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THE QUEEN'S SPEECH . Tl The prominent event of the week , to which all the » thersgive place , is what is called the Royal Speech , n ton the opening of the Session of Parliament . Of oonoorse everybody knows that the name is a misnomer ; batihat it is no more the Speech of the Queen than it 9 oia of the Emperor of Japan , hat a collection of enfaentences formed by the Ministers for the time « inbeing , by whom her Majesty ia made to talk someimdimes Whiggism , sometimes Toryism , bat on all ocsasicasions as little of any definite policy as possible . If inyany one thing shows more than another , how much he the power of the Crown has declined , how fully he the highest dignity has become a Constitutional fonform rather than an influential reality , it is this
factfact , that the Sovereign does not speak his or her fienseatinienis , but subsides into speaking the principles of of the Cabinet . Time was when the Monarch hwhad a will , potent either for good or evil , and the rnlrnler of the realm was a ruler in fact , and told his the thoughts in good plain set terms ; but now Majesty tri ] tripg miucingl y through a set form of words , carefolfo lly studied , so as to contain the smallest p ossible qu quantity of meaning , and it is thought worthy of recrecord , that the wearer of the Crown reads the lesson in in an audible voice , and with faultless enunciation an and pronunciation . So fades the glory of the world . HKoyalty is praised , not for high thoughts or great de deeds , but for attainments shared in common with ut upper class National School children .
There are times , however , when even a Royal S Speech contains something worthy of remark . The m most elaborate dulness cannot always contrive to fr frame words to say nothing . The exigencies of the S State have made the Speech more pregnant with m matter than such productions usually ' are ; and we pi propose to run over the principal points indicated , and a attempt to gather front them some clue to the intents iions of those who sway the destinies of the kingd dom .
It is evident , that this year those who pin their f faith to Financial Reform , need not expect much from t the forthcoming Session . They must content them-E selves as thay may , with rejoicing that the reductions l which hare been made in taxation have been effected i without materially reducing the National Income . " Whether or not that will prove consolatory is a < question for them to decide , seeing it means that ¦ whatever taxes may have been taken off , somehow or j another , by hook or by crook , the same grand total has been extracted from their pockets , and that , too , during a year of bad trade and declining profits . But , whatever that may , or may notjdo , to pour balm into
their minds , it is quite certain that they must prepare themselves for an increase of taxation for the next twelve months . No doubt , as Her Majesty was made to say by those who framed the estimates , that those estimates are framed with a due regard to economy , and the efficient service of the State . That has been said of all estimates since such things first came into fashion , and will be said to the end of time . We cannot expect Ministers , no matter to what party they "belong , to decry their own commodities , and , a due regard to economy has grown into one of those stereotyped common places which may mean profligate extravagance or pinching parsimony , but is much
more likely to conceal the former than the latter . There can be no possible ground for suspecting also that for any increase which may appear in said estimates excellent reasons would not be given . When reasons are as plenty as blackberries , who would be without capital reasons for asking for more money . What with France , with her half million of idle "bayonets , and Cossacks whose horses are alwayi ready for that often quoted journey , at the end of which they shall be watered in the Rhine ; and Austria , with its Red Emperor , and Italy , with its smothered discontent , and the Kaffirs shooting down our Redcoats and decamping with the flocks and
herds of Cape farmers , truly there is a superfine stock of reasons for new coast batteries , augmentations of artillery , more ships and more soldiers ; in other words—for that is the plain English of it—for more moaey . So Messrs . Financial Reformers , your occupation is clearly gone for twelve months at least . You may lay aside your blue books , cease your meetings , and send your whole stock of pamphlets to the hutterman or the trnnkmaker , for remission of taxation is utterly out of the question . If any adjustment of the Income Tax be required , it must be an
adjustment of jour own circumstances to its burden . If you want a newspaper without a stamp , and ask for it this year , you will stamp yourselves as dolts . If you desire any modification of the excise and customs , yon must wait for a happier era . No , gentlemen , makeup your minds to it as you may , not a penny of revenue can be spared ; and if , as is more than probable , it should happen that a new spot is looked for to lay a new tax upon , you must dispose yourselves to bear it with patience . Cold comfort that for the Financials , we admit , but all that is available in their present melancholy circumstances .
If , however , there is to be no Financial Reform , there is to be a Parliamentary Reform ; but the prospects of the measure which is in due time to be forthcoming , do not exhilirate us in any very extraordinary degree . We think it probable that the people of this country could have borne a vast deal more than they are likel y to get , without being thrown in a delirium of joy . From the Royal Speech we gather , that the new Reform Bill is intended to develop the principle of the old Reform Bill , which means , we suppose , that property is to be kept as the basis of representation , intelligence being regarded as something too unsubstantial and
intangible for the foundation of a representative system . The traditional superiority of bricks over brains is oncemore sure , at all events , to receive a Ministerial sanction . Her Majesty is also made the medium for supplying us with the very definite and extremely valuable information , that the recognised principles of the Constitution are in the Reform to he adhered to . It is a pity certainl y that we are not enlightened as to what are those recognised principles ; but we suppose we may at least take it for granted that tr-at which was a recognised principle during a part of the period when the Tudor Dynasty
Signed over England—the principle , namely , of all freemen voting for the election of Knights of the Shire —is not the principlealluded to , buttuat the recognition hovers somewhere between that and the recognised principles which were dominant during the reign of George the Third , oi intellectual and liberal memory . We fear that these same bints of ' recognised principles' of an unrecognisable Constitution , and of deve l o ping the Sham Reform Bill , sa y very plainly that we are to have as small an extension of the popular power as can be made to appear consistent with those large professions in which Whig statesmen are so prone to indulge .
Apropos ot this subject , another paragraph of the speech points attention to the Constitution for New Zealand , which may , it seems , now be allowed to emerge from its suspension . If we recollect rightly , that Constitution was based upon Universal Suffrage . We are sure Englishmen should he proud of the implied comp liment that the liberty with which New Zealauders may bo . * endowed is too great to be safely trusted to them—that a tattooed barbarian is more fit to choose his representative than an artizau or a factory operative . That , however , seems to he the estimation in which our rulers hold those who produce the wealth of the
country ; and we fancy that the feeling of the rulers is fully reciprocated by the ruled . No doubt we shall be told that there are great differences between the two cases—that hero there are vast and important interests ( not the interests of the working man ) to be conserved—that therethere is not that antagonism and conflict of warring classes which here distract us . It way be , too , that ji Property Qualification would be difficult to apply to savages who set a high value on tomahawks and war-clubs . But , whatever may be said , it is a significant fact—a fact for the proletarians to ponder on , and wring the meaning out of—that the tribe of Heki are in Whig eyes more fit for Constitutional liberty than the descendants of the Saxon .
In another paragraph we find the aunouncemen ^ uttered with a deep expression of thankfulness thateriuie has lulled in what have been hitherto the most lawless districts of unhappy Ireland . What is the meaning of that sentence ? It means—though statesmen are uot honest enough to speak the truth—that pestileuce ^ d famine have done their work in the charnelhouse of the Celt , and that what they have left undone the exodus of a people flying as thoug h , from the
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wrath to come , has accomplished . That after levelled cottages and evicted tenants , crowded workhouses and overfull graves , have caused and marked the diminution of the people ; what remained of vitality has shrunk away as though from contact with a putrefying corpse , and that there is n ot left enough of spirit and energy even for crime . A great thing that for a Queen to be thankful for , and all the more a matter for rejoicing when with it is coupled the announcement that to districts where more of bone and sinew are remaining , the crime has transported itself . But of course there ; s a remedy for that . The old , remedy of rulers — repression . Let guilt grow first , and then catch it and hang it . That has been already tried in the South and West , with what indifferent success our readers are aware .
It is now to have its turn in the North . Is there any reason to suppose that it will be more potent there ? None in the world . Repression of crime is a broken reed piercing the hand that holds it . Repression is the mode adopted by those who have not wisdom enough for prevention . In plain terms , repression alone is the policy of fools , and will- ' bring about events which would be ridiculous , if thoy were not melancholy and terrible . As we said last week , the evils of Ireland—evils producing all her crime—are moral and social ones , and , if they are to be met at all they must be encountered by laws not appealing to selfishness or fear , but having a social and moral bearing . But of such laws these aristocratic , economic politicians , the Whigs , have as much idea as—to use a homely , but apt illustration— ' a pi g has of a side pocket . '
The passages of the speech , with regard to Foreign Affairs , tells us that we maintain amicable relations with all Foreign Powers . The plain meaning of that is , that we are on good terms , not with the peo ple of other nations , but with their rulers . Is that a thing to be proud ofl Will Englishmen at large felicitate themselvesupon the fact , that those who assume to represent the national mind are exchanging courtesies with that Modern Nero , the Prince President of France—are excellent friends with his most Christaiu and lazzaronli-like Majesty of Naples—are keeping up an agreeable acquaintanceship with the human leech who has sucked the blood of Hungary—are on visiting terms with the gorestained despot of the North , the turnkey , of that great national dungeon Siberia ? We think not . It
may be a wise part for England to stand aloof from the strife of the Continent , to preserve a guarded neutrality ; but let us call it by its right name , and not gUd it with the term * amicable relations . ' When honest men consort on terms of equality and friendship with promise-breakers , perjurers , assassins , and wholesale murderers , then Englishmen may hear it said , without a blush , that they ' maintain amicable relations with the rulers of Continental Europe , but not till then . It is evident , however , that those who use the words do not believe in them , else why call out the militia . Our governors seem to think that the training of the population into soldiers is the best proof that they are good friends with all the world . So much for the Speech itself . A word or two for the debates which followed it . The sneers at
Chartists , and so forth , were to be expected , and we pass them by with much the same feeling that animated the man , who , when a long eared animal kicked him , remarked that he took it with a due regard to the quarter from whence it came . But the remarks upon the Press are more noteworthy . Thank Heaven , the time for a censorship has gone by in England . It will be a long time before English journals submit their leading articles to the police for approval . The right of speech , at all events ;* -we have got , and mean to keep it . Noble lords and honourable gentlemen
may rest assured of that . And though some scores of their own numbers may grace the festivals at the Elysee—festivals from which all that is honourable and dignified in France is self-bapished—they may depend upon it , that Englishmen , with more candour than senators can take credit for , with more courage than they dare evince , and with more intelligence and power than they can bring to bear , will stigmatise such homicides as Louis Napoleon , with a plainness which the atrocity of his acts both justifies and calls for .
The other point to which we wuhto allude shortly , is the dismissal of Lord Palmerston . It is now unquestionable that the late Secretary for Foreign Affairs fell from office , because he expressed his approval of the traitor who now dominates over France . He admits that he did so—he avows that his opinions have not changed . The man who could so disgrace the name of England deserves to fall , never to rise again . Lord Palmerston can never have the confidence of true Liberals ; and we were rejoiced to see
that his defence , brilliant and talented as it was , fell dead upon the Members of the House of Commons , who appeared to recognise that the question was , not if other Members of the Cabinet were as bad as he , but whether or not he could justify himself . In that he signally failed . And though it maybe true that Lord John and his colleagues shuffled and truckled to the rising star , as is natural for Whigs , still England , waiting an opportunity to deal with them , will , if she regards her own honour , say to Lord Palmerston ' never more be officer of mine . '
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[ As the colnmns under this head are open for the free expression of all opinions , the Editor is not responsible for , or committed to , any . ] ORGANISATION OF LABOUR , TO THE EDITOR OP TUB NORTHERN STAR . "Dear Sir , —55 othiog is of so much importance for the " Organisation of Labour , " on true principles , as a thorough knowledge of the nature and uses of money , and a just standard and measure of value . On these subjects I would recommend the careful study of Bishop Berkeley ' s Works , Dr . Adam Smith's " Wealth of Uations , " and John GrayV , of Edinburgh , last work on " Banks and Currency . " The following are some questions taken froia Bishop Berkeley ' s writings , which are well worth the attention of the "
National Acsvciaiion of United Trades , " and to this body they are by me particularly addressed for their most attentive consideration . Trades' Unions , as hitherto conducted , though they have not always been successful , bare vndovibtedly been useful to many trades in preventing that rapid downward progress in wages , the effect of excessive competition , which has involved the mass of the working population in these Islands in the extremes of poverty and destitution . But , not being hated on general principles , they are only temporary expedients , benefiting a comparatively few for a limited period , and can never emancipate or in any way improve the condition of the working classes generally . Bishop Berkeley ' s questions
are—On labour , Wealth , Exchange , Money . 1 . — " Whether the four elements , and man ' s labour tJierein , be not the true Source of Wealth ?" 2 . — " What makes a wealthy nation ? Whether mines of Gold and Silver are capable of doing this ? And whether the negroes among the gold sands of Africa , are not poor and destitute V 3 . — " Wheiher a fertile land , and the industry of its inhabitant , ? , would not prove inexhaustible funds of wealth , be the counters for conveying or recording thereof what you will—paper , gold , or silver ?" 4 . — " Whether , in order to understand the true nature of wealth and commerce , it would not be right to consider a ship ' s crew cast on a desert island , and by degrees forming themselves to business and civil life , which industry begat credit , and credit moved to industry ?"
5 . —" Whether such men would not set themselves to work ? Whether they would not subsist by the mutual participation of each other ' s industry ? Whether , when one man had procured in this way , more than he could consume he would not exchange lus superfluities to his wants ? Whether this muso not produce credit ? Whilst to facilitate these conveyances , to record and cir . cula'e this credit , they would not soon ngree on certain tal lies , tickets , totem , or counters ?" G . — " Whether paper money or counters in such a ease would not , and ' whether paper docs not by its stamp and signature acquire a local value , and become as precious as aold and whether it be not much fitter to circulate in iar « e sums , and therefore preferable to gold ? Whether it he not agreed that paper hath in many respects the advantage above coin , as being of more dispatch in payments , more easily transferre d , preserved , and recovered when htstr
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7 . — " Whether , therefore , the use and nature of money which all men so eagerly pursue , be yet sufficiently understood or considered by all 1 " 8 . — "Whether money is to he considered as having an intrinsic value , or as being a commodity , a standard , a pledge , as is variously suggested by writers ?—And whether the true idea of money , as such , be not altogether that of a ticket or counter V 9 , — " Whether money be not useful only so far as it stirreth up industry , enabling men mutually to participate in the fruits of each other ' s labour ?—And whether there be any virtue in gold or silver , other than as they set people to work , or create industry ?" Benefits of a National Bank .
10 . — " Whether the sure way to supply people with tools and materials , and to set them to work , be not a free circulation of money , whether gold , silver , or paper V 11 . — " Whether money could ever be wanting to the demands of industry , if we had a National Bank ?" 12 . — " Whether the discovery of the richest gold mine that ever was , in the heart of the Kingdom , would be any real advantage to us ?" 13 . — " Whether we ate sufficiently sensible of the peculiar security there is in having o Bank , that consists of land and paper , one of which -cannot tyiyported , and the other is in danger of being exportedl " 14 . — " Whether , therefore , a National Bank would not be more beneficial than even a mine of gold ?" 15 . — " Whether the opinion of men , and their industry consequent thereon , he not the true wealth of Holland , ana not the silver supposed to be deposited in the Bank of Amsterdam ?"
16 . — " Whether there are not to be seen in America , fair towns , wherein the people are well lodged , fed , and clothed , without a beggar in their streets , although there be not one grain of gold or silver current among them ?" 17 . — " And whether the great evils that have sometimes attended paper money in the British Possessions in America have notsprung from over-rating their lands , and issuing paper without discretion , and from the legislators , breaking their own rules in their own favour , thus sacrificing the public to their private advantage ? And whether a little sense and honesty might not easily prevent all such inconveniences ?"
Mat is Wealth f 18 . — " Whether tkepower to command : the industry of others be not real wealth ? And whether money be not issued by tickets or tokens for conveying or recording such power , and whether it be of great consequence what materials the tickets are made of ?*' 19 . — " Whether to promote , transfer and secure this commerce , and this property inhuman labour , or in other words , this power , be not the sole means of enriching a people ; and how far this may be done independently of gold or silver ?" 20 . — " Whether counters or money be not referred to other things , which , so long as they keep pace and proportion with the country , it must be owned the counters arc useful ; but whether beyond that to covet or value counters be not direct folly ? , ' What is a Pound ?
21 . — "Whether the term Pound , Sterling , Crown , Livre , « fcc , are not to be considered as merely exponents or denominations of proportion ? and whether gold , silver , or paper are not tickets or counters for reckoning , recording , and transferring thereof ?" 22 . — " Whether the denominations being retained , although the bullion were gone , things might not , nevertheless , berated , bought , and sold , industry promoted , and a circulation of commerce maintained V These are only a comparatively small selection from the great thoughts of this truly great man upon this most vital question , and from these extracts it will be seen that Bishop Berkeley was not behind the most liberal and
enlightened writers of the present day on this generally supposed mysterious subject . But there is no mystery in money , if people will only give themselves tho trouble to think upon the subject . The bullionists and usurers , and their paid and unpaid supporters and advocates , say and do all they can to frighten the public from thoroughly investigating their enormous golden juggle , and they havo so far succeeded hitherto , that not one man in twenty will pay any attention to the subject . But its paramont importance , and the poverty and distress of tho country , will force the people soon to thoroughly unravel the whole swindle . I am , very respectfully , dear Sir , yours , Liverpool , Feb . 2 , 1852 . John Finch .
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TELE DEBT OF GRATITUDE FUND . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR , Sir , —I have read' the noble address ot the men of Stockport , in the " Star" of Saturday last , on behalf of our persecuted chief , Mr . Feargus O'Connor ; every word of which I most emphatically endorse . The Chartists of this city will not hold their regular meeting this week in consequence of the lectures of our talented friend , Mr . Cooper , and no official response can be given until we meet . But , as Heel deeply interested in that gentleman ' s present unfortunate situation , and as I have always looked upon ingratitude as a crime of the blackest dye , I therefore hasten , individually , to respond to their noble call , by pledging my might and humble co-operation with the Old Guards of Bristol in raising that fund which I think ought
to be called the " National Debt of Gratitude Fund . ; " and earnestly hope that every man who has imbibed a « park of those noble principles which ho has so long and consistently advocated from John 0 'Groat ' s to Land ' s End—ay , and even my native countrymen , on the hills of Cambria , will nobly contribute their mite . Let the tributary streams flow into a mighty oeeau of gratitude , such as will strike dismay and disappointment into that tarfcarus of capitalist and governmental intriguoand all the machinations to crush him , as an individual , and his idolised Land Plan , in order to destroy every vestige of confidence which he has so honestly won . Some members of the Land Company may ask , " Where is the sympathy for thera ? " I answer , " In the redemption of Mr . O'Connor . " The blow that strikes him down was aimed at us , but he must first be sacrificed in order to effect the deed . Just imagine all our chagrin and
disappointment brought into one focus , and then you may form an estimate of the weight that han ^ s on " the devoted head and heart of Mr . O'Connor ; add to that his thousands , his all , perhaps , locked up with yours for years , or for ever , for'I fear be will be the last to receive justice at their hands . Then , I say , if you wish to rescue him who has spent his thousands yearly in the cause of the working men of England from a premature grave , to which your ingratitude would surely Lurry him , rally to the call of the men of Stockport ; lift the burden that weighs him down , and let it recoil on the heads of our oppressors . Let us no longer be guilty of adopting the old and foolish cant of erecting monuments of stone , and inscribing thereon fullsomc lines ofadulation over the remains of neglected , starved , and broken-hearted patriots , but let us at once erect a living monument to liberty , such an one that shall convince our oppressors that we deserve freedom , and scorn the brand of
slaves . After fourteen years of servitude in the ranks of Democracy it is tbe first time that I have attempted to wield my pen publicly , and however imperfectly or unsuccessfully I may have done so , I shall have tho consolation of having made the attempt in the cause of justice and humanity . I remain , Brother Chartists , yours truly , Bristol , Feb . 3 . Sous Rogers .
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TEE WEST RIDING DELEGATE MEETING . TO THE EDIT O R OP THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —On behalf of the Chartist locality of this town I am instructed to state , that the resolutions come to at the West Riding Delegate Meeting , held at Halifax on the lstiust ., and which were supported by our delegate , do not meet with our approval . Be kind enough to insert tho above in your paper , in order to prevent an erroneous impression being formed of our opinions . From yours respectfully , Ricuakd Milford , Secretary . Bradford , Fehruary 3 rd , 1852 ,
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TO THE EDITOR OF TUB NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —Mr . Ernest Jones says , in his " Notes , " that my letter , which appeared in your valuable paper of last Saturday , is " a miserable attempt to cripple the subscription of funds to the People ' s Paper , by a base , unfounded falsehood—an attempt to raise a doubt as to the security of the money . " Without using the same kind of scurrilous language , I wish to say a few more words upon the subject . At the time I wrote last week , Mr . Jones was under the jurisdiction of the Insolvent Court ; and , therefore , any property he bad at the time belonged to that Court . If he had been discharged by that Court , all his future property would have remained liable for his debts . But his petition was dismissed , because he had on a former occasion
petitioned under the Protection Act in the Bankruptcy Court . But in dismissing the petition , Mr . Commissioner Law emphatically said "that any property Mr . Jones may have , belongs to tho assignee in bankruptcy . " 1 suppose that , although Mr . Jones has shown himself most lamentably ignorant of tho law , not only in his prospectus for a People ' s Paper , but also in taking up . his own case last week to the Insolvent Court , bo will admit that the Commissioner docs know the law . Therefore , from what that Commissioner said , it is clear enough that Mr . Jones can neither inherit nor create any property to bo enjoyed by himself until full payment of his debts , which , according to his own showing , are not far short of £ 10 , 000 .
I have not the slightest objection , personally , to Mr . Jones doing his best to get up a newspaper ; but since he himself has undertaken to lay down the 'Jaw at such length concerning the proprietorship of his contemplated journal ' , and has laid down that law so very erroneously , I think it my duty to throw a little light upon the matter , Two or
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three weeks ago he _ himself said to a correspondent , " never mind my motives , touch my arguments . " I now say the same thing to him ; and I promise you , Mr . Editor , that if it is necessary , I will next week point out , and quote from , the Acts of Parliament that bear upon Mr . Jones ' s poition . I remain . Sir , your obedient servant , A Law Clerk , asd Stitjsch Chartist . Clarendon-street , St . Pancras , February 3 rd , 1 S 52 .
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CENTRAL CO-OPERATIVE AGENCY , 76 , Charlotte-street , Fitzroy Square . Weekly Repokt , Jan . 20 th , to Jan . 26 th , 1852 . The Agency transacted business with the following stores : —Ulles : horpe , Woolwich , Burnley , Galashiels , Banbury , Leeds , Braintree , Rochdale , Birmingham , and Swindon . The members of the Agency were waited ou by a deputation of the Bookbinders' Society , who are desirous of buying their groceries , & c , of the Agency . An evening party took place on Friday , January 23 rd , when the managers of the Association were invited to meet Messrs . Newton , Allan , and Musto , of the Amalgamated Iron Trades , and other gentlemen interested in the Cooperative Movement . K ' ¦ - ¦' The Banbury Store applied , for some one to lecture for them . They were informed that one of tbe members of the Agency was ready to attend .
The petition for modifying the Law of Partnership , in order to facilitate Associations of Working Men , now lies for signature at the Central Office of the Co-operative Agency . [ The above was inadvertently mislaid last week . ]
Weekl y Report , Jan . 27 th to Feb . 2 nd , 1852 . The Agency transacted business with the following stores : —UUesthorpe , Braintree , Galashiels , Leeds , Banbury , Haslingden , Burnley , Bradford , Derby , Brighton , Mauchline , Swindon , Birmingham , Hawick , and Glasgow . . An application was received from Mr . Henry , of West Moulsey , for some members of the Agency to attend a meeting there for establishing a Store . Mr . Wooden attended from the Agency , Mr . Furnival of the Council of Promoters , and Mr . Walter Cooper , manager of the Working Tailors ' Association . The establishment of a Store in that village was decided on .
The Spinners of Bolton , tOO in number , intend forming a Store in connexion with the Agency . The last public discussion in Halifax between Mr . Lloyd Jones and Mr . Ernest Jones , took place be / ore a crowded audience , and it ended very favourably to the Co-operative Movement as it is at present carried out . ' Several applications have been received during the week for prospectuses and catalogues of the Agency , and for Mr , Vansittart Neale ' s pamphlet , " May I Not Do what I Will with My Own . "
GALASHIELS CO-OPERATIVE PROVISION STORE . The quarterly meeting of the Store Company was held in the Black Bull Inn Assembly Boom , on Tuesday evening-, February 2 nd , which was well attended by the members ; The balance sheets of the several branches were discussed and adopted . They show that in the gross the public sales were £ 2 , 249 19 s . 3 d ., and the profits £ 121 15 s . 10 fd ., on thirteen weeks . Towardstheendof the meeting , an anxious discussion took place on organising an association to employ its members . Much interest is displayed on this subject , as nearly all tho workmen of the town are idle , or but partially employed at present , and who , but for the provident habits created by the Co-operative Movement , would have been starving .
LEEDS REDEMPTION SOCIETY . We have been compelled to adjourn our meeting again until next week , our rooms not being completed . We are extending our relations with other Stores , a course we hold to be at the very basis of successful Co-operation . We should be glad to hear of a delegate meeting of the northern Stores ; it would , we feel assured , be of great mutual advantage . The monies received are as follows : —Leeds subscription , £ 1 Gi . Id . ; Huddersfield , for France , 19 s . fid . ; Longton , per Riley , Is . 6 d , ; Building Fund , 6 J . ; Propagandist Fund , 2 s . 6 R
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HAYMARKET THEATRE . A new farce by Mr . Stirling Coyne , under the title of " A Duel in the Dark , " was produced here on Saturday evening . There aro only three characters in the piece . Mr . Gregory Greenfinch , Mrs . Greenfinch , and a waitingmaid , and the scene of action is ; m hotel at Dieppe , Mr . Greenfinch is an adventurous Cockney , who has left his home and his wife for the purpose of taking a trip to Paris . Being addicted to " aristocratic flirtation" he fulls in love with a French Countess , who induces him to accompany her to Dieppe , and having arrived at that place the lady torments him by a variety of threats and promises in the French language , and by keeping him in ignorance as to her name and habitation . He is driven almost to
destruction by love , disappointment , and brandy , when his wife suddenly makes her appearance ou the scene , but , in his delerium , ho refuses to acknowledge hor , and sho determines , with tho assistance of her abigail , to be revenged upon him by disguising herself as a fire-eating Frenchman , ; m < l challenging him to fight a duel , upon the plea that lie has boon trilling with the nftectlons of a lady ( tho supposed countess ) , who is dear to another . The duel takes placehut , as the tide of the farce implies , in the dark , and poor Greenfinch is led to believe that he has mortally wounded his antagonist . Much amusement arises from this apprehension ., Greenfinch being alarmed and horror-struck at the consequences of his " aristocratioflirtation , ' but in the end he discovers that the countess and tho duelist are one and
the same person , viz , his own wife . Matters are then cleared up to the satisfaction of both parties . There is nothing very new in these incidents , but thoy servo as a vehicle for the display of Mr . Buckstone ' s drollery , and in this respect the result was quite satisfactory to tho audience , who laughed heartily throughout the performance , and at tho fall of the curtain the piece was announced for repetition amidst considerable applause .
Floods In Cumbbrland, Carlisle, Feb. 3, ...
Floods in Cumbbrland , Carlisle , Feb . 3 , — In consequence of the heavy fall of rain on Monday , the waters of the Caldew and the Petteril , and the Eden , into which the two former streams run , burst their boundaries in all directions , sweeping hedges and fences of all descriptions before their overwhelming torrent . The scene in the immediate vicinity of Carlisle is at this moment peculiarly striking . Nothing but water for miles , as far as the eye can reach , with here and there a portion of a tree projecting from the surface , as if to mark the extent of the deluge . A fatal accident occurred at Longtown yesterday . It appears that Sir James Graham and family proceeded from Nethcrby in a couple of hired travelling chaises and pairs , driven by postillions , to the Citidal Station , to catch tho express train for London , On returning , tho postillions proceeded to tho River £ sk , as was their custom to wash the horses feet and carriage wheels , when , in consequence of the swollen state of the river , they wire drawn into thestream . one of tho postillions and all tho horses were drowned . The other escaped by swimming to the shore .
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From The Gazette Of Tuesday, Feb, 3rd, B...
From the Gazette of Tuesday , Feb , 3 rd , BANKRUPTS . Thomas Arnold , Elmore , Gloucestershire , miller—Thomas Byrom , Wigan , La n cashire , grocer—Joseph Hall , Hiipend , Herefordshire , farmer—Thomas Harris , Camborne , Cornwall , grocer—John railgett , Idle , Yorkshire , cloth manufacturer—Uobert Sewcll , Swanham , Norfolk , scrivener . SCOTCH SKQUESTItATIONS . John Lamb Cunningham , Dundee , manufacturer—Alexander Findlay , Old Monkland , Lanarkshire , tenant of the farm of Mainhill—David Stewart Galbraitb , Drumorehouse , near Campbelltown , underwriter—James Maxwell , Glasgow , wine and spirit merchant—James M'JIurray , Glasgow , ironmonger—Adam Wilkinson , Glasgow , printer .
Auckland Papers Received, Via Sydney, At...
Auckland papers received , via Sydney , at Singapore , are to October oth , 1851 , The chief and only topic of interest , was tho reported discovery of gold near Kokianga . Du Barm ' s Revalenta Arabica Food is a pleasant and effectual remedy ( without medicine , inconvenience , or expense , as it saves fifty times its value in other means of cure ) ior nervous , stomachic , intestinal , liver , and bilious complaints , however deeply rooted , dyspepsia , ( indigestion ) , habitual constipation , diarrhoea , acidity , heartburn , flatulency , oppression , distavswm , pn \ pital 5 on , eruptions of ( he skin , sickness at the stomach during pregnancy , at sea , and under all circumstances ; debility in the aged as well as infants , fits , cramps , paralysis , rhcui » atisra , * gout , & c . The best food for infants and invalids generally , as it never turns acid on the weakest stomach , nor interferes with a good Ubt-ral diet , but imparts a healthy relish forlunch and dinner , and restores the faculty ofdigustion and nervous and muscular energy to the most enfeebled . wmedwhich has obtained 5 t
The only y ) , QQt ) testimonials of eurcf , from Lord Stuart de Decies , the Venerable Archdeacon Alexandi r Stuart , of Ross ; Major-General Thorn-is King , Drs . Ur-p , Shoreland , and Harvey , and other persons of the highest respectability . A . COpious extract of 511 , 000 cures tent gratis by l ) u uarry & ' Co ., 127 , flew Bond-street , London .-Caution . —The name of Messrs . Du Barry ' s invaluable food , as also that of the firm , have been so closely imitated , that iava'ida cannot too carefully look at the exact spelling of both , and also Ifcsrf . Du Barry ' s address , 127 , New Bond-str < . et , London , in order to avoid being imposed upon by Ervalentft , Ileal Ravalenla , Arabaca Food , Arabian iievalenta , or other spurious compounds of peas beans , Indian and oatmeal , under a close imitation of the name , which . have tiotWrg to recommend them but tho reckless audacity of their ynoiaat and unscrupulous compounders , and which , though admirably adapted for pi gs , wnulu p ' ay sad havock with the delicate stomach of an invalid or infant . — aec Advertisement in our ( to-day's ) columns .
Latest Intelligence. Norviern Star Offic...
LATEST INTELLIGENCE . NORVIERN STAR OFFICE . Saturday Afternoon , FLOODS IN THE NORTH . A TILLAGE SWEPT AWAY . - ONE HUNDRED
PERSONS MISSING . A terrible calamity occurred on Thursday morning at Holmfirth , a large manufacturing village , a few miles from Huddersfield . Several of the factories in tuo place are supplied with witter from reservoirs iu tfte elevated pttrtB 0 f the locality . The rain during the past few days had caused such au extraordinary pressure or water , that the Bibbary reservoir garo way , and at two o ' clock in the morning burst its Dawes , a : icl c aused moat appalling devastation and loss ot me . The immense body of water rushed with fearful force and impetuosit y upon the village , and swept away m its resistless course whole rows of houses
, hurrymg the sleeping inmates into eternity . Not onl y houses , tut warehousQa audmills were swept away by the nugiity rush of water , and the streets were blocked up W 2 th the wrecks of buildings , wool , casks of oil , the bodies of the dead , & c A bridge over the Holme , wfcjeh formed the only communication between tho parts of the Tillage of Holmfirth which were situate on the opposite banks of the river , was washed away . This added greatl y to the confusion and alarm of the inhabitants , as those on oho bank were unable to ascertain tho fate of their frie nds on the other gide . of the stream . By four o ' clock in the morning , the water had so far subsided , that preparations were commenced for recovering the d ead .
and at seven a . m ., sixty bodies had been taken up . In one row of houses swept down there were fifty-four persona . .. * ., >¦ ,- v LATER PARTICULAUS . Huddersfield , Thursday , 10 p . m . —The excitement and grief occasioned by the . terrible calamity at Holmfirth is beyond description . A body of water ninety feet deep and 100 yards wide was liberated from a narrow mountain gorge ( by the bursti » g of an embankment belonging to the River Holme
Reservoir Commission ) almost at a sweep , and precipitated down , the valley . An immense mill , built of stone with its steam engine , spuming and weaving frames , and huge boilrrs and other heavy iron machinery , was totally swept awav . A row of houses was carried away , and their inhabitants drowned . it j a en tilkenfrom tlierivcr fiftoen mi ! es distant . A hundred persons aro missing , and there are more than sixty corpses lying at tho mns . Some say nearly ninety have been picked up . Total loss some hundreds of thousands sterling .
In the neighbourhood of Manchester the viveva overflowed their banks , submerging all the low grounds in the neighbourhood . At Wallness , the left bank of the Irwell was overflowed , and a great portion of the Peel Park laid underwater . A large portion of Lower Broughtonwat also submerged , the ground in some places being covered to a depth of nine feet . Two rows of houses at Broughtonviow , between Broughtou-lane and the river Irwell , seemed , at four o ' clock on Wednesday afternoon , in imminent danger of destruction . The flood had cut off all the approaches to these houses , but a boat having been procured , thirty-three persons availed themselves of the opportunity of quitting their houses before seven o ' clock- About two hours afterwards the water began to subside . Near the lower part of Oxford-street , a good deal of property was submerged , and the inhabitants of some of tho houses in Little Ireland were compelled to take refuse in the upper storeys . Several of the mills in the neighbourhood bad to be stopped in consequence of the lower stories being flooded .
A reservoir , belongin g > Mr . John Brooks , at tho llopehili cottOH-miil , near Stockport , is said to have burst its banks . The water flowed into the lower stories of the mill , and carried away a portion of the machinery , destroying property of the value of nearly £ 1 , 0 U 0 . At Disley , the large cotton factory of Mr . Vickers , had to be stopped at about four o ' clock on Wednesday afternoon , in consequence of the swollen state of the rivcr Goyt , which flows paat the mill . The banks of tho Mersey , betneen Stockport and Stretford , were overflowed in various places , coverin g ail the low grounds in the vicinity , and rendering the roads almost impassable ,
Miest Pariicu-urs . —It appears that in consequence of a disputed construction of the act , tbe Commiasiofws had been involved in litigation , and tbe works had been neglected , and became dilapidated . Tho mode of discharging water from the reservoir was by allowing it to fall into an upright funnel , at one side , to the level of the bed of tho reservoir , from whence it escaped through a culvert , opened and closed by a trap-door , into tho bod « f the river . An error was committed , it has been alleged , by the contractor in placing tho embankment across a spring , so that tho foundation was insecure from the first . The
embalmment gave way perceptibly , and the contract was taken from him , and given to other parties , which led to a Chancery suit , and protracted litigation . After that , a cofferdam was sunk through tka embankment to the spring , and measures adopted in the hope of remedying tbe imperfection in the foundation . These measures were never considered very batisfnetory . The perpendicular cylinder or funnel described above has given w ; iy , and got twisted , so that the valve at tho bottom could not be lifted , Oould this valve have been lifted on Wednesday night , to lot on t \~ fl water , it is thought the catastrophe might havo been aTbi ed .
. During the early part of this week the commissioners entertained such apprehensions of tho effect of the rains as to place men on the embankment to watch the result . The alarm gradual y increased till Wednesday evening , when men were stationed there to watch all night ; and such was the public anxiety in the neighbourhood , that , till a late hour , great nun . bers of people remained voluntarily with tbe watchers—braving the inclemency of tho weather smd all other inconveniences . Soon after one o ' clock on Thursday morning the long dreaded and anticipated catastrophe , became , alas ! a too true and awful reality . The embankment for something like a hundred yards in width was torn away from the front of the reservoir , and the immense body of water rushed from its bed a resistless and mighty torrent , sweeping away all obstacles to its progressipreading death and desolation before it in a manner which defies description .
i ' o havo « n idea of the awful calamity , tbe reader aiust i imagine such a body of water rushing for miles through a , deep narrow valley , thickly studded with mills , cottages , , populous towns , and hamlets , over a space of many miles > in length , with an inclination or fall in tho nature of the ? ground sufficient to add an immense impetus to tho rush of f tho water . The town of Holmfirth contains a population i of 6 , 000 souls on cither bank of the river . The great bulk k of the inhabitants were in bed—for it was tho dead hour of if night ; and the only warning given nasby a few of thee watchers , who started oil" when it was seen that tbe rcsev-rvoir was really about to burst its bounds , running dowirn tho river side , shouting , casting stone * through bed-voomm windows , and startling ' people from their sleep as best theyey could . But even this brief warning extended ouly to tbehe entrance of Holmfirth ; for there the flood overtook themm f . nd rendered further oflbrta of no av .-dl .
'So give something like an idea of iho irresistible fwee oi 0 ! tho destructive torrent , a few special cases may be noticcdid , Bibcny Mill , a stone building of three stories twenty yardsds long , was swept away with the heavy iron machinery , anont tho whole property was a perfect wreck almost iu a momentnt . The Digley works lay on both sides of the river , half a" a mile below tho reservoir . On the right bank was a fir . dw stone erection of four stories , forty yards long , for tcr > b : > b > Wing and spinning , with valuable muio frames ; and or or tho left was an extensive weaving mill , dye-house and thethe dwelling of the owner . AU that now marks the spot is « i tall chimney , which alone escaped the wreck . The heavytv ) machinery , steam engine , huge boilers , and everything ; were floated away like toys before the torrent ol wmev . ¦
At Holme-bridge , a little furtl . o" , the church was inunun dntcd . The pews were lifted frem their po . -ition ancanci thrown transv rsely in rows nc .-Ois the aisles ; thcthu walls round the yard were torn down ; the graveivei stones were swept away , and coffins with theiliei ! corpses lifted from the new graves and floated dowiown the river . At Prickleton , two miles and a half from th tin reservoir , extensive dyeworks were carried away ; the er er ? gine-house , steam-engine , and immense boiler of a spinninnini and weaving mill were swept doirn before the torrenren Hero also the water swept through a ro >» of fourteen co coi tage ? , known by the name of Scarr Fold , The buildin ^ lin {( consist of two-storey cottages fronting to the river , wilwill a second row of two-storey cottages on the top of tlucluiin fronting the opposite way , and on a level with the bighwaiwa i From tho lower tier of cottages the oceupants of the fir lirr escaped . Iu the second Richard Woodcock , aged eighteeitees and his sister , aged fourteen , were lirowmd . The fathr ' atln and mother and two children broke a way through iiu im the houses above and escaped .
In another of these louses Joseph Ilclliwell ' s wi e a » an five childrin all perished ; but he escaped in tho sccoiccom story by floating on the top of his weavinir-loom til ! tl ! tb ! water went down . The furniture of the poor people pie all these cottages was wrecked , and ilio > e who escaped mi wiw Jifo had nothing left hut their ni ^ hc clothes . It is said that the body of water passing through Hoiillolit firth was at one time seven or eight yart ' s deep , i l amount of destruction caiued by the flood further down t * n tl ; l valley has not been ascertained ; bur . it is said that tbr tbrn belies had been taker , out of the river as far below 2 Iu Hub dcraficld as Mirfield , fifteen miles distant , lie loss ot liot lili is still estimated at upward * of M ; »>]» to this ume one ona sixty-four bodies bar * bi-rn recc-vere-i here , and four telr telil enuiued as found at Hub , in ti . u Uumber , seventy mil- mild distant , make iixty-eight .
Lates T Jfolusilin Tfews. Attempt To Ass...
LATES T JFOlUSIliN tfEWS . ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THE QUEEN ft (( Al SPAIN . Paris , Thursday morning , E > y , bt o'Clock . —The rucssaicssaa from Madrid of U . e 2 nd intt , stales that an attempt bpt 1 : 1 been made on the life of Ike Quecu , but the wound is ri is rr ( Inngerous . Ths Q-ican was going to chinch . The i-ssasi-ssasisi fired with a pistol ; the shot struck the Queen ' s shouidiouidd He has been aiieiUd .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 7, 1852, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_07021852/page/1/
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