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"Union is strength."
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"Union Is Strength."
"Union is strength . "
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TO THE CHARTISTS . Mr Fkiesds , The time is coining -when you must he " up and doing ; " and as "to be forewarned is to be forearmed , * " let me now explain to you the necessity of an exhibition of Chartist strength , Chartist mind , Chartist power , and Chartist resolution .
The Press and faction are beginning , as of yore , to boast of the lull of Chartism ; and although , as you are aware , I have most cordially joined in the present "anion between the middle and the working classes , yet I never entertained such an idea as allowing the Press of that party to base its strength excluavely upon middle-class power , nor would such a nrisrepresentation be beneficial to the veritable middle classes ; and I will show you why . _^ _^ _" _^^""•
_The middle class , as heretofore represented by the Press , means the owners of active capital , whose sole object it has ever been to support any ministry— -irrespective of politicswho would transfer taxation from their order , no matter upon whom it fell . Upon the other hand , the present union between the middle and working classes has been established , not for the purpose of transferring taxation from one party to another , but for the purpose of measuring taxation by State necessity , and not by aristocratical idleness and mmisterial necessity .
_Ivownothhig is moremdispensablethan that parties joining in such a cause should have a thorough understanding of their respective positions ; and the position which I wish Chartism to occupy is this :- —that its power should be aclmowledged in the movement ; as , otherwise , you may rely upon it both nuddle and _•« glring i _r-l-MWmt _qgtt _^^^ V _^ f _^^ l _^ h j the movers in this agitation , but by the Government and the House of Commons .
TTe have struggled long enough together to be known to each other ; and that we have not struggled ineffectually is demonstrated by the fact , that we have taken the odium off our principles , and that they are now becoming the adopted of all , all seeing the necessity of Labour being represented , and thc impossibility of the Labourer devoting his time to legislation , if he was not honestly paid for his
services . In America and in France—where the representatives of the people are paid—you will nerer find vital and important questions decided by the votes of a third , a fourth , a fifth , a sixth , and sometimes not an eighth of the representative body ; and , as I have frequently told you , Labour never will be represented in the British Parliament by paid officials , nincompoop sons of peers , toadies looking for office , admirals , generals , colonels , majors , captains , lieutenants , commissioners , landlords , railway directors , ship owners , bankers , merchants , manufacturers , architects , cotton lords , capitalists living upon Labour , andabove all—lawyers , whose living depends upon mvstifyinglaw .
Now , a true thing cannot be too often repeated ; and is it not true , that the English labourers are represented as I have stated—aud is it not equally true that the English labourers have it in their power to completel y alter the system BY THEIR _UXIOi-T I The present union even of the -middle classes could not be sustained—nay , could nothavebeen established—without funds . Not alecturer on behalf of that body travels without his expenses being paid—and very properly so—while , in support of that move ment , I travel at my own expense . The Chartists have invariably acted upon
the principle , that " what ' s every man ' s business is nobody ' s business ; " and if enthusiasm and patriotism can be proved by comparison , let me draw your attention tothe different manner in which that patriotism is developed in oppressed and starving Ireland , as compared with comparatively free and flourishing England . In Ireland , the Repeal agitation was rowed on Monday last , and , with very little notice , subscriptions to carry it on amounted to 251 . ; while all England , Scotland , and "Wales saddle one individual with the payment of hi . a month , to exouerate their friends from slave labour , and allow their wives and families
to starve . Tou may rest assured that I haye given my most anxious consideration to this new fraternisation ; and that , while upon the one hand justice wonld not allow me to offer the slightest opposition , vet , upon tlie other hand , pride , vanity , ambition—and , I trust , a sterling love for the poor—urges me on to keep the spirit of Chartism alive . But how is this to be done ? Let me show vou .
I have already told you that , without the necessary funds , neither this movement—the Free Trade movement—the Repeal movement —Catholic Emancipation movement—nor the _lleform movement , could have been conducted to a successful issue . And by the strength of funds alone—if properly applied in 1839 and JG-AO , instead of being lavished upon " poor gentlemen , who were too proud to work , and too poor to live without labour "—if it was not , I say , for the desertion of those rapscallions when our funds were exhausted , we should have carried the day ; while I and many others suffered incarceration and persecation , and obloquy was heaped upon our principles , by the desertion of those ruffians .
The Petition presented by _Arnvoou , m ' 40 , contained over TWELVE HUNDRED _THOUSAND signatures ; that presented by _Euxgombe , in " 43 , contained nearly THREE _MILLIONS AND A HALF ; and that _precentedbvME , in ' 48 , contained orer FIVE _JdlLLlOXS _AXDAHALF . Doubtless manv of you will recollect tiie tables that have ' been furnished , as to the amount that may be supplied by the weekly _pavnientsofyour order . Some made a calculation to show vou that a penny a week subscribed bv each of one million , would _amcunt to FOUR _THOUSAND ONE HU > ~ DRED AND SIXTY SIX POUNDS a weekor TWO HUNDRED AND SIX
, TEEN THOUSAND SIX-HUNDRED AND THIRTY-TWO POUNDS A YEAR , or nearly a _miHion of money in four years . Nor do I think—taking the professed enthusiasm of tiie Chartists as the basis of calculation—that these arithmeticians were guilty of anv exaggeration beyond their faith in popular enthusiasm . Indeed , lean scarcely consider -your order worthy the principles you profess , if a millim are not prepared to pay a penny a - ¦ reek for their accomplishment
Howheit , I have shown you that no agitation can be carried on without the means , and T .-hall measure British enthusiasm by a nunor _rfi-ndafd . I -will take a hundred thousand as the maximum number of professing Chartists , ahle and willing to subscribe a penny a week , t _' -at would amount to four hundred and sixteen _-Lnds a week ; it would enable us to engage -fifrrable . sober , trustworthy lecturers , at four po ? nS a _£ k \ to pay a Chartist Executive of five , ten pounds a week ; leaving a balance of t _^ _hundVe d and six pounds a- week , to hold f Convention of sterling men , and to get up a
_Metronolitan demonstration . Now sueh a society as this , or rafter such and inlessthan one year would so develop tne coandmind of this country , as to secure ior -vour order a full , free , and fair representation i- the Commons House of Parliament , upoirthe _pi-mdp les of the PEOPLE ' S CHARTER . \ _o-niiL I tell vou , that " what's _cvei-y man s Sfrkis nobodVs work ;" wlule , upontheotlier Ut * if there sue not a hundred thousand '" OL * men in England , Scotland , and _¥ S _p-p _Sed to give up ahalf-pmt of beer or _omTpipe of tobacco aweek , they _areu-ilhng Saves , and deserve that oppression of which they are the up holders . If even fifty thousand v-ould give a penny a week , it would enable us
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employ fifty sound lecturers , at four pounds a week each , besides paying the Executive , while the active men in the districts could _, establish unpaid committees . _Jf If tins plan is adopted , and if more funds should be necessary , I will to such an object devote the entire profits of the "Norttiern Star , '' and will take my full share of the labout and responsibility .
Now then , working men , if there are not fifty thousand of your order—that is , one in two hundred—estimating the population of England , Scotland , and Wales at twenty millions , prepared to support your principles at an expense of one penny a week , or four shillings and four-pence a year each , as such a movement need not exist longer , you deserve to be slaves , and I hope and trust in God , you may
remain so . I think I have put the question in the most simple form before you . I have shown you that every previous agitation has succeeded from the ability of promoters to uphold itwhile ours has failed , audits supporters been _Ksomngned to the dungeon , the transport , and Iwilladd- _^ _dishonesty , andinjustice . " * However , it is nofc yet too late . " You shall
have my service , my purse , my energy , and talent , if they are worth anything ; while , depend upon it , if we allow Chartism to appear to merge into any . other movement , through the misrepresentation of the press , the promoters of that movement , namely , the veritable Middle Classes—who live upon the Working Classes—that is , upon profits legitimately made by their ability to spend—will also find themselves deceived .
One ofthe great benefits that I anticipated from this fraternization , was the opportunity that it would afford tothe Working Classes to develope their true principles before their former opponents , with a view to dispel those prejudices so injurious to both parties , and upon which alone the strength of their opponents is based . If , therefore , this is to be a veritable union , and if the united parties are to have a thorough understanding—I think it but right and just that a discreet Chartist council should be appointed in every town in the kingdom ; and that upon the announcement of a meeting to take place , the Chartist Council
should meet the Paruamentavy Reform Council not with a view of altering the programme of the Association , or to offer any , the slightest , opposition to the movement , but for the purpose of nominating Chartists to take part in every debate—no , I will not call it debate , but meeting . I will not call it debar . _^ which implies controversy , as I am quite sure that the good sense , not only of the audience , but of the speakers themselves , would point out the absolute necessity , not only for a union , but for harmony between the two parties ; as they may rest assured the watchful enemy would take advantage of any , the slightest , rupture or disagreement .
Such a course would give the Working Classes the advantage of being reported in the "Daily Neios , " the " 'l / orntn _^^ _-icerfiser , " aud the " Sun ; " while , when the advocacy of their cause is confined to me , those papers give but a very scanty report of my sayings . However , we never before had in any popular cause so large an amount of Press generosity . As I have previously stated , it is my
intention to make a tour of England , Scotland , and Wales , before Parliament meets , as it . is necessary that Lord John should have the mark of the squeeze he asked for , while it would be healed if the breeze was got up now , and we allowed a lull of two months . My attendance at Aberdeen on Monday next is not the commencement of my tour . My tour will not commence till after Christmas , and then I shall have six weeks of it before
Parliament meets . Chartists , I can do no more than I have offered . If you do not do your duty , you are willing slaves ; and when hunger pinches your bellies , do not come to me then and say ,
"LEAD US ON TO DEATH OR GLORY I NOW WE ARE READY ! " Winter is coming , the foreign markets are glutted , pauperism will frightfully increase ; the Middle Classes will feel it in the shape of poor rates , and the want of customers ; the evicted Irish tenants and labourers will come and compete in your labour market , in the hope of realising enough by the spring of the year to transport themselves to _Ama-ica ; England will be embroiled in continental feuds and strifes to suppress wars in which she could not take part : tlie Irish
lickspittle-representatives , when there is no patronage to offer as compensation for their depreciated property , will become a nest of hornets—they will join the Protectionists . Russell dare not dissolve Parliament in the teeth ofthe present Protectionist rancour ; "workhouses will be crammed to overflowing ; haggards , bams , aud ricks will be blazing ; you will be pining and piping , while by one glorious and unanimous developement of your mental power , you may compel the Minister to discard the idle drones that
five on your sweat aud blood , to reduce taxation to thc standard of national requirement , and your ability to bear it , instead of—as now —healing one party rejoicing in " Cheap bread , high wages , and plenty to do ; " while you are gapifig through the baker ' s window at the cheap loaf , without the means to buy it . Within eig ht months of the present year , ending on the oth of September , we have unpolled thc following amount of produce from foreign countries :-
—For the sake of brevity we have hitherto omitted the comnarison made in these tables between the _firsteight months of the two years ; but , as it is afoet of _^ me magnitude , we may observe , hy the way , tliat in the eight months _endinglast September 5 tli , wc admitted for home consumption no less than 3 , 387 , 590 quarters of foreign wheat , 1 , 01 S , S 3 S quarters of barley , 809 , 077 quarters of oats , 219 , 810 quarters of rye , 1 , 735 , 778 quarters of niaise , and 2 , 95 C , S 7 Scwtof flour , besides some other consider able items of a similar nature . Dunn ; the two months
compared we hare entered respectively 21 , 5 io cwt . -and 27 . 207 cwt of currants ; 3 , 429 cwt . and 4 , 458 cwt of raisins . In iirovisitms there has been a temporary , and doubtless an accidental , decline npon the month , but , taking the comparison between thefirst eight months of the two years , we find an immense difference in favour of lie present year . The importations of bacon were respectiveto * 1 S _1 _. 302 cwt and 349 , 727 cwt . ; of salted beef , 87 , 008 cwt . and U 9 , SC 7 cwt . ; of salted pork , 206 , 749 cwt and m , m cwt ; GG , 972 ? _iS eggs , and 73 , G 05 , 7 S 9 ; and of rice 653 , S 19 cwt and 781 , 265 cwt
Now , allowing three quarters of wheat to the English acre , and over four quarters of oats -and barley ; allowing an os or a cow at five cwt . to the acre ; allowing more than eig ht bushels of flour to the acre—making a calculation of the amount of land that would produce the amount of bacon imported , and rice and other edible commodities at their fair standard , as substitute forotherfood ; and without taking currants , raisins and eggs , wliich are also substitutes , this gives , upon tlie eight months' importation , and at a very high rate of produce , estimated by the year , the produce of four million English acres , and Free Trade is as yet only in its infancy .
_ Now if you take the evidence of that _muddle-pated Ravex , that was examined before the Laud Committee , and estimate the number of agricultural hands employedat the rate of two to the hundred acresvou have eighty thousand English agricultural labourers thrown out of employment ; which , at five to a family , constitutes two
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hundred thousand individuals who glut the labour market , reduce wages , or become pensioners upon the poor rates—of wliich the Jaiddje classes have to pay their full share , "whiie the disheartened farmers and labourers becom _^ popr , and are unable to become customers * _u _l- | _fe trading market . Thus , as I often tell yov ' cheap and dear , are relative terms , and you will soon be starving in a
cook shop ; -while , if Free Trade was based upon , free representation , foreign produce , coming from untaxed countries , would neither affect the grower , the consumer , nor the dealer—because , then we should see our taxation measured by the same standard as our foreign competitors , who are now , by CHEAP GOVERNMENT enabled to undersell us in our own market .
I shall now conclude by begging of you to read the speeches of Lord Dudley Stuart , M . P ., and George Thompson , M . P ., delivered at the meetings held at Marylebone and St . George ' s-in-the-East , on Wednesday night , and afc which both members boldly honestly , " -and- eloquentl y advocated .. UNIy ERSAL _;* S _* UEFRAGE . whole and entire . . _CterBgf-Kf A _* wal _8 _fa *! _sM _^^
fallen J" - Lei us show ourselves and our principles once more in their full-length form . Court all who will join you . Join with the Parliamentary Reform Association . Explain your principles calmly aud logically before them , and the day is our own . Yom * Faithful and Uncompromising Friend and Representative , Feargus O'Connor .
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TO THE MEMBEPvS OF THE LAND COMPANY . My Friends , — When I first established the Land Company I was perfectly aware ofthe difficulties against which I would have to contend . Iu its infancy , neither the Press nor its most virulent opponents anticipated its hasty aud gigantic growth ; and , therefore , both were silent upon the subject . When , however , it promised to invite the national mind to that great social benefit which alone could result from political equality , it not only became the target for Press aud employer , but many of its most devoted adherents became its tormentors .
Mr . Gubbins and a few others summoned me for the recovery of monies that had been expended in land and houses * and to acquire possession of which they had had a fair chance in the ballot box , the mode by which they and all others knew the estates where to be alloted ; and thus , in my opinion , they were guilty of a fraud upon the Company . In passing I may observe , that I have only received eight summonses ofthe same nature ; and when we reflect that the Company contains orer 70 , 000 members and that many of them are destitute , the fact of a greater number not having sued me , is a strong proof of national gratitude . I believe that all who have taken out
summonses have been urged on by some solicitoi or agent connected with some
FREEDOM FOR THE MILLIONS society , in order to wean the public mind from a plan , which , above all others , is calculated to secure the independence of the working classes . If these summonses in the County Courts had continued , as a matter of course the Company would have become bankrupt . And in order to secure the funds of the Company , I resolved upon appealing to a higher tribunal , and with that view I applied to Judge Talfourd , on Tuesday last , for a certiorari , to remove such cases to a higher court—that is , to take the power from the County Court Judge , and try the case before a judge aud J _«
"TThe summons upon which I moved was m the case of a person named Tbiptree , who had employed two professional gentlemen to oppose the application . Judge Taleourd , however , without considering any argument necessary , granted my application , stating , that he considered the question of great importance , and one which should be tried in one ofthe Superior Courts , aud by a Special Jury , or , perhaps , by au Appeal to the House oi Lords ; and , therefore , the property of tho
Company is now , thank God , saved from the grasp of lawyers ; while the very decision of Judge _Taljourd will , as a matter of course urge the Queen ' s Bench to give judgment early next Term , upon the questioii of complete Registration ; and Term commences next Friday fortnight , and the members may rest assured , thatno exertion shall be wanting upon my part , to urge the matter on as rapidly as po ssible , while they should bear in mind , that the legal expenses must come out of my own pocket .
If I required stronger proof than I have already received of the villany of a portion of the working classes , and their opposition to a plan most calculated to benefit their order , it will be found in the following letter . Of course I do not apply any censure to the writer ofthe letter ; but what will the working classes think of the members of a club , who undertake to pay more in costs than would pay off the prisoner ' s demand . Here follows the letter , and the reader shall judge for himself : —
Sm , —As I hold four paid-up shares in tlie Land Com-¦ aa w , lam anxious , under present circumstances , to ascertain what _powtr I have to demand , withdraw , or dispose ofthe same , for tlie benefit of my wife and family , who are in distressed circumstances . The club which I belong to has been assisting them ; tliey refuse it ' any longer while I have money in your hands , unless I will consent- to prosecute you after I get my discharge , and tliey will assist me in so doing , lam of opinion that you will consent to allow me the amount without having recourse to any such means : Hie stern cause of necessity alone __ compels me to have wrote twice to the Directorsand to
apply to you : I , no e _& ect I believe they answered "both letters without yeu ever seeing them ; I am of opinion had ydu seen either ot them , and knowing the circumstances I was placed mat the time , and , also , what would be the conse quencesofa wife and family deprived of their sole protector , _youu-ouui not have hesitated one moment ; she expects to M a-stressed in a short time for vent , unless you compl * . _^ xux this letter , which I am of opinion you will never let take place , but wiU stretch outyour hand in thetimeofueeu , and allow me tlie amount Your early answer will mucn oblige your humble servant ,
WlLLUM * _WKTEIlEOTTOa Now what will the reader say to the proposal of this working man ' s club ? But as it appears that what is " sauce for the goose is sauce for tho gander , '' we learn that the _COBDEN-SCHOLEFHSLD
" FREEDOMFOR THE MILLIONS " Society is also in a fix , as the barrister has refused to legalise their "FREEDOM FOR THE MILLIONS ; " that is , to give the occupants the vote , but of course the Press will sympathise with those honest Trustees and sufferers ; in their case thc law will be all wrong ; the Barrister will be a nincompoop , a partisan , or a tool ; while , however , it may be strained against me , the law will be all right—I shall be a juggler , and the sufferers my dupes . I am sure that the decision of Judge Talfourd will be matter of no little consolation to
the honest members of the Land Company ; while Triptree , and hisassociates , will , I trust , hare acquired sufficient wisdom to inspire them
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with , more confidence in me than in legal qmbSlers ; as all may rest assured , that in niy hands their property is safe , however the intricacies ofthe law may for a time lock it up . During next month those who are now located upon the estates , and are prepared to pay their rent , will receive their leases , and will require no legal construction of a barrister to insure them . the vote ; while those who do not pay their ' : ; rentB , and those who have purchased from * members , and have not refunded the Company ' s demands , will he ejected ; then perhaps the vitality and stability of the Company , and the honest y ofthe Trustees , will be admitted .
Again , let me add , that I am resolved to pursue my Land Plan in spite of all opposition ; and let me remind the members of the factwhich *! have repeated to surfeit—that there is 20 _$ _* worth of property for every pound that has . Wen subscribed , aud that there never was , since man was created , a Company upon whose , affairs not a fraction ofa farthing has been uselessly or unprofitably squandered . Ifeeljassured , that every honest member of _the-tCffi _^ in _^ will agree , in the . decision of _-fudglr- 'm _^ have otherwise sued me , will have saved his * money , aud ultimately find himself in a better position .
I shall now conclude with the following extract from the "Daily News" of Thursday , copied from the " Bury Post , " and which will , perhaps , give my Lancashire friends some notion of the value of even a quarter of an acre of ground , with which they receive neither loan nor aid money , and which is doubtless giyen to them in a rough and uncultivated state , while it puts a blush in their face , and makes them comparatively independent of employers . It should be headed
A HINT TO SIDNEY SMITH . Here itis : — TnE Condition of Fakm Labourers . —We understand that the government has instituted an inquiry into the state of the peasantry of this county , with a view to emigration measures . It would certainly be a great relief to many parishes to be relieved of their surplus population . It has been shown , howover , that there are not more agricultural labowersin this coiinty than ought to bc employed upon the land . In too many cases farmers have not capital sufficient for their holdings , and they cannot employ labourers to the extent that would be profitable to those possessed of adequate means . The present low prices also onerate against employment , and both causes , combined with the cessation of railway work , will , we fear , tend to lower the rato of wages , and to degrade the condition of
the -peasantry . Lord Wodehouse , in his address nt the meeting of the Forehoe Association , made some very judicious observations on the subject , and on the means of improving the condition of the labourers . _Trom what we have observed in this county , we . can assure his lordship and all other landowners , that it the labourers had a quarter of an acre allotment granted to them at moderate rents , they ¦ would very speedily improve tlieir own condition . Allotments are general in the Shropham and Gulltcross hun dreds , in the parishes of Attleburgh , Buekenham , Bridgham , Larling , Hocl'liam , Snetterton , Banham , Lopham , Harling , Quiddenham , Kenniiighall , and Garboldisham , and in those parishes the labourero are comparatively comfortably situated , and they are a robust , good-looking set of men , while in many other parts ofthe county they present a very miserable appearance , even at meetings where tbey are _re-ivavdcd fov honesty and industry .
I have often told you , that if Prince Albert built such cottages as I have for the poor , that there would be an office in every street , where tickets would be issued gratis—or , perhaps , sold—to visit the magnificent villas erected b y the philanthropic Prince—while the nearly 300 that I have built , together with four splendid school-houses , are an eye-sore to the country . Now , as a proof of the fact , that " one man may steal a horse while another dare not look over the wall " - —road the following , taken from the "Daily Neios" of Wednesday : —
Improved _Dweliings ror . I . _ahourers . — Last week the first public meeting of the Tunbridge Wells branch society fov improving the dwellings of the poor , was held in the Cora Exchange in that town . Notwithstanding the ex-( reme wetitess of the day , which no doubt prevented many attending , the large room was well filled with a highly respectable and attentive audience . Thc chair was taken by Lord Ashley , M . P . The report stated that the society had last year purchased about five acres of land on the London road , on whicli were at present erected six cottages for separato families , as well as a lodging-house , capable of accommodating fourteen unmarried labourers of good character . To each cottage was attached a piece of land for garden-ground , of about thc eighth of an acre . On the remainder ofthe ground the society contemplated building eighteen additional cottages . Among the rules to be observed by the tenants were , that the children were to be sent regularly to a day school , and a strict observance of the sabbath was to be attended to , and a punctual attendence at some protcsttmt place of worship .
Now , there is a happy union of church and communism ; the fourteen billeted ¦ bachelors , of course , " living upon the principle of communism , and yet obliged to profess the Protestant faith , and go to church on Sundays . I will conclude with a prayer . —
"GOOD LORD DELIVER ME FROM SUCH A SET OF HUMBUGGINGHYPOCRITES . AMEN . " Your Faithful Friend , Feargus _O'Connor .
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JUDGE'S CIIAMBERS .-Octobeu lOin . TltlPTREE V . O'COSNOR . This was an action in thc County Court of Marylebone for the recovery of £ 5 , paid bythe plaintiff as a " member , " to thc defendant as a " promoter " of the National Land Company . The defendant now applied for a certiorari on an affidavit , alleging that the matter in dispute was one involving a large number of small sums , similar in amount to that sought to be received , and wliich , in the aggregate , amounted to more than £ 70 , 000 ; and that there were several legal questions arising out of the action of great importance and difficulty—whether the Scheme was legal or illegal , under the Joint
Stock Companies Act , or under the act for the abolition of lotteries ; whether ' the plaintiff having paid voluntarily , and been a party to all the proceedings , could now recover his money ; the defendant's affidavit also stated that tho Queen ' s Bench had granted a mandamus , tho return to which would raise the present and several other questions . The Judge ( Mr . Justice Talfourd ) called upon the solicitor for the plaintiff to say whether these statements , were true , and it was admitted that thoy were so ; but then it was contended that the application was too late , inasmuch as it now wanted but two days to the hearing in the County Court ; the solicitor also complained of the hardship to his client , who was not of ability to hear the expence _, of taking the case before one ofthe
Superior _tourts , and must , therefore , forego all hope of obtaining his money . The Judge , however , to the "too late" argument observed , that he had frequently granted these applications , even when made ex parte , and without any notice whatever to the other side ,, in which case the plaintiff was wholly unaware ofthe writ until the names were called in Court : and as to the expence of trying the dispute elsewhere , that was a circumstance which could not be remedied . He" considered that the questions to be raised in the action were of very great importance , and ought to be tried by a Superior Court , and the more so , as , if thejudgment then given wero not satisfactory , it could be reviewed in the Exchequer Chamber , and afterwards in the Houseof Lords . He granted the certiorari .
County Court, Westminster. Wm. Richards,...
COUNTY COURT , WESTMINSTER . Wm . Richards , who summoned Mr . O'Connor in the above court on Thursday last , was -nonsuited , and had to pay his own costs . "
Cafiuue 01? A. Whale In The Thames. — In...
Cafiuue 01 ? a . Whale in the Thames . — In the course of Tuesday , somo labourers in the employ of "Messrs , Meeson , the lime merchants , who were at-work in tho village of Grays / Essex , succeeded in capturing a full grown whale , whicli they discovered fast ashore on the Black Shelf , a shoal running abreast of the village , Upon examination it was found to be a fine specimen of the species of whale termed the "Finner , " measuring no less than fifty-eig ' At feet iu length , and thirty in girth ; and the men value their prize at ahout £ 200 . A vast number of persons from Gravesend and other places have arrived to view it , and a screen being placed round the carcase , the captors aro in a way of making a handsome sum by the exhibitioqi
The Mathon Estate. I Now Wish To Draw Th...
THE MATHON ESTATE . I now wish to draw the attention of the poor , as well as the comfortable of the middle classes , to the means by which they may bocome possessed of a portion of this magnificent estate . In tlie first place , let mc observe , that I can defer the payment of the purchase money for two months , upon a very trifling sacrifice of interest upon the amount , while the title has been accepted by the conveyancer as valid and unexceptionable .
The mode by which I would propose to dispose of that portion of the Estate not yet disposed of , is as follows : — The money required to be paid is 37 / . per acre , of which 7 «' * an acre , and more , will be returned , when the standing timber and old materials are disposed of ; therefore I will presume that thirty-seven persons—having a pound each , but not Sit . —shall put a pouud each into a lottery , and that the successful man shall receive an acre in . fee ; the seven next highest—that is , Nos . 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , and 8—receiving back _^ e _^ _pohrid-pai _^ 'from _¦&** _MiWikp i _^ P' _-S ' ip- 'i- _) - - _^^ _matei'iais
_^ and iftheparties fio _.-i _^^ m _^ _isK- _^ _'jiga _^ _liti less of a speculation , ) that tlie- successful " man shall pay back annually a portion of the 30 / . put in by the unsuccessful candidates . As regards two-acre allotments , seventyfour should put in a pound each , and the fourteen who drew from Nos . 2 to 15 should receive back their money from the sale of timber and materials . The price of three acres would be 111 / . ; the members receiving back 211 ., which should be returned to those drawing from 2 to 22 . The price of four acres would be 148 / . ; the successful man receiving the four acres , and those drawing from 2 to 29 receiving back their pound ; and in all cases it being optional with those joining in the ballot to make the
successful member repay the amount paid by the unsuccessful members , by yearly instalments or not . Or thirty-seven men may put in 21 . each for two acres , 3 / . each for three acres , and 4 / . each for four acres , and then there would be , in every instance , a prize to every twenty-niue blanks . And if a still poorer class of men choose to venture a shilling , a half-crown , five or ten shillings , they may try their luck ; in all those cases where the ballot is confined to the poorest of the poor the drawer of the prize to be entitled to the 7 ? . an acre , as well as the land ; as in such cases the 7 _J ., or the 141 . if it was two acres , may be needed hy persons belonging to tho poorer class .
If thirty-seven men wished to put m 4 / . each for four acres , they may make an arrangement amongst themselves , that fourteen of tho unsuccessful candidates may receive back 21 . each out of the 4 / . paid , instead of the seven receiving back 4 . 1 . New , in my opinion , this is a much better lottery than racing sweeps and other schemes which are advertised and puffed by the Press ; while a trifling amount saved from drunkenness and dissipation , would put the working classes in possession of the most beautiful estate , in the most healthy and beautiful part of England , and help to thiii thc Labour market . I have not so much anxiety about losing my
own £ 500 , that I paid as a deposit , as I have about losing this hive where the industrious may swarm . I hope that I shall havo an earnest response to this proposition by next week ; and that the working classes will understand that , at two acres to a man , this estate would enfranchise 250 of their order , and make them free and independent voters , without the barrister ' s construction of law ; and those with money should understand that many solvent tenants—good agricultural labourers , have offered 1 _GJ . a year for four acres , which would cost the purchaser 120 / ., leaving him over thirteen per cent , for his money and well secured .
I do not consider it necessary to say anothci word upon this subject . Feargus O'Connor .
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Cripn,Eoate.-~At The Weekly Meeting Of M...
CRipn , EOATE .- ~ At the weekly meeting of members it was announced that Mr . W . Cox had commenced erecting a monument to the memory of the victims , Williams and Sharp , and the Chartists in town and country were requested to send their subscriptionsto thesecretary , T . Brown , 28 , Goldcn-Iane . A committee consisting of the fol _' owing persons , Messrs . Hook , Hampton , Magee , Vigura , Travers , Farrah , Bishop ; Mr . Fowler , treasurer ; and Mr . Brown , secretary , was also formed for the purpose of placing the widows in business . Delegates from the
London localities are expected to meet _a-s above on Monday and Wednesday evenings , at half-past eight o ' clock , and all books of subscriptions were requested to be brought in on Friday , the 19 th inst . "Dalsto _** _* . —A public meeting was lately held in the parish school house , for the purpose of establishing a public reading room . The vicar of thc parish in the chair . Mr . Wilkinson Corry , a Chartist , asked the rev . chairman what newspapers he should have to read if he became a member , in answer to wliich several papers were mentioned . Mr . Corry then proposed that tho Star be admitted . The chairman objected to the Star , and said that the gentry of the ' district would not . contribute to the support of the institution , if that paper was taken in . The motion on being put was carried unanimously , and the meeting was adjourned .
South _Shieids . —A meeting ot delegates from various localities of the Chartist Association , was held in South Shields , at the house of Mr . Jackson , when matters touching the strengthening of the Association were discussed . A resolution was likewise passed , " That for the better organisation of the district , each locality elect a councilman to represent his locality in the district council meetings , for the next three months , and that the first district council meeting be hold at the Cock Inn , Head of the Side , Newcastle , on Sunday , October 2 lst , at two o ' clock , and that thc Chartists of each locality in Northumberland and Durham bo particularly requested to send a councilman , or a written communication of their willingness and means to aid in rallying around the old flag of Chartism . "Letters to be directed to John Hudson , Dawson ' s Court , Westgato-street , Newcastle-upon-Tyne .
Dudley . —The Chartists of this town are glad to see the attention of the Chartist body called to the debt due to the printer , and arc of opinion that the plan recommended in the letter of "Mr . Harney , which appeared in last week ' s Star , is the best way to raise the money . AVhen the several districts know how much is required from them , they wiU not fail to discharge a just debt which has been contracted on their account . As soon as the general secretary has made out his scale of the amount
required from each district , we will forward our share . The Chartists of Dudley are desirous that tha agitation should be revived in this district . The towns of Stourbridge , Bilston , Wolverhampton , and Smethwick , where formerly there existed energetic associations , havo been allowed to dwindle out of existence . If the few true men in these towns would unite and revive thoir associations , we should be happy to assist them . It is intended , in conjunction with those towns , to hold a district meeting , to regulate future proceedings . —Jon . v Davis , Sec .
A Y01ce Prom Tothill-Fields Prison. "Vve...
A Y 01 CE PROM TOTHILL-FIELDS PRISON . "VVe have seen a private letter from Robert Crowe , one of thc political inmates of Tothill-Fields Prison . The letter is chiefly filled with private matter , but the following extracts may bo read with interest by our readers;— " I live—that is to say , 1 breathe—walk—work—and to a very limited extent , I talk : still for all this I am far from being in a healthy condition . * * The slightest exertion out of the ordinary way produces very painful effects , namely , a general lassitude and nervousness , headache , ' and a strong inclination to
A Y01ce Prom Tothill-Fields Prison. "Vve...
sickness ; added to this , lean get no sleep at night . A constitution such as I have cannot be said to be i n a healthy state . " Xor can I exnect to be otherwise while I remain subject to a ' svstem , which after ,-thirteen months experience , I unhesitatingly pronounce , one of the most unnatural that tliis " or any nation ever ' sanctioned for the niiuiageineiit and correction of . offenders ; a system tliat not only sickness ; added to this , I can get no sleep at night . A constitution such as I have cannot be said to be in a healthy state . Nor can I exnect to be otherwise r . lllc * mmin su ¥ _ct ' 0 ¦ _"• ' svstem , which after ,- * thirteen months experience , I unhesitatingly pvo > nounce , one of the most unnatural that tins ' or anv
saps , and eventually undermines the physical , but depresses , crushes , and eternally deranges tho mental powers of its victim . * * I am in a very critical and uncertain condition , surrounded , as 1 am , by 300 or 401 ) prisoners—elbow to elbowstrange faces daily—and many of them tho very outcasts of society ; in a word , I breathe a contagious atmosphere , and I wonder that so many of us are alive .
Tiie Victims. To The Editor Of Tiie Kort...
TIIE VICTIMS . TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE KORTIIERN STAR . Sin , —You may insert thc following letter , if you think proper , aa an example worthy of imitation . ' W . Rider . "Tyn-yr-heol , Neath , Oct . Sth . ' " Dear Sir , —I herewith enclose to you a Post-Office order for , £ 1 , wliich I give to exempt the brave and talented Ernest Jones from the degradation and punishment of oakum picking . I am glad that it is * once in my power to contribute my mite to alleviate the sufferiag of such a bold and fearless advocate of the rights' and liberties , which every man is entitled to . I remember reading in the _-Sioi _" that Ernest Jones was saying at the National Convention ' . —" That if the Government should
attempt to hurt a hair of Jus head , the men of Yorkshire would run down from tho mountain tops to his rescue . " Now this showed liis confidence . I conclude from youv letter in last week's Star that Mr . Jones ' s real friends are very sparing with their shillings to save their victim from labour , or otherwise , death ! " Remaining , and concluding for the present , " _RosDcctfully yours , " Mr . W . Rider . " " William Jokes . "
The Chartists Of Uxbridge To The Chartis...
THE CHARTISTS OF UXBRIDGE TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Brother Desiocrats , —Are we doers as well as -taU _** e »' _- _* _* _-WArci _* wj _^ . we have _^ cm' _b-Mdfd ? _« _Are-wj "} _*^ _^ so , how is it that _the'heart-rending accounts _of-tne wives and families of the ' victims have hitherto resulted in little more than lip sympathy ? If Chartism is not worth a sacrifice it is not worth having , and if wc are not prepared to make such sacrifice we have no right to call ourselves Chartists . It is no use trying to shift tho blame ; we arc as much the murderers of Sharp and Williams as the base and brutal "Whiffi _* . Had wo done our duty they would have still been living . We had thc power to save them had we possessed the will . We
have proved ourselves to be not that _uhicu we professed to be . " We led these men to believe that we were prepared to second the efforts they were making—did we do so ? Had they gained their object we should have eagerly grasped thc fruits of their energies , and the air would havo vibrated with our plaudits ; now they have fallen—we forsake them ! Brother Democrats , let us no longer be guilty of such base ingratitude , but make an effort to placo both the wives and families far above the sting of want , and thereby prove ourselves worthy of possessing that for which " _tYe are now struggling . Yours fraternally ,
The "Uxbridge Democrats . Uxbridge ; October 5 th . P . S . —We inclose £ 1 for the Victims , to be fairly divided , and 5 s . for the Executive .
The Uniotf Between The Middle And Workin...
THE _UNIOtf BETWEEN THE MIDDLE AND WORKING CLASSES . io _-rnEEnnono *? the _souii-ieii ** " STAn . Sir , —It is with the most pleasurable feelings that I now look forward to a lasting and permanent union between the working and veritable _middlo classes , an union which for the real interests of both classes has heen too long delayed . For this fatal error , no doubt , both parties have boen blamcaole , and I am satisfied that both parties on that account have been infinite losers . That the income of small tradesmen and shopkeepers , in nine instances out of every ten , depends on the working classes , no one , I presume , will deny ; it must then follow , as a matter of course , that tho social comfort of thc labourer must also improve tho social comfort ot thc shopkeeper and small tradesman , while the labourer s wretchedness and misery , consequent on want of employ ment , will as certainly be proportionately felt by the shopkeeper and small tradesman . This being the case then between the parties .
( and no one knows the real truth here set forth better than the shopkeepers themselves ., ) it is their interest , " as well as their duty , " to support every measure calculated to ameliorate the miserable condition of their best customers , as by doing so thoy arc most effectually helping themselves . One . is almost apt to wonder how they could havo been so long blind to their own interests . Every shop confers tho franchise on its owner ; and the middle classes , backed by the whole body of thc working classes , with a real reform for the object , would be all powerful in thc towns , —without them they arc all but powerless . Tho peoplo need have no fear of being deceived , —indeed , this class never did deceive them , they were deceived themselves . Before the so-called Reform Bill thoy were unenfranchised themselves . In the Corn-Law agitation tho great bulk of them were honest in their endeavours , believinn- that the ascribed benefits would flow from
them . Besides , the people have nothing to lose hy union , but every thing to gain ; they will not be asked to give up their own principles , but only to give their most energetic support to a rather less measure of reform than tlieir own , but having the ultimate tendencies ; a measure which , if carried , will , without douht , bring the whole Charter , in all its entirety , in the first parliament that meets after it is passed . This then is worthy of somo forbearance on the part of the long " unjustly" used labourer , and concession is neither asked ' nor required . Give heartily and freely your undivided support to youv only and real allies—the shopkeepers ; and give the real reformers , who are now tendering you their assistance , such a cordial support throughout tho length and breadth of the land , as shall make the foundations of corruption and tyranny tremble .
I hope thc middle classes will nofc be misled by the rumoured reforms of thepresent Government , — they have no such intentions , unless compelled to it by tho firmness and unanimity of the veritable reformers . From Lord Grey ' s conduct abroad lie is not likely to turn reformer at home . On thc veritable middle classes and working classes reform entirely depends ; attend to the elections , both Municipal and Parliamentary . Every gain is double loss to the Government , and a double gain to reform , as by crushing an opponent we gain a friend , The Whigs arc well known as needy and greedy place-hunters , and will concede any thing rather than vacate the Treasury benches . Reformers on the one side , and Protectionists watching for place and pension on the other , will soon make them capitulate at our own terms .
I am , _itc , As Old Beformj-I ! Brechin , October Gth .
Tiie Lancashire Miners. To The Editor Of...
TIIE LANCASHIRE MINERS . TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE NORTHERN STAR . Sin ,- —At tho delegate meeting held at Mr , "R , Dixon's , _Tvldesly , on tho 1 st instant , it was found that 500 memhers had enrolled during the fortnight . It was also resolved : "That thc resolution as regards victims being supported from the county board he not entertained for tho present ; but that each district do support its own until the county is in a better state of organisation . " The county meeting was adjourned " to thc loth instant , to bc held at the Woodman , on the Oldham and Ashton vnnd .
On Wednesday , 3 rd instant , I met Mr . Fletcher ' s men _working at the Stoape ' s Colliery , Little Lever , at six o ' clock in thc morning , at the Unicorn , on account of their employer attempting to reduce a portion of his men ' s wages , working in the two yards coal , sixpence per load . At the meeting an unanimous resolution was agreed to , " That they would not work any moro until all the men working in thc two yards coal were advanced sixpence per load , and threepence per yard throughout the colliery . " A deputation was appointed to wait upon "Mr Fletcher to inform him of the men ' s resolution , but he refused their propositions . In the evening , at five o ' clock , another _meeting was held , comprising
men from all thc principal collieries in the surrounding districts . It was a bumper in number as wellasenthusiasm . Atthismeetingitwasagreed : — " * That if any master attempted to infringe upon the rights of the miners , that the men should deliver in a statement for an advance ef one shilling per load , and cease working until the masters are willing to give tlio rcquired _' advance . " Tho deputation waited upon Mr . Fletcher again in the evening ; and when he found that the men wore unanimous and determined , he very reluctantly consented to give thc desired Advance of si * pence per load , and threepence per yard . Yours respectfully , 25 , Sidney-street , Bolton . D . Swauow .
Moral Effects of tue Fixe Arts . —There is in _> more potent antidote to low sensualitv than tiie adoration of the beautiful . All the higher arts of design are essentially chaste , without respect to the object . They purify the thoughts as tragedy vurifies the passions . Their accidental effects are not worth consideration—there are souls to whom even a vestal is not holy . —Schlegel .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 13, 1849, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_13101849/page/1/
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