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    • THE SOUTHERN STAR, SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1843.
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      -: ¦ IHE EDITOB OP IHB 50 BXH £ R > " STAB . D- . f : Sir , —Baring seen in the Northern Star of yesUi . ^ y a paragraph annonndng a lecture to be dearer ^ . n tia ChartiBfc ncws-xoom , Wiudvb » n& , Colne , at ? = * - -, ' clock on Sonds 7 next , May 23 th , and the C 02 - . ^ J not being aware who the person is , eoi where he c ; -: es from , hsvs detfrminea not lo receive as lectors abj one who has not corresponded -with the as-c Aion previous to the announcement . And farther , any 5 i- ? w » wishing to Tijit Colne are respectfully infc— ~ i that they will be required to correspond -with ae , - fee sub-Secretary to the Association ; and if strBL ; -v . -3 , Vi ! l be required to produce their credentials : doe ¦ - -e T * iU be attended to . D- : ? Ir , by inserting the above , you TfiH much oblk i £ Council of the Association . Yours , in the bonds of union , Henut Higson , sub-Secretary , Barker ' s Yard , St Johu ' s-street , Colne . r . ¦¦ - - jiay 21 , 1843 .

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      ' THE SDITOE OF THE > 0 £ TB 2 fi > STAB , Si - Hare the goodness just to allow us to state , ihn . .. : h = medium of the Star , for ihe satisfaction of the > - ¦ ^ iou Green Gha-. fcsts , that the sum of 8 s . 9 J-, in thrt- - > .-sxswe payments , ^ was received by as towards the J V ¦ ' -. -Mi Fund , and -which sum will not fii ] dnly to apptt . when the lirt of subscriptions is published . This i- - . will appear in a fortnight , at t £ e farthest , Ircc- . _ .- present data Richard Marsde > , Sub-Secretary . Pr .... n ; May SSad , 16 i 3-

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      D TBE EDITOR OF TH £ . \ OHTHES > " STABSi :.. ~ Oa Monday I Vras dragged before the Oondle BeEc :. : f what are called magistrates , to r answer a char . f sedition . George Walter , a noc-clector of Oar \ . complained , gave information , and swore on Jnei . r , the 25 lh of April , that on Sunday the 23 d Apr- - .: the parish of C'apthern , 1 made used in-&BSS . - . J- ? language , and aaoncsl ether expressions , said , : " .. lie Qaeeu tss a pool silly girl , ai . & not fit to govern .

      It--re you that I did not nse the language here attri _ : i t-T me . Wdter Eiid on oilh , on Monday , that 1 : 11 the people that the GcTernmsr .: vis not T 8 pK--. s : cd , and anvther fclio - swore that I said that the C izment stood no chsnee txctpt once in scT = n year ? , 'unless a fcol » I a King or Queen hacpent-i to die ¦ -na other fool was about to stress to something , tut 1 Tented him thrcush complaining that this was uoi - -ir trial , he ( 3 Ir . Knight ) haTing been in the loc-m -r . . ' . a the last -witness , a tailor , had been giving his ct ~ ¦ . ^ nce .

      The .- -called Magistrates who should be counsel for sneb : - myself , an undefended prisoner , decided that I ws- ¦ -. dad sureties in £ 00 , myself in £ 30 , and two other . - ? ons in £ 15 each , to keep the ptsaee . Mr . B . 1 . ' - -rs , our much esteemed friend , who was 77 year .- .: u ^ e on Tuesday , came forward with Mr . M . Wyr . - :. --pontanecus ^ y , and thus I was liberated ihrti-. ~ 5 - . he kindness of th ^ se gentieroen , on that tiay the ^ : ' i a * tant , aftci lying oise night in Oundle Bride-Well , - - re prisoners : jo only allowed 2 ibs . of white isici - -a-i cold water without measure per cay . I am , Sir , yours respectfully , " William Coopeh . ¦ $ r < r :. k > n-in-tfce- "Wcods , 20 th ilay , lSi 3 .

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      TO F . S GRACE THE DI 7 KE OF WELLINGTONJIi . Lobd , —Mat it Please Yocr G . bace , — Hsv - - rrad your reply to a qaestion put by the Earl of R cc in the House of ioTds , in reference to the agxti :: on of a Repeal of the LegislatiTe Union , and feeling t . ir . felt satisfaction at the instant response which your ( i —ce ' s unfriendly remarks drew frenx the loTers of li > ..-. 5 . I may be permitted , through the medium tf Vie X r- ' itrii Star , to conTey to your Grac . my humb ' . e opin ; = of joui Grace ' s ancoirnceEELt ; and firm conviction ¦ .. - jts k : effi ^ cy to suppress the Toice of iastice

      • whicL := peslrcg its thunderirg echoes on the g ~ ' ~ -i 7 ---n-Kier : f a slaTe-creating GoTemment . I a ... r ^ rfectly Evrare that jom Grace is a Vvk » , z * d CvLs - tly rcaioTe > l in the ^ cale of s ^ eittv to 3 rr-.-: diita ; ? - _ rreci ; . ocr Grsc ^ 3 coxrtrpo ^ dei . t ; > c : zveu ... a this - : . z . i I do not envy your tiue tr tLemecrs i-y ¦ whicL ; n acquired it . Bat as I bear the image of your God ¦ ¦ -- jj brow , and lay c ' aim for birth to the !_ i : i ¦ whicl . rnseem to forget was ores your fc ? ms , I ftrl that 1 -a not only justified , but that it is my duty to Go tic tile I can in the cause which , next to life , a genu . r- Irishman values most dearly .

      It 5 not the Ersi tine that Irs ^ and suffered ihoiu ' . i ' . he treachery of her children , and witnessed ihe la--: of her ungrateful sons selling cot only them-Eclve ; cat her , for a " Mess of Pottage" 5 nor must yoni ' -j : ace be angry if history haiid yea down to pos i ^ ' y as an adrocateforiDJasiieeand a Tolsatary execr : i . ier of its edicts . Yc r Grace must ceriainly be aware of the fact ihat - ^/ iaad estct was cosquered by force of arm ? , aad : . t even the Union was not fairly obtained , and c ¦ ¦ seqaently the GoTemment haTe no just claim ± ore : _ ia tna . which was as illegally acqairsd , as it is fra ¦ - alc-ntly possessed . As a chrlsriau tout Grace

      Ehcul I hi aware of tht command ** To si . ve every one ] .-.- owii , " aad the precept , "To do nio other ' s as tc weald men should do unto to-j . " Mother Chs' - "* : dins all this into your Grace ' s ears , and your Gr 2 ' - sast subiEii to her "Anathema" unless yon afcfd . by her iajacctions . Bat what signifies the old ladj * reajonstxacce—the political conscience predoeui ! l :-3 oTETthe religions , and the thunders of scriptural d-nunciation are drowned in the anticipated roar cf artiiiery , which , uTider the auspices of jout Grace , threatens to sweep out *> f exist « scce the people of a persecuted country , a-d bio : on ; her name from SEOLi-t the nations of the earth .

      ver : iy , yonr Grac ^ mest have foTgotten the tactics ofthr General in having thas prematurely exposed your t an of action , and by forgetting that prudence is it- - - oetter pan of valour . As a rrilitary man , 30 m Grace has acted wroDg in shewins : your weakness t . the enemy ; and , as a politician , I would , with , u : meaning E ^ y offence . Fay it is a very noisy but ; T :-aGvised exhibition of factious spirit , and is moT remarkable for froth than wisdom . Y" r Grace may have witnessed the performascc of a * . » ree , entitled ** Bombastes Furioso , " and if h > , perhaps remember how the hero of ihe scene hangs up hi ? - boots and vauutingly proclaims" Whoever does those boots displace Shall m ^ et Bombasies face to face "

      Anc : hen strnts off the stage with the little drummer -.-. his heels beating a march on a piec « of sheepskin r . y way of accompaniment to his movemeDt . Thi > , i ^ rant , is rather a comical likeness of a General s u i a Duke , who has b ^ en the conqueror of Kapoieois , and the iastrnniea : in the hands of a desT " - ' ' - t-o crush the rising spirit of continental liber . y ; but if yonr Grace will only view yourself inthe clear mirror of imperi . -habie justfee and tmsnVned trntii you will soon perceive the resemblance to be perfect—Whoever will not bold his peace Shall meet old BosiB-as : face to face .

      Be :, now mark , my Lord Date . ' When the voice of p ib ' . ic Gpinion = tall have concentrated the moral ener ^ es of the millions whom you would annihilate , t ' r . e bumiastic threats of the entire host of modern Tun -o ^ will be husheJ ; and when retreat will be necessary , there will be more drummers than one to beat up the hearts of your dispirited companions to somj such enlivening time as the ' * Rogue ' s march , " er p-rhapa the more appropriate strain of " There jgu ifo with your eye out . " This , my Lord Duke , will most positively be the end of all your projects , aad I will now be 30 plain as to tell yon why 1 venture to prophesy yoar discomfiture .

      As your Grace is doubtless conversant with the history of the Irish people , I "will refer yon to its pages for proof whether tyranny in any shape , either political , religions , or military ever succeeded in its attempts to stifle the cry for jnstice , or could bind the spirit of bberty which soared above misfortune , and *; rew mighty even amid ihe din of persecution ; and which at this moment , like a harbinger of peace , spreads her & * h over her devoted children . Your Grace may stek in vain for an example through the black catalogue of one hundred years of bitter sufferings , nor will yen find by a ' reference to the more modern portion of that period , nor even while your Grace has figured as a persecutor of his brethren , a proof that violeEt threats or measures have been of any avail , or could either terrify into submission or compel that people to acknowledge the power -which cinsbed them to be aught sare tyrannical and unjust .

      1 our Grace ' s opposition to tie Catholic Emancipation Bill ia Btiil remembered , and all classes of honest men can see in your attempts upoB the liberties of the Irish , the certain basis-of your own and party 5 abandonment of your position , and unqualified accession to the demands of an injured and too long insulted people . The opposition and violent oeclsmatiOQo of faction aeaniEt the meaanre of emancipation , melted away hke vapour before the morning sun , and even ihe great Genzral whose titles are written in the blood of liberty ' s heroes , and whose heart is asicallons as the iron-bolts wlrcb paved hi 3 way to a Dotedom , was constrained to yield to the force of public opinion , and acknowledge himself defeated by the moral might of an invincible people Your Grace will also remember the Irish people

      late learned by sad experience , the fact that the Government hare invariably , as in the present case , Bret goaded them to breaches of the peace , and then inEicted premeditated vengeance on ihe heads of the aggressor . History bears ample testimony to the iruth of this a ^ eriicn , nor can y&ur Grace escape the imputation of ¦ wantonly throwing down the ewmtlet as a stimulus for Irishmen to pick it np . Bat , thank God , that day is goue by ; ihc people have on a former occasion driven y-. ur Grace from what you considered a tenable p-jsiiion . and by no other iseaus save moral force , and have uttle new to dread from faction , whatever chape it maj asssme , pro-vicc-d they ar . rue to each cthtr and the cause which binds i "~ zni . The Irish ha-. o s n . - ^ more wise and iciep-:, - -., tu bs afraid oi ;>• .-

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      / Graces physical display , and treat with merited ; contempt the efforts of your Grace ' s satelites , to i prompt them to deeds which would plunge themi selves and country inio the horrors of a civil war , ! and only suit the purposes of the parties who are : base enough to propagate it . j How could your Grace , as an Irishman , listen to ' the vile and diabolical announcement of the Earl i of Roden— ** That the people of Ulstor wera still : sound and loyal , and ready to do in 1843 what they j had so effectually done in 1798 , " when you must know that his Lordship meant that they were ready 1 " to wade knee-deep in Papist blood , " to support a crael sj $ t « ni of Government—to uphold a church

      ascendancy , and to perpetuate , as a national grievance , "the glorious , pious , and immortal memory" of their darling William , the father of the Orange faction , whose war-cry is , "War to the Papists , and blood to the knife , " and whose motto is the two greatest evils of the Empire , " Church and State , and no surrender" ? The Rodens , the Jocelyn-j , the Lansdownes , the Dowashires , and even the sapient Broughams , echo back the cry of extermination , and death , or gagging is to be lavished on all who dare to raise their voice against injustice or breathe a prayer for the success of poor , unhappy , persecuted and degraded Ireland . But mark the warning ! The venom of their malice will recoil on their owu guilty heads ; and those who in power

      would bury their assassin daggers in the bosoms of their prostrate vbtims will in the day of retribution , " call upon the mountains to cover them" from the wrath of an aveagiug people . Yonr hostik preparations are unnecessary ; there will not be any more such scenes as 1798 presented . We will have no wholesale murder—no " walking gallows , " or patriots suspended by the neck on Bloody Bridge , with the barbarous inscription of" Durham Mustard" attached to their persons as a proof of the sanguinary dispositions of a regiment bearing the unenviable name of the " Durham Militia . " We will have no more burnings , rapes , and brutalities , aor eonf-cations of property to enrick the despoilers . No , no . r ay Lord Dake , the schoolmaster has been

      abroad , " and even the children of the humblest peasant are hourly acquiring a knowledge of the evils of the past and the remedies for the future ; and I would ray to your Grace , you ought , if no other circumstance induce you , if the dictates of common scn--e do not tecch you , or shame for bein ^ an enemy to your country ' s freedom , mukcamerit of necessity , as formerly , and grant , with becoming grace , that just concession which will not , cannot be refused when asked for , as the Irish will ask for it , and as the peeple of England and Scotland will ask for it at the same time . Your Grace must aot be deceived . Th 6 people of the empire sympathise with their Irish brethren , and forgettiDg minor differences vr . ll , to crush the common enemy , aid them in the

      hour of need , and complete the triumph of principle thai right shall achieve a victory over might , and bury for ev- ^ r beneath the weight of its own corruptions the evils of misrule and class dominion . If your Giace will place the two great questions of -Errxnclpationand Reform in ; Mxta-position with the Yl : ov , there will be little doubt of the result of your Grace ' - reflections regarding the Repeal agitation . Let me , th-. refore , while it is yet time , intreat your Grace to consider that your efforts to suppress the spirit of liberty in Ireland , and through her to rivet the chains of English slavery , are as fruitless and unavailing as for your single srm to catch the moon and hurl it at their heads , and your hostile disposition * as unnecessary as Ibeland ' s claim to libebtt IS JlST .

      I am , my Lord , Your Grace ' s obedient servant , And one of yoar persecuted but unconquerable countrymen , "Vfi RITAS .

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      THE LANCASTER TRIALS . The Seventh and l&sc Number of this popular work id now published , and on Monday next will be published a Xumoer containing Notes upon the Trial , and a review of the causes which led to the outbreak of last year . This Number will also contain a Portrait from a S :: ci Engraving of Baron Rolfe , which presents a most striking likeness of the " Just Jndge , " together with an errata and General Index .

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      REPEAL GF THE UNION . By reference to our present Number , the reader may I . arn the position of the respective belligerents , and will , doubtless , without any suggestion of our's , oraw his owe conclusions as to the probable issue of the struggle . It is our duty , however , as journalists , rot only to register our own opinion , but to collate for our readers all those matters and facts which are likily to operate upon the minds of the respective parties . Since we last wrote upon

      this subject , then , we have had an opportunity of witnessing the amount of respect with which the , EagViih Minister ' s declaration of war was received , in ihe Irish camp . We have also the answer given j by the Ministers of Peace to the Minister at ' War . We have furthermore the declaration j and registered vow 3 of the subalterns of ' th « moral army of Irishmen in answer to the anticipations of the local blood-suckers ., ' We are nnited , " Fays the Lord Bishop of Ardagh ' — " we are resolved , " says the pastor of Mallow — " we are determined , " respond the Irish people . ] ! 1 i I I

      Uur next and sreatest consideration then is , how , and in what manner , Ibi 3 struggle is to proceed acd terminate . Heretofore the public mind was led to believe , and we were amongst those who gave credence to the assertion , that the question of Repeal was one which may be u ? ed according to the caprice of Mr . O'Coxseli . himself ; and , so long as that notion prevailed , : hc discussion and consideration of the question was likely to be confined within very narrow limits , and , when dangerons , to be crushed without exciting any considerable amount of Bympathy for the sufferers . It would Beem however—and with pleasure we perform thia

      act of justice—that Mr . O'Cosxell , supposing that all Irish redress was centred in the restoration of a Parliament , lent [ a willing assistance towards the completion of those measures which , in their workings , he was aware would be delusive and unpopular . The end being great and glorious—being , in fact , the restoration of his country , and the destruction of the power of that band of surpliced rufiaas by whom her ruin was ensured , justify the means—an apology which Churchmen use for the success of the worst of undertakings when accomplished by the most diabolical means , and which ice are justified in using when the end is glorious , and the means justifiable .

      We learn , however , from the Freeman ' s Journal , that the question is now a national question—one which may be made in Mr . O'Con . nell ' s hands the "Aaron's rod , " swallowing up all others ; but which can no longer be made the instrument of extracting boons for the few as a means of satisfying the many . We are aware that the recent declaration of Mr . O'Co . \ . *> ell as to the means still at the disposal of Government for the suppression of the agitation has caused much doubt and misgiving ; and we shall scarcely be suspected of too much confidence in Da-kiel ; but , weighing the

      matter as a whole , we do not feel ourselves justified in comiag to the r-ondosion , that the clauses of that speech to which exception has been taken , offered fair ground for impeachment of his sincerity . Mr . O'Connell describes the multiplicity of circumstances , each of which in ite individual character , swells the nation ' s voice , and becomes a whole in the national demand . " One section of Repealers , " says he , " may be taken from the agitation by such concessions , and another portion by the concession of something else ; and thus , by redressing

      grievances , 1 may be thereby reduced from a giant ' s strength to a dwarfish weakness . " In none of these concessions , however , which , if granted to the full , do we recognise one single boon for the people . They would be but sops to sections whieh , when satisfied , would again retur ^ to the ranks of domestic faction , and whose alliance must be preserved at an expence too gTeat even for a strong Government . The natural inference , therefore , which we draw from this recent declaration of Mr . O'Co . v . vell whenconFled with the more

      receni avowal of th ? Catholio Hldrachy cf Ireland mace through one of the most influential of their bod )'~ 'heavowa ] of the Rev . Mr . Collins , together with the arc-nation of the Freeman ' s Journal , is thai Mr . O'Cuxsell used it as ame ^ ns of delineating to : hc I : ; - " nr . jd ihe multiplicity of vrron £ > ui'der w :: » ca Ui-.-nation suSereJ , and thfi impe ? sibi .- " tv 0 }

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      the English Legislature conceding any such measures of relief as would be satisfactory to the several sections hedesoribed , and at the same time palatable to tho " imperium in imperio , " the intolerant rampant State Church faction . His meaning , as we take it , may be rendered thus : —You see the multiplicity of our wroiigg , can you redress them , and ensure us against their recurrence ' , ? — or are you willing to place us in a situation in which we may do so ? or

      are you prepared to set the hazard upon a single cast by attacking us in onr fastnesses , by forcing us into a physical resistance , and thus once more raise the bloody standard , which can only be struck by the accomplishment of our oountry ' s freedom , and which you have yet the opportunity to avoid by a timeiy concession to that national demand , which Dot all the powers at your disposal can long successfully resist V

      One of the greatest difficulties that the Repeal party will have to contend against in England , is the ignorance of the English press upon the general question . It will be difficult without the assistance of that power to convey the fact to the minds of the English middle claseses , that a great portion of their burdens are occasioned by this expensive Union . It may take Borne time to convince the English working classes that in consequence of thid very Union , the Irish emigrants banished from their own country , are not only competitors in tho English labour market—that

      they are recipients of between twenty millions and thirty millions a year—but that they constitute a largo reserve for the English masters to fall back upon . " O ! " says one sapient writer , " capital will never flow into that country so long as agitation is permitted . " " 0 ! '" says another , and we confess with more plausibility , " what , repeal the only bend of strength you have , when your greatest curse is domestic discord ! " In answer to the first observation , we reply that the Union has so paralysed industry and abstracted capital ; that the domestic tyrants have so abandoned their trust , leaving their duties to be performed by land-sharks and lawsharks ; that penury , want of tenure , want of law , want of security—and not agitation—forbids the

      capitalist to venture upon speculation . Talk of danger , indeed , when we find that the heat of the torrid , and cold of the frigid zone—that dread of raging civil war—the distance of country and the disadvantages of clime are no barriers to the English speculator . Moreover , has Ireland never been tranquil ! and have her peaceful invitations never been accepted by tho English capitalist ? Has any Government , the most paternal and fostering , tried these means of preserving peace and upholding dominion , the paltry exercise of which is looked upon as a palliative and last resource , instead of being relied upon as a means for preserving power ! Tho only capital which can be successfully expended in Ireland is the capital of Irish labour expended upon Irish resources ; but this ever has been and ever will be rendered insecure and

      abortive so long as Government patronage and Church preferment remain more lucrative than landed property let at rack rent , and abused for the purpose of forging votes , by wh ; ch Government Patronage may be upheld , aud which can only be destroyed by restoring to Ireland that protection which will consist in an honest emulation to bo the first in moral example , domestic culture , aud national improvement .

      ; As to the second objection , and which appeared in an article in last Sunday's Dhpatch , and which we are willing to admit , is the most powerful that has as yet appeared in opposition to the Irish claims—1 we answer thus—the domestio disunion by which Ireland is afflicted , is a consequence of that Legislai tive bond by which the wealthy classes of ' both countries , and especially the united \ Churches , are bound—that tho object of the English Minister , and of the English oligarchy has ever been to uphold imperial unity by domestic disunion , whereas the overpowering weight , of popular opinion brought immediately to bear upon the acts of a domestic Legislature , would have the instantaneous effect of paralizing the arm

      of faction and of creating a strong bond of union as the only means by which this power could be prei served aud profitably used . We are aware that all ; the objects likely to bo achieved by a Repeal of : the Uuion are not calculated to wed a plundering aristocracy to the measure , any more than the Reform Bill , which threatened destruction to the Tory party , was calculated to win the affection of that body . So it ever has been , and so it ever will bo . A great organic change or admiuistrative improvement , be the anticipated results ever so beneficial , will have their supporters and their opponents—those who support expecting some advantage—those who oppose expecting some disadvantage .

      Upon the Repeal of the Union , however , we put a very different construction , because we defy any man of common sense to point out ono single grievance which it would be likely to destroy , and which should continue—while furthermore we contend , that by that measure alone , that is by tho Repeal of the Union , can the connexion between the two countries by possibility continue to exist , while under its influence all tha grosser prejudices of

      a domineering faction would be placed in ab&yanee , and give way to the exercise of calm reflection and honest conviction . However the struggle may terminate , reason and justice point out our course , and the course of the people . Whether the invaders tender the olive branch , and thereby save all the horrors of a civil war , or whether the natives , assailed in their peaceful camp , are compelled to return the charge , our cry shall be " Union and victory—peace and courage . "

      We say to the Irish , forget not the all-absorbing interests that are at stake . Remember that you are Irishmen !—that Ireland is your country , given to you by your God , with his command that you " honour your father and your mother , thai your days may be long in the land which he has given you . " We say to Englishmen , thore is a oneness , an identity of interests between us , the Chartists of England , and the serfs of Ireland ; and we should be guilty of an abandonment 0 / duty , of gross inconsistency , were wo not to aid them in their struggle for freedom . Prejudice has kept thousands of our Irish brethren aloof from ub ; but let us not practioe a conduct towards them which we pronounccd unjust when evinced towards us .

      0 Connell is now at the head of the brave Repealers ; he has unquestionably taken a bold stand , and we must not be idle because of his past history ; but we ought , and must , Btrive to remove every stumbling-block that may impede the onward progress of the chariot cf Democracy . We know that many still suspect the sincerity of O'Connell ; and we shall not at present touch upon the ground whereon such suspicion is founded . We

      aTe witting to think better of him , and to believe that he is in earnest ; that ho does , at all events , mean the thing now ; we put the best constructions upon every man ' s acts and explanations of which they are susceptible , and we see bo reason why Mr . O'Co . n . nell should form an exception to the rule . But , even if there were tha best grounds for distrusting Da , * , we entreat all lovers of the cause to bear in mind the fact that

      THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND ARE DETERMINED ; they are not joking about it ; they are seriously bent upon repeal : they have O'Connell at their head with hia own consent ; we are in duty bound TO ASSIST THEM IN THE GOOD FIGHT J AXD IRELAND AND ENGLAND COMBINED WILL MAKE DANIEL KEEP HIS POST . Keep him at the head , and he cannot retreat , save into the arms ef a people who , at all times , know how to re ; ay & traitor . We implor ? , therefore , of all Chartists to susp nd their suspicions , and give OVos . nkll aud Ireland what they are each entitlei to—tha former a fair ui-il , and ihe latter : heir cor iicil help aud co-jperaiio ¦ ..

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      THE " DOGBERRIES "; COMPLETE SUFFRAGE ; AND NATIONAL EDUCATION . In our Parliamentary notices , our readers will find a report of Mr . Duhcombe ' s motion for enquiry into the conduct of the gang of insolent Whig Squires and Parsons who defile the "Justice Hall " of Cheshire , and thoir myrmidon Bueghss , of Knutsford hellhole ; of Mr . Sharman Crawford ' s motion for a Bill for the better representation of the people , and of Mr , Roeijuck . ' s motion on the subject of National Education . These are all important subjects , and we had written an article on each , but find that the length at which we give the Irish

      Repeal movements leaves us no space for their insertion . Our readers will pcruso the speeches on the respective motions of Mr . Duncombe and Mr . Crawford with great interest : the former especially will furnish to them yet one more proof , in addition to the countless list already chronicled , of the very spirit and embodiment of middle class sympathy , and Whig pr eference for democracy ; yet another proof that tho Charter musi be had—the people must have powur to appoint the ' sr own magistrates , and to control aa well as make the laws for their own governmecfc—before they can find a ghost of a shadow of justice . The insolence of those Cheshire Whig Dogberries is really unique .

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      J . Siikktiaui > . —His notice is so nprr . isrd that it is imjmssible for us to say whether lie intends the mrcliny to he on Wednesday or Friday next . Jl . mls . —// ii" " plan ' is received , and will probably appear . Caroline Maria Williams—We adniire our fair friend ' s ohject in the communication she has sent us , and the honest aral with which she srrks it ; but we fear that the mind of the Chartist public is not disposed to appreciate it . The Demonstration Defaulters . —Mr . Ruffey Ridley writes in reply to Afe > srs . Ctttor and Ford , insistiiiff that they , und not the parties to whom they may have sold tickets , are responsible for the val . e of the tickets . He tends also a balancesheet , from which it seems that Mr , Ford is indebted to the amount of 1 Is- ( W . We really must have no more of this unpleasant personality . A Constant Reader and Chartist , Edinburgh

      should have given us his name . Mr . John Pepper writes to say , that on the 30 th of April , while preaching in the open air , at Hiden IIHI , he was subjected to gross annoyance and insult from a policeman , u-ho encouraged some blackguard fellows to disturb the congregation , by talking and jabbering , saying that they had as much right to talk as he had . Ultimately they were obliged to give up the meeting . Another meeting was held subsequently in the yard of a good man , named Morris , who , himself standing at the gate , kept On ' , thr police and their myrmidons , anv so enabled the Chartists to hold their meeting peaceably . Morris was afterwards severely bullied and threatened by some puppy icho

      called himself " Mr . Cook , the magistrate . The Chartirts of Tiverton have had printed very handsomely , in green and red letters , Mr . O'Higuins ' s collection of "legal and ether opinions on Chartism , " fr im the Star of April 22 ud . They suggest a like course to all Chartist bodies . Bristol Chartists . — We have not room for their address . They will sen that we have announoed their purposed delegate , meeting . Jamks Hirst , Heywood . —Mr . Cteave ' s lists are always inserted as they reach us .

      Thomas Starkey of Stoke-upon-Trent , vishes us ( 0 slate hia clnims on the Chartist public for assistance . He was arrested in September last ; bail was refused Jo * him ; he was tried in Oc ~ tober last and acquitted ; his defence cost him £ 50 out of his oivn pocket \ and he is , besides this , minus 3 , i . v . as Chartist Treasurer . Thomas Smith , Liverpool . —His letter is received . If he will olitige us with his address , he shall hear Jrom us privately . Charles Thorp , Birmingham . — We really camiol answer the question which he has propounded to us : we have no data on which to rely .

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      A Subscriber , Ashton-under-Lyne , has in the Subsctiptiun Lists all the information that we can give him . All baa been noticed that has come to this effice .

      FOil THE NATIONAL DEFENCE FUND . £ b . a . From the Chartists , Morley 6 4 6 „ an old Radical , Leeds 0 0 6 „ S . Tudgey , Monkton Deveril 0 3 0 ^ , the Chartists of Mere 0 2 6 „ Thomas Garret , Kingston Deveril ... 0 0 4 „ a fiiw Constant Readers , Middleton , noaf Manchester 0 5 0 „ four Chartists at Sheerness , Kent , ... 0 9 4 „ the Whole-Hog Chartists , West End , Leeds 0 fi 10 „ William Johnson , Leeds 0 2 0 _ a friend , Leeds 0 0 9 „ Calico Printers , Belfield Hall , near Rochdale , pet Mr . Hill 0 15 10 „ two friends at Bury , per Mr . Hill ... 0 2 6 „ Bolten—profit on twelve hymn books

      bought at Mr . Hill ' s lecture on Monday evening 0 16 „ Rochdale—profit on thirty-aix hymn , books bought at Mr . Hill ' s lecture on Tuesday evening 0 4 6

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      llobart Town , dated Nov . 1 st , 1842 , the following sentence occurs . The communication is from a gentleman on whose judgment and veracity I can fully reljs—I think , in my previous letters , 1 have never made any allusion to the three Chartists , of whom you have no doubt frequently heard—viz ., Frost , Williams , and Jones . Jones I know well . He was sent to Pointpier , as overseer , and is a pretending disagreeable man . £ Io is now at Port Arthur . Frost and Williams I have seen at Pore Arthur , but , never spoke to them . Williams is under sentence for two years in irons , for abt « on . i :,- |^ ; and Fros t al&o , tor insolence and rtfusiu . ; to work , is under punishment Bc-aumont Smith . ; ' ; ., of whoso Exchequer frauds you have no doubt heard , arnv . d horo by tho last ship , mid n cjr :. ! ..-i . oi 10 work 1 ' r * the niLi : it .-.: fi-lori . "— Q , uoh d by t Mnrt . iiu ; Cnonicie iroui . „ Giou ^ w i . aj / 11-.

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      CARLISLE . —Unfeeling and Unprincipled Conduct on the Part of the Board of Guardians of the Carlisle Union . —About ihe time that the Mendicity Office was established in Carlisle , it was agreed on the part of the members of the Board , that two rooms should be taken by the society , for the purpose of lodging vagrants passing through tho town , and that the fands formerly given to the public office , for temporary relief to vagrants , should be placed in the hands of the Society ; and that its officer should give such relief as the various cases coming under his notice might require , publishing , in the Carlisle newspapers

      weekly the number of cases . These conditions were , we believe , faithfully fulfilled . Independent , however , of these arrangements , the said officer was appointed by a benevolent gentleman in the neighbourhood , who gives some hundreds a year to the poor residing in the town and neighbourhood ; and tho officer , in the course of his inquiries as to proper objects of charity , has detected many cases of gross neglect of duty on the part of the relieving officers appointed by the Board . Of these cases of neglect he very properly complained , whioh appears to have given great offvnee to the Chairman of the Board , who denominated such conduct as a very unjustifiable interference on the part of the said officer .

      We conceive it to be the bounden duty of any rrem ber of the Board of Guardians , and more especially the Chairman of that Board , to make a rigid and searching inquiry into all cases of alleged neglect of duty on the part of any of its officers , for they are placed there for that particular purpose , and ought to be the real guardians of the poor and destitute , as well as the protectors of the ratepayers against any imposition or fraud . In consequence of this praiseworthy vigilance on the part of the { mendicity officer , the Board of Guardians actually refused to fulfil the terms of their Contract ; though they had made one payment previously , and made no objections to the contract continuing . On his presenting his bill to the Board , last

      week , for lodgiug and temporary relief to tramps , he was , to his astonishment , told that nothing would bo allowed for food . The officer remonstrated with the board on the injustice of such conduct , and reminded them of the contract they had entered into , and on the due fulfilment of which he had fully calculated , otherwise he would not have afforded the temporary relief which he had done to tramps and sick persons ; moreover said he , ( addressing himself to tho chairman , ) " you have given orders , in your capacity of Mayor of the town , to Mr . Graham , the Superintendent of Police , to apprehend all persons found begging on the streets , so that poor tramps must either starve quietly , or be sent to the tread-mill . "

      " Hard is the fate of the infirm and poor . " This appeal , however , had no effect on the flinty hearts of the members of the board , who would not pay this item in tho account , so that the expense of temporary relief to tramps and sick persons , for the last six months , must be defrayed either by the Mendicity Socioty or its officer . On referring to the report of this society , which i 3 just published , we find that the number of poor person ^ relieved during the past year is 2 , 772 : of whom were supplied with

      food and lodging , 1 , 785 ; with food only , 987 . The whole of the above ( with the exception of about 400 residents in the town , who have been relieved on some immediate emergency , ) have been passed through tho town immediately on being relieved , or , if supplied with lodging , early on the following morning , and thus prevented from becoming an annoyance to the inhabitants . Let us for a moment glance at the expense of relieving this immense number of persons .

      By relief to vagrants £ 26 7 1 \ By rent of room for ditto ... 3 14 3 By fitting up ditto 2 10 0 £ 32 11- I 0 A Or little more than 1 \\ per head ! Surely the " most rigid economist would be perfectly satisfied with such management ! Moreover , the comfort thus afforded to the weary and destitute tramps is really great , for it is a melancholy fact , that thousands of decent working men are driven from their homes for want of employment , and to whom such relief , slight thought it be , is really a boon : they cannot

      want , and to beg are ashamed . We are not much surprised at the unprincipled and unfeeling conduct of the Board of Guardians , for we have , on a former occasion , exposed their gross neglect of duty , in allowing one of their relieving officers to hold three distinct situations , contrary to the express instructions of the Poor Law Commissioners , and to the evident neglect of the poor and destitute , whom he has been appointed to relieve . As many of the worst cases of neglect on the part of the relieving officers are about to be exposed , we . shall in all probability return to the subject .

      NEWCASTLE -An account of monies received for the King Fit men : —May 6 th , Oxclose 10 s ; Dee Pit 5 s . 3 d . ; Shiney-row 2 s . ; Lumley 16 s . ; Coshia 4 s . lOd . ; Howarth 13 * . 6 d . ; Pelton Fell Is . < Kt . ; Rainton 6 s . ; Seaton Deloval £ 1 () s 31 . ; Old Cramlington £ 1 7 s . ; Wallsend and Heaton 13 s . ; St . Lawrence 0 i . 3 d . ; Walker 5 s . 67 > d . j Waldridgefall 14 * . 0 'd ; Ravensworth Is . May 13 : h , South Moor 6 s 7 Ad . ; Springwell 16 a . lO ^ j . ; Sheriff Hill £ 1 Is . &U . May l < hh , Urpeth 10 s . ; Waldridge Fell ltii . ~ 4 d . ; Itavensworth 5 s . 9 d . ; Lumley 18 i . ;

      Walker 14 s . 7 d . ; Heaton 15 s . ( id ; Rainton 9 ^ . 2 d . ; Pittington 83 . lOd . ; Ouston £ 1 ; Sheriff Hill 13 s . lOd .: Coshia / K 6 d . ; West Standley 18 s . 8 d . ; Kenton 13 * . 5 d . ; Wylam 3 a . 7 d . ; Shiucliffe 10 s . 2 d . ; Hebbron 13 s . 9 d . ; Nethertoa £ 1 9 * . 6 d . ; Newbottte 5 s . ; Seaton Daleval 17 s . J 3 . id . ; East Cramlinaton 5 i . 6 d . ; St . Lawrence b ' s . lla . The Miners of King Pit ( Wrekenton ) beg to state that John Hodgson Liddle is no longer authorised to collect , monies for their colliery , and that he is not a member of the society .

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      Lord Ashley . —This benevolent and philanthropic nobleman has been kind enough to transmit the sum of one pound ( through Mr . Mark Crabtree ) to Richard Pilling , of Ashtuu-under-Lyne . The gift was entirely voluntary on the part of his Lordship , no solicitation having been made to him whatever . The letter bearing the post office order states that Lord Ashley was exceedingly well pleased with the speech which was delivered by Mr . Pilling at Lan caster . At the conclusion of a trial in Dublin last week , " the Talacre Case , " the following colloquy took place between the judge and jury : — "After a short consultation the jury returned into Court with a verdict for the defendant . Judge Crampton—You cannot being in that verdict . —Foreman—It is fully our

      opinion—we are convinced the plaintiff is not entitled to a verdict . Judge Crampton—You must return . Tho Jury again retired , and came again into the court three or four times to ask whether it was not possible for them to find for the defendant . At length Judge Crampton got warm on the subject , and told tho gentlemen of the jury that it was not only against the law , but against their oaths to give a verdict for the defendant . The jury again adjourned to their room , and at last , with much reJuctance , and a protest that it did no * . embody their seutiments , handed in a verdict for the plaintiff . Unequivocal expressions of disapprobation were displayed by the anditfiice at the conduct of the judge . Each juror as he retired from the box , bowed to his Lopdahip > and said , ' My Lord , it is not my verdict . " '

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      London . ——Tbe ChartiBta of Bermondsey are requested to attend at tbe Ship Tavern , Long-lane , on Monday next , . it eight o ' clock , us business of importance connected with the locality , und the Association generally , will be submitted to their notice ; also to Uke into consideration the necessity that exists for securing ; i permanent place of meeting . London—Mr . Wheel or will lecture on Monday evening at the Temperance Coffee House , Stratford . Mr . Martin will lecture on Sunday evening at the Hall , Turn-af ; aiu-Lane . A Fcstivax and Ball will beheld at the Political and Scientific Institution , 1 , Turuagain-Lane , on Whit Monday;—Tickets can be procured of the Directors or of T . M . Wheeler , Sec . pro . tem .

      Rochdale . —Messrs . Joseph Wood and Jordan Chadwick , will addres the Chartists of this locality on Sunday next ( to-morrow ) , in the Chartist room , Yorkshire-street , to commence at half-past two and six o ' clock . Bristol . —United Chabtists . —The whole of the members are requested to attend 011 Monday evening next , at eight o ' clock precisely , upon important busiiness , at their meeting room , West-street . Bristol . —The Council propose that a District Delegate meeting be held on the 11 th ot June , in the Democratic Chapel , Bear-lane , Temple-street , for he purpose of hearing the statement of each delegate respecting the condition of his locality , and to consider a plau of organisation , and to consider the best means of giving a stimulant to Chartism in the West , and bring it back to its wonted energy .

      South Shields . —Mr . Beesley will preaoh on Corawallis Equare , on Sunday forenoon , at half-past ten o ' clock , and will leoture on Tuesday evening at Mr . DagleasV , Scarbro' Spa , King-street , on the Repeal of the Irish Legislative Uuion . Mr . Beeslev ' s Route for Ktxi Week . —Newcastle , on Sunday evening ; Sunderland , Monday evening ; South Shields , Tuesday evening on the Repeal ot the Legislative Unkti ; Goslbrth , Wednesday evening ; Seghill , Thursday oveuinj :. As there is so mixay applications lrota tho C lliery districts , Frurry and Siturday will ho left open ior the iii ^ . v . iioii-. / y aj . niy to Ml ' . Gdpeliai ) , 1 ' ync Dock Tav-.: ;; . i . vii-rcw " .

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      Dewsbuby . —A Chartist camp meeting will u held on Whit Sunday , in the Wb C&ft ShS several friends of the good cause will address tht meeting . lfle The Support Committee of Messrs . Clissett and Sheldrake will meet on Sunday , ( to-morrow ) in fh room over the Co-operative Stores . Newcastle . —Mr . Beesley will lecture in ik » Chartist Hall , Goat Inn , Cloth Market , on Sun < kl evening at sevea 0 clock .

      The Chartists of Newcastl e and Gateshead meet every monday evening at eight o ' clock , in the ChH tist HaU , Goat Inn , Cloth Market , to transact thl business of the association and enrol new members . Heywood . —On Sunday the 4 th of Jane , Mr . Isaaa Barrow from Bolton , will preach two sermons in the Chartist Association room , Hartley-street to commence at half-past two o ' clock in the afternoon and at Bix o'clock in the evening . A collection will be made after each service to defray expenses

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      SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED BY MR . CLEAVE . GENERAL DEFENCE AND VICTIM FL ' . VD . £ s . d . Previously acknowledged 491 15 m A few Flax Dressers , Belfast 0 6 10 Ludworth , Derby 0 13 2 Mr . J . Russel 0 19 A Friend 0 10 Mr . Hennins 0 10 Mr . Caughlan ' s book , Stratford 0 5 9 Mr . Henna and Friends , Somers Town ... 0 8 a Mrs . Dugly 0 10 Mrs . Thwaites 0 10

      Mrs . Pratt 0 10 Mr . Larkins and Friends 0 2 3 Mr . J . Hctherington 0 0 0 " Daw Green , Dewsbury 0 5 0 Carlisle 10 0 Backup 0 10 u Mountain , Yorkshire 0 9 0 Retford 0 8 0 Kirkfortharfews ... 050 Cheapside , near Burnley ... 050 Wellingboro' 0 10 0 Mansfield , Woodhouse , 4 th subscription 110 Shoulder of Mutton , Barkergate ,

      Nottingham 15 0 Burnley 2 0 0 £ 502 11 llj FOR M ' DOUAL . £ 8 . d . Harmonic Meeting , Feathers , Warrenstreet , St . Pancras 10 8 Members of Democratic Association , Sheffield 1 17 6 Female Members of Ditto 0 7

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      4 ' THE NORTHERN STAR .

      The Southern Star, Saturday, May 27, 1843.

      THE SOUTHERN STAR , SATURDAY , MAY 27 , 1843 .

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      THE STAFFORD VICTIMS . We givo the following letters just as we received them . We dare not trust ourselves to write a word of comment—not a , word !—We only say , readread ! " Stafford Gaol , Wednesday , " May 17 th , 1813 . " Dear Hill , —They are murdering me ! Skilly , potatoes—rctten ones , too I—and blue bread , we are to live on . ' I am sure I was nearly mad yesterday , and could not forbear shouting ' murder . ' " No books—no writing . ' My poor wife , I fear , is dead , for they will not tdl me a syllable ! For God's sake , 0 ! arm—alarm !

      " This is a stolon letter . They will not let me petition ! " Your ' s affectionately , " Thomas Coopkr . " "Dear Hill , —This letter was conveyed to me by ' sleight of hand , ' with another one . The other letter developis more particulars of bis ' being nearly mad . ' From what 1 hear and see in the other letter , I fear that should he remain two years in this monstrous hell , surrounded by tyrants such as the present turnkeys are , that he will be mad , stark uiad , or dead , ete the time is expired !

      " Saturday , Sund : iy , Monday , and Tuesday , he submitted to the gaol diet , at least , be ate just , as much as kept life in him Ou Wednesday morning , ' the pride of bis Buul arose , ' and he determined tu have food , or perish in the attempt ' . " He Hr .-rt spoke to the officers . They refused to ask the governor . Ho then rushed past them , and made hia-way to the governor ' s office , and demanded an interview . The governor took no notice of him , when he seized a bludgeon , and played on the door until bo broke it . The Governor then cama cut , and , in a frightful manner , told him that he should have coffee , &c . ; but before anything "was brought biro , be

      was taken to chapel—being then as mad as ever any one ¦ w ; is in tliis world . The moment ho saw the parson be darted acrosa tbe chapel , caught hold of him , and demanded of him , as a minister of Christ , that be see him righted ; and otherwise behaved himself so that the parson was marly frightened to death ! Cooper was at last carried out of the chapel ru < jing stark mud ! and ¦ was subsequently placed in the ' black hole ! ' from which they were soon forced to reL-ase bi : u , ; w bis cries and thungea were so awful . Immediately two doctors

      visited him , and they wtre very kind to him , and recommended ttut be have milk , butter , a quarter of a pound of animal food daily , &c . ; while the Governor went to Sir James Graham to know what was to be done . Ttiis ' struggle' baa nearly cost him bis life . ' He is now so ill that he cannot sit without an arm chair ; ana oomptaAns of violent pains in his bead aud back . I suppose they mean to drive biia mud and murder bim . ' I could write a gnat deal more , but . I u : a unnerved at the thoughts of it . You may publish the whole of this , if you Uke , as coining from aw . "

      We suppress tho name of our Stafford Correspondont for a very obvious reason . Read , read Stir , utir ; Mr . Duncomds is waiting for petitions .

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      Frost, Williams, And Jones.—A Correspondent Says:—"In A Letter Which I Have Just Received From

      Frost , Williams , and Jones . —A correspondent says : — "In a letter which I have just received from

      &Ocal Anu (Brnwral Znttuiqtnte.

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      FURTHER BALANCE SHEET OF THE VICTIM FUND COMMITTEE IN LONDON UP TO WEDNESDAY . May 24 th .

      BECEIPTS . £ s d Mr , Bateman ' s book 0 5 2 } Mr . Shaw's do 1 lo q " Mr . Dunnage do 0 3 4 Mr . James do 0 2 6 Mr . Charles do . of Bow 0 9 g Mr . Skidmore do 0 2 0 Delegate meeting . City 0 5 0 Paddington locality 0 4 0 Golden Lion locality , per Mr . Cuffay ... 0 1 q Mr . Warden 0 0 6 A Working Man , Windsor 0 6 0 Mr . Rowland , Coggeshall-street 0 1 0 £ 'i 10 ~ 8 i

      EXP £ XDITDRE . Paid to Mr . Cooper ... 9 15 0 Paid to Mr . Richards 0 15 0 Paid to Mr . Harney 0 7 0 Paid to Mr . M'Cartney * .. 0 7 0 Paid to George White 0 19 0 Overpaid ia last account ... 0 0 6 Expences ... 0 0 2 £ 3 3 8 ~ In hand ... ... ... 0 7 < u

      £ 3 10 8 | Friends . —Desirous of assisting this committee ia giving some kind of permanent support to George White aud others of our persecuted countrymen in London , are requested to meet the committee and add to its numbers on Wednesday evening next , at eight o ' clock , at Mr . Hawkins , Crown and Anchor Farringdon-street . By order , R . Ridley , Secretary . *

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      THE CHESHIRE MAGISTRATES , SIR JAS . GRAHAM , AND THE CHAPLAIN OF KNUTSFORD GAOL . Knutsford , Monday afternoon . The general intermediate session for the county of Chester was held this morning at the Court House , Knutsford , before Trafford Trafford , Esq ., chairman , and about twenty magistrates . Alter the learned chairman had delivered his charge to the grand jury , the magistrates retirod to their private room , when the chairman said he had received a letter from Sir James Graham , the Secretary of State for the Home Department , which he would read to the magistrates . Mr . Potts , the clerk of the peace , then read the following letter . — 11 Whitehall , Maj 4 , 1843 .

      " SrR , —I have to acknowledge the receipt of yoiir letter of the 21 st ult ., enclosing a report of the decision of the justices assembled at the last general Quarter Sessions for the county of Chester , on tho proved misconduct of the keeper of the goal at Knutsford . It is a matter of much concern to me that the magistrates of the county have determined to retain in the office of keeper of the gaol one who has been proved to have so misconducted himself . to

      Tho magistrates are of opinion upon the case whii'h I more especially called their attention U retVr to the case in which the keeper persisted in inflicting corporal punishment upon a prisoner after the interposition of the assistant surgeon , and his desisting to forbear ) that the reprimand of the visiting justices was sufficient punishment . It appears to me that such misconduct , a 3 soon as made known to the justices in Quarter Sessions , should have been punished by immediate dismissal . , f * * l * B * ^ - * Bm ^ —^ ^* ¦ b- * i ^^ vf ^ y ^ M * (^ v ^^ ^^ & % J ill A M ^ w 9 M of

      " The other charges proved against the keeper , offencea committed by him subsequent to that greater . offence which I have just mentioned , are considered by the Magistrates as not of much importance , and not sufficient to deprive him of their confidence . Yet L is clearly proved—and this proof was in the hands of the Magistrates—that these offences , many in number and of various kinds , wore in violation 01 the prison regulations , in violation also of provisions of Acts of Parliament , and such as would have subjected the keeper to indictments for

      misdemeanour . "The responsibility of these proceedings of the General Quarter Sessions is upon those Magistrates who recommmended and adopted such a decision ; but I feel it to be a duty to declare my opinion , tnai it is a decision not unlikely to lead to evil consequences , detrimental to the maintenance of good order 111 prisons , and calculated te lessen the confidence which Parliament has been disposed to impart to Magistrates in the superintendence and regulation of gaols . " I have the honour to be , &c ., J . R . G- Giuham . " Trafford Trafford , Esq ., Chairman of Quarter Sessions , Knutsford . "

      The letter having been read , there was a general silence of a few moments amongst the magistrate * One gentleman suggested that no notice should w taken of the letter . , h The CHAinMAN said that the first question wnicn he would put to the magistrates was , whether « letter deserved any answer at all 1 . . Mr . CoRBErrsaid it was very strange that Cap- *' Williams should have found fault with the tfove" 7 now , as . if he recollected right , the inspector oao , in 1811 , made a very favourable report respects Mr . Burgess . He wished to know what were w complaints against the governor ? ^ Mr . Potts said that the principal offence w *» whipping a boy named Traiaor . Mr . Pot" ¦ pn «" rftad . bv direction of the Chairman , tho rep ly or w »

      Court to the report of Inspector Williams on w « state of Knutsford gaol and house of correction , 1 which the preceding letter from the Home &ei tary might be considered as a rejoinder . Mr . Shalcross Jackson said rhat he n . ^ heard the governor charged with inhumanity oew < but understood that he was exceedingly kind . . Mr . Cohbbtt : I should make no reply to tn » letter . ., ^ , j Mr . Jackson : It is our business , and we saaii v . ia this matter as we think proper . . „ The Chairman : I have laid the letter before yog because it is addressed to me as chairman ot Qiarter Sessions . Is it the general opinion ot w magistrates that no notice shall be taken ot w letter ! , j It was then suggested that Mr . Burgess show make an affidavit respecting " the matters coiap ^ 1115

      of m the report of the inspector . . After a short conversation , in which * *'\ Tow . vsend , France , and others took par- % riiiQ the course of which the magistrates generally « pressed their confidence iu Air . Buri ; f * , , The Chairman s « g « ested that h » ( 'he cnairman ; had better acknowledge the receipt ot the r ; i . r . No motion was , however , nndeon the siK'j - ^ ' the mutter then ttrmniaicJ .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 27, 1843, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct804/page/4/