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4 " THE NORTHERN-STAR. August 22, 1846
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4 " The Northern-Star. August 22, 1846
4 " THE NORTHERN-STAR . August 22 , 1846
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LEICESTER . A public meeting of the frame-work knitters was _ield on Monday evening , to elect delegates to the three counties' meeting , about to be held at _iXottingiam . Mr . H . Barrow in the chair . JVlr . Warner , t & Sneepshcu , addressed the meeting at length on the free trade policy of manufacturers , and the desirability of union to withstand the reductions which are taking place in the various branches of framewrlc knitting , ilr . George Bnekby , the secretary ofthe glove branch , made an effective speech on the principles of union ; he concluded by moving the _followins resolution : —
" That it is ihe opinion of this meeting that tho framework knitters are in duty bound for their own protection , to cement themselves together in the National Union , for preventing further redactions in tlieir wages ; and tliat this meeting is further of opinion , that delegates should bb sent to tne three _coumits" meeting at _Xottinghain , "Monday nest , " which was seconded by Mr . Winters , ihe general secretary . Messrs . Bnekby and Winters were elected , and the meeting dissolved .
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LABOUR'S JUBILEE . The 17 th of August , 1 S 16 , will ever be a day _a-emorable is England , for -the first time in the history of the country , or indeed in the history of any country , thausands of the workiag classes wit-Bessed what maj he made national by a co-operation of their order- The valuable aad instructive lesson to be learned from Monday ' s Demonstration is the feet , that througbotti all ages tbe rich oppressors have used the poor oppressed for their own _convenience ana aggrandisement , while it has stamped upon the minds of all who witnessedthe wine . of cooperation , the fact , that to comp lain of _misgovernmentisbnttocomplamlof man ' s own _slavishness and cowardice .
The people have had a B » _" * _^ clieal lemn to learn , they have had to be taught that there is no wealth in the world save that which is created by labour , and that there is no combination in this world save that which is established hy labour , which is capable , or willing , to render to the labourer anything like a fair proportion of ttie fruits ofhis own industry . The labouring classes have
learned tbat the contention of faction is for the appropriation of the lion ' s share of lahour . And they have also learned , that the natural state of the _husbandman is the only situation in which the individual labourer can work out his own salvation . Thpy have learned tbat the power and abuse of machinery has overthrown ihc niaiMil labour of the individual operative . And they have learned , that the increase of _population has given an increased
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value to land , while it has also increased tha com petition lathe lahour market , * which . makes .- difficult forthe disinherite _^ slave to prolong a •» . _etched existence for another hour of misery . They hear of national industry , and th y know that they are its only promoters ; while at the same time they are mocked with the _inching _deatatution of their order . Tney see wealth heaped upon wealth , as if by magic , while those who create it are aUowed but the poo * privilege of honouring and obeying its possessor . On Monday last , for the first time in this country ' s history , the agricultural slave , the manufacturing operative , the metropolitan mechanic , artificer and artizan , met together , and cheered together , and vowed together , for the accomplishment of what , to all England now appears
to be the nation s darling
object—THE POSSESSION OF THE LAND not by plunder , not hy force , not by conquest , but by purchase out of the parings from their humble board . The association , of whose complete work Monday ' s exhibition can be considered but as the miniature , has not been in active operation more than twelve months , and yet we are bold to assert that no society ever made the same practical progress within ten times that period ; and that all the acts of parliament from the Reform Bill to free Trade are looked upon as mere drops of water inthe ocean when compared with the practical result ofthe society ' s undertaking .
To judge fairly of the exhibition , those who were not present must receive their impressions from those who have visited the People's Paradise , and when they reflect they must bear in mind that , contrary to all former practice , not a shilling has been spent in advertising the plan , and although consisting of numerous branches , all having working men for their secretaries , that no officer has been a defaulter to the amount of a fraction . Now , these are
things that we love to dwell upon , because a knowledge of them is necessary to inspire an oft-deceived people with new faith and confidence . To us , Monday was a day of triumph such as no conqueror ever witnessed before . If there is glory in a victory gained hy carnage and bloodshed , the heart of the most savage must be stung with the reflection of the misery he has caused , while in our breast there is but one unalloyed feeling of thankfulness that we have served all without injury to any .
The infant has now become a monster , aud to guard it , not from its own ferocity , hut from the danger that it threatens to noxious animals , it will require the united judgment and discretion , not only ofthe directors , but of the whole people . It matters not whether tyranny's power is threatened with the cannon or the sword , hy'fasting or praying , whatever tends to diminish it will be looked upon hy its possessors as an assault upon their prerogative . But we think we have arrived at a time of day , and at a judgment that may defy even the malice of the Whigs .
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IRELAND . And so , after ' the many escapes that this / airy lane * has had from Whig tenderness and patriotic _affection after having escaped the Coercion Bill of Peel and the Arms Bill of Labouchere , she is now threatened with a most gaunt and horrid monster , which far outstrips its predecessors in atrocity and duplicity . After Duncombe , in the absence of the Irish Patriots , had defeated the Arms Bill , the Whig minister
aware of the inevitable effect of his time serving policy , has proposed a measure in the last hours of the session by which trial [ by court-martial is unnecessary , domiciliary visits are unneeded , the protection of witnesses is uncalled for , as the power of all is merged in the clemency , the judgment and discretion of the very whig Lord Lieutenant , to whom , in 1836 , the Liberator first sold his country . ,
This closing act of Whig atrocity is the most uncalled for , the most tryannical , and the most base , bloody , and brutal , ever concocted hy the base , brutal , and bloody Whigs . We give it at full length , it has come upon us like a thief in the dark , and we ask the English people whether they will submit to be taxed for no better or more laudable purpose than tbat of bestowing Whig patronage among Irish place hunters to the end that they may be blessed with the mild rule of _Whig-O'Connell domination . We know that this thimble-rigging system of policy cannot last long , else would we rouse the country from north to south , from east to west , to throw off this Whig incubus .
We protest against this bill as unconstitutional ; we protest against it as uncalled for arid unnecessary ; and we protest against it , because its object is to confer favours upon the Irish landlords at the expense of the English working classes . The demand upon our columns this week precludes the possibility of favouring the monster with the notice it so justly _meritS ] but we ask the working classes to read it , and to judge for themselves , and to read its exposure , and the exposure of Us propoundersb theit champion . Where , we would ask , is the bi g
beggarman > In Ireland now , while his AYhig patrons are secretly establishing the despotism of an Irish Lord Lieutenant . Is it not melancholy to see the lickspittle Pigott , ( a Roman Catholic , ) coming over here atthe close of the Session to qualify himself for the judgment seat by aiding the Whigs in their assaults upon his country , and is it not deplorable to find a people so deluded as to receive stones with cheerfulness when they ask for bread . But we tell the Whigs , we tell O'Connell , and we tell their lickspittles , that no false clemency , no forced charity shown to tyrant landlords , will reconcile a nation to starvation . Alas I poor country Almost afraid to know itself .
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THE JUVENILES . We extract the following from the Nation of last week . We have received a printed address from the Chartists of England to the Irish people , with a request that we should insert it in the JV-ation . We desire no fraternisation between the Irish people and the Chartists—not on account of the bugbear of '' physical force , " but simply because some of their five points are to us an abomination , and the whole spirit and tone of their proceedings , thoush well enough for England , are so essentially English that tlieir adoption in Ireland would neither be probable nor at all desirable . Between us and them there is a suit fixed ; wc desire not to bridge it over , but to make it wider and
deeper-Poor silly simpleton , poor trampled worm , poor slavish thing , willing to wound but afraid to strike , did you hope to regain the lost smile of your taskmaster , by proclaiming your own political ignorance , and by reprobation of principles of which you appear to he wholly ignorant ? You desire no fraternization with the English Chartists ! When they ask your aid , you may withhold your hit of poesy and your _( _ringer-heer prose , hut wait till tou are asked . The _fcViglish Chartists desired not , courted not , fraterniziation with you , they merely desired to make your _co'lunoms the vehicle of their defence against your pan ' y ' s slander aud falsehood . Bat spurning a _cooperation that we shall presume -was offered , from wheno _*"" are y ° u to t _* y ° ur stren S * ° aid you in the stru - _"Jgte _^ " > ouv conquering tyrant ?
You ye * _k ° Pe to dimmish his wrath , if not to re-» Hrchaseb / 'S countenance and patronage , hy bartering fulsome auUi _'^ _wn . for unm erciful castigation . It was not enough tL _*& t you were compelled to plead the expediency of t . ' me _**** _*^ atonement of crime , but , slave like , you " ha . " **? upou the string that you hopfl . ¦ . -ill convey the swe etest music to your master's ear . YOU . are not intimid _*; te d b y the hug-bear of " physical force , " but by the " ABOMINATION o ome
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of their FIVE POINTS , and the _^ vhole spirit an d tone of their proceedings . " "What then , great Mentor , founder of the reading schools , ballad singer general chief instructor of the Irish nation , powder monkey ofthe physical force department , and expounder of Ireland ' s ancient history , have you too , from your infancy upwards , been engaged in abuse of the Saxon and denunciation of Chartism , while you are yet ignorant of the number of its points ? Were you aware ihat you were easting abomination upon your chosen chief , upon your illustrious Liberator , when you thus cast abomination upon five sixths of his adopted child ? Were you aware that the Liberator attached his honored name to the document entitled the People's Charter ? And that it consists of six , not of five points ? And now , tell as which to
you is an abomination ? Is it an abomination that Parliament should he annual , for that ' s number one ? Is it an abomination that every maH of twenty-one years ot age , of sane mind and untainted with crime , should have a vote , for that ' s number two ? Is it an abomination that he should give that vote by ballot , for that ' s number three ? Is it an abomination that the country should be subdivided into equal voting districts , for that's number four ? Is it an abomination that the conidenceof a eonstituency , _instead of land possession , should constitute the qualification
of a representative , for that ' s number five ? And is it an abomination that the servants of the people should be paid a stipulated salary by those who employ them , rather than by a fancy price by those who corrupt them , for that ' s number six ? Annual parliaments , universal suffrage , vdte'by ballot , equal electoral districts , no property qualification for representatives , and the payment of members , are the six points of the Charter , and now we challenge you in support of what you have written , and in the face of the world , to point out your objections to all or any of the above points .
Perhaps in yonr finicking study of elegant extracts you have read Theodore Hook ' s definition of Chartism , and mistaken it for the people ' s principle . That funny fellow defined Chartism to mean triangular parliaments , universal suffering , and vote by bullet . Can it be possible that a journalist seeking the honour of now rousing and anon curbing thc fiery mind of enthusiastic Irishmen has lived in ignorance of the only principles by which their liberties , if achieved even by force , could be subsequently defended ; or can it be possible that the same journalist has heen contending for the establishment of a class legislation Parliament , instead of one fully , freely and fairly chosen hy the whole people ?
We now tell the Nation , that without the 61 X points of the Charter , the greatest evil that could befal Ireland would be the representation of the Irish people by taskmasters , elected by their own slaves . And if English co-operation be jiecessary , or if English neutrality be desirable for the achievement of Irish independence , the Nation , by its eleven thoughtless lines , has done more than any other paper has heretofore effected to disgust every
rig ht thinking person with the whole process of Irish agitation—if the end and aim of all is but a transfer of power from the Saxon to the Irish oppressor . We are told that the spirit and tone of our proceedings , though well enough for England , are so essentially English , that their adoption in Ireland would neither be probable or at all desirable . To this we fully assent . The tone of our proceedings bespeak the national will . Here there is no intolerance or masterdom . Here there is no
tax for the support of a venal press , Here there is free discussion , an inexpensive agitation , and a BALANCE SHEET . Here labour tells its own tale , " defying the tyrant and the capitalist to overwhelm its order , now hy the charm of patronage , and again by thc threat of the despot ' s displeasure . Here we have no committees to mould a nation ' s will to an individual's caprice ! Here we have no adoption of a _principle to day and repudiation of the same principle to-morrow . Here we do not exhibit the double face of prosy adulation and poetic damnation ! Here we do not see in juxtaposition fulsome praise of the Liberator in a column of prose , and side-stabs in a neighbouring column of poetry .
What we do here not only bears inspection , but defies criticism . And yet these trembling infants , not yet out of their swaddling clothes , and scarcely able to limp , proclaim to the world , that between IIS and them " there is a gulf fixed ; we desire not to bridge it over , hut to make it wider and deeper . " How magniloquent ! How exquisite ! How Irish ! How patriotic ! The scribbler falsely presumed that the gulf that separated the Irish resident in England and the English Chartists , was as wide and deep as he and his Liberator bad tried to make
it * and calculated upon the chance Of retaining a portion of his English circulation , as a set off against the Irish loss , by abusing tbe English Chartists . But we beg to tell hira , that we have bridged the gulf over—that the Irish people have learned to distinguish between their friends and their enemiesand that the rejected of Conciliation Hall will fail in their attempt to make merchandise of the old profitable ware of dissension . Again , we challenge the critic of our principles to declare openly his Objection to those points which he designates as an abomination .
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . The task of Legislation hastens on apace to its _coEclusiott for the jear , and the present , the last week of the session , is quite as remarkable for what has been abandoned , as for its positive enactments . When the present Government , in the face of the recent vote against Coercion for Ireland , by which they climbed into poweri resolved to bring forward a new Coercion Bill , under an new name , it might fairly have been presumed , that for so outrageous and flagitious an abandonment of principles so much vaunted , and professions only a few weeks' old , they
would at least have been able to adduce the plea of an overpowering necessity ; tbat they would have proved _thestateoflreland to be ot" such a threatening and imminent description , as to render imperative such an obnoxious enactment for a temporary period , until better , more conciliatory , and moro permanent measures could be devised . That no such necessity did exist has been conclusively shown , by the " withdrawal of the Irish Arms Bill . " No credit whatever can be claimed by the Ministry for this concession to public opinion . In bringing it forward they showed either a want of judgement , so
great as to render them unworthy of public confidence , or a shameless want of principle , which was disgraceful in the rulers of a great country . In abandoning it so hastily , they have shown a pusillanimity equal to the temerity which they exhibited when they dreamt not of oppositiop to the re-enactment of the Coercion bill . O'Connell and his tail tliey thought were comfortably—we do uot say by proarrangement—out of the way ; and it was a capital opportunity to smuggle through the house such a
gratuitous piece of Whiggery—a Bill so much according to ita own heart , as that which unexpectedly brought Duncombe and a host of objectors about their ears , They did not dare to face that opposition again . The tocsin was sounded . They dreaded a defeat on Mr . Escott ' s amendments—they were not prepared to resign _placo and pay , when just in sight of the recess , and the consequent six months' snug enjoyment of these luxuries—therefore they beat a retreat , and hurried ingloriously from the strugglebeaten , soundly , deservedly beaten .
The Irish people wil ) , however , no doubt remember , that the Whigs showed themselves " willing to wound although afraid io sMta _, " in the face oi ihe
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diMntci _* e Bted and patriotic defenders of their liberties ' who , in the absence of the well-paid and-exclusive advocates of Ireland , stood up to oppose tiiis tyrannous enactment . They will remember , that neither to Russell nor to O'Gonnelldo they owe their deliveraRce from domiciliary visits , and all the hateful machinery which brands them with political and social inferiority . ¦ The Parliamentary leader of the Chartists , of that party whom they have been _taaght
tosuspeet , fear , or bate , by the wily and selfish demagogue who has so loBg governed Ireland , was their advocate on this occasion . The Saxon representatives of Saxon constituencies were those upon whom the defence of Ireland and her rights devolved . In these facts are to be found the reply to all the bluster , declamation , and falsehoods , of a thousand harangues , intended to set the people of the sister island by the ears , in order that the declaimers may pick pockets during the squabble .
The consistent and homst conduct of the Morning Chronicle on ihe subject should not be passed without notice . It opposed Coercion when proposed by Pbbl , and was equally opposed to it when brought forward by _Rossbli ,. To the Times and the Weekly Chronicle was left the glory of finding arguments to combat tho-e which but a few weeks previously had filled their own columns . The Times has long heen famous for the facility with which it " cm turnabout and wheelabout , " and the cleverness with which long practice has enabled it to execute the
_manoeuvre of turning its back upon itself , but the poor _Wearly Chronicle does not yet understand the dodge of turning the corner so cleverly . To be sure there is something marvellously pleasant in an _under-Secretaryship , and " George Henrv" in gratitude was bound to do his best , but " bad was the best . " The poor man . was compelled to have recourse to the cast-off weapons of those whom he ao recently assisted to defeat on the very same battlefield . Thus speaketh he in his paper of last Sunday ' .-
" Perhaps , thc Arras Bill is not , in operation , so effectual for the prevention of Crime , as its Contrivers might wish ; but it is folly to Bay that it throwg no impediment in the way of murder ; and to have left Ireland suddenly , in the face ofa failed Potato Crop , —and its consequent wretchedness , and temp _, _tation , —without same restriction on the possession of deadly weapons—after half a century of such restriction , would have been to have delivered hetup to a winter of assassinations . "Under those circumstances , the Minister _proposes to renew the
expiring Bill for Six Months only , contemplating its supercession by some measure , in the mean time , more consistent with his recorded feelings in favour of Ire _' and . He proposes also to relinquish the more objectionable Clauses , as those relating to domiciliary visits : with regard to the Branding Clauses , we do not see that they are more objectionable in principle , than the Goldsmith ' s mark ; unless the safety of Life be of less consequence than the purity of Gold . More than this we donot think the Premier could be expected to do : less than this , we think he would be censurable in doing . .
This was published on . Sunday : on Monday "the Premier" announced his intention to drop the bill altogether I Unhappy Under Secretary' ! to belong to an " open question Cabinet , " in which nobody knows what anybody means to do ! Transcendently unfortu . na / e apologist of Whig rascality ! to be putting forth such an earnest plea , dressing up such a " raw head and bloody bones" as an excuse for retaining at least " the branding clauses , " in order that Ireland may not " be delivered up to a winter of assassinations , "
proclaiming that" less than this the Premier will be censurable in doing , " when on the day following the publication of this declaration , the Premier publicly abandons the whole bill , and leaves Ireland to all the horror 3 conjured up by your " lively imagination . " Really our contemporary in its future articles on "the Russell Cabinet" must be discreet . The Russell Cabinet is a sphinx which not even so accomplished an CEdipus as the under Secretary to the Admiralty can unriddle .
We have only one bit of advice to give him as to his future articles : never assume for a moment that a Whig will stand by his professions . The political principles of that party ave pre-eminently typified by pie crust , i . e , " made to be broken . " The failure of the potatoe crop in Ireland , which all accounts concur in representing as total and complete , forced on the Government the duty of devising measures to meet the consequences of that failure . On Tuesday , Lord John propounded his plan . He had the good taste , which Mr . Labo ciiere the new Secretary lor Ireland had not , to give all
credit to the late Government for the laudable promptitude and liberality winch , distinguished their conduct and measures under the pressure of a severe and novel calamity . He also acknowledged the great _iiclvantage derived by the present goverment from the experience of the officers appointed to superintend the carrying of those measures into effect , and the valuable information they had furnished . Upon principle , however , he was opposed to the plan of the government supplying the people with food . It led , in his estimation , to great evils . It injured the regular trader who
supplied the market , because he was incompetent to compete with the government , and it prevented the people from looking for employment elsewhere so long as they could rely on receiving even the scanty relief afforded . For these reasons , —white admitting the value of the late ministerial measures , under the circumstances in which they were introduced , it was not his intention to continue similar measures . His plan is to empower the Lord Lieutenant to summon a barony or county session , to promote works of relief . T he choice of these works is not altogether to be left to them , but is
subject to the approval of government , and if so approved , advances from the treasury will be made to carry them on , to be repaid in not less than ten years , and to bear interest at not less _thanthrcQ-and a-half per cent . To re-pay these advances , a rate is to be levied on tho barony or county , on the valuation to the poor rate , by whioh moans the very poor will not he called upon to contribute . In very poor districts this mode of action is not available , and therefore , a special grant of £ 50 , 000 is to be set apart
for the furtherance of works ol public utility in these districts , to be designed and executed entirely by the government . Commissariat Officers are also to be stationed in different parts of the country ,- to communicate Information to the chief Commissariat Commissioner in Dublin ; for though the government no longer intends to supply food , it would appear it is intended to exercise a general surveillance on the way in which it is supplied by the _regu . lar dealer in provisions .
Such ia a brief outline of a measure intended to meet an important crisis . Thc only merit that we can accord to it is that of being sound in principle . As a means of meeting and effectually coping with the probable famine and distress in Ireland it is ludicrously inadequate . The whole sum to be granted for the purposes set for this , as we understoo _d the Premier , somewhere about £ 200 , 000 , an amount which might be expended in a single _distressed country in a month , instead of being estimated for
the wants of all Ireland with such a dreary prospect before it for the next six months , Should the apprehended calamity really "fall on that unhappy country , the Government will be compelled to advance more than the estimated amount , and to take an Act of Indemnity next session , but the more manly and straightforward course would have been to have made a grant at once somewhat commensurate with the extent of the distress requiring relief .
It is the curse of Whiggery , even where it means well , to be unable to carry out its own intentions . If by chance it gets hold ofa good principle , it renders it useless by the paltry and fearful spirit in which it is applied to practice . In the plan of which wo have now given an outline , we see a principle recognised which fully acted upon will effect a perfect transformation in Ireland . It is that the Government are bound to provide employment for the population when they are unable to obtain ifc elsewhere , and that ic is better to employ the industry of the country in adding to its . wealth , convenience , and comfort * , by tbe Application ct ml ' _iornl tunas ,
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than to dispense these funds in the shape of ' _elemosynary _relief-to those who are madejforcedly'idle . ' This principle must , not be loBt sight of , nor the fact of its admission in practice by the Governmen t . It will form the base of a magnificent _structur hereafter . Lord Georqe Bbntikck "the future Premier oi the British Empire , " as he has been dubbed by his party , brought forward on Tuesday , what he considered a fresh " raw" in the hides ofthe late Ministry , and thraahed at it con amore , When he laid down the whip it was taken up by Disraeli , who administered some strokes with all the cordiality which his well-known love to Peel could incite . That the
_straightforward onslaut of the one , and the fierce sarcasms of the other were acutely felt , was shown by the indignant and touchy manner in which the subordinate members of the late Cabinet who were present replied to them . If its chief had been there , he would have been more politic if less natural . _Tliecause of attack wasan alleged ministerialjob , " perpetrated when the late administration were in extremis , " when in fact they had ceased to hold the seals of office . Such a charge against a Ministry of which Peel was the head / was a new one , for we believe that itis universally admitted that a more
unselfish or disinterested distributor of public patronage never held power in this country than thc late Premier ; whatever other sins have been alleged against him , nepotism has not been among tho number . But it was stated that this job was without his cognizance , and was a nice little drama in which Lord Brougham , Lord Lyndhurst , „ the Earl of Ripon , and _thd Right Hon . W . E . Gladstone , variously and with different degrees of merit appeared as the principal characters , the animating motive being to provide for the comfort and convenience of sundry gentlemen , friends and serviceable allies of these parties . Our readers will find the details of the alleged *« job " in our Parliamentary columns . It is unnecessary to
I give them here , because , in the first place , the charge was on the following day withdrawn , with an ample apology to Lord Lyndhurst and Lord Ripon , by Lord George , who must be more careful in future , if he really wishes to secure tbe Premier ' s place ; and be cause , secondly , it actually consumed a whole'day of Parliament—for the Small Debts Bill , which was to have been the business of the day , was merely considered . pro / omit , in consequence ofthe length of the discussion , —and lastly , because it shows the fierce and yet unappeased anger of the Protectionists against the late Cabinet . In looking forward to a General Election this is an element in the present state of parties not to be lost sight of .
Upon the whole , the week has , been a busy and an important one . The Sugar Duties Bill received the Royal assent on Tuesday . Its passage through the upper house was merely one of form . The Bishop of Oxford , who did not expect thatthe debate would take place on the firBt reading , and who , as a son of Wilberforce , has a sort of vested hereditary interest inthe slavery question , made a speech on the second reading , in which the arguments of the antislavery party were put with that peeu _& r force and logical style which distinguishes his speeches . The bishop is a powerful debater . He _wa-j followed by the sleek Charles James of London , who also considered he had a reputation for philanthropy to support , and there the speeehification in opposition terminated .
By seizing the nick of time , the little lord has cleverly jockied the West Indian monopoly , and given the finishing stroke to the old system of commerce . It remains to be seen how the new one will work . On the same evening the Royal assent was given to another Bill , which deserves notice as a proof of the advance of the age in enlightened toleration . The Religious opinions Relief Bill , sweeps from the Statute Book a great many dozens of tliose relics of
the wisdom of onr ancestors , which manifested itself in pains , penalties , and persecutions for a difference of opinion upon subjects of which ho man ean predicate anything with certainty , and upon which , there fore , every man should be humble and tolerant . There is yet much work of this description to be done , but in the meantime this clearing ; out of a heap of old rubbish is a hopeful _beginning , and heralds the way to a more complete assimilation in law , to the now daily increasing tolerance , and enligl \ tenn . ent ofthe public mind on these topics .
The Standard has a rumour of a dissolution in October , which it states to be based on certain information . The Globe Bays itsevening contemporary merely puts that forth as a feeler to ascertain what the . intention really is , but the ministerial evening organ declines to aid the ruse . It is by no means improbable , however , that the Standard is right . The sbort _experience Lord John has had of the present House , thinned as its benches are by thc moors , the game covers , and the racing season , has been sufficient to show him that no pig driver in the world ever had so difficult a task before him as he will have should he venture to meet it again . He may also wish to know what kind of measures he should venture to propose , that is , what it will be
_setje to propose , with a chance of keeping his place next session . A general election during the autumn would very much help his deliberations on the sub ject . Wc trust that if he does " screw his courage to the sticking-placc , " and appeal to the country , that the resolutions of the late Convention will not be suffered to remain a dead _leUev _, but that at least a score of vigorous and all-alive Chartists will he sent to back the indomitable Dc . vcombe , and the monstor petition of next year . Lord John will in that case ve-cons ' ulci * his speech on " the Five Points , " forego his opposition , and abandon the monopoly of Legislation with quite as much facility as be < 15 _J his eight shilling duty for free trade in com—upon compulsion .
Before we again address our readers it is expected this long session will have come to a close , and in a valedictory "Review" wo will endeavour to give a resume of its "life , character , and doings . "
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WEST _RIDK \ G DELEGATE MEETING . This meeting was held According to notice iu the Working Man ' s Hall , Halifax ,. Mr . _Thomas"Wilcock in the chair ; after the money matters were settled , the following resolutions were passed : — 1 _. Thut the minutes of the lust meeting be confirmed . 2 . That the Delegatus from oacli locality bring the cash hook for inspection , to the next delegate meeting . 3 . That a levy of one halfpenny per member be made to defray the expences of the West Hiding Delegate Meeting . 4 . That the Secret-try do write to T . S . Duncombe , Esq . M . P ., requesting him , . nt liis earliest convenience , to pas ii visit to the principal 'fan-as in thc West _Itiiling of York .
5 . That this meeting wish to impress npon the Chartists the necessity of acting on the adviee of the Convention , by attending to the Registration , & e ., in order to secure the election of as many Chartist Candidates at the next General Election . 0 . That the Delegates of the West Riding , here assembled , view with astonishment and disgust tlie conduct ofthe present Ministry , who , after having ousted the late Government , by voting against the Irish Coercion Bill , should be so base as to propose a continuation of the Arms Bill for Ireland ; and that we hare no confidence in a Ministry who can trick and shuffle with thu feelings of the people—that we will do all we can to hurl them from office , as not having the confidence of the people to rlile orer the _destines of tiiis great nation .
7 . That aCump Meeting he holden nt the "New Holland Farm , Wilsnun , on the second Sunday in September , at two o ' clock in the afternoon . 8 . That this meeting adjourn to the second Sunday in October , to be holden at the Woolcombers' Aims Bradford . Thanks being voted to the chairman , the meeting separated .
CARLTON . Tiie Land .-A public meeting , on the subject of the Land , was convened here on the I 3 di inst Mr ' Hastings in the chair , who opened the _proccediiii-s with a few brief remarks , a Mr . 0 _™ "Kw to address the meeting on the lencMs to lie , \ l _.. _ivo . l (?) by the members of _/ -fhe _Lanf Saving ' s Bai and Building Institution . " Being a _mS of _K words he remedied that deficiency V S _oloey 3 _toSSKr -1 th ? _™ . cU _« s _«*¦ _viLlSri ii _meeStlllh'l , vam f Pe _^ ns _, » he told thc meeting that the trustees of the said Society were
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out of pocket ; as they lent the money to governmen t aiwl 8 _gfj * _* _w " ' _* ' _&^ eent . per annum to the shareholders . Thia assertion was contradicted by a person present , who observed that a levy of one per cent , was imposed upon the subscribers , for expenses , —thus reducing the rate oi interest given to members to 3 percent . _Inreolv to a question , Mr . Orange stated that the trustees were repaid by a _t-ctatary subscription . An amend _, ment , based upon the principles of the Friendly Societies , was then proposed , arid carried by a _laree majority , against thc proposition made bv Mr Urange in support of the Institution of which heis the worthy mouth-piece . . At the conclusion of the proceedings , itwas announced thata meeting would be Mdea , in the course ofa fortnight , in furtherance o \ the objects of the Chartist _Co-operatire Land
MANCHESTER . Ou Sunday afternoon August 16 , the llall was crowded to hear Dr . M'Douall , who delivered a very interesting lecture . On Monday , we had a tea party in honour of the People's First Estate . Three hundred persons partook of a very comfortable repast , when the Doctor delivered a second address , which gave great satisfaction . All communications to the Manchester Locality , must be sent to Thomas Roberts , No . 25 , Mountstreet , _Ilulrne , _MaucheBter .
NOTTINGHAM . At a meeting of the Election Committee , held oh Sunday morning last , at the Dove and Rainbow , the following resolutions were agreed to : — " That Mr . James Sweet be requested to furnish the committee with Subscription Sheets for the use of the different Democratic News Rooms . " " That Mr . If . Kirk , of Old Brentford , be added to this committee . " " That five persons he appointed from this meeting , to be called an observation committee , whose province shall be to watch 6 ver the events of the day , and to arrange for the reception of Mr . O'Connor , on his visit to Nottingham . " The next meeting of the committee will be" held at tbe King of the French , on Sunday morning , the 31 st instant . SAMUEL BOONHAM , Secretary . HUDDERSFIELD .
The Chartists of Huddersfield are about to re-organise themselves . Meetings will be held every Sunday , at three o ' clock , ai _Armitage ' s Temperance hotel , Paddock . AU persons wishing to become members are invited to attend .
SHEFFIELD . At a meeting held at Mr . _Cavlll _' s Democratic Temperance Rooms , on Sunday evening , Mr . Jackson in the chair , it was resolved , 'That a subscription be entered into for Williams , Jones , and Ellis . ' The collecting books were ordered to be issued immediately .
BIRMINGHAM . At the weekly meeting of Chartists , held at the Ship Inn , Steelhouse Lane , on Sunday evening last , Mr . Linney gave in a report of the proceedings of the late Convention , when he received the thanks of tlie meeting for his services as delegate . Mr . Linney then handed in lis . 10 d ., _rnonevg collected in the convention for Mrs . Roberts of Birmingham . It is the desire of the committee acting on her behalf to send her out to her husband as soon as possible ; tliey therefore earnestl _y request those parties who have not already subscribed their mite towards so praiseworthy an object will do so without delay .. The committee also request that any locality having money to transmit , will direct to Mr . James Smith , Ship Inn , Steelhouse Lane , Birmingham , or to Mr . John Newhouse , secretary , No . 1 , Hanley-street .
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THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . Meetings for the purpose of enrolling members _,, and transacting other business connected therewith are held every week on the following days and places : —
_SUSDAT EVEXINO . South London Chartist Hall , 115 , Blackfriars-road : at half-past six o ' clock . —City Chartist Hall , 1 , Turnagain-lane : at six o'clock . — Westminster : at the Parthenium Club Rooms , 72 , St . Martin ' s-lane- at half-past seven . —Somers Town : at Mr . _Duddrege _' s Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , New-road , at half-past seven —Tower Hamlets : atthe "Whittington and Cat , Chiircli-rw , Bethnal-green , at six o ' clock precisely . —Emmetl ' s Brigade : at thc Rock Tavern , Lisson-grove . at eight o ' clock precisely . —Marylebone : at the Coach Painters' Arms , Circus-street , at halfpast seven . Gray's Inn Road , Mason's Arms , Britannia-street , —Hammersmith : at No . 2 , Little Valeplace , at ten in the forenoon . —Newcastle-upon-Tyne : at the house of Martin Jude , Sun Inn , Side , from seven till nine . —Leicester : at S 7 , Church-gate , at six . — Bradford : _R'oolcomiers' Arms Inn , Hopestreet , at five .
MONDAY EVENING . Rochester : at - the Victory Inn , at half-past seven . —Camhenocll : at the Montpelier Tavern , Walworth at eight o ' clock precisely . — Kensington : at eight o ' clock , at the Duke of Sussex . —Limehouse : at tho Brunswick Hall , Ropemaker's Fields , at S o ' clock . Leicester : at No . 17 , Archdeden-lane , at seven o ' clock . — Chepstow at the Temperance Hotel * Bank Avenue , at eight o'clock . —Armley : at the house of Mr . William Oates , boot and shoemaker ,
Armley Town-gale , at eight o ' clock . —Liverpool : at eight o ' clock , at Mr , Fart-ell ' sTemperance Hotel , 4 , Cazncau-stveet . — Belper : at the house of Gecrge _Wigley , the Dusty Miller , Field-head , from seven till nine . —Bristol : at No . 16 , Horse-fair , at eight o ' eloekin the evening . —Darlington ; at John Moss's , No . 24 , "Union-street , at half-past seven . —Chorley Wood Common : at Mr . Barber ' s at seven o ' clock . — - Rickmansworth : at the Cart and Horses , at seven o'clock . — -Wc _Fnd : at the Golden Cross ! , at seven o ' eh . ck . —Chelsea i Cheshire Cheese , _Grosvenor-row _, at eight o ' clock .
TUESDAY _EVEKIXO . Greenwich : at Mr . Paris ' s , Cold Bath , at eight o ' clock . WEDNESDAY EVESISG . Aberdeen : the office-bearers meet at half-past seven , at No . 1 , Flour Mill-lane Hall . —Brighton : No , 2 , at No . 3 , Charles-street , at eight o ' clock . THURSDAY EVENING . Shoreditch : at Chapman ' s Coffee Ilouse , Churchstreet , at eight o ' clock .
THE WIDOW AND ORPHANS' AND VETERAN PATRIOTS' FUNDS . The Convention having resolved that the above funds are in future to be under the controul of the Executive Committee of the National Charter Association , together with a member from each of ths metropolitan localities , I earnestly request that no time may be lost in the election of such persons as may be deemed fit for that . office , as the committee are anxious to resign their trust to those successors in order that there may be no delay in relieving the wants of those who have hitherto been the recipients of such sums as the committee have had at their disposal .
In accordance with instructions which have been received by me , I hereby convene ii meeting of the _present committee to be held at the office of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , 83 , Dean-street , Soho , at S o ' clock on Tuesday evening , August 25 th , by which time 1 hope that thc members ot" the _neiu comniiHeff will have been elected , and tbat they will be in attendance at the above time and place , to receive the books , accounts , ic , from their predecessors . The localities will have two Sundays after the appearance of this notice , and I hope that they will not fail to attend to the required elections . I wish it to be understood that this notice will be considered imperative npon the mem bers of the new , as well as the o ( c ( committee . 1 uomas Clark , Secretary .
_Halifax . — A _oanip meeting will be holden on Cold edee moor on Sunday August 23 rd . at 2 o ' clock ill the afternoon , when Messrs . Bawden , Rushton and others will address the meeting . Lower Warley . —Mr . Bawden will lecture at Lower Warleysn Sunday ,- ( to-morrow ) at six o ' clock in the evening , and at Sowerby on Sunday August 80 th , on the proceedings of the late convention . The two Sowerbys , are requested to make arrangements ns to which pkoe he is to lecture at and send the notiee to the Star . Torquay . —The membors of this branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , meet every Tuesday evening at Mr . R , K . Putts , 01 , Lower union Street . _NEwcAs-rLE . vjros-TYXE . —Dr . Mavston wiU deliver his fifth lecture on the " Chemistry of health and life , " on Sunday evening , August 23 rd , at eight o ' clock precisely .
Soirrii London Chartist Hall . —Mr . W . W Brown will lecture at the above hall on Sunday nioruing , August 23 , at eleven o clock . Subject—The democracy of tectotalism . Mr . Ernest Jones will lecture in the evening at eight o ' cloek . Subject —Property , its use and abuse . Greenwich and Deptford . —The Chartists and members ofthe Land Society will meet on Thursday evening , August 27 , at Mr . Paris ' s room , Cold Bath , to celebrate tbe liberation of Feargus O'Connor , Esq . from York Castle . Tin * FiurEii . m Democrats will meet on Monday evening next , at eight o ' clock , at the White iiait , Diuvy-lanc , three doors from Holborn . . _
Marukbone . —An harmonic meeting will be _iield at the Coach Painter ' s Anns , Circus-street , . New Road , on Tuesday evening next , August 25 , at eight o ' cloek precisely , for tho benefit of Mr . Godwin , * veteran _relernior , who 'has battled in the railKS or the people for upwards of a quarter of ft coiltlirv , and who has been for some time laid up on a bed ol _stcKness , and is in great distress . . Tickets three pence each ; a portrait of the patriot , Robert Emmett ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 22, 1846, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_22081846/page/4/
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