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OCCUPATION OF THE LAND. "We beg it to be...
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DEMONSTRATION TO O'CONNORTILLS . JOHN BEVEREAUX , la . Sbar * hoHer of lhe Hammersmith District , } respectfully informs his Brethren and Friends that he shall have his TEETOTAL BOOTH , * 'Laas of the Tillage , " measuring S 2 feet wide by 70 feet ¦ n length , on the ground on ttae ' lGth and 17 th instant Every accommodation at moderate charges . Ht . B . A Brass Band for the accommodation of those who may be disposed to take a trip on the lig ht fantastic tee . He'will be happy to make arrangements with any of his Chartist and Teetotal friends for Tea Parties either on the Sunday or Monday .
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LITHOGRAPHIC ENGRATINGS OF THE DUNCOMBE TESTIMONIAL . MAY still be had at the Omee of Messrs . M'Gowax and Co ., 16 , Great Windmill Street , Haymarket , Xondon ; through any respectable bookseller in town or country "; or at any of the agents of the Nortliern Star . The ' engravingisonalarsc scale , is executed in tho most finished style , is finely printed on tinted paper , and gives a minute ' description of the Testimonial , and has the Inscription , ikc .. & c , engraved upim it . MICE FOmiPENCE .
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A GOOD FIT WARRANTED . "i TBSDELL AND CO ., Tailors , are now making up a U complete Sui * of Superfine Black , any size , for £ 3 ; Superfine West of England Black , £ 3 10 s . ; and the Teiy best Superfine Saxony , £ o , warranted not to spot or change colour . Juvenile Superfine Cloth Snits , 24 s . ; liveries equally cheap—at the Great Western Emporium , Hos . 1 and 2 , Oxford-street , London ; the noted house for jood black cloths , and patent made trousers . Gentlemen can choose the colour and quality of cloth from the largest stock in London . The -irt of cutting taught .
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THE LAXD ! THE LAND . ' : THE LAND . *!! A Gentleman of indupcmlent fortune , but yet of indtfafjgable working habits , and well known for his friendship towards tlie labouring classes aud his EDUCATIONAL ent ' . iusi-. ism , has purchased some excellent FREEHOLD CORN LAND within two miles of Herrings gateFarin ( The lVopleVi first estate ) and is willing to share it on equitable terms , ( either by selling at cost price , or granting perpetual lease at 5 percent on the out lay ) with a few respectable families desirous of settling in that locality . No Lottery or Hallo * will take place and no money will be accepted until terms are aereed unun and POSBESSIOX given . v For further particulars apply ( if by letter , post paid ) to 31 k :. 31 . 11 . Winnctt , Chorley Wood , Kickmaiisworth , Herts , or . Mrs . Martin , 10 a , Long Acre , London .
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J Directors O T Tuis Company Nave Given ...
J Directors o t tuis company nave given orders to allow i water from their pipes to fl-iw for the present through I close and confined alleys and courts , for the purpose < of cleansing them , between the hours of 11 p . in . anil 4 4 a . Wo and h ive through their seen tary informed t the parish authorities of WaiteeliapeJ , SpitaffieJd ? , 1 Xfcrfrm Folgatc , Mile-end Old Town , St . George in fthe E ; ist , Limehouse , Wapping , Mile-end New 5 Town , Ratctifie , Shadwell , Poplar , Hackney , Bow , I Bromley , BeiJmal-sreui , and Shoreditch , of this a arrangement , stating at the same time that the C Company ' s officers have been instructed to afford all p practicable facilities in furtherance of the object in v-view , —pr « motii . g cleanliness , and assisting to prevent ii disease . This arrangement has been made without a . any application having been addressed to the Board « i on the subject , aud affords an example which wc trust •« -will be followed by all the other great metropolitan I wnpanies .
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UNITED TRADES ASSOCIATION TOR THE EMPLOYMENT OF LABOUR . This Association continues ita successful career . "The Workman ' s Own Shop , " its first depot , has proved eminenflyfluccessfnl , upwards of twenty clubs have been established amongst the various trades m its support , and many others have evinced a determination of following the example , and wearing boots and shoes fabricated by men of their own order , for their own mutual advantage .
The Demonstration.
THE DEMONSTRATION .
The Star Of The 22nd Inst. Will Contain ...
The Star of the 22 nd inst . will contain a full and entire account of the proceedings and amusements of the 17 th inst . and also a correct engraving of the First Chartist Estate , by a first-rate artist .
The Northern Star Saturday, August 8, 1*46,
THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , AUGUST 8 , 1 * 46 ,
Ireland. As We Announced Upon The Format...
IRELAND . As we announced upon the formation of the Coalition Ministry what Mr . O'Connell ' s mission was , and the way iu which he would fulfil it , we may now , with some little boast , though not of satisfaction , refer to ourselves as some authority upon the subject . We announced that the object of Mr . O'Connell ' s mission to Ireland was the breaking up of the Repeal Association ; and we added , that he
would ascribe to others the injuries inflicted on the cause by himself . We may be told , that the Association is not broken np , but that , on" the contrary , if the people's willingness to subscribe their mite proves anything , that the increase of rent is confirmation of general approval of O'Connell ' s conduct . This argument may suit the Times , now the most unscrupulous advocate . of the O'Connell policy , and at the same time the most bitter opponent of the measure which O'Connell professes to support .
This is , to us , a political conundrum , which the Times only can solve . H appears that the Catholic hierarchy of Ireland , and not the Catholic people , have taken this sudden and timely jump for sustaining the old juggler in his old game of patronage . Whilst the Times seems to attach great importance to the support of the hierarchy , we would caution the ministers from drawing similar conclusions from this cause . The fact is , as we often announced , that although party squabbles have , in a great measure , been abandoned , nevertheless , the
principal of centralization has not , nor will not , for yet a little longer , have been completely substituted . It is true thatjthe struggle now going on is , not so much as formerly , the contention of Whig with Tory , Radical with both , and Chartist with all . The contention , now , is reduced to the feud of class , — the contention now is between the democracy and aristocracy of each class , and it requires no great foresight to see , that the Catholic people , headed by their inferior clergy , will range themselves upon the side of Catholic democracy , as opposed to Catholic despotism .
We , therefore , heed but little the bombastic effusions of Drs . Cantwell and Synott ; we attach much more importance to tbe letter of John Kenyon , Roman Catholic curate , of Templederry , than to all the metaphysical moonshine coming from the Ro . man Catholic hierarchy of Ireland . We regret not having room for that letter this week , but we promise to publish it in our next , as a specimen of the description of support which the Young Ireland partv is destined to receive from the young Irish
priests . If ever there was a ridiculous , an untimel y or a futile cause of quarrel , it ii that upon which the Young Irelanders have been compelled to abandon the Association . It is all very well for tbe Li . berator to give notice of his intention to bring forward the question of Repeal next year , after he has sold its support to the government . It is all very fine to deal in his moonshine to Lord Miltown , and i \ Jr . Cecil Lawless , professing to show the impolicy of a union with tbe Whigs , while he has actually sold Ireland to that faction .
We should like toknow from whence Mr . 0 Connell now hopes to derive his parliamentary support ? We should wish to know what the feelings of Irishmen would be upon reading the next division upon the Repeal question , when they discover the sale of their country in the thinness of their supporters . However , let Mr . O'Connell , the Whigs , and the Times , adjust their long standing differences as best they can , we have only to point to our present number to convince them and the world , that the attempt to govern the mind of the country by such a coalition , is not only hopeless , but ridiculous .
Occupation Of The Land. "We Beg It To Be...
OCCUPATION OF THE LAND . "We beg it to be distinctly understood that the 17 th of August has merely been appointed for the exhibition of Herringsgate farm , and not at all with the view of locating the occupants upon it on that day . The Directors will give a month's special notice to each occupant prior to his taking possession ; and uone will be allowed to do so until the Directors' arrangements are complete , as they are resolved that no injury shall be done to the general body , by any desire upon their part to gratify the over-anxiety of the successful candidates ; while they will find their own convenience , and the society's interest , best secured by this arrangement .
To The Irish Residents In Great Britain....
TO THE IRISH RESIDENTS IN GREAT BRITAIN . Fellow Countrymen , —You will have seen , long before this letter reaches you , that the Repeal bubble has burst , much sooner than even those who had no faith in the movement , nor in the leaders of it , expected . Strange doings , you see , have come to pass . The test of Catholic faith has been greatly altered of late in some parts of Ireland . Want of faith in the "Liberator" has recently been pronounced to be infidelity by two Catholic Bishops , one of
whom , I regret to say , is a namesake of my own . These sudden and startling changes , which have come by surprise on most men , have changed , in some measure , the nature of my promised address to you . However , 1 shall endeavour to fulfil that promise next week . In the mean time , it is due to you , as well as to myself , to lay before you a few extracts from the evidence of Mr . O'Connell , taken from the Report published by order of the House of Commons . This I do for tbe purpose of proving , to the entire satisfaction of every man of sense and understanding , that Daniel O'Connell is , and ever has been , the bitterest foe and most insidious enemy the
Working Classes ever had . Recent circumstances , which have developed themselves during tbe past and present weeks , expose completely the hollowncss of the repeal movement . Every one sees , now , that the end and object of the Repeal Leader was the restoration of Lord John Russell and Whiggery . Repealers will now take , hideeu they have already taken , places from tbe enemies of repeal . It is six years since I told you that the Whigs would not be six months in power till "Justice to Ireland" would be substituted for repeal . You are not men , unless you feel in your souls that you are duped and cheated .
When you read the extracts from that evidence against you , which laid the foundation of your ruin , your banishment from your native land , subscribe and buy the Book itself . You will get it at Hansard's , London . Any bookseller will get it for you . The title oi it is , " Minutes of Evidence Taken before a Select Committee of the House of Commons , appointed to enquire into the state of Ireland ; March , 1825 . "
To The Irish Residents In Great Britain....
There are two volumes , and the best way . -, is to get them both—they are very cheap . When you have them , you can judge for yourselves , and also ^ compare these extracts with the text . There is no hope , my poor countrymen , either for you or for me , until such time as we get rid of the baneful influence of this wicked old man , the . author of our misfortunes . Read his evidence and judge for yourselves . Fancy yourselves in the jury box and that you are sworn to bring in a true verdict according to that evidence . You are to decide whether Daniel O'Connell is or is not what the late Very Reverend Andrew Fitzgerald , President of Carlow College , said he was , namely : — " A knave in politics and a hypocrite in religion . "
NOW FOB THE EVIDENCE . House of Lords—March 9 th 1825 . Daniel O'Connell , Esq ., sworn and examined : — Page 143 . —Question , — "Ar e there any instances of Roman Catholic Priests being Magistrates ? 1 never heard of any but one , the Rev . Mr . Neyland , a Catholic Priest , is a magistrate of the county of Kerry . He is a very wealthy man . He baa accumulated his savings in the funds . Question . — "Should you think it desirable on general grounds , that Roman Catholic priests should fiil that situation ? No , I should think it better they should not . The Protestant clergy are of a higher class and better educated than the Catholic clergy , they are what one would call a superior class , and therefore better qualified to discbarge the duties of Magistrates .
Page 154 . —Question . —Does it ^ occur to you that the equalization of political rights enjoyed by Catholics and Protestants would be conveniently and advantageously accompanied by some lkgislativb PROVISION FOR THE CATHOLIC CMRGT DEPENDANT UPON THE WILL AND PLEASURE OV THE CROWN ? Yes , it does . I think it would be very desirable , in that case , that the government should possess a legitimate influence over tho Catholic clergy , so that in all the relations of the state they should be aa secure of their loyalty as they are how . of the Protestant clergy . I think , therefore , that the government should have that reasonable bond which would bind the Catholic clergy to them in interest aa well as in duty . I shallbe very desirous myself to see the government possess that influence , in order to bind , as it were , the Catholic clergy , by a Golden Link to the Crown .
Page 159 . — Question . — You have said that the Catholic clergy are lowly born and meanly brought up ? Yes , io generally as to partake in some measure of universality . They are chiefly the sons of poor low Catholics , whose first advancement in the scale of society is to make a priest of his eldest son . If there were an equalization of political rights and a state provision made for the Catholic clergy , the sons of Catholic gentlemen would be educated for the priesthood . " PLAN TO EXTINGUISH THB SPIRITUAL AUTnORIir OF
THE POPE , AND GIVE THE CROWN A VETO . Page 160 . —Question . —Do you think it would be possible to exclude all persons from appointments to Roman Catholic benefices , who have not been educated in Ireland , and were not native born ? I am convinced it would be very easy to make an arrangement to exclude from all benefices in Ireland any person not a native born Irishman ; but such arrangement should not be made in the nature of an ex-post facto law . Question . —With whom could such an arrangement be made ? With the Pope , as head of the
congregation de propaganda fide at Rome , who has , in return for the protection he affords , the right of nominating the Irish Bishops . Now , in order to do away that right , it would be necessary to have the sanction of tbe Pope for its extinction . I am quite convinced , that through tbe medium of the Catholic prelates in Ireland , there would be the utmost facility , in the event of emancipation , of having the right of nomination immediately extinguished with as much rapidity as a messenger could arrive at Rome . Page 162 . —I think there would be no difficulty whatever in accompanying the measure of emancipation with DOMESTIC NOMINATION .
Question . —What would be tbe sanction to domestic nomination ? It might be by oaths ; it might be by penalties in the statute ; It might be by penalties amounting to Felony ; it might be by a combination of all these ! For myself , I think the Government should possess a Veto on the nomination of the Catholic Bishops . I would , with the most perfect submission to the wisdom and prudence of whoever directed his Majesty ' s councils , deem it extremely advisable in the persons conducting tlie State to have an agent , called how he might be , at Rome , for the purpose of exercising and putting in force the influence of the Crown .
PLAN FOB MSPBANCH 1 S 1 S 0 THE' FORTY-SHILLING PBEEHOLDERS . Page 163 . —Question . —" Are you of opinion that any corrective could be applied to the evils which are understood to have arisen from the system of Forty shilling Freeholds in Ireland ? It is difficult for me to answer that question . The system of Forty shilling Freeholds in Ireland is essentially different from that which it is in England ; there are , however , some forty shilling freeholders in Ireland , who have fee simple Estates ; and with these I suppose nobody would meddle . Then with respect to tnose who have derivative interests , there is an immense deal of perjury ; to get rid of which , it would be very advisable to raise the qualifications in the Counties of these subor dinate voters . But , I think it would not perhaps be wise to agitate a question of that kind without accompanying it with measures to allay
discontent . QiHMtt ' on . —Are you prepared to suggest to the committee an arrangement such as that you have alluded to ? No further than this , that if Emancipation were accompanied with the raising the qualification of derivative rights in Counties to Five or Ten Poun » s | I do not think it would excite any general dissatisfaction , or anything that the government need apprehend . " Question . —Do you think there would be a great objection to raising the qualification to Twenty Pounds ? I do . I think Twenty Pounds would be considered much too high , and as excluding so immense a number of the occupiers , that it would create considerable discontent .
Question . —Do you think you would avoid the evil of Pekjurt by raising the qualification to Ten Pounds ? Yes , 1 do ; a man who had a ten pound freehold would be known among his neighbours ; he would have a character to preserve ; and I do not think there would be nearly the temptation to perjury there is now . Question . —Do you think any voter , really independent , would be disqualified by raising the vote to ten or even to twenty pounds ? I have no doubt that
many voters , really independent , would be disqualified by raising it to twenty pounds . I think very few by raising it to ten pounds . Page 164 .- Question . —Do you think tho raising the qualification to ten pounds would be productive of great benefit to Ireland ? I think it would be pro ductive of great benefit . It is in my humble judgment no small benefit ; if you get rid of any portion oi perjury : and jt is the commencement of what wc want so much in Ireland , a substantial yeomanry .
Question , —Would the qualification of ten pounds be effectual for that purpose ? I should think it would , for this reason . Your Lordships will recollect that there must be a clear profit of ten pounds a year , and a freehold tenure , an interest in the land for life . Many landlords would be ready te make a -sacrifice of ten pounds a year , who would hesitate very much before they would make a sacrifice of twenty pounds . Question , —What do you mean by sacrifice ? -The sacrifice of so much income . Tlie landlord giving the lease would have to make the sacrifice if ho
constituted a freeholder of ten pounds a year . Question . — Are there many forty-shilling freeholders in the manufacturing districts in . the North of Ireland ? It is right that I should qualify all my answers by saying that I did not attribute the crime of perjury to tbe Protestant or Presbyterian freeholders of the north , whom I have generally understood to be of a hotter and more independent class . Speaking from information I was iu truth gvvin » vny answers respecting the forty-shilling freeholders in the South , and West , and in Lcinstcr . "
There now , my poor expatriated fellow countrymen , this is hut a mere outline of your betrayer ' s evidence , but it is surely sufficient to satisfy the most fastidious , the blindest , and most stupid followers of him who calls himself the Liberator : that you , at all events , never had so base , so bloody and so brutal an enemy as the man who swore , in order to procure your banishment from the land of your birth , that all tha Catholic forty-shilling Freeholders in Leinster , Munster aud Connaught , were Perjurers . Do you helieve his oath ? If you do , plead guilty : if you do not , you arc bound in the sight of
God and man to hurl back , even now , this foul imputation , upon the hoary head of its guilty author . Catholic clergy of Ireland , are you lhe low , vulgar , uneducated , disloyal , base slaves whom the " Liberator , " the object of your idolatry , has sworn you to be ? Are you ready to sell your creed and your country , your souls and bodies , for a state provision , " a golden link dependent on the will and pleasure of the crown ? " If you are , then by all means follow in the wake , and kiss the foot of your " Idol , " but do not immolate those who cannot join you in this unholy worship . Assist him as much as you please to sell yourselves , but do not denounce as
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infidels those who -will- not help } ° ; * ° ¦ sel 1 . yo"r country for Whig patronage , join him now m his vague and indefinite cry of " Justice < ° Ireland-Help him and the Bishops of Ardagh an d Meath to hunt down as infidels and miscreants all # 1086 Who will not put their whole trust , not in thC- great author of their being , but in Daniel O'Connell ' and the " good intentions of Her Majesty ' s present ministers . " Conceal it as you will , or as best yon can , this is the simple meaning of the Epistles of * the Bishops of Ardagh and Meath . What ! are we to bow down in obedience to the
impious mandate of Doctor Cantwell , which declares that the progeny of Daniel O'Connell ( whether legitimateor illegitimate his Lordship saith not ) shall be , and are hereby declared to be , by the last" Bull from Mullingar , '' the real , true , genuine , glorious , pious , and immortal leaders of Irish slaves , dupes , cheats , and canting hypocrites . Get faggots ready ! Make a modern Smithfield of the streets of Mullingar , to burn on the pile , or at the stake , as non-believers in the Conciliation Hall " NEW-light , " those who refuse to bow the head / or bend the knee to Gesler ' s cap , and swear that little Johnny O'Connell is six feet high in his stocking soles ; that drunken Tom Steele is a sober saint ; and that
place-bunting Broderick is a horse marine ! Fear not , Right Reverend and Reverend Gentlemen of Meath and Ardagh , the Liberator will provide for you . ' Henry the VIII . had his wives and concubines , and his Wolseys and Cranmers . What pious feelings , profound respect , and historical reminiscences—your apostolic epistles from Ballymahon and Mullingar have excited . And the money , too , £ 160 , from a starving population ! Verily , good BishopS , this is more money than even St . Paul himself ever remitted to the Romans .
You have just been doing , or have done , something , very like that which the object of your fulsome , disgusting , and impious adulation , once upon a time accused the late Dr . Troy of having done . " Doctor Troy , " said he , " fleeces his flock and carries the wc ol to the Castle to market . " You have fleeced your flocks and sent tbe wool to the Whig market . You should bear in mind , that the spiritual authority of His Holiness has not yet been extinguished in Ireland . After all , there is some consolation in the hope that but few of your cloth will follow your anti-Christian example .
Next week , fellow countrymen , you may expect an account of some of the crimes and contradictions of this modern Deity , set up for our worship by Doctor Miley and the Bishops of Meath and Ardagh . Patrick 0 'Higgins . Dublin , August 4 th , 1846 .
Parliamentary Review.. Tlie Proceedings ...
PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . . Tlie proceedings of the week offer only one noticeable- feature , namely , the steady , untalkative and determined manner , in which , daring these stifling and oppressively sultry dog-days , the " working members" of the " Lower House" are dispatching , in one way or another , the progeny of measures spawned during the earlier period of the session . The large majority by which the sugar resolution was carried , seems to have completely deterred the Protectionist party from any further opposition ; the subsequent stages have been passed through sub silentie . and , in this respect , the progress of Lord
John ' s measure in July and August offers a strong contrast to those of Sir Robert in March and April . The fierce and determined manner in which the ground was disputed , inch by inch then , ought , for the sake of " Consistency '' —that favorite word of the Protectionists—to have induced a little more real and serious discussion of the next Free Trade measure . The fact that they have not offered that opposition , would almost lead one to the conclusion that the policy of their party is more swayed by personal feeling than by sound and definite views ;
that they have mistaken hatred of Peel for the love and understanding of a principle . The League conquered by sheer perseverance ; the upholders of the opposite principle , if they wish to make and keep an impression on the public mind , must imitate them in that respect . An occasional speech in the House , or a display of after dinner oratory , such as that at the Bentinck demonstration , at Lynn , this week , is not enough ; they must organize , speak , write , print and agitate if they mean to show that they are sincere .
This course would , we suspect , have the result upon the Protectionist party , which tbe agitation of the League bad upon its leading members . They began on the narrow views even of their own question , and certainly ended with much more comprehensive ones . However much they attempted to confine the discussion to tbe ground originally taken , namely , the justice or injustice of the Corn Laws , they could not and did not prevent the investigation from proceeding into other cognate and collateral ,
but deeper subjects , or from turning up questions which lay below the surface , on which they were combined to agitate . In this way , the League has sown seed , which will in due season yield a harvest its originators little dreamed of . Its example alone will be a perpetual encouragement to all who seek to remove political or social grievances ; while the doctrines , directly and indirectly taught by its speakers and writers , leading as they do to further changes and revolutions in our social system , are neither dead nor dissolved , like their parent the League .
, The protection and welfare of native industry , is the ostensible object of the party , who yet , in opposition to the prevalent mania for Free Trade notions , assemble at dinners , and shout " No Surrender . " Well , the object is a laudable one , but how can it be best effected ? In what shape can " protection " be most effectively afforded ? Lord George and his friends must be prepared bye and bye with an answer to that question . Already the hollow , unsubstantial , and temporary nature of that measure , to obtain which seven years of agitation and hundreds of thousands of pounds were expended , are becoming visible . It will not , except for a very short period indeed , realize the anticipations which its advocates
—we believe many of them sincerely—entertained . There are influences at work in the very structure of society , in the very nature of our system of production and exchange , whether at home or ^ abroad , which tend inevitably to lower the many and exalt the few—to divide the population into two distinct but unequal classes ^ the very rich and the very poor . This will not , and cannot , be endured . Human nature will rise up in rebellion against it . Surrounded on all bands by luxuries and enjoyments , the results of their toil and skill , the impoverished masses will not , cannot be made to understand the philosophy , or the religion , which gives these to the idler—to the industrious producer , poverty and misery .
The Free Traders have not settled tbe question , they have only stirred it . The Protectionists , if they be bold , honest , and sagacious , may settle it . Let them take RJcliard Oastler into their service ; lie , perhaps , better than any man living , knows the condition of the people , and has studied attentively the causes of that condition , He also possesses clearer views into futurity than most of his contemporaries . The Protectionists , want a wise ,
experienced , thoughtful and courageous leader ; one who will rally round him the affections of the people , and lead the aristocracy in an honest , and for them the most beneficial manner ; never shrinking from the legitimate result of a principle . That leader they will find , in the " old King" of the factory children , andVh ' jy will bitterl y rue in the strugg les that arc coming if Oastler has not a seat iu Parliament , and a directing voice in their councils . The 'condition of the army of England question has Iften suddenly elevated into a first-class position .
Parliamentary Review.. Tlie Proceedings ...
The murder at Hounslow , and various other occurrences , have contributed to force ; anevr on public attention the rottenness and tyranny of the present system ; and the Whigs , always ready to defer to the public in small matters , have hastened to obey its behests , though , even in its haste , keeping true to the character and genius of Whiggery . White was murdered with 100 lashes * , therefore , Lord John will limit lashes in future to fifty 1 So says rumour . Meanwhile , there are plenty of promises for the future , and Whig expressions of sympathy and good will , which , like tulips or canaries , or articles of verto , bear a fancy value , according to the
predilections of the purchaser . Our readers are pretty well aware of our appreciation of them . It is unsletstood that the session will be prorogued on the 25 th ot 27 th inst . ; and until thai lime , Lord John has intimated that the house will meet every day at twelve o ' clock in the forenoon , for the dispatch of public business . The signs of dissolution thns multiply upon us . One short fight more in the Lords on the Sugar question , and the curJairtt will fall upon an extraordinary and exciting session , and one which bequeathes still more important and extraordinary excitements and changes to the Mare ,
The Convention, Commencing In This Page,...
THE CONVENTION , Commencing in this page , the reader will find a full report of the important proceedings of tbe Chartist Convention , held this week at Leeds . It will be seen that the delegates have unanimously adopted another National Petition for the Charter , and have resolved to carry the war into the camp of the enemy , by making the hustings , at the next election , the battle ground for
Universal Enfranchisment against Class Usurpation . Renewed efforts are to be made for Frost and his brother-exiles ; and all the other suffering victims of oppression will find in the work of the deleg ates guarantees for their protection . Lastly , once more the hand of fraternity has been offered to the Irish people , and the offer will , we trust , be responded to . U p to the time we write this notice we have not received the account of the close of the Convention's labours , we , therefore , defer further
comment until next week . The magnificent meetings in Lancashire and Yorkshire , also reported in this day ' s Star , taken in connection with the proceedings of the honest , able , and determined Delegates , at Leeds , proves that the agitation for the Charter has recommenced in good earnest . Wherever the Northern Star is read let the people determine , that , if the men of Lancashire and Yorkshire are first in the field , they shall not be alone there . The National Petition summons once again a national confederation of the wronged and oppressed , let the trampled-down many then rise again , and from the Orkneys to the Land ' s-End raise the shout—THE CHARTER AND NO SURRENDER ' .
General Election In Fr A Nce
GENERAL ELECTION IN FR A NCE
Paris, Wednesday Evening, 7 O'Clock. The...
Paris , Wednesday evening , 7 o ' clock . The victory of the ministers is complete . " Last night , " says the Journal des Deceits , ' « the returns of 422 elections had been received ; 203 were in favour of the Conservatives , and 159 on the side of the Opposition . The nominations yet unknown amounted to , 37 , but the results at present known show that already the Ministerialists exceeded a moiety oi the Chamber by 33 . " The majority over the Opposition was 104 .
Bankrupts.
BANKRUPTS .
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[ From the Gazette of Friday , July 31 . ] Isaac Bird , Harrow-on-the-Hill , grocer—Joseph James Such , Bolingbroko-row , Walworth , auctioneer — Jonathan Wragg , Mclina-placc , Westminster . bridKe . road , iron , merchant—John Palmer , Worthington , Sussex , painter-William Elliott , Petworth , Sussex , corn-merchant—Benjamin Ctarkj Kingston-upon-Thames , ale and porter merchant—Edmund Uuvke Kilpin , Ryde , Isle of Wight , jeweller—Atkinson Wilkin , Camberwell , Surrey , merchant-Joseph Carnc , jun ., Falmouth , grocer—Daniel White , Baptist-mills , Bristol , potter—Saul Samuel and Walter Samuel , Birmingham , woollen drapers—Thomas Wilson , Sheffield , grocer—James Jamieson , York , stock and share broker—John Heaton Park , Yorkshire , clothier—Diehard Gill , ltichmonj , Yorkshire , grocer—Thomas Ingram Ray . ner , Birstal , apothecary .
Chartibt Convention
CHARTIbT CONVENTION
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The sittings of this body commenced on Monday , August 3 rd , in the Bazaar , Leeds ; Mr . M'Grath was called to the presidential chair , Mr . T . M . Wheeler was elected secretary . Credentials were received from Thomas Cooper For the City of London Robert Wild Mottram John Smith Bradford Philip M'Grath Tower Hamlets John Hornby Marylebone John Nuttalf Manchester Daniel Donovan Ditto Frank Mirfield Barnsley Thomas Clark Glasgow P . M . McDouall Greenwich James Mooney / Hebdenbridffe and
\ Todmorden Thomas Tattersall Burnley John Barker Northampton James Sweet Nottingham James Stead Holbeck Thomas Briggs / Sheffield , Barnsley , \ and Rotherham Samuel Yardley Oldham John Shaw Leeds William Brooks Ditto Thomas Martin Wheeler Leicester Frederick Win . Sucksmith Dewsbury Richard Pilling Ashton George William Wheeler Norwich James Wheeler Reading Richard Marsden Preston Ernest Jones Limebouse
James Grassby Westminster Edwin Robertson Plymouth James Bowden Halifax James Mitchell Stockport William Jackson Bradford Edward Mitchell Rochdale James McLean Liverpool Joseph Linney / Birmingham and \ South Staffordshire
George Julian Harney . { ^ A ^ ~ Objections were then made to the return of Mr , Thomas Cooper , for the eity of London ; and Mr . William Jackson , for Bradford . After some discussion upon the subject , Messrs . Grassby , Yardley , Barker , Wild , and Tattersall , were appointed a committee to investigate all disputed returns of delegates .
On the motion of Mr . O'Connor , seconded by Mr . Cooper , it was agreed— " That the Convention should assemble at nine o ' clock in the morning , adjourn at twelve , meet again at half-past one , and adjourn for the day at half-past five o ' clock . " Mr . O'Connor moved , and Mr . Cooper seconded , " That each Delegate be allowed ten minutes in introducing a motion , and five minutes in reply ; and that other speakers be allowed five minutes . " The Convention then adjourned . iPHRVOON SlTTJKe . The reports of the Delegates having been received from the various localities ,
Mr . 0 Connor brought forward a programme of the business , from the Executive Committee , to be laid before the Convention ; and concluded by moving the following resolution— " That this Convention recommend the Chartist Party to use all the means at their command lo insure the VOtUWl Of GliartlSt Candidates at the next General Election , pledged to a support of our principles , as the primary object of thoir delegation . " Mr Brook ably seconded the resolution , and
stated , that they had great hopes of being able to return Mr . Joseph Sturge at the next general election , as Member for the borough of Leeds ; and impressed upon the Convention the necessity of attending to the acquisition of Municipal power . Mr . Cooper rose for the purpose of moving an amendment , but having occupie d the time with extraneous matter , without so doing , he was informed that his time was expired ,
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I Mr . Clark defended the conduct of the Execut ' iv * . j « d proved , by statistics ,. the practicability of sue cess in an Electioneering campaign . Mr . E . Jones was extremely sorry , for the sake of the constituency of Mr . Cooper , that he should have been paying so much attention to his resolutions In stead of examining the present state of the Chartist party . Before he complained of the want of statu- * tics he should see the statistics that he ( Mr . J ones \ had seen , not merely pen and ink statistics , but writ * ten in living men—men who had travelled twenty miles to attend a meeting , to show their adherence to the Charter . The Election committee reported , "That having heard the objections against Messrs . Smith and Jackson , we are of opinion that they are both entitled to sit on this Convention . " "That thecommittee . havingrequested Mr . Cooper ' s attendance , and that gentleman having refused to comply therewith , think themselves insulted , and therefore recommend that he be not allowed to sit on
this Convention until he has complied with the above request . " Mr . Cooper denied having refused to attend the summons of the Committee . Messrs . Grassby , Wild , Tattnall and others , repeated the statement of Mr . Cooper's refusal . Some further discflssion having taken place , Mr . E . Jonesmoved , and Mr . Mooney ; seconded , "' ThatMr . Cooper , having refused to comply with the request of the Election Committee , and with the instructions of the Convention , and persisting in vexatiously delaying the time of the Convention , and interrupting the order of business , be no longer allowed to sit as a member of the Convention . " The resolution baying been carried unanimously the meeting adjourned ,
TUESDAY MORmm . President in the ehair . Roll called , tbeminutes read and confirmed . On the motion ofDr , M'Doaall , seconded by Mr . Mitchell , a motion was passed that two door-keepers should be appointed , to prevent the intrusion of disorderly and improper characters , and that they be remunerated at the rate of Ss . per day . Messrs James Thornton and John Berry were duly appointed , and instructions given them by the Convention . Correspondence was then read from Carlisle and Derby , and tbe following from the City of London : August 3 rd . TO THE CHAIBH & N OF THE CONFERENCE , Sib , —I am directed b y a large majority of the Cit y ol London Chartists , to inform you of the proceedings of their meeting , on Sunday , August 2 nd . "Moved by Mr , Tucker , seconded bj Mr , Mills , that Mr . Thomas Cooper be expelled the society {—carried by 28 to 3 . Moved that Mr . Sunn be also expelled;—carried by 28 to 5 . "
Yours truly , CtsobgeHbhbt Tcckeb , Secretary , Reports were then . received from Dr . M'Doual , Messrs . Harney , Pilling , M'Clean , and Marsden , and the discussion on the adjourned resolution of the preceding diy was then resumed . Mr . Bawden , of Halifax , was instructed to state that they ' had considerable electoral power in Halifax , and he had no doubt that if Ernest Jones , Esq ., would stand for that Borough they would be able to ensure his return . Mr . Donovan was in favour of the measure being
carried out in those places where there were favourable opportunities : in Manchester they bad registered 450 claims , but they had been rejected b y tbe Revising Barrister , and they were not prepared with the means to carry the question into a court of law ; he was unfavourable to the funds being expended merely in making a triumphant show of hands at the hustings . Mr Linney stated that in Bilston , Wolverhampton , Birmingham , and in other places , they could carry a candidate by a show of hands , and at Walsall he believed they could secure a Chartist candidate at the next election .
Mr . Ernest Jones : In the district he represented , viz ., Liraehouse , they could , by attending to the Register , place 530 electors on the borough list , and in the Tower Hamlets he believed they could ensure several thousand Chartist voters ; with respect to the request of the Delegate for Halifax , he should at all times be happy to do all in his power to assist the movement . Dr . M'Douall was instructed to advocate a National Registration Committee , with a Central Committee sitting in tbe Metropolis , he was also instructed to press upon the Convention the necessity of acquiring the control of Parochial Offices .
Mr . Mitchell , of Rochdale ; They were able to carry their own men , and would lend every support to ensure Chartist candidates in other places . Mr . O'Connor said this would test the professed Representatives of the People prior toa fresh election , whether they are merely liberal in words , or are inclined to prove their liberality by their actions . The motion was then carried with one dissentient . Mr . O'Connor then brought forward the next proposition , which was" That we recommend the Chartists of the Empire to be prepared with a National Petition for the enactment of tbe People ' s Charter , and praying that the Petitioners be heard at the bar © f the house , by such persons as they shall appoint in support of their
principles , and that such petition be presented early in the next session , as a means of testing the expiring Parliament upon the question of full , fair , and free representation of the whole people in the Commons House of Parliament . " Mr . O'Connor stated that after the contumely thrown upon Mr . Duncombe , and upon the people , by the rejection of the last National Petition , that gentleman was totally opposed to present another petition for the Charter to that assembly , but he had since given way to the wishes expressed by the people , and in bringing forward this r esolution , he was acting strictly in conformity with that gentleman ' s wishes , who had now expressed his willingness to present one on the first opportunity . The petition of 1842 made our
views known to the World . 1 he people on the continent are now convinced that there must be some reasonable ground for discontent , when 3 , 500 . 000 would sign a document demanding redress of their grievances . It was true that it might give such firebrands as Macaulay an opportunity of letting off their spleen , at the expense of truth and justice , butstill good was the result . Public opinion had several stages through which it must always pass ; first it is laughed at , then denounced and persecuted , then treated with contempt , and finally acknowledged and acted upon ; we have passed through all these preliminary stages , and this will carry us through the last stage . Lord John has been endeavouring to conciliate the middle class , by telling Mr . Duncombe that he will oppose the " Five points" of the Charter , because the people were too ignorant to be entrusted tvith the franchise , whilst his Lordship himself is so ignorant , that he does not yet know that we have Six Points . He did
not say that this petition would carry the Charter , but it would give them advantages which no other line of policy could effect ; when they petitioned previously , they had not the assistance of Scotland , they objected to the introduction of what they considered extraneous matter , but now we shall have their support . In 1839 , the petition had one million and a quarter , and cost an immense sum , whilst in 1842 we got 3 } millions , and the oost was a trifle ; next time they would have 4 , 000 , 000 . He said , let not a false pride hinder any man from signing , it was true some had said " I will never sign again ; " but he trusted upon reconsideration , that they would revoke their determination . Mr . O'Connor then alluded to circumstances which have induced Mr . Duncombe to change his views , and stated that the executive are wishful to support him . as it is only in proportion to the extent he receives the support of the People , that he is powerful in Parliament .
Mr . Sweet would propose the resolution , as he felt sure that Nottingham would do its duty , and be prepared to carry out the resolutions of the Convention . Mr . Pilling seconded tho motion . Dr . McDouall said , in France the last petition opened tbe eyes of the people to the true state of parties in this country , and it had done good service to the cause of universal democracy . Mr . Harney was one of those who had stated he would never petition again , but as Sir James Gra-r ham and other great men had altered their viewse after such illustrious examples he should feel quitd at liberty to change his , and say that ho would now try again and again till such time as they die succeed ; they must also endeavour to conciliate Scotland , and he would therefore advise the Convention to adopt the petition provisionally and let it receive the sanction of the people expressed through the Star ,
Mr . Brook . —There was a great objection in , Leeds to the getting up a national petition , they would prefer local meetings , and to have them signed by the chairman . It would , ho thought ,, interfere with the registration aud election committee . Mr . Robertson said it was the time jiust before the dissolution to ascertain who were their friends , before thev came to the hustings , as they would then do anything to catch a stray vote . Mr . T . M . Wheeler cordially supportwd ' . thamotion .
for the adoption of a National Petition ,, in _ preference to a social one , and so far from its- having tto effeci anticipated by Mv . BrooJr , of himWvag tie registration , it would work harm <\ niously , as tfcey could enquire into their views wit ' di respect to the franchise while obtaining signatusas . ar * J thus save the double labour and expense ; -, besides , by this means we can force the Press of Londeft and through them the Press of tho world tcnotics and comment on our views , and thus bring tbeni before those parties who would in no othssi' w , av nay attention to
us or our movement . Mr . Clark supported tbe motion , as from traveling through the country he knew that the universal voice of the people was in favour of the question . Mr . Mirfield apposed the motion , as he preferred to unite the ca ie of Frost with it , as it would save time and get greater support from the country . Mr . Bov » den . —The union of two questions would cause disse nsions in the country , and give a handlo to our enemies , the petition will cause agitation and give us an entrance in new districts , and if we can a-Uat ' jln Dcvoiisuii'a wo shall make such a stand as i will - make it one of the strong holds of democracy .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 8, 1846, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_08081846/page/4/
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