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      A Yoice Fbom The Dungeon To The Chartist...

      A YOICE FBOM THE DUNGEON TO THE CHARTISTS OF SHEFFIELDMr Dear _FErxins—Expecting to be removed from here to Kirkdale to-morrow , I address to yon a few words before leaving this royal college , where , having paid some attention to my studies , I have already profited by my retreat from the " busy haunts of men ;* indeed , I have no doubt that if the fiat of our merciful rulers should _eanaign me to a lengthy seclusion In ' . ' durance vile , " I shall return to the ranks of democracy a better soldier even than I left them . . I am light of heart , entertaining fond hopes tbat out of the present evil Immense good will come . Persecution ba * ever failed in effecting the objects of those who have bad recourse io it The records of history from the earliest known period of man ' s existence , down to the present hour rrove tiiis . The advocates of great and good principles bare ever suffered insult and wrong —chains and dungeons—tortures and death . Still there have not bean wanting in all ages good men and true _.

      found ready to offer themselves willing victims at the altar of despotism , when the cause of truth and justice demanded the sacrifice . Shall snch men be wanted now ? No . ' There are not wanting those who , despite black-hearted treaehery and blood-gorging tyranny , are prepared to play the part of men . Are you prepared to svpport ihem 1 Are yonr souls so wedded to the love of liberty that you can appreciate hearts broken , and patriots trampled down by the iron heel of despotism ? Will you prove this by filling np the places of the betrayed , and throwing the shield cf yonr protection over those now suffering in your cause ? I hope bo , hot . because I am numbered with the present list of victims , I hope so for the sake of yourselves , for never until you do your duty in this matter will you be respected or feared ( tis all the same thing ) by your tyrants ; when you act upon the great truth that "he who oppresses one , oppresses all , " yonr enslavers Will have cause for dread , and you for hope , but , never till then .

      I need not recapitulate the particulars of my arrest , the seizure of my papers , letters , 4 c . 1 st . I would not have mentioned these things , but to remind you that the Association book was seized along with my papers : much good may its perusal do the captors . One thing I . am not ashamed of—they will see that I am not a nominal member of the Charter Association ; every penny of my contribution has been paid . I wish that , in looking through the bc _* k , its present holders cculd Bee tbe Bame of all whose names are therein contained . The seizure of the Members ' Boek will , I suppose , create the necessity of a re-enrolment of members ; at least , I left that advice behind me . If this is done , it will try what you are made of , the cowards , the humbugs , and poltroons of every description will , no doubt , fall back ; the brave

      and sincere will mere eagerly come forward ; but _fcaware of having your mere ebeerers ; beware of the men of froth and fury ; those who will give their ' three cheers for the Charter and no surrender , ' bnt surrender It all the while by their fickleness or neglect of duty ; we have had sufficient of such men , and if you are wise , yen will not have them in future . Seek not numbers , seek rather the banding of the intelligent and sternly true ; no matter though even these be found few , their support in the day of adversity will be found more effective than the unthinking multitude , whose roar of applause is too often raised without thought , and withheld when most wanted . But , beware , while

      avoiding one error , you do not fall into its opposite . By the " intellig ? nt few , " I dont mean those conceited prigs who exhibit , as the proof of _. their intelligence , the abuse they are ever pouring out on the heads of the old and tried champions of freedom , and attest their honesty by coquetting with the enemies , while they denounce the friends of the good old cause ; with such _r-vs nothing to do ; no union with the _doubtfuls ; let _> - _nnch and true stand by each other and battle for . -. ht , cheered on by the undying hope that the ¦ - ; - > ill come when tyranny shall roll in the dust , i- _^ 0 . the blight banner of f quality be triumphantly _univirled ;

      that" Come it will for a' that . When man to man the world o ' er , Shall brithers be and a' that " My dear friends , for tbe present ( pressed by time ) 1 have nothing te add in the shape of advice . It might , perhaps , be expected that I shonld say something of the Iscariot ruffian by whom myself and comrades have been—not betrayed , for he had nothing to betray—Bought to be aeld for the wages of blood into tbe bands of despotism . I loathe to stain the paper with a word abont the miscreant , and indeed I pity the wretch even more than I hate him , ; what a spectacle of treachery , what a monument of perfidy does this miserable reptile present to the _astonishing ease of the men who once confided in his

      honour and believed in his patriotism . When the day of trial arrives , I would not change places with him for all tbat tyrants give as tbe price of purchased treachery . I have that within my breast of which tyrants nor traitors can deprive me , the consciousness of rectitude , and the consoling reflection that , _ei a public man , I bave ever to tbe best of my judgment , done my duty ; what then though probably further persecution awaits myself and comrades , I can smile in my _dungeon and with mind serene bid the thunders of i _^ _iaulj roll on . Let me have fair play and I will prove my innocence and the guilt of my accusers . But If despotism has decided that victims it will have , be it bo—the fate of Clayton and Holberry may be minebut no

      matter" Far dearer the grave or the prison , Illumed by the patriot ' s . name , Than the trophies of all who have risen On liberty ' s ruins to fame . " In concluding this letter , I would wish to tender my _Bi' _-re _thrnks to my _excellent friend Mr . Morris , to that warm-hearted Chartist Mr . Cooper , to that true democrat Dr . Bailey , and te all and several the brave men of Mpnches * rr , who bave so nobly sympathised with snd assisted me and my comrades since our arrest ; they ere worthy of the thanks of the country at large . May their gallant conduct iu every practicable way be everywhere imitated .

      And now , my dear friends , for the present farewell . Nail your colours to the nvit . For one broadside of the enemy return you two , until , triumphant o ' er your foes , you raise the exulting shout of " Victory ! victory ! our Charter's won !" I am , my dear friends , In the cause of Democracy , Fraternally and devotedly yours , George Julian Harney . New Bailey , Manchester , Oct 7 th , 1842 .

      Public Meeting In Holborn A Great Public...

      PUBLIC MEETING IN HOLBORN A great public meeting was beld on Monday evening , at the Hall of the National Association , Holborn . The meeting was called by the City membars of the National Charter Association ; admission one penny , the proceeds to be appropriated to the Defence of the Victims . Mr . Balls having been elected to the chair , read the bill convening the _meeting , and said , the object they had in view was to give the inhabitants of that part of the Metropolis an opportunity of expressing their opinions on the arrests lately made by Government , and to raise a fund for the maiBteuanoe and defence of those men who were awaiting their trials in gloomy dungeons for vindicating the rights of the oppressed and industrious artisans . It was evidently the intention of the Government to uphold the present evil system of class legislation ; that they might enable the few to live in luxurious idleness on the toil of the many ;

      and endeavour to deprive them of their only remaining right , that of public discussion . Public discussion , in bis opinion , was a most invaluable right , aJid . should be defended at every sacrifice . ( Hear . ) If a stop could be put to that , there would be an end to all safety and freedom . If they thought they would be able to put a stop - to the organization which was now spread throughout the three kingdoms for the great and fundamental principles of the constitution , as contained in the document called the People ' s Charter , they were wretchedly deceived . Passing events showed plainly to his view that the time was not far distant when those principles would become the law of the land , in spite of every persecution , calumny , and torture , which was at present being heaped upon their advocates . Mr . Balls then made a very feeling appeal to them on behalf of the victims , and sat down loudly cheered . Mr . Cameron moved the following resolution : —

      " That tbis meeting views with feelings of alarm and indignation the numerous arrests of the advocates of the People ' s Charter , firmly believing tbe objects of the Government are to perpetuate the horrors of class legislation by * the employment of perjured spies and the prevention of publio discussion . " He had great pleasure in seeing such an assemblage as tbe present , called at such a short notice . Tbey lived in eventful and perilous times . He had heard it asserted that in the metropolis tbey might use as seditious language as they thought proper , without incurring the same danger as in the provinces . A word in season on that point might not be imprudent . Be was sure if they trusted to that opinion they would commit an error . There would be no _favouriteism extended to them ; and they ought to exercise a great amount of caution in the words they made use of , lest they should be caught in the snares

      of ihe law . Imagination was sufficiently ferule , language was sufficiently comprehensive , for tbem to convey all the infomation they possessed , and desired to communicate , without exposing them-Bel fee to tire fangs of the law . Tbey eonld not prevent them from thinking , though tbey must not speak . He thanked Heaven that the inward soul of man was a _sanctaary whioh no tyrant eonld invade ; and that they eonld think and dream of sedition even while they refrained from uttering it . The object of the Government , in the arrests they had made , was too palpable not to be perceived ; but they had one advantage—they knew their enemy —they nad experienced his fangs of old . It _mattered not which was in power , the Whig or tbe Tory , there was such a striking _-fjpmily likeness _betvreem them , that it was only byname , and not by deeds , that they could be distinguished , but with all

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      their statesmanship they _might yet overreach them _, selves ; Sir Robert Peel might pull the strings too right , and be foiled in the object he bad in view . He firmly believed in the integrity of his conscience that the charges bronght against the prisoners were grossly and _bs _^ y false . He felt himself included in the calumny cast upon his body . They were charged with creating insurrection , riots , rebellion , & o . He rebutted the charge , and threw it hack with scorn and contempt upon the accusers . He had been some years actively engaged in the Chartist cause ; he knew most of the persons actively engaged in it ; and it _wrs a foul libel to say that a man like Feargus O'Connor —( tremendous _oheering)—who had sacrificed health

      and wealth for the sake of the people , wonld incite them to riot or destruction of property . Wn it reasonable to think that he had done so ? ( No , no . ) It was impossible . Mr . Cameron then analysed the charge of the Judge at Stafford , and stated his opinion that the men were perfectly justified in striking to benefit their condition , ana that the laws which would punish them for it were anti-Christian and anti-moral . He still entertained a hope that the men wbo would act as jurors would prove themselves men—that they would not be intimidated by any men , bow ever great , learned , or influential , but act according to their conscience , and a triumphant acquittal would be the result . Mr . C . concluded by making an eloquent appeal for theviotims , and sat down loudly cheered .

      Mr . Arm 3 teosg Walton seconded the resolution , in which he cordiaily concurred . Mr . Ruffy Ridley supported the resolution , which was then unanimously carried . Mr . J . Brown moved the next resolution : — " That this meeting , in the face of Whig ' and Tory threats and despotism , pledges itself to exercise increased zeal and devotion in the cause of the starving millions , and never to relax their exertions until the People's Charter shall become the constitutional law of the land . " By adopting this resolution they would be _pledging themselves , in the face of parties with whose nature they were well acquainted—men who were anxious not only to butcher , but to devour them . They had had sufficient said on behalf of the victims to know

      their duty . Those victims had nobly _performed their duty , and for that they were encased in gloomy dungeons ; they could not say , frel , or do too much for these men ; meeting after meeting should be held , and every effort should be made to render them assistance . It was because they had shewn such a bold front in the metropolis that government was venting its spleen upon them , and endeavouring to put down Chartism ; a more hopeless task never forced itself npon the attention of any body of men , however mad-brained they might be . As well might they attempt to veil the sun at noon day ; as well might they stand under the centre arch of London Bridge , and attempt , with the fisherman ' s net to stop the progress of the tides . Chartism existed in the mind : its principles were

      invulnerable against the attacks of armed myrmidons . The starving millions were acquainted that the Charter would remove misery , wretchedness , and destitution , and would give to them plenty , happiness , and cheerfulness ; and they were learning to defy the iron hand of despotism , and to stand forth in the moral dignity of freemen . God made no distinction between man and man , and they met that evening to declare they would have an equal share in the Legislature of their country ; and in despite of the grandeur of the wealthy , and the glittering tinsel arrayed against them , the voice of the masses must be speedily listened to . If they were men possessed of intelligent minds—if they bore the impress of Deity stamped on their nature , why should they quail before their fellow-men 1 B cause despotism

      stared them in the face , and had with its iron hand seized upon their brethren , should they relax in their exertions—should they cease their agitation \ ( Cheers , and loud shouts of "Never . " ) They might try to stop them , but God and common sense was on their side , and their enemies would never succeed ; they had driven them by bludgeons and sabres from Kennington Common , Paddington , and other meetings ; but had they conquered theml ( No . ) They were there that evening to declare they would never rest satisfied until they had achieved the victory . There was not an Englishman or an Irishman , a Scotchman or a Welshman , with a drop of honest blood in his veins , that did not cry

      aloud against that tyranny which deprived the poor man of proper sustenance in return for his industry . Mr . Brown then drew a fearful picture of the distress in the country , and implored them to throw away the pint and the pipe , to forbear the use of spirituous liquors , and devote their savings to the support of the victims . The present was not the time for delay or for a retrograde motion . Their motto must be onward ; aa fast as one patriot was arrested another must rise up to supply his place ; and they would , ere long , obtain that goal for which all patriot hearts were seeking . Mr . Brown then made an eloquent appeal on behalf of the victims , and concluded a long address , daring the whole of which he was vociferously applauded .

      Mr . Peat seconded the resolution , which was supported by Mr . Maktz , in a very eloquent addre & s , and unanimously carried . Dr . Shotsky moved the third resolution , " That this meeting deeply sympathises with our patriotic brother Chartists now in bondage , and solemnly pledges itself to raise a competent fund for their defence and support , and also for the comfortable maintainance of their afflicted wives and families . " Mr . Brandreth briefly seconded the resolution , which was carried without a dissentient . A vote of thanks on the motion , of Miss Walker , was given to the shareholders of the hall , for returning two pounds for the Victims , out of the £ 3 103 . Od . paid for the room , and carried unanimously . Mr . Cameron moved and Mr . Peat seconded a vote of thanks to the Chairman , who , in his reply , impressed upon the meeting the necessity of supporting the Evening Star , as an organ of their cause .

      Cheers were given for Mr . O'Connor and the victims , and three dismal groans for the Sunday Times , after which the assembly dispersed .

      The Southern Stae Saturday, October 16, ...

      THE _SOUTHERN STAE SATURDAY , OCTOBER 16 , 1842 .

      What's In A Name 1 Much, Very Much, May ...

      WHAT'S IN A NAME 1 Much , very much , may be found _now-a-days to be connected with a name . Tke name Chartist has not only become offensive to "the ears polite" of faction , but it creates unutterable terror in the minds of all who fatten on the present cannibal system . In that name they imagine they behold the _devilfincarnate , clothed in all the terrors of hel l . In it they see robberies , murders , and incendiary

      fires in every direction . In it they Beemonarohs decapitated , thrones overturned , venerable institutions annihilated , and peace , law , and order wholly destroyed , and the monster Anarchy _tuUng predominant through the land . All these , and horrors more multitudinous and revolting than pen can depict , are ever in the mind ' s eye of the tax-eating and profit-hunting tribes on the bare mention of the word Chartist .

      The Judges , in their recent observations at the opening of the Special Commisaions seem very anxious to make the " Gentlemen of the Jury" believe that a Chartist is the very personification of vice and crime , and that the principles the Chartists propound , and the measures they assay to establish are fraught with the most disastrous consequences . The extra-judicial harangues of Lord Abinqer , in particular , have obtained for him a most unenviable notoriety ; that of converting the bench into a political debating shop , in wbich the argument is all on one side , and in which the lameness of his

      reasoning is concealed by prejudice from the perception of the Juries , to whom it is directed , and by authority from exposure and refutation by the prisoners against whom it is most unfairly and dishonestly used . We have before had Judges who distinguished themselves as violent and unscrupulous partisans , and who upon occasion would , in charging Grand Juries , play the zealot upon general topics ; but bis Lordship has reserved for himself the exclusive glory of completely denuding himself of all the decencies

      appertaining to his ofiice by bringing these unworthy appeals to tbe class feelings and animosities of jurors into his charges against particular individuals on trial before him . The proceedings in his Lordship ' s Court at Liverpool during the present week have been sickening beyond everything of which we have had any previous experience . His flagitious charge to the Grand Jury has drawn forth the following ea & tigation from two of out daily contemporaries . The Morning Advertiser of Wednesday says : —

      " Lord Abinger is proving himself to be to the Tory Government what has Lordship appositely described Suisse to be to the Marquis of Hertford , ' an invaluable servant , ' to whom no dirty work comes amiss . Yesterday we commented upon bis Lordship ' s charge to the Grand Jury at Chester , and to-day we refer to the report in another part of our paper , of a similar charge on opening the Special

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      Commission in Liverpool . We have no hesitation in pronouncing both of these charges a disgrace to the Bench , whereto tbe publio have been taught to look rather for an impartial , and temperate expostion of the law , than for political disquisitions , or such liberticide harrangues as those by whioh Lord Abinger has desecrated it . We have already expressed our conviction that the object of the Tories is to suppress all expression of public v . / ongs and opinion , under pretence of quelling insurrectionary manifestations , and Lord Abinger ' _s charges most fearfully confirm this apprehension . By his Lordship ' s exposition of the law , the mere faot of seeking any change in the system of Government , by means calculated to alarm the authorities , is equivalent to an overt act of treason , bo that the people , in snoh case bave nothing to do but to hug their chains , lest their very rattling might disturb the repose of their taskmasters . "

      And from the Evening Star ot the same day we take the following : — "We call the attention of the public to the extra-judioif' charge of Lord Abinger , which will be found under the report of the Lancashire Special Commission , in another column . We confess that we have not read the whole of it , but we have read quite enough to be disgusted . For our own part , had we never entertained till now the opinion of the necessity of a fair representation of the poorest class of individuals in the community , we should think it time to give utterance to the opinion—and we believe that the

      _Cbp-tist cause will speedily advance and be faithfully sustained by an overwhelming majority of the people , now that it is evident that a kind of tyranny is in vogue , which has not for many years been known in our history . It is palpable , and easily proved , that where there is the most rigid despotism , there is found the finest spirit of demooraoy ; and now we may take the converse of the sentiment , and declare , also , that where the finest spirit of democracy exists , there is to be found the most rigid despotism . Truly , onr country may blush for the late proceedings against her children . The spirit of heartless persecution abroad " is not nor cannot be good . "

      The Morning Chronicle of the same day quotes from his _j uordship ' s Bpeech to the Petit Jury , on the trial of six Chartists for conspiracy , & c . the following astounding passage * . — "' Now , he would ask , what were the objects likely to be obtained , what was the object sought , by the advocates of the Charter 1 It was such a change in the laws as would give to the labouring classes the framing of all laws for the protection of property . _^ That was the object avowed in the placard which had been produced in evidence , aud tbe mau who had beeu capable of writing such a placard must have had intelligence enough to

      know that snch an object never could be effected without force and violence . It must be known that the House of Commons , as at present constituted , wonld never allow every man in the kingdom , whether having property or not , to have a vote for our representatives , or allow their members to Bit without a property qualification , or sitting to receive a salary for their Parliamentary services . But even if the Commons should consent , the Lords would , to the last , resist the destruction of their own privileges . Finally , was it to be expected that the Sovereign would , without force or violence , consent to the changes proposed by the Charter V

      Having given this quotation from the Judge ' s speech , as reported by the Times , the Chronicle , in commenting upon it , says : — " The passage we have quoted argues the guilt of the prisoners , i . e ., their violent and revolutionary intentions , from the nature of tbeir object as compared with the hostility of the Legislature to that objeot . The argument stands thus : —The advocates for the Charter know that the Commons , the Lords , aud the Queen , will never voluntarily adopt the Charter ; therefore , the advocates of the Charter intend to force its adoption on the Commons , the Lords , and the Queen . Now , the fact is an assumption and the inference a sophism . The advocates for the Charter do not know of any such inviucible hostility . It is mere matter of opinion , and of opinion which it is not very decorous to express in relation to the Sovereign . The hostility may be invincible or it

      may not . Whether it be is a fact in the womb of time , and no prophecy of the future can be a ground for convicting , of present guilt , those who disbelieve the unproved inspiration and infallibility of the prophet . Nor does it follow that those who assert prinoiples which the present Legislature will certainly never adopt , must therefore intend violence . At that rate Jeremy Bentham was criminally meditating violence through the last half century of his life . Such doctrine wonld oonvict every Reformer who looks beyond the passing moment . As the argument Overlooks the fact that the House of Commons , as at present constituted , does actually allow its Scotch members 'to sit without a property quaHfication , ' its assumption of an hostility invincible except to violence , is still less entitled to respect than it would have been had no such exception existed .

      " The present legislative hostility to the Charter may be more unconquerable by peaceful means than was its hostility to Reform , or to Catholio Emancipation . But the appearances are so similar , that we cannot imagine the guilt or innocence of a Chartist to turn upon his perceiving or not perceiving the difference- If a profound observer can point out the difference , and shew why the one was vincible , and the other is invincible , let him do so by all means . Still it is hard upon the Chartists , who cannot perceive the dist'netion , to be _tent to gaol as conspirators , for their lack of perception . And we take this sort of constructive and inferential proof to be a novelty in our criminal jurisprudence . " A jury has oonvicted these parties , and we are very far from questioning the propriety of the verdict . Probably the conviction ensued , as conviction

      always ought , upon proved facts , and not npon unsound logic Nor do we contend that the charge really delivered by Lord Abinger , was not a perfect model of calm impartiality , clear reasoning , and judicial dignity . Our business is with a sophism in the columns of the Times newspaper . And we do say that it is an atrocious sophism to infer the guilt of one man from ( not his own , but ) the opinions of another man ; to deoide that A intends violence , because B thinks that A _' s object cannot be accomplished peacefuUy . It is very vain to mourn over ihe want of ' reverence' in the lower orders , while _fauch dicta are attributed to those who occupy high p ! ° . _ses . And we thus far agree with the Post , that f Government is to become a great tract distributor _. Lord Chief Justice Tindal ' s address is the one for icheap circulation and reverential reading . "

      " Inflammatory speeches" such as those of Judge Abinger , may be quite in keeping with the profession and station of ermined functionaries , but the sophistry and nufounded allegations uttered by them is a palpable evidence of the untenable basis on which the Bystem they attempt to uphold is founded . They no doubt , find it an easy task to make charges ; and they do not find much difficulty in dealing out sarcasm and ridicule by wholesale against principles which militate against the present order , or rather disorder , of things ; but it is very plain that these " eminent lawyers" lack the power to substantiate their charges , and to overthrow by argument the truths of Chartism . We contend that all the charges falsely brought by the Judges against the body of the Chartists , are such as can be proved against the two factions whioh nphold the present state of things .

      It has been repeatedly shown that the Whigs were the authors of tbe conflagrations at Bristol , Nottingham , & c , during the " Bill" mania ; therefore , they are the incendiaries . It is well known that the two factions who have alternately ruled the destinies of this country , have brought her to ber present degraded condition by their incessant acts of peculation ; therefore , they are the robber ? . It is notorious as the sun at noon-day , that spies and emissaries have been employed by both factions to worm themselves into the associations of the people ; and by inflammatory appeals to the passions of a starving people , to excite the credulous and unsuspecting to the commission of acts of outrage which might terminate in imprisonment , banishment and death ; therefore , ( without adverting to the many unprovoked attacks made upon the peaceablyassembled people , by the yeomanry , police , and sol diery ) , they are the murderers .

      It has been proven that the League ( a section of the Whig faction ) originated the late Strike , and consequently , caused the riots , risings and destruction of property resulting from the Strike ; therefore they are the promoters of tumult and disorder * in short , the anarchists . Bnt it would not answer the purpose of the Judges to look at these matters . The Chartists are the great eye-sore of faction ; therefore the whole artillery of despotism must be played against them alone . And what will be the result ! Wh y a number of really honest and useful men will suffer , ( as has ever been the case in every righteous cause ) , but they will be instrumental in shewing to the world , the groBs perversion of justice in the English Courts : the base

      What's In A Name 1 Much, Very Much, May ...

      means resorted to b j oppression to crush the advocates of freedom will be unveiled ; and the name of Chartist will become respected . And why should it not be respected ; seeing that the principles of the Charter , if carried into operation , would prevent those crimes with whioh many Chartists are now falsely charged ! but whioh crimes are openly committed , and with impunity too , by many who onght to stand in the dock , instead of those who labour to establish peace on earth and goodwill among men .

      There is we repeat it much in a name , and notwithstanding thejodium cast upon that of the Chartists by state sycophants it has already become honourable , and every honest man will pride himself in it . Let the enemy in their triune character of Whigs , Tories , and Corn Law Repealers impugn our good name with all their infernal power , we can smile the while , knowing that their every attack renders us still more invulnerable , and we shall stand as Chartists when all faction is consigned to the tomb of ) _forgetfulnsss , or at least , only remembered to be execrated .

      The "Right Of Search" Question. We Are V...

      THE "RIGHT OF SEARCH" QUESTION . We are very glad to learn that some of the people are recovering a little from the surprise into which the late wholesale and illegal transactions of Government had thrown them , and have summoned resolution to recognise the old maxim , that " an Englishman ' s house is his castle . " A correspondent sends us the following account of tbe capture , attempted search of premises , and ultimate acquittal and discharge Of one of the Chartist friends in this county : —

      " Mr . who was arrested on Wednesday , Oct . 5 th , under the charge of attending a meeting in Manchester , on the 17 th of August last , was acquitted on Monday last , after being three times examined , their being no evidence against him on the day of his arrest . Two of the constables went to his residence , with the intention of searching his house , but it was no go . -One of the constables said , " Ma ' am—I am very sorry to inform you that we bave arrested your husband , and hope you will have no objections to searching your house . ' The wife said , ' Not if you have authority to de so . Pray , Sir , have you got a warrant ? if so , read it ; otherwise you must not search . But pray , Sir , what have you taken my husband for ?'

      The constable said , * I suppose he is a Chartist leader . ' ' A Chartist leader , indeed ! ' said the wife , ' pray , Sir , what do you call a Chartist leader ? ' 'I suppose he has been at a meeting in Manchester , and I hope you will allow me to look through your house . ' The wife said , ' If you have a warrant , I tell you . Not that there is any thing that I am afraid of your seeing ; but certainly you must first show your authority before I shall allow you : then you may search as hard as you like . ' The constable then turned round to his companion and said , ' Go fetch the other two officers . ' Thinking to frighten the woman to submission , this had not the desired effect . The wife said ¦ Very well , Sir , fetch whom you like ; only bring a warrant with you ; but I am determined you shall not

      search my house without one . ' The constable sat down by the door in the way of taking possession of the house . After sitting some time mute , he said , 'Now , ma ' am , if you will only allow me to look the things over , I will look them very slightly . I shall not do as the others will when they come ; they will turn everything upside down . ' ' I tell you , Sir " says the wife , 'I shall not submit to your searching my house till I hear the warrant read and then I will take care that you do search it rightly : I know what is your duty , and I will see that you perform it . ' At this time , another officer arrived , and said' Well , ma ' am what ' s to do V The woman said , * Nothing , sir ; only read me the warrant , then you will be right ; as I shall not allow my house to be searched without one . ' 'Very well , ' says the officer , 'we will go . ' "

      The conduct of this woman cannot be too highly eulogized . Her example ought to be universally followed . A cool , firm , determined but perfectly peaceable and even respectful assertion of her own rights . So far as this information goes , there seems to have been no violent language , nor provoking insolence made use of ; but a steady j quiet insisting upon the production of a proper authority for the prosecution of the search . Let the same plan be followed everywhere .

      The League. From The Specimen Of Cobden'...

      THE LEAGUE . From the specimen of Cobden's rhodomantade , which our readers will find given iu another column , it appears that they are not yet satisfied with the many defeats they have experienced . They are now going to inundate the country with tracts for nothing , but which we guess will be found dear indeed , if time be consumed in the perusal . They think of doing wonders during the winter , ( mark the

      time ) , no doubt in the SWING business ; but the country has suffered enough by their recent strike—the innocent are the sufferers ; but we shall watch their every movement . We shall see for what purpose they want to " assess" the poor to the tune of £ 50 , 000 . But will they get it ? Not from the workies ; we know that , and they know it too ; but , perhaps it may flow from another quarter interested in carrying on the game of fire , blood , and commotion . We shall soon see .

      To The Readers Of The "Northern Star."

      TO THE READERS OF THE "NORTHERN STAR . "

      I Northern Star Office, Thursday. My Dea...

      i Northern Star Office , Thursday . My dear Friends , —The length at which the reports of the Special Commissions are this week given , precludes all space for comment on tbe particular cases ; you must read and think . I had purposed to say many things to you in a letter which perhaps I may yet get ready for the Second Edition ; but the fact of my only arriving in Leeds from Liverpool at two

      o ' clock this morning , and my kind friend Mr . Hobson's baving been also unavoidably absent at Liverpool to perfect my bail—will show you that I have had work enough on my hands to-day . Next week , if all be well , will resettle us for a few months , after the temporary inconvenience of my arrest . Remember many good men are _stUI lying for lack of bail . The bail is now reduced to two sureties of £ 50 , or four of £ 25 each , and may be taken by the magistrates in their own localities . Let every locality whence a prisoner cornea see to it at once , and have bim out . God save you , and speed the Charter 1 Wm . Hill .

      3to Afteatrotf Ant* A^Omggontientjas

      _3 _To _afteatrotf ant * a _^ _omggontientjas

      T. M. Wheeler, London, Correspondent To ...

      T . M . Wheeler , London , correspondent to the Northern Star , informs the publio that he has removed from Knighisbridge to 243 J _< Temple Bar , where all future communications must be addressed . Timely notice of all public meetings , S [ c , is respectfully requested . The Irish Universal Suffrage Association thankfully acknowledge the receipt of a very useful and excellent present from the Chartists of Sheffield , consisting of 250 copies of " What is a Chartist 1 " 250 copies of " Hints about the Army ; 250 copies of No . 25 , of the Chartist Circular , containing a full copy o f _fte People ' s Charter ; also two complete sets of the English Chartist Circular ; and 1 , 000 conies of " _Watkins's Address to the Women of England . " The

      two copies of the English Chartist Circular contain Nos . I to 66 , inclusive , with the exception 1 of two copies of each of the following numbers , which were not in the parcel , and which are wanted to complete the two sets , viz ., Nos . 2 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 22 , 32 , 42 , 54 , and 62 . . . D , Isaacs , Bath . —Send the cards to Mr . Wheeler , 243 _J , Temple Bar , London . John Lowery , Ballyhanny , by French Park , Ireland , will be obliged if any Chartist friend will send him a Northern Star . . Thomas Morton , Sunderland . —The letter he alludes to was received , but has been mislaid . To

      the best qf our recallectum , it is a matter on which we cannot advise himself and friends . An Enemy to Tyrants . —A writer under this signature complains much that in the quarter he resides in some prof essing Chartists are given to habits of intoxication , by whose conduct the cause is made a _laughing-stock to those who are desirous ofanyplea forseouting the Charter . He dates his letter from Stroud , and advocates the principle of total abstinence from intoxicating drinks . H . Moule , Redditch . —His letter was received loo late f or last week's Paper : we must now decline

      its insertion . We have received several publications for review : they shall all be noticed in due time . M . A ., who sends us ** Britannia ' s Tears'" for publication , should have acknowled ged the source f rom whence he copied the piece , } . _# .

      T. M. Wheeler, London, Correspondent To ...

      C . Connor . —His appeal to the Chartists of the Auckland district is an advertisement . Henry Dowell Griffiths . —His letter was duly received : we decline its publication . John Allen , Brighton , calls upon the Charitsts of that locality to attend meetings which are held every Monday night at the Cap of Liberty , in Portland-street . John Watkins . —His eommunications are reserved till opportunity serves . Will Mr . Brophy send his address , as soon as possible , to John Partridge , Gainsborough . A . H . —We have no room for poetry just now , and must decline his lines headed '¦ " O'Connor , the Brave . " We have not had occasion to read the work he enquires about , and therefore give no

      opinion of its contents . No . 6 , Amen Alley . —You can have all that are published by enclosing Is . 6 d . to this office . S . K ., Glasgow . —His letter must stand over for re-perusal . He is quite mistaken in his opinion as to the writer of the production to which he is replying . ¦ '¦ , _- . '' John Thompson . —We have not room for his letter . Its statements do not affect us . All Lecturers wishing to visit Sunderland are requested to correspond with the Council , through the secretary , George Esplin , cordwainer , No . 30 , Robinson ' s Lane . A Lover of Justice . —Fe can see no reason why he should object to his name being published with his letter .

      George Clahkson . —We cannot print his letter . We are very sorry to see the feeling manifested in it encouraged by any Chartist . It is no excuse for him , or his friends who hold a like tone , that others may be blameable . J . Keighley . —Thanks : we have made a note of his address , and shall avail ourselves of his information if need be . A Constant Reader sends us a long statement o f the matters in dispute between Messrs . Cooper and Co ., of Glasgow , and their workpeople . He cannot be " a constant reader" of the Northern Star , or he would have known that it useless to send such a statement to us on anonymous _authosity . Henry Hodgson . —Yes .

      W . Poole , Collumpton . —Received . E . Broadbent , _Ashion-under-l yne , should have given the trades and residences with the list of Council which he has sent . S . Clark . —His opinion is correct . Every such meeting , and all such correspondence , is decidedly illegal . National Defence Fund . —J . Watts , Finsbury , writes us to suggest that each subscriber to the Northern Star should oblige the News Agent of whom he takes his paper , to give one halfpenny for each Northern Star sold by him on the 22 nd or 23 rd October , for the above object . He himself will give the profit upon all Stars sold by him on those days , and he hopes the localities will take it up .

      The Portrait Of T. Duncombe Will Be Give...

      The Portrait of T . Duncombe will be given to all our Subscribers on November 19 th . They will be in the hands of ail the Agents by November 16 th ; The charge for the Star on the day the Portrait of Duneombe is distributed will be the same as the charge for it on tbe day the Petition Plate is delivered ; Isle of Wight . —Wm . Norman , James Cantello , C . Bright , J . Barnes , B . Urry , and H . Attwell , apply to Wm . Minna , 24 , _Pyle-street , for the Plates , which have been sent by parcel .

      FOR THE NATIONAL DEFENCE FUND . £ b . d . From A . Haxton , Cupar 0 10 _„ a few friends at ditto ... ... ... 0 0 9 „ Leeds Chartists ... ... ... ... 0 3 9 . j .. Nantwich , per T . Dunning ... ... 0 9 0 _„_ W . Egremont ... ... ... ... 0 5 0 _„ a few friends at Redruth , Cornwall ... 6 3 9 _„ the Chartists of Wingate Grange ... 2 0 0 _„ a few friends at Bank , Leeds ... ... 0 2 8 „ two frit _nds , Leeds ... ... ... 0 2 0 „ Joseph Horsfleld ... ... ... 0 10 „ a few friends to the Chartist cause at Leigh ... ... O 12 0 _^ a hat ; er of oppression at Worrtey ... 0 1 0 _„ Dr . Chapmin , Emley ... ... ... 0 2 6 _^ Jonathan Midgeley , Lepton ... ... 0 1 0 _„ . Earl , Graham , Black Quarter , near

      Huddersfleld ... ... ... 0 3 0 the Chartists of Honley , per Mr . Haigh ... ... ... ... 0 10 0 Magdale Academy , per Mr , Haigh ... 0 2 6 a friend , Leeds ... ... 0 0 3 a poor woman , Leeds ... ... ... 001 a few masons at Leeds ... ... 0 3 3 R . Goodhall ... ... ... ... 0 0 6 two friends , Leeds ... ... ... 0 13 two sisters ... . „ ... ... 0 O i Leeds , A . Z . ... 0 2 2 the Chartists of the Vale ol Leven ... 1 0 0 the Chartists of Rcdrnth , Cornwall ... 0 10 O a few friends at Holme Mill ... ... 0 4 2 a young lady at Holme Mill , per

      w . T . ... ... 0 0 2 „ the _Chart'sts of the Forest of Dean ... 1 o 0 „ Brick-street ... ... 0 3 0 _„ J . Dovenor and a few friends ... 0 2 6 _^ a friend from Goole ... ... .... ¦ 0 1 0 „ Littletown , per Mr . Penny l o 0 „ Wakefield ... ... ... ... 100 „ D . Fryer , Halton ... ... ... 0 2 6 _„ a democrat , Chepstow ... ... ... 0 2 G _„ a few friends at Barnsley , per B . Hr _^ ue ... ... _ ... ... 050 _" . a few friends at Bury ... ... ... Ill _^ Darlington , per N . Bragg ... ... 0 12 0 _„ a few friends of liberty , Castle Donnington . ... ... ... ... 0 6 0 * tbe Chartists of Old Basford , near

      Nottingham ... ... ... 1 10 O „ a few friends at Lock ... ... ... 0 7 0 „ a . few .. lends in _Hunslet-lane , Lc _sds 0 2 0 __ a few friends , per B . G . ... ... 0 4 0 „ the Leeds Chartists , _collectsd by Jos . Haigh ... ... 0 15 0 FOR MRS . HOLBERRY . From Coventry ... ... 0 2 6 __ Nantwich , per S . Dunning ... ... O I 6 _„ the _Chartists of the Yale of Leven ... 1 9 2

      FOR F , M . M'DOUALL . From R . Goodball ... ... ... ... 0 0 6 FOR PROSECUTING THE POLICEMEN WHO HAVE BEEN SEARCHING WITHOUT WARRANTS . From D . Fryer , Halton ... ... ... 0 16

      The Special Commission (Continued From P...

      THE SPECIAL COMMISSION ( Continued from page Seven . )

      (From Our Own Correspondent.) Stafford, ...

      ( From our own Correspondent . ) STAFFORD , Tuesday Night , 12 o'clock . TRIAL OF MR . THOMAS COOPER FOR DEMOLITION AND ARSON . I have only time to say that Mr . Cooper , with fourteen ethers , were _th's day arraigned at the bar before Lord Chief Justice Tindal , for the demolition and burning of the dwelling house of William Parker , Esq ., a magistrate , on the 16 th Aug . Mr . Lee , on tbe part of Mr . _Cdopsr , applied to allow bim to sever in his challenges and his defence . Tbe Court granted the application , and ( ordered all the prisoners , with the exception of Mr . Cooper , to be removed . Mr . Cooper was then placed at the bar , and challenged the Jury to bla full number of twenty .

      He was then indicted for the demolition and firing of Mr . Parker ' s house ; to wbich he pleaded In a very firm voice , "Not Guilty . " All the witnesses examined before the magistrates at Newcastle when he was arrested , repeated their evidence , and signally failed in their attempt to eonnect him with the arson . The prosecution closed at five o ' clock , when Mr . Cooper rose and delivered one of the most thrilling addresses that Mas ever been delivered within a court of justice ; of which I will endeavour to send an outline to-morrow . He then called on Mr . Hall and Mr . Sylvester , who proved a direct alibi . The Court adjourned at eight o ' clock , and tbe jury were locked up . On to-morrow ( Wednesday ) he will resume bis defence .

      Mr . Baron Parke passed the following sentences in addition to those passed by the Lord Chief Justice : — Thos . Ranby , John Ranby , and Thos . Smith , six moths impr isonment and hard labour ; Wm . BecklyandM . Baugh , nine months and bard labour ; Samuel Jones , fifteen months and bard labour ; Wm . Gibbons , twelve months and bard labour ; Thos . Barney and John Griffiths , six months and bard labour ; John Morris , twelve months and bard labour ; Thos . Pitts , six months and bard labour ; Thos . Walker , twelve months and hard labour ; Simpson Bales , twenty months and bard labour ; Wm . Jones , six months and bard labour ; Thos . Hughes , six months and hard labour ; Benjamin

      Rowley , twelve months and hard labour ; John Timmine , six months and bard labour , - Solomon Allen nine months and bard , labour ; Wm . Burns , two months and bard labour ; Charles Simpson , ten yean transportation ; John Park . is , twelve months and bard _labeur ; Thos . Banker , _fifteen yean transportation ; James Saunders , _transportation for life ; George _Skitt , two years confinement and hard labour ; George Arnell , eighteen months and bard labour ; Benjamin Dudley , eight _niontiiB and hard labour ; John Deakln , six months _aud hard labour ; Wm . Page , twelve months and hard labour ; Wm . Holyrake and Wm . Parry , air months and bard labour ; Benjamin _Witfaingstono and thoa Pront , six months and bard labour .

      (¦ Sentences by Mr , Baron _Bolfe . ) Croxton , Rathbone , Brunt , Johnston , and Wilkinson , were , with tbe exception of tbe last prisoner , found guilty of a burglary In the house of Mr . Griffin , a solicitor , on th 16 th of August . Croxton and Rathbone were transported for life ; Deane and Johnston were transported for fifteen years ; Simpson and _Spilsbury were _trwuported for ten years ;

      (From Our Own Correspondent.) Stafford, ...

      Brunt was sentenced te one . year ' s imprisonment In Stafford gaol , and hard labofer . This terminated the proceedings of tbe day .

      ( From anotherCorrespondent ¦) " _' , _ , STAFFORD . —Monday NiQBT . The work goes on at a rattling pace . Tbe Ellis tragedy has advanced another stage . Ellis has been convicted—" Guilty , my Lord ; " and now he baa to un . dergo its last acene—sentence , transportation and death . The " Guilty' * verdict waa not generally antldpatci The defence of the prisoner , by Mr . Allen , was most complete and unanswerable . The impossibility of the prisoner being present atthe fire at which _hewy charged with assisting , was proved to demonstration _, ft-was observed , however ; tbat the Solicitor-General was more severe than be was ever before known to be er was thought capable of being . It was evident that bis heart was bent on obtaining this conviction beyond any other or all ethers .

      The Judge ' s summing up was far from impartial . He took no notice of the fact that there was but one witness to support the charge , and that such witness was prove ! to be altogether unworthy of credit , by the glaring variation between his evidence and his depo sitions . Never bave we observed the magisterial occupants ol the bench so eager as on the present occasion . They bad hungry hankerings after O'Neil , Cooper , and others , but Bills was their "dish of peacock's brains . " Eii _; a had beaten them at a county meeting—held in that very court He had sat as chairman in that very chair now occupied by the Learned Judge ; he bad lashed them for their vices , their folly , and their ignorance , till they ran out in dismay , and left him master of the meeting which they had themselves called . There was wounded henour , then , acting in aid of their political prejudices , and urging them to crush the galling memento of their own mental inferiority .

      One by one did these " pillars of the state" drop in and crowd the bench , as the latter part of the summing up was being delivered . This over , the Jury went through the farce of retiring . In so doing , tbey passed to a room behind tbe Judge , through a door close at the left of Lord lngestrie , tbe foreman of the Grand Jury . It will be many a year before we target the look of searching inquiry which his Lordship gave as the twelve arbiters of his digestion for the day ' s dinner passed at tbe skirts of bis cut-away coat ; bat their look of humble deference was consolatory . A few minutes elapsed and the door again opened , and out came the twelve , smilng with the consciousness of having done a profitable action . Then their names were read over , and then the names of the prisoners ; a stoppage at each to enable Mr . Bellamy to record their fate . Soon came the name of William Ellis . " Guilty , " said the foreman , and looked up to Lord lngestrie , as much as to say , " What do you think of that , my Lord ? Do you call that nothing ?"

      Tbe bench now grew chatty . Spite of tbeir confidence in the jury selected by one of themselves there had been misgivings . Follett , leaning forward , bis face up , and supported by bis band , appeared bursting with joy , but be made an effort , and controlled its exhibition . It was not bo , however , with his helpers ; theirs was lusty grin . The spectators in the body of the court were taken by surprise . Those who were hostile to Ellis , in consequence of bis political principles , were consoling themselves with the hope of catching bim by some of the other indictments for riots , sedition , & c His frendsand the poor fellow has many—were heart-broken

      His . wife 1—ah ! here we might tell of the shrieks of a frantic woman—happily , however , destitute of consciousness for several hours—deprived of a husband whom she adored , and driven for the remainder of her days to a Poor Law Bastile . But the tale would be useless . She baa four young children , and another will soon add to her misery . Till this last affair they were comparatively happy . Ellis was always opposed to physical force , and was constantly denouncing it , and even disliked all allusion to it He was beloved by all wbo knew him . It is difficult to calculate the amount of happiness which such a man is capable of creating and reflecting . But all now ia blasted !

      ( From our own Correspondent . ) Stafford , Wednesday Night . This week is big with importance , interest , and instruction to the people . The transactions of this week have imparted to the people instructive lessons , that have sunk deep into their hearts—lessons which will not be easily forgotten—lessons that will guide them in their future mode of action—lessons , whioh if they do not make them as "mild as doves , " will make them " as cunning as serpents . " That Buch will be the effect of these lessons the governors and tyrants of the people will ere long know . Mad must be the man and little acquainted must he be with the nature of the human heart and the character of Englishmen who Bupposes that the : terrors of a special commission will have tbe effect

      of strangling Chartism . There have been charges of police , special constables , yeomanry , infantry , and cavalry upon the people . —there has been blood spilled—there have been lives lost—there have been arrests—there have been committals—there has been a Special Commission , and under the Special Commission there have been heavy and awful sentences —which will exile for ever from their native land many an affectionate husband—many a dutiful child—many a dear relative . These exiles will leave behind them heart-broken wives , orphan children , and afflicted relatives . What will be the result of those appalling visitations upon the people ! The question may be illogically ansWered by another question . What , in answer , may be asked , has been

      the result of the persecution inflicted upon Christianity ? What has been the result of the exiles , burnings , executions , hangings aud drawings , which the founders of the glorious Reformation endured ? What has been the result of the tyranny exeroised under a weak and imbecile French monarch and his despotic Ministers \ What has been the result of all those persecutions but the wide spread of the mild precepts of Christianity ? What has been the result of those persecutions but the establishment of the glorious reformation } What has been the result of the despotism practised in France , but the raising of the standard of freedom upon the ruins of tyranny ,

      and over the fallen heads of those despots who induced a weak , enfeebled , priest-ridden monarch , to suppose that his Sat was the dictum which his subjects would slavishly obey 1 When the English people know what have been the results of those persecutions , is it to be wondered at that they should expect that similar results would follow their present struggles and their present sufferings in the glorious cause of liberty ? Such are their expectations , and such expectations they will as certainly realise as the morrow ' s sun rises . Howover , as speculation , no matter how well or how firmly established , is not the point which at this crisis attracts publio attention , it is better to hasten to the events of the week than to indulge

      in it . The Grand Jury have not as yet ignored a single bill . Faithful to their duty they have found true bills in every instance , and having done so adjourned to the 24 th . In the whole 130 bills have been found , including in the same indictment five , ten , fifteen , twenty , and thirty persons . Since Monday thirtythree fresh bills have been prepared . By way of digression it may be remarked that exclusively of the 270 prisoners to be disposed of at the Commission , the Calendar for the Sessions which open 3 on the 18 th inst ., contains 186 prisoners , classed aa follows : — Read and write well ... ... i 8 Ditt , ditto , imperfectly ... ... So Read well ... ... 42 Read imperfectly ... ... ... 59 On bail ... 13

      Total 186 There are in gaol 815 prisoners . It is generally understood that all the prisoners sentenced to transportation will be conveyed away in the same manner that Frost , Williams , and Jones were hurried off—at a minute ' s warning , in the dead of night . This is a species of refined ornelty worthy a Christian country .

      TRIAL AND ACQUITTAL OF MR . THOMAS COOPER . It was a most fortunate circumstance th at Mr Cooper severed in his challenges and plea . If he had not , he would , like Mr . Ellis , have been _sacrificed . Although assisted iu legal points by Mr . Lee and Mr . Allen , he defended himself . His cross-examination of the witnesses was truly admirable , and even attracted the amazement of the cool , deliberate , and oily Solicitor-General . The Crown having closed its case , whioh waa bolstered up by a worthy named Bramhall , a spotless character , who was proved to have been drunk on the night on which he said that he saw Mr . Cooper near Mr . Parker ' s , when his house was fired , and who was also proved to have in his possession two bottles of wine as he left Aitken ' s , and who , when he was asked by another to share his booty with him , said "No ! d—n your eyes , go get them , as I do "; the Crownas I said , having closed its oase ,

      , Mr . Cooper rose , and in one of the most soulstirring and thrilling defences that has ever been heard within a court of criminal justice , defended himself . He gloried in belonging to a country which boasted of a Raleigh , a Latimer , and a Ridley . He declared himself a Christian in the fullest sense of the word , a lover of peace , an enemy to drunkenness , outrage , and the burnings that were lately perpetrated . He proved that all his speeches were calculated to induce tha people to observe peace , law , and order . He then gave an account of his progress through life , of his self-education , and of the small sum ( ten shillings a-week ) whioh he had to support himself . He reiterated the facts which he related , as to his movements atthe time that he was' arrested , and concludedby invoking tho vengeance of heaven upon his head , if he had in any way encouraged the outrages , or had seen a blaze or even a spark , on the night of the 15 th _Aueust .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 15, 1842, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/nss_15101842/page/4/