , who walked
sentry . „ . 1 have to meet Mr . Collins , the " new-move" advocate , this evening , Wednesday , in Doncaster . I expect we Ehall not agree : and if he dont go the whole bog straight forward , he may expect little quarter from me and the Doncaster trumps . The Tories are drawing it rather tight ; but its all for the best- Yours , for ever , Thomas DlC 51 ? "SO > ' . East Bedford , Notts , Sept . 20 , 1842 ,
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AMERICAN OPINION OF O'CONNOR AND TBE CHARTISTS . We extract the following article , expressive of public opinion in America , with regard to the Charter , from the Plebeian ;—" No greater evidence of a great and powerful mind can be furnished to the world than an unshaken and firm adherence , amidst repudiation , reproach , and obloquy , to its principles . Their eventual and ultimate success and adoption is the sure and invariable test of their truth and soundness , and the proudest triumph of
the wisdom which devised them , and the indomitable perseverance which secured their practical adoption . Many instances are to be found in oar political history , wherein the community , after having tor yean been misled by artful misrepresentations and rash conclusions , have been induced by the sober second thought to sift the true merits of a disputed question , to acknowledge their errors , and yield a cheerful , though late , sanction to measures and to men identified with their vital interests , and with the great cause of humanity .
" And , perhaps , there is no stronger existing evidence of the truth of these observations , than the fact of the present agitation in England of the great and patriotic O'Connor . We see him undismayed amid the scorn and threats of his adversaries , still persevering in the gUrious cause of liberty—still energfcticatty maintaining bis high position in the hearts of Englishmen . The day is not far distant when the Charter , tbe principles of which we , as good Republicans , cannot bat commend , will become the great moving force of political action in our mother country . "
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^^ THE DUKE OF BRUNSWICK . TO THE EDITOa OV THSSDRNIN'r . rHRf > NIf ! T . K
SIB , —I am requested by His Highness the Dnke of Brunswick , to apprise you that tbe extract published by you in your paper of to-day , as if taken from the Lancaster Guardian , containing some statements in which bis Highness is made mention of , is wholly untrue and without foundation , and would seem to have resulted from some malignant purpose . The editor of the paper first publishing tbe statement complained of , exposes himself obviously to the suspicion of being aware of the falsehood thereof . I trust , therefore , you will see the expediency of publishing a denial in accordance with this intimation . His Highness has directed legal proceedings to be instituted against the promoters of Ihe scandal . I am , sir , Yonr obedient servant , Baron Addlan , Equerry to bis Highness .
38 , Bryanstone-square , Sept . 20 , 1842 . [ We have copied tbe article above alluded to from the Lancaster Guardian , and did not receive the contradiction nntil too late to withdraw it , that portion of our paper having been some hours at press . We , however , give the above at the earliest moment—Ed . NS ]
Crow akd Tyrrell ' s Beverage . —The proceed due to the Executive from the sale of Messrs Crow and Tyrrell ' s beverage , from the 3 rd to the 17 th of September : — 8 d . Mr . Joshna Hobson , Norther Star Office , Leeds Wholesale Agent for Yorkshire ... 16 6 Mr . Simeon , Br istol , and wholesale agent for the West of England 12 0 Mr . Haigh , Hawick 6 0 Mr . Jacob ' s , Bristol 3 9 Mr . Brook , Leeds 3 0
Mr . White , Birmingham 3 0 Mr . Sweet , Nottingham 1 6 Mrs . Smith , do 1 6 Mr . Robinson , Derby 1 6 Mr . Johnson , do ... 1 6 Mr . Jones , Northampton ... 1 6 Mr . Roddis , Kettering 1 6 National Chartist Association , Hull 1 6 Mr . Cavill , Melton Mowbray 0 9 Mr . Barraclough , Nuneaton 0 9 Mr . Griffiths , Worcester 0 9 Mr . Dawson , Daventry 0 9 In cash from Mr . Cavill , Melton Mowbray ... 0 9 £ 2 18 6
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SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED BY MR . CLEAVE . POLITICAL VICTIMS AND DEFENCE FOND . £ S . d . Previously acknowledged ... ... 5 3 2 Shoemakers , Star Coffee-house , Golden-lane 0 13 0 Teetotal Locality , Waterloo-road ... 0 1 3 Mr . J-awrence ... ... ... ... 0 2 6 Friends , per Mr . Smyth ... ... 0 1 2 Members of N . C . A ., Davenport ... 0 6 0 A few friends , Devenport , per Mr . T . Gin 0 3 0 Mr . Weadow ... ... ... ... 010 Friends , per Mr . W . M'Cormack ... 0 6 4 Chartists , Ship Inn , Steelhouselane , Birmingham ... ... ... ... 0 10 0 A few inhabitants of Battersea , unconnected with Chartism , but yet
indignant at despotism ... ... ... 0 10 0 Female Chartist 3 , Tower Hamlets 0 3 0 T . B .... ... ... ... ... 0 0 6 John Willen ... ... ... ... 0 1 0 Friends , Elm-place , Fetter-lane ... ... 0 1 0 Munday ... ... ... ... 0 0 6 An operative mason ... ... ... 010 Wife of ditto ... ... ... ... 0 0 6 Two children of ditto ... ... ... 0 0 6 Hucknell Torkard , Nottinghamshire ... 0 10 0 Flint Society of Cordwainers , Wolverhampton 0 10 0 Members of N . C . A ., Northwich ... 0 10 0
£ 9 15 6 gST An order for IO 3 . has been received from Btm ' eld print works , near Rochdale ; will the party who got the post-office order send his name i LONDON MEMORIAL DEMONSTRATION . £ s . d . Ladies' shoemakers , Manchester , per Mr . Brew ... ... ... ... 050 o . white's defence . Friends , per Mr . Hunt ... ... ... 0 1 6
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RECEIPTS OF THE EXECUTIVE FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPT . 20 th , 1842 . £ s d Bath 0 10 G Newport , or Vintnor , Isle of Wight ... 0 3 0 Manchester Hammer men 0 1 11 Miles Platting 0 3 4 Ditto , Atkinson ' s Beverage ... ... 0 5 10 Oxford 0 11 7 London , Buck's Head 0 2 0 Boot-makers , Wilkins 0 2 0 - Shoemakers , KiDg and Quean ,
Foley-street 0 5 0 Bloomsbury 0 2 0 ~ Females , Marylebone 0 1 0 Star , Union-street 0 10 Wandsworth 0 10 Working Man ' s Hall , Shaw ... 0 G 0 Crucifix-lane 0 2 0 - City , Salmon 0 4 6 Kettering 0 8 4 Warrington 13 4 London , Stuff-hatters 0 2 0 J . Campbell , Secretary .
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Failswortb , Sept 19 tb , 1842 . Worshipful Sir , —Three weeks have passed over since I called upon you to come forward te prove of what heinous crimes , and grave immoralities , I am guilty , which cause my word , as you asserted , to be " not worth a farthing . " I told you , before the magistrates of Oldham , the day ycu made that assertion , that I would call upon you publicly to prove it ; as well as that " I acted in an Insulting acd unbecoming manner , at the Bull ' s Head , the preceding day , " consequently you have had ample time and warning to produce the proofs . Why have you not clone so ? Yen bav « act surely allied , any notion of kindness
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towards me to deter you from proving the rarity of your charges ? You must have known , that justice to yourself , and to society , demanded that yon should do it , particularly when called upon by the accused person . Have you the confidence to Imagine , now that ^ you have been required to produce your evldenca , and have shrank from doing so , that people will not say that you could net prove the statements yon made—that yoa ottered slanderans falsehoods . Why is my word not worth a farthing ? Havel deceived peopla by pretending to what I am not ? Have I promised , in order to deceive ? Have I made false statements ? Have I made serious assertions against the honour and probity of an indlvidual , as you have dene , and , when urged by the
person whom I have traduced , to produce proofs , have been allenfc ? Do I fear , think you , the whole of my past conduct being ripped up , scrutinised , and contrasted with your own ? What ! is it because I do not shroud myself with the mantle of religious hypocrisy t Because I express my opinions on political subjects openly and candidly ? Because I am willing to do justice to all ? Because I advocate the cause of the oppressed against their oppressors , the cause of truth against that of falsehood , that my word is " not worth a farthing" ? Ask the inhabitants of Failsworth and Newton Heath , upon whose integrity they would sooner rely , Jonathan Mellor ' s or mine ; and I have the confidence to think that I should have no reason to blush for the answer .
Your conduct , in this matter , prompted , as it appeared to me to be , by a vindictive feeling , was highly culpable . It is exceedingly culpable for any one , however low his station , to make an assertion against another ' s honesty without proot How much more , then , must it be for a Magistrate , while acting in hia judicial capacity , to be guilty of such an offence t You were not required to give yonr opinion relative to the rectitude of any one , nor were yon surrounded by circumstances which could extenuate your language . I , and those with me , did not appear hsfora you on account of moral dereliction or for any , infraction of the laws . All that you had to do was , to consider whether our pleas against being sworn in as constables were such as you could legally admit or not , and to act accordingly .
As you have set an example by making assertions against my character , it cannot surely be considered unreasonable if I follow it by making one against yours ; but I promise you , that I will not go the whole length of your precedent I will not , when called upon , hesitate to come forward to prove it It is that you acted very uncourteoualy and unbecomingly at the Bull ' s Hsad , on the 15 th ult . You spoke as if you were speaking to slaves ; in ahort , your conduct , in my opinion , was more like tbat of a thoughtless , uneducated boor , than of a reflecting , intelligent , and urbane
gentleman ; and I should not be doing my duty to eooifcty were I , after publishing this letter , to remain passive —were I not to write to the Secretary of State for the Home Department , to acquaini him with the whole affair , and to request tbat be will call upon you , either to prove Ihe truth of yoar words or acknowledge your culpability ; or , on tbe other hand , to erase your name from the list of magistrates . I am , Worshipful Sir , Yours , ! Peter Brown . To Jonathan Mellor , Esq ., Oldham .
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TO THE EDITOB OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —The authorities here are still doing duty in searching for all persons suspected of taking part m the late riots . The vigilance of the magistrates is in active operation in the different districts of the Potteries . Mr . EU ' w was tried on Monday , the 12 th inst ., and the Conrt Honse , Newcastle-under-Lyne , was crowded to bear bis examination . After hearing of the evidence , and the cress-examinations , which lasted five hours , he was committed for high treason . The Hall was adorned with a beautiful piece of artillery inside . A county meeting of magistrates have decided on having a horse patrol for the County , and have already commenced their duties in the Potteries .
Persecution for opinions has reared its hydra-headed influence to put down every honest , industrious , and sober-thinking man , who may happen to entertain opinions different from those of his employers , as the fallowing facts will show : —Some members of the Chartist body ; have been fonnd to read the Northern Star in their own bouses , which has come to the knowledge of the masters . For this some of the poor men have been discharged fey their Tory task masters As many as seventy at a time have been discharged , suspected of being CharfciBts , before the time of their mutual agreements had transpired . These are tbe class who administer the laws , and are the first ta break all laws , moral and political . Will our local press take up this monstrous injustice ? No . It will still worship the god , Mammon , and allow the masses to be trampled on by its inluence .
Kechablte societies have been wholly dissolved by means of being threatened to be prosecuted as secret orders by the influential part of the community . I suppose this will be called the " suppression of vice . " 1 must here claim , Mr . Editor , your indulgence for a little space in your columns . The " Whig 1 ditor" of our local press , it appears , has felt the severe castlgation of my letter of last week , headed , " Whig Conspiracy pjainat Chartist Principles . " A whole column of Billingsgate hrs been lavished on me in bis last week ' s Mercury , auch as " sneak , " &c , which I treat with contempt , but , for the satisfaction of every honest and true Chartist , I miiBt here deny the foul lying of this " Liar of the North . "
He says , in his last week ' s Mercury , that when at his office " I said I belonged to a different lodge to that © f Jilesais . Richards , Ellis , < fc Co . " I made no such statement ; these were ray words , •'•• That every member of the Chartist body was responsible for bis own acts , and not the body . " With regard to the resolution on the 16 th of August , passed on the Crown Bank , I took the same views as the Northern Star on that subject , believing it would split up the cause , and consequently did not act any part in them . I spoke myself on that occasion in favour of the " People ' s Charter , " not cessation of labour . I left my fellow Chartists to please themselves ; but ihoMercuiy says I did . He is a liar , and like the devil , the father of lies , from the beginning . He says I did not sanction Cooper ' s lectures . I said I did not attend them for the above reasons . Mr . Cooper neither moved , seconded , nor supported , any resolution .
As for J . Richards , Ellis , & Co . being my companions , I acknowledge them all as genuine friends of freedom and pnre Chartism ; net what the Mercury makes it , namely , riots , incendiarisms , &c . I believe that my compeers are not yet guilty of such charges , and perhaps , as in a late case with one of our Members , good counsel , and good evidence , which I believe can be had , will prove it . Then the " Liar of the North " will be chop-fallen . Let our friends not desert the fallen , when the harpies of the law are stretching the law bejond its dne limits . Yours in the cause , Moses Simpson . Hanley , Sept . 15 , 1812 .
P . S . In the introductory remarks to Elite ' s examination , in tbe Mercury of the 17 th . it is stated that Win . Ellis was Chairniiin for Mr . O'Connor ' s lecture , at Hanley , on May 21 st Such a falsehood should not pass unnoticed at a time like the present . The truth is , it was not Ellis , but another young man , a resident of Hanley , of very promising talent , and whose character is unstained by any immoral act . Ellis took no part whatever in the lecture . It is said , too , by the same Whig Editor , that Mr . Ellis ' said "M'DouaU was a base feilow . " I have received a communication to say it is a foul lie . I have no doubt this is done to stop Chartists from giving him their Bupport , pecuniary or otherwise .
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DEATH OF MR . < J . M . BARTLETT . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Soutkatnpton , Sept . 19 th , 1842 . Bear Sir , —I have jubt received a latter from Bath , which communicates the melancholy and afflicting intelligence of the doath of my brother ( your reporter ) , Mr . G . M . Bartlett . The sorrowful event took place at his residence , 19 , Gloucester Road Buildings , Lower Swanswick , on Sunday morning , at one o ' clock . In him the cause has lost a valuable supporter , and bis friends a social and agreeable companion , whose loss will be long lamented and deplored . I cannot but imagine him to be another on the list of the victims of
Whiggery .. He has frequently said he never should recover the injuries he sustained by his confinement in Ilchester Gaol . His health has been gradually declining ever since ; and his exertions , latterly , in attending public meetings have accelerated it . He was most industrious in his application to his duty ; unceasing in his exertions to improve his mind . Solely , by self culture , was he able , not only to arrive at a knowledge of his own language , t > o that he might write It correctly , but also to a sufficient knowledge of the French and Latin , as to be able to read and translate them with propriety ; and this fry perseverance alone , without the aid of a master .
As regards his > uprightness and integrity of heartbis love of principle , and his firm determination to stand or fall by the truth , nothing can more illustrate it , than his late exposition of some of his friends for their vacilattng and Bliding policy . In this I believe him to be upright , honest , and just . The love of principle urged him to do bis duty , and by loving principle , be bated and detested expediency . He was a kind and affectionate brother , a dutiful son to his parents , whose chief support he was . Incessantly he laboured for their welfare and happiness , and fonnd great comfort and happiness himself by doing so . Not an idle hour has he spent for the last seven yean of his life , tbe whole of which time has been entirely devoted to the cause of democracy , for which he was ever an advocate . He lived and died in its faith—an honour to himself , an honour to the cause , and an honour to mankind .
Tbe insertion of this , or a notice of the same from yourseU , would be esteemed a favour , by his Afflicted brother , S . Bartleti .
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The Turnout . —Thia promised event ia now b * mg fulfilled . The spianers , whose notices expire this day , are ceasing labour as they complete their week ' s work . Four hundred spinners , affecting five times that number of other descriptions of handa , will bo oat . The noticer of sixty-four other spinners will expire next Saturday . This will produce a frightful amount of distress in ihe borough , unless steps be taken to bring about Bn amicable settlement of the dispute ; and we sincerely hope that all tho wellmeaning among both operatives and employers vritl do thei % utmost to bring about such a conclusion . Seventy-four spinners are working at the advance demanded . One concern conceded the advance yes * terday , and two others areexpected to give it without a strike , —Bolton Frcs Press oi Saturday .
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SAMUUL MUJSDIN , THE CHARC 1 ST PRISONER . At the close of the meeting , held at the Associations' Haii , Old Bailey , the case of Samuel Mundin , the Chartist prisoner , was brought under the consideration of the Conncil , as one of the utmost and mo ^ fc pressing necessity , iavolfiog the prospects and liberty of the man . [ It will be recollected that Mundio , who is a boot and shoemaker , vras one of the individuals taken up by the police , rather more than three weeks back , at the Chartist meeting of the Marylebone district , held near the terminus of the Great Western Railway ; since when he has been incarcerated for want of the required bail ]
Mr . Waddingtoa said that this was a case of the greatest hardship ; the unfortunate man , who was remarkable for his industry and good conduct , and who has a wife and two children dependent for their support on his exertions , was at that moment without the means of defence , and his trial was fixed to come on on Monday next . He ( Mr . Waddington ) had received a letter from , and sought an interview with him , on thj subject of his dot ' ence , but wa 3 refased to see him . Ha had twenty-five witnesses to character , in the prisoner ' s . casr , and had ( as he was understood ) , effared bail in five instances for him , but tho authorities had thrown every obstacle in the way , and refused the bail tendered . There was no time to be lost in getting up the poor man ' s defence :
council and attorney wera yet to be employed . The inembenj of the Chartist body should " put their shoulders to the wheel , " for if this man shosld be lost for want of proper exertion , is would be an eternal disgrace to the Chartist body . ( Hear , hear . ) The man ' s wife has been allowed to see him once in prison ; but she was poor j and unable to do anything to serve him . She was reduced , even , by the incarceration of her husband , and her consequent inability to pay her rent , to leave the place where he carried on hia business prior to his incarceration , — namely , Market-street , Edgware-road , and the blow which has coma upon him was rmn to him . Mr . Salmon said that a committee of delegates had been appointed to look after Muudin's case .
Mr . Waddington—Then that committee has done nothing ! Mr . Gardener , an operative , eaid he was present wheri Mundin was taken by the police , who knocked and pulled him ( Mundin ) about in a most violent manner ; and he ( Mr . Gardener ) knew , from experience , that the authorities would do every thing ia their power to convict the poor man if they conld . Exertions should , therefore , be at once maao to get up his defence . Mr . Gardener ( who said that Mandin ' s only offdnce was , that he said— " 1 adjourn this meeting ! " ) , then narrated that he was himself taken up 011 the occasion in question , and subjected to three weeks' imprisonment for no other causo than having been present at the meeting ; ( " Shame ! " ) in addition to whioh , ho had been treated with the greatest indignity at the station house—stripped even to his boots and stockings , and searched by the police , ( renewed murmurs )
After some further discussion , it was moved by Mr . Orerton , and seconded by Mr . Sumner , that Mandin ' s case be brought before the council of Delegates on Sunday ( to-morrow ^ ; and Mr . Waddington pledged himself to get soms subscriptions nmong his friends towards the expenses of the defence ; The meeting then separated .
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The infant son of William James and Frances Constance Fox was last week christened , at the father ' s residence , North-street . Bcthnal Green , by the name of Frederick Feargas Fox . Registered , on the 15 th instant , in High-street , Marylebone , Emily O'Connor , daughter of John and Maria Randal , of Jamea-street , Manchester Square Baptized in the Christian Chartist Church , Innerleven , Fifeshire , on Sunday , the 4 * = h of September , by Mr . M'Inne 3 , Cnartist preacher , Fesrgus O'Connor Paton , first-born of David and Margaret Paton , Windygates . Fife . Baptised on tho 18 th of September , at the Catholic Chapel , Cobridgp ,. by the Rev . Mr . O'Higgin , Edwin Feargus O'Connor Maddox , the son of Thomas and Anu Maddox , of Shelton .
On Tuesday , the 20 th inst ., at Burneston , by the Rev . R . Anderson , vicar , Mr . Newbould , of 60 Ibourn Park , Lancashire , to Anne , the only child of Mr . Sleddle , Cantiorpe , in this county . Same day , at High Harrogate , by tho Rev . James Charnock , Thomas Clifton Wilkinson , Esq ., of Winterburne Hall , in Craven , to Julia , Jemima , second daughter of the Honourable Henry Hutler ,
and uiece of tho Right Honourable tho barf 01 Kilkenny . . On Monday last , at St . Paul ' s church , He ? hngton , by tho Rev . Josiah Crofts , M . A ., Mr . Jonn Hoiborn . farmer and graaier , of Hesimgton , to Mrs . Rachel Dyson , of the same place , and formerly of Scrayinjoham . On Friday last , at the parish church , Halifax , by the Rev . W . Smith , A . B ., Mr . Thomas Crossley , dyer , to Mrs . Elizabeth Farrar , both of Ovenden . Leedsb
On Thursday last , at the parish church , , y the Rev . Waiter Farquhar Hook , DD , Francis Coveriey , Esq ., of Burlington , to Miss Nicholson , of Chapel Allercon . ^ , Same day , at the parish church , Halifax , by the Rcv ., W . Smith , A . B ., Mr , Thomas Robinson , of Djkhton ,. near HuddersfiaW , farmer , to jMrs . Hannah Naylor , daughter of Mr . Kufua Sunderland , farmer , Hipperholme . On Wednesday last , at Bradford , Mr . George Wood , butcher , of Greetland , to Miss Elizabeth Sykcs , daughter of Mr . Joseph Sytr . cs , clothier , of Huddersfield . ... , ,-, ,. . On Monday last , at the parish church , Bradford , Mr . John Parkinson , to Miss Elizabeth Cuswortn , both of Great Horton .
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HOW TO CATCH THE CHABTISTS . We invite the attention of the Chronicle and the public to tbe following sample of Cotton Lord honesty : —On tbB 17 th of August , Mr . James Leach , of Manchester , the dread of the Cotton Lords , was arrested in his own honse under the following circumstances • — A messenger came to his house , between ten and eleven o ' clock , with an anonymous letter , purporting to come from the Secretary of a secret Association sitting at Oldham , and deliberating upon the best means of carrying the Charter , by destroying life and property . Mr . Leach was not at borne when the messenger arrived , and Mrs . Leach saw him . Leach returned , when the letter was handed to him , and instantly
the messenger began to stamp with his feet as lond as he could . " What ' s the matter with yon ? - inquired Mrs . Leech . " O , " said he , " my feet are so blistered from walking that I cant keep them quiet ! " " Hold , hold , " said Mrs . Leach , " you'll disturb the neighbours . If your feet are sore , 111 give you some linen to put to them . " Leach , in the meantime , was reading tbe letter , and having concluded , and shrewdly suspecting tbat it was a trap , he tore it in small pieces , the messenger still continuing his stamping most outrageously . On the sudden , Beswick the constable and man of all-work of the League , and the authorities , rusbed in , looked at
the letter , shoved tbe assassin out of the room , apprehended Leach , put him into a coach , and drove him off to prison . The moment that Beswick had started , M'MnUen , another of the police gang , rushed into the house , ran np stairs , and gathered np every fragment of the torn letter , tied it up with cord , and took it away . Now there is a plain story , on which comment would be an insult to common sense , and proves at once the means to which the League , the masters , the authorities , and their jackalls wili resort , to establish their hellish dominion upon the ruias of Chartism . —Evening Star .
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Failsworth , August 29 , 1842 . Worshipful Sib , —As tbe excitement consequent on the turn-out h £ a nearly subsided , you will now be at liberty , I hope , to forward your proofs for the assertions whieh you made against me at the Town ' s Hall , Oldham , on Tuesday , the 16 th instant ; also to assign satisfactory reasons for the language you used in reference to me the preceding day , at the Bull ' s Head , Failaworth . That you may have no rational plea for refusal , I am willing to meet you at Oldbaxn , and to a ^ ow the gentlemen , before whom the allegations were made , to decide between na , provided I be permitted to have two friends present . I have witten to the magistrates of Oldham upon the subject ( a copy of the letter I enclose to yon , ) and left to them and to you the appoJntment of the time of meeting , trusting that it will be before tbe expiration of a fortnight
I am . Worshipful sir , Your obedient servant Peter Beown . To Jonathan Mellor , Esq ., Oldham .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —I take the liberty to request you to give publicity to the two inclosed letters , according to the priority of dates , either in this or the next week ' s Star . They relate to , what I consider to be , an unjustifiable attack upon my character , by a magistrate , while acting in his judicial capacity . By complying witu the request you will greatly sblige , Yours truly , Petes Brown . Failsworth , Sept 19 , 1842 .
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^^^__ ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^ ARREST OF MH . JAMES MITCHELL , OP STOCKPOttT . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . SIR . —Permit me to lay b ? fore our friends and the public , the particulars of my arrest at Caurebtown , a village near Southport ; a c ? se which hia not only caused hundreds to sympathize with out cause , but one which has brought down the vengeance of the Hverpeol press—the Mercury tor instance—upon the heada of the authorities of North Shields , for the brutal and inhuman conduct towards myself and Mr . Gregson , a gentleman in Chnrchtown , who for no other offence than merely allowing the use of his Room for the delivery of a lecture , was cast into prison , fined in the sum of £ 5 with thirteen shillings costs , and bound in the sum of £ 50 himself , and two sureties in the mm of £ 25 each , to appear at the next Liverpool sessions , to answer the same charge . The particulars are as follow : — -
On the first instant I visited the place above-mentioned , and at the request of a number of the inhabitants I promised to deliver two lectures on the state of the country ; and , being aware of tbe excited state of thiogB . my object was to steer clear of all opposition , from the authorities and e . sewhere ; I drew up the following notice : — " The public are respectfully informed that Mr . Mitchell , of Stockport , will deliver twe lectures , one this evening , and another to-morrow evening , on the present distressed state of the country . Mr . Mitchell will sbow the real cause of tha distress which exists amongst the great body of the middle and working classes , and will also show the only peaceable means by which permanent happiness can be restored to the millions . All classes are respectfully requested to attend . "
This notice I presented to Mr . Singleton , the police officer for that district , for his approval or disapproval , and requested his attendance at the lecture . Mr . Singleton gava me his consent , and so far signified his approval of tha proceedings that when a Mr Thompson , who had promised the use of his room for the occasion , drew back his agreement , he ( Mr . Singleton ) ordered the bellman to continue crying the meeting , and stated that if a room could not be obtained , the meeting must be held in the open air ; however Mr . Otrcgso : i after wards kindly volunteered the uae of the room , in which the lectures were delivered . The first lecture was delivered , and a more peaceable and orderly meeting I never addressed in my life . Not a word of objection was raised from arjy quirter , not even by M& Singleton , who was present the whole of the time .
Ontbesecend night , just before the lecture commenced , Mr . Gregson informed me that a policeman had ordered him to turn out the people and lock up the room . I asked why they had given him sucb order , and he stated to me that he did not know , bub that so long as the proceedings were legal and peaceable he should allow the lecture to go on ; and I also stated that if the authorities had any objections to my lecturing , or if during any port of my lecture they would request me to csaie , that I would that instant break up th <> meeting . I commenced speaking , and continued for about an hour and a half , during which there were
( oat or five police officers , end , I understand , a magistrate and an attorney present , no one cfi ' dring a word of opposition to the meeting . But at this part of the business a Mr . Jarvis , sergeant of the police , requested me to dissolve the meeting , Baying that be considered it illegal . I obeyed the order at once ; the meeting separated as peaceably as on the first night , and I heard no more until the following morning , when I Was arrested by Mr . Singleton and conveyed to the Southport lock-up , where I was confined until the next day , without knowing any thing of the charge that was to be preferred against me .
Mr . Gregson was arrested also on the Sunday morning , and kept till Monday , when he was brought up and fined in the sum of £ 5 for merely lending his room ; but the magistrates finding , after three day ' s consideration , that they either did not know the law , or tbat they had stretched it too far , very kindly returned the £ 5 back again to Mr . Gregson , but still kept him under bail for bis appearance at the sessions . I was brought up on the Monday , under a charge of using seditious language at an illegal meeting , but the evidence of Mr . Singleton not being strong enough to convict , ( for hewas the only witness , against me ) , I was remanded until the Thursday following , when I was again brought np , but such was the Btate of my health , in consequence of my treatment in the dungeon , of which I shall give you a description by and by ,
tbat I was not able to stand during my examination ; But the novelty of the thing is here , Mr . E iitor ; on this day fresh evidence was brought against me . Another policeman was found who could nay something in the matter ; and what do you think the subject of his evidence was 1 It was this . I told the meeting "that Lord John Russell , previous t > the passing of the Reform Bill , declared that no man had a right to obey a law that he bad not a voice in making . " On this evidence , and that of Mr . Singleton , the policeman who ordered the bellman to cry the meeting , and who invited a number of his friends to attend the meeting , I was ordered by two magistrates , one of whom bad been at the lecture and listened to me an hour and a hnlf before he knew the meeting was illegal , to find bail for my appearance , if called on , at the next Liverpool sessions .
I will now just give you a description of the dungeon in which I was confined . It is a cellar , the bottom of which is abont six feet below the surface of the earth ; it is situated under a new house , in which Mr . Jones tbe sergeant of police , resides ; the fiias of it iB about five yards by four and a half . The wall on one side is so damp on some occasions , that the water runs down to the bottom . On another side of the place is a form which serves for a bed and a seat at the same time , one half of it being wet with rain , which runs down the wall in rainy weather . There is no fire , no stove , no hot air of any description by which the place can be dried or heated . In another part of the place was a tub or bucket for the convenience of prisoners ; to this there was no covering ; and I'll leave you to judge what kind of smell mast be continually under the nose of the inmate . This I had with me three days without being emptied at all .
When I first entered the place I had to grope mv way to the seat although it was nine o ' clock in the morning . Tbe length and breadth of the hole through which the light is allowed to penetrate , is about nine inches by two and a half , over which is placed a grid of iron ; and taking off the thickness of iron of which the grid is composed , it leaves about three inches by two of pun light From the morning of my arrest and confinement in tula place , I was forbidden the privilege of writing , even to my family . I was not allowed to apply for legal
advice ; I was not allowed to send for , hear from , or write to any person . My diet was one meal each twelve hours , and that of an inferior quality ; my bed was th « wet form of which I have given a description ; my covering at night was an old potato sack , with an eld cost for my pillow : there was part of a horse-rug , in which I sometimes wrapped my feet This was the whelo of my store ; and in this state I was kept from Sunday morning till the Thursday following , without the consolation of a single friend being allowed to see me .
Oa the Wednesday morning tbe keeper came to see me ; and finding that I was shivering with cold , and almost speechless with the effects of confinement in Such a place , allowed me to come out and sit by hia kitchen fire , chaining me at the same time to the handle of his oven door for safety . In an hour I was again placed in the dungeon , until four in the afternoon , when I was obliged to be taken out a second time under similar circumstances . At half-past five I Bgniu retired to the regions below , and : it nine o ' clock I was again allowed to warm myself at the fire for ono hour . Oa thia occasion I begged hard for a gill of warm beer at my
own expence : I tkougbt it would make me sleep a little in the ni (? ht ; but it was no go . Prisoners were not allowed to have drink of an intoxicating natnre . I asked if I . was under the same regulations as the common folon ? "Yes , " was the answer , " there is no difference . " However , the next morning , it was seen that another day would have almost finished me , and finding that they bad got a bad ease ia hand at the name time , they tried te raise my spirits by staging , " Cheer up your heart , my lad , and naver bfa daunted , " &c . && The kind magistrates pitied my case also , and allowed me to sit during my examination .
Sir , I shall make no comment . I have given you the simple facts of the case . I shall leave you and the public to judge and make yonr own comments . Yours in the cause until death , J . Mitchell . [ The above statement is one that should go to the heart of every working man , and , indeed , to the heart of all of every class who are not entirely dead to the calls of humanity and of justice . Mitchell has here told his own tale , and we feel that comment upon it is unnecessary , and only tend to weaken its effect . Wo once more ask , -where Ehall be tha end of these things ? Mitchell was told that he was to fare the same as the
common felon : and thus is all distinction between various classes of offence annihilated . But Mitchell had committed no offence : be is clearly one of the ¦ victims of Sit James Graham ' s new doctrine of the power of the police . Bat let the system work . It is coming to a close ; and the time is not distant when the renegade Baronet and his police spies will alike be consigned to oblivion by an indignant people . Mitchell has been treated as a felon ; but we enter our solemn protest against even a Iek > n being se treated . The hellhole at Southport la dearly unfit fet any human being to occupy . ]
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DEATHS . On Sunday last , aged 27 yearg , Mr . George Morse Bartlett . He was . distinguished for his inflexible and unvarying attachment to the people ' s cause ; for an enlightened bcnevolenoe of heart ; and for his zeal in extending democratic principles , both by tongue and pen . He waa one of the first who > nfanted Chartism in the West . The series of letters which appeared in the Western Vindhalor were from'bis ' pea . He was one of the victims of Whig persecutioa in 1839 , and underwent nine months incarceration in Ilchester Gaol , in pursuance of the sentence passed on him b ^ Recorder Jardine , at the Bath Quarter Sessions , Dec . 30 th , 1839 . Hia loss will he lone acd severely felt , and his memory
cherished by those who knew him . On Saturday last , at Bridhngton , aged 62 , Mr . lohu Holiday , formerly a veterinary snrgeon . # On Friday last , aged 73 , Mrs . M'Lean , wife of Mr . M'Lsan , of York , shoemaker . She was one of tbo oldest members of the Independent chuielf assembling in Lendal chapel . '¦ ,. „ -, , Sams day , aged 41 , Mary , tho beloved v ? lfo of Mr . Richard Barns , of Boltan . On Monday last , aged 3 years , ¦ « jfe * iP ( W' 5 sfi * r * Jt-hn Holme , butcher , Norton , ne ^/ TadteQi Ar ^ v
On Saturday , tha 17 th . inst ., afi . nflfisn « a «^ wev S . Stapylton ) house , Elizabeth , 5 # V * torf ^ $ » l Mr . Tohilinfion , tf Blake-sirc ^^ g ^^ W- ' - ' ' # /
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 24, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct772/page/5/
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