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HOW DOES " THE CAUSE" GET ON IN DVB-- LIN AMONG THE LEADERS ? ^ The IForW of Saturday last " lete light" on the workings of the Burgh Quay Agitation Machmery . "Hie article is both curious andamusmg , it is witnai instructive : shewing that the feeders on Irish credulity are about to quarrel over the <»« ass and '„ ™ flifir frenzy , "hill the goose" Tvtth tbe golderl egg But here LlMl lPorld , let it tell it ? oym talo .-A report has crept into circulat . on which maj be true Sse , foraughtweknow , to the effect that acertam party in the cSrn Exchange attempted to thwartiMr . O-CowELLin his wish to obtain a resohitionof the Association condemnatory of the Charitable Bequests BiU Bcthiaaaitmay . itisqmteclearthatnotonly at Burgh Quay histhe Bubject been hardly mentioned <» frpn bv those sarrulous orators who talk about all
manner of things—but ^ the Nation newspaper has also maintained a reserve respecting this measure , little in keeping with its dashing and independent pretensions . The silence of an ordinary newspaper , touching a measure of such public importance , would be sufficiently remarkable ; but when we recollect that thcAwa ' ou professes to be the organ of the "Young Ireland , " or the go-a-nead party—that its conductor las plumed liimselfupon revolutionizing public opinion : and that many ofthe writers—for they arc legion —who have had the modesty to declare themselves , are known to lie the shining " lights of the Corn Exchange j then , indeed , it docs seem more than curious that we have not had a prose-essay , or a melodious clegv , denouncing in scathing terms the hateful fepawn " of Saxon treachery . We have noted
that Mr . 0 ! Neil Daunt saved his distance by delivering a speech against tho Bequests BiU , and , if our memory play us not false , Mr . Mike Doheny " did the state some service" by pouring forth another philippic ' in some part of Tipperary upon a similar topic . But what are words to the bnrnimjlava ^ which streams from the pens of these incomparable writers ? Neither Mr . Daunt nor Mr . Doheny would ventm-e to assert—without blushing to the eyes—that any Speeches they havo ever made have achieved the miracles which their writings in the Nation have ac-WmpliBhed for the country . Yery eloquent they are , no doubt ; voluble speakers , it cannot be denied ; but they will not tell us that their tongues in the arena have been at all equal to their pens in the closet ; and . therefore , we cannot understand why they havo
been contented to step over a subject which . we would think theymig ht have dwelt upon with'bcnefit to the public . We cannot comprehend why those who boast that they belong to a new generation , which , if it does not possess the experience of age , has less craftiness and caution , should play a part so different from their professed character . * Wo only sought that some Stalwart juvenile should have met Doctor Murrav in wordy warfare , or we would have been satisfied with a single lyric to the spirit-stirring air of " Step Together , " were it merely to encourage the opponents of the bill—yet have our hopes been disappointed . We almost pitied poor old Lord Roden , the other night , -when he Imploringly besought , in his journal , his young friends at the Nation to get up a row with Mr . O'Connell . Pabfaff . we believe it is , who has
said that " discretion is the batter part of valour ;" and we cannot blame that slender corps who delight to call themselves the " Young Ireland" party , if , actingunder the management o ? a shrewd guide , Mr . Peter Purcell , they decline plucking tho Lion by the beard , and endeavour to overcome him by stratagem . If the writers to whom we allude have adopted a measured tone in the Nation , we can trace " the fine Roman hand" of one of theminthe pages of Tail ' s Migazine ; ' and unquestionably the scribe administers as severe a flagellation to the leader of the national movement , as if he had never eaten salt in Richmond Penitentiary , or received his hebdomadal wages at-Burgh Quay . Let us now-quote a passage from the puffing pages of the Scotch periodical : — .
On the whole , the Benaal cause looks many decrees iess respectable , as seen from our British point of view , than it did during the months of Mr . O'Connell's trial , and imprisonment . . The immense moral advantage which he had gained , first by his martyrdom , and then bv Ills splendid legal andlconsatutional-wctory , Ijas , so faras regards public . opinion on this side of the water , heen completely frittered away . And the present state of the agitation itself since its commencement—without a single definite point of policy to interest or alarm us —am tlie ^ old plans of Monster Meetings and Preservative Societies gently relinquished , the "impeachment" business postponed , and nothing new substituted in their place—is . not calculated to impress English minds with any high sense either of the importance of the thing in tself , or ofthe generalship of its head manager .
Sow , - we . believe that any . inference which we British people ' might be disposed to draw from all this , to the effect that the Repeal cause is really decadent—is essentiauy one whit feebler , or less dangerous than it was in the days of the Monster Meetings or the captivity—would be an erroneous inference . "What the British people may think , may even rightly think , of Mr . O'ConneU ' s discretion , or consistency , or dignity of conduct , is an affair of xery- secondary concern , either to us or to him . It is more germane to the matter to ask , what do tbe Irish ' people think of those things?—a question which every man who reads the newspapers may answer for lmnselL - The recent aspects of Irish agitation have .
moreover , given striking confirmation of a portentous fact , which wehavc more than once urged on the notice of our xeaders-rMr . O'CbnneUisnottheJKepealmovement . The agitator , has ceased to he master of the agitation . The magician is impotent to exercise-rbas only a qualified and eonditionalpower to command- ^ lie spirit that his speUs hare . evoked . Hecannoinowdo quite-vvbat he will with his own .. There is a power , in the Loyal National Repeal Association , behind the chair , and greater than , the chair . "Why did Mr . O'ConneU take the nrstopportunity he could find ; to snap his fingers at Federalism so soon after having deliberately and elaborately avowed a preference for it ! Kot-merely . because Federalists stood aloof , and did not seem to feel flattered by his preference : but chiefly
because MR . DUFFY WBOTE A CERTAIN LETTER IS fhe . JiotiOM- ^ X LETTER , WE MAT SAT i » PASSIKO , WHICH JiOBE TEAS CONFIBMS THE VEB . T RESPECTFUL SENSE \! E flAVfi lONfi ENTEMIDJED OP THIS CHiTXraiX ' g AMU DI 8 COADJUTOBs ' talent , sincerity , and mental independence —refusing , in pretty flat " terms , " to be marched to or through the Coventry of Federalism . ^ Mr . O'ConneU has since , not in the best taste of feeling , sneered at "the young gentlemen who thought themselves fitter leaders thaiihe wasV" but the young gentlemen carried the day , nevertheless ,. against the old gentleman . We see in this , that there is a limit to ihe supremacy of this extraordinary man over tlie movement which his own genius originated ; what he has done he is quite unable to undo ; Repeal has a life of its own , independent of his influence or controul ; his leadershi p is gladly accepted and submitted to , bat always under condition , that he leads the right way . . Mr . O'Connell ' s recent overdoing of the part of A SIMPLE REPEALER IS A TRIBUTE TO THE POLITICAL POWER AND INDEPENDENCE OF
YOUNG IRELAND AND THE XATIOX TVc conclude , then , despite all transient and superficial appearances to the contrary , that Repeal is , essen-: tially and at the bottom , just as powerful and dangerous ; as it has ever been ; as able and as likely to trouble us in ; peace , and cripple us in war ; and any inference which we may draw from the signs of indecision and littleness i of character lately exhibited by Mr . O'Connell , cannot be j yafely extended beyond Mr . O'Connell individually . One ' Important novelty , in this agitation , of an encouraging 1 kind there unquestionably is at this moment : would that -1 we could credit ourrolers with wisdom to turn it to good
i account J Repeal , just at present , is stationary . It is i without any definite , tangible line of policy , so & r , at 1 least , as is yet known . Anew campaign of agitation has < commenced ; but the plan of the campaign does not seem ssettled . The monster meetings are not resumed ; the IPrcscrvative Society of Three Hundred is deferred sin « fldio , on account of unexpected legal difficulties 5 aud no jmew move is , as yet , announced in its stead . Repeal has imot made that prodigious advance which might have been aanticipated as the result ofthe triumph ofthe 4 th of Septtember . The enthusiasm awakened by the reversal of tithe judgment has not been turned to account ; and lithiums remain , for the present pretty much where they
were . Here wc have a mutiny in the camp : and the wheeling round which we long anticipated now aeems t < to be no longer remote . The rent , is pouring slowly ianto Conciliation Hall , and sedition is regarded as nnot a safe speculation ; and we will " wager a ducat " tMiat Mr . ex-Alderman Purcell will not , in future , ppermit the Nation to be carrving the Repeal luggage , o » r yoking itself to a declining cause . It is to us hhigldy amusing to behold how Tart sneers at Mr . OO'ConneU and John Tuam , and takes such a fancy tdothe unfledged striplings of " Young Ireland . 'World .
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STRANGE DOINGS IN IRELAND . AIXEGED CONSPIRACY TO MURDER IIIK CATHOLIC . ABCHBlbUur . The Dublin correspondent of the Morning Herald , Kivriting on Jan . Cth , g ives the following : — " Yesteridaythe Rev . Mr . O'Carroll ascended the pulpit in TOVestland-row Chapel , and previous to his sermon abbservedthat it was his most painful duty to inform ththecoagregation that a conspiracy had been discovered ininfhecoimtyof Tipperary , which had for its object tho iwuurder of the most Rev . Dr . Murray , Archbishop of DOublin . Thisextraordinary statement produced consiaderable excitement . The rev . gent , proceeded to ob-5 eE « rve that the intelligence of this awful design w * s ththa l ' morriing communicated to their revered prelate bvby a magistrate of the county of Cork . Having heard
tithe ' foregoing statement in a public news-room this mmorning * '' I confess I entertained some doubt as to its rarorrectness ; but , on inquiry at the chapel-house , the fafact was confirmed . It appears that an anonymous leietter , with the Tipperary post mark , was received bjby a magistrate in the county of Cork , calling upon mtiim to go at once to Archbishop Murray , and apprise aurim that 'three devils' had detenn ' med to take his ifriTe . " Themagistrate enclosed the letter to Dr . ' Mur-¦ ajay ; ' by whom it was received yesterday morning , mind we must infer that his grace believed the « oneients to be true when he gave permission to the Rev . MAlr . CCarroll to allude to it in the pulpit . " _ ' The Hublin Monitor of Monday thus announces the acact : — " The greatest excitement prevailed in this
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city yesterday and to-day ; , . in : < consequenee of ., a rumour haying been extensively circulated and generally credited of a conspiracy having been discovered in Tipperary , the object of which was to murder his Grace Dr . Murray . As may be naturally expected , such a rumour spread like wildfire , and created the greatest excitement , For our own part , we attached no credence to it whatever ; the thing was so improbable—so outrageously extravagant , . that we could not bring ourselves to consider it in any serious light . However , as the statement was confidently repeated , we made some inquiries to ascertain whether there was any foundation for it , and we believe that the following may be relied on as correct : 5—A magistrate in the county of Cork received an anonymous letter , the purport of which was that
'three devils , * as the writer said , had agreed to take the life of his Grace Dr . Murray , and the writer requested the magistrate to go at once and put Dr . Murray on his guard . Ihe letter was from Tipperary , and , of course , the magistrate enclosed it to Dr . Murray , stating the manner in which it came into his possession .- Such , we believe , may be relied on as a correct account of the circumstances whicli gave rise to the rumour which has . caused such a sensation in this city . We confess we do not at present i attach niuchi importance to the statement . We are inclined to think that some mischievous person in Tipperary has been at workthat he wrote the anonymous letter to themagistratc , who certainlv acted very properly in forwarding it to Dr . Murrav . We repeatwe cannot bring
our-, selves to believe that even among the diabolical ruffians of Tippearry there could be found three fiends in human shape to conspire to take the life 0 such a venerated prelate as Dr . Murray ; and for what ?—for merely acting according to hii conscientious judgment in support of the Catholic church , of which he is one of its brightest ornaments , though by so acting he has incurred the calumnious invective and scandalous imputations of unscrupulous agitators ! We cannot disguise the fact , that , the language in which Drs : CroUy , Murray , and Denvir arc assailed is calculated to work upon the worst passions of the people , and to make theni regard those prelates as so many ' wolves in the fold , ' as
enemies to the Catholic relig ion—as having sold themselves to the Saxon , and betrayed the interests of the church . This is the sort of style in which those prelates are spoken of . " The Monitor then gives specimens of the language held out both by clergy and laity at different meetings , respecting the three Catholic bishops , who have consented to forma portion of the Commission to administer the Catholic Bcquerts Bill , and then concludes as follows : —It is a pretty pass things are . come to when , such a spirit actuates priests and people—a spirit infused by Mr . O'Connell—a spirit to which he has pandered , in the hope of swelling the Repeal agitation . "
The Freeman ' s Journal affects not to believe the statement . It says : — " Tho Monitor , though the official gazette of the party who originated this base slander seems cither not to be cognizant of the fact , or careful to conceal it—that this rumour was whispered about for some days , and that the calumniators of our laud—those who would affix upon our noble , our generous people , the contemplation of a crime of deeper die than any wherewith our Saxon taskmasters ever sought to blacken the fair fame of our country —sought in vain to get currency for their guilty lie , till a rash clergyman , connected with Westland-row Catholic Church , perhaps in mistaken affection for the most rev . prelate whose name was mixed up with the foul fraud—perhaps through over-heated zeal for the new doctrines he has espoused , that the clergy should become the tools of the Castle—or perhaps to demonstrate the working of Castle connexion—was found on Sunday last to give publicity to the aspersions against his countrymen , which he , at least , should have inquired into before he promulgated . "
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CHAMBERS' PHILOSOPHY REFUTED . Just published Price Fourpence . ( forming a Pamphlet of 56 pages demy . Svo ., in a stiff wrapper ) , A FULL and COMPLETE REFUTATION of the PHILOSOPHY contained in a TRACT reccntlv published by the MESSRS . CHAMBERS , of Edinburgh , entitled tlie "Employer and Employed . " This valuable little work contains tlie most complete defence of the demands of the Working Classes for their fair share of the enormous wealth created by Machinery , as wdl as a justification of Trades Unions . The numerous appeals that have been made to Mr . O'Connor from nearly every part of the kingdom for the publication , in pamphlet form , of those Dialogues that have recently appeared in the Star , have determined him to gratify what appears to be the almost unanimous wish of the Labouring Classes ,
The Inorthem Star Saturday, January 11, 1845.
THE iNORTHEM STAR SATURDAY , JANUARY 11 , 1845 .
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THE REVENUE . THERE KSVEB WEES SUCH " PROSPEROUS" TIMES . As abstract of tho net produce of the Revenue of Great Britain , in the years and . quarters ended the oth of January , 1844 , and the 5 th of January , 1845 , shewing the increase or decrease ; thereof , has just been published ; and as by those tables it appears that Sir Robert has discovered tho means of wringing £ 61 , 235 , 538 out of the labour of the producing millions , that portion of the press which supports his administration is in extacies . "Look here !" : they triumphantly exclaim ; " see the benefit * of ConsertismT You , Whigs , could only manage in 1840 to
scrape together £ 45 , 000 , 409 ; and in 1841 only £ 44 , 746 , 400 ; while our man , Peei , even after the relaxation and abolition of duties by his Tariff , has ; easily * collected £ 51 , 235 , 538 !! " " Is this . nothing ? Is not this a proof that the people have confidence in him as a financier ? Has he not saved the nation ; from the destruction to which top , with your deficient income , was fast hurrying her ? Peel is the ; man—the man to get the money ; therefore , hurrah for Peel ! Long life to him , and the £ 51 , 000 , 000 a-year . " Such are the seemly boasts made by the Ministerial press-gang ; boasts and
feelings , no doubt , participated in by those who live on the taxes — the dead-weight men ; the pretty misses of the Pemion List ; the annuitants of the " debt ; " the recip ients of salaries , and the poeketters of allowances . All these may well glory in the fact that the Revenue has reached the point it has , because in that fact they see the chance of their several " picMngs" being continued , some little time longer undiminished in amount ; hut it by no means follows that tee people—those who have to furnish the means , will be so ready to job in the chorus
of the " song of triumph ; " for the fact on which the loud boast of the Minister and his time-servers over the Whigs is based , is simply this : —that Peel has managed , by his " crooked hook" to filch out of their pockets in 1 S 44 , £ 6 , 489 , 138 MORE than the Whigs did in 1 S 41 ! Blessed source of comfort and congratulation that—especially in these days of real Retrenchment J Curious cause of merriment and joy !—Shout , boys , shout ! " Clap your hands and be joyful , O ye people ; " for Peel has taken six and a half millions more from you than the " rascally robbing " Whigs did !
It may be useful to inquire from what source Peel derives his "increase ; " and a single glance at the table solves the question . The amount of the Income and Property Tax , for the year ending' January 5 th , 1845 , is £ 5 , 191 , 596 : a not inconsiderable item o f the six millions and a half . Then theincreasc in the " customs" in that year oyer the year ending Jan . 5 th , 1844 , is £ 1 , 305 , 453 ; and the increase of the "Excise , " forthe same period , is £ 365 , 305 . No doubt but that circumstances have greatly aided Peel ; all of which bis supporters would gladly , place to his own account , treating him as the cause of them , when in fact he has been hut the creature . Tho two good harvests that have followed each other , making food
at home plentiful , and consequently " cheap , " have left us the means at home , which in times of " scarcity" had to be employed in getting food from abroad : teaching us the simple and natural lesson that if we would ever remain " prosperous , " we urnst product enough of food at home , and not have to " buy" it , either with " money" or " labour /' " from abroad . ' ' It has been calculated that the last harvest made a difference of £ 5 , 000 , 000 in amount of produce between it and the iuurvest of 1841 ; i , e „ to have secured in England in 1841 , tt © wnountof food which the harvest of last year gave us , would have taken £ 5 , 6 u 0 , 000 or fo . OOO . OM ' s worth—it matters not which—to have purchased the deficient quantity from other states . Is there not cause for " pros-
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perity" in that ? And was Peel atthe bottom of it j Did kVoontroui the seasons , and m » ke , the seedto fructify and bring forth abundantly ! Was it of no advantage to have tho £ 5 , 000 , 000 Ar hoot , to spend in the manufacturing market ? . And has not the " prosperity" thus caused greatly sided Pexz , to the result that his " increase" of Customs and Excise exhibits ?—aye , and this too , without any thanks to him . A deficient harvest would have ! caused his Revenue table to tell * far differentitalo !
There is ail the difference in the world between natural abundance and an . i'tificial abundance of food . It is true that in years when the harvest is scanty , wo can procure the deficient quantity from other sources : but then we have to give labour for it . If the last harvest had been like tho one of 1841 , £ 5 , 000 , 000 short of what it really was , we couklhave purchased the required amount of food : but though we should tavo acquired the bread , we ihouU have lost ihe money . There would have been £ 5 , 000 , 000 less amongst us . It would not have mattered one straw whether the £ 5 , 000 , 000 worth of food had been
paid for in gold , or exchanged for in calicoes or woollens ; the result- would have been the same . We should have been ' tnintis the £ 5 , 000 , 000 's worth . Bread thus . procured , however " cheap" it may appear to . be in nommal . p rice ; is tlie " dearest " : of all . It follows . of necessity that this must be so ; for , besides the fact that you paythe full price for it in kbour , or labour ' s worth , yon . decrease ymr means of mpioying . other labour ; you decrease ; . the means of profitable ^ consumption ; you pauperise your ' producers : you then have them to maintain in idlenes g , ^ you : strive to starve them off therate-books ; you thus engender
" BuIIenness "; and then you have an extensive army of police to maintain , to ; watch the stackyards and homesteads , to see that the "auilenness" does hot manifest itself in , " incendiarism" ! Produce OUOUgh at home , and let tho producer ; have his fair share of itj and all theseovils are annihilated . 'True , wo canhet bespeak a good season , or put back a bad one :, but we can ^ with skill , and culture , ' aid the one and greatly mitigate the other . We can cultivate enough of land . We can cultivate that land well . We can on an average of years , produce enough of food at home ; and it is clearly our . interest so to do ; and as clearly not our interest to purchase from abroad .
The two last harvests , abundant as they were , have greatly aided Peel , .. and have mainly contributed to produce the " prosperity " attempted to be laid to las account . To these add the amount of manufacturing industry caused by the temporary settlement of the paper-money affair in America , which has caused a " brisker" demand for woollen and worsted goods , adcmaiidwehave " satisfied , "—wise folks as we are , —to RErLEnojr . Let us not forget tho " demand" consequent on the troubled state of Spain , which has enabled us for a scries of months to smuggle British manufactured goods through
Portugal into a country , where they . are all but prohibited : and when to these items of " prosperity" we add the extravagant expectations engendered by the ratification and promulgation of the Chinese Treaty , which have led to a " block-up" in that quarter ; and also take into account the ; spirit off gambling , speculation in Railway . Slaves' ! let loose by the operations of the Banking system and the consequent " abundance of money , " we shall have little difficulty in divining the pause of the present apparent " prosperity !'; see how it has worked , so far , in aid of Feel ' s administration , making it
appear successful before the unreflecting portion of the community ; and enable us to estimate the real value of the loud boasts by whicli the public ' ear is now greeted . A slight examination will show that the " prosperity" is unreal , evanescentr-fleeting as a summer's cloud . Reflection will show that the ww & w is at hand ; that thf spwulaUYp . . m { vni ? t is sure to produce its effects : that nine-tenths of the Railway schemes , that have been propounded , and which the gamblers on the Stock ; Exchange ' and the gamblers out of theStock Exchange , havei turned to such good account at somebody ! , expense , will molt
away in" Parliament like snow on the fiver , leaving the poor innocent confiding ' / lioiders ^ of shares a tremendously ugly " dog to hold "; that the enforcing of " eaui" on . those , who . "hold , " , but who have not means to pat , will tumble the " market" of shares dov : n much faster than it "went wp ,- " that tlie has thus occasioned to other holders will make thtm in a hurry to sell ; that the decreased value of the property (!) will bring hundreds to bsggary-r-and these , in their turn , will bring down hundreds more ; that tho " blow to confidence" thus givenwillnot . be confined to the
share-market alone , but extend to all the operations of trade ; that the last accounts ; from India and China represent the markets there as all but glutted , and that scoure of " prosperity" alL-but cutoff : that the American demand is all but annihilated by the " excessive " . shipments of woollen and wonted goods during 1844 ; that the consequences on the homimarket , from the foregoing causes , must , be injurious : reflection on all these matters . will show that we are far from being out of the wood ! and that it is worse than aeuaeAess to boast ., Itwill " also shew to the wise the , necessity of . being prepared for the
coming time . ' . -i And what , after all , has SirR . Peel to be proud of ? It is true that he has got six-and-a-half millions more than the Whigs cbuld'get ; but he hag not got more than ho wants!—all he . has got is little enough . He has an expenditure of £ 51 , 139 , 514 lis . 5 Jd . '|[ how exact the accounts are ' . ] to provide for . ; , and he has but just met it ! No very great thing after all . There is not much , of a " surplus . " A good large one was expected . There are many mouths wide open , in anxious expectation of " a plum . " The demands of the several parties for their share will be inconveniently
pressing . The remission of one tax will be asked for , and the abolition of another ; none of which can Pkel spare ; for if " prosperity" only makes ends meet , pray what will adversity or " panic" do ? And thus does Peel approach the only " fair trial" he has had . He has the question of tho Income-tax ' to face . The giving up of that "Jniquitious impost" will be demanded , and the faith of Parliament p leaded that it was only enacted for three years . The other parties that we formerly enumerated will also beat the Minister , all milking and pressing and enforcing their claims ; so that on tho whole , Peel will have a most comfortable berth of it ' . Wc wish him joy ' .
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YOUNG ENGLAND IN PRINT . We confess ourselves to have been among those who felt some little anxiety , as well as curiosity , about the appearance 61 the "coming man . " We had not figured him in imagination by any of the distinguishing types or preconceptions by which the youth , speaking for himself , informs us he was prejudged by the curious . The advent of " Little Britain "—( for such in all justice to the gentleman who has at length made his apT . earance we must
christen the young stranger)—by no means conjured up notions in our mind of " white waistcoats and certain impracticable fancies ; " but , on the contrary the loud and ominous thunder that preceded the nation ' s accouchement ; had prepared us , if not for a monster , at least for a giant , capable of grappling with the several wrongs of which Old Eng land complained , and of remedying the several abuses under which she was tottering . Judge then , our sorrow , vexation , and disappointment on Saturday last , upon being presented with a kind of
Whim , wham , waddle , O , Jack Straw , straddle 0 . ¦ - ¦ " ¦¦ Little boy bubble O , ' .-. ; \ Over the moor j A second edition of General ; Tou Thumb strutting importantly as " the Napoleon ! " It was not either impolitic , injudicious , or uhWemiy . ' that ; the ' party calling itself " Young Engkund '' should , ask the ' nation , upon , whose . behalf samucV was . , prorD ^ d J . to pause uiitUtheday of judgment should arrive , when the "neiy bor ^ mouth .: 'La . coi oj ^ juaiice'to ' this' ^^' waspnable appeal for delay , we withheld criticism and comment until we had something more tangible . than tropes , figures , or . metaphorsi ' to deal with . Accordingly we
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waited patiently , yet anxiously , ; for the developmant of the character , " and the-enunciation ofthe principles ! of the party which promise ^ sb much , and from which so much has been expected . ! ^ The fir st number of a newspaper , entitled "Young England , " was published oh Saturday last ; and to it we Very naiurauyiookei for % declaration of the principles and objects of the " now party , " as well as the mean * carrying them out . The declaration of objects and principles has hitherto been held as ah mclispensabio ingredient in the formation of new societies ; but after perusing the three columns headed " Principles of Yon »<} EnguuTO , " we found ourselves , Vat the close of our . labour , in the same
" blessed state of ignorance" as when we commenced . We looked with a species of awe , if not of reverene ^ , to the sawed record ; and abandoning , forthe moment all notion of setf-importonceT-ail . preconceived notions—all recollection of by-goneteaching , we wore prepared to receive a new lessou at 'the , hands of our new preceptor . '' , We had anticipated the utter dissipation of the world ' s darkness by the burst of a new light of a new philosophy ; but , alas ! woe is man , and ' - 'happy is ho who expects nothing , - for he will never be disappointed . " Instead of receiving the anticipated instruction , we discovered that . the great Schoolmaster of 1845 had mainly derived his education from the previous year ' s philosophy of Mr . Gladstone , and Mr . Charles . Bulleb . ; ,
That the . world has been turned topsy-turvy for the last whole century , was a . self-evident ^ and indisputable faet :, . » that the many rapid changes whichihave followedeach other in quick succession during that period had disturbed some interests , and affecte ' d-all , are incontrovertible moralj ,. social , and political , truths ; and the cause . of the ' capsize and rumble , as well as the consequences of tlie " ups and downs" of . life , were , enigmatical problems thus solved by Mr . Gladstone . and , Mr . 0 . Bulmb , in the year 1843 , when the former assured the House of
Commons , \ that it was one of the . most melancholy features in the social state of the country , that while there was a decrease in the consuming power of the people , and cm increase in the p rivations and distress of the labouring , and operative classes , there ; was . at the same time . a , constant accumulation of wealth in the upper classes , and a constant increase of capital . " A few weeks later . Mr . 0 . Bulled , repeated ; " We sea extreme destitution throughout the industrious classes ,, and at tho game time incontestable evidences of vast wealth rapidly augmenting . "
Wc do not mean to dispute the truth of tho assertions of Messrs . G ladstoxe and Bulleu ; but wc do object to being charged with ignorance on subjects which for the last seven years we have kept prominentl y before the people , because the oft-repeated truism has struck upon the ear of our juvenile teacher aa a novelty , when hinted at by the aforesaid two members of Parliament . ; Old . " John . ' of . Greenfield , " the Lancashire prophet , propounded the very same doctrine nearly a century ago , but in more homely and ' touching pteaeology , " irheu lio said"that all the stuff in the world was made for all the folk in the world—and he hadn't a share of it . "
Young Englandvrpuld appearto have a very clearperceptibn | ofthepast , present , andfuture ; andalthoughwe are kept in the dark as to the meanshf whiclithe principles of the party are to be carried out , or indeed , ' of the principles themselves , nevertheless the prospectus furnishes us with ample work for generations . yet to come . The Church—its dissensions , baclcsliduigs , and innovations ; the landlords , and their obligation to discharge the duties consequent , on , the possession of property ; the application of chemical and mechanical powar to the wants of the whole human race ; fitting regulations for the . adjustment of trade ; tho
pressing demands for reforming our colonial policy the greater ' responsibility of the rulers'to the rided ; tlie . ' . nescesaity of National ; Education vH .. ^ 6 ? ous . & - struction ; the union of the two Irish rival churches , to the end that both may be moulded to ministerial will ; the ^ indispensable , necessity . of crushing brawling d . eni » gogues ; ' the better adjustment of our currency ; thepreservation of our firm adherence to the Established Church , watered by the blood of the martyrs ; the transportation of convicts , with a view to extending civilization to peual colonies ; emigration , as a means of promoting increased markets for the produce 6 f
English labour ; the relations between ciime and punishment ; suchare a few , only of the social qwstions which . our youthful friend tells us demand investigation ; while ] the only defined remedy proposed , a * a mean * of present eevreciion , is the propriety of English labourew , who can find . no employment at home , emigeatino to those wide tracts wliich aro nominally dependant ; on ' the English crown , therei'to " bubjugatelillffi FOREST AND CONQUER THE WniDERKESS , " This , we presume , is to be the English labom-ers " stake in the hedge"I
The . work that om * active coadjutor has cut out for himjelf ^ both abroad and at homo , would naturally lead us t # , suppose that the co-operation of all would , be sought for its completion .. But no ; the same singleness of mind and purpose that has inspired oiir friend with a desire for -universal regeneration , iurihei- prompts him to sjpurn . all . aid , and determines him to do the work alone , " Chaetism , UmvEBSAL JWekaqe , Socialism ^ sullen aaaffection ,
crime , incendiarisms , note , aud almost rebellions , "— - ALL ; of which Young England tells us are ? ' the offsprings of igiioraiice . guUenness ; " and rights withheld / ' —are ; to be swept away , and for ever , from . the land . by the , wand of : the new ' magician : and to ¦ the performance of this Herculean labour our indomitable champion very candidly tells us that tho Youwo Makhood of tho British nation Is roused , not by a sense of duty so much as by a sense of danger .
We . beg to assure " Little Britain" that the Young England aristocracy are many years behind Old England ' s toiling sons in that description of education which alone can fit man for tho offieo of ruler of tho present generation . It is not from Gladstone or Buller that Young England should derive informa tion ; but , as he professes to be friendly to tho principle of discussion , we would strongly urge on him the necessity of taking counsel of those whoso , wrongs we believe he would cheerfully redress , and who , will teach him , that ' although CnAimsM may ben
CONSEQUENCE OF . RIGHTS . WITHHELD and hope deferred , nevertheless the . working classes of England recognise in the very name a charm possessing greater power than any fascinating novelty the most lively imagination can present . Although wo have been constrained to speak . thus desuondihgly of the first number of Founo - England , yet , with more generosity than our "repudiating" friend , we shall be happy to mark his improvement in social and political knowledge , and to record the effect that a closer intercourse with the working classes is sure to produce . As our principal objection' to all
crotchetmongers has , been the want of defined principles , and a deficiency of the means necessary for carrying Wen their own nostrums , we must refuse adhesion to the present policy of Young England , —of his " principles" as yet we know nothing , —until we see a more clear development of the means by which even the most simple of the ten thousand proposed changes ig to be accomplished . Tho value of Chartism has been its determination to remain a mountain : and now that it has brought forth a mouse , perhaps our young child ,-lbr aftei ^ all Young Englan d is tub opfsraixu op CHARTisM ,-rnay condescend to learn from its parents before'he can hope to teach .
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Anothee . Pitt fob the LEAGuE .-In a recent number ott ? . e Be V <*? t Tindicator , in an article headed "The past and coming Sessions , " the following wholesome truth appears : " / The cheap bread question , remains as jet undealt with in a manly spirit by the Legislature ; and we must say , that the League , with all their essays and pamphlets , and £ ipo , o 6 o fund , have scarcely made ^ . Wnestlon of . real attra ction . ¦ -. It is a question of great , and . extraordinary interest ; it is a plea ¦ , of humanity , for . the liberty to Uve ; yetat ' has been coefc-; l *! -fW . ; by lecturers after a fashion , that is ludicrous and rcpeUing . - there is a want of heart wi them . T . hey appear rather to plead for the employers than the employed . "
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Thk Secbeiabt ik the looitivt whero John Mobs is none to reside , « te of Derby , Boot » nd Sho « Maker , is Lau ested to correspond with TTm . Chandler , Upper Brook-street , D « by , when he ' trill receive information of importance . Willi ah Saxbv , Pavmsiiah , - . Shu , returns thanks to ' those friends who have forwarded Start to him for disdistribution ; and begs to assure them that the Stars BO distributed tend much to break up new ground . ^ No doubt the seed thus sown will in due time bring foi tn good fruit . JoBErnH AuaHTON , Wabkingtoit , writes us to say ,-that a number of friends in that town are making subscrip-^ _ - . >» win 1 , ii MnMit
tions Weekly to purchase a quantity of Mr . 0 Connor s icplj to Ghamhera ' s tract on the Employer and Employed for Kene ral distribution as a tract ; and he particularly recommends the adoption of the plan by all other localities , as one calculated to produce immense good . John Heap and Ambrose Tomlinson , Bum < LEV . —It would not comport with our plan to publish their resolutions on the particular subject embraced by them . If they wish other localities in the neighbourhood to know that they havo been adopted , the sub-secretary can communicate them . There is no reason why the public in Other parts should be troubled with them . WlLMAM WtSTttAM , yUANLKT . — Tho address of Ml ' . O'Hisgmsis— " 1 \ O'Higgins , Esq .., Hbrth Anne- « treet ,
' Dublin . "" . Mr . C , Deebt . —Yes . A lease , if its . provisions . are abided by , will always ' " stand good " for the twin included in It . , If any party succeeded to the estate , either by purchase , demise , or descent , it would still be subject to the lease , as long as it was in force . Wm . Patse , Stratfoed-on-Avon . —We never promise to publish anything until we see itl . If he choses to send the' communications he speaks of , if . deemed of sufficient interest they will appeal " . But they must take tbeir ' tliance like aU others . One point our _ correspondent sadly neglects ; he addresses his communications to everybody but the right party . His last was addressed to the . printer .. Has he not seen it several times repeated in the Star , that communications for the paper are to bo addressed to " the Emibfl , ih : Joshua Sobson , . 340 , Strand , London" ! Let him attend to this simple instruction , and his letters will reach in due course ; while if he sends them , as he has sent his . former ones , delay in reaching the Editor is tho
consequence . ... . .. Allotments of Land , —The benevolent intentions of ' many of the land-owners , who have become convinced by recent discussion and Parliamentary inquiry , that land allotments to th « labourers on their estates are calculated to add to tlieir means of comfort , aud aid in repressing , the deep feeling of discontent and " SUltcnness" which Young England says . "breeds Cbartism and incendiarism , " are thwarted and rendered of non-avail by the conduct of their " stewards , " who interpose all . sorts of difficulties , and evince every unwillingness to aid the misery-stricken worker in bettering his condition . It will be at once apparent that those gentry , whenever they set themselves to such a task , can , ( without seemingly departing from the strict line of "duty , " so harass and
trouble those who seek to have allotments under them , as to render the tenancy an uuhearablc one , and either prevent them from engaging ill the undertaking at all , or drive them from it in sheer disgust . In a majority of cases of this sort , the real facts never roach the . ear of the owner who sought to render some portion of his possessions available to the producers on them for the production of comforts for themselves ; but he hears the version of the story vamped up by the agent , who shelters his own conduct behind the "ingratitude of the lower orders , " who " met the benevolent intentions of their landlord in such an unbecoming spirit" ; and the landlord . imbibes a notion that he has attempted to do his " duty" , towards
" the poor "—and tftei ; would not let him : therefore he is at liberty to care no more about them , —at least tin they come to their senses , and show they have hearts to appreciate the . "kindness" intended them . And thusthe sufferers are loft to suffer on , because the tender sehiibiUties of a leaden head and steeled-heart have not been awakened in their favour . ¦ The manner in which such a matter as this is managed by the " go-between" gentry will be learned by a perusal of tlie following , from the pen of Mr . Robert Wild , of Mottram , who has been an active actor in the scenes he describes , and who , very properly , determined that the landlord should , in this instance at least , be made acquainted with the doings of his "servant" : —
The Hon . J . Tollemache , being the principal landowner in our village , and having been informed thatho-was favourable to the system of allotments , a number of operatives— block-printers , and . others — whose avocation had gone , through' the application of machinery to their craft , applied to that gentleman for portions of land each . He promptly returned an answer , stating that all ¦ who lived in Mottram ,-and wished to have allotments , might have to the extent of half an acre each . Previously . to this communication being sent to thebou . gentleman , several labourers ' applied repeatedly . during the past summer ' to' Miv T . BeavneU y ( agent 16 the hon . gGUtleman ) for sbiaTTplots ; but he , being opposed to the plan , used every subterfuge to defeat > the applicants . : Enraged .. at his conduct ; the labourers determined to acquaint , the ; hon .. gentleman with the proceedings of his
steward , ; and air . Tollemache , . believing that theirs were Well founded grounds of ' complaint , wrote to tlie applicants to say that ho' would himself come over , and choose the-fields most suitable for them , trying to setde the affair to their satisfaction ; and in the meantime he intimated , to his " faithful steward " , that tlie duties of his stewardship had not been discharged with fairness and impartiality . Time flew on .. The appointed , day arrived ; but with no Mr . ' . Tolloniache . However , it was rumoured he had been in the neighbourhood , which report turned out to be correct , as appeared from a letter sent by . the hon . gent ., apologising tor non-attendance on the day fixed . '; Report says also , \ that the hon . gentleman and ; his steward ( Mr . Dearnelly' had an interview , at which sltarp words were exchanged , but which ended in the stcward ' spreteiidiug willingness—nay ,
promiseto select the most suitable plots for the purpose , witli reference to price and . situation .: In the letter from Mr . Tollemache , it was stated that the agent was anxious to do his best for the applicants : whether , he has done so or not , let the following brief statement testify : —In the first place , he- selected land ( tlu-ee fields ) , for the best of which he only wants Is 3 d for the Cheshire rod ( 61 yards !) ,, and seeks to compel the labourers to fence all round the piece— -anitem of expense the farmer never bears ; hilt which the poor man must ! Yes , he must keep up the fences , to . protect his lumpers and cabbage against the depredations of 'the farmers'' cattle . Another field he has selected ; the former who has held it some time says ifc never paid ; in fact , it : would he folly to expect aught in the shape of remuneration for labour from aii old brickyard . It is , iu fact , an old . brick croft , from which nearly all the soil has been taken , or buried beneath the brickbats and rubbish ; for this he only asks £ 0 the acre ! ; Charitable ' man!—good soul ! "What can prevent his going to » Heaven - ^ boing
clothed in garments of goW—and welcomed . with - . "Well , done , thou good aud . faithful ,. servant ?!' Having , in the first instance applied myself for . a small plot , thinking that half an acre of garden ground would better my condi ' ion , - I , in company with a few other labourers , last week appUed again to this worthy agent ttsUm » him m apvopev manner that the land he had selected was not suitable for our purpose . or in accordance with theexpressed wish of his employer . The- following conversation took , place - .-Agent : "Let me , see ; what is your name 1 " Answer .- " Robert Wild . " , " Ah , ah ' Yes there has been a groat dealbf writing between you allotment follows and Mr . Tolleinache , in which you havefield . meup as a bad man-as ^ he blackest villain on earth . . Ihrough your mistaken notions youhave inisrepreseatedme , and have caused much unpleasantness . £ ? . . Iheheve it is in your hand-writiug ? " Ansioer : it is nothing more than jou might expect . " " Well , " said he , I don't care a . straw . I have determined you shall have no land . " ¦ « How is that V " Why , because I have a , deaf against you . " " For what V « O . I know
all M > out j ' ou . " Well , let mo hear what it is V " OI I have discoTered a Hot in your character " . " Well , point it out . Wliy , ihan , you have been in prison two years lor promulgating your revolutionary doctrines . You are a rank Chartist . " I rejoined , " aud ' - you are a Tory ; ana Chartism , when examiucd , will be found equally honourable , and when reduced to practice more beneficial thau your much-vminted Toryism . " " Yes , " said he , ' . ' I know you havo impwfcncc enough to say so - , but you can t convince me of that . " I answered , " I shall not attempt . However , sir , I have one more question to ask , Do you object to me having an allotment merely T ^ w n e / T . ^ i , 1 ^ in ¦ P ' 11 ** ' tbat because I am a Chartist , havo been kept down with poverty tor years , and am seeking to improve the condition ot my iauuly by means of my own labour , and that of my neighbours , by securing the fruits of our toil thromrh
tie enactment ; ot the : Chartcr " - ( Intcrrupting ) said fie , " i our Charter , I tell you , will be your ruin . Your Oliarter is opposed to the Queen and constitution , and aims at nought but revolution . Yes , and I tell you agam , that those who hold such inflammatory doctrines as yours are enemies to their country , and must riot be encouraged with allotments . If Ihad my way with such as you , who poison the minds of all well-disposed people , I would banish you totally out of the country . You are not fit for society . I have scratched your name out , vou must have no Und—vAth your CfMrtism" On this beautiful specunen ' of Tory liberality I shalloffer no remark , but leave you and your readers to make their own comment , O , dear ! I . am cut off for evcrfrom the eoil «
Hobekt Wild . It . remains to be seen whether the hon . landlord will countenance ' the . rindictivo and disgraceful proceedings of his underling . If he does , all his professions of a desire to improve the condition of the workers are mere moonshine . We trust , however , that he mil show himself superior to the revengeful feelings that prompted the conduct of his "faithful steward " "Chautism and Incendiarism , " Young iiiiglancl Bravelv 8 t - « f , V ? , t "the 0 ffsD rinS of 'fotonnew . aud rights mthheul . " Wdl the sullenness" of Robert WUd be lessened by . "withholding" from him his " right" to the land ; and will that he the best mode of convincing him that Chartism is wrong « Let the Hon . Mr . Tollemache look to this matter . His character is involved , He has , itistrue , evinced a disposition to cause " withholden" rights to bo restored to the allotment
applicants , by personally interfering to ^ prevent the spleen of his vindictive and cruel-hearted •' representative" : from having full play : but his interference is needed now more than ever , or it will be apparent that , in his opinion ,, to be a Chartist is to be a pariah —one de » ervedly thrust out of the pale of social life ! Surely the " putting down" system is at at end ! Exl peweuce had proved that it is utterly . inefficacious for its = purpose ; that it never did , and never can succeed : , bnt , that it . uriW produce , '• sullenness " , whicli , -whether it engenders Chartism . or not , ; is but . too likel y to end in "incendiarism" ! . „ . Let the Hon . Mr . Tollemache ; ¦ read a lesson iu this instance ,. to . brutal and over . bearing " stewards " , ; , and teach . his brother laud-; owners how to go ; to workjo cause their ; benevolent intentions , to ; ha . v . e due effect ,:. and all fair . play . We shall anxiously . watch this case , and report the result at a future time . "
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DHTBEssiNG Cash or Mrs . s . Etus . —The Commute s , lately formed in London to take steps to oxtrfcato the Whig-made widow from . her ^ present ; situati o { extreme distress , and consisting of ; delegates from the various localities ' aoout town , . have , issued lubscri p . tion-books to their several ' . friends , and . desive us publish thefbllowimj address in ^ aid of the . good work , they have engaged in . W " e gladly ; comply , with , the ro . quest , trusting , that the appeal . bo earncstfully raad „ may meet with due response ^ T hrough a ^^ . j » i- i « ty of ; unforeseen circumstances , the sanguine expectation , of Mrs . Ems's ' friends have . not been reahscd . - \ y ; state with , regret , ' that this law Tmade . widow , and her ; bereaved orphans are in great distress . . Perhaps . it would have more ; weight if Mrs . EUis ' s situation ; was depicted by herself . On the ; 7 th ult ., she wrote : thus , without any idea of Us being printed- .-, « i ; , night ( Saturday ) , I am alirnost broken-hearted , having . scarce anything in my shop . I had been expecting TiisTEEssiKO 6 asb op Mes . ^ . Etiis . —The Commute , il . ( r - ^ to oj [ .
to obtain a little money , but being disappoin ted I did not know what to do . I was obliged to pledge some bed clothes , as all my wearing apparel is gone . I have no hope , unless my Chartist friends thhik of my situation . " ' Since that period Mrs . " Ellis lias lost a beloved daughter—her who was the darling of Ellis , the expatriated patriot . Such is the present post . tion of Mrs . Ellis ; forlorn _ almost friendless ; nalicd ; her remaining children often without food ; h 6 r ' heavy bereavement weighing on her mind , and the reflection that her husband , the father of her little ones , is in bondage , unable to follow the remains of his beloved one to the grave , or be a partner in iier Sorrows . Her condition is Indeed deplorabli ! Indeed if something is not done forthwith , there is no niter , native but that this victim must return to the p „ tterics to become the inmate of a Union Castile . — Will the Chartists permit this With them the case is left . Let all that , have hearts to feel get instantl y to work . John AnNOTT , Sec
The Scotch Readebs . —Having used our best endeavour to supply the readers in Scotland with . the Star on Satarday ,. we find it ; impossible to comply with thenwish until our , own machinery , has been erected on tho printing prcmiies , which , we . hope , will be the case i in the first week in February . . Mb . O'Connob begs to say that he has been compelled to leave several private communications unnoticed for the last , month , inflammation is one of his eyes renders it painful for him to read or write . They will be all noticed in due time . ¦ JOHN Lowby has forwarded payment for the Star , and also put a question requiring an immediate answer ; but he has omitted to give any address , not even tho name of the town or county where he resides . We can answer bis question , though we cannot forward the paper . As he pays £ 11 rent and the taxes , he has a perfect right to the vote ( if be resides in a borough ) , notwithstanding his former difficulties .
Eltas Hitchbn , Hebden Bbidge . —The insertion of hi » . inquiry is rendered unnecessary by the announcement in the Bradford Chartist intelligence . Pbopeb AmntEss vou CoMM * JS * icAi ! toNs . —Our friends will greatlj * . oblige , and much serve themselves , if they will but observe the simple directions given for tlie addressing of the different sorts of communications . This week several parties have written to Mr . llobson , ordering papers . Others , who have been sending conmnmi . cations for the paper , have sent them to other parties ¦ than the Editor , oven to the printer . iVoiv , all this is blundering . Mr . Hobson is not the pub . ; Usher ; and , therefore , has notliing to do mtk ¦ orders for the paper . , He is the Editor ; and therefore all matter intended for insertion or notice in the jwj > ci-I shouldbeaddressed . tohim . Orders , advertisements , and ; . payments , should be ' addressed to " Mr . O'Connor , : Northern -Star . Office , 340 , Strand , London . " Letters and \ other communications for the Editor , to " Mr . Hobsou , I Northern Star Office , 340 . Strand , London . "
MONIES RECEIVED BY MR . O'CONNOR . CABDS . £ S . d . From Vale of Leven .. 0 1 J ! ' ' SUBSCRIPTIONS , PromSowerbyLongroyd .. .. .. .. .. 056 From Vale of Loyen .. .. 0 5 0 ¦ ! VICTIM FUND . Stockport—Collection made by the Chartist Singers on Christmas Eve , per Thomas Webb .. ,. 1 11 8
RECEIPTS PER GENERAL SECRETARY . SUBSCBIrTIONS . S . d . S . d Southampton .. .. .. . 1 6 Barnoldswick 5 0 H . H ., Lewisham , " 6 h ' e Sawley 0 8 ; year in advance ^ .. 1 1 Merthyr Tydvil .... 5 0 Trowbridge .. .. . ; 4 0 T . Salmon , * 'Loudon , Brighton ., ... .. .. 3 0 monthly subscri ption 0 8 Hashngden ... .. .. 1 8 W . Salmon , ditto .. 0 ( i Blackburn ...... 5 6
CABDS . Merthyr Tydvil .. .. 3 0 Ditto , Card 0 t Bacup '„' . ' . * - ., ¦ ' „ 0 3 Blackburn , riand Books I S Ditto , Hand Books ., 3 5 Oswaldwhistle , ditto .. 0 S Haslingden , ditto .. ' 2 8 '' ' DONATIONS . Haslingden—three power-loom Weavers , a New 1 Year's Gift . . .. ,. .. 10 Ditto , GilbertRushton ... „ „ „ .. ., 0 ?
. .:: VICTIM EUND . Mr . Blackmore . ofPly- .. .... , jug , per Mr . Bate-: mouth , proceeds of . man .. .. 14 0 a raffle for a glass VICTIMS , HA . SWELI . COIiIEB . 1 . Per Mrs . Wiudeler \\ « " » ., ' . » „ » ., T » j * Several gifts of stationery from this gentleman ara thankfully acknowledged . THOMAS M . WHEELER . Bbotheb CnAiTiSTs , —The period is now rapidly sp . preaching ' when , in accordance with tKe ' rules , wo ishaU . have to resign the trust reposed in us ; and having , during our period of office , discovered that a contrariety of opinion exists relative to' the best mode of electing your Executive Council ; several important towns—including Manhcester , London , Tavistock , and others—being iu favour of an election by the votes of the whole of the members instead of the ' present system , we think itadvigiWa that some decision should be come to upon this subject ; and therefore recommend that each locality in the kingdomshall call ' a special meeting of its members , and procure their several decisions , by ballot or otherwise , upon the following questions ta ' - '¦ ' First , — -Shall the * ensuing Executive Committee b « elected by the vote of each member possessing a card of the ' current year , or in ' accordance with the present plau of orgahisation- ^ -viz . ' , nomination by the member * and I election by the votes of the Delegates at tho Annuil Con' ventlon i Second . —If tho decision should be in favour of elce . tion by the votes of the members , will it be advisable to hold the Annual Convention ? '" Third .- ^ -Ifthe decision should be in favour of holding the Convention , shall its sittings be in London or ( iu accordance with tbe decision of the late Convention ) » t Leeds . ¦ ' . ' . -- . , - . ' ¦¦ - .. Let tho answers to the above questions be recorded in the following manner . ' The sub-Secretary shall , between the present period and the 1 st of February call a special meeting of the members , when the above questions shall be suhmitted to them , aud each memticr shall write on a ballot-paper an answer in the followiug manner : — . < "¦ ..--, .: First . —Members or Convention . Second . —Convention or no Convention . Third . —London or Leeds . , The nmubcr of votcspro . and con . shall be careuiUj recorded , and a return made to the General Secretary . The votes of the whole of the Localities will then bo published , and the Executive will feel bound to act upon the decision of the majority . ,. ; •¦ ,- ; j ^ Feiends , —The greatest advantage to boMerivcu from the principles of democracy is that of enabling : the Executive , under doubt , hesitation , or necessity , to appeal to the whole people ; aud feeling that the required confidence cannot be reposed in a body as to tlie mode of whose election there exists the slightest , doubtwe have thought it our duty thus briefly to submit tlie foresaw questions to your conshlerationand adjustment . And the election of an Executive being the principal duty to be performed by the Annual Convention , your decision upon tho-first point may help you to an easier solution of the second . Many localities complain of the double expense of paying delegates , as well as tlieir regular contributions , to carry on tho movement . However it is our duty to suggest all matters upon which the fate of our cause depeuds—it is yours to decide upon them . P . M'Gbath , President . Chkist . Dotle . T . Clark . F . O'Oonnob , Treasurer . T . M . Wheeleb , Secretary .
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Suspected Ohud Murder.—On Wednesday Afte...
Suspected Ohud Murder . —On Wednesday afternoon , just about dusk , aa a policeman of the M division was going his round in Sparrick ' s-row , near Maze-pond , m the Borough , he saw a bundle lving on the pound , which he found to contain the bo ' dv of a newly-born male child . As the body was quite warm the othcer thought there might yet be life in it , aud he conveyed it to Guy ' s Hospital to ascertain tho tact ; but upon examination b y the surgeons it was pronounced to be fjuite dead . Amwpr to Poison a Faxolv at JIavchestkr .-< Jn Monday evening last a most atrocious attempt to poison his wife and two children was made by Benjamin Anderson , a' millwright , living at No . 91 , Long-Street , Ancoats , Manchester , . It appears that for everal of
s days ^ past Anderson , who is in the employ Messrs . Fairburn , the engineers , had been drinking , and on baturday speiit the ^ entire of his wages i « liquor . On Monday aftehioon became home about halt-past three o ' clock and asked his wife to let ^ x £ Ye some tea ; \ Mra . Andci-son told him * : ? i . , , kettle Wfts oh the fire , and as soon a < she had made some for her daughter , *)> worked in a factory , she would make him some . Uo imme diately became very ab ' usivo , and told liotii tm wite ^ and son ( a boy ' aoouteleven yeareold ) that they snouldflot stop lri ' the ' house , and ' under a threat of being beaten they went" into the' street . Anderson then bolted the door ahd ' refused for sonic time to alio * them to come in ; ; As ' she ' . stood near the window , Mrs . Anderson saw . her husband go to the cupboard and take a quantity of onions but ; which he placetU
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 11, 1845, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_11011845/page/4/
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