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rrMlSSlOX OF THE JEWS TO PARLIAMENT.
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Rrmlsslox Of The Jews To Parliament.
rrMlSSlOX OF THE JEWS TO PARLIAMENT .
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aty Friends , —What-do you think of a t- -iio t ; boing allowed to take his seat in the iCsC of Commons , because he will not take o-ith coutrary to his own feelings ; and in finch . I think , he is perfectly justified f Does - iot ' pro vc t ° you * ne sta * e of representation , ^ heii a man elected by a majority of votes is * it allo we ^ to represent those voters in the floo = ° ^ Commons ? At one time Cath olics ^ i * no t allowed to sit in the Honse , nor were 0 n . -kcr 3 i hut both Catholics and Quakers can « J , tr sit in the House , but not a Jew .
la the reign of Jambs I . these words were Tfii tten over the gates of Bandon , in the county 0 f Cork , a most Orange town : — " Tark , Jew , or Athiesf , May enter here , but not a Papist . " ^ C atholic seeing those lines , wrote under ifceiii at ni g ht *—' These words are written , and written well , for the same are written on the gates of Hell . " X o « - onl y just think of Lord John KusSELl ) Prime Minister , representing the city of London , while Baron Rothschild , returned for the same city , is not allowed to take his seat , because he is a Jew .
However , from the state that France is in at the present moment , I liave no doubt that the state of England will very shortly be altered . But as I have told you before—and I repeat it again—when you are dull and apathetic , I rest upon my oars . Now just look at the state of France . In the National Assembly a motion repugnant to the PfiESl-2 » EXT was carried by a very large majority ; but there the minority rules the majority , as in consequence of not having three-fimrths of taxational Assembly in favour of the proposition , it was negatived . Now is not that a pretty specimen of Universal Suffrage , and docs it not prove to you , that the minority rules the majority iu that Republican co untry ? ...
In this country a majority of one carries a motion ; bat not a motion in favour of your order , as no motion is ever proposed in the House of Commons , or rather carried , which is at all calculated to serve the poor . If you reflect for a few momenta as to the great service that has been rendered to you by the present Session of Parliament , which has now « at nearly six months , I think you must come to the conclusion as to the benefit your order derives from your professing friends and supporters . I don't know whether I have ever told you of JvMCKEEBOCKEr ' s definition of the manner in which a country was ruled . He
tells you that the kingdom was in a state of comp lete revolution for a hundred and fifty vears , because barristers aud solicitors represented the country , and carried new laws every rear , which the people could not understand . That the King ' s Prime Minister recommended Lira to bring in a law to this effect—that any member who proposed a new law should do so with a rope round his neck , and if he failed he should be suspended and hanged . KNICKERBOCKER says , that in consequence of this wise law being carried for the next hundred and fifty years , no new law was passed , and the country was in a state of perfect peace and tranquillity .
yaw , I think it would be a very wise measure if the people were allowed to govern themselves in this country ; and if they were you would not have a drunkard , a criminal , or a pauper in the land . But there is not the least use in any person endeavouring to elevate your order while you are < o completely disunited . But as I told you before—and I repeat it again—I am resolved , that however I may be abused and oppressed , never to abaudou those principles which are calculated to relieve you from pauperism and destitution . Ihere is no use iu writing more to you upon this subject .
On Tuesday last Lord Dtoeey StdaRT brought a motion into the House relative-to the treatment of ERNEST JOKES While in pri- j Eon . I did not attend , because I was perfectly , convinced that if I had been there I should have made a ferocious speech , which , perhaps , would have injured him . But nothing can be morerepulsive to a man ' s feeling than to reflect upon tbe manner in which EkUEST Jones and others of vour supporters have been persecuted , reviled , and abused ; but , as I have frequentl y told y ou I > efore , I don't blame the Government , I blame yourselves . Faithfully yours , Feargus O'Coua'or .
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THE ^ ATIOJfAL LAND COMPANY . TO THE DIRECTORS AND SHAREHOLDERS OF THE NATIONAL LASD COMPANY . Gentlemen , —Three weeks have elapsed auce I wrote a letter , which appeared in the Star of Saturday , Jane 28 th , making a few inquiries of the Directors , and suggesting to the shareholders the desirability of convening a Conference , for the purpose of taking into consideration the present position of the Compatty's affairs , and to prevent , as far as possible , the property belonging thereto from bang frittered away in useless expenses . The Directors have not thought proper to answer those inquiries to the present date .
Iu the Star of July 12 th is inserted a letter , agued ' Observer , " in which these gentlemen are charged with taking away ' all the furniture from the Bank . If this charge be true , their conduct is most unjustifiable , dishonourable , and also inconsistent with their former statements concerning the said Banlt ; if untrue , the sooner they clear" themselves from such accusations the better for all concerned . In the same paper appears the
following resolution from Ashton-under-Lyne : — That we , the shareholders of the Asfcton branch of the Aational Land Company , do most cordially approve of Mr . Sweet ' s suggestion for the callingtogetherifa Conference ; and we further advise the Nottingham members to caU a district meeting of the branches comprising the RottingllMa district in order to discuss the question , and to make arrangements for holding a Conference in Nottingham as won as possible , in accordance with the -vote of the last Conference , which decided that the next Conference should Be held in Nottingham .
If the branches generally adopt the resolu tion , my course would be plain ; and to ascertain their feelings upon the subject allow me to suggest , that each county form itself into a district , and convene a general meeting of all tUe members resident therein , h some central P'ace , and proceed to discuss the question , and , if necessary , to elect a delegate to repre-* eut then- district in the said Conference . For ^ v own part , I will be guided by their
deei-® ° n , and shall expect to see in th 9 Siar of * gust 9 th their assent to , or dissent from , * e holding of such Conference . In the mean - ^ e , the directors are respectfully requested * ? prepare a Balance Sheet of receipts and ^ uur sements , from the date of their last f ounts , and publish the same in the Star , th : » t the shareholders generally may have an opportunity of examining the same . I am , Gentlemen , yours truly , James Sweet .
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UH .-UUISM , . TAST , riifclSJiJN T , AJSD FUTURE . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Dear Sir , —The state of Chartism is such that it requires every possible means to be used in order that it may again be resuscitated . While I have been thinking about this important subject , I have come to the conclusion that a few appropriate remarks upon Chartism , past , present , and future , may be of some use to your readers , particularly to those who may not have been long identified with the
movement . When we look at Chartiem in days gone by , vre find that many good leaders iu the cause have been taken away from their homes and families , and sent beyond the seas , because they would not relinquish their principles . Their object was to legislate for the good of the many , and not for the good of the few ; and for the present unrighteous and intolerant system to be virtually and really altered , so that the working man may have a voice in the making of those laws which he is bound to obey . * .
Again , look from the beginning of Chartism down to the present time , and see the abase and calumny that has been heaped upon the Chartist leader , who at present stands unblemished in the face of his enemies . Go as far back as the Convention that met in ' 39 in London . Analyse it , and see how many of those gentlemen are at the present day really in earnest for the Charter . Some that sat in that Convention , and others that have risen up to be leaders since , have been elevated to prominent situations by Mr . O'Connor , and a great number of these men have become enemies to him and the cause of Chartism . TVhen we take another
glance at the past state of the movement , we find that Mr . O'Connor has expended an enormous sum of money from his own pocket , which ho would not have felt himself called upon to do had we been united . The past state of Chartism convinces us that , we , as people and members , have not been united as we ought to have been . Tbe principles of the Charter have been sown , have tuken root , and will ultimatel y stand forth in all their grandeur . A great many more things might be said on this head . Let us all learn wisdom from the past .
When we look to the present state of the movement we cannot say that we are advancing very fast , either numerically or financially . " Truly , we have an Executive sitting at the helm of affairs , who , I have no doubt , are working very arduously to establish and promulgate our principles . Notwithstanding this , and all other exertions made by nobleminded men in various parts of the country , we find that Chartism , to an alarming extent , is dead . May I not ask , can some plan not be adopted aud carried out which would resuscitate , enliven , and put anew face on the movement %
The * Northern Star has been , and is at the present day , the most powerful machine in the Chartist ranks ; and yet we find , in many instances , that individuals are to be found doing their uttermost to overthrow it . The present state of Chartism has beeu declared to be dead by the leader of the movement ; but let every man take courage—it coBtaiusthe vital elements of its ' own resuscitation . What Chartism shall be in the future depends entirely on the people—they can either render it weak or powerful—they only
have to unite , in order to assert their legitimate rights , and march forward in a mighty phalanx to behold the flight of tyranny . The future seems pregnant with events . A general election will take place at no distant day . All parties , whether in or out of power , are bidding for the people , know well that nothing can be done without them ; and in the language of Byron , it may be said—Me thinks I hear a little bird that sings , The people by and bye will be the stronger . Our motto for the future mnst be , a long pull , a strong pull , and a pull all together .
I remain , dearsir , your obedient servant , A Dalstowiam Dais ton , Cumberland , Julv 22 , 1851 .
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ORGANISE J ORGANISE I OEANISE ! TO THE EDITOR OF THE NOSTHERX STAB . During a period of fifteen years I have been an observer of Mr . O'Connor ' s sayings and doings , and have never seen anything in that gentleman ' s conduct to warrant me in withdrawing the high opinion I have ever held , and do still hold of him . I believe his patriotism to be both genuine and disinterested ; and it is with pride that I state there are thousands who think with me that such a man is a rarity . The wordy Chartists , —those who love to hear the sound of their own
voicesmay laugh at the above if they please , and call it man-worship . I call it a high sense of gratitude ^ ' which , when rightly placed , is dignity in its strictest bearing . I cannot forget some sayings about the position we should be in , were Mr . O'Connor to remain inactive , and let others do . Others have tried for a lengthy period , and what is there to witness except more parties than over , and consequently less cash . ? It is high time that steps should be taken to remedy this matter . I am decided
that in every p lace where the friends of our great commodore reside an organised standard should he raised immediately , to he called the 'O'Connor Chartist Brigade . ' Set to the work , then , at once . Feeling assured that the time is come when the idea will be approved of , and also that it will be improved upon , I remain , respectfully , but determinedly , A Fifteen Teaks' Private in the Old Guard Regiment . July 22 nd , 1851 .
Dukhow Gammon Of Bacon.— The Presentatio...
Dukhow Gammon of Bacon . — The presentation of a gammon of bacon to the happy couple took place at Lord Maynard's park , near Dunmow , oh the loth of July . About 5 , 000 persons were present , including several parties from Jersey , Suffolk , Cambridge , Hertford , Kent , London , and other places . On the same afternoon , at tbe same place , Lady Maynard gave a treat to about 300 children who attended the schools belonging to the surrounding parishes . Dancing and several rural sports were introduced , and at six o ' clock p . m . the company were to be seen sitting in groups , partaking of ten , 4 c , under the shade of trees in true p ic-nic style . An efficient band of music played some favourite quadrilles , dsc , and after the bacon was presented , escorted the happy couple , Mr .
William Hurrell , of Telstead , farmer , and Mary his beloved wife , to the park gates on their way home . It was originally intended and advertised to have given he bacon away at Broomhills . near Dunmow , but several of the respectable inhabitants of Dunroow-town objected to it , on account of the vast influx of bad characters it was feared the revival of the ancient custom would call together ; but their fears turned out to be groundless , and instead of the mere rabble being the attendants , the great niaioritv of the company came on to the park in gaily de ' eorated vans , gigs , carriages , and vehicles of all descriptions . Counts : Rates— On Saturday last , according to a return , there was expended of the grants made by Parliament in aid of the county rates , for the years 1849 and 1 S-50 , the sum of £ 4 oo , 64 / 14 s ., ot which £ 332 , 433 Us . CJ . was for counties , and £ 73 . 163 19 i . CI . for boroughs and liberties . _
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NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Offices—14 , Southampton-street , Strand , The Executive Committee of this bod y held their usual weekly meeting , as above , on Wednesday evening last . Present—Messrs . Arnott , Hunt , Jones , and Milne . Messrs . Harney and Reynolds , being iu the country , were absent , as were also Messrs . Grass by , Holyoake , and O'Connor . Mr . John Milne presided . Correspondence of an interesting and progressive character was read .
' Ernest Jones reported that he had made arrangements for his tour , and would commence his engagements at Exeter , on Monday , August the 4 th , b y delivering two lectures . From thence he should visit Torquay ( two lectures ) , Devonport , Plymouth , Bristolj Bridgewater , Merthyr Ty dvil ( two lectures ) , Llanidloes , Newtown ( two lectures ) , Birmingham , Peterborp' ; Newport Pagnell , Northampton , Congleton , Stockport , Padiham , and Boltofl . The friends in other places ( who may require his services ) are requested forthwith to communicate with him at 72 , Queen ' s-road , Bayswater , London .
The Secretary was instructed to state that as G . Julian Harney was on a tour in Scotland , and would , ere long , return through the North and Midland counties , the friends who may be desirous of his services are requested to address , ' Gr . Julian Harney , Mauehline , Ayrshire , N . B . '—And also , as G . J . Hol yoake will be at Newcastle-on-Tyne , on Sun-Sunday , Jul y 27 th , and expects to remain in that district for two or three weeks , those friends who desire a visit from him are requested to address their communications , ' care of Mr . James Watson , bookseller , Greenmarket , Newcastle on-Tyne . The matter to be inserted in the
forthcoming Monthly Circular was then discussed and arranged , and the Secretary was instructed to give the following extract from the introduction thereto : — ' The object we have in view in issuing this Circular is to promote and extend the organisation , that thereby a spirit of emulation may be aroused , and that one locality seeing what the others are doing may be stimulated on to renewed energy and action . Although we are convinced that it is the worst policy in the world to attempt prematurely to force a movement , yet we feel assured that the materials are arranging themselves for the coming crisis , and as we are keenl y eyeing passing events we are most desirous of preparing for that time /
The Committee then adjourned to Wednes day evening , July 30 th . Signed on behalf of the Committee , John Arnott , General Secretary
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Sheffield . —The usual weekly meeting of the Council was held in the Democratic Temperance Hotel , 33 , Queen-street , on Sunday evening , Mr . Lye in the chair . After the contributions had been received , correspondence was read from various quarters , which gave great satisfaction . The Committee brought up their report of the aCCOUIlt ' 8 Of the late pleasure trip to Derby and Nottingham , which had realised £ IQ 0 s ., and which was duly accredited to the Refugee Committee . On the motion of Mr . Whaley , seconded by Mr . Ef . Planagin , the accounts vrere . received as being highly satisfactory . One of the members of the Council g ave in the folowing report : — " That he had been successful inthe trade of which he is a metnber in obtaining a vote of £ 20 for the Refugees . " Thanks were awarded to the railway company , and duly forwarded , for their kindness and liberality in granting the favour . It was then moved by Mr . Buck , and
seconded by Mr . Hague— " That we accept the suggestion of the Manager of the Midland Counties Railway Company as to time for another pleasure trip for August , which tbe Chartist Council have been in treaty for some time . " After which Mr . Cavill handed in a large quantity of rules and prospectuses of the National Loan Society , and , after some discussion as to arrangement , Mr . Whale moved , and Mr . Hague seconded— " That the members of the Council present forthwith form a branch of the National Loan Society , and that the meetings be held everv Monday evening , from eight till ten o ' clock . " . The motion being put from the Chair was carried nem . con . The following persons were duly constituted the Committee : —Thomas Lye , James Wbaley , Thomas Hague , Henry Flanagin , James Ritson . John Allinson , Treasurer , George Cavill , Secretary . After the distribution of a number ef Prospectuses , & c , the meeting was adjourned .
Finsbury . —On Monday evening Mr . William Worseldine delivered a lecture on the " Philosophy of Bishop Berkeley " at the Crystal Coffee-house . The lecturer , after a critical analysis of the prelate ' s negation of matter , asked what was Truth , Most certainly the antithesis of Error . Yet , in the abstract , the best definition which could be given seemed empty , and only calculated to impart to the mind a greater curiosity to unravel the questiona question more difficult than the Gordian knothence the diversified systems of the ancient philosophers , whose learning and acumen could never be excelled . It might , however , be boastingly asserted that though they were great men yet the clouds of error had darkened their mental vision , and that priests and preachers had discovered
truth . If so , whence such conflicting opinions , clashing tenets , and jarring feelings '" ? Whence orthodoxy and heterodoxy , faith and disbelief , free-will and predestination , and a retinue oi nursery tales ? Would it not be admitted—yes , it must be-that they showed the difficulty of solving the problem ? Yet truth was as eternal and immutable as the sun which shone in the firmanent ; and therein was tbe great secret . Those doctrines which were incompatible with the laws of nature were erroneous , and could not le demonstrated to the contrary by any process of reasoning , since truth could alone be deduced from nature and her laws . That was the sure criterion , and would , if strictly observed , conduct them through all the labyrinths of error to the peaceful possession of truth . Newcastie-on-Tine . —A district meeting of the Northern District Union of the National Charter
Association was held on Sunday , 20 th of July , in the Joiners' Hall . Delegates present' —Messrs , Gunn , Grant , and Charlton ( Sec ) , Newcastle ; Chapman , Sunderland ; Robinson , South Shields ; Mathwin , North Shields ; Jehu Robnison , Blyth . — Mr . Chapman was called to the chair . Correspondence was read from Coshoe , and the delegates having reported the state of their several localities , & c ., the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : — I . " That the fourteenth resolution passed at last meeting be rescinded . "—2 . " That a levy of twopence he made upon each member throughout the district , for a district fcmd , to be banded over to the secretary within a month from this date . "—3 . ' That a permanent subscription of one penny per month be entered into to defray district expenses . "—The meeting then adjourned , after fixing the next delegate meeting to take place on Sunday , 10 th of August , at Mr . W . Mathwm s , 9 , Bird-street , North Shields .
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Testimonial bt ailNaiions to Phiscr Ambbt . —Le Pilote de Londres , a French journal recently started in London , by the Countess de Brunetiere Tollieu , suggests that the representatives oi all , nations who exhibit their produce at the great school of universal industry should raise near ¦ tne site of the World ' s Fair a colossal bronze statue oi Prince Albert , as a slight tribune of their gratitude to his Royal Highness , and in commemoration M the grand event of 1851 . " The guinea of the rich , and the labouring man's penny , " says . ie Mote , " could not be contributed to a more wortny object . " . ... A cEHTim-D Com of ScB & FDtA .-Tlie following certiticate from Mr . Thomas Alcorn , of Jerry ' s Plain , New Squtn Wales , was forwarded to Professor HoUoway , by Mr . PmKney , chemist of the same place : — 'This is to certily that mv dauehter . aeed seven vears , was afflicted with scronua
for three vears , and that after she had been attended oy several respectable practitioners without success , l was induced to try Holloway ' s Ointment and Pills , which remedies , in about three months , completely cured her , jmd ^ e is now in the best of health ; This can he verified ov various persons in this vicinity , where I have reBiaea . ior twenty-two years , —Jan , 1 .. 1819 . ?
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- " . * . , ur mtiiinav . . i f T ? . l - T oetin S was held on Monday evening at the Eclectic Institute , IS a , Denmark-street , Soho , lhXSt « f subje < i f oftho atarouis decrease of iuc irisn people , as shown by the late census returns , and also to review and express an opinion upon the present condition of that unfortunate land , ihe hall was crowded . Several M . P . ' s had been invited to attend but were not present . Shortly before nine o ' clock , Mr . Dick was called to the chair , and opened the meeting by reading letters apologising for the absence of Mr . Reynolds , M . P . for Dublin , and Sharman Crawford . He also gave th u e re . . . of his interview with Mr . Anstey , M . P ., who declined attending because he was not an inhabitant nor representative of the borough , and he did . not approve of the second resolution . Letters of apology were also read from Messrs . Holyoake , Jones , and Thornton Hunt . Mr . O'Connor moved the fnllnwiucr resolution •—
That the census of 1851 having revealed the appalling fact that upwards of two millions of our Irish brethren have within the last few years been swept from the land of their birth by famine , pestilence , and exile ; it being also notorious that , the surviving remnant is . fust diminishing through the ioree 3 emigration of able-biju'iea adults ejected from their holdjngs by landlord tyranny , and through the premature dBpay of the aged , the infirm , and the helpless young thus bereft of their natural support . . ,-It 'being , moreover , an incontrovertible fact that this frightful deei mation of the Irish people does not arise from natural or necessarj causes , but is wholly ascribableto an iniquitous and inhuman systi m of class legislation and misgovern , ment . which excludes the industrious millions from all
participation in the laws and institutions of their country , and invests their oppressors , the owners of land and money , with absolute power to plunder , enslave , and exterminate them at pleasure . This meeting cannot contemplate such a state of things without horror and indignation . We denounce it as impiety aeainst God—us an outrage upon humanity—as treason towards the Irish people . We denounce it , moreover , as an organised system of slavery and death , which , if suffered to go on unchecked in Ireland , must , in the nature of things , extend itself to England and Scotland , and at no distant day involve the empire iu ruin .
lie said the subject possessed an awful importance . The resolution attributed these evils to landlordism . From past experience they knew that this was a fact . If the people were not deprived ef their political and social rights such a state of things could never have existed . The evil was extending even to the landlords , who could not obtain rents from a starving and exterminated population . Unless an organic change took place , the same misery and destitution must extend to other parts of the empire . The upper class had nothing to remedy this State of things even in Ireland . No man , save the gallant John Mitchel and his associates , had dared to speak the truth , and go to the root of the question—the nationalisation of the land . They had great agitations , groat displays of moralpower , but they tended but little to the elevation of the Working men . The agitation now existing in favour of tenant right , though good iu itself , would do nothing for those who most needed assistance and support .
Mr . Rogers seconded the resolution . He could scarce contain his feelings when he reflected upon the state to which niisgoTernnient had reduced Ireland . Unless the working men of England bestirred themselves they would bo reduced to a similar condition . Had laws had produced these results in Ireland , and they would produce similar results in any other country . No mere financial reform , or removal of little burdens , would ever emancipate them , They were all organised alike , and ought to possess the same means of attaining happiness . To say that one man was rich , was tantamount to asserting that another man was a slave . If justice w , as , done to Ireland they would not see them flocking to other shores . Unless men enjoyed liberty , which meant the full enjoyment of all their powers , they would ever remain helots and slaves , lie called upon his fellow working men to arise from their apathy and take a dotQrmiued ; stand for their rights . Mr . Lawler made some remarks upon the speech of Mr . O'Connor in relation to the efforts of John
Mitchel and the felon Newspaper , and stated that he had . no hope for Ireland while the representatives of tbatcountry could be amused by thcgovcrunicnt , and drawn from considering questions relative to Irish freedom by the introduction of religious discussions . The speaker then dwelt upon the evils of the system of emigration , and stated that they were sent from Ireland to America , there to be exterminated by misery and want . The resolution was then carried . Mr . O'Brien moved the second resolution as follows : —
That , in the opinion of this meeting :, the only efficaciou 3 cure for the enormous evils described in the foregoing resolution is self government for Ireland through local legislation—in other words , a parliament of her own free choice , elected by universal suffrage—to legislate within her own territory , for her own internal affairs . Such parliament n"t to meddle with imperial concerns , or questions affecting the empire at large , but to be independent , sovereign , and absolute in respect of all matters , purely Irish , or affecting Ireland only . An Irish parliament elected in this manner , and legislating within the limits here described , would , in our opinion , suffice to ensure Ireland ' s real independence and internal prosperity , without endangering British connexion—a peril which could oceur only in the event of the two , countries clashing upon an imperial question . At the same time we hold it to be
hut just to Ireland that she should still have a concurrent voice ( through delegation ) with Great Britain , in the settlement of all imperial questions , so long : is she constitutes an integral part of the empire . To these views this meeting pledges itself , ani to all parties honestly embarked in the same cause we hereby tender the right hand of fellowship and co-operation . He stated that the resolution ho proposed contained not the whole remedy for Ireland's grievances , but the beginning of a remedy . A radical cure could never bo effected until they had a nationalisation of land and currency . Local legislation by a parliament elected by universal suffrage would give them the power to remedy their evils , Thei-epeal of the union , as advocated by most Irishmen heretofore , meant that the Irish parliament should have full
power to legislate on all questions . This could not be done without a complete severance of the two countries , and then the weaker country would surely « o to the wall . He had no objection to Ireland " being entirely independent of England , provided he knew she was strong enough to maintain her independence . Sharman Crawford had , in a series of pamphlets , advocated similar views . What they asked for Ireland was only part of the old Saxon law . It was no more than was possessed by every corporate town and city in the empire . There was a wi de distinction between local and imperial legislation . In America each state was sovereign in matters connected with local affairs ; but no State could interfere with the imperial legislation , or tbe
legislation of another state : that could only be done by delegates from the whole thirty states . This was all he claimed for Ireland . It was a question that concerned Scotland also . There ought to be a looal legislature for each of the three kingdoms , and a congress composed of delegates from the whole . They had ancient usage , reason and the g lorious example of America , which had progressed more in fifty years than the rest of Europe had in fifteen centuries . Bad and wretched as was the state of Ireland , give them this power of regulating all the affairs of their country , and he would dare to assert that , in ten years she would make more progress than any country had made during twenty centuries of monarchy . Notwithstanding AI . Berryer ' s boast , so loudly praised by the British press
" bow Prance had grown in greatness during fourteen years of monarchy , " things were going on favourably for Ireland . Events would speedily take place which would cause attention to bo paid to her wrongs . The party of revision in France had heen defeated . ( Loud cheers . ) They meant to have driven the people from all share of power ; but , though they had a majority , they had not the legal majority : and whilst they had two or three millions of enlightened democrats in that cou » try , they dare not attempt to act illcgallji If they did , it would be advantageous to Democracy—for then it would be sure to be triumphant . Mr . O'Brien then went minutely into the question oftho revision of the constitution , and the rights of majorities and minorities , and was much applauded . Majorities had & right to make laws for the minority , but they had no right to extinguish the right of any
single man oi the minority—if they did , insurrection teuame the bounden duty of the minority . The six millions of electors in Trance had no right to rob the three millions of the franchise ; and , rather than be so robbed , they were determined to die ankle deep in blood . ( Cheers . ) The speaker then dwelt with considerable power on the relative position of the middle and working classes , He denied that Mr . Anstey , who objected to the second resolution hecause it contained the doctrine of Universal Suffrage , or any of the middle class , had any right to say whether the people should have the suffrage or not . They had nothing to do with it . They had not even the right to grant it . It was the inalienable right of the people . Mr . O'Brien then dwelt upon the 'extermination of the people of Ireland , and showed what horror would be manifested : if a few landlords- were to be murdered , whilst millions , of . Irishavaa were . mu 5 < ii ? red without a-
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thought , being given to the subject . They must look to this question . The Irish were fast migrating to England . There were 60 , 000 Irish in Glasgow , and 80 , 000 in Manchester . It was the same in all other groat departments of industry . Mr . O ' ur ieii concluded a long address , amid much applause . Mr . Jebnesos seconded the resolution . On first thinking , he thought it might be objected to ^ but when he came to reflect that it onlv meant local governmen t , and that by it England had acquired all the power she possessed , he gave it his hearty approval . The population of Ireland was fast decreasing , and would continue to do so . All those who possessed a little wealth or independence flew trom her polluted shores , leaving onlv t . ho
unoiand the puerile . How strangely did the present state orireland contrast with the doctrines of Malthus , who stated that population would increase in a geometrical ratio . Whig economv had shown its results in that wretched land . " The government having tailed to produce a remedy for Ireland , it was the duty of the people , in behalf of their own interests , to investigate the mutter . The speaker stated that be had not come . to that meeting with any intention of speaking . As an elector of the rower Hamlets , he had been deputed by a body of electors to invite Mr . O'Brien " to stand as a candidate for the representation Of that borough , as his sentiments entirely coincided ' with theirs . ( Loud cheers . ) The resolution was unanimously adontod .
Mr . Emis moved the third resolution as follows : — That believing justice will never be done to Ireland until the oppressed classes in Great Britain ( who alone sympathise with her ) shall be emancipated from class legislation , this meeting hereby invites all honest and intelligent Irishmen to unite with their English and Scotch brethren in their struggle for a radical reform of the Imperial parliament , as the best and speediest means of ensuring justice for their own country as well as ours , To this end let the motto of all three countries be ; ' United we stand—divided we ( all . '
The resolution spoke for itself . It was almost a novelty to get a meeting in London during the existence of the "Big Show . " Thousand ' s flocked to London to see the show , but they only saw the inside of it—they did not seethe dirty streets , ' alleys « tc , where those who created all these luxurious novelties lived . Foreigners who visited our shores seeing only the fair side , would say , " Happy England , to be possessed of such wealth and such artists ; happy Ireland , to be sister to such a country ; happy Scotland , to bo connected with her .
Poverty and crime mustsurcly there be unknown . " Dissatisfaction could only be created by a . vile press . Pity that they had not a little timp , or that they could not be shown the other side of the picture ; they would then see that this splendour was produced by the misery and death of thousands—yea , millions of her sons , and that those they envied were deprived of every right , and also of every comfort which they ought to possess . The speaker , with great eloquence , which drew down much applause , dwelt upon the means of remedying this state of things .
Mr . Bexeb seconded the resolution . Democrats would not consent to patch up the present rotten system of society any longer . Intelligence was progressing , not only in England , but also in Ireland ; and in spite of Mr . Anstey , and men of his class , they were fast learning the doctrine propounded by Mr . O'Brien—that this was a question concerning the working class alone , and that the other classes have no right to interfere with it . The man who would deny the right of the people to the suffrage should be sent to the British Museum as a curiosity . They now only objected to their intelligence or to the fitness of the time for granting itk If they wanted the Charter they must fetch it , it would never come to them . Talk of Papal Aggression . In Ireland there was an agggression of death upon the people , before which all other aggressions ought to shrink into insignificance . In all countries there was an aggression of capital upon labour ; and this
ever would be the result whilst tbe people were disunited—whilst each little sect felt jealous of each other . The time was coming , ho hoped , which would force them to join in brotherhood . Unless they looked to it , they would feel the fate which was rendering Ireland one vast grave . The very thought of this ought to arouse them from their apathy . Mr . Bezer then alluded to the mur . der of a poor Irishman by a policeman , which the authorities were endeavouring to hush up , and asked how different the case would have been had the Irishman murdered the policeman . The speaker was much cheered . Mr . Delaforck briefly supported the resolution , and alluded to Mr . O'Brien as a candidate for the Tower Hamlets . His opinion was that he stood a good chance of success even with the present body of electors ; but if the £ 10 householders would but register themselves , his success would be nearly certain .
Mr . O Bbien made some remarks upon the subject , and stated that he would be pleased to be put in nomination , not with the hope of succeeding , for he believed the middle class were too bitterly opposed to him , neither did he expect to make converts of any of the M . P . ' s , but it would give him an opportunity of addressing these whom tie could not otherwise get at . The resolution was then put and carried unanimously . A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , who , in reply thereto , stated , that having been many years an agent and largo collector of rents in Ireland , he was well acquainted with it .
Absenteeism was a great curse . A bad landlord who resided at home was better than an absentee . It was the great London Companies who exacted the highest rents . An estate of the Beresfords , who were noted for being bad landlords , came into the possession of the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers during the time ho collected the rents , and they immediately exacted double the rent charged by the Bcresfords . His family went over to Ireland at the time of Cromwell . He knew the whole history of the relation . of parties in that country , and would , some evening , lay the particulars before them . The confessions of an Irish land agent would bo a novelty .
A vote of thanks was given to the Northern Star , and also to the Leader and Glasgow Sentinel . The meeting then dissolved .
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HEALTHFUL AND INSTRUCTIVE RECREATION FOR THE PEOPLE . TO THE EDITOR OP THE NOnTUERK STAB . Sir , —Please allow me , through your columns , to inform your readers that Kow Gardens are now open every day , including Sunday , free to alt . This now delightful and increasingly frequented place of resort is a terrestrial paradise and fairy land , comprising about 200 acres within its park and pleasure grounds , will be found the English ar 6 ore « u » i or collection of trees indigenous to tho British Islands . The Royal Botanic Garden containing the largest conservatory in the world , in which are many splendid specimens of the noble palm tree , as well as the plants and flowers of all iiationa ; seventeen other stores or greenhouses , in one of these is the
recently discovered Victoria Jlegia , or queen of water lilies , * now in blossom . The principal objects of interest are the Museum , Orangery , Rosery , Swiss Cottage , Albert Avenue . The swans and gold fish , lake , promenade , and Chinese pagoda . The sylvan terrace walk on the banks of the silvery Thames , a mile long , and overlooking Sion House and gardens ; various temples filled with works of art , ruins , grottoes , arbours , the fairies ' ring and glen , the lovers' retreat and maidens ' bower , forest glade and hawthorn copse . The Queen ' s walk , velvet lawn , tho nightingales' haunt and the robins' home . The dove cot , Washington oak , Napoleon willow , gutta percha tree , & c . & c . The distance from London by Piccadillv is an easy
seven miles , and conveyance may be had by vans , railway , steam boats , and omnibus . I trust that not less than 250 , 000 will visit this romantic spot during the present summer and autumn . Teetotallers and others will meet with every accommodation , such as hot water , & c , for tea parties , of any number , at twopence per head , of the cottagers near the bridge , and in the lane leading from the beautiful village green and church ( thehurial-place of Gainsborough , the first of English painters of landscape , whose pictures of rural scenery in the Vernon Gallery are the delight of every beholder , ) to Richmond Hill . The gardens are open daily at one o'clock , and close at dusk . A spot more suitable and appropriate for temperance excursions is not to be found in the vicinity of the metropolis . 1 am , sir , yours truly , Henry . Birt .
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Pbeb Sittings is Churches . —According to a return to parliament just printed there are in England and Wales 304 , 0 Ci free sittings established in the several churches built under the Church Building Acts . The commissioners consider that they have no power to sanction the conversion of sitting ' s finally reported . t 0 ' parliament as free into rented sittings ,
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THE TOWEIl HAMLETS AND MR . GEORGE THOMPSON . On Wednesday eveniii !? , a meeting of the Shoreditch district electors o ? the Tower Hamlets bo * 1 , ous " ' . lie 'd hi the largo room in Cowper > street . City-road , to hear from their rcpresenta-„ . „ .: . , , ,, ' ^ Thomp son , an explanation of the causes winch had led to hisabsencefrom thc Housoof IS " ' '' . i considerable portion of the present : d ?> n Pi ' nkfni , ? Sf tnken bf Mr - Churchwarmilnii !? . f voom Trn 3 crowded , and th * majority of pertons present appeared to belong to the trading and operative classes
Mr . G . Tuompso . v , who was r ' ecoivei ? with loud ] cheer * , interspersed with partial marks-of dfeap--1 probation , addressed the meeting at some lonethi He said he was anxious to give his constituents tha ' opportunity of hearing his explanation of conducfr which had been made the subject of comment in some quarters . Ho had been to the United State * where ho had no intention of stopping . But he-hadstopped . At Boston he fell in with a man and a ' woman who had twelvemonths before escaped from slavery , but the man hunters bad fallen upon then * track . ' and they were to be sent back to the horror * of their former doom . Hi * friends determined t < f
give him a public welcome , and a meeting was held ' in the largo building- known by the name of the" Cradle of Liberty , "' at which were present no fewer than 3 , 500 persons of the purest character , and the most respectable station . But that meeting was broken up by the-minions of the commercial interest in that city , who sent their agents tc > prevent him from being heard . And he " was not allowed to bo heard . But , he immediately published a declaration through the newspapers that : he would remain in America until he had tested the right of a man to freedom of speech , and that the question should be decided in his person whether a m ; in had not a right to speak out , and denounc e inhumanity and oppression , by whomsoever they were practised . ( Loud cheers , ) Ho was invited by the mayor and authorities of the
city of Worcester to go there and hold a meetings He went there , and the people of that beautiful state of Massachussets received him kindly ,-and never before had he felt so strongly the truth of that line of the poet , " God made the country and matt the town . " ( Hear , hear . ) Having Mc the boundary of the cotton interests , he penetrated into the heart ; of Massachussets , and from that time there was a general desire to hear him , and he lectured in Michigan , Ohio , Pennsylvania , Connecticut , and Maine . From Canada lie received letteis by the hundred exhorting him to support the moral power in America against slavery . Still he resolved toreturn to England on the 1 st ol February . However he took at last tho first steamer that was to start in June , and hastened again tohis native land , and now , before them , he called God to witness
that he had not during his absence devoted a single hour to personal objects or to profit . ( Hear , hear . ) He candidly ndmitred that , lover as ho was of liberty , he was not merely a geographical lover , but his hope and aspiration was to see her spreading her beneficent influence over the whole world . ( Cheers . ) And the first principle of liberty was the right of a . man over himself , not that hundreds of millions of * future human beings should be sold in their fathers ' loins . Therefore a nvm who did anything towards rescuing liberty from assault and violation , especially in such a country as America , let * D the world better than he found it . His first effort in public li ! o had bei-w in the causo of the ne ^ ro . ( C heers . ) Lee them drive him hence if they would ; let them say ho should never enter tho House of Commons again as their
representative ; still there was a dwelling opposite where ho would enter and seek comfort and consolation at the base of the stutuo of Wilbertorce . While ho was fighting the battle of freedom , scandal was bruited abroad concerning him , and it was falsely reported that in his capacity as their representative ho had injured Ireland . The result of this was that the Irish rose up against him , and he was harassed by them ; but he was grateful to think that he had outlived that lie . ( Cheers . ) Injured Ireland ! Why it was needless to say , for it was well known to his friends , that he had resolutely , and almost factiously , some would say , divided tho house against the govern mend continuing their unconstitutional-powers . ( Hear , hear . ) His last effort had been to rescue Ireland from misgovernment . He had now come to abide the issue of this
trial . lie had no fear , lie could not say he anticipated an unfavourable decision ; but even if it were so , he should sleep as soundly to-uigl \ t , foe they could not make him unhappy as he felt he had done his duty . ( Hear , hear . ) " They could not humble him , for he desired no earthly honour : they could not impoverish him , for he could not be poorer than he was . ( Cheers . ) No one shouldcorrupt him , and therefore they could never make him afraid . Thoy might ask ^ hat be meant to do ? lie would tell them . He did not mean spontaneously to resign . ( Loud cheers . ) lie would submit to being dismissed , but he would not ho guilty of self-degradation by resigning . ( Hear , hoar . ) Next ; he might be asked would he stand again ? If he was acquitted at that bar he would stand again . ( Cheers . ) Did they ask him whether lie loved liberty as well now as
when he went abroad ? He should answer that , his votes in parliament would be in the same spirit tJiey ha 3 Deerc . lie was for religious equality , and that was ail that the most outrageous churchman could compass . He was fur practical freedom to all . ( Cheers . ) Before he « ent to America he had given himself up without stint to the cause of tlu people , aud he was ready to devote himself to that cause still . If they would be satisfied with honesty tha was incorruptible with the fervent adoption of the cause of the people , w'th a man poor in pocket , with hut humble endowments of mind and education , then he would he their member . ( Cheers . ) Learning wisdom from the past , he might please ihem . betttv for the . future . This much only would he say—never while he sat in parliament for the Tmver Hamlets would he have his native country again , ( Cheers . ) If ever he left it again , it wruM be when all political connexion was dissevered hetween him and that noble borough . ( Hear , hear . ) He aspired to no higher
honour than that they had conferred upon him . lie had accepted nothing . lie had never in his life « iven a vote at the dictation of a minister , He had never in his life » ivon n vote to please a party . He had in every case- identified himself with the people of this great country . To them he belonged , among them he was bom , in station he was with them . With their hopes and interests he was bound up ; while they were enslaved he was in bonds , while they Were unenfranchised he had no . vote but for them . ( Cheers . ) But whether he went forth as their representative or sis a private man , still lie would pour out his life as water in the holy c « use of liberty . ( Cheers ) They inight find a member more aristocratic ,. with more money in his pocket , or with move talent to serve them , but this much he would venture to say , that they Would not find one more honest than himself , one more incapable of corruption , one less likely to sell them , or one less likely to be guilty of flittering them to their own hurt . The lion , gentleman sat down amidst prolonged cheering .
Air . MooBE moved and Mr . 1 ' ocuck seconded a resolution expresssing the confidence of the electors in Mr . Thompson . Mr . Davies proposed , -ami Mr , Ttomxsox seconded , aa amendment to the effect , that Mr . Thompson was not a fit person to represent the borough . The amendment aiid resolution were then put from the chair . No hands were held up for the former , and the resolution was carried by & cchvm ;\ tioni Mr , G . Tnoarso ? r then hriifly addressed the meeting , thanking them for this proof of their confidence , and repeated his pledge , that lie would not again absent himself from the country , unless his connexion with the borough was entirely dissolved . He felt obliged to th < se who had had the manliness to express disapprobation , and should profit by the counsels he iiad received . He warned them
not to eepend upon members of Parliament , for they were not omnipotent or infallible ; and whatever their strength in public opinion , they were in a miserable minority as to number , for what were eighty-one going out into one lobby , with 300 ngaiiistthemiiin : iotliGr ? Thevewasmuch work to be done out of doors , and he had made up his mind to be among the people in the winter . ( Cheers . ) He concluded by saying that they had accepted his explanation , and approved of his conduct , and they should have no cause to repent ' . Their vote was another link to bind him . to them ,-and although he was a humble man , hated by the aristocrats , and cursed by the slave-owners , who did what they could to asperse and spurn him , he had the consolation in reflecting that , when he died , although they might write him down as a beggar , they must say he was an honest man . ( Cheers . ) Ihe meeting then dissolved about ten o ' clock , giving three hearty ehoors for Mr . G . Thompson .
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The Fata :. Riots is Liverpool . —The inquiry before the Coroner of Liverpool , concerning the deaths of the two men , Mnlin and Jones , who died from injuries received during the recent riOlS , was resumed on Tuesday . The inquiry as regards Jones was postponed in consequence of the absence of a material witness , but that in the case of Malin was proceeded with . Several witnesses were examined , who described the riot which took place subsequent to the attack on the procession . It was clearly shown that deceased was engapedin these riotous proceedings , and that in the mel ee he had been killed by a pistol shot , but in the absence of any witness who could identify the individual who had discharged the weapon , the inqueat WilS adjourned until Friday next . The bod y of Jones , who was an Orangeman , was interred in St . John ' s
Churchyard on Sunday last ; that of Malin on the same day , in the burial-ground of St . Patrick ' s Chapel , Toxteth-parb . The bodies Were followed to tho grave by hundreds of their respective paytizans , but no further indication of riot occurred On Tuesday night a man named Thomas Weaver * a brickmaker , residing in Back Boundary-street ' was arrested on suspicion of being the Ml'tV WllO flred tho shot which caused tho death of John Mailing . John-M'Leer , who was well acquainted with Weaver , swore that the deceased was running right betoro the prisoner wbeu he fired the shot , and the man fell . No further CYaleilCO WOS tfilf ueretl , and the prisoner was . removed , but he will oe given up into custod y of the coroner , and tho further examinatio n will be conducted in the coroner ' s court .
Death of Dr , Lisomid . —Dr . Ling . ird , the celebrated historian of England , died at his residence , Hornby , a few minutes before twel ve o'clock on tho night of the 17 th inst . , _ . Mr . Asdkuson ' s lessceship of Drury-laue / theatre has ended in insolvency ; he is bow an mrait * of the Queen's Prison , preparing to go through the Insolvent Debtors' Court .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 26, 1851, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_26071851/page/1/
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