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THE NGRTHERNSTAR. SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1838.
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HULL ASOUSED PEOM ITS SLUMBER
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SeVEAAI- SlELDS OP O-aTS bave = btrn cnr .-jn the-netgbboaroood of Stoarport and Kidderminster . Ihs PiiCHAii'S have # gaia made their appearance on our coa * t ; some of the drift boat * taking from 4 , 000 to 10 , 000 . Mr . Henby CooPBfr has been appointed Judg * -of the Colony of South Australia , in the room of the l * t e Sir John . Jeffirott . . * A STKAH barge from London to Oxford performed her . first Toy age on Saturday with p eifctt success . Ths Irish Mbtbopoxitam Cokseryatiye SociBTY held a meeting on Monday , and adopted » petition to the Queen to dismiss Lord Norman by . MB . MlLtS , THB OPULENT BARKER , of Lon--den , has become a shareholder in the Agricultural Bank of Ireland . —Nvrihern Whig . SeVEAAI- £ 1 E 1-1 > S OP ( X&TS bave Wt-n cuilu » t . oT >« crhboaraoodof Stooroort andKidderminsttr .
XoRD TRIMBLESTOWN , a Roman Catboiii Peer , has caa-ed a great excitement at Mayuouth , by string a . great number ot the peasantry for his lav taies . : . . ¦ . Botanic Giedbsb or Montpblier . In these gardeas the Professor , M . Delisle , has a eoJlectJon of Tines which i * numbered up to 56 u Tarieties . _ A sahpxe of "Winter" Csxyaheb . "Ra * r * 1 SY » the ear , sown in the first week of HoVembtr 1837 , and cut on the 3 d inst ., was shown in our market on Saturday last . — Worcester JournuL Last week a stoke chsst , containing pieces of armour , a broken chertj and ancient enin > , wa > discovered by some wort men near "Whistnn , York shire . Antiquities have before been found near the
game spot , ' _ = A PO 1 XCEHAN t » as tinkd £ 5 y at Bow-street , last week , for exceeding his duty in the apprehension of a respectable woman , "who rushed into ih ** streets . in her night-dress , to rescue her hasband from some person with whom he was qnarrtlliag . Mustapha Ben Mahomet Motjchallech , ex-Bey t > f Tlemecen j -and his lieutenant , Ben Davirf- , arrived at Lyons a day or two since , and vi-fted ibe principal object * of interest , sr well as Tarious rrranofactnring establishments in that city . An Leon Sieam-boat has been brought ir . f-Deprford Ba ^ in , for the purpose of trying the effect of artraeiion on tbe compass in her ; which on thr compass being " moved" fore and aft , was fouud to cause a variation of four or five point ? .
Otstebs . —The sale of oysters for the season -eommeDcrd at Billingsgate and Hungerford marie s -on Saturday morning week . The supply . a * well as the demand , was great , at prices a shade lower than those of last year . Two Wheat Corns , planted by Mr . Goodman of Margrave , this season , produced seventyone ears , and one bean produced firty-eight pods ; and a second crop of potatoes grew to the Heig ht of fow teen inches .
Nickxaming . —The Chevalier de l'Hopital was called an atheist , because he refused to be a persecutor ; Galileo , because be said the earth turns round ; Drscartes , for asserting there are inmate idea *; Gassendi , and Locke , for denying them , &c .
The British Association , which i * appointed to a ^ -emble at Newcastle on Monday , th « 20 rh of August , bdsfair to be a meeting of great interest , and to be more nnmerously attended than any former meeting of that body . A FEW DAYS AGO , A GARDENER , who resides near Doncaster , agreed to sell one thousand pecks of apples at one shilling per peck , \ o be delivered to the purchaser in good marketable condition . A SUITABLE AND TEMPORARY BT 31 VD 1 NG , to prorect the merchants from the weather , in the Escise-omce yard , for which a subscription is now about to be raised , ha * been agreid npon by the SnrveTor of the Excise .
A HOST LAMENTABLE EXPLOSION OF GUNPOWDER took j . laceafew days ago , in the outbuildings belonging to Mr . Harrison , - Tfbo is a > hopireptr and farmer , at Harrington , in Derbyshire , by which three persons—two men and a bov—were "kilSti A FIRE BROKE OPT ON "WEDNESDAY EVENING in a barn belouging u > Sir . Polkes , sobeitor , Dartford , which , soon coroniunicaied to tbe .-tables of Air . Porter , of fie Bull Inn . The horses were savtd , but ihe barn and four stables were entirel y consumed .
The Royal Academy of Mbtz have recently publisnel a report on tbe progress of gardening , m wb eh ihey state that a gardener of the Botauje Garden of Merz , named Simon , has gratted a ? cion -of the cfaotuat on aD oak , and that the experiment has perfectl y succeeded . ¦ ¦ .
The adm / rable picttjre of Mepea , by M . " Delacroix , which attracted so mnch notice" in tbe l » st txhibinon , has been boughs by the Minister o the Iiiterinr for the museum at Lille . One of the condition * of the contract i * , that the painting !* hal ) be txhihired , for one year , in the Museum of the Luxembourg . The report of thb Irish Bail-way Commission isjiot givt-n in favour of any particular line or lines , but comes to the conclusio , that as no rail line in Ireland would pay more than four per cent , ihe Government should take the railway system in that country nnder its management .
On Saturday morning , as a man named Miubael Grav , an engineer , was engaged at Mr . Blidt ' s manufactory , Limeboose , a large piece of irtn fell upon him , b y which means he was so serioasly hurt that be was conveyed on a shutter to the London Hospital , when it was discovered that his spine was severely injured , and several of his ribs tratltired- He HOW lies An a- -Very precarious and fiancerons s ate .
The Ljcekses of Dealers in plate expired ob Thursday se ' nnighu In cases where licenses are Dot rem-wed , defaulters are subject to a penalty of —20 . The license * of hawkers expired on Wednesday week , and persons hawking without a fresh Eceose will subject themselves to fine 3 nd imprison-TBent . Va ' . oers and appraisers acting without . a becense will render themselves liable to heavy penalties .
A Bdilder , who employs twenty Men , we are given to understand , turned off two of them on Tuesday morning because they had attended the demonsti anon . Tbe men were quite willing to make ¦ op the lost time T > y working over hours , but the Tory master was inexorable . The ease has been mentioned at the Union , and , ire doubt notj will be carefully inquired ' wxo . —Binningham Journal , Kailway Accident . — On Saturday a coroner ' s inqn ; siacn was held before Mr . Stirling and a respectable jury at the Plough Inn , Harrow , on view of the body of Thomas Pore , a guard in the employ of the London and Binningham Railway Company
who was killed on Tuesday last , under the following circumstances : —It appeared in evidence that the unfortunate deceased started with tbe Denbigh-hall fivfc o ' clock train on Tuesday last , from the station « Euston-grove , and having arrived within about a mite and a quarter of Harrow , as was tbe usual custom , he d smounted from bis seat for tbe purpose of collecting from the passengers what is termed the " exce * s fare . " This proceeding is occasioned by persons having paid their fare at the station . for the second cla ? 3 carriages' only , and subsequently taking their seats in tnose of the first class . On paying their fare at tfaa station they are presented
with rickets of a certain colour for each class , and tm the arrival at the placeJn question , it is tbe dnty of the guard * to cqUert tte fieketa , and charge the " excess fare" from those -who had taken their places in the first class carriages , having only paid lor the second , any reteal on the put of the passengers subjectibg ^ them to a peniity of 40 s . In - * e performance of this duty , deceased was engaged on Tbejday , whieh compelled him to pas 3 from one ** rriage 10 tbe other ~ bj the steps , and wbendn the *•* t > r placing his foot ori one ot them , at the time *** train was proceading at the rate of thirty miles 81 hour , his foot slipped between the wheela , which
*¦ aey successively pawed over , dragged his legs in , Wn *^ aig them vacn ¦ b y : inCtirop to ow « f bis knees , f ° d above tbe ortec Immediately after the train *~ p ^ sed , the deceased was dweorwed by a bn > - T ^ gwrt named Thomas Lee , who , kaTing-stopped " rf- " &ain * T * ^** wthe ^ pbt , and Dy the ^ rice ° | 8 om * ae £ eal gendemen , who were pasBeogers , paced him in one of the carriages , and proceeded to ^ ' . where it . wag deemed advisable by Dr , r ** ffiooa , qf Soho-SMjuare , and another medical gea-^ l 1131 ! who was present , that amputanon should *« e pkee , which was performed by thtm , by « 6 . ^ ng oae otthe AigBiriope to the body of the
"Morinnate man , and the : t > ti »» about the centre ; £ » m the time ^ of d » e accident , kowever , the « e-ased did not survive above three hoorg , having ** pired about nine o ' clock tbe same evening . After ~ j ° e remark * from tb , e jury npon the danger of * "ng-8 uche . 4 n . ty to be perfiMrmed while the ^ j ^ g es wtre at fall - speed , tbe jury returned a Je ro » -t of " Aeeidental Death . " The deceased j * ft * wife and two- -children w Went b ^ ^ "Ss . ' - - - ) ., . ; :: ¦ ¦
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The Master of the Rolls aud Vu-e-Ukaucfllor have nseu until tbe sittings before Michaelmas Term next . The Lord Chancellor will continue his rtttings duriDg the next week . At Hereford Sessions in an appeal against h rare it wan dfi-ided tbat the new Union Woikhnu !« e erected in that city under the authority of « ht Poor Law Amendment Act , was not liable to be as-essed to tbe poor rittes . New Poor Law . —The Guardians of the Southwart Union nnd Their masters , the Poor Law Coinmi * sioners are gone to loggerhead * . The former wishing to red are the salary of their auditor to a scale commensnratr with hi" duties ; but the Commissioners- * -ill not allow it , taking upon theiaselves tbe ; ntbarit \ nf disposing of the p--iri"h funds . — "Ve- 'iU tbe power and imperirni-nww of these Commissioners are oiily begiuuUig to de"elopii thtmselvtS ! . - ¦¦¦ - ' — — - - ' - ' ¦— ^ !¦ ——¦¦^ m— THE MASTER OF THE RuLLS and V U-e-Ckan- cfllor bave nseu until tbe sittinas before Michaelma *
Dreadful Death from Hydrophobia . ' — About two months agn , a little ho \ , ttu 3 ehrsoV a ^ e , l-anit-Q John Evjius , -on 01 tbe painter , Upptr Li-sm-grovr , was bitteu in the lo ^ er part ot the stomach h y a dog . A surgeon cauten ^ ed ibe part , nnd no unfavourable > ymptoms were eviuced until Tnursday weti , whr-u he txpeuei . ctd mutb d-ffi .-olry in brt ' arhinKj acd on Sunday alternoou died rasing mad from tbe tJFects ot" tbe wound . ' Collision between two Steamers and a Brig . —ou Weuu . suay uftenjonn , about 3 o ' clock , an aiarmiug collision tonk place between t » o Greenwich steumers , the Nelson and Gi psy , and a larue brig , tbe Ortj-u , which placed in imminent daujjer the lives of nearl y 200 per ^ oDS Oli board the
. < rHainer . * . The G ///*^ , with more than 100 pa «> svn ^ ers on bnard , wa > proteeding down tbe river , off Pitcher ' s Point , being thru just alongside of the hrijj , which wa-s > a hug in the same dirrcti ^ n ; tbe Nehon , on it > passage froai . Greenwii-h to London , < dme into violent collision « ith tne Gipsy , sinking her larboard paddle-box , and earning away agrear ornon of jl < tuiiher . < . A second coHimou , " far more vinleatthan the tirst , drove tbe Gipty a ^ ain » l the h . i ji , which battered iii the swrboard p a , idlt ~ box , tearing away a great portion of tbe timbers on tbat side , of tbe steamer , and rendering her situation , tV ?> m tbe immense s ; zc of tbe brig , beii ; g I'ttwteu TOO and 800 ton * burden , one of ex'mne peril . It wa-s tbe opinion uf nur informant , who wds on hoard the Oi psy that had it not betn for the uctive
"Xt-rtmns o \ the crew of the britr , the steamer , which « raS rBtaugled with tbe br g and ibe XeLon , must ine \ Uably have been run down and sunk . At thi- * time the brig ' s anchor whivb was la-bed alongside , > ad securel y fastened itself to the Gi psy ' s paddleb ix , the parldle-wbeel" of which would not work , aod there was not an inch of sei-ronm to enable it 10 eitrieaieit > pii , m coij > tqueijL-e of the Nel .-on being foul of the Gi psu on the larboard side . Nunierou-. b . atmen immediatel y put off from the ou osite
chores for the purpose i > f rescuing the pa ^ seugers , the great majoncy of whom were females ; bu ; tbe advice of Captain Gile * that no one s " tn > uld leave tie ve , « . * el was fortunattl y attended to , or tbe consequence of a general ru * h to j , ei into tbe b .. ats might have been serious . The Ntrl-on was the first to d : sengage herself , and proi-eedea in her sh-atts-rcd srate to London ; but the engines of the Gipsy beini useless , she iio ited witb the tide to a timut-rwharf withib a short distance . wbeTe sbe was moored
until tne RuyulTir , from London , came alongside and conveyed the p : ^ seDger >! xaiely to Greeuwk-b . A great pnrtion of the planks , &e ., wbich were dragged from the steamers , were picked up by the boatmen and put on boa . d . Out of the crew of the G p . y , who washy the side of tbe paddle-box near tbe gangway at the time she was struck by the JStrlfon , bad a most narrow e-cape . Had he bern six inches nearer tbe edize of the vessel at tbe moment of tbe collision , he must have been smashed by a projecting part of tbe HeUon .
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GREAT MEETING AT THE FREExMASON'S LODGE TO TAKE THE NATIONAL PETITION INTO CONSIDERATION . On Monday last , the working men of Hull , and tbe middle clas ^ -s , met in th » - Freemason ' s Lodge , for the purpose of discussing the merits of the Natioual Fe . iritm , and to coiu-ider the best means of furthering its objects . We never saw * o many ol tbe middle class at any previous ineeting—enlisted , n ° ^ i P * e good cause , by the iinpr » js .. -. ion which the Birmingham demonstration has made upon every reflecting mind ; Though , the -notice was short , ihe great room ifas crowded with workin g men , middle-class men , and- fashionabl y dressed females , all giving evident" proof that the day of nmon had arrived wneu the middle and lower clasps . « h . > uld throw off tbe yoke « nich tbe landed and the momed aristocracy has imposed upon them . At ei ^ . it o ' clock ,
- ¦ \ . ILD took tile ciair h 5 acclamation . He ^ aid that he never felt more sincere pleasure than St being call d npon to prr ^ siJe over that , a preparatory meeting for tbe purpose of COusidrrilig the AatjonaJ Petinon . Prepamtory , because it was in contemplation to hold a great district meeting , when their beloved fiiend , Colonel Thompson , would be inviied to take the chair —( immense cheering)—ana i part of the business at such meeting wonld be to elect , by Universal Suffrage , a member to represent them in the poor man ' s Parliament , not in the corrupt Parliament —( cheers }—and to wbich honourablri piwl he made 110 doubt that their faithful representative , who bad proved himself too honest lor the hase constituency , would be unanimously returned .
( Repeated cheers . ) Yes , Thompson would be one of the forty-nine , and wonld well speak their feelings and protect their rights . ( Cheers . ) He was sure that the good sense of the meeting would render his tisk as chairman easy and light , as he -was pleased to see every dispos tiun to preserve order and maintain < juie-t , ( Hear , hear . } With snch a sprinkling offashionashe saw , no donbt some difference of opinion may arise ; however , that platform was tbe ro . xirnm lor all , tbe neutral ground , where friend and foe should have his protection , and , he might say . the ear of the meetmj :. ( Great cheering , and bravo . ) The working men courted inquiry ; they songht inowled f e . but alas those who called them ignorant , monopolized the right to judge , without having the honour the
or charity of imparting anything -from the boasted store of their vast superiority . ( Cheers . ) Two resolutions and the national petition would be submitted and calmly entertained , after which their oldest and most iaitaful friend , Feargns O ' Cwnnor , would address them . ( Continued cheering . ) He would no * call upon Mr . Wilson to move the iirstr ««> lntion , and a porticn pi his duty would al > o betn read the national petition , in order that all may walk with open eyes , and see their * ay clearly in tbe wide aud open road which the mauifesto of right had prepared Jor them . The chairman then 8 at down loudly cbeejed . Mr . Wilson rose , and was also londly cheered . He said , Mr . ChairmanLadiesGentlemenand
, , , good working men , the doty of moving the first resolution has devolved npon me . 1 shall not say that I am unprepared , as the subject is a lesson which we have all been long and well schooled in —( cheers ) —neither shall I regret that the task has not fallen into abler hands , tor the day has now arrived when every man must be ready , with heart and hand , to do a man ' s part . ( Great cheering . ) The day was wuen such a meeting conld not have been got np without a flaming announcement , that the Right Honourable Mr . Noodle , or some other Right Honourable fool , would preside —( laughter)—but here the spint of the object inspired those who were to benefit b y its realization , and they properly selected an honest and an npHght working man a * their
president . ( Great cueeriim . ) Thuir hasioeas there was obtain Universal Suffice—( cheer *)—and let the beast who " did not think himself entitled w the privilege go herd with beasts —( cbeers ) -r-lbr ne was a wilUug slave amongst men , aud not a-fit companion for freemen . ( Cbeers . ) Some had said , and properly said , never petition again-- ( cliyers >—so he said , bnt he was not going to read a petition , he wa » going to read a demand . ( Vociferous cheers and waving or hau . ) Yes , a demand in which he did not . expect the chosen few , the select body , tue eulrarichiaed to join . ( Laughter . ) No , Universal SofiragewM » ot for their benefit , it wag only foi the Denent of those who * ereunjustly trampled upon by tie representauves of bricks « nii mortar . iCh ^ r * 1
In the seene before him , in the recollection of Monday last , in the growing spirit of the s ^ e , in the ad-T- * ncement of literature and the arts , in the diminunoairf cranes Knd in the increase of the poor man ' s morality , m one and all , ha saw the cloud breaking wrtne radiant sunshine of liberty . ( Great c jeering . ) When the good men of all classy w * re once . united , we aboiild have no occasion / or Buchmeetiugs ; there Wonld be an end to contention , ' and strife , and the commencement of social" harmony . ( Hear , hear , and cheer& > Bat perhaps he was declaimiug against a grwrunce which did not exist , or contendbig lor a right which was not- MisKbtTor or desired
by the working classes . Let them understand each other , and in < mier that thej may , let every man who baa not * vote , bat who thinly he ought to have a fute * aid tksthe could Well and beneficirdiy exercise the right of yoriuft hold np bis right hand . ( Cheers , and nearly every hand held up , amid which we were glad to ' see the ) t » nalt » mingle their white fiheers and wedding iiuga . | Then , * ajs Mr . Wilson , xu ire thau twenty to one in tiuf vai < t uieeting are denied a -right to which , they are entitfed , ahd declaring tha \ t&jy conld weli « rercistf tiiat righr . Sachbeingthe freiing , he wonld then proetted to r « ad-the documen t , tfliich would teach them tbe way to pos . * ess that * hich they coruddered 10 be their righu ( Cheers . )
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«« Mm « I high authority , and Lord Grey had said he wmild xtand by his order , and therefore left tbe people standing by their own order , and further , let them , according to his further ad » ice , put their Hou * e in order , " but let them take care that it was ofirlTn T , ' ^ r ^ no reference to the house Sm ^?? ^* " * &en ™* d the ^ solution and dM ? h , ** £ Pennon , and uever did we see more £$ S ^ % &z * £ & ££ ^ i ^ j ^ tSi ^ iKfew < W »/ Suffrage . We demand Vote by baUot W ^ demand Annual Parliament * . That UieTerv rs work was evident , from tbe interchange © f-looks , nods , and smile * which followed the reading of this ma ^ rly . declarati « , n of freedom . Mr .-Wi&S after h ^^ ng moved the resolution and the adoption of the petiuun sat down , loudl y cheered , when ^ ellkerllnt . hanfhn ^^ ^^^ I—1 ^_ ¦ » . ; , -. n wnuldxtanH hv hi * « ,, }„ . «_ j ¦ . t . _ --v _ . * * % : ¦ . ?
Mr- , . CowE ^ f rose amid renewed applause to second . it .- He /« aid that he could scarcTly blame tuoae in whom power was vested whether 01 right or 'y p . Hiirpau . m , for ahuniu ? that power when the milhuxis w cre ready to submit and had so longtamely Mibuiitted-to their dominion . It was most easy for men to 1 ciime there and cheer and cheer away , and respond in triumph to the call upon them to take their affairs iuto tbeir own hands , while it seemed that the men of Birmingham ; and other . parts of 1 orksbire , had been allpwsd hitherto to work without their co-ftperation . ( Cheers . ) He knew the value ol ^ Uim-erKal Suffrage , every man who had a « lay slabtmr tor protect ought to knovr . ths value ol tna- vote which vfas the sentinel ; ol the value af that tahour , while he was engagedinit . { Great cheeriug . ) All other classes went about their bnrineSS with the pleasing reflection that while eugaged in -their sewral ocoupatiims , their interests were protected l > y their order . ( Cheers . ) What were those
interests r Why , the plunder of labour , tbat only interest which was not represented . ( Loud cheers !) Lould the people call the House of Common as at present oonsntuted thisHoua— ( uo , no , )—then let them be up and do ; ng let them prepare for the eveut ; let them keep their eyes fixed upon theminjatnre Parliament which had btvuihatni ghtmentioned by their worthy chairman , that Parliament in which fie 'leclmiiig j-lory ol their town « ould be once more rescusitated , where tbe recollection of a Marvel would be awakened by the eloquence and patriotism ot a Thompson . ( Repeated cheerii . ) Thoughts crovf ded up . > u bim , but he knew that all were anxious to hearFeargus O'Connor —( cheers)—and theretore h »? would coucludp , by heartily seconding the rt-soluiion and the adoptioa of the demand . The liolit-st man Sat down loudly cheered , when the ctminnan put the resolution , which will be found in our Hull news , and which with the petition wasearned by acclamation , amid thunders of applause .
Mr . R . Lundy , an extenave and highly respectable Ironmonger , came forward to move the second resomtiiiii , and was received with cheers . He said Mr . Chairmen and gentlemen , but above all , ladies . I aui glad to see you here , gracing our proceedings by your yrrSHuce , and assisting our rause by your sanction and approval . ( Cheers . ) Toseefemale » tiiustakiiigalively interest in tbe affairs of the nation , sho . wed t hat slaver y if Ibnuerly conKned to men was now making havock in every class of society and wiudiug its way throug , e > ery crevice of the cottagp , until at lRiiKth it had injirshaUed tbe > exes « s its enemy . ( Cheers . ) Th . liisniuerin which our business had been done bv stringers ^ left us little hope in tbeir improvement under promises of repentance though ever so exiravag-mt —( cheers)— aud therefore- as strangers ha . ) tailed in their
allegiance to the people , let rlie peoulf try wnat hand lh .-y can make ot their own work . ( Cheers . ) They would , he promised them ' disai •• ' point usany false prophets , who foretold the dowutit . ll of British institutions in the admission of tb < - poor and tbe unprotected— ( cheers . ) Ol one tliiug however , all must be aware , that under no circumstances could the affairs of tbe nation be worse administered than nccordiug to present practice . ( Cheers . ) The trial therefore was not hazardous ; i ; the proposed system did not prove quite tierfect , it would be at all events a tran . sitiou from very bad lo much better —( cheers)—and an such it was well worth contending for . ( Cheers , ) He knew that all were anxious to hear their old frieud Feargus 0 'Couut > r , who in tbeir weakness und apathy had once more taken pity upon them , and therefore he would simply move tue second resolution .
Mr . Pawson then seconded the resolution , and said it was cheering to those veterans who had so long stood b y the Universal banner to see such a gathering and to witness so mnch entbu .-iasm and devotion to the cause . The resolution to which he bad to speak was one that must meet the approbution of every good man . 11 there was one fink in political society more rotten and injurious , and cont 3 minative than another , it was the press . ( Cheers and cries of ' It ' s trne . " ) That press , both Whig and Tory , had mnrshalled their respective forces , they fonght their battles upon that narrow and convenient fir-Id —( cheer *)—nut much expense to ihe belligerents , while the poor from the wnrit of such u guardian aud protector , were thus obliged to wage expensive warfare , by bestowing their time ¦ which was their all —( cheers)—to do that which the wealthy did by their newspaper . ( Cheers . ) Feargus O'Connor and tbe beloved Beaumont Were the first meu in
Britain who ventured upon the establishment of a truly democratic press—( great cheering)—and bow was O'Connor repaid ? wby , he had a paltry circulation of some twelve or thirteen thousand , while the working clashes supported mere trash and rubbish . ( Cheers ., Ifithad not been for the protection which the IsurUtern Stur afforded , they would still be as slaves in the desert , and their own souu s might echo through the wilderness , but O'Connor threw them with allthe force and power of union into the enemies camp . ( Cheers . ) Yes , had it not been for the Slar the plorious struggles and manly eloquence of their own Oastler —( tremendous cheers)—and tbe unequalled oratory and stead y course , and powerful denunciation of wrong of their champion of liberty , tbe unrivalled Stephens —( renewed and enthusiastic cheering)—would have been confined to the sphere of their respective localities , whereas now they shine a * universal lights , shedding their lustre upon u * equally with those who are bleysed With their morn
lmmetuate presence . ( Immense cheering . ) In all ag e * , we have found that the most difficult object of accomplishment , has been the marshalling of public opinion , and the Star has done more to effect that object than ever has been done . It is true that our power is now beginning to command more of the respect of the press —{ cheers)—because , without the pressnreirom without , they begin to find that there is np security-for tbe pressure from within . ( Cheers . ) Tbey ^ were now following the advice of the men ot Birmingham , they have given us fheoutlineof their intentions , and be the penalty upon oor own heads it we fail to take advantage of their instruction and co-operation ; of one thiug all must be certain , and tbatis , that without union we are powerless , with union we are invincible . He secon . ed the resolution , and concluded amid hearty cheers .
Mr . O'Connor th ^ n came forward , and was cheered for several minutes , he said , that if three yeaia ago he was bold in his weakness , they would , now find bim mild in bis strength . Three years since he came to disunite them , it was true , that was to sever the good from tlie bad —( cheers ) . He had done it , the good were now independent ol b » th Whi g and Tory —( cheer .- )—he now , after the storm which raged ou Monday last at B . nniughain , came to create a calm , and to unite all who were satisfied to enlist under the sacred banners ot Universal Suffrage . ( Cheers . ) Mr . O'Connor then went on to show that the House of Commons was more liberal than the constitneucies , aud there ' ore , the attack should be made upou the franchise ; as a proof , he instanced the rejection 01 Mr . S . Craw .
ford , Mr . Roebuck , and Col . Thompson , which was entirely the work of the Whigs and the Government . ( Cheers . ) The Whigs would rather have a Tory than a Radical , and the Tories would much prefer a Whig to a Radical . ( Cheers . ) Tbey ; were warmiug-paus for each , always taking care that the bed slioold get damp rather than allow a Radical to keep it warm—( cbevrs)—He could : not exactly agwe « itb Mr . W Isoii , that the obtaining of the suffrage was only to be beneficial to thone who had it not . at present ; he thought the present constituencies . very much resembled Iboliah children with open knives in their hands , with which they coild not and s ' nould not be trusted ; ( CLrwrs . ) Mr . O'Connor-did think that the extension of the right of : vodug- to aU was the only means of saving the representatives of . brick and mortal-from th . ir
own ignorance . ( Cheers auri laughter . ) Mr . O'Counoreurere ; d iuto a lull accoaut of the COUrsB which the Ikrimug ^ &m men meant to pnrstie ; . he said . that be haU well watched tbein and was delighted auu satisfitfd with their pr ^ ' ected plan of operation . He jipokf thighly of Mr . Muulz ' s speech and of those of the srvi-rnl speakers . He recommended a large district meeting in the neighbourliood of Hull , 'aud would be deli ghted tf > atteud auu see Ma old fneud Col . Th-impsou in the chair ; than whom no better man lived . ( Great cheers . ) Thonjpsi . n , busaiU , would ^ feel it a higher power to make uite of tliH suialLhalf hmidrediu Loudun , thau one ^ of the . 658 . ( Cheers . ) Mr . O'Connor then drew a sa-i picture of Ibe sate of Ireland , attribnting all the woes of the countty to O'Conuell and the Whigs ; he then
adverted , to the union of Church and Slate , and said , ? un are asked to respect Infidel Parsoiis and Heathen o ltical Bishops ; why , said he , if Christ the great ftrimitsj \ A Chrisnanity was to appear to their Spiritual L rdjihius , followed by twenty augels , to the Housh of Lords , ' and thuii bespeak their Heatheu . Vl ieh *» ues > c»—^ Shepherds , ryon have neglected my children—your flocks—and yuu have strayed from my ways , ; making lawai for the peo ple instead of folio wing my laws , or -of olwemug my commandmHut *^ -th eretor * go sin no more ; leave strile to o ' tbere . : Wbile you endeavour t » heUI eouteutiuri . ( Great ' chei ? niif ! . > How mvi Mr . O'Connor , what wonld the Iuh ' uela do ? Uhy cull for the parson ' * , r e ^ reseuttttive , the Serjeant at Ann ? , horn the Cwnmous , to assist the Bishop ' s
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SSff fe arer ' ^ Usher the Black Rod , and they Siw" ^ [ ? strong body of the Metropolt worJdfe - £ . Wpomfield ' rising a * the pilot , wj ^ say € rnqfy thos 0 on and twenty thferes ¦ in ^^ ° Se CAe ? nn ^ « nJ cnes of they ' would >~ he IS wou 1 ^ Crucified ; aye ; thotigh knowing tffiSil ^ on ? , Godtheywonia crucify him rather ffifH ^ P > n sv ^ t ottheirlitbestogo ( Cheew ) . SSf-wi . n P ^ P ^ "Lords spiritual and parsons , « W »?^ ^ % > " ? communion tiible henceforth nh ? K ' - ? ? bQr < ' j ° r » indeed , you shall have no church at all , and the service shall be altered iu every re 8 pect _ both the Litany , the Psalms , and Tif £ ? " ? department ; the whole form of worship snail be changed , and you shall pray but once a 7 h » n *\ , ° on , ? i ^ mont ' or once a year , but vou shaU have all the tithes . " The Infidels wUld say , oh , wr aons and merciful , just and religious judges , you apeak wisely , and we will never pray , if ' *! « b . . ^ worq-rjearer , thei Usher < ift . h » n \ ar . v u « a •'«« a .. » u . ^ .
,, nn ^ vii J ^ r cheers . ) Now , he '( MrV O'Connor ) told them he was mild in his strength , and in ^ | ^ e would the middle las 4 to join in ^^ gtb ^ wholesal e plunder which a bad System oeonle % A > W ^ . ' ininitdBg against both the Si and themselves-the middle classes .-The Fom onl lw ther ? ' J t ^« ' - ^ not refuse counge S ^ MSSSffiS'SS Hifew ^ s ^ a Ivfl na ^ i ^ K -- ^ » I ) oce » t caus ^ of all the enects ot tarthbr obstinacy . The neonfe ma ««*•
pK ^ S ^ sfefSSS Ihe frir administration of what nature gave a man would be more than ample lor all our wimtl tS cheenng . ) Mr , O'Connor neverhad told the pS that they . were to be All idWs , be could not remam Kile hmi ^ e f ; they did Uot ' wish it , but " he died iu . - . strqjfgli . ug frr it , the v , ry ' poor ; s . hall have ; protection Irorn the laws , and enough ^ eat and ^ drmk , and wear , tn . l to make , him happy—( great cheerin ^ -so long as he is willing to V , ( irk , and moderately too , lor it ; machinery making hi * toil light , instead of contendiutf Htfainschis ritrlit to
uve . repeated cUeers . ) Man wa * better ibau ^ uai . y supposed ,. but wmrs long unpunished grow into right . ( Cheers . ) Let it be onr duty , then , tocorrect these errors as leiiifmly as we . cmi , .. lwjiy . s takiua care . that we keep the goul ill view-the o , il , Ui . iversal Sullrage . ( Great cheering . ) How y < , u always cheer at the mei . iioii of my inon , ter : you many . if you told me it would kill me- ( cheers ;) -hut it will .. ot , it w . H make you all ; and wLeu my g-eatest enemies come to scan tkirl y my cureer , and see the full results o my labour , tu « y will sav- " He . is u
neuernum ttan . we thought him . " ( Loud cl . eerti . ) As for the coinphmeut wu . ch tliey pi , i ; i him , as pr . - pnetor ol tlu- Awttmt War , tie u ^^ to sav in reference to the pr . ss ihat the B rmiugt . aiu mee ' titia had opened eyes heret .-lore clo > ed ; oue and all had Handled it : even the ^ lying ' limes had done tliem more service by an injudicious aud ilUmuea he—Uaughter > -th » nj miiny of iheir best Cri ^ idH by telW tbe truth . With regard to local papers , be must observe that th « Star was started 11 s a work of necessity , lor-want of . a- single local paper to represent the people trul y ; l . ut lie was bound to sav . that be
Held 111 his hand one ot their owu papers , the Hull SufurUat /' s Journal ; and so long as tuac uapercoulaiued such articles ashe wtis urouU to see ou tlie mrminglmm UleirtlllM , SO long Would it ' . etter eervv ihe ca . iSB to su ^ pjrt the Jour ,, ai than the Mur . ( Cheer > . ) A local paper mnsiever have inore w > i « iu AI « ny would be Converted by ; -tlie Journal , who would be only coiifinned by the Star . - ( Uu .-b . ter . ) It was the duty ol every Radical 111 Hull to « uupon the Jouruai ^ o long us the . / oM ; v / o / siippt » ried them ; and let him tell them that , unless they supported that paper , that paper coulu not support them . Mr . U Loniior then eun-red into a varietv ot tnij . es , all ol which he argued at great length , « uU coucludrd a speech which has given more sadilaction than auy tie ever delivered in Hull , with the never dyiua theme i > t Universal SuhWe . Wlieu he resnin .,, 1 Ins ¦ «« . ! .
the cheers were kt-pt up forssverai jniuutes , afier winch the densu ina-s parted , promising not to rest till Universal Suttrag « was t » ie basis ol the constitution , j ( Hear , and cheer * . ) , , • • [ We understand that aiready arrangements are being maue iur the approaching district mv . erinp * winch is expected to surpass au ^ tliiuj ; ever wimesseu at Hull , and will make one ot tlie first ot the twenry relerred to by . vir ; Atlvyood . Mr . O'Connor Vaults ot callmg oue ut Carlisle , ol wh . ch due uoiiie will he given ¦ au-i we also understand it is 111 contemplation to hold a West Kiduig meeting , on or about the 1 st ot Uctober , at Peep ( ireen , to which Joi . n Fieluen , twq ., iVl . P ., Colonel Thompson , and Sharinan Crawor . i , Esq . arett . beziivned to act as jolUI Uresi . ients .
lioa speHd such hol y Wl > rk ! Me should have a million ou Harwhenu Motir . Th « Leeds branch ol the dreat Northern Union , we understand ; mean to tuke the lead lutnis national display , and will shortly publish tne outlines uf their inte-iitiou . They shall uave pur best assistance with band and heart , aud to into tlie hurgiuu , towards expeiiaies . —Eu . ]
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE LEEDS ' INTELLIGENCER . Dear Sib , ¦ , | j Alloveme to contradict a statement in yorjr paper of to-day . I perceive that I am represented i- ) have told the People ol DnwsbutV that "the People had as much right to burn Mr , ngh ^ m s Proyerty , and Murder him , as be , ( Mr . lugbam ) had to put the Law in force : ' And also , ibat" they had as much right to go to Mr . Ingham ' s nou » e , aud burn it down , and destroy his Property , as he had to put the New Pour L * w ia force there .
Oumy own account , it is of little moment what tnisrepredeutatiousnrema . de lespecting my speeches , 1 am so' used to hav « words put iuto my month ( ii print ) which I never utternd , that now , in sucu cases , I laugh , and read onwards . — - — -Iu this pamcalariustaiice , tiovvever , it is possible tbat much damage , to Persons aud Property may be doue , if it ts believed that I talked such tw / ise / ise . I ueedonly sny , that thosri persons who "depose " to such folly , must have heard me to very bad purpose . ¦ * ¦ ¦ ' It will be time enough for me to say what my words were , , when Lord John Russell seuos lor me .. Meantime , let those persons who love me , ( and hundreds of thousands Jo that , ) rest assured , tnut I never nave such-an opinion , or recommended such conduct . '
it is a " Wmo Lie , " and that is all about it . I am waiting to be sent for , ; , And remain j Dear Sir , r , Vour ' s truly , RICHAItp OASTLER . Fixby Hall , near Huddei-sjield , Avg . Mth , 183 S , . PiS , It is also said , that '' tbe Meeting was compnsrd of the very lowest classes ot the People , "—that may b » tnie ,-l ; was told , that alu theBEWSBUBY Whigs were pr « sent ! " And Heaven kuows , that uoue can be lower than they . It i 3 1 ) ot surprisiu ? that the '' base , bloody , and 'bru tal : WhigV ' - who 1 ! t \ geou " "' 'o M'irder me at Dewsbury , ou the Day « t Nomiuittion . shoul d now invent a "bludgeon' tale to shit */«? , »• "bloody" purposes . It seems the Coward ^ are no t very ^ foud of " Dewabuvy Bludgeons wheu they hit tuejr own heads r but more ot this when 1 appear before Lord John-I will tell him all about it . R O
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APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC , Moie especially to the Working Classes of Lancas / ure , Yorkshire , and Cheshire . Abont two months ago all tbe leading millowners of S . talybridge , with but onw or two houoomble excepuous , opeuly avowed their deteriuiuation to discbarge from their emtiloy ^ and prevent ; as far as they could , fromiobtaiuing employment elsewhere , all those , i who were . knowu to De hearers and supporter * of Mr . Stephens , mtmibers «) f theRadical Association , or otherwisezealou » in their eftbrw to opposethe introduction of the New Poor L ^ w into tire Ashton Union , and to maintain the rjU 8 t righta » f labour as now threatened by the Malthusian ecouomists 61 our devoted country .
1 his conspiracy was evidently intended to stop the scanty supplies which Mr . StfpheUS . aH aCbl > - uau Minster , receives from the voluntary eontrjoutious ot ma consregjition : and by effecting his """ to dnve him altogether from a ueighbburhood , * here , for several years he has been the scourge ot tyranjs-the shield . and bulwark ot the oppressed and defenceless poor .- ^ To prove bow lightly he regard * the threats or thondewof the rich oppressor * and how di-eply he sympathizes with those , who Uave been maoe tosufter , for the * ak # bf trjuth and of a ^ good conscience , Mr . 8 | ephen > ha . s givtin up the whole ot hi « Kraall 8 alary for the relief of his more needy Tnend . v resolved to behimseh thti chief , if he njJiy not be the only ^ mar tyr , in this infamous persecution . ' - ' i ! " -
.: Considerably more than one hundred indinduals have at eady been turned on to the streetH raihet taau sacrihce principle , -which they havjj learnt to value more than even lifr itself . Most of tH ^ se have hnT , ?^ 5 v D or H at the di « ereut mills in the neighbourhood , the Stalybridue masters haying succeeded wb , % " ? » rtr ^ an 1 ^ into the awful Bldod ^ book , S ° m * to a ^^ nng death all those , whose u ^ ues are written there ! , ¦ ¦ : xiM&ZSfi « ^ rmiaation still goes ' on ., In all likel htood scores , if not hondredH , more wUl have tit ujuow their proscribed and hunted brethren in a
n ? w ° « S 811 ^ Pommittee" formed to a « ist these ? 1 a 5 uffereI ; s in a most righteous cause , have agreed , totnake ttieir case know a to their fellowoperatives in the diatricta around them , convinced
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cordiaW ^ % ^ < lo »» 'aui at oUt-e tual sTtiS nri ; PftratlOn and , SBfP ° r ^ whi <; 1 » Ae ' rirty * . dimanl ma % FS for ? erty ' ** imperatively di ^^^^ - ^^ whe ^ ve r this circular is . ai ^ ributed , and , either in pnbUc meeting or bthermZa T A ^ r ^ account of thi « most eoWWooded and truly diabolical attempt to MurdeHhe 2 S J in ^ he 4 ^? , expectotibn , by so doine , t o rofu and destroy the Poor Man ' s tried and devoted Friend . Signed b y Order of the Relief Committee . GlEORGE NIEFiD , Chairman . JOHN DURHAM , Corresponding Sec . Committee . Room , Kingr-street , Stalybridge , ; Aiig . 10 , 1838 . xr- ^ 'r ^ 11 "H ^ P ^ to be forwarded to George Nield , barber , Carolujp-ftreei , Stalybridge . . »» Vv . . .. -. ,
The Ngrthernstar. Saturday, August 18, 1838.
THE NGRTHERNSTAR . SATURDAY , AUGUST 18 , 1838 .
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"We can think of few positions more uncomfortable thaiu that must necessarily be in which one who gloats upon the cle vefnefs with which he has concocted a nice little piece of deception to serve a purpose , and who chuckles with delight , at the anticipation of success , finds , all at once , that the trick has failed through the clunwy mana « ement of tbe Artiste , and tbatbp , instead « f laughing at the smplicity of bis gulls , bas become , himself j an object of derision ; without any hope of mending hU position or any other hope of making it hearable to himself than that of calling ia the aid of impudence and
brazen-THE TWO-NECKED PHIAL .
ing out the imposture . Precisel y in this predicament stands the Prince of Boobies , alias the Editor of the Leeds Time ? , alias "Publitjs . " He dH ? cended ( however unwillingl y ) from the Met .-opolitan "galaxy of stars , " iu which the combined rays of HootoN and " Publius" twinkled with conspicuous dullness . He wa « duly in-tailed , with all proper ceremony of precession aud flourishing of trumpets , into the Editorial chair , wh * -pce jike a rush-li g htin the centre ofa somewhat datriafied dark lantern , the scintillations dl his genius might be observed , iu theirtitful glimtuerinp , throughout
tbeimmense orbit of the ea tensive circulation « f the Leeds Times . Tbua elevated to the position of a planet , he became anxious that some attendant satellite should rerlecc his glories , and so multi p yhi . s powers of enli ghtenment . This would be deli ghtful . But where was the satellite ? Suddenl y recollecting that in email companies the same actor often doubles , and by tbe aid of . a differently-coloured wi g sustains two very opposite characters in the same piece , he of the " galaxy" resolves on the experiment ; and arrai !( ies with himself to write to himself in tbe columns of his own paper ; prudentl y premising that himself in the rdd wig shall not be bound to
agree in every particular with himself in the black wig . Not deeming it consistent with our duty to the public to allow thiti imposition to pass , we made free to uplift both tbe wigs and expose the bald pate which they were destined alternatel y to cover . For this piece of unwelcome service , Mr . Hooton is exceedingl y wroth with u * and pours out a hot ohower of displeasure from his two-necked phial ot Mr . E DiTOH and Mr . " PuBLius . " Like a puddle in a storm , the ebullition of Mr . Hooton s anger allows the mire and dirt to beplainly manifested through the foam of the mudd y water . He
does not dare to deny that Mr . Hooton and " Publics are the same , but , as Editor of the Leeds Times , he labours very lamely to contend that there is no moral harm in the trickery and deception of leading the public to suppose that tbey are two , between whom a difference of opinion may fairly be admitted ; while , as " POBLIUS , " he delivers himself of some of the lowest blackguardism that we have ever seen to come , even from ^ uc ¦ h a pen as his ; exhibiting in both instances a large share of the low eupuing , without any of the usual dexterity , of an Old Bailey
practitioner . That we may not be accused of unjust railing we shall do that by him which he has not dared to do by us—we shall allow him to tell hb own tale his own way . First then , as Editor , in an article headed " Two Faces under one Hood , " he aays "A small ray of & ' ar-light , —magnified into an extraordmary illumination , —was cast upon the world lose Saturday by Mr . Feargus O'Connor , through the meoium of a new ^ pHper ol which he is (» ' « understand ) joint proprietor . It developed in becomiug magtnricence of style a very extraordinary discovery . No less an oue than that according to
, the best ofO'Gounor ' s information , the writer of tne letters ot Publius , and tbe editor of this jouriial , are one and the siiine . individual ! And hereupon followed a very serious though a very simple " uroWSt " against US tor having , aa he assumed , written a letter in our own newspaper ; or as Thomas Hood has it when speaking ot himself , in much funnier language thau Mr . O'Connor ' s , of having put two tactis unde r one Hood . . Now , eveii taking for granted that they are our . * , and we should teel no shame for tne leilers in question , since they have met with the approvalot men before whom Mr . O'Connor must be content td sink
into lnsigmncance if not into aosolute iuvisibihty , - ^ - we have yet . to-be shewn what harm is done to any one principle , any cause , party , or person iu whos « interests we are politically concerned ? Against "two faces uuder one Hood , " there caunot in the abstract b * any objection , providing that both look the same way , and bear in the mam a similar expression . As well might it be objected that there oughtnot to be two men of the same party ; or that literary productions having one aim and object ought not to be given to the public in more than one old and famiiar form . If this brilliaut idea of Mr . O'Connor ' s be cor : ecu one hall of the nritictiial '
writers of the couiitry ,- —Addison , Johnsonj Steele , and a hohdred others , dead and . living-, ^ -with Dear Swift and bis prapier ' s Letters to boot , must suffer uucjualijied coudemuation . , Yet . nobody of sense everdreamerof disputing that more actualjrood has b en effectedby the very means which thi * '' briefles !} one , " visits with bis nonsensical objections , than bv ttuy « the . r ever adopted . They have been the' chief engine iu recbrameudinp by their variety , the same gftfar truths arid everlasting priuoiples to ttie consideration of men jvhoraried as much in their ta ^ te as iu their physical organization . IndeedI so couviuced
are we ot tue yalue ot this kind of variety , tbat we should entertain no objection in the worlu to see the face of Mr . O'Connor tdinsHlf , provided it were s ( Jrelly one , ( We speak iii a political sense , ) appearing 111 lw < ij versions , or even in halt a . dozen" under oue hopjl . ; " EoBior * than we should < ib } ect to «« e the pretty face of Mrs ^ Niabett—and Mr , O'CoupOE must a | i |> lauj onr taste in this , — + twice or . tbrice repeated uiiiier a head-dressglkteriug with agakxy of Slam All this we have written on the assumption that the letters 6 f Publius are ouw .-r-An assumption of which the man of noise is at full Uberty to make the most .-. ,-. . .. . ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ - '•¦ ¦ ¦
The tirue cause hQwever , of Mr . O'Cobnof ' B amazemerit on seeing in the Times two articles written in a different ; formJ ' romeachother , and ( as he presumed ) trora the same pen , is tliis . Mr . O'Connor caunot , for the life' of hjrn , imagintt how any man canhave the modesty to writer flpeak , or dream , anything v withoutmonouoMng the wb ^ lecredit tohim ^ Beli , iiipropria persona . . Not ^ single ^ element of that kind exists iii ' hw . bwn bosom } aiid hence Iris , astonlshirient on seeing it ¦ ( aa he supuosed ) in aubther pewQn . For him , to think of producing anything , without at the sarnie time bawling to die wotld , "This is Mrtk » " ^ buld he ' lalitanionnt . to cutting himself in halves , acid throwing one-half atfayi No CUrtMihritint can ne suffer from the fair and full-length prppprtious of . Feai ; aui O'Connof . To take a slice from MtniMf in the saape of » PubKus » *» r ^ re ap ^ y *
perhaps , in bis oa ;« e , of a " Vibius Pupptusj' would be to perform an act of political suicidei His self * esteem , and his reputation together , ^ would ; die pf a syncope . ^^ Above ^ all inen . weeyer metjUeis the man who most resembles ^ certain simpfetou . of whom we have spmewhere read , and Who , it appeared , had r mairnfacttir » 'd a tin sheet for the twe 01 rt » e thearjre . Oa > earingj ^ the mimic ^^ artillery- pfihe element ; be sta | rted up in the middle ol the pit , and gazing rotmd him ^^ for applause ^ exclainied in a lpudeir voice than that of few own handy work , Genflemen !¦—It is all my thunder ! " Yes , -fif it w not aU known to be O'Connor ^ thunder , he sin ^ s into ' oblivion . Not that w 6 qnairel with mni : iiiiour honest opinion , he has great need indeed for the Uttlft ^^ help ^ ffevery thing heniay put hand p > tongue to / ' ¦' , ¦¦*¦
viWhat a pity j that all this noisy rant should have been wasted for want of a little information . Had the Editor of the Leeds Times taken the trouble to
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send over to tnis office , we would have told hira taat the " small ray ot Starlight" wbichhas given himsa much offence was not emitted by Mr . O'C b ^ iioB aqd that MrTO'CoNNoS heve , r sa ^ w it until after it was in . type . But , aays the Editor of theV ' Leedt Times , " against two faces under one hood , there cannot , in the abstract , be any objeetioh ; provided they both look the same way ^ and beaT yin the main , a similar expression ; " and he goes cmUt communicate the infoVmation , that several eminent Eugiish writers
have written under assumed naiMS . Wbjj who does not knovr ; that ? and who finds asy fault ; with that ? 'Tis not to the fact that , MKBootoh thmks proper to write a letter in hi * own paper , uuder the assumed name of « Publics , " tbat w © object ; but to the trick that Mr . Hooton by thus assuming to himself twx > d , Sere ,, t character ! . , assume * aUo the ri ght to hold two different opinions on the same * uhject . Why did not the Editor of the [ Leeds Times , in answering the "small ray of Starli ght , " quote from it the words whu-h follow ? '
"We d <» not presume to enquire what may , be the motive of the E . ntor ol the LceUs Times lor pracusingthis gross biimbug on the put ) titvior should we have taken , the trouble to expos : ! the decepiiou bat lor the ¦ ubUouest subterfuge contained jjj tiie latter , uortinu ot the auuouuceiueut , viz ., thnt ' the Leeds'Timet must not be coimidered as in everv Barticulttr ideutihed with the feelings t «> which he . ' Pobliuisiuhv give exprrssion / A public man , an-i a writer , to be des .-jvuig ot respect should be-straight forward and independent , aiming at tlie establishntelit o » prittciple at vjhutever cost ; but here i * an artfu , doiible provided by the distinction between tbe Leeds Tm-g aud PuBLius , for the timiing or- tlte cake whenever
necessury ,- so asto . present the inost . ' tiltilataUe sine of lt . to the -eadere of the paper . W ueu Pubi , ius happ « iis , as m the or .-se . iit tiistanceV to s » binl ) le upoa subjects which show how very limi ted are his coucen ^ tions , aud circuuiscribe » l his iu 6 irmaiiqii , \ . heican be > atterwards smoothed down b y tbe Leeds ' Times-43 soon -. us . 'the , ' Ediior has recewetibis cueirom the . schooling of his subscribers . Agaiust this di » Uohfst liianceuvering we protest . It is too mucli that , iu tlie > aine . journal , the same writer should give due version of ti matter ' as Piiblios ' , a » d a otter vfrsion ot tbesHmrmatter as ti . e Editor of tbe Leeds Times . Wp rnpt-ar , tb » t had it not lienn * for this pal ^ nlile Mnck' we should have tsiketi no notice of the evident mse' practised by onr coutem porarv in tha way of trade . "
We grant most readily , that to " twofaces under one hood" there can be no abstract objection , " provided they both look the same way and bear th © same expression . " But what does Mr . HooTOtf mean h y' beating in the main the same expre . ^ ioh' ? Does he mean to tell us that the faces of the Editor of the Leeds Times and his Correspondent "Publius" look the same way , when with the same breath- Mls us , that " the Leeds Times must not be
considered as , in every particular , identin ' ed with the feelings to which he ( Poblit : s ) . may give expression . " Either Publius anil the Editor ef the Leeds Times are one and the name person or they are . not . We have said they are , and the Editor of the Leeds Times does not deny it . If they he , wh y .-hould tbe same person not agree in every particular with himself ? If they be not why doe * n , t Mr . Hooton , the Editor of the Leeds Times * at ouce
proceed to tne proof tbat they are not , and , couvict usoi malicious slander . ? Let him get out . of that deft slick as he can . Having thus done with Mr . HooTON as Editor of the Letds Times , we now turn to him as " PuBLius , "—rin wbich assumed caoacitv-ho flings out ot-the foul cesspool of his heart the following precious morceaux;— . "So far fro ia feeling snrprised at the low Irish abuse poured upon me lajst week , thfougli in © *• most maliguautStar " iu this norcht ni . heni . sphere , 1 was iu tbe full auticipatiou of it ; well knowing
that with bastard patriot . ' , as with ants and . liorn .-ts . ail affront to oue is an affront to ike yrholt- ' tribe ; and that the nasty stings o' the whole community * of them are ready at any time to be unsheathed ii-oni their buttocks iu revenge agaiust any man who might think to do . society a sei vice by . yuttiug bia foot apori any stray member of their disgusting aud mischievous lraternity . ; : ¦ >< "From that qHarter I quite expectedia . plea in . favour Oi Richard Oastler , because I kue \? there was a - galled jaiie' not lar from thence who would wince ' as , well as he . In advucating the cause of Mr .
Oastler , the writer of that article , urouhet-like , doubtless , foresaw that he was ouly ' prosjiectively pleading for iiiinself . ? Unly let US , ' tbuiigUt he , 1 establish tlie principle of subscriptions , m this instance , and we simll have less trouble afterwarda when we oursehes ( should ' our lucky stars so order it ) com *? to be placed iii Mr . Oaistler ' s position . To workfor ' notUiug' becomes a pleasing aud sacred duty ., when the picture of a ' jreehold estate annuity ' is hung out as a testimony of national gratitude , ( not pay for patriotism , mark you ) at the end of our labours . " .
"No matter that the 'annuity , ' or the seat iu Parliament , or whatnot beSidei , Oe purchitsed with , the wages which , ought to have bought bread aud clothing tor the hungry and naked , —it signifies nothing : to patriots ot that stamp , because tbair patriotism is their trade ; and , like the giu-seller , or the pawnbroker , they must drive , a uroKcable trade as far as : they can , though their fractious of pro fit be distilled from the last penny wdrtli , or collected . as . ;* rent ' on the very shirt that covers your shoulders . ,
"But Mr . Oastler is not avaricious , arid was never charged with « ach a sin before , A much wiser maa than either Mr . OaSUer or his apologist , on being once asked his opinion of the character of another , replied thkt lie must see his lust actions as well ag his first , before he could give an aniwer . i By which , was meknt , that though a man may do whatever lsjHemingly fair , the result of his conduct ' ouly cart afford a just interpretation of his motived . " ¦ The opinion of the much wiser m ^ n , ' " quoted ia the last sentence , is the only part of tnis concentration of Billingsgate worthy of notice . According to that opinion inasmuch as M ^ Oastleb ' s
last ads have not yet been seen , ' " Publitjs , " holding the seutinient that a man ' d " last acts ^ " as well as his first , must be seen to enable us to judge of his character , must be a villaiiijto sit dowa deliberately , and write the character of Eichaed OASTtER as avaricious , without / having , as ho acknowledges ^ the necessary premiises from which to draw the conclusion . ; 1 , ^ ., But « \ PrjBuus" has discovered "Vgalled jade- ' connected- with the Northern Sttfr ' ^ wiio foresaw that in pleading for a reward forOASTtEB , he wag prospectively pleadipg for himself . This furnishes a collateral evidence , if any such was necessHry , that "Ptiblids" is the Editor of the Leeds Times .
Since it is clear from his subsequent * allusion to th © " BanisteTj" tbat tbis poor fling is intended for Mr . O'Connor , presuming him to be the author of the article in the Northern Star ^ which raised the choler of "Publics , " by pollingoff his mast Thus does the poor fellow ' show biniself utterlyunable to support the double he has ' assumed . The dirty 8 hirtpeeps through the dickey itf spit * of all the pins and buttons he can fasUn ' up ^ n-i t . Poor HopTOJf ! we sincerely pity him , but we bee tbat
he will not take the trouble of falljb ^ -rato a passioa again , until he has done one of two- things—either shown that " Charles HooxONy"E < q . i "— "the Editor of the Leeds Tirnes ^ -and ^ Publics" is not one and the same person with ' a : couple of aliases , or shown upoa what honest aad reasonable ground , " CHARtES HobTON , ' Esqi i" alias ' «; the Editor of the * Leeds Times , " alias - « Pcblios " should not be required to agree in every particular withhimselifi - : * ; - * - - . ¦ ¦ ¦ '• ¦ ¦'¦ * ¦
Soi much for editorial notice of the Leeds Time * and ¦ " ¦¦ " PtjBLius ; " and as MrV -Ro 6 ton hai thought proper , in this bunnefffl fe make a clumsj effort at being p ersonal , we' fcfaVe condescended foi once to "" answer a fool according tot his folly , 'Vb j Inserting on bur "sixth page ^ a persotial letter to tha geiitlemaD from the inariaging editor ' of this piper id Which Ws mistake is rectified ; and a lHUe whole seme advice is administered , which we hope ma ; proye serviceable to him . . .. ; Yfe , really , owe som apology to our readers for occupying so much xpac with this subject . We can only assure them , ' " ' xchoolboy phrase ^ that if they will pardon us thi once the ofFence shalL hot be repeated .
Hull Asoused Peom Its Slumber
HULL ASOUSED PEOM ITS SLUMBER
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 18, 1838, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1019/page/3/
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