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THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY . JULY 25. 1840.
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TO THE MABQEIS OF NORMANBY . Lettbe IIL n i -ff-onld rmmvilr a hypocrite ; lay bare The front of guDt , that men may see , and shun it : lie done , and I 'will new proceed no farther . " Colmax , the Younger , y y Lord , —I should be sorry if the littie pamphlet , ^ ch y ° have endeavoured to suppress , -wereas worthyjf jondenmatioii as your Lordship ' s fashionable novels . I ^• re read them , and , as the last ia said to be the best , I jjjiU select it for s few critical remarks . What is the jqjjtjI of the " Contrast ? " A young lord , digested jfa &s criminal follies of town-ladies , marries an Innocent and simple-minded oounfay . girL One -would tare thought that the good sense -which dictated such a would harkephim in TO THE MABQITI 8 OF NORMANBY . ^ "BB IIL
^ ise choice - e t Tirtaoua retireinent ; ^ t he taies his mrsl bride into the vitiated circl es of jujti-life and is hourly mortified , because her ignorance of " etiquette Is constantly betraying her humble origin . She is naturally shocked at seeing unblushing , naked Tomen , and he is ashamed of her for it He appears to fcare married this unsophisticated being for the purpose r f subjecting her to the tortures of a £ alse refinement ^ Tiat is the poetical justice d one to her ? 8 he makes a horrid en 4 as a retribution for having accepted the hand d a lord , thougk she knew not at the tame ttiat he was i lord , and the moral endeavoured to be enforced is an g ^ anplified answer of the question—«« Among tmequal , what society
Can sort , what harmony or true delight ?"—Milton . My Lord , y ? u would infer that misfortune was a jutnisl consequence of such an ill-sorted match ; but ; Tliv impute it as a crime to the poor girl ? The high ' blood of an aristocrat is soiled and debased when it ' laiBgles with the puddle in a plebeian ' s veins ! There ' is a high vulgar as well as a low vulgar , and the for- j Ber is never so clearly manifested as when it atfesto to contemn the latter . Tour Lordship might free yourjeK from this besetting sin , were you to consider , that ' it is only by imitating the high , toat the low become i ¦ rdax . There is nothing vulgar in nature—rustic sim- i plirity is more noble than courtly artificiality . ! Ihe knowledge or the world , especially " of the gay ' ¦ world , which your Lordship acquired by morine , ra- j therthan being moved by , the circle of fashion ^ ena- 1
bled you to uescnoe nigh much better than humble life , j You are an actor in the * former—scarcely a spectator of I the latter . The universality of Scott * . genius enabled i him to identify himself with all characters , whether j frigh or low ; but your Lordship ' s genina is of a more j exclusive cast , and , therein , you more nearly resemble [ Byron , who could not go out of himself except into i thsracters in-m ^ vr to his own . He had no sympathy j There he had no fellowship . Thus , though quite at , ease in artificial company , your Lordship is as much j jonstrained among the sons of nature as they would be , ' were they , by some unaccountable circumstance , to find ! iceEiselTes at Alm&cks . You are evidently a Chester- ' fisldian in morals , a Machiavelian in politics ; one -who i considers a solecism in manners more shocking fhym a neat crime , and a crime venial , if successful . ! : ;
Yonr Lordship is apparently much pleased with the j fine polish you have been able to give your own " glassy \ essence , " as might be expected in one so capable of | shining amid the reflecting lustres of drawing room i lodety ; but a great statesman , in the present state of \ the country , should have the sense to dsapiae foppery , ! csd be too dignified for the worshi p of fools . " Ambi- J Son should be made of sterner stuff" Yet , to give your ' lordship your due , you are not deficient in tact and a . i a spirit of observation . Tour novels evince Streaks of jeest oH-re-srit . naivete , patbos and pMloSOphv , that ! BaBTen and enrich like the veins of a cornelian . "
My Lord , had my pamphlet contained as much objecgosabb matter as your novels do , it would have deserved suppression ; but while they have salf-sunken Into oblivion , it has been buoyed up by the very efforts wikfl you have taken to sink it Your censure is conodoed a recommendation by all right-thinking men . I am nothing , if not a Cbartist ; nor would I tolerateauy me who is not a Chartist Chartism is not a mere speculative opinion which may be right , or may be wrong it b the just claim » f a defined right , of a deprived rightrfirisht monopolised bywrong-doers to the selfish benefit o « themselves , and the injury or the aggrieved ewners If » nan steals my purse and I seek not to punish him , bet merely to make h m restore it , am I moderate in my
dsna , or exorbitant ? and , if he refuse to deliver it up , tsd call me hard names , slopping my mouth for asking for it , and beating my friends for advocating ¦ j eanse , is such an one to be tolerated . Suppose flat he has bad . my property a long time in Ms jawasion , trdl that give him a right to keep it , after I lave found it upon his person , and can clearly prove ¦ j ownership ? Suppose that it was his father that tick it and transmitted it to him J will that invalidate ay claim ? iNow , this is precisely the position in which fisQartasts stand with reference to their righta . And
how has your Lordship and others been able to withuad their claims ? You knew the " selfishness and the KTilitr of tie middle class , and the press was emftoyed to din in their ears , that what the Chartists TOted , was not their own property , but the property of others—yon easily excited a prejudice against them in your weak-minded dopes , » ad , upon the strength d thit , you persecuted the poor Chartists , and put it rct a their power to enforce their lawful and constitataasal claims . But , my Lord , I tanst you will shortly have to exclaim with the wicked
magicianu spirit * I have raised , abandon me The spells which I have studied , baffle me . " Ton ay that the people are unfit to possess those riglEE—feat they do not know how to exercise them Hoi they would make a bad use of them . In what noons , I pray , have they been exerased by the tinjust usurpers of them ? Let the state of the nation declare . If the people are unfit for freedom , it is because they hsre been enslaved so long . The present hideous system ha done nothing but rear crimes aud miseries , and is it toeoBtJEuethus ? A better system would breed better mminfl better times . The good sense and honesty of fee people must correct what the folly and knavery of fbat rulers has caused .
_^ J Lord , I never see an instance of ignorance and "Hapty , but I thank the Lords and Bishops for it ; > ad , if your Lordship desires to know what has made me » Chartist , I will tell you . In early life , I ex-PfflMsoed sufferings -which many are now experiencing ntoi nameritediy , and it is the knowledge of this , and ess frmpsiby arising from snch knowleOge , that makes ^ endeavour , I may say night and day , ( for Chai tisra " " nrythouzhtby day , my dream "by night **) to alter H * absurd and evil system that has turned nature itself at of course , and made reason a curse . _ " Heaven ' s face doth glow ; Yea this solidity and compound mass , With tristful visage as against the doom j Is thought sick at it "
^ jour Lordship belongs this system , proSts by it , r ^^ fs ^ e ntly , supports it Aye , and these noblefHttea patriots and philanthropists that refuse to profit ° 7 a , ttd choose , in virtuous poverty , to war againstit , « v eonfounded with the vilest felons whom that same * J » a has driven to crime . With a refinement in = ^ 7 unknown before , they are degraded , because «* 7 deem disgrace tie greatest misfortune—they are W ? med ; bec ! Vtt 9 e ^ e liberty , and would en-™*»? tte slave—their heaJth is broken , because Bau ? £ ?? . aETOl he bent ; and , because they have ««« , toat httleis taken from them , and given to ifcose » ™ j » ve t » o much , These men are wor tL > - of the can « » & >* ttej TOffer # ^ yo ^ j ^ an voi ) h *** ^ cursed system . "
JtflZH ? " ^ " many ^ e ™^ as a hare , and the ait * ^ i ys S * " * f or him ute ^ P - C * 1 * - cnn-^> talent , every thing combines to plunder and itfwi Uboar , and to prevent it from obtaining its ^*^ which alone , or first , it ought to seek . O ! wwT ?™** sfae workingmen -would not listen to any r *** P delusions , * whether of priests or lawyers ; ££ «¦ mute U gain the Charter—it is the one thing . TLord , you and your compeers , are ruining the WBini 7 ; but you are thereby ruining yourselves .
If the tree die , the leaf , that grew Prom out its stein , must perish too . " ' ^ de is going , and men must go with it "tt fares the land , to >»« tgnin g ma a pMT ) ^ iere wealth accumulates and men decay , ^ ri ^ ces and lords may flourish or may fade , Aloreaih can make them as a breatii has made ; ^ 4 bold pea santry , thei * t&nniry - s pride , " hen once desiroy'd can never ba supplied . " > a c ^ Lordship ' 8 polished mannerj will not save usyou ^ . aTe T 01 " *^ The courtly grace with which fed toflL ? * requests , does not satisfy the reason that < w « fer beiag made . If your Lordship would but * e 8 honi 7 U ' 70 U do > Md '! rn * t the P ^ P ** * e oa ^ S ^ Z Bot ^^ the ad&tios *! and mope grievous v ~ Tr at w > make , of beinr nnnishfvi t .- > r nn-mTihdni ^ t ,
"ttoBiw * prepifald 8 nsof itB F 160 ^ ?*** maitre , Vi £ ? 7 * 'V& > who reproached the German on the B , ^ / " groaning . I have little hope that you will 7 * ij ^ ' . _ f Uie P ' Thomson , has spoken t » Jjjj . UWe think the gay licentkmsproud , j ^™ Pleasure , power , and affluence surround ; . ^ no their thoughtless hours in gkidy mirth , firS ^? * ^ WhUe " ** *« " « slaa S ' A ndanSl ^ " VjBr y ^^ oment , death , ° * ao ^ T . " doroBtiBg flood , fy tanrtZ * ** ' How many bleed , *** %%£ " * " vaai ' < t *» ff «>* fftoams ; ° » tb ^ , oommtm a * » < u > ^ common use * 7 L ^ ° ' ' L 1 MBS - " ^ Ton Iuta Uvm 4 ( 4 i 11
Im _ rr ™« << r . * -vs . _>_ . _ . r * it , bni \ 7 ?* uwugnt or this catalogue , not to }*»•!*¦ ¦ w to iL For my V ^ 1 P ^ and ?• * 3 l RpIJ ^ J ytm { or & ™ yourself ? and if you ? ^ wiaT w ! * ® yon ? Tbovgb yoa have had ¦ HH ^^* Dypoerisy to instituta prosacutiofis for Sere , iL / 00 **** shown yourself a practical nni ?*^^^ ? " wish for obliTi on here , for nonentity ?* li vra »« i _ tte B ' : jho P care for the gospel ? Jkhip ~ Lr contradiction to it ; they got yonr & **• cotfrJ ?! ** * better GhristiaiiB than , them-* ^ «« bv ^* « ey cared for the gospel , but " because * & * ia .- ^* £ tt ? , and liar © the money tbat is put ** **• ji ^ T ' ^^ M Policy refuse our peti - * « t our head * oflr with a golden axe , aud
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smile upon the stroke . " I would that you enjoyed the prmlege , which I posses , of rambling through the green lanea that lead through your beautiful Istate . The pureinfluences of rural nature would unsopbisticate you ; but you do not like the country- ^ sigTofa worldlymind - The people lire ns * neighbfurs to nature , and from them you might leam much , that would nnttach you the "lust to shine ; or rule . " And now , my Lord , I take my leave of you . I should not have written to you , had you not riJen to a "badem . nenee . " You have given yonr enemies the Tones , a triumph over you which they could never of themselves iaveobained . You have revenged them on yourself . When you sought to please them by turning your back on the people , you lost yourself . You now are nothing but a fixed figure for the hand of scornnnile upon the stroke . " I would that von ^ . » privilege , which I pc *** , of rambUnJ 8 E S !
• " To point its slow unmoving finger at " Could not our favourite Shakspeaw preserve you from such fatal apostacy ? I thought your mind had been tuned by his precepte , like an instrument , which you h .: d learnt to govern , so that it could discourse most eloquent music . " From some parts of your Lordship ' s conduct in Jamaica and Ireland , I was led . to give you ereditfor great firmness ; but " evil communications" may have corrupted you . Your Lordahip will probably not read this letter It contains truth , and flattery is the language which your Lordship is accustomed to . But the vtry reason that may render it unpalatable to your Lordahip , will make it pleasing to the people who love truth ; and therefore , I have sent it to the people ' s paper , instead of sending It to your Lordship . My Lord , I remain , vrithout any personal dislike , but with much political distrust .
! Your Lordship's obedient servant , Aislaby . " - J * W
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TO THE WORKING MEN OF ENGLAND , SCOTLAND , AND WALE 3 . Chester Castle , July 17 th , 1840 . FBiEJiDS and Fellow-Chahtists , —According to the worst interpretation of our laws , I shall on the 10 th of August be a free man . I have been long silent concerning our common cause , and have , as far as the Charter is concerned , been dead to the political world . I have not neglected the leisure which the Whigs have afforded . me ; on the other hand , I have profited by the retiremenfsrtrieh "was forced upon me , aud although the body , has b © en bdmd to the prison and the cell yet the mind has been free and unchecked . I have contemplated the miseries and oppressions of my fellowmen , and have sworn amidBt the solitude of my narrow home , that I shall devote the energy of my mind and
the vigour of my years to the great taste of political regeneration . It is true that I shall be bound in extravagant and unconstitutional bail to keep the peace during a period of five years . I nave procured two good and sufficient sureties in £ 106 each , and I shall have to , enter into n > y own recognizances to the tune of £ 580 . In return for thi 3 kindness and fatherly car * on the part of the Government , 1 have pledged myself to the Judge , to the Secretary of State , to the Magistrates and I now pledge mys-lf to the people that I shall agitate again peaceably if I must—that I shall again be found contending for the rights and privileges of the poor , the oppressed , the plundered workmen , in the same cause , and under the banner of the glorious Charter , for which principles I have snfferecl , and for whore equitable provisions 1 am still ready to bear all ¦ the biting blast * of persecution .
My friends , I have a heavy debt to pay to my persecutors . I have been robbed of my property , which was , at the beginning of the Charter agitation , considerable ; I have been deprived by persecution of the living I formerly made by my profession , and the same tyrants-still stand in my path , to retard , to crush me if they can . I have been robbed of my liberty during twelvejong months , merely because 1 spoke the truth , and because some perjured scoundrels swore that I spoke it too plain ; I have been stripj » ed of money , of friends , of liberty ; I havo been insulted , oppressed , and tyrannised over , and now , I am to be bound down to sLence , to submission , to speechless poverty ; now I aavto be cast out of the felons' den . and to seek , amidst the wreck of my fortune , a shelter where I may find it , or wherever I can earn it I mtst do this in siknee , says Lord John Russell—I must do this with submission , and thank the Whigs that it is not worse for me , says Sir John Campbell .
My friends , I rwore by the God of Justice , that I shall leave my prison neither silent nor subdued . I may be in bonds—I may be shackled by the provisions of a subservient Judge ; yet , I tell you , working men , that I shall corns before you neither dismayed nor disspirited ; I shall come out wedded to my opinions , confirmed in my principles . I will not be subdued—I will not be friehtened—I irill not be threatened . Let me tell the Whigs , that although I am deprived of property . I am possessed of one valnable treasure which they never could boast of , and which they will not attempt to steal—it is political honesty . Let me tell them , that although their persecution has robbed m « of personal liberty , all their tyranny cannot take from me the Divine gift of reason—the sacred freedom of my
sentiments ; let me tell them that although they have Btolenfromme my profession , and have made me amarked man among my fellows , still I can afford to let them reign Jar a iiine , because a good wrestler would rather part with his coal than be encumbered with it during the contest . It it-ill be time enough to resume my garment when I have eonijn&red . Lastly , let me tell the Whies , that although their persecution has deprived me of many friends , it has al 3 o secured to me a host who are far more acceptable , because far more honest ; i £ has gained me the respect , the support , the thanks of my hard-handed and honest-hearted friends^—the working men , with whom I can feel a pleasure in uniting—with whom I enter into a bond of brotherhood , and if they do cot fear to follow , I shall not fear to lead .
My foends , I have three things to look to after my -liberation . I bave to look to the common cause , to my bail , and to myself . In agitating for the firet , I shall keep out of prison , and within the law ; but I shall neither fear the ono , nor evade the other . I shall protect tny bail by professing peace , as the end of all my movements . I shall best serve myself , by mating reason my ireapon ; -with which I Ehall appeal to the understanding of the people , and they shall respond ; with which I shall glide under the shield of corruption , and inflict a wound upon the body of the common enemy ,-which , if not immediately destructive , it will , in the end , be mortal
My friends , we have sustained many severe disasters from the Government ; bnt , in my opinion , we had a Car more potent enemy within our own camp , that -was jealousy amongst the leaders . I have Eeen a man ' s usefulness ruined , a man ' s abilities destroyed , for no other reason than because a few envious mortals -were annoyed at the ability displayed , or the popularity dearly earned . If a measure was to be adopted , the question always was started , " Who is to do this ? " not ' How soon is it to be execnted . " If a plan was proposed , then the question was , "Who drew this up ? " not "Is it beneficial or safe to adopt it ? " This jealousy has blasted and withered every kindly effort of the honest leaders ; and whilst it gnve room to the Government , to be represented in the person of the traitor , and served in the body of the envious , it also created apxthy amongst tbe people . How could the working men place reliance in the judgment of leaders ? who did not
appear to practice the meanest arts of policy in political warfare , which are to appear at least to be " unanimous , and to conceal your measures from the enemy . lean safely say rand I see with sorrow that O'Connor will soon be compelled to admit the same ) that the leaders , ¦ who were really honest , had more to fear from their professing friends , than from their open enemies . What man conld lay claim to the name of a Chartist , who would scheme to destroy the great organ of our principles , the Star , or hbour to cripple the efforts of a man who has done more for the cause than all the other agitators combined . We never can have an equal to tbe Star— -we never will have a tnperior , as an agitator , to my friend O'Connor . The one has the largest cirenl&fion of nny paper in the history of Radicalism , and although there are nuny men of equal intellect to O'Connor , there are none in Europe , who possess the same mental capacity to agitate , and the same physical strength to endure the fatigues attendant upon it .
Fellow-labourers , I implore yon to crush this jealousy , to obliterate this dissension . Summon all offenders before the bar cl public opinion , and let a Jury of working men decide all differences . I implore you to do this , otherwise we will give only const-int aid to the enemy—we will excite apathy on the part of the people—we will poison the pure fountain of our hopes , and sicken and retard the ripening glories of our immortal Charter . Working men , let me find a different spirit abroad from that which I have so often mourned over , but could not arrest Let me find one trill—one determination , and , on the word of a man , and the honour of a sincere and unflinching Chartist , I will give you one warm heart to th » movement—one willing mind to the cause Unite ! Unite !! Organise !!! Organise !!!! ily friends , I shall say a few words , before I conclude , regarding my future operations : —
On leaving prison , it is my intention to lecture in Chester if I can proeure a place of meeting . I shall also do the same in Liverpool as soon as I ascertain if a lecture room can be procured . In the one place I shall lecture on the factory system and the wrongs of labour ; in the other I shall lecture on the science of government and the rights of labour . ' These lectures , together , with a few leisure hours , will occupy the week after my liberation , and up to the lSfh day of August , on which day I proceed to Manchester . I shall remairi
m Manchester until tfie 18 th ; then I proceed , by invi : tation , to Rochdale . On the 22 nd I shall be in Ashton ; and , on the 29 th , I shall visit Leeds , also , by invitation . From the 18 th to the 22 nd , and from the 22 nd to the 29 th / I shall be at liberty to attend at Hyde , Stoekport , Ramsbottom , &c , according as the people may be desirous of hearing me . After the 29 th , I shall see O'Connor , at York ; and , in September , I intend to go into Scotland , for the first time since the agitation began . I have promised to visit Dumfries . Montrose Glasgow , Kilmarnock , Alva , Martinch , &c , < fcc
My friends , I have laid down a plan of my o-rrn , which is as follows ;—r scalTnot visit any plipce nnless I am invited ; and , secondly , unless I can liav . 9 a suitable place of meeting in which tD lecture ( as I sha ? l decline optn-air meetings
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on account of my bail ) , and a few friends in whom I can rely . I know I shall be narrowly watched , and I must be cautions . I shall lecture on the philosophy of government and the rights of labour—on the factory system and the wrongs of labour-on the Charter , and the most advisable plan to be adopted to forward the agitation . I shall not forget the rural police , and the prison discipline of the Wnigs . My friends and fellow-labourers in the glorious cause , I have been amongst the first to set an example at the Bar , previous to my imprisonmentand you were 1 ^ r v ™ I ^ , ' , ^ Al ? L ™* ° *\ i ** »»* I
, pleased to approve of and to applaud my proceedings . I considered it to be my duty to act as I did on that occasion : I also consider it to be my duty to exceed it if possible . I shall be amongst the first who will be honourably liberated from the power of the Whigs ; and a second time I consider it to be my duty to you , to the cause , and to my fellow-prisoners , to Bet an example of energy and devotion on my liberation . I shall drag a chain at every step ; and every movement I make will remind me of the irresponsible power and tyrannical watching of the base Whigs . But I shall lean
upon you , and I shall looktoyoa , working men , for protection ; the one you will not deny ; the time has gone by in which you could refuse the other . I Bhall devote myself to the great task before me ; and I shall hail as a friend every aUy to the ranks of the patriotic phalanx . The march of the labourers must begin in earnest ; and the spotless banner of « ur cause , which has been ignobly stooping to the dust , must again be unfurled , and flutter freely above the arms of awakened slaves , and above the stoat hearts , the brawny frames , and the hard hands of the myriads of the sons of industry . Let peace be our professing watchword , onergy our moving soul , and perseverance our untiring companion-Let caution preside at our councils , honesty characterise our measures , and union be the seal of our sacred brotherhood .
The dark night hath passed away , and the dawn begins to show in long clear streaks upon the stormy sky of politics . I remain , my friends , Your Binc-re and untiring Friend and advocate , P . M . M'Douall . N . B . All letters must be addressed to me until the 12 th of Aufiust . to Chester ; after that date , to the care of Abel Heywood , bookseller , Oldham-street , Manchester .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Dear Sir , —Lam authorised to solicit you to insert tne following communications , if you consider tlitm worthy of a place in your valuable Journal , and you will confer a favour on your Christian friends , who meet in the Mechanics' Hall , Trongate . We have no fixed or salaried pastor , and we devote the collections , after paying the necessary expense , to charitable purposes . Among others who have been taken notice of by us , is the person named in the following communication . We were at a loss for his address , and we wrote to the Governor of Warwick Gaol , who , in the most gentlemanlike manner sent the following answer : — " Warwick County Gaol , June 29 th , 1840 .
" Sir , —In reply to your note received this morning , I have in my custody Edward Brown , convicted at the last Summer Assizes for unlawfully aiding and assisting diVera subjects of our Lvly the Queen to meet together for the purpose of disturbing the peace , was sentenced to eighteen months in gaol , and find two sureties in £ 50 each for eighteen mouths more . I am pleased to say that no man can conduct himself better in ray custody , and worthy of consideration . He has a wife and seven children : they live at No . 2 , Whitehallstreet , Birmingham . " I am , Sir , " Your obedient servant , ( Signed ) "H . Adkins , Keeper . " Your friends have not so much a wish to hold oat to public view tho good of a Christian congregation as the vindication of character . We look on the incarceration of our friends in England more in the light of persecution than the suppression of crime .
• ' Laws grind the poor , and rich men rule the law . " We therefore conceive it to be our duty to aid and assist them . For this purpose , we voted £ l sterlino to the family of Mr . Brown , vrho is at present in Warwick GaoL " O happier far the victim , than the hand That deals the legal stab . The-injured man Enjoys internal , settled calm ; to him The Sabbath bell sounds peace : he laves to meet His fellow-sufferers , to pray and praise ; An * many a prayer , as pure as e ' er was breathed
In holy fanes , is sighed in prison walls . Ah me ! that clank of chains , as kneel and rise The death-doomed row . But see ! a smile illura ? 8 The face of some ; perhaps they ' re guiltless . Oh ! And must high-minded honesty endure The ignominy of a felon ' s fate ? No , 'tis not ignominious to be wronged ; No , conscious exultation swells their hearts , To think the day draws nigh , when in the view Of angels , and of just men perfect made , The mark which rashness branded on their names Shall be effaced . "
We received the following acknowledgment from Mrs . Brown ;— " Birmingham , July 4 th , 1840 . " ilr . Walker , "Dear Sir , —I acknowledge , with gratitudo , yonr very kind present , for the sympathy of my friends alleviates some part of ray troubles ; for , believe me , they have been great I can assure you , Sir , it will be very useful , and I return you many thanks , " And remain , " Yours , respectfully , ( Signed ) " A ^ N BROWN . "
Thus our friends in England will see that we are going on like S .-otchmen , " slow , but sure . " If -we could arouse them to act in the same manner what good might be done to the worM at larga Our churchpews are not ornamented with the work of the upholsterer : the rich and the poor sit promiscuously , ami unite their voices in praising the common Father of us alL
I am , Dear Sir , Yeur obedient servant , William Walker 21 , George ' s Street , Glasgow , July 13 th , 1840 .
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TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAR . SiR , —Never having addressed a public journalist before , I hope you will look with a lenient eye on this , my first-bom . 1 should not have thus intruded , and overcome my natural dimdenc * , but at the earnest solicitation of a few of my acquaintance , nnd the love I bear to tbe cause that the best and most useful , but suffering portion of society , are engaged in hoping you will pardon the following , and correc ; its errors , and you will cenfer a favour 1 ehall f « . el truly grateful for , and
Remain , youre truly , in the causa of Democracy , One of the Fustian Jackets . Dear Sir , —The following are my views of obtaining the Charter , and 1 think one huu ' lreiUh part ef the pains both you and our devoted Champion , Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., has bestowed , would have put them in practical operation long ere this . First , I will suppose thtre are twelve millions of workers of all graces , from the half-crown up to tho two pound sterling per week man , taking men , women , and children into account , that would be willing to enter a penny a wevk club , to be called " National Trades and Burial Socitty , " which would be out of the reach of the Government , as they would have to pass
through all classes in the kingdom to put it down , and the . formation of this club would bo easy of attainment , compared with any other plan I have seen proposed , because almost every one knows , and sees , the benefit derived from a " Penny Burial Society , " besides the timed and lukewarm , the old and tho young , would join this society , as there is no pikes nor guns , or burningB , * c Occ . to spprenend , and pray what is this but Universal Suffrage , and no eurrendtr ; for all the members of this society would be , really aud truly represented , and those that are not members of this society would be the only slaves , arid they are not worthy of freedom , that would grudge to purchase it at the small cost ef a penny per week .
Secondly , —Twelve millions of pence is the pretty little sum of fifty thousand pound sterling weekly , which I would give into the management of twentyfour men , as a committfce of directors , chosen by twenty-four constituencies , of half a million each . The duties of these directors would be to inquire what is the demand , for all kinds of goodB , and having ascertained the requisite knowledge , to then ascertain how soonjthat demand can be supplied : take , for example , the power-loom weavers , which I fiud to number 50 . 000 , according to the Manchester and Salfoid Advertiser , and say they average ten shillings per head per week , taking £ 25 , 000 weekly for the full amount of their wttkly earnings , and say , twelve thousand five hundred pounds sterling more for spinners , card-room hands , &c &c ., making £ 37 , 500 aver , say £ 2 , 500 for . expenses , and conducting , < kc . < fec . &c , amounting to the net sum of £ 40 , 00 t weekly , leaving a cool £ l 0 , 0 V 0
wetkly , to be applied to making the hand-loom weavers Jnto weaviDg farmers , according to Mr . O'Connor ' s plan ef three per cent , loani Now , it is clear there would be no knobsticks , so long as these hands' received the full amount of their wages , and I maj presume they would not have to play more than a month or six weeks at the omtside , which Bonle of them could do very well with , to recruit their wasted strength . Some twelve months ago it was stated ' we were 7 ^ weeks before-hand with cloth , and 15 J weeks before-hand with yarn , &c . in the market , but now we are little before-hand with either ; therefore , as an advance in goods must precede an advanco in wagea , we must ni » ke the goods scarce before we can hope to make them dear , which 1 consider the abovenamEd holiday pre-eminently calculated to do . And Here I wish 70 a to observe , that a light printing cloth is woven for one shilling per cut ; advance the weaver of ii one penny per yard , aud he or she will receive 3 s . 6 d . per cut of thirty yards , and soon proportion for all
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kl nds ^ fgooda which , if she weaves ten cuts per week , toey will get thirty-flreahillings for six days' labour , or 6 s . 10 d . per < iav . It will be said we cannot compete with foreigners , Need we care for that ? Need we sacrifice four days to preserve the other two , as we con-Mv o ° n ^ . —? lab 0 M at Lorae - according to Mr rtotnrA til "S'T 41 M ( i ***» & labour wouW En ^ fJ ? * " days ^ ' ' andif wecons * £ ? HSP ^ t ^ f « " »'» « " S | day 8 , making £ " ^ L *** f ?! « looms , always taking « J " »*¦*« ood 3 , which . if Ai ^ t , ™^^ .
™ 7 f = ever exceeos the demand , the consequence S £ w ? 'T " " ^ flowing trade , and a wou \ d hi rW fOT Capita 1 ' * more mms R ? L ^ U ^ L ^ obtain handa t 0 wo * thftm . But hands would be scarce in consequence of being ptoced in comfortable homes upon the land ; man ' s soSd in v ^ TheD « " "on-tongued bell would sound in vain , haviug no charms for them , and waste Its sweet-toned music on the desert air . Now , it is plain if the greatest number of operatives can be maintained out of work , and receive the full amount of their
wages ( and it would not be justice to give them less , as no system can or ought to stand that calls for Individual sacrifice for the general good ) out of so small a contribution as a penny per week , ( and an extra half-penny for burials afra fame like the above ) surely we may take the next largest body of operatives , and so on until well-paid labour reigns predominant over the length and breadth of thelansL And . be it remembered , thatthereis no class but would be ' benefitted by this club , save inose who are the drones of society , the standing income men , the fellows With thoir thousands per annum . Take , for instance , a man with a thousand pounds a-year , and wages at ten shillings per head ; he can purchue at the rate
of two thousand weeks of your labour : whereas , had you two pounds per week , he could but purchase at the rate of five hundred weeks'labour of one individual . No matter what price provisions are you would curtail him of one thousand five hundred weeks labour ; and , recollect , all you deprive him of is divided anvmgst yourselves , and so on with respect to general and local taxes . The eighty-three millions we are burdened with , would only pinch us to the amount of twenty millions , were wages at two pounds sterling per head weekly . But . I must conclude , hoping you will look with a favourable eye , and , if you wu spare space for the above , along with your amendments , you will oblige
An Old Subscriber and Reader of the Northern Star , One of the Fustian Jackets . Longsight , near Manchester , 14 th July , 1840 . P . S . Methinks I see the reader smile , aud hear him exclaim-O ! but if it could bo done , who could we trust with so much money , for if there is a bit of money collected , there ' s always somebody runs away with it Does the reader know how much cash our nusrepresentatives are trusted with ? O ! but that ' s different No reader , 'tis not . they arotrustod with none , they only vote it away that is , say who shallbe paid aud whoshal not . And , besides , there is never any great , quantity in any one ' s hands , and those are servants of tLe public , and men that must give good security ( as thget good
ey wages ) beforo they are placed in trust ; m fact , security to a greater amount than any money they will be trusted with j and of what consequence would it be , to you if they did run away , 8 o that plenty of security was left behind to pay more than thoy had taktn . The Railway j oint Stock Banks , fcc are conducted much in the same way , aud why not conduct this club after the Bame fashion , as good wages will command * rvants that can give security to any amount On , but their politics and yours may clash . What have you to do with their political opinions , they are but servants , and dischargeable at pleasure should they do any wrong . And though it is a national club tlie money collected would be in the locality were it was collected ; and go from thonce , according to the votes of the directors , so that ono chord touched would vibrate tnreugh the whole , as from a common centre , F . J .
The Northern Star Saturday . July 25. 1840.
THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY . JULY 25 . 1840 .
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THE BEST MODE OF COMBATTING THE ENEMY . We have received from a correspondent the following most pertinent and sensible remarks , to which we bog to call the especial attention of our readers : — "As one who feels a profound interest in tho success of the principles of the Charter , and who would regard the day of its becoming the law of this much misruled land , as tbe proudest day of bis life , I cannot help calling your attention to the little advocacy which the following plan meets with in the columns of your truly valuable paper ; I mean tho plan of TOTALLLY ABSTAINING FKOM THE USE OF ALL EXCISEABLE ARTICLES , in order to make the
Government feel , in the only place in . ¦ which they are at all sensitive , their utter dependance upon those classes whose petitions they treat wit ' i ridicule and scorn . I kuow that this subject occupied the attention , and received the recommendation of the late Convention ; but only to prove , in my opinion , tho necessity for a stronger and a more ' eff&tual advocacy of such a measure , among tho people . The soil should hive been tilled before the seed was sown . Now , Sir , 1 tliink that if this scheme were to receive , in your widely circulated journal , that attention which itinerite , it could not but be productive of the happiests results , in awakeuing the public mind to the importance of the eubjeot , and showing the vast moral power which the people , if rightly organised , conld bring to bear upon thoir uniuat rulers .
" I would ask , Sir , whether there can exist a doubt in tho mind of any thinking person of the effect , especially at the present time , when our state of war calls for larger supplies ; which general abstinence from the use of tea , coffeo , sugar , malt , bops , spirits * c would have upon the revenue ? Would it not soon bring our insolent aristocracy to thoir senses ; would it not quiukly reduce our oppressive—that is , our aristocratic Government , to make terms with their toomuch despised enemies , the Chartists ; would not the
expensive machinery of Government be stopped or nearly so , for want of the lubricating oil withhold by the people ; would not the Government be compelled to have that oil at any coat ; and would they not have to pay for it by conceding the principles of the Charter ? There is but one way by Which the concession of it could be avoided , andtthat is by a property tux ; but it is useless speculating whether such a thing would ba agreed to by the rich : it will bo time enough when they have agreed to it . ' !
" Sir , it is c ' . car to me that , could we but get the middle classes to join us in our demands for the Charter , our chances of obtaining it would be greatly increased . . Now , what better plan , to convert the different classes of tradesmen into Chartists , than t > abstain from purchasing or consuming the co mmodities iu which thoy tr ^ tle ? What is it that prevents thousands npon thousands of shopkeepers from joining us ? Simply the ft-ar of losing custom . At present they enjoy the support of both the friends and enemies of tho Charter . Let the friends withdraw their dealings aud they cripple both the tradesman and the Government by the same blow ; and not only would the middle class be convert * d , but all classes would bo impelled to a closer and more earnest study of the reasouing upon which our principles depend , and as we have tlio eternal truth with us , we havo everything to hope from extended inquiry .
" Let no one imagine that because there is no parade of power in tho means proposed , that therefore they are powerless to obtain our end . Thero can be no greater fallacy . All is not g « ld that glitters ; so also , all Is not weak that appears so . Let every individual remember , that for each pound of sugar un&nsumed which otherwise would be consumed , Government loses about 3 d . if it is Colonial , and aid . if it is what is called Foreign ; for each pound of tea Sa , and coffee 94 . p © r pound , for that kind which is generally usfe ' d b > the poor . The duties upon spirits , malt , and hops , also , are immense , and produce no inconsiderable income the bulk of which is produced by tho unrepresented classes .
"Such facts as these cannot but convince every Chartist that he has the power , if he abstain from these luxuries , in combination with his fellows , of carrying far greater mischief into the enemy ' s camp , . than if armed from head to foot with all the panoply of war . These means' are unquestionably moral—tHey are , simply by a . little ; self-denial at first , perfectly practicable —they are strictly le $ al ; and , above all , they are undoubtedly effectual . ; * " Why , then , do we hesitate to make a general trial ? There needs no machinery , gao President , no officialseach has but toresolveand
. , to da A day might be fixed upon , from which time a general abstinence should commence ; the day might be named by yourself and made univafsaUy ; known ... tUroughr . thft , columns of tout paper . This wouja be th * beginning of a . more glor ious ww than the annals : ofJBnglapd . « an hitherto boast of —it would be a war effectual to the polling down ^ rf the strongholds of corruption and tyranny that afflict our fatherland—it would , indeed be a war of independence —a war that all men ought to approve , and -which God , who loves the right , would approve , and . most assuredly bless . "
We concu ^ most cordially with our correspondent in recommending ; as we have often done before , this surely successful mode of moral warfare . We have again and again told the people that their uaited aud unanimous effort , to what point soever directed , must accomplish thoir purpose ; and there is no point to which it might be bo well and easily directed as this . Wo have no manner of doubt that an entire abstinence , by tbe working people , from intoxicating liquors only , would in a very short period do all that our correspondent anticipates , and more , while its effect would be " aix benefit and no LOSS . "
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PUBLIC MEETING IN SPITALFIELDS ON BEHALF OF BOGGIS AND NEESOM . ( Reserved from our last for want of room . ) [ REPORTED BY OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT . ] Last evening ( Tuesday ) a meeting , convened by advertisement , was held in the spacious and elegant room of the Reform Temperance Coffee House , 14 , Church Street , Spitalftelds , for the purpose of aiding the above victims of police and Whig conspiracy to regain their former position ; their occupations and their homes having been totally destroyed by the late vindictive Government prosecution . At the hour announced , the room was crowded in every part , and great credit is due to Mr . Savage , the proprietor , for his admirable arrangemonts , by which order and comfort were maintained throughout the evening . t ^ t ™ „„„„ ,, „„ ™ « , ™ ,. T ™™™ _
At a quarter-past eight , Mr . Culverhouse was called to the chair ; explaining , in a neat address , the objects of the meeting ; and ' stating that in compliance with the Invitation of the committee for getting up the present meeting , the two persecuted individuals themselves would narrate a few of the circumstances connected with the Abbey Street meeting , from which it would bo seen that they were " more sinned against than sinning ; " aud though it was now doubtful if ever their trial would b 9 brought on , it was the bounden duty of the people to place these men in Buch a position that they might at all times be ready to meet their assailants face to face , without fear of the consequences .
Mr . NEESOM , who was received with tremendous applause , after detailing the circumstances in which bis connection with the renowned Bbihnal-green meeting originated , and his part therein , ( all of which have been heretofore g < ven to the readers of the Northern Star , ) proceeded to say that the man , however humble ho might bo , who made himself a public character , was imperatively bound to give an account to the public , whenever he might be called on , for any of his public acts . It was not sufficient to say he would do so " at some future time ; " —the public hod a right at all times to know the why and the where ore , and he was now , in compliance with the demand of the committee , fulfilling this obligation . The meeting were aware that sinco the 14 tb of January last , they ( Ncesom and
Boggis ) had been in a state by no means less than that of extreme suffering ; whereas , if they had been brought to a speedy trial—and if speedy and cheap justice had been administered to them , according to what was called tlie constitution—they would have keen enabled to establish their own innocence , and the perfidy of tho atrocious police spits and traitors . To the end of his days , he ., would ever be gr . itefui to the individuate who composed the Bethual-green meeting , of which ho vsras President , for so cordialiy and readily following his advice to be firm and peaceable , and thus frustrating the designs of tho police , which was to have got up an indiscriminate massacre—why else did they come armed with cutlasses ? But how were those persona treated that had been apprehended for their attendance at that 1
meeting ? Why , after being immured the wholeof a long cold winter's night in a damp cell , and denied everything that could he denied even to murderers , they were inarched in great array through the streets , and some there were , apparently , petty shopkeepers , who pointed and jeered as they passed ; but these men , though they had learnt to put r . n extra weight on the wrong side of the scale , had not learnt common sense , or they would have known that tho object of the Chartists was to bring all the degenerate sods of misery into the pale of union , h : mnony , and fellowship ; and that without the Charier , misery , destitution , and deolation would abound in the land . They were taken to a very distant station-house , afterwards to Worshipstreet police-office , then to Bow-street , and there
placed in ceils of the most filthy kind . At this place , a certain foreigner swore that he heard his ( Neespm's ) voice through the wall ; he thought it wa 3 a six inch wall ; but it turned out to ba fourteen inches thick ; and if that was not verifying the old adage of " swearing through a brick wall , " ho did not know wl . at was ; but this was not enough ; they were next sent to Colubath-fields , and there examinod singly with the greatest possible degree of hunuliu , t ' on that could be heaped on them by the turnkey ; the governor , howover , was a gentleman , and would place no more restraint on them than "was necessary for their eafo custody . Now , had they been sent to the usual place of committal for prisoners awaiting their trial , the NbW Prison , Clerkenwell , they would have been
permitted to- commuuicato with then- friends , an arrangement at all times so desirable to a prisoner who has to make his defence ; but no ! that would not do ; they were prohibited from seeing any one connected with them , and were to ' . d that whatever they wrote would be examined hy the officers of tho priaon;—one thing , however , this course would enable thorn to prove , if ever the trial did come on , and that was , tbattwe individuals , an inspector a " . d an attorney , had conspired against their lives and liberties ; indeed , the whoio mass of evidence against them was such a tissuo of falsehood and palpable absurdity that no man of common sense would havo detained them on it for a moment ; yet Mr . Hull required of him ( Neesom ) , £ 1 , 000 bail , well knowing he could not procure half such an
amount , aud in de ? n , uit committed him to Newgate ( with others 1 fov trinl ; and even here , at the policeoflice . thuir wives were oaly allowed to see them for a few minutes , in the presence of a police soldier , when they were orv ' . ered into thoir cells , and locked up till the prison van eame ; next they were taken to Newgate , drawn up rank ar »« l tile , to be examined , and cempelitxi to sleep on shelves , ono above another , like pawnbrokers' nests , on hard door mats , far inferior to ¦ what those who sent them there had to wipe their sho&a on , with only rough horsd cto : ha to cover them ; and then the etato of tholr dungeon was such , that if an article of apparel fell on the fljor during the night , it wns as wot the next morning a 3 though it had just emerged from tho wusuing-tub . Theu they
were summoned to ro to church , which they respi-ctfully but firmly declined , on the ground tb /» t it would be a violation of their conscience , as Protostaut Dissenters , to go to any church eatablished % by law . This brought tin ) governor to them ; and aftov Eome of his beautiful look- ! , with which he has been used to overawe crimhi . ils , b : it YrMi-. h were harmless now , they were told tlv . it tluy would bo punished if they refused to comply with tho regulations of tho prison ;—ho ( Neesom ) tolcl him , that i ' or his part he ' was ready to suffer anything that they hid power to inflict on him ( and he had little doubt thoy might contrive to charge him with something that would hang him , if they thought proper ); but he consciuntionaly refused to go to a church that was upheld by swords and bayonats .
Next the parson came ; he suggested , kind man , that thtir friends would know nothing of it ; but they told him they wero acting a 3 though all the world saw them ; that if they attended a place ) f worship from which they dissented , they weuld be hypocrites ; and asked him if ho would like to see hypocrites iu his church ? he said , " No ; but when you are in Rome , you should do as Home does ; " on this Spurr asked him if he were in Home , whether he would worship their images and idols ? " and he replied , " No , certainly . " " Then , said Spurr , " neither will we worship tho idols that you have set up » " eo that when his reverence found he could make make no impression-on them , they were separated , and kept in solitary confinement for twentyfour hours , ou bread an . d -watex ; and all this before trial !!! Now . while all this was going on , and while tlieywere , suffering solitary confinement for conscientiously refusing to a ' tend a buUet-anil-buyohet- propped church , there were two convicted miscreants in an
adjoining yard , that , weri . * allowed to walk abr <; ad without restriction . Indeed , on tho very day that he was required by Mr . Hall to ; find bail in £ 1 , 000 , a gentleman miscreant , whose crime was so odious that the very thought was revolting , -was allowed by th « same magistrate to go at large on nominal bail ouiy ; and tho very same solicitor that had the conduct of their prosecution , was engaged by this miscreant for his defiance , and ho knew that this same solicitor had paid a man £ 50 to become bail for this miscreant Indeed , he had it from the lips of the straw bail himself : and his reply was , that " it might be a very clean £ 50 , but it was a very dirty job . " He ( Neesom ) had , however , so much more to say to them , that he would nob engross the whole evening to himself , but with their permission , he would resume the subject on this day week , leaving others , now , to make their statements . The Chairman having acquiesced in this course , Mr . Neeaom eat down amid considerable cheering .
The Chairman intimated that , as it waswell known there were police spies in the meeting , it would be as well , if they { the police } found any error in the statements made , after comparing notes ' , that they should come next week , and set them right He should , indeed , be very happy to see the , Attorney-General himself there , to contradict tho statement in the Sun , that the Object of the Government was to hush the matter up j but there were m < . re . than twelve British subjects present ^ ana as the object pf this meeting was to "let all put , " he should take : the sense of that , jury on the guilt of these parties ; , promising that they should hear ; the . truth , the whole truth , and nothing 'but the truth . ¦>¦¦ ¦ <
Mr . Bogqis said be was the individual that had been set forth in the public prints , side by side , with the murderer Gould , now on his passage to the chained gangs of Norfolk [ aloud ok Moreton Bay , foe the robbary , if not the murder , of Mr . Templtunon ; yes , it was placarded all over London , ; " . Committal of Boggis and Gould , " Ha ¦ -. had ; never , in his life even contemplated the injury of any fellow creature , nor , was he . polluted by any crime ; either morally or legally . If , however , he'had been guilty of a crime in telling his suffering fellow-workmen the cause of their wrongs ,, and the means of obtaining their rights , then he would commit that crime . again ; and if Primrose-hill were to be made a Mount Calvary , be was ready to expiate the crime , which the y might call " sedition , " with his life .
It was for crimes like that , that the noblest and best of our countrymen-are breathing the polluted air of a dungeon : ' it has been so in all ages . and countries ; and for doing that which any man ought to be incarcerated for not doing , tbeir revered martyrs , Frost and his companions , . were now sent to tire most remote parts of , the earth . ( Three deafening cheera , at lie mention of Frost , spontaneously burst forth , and interrupted the speaker fora conslderablo . timewitfi the applause that ensued . ) " We wiU , however , " concluded Mr . Bogfiis , " ba comforted t tat though the Whigs have ruled with an iron rod , and denominated the tyrannous lash - | hey havo wielded , ns an instrument of the power of divine right , the heela of WTtiiggerv ¦ will soon ba tripped up , and justice will beat her ecales about their heada . Not only were they , untried and
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innocent men , compelled to sleep , as Mr . Neesom had described , va . hard door-mats , with horse-rug coverings ,-on layers of shelves , but they were forced to assomte with robbers and even murderers ! ( Great iudigj-. itii n . ) Yes ; even the nmrderers of innocents ; yet notwithstanding all this , which was doubtless done , to make them Io 3 e their own self respect , they were of the . same mind and heart still , and until tbe object they Is > t ; in View , tie People's Charter—tke full rights of the working classes was attained , that mind an : i spirit would be -unalterable . Until this vindictive prosecnti > n , he was not more than half a Chartist : now . hi is determined to become a whole one , in order tint the persecuting arm of tyranny might be the sooner broken . Mr . Boggis was much cheered at the conclusion as Tell as throughout his address . Mr . James Savage rose to move the following resolution : — , , ^
" That this meeting is of opinion that the coriflivt at Messrs . Boggis and Neesom has been such as inn its llie support of all good and virtuous men ; we then , fore declare that we will not desert them in the Jiourof need and of threatening danger , but stand as finuiy by them with our aid , as they have stood in defence of the People's Charter . " It was but ; just that those who have been harassed and persecuted should have some sort of return made them from those who believe they have done their < iuty faithfully to the causa of their fellow-men . AnytJiing , therefore , they had to give -would be thankfully received by the Chiirnmn at the conclusion of the meeting , and appropriated to the purpose for which it ^ um intended . It was boyond all question that the a : ?< ' » ts of
Government were busy for some time before tht : ; i : eeting ; and he himself had heard from a person , even then supposed to bo in the pay of the Government , that an outbreak , was expected at Bradford , and advi ing them to ba prepared . , Sure enough , in two days after , an outbreak at Bradford did take place ; but they were not to be trepanned , and when the fellow found hi 3 object was discovered , he endeavoured to eat his words , but they would not let him . Now , they couiu prom that this very fellow had something to do with getting up the polico conspiracy in Abbey . street . On tb ^ . 8 th of December last , it might be remembered by somo of them , a caution appealed in the weekly papers , to beware of the police , and pointing out that thuy had some plan iu hand at the Docks ; and so it turned ont in . a very few weeks afttr . It was an honourable , and
ceitainly a remarkable fact , that out of-three hundred victims that tlie Whigs nave incarcerated , they cuniofc find one whom tl . ey can chargB with any moral crime . Not one ; but tho better a man is , the more inveterate are they against him , in proportion to his gowness , being the amount of danger to Whiggery , whi . Ii was but another name for the incarnation of duplicity , perfidy , aisil tyranny . Mr . Savage Concluded by giving a rapid but powerful narrative of the more proiu-. icnV crimes of the present Ministry and their tools , in v hich Sergeant Wilde - ( the present Solicitor-Ginerai . 1 tume in for a caustic portion ; as , from his neglect , after having pocketed a heavy fee , a certain iur . ocem pi-rson was twice tried for substantially the samo offi-iu :. ' . and being the first time acquitted , but convicted on the second , was sentenced to transportation .
The resolution , being seconded by Mr . Spencer , who said there ought to be a fund to carry out the principle of justice , by protecting the rights of the people , was put from the ch&ir , and carried unanimously . Thauks were then voted to Mr . Culverhouii ; for his conduct in the chair—to Mr . Savage , fur ti : e gn-tuitous use of his convenient room , and for his excellent , . tcoommodation ; and a subscription , in uid . of the o >> jecv of the me . ting , having been liberally commenced , the amiably peaceably dispersed shortly before eleven .
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MANSION-HOUSE . Mr . Hook , who stated that ho -was a m ^ n of letters , and appoared to labour under the zni ?< ipy of the last night ' s conviviality , was brought before the Lord Mayor , charged with having refused to pay tho amount of an extensive treat of coffee at four o ' clock in the morning to some ladies . It appeared , from tho statement of the keeper of a roiliag coficc-shop , which occasionally makes a stand in the neighbourhood of Billingsgate , that the gentleman caiieti , unaccompanied , at the shop , and having ordtsivd a cup of coffee , sat down upon a , piece of timber , and began . to study the character ot' all the customers . Tliera were nine ladies amongst them , but as they had no money they were mere lookers-on until Sir . Hoolt
ordered half pints round . The genius of tceiotalism seemed ta inspire the party , and tho mugs were tilled a ^ aia and again to the great annoyance of a publican , who stood at his door looking out for some of the right sort , and damning the Rev . Mr . Mathew . The time of reckoning , however , which arrives to the votary of temperance as well as to the gin driuker , made its uuwelcome appearance , and Mr . Hook was called upon 10 discharge a bill of sixteen half pints , aud a corresponding supply of half rounds of a half quartern . Tho gentleman , however , . auswersd tho demand by giving a fresh order for coffee , hr-t the ladies thought it would be an act of charity to give the publican j whom they had been eying with compassion fur ' some time , a turn , and preferred u . little
drop of i' Jacky , by way ot compromise , aid Mr . Hook , never known to refuse a lady anything but monoy , consented . Here was a dilemma . '" Be BO good as pay me first , " said the complainaut . " No . " replied Mr . Hook , " do yon come along with us , arid help to make amends to this res ' pestable tradesman , who is heavily , taxed , for the injury you have done him by your '' . cursed innovation . " "Pay me my three and twopence , " cried tho poor woman "Never , so , help me Heaven ! " aii 3 Wejt \ : tl 5 fr . Hook , and soon found himself in the sta-Btation-house . The Lord Mayor— " Well , Mr . Hook , what have you to say ? 1 am surprised that a person like you should refuse to pay ihic , poor woman for your entertainment . " Mr . Hook- — " The
fact is , that 1 treated but one lady , who tipped the good woman the wink to supply all the rt « -, and Bleed me fur the whole . Now , although I don't care aboui the amount , I don ' t fancy being made a coffeeshop spooney of , and I resisted . " The complainant declared thas the gentleman had regularly invited ail the ladies to the banquet on the spot , and he could not forget the very odd circumstances under which he gavp the invitation . The Lord Mivor " What were the circumstances , ! " The complainant said that the defendant addressed himself * to one particular lady , and told her he had walked down to Billingsgate for the purpose of drowning himself , in consequence of a disappointment in a love affair . He had , ho said , fixed that day for his marriage
with a young lady , but upon calling at her lodging * ou the preceding night , he found she had walked off with an Irishman , and left o : ily her compliments for him . He therefore sat doVn behind a pipe of " tobacco and a glas 3 of water , and made kimvelf up for London Bridge . If , howover , the lady ho was talking to would marry him , and promise to make him a good wife , he would give up the intention of a watery grave , aud go home with her . The lady seemed to like the proposal verj well , and Bai < l , that although she had been on the town three years , her morals were not a bit the worse , and she would make a first-rate wife . She then introduced the s gentleman to the other ladies . The Lord Mayor ( to i
the defendant ) -- " We ) , Sir , have you determined to take the lady bomoj" Defendant— "No , my Lord : the face is , i was drunk , aud I daserve all I got . I might , if I was not brought before your Lordship , have made a fool of myself by marrying a w— , bat I have-recovered my senses , " and I thank this respectable teetotaller for Bending me to the Stationhouse . Had * I not gone there , I might now be settled for life . " The Lord Mayor— " Then yon can have no objection £ 0 give her the five shillings I might be disposed to fine you . " Tho defendant , with great willingness , paid the woman her bill for coffee and appendages , and gave her five shillings , out with a special direction not to spend a farthing of & in the gin-shop . . ¦ ¦ -
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REORGANISATION OF THE DEWSBURY RADICAL ASSOCIATION . It having been announced by the bellman that the Radicals of Dewsbury intended meeting in the Large Room over the Co-operative shop , on Tuesday evening , July 21 st , a etrong muster of tha members of the old association took place , when it waa resolved to reorganise , having been debarred from meeting lor the waiit of a room to meet in . Alter having appointed a chairman and secretary for the evening , we commenced taking names , and soon Tiad twenty-five . A great many stated thai they would enter next meeting night , as they had not conio prepared . . ; _ Francis L * vr was unanimously appoiuted delegate The association will meet on Tuesday , the 28 th of f'jtyi to hear .. tho-report of their delegate from the West Riding Delegate Meeting , when all persons wishing to become members are requested to attend from eight to nine o ' clock .
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Marbied . —In New York , on tho 34 th ult .. Preserved Fish , to Mary Shepherd . Folks wonder now , when men do change , Each one to suit his wish ; But here a lovely Shepherd lass , Has-teen transformed to Fish . Although 'twas strange , yet every one . Declares—the 1 * 68 deserved Not only to be changed to Fish , . ' , ¦ But also—be Preserved . And for their-future happiness , : They have our kindest wishes ; With hopes , that they may have their share Of loaves and little Fishes .
, Hatheb Equivocal . —The foUow * ing re % J $ QtBTH £ fttV funny , m the toroign news : — The Q . aeeq 1 faw ffi £ aHt « I ^ li Spain , in reply to a congratulatory kddreas ^ ffiwiSjni ' jf 5 lJz - ^^ v ttotstehaddQweasmc&aspdssible iobeth&SShs ^ iS ^^ iilt \ SpqHxvrds , sad would coiniiiuo her exsHipql W > M | S ? Hu ^ 5 pp \< ikl mote th ^ Constitutfohal cause . " There is AaarMis ^^ -i fe ^ >\ very candid iu this atroouncoment , and vl ^ &WMMt ^ V ^> M'J know the salaoiQDS Uabits of Clirigtine ^^^^ wM ^ p fe ^ E ^ tS doing W *^ JH H | ^ ^ tdvasMai *
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 25, 1840, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2694/page/7/
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