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STAR-DUST * a * * * * Direct from the mines of the moon—hy Jupiter ! " Something in this more than natural . . . find it O D t . "— J 5 UAE £ P £ H E" Till after cloying the Gazette with cant , The age discovers . " — -Bibox . Should an article with so brilliant a name , " well known , & c , & c , by Mrs . Harris , ' Bring disappointment to the experinieutist , " and prove an useless " adjunct to any thing but bird-cages , tlie sand from Old Time ' s hour-glass would do as well , only we cannot get enough of it . Gentlemen are advised not to despair of removing their beards , quite clean , and without pain . Jxo . Teetges's Razob-Stbop of 1815 , asd the Diamosdidge cxpolisued Eazohs * are things of quite a different character , and will enable any one with care aud skill to shave perfectly clean , and literally without the least pain . The Razors are all sold in a state to accomplish this ; and the pamphlet , "My Razor and Shaving Tackle , " Id , ly Post 2 d , will teach the novice or inexpert how to keep them so !
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ODES TO CONFIDENCE . Entered at Stationers' hall . Where ' s Confidence ? Why hides shefrom man-Why does she veil her ever welcome face ? [ hind Why ! Confidence has grossly heen abased , By many who have won her cheering smiles . In every grade and near relationship : How oft . her easy nature ' s heen allured By gaudy shops , hy wond ' rous promises Of more-ihan art or nature can perform , Opinions golden from her purse to win . Thus Confidence so often trapp'd and snar'd By specious puffing and advertisements , Will with the unpretending only dwell . Who promises what's ' vond the reach of art , The smiles of Confidence will ne er receive , But he on aid of science who relics , And adds to theory experience , Pays honestly his court to confidence , . And with perfection crowns his handy work , Thus Confidence will smile upon his skill .
What ' s done with Confidence is hest achiev'd Let the act he as simple as it may , Be sure that you can do a thing— 'tis done ! How many heroes foremost in the field , Paring the foe , unflinching from the sword , Have dreaded when they took the ltazor up ; Por in their weapon they lack'd Confidence ; They had not tried the keen smooth diamond-edge ; JJy science temperM with surpassing skill ; But ha-J bestowed their easy Confidence On words bombastic , edgdess promises , Bought magic dearly , and neglected art , Then ( effort unun effort tried in vain , l Have yielded to affliction and despair , "With dogged resolution , to endure An ill they deemed without a remedy .
Who e ' er has Confidents in Tebtgex's skill , The Diamond-edge and London Razor Strop , Will be himself with Confidence embued , Shave without paip , and with a hand as firm , Unshilung , as the tempered edge he holds : And all who ' ve made the trial , own at once , lis Confidence with Confidence repaid .
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Whig Reforms And. Radical Wants. The Add...
WHIG REFORMS AND . RADICAL WANTS . The addresses in which ; the Whig members , who vacated their seats . by the acceptance of office , solicited a renewal of the trust reposed in them by their respective constituencies , constitute collectively the programme of the new policy of tlie Ministry , and present in outline ,-at least , the nature and scope of the measures which may be expected from it . Of course , the writers of these addresses would take care to " put their best foot foremost" on such an occasion . Any particular claim which they conceived they had upon the bodies they addressed , would he
certain to receive its due ' prominence ; any benefits likely to be derived by their accession to power , would be placed in the strongest light ; It is true tbat the reserves of official etiquette , the indefiniteness of plans yet in embryo , and the prudent caution of wise statesmen ^ who will hesitate to promise hibre than they may'be able to perform , will always contribute to impart a certain degree of vagueness to all such compositions . But an honest and a bold ministry ; , or for that matter a dishonest and sneaking one , cannot help indicating to the practised
eye , what its leading -objects are , likely to be . Even in a mist , we have noticed in mountainous districts ; that the outlines of surrounding objects , though shadowy and sometimes indistinct , were never wholly concealed . By the force pf their own vastness they loomed through the obscurity , and ' , impressed the mind perhaps all the moreforeibly , because shrouded in a partial veil , with a sense of their magnitude and reality . ; In the midst of official mystification and of specious Whig candour , vre confess we find no indications of mountains to be afterwards unveiled to tho
nation . ,-. -. ThencwPremier . asofright , speaks more fully and more plainly as to the prospective course of the ministry than any of his colleagues . Here is his list of political wants— " Great social improvements " are required ; public education is lamentably ' imperfect ; the treatment of criminals is a problem " yet undecided ; the sanitary condition of our towns " and villages has been grossly neglected ; the ad" ministration of our colonies demands the most " earnest and deliberate attention . Our recent discussions have laid bare the misery , the discontent ,
" and outrages of Ireland ; they arc too clearly " authenticated to be denied ; too extensive to be " treated by any but the most comprehensive " measures . " His L rdship also indicates that other measures of commercial reform remain to be accomplished , aud hopes they will be so without occasioning the renewal of angry conflict , and thus prevent attention from being directed to the carrying out of the preceding " necessary and useful reforms . " Lord Morpeth says : — -I shall hope ( if re-elected ) to bear my part in a course of policy which shall have for its continued object to relieve trade , commerce , and industry of all unnecessary burdens , and to increase the
COMMAND OF THE GREAT BULK OF THE COMMUNITY OVEB THE NECESSARIES AXD COMPORTS OF LIFE , as well as to improve , and elevate Hicir social and moral condition , and to give new securities and encouragement to t / teir freedom , intelligence , and virtue . In these two addresses the pith of the new policy is comprised , the others are but faint and imperfect echoes of them . We are not insensible of the value of any one of the " great social improvements" indicated by Lsrd John Russell . We shall be the last to offer any impediment to honest straightforward and sincere
efforts to realize them in practice . But , in propounding them , and leaving untouched other questions in which the great mass of the industrial community feel the deepest interest , Lord John has betrayed the besetting sin of his party . ' With professions of popular sympathy on their lips , they have none in their hearts . The three questions in which the labouring millions of this country have made up their minds , which they have studied the iuos deeply , and understand the most thoroughly , are
THE CH . M $ TEB , THE TEN HOURS * DILL , and THE POOR law question . These are all of them questions which have been urged upon the attention of the Legislature for years , which have been the subject of extensive andipowerful outdoor agitations , which , so far as the labouring portion of the nation arc concerned , are ripe for settlement , which can only be settled by the Legislature , and yet , upon not one of these vital questions does the new Premier vouchsafe one single word !
Public education is lamentably imperfect . Our criminal code is disgraceful to a people professing t " stand at the head of Christian and civilised nations-The hovels , cellars , and garrets in which our agricultural , manufacturing , and handicraft population are lodged , offer a fearful commentary on the infernal spirit of gain , and the total absence of comm on humanity , by which landlords and capitalists have alike been distinguished , in their treatment of those from whose toils they have wrung their ill-gotten wealth . Ireland , and the Colonies , have been merely refuges for the destitute ; asylums in which the younger
branches of the aristocracy could be provided for and quartered on the public , under a decent" pretence . All this is true—disgracefully true . But against whom is the indictment laid ? Who arc the parties at whose door this long catalogue of mis-government and criminal neglect must be charged ? The answer , to be impartial , must include both Tories and Whigs . Both have shared between them the power of ruling this country , and , after thirty-one years have elapsed since the last great European war was closed , this is the miserable , the shameful account given of our social condition , hy one , who , in the interval , was a Minister for ten years !
The mere enunciation of the fact suggests the inference . If the people are to enjoy real substantial reforms , if " great social improvements" are to be carried into effect , it must be by themselves and not by either of the parties who have thus proclaimed their incapacity or unwillingness to do so . None can more highly value Education than we do . But there are two rays of educating a people . You may make them crouching slaves , afraid alike of political , mental and religious freedom , or you may educate them iu the exercise and enjoyment of manhood's highest attribute , perfect freedom of thought , speech , and of action . The latter kind of education can only be attained where tlie people arc all
politically equal . Education then becomes essentia ' to the peace , prospects and harmony of society ; it is at once a guarantee against disorder , and the cement which binds the fabric of society together . The rich and powerful are compelled , as the only means of enjoying their hoarded wealth , to promote in all possible ways the intel ' ectual advancement of the community , because their own welfare is identified with it ; they have nothing to fear except from ignorance , and they take good care that that shall not exist as far as lies iu their p « wcr . It is so in America , so must it be in this country . Let us have as much education as may be necessary , but let it be of a free , healthy and independent character , guarded and guaranteed by the possession of the Charter .
In fact the political enfranchisement of the whole maleadultpopuktion , is an indispensable preliminary to every kind of educational , social , and physical improvement . Without that , whatever improvements may be effected , will wear the air of boons graciously granted to the unprivileged by the privileged classes ; whereas they are rights , and should only be accepted and adopted upon the distinct understanding that . they are so . The whole people can legislate better for itself than any faction whatever .
Its collective energy acting in , and through , a free legislature and a popular executive , would speedily clear the statute book of tho monstrous shackles upon liberty of speech and action , which are embalmed in its pages , turn a stream of health through our streets , of plenty into the dwellings of the labourer , light up the faces of-all with intelligence , and empty jails , and hulks , not by Act of Parliament , but by giving to all the power of earning an honest livelihood , a full participation in the fruits of their Jalour , and sur-
Whig Reforms And. Radical Wants. The Add...
rounding them at all times with the strongest domestic and social incentives to a life of virtue . This is our political philosophy : we ; would stop the stream of evil at the fountain head . Why politicians and dilletantic statesmen , prefer to empty it with buckets , After it is swollen b y a thousand tributary i , Tfulet 3 < and is overflowing' its banks ; carrying devastation and ruin in its progress ' Then , again , why has the Whig Premier omitted all mention of the Ten Hours' Bill in his address ?
When it suited his purpose to niakxv popularity with the manufacturing operatives , he was the plainspoken advocate of that measure . Now that he-ha " got rid of Peel , and snugly ensconced in the official chair , does he think that his obliviousness will render the operatives of the , swarming hives in the manufacturing interests forgetful or apethetic with respect to . a measure on which they have set their
hearts ? If he does , " we calculate" he will speedily find- himself mistaken . Peel might have a justification in refusing a Ten Hours' Bill , he never promised his support to the Bill ; but Russell ' has done more than promised , he has spoken and voted for it . Next year he midst give us that lorig'do- ' ferred " great social improvement , " or we promis e e him his tenure of office shall be an exceedingly short
one . . . .- .--. '< -: ' As to the'Poor Law , we despair of seeing any perceptible change even in the way of amendment in that law , by one of its originators , or at all events by one of the Ministry who introduced it , and at one " full swoop" confiscated the poor man's title to relic ' in the land of his birth , a title as valued , ' and much more ancient both in law and . equity , as that of the proudest ' and most ancient of ; the aristocracy , to their ' castles , packs , and broad lands / For that damning sin against all the principles of humanity , and justice , the Whigs can never be forgiven , Seven
werefchey to ' erase the abominable and disgraeefu ' statute to-morrow . The blood of those who .. have been murdered under its operation , would still cry to Heaven against them : lastly , another great social improvement on which Lord "John , has not said a word , is tjie necessity for such an alteration in the law of partnership as will enable the poor man to co-operate with his brothers in purchasing and having legally conveyed to him real estates , whether in land , houses , or machinery , without the risk or expence and obstructions which at present beset all co-operative and associative attempts . '
These are mere specimens of what Lord John has left untouched , in the outline he has given of his future policy . Like a political pedlar as he is , he hos alluded only to secondary measures . The calibre of liis mind will not permit him to comprehend primary ones . " As the sample is so is the sack . " We have fallen into the hands of a party whose love of liberty _ whose humanity , whose sympathy for the people , and whose knowledge of their actual position and real wants , are all theoretical . There is one consolation , that in this world of realities nothing but actualities can long stand ; and such a miserable assemblage of hollow and pompous pretenders to statesmanship , must , in a very short time , be restored to their natural seclusion , as private gentlemen .
Tue-Elections. The Elections Have So Far...
TUE-ELECTIONS . The elections have so far progressed without any serious opposition to the members of the new administration . The Whigs , however , must not delude themselves into the belief that therefore the people are with them , or hail their accession to office with any satisfaction . At the only place in which an opponent has made his appearance ( Nottingham ) , the show of hands was against them . Chartism , in the person of Mr . O'Connor , bid against Whiggcry , represented by Sir J . Hobhouse , for the people ' s Miftrages , and the Whigs lost . The event itself is a
' mall one , but it is significant of a whole train of important inferences . The battle at the next Genera ' Election must not be with a juste milieu party , who aro " neither fish , flesh , nor good red herring , " but between two opposite principles , represented by two powerful parties-the one contending for political enfranchisement and Ihe rights of labour , the other for the supremacy of capital , whether invested in mills cr acres , and the privilege of legislating for the millions without their consent . Ilalf-and-haM people must stand out of the way . The great
controversy between justice and injustice must now be decided . The problem , whether there are not better and more beneficial mo : ! es of distributing wealth than of giving all the ease , luxury and wealth to tluidle , and the toil , hunger and poverty to the industrious , must now be solved . It is of no use for tinnewspaper scribes and the speech-makers to attempt to throw dust in the eyes of the people , to prevent them from seeing the naked fact as wchave stated it . They will fail in the attempt ., The Revolution begun by the LEAGUE will hurry us onward to that point in spite of all efforts to arrest it .
To revert to the ministerial re-elections : they "have generally presented few points worth notice In most places , the candidates have been received with a sullen indifference , which betokens anything but gratitude or pleasure at their rc-accession to office . At the city election , Lord John ' s speech disappointed everybody . It was in the early pail of it a rigmarole about everything in genet al and nothing in particular—carefully confined , however ,
to the past . Everybody believed it was only the exordium to an oration in which he would , at least , have said something about the various topics mooted in bis address ; but after having touched very slightly on Education , and in a still more general way on commercial freedom , he came to a sudden stop , wound up with a fine piece of generalism , and left everybody with open mouth and ear waiting for what was to come next . We never were present at a more ludicrous scene .
The shameless and unblushing manner in which the city of Worcester was transferred from Sir T . Wilde to Sir D . Le Marchant , is also another noticeable point . It forms one of the most striking and instructive commentaries on the rottenness and rascality of our present system of Parliamentary representation that has lately been offered . If there is an honest elector , or an honest man , in Worcester , his ears must tingle , and his face be suffused with the blush of shame , at the palpably disgraceful way in which the city was , on this occasion , made a
shuttlecock for a couple of whig placemen to play fast and loose with . At night the electors went to bed , intending to elect Wilde , in the morning they found , by the sudden death of an amiable judge , he is not Attorney General but Lord Chief Justice of tho Common Pleas , and are quietly informed that the gentleman who came down by the train with the news is to be their representative- whereupon , although confessedly knowing nothing about him , they dutifully obey the command , elect him , and there for the present ends the farce ,
" Whom God wishes to destroy , " it is written , " he first makes mad . " The reckless and wanton manner in which the Whigs expose the hollowness of ur political system , is not only a presage of thendownfall for ever as a party , but of the monstrous political injustice , out of which such fungi grow .
Parliamentary Review. The Proceedings In...
PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . The proceedings in Parliament this week have been of a mere routine nature , political interest for the time having been transferred out of doors . On Monday next the elections , caused by the acceptance of office of the new Ministry , will beprettty well , i not entirely , over , and the business of the legislature will recommence for the brief period which now
intervenes before tlie close of the session . Short as that time is , we have no doubt the Whigs wish it was shorter . It is long enough to enable their opponents to damage them by sundry moves on the Sugar Duties and other questions , with which they must deal willy-nilly , and it is too limited to enable them fairly to bring deliberation or strength to bear on that or any other ereat question . However , they wiUhj the aid ofPaui be enabled to waather the
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difficulties incident to this posture of affair ^ and during the winter recess tojconsider , in wh ^ ' i manner and v ? ith what measures they 'will mee- i- " Parliament next session . ; That it must'be / a , fcew Parliament appears to us inevitable * ' Tile , Whigs are a minority of the present house , and i . { Peel found it difficult to manage public business in the present state of parties , Russell will find it impossible . ¦ : ¦ : ¦ -, The Conservative members , whose faith in Peel as a statesman inducied them to give support to liberal commercial measures , have not the same faith in Russell , and will many of them refuse toirahsfer to
liim the support they gave , the other ! Mere neutrality in this case , will beas effective as open opposition . The Protectionist party , no longer torn by intesticse divisions , and struggling against the opposite feelings arising from old political predilections and attachments a successful party leader , will unite in all its strength against a political foe . It is strong enough if thus united to beat the Whigs , or at all events seriouslyi to . impede any measures they may Brings forwards i ; We , therefore , look forward to a General Election as one of the political necessities of the . ' crisis , and a matter which cahnotlong be delayed . The Whigs will then be fairly , before the country , and it will be the duty of the country to . pronounce on
their claims to office' ! their fitness to wield'the ' destinies of this mighty empire . We trust that ' all progressive , and . RADICAL REFORMERS ,. ; by whatever name they may be known ; will remember that we have how " Finality John" for a Minister . However it may suit him to disguise , his opinions , or let them rest in discreet silence , he is as much opposed at heart to thorough searching and universal reform ' s , in . our institutions , as when he uttered that iword . ; , It is the duty of those who believe that Progress is the soul of society , that finality " , or stand stillism is social and political death , to prepare for the coming Election . , Let mere Whigs be everywhere opposed by men about whose political creed there can be no mistake ; . A score of honest' out and out
Chartists ,, who' were conversant with the . gijcat principles of political freedom , familiar , with the questions of machinery , competition , and the general effects of our present system of producing and distributing wealth upon the condition of labour , would effect , wonders in the house . If backed by a vigorous out door agitation , they would speedily find some new Peel—or , perhaps , the old one—who , wearied of a fruitless and ever-recurring battle , with a determined , persevering , and mighty agitation , would be glad to compound with them , and grant that to an organised confederacy which they would
for ever refuse to mere abstract reasoning . We ask the Chartists to let Thomas Duncombe have companions in thenext Parliament—companions who will submit to his judicious , yet bold and honest leadership— who will imitate him in his discreet , yet firm and manly conduct , on every question with which they may deal . Let them do this , and Chartism will soon assume that place in the councils of the nation , and in public estimation , -which the truth of its principle , and the beneficence of its objects so pre-eminenently entitle it to occupy . Now is the time for action . The field is clear of one great
agitation : the League is dead—dissolved into its original elements . The first party that steps forward boldly to take possession of the vacant arena , will have the best chance of permanently occupying it . What party has a better right , even on the score of priority , than the Chartists ? Since 1835 , they have , under the leadership of Mr . O'Connor , been an organised party . Petitions , signed by millions , have been presented to the Legislature , praying for the enactment of the Charter . And meetings , guarded by no jealous exclusiveness , requiring no tickets for admission , but held under the broad cope of Heaven , alike by sunshine and by
torchlight ; on the mountain tops , in lowly vallies , in villages , towns , and cities ; proclaim how deeply and universally the spirit of political freedom has sunk into the hearts of the British people . Let these millions again arise in their strength—let them combine their now scattered hosts . Organise ! Organise !! Organise ! 1 ! At every hustings let a Chartist candidate be seen and heard . Wherever there is a chance carry them to the poll ; in short , leave no means untried to let the People ' s voice be heard in the People's House , demanding measures for the People , independent of factions , and based on the broad ground of Universal Justice .
Sugjul Duties. It Is Said That Lord John...
SUGJUl DUTIES . It is said that Lord John Russell desires to settle the sugar question during the present session , short as the time is which now remains for its sittings . The plan which he is reported to have in contemplation is that of a sliding scale , terminating in a vanishing point so far as differential duty is concerned . We are assured that the gradation may be thus stated : —
BRITISH PLANTATION . ALL FOREIGN lS < i 5 14 s 23 s . Gd . - 1346 14 s 23 s . Cd . 1847 14 s 23 s . Cd . 1848 14 s 23 s . Cd . 1849 lis 21 s . 10 d 1850 14 s 20 s . 2 d . 1851 14 s 18 s . Cd 1852 14 s lCs , ] 0 d .
1853 14 s 15 s . 2 d 1854 14 s' 14 s . Od ! The duty thus resulting , at the last-mentioned date , is a permanent equalisation of fourteen shillings on British plantation and foreign sugars . If such a measure were carried , the last remaining obstruction to a general and determined movement lor political emancipation would be removed .
The Convention. The Time Having Passed W...
THE CONVENTION . The time having passed when the further postponement of the Convention would be of any service to the cause , we have to announce that it will be held at Leeds , on Wednesday , July 29 th , 1840 . The precise hour and place will be announced in next Saturday ' s Star . By Order of the Executive Committee , Thomas Mamin Wheeleh , Secretary .
The Nottingham Election. (From The Notti...
THE NOTTINGHAM ELECTION . ( From the Nottingham Review , of July 10 th . ) The Nomination would have been a tame and uninteresting affair , but for the appearance of Mr O'Connor as a candidate . The light , though a sham one , was a most agreeable relief in the estimation of most persons present . Had not a rumour spread that an opponent would meet Sir John on the bust , ings , we much question whether a hundred persons would have assembled , lor every one felt that the elec . tion was a mere foijm , and would end as it began , in empty show . Without pledging ourselves to all the opinions expressed by Mr . O'Connor , we do feel bound
to state that a more thoroughly talented address we never listened to . It was a most happy combination of good humour and bitter invective . The speaker said many hard things , but his bearing was so truly gentlemanly— there was so much right-hearty Irish feeling about the whole , that it was impossible even for Sir John himself to feel offended . Many of the points were telling in the extreme , and though lengthy the address , tho attention of the audience never seemed to flag . With much which Mr . 0 ' Connor uttered as to the past doings ot Whiggisni we need hardly say that we cordially agree , for we
have expressed vory similar views and feelings ourselves . There is nothing we are quite sure which the Whigs need dread half so much as a rktuospective view of their achievements . There wore some points on which we thought Mr . O'Connor was carried bv his teelings too far , but on those points we have no space to enlarge . Taking the speech as a who ™ , and regarding « t as a nusnsoB effusion , it was very mas-« klt , andwc arc sure that whatever some of the audience suay have thought of the views , none could DEMT . FOS *» E MOMSKT THE ABILUT OF THE SPEAKER . [ The ww . dB in capitals i „ the above article , appear so in the Msttmgaa . m , lkvxew . \
Nottingham, ¦ F Important Correspondence...
NOTTINGHAM , ¦ IMPORTANT CORRESPONDENCE . Nottingham , Thursday , July 9 th , 1846 . Dear FKAnous . -The Whigs are going mad this morning about the informality of the Sheriff . You are the member for Nottingham , and being the first who has been returned by Universal Suffrage , should take your seat without delay . One of your smashing , telling speeches in thc House of Commons , would go 1 far to destroy the prejudices against you ; although the session is drawing to a close ! much good would be effected . The Whigs believe you have outwitted them , while all others are rejoicing'in consequence- — we should get quit of three-fourths of the faction by your claiming the seat—they would either hang or drown themselves . ., We remain , Dear Sir , yours truly , Jambs Sweet . William Hknrv Mott . P . S . —Dear Sir , —If you consent to take the seat , we will get a petition up signed by thousands , requesting you to sitinjo / ctee of Hobhouse ; if there is a point of honour strained , I think it would not be so dishonourable aa the manner in which he has generally been returned , I mean bribery and corruption . j . s .-w . H . M . - Mi * . O'Connor , M . P . for Nottingham . The Whig jockeyed by the old Chartist General . There is not a shadow of doubt entertained by the legal profession here , that Mr . O'Connor lias been duly elected . The Sheriff declared him so , and no poll was demanded for Sir John , and . if there had been , he couldnot have been returned without polling a voter . -, Mr . O'Connor could not resign ; the question was for the Elec- j tors ; he is Member . ; A Professional Man . Nottingham , July 9 tb . -,..,.
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¦ :- ..-¦ LABOUR . , GREAT CRICKET MATCH . . ' One of the inducements held out to the working classes to join the youn ? Eni > land party for " the STAKE IN ' THE HEDGE" was , that the people should bo allowed the privilege ! of playing cricket with their superiors . On Monday last , however , the working classes upon the People ' s Estate at Herrinsgate , proved that they could cater for their own amusement . On that day . Cliorley Wood Common presented such a scene as the oldest inhabitant had never witnessed . Mr . O'Connor and the bricklayers challenged the carpenters and sawyers to a match which came off on Monday last , and
the scene , though the weather was wet , was truly cheering and exciting . A booth was erected upon the ground in due form , and the workmen having proclaimed a half-holiday , appeared as respectable and much more healthy than the Marylebone or Oxford boys .. The match lasted from one till halfpast seven , when the bricklayers were declared the ¦ winners , by twenty-eight runs , and at eight the working people at Ilerringsgate , to the number , of sixty , sat down to a good and substantial supper , and . after the viands had been disposed of , Messrs . Cullingham , Henry Ross , and Ddwling , severally addressed . the company , when Mr . O'Connor ' s health J was proposed and received with rapturous applause . He addressed the agricultural labourers
lor the first time , upon the advantage of possessing a house and land of their own and upon the principles of the People's Charter , and never was there within the memory ot the oldest , man , a more happy , comfortable , or contented party . The Carpenters , not satisfied with their defeat , have challenged the Bricklayers to another trial , which is to come off on Monday week , and thus has Mr . O'Connor carried into practice the theory of the Young England party by giving the working classes , at one and the same time , a stake in the hedge and a relish for the game of cricket , and we venture to predict that ere long the agricultural labourers will become valuable auxiliaries to the Chartist ranks . After Mr . O'Connor had vacated tlie chair , the hilarity of the evening lias continued to a late hour .
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Co ^ eaflers & Corre $ flcmUent £ u
Mb . H . Saunders , Newark . —The' plates are sent according to the directions given in your letter . Our Agent to whoso care the plates for Mr . J . A . Hogg , Hawick , where sent . will oblige by forwarding the same to their destination . J . Hahrness , Edinburgh The pieces received shall have our attention , bat we cannot promise immediate insertion . The "Veteran Patriots '" and "Exiles' Widows '" Ponds . — : The following resolution has been passed at : Manchester : — " That we the members of the National Charter Association of Carpenter's Hall , Manchester , having no confidence in Thomas Cooper , as secretarv
eitlior of the Victim Fund or of the Patriots' Widows , ' and Orphuns' Fund , and not consider ' mg him a Char , list , but only a wolf in sheep ' s clothing , do therefore request , that the said Thomas Cooper be discharged from the secretaryship , and another appointed in his stead , on whom the country can confide ; and further , we shall he under the pain f ul necessity of not transmitting any more money to the aforenamed funds if the said Thomas Cooper ha continued as secretary , or holds any office that has anything to do with the disposal of those fund * . " By order of the committee authorised to act for the members . Moses Lambert , Secretary , Geoitge Marsden . Treasurer . . John Richards . —The " Bradford Chartists have opened
a subscription lor the veteran Richards . They earnestly hope that other localities will do the same . £ J ? 1 have received from Mr . J . Wells , of Bethnal-green , the sum of one shilling for Mr . Richards . With every desire to serve Mr . Richards and the "Veteran Patriots '" generally , I must'decline receiving monies for them . I have not time to attend to the work con . nected therewith , and I have also a great disinclination to have anything to do with public monies . In the case of Mr . Frost 1 consented to receive monies because I knew that the trust would be but temporary . I must decline having anything to do with any other fund . The shilling acknowledged above , I have sent to Mr . J . Shaw , ( 24 , Gloucester strcat , Commercial-road , East , London ) a sterling Chartist , a worthy man , and sincere friend to the " Votonin Patriots ' . >>
Jesse Jackson , Swansea . —Yus , the payment of the full price of a share , or two shares , as the case may be , entitles the holder to draw in every ballot , without any additional cost . Mr . David Ross ( late of Leeds ) informs his friends in the country , that owing to his engagements with the proprietor of the People ' s Journal , he shall have occasion to make a Tour through the Manufacturing Districts of Yorkshire , Lancashire , Cheshire , and Staffordshire , and shall bo happy to address his friends from the Platform , on subjects relating to the best interest of the wealth-producing Classes . All letters to he addressed ' to "Daviii Ross , at the People ' s Journal Office , No . CD , Pleet-street , London . " John Miller , Leeds . —The communication respecting the''Carpet Weavers of Yorkshire aud Durham , " arrived too lute for iusertion this week ; it shall appear
inoupnest . W . Paine , Stratford-upon-Avon . —Your communication has been forwarded to Mr . O'Connor . T . R . Smart , Leicester . —The " Song " shall be inserted . Mrs . Roberts , —We have received an appeal from the Birmingham Chartists in behalf of this Whig-made Widow , which press of matter reluctantly compels us to postpone till next week , Blackbuhn . —Will Mr . Traidlovo , of Blackburn , who during the imprisonment of Paterson and Robinson , sent 19 s . 8 d . to the Star Office , for Messrs . P . and 11 ., communicate his address to « . Julian Harney , Northern Star Office '
Several Communications muststand over till next week in consequence of the great length at which we have reported the proceedings of the Nottingham Election . Manchester ( Third ) Collection for Mr , Frost , — Silvester Ryan's Book , is . ad . ; riiouias Johnson ' s Book , 7 s . 9 d . ; Peter Lloyd ' s Book , 2 s . ad . ; John Wier , John Brownill , and a few friends , 14 s . Cd . ; Ja , mes Harvey's Book , - ' s . 3 d . ; Geo . II . Smith ' s Book , Is . ; Mr . Overend , Is . ; Mr . Dixon , Millwright , Is . ; a friend by W . Smith , 6 d . ; Geo . Poster ' s Rook , Is . 9 d . ; Henry
Alsop's Book , 2 s . ; Richard Radford ' s Book , Is . 5 d . ; total , £ 2 , - We , the Committee , have a few shillings more from Messrs . Wilkinson ' s and Radford ' s Book , which will appear in the nest account ; but did not think it worth while paying threepence for so small an amount wishing to husband the funds as much as possible All persons holding Collecting Books for John Frost ' s Fund , belonging to the Carpenter ' s Hall Committee , are requested to bring them in immediatel y as the Committee wr . ut iln-ir boohs audited , that tlieii labours may be at an end .
Ci-Vueltt At Sea .-At The Antral Criminal Court On
Ci-vueltt at Sea .-At the Antral Criminal Court on
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SS ^ V P r "T '> lahi , m ' <™«™ nder of he ship Grange from Sydney , was indicted for unlaw , fully assaulting and beating Thomas Singleton and James Bam , on the high seas , within the jurisdiction of the Admual y of England , m th « months of March and April last . Thtro were several other counts in the indictment one of which charged the defendant with putting the „ ro secutor into irons without }« wful cause . The proseoutors s & ted particular ads of cruelty inflicted by the prisoner when off the Cape , flnd at other periods of the homeward voyage in order to support the allegations set forth iu the Indictment . The principal charges were for beating , lucking , putting in irons , and imprisonment with short allowance . Th * Jury consulted m this case tor only about two minutes , and then returned a verdict of guilty of common assault . The Learned Judge said the Couit always lent its power to protect the captains of ships , but at the saenic time i » was a paramount duty to protect poor seamen from brutal conduct . There could
bo no doubt but that excessive chastisement had been inflicted on these poor men . The Court then ordered and adju'Iged that the prisoner be confined for six momhi in the Penitentiary , at MillbauU , The prisoner was then taken intocustody .
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The Third Anniversary of this flourishing Institution was held at . Chalk Farm , on Monday , the 6 th inst . T . s . Duncombe , 'Esq ,, ' Ai . P . ; . in the chair . ., the hon . gentleman ' on liis entrance was received with immense applause . He was supported on his ri ght by Dr . Bird , and on ' his left by Mr . Ruffy . We observed severa | , other talented gentlemen on the platform . The dinner , which was of first-rate quality , was serv » d up in admirable style , and the wines were excellent . The members and friends ( of whom there was a good many present ) having disposed of the food for tlie bod y , that for the mind commenced . The Chairman briefly gave— "The People , the true source of all legitimate power . " - : . < -
Mr . G . W . Wueelee . —Sir , 1 feel very great diffidence in rising to address you on the present occasion , confi . dent as I am that there are so many here who could do greater justice to the sentiment , though perhaps none who feel a deeper interest in it . It has been customary on similar occasions to toast the Queen first ; hut as her power is only' derived from ' the people , it would look somethinglike . putting the cart before the horse . Th toast says , " The Peopler the true source of all power . " 1 wish we conld say thc true possessors of all power , t could wish to see this not merely an ideality , but a living , reality . The people were long in i gnorance of their o « -Q powtr . but by the aid of a Duncombe , a Wakley , ana an O'Connor— ( greatucheering)—assisted by others tliey bid fair to acquire this knowledge ; and when they do , they will . speedily-, obtain justice . Let us , then , suppott such men as our worthy chairman , and his hon . colleague - ( cheers)—in the house , and O'Connor and others out-( clieersl—and thus become in reality the true source of , ; ; ! . ; , ,
power . . . The Chairman . —The next sentiment I have to submit to vou is the toast of the evening— " Thc United Patriots' and Patriarchs' Benefit Societies ; and prosperity to the branches . " I assure you it is a subject in which If-el a deep interest ,: baring introduced a liill into Ihe hoiseto remedy certain defects in the existing laws ; and I feel a peculiar interest in your society , for on turning my attention to this subject , I found that there were between seven and eight thousand different secretaries } and after having examined the rules of a great number of \ \
them , I am bound to tell you that the rules of your so . ciety are thc safest and best that have come under my notice . If I had found them defective , it would be my duty to tell you so ; but Justice Wightman having given a decision on a case brought before him , that decision , if the correct one , rendered your society , and all similarly constituted , [ illegal . True , that decision might have been appealed against in the House of Lords ; but that is an expensive process . I therefore introduced a bill to meet this difficulty . The Bill , I am happy to say , has now received the Royal assent , and I can congratulate you now on your being a perfectly legal society .
Mr . Bros . —The las * I have had allotted to mo is a very easy one ; it is to propose the healths of the General Secretary , the sub-Secretary , and other officers of the society ; and I am sure that if they had not done their duty , we should not have been all so happy to-day . That is evidenced hy the flourishing state of the society and its rapid progress . Its balance-sheets must have satisfied every member . The evidence of heir worthy Chairman , who had examined the rules of so many so . cicties , must he very gratifying to those who were mem . bers , and ought to induce those who were not members already , to lose ho time in joining , especially when they considered the speciil benefits held out to its member *—benefits not to be attained in any other . With respect to the secretary , he had known Mr . Ruffy for fifteen , yenrs , and never knew him for anything else than a perfectly honest man . He therefore begged leave to propose his health , and that of the officers . Drank with three times three .
Mr . Rdeft , —I rise to return rr . y heartfelt thanks to all , hut more especially to you , Sir , for your kind and gentlemanly conduct to myself and the deputation who waited on you after the decision of Justice Wightman , and likewise for the introduction of that clause in your Bill which declared all societies then in existence to be legal . We believed before that we were legal , wc believe so still ; at any rate , we had done what the government declared necessary . It is now my pleasing duty fo report to you the state of the society ; and although this is the third anniversary , it can only be said to hare been in existence two years and three quarters , In that time , we have paid— £ s . d . For sickness allowance to the members ... ... ... Hi 6 6 i Forlyings-in ... ... 218 10 0 For Funerals 152 10 0
£ 817 6 6 i " i These are the fruits of union , these benefits , and tho certainty with which they are assured to the members , have insured the support of our chairman . We have branches now established in all theprinc .-pal towns in the kingdom . The balance now in hand is £ . 005 ( is . 6 Jd ., and the total number of members 1578 . ( Repeated cheering . ) Mr . Sloman . —I rise to perform a pleasant task , to give a vote of thanks to an officer , a man who has m ; . de pecuniary sacrifices on account of his liberal principles , and has thus proved himself a disinterested patriot , a man without whose services you would be nothing , for what would our society be without healthy members , and I am sure the efficient services of Dr . Bird fully entitles him to our support ; and whilst he soars in our estimation may the Arrows of Slander , though diped in the poison of malignity fail to fix themselves in the wings of his reputation . ( Cheers . )
Dr . Bird . —I feel extremely obliged to you for the kind manner in which you have received my name , but first I would object t » the bills and circulars having on them my name , as coupled with those of Messrs . O'Connor and Duncombe , as though I was a talented speaker like them , whereas I attend on the poor of the Parish of Marylebone , whilst they are state doctors . I feel the pulses of infant paupers , whilst they ft el , and in a great measure guide , the beatings of tho heart of the nation , The Speaker then entered into some elaborate calculations on the probable duration of human life , and urced on them the necessity of sanatory reform , to be taken up by the club through all its branches , " The Ladies , " Proposed hy Mr . Gammon . Mr . J . G . Drosc proposed "The health of our worthy Chairman . " ( Drank with three times three . )
Mi-. Dgxcombe . —I am well aware that my name has been so associated with political matters , that it is a difficult thing to look at me in any other light , but I assure you it gives me great pleasure to be able to meet you on neutral ground . Iu fact , such is the present state of parties / that if I was to attempt to be political , I should hardly know what to say , for I hardly know who are the Government , or what are the principles of the opposition . But I am glad to be able to congratulate you upon the repeal of the Corn Laws , because it is one monopoly swept away . The benefit and the dangers to be apprehended from the measure have both been greatly exaggerated ; but they are now swept away , and the nation must turn its attention to something else—( cheers)—and I shall feel it my duty on the very commencement of the nest session , to
propose some measure to improve tne social and moral condition of the people ; and to that the Government luust pay attention , whoever that governn-. ent might be , they must he satisfied to contend for something more than mere party measures , or indulging in party strilVs . I believe I have some portion of the confidence of the working classes , and I feel great pleasure in being able to preside at any of their meetings when I am able . A very short time since , I was at a Conference of Trades ' Delegates , and I was very much pleased with all they said and did . I said to them what I say to you . that intelliicnse is so rdvanccd , and I have seen so much talent displayed , that I positively declare I seldom hear such spm-hts iu the house , and there are many men wham'I know , some of them now present , who would be an honour to that or any other assemble . ( Cheers . )
Mr . Ruefv . —There is only one more sentiment to give , but one without which our meeting would be an anomaly , I mean " The Liberty of the Press . " It is to the press that we , as a society , almost o * e our existence . Our thanks are due to the Northern Star , for its conduct towards the society , in always inserting all accounts of the progress of the society . It has well earned for itself tho title of the Poor Man's Paper . Our thanks are likewise due to Lloyd ' s for their conduct to us-Considerable anxiety was manifested as . to the cause of Mr . O'Connor not being present ; Mr . G . Wheeler , explained , that in consequence of the nomination for Nottingham taking place , Mr . O'Connor had beeu compelled to leave for that town .
the meeting was agreeably entertained by thc Introduction of recitations , songs , , fcc ., after which dancing commenced , and was kept up till an early hour .
Uin;Rred '' Patlliotsj_ Benefit Sociefv .
UiN ; rrED '' PATllIOTSJ _ BENEFIT SOCIEfV .
Fatal Accident At Rochester—On Sunday
Fatal Accident at Rochester—On Sunday
Morning Cany, A Boat, In Winch Was The O...
morning cany , a boat , in winch was the owner and a boy put off in the River iWedway , to carry s-.-me iron u j st tu * vesse ^ preparing to sail for some place abroad . A stiff breeze was prevailing at the time , I hero were many spectators on the bank of tho river , w ho observed that too much sail was put on the boat by the owner . Before it had got a hundred yards from the shore , it was upset bv a souall . Thc owner got upon the topsail , where " he might have been rescued ; but the boy on boardf with him climbed ep and took hold of hia ' logs , the result of which was , tbat both perished before boats for their relief could reach the spot . The most melancholy affair was , that the wife of the unfortunate owner was on the shore , a witness of the lamentable tragedy . She fell into strong hysterics and was carried off the ground in that stato .
Dkstitutios ix Irkla ' xd . ~ Notwithstanding t » e benevolent and zealous labours of thc local r elief coniniiUeo to mitigate tho sufferings of the poor , and the exertions of the " provision oommittee , " appointed some time ago by the town commissioners to keep down the prico of potatoes at tho pub ' . W markets , wo learn from the Galway Vindicator , tbat for wane of employment , thousands of the labouring population of that town , and of the rural : parishes , are in the most destitute condition—literally unable to provide themselves or families with the humblest food . Thousands of the unfortunate people aro literally perishing of hunger , and the lives of the overseers of the works endangered , because they are unable , even at lOd . ptrday , iiHo potatoes still continuing 6 * d . to 6 } d . per stone , to give any employment to tho famishing creature . ' ; .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 11, 1846, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_11071846/page/4/
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