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THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN.
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THE NORTHERN STAE SATURDAYDECEMBER 30ISIS.
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Thekatio Valvionm Aind Defence Fuind.
_THEKATIO _vALVIOnM AiND DEFENCE _FUiND .
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TO BB DISPOSED OF , A PAID-UP FOURACRE Share ia the National Laad Company < clear of all expenses ) for £ i 10 s . Apply at the National Land Office , 141 High Holborn , or , if by letter ( post-paid ) to Henry Hargreaves , bookseller , _Pickford-street _, Ma _: clesfielda Cheshire .
The Executive Committee, To The Chartists Of Great Britain.
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE , TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN .
Brother Democrats.—Another Act Of Tyrann...
Brother Democrats . —Another act of tyranny on the part of our "Whig masters renders it imperative npon us again to address you . The policy of tbe present _Government seems to be to strike at tbe root of tbe agitation , by the incarceration of the men who bave the csurage and ability to expose those wrongs and outrages which , in the sacred name of law , are practised upon the patiently enduring people of Great Britain . In tbis design they shall and must he discomfited . The great cause of political emancipation will never lack advocates in this country so long as justice is revered , liberty loved , or suffering sympathised with .
Brother Democrats , yoa are ere tbis aware , tbat your old and tried friends , James Leach , Daniel Donovan , John West , George White , Thomas Rankin , Jobn Clark , and others , have been doomed , by a judicial ukase , to twelve months' imprisonment in Kirkdale jail , their only crime being the courage and honesty to address their fellow countrymen in the _knguage of political truth . Baron Alderson , in passing sentence said , that they would be treated as first-class misdemeanants . Now to avail themselves of the privileges of tbis distinction , it is necessary tbat they support tiemselves , or be supported by you . Being all of our owa order , they bave no other patrimony but their _labtjur to depend
upon , that , in tbeir present situation is valueless . And even if they had wherewithal to maintain themselves , it would be neither honourable in ns , or jast to thera , to leave tbem dependant on their own resources . These generous-hearted , noble-minded fellows , are suffering because of their _iabonrs in the service of the people ; tbey are punished because of their devotion to that cause , the triumph of which wonld be tbe emancipation of the millions from the thraldom of Whig and Tor )' rule . They have cheerfully braved danger to render us good _service—we now owe a sacred duty to them —and , as the one _washosourably performed , let the other be now promptly fulfilled .
Brether Democrats , we shall , wiihout further pre . face , tell you what we now propose . It is , that these patriots should be creditably and comfortably supported by us "during the term of their incarceration . When we consider that the means of doing this are trifling , we feel confident that the good work will V done . Would it not , we ask , be most disgraceful to us , as a party , if our neglect of these' brethren in bondage , ' reduced them to the miserable alternative of surrendering the poor privileges of first-class misdemeanants , and submitting to the felon ' s fare and treatment ?
• We submit , that as tbe greater number of our friends are best known in Manchester , that a committee should be at once formed of the most active and energetic Chartists of that locality , and thatthey should immediately set to work to collect subscriptions _, to support those victims of a treacherous and traiterous Whig Government . We also suggest that another be formed at Liverpool ; to co-operate with that of Manchester . And from our knowledge of the energy and spirit which tbe Chartists of these towns can put into requisition when occasion demands , we feel persuaded that they of themselves could perform this simple act of justice to our endungeoned friends . Tbis , however , must not be : the burthen , though light , must be equally borne . No locality will refuse its fair share .
Brother Chartists of Manchester and Liverpool ! discuss the subject of this address at your meetings on Sunday evening . Do not separate without form * ingyour committees . Let the Star of Saturday next announce the fact , accompanied with a firm appeal to the Democrats ofthe United Kingdom ; we will venture upon tbeir part , to guarantee a generous responsa to it , while we solemnly _promise onr cordial co-operation in every endeavour to illume tbe gloom of the patriots' cell with a ray ef comfort and sympathy . William Dixon , Thomas Clark , Philip M'Geath , Hesey Ross , _ G . Julian _Habney ,
Mo Uk Disposed Of, A Fouh-Acre
mo UK DISPOSED OF , a fouh-acre
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i Share in the _National Land Company , all expenses b * ing paid . - _Ajjply ( post-paid ) to Mr James _SichoIa- _. _No . 1 , Clarence-road , Kentish-town .
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The Northern Stae Saturdaydecember 30isis.
THE NORTHERN STAE SATURDAYDECEMBER 30 ISIS .
What Is To Be Done-Next Session? In Anot...
WHAT IS TO BE DONE-NEXT SESSION ? In another month a new Session of the present Parliament will commence its sittings ; whether these will be as protracted and as Hseless as tbose of last year remains to be seen . As yet no indication whatever has been given as tothe nature of tbe policy with which the Ministry intend to take the field . Judging from their antecedents , it may be doubted whether they have a policy at all , except , indeed , the determination to wait upon Providence , and shape their course according to the emergencies of the hour , may be dignified with that name .
It is quite clear , however , that the standstill and do-nothing mode of procedure adopted by them last year will not suit the nation longer . Even the _shopkeeping classes are getting rid of their panic , and beginning to move in public matters , though , as usual , their movement smells marvellously of the huxtering and penny-saving style of doing business . They seem to be incapable of understanding-the existence of any thing else in tbe world except £ . s . d ., these magic letters bound their political , social , and domestic horizon ; all national change or movement is valuable to them , only in as far as it subserves the great object of their lives—how to get or to save money . In the coming Session
we shall hear plenty on that favourite topic with these classes , and perhaps the Ministry may find they have rather a difficult game to play with them . But all merely financial reforms , which leave the radical errors of our political and industrial arrangements untouched , must he in their very nature mere stop-gaps— -palliatives which are but momentary in their influence and duration . What is really wanted is such a change in the political system as shall g ive the whole people the power of appointing representatives , who , having convictions and sympathies in common with them , will labour to give legislative effect to their wishes , and provide the means of supplying their wants .
One of tbe most prominent and pressing of these wants is tbe want of employment and subsistence , which grows wider and mere stringent every day among all kinds of workmen . Itis true that some " wise" men have discovered that this is because there are too many of us in these islands , and that the cure is to be found in shipping a few hundred thousands , or two or three millions of the " surplus" to ether lands . The " Times" was a great supporter of this doctrine lately , but
some figures showing the extent to which Emigration has gone during the last two years , have rather _^ frightened it into common sense again . It appears that the grand total . of Emigrants from all tbe British ports , during the first eleven months of 1847 , was 244 , 251 , and for the first eleven months of this year 220 , 053 . These are the _numbers who have passed under the official notice of tbe Government Emigration agents at the various ports . In addition to them , there must be reckoned thousands of the better
classes of emigrants , who have not come under the surveillance of these officers . The "Times' ' comes to the conclusion , that "there can be no doubt in these two years more than hal f a million natives of these islands have fled to other shores . ' ' Now , if the Malthusian doctrine was true , this large exportation of ' surplus" humanity ought to be looked upon as a good riddance , and as leaving more ample elbow room and larger rations for those who remain . But the organ of the money owners and the labour buyers has been struck with a new idea on the subject , though a very old one to our
readers . It has found out that these despised and useless surplus labourers were , after all , the source of wealth to this country ; that "the capital , the stock , and the plant of tbis island are continually increasing , and have lately increased more rapidly than ever , and demand hands for their further development . " Itis , therefore , not without alarm that it sees this drain of native industry , and awakens to the perception of the fact , that " the United States gain what we lose . " Theimpossibility of procuring " cheap labour" to carry _ontfhe great works of this country , if the people fly from our shores at , the same rate , looms in the distance , and the _"Jimes" cries " Stop . " selfishness and
Just look at the shameless cupidity of the class * of whose sentiments and _feelings it is the exponent . At one moment , from the dread of being compelled to disgorge a little more than usual of that wealth , which they have filched from the labouring classes , in the shape of poor rates , they cry out hastily for wholesale emigration . At the » ext , finding that this is likely to raise the cost of carrying out our great works , by _raisiBg the price of labour , they cry " Stop at home . ' ln both cases they care not one doit for the operative classes , save as mere machines , by whose labour they can become wealthy , to be thrown aside or treated as so much lumber when no longer wanted for that purpose , or I * when they cease to serve it . We have seen retributive justice overtake the landlords of Ireland , for the sordid and
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selfish course they have taken . English manufacturers and money grabbers of all kinds had better take warning in , time , and turn their thoug hts to measures that will enable , all classes to live in peace and prosperity in their native land . The impudent falsehood that thia country is overpopulated , has been so thoroughly exposed ,, tbat few now have the hardihood to utter it .. A curious illustration of this fact took place at a recent Emigration meetingi in Warwickshire , at which Lord Lyttleton presided . It was attended by the persons who have fer some months past been engaged in running about the country , and
describing Australia as a perfect paradisewhere a man has little else to do than to eat , diink and be merry , and to grow rich withal . After drawing a g loomy , hut not overcolouf ed picture of the state of affairs at home , Australia was proposed as the remedy—whereupon it was objected to by a Chartist , that this country was not overpopulated , and that Emigration of itself was no remed y for the evils which had been described . Mr Adderley , one of the members for ithe county , who replied , admitted that in the abstract this country was hot overpopulated , but added that that fact might be consistent vrith another , namely ; that there mi ght be too many in one
particular locality , or engaged in one particular calling . For such a temporary surplus , he preferred foreign Emigration to Mr O'Connor ' s plan of Small Farms , though he admitted that plan wae sound in principle , and that if carried ont under proper management and upon _, aright basis , it could not fail to confer ¦ _& great and lasting benefit upon the conntry , Mr Muntz , member for Birmingham , who followed , heartily denounced the falsehood' of overpopulation , and stated his owii belief , that there was ample room in this country for three times its present number of inhabitants , and though no formal vote was come to on the subject , it is clear the Emigration-mongers experienced a decided rebuff .
TV e hail tbe admission of Mr Adderley , as to the soundness and the value of Mr O'Connor ' s plan , as the first of many similar admissions in time to come . The political prejudices of some , the personal hostility of others , and the popular ignorance which prevails on the subject , have hitherto conspired to prevent its merits from being acknowledged , or its ' capabilities fairly tested . In , _thfi course of time these causes of misapprehension will cease to operate on the public mind , and a dispassionate examination take place . If the system will not stand such an examination , the sooner' it is abandoned the better for all parties . abandoned the better tor all parties ..
Among the indications that we are approaching a period when the vitally important questions involved in this matter are likely to be more earnestly andintelligently investigated and discussed than heretofore , we may mention the publication ofa work entitled "A Plea for Peasant Proprietors , with the outline ofa plan for their establishment in Ireland . " The author —Mr W . T . Thornton—is already honourably known in this department of literary exertion , by a former work , entitled " Over ' Population , and its remedy . In that just issued , he has ably drawn together all the facts illustrative of the value , advantages , and practical . working of the Small Farm system , as shown in different
countries . With most of these our readers are already familiar , either through the medium ef the " Labourer" magazine , or ithe editorial columns of this journal . It isa great advantage , however , to have them all . brought together and made such a good use of , as Mr Thornton has done in his very opportune publication . No one can rise f rom its perusal without being thoroughly convinced of the superiority of the Small Farm system , which , in most European countries supports a large rural population in comfort and happiness , and free from pauperism and poor rates , over that which , in this country supplies us with such frequent illustrations of want of employment , crime , and taxation .
One indispensable pre-requisite to any real or permanent improvement of the condition of the people of this country , is to find them . productive , profitable , remunerative labour , and to increase the sum total of real . wealth , and the staple necessaries of life required by the population . Mere trading , or the . transfer of food , clothes , hardware , furniture , & c , from one hand to another , however largely it may show in the trade and navigation returns , does not augment the amount of these articles . They rather lose by each transfer , and it is
quite possible to have very formidable lists of imports and exports , without a nation being much the better for them , as we all know to our sad experience . But this system , which begins at the beginning , and produces more food and raw material on which labour can be afterwards bestowed , must necessarily promote the substantial interests of all classes , and the general interests of the nation . In this important respect . Mr Thornton demonstrates the superiority of the Small Farm over the Large Farm system . He says : —
In the year 1837 the average yield of wheat on the large farms of England was oaly tnentj . one bushels , aod the highest average for _*>¦*/ one cennty was no more than _tt-eniy-six bushel * . The highest average sinoe claimed for the whole of England is thirty bushels ; and , according to a statement resting on the same authority , the produce of the seed is seldom lest than twelve-fold ; bat If drilled , fonrteen-fold , and if dibbled , sliteen or even twenty . _fold . In Jersey , where the average size of _fa-tro . " is oaly -lateen acres , the average produce of wheat per acre was stated by Ioglis , in 1831 , to be thirty-six bushels ; but it is proved by official tables te hare baen 40 boshell in the five years ending With 1833 . 1
In _Qnitnwy , where farms ara still amslle- , four qaarterper cere , according to Inglis , Mi considered a { food , but s ' . ill a very common , crop . ' In Flanders , where the most numerous clots of farms consists of those bet-teen fire en * ten acres , the average yield of wheat is at least thirty bushels ( ' Flemish _Husbandry , ' PP . 8 and 76 ) . Hr _MaccaUoch , Indeed , wltboat quoting hit authority , bbIb it down at no more than 20 } bushels per acre ; bat tbis , though only a tnfla below , tbe average _asorlbei by tbe samo writer to the whole of England , and higher than tbat of one . half of the whole number of English coun . tie- , is evidently loeorreotly stated , and must _ba const _, derab ' y below ihe truth , as Hr Macculloch _like-iiie ssys _.
• hat tbe seed sown _produces mora than twenty . fold . It _sbouli be observed tbat the toll , both of Flendersand ofthe Channel I'lauds , is for the most part of alight sandy cbaiac er , _ili-adapted for the growth of wheat . Of barley , a mare _-aitab ' e crop , tbe quantity In sone parts ef Belgium is sometimes as much as eighty bushel *; per acre , and the average is forty-live ; while in England Ht is only thitty . thrae bushel * . Of potatoes , the _average _proiiuoe in England Is certainly not more than 300 tush . Is , er 32 , 200 lbs . ; and In 3 atey , 35 , e 001 ba . Clover , another most important article of farm produce , ls nowhere found ln ' suoh perfect luxuriance' as ln Flanders , where It exhibits « a vigour and weight of produce
truly surprWiBg , ' more _especially wben it la considered that such _prodigious . crops are raised from 6 lbs . of seed peracre . ' { MiecnUbcb _, Ge-g . Did ., vol . I , p 831 ) ThesB proofs may be thought ' _eufflcleut to establish tee superior productiveness of small farms ; but If others be required they may be found in England Itsel ' , among the smallest of small farmers—the allotment holders of a quarter b ! an acre , who seldom fall tb obtain a profit ol at least f * _sterliDg even , from that morsel or ground . It appears , then , tbat the small occupier , In spite of his
disabilities , real or Imaginary , wonld be able to . got a good deal more fr 0 m his land than il would yield if , It formed a _portion of a large farm . After paying , therefore , rent at the same rate as the large farmer , and after teMr g for his own ase the seme , sum as . would be applied to the maintenance of the _oulihator of an _tojlil portion of a large farm , he would have rimaloiog , not only as * great , but a much greater relative surplus wherewith to ooatinne his cultivation . Aore for acre he woald be able to sptnd in improvements , not only as _n _*» h , _Jsut a goodjdeal more than his rival .
Our space will not permit of further extracts on the present occasion , but the object we had in view was merely to direct attention to this subject , as one of the most important character . . , The investigation by the * Select Committee of the House of Commons last year , of the p lans and accounts of the National Land Company , should , during the ensuing session , be vigorously followed up by appeals to the
Legislature , either to adopt these plans , or any better that can be devised , to provide permanent remunerating employment for the people . That is the question of- questions , and unless it be forced upon the attention of Parliament by the pressure from without , it is quite certain that neither Ministers of State , nor members of the Legislature , will turn to it _voluntarily _.
The Manchester Victims. We'direct The At...
THE MANCHESTER VICTIMS . We direct the attention of'the ' Chartist body to the address of the Executive in another . column , in which is made nn appeal in behalf of John West , George White , James Leach , and their fellow sufferers . We trust that that appeal will be heartily responded to . Our readers are aware , that , the imprisoned patriots are placer ! . . on ' , the footing : of first-class misdemeanants * they are permitted _-to wear , their own clothes , receive books and newspapers , write and ' receive letters , and , we believe , see visitors every day , Sundays excepted . They are not merely allowed , they
are bound , to find their own provisions ; should they fail to do so , and be driven to seek the prison allowance , they would forthwith cease to enjoy the privileges they at present ' possess , and be degraded to the position occupied by the common class of prisoners . Such a result of public apathy would be not more painful to the , men themselves , than it would be disgraceful-to the working classes ; These men are an honour to their order , and for the rig hts of their order they are suffering , . The people must not , will not , be ungrateful to their advocates and defenders .
We presume , that before this time , committees have been formed in Manchester and Liverpool , to provide for the wants of our incarcerated brethren . We ou _# ht to _hiive been placed in a position to have furnished the public with , the addresses of the secretaries of these committees , but , at present ; we are ignorant of _whatsteps have been taken in those towns ' ; ' we , therefore , can only repeat our announcement of . _^ ast week , , that assistance may be forwarded to the care of Mr Farrell , _temperance Hotel * 62 , Richmond Row , Liver * pooh * ••' Anything in the shape of actual assistance cannot be too Boon . forwarded—such . _j as money , po & tage stamps , or provisions of any kind . ' . . _- .. .. ¦' . _' . ¦
. We again' appeal to the readers of this journal , to do their duty to the men who never failed iii the performance of their duty ' whilst battling , for , the cause of the people . : ¦ .. _-. '¦ ¦ ' . _<¦ - _. . .
The Families Of The Victims. "Iknow,"Sai...
THE FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS . "Iknow , " said a certain judge , when _sentenclnga number of Chartist victims- * - * " I know that most of you have those at your homes who will suffer by your conduct . " It fe to be feared that this taunt predicted the truth . '• • ,.. We have received a letter from Leeds , containing some particulars of . the present condition of the wife and children of the imprisoned patriot , George White . We have heard with feelings of indescribable pain , that Mrs White is without house or home of her own , and that George White ' s children are positively wanting food . This is a terrible condition for a wife and mother tobe reduced to ,
We are informed ofa circumstance which possibly admits of _explanation , and which , when explained , may wear a less ungracious appearance than it does at present . It . is reported to us , that on Sunday night last , at the usual public meeting in the Leeds Bazaar , two friends made a collection for Mrs White , and obtained the _suhi of twelve shillings . Our informant adds , that the collectors were not allowed to give this money to the person for whom it was collected , the committee resolving
that the money should be sent to the General Victim Fund . We have always approved of a general fund , and only regret that that fund is so inadequately supplied with the means of distributing efficient aid to all who have claims upon it . But we submit , that cases may arise where assistance is _pressingly needed , and where it is only an act of justice to give aid which may be obtained from any'local source ,, without waiting for a remittance from the general fund .
¦ So far as the facts are before us , we believe such a case to be that of Mrs White , and her children . If we have been misinformed , we shall be happy to correct any error we may have fallen into ; but if the facts have been correctly . stated to us , then we must protest against an act which we conceive to be neither generous nor just . It may be as well to state that Mrs White ' s present address is 7 , Fenton ' _s Court , Saxton Lane , Bank , ' Leeds .
_; , We have hesitated to make this statement . We feel assured that it will pain both the imprisoned victim , and her whose name is so prominently brought forward . But silence might be the cause of even a greater pain . If George White ' s wife , and children are suffering , we should hold ourselves guilty if we did not adopt the only course open to as to obtain , if possible , an amelioration of the sad condition of those who deserve a happier fate .
Let it not be supposed that we desire to single out any particular person with the object of s & eking a monopoly of public favour for that person . Nothing of the sort . We fear that the families of several ef George White ' s comrades are in an equall */ unhappy position . If we do not name them personally , it . is because we desire to spare them the pain of being dragged before the public . A well-supported General Victim Fund sh ' oiild be provided for the fair and impartial relief of all . the families j in , addition to which local assistance should be liberall y and cheerfully given . - ¦ : _¦;¦ _,-. _fi-
Chartist Organisation. We Beg To Remind ...
CHARTIST ORGANISATION . We beg to remind the Chartist body of aa address from the Chartist Executive Committee , which appeared" in tbis journal of December 16 th , calling on the ' friends of Chartism to subscribe
A NEW YEAR'S GIFT to the funds of the Charter Association . If that appeal is properly responded to , the Executive will be enabled to prosecute the agitation with renewed vigour , and establish a _Writable , organisation , of the friends and supporters of the People ' s Charter . ' -Let it be borne in mind that the Executive is an unpaid body . That the members of that ' committee give to , not take from the funds . Besides giving their time , talents , and -labour , they are foremost in contributing to
the general treasury _. It is impossible to impute other than disinterested and patriotic motives to the members of the Executive , in making the appeal they hare done . If the . _members and friends of the Association neglect to answer that appeal , tha leaders will , of course , remain in their present powerless position . If , on the contrary , the appeal is , satisfactorily responded , Tc _; , the Whigs will be soon made to know that . they have prosecuted and persecuted the ad * -socates of the Charter in vain .
_* _NextSaturday ' s money list will determine whether the present disorganisation is to continue ) or whether we are to have an efficiently organised movement for the purpose of achieving the triumph of Equal Rights and Equal Laws . - ' ¦
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fgr We cannot publish any 'forthcoming meetings' _ds _* ., in future , unless paid for at advertise-; ments . We sre compelled to adopt this course , in order to avoid the heavy dnty we have lately paid on such announcements , Tho publication of ' ballots , _raffle , dsc , are illegal . J Sweet acknowledges tha receipt ofthe following sums ( sent herewith ) tor the Detence Fund , vii ' .-- £ s . a . From MrCblpirtdale ... ... 0 0 6 „ The Seven Stars ... ... Oil „ _MrFaterson ... , „ 0 9 4 „ MrThurman ... ... 0 o 3 Tail _YictiK _Piihd . —Jonn _ArnottJicltnowledges the re . . celpt of the Mowing presents , on behalf ofthe _Tiotlm and Defence Fund :-From Mr G . Julian Harney , The Chronicle * ofthe Bastile and the Novels of J . F . Cooper : several Tracts and Pamphlets from other partios ; Ur Dixon , Mysterks of London , Red Rover , by Cooper , and George the Planter , by Dumas ; Miss Dixon . Wttd _Fowers ; Mr F _, _FMUJps , portrait of the Duke of Kent ,
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' framed and glazed ; scene , from Henry IV . ditto , and a _Minialuro Hat ; and _Mi'M'Vee _. aSiU Handkerchief . Mr W _, Woods , Warrington , aid S . P ., Uxbridge .-Your communications are _advertisements , and must be paid for as guch . The _charge is 4 s 6 d each . ThkWidow SHiBBON .-Mr Bobert _Fltfdloyv Aberdeen , on behalf of _MraShirron , acknowledges the receipt of the following sums :-Julian Harney , 5 *} . Thomas Clark , 28 fld , P . M'Grath , 2 s _6 dj W . Dixon , ' 2 S 6 dj 8 . Kydd , ls 6 d . [ This _acknowledgmeat was _forwarded to this office tw _» weeks ago . ] * 3 ** We are sorry to learn that Mrs Shirron has been visited by terrible mf _fortunes since tha untimely death of her husband . Two . of her children have departed this Ufo within the _present month . One died o » tke 8 tU _Init ., anl one on tbe _IfrJo last . ; and both Were buried on tho llth of Dtcember . Mrs Shirron has still one ehlld , which was born on the day her husband died . She returns her grate _, ful thaaks to _thesa friends who have assisted her in the time of her terrible trials . Thomas _Oshisbu , Manchester , acknowledges the receipt of the _ftllewtag _svras : —Congleton , per W . J . Pickford . 13 s ; Eceles _. per Mr Gregory , ss Uilorow , 1 <" 8 .- ( To what _purpes * ia the _mensy to k * applied f-
Ed . N . 8 . ) : ' . ' 3 . Pobtbb , Bisbop-mrmouth _, 4 s . * d . H . HoHi _. Okenshaw . —11 , Queen ' s Terrace , _Bajswater . The _Execdiiti Committee wish to inform the Chartists of those places where Mr Kydd may be engaged _lecturing , that he is empowered to receive contributions to the New Year's Gift for tbe Executive .
Receipts Of Thb National Lans
RECEIPTS OF THB _NATIONAL LANS
COMPANY , FOR THB WEEK ENDING THURSDAY , DECEMBER 28 , 1818 . PER MR _O'COHHOB . f Hill * . * » . d . Trowbridge ,, 0 11 10 Dalston M 17 9 Maidstone » 1 12 6 Birmingham , Brighton , _Gllsa .. 216 8 Skip M lit Market Latin *; - Sunderland * n 18 0 ton .. „ 0 12 0 _HanUy H i t 10 Warrington M 19 7 Telgnmouth M 310 0 Aberdeen .. 1 18 6 _TOgten „ 018 6 Whittington and T EUdmt . n M j 0
Oat ,. , M 4 15 2 W Bannister „ 013 8 New Radford . 19 8 DLock M 110 81 eaford „ 3 J 0 J W .. M 1 e 0 Hull .. M 1 18 0 JHeferroan M 0 10 Nottingham , L Armstrong „ t _> 0 6 Street - 8 7 8 W Williamson H 0 10 Hindle ; , Bowden I 8 4 W Robioion „ 0 10 0 Bath m „ 014 8 J Swalfield „ 0 8 0 Northampton , 3 B Ford M 0 9 0 Harmon » 010 2 _CMowl „ 0 2 0 WiBbeacU . „ 0 17 « ———Lambetb ' . „ " 030 £ 40 8 2
BXPENSB PtJMD . _Trowbrldgo . « 0 1 0 _Wisbe ' ach « 0 2 0 Maidstone .. 0 5 6 Dalston H 0 7 6 Market Laving- Birmingham , ton * 0 1 6 * Ship H 0 i 0 Warrington .. 0 3 0 Hanlejr .. 0 5 6 Aberdeen . _* 0 3 6 Wigton " « 0 8 0 New _Kadford - 0 0 4 } D Peebles „ 0 1 6 Nottingham „ 0 6 3 ¦ Northampton « 0 4 1 £ ? 10 Bj
TOTALS . Land Fund 40 8 2 Expense Fund ... ... ... 2 10 8 £ Bodub 1318 0 Loan Fund 1 13 0 Transfers ... ... ' ... ... 0 7 3
£ 58 17 _ _lj Wj » _. Dixoh , Chbi « topbe » Doth , Thos . Cl'T . k ( Corm . Boo . ) Phiii _** M _' Gjiaih ( Pin . Seo . ) FOR THE EXECUTIVE . . HGXIVID IX ** . BlDim . J Casson , Clif- Sheffield , W ford „ 0 0 6 Holmes m 0 5 1 _JPoolton M 0 0 6
EXECUTIVE NBW YEAR'S GIFT . 1 ECE 1 VSB BI S . KTSP . Leicester , par H BotherMthe , A Barrow ~ 0 2 6 Shoemaker .. 0 0 6 _Southsea , per E Mr Mallard ., 0 0 3 Nobbs - 0 4 0 Mr Frost „ 0 1 9 J Webb •• 0 10 Keighley , a Gen . Newport , M * tleman „ 0 5 0 Williams .. 0 8 0 Leeds Bazaar * 10 0 A friend .. 8 I 8 Rotherham , per Urs Heath .. 0 1 0 Mr Turner .. 6 6 0 William Barret 0 0 6 Pottery Field , Mr Brooker „ 9 5 0
DEFENCE AND VICTIM FUND _BEfCIVED AT I , AND OFriCI . R Shilling .. 0 10 _MWil-on .. 0 1 0 E Proley ,. 0 1 Mr Mallen .. 0 0 3 Halbrook .. 0 8 6 FinBbnry _ 0 7 0 Wr Floyd „ 0 5 6 James Lanes „ 0 9 6 Mr _' Stmms „ OU 0 LM Waters „ 0 0 1 WCM .. 1 0 0 A Shoemaker , B Cooper „ 0 10 Rotherhithe « 0 0 6 6 D , Chelsea .. 0 2 6 Ralph Turner ., 0 5 0 PWB .. 9 1 0
_BEcxirED ar * . ktdd . Carlisle , per Cham , _Leicester , per H ber . ' Warpers 010 0 Barrow _ 0 6 0 _Soathsea , per E Berry Brow , per Noobs „ 0 7 6 MrHeeley „ 9 2 6 FOR WIVES AND FAMILIES OF VICTIMS . _UOUYEB BI W , _BIDSB , Mr Ball , MansBeld .. 0 O a
FOR MRS M'DOUALL . BKCEIVED BT W . BIDEB . Oldham , Three Friends from Gladwick 0 0 6
Defence Fund. Bxciivbs It Wiuiav Awn, £ ...
DEFENCE FUND . BxciivBs it wiuiav awn , £ s . d _. J . _Casson , Clifford ... .. ,,. 0 0 6 Oldham , three friends from Gladniok ... 0 0 9 J . Bramhall , Sheffield ,, 0 0 6 Borrowasb , per B . Bosworth ... ... 0 2 0 Mansfield , H . Gilbert ... 6 10 „ J . Gilbert 0 0 6 ,, 6 , Dickenson ... ... 0 0 6 „ U . Bali 0 0 8
Barnsley , per F . airfield 0 13 2 Waterloo Town , Bethnal Green , per J . Wells 0 10 Nottingham , per J . Sweat ... ... 0 2 2 Sowerby Bridge , per E . Holroyd ... 0 4 2 Birmingham , _People ' s Hall , per W . B . Rudball 0 14 0 „ Johi Mitchelson ... ... 0 13 _,, JoanM'Msin ' 0 10 „ James Gorman _,,. ... 0 10 ,, George Corbey ... ... 0 1 * „ — Richards , 0 10
• Total £ H 4 9 In last week ' s monies for Defence Fund , it should have been Clarke 6 d ,, not Clarke ls ,
National Victim And Defence Fund, Newcas...
NATIONAL VICTIM AND _DEFENCE FUND , Newcastle , per Mr Jude ... ... £ 10 0 Mr Stallviood , for Mr Kydd 1 13 6 Cripplegate , per Mr Miller 0 10 Crown and Anchor , per Mr _Pickersgill ... 0 10 0 Kentish Town , _proceeds of benefit al Assembly House , per Mr Lunn ... ... 13 8 ErneBt Jones looality ... ... ... 0 7 8 Hoxton , per Sumnor ... ... ... 0 8 0 } £ _bTo St J . J . _Mekiihin , Hon . . _Seoretary . Hi , High Holborn , Deo . 28 , 1848 ,
Collision At Sea —-Livkbpool.—On Sunday,...
Collision at Sea — -Livkbpool . —On Sunday , the Marchioness of Bute , from Cardiff , arrived at thiB port . She reports that on the 20 th instant , at nine o ' clock in the morning , the South Stack bearing E . N . E . ten miles , she oame in contact with the eobooner Lady of the Isles , fiom thia port to St Michael ' s . The latter vessel h » t both her masts ; the Marchioness her head , cutwater , jibboom , nnd bowsprit , the foroe of tbe collision also springing her covering-boards and _mainbsam . She took the _sohoofier in tow , and remained by her until the 23 rd , when they parted company . Point Lynai bearing N . E . twenty miles , the wind S . t 7 . Thia left her in a fair way for _ceaohiog the Isle of Man . The ¦ ohopner was tight , and the whole of her orew abided
by her . _Inchsdum FiRE . —LMt week seven Blanks were fired by an incendiary at _Gollyweston , four _Ul'les west of Stamford , on tho farming premises ocoupied by Mr Thomas Close . The efforts of the fire brigade were therefore direoted to prevent the extension of the flames to a large barley stack and a hovelful of wheat a short distance off . Totheir surprise they found a very marked unwillingness to render any aa-• istance on the part of some of the labourers who had assembled . By dint of muoh _persnasien _, however , some of tbe men were induced to foim a line for the conveyance of water to the engine . The value of the stacks destroyed Mr Close estimates at £ l 000 and forthU cum he i » insured in tba Phoenix Fire Office .
Bab Nb WJ W * thi Px _« _.--A . l the brewery ef Mr _Bentlej _. Rotherham _. _anewprooeuiB in operation by whtoh alUha _aaaanoe is extracted from the malt _, leaving _nothtag but bare husks for ' grains . ' The last accounts show the American ( Tailor ) Whigs very merry everywhere without being overbearing . At _Rochester they celebrated their victory by distributing hundredi of mince pica and tt ? _P" " » mo _» B ¦•¦* , _PW . _Thie . they ealled doing up the thing brown . ' The Roman paperi compare the fawnin-- of Kim .
_{ . erdinand on the Pope to tha pious doing ! of Don Miguel and the derations of Louis XI . of France , ff _& ° kept one confessor and two hangmen . The Boston Gaziiib ( U . S . ) . shows how _baxeB gOYern tbe world : The cartridge-box , the ballotoox , tbe jury-box , and the _band-box . ' « A Modest D 18 OLADIBR—An advertising chandler modestly says that ' without intending my'disparage . mmt to tho sun , he may confidently assert that his _eotagonal _spermaceties are tbo best _lights erer WVM ?
Mr Kydd's Tour. To Thb Editor Of The Nor...
MR KYDD'S TOUR . TO THB EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAtt . Sir , —I lectured at Bradford on Tuesday the 19 th . The trials at York were then going on ; ' and great anxiety was manifested as to the probable fate of the Bradford victims . The meeting was held in the Long Pledge Hall , and the numbers present may be estimated from the fact , that the money collected was £ 2 17 s ., the surplus being voted for the defence of the prisoners . The council promised to use thea influence to _re-estabb ' _sb the old Plan of _Organiiation , and , as an earnest of their good intentions , voted 10 s . to the Executive Fund ., Under judicious management , Chartism would flourish in Bradford .
The town is densely populated , and when meetings are held , tbere is an unanimity of resolution , powerful for good or evil , depending solely on its direction to a practical and defined purpose .. A local council , wisely chosen , consisting of the most sober and experienced of the body , would , bypersererance , speedily regenerate the popular movement . The enthusiasm of youth is always to be courted , honoured , and admired . It is the young blood of a state that gives energy to popular reforms ; bnt , in a country like this , the institutions of wbicb are old , and its people unbabituated to sudden changes , youthful enthusiasm sometimes becomes dangerous - it ripens and quickens into _resolution—re-action te
correlative among tbe propertied and _iependaht clause '— . men are afraid—despotism is strengthened —¦ and the magnified fears of the middle classes are the stock » in-trade from which ministers undermine the liberty ; of the subject by Coercion and ' Gagging Bills , ' and their sure successors—political persecutions . Therefore it is that intelli gent and experienced men are most valuable as sub-agents 0 the National Charter Association . We require the energy of youth , directed by the experience of age . The aid soldiers are tbe sappers and miners , who
prepareand direct the attack ; the young constitute the active and reserve forces , who carry the siege and storm the citadel , Both are indispensable for victory . But the sappers and miners must go first . More money bas been collected in Bradford than in any other town of its size . Yet they are in continued trouble and pecuniary difficulty . Let the past be a lamp to light tbe path for the future , and Bradford , once enrolled in tbe Plan of National Organisation , for the objects defined in the rules of the society , and , my word fer it , this town will be found to be a powerful auxiliary .
I next proceeded to Honley , a small manufacturing village , laying between Huddersfield and Holmfirth . The friends here have a hall for their own purposes . The nigbt was bitterly cold . _Notwith * standing , the meeting was well attended . A most respectable and intelligent-looking workman asked the following question : — ' Mr Kydd , seeing we are fc > _surroundii by bigotry and error , do you not think it would be wiser for the friends of progress to form themselves into societies for the organisation of labour ? ' 1 answered , 'Itis the interest of all men to improve their circumstances
industrially , and nothing could be more desirable than that the labourers should be enriched by the full possession of the fruits of their own labour , and a few successful experiments would do much towards the solution of the problem—What can be done for the people ; be it remembered , however , as my friend has said , that we live surrounded by bigotry and error . These obstructions must be removed , and all measures of relief must be looked at in a two-fold light . —What will be their results on the active agents engaged , and acted upon by such measures 1 What will be the general results in their relation to the interests of humanity ? Chartism is not
destructive , but humanising ; political , social , and moral reform are not antagonistic , but joint parts of the same whole . I say , then , to the Communists , cooperators , and moral reformers , ' Go on , and I wish you may prosper . ' Such a _question suggests to your readers some thoughts on the ' spirit of the age , ' and is worth more than the last volume of Hansard , containing the rambling lucubrations of Chisholm Austey , the witticisms and conceits of Disraeli , and embodying in thick boards the crudities , absurdities , and puerilities of Parliament . I _returned by coach and railway to Keighley , and lectured on Thursday evening at Howarth _, a small hamlet among the hills , in the Keighley district . On Friday I lectured in Silsden , in the same district . The meeting was held in the Odd Fellows' Hall , and was well attended .
On Saturday I proceeded to Sutton , through one of the finest valleys in Yorkshire , and found that our Sutton friends had procured tbe use of a chapel at Cross Hills , about half a mile distant . The meeting was crowded to excess , tbe managers and elders of the chapel being present . They opened by singing a hymn . I lectured on 'Labour and Land . ' A most respectable middle-aged gentleman , who is , I am informed , a local preacher , and an elector of the Riding , asked me by what means did I hope that Universal Suffrage could become law ? I replied , kThat as an acknowledgment of truth , singleness of purpose , energy of action , intelligence and organisation of numbers , seemed to me to be the elements of
success , we weuld endeavour to aggregate those from society ; and if we could by persuasion and argument change the thoughts of men , we would one day change institutions , laws , and governments . ' The leader of the band gave out the Hundredth psalm , beginning with the line , ' All people that on earth do dwell ; ' and so ended the labours of tl e Vt ) k . On Sunday I addressed a crowded meeting in the Bazaar , in Leeds , hundreds being unable to obtain admission . At the conclusion , the organisation was begun , and the committee generously voted £ 1
as a new year ' s gift . I proceeded to Rotherham , to a tea party ; the meeting was select , harmonious , and elevating . I thank our Rotkerham frJends for their great support . At Rothenhara there are a few fine fellows , and now , as they have procured a regular place o ( meeting , I augur their success . Mrs Theobald , a lady-lecturer on temperance , addressed the meeting , and made a feeling appeal on behalf of the victims . I this evening lectured in the Town Hall on 'Labour , its position and prospects . ' And as our friends in the Midland Counties , for most
sufficient reasons , desire to postpone my visit for a month , I will return to London , not later than Saturday . Wishing you and all your readers a happy new year , I remain , yours faithfully , Samuel Kydd . Sheffield , December 26 th . P . S—The West Riding election has turned out _ratjBt favourable for tbe interests of democracy . Many of the supporters of Sir Culling C . Eardley have discovered that they have hitherto played s losing game , and openly confess that there is no hope for progress but by a union with the out-andout Radicals . The union between the constitutional , Whigs and the unconstitutional Tories , has completely changed tbe relation of parties . Earl Filzwilliam , whose purse was most advantageous in
bygone times , is na longer to be depended on . A cheque for a few thousands cannot now be had at will , if the Chartist electors stand alopf , the Wbigs and Tories , who ate united to defend the 'Church and Constitution . ' are in the majority . Our policy is obvious . Let the Chartist electors in each district form themselves into local committees—correspond with » 11 the _distr-cls in the Riding—fix on the man who is to be their representative , the disappointed and thinking parties of the Liberal interest will support them in preference to either the Whigs or Tories . . No compromise will be necessary , as tho balance of power will be in their hands , and the _non-electors will give to them a most decided support . One thing is plain , so important a constituency must not again be sacrificed to satisfy the ambition of a misjudging arid crotchetv faction .
The Chartists , throughout Yorkshire , will , I hope , , continue to correspond with the Executive . The s Wakefield nomination has raised them in popular 1 esteem , and , in the future , we must never lose an 1 inch of ground once gained . The _suueess of our r present attempt at _re-organisation rests merely with 1 the local leaders . If they do their duty , and , I I doubt not but they will , success is certain . Ours ia » not a _struggle of party or faction , it is the cause of f human right and progression , and progress it must . S . K .
Thi Confciitukkct 09 Enei,And.—On Monday...
Thi _CoNfciiTUKKCT 09 _Enei , AND . —On Monday y next ( January the lst ) the new aot passed in tha 10 last session ( llth and 12 th Viotoria , chap . 90 ) , to to regulate tha time of payment of rates and taxes by > y Parliamentary eleotors , will take effect . It is pre- 3-vided that after the lst day of January , 1849 , no 10 peraon shall be required , in order ts entitle him to to hare his name inserted in any list of voters for _bbv ay eity , town , or borough in England , to bar * paid id any poor rates or assessed taxes , except suoh aa shall ill bare become payable for him previously to the 5 th tb , day of January in the aame year , and that no per- arson ehall be entitled to be on such list of voters on * in * lota tba poor rates and assessed taxes payable from > m him previously to the 6 th d * y oi January shall ba ba 1 paid an or before the 20 th of July following . M . Oabbx . —We are informed tbat M . Cabet left eft I Liverpool for America , on Saturday , Dec . _I 6 th , in in 1 tbe Europa steamer , for tho purpose of superintend- ad-. m personally the Communistic operations in North rt _& i Texas ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 30, 1848, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_30121848/page/4/
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