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THE NORTHERN STAR 2 SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1848.
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MR F. O'CONNOR IN MANCHESTER.
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CONTENTS . Tha Aristocratic System , and its Working . The narrow limits and inequalities of tho Kepresenia-Hon . ' ,. . . ThecostofRoyaltY-The Queen , Prince Albert , and the Royal Bukcs and Princesses , Royal Palaces , stables , Parks , & e . ; Royal Pensioners ; Eoyai Household Expenses ; Crown Revenues ; the Crown , & c . The Salaries of the British Executive—Salaries of the Ministry and their Secretaries , contrasted with tfcoseot be United States . „ Salaries of State Pennons above £ 1 , 000 a year-Total cost of Civil Government . .. , ^ Annual costof Jastice in England , Ireland , and Seotlamd-Law Pensioners above £ 1 , 000 a year-Law Jobs and B ^ tomtic Expenditure-Cost of titled Ambassadors to Foreign Courts—Tided Dip lomatic PeasionME . The Black list of Pensioners for Civil Services - a batch of the smaller Fry of titled Pensioners . of the Aristo
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N 0 \ 7 PUBLISHING . THE POLITICAL WORKS 07 THOMAS PAINE Complete ia one thick volume , price 5 s ., in which ¦ will be found several pieces ne ? er before published in England ; and an appsadix , containing the Trial of Thomas Paine , with a portrait of the author . Just Published , in Penny numbers and Fourpenny parts , VOLTAIRE'S PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY . May he had , complete , in two volumes , handsomely bound , 12 s . The first -volume has a medallion likeness of the author , and the second , a full length portrait , as "ke appeared in his 70 th year . To the first volume is prefixed a copious Memoir of his Life and Writings . Eyery . care has been taken to keep the text correct , so that it mar remain a lasting monument of the genius and mdo xnitable perseverance of the author in enlightening and liberating his fellow creatures . The two volumes contain . 1 , 276 pages , elearly printed , crown 8 ro . VOLTAIRE'S ROMANCE ANB TALES , In one voL . price 3 s . 6 d . THE DEVIL'S PULPIT . By the Rev . Robert Taxxoe . two vols , price 5 s ., published at 9 s .
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'Aristocracy * the Root of our National Evils / Second Edition , SSS closely printed Pages , Five Shillings , Bound in Cloth . THE ARISTOCRACY of ENGLAND ; a HISTORY for the PEOPLE . Bv John Hajipden , Jtjm . ' The Epoch when Aristocracies falUs that in which Nations regenerate themselves ; the sap of the People is here . '—Lakaetise . Effingham Wilson , Publisher , 11 , Royal Exchange .
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JUST PUBLISHED , REVOLUTION IN PARIS . A narrative of the recent Revolt-tiun in France , containing a full account of ts Causes , Incidents , and Effects , together with the Abdication of LdUis Philiipe , the fall of Guizot , and the triumph of the Popular Cause— By a Bakristek .- Price Sixpence . Nokthxbk Star Office , IS , Great Windmillstreet , London ; Watson , Paterni ster-row ; Cleave , Shoelane ; Berger , Holywell-street ; Manchester , Abel , Heywood ; and all booksellers in To-vn and Country , to whom all orders should be immediately sent .
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^ PORTRAIT OF FEARGUS O'CONNOR , Esa ., M . P ., I m MARTIN informs his friends and the Chartist body i . generally , that he has reduced the price of his llithosraphic full-length portrait of their Illustrious Chief tto the following price : —Prints , Is ; coloured ditto , 2 s . 6 d . Also , a beautiful lithographic portrait of W . Dixon , Hate of Manchester , now one of tiie Directors , by T . llSaitin . Price—plain . Is ., coloured , 2 s . PEOPLE'S EDITION . To be had at the Northern Stab office , 16 , Great Windrmill-street , Haymarket ; at the Office of the National Hand Company , Hi , High Ho ' . born ; Sweet , Goose Gate IKottingham ; Heywood , Manchester , and all booksellers : n the United Kingdom .
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EMPLOYMENT OF CAPITAL . rmaE LONDON GESUINE TEA COMPANY con-J i tinue to appoint AGENTS in all TowilB and V'il . lalajies in the Kingdom for the SALE of their celebrated TTEAS . Many have derived considerable incoincx , wwithout risk , during the last few years , by their agency . For terms , kc , apply to the Company , at their sfflcin , 2 , 2 , Lawrence Pountney-hill , London .
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WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE . WAKEFIELD ADJOURNED SESSIONS . NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , That the Spring General Quarter Sessions of the Peace , for tbe West Riding of the County of York , will beheld by adjournment i n the Committee Room , at the house of Correction , at Wakefield , on Thursday , the eleventh day of May next , at twelve o ' clock at noon , for the purpose of inspecting the Riding Prison , ( the said House of Correction ) and for examining the accounts of the keeper of the said House of Correction , making enquiry into the conduct of the pincers and servants belonging to the same ; and also into the behaviour of the prisoners , and their earnings . G . H- EI-SI / EY , Clerk of the Peace . Clerk of the Peace ' s Office , Wakefield , 25 th April , 1818 .
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On the 1 st of Mey will be published , PBIOE SIXPENCE . HO . KVII , OF " THE LABOURER , " GOXXENTS , 1 . The Song of the Oaygers . by Ernest Jones . 2 . The Romance of a People , 3 . Pride and Prejudice , t . Keform and Reformers , 5 . Self-Reliarce . And severai other interesting Articles . Letters ( pre-paid ) to 09 addressed to the Editors , 16 , Great Windmill Street , Hay-market , London . Orders received by all agents for the "Northern Star " and all booksellers in town and country .
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JUST PUBLISHED , Price Threepence . ( Forming 32 large 8 vo . pages , ) A VERBATIM REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OP THE NATIONAL CONVENTION , Including full particulars of the Meeting at Kenniagton Coraraon , and the proceedings of the People and the Government on this momentous subject . Northern Star Office , Great Windmill-street , J . Watson , Paternoster row , London ; Abel Heywood ,. Manchester ; and all Booksellers in Town and Country .
The Northern Star 2 Saturday, April 29, 1848.
THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , APRIL 29 , 1848 .
A Rowland For An Oliver. A Curious Sampl...
A ROWLAND FOR AN OLIVER . A curious sample of the consistency and truthfulness of the "Whi g Ministry has just been exhibited , by the publication of a recent diplomatic correspondence between the Cabinets of St James and Madrid . In Parliament , all the Ministers who have bad or made occa . sion to speak on the subject , have most vehemently protested that the policy of non-intervention in the internal affairs of other Nations ,
was not only the true policy for this Country , but would be most religiously observed by them . Lord Palmerston ' s itch for meddling was not , however , to be restrained , and accordingly he sent Mr Bulwer , our Ambassador at Madrid , a Letter , which the Times itself styles " dictatorial / ' " discreditable to himself . ^ to the English Ministry , [ and to the nation . " The letter is a curiosity in its way , and by non ?? ans lengthy , so we shall make room for it entire : —
TO THE BIOHT HO . V . HENST LYTTON BtJLWEB . Foreign-office , March 16 , 1818 . —Sir , I have to recommend you to advise the Spanish government to adopt a legal and constitutional system . The recent downfall of the King of the French and of his family , and the expulsion of his ministers , ought to indicate to the Spanish court and government the danger to which they expose tltemselves in endeavouring to govern a country in a manner opposed to Vie sentiments and opinions of the nation ; and the catastrophe which has just occurred in France is sufficient to show that even a numerous and well-disciplined army offers only an insufficient defence to the crown , when the system followed by it is not in harmony with the general system of the country . The Queen of Spain would act wisely in the present critical state of affairs , if she were iostrcngthenhcr executive government , ly widoiingthe basis on which the administration reposes , and in calling to her councils some of the men in whom the liberal party place confidence—1 have , & c , Palmeeston .
There is a passage in Scripture about taking the beam out of our own eye before attempting the mote in our brother s , which is extremely applicable to the whole of thisextraordinary dispatch , but especially to those parts of it we have marked in italics . The advice , no doubt , is remarkably good , but the astonishment is that it should come from such a quarter . "We are involuntarily reminded of the old proverb , of Satan reproving sin .
• Mr Bulwer , obedient to the orders of his chief , transmitted the precious document to the Duke of Sotomayor , Sp anish Minister of Foreign Affairs , accompanied by a note from himself , which endeavoured to make out a colourable ground for the interference , a matter which our Foreign Minister was teo haughty to trouble himself about . The result was , that Sotomayor returned the impertinent dispatches , as insulting to an independent Government , and ordered the Spanish
Minister in London to demand the recal of Mr Bulwer . If that were all we should not have encumbered our columns with the squabble , but the Spanish Minister gave Palmerston " A Rowland for his Oliver , " so pointed , so pithy , and so appropriate , that we must extract a few passages . After asserting , in a very proper style , the right of the people of Spain to manage their own affairs , unmolested by the interference of Lord Palmerston , the Duke of Sotomayor , in return , deals the following home thrusts : —
What wonld Lord Palmerston , what would your excellency yourself say , if the Spanish government were to interfere and pass an opinion on the administrative acts of the British cabinet , and recommit , d a modi / ication in the regime of the state , or if it were to advise it to adopt more efficacious or more liberal measures to alleviate the frightful condition ' of Ireland ? jWhat would he say if the representstive of her Catholic Majesty m London , were to qualify so harshly as your excellency has dene , tho exceptional measures of repression ichich the English government prepares against the aggression which threatens it , hi the midst of its
own states . ~ What wouldliejsay if thejSpanishJgovernment were to demand , in tbe name of humanity , more consideration and more justice on behalf of the unfortunate people of Asia ! IVhat , in fine , would he say if we were to remind him tMt the late events on the continent gave a salutary lesson to all governments , without excepting Gbeat Bbita » s , and that consequently the administration of the state should be given up to the illustrious Feel ; to the skilful man who , after having conciliated tbe general opinion of his country , has known how to merit the sympathies and the esteem of all the governments ol Europe *?
All this is admirable . The allusion to the state of Ireland ; to the almost universal discontent at home ; the repressive measures adopted by the Whigs to put down that discontent -, and , above all , the hint that the wretched bunglers who have brough t matters to this state , should give up office " to the illustrious Peel ; " must have been gall and wormwood to the imbeciles who now encumber the Treasury benches . " People who rido in glass coaches should never throw stones , " and it will be quite time enough for our Foreign Minister and his colleagues to set about iimtiluting u " Constitutional nyHtom" hi Spain , when they have fulfilled all thoir own dutiort itt
home . Looking H t tho magnitude of th « ijueHtionu demanding tml thwni , nut ) tha HiMil ' H puce of Whig Lefftolitlioii , wo may ho pardoned for expressing imwIvmj mnwnvlmt HMptieal tin to tho timtj nVii uMvUig wltuii thuy wUDmvM ilwl j < u > Uf }< i « tiwi Ut iiUtiA for ttisscMlltiir with tMr N ^ Mioura , In the , uwuitimt ! , j , t ) ni l ' , ilfij fiver i ) jt kummwi nti'l bis col-Umgite ? kfive he & i tubi mnim jiiitin truths , wbi < 1 * } % & A * siffi \)\ ti fciwy nlioiild hear from other / ju ^ riU'f ' ij tj / jjfi {]«} Niitionul Convention or timiiMim Cfjiwiion . If they are so bliurM hj lijii rtflj state of affairs at home , lUnlih . efjxjUitti appreciate the nature of the erUUfw ' whkU thoy bave ta legislate , itis
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well that the people of England should know that the eyes of p ^ ier nations are open to , th e struggle for Constitutional freedom now going on in these islands , and that they understand its objects and tendencies . Lord Palmerston is a supple flunkey to the powerful States , an insolent bully to the weak ones . The Morning Chronicle , commenting upon this matter , candidly admits : — - " He is as much detested as Lord Chatham ever was
in the Courts of Europe , and he is not loved in the Councils of either America . " The opinion of the Thnes we have already quoted . It rejoices that his attempt at dictatorship met with the rebuff it so richly deserved . Yet these journals were loud in his praise a few months since , and equally vehement in their condemnation of Julian Harney , for having overhauled the whole of his foreiga policy at Tiverton . Why is this ? Are the rats deserting a ship-about to sink ?
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PAST AND PRESENT . Eighteen years ago , the whole nation was stirred from centre to circumference by the agitation for the Reform Bill . That agitation , which closely bordered upon tbe revolutionary , both in its language and its tactics , was participated in by all classes in '; , the country . At the commencement of the struggle , a large section ef the landed aristocracy favoured the movement . The Eldon-Wellington party had been broken up by the concession of Catholic Emancipation , and some of the Peers opposed to that concession , were the first to raise the cry that the constitution must be
altered . The old Whig aristocracy were bound by their traditionary policy to appear , at all events , to go with the Progressive party , and the Canning party , which had at that time fallen into the "Whig ranks , had no alternative but to march with them . The Duke of Wellington ' s declaratien against all Reform , cut off , for the time being the chances of retreat , and forced the so-called Liberal section of the aristocracy into the " open and advised" advocacy of what wag then cftusidevei a large measure of Parliamentary Reform . The
middle classes , stimulated by the prospect of obtaining thejElective Franchise , strained their utmost energies to secure the passing of the Bill . The working classes , as a body , were induced to give their aid to the movement in consequence of the implied , if not direct understanding , with the aristocracy and middle classes , that the measure to be * wrung from the boroughmongera by their united efforts , would be merely the stepping stone to the attainment of a larger and more comprehensive measure of Political Reform . Under this
impression , the writer acted with tens of thousands of working men in Edinburgh at that memorable period , when black flag processions , and banners with royal portraits reversed , and inscribed with mottoes which in these days wonld be called seditious , if not treasonable , were common occurrences ; and noble lords , honourable and right honourable baronets , and " learned gentlemen , " stood , side by side on the same hustings with working men , and pitched their tune to the same ke 3 .
After a tremendous struggle the victory was achieved . " The Bill—the whole Bill , " was won , and the shout of a universal jubilee , cele brated with a pomp and pageantry rarely witnessed in this country , went up to heaven . The working classes ' knew they had done their part worthily . Had there been any doubt of that fact , it would have been set at rest by the g lowing eulogiums upon their worth , their bravery , their patriotism , and their power , which were copiously showered upon them by
their titled and wealthy co-agitators ., They naturally , therefore , looked for the " good government / ' and the political ameliorations which they had been aught to expect as the result of their exertions . They saw the party with and for whom they had fought , seatedjin power by an overwhelming parliamentary majority . Public opinion , still fresh and vigorous , pointed to farther Reforms , and a full Exchequer gave ample means and leisure to the Reform Administration to devise measures to give effect to the popular will .
What was the result ? The working classes speedily discovered that they had been duped , and that the last words of their late rallying cry— " The bill , the whole bill , and nothing but the bill , " were to be translated , as far as regarded them , in a very different way to what they imagined . For them there was to be '' nothing but the bill , " whatever benefit it might confer upon those whom it had either lifted into place and power , or given the direct possession of the Elective Franchise . Deceived and betrayed , they grew disgusted with politics , and betook themselves to Trades ' Unions . One of the most formidable and
simaltaneous organisations of the trades that ever took place in this country , followed closely on the heels of the great political change which had so completely disappointed and disgusted them . Fresh from the Normal schools of agitation in which they had studied under aristocratic and middle class professors , they threw their whole souls into the agitation , never calculating that their late colleagues would have the hardihood to prosecute them for practisin g what they had been so well taught . Again they were deceived . The Reform Ministry neither meant to give the working classes " good government , " nor to permit them to create such
a movement as would compel its concession . They therefore created a Whig judge , and raked up a law , which was not only obsolete , bnt also inapplicable to the case ; but which this Whig judge , aided by a middle class juq' , strained beyond its legitimate intent and meaning , and transported the Dorchester Labourers in 1834 , as a warning to all other Trades Unionists . We need only allude to the recall of these ill-used men by the same Ministry , as a proof of the illegality and the iniquity of that sentence , and also of the power of the people , when cordially united , to enforce obedience to their reasonable demands .
One thing , however , followed the transportation of the Dorchester Unionists j the working classes were again thrown back upon the conviction that until they gained the franchise , there was no security for either their lives or property . Local Radical Associations were therefore very generally formed throughout the country , the objects of which were identical with those now advocated by the Chartists . These bodies were , however , isolated . There
was no centralisation of power—no acting in concert with other bodies holding the same views ; and it was reserved for Mr O'Connor , in 1835 , to fuse them into one large association , animated by one spirit , pressing forward for one objected , and sustained by that esjmt de corps , which is the inevitable consequence of acting in large masses . The only element necessary to give efficiency and consistency to this movement , Mr O'Connor shortly after added , namely—a journal , in which the people could speak to eacli other and to their leaders , and their leaders to them .
. We shall not fartherjpursue these historical reminiscences , The few memoranda , thus briefly strung together , throw all the li ght upon our present position that is necessary lor tho purpose we have in view in this article . They show clearly enough that the party at prcHtmt in power climbed into office on the n ) umlt \ erH of the people , under the pretence that , once thero , they would make that power conducive to the promotion of the interests of the tieuiilo . How they have fulfilled that
promise all the world knows . Not only have they steadily resisted every proposition which involved an organic change in the political machinery of the state at all favourable to the masses , but they have also obstinately refused to amend those clause of the Reform Act which were forced upon them by the opponents of that measure , with the avowed intention of neutralising ; its popular tendencies , and maintaining the sway of the territorial aristocracy . The Ballot , for instance , was all ^ but adopted aa one , of the prin-
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ciples to be incorporated ; in the Reform Act . The authors of that Act havener since its passing , given a determined Opposition to every motion in its favour . But that is a trifle , compared with the determined manner in which they insist up on maintaining the Chandos clause , which virtually hands over the county representation to a few wealthy landlords ; and the rating clauses , which in towns , through the instrumentality of Registration Courts , disfranchise perhaps one-third
or one-half of those upon whom the Reform Act professedly bestows the right of voting . In short , Lord John and his party have set up the standard of Finality ; and though they may occasionally , under compulsion of an extraordinary' kind , profess their readiness to discuss the ' questions at issue between them and the mass of the people , it is with no intention of conceding the points at dispute , but merely to try whether the old game of buttering parsnips with , fine words is altogether p layed out or not .
Such are the political results of the great memorable Ag itation of 1830 , and the elevation to power of a professedly Liberal party . At the present moment the whole electoral system is more rotten and anti-popular than it was under the old boroughmongering system , The number of members who have been unseated for bribery and corruption , this session is , we believe , without a precedent in the annals of Parliamentary debasement , and the House of Commons has less sympathy ^ with the people than almost any House that ever preceded it . Nor is this to be wondered at , when the nature of the Constituencies created by the celebrated Reform Act are closelv examined . In the
first place , the whole adult population of the country may be taken at six millions , of whom not more than 750 , 000 are entitled to a Vote under that Act . Making allowances of various kinds for those who do not vote , the total effective Constituency Of the country is not more than 600 , 000 , or 100 , 000 Voters for every million of adult males—just one tenth of the adult male population ! But as if this was not a sufficiently gross
caricature of a representative system , professedly based upon the princip le that Taxation and Representation shall be coequal , the manner in which the Members are apportioned to the Voters increases the anomaly , and renders it utterly impossiblejthat there can be a lair representation , even of the existing constituency . Thirty-six Boroughs , with a population of 169 , 908 , of whom f , 291 are Electors , return thirty-eig ht Members . Thirty-two Boroughs , with a population of 210 , 512 , Electors 11 , 767 , return forty-three Members ; and eighteen , with a population of 154 , 515 , and 8 , 047 Electors , return twenty-four
Members , Here , ^ then , we find a population of 534 , 935 , with a total constituency of 27 , 105 , returning 135 Members , or more than one fifth of the entire House of Common ^; while London , with a population of two millions , and a larger constituency , has only eight Members . Manchester , with its population of nearly half a million , has only two Members . Glasgow , Leeds , Birmingham , and other large centres of wealth , industry and population , are in like manner swamped and neutralised by these small Boroughs—the sinks of corruptionwherein rich ^ scoundrels find needy knaves , j dishonest enough to sell the interests of the country for a mess of pottage . The County Representation is equally opposed to reason
and justice . In Sutherland there is a population of 24 , 782 , and 170 Electors , who return one Member . Buteshire , witli a populatioa of 15 , 740 , and 420 Electors , returns one also # Thus these two counties , with a population of 40 , 522 , and a constituency of only 590 , neutralise the West Riding of Yorkshire , with several thousands of industrious people , and a constituency of 36 , 000 , nearly equal to the whole population of Sutherland and Bute ! Lancashire has a population of 1 , 667 , 000 , and returns twenty-six members ; while Wiltshire has a population of only 258 , 000 , and returns twenty Members . Tbat is , about one-seventh of the number in tbe latter county returns the same number of Members as the whole county of Lancaster . -. These monstrous anomalies
and inequalities are not pointed out on account of ^ any fondness for abstract principles , or finespun constitutional theories , but because the Legislature , which is the product of the system , is found by long and sorrowful experience to be altogether inimical to the best interests of the country . The people who do the work and bear the burdens of the nation , feel that they are defrauded of the fruits of their labour by some mysterious machinery , which forces them constantly to struggle with poverty and hardship , while the idle classes revel in luxury . The natural instincts of humanity , the dictates
of reason , and the first principles of revealed religion , all condemn so iniquitous a state of things as this ; and it is in vain to hope for peace , or contentment in society , until it is manfully , frankly , and radically amended . Look at England in its social aspect ! Compared with the extent of its surface , and the number of its population , it is the richest country in tbe world . Its industrious classes are the most orderly , the most willing labourers , and the most productive to be found in any
nation . Their own skill , and that of those who direct their labours is unrivalled , and they have . to 2 aid $ them in the creation of wealth , an amount of mechanical appliances almost incalculable . Yet , with . ill these means of producing general prosperity and contentment , such is the ignorance of our rulers , the selfishness of classes , and the insane misdirection of these mighty resources , under this mingled ignorance arid selfishness , that our working population as a whole is in many respects the worst off in the civilised world . In no other
country do they toil so hardier such low wages —that is measuring the wages , not by their nominal amount , but by their purchasing power . Parliamentary commissions have brought to light the wretchedness and squalor of their homes—unventilated , unsewered , unvisited by light or air , and deficient of a proper supply of water ; abodes where fever and pestilence ever dwell , sweeping away the sole stay and support of families , and leaving their wretched offspring to all the miserable and deteriorating influences which surround such unhappy orphans . On the other hand , those " who toil not
neither do they spin , '' are found surrounded by all that gratify the varied faculties of humanity . ii & The working classes observe these factsthey reason upon them , they see that all the classes who have a direct participation-in political power or privileges are , more or less , thriving and prosperous . They alone are the Pariahs of the system . They have come to the not unnatural conclusion , that it is because these classes have the power of protecting their interests through their representatives , that this marked difference arises ; and they have , therefore , resolved through weal and woe , to struggle on for the attainment of those inalienj able political privileges , which the British Constitution in the abstract guarantees to every
citizen who pays taxes and obeys the laws . However the now privileged classes may oppose their efforts , whatever may be the means resorted to , to put down this noble and indestructible aspiration for just and equitable institutions—they will fail . History is but one long record of tie fact , that progress is the princi ple of God ' s government upon earth . The true conservative statesmen , are those who read the signs of the times aright , and direct into safe and salutary channels that popular opinion , which when dammed up overflows all barriers , and not unfrequently sweeps away the obstructives who placed them there ! This is not a threat , but a fact . Would we had statesmen wise enough to apply it in time !
Limn Town, Hear Limns.—The Land Metabera...
Limn Town , hear Limns . —The Land metabera are requested to attend a general meeting on Sunday , April 30 th , at the house of Mr Charles Brooks , at ten o'clock in the forenoon . Brunswick Hall , LiMKHouan . —Mr Fussell will lecture , oa Monday , May 1 st , on tha People's Charter . Chair to be taken at eight o ' eloek .
The Ballot. By; Mistake, The ; Postponem...
THE BALLOT . By ; mistake , the ; postponement of . the ballot was named in the Star of last week for Monday ; . May 8 th , insteadof Tuesday , MaySOih ,, . It will not be possible to take the ballot in a proper and satisfactory manner during the sitting of the National Assembly , and the excitement consequent thereon . The 30 th , therefore , is the day upon which the ballot will take p lace . By order of the . Directors . Thomas Clark , Cot ; Seci
Receipts Of The N.&7i0n.A& £An2> Gobffip...
RECEIPTS OF THE N . & 7 I 0 N . A & £ AN 2 > GOBffiPAinr , FOR THB WEEK ENDING THURSDAY , APRIL 27 , 1848 . PES MB O'OONNOB . SHABB 8 . £ B . d . Hammersmith ,, 0 6 0 Paisley „ 2 4 0 Gainsborough .. 3 8 0 South Shields „ S 12 C Devonport ,, 5 8 0 Stratford „ 1 18 0 Bridgort .. 3 15 0 Hanley „ tf 15 3 Preston , liddle 4 6 6 Leicester , Astili 5 0 0 Athorstone ., 3 H 0 Jfonkton Develong Buckby ,. 0 18 0 rill .. 818 2 Haswell .. 0 5 G Norwich , Bag . Herninghold n 018 G shutv „ 16 e o Stow . on . the . Ashton-under .
Wold n 3 4 4 Lyne „ o IS 6 Seaham ., 6 7 0 Laeds .. 5 0 0 Retford „ 4 11 0 Nonth Shields .. 4 6 6 Cupar Fife .. 0 li 6 Geo Henry -. 5 0 0 Lower Warley „ 5 0 0 Kichard Thos Colchester ,. 5 7 4 Waterman ., 2 6 0 Winchester ., 4 2 0 Robt Jones „ 0 2 0 Nottingham , Wm HilHan .. 10 0 Street „ ISO Joseph Wright ,, 0 1 6 Carlisle „ 5 0 0 Geo Allison £ ., 0 3 0 Manchester .. 10 0 1 Jas Phillips .. 0 10 6 Foleshill .. 12 0 Wm Crow „ 0 2 0 Oldham .. 0 14 9 Robt Crow .. 0 2 0 Gosport .. 3 14 0 Wm Thatcher « 0 10 Barnsley , Lowe 4 13 8 Richard Booth ,. 10 0 Cripplegate „ 0 6 o Wm Baillie .. 8 10 Bradford m 6 0 0 Lewis Lewis .. 114 6 Nowcastlo-upon- Wm Borratt .. 0 1 0 Tyno .. 10 0 0 Peter Trumble .. 0 1 0 John Raspberry 0 10 1 ' £ l 6 S 19 " 7 EXPENSE FUND . —— = « = » Gainsborough .. 0 2 0 Gosport „ 0 7 6 Bridport .. 0 I 6 Barns ! ey .. 0 6 0 Preston , Liddle 020 Cripp legate .. 02 © Long Buclsby - 0 2 0 Paisley .. 0 IS 0 Birkenhead , South Shields „ 0 7 6 Carey .. 0 10 Hanley .. 19 6 Seaham .. 0 4 0 Ashton-under-Lower Warley .. 0 2 0 Lyno (> 2 5 0 Winchefttct .. 0 4 0 North . Shields .. 0 7 0 Nottingham , Bradford , York 1 15 0 Sweet ,. 0 7 0 Geo Henry ., 0 2 0 Manchester .. 1 2 U R T . Waterman 0 2 6 Foleshill ., 0 2 0 Thos Bending .. 0 2 0 Oldham .. 0 5 3 Ann Smith „ 0 2 0 £ 11 0 8 NEW I . AKTD COMPANY" ! Sheffield ,. 1 10 0 Bridport „ 0 6 0 Edinburgh „ 0 2 0 John Jenkins „ 0 4 0 Markhinch „ 0 2 0 Benjamin Goodinge „ 10 0 0 £ 12 4 0 EXPENSE FUND . ~~ Benjamin Good-j Marthinch .. 6 2 0 inge „ Q 26 John Jenkins ,. 020 ^ 0 6 6 Land Fund , Old Company ... ... 169 19 1 Do . Do ., New Company ... 12 & 0 Expense Fund , Old Company ... 11 0 8 Do . Do ., New Company ... 0 6 6 Rules , Old Company . « .. . 0 8 4 Do ., New Company ... ... 0 14 £ 193 15 5 Bank 84 9 0 £ 2 T 8 4 5 Wm . Bixoh . ] Christopher Dosle , | Thoj . Claak , ( Coma , See . ) j Phiup M'Grath , ( Fin . Sec . ) RECEIVED AT BANK . Crieff , Auxiliary Bank 10 0 Liverpool , Clerance Co-operative Society .. 8 16 0 T . Pbice , Manager . RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITDRE OF THE NATIONAL CONTENTION . ToKecoipts .. H 7 18 7 I By Payments .. 157 19 0 Ts Balance .. 40 0 5 j 157 19 O f £ 157 19 0 JHIWI tr IIHTIMM | | i ^ jywuu i | - iimH-i-i We have audited the above accounts and found them correct . We have also found , upon an examination of the list of subscriptions received in aid of the Convention , that several large ] and important towns bave not contributed snms at all adequate te the necessities of the Convention or commensurate with the importance which such large places hold in the estimation of the country . Manchester has furnished a worthy exception , and we hope that its liberal conduct will , henceforth , constitute the rule and not the exception . We trust that the advice here yiven will be acted upon , and that the country , if it be really in earnest , will see that the National Assembly , which will meet on Monday next , has ample pecuniary provision made for all its purposes : DANIIL DONOVAN , ! „ j ; f- „ James Shiubon , ' J Auditor * . RECEIPTS OF NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . A Special , Lime- Rotherham .. 0 7 0 house .. - o 2 S Collected at Far-A Friend , Lime- ringdon Hall .. 0 11 0 house .. 0 0 6 Wolverhampton 0 3 0 Do Do .. 0 1 0 R Stringer M 0 2 8 Deptford and Thos C Ingram .. 0 13 6 Greenwich .. 0 12 4 Geo Walker , Ame . Moore and rica .. 0 5 5 Holmes .. 0 5 0 C Thompson .. 0 0 6 Limehouse , Mat- Bury .. 6 10 0 thias .. 0 5 0 Lincoln „ 0 9 0 City and Fins- Birstall ., 0 ll 9 J" ? , . , \ " ° * 6 Glasgow .. S 10 0 Wallingford .. 0 2 6 Paisley .. l lo 0 Mr Baldwin „ 0 0 2 Manchester .. 6 12 8 Westminster „ 0 5 0 Mr Nirce , Somers-Byers Green .. 0 3 0 town .. 0 2 6 Cupar Fifo ,. 0 4 0 Lambeth .. 0 10 0 Winchester .. 0 2 1 Paisley .. 2 10 0 £ 23 IS II FHHftflfnWvTffflirJB
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Ij^* Mr O'Connor's Letter To * The Fusti...
Ij ^* Mr O'Connor ' s letter to * The Fustian Jackets , ' received late on Thursday evening , has compelled the withdrawal of several communications , SUBSCRIPTIONS P 01 0 D » V ' S COW , & C , a . d . Philip Elliots ... ... 20 Lambeth ... ... 6 2 Alfred Fussell ... ... 1 0 A Friend ... ... 0 3 Per a Delegate in Convention ( name mislaid ) ] 4 S . E ., andG . H ., Chatwin ... ... 2 0 G . \ Y ., Westminster ... ... 1 0 A Friend , ditto ... ... 0 6 J . Nealo , Oldham ... ... 1 0 Ashton-under-Lyne , per Baits ... 1 0 0 Charles Hurst , Duklnfield ... ... 5 0 Oxford ... ... ... 8 0 _ £ 2 8 3 StSOSElSSXSO 8 UBSCBIPTI 0 NS I 0 B MiNDBE AT o ' CONNOBVlLLE . Oldham ... . „ 5 0 Stalybvidge , J . Lawton ... ... 8 0 8 0 Thqhas Mabtik Whebmb , ' A Disposes or Falsehoods'is refen-ed to Mr Muskett ' s letter in another column , copied from Douglas Jer-BOtD's Newspaper . Tho questions relative to the Pe . tltlon have already been answered in the j ablished debates of the Convention . A Manchester Policeman states that the local authorities have resolved to exclude from the police force all persons Iprol' essing Chartist and Repeal principles . Our ' correspondent thinks that tho excluded will form an excellent' people ' s police , ' to protect the industrious classes fromlprivileged plunderers and ' respectable ' ruffians . D . Johnston . —The reports that have appeared in this and other journals constitute the only information we have of the projected ' National Guard . ' W . Plowdek , Leeds—whose letter wo cannot give in full—says :- « I highly approve of Mr Harney ' s sucgestion in the Convention , respecting the siguin * of the memorial by adults only , as that would place us right before the country ; and I am exceedingly sorry that Mr Harney ' s views were not the views of tho maionty of that Convention . ' M . A . B ., Stowmarket . — Enrolment has not yet taken place , in consequence of Mr O'Connor ' s bill , which is now before the House of Commons . Members of the Old Company may join the New . Cukltehham . —The lines entitled' The English Marseillaise' are inadmissible . Cmtheroe . —There is now no Trdb Suh . We do not know much of the TELEaiurn , but believe it to be the most' liberal' of the daily papers , R Mason , Rothnrham , objects to the 'National Assembly , ' on the ground that the possible arrest of tbe leaders , the loss of their services , and the misery of their families occasioned thereby , will bo a heavy blow to Chartism . Tho money which must be devoted to the support of the Assembly , our correspondent would prefer to see expended in paying lecturers , and printing and publishing Chartist tracts . M . K ., Drogheda . — Thanks . We are sorry we could not use your communic & tieu a week earlier . Middle Class , Paisley . —We cannot advise you to pu ^ lisb are the lines . ¦ - ... > Cuaetist Spsakbbs .-A corraspondent advises the Chartist spe ikers andjecturers to explain the principles of the People ' s Charter . Many of the middle class bow attend Chartist meetings who are i gnormt of the meaning of the Charter ; for their instruction the six points should be explained at all popular meeting ? ,
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THE CH 11 TEE AHB HO JBtlEHBIl UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE . VOTE BY BALLOT . NO PROPERTY QUALIFICATION . ANNUAL PARLIAMENTS . PAYMENT OF MEMBERS . EQUAL ELECTORAL DISTRICTS .
Mr F. O'Connor In Manchester.
MR F . O'CONNOR IN MANCHESTER .
On Friday Night, At Six O'Clock, A Meeti...
On Friday night , at six o'clock , a meeting waa held in tht Hall of Science , Knott Mill . This magnificent bail was crammed . Mr TfmjAU Gro . cott was called to the chair . Mr J . Clabk . congratulated the meeting on attending there , and exhibiting to the authorities of the town , and to the country at large , that no authorities , that no laws ¦ which they could pass , could ever put them dawn in seeking their rights . ( Hear . ) He attended there that day , because he considered it an anniversary . On the same day last year ha attended a meeting , and in the place in which they were then assembled he entered his protest against the domineering powers of the aristocracy—he exclaimed and protested against their having invaded
the people , and having invaded the Crown , and ha came forward on the present occasion to express hia unalterable determination never to ceaae pursuing the aristocracy until the people ' s House was taken from their fell power ! That was a solemn day throughout the whole Christian world , and he reminded them that the principles of justice wera being crucified between two thieves—the aristocracy and the Hause of Commons . ( Hear , hear . ) He drew a line of demarcation between the idle non « producers and the producers . Every man that was not a p . roducer or a distributor of wealth was a destroyer of tho means and the comfort of tho people . ( Hear , hear . ) And when he spoke of the industrious classes , he included all that were engaged in mercantile pursuiti or manufactures , or other industrial pursuits .
Mr J . Fisnigan next addressed the audience . He said , they had met on a solemn day—a sacred and s > lemn occasion . ( Hear , hear . ) And , although they had not met fer the purpose of adapting any means whereby they might express their sympathy with that festival which waa then celebrated throughout the Ciiriatian world , yet they had met for a purpose as high , as holy , and as sacred . ( Hear , hear . ) It was to ester their solemn protest against that infernal attempt now being made to circumscribe , within the narrow boundaries of a Premier's opinion , that mind which God hath given to man . ( llear . ) They had met for the purpose of grappling with the tyrsnt , of wrenching from him that undue
power which he was now wielding against the rights and liberties of the people—( Hear , and applause )—for the purpose of proving te him that Englishmen and Irishmen knew their rights , and dared maintain them —( hear , hear)—and that , depending as they did f > n the mighty operations of that mind with which God had gifted all in commen , for working out their regeneration , they would use that mind as a lever to uproot that tyranny by which the people had been oppressed . ( Cheers . ) [ While Mr Finnigan was speaking , and about five minutes past eight o'clock , Mr Feargua O'Connor entered the hall , and was received with several rounds ef enthusiastic cheering . ] Mr Finnigan called on Englishmen and Irishmen to unite together .
Mr Gkoroe Archdeacon delivered an oration . A . new career was opening before them , and he believed they would all be obedient scholars to the lessons of their leader , Mr O'Connor . MrFsARous O'Cosjjor was received with loud cheers . He said : Whenever he lost his health in the atmosphere of faction he came for the improvement of it in the freeiir of democracy . ( Hear . ) He cama among them then at the most important period of their history—he came among them at a time when Lord John Russell , leading the Whigs , was attempting to destroy the constitution of this country . And he should hold himself to be base and unworthy of their confidence if he was capable of uttering sentiments there which he waa afraid to speak in tho
Commons House of Parliament . He told the noble lord that if Sir George Grey ' s Bill had been the law of the land in 1332 , the hulks would not be large enough to hold him ( Lord John ) and his brother felons . ( Cheers . ) He told him that when this bill was passed he would traverse the country by night and by day , and that his cry should be ' Down with , the base , bloody , and brotal Whigs . ' ( Cheers . ) He told him that when he waa endeavouring to attach fcae stigma of felony to those who spoke their minda openly and advisedly , that he was a traitor , commiting treason against the Crown , treason against the constitution , and treason against bis own principles . ( Cheers . ) ' He had used that language before Lord John Russell . There was nothing so pre-eminentle
calculated co damage the character of a leader of thy people as the beliefof the people that he was capable of using language before them that he was afraid to use before their tyrants . He then referred to Sir George Grey's Bill , and to his ( Mr O'Connor ' s ) exertions against its being made the law of the land . To-morrow he should be in his place in the House of Commons , at two o ' clock , when the bill came down from tbe incurables , the Lords , as the law of the land , and then , if he stood alone , he would deliver the funeral oratiou over the dead body of Whiggery . ( Cheers . ) He next referred to the meeting on Kennington Common , and considered that on that occasion Chartism bad gained a triumph . They
were going to organise an opposition in the House ofCommoasto the ministers . ( Hear , hear . ) He should watch that organisation—but ' The People's Charter and no Surrender , ' should be the motto on hia banner . ( Cheers . ) If that opposition could beat down the lewd and licentious aristocracy , he would join , with all his heart and soul , as a matter of necessity , as a matter of justice , and as a matter of right , to beat c ! own that aristocracy , ( Hear , hear . ) But if they ever heard that he bad joined any party that went for less than the Charter , let them not believe it . He ' * ould be faithful to them and their cause to the death . ( Tremendous cheerin ? . )
Mr T . Rankis addressed the meeting at considerable . length . Mr W . P . Roberts also addressed the meeting . A vote of thanks was passed to tbe chairmau , and the meeting separated , about ten o ' clock , after giving three cheers for Feargus O'Connor , and three cheers for the Charter and Repeal . * * S *^ ¦ " ' " lr "* 1 '*«** ry ~»
FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ ., M . P ., AT NOTTINGHAM . As Monday last was the day fixed for the public entry of F . O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., into Nottingham , as early as Sunday morning people began to arrive . On the night of the above-named day the numbers kept increasing , and en the following morning they arrived in great numbers , every truin brought Ua hundreds—every vehicle added to the number from every road which led into the town—and more than all , it was a glorious sight to see the ' hard worked and ill-paid' sons of toil , who could set accomodate themselves with a ride , they were to be met in every quarter—making their way to hear their patriot , lriend , and protector , Feargus O'Connor . The
procession began to form at a quarter past eleven , at the Seven Stars ; it went through most of the principal streets of the town , each of which added considerably toils strength , until it arrived at the station a few minutes before twelve . When the train arrived in sight , oh what anxiety was then manifested , every nerve of every one was stretched to the utmost , each one trying to get tho honour of seeing their father flnt . The train waited a fa w moments at the station when the Jong-looked for gentleman issued forth ; cheering burst from all partsof the mass , increasing with great vigour as he made his appearance and stepped into the carriage , which if heard by ouc tyrants would make the very slender , delicate texture of their wretched frames quake with fear , dur . ing which Mr O'Connor ascended the triumphal oar which was prepared for his reception , the band playthe
ing See conquering hero comes . ' He seemed to be suffering under severe indisposition . He waa supported in the carriage by hia friends , Messrs Mott , Sweet , Roberts , and others . The carriage , which was adorned with costly harness , suited tojthe occasion , was drawn by four beautiful horses , with , pestihona dressed in green silk velvet jackets and caps . All being now in order , the carriage taking the lead , the band following , the whole street of living creatures began to move towards the Market-square . Even the rain which kept tailing at intervals did not stop the anxiety shown on the occasion . In tha streets through which the procession passed , it waa evident it was increasing most tremendously in size ; and when the mass stood below the Exchange windows , there could not have been less than from 20 , 000 to 25 , 000 persons present .
Mr Swebs having been called to the chair , commented at some length on the Whig Gagging Bill ; after which a memorial to the Queen , prayingKIr Majesty to dismiss the Ministers , and to call thoaefb her counsels who would make the Charter a cabinet measure , was adopted . Mr Robbbto briefly proposed the first resolution aa follows : — Resolved , that we , the people of Nottingham , mpub-Ho meeting aaaombled , do hereby express our entire con .
fidenceia Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., oar highl y tnleated a * d indefatigable Member ol Parliament , and our thanks to him for his noble , generous , and patriotic conduct during the greatest agitation whUfe . ever engaged the atteatios of the British public , and we pledge ourselves to render him all the assistance in our power as long as he continued the advocate of the working classes and we likewise hereby express our sympathy wi \\ 1 & O'Connor in respect to the disgraoefut treatment he has received in the Common * House of ParllaawBt ( ChoersJ '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 29, 1848, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_29041848/page/4/
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