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THE NOETHERN STAR. SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1843.
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Total Wreck of the Ship Great Beitain.— We hare to report the total loss of the splendid
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1 FEAEGUS O'CO 2 ft ? GR AIW THE NOTTINGTTAM ELECTION . Tbe felioTFing correspondence ias been handed to us for cablisaSoa , I * needs bo comment : —
TO FE ^ RSFS O'CONKOR , ESQ , ] Sew Badfon ? , near Nottingham , . June 5 th , 1 S 43 . 3 > Ej ? : Stb , —TTe have done onr best in tracing to fi > eir stsrcs the in&mona calumnies that "were so fresly circalated in Ifottinghani and its vicinity , and have snec «?*^ so far as to leave bo doubt ~ npan eta minds fo , a -c-faajce they sprang , and ihe unworthy motive that 'tic -siid dem ; and also ire are nappy to inform yon tbit every one , e"ren the very worst amongst yonr trslcaiafiiora hare been compelled to eat their own words , srA confess themselves the propagators of lies , and that there nerer was the Isast foundation for their ¦ B icke * Attempts to irjure yonr character by slander , as the J'T-ia'mng ecconnt "will show ;—
In 4 fes &sl placet , yon was charged with receiving £ 2 S for yonr services at Mz . Stnrge ' s election ; but the snck&fd letter of 2 &x . Beggs -wall set that at rest ; and yonr t * n"a lBtter to 21 r , 35 effzs . containing an account of Hie appropriation of fee £ 27 10 s . will do away with Sis cSange that yon received £ b for a gentleman , and only paV 3 him ^ 3 , and pocketed the other £ 2 . 2 f j-& , Sir , this report arose from the following eircnmstsr * -, as we are informed by Mi . Begfs , Mi . H . Caitwright , and others : —Mt Mead , to-whom Ton paid £ 3 20 s . met Mr . Sean and thanked that gentleman for tbs-kradness of the Committee in paying him £ 3 IDi . for his expenses ; sod then it was ascertained that in Sie list yon gave into the Committee , £± was awarded to hua , ijid . y » n lad ocly paid him £ 3 Ms . And as tales Iv £ 6 > -nnfhmg by passing through dirty channels , ifcisd Increased to £ 5 ; but y « nr own letter explains that , ami does away with charge the second .
In the third place , yon was charged wife demanding of 3 tr . John Rogers , a rich and respectable hosier , of ZfotttnsSani , the snm of £ 13 for yonr services at Mr GiBbcrae ' s election , and was told by that gentleman 2 te had so funds for such purposes . Well , Sir , we have seen Hz . Rogers , and he authorised ns-to say that he never ssw yon bnt twice in his life , and never ext&ansca a word wife yon , or in any way , or through any psson had he ever held any communication with you ; and in accordance with that he has published bis contradiction in the Nottingham Mercury .
Now , Sir , having gone £ hrongb all the charges , and aB parties ia Nottingham—Whigs , Tories , and Radicals . i £ ns perfectly satisfied of the utter falsehood of all of » T > gTr . Tie hope that the . London daily Times , and cverj oib ~? paper thsthsB given publicity to tbe above leporii . sin have the honesty to do their best in undoing tha imqifrfaf they have done ? for we are of ¦ opinion list it is ihe duty of all men , and all parties of men , to cultivate trnih , and give to each and eveiy one fei ? play ; and when an injury is done , to do our best to reran it , and show to thB world that party ia rot o = r aim , but file spread cf truth , and the good of all Therefore , we are about to follow that maxim by cxplfcislE ^ what we meant by the postscript we attached to onr leiter , which yon published four weeks since in the Siir . It Taads us follows : —
" Tse Whigs dont like pnrifcy or election , neither do thi = j like a six point man forced upon them . Ko , Sir , t&ey sarii bear it , and that is the secret cf all their lisss ^ a dlumny . " 2 f c s > , Sir , we here beg leave to state that we do not class ail who act with the Whigs in tbe above censure , for we know that there are a many gentlemen too honest , and are too much of gentlemen to practise deception , os in any way to encourage bribery and corruption * * elections ; -we only meant those nasty things improperly called men , who are ever ready , whea a rich and corrupt candidate offers himself , to distribute some c-f his money for Tfon in the shape cf bribery and trp » t ^ g ; sad , at the same time , always remembering their own filthy selves by keeping a little for their paidoE ? srrrices in the causa of the devil and the enlargement cf M 3 kingdom .
How , Sir , having done our duty in texdng this unpleasaa ? affair to its authors , and being prepared to give yes - ^ a * " *** if yon require them , we think it as well , as ffc-y have confessed , to ^ eave them to their own leflect ic-n ?; but if they let us have any : aore of their nonRPEc , the world < tb ^ l know them ;" anda few of J * ie tise Ticks and dirty doings of these electioneering and -33-iy-ibi-aByihlng vagabonds shall be brought to light . O , Sir , yon have spoiled them , for they cannot
trvndle the money now : and may yon live to " spoil all such rep ; Il £ 3 , and see corruption pul down , and purity of el = cf 'n established , together with the establishment * f ibs s * x Points of the People ' s Charter ; and the infcabiteEU of our beloved England , Ireland , and Scotland enjoying the fruits of their own industry ; and all £ T » fl » - f ,. jm the j 5 cheat to the poorest , living in barmonj a ^ peace . "We lemun ytmis , With all sincerity ,
James Woodhocsb , Thomas Wbtghi , John Baglei . P . S . "We are bound , in justice to Mi Beggs , to state VbsX be : ^ ted like a gentleman , and expressed bis sorrow for not pnblishisg bis ccntradistion sooner .
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10 MR . JAMES PENNY . Sis , —In answer to your letter ; of the 15 th May , requesting a more minute description of the mode of cultivation of my xmall plot of ground , I beg leave to send you the following particulars : — About the 28 th July , I saw early T « k cabbage seed , in rows eight inches apart ; when the plants have six leaves prick them onfc in rows , ] eight inches apart and three inches in the row . In November , I prepare and manure the ground , in the same manner as is generally done for potatoes . About the middle of November transplant cabbages on the ridges of eighteen inches apart , or four plants in the ) square yard . In Hanch , hoe the ground deep and earth the plants up close to tbe lower leaves . As soon &s the plants begin to gro v , dig the ground between the rows with a spade . Give them another digging in about : » month and hoe them well np .
On the 13 th of May , 1843 , I commenced cutting the finest lot of cabbages thatl have ever ; Been . A great portion of the plot . No . 2 , ' will be cleared of cabbagea the first week in June . I then plant the same plot with Prince Regent potatoes , in the ordinary manner . I have the potatoes cnt inltwo and sprouted about ihree-qusrtera of an inch , when I set them . I shall finish planfing potatoes on Ho . 2 , about ths middle of June . Then commence cutting of tbe cabbages on No . 3 . In the last week in April , sow Swedish turnip seed in the same manner as the cabbage seed , except
pricking them out Thin them in the rows to tour inches , apart As I clear No . 3 , of cabbages , I have the ground dug a good depth , and manured and laid in ridges , in tbe same manner as for potatoes . Then transplant it with Swedish turnip plants , at the rate of six in the square yard . I shall finish planting this plot about the first week in August When the turnips are fall grown , I have tho tops cut off as they stand on the ground , and give them to the cattle aaithey are wanted . In the beginning of November , I hive all the turnips gathered off the ground and stored in heaps , covered with straw and ewth : they are thus preserved for winter food .
About th » middle of March , No . 1 was planted with potatoes , called early njaiza , in tbe came manner as the other potatoes stated -above . By the middle of July , these potatoes will be full grown and fit to take up ; when this crop is cleared off , tbe ground is then prepared in tbe same manner as I afore slated , and planted with Swedish turnips . I make a few days variation in the sowing of the turnip seed according aa I think it will be wanted ; in fact 1 sow the seed in several places on the sides of the walks or where I have a bit of spare ground .
Tbe forty-seven days labour includes every thing except rnillring and management of milk and butter . The twenty quarts of milk per day is the mean quantity far tbe forty-sis weeks taken at four times of equal periods . John Union . Selby , June 6 th , 1842 .
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THE KNUTSFORD ATROCITIES . Is another column , onr readers wDl find Lthe mild , temperate , and gentlemanly reply of Mr . BBowsEjto the fellowj Egerton , the MJ ? ., who took the cowardly advantage of " his place in Parliament , " to traduce an absent Clergyman for the offence of rebutting , honestly , opes violations of the law and contempt of humanity and religion , in the treatment of the prisoners and conduct of the OScials of thiB Hell bole .
REPEAL OF THE UNION . Gestle Reader , has it ever been your fate to vibH that metropolitan seminary for amphibions yonthsthat refuge for tart maturity—that asylum for frail old age—that depot of all the variety which the fair sex in its worth can present ; have yon ever been to Billingsgate \ where the value of a cod-fish is to he estimated not by its sound , its liver , or its firmness , bat b ; the length and breadth of its fair owner ' s tongue . Have you seen the fair
proprietress of a rival cod-fish take up the gauntlet in favour of her sound , her ' . liver , and her firmness 1 Have you "witnessed the delight beaming in the eye of those testy old bachelors , who make their morning call at the shrine of ugliness and slang , in the hope of seeing their hatred of the sex justified , or of reconciling to themselves that state of unwilling celibacy to which 1 they have been doomed ? Have yon , in short , witnessed a real jolly set to between two fat red-faced fish-wives ; and , have yon observed the altered tone of the belligerents , and their respective friends , as the chances of triumph alternate ? Have you , seen
the loud brawler , reduced to humiliation by the superior powers of her antagonist , faintly and wearfly reprobating all the vocabulary of Billingsgate , and soften into the mildness , of subdued wrath , with a bloody knife in one hand , and the guts of the trinmphant cod-fish in the other ? ^ We cannot J ead to the hope that our picture may be realised to all ; but the nearest approach to critical resemblance that we can present is the Lady of the Times newspaper , with the sword of Protestantism in one hand , and the gut 3 of popery in the other , lisping "justice" ia mild accents , and sighing in disappointed rage over the triumph that superior power and skill has wrenched from her hand . It
is not unamusiDg , or uninstrnctive , to Bee this meretricious journal shuddering at the desolation of its own part creation , and , coward-like , whimpering like a child at the danger which now threatens , and which i 3 mainly attributable to the rancorous feeling produced by this church vassal between the Protestant spoiler and the Catholic serf . This Argns "defender of the faith" and so forth , that was wont to see and to foresee so far in the calm , appears to be blinded in the storm . Not many months ago we were informed that Ireland enjoyed
not the delusive tranquillity arising from partial government , bnt the natural calm produced by just and impartial legislation ; by a happy blending of constitutional circumstances vfiih national character by a considerate deference to national prejudices ; in short , by a . combination of that vrit , wisdom 5 wile , and policy , for which onr Tory rulers are ; pre-eminently distinguished . More Protestant churches in a
Catholic country ; more sectional education j a stricter observance of the appointment of our own friends to administer our own laws : such wis the policy of the Times when the weakness of Ireland was relied upon as the main strength of her oppressors , while now , that that nation , like one man , has arisen in its moral might , and proclaimed with one voice its hostility to this very policy , the same paper turns round , and , pleading in meanness for pity , «
ries" Thon cans'fc not say we did it-Are natural consequences deducible from natural causes I And , if they are , what result was more likely to follow the total disregard of everything Irish , than that combination of Irish mind which has now resolved upon doing for itself what has sot only been denied to prayers , petitions , and implorings , but for asking for which she has . been threatened with coercion and destruction ? iThe Times may vfritc in that maudlin tone of assumed confidence to suit the Stock Exchange and the money broka . but
the thinking man mnst laugh in scorn at the foolish attempt to convince the world that although the very air is redolent of complaint , that yet travel north or south , east or west , neither resident nor traveller can give an assignable reason for a single complaint ! Such is the logic of our fainting contemporary ; while , did space admit , ire could shew just cause of complaint in every act of England towards Ireland
and complete the picture by painting the English faction in Ireland , in their Beveral relations , whether public or priratej and in all of which they would appear m the jailors of convicts , rather than as the patrons of their clients . Not a dirty performed , not an office discharged , in "which the vengeance of the Law Church , ihe dominion of the land Bhatk , or the petty tyranny of the official , is not discernible . Under the law of
primogeniture , the eldest branches , of families are patrons of church preferments , held in trust as portions for the younger branches pensioned upon the industry of the Catholic slave , their power upheld by holding him in subjection . We should be glad to know whether the altered tone of the Times furnishes a fair prospect of Irish improvement , or whether we are to receive it a 3 a hypocritical mediation , while the strong Government is preparing all the
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appliances of force to destroy the rising genius of Ireland . We did not offer one word of comment hastily upon the question . In 1840 , when opposed by the press of the whole kingdom , we devoted column after column to the support of Ir ishmen ' s right to govern themselves ; since then the jvery fact of being drawn into the discussion , and the prospect { of the subject being revived , has compelled us , as a duty to our readers and to the public generally , to inform ourselves upon the history of that ill-fated country . It is fresh in the recollection of our readers , that we announced some
few weeks since , the fact that both the Administration and the Irish Executive were powerlesB for good , and only Btrong when bent on evil . That the domestic faotion , among whose ancestors Ireland has been partitioned by the respective plunderers who , from the days of the second Henry to the invasion of the Dutchman , have followed their respective leaders were tod powerful for the Administration or the Irish Executive , or both unitedly . '"We stated that whatever the intentions of Government might be , the determination of the spoiler was to hold by force what had been gained by fraud . Tkat Ireland has
been garrisoned by a legalized banditti , no man can deny ; that the standard of the Invader is the Church , peculation , professional emolument , and the wages of idleness , upon the express condition that the privilege of the associated band should be used for the annihilation of the Irishman's rights . We directed attention to the several articles which apppeared in the English newspapers upon the subject of Repeal , and we predicted that all remonstrance , caution , invitation to settlement , and promised forbearance would be lost in the recommendation of the Standard , the organ of the Church
party . Have events proved the truth of that assertion , or have they not % and could the invitation of the Standard to the Protestants of the North to massacre the rebels be more quickly accepted . than it has been by the LOYAL PROTESTANTS of Dungannon . Have they not buckled on the armour of the Church 1 have they not sounded thetruupet of Protestantism ? have they not mustered some 15 , 000 strong with arms in their hands , and not waiting for the technical forms , for the legal requirements necessary for the completion of the disarming bill , have they not anticipated the
Government , constituted themselves a mob executive , searched the houses of the Catholics for arms , and demolished and levelled their hovels to the ground ? Is not our prediction then so far verified \ And while the public mind is lost in thought as to the probable chances of peace or war , of success or defeat , and is in doubt as to the circumstances which may lead to tbe first outbreak , we will venture upon another prediction ; it is this , that it matters not what the policy of Sir Robebx Peel may be , what his notions individually , or what his intentions , if left to himself might lead to . but the Government over
which he ' presides , will force him to maintain and uphold the Union , at the expence of any amount of Irish blood and English treasure ; that the enactment of the Irish Arms Bill , the proclamation of that measure and the mode of enforcing its provisions will lead to the first outbreak in Ireland . It matters not that the Government may intend the measure as a sword suspended , and to be used only at their discretion . When it is law , it will thon become tho pleasing duty of the weeded Orange Magistrates , to recommend themselves to their brotherhood by a vigorous execution of that law .
Under its sanction domiciliary visits will be paid to the Catholic hovel by the infuriate Protestant mob , the peaceful peasant will Ry his home , —his house will no longer be a shelter in the dead of night , —and when driven to take refuge under the canopy of heaven , and to take council with his unhoused brethren in the darkness of night , the gatherings of houseless wanderers , thus brought about by the terror of the law , will be construed by its administrators as the nocturnal meetings of Irish rebels ; they will be proclaimed as outlaws and reduced to the sad alternative of either
remaining at home to answer to the night call of licensed robbers , before whom they must parade their naked wives and children , or they will be compelled from fear to abandon that hovel which is no longer a protection against the intruder , and leave it a prey to the spoiler who will set it in flames , its desertion being proof that it was tbe haunt of a rebel . While we hear of the perfect information of which Government is in possession with reference to the doings and intentions of the rebels , cannot the far seeing eye of a watchful public discern any thing in the camp of the enemy ! If the Government is watchful , if the Irish people are cautious , does any man suppose that the leaders of Orangeism are indolent and inert ? Can
he who grasps the whole question of English policy , Irish feeling , and Foreign intrigue make up his mind upon the issue , without making the present visit of the King of Hanover to this country , an important feature in the consideration of the whole question ! At any time , but more especially at the present crisis , the thinking public expects much of caution , as well as close attention to passing events from public journalists . Fortunately for ourselves , and perhaps , not less so for our readers , we are untrammelled by other restraint than that which reason and judgment may impose upon us . We write for mind , and not for prejudice . We seek to improve , and by improvement to correct ; and , therefore , do we feel bound to assign good and substantial reasons for our every assertion .
In speaking , then , of the probable result of the great question now at issue between the English invaders , their Church , their possessions , and their administration of the laws ; and the Irish party demanding self representation and release from clerical bondage and class domination , we are bound to consider what the feelings of that party are likely to be towards their head . In this analysis we find it impossible to treat her Majesty as head of the Rampant Church in Ireland , with the same amount of indifference with which we
would treat her as first magistrate and civil chief of the nation . Let us , then , see what the causes of discontent ' are which have been engendered in tbe minds of the tithe Protestants of Ireland , by their prints , their leaders , and clansmen . The Robys ana the Bradshaws spoko the feelings of the Irish Orangemen , if opportunity but presented itself of gratifying them . The declaration of Lord Melbourne , that his intention was , " to give the Church aheavy blow and great discouragement . "
The well circulated rumour of the conversion of Prince Aibebt to Citholicfsm ., and more re cently the official announcement through the Court journals that Prince Albert had been commanded by the Queen to announce by his own hand to the anti-Cburch Minister ( Melbourne ) the glad tidings of another royal birth ; but , above all , the still more recent announcement by Mr . O'Connell that the Queen had rebuked Sir Robekt Peel for the presumptuous use made by him of Her name with reference to the question of Repeal .
Now multiply all these causes of Protesant discontent by Protestant fear and Church preferment , and we shall at once discover the inducements to combination and the probable course of the united Church supporters . Pbel must either cling to this party for good or for evil , or he must abandon them in their mad career , and leave to the Rockinghams , the Grahams , the SrANLEYS , and the Plumtrees the glory of witnessing the triumph of reason over the darkness of prejudice , after a fruitless and expensive struggle of ignorance against
knowledge—of brute force against moral power . That " the Church" should continue always to tread down the ordinary rights of human nature is impossible . As mind progresses , men become impatient of it ; and , if not remodelled by her own heads upon the score of justice—which she never wDl he—she must tumble , and bury all recollection of her bloated intolerance iu tiio ruins , none but fools can doubt ; and tho ony question now is , by whose hand the magic and welcome blow shall be struck . From the a&hes of ) ier temporal pile ,
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pure , unbiassed , unsullied , and unbought , religion will spring , and the preponderance in favour of aa acceptable creed will be distinguishable in the sincerity pf its votaries and the purity of their lives , rather than in corporate wealth or individual intolerance . In all these reasons , then , we come to the conclusion that the English Rampant Church party and the Irish Orange faction would willingly depose the present Queen , aad with shouts of joy proclaim Ernest the 1 st from ; the statue of King William decked iu orange letters , King , defender of their plunder , and so forth ; while , to avoid such a calamity , the Irish people demand a concentration Of all their native powers and long withheld rights .
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THE TRIALS . So . ' the labour of the mountain has at last eventuated not indeed iu the birth of a mouse , nor in any birth at all , but in an abortion so utterly beneath contempt , that it is really difficult to write anything about it . We give from Wednesday's Sun the following report of the decision of the Court as to the fifth count : — " QUEEN'S BENCH . —( THIS DAY . ) " ( Sittings in , Banco ) 11 THE QUEEN V . FEAIIGVS O ' CONNOR , AND OTHEBS . * ' At the sitting of the Court this morning ,
" Lord Denman said that in the case of the Queen V . O'Connor and other * , which had been argued on Saturday , the Court was of opinion that it was necessary that there should be a distinct venue laid in the body of the indictment ; that the venue In the margin could not be taken to be a proper venue ; and that the defect was not cured by the Act of Parliament to which the Counsel for the Crown has referred . The rule , therefore , for attest of judgment on tbe fifLh count must be made absolute . The Court would bear the further arguments on the tule as iegarded the fourth count on Friday . " This is of course tantamount to an absolute acquittal of all the parties convicted under the fifth count of
the indictment . It is worthy of notice that the Judges , as they always do , rest their decision on a technical matter , rather than on one of principle . The want of venue in the fiifth count was clearly , to the common 6 ense of every man , a fatal though necessary result of the determination of the crown to strain the meshes of their net for the encompassing of those whom they knew to be utterly without its pale . Had the venue been laid properly , it would have appeared at once that all the parties against whom this count was levelled were utterly beyond tho scope of the general offence charged . Hence the Attorney General , having but the choice of two things—to leave them entirely aloue , or to httfaxd the defective veuue—chose the
latter , aud , as he says , framed the indictment in the form it bore specially and purposely to meet the case . They are greatly mistaken , who suppose that this defeot of veuue in the Fifth Count was an oversight on tbe part of the Crown lawyers . On the contrary , it was a cunning trick of lawyer craft : it waa a determined and dishonest effort to come at those who were not otherwise to be come at ; and who had so guarded themselves as that they could not be legally charged with any offence whatover . This , and this only , is the reason why the fiifth count had no venue ia it . The insertion
of a veuue would have demonstrated clearly that there was no manner of connection between those whom this count was specially framed to reach , and those with whom it was impudently assumed , on the general face of the indictment , that they had conspired together for the carrying oat of an iusamo and illegal ( project . If there had been a proper venue to this count , the parties to whom it specially pointed , and to get hold of whom it was framed , must have been every one acquitted on the trial at Lancaster . The Crown lawyers knew that perfectly ; and hence the " dodge" by
which they have been subjected to so much inconvenience aud trouble , and robbed of so much time and money . Tbe real objection , however , against the fiifth count was of much more consequence thaa this paltry technicality , of venue ; it was that it charged upon the parties no offence whatever ; nothing but a legal act ; an act which they or any other men have a perfect right to do ; and on the legality of which it is known that Lord Denman ' s opinion has been more than once strongly expressed . This utter vitiation of the Count on principle , though often pointed clearly out by the
Judges during the argument , was carefully kept out of sight in the Judgment ; and the thing made to seem rather a technical escape of the prionera than an upright Judgment of the Judges . We do not think that this mode of doing tbe thing redounds at all to the credit of the Bench . It shews us clearly that we owe them nothing ; that if they could have lent their sanction to the effort of the Crown , without an utter Bacrifioe of their judioia character and a sinking of themselves to a level with Abjngeb and Gubney , they would have gladly
done eo . It shews us , and it ought to ahew the people , that we owe this termination of this protracted enquiry to the caution which avoided to break through the law , and not to any merciful construction of the law which we &te to expect . It shews us , and it ought to shew the people , more than ever , the necessity of trusting , as leaders iu the movement , none but those who have sense enough to look before they leap , and honesty enough to take no unsafe leap which may involve others besides the » sel ? es in its
consequences . We shall be glad if tho Attorney Genebal and the Judges will now do their duty in pointing out to the triumphantly acquitted subjects of this unjust and rascally prosecution how they are to be compensated for the personal indignities , the anxiety of mind , the scandalous inconvenience and losa of time , and the ruinous expencos which have been inflicted
oa them . Hov ? is tho country to be compensated for the wanton aud wicked wasting of its funds ia the perpetration of these outrages 1 We suppose that we may ask these questions till we are tired of hearing echo for the answer . And we can tell the people that it will never be otherwise than thus till the making and administration of the law shall be put under the coutroul of justice , and that will never be till they make aud administer it themselves .
We cannot of course give , in our present number , the decision of the Judges as to tho fourth count ; though it will be given , before this reaches the eye of our readers . The parties interested in this count , and respecting whom we are yet uncertain as to whether they may or may not be required to " come up for judgment" are Peter Murray M'Douall , Jas . Leach , Christopher Doyle , John Campbell , Jonathan Bairstow , Bernard M'Cartney , James Arthur , Thomas Cooper , Robert Brooke , James Mooney , John
Leach , . David Morrison , George Candelet , John Durham , James Fenton , and Frederiok Augustus Taylor ; while those who are relieved by the present decibion from further harraosment in ihe affair , are —JFeargus O'Connor , William Hill , George Julian Harney , John Hoyle , John Norman , William Beesley , Samuel Parkes , Thomas Railtonj Robert Ramsden , John Arran , John Skevington , William Aitkin , Sandy Challenger , Wm . Woodruff , and Richard Ottley .
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O'CONNOR AND REVEAL . The following communication is from our London Correspondent : — " I have refrained from hitherto alluding to a circumstance which has created a great sensation among the Chartists and Repealers of the Metropolis , being anxious to avoid everything calculated to keep up a feeling of hostility between parties whose duty and interest it is to be united ; but , the cloven foot being now fairly shown , it becomes a
duty to make the circumstances public . It is well known that Mr . O'Connor , at the conclusion of his late lecture on the Repeal of the Union , expressed his wish to be enrolled a member of the Repeal Association , and tendered a a&vereign as a contribution towards the " Rent . " On Sunday evening , May 28 ' Ai , Mr . Dwaine , tho chairman of the meeting , proposed Mr . O'Connor as a member , at Mr . Buckley ' s Repeal Ward , Boswell ' g Court , Fetter-laae . Mr . Haynes , ex-sub-Editor . of the Charter news-
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paper , ex-teetotal lecturer , ex-Corn Law lecturer , ex-BBD-editor of the Statesman , and now Repeal advocate , objected to Mr . O'Connor ' s admission . An animated discussion arose , and Mr . Buckley wrote to Dublin to reoeive instructions on the snbjept . ; Mr . Haynes also [ wrote , stating his views of the case . On Sunday evening , a large muster of Chartist Repealers , and others , met at the above house , to hear the result . £ ) n arriving there , all was confusion . On the previous morning , W . J . O'Connell , Inspector General for London , had peremptorily closed the Ward , alleging they were unfit to be a Ward , for receiving So'Connot ' s money without consulting head quarters '; great was the indignation manifested
by the independent repealers at this outrageous proceeding , and ( epithets of a very strong description were applied ( to its perpetrator . Messrs . Dwaine , Buckley , McCarthy , Overton , Rathbone , Wheeler , and others expressed their opinions warmly , and in answer to objections proved , from printed documents , that 0 ' iCoanor had ever been an ardent advocate of the repeal of the legislative union . A repeal warden impressed upon the meeting the propriety of saying nothing calculated to widen the breaohj private letters from Ray and Steele to Haynes had been alluded I to ; he repudiated the idea of-being
guided by the private opinions of any man , and called upon them to meet on the following Sunday , and they should hear the result of the deliberations in Dublin ; if they rejected Chartists he was one , and they rejected him also ; on this understanding the meeting dispersed * Since Sunday a letter has been received from Ray as secretary , returning O'Connor ' s money , and desiring that the money of all Chartists should be immedidiately returned . Here the matter rests until Sanday evening ; y ' our readers will make their own comments upon this statements of facts . "
We give elsewhere a letter from Mr . O'Connor to the Irishmen in England upon this matter , to which we refer our readers , and leave them , aB our Correspondent | says , '" to make their own comments . "
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John Frehel ^ y , of Scregg Ballyharny , by French Pqrk , Ireland , will be thankful for a Star which any good \ Enylish Chartist can spare him after reading itl - " Manchester JLock Hospital . —We have received a long statement in reference to the resignation of her place by the matron of this institution , together tcith the letter of that person to the Com mittee on 'tendering her resignation . We cannot insert it . [ The subject is one for the private investigation of the Committee ; and we must suppose that a committee of respectable ministers and yenllemenl will' duly enquire into any well ~ founded allegations of abuse . Mr . Julian Harney . —Letters intended for Mr .
Julian Harney must be addressed to him , iVo . 91 , Sheaf Bank , Lead Mill Road , Sheffield . Mb . Harney \ has received for the Local Defence Fund the sums of Is . l ^ d ., and lld . colleeted by Mr . Benjamin Richardson , Sheffield . Jorn Miller ] Halifax . —// is , perhaps , better just now to wait a little silently . We are looking on . Bui , we arp not to be driven out of our course by either fools or knaves ; and we hope to see the same spirit actuating all our friends . . Charlton , punderland , sends us a long letter in reference to his expulsion from the body of Wesley an locafypreachers , on account of his entertaining Chartist principles . These things are so much of course that we are net at all surprised
at them . We cannot afford so much space as Mr . Charlton s \ letter would occupy ; but we can assure him , \/ or his comfort , that he is no worse used than many other good men have been ; and we think that the methodist parsons have paid him a great compliment . E . Ferguson , Alexandria . —His last week ' s letter did not reach us until the Scotch papers were worked offi N . W . B ., Pi | EST 0 N- —We are not surprised . We never yet knew belter of ( he " bawlers . " A widethroated barking dog is always a cowardly cur , and generally an UUnalured one , "A Real Chartist , " Chorjey , writes us that "hiahhas bee
vragesand ^ cheap-bread Cobden n ogam reducing wages . We suppose this will surprise no one : but ' * a real Chartist" should have given his name and address . Derby . —All letters for the Chartists of this town must in future be addressed to Mr . John Moss , Plum-treelplace , Darley-lane . A MECHANlc . ~ p ffa » m // 0 n's literal and interlinear translation of the Gospel of St . John is the best book to begin with . He may get it both Greek and Latinlat any bookseller ' s shop . St . Panckas Chartists . — We cannot interfere in Oie affair of lifr . Lucas . Alfred Lincu . —No room .
S . Boonham , Nottin « ham , writes us , »» reerence to a notice '! in our last , that he sent no communica ion respecting the tea party at all , and that his name must , therefore , have ^ been appended to the one we received without his knowledge or authority . | John GiBSON .-j 7 % e signature of a boy ten yearsofaqo would give no power to any parties to deprive him of ariything which by law belonged to him . A minor bannet be bounden to his own prejudice . J A Regular Subscriber , Dodwobth . We have better occupation for our time and columns than answering ^ pint" questions . If we should begin with tliem , we miaht soon spend a day or two
in each week with nothing else . Stars to iREtkND . — W . Foster , of Bingley , writes'to call the attention of the Chartists of England and Scotland to the necessity , at this particular period , of sending all the Stars they can to Ireland . Let all wfio can send ( heir S' . ars to Mr . O'Higgins , No . 14 , North Ann-street , Dublin . They want them ]; and he states that very few comparatively are now sent . James Hyslop | draper , Wigan , wants a few copies of the Northern Star for all last month . Justice for the Poor . —A poor man in Wigan owed Us . 6 ' d ., which he was adjudged by the Court of Request ^ to pay at the rale of Is . per week , or 4 s . per m&nth . The costs were 11 s . 5 d .: within one penny ] of the full amount of the original debt !
Thomas Stabkey , Stoke-upon-Trent , sends us the following letter : — ¦ Stoke-on-Trent , June 7 , 1843 . " Dear Sir , —It is not enough for a man to sell and mortgage all be has got , in defence of himself and principle , tp claim your attention , and ask for a share of wjiat his friends have subscribed , I suppose ? " Yours truly , " Thomas Starkey . " To Mr . Hill ; Leeds . " If Thomas Starkey happens to know his own meaning , we fancy He is wiser than any one else can become from reading his letter . Manchester Ghartists . — We cannot publish their resolution ifi reference to Mr . Cooper . Welsh Chartists . —J correspondent thus writes
us : — " In answer to the questions in last week ' s Star about the Welsh jCbartiste— " Wfcere are they ? What are they doing ? Are they still alive ? " We are here still , and doing aa much as we possibly can under present circumstances . Yes , tbe brave men of the hills are still alive , fot all some of the leaders have etood in tho back ground for some time , for reasons best known to themselves , the people are ( determined to do their own work , and trust not even to their ftiends any more . It is true that the oppressors have taken advantage of these bad [ times to clog the wheels of Liberty ' s chariot ; but ete long they must give way , and confess that the people are enligntened and are determined to have their rights . " If our brothers in England do not know whether we are dead or ] alive , tbe tyrants here know well ,, to their mortification , that we are still at our . post . "
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FOR THE DEFENCE FUND . £ ¦ 8 . d . From W . Cookej Duckinfield ... ... 0 10 „ Hunslet , per J . Longbottom ... ... 0 4 6 „ Joseph Turner .. .. the Chartists of Coventry 0 8-0 ^ six other friends at Coventry 0 3 10 FOR THE VICTIM FOND . From Bristol , collected by Mias M . Williams j ... 0 8 . 8 „ the Female Chaitlato ol Bristol ... 0 4 i _ W . Joalync ... , i # 0 1 0
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packet-ship , the Great Britain , Captain Shaxsm , master , on her ' outward passage to New York , together with the whole of the valuable cargo . She was frigate-rigged , four hundred and four tons burthen , and was built at Quebec in the year 1839 , The preservation of her crew and passengers was truly miraculous . Extensive Robbery . —Information has beeo received from Edinburgh that a person named George Goldio had stolen and absconded with £ 340 belonging to the City of Edinburgh Ledge of the Independent Ordcrj of the Odd Fellows of the Manchester Unity , ] of which he was treasurer . He is traced to have been formerly a carver and gi'der , and lately a hatter , residing on the North-bridge , and in about thirty-seven years of age , five fact seven inch ¦ > ' high , of jfair complexion , s ; out , and blind of the loft eyy . au « l is rathor goatee ] lookiun .
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INDIA . ~~ ~ ^ By the Overland Mail despatches we learn thai we still keep up our National Character in In ^ frightfully ; plunder and rapine and murder marl oar footsteps with diabolical precision . The press is ineostacies . The Sun says : — *• The News from India , brought by the last Overland Mail , is of the most gratifying description The gallant Napier , with his little invincible army has gained another victory—captured , destroyed w dispersed a second army of 20 , 000 , and taken posses sion of Meerpoor , and the important fortress of Oomercote . It appears that an army of Belochees twenty thousand strong , under the command of Meer Shere Mahomed , had taken up a strong nom *
tion on the nver ± allalie , near the spot where the Ameers of Soinde were bo signally defeated ; and Sir C . J . Napier , on ascertaining the fact , resolved to attack them forthwith . Oa the 24 th of March , ha moved from Hyderabad at the head of 5 , 000 man with seventeen guns and howitzers . The battle lasted for three hours , and daring that time occurred many displays of cool and determined valour almost unparalleled in modern , warfare . Victory at last declared for ; the British army ; eleven guns , and nineteen standards were taken ; about 1 , 000 of the enemy were killed , and 4 , 000 wounded . Shere Mahomed escaped , but was hotly pursued by the Indian Horse , and little doubt remained that he would speedily be captured . *
The character of this " gratifying" victory may bo estimated by any mind possessing an atom of Christian , or honest feeling , from tho following de « cripfcion given by a Correspondent of the Bombay Courier : — " Thus ended a splendid fight , in which our loss has necessarily been very severe , about 300 killed and wounded , oat of which the gallant 22 ad hate lost 145 , including five or six officers . They had to assa ^ the strongest part by far , and they did it right well ' I was by Sir Charles' side the whole time until \ went with the Poona Horse . He rode in among the 22 nd and waved his hat , calling out at the earns time " 22 nd , charge . " We found a ramp ia the
nullahs by which we were enabled to cross on horse back , the Belochees fighting all the time desperately . We then came right shoulders forward and brought a flanking fire on them &n& slew them in hundreds I was nearly blown up by one of the enemy's magazines ; however , I fortunately escaped with a slight burning . Sir Charles is a splendid Genera ) , and exposed himself the whole of the fight where the shot were flying thickest . Altogether the General is justly proud of the result of the battle , but of course much regrets the loss of the poor unfortunate bat gallant 22 ud , who certainly sustained tie brunt of the battle . Not a Belooch was spared : the soldiert shot and bayoneted them in such a manner as is seldom witnessed . "
O rare , Christian England ! How Boon shaltthou evangelizel the world ' Sir C Naneb has published a rampant piece of fustian about the matter in the form of " an address to the troops !" The fallen rulers of Scinde reached Bombay oa the 19 th April , on hoard of HM . ' s , sloop Nimrod : Open carriages were in attendance , asd an escort of cavalry accompanied them to their place of residence . Tbe Ameers , being prisoners of state , are retained in strict seclusion . They are described as broken-hearted and miserable men , —maintaining much of the dignity of fallen greatness , and withoat any querulous or angry complainings at this uaalleviable source of sorrow , refusing to be comforted , —the very pictures of unmingled grief and hopeless
despondency . Poor Meer Roostum of Khyrpoor , so long our ally , the first Scindian chief who ventured to express his admiration of us , and to desire our friendship—by much the moat intelligent and hardly dealt with of them all—recognised Captain Del Hoste in a moment , and embraced him in a paroxysm of the deepest emotion . Captain Dei' Boate had fed with him , and had lived with him for months , and he now looked on him as tbe only friend he had in a land of strangers . One of the chiefs , sapposed to have been connected with the murder of Capt . Ennis , Has been placed in close confinement ; the others will enjoy as many comforts and as much freedom as is consistent with their safe custody , till the pleasure of the Governor-general be known .
A disturbance has broken oat at Khytul , ia the Delhi district : — "On the recent death of the Rajah of Kytol , the territory lapsed to the Company ; tbe widow Ranee , it appears , refuses to giro up her late husband's possessions , and has shut up herself in her fort . Mr . Clerk , was in consequence , obliged to apply to Gen . Fast for troops and guns , and the head quarters of the 72 nd Regiment , N . I . received orders to march immediately from Kurnau ; the three com paniea of the same regiment at Umballah are also directed to proceed towards Kytul ; and the two companies of the 72 nd N . I ., from this station , which were on treasure escort duty in the neighbourhood under Captain McDougall , had been made available for the same service . The following letters from Kurnaul , dated April 11 , report the latest state of affairs . "
" was reported here that the Khytal Ranee was prepared and determined to fight if we did not come to her terms , and that she had 160 villages , who had agreed to furnish her with 100 men each , thus making 16 , 000 men . The head man of each village had in a Punchayet sworn to preserve her right , and her ryots were willing to fight . It appears that she had promised to take only one-third of the produce should she prove victorious , and said that she would be assisted by powerful friends who would ultimately enable her to brave any power . This day has given us good proof of what she has been able to do . A party of the 72 nd Regt , N . I . came in completely disorganised , after a fight , they say , with
6 , 000 hprse and foot . They were at it all night , and acknowledge to the loss of only thirty menj while the enemy must have lost 600 . Artillery and two troops of H . M . 3 rd Dragoons are sent off to Khytal . " Kurnaul is in a terrible commotion . The two companies 72 nd left at Khytul were attacked and driven out of their position , camp burned , thirty or forty men killed . Whistler killed , and Farre badly wounded . The news came in this morning , and two guns H . A . with a troop of drageons were ordered to march immediately to support the companies , but since that the two companies , thinking discretion the better part of valour , continued their retreat and arrived here about ten o ' clock . The Khytul
people , it appears , followed them up some seven This has altered affairs , and now a proper force is ordered out , four companies H . M . 3 lst , Taita horse , battery of nine-pounders under Captain Horsford , with Lieutenants Apperley and Abercrombie to do duty ; Captain Lawrenscn ' s troop , and the remaining companies 72 nd N . I . under command of Colonel Parmer . However , there ts no knowing what force will go , as orders and counterorders have been flying about since yesterday afternoon , and report has it that a council of war is now sitting , all the politicals present . Sissmore ' s troop is out at Tennaisir also , having exchanged his gins for nine-pounders here .
The two companies of tho 72 nd have been bo mauled that they have retreated into Kirbaul . Lieutenant Farre is badly wounded . A large foroe is now to be assembled . The detachment of toa horse artillery and dragoons does not march now , as their object no longer exists , viz ., to support toe two companies . An outbreak has likewise occurred at Jeypore . During the temporary absence of the political agent on especial duty in the district , the disaffected P »« y at Jeypore endeavoured to raise an insurrection * which was happily put down in time , thoug h not beiore the loss of several lives .
From Cabool the little intelligence received represents the star of Akhbar Khan a prosperity as being on tbe decline . He is stated to have lost mucn oi his popularity , and to have been compelted to gwfl v » ay to the authority of Newab Z . man Khan , wi < j has brten placed upon the throne ; he is represenwo as having moved to Jelialiabad to await the arriw of his father . The Delhi Gasetleha , rnsfrom . an authendo source that the son of Meer Waez < s on the throne of Cabal ,
and the prospect of the Dost ' s return alone is eaia to keep the people of that city from attacking Mahomed Akhbar , who is stated to have grown so unpopular that another attempt to murder him was made at Lughman . Its news writer from l > anore ji on the other band , reports that two Hurkarus nao arrived at Lahore from Cabul , with despatches from Akhbar Khan , in which he said that he was about to send 12 , 000 cavalry with 7 , 000 infantry to Peahawur " to escort his father back . "
The fears of the Lahore Court regarding a pr ° * bable invasion from the west are evidently on . the increase . Mahomed Akhbar was at JeflaUshao , and much anxiety prevailed as to the result of Dosv Mahomed's passage through the Kbyber . At Delhi , the King continues to resent the withdrawal of the Nuzzurs by our Government , by refo * sal to hold any communication in Durbar even witfl his own nobles . He has declined to receive presents from any one ou the occasions on which it is usual to offer them . He has expressed an intention of dispos ing of the whole of his jewels , and had sent for jewellers to value them , bnt the heir apparent has entered hid protest against such a step * on tho plea that they are crown and not personal property .
Disturbances upon a rather large scale have appeared in the Oude territory . The latter end of March , tho Ranee of Hnraha , having collected 6 , 000 men aud five gnus , attacked Nowroz Ali Khan , the Aumil of that plaoe , on account of some old grudge . The fight lasted for three hours , when the lady obtairitd a signal victory , and tho Aumil retreated with total io ** oi ammuuition and baggage . The king and his ministers are greatly grieved as thesfl disturbance ? :
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TO MES 3 BS . SW KKT AKD WOODHOUSE . 2 fobSnghsmV May 24 , 1843 . Seki vzxes , —In reply to yonr inquiries respecting a ruirucr which lias heen drenlated , to tbe effect that > Tr- O'Connor received tbe sum of £ 2 S for bis services at 3 ? r Smrge ' a election , I heg leave most nneqnivo-« ally to = tate that 2 Sx . O'Connor never applied for any payment sor received any consideration Iu ; bis services in thai ekcSon . At the name time , it vriB be right for me to state tbe XTTcomstzncss which no doubt have given rise to tins jmfbnEdod report : —
Oa the day immediately follo'ning tbe election , air . O'Connor preferred a claim of £ 27 10 s . He stated tiien " that it hjjd not been his vdadim to receive any reward for bit men services ; nor did he atprct nor vxmld he accept etes ihe repiymad of his travelling expenses . As Ilia personal snriaes he fiadgiven them far the cause Mr Stsri * . adeccated ; iutihere were a number of men who Tiad come at its ixvilation and at the request of the Charfc ? fed >; and Tie concaved it right their expenses should iejxridr - Mr . O'Connor submitted the different items to VritiBg , amounting to £ 27 10 s . 1 toot it to the Committee ; snd as some doubte srose in theii minds as to thin cMa properly belonging to tbem , it-was subscribed » Tnrmg « r z . few gentlemen , vdA J "went and paid \* n * sum irarcediately to him .
33 > e copy cf bis letter in acknowledgment of its receipt , a ^ -3 containing aa account of its appropriation I annex to this communication . I can assnre yon , Gentlemen , this ia the only pecnxfiary application that tob ever made by Mr . O'Connor to the Committee , and the only snm that was ever paid to him on any account ¦ whatever . I am , Gentlemen , Years very respecanBy , Thomas Beggs . TJS . Ten aie qnite at Hberty to Tnff \? -wi ^ - ^^ yon like A ihis letter .
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London , Angcst 10 , 1 % i 2 . 28-, Deab BEGGS , —As it aas fr&m yon I received £ 27 10 s . for my brigade , and as : & !! money matters shoiiM be punctually observed , 1 bej to snbmit to jon aa sceccst of the appropriation : —
3 ) r . M < 3 > onB 31 £ S ; Cooper £ S ; Jones £ 3 153 j West £ 3 ics ; Head £ 3 10 s ; ana Clarke £ 2 15 s . Total £ 27 10 s . Ton T ? ffl see that airiffing alteration has been nude of a few cbOHngB in the application , -which -was o-wing to traTElEng expenses ; bat sneiihave been thedisbms-TDfTlHt . Toms Tery truly , F . O'Coxsob . Tc Sir . Beggs , Nottingham . -i i Ji 11 _ ¦ I— - ^^^^^ m r
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GOOPJER . Queen ' s Prison , SonUnraife , London , Jnne 6 th , 1843 .
!>* : -. a Sib ., —1 hsve seen a letter from my friend , Coops , -j . few days since , snd should have -written to yon < k . tbe subject in the beginning of the week , -jreie I not bad np -wSJi an attack of irfluenza , brought on by 3 SeTEXS COld . Irom the statements contained in tbe letter to -which ifcaveuHuded , it appears that poor Cooper is merely irMafoingashort respite ef the hellish tresteient to "Which he has been subjected , to be repented when the * at « oi ids health -will permit . He also states that a lepetiSon of the earne mage -will drive him mad , and ieqa = sts that something may be done to deliver him Srom its monsters under -whose control he ia at present placed , and , for reasons { not tobe misJaken ) it appears Hiai ^ iBaglstrates have not visited Ihe prison since Ids ccttsnonent thereto , neither -wfll he -be aBoweS to fcrsrsra a petition , or memorial , to the necessary Let
* 5 L ^^ ttenuelTe * them a * a ^ Ses If ^^ *? * £ ? = « ae manner « ^ 3 , oT > le pWots , S ^^ Lt ^^ S * ^ fOT *•» C ***** ** fims-vSi oejngay looked npon as idle -wind . 1 thaefare txnsttfcatpeatlons will be immediately foimrdea from every town asd village in the kingdom as gnfci as possible , iandiave no ^ onbt that yon will also exeat yonr power * to save noble-minded Cooper and Ihe v-stersn Bicfcarda from the miseries to irldch our ( ftr&faz Goveninieiit have subjected them . I am , joins tnOy , Cteobge " White .
P . S . —In answer to Hie enquiries of nnmerons friends , I iave to state that I have been well attended to by my London friends since I have been placed here , and not forgotten by ^* p Chartists , cf Birmingham anrj T ^ Tar"WictsMre . All persons an allowed to visit me without rtslraixt frrery asy , Sunday included , frc-Q fci ^ ht in the morning to nine st night G . W .
The Noethern Star. Saturday, June 10, 1843.
THE NOETHERN STAR . SATURDAY , JUNE 10 , 1843 .
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THE 8 s . Gd ., for ] Defence Fund , noticed on May 6 th , from " J . Lougbottom , Laeds , '' should have been —From Hunslet , per J . Longbottom . Robert Whitpield , Bingley . —Apply at the Postoffice for a letter .
Total Wreck Of The Ship Great Beitain.— We Hare To Report The Total Loss Of The Splendid
Total Wreck of the Ship Great Beitain . — We hare to report the total loss of the splendid
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 10, 1843, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct805/page/4/
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