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« Sl ° _15 * TIP 0 S-T , fSE — At _thensoal quarterly _BMOttflf 1 be members ofthe Land Company , held _attto Malt Shovel , North Church Side , _tWfdllownig Officers _Tfere re-elected to their respective offices for the ensuing quarter : —H . Laveriek , treasurer . _£ _- J | raD & in & scrutineer ; G . Barnett _* secretary ' Meetings are held at the above place every Mondav evening , at half-past seven o ' clock . _ C- _^ _iBBvn _^ --Th aiikB to the exertions of Mrs . Ell and _MossErice , on Easter Monday , the allottees of _Ctarterrflle were furnished with a festival that did honour alike to the getters-up and the partakers . The schoolrooms were decorated -with portraits of O'Connor , Emmett , Duncombe , and other
patriots , and most tastefully ornamented with evergreens , flowers , & c . Upwards of one hundred of the allottees , and a party from Swindon , and another from Oxford , notwithstanding the unpropitlous state of the weather , were present . The festival consisted of tea , concert , aud ball . Shortly after five o ' clock tea was served up in excellent style . After tea Mr . Churchwarden Bubb was called to the chair , supported on his right by the Rev . P . W . Bryan , and on his left by Mr . Surveyor Gimblett . The Chairman gave the first sentiment " The people ; may they soon obtain that power . which constitutes their sovereignty , and obtain that -wisdom which shall be the sure guide to social happiness ; " and said , those sentiments were peculiarly his own , and he should begrudge no time or labour to see them speedily and effectively carried into practice . ( Loud cheers . )—Mr . John Gathard _/ in
supporting the sentiment , said : Tho Northern Star , by the remleence of its rays , had reflected a strong light on this subject and had caused the people to think well on the magic word " co-operation , " which bad led to the establishment of the National Land Company , and the establishment of Charterville , which he thought was the most practical and efficient mode of obtaining their inherent right , " the sovereignty of the people . " ( Cheers . ) From the earliest moment that he had understood the application of the word politics , he had lost no time or opportunity of inculcating "the-sovereignty of the people "—Mr . Stallwood gave the next sentiment : " Charterville ; tbe foundation of which we this day meettocelebrate : may its founders , theDirectors , and members ofthe National Land Company , be guided by such wisdom and judgment as shall ensure the enrolment of the attottees on the electoral roll of
the nation , and place all the members of the Company speedily on the land . " He said , twelve months had expired since they took possession of Minster Lovel Estate , and established Charterville . It had been prophecied , that when the Chartists came there would be nothing but anarchy and confusion . However , the Chartists had come , but Charterville , instead of anarchy and confusion , had proved the most moral , quiet , and orderly portion of the parish of Minster Lovel . "What better proof could they have of this , than that they had the countenance and support of the curate of the parish , who had honoured them with his presence on this occasion ? ([ Loud cheers . ) True , the allottees had had difficulties to contend with— -they had the
failure of the potato crop , and a partial failure of the wheat crop ; however , they were not dispirited , for their spirits were high , their hopes great , and their confidence in the capabilities of the soil , as regarded their small farms , was unabated —( loud cheers)—as the labour bestowed in re-cropping their land would fully show . As regards the other portion of the sentiment , it was strictly in accordance with ardent Chartism—that they should desire to be on the electoral roll of the nation , so that those who could should have the opportunity of attending county meetings , and put forth the advantages arising from Home Colonisation—and here permit him to congratulate the Trades of London in having taken np the principles of Universal
Suffrage and Home Colonisation , which spirited step , he trusted , would soon be followed by all the Trades ofthe provinces , and he thought true philanthropy would say , as _yoo are on the land yourself , lend your aid to assist your brethren to like advantages . ( Loud cheers . )—The Her . P . W . Bryan rose and said : He was sure that no one who duly appreciated the spirit of Christianity , which told us to love our neighbours as ourselves , and to do as we would be done by , but must wish success to the plan that had given birth to Charterville , the cause of to-day ' s meetings . ( Lond cheers . ) He felt bound to express the pleasure ne had in attending their meeting , as well as his gratitude for the great courtesy with which they had treated him since he came to
reside in their parish ; and he would conclude by wishing success to them in the cultivation of their land , and the most heartfelt aspirations for their eternal welfare . ( Loud cheers . )—Mr . Gilbert rose to give the third sentiment , as follows— " The People s Charter ; may it speedily become the law ofthe land '* —and said he did not think any great change could take place except through the medium ofthe People's Charter . ( Hear , hear . ) He knew that some _swd-tte _^ working classes _were-not fitted to exercise the franchise , out he wished to know what could be said for those who at present made the laws ? And it was his firm conviction that nothing short of legislation by the whole people , could ever lead to peace , contentment , and social happiness for the whole . ( Loud cheers . )—Mr . Horn proposed the fourth sentiment , as follows : — " Our fair friends ,
Mrs . Hill and Miss Price , who have got up this meeting with so much credit to themselves , and which is so well calculated to conduce to our comfort , instruction , and amusement . " Mr . Horn paid a high compliment to the fair sex , which was hi g hly applauded . The next sentiment was— " Our friends from a distance , who have honoured our festival by then * presence . " The last sentiment was"Health and happiness to our chairman , and to the Rev . P . W . Bryan , who has done us the honour of accepting our invitation . "—The chairman and rev . gentleman responded . The room was then cleared lor the ball and concert , and a most delig htful evening ' s amusement was spent in alternate dance and song , and the party broke up at early morn , highly deli g hted with the " recreation afforded by the Charterville Easter festivities .
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BOLTON . —MR . O'CONNOR AND MR . COOPER . Sm , —The committee of the Bolton Land and Chartist Association respectfully request you to insert the following concerning the letter of Mr . O ' Connor ' s correspondent , quoted in your last week's paper : — " That they invited Mr . Cooper to lecture m Bolton ; that they retired to the Temperance Hotel with that gentleman , and joined in the conversation which was so meanly and unfairly
rendered the subjeet of public attention ; that Mr . Cooper did not say that he was not in favour of the Land Plan , and did not believe Mr . O'Connor to be sincere in carrying it out ; that Mr . Cooper's conversation was such as to win the approbation of all parties , rather than to cast discredit upon Mr . O'Connor or any other man . Our committee do not know either the name cir character of Mr . O'Connor's correspondent , but would register their belief that he was not present at the conversation he so maliciousl y misrepresents . " Signed on behalf of the Committee ,
Jon . v Tosh , Secretary . Bradshawgate , Bolton , April 9 th , 1849 . [ Mr . O'Cossor not being in tomi hasnot yet seen the above . ]
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_CHARTERVTLLE . IMPORT-AST PROCEEDINGS . In our last we announced that an amicable arrangement had taken place between the allottees and the great farmers and other parishioners of Minster Lovel , as regards the apointment of overseers ; but when the Rev , Percival Wilmot Bryan , the curate . of the parish , who had officiated as chairman of the vestry , attended , accompanied by James Beattie , with the list agreed on by the vestry , duly signed by the chairman , and presented such list to Frederick Whittaker and Leonard Pickering , _Esqs ., two of her Majesty ' s justices of the peace , atthe Town-hall , "Witney , on Thursday , April 5 th , the justices most unwarrantably struck off the
names of Messrs . Beattie , Gathard , and Pickersgill , leaving that of James Clinch , and adding thereto that of "William Hudson , the latter having been rejected at the vestry , and all this apparently on representations made by Mr . James Clinch . The result of this _proceeding was , that a meeting was called ofthe residents of Charterville , ana others , on Friday , the 6 th of April , and the following persons were appointed a sub-committee , to draw up a memorial to Sir George Grey , Bart ., M . P , Secretary of State ' , for the Home Department , complaining of the wrong done , and demanding redress . The sub-committee consisted of
Messrs . Stallwood , Gimblett , Grimshaw , Pickersgill , and Young . On Easter Monday , a vestry meeting was convened in the parish church for the- purpose of "electing churchwardens , and transacting other business connected with the parish . " The Rev . P . W . Brxan having taken the chair , the retiring churchwarden , Mr . Butler , presented Ms accounts , and after a few words from Mr . atallwood , relative to items for killing sparrows , they were passed . Mr . Stallwood then moved , — " That it be an instruction to the churchwardens that , henceforth , DO money shall be allowed out of the church rates for Mlling sparrows . "
The resolution was seconded and carried _unanimou-jbj-, _^ Th _^ Rev .-P . W . Bryan having nominated Mr John Gillet as his warden , Mr . Stallwood rose and moved Mr . George Bubb , of Brizenorton-road , as people's warden . Mr . Gilbert seconded the motion . Mr . TiBMABSU proposed , " That Mr . Butler the retiring warden ha re-elected , " which was seconded by Mr . Hudson . The question having been put to
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the vote—and no poll being demanded—a very large majority appearing for Mr . George Bubb , the chairman delared the election to have fallen on that gentleman . Mr . Stallwood again rose and said that he had now a very important matter to bring befere them ; they would remember that atthe last vestry meeting it was resolved , that the names of James Clinch , James Beattie , John Gathard , and Thomas Pickers gill , should be submitted to the two magistrates for them to select two from as overseers ; but , contrary to all law , custom , and immemorial usage , * the magistrates had departed from this course , retaining the name of James Clinch , and adding thereto the name of William Hudson , who had been rejected by the vestry . He had thought the residents of Charterville had acted with the greatest moderation , seeing that they constituted the great majority of parishioners and ratepayers , in accepting Mr . Clinch , and only proposing one overseer on their
parts -. but , -unfortunately , the four or five person ? who had opposed them had not the good sense to appreciate this act of moderation , and had , . in violation ofthe British constitution , and in opposition to all law , in conjunction with the magistrates , placed in office Mr . William Hudson . He did not think much ofthe morality , honour , and justice of that man who could , and would hold office in opposition to the wish and will of such s large majority of his fellow-parishioners . ( Loudcheers , ) Such a person must and would be held . in execration by every good man . ( Renewed cheers . ) Talk of tyranny and despotism in Siberia ! why here they had the tyrant ofthe mill . ( Loudcheers . ) He repeated , did Mr . Hudson possess one spark of morality , one iota of honour , or scintilla of justice in his whole composition , he would at once rise and resign the offico k now p resumed to hold against the wish of his fellowparishioners , and in violation of all law , honour , justice , and morality . ( Great cheering . ) Mr . Hudson . —I do not wish to hold the office .
Mr . Giiaeti to Mr . _Honsos . —I would not let things stand as they are . Mr . Stallwood . —But what had Mr . Clinch said to induce " her Majesty ' s Justices ofthe Peace " to violate the law and constitution , and perform acts so well calculated to cause a breach of the peace ? "Why he had gone out of his way to abuse and make false statements relative to that portion ofhis fellow parishioners who resided at Charterville . Had he not stated that they were " mere bird * of passage , " ' * men _mtiMnrt fixe _' d residence , " " characters who were not fit to be entrusted with some one or two hundred pounds of parish money . " He asked how dare any person so far libel any portion of his fellowmen ? Was there not more property on that portion of the parish in
which they resided , than amounted to , not hundreds , but over thousands ? ( Here a person in the body ofthe meeting handed Mr . Stallwood a paper , settingforth that Mr . James Clinch had himself entered Witney a poor stay-maker . ) In allusion to which , Mr . Stallwood said : Well , if Mr . Clinch worked himself up from a poor staymakev , to his present position of _woolstapler and farmer , by his own industry , that certainly redounded to his credit—{ loud cheers)—but it should also have acted as a preventative , and restrained him from so grossly libelling those honest operatives , who were now struggling in a somewhat similar position to that he once occupied ; and Mr . Clinch should also remember , that unless some one tilled the ground , and tended the sheep , there could be neither
woolstaplers nor large fanners . ( Loud cheers . ) And that those men of whomhe had spoken so disrespectfully , were men who earned what they eat , and did not , like some persons , live on the labour of others ; but the occupants of " Charterville" were said to be " birds orpassage , " " men without fixed residence . " Why , had not he ( Mr . Stallwood ) occupied the cottage in which he resided from the very moment it was built , and had he not been the occupant ofhis other residence , at . Hammersmith-road , for many years past ? Besides , they attended this vestry in their quality of ratepayers , and being rate-payers , the law of the land thereby constituted them parochial electors . But , notwithstanding , the men whom they , the legal electors had chosen , -were most unceremoniously rejected by " her
Majesty ' s justices of the peace . " ( Hear , hear . ) What could be alleged against either Messrs . Beattie , Gathard , or Pickersgill , that shpuld cause them to be so treated 1 Each and all of those men had been residents of their cottages since they had been erected , and had paid then * -rates . If those gentlemen wishedto exercise all the parish power , why did they not pay all the rates ? ( Cheers . ) But , if they called upon them to pay , surely it was only right that they ( the residents at Charterville ) should have some legitimate control over the rates so collected . ( Loud cheers . ) And , if they went to Glasgow , they would find that James Beattie had a settled residence previous to his coming here , and that he was held in respect by his fellow-citizens whom ho had left . They sometimes boasted of their heroes . Sow ,
Mr . Beattie was a man who had fought and bled for his country , and whose laurels had been acknowledged by the government . ( Hear , hear . ) He did not know how high the intellects of those gentlemen were who had hitherto took upon themselves the trouble of governing the parish , but he could assure them that for a length of time Mr . Beattie ' s industry had enabled him to get a good living by furnishing people with good understandings . ( Laughter and applause . ) Mr . John Gathard was equally well known , trusted , and respected in the parish of Bermondsey . And , as regards Mr . Thomas Pickersgill ,. they had only to go to Lambeth to learn that he . was a man of unimpeachable character , who had been trusted with hundreds and thousands of pounds worth of property , and whose ingenuity had placed him in the position ofbeing . oneof the constructors and builders ofthe splendid new Palaceof Westminster—the new Houses of Parliament . Well , since
they had been residents at Charterville , who could truly say one word against them ? They were sober , honest men—men whose pride it was that they earned what -they eat , and owed no man anything —( cheers)—and men whose industry and perseverance were undoubted , as the condition oMneir little farms would and did abundantly testify . ( Great cheering . ) He thought he had vindicated them , ( the allottees ) and their candidates from the foul aspersions cast upon them , and showed that they were in every way qualified for the office to which the late vestry bad called them , as it could not be supposed that they could or would submit to be treated in the way they had been by a small minority of parishioners , and the "justices ofthe peace , " who had violated the law . He should conclude by moving that the following memorial be , on behalf of that vestry , sent to her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Home Department : —
TO TBE SIGHS HONOURABLE SIB . CEOIGE GBET , BAST ., M . P ., HEB MAJESTY ' S 5 ECMTABT OT STATE FOB THE HOME _DETAETMEST The Memorial of the _parisbionet * and ratepayers of the parish of Minster lovel , in the county of Oxford , That the parishieners of Minster Lovel , assembled in vestry meeting , duly convened in the parish church , on Friday , March 30 th , 1 S 49 . That at such meeting the Kev . Percival Wilmot Bryan , curate ofthe parish , was called to the chair . The election of overseers was then proceeded with . Messrs . James Clinch , James Beattie , John Gathard , Thomas Pickersgffl , William Hudson , Thomas Tidmarsh , and John Gfflett , were duly proposed and seconded , when the chairman decided that the majority ( the majority bcing as ten to one ) was in favour of James Clinch , James Beattie , John Gathard , and Thomas Pickersgill . That no poll was demanded .
_ ....... That the list of the . above mentioned individuals , viz ., James Clinch , James Beattie , John Gathard , and Thomas FicJiersgffl , was then duly signed by the Chairman . That on Thursday , the 5 th day of April , 1819 , the Kev . Percival Wihnot Bryan , as chairman of said vestry meeting accompanied by Mr . James Beattie , attended and laid the said list , containing the names of James Clinch , JameB Beattie John Gathard , and Thomas Pickersgill , before two of Her ' Majesty ' s Justices of the Peace , viz ., Frederick -Whittaker and Leonard Pickering , Esquires , in the Town Hall , at Witney , in the sai d county of ( Word . That the said Justices ofthe Peace refused the said list of persons , all of whom were and are duly qualified , to fill the office of overseer , according to the act of parliament in that case made aud provided , and as your memorialists be lieve and allege conttary to all law and precedent ,
pro-, ceeded to strike from the list the names ot those persons , with the exception of James Clinch , who were duly elected in public vestry , and placed thereon the name of William Hudson , who was rejected by the said vestry . Your memorialists therefore appeal to you , as Her _Majesty > e Secretary of State , for the Home . Department _^ to redress this grievous wrong , by causing the illegal decision of the said Just _* ce $ of the _Peacs , so & r as regards the name of William Hudson , to be reversed , by causing the erasure ofthe name ofthe said William Hudsoa and substituting the name of one of those persons chosen by the vestry , vix ., James Beattie , John Gathard , and Thomas Pickersgill , and thus restore that peace and harmony amongst the parishioners of Minster lovel , which undtr wise and wclladministered laws must always characterise the British people .
And your Memorialists will be for ever grateful . The reading of the memorial was greeted with great applause . Mr . T . Gilbert seconded , the motion , upon which Mr . John _Gulbtt moved " That the overseers at present standing be the overseers for the year ensuing . " Thc Chairman having apprised him that that was no amendment on the proposition before them , Mr . Giixktt moved , "That the memorial did not express the sentiments of the vestry , " which was seconded by Mr . Tjpmasn .
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The question was then nut to the vote , and the original motion was carried by a great majority . The memorial was then ordered td be signed by the Chairman on behalf of the , vestry , and at once transmitted to Sir George Grey , On the motion of Messrs . Gathard and Knight , it was resolved , " That no rate be collected until such time as the late Minster Lovel Estate , no \* r Charterville " , shall be revalued and duly assessed . " The marked thanks of the vestry was then awarded to the Rev . P . W . Bryan for his impartial conduct in the chair , and the vestry was dissolved .
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MR . KYDD'S TOUR . On Sunday , the first or April , I lectured at Keighley , in Yorkshire , and at the same place on Wednesday , on home and foreign politics ; on Monday and Tuesday , at Haworth and Wikden ; and at Crossbills , on Thursday—the chapel of a body of Methodists being kindly granted for such purpose , this being the second time that I have had to thank the managers far their liberality . On the whole , these meetings have been well attended , but they have presented no feature to my mind calling for special notice .,.
I observe , ' with deep regret , that the large moor lying between Keighley and Milsden is being enclosed ) and , as _usual , the landowners are having it parcelled out among themselves . A certain _magistrate who has palmed himself off as the poor man ' s friend , is reported to have taken a large share of the spoil . If the government be asked to provide a remedy for pauperism , ' Oh , no , ' they reply ; ' we cannot find employment for the idle . To do so would be to establish communism , and Joseph Hume , Esq ., would declare we were _smittefc with Louis Blancism : national workshops , and ruin
would _Roon follow . ' Most sage senators , you can parcel out the common lands among the rich , which they turn into game preserves , or let out as farms , thus taking from the poor and adding to the incomes of therich . There can be no mistake in this ease . There is a moor six miles in length , and nearly one in breadth : would it not be as easy to appropriate that land for na tional purposes , and employ the unem . ployed poor , as to add it tb the _estates of the wealthy land-owners _? .-Why do not the ratepayers see to this ouestion of aDDronriatinc * the waste lands as a relief
from poor rates ? It is admitted on all hands , that labour gives the only legitimate title to the first possessor . The landowners have neither dug nor sown on such moors as Harden or Haworth ; and I want to know -what claim they can have to possession , except it be on the principle that , ' Laws grind the poor , and rich men make the laws ? I promise to write more on this subject some coming day . There is evidently no relief for the people , and no chance of safety for lhe middle classes , except in a cultivation of tbe land , and a general employment of the now unemployed and therefore
dependant poor . I have this day visited a stone quarry near to Haworth , a small village in Yorkshire . There is nothing remarkable in a deep recess of stone—a mere digging in the bowels of the earth—to call forth the remarks of a bystander , but we think by c _« n tra 6 t , and having just come from that blaze of light in darkness , and fog at noon-day—the city of London—I was unaccountably led to ruminate on what I saw and had seen . In Oxford-street , a week ago , I observed hale and hearty young men , with smooth faces and soft hands , dressed in decent sable , their necks ornamented with white handkerchiefs , and a mathematical share of starched linen turned over as it intended for special notice , hair oil and scented soap being plentifully supp lied . These ambit ious youths were busied rolling up libboas or measuring yards of merino , talking cockney phrase to servant girls , or wailing all obedience on
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Gohgib Mills . — -The Chartists of this place having seen with deep regret in the Star , of Saturday , March 31 , Mr . O'Connor's announcement that he will resign being leader of the Chartist body if but a few Chartists should send him a request to do so , a meeting was convened to take into consideration the above announcement . Alexander M'Donald was called to the chair , when the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : Moved by Peter M'Neil , and seconded b y James Somerville , " That the proceedings of this meeting be sent to the _Nortltern Star for insertion . " — Moved by James Chalmers , and seconded by William Somerville , " That the Chartists of this district have full confidence in Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., and sincerely
request that he will contmue as our leader , and that we highly value his long and consistent services in our cause , and that G . Julian Harney has also our confidence as a good Chartist , and we wish his writings may be continued in the Northern Star as formerly . "—Moved by William Mechan , and seconded by John Lemmon , " Thit a public meeting be got up on an early day for the purpose of adopting the National Petition for the enactment of the People ' s Charter . " - —James Chalmers , Secretary . { Received too late for insertion in last Saturday's Star . ] Chahtist Tea Parix . —On Monday last a public tea party took place at the Cripplegate Locality , 28 , Golden-lane , in commemoration of the 10 th of April , which was most numerously attended . Mr .
Westmoreland , an able and unflinching democrat , in the chair . After Mr . Bentley had addressed the meeting , a resolution was proposed and seconded , " That we pledge ourselves to work determinedly and fearlessly for the Charter , " After observations from various gentlemen , a vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , and to Mr . Fowler for the excellent manner in which he supplied the tea . CAUTION . — The wandering , window-breaker , Thomason , who _j some months ago was set to dance the treadmill-polka , for wilfully and maliciously smashing the windows of the Metropolitan Office of the National Land Company , is , we understand , at present in Manchester , where he is trying to do the natives" by writing private letters , containing most fabulous stories of his services and sufferings in the Chartist cause , the debts due to him bv
persons who never owed him a farthing , and , above all , the wrongs inflicted upon him by the Northern Star . Here is his bill against the Chartists : — £ _s . d . I was literally robbed by a portion of the Chartist party of my books , chest , and clothes , when . in tlie West of Scotland , and a sum of money due me .. .. 17 3 2 While attempting a school at Wednesbury I was made a loser of 87 0 0 Expenses to procure a mitigation ofllolberry's sentence 800 The present Editor of the Star , G . Julian Hamey , had of my money during the Convention of 1839 4 0 0 Dr . John Taylor 16 0 A Scotchman of Edinburgh , _M'Bean .. ,. 3 7 4 Assistance given to John Richards .. .. 2 10 0
173 6 6 We are surprised at Ttiomasoti ' s modesty . He might just as well have brought in his little bill for £ 7 , 366 , there would have been as much truth in such a demand as there is in the above ; and then the larger sum would have looked so much more respectable ! We beg to say that Julian Harney does not owe Thomason four farthings , and neverhad one farihim ? of * that worioy ' _smoney . W _3 know that the item p laced to the account of services in Holberry's behalf is equally fabulous ; and we have reason to believe that thoi entire " bill" is of the same character . We caution our friends to be aware of the artful dodger .
To web Hamlets . —A general council meeting of the Tower Hamlets was held on Sunday last , at three o ' clock in the afternoon , at the Commercial Hall , Philpots-street , Commercial-road , for the purpose of adopting measures for calling public meetings in the Hamlets , to petition for the Charter and other general business , when resolutions were passed appointing members ofthe council to wait on the trustees or proprietors of several large halls or rooms suited for the purpose . The council at its rising adjourned till Sunday next , April 15 th , at three o'clock in the afternoon , at the Commercial Hall , Philpots-street , Commercial-road , when all members of councils in the Hamlets are invited to attend .
Registration Committee . —This body met at the Two Chairmen , Wardour-street , Soho , on Tuesday evening , April 10 th . Mr . Godwin in the chair . — Correspondence was read from Sheffield respecting the forthcoming election . —Mr . John Arnott was appointed to attend to thc registration in the borough of Lambeth , and the Committee sincerely trust not one working man within the boundary of that borough , entitled to the franchise , will remain unregistered . The Committee , in consequence of a meeting in Lambeth , adjourned until Monday evening , at half-past seven .
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soro _^ lady , whom time had shrivelled temper and face—amusing themselves in their leisure hours ** ¦ _^ e theatre or club room . A very different life hved those quarryraen ; there they were at worktheir skins tanned with constant exposure to the weather—their smallest tool being a mattock or a spade-brown arms and stretched sinew in full work lifting large pieces of rock or trundling wheelbarrows over wooden planks . Yet how noble was this work , this grand conquering and producing industry . How much quarryraen have done for civilisation old monasteries , cathedrals , public buildings , and _chisaeled scul pture rise to oiir view , as if a second
God had given form to chaos . The fact that men have houses is a _ereat step in the world ' s progress Who would not rather be a rude quarryman than a scented shop-boy ? who would not even prefer the road-side dinner of the labourer , eaten under the hedge on the moor side _. or beneath the shelved rock , served up by the hand ofthe sunburnt girl or trusting wife—plain cold bacon and bread cut with tbe carefully cleaned knife and requiring no dessert ; eaten in health , heartiness , and honest contentment ? Simple food and simple _^ _souls—but infinitel y nobler _and nearer to the _utilityof"Kfe ' than lunching at a tavern , or strutting , cane in hand , and looking ominously large , swearing with bad taste at a waitress ,
eatmg a sevenpenny dinner ,- ; : and gazing proudly at fourpenny rings . The labourer is a man—the shopboy a sham , a counterfeit , and should be nailed to the counter as spurious coinage . I cannot omit relating the following _circunjstance . One of the labourers in the quarry came up to me and said , Well , sir , you see we are . all busy as bees , producing for others , and _orilptiOoi tn have votes ; do you not think it is a ; hardship ? ' I answered honestly and without hesilition _. _that I thought their non-representation an injustice . My friend
continued . ' So think I : they say , too , in their books and speeches , that there are too many of us . What fools they must think us to believe them , when we know that this quarry stands on the edge of 600 acres of a moor which might be made to grow food' for all the poor of the parish and a parson to boot / Well done , honest workman ' , you are right against all of them , refined gentlemen though they be . Tell a man in health and strength , with a mattock in his band , that he is one too many id a nation , at the very moment he stands on uncultivated land ! It is a libel on
reason and blasphemy against nature , , Samuel Kydd . Ha worth , April 3 . P . S . All districts or councils desirous of my ser . vies must write direct to Thomas Ormesher , 52 , Little Bridgewater-street , Deansgate , Manchester . S . K .
Manchester Victim Committee Or The Suppo...
MANCHESTER VICTIM COMMITTEE OR THE SUPPORT OF THE KIRKDALE PRISONERS . " Facts are duels that _winna ding And downa be disputed . "
Fsllow _Coiintetmen _, —There exists that in the souls of all men which no amount of tyranny , proscription , or human suffering cm extinguish—and that is the ardent love of liberty ! What , however , the enemies of eternal truth and progress fail to accomplish is too often the act of friends , whose cold indifference and ingratitude crushes and sear the heart more than all the terrors of tyrannies ! For defending the great rights of our . common humanity and giving expression to those claims , which are our common inheritance , your advocates are seized , tried , and sentenced ! For them we appeal ! ' " Ten who have worshipped theirprineiplesyou who have claimed common faith with their avowal—you who in . the hour of confidence elected
them ? and which they from the same feeling accepted—you , we . myiiiuust not bit them want Ihum hot let ingratitude add to their sufferings ! Manchester has nobly done its duty-her means are well nigh exhausted , and without support ,. and speedy support from the friends of political progress throughout lhe country , the committee here , will have to deplore their utter inability to contmue further assistance to the martyrs of a great principle ! This is a sad confession—but it is a true one —aud we feel that we should not be doing ouv duty , unless welet the country know our true position . Asa proof that our friends in Manchester have done their duty well and truly , we feel pleasure in stating that more than £ 38 have been collected by us here , while from all other parts of the country the whole sum collected falls short of £ 10 . We know the pecuniary difficulties of our order , but surely this can never be urged as a reason why we should neglect our duty . No . The great laws of fraternal justice must never
be violated in such a way . Desertion like this would prove an offer too tempting for the enemies of human progress to pass idly by and the newspaper gang would but be too proud to chronicle such infamy . No such stigma must sully our principles . And through all difficulties it has been our boast that the tainted breath of ealumny could never vent this against us . We have ever had the credit of supporting the victims of Whig tyranny , and shall we have so now ? The Whig principle of" Crush them with Expenses , " shall never—despite of oppression —crouch over our honest advocates , and gloat over their fall ! The flickering lamp ot * truth , that flashes even , now before your vision , seems to have ushered in the' *•• beginning of the end . " Taught in hope , instilled strength gives us union , and teaches us that an honest statement—fairly made—will meet tbe approbation of all true men ; and on such we , the committee , rely with confidence ) knowing well that '
• "He who made the welfare of mankind his care , Though still by faction , vice , and fortune crost _, Shall find the gen _' rous labour was not lost . " Fellow-Countrymen , —You love the truth , and you have it . We address you from the h eart _, as men speaking with men ; we ask—emphatically ask—the assistance of every honest man , and for others we care not . The benevolence of such men we know too well to doubt , when once a manly and candid appeal is made to their love of justice . Oh ! fellowcountrymen , the little musician , as it soars aloft before high Heaven , warbling its matin song free and unshackled , feels no higher hope—no greater triumph -than he who has burst the bonds ot ignorance , and hails the blazing light as the harbinger of freedom
to his countrymen ; goes forth to teach them—to reawaken them—and restartle them to a knowledge of allmen ' s inheritance ! For men like these we plead . For men who are are incarcerated for endeavouring to establish such principles we claim assistance . On such grounds we rest our / appeal . We await your decision , in fu | l hope that the generosity of an honourable body of men will not be appealed to in va ' m . Signed on behalf of the Victim Committee , Thomas Mather , Chairman . Thomas OnMESHtn , Secretory . . All subscriptions will be thankfully , received , and duly acknowledged in the Slar , by Thomas Ormesher , secretary , 52 , Bridgewater-street , Deansgate , Manchester .
The Bradford Victims. An Address To The ...
THE BRADFORD VICTIMS . AN ADDRESS TO THE CHARTISTS OF
YORKSHIRE . It is now some weeks since we made an appeal to you on behalf of the families of our friends who are suffering in prison for the noble and glorious principles contained in the People ' s Charter . Wo call upon LeedB , Wakefield , Sheffield , Barnsley , Holmfirth , Halifax , Dewsbury , Reighley , Bingley , and ' all the small villages in the district , to arouse themselves from their apathy , and assist us with their donations , however small , as they will be thankfully received . Chartists of Yorkshire , do
notletthefamilies of our friends starve for want of your assistance . Atthe present time the committee ' s funds _ard ' _exhausted , so that we are obliged to suspend all relief . _^ Since our last appeal in the Star , we have only _received donations from Huddersfield _, and a small village called Bradshaw Lane , Ovendon , near Halifax , for which we return our sincere thanks . The sums received are , from Huddersfield , £ 110 s . from Bradshaw Lane , 13 s . Gd . Letters to be directed to Robert Ambler , 64 , Bower-street , Bradford , and Post-office orders to be made payable to Thomas Wilcock .
Committee Room , April 8 th , 1349 . P . S . —Since this address was written we have received £ 2 from Leeds , for which we are much obliged .
Gebmax Emioranis. —The Vessel Hercules, ...
Gebmax Emioranis . —The vessel Hercules , a Bremen _ship , having on board ninety-two emigrants , bound from Bremen to _Xew York , has put into the port of Dover for considerable repairs , having boen run . foul . Of at sea by another emigrant ship from the same port . The Hercules is now on the point of sailing for her destination , the necessary repairs having been effected ;
James Bl1gh And His Accusers. To The Edi...
JAMES BL 1 GH AND HIS ACCUSERS . TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN' STAR . _SIH _»—Believinff you to be sincere in vindicating the cause of truth and in bringing infamy to light ( as in the case of the spy system ) , I beg the insertion of the following in your truly excellent journal ; —Sir : I nave for some time been scouted as a spy , my calumniators being the men ( I believe most honest Chartists ) who pressed me on to take a leading part in tho movement of 1848 ( by which many of our brave men were entrapped ) , in Greenwich . I most solemnly declare that I never had any correspondence with the police or government Officials , directly or indirectly , or have known anything of the vile plots of Davies and his fellow miscreants , or had the least suspicion of him till the night I was subpoenaed by Mr . Roberts ' s agents . I have the satisfaction of subscribing myself as honest a Chavtvst as any in Greenwich or elsewhere . I am , Mr . Editor , yours most respectfully , James _Buou
,, , , Momber . of the South London Chartist HaU . 1 , Norres ' s-place , Roan-street , Greenwich , Apr-it 9 th , 1849 . _N : J ? _- _ I should be glad to meet any number of intelligent working men , to answer any and every question , at any time or- place , by their dropping me a note to the above direction .
Representation Op Sheffield. On Friday W...
_REPRESENTATION OP SHEFFIELD . On Friday week Mr . Thomas Clark delivered an Address in the Circus . The meeting was numerously and respectably attended . Mr . Buckley having been called to the chair , after an appropriate speech introduced Mr . Clark , amid great cheering . Mr . Clark commenced his address taking the _SMitimcnts of Mr . Roebuck , sentence by sontehee , and in such a manner as to call forth the loudest applause from the meeting , particularly that portion of Mr . Roebuck ' s sentiments where he * is for a large exclusion of persons from the elective franchise . He fully established the fact that a base compromise has been entered into , in order to continue the cajolery which a large number of the electors and non-electors have ever been subjeet to . After his address , on thc motion of Mr . G . Cavill
seconded by Mr . Thomas Peacock , the following resolution was unanimously agreed to * . — " That it ia the opinion of this meeting that in case of a vacancy taking place in the representation ofthe borough , that Mr . Thomas Clark is a fit and proper person to become a candidate . " At the close of the proceedings _thefwllowingi-esolution wasagreedto : —' . ' That in the event of Mr . Roebuck ' s friends agreeing to a conjoint meeting of the friends of both candidates , and thereby allowing the electors a fair opportunity of judging of tho fitness of either ; and should Mr . Roebuck satisfy the majority on the question of the suffrage , that Mr . Clark would retire from the contest . " Votes of thanks being given to the chairman and Mr . Clark , the meeting separated at a late hour .
LATEST PARTICULARS . ( From another Correspondent . ) In consequence of H . G . Ward having accepted the office of Governor of the Ionian Isles , a vacancy is of course about to occur in the representation of the borough , and the decision as to who the " future man" ghall be , is a matter of consideration with all parties here . The Whigs and Radicals have made choice of Mr . Roebuck , the late member tor Bath . The Chartists not being wholly satisfied with the selection of this gentleman , wrote to Mr . T . Clark , requesting him to renew his claims upon the constituency . Mr . Clark has been here , and on Friday night last addressed a large meeting in the Circus . He was most enthusiastically received , and
will , if he enters the field again , be at least the man ofthe multitude . Mr Clark , at the meeting , declared his unwillingness to oppose Mr . Roebuck , for although Mr . Roebuck entertained certain views of political economy of which he ( Mr . Clark ) did not approve , yet as Mr . Roebuck was the principal conedcter ofthe People's Charter , if . that gentleman stiliheld the same opinion- ! , it would be most improper to oppose him ; of this , however , Mr . Clark was doubtful , as from a letter which Mr . Roebuck had addressed to one of his committee- men , and which had been read to a meeting ofthe electors , it appeared that Mr . Roebuck ' s opinions upon the Suffrage had undergone an important change . Tho following is the passage of Mr . Roebuck ' s letter : —
The two questions Jyou put respecting constitutional reforms are at this time beginning again to excite an interest . There are some earnest and cautious men , here in London , who are seriously labouring to bring about a desire in the public mind , for a reform of the Keform Act . Such a reform will come . Tlie anomalies left in our system of representation must be cured—wliich they may be easily—if caution direct _neal in the endeavour . We have so much of good to retain , that no man without great care and attention ought hastily to lay his hand to the work of change . The most serious question which at this time can present itself to the mindnf a practical statesman , is that of the Sum-age—and on this subject I earnestly desire an opportunity of stating in full my opinions . Words on that subject are in daily use which 1 do not understand , and to which I have never assented . The wildest
dreamer that ever puzzled himself with thinking of , or by endeavouring to frame a constitution , never really proposed to himself what tl \ 6 words _Ohiuersal Suffrage really signified . Men , women , and children , vogues , thieves , vagabonds , and honest men have never all been herdtid together in the mind of any man and endowed with the franchise ; but if not , there is exclusion * , but if there be exclusion , it must be on some principle , some ground . Some object is sought to be obtained by the exclusion , which could not be obtained if that exclusion be ¦ not adopted _, jj , To discover the right principle of exclusion is the great _diakdty ; and my opinion is , that most political men , and most political writers , have exaggerated the dangers oi Confiding tlie power of choosing representatives to a large number of persons . I have myself great confidence iu tlie good sense and good feeling of my fellow countrymen , and believe that they may be safely , if generously , trusted . I therefore , though with every other man opposed to Universal Sicfrage , believe Ow safe tendency , the really wis «
tendency , is to extension ; and that due precautions being taken by registration , and by requiring a known and established domicile , added to precautions for excluding aU criminals and vagabonds —this last is a well known legal term—you would go far in establishing the restrictions required for safety , and you would avoid nearly all the dangers resulting frombavingdiscontented _alarge section of thepopulation . The peculiar modes of attaining these ends , the real extent of the restriction , which would , indeed le large , one cannot settle in a letter like this . But I believe we should in this way obtain all the well instructed and rational working men , and put away at once , and completely , all who ought to be excluded . Such is my view of what in the end we shah see , - and to which we ought to proceed with great caution . In this view you will see merely a matter of degree , and no wild principle of tlie Communist theory , to which no man is more strongly opposed than myself . But , 1 fear that I must by tins timehave tried your patience , and I must leave a complete exposition of my" views to a personal meeting , which cannot be very distant
Mr . Clark took strong objections to the qualified and unsatisfactory terms in wliich Mi ' . Roebuck had written of the suffrage , and spoke most forcibly against the « ontemplated restriction " which would indeed be large , " and concluded an able address by declaring his unwillingness to entirely give up his pretensions as a candidate until Mr . Roebuck should g ive a more satisfactory explanation of his new suf-Irage . It was decided unanimously by the meeting that the friends of Mr . Roebuck and Mr . Clark should make arrangements for a meeting of those two gentlemen , wheii they should in tne presence of the people of Sheffield discuss the point of difference . A resolution was also adopted unanimously affirming Mr . Clark to be a fit and proper person to represent the borough in parliament . The friends of Mr . Clark have since the meeting at the Circus , applied to the committee of Mr . Roebuck , to take the necessary steps for bringing about the proposed meeting of the two principalsbut
, the chairman of Mr . Roebuck ' s committee—Mi ' . Dunn—has refused to be at all instrumental in bringing about any such meeting , and his refusal has called forth the following note in reply from Mr . Isaac Ironsides : — Bank-buildings , April , 9 th , 1849 . Dear Sir , —I duly received yours of this morning , and must confess I was not prepared for its contents . You cannot be ignorant that Mr . Clark was a candidate at tiie last election—that he had an immense majority in the show of hands—and that one-fourth of tlie electors who polled voted for him . f _hese facts , as it seems to me , should at least have prevented tho cavalier treatment of Mr . Clark , evinced iii your letter , A portion of Mr . Roebuck ' s letter to Mr . Fisher was very unsatisfactory to many . I wrote Mr . Itoehuck oii this point , after hearing the letter read . . I can be no party to the manner of evading the question shown in your letter , nor to any hoodwinking—nor , in fact , to anything but the mostopeu , fair , and straightforward couvse , and , therefore , decline to act on Mr . Roebuck ' s committee , - '' ' '
Believing , from the whole tenor of Mr . Roebuck ' s life , and bis sentiments recently addressed tothe people ' of Sheffield , that lie would not willingly concur in tlie course marked out in your letter , I shall send , by this ni ght ' s nost , a copy of the correspondence . 1 ' Yours faithfully , Thomas Dunn , Esq ., Isaac Ironsides . Chairman of Mr . Koebuck's Committee . So the matter at present stands waiting some decision on the part of Mr . Roebuck himself . The Chartists and their friends here will not be satisfied if Mr . Roebuck , does not meet Mr . Clark to discuss the question of Universal Suffrage with him . Should Mr . Roebuck decline , it is most likely that we will have a contested election . The whole , tenor of Mr . Roebuck _s letter is looked upon here as bein _^ tame and too cautious by for . °
National -Oeoanisation For Trades. Ai$Re...
NATIONAL _-OEOANISATION FOR TRADES . AI _$ RESS OF THE _"EoND _ON TRADES' _DELEGATES TO . THE TRADES OF GREAT BRITAIN AXD _IRELAHIX U _* '
" There was a time , ere England's ills began , When every rood of ground maintained its man . ' * Fellow-Men , —Since Ave last addressed you , stating what appeared to us to have led to the distressed condition of great numbers of the working classes of this country , and setting forth eight fundamental principles as the remedy for the evils of which we so justly complain , we have the pleasure to announce to you , that we have made the most satisfactory progress in organising and bringing to a perfect understanding the most important Trades ' :
Societies in London , and concentrating their energies in a permanent Central Trades' Delelegate Meeting ; we now call upon the Trades of the provinces to lose no time in seconding our efforts to bring before the Legislature the necessary remedial measures to relieve the immediate wants ofthe working classes , by assisting theia to secure useful employment , and also to press upon the attention of Parliament tlie necessit y of adoptin g the _pi-inciples embodied in the constitution of our Association , for the Industrial , Social , and Political Emancipation of Labour . We therefore beg to
suggest to you what appears to us to he the most easy , practical , and efficient mode of co-operating with the Trades of London . We advise the Trades in all provincial towns to convene a delegate meeting of representatives from their different societies , and in the meantime to communicate with our secretary in London } who is instructed to transmit copies of our laws , together with the principles upon which wo propose a great National Union should ho formed , ( such laws or principles to he amended or revised , if that should be found necessary ) ¦ and as the questions of employment , wages , and the suffrage appear to us to demand thc immediate attention ofthe working classes , as well as the
Parliament , we also recommend that the Trades' delegates in every town should act an we have already done in London , and convene a public meeting of the Trades , at which , resolutions should be passed , and one uniform _, mode of petitioning be adopted ; such petition to be sent to the Member representing the borough or county in which such meeting may be held , for presentation to the House of Commons , with a request that he will support the prayer of the petition , for the introduction o £ a Bill into Parliament sanctioning the establishment of Home Colonies , as the best means of . providing employment lor those who are compelled to go idle , and suffer all its direful
conBequences . We further propose , that those public meetings should be followed up by general meetings of each trade sectionally , and that similar resolutions and petitions he adopted at each meeting : also that all Trade Societies should adopt the Bame petitions , and that all miscellaneous or other societies which now exist , or may hereafter be formed , should act in a similar manner . In short , that all legal agencies that can he employed to concentrate and properly direct the intelligence and the energies of the Trades and working classes generally ,
should he put in . active operation to gather up their moral power , and cause it to reverberate upon the parliament , to accomplish the industrial , social , and political emancipation of lahour , as propounded in our eight fundamental principles . Such , fellow-men , are the steps that are now being taken by your brethren the Trades of London . Surely , you will not allow the onerous duty of accomplishing this great work to devolve on us alone ' . We confidentl y expect a universal response from the
Trades of the provinces . Let those suicidal words no longer he heard from the lips of an operative or Trades' Unionist , that " we must not meddle with polities . " All classes of -workmen need only look around them , and they will everywhere behold that politics have created a hitherto impassable gulf between themselves and the wealth they produce ; whilst the prodigious mechanical , and other scientific inventions emanating from their own genius , have heen turned against them to diminish tho demand for their labour and the wages the »
receive . We behold in union alone the lever hy which labour must be extricated from its present depressed state . We are desirous that our organisation shall he an union of minds more than unnecessary accumulation of money ; and we believe a great national union would he most efficient and satisfactory hy every town having a complete control over its own funds
and local affairs , excepting so far as aid may he required for general purposes . We have reason to believe that if this all-important question of providing a more extended field of employment bo brought properly before the House of Commons , that some concessions will he made . We have heen in communication with influential Members of Parliament , of different political parties , who all agree that something must be done . "
In conclusion , we entreat you to bring this great movement at ouce within your Trades ' Unions , as being the only means hy which the ill-understood phrase of " a fair day ' s wage for a fair day ' s work" can he truly realised , and in the accomplishment of which y ou may rely on the energy and devotion . _;| Of the London Trades' Delegates . Signed on their behalf , William Hammett , President . A . E . _Delafokce , Secretary .
All communications addressed to the secre tary , at the Craven ' s Head , Drury-lane , Lon don , will be immediately attended to .
Surrey Adjovrned Sessions
SURREY ADJOVRNED _SESSIONS
Robbing a Baronet . —Harriet Lucas , a prettylooking young female , was indicted for stealing , at Lambeth , a purse containing three £ 5 Bank of England notes , and three sovereigns , from the person of Sir Augustus William Hillary , Bart ., under thc following circumstances . The prosecutor , a fine looking gentleman adorned with _umstachios and imperial , stated that on the evening of the Gth instant he dined with a friend at the West End . On his return home he alighted from , a vehicle iu the Westminster-road , and while engS _^ od in a particular purpose near King Edward-street , the prisoner bustled past him on ono side , he partially turned round , and before he could recover himself she managed to purloin his purse with the contents . He
pursued her as far as tho Catholic church , where he captured her , and demanded his purse , but she denied all knowledge of it . He , however , seized hold of her and brought her back , when she kicked something with her foot , and said " Look here . " He picked the parcel , up , and found it to be the bank notes which he had previously rolled up and placed with the sovereigns in his pocket . He then detained her until a policeman came , when he gave her into custody . Sho was searched , but the other money could not be found . In defence , tlie prisoner said she never saw the money or knew anything about the baronet . It was no use saying anything more , for he would swear anything . The jury returned a verdict of Guilty , and the Court sentenced her to six months' hard labour at Brixton .
Ilnexrected Savisgs Bahk.—A Curate, Who ...
IlNEXrECTED _Savisgs Bahk . —A curate , who had for nineteen years received the paltry stipend of £ 100 a-year from his well-endowed rector , for performing the pastoral duties of a rather extensive rural parish , lately applied to the noble patron of that and many other livings for promotion to an incumbency of £ 130 per annum , liis lordship was startled by thc application , and wrote to inquire into the cause , seeing that , according to the present law , the ewacy already held was entitled to £ 150 a-year by the scale as to population . The curate
replied that lie had never received more than £ 100 , whereupon the noble patron wrote to the rector , to whom his word was law in such a case , and ordered thc paying up of all arrears— £ 050 , with interest ., the whole amounting to above £ 1 , 400 ; a handsomo fortune to the poor clergyman , who is also to receive his full salary in future . He has , tacrefore _, occasion to rejoice in having unconsciously saved a pretty little property , -which , if received during . th _« whole time , mi ght have glided out- of liis possession almost imperceptibly _.
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 14, 1849, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_14041849/page/1/
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