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THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1845.
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0 THJ 2 MEMBERS OF JBE NATIONAL CHABTER ASSOCIATION . jt itmm FVs * oB ,-Bs * ing been for the third time j ^^^ ttjoar - confidence in an almost unanimous S ^ afiouintolhehououniWe and responsible office of Ejecutire Committee of the National Charter Association , yre deem it our duty , at the commencement of our annual term of office , to address you upon the present position :. . a : nture prospects of the movement . We would also glance hastily at the past . We were appointed to conduct the movement at a period when the exhaustion of the
public mind , induced by years of intense agitation and excitement , had produced almost a cessation in the people ' s endeaTonrs . Under such discouraging circumstances we commenced our official labours ; and from that time to the present we have had to encounter difficulty after difficulty ia our endeavour to preserve an organised existence : it is a matter of gratulation , that , with your aid , we have , despite the machinations of open foes and simu latedfrknds , been thus far successful in preserving from extinguishment the embers of that fire of liberty which blazed with brightness and grandeur ia the years island 1839 .
Friends , —We are now entering upon another annual period uf office , animated and sustained with the hope that its termination will exhibit the cause in a much more cheering position than it has hitherto occupied . Weave determiued that if such be not the case , blame shall not attach to us . Mut the realisation of this ardently desired object will mainly depend upon you . Remember that we are but your seirants . As the designation of our office implies , our duty is to give effect to your will—to carry your decisions into operation . And bear in mind , that to enable us to do this effectually , it is indispensable that you afford us that aid which the rules of the Association provide for the support of the Executive .
The irregularity of many localities in transmitting their quota of the Executive fund has tended materially to cripple our exertions . Had they all acted in conformity with rule , we would have been enabled to employ several eloquent expounders of democracy in diffusing the light cf political truth among the people , and thereby increasing the strength of the organisation . Henceforth , a more business-like system must be observed . We must insist npon the necessity of every locality being punctual in Bending its quota at the expiration of every month . The locality , in future , not observing this instruction , will be reminded of its negligence by a letter from the general secretary .
Friends , your views in reference to the movement have been expressed by your representatives in the late Convention . These views are , in our opinion , sound , and well calculated to promote the weal of that cause for which you have sedulousl y struggled . The want of clear and deiaied systems of action has been long felt and regretted . This want no longer exists—the Convention bavins planned a practical system of agitation which , if ip iriK-iily carried out , must eventuate in success . When we talk of the attainment of the Charter , we thould form a clear notion of the price at which it is to be purchased ; when we speak of our approach towards the goal of liberty , we should try to ascertain the distance intervening between it and us . Freedom cannot he secured bv a sluggish , apathetic nation , for " tyranny , like
heu , is hard to conquer . " The annals of the world present not a single instance of a nation gaining liberty withoi * a struggle proportional in magnitude to the blessing accomplished . For ages was the tree of liberty planted by the heroic Tell in Switzerland , menaced by the ruthless hand of bloody despotism ; for ages were its loots nourished by the blood of the brave—Liberty ' s votaries ; yet democracy ultimately triumphed ! And long may Switzerland continue a bright exemplar to the world of the invaluable blessings which freedom confers on those nations in which she is made a sojourner . America hkd to wade through a sanguinary war of eight years ' duration , before the ferocity of British despstism was tamed , and American independence established . Scotland owes what little of liberty her institutions confer , to thebravt-ryof her sons upon the battle field . England has been twice , within the last two centuries , plunged into revolution in resistance to the despotism of the
Stuarts ; to the result of one of which Queen v icfona owes her claim to the British crown . Liberty must he won to be enjoyed ' . It is the reward of patriotism , courage , and perseverance ; and the nation that will not exert these Tirtuts to attain it , merits , for her torpor and senility to writhe beneath the scorpion lash of lawless despotism Let it not be supposed that we advocate physical revolution as the medium for recovering our long lost rights . Ko ! heaven avers that our progress towards Liberty ' s temple should be stained by a single drop of human blood . Ko idea is more hideous to the mind—no feeling more horrible to the soul of a true democrat than that of shedding the blood of his fellow creatures . Life was given for other , for nobler purposes than to be made the sport of man ' s destructive predilections . We want the rights of man to establish the sacredness of human life . We want ^ political power to save myriads of the human race from being sacrificed to the spirit of despotism .
Other media may ha put into successful requisition to realise the ol j * et oJ _ oarAssociation—thesuhvcvslonoithc ialeful powers of tyranny aud fraud , and the permanent establishment of the reign of liberty and justice . The revolution which we must accomplish shall hea bloodless one . Tltat ,-etdUithni has commenced . It has gone on triumphing over darkness , and it cannot he arrested in its course . Itisj ^ igressing in millions of minds , every day making converts to the true political faith . To those who say that "the Chartist agitation has done no good , " we reply ; WM > l > ride , "look at the altered , the improved mind of the nation . " The people can no longer be fascinated by the glare of wealth , as they used to be before the Chartistmovement taught them wisdom . They have
been taught their rights and their wrongs . They have learned to analyse the projects of politicians ; they have acquired the moral courage to spurn with contempt those pitiful schemes of chicane with which factious empires seek to delude them . Knowledge is every day diffusing . The odiousness of class misrule is momentarily becoming m « re apjiarent . The people ' s hatred and contempt of the oppressive and fraudulent system which torments ihrin are continually increasing . These are the legitimate remits of the Chartist agitation , these are good signs of the rimes—signs which warrant the conclusion ] that t ' : c days of factious despotism arc numbered , and that the glorious advent of libe . ty will soon he the reward Of courage and patriotism .
Friends , we now call your undivided attention to the practical measures devised by the Convention , and which it is our duty to carry into operation . That body strongly recommended , as a means of giving impulse to the movement , the immediate formation of Registration and Election Committees in every enfranchised town in Great Britain . The business of these committees will be to see to the registration of electors ; to ascertain the relative position of parties ; and to collect funds which shall , at the next general election , be used in promoting the return to the House of Commons of men pledged to the support of the People ' s Charter . This work has auspiciously begun . The Convention has formed a central committee in London , of which that untiring friend of man ' s rights , T . S . Buncombe , Esq ., is president . The value of a little band of obstructives to the
malversation ? , wasteful extravagance , and legislative injustice of our House of Commons , would be incalculable . Fifteen or twenty able men , acting there in unison ; tearing away the vefl of hypocrisy from the projects of the factions ; sounding with fervid eloquence the demands of justice on behalf of an oppressed people ; seizing every opportunity of bringing their wrongs prominently before the world throagh the medium of the press ; such a bodywould at once become the centre , around which would rally the intelligence , integrity , and spirit of the empire . We feel assured that the efforts of such a little band of patriots would originate and sustain a " National movement for the Charter , " vf such celerity and force , that no obstacle at the command of < jut enemies could impede . You will shortly be addressed by the central committee upon this important project , when its feasibility will be made manifest , and full instructions s iren on the procedure to be observed in working it out .
The Convention has also matured a plan for obtaining possession of land , tonliicftwe invite special attention . It appeared in the Northern Star of last week . In that plan yon will find this great fad clearly demonstratedthat a society of two thousand members , each taking a shareat £ 2 10 s . may , at the expiration of four years , be alllocated upon the land , each member possessing an allotment of two acres , a handsome cottage , and funds to commence operations with : secured on a lease in perpetuity at an annual rental of £ -5 . In addition to which advantages , the society would be in possession of an estate worth at least i 37 , 000 . And by continuing the operations of the society , a number might be taken from the
" surplus labour market , " and rendered at once producers , consumers , and distributors of wealth . The successful prosecution of this project will prove beneficial in more than one point of view . It mil promote the social welfare of the members while struggling for their rights ; it will diminish the " surplus workers" in the artificial labour market , leaving the residue in a position to obtain a better remuneration for their labour ; while , by demonstrating the -value of the land , it would act as a powerful Stimulus to the people to exert themselves for those rights which would enable them , without injury to any class , to destroy the monstrous monopoly of the soil , and secure the blessings of peace and plentv .
The establishment of co-operative stores , is another practical measure recommended for your adoption by the Convention . By acting on this principle in the expenditure of your earnings , benefits must accrue to you . You vdl save tbosepro & ts , which , through your present isolated system of action , you throw into the coffers of the middle class profit-monger . Act npon the co-operative principle without delay . Itwillleavemoneyinyourpoeketstosupport the movement , to purchase shares in the Land Society , or to apply in -n ; •• her way yon may think beneficial . The benefits of cu- * - t cration require no demonstration . They re evident to every man capable of thinking . The securing of them is not dependent on the will of any other Class . The consent of authority is not required ; the taly essentials to success teing the perseverance and corniafit . » of the members of the Association . Other reeommetu ' ations have emanated from the Convention , which will in future addresses be brought before you .. . """'
Friends , in conclusion , we feel that it is unnecessary rffcll ^ 011 JOn for incrcased exertion in the holy cause °£ *»* aom . Your devotion has been tested and found * 5 £ « £ s S . 2 * t 0 the . ship * when the ton , ado wheivhecalm ^ ** S ms- - yon have not deserted her ^ ora ^ ° nS 5 nCCeedea : * ou bave noW - V stood Tories , and shamS ^ , ° , llmd I * 0 **'"™ . Whigs , jnstt « ™ SKfSf «^* theu-hat red of »? m war eftorts . We can felicitate ourselves
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npon the preservation of our organisation , despite the malice of those who would gloat over its extinction : and though that organisation is circumscribed within narrow limits , it is consolatory to reflect that it is sound and healthy ; that it is composed of that sterling material , alike impervious to the denunciation of the deserter , the frown of the open foe , and the fears of the timid friend Be sober ; be energetic ; be faithful . Cultivate feelings of fraternity one with another . Discourage dissension , — that withering curse of our movement . Be sedulous in the acquirement and dissemination of knowledge , and fear not . Our cause has within it the elements of durability . It is indestructible . It is as eternal as man . It will not long remain prostrate . It will soon absorb the
other despicable isms of political empirics . Torpidity cannot much longer fetter and freeze a nation ' s energies . That gleam of " prosperity" which we now enjoy will be but of short duration . Like the hectic flush upon the debilitated cheek of consumption , it indicates that a state of lassitude and feebleness is about to supervene . And when the whirlwind of national "PANIC , "—which will infallibly come , —shall again curl the foaming billows of agitation , one bark alone will be seen to float proudly upon their bosom , and her name the People ' s Charter . Philip M'Gbath , President . Thomas Clake , Christopher Dotle , Peabgus O'Connor , Thomas Maktis Wheeler , Secretary .
P . S . —The new cards of membership and the handbooks , containing the rules of the Association , are now ready for transmission to the localities . It is expected that every locality in the kingdom will send then- order for cards early next week , when it will be punctually attended to .
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THE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , MAY 17 , 1845 .
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LABOUR'S EFFORT FOR ITS OWN REDEMPTION . The Central Committee , appointed at the late National Trades' Conference , is steadily pursuing the unostentatious and business-tike course , which we recently commended in our notice of its first circular to the Trades . We have been favoured with a copy of another document , just issued , which is equally creditable to the Committee , and gives ample proof of the sense its members entertain as to the responsibilities of their position—of their anxiety to perform their duties properly—and of the judgment exercised by them in the course pursued to acquire the requisite information .
In looking back on the history of the Helot class of society , it is impossible to help being struck with the number of ineffectual struggles it has made for emancipation . An instinctive sense of right and wrong has ever impelled its members to efforts for freeing themselves from the shackles which society had loaded them with . Hence , the retrospect presents an incessant war between the master and the slave
class ; into which—disguise the fact as we may by names—the population of all countries have always been divided . It is saddening toadd , thathowevergreat the justice of the claims of the slave class—however obvious the unmerited wrongs to which they were subjected , the battle has always gone against them . The form of the slavery may have been altered in the struggle ; but the slavery itself has remained unchanged in essence and fact .
Why is this ? What is the reason , that , at this time of day , we should have to repeat so obvious and so trite a truism ? It cannot surely be because the labour class is destitute of the means to achieve the emancipation it has so earnestly longed , for , so incessantly struggled to attain . The axiom , that" labour is the source of all wealth , " has become one of the common-places of the age : and the deduction that , therefore , its producers should fairly and justly participate in the products of their labour , is , so far as
we know , equally indisputable . But both statements , common as they may be , and generally as they may be assented to , have hitherto been singularly unfruitful in results . The right and the fact are the antipodes of each other . Labour does not participate My and fairly in its own products : and , as "fine words butter no parsnips , " itis naturally discontented . It will as naturally continue discontented , and , in its own way , constantly rebel against a system which is so clearly unjust and oppressive .
The very ingenious logic of such newspapers as the Weekly Chronicle fails to satisfy the industrious classes of this country that they are justly dealt with . For many years the writers who have taken in hand the exposition of that peculiar philosophy of national economy , of which George Henry Cashing Ward is so eminent an advocate , have , by their volumes , essays , and speeches , in and out of Parliament , tried to convince the workers that their complaints were very unreasonable , and that everything was just as it ought to be , or so very nearly so , that amendment could be effected but to a very small extent . Their labours have so far been attended with miserably little effect among the classes they were meant to silence , or render contented . At first the operatives
did not understand the jargon of the Economists , and could not therefore answer them in their own lingo , or detect the fallacies which lurked in their propo . sitions : but that stage has been travelled over , and Mr . Ward has personally received , from the workingclass population of the borough he represents in Par liament , such lessons in political economy as should have convinced him , at least , that they were considerable adepts in its theory . It is true , their study of the subject has led them to very different conclu sions to those propounded by the member of Parliament and newspaper editor ; but the reason for this is not far to seek . The system works well for Mr . Waiid and his class—ill for the operatives ; hence the discrepancy of their views .
The Weekly Clironicle , in its commentary on the proceedings of the late Conference , compliments its members for their " aptitude for business , " " coolness , " "love of order , " " willing submission to authority decorum and method in what they had to do ; " and adds that "it is quite sure" the Conference " will disappoint those who may be disposed to look with anything like slight upon the Working Classes , or to fancy that they have not the capacity to manage their own affairs with very little more of prejudice or error than we may see daily among those who have been long accustomed to the task . " This
is a high testimony to the advance of intelligence among the productive classes , coming from the quarter it does ; and though the Chronicle immediately afterwards repents of its liberal admissions in respect to the workers , and indemnifies itself by an attack upon Mr . Duxcombe , for what it chooses to call his " encouragement of their errors , " we record it here as a proof that the mixd of the hitherto antagonistic classes , in the warfare wc have alluded to , is rapidly coming more upon a par , so far as intelligence and effective modes of conducting business are concerned . When their equalisation shall be complete they will not ; change places , but achieve that social equality which it is the inevitable tendency of modern productive inventions to confer on society .
To this view of the matter , however , the Weekly Chronicle , and writers of thesamosehool , seem utterly blind . They repeat , like so many parrots , the terms — " Foreign competitors in neutral markets "— "exports and imports "— " wages "— " profits "— " labour market "—" restrictive laws , " & c ., as if these were the Alpha and Omega of human knowledge , and the extension of the presentsystem of employing labour , and distribution of its products , the ultimatum of civilisation . After stringing together the usual plausibilitiesabout these matters , the Clironicle proceeds to say , speaking of the Conference : — " They recognise the truesmnciple , when they say , in the report of
their committee , 'that the great cause of the continuous decline of the Wages of Labour is a redun-. danceof Workers compared with the demand for their Labour . '" " Ko doubt , of it , " adds the critic ; "the difficulty is to find theremedyforan evil clearly seen ; and we kxow no other than a continued extension of our trade by sound commercial legislation . " "Upon this point the Conference and its promoters join issue with the Chronicle . They say that " extension of trade" has hitherto been concomitant mthdlmuushed wages and comforts to the workingclasses ; and that , here / ore , they have no faith in future " extensions " producing any different result . They see as clearly aa the Chronicle , where " the shoe pinches . " They
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have laid down their postulates clearly—argued from them fairly ; and their investigations hare led them to the conclusion that the application of the surplus funds of the Trades to the purchase of land for the employment of " surplus hands , "—the erection of machines that will work for , and not against them , — and the direction of their united capital and labour to the production of real wealth and profitable results for THEMSELVES , are the best modes of solving the problem which has so long puzzled the Chronicle and other sapient economists .
For our part , we hold with the Conference and the latter view of the subject . It has a dash of common sense about it , which the theorising of the opposite party is very much in want of : and wc " think that Smith , Ricardo , and M'Cclloch , having been tried so long , with so few satisfactory results , there can be no harm in giving the other system a trial also . It cannot , at all events , leave us much worse off than wc are . The Land will have been none the worse for having been well tilled . The national capital will not have been reduced by the addition of the factories and machinery of the Associated Trades ; and the industry , skill , and experience of the working classes—those reins and sinews of the nation—will not have been impaired by their exercise in an attempt to rescue themselves from the thraldom of commercial feudalism .
But—and here we come back to the difficulty that lies at the very threshold of this important movement—how is the work to be set about ? What are the pre-requisites—the materials—necessary to success ? Shall this attempt , like its predecessors , fail , and be added to the already too long and dreary catalogue of past unsuccessful efforts ? or shall it be begun and carried out with that full knowledge of the difficulties to be surmounted , the objects to be attained , and the materials at the command of the projected Association , which are the only guarantees of its ultimate triumphant accomplishment ?
We think we perceive evidence that this is the way in which the subject presents itself to the Central Committee in every step it has taken since its appointment . The principal duty confided to the com mittee was the preparation of apian , to be submitted to anoilicr Conference in July next . This duty they are taking the best possible measures for discharging effectually , by first gathering , or at least soliciting , information of a practical nature from those only who can give it , namely , the Trades Unions of Grea t Britain . The manner in which this is done will be best seen by our inserting , entire , the document which has induced us to offer these remarks : —
TO THE TKADES UNIONS OF GREAT BBITAIN , Friends , —The Central Committee , appointed at the National Trades Conference , have already communicated the objects for which they were appointed , and have also solicited that information which is essential to the performance of their duties . At subsequent meetings of the Committee the want of such information has been strongly felt ; and it has occurred to the Committee that they might assist those trades favourable to the objects of the Conference , by submitting alist of questions embodying the principal points on which the Committee need specific information . The subjoined table is forwarded with this view , and all trades are respectfully requested , after filling it up , to lose no time in returning it as directed .
Hitherto , almost all measures intended for the improvement of the condition of the industrious classes have failed , because in a great degree they were based on partial and insufficient data . The Central Committee are anxious that the National Association should at least avoid this error , and that its plans should be founded upon the largest amount of correct statistical information . The short time assigned to the Committee for the performance of their onerous task , will , it is hoped , incite the Trades to respond immediately to this appeal .
questions . 1 . lias your trade a code of laws for the . regulation of its business !—and will you favour the Central Committee with a copy of them ? 2 . Are your rules strictly adhered to ? 3 . Are you enrolled under the Friendly Societies' Act ? —and if so , has such enrolment been beneficial or otherwise ? 4 . What is the nature of the machinery by which your
society attempts to carry out its objects , and do you find it work well or the contrary ? ., /? -., 5 . What are the average wages in your trade ? 6 . What is the average time . of employment in the year ? 7 . What U the average number out of employment ? 8 . What are the subscriptions to the funds of your Union , the times of payment , aud mode of collecting them ? 9 . How are your funds invested ?
1 0 . By what officers are they disbursed , and what security do you require of them ? 11 . How far have Savings Banks been beneficial to you , and what amounts have you invested in them ? 12 . Have you any printed or manuscript balance sheets of your expenditure on strikes , tramps , and management , andean you favour the Central Committee with copies ? 13 . Has your trade struck , or been turned out , during the last ten years ? U . What sum was expended on each strike or turnout , and what was the result ? 15 . What are the regulations of labour in your trade ? 16 . Are you favourable to the introduction of a uniform system of ten hours per day , and in what manner would such a system operate on your particular occupation ?
17 . What effect has your occupation on health and longevity ? 18 . Have you any allotments of land , or , if any , what is the average rent ? or would allotments be serviceable to you ? 19 . Are your wages paid weekly , or how ? ' -. ; - ¦ " 20 . Are they paid at the counting-house of tMomaster , or in a public-house ? If the latter , what isfife ^ effect 6 f such a practice ? ^ V ^' . vy ;'"' 21 . Is the system of truck practised by ' BrapT 6 y ^; t your trade S—if any , what are their names , ah ' dtffi & ijig the result ! £ ~>&? - we result : ¦& "ii ?« -.
. 22 . Do you work at home , or in workshops prffvlfiell by your employers ? 23 . Have you any suggestion to offer on this subject ? 24 . To what extent are you favourable to the establish , ment of workshops and factories for the employment of the surplus hands in your trade I 25 . In what way could you carry out any plans for location on land ? 26 . Are you prepared to join a General Union of Trades for the regulation of trade matters and strikes , and to contribute to the general funds of such Union , supposing a discretionary power were vested in its Central Committee for the support of strikes ? 27 . Have you any general suggestions or plans to offer by which the objects of the late Conference can be carried out ?
Signed m behalf 9 f the Central Committee , T . S . Buncombe , President , May 1 , 1815 . T , Babratt , Secretary . We trust the Trades will promptly supply the Committee with the important information thus solicited . That is the duty which devolves upon them ; and it ought to be performed immediatelyfrankly—fully . The indirect beneficial consequences which would flow from the aggregation of statistical
and practical information of so valuable a description as that indicated above , will be evident at once to every man of business . It will enable the friends of Labour to prepare and direct a more comprehensive and efficient association for its protection than lias ever yet been organised in this or any other country : and it will do away with one grand cause of past failures , namely , the partial and limited data upon which proceedings were taken .
Our advice , then , to the Trades is , " Up , and be doing ! " Thei-eisnotamomenttolose . WhethertheCentral Committee shall be enabled to acquit themselves in theeffieient ; and business-like mannertheyevidently desire to do , or not , depends entirely on the promptitude and frankness with which the Trades respond to this appeal . If they do so in the right spirit , the Committee will , on' laying down the powers they have been provisionally appointed to wield , have the satisfaction of thinking they have done the cause of Labour sound , if not showy , service : —and laid a foundation for an amelioration in the condition of the producer of wealth , which is absolutely necessary to place him in harmony with the advance recognisable in every other direction .
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MAYNOOTH . THE T 1 VO STATE CHURCHES . So then , easy as Sir Rorert ' s progress appeared to be rendered by the subserviency of his spaniels upon the question of the Catholic Church Endowment , a change has " come o ' er the spirit of his dream . " We predicted very early in the contest that the Irish leaders would reap a profitable harvest from ministerial weakness . Poor Sir Robert vainl y hoped that the Catholic Charitable Bequests Act would be received as . one whole measure—the permanent Maynooth Endowment as another whole measure—aud the Academical Bill as a third whole measure—but ,
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alas ! how woefully deceived ! The agitators , loth to lose the advantages to be derived from such a Trinity , turn upon the giver , and say , no—we will take what suits us , and reject what would destroy us . Wc will have no education except that which is mixed up with spiritual instruction . We will not have your Academical grindstone without your Theological cheese . We repudiate the notion of Irish youth receiving secular knowledge , debarred of those blessings which should flow from the spiritual fountain . For ourselves , while we are advocates for the diffusion of knowledge , under all circumstances , we do not altogether regret this rejection of the secular grindstone unaccompanied by the spiritual cheese .
It gives us faint hope that the Irish priesthood , if purchaseable , will demand a price too high for the British Minister to offer ; and although . Mr . O'Coxnell ' s opposition , to be transferred to the Episcopal Synod , is based upon the absence of patronage rather than upon the godless system of education , yet the agitation upon the subject will enforce consideration upon the three questions as a whole . Through the ministerial attempt to subject the government of the Catholic Colleges to ministerial
patronage , the Irish Catholic people will smell a rat . For ourselves , we feel convinced that if peg-top , hand-ball , foot-ball , teetotum , cup and ball , prick in the loop , thimble-rig , and five cards , constituted the course of secular education to be taught at the new seminaries , with the patronage vested in theEpiscopal Synod , that Mr . 0 'Connell would have lauded the measure as declaratory of ministerial good intention , and as an instalment of " Justice to Ireland , " while the amusements taught would have been designated as liighly necessary accomplishments .
Meantime , while the battle of the Churches goes bravely on , we find that Mr . O'Connell , with an acuteness peculiarly Ids own , finds it necessary to amuse the Irish people with solemn and imposing pageants . On the 30 th of this month , the annivei * sary of his illegal incarceration , he is to hold a levefe at the Rotunda , and , in regal state , to receive deputations as well from the several corporations in the kingdom as from the Associated Trades of Dublin , This is the first step towards the acceptance of the sceptre ; and though Caesar thrice refused the crown , yetwould he have gladly accepted it . Mr . O'Connell
has a better national mind to support him than Caisar had . The Romans were slaves to many who led them sectionally for class purposes . The Irish are but slaves to one man , and for one purposethey are slaves to the man who has promised them Ireland , governed by the Irish ; and the moment that the Irish people shall see fit to constitute Mr . O'Connell as their monarch , we should recognise his title to reign as superior to that | of any " crowned head" in Europe . But then he must bear in mind that the Irish people will demand of him the realisation of their every hope—the fulfilment of his every promise . In faith , we live in queer times . Ireland refuses allegiance , or even respect to the House of Commons . The English people have weaned
themselves altogether from any thought of the House of Commons , and yet that same House of Commons goes on legislating for both countries with as much composure as if they were the recognised of all , and as though their laws , however carried , were sure to be accepted ? Does Sir Robert Peel suppose that Mr . O'Connell is going to give up the certainty of £ 400 or £ 500 a week for the uncertainty of what may spring from Ministerial gratitude ? Does he for one moment imagine that the Irish people , trained as they have been to the pursuit of national aggrandisement , and in the hope of one day possessing the land of the country and the government of the country , will abandon that pursuit , and hope for the mere possession of a divided interest in the State Church conferred upon their priesthood ?
The fact is , that the evils of a surplus in the hands of a Minister , so powerfully described by Mi-. Ex-President Tiler , has been the ruin of Sir Robebi Peel . Surplus , brisk trade , good employment , party hobgoblinism , good harvests , railway bubbles , and a large stock of gold , together with a pliant House of Commons , have done much for Sir Robert Peel . They have enabled him to buildup as a magician
with superhuman rapidity , but in proportion to the astounding elevation will lie the astounding crash . Former panics have led to violent results , and yet they have been apparently confined to single interests , but Sir Robert has so managed to conglomerate and hash up all existing interests in one common hotch-pot of agitation , that each now has become dependent upon the other , and none can suffer damage without communicating the contagion to all .
This Mr . O'Conxell sees , and wisely watches the Minister ' s weakness , while he bides his time to make profit of his folly for his own individual gain . This wc sec , and bide our time to make profit for our national principle . The weather is cold , while the wheat-crop requires genial heat to restore it from the effects of a long and chilling winter . The railway bubble has nearly reached its height . The foreign markets arc nearly stocked . The landed interest is nearly tired of its subserviency . The manufacturing interest is feasting upon the miniature of Free Trade , presented in its profitable bazaar . The old
State Church is clucking after its departing brood and its threatened revenues . The Catholic Church is in high feather at the terms they have extracted . The bankers , merchants , shopkeepers , innkeepers , bagmen , and publicans , reap their fair share of the national harvest . The soldier spends , and no one cares to ask from whence his means come . The police have an easy life . Those who are at work are satisfied with their comparative condition , and one in every ten ( the parson ' s share of tithe ) is kept quiet in the bastile , his growlings confined to the narrow limits of his dungeon .
Tins is all but a gleam ; the cloud is hanging ovei us , and when it does burst , the crash will be tre mendous . Let us be prepared for it .
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J . Wilkinson , Pltmocth . —The work was never published separately . W , D ., Manchester . —Address , "Mr . Margarit , 3 , Sutton-place , Soho-square , London . " Johm FnosT . —The following a ]> peared in the Times of Wednesday , copied from the Newcastle Journal ,: — " A letter received in South Shields last week from Sydney , states that Frost , the Chartist convict , is in comfortable circumstances there , being on a ticket of leave , and the manager of a large mercantile store . The writer states he looks healthy and happy . " Douglas Jeikolo presided at the annual meeting of the
Birmingham Polytechnic Institution on Thursday evening , May 8 th . Previous to the meeting , the working jewellers of the town presented him with an elegant gold ring , having in the centre a fine onyx-stone , set in an eccentric shaped shield , and on . the inner side the following inscription . '— "Presented to Douglas Jcrrold , Esq ., from the Operative Committee of the Fancy Trades of Birmingham . May 8 th , 1815 . " This was accompanied by an address , expressing admiration of Itis Character and Writings . In the hall of tlie institution his reception n-. is most enthusiastic , and he acknowledged the compliment in a brief speech , the first ever delivered by him in public .
Chartist Co-opeuative Land Societv . — Having received numerous inquiries relative to the above subject , on points which arc not fully developed in the rules , we deem it necessary to give the following explanation : — "Any person , whether a member , or not a member of the National Charter Association , is eligible to become a shareholder of this society . A shareholder may possess any number of shares , but will only be entitled to one vote in the transaction of any of the business of the society ; shareholders not desirous of immediately occupying the prize falling to thenshare , may let their allotment , with its contingent advantages , " to a tenant at the original rent of £ 5 per annum . The improvcmentainado by the tenant to be an equivalent for the interest of the capital of the
proprietor , and six months ' notice to be given to the tenant by the proprietor of his intention to resume his holding . It is not the intention of the present board of ' directors to endeavour to procure the enrolment of the society ; from circumstances which have recently come to thenknowledge , they are convinced that the attempt would be futile , and , in their opinion , an unenrolled society , under good management , is equally as safe as an enrolled one , and is free from many disadvantages to which the other is subjected . Iu an unenrolled society the rules can at anytime be altered and amended , according as circumstances may render necessary , or increased experience dictate . In an enrolled societv , every particular movement is known to the Government ; uo alteration can be effected in any rule with-
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out the express sanction of the revising barrister , Tidd Pratt , who , in his recent decisions relative to the United Patriots , and other benefit societies , has clearly proved that his decision to-day is liable to be reversed to-morrow—all being left to his whim aud caprice . The money being in the hands of a responsible treasurer , and invested by him in the bank in the names of trustees , which trustees must be bona fide members of the society , elected by the choice of their brother shareholders , is thus rendered perfectly secure . Any rules or alterations in the plan can be amended or made by the general meeting of shareholders , which will be hereafter called for the election of a permanent board of directors , trustees , & c . Any further infor . mationcanbe obtained of the Secretary , 243 J , Strand . By order of the Board of Directors , T . M . Wheeler , Secretary .
Several Communications ( including the address of the Metropolitan Delegate Council ) we arc compelled to postpone till next week . Other favours await the return of the Editor to London , he being at present absent from town . AusnvEEN . —Wc arc requested to state that those of our readers in Aberdeen who wish to have their papers on Sunday mornings , can be accommodated by giving their orders to Mr , Robert Zindlay , Hairdresser , 154 , Gallowgate .
A Voice vrou Ireland . — We take the liberty of transfen-ing to our columns the following from a letter received this week from our excellent friend , Mr . Patrick O ' IIiggins : — "I never read anything more triumphant than Mr . O'Connor ' s vindication . What a set of scoundrels his assailants are . They are , as far as I can judge , mangy rascals . I must take him to task for having sent Lowery to me in 18 S 9 . I expected to have met a man of decent manners . Yours , Patrick O'IIiggins .
Mrs . Ellis . — We have this week received the following letter from the wife of the noble but unfortunate exile Ellis : — " Mr . Editor , —Having in vain struggled to surmount the difficulties I have had to encounter in London , I now contemplate quitting the metropolis to reside with my revered father in the Potteries , but am at present undecided as to what eourec I shall adopt , in consequence of my dear child ( Robert Emmett ) being soseriously afflicted that themedical attendant gives little hopes of his recovery . Sir , I beg to tender my most heartfelt thanks to those kind friends who have so generously assisted me ; and sorry I am that the assistance ( so well meant ) has proved unavailing as regards my establishment in London . I am constrained by my present position to earnestly request the immediate transmission of any monies that have been collected for my use ; at the same time I beg to acknowledge with gratitude the receipt of I 9 s . 8 d ., from Mrs . Cooper
which sho states was subscribed by Leicester working men , for Mr . Cooper , but not accepted by that gentleman . I am also authorised to state that nothing would afford Mr . Cooper greater pleasure than to learn that the sums he has declined receiving were devoted to the relief of the suffering wife and family of his former fellow-prisoner , Wilh ' am Ellis . If you , sir , can afford space for the foregoing you will confer an obligation on yours truly , Emma Ellis . " We must add to the above , that we have reason for believing that several persons are indebted to Mrs . Ellis trifling sums in the way of business , which debts , though trifling in amount , are of great importance to the bereavedjwidow . Mrs . Ellis having been unfortunate in business , having a child dangerously illand being compelled to contemplateai-eturc to the country , justice demands that the persons alluded to should at once pay to Mrs . E . whatever they may owe . We shall be glad to hear that this hint has been taken and attended to .
Mrs . Ellis . —A correspondent sends us the following : — Will you have the goodness to inform Mr . W . Hamer , of the Temperance Coffee-house , Oldham , that Mrs . Ellis , the Whig-made widow , having failed in business , is at present unfortunately without any settled resi dence , but any communication addressed to her , in care of Mr . T . Jones , No . 52 , Uigh-street , Shadwell , London , will come safe to hand .
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MONIES RECEIVED BY MR . O'CONNOR . SOR THE KKECUTIVE . £ S . d . From Burnley ( levy ) .. 0 10 0 Ditto 0 6 2 From Bacup .. .. .. .. .. .. ,. 036 From Come 0 4 li From AVheatley-lane .. 0 I 0 FromHaggate 0 12 From Haslingden 0 1 4 A FromMarsden .. .. .. Old N'ATHWAl CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Coventry , per Mr . Hemming 0 3 0 DUNCOMBE TESTIMONIAL , From J . Saunders , Radford 2 5 6 From James Fraser , Aberdeen 8 16 7 An Operative , Devizes , Wilts .. .. .. .. 010
RECEIPTS PER GENERAL SECRETARY . SUBSCRIPTIONS . s . d . s . d . Marylebone .. .. 3 0 Littletown .. .. 16 Bradford 6 1 Lower Warley .. .. 1 10 Hebden-bridge .. .. 8 01 Mansfield .. .. 5 0 Dowsbury .. .. IS " LEW . Whittington and Cat , Mr . Harris o C Ditto , Mr . Hawkins 0 6 Ditto , Mr . Tovel 0 6 Ditto , a Friend of the Oppressed .. ., ., .. 10
CABDS . Marylebone .. .. 5 9 Trowbridge .. .. 3 3 Lewisham .. .. 3 0 Southampton .. .. 3 3 Clock . housc , West- W . Salmon ... .. « 3 minster .. .. 5 0 T . Salmon .. .. 0 3 DONATIONS . Three admirers of Mr . O'Connor , Rothei-hithe .. 3 0 Mr . Dale , Merton 2 0 Mr . Rogers , Clockhouso .. .. 0 6 MRS . ELLIS . Harmonic meeting at the Feathers , per Mr . Farrer 7 I DUNCOMBE TESTIMONIAL . Littletown , .... 2 0 THOMAS MARTIN WHEELER , Secretary .
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Mysterious Disappearance Of A Gentleman....
Mysterious Disappearance of a Gentleman . — The family of a gentleman named Stoddart , of Lambeth-road , Southwark , have been greatly distressed by the mysterious disappearance of Mr , w . Stoddart , 30 years of age . It appears that « fr . Stoddavt ' s brother went on the 7 th inst . to the Paddihgton terminus of the Great Western Railroad , and proceeded by railway to Berkshire . "When Mr . "William Stoddart took leave of his brother , he stated to him that he should immediately return home ; but he has not since been heard of . Information has been sent to all the police-stations in the metropolis , giving a description of his person and dress .
Dreadful Railway Accident . —Vienna , May 3 . — As one of the trains on the Vienna and Glognitz Railway was proceeding yesterday to theformerp lace , the locomotive suddenly got off the rails , and produced a concussion , which caused the instantaneous d eath of the hcadconductor , and at a later period of two other persons . About twelve others were injured , but not dangerously . The accident is attributed by the Augshurgh Gazette to the speed at which the train was going , from nine to ten German miles per hour . The above paper adds that had the passengers' carriage been four-wheel instead of eight-wheel ones , a greater loss of life would have ensued .
Attacking a House fob Arms . —On Sunday last the dwelling-house of Mr . P . O'Keefe , miller , at Ballyartella , within three miles of this town , was attempted to be entered by a party of six men armed , for the purpose of obtaining arms . The care-taker , who was left in charge of the house , had firmly fastened the door , which precluded their entrance . They then fired in through the windows and retired . Mr . O'Keefe awl familywerc at the time at chapel . — Ibid , Convicts for Van Diemen's Land and Norfolk Island . — On Friday last the Naiad and Nymph , sieam oi ooiwicn
-pacKcis , xue w company , orougnt down the river upwards of two hundred convicts from Millbank Penitentiary , to be put on board the David Malcolm , hired convict ship , lying off the Royal Arsenal . Burgess , who was sentenced to transportation for his connection with the Bank robbery of about £ 8000 , the greater part of which was recovered , when taken in America ; Dalmas , for the murder of a woman on Battersea-bridgc ; and Tokcr , for a murder in Ratclifl-highway , arc among the unfortunates , and will have to pass the remainder of their lives on Norfolk Island , one of the severest penal settlements in New South Wale » .
Fatal Accident . —Dublin , Sunday . —I am deeply concerned to have to communicate the particulars of an awful , and it is to be feared fatal , accident to the colonel of the 44 th Regiment , which occurred yesterday evening in the square of Richmond Barracks . The regiment had been ordered for an evening parade at four o ' clock , at which Colonel Shelton expressed his intention of being present , and at two o ' clock went out to ride on Adjutant Philips ' s horse , his own not been in good health . On going round one of the squares of the barracks , which arc very extensive , the horse shyed , and ran away , and on passing through an archway struck the cook-house of the Gth Foot , which is also quartered there , when the colonel was thrown and the horse fell heavily upon him . On being raised up the colonel was found to
be badly wounded in the back of the head and over the temples . He was quite insensible , and , notwithstanding the immediate medical assistance of the surgeons of the 44 th , and also the 6 th , the sufferer has never recovered consciousness since . At three o ' clock to-day he was in a very debilitated state , and his dissolution was hourly apprehended—all hope of re-H . vcry being entirely abandoned . Colonel Shelton was with the 44 th all through the disastrous campaign in Afghanistan , and was one of the Cabul captives He was at the battles of Roleia , Vimiera , and Cor runna , and several of the most remarkable engagements in the Peninsula ; he served in the campaign in Canada in 1814 , and was afterwards upwards of 20 years in India , where he was distinguished for valour and high military attainments . Colonel Shelton lost his right arm at the capture of St , Sebastian . -Five o ' clock : Colonel Shelton is dead .
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Mubdeb lv the County Mbatu , —The 2 W , erf „ Argus contains the following account of a murder committed within a few miles of that town : —[ murder was perpetrated on last Saturday m ' « . „ neighbourhood of Drumconra—the victim was a nm named Clark : the cause was that fruitfu l source of crime in this country , the taking of land , 'flic Hp ceased man and his brother had a dis pute about a field , when a labourer in the employment of ) ik brother killed him with a spade in the presence ««• his brother . The homicide has escaped from juStw ' The remains of the deceased were interred I . ' Tuesday . Ja «
Another Brutal Attempt at Murder — m . . Chester , Saturday . —Yesterday the neighbourWi of Henry-street , Great Ancoats , in this town *• thrown into the greatest possible state of ahm ^ the discovery of a most brutal and premeditated t tempt at murder . The perpetrator of tlte deed—f in every sense of the word , as far as the intention f the murder was concerned , it was a murder of Ji deepest dye—is a man about 26 years of a „ p ., ' 3 William Brooks . This morning to wasfelj ? tf before the magistrate by Mr . Superintendent SwIm ? of the A division , charged with cutting the throat ; of Mary Ann Lecming . It appeared from the evidenw ! produced that the prisoner and his victim had live 1 together as man and wife for some time , but had re cently been separated . The female lived at a hou :-r » of ill-fame in Henry-streetand on Friday movnin !
, Brooks came to the house to see her . Having lcarncJ that she was there in bed , he forced his way up stairs to her room , where ho found' her and a girloftlm name of Taylor . The latter left the room , and tl » prisoner after some time expressed a wish to be re concilcd to the young woman . In the course of con vcrsation she asked him to buy her a string of ne » - necklaces ; whereupon he put his arm round V neck to feci , as he said , whether she was with out Whilst in this position he drew a razor ac ross her neck , and inflicted a wound several inches long . 'l \ poor girl staggered out of the room , and called out
" murder ! " and on one ot tnc inmates ot the house going up stairs , she threw herself into her aims ptr . fectly saturated with blood . Medical aid was in . stantly procured and the wound sewed up , after which she was conveyed to the Royal Infirmary in a state of insensibility . Brooks never attempted to escape but , on being charged with the offence , said , " Yes , I have done the deed ; I have murdered Mary Ann and can now die in peace" The prisoner , on ' Ms ex - animation , manifested perfect indifference , and never attempted to deny the charge . He was remanded till Wednesday , or till the fate of his victim was known .
Sunday Night . —On enquiry at the Infirmarv , 1 learn that the poor girl is suffering very severely but still alive , with a slight prospect of recovery . *' The late Execution at Brecon . —From the in . formation gfren by Thomas Thomas ( lately executed at Brecon for murder and robbery ) to the Rev . Mr . Jones , the chaplain of the gaol , that gentleman pvol ceeded last week to search for the pocket-book of the murdered man ( David Lewis ) in a hedge near the convict ' s father ' s house . After a long search , in which the Rev . Mr . Jones was assisted by several persons , the pocket-book was found under an ash tree ; there was no cash in it , but there were several memoranda of importance respecting the deceased ' s business transactions Globe .
Spafields Burial Ground . —Since the recent excitement on the subject of these grounds the number of interments has decreased every Sunday , the average number not exceeding three , whilst previously they were twenty , and often approached to forty . The grounds , which were previously open on Sunday afternoons for the admission of visitors , are kept carefully closed , except on the entrance of burials . Much interest is attached to the coming trial at the Court of Queen ' s Bench , which will come on during the present sittings after term .
Malicious Burning . —On Tuesday night last , a fine house , two stories high , slated , and very well furnished , valued at about £ 400 or £ 500 , the property of Andrew Johnstone , Esq ., situate at Corbsv , four miles from Longford , and two from Edgeworthstowii , on the Dublin road , was maliciously burned to the ground . It was first noticed by the passengers on the Dublin down-mail , at four o ' clock in the morning , at which time it was inflames . It was evidently the work of some incendiary , as the police found under the stairs furze , tow dmncd in
turpentine , and other inflammable combustibles , some of which were also placed in other parts of the house . It has been vacant for some time , Mr . Johnstone residing on a farm of his in the county Dublin , and the key held by a care-taker , but he did not reside or sleep on the premises . It is a portion of the estate of Sir George Fetherstone , Bart . An investigation was held next day before Francis B , Edgeworth , Esq ., J . P ., and Edward E . Hill , Esq ., S . M ., which ended in the committal of the herd and another man for further examination . —Lontfor / Journal .
Fatal Collision on the River . —At a quartet before two o ' clock on Tuesday afternoon , as the Waterman steamer No . 5 , was conveying from 300 to 400 passengers from London to Greenwich , she mot with a serious accident b y a billyboy , from Goole , Yorlcsliire , running her bowsprit across the bow of the steamer , knocking all the passengers within her sweep flat on the deck . Unfortunately , a gentleman of the name of Williams , fringe-manufacturer , residing in Wilksstreet , Spitalfields , accompanied bv hi son and daughter , was amongst the greatest sufferers . Mr . W . had his collar-bone and one arm broken , and the other arm much injured : his son . acred ten years .
was lulled on the spot ; his daughter , aged fourteen , was much injured about the head and had one finger broken , William Kent , of Seckford-strcet , Clcrkcnwell , clerk to Mr . Fallis , of Carey-street , Lincoln ' sinn-fields , received severe contusions ; and two gentlemen , who refused to give their names , were knocked overboard , but were fortunately saved by the crew of the Waterman No . 5 . The captain of the steamer immediately proceeded with the sufferers to the Dreadnought Seamen ' s Hospital ship , and put the unfortunate persons on board that vessel , where every attention was instantly paid by the captain and medi . cal gentlemen in attendance . The accident took place off Limehouse . <
Desperate Suicide on Southwark . Bridue ( by Snooxiso ) . —On Tuesday afternoon a gentleman named John James Gogerlcy , aged 51 years , exphed in Guv ' s Hospital , from the effects of a wound which he had inflicted upon himself b y firing a loaded pistol into his body on the night of Thursday last . It appeal's that between 12 and 1 o ' clock on that night , as City police-constable No . 478 was on duty on Southwark iron-bridge , his attention was directed to the flash and report of fire-arms which proceeded from the centre of the bridge . On hastening to the spot he found the deceased man lying on the ground , bleeding profusely from a wound on the left side , which had evidently been caused by a pistol , the stock of which he grasped tightly in his hand , the barrel having been blown to pieces . A neighbouring surgeon was immediately sent for , and deceased was ultimately conveyed to the hospital . Mr . Marsh ,
tuc house surgeon , administered to him the proper restoratives , and deceased was some time afterwards restored to consciousness . He at first refused to give any account of himself , but subsequently stated his name and where his relatives resided . ' The latter - having been apprised of the occurrence visited him in the hospital , and it was ascertained that he had I borrowed a pistol from a person named Pcarce , a i night-watchman in the employ of Messrs . Jtoyd , , warehousemen . He then loadcil it with four bullets , , stating he wanted it to shoot a mad dog at his sister's . . He subsequently proceeded to the bridge , and them e committed the act . Two of the balls were aftcnwii * s extracted , but deceased lingered until Tuesday , - , when lie died . He had formerly been in comfortable 1 c circumstances , and filled the office of clerk to In * k brother , a solicitor in Mark-lane , but lately bavins ; js become reduced in his circumstances , he has been in in a very desponding way .
Distressing Fire . — On Tuesday night , shortly tly before eleven o ' clock , a fire occurred under circum- instances of a most distressing character , and nearly i-ly attended with the most serious consequences to 'i i 'i mother and her child not more than a few hours old . Id . It broke out in a bed-room of the house occupied bv bv Mr . James Roily , bread and biscuit baker , 90 , Bun- . inlull-row , Moorfields . An elderly female , acting ia ia the capacity of nurse during the confinement of Mrs . Irs . Ileily , was about assisting the babe to its mother ' s er's breast , when , by accident , the light of a C . indlO idle caught the drapery of the French bed upon which the the female was lying . In an instant the bed-curtains tins and furniture were m a blaze . The nurse tore down mi the hangings , which were all on fire all round the the unfortunate mother and her child . In doin < f this the the
nurse burned her hands most severely ; hut happily pily her efforts had the effect of arresting the progress of g of the hrc . Ihe next moment thepoor old woman called died out "Fire , " as loud as she possibly could , whichhich brought up Mr . Roily , who at the moment was staml-amlmg at the door talking to a friend . Meantime the the poor mother , clasping the baby to her bosom , and and regardless of immediate consequences , leaped oyer over the framework of the bed , and rushed out of the ; the room into another apartment , where she was in-5 instantly attended to by the inmates . Intbt-ma fionation having been sent to the neighbouring station of tW th fire brigade , the Whitccross-street engine , with Mai- Mailctt , the principal engineer there , were soon « P UP " the spot , and the fire wasfortunatelv extinguished-shed-On Wednesday morning both mother and child » ' « re >« re doing well .
Thunder Storm . —Bristol , Sunday EvjJ « ixo- —y — j were yesterday visited by one of the heaviest tkun deruiHl « storms we have experienced for many years p Mt " p Mt " Several trees in the villages adjacent to the city * ' $ ' *''; struck by the electric fluid , and a vessel called tWjd tw Joseph , of Kinsale , which was lying on the ; 'Q ;' near the Swivel Bridge , waiting to discharge a « "J « " * of potatoes , haulier mast split in two . Some &*&&& who were on deck at the time narrowly escape «*• . icd «\ struction . Wc have not heard of any loss ot UM l * but there can he little doubt that much dam age J » ge J " been done , of which the intelligence has not a ») a » > reached us .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 17, 1845, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_17051845/page/4/
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