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    • . STATE TRIALS. No. 5.
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      . State Trials. No. 5.

      . STATE TRIALS . No . 5 .

      WBliave npw ^ roTecordnciiie ^ f Bie fnost extraor-Sii ^ sy- ^ Teals « ve r narrated ' -on tfie page of iistory ^ e aBade to the Ganpo ^ er 3 * fot ! At , niention of this word a picture of the whole afiair rises before the mind . Wesoe the picture of Gut Fa-wxes , as represeniedfxom time almostimmemjDrla . 1 , in a slouched ha ^ a large ^^ and ecrt ^ siTe boots . A ferocious ? oantenance , a d * rk lantern , and a neatly cni beard oomplete the character , and make- as pretty a hero

      for some murderous Melo-drama , as eould possib lj be desired . We see the vault filled -with feggots aiid powder , the train laid , and hare some indistinct notion of fire ,, popery , executions , " and confessions . ! £ hen , descending to ^ modern tftnes , we behold ^ me jiondeseripi kind . of-ngarV Tf&h a great coat , a red nose , and bro 5 eB ^ aeS , att p ^ Tery- ^ comfortably in a « hair , and ' carn&d about by dirty little boys shouting- ^ :.- ' i -.- - -. '

      and letting off squibs totha infinite delight of all jnveniles . Our fertile Imagination also sees the Times newspaper begging of all men , -who would laiaer not die at ikej& ^ to celebrate this glorious day—tq ^ Ktay forgood ;^ nffjiijEs , and to pay iheir 8 * 1 ^ includingwhaHfce ever-ready and never-to-^ &Tgotten cry of ** 3 * To Popery !" 3 V « wai endeavour to reduce this mass of coniteion to slittle order . :

      ** Please to remeniDer , " Thefifth of November , The Gunpowder Treason ana Plot , " &c

      -In the first year of Jahbs ' s reign , it -was dis-Weredtliat » jloi had been watered into , naving for i £ b object the destruction ef the King and Par-Eaaent , by meana ^ of a quantity of powder placed -jaa-raoli under the House of Xords and Commons . Fawsss , aajofficarin flw : Spanish Bervice , and who weni bythe -nune of Joekson , -was seized at mid-» ig& ^) l » vsolt . He expressed hi 3 regretthat he ^^^^ iialBSptfepMty of firingihe powder at once , ¦^ M ^ ofaweeteninghibowa deaiahy thatofhis enemies 1 & courage lasted for some time , but at length JijbfeStoTOriai ^ he Tick so overcame his spirit , that : & > made afolLdisooTery of the -whole conspiracy and

      ; « O 31 fltt « mspir » torB . Many trere slain by the ; # ffe ^ : anaim « ny were reserved to die by the hand . ^ C ^^ jexejcniikaieT . At 3 heir trial there , was but 3 O&B £ & interest , and . but little worth , repeating , as - ^" liE ^ ed guilty exeept Gasket . Coke , who had 5 > ee £ engaged for three and twenty days in unravel 1 bJ 5 the-perp lexities of this case , made a long ^> eech , - wbkh is considered the best efer delivered by him . rHer » cted ~ vri £ h more suavity and temper than on former occasions , though he compared the conspira tors to devils , saying it well ^ tted ^ ich td irork ia the dark and to aea gunpowder , and he concluded % sA ail - " papists " wereWncerned ' hi it /^ rojn < fe foci thaipotcder teas invented 6 « apriest .

      Bates , a merchant , was heavily fined for contending that the sovereign had no Jignt to impose a OaJkj- office iMlTRgs in » he jK > u&d on currants . These napoeitioas at the royal discretion were manifestly JHegalandnnconsHtationaL - - ^ Lord Sahqcib ^ e , ^ Scotcli nobieiaan , beingin hi ^ h conceit of his skill in fencing , bad challenged to a boot » prcTessorof the * art" by name Johs Tubhkb-Thit Bobfe opponent offlBghis weapon 5 nth liUleeare obtged TrawKBjvjn his own _ defe »» , to ns& all his force ia -warding off tie attack . - An accidental Hqrost deprived the 3 or 3 of one" ofiriseyes . Though , greafly ekraged ,. ^ 5 < pjrsuB concealed lu ^ . emotaanB , nd All probably would have'beea forgotteni had he

      -BOt absatSve yearsafterwards betefcsfc ^ dby ' tbsking ' jofj ^ raaice aj ' e ' cara ^^ havi ^ flo ^^ pbfB ^ ht of one eye . j ^^ i ei ^ explaa ^ i ^ Jfajestj' su&y ? And does Aeaaa lire f , Theao words iad such aa effect on ^ . ih § B&kTO ^ X > r ^ th 4 t h& was " coktiiiually nauntod § j ^^^ n ^| i ^ . eonia % 6 t ^ Ijb ^^ b vcS : ^ ie ! r ' xafafhtee , ^ e ^ eapJoyodrtwo- of ) £ s i ^ wBifarya ^^ ho ^ findibg v ^ fiKsn « J-ids ' liBas 6 > imBaftdiatel f ktot luia ^ Sh . ; i | ra ^ 3 ^| 1 ^ 3 ^ ck wm t ° ^ 3 . ^ Siit ^ tniaE waa -iaed . £ ar the jawraer ^ . aniaritE every mga of con-^ 6 i «^ ec » £ esBeiLsb » ^ bsc& Bacox addressed the fSfiraci and _ erpa&le 3 Lo ^^^ ihe . cargeltyflf ' tte whole jpoceeding . He ' ezpreffied astonishment at bia ie-^^ . fc *™^ g - eadi ^ ed ^ r Jite . yean , Baying , * All witb

      ^ ftfmspa are assnageit = tinWiTbre ^ Stred ' - jpreef , V ^ --ail fire ^ Waf ^ iOTCtH ^ Sffimfe , 2 fnofoel ¦ ^ grt J ^ ^; V ^ . to- ^ -pri&Micr he obserrcd , i * Yow ^ tty&a * r ; genarea& spmts are hard to for-> jgifBj bo ! 'ieontrailtrWe ^ generons , aiid magnanimouB Cjjarife are readied to . yor ^ re , and _ it is a weakn ^ a « * od impotency of nifaid to be unable to- forgive . ' r © BB-iaaae treA arid - pbBbsophy pervade all the ^ i piseches jof ibis . trbly ' jgteat * jnan . Tie prisoner ^ fcegged that as his Wood was noble , he might die by rth * axs j bdt his request was refosed , and he was "TiangBd at Tyburn . .

      : -Wheklocke , a barrister , was prosecnt&d in the Star Chamber , merely for giving a professional opinion on . a point of prerogative against the Odwn . . The next case was against Peachim , arlergymaDj for writing a sermon , wbiGh was made to bear a treasonable construction . - He did nofpublisb , nor print i ;; but yet was condemned . This writing formed the only testimony against him . The case

      was xoo manifestly flagitious even for Jaxes , therefore the condemned man was pazdoicdi Jakes L , like all weak Monarchs , was always provided with special" favourites , whom he loaded wiib boaoors and / richer Abont the year 1609 , Robekt Carre , a youth of twenty jears of ¦ ase , whose natural accomplishments consisted in good looks , and whose acquired abilities in an easy and graceful demeanour , was purposely thrown into the king ' s-way . He was selected at a match of tilting io present to the king his buckler and device , but as he was advancing to execute his

      office , bis horse flsng him , aad broke bis leg in the king ' s presence . Pity and aSeciion immediately took possession . « f the royal hreastrCAESE was soon inighted , created Tiscount Bochester , ' invested with flie Garter , brought into the Priyy Council , and in fact to him wa 3 allotted the supreme direction of all business and political concerns . Hochfsteb had the good fortune to meet with a sincere and pradeBt friend . Sir Thomas Oteheckt , a man of great ability , who , by his counseLs , taught the favorite to avoid the envy of others , and to net with moderation , but at length , when Rochesteb mentioned to livm li ^ resolution to marry the Coantes 3 © f Essex

      his paramour , a woman of infamous character aad ¦ unprincipled disposition , friendship conquered di =-cretioa , and Overbcht , in his endeavours to digsnade the Earl from bo rash an act ,. naturally inveighed against her iniquitous life , painting in the strongest colours her cruel treatment of the Earl of fjsxKX j her well-known crimes , her badness of heart , aad iven concluded witix a ihraaV that ; he -ntrald teparatfi himself from Rochesxek for ever . This language wa 3 repeated to the Countess , and she joined her lover in resolutions of vengeance . Rochester procured a commission -irom tie king for

      the embassy of OvzEBrKT to Russia , and when consulted by his nnhappy victim , he earnestly dissuaded him from undertaking the office , saying fliat he would satisfy the king if he were-displeased ¦ jr ithtbe refusal . To the kiiig he again aggravated the j aeolen ' of Otebbubt ' s conductr aad . obtained a mrrant for committing him to the tower for a time . T&e lieutenant and other officer , of the Tower were creatures of Bochestkb , and had lately been put into the officefer this very purpose ; the unhappy prisoner wag confined so strictly , that he was debarred

      flje sigb . i of erea bis nearest relations , ; . and aocomjnanication of aojldnd was allowed witihim during near six months , which he lived in prison . The Countess was divorced from Essex and married to jZscxzsrzB ? who toi created Earl of Sombset , but nol « ithstandiDg her luccoss , she was not eatisfi ^ while Ovzbbubt lived , and she engaged her huEbandl as well as her un « le , the Earl of Xohthajutos , in the atrodons deaga of taking him off secretly by poison . Fruitless attempts were made-seven different kinds of poiwn were used ; Eome were mixed in the sauces . someLi ttsmeat , and some in the tarte ,

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      so that he scarcely tasted any food ,, the i iiourishment of which avas not destroyed by n « xions drugs . The wretched man' kijejY-tliat he was gradually dying , »» d made continual and piteous appeals to Somer-SEI for his release ,, but neither his entreaties , nor those of his friends , Boftened the hearts of the bmtal murderere . At length , the victim sunk beneath the repeated attacks , or , according to some writers , was smothered . Two years passed away ; an apothecary ' s apprentice , who bad been employed in makiijg up the poisons , having Tetired to Flushing , began to talk very freely- # f the whole secret , and the affair at length came to the ears of the English King . James , alarmed and astonished to iind such

      enormous guilt in a man whom- he had admitted into his bosom , sent for Sir Edward Cobs , the Chief Justice , and earnestly recommended to him the most rigorous and unbiassed scrutiny . The i » junction was executed with great industry and severity ; the whole labyrinth of guilt was carefully unravelled , and . the criminal put under arrest . Richaud Westos , an officer of the Tower , who had administered the poisoned food , was tried first , but had been tampered with by some courtly personages , and therefore refused to plead " guilty" or " not guilty , " lest something should

      come out against the Earl . He was sentenced to endure the punishment of peine fort et dure onere frigore-fame—th&t is , he was to be stripped and laid on the stone flooring of his cell , where a large weight was to be placed upon him , and on one day he was to have a drop of muddy water , and on the next a morsel of bread , and so on alternately until he died . This judgment was usually ^ given against nrnte prisoners , or those who would not-ansfver ; but it was not now put" into execution , as he at length confessed . Mrs . ToBMBB , the emissary of the Conntess , was next placed at the bar ; Lord

      Coke told her "that women must be covered in church , but not when they -are arraigned , and so caused her to put off her' hat ? : If appeared that the Conntess of Essex had " recourse to a magician (!) Dr . Forehajj , of Lambetn , in order to ioaie Rochbstkb in love with her . Several magic piatures -and woBderful papers vrere prodnced , and among them was a parchment joined to a . bit of a mah ^ B skin , 'haring the particular devils names open them ; wko were conjured to , torment % ord SoMEHsra and Sir Abthuk Maxwabikoj jf ^ eir lovee should not « onti ! rae , one to the CounfeH ^ pie other to Mrs ; TtisER . A parchment was SSti

      containing the nances of the Lordsand , Ladies /^ ho loved each bthet ai Court f but it was not . ailbWed to be read ; one book also was shown having the names of all , who sought when they should be widows , and when marry their present lorers , and it was reported that the first leaf Lord Coke lighted upon contained the name of his wife The Chief Justice told the prisoner she had the seven deadly sins , and condemned her to death . Sir Jeryis Elwes , Ideuterant of the Tower , was now tried , and he said to Coke— " I have heard your

      ^ Lordship say that when a prisoner stands at the bar for his life , comfortless , allowed no counsel , but strong counsel against him , perchance aifrighted whh : * be fear of death , bis wife and children to b& <*** ^** $ ™ *> * ° & ^ de to seek their bread , iyojat harealwiya ^ tied the cause of suclTaone-yon haW protested ^ you ^ had raiiir iang ; in hell &r njercy ^ j ^ sach ;> n one than for judgment ^ h JSe wfa a good defence , buMras hanged on Tower HUl ~ wher £ he made * full confession . His estate , to the value of £ 1 , W& per annum , was given by the King \ o Lord pappea ^ jshwobl s * ni generously restored it to

      the widow andlBharfosg AhiitGaw-n * - ^ . j nintf- ~~~ Lady Fiuscks ; Coantesr of 8 owd ^ Er 7 ^ peMed atthel » T , wearetold , in a"black ' tanime ^ a cypress chaperon , a cobweb lawn ruff and ciiffij . " She made three leyerences to the peers , looked pale , trembled , and shed tears , putting her fan before her ' feee .- When her indictment had been read , " she -pleaded * guilty , ^ with a low voice , but " wonderful fearful . "

      Robest XJAEiiE , Earl of So || ebset , pleaded not guilty . Bacos—showing the enormity of db crime of poisoning , jmd the difficulty . ef-fts proflfeBaid" Who could have impeached Levia by teSimony for poisoning figs oia tree , which her husband was wont to gather from ! Who could have convicted Pabasetis for ,: poisoning one . side of a knife she carried with her , and keepiog the other clean , so that she conld eat safely of that meat which the had cut , and which poisoned her neighbour ! " And again—* ' As it is a principle in nature , that the best things are in their corruption the worst , and the sweetectwine makes the sourest vinegar , eo this excess of friendship between- Sir Thomas Ov £ b-

      bprt and Lord Somehset ended in morial hatred . " Tlie Earl was found guilty , > at was , together with his wife , pardoned , though the wretched instruments of their villany suffered , and though the King had called down the curses of Heaven if he let any of the murderers escape . James appears to have had some motiTefbr his clemency , and eertain it is that he was most anxious duriug this trial s circumstances which have been attributed to the fact , that Prince HE > -RY , his son , a youth of wonderful ability , and far superior to his father , had been poisoned by SoJiEUsBT—and that the crime was kcomi either before or after—even to the father hims& } f , who preferred his favourites to his « hiidrcn . Tnere is too macii reason to believe this charge .

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      ( From the Birmingham Journal of Saturday . J My dear Fjuexds axd Felxow To . wxsjien , — After having served you in Parliament for seven yeaxa , I now resign into your hanils the honourable " trust -which you have three times confided to me . I rejoice inuch in thtse repeated testimonies of your confidence and esteem , and I rejoice more in the reflection that no part of my conduct has ever given you occasion to regret them . For myself , my only regret is , that I have been enabled to do so little service to you- or to youreountrv .

      For seven years 1 have toiled on under the infmence of . the righteous hope that I might probably be of service in i ^ fisLjtiag to restore real and permanent prosperity to the iiidnstrioas classes , and real and solid liberty to the reoplu . AD my hopes have been disappointed . ) have found it utterly impossible to do any good to my country by honest means , either within the -walls of ParHament , or without the -walls of Parliament . ¦ This latter failure has been to me a bitter mortification . When I found that all hope was vain within Parliament , I turned to the people out of doors . I had dooe everything in my power to gire the Reform Bill a fair triaL I had -waited , year after year , in the hope of ita producing fruit meet for the people . It waa not until all hope va abandoned that I cried out to the people , "Cut down the tree . Why cumbereth it the kfound ? " ¦ ' -

      Y « n -will recolle « t , my friends , that in 1 S 32 , when tke Reform Bill was carried , 1 cordially united with ysn in suspending all further political agitation . The immense movements of the public mind ceased ; and tke nation , to uae my old phrase , sunk to real as paaeefally and tnmqnilly as the infant on its mother * teeast if wiBdom and virtue had presided in Parliament , never was there a finer opportunity of ieatonng the proeperitr , the happinew , the contentment , Uie power , the glory , and the dominion of England f ?_™ Z fear " ^ yea * ibia S 13114 qpportnnity -waa i ^ S f ^^ - In «« jeara 1834 , s , and o , some httk rdaxafaon of the national misery wm effected . But ia the year 1 S 37 , the fatal screw upon the carrencj was turned upo n to people as severely a «

      But , iH 1837 , I agaia Tmited Tfith all parties amoae ^^ Ba ^ f ( Iing V ° mcal s ? itation - T ^ times S that d ^ aous ^^ year we appealed to the ministers of the Crown , and implored the Government to Ie- the people live . We represented their miseries and their

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      at— ¦ , .- ... .. . ^ ,: . ... . . ,-.. ¦ . . . . .. . distresses , aftj we & ) iutotl but tho just and { effectual means of relieving them . Lord Melbourne did not appear to be against us ; but he openly told ub , in the November of that year , that "Birmingham was not England , " and that " the House of Commons was against us . " X Tentored to assure his- . " Iiordahip that we would prove to him that "Binnin v ham was Eng . land , and that we would change the House of Commons ; " and , on taking leave of him , in the presence of the deputation of fifteen masters and wbrknicu , I made ns of the following words : — "My Lord , I think it my duty to express to you niy conviction that , in neglecting the prayersi of the people , upon this great occasion , you -will raise a moral tempest round youi head , which no moral means can by any possibility resist ; and if you attempt to apply physical means , it will be an act of madness and suicide . " ;¦ ¦ - '¦' . '

      It . was not until theu that I thought it my duty , after long ana painful reflection , to appeal to the people , andto unite with many of my raoat intimate friends in the last grand movement to obtain a further political reform . I did not loot upon snch reform oa absolutely oet tain to be obtained-, nor if obtained , in any degree , however extensive , did I reckon it absolutely certaiu that it . would produce either prosperity or liberty for the people . But under the dire circumstances of our country I thought , and I still believe , that in the present Btato of the House of Commons there is but little hope of recovering either the domestic prosperity , or the foreign honour or safety of the nation -and , thereforoi I considered that it was necessary to accomplish a radical change -.- _ ;

      In attemvting this great work , seven times greater than that of , ; lSS 2 , I was sensitJe of the difficulties which surrounded it . ] had to move in dfirkueBs and danger , thruugh uncertain me&ns , to an uncerUin object ;; and that object , when obtained , doubtful in . ita resulte of ultimate weal or woo for the people . This I explained to you at Holloway Hba ^ . But I khew that if wisdom and justice preslUed in the councils of the people , their will would be omnipotent . I knew that the interests of botti masters and men , among the industrious classes , are one and- tho eanie , no possible miachief reaching the . workniau , without flrsfc coming , as it were , through the very heart of the master ; and I knew , that iu reality , the masters had suffered more ¦ wrongs and oppressions , from the state of the law . and the conduct of thp ' governn \ ent , than even ttieiruiihappy ¦ workmen themselves had endured . ABoye all . things : I knew that the masters among the industrious classes ,

      suffering , at least , equal wrongs and injuries with . their workmen , possess the Votes which : command ; the elections of the House of Commons ; and judging from that community of feeling and opinion , which . conwnOa injuries and common ^ ufFerings promote , and fttoin that electrical effect , which mind has upon mind , and ; which masses of minds have . upon ^ individualinindB ; judging by these things , and also by the experience , of 1832 , I thought it practicable , by just and legal meaas , so to gather ' np and unite t&e niind . of the iridufitrious claatiea , as ^ ultimately to secure either liberty or prosperity , ; or pierhaps both , for our ' country . The dangers of the attemptwere great ; but , In my humble judgmeut , the necessities of our country were greater . 1 saw tho industrious classes crushed and broken down * no hope to eheer them , no-friend to protect them . I saw tbo best hearts in England ; -bTeaking ; some perishing by an untimely death , some flying : to the eitrouiitios of the earth , and others

      T : f'Whispering lpw , TJnhallpw'd vows to guilt , the child of woe . " It was under these circumstances that I rcBOlved , in conjunction with my friends , to make the Isat great effort , by just , legal « . ' and peaceful meacs , to establish a system which shojAfcgiTO hope to the wwstched , aad protection to Uie ^ j | p-B n § oppressed ; and at the samo time ^^ restore the 4 «( iS | d $ y ,. tiie power , and tlw violated honour of England , ^ xhat effort has been made , and baa totally failed . L ^^ p- ^ ' ¦ ^ . :. ' . " Opr > o 8 edonevets' ^| ul ^ guilt or folly , supported nowhero but ia Bi ^ nl ^ a > ajj » , and almost unkuownjn ^ g ^ no tives and ^ j «^ fe ^ rery ; other part of the-cotin--l ^ i ^^ J ^ Tl ^ MMf im ^ y ^ than useless , My AnAi ^| ruta ^* bfe ^ feara and unseen . ThojyubHc t ?*^ M

      »^~ . T ~ vrTZTF- . ^^ ' *» * - »» mwu , turuuguout vae wholenal ^ concealed them from the public eye . All mafm y > m » nmig . _ ;¦ ¦ Whtlst I -was bn \ ld ! n ^ up in tho dajr , Tother » t ^» pulling down in the night Whilst I wai lecprowrtgdtng unions between nusttrs and workmen against tifecoiamon oppressors , others ; were recommending on ^ ns of workmen against their masters . Whilst I -was gating out the jost and righteous and effectual means of giving victory to the people , othew - * we » itsoonnncndfng * rms and physical force . WhUst I v ^^^ Ki ^ fe ^ S ^^ *^^ - ^^ TJnion ^ Tan ^ aiSniyny onoTlrfBnasulp T > ctween masters ana WorloBMSfc ; isfli ' - mutial . VifiM . le ^ rt " ' toJoporktlon between" allUi © inotMtrlous ^ tsses generally ' others were promoting viollsWe ^ 'dlseoWy jesldisrl ' suspielon ; and division , separation"O f injerestsandOf feelings between aMHen and workman , and general n » t » d , distrust , and ( Harm , among au classes : of the community . The deluda » of ttia people suceeoded in leading the people astray . The irresistible moral tempest , which I had

      foreseen \ ras conTerted into hopeless and feeble exhibitions of physical force . The people had no hope ¦ whatever , except in mpralforce ; and there their triumph was comparatively certain . This they -Were tanght to despise and thiwaway . They did | ipt possess the means of availing themselves of physical roroe and if ihey had possessed them , it would oertainly have done them more harm than good ; and yet upon this broken reed they were taught to rely . Their poverty was the grand oppression which rendered Reform necessary . They hud uot tha money to buy bread for themselves and their families ; and yet they were gravelv recommended to buy arms for their country . Thwr disease was poverty , aud tho remedy which rich men only can mate usa of , was recommended to them They were omnipotent under .. tho law . They were weaker than infants against thel : iw They weresdducfd toset the law at defiance . And now what is the result ? The people are delivered up into the hands of their oppressors . '' ¦ ¦ ¦ ..,.- ¦ . ¦¦¦ ¦ ' .: ¦ - . - . - ¦ ¦ ' . •" . ¦ : ¦¦

      Yes , my friends , thisis the melanchaly state of our country . The deluders of the people , by guilt or hy folly , have delivered them into tho hands of theft oppressors . They have render it now almost impoisibie to form lar ^ e combinations , or to hold Urge assemblages of the pei . ple .. They have recommena « d measures notoriously illegal ; urging the people to pro ; ¦ nde nrms for the , purpose ., of either attacking controlling orintimidating the governiucnt . They have thus stt the law against them . They have set every jury . in iin ^ land agauist them . They have set every rich man . every humane man , and almost every rational man , against them . By unjust calumnies they have eet tiie middle classes against them . By sanguinary threats they set the upper classes against them The master has been set against the workman , and the

      workman against the master . My friends in Birmingham , who , for ten years , hav « been the very Ufo and soul of the Keform interest , have been rudely thrown aside asleadersofthe people for merely standing on their known rules and regulations , and refusing to lead the people astray - in fact , fur refusing to lead the people mto that very line of conduct which has now enabled "thelawj-cran-l the soldier to break in upon them , and render ull their exertions vain . " Discord , suspicion , hatred , and alarm , have been scattered everywhere . The peaceful , legal , an < VsuWhue moral movement of the nation which I wM contemplutinK has been shatterod . and bw » kvn up into a thousand fragments ; and I have not the means of restoring the pubic confidence , the unity , the morality , and strict legality which are absolutely necessary to give it a

      chance of success . The people have thus become a rope of wmd . Their strength is withered , and their hopes are blighted If ther had •> held fast to the law , ' - the middle classes would , by this time , liave been gained over to their side ; and the strength of their enemies would have been paralysed . But they have been taught to- relv upon illegal weapons , - which they have not the means of obtaining , nor the means of using beneficially if obtained r and to neglect , despise , and throw away that tremendous mocil power which was in their own ^ o > a ^ y L tbe ^^ M OMS 30 ,-1831 , and 1832 ought to have taught them was omnipotent

      . __ . But within the walls of J > ariiament my humble lahours have been equally disa-pointed in their result Afe'ain and agam I hayed pointed ou t and foretold in Parliament the calamities of 1837 , and those of the present year , and I have shown how those calamitios ¦ were , ma groat degree , neoesssarily producing or Increasing similar calamities in America . I liavo pointed out again ^ and again the certain , just , and safe means of preventing them , and of relieving them permanently . I might just as well have preached to the winds of xd . G&'YfiR- - - . ¦ .

      Here has been my severest mortification . Iwentyfive years of incessant labour hav « been thrown away From 3815 to 182 B , I had laboured incessantly out of PMhament , in unavailing efforts to prevent and relieve » he miseries and the dangers which the unjust and insane attempts to restore the value of the currency were producing . I had reminded the Government ^ that no nation upon the Jace 6 f the earth had ever accomplished such an object I bad stated to them that it vras an" object which evenJengis Khan , in the height of his power and of his madneBs , would never nave had the audacity nor cruelty toattempt" I had proved , in every possible" ehape , that if preserved in it would ultimatel y produce - the wildest anarchy and revolution . " I had proved that " the miseries of the people -would become so great under its pressure , that no taxes could be endured ; , and that the nation would become bo weak and powerless , that , in less than

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      twenty yjjRrsj tho meanoBt of her enemies would sweep her nuvies froin the sea . " I had even pointed out the fluctuations , tho alternations of real jKlversity , arid of apparent prosperity , with which it would necessarily be Attended . . I had proved ,. Upon a hundred occasions , that ; "in atteraptlrigto restore the . ancient standard of value , the Gpyerhmehtj instead of addiug only ' / bur ixr cent . ' to tho value of money ,, as was pi'tstended , were literally doubling the burflena yf ;« ue : peppje , and at the saroe time halving thbht mes ^ > , ' ¦ " } n thc 3 o . -facts and representations , I have been SKyportea $ ii 4 sonflrmed by many of the ablest men in tho countiy , and

      contradicted by none . . . - ¦' . ; , In tlie year 1829 , I had made this monster eiievanco of thenation th 0 main basis of the Political Union . I considered that the first wbrfe of A Reformed Pailla JtnoBt would necessarily havo been its rectification . By your assistance I had then rcntVerecl Boino sorvice in promoting the Keform Bill ; and : I had indulged the hope , that although tho measure of liberty was nig , 3 gardiy , thenieasiiio of prosperity might yet be full for the : people . Seven years of bitter Ktperience in the llofornied Parliament have now convinced me that all my anticipations of niitionai benefit were vain .

      In 1832 I went ; into Parliament , as you well know , with the main object of : rectifying this terrible oppression , and thereby of relieving the ^ distress of the industi-ious olaEaps , and reatoring tho full einplbyment of well-paid . labour ,- and the fullprosperity of manufacturea , commerce , and agriculture . I lost no opportunity of attojuptihg this , wheueyer I eould break tiurdiigh the innumerable forms and entrenchuients of a reluctant House of ComhionH . My facts and representations wore aover denied . > iy ¦ arguments and proofs were hot contradicted , The House of Commons would listen t » me with , patience . None would answer me ' ; few would support me ; butmaiiy . would give me pirivat « ly the : most solemn assurances-that all my representations were correct . ' If leVbr I received

      ; any slights or contumelies , they were a waye , I believe , where tliey might not to ; have been , / from among ^ the Radical members of the House , it was in : vain f at . me ^ to proye to the houae , as J had so of ten proved b of ore to the country , that the , discontoidt of . Hie people originated nrainlj' 111 . tlioir ^ poverty ; that : tbeir poverty was ^^ occasioned by the mutt of full employment and of Veell-paid labou *¦;; and > th ^ , ; th ^ e terrible calami ties were occaaioued mainly bir' theatteniptsof the rich dttssea . to convert ttieir ; paper rentsi ^ -taxes , debts , aiid dividends , into Btandar 4 gold ^ attempta whicli tended to strangle industry , reducinethe industrious classes

      ocoasionally to ono-balf eniploymehir'dhclat the same tinie extorting , from them double the quantity -of the ¦ products of 'their labofur , and tanaiihrcalityqtiaoinpl Ing all their public and private burdens , instead of increasing them" only four per tent , " as wasprotended It was invamfor ¦ jne toproye to theHouso , Wl had so of ton proved «^ the iJountryV that ; this terrible state of things CQUJ 4 not permanently he enuured , and tiiat it allowed to oohtluue it : w 6 uld uliimately terminate in tie convuisive ^ agonies of : si . { eatful reiwlutlon . My argutuenta ; were inco ^ OTertible ^ If : ( I ^ been a ininister , they -Wiould perhaps haye ^ ^ but asaplftin tradesinauof Bhmingham they " praduced but little ^ effect . ¦••¦' ¦ . ¦ ¦'¦¦ . •' : '' -- < - ¦• .. - . ; ¦ ¦ ¦'¦ . ¦ ¦ , ;^ . •¦

      In the year 1833 : they gained me aniUibrtty of 158 in the Bouse , -but in , the -year 1838 / tnit minority dwindled down ¦ to : " 48 t ' V How coul ( J-a cQnkend with such ^^ ^ statoof filings as 1 this ? ThSMWembers of the Housfe o ^ GommohS j ^ whether ^^ WhigB . ' ^ fc ^ eB , or-Bodicajs ; havo neglec ^ S ' * all my ; warningsj ^ nd iiaye persever ^ i in supporting jjieasiires whlcll fjiiaye covered Engird ; with povetty , ^^ miaery . disopntenV ^ dsham ^ and which tiro cortam , uitlmately , to ^ proa « e its ruin . Bulopp > sad and strangled as I was wi ^ the walls of : P * ftiauienti ought I hot to haye been sttppbrted put of doors ? There was not a ' - ¦ ' ¦ man in tho- Ctenerai Gbnveutfam , of tho Industrious Classes who did noti know

      myopUiionB upon this great ^^ subject . Th ^ ywerealtoV pfa fi ^ igflorant of it : ttjSemselves .. , They had : selected me as- | helr organin prienting the National Petition . TMt petition expressod iny opinions . At th > very mo ^ mejat that :, I was justing ^ the Petition au ^ dpfending tnelr cause and tMir " countrj > , , they : | bin # l tlw ranfcrof m opponents ^ again ^' afe '>| Tjaemenc&psenby / IIiii » oraal Suflteige , -auaHi ^ men chOson by the £ 10 f ran . cliise , . wcr « all equally opposed to me . " Howcbuia : 1 etand op agaiist friends and foes combined ? And bow * oul 4 I ^^ beneflt acbnnijrjr , which ^ JBeads mi 1 siich friehdji fprmy support f . :,, | ' | ; " / ' : } ' ^ - ' i ' ¦ ¦' : ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ '¦¦ ¦ "

      " bo fallMhe land tousirtftand sure decay , vVhen folly ^ uides , arid 1 niadness poinis the way ; 1 60 perish ' all the remnantai . ' pf their line , Wbenlovo and hate to ; work thoir doom combine . " I knew , my . f » ieads , that you will igree wiUt me In the paper rents , debts ; taxes , and obligations of England into gold of tlw anc ^ nt st ^ dard , ^ wfcee ^ jind are the fatal source of niue-tenthB Of the HUCtuW 6 a £ SlS « ilth mLKariM , an ^ distrewes which aM ^ tt ^ lF&gQj tote ; ftBdenfangeif ^ nDbap ^ ttiere are , many : others lawsx - ' of * : £ ' ^*! &&r-iriif oppreaslva « 0 iara « ter { but iljo" xno stSJ ^ Jii ^ ssiye of toeee ,., ** yon-vweli . know , Bro-eit h «* foundea upon , or inUmn , tely connected . ¦ i with , ' this ^ mbnetrdus

      grievance 1 of tho nation . f he corn lawa * and thbW poor laws are in reality one and . the same with the money laws . They are all three like the . Siamese twins If yoji destroy one of them , the ^^ other two dM- ^ nnural death . And thu new police laws axe nmebot " . ^ game character . I hayoof ten told you , as I have' ioM ^ tho House of Commons , that "tho landlord and ' 'the money lord have entered into an nnhply league together . They first passe 1 corn laws to : make' scarce ^ the food -Which supports man ' s lif 0 . They then passed money laws tp niak « - " scarce the money which purchasea tho food . When tlip peoph ? of England , ground between these twin " iniquities * like wheat between : the upper ami the nether millstone , seek rofugo in the workhouse , the

      melancholy patrimony of aheir fathers , then : pppressofs , hen pass new poor laws to close the gateiof ' the work-Louse against them , and to open tho bastiles in its atcad ; and , foreseeing that oppressions lite these wdulcl drive the puoplo to despair , they are no \< r preparing rural police laws , to nip ; sedition in the bud : " If you repeaJbthe ©» fn la * 8 , you ^ compel the iftndlortlH to re pcaJ ^ thaJmoney lawsj : iu , ttieir : ovyu defence . If you fsp ' 6 ai "tn ^ nioucy laws , ypu rentier the , corn laws a dead letter ; and it , you repeal tho ; no . v poor : law , ' you take the ground from under both the others f In this latter cusoj the us ^ ftl burdens pi the owners of land anil of tho owners rff money will soon compel justice to the unhappy owners of laboiu * . :

      With tlicsp , my known views and opinions , expressed upon n > hundred . ¦ o ccasions , ' , you cannot , doubt , my frieuclsi that I have done evefything iu niy power to prevent tho pftfsing , aud to obtain the repeal ; of .-till , and each of tUesa . oppressive laws . From th . p veiy firat 1 hayebeen their cpnstaut ; bitter , and uniirnching : ppgonent . All my labours have been fruitless . " .-. "' .. . . ¦ . •¦ ' ¦" . - . ' ¦ " . . . ' ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . . Nearly the same fate , but not . quite so inefficient , has attended my constant and repeated warnings upon foreign ; affaira . ' I have proved upon many occasions in the House of Gommoiis the absolute iiecessity of hunibtingtho barbarians of the north . I have . pointed put their Violiitipha of the faith of treaties , their immenao priiparAtions for war , and tlieir repented encroachments upou Bullish hdnpur ,: Interest , and sjifsty , In Poliuid , in Turkby , and in Cireassia . I have shown repeatedly that these bavbariiins have literally menaced the shores of Euglaiid with tweuty-sovoB lino of battla Bhips ,

      as-Koiublecl iu one . geet ;' within a week ' s sail of the Thames , and that , too , ftt a tinio ( 18 : 17 ) wheu England could not possibly have produced ten line of battle : ships to meet them ; Aiiinuiteilapprireutly , a-s David Tluiiie foretold , by one . favourite object , by the " -quri sacra fames , " the " cursed thirst of gold , " by some wild anxiety to realise their own claims upon industry in standard gold , the members of the IIouko of . Co \ umoris appeared to ino to havp but little diapqsitloh to give serious attention to any other subject , tinlesB ,. occasionally , perhaps , when the sordid squabbles of party faction jnight excite them . The prospurity : and hippinesa of the people , tho glory and domiiiiou of liugland , the hpnour and safety of the natioa , appoarod tb ihe to have but little attraction for them . jtVs I ; told iyoii last wiiiter ,. the very earth lui / ht have been rocking under their feet , and the Russians iuiglit have been thunderinjr at ^ their gates—all Would have been Unseen , unheard , unfelt , unknown .

      How different would have been the aituatlon of England if this " cursed thirst of gold , " this ' beggar ' s vice , " had never prevailed ! The people wouW havo been happy at home and omnipotent abroad . Poland , ' Turkey , andCircassia , wpuld Kave beensafe as Affghanistanis . The Russian would have been humbled in the the very dust ; or , at least ; they Would never have dared to build the fleeta which now threaten the dominion of the sen . These barbarous Russians , for ther . -.-Iart twenty-flv < j yiears have had no legal money whatever , except , paper mottcy , and y $ t they have recovered from the

      devaeitttion of Napoleon , and have suddenly become the m « st flourishing , the most prosperous ! and pidst powerful nation in Europe .. Englind has been « ngaged fpt th « last twenty-five years , thrpugh all manner of miseries and dangers , in establishihg her gold money , and . in thus quadrupling the burdens of iiidustry ; and what has she become ? The gloriPus England , Vhut late the mistress of the world , not miserable and distracted at home ; and feeble and contemptible abroad / has become tiie football of the barbarians ' ' to-day , and not improbably , will become their plunder and their conquest to-morrow ^

      Strange it is to reflect , that whilst despotic Russia , despotic Austria , and despotic Prussia , have each been acting upon a wise , benevolent , and patriotic policy , and has thereby inade tueir people prosperouflj happyy and

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      contented ,. constittttional England and constUutipnal Americahaye each been acting ¦ upon a policy directly apposite , producing xlirectly -opposite effects . In these latter . Countries , no Hardenber ^ Si no Nesselrodes , 7 no Metternichs ; are now . produced ; In both of them iurtustry is hunted down under tho name of sspecu latton . The dempcracy , in America , are at this moment cutting their own throats as niadly , and working the very : same wild huvoc ainong the industrious classes there , as the Jewish aristocracy are working here . Tn their wild efforts to convert a fiction of the law into a reality , they are . abolisbiug credit and paper money , which have been to them more valuable than the land which they occupy , and more vital , if possible , than , the very air which they breathe . Credit and paper money ; havfebeen tho very-Tiic

      and soul of their industy ; and yot tbey ; yirtiicusly insist that no man shall in future be perinitted to plough tho ground , or to cut dpwn the fprest 3 , escttptiag only the few lucky individuals who happen to be born with golden plouuhsor goldeii aie 4 , at . their command 1 : And this is democratic America I She lia ? Universal Suffrage ! She : hasno ^ ^ naUonal debt and [ noi taxes ; but she has raised her rate of interest to fifty per tenti per annum ; and her people , like ours ; except the Jews among them , are steeped in poverty , misery , and distress . Greediness , malice , pride , erivy > and hypocrisy appear equally to hay «) animated ^ ^ the councils ^ of both nations ; for , strange to say , all this Wild havoc ' is being effected in America as in England , under the extraprdiilary . pretext of benefitting tlip mduatrious classes » Under the pretence of restoring " a sound and healthy currency , " the legislators of both countries hafp : taken away the paper money without taking away tho debts ani

      pbligatrons contracted . iil . it ; leaving just sufficient gold and silver money in circulation to pay iheir " p \ vn legal claims upon ^ industry , but not sufficient to give more than half employment , or half food to the . people . In both ciuntries the people havb been told tliatth 0 monied iuterest was tpp powerful under a paper system ; and under the pretence of reducing this power , the twb Legislatures havo strangely contrived to donoVe and to treble it , by dpublhig and trebling the value pf the money which measures it ; thus grinding and crushing the industrious classes in both countries , and delivering t henvup , "like ^ isheep at the butcher ' s shambles , " . of converting them , as I . have airways fpretold , into mere •^ he wera of ; wpod anA dirawers of water for the Jewel '' What is this msdness in the two foremoafc nations of the earth t Is it the ; mere effecti of human passions blinding the human Judgment ? : Or , is it the effect of jnysterious Sroytdeiioe wprking its awful diapensatipns am 6 WM ? vXiymmdisintheaark- V : - ;• ¦ --

      -; But does' it follow vbecauso the Russians , the Prussians , and tho Austrians aro happy , and the English and the Americans arp ¦ - ¦ distresseil , that therefore despoti 8 ui is better than liborty : ? God forbid . . Nations are made unhappy . by . yesDotisui much ofteuer tlian they arfe made nnhappy by liberty : But all huinaa sysieuis are liable tb-error . ; It ^ is ^^ uuddubteclly true , as I have of ^ en ^ eemdj ^ to you , that , the happiness of nations depends more upon wisdom and ' : virtue in uoverninsnts than Upon : any forms under which governmehts are created or administered ; but it ^^ is equally : true ; , that the best security fpr ; wisd . om and virtuo in governments is the ropresentatiye ^ principle fairiy , honestly , anil effl ^ cientlyrcarriettout That glorious principle , dyliyeved down to us by our Saxon anceatar 3 , may occasionally fail , under tlie ' pressuro of huvian passions , or under the inscrutable decrees of . a . mysterious pr < ividen « . ; but it has been the Ught of the \ yorld- for a tllousaad years . ; and ! trust in ( Sod that it will never ' pemianeutly fada : ¦ ' .. ' ¦ . ¦ '• •' , ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ' ' .. . ¦ ' " ' ' ' .:, ¦ ¦ : •' ¦ ¦¦ ' ¦

      My dear friends arid fellQw-townstiien ^ -Iiijured in my healtii , and mprtified to the Very htarfc at the state of things which I . have described , both doniostic and foreign , aud bpth in and oiTTof I ' aiiiauiurit , I now retire from political labour . Standing on tho rocks of Jersey | or wandering over its beautiful and most happy valllesy I nave had leisure to reflect upon thd course Which duty . reqr iiresi and I am satisfied that no further « acriflc&JT ^ tt ; gufitly or : beneflciajly be required of me , ir Ibjvd been inippiMrtpd- by- ^ the industrious classes tt » ron ^ honi . ^ Eiii ^ aMr . aai- 'I ^^ have been suppprtesd by yojai I shouldinot haVp despaired of the srfety of our country ; nor ^ . indeed , if I had redeived any efficient support within thefwalls of Parliament . But I have received no support whatever eicept in . Bimlnghani , from ; cither : Whigs , ; Tbries , or Itadicals ; either ; but of

      * . Pj ^^ ent , o ^ in Parliameri ^ no hope . . ) With my rooted opinions , cpnflrined by the facts of twenty-ft | e years , I should deceive you if l pretended 6 thervrtseV : If the prosperity pr tho liberty of our country is to be restored , it ^ must be done by other hands than mine : Nothine wlil please me mor < i tlian to «» oother * stuKKjcJ ^ P ^ f hayb taUdfl . < --- ¦; . - . - _ Bnt is cloaing my politicul labours , I must b * Jr the AvdTirwycTirw ^ nTi « OT 6 ¥ r 6 t ^^ ' tof , M $ in thei comae ; pf the winter ; theTnecessitl&S of Mf ^ JkjmTnm&t : » iU : probabIy ^ ip ^ r them ; toj liave f % oVrs « t& : 8 > "bank restriction act ,- prto ' a ' papbr system of some kind . If this should bo fthuebvmpatly , effici-; eatly i judiciously and in good'faith , it will yet give protperiifcy and ¦ contentment to the people ; and rescue our country permanently from domestic -misery aud

      fpreign * ham « . But If it should bedorie , as I fearit vplU 6 e done , with the guilty deteriiination of proHerving the paper money at a value eqiialto that of the present gold money , .. it would / do ¦ nb ¦ good whatever It will only complicate and increase the difficulties of ttie nattqn , ; without long averting the terrible catastrophe which awaits her . It will ' , in fact * close the gates of fetreat ,: by renderirig paper ; money : sis noxious arid as odious as the gold , If this new curse should ^ be inflicted upon our country , viz ., paper money of equal value with our preaent-gold money , there ia . in thia case , in tny humble but decidod judgment , only one possible contingency which cm long prevent cither

      revolution at home or conquest from abroad . That Contingency is the possible depreciation of goUl itself , a 3 compared with commodities and labour occasioned -by other nations also adopting a paper systeiu , or by tlia discovery of now mines of gpUl , prodiicinsf the same effect .: Respecting this contingency , I forbear to give an opinion . I am piily sure that money-ofthe present value , whether paper or gold , cannot be endured in England . I am equally sure that money of & cheaper character judiciously issued , with open ports , would give . high wages , high profits , and gcu . uril full eniploymbnt and contentment ; to the people , without raising tbo retail prices of food materiaHy beyond their present level . - ' -: ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ' : ¦ ¦ ¦¦"¦"¦ '¦¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ - " " ¦ : ¦ ¦ . "

      B # this brings me to the consideraticm of aridther analogous danger , which ought to ho guarded aguinst .-In reverting to such a jiaper system , ' as may be absolutely flecseasairy to prevent anarehy , aiuVtn restore . " andsecure the full employinent of welir-paid labour throughout the country , at a time when u real scarcity of food W . Sriown to exist ; it is probablej unlesa caution is used , that the abiindanoe of meney , coopetatiug with the scarcity of food , may give rise to speculations - ^ rhich , for : a time , may raise the prices of food to an extrome level in defiance of all foreign impprtations ; and this tem ; iorary rise of prioes is rendered the more probable from the immense increase of the consumption of fopd , which would be consequent . upon the restoration of general prosperity . In this case , the whole discredit of such extrenre high prices of food , niay possibly be Uiid upon the paper money ; and umler iuipressibus of thi 3 nature , confirmed by the caluinnies of the last twuhtyttve years , it is uot impiobiiblo that tho Very

      soldiers and the labourers may reject the paper money , and thrpw it back in tho face of the ( Joveriihient . In 17 U 7 j thisycry evil , was paitially met anil ouuriter&cted by forthwith ra , ising the pay 6 i the soldiers arid the sailors , and soon after of tho labourers generally . It is possible , however , that , wo niay thus be brought into a very serious predicament , which I have always described as a false position , in which , "it will be ruin to advance , ruin to retreat , and ruiu to stand still . " It the government should persevere in enforcing the present gold money ; they may have to fiicti panic , bankruptcy , and'the universal discharge of workman throughput . the cpuntry , and if they shpuUl flj to-a paper system for refuge , that refuge niay failthem . To persevere iu the ; prasent gold system " 'is ' ' imi ^ oaaible , without ruin . To restore paper mbuey of eqtial valuft with the gold would be worse than ' useless ; To restore safely an efficient paper system , under the ' present circumstances of ; the nation , and of the public rinndj will require knowledge , judgment , caution , arid decision .

      My-dear friends and fellow-townsmen ^—I thank yoti ^ from the bottom of my heart , for your long-eontinued and well tried confidence in me . I have never solicited the vote of any o » o of yoU , and : I kripw not that I have ever thanked any one of you , mdiyiduaily ,: for his vote . Tour owft ' virtuo and publi * spirit , and y < # ur own , too friendly , I fear , appreciation of Hie , and of my character and disposition , have been my inly jassporti into Parliament . You have selected me with a noble arid bijgli-miuded patriotism . 1 have had no honours arid no emoluments to offer yon , arid no hopes ip allure you

      The iieat which you gave m « , I have always held at your command ^* ' at the epmriumd of tbe electors or of th * non-eleotors of Birminghaia ' . " I now retb « ftoiri your service , exhausted , ( iisappoiiiited ; aucl mortifled , but rejoicing in the 1 refle « tioa Xtai I h&ye never spldyon , nor betrayed ypi , nor deceived you . I do most slncerply hope , that in the ehoie * which npw devolVesupsa you , you will succeedin finding » representative , who , with equal honesty of pHrppse , will be more succesefnl than I have been , in relieving &e distress 0 ! the people , and avortiag the 4 » om which overhangs our country . .-, . .

      My dear friends and fellow-townsmen , I remain , under all eircumstancea , Evct and moBt sincerely , Your faithful friend and servant , THOMAS ATT WOOD St Heller ' s , Jersey ,. Dee > 9 , 183 S > .

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      Salfobb Radical AssocrATiqif ,----The committeo : ; for ; . condtictipg > Mf . John Fro ^' s'DefericeFuiidhaVe lr . iicli pleasure in forwarding- the - above siim , and ''' ¦ hope , with the eiertion of'themembei ' Sj- to be able ¦ tp sendanuichlarger guriinext v ^ eek .: , :- ; : ; ' 7 ? 4 rd IMs * ° J Stilso-iptwns received ty A ; Heywood ¦ •;• '¦' . : ¦ •/ : ¦ ; .:. !' ¦ ' . Ajanchester . ;• . ' - ¦ ¦ -:-: V ^ - - -v ^ - • ¦ •' William < 3 oald ... . ; . ,.. V . ; 0 0 3 * ; Clbd-thumper ... . ' .. ' ... n ( id ¦ J . H ., S ^ fo rd ... ... ;; £ ' ; 0 1 0 A . Friend ... ... ... . „ 0 If ft Amen - ... ; ... .. v :, ^ / -,..: iQ-e : «! .. \ . -. Jolia Bardslpy .., ... ... ' . ; . : q 2 0 rrieiid ' h i '¦ ¦ ¦ ' xiiireau ¦

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      Christinas Box ... \ ... i # . 0 2 0 A Female , 11 . L , ... ... . „ 0 0 3 JohnPartcn , v . ... ,. ; . 0 1 0 ^ u-= tauio ' BaiiPi » ,: store-street , v . 0 . 7- I — Josflph WaJker : : ; . ... a l fV Joshua Ga 6 d * idge , ¦' :... . „ , " ; , " i & 9 3 ; Henry . Hayedron- ; ... ... .. ; 0 0 3 Few En ^ r ieerB - ... i .. ^ . ; . 0 8 2 Thomas Hurdes ... . ^ . ' ... 0 0 3 SaauM Murphy > - :. » ... V 0 ; 0 3 ¦ ¦ -. ' ¦ ¦! Thomas Shaw ^ -v ¦ ... . ; . - .. 0 0 S Samuel Smith : ... ... . ; . ; 0 0 2 ^^^ ••• • ' - ¦ «» 0 0 6 -. vi w » lham Kubuison ... ... ... 0 ' 0 3 ^™ V ^ : . ; .,. .. ; .. ; 0 06 U » -- ' £ w \ ' ¦ ¦ ' ¦ v ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ rt jv v ¦ .. - . ¦ - Wibam imister 1 : « TOer ... .. 10

      - S .:. ; ^ . rT ^ : r ... 0 John Ash ... ... :- 0 ^ 0 ^ hn H jc key „ . .... ... 0 : 0 6 i- Rxcnard Wfiartoii : ... ... . ; . 0 1 0 JohnSmith ... . ; . ... 0 0 6 Association , High Croinpton ... 0 16 0 From , a fevy Friends at Clayton ... 0 8 8 White Slave ^ Driver . „ .. ; q , 2 6 :: railsworiliUmon ' : " ¦¦ ' ¦ ... ... 6 ^ 19 4 Wenry Morton ; .. ni 0 1 q * . - = . Vi Kc > bort Bi ; nco : . .... ... 0 0 6 . Abbott ' s Gloek Makers ... ... 0 2 0 BlUn Hoylo ; : ,.. :.:. 0 . 3 : 0 m rio / d , District Association , by Samuel "' Cbaraberlaiir ¦ :. ¦'¦ . .- '¦' . ...: ... 1 ; 2 3 i Hi chard Ash ... n rt « KscnardAstv ¦ - ¦ .. ... ... 0 0 ' 6

      , ... Thomas Abbott . .: ¦ ¦ .- ¦ ¦ :- . ¦ ... . ... 0 2 6 Elizabeth Shepherd ¦ ... v ; . 0 Q 6 John Brown , ^ Republican * .. ,. i 0 0 6 ' Gesrge Eckersley ,... ^ .. 0 0 6 '' Taomas Ireland ... ... 01 0 Thpma . 3 Swiudell ' s ... .... 0 0 6 George Dean ... ... 0 Q 6 Sundries ...: . ; .. ¦ ... o 2 ] 0 Committee , ^ ^ North East Branoh , J . Broods .. ... ^ ... 0 63 Mr . Berry ' si Silk DyerSj second sub- Bcription- .... ... ... 0 2 S : v Samuel Smith ... ... 0 0 6 Joseph . ¦ -lligby ,. ¦ .- ¦¦¦ . ' ,.. . ^ . 0 0 6 Abraham rladfield ¦ ...... 0 I Q From Warrington ,: per Seth Travers , :

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      Error in last—Few Friends at Mpstou , near Blackley , 9 s ., instead of from Blackley . ' - . - ' TO THE EDITOR OP THE NOKTHEBN STAR . Sir , —Please to apkriowledge in your next the ; above 8 ub 8 oription 8 for Mr . Trost ; and othera . ' I tfiink if you put a noticeinsome ; conspicuous part of yourpaiper , requesting all who hold collecting books to send : m the amouut collectsdto the Northern Star Offico immediately , you ^ would accomplish much good . Some friends whom I know have contributed : to other parties , a-ud thoir sub 8 criptions . have not yefe been acknowledged in theSS < or , and they refuse to give again until that has been done . Haste should be the motto . : ' : Yourirespectfunyj : ' " ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦""¦ ¦ ' ' ' : :-V - ' ¦ ' . ' '•• ¦ A . HBTWOOD . : ¦' - ¦¦'

      _[ It ?« very desirable ; that the rtggestipn of Mr . Hejvfood be immediately acted upon . If the several partieg who hold smbscriptions will wnd them qvpr to this ofiBee ^ jihey shall bo forthwith trarismiuod : to bheproMr quarter , and their receipt duly acknowledged . This k the more necessary at this moment , an the fees to oanael have to be paid : this week , and arrarigemente made for witnessea . & . Sii . " Hw »« , « hbnldb <» themotto /' - ^ EDO :

      To The Electors And Inhabitants Of The Borough Of Birmingham.

      TO THE ELECTORS AND INHABITANTS OF THE BOROUGH OF BIRMINGHAM .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 28, 1839, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1089/page/1/