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jfeek , leaves about forty-four , thousand newspaper 1 jetders in & population of ^ m millions , or less it * a one reader in « wy ' » w > femrfte * . In Scotland ftertirere published , in R ' g ame fc ^ mai ^ n e ^ ii hundred aad seventy-seven , thousand v > eekfy frying seventy-two th ousand readers , in a population of three nuilioix ^ or on e fort j-two . In Wales , within the same period , there were published two h undred and sixty-five thousand weekly , for a population of a million , making a reading community of one . in » hrjidred . In the county of Cork , with ^ — > « eek , leaves about forty-four , thonsand nflwfma . np . ri
» population not far under that of Wales , there were published , within the same period , two hundred » nd thirteen thousand , that is , eight thousand one hundred and twenty-nine weekly , and each of the three Cork papers , the Southern Reporter , Cork ConstituHon , xa& Standard , which we take , we find is published three days in the week , thereby leafing for the population two thousand seven hundred and nine readers , or less than one in three hundred . Now , in as much a 3 the circulation of English papers is , comparatively speaking , &s large
in Scotland and Wales as in England , and as we know from experience , that Scotch and Welsh towns of equal population with English towns , take nearly as many papers , we hare come to the followieg conclusion . There were published in Britain , in the six months , nineteen million seven hundred and eighty-eight thousand weekly papers , and seven million one hundred and sixteen : thousand daily papers , which divided according to their respective issues , among a population of nineteen millions , leaves a reading community of one in every twenty-two .
During toe six months to which our analysis refers , the Northern Star had thirty-three thousand readers -weekly , while the whole press of Ireland , metropolitan and county , had but forty-four thousand , thereby giving to one paper a circulation very neatly as large as the whole of the Irish press . "We find that , in many large counties in Ireland , there are not in the whole county one hundred papers published weekly , and ten county papers average the enormous number of about one hundred and sixty at each issue !
Now , jast let us look at home for the cause of Dak's popularity . The man who wishes to make a people wholly independent of individuals , and desires to see them ruled by knowledge , turns his whole attention to the press , and ye ; we find the immense county of Kerry has been left by the Liberator in the following deplorable state of dependence and ignorance : — There are published in the county of Kerry two papers—the Kerry Evening Post , and the Tralee Mercury . The former , from its designation , we
pay the compiiment of being a daily production , and to the latter we give the benefit arising from less j profit , but more readers , being a weekly paper , as j we shall presume ; but we BhaH also treat it , per- ! haps , presumptuously , ( and , if so , we most sincerely I beg pardon ) by placing h upon the same footing with I therest of the " staff , " for Ireland has no Establishment , " by making it a three day in the week luminary . In the six months the Evening Past" had seven thousand seven hundred and t went j-five stamps , that is , two hundred and ninety-seven and S-26 ths ( for we cant bait an Irishman a fraction of bis knowledge ) weekly , or forty-nine and a half
readers . The Tralee Mercury had , within tbe same period , two thousand four hundred stamps , and if published weekly , ninety-six a sixth and a fraction readers ; and if three dayR in the week , thirty-two readers and » fraction . Thus we find , from the most comprehensive view , that tbe enormous county of Kerry hadj during the six months , one hundred and forty-five readers , and if the Mercury is published three times a week , EIGHTY ONE READERS ; or about one newspaper reader to each SO . THOUSAND OP the popdlatioh ; and , if we suppose that eighty Kerry gentlemen take a paper each , not one for the rest of the community .
Now , here is a picture for us , and let it be understood that there is no such thing as an interchange of papers between the two countries . If we except the Sun daily newspaper , and Bell ' t Life , the sporting weekly paper , few English papers go to Ireland , and none , not a single one , even of these to a man of less property than from three to five hundred a year . Speaking politically , we assert confidently that there are more copies of the Dublin Freeman ' s Journal sold in Lancashire , than all "English papers pnt together , sold to men under a thousand a year in Ireland . We hare made inquiry
of persons best informed upon those subjects , and we learn that there is no such thing as a news agent to be found in Ireland out of Dublin , and there not five ; that all papers are sent singly , nnder cover from the respective offices , to men of property ; and if the parson , the curate , the Dispensary doctor , and the middleman of the parish take a county paper amongst them , they are looked upon as Magi , or something supernatural , when they declare to wealthy farmers what is going on in the world , or rather , what was going on when the old almanac was put to press .
We have k been led to this exposition for the pur . pose of instilling into the English , Scotch , and Welsh minds , the fact that they are the crew of the life-boat , and that our Irish- brethren mu&t be swamped by the ignorance of their pilots , if not saved by a strong union of all our faculties to steer them between the two shoals , Irish ignorance and T . Tijrlia'h prejudice . We have been further prompted to this conrse in eonseqnenee of a very , very , very silly little address read at a recent meeting in Dublin by Master Johs OConxell , purporting to be an
appealfrom the "Loyal Repeal Association oflreland , " to the people of England , and into which it will be fomnd , for we give it at full length in our eighth page , some one . or more have contrived to cram as much nonsense in to a given » space as falls within the compass of possibility to stow . In this address it will be seen that one charge is made while a different one is rankling in the mind ; and , as we have translated many foreign languages this week , here goes for a t « nch at the Irish . The English of this address is—the rascally Northern Star
has taken the repeal out of its old channel , and has made it a question of principle , and one of importance , equally ; to England as Ireland , so much so , indeed , that we much fear whether the English people will now allow us to cushion the question . We had a nice plaything if we had been let alone , but those fellows have made our play-thing a monster to destroy us if we desert it . Now , every one who reads the trash will , at once , discover ike spleen ; for whai ' s the fact ! Why , that "when the question and
the association were prostrated beneath the lash of the English press , we flew to the rescue , and placed the question in a position which it never before oceupied ; and hence the hatred to us . The whole of the Irish press was unable to make even the slightest defence against the attacks of the English press , when the Star laid the question naked to the most obtuse understanding . It ia really too ridiculous , to see a fine country and a noble ; people played blind-man ' B buff with , and mbjected to such Tom foolery ! One Bays let us alone , and
another Eays you don ' t heed us ; so we are like the donkey between the- two bundles of hay . But Johkxt finished his address by announcing that the last week ' s gathering for the Association was the enormous sum of £ 77 ; and , as m predicted , the committees have commenced . Already a committee of five gentlemen haa been appointed to watch over the landlords , but n » t to puWuA their atrocities , and Mr . Barrxtt , of the
Pilot , moved the addition of two young—tradesmen 1 ao faith , but barrister *—Messrs . Plah and Duffy —to the committee—young men , said he , who do not join from any hope of gain , but whose 8 welling hearts burst with indignation at Ireland's wrongs ( for " hearts" read baps ) . We have shown no disposition to burk their proceedings , while we thus , at no cost to the Association , which is a greai point , place their address , gitantum taluit " , before three
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Bullions of the English , Scotch , and cowardly Welsh people , in order that they may judge for themselves . I f you want to ruin the old hacks of the Corn Exchange , you have only to serve Ireland , but it wiD go hard with them if they allow you to kill the goose with the golden egg . In this addresB , intended to circulate among the Irish in England , it will be seen that the old story of the English PEOPLE oppressing Ireland is trumped up , and with no other / new than to create bad blood . If the Association had behaved properly , we would have put the address into sense and grammar * There is nothing of the fine , bold , old juggler in this wishy-washy production , even to give us a laugh for our pains . mminnc / vf ti « v- ^ i . i c < * _^ ,
It is much too funny to hear the Corn Exchange disinterested patriots talking of neglect of the press ; misrepresentation , abuse of women , and Chartist violence and subscriptions . If Chartism had rereived from the Irish press , and the Irish demagogues , ¦ one half , nay one hundredth part of the notice that Irish affairs receive from the whole of the English press , the slit in old Edie Ochiltree ' s beggar box would have been long since choked up with cobwebs , and the Charter would have been carried ; but all men , and particularly the Irish , in England , are beginning to marvel whv the Times ,
and all the Tory papers , should report every word of O'Connell ' s nonsense , and they are now learning the fact , that his agitation is always a counter irritant to prevent the good to bo effected by dressing the real wound . The Tory press has been the making of O'Cosjtell . But why don't the whining , miserable , pitiful , crouching , wretched creatures , who have got amongst them above £ 15 , 000 in the last month , fight the press as we do , instead of sending in their poor mouthed missires npon tea paper ! Why not devote some of the £ 77 a week to the diffusion of useful knowledge 1 For the best reason in the world , because in oae month it would
poison the river , and kill the fish . Every soul who subscribes to the Irish Association has a direct interest in the perpetuation of Irish abuse . And now , after making a rent begging tour , we find the wretches preparing to throw the blame of that desertion , which is about to take plaoe , upon the English press , the Chartists , and foul play from England , "forsooth , " thus to add more fuel to the flame , which has been too long kindled , and too successfully kept alive between the two countries . But no , gentlemen , we'll keep you to it this time ; you shan't budge , not an inch : you
shall carry repeal now , or you shall convince us that after the last effort , it was " impracticable . " You have truly exhibited grievances , which call for a Repeal of theTJnion , and which would justify any and every means for its accomplishment , whileyourloHger submission to those horrors , which both you and we have proved , will present you to the world as cowards , beggarmen , and willing slaves . As oar excellent friend the Nortftern Liberator says , we will hitch you into a war with the oppressor this time , but we won't desert you in the conflict , nor
lend a tingle blue-bottle to shoot you ; we will find work enough to amuse them all at biggatelle or bastile at home . Now , good fellows , talk no more nonsense to the working men of England , whom you are assisting the oligarchy in first robb ing , and then murdering if they complain . The day of blarney has passed away—you have fobbed the cash . That amount spent as English Chartists would apply it , would make tyranny tremble upon its throne , while as you apply it , it but fattens abuse , and sotci this year ' s amentum for nemt year ' s crop .
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THE SLAVERY ABOLITIONISTS AND THEIR WHITE SLATE NEIGHBOURS , la another part of our paper we give a report , taken from the Times newspaper , of a most important meeting recently held at Norwich , the proceedings at which eminently and distinctly mark the hypocritical character of those modern scribes and Pharisees , the humanity-mongers of this Christian age and country ; the blind guides who " strain at a gnat , and swallow a camel ' ; who "devour widowB' houses , and , for a pretencs , make long prayers "; and who had a small taste , in the proceedings of . rtb . at meeting , of the " greater
condemnation - which awaits them when the germ of intelligence , developing itself in spite of all their efforts to restrain it among the " lower orders , " shall have extended , as it Eoon Trill , throughout the whole of society , and when those habits of temperance and virtue shall have been formed and permanently established among the wearers of fustian jackets , and the owners of blistered hands , which have hitherto , boih in precept and practice , found their most determined enemies in the Church dignitaries , the ' clergy , the " respectables" of society , the middle and higher classes , the elite of whom this meating of humanity-mongers is described by the Times paper to have been principally composed .
We have chosen to take this report from the Times in preference to accounts sent us by our friends resident upon the spot , which , we have no doubt , were more accurately descriptire of the real state of matters , because we considered it an instance in which we could well afford to let the enemy have the tale of their own telling . We have seldom felt greater pleasure than in reading this report as given in the Times ; affording as it does the most conclusive evidence that the growing intelligence and
spirit of the people is wormwood and gall to their oppressors , " the " respectables " , for whom the Times and the whole press " Establishment" employ all their energies , and whose " respectability" exists only in virtue of the poverty and degradation , and consequent vice , of the hard-working millions ; exhibiting also , as it does , in the most conclusive manner , the poor shifts of lying and evasion to which the factious are compelled to have . recourse in order to conceal their real terror beneath the flimsy veil of affected contempt .
We witness in this meeting tbe best evidence of public virtue and of the progress of sound opinions , becoming pride , and real respectability , amongst the people ; we find working men , "accoutred in fustian jackets , " and " epeakiDg with a Etrong provincial dialect , " asserting the dignity of man , the universal right of nature , and their own consciousness of the wrongs inflicted on them , in the
face of the collected elite of a whole county , Peers , Bishops , M . P . ' s , Parsons , and brow-beating Magistrates , with all the glare of their distinction , dignity , authority , and power , in full display . We find a man " accoutred in a fustian jacket" entering the arena of dispute , npon a great public question , with a learned senator , canvassing his arguments , convicting him of Solecism and helping out his lame philosophy .
Wo find a man " accoutred in a fustian jacket " , — a weaver—with enough of public spirit and of honest virtue to take his place beside a mitred head—to abide , unscared , the scowl of angry dignitaries , and to assert the right ; though wit , and wealth , and learning arranged themselves against him ; and we find as many honest Chartists at a county meeting , in the face of all the elite , and in defiance of the combined exertions of the magistrates and their myrmidons , the blue police , assembled to support their fustian-jacketed leaders , as were sufficient to cause the High Sheriff , the Lord Bishop , the Yenerable Archdeacon , the thirteen Peers , the eighteen Baronets , tbe seven M . P . ' s , and the two-andforty parsons to quail before their honest , unwashed facet .
This meeting affords evidence , most perfect , of tbe hypocritie character of the respectable" Jeremiads about slavery and humanity . They were met to devise the means of effectually putting down slavery ; and jet , when the resolution of the honest Doves , pledging them to pnt down slavery " wherever it may be found , ' * was put to the meeting , not a single "black-sing , " or class-distinguished bawler for humanity could be found to hold np his hand for it , The only real abolitionists of slavery were found , not on the platform or the " uppermost seats of the synagogue , " but in the horny-handed and unshaven occupants of the great body of the Hall ; let us then hear no more from the wretches about " slavery" ; we guess the parsons of the slave-owning ,
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slave-breeding , and Blare-baying states will make little ceremony about bidding brother Norwich to wait for the extraction of tbe beam from his own eye , that his cleared vision may the better aid in the extraction of the mote from theirs . Our readers will perceive that in the Tim e * report , which we have copied , Dover is introduced and spoken of as " Mister Doves , who was accoutred in a fustian jacket . " No fact can epeak
more loudly the importance of the popular movement in the estimation of the factions than this descent of their great gun , the Times , the very helm of the "Establishment" — "the leading journal of the world , " from its high post of dignity to so pitiful an effort at a sneer upon a working man . It is a very cordial to our minds ; for it speaks , to every one who has ears to hear , more plainly of the power of Chartism than anything we could say .
Nor is the evidence of the like fact less visible in the affeotedly contemptuous tone in which the Times speaks of the numbers of the Chartists present , as some sixty or seventy , drawn together by the bill put forth by Dover ; it is a poor story for the elite of Norfolk , if Bixty or seventy Chartists routed them so perfectly , as is apparent , even f . om the Times' report . One word upon the interference of the Chartists at such meetings as the present one . It is . not that they love slavery more , but that they love hypocrisy less , than tho BUhop of Norwich and the eliti of
Norfolk ; the whole social condition of the unrepresented millions of England is a condition of slavery , yet when the use of this same Hall , their own Hall , was asked for by the citiieus of Norwich , for the purpose of considering the means whereby that condition might be ameliorated , it wa 3 insultingly denied to them ; they were right , therefore , in availing themselves of the opportunity thne offered for the" expression of their full disapprobation of slavery in all its forms . We thank them for this exhibition of their spirit , and we recommend their
example to all the Chartists in the empire . The factions have put down the expression of opinion by the meetings of the people ; let them , then , be met , and beat » n with their own weaponB ; whenever and wherever they dare to call a meeting for their owa purposes , no matter what may be its ostensible object—the Charter embraces all possible purposes of political , moral , and social improvement—let the men in fustian jackets be , therefore , always on the alert , and let them do their duty always as the men of Norwich have done theirs .
We say , let them do their duty as the men of Norwich have done ; and we point the more emphatically to this meeting , because , hitherto , however well-intentioned the people may have been on such occasions , they have generally suffered themselves to be outgeneralled by the wily factions . They have attended many faction-meetings with a most proper sense of wrong and duty ; but , just at the moment when that sense should have been effectively evinced , have suffered themselves to be cheated of their triumph , and to be made , in point of fact , an appendage to the pageant of their enemies .
The practice is this : —A resolution is proposed and seconded in favour of some Whig or Tory object ; a good fellow , bolder than his comrades , proposes an amendment , recognising the right of the whole people ; upon which some wily hypocrite , or fussy , shortsighted , clap-seeker , interposes and says— " I am sure that every one of my fellow-townsmen will do me the justice to say that I have at all times manifested great willingness to hear your statements , and to support you in your demand for right ; but I am satisfied that the best method of attaining the great object which we all
seek is by conciliating the affections of our friends , the middle and higher classes ; and I do hope , therefore , that my excellent friend will not disturb the harmony of the meeting by pressing his amendment at this stage of the proceedings . I trust he will allow tho resolution to pass without opposition , and bring forward his , / must say , not less Taluablo amendment , at a subsequent stage of the proceedings , as an original motion ; when I shall have great pleasure in supporting it . " Loud cheer * usually follow this announcement ; the amendment is
withdrawn , as requested ; the factions carry their own resolutions ; and thes « are paraded by the whole ' Establishment" as the joint work of themselves and the Chartists ; the subsequent proceedings being passed over silently , or with just so much notice as may serve t « bury them . This is bad policy on the part of the people ; and we are glad that it was not followed by the brave men of Norwich . They boldly met , and nobly routed the whole batch of pious rogues in their own quarters ; and we commend their practice to universal
imitation . The people require tact in these matters . They have less time for arrangement and organisation than the drones ; but we submit to them tbe adoption of the following plan , which we will warrant to ensure the turning of every faction-meeting—of whatsoever kind—into a good Chartist demonstration . Let the people , in all cases , upon going t « a meeting called by either Whigs or Tories , appoint six able , trustworthy , and efficient persons as conductors upon their part . When the Chairman is
proposed , the people should then move their man as an amendment ; and if the arbitrators be unanimous in declaring the show of hands to be in his favour , the meeting should place him in the chair and there manfully support him ; absolutel y and entirely r efusing to allow any other person to interfere or to be heard at all except properly and formerly introduced to the meetiDg by him . If the faction succeed in the appointment of their man as Chairman , let the people listen attentively and silently to the mover and seconder of the first resolution ; and then , having placed the mover and seconder of the
Chartist amendment upon the platform , support them peacefully , but resolutely ; suffer them not to be interrupted by any but the Chairman , an « if ho interrupt them unfairly or fail to interpose his authority for their protection , insist on a new Chairman being chosen—and , in the event of any Tiolence or insult , or any further obstruction bang offered to the people ' s man , let the meeting forthwith proceed—peacefully , gently , and politely to clear the house ef all the broad cloth ; and having done so , let them proceed quietly to the discussion of their own resolutions .
We submit the following as a proper resolution to be used on all such occasions—to be passed as the first resolution , or as an amendment npon the first resolution , at every public meeting of the factions , let it be called for whatever purpose it may : — " Resolved—That we , the working portion of thia meeting , knowing an adequate representation of the people , in the Commons" House of Parliament , to be the only means by which labour can be efficiently protected , and the burdens of the state equitably apportioned , and having been induced to believe that the Reform Bill would accomplish such a state of things , did , in the year 1832 , of oarselves carry that measure '
and inasmuch as the effect has been to make the rich more wealthy and the poor yet poorer and more dependent , in -violation of all the promises held out as our share of the change , we have come to a firm and unalterable understanding with our order , throughout the empire at large , never again to sanction tbe adoption of any principles , or the agitation of any reforms , short of those contained , an 4 dearly aad intelligibly laid down , in the People ' s Charter . We shall , therefore , In accordance with such understanding , hold each and every working man who , directly or indirectly , joins in , or supports , sanctions , or countenances any less impor . tant measure than the People ' s Charter , to be either a willing slave or a hired tooL "
Let this be the people ' s plan of operations , and lei ** No Surrender" be their motto ; and in a very short period we shall hear of no other party .
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A BIT FROM FOX MARSHALL'S LETTER . '' Owe fool makes many , bat the old fool is worse than any . ** So saith the proverb . Now , if men will knock their heads against the wall , it is not our fault . If neither words nor clods will have any effect upon those in the tree , why , we must needs pelt them with stones ; and thus we are compelled to pelt Fox MiBSHAU . with his own letter : we cannot hit him harder . He cannot blame us ; we gave fair and timely warning that . although we overlooked the first foolish effusion of the modern Solons or ' " ' " ' .
Leeds , we would publish their next at foil length . The consequence of the exposure , then , must belaid at tbe door of the Association ; they are purchasers with fall notice , while our forbearance seems rather to have emboldened than warned them . . ¦ TJbe ' y , hoped , no doubt , to keep this letter , like their address , a secret from the world ; but having reached us , we have blabbed , as will be found by the full-length letter of Fox Marshall to O'Conmell and the Repealers , which appears in our first page . And now for the little bit of " goose grease " from thia Association frying-pan . Here it is : —
" The time , we consider , has now fully arrived for accomplishing another great step towards responsible an * representative government . There is every consideration at present to urge the masses to a movement In favour of progressive reform and improvement The hoof of Toryism again threatens to plant itself on the neck of the British people , and the abettors of arbitrary government are again at tho very threshold of power . Reform has come to a dead stand , and we are even now being driven helpless into the hated policy of past governments . "
Well ; well ; to be Bure ! if these fellows ainfc enough to addle a rookery with their hissing and cawing , and cackling and barking ! So , now , after translating a long bark of the old fox , * we are obliged to translate the gibberish of the geese . Well , it must be so , it e ' en must be so , and here goes . The above paragraph being reduced to English , then , will read thus : — "After eight years' experience of our tricks , during which time , in the midst of all those crying grievancss of which we complain , vie have secured to ourselves every advantage that
the people want to havo a share of , and now that they have discovered the humbug , the time has arrived for putting a new face upon the old friend . Having mado all that was to be made , profit is now come to a dead stand ; because we have killed the goose with the golden egg , aud we are now about to be forced , as was the case under the Tory Government , to pay something towards the taxes of the country , and d d if v » e'll stand that . No , no , we'll fight first : that , indeed , is a thing worth
fighting for . There is every hope , at present , that the people will make another splutter about further reform , and the truth is , that eight more years liko the last , will take the gilt off our gingerbread , as we have , during the past eight , taken it off our neighbours . So couto tor oh , come dagger , come death , come devil , but eome no Tories , for the rascals will , aye they will , make us pay far the force required to proteot us in our robbery of our poor , honest , neglected , ill-treated working men . "
So much for some of the paragraphs ; but the following parenthetical bit requires a separate consideration , as here we have all the goose grease out of the frying pan into the fire . Hear this , Radicals , — " The hoof of Toryism threatens to plant itself on the neck of the British people , and the abettors of arbitrary government are at the very tltreshold of power . " Insolent old dote , and foolish old man , thus to give us such a handle over you . Did we not tell our readers that , cover thoir project as they would our watchful eje would Btrip the deformed cheat
and expose it to open gaaa . And did we not tell our readers , upon the first cackle , that the whole sum and substance of the liberality of the Fox and Goose Club was to keep the Tories out , and that only ; and havo we not confirmation here as strong as holy writ . Aye , and may the hoof of Toryism come to-morrow , or to-night , and crack the neck of Whiggism , and then it will have more than repaired the damage of agos , by the annihilation of the bloody faction , that have turned England into a seabound dungeon .
Now just let our attentive readers put the letter of the Mercurial Editors and that of Fox Marshall together . The prospect held out to Ireland from Household Suffrage in the former , and the invitation to Dan and tho repoalera in the latter , and can the most stupid avoid coming to the conclusion that the whole is a Whig conspiracy against Chartism ; well knowing that that force once removed from the Whig path , the iron hoof of Whiggery would bray the last remnant of British liberty in the mortar of persecution , and in its full and rampant power turn England , now rousing to the rescue as one man , into a nation of slaves , under the hoof of a military government . Let it be borne in mind that
these two letters appear in different papers of Leeds upon the same day , and cotemporaueously with the strong invitations of this Whig " Establishment" to Dam to come back again to the English Bhop , now that he has completed the year ' s plunder over tho water . Let all these things be well pondered over , and in the mean time , let every Chartist man , and every Chartist "Hoore" within twenty miles of Leeds , lay up one shilling to ba prepared for the first muster of the new crusaders at Leeds , which is about to take place , and we again pledge ourselves to meet , to battle , and to beat , the enemy upon the very first charge . In faith Chartism shall not die evea in Leeds , without a kick , and a big one .
We most sincerely hope that the cub over the way will not lessen the effect of our bite , by barking at the old fox this week . He will see , by the insertion of Fox Marshall ' s letter , and this passing observation upon a bit of it , that we havo not been altogether unmindful of the cube and tho geese , while engaged in chase of the old fox .
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A Fuller , Bury St . Edmunds . —His inquiry respecting the Portraits will be answered fully next week , irhen all our J gents will see where to send to for their Specimens , and the number each will have . Our Agents are requested to open books forthwith for the names of Subscribers , as none but Subsoribers wilt receive the Plate . Those Persons toho wish to consult John Bronton , who lately published "A Word to the Weavers '' must write to Wm . Griffin , No . 18 , Aston-street . Bank-top , Manchester . H . Hancock . —The report of the meeting on November 3 rd should have been tent then : it is stale now .
The Sunderland Meeting . —We have a letter f rom Mr . Williams slating , at the late meeting at Sunderland , the " foreign policy" resolutions of Which we commented on , that whatever the wording of the resolution might be , there was no mistake about the meeting , which was , without exception , the best Chartist meeting held in Sunderland for a long time . Mr . W . also speaks very highly of the general conduct of Mr . Deegan , the Chartist missionary for Durham . Two Stockton Chartists . —We cannot insert their theatrical critique .
BENJAMIN HaSGETT suggests , as a meant of furthering the Chartist cause , that , in the event of a death taking place amongst us , the relatives or friends of the person to dying , should be refuested to give information of the same to some member of the National Charter Association , and that the knowledge of such an went be commjinicmtedto thewholeof ' the members residing - , * n or ntar the locality where any such person may hmvedied . Then let a solemn procession of mllteho can attend follow the deceased la the place of interment , and lei one from our ranks be appointed to deliver an appropriate address at the place of mteiment . If thia be not permitted , then at the nearest and most convenient place for that purpose .
Georcb Linsey thinks that if the price of the Northern Star was raised to fivepence , for a limited period , the extra halfpenny to pay missionaries to expound the holy and just principles of Chartism throughout Great Britain and Ireland , it would have a powerful and beneficial influence . He thinks , also , that the wives and families of poor Williams and Jones ought to be considered , and a benefit gotten up for them , in hke manner with Airs . Frost .
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Poor Pedpie , thb Bradford Victim . —This victim to the fiendish arts of the Whig villains who foreitai the destinies of Britain is now positively immured—buried alive . We have by us a copy of a private letter from his wife to a friend , in which she says •— It is now my melancholy duty to inform you , that my husband ' s communication with me is stopped altogether by order of the visiting magistrates . This I learned in a note Jrom Mr . Shepherd , the Governor , whom my husband requested , ™ order to relieve my anmely < to write me to that effect . He assures me , at the same time , as a matter of course , that he is in perfect Health ; but we well know what credit is to be placed in the words of even the medical functionaries of such establishments . After the tost consolation of the wretched is now denied to my husband , of pouring out the sorrows of hit heart in writing , as he once expressed it , what
may we not dread from the inhuman conduct of his barbarous persecutors * " Mrs . P . has petitioned the visiting magistrates in most respectful terms ; and they very complacently referred her to Lord Normanby . Had she applied to his Lrrdship , he would , of course , have sent her back to the visiting magistrates , stating , that , on making inquiry , the medical report was satisfactory , and he did not think it necessary to interfere . Mr . W . V . Sankey has written an affecting letter to Lord Normanb y on his behalf , enclosing some verses of Peddic ' s , as evidence of his mental character , stating the fact of his being in a very bad state of health , and praying a mitigation of his sentence , at least so far as the tmadmill is concerned ; but the fiends are as obdurate as flints . J . r . — We know nothing about Dr . Taylor . P . W ., Sinclair Town . —Lines to Feargus O'Connor won ' t do .
Edwards , the Chartist Victim . —We have received the following letter from Newport , whieh we print just as it came to us : — " Newport . "Brother Democrats , —I find there u a rumour ufluat about persons gathering money under false pretences for the support of Mr . William Edwarda , now a prisoner ia Oakham Gaol , and giving n * account to the Committed of the same . I , therefore , hope you will understand that there has been no subscriptions received or authorised by the
Council , nor tnere has been none received at Mrs . Edw&rds's for any person . If any of you c * n give a clear statement of any person or persons who is guilty of such an unjust daed will please to call up » n Mr . Alfred Hill , president , or Mr . W . H . Cronin , secretary , such steps will be taken aa will atop all such persons who have been guilty ef such a barefaced fraud on the public . " I remain , yours , " A lover of freedom , "Charles Grove .
" P . S . There has been the sum of £ 1 sent to Mr . Edwards , Oakbam Gaol , Rutlandshire , from tbe Newport National Charter Association . " R . Marsden . —His lines on Frost shall appear . J . M . —He is right : we are overstocked with the sort of goods he offers us . Irish Chartists . —Several correspondents have written to us requesting the addresses of parties in Ireland to whom Stars might be sent with a probability of being usefully employed . We have no personal connections in Ireland ; and would be glad if any of our many readers , who have , will supply lite information . J . C . — We have not room for his letter . THOMAS Ireland . —His letter shall appear in our ne * l . A Working Man , Bootling street , London . —His M Verses for New Year ' s Day" won ' t do . George Jones . —We cannot insert his letter . We dre sorry there should be any dispute ; but we cannot be dragged into it .
A Leeds Chartist is exceedingly desirous to see a Chartist debating society established in Leeds . He thinks it would tend greatly to the rousing of the energies and the expanding of the intellectual capabilities the people : so do we . A Constant Reader . — We don ' t insert marriages on anonymous authority . Walter Mason . —The 2 s . 6 d . postage stamps , and the 2 a ., from a few friends at Harleston , for the relief of the imprisoned Chartists , were acknowledged ui the time of their receipt . NwNEAToi * Radicals . — We don ' t know Mr . O'Connor ' s birth-day . F . Hakris . —The letter might , or might not , reach us : me don ' t recollect it . We don't insert addresses from the men in one town to those of another : if we did so , we should not have room for anything else . The election of town councillors is a matter of mere local interest , and might very likely be set aside for something of
more tonsequence . W . Melville , Markinch . —We are very desirous to oblige all our friends ; but we cannot always compass either our wishes or intentions . It many of our friends who complain of " slightsmould just » eat Ihemselve * at our desk for a week , we apprehend that their only astonishment would bt how we contrive to get into one paper a week reasonable notice of half the mass of matter with which we are continually loaded , without seeming to " slight" many of our well meaning friends much oftener than we do . David Thompson , •» behalf of the Radicals of the Alloa District , writes us to request the exact addresses of Mrs . Williams and Airs . Jones , the Whig widows of Frost ' s fellow victims .
Barnsley Radicals must excuse us . We have seieral times staled our reasons for not inserting the addresses o f individual bodies to the public , and we must ad on a general rule . Ajiji Greenwood . —We have received a letter from Accringion , stating that a young person of this name left her home and her employment on the 6 th of last May , under circumstances mysterious to her father , her mother , three brothers , and four sinters who suffer great distress on account ef her absence The father writes that he has travelled more than 500 miles in search of her : that he has several times heard of her , but she always eludes his pursuit ; that he is unable to divine her reason for doing so : and is most
anxiously desirous for her to return . He describes her as being low in stature , with full , round face , black eyes , black hair , broad set , and he will be thankful to any humane pertton who can inform him of her present residence . The girl is a power-loom weaver ; but has sometimes held situations in servitude . The father s address is Jan . es Greenwood , Church-street , opposite the National School , Accrington , near Blackburn , Lancashire . J . F . B . — We cannot answer either of his questions . Stockport Victims . —The Committee appointed to receive subscriptions for the relief of the prisoners , their wives , and families , have sent us a balance sheet , which , for reaeons above assigned ,
we cannot publish . It appears they have received £ 3 ' 28 . 2 £ d . ; expended £ 2 17 « . hd . ; and have now remaining in hand 4 s . 9 kd . J . Stewart , Whit * chapel , Liverpool , thinks it would be advisable , on the part of the Liverpool Chartists , to get up a ball-concert , or festival , for the purpose of providing a treat for the imprisoned Chartists on Christmas Day . He says — " / think there are about six in Rochdale , and about thirteen in Chester—call them twentywhich , at 10 s . each , would be , of course , £ 10 , which would be little enough , in my opinion , for this purpose . I have been given to understand that the Hall of Science can be had for this purpose , free of any ex pence , upon Christmas Eve ,
which I think would be an excellent time . The difficulty now arises how the money could be forwarded to the parties , so that they might have it upon Christmas Day . I think it may be obviated in this way : —I am willing myself to advance 20 s . upon the speculation , and I know I have friends who would have no objection to advance other sums towards making up the amount , and with a little exertion of the parties themselves , I am sure the difficulty would vanish ; and , if the ball or concert was well conducted , I am sure it would produce more than the sum named . Samuel Kenyon . —His letter is inadmissible . Charles Reynolds . —We shall try to have something
to say about the Penzance murder next week . Mr . Richardson ' s letter is unavoidably postponed this week . J . R ., Cahberwell . —We have not time to read his letter this week . R . K . Philp . —His Utter , and several others from different parties , on the subject of the payment and employment of missionaries iha / l be referred to Mr . O Connor at the first opportunity . A Ratepayer , of Stratford-opon-Avon , under consideration . J . Bottomley , of Hyde , writts ui that tht New Zealand Chief , who has lately been letlnringin the Working Men ' s Institution , at Hy 4 e » f * rgot
to pay the rent , and also left his bomrd and lodgings unpaid for to a very poor person in thai town . He is stated , in the tetter , to have done the like at Stalybridge and other placet . Mr . B . thinks that in catling himself the "Mew Zealand 0 hisf" he hat made a small mistake , by begin-1 ning the < last word with a C instead « T . Hebobn Bridge . —The Radicals of this pUuu would be glad if the West Riding Council tould send them Mr . Bairstow , or some vther Itcturvr , vn New Year's Dmy . . Address o ? the Glasgow Rbabii < V Clvb mnier consideration . Jacob Hawkins . — We cannot interfere between the reverend blackguards : let them fight it out .
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Wm . Campbell . —We have not any : they may be obtained of the publisher , Somerscale , Lee * a W . A ., Norwich . —If the 2 s . urns not noticed in the Star it never came here . R . Armstrong , Hawick . —We did not keep the whole of the Sovereign , but paid 10 s . to the proprietors < if the Leeds Mercury , for which we hate m receipt .
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T . M'Phkrson is quite at liberty to send the whole of the correspondence and the accounts to Feargvt O'Connor : our terms with him were cash i » r advance ; and on the week his Stars were stopped he had not sent hit money for the month ' * Papers . T . Smith , Dbvqnport . —Conno * tell . FORTH ! WIVES AKD FAMILIES OF THE INCARCERATE * CHARTISTS . £ S . d . rrom a Friend at Motley , to F . O'Connor ... 0 1 0 „ Rantliff Arms , Nottingham , per Mrs . Smith ... ... 0 ' 5 0 „ a few Working Men , at Harleston , Norfolk ... ... 0 1 S ,, a few Subscribers at Wakefield Oulwood ... 0 4 0 „— ,., —_
F «» HBS . FROST . From J . Laidlow ... 0 0 2 i „ W . Troughlon , Holme Mill « 1 U „ J . Crossley , Watford ... 0 0 6 „ J . Kendal , Bradford , Willt 0 Q 6 FOR J . B . O ' BSIRN . From a few Friends at Raistrick , by J . Marshall . ... 0 2 6
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Dear Friends , —We , the mombers of the Execotive , aj ^ aiu addr . ; 83 you ; we call upon you to bestir yourselves like men ; remember tho elections will be published j our streugth or our weakness will &he » be known ; wo have done all we can to rally you ; our position haa been deeply felt by tho ? e who hav » in reality acted on the Provisional Executive , viai Messrs . S ^ nith , Littler , Le 6 ch , and Tillman . W » have had great , very great obstacles to contend with , but have kept the even tenor of our way , deter mined to stauu or fall with our engagements . Some of our friends have wished us to address yds
on the question of foreign policy . Now mark : w » should have done so lout ; ere t&is , had the parties who are engaged in it obtained anything like a footing . We have had our wa ' ch upon them ; but , thanks to the good sense of the people , in this respect they have left us nothing to do ; even theif oracle , tbe Northern Liberator , with returning good sensej has protested agsiiut their French protest . Indeed , take it for a-U in all , it is a miserable failure , and quite nuworthy our consideration ,, whether it originated in Russia , the Carlton Club , or in the heat-oppressed brain * of its eloquent ackvocates , it has only served as another proof of th « determination of the people to stand to their pledges , vii . to agitate for no other purpose than that of establishing Universal Suffrage , &c . The diffcron * subscribers will much oblige by bending in their
enrolments , according to the notice that has been . given in the Star ; it is tho intention of tho Exe ^ ciitiye to publish a full balance sheet , far the satisfaction of the country , so that our friends wiil pe » - ceive the necessity of making up their accounts a » speedily as possible . We have much to do in a short time , and sincerely hope the country will render us all the assistance they possibly can . Remember , oar Secretary is but a man ; you laust give him time to acquit himself in' a - proper manner * Look to the Star of the 7 th of November , and yo » will perceive " you lack in duty ; the 21 st is past , and scarcely any thiug done . Tais is too bad . We wish not to reprove , but desire to keep you up to th « mark . Send in the names of those patriots yo » think worthy to serve on the Executive for next
year , that we may apprise them of the same ; it willbeu 8 elesa to elect men who do not intend serving . Give it but one moment ' s thought , and you will perceive there is much to do . Each individual put in nomination must be apprised of the &amc ; a list of persons becoming candidates for the suffrage * of the people must be forwarded to each sub 3 eo-vj--j retary ; the votes to be obtained on the most siBipU ^ , * mode of bklloUing , and forwarded to the General ^ Secretary of the National Charter Association , and ' laid by him bofora the Executive , when the auecesful candidates will be made known through tbt medium of the Star . Now , Chartists , be up and stirring ; shew that yo « can practice that whiclfyou preach , and con vino * the world you aresomothing more than theorists .
Remember New Year ' s Day ! Froat , Williams , and Jones ! I James Leech , President . Wm . Tillman , Secretary . To Mr . Hobson .
Dear Sir , —By inserting this address in the Star of next Saturday , you will much oblige the Members of the Executive Council of the National Charter Association of Great Britain . I remain , dear Sir , Your most obedient servant , Wm . Tillma *
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CHARTIST INTELLIGENCE . LONDON . —Martlebonb National Chariot . Association . —At the weekly meeting of the abov * Association , on Sunday , the 2 > nd inst ., Mr . Hartwell in the chair , the adjourned discussion on organisation was resumed , and ably spoken ou by Messrs . Viner , Scott , Knee , Wall , and othere , which seemed to give general satisfaction to those present , by several enrolling their names who were not members before . After the discussion , Mr . Peat , of the Finsbury National Charter Association , said he wished to eay a few words . H » said it was gratifying for him to see the harmony that prevailed in the meeting that evening ; bat he had something to toll them which there was no doubt they were already aware of , by the ringing
of bells , firing ' of guns , and enormous bills , posted against the walls . of the metropolis , that a Princess Royal was born—a child who has hardly yet breathed into existence is called a Princess Royal . This child is born in a palace , surrounded with extravagant luxuries . Its nurse is to be a pauper oa the country likewise ; she is to receive £ 1 , 000 for the job , and a pension of £ 500 per annum , for which the poorest of the poor will be taxed to support . The speaker went on at great length , portraying he difference of this picture with that of the poor woman who , in times like this , is confined in & hovel , with scarcely a rag to cover her , or nourishment of any sort , and yet taxed to support such extravagance . _ Mr . Tipper rose and said , he had a most distressing case to bring before the Association ; it was the sudden death of one of the members
in his class , named John Thomas , who was taken ill on Wednesday last while at work : he went t » change his clothes to go home , when he fell , was taken up insensible , and died next day , leaving a wife ( near her confinement ) , and two children , to deplore his loss . He hoped the Association would take the case into consideration . A subscription , was made in the room immediately , which amounted to 17 s . 3 | d ., and the class leaders are to make it known to their respective classes , and collect from their friends , and bring it up -next meeting . Mr , Rennie , senior , treasurer of the late West Loudox Democratic Association , brought forward £ \ , the remainder of the funds of that Association , which was agre « d to be sent to the General Victim Fund at Manchester . There was also £ 1 of th » funds of the Marylebone and Paddington Victim Committee voted to be sent with it .
Cut or London National Charter Association . —At the usual weekly meeting of this Association , on Tuesday last , after the enrolment of new members , a vote of thanks was given to the Norwich Chartists , for their manly conduct in routing tbe lay and olerical humanity-mongers . The leaders of the different classes gave in a report highly favourable , some of them having above the number , and not one bad paying member ; after which the Chairman left the chair with a vote of thanks .
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BIRMINGHAM NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . TO THB BDITOR OF THB NOBTH 1 RN STAR . Sir , —A friend hai just called my attention to % report whi « h appears in jour paper of the 21 st instant , of a meeting ot the " National Charter Association" ia this town , in which it is reported that " Mr . Pur *" moved one of the resolutions , and waa appointed Tr « aeurer . Aslbeli « r « I am the only person of my name wh * has , until now , appeared before the inhabitants of Birmingham , as taking park ia public affairs , 70 a will oblige me by allowing me a corner in your paper to state that I am not the person alluded to ia the report in question .
My sole object in having this made publle is to avoi * any misconception and inconvenience which might otherwise ansue . lam , lir , To « r obedient servant , William Pars . at , great Charlet-rtreet . Blrminghia , Merwnbar 24 th , l «« 0 . . P . & Had th « Christian name or initial bring insert * In the report , it is more than probable I should net hav » bad thus to trouble too .
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On the 21 st instant , Mr . William Wether *!! , of Belleisle , to Miss Mary V « & 1 , of the former place .
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.. ¦ , DEATHS . ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦¦ . - : JH On Friday , at Quarry Hill , Leeds , in his lOCtk . Hirai year . Edward Simmons . He was born in the army , jj&jgH and has received a pension of Is . lid . per day for ^ 351 the last 75 years . He was hale , hearty , aad walk- - ^ dlla ing his usual rounds up to within seven Booths of jS « B | his death . Although he lived so Iodk , it vmtgS ^» = Hf iHI thought of dying at some time or other , mmM&to-to ^ MSm actually paid for his grave , tombstoue , * S | W » t !^^ i ^ ' - ^ iaiSH
To Readers And Correspondents.
TO READERS AND CORRESPONDENTS .
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THE ROYAL PRINCESS . So the Queen has got a " Young 'an '" last . A gurl they eay it is ; and a Bmart sum will be demanded from the hand-loom weavers by way of pap for it , until such time as the dear little creature needs dolls and lollypopa- —and then , Lord ha ' mercy upon poor John Bull again !
The Provisional Executive Council To The Cha.Rtists Of Great Britain.
THE PROVISIONAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL TO THE CHA . RTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN .
Marriage.
MARRIAGE .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 28, 1840, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2712/page/5/
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