On this page
- Departments (3)
- Adverts (22)
-
Text (10)
-
H million signatures above the hve milli...
-
Whole¦ amcuited to less than tbe imonic ...
-
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES. A...
-
THE S HOEM A KERS OF INVERNESS . TO THE ...
-
BlackstjvbF.dg*.—A. delegate meetine wil...
-
Just Pu lialied, Price Tbrerpence, tke BLACK ROOK of tht L'kitish Arisvocbact, containing An Exposcbe of the Most Monstrous Abuses in Chobch and State.
-
THE RED HALL ESTATE ,
-
In rep l y to numerous ap p lications, I...
-
THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1848.
-
POLICY OF THE CHAKT1ST BODY. The lengthe...
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
-
-
Transcript
-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software. The text has not been manually corrected and should not be relied on to be an accurate representation of the item.
Additionally, when viewing full transcripts, extracted text may not be in the same order as the original document.
H Million Signatures Above The Hve Milli...
• c = f A I ? ^ 2 () ' ^ ' ' ' ¦ , -. — ,- — . , „ . ___ . „¦ . „ , „» , „„ , » . » o «» ma ,. t . , on INVESTMENT FOR SMALL
Whole¦ Amcuited To Less Than Tbe Imonic ...
Whole ¦ amcuited to less than tbe imonic of one d ° ^ ' ( H « ,, he , , Out , 1 -y-V- ' eLf :. : > v ° it 2 000 , - . n « t ™ .-re . o = »«•* - » = J » £ ' . . c - nricd . Could per , c ::, cut „ f B population bf . ou" , And was all this to heard BiU : o «« r »« »*> ^ Tatlnd ^ e at it wi ! 8 to permit « « " ^ jlJ , and often of an eaik , ' r . ls « .. Blsr . ya cold " * ' £ • L , & colD had ^* : S ^*^™ v ^ ? - tWs'I-. rt-t sai « 3 for such pi . -e , ar > d -bo t . k . « . the » . »«¦»¦ * ^ o , berHiS ( . bei 1 , ,. , rrcvtrtnii >; . V' - •¦ - ¦ c-: n tbat euch persons should be removed . T -t ' - ' . . vc ws no doubt pro ? : r . tut what a picture oil it prcF-. : ; - ¦ ¦ ' ths character of th- congregation et sac ! . ser : J criiiicss . Yet this was not owing to an ? ethtr wn : ethtr . the abusss which existed in cathtdr » l esffe-. Ubuiecl *; ferhe was convinced tha ; throughout the cosatr * : he d ti pest revereno .-. was f-lt for those v . ne rsble edifice-, of which one of their wannest admirers
wrote—• Tt'Ce- -rlendid structures of an f ufAkt BCu Soffit ' . hu weak effor ts of the latest stage : {?• :-: . ^ " L-. ^ co tha tktUsccb dtrker vines po « scS < ed ? 1-.. ih-.-c rude dats men gave to G ~ A their b >* t ! L . - . rd ^ . GsesVEKOB seconrle-l the ik-uod . He had bo -n-n " ; Vi cvuSrmzng the cccuraey of tbD Statemen . S iti . - ct . vihe hon . mover , but he kt < ew fB » u * h W feel p ,. rcUai : d tbat the inquiry afked for would be productive of f . uT . o benefit . i-ri ; I . vous exonerated the cathedral corporatiose fr-.. m ti ; -. - n .. cu « tions Is veiled against theci , end denied tl , it v * -r-:.--ti « at had any rigkt to tuke irua them thtir pre-iH-rt ; . Sir kc-L > bt cited the case of Carlisle- as corroborative ' A M .- Harsmsn ' s charge .
Colond SiBTHoEf said there were crrtwn ptrsc s - tt « fcon > - - -b ? made a practice ot roaming aoout tberngi ' . vcf . cr ef seeking for some imper inent commission , fe fL = r ' \ -t t u ; grounds of compl-int , tnd little tbey carcc ¦ h ' ueO' r , h-rc were jast grounds of tompiaint , so'hat tl . y c . - . do % i \ up a good vrima facie grievance ( Cheer ? ar .-l injj h ' or ) It seemed to him ninif . stimp sjibleal > acr- be :. 'ath a respectable raemb-. r e ; f that house—to ce :: ' es-:--i : " - tveu to notice , much less to reply to . the c : fu = jL - . dc-: Hilcgaionsmade by such ii-dividuals respect-ID ; tV : ' hCtf . Of CCCliBlasfical bodies , and the conduct and clutt ' iiUroi ? ho dignitaries of whom » v . i was spoken . ( Cheer ; ssd laughter . ) He happened to beinfo / tned , as ke was spproachiag the house , tbat JlrHorsman had iniulg - ¦ - ! i-j remarks upon the cathedral elzrg ; of L nec ! n ; b = l lie defied that honourable member or any
otfict h . n-jurab . ' a member to fnb » t r - « tiate aoytbin , ? spain g : i- character or conduct cf those clergymm . Ti-- h-:-. :. iember had spoken of the destruction of the C :: j « s . iti-i be had even gone s o far a « to say tbat one Clsrvjrawi ! ialdie-d of starvation ; hut what grounds ha ^ tl r bou . lumberf r insinuating that surh ccenrr-ncts tick pl . trs in thr county of Lincoln t ( Hear . ) Hi- dem-ndi . 'i : rsni the hon . member who bad been working likes c / : e underground , from what quarter br Ob . teicjii -r . tii a churpe , or rather fabrication t ( H ^ ar . ) Hekiit . -. T : si : > y must Kialous and indefatigable chrcymeu c ^ iiue-Mta » i'h Liacoln Cathedral , and did the Son . m-mtix :- ¦ : n to charge them with a dereliction of dutj ? ( foem . ) He knew not of what religion the hon . membtr --TKf , it" jiDy . ( A . laugh , antl a call to order by the Speaker ) lie bad s strong opinion rn tbat point , and thyught he « vas justified in mainuibiug it ; but if he to of
had « ai ; ^ t rd which was contrary the rulrS the hcetse hr . withdrev ? it , ( Hear , and a laugh . ) But wtat v g " s * bad tbe hoa . member t « bring charge . « 5 = io = i ; : r cl , rgy of the city of Lincoln * Why should Be « eU-c : ih-i-cities of Lincoln , Cfltlisle , nnd Caulcrburj fer bis r . itsck ?? There could be no reason , unless it wr * tha- •' .: hou . member had fom . dit difficult to o ^ - tain per * aus to gn round tbe coustry npon this groping eoaimit-f . ir . r . cf his . ( A laugh . ) He did net tbject to Icq ^ ir ;; but ho would ask , veas it likely to tend much to ihs pro ! i : rtiion of religion to bold forth to the public eut-h u--t ; ut-rifd stitersents respecting the clergs ( C-eer « ) 1- worsld have been mt . re clristiaulike . more CbvritaM :, 3 nS me > re becoraiag a inemb * r of the Estahlisii-. d Cv .: th , " ; o stand forward in defence of the etarscter Mid i-nndcct of the clergy of tbe Chcrch than to en 3 c ? . \ enr to degrade them in tbe eyes of tke world .
( CV-erp . ) HrH .-B = H 4 N d-nie ^ baviBgin ^ de eny charge against { nd ' riduH < . Isostof all any Individual connected with the gaV . antoBie . r . He certainly found in tbe Clergy list tre nam ? of the gallant officer ' s brother a * the incumbent cf "A ' b * h ; b ;> i , n-ngb , ia Lincolnshire , hut he was evident " : y not n ef tho starving e ' ergy , for the living was Eta c ( f « o ¦>¦¦ i-. orth . £ l , 5 'J 0 a year . ( Cheers . ) He ( Mr E © .-man ) hud mado no charges against individuals ; it Kg- ' -hf : f jiti in oiilj tbat he ha 4 attacked . Hr Glad-tohe sai-i tbe question was , whether the sls ' . e uf tb ) atr tviib resprct to citbrdral rBtablisbments ebruli be prrn ; itttd to exist : and his opinion was that Baca sn Bmenflrfient might be made * s would tmble th ^ cBtVedr ; -l < todorsorefor learning , aad for parochial ministry , " . an at present tncy are ablo to accomplish . But i , e di-1 not think that any spscial inquiry was called
Lord J . Rcssell , while wi'hn ; to absent to tbe propoeit : i > B tiat it Bould be right to take further measures Wi'h the V'Bw to pref erve and improve cathedral inetitraii n =, o- 'ul \ cot avoii eipressing hU d ' sstut from the Enf- . rene-- t-. at ra g ht be drawn from Mr Horfmao ' s Bp = ech , that cathecral iustitulions wtrfl worse than use . let ? , and tt . st they tendrd toprev-nt th ? growth of re Hg . iB . Alih ugh thtro would be inconvenience in a sno ' . t . in pl'djit . g the Cro ^ vn to issne a tpecial Inquiry , he thourht lb-it it wes o matttr which the G-vernmtnt should pnviur in tlis sj . irit and wttr < i R « f ehe motion , with the view of r . r . dering the collegiate institatiOKS more eon ^ neiv-. , to the k ; rvices of the cturcb and iho gpiritaal instructor ) .- f the people . Kk Hoae . Mr GoDtarBS , Mr Heywcod , Sir E . Bex-XO !» . « nd ilr ' Ieklst tnade a few obserr-i-iins .
Mr HoEsiriw , in rtplj , denied fhat h ? had any desire to v . boiish c . thedral institi'tions ; his ebject was to render thsm more conducive to their original inten . tteai . The motion vrs = ! withdraw : ; . Ht 7 s ; i * . —Mr DEeoaitT then called the attfntion of the nouse to thereiAf . ons of this country with Russia in ref-retce to events in tbe north of Earape ; in doin , ; * bic ' - i he mtintaiaed tha twefold proposition , that England bad , in htr relations with the north of Europe , ner'toted htr own true interests , and that Has . is bad profited by her neglect and subserviency , and bed entxiled upon Europe a state cf tliines which was ( 3 angerf'Us to vs r pn ^ e end indtpen je-nce . and obstructive to rs fartbEr progress , H " -nciuled by moving for pipers , c-nn . cted with the freit ; rf Unkiur-Skelessi , atd with tbe sff-Jtc eiSchlrswi ^ -iio . stein .
Mr Hcsit i-ecnndtd the moioa , teing desirous that Mr TJrqabart sb u'd have anoppar-aiiity of beini'btard , thi * ooufe l-avinr been ungraiiously cunted tut on a form-T occa-: r . , when he sougbt to bring forr . trd a limilar mation . J , yr < i Falisesst k . in a very brief spe- 'Ch , denied that tar policy of EnpLnd had ever h « en mide subservient totheag ^ rj-ndi * mtut of Rus . ia . orihu it had , a el . IsceJ by tha ton . member , ever cenf-xraed to tbe , irin-Ciples which had actuated the H -ly Alliance . The papers for * yhSch the hon . msmber had moved would thro * no li ^ ht n ^ tiii f ^ e affairs of Poland , which had b- 'n
ratde tbecmtfpr ' . teit for the nmion which the hon . mtmb-r had Enbroittkd , As to the pip rs connected ¦ « itb ihe SohleswIg-IIoht-in que . stion , he dicidedly ob . jectei to their proiacti'in . on tbe ground of tbe inconveni-. nce to which it would iead , seeing that argoeiatious were still per . diu ; j on tbat sn ! jict . fbe noble lord conclad d b ? iiitiu . atin !! his intention of epposing thr motion . Mr Hcse , Lord D Sxcasi , Hr BlacS'Tone , and Lr Bowbiso iJclrei ^ ed the h"U 5 * . Mr Dbqchiki tbeu uLhuru -. v h ' s motion . Some returns v ? tre o ^ der <; d , aud the house adjourned . WEDNESDAY . Mat 17 .
HOUSE OF COMMONS .- Pabliahenta & i Eticioa ? Bili .. —SirD . L . EVASsmr-. ved tha secondr adingef this bill , which ha ! for its t > t > j-ctioalteranfl arafnl tie rate , psyine clausfs cf t ^ e Reform Act . The bad result of CierO provisions was well known . Hebslievtd tberijrht hon . membcrfer T = imRor : b and the nwble lord nt the hesd of the government had bttfe at one lima been die qualifiad incrm . tqnsnce of tbtir operation , In Usrylabonf , at the ! :-et' 1-etion . r . o less thin 16 . 000 well qHaiified voters svers diitfrHnchiseH und = r the same sy » tern . Heb .-llsveil if this billwe . rnpisssitbilranchise would be ertendedin tho best way pnsstle . The qUrStioTi having been put , a pauva ensued , when Captain HaBsi ; seil be did not understand ths bill wm to besgreed to without dis ^ ussioa . He wished to record bis decided objection to it .
Sir G . Garv esid when a similar bill was before the kooss two i ear s ego , he g ; re his support to is , and be was quite prepared on this occasion to record his vote in its favour . He had i-i-ly refrained from rising bifore because having h » . ird sn of jcctioa 11 the mecuro he tfat-ught it anutc : s » 3 ry to say anything more upon the nVject . The hnnEe divided—For the second reading 60 Against it 2-5—35 RlILWiTs . — Sir F . T . Bibing rneved the second wading of tbe Audit cf Rulivay Accoants Bill , the priociple Of which , hi said , was to enable the minority of railivay cotnpar . i e to compel the anMting of these-Countf by ft prop'rly appointed and impartialp ? rson . Mr 0 . Bihkes gav ^ the B II a decided op ^ isition . » ad moved that it dc rend a stcoud tima that day sis months .
Mr LABorcBEae wa-mly suppor ted ' -hi Bill , and after B diSCUSSifru . ia wotrh Mr Henley avd Mr Mun'z spok , igains-t . cudUr Agltoity inf ivour of the Bill , tho fcoset diviaed—For the s cond reading SS Aseinsltt IM MtiO Ti'v « £ -ia « ihe Bil ... s ' 2 The Bill was " cons qt ntiy tkr . wn out Mr B . ) CV £ EiEmov-d iiesecnl reading of the P . ace ; far S ' u ; 3 for Wor . ' i p ( Ssotlsnti ) Bi , ! . Mr BWIH gecK-. ds'l »'• « tn » v « m . TCe ' nou ^ T divirlc'i without ^ ny riccu = ilOt 2—For the s c-ndfi-. dtug .. .. SO A f -siatt it .. .. ... •• 55 itejirity —5-5 The Bill was p ^ ad a s -cand time .
A still farther di . t ! u «< ion ensued ca thecsnai QCtstioa tbnt Die till b caminUted . wr . ich vrss fiitd fur ' - '; -e lib of Juae , Hr 0 «« iLD lttiima . ing * hst oa that r < : e : ision he ahanld rawve t-nt the oprratlon of the bill b-. vstsuarf to she Vaiua Kiaidom .
Whole¦ Amcuited To Less Than Tbe Imonic ...
Too report ot tUc Jomt-Stotk Companies Bill having been further considered and agreed to , Mr Herr moved that Mr Cobdek be discharged from atremiance ou the Sure Tiadt Cimmittre , and that Mr Cardwell , Sir E . N . Baitoa , anil Ti < count Brncklej , be added , C ^ L-tain Ptcattt having suggested tho propriety of the nomination of a naval officer , Lord Palmebstok admitted its desirability , statin ? that be sboold certainly ebject to the nomination of Mr Cardwell . in consequence of that hon . gentleman ' s intimate connexion with the shipowners of Liverpool , who wee pr-. sutni-d to be interested in the trade . UrCAEDWEti . was proceeding to reply in defence of the parties re erred to by tho noble lerd , when the hour of six ai rived , and the Speaker quitted the chair .
( From our Third Edition of tat week . ) FRIDAY , Ms * 12 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —FaiEHDLT Societies But —Mr F O'CoHNoa moved that this bill be read a first time , wb : CU was agreed Co . Tbe second reading was nx-id fur Wednesday . June 14 . Refjeh —Mr Huhb read the t . rms of the resolution h ^ int . nded to move on Tuesday week . The motion he nould propose was— 'That this house , as at present code-ituted , does not fairly represtnt the population , the property , or the industry of the Cauatry , whEDCuhaS ,, risen ijreat and increasing discontent in the minds of a l ., tge portion of this people . That , with a view to amend the national representation , leave be given to bring in bills for tbe purpose of providing—that the elective fruncbise > hill te to extended as to includehoasehelder s that votes sba ' il be taken by ballot ; tbat the duration e ( Parliaments shall not eiaed thrao ytars ; and that the aiportionaent of members to population shall be candemore tqual '
The National Lakd Company —Sir B Hail said , he wished to put a question to the honourable and learceJ DicE 3 b ; r for Nottingham ( Mr F . O ' Connor ) with reference to tht National Land Company , The Com . pany had , as yet , been only registered as a provisional C 'mpany . He wished , therefore , to ask the honeurable mtmi-er for Nottingham whether , as one of the origi iiator * i f this Company , it was bis intention to place th- Company in a position to obtain a certificate oi cu £ 3 | lv ;« registration ? J ! r 0 'CoJiHDB said , that as soon as tbe Company viae established , he applied to the certifying barrister , Mr Tild Pratt , for a certificate of registration ; but Mr Pratt then declared , in consequence of a judgment whicl bad bceu delivered by Air Justice Wightman , that he couudtred it bus not in his powar to certify tueCornusuy , He ( Mr O'Connor ) , therefore , had the Company provfsiosaily r . gis-ered . Having proceeded to a certain point , he ( Mr O'Connor ) found that the expense of
compete registration would ba enormous . He learned tbat many companies were only provislenally registered , es tbat gave tbe members of the companies sufcier . t prot . ctien ; but be was most anxious tbat this Company should be completely reglster-a . He was , however , recommene ' ed to bring in a bil t ) do away with the necessity for complete registrar n in this case . He brouiht in such a bill at as early a period as fio'siblt : it 5 > sd bem presented to the bonse . and had betn ordered to ba printed ; and he ( Mr O'Conn r ) It ad na < ned tbe earliest day he could for the second readinp . He might also state that , in the event of the house refusing to sanction the bil 1 , it was his determination , C 0 ? t what it might , to procure the com plete registration of the Compuny , for nothing would give him more satisfaction than to be altogether discharged from tbe onerous responsibilities which naturally ^ attached to a person who held tbe position he held witb regard to a society numbering-106 OHO persons .
Sir B . Hall understood that the boa . gentleman bad fixed the second reading of his bill for the 14 th of June , enf be wiebed distinctly to understand the hoa . number that , if the bill did not pass , he would proceed to obtain the complete registration of the Company . Mr O'CouNoa said it was his determination , if tbe h' ^ use refused to sanction his bill , at once te obtain the complete registration of thoCompany .
National Association Of United Trades. A...
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES . An sddresB from the council of the TJnited Trades is unavoidably postponed . We direct the attention of ihe trades to tbe following NOTICE . Those trades who have not been supplied with precept * and business papers for the next Con f erence , w ^ ch ia to take place in Liverpool on Whit-Manday and f-JJnw i flg days , are desired to make immediate apni ' . catirn to Mr B ^ rratt , Tottenham-court-road , when they will be forthwith despatched .
The S Hoem A Kers Of Inverness . To The ...
THE S HOEM A KERS OF INVERNESS . TO THE ID 1 TOS OF THE HOBTHEBN STAB . Sib — Permit me to offer my best thanks to your correspond- n . Mr Fletcher , boiler- eaoker of Lamteth , for his letter calbng upon the trades to respnnd to the appeal made in behalf of the shoemakers of Inverness , I boU it to b « disrredifabl 5 tb the trades generally that tb . tt « , ppal f > a * n-t been responded to , A . blow has been 'truck at Inv rness , at the generally acknowledged richt of th » working classes . The parties implicated are poor , !> : id upn-fil to thosemorefortunateiysitnated tbantbemjelves tnr sopport , to enable them to resist an nnjust end illegal dorr c . Tbeir appeal is totally disregarded t veu by thoB : who so lnudly complained when a less amount of inj ^ tice wis attemp'ed to be perpetrated on them . Is
r , ot this , to cay the leatt of It , inconsistent ! Besides t ' no shoemakers of Inverness , there are , ni the present monaent . four rszor . grlnders , of Shi ffield , lying in gaol under sentence of ten years' transportation , for conspiracy— beir guilt established by tbe unsupported testimony of two convicted transports . These men , with four wires tnd sisteea children among them , also cry loud for the assistance of the men of their order to enable them to meet t ! : e law expenses in an appeal aeainst the enviction , which there isgooi grounds for supposing is bad in law . Now . eir , I venture most earnest'y to call < ra the werklne men of England to come at once to the rescue ; and while we claim sympathy for onr o « h wrongs show oarsehes worthy b y sjmpathising with the wrongs of others If I recollect right , sir , there was i turplus of soma £ 800 . af the monies collected from the trades ef England for the defence of the so-called
eon ? pir » t rs of Newton . I btlleve , sir , this surplus has never y »» been appropriated . I venture , then , to app > al to Mr N wtem and the parties Sn whose possession this sorplu 1 remains , whether it would not be n very prop r and 1 . > -rtim & tc application of a fund which was orisinally subscribed for a similar purpose . The Central Com raittee of the National Trades ' Association will ba happy to be the r .-c ' pfents of any portion of this or any other snres which the working men of England may be dieposed to contribute in behalf of these ' Victims of Tyrannjj' or any sums will be thankfully received and 8 i' ! tno * ledeed et the following addresses : —Mr Isaac Jack . 46 P-tty street , Inverness , for tho shoemakers ; nud Ur Wl . llum Cittled ge , Cup Inn Market-street , Shof . fi >; d , for the razor-grinders . Above all things , let it be on < ier « tood that promptitude in both these esses is of the utmost moment . I am . Sir , yours respectfully , ll . Tottenhsm . conrt . road . Wh . Feel .
Blackstjvbf.Dg*.—A. Delegate Meetine Wil...
BlackstjvbF . dg * . —A . delegate meetine will be he ! d ; ttthe White House , on Sunday , May 28 ; h , to arrange for the annual mee ; in ? . Delegates are exi-pcted i ' r"m tbe Mowing places : —Manchester , Oldham , Royston , Middloton , Hejwt-od , Bury . Kocbria ' e , Liuleborougb , Bacup , odmorden , Hebden Bnrlge , Sowerby , Halifax , EUan d , and Haddersfi-ld . Tnr ; Nrsr osnkral delegate meeting of Lancashire miners will be held at the hongs of Mr Hup . h Spe . ' -T-r . oin >» sita tbe church , Backrod , on Monday , M-ty 29 h . Chair to betaken at eleven o ' clock in the f ( K * -no- 'ii . Lancashire axd Cheshike . —Tbo ? e places in Lancashire and Cheshire requiring the services of Mr J-tme « Leicb , are requested to communicate with him . Address to 73 . Rochdale road Manchester .
Bat , j—The members of this branch of tha Land Con-pany are informed , tbat in future a meeting will be tie-id every Monday evening , at No 6 Galloway ' shsi '«? ii . ^ . Business to commerce at eiiht o ' clock precisely . Members are requested ti at tend a general mprviPi : on iVondzy rust , May 22 nd . Nra-. Hi'HiPP . LASD and Desham—Tho ^ e localities in the counties of N irthumberland and Durham desiiv . u * o f havinj a lieturer , must crrreapond with Mr Ma > k P . irkinson . Shears yard , Hartlepool . N'mTuTHnERtArfD akd Durham —A district deleg ate m-eiin » « il be held at Berry Edge , on Sunday , Miy 28 a , a-.: d a camp mfetins will be held at Berry Eilne nn the same clay The friends and delegates fmm nther localities , attending thede ' egateand camp Bi . e iner , will please t » meet at the Gateshead Railway Station , at balf-past ninu o ' clock in the forenoon .
N ' awcASTLE-upoN-TrsE . — All persona that have had collecting bunks , for the receiving subscriptions f-r the tupp > rt of the delegates to the National Assembly , are . requested to return the books and cash to M Jude , immediately . Bradfokd —A public meeting of the members of the Land Company , will bo held in the Land office Rutt > rwortk-bdi ! diu !» , on Sunday morning , at nine e ' clnck . Tbe members of tbe Chartist Association wi 1 meet a * usual in their room , Butterworth-buildtnj ; i , ar . six o'clock in the evening . A public raeetiai wilt ba held on Gilstead moor , near Bingley , on Sundty-, at two o ' c lo c k in tbe afte r n o on , the people ot Bradford will form in procession in the Bowlingireen , at eleven o ' clock in the faiemon ; and proceed to Gi ' stead-raCTr , where they wil arrive by t * o o ' clock . The Chartists cf Maqcheater-r < " > sd ab » ve th-: oll-i ) tr , will meet at the Yorkshire Divan , ot Surdav evening at six o ' clock ,
Sum ) ekl 4 sd —A general meeting of { he Chartist * o' S . niiiT ' ap . d , will be held on Monday eveaine , ai eigot ii'e-loe k , for tbe purpose of electing a delegate fc > atond tbe delegate meoticg to be held at B , rr > Ei : 'e on the Sunday following . iYIekthyk TroviL . —The tn ^ rabera cf brasch No . 1 . 'if ihe . Lu d C 3 m | any , are requested ti meet on M"n-. iay evt-nin- ; next ., May the 22 nd , at the branch office b ' i .-k ot the Threa llnrse SDoss . Tko merabers in arrears with their local expenses , are requested tt ray the s-nie without delay .
Just Pu Lialied, Price Tbrerpence, Tke Black Rook Of Tht L'Kitish Arisvocbact, Containing An Exposcbe Of The Most Monstrous Abuses In Chobch And State.
Just Pu lialied , Price Tbrerpence , tke BLACK ROOK of tht L ' kitish Arisvocbact , containing An Exposcbe of the Most Monstrous Abuses in Chobch and State .
Ad00412
co . The Aristocratic System , and its Working . Tbe narrow limits and inequalities of the Representation . The cost of UojaUy—Tbo Queen , Prince Albert , and theRojal Pulces and Princesses : Royal Palaces , Stables , farks . & c . ; Royal Pensioners ; Itoyal Household Expenses ; Crown Revenues ; the Crown , Sic . The Salaries of the British Executive—Salaries of the Ministry and their Secretaries , contrasted with those of ho United States . Salaries of State Pensions above £ \ , 000 a year—Total cost of Civil Government . Annual cost of Justice in England , Ireland , and Soot land—Law Pensioners above £ l , i' 00 ayear—Law Jobs and Sinecures . Diplomatic Expenditure—Cost of titled Ambassadors to Foreign Courts—Tilled Diplomatic Pensioners . The Black List of Pensioners for Civil 'Services ' - a batch of the smaller Pry of titled Pensioners .
Ad00413
Just Published , Price 2 d . DR M'DOUALL'S ADDRESS to the MIDDLE CLASSES . THE CHARTElc— WHAT IT MEANS ; THE CUAUTISTS-WHAT THEY WANT . E . Dipple , i > , llolywell-street . Strand , Lonron , and all Booksellers ; also , at the Literary Institution , Johnstreet , Tottenham-court-road , and the Land Office , 114 , High UolborM .
Ad00414
U NCLAIMED DIVIDENDS . —The Unclaimed Dividend Books of the Bank of England , ountatnmg the Names , - Addresses , and Descriptions of upwards of 'in 0 « h persons entitled to various suras of money of ail amounts , being the Whole of the Unclaimed Dividends and Stock in the Public Funds , amounting to many mil . lions of money which have been accumulatin g during the 18 th and lKth centuries , and the whole of which cun now be recoven d by the next of kin . Carefully arranged under ihe various Letters ol the Alphabet . Price io . e » ch book ; post free , * d . extra . De particular i » stating what parti- ular letter jou icquire . 'Ihe whole bound together in cloth , price 'i" & . W . Strange , 21 , Paternoster , row , and all Booksellers .
Ad00415
NEW CHARTIST NEWSPAPER . Edited by W . J . Linton , and G . J . Holioaek , Saturday , May 20 th , price twopence , free of post , THE CAUSE OF T 3 E PEOPLE . London Agent , Watson , 3 , Queen ' s Headpassage , Patcrnostcr-row .
Ad00416
Just Published , price Threepence . MONETARY UEFOUM OR HEVOLWTION . Remarks on the National Debt , the Taxes , and ff > e Cun-EJSNCT . By A . Z ., Junior . * Public credit is suspicion asleep . '— Paine . ' T he people mate the kingdom . Pol' Use Sovereign ( tDC moneyoeracy ) , to ruin them in orderto enrich himself ( or themselves ) , is as if a man should feed on his own flush . He would satisfy his hunger , but the body would perish . ' —Saying of a Chinese Emperor , who reigned several hundred years ago . l _ Loudon : Watson , 3 , Queen ' s He d-paasage , PatcrnoBtor . row . Turnbull and Co ., 317 , High-street , Edinburgh , and 2 | Broad-street , Aberdeen .
Ad00417
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND . THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OP ENGLAND is desirous of receiving TENDERS trom Innkeepers or others to contract for eitner or both of the following supplies . s > t the ensuinp ; Annual Country Meeting of tbe Society , to be held at Y 0 RK , in July next . 1 . A Hot Dinner £ > r 300 persons , with Desert and a Bottle of Port or Sherry to each person , nt York , on Wednes ' ay , the 12 th of July , 1818 . 2 . A Cold Dinner for I 20 U persons , with a Pint of Port or Sherry to each person , in the Pavilion of the Society , at York , on Thursday , the lath of July , 1848 . Printed Forms of Tender will be forwarded to parties applying to the Secretary , and must be returned to him , filled up , on or before Saturday , the Kith of June , to the Office of the Society , No 12 , Hanover Square , London ; tbe Society not binding itself to take the lowest tender ., By order of the Council , James Hudson , London , May ) nth , 1841 . Secretary .
Ad00418
FAMILY ENDOWMENT , LIFE ASSURANCE AND ANNUITY SOCIETY . 12 , Chatham Flare , lilackfriars , London . CAPITAL JESfO . OiiO . DIBECTOKS . ¦ Wi lliam Dutternortli Uajlty . E-q ., Chairman . John Fuller , E > q ., Deputy Chairman , lit . Bruce C- ichest-ir . Esq Elliot Macuagbten , Esq . H . B . Henderson . Esq . Major Turner . C . H . Lntouche , Es > q . Joshua « alker , Esq . Edward Lee , Esq , Maj ir Willock , K . L . S . BONUS . Thirty percent . Bonus was added to the Society ' s Policies on the profit scale i « ! Si 5 . Tne next valuation will be in January . 18 . i 2 . anndai premiums with profits .
Ad00419
TO TAILORS By approbation of Her Majesty Queen Victoria , and H . R . H . Prince Albert . NOW READY . THE LONDOS AND PA HIS SPRING AND SUMMEIl FASHIONS for 1818 . hv Messrs BENJAMIN READ and Co ., 12 , i ' art-strcet , liloomsbury-siiuuro , near Oxfordstreet , London ; and by G . l ' . tn .. ER , Holywell-stFeet , Strand ; aid all Booksellers , an exquisitely excreted and superbly coloured PHI-NT . The elegance nfthis Print excels any before published , accompanied with the Newest Style , and cxtra-htfing Frock . Hiding Dress , and Hunting-Coat Patterns ; the m ^ st fashionable dress Waistcoat Pattern , and an extra-fitting Habit Pattern of « he newest and most elegant style offusUUiii . Every particular part explained ; method of increasing and diminishing the whole for any size fuily illustrated , manner of Cutting and Making up , and all other information respecting Style and fashion . Price lus . post free lis .
Ad00420
NATIONALXANO COMPANY . A TWO ACRE ALLOTMENT to be Sold , situated at Snig ' s End , near G-muesteishire . Apply , if by letter ( pott paid ) , terms stated , to S . WWdou , Addingham , Leeds .
Ad00421
THE LAND ! THE LAND !! TO BE SOLD , a Three Acre Alotnicnt . at Snig ' s End , ntariy ready for occupation . Applications , if by letter , enclosing a Postage siamp , to be made to David Watson , 3 ul , Cunongute , Edinburgh .
Ad00422
TO BE SOLD . THE RIGHT OF LOCATION on a Four Acre Allotment , drawn in the November fi » llot . The Allottee having engagements that prevent him taking possession . For particulars apply , if by letter ( post paid ) , to G . Harper , Willerby , near Hull , Yorkshire .
Ad00423
TO BE DISPOSED OP , a Four Acre Share in the National L ;> nd Company ; all expenses paid and Eligible for all Ballots to December next . Price £ 5 4 s . Address ( prepaid ) te C . II ., Post-office , Uruiutreo , Essex !
Ad00424
TO THE SUCCESSFUL ALLOTTEES , Any sue . easful FOUR ACRE allottee , on Snig ' s End , Great Dodford , or the M .. t' ( an Estate , not wishing to occupy the same , the advertiser nil ! give ten pounds per annum above the demands of the Companv , on leiise for five or seven years . For particulars , address post pa'd , R , T ,, care of W . Foster , « orcester-stveet . Kidderminster .
Ad00425
THS LAND ! THE LAND ! THE LAND ! TO BE SOLD a valuable T » 0 ACRE allotment situated at linig ' s End . Ihe right oflociktion be . longs to a lady far advanced in years , and in consequence of a late family bereavement , she is desirous of di ^ posin ^ of the above allotment . All communications to be adores ; ed post paid , to J . Warren , 144 , High Holhorn .
Ad00426
Td Kti t > 01 . D , A FOUR ACRE SHAKE in tlio Land Compiny , eli-£ \ . pitiU-for oaiot . I'r . ce £ * 1 & . Apply , if *<>• Letter ( pre putd ) , to tt . Phillips , No . 9 , East-street . Green-street , iUtlm I green , London ,
Ad00427
THE LAND . rWO FOUR . ACRE Sll A KE > .. li iMe for tho Ballot of 1 ti e 3 lh iiist ., to be ditpoted ef , together or eepunte Price £ i I s . e ; ch . Apply to A . Pi eater , I . Sjn : ons-s . trcet , Chelsea .
Ad00428
THE LAND . THE advertiser beingalwuii ., uuierato , wish .- > turns pose ot three paid up sh .. r « in the National Laiid Company , for £ jlCs . «« uu Apply ( if by letter ) , to A . 'A ., at Mr C . Coombs 2 lias tiD s . * reci . Keiw-oad . St Pancras , London . ' '
Ad00429
___ . „¦ . „ , „» , „„ , » . » o «» ma ,. t . VALUABLE INVESTMENT FOR SMALL CAPITALISTS . TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION , on MetfDAj , the 29 th of Mat , iNJ 8 , at twelve precistly , in allotments of two and four ACRES each , all that valuable and highly improveaest , ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ consisting of 333 acres of tho first quality land , being freehold and tithe free , situate within one mile of the City of Lincoln , on the high road to Grantham . Tho property of Thomas Allsop , Esq . The proprietor of this estate , conceiving that the salva . tlon of this country depends upon the better cultivation nf the soil , and eonsidering the above magnificent estate as peculiarly adapted for Spade Husbandry , h as ven t ure d upon the experimen t of thus tcitimr the great principle of manunl labour , by which means alone England can be enabled to support berincreasing population . The sttirittd proprietor looks to the success of this great national project , rather than to profitable speculation .
Ad00430
LOWBAND 3—TWO ACRE ALLOTMENT . TO BE SOLD , a t Lowbnn d s , a splendid Two Acre Allotment , well cropped . Application to be made to Feargus O'Connor , Snig ' s End , near Gloucester . —Price , including everything , Fifty Pounds .
Ad00431
A GOOD FIT WARRANTED at the Great Western Emporium , 1 and 2 , Oxford-street . Ub . 'dell and Co are now making to order a Suit of beautiful Superfine Black , any size , for JE . t 1 s . Patent made Summer 'frow sers , If s ; Registered Summer Ovei Coats , 20 s . Tho Art of Cutting taught . Patterns of Garments Cut to Measure for the Trade , and sent ( post free ) for Is . 6 < j . each , or eighteen postage stamps . Address , Charles Ubsdell , 1 an d 2 , Oxford street , London .
Ad00432
A MAGAZINE FOR ALL , THE FAMILY ECONOMIST ; a Penny Monthly Mapmzine , devoted to the Moral , Physical , and Domestic Improvement ot the Industrious Classes . This publication treats of Income and Expenditure , — Food and Cooking , —Clothes and Clothing—Houses , and the way to make them Comfortable and Happy Homes , — Education ,- Health and Sickness , and Sanitory Reform , —Masters and Servants , —Thu Cottage Garden and Farm-Ac ., & c . Thebe subjects are treated in a lively and in foresting style , inHispersed with Dialogues , Anecdotes , and Instructive and Moral Tales . Each number contains a variety of valuable household receipts . Published on tbe 1 st of each month . The Family Economist has attained a circulation of upwards of 5 i > , 0 ( j o since its commencement in January last . PRICE , A PENNY A MONTH , A SHILLING A YEAR . 8 ^ All who are interested in the welfare of the Working Classes arc invited to procure a copy ot this work , and if they approve , to promote its circulation . London : Published by Groombridgo and Sons , Paternoster-row , and sold by all Booksellers .
Ad00433
JUST PUBLISHED , PBICE SIXPIHCE . NO . XVII . OF " THE LABOURER , " CONTkKTB . 1 . Tho Song of the Gaggers . by Ernest J o n e s 2 . Reform and Reformers , 3 . St Jrthn ' Eve , a Romantic Drama . 4 . SelNlUliarce . 5 . The Wife , by Jane . 6 . Pride and Pnju'liee , or the Martyrs of Society . 7 . The London Doorstep , a true stor . y . 8 . The Po ooutGirl . 9 . National Literature . —3 , Germany , 10 . Monthly Review , Letters ( pre-paid ) to bo addressed to the Editors , 16 , Great Windmill Street , Haymarket , London . Orders received by all agents for the " Northern Star " and all booksellers in town and country . The whole of the ensuing Number of the ' Labourer' will be devoted to a consideration of the 'LABotm QUESTION / by F . O'Connor , Esq ., M . P .
The Red Hall Estate ,
THE RED HALL ESTATE ,
In Rep L Y To Numerous Ap P Lications, I...
In rep l y to numerous ap p lications , I have only to s t ate , that there is not in England soil of a finer description , a more healthy situation or delightful spot , tiian the estate above named , and I liGg to assure those parlies who are inclined to purchase , that if f was not convinced of the capability of two acres of its soil supporting a man with an average family , and repaying him the purchase money in less than five y ea r s , that I would not undertake the office of auctioneer . Many persons ask me to state the price at which the land will be sold , but that I cannot undertake to do , suffice it to say , tbat in the immed i ate ne ighbourhood , land of an inferior quality lets at a rent varying from £ 22 to £ 30 per acre . Feargus O'Connor .
The Northern Star Saturday, May 20, 1848.
THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , MAY 20 , 1848 .
Policy Of The Chakt1st Body. The Lengthe...
POLICY OF THE CHAKT 1 ST BODY . The lengthened and . impartial report of the proceedings of the Nation . il Assembly , which at considerable expense we have had specially furnished , and which is concluded in this day ' s Star , has supplied the Chartists of Great Britain and Ireland with ample materials tor forming a correct judgment as to the composition , temper , and policy of that body . But it may not be out of place , now that its sittings are closed , and it s members have returned to their different homes to present a brief statement of tbe circumstances under which it assembled . This is needed for the purpose of setting the country right as to the question really at issue between the Star and some of the members of that
Assembly ; and also to throw light on the present position ol Chartism , in order that onr future p olicy may be clearl y a nd di s tin c tl y understood . In presenting this statement , it is necessary to travel back to the National Convention , of which , in f a ct , t ! "e National Assembly was the offspring and continuation . The writer having been an impartial and constant witness of the sittings of both bodies , will aim at a fair statement of the simple facts as theypresented themselves to his mind .
The National Convention was summoned to meet in London upon certain specific assumptions . For some time previous a National Petition had been receiving signatures in every part of the country . Looking at the number of signatures to previous petitions of the same kind , and calculating not unnaturally on the progress of the cause which must result from the continual agitation of the question , the leaders proclaimed their intention to have this petition signed by at least five millions of names . It was intended to he powerful and overwhelming , because it was to be the last
demonstration of public opinion ] in tbe shape of a petition , and such as would leave the House of Commons „ o excuse tLIT ? tl , e ,. l ra yers « f the people . Ihe intelligence which was weekly suairtto the Ex ecutive , and to ourselves , from all parts ot the country , recorded the fact that everv district was doing its duty zealousl y , and ' th * t the petition would have even a larger number of signatures than that-whidi had been asked for . The returns made to tho Executivereturns winch it was physicall y nnd morally impossible , under the circumstances , they could personally verify-gave nearlythree . quarters of
Policy Of The Chakt1st Body. The Lengthe...
H million signatures above the hve millions on the faith that the district and local officers had done their duty—the ordinary and routine duty of inspecting the sheets as they were sent in daily or weekly : the Executive adopted this number , and published that the National Petition had appended «; o it 5 , 600 , 000 names . The people had resolved also upon presenting this monster Petition in a way which , they « million ^ n . itures above the live millions ,
believed . would ensure additional attention and respect to its prayer . Long before the revolutions which have taken place upon the Continent , acting in conformity with former precedents , and keeping strictl y within the law , they had resolved that it should be presented by a National Convention of forty-nine delegates , accompanied by a peaceful procession of the men of the metropolis , ^ hajjf were not aware that such a demonstration oi the moral
power , and determination of tho people , was illegal . They knew that in former times , they had not only been allowed , but absolutely encouraged , by the members of the present Government , to have similar demonstrations j and they , therefore , did not apprehend any obstruction to their doing so upon that
occa-. It was also resolved that , if this demonstration of the will of the people failed h inducing the Parliament to take the question into consideration , and concede the political rights which were demanded , that a larger and more comprehensive Convention , representing all classes friendly to the movement , should be immediately called to present a Memorial to Her Majesty , praying for the dissolution of Parliament—the dismissal of the ministers-and
the appointment of men who would make the Charter the law of the land . It was al « o determined that this body should consist of one hundred members—be called the National Assembly—and , after the presentation of the Memorial , decide what steps should next be taken by the peop le to secure those franchises which they claim as the inalienable right of Britons . Such were the circumstances , under which it was originally determined to hold the Convention , and to marshal the procession to
accompany the presentation of the National Petition . But shortly previous to the time appointed for doing so , all Europe was awakened by the startling shout of liberated France , and the cry of Freedom , echoing across the Pyrenee s , was repeated in the p l a ins o f Lombardy—repeated even in the capital of Austria itself ; and the whole system of continental despotism , which it had taken so many years to weave , was Wlown away , as easily as if it had been a spider ' s cobweb . We need not describe the astonishment
—the excitement—produced by these unparalleled events . They are still fresh in the minds of all . They developed a new phase of the movement ; and while they inspired the party of progress with hope and exultation , they , at the same time , roused into activity all the fears , and with them all the energies , of the dominant party in tfm country . While this excitement and these conflicting passions were at their height , the Convention met . Conscious of no illegality , either in
its thus assembling . or of any sinister or uncon stitutional intentions in proceeding to carry out its original objects , it issued an address to the people of London , calling upon them to proceed in procession on the memorable 10 th of April . They did not intend to infringe the law , and they saw no reason why the obtaining of new franchises and privileges by the nations on the Continent , ought to deprive them of any of the old rights and privileges which belonged to Britons .
The Government , however , trembled at the possible consequences , which they imagined might arise from such an assemblage ; and , by way of giving a legal aspect to their really illegal , unconstitutional , and arbitrary proceeding , they raked up an obsolete and dead law , of which nobody but some old black-letter worm of a lawyer knew anything , and which , thoug h it mi ght not have been formally
repealed , was most undoubtedly abrogated in spirit and in fact , by the subsequent passing of the Bill of Rights . Armed with this musty , but in law ( according to the letter ) , still powerful weapon , they forbade the procession , or assemblage of any parties upon that day—and the eyes of Europe and America—literally , and not metaphysically —were at once turned upon this dispute between the British Government and the British
people . Fools and knaves have , since that time , condemned the course adopted by the Convention , under these circumstances . Our own conviction , expressed at . the time , grows deeper the further we get from the excitement of that period , and the more coolly we are enabled to review all its consequences , is , that the Convention , under the leadership of Mr O'Connor , dis played equal courage and judgment , and achieved for the people one of the most glorious victories that has ever yet been won for their cause .
To have provoked a hostile collision between a mass of unarmed , undisciplined men , and the tremendous amount of armed and trained force , which that day poured into London , lined every street , lay concealed in every church and public building , and even posted itself ia private dwellings , would have been madness of the worst kind . The man who wou ld have recomm e nded s uch a course would
have been a criminal of the deepest dye , and a traitor to the cause of the people , whose ' blood the Government were quite prepared to shed , if occasion had been afforded them ; and such was the state of unreasoning frenzy , into which the middle and upper classes had been worked by the false and blood-thirsty articles of the Times , and similar papers , that not only would they have acquiesced in this slaughter , but have aided in committing it .
It was a difficult and momentous position . But that which would have been made in inferior hands the means of overthrow and defeat , was converted , by prudence and courage , into a victory . The Convention , acting upon the advice of the tried and chosen leaders of Chartism , v in dicate d , asserted , and exercised the rights of Englishmen , despite . the proclamation of the Government ; and , at the same time , gave it no excuse for the wanton massacre ol the masses who assembled to do so . We repeat that a more signal and glorious victory never was achieved , than to see the dense masses who poured that mornin <>" through all the great arteries of the
Metr o poli s , a living tide of men , in defiance of the proclamations whieh evervwhere lined their route and in large type informed them that it was " Criminal and Unlawful " for them to be there at all ! The spirit-stirring spectacle of the ( at least ) 300 , 000 people who occupied Kennington Common ; and the mighty shout which went up to Heaven , and sent the blood quicker along the veins , as the carriages with the Petition and the Convention drove on to the green sward , will never be orgotten b y any one who had the ft *™ »«
,,,, be present . That moment asserted the power Zi ^ T ° ? ° P let 0 th « " "" est extent , i hey were there in ' defiance of the ST n- They . asse * ed and exercised the SL P ^ * nM ^ nfr-they had marched in procea 8 Um to d 0 so . th he Headers , they retired fr 0 m the scene of then triumph , leaving the myrmidons of Government crest fallen and disappointed . Up to this point the victory was with the People B „ t here the fdfe turned . The of
House Commons instituted a strict scrutiny into the signatures to tho National Petition Whether other petitions would bear that procjw any better than it did , is not the question . Ihe House had a perfect right to take tho course it did The Committee reported , that so far from the Petition being 8 i hed by ^ the number ot names which had been represented there were less than two millions of actual signatures j and of these many were fictitious while others were obscene . There had evi ' dently been great neglect and carelessness somewhere . , Mr O'Connor and the CoTven tion , . were , not in a position to Jvefute thesq
Policy Of The Chakt1st Body. The Lengthe...
statements ; and though a bona fide petition signed by even a million of names , would Iiavn amply demnniieA the attention and respectf uj consideration of the Legislature , yet jj O'Connor felt that upon a Petition , the valuQ and authenticity of which had been thus im . paired , he could found no motion , and , t | ) 6 re . ~ fore , gave up the Government ni ght , which Lord John Russell had assignedjiim for that purpose . Here , then , was a total change of circumstances , which should , in the ordinary sequence of things , have led to an altered ling of policy on the part of the Chartist bod y . statements ; and thouJi a bona fide petition
Mr O'Connor recommended the immediate commencement of a system of Local Petition , ing ; such petitions to be Jwell and carefull y authenticated , and sent to the Members representing the Town or district from which such petitions emanated . This would have retrieved the cause of the Charter , from the false position , in which the report on the National Petition had placed it . It would have made every Member in the House talk onoe in the session , at least , about the Charter ; and if Mr O'Connor chose to exercise his right to call for the Petitions to be read by the Clerk , at the table , two or three hours at least , every night , might have been thus occupied . How far it might have been agreeable to the
Government ; to Railway Members ; West Indian interests ; and other interests , to have had so large a portion of each sitting devoted to the petitions of the people for the Charter , we are not prepared to say ; but we have a shrewd notion , that such importunity and constant interruption to their own proceedings , would , in a very short time , have compelled them to think of some effectual means of getting rid of it . Several of the most experienced members of the Convention repeatedly urged this policy upon the Conventi o n , but in vain . The original error was left unamended . The Convention took no step to remove the stigma which had been cast upon Chartism , and separated , leaving its place to be occupied by the National Assembly .
If the reader has followed this statement of facts attentively , however , he will see . that the calling of an Assembly at all , until something had been done to place Chartism in the same proud position it occupied previous to the report on the petition , and its abandonment by .. Connor , was a most erroneous and injudicious course ; thej assumptions on which it had been detei mined to convene such an Assembly , had been entirely falsified . The National Petition had not been rejected by the House of Commons . Mr O'Connors motion upon it had not been made and negatived , and , therefore , the steps which were to follow on
these two facts , ought never to have been taken . According to the arrangement , the Memorial to the Queen , and the National Assembly , were to have followed these events . As these events never took place , it is clear that both Memorial and Assembly were wholly unnecessary and out of place . The first thing was to reinstate Chartism in its former position , and it was simpl y absurd to talk either of breaking the law , by holding an Assembl y » f more than the number of persons allowed to sit in such bodies , or to memorialise | the Queen , on the ground of an assumption which could have bee a at once contradicted by all who knew anything whatever of the matter .
Mr O'Connor took this view of the question When he found that the Convention had , in our opinion , most unwisely refused to take steps to set the Chartist body right with the nation , and issued instructions for the election of the National Assembly , he called upon them in the first place to postpone the election , and to back him in his efforts to make the Charter a question for powerful Parliamentary agitation . When the delegates to the Assembly were elected , he then advised them not to put
themselves in the power of the law , hut to select forty-nine of their number , simply to do the business for which they had been appointed , namely—to make arrangements for the Memorial . As the recognised leader of the Chartists , Mr O'Connor had a right to give this advice . As the Parliamentary representative of the party , he was bound to state his views upon the policy to be pursued , and those who abustd him for so doing evidently neither took the responsibilities and duties of the position of that gentlemen into
consideration , nor were true to the great principles of Democracy . Mr O'Connor had at least as good a right to his opinion on the subject as any delegate in that Assembl y . The abuse showered upon him , and upon the Star , for having , in the exercise of this right , dared to differ from some of the would-be dictators of that body , would seem to indicate that the parties who could so act have yet to learn the veryalphabetnfthejustprinci plesoftrueliberty . They may , however , rest assured that Mr O'Connor will not be deterred from using the right to which , as the tried , and persevering ,
and unswerving leader ef the movement , he ia so eminently entitled , of advising openly and freely the policy he deems the best calculated to secure the objects so near and dear to his heart , and for which he has made so many sacrifices . We will add , that the Star will continue to b e , as it has always been , the bold defender of the rights of the Press to criticise freely the actions of all public men , and public bodies ; and , while it will never knowingly or wilfully sow dissension and promote disunion , th e fe a r of being abused will never prevent it from boldly denouncing any measures which may seem likely to injure the cause for which it has
consistently , and , we proudly add , successfully , struggled for so many years . Its cundoctors are no mere mushroom agitators of yesterday . They bring to their task the experience of many years ; and while their ardour and enthusiasm for the spread and practice of the great principles of political , social , and religious liberty , are as vivid as ever , they believe themselves to be at least as well qualified to judge and advise , as to the policy to be pur & ued , as men whose names are altogether new to the movement , and whose zeal as well as judgment are , to say the least of both—rather of an apocryphal character . We shall leave the country to decide between us . Nay ,
we may add , it has decided the question already . The number of delegates who remained away from the Assembly , in consequence of the advice of Mr O'Connor , the shoals of resolutions of confidence which have poured in upon us ever since the attacks upon him by certain members of that body , and i » s whole character and proceedings , have settled the question , whether to the satisfac ion of those who
imagined they « had got Mr O'Connor on the hip tins time , and would hurl him from his proud position , " or not , we leave them to say . We are perfectl y satisfied . The country is neither ungrateful nor foolish . They don ' t «« want to get nd of Mr O'Connor" to take up with new leaders , who , now that he has borne the heat and burden of the day , aim at stepping into ins shoes , and carrying off the credit for a victory which they neither fought for nor won . have
VI e alread y stated how far the measures adopted b y the Assembly , met with our approval , and can only repeat the hope , that the country will give to the new organisation . and the new Executive a fair trial and that support which is consistent with principles and the proper coaduct of the movement . While we believe , and have endeavoured to show , that the holding of the Assembl y at all was not justified by th * circumstan ces , we are ready to accept , in the true of
spirit fraternity , whatever- of good its labours have conferred ' , or may be calculated to confer , upon the cause . The policy of the new Lxec ut > . ve shall have our hearty support when we ^ Haider it right , and we shall not / H ' ailate to condemn i * when we believe it to be wroojr , giving , however , at the same time , «» r reasons for that belief . Manv of the mem ^ ers ol that Executive have been loiwr ami noirourablv known by their earnest and per s &' . enng labours in tho cause ; and , for our f , wn parts , ^ we confess that our motto is slightly different trom tbat of the late Assembly . We
-
-
Citation
-
Northern Star (1837-1852), May 20, 1848, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_20051848/page/4/
-