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I FTTR CONFERENCE . Wslooi ^ w itlv no small anxietj to the forthcoming Conference . Weare perfecfly aware of ihe imporerisbed condition oT the working classes , -who are called upon to . send . d ^ egaisa for tbe purpose ef i © -orgaiusiDg the Qiarfet body . We are further awiie of ihe greater competency in a few wise heads , thin in a multitnae of ialkers , to digest such a plan as would I > e 2 ikely to lead to ihe desired object . A Conferenoe , where union sad a desire to strengthen _ fWTT ^ ^ *** k ^^* T * t ^ Tr *?*^ P *^^^ r ^* " *^^ **^ r *^
the democraSorpar ^ r , -will be the one , —the only © onaderation , should be made Tip of discreet and iusmess-iabinen . Its strength will consist not so smeh in Its numbers , as in its capacity for huEiness In order , therefore , to achieve our 4 oBble . purposethai of savins-, ihe public funds , and the performing the required bn ^ iess , ire would strongly urge upon ikepeople ike desirableness <> f having a diBtrictrather than townTepresentation .
if the counties of Cumberland ^ Northumberland , Durham , Westmoreland , ihe two Ridings of Yorkshire , the two divisions ef Lancashire , Cheshire , Somersetdilre , ^ Wiltshire , and such other comities as iave l » en incorporated in the movement , agree iodnb their pence so as to insure a representation commensnrate Trith their szs , a Email contribution from the ' several places , althoogh insufficient to insure representatioa for themselves , would be amply Enffieieat to secure county or large district representation . r
It most be borne in mind , thai even in the event of a large number meeting , a business committee must be chosen upon whom will devolve all the labour of digesting a wholesome code out of the several plans that may be submitted to Conference . The working classes are Dot to anticipate such dissensions as those that took place at Hio ™ minority Biajonig' * Conference . They are to suppose that file several Delegates assembled tnU he guided by the one angle motive ; and that they will hare received general instructions from which , they cannot depart . Towns desirous of being represented , bnt
unable to send a delegate , because of expence , would fjnij their object effected by transmitting their Tiews and opinions in writing : all of -which can be laid before the delegates , and constitute the materials upon which the committee should found the general plan © f Organization . Soon course , and we know of none wiser , would save hundreds of pounds : wlnTeit wonldbmg iie-news of the people of each district in a more collected shape , before the Conference . Mneh more may be gathered from > .-ffrritten document thanfrom the best speech . The one is material for business : while the other may be material for controTersy .
7 o the work thea zight heartily 2 Let each dele * gate be prepared with a suitable address , to be presented from the district he represents , to the leader of ihe Chaifist cause—Mr . Thomas Ddscoubs : and let us see what Is , in troth , the present power of pnblio opinion ; and how far those possessing public confidence are capable of devising means for its proper direction . ~—~ . ? ~~
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THE "TIMES '' LIBEL . In another part of this sheet will be found a leport of thririal in the case of " O'Connor t . Lawion . ' Ho doubt but it will be read with inter est , as it affords another striking instance of the rascality of the law of KbeJ . It is a fall explication of thefbBy and evil of entrusting Judges with a power of Testing their spleen and vindictiveness on the head of a distasteful client , by visiting him with his own costs , even in a casa wbieb the law forces him to designate as one that could not be passed over , " because of its vileness .
It may be property state that the shape in which JSx . CCtoms Irongit ihe action was ihe most favourable for ihe defendant ihat could have been adopted . Heiad a chance to j vsxlvx : Le . to prove ihe truth of iis accusations . This tss def . bki > - jean 2 > zd sot - xzxsxfx to do . Se could not attempt it : sad therefore all that Mr . CCbssoB . sought to aesomplian by bis action h ^ been
accomplished . The fact was established that the paragraph complained of "was a tile sutcdes , circnlated for base unworthy purposes : and the only means the Times lad to shield itself from general condemnation was to pursue its ordinary vocation in court ; to get its hired advocate to pander to fte prejudices of Tk "Special" jury , by a course of defamation and "vilification which , in any other , place , would nave Beeured for him a pull of the
nose . There were iwoolher courses open for Mr . O'Coh-2 K » to"psrsne : he might have moved for a criminal information , when the truik of the accusation , however notorious ihat truth might have been , would have been ^ f no avail . He might hare proceeded by Indictment , when justification jcould not have been pleaded , He chose , iowerer , to go in the course Hoi would give- th § Times a fnll opportunity of proving all he had said . A verdict of Twenty Shillings , small as it is , stamps the Times as a uab and SLAXDEREB .
Many other Journalists inserted Ibe paragraph thus judicially pronounced to be a lie ; and but few of them have had the fairness to insert thecontradiction . It must be remembered that a full contraalcSon was " given to the lying acccasations , long before ft" 1 * trial came o 2 . That coniradicfion was from Mr . Beggs , the Chairman of Mr . Sutrge ' s Committee at Nottingham This oontoadicnon onght to have been
pub-Eshed in every journal that gave currency to the slander . Few of "them , however , could afford to be BO just . To run down O'Cohkob ; to ** destroy " Mm ; -was an e ^ Jeet to be accomplished at all cost . No scruple as to the means , so that the end could be accomplished . The means have failed I CCohsob still fires ; and Ms character is -vindicated , spite of all that class-prejudice and unjust men could do to prevent it .
The Leeds Mercury and the Leeds Times were amongt ike first to insert the slander . They have not jet , either of them had the TrrfmiTnpES to contradict it . "WH 2 they now do so ?
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Poimcu , xhshtote , Sheffield . Send , and see . We must judge when it comes . We can make no promises beforehand ? except that uoe will not act unfairly . Mb . SroLtHKEEK . —Next week . : Mbs . Cooeeb desires to acknowledge Ihe sum of £ 1 13 s . collected sfler Mr . Eon / tan ' s sermon at Nottingham , \ We aeb desteed to announce that all lecturers wishing to visit SunderJand , must first correspond with the Secretary , Christopher Scott , No . 33 , L /^ h- * ^ ^ m ¦ mu ¦ ^ T ^ oiwww > ¥ i i W I 1 I 'H a t ¦>! " Tl . ^^ . ^ JV ^^ n * m _ 4 *»« rm
Ropery-lane ) Sundcrland . Alsxixdeb Abkrcbohbib . —Yes . The South XjotcissiBE Dblegatis will perceive ihat we have not published om oi their resolutiona . Our reason is , a fear of perpetuating the -very feeling they so justly deplora . Beddea -we hardly think it would be lair , under the circumstances . We think that the leaat all parties can d # , is to wait and see tdiat is done in future ; and that too | without observation or reference to the past By-gones ate byrgosea . Let them remain so 1 -while we each , individually , set to work to inculcate a good spirit and kindly feeling among all who honestly seek to place the people in their trne position . ; The Aijuege © Execuiioh or Zephaniah
Wiliiams . —We are happy in having It in our power to say that ibe story now going the round of the press , alluding that Zsphaxtiah "Williams > " « been Changed , is unfounded . Last week we gave the paragraph in question ; and announced that : we had received a letter from his sorrowing -wife asking for advice and information . We ate happy to have it to Bay that the means we pointed out have sucoeftded in getting at the truth ; and the result is that out of the circumstance of another person named Williams being executed , has the story of the hanging of "Williams the Chartist" been manufactured . Let us hope that
every paper that has published the inaccurate statement will have toe honesty and the fcffnpw to publish the iojloiring oficial mtfradiciioH :-r Sir , —In reply to a letter sent to the Home Office respecting my -unfortunate husband , I have received the following : — " Joan Williams is informed In answer to ixer letter , requesting information njron eartain dreomstanees therein detailed , —that upon reference to ih& Official Returns no mention is made thereon . There has been a man named Samuel Williams executed at Port -Arthur . ** By publishing the above , accompanied with any remarks your prndenoe may auggeat , you will extremely oblige , Yours , respectfully , !
Joam Williams . the " phtsica 1 s" cohvebtediktomobalifobce Advocates !—Of all the strange things connected With the Chartist Movement { and wa have seen some very stnutge ones ) there is no one so strange as the fact that the most Tabid and wwompromisixo | " Physical Fobce" drivers in 1839 , have become , in 1842 and 1843 , models of " morality , " philosophising by the hour on the madness of ever * H'itVtT » g to gain zay good in England by the force of axmB ! And at the time they so innocently do this , they also charge their own " physical '' deeds on the heads of those who alone saved hundreds from being massacred fey the soldiery , by sounding the note of warning when Hi& ^ a 1 ^ i ^»^ plot -was laid ( by the now
" moral men **} to get the unarmed people ) to run into collision with the authorities . We scarcely know how to account for the fact ; but it is so . It may be' that these * 'heroes" wish to drive from memory all remembrance that they once were the gettere-up of e&rates , and concoctets ef plans to take towns and barracks ; arrangers of breakings-out , and the deserters of those whom they had plaoed in danger , alleging that "it would sot do lot them to be present , as strangers -would be snre to be suspected . * Respecting « ne of this genus ire have received the following : — | A person yon know resided in Windsor-street ,
Islington , in 1839 , and represented the Chartists of Bristol in thefliat Convention ; ha -was At that ; time a " physical force" Chartist of the first water , and exhi bited his PiKBto all who Bntered his house , it being suspended over the mantel-piece . Since then ] he has been driven abont with every wind of doctrine , and has ever been is pursuit of -an easy job among the most insidious foes of the Charter—the " New-movers " and the " League —the Chartists , be it boras in mind , had no idle , lucrative job in which to fix him . j Well , he is now at the dirty work of the almost defunct League ; and in Ms perigrinataons has called on the people of Han , before -whom he has frankly declared he
has cbvkgxd . i "An exemplification of the ehangling's stability -was given -when he joined the »' New Move "; his avowed reason for so doing being that there -was too mucn "a atunciatiort'in the Chartist ranks . Now he is employed as tramping denouncer ! We certainly live in strange times , and we meet " with very string © men— -men -who seem ambitioui to attain the fery apex of inconsistency- Why do ttie people tolerate such walking iucongruitiea ? However , let ; them only be known , and they are harmless . Yours respectfully , Radical . Qoveksobs op Paisoss Sttpxbiob to Tjatw . — Under the sbava head , we have received the following from "the Queen ' s ; ovn ) prisoner , " 6 . White : — Queen's Prison , Aug . 15 , 1843 . Sis ., —I have to complain for the flrrt time since I entered t&e prison , of an act ot grots injustice , contrary to the law and ibe prison roles .
On Sunday last a number of my friends from various parts of London , some of -whom walked as much as four miles , called here for the purpose of seeing me , &st -rnro * Btnmj * fl ^ miainn I applied to the new keeper appointed by hit jamea Graham , to know the reason why my friends were the ¦ only persons -who had been treated in this manner ? He informed me that there were too many of them , and tbat be sconH only admit six-visitors to see me . I told Sim that he "was sot justified in acting thus ; and that it appeared as if he intended to treat my visitors * diSerently ftomall others , as » U other parties-were perpiitted to pass thiougk the gates without being questioned
That the majority of those who visited me wereiworking men , Tffh » conld not come on a week day ; and that if he persisted in such a course , it would amount to an abrogation of the privilege which I claimed as a first rate misdemeanant , to which I was entitled by law , and -which -was confirmed by Baron Alderson and Ihe Judges of the Queen ' s Bench . In reply , he stated that " hs should take the responsibility on himself , and should not aixuit them . " My friends : were , therefore , compelled to walk away disappointed <; and I have received another lesson of the inntality of Acts of Parliament to protest those whose opinions may not be in accordance with the views of Government officials . :
I Wiisent to this prison ton the express purpose ef enjoying the privileges of a debtor , between whom and first class misdemeanants no distinction should be made j &t least so said Lord Penman in ray hearing . Bat here we learn that a governor of a prison can set aside the decision of the Judges and an Act of Parliament , particularly -when a Chartist is the aggrieved party-¦ Hoping you ¦ will give insertion to the above , : I am , yours truly , Gbo » ge White . THE COLLIERS ; AND THE ATTEMPTS TO GET THEM TO StbIEE . —Most ' watchfnUy does it behove this fil-nsed , oppressed , and badly-paid body ef men to be on their guard against the machinations of men -who are wishful to defeat the honest purposes of the
" Colliers' Movement . ' * Snakes in every direction are slimily -working themselves into confidence , epdea-¦ yonAos to nose up a feeling in favour of on immediate Strike , knowing that no means-Will so effectually 'destroy the power acquired by " Union" as a premature exhibition ef it , leading to disorganization and decay . These sneakers are to be fonod in every corner . Lately , -we gave the caution of one of the accredited agents of the Coliieriers * Union , against them and their purposes . He testified to the fact of their even getting into the bed-rooms of the ; Lecturers ; and adopting every means to get at their opinions and plans , and sway their judgments . \ This ¦ week we giva the information gathered by Mr . Harney in his tour through the Northern mining districts ;
and to bis timely and judicious advice weuld beg to add an imploring that the Colliers -will look about them , and defeat the ends of those who seek tbeir utter destruction . If they sraffer the present opportunity for good , —Effectual good , to be thwarted to ¦ evil ends , they may bid a long farewell to the hope of bettering their condition ! Tfee means are being raised up by which they may , if they act judidovsty and oatdiov ^ y , assert and establish the independence and emancipation of their order from a thraldom as bitter as it is heavy ; bnt those means -will not bear trifling -with ; and if once let go , - will not soon be gathered together again . A perfect organization the Colliers may have , if they only act with discretion and prudence . Utter confusion they will have , if they infifer
themselves t « be led or drives into a -wreng course of action . When they are thoroughly organized , they can determine , vnUe&y , on an object to be sought for ; they can go , unitedly , to seek for it ; theylwill then succeed , if the object be a just one , and , the means for accomplishing it well calculated , and the plan of operations systematically laid doirmjand carried out Without organization , Jar with ant imperfect organization , they will be like a ship without » rudder , floating in the open stormy ocean , At the mercy and beck of every opposing foree ^ aud | ulHma > ely dashed to pieces npon the rook , and sent to &e bottom ; all perishing lei want of the means of guiding the vessel through the "waves that bnffetted , and © at of the cnnentflhat drove her © awards to csstmiSion . UA tHero , then , see to ft , te have their
ship -weli-manned ; to fcave aU her appointmeuta perfect ; to haveiier in saSLvng trim before they weigh anchor and aetsalU * ° a iek no oue , no power , per made t&etn to go to eea without compass or pilot . . Abont alt things , let them , see Sal they «« "Wja . 2 . pbotjsiosbd FOB the votage ? Inattenfion to these points will hurl them to destruction , as ' Burely as they venture out of port . ,, » ' " « , Tiom another of the accredited agents of the Miners ' Association , we have received words of caution to bisbre&ren . He details one of toe meass resorted to by the ( nv ») kind friends of the coiliirsy who are , ail at once , become filled -wiih eoEunisseration and kicdly affection . In a large tows i » Scotland , Mr . W . Hammond -waB intrsducei by a friend into a company , consisting mainly of coal-masiera , odlierytittks , and efter littleJaf-ks-in-oStoe . B « Ladnot
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been there long , ere " some of those kind phUnutorophie ganUeman , began to express tbelr sentiments , as to what would ; be the best thing the Miners conld now do . / The nostrum they recommended as a ' remedy for the evfli thepoor people are labouring under , was an immediate Strike ! To thia the friend that had intr » aacedmeieplled that oar object was to pravent all strikes at the } present . The . other / anawerea that * IF THE MEN I ) ID WOT STRIKE THE MASTERS WOULD ! V To which my friend peraoentlyreptied WBSTRTJCK . * jnSTTHE XASI TIMK : WE WILL LET YOU STRIKE FIRST THIS TIME . * I soon perceived the sort of company I had got amongst , and yna yetj careful how I spoke . The object they had in vie > , to use one of their own phraseswas'to ^ L a ^ m ^ A ^ U . ^^ . * . *• ^^^ ^* ^* ^ .-fft . ^ -... ^ . . ¦• * m a ~ ~ . .- "—
, , draw ihe leg * but as I was on my guard , I heard all , but said nothing ; excepting now and then just putting in } a WOrd to draw TBEIB leg Their object is to crush the present movement at its birth . I considw it my duty as one placed as a watchman upon ithe -walls of * union'to warn my feUow slaves to beware of the subUe aevila who conceal the cloven foot under the garb of kindneBS . Having now for ; a long time been advocating the cause of rreedomt and although I have not yet obtained my darling object , yet I am far from despairing of success , ' provided that prudential means be attended to . I am aware of the dispogition that there is in many to run at random , without considering what the result will be , madly expecting that
the new born child is as strong as the adult I have been a young man , and am now turning old ; yet 1 never saw any thing that was done prematurely answer any good purpose . Kay , on the contrary , it invariably failed fa accomplishing the intended design . I caution you , fellowmen , once more to be on your guard . Do ; nothing rashly ; but let patience , perseverance , and reason direct you in all y out movements , and you will be then sure to succeed . Recollect it is not that which is most rapid in its movements , thatmeets the greatest success . Somethings , like Jacdb ' B venison , are too quickly got to be of the right kind ; or like Jonah ' s gourd , too rapid in their growth to be of long standing . " The same has BEOUM . -We shall shortly hear of
" Coercion Measures" for Ireland . The press , has its part to play , in paving ( he way . It has the alarm to sound , and tq act upon the fears of the meuoiT property . This is the usual course . Whenever iGk > vernment have determined on an onalaught , the press gets the cue -arid forthwith it is at work . This has been the case in England on all occasions ; and in Ireland too . When the " Green Bag Conspiracy " had to be hatched ] In 1817 , the press laid the eggs . When the Whigs determined upon a coarse of coercion in Ireland , in 1831 , the press paved the way . The Leeds Memiry then talked most glibly about " King Dan . " When the Chartists were tobe put down" in 1839 , the yell of " physical-force" was set up by the press ; and every old woman in breeches frightened out of her wits . When it was expedient in 1842 to remove the Chartist opposition out of the
way of the anti-Corn Law League , the cry of " Chartist Insurrection" was raised the instant the men on Strike had been induced to couple the Charter with the wages question ; and the press took care that the ory was -well echoed from side to side . So now it is with the Repeal . 1 The press has begun . Coercion will follow i Bead the following " alarm" cries ; and say what they areiuttered for . — A private investigation has been held by J . Little , Esq ., R . M ,. and the Str&norlar magistrates , relative to tbeBlbbon , or Repeal procession which took place there at midnight , on the 11 th ulfc ., and which has caused such an awful sensation in that part of the country . As the meeting was a private one , we have not heard the result : hut we are glad to learn that the authorities have taken up this frightful outrage for prosecution . —Netary Telegraph .
Late on the evening of the day on which Ihe recent anti-Repeal meeting ins held at Curren , some hundreds of Repealers collected at the New Bridge , armed with pikes , guns , bayonets , are ., fee ., accompanied by a piece of ordnance , a swivel ! During the night a number of shots were fired bytheparty . It isaaia that shortly before the above meeting took place , a large quantity of gunpowder was brought , by a carrier , from Belfast , to that neighbourhood . The New Bridge is within three miles of Caatledawson , county of Deny . —Correspondent of the Neu ? ry Telegraph . THE MaKCHESTEBJ TlCTIM FUKD COMMITTEE . — In relation to this committee we have the following .
It wDl now be seen who the Committee are j and the objection thatj "they were elected by a commlttee" is removed ; for we perceive that the appointmeut has received the sanction of the members of the locality in special meeting assembled : — Sir , —At a special meeting of the members , held in Carpenter ' s Hall ,, Jtha following iBdhridaals were confirmed to act as Committee for the Victim Fond , viz ., — 2 Ax . John Hudson ^ Mr . Edward Clark , Mr . William Hughs , Mr . Thomas Roberts , Mr . WUUam Grocott : Mr . Cteorge Marsden , ' treasurer , Mr . Maurice Donovan , secretary . Mr . WaJTatlow , the late secretary , finding the holding of such an office would interfere too much with bis business , -was compelled to resign .
By oidar of the Committee , Maokice Donovan , Secretary . Manchester , Aug . 14 th , 1813 . P . S . All communications to be addressed to No . 15 , Garden-street . Holme , Manchester . JH . 3 > - THE MEETINGS PO * ELECTIONS OF DELEGATES TO THE Cospebence must be open public meetings , of whick public notice must be givon . Mind , and let this point be attended to . A single departure fromthia rule perils the -who 1 * - T&e Chairman in each case « h «» i ^ sign a credential for the delegate tofake with him to the meeting . That document should set forth that the delegate chosen was elected at a public open meeting ; and specify time and place . It should also set forth the purpose for
which the delegate is elected . The Newcastle GHABTis * s .=-Jn answer to their inquiry we have to say , that the reports in question have been kept out of the Star , because not deemed of sufficient public ] importance to justify insertion . They have mainly referred to routine business of no interest generally ; and sometimes they have reached at that period of the week which has left us no alternative but to omit them . We are not aware of a report of a lecture , or any pnblio proceeding being withheld : but some reports of the nature we speak of have been . The ] Northern Star cannot be a mere transcript of the minute book of each locality , giving publicity to votes ; and resolutions merely affecting the members in a particular place : its space is rather
too valuable for that- It does give , and will continue to give , repoits of pnblic movements ; and even of these , whenever there is a press , we must be allowed to determine which is to be inserted , and -which -withheld . John Allen and Friends , Brighton—We could not make use of their communication this week . WARRiN&TON AQAIN . —MOHE PoOB-LAWISMWhat ia this we hear about Warrington again ? Another suicide , rather than go back to the workhouse J Is it true , tbat a poor lame man , named William Stoop has hanged himself , for fear of again encountering the horrors of the Warrington . or Warjrrey Moss Batile ? Is this true , Mr . Wagstaff ? or is it " upfounded" ? We should very much like to know ! and we are also anxious to
bear -what " the Board" have to say to our last article or the other " unfounded" cases . Tne "Board " must " notice" them J We await their decision on the proposals made . Geacchbs and Kighard Mabsden . —Their communiestiona 'were both in type ; and in fact Went through the first Edition . We had to remove them in the second Edition to make room for the Manchester Meeting arid other articles of newp . Miners * Delegate ' ¦ ¦ Meeting , Newcastle . —We did not not receive their report till Friday morning ; at that Oate period it v » impossible to insert It . We do not knew what their arrangements are ; but they shonld contrive to get a report of meetings holden on Friday snd Saturday sent off bo u to reach here before the Friday afterwards .
VICTIM FUND . J . Green , Warwick .. ~ 1 0 From the Chartists of Mansfield , per J . 6 . Hibbarf ,..-: ,., 8 0 From Brighton , pe ^ W . Fkrwer ......... 11 0 FOB MRS . ELXIS . From H . Harris , Siaffurd 4 « FOR COCBBUBN , NEWCASTLE . From a few Friends . lMorley 5 0
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Ihportant Meeting . —Gband Tea Pamv and Ball in Cakpekteks Hall . —A tea party and ball waa holden in the above Hall , on Wednesday evening last , the 16 th instant , in commemoration of the bloody transactions of the ever memorable 16 th of August , 181 S . It baring been previously announced that Mr . F . O'Gonnor would be present * a great deal of interest was excited , and the attendance was numerous and respectable . While the third coarse were taking tea , Mr . O'Connor entered the room , and was greeted with every possible mark of respect ,, tne whole assembly rising arid cheering most vociferously . Mr . O'Connor was Borne momenta before he could
proceed to the platform /; when he did reach it , several minutes more elapsed ] before anything like silence was restored . After ; the tea equipage had beea removed , Mr . James Leach was unanimously called upon to preside ; . Mr . Leach , on taking the chair , said he would not detain them many minutes , as he knew they were all anxious to hear their muob / anddeseivedly ? respected friftad , Mr . O'Connor i so , without farther remarks , ho would sit down , ana introduce the Treasurer of the Monument Fund , who -would briefly address them .: The Itey . James Seholefield then-came { forward ; amidst loud cheers ,
and in language which ? did honour to toe : head and the heart , thanked the Chartists generally for the support they had rendered the Committee : in the ^ erection Of ^ testimonial to the memoryMflae of the ffiostpatrioticindividuals that ever lived in any age or . any nati » n . The CHainaan then read ihe first toast which was ; ^ The People ^ the onlj ; fegitii 8 ate -source of all power . ? ' { This was ably responded to £ j Mr . Thos . Clarke ^ ef Stockport .: The- Ch airfitan said the next toast was one which would excite rather painful emotiois -in the minds ef many ^ hen present ; it was couched 5 n the followi » K term 9 : " The Immortal memory of the departed patriot , £ U
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Se ? fiS « inJ ? K * 4 ^ i wh 0 were ^ molated at b ^ oSLf ^ r tl inea tywnny oa the never-to-SSfrSS ^^ W ** -- ^ The Dead March ^^ J ^ d by the band , and Mr , G . Doyle re-32 ? iSfflS irPi- ^ 5 ^ 4 ' AoipuaA spwih , which m-SS ^ Sh ^^ The dair ^ marilgaiii rose , JKfw * ? st was one which Woald hot |^ wta , t ^' . s ^ raWard ^ & *!? much zeal iahd abiUty , md be E 2 ^* rt ^« aas Sff ^^^ happines s arii prosperity . " ai '" ** — _^_ ' "
SfKr ^ « ? « oWe " O'Counor , " Whin Jw ? thusia 8 tJ ? cheers of the audience . 2 * ™« Vi" ^ !? had . subwded Mr . O'Con-£ yM N , Bpog etothe following effect :-ff ^ SJfe ? " ^ ? we again met , if not to f |! eb ^ te ^ e trmmph of the principles advocated by tfeh ^^ fl ^ 11 ' ^ 1 ^ & shew that though ¦ fa&hft - ° V ? P ftrt ^ Patriot is consigned to t ^ e 828 kJ ^ i *^ ^ n ° t buried with him . He ^ K !?^ ^ Was agaiujwitb them , while a « % « nf 3 f "bo were oppoaeii to such exhibitions ffiC ? fc ' w « re | gurinSinthe Gazette . A change irio . ^ fi * ? administ ^ tion of th e law since quencei of the Union of the public mmd . The nrind er not 8 had
V £ ? S 5 & f r ^ - ^ ^ nW 5 they been pi ^ fJ ^ F in his da y- Ye 8 , rt wis true that i « J rt X -A 6 i orxi $ flaming reformer . So SJ ? ¦? n \ J 0 f Bedford ; but their subfiX >« a ts , * . PWved they were mere tra ^ fickers m pohtics . Mr . O'Corinpr then eulogised ffeXiV ^ ! 9 ? fe « i » H went on to state that all parties had bid high for ipublio opinion : but there had been created such a ; feeling in favour of democraUO j prmoiples , as to icouuierbalance all attempts to divert public opinion into any other channel . True , the League had built temples ; but they could get very few to enter them . Mr . O'Connor then , gave the anU-Corn Eaw League a very severs castigation ; and compared Cobden to a
squinting cook , with one eye in the pot and the other np the ohiinney . He also referred to a scurrilous and malignant placard , which had appeared on the walls of the town , respecting himself . That placard , which Mr . O'Connor designated a love-letter letter , contained a brutal attack upon his character , and charged him with making the people his dupes . If they were bis dupes , it cost them nothing ; while if he was an impostor , his imposture was carried on at a great expense to himself . His balance sheet waB always ready j but the ootton was not grown , to spin the yarn , to weave the shirt , to wear into rags , to make into paper to write Cobderi ' s balanoe sheet for the £ SO , 000—( loud cheers ) . Mr . O'Connor concluded by saying , "however he was despised , however
he Was reviled , however he was calumniated , however he was persecuted , ho was determined to persevere till the people ' s liberties were fully achieved . " He sat down amidst enthusiastic cheers , Which were several times repeated . The Chairman rose and read th ' e next toast , which was as follows : — " The exiled Frost and Mb compatriots , with all who are expatriated or imprisoned for their advocacy of the ] cause of human fredom , and may the people be determined to restore them to their families and friends . " Mr . Peddiejatea prisoner iu Beyerley House of Correction , responded in an eloquent and powerful address . The Chairman rose and gave ithe last toast which was as follows : —^ TheNorthern Star , may the glorious truths
promulgated by that luminary remove the mist of ignorance and prejudice which has so long obscured the political horizon ; and by itafradiating influence expose more and more the hideous deformity of class institutions , till the people ' s energies shall be concentrated in the demand for the [ Charter , the whole Charter , and nothing less than the Charter , as the only real remedy for the many grievances to which they have been bo long subjected . " Responded to by the Rev . fy , V . Jackson , in a most eloquent speech . He concluded by expressing his hope that as the late Editor had caused the Star to light Whiggery to its tomb , the present Editor would be ihe means of lighting Toryism into the same gulpb , there to be buried iu eternal oblivion .
ANNIVEBSABT OP THE Btt ) Ott-S * AINED 16 t « OF AueosT- ^ The famous bl ack flag of " Peterloo" was Been fluttering in the breeze , : as usual , for the twenty-third time , at the house of Mr . John Clayton , Charleetowfl , near Ashton-under-Lyne , who , with his wife Nancy , received a sabre wound on the fatal day . On one side of the flag is inscribed in letters of blood , " Murder , August 16 , 1819 , at Peterloo by the Yeomanry Cavalry . " On iha reverse , " ' Rbmember the blood that was shed at Peterloo . " About one o [ clock , all the females in the village assembled in ran open area near to the plaoe , and sung the celebrated hymn composed for the occasion by Mr . S . Bamford , of ; Middleton . That portion of the females who were present at Eeterloo on the fatal day » ppe » w » i in deep mourning . After a short bafcisdiemn oration ^ on the memory of the ' ntniwntir- * - " t *"* , the meeting ; separated .
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STARVING OF A CHILD TO DEATH . GROSS AND CRIMINAL NEGLECT OF POOR LAW OFFICIALS . A case of death , from disease brought on by scanty and 'innutritious food , has just occurred in Leeds . For [ that '' scanty and innutritious food , " the Poor Law Officials are to blame . They knew of the utter destitute condition of the : family of which this child waa a member and ! they refused adequate relief , affording only so much as would barely allow them to procure " scanty- sad innutritious food . " ' j
This case is oue of the most horrible in all its features of any that has come under our cognizance . Too studied neglect ; the systomatio refusal on the part of the Poor Law Offioials , is the moat ooldbloodedly cruel , and exhibits such demonial feeling , that we would fain hope the treatment is not to be matched on this side of hell ! . In the third Edition of the Star for last week , we had a public announcement of the state this family were in , particularly regarding the child since dead , who then lay "dangerotislg ill , '' aad whose Case called for immediate attention . We shall hero insert the " notice" we thea gave , as it contains a statement oft the 1 actual condition of the family at ihe time . Itiis as follows :-
—ATTEMPT TO MUBibEB . —C * -VTlQS TO AhL CONCERNED . A person has called at this office this afternoon ( Friday ) to state the case of a family residing at New Churchi Place , Mabgate , Leeds , of the name of Stock ? , who are at present suffering all the horrors of actual starvation , and likely , if relief be not immediately afforded , to starve to death . The head of the family , William Stocks , is by trade a miner ; has been out of work some , time , having had an inflammation ia his hand , and been under the flare of the General Dispensary . He ha ? a wife and seven children . One of them is working , the oldest girl , in the factory \ and her earnings are 3 s . 2 d . a-woek . One of the children is , at the present moment , lying on a sick bed . For some time Stocks has been * ' relieved" by the Dewsbury * Board of Gnardians" with four and sixpence a-week ; and to entitle him to Ithat monstrous sum , they have required him to go from Leeds to Dewsbury , or Batley-CaiT ,
? a kwinir n ^ AMnn I * A * M 1 + t % - # 1 * 1 Cff O « Aa /\ P O $ rtll ¥ .. l * il Ida -f \\ A 1 * A to break stones for it ; a distance or eight miles tuere and eight miles back ! For the nine shillings pay for a fortnight , he has bad to walk that distance six times over- ! or a distance of ninety-six miles , and break four and-a-half tons of dross I The whole family therefore , have only had seven and eightpence per week to Mep nine of them alive ]! The sick child is under the care of the General Dispensary ; and on Thursday the House Surgeon gave the distressed father a certificate to take to the Overseers of Dewsbury , as ] to the condition of , the child . Of that certificate thefollowing is a copy : f ~ This is to certify that William Stocks's child has been a patient of the Dispensary , and is at this time dangerously ill . Her disease appears to have been brought on % scanty and innutritions food , and the family seem to be in the most deplorable state . 1 J . Cooper Pi ^ g , House Sftrgeon to the General Dispensary . Leeds , August 10 th , 1843 .
With this document the starving father waited on the Overseer . S He showed it to him . He received four shillings f and sixpence back with him , and an order to go break drosa again , so as to entitle him to four shillings and sixpence , more on Thursday , the \ 7 th \ inst ., with an intimation that if he does not so earn it , he will not receive it ! NOW THIS IS AN ATTEMPT AT MURDER ! We warn alt eencerned to see { a it ! If the child DlE , we will do oar utmost to have a legal investigation ; and an indictment for Murder shall fei preferred J The i Guardians and relieving officer of the Dewsbury Union have had fair warning . I They have had it certified to them that this child "is DANGERO qSI , Y ILL of a disease brought ofijby tcaniyand intiuiritious food ! They have had it certified to them that " the family seem to be in the most deplorable state" ! They have still with
WithL-eld theneeessary reliel ! If they - hold it , and the child , or any of the family dte , they ass Guiwv of MURDER * I ! They had oettor , therefore , looktOHiil ! < ., The >* Certiikate" states that n ^ he family seem to be in the most deplorable condition . " The public will judge of * bat ceniition when we tell them wiat the only faruUbreia the hovel they . " dwell" in , is , an old cradletia stools a single bed and bedstead , and a . few p « ts . Okb ; sjkolki bed » 6 r nimb p ?» - sons-1 ! 1 AND ONE OE THEM ^ DAN . GfiEOUSLY ILL'f ! 11 That bed has not a'blanket [ Tie * sbeetiflg ^ is composed of two old fUx-bags J Theise , with au old coverlid ( a borrowed ono ) i lathe evock of bed-oiothing . This man [ has worked for nearly thirty years . , He Worked ifor " Tottio and Gaunt" 16 * r twelve years oontinrkoaBly ; and he worked for thirteen years tOKetberj for Mr . Jpontou , of Waterloo H Aud after » U ! Wb toil , the above is his lot ( During the time that he
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has been receiving " relief" from the Dewsbury Board , his wife has beeo confined to bed with an inflammation iu the knee ; ho has had four of the children down iu the small-pox ; and he himself laid up with an inflammation ] ih the hand , which is not yet well ! He is unable to work ; were he to procure work to morrow ; and conseqaently unable to break dross . The surgeen informs him that if he attempts it , his hand will be as bad again as ever it was . We adwe the fotoer to go to the Leeds Overseers , and ask them for relief . If they refuse , we advise him to go to the Leeds Magistratas . If they refuse , we adyise him to go to the Dewabury Relieving Officer ; and if he refuses , WE THEN ADflSB HIM TO GO AND STEAL . If he permits that child to DIE for want of food , while there is so much around him on every hand , he ( wii * be ( morally ) a MURDERER !! If he tries all the means we
point out , and they failjf every principle of reason and common sense will justify him in taking where he can get it ! We seriously advise him to do so , AFTER HE HAS TRIED ALL THE OTHER MEANS , AND THEY HAVE FAILED ! j On Sunday morning the child died . Saturday passed Over , and no oue [ went near the dwelling of Stocks , except the medical gentlemen , who were unremitting in their attentions . We mean that no one belonging the Poor Law Fund went to administer relief . The poor father had been desired to procure for his dying child a little wine . Alas ! he had not the means I She sunk under her affliction ; and on Sunday morning winged her way to where we hope no Poor Law monsters are to be found ! On Monday forenoon we heard of the death . As there did not seem to be any preparations for an inquest , a letter , of which-the following is a copy , was sent both to the Chief Constable of Leeds and to the Borough Coroner : —
Leeds , August 14 , 1843 . Stb , —I beg to apprize you that at this moment there \ ajB , dead , a child belonging to William Stocks , of New-Ghucch-place , Mabgate , Leeds : and which child has died of a disease brought on \ by starvation I That this is the fact will jbe best shewn by the following certificate from the House Surgeon , of the General Dispenary ;— { [ Here was given a ' copy of title Certificate inserted above ] . There is great reason to believe that gross neglect has been manifested in this case by those whose duty it was to afford relief ; and that had they done their duty , the child would have been at this moment alive ! As an inhabitant and I rate-payer of this town I apprize you of these tacts , jwith a view to induce yon to perform your necessary duty , and cause an inquest to be holden over the body ] of the MURDERED child . She died yesterday morning . I have the honour to be .
Yours , respectfully , Jos . Hobson . Mr . E . Read , Chief Constable , Leeds . This letter had Us effect . Preparations for an inquest were immediately ' made . Mr . Hobson , within a tew hours after he had dispatched the letters abovementioned , had to depart from Leeds to a distant town ; and did not reach ] Leeds back again until the inquest was over . This accouDts for his not being present at it , had intimation been afforded that it was to be holden . j What follows is the evidence adduced at the inquest , and the finding of [ the Jury . We shall first insert it , and then have a word or two to Bay respecting it : —
The Jury having been sworn , proceeded to view the body , which presented a very emaciated appearance ; it was laid on the only bed in possession of the family , and the few articles of furniture which remained gave proofs of the depth ofj poverty into which the miserable family had baen plunged . The following evidence was given : — | Mr . James Cooper Pigg—I am house-surgeon at the Leeds Public Dispensary . } I first saw deceased last Saturday week , at her father ' s house iu Mabgate . I found her in a very low , depressed state , complaining of pain In her body , loss of appetite , and extreme debility ; and there were some symptoms of fever . I prescribed for her , and saw her every ( lay afterwards ; she died on Sunday morning . About three or four days before she
died convulsions came on , [ which continued upon her every day up to the time of ] her death . The immediate cause of death , I should apprehend , would be effusion of water on the brain , the result ot inflammation . The succession of fits would lead to inflammation of the brain , and suffusion would be the consequence . When Inrataawber she was unable to take nourishment , except liquids ; she was unable to eat , aud the glands of the body had been diseased , which might arise from want of food , or food not sufficiently nourishing . It may have been brought [ on from other causes . The consequence would be a wasting of the body . Extreme irritability of the bowels wjould bring on the low kind of fever which existed when I first saw her . Thb parents had not the means of supplying her with necessaries while 1 attended her . I shonld nob think the want of the common necessaries of life the sole cause of the state in which X found her . but I think it tnav have of
b ^ naa jwcelerating cause , j I think ttie want the a « eess »> lea ^ f Ufa lias bees the predlapoaing cause . I cannot say it jmbi . mrJi t wrvnin Minn PjC ^ HfJltOTipi'nfl in one room , producing anjuawholeaomeair , would be likely to bring on the state in which the deceased was when I first saw her . The [ food not being sufBcienrJy nutritious might also produce it , although theire might have been sufficient in quantity . All this might have arisen from natural causes , [ but the want of sufficient food , or food not sufficiently nutritious , would accelerate the disease . When I first saw her the family was in a moat deplorable state , and from what the mother said to me , as to their want of food and necessaries , it appeared to me at that time tbat the disease bad been brought on by scanty and innutritious food , and I gave the certificate to ] the overseers under that feeling . I do not say that it was the sole cause , but no doubt it was a predisposing cause .
By a Juror—There are other children iu the family who have fared the same , anil are not in the same state . Their constitutions may be very different . Wm . Stocks—I am a miner by trade ; I have lived in Leeds since last October . Deceased is my daughter ; she is eleven yean of age ]; she began to be poorly about ten weeks since . She was not delicate , but hearty , all the way through fill she began to be poorly . We had no advice to her until the Dispensary doctor attended her . We were not able to procure advice .
She first complained of her legs and her head aching . I belong to Dewsbury ; I have been out of work , and have had 4 s . ed . a week from the parish of Dewsbury for three or four months , ( i have a wife and seven children ; my eldest girl Is 13 ; she has worked occasionally at Walker ' s , and has had 3 s . 6 d . a-week . For the Is . 6 d . a-week which I got I had to break dross on the Batley Carr and Dewabury Moor roads . I had four tons ana a half to break Ht 4 s . 6 d . The 4 s . 6 d . and 3 s . ( 3 d . has been all we have pad to live on for the last three or four months . Deceased has not had the
necessaries of life—none I of us have—we could not get them . I lamed myj finger with breaking the droas nine weeks since yesterday , and have &ot broken any since , and the is . 6 d . a-week has been continued . I wanted to go into the Union , but the everseer would not l « t me . I toek Mr . Pigg ' a certificate last Thursday to Dewsbury . I did not show it to Pickersgiil the surveyor , bnt I showed it to jthe overseer at the board ; he said I could have no relief until the following Thursday . We have sometimes had oatmeal and water , sometimes bread , and at other times nothing . My wife and I have been two days at a time without any thing but water . We have pinched ourselves out of the little we had to givejto the children . The Dispensary doctor has done all in his power . We should all have been lost but for ourin . elgh . bouw .
Martha Gross . —I am a neighbour to Stocks ; I have lived near them all the time they have lived there . They have been in a very bad state indeed the best part of the time . They have ] only bad 4 a . 6 d . relief , and what the eldest girl made . Since the father was oat of work , they have not had the common necessaries of life . I and the rest of the neighbours have given to them what we could spare . Their furniture was taken for rent the week the deceased began to be poorly . | ' This being the whole of the evidence , the Coroner commented upon what they had heard , and the jury , without hesitation , returned jib * following verdict : — " Died from effusion of the brain , produced by inflammation , but how such inflammation arose , or was produced , there is not sufficient evidence to satisfy the jurors . " I jurors . " j
The Coroner and jury subscribed the sum of £ 16 a . ed . toi the relief of the exigencies of the family , and the jury desired the Coroner to { write to the overseers of Dawabury , calling their attention to the eiicamstanc&s , with a vie » to obtaining fer them further relief . Let the reader read over ] the evidence well , and tri to reconcile the " fiuditog" with it , if he can . We confess we cannot . We mast avow aconviction that there is plenty of evidence to show " how the inflammation arose : " and had this been a case in which any of the jury had been personally conoerned , they would have said bo too , with a ven « genance f What is the evidence . "The glands of the body has beea diseased , which might arisefrom want of food , or food not sufficiently nourishing . " 111 think the want of the necessaries of life the predisposing cause , " " The Want of sufficient food , or food not suffiflieatly nutritioas , would acaeleratethe disease . " " When I first saw her , the family was in a most deplorable state ; and from what the mother
said to me , as to their want m food and necesfiaries , it appeared to meat that tinate that the diseasehad been brought oo by scanty and innutritioua food' ? ' Such is tho medical testimony . True , he says the disease " might" have been brought jon by other causes . But this " might , " though mado to serve very materially , is not worth one straw ^ The 'evidence is elear that scanty food , as innutritiousjfood , would bhihq oii ( he disease .. There ia plenty of evidehce- that th& food was ? ' * eanty indeed ! The father Bwears ^ - 41 Docsaged haainot had the necessaries of life ; nonoof us haver wo -could not iet them . " ' " We haW sometimes had oatmeal and water : sometimes bread : and at © thertimiBs uothirig . ?'| " My wife and 1 have beea two days at atime ^ withoutanything but wate * . ' * " We should attt have been float , bnt for oar neighboura . " Here surely ia evidence enough of " scant */" food , and of no food at all ! | But there was not one word that could by possibility be twisted so as
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to hang on it the supposition that there had boen any other " causes" then the " predisposing" ooe « '" scanty food . " The verdict is in direct opposition to the evidence . But because there was a " mi ^ ht , ' without a particle of evidence to sustain it , that reality whichiwas sustained was given the " go-by " in favour of | the * might" ! Bat that is not all . The inquiry was incomplete . Who had caused this food of this child to be "scanty "; and thus " brought on" the disease whioh terminated ia death \ Should this have formed no portion of the inquiry \ The jury were impannelled to ascertain the cause of death . They had it shown to them that " scanty food" wa ^ the '' predisposing cause" of the disease which onded
fatally . They had it proved to them tbat that " 8 cantyfodd" had been cawW by the nejr ' fcc , the wilful refusal , of rhe Poor Law officials to afford the necessary means of existence . They had it before them thai they only allowed four shillings and sixpence a-week to keep nimb psbsons— sixpence a-headper week I Was this sufficient 1 Could the " food" be anything else but M scanty" ! Were not they culpable for not allowing more i Is tho law of MUKDEB changed % It used to be that " if au overseer of the poor withhold the necessaries of life , he is guilty of murdeb , " There was a withholding here J Ought not that to have formed a subject of
inquiry 1 Ay , indeed , and it ought : ana both Coroner and Jury evinced a gross disregard of duty iu not" sifting the matter to the bottom . Had they done so , some of the parties who now fancy themselves safe , would have been sent to the County Gaol , to be " delivered '! from thence , most likely , by the hands of the common hangmaa ! . The child has been starved to death ! Thai st ? rvation might and ought to have been prevented . It would have been prevented had the Dewsbury Board of Guardians and the Relieving Officer done their duty . They refused to do that duty * Tdcj refused to allow sufficient wherewith to procure food . Thb
BEAT 1 T OF THAT CHILD "IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THBM . Their conduct towards this family has been atrociously criminal . Gf that the public shall judge ; and judge also whether we are not justified in charging ihe death of the child upon them . For some four or five months . Stocks has been receiving what they call "relief . " But before he got any " relief" at all , he- had to go from Leeds to Dewsbury three times , three several weeks ! At last , the Relieving Officer , Pjckersgill , gave him a tioket to go work at the stone heap , to earn 4 s . 6 d . a week . At the very time that he was befuhkd all did , hi $ wife teas ill , just recovering ; and his four children down in the small pox ! They would then have been all starved , had it not been for the Bane *
volent Society . He worked for a number of weeks , for the 4 s . 6 d ., going from Leeds to Dewsbury to earn it , walking ninety-six miles for nine shillings ! At length his hand got lamed whilo at work ; a piece of dross flying and hitting tho finger ; and incapacitating him for work . When he was thus lamed , 'Pickersgill paid him 4 s . 6 d . for the week he received the injury ; but he befuseb all reliej 1 when he went to Dewsbury the week after ! He told him M to get work" ; " there was plenty for him , if he sought out for it . " Stocks , when he visited Dewsbury on that occasion , Aad been for two days without food ; . AND HAD TO BETtlJJN TO LEEDS WITHOUT A bite oh means to GET one ! The child , since dead , was then ill , aud had been so for a week ox
two . The first food the family had was about ten o ' clock that same night , when a neighbour woman went in ; and on ascertaining that all relief had been refused offered to let them have a few shillings till " relief" could begot . The week after , he went to Dewsbury again , with his hand in a shocking condition . He saw Pickeesqilii .. As soon as Stocks entered the door-way , Pickersgiil said : " Now , thou may goe away ; I'll not give thee a fardin . " There was the collector of the rates present , aud also one of the Guardians ; at least Stocks took him to be one . On this brutal refusal , Stoclrs loosed down bis hand , aud showed it , putting it to those present whether he wan fit to work or not . Pickersgill did not speak ; bnt the person Stocks took to be a Guardian said : * 'O !
shocking ! it is not likely the man : can work . He is not able . You most relieve him . " Pickersgill then said he would give him 3 & ; but he ultimatoly gave 4 s ., telling Stocks to " get his hand weel as sooin as possible , and get towaik : for he waa staHed wit ' fleet o' his face , " After this , Stocks got 4 s . 6 d . weekly for some time , going to Dewsbuty weekly for it . In the month of July , the goods Stocks had , were distrained upon for rent . Stocks waited on Pickersgill at Dewabury , and told him that the " goods were marked . " He also saw , "the Board" and told them , and showed them the distress warrant . The Board said , " they could not do any thing ; they had given up paying any rents at all ; , and he must do as well as he could . " They gave Mm only 4 a . 6 * 4 ., his usual week's relief .
When ha got home , with no onanoe of saving , his few " trapB '; and seeing the family pininf ; away . before his eyea , he determinedito take the whole of them ¦ before ithe Leeds -Overeeorsi He tried to do so on i ^ eada ^ ^^ i 8 tbi * W hen hoiarrived , a * Jbbe WorknouBe , Piokersgill was in the room , The door-keeper eaid , * ' Here ' s a family for you , Vickersgill . " »* Who are thoy" ! said he . M X don ' s know ; bat walk forward ; he ' s here . " As soon as Piokersgill saw Stocks , he exclaimed— " VII not gio thee a fardin . Thow may goe as soon as ta likes . I'll not relieve thee . " Stocks said , Vre come to eee wfiafi is to be done for me , either by yo * or somebody else ; and I'll- see afore I go back . " "Well , but , " Pickersgill said , "I'll mak thee go . " Stocks
rejoined , " Well , then , 111 be made go . " Pickersgill then seized hold of the children , saying , "Go go out , bairns ; yo ' sfc not stop here . " Stocks said , "Bairns , stay where ye are , " bringing them back , and further observing , " when he keeps you , he shall be master over you , but not before . " Pickersgill then said to Stocks , "But I'U mak thee wo , " to which the answer was , "Well , but I weant go . I will be made , afore I do go ; " and Pickerel then seized him round the middle , and tried to put him out of the room . In this he failed . H& could uot accomplish it . When ho failed , he said : " Now then , if thou stops herd for seven year , I'll not gie thee a fardin . " " Well then , " said Stocks , " I'll go see Mr . Naylor ( one of the Leeds Overseers ) and hear what he says f and suiting the
action to the word , he took the family forward into another office . Mr . Naylor was not present , but some one who was writing told Stooks that he must go make application in the . Application Room . He did as-he was directed . There he again met Pickersgill ; Mr . Brown , the receiver or applicants asked of Stocks " what do you want ? " Stocks told him his condition ; that he had applied to Pickersgill for relief , and been refused ; that he could stand it no longer ; and must now trouble the Leeds Board . Pickertgill , addressing Mr . Brown , said : " Don't relieve him . If yo gie him ought I'll not pay a half-penny of it back again . " Stooks then said " Well then , what am I to do \ Will yo gie me an order to go into the
workhouse ? " Pickersgill made answer , No ; ret gPe thee nought here ; nor will I gi'e thee a paper to go into 'tb house . If thou has ought ihou'st come to Dewsbury for it . If thou is lame , thou shall walk . " Stocks then departed ; and on the Thursday after he went to Dswabury , intending to see the Board . He had with him a letter from a visitor of the Leeds Benevolent Society , detailing his horrible condition , and pressing upon the Board to afford him adequate relief . He bad also a certificate from Mr . Lowe , surgeon , of Lady Lane , Leeds , to the effect that be ( . Stocks ) waa unfitted for work ; He met Piekersgiil at the door of the lower room of the building in which the Guardians meet . Accosting Stooks , Pickersgill said , " Why did not
thou come yesterday for thy brass ! " "Because I thought you would not give me it ; and I thought I'd see the Board . " " Then , " said he , " thou must take this 4 s . 6 d ., and go thy ways home again . " He prevented him from seeing the Board . Ooserving him lingering about , talking to the others waiting to be relieved , he ordered him off ; telling him " to go home , as he had gotten satisfied . " The week after he went to Dewsbury again , and got his 4 s . 6 d . ; and the week after that ; ie . on Aug . 3 rd , he went again , and saw the Board , He then laid before them the letter from the visitor tb the Benevolent Society and the certificate'from the surgeon . He also explained that the the child , Binoe dead , was
very ill ; that his wife was also ill , having had an attack of tic doloureux . Bnt it availed not . "They could not do more than they were doing . " "They could only allow the 4 s . 6 d . " They did not offer turn the workhouse . At that time hia goods had been seized for rent , by his unfeeling and hardhearted landlord . He had the only one bed in the house . * the stool , and few pots before described . On the Thursday after , Stocks went agaiatoDowsbnry witb : the certificate from l ^ iPiffgi He did not then see PiokeragUl ; but saw ' - qtttk " - 'tfryer , the overseer , ( assistant we believe ) . He ordered hia soil to giva Stocks 4 a . Cd . ; and gavo him an order to go-break stones , or else he was not to have any more pay . ' . . ¦ >
On August 8 * , Stocks vraited . iipotf Piekefsgill , at Leeds , where he attends ^^ every ftrtnig&t-to Telieve those residing in Iieeds chargeable to the Dewsbury Union . Stooks had with him ^ a note frenh Mr . Rhodes / assistant surgeon to the Leeds Disjiensary , teatifying-t * the then dangcrOUfl fltatiftiof tKe ? cbild j saying that sne waa not able tobe removed ; ' 'Stocks asked Pickersgili to go dowi ^ ian ( rl * seO *|^ famil jand judge of her destitute condition for hMself . He refuaetf ^ sayifaf ? " he had nof time . "' s Mri | Stooks showed him the'certificate from Mr . Rliddw ; and PicMersgill then gave him 4 g . 6 d .. Stocfk ^' ulfeed on
him to go see the family ; but could notiJrevau on him to do so . Ou another occasiotfPrcKersgill actually passed over the doO ? -stoneB , andt ^ iused to call 1 Stook 3 s wife , seeing him in the yartC , went oat and asked if be waa noi gp&tgpto caWthete "No ^ said he ; * Pm too ; Bjtiff and t ? i ) dsteaftht ; I cah ' neitaer ^^ lookright nor ^ lefi rniryet s 0 w" , : i We ask , was not this ^ ohild | iqi&j ^^ re . also ask , were not those wh < r tm&Mgimxtg was their duty to give it ^ t- ^^^^ M ? ask furtbei , ought , thcr not bteffliffirtpB ^ flpa ^ the hfe tb . 5 have saLcclfioedt W £ WM ^ M . ? M \ a too Btin ana too scrarant ; m . itno ^ lefi ;^ te ; yet 60 oj ^' this child ; -M 4 Br&p « ickwa also wh « r iffi&MzSmxR&J * $ ive it tt ^ t ^^ m ^^ ^ r noi ^ im ^ mm ^ m ^ a ^^ s ^^ RMSW )
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3 fe . Hill ' s Lettes . —At four o ' clock ^ on Thursday afternoon , tee received Mr . HiWs letter . We ' Spthen just " made-up" for Frets . It is impossible ' iogbeeii this iceek . Geoege " WnrnrpTt-, PoBBSEJL—We cannot give him ihe : information he seeks . E . Eyajc , TPmiiH ' mJitcH , —Some of the numbers are ovi of print . We do not know the address . - J . G , DB 05 , T ^ TTRFi-g , energetically caSs vpon aU Chartists io support ihe " Victim 3 "? xd , and especially on ifte jn «» London not io forget that G . White is a prisoner in their own « i * j * . &OEEKT Pjudie , says that letters addressed ie him ioiheeareofMr . DamdRoss , No . 22 , WelTtngtonplace , Liverpool-Toad ? Manchester ^ trill reach him any time during Ms intended short stay in
England , - K . T . 3 Sossisov 3 . JfomsGBXH . —The announce nehiihalMr . Dorvumhas opened aTemperance Hold , -wovJd ' be charged at an cdiertisemenL Us . Beksosd WCxBxaxr . —We are requested to ^^ m lehalf qf Mr . Bernard McCartney , that ?* « naafihed to bed , seriousl y 12 , and wholly ^^ HeohrevMngtd Tas correspondents for ihe ^ three ir jZufmek *; * x * A less ts > attend « Mf various places iq which the Tdadneat of his jnotii has invited Mm in different parts of the Wun ^ y . Zte trusts ihat this toiS ie taken as a Soieral answer , and sufficient apology , ¦ a- Lovee ot Ltbkbtt , BrainBGHiK . —The letters in fuestionJuve not "been reprinted . Wither they » iS be to or not , depends ondramstances . «• Ts _ ij ^? communication in question is ^ "B&hhettiecaiBe iftea ^ ofjprosecution . Bui
^ sru ^ e spac e tW&ncwB&uldBttpy zJOT V tn ^ t > eTingemous iheh--eonstiwHott , and lemrned ** fidrsnatler , { judging frani i& one sexQ , they we not adapted for ihe comprehension ofworking *^ andnd ^ alcutc ^ 'io le ^ W ^ yimtudiatB froctxcal result . ; ~ ^ kJ ^ X-Tj-riD w , MiSD ^ sSTEB , desvretioacknowtgyefhcTecei ptof SXfrgm the UarTisleChartists , jnAt GeneTtd Ttc&m Fund , and Mr . Grocolthai ' gcehed one shURng from Mr . James Mitchelh of a ° v > erh s Brid ge * per < 3 . Boyle , for the tame pur-
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 19, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct815/page/5/
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