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A THE NORTHERN STAR. April 18, 1846
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THOBZaS COOPER. TBS CHAKTIST'S WORKS.
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THE NORTHEKN STAR. SATURDAY, APRIL 18,1846.
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A The Northern Star. April 18, 1846
A THE NORTHERN STAR . April 18 , 1846
Thobzas Cooper. Tbs Chaktist's Works.
THOBZaS COOPER . TBS CHAKTIST'S WORKS .
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The Northekn Star. Saturday, April 18,1846.
THE NORTHEKN STAR . SATURDAY , APRIL 18 , 1846 .
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CHARTIST REPETITION DAY . Repetition day at school is generally more profitable to the dunce than all the week besides . Our readers must understand that " repetition day " means the day , it is generally Friday , when the several classes repeat the lessons of the week—thus fastening upon the memory much that would otherwise have escaped , or have made but slight impression ; impression sufficient to confound , but not enough to confirm . We should have these Chartist repetition days more frequently ; they would enable the good
boys who have attentively learned their lessons , to stamp a knowledge of their value upon the minds of the more idle . We believe that more is to be learned from conversation than from books , and we have frequently known a clever , playful idler , who has not known one word of his lessons for thc week , but yet , after repetition day , has been more perfect in the week's work than those who devoted their every hour to study . Indeed , having a-Unittcd the fact , it would be ungenerous upon our part to withhold from the reader a practical illustration of its truth in our own person . We were always amongst the most idle , the most mischievous , and thc most playful of our schoolfellows . We preferred ball , pegtop , and
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garbles , leapfrog , pitch and toss , and three-hole span , Scotch hop , foot ball , and cricket , to geography , history , or arithmetic , Greek , Latin , or mathematics . We belonged , we thought , to the community of learning , and , according to the true principles of communism , we played while our class fellows learned ; and at the end of each week we reluctantly devoted a day to make amends for tho past ; and notwithstanding a systematic perseverance in this wayward course of communism , when examination day came , without a single exception for eight years we ran away with every [ half-yearly prize at examination , amounting to sixteen annually .
Having then derived so much advantage in early life from the attention and study of others , society has now a right to expect some return in our maturer years . Let us then proceed with the repitition of the last four years . In 1842 , Chartism had its Convention in London , and at that Convention it was decided that tho Chartists should take no part in any outbreak that the League created . It was also
decided , that every means should be resorted to to insure the co-operation ofthe several trades , and especially ofthe trades of Manchester . In August of that year , circumstances occurred which called the Manchester trades into action , and at the Manchester Conference , held the same month , we assigned as our reason for mixing the ( Charter with the then strike , the probable effect that it might have upon the trades .
Now to those who merely thought [ upon the outbreak , and not upon the Chartist policy which lessened the evil that might otherwise have occurred , this repetition is indispensable ; the policy of adopting the strike was forced upon the Chartist body , by the hope that it would ensure a co-operation of the trades . The trades , however , made their own terms , and deserted us;—the Chartists remained faithful to their policy , and were persecuted . Hence the blow of 1842 was rendered more poignant by the desertion ot the trades than by the law ' s oppression . After that Chartism , so often deceived and always valiant
and uncompromising itself , always suffering for the laults of others , was called upon to make a distinct rally for itself , unconfiding , save in its own resources , and relying solely upon the value of its own principles and the energy of its own disciples . It was admitted that he was a bold man who would even undertake to rally and unite the scattered fragments of Chartism . In September , 1843 , the present Executive , with slight modification , was elected at Birmingham to perform the Herculean labour of regenerating . The policy proposed there filled every
upbraiding virtuous heart with . indignation ; pamphlet stricture and denunciation followed each other in quick succession , and every disappointed expectant poured his burning wrath upon his more fortunate rival . Thc new policy gave fruitful promise ot funds , and funds gave an abundant crop of expectants . Chartism was now killed , and no mistake . All had deserted its banners : O'Connor had betrayed its principles , the Executive had violated their duty , a war of extermination was proclaimed . Peace and reflection , however , was the result of the wise policy of the Executive .
In 1844 another Convention assembled at Manchester . The rules of the Association , wero re-modelled , the advocates of the Land plan were paralysed and mute , lest the enthusiasm of the eloquent should present them as the enemies of the Chartist principle . The Land was not mentioned , a new enrolment was undertaken , in three months Mr . O'Connor succeeded in amassing £% for the Chartist Executive at an expence of £ 120 out of his own pocket . From April , 1 S 44 , to April , 1845 , Chartism went on limping but living , hobbling but progressing . A new crop of malcontents sprung up , and as speedily vanished . The take-no-heed policy of the Executive , as in all
all other cases , allowed this new crop to perish for want of opposition . In 184-5 , the ^ sma llest Chartist Convention ever assembled , that appeared a mockery to our cause , met in London , and again the Laud was introduced as a Chartist auxiliary , and from that period to the present , without any other favourable circumstances presenting themselves , Chartism has progressed more within the last twelve months than from 1835 to 1845 . And it is because its present promising position offers a luring bait for ' profitable employment , that we have now to deal with the new bstacle that has arisen , one which , however , the good sense of the working classes will nip in the bud .
The policy of separating the offices of Executive and Directors is now partially spoken of as a harmless but necessary measure ; if it was harmless we would acknowledge its necessity , but it is in consequence of the mischief being great and certain , while the necessity is unproven , that we see the danger . It strikes our mind that this side blow now aimed at the Executive will recoil against their assailants . During a long period of the time to which we have referred it was argued that there was no
necessity for an Executive , while it is now contended that Chartist business alone would furnish ample labour for that body . Men who contend for a policy do not consider themselves bound to view the probable dangers that may result from it , they content themselves with presenting the mere possible advantages . It is because we see , not the possibility , not the probability , but the actual certainty of danger from the whispered policy , that we undertake the duty oflaying the case clearly before those who have the greatest interest iu it .
We will suppose two distinct bodies elected to govern the present movement . Directors to govern the Land , and an Executive to govern Chartism . The Directors are paid out of an ascertainable fund , the Executive depend upon the amount of temporary enthusiasm they can create for subsistence . Enthusiasm fails and subsistence is withheld . Now , not judging too harshly of human nature , is it too much to anticipate that men in that situation would enforce their title also to be quartered upon a certain fund , the certain result of which would be either that the fund would be speedily swallowed , or that inequality would lead to dissatisfaction , and dissatisfaction to dissension , contention , and strife . But ,
say the advocates of the new policy , the Chartist Executive need not be paid , except the secretary ; then we answer , that the Chartist Executive would not work , and if working men work without pay , their sincerity must be doubted . Upon the other hand , we may ask in passing , whether those who subscribe weekly towards practical Chartism are less to be relied upon than those who chatter and denounce , investigate and condemn , or sometimes condemn without investigating , and if not , we have tho admitted fact that the number of enrolled paying practical Chartists more than three-fold exceeds the number of Chartists who voted for the last election ofthe Executive .
It must naturally occur tha * the promulgation of a completely new principle will , in the outset , require more attention than the same principle when it is matured and understood ; in the same manner as the growing child daily dispenses with a portion of its nurse ' s attention ; but each day lessens , instead of increasing , the duties of the Land Directors , and enables them to devote more of their tinio to the principles of Chartism . The existence of ten sections would entail no more troubleupon the Directors than the existence of one single section . It is true , and the Directors have admitted the truth , and seen the necessity , that each should have its own secretary , not only because the accounts should be kept
distinct and apart , but because thc labour of performing the duty to two sections would be precisely double the labour required for the performance of the business of one section . Thus it will be seen that where difficulties present themselves , and where additional aid is required , the Directors are prepared to meet those difficulties , and to seek for , and apply , the proper aid . In our humble judgment it would repuire a very searching bain to discover any legitimate cause of complaint against the present Executive ; while the fact of severing the two offices would not be a mere admission that the duties were too arduous , but would be an assertion that some of the duties were left unperformed .
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But beyond even this paltry consideration for the feelings of officials , stands the certain , the inevitable damage , that such a course must inevitably entail upon both sides ofthe Chartist body—upon the Land , and the principle . Again , we should have thc flag of distinction raised with the enthusiastic and confiding upon the one side , and the deliberative , the persevering , and the brave upon the other side , an event which we are not prepared to hasten or to encourage . Some may then ask , what then , are the Director s not to be removed because they arc of the Executive ? or is the Executive to be permanent because they are o *
the Directors ? Our answer is plain and simple , and based upon tho vote of the Convention that adopted thc plan , and the Conference that further matured the plan . Those representative bodies—the one representing the Chartist principle , and the other tho landed interest , decided that the Chartist Executive should be entrusted as the Land Directory . Thus having linked and incorporated the political principle and its social result , what we suggest is , that in all cases the Executive , when elected , shall also constitute the Land Directory ; and for ourselves and
for our brethren we have no hesitation in saying , that the vote of thc Land Conference which conferred the office of Directors upon them till December next , will not stand in the way of the next Chartist Convention , being free to act upon the principle we have laid down—that is , that if the power of electing the Executive be conferred upon the Convention , the present Directors will have no hesitation in surrendering the unexpired term of their trust , in order that , their holding of office as Directors should not stand in the way ofthe appointment of a new
Executive . In conclusion , we would implore the Land members not to open their funds to a rival competition , while we would beseech the Chartist body not to allow themselves to be entrapped imto a scheme , the effect of which would be to deprive their principles of a support which ef themselves they say they are too poor to render . It is impossible , wholly , utterly , entirely impossible , to separate the Land and the Charter , or the managing body , without inflicting irreparable injury upon both . If the advocates of this new division had contended for an increase in
the managing body , we might have discovered less danger to the cause , but not the less necessity for resisting unnecessary encroachment upon the funds . When the next Convention is held , which the recent news from America , in connection with the present state of parties , is likely to accelerate , the Executive of the Chartist Association will be prepared to eraploy more lecturers at the salaries they receive themselves than have at any previous period been engaged in Chartist agitation , but they will not be prepared to advocate a policy which would disable them from supplying aid when it was most required . By fostering the Chartist funds the Executive will be enabled
to apply labour to the Chartist cause when it stands most in need of it by the employment of lecturers , who , however , if elected at a permanent salary , will be left , as the present Executive frequently has been , without sustenance , salary or support , other than what has been furnished by an unjustifiable draw upon the purse of an individual—for it matters not whether Mr . O'Connor pay the salary out of his own pocket , or spend the amount in collecting it from others . All that we desire is , that the country may weigh the subject , speak its mind , and , as we speak ' unre servedly to all , that those who receive secret missives will transmit them to those who are bound to defend the Chartist cause against the assaults of open foes and secret enemies .
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the gullibility of our readers , that war with America is inevitable , and that the embodiment of the militia will be an inevitable consequence of that war . The subtle policy which was intended to lure America into unsuspicious indifference had not its pr oposed effect upon us . We felt , from the moment that we read tbs President ' s message to the present , that war was inevitable , and that the militia would be embodied . It appears , however , that tho Stock Exchange policy pursued by the English press had the effect of lulling the suspicions of the working classes , and of persuading them that the Anti-Militia Association was no longer needed . Now , this is precisely tnc cause of quarrel which we have with those who receive our admonition , kindly act upon it for a
moment , and then , if the threatened effect does not instantly follow the cause , the agitation is given up . We now write to assure the working classes that the Secretary-at-War merely asked them to suspend their anti-militia operations in order that he might be ready with his trap before thc people were prepared to resist it . It is doubtful whether Mr . Polk ' s postscript may not havo a greater effect upon the Irish Coercion Bill even than the marshalled resistance of tho Irish members . However , of this fact we are sure , that there never was a time in the history of this country when a good understanding between American and English Chartists and Irish Repealers may be better turned to the account of Chartism , Landism , and Repealism .
Last week we published the manifesto of tho American democrats , wherein they state that Land Democracy is the only one principle worth contending for . Let us , then , prove by our petitions that we are opposed to Irish coercien ; let us prove by our anti-militia movement that we are opposed to unjust wars , and to fighting for the preservation ofthe rights and privileges of tyrants ; and let us prove , by undying perseverance in the Land scheme , that we understand the value of Land Demoiracy as well as the Americans do .. After a lapse of a few weeks , we now revive the cry of no vote ! xo mdsket !!
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NO VOTE-NO MUSKET . The little " spec" in thc west , which Sir Robert Peel hoped to dispel by conferring patronage upon a section of the Catholic Church , has now grown into a dark and dingy cloud , which will take a largeamount of ministerial concession to disperse . His last year ' s message of peace to Ireland was received as a doubtful offering , his present unconstitutional missive has tho merit however of being clear , plain , and unequivocal . No doubt the prime minister built upon the influence of English gold , upon the effect ofthe
proposed tariff , upon the good feeling of France , as a means of insuring peace through intimidation , while the English press laboured hard to convince us that the President's message was a mere nine days' wonder , and that Mr . Polk , like the protectionists and The Times , would " swallow the leek . " Mr . Polk , however , has sent a postscript to his message to the Senate , in which ho briefly recapitulates the principal points urged in the "long yarn , " and not a word of which he declares does he see reason to retract .
Tho straight-forward American answers English subtlety , English cunning and duplicity , with straight , forward American honesty . I admit , says the President , that England lisps peace while hor every action proclaims war . She says that she is at | eace with the world , that her free-trade policy is likely to extend and perpetuate those peaceful relations , while at the same time she breathes thunder through her increased naval armaments , her increasing enlistment , and her threatened militia bill .
Oh ; says The Times , how unfair , how ungenerous , how unpolite , while England bows and scrapes , and professes the tenderest regard for peace , 'the uncouth American has not the good Manners or the good tasto so to Jwrap up his feelings of English diplomacy as to preserve our Stock Exchange from so sudden a calamity as thc disapp earance of the Government broker . How ridiculous the moneygrubbing press of England must now appear , when
Mr . President Polk , the American Congress and Senate , have virtually , if not actually , declared this never-to-come war . . 'Notice to quit is to be served upon the English minister , and the Thunderer tells us that this , perse , is a declaration of war ; a war in which the blood , the mind , the nerve , the feeling , and the pride of every Englishman will be Unlisted ; a war , which , if forced upon us by American insolence and a submission to democratic howling , must be one of ruin to America .
We took the liberty of dissenting from our cotemporary very early in the discussion of the subject , and we have seen no reason to retract a single opinion that we have advanced . We announced that all class and sectional interests in America would merge into an anti-English feeling , and that the -several interests in the several states would bo united until the struggle against monarchical intervention was finally decided . With regard to England , we ventured te assert that nineteen in twenty of the whole population would raise their voices against a war which had for its object resistance to democratic principles .
Nay more , we further ventured to suggest the possibility of Sir Robert Peel ' s sending a squadron of observation to prowl round the American coast , if pushed hard by the protectionists ; but we did not venture to anticipate the stronger alliance being formed between America and the Irish by the new and numerous ties of affections by which the coerced Irish convicts , doomed to imprisonment in their mud hovels , would bo bound by the thousands , thc tens of thousands of able-bodied Irishmen , who are now flying from landlord tyranny to take refuge under the banner of democracy . While the English cabinet is meditating an Vnlistment Bill for thc entrapment of VOLUNTEERS , her tyranny is furnishing willing soldiers to fight against their oppression in forek-n
lands . The Irish people aro bound together by clanship , affection , consanguinity and connection ; and the thousands > ho have left tho shores of Limerick , Cork , and Waterford , and the hot temperature of Tipperary and Clare , will have each left hundreds of relatives at home who would rather war again-t England , and the oligarchy of Ireland , than against the government from which their exiled friends expect that comfort which their own country has denied them . Nay more , tho Irish arc not satisfied with a negative policy , they will not be reconciled to inaction which threatens injury to tlioir friends , and it is not at all unlikely that a little domestic diversion may be got up at home , requiring the presence of our standing army there . We may now presume , without drawing much apon
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lxposche of A uang or Ckimps . —On Tuesday the 7 th , a case of fraud and contravention of the 8 th and 12 th sections of the Seaman ' s Act , was opened up in the Justice of Peace ' s Court , Glasgow , when the villainy of the crimps' dark deeds was discovered and brought to light by Mr . James Fildes , secretary to the Seaman ' s Guardian Society . The victim selected by the crimps was a Spanish seaman named Woods , who deposed that he boarded with a tavern keeper named Findlay , who took him to the crimps' office , named Boyd , Flett , and Bryce , alias Brjce Devinc , alias Bryce Devins , alias Burnay Devin , alias D , Boyce ( those were the names on the warrant ) , for a ship . Bryce and Flett took Woods to the barque " Margaret Povnter" to be
approved by the master , who was pleased , and ordered the man to be shipped , and come to work on Monday . He went on Monday , and Flett , at one p . m ; , came for him to sign the ship ' s articles . ITe went to the crimps ' office ; Bryce was there , and after he had signed , Bryce would take the advance note of wages to Mr . Findlay . To this Woods said , "So , give it me ! " He didflo . Woods then said , "Did Findlay pay you 5 s . for my shipping fee ? for he told me he did . " To this Bryce answered , "Yes ; it is all rijht—all correct . " Woods then went to work until night , and asked Findby for his bill , which was produced in court ( one item —namely , "Baid , shipping fees , 5 s . " ) Woods then looked over his document , and found that Findlay was defrauding him , and determined to seek protection from his own class , and applied to Mr . Fildes , who brought the case before Lieut . Forrest , R . N ., who took it to court . James Reid , seaman , sworn : Was in the office
of Boyd , Flett , and Bryce , alias ise . Saw Woods sign articles . Heard him ask Bryce if Finfllay had paid thc shipping fee . Bryce said , "Yes ; it ' s all right—all correct -. " and patted Woods on the shoulder . —William Brown , Customs' clerk , sworn : Produced schedule G of the crew shipped . Woods' nam * was there . Did know the defender , but not his name . Could not tell his real name . Defendant ' s lawyer then objected , as his client ' s name was not spelled right . It was Devine , alias 4 c , in the charge sheet , but his name was Devon . After three hours' squabbling , in which the patience of all was tried , the case was adjourned until the 21 st , for the plaintiff ' s lawyer to prove that the defendant has gone under the whole batch of aliases . There was a strong muster of the "fanej " at the trial . We are informed , from a source on which we can rely , that Findlay and the whole batch will be followed up with the utmost rigour of the law . Glasgow , April 10 , 184 G .
Aubn Davenport . —Next Week . Mr . John Stee » it , of Cablisle . —Mr . R , Burrell , of Greenock , requests us to notice that the wife of Mr . John Sterrit , of Carlisle , was safely delivered of a daughter on the 7 th instant . We notice this here , hecause our correspondent informed us that Mr . Sterrit left Carlisle in search of employment some weeks ago , and has not been heard of since . He has hitherto been a constant reader of the Star . Should he see tliis notice , he is requested to communicate with his family . J . Sweet begs to acknowled ge the receipt of the following ' sums for the forthcoming Convention : —From the Seven Stars Locality , Is . 8 d . ; Mr . Joseph Robinson , Is . ; Mr . Morris , fid . ; Mr . Croft , 6 d . ; Mr . Smith , id . ; Mr . Bown , 3 d .
The Coming Cokdwaineb ' s Conpeeence , —We have received the following from . the Editor of the Cordicainer ' c Companion : —As , in a very short period after anoth ' cr Conference of our trade is to be held , I would fain say a word or two by way of advice to my brother craftsmen on the subject with a view of doing something towards theformation , at last , of a really " general" association . The two preceding attempts , I am well aware , have been but attempts—attempts , forced on , it is true , through amultitude of obstacles , as they were always endangered iu their after working , from the evil results of a most bitter spirit of mere partisanship . Let all this , however , at the present moment , not deter , but rather excite to renewed exertions , in every way , and by any condition and section of shoemakers alike , and thus that the ensuing Conference may lead to strength and harmony , and that these advantages may , also , long continue . Be it , then , the great aim of every shoemaker to help
to this—Scotch as well as English—Welsh as well as Irish . Let all try their best ; and especiall y , let those of tho " ancient regimen" do away for the time with some of their men ' s lurking misgivings , and come and " confer" at least , with their follow workmen ofthe altered system , and thus the closer to examine what in reality it is , and to abide by the conviction , for or against , which in this way , and in this way alone , is to be truthfully created . Let , for instance , the " old trade " of Glasgow send its delegate to such Conference , and of Edinburgh , and of Dublin , and of that division of the London West-end men ' s men which has not yet been brought to join the Association ; and tiie Borough men ' s and women ' s bodies , and the City women ' s men the same ; and , then , if any real good can be accomplished , be it so accomplished ; or , if not , let the former sectional system revive again , as auy system would be preferable to the almost no system now so prevalent , to the injury of all , and the advantage of
none ! Veteran ' TATttiOTs' and Exiled Widows' and Ciiil-DttEN ' s Funds . —Receipts for the week : Collection after my Lecture at the South London Chartist Hall , last Sunday , 4 s . Sid . A Lover of Justice , per Mr . Overton , London , Is . Brighton Chartist , per Mr . Flower , 10 s . Total 15 s . 8 id . —biing considerably bo . low half of our weekly expenditure of Two Pounds . Once again , I beg , most earnestly , that my brother chartists will remember their bounden duty * towards tho aged toilers in the struggle for freedom , and towards the widows and orphans of those who are en . during bitter boud-,- . gos across the ocean , for their devotion to tho same high and holy cause , How is it that neither from thc Staffordshire Potteries , Nottingham , Leeds , Todmordon , Oldham , Sheffield , Newcastleen-Tyne , Glasgow , Edinburgh , Northampton , Kettcrinjr , Norwich , Ipswich , Bristol , Bath , and numerous
other districts , usually understood to be Chartist localities , not a single contribution has been sent for these two funds ? Burnley iu Lancashire , a town experiencing as deep poverty as any town in England , has remitted thrive ; and Bradford , Birmingham , Manchester , Rochester , Brighton , with Hamilton in Scotland , have remitted Ucico , while London has contributed more than one-lhinl of the entire sum raised for these two funds , since they were established in September last!—Is it right to lay so much ofthe burthen on the willing steeds in the Chartist tcum ? Let none take offence at this hint ; but let all and every one attributeuiy ;» tain . speiiking to its true cause , —a wisli to see working-men prove to their oppressors that they possess intellects that can properl y estimate thc efforts made to win their rights , by evincing feeling hearts towards the sufferers by those efforts . —Thomas CoorEB , Secretary , 131 , Blaukfriars ' -roud .
Koukrt Findlay , Aberdeen . —Ought to have received his papers at the usual time , They were posted on Friday morning . Joshua Hojison , Brnijfljra ' , Wilts . —We do not supply the party he mentions , lie is supplied by some of tho London agents . J . W . —If your " affairs are embarrassed , " we know of no one iu the legal profession more likely to serve your interests than Mr . H . W . Weston , of Moira Chambers , Ironmonger-lime , Cheapside , who numbers amongst his olients persons of all grades , from the peasant to the peer of tu « realm ,
Lxposche Of A Uang Or Ckimps.—On Tuesday...
" * . RECEIPTS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . ***«*
SECTION No . 1 . PER MR . O'CONNOR . SHAKES . p Xo . I branch , Glasgow , per J . Smith .. ,,, . Pershore , per W . Conn .. .. " T , " \ Exeter , per F . Clark .. .. " ' * « Halifax , per O . W . Smith .. . " « A l Shrewsbury , per J . Powull .. n ? n W . Kendall , Otley .. ., " n - X Manchester , per J . Murray .. " ,, i I Burnley , per C . Webster .. .. " \\ \ I Stockport , per P . Walker " i „ °
Ileywood , per W . Bingham .. " " , » , » ? Warrington , per R . Lomat ., " " \ ° * * Per ditto , for Reny Anderson „ " , XX Per ditto , for Edward Lawless .. " " , „ „ lladcliffc Bridge , per It . Hamer .. " i in 2 Ashton , per J . Taylor for J . Latimer " " . < ft n Macclesfield , per J . Warren .. " « n « Nottingham , Xo . l , pur J . Sweet .. T . " 1 17 * Hyde , per J . Hough .. ., " l w Scarborough , per R . Kuceshall ,. .. " t } , I Leicester , per G . Noon .. ., " ., t £ Hamilton , per W . Weir .. .. " i in ? Greenock , per R . Burrell .. , | " ., " J Arbroath , per J . Stephen .. .. " 200 £ 108 H 0 DIRECTORS FUND , ¦¦¦ ¦ » Exeter Uaeup " " .. 0 1 2 Old Basford .. .. " " » 0 8 8 Scarborough .. . " " .. 0 4 10 Hamilton .. ., " " » « l ] J .. .. 0 0 31 v , ,, . „ , CAm k *» MIES . No . 1 branch , Glasgow .. .. ft . „ Nottingham , per J . Sweet .. , " !! 0 2 3 CONFEKENCE LEVI . Ileywood , per W . Bingham .... n ¦> n Bacup " n I o Old Basford " " 019 Scarborough \\ " 0 fl 9 SECTION No . 2 . Thomas Wintcrboltorn , Cheshire .. „ 2 12 4 James Anderson , sen ., Manchester „ .. 544 Total , Section No . 1 108 H , ; Vo . do . 2 7 ie g £ 116 11 2 NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . EXECUTIVE . PER MB . O ' CORNOE . Manchester , from Mr . O'Connor ' s lecture .. 1 17 a Females of Todmorden 0 , l > " Macclesfield , per II . Hivrgravcs for Chartist Cori " ference 11 . rakington .. „ .. ;; - ) \ « The sum announced under this head from Blackburn 76 . 3 d ., last week , was for the Directors of tire Land Society , and not for the Chartist Executive . EXILES' WIDOWS' fU . VD . FEB Mil . O ' CONNOR Scarborough , per R . Kneeshall .. .. 0 . > n NATIONAL ANTI-MILITIA . TUNC , " ' PER MB . O ' CONNOR . Leicester , per W . Green 0 ] 5 .. Nottingham per J . Sweet „ 3 J R . rowii , lIuhne „ .. fl , ^ WIDOW seeby . PEO MB . O ' CONNOB . T . Throdder .. , 0 0 .. Oldham , from Mr . O'Connor ' s lecture .. . ! 2 ( i ! J POLAND ' S REGENERATION FUND , P ER MB . O ' CONNOB . George Neivsom 0 0 {> J . Drownsfield .. .. .. n n r T . Thredder .. M .. " . ~ J 0 ° 6 Ibichael , the Jewess 0 0 j Pilkington 0 6 6 Sheffield , per G . Cavill .. .. .. 0 5 0 The subscription of Mr . Paulhance , announced last week as Is . should have been £ 1 . £ 3- Charles Brown , Halifax , No . 17 in the two acre allotments , having declined to accept bis prize ( beinir anxious to possess a four acre allotment ) , we hereby an-Bounce that Char es Tawes , of New Radford , No . 18 , ft the winner ot the last pme in the two acre ballot Philip M'Gbath , Feargus O'Connor , ' Tuoicas Clark , Christopher Dovle . Thomas IIabtin Wheeler , Secretary .
Mr. John Moss, Of Carrington, Is Informe...
Mr . John Moss , of Carrington , is informed that we have inadc frequent applications to the London Joint . Stock Bank f 0 r thc sum of £ 12 , which has been ackno * . the Banl » has received no advice on the subject . We request Ins immediate attention t 0 this , Mr . G . Cavill , of Sheffield , is also informed that the London mid Westminster Bank has received no advice to pay us the sum of £ 17 odd , which has also been acknowledged m the Star as remitted bv him .
Ireland .
IRELAND .
Famine, Eviction Of Tenantry, Porular Ou...
FAMINE , EVICTION OF TENANTRY , POrULAR OUTBREAKS . From all parts of Ireland the most heart-rendin " accounts reach us of the progress ef the famine" Numbers ot miserable families are starving upon one meal of wretched food in the twenty-four hours . Un . less prompt measures are taken by the Government to relieve the hunger of the people , the most awful results may be anticipated to take place immediately .
EMOTION OF TENANTRY . The Waterford Chronicle of Saturday contains an account extending to nearly four columns , of the eviction of 50 families , comprising 227 human beings , by the Marquis of Waterford , from his property at ( rrau'shoneen , Kilmacthomas , and several families numbering SO persons from Glenafoca , also the property ofthe Marquis . It appears from this statement that the tenants held the land under lease for the life ot one John Love , who , it is said , died some time ago m America . The landlord , it is alleged , gave but £ 2 to such of the tenants as threw down their houses of their own free will , and it is added that there was no complaint of non-payment of rent ! Several stated that they owed no rent , and others said they were ready to pay what they owed . In addition to the Sot persons thus thrown upon the world , there are seventeen families yet in jeopardy at Craigshoneen .
POPULAR OUTBREAKS . The Limerick papers contain accounts of an extraordinary assemblage of 5 , 000 labourers at Toryhill , Groom , on Thursday , in pursuance of a notice posted in several places in that and the surrounding parishes , calling 011 the people to assemble for the purpose of obtaining food and emplovment for themselves and their families . " At about ton o ' clock in the morning " says the Examiner "the people began to assemble on the spot appointed , and the number continued to increase till about twelve o ' clock , when the Rev . Mr Meehan Catholic Curate , ascended the hill from the ' residence ot the Catholic clergyman , for the purpose of addressing them , with a vie * to separate the meetin * tu wis uiue
mere were octween 3 , 000 and 4 000 persons assembled , and every minute more arrived , lucre was no music-all was silence-there was no show with the exception of one flag , which was raised on the summit of the hill . T & rev gentle , man advised the people to lower the flag , and separate peaceably and orderly and called their attention to the measures that had been , and were being , e ? by govcr . , iment and the local gentry for their relief . He pointed out the dreadful consequences that would ensue it they broke the peace , and rendered of no effect the efforts that were making to procure them food and employment . He was listened to with silence , but when he concluded the flag was lowered , and he left the hill under the impression that thc meeting would speedily dissolve . This , however , was not the case ; numbers of labourer continued to arrived from every part of the country . In a short time the
flag was again raised , and bv half-past one 0 clock there were at least 5 000 persons on tho hill . About this time the rev . Mr O'Shea , Catholic Curate , rode up to the p lace where the Hag was elevated , and began to address the people . " Thc Chronicle gives the substance of the rev . gentleman's speech , as follows : — " Boys , I suppose this is the banner under which 1 have to fight . ( Hear . ) You have , at all times and places , respected your clergy , and 1 beir to ask now it you still entertain that respect for them and their counsel ? ( Ones of ' We do . * ) Then I call upon vou to prove it , by removing this standard . ( The mandate was immediately obeyed , and the banner removed . ) Now , then , as a friend , I have to protest against yourassembling in this manner—iB is illegal tor you to do so , and at the presenttime most imprudent ( Cries ot « We want work . ' ) J know vou do , and that man is not living who feels more for vnnr
wretched and destitute condition than I do . ( Hear ) You have , at all times , linked yourself with the clergy of your church , for your and our interest is one and the same , and I trust , therefore , you will not be guilty ot any illegal conduct that would disconnect us from each other . ( Cries of'No no ') 1 know you will not . We have done everythin g in our power to procure employment for you . The resident lauded proprietors havo done so . and I trust thc « ovcrnnient will , in ten or twelve days , set coin" The works applied for in this district , and give you cm-P ' . jment . ( Cries of ' We will be starved before
men . ; uod turbid . I implore of you to bear your siiilenmjs and privation patiently and quietlv until you know tho determination of government . " ( Murmurs . ) I led that , hunger prompts you , perhaps at this moment , to rash acts . Do not , in Cod ' s name mako your condition worse than it is . We have the Indian com meal now distributing to thc poor It is excellent foot ! , and I recommend it to you . ( Cries ot it wc cat that tood it will poison us . ' ) I assure you that is an absurd idea . 1 used it for mv breaktast this morning , and I promise you I will continue to do so , ami if there is harm in it I will be the first
victim . ( Hear , hear , and erics of ' We ml use it so . ' ) The Rev . Mr . O'Shea then conjured them to leave the hill , and return peaceably and quietly to their homes , observing that if their meeting had been legally convened , he would himself preside , and
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 18, 1846, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_18041846/page/4/
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