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Rrn The Electors And Non-Elec Tors Of The Borough Of Not Tingham.
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( JEXIIEMES , As I look upon a Member of Parliament as a trustee appointed by those in whose gcrrices lie has voluntarily enlisted , and by ^ hose votes he has been accepted , and that that trust should be discharged to the satisfaction , if not to the interest * of those for whom it is held , and not according to the caprice of a
trustee—the trustee and ceste owe trust standing in the relative position of master and servant—I consider it my duty , as your servant , at the commencement of the session , to declare the only terms upon "which I will hold office under you , leaving you wholly free and unfettered to supply my place by one more congenial to your feelings , if my opinions and votes are at variance with those feelings .
Many men attach great importance to a seat jn Parliament , and many would sacrifice op inions , principle , and honour , for the digjuty . I am not one of those , however , as I would not base my title to the distinction upon a single vote that was repugnant to my opinions ; but if those opinions are distasteful lo those that have elected me , I -would consider it an act of positive dishonesty to urge them in Parliament , in opposition to those of jny constituents . The present session promises to be one of no ordinary importance , and , therefore , will entail extraordinary labour upon Members , a labour , however , from which they should never flinch , hut more especially during the present
crisis . You are aware of-the construction of the present House of Commons . You are aware that it is composed of five distinct parties , having distinct and separate interests ; of Whigs , Protectionists , Peelites , Free Traders , and tile Irish Members . The Whigs , as a party , are weak ; the Protectionists , * s- « -partyy are scattered ; the Peelites , as a party , axe not numerous , but are very powerful in the House , and with the country . The Free Traders—that is , the party who
would now carry the measure to its full extent , are more numerous , more active , and more powerful than the "Wligs as a party , but the Whigs rely upon the support of the Protectionists and Peelites to resist the progress of veritable Free Trade ; wbile the Irish party ¦ will support the Ministers against those called Tories , because the doctrine inculcated in the Irish mind has been , "Men—not measures : " Toryism has been made to represent Protestantism , and religious persecution ; audWhigg ism has been made to represent progress , and Liberal Catholicism in Ireland .
The question , therefore , which will he uppermost with Whigs in power , and Protectionists and Peelites out of power , will be to preserve that patronage and corruption which enables the one party to hold office , and to ¦ which the expectants out of office look with a jealous eye . Ton cannot conceive anything more anomalous , debasing , or degrading , than the fact , which no man can deny , that the Whigs—the
professing advocates of extreme Liberalismshould be wholly dependent upon Protectionist and Tory support . Under these circumstances you will very clearly understand that centralised power in Parliament will be opposed to the national will out of doors , and the question of economy being the casus belli between the advocates of Progress and the stand-stiDs , it now becomes my duty to declare the parti shall act in the struggle .
Y ou are aware that , from 1834 down t » the period of the Repeal of the Corn Laws , I opposed the measure , and at great risk to my own popularity , and sometimes to life itself . I did so because I foretold the inevitable results of the measure to all branches of industry ; while , together with the Chartist party to whom I belonged , do belong , and shall belong during life , I advocated Free Trade to a greater extent than the mere remission of corn duty . I shall not boastfully recur to my several predictions as to the consequences of PARTIAL FREE TRADE upon the industry of this country . Suffice it to say , that many have been realised , and others are in course of realisation .
Ireland , as I predicted , has been the first ia suffer ; and you , as I foretold , have been called upon to make amends . Your own people are suffering—indeed , all classes are now suffering , and most frightfully—from the operations of misgovernmentj as regards Tree Trade . If Free Trade means anything , it means the annihilation of all restrictions upon trade and commerce ; and having knocked the key-stone out of the arch upon which your social fabric stood , no tinkering—no botching—no patching of the new building according to the whim and caprice of political
architects , will suffice . The whole structure must be remodelled , and the grain produce of other countries being admitted free of duty into this country , where rents were measured , debt 5 Contracted , andKab & tiesnsed , bythestandard of Protection , you must now go the whole hog , and reduce your taxes and Governmental expenses to the standard of national means ; and , therefore , I shall give my cordial support to the abolition of the Navigation Laws , and all other laws that impose restrictions upon trade and commerce . I shall vote for the reduction of taxation to the standard of
Staterequirementsand national necessity ; but , as I have before observed , the centralised power of obstruction in the House will be capable of resisting all such applications , if not backed by the energy and determination of the sufferers outside . As to Irish Affairs , I shall take my own course , and I would despise the Englishman who would endeavour to fetter my desire to do justice to my own country . As to personal applications to seek for places , or patronage for individual electors or non-electors , I desire to free myself from that responsibility , as ihe -very appeal for place or patronage , implies a determination to support the Government .
To all localmatters I shall give my best attention , when properly submitted , and in such a form as I can understand . PoliticaHv , I shall adhere steadfastly to the Six Points of the PEOPLE'S CHARTER ; believing in my son ! that the creed will he shortly ' accepted by the industrious of all classes : while , upon the other hand , I shall give my cordial support to any measure for the Extensionofthe Franchise , or doing away with existing restrictions . I shall oppose all attempts to endow the Catholic Church of Ireland ; and will introduce and advocate the Repeal of the Union .
The Labour Question has yet to he understood by the labouring classes themselves , and upon the proper solution of that question must dependnot only the prosperity of the country , but the existence of its institutions—the national resources must he cultivated according to national requirements , and by the standard of national willingness and ability , and not measured "by the standard of party interest , or class selfishness ; and by such a course you
would very speedily find that the rich would become richer , andthepoorrich . In cancIoBioii , Idearetohase the institutions of this country upon popular affection , rather than upon class caprice ; and I am opposed to a system which requires well-fed and well-clad soldiers and policemen to extract obedience and loyalty from starving slaves and mendicants . I am opposed to a system which enables the pampered idler to live luxuriously upon the Iweat of the ill-requited slave . I am onnosed to a system which enables tne
^ peraunuatedlordlmg , at the age of wentv-« ght or thirty years , to live idly upon a ret iring salary , while the lot of the superannnaied Hourer is separation from his family , and the
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cold comforts of a workhouse , where he is looked upon as a burthen , and his death as a Godsend . These , my constituents , are the views that I have entertained through life , and such are the opinions that I would not surrender for the honour of being your representative . Watch my votes ; and if they do not accord with your sentiments , send me . my discharge ; your choice has been the foundation of other men ' s fortunes , it shall never be the basis of my dishonour . I have the honour to remain , Your obedient Servant , and faithful Representative , Feakgtjs O'Connor .
P . S . —Should you , at any time , consider it your dut y to aid those who are struggling for a remission of Taxation in Parliament , I will cheerfully attend your meetings , when I shall be , at all times , prepared to answer any question of Electors or Non-electors ; and I j do trust that the glorious men of Nottingham , with whom I have fought so many battles , will not be the last in the corruption-slaying , patronagedestroying struggle . I do not belong to that class of demagogues who would base their popularity upon whimsical and thoughtless obstruction io all other movements ; as I told
Daniel O'Cqnneia , I would rather be a drummer in the army of Progress than Commander-in-Chief of a retrograde movement . F . O'C .
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THE PARSON AM ) HIS FLOCK . JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL , Tuesday , Feb . 13 . Craig v . Fabxall . —{ Before Lord Brougham , Lord Langdale , Mr . Pemberton Leigh , Dr . Lushington , and the Bishop of London . ) This was originally a suit in the Arches' Court of Canterbury , promoted by Mr . George Rooke Farnall , the respondent , against the Rev . John Kershaw Craig , the appellant , " forhis soul ' s health and the lawful correction and reformation of his manners and excesses , and more especially for having been guilty of the crime of adultery , fornication , or incontinence . "
The Judge of the Court of Arches pronounced that the proctor for the promoter had failed in proof of some of the articles containing the charges against Mr . Craig , but had sufficiently proved the rest ; and suspended Mr . Craig for the space of two years , and condemned him in the sum of £ 250 nomine emerxarum . From this sentence an appeal was interposed on behalf of Mr . Craig , and the appeal having been adhered to on behalf of Mr . Farnall , the whole case was brought under the review of the Judicial Committee . Br . Haggard , who appeared on behalf of the respondent , now moved their Lordships to rescind the conclusion of the cause , for the purpose of
receiving additional articles on the part of the respondent , and also to direct the attendance of the witnesses produced in the court below on behalf of the appellant , in order that they might be examined viv & voce . The learned Doctor grouudedhis first motion principally on an affidavit made by Moses Sims , a servant in the employ of the appellant from the month of January , in the year 1845 , till the month of May , 1848 . The affidavit stated , that during the whole of that period , except for about four months in the year 1847 , one Charlotte Sims was also in the service of the appellant ; that in April , 1847 , the appellant had frequently spoke to the deponent about the pregnancy of Charlotte Sims , ( the fact being at the time
manifest from her appearance ) , and told him that she was going to . Jersey with her father , and that he ( the appellant ) had promised to accompany them . On or about the 2 nd of May , 1847 , the appellant left home , Charlotte Sims having taken her departure on the preceding day ; and , upon the appellant ' s return , after the lapse of about a week , he informed the deponent that he and Charlotte Sims had been at Jersey . After an absence of sixteen weeks , or thereabouts , Charlotte Sims returned to the house of the appellant , being then much reduced in size , and having been , as the deponent verily believed , delivered of a child during her absence . The deponent had also seen the appellant , on different occasions , conduct himself with
indecent familiariiy towards Charlotte Sims and her sister Jemima , who was also a servant in his house . He had , one evening in the month of February 1848 , observing a light in the dining-room of the appellant ' s house , looked in at one of the windows , and had there seen the appellant and Charlotte Sims in the act of immoral intercourse on the floor . ' On another day in the same month , going into the same room , he found Charlotte Sims rising from the floor , on which were the cushions from the carriage , and the appellant standing near her and arranging his dress . The affidavit then set forth , that on Monday , the 26 th of November , Charlotte Sims was delivered of a child in the house of the appellant , and this fact was confirmed by an affidavit of Mr . Stephen
Westcott , surgeon at Southampton , to the eifect that he had attended her during her confinement . On the motion for the attendance of witnesses produced in the court below on behalf of theappellant , in order that they mig ht be examined viva voce , Dr . Haggard relied principally upon another affidavit of Moses Sims , setting forth that the appellant in Ids presence and ou different occasions tampered with his witnesses , having instructed them as to the evidence they were to give on their examination , and induced them to do so by treating them to refreshments . The particular mode in which this was effected was very minutely described in this affidavit , which was backed up by another from John Lewis , the landlord of the public-house where the treating
took place . To these there were counter affidavits by the appellant , and Mr . Bowdler , his proctor , denying ah the statements on the part of Moses Sims and others upon which a criminal charge could be founded , and referring to documentary evidence for the purpose of throwing discredit on the veracity of Moses Sims . The affidavit of the appellant in particular stated " that he has never had sexual intercourse , or taken any indecent or-unbecoming familiarity with any female in or about or belonging to the districtof Barley , more especially-with Amelia Archer , Jane Shelley , Charlotte Sims , Jemima Sims , or Jane Sims , and Anne Smith , severally mentioned in these proceedings ; that every charge of such a nature which ever has been or is now to be
¦ brou ght against him is -utterly false and -unfounded , and repugnant te the feelings and principles of this deponent . That ever since his residence in the district of Burley , now a period of ten years , he has had to sustain the unrelenting hostility of the promoter , George Rooke Farnall , and others , but has endeavoured , notwithstanding , to discharge his duties , as minister of the said district , with zeal and fidelity ; in proof of which facts he humbly refers to the evidence in this cause . That , although acquitted in the court below of the two most serious offences laid to his charge , the deponent jealous no less of the honour of the church of which he is a minister th an of his own character , and anxious for the prosperity and reputation of his
wife and children , has , at a great sacrifice to himself and his friends , appealed to this hon . Court to acquit him of the remaining charge . The affidavit proceeded to state that the appellant ' s total income £ ~»« . * o on . and of that amount not more than £ 90 was Sef from his benefice , the retention of which , therefore , was of no pecuniary importance and the appellant would have resigned long ago had fcnYt Sforthe necessity ofJ ^ catmg h j s character Dr . Haggard entered into a long ^ rgument sntfiajw ^^ a
a . No case'had been dted ** " *! £% had thepower to do what was «^^ lt ^ fS had sucfi a a power been established , it ; tadnot been shown that the circumstances were such as would justify the exercise thereof . Their lordships therefore had no hesitation whatever m refusmg both the applications made to them with costs . They said not a word upon the merits . It might ; pe all right or all wrong . They merely disposed of tne present interlocutory application . Sir F . THEsiosEand Dr . Addams , who were tor the appellants , then asked their lordships to fax an early day for hearing the appeal from the judgment of the Court below , and , after some discussion , the 1 st of March was agreed to for that purpose .
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THE TOOTING SLAUGHTER-HOUSE . The hideous case of child-farming at Tooting has not yet been brought before the public as fully as we have a right to expect . We know that three juries have returned a verdict of manslaughter against " Bartholomew Peter Drouet , " but there our precise information stops . On these inquests it came out incidentally in evidence that one hundred and fifty deaths took place within the walls of the Tooting pest-house ; but this circumstance has passed over without inquiry and without remark , Where is the coroner for Surrey ? What notion can he entertain of his duty when he allows so hideous a catastrophe to occur within his jurisdiction , without moving so much as his little finger to ascertain the
cause of so sudden and . sweeping a destruction ot human life ? We have allowed tne subject to pass over without remark , nnder the hope and expectation that something would be done . It is not an agreeable task to be compelled at lasttoanimadvert upon such a dereliction of duty . The case , however , is one which cannot but attract attention both in and out of Parliament , even if Sir G . Grey should not deem it his duty to take any step in the matter . Some one of the metropolitan members , at least * will not neglect to bring the case before the house . One way or another the public will receive information of the reasons which justified the coroner of Surrey to himself for the omission of which we
complain . Mr . Wakley ' s zeal and exertions to get rid of this horrible stain upon the administration of the Poor Law , will be remembered in his favour by every friend of humanity . The cases within his jurisdiction were so few in number compared with the deaths in Surrey , that had the Surrey coroner done his duty it would probably have not been necessary for him to hold any inquest at all . We are happy to have an opportunity of recording the public sense of humanity , energy , and determination that have characterised Mr . Wakley ' s proceedings in this matter . His best reward will be the consciousness that he has had a large share in suppressing for ever the cruel system of child-farming . -- Times .
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CHOLERA . On Monday the Board of Health received reports of the following fresh cases —Whitechapel , 2 ; Hackney , 1 ; Shadwell , A , fatal ; Lambeth , 1 ; Kensington , from 6 th to 9 th inst ., 5 , 4 fatal ; Battersea , 1 ; Eoyal Free Hospital , Gray's-inn-road , 1 ; St . George-in-the-East , 1 ; Adventure , transport ship , Greenwich , 1 fatal ; Weston Hitchin Union , 1 ; Carlisle , 5 , 1 fatal ; Gateshead Union , 13 , 5 fatal Howden Union Workhouse , 2 , fatal ; Edinburgh , 3 ' 1 fatal ; Glasgow : —For 10 th , 17 , 8 fatal ; ditto ,, 11 th , 6 fatal ; Old Monkland , 4 , 2 fatal ; Giryan , 1 , fatal ; Loudon , 1 ; Riccarton , 9 , 8 fatal ; Greenock , 4 , 1 fatal : Galston , 2 , fatal ; Stirling , 5 , 3 fatal ; Newton Dalkeith , 1 , fatal ; Lennoxtown Campsie , 2 ; Rothesay , since 12 thult ., 23 ; Paisley
since 3 rd inst ,, 52 , 29 fatal ; Alloa , 2 ; Lecroft , by Stirling , 1 , fatal . Total , 168 new cases , and 75 deaths . On Tuesday the following fresh cases were reported to the Board of Health : —Commercial-road , St . George-in-the-East , 1 , fatal ; Whitechapel , 2 , 1 fatal ; Bermondsey , 1 fatal ; Marine Society Ship , Deptford , 1 , fatal ; on board " Mary Tiffin , " Shadwell , 2 , 1 fatal ; ditto , " Platoff of Stockton , " Rotherhithe , 1 ; Dreadnought hospital ship , 1 , fatal ; Newton-Swaffham Union , 2 ; Narborough Swaffham Union , 1 ; Carshalton , 1 , fatal ; Liverpool , 1 , fatal ; Edinburgh , 4 , 3 fatal ; Glasgow , 37 , 0 fatal ; Loudon , 1 ; Blantyre , 3 , 1 fatal ; Tillicoultry , 5 , 2 fatal ; Hampton , for fth , 8 th , and 9 th , 33 , 20 fatal ; Galashiel , 2 , 1 fatal ; Greenock , 7 , i fatal ; Auchinleck , 2 , fatal ; Riccarton , 15 , ' 4 fatal ; Galston , 3 , 1 fatal . Total , 126 new cases , and 51 deaths .
On Wednesday the following fresh cases were reported to the Board of Health ;—Whitechapel , 3 ; West India Dock , 1 , fatal ; Bethnal Green , 2 ; Southwark , 1 , fatal ; East Reedham , from 4 th inst ,, 25 , 3 fatal ; Edinburgh , 3 , fatal ; Glasgow , 19 , 8 fatal ; Loudon , 1 , fatal ; Kiccarton , 4 , 1 fatal ; Galston , 3 , 1 fatal ; Stirling , 19 , 9 fatal ; Greenock , 2 ; Newton Dalkeith , 2 , fatal ; Stow 5 , 1 fatal ; Hamilton , 6 , 5 fatal ; Tillicoultry , 16 , 4 fatal ; Eaglesham , 3 , fatal . Total 115 new cases , 43 deaths .
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The Chasm op Cleakliness . —A white-yellow cravat or shirt on a man , speaks [ at once the character of his wife ; and be you assured , that she will not take with your dress , pains which she has never taken with her own . Then the manner of putting on the dress is no bad foundation for judging , —if it he carelessly , slovenly , if it do not properly fit . No matter for its mean quality ; mean as it may be , it may be neatly and trnnlyput on ; and if it be not , take care of yourself , for , as you will soon find to your cost , a sloven in one thing is a sloven in all things . The country people judge greatly from the state of the covering of the ancles ; and if it be not clean and tight , they conclude that
all out of sight is not as it ought to be . Look at the shoes ; if they be trodden on one side , loose on the foot , or run down at the heel , it is a very bad sign ; and , as to slipshod , though at coming down in the morning , and even before daylight , make up your mind to a rope , rather than live with a slipshod wife . Oh ! how much do women lose by inattention to these matters : Men , in general , say nothing about it to their wives ; but they think about it ; they envy their luckier neighbours ; and in numerous cases , consequences the most serious arise from this apparently trifling cause . Beauty is valuable ; it is one of the ties , and a strong tie too ; that , however , cannot last to an old age ; but the charm of cleanliness never ends but with life
tself . —Cobbett . Entertainment to Louis Blanc and M . Caussidiebe . —On Tuesday evening , the friends and political admirers of these distinguished members of the French National Assembly honoured them with an entertainment at the Whittingtou Club-rooms , Strand . The company present embraced the names of all the well-known Republicans , Communists , and Socialists , both of the metropolis and of the provinces . After laudatory addresses , in which the speakers enunciated their views and expressed their anticipations of seeing , and assisting to bring to pass , a state of " greater freedom" in mind and moralsa revolution in society which would ever be associated with the names of their distinguished guests , M . Louis Blanc and M . Caussidiere responded . The company separated mutually pleased with each other .
The Mubdeks on board the Amelia , —Li our last number we published a short account of the horrible catastrophe which took place on board the Amelia , bound from California to China , with gold for the purchase of silks . The following extracts are from a private communication from Hanavoora Bay , in Wahoba , one of the Sandwich Islands , ( on which stands the town of Honolulu ) , received vi & Mazat-Ian , per the last "West India Mail , by a mercantile house in Manchester , which corroborates every main fact of the account we have already published , f iving however , fuller particulars and dates of the orrible tragedy : — " On the night of the 3 rd ; of October , in the middle watch , three of the crew , namely , Jose Cabrero , Jose Torres , and Andrew
Boldevio , mutinied , attacked the mate , and killed him . Captain Alva ( a Spaniard ) , and Mr Francis Cook , ( passenger ) , hearing the noise , came on deck . Two or the ruffians attacked them , killed Mr , Cooke , and immediately threw him overboard , and badly wounded the captain , but who , nevertheless , succeeded in getting down into the cabin to arm himself , and came on deck again with -a cutlass , but the murderers stabbed nun . in the neck with a knife , and he fell a corpse . Mrs . Cook , her maid-servant , Hudson , and the flag-captain , M'Nally , ( a native of Dublin ) , who were below when the murderous scene began , were confined to their state rooms ; and the mutineers , who were all Peruvians , shaped their course for Peru , Oft the following morning Captain M'Nally offered , with the assistance of the carpenter , to leave the ill-fated ship , with the females , provided the mutineers would g ive him one of the boats and the necessary seemed to assent tobut
Erevisions . This they , ' is going on deck he was seized , bound , and thrown overboard . ' They then threw the papers and documents all overboard , and getting out a large quantity of gold , divided it amongst the remainder of the crew , compelling each to take a part . On the night of the 5 th , the murderers having drunk freely two of them went to sleep , when the carpenter , in accordance with a plan arranged by some of the crew , killed them with his axe , while others attacked the third murderer , who resisted , but was likewise despatched by Smith , and the vessel brought to these islands ( the Sandwich ) by the apprentices , Thomas Gannon and Charles MTDonald . Smith , the carpenter , is a native of Rotterdam ; > Gannon and M'Donald are from London . The specie , about 300 000 dollars , has been secured by her Majesty s consul-general . Mrs . Cooke and servant are living on shore and it is expected will return to the coast of Mexico when an opportunity offers .
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¦ A * ,,, " . ~ , uflar " st council have issued the following circular , with the view of obtaining pecuniary assistance towards the establishment of a Tract Fund : — " Our object as a party , is the great nrarovel & pntof the moral , social , and politicafcondition of the people , and by that means elevate our own class jthe working population ) in the scale of society and civilisation . Wo do not wish to conceal our mam ob ject , the speedy attainment of political power . We consider our order entitled to , and worthy of , the Elective Franchise ; and further believe society would be based on a secure foundation , provided the industrious classes had a voice in the choice of their representatives , especially as it is the interest -of all
^ f £ m Su cconomical and wholesome measures of reiorm . lno poor , in these—our days , arc almost without a voice to plead their cause . Mammon , the great harrier to human progress , stands in the way ; still we have faith in the mighty power of truth , and feel assured it will prevail . Prejudice and cunning fraud are ever on the retreat , and must finally be vangmshed . Universal emancipation and general happiness is our great and perpetual aim . AS we una ignorance , vice , and superstition , the 2 SSK ? m ovttQ all greedy and vicious governments , we therefore purpose the . advancement ol civilisation by meeting bigotry and prejudice with persuasive intelligence : The destruction 01 vice , misery , and crime , in hi gh and low places , by a system of moral instruction , and with that means create a proper and general regard for the true
interesfty ^& gVMl ^ of life ; and ^ finally , the complete triumph of sound , oyer' false principles . This course , will , we presume , tend to a healthy and happy state of society , by extending a thorough knowledge of our moral obligations , social duties , and political rights . All men are brethren . Be it therefore our object mutually to assist in diffusing the sentiments of true liberty , sound knowledge , and universal happiness . The chief affairs of mankind have been terribly mismanaged through the tyranny of wicked and crafty governments ; their love of mammon and mischievous tendencies , arising out of wars , national debts , and barbarous cruelties , all to uphold their own aggrandisement . Hence the inestimable blessings of peace and human advancement have
been denied the people . Whilst improvements have been going on in arts and sciences , the science of government has been disregarded . Human thought like God , makes the world in its own image . Let us endeavour to inspire the friends of suffering humanity with courage . ! God is with us in the sacred work of human ^ mancipation . Our hopes are strong in the struggl ^ for universal an d complete representation of the whole people , which will not only recognise , but reponcile the interests of all men . Surely none can be bund soapathetie towards their country ' s welfare , is not to see the great utility , of this our present undertaking . We purpose having twelve tract distributors , so that the public , especially our own class , may be accommodated , weekly , with a renewed sipply of tract reading .
This course will tend to divert the general mind from worthless engagement , and direct it in a channel of wholesome pursuits . This task will require a considerable fund , in order to enable us to expand its general and genialsoberising influences . We are only men who earn our daily bread , by our dail y toil . You will therefore at once see our total inability to carry this scheme into practical effect , without pecuniary aid and a generous response . You will please to weigh this matter over . We will depute proper authorised parties to wait upon you , when donations towards the above object will be gratefully received , and a printed receipt forwarded by us , and signed in a regular form . " —The
Chartist Council of Manchester Locality . Signed on their behalf : —George Henry Smith , chairman ; John Jackson , secretary ; John Sutton , treasurer . The Executive Committee met at their rooms , 144 , Hi g h Holborn , on Friday evening-, Feb , 9 th . Present—Messrs . M'Grath , Kydd , Clark , Harney , Stallwood , and Dixon . Mr . M'Grath was called to the chair . In consequence of Mr . Kydd being about to leave London , it was resolved unanimously : — " That Mr . Stallwood be assistant secretary , pro , tem . "—rMr . Clark then brought forward his proposition relative to the course which the Chartists should adopt as regards petitioning the House of Commons , and having stated the good results that he had witnessed flow from a continuous stream of
petitions pouring into the House of Commons , suggested that petitions from every city , borough , and county , should be at once adopted , praying for the enactment of the People ' s Charter , and that such petitions should be placed in the hands of the member 01 ' members for such city , borough , or county for presentation—no matter though many petitions mi g ht be adopted in the same town or district for a similar object . Mr . Clark concluded by moving the following resolution : — " The Executive Committee being resolved to take every step to secure the enfranchisement of the working classes , and to avail themselves of every means to extend a knowledge of the principles of the Association ; and deeming the House of Commons a channel peculiarly An ^ oA Fni > nn > nlintr n . miblifi oninion out of dnnrs . £ ^ * --j— - ... -- ..
-MX . MUWW * V » -W * N <* . V . «« . ~ ... „ ., _ ., as well as displaying the popular cause to the Parliament itself , have decided upon having the People ' s Charter introduced as a bill to Parliament , to amend : the representation of the country , earnestly call'upon the people resident in the counties , cities , and boroughs , of the United Kingdom , to support their efforts , by forwarding petitions on the subject ; such petitions in every instance to be sent for presentation to any meimVr representing the district in Parliament in which the petitioners reside ;" which was seconded by Mr . Dixon , and a discussion ensued ; in which the whole of the members took p art . The resolution was ultimately unanimously adopted . It was also resolved , — " That a deputation consisting of Messrs . Dixon , Clark , and
Harney be deputed to wait on Mr . O'Connor , to request him to give notice of a motion in the House of Commons respecting the enactment of the People ' s Charter—the form of petition , to be submitted at the next meeting . " The committee then adjourned , A North Lancashire Delegate Meeting was held on Sunday , February 11 th , when delegates from the following places attended;—Accrington , Mr . James Smith ; O'Connor Brigade , Preston , Michael Ward ; Preston Branch , William Boyle ; Clithcroe , Isaac Isherwood ; Padiham , Benjamin Puling . Messrs . Annstead of Blackburn , and James Brown of Preston , also took part in the
meeting in giving advice upon various subjects . After a lengthy discussion , the following resolution was passed : — " That a Convention be held in London , somewhere , about the middle of March , but the delegates not to be allowed to sit more than fourteen days . "—We recommend that none ; be elected to the Convention , but persons of good moral character who have been members of the Chartist Associa-tion for at least six months . —Isaac Isher-WOod , District Secretary . ' Yorkshire . —A West Riding delegate meeting was held at NicolPs Coffee-house , Halifax , on Sunday f- the 11 th instant , when the following address was adopted : —;
' '¦' ¦ ' TO THE CHARTISTS OF THE WfiST WDJNO . : i BRorHiB Democrats , — We deem it our duty to remind vouofthe strange and anomalous position which we now hold in the political world . At a time when the iron hand of despotism has struck down and immured m dungeons the best and ablest advocates of our cause , we seem to for-Mt that " union is strength . " Instead of making our orranisation more perfect , and acting more in concert with iach other , we are as a " rope of sand . " Democracy seems with us a mere empty name instead of a living principle . You are aware that the past year has been one of unusual excitement , and the labour of every one who has had the guidance of any part of the movement has been heavy . Such has been especially the case with the late West Riding secretary , Mr . Lacy , and though the wages were small and insufficient , when compared with the labour he had to perform , one half of his entire year ' s wages remain unpaid , and yet a levy of one penny each throughout that part of the Kiding which engaged him would more than
discharge the debt . We would likewise remind those who have hitherto neglected to pay their quota towards the deficiency which occurred at the last West Biding demonstration on Toftshaw Moor , that our Bradford friends , to whom it is owing , are in pecuniary difficulties , in consequence of the heavy charge of the families of the victims . This money was expended with the consent of the whole Biding , and with a perfect understanding by all parties that they would have to pay their just proportion of the deficiency . We hope , therefore , that a sense of duty wUl teach you that it would not merely be unjust , but positively cruel , to let our Bradford friends be out of the money any longer . It is likewise unjust to those who honourably dischai ^ ed the debt at the proper time , inasmuch as considerable expense has already been incurred in delegate meetings and correspondence for the purpose of settling' this affair . Hoping that this will be the last appeal that will have to be made on this subject , ..,-,,... I remain , ' yours , on behalf of the delegates , : Chmst . Shacbxeton , West Biding Secretary .
Finsbuby , —On Sunday evening , a meeting of the Chartists of thislocality was held in the Lecture Hall , at Deadman's Coffee-house , Clerkenwell Green . Mr . Allnutt presided , who having made a few observations on passing events , was followed by Mr . M'Grath , who delivered a most instructive lecture upon " Revolutions , their Causes , and Consequences . " The meeting was subsequently addressed by Messrs . Nobbs , Fennell , and Co ., with much satisfaction . Totes of thanks being given to the lec-
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turer and chairman , and it being announced that Mr . Dixoh would lecture on Sunday evening next , the meeting separated . The National Victim Committee . —Mr . Thomas Cooper delivered the first of his course of two orations on the " Wrongs of Ireland , " in aid of the u for tl , e relief of 'he widows and orphans of m 'I ^ victim s , at the South London Hall , U 5 , Blackfriars-road , on Wednesday evening , to a very numerous audience . —Mr . Hobday occupied the , + h T ' — e * ccfcurer commenced his oration from ' the tune and date when Ireland ' s oppressions were said to commence—namely , seven centuries ago—? u t gav v an accoun ' the horrors perpetrated on that unhappy country from that period down to the reign of Charles the Second . The lecturer gave many happy illustrations of the wav the landlords
oecame possessed of their lands , and said their titles were the last thin » the proprietors would like to be inquired into . In his concluding remarks , he called on the oppressed in England to sympathise with the oppressed in Ireland , and demanded that the waste lands should be cultivated for the benefit of the people ; and if the present occupier refused to do it , the land should go to other hands , who could and wouktso cultivate it . The lecturer was listened to with breathless attention , and at the conclusion , greeted with great applause . He will conclude his course on Wednesday evening next , the 21 st inst . Westminster . —At an adjourned meeting of this locality on the-Ilth instant , Mr . William . D & ou dc-Jivered a very able and instructing lecture 0 " the Mines and Miners of England , " which gave great satisfaction to arespectable and attentive audience . the 18 th
4 Wri ^ P ^ ^ t » g ; a ^ Qurnedto in-8 feht , a { ; hAJf ^ strseveho ' clock ,-when'Mr . M'Grath will deliver avKctnre . " " : . ¦ ¦!* # *' . ' >• - ^ sa ^ . ^ Hoxton . —Mr . P , M'Grath was announced to lecture at the Hope Coffee-house , Bridport-place , on Wednesday evening , hot inconsequence of a meeting being held at the School-rooms , Cowper-street , St . Luke s , Mr . M'Grath adiouvned with his friends to that place . At the close of this meeting , the members returned to their room , when the following resolution was carried unanimously : — " That the thanks of this locality are due to Mr . M'Grath for the very able manner in which he supported the amendment for Manhood or Universal Suffrage , at a meeting of the St . Luke ' s Reform Association , held in Cowper-street , City-road , this evening . " The meeting then adjourned to next Wednesday evening , February 21 st , when Mr . Dixon will lecture on the " Mines and Minerals of Great Britain . "
The Council of the Members op Manchkster TO the Members of South Lancashire . — Brothers : — Deeming it essentially necessary that the most effectual means of extending the principles and advocacy of democracy should be adopted , we have thought it necessary to convene a delegate meeting , to be holden in the People ' s Institute , on Sunday , February 25 th ; when we hope that all the districts of South Lancashire will depute men of intelligence and integrity to represent them , by whose deliberations the cause . of liberty may be advanced , and the rights of labour vindicated , by the onward march of Chartism . Yours in the cause , John Sutton , G . H . Smith .
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Sheffield.—The Quarterly Meeting Of This...
Sheffield . —The quarterly meeting of this branch of the National Land Company , was held in the Democratic Reading Room , 33 , Queen-street , on Monday evening . Mr . George Ponies in the chair . The question of the eligibility of members being in arrears was considered , and the following resolution was adopted : — ' That the members have three months longer to pay their arrears of contributions ; bui , unless they either pay or make the Committee acquainted with the reason of their not doing so , that they be struck from the books at the expi . ration of the next three months , and forfeit the
subscriptions they may have paid . ' After the reading of the accounts , and the auditor's report thereon , the following resolutions were agreed to : — ' That the accounts , as now read , be received as satisfactory . ' « That the amount of local levy for 1849 be tenpence per member , ' An amendment was moved , but the resolution was carried . The following members were duly elected to serve on the Committee for the ensuing quarter : —Joseph Willis , Aaron Higginbottom , William Howard , Henry Birtles , Charles Bagahaw , William Dyson ( blind man ) , William Heaton , Joseph Drake , scrutineers ; William Hawksley , James Sampson , auditors ; George Cavill , secretary ; Isaac Ironside , treasurer . Thanks being given to the chairman , the meeting separated .
The Land Bonus. To All The Branches Of T...
THE LAND BONUS . TO ALL THE BRANCHES OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . As it has been in contemplation by many of our branch to institute a Bonus Fund for our locality , by weekly subscriptions , and to choose by lot who amongst us shall have a sum from the . fund offered as a bonus , we thought it well to inquire of our Directors , if they possessed power to enforce the continued payments of those subscriptions until the whole of the money so drawn from the fund , be refunded by any member who might he accepted from
our locality . They replied that they had no such poner , and requested us to consider the subject in a national-sense ; to extend what in this case would be a local interest to all the localities—so forming a society and having it enrolled—giving the Directors the power in question to enforce the repayments . We therefore do beg , that you will take this subject into your serious consideration , as we think it will be the only means whereby a poor member can possibly obtain his location , since it is imperative that a bonus must be given . Signed on behalf of the Exeter Branch , £ . L . Dustin .
Lady Franklin.—The Arctic Expedition.—Th...
Lady Franklin . —The Arctic Expedition . —This lady is at present engaged in a pilgrimage to the ports whence the whale ships are likely to proceed to Davis ' s Straits , with a view to plead her anxieties and distresses , and to animate the commanders of these ships in her cause . Lady Franklin has already visited Hull , where she has been received with much enthusiasm , and the strongest desire hasbeen manifested by the masters and ; others connected with the whale-ships , not only to carry out any instructions or wishes that may be conveyed to them from government , but are also themselves disposed to undertake certain measures in connexion with the usual objects of their voyage , for affording succour
or gaming information respecting the missing ships . Her ladyship intends visiting Leith , Kircaldy , and Montrose , the more northern ports of Aberdeen . Monster Visit to Paris . — It is said that an association of gentlemen is in the course of formation , and will be speedily formed , for the purpose of returning the visit of the French -National Guards to Ijondon . In less than a month several thousand Englishmen will proceed to Paris and remain there for a week . In order to secure the necessarv accommodation and regularity whole hotels will be hired at Paris , special trains on the railways in both countries engaged , and steamboats chartered for the occasion .
. Collision in the Channel . —At twelve o clock on Wednesday , a boat arrived , and landed seven men on the beach at Brighton , in front of the Custom House , who reported themselves to be the master and crew of the Alfred , of Portsmouth . The master gave his name Robert Hopkins , and stated that he was on his way from Portsmouth to Sunderland , in ballast , and at five o ' clock in the morning , when a mile off Beachy-head , he was run down by the brig Agnes , coal laden , from South Shields to Gibraltar . The bows of the Alfred were stove in ,
and . the vessel immediately filled and went down , the crew saving themselves by jumping into thenown boat , just about half a minute before the vessel went to the bottom . The master afterwards boarded the Agnes , and remonstrated with the master of that vessel ; after which , the sea being suitable , he joined his crew in the boat , and made for Brighton , The crew lost the whole of their clothes ? and the master in addition lost his quadrant and other implements of navigation . At the time of the collision there was a light breeze from the north-norlh-cast . The Alfred was of the burden
of 149 tons . i ' ' * " x- „< The Ten Hours Agitation . — A meeting of factory owners was held at Manchester on Tuesday evenimr , on the subject of the restriction of the hours of labour . The meeting was strictly private , but we learn that a deputation was appointed to wait upon the leading members of the government the qbiect being to effect a compromise on the Ten Hours Question . They propose , on condition of the time being extended to eleven hours , to abandon t he system of relays so far as females and young persons under eighteen years of age are concerned . ' ,. , ' '" "' ¦ ' , ' . _ , , ' Bbbkshieb . — Abingdon was gazetted in Tuesday night ' s Gazette as the future assize town instead of Heading . ^
To The^Chdale Chartists. My Friends,—By ...
TO THE ^ CHDALE CHARTISTS . My Friends , —By the Northern Star of the 10 th inst ., I perceive that you have set the example of a subscription being raised to pay for the defence w ° [ your leaders '» a » " ahbough the sum sub-?~« / ° !? sraa 11 ' in comparison with the „ T ™ r « - £ 7 and ' > belie ^ me , I accept it iJLwiJ ^^' ¦ , tudeM atoken «* * y ™ would do , were it in your power but it reMynive * on your parlthe honest ^ ' X & fflK is thof his hire THE ^ ltOCHDALB CHARTISTS .
man wory . ' I was the humble instru . ment selected by your leader and friend , Mr . Vernon , to defend him upon his trial—his own private and professional adviser—and from all I hear since , the services were creditably , or , as M * Feargus O'Connor says , ably performed ; but how have those services been returned ? By my not being paid my jaw charges to the present time . Is it fair , I as-kyou—is it creditable towards the Chartist body , that the professional means , time , and pocket , is to be squeezed for the defence of their leaders without
repayment ? his claim undischarged since Ju ' y , 1848 , with nearly £ 100 expended by him on their behalves . But this is not all , patience becomes ex . bausted , and as I cannot and will not release Mr O'Connor , from his personal respsnsibility to me , is it fair on the part of the whole body of Chartists that he should be placed in the unenviable position of being the target to be fired at by the unpaid defenders of your liberty ? An action has already been brought against Mr . O'Connor by one professional gentleman—a course I have hitherto avoided ; but ask yourselves for what reason am I to be the
selected one for non-payment , and for professional services performed for one of your body , publicly ackn . wledged to have been ably done ? You cannot for a moment , I am sure , allow such a state of things to remain longer in this position , unless , indeed , you have lost sight of all respect for yourselves and Mr . F . O'Connor , who will be the sufferer ultimately . Whilst addressing myself to vou , let me call your serious attention to another matter . When Mr . Vernon was convicted , I advised , through the medium of the eminent counsel I employf d on his behalf , that a Writ of Error should ha
brought to reverse the judgment . Funds , 1 suppose , were too low to follow that advice ; but now i ^ 4 # » i su bscriptions are raising to facilitate a ^ 3 m 0 ^^ Jif ^ WDc ^ 4 t ^ : ' . ilhY ^ laM not a Writ of Error be brought in Mn VernWi case ? There are grounds , good grounds for it , and Mr . Vernon—a man of high education and talent , a powerful lecturer , your able supporter , and partisan , should be the next selected for extrication from prison , and to be restored to you . But you cannot expect the lawyers to work for nothing , as I did for his defence , for lawyers have flesh , and blood , and appetites as well as other
men . No doubt all good Chartists will read this , I mean and wish them to do so . " Read and inwardly digest , and ere a month is over I trust I shall not only see Mr . Feargus O'Connor released from his liability to me , but yourselves creditably spoken of , as an independent and upright body of men , who will not allow , for an instant , that either Mr . O Connor shall be called upon personelly to pay for the defence of their leaders , Mr . Vernon neglected , or that those who defended them with proper and becoming ability , should go unremunerated . . Believe me to be , Your faithful Servant , J . E . Nixon . Barnard ' s Inn , Lwdon , Feb . 13 , 1849 .
Dr. M'Douall's Writ Of Error. I Beg To I...
DR . M'DOUALL'S WRIT OF ERROR . I beg to inform our friends who have subscribed their money for the purpose of obtaining a Writ of Error in the case of Mr . M'Douall , tha : the effort is now abandoned—counsel having given an opinion against it . There being a discrepancy of opinion as to what purpose , and to whom , I shall band over the amount received by me , I request the subscribers to give me instructions and I will immediately conform thereto . I have received subscriptions for the last three weeks , and there appear to be three opinions about its distribution ;—1 st . —Has Mr . Roberts incurred any expense in procuring counsel's opinion ? If so , is he entitled to the sums advanced ?
2 nd . —Mrs . M'Douall wishes to be established in some business . Shall I remit the money to her ? 3 rd . —The Victim Committee are disposed to discountenance favouritism and obviate painful feelings , by ministering to the necessities of the wives and families according to the rule of equality . Shall I hand over the money to them ? I have no right to suggest any mode of distribution , or application of the money ; yet , should Oldhtm , etc ., be of No . 1 opinion , Todmorden , etc ., of No . 2 , and Brighton , etc ., of No . 3 , I will take care that each is attended to , and the amount sent from each place appropriated as required . I have received as follows : — Week , ending , Feb . 3 rd .. .. £ 1 1 1 " " 10 th .. .. l 19 9 " 17 th .. .. 3 5 10 JE 6 6 8 Should any remittance arrive after the paper has gone to press , it shall be announced next week . I wish it to be understood , that I am not accountable for any monies received except such sums as are stated to be received by me ; for instance—in this case , £ 1 2 s . Id . was the amount announced in the Star of the 3 d inst ., yet only £ l Is . id . was sent to this office . This will explain why I have stated the total recei pts to be £ 6 63 . 8 d ., instead of £ 6 7 s . 8 . Wiliiam Ridkr . P . S . Chartists , —do cast your eyes at the enormous (?) amount sent weekly to the Defence Fund I When will Mr . Nixon get paid , and Mr . O'Connor re-paid ? Let us hear of a few Soirees for that purpose . I am paying £ 1 5 s . weekly to exempt prisoners from oakum picking our of the Northern Star-ou < of Mr . O'Com ^ spurte . _ W . R .
The Labour Convention. To The Secretary,...
THE LABOUR CONVENTION . TO THE SECRETARY , OFFICERS , AND MEMBERS OF THE TRADES , COLLIERS , & c . OF NEWCASTLE , AND VICINITY . Friends , —The following proposition has been put forth by Mr . O'Connor , in the Star of Jan . l 3 tb , 1849 , to the consideration of which we invite your attention : — "I propose that the Chartist Executive , in concert with the Trades and Colliers , should name a day for a Labour Convention , to meet in London , and to consist of forty-nine delegates , and as the Labour Question has yet to be solved , and can be best solved . by those who have practical experience , and ] as ignorance ever has been , and ever will be urged as Labour ' s disqualification to the suffrage , I propose
that J 6150 be distributed as prizes for the six best Essays upon the Labour Question , and if the arrangements are properly carried out , I will give £ 50 , leaving only a fraction more than £ 2 each to be brought from the several districts by each delegate . " Friends , —we judge the present time very opportune , to bring before the country the manifold wrongs of the industrious classes , and trust that each trade will assist in carrying out the object contemplated in the proposition , for it is only by unanimity and co-operation that the producing classes of this country can succeed in obtaining that proper respect and attention to which they are fairly entitled , instead of being , as at present , insulted and contemned by those who are falsely termed their superiors .
N . B . A meeting of a representative from each Trade . is convened for Tuesday evening , Feb , 27 ftj at eight o'clock , at the Cock Inn , head ot the Side , when arrangements will be made for carrying out the above objects . Signed on behalf of the Newcastle branch of the Chartist Association . John Hudson , President , M . Judb , Cor . Secretary . VWWWVVM ^ Af / WAiWM *
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Agricultural Pbizb Essays . — The Belgian Government has instituted two prizes—of 5 , 000 francs with a gold medal , and 1 , 000 , respectivelythe first for the best work on general agriculture , and the second for the best treatise on the disease of the potato . Foreigners are invited to compete , and manuscripts are to be sent to the Ministry of the Interior before the 1 st of January in next year . Tai Hall o ? Commrrck . —The large building in Threadneedle-street , built a few years ago by Mr Mozhay , the biscuit-maher , and known as the " Hall of Commewe , " has been closed , after remaining open to the public for six years . The undertaking of the projector has « tore .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 17, 1849, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_17021849/page/1/
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