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THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1847.
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2 fO . I . ( PBICE SIXPENCE , ) 0 ? THE PEOPLE'S LEGAL ADVISER . The object of thi s monthly publication , is perhaps sum-CicnUv indicated hy its tit ? e ; it may he . well , however , to add afew words in explanation . That there are many subjects of an exclusively legal character , and bearing peculiarly on the interests of the working classes—on them more than on the other classes of society—is a truth that hardly requires its assertion ; and it would , of course , he desirable that all these should fce brought together in a form , cheap , compendious , and intelligible , for thebcuefit of those to whom thes chiefly relate .
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Sow Ready , a New Edition of MR . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS To be had at the Xzrthern Star Office , 16 , Great Wind mi'd Street : and of Abel Hevwood , Manchester .
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BALDNESS EFFECTUALLY REMOVED . A SUJiGEON residing in Cork having , in the course of his Practice , had jiis attention particularly directed to ,-a « d acquired great , experience in the TKEAl'MEXT OF CAPILLARY DISEASE-- ? , bcj . * to inform those persons afilicted with BALOXESS { whether . in youth .. r advanced in'life ) may , byainost simple process , REI'ROBDCE that necessary . omament . Parties applying willrequireto enclose a . small quantity of hair , and a-fee of five shillings , by post-office order , in favour of Surgeon Edward Williams , 13 , Heury-strect , Cork : wiie . i the uctestary instructions will be fi » " warded hy return of post .
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VVEST-RIDING OF YORKSHIRE . MIDSUMMER SESSIONS . NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVES , That the MIDSUMMER GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS of the Feacefor the West Riding of the County of York will be opened at SKIPTON , on TUESDAY , the 2 !) th day of June instant , at Ten of tbe Clock in tiie . Forenoon ; and by Adjournment from thence wiR be holdeu at BRADFORD , on V £ OSESttAY , the 3 cth day of the same month of June , atTen of Die Clock in the Forenoon ; and also , by further Adjournment from thence , will be holden at ROT 1 IERHAM , on MONDAY , tbe 5 th day of July , at Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon , when all Jurors , ' Suitors , Persons bound by Recognizance , and othershaving business at the « aid several Sessions , are required to attend the Court on the several days , anil at the several hours above mentioned .
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NO . VI . OF " THE LABOURER , " Jrat Published , enriched with an elegant Portrai engraved on Steel , of
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Just published , price Cd . ( printed from the Short hand Writer ' s Notes , ) milE TRIAL OF THE MECHANICS AT LIVERPOOL A on the 2 nd and 3 rd of April , 1847 . Edited by W . P . Roberts , E ? q . London : Xarthern Star Office , 16 , Great Windmill Stre ? t , Haymarket : and at the offices of Mr Roberts , 2 , Robert-street , Adelphi . London : and 3 , Essex Chambers , Manchester : and Abel Hevwood , Oldham-street , Manchester : and all Booksellers . *
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} EXCURSION to GREENFORD GREEN and NORTH U HOLTE . by Water , EVERY SU-DAY during the Summer Season , by the " UNION" Ilo . it The Committee . or cai vying out the above Excursion beg leave to inform their friends and the public they have entered into an engagement with the Proprietor of the Boat to run evci'v Sunday during the Summer Season , to Greenford Grceii and back , the proceeds will go towards a Fund for taking a ; -rw , there and back . 6 d each . Boats to start at Eight for Nine o'Clock precisely , from the IVev Bridge , Paddington .
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T O'COXNORVILLE . CI BE SOLD , a Four Acre Farm , at O'Connorville . All letters must be addressed ( pre-paid ) to David w . itsox Xo . 3 . O'Connorville , near Rickmaiisivorth , Hertfordshire .
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THE TAILORS' TRADING COMPANY . A > UMBER OF JOURNEYMEN TAILORS ( Members - " - . ° ' Oie National Association of United Traies ) havimr formed a Company to release themselves from the baneful influence of unprincipled < ompetitors respectfully inform the operative classes , generally , that they have opened an establishment at No . 7 , VICTOKIA-STREET , MANCHESTER , where thry can be supplied with every article of clothing as cheap and better made than at any of the ( so-called ) cucop establishments . womaxcf MEN , SUPPORT YOUR OIP-V onnm inthkaUemy . t {¦> demonstrate tlis benefits of ASSOCtA-
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O'CONNORVILLE PLATES . Wc are now in a position to suppl y all orders for coloured and mounted p lates of the O'Connorville estate . They may he had through any agent for the sale of the Star . Subscribers who have not yet received the p lain plate should forthwith make application to the agent b y whom the paper is supplied .
The Northern Star Saturday, June 12, 1847.
THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , JUNE 12 , 1847 .
Glorious Triumph Of Chartism. The Old Ge...
GLORIOUS TRIUMPH OF CHARTISM . THE OLD GENERAL IN THE FIELD AGAIN . In another part of our paper , we record one of the most glorious triumphs that Chartism has held in the metropolis for many years—indeed , we do not recollect such a noble vindication of its principle s since the great meeting at the Crown and Anchor ten years ago , in honour of the Scottish martyrs , when the cold homage to be given in marble was changed into a warmer tribute , that of instilling the pure principles of freedom into living hearts . Many and insidious are the attacks Chartism has sustained
from its secret enemies—it has outlived them . Various and powerful are the assaults it has received from its open foes—it has conquered them . But there is one thing under which it would sicken and die ; that is , were the people ever to swerve from its pure principles , and commit themselves again blindfold to the absurdities of their oppressors . We have ahvavs held it to be both wise and consistent , to
resist oppression wherever and whenever it met us on our path . We are glad to clear away every obstacle from before the Charter ; but , in so doing , we must not commit or compromise its glorious principles . We are willing to support agitations against the Poor Law , the Stale Church monopoly , or any other evil and oppressive measure ; but , because we struggle for the removal of a grievance , let no one imagine we shall be satisfied with the termination of one
individual wrong , out of so many evils . Far from it . If we attack oppression in detail , we will replace It by nothing hut the CHARTER ; and , whenever for a bad law one is to be substituted hostile to the spirit of Chartism , it behoves every Chartist to be under arms immediately , and vindicate a cause for which we have struggled so long , and which is daily gathering fresh strength in the hearts of the people , and the progress of tbe times .
The resolution that was submitted to the meeting at llieCrowu and Anchor hadnothingofChartisminit . It inveighed against the present Poor Law—it substituted one as bad—nay ! worse—for it encouraged a slavish spirit of voluntary servility . Now a man is driven to the union , and there treated like a prisoner and a culprit . Under the law proposed by that resolution , he would be equally driven to the bastile ; but further schooled in a long training of servility ; in his old age—wlien it was time to rest—he might crawl forth and cringe again for war * . New he has his niggard dole given out to him with official insolence—then lie would have the blessed privilege of humbly begging for bis mi serable indulgences .
Was this Chartism ? Was this liberty ? Was this manly independence ? We confess that we attended that meeting with feelings of indignation and confidence . Of indignation , that any should suppose a
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i measure so base and paltry could satisfy the people j ! of confidence , that the men ' of London would spurn it as it deserved , and vindicate their character as CHARTISTS in the eyes of the country . But our feelings were changed to pleasurable exultation when we saw that the OLD GENERAL was at his post ; he had come i « tbe hour of danger to face the enemy ; he Bad seen through the sly attack contained in that resolution , and he was determined to vindicate the character of the CHARTE R .
The Hall was densely crowded—and , indeed , many were the middle-class men who pervaded the i meeting , and no doubt the miserable Whi glings exulted when they heard the obnoxious resolution read . The Chartist portion of the audience seemed surprised , and a working man , from the body of the meeting cried , " Move an amendment . " He had not long to wait , for as soon as the resolution had been seconded , Mr O'Connor ( who had not heard of the intended meeting till that same . morning , and , immediately hastened to town from the PEOPLE'S [ ESTATES in Worcestershire ) , rose to oppose it . We expected much from him on such an occasionwhen the principles for whicii he had suffered aud struggled were being mutilated in his presence , ] and no doubt his unexpected advent had surprised
the meeting . But our expectations were surpassed , We never witnessed passion so real , or violence so eloquent . Mr O'Connor ' s delivery is always fluent , but now it was unusually rapid ; he appeared to electrify the Chartist portion of the meeting with the spaik that fired his own thought , and to paralyse the temporisers by the thunder of his denunciation . We have seldom heard reasoning more convincing , eloquence more startling , or invective n . ore withering . The forest of hands held tip for the amendment , the thunder of applause that hailed his address , and the " three cheers , and one more , " for THE CHARTER , must have struck tenor into his opponents , as it lias done honour to the men of London , who have proved that " Chartism is not dead"iu the metropolis . No ! and it shall , never die while oppression lives !
We trust the spirit that has been awakened at this meeting will find a ready response throughout the country . There is a crisis in politics ; there must be a CRISIS in CHARTISM as well . We must have no more temporising now ; no more playing with names and words 1 The Chartist body must prepare to do their duty like men . No more voting for a WHIG enemy , to keep out a TORY enemy ; or for a TORY , to keep out a WHIG . No more CHOOSING BETWEEN TWO evils , hut a STRUGG LING FOR TIIE GOOD . No move heeding those who say , if we vote for neither Whig or Tory at the coming Elections we shall lose our power and influence in the constituencies . We say
to these men , VOTE FOR A CHARTIST ! Put forward CHARTIST CANDIDATES ; and even in those Boroughs where you are weakest—even where you have only a few votes—you will show that yoa are up to the mark—and gain more influence and respect by holding a bold front than by throwing yourselves in as a make-weight amid the balance of factions . A few determined men are always more formidable than an array of temporisers . Thus even the weakest will feel their feet in the sea of politics—' . hus they will gain strength and confidence for a renewed struggle—thus their numbers will increase , ( for the wavering always follow the boldest . ) and thus they will be enabled to conquer , by daring to lie in earnest .
But we know of many Boroughs that have sufficient strength to return Chartist candidates at the coming Election . Let them not flinch . ONWARD be the word . To these , as to all , we say , there is but one straightforward course to pursue . You have raised the cry of « THE CHARTER AND NO SURRENDER ! ' Be trueto it , and as it is now your battle-cry , so it will ere long become your shout of victory !
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RICH AND POOR . Do our readers want to know why the Irish ate starving ? Do they want to know why 10 , 000 men , women , and children , starved to death , have , within this year , been cast into " one cemetery , " with the dogs devouring their half-covered bodies , and pesli . lence exhaling from their open grave ? Do tliey want to know why death stalks over the sister country , devastating , in its progress , till Ireland must no longer be called " the Emerald Isle" and the " gem of the sea ; " no , nor even the " sea-houtid dungeon ; " hut the vast CEMETERY OF A MURDERED RACE ? Let them read the following , and thev need ask no more : —
Importations from Ireland . —• The arrivals of Grain and provisions of various kinds at the port of Liverpool trom Ireland during the week comprising tbe period from ihe 14 th to the 20 tli ultimo inclusively , consisted of the following : | 6 , G (! 6 firkins , Y 7 half-firkins , 555 baskets , Si boxes , and 410 casks of butter ; 929 sacks and 040 barrels of fleur ; 2 , 014 quarters , 205 tons weight , 1 , 248 barrels , and 01 sacks of wheat ; 1 G 8 quarters , 795 barrels , and 200 sacks of oats ; 134 bags and 147 « tber packages of oatmeal ; 120 sicks of malt ; 120 sacks and SlOquartersof barley ; 13 bales , 575 boxes and tierces , and 5 other parcels of linens and cottons ; 21 casks and
130 bales of bacon ; 22 bags of feathers ; 50 bags of vetches ; 67 tons weight and 33 bags of beans ; 103 cags of peas ; 54 casks of whisky ; 173 bags of meal ; 30 kegaand 26 barrels of lard ; 137 barrels of pork ; 16 barrels oi * general provisions : 58 tons weight ef buck-wheat ; 24 bags of seed ; and 15 kegs of tongues . Those at the port of Bristol on the 17 tli and 20 : h consisted of 342 firkins of ' butter ; 25 quarters of malt ; some packages of linens , whisky , and other at tides . The arrivals at tko port of London from the sister island during the week coiuurisiug from the 17 th to the 22 n <\ nit ., inclusive were , 138 packages of batter , 405 casks of pork , 52
packages ot linens , 087 boxes of eggs , 11 casks of whiskey , 1 , 424 bales and other packages of bacon , 182 oi hams , 56 of general provisions , 322 barrels of flour , 70 bags , 556 quarters , and 100 sacks of wheat ; 320 bags , 2 , 160 barrels , and 387 . quarters of beans ; 473 casks of lard , 425 quarters and 4 bushels of lentils , 64 packages of middles . 87 of malt , 3-51 barrels utoats , 376 casks of porter , 648 quarters of buckwheat , and a variety of other articles , both of food and general merchandise . The importations , into Liverpool from the same quarter , during asub ^ e : quetit period , viz ., from the 21 st to the 26 . h ult .. inclusive , consisted of 159 baus of meal , 29 . casks of
whiskey , 171 sacks and 350 other packages of oat : meal , 50 tons weight and 25 quarters of barley , 298 sacks , 77 toHg weight , 575 barrels , and 38 quarters ofoats ; 600 barrels and 430 sacks of flour ; 124 boxes , 6 , 544 firkins , and 500 other packages of butter ; 4 , 126 quarters , 100 barrels , and 322 tons weight of wheat ; 24 quarters and 20 tons weight of-lntlian corn ; 517 packages of linens and cottons ; 133 ball s and 9 casks of bacon ; 60 tons weight of peas ; 273 casks-of pork ; several of ham , beef , and lard ; GO sacks of malt , and 101 tons weight and 60 quarters of beans . Those at the port of Bristol , on the 24 th and 27 th ult ., included 12 casks of tongues , 33 of whisky ,
24 sacks of oatmeal , 100 of wheat , 30 bales of bacon , 31 bags of oats , 30 casks , 610 firkins , and 2 kegs of butter ; 80 packages of flour , several of linens , hams , and other articles . The following are the subsequent and latest arrivals of provisions of various kinds from Ireland at the port of London , comprisibg tho period from the 24 th ult . to the 31 st instant inclusive ;—1 , 244 quarters of oats ; 1 , 071 bales and other packages of bacon ; 347 casks of perk ; 71 of feathers ; 1 , 677 casks of butter ; 61 packages of linens , 71 of hams , 24 of rice , 130 of malt , 110 of whiskey , 214 of paper , 70 of salmon ; 723 boxes of eggs ; 118 sacks , 455 quarters , and 500 bags of wheat ; 416 casks of porter ; 205 packages of general provisions ; 2 , 434
sacks , 817 casks , and 230 bags of flour ; 442 casks of lard , 23 of middles ; 10 casks of vinegar ; 190 quarters of rye ; 500 barrels of meal ; 20 quarters of beans ; 100 lambs , 60 sheep , 91 oxen , and 40 calves ; 830 bags ef buckwheat ; 800 packages of corn meal , and a variety of other productions , of food and general merchandise , including 388 boxes of silver Jead ore , sind 96 boxes of silver specie , of too general and numerous a character to bo more fully particularised . Although the frequency and almost unintisrrupte « i continuance of a contrary wind , which boa affected the arrivals into England from foreign ports , must have had its proportionate effect vut ' a respect to the arrivals from the neighbouring potion ot the United Kingdom .
This exportation of food from the famishing in the face of that cemetery 1 This in the face of those perishing millions ! We arraign the Legislature who can pernvH tltoi 88 gpAlty of high treason to human
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nature" , ft > MURDER—and those who perpetrate itcatibe " . no'better than MURDERERS—and , indeed , if the Ensjlish people tamely look on they are accomplices . ' ' But little , indeed , of all this food ; and produce will cose to the months of the English poor . Why , even " English corn" is being sold to the French buyer , or hoarded against an artificial famine . Let the crops grow ; let showers fructify and sunshine ripen the grain ; all the . better for the forestalled ! The more gigantic will be their undertaking *—the more collossal their gains . English and Irish
must come to the rescue , or they will see their wives and children fade and die before their eyes , while forestalled are fattening their own proud hearts on a perishing country . Ay ! the Irish peasantry are being murd ° rcd , while Irish landlords are feasting the son of the Russian tyrant on the life-blood of of the Saxon and the Celt alike . How long shall this last ? As long as the people are fools enough to submit to infamy , but no longer ! How long shall this last ? As long as the wolf wears the sheep's clothing , and till the hand nf truth tears the mask off the face of tyranny—but no longer ! And wc think the time has come . Death and
suffering have been teaching new lessons of political economy . They have said to the poor , Why should you starve ? See ! there is enough for all ! They have warned the rich ; men will not respect your wealthi if you do not respect their poverty . They will not fight your battles and pay your taxes , if you do not concede to them their rights , and restore to them their properly . It is coming to a day of reckoninga closing of accounts—a striking of the balance , and woe to the defaulter and the guilty ! There is still
time to prevent the last extremity . It is not a de . ficiency of food in the [ country that presses on the people—but a deficiency of popular power that ( leaves this food at the discretion of Monopoly ; locks ' up , by its laws of primogeniture and others , the land that produces the food ; places the harvests at the mercy ot the landlord ' s game—and the labourer and mechanic at the despotic bidding of his master gives to the Church the acres of the poor—pampers the shepherd , while it starves the flock !
Down with such laws , and there would be plenty Down with monopoly , and there would be content ; but not with ONE monopoly alone—a * long as one canker remains , the whole tree is infected .
Portugal Coerced And England Degraded. A...
PORTUGAL COERCED AND ENGLAND DEGRADED . At the time we write , Thursday evening , the latest intelligence of the movements in Portugal , represents the Conde das Antas , with two thousand of his followers , as prisoners of war in the hands of the invaders ; and the Junta crippled , if not totally crushed . In all probability a few hours will bring the confirmation or contradiction of this report . However that may be , there can be no doubt that either with or without a lamentable effusion of blood , the Portuguese will be compelled to succumb to the combined brigands arrayed against them , by land and sea .
We refer our readers to the documents in our seventh page , which will be found fully to bear out every argument we advanced last week against the course adopted by the British Government , to their eternal dishonour , and the shame of this country , The Whigs have printed a " blue hook , " which we have not seen , but which we understand contains nearly 400 pages of correspondence and diplomatic documents , now laid before parliament to justi fy (?) the intervention . The Whigs may hope to smother
the truth under a mass of diplomatic lies and rubbish , but we tell them though their "blue hook" had contained four hundred times four hundred pages , they would fail to prove the purity of their conduct . Without the shadow of a shade of justification , the Whigs have placed themselves at the head of a new " Holy Alliance , " to annihilate the forlorn hope o f liberty in Portugal , preparatory to an onslaughtupon Switzerland and Italy , where the French and Austrian despotisms purpose to destroy the last remnants of freedom , and the new-born hopes of progress .
. The armed intervention is totally unjustifiable , because 1 st , England has no right to inter / ere iu the affairs of another and an independent state ; because 2 nd , the Queen of Portugal has proved herself a tyrant , fierce , faithless , and fiendish , and to interfere in the affairs of nations for the sustainment of tyranny is abhorentto the spirit of the English people ; because 3 rd , the insurrection against Donna Maria was not the ebullition of a faction , but the unanimous outburst of a nation ; and as every nation has the right to change its governors , as England did in the time of James 2 nd , Portugal may of right do the same , whether that right be exercised to change a ministry ,
a chief magistrate , or a constitution ; because , lastly , so long as the interference of British agents was conducted in a seemingly friendly , and impartial spirit , the Junta , the true national government of Portugal—showed perfect willingness to negotiate a peace ; only issisting that the desired arrangement should be guaranteed Ly something more binding than the mock promises of " Her Most Fviihfvl Ma jetty *' To place this last position beyond the possibility of doubt , or question , we will here quote from the letter of the Conde das Antas to Sir II . Seymour , after the withdrawal of Colonel Wylde from the negoliation : —
The Junta has not refused to consent , as your excellency affirms , to the proposals which were made to it . On the contrary , it deemed them , in their opinion , to be acceptable and opportune , but it saw that they wovAd easily be eluded if they were not accompanied by explanations and elucidations necessary to guarantee them . Accepting the principle , it did no more than deduce the consequences , which it sees , not without great surprise , condemned .
And if , in fine , there was anything in its answer which appeared unreasonable , no doubt could exist that it might be again considered as soon as a m > nUlry deserving the confidance of the throne and country should be named . In politics , words signify nothing without the means of execution ; and this Junta would have acted very indiscreetly if it had endangered the present and future happiness of the country to vague promises always casyto be eluded .
. The Junta not only desired peace , it made another effort to obtain it . We quote again fram the same Jotter : — - Such is the desire the Junta entertains to terminate pacifically this deplorable contest , that it has : resolved on addressing directly to her most faithful majesty a respectful message , not only to treat for the proposed armistice , but likewise of the final steps indispensable to restore to the country peace ,, legal
order , and constitutional liberty , without injury to the dignity of the throne and of the national imlepenence . And , in order to attain this end , the Junta , availing itself of the friendly disposition which your excellency has manifested for the pacification of this country , requests you will bo pleased to obtain from her most faithful majesty the favour of her admitting to her loyal presence the commission which tho Junta shall appoint to be the bearers of that respectful message , —
Palmerston ' s protocol we have shown to bo based upon fraud and falsehood . On the grounds we have enumerated we assert that the War of Invasion , the Intervention of Brute Force is UNJUSTIFIABLE AND DAMNABLE ; combining the wickedness of Russian aggression with the shame of Austrian perfiily . But thero is one argument advanced by the defenders and apologists of the Whig Government , in attempted justification of the intervention , so shameful that we blush to record it . The Times , Globe , and
Chronicle , represent that had the English governmeat , uot interfered , the governments ef France and Spain would have interfered and that in that case the consequences would havo been much worse for the Portuguese liberals . It is admitted that "in the beginning of the dispute the feelings of our Government were obviously with the people , the justice of whose complaints itwas impossible to dou / . " At an early stage of the dispute application for assistance w * s made by tho traitorous Queen of Portugal to the EnflHA , French and Spanish Governments . The two i latter , expressed their return to afford the Tre-
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quired aid , which the British Government refused believing that the Queen was in the wrong . If the Queen was in the wrong eight monthf . ago . she is equally in the wrong now ; indeed , in the course of that time her guilt has become greatly aggravated . Why , then , that change of policy which has" fiet England interfering , to her own dishonour and the ruin of Portugal ? Became , forthsooth , Spain would j interfere , —France would interfere . But has England not the power to forbid that interference ? Is our country fallen so low that England must either participate in a wrong , or tamely stand by and see that wrong performed ? Yes ; at least such is the argument of the papers above named .
The Chronicle sneeringly aslts Mr Hume what he would do were he Foreign Minister ? Whathe might do we know not , but wo imagine if our Foreign Minister was the minister of THE PEOPLE , instead of being the partisan of a corrupt faction ; if he was the representative of ENGLAND , instead of being the dirty tool of a Coburg clique , he , speafting tho voice of England ' s might , would forbid both Guizot and Pacheco interfering with Portugal at their peril . Shade of Cromwell ! is it come to this that England dare not stand by the right , but must needs shore thecrimos of the despots and assassins of the continent , and be willing to do the dirty work of that intriguing , hypocritical old tyrant , Louis Philippe ?
Night after nfclit , in the House of Commons , the discussion on this infamous intervention has been postponed under ono miserable pretext or another , tho object of the Government being to gain time , and stave off discussion until their murderous " pacification" has become " an accomplished fact" —a phrase which is now held to bo a sufficient excuse for all crimes and knaveries of statesmen and diplomatists . After repeated postponements , Lord G . Bentinck had the impudence to suggest a further postponement , because the evening finally agreed upon between Mr Unwound the Government was the night the Queen's ball took place f Well might Mr B . Osborne say that , this was very like the argument that
' Wretches must hang , that jurymen may dine ; " ! for in this case it seemed to be thought that " Patriots must die that senators may dance . " Such aro the statesmen and legislators of England These be thy gods , 0 Israel ! The bold and truthful sentiments expressed by the Fraternal Democrats on this question , will , we are sure , find an echo in the breasts of millions . If any short-sighted lookers-on are disposed to question the utility of " addresses" and " resolutions" from men who have not at present the power to prevent or punish the crimes they denounce or deplore , let such remember that « ' Words are things , and a small drop of ink Falling like dew upon a thought , produces That which makes thousands , perhaps millions , think . ' "
The report referred to above is confirmed . On the 31 st of May an expedition composed of 2 , 500 soldiers , under the command of Das Antas , sailed from Oporto , when they were surrounded by tbe British squadron , under the command of Sir T . Maitland , and compelled to surrender themselves prisoners of war . We are compelled to postpone particulars . The conduct of the English government and their agents has been most infamous , and demands the loudest expression of public execration .
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . The protracted debates on the Prisons Bill , and incidentally on Criminal Jurisprudence , in genera ' affords a strong , and , in some respects , gratifying proof of a decidedly wholesome change in the current of popular opinion , and of an increased and increasing disposition on the part of legislators to attend to measures of an ameliorative and reformatory character , which , in former times , would have been summarily dismissed , as being so abstract and theoretical , and so wholly impracticable and Utopian as to be altogether unworthy of the attention of " practical men . " The superciliousness and apathy
of ignorance has now given place to the warm , but , as yet , crude and undefined reasoning and interest of the neophytes in a new branch of study ; and , thongh the opinions of the parties so placed may possess little intrinsic value , the change is , itself , a most beneficial one , and cannot fail to lead to other and still more pleasing and substantial results . In this respect , and in this only , do these debates afford any real gratification to . those who have already given the complicated framework of society , and the foundations upon which it is—as well as those upon which it ought to he—based , that attention and reflection whicii such primarily essential subjects demand . It is not , however , in matters
affecting a reform in our Criminal Code , and in the treatment of those who have become amenable to the laws , that the views of our legislators and rulers are found to be fragmentary and superficial . In almost every other department of legislation the same ignorance and fear of first principles is observable . None of them have learned to look upon the subject in its totality—most of them would scout the man as a dreamer who would talk of doing so . Yet it is not the less true that until legislation has some fixed and definite first principles to start from , with fixed , definite , and harmonious results in view , that we cannot be said to have mastered the very alphabet of the science of Government , and all that mav be said or done on the
subject is mere hap-hazard , and rule of thumb-work . For a long period this country dealt with its criminal population in a very summary way . We either strung them up on the gallows , or flung them , like so much human rubbish , upon foreign lands , termed " penal colonies , " to perish , or to ferment and putrify , by association , into masses of greater corruption and vice than but for such a coarse and clumsy invention could possibly have been created . The public feeling has long since revolted at hanging human beings , and the spectacle is happily becoming a somewhat rare one . Capital
punishments are now limited to a very few offences , and even in the few cases to which it is still applicable , there is a growing disinclination on the part of both judges and juries to enforce it . The transportation system , in all its modifications , is becoming equally stale and effete in popular estimation . As a curative of the criminal , or a preventive of crime , it is ridiculous to speak of it ; while , on the other hand , it entails upon the colonies to which these human weeds are transplanted such an amount of pecuniary , social , and moral evil , as to render existence in them intolerable and impossible to any other class .
Transportation , under almost every possible shape and form , has been tried , and found wanting in all the great requisites whicii a philosophical legislator or statesman would require . Under these circum--stances , the Government proposes great change ; in fact , it amounts to a virtual abolition of transportation , and the substitution of a system of . moral and industrial training for convicts , for a certain period , after which they are to be sent abroad at the expense of the Government , to any part of the world thev mav choose , furnished witSi the means lo commence l ife anew , unchecked by former criminal associates , previous bad habits , or the disgrace of a bad name . The scheme is undoubtedly a benevolent one
in intention ; but it is open , to , many very grave objections , not the least forcible of which h , that it gives the convicted criminal greater advantages than fall to the lot of the hone & t labourer . It seems never to have occurred to our readers , or members of parliament , that it might be proper , justifiable , and much more eflicacioua for the State to make arrangements by which moral and industrious habits might be formed for Vhese . persons , before they became criminals , instead of after they hadiviolatedthe laws . The one plan would not only be more certain in its results , but a great deal more economical . A population universally and early trained \ vp it . habits of regular industry , with the moral and domestic affections duly I cultivated , the intellect properly developed , and their
iplvysical wants properly supplied , would present such a vis inertia to the temptations of vice , that our standing army of judges , lawyers , jailors , turnkeys , constables , policemen , and all the tribe who live by the crimes of others , might be speedily cut down , to a skeleton staff . But it is not yet the fashion of the dav to legislate in this radical , style . Instead of I cutting off the waters of . evil at the fountain head ,
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, J j I , we prefer to take our stand far down thTi 58 * J and after it has overflowed it banks , and * I vastation and rum around , we essay the task / resting its career of destruction , by baiUn * j in buckets ! Such is prett y nearly the fact V ** figuratively stated j a result which must conti [ distinguish all legislation based uponinJ ? erroneous views of the first princi ples of societ * first duties of Government , and the first rHUj V he people . b ° ^ e
The Attempt Of The Framework Knitters Of...
The attempt of the framework Knitters of midland counties to defend themselves by me legislative protection against the intolerabl e oppressive exactions of the owners of frames other evils incident to their occupation ha 3 ¦ ., for this session , at least . The Hosiery jjjn defeated on Wednesday by a majority of (• ,. « notwithstanding an earnest appeal by its projJ 1 . > Sir II . Halford , that it might be referred to a select committee , for the purpose of seeing w . heth er n . clauses objected to by some members who n fessed themselves friendly to the object of ihe bin " might not be amended in such a way as to obviate these objections . It is but justice to add that
other members supported tbe proposition to- refe the bill , on the ground that the house was bonnd to inquire whether there were any practicable means by which the condition of this notoriousl y oppress class of operatives could be improved . Among tfe . members who took this course was Sir J . Eastliope who on this occasion deserted his colleague in tne representation of Leicester , who proposed the amendment that the bill be read a second time six months hence . Sir John did not disguise his opinion , that legislature would be of no use to the
Framework Knitters , but he was so careful not to hurt their feelings that he was quite willing to " inquire . " He disclaimed being animated by any electioneering motive in supporting such inquiry . Perhaps it is as well not to look too curiously into human motives , else we fear that , however unconsciously to himself , it would be found that proximity to a general election had no small share
in producing this somewhat unusual course on the part of the worthy baronet , whose paper , the Morning Chronicle , has at all times consistentl y and bitterly opposed every attempt to legislate for the protection of the working classes against the overgrown power of capital . As to the general arguments by which the house was induced to reject the measure , —they were identical in substance , almost in words , to those urged by the same men against the Ten Hours' Bill , Mr Milner Gibson , Mr Roebuck , Mr Monk Phillips , & c , spouted the
usual glib fallacies of the heartless and brainless sect of economist to which they belong , with the sam fluency and the same assurance as if they had not been this very session triuniphently answered and beaten on the Ten Hours' Bill . Strange to say , the House of Commons also forgot that fact , and added another to its already long catalogue of inconsistencies , by refusing that protection to the stocking makers which it previously granted to the factory operatives . Defeat , however , must in this case , as > in the case of the factory agitation , only stimulate to renewed and continuous exertions on
the part of the Framework Knitters and their fr iends . Perseverance in such cases is not only one of the political necessities of the present mode of doing business in a legislative way ; but is , at the same time , the best guarantee of ultimate success , The discussion which the subject has undergone during the present session , and the errors pointed
out in the form of the Bill by such friendly critics as Mr Duncombe and others , will enable those who have the special charge of this question to come before Parliament much better prepared next year , and will also have paved the way for a more unbiassed and respectful hearing of the claims of the Framework Knitters .
Much of this week has been occupied by personal matters—one of these , which took up nearly tbe whole of Monday evening , was , however , of a nature which almost took it out of the category of private quarrel , and elevated it to the rank of a Colonial Question . We have given , in our abstract of the debates , sufficient to make the reader acquainted with the facts attending the dismissal of Sir Eardley Wilmot from the Government of Van-Dieman ' s
Land . No unprejudiced person , upon a perusal of these fads , can doubt that Sir Eardley Wilmot was hunted to death by a trio of mean , cowardly calumniators , who , after having achieved their object slunk from giving their names , or meeting the consequences ; But hatever might have been the malevolence , or the sinister objects of these base wretches , they could not have succeeded had they not found a too credulous officer in the then
Colonial Secretary , Mr Gladstone , who , on the strength of what he himself admitted to be " mere rumours , " incapable of specific authentication , dismissed a gentleman from an important and responsible office , and informed him at the same time that he was never again to receive an appointment ! The leaders of the great parties in the House have amply retracted everything injurious to Sir Eardley ' s character . Mr Gladstone has confessed himself to be entirely mistaken ; the . Noble Whig Colonial
Secretary , and his sub , Mr Hawes , justify their denial of justice , on the ground that there were " no papers" in the office , and they could not interfere with the decision of a previous Minister . The House of Commons joins in a posthumous tribute to the character of the late Governor of Van-Dieman ' s Land ; and that immaculate baronet , Sir R . Inglis , rises up , and as & finale , declares everybody to have been peifectly right in the matter ,
and everybody ' s character perfectly to be vindicated . We should imagine the family of the mau who was thus maligned—thus . iguoniiiiiously treated—thus deprived of rank , station , and public respect , and who died in the foreign land where he was self-exiled by his determinatiqa to collect such evidence as should triumphantly eleae his character , will scarcely be satisfied with tbftCfnaplacent and self-satisfied verdict of thfc vxoituy baronet . Indeed , as the soa of the late Sic- Eardley
has got the names of the calumniators , which have been studiously kept froai the public , it may be expected that more will he heard of tbe subject . We should not be at all surprised to find out that some pious parson , of high or low degree * waa at the hot * torn of all the nrisjchief . Mr Gladstone was jus the man to be earwigged by one- of that fraternity-The whole affair is an ins-xacftve commentary on the mode in which business is conducted at the
Colonial-oflice , and an illustration of the backstairs influence which still exists , amongst us , desp ite of the open and responsibility-creating character of our institutions in the abstract . A smaller personal matter occupied the greater part of the sitting on Tuesday night ; but it is beneath comment here , and is only noticed for the purpose of recording the fact , , lhat as soou as it was over " the House" was over
too . Mi Moffatt rose to bring forward an « " portant motion , but had scarcely opened when ta House was counted , and 29 members only b- " * present , the Speaker left the chair . The small number of members who attend to the businei- on ordinary occasions , the listlessness and apathy observable on all sides , and the cursory and a " - *^ style iu which things are slurred over , all betoW » the near approach of the close of the Session an « »
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 12, 1847, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_12061847/page/4/
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