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JIobeet Cm ,. Beehw-sibeei , Tobk , desires . oB jhose persons who had copies of ihe hymns printed fir the . benefit of' Bolberry ^ s widow , on sals , to ae ^ count for then tenth him , as he wants to close the Jnuxness ^ mul settle with the Sheffield Chartists . ^ jgiBHSM XT Stbobd is reported ^ i a Correspondent , lobe rather tpn¢ , which % e \ attributes portl y io theicanl of a Lecturer , and parity Jo the increased , poverty ofJhe people * The fewlhers vsho remain stiU banded together meet regularly , and tcUl be happy to rcceivetheaad of all who desire to see then country regenerated and their own Condi ' fionbeitered . _ ^ Ueckt Habbis , Staffobd . —11 % s true that Mr , Morns seat a letter here , hearing the dalehe
menferns , tsnlaxnvng a posl-tffice orderfor 4 &v « iiA *» - stntcSons to app ly ** to the reliefof Mrs . ElSs The reason « ky 4 he 4 s . has not been acknowledged is this : -Mr- Harramade ihexmler payable io Mr . ffCmnor ^ aliheLc ^ s I ' cki'Pffiu . Npwnolice has ieen given , times without ^ number , that SO . money ^ rdtrsfor lids office-must he made [ payable either to Mr . Joshuallobson oT Mt . John Ardill ; and not ioMr . O'Connor . It is a rule with the Post-office fid to pay orders io second parties , unless they bear £ he signature of those in whose favour they are dratcn . In tins case the order has lain in our desk awaiting Mr- * O'Connor ' s visit io Leeds io gel his signature : for that jU gnaivre is needed before we -eanevenpr / seat it io ascertain that it is properly
advised . For the delay , therefore , in the noticing of the amount , Mr ; Harris has himself to blame Had he not departed frem our nilgs . so often laid down , and had he not , in spite DfJUr . 'O'Connor's repeated rrquest , made Ms -order payable to that gentlemen , the amount vmdd have Seen acknow ledged ihe auk pie letter came to hand- for the frder would have been presentcdin due course , and if cashed , ihti amount duty entered . With respect to ihe other- matter , tee are very glad that Mr . O'Connor has acted in the manner Mr . Morris stales . The'leUerin ques&on we saw ; for we for warded it -to Mr . < yOormor . Mr . Harris must know that it contained mailer deeply affecting Mr . Peplova , and which he might to have been made
acguainled withbyr-Mr . Harris himself . In sending Mr . iPeploia . ^ a- jcopg -o f the leper therefore , zee f 4 tn £ Mr . O'Connor iietcd us became a . man i and if every one who receives a Utter containing stalemeats to the prejudice or disparagement of another vereto act as Mr O'Connor has done , —make ihe accused patty acquainted with what is said against him , USD "ffHOrsos IT , tee should J ^ ave much less caiu 37 atiation and ^ denunciation * ' in the ranks than tee have had . Letter uniting has been one main mode adopted , by . means of which to destroy the characters of those whohave become obnoxious or unfitted for jht purposesrofthe designing ; and many arrtan has been made an unsuspecting vic-Om to the stealthily treacherous . The only cure for
itisj ioltaveno secrets " . Act as Mr . VConnor has done : furnish the accused party with a copy of ihr letter ^ Bntten ^ and more vare will be take n as to whatissaid in letters . These observations are genera l , and irrespective of pie letter sent to Mr . &CefUtBr by Mr- Harris . Inio the merits * f that epistle we do not enter % furtherihanJosaythatMr ( fConnor acted " rightly in sending Mr . Pephw a txpyqfU . " Igp * Since the above was in type we have received a letter from Mr . fieplots himself , in relation io this business , in which he returns thanks for the copy of the letter sp sent . He also wishes us to state distinctl y pat he must decSne receiving 14 compensa&orffor his services during the Stafford
Special Commission . He does this , not because , he thinks he is not entitled to it ; but from other motives tcMch tnU be tceU -understood and appreciated . Samuel Hudsox , Haxmsbuby , 'W h . tstttrs . —We can well conceive of his disappointment and chagrin at not receiving his Paper in due course . We know that if is ^ as natural for a reader of the 2 Jorihern Star to look far Ms Paper on Saturday Of Sunday mornings as it is for him to look' for his breakfast ; nay . in thousands ef instances , the breakfast would much sooner be dispensed with than the Paper . A miss , therefore , is pregnant with disappointment . Misses unU however , sometimes occur , spite of all Tcecan do io jyreoent ihesn .
Sometimes { hey occur from Mir utter tnabsSty to " get tff" in time ; as broken machinery puts a " stop to our gallop" most effectually . Oftentimes the disappointments are caused by the agents themselves . At the end of £ very month-and quarter maybe seen in the Star Noticesto Agents , respeciingihe balances due ^ farice cannot afford to send Papers to places where payments are not made-Many-a-onehashad to have their Paper late from this cense . The remedy is in-their own hands . They can at any time have the Paper duly for warded to their own address by sending payment in advance , either for a week , fortnig ht * month , ouarier ^ oryear . yfoEKJSG Men ' s Ixsirruxross . —On several
occasisns we have given expression to a strongdesire to see in every large town a commodious , suitable , £ leaantly-ftarnished pubRc building devoted to the especial service of the working class for all praise voorih y and commendable means of mental , moral , and sodal-elevalioTi . _ Wtre such the case , it xcou' d ^ f itself betoken an earnest desire on the part of the producing many to belter their condition , arid say to the preackers-up of ** ignorance ' that their days vf delusion-and craft were numbered . Many places have already pollen such Institutions . The mind that has Seen developed by means of the sevejxJ Mechanics * Institutions ^ Lyceums , and tOherJMerarySocieties that have been established in some instances to Instruct the working men . and
m many to zmuse him , has broken from the leading-strings placed around it , andrefuses to jog onin the precise pack-chalked out by those who think that a tcorking iitftrfs Jcnotcledge aught io extend v sb far , andnofarther " , The swaddling clothes < rf babyhood have been in many instances cast aside , and xhopght has determined to begin busi ness on its own . account and on its own bottom Hence the far more liberal character of the Lyceums bow formed from the Mechanics ' Institutions of tveexfg years ago . Hence the Political and Saen&fic Institutions by working men themselves ; thetaany Halls of Science ; and Sie numerous aiher means for mental improvement and moral Ual ion amongst ihe labouring many . To the shrewd 9
tftsenter nf O man ' sprogresi ^ these * signs of the tunes" are but so many indications of the growing intelli gence amongst the masses , and omens of that better dag-lehen the seals of learning shall be unloosened , and knowledge made io cover the earth as the waters cover the sea . These Institutions are excellent preparatory schools to teach the people how te rise the power they are so earnestly seeking They constitute the partners in them' paopKKryaiEs , at oncez give them " a stake in the country "; Bnd \ soJ ^ zr as it goes , Jits them for the elective franchise , even on Us present basis . The management of ihe Institutions will tax and try their elective and governmental powers : Jvr they wUl have to tlect and select those best auahfiedfar the office of
managers . The successs therefore , thai attends these incipient and small attempts at goTenuaent via be-no mean test of iheir general fi'ness for a share in . general governmentz and therefore it behoves the members of such societies to look well to what they have to do , and do it well ] Not a single Institution ef this kind ought to flag for want of support . There are not too mauj of them ; but far too fete . Cherish then , those tz > e have Every onesiiffered iefallinlo decay is a monument of disgrace to Ihe working peop le in Us locality for their duly was to havemade it subserve their interests ^ -and advance thje caute of general amelioration . These observations , thus generally made , are but introductory to a particular appeal fazid while vce commend the spoil and purport of them
to all tchxrimer there is an Institution of the cha ~ racier indicated , we beg to caUtheserious aitentionof ihe Chartists and Qievr fnena \ in London to the ease we-now Jay before them . They know that in Tarn-again-lane there is a large Ball in the hands of the Chartists , used as a Politico 1 } and Scientific place ofjmee&ng . That Institution needs tad and support . / The debts that have hadio be incurred infUSng up and opening the building press heavily on pie managers- The poverty ^ increased cs 5 increasing , of the working classes , have caused many vho would gladl y have token shares to refrain from so doing . Many of those who have subscribed for shares have not yet paid them up ; and though the proceeds are enough io
sadke it clear-its tony , - paying for rent , gas , $ C- , yet Unless a strong sffbrl be made Hy those mho have the means io enable the Directors io discharge the a ^ bls < miirac \ ed s ihey wUl be obliged to let it pass from their hands . WiU the London Chartists perr , ait this ? Let-us hope thai ihh , bare mentioning of * he necessities of the case will be ^ affident to show each man Ms duty , and ana him with determination enough to ful fil iL ' x ^* J * Z 3 &xxzisG . —A Cora » ponaent from Prome T ™ - *»» y thatae late-sinta of 31 * . O'Connor to * m w ^ nfan iouB A " power of gpaT ; that many wflo " » B 8 EKathrTOrfndieed anunBt the man and
oa pnBd j&a fiedare , after harhig him , they are "" jsk ^ nisd io . aBy that jtfia Tiemj are Hie soundest «» the deuest ibey ever heaid exponnaed . Be «*>»?» ttat"th % sales are falling feomthB eyes of « K > middle iSaae *" , After ifce late meeting , ana ! fPj » jpeqple fad Btartea Mr . O'Connor and Mr . «* at « on iheir road back agara , ?* good inmber of mem Tejoircaio theSon Inn , where the erening was ^ e nt in Qje ^ aafc Jaamohiows rrfinnpr .. The haallh « j ^ OXjannor * j& to » beaKly oi ^ Mi , 5 fa $ eirt&- - srere _*»« tossed , saia 4 fce tntirt enttiusiaBSo applause . -tatOUS iOiSOP . 32 i > WiBJ > DKTCQI , A 5 D J . C r ^^^^' j teBBX- ^ tte * as 8 * iliey write about "te n ^ Eay a Terr he&rUHmdio ? one . and one which 11
^ " »^ 3 aanttliepopr-iFoman > ii £ Dda . SS it £ ^ ° s one ^ fcieh -tr s e ^^ ^ 5 ^ all iaa ae 3 ra-toltelj > ^«> naaaia to the * oHee of tbe ChsiSssIjodj , as £ Ky aeara . ko clpE > t the -woman is jn . j ^ eat dls-«* 3 f aaa ao doabt bat that it Twjuldiiea great rr ^ ff F ^ f * * nim * M Se aided io » join -hex BMta&lvz tbBTTated States j . lrat ^ fel ihat distress sea 2 E * eBc 9 fem $ & Kxaeg rf 2 > et Irasbasd i * s not K « n dnfe ^ y essssd bj zAvotzcj dtGhBs&ss . : an I it is only < - potitiad gronnoR * lsat we c&i . ^ -iwfcefcd
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the relief of cases of Individual suffering to the atten-Qon of the Chartists generally . All others , especially the one ottr Derby friends detail , are fit subjects for private benevotekce ; and every one is justified in trying to influence it on behalf of the distressed . Appeals to public bogies , however , are a different matter . In this case , the going to America was a voluntary acton the part of the husband . Misfortunes may bare befallen him there , and rendered him incapable of sending for Ms family " out ";; but Btiil that dees not entitle them to call topon the Chartists , as Chartists , for aid . There are the ordinary means of relief open in this case as in every other ; and tbs tairaor&inary means of Chartist aid can holy be invoked for Chartist purposes and'ChartiBt ends .
Were every one connected -with the CbarUst movement } Who may happen to be in bad circumstances , to throw themselves upon the Chartists for aid land relief , there would be no end to it As it is ] the draw upon the pockets is heavy enough—more than can be well borne . Bat in the case we have papposed it wonld be dreadful . There are many VICTIMS to Chartist advocacy ; and these call for every exertion on the part of the Chartist body . These r have a legitimate claim upon their attention . These they are bound to support When they have done justice to each one ef these , and have funds to spare , the relief of Individual cases might perhaps be urged upon them ; but certainly not before .. The APPfioxcHixG Sixtbbhth oj August . —The
anniversary of the ever-to-be-execrated and atill-nnatosed-for Manchester Massacre , rapidly approaches . It is to be commemorated on this occasion by a tea meeting in the Carpenters'HalL We need not expresB a wish that that meeting should be a fall one . Every Chartist io Manchester will feel that it is his duty to be present , The xubdebs committed on the 16 thof August , 1 S 19 , yet cry aloud for atonement ; and we must take care to let the factions see that the deeds of that day are sot fprsotten by * the people , bowever convenient it may ba for the . ^ perpetrators to be silent respecting them . The time wiil yet come when the " cut-throata" will be placed at the bar « f justice ; and until that day does arrive , it is ueedful that the remembrance of the horrible
hacking , in cold-Wood , of a peaceable andjan-Exrnea multitude ahcuid not be allowed to pass away . To observe the anniversary of the sixteenth of August tea rebgious dnty inenmbentoathe Manchester Chartists ; aDd one which they have hitherto religiously and faithfully performed . Tha-e is no reason to believe that they wUl be less active cow than on former occasions-The meeting Will be attended by Mr . O'Connor ; fund the proceeds will go in aid of the completion of the Monument erected in the burial grounds of that faitkfnl servant of God and friend to man , the Rev . Jahes Sholefield , to the memory of one of the best and must unflinching advocates the people ever bad , —the indomitable and unswerving Hens ? Bpsi . To complete that memorial of working-class gratitude
for services disinterestedly rendered , ought to be an object with every one connected with the Democratic Movement . The committee for managing this business baa been again organized , and are Teady to receive aid from those able and disposed to render it Subscriptions for tie above object will be thankfully received by Mr . Scholefield , for the committee . On the anniversary of the " Peterloo Massacre " there will be ready for delivery a memento off the bloody transaction , in the shape of a handsome sheet , . containing a spirited and faithful picture . of thB bmtal attack of the dmnfcen yeomanry , with newly sharpened sabres , upon the defenceless crowd ,
men , tocunes , and children ! and the flames or tbe "baroes of the fight" of ttiat day . It will Jalso contain a faithful representation of the Monument to the memory of the poor man's friend . Bcui , -with a memoir of nis life and actions . It will be published for the Monument Committee ; and the proceeds ; will go in aid of the completion of the erection . "William Cooper , Weld oh , writes to say : — ; Several weeks since a short letter of mine appeared In your paper respecting my arrest for a charge of sedition . I bad a summons served on me . but did net attend to It- The 3 > ext time I went to Onndle was the day that the magistrates were sitting to do their work . I went in and out of the Court Room
repeatedly , expecting to be served with a warrant . About three O'clock I left the room , as most of the cases had been disposed of , an < i was standing jat a distance from the Town-hall , when a policeman came duvn stairs and beckoned me to Mm . I refused to go at his call , and told him I should wait until be showed ma his authority . Another fellow in [ blue then came down , and without a warrant , took hold of my collar , but I resisted him j then another , ^> oastable laid hold on ms , and dragged me np stain before their employer . I complained to the magistrates of their conduct , bnt it availed nothing . Will you please to say if I can have any redress by law in this instance ? . '
Yes , he can have " redress , " */ h& can pay for iL He can bring en . action for falsa imprisonment ; and get what damages a jnry will give him ; which will be precums small , if he tells them that he is a Chartist _ £ s » still , this state of the law , or rather the } bx and Den-administration of it , ought not to purchase impunity fur the constable who so far forgets himself as to epprebend a person on s charge ot misdemeanonr only , Wifliont warrant Policemen * bonld rtfi ^ ct sobsb little on the risks they run , is daring to deprive a man of his personal liberty , even for a single instant , without sufficient justification or authority . An arrest , without warrant , may be made either by constable or private person , when ; any Iclc-ny is committed is tbe actual presence . * A
privata parson may also arrest , npon probable buspicion of felony ; but cannot justify breaking ' open doors for that purposa . A constable may arrest on probable suspicion of felony ; and for that purpose is justified in breaking open doors , and even in killing tie felon , if he cannot otherwise be taken . He : can also arrest for any breach of the peace committed in bis -yie-w sm <\ also cyery person -wbo -may reasonably be suspected of having , or carrying , or fey any ways conveying , at any time between snn-sstting sntJ ; sunixsiog , goods suspected to ba stolen . He can : also apprehend all evil-disposed , suspected persons , and reputed thieves . All this he can do , without ¦ warrant . He esn do it t , irtide offidi . Bnt he must have reasonable cause for the
exercise of his authority in every instance . Against " suspected persons '' he must have good reasons to suspect them of felony . He is not justified is crrest en bare suspicion . He jnust be able to show that a feleny has been committed ; and jthat he bad grounds for suspecting the party apprehended gmitj- at it , or he isamenable to the law . For all other oSlncea a magistrates' warrant is necessary , to justify arrest by a constable . The case mentioned by : our correspjsdent was a charge of nri £ demea-: our . jThe constables seized him without warrant . Torso doing BE 3 JIGBT HAVE KILLED THEM . and the / laW ¦ wonMi have shielded him from the charge of murder J Every man has , by law , a right to resist an unlawful capture . The capture in this instance was snlawfuL It was without warrant Had he shot them dead on the * pol , " justifiable homicide * smst have been the verdict . This is ruled orer and over again . I ( ay had the l&csts had a warrant , and it had been ;
matbTiiUy dtfective , or they had exceeded their autnorily in executing it , and been tailed in tbe attempt , it would oniy have been manslaughter in the party resisting it Arrests , therefore , even with wanants , ought to be cautiously made ; without them never attempted in esses of misdemeanour enly . When a co 38 table has a warrantf or tbe apprehension of , any party , he is bound to produce it , and ; read it to ^ ihe pa ^ iy accused ; and rartil he has produced it , | the party and all others are justified in resisting ; the arrest , even to the death , if it be necessary . The barely telling a man that yon have a warrant -ft ^ hii apprehension is not sufficient Ton must prodnce ' and exhibit it If resistance be offered to the reading of it , that may then be dispensed with ; but not otherwise-It behoves the " polica therefore , to be some little on tbesr guard in these matters j or they may seme-day " reckon -witbon * tbeir bosfc" - . They may chance to me-t with a customer not at all disposed to part
with his personal liberty at tbe whim , and caprice of a policeman , without authority or warrant , and be may resist attempts to deprive him of it , even if that resistance involve the sending of a bullet through the fceart ef his assailant It almost seems as if some lesson of tbis sort was needtd toteach policeman their proper bounds . They seem to think , ncrtT-a-dsys , that a blue-coat and a constable ' s staff gives them a license ta do as they list They may find out their mistake . Most assuredly it is better to resist unlawful capture in the first instance , than submit to aggression open personal liberty , and then prosecute for dsmagrs afterwards : for eren should favour
joa succeed In getting a verdict in ; jour , pdictmen art nobody ; have nothing ; are pnly | the officouring s of the kennels of bad society j and therefore you have no chance of redress . It did not use to be so , when tradesmen were required to be con stables . If such an one exceeded his antiiority he Jad VFherevriiii to snswer for fcis offence . Kot bo bow Miserable -dependants on eighteen isbilHngs a week are entrusted with the lives and properties of the people . The only safe course therefore ; if , for the people to protect themselves against wilful aggressiens upon their personal liberties . Had ?* r . Cooper resisted the arrest in tbe first instancy be Wad sot now tovo tad to « ik , " can I cave say redrtss , by law , iorihe outrag * committed npon
me ? ¦ <; Mobb Pabsoh DOises . —The devil must surely have castlils dub over some of the Parsons . It is almost impossible to account for their doings on any other opposition . They seem devoted to destruction ; and doomed to brW that destruction on Jtbemsslvesj by inea own conduct . Instead 41 asttogM swrtbwa ol tfie general diBcontent , and as allayeM of the jnltated feelings against Churcbism , in ; general ,, tbey seem as if disposed to provoke ill-natured observation earth
and justify complaint and dislike . Wbatoncould have induced the Parson of Bipppnden to have Acted in fiie manner hereafter to be described , liad-be at all Tdaed ihe good opinion of lhbsB for whose special benefit and edification he is allowed such a good living for so litUe work ? Wonld he have set their tcngnesa-waggisg and their thongfcts a-broodiBg . ovf * the vse of his calling , and the neC 3 EBityj of EstsbiisfctntEts . had heonly possessed coBissen iriendsb : p ?•«» his owb order , and h 3 d respect for the systeas that " fisds bim in cake" ? It jb impossible , liie
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devil has marked the main of the Parsons for bis own : and causes them to act so" as to put the world out of love with them and their teachings . Bat to particularise . On Thursday , August Srd , a corpse was taken from Dyson Lane to Ripponden Church , to be interred ; a distance of a mile-and-a-half . Notice had been twioe given to the Parson of tbe funeral ; and in sxictition the Rsgistxar's certificate was also served upon him . Notwithstanding this , when the cortege arrived at the Church , Jto which they had wended their way throngh torrents of rain , and were as thoroughly wetted as if they had been " trailed " through a river ) , there was no Parson to receive them , or to do duty tmhispay . This was the more inexcusable , for thai boor , six o ' clock , bad been appointed by "hlfl Reverence" himself as the most convenient time for funerals . The ?' mourners "
wntt * a , aad waited , tnttt aU hope of his appearance that evening , in a state fit for " uty * wasatan end . They , therefore , left the corpse in the church nninterred . On reaching home , the brother of tha deceased , reflecting on the circumstances , and stung to the ^ uici at the slight put upon the friends of the dead man by the Parson , —for he well knew that had it been a factory lordi or a factory lord ' s daughter , that had required interring , the parson would not have been absent 1- reflecting on all this , he determined to have tbe corpse interred that night Foe that end he went again to Ripponden , procured a preacher belonging to [ the Methodist body , and , with a solicitor , went to the church and demanded that the doors should be opened . This was done ; and the
burial serviea was read by tbe Methodist preacher and tbe corpse committed to the ground at ten o ' clock at night . We doubt not bnt that it will rest as con ' tentedly as it would have done had the regular Parson been at his post , and regularly performed his own duty . It is not the effect that these things have npon the dead that the Parsons should look to , but their effects upon the living . They may depend upon it that so soon as folks generally get an idea that Parsons are of no use , they will apply the property now appertaining to , Parsonahips to a far different purpose . And such : treatment and conduce as the parsons are greatly too much in the habit of exhibiting tends to spread i the idea of useleBesess most rapidly . Kay , some f elks talk of parsons as a positive eviL
A Lovsb of Liberty , in a letter bearing the Deptford post mark , asks : " Can I make over all my property to my wife ?'" Yes , if it ieyours : he . it you be solvent . You can in that case « Bettle" all you possess upon Her in her own right . % t How am I to proceed ? " Go to a solicitor , and execute the deed . " If we were jparted , can the creditors eome on her premises for ; the debts contracted by me ?" Yes ; if the debts were owing at the time the " settlement" were made , and you bad not other means to satisfy them . This tbe creditors could do , and justly , too ; for it would not be right , as long as we have a law of debtor and creditor at all , that a man should be at liberty to dispose of his estate by settlement either npen his wife or any one else , and cheat
his creditors out of what belongs to them and not to him . If I am in lodgings near my wife , will the law permit her to annoy me , providing I allow her a maintenance , and give up my home to her , with a little business . " Certainly not If she does annoy under such circumstances , he has only to take her before a magistrate , who -will hold her to bail to keep ti » peace ; and in default of her finding ball , commit her to prison . In conclusion our querist furnishes the information : "if I live with bust my life is at stake ; for the green-eyed monster has paid her a visit" Poor fellow ; and poor wife J Botb / are to be pitied , if this visitation be without cause . Our " advice" is , to do that -which is best calculated to ensure the greatest comfort , tinder the circumstances , to both parties .
MONSTBOUS INCONSISTENCY !!—A JNUMBEB OF THE Oldham Anti-Mokpolists Weighed in thb Bala-nce , and Fodnd Wanting . —Under the above beading , we have received a communication from Oldham , detailing conduct on the part of some loud-profesaing "liberals , " which will tinge the cheek of every honest man in that town , —lot his opinions in politics be whai they may ; whether he ba Tory , Whig . Hadical , f r Caartiafc , —with shame that public offices should be filled -with spirits bo grovellingly mean and dastardly aa to let petty malignant individual spite interfere to thwart and pervert public duty . And lor - Oldbam , too ! Oldham , that returned William Cobbett !! Oldham that claims to have' the most ultra constituency in
the Kingdom ! Oldham ; Oldham of all places in the world , dosing tbe doors of her public Hall against a known and enthusiastic advocate and enforcer of the principles that distinguished WILLIAM Cobbett , and commended bim to tbe attention and snppoit of the Oldham electors ; and closing those doors , too , because of a difference of opinion on one point ; the present Repeal of the Com Laws ; a point on which the Excluded holds opinions precisely in common with those of Mr . COBBETT 11 Well may onr correspondent exclaim monstrous inconsistency 1 " They' place one man in Parliament ( and for so doing they axe entitled to receive the warmest gratitude of tbe working classes ) to advocate EQuiTjiBtE ADJDsiMErf t not only of the debt ,
bnt of all private contracts , before the Com - LaWS were Repealed ; and they close the doors of their public Ball against a man who is now the only active public as-ertor of the same principle , when his friends apply for It , to enable him , without fee or pay or reward , to stand on Oldham ground and testify to tbe worth of the man and the eonndness of the principles wnicn [ WILLIAM C 0 BBETT so long , so arduously , so zealously , and amid such almost overwhelming difficulties asserted and maintained . O ! the blighting curse of envy and jealousy ! How it can blind men ' s eyes and steel men's hearts ! The poor victims to prejudice in this instance did not see that the blow they aimed at another , could only reach themselves ' ¦ and a blow to them it is ! They
will never recover from it ! They may make aH the pretences in the world to admiration of William Cobbett and hiB principles ; but all the asseveration in the world cannot induce any man to think that they know what Cobeett ' s principles -were ; or , tno-wJDg , care one single pin about thorn . Here is the damning record of tbeir " monstrous inconsistency . " It will meet their eyeB oftener than they will like . Every honest man , as we Baid at first , will take shame to himself for tbeir i lliberal EXCLUSIVE conduct ; and they shall be made to feel shame thennelves before they have done with the matter : — Having invited that indefatigable and most disinterested patriot , and dauntless and moat powerful advocate of the rights of the oppressed
millions , Mr . FearguB O'Connor , to deliver a lecture , in this town , on the 15 th instant , application was made for the large room of the Town Hail , it being thB most convenient place this town nffords ; bat -trill it be believed that the committee coexisting of a Hiajority of professing "XibeTals , " twice decided that the people of Oldham , whom the " Liaerals " have so heavily taxed to build the hall , should not bare it let to them on any account whatever , if Mj .. O'Connor iras to be present This decision was appealed against , sr . d the case was bTongbt Ufjre " a Committee of the whole house . " Tbe raoBt ^ or £ hipful . ; one of tbe chief constabl e * , a noiortons Com Law Repealer , and quonf rnu Radical Reformer , was in the } cbair . There was present also a majority of professing Liberals . Motion made , —
" That the large room of tbe Town Hall , upon proper security , ba let to Mr . Fearguu O'Connor , for ihe purpose cf delivering a lecture therein . ontbel 5 tb instant Subject , " The be 3 t means of . Governing this Country . " Question pat by the chairman ; ayes 13 , noes 13 . Chairman appealed to for casting vote ; question pnt " a )*'" or " uoi" answer , by the Liberal , Corn Law Bepealinsr , and quondam Radical Reforming chairman : *• Ko ; I should most decidedly ¦ d ecline , gentlemen , to let the Hall for any such purpose . *' , _ When ontlof the chair , fee said ¦ '• because of Feargos O'Connor ' that is my reason" !! There is another court of appeal from " the committee of tie wbols House ;• ' tbe court of public opinion . To tbnt court appeal is now made . To it the conduct of the " committee" is referred . Let decision be pronounced !
O'CONHSX . 1 . AND THB V "< JnAIlTIST RIBBON-MEN" . — Some time ago , O ' Connell , in pursuance of his usual vocation of vilifying and calumniating tbe Chartists , told his open-moutb'd hearers at the Corn Exchange a cock-and-bull story , that " two Scotch Chartists were in the North , forming 'Ribbon Societies * ; but that their designs had been happily frustrated by ths Repealers of Belfast . " \ It will be remembered that in the Star of July 15 th , Mr . Julian Hnmey , on the part of the English and Scotch Chartists , repelled tbe foal accusation , designating it as " a vile he " . Tfee Chartists of Belfast determined , however , not to let the matter rest there . ] They felt that they were , in a peculiar manner , implicated in tbe atrocious charge . If the "Repealers off Belfast" had "frustrated the
designs * of these " Scotch Ribbon Chartista '' , the World COUld Only infer from the bald and naked story , that it was aiSelfast that the attempt to form Ribbon Societies had been made : and if such attempt had been made there : by Chartists at aU , it was a natural conclusion that the Chartists of Belfast were at all eventB privy to the " designs" of the " Scotch Chartists " , so happUy frustrated . They therefore wisely determined to probe the matter to the bottom . With " a reaainess that ¦ bespeaks anything but guilty knowledge or intention , they determined to afford those making , the accusation a full opportunity to prove it , were they at all able to do so . Thinking it possible that" Mr . OConnell had been imposed upon by some one or other practising on hia
credolity-i and knowing that the " Repealers of Belfast" bad been set ! forth as the- * frustcatorij" of the *¦ designs" of the 'Scotch Bibbon Chartists ^ , they naturally concluded that if there were a word of truth in the story at all , the ? ' Repealers of Belfast " mustknoivsomethingofit ; and they wisely determined to apply to the "Repealers of BelfMt "; asking for ihe names , of the men ] whose " designs" bad been "frnstrafc-d "; thetimW ' tcftoj ; the vTiere ; and all particulars ; offering their services to aid in bringing the offending parties to justice , if tbere were any such . The " BslfaBt Repealers" refused to entertain THE SKBJ 2 CT . Resolved not to be thus foiled , they wtPte to O'Conucll himself . They brought the charge under his Eoiice , as it 1 *» d appeared in the public press ; they told him of tbeir having ap-
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Jffi . * f "Bepealera of Belfast" as his probable informantej and thay set forth the success of that applicaHon : conclndmg ^ with an appeal to his own ^ Jfj" * ?™ *» tfw them hfrjaothofity for the Sr ? $ H ?^ ? lW * hem feP «* I «« "ft to the botw * ^ ^ ter was written on [ the 17 th of July last . O GONJtELL » AS Not DAEED TO ANSWER IT f nor notice it in any way . The inference—the r ?*! f * ° i ! ' r om tWa oonrtuotfeithat he knows fjf ° nJVifiiS ? - 18008 FABBIC 1 TI 0 N-A VILE LIE OF HIS OWN , which he adrenal attempt to face out 1 oj ! how " the Chartists * hannt the mind of thta
co ^ aiakent politician ! Mb ] dreads their influence . Hejknows that they ate * making both him < & * ™ Policy' WELL UNDERSTOOD by both the Englishand tbe Irish people ; aud ; hehas nomeans of destroying the bold they are obtaining upon the public mmdj so in his desperation he tries what WILPBL SLANDER and ATROCIOUS LYING will a « - compltofai The evil wUl recoil on his own head ! Who is there that will pay the letUt credence to his stories for tho future , however •* -patt" they may be ? It would be nmch better for his own reputation if he would let lying about the Cbartista alone , and answer the queries put to him by' Mr . O Higgins .
it would be [ much better fer him to caase hatching lies about " Scotch Ribbon Chartists" being " fiustrated ! ' in their " designs , " and jexplaln why he sold the county Dublin to a non-Bepealer for a place for h « son-in-law , Christopher Fitzsimon ; why he sold the county Meath to a non-Repealer for a place for hfa son , Mr . Morgan O'Conneii ; why he sold the couaty Kerry to a non-Repealer for a place for his sob-in-law , Mr . Charles O'Connell j why he sold the county oijCarlow to a non-Repealer , one Raphael , a Jew , and subsequently to another non-R # peaier ; why he caused Mr . W ; S . Crawford to be turned 6 ut of Dundalk , and got a npn-Repealer in his place ; or why he sold Duogar » on for a place for his son-inlaw , French . \ It would ba better for him to explain
these mitterB , and let the Chartists ' a-he » . If he don't , they will teaza him . MR . CXBAVB , iND TBE ViCWM ] FVND COMMITTEE — This is a moat perplexing and annoying business . We fear that | it will eventuate in ' < bad blood . " Mr . Cleave has taken the position that fte will distribute the fund of { which he in Treasurer . We wish he had meoted the objection he now ! raises when the Victim Fond Committee was first jproposed . Then perhaps , the ) present difficulty might have been avofaed . He did not do so . In his first letter sent here , andpririted'in the ChartM Circular , there is not s breath of a hint even against the proposal , though it was made in the very first instanca The suggestion
was thrown out ; the country approved of it ; and the Manchester Chartiata , in obedience to a general call , elected a Committee . Then , and for the first time , did we Heat of Mr . Gieave ' g objection . The Committee was appointed in Manchester oa the evening of July 31 st , after the proposal had been * before the country some ten days , and approved of '; and Mr . Cleave's letter of objection was written on the 1 st of August . j We axe- truly sorry this point has arisen . It is calculated to place us ib a very sorry position ! before the public . It looks as if we were at baby-play . There is the foot before our eyes that wives of Victims are being pined to death , for want of tho commonest necessaries of life ; that ! one has been starved out of existence already : there is the other fact before ua , too , that a sum of money has been subscribed for tbeir relief :
and we are likely to have a pretty quarrel as to who shall administer it 1 Is not this trifling ? Does it mean who conveys ' the means to save the starving from the jawfl of death , so that they be but conveyed ? There ia an [ old adage that "between two stoola you may com ? to tbe ground , " Mind it is not verified in this instance ! It will be of infinitely more consequence , ] both to the Victims land the Chartist body generally , should the relief be not administered at all , than if it be administered either by the Committee or Mr . Cleave . The Manchester Committee , in accordance with tha proposal made before their appointment , and very generally approved of by the country , made application to Mr . Cleave for the moaifeB he had in hand undisburscd . f In relation to that application we have received the following correspondence : —
¦ Manchester Ficlim Fund Committee . Sir , —Please to insert Mr . Cleave ' s reply and the following , in text week ' s Slar . [ . By order of the Committee , W « . TAttOW , Secretory . London , Aug . 3 , 1843 . Sir , — -In answer to your letter , as Secretary of the Carpenter ' s Hall Locality , requesting me to give up the funds now in my hands as the Treasurer of the "VictimFund , " I beg to decline doing 80 , and to refer you to the Chartist Circular and to the Northern Star ot this day , for my reasons in full . ; Yours respebtfully , JoiiN Cleave .
This Bettles the matter with us respecting the funds Mr . Cleave has in hand . We hope our Chartist brethren will take it into their serious consideration . Applications have been made fox ; relief , and each case is being investigated . By order of the Committee , Wm . Tailow . Now what is to bo done ? Are each party to stand staring at each other , and there , the matter end ? Surely not ! - There was at this office , as before announced , some £ 6 14 s 2 J , money ( subscribed for the victims . Tbac sum tbe Manchester Commitiee applied for ; : and that sum was sent to them . All other monies Bent here on the Victim Fund account shall be transmitted to the Committee .
THE VICTIMS ; and the victim fcnd—Again must we remind atl Chartists of the pressing and argent claims of the Victims to their immediate attention . The turning of tbe eye of investigation into this quartet has revealed un amount of Buffering and destitution horrible to contemplate ! Relief is immediately needed ! Let it be Immediately applied ! \ We have before had to tax the whole Chartist body ¦ with gross neglect ; ourselves amongst the number . That neglect has been attended with most melancholy consequences ! Death has followed ! What a disgrace upon us all ! And what an eternal disgrace if we do not now "every man to work" to
rescue the scores of others now pining away , and who will shortly ; unless the hand of succour and com-.. passion be raised , have to join the DUKENFIELD MAH . TVH . in the grave 1 Let every Chartist take shame lohimsdf , &b be toads the following : — i DZ 3 D on the J 22 nd of July , Marian , the wife of James Heagua , of Diikenfield , who for hia sterling adLurence to the people and their rights , during the strike ic August last , yra . 8 tried at the Special Commission at Chester , last October ; and sentenced , ta twelve months imprisonment' in Knulsford House of Correction . He had then a wife , and five children : the oldest ckild being thirteen years of age , and ' the younger two years . The Ioxly support Marian Heague had
FOK THELAST TEN MONTHS WAS TOUR SHILLINGS PER WEEK LFROM THE PARISH I AT LENGTH TROUBLE . iTOIL . AND WANT OF THE NECESSARlESi OF LIFE , TERMINATED BER MISERABLE EXISTENCE ! I There are now five little children' left , fatherless and motherless Victims to tbe absurd system under which we have to live . Four shillings r-iweek for six human beings to live upon ! Are we in hell , or are wo in England ? I Four shillings a--w eekjfor SIX ! and from ; the parish , too ! That woman was murdered I ! That woman ' s life has been sacrificed to the infernal jobbing system , which screw ; the wealth out of tbe hands of tbe producer , and places it in the power of the tnx-eator and manufacturing monopolist ! Four shillings a-weejc :
no vronder •> D ath terminated her miserable exietence . " O what a horrible state of things ! Come weal , come woe , they must be mended , or ended ! Is there a heart that does not melt at the recital of the tttrocity narrated above ? Chartists ! look at the picture ! A mother , and the five fatherless children made fatherless by the cruelties of that system which has driven allio the verge of &m ? i , lingering out a living dtiath on four shillings a-week ! How many more attch are the at the present monient ? Is not help needed ? Ought there to be a hand unstirred ? Come , every shoulder to the wheel ! The whole features of this horrible picture have not yet been seen . ! Read ¦ what follows : — It was considered vtvsxx by the few Chartists at
Dukenfield , who exerted themselves to have the poor victim tojoppreesiou decently interred , to inform the imprisoned husband and father ; of the ( JeutS of his wife . A messenger was dispatched to Knutsford with the melancholy tidings . When the Bad news reached the ears of the incarcerated victim , REASON FLED J ? He went Mad ! and is not yet rtcovftred from the effects of the severe and afflicting bl 0 T 7 t I Need another word be said ? I Is there not enough to move every soul to instant action ? Are not the tears of the homeless orphans to be dried with Chartist aid ? Was it not time HoiLE and Williams cried put ? Were thBy not justified in taxing u « with partiaiicy in giving aid to sonte . and leaving others to die of want ? i 5
There are are many more in the condition of this hapless family , ta the very town , Dukeufleld , where this mabtyii has died , there Is another family in a most destitute condition 1 There-is the wife of William WLtfl with five children a ! So | They have not hitherto been cared for ! Relief has not beea offered . Shells following * Marian ! Hague to the tomb ! Cbatustsi step in , and attest the march of deathr : j ¦ , ¦] ; The Poor Law } at WABEiNGTOK .- ^ After we ba d gone to press last week , wa received from the clerk of the Warrington Uniou & communication as ^ to certain proceedings before the Board of Guardians , relative to UUtreatu-. ent in the Washington workhouse , maile by ( iifwreut correspondents in ottr paper . ' That communication we now give : — giB , —I beg to iinn € « copy , minute , aiid resolution of tbe Guardians ; of the Warrington Union at their meeting yesterday . .
I am , Sir , your obedient servant , W . WM . WAGSTAfF Warrington , 3 rd August , 1843 .
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The numbers of tbo Northern Star published on the 8 th , 15 th , and 22 nd July , containing paragraphs reflecting upon the administration of ] the Poor Law in Warrington , were read and considered . The Clerk produced a copy of a ktter addreaasd by him to the Editor of the Northern Slar \ on the 27 th of Jaly , aod a copy of tbe Paper published on tbe 29 th of July , referring to the letter received from tbe Clerk . Several witnesses resident iaf the Warrington Workhouse were called before the Board and examined , from which it appeared that all the charges were unfounded , j Resolved unanimously—That [ this Board refuses to notice any anonymous accueation , but is ready and willing to enter into a full and complete investigation
of the matter , provided any person will come forward prepared to substantiate the charges contained in the number of the Northern Star published on the 16 th and 22 nd July last j That a copy of the above resolution be sent by the Clerk to the Editor of the Northern Star . Now , then , reader , what think yon of the conclusion ? There have been certain ! charges made ; those charges have attracted tbe notice of the clerk to the Union ; he wrote , on his own authority , to say that they are wholly without foundation , and promised to lay the matter before tho 'f Board . " At the Board meeting he fulflled his promise . The Northern Stars containing tbe paragraphs ! in question were read ; several WITNESSES were , called before the Board ,
and EXAMINED j a DECISION was given that " all ' the charges were unfounded ]; " and yefc the "Board ' refused unanimously to NOTICE any anonymous accusation I ! I If this be not a wise "resolve " pray say what would be ? ' The accusations which the Board " refused io NOTICE , " but respecting [ which they called and examined witnesses , and pronounced the decision that all were unfounded" were as follows : —That the Guardians fanned a portion of the poor to the master of ( he workhouse , to be by hi m kept foi one-and-threcpence per head per week . This is declared by the Board to be " unfounded , " although they " refuse to NOTICE it" It was alleged that the food the poor inmates were kept on was so thin , that nature was
unable to perform her functions , and retain the Water in the system ; and that consequently the poor creatures wetted tbeir beds . Thla ia decided to be " unfounded , " though the Board " refuse to notice it" It was also alleged that for this bed-wetting FEMALES WERE FLOGGED . This is " unfounded ; " pronounced j so by a Board that also proclaims its " refusal to notice it . " it was also alledged that on the jvery day the master of "the house" died , he hadj FLOGGED FEMALES with his own hands . This , too , ia ' unfounded ; ' decided to be ' , after investigation , tho' the parties instituting and conducting that investigation say that they refuse to notice the ch ' arge . Another allegation was that an old man , named Hill , drowned himmlf in
the Sanlcey Canal , becauBa ha was refused admittance into the workhouse . But this , too , is •* unfounded ; according to the judgment , after examination , of those who " refuse to notice it" I Well : they may be " unfounded J" We do not say that they are not . God forbid that we should contradict a Board of Guardians ! Of course they ) speak truth ; though We should have liked the matter better had there not been such a glaring contradiction on the face of their own report . . 1 The fact is , the Board have not only "noticed" the accusations , but they have emmined witnesses , and pronounced a decision . They decide that the charges are " unfounded . " And yet they are the parties accused ! ! What should we think of a Jack
Sheppard , when accused of | burglary , taking it into his bead to call before him several witnesses , and , after examining them , declare the result to be that the " charge is unfounded" ? Would we "let him off ' on such a dep&ion ? If we did , we should have very few convictions I The thief always proclaims his own innocence ; and his protestations are generally the loudest when bis guilt is tbe greatest ; . The Board are , however , " wjillinij to enter int » a full and complete investigation into the matter , provided any perton will come forward prepared to substantiate the charges made " . W suppose it -will do if they come prepared to tim to suOstauMate " . That would satisfy most folks . } But before whom ia the investigation to be had ? Who are to be the judges ?
The Board of Guardians ? ' Why they are tbe accused I Is Dick Turpin to be placed on the Bench to try his own case ? These will be little chance of the witnesses being believed , whatever may be the nature of their testimony , ' if such a procedure be adopted . ] An " investigation" ought to ) be had : but it ought to be an investigation in which the public can have some confidence . Will the Guardians agree to name ene gentleman , unconnected with the administration of the New Poor Law , and j *• Washington" and the Chartist Council to appoint another ; by whom the " investigation" can be made ? Will they afford these two gentlemen , so appointed , free access to the inmates of tha workhouse ! to be by them examined in tha absence of the workhouse officials ; and will they enter into an undertaking to do tbeir utmost to
procure the discharge of any efficial who should visit tbe sin of telling the truth' with punishment in any way upon the poor ? Will they agree to an " investigation" of tbis sort , so j conducted ; and agree to publish the evidence 7 If they wilj , we nbaWmty that it is the duty of those who have made the : accusations to try to prove them ; But if tbe " investigation" is to be before , and by , tbe " Board "; If tua accusers , and not the accused , are to be put on their trial ; if the witnesses are to be in the power of tbe judges , vrhere they may b ^ tampered with , coerced , and intimidated ; if the parties whose conduct la impngned are to have the whip ftf short meals and solitary confinement hung over the heads of the witnesses while they are giving " evidence "; if the ' investigatlon" is to be one ! of tbis sort , the less we have of it the better .
FATE OF ZEPHANIAH WILLIAMS—A paragraph is at the present going trie round" of tbe English press , to the effect that poojr Williams , the victim along with frost and Jones , to spyism and treachery , baa been so maddened by the . horrible treatment to which he has been subjected in the "Hell" to which he had beea con * signed , aa to commit murher to procure a release from his own wrongs and Jinnictions . Of the truth of this statement we have no means of judging , other than afforded by the paragraph itself . His disconsolate Wife has written to us , to ask for oar " opinion and advice . " We hardly know what to eay : but would recommend an application to the Colonial Secretary of State , ito ascertain whether the
report be correct or not . He ia able to furnish that information , and would surely do so , to an application from Mrs . Williams , nnder such cirenmatanca- The following io the paragraph in question : — Murder at Port Arthur ] . —We alluded last week to suspicions attached to jthe man Williams . The Jury on the inquest returned a verdict of " Murdered by some person or persons unknown ; " but Williams has since made a Voluntary confession to the chief constable , Mr . Newman . ] H « stated that he was quite tired of his life , and had determined , on the morning that he absconded , to murder the first man he met . He came upon Harkness , and
wished him to let him kill a kid . The old man refused ; and shortly afterwards Williams struck him over tbe left eye with the handle of a pickaxe ; he fell from the effect of the blow , which Williams repeated until he considered him dead . Williams conducted Mr . Newman to the spot where he had concealed the pickaxe handle , which was found accordingly . He wil ^ no doubt be fully committed for trial , and sent to this place . —Launceston Courier . [ A letter received ! in Swansea , from Port Philip , dated in March last , says , " Zsphaniah Williams , the Newport Cbartiatv for killing an old man , bos been hauged . ]—Cambrian .
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Notice . —By a typographical ! erior in oar Notices to Correspondents of last week , tbe sum of Is . 6 d . was stated as having been received from London for Mrs . Richards , and inserted on the 8 th of July as for the Defence Fund : it otjifht to b ' ave been lla . 6 d . DERBY Chartists . —We arej requested to state that all communications for the Chartists of Derby must in future be addressed Mr . John Mobs , boot and shoemaker , Park-street , Castle Fields , Darby . Mb . Kidd , Dundee . —Received . The 5 s . noticed in last for I » efence Fund , from Daw Green , per D . QledhUl , should have been for Victim Fund . j . Goodfellow , IiVEBpool . —Certainly not .
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FOB THE GENERAL BEFBNCE FUND . j £ e . d . From John Freheby , of Scregg j 0 0 6 „ the Swan , New John-street , Birmingham ... I 0 6 0 POR THE GENERAL VICTIM FOND . From a few female Chartists , at [ Selby .. 006 „ . Malm 8 bury , perS . Hudson ; per Simeon 0 4 0 „ T . Rodgers , Bristol ... 1 0 1 o „ W . Ransford ... ... 3 ... .... 0 0 2 „ the Chartist * of Newport , lisle of Wight - ~ ... I ... ... * 10 o „ Lockwood , collected by Dj G' . edbitl ... 0 5 0 „ James O'Kean , Cuckold's Clough , near Huddersfield ... ... ... 0 2 0 „ John Riff < 5 itjr , ditto , ditto ... ... 0 1 0 „ John Kelson , ditto , ditto ... ... 0 1 0 „ . Chepstow Friends , per WlP . W . ... 0 3 0 _ Bristol United Chartists , West-fetieet 0 10 0 „ Ditto Young Men ' s Chartbt Association ... i ... ... 0 5 0
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In . the Morning Chronicle ! of Wednesday , the following appeared as an ativertisemeut :-+ ' * The parties cowieoted , v ? ith the 1 * Times' * newapap d ? having most iuda . striously endeavoured to mix my name up in several shapes sad -forms with the * Rebecoaifce djstnrb&aees jb Wales * and knowing the deadly hatted of the said parties towards rao in consequence of my oppoEitioa to |» Valter , the printer of that journal , as well as to his pon , in their attempt to achieve tho represents . bu < j \ Kottinsham—aware Of its profligacy , ami of the kueths to whioh thr
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said parties would go to gratify their personal feeiin » s of animoaity—I take the present opportunity not only of disclaiming any connection with the Bebecoaiteg . baiiofrepeatingmyprcvJoaalypnblishM caution to the working-classes of Wales to abstain from , any connexion whatever with the Rebeccait > s ; and further , to state that I have received two letters from Merthyr Tydvil , assuring mo that it isthe nnanimona determination of the workmg-classesof that district not to take any part in the- Rebecca proceedings ; not to attend private meetings , or in anyway to countenance secret associations ; and / nrthermore ^ that during my sbsy &b Bath a deputation tram the hVart of the disturbed districts waited Tipon me
aad assayed me that the working people of that locality had come to a similar resolution . I had promised to visit Wales during the present summer ; and notwiths t anding that I publicly announced the existence of tha Robecoa riots as my reason for nob falfiiling that promise , and alihcns ; h I addressed the peopia of the Tower Hamlets on Tuesday , Angi 1 st , and although I spoke at the Rotunds , on the followiag night , yet have the majjagera of the Times the insolence to announce , in a leading article of thatprfpsr on Friday last , the wilful falsehood that I was then hovering abonUhe disturbed districts , in the hop « of taking advantage of tbe present disturbances ; and I further find the following p . S . to the letter of th » Times correspondent in Wales , in this morning ' s
paper ;—" P . S . With reference to the Rebecca meeting last night , I should have mentioned that one of Fear ^ ug O'Connor ' s representatives , from the Northern Star , attended . He appeared sadly frightened , for tho farmers wonld have nothing to do with him . They , however , ' allowed him to bo present . " There ean be no danbt that those timely iibsl 3 are published for the purpose of having their due Weight with the special jury of Surrey gentlemen ^ -ho ara to try an action for libel brought by mo against the printer of the Times" and for which trial Thursday next has been appointed . However , lest aoy person may "have presumed . to represent himself as having authority from me , ia the capacity of reporter or correspondent , spy , or informer , to attend such
meetings , I beg leave to announce , in the most unequivocal language , that no parson has received any such authority from ms ; that I have neither reporter , correspondent , or spy in the Rebecca camp ; nor have I any , the slightest , intention of taking any further part in the present disturbances , than that of using all my power and all my influence to prevent the labouring classes from having any hand , act , or part in the Rebeceaita proceedings . As it iR too expensive to advertise my refutation of tho Times slander in all the daily newspapers , I have to request , as an a ^ t of common justice , tha' other journals will allow this advertisement a place in their columns . FfiAHous O'Connor . Hammersmith , Aug . 8 , 1843 .
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SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED BY MR CLEAVE . FOR VICTIMS . „ . , ., £ . e , & , Trowbridge 0 10 6 R- W ... 0 1 6 St . Pancras ... ... 0 10 0 E . B . ... ... ... 0 0 6 FOB DEFENCE FUBD . Trowbridgg ... ... o iO 0 Oldham ... ... ... o 12 0
for m ' douall , Oldham ... ... „ . 0 4 0 Proceeds ( in part ) of Concert , &c , at City Political Institute ... ~ . ... 3 0 0 Marslebone .,. ¦ ... 0 13 4
TOR WM . JONES . Proceeds of harm oniomeeting , Feathers , Warren-etreet , St . Panoraa ... ... 0 16 0 SOU -WILDE ( OF MOTTBAM . ) Proceeds of harmo nic meeting , Feathers , Sfci Pancnts ... 0 10 0 FOK UH 3 . ELMS . Proceeds of raffle at Working Men ' s Hall , Mile-end-road 0 10 0 Mr . W . Kerby ... ... 0 2 6 llr . T . Andrews , Dudley ... 0 2 6 A friend 0 0 6 CoHecte . l by llr . Duffell , Teuton .- 2 10 0
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The Times Muck At [Jlr. ^^ O'Connor.
THE TIMES MUCK AT [ jlR . ^^ O'CONNOR .
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MORE OF " REBSCOd . " Our most excellent friend has sent us another communication , for which we return him our sincere acknowledgements . We trust we shall continue to hear from him , in his own good quiet style , of any thing of import that may turn-up . Will he com * municate to us his address , that a letter may reach his hands .
CFurther Particulars from South Wales . ) The eopper-workers on strike held meetings on Monday and Tuesday ,-when they unanimously agreed to stand firm . The meeting on Monday was attended by the understrapper who figured so conspicuously at tbe conference with the masters on Saturday last . He was speedily desired •* to make himself scarce ; ' * when he cut off like a colley with a tin kettle to his tail . . The men are quite firm in resisting the proposed reduction , and when the injury which a
stoppage does to the works is taken into consideration , even although it is only of a short duration , those best informed on the subject are of opinion that the masters must give in . A few workmen who had not finfshed the metal on hand turned out on Tuesday and the whole of the colliers in the locality have also joined the strike . An address in Welsh has been issued to the copper-workers by a l / ix John Jenkins , who delights in adding the initials M . A . to his cognomen . Whether this addition to be to denote that the said John Jenkins
ia a magister arlium or a mamas ass , this depoHent saith not . One thing , however , is certain he belongs to "theclothf is secretary pro tern , to the worshipfnl the League ; is lecturer extraordinary to the same worthy fraternity ; and * one of those who boldly aver that working men , who of course cannot justly tack M . A . to their names , cannot possibly have a knowledge of the mysteries of politics . Consequently in the present address he is at much pains to in&trupt them ; for after expressing his sorrow at the progress of the strike , he gives them advice gratis to , return to their work ; telling them" that it i 3 better to bend than to break ; " that "baU a loaf ia better than none , "and that the mostorsT—kind considerate souls— -have been keeping open their works at a ruinous loss . He assnres them that when "free trade" causes a demand for copper , ihe masters feel so acutely for their sufferings , that , they Will again
doubtless raise their wages . How triumphantly he calls on them " to strike the nail on the head J" to Bhewthe Government where the shoa pinchea" ! and to uad erst and as they ought to do like intelligent mon , that the law which prohibits freedom of exchange bstween country and country is the reason why the present reduction has taken place . Bat the men will not so understand it . They have studied in the sobool of politics under abJer tutors tbsn John Jenkins , M . A . ; and although be blows his own trumpet pretty loudly , assuring them " that he has always done his best for the working classes "; yet unfortunately , they will not believe him . Ho tells them he is going to write no more letters V but ho will be always happy ( like any other quack ) te give them plentiful doses of gratuitous advice , yes they are such thankless sonls as neither to feel for this the slightest portion of gratitude , nor to express tha lease sense of obligation .
Re £ becca . —The statements which I have already communicated to you with regard to the movements of this-amiable lady , are substantially correct . I have learned in addition that the field of wheat whioh was cut last w ; eek , is the property of a blacksmith , who was considered a little too officious . He had reported to the magistrates that on the day the Llanelly gates were destroyed , a farmer in the neighbourhood had actually been guilty of the high crime of sharpening an axe . But the misdemeanour not being prohibited by any statute " in that case made and provided , " the magistrates were compelled to dismiss the charge . But Rebecca got notice of the kind intentions of the blacksmith , and having made enquiry into his personal transactions , ascertained that that this field had by him been onclosed from a neighbouring common , without any due authority . She consequently assembled her daughters and issued
her mandate to cut down the gr » in- ^ resol 7 ed that as he had deprived the people of theit property , he should reap none of its fruita . She has a mortal antipathy to acts of enclosure , for another field near Llaodilo had been recently inclosed , by which the people were deprived of their right of pasturage , but Rebecca restored it by quietly levelling the wall . As a specimen of the imposition practised by the toll keepers , I may mention an occurrence which took place last week before a bench of Magistrates . The Lessee of the Greenhill Gate was summoned before them to answer the charge of exacting a greater amount of toll than the law allowed ; when it came out in evidence that the poor farmers and coai-drivers were charged threepence per oarc , while the carts of the magistratea were permitted to pass at ihree-half-penoe each . The man was fined in the penalty of £ 5 t and ordered to refund all the extras whioh he had previouslycharged . ¦ ¦" .- ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦
Is is really amusing to witness the parade and pomp of the various " patrols " ofrurals , horse and foot , who nightly s £ onr tbe country in every direction ; trying in vain to get a sight of " the ladies , when the probability is , that were they to meet with the parties in question they would speedily vrish themstlP 83 any where else . _ Although the gate and posts in the immediate neighbourhood of Swansea were cut down and burnt in an adjoining limekiln , yet one of those worthies armed to th « teeth , is ni s htiy on the spot to watch the hallowed ground , lest Kibecca should return to carry away the statDpS .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 12, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct814/page/5/
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