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ton 15, 1848. THE NORTHERN STAR 5
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UcBBssspiELD, Amu. 10ih.—In cohfororitv"...
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HIRE ILLUSTKATED LONDON NEWS ior JL Saturday, April 15th, wiU coutaia the following Splendid EngTAvin^s :
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Alva Weavers. —On Saturday, the 25th March, Messrs Yr " . and J. Drysdale, Boll Mills, Alva, gave
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JUST PUBLISHED , PEICE S1XPEMCI.
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THE NORTHERN STAR, SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1818.
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW. Ministers and Memb...
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Ca ^eaQers c Co rresumflwitts
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J. MoOBnoUBE. - Foui- members holding th...
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MEETING A T LAMBETH. REFIGN&TION OF BRON...
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BRUTALITY OB" THE POLICE. TO THB IDITOB....
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THE CHARTISTS, TO IHE EDITOK OF THE NOBT...
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Newcastlk-upon-Tynb.—A district delegate...
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i inn MMyMiy* TrVTV' fV B '"- LJWLLk " 1 *»»"" ' mntmt lHteU(0*nr&'
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Tower Uammis.—This persevering locality ...
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f e t eio- w be surry to dj a pMty to geiing up a prolusion and then shrink from the cora ^ qu nces . It " niv intenvrn to attend the meeting . ( Hear , hear . ) It S intention to Citaedown to the H-useol Commons _ ., u _ je procession , but the procession will pass ever ^ . min tUr-bridge ; . and it will be my dacy to uie all a ^ vo ^ rs . as I have hitherto dene , to prevent the Ne atest infraction c f the peace . ( Cnetr * . ) Sir JahesGbahak : I desire , te say one or two words porfis ea this occasion . The honourable gentle . Bho bss jnst sat down has said , and truly said , thera gre precedents in favour of the eosrse which he is stoat to late . I understood bim , however , to say , that in 1 SJ . 3 , when I had the honour of filling the situation of Home Secretary , that the feonoutatle number for Fiosjjury , who , at tbat time , I think , presented a petition lUOit cum .-rousl y signed on the psrt of the Chir is's , pKfCntcd ii in a manner identics ! with thep ' aa proposed to be adopted on Mondaj next .
AUerman ThoHPS -h : Sir , I i-: se for the purpose of expressing the astonishment with which I heard the honourable member . for N-. ttingbam Seders that he bsd not attended meetings for tbe purpose of proaotisg jiiU assamb ' age of the people , and that he had no idea oi any dispssition to break the peace . jlr P . O'CjjJKot So public meetings . Alderman Thompson : D .-es tbe honourable member fjsaenfcer the meeting- on Jfoadsj nigh ' , at the Oeffific-use in Crippleeate ? [ loud cries of * hear , hear , ' in ja-midst of which ] Mr F . O'Cossc * hastily rtsse aad swd : Sir , I went from ibis house to a tea party of some dozen or so , rtgt was all .
AldiHssn Thompson : I am aware that' it was not a ' public njectiB ? - " I have here in my hasd a . report of jjis speech [ loud cries of read , rend . ') communicated through a pir ^ on of the utmost respectability , » ud ob whom 1 can PlaCi perfect reliance , and let the house n ; aik the cOEtrast between tbo honourable member's speeches in this house and out ef it < 5 ir it wasnot selecting of the Irish confederated delegates ; and she honourable member said * thej must oat down royalty , and all tides ts in Praace- R ; m ; mber the 10 ik ot ^ pnL It wool . ! ba a glorious day . ' Such Tvas the speech of an hcaour-ble member , Mr P . O'Cou . tos—Irepta ' . oa my honour , I declare before G- > d , that I never mentioned titles on the occasion ; and to the best of my belief , nevir mentioned France . I £ Is notorious that I have always beca agaiost rspE _ i _ nir-m . I chalivnge the ald . rman to prove this epef ch , which has been trumped up . He had bounced _ - ¦« than any other man iu the kingdom ihe American farm of repEbiicanism .
Mr IiCH £ BStd that it was of the utmost imtcrtaace lor the house not to allow its attention to is diverted iowards what lock place at meetings held out of doers , for they were all aware hotv Ji sb ? e ecch proeei-dines wera to misr . presentation ^ . Kembers ought to be more euarded in receiving and rep-sting such statements . Thr government ought ia particular to be very reserved in a-tine ; upou any information save that which they proceed upon affidavit . SirD . L . EvAKshad . never yet been found on the side of those who would restrict public meetings of the people ,
bathe was pound to say en the part of his constituents , the inhabitants of We-tiuinster , that there wero c rcnmstautes which rendered the contemplated procession of Hoailay a peculiar rase . He could assure the kouse that not only had there been great alarm created at those comparatively snail meetings , but also thatnumbeis of his constituents had suffered materially in thsir business . He concurred with the hon . member for Coc ' sermouth that the hour was come when every honest man —( cheers ) —was bound to declare wbat sige he was prepared to take In that spirit he was prepared to state tbat he gave his willing assent to the measures adopted by the
govern-. Mr J . O'Cokiteii , hr-ped his countrymen , p & Tliralarly such of them as might be contcmj lating the taking part in the Kennins . ton-common meeting , would not be led away by the hi-a . member for Nottingham . He ( Mr O'ConneU ) hoped thev would take the ' warning given by their best friends in Ireland , and have nothing whatever to do with the meeting . Lord J . Hcsssu , said : The hon . member for Nottingham had told the houre that he did not intmd that t' is procession should Come to the House of Commons ; but we find it stated in a print- , d notice , signed by three persons , who , I suppose , belong to the party in f-vour of this petition— ' We propose that a great metropolitan demonstration shall accompany tiie people ' s prayer to the dr-or of the JJvusc of Commons . ' ( Hear , hear . } I ouits admit tbat there arc occasions
ween it is unnecessary lor the government to interfere , End enforce the strict letter of the law ; these are times cf singular peace and quietnes ? . But a contrary course must be taken in times of great dif qu : et and alarm , aud 1 put it to the house whether tbe present tifne is not ssch f { Hear , hear . J Thehon . gentleman ( Mr O'Connor ] must know that recent events have rai-ed guilty designs and guilty hopes ; 2 nd in proportion to these , have been alann aad terror experienced 1-y the peaceable and loyal subjects of Her ifojusty . The hon . gentleman tells us himself that he is reproached and reprobated , ani for ¦ nhat ? ( Hear , he-ir . ) Is it for any disloyal conduct ? Is itfer any behaviour worthy of a man or a member of pnriiara-. at ? Is it for expressing his attachment to the monarchy I ( Hear , hear . ) So , said tbe hon . member , the political society with uhich be consorts reprobates him because he is in iavour of a monarchy and against a republic . ( Laughter . ) The government have thought that the law is aj-sinst the iuteio'eJ procession , and feel it their cuty to warn all the lojal and peaceable subjects of her Majesty airair . st it . ( Ue ' . r , hear . ) Sow , sir , ha ?
there n-x been " Mifiiciect warning given ? There are three dsys before that announcement for ho : ding the meeting . ' during wbich interval the hon . Etllt ' eman , and everv vne else , can reconsider their decision . ( Hear , hear . ) They may have thought that the procession would " not be illegal ; they may bavs thought that it would n * t be a transgression of the letter of the law , and that custom and precedent would have authorised them in expecting tr atsuch ^ procession would have been permitted . They jiow know that the governmest has declared the meeting illegal ; they are now awire that the notice of such a meeting has produced tcm . r 2 t : d alarm among her Maj-Sty's snl j-cts ; ; md is it not . then , the dutv of the hon . gentlemannottojoinin such a precession , butt j tell thtm , avd he m » y tell them with truth , that their petition will be received with respect , acd that a fair opportunity will he afforded for the calm discussion of tlepe p ' . e ' s Charter . Let him advise them to proceed properly and constitutionally in their efforts to have the prayerof their petition conceded , and not by iilejal m < ans endeavour to terrify and overawe the delileratiots of Parliament . ( Cheers . )
Sir R . Piel said , he recollected no act of the government of 1 S > 3 which ought to fetteHthe discretion of her ilajesty' ministers . He knew it had been said tnat there were oI-ca . -ions in former years when processions of the pei'I'Ie were allowed to approach the H . use of Commons . But that was on ! v by incnHjer . ee oi tl e executive governmint , The present vras the time when the government isishtpr .-perly express-its intentions ; and , he must say that considering the circumstances of the times , as well fuitiguas comtsuc , and takinp also into regard the State of the public mind at present , if lOi ' . OJ ¦ people were to be permitted to parade the streets , it was impossible to foresee the consequences , and , in his opinion , the government had acted rightly in t « kiag the course they had done .
TtEASOS Asa SEninos Bill . — Sir G . Gket then moved for leave tt > bring in a biH for the better Security of the crown and gOTeninr . ent , to apply equally to the United Kingdom , the principal feature o f the measure being the substitution of the punishment of _ translocation for that of death incases enumerated in the existing acts , but not comprehending the crime of compiling or designing the death or imprisonment of tbe EOVcreUn , ar . d the imposition of the penalties imposed t ? thc-bilftoallsuch persons as should , by open advised speaking , compass , imagine , or promote tho said treasonable desiens . After i-eme debate , in which the latter jTcpi . sitionwas condemned as a gaggling clause , and calculated to interfere with the tiiscas = ion of political subjects , the bouse divided , when the motion for leave te orin-in the biil was carried by a majority of 2 t 9 , tilt numbers being 2 S > to 24 . p \" e shall give n account of thl = bill , and the debate upon it next week . ]—The Landlord and Tenant ( Ireland ) Hill was read a second time after some niscuf sion . and reft rred to a selectcommitte * . Tli- Mutiny and Murine Mutiny Bills were reported , and the house adjourned .
Ton 15, 1848. The Northern Star 5
ton 15 , 1848 . THE NORTHERN STAR 5
Ucbbssspield, Amu. 10ih.—In Cohfororitv"...
UcBBssspiELD , Amu . 10 ih . —In cohfororitv" ^ ifh the rec ^ mmeEo ' ation cf tbe Convention , we have this day be'd a public meeting for the purpese of pledging support to the Convention- —Mr Joseph Barker was elected to taks the place of the present delegate if arrested . LorcDB'HrroH —The meeting of Charti « f s r . t this place en Sui day was attended by about 5 , ( i _ 00 persons . It lasted about two hours , and then dirparsed in a peKceable manner . Sheffield . —A great meeting was held here on Monday evening , ia Paradise-fqusre . Fotwithstandinj a storm ot rain , more than ten thousand persons attended . Jlr Councillor Ironside was in the chair . " Rs .-oluiions . in support ot the Convention , rft-re unanitr . o . sly psssed .
The Misebs and ths Cosvestiok —We , the miners of ths Wo idiou . « e Lodge , agree to give one shilling each , to the support ; of the National Cou-¦ rention , making a total of ten shillings and threepence . And we call u j oa oar brother jiiners through the coantry to follow oar example . —Wh . Close , eecretary . . , _ ,... Bik-mkghaji—A large meeting of Chartists was field on Iktdav , in tbe People's Bali , Lovedaystreet , and was presided over by Mr Town-tOJneiiior Baldwin . The speakers condemned the go verntnent for tbeir interference with the meeting at Jtennfogtoa C ' cnimon , and passed a resolution cf confidence in then . " delegates to the National Convention . _
jMarch of Ci ^ R * i . os THE Welsh Bills . —A mat etitbusiaitic set ting wss held in Blaenayon , MonmonthAfre , 0 w Wednesday evening , April 5 th , for tbe adoption of 1 4 e-pet . t-. on of ^ e People Charter . The chair was L fektn by Mr D . ivid Phillrps ^ and thp nfttmn wss oron fsed and read by Mr Edward Kl ^ Mr ThoS ? ; ifith 8 , * « Ucowfcd iU adofticn . Mr Jone . « , of ^ ewpo t Bnppoited it in a neat and long * P « ch of Weh aud Etglkh . It was nnanit . wusly rdopfcd . TnePEtttion has been numerously »« Bed ' ? d CHr - !?{ , tes , , ' ¦ wards the iupfort of the Convention , willfce duly forwarded .
Bcsr .-On Monday last , a very large meeting was holden in Union-square . Mr I « w » f presided . Ihe meeting was addressed by Met ws Roberts , RanJrtn , Bell and other * . Reiolutiom ^ w enpport 0 . the Charier and petition , were m wmmonsly adopted RocnnALE . —On Sunday . AprU * l | tb , Mr Rankin will lecture in tbe Cnartisfc-room , y ° j £ . ? 8 treet ' vfhen a subscription will be madefi > r the defence of the Irish patriots . Clair to be take . ' ? " 5 " cU ^* Those parlies who have received s . ibscriptions for tbe Convention , are requested to bi . uigUteminat tfarre o ' clock on Sunday afterroon , ^ P ^ . * Lhin <> to collect sub-cri / . tionsfor the tonveniiOD , may be provided witLbspks at the abo ? . ^ time and place .
Hire Illustkated London News Ior Jl Saturday, April 15th, Wiu Coutaia The Following Splendid Engtavin^S :
HIRE ILLUSTKATED LONDON NEWS ior JL Saturday , April 15 th , wiU coutaia the following Splendid EngTAvin ^ s :
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The Great Chartist Procession and . Meeting on Sionday : —Sitting of the National Conventi-. n ; The Procession ; The Meetly on Kennington Common ; The Bank of Ens-land fortified . Portrait of Fearjnis O'Connor , M . P . E ' ection of the . Vationai Gwird . at Paris . Portrait of the Abbe Lacordaire . British Institution Exhibition : Lislit of the Cross . Painted hy Sant ; The Captive . Uy Fisher . Revolution in Italy : Volunteers Leaving : Borne ; the Conflict at 3 a jlan . New Church of St . Matthew , City-road . Manchester , Sheffield , and Lincolnshire Ttailway ; Xetv Holland Ferry , on the Humber ; Great Grimsby Station : Picturesque Ituins of Thornton College . The KockofCashel . TVith Home , Foreign , and Colonial Intelligence ; aud all the Xen-s of the Week .
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JUST PUBLISHED , REVOLUTION IK PARIS . A narrative of the recent Revoh tii-n in France , containing a full account of ts Causes , Incident . " :, and Effects , together vrith tl . e . Abdication of Louis Philij pe , the fall of Guizut , and the triumph of the Popular Cause . —By a Babkisieb . - Price Sixpence . Sobtbsek Star Office , \ S , Great Windmillstreet , London ; Watson , Patern .-ster-row ; Cleave , Slioelane ; Berger , Holy well-street ; Manchester , Abel , Hey . wood ; and all booksellers ia To . rn and Country , to whom all orders should he immediately sent .
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mHE VOICE OP THEPEOPLE 1 A SUPPLEMENT TO ALL NEWSPAPERS . To te published WeeUly , price Threepence , stamped , Bv Charles Knight , 9 ' , Fleet-street , Commencing on the 22 nd April , 1818 . Also , en Saturday , April 2 ? nd , uniform vrith ' The Voice of the People , ' THE BIGHTS OP INDUSTRY , Ko . I , To be Continued Monthly . Price Threepence , unstamped . London : Charles Knight , 90 , Fleet-street .
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IF so , send Oke Shilling and a Stamp to J . WILLI' . 4 , Bell ' s Buildings , Salisbury Square , London , and receive by return ( without fail ) BHAKDE'S ENAMEL for filling the decayed spots . Au instant and permanent cure . Charged by Dentists 9 s . 6 d . Enough for three Teeth . One Thousand Boxes posted weeWy . Agents wanted .
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TO TAILORS . By approbation ef Her Majestv Queen Victoria , and Q . R . H . Prince Albert .
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COLLIVER'S COMMERCIAL COFFEE AND CHOP HOUSE AND READING ROOMS , 266 i STRAND . LGFDON . J COLL 1 YER returns Lis sincere thanks to his . Friends and the Public at large , for the support hel-ns received et their hapds during the last ten years , : md hopes , by strict tttentioa and civility , to merit a continuance of their patronage . J . C . alsobegs to state , that having lately made extensive alteiatious aud improvements in his premises , he is now enabled to afford addition ; .. ! convenience without extra cbatge . A Commercial Cclfce-room uj stairs , with every facility for Travellers and "Visitors from the country . The House is situated in tho very heart of the Metro . polU . in the centre of the Theatres , near the National Land Office , and Public Bcildings . Omnibuses pass to ar . d frcm all the Railway Stations , to meet the Trains , everv five mitutes . Beds , is . to is . fid . pef ni » ht . AH oilier charges fqualy moderate . NO PEES 10 BE ' ,. VASTS
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PORTRAIT OF FEASGCS O'CONNOR , Esq ., M . P ., T MARTI ? " informs his friends and the Chartist body . geiiirally . that he has reruced the price of his lithojrraphic full-length portrait of their Illustrious Chief to the following price : —Prints , Is ; coloured ditto , 2 s . ed . Also , a beanffnl lithographic portrait of W . Dixon , late of Manchester , now one of the Directors , by T . Uartin . price—plain , Is ., coloured , 2 s . PEOPLE'S EDITION . To be had at the Noethebx Stab office , 16 , Great VTiiidmill-street , Haymarket : at the Office of the National Land Company , 144 , High Ho . born ; Sweet , Goose Gate Nottingham ; Heywood , Manchester , and all booksellers n the United Kingdom .
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THE LAND . TO BE SOLD , the RIGHT of LOCATION , on Two Acres , one Rood , and twinty-eight Perches , at Minster Lovel , the Advertiser Bbt being able to settle his affairs to take possession . For Particulars , apply ( postpaid ) to Samuel Foster , Wick . nr > ar Pershore , Worcestershire .
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THE LAND . TO BE SOLD , a FOUR ACRE ALLOTMENT , on the Snig's End Estate , which will shortly be ready for Location . Tbe above Estate is of the best quality of Land , and conveniently situated to several good Markets , with good Roads . Letters containing terms , and enclosing postage stamp , to be addressed T . Z . ( care of John Kelly ) , 229 , Deansgate , Manchester .
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PEOPLE'S HJU , LOVEDAY-STREET , BIRMINGHAM . TvrC-TlCE . — -Ulle Adjourned Meeting of Shareholders , IN held in the Hall , on Wednesday , April 5 tt , 1848 , the following resolution was unanimously passed : — * Resolved , That the Share Register Book remain open for Paid-up Shareholders only , to sign , till May the nth , so as io give those Shareholders who Co not reside in Birminsaum an opportunity of securing their Shares , and alro those Paid-up Shareholders living in the town , who have not at present come forward . ' Ail Parties uot complying by theabove date , willforfeit their shares . The Committee will sit at the Hall , for issnirg Certificates , on Tuesday , Wednesday , and Thursday evenin gs , from Eight till Ten o'Ciock . None but Shareholders will be allowed to take out shares , by pay ing £ h Premium to the Society . By Older of the Committee , John Newhocse , Sec . AH Communications to be addressed for John Newhouse , ! o , Court Hospital-street , or Steelhouse-lane , Birmingham .
Alva Weavers. —On Saturday, The 25th March, Messrs Yr " . And J. Drysdale, Boll Mills, Alva, Gave
Alva Weavers . —On Saturday , the 25 th March , Messrs Yr " . and J . Drysdale , Boll Mills , Alva , gave
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notice to the weavers emp ' ojtd in their factory that they intended to reduce their wages fr << m seventeen to lorty-one per cent , on the various kinds of goods manufactured by them . The weavers . ^ of course , agreed not to submit to any suoh reduction without a struggle . In order to enable thtmselves to contend successfully against the proposal of the Messrs W . and J . Drysdale , they resolved to appeal to all epgaaed in the woollen trade in the district . A public meeting ot the operatives of Alva was held in consequence , and it was unanimously agreed that the weavers employed in the Messrs Brisdale ' s factory , should leave the said factory as soon as their webs
fferefiniskd ; and that all those who were working in the other factories would do all in their power to get support for those who would be kept out of employment by resistiBg the proposed reduction oi wages . A committee was appointed to wait on the other masufacturers , in order to ascertain if tbey thouaht such a reduction ol wages , as that proposed by the Messrs W . and J . Drysdale , waa necessary , — and out of thirty-nine manufacturer * in Aha thirtyseven gave it as their opinion that no such reduction was called for . TJse manufacturers in Tillicoultry alsi expressed themselves against the proposed reduction of wages , and in preof of their sincerity drew up a memorial , wbich was numerous ' y signed by them and other influential men in the district . The
memorial was presented to tbe Messrs . Drysdale , but , we are sorry to say , that it did not produce the good effect intended by its subscribers . A district meeting of the working men of Tillicoultry , Alloa , and Alva , wae held in Alva , on Saturday , the 1 st instant . The number present at this meeting ia estimated at upwards of three thousand . Among other resolutions , the following was unanimously agreed to : —' That this meeting pledge them « tlves that they will neither woifc for Messrs Drysdale , n o r any ot he r manufacturer in tne district , at any reduction of wages , and that they will do all in their power to support those who may be kept out of employ ment by resisting the reduction of wages propo .-ed by Messrs W . and J . Drysdale , Boll Mills , Alva . ' Aa
tnde is very dull here at present , and the struggle likely to be a severe one , any person who may feel inclined to aid the oppressed may have an opportunity of doing so by forwai ding subscription-, which will be thankfully received , by David Luttitt , weaver , secretary for the district , Alva . The liberality of the working men of this phce in supporting others who have been in circumstances similar to those in which they now find tbemeelves placed , is well known in various parts ot the country , and as this is the first time tbat they have appeab d to the country , they hope that the spre & l will net be in vain . By giving the above communication a , place in your columns , you will very m u ch oblige the working men of this district . I am , Sir , jours respectfully , R , Black , local secretary .
Just Published , Peice S1xpemci.
JUST PUBLISHED , PEICE S 1 XPEMCI .
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KO . XVI . OF " THE LABOURER , " CO . VTKKTS . 1 . The JfarjeiEaije and-J / ourir pour laPatrie , translated by Ernest Jones . 2 . Insurrections oi the Working Classes . —The Has . sites . 3 . The Poor Man ' s Legal Manual . —The law of Riot . 4 . Ths Boy ' s >' ong . 5 . The Pirate ' s Prize . ICowHuded . ) 6 . The Parting-Guest . 7 . The Romance of a People . 8 . Our Charter . 9 . Tho Mcalraonir . T 5-An Irish Sketch . 10 . The German Youth . tetters ( pre-paid ) to he addressed to the Editors , 16 , Great Windmill Street , Haymarket , London . Orders received by all agents for the "Northern Star " and all booksellers in town and country .
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JUST PUBLISHED , ( Uniform with the " Labourer" Magarine , ) ; Price 6 d , A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON SPADE HUSBANDRY , being the results of- four years' experience . Br J . SlLLETT . K'Gowan and Co ., 16 , Great 'Windmill-street , London and may be hud of allhooksellcrs .
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Just Published , yrice Ono Penny , A LETTER hy Fbabgds O'Connob , Esq ., M . P ., « TO THE RICH AND THE POOR ; To those who Live in Idleness Without Labonr , and to those who are Willing to Labour but Compelled to Starve . ' Price 2 s . per 100 or 18 s . per 1000 . ( "TBTHAT MAY BE DONE WITK THREE ACRES V V OF LAND . ' Explained in a Letter , by Fcabocm O'CoKKoa , Esq ., M . P . To he had at the Office of the National Land Company lit , HighHolborn .
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Kok- Beady , a Sen Edition of MR . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS . To be had at the Northern Star Office , 16 , Great Windmill Street ; and of Ahel Hey wood . Manchester .
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Price 34 . ON MONDAY NEXT WILL BE PUBLISHED , ( Foimiug 32 large 8 vo . pages , ) A VERBATIM REPORT OP THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL CONVENTION , Including full particulars of the Meeting at KenniEgton Common , and the pioceedings of the People and tbe Government on this momentous subject . Northern Star Office , Great Windmill-street ; J . Watson , Paternoster row , London ; Abel Keywood , Manchester ; and all Booksellers in Town and Country .
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PORTBAJT OF THE POPE . A portrait of the Reforming Pope . Pius IX ., has been engraved , and will he issued with an early number of the Northern Star . It has been copied from a wonderfully correct and much-admired statuette , and the engraving has been executed in the most finished style . Specimens will be in the bands of our agents next week , and due notice will be given of the day on which the plate will be issued .
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THE OHARTEE 4 D HO 8 U 1 BEIDEB UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE . VOTE BY BALLOT . NO PROPERTY QUALIFICATION ANNUAL PARLIAMENTS . PAYMENT OF MEMBERS . EQUAL ELECTORAL DISTRICTS
The Northern Star, Saturday, April 15, 1818.
THE NORTHERN STAR , SATURDAY , APRIL 15 , 1818 .
Parliamentary Review. Ministers And Memb...
PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . Ministers and Members have been at last frightened out of their inactivity , but , uniortunatel y , like all panic-stricken people , they have done exactl y w h a t they eu g ht n o t to have done . Things were bad enough before , and they have made them worse . The People of Eng land demanded the practical enjoyment of those Political Rights which the Constitution of this country guarantees , in the abtract , to all its Inhabitants . Instead of listening to their demands , and showing ( if that be
possible ) where they were unreasonable , or tbeir concession inexpedient or impracticable , the Government took a fit of terror , under the influence of which they did their best to produce a civil war in this country ; and if the People and their Leaders had not been more enlig htened , prudent , and loyal than their rulers , they would , undoubtedly , have succeeded . Lord John has been , on several occasions , led into serious scrapes by believing in the " raw head and blood v bones ' ' stories
which are concocted by the remarkabl y fertile imaginations of the romancists in Printing-House Square ; but this time he has made the greatest blunder of all . Surely -he will in future act like the wise child , and dread the fire which has scorched his finger ends so severely . It may suit the purposes of the Times to deiil in unfounded alarms , and to excite a war of classes , but his Lordship may rest' assured , that the Minister who can be led b y the n o se by such councillors , is not far from being i gnominiousl y driven from office , amid s t the universal execration and contempt of all
parties . He and the Times talk as though thty had achieved a victory on Monday . Another such will ruin them both . Their Proclamation was disregarded . Their construction of the law was despised , and set at naught . The Working Classes asserted their rig ht to meet and hold their Procession , and having done so , gave to the U pper and Middle Classes a proof of their wisdom , and respect for life and property , which , when the moment of excitement has passed away , will raise them and their leaders high in the estimation of those classes .
Let us hope that it will prove the precursor to a cordial union between them ! That event seems more likely now than it did last week The excitement caused b y the Times , and the course which the Government , actin g as its puppets , took with reference to the Demonstration of Monday , has caused the other classes to think and enquire . We do not fear the result ; a result which will be immensely hastened by the discussions which , in future , w ill t a ke p lace on one phase or another of the popular demands , in the House of Commons . Yes J The Times and the Government have
given Chartism an immense impetus . Last week it was a tabooed question , carefully excl u ded f r om dr aw ing rooms , parlours , and polite circles . Now it is the theme of every tongue , in every class of society ; and though at first there may be misstatements a nd mi s t a kes , truth will in the end prevail . Last week it was almost hopeless to think of the question being discussed in Parliament . Now it has a night—fl Government mp / tf—specially conceded by the
lremier for its consideration ; and other Members have intimated their intention to bring forward separate points of the Charter in detail . What does all this prove ? Why , that the seeds that have been so long sown and germinating in the bosom of the public , have , under the genial influence of the thunderstorm of Downing-street and Printing Housesquare , suddenl y shot up into life and strength j and that , f ro m hencef o rward , there will be no rest , no retrogression , until the great principles of political equality are inscribed as law upon the Statute iiook .
Ministers are helping forward this consummation m every possible shape . The new Treason and Sedition Bill , which they have introduced under the influence of fear , will prove a more effectual aid to the progress of real political freedom , than any other course thev
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could have adopted .. Under pretence of being very leHient , they , in reality , propose a change in the law affecting sedition , which , if it should ever be enforced in this country , wo uld render existence in it intolerable . With one hand they offer a boon of no value whatevernamely , the abolition of Capital Punishments incases of constructive and other wire-drawn definitions of treason , commuting these into transportation for life . While , with the other , they aim one of the most insidious bio as at the heart of British liberty , that ever was attemp ted b y the worst administrations who have preceded them . At present sedition is punishable with fine and imprisonment . One
would imagine that these two penalties were quite severe enough for what is , at the best , b ut a . very vague , conventional , and cameleonhkeoffence . The difference between " sedition" and " sound political opinions , " we suspect , can only be accurately explained by the witty definition of the terms orthodoxy and heterodoxy . * Orthodoxy is my doxy , and heterodoxy is another man ' s doxy . " Anything which the ruling powers for the time may choose to construe into sedition , is for that time sedition , and at a period of panic , it is wonderful with what unanimity judges , counsels , and jurors , can discern dangerous and wicked meanings in the most innocent words .
But tha Whigs are not satisfied with mere fine and imprisonment . You may put an inconvenient writer or speaker in jail , nnd keep him there , but that does not silence ' him or de s t r oy his influence . Through the medium of the Press , he can still speak to the minds and hearts of his . fellow men , and kindle those sentiments of love for liberty which no brute force can subdue or eradicate . Therefore the Whigs—the Whi gs , he it remembered—the party whose watchword has been , "Civil and Religious Liberty all over the world ''— " The freedom of the Press . like the air we breathe , if
we have it not we die "—this very party proposed to substitute transportation for the p unishments formerly inflicted for seditious offenders . The period of transportation to be at the discretion of the Judge , from se v en u p t o the whole period of the offender ' s natural life In short , they wished to declare that what has heretofore been a misdemeanour in law , sha l l i n future be felony , and punished as such . ' They went further—aware that such an atrocious violation of all the fundamental principles of the Constitution would be met by one universal shout of execration , if they gave time to the
country to express its opinions upon the Bill , they most indecently and unconstitutionally suspended the forms of the House , in order to hurry it , if possible , through several stages in one ni g ht , and thus inflict one of the most detestable arid tyrannical measures it is possible to conceive , upon the country , without its bein g able to resist it . But the ancient spirit of Englishmen—thank God J—is not dead . The men who can boast of being the descendants of th os e w ho w on the ri ght of free speech and publication b y heroic strugglesand the shedding of their own ' blood , are not yet forgetful of ¦ wh at is due to so noble an ancestry . There yet remain among us some recollections of John M i lton ' s g lorious "Defence of the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing ; " nnd the consequence
has been , that in sp ite of a slavish majority being found ready to back the Minister in this gross and unwarrantable attack on the liberties of the peop le , a small , but determined minority have so far prevented its becoming law , and compelled Lord John to g i v e wa y t o tbe extent that the obnoxio us cl au se s , ae to " open and advised speaking , " shall only be temporarythat is , for three years . This success should encourage the opponents of the Bill to persevere . The disgrace of such a measure being made a law , should not be inflicted on the country for a day or an hour . It is , as we know b y sa d expe r ience , much easier to get a bad law passed , than to get rid of it afterwards , and therefore we counsel the most determined and uny ielding hostility and opposition to it .
Meanwhile , whether it passes or not , the mere fact of its having been proposed , fills up the measure of Whig iniquity . It will not only po w erfull y accelerate their dismissal from power , but , in connexion with other deeds , stamp them for ever as the most deadly , as well as dastardl y enemie s of the ri ghts and liberti e s of the peop le .
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J . MoOBnoUBE . - Foui- members holding thesa ^ jenunjber of tliares can avail themselves of one ticket . Paxnily ticket made right . Mr C . Connob , Ludlow . —Received . Mr GARNET ! , Ktigliley . —We will pay carriage . W . Caow . —Not ri'ora . To the Chartists of JIanchbpteh . —Brother Chartists , —My explanation to your question in tbe Kobtjiubn Stab of last Saturday week , is , that I liave neither received nor heard of your secretary's letter until Sunday last . It appears that your secretary , Mr Ormersfcer , did duly forward your invitation tu me , and directed it t » the care of Mr Wm . Brook , Leeds , according to my request , but it did not reach me or I should have attoudfcd at MUni'hester I am , yours truly , 45 , Adel-. iidv-street Bradford . Geo . White . E . K ., Derby . —We know nothing of the reportyou speak of .
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MEETING A T LAMBETH . REFIGN & TION OF BRONTEHRE O ' BkIBN . On Sunday an aggregate meeting of Chartists was held at the South Chartist Hall , Lambeth , to consider the necessary arrangements for the demonstration . Mr Small took the chair . Mr O'Bkien said —Gentlemen , I was told that I ought not to come here to-night , and was atrongiy urged to remain away , but I disregarded those persuasions , and refused to act upon tbat advice , for I was fully determined that wbat I had alwaja been I would ever remain—that I w- uld never desert the people , and that 1 would never fail to act up to principles which I had publicly avowed , and to which I consideed myself unalterably pledged . I have eonae down to-nisbt for an important purpose—for the " 1 i i /
. * .... n m . _ » . purpose of reining a trust . ( Heroine speaker was saluted by a volley of groans , which prevented bim for a considerable time from continuing his address . ) I have to nfcht to resign the trust which I am not in a condition to carry out . 1 never deceived the people . I never made professions which were not fincere . I never undertook duties which I was either unwillinij or unable to perform , and I will not deceive tbem now by retaining a trust to which I cannot give my undivided adherence and support . To the National Convention , now sitting , I was elected a delegate , but I have not , during the last three days , attended the deliberations of that Convention , Seeing that the Convention was composed for the most part of men from districts in which
the people were in a most dreadful condi ion —many actually Bt . irvinjr —kGai'inj ; from ono delegate that the people who had sent him to represent them were many of tbem reduced to the miserable pittance of one penny a day—that in other places men with la ^ ge families could only obtain four or five shillings s week—I came to this conclusion , tbat in times of stirring excitement as the present , a C o nvention elected under such circumstances was likely to go too fast—to ba hurried beyond tfce preper line of prudence , and thus to come into collision with the government . Great interruption having taken place , Mr 0 Bbien resumed . Many of the delegates said tbat they bad been sent up to tbe Convention to exert their best endeavours to obtain the Charter for which the working classes of this country had long been
struggling , aud that tbey would not return to their constituents until tbey had succeeded in obtaining the Charter . No o « e has a right to thrust roe unarmed against a government which is effectually armed and fully determined to put do < vn any demonstration that tho Chartists may attempt to make . One of my reasons rbr coming here _ to-night was in consequence of a proclamation , signed and put forth by tbe Convention , and said to be unanimous , but I was not present , and therefore did not sign it . My reason for not going there was , that it was deemed to be advisable that all tbeir proceedings s hould be carr i e d un a nimous ly , an d a s I c o uld n o t agree to any of 1 heir propositions I would not be a party to throwing the apple of discord amongst them . I believe the delegates in that Convention are
actuated by the bsst motives , th ey a r e actuated b y the purest , most generous , most noble feelings . So help me God that ia my belief . But their convictions are different from mine , and have been so from the iirst . That is the reason why I cannot act with them . A gkneral disturbance here arose , the meeting in the moat determined manner refusing to hear from Mr O'Brien any further explanation . —Mr Watkiks moved that Mr O'Brien ' s resigaati & p should bo accepted . This resolution having been seconded was cairied without any dissent . Several speeches were delivered , and the meeting , wh ch lasted till past eleven o ' cLck , terminated with a vote thanks to the chairman .
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IRISH DEMOCBATIC CONJFEJPEIIATION . This body has held crowded and enthusiastic meetings on Sunday and every evening during thepast week . On Sunday evening the following resolution was adopted : — ' That this meeting consider it the duty of every person to attend the meeting at Kennington Common on Monday ; and also recommend all good and true men to do the same for the attainment of their just and inalienable rights . ' The following resolution was also unanimously ado pieii ,
together with a resolution , that— 'The secretary should send a copy of the same to Alderman Thompson . ' ' That the speech of Alderman Thompson in the House of Commons , relative to the tea party held in this room on the 10 th instant , is a tissue of false hood and slander against the honourable member for Nottingham , 'furthermore , ( his meeting is of opinion ( hat the respectable spy , as stated by the worthy alderman , who attended our meeting on Monday , was no less a personage than the worthy alderman himself ; nor will we believe otherwise , unless the
honourable and worthy alderman contradicts this statement . This meeting is also anxious to acquaint the worthy alderman that it is the intention of the committee to apply to him , on a future day , t o aid us in procuring the Guildhall , to discuss with the worthy alderman the principles of the People ' s Charter . ' Mr . Clancy , as chairman of tbe meeting on Monday . [ appealed to the meeting against this vile attempt at falsehood ; he hoped their president would lay it before a proper tribunal . Mr . C . then pr o ce e d e d at great length to urge the propriety of going to Kennington Common on Mondav ; and was followed by Messrs . M'Carthy , Smythe " , Williams , Sharp , Joyce , & c . Messrs . Clancy , Williams , and Sharp were then placed in nomination to fill up any vacancy that mi ^ ht occur . Mr . Clancy waa declared duly elected .
On Tuesday night a numerous meeting took place without a single notice being given ; at eight o ' clock the room was filled , Mr . Joyce in the chair . Mr . Bezer readMr . Smith O'Brien ' s speech in the house . The following resolution was put from the chair and unanimously adopted : — « That in the opinion of this meeting the Whigs are determined to uphold at all hazards their old system of misrule , oppression , and wrong , and it is therefore the duty of all lovers of liberty to think ! think ! think ! and silentl y a s k themselves , how long shall such things bo ? ' Mr . M'Carthy , in a very able and eloquent speech addressed the meeting . Mr . Clancy followed . The
gagging bill , perhaps , would be law to-morrow ; he would give her Majesty the same advice as the Prince ot Weles gave to his father George 111 ..- ' Sir / said he , ' I could have saved your American colonies for a shilling ! ' ' How ? ' said his majesty , 'twould have bought a rope , ' said the prince , ' and have hanged Lord Bute and Lord North ; and thus would I have saved your colonies . ' Mr . Bezer followed in go o d sty le . Mr . Smythe moved the following resolution , which was unanimously adopted : — That this meeting views with feelings of indignation the « gagging' bill of the Whig ministry , and solemnly protest against this bill becoming the law in this countrv /
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BRUTALITY OB" THE POLICE . TO THB IDITOB . OF THE WOBTnEBN BT 4 B . Mr Editor , —Having been on the Lambeth side of the water on Monday last , on rather particular tusiness , which was of the grecteet importance ' to me , and natfor a moment Buppcainp lhat , o « a peaceful subject , I would not be allowed to pass ovtr WcBtminster . bridge to my place of reeidence—but such was tbe fact I need scarcely ssy that I was astonished to find that even by remonstrance , and giving a knowledge of my badness , when I endeavoured to urge the necessity of my passing , as I was limited to time , and my return to that liino was of tho utmost censfquenep . All Ibis ivas to no pur . pose ^ Ono peHceman said , Go to tbe othe * - bridges , ' I replied , I am given to understand they are all stopped . ' He replied— 'Go about yeur business ,
jou cannot paae litre , and that ' s enough . ' B ^ stdts all this , being pushed- and shoved from one to the other , t-ath the most infamous epithets possible to be vomited from tho lips of any human being . I eay , sir , thtit this is most provoking to a eitizsn 10 be interfered with by these man—men ivhom we have to pay out of our hard earnings . "Well , when I was obout to leave this formid able army , what did I 6 ee « One of tbettt whom I took to be a sergeant , gave the wore of command to disperse the mob , and bear in mind this was no mob , but 0 great collection of people , In consequence of the stoppage of the bridge . Well , I say , these men ran forward and made use of ( heir weapons , and , as a matter of course , whoever got the weight of one of them , went down . There eould net be lesa than from twelve to sixteen innocent men treated in thi < i way , and amongst them was one poor old man . I sh * ll never
forfl-et it , he was lifted up aud carried bitot ivithcathis bat . I then made my way to tbe Saspension-brldge , and on arriving there , I found another body of police , and where , after considerable difficulty , I , in company with others , effected a passage over , and made the beat of my way home . But , sir , this is not all ; in tho evening I went out to look around m * , nnd going down Charing , cross , I overheard 0 * gentleman , ' who , from his appearance , I took to ba one of ' the commissioners at all events , an efficer of soma rani /; say— " It ' s a great pity you can ' t get hold of a dizen of the leaders of this rabUe . and split their heads open , and that would frighten the others . ' Policeman , 'That ' s -what wc want , but I am sorry to say we can ' t get an opportunity—we can ' t cot a plea for making tbo attack . ' In this strain they continued , while I remained within their hearing , I have the honour to remain , sir ,
Your very obedient humble servant , John Sturgeon 52 , Devonshire-fctreet , Quccn-aquare , April 12 , 1848
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THE CHARTISTS , TO IHE EDITOK OF THE NOBTHEEN STAB . Sin , —I have been , like many others for a long time , labouring under a great mistake ae to tbe real demands of the Chovttate . I have been led to understand that the Chartists generally consisted of men who wire too idle to work , and therefore undeserving—ignorant , end no : worth listening to—and delighting in the disturbing of tho peaco of well-disposed persons . These cxparte state . ments , created prejudices , and being supported by tho press , Induced me to conceive a bad opinion of tbem ; but of late more notloe than usual having been taken of their proceedings , I resolved upon attending a meeting , at tho National Hall , where I heard Mr Skelton and others speak to an assembl y , widely differing from tho descriptions I had befere received ; and having perused several numbers of tbe Nobthebn Stab , my eyes were
opened still wider as to what tbe Chartists really weto ; and now it is that I see tbe justice of their demancs , and tho error that I , as well as others , have been in ia neither looking at , or thinking of , the identical source from whence the calamitous state iu which the working classes of Great Britain are , arises ; being a misrepvesentation of the people in Parliament , owing to tho candidates and electors coming under tho head of 'Property Qualification / nnd consi quently the government cf this realm being confined to them alone . And vfbiletbe people ( I mean tha working classes ) havo no represen . tatlve In Parliament , it is clearly evident that their national wants and privileges will be unattended to , and their whole InUrtst and btntfit passed over in profound silence . 1 subscribe mypelf to be , one who will support their cause to tho very death . Tba Lion ' s Wheu ,
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Newcastlk-upon-Tynb . —A district delegate meeting of the National Obaiter Association will beheld on Sunday , April I 6 ih , at tho Patent Slip House , Jar r ow , at t wo o 'clock in the afternoon . N . B . —The secretary bogs to apologise for the error in last week ' s Star , on the above matter , but begs testate that he cannot properly account how the error occurred . Oldham—On Sunday ( to-morrow ) , Mr George Archdeacon , an Irish Confederate , will lecture in the Working Man ' s Uall . Subject : 'The best means of obtaining political freedom for tho people of both England aud Ireland . ' JJbiwood , —A districfcdelegate meeting will be held in the Chartist room , Hartley-street , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , at eleven o ' clock , am , when the following localities are requested to send delegates;—Bury , Bacup . Rosscndale , Rochdale , and Kadcliffe .
Macciasvikui . — 'Liberty , Equality , and Fraternity . ' —An important demonstration took place on the Parsonaee-jsreen , on Saturday evening the 1 st of April . About ten thousand persons were present Resolutions for the combination of Englishmen and Irishmen to obtain Repeal , and the Charter were carried amidst tbe utmost enthusiasm * An address of congratulation was adopted to the French people , and a delegate appointed to ( he National Convex tion . The principal speakers were Messrs Leach Treanor , and West , of Macclesfield . FnBSTou . —One of the most enthusiastic meetings that was ever held in this town , took p l ace in t b e Temperance Hall , on Monda y ni g ht last , April 10 th . Mr Lwendlehurst in the chair . Resolutions in support of the Convention , and denouncing the tyrannical conduct of the government , were unanimously adopted .
Manchester . —Mr Finegan will deliver a lecture in the feople ' a Institute , on Sunday , April 16 tb . Chair to betaken at six o ' clock , p . m . Leicester . —All shareholders of the No . 1 branch are requested to pay their local and general expenses . The secretaries will sit next week , from seven till nin e every night . Leeds . — -In conformity with the recommendation of the Convention sitting in London , a meeting ol several thousands , was held at noon on Monday , in the Bazaar .
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Tower Uammis . —This persevering locality has held two monster meetings in furtherance ot . tho cause , viz , on Sunday afternoon , , 'in % ho p BonEcr a Fields , Victoria Park , II . Mander May was called on to preside , amidst tkeentbusiaatic plaudits oi tha dpnse mass who congregated . Addresses wore delivered bv Ernest Joue * . J . Savage , R ; Drake ,, and a Grenadier Guardsman , which were cheered ^ Algoon Tuesday afternoon , on Stepney G'een , where there eould not have been less than 7 000 to 8 , 600-persons present . The talented and patriotic H . Mander May presided . This gentleman is highly eistcemed in this district . Addresses were doliverw ! by Ernest Jones , Fusaell , Willia m * and Kirby . Mr Jones and Mr May were cheered as they left ths meeting , which quietly separated . Thero is to ba a monster meeting held on Sunday aflcrnoon , at three o ' c lock , en Bishcp Bonner ' s Fields , Victor i a Park , which will be addressed by Ernest Jones , 6 . W . M . Reynolds , and H . Mander May .
BAr . NShBT , April 10 th—One of the largest meetings that ever took place in this town waa he'd this day , when a resolution was adopted to support tbe Convention , and c ndemnatory of government interference uith the demonstration which was to accompany the people ' s petition to Parliament . Thfr meeting was one of the most spirited that was everheld in Barnsley . The people manifested a determination to have the Charter at all hazards . The resolutions were supported by Michael Seagrave , John Leary , Robert Garbutt , and Bane Gill . Joha Shaw ( the chairman , ) was elected delegate to serve in tho Convention , should government seize the present delegate .
Iucm > ax > . ~ A meeting to petition Parliament for the People ' s Chirter was held recently at this place , ia the Odd-Fellows * Hall . The meeting was crowded to excess , and the ureateat order and attention waa paid to the differert speakers . Tbe people seemed fully impressed with the value and importance of gaining their rights . The petition waa unanimously adopted . Mr Lund was then chosen delegate i <> the approaching convention in London , f or this district . IliGH-WsceHBB . —On the 5 th instant we held a Chartist meeting in the centre of thia town—estimated numbers 1 , 000—which considering the aiaonnfc of the population was a famous Gathering . The meeting was addressed hy Mr C . Bulwell , delegate from Bath ; and W P . Gaskill , Etq , oi Lane-end , near Wycombe . After the meeting we adjonyjoed to the Temperance Ccff e-house , and there and then formed a Chartist Association . Chartism is wonderfully spreading in tuis tieigkbourhood .
MANIFESTO OF THE LEICESTER MIMBKRS OF TBE National cbamse . Assocmtion . In necessary things , unity ; in non-essentialf , liberty ; In all thiogg , charity . We , the members of the Association , in public meeting assembled , wish to make known our conviction that the time has now arrived when the real friends sf reform of all classes must unite for tbe political and social redemption of our beloved land . Tho variousexpeditnts rasoited toby the different shsdee ef reformers having all signally failf d to procure that happinessforwhichtbey wereintonded . itnow becomes all classes to unite with the millJor'S to obtain tha enactment of ' the Charter' as the law of the land , which will secure ' the rights of Ubour , ' and thus reader tho nation' happy , prosperoua , and fr « e . '
We offer no apology tor the past , although many , and very krievous epithets have been applied to vs , such as ' destructives , levellers , ' and the like , bnt which we throw b-uk with contempt upon those vils slanderers—the Press ; whose Interest has been to keep their readers in perfect ignoracco of tho moral worth and virtu ? which does and has existed among this class of genuine reformers . But although we offer no apology for the genuine ' Chartists , ' yet we are not ignomnt of tho enormities of sime of its professed friends ; and in f . rder to convince the public that we are the real friends of * p eace , la » v , and order , ' airl have ft r our motto i . nd practice , tbefollowiDgbeautifulsentiment , ' Liberty , Equality , and Fraternity , ' we deem it riyht to make known the line of policy by which we shall in future be governed . 1 st . We nra determiner ! io agitate by all legal means to make the Charter ( he law of tho land .
2 nd . That we will not be deterred from this righ teous pursuit by any grade of reformers , unksa they are capable of convincing ua that some addition can bs made to our Charter by the adoption of a Land of Labour scheme , s u pe rior t o t h e o ne p ropounded and carried t . ut by Feargus O'Connor . 3 rd . That we cannot afford to part with our leaders —Duucorube , O'Connor , and others , unless men better qualified for such an important ttust can be shown id us . 4 lh . Tbat we arc quite sere the * nation's weal' has beeu deferred by all grades of voliticians in their sectional and desultory novimrnts ; and we now declare , that we will not hold ourselves responsible for the acts of individuals , or sections oFirxlividuah . 'whft go coiitrary to the rules of the Chartist body ; and that -. my individual or section acting contrary to tha co ' netitution , will be discountenanced .
5 h . That we are willing to fraternise with all alasse * of the ci-mmunity upon the preceding eondi * tiors , on tbe brc .-. d principle of the ' rights of man , " recounisifg only intevectuiil - kjll and moral worth as the tvua distinctions for public men , without respect t » grade or station . 6 "h . That shou'd an union take place on the above conditions , we will at once admit in our councils an equitable number of the property classes to share with tbe industrious in the regulation of our ^ future movements . or the politics ] < it ; d social emancipation of our couniry . Thos . Bkedham , Chairman . Wm . Biudswobtd" , Secretary .-National Charter Association Room , Hill-street . Lticester , March 27 , 1848 . MESSRS MITCHEL , O ' BRIEN , AND MEAGHER .
Barnsley . —In accordance with a previous announcement by placard , a public camp meeting took place in this < oxn on Barebones , at two o ' clock oa Sunday week , lor the purpo = o of adopting an address to the above distinguished patriots , whom Ihe Whig government are about to pro-ecute . A few minutes after the appointed time there could not be less than seven th u ^ and rersons present . Me John Shaw , an English Chartist , was called to preside . He said ho felt a degree of satisfaction , which he never experienced on any former occasion , toseo before him such a mass of Englishmen and Irishmen determined to buttle | against their common enemiesthe Whip government— who trampled on the eacred " rights and privileges of the people of England ,
Ireland , and Scotland . _ He never entertained any of those national ov religious prejudices against his felloiv-man , which had up to the present time militated against the inteiest of the people ; his opinion was , that when an injury was dene to any person , the wliole people should consider themselves injured , and act accordingly . —Mr F . Mirfield , an Eng lish Charlist , proprsed ( he first resolution , asfoltom :- — ' That this meeting hail with delight , the fraternisa « tion of the democracy of this country with tbe Irish people , who have fi-r centuriei been kept divided by cratiy tyrants and bypr critical knaves , in order to forwsr . i fheir own base purpose ; that we believe the only effectual means to aecpmplish the liberties of Great B .-itain and Ireland , is by a determined effort
on the part of the people of those countries , whose interests are identical to combine together , and take their affairs into their own hands . This meeting therefore pledges itstlf to use its utmost endeavours to create a fiLndly feeling between the people of Englaud , Ireland , and Scot * land , with a view to obtain England for tho Endish , Scotland for the Scotch , and Ireland for tho Irish . ' Ho delivered an excellent address , in tho course of which he stated that ^ if the Whig government tried to carry theisr threats into operation , the ChartLts would oppos © them to a man ,. —Mr M . Segrave , an Irish Chartist , seconded the reiolution . In the coune of his speech he proved that the people of both countries had
onecommon enemy to contend with—namely , the descend i > nts of the Norman brigands , who plundered the Saxons Ot their natural inheritance—the land ; and then invado'l Ireland , which they likwiae pillager ) . It was they who had sown the seed ef discord , and created prejudices in the miners of Eng li s hmen and Irishmen aaainst each other , by adopting the tyrant ' a motto of— ' Divide and Ct nquer . ' At this stage of the proceedings the rain began to fall in torrents , with occasional flashes of lightning and loud hursts of thunder . It was accordingly suggested , that the meeting adjourn , when more than a thousand voicss thundered forth— ' That if oil the rain in the Heavena should fall , they would net separate until the proceedings were finished . '— Mr B . Gill , an English Chartist ,
delivered a very eloquent address in support of the resolution , w hi c h was carrie d by acclamation . —Mr'f Bates , an English Chartist , proposed the second resolution aa follows : —* That this meeting feel highly indignant at the conduct of the tyrannical Whig government , svho have ever manifested a desire to crush the arowing spirit of liberty , by arresting the principal leaders ol | the Irish people , and by that means hope to perpetuate their hateful tyranny and misgovernmont throughout Ihe United Kingdom . Resolved , therefore , ' That we adopt an address tothesa brave patriots , in order to tektify to tbem that w © fully appreciate their noble conduct ; nnd we hereby pledge ourselves to assist our Iris-li brethren by every possible means in our power , to accomplish their
maependence , and at the same time effect our own liberty . The above resolution was geconcd by Mr R . Garontt , and ably supported by Mr P ; Mooney , VHrex-Repeal War d en , but now a member of the Irish Democratic Cofederaiinn . The resolution was put from the chair , onrrie . i unanimously . —The address was read by Mr M . Flannigan , and was seconded by Mr O'Ljary-jja ^ i supported by Mr P . Hoey , all Iriall UmQmwMlm carried by acclamation . —Eaih speaker addjStgg & JSpg meeting at considerable length , and W 'K ^^^ cheered . At the conclusion of theproeeed ^ fc ^ ljjll lasted two hours and twenty minutes , cver £ . dlr ^^ i sent was drenched to the skin . Never was ^ uiJrerBt a spirit of determination manifested iB ?^ 3 E ^& Bk before . It was agreed that the raeetingStt ^ f !^ journed till next Sunday at two o'clock , & $ fMsyijJ ! are so eventful . &( $ & $$ ; - - v ^ SJS ^
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 15, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_15041848/page/5/
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