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      ARREST OF T . B . SMITH . Star Qfice , Fifteen minutes past One . I haTe just returned from the police Gfibe , haying learned what was tie sort of " refreshment , " the Manchester police officers had gone to proenre . They were absent on another arresting expedition ; and haTe jus : returned with Mr . T . B . Smith ia custody , he being apprehended on a similar charge , in deed inclnded in the same warrant with' Mr . Hill . Mr . Smith was taken at his own home , and his house was searched by the officers , and all papers or letters found there removed "ii custody '

      also . When Mr . Read had informed Inspector Tjtlob , from Manchester , who I was , I made a formal application to be permitted to see Mr . H ill , before he was remoTed from Leeds ; and he immediately replied that my request should be granted . I then asked " when ? " and his reply was II Sometime in the courss of the afternoon . " " Could it be now" ! wa 3 my next question ; and the answer to it " no ; not just now : we ha 7 c some refreshment to get : but you shall see him befoie we start . " " Will you names time ! " " Sometime about ihree o'clock . If-you will be at the Star office , we will send on for you . "

      From this conversation , and especially from the fact of " refreshment " being still wanted by the Manchester men , I infer that they hare more arrests to make in this town ; and that they were anxious to get them made , and the prisoners -all together , before they permit any of them to be seen by their friends . Mr . Hill has been kept in the " Stone jug" since his arrest . He is not , however , placed amongst the other inmates of the wretched hole used as a prison ; but is considerately placed in the women ' s ward , ( which happened to be empty , ) which he has , ( till just now that Mr . Shith has joined him , ) occupied to himself .

      He and Mr . Smith , with any others that may be arrested , will be removed to Manchester this afternoon , I believe ; and be brought up for examination to-morrow , at the New Bailey Court . I shall go up to Manchester with them , or after them , for the purpese of procuring bail , < fec . I shall also attend the examination to-merrow , and communicate the result in an edition of the Star , to be published in Leeds to-morrow evening . Josh . Hoesos .

      Northern Star Office , Friday , Quarter-pas i Tiro . I have just seen Mr . Hill . He was brought to this Office by the Manchester officers , accompanied by a Leeds police sergeant . He had been taken to his own residence , I believe , and his house searched . When the party arrived here , Inspector Tatloe addressing me , Sh . id , that " they had found on Mr . H ill a number of keys .

      which he informed them opened certain drawers and boxes at the Northern Slar office , and that he wished to see what was contained in them . ' I immediately answered the application by another question : " Have you any authority to come here to search J Hare yon a search warrant ? This ' pJace is mine . Whatever is here is in my possession , and unless you haTe authority to come here and search , I most assuredly shall net permit such a search to be made . In this effice are a vast number of papers and documents of all kir . dst and I phall not consent

      to their being exposed to tee gaz 3 of strangers , unless there is authority to compel me . If you , have a warrant , show it , and I will not resist you : if you have cot , no search shall be made here . " On this , the Inspcc . or said that " the locked drawers and boxes here , of which Mr . Hill had the keys , were his ; and is was those he wished to see . " My answer was , " whatever locked drawers or boxes are in this cfice , belong to the office ; and Mr . H il l has been entrusted with the keys , because such drawers

      or boxes are for the reception of those official documents , beloDging the effice , oTerwhich he had charge . But such documents are no more his . than the books belonging the establishment are the property of the Clerk there , ( pointing to Mr . Abdill , ) whohas the charge of them . Whatever is in this cms .-, or house , is mine . If you have any authority to search my house , show it , and go to work . If you have no authority , it cannot be done . " . He then replied , ' I have no warrant : and if you objecS , of course I must refrain . "

      I then ask ? d if it was likely they would depart for Manchester this day ; and received for answer it was possible they might not . I then asked , if such -was the case , could bail be accepted for Mr . Hill ' s appearance in the morning ; for I should not like that he should haTe to be kept in the Leeds " Stone Jng" all night ; and the inspector said that fie conld not accept bail , and the Magistrates would be gone from the Court . He , however , would endeavour to leave for Manchester to-night .

      After shaking hands with Mr . Hill , and after hearing from him that the alleged charge against him is for itiendnis : and speaking at a meeting in Manchester on the 17 th of August last ; he was con ; veyed back to his quarters in th « " Stone Jug , under & promise , from the effieera , that I should be allowed to see him again before he is taken off to Hanchesfeer . Jos . Hobson .

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      ARREST OF G . J . HARNEY . Star Office , Friday * Three o'clock . I have ju > t seen one of the guards of the North Midland Railway , and he informed me that Mr . G . J . Hasket , ot Sheffield , had been brought in the custody of a Manchester effioer , by the last Derby train , to the "Normanton Station , whence he would be taken to Manchester . JOS , H 0 BS 05 .

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      TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Bboihee Democsatj . —No man can lay the charge to me that I am fond of faction—it matters sot whether that man belongs to the Metropolitan Parliamentary Reform Association , to the Christian Chartists , to the Complete Suffrage Association , to the National Association , or to the National Charter Association , not a single member of any one of these dare accuse me of being factious . Therefore , I may safely investigate the document issued by the Complete Suffragists for convening the Conference on the 27 th December next . Every true Democrat must admit that there is the greatest necessity to convene a National Conference , but to make it a national one , what is the foundation on which it ought to be based ? Can it be called national when

      a faction is to have half the power at it ?—nay , more than half the power ; for , whilst London , Manchester , Birmingham , and the towns of the greatest importance and most numerous population , are to be restricted to six representatives , and such very important towns as Nottingham , Leicester , Norwich , &c ., areto be restricted to four , the small towns wherethemillownershave the greatest power can send two ; thu 3 positively giving a double power to the patriotic electors in the election of representatives What poor man dare give an untrammelled vote on Euch an occasion , nnless at the hazard of losing hia employment , and eventually bringing destraetion on

      himself and family 1 But to investigate the conduct of the Council of the Complete Suffrage Association with impartiality , it is right that we should take a closer view of its conduct on the day it met in Birmingham ; it did not allow strangers to be present at its deliberations . Yesterday , a gentleman called on me to inform me that he was ordered out of the room , and that when the report was brought up , when strangers were present on the day afterwards , it was the intention of the parties to allow the electors the power to elect two delegates to the Conference , for the working men ' s one ; and but for Mr . Stephenscn , of Worcester , such would have been carried .

      If such report be correct Cand I have every reason to believe it is ; if it i 3 not , I hope I shall be set right on the matter , as I Bhould not wish to make any false statements , tending to mislead the democratic party ) what conclusion can I possibly come to 1 Can any working man—can any real Democrat come to any but the following—namely , that this party are not sincere . I am not cynic enough to condemn a whole body for the sets of one or a fev ? of its members ; but when a deliberative body assumes to itself the power to concoct schemes for the advancement of Democracy , then thp public ought to scrutinize the acts of such men . What I propose to the Council of the complete-suffragists is this , that , if they wish to have a bona fide representation of the people , namely , to reconsider their

      address and take such steps as will bring together the whole intelligence , talent , and strength of the popular party into one great conference , they will limit the aggregate nnmbers of the Conference , say to 658 ; that they vrill divide the whole of England , Scotland , and Wales , into districts ; that according to the population in each district , delegates shall be elected ; that the people , the whole people , and neither more or less than the people , shall have the power to elect the representatives ; such are the views I entertain on the election of Delegates to the Conference pretended to be National , to be held on December 27 th , 1842 . If the representation of the whole is not recognised and acted Hpon , I then in that case enter my most solemn protest against the convening of any such Convention , and denominating it National , and for the following reasons ,

      viz—1 st . That it is false to call it a complete representation . 2 nd . That , if called , it has the appearance of faction . 3 rd . That it would be exactly as ju 3 t to allow any one sect in religion to have the power to elect a majority to the Conference as to allow the electors to do so ; and what I recommend the people to do , if the Complete Suffragists persevere in their factious opposition to a- complete representation of the people , is this—to protest against such injustice . Let not the non-electors make the shadow of an attempt to elect a single delegate to the Conference ; and in every district let the honest electors , who wish to see the people fairly represented , attend the patriotic electors' meetings , and move an

      amendment to their electing delegates to the following effect : — " That this meeting of electors entirely disapprove of the one-sided , narrow-minded policy of the Complete Suffrage Council , in convening a Conference to be elected contrary to the true spirit of genuine democracy and real liberty ; and cannot , therefore , for a moment , entertain the idea of at all taking part in a Convention so elected . " If ontheother hand the system of convening the conference be abandoned , and that of justice established in its place , then let every hand be at work to assist in so holy an undertaking ; let the wealth and wisdom of the Metropolitan Parliamentary Reform Association be put into active operation on the occasion ; let the zeal of the Christian Chartists be actively employed to forward such an object ; let the energies of the

      Complete Suffrage Association lend its assistance ; let the members of the National Association not lag in the good cause ; and let the whole force of our own great , powerful , numerous , and intelligent association be exercised on such a grand and noble object . To the people , I say , watch carefully all parties ; adhere to the Charter , the whole Charter , and nothing less than the Charter ; and I repeat again , although I am not factious , and hate denunciation , yet every exertion on my part shall be made to forward liberty , to establish even-handed justice , and , as far as I am able , thwart the designs of those who would _ make merchandise of the people , and keep up agitation to serve their own sinister ends . I have the honour to be , Your brother Democrat , John Campbell .

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      RECEIPTS OF THE EXECUTIVE FOR THE WEEK ENDING SEPT . 27 th , 1842 . £ s d Exeter 0 4 2 Birmingham shoemakers 0 3 6 Ipswich 0 5 0 Ipswich Females 0 2 6 Nottingham , per Barton 0 10 0 London , St . Pancras ... 1 0 0 Derby 10 0 London , Hammersmith ... 0 5 0 Colchester , Collingwood 0 2 6 St . Alban ' s 0 10 Tiverton 0 10 0 Carrington 0 4 0 Mansfield 0 2 0 On the 3 rd Sept . I should have acknowledged 12 s from the London Stone MaEons . Will Mr . Child , of Coalbrook Dale , write to me ! Will the Loughbro ' sub-Secretary write to me !

      Parties in want of cards , in and round Manchester , can be supplied by Mr . Leach , bookseller , 40 , Oak-street , Manchester . I am very aiixious that when a sub-secretary receives cards of membership , he should write acknowledging their safe arrival . The following instructions to parties who write letters may not be useless ; let the letter be commenced thus , suppose the letter is from Manchester : — Manchester , 26 , John-street , Sept . 19 : h , 1842 .

      By simply heading letters 12 the above manner no mistake could ever occur . In reply to a Watford Chartist , the translation of the two latin quotations is sana , sound—mens , mind —in , in—sana , sound—corpore , body—Nemo , no one —mortalium , of mortals— sapit , is wise—omnibus , at all hours . I confess I acted unwise in giviEg a latin quotation at all—however 1 vron ' t offend again in a hurry . John Campbell , Secretary .

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      VICTIM FVSD . I haye paid over to Mr . Cleave the following Earns for the victims : — s d . Unknown 7 6 J . Horley 1 0 Wm . Loft 2 0 Shoemakers , Birmingham ... 5 0 Ipswich 10 0 Ipswich Females 5 0 Colchester ... 10 0

      D . K . " 1 0 Colchester , p « r Collingwood 2 6 Chatford 2 1 Merry ..: 1 6 Roek locality 2 10 Lynn Regis 10 0 Two friends ... 1 0 Salisbury 10 0 I have paid in the Salisbury district 10 s . before to some person in Manchester , but as I did not book it at the time , I have had it to pay a second time .

      Will Wr . Dickcnson , the Manchester packer , send me his address ! The note , in connection with the '/ a . 6 d ., headed " nnknown , " has been mislaid ; will the parly who paid it send me the separate items \ J . Campbell , Secretary .

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      SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED BY MR . CLEAVE . POLITICAL VICTIMS AKD DEFENCE FUND . £ s d Subscriptions previously acknowledged ... 9 15 5 Friends , Pocklington 0 10 0 Temperance Hotel , New Marketplace , Bolton 10 0 Ledbury , Wilts 0 6 0 Mr . Fedlmgham , Ledbury 0 3 6 Chartists , Cheltenham 0 15 0 Subscriptions , per Mi-. Campbell 0 7 6 Wm . C . M 10 0 Mr . Atkins , Bridswater ... 0 2 6

      Mr . Yoxall , ditto ... 0 2 6 Mr . Cass , ditto 0 10 Mr . Huxley , Tunstall , Staffordshire ) ... 110 0 An Old Rad , Huil 0 10 0 Silkweavers locality , London 0 10 0 J . E . ... * 0 10

      C . R 0 10 Shoemakers , Hackney 0 4 4 Mr . Hunt and Friends ... ,.. .. ' 0 2 4 Mr . Elliott , Stockwell 0 2 6 Friends , per Mr . Christopher 0 8 8 Bagthorpe , Nottinghamshire 0 2 6 £ 17 15 9 MASON AND CO ., VICTIMS . - - Teetotal locality , Waterloo-road ... ... 0 2 6

      MKS . HOLBERRY . A few Chartist'Masons , London 0 8 1 MEMORIAL DEMONSTRATION . Wm . StubbiDgs , Lan ^ ton , near Tunbridge Wells 0 5 0 ADDRESS OF THE COAL MINERS OF

      YORKSHIRE TO ALL CONSUMERS OF COAL . Ladies akd Gentlemen , —We , the colliers of Yorkshire , humbly come befoie you in the hope that you will lend a kind ear to our distress , and give us that sympathy which we have a right to expect . We are driven only by want and misery to lay before the impartial reader the enormous injustice under which we have for years been victims and sufferers . We have employed every means in our power to be kindly listened to by our masters ; we have applied to them , but to no purpose . We are , therefore , compelled by them to lay before the public our grievances . 1 st A reduction of wages to an alarming extent , so that we and our families are perishing for lack of food . 2 nd . A great addition has been made to our day ' s wtik , bnt none to our wages ; ( the reverse ) we have as much coal te get in two days as we had formerly in tiree .

      3 rd . On account of the corves ( or waggons ) being continually enlarged , and our day ' s work increased , we have only two or three days in the week ; the wages of two or three days is not sufficient to maintain ua and our families through seven days . 4 th . We are obliged to work in water and damp places , bo that we get rheumatism and all sorts of complaints ; and we are obliged to work naked , or nearly so , on account of the hard and laborious empleyment we have to perform . 5 th . Getting coals by measure and selling them by ¦ weight ; this is the reaBon -why they are continually enlarging the corves ; every new one that is made is larger than the old one . When they sold by measure they did not do so ; if they had , the public would have got the benefit ; but now that they pocket it all they are never quiet . 6 th . Our masters have turned off from their employment some of the delegates whom we chose to represent our grievances to tbein .

      The millions in our own country , withont taking into account the millions of foreigners , who are , through our labour , warmed every day , from the humblest being in our country to oar gracious Qaeen , are little aware of all the misery , all the oppression , cruelty , and tyranny we are Eurjacted to by onr masters . The Negroes were never reduced to such subjection ; they bad only to work a few hours io the open air , whilst we white men , and , above all , Englishmen , cannot see th ? sun some times for weeks together except on Sundays , which is worse than any prison in the kingdom , and more iDjurioaa to the human system than the solitary cell ' . We are even worse treated than the greatest criminals in the slave mines of Siberia , for they have plenty of food given to them ; they can walk and work erect ; all their mines are six feet high :

      whilst we are cramped and crushed into holes sometimes not more than eighteen or twenty inches high and a yard wide , and are forced to work naked in those low and narrow holes . When we enter the bowels of the earth we cannot say that we shall see our wives and families again ; we cannot run out of the pits to save our lives ; we ara forced to crawl on onr hands and feet , the distance we have to go in and out before we can reach the basket that took ns down . There is no trade or profession that is bo much exposed to danger as that of the collier , and no man stands more in need of education and religion than the collier ; for no one is more suddenly snatched out of time into eternity . Unacquainted with the will of Qod and the laws of man ; ignorant , stupid , and wicked ; as he lives so he dies , and his blood -will be required

      at your hand . There are societies established for the education of the soldier and sailor , but none for the colliers ; institutions fer the support and education of the children and orphans of the soldier and sailor , is it so with the orphans of the collier ? We say not . The soldier may get a pension if he is wounded in battle , and be entered into an hospital ; the sailor maybe rescued from a watery grave ; but the collier is doomed to die without aDy one taking notice of him . He is more devoted to his country than either the soldier or sailor ; his life is in jeopardy every moment , and strange to say , there is no reward for him ; but even his master will reduce his wages if he ean . He is doomed to be crashed to death by the recks , to be drowned , to be suffocated by the sulphureous gases , to be burned or scorched alive ; no one can lend a helping hand to

      rescue him ; no one can see what is going on in the bottom of the pits . Look only at the numerous accidtnts which are continually taking place , and yeu will shudder ; your blood will run cold at the horrible misery we have to suffer , for a small pittance , or a piece of bread . All is not yet told , and were we to write until this day twelvo months , more than one half would remain untold . Look at our children ; who takes care of them ? who gives them the food and education they are entitled to ? where are their schools ? where can they learn the laws of their Creator ? the laws of their country ? and the love cf man ? They are brought up in slavery and ignorance ; they are worse treated than the children of the negro . Instruction is denied them ; they only go to the Sunday school , and even on that day they are so fatigued and

      tired that they cannot learn any , or even enjoy themselves . We may add here , the school-masters universally describe the pit boy as always more drowsy and sleepy , as duller and more stupid at learning , than ether boys ; as reading much worse than they formerly did before they went into the pits , and yet equally willing to leam . ( Commissioners' Report , p . 175 ; see alsa the Times tor the month of May last . ) They are doomed to foliow their fathers in the pits , and crawl where he cannot This country can never expect to see men fit to defend their Queen and country whilst treating them with such barbarity , and sending them to the grave before it has been ordered by providence . It is our humble opinion , that it is impossible for us to bear np much longer under the burden which presses eo heavily upon us and our families , and which is fast hastening us to the grave , and which so exhausts us ,

      that we can scarcely crawl home . Do we there meet with that comfort we are entitled to ? do we there meet with a table well stored with good and substantial food ? or even the commonest necessaries of life ? do we ther 3 find onr families well fed , and necessary raiment to put on ? To all these questions we say no . If this was thi case it would be some solace to our weary , exhausted , and emaciated bodies , writhing and agonizing with pain , on account of the peculiar position , the cold damp air , and nauseous gases we have to labour nnder , and other evils too numerous to mention , which are injurious to the hnman system ; instead of all this we find an an abode of poverty and misery ; an empty table , or nearly so ; a care-worn sickly wife , and hungry , desolate , and half-starved children , crying for bread . Oh ! how heart-rending ia the cry of starving children for bread .

      We make this appeal , not in our own name , but in the name of our perishing families , who , through wast , are fast hastening to the grave , to appear before that God who has declared , " cursed ia he that withholdeth the hire of the labourer . " ( See also Ecclea , chap , iv ., ver . 1 . ) ; To expect from onr masters as increase of wages i » ont of the question , for we have tried it . Wehope , by the exertion of our representatives ia Parliament , and the public , we shall be rescued from further danger , by coming to eur help and giving ns that relief we ean

      get nowhere else , by adding threepence to every ton of coals yon pay for , for the benefit of the colliers . We hxTa no other resource bat that one left ; and we hope that every oce that has got a British , heart , and hates oppression , thrill come to our relict By such timely help we shall be able to maintain onr families from starvation , and send them to school instead of the pits . We sincerely hope and trust that yon will come one and all te onr assistance , and by your support remove the unparalleled distress under which we groan , and which has been borne with unexampled patience and fortitude . . t

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      Our masters have ears only for the sound of gold , smiling eyes for their customers , and feelings for themselves . We who send more gold into their pockets than any other trade are lefc to starve in these pita , ten , twelve , and sometimes fourteen hours per day . Are Englishmen to suffer slavery to exist to such a an extent at home , whilst they give millions of pounds and million * of Bibles to extirpate it from Asia , Africa , and America ; and send teachers to form schools in all parts of the globe , whilst our own children are remaining in ignorance , and grovelling in the bowels of the earth , under one of the most tyrannical and oppressive systems that ever existed ? We , who warm you every day , who expose our lives for you , you will certainly give ua the trifle we aek of you without hesitation . Remember , that through our labour , all the trade is

      on , all the manufactures ; all the steamers which bring riches from tka remotest parts of the earth , are set in motion by us . Remember us at your meal , and think if you could have had all these comforts of life without the collier . Remember us in the evening , when the toils of the day are over , and you are enjoying the benefit of a good warm fire . Remember that we are all brethren , and that the same Creator sees our sufferings , and will come to onr help . Remember that He who gives to the poor and suffering , gives also to the rich . We , the Colliers of Yorkshire , pray that our Heavenly and Almighty Father may receive you amongat the just , and increase your happiness in this world-Committee Room , Wakefleld , Sept , 25 th , 1842 .

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      EXTRAORDINARY HUNT FOR £ 100 , OFFERED BY THE SPYMASTERS OF THE SECRET SERVICE MONEY . On Thursday morning week the village of Bacup was the 6 cenoof a laughable farce , owing to a worthy son of Escalpius , who sleeps with his eyes open , making it known to the powers that be , that a notorious Fox had stayed in Bacup all night ; accordingly the blood hounds were laid on the soent , and amongst them were the following noted dogs : — Harry Fourhole , a particular favourite , who ran for , and carried off the Odd Follows' Stakes , amounting to £ 40 . Sergeant Numskull , a devil for having a good nose , and keeping his wife out of the poorhouse . Nelfather , a Newfoundland dog , juat imported , who has given up an honourable and lucrative trade to run in the pack .

      Peter Simple , a dog nearly allied to the powers that be , and a sure destroyer of young women ' s happiness , as there will soon bo as many Dastards of his as will make a pack of his own ; and Bleakoountry , a dog who is trying to signalize himself , but has not brains sufficient , not being a licensed dog as yet , but it is hoped he soon will be ; besides a manj others . After doubling , &c . they at last came to view j but here another obstacle presented itself—who was to take him \ One said , he has teeth ; another , claws ; a third , he carries pockets ; a fourth said the oldest in the service should have the honour of the death ; the eldest said the youngest should show his bravery . However , in this state of things they passed and re-passed their prey on the road , none of them daring to look on it , and had it not been for two sheep dogs , in the shape of two carters , which they charged to help , the prize would have remained untouched .

      But oh , what will the world say , when it is made known that the consternation of the pack was bordering on despair , when they were informed very civilly that they were not hunting Dr . M'Douall . but that the person whom they were kindly pleased to eBCOit on the road was no other than Mr . William Beesley , of Accrington , en route to Todmorden , to attend a Chartist meeting , to which place he very kindly invited them ? Ha ! ha ! ha ! Bacup dogs have good noses ! What will you take for your pigs , Tom ]

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      TROWBRIDGE . —On Thursday , the 22 nd ult ., a vestry meeting was held , in pursuance of a notice of the same , for the purpose of making out a list of names of those persons willing and those liable to serve as special constables , to the number of sixty , in addition to the police force ; but the Chartists and ratepayers in general were determined not to have them . At the time appointed , eleven o ' clock , Mr . J . Neweth , one of the churchwardens , was called to the chair . The Chairman then called upon Mr . Bush , solicitor , to read the notice calling the meeting . He then read the warrant from the Magistrates to the Churchwardens for them to call the meeting . Mr . J . Webb then rose and moved the following resolution : — " That , in the opinion of this meeting , there is a sufficient police force in this

      parish ; it is therefore inexpedient to elect any special constables . " The resolution was seconded by Mr . W . Edgeal . It was put by the Chairman , and carried unanimously , not one being against it . On the evening of the same day , a glorious meeting was held in the Democratic Hail , for the purpose of uniting both bodies of Chartists , those meeting at the Democratic Hall , and those at the Hope Chapel . The Shakesperians and All Saints , at Leicester , set the example , aid Trowbridge have nobly followed it , for they were convinced that nothing was more needed at the present than union . At the time appointed , eight o ' clock , John Stevens was called to the chair , and after stating the object for which the meeting was called , and advising a union , a list of rules were discussed and agreed to unanimously , on which as we trust a permanent union may be based .

      BATH . —On Sunday , the remains of Mr . G . M . Bartlett were interred at Upper Swainswick Burial Ground . He was carried to his long home by twelve of his most intimate acquaintances , wearing rosettes of black crape and crimson . The pall was borne by six young ladies ; being much respected , a large concourse of persons assembled in front of his house , in order that they might join the mournful procession , and although it had not been made a public affair , there could not be less than 1000 persons present while the funeral service was been performed . TONBRXDGE . —On Monday night , a full meeting was held at the large room , at the Chequers' Inn , when Mr . Snelling lectured on the rise and progress of Chartism , to a full meeting . A vote of thanks was passed at the conclusion .

      GLASGOW . —The direotors of the Charter Association met in the Hall , College Open , on Monday evening . Mr . Allcott in the chair . After disposing of the ordinary business of the Association , the delegate meeting about to be held at Edinburgh was taken into consideration , when it was resolved to call a public meeting on Friday , the 30 th , to take into consideration the propriety of sending a delegate , or delegates , to the above . Mr . H . Vincent lectured in the City Hall , on Monday evening . NOTTINGHAM—On Sunday , Mr . Simmons , preached a very impressive sermon in the Demooratio Chapel , Rice-place , to a crowded audience . A good feeling was manifested throughout . At the conclusion , a subscription was entered into for the purpose of defraying the chapel rent . —On Monday evening , in the same place , Mr . R . T . Morrison delivered a highly interesting lecture on persecution .

      NEWCASTLE—Mr . Russell , of Nottingham , preached a sermon in the Chartists' Hall , Goat Inn , Cloth-market , on Sunday evening last . After the sermon , it was announced that there would be public meetings held there ever ^ Sunday evening , for the future , at seven o ' clock . The Chartists of Newcastle held their weekly business meeting in their Hall , on Monday evening , Mr . Wm . Smith in the chair . It was announced from the chair that there was 19 a . lid . collected for the defence fund . . Mr . Phinnix gave notice of a motion , deprecating the cruelty of the tyrants in power towards our best friends , and expressing a determination to use every possible means of procuring the " sinews of war , ' to assist in procuring justice for them , and to form a committee for that purpose . After disposing of some local business , the meeting adjourned soon after ten o'clock .

      HULL . —On Monday evening we had an overflowing audience at the Mason ' s Lodge . Mr . Pindar in the chair . He opened the meeting in an excellent address , bat short , and wished every oce to have a fair hearing . Mr . Grassby , the Secretary , read the balance sheet , and stated they would shortly be enabled to engage a local lecturer . Mr . Harfield commenced his address by saying , he was there to address himself to men whose desire was to know the trath , and not to men who are mere expedience mongers . After which he proceeded to deliver a most stiring lecture amid the enthusiastic applause of a crowded audience . Three new members took out their cards . The people are beginning to enquire T ? ho receives the benefit of" Peel ' s Tariff , " as beef is no lower , although there continues to be large importations of cattle .

      Lked 3 . —At the Council meeting on Sunday morning , after several resolutions had been carried , one was moved and carried that the Treasurer be authorised to transmit thirty shillings to Mr . O'Connor , for the General Defence Fund . Mr . T . B . Smith preached a very excellent sermon to a large audience , at nighty in . the room , Cheapside . )

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      HELPER . — The Belper Committee for the Defence Fund feel great pleasure in having obtained tu ? sum of £ 3 lOa . ; and that it wouM be a neglert of daty no * to congratulate the respective members and friends Of tht >' following places , which constitute the locality , who have especially along with Dames , or Messdames , Stocks , Tipper , Birch , Bell , and Belfield , members of the Belper Female National Charter Association , for coming forward so readily at this time of peculiar distress and persecution , for so nobly doing their duty in behalf of their incarcerated brethren , and especially as they are not yet wearied in prosecuting this labour of love , as will appear from the enclosed resolution . The following are the specific sums received by the treasurer from the following places : — £ . s . d . Belper females ... ... 012 0

      Males ... ... ... 0 14 0 DurBeld , Mr . Pratt ... ... 0 15 0 Mattlock , Smith .. . 0 10 0 Swanwiek .. Mr . G . Walters ... 0 7 6 Alfreton , Mr . Cross ... ... 0 0 0 Ashover , Mr . Boar ... ... 030 Heage , Mr . Rogers ... ... 0 2 6

      Total ... ... ,,. £ 3 10 0 James ViCKEBs , Treasurer . ED . CHOSS . Secretary . At a meeting of the female Chartists of BaJper , on Monday night , Mrs . Birch in the chair , the following resolution was unanimously adopted ; moved by Mrs . Belfield , and seconded by Mrs . Poole : — " lhat we , the female Chartists of Belper , feel it a duty incumbent on us , at the present crisis , to use our beat exertions in raising funds for the defence of our incarcerated brethren , and the support of their suffering families , and call on our sisters in all parts of the kingdom to be np and doing their duty to thoir country , and their oppressed and suffering families . "

      SUNDERIiAND . —On Sunday afternoon , Mr . Williams lectured on the Moor near the Railway-station . The weather was unfavourable , and the audience , therefore , was not large . A collection was made at the close for the General Defence Fund , when the sum of 5 ? . lljdwas received . Mr . W * announced that another collection would be made the ensuing week . ' BIRMINGHAM . —The friends at Aston-street were disappointed on Sunday in not having a lacturer , Mr . Parkes failing to come according to promise . Mr . Talbert read several extracts from the life of Muir ; O'Connor ' s letter , and different portions of the Slar were also read . Ou Monday night the usual meeting took place , Mr . Russell in the chair ; after the usual monetary business was concluded . the Secretary stated that the . council was deficient of two members , when Messrs . Maliss and Russell were elected . The r&ffls for the gun for the benefit of George White was postponed to next Monday night , when it will positively take place . Tickets , sixpence each .

      A Delegate Meeting was held at Wednesbury , on Sunday , when delegates were present from Wednesbury , Bilston , Walsall , Birmingham , Dudley , and Coseley . The proposition of Mr . O'Connor , to accept the services of Mr . Roberts , of Bath , at the ensuing Special Commission at Stafford , was unanimously adopted . A letter was directed to be sent to Mr . O'Connor informing him of the same , and requesting him to communicate with Mr . R . immediately . Monies for Mason ' s Defence Fund were received from the Star Office and other places . The next delegate meeting will be held at the Chartist Room , in Wednesbury , on Sunday , Octobar the 9 th , at ten o ' clock in the morning .

      Steelhouse Lane . —The Chartists of this locality met as usual on Tuesday night , Mr . Porter in the chair . The letter of Mr . O'Connor , in the Star ot Saturday last , was brought under the consideration of the members of the Committee , and the propriety ef voting money to the General Defence Fund was discussed . It appearing that some portion of the funds in hand had been collected for the special purpose of defending George White , a debate of considerable length took place upon the propriety of merging such funds into the General Defence Fund . Upon a vote being taken the numbers were equal , when the Chairman gave the casting vote for the appropriation of all monies to the General Defence .

      The Washingtonians have been dispossessed of their rooms , through the interference of Mr . Corbett , a member of the Council of the Complete Suffrage Association . He having taken the premises adjoining , considered , of course , the approximation of a Chartist Association a nuisance not to be borne . Lecture . —A lecture for the benefit of Mr . George White ' s Defence Fund was delivered by Mr . T . S . Mackintosh , at the Social Institution , Lawrence-street , on Tuesday evening last ; the subject , " Martyrs to Liberty . " At the close of the lecture , Mr . Thorn was called to the chair , and the audience , in pursuance of notice , passed a resolution for the election of a Committee to collect funds for th « Gaueral Defence , and also appointed parties to carry it into effect .

      HALIFAX . —Those localities in the Halifax district holding monies subscribed for the General Defence Fund , will be kind enough to forward the same to the District Secretary , or to the Association Room , Swan Coppice , on or before Sunday , Oct . 2 nd , as it will be much more convenient to the parties receiving the same , and attended with much less expence , to go all together . SHEFFIELD . —Education—On Monday evening last , Mr . Edwin Gill delivered an interesting lecture on the subject of education , in the Chartist Room , Figtree-lana The following is an extract from Mr . G . ' s discourse : — "We have had great talk about national education in our time ; we have been told that we may bless our stars that we were born in this enlightened country , in this the much-vaunted nineteenth century ,

      the age of intellect , &c , < fcc . Hearing these things , a stranger would suppose that this was the most enlightened , Christian , prosperous , and happy nation on the face of the earth . Let us Bee how such titles will accord with England ' s present state . We have an abundance of churches and chapels , and a noble army , Called-by-the-Grace-of-God parsons , as instructors , who receive £ 9 , 459 , 505 for their labours . Then we have Sunday schools , charity schools , Lancasterian schools , and national schools , where orthodox and loyalty are crammed into the brain or thrashed into the breeches of the rising generation without mentioning the heterodox sects , such as Unitarians , Presbyterians , Baptists , AnabaptistsWesleyan Methodists , Primitive Methodists , and Church Methodists ; besides Quakers , Junipers , and Shakers , each sect having schools for the

      promulgation of its own doctrines , in which loyalty and morality are combined . With such a number of public seminaries we ought to be an enlightened people , and as fer religion , what with the licensed and the contraband faiths , we surely ought to be a moral people , and if we take into consideration the enormous sums our education costs us , we must be a wealthy people . But are we so—are we wealthy ? Let the bostiles be crammed to suffocation with our best artisans and mechanics , the numerous deaths from starvation , the suicides occasioned by poverty and wretchedness , the tide of emigration and the lists of bankruptcy answer ; and when . in times like these , we take into account the cost of a royal visit , the splendid costumes of a retinue of noble sycophants , dinner services of gold , bo ., and then see the starving " rabble , " the " swinish multitude , " as the unfortunate

      poor are insolently called , the shoeless , naked , hungry people throwing their hats in the air , and calling on God to preserve their oppressors , to uphold that system of tyranny which like tke poisonous upas tree is blasting their every hope , —I ask , have the , people been rightly educated ? Morality is at an equally low discount , crime is said to be rapidly on the increase . We are told that a great majority of the prisoners tried at the sessions and assizes are not able to read or write , and a reverend divine has said that there are thousands "living without God , and without hope , " how well the instructors of the people have done their duty ! Well may they sing their old song over and over again every Sunday , " We have dono the things we ought not to have done , and left undone the things we ought to have done" ! The thanks of the meeting were unanimously given to Mr . Gill for his excellent lecture .

      The Patriot Cooper . —Mr . Harney has received a letter from this gallant patriot , in reply to one sent by Mr . H . It will be seen that a former letter sent by Mr . Hamey has been detained : — " Stafford , County Gaol , Saturday , Sept . 24 th , 1842 . " My dear Julian , —Tour reply did not reach me Never mind it ' Our light afflictions are but for a moment . ' I am well and happy . How can I fall ? I do not know one gloomy moment " Thlfl day week , Tindal , Parke , and Rolfe , the Judges , open their' special commission' for our trial * , When mine will come on I cannot tell ; perhaps Monday . I am expecting thai day , my dear Julian , with exultation . To be acquitted is a thing I do not dream of ; bat I shall have a glorious opportunity of speaking trath . And yet I will not offend , rashly .

      " I am to be assisted by a lawyer , bat I act for myself in Court O'Connor baa promised me to be there ; and I shall be proud and happy to see yon , my dear Julian , there also . . u xeu _ to keep his heart up . My little darling keeps her ' s up , as a patriot ' s wife should . " My best regards to Mrs . H ., and accept yourself the enduring lace , of , ' " Yours , most affectionately , " Thomas coopeb . "

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      THE SPECIAL COMMISSION . ( From our own Correspondent . ) Stafford , Thursday . —On next Saturday another Moumouth scene will be re-enacted here . On that day Judges Tindal and Parke , who presided at the Special Commission at Monmouth in 1839-40 , will , aided by Sir Robert Mounsey Rolf ? , open . t ^ zZvmf mission here for the trial of 244 wretched " bein /? 3 ' whose greatest , if not only , crime is poverty . The poor fellows even wjtJiin the walls of their dungeon , beW aught but tho apptaT&rwQ of r ^ erj who woul d

      tran& £ ifeBa v ., l jiwa 01 t .-CIc QoS&i-f ' ji Their conduct in prison ia lauded by the governor ad ^ tho ? i » iting magistrates , as exemplary and truly praiseworthy « The most melancholy spectacle is that which presents itSbif outside of the gaol , which is surrounded by the sorrowing wives and children ot tbo prisoners , whose haggard countenances and thread worn garments indicate sutftfrins , misery , poverty , and ra « s , beyond description . They may be truly called " a . houseless , clotheless , and breadless crowd , " to whom death lughc to be a thousand times more acceptable than life . ¦

      The prosecutors under the special commission make no concealment of their intention to vent all their spleen and direct all their power of vindicating the law against such prisoners as are acknowledged Chartists . -Amongst those who are thus marked oat as * victims . to be made examples of , are Thomas Cooper , who is thus described in the calendar " Age 37 ; roads and writes superiorly . He is committed i ' or inciting and persuading a great number of people to ' assemble and gather together , and riotously and tumukuously creating a great noise and disturbance on the 15 ih August , 1842 , at tho parish of Stoke-upon' -Trent . " Arthur O'Noil , " aged 22 ;

      reads and writc 3 well ; for inciting and causing a great number of persons to assemble and gather together to disturb tho public pesco , on the 2 Gth Aug . 1 ? 42 , at tho parish of Kowloy Regis . " And William Ellis , " aged 32 ; who reads and wridfe well ; for haring , with divers other persons , on the 16 : h of August , 1842 , and on other days , at tho parish of Burslem , traitorously compelled , imagined , and devised , and intended to levy war against hor Majesty , in order to force and compel her said Majesty to change her measures and counsels . " That tha persecutors intend making a good harvest of the affair may be judged of by tho fact that in some cases the briefs for counsel contain fifty sheet ? .

      The prisoners complain much of the u ? uaV course beisg deviated from by - the . appointment-of local attornies to prosecute for offences alleged to be committed in their peculiar localities ; this , they say , will afford an opportunity for the indulgence of personal hostile feelings . The prisoners would sooner commit themselves to the tender mercies of tho Crown officers , than to be thus tubjected to the merciless treatment of men for whom they entertaia hte most natural abhorrence . Nothing so clearly proves tho low subterfuges to which certain local functionaries had recouriefor committals as a recital of tho charges under which many of the prisoners stand committed . Upon reading them , the public will j'is * : ly

      exclaim" What ! a Special Commission to try such offences , which could be better punished summarily by the magistrate , . thau left to be disposed of by a Special Commission , at an enormous expeuce to the country 1 " The charges alluded to are as follows-. —Joseph Broster , for stealing four and sixpence ; Henry-Howard , stealing a book ; George Shaw , stealing a shirt ; Edward Adams , demanding the sum of sixpence ; William Prince , stealing 0110 tame rabbis ; Williams-Nappur , John Hulme , Smith Child , Wm . PJant , Thomas Adams , and David i ' arkus , demanding the sum of one . shilling ; Samuel Lockott , demanding the sum of sixpence ; John Hall , demanding tha sum of ' sixpence * ; James Wooley , demanding the Bum of sixpence ; snd Elizvbeth Bryan , stealing

      one picture frame , how , it' those offences were brought before one of our Metropolitan Magistrates , he would either dismiss tho charge , or , at most , taking the circumstances into consideration , would sond the accused for a week or a fortnight to prison . Exclusive of the prisoners thus committed for the Special Commission , there are 18 !) to bo tried at the Sessions , the enormity of whose offences may be judged of by the sample given of the commitments for the Commission . It is pretty clear by the classification of tho prisoners by Mr . Brutton , the governor of the gaol , that they are not the uneducated set . which it , i 3 so much the object of the Whigs and Tories to represent them as buiug . The ub joined is the classification returned by the governor , viz .:

      —Prisoners who can read and write superiorly 1 Ditto , read and write well 27 Ditto , read and write imperfectly 50 Ditto , reao . well ... ... 5 Ditto , read imperfectly ... 73 Ditto , who can neither read or write ... 59 Ditto , onbail ... ... ... ... 25 Total , 240 Here is a " damning Ho" to those calumniators of the working classes who designate them as an ignorant , brutal , and lawless body , whose sole object it is to destroy life and property .

      The Judges will merely open tho court on Saturday , pro forma ; for that occasion the only persons summoned , are the justices of the peace , mayors , coroners-, esoheators , stewards , and also all chief constables , and bailiffs . On Sunday , the Judges will attend Divine Service , in Christ's Church , when the Rev . Mr . E . Coldwell , reotor , will preach . It ' is to be hoped that his sermon will savour more of meroy , than what characterised the discourse of tha Rev . Clergyman who preached before the Judges at the Monmouth Special Commission .

      On Monday , the Grand Jury will be sworn at ten o ' clock , a . m ., precisely , when the Petit Jury , prosecutors , and witnesses , are bound to attend . The Solioitor-General , Mr . Sergeant Talfourd , and Sergeant Ludlow , Mr . Godson , Mr . Whately , and Mr . Waddington , will conduct the prosecution . After the first day , or at least after two or three convictions , three courts will be opened , in each of which a Judge will preside . This regulation will expedite the business . It is calculated that not more than 180 prisoners will be tried , and that the rest will be liberated on their recognizances to appear when called upon . Four more prisoners are expected hero from Burglem charged with being principals in the demolition and burning of the Rev . Mr . Vates' house and property , on the 15 th of August . They were brought into Burslem on Tuesday ; one of them was severely wounded in the head .

      In Newcastle-undei-Lyme , Mr . Wise , Captain Mannering ,. Mr . Adderly , and a few other magisterial dignitaries , are making great work about the protection of life and property during the winter . On Monday and Tuesday they hold meetings at the Castle Hotel , Newcastle , when they resolved to erect a temporary barracks , at a cost of £ 500 , for the accommodation of two companies of infantry and one troop of horse . Government has promised to build for them a permanent barracks in spring , The Newcastle justices are also raising a police force , and another body , which they designate a " protective force , " to escort the witnesses attending the commission , of whom there are forty housed in Newcastle .

      Threatened Outbreak in WoLVERHAMProN . —A gentleman , who has just arrived from Wolverhampton , states that the utmost excitement provaila there , in consequence of the notices from the men expiring on Saturday , when all the men will tern out , as they cannot possibly exist on their present wages . The " bntty" and " tommy" systems are in full operation in this locality , and are amongst the primary causes of the discontent that pervades the working classes . Fatal Railwat Accident . —A gentleman from London states that as tho train on Monday was

      about thirty miles from London , and within two miles of Tring , that the guard observed the headless body of a man , with the two hands also torn away , on the line . Upon setting out from London , he says that the guard was desired to have a look-out , in consequence of the wheels of tho engine that arrived having been smeared with blood . On Tuesday , a fine cow , the property of Mr . Bannister , had its head and legs cat off by the train near Pankridge . Three of them had strayed on the line , two escaped , but the latter was knocked down by the engine before it could make out of tho way . Its value is estimated at £ 15 .

      Earl TaIbot , the Lerd Lieutenant of the eounty , and John Edward Piercy , Esq ., High Sheriff , are daily engaged with the authorities from eleven to four o ' clock , in preparing for the forthcoming trials . Mr . Rogers the May < r , is in Landon communicating it is supposed with . the Home Secretary , regarding the said trials . Every thing here is tranquil . The only absorbing topic is the probable fate of tho prisoners .. Crow and Tyrrell ' s Beveraoe . —The proceeds due to the Executive from the sale of Messrs . Crow and Tyrrell's Beverage , from the 17 th to the 24 ; h of September , is as follows : — £ s d Mr . Mogg , wholesale agent for Shropshire 0 6 0 Mr . Harney , Sheffield ... . „ ... 0 6 0 Mr . Cleave , London , and wholesale agent for the South ... 0 4 6 Mr . Viokers , Belper ... 0 3 0 Mr . Morgan , Deptford . u 0 3 0 Mr . Thomson , Stockpoct .. . 0 3 0 Mr . Twite * Bath ... ... 0 3 0 Mr . Sweet , Nottingham ... 0 16 Mr . Hibbard , Mansfield ... ... ... 0 1 6

      £ 1 11 6 Pinder ' s Blacking . —Due this week to the Executive from the sale of R . Pinder ' s Blacking ;—s . d . Mr . Legge , Aberdeen 1 10 Mr . Haslem , Oldham 1 9 Mr . Cleave , 1 , Shoe-lane , London 3 11 " ¦ ' 7 6

      Cfoarttgt 3£Nteui&Ence.

      Cfoarttgt 3 £ nteUi&ence .

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      AEEEST OF THB REV . W . HILL , EDITOR OF THE ' / STAR . " Leeds Police Office , Friday , Twelve d Clock

      ¦ J"hi 5 morning , about a quarter past nine , my cood Friend , Mr . Hill , was arrested in the streets of Leeds , by two officers from Manchester , on the authority of a -warrant issued by ^ Mr j _ p . Fo ? TXitj J . P . and backedbv a Leeds Magistrate . The charge is , as far as I can ascertain , c- -e of " sedition , " arising out of words spoken -. r io" : e rneeriD ? or other , " tending to exite a

      breach of 'he Peace . " He "was on his ¦ way to tie Star-office , Trhen he was pointed out to the ¦ Jlancbesier police officers by one of the Leeds cfrcers . ( who was accompanying them on their scorch , ) and brought to this place without 8 nv of his friends knowing of the arrest . ¦\ Ynile waitinsr for his presence at the Star-office , to prepare the second edition of the , paper , it -pras ictiffifiJed to me by a friend that Mr . Hill had leen seen to enter the Police-off . ce , accompanied by two strangers ; and it was believed that he was in custody . I instantly repaired to

      tie place , wbere I now write , to ascertain if such ¦ svas the fact . After waiting some little time , I sr . w Mr . Read , the Chief Constable , and on my TTiitUEff the question to him , he at once informed ine that the fact was so . I then applied to see "Mr . Hill ; when Mr . Read informed me , that be "was in the custody of the Manchester , officers , "who clone could grant my request ; and that they were then somewhere in the town procuring refreshment . " I therefore determined to await their return , to make the request to thern to be permitted to see my friend , before he is removed from this place to Manchester , which I expect he will be in the course of the day . I have " now waited an hcur-and-a-half ; but the officers have not made their appearance . I shall wait until they do , and communicate the result cf iny api locution as soon as I learn it . Jos . Hobson .

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      THIRD EDITION .

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      AND LEEDS GENERAL ADVERTISER .

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      YOL . Y . WO . 355 . SATURDAY , OCTOBER 1 , 1843 . PK 1 CE p " ° ^^^^ r ~ r

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 1, 1842, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct907/page/1/