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THOBLaS COOPER. THE CHARTIST'S WORKS.
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THE JNOKTHKKiN STAR SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7,1846.
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Thoblas Cooper. The Chartist's Works.
THOBLaS COOPER . _THE CHARTIST'S WORKS .
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THE PURGATORY OF SUICIDES . A Prison Rhvme . In Ten Books . ( One * VoL , 7 a . 6 d . ) * The most wonderful effort of intellectual power _proelaced within the last century . "—The Britannia . " Here we hare a genuine poem springing ont of the spirit of the times , and indeed out of the heart , and exerience of one who has wrestled with and suffered in it . It is no other than a poem in ten books , by a Chartist , and who boldly sets his name and bis profession of Chartism on the title-page . It is plain that he glories in his political faith more than in his poetry ; nay , his verse ie bnt the vehicle of that faith . Yet , nevertheless , itis a vigorous and most efficient vehicle . We must cordially
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Also , just published , THE BARON'S YULE FEAST . A Christmas _Rhyrse . In Four Cantos . ( One Vol ., _is . l "There is a rough , earnestness , both in its thoughts and verse , which is strictly in accordance with the genius ef our ballad minstrelsy . If it does not show , in point of abih ' ty , an advance on the author ' s previous productions , it yet shows that he caa change tus hand without loss of power . "—The Britannia . "Mr . Cooper appears to much greater advantage in this seasonable poem than he did in his more ambitions attempt of " The Purgatory of Suicides . " « ' The Baron ' s Yule Feast" has a genial spirit , various subjects , and a popular animated style . The poem is the best of Mr . ( Teener ' s productions . ''—Spectator .
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DIXON'S TEMPERANCE HOTEL , / No . 93 , GREAT ANCOATS-STREET , MANCHESTER , ( Next door to the Cotton Tret Inn ) . WD . begs respectfully to inform his numerous friends and the pubiie that he has opened the above Establishment , where he hopes , by strict attention to the comfort of those who may favour him with their commands , combined with the reasonableness of . his charges , to merit a share of public support . ' Parties from the country , visiting Manchester on business or pleasure , will find this Establishment very convenient , owing to its central situation and proximity to the various Railway Stations .
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COALS . PROVIDE FOR WINTER . PROVIDENT FAMILIES , subscribing ls . per week te the Metropolitan Coal Company ' s Shilling Club , can obtain four half tons annually , without further charge , fines , & c . The Company ' s price current is , Best Screened Walls end , 25 s . per full ton Seconds , 21 s ., 22 s ., and 23 s . ; Coke 17 s . 6 d . Office , 270 , High Holborn .
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THE REV . T . WILSON'S CATECHISMS . _Jitst Published , Price 9 d . rpHE CATECHISM OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR Also , New Editions of thefeUowitig Catechisms , by tlie Rev . T . IFifcon , Price Sd . each . First Lessons in Natural _Philosophy Second Lessons in Natural Philosophy Third Lessons in Natural Philosophy First Catechism of Common Things Second Catechism of Common Things Third Catechism of Common Things Catechism of Bible History Catechism of English History The First Catechism of Geography The Catechism of Music . LONDON : DARTON AND CLARK , HOLBORN HILL
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FOURTH EDITION
The Ministerial Measures-Meeting Of The ...
THE MINISTERIAL MEASURES-MEETING OF THE WHIG AND LEAGUERS . THIS DAY . [ From the Sun . ] A rery numerously attended meeting of Liberal Members was held this forenoon at Lord John Russell ' s house , in _Cheshani-rilacc , to consider the course to be taken in thc approaching discussion on Sir Robert Peel ' s proposals . We understand that Lord John Russell addressed the meeting , pointing out the danger to tho measure that might arise from an amendment in committee for immediate repeal of the Corn Laws , which might bo supported by the Protectionists for the purpose of throwing a difficulty in Sir Robert ' s Peel ' s way , and , being carried by a majority combined of free traders and Protectionists , might cause Sir R . Peel to throw up the measure . We are told that the most perfect unanimity prevailed as to the necessity of tho Liberal party doing everything in their power to pass that part of
Sir R . Peel's measure , which concerns corn as quickly as possible , and in thinking that , though immediate free trade in corn _would be preferable to its fulfilment in February , 1849 , still it would tot b 8 right , under present circumstances , to risk the _slightestdelay in passing Sir Robert Peel ' s measure by an amendment for immediate repeal . The members began to assemble at 12 , and the meeting broke up shortly before 1 . Among those who attended were Lord Palmerston , Sir George Grey , Mr . Labouchere , Mr . Macaulay , Mr . F . T . Baring , Mr . O'Connell , Sir William Molesworth , Mr . Bernal , Lord Marcus Hill , Mr . Milner Gibson , Mr . Strutt , Mr . Thornely , Sir Georg » Strickland , Mr . Pattison , Mr . J . 0 _Conaell , Mr . Leader , the Earl of Shelburne , Sir Thomas Wilde , Mr . Tufnell , the O'Connor Don , Lord Harry Vane , Mr . Hayter , General Morrison , fee ., < fcc ,
Lemajj Blanchaud And Douglas Jerrold Had...
Lemajj _Blanchaud and Douglas Jerrold had serious thoughts of joining Lord Byron in Greece ; they were to become warriors , and assist the poet in the liberation of the classic land . Many a nightly wandering found them discussing their project ? In the midst of one of these discussions they wero caught in a shower of rain , and sought shelter under a gateway . The rain continued ; when their patience becoming exhausted , _Blanchard _, buttoning up his coat , exclaimed , " Come on , Jerrold ; what use shall we be to thc Greeks if we stand up for a shower of rain V So they walked home , and were heroic-ally wet through . —Sir £ . L . Bulv . o ' s Life of Bhmcho . nl
The Jnokthkkin Star Saturday, February 7,1846.
THE _JNOKTHKKiN STAR SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 7 , 1846 .
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NO VOTE ! NO MUSKET !! A _? ter the constrained admission of the Home Secretary and Minister at War , as to tho fact that a new Militia Bill was in course of preparation by the latter functionary , thera can no longer remain a doubt upon the mind of the most incredulous , that _tuevuilitiaisnotonly to be " embodied , " or called out for "training , " but tbat it is to be embodied for " actual service . " Who , that understands thc chicane , the _-jugglery , and mystery of diplomacy , could hare anticipated any more direct or satisfactory answer than that given by the Minister at War ? His language amounts to this , and no more— "Oh ! it is true that her Majesty ' s Ministers hare been
thinking about the thing , and talking about the thing ; but , then , they do not wish to disclose their cogitations , lest it might serve to apprise the Americans of our intentions , and , therefore , WE , tho paternal Ministers , would recommend to the people , for THEIR OWN SAKES , to abstain from any precautionary measures until we shall be prepared with OURS , READY CUT AND DRIED , and when it will be TOO LATE to marshal the peaceful mind of the country against the WARLIKE NECESSITIES OF THE MINISTER . " Why talk of the Militia Actatall , if there werenot some strong apprehensions of war ? and why order 42 , 000 SUITS OF REGIMENTALS , if _thftftreg'i & e . _TOn'sluaionwas not entertained tbat war was inevitable ?
Children are frightened by hobgoblins , and birds by scarecrows , but we much doubt that a similar effect would be produced upon the back woodsmen of America , by seeing the forty-two thouBand suits of English regimentals stuffed with straw , and propped like Bryan Boroihme ' s soldiers at the battle of Clontarf . Again we repeat that over security has ever been the curse of the popular party , and the annals ot Parliamentary usage should long since have
convinced the working classes that a government , in whose election they have no voice , stands in precisely the same relation'to them that the cat does to the mouse—stealthy , quiet , noiseless , and watchful , until the pounce can be securely made , and the prey securely clutched . This melancholy indifference may , in many instances ,, hare arisen from tbe fact of parties , otherwise hostile to gorernment , having , uerertheless , an equal interest in withholding from the people a knowledge of their own power .
In the present instance , howerer , we are relieved from this double infliction—we are protected against the double shot from this double-barrelled gun , inasmuch aa a highly respectable aud influential party , whose aspirations are of a nobler nature than that of subserring the purposes of a gorernment , who , in return , will countenance thera in the hoarding up of gain upon the wildest speculations . We have a party , strong in intelligence , powerful in wealth , and
influential in character , who hare tendered thoir services as moral force officers , to fight the moral battle against physical oppression . Wc do not expect the leaders from the ranks of thc Protectionists , nor yet of the Leaguers , to aid us in this triumph ofknowledge over brute force , but we do rely upon the cooperation , upon the hearty cooperation of such men as Joseph Stubob , and the members of the Peace Preservation Society , to aid us in our assault upon old and worn-out barbarism .
The report of the anti-militia meetings held at Manchester and Leicester , > nd which we publish , will he read with , move than , ordinary satisfaction by the people , while we feel no little vanity in the perfect coincidence of opinion that exists between ourselves and Mr . Sturge upon the subject . Mr . _Stubge thinks , with us , that the wretch who becomes a -wholesale man-catcher , by the sanction of militia clubs , is more criminal than the hired volunteer , a portion of whose business it becomes to perform the service of recruiting , as part of his duty ; a duty of which he was perfectly aware at the period
of his enlistment . He further agrees with us that tbe only legitimate applications to be made of funds in such a case , is for the protection and support of the families of those who shall suffer for their passive resistance to tyranny . We have receired twenty pages of brutal and rulgar abuse from a wholesale recruiting sergeant , with whose trade , it appears , our article of last week has considerably interfered . This gentleman has our full permission to be secretary to a benefit society , —to have abandoned the
Chartist ranks for more profitable employment , —to be the secretary of racing clubs , and also to be crimp sergeant for the government , provided that his prey be selected from creatures as worthless as himself ; while he may rest assured that his brutal language and vulgar abuse shall not deter us from " putting hay upon his horns , " as a warning to those who , if not thus marked , he may yet lire upon the fears of substitutes , whom he had prostituted to the inglorious support of an inglorious cause .
By reference to our columns it will bo seen that a National Anti-Militia Society has been established , upon the principles laid down by Mr . Storoe , and we inritc all , without distinction , to a perusal of the rules by which the objects of the society are to bo practically carried out . Thc redemption money is low , and is nevertheless fixed by , and based upon , minute calculation ; a face which proves the interest , the enormous interest , that the officers of militia clubs must derive from THEIR HONOURABLE
SERVICES ; and therefore we are not astonished that our peaceful bombshell of last week should hare caused terror and dismay in the ranks of our slavemakers . "We know of no more powerful lesson that true philosophy could read to bloated and confiding ignorance , than that of the nation uniting as one man to pay exemption money , rather than serve in the ranks of tyranny . In thU struggle we shall not bo left mentally or fiscally alone ; we shall be aided by the heads , the hearts , and the pockets of all good men .
The fact of the Peace Preservation Society having united with us in this holy struggle , aud thc fact oi ' Mr . Sturge being extensively known and universally beloved upon the Continent of America , establishes a fair hope that our labour in behalf of peace , and in the propagation of democratic principles , may recommend the Chartist party aa a valuable auxiliary to thc New World , in its strugglo for the overthrow of old abuses . We hare already pointed out the difference between a volunteer and a " crimp ; " between the matt who voluntarily tenders his service as a human-bntcher , and
him whose _porerty makes him a prey to a barbarous practice . The one man contracts to be flogged , contracts to be shot , contracts , as far as he is concerned , to merge the ciril code into martial law ; when he volunteers as a soldier he voluntarily relinquishes the slight protection that ciril law accords to him ; when he roluntecrs as a soldier , he abandons all the social usages of society , and hands himself orer , bound neck and heels as a bondsman , to such tyranny as expediency shall invent , to such cruelty as the
necessity of the times may justify . As a human being he is degraded , as a politician he is gagged , as a reflective being he may live upon the sorrow of his thoughts , or cheer himself upon their assumed buoyancy , but he has relinquished the name of man , If he is noisy he is not merry , bnt " he does beguile the thing he is by seeming otherwise . " Of the worst that can befall him , he has been a willing purchaser , with full notice of the conditions under which he exchanged partial freedom for everlasting slavery .
Upon the other hand , the _htnprotected slave , who is " crimped" by the snares and the wiles of one outlawed from society , but pampered by tyranny and licked into a fashionable appearance by the dastardly fashion of thc age—the poor simple soul who is torn from his aged sire ' s side , or his crippled mother ' s arm . ; who is snatched , perhaps , from an infant family , whose prop , whose solace , and protector he has been , _nevertheless , dragged from the cottage nook , which , without him , is a dull vacuum to the longing tearful eye that settles upon tho loved spot , but misses the loved but _siinpltf ornament . Ah ! . let kings and princes ,
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peers and potentates , lordlings , squires , and pampered merchants—lei the great , and therefore the heartless , think and talk as they please , but they never have—they never can—lore , honour , or reBpect their flighty , frisky ; offspring as the humble cottager lores his simple , though unadorned and ignorant child . Wo do not love them as well : we hate them for their tyranny , we despise them for their _heartlessness ; and yet such a creature as we hare described-AN UNWILLING V OLUNTKER-a purchaser without notice—a non-subscriber to the conditions on which he is forced into the ranks of blood , —this creature is bound by _theaame penalties , and amenable to the same laws , as bim who embraces the profession from choice .
Many young mechanics have applied to us to know if there is danger to be apprehended from the publication of our several articles headed
NO VOTE , NO MUSKET . ! in pamphlet form ? The question is the highest compliment that could be paid to our daring , for if THERE IS DANGER we hare been the first TO BRAVE IT , and if tho law considered it treason we would STILL BRAVE IT ; for if it ia treason to protect the honest simple , against the snares ofthe knavish—if it is treason to war with right against might ; if it is treason to prefer the oppressed to the oppressor ; if it is treason to lore your country and hate its tyrants _; if it is treason to prefer balmy peace
to . bloody war ; or if it is treason to present the roice of knowledge to the cannon ' s roar , then do we glory in being a traitor ; while we would caution tyrants in time , and tell them , that although " erery bullet has its billet , " yet they can neither stab thought , fence with opinion , nor _ahoofc down principle . These are our peaceful arms ; weapons whioh , if properly used by the DRILLED MIND OF FREEMEN , will eventually achieve the triumph of justico over injustice , of knowledge orer bigotry and intolerance , of liberty orer oppression and misrule . NO VOTE ! NO MUSKET !!
Labour And Capital. The Ten Hours' Bill....
LABOUR AND CAPITAL . THE TEN HOURS' BILL . The too long deferred concessions to legitimate and modest demand not _unfrequently change argument into remonstrance , remonstrance into threat , and threat into revolution . It was so with Franco fiftyfour years since , and so with America serenty-four _yearsaince . _Thepeopleofthosecountriesrespectirely and respectfully set about the # ' correction : of abuse in the modest language of tame remonstrance , wliich neglect , insolence , and disregard ripened into defiance and revolution , The refusal to apply the
pruning-knife to the branches of corruption led to the uprooting of the old _borough-mongering system We were deaf to the appeals of tho West Indian slave , until bis voice for emancipation was too loud longer to be resisted . Ireland asked for justice , prayed for justice , begged for justice , and crawled for justice it was refused , and now she demands self-government as the only possible mode of achieving it . Thus we find , that it is dangerous to resist legitimate demands when those who make them would be satisfied with prudent concession .
Tho operatives of this country hare , since the introduction ofthatpowerfulcompetitor , Machinery , eviHced a tameness under unmerited suffering , which nothing but the most stringent laws could force them to endure . The most fortunate portion of the labour ing class receired enormous wages for attendance on the monster during its infancy , and laughed scorn - fully at the opposition of tlwse who were the first sufferers from its influence . Nearly the whole race of England ' s pride , the old hand-loom wearers , were not only starved but outlawed , by this new competitor , nnd the power that it conferred upon its owners .
The time has arrived , however , when the monster has become too strong even for those whose labour is yet required to work it , until at length all now , without exception , stand aghast at the ascendancy it has assumed , and to correct which they have joined in the modest request for some diminution in its hours of working . They have commenced with ten hours , which , by contrast with the heretofore almost incessant labour , at first strikee _] them as a boon worth contending for ; but ere long , as resistance grows haughty , knowledge becomes powerful , and calculation irresistible , the man who proposes a Ten Hours Bill will be looked upon as a tyrant .
We do not mean to infer that the immediate concession of this paltry boon would be instantly followed by a demand for further remission , but we do assert that the longer withholding it will hasten the demand for something more . We have now had a better opportunity of criticising the whole measures of Sir R . Pebl , and while we heartily applaud them as a means to an end , wo assert , without thc fear of contradiction , that unless followed by an immediate and statesmanlike calculation , in which tbe wants
of labour and power of _maemnery shall be fairly measured and equally balanced , that they will pro . duoe evil instead of good . The labouring classes at this or of any other country havo never receired from their rulers more justiee than they had of themselves the power to extort ; and if this rule has held good in countries where the distance between the rulers and the ruled has not been marked by that strong line of demarcation whieh separates employers from employed in England , it must be felt there with increased sererity and weight .
The working class knowledge of this country has , since the period that the power of machinery became dangerous to their order , been mainly directed to the question of restriction ; and that knowledge , heretofore _sectionalised , is now being embodied into an irresistible national will to achieve , by law , what it could not accomplish by Trades' Unions or strike .-The opponents ofthe Ten Hours' Bill may presume a false security from the desertion of Lord _Ashlbt ;
while our conviction is , that it will but nerve the disappointed for the struggle , and encourage them to further action . We can sympathise with those from whose toil the immense amount was wrung , when they speak with becoming horror of the fact of leviathan capitalists amassing millions of money , while those from whose sweat it is extracted are consigned to premature old age , or a lingering existence in a Poor Law bastile . Our voice has been raised when labour ' s ear was deaf ; we have endeavoured to
incite the _peoplo , not to revolution , but to thought and self-respect . We have shown that all laws whicli hare not necessary restriction and equitable distribution for their object , will fail to achieve for thc working classes a singlo partiole of benefit ; and so tiresome and multifarious are the grievances with which the labouring classes have now to contend , that we are constrained to approve of a commercialpolh _*^ in the mere hope that out of chaos order may spring . It would be impossible to balance the good and the bad likely to result from Sir Robert _Phel's astounding measures , or to treat them otherwise than as a means to an end . We can sympathise with the broad-silk wearers , whoso trade is threatened ; we can sympathise with tho paper-stainers , whose
interests are offered as a sacrifice , not te national necessity , but to mere aristocratic caprice . Indeed we know of no two branches of trade upon whieh tho Minister has made a more dangerous assault ; while we _cacnot discover one single advantage which the working classes will derive from the proposed alterations in those two departments . Nor can we see why the labour of a paper-stainer should be sacrificed to the amount of _five-sixths , while the landlordsarenotcalledupontosacrificemore than six and eight pence in tho pound , or one-third . But , yes —we can see it ; it is easily demonstrated—the landlords are represented , and therefore their opposition is dangerous ; while the paper-stainers and silkweavevs ave unrepresented , and therefore become an
easy prey . We shall recur , for argument sake , to tho admission of Sir James Graham , that ono in every ten of the labouring classes was receiving parish relief . Let us suppose that there are three millions capriciously employed in manufactures , and that 500 , 000 , or a sixth of the whole , ate now but partially employed , and sometimes wholly idle , while tho prescribed
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period of labour is twelve hours a-day . If , upon the other hand , the working time was reduced to ten hours a-day , inasmuch aBten is to twelve what five hundred thousand is to three millions , it naturally follows that the whole three millions now capriciously employed would be then wholly employed . Neither do we attach more importance to this question as one of restriction , than aa one of increased recreation and thought . Let those w ho are not over-slaved and benumbed by labour , have two hours to devote to reflection , and the fair presumption is , that that reflection will run in the current of progression .
The English people , inured to toil , would not be likely to degenerate into idle licentiousness ; although we may not tolerate or justify intemperance , we can make the distinction between the man who rushes , maddened with toil and addled with noise , from the rattle-box to the gin palace , and him who knows that he has two hours spared from slave labour , which may be applied to better and more creditable pursuits . As , therefore , it would be impossible for the wisest or _mostfar-seeing Prime Minister to embody all the national grievances into one category , and abolish them by one enactment , we invito the silk-weavers , the paper-stainers , and all other trades whose in terests are threatened by Sir Robbrt Pjsbl's measures , to join , one and all , in tho loud shout ol restriction , and a Ten Hours' Bill .
What is threatening to the unjust influence ofthe protected masters , must be protective of the poor rights of their slaves ; and there is no measure more threatening to their monopoly than a diminution in the hours of labour . We aver that if the option waa given them to-morrow of unconditional and immediate Repeal of the Corn Laws with a Tea flours ' Bill , tbat they would reject it as an unjust interference with their existing rights and interests . It sounds charitable and philanthropic to sympathise
with tbe agricultural labourer , but let them look at home . In some of the manufacturing districts they will find that twenty-eight years is the mean of life _^ while , in the more healthful employment of agriculture , it is fifty-two . Their slaves commence a "BLOOD RUN" through life , like the young and pampered race-horse , and , while they are yet young in years , they become crippled in limb , stunted in farm , numbed in intellect , and prematurely old , before they have arrived at the natural stage of manhood .
The agricultural labourer is younger , happier , more cheerful and healthy at the age of seventy than the constantly employed operative is at the age of twentyfive ; his young blood is sapped out of his reins—he WAS born a slave , bred a slave , lives a slave , and dies a slave . Not a _ulajre to the Minister , not a slave to the law , not a _slavo to system , nor yet to his master , but a slave to the accursed disunion , to the blighting jealousies of his own order . It is a fact , that a people will have the precise form of government that they are entitled to ; and the very existence ofa government , especially in a country where speech is
free , is the strongest proof of the popularity and acceptation of that government , because at any given moment the most rank and cherished abuses are ready to surrender without a struggle to the united voice of a united people . We will prove that the English people do not want liberty , do not deserve liberty . We speak of them as a body . If liberty was their aim , the people of London alone could achieve it in ten short days ; could achieve it without the slightest infraction of the peace ; but they are not prepared for it , They would rather read murders , rapes , and
police news , than study those questions , a knowledge of which is indispensable to their prosperity . To reform a government , a people must first reform themselres . We now inrite them to a wholesome commencement . The struggle between the landlords and cotton-lords is at band ; each will gladly take advantage of the necessities of thc other ; and as no question is more threatening to the haughty capitalist than that of diminishing the hours of slave labour , and as no measure would be better calculated to relieve landlords , shopkeepers , and housekeepers from the heavy burthen of poor-rates , let the TEN HOURS " SHELL " burst like magic amongst them , and let the people _llrail the explosion
with an incessant echo from without . Now is the time—the very time—the exact time—to force this measure in all its bearings upon the consideration of Parliament ; for let the people rest assured that out of the strife of contending factions alone can they expect deference to their will . When the battle is orer , the national struggle will commence , and let us be prepared with two hours' breathing time after the day ' s toil to take counsel for future operations . Nothing can be more unnatural than prescribing equal length of labour to the sickly and robust—to tbe weak and tbe strong ; and we pant for the timo when fathers , mothers , and thoir children shall eat , drink , sleep , work , and play according to their respective age , strength , ability , and inclination .
Stop Thief! Stop Thief!! Stop Thief!'.'....
STOP THIEF ! STOP THIEF !! STOP THIEF ! ' . ' . Ix our Summary we hinted at the dodge to which the FASCINATING FINANCISTS would rery likely resort as a means of propping thc OLD HOUSE even , during the debate on his commercial policy . The funds hare since gone up more than three per cent . Peel is using tho railway deposits to raise the gorernment pulse , and the speculators may rest assured that this FRAUDU LENT spec—to call it by the mildest term—will entail future and no rery distant ruin upon thot * sands , while it may gain the rotes of a few money _, mongers for his GREAT MEASURE . All the City sharks require is an unintewuppted swing at their ealling-PLUNDER .
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Explosions In Coal Minbs . — Sir,—In Loo...
Explosions in Coal _Minbs _. — Sir , —In looking over your paper of last week my attention was arrested by an account of another of thow dreadful catastrophes which are of such frequent occurrence , and against which no effectual remedy has as yet been adopted by the coal trade generally , vis ., an "explosion in Wales , " by wli'ch at least thirty-five Uvea were lost . With the pr . f ' _a ' it _adyancea and improving stato of science , explolioug can no longer b » looked upon by a _discerning public as mere accident or misfortune , over which thfre can be no controul , but solely attributable to a
bad system of ventilation . Notwithstanding that the frequency of these occurrences has awakened in . the public mind a sympathising feeling , and solicitous inquiry into this system of inhuman butchery—where men ' s lives are estiraatedat the price of pounds , shillings , and pence—such inquiry has been mocked and insulted . This state of things ought no longer to exist . An improved system of ventilation has been matured in the scientific world , and if generally adopted would , I am persuaded , prevent these evils . This improved system has received the sanction of some of the most eminent
men of the day , yet such arc the prejudices of a very formidable party in tho coal trade , that any alteration having tbe sanction of science , and not originating in that body , is rejected by them , and unfortunatel y no legislative enactment enforces it . To my fellowcountrymen I would say , can jou longer think on the amount of suffering to which your brethren are subjected , and not feel as much burning sympathy as will stimulate you to petition the Legislature to pass some definite mi iinmcdiato enactments for the better pro . tection of the lives and limbs of the miners « Be up and doing , then 1 Let your petitions be got up _andsent to every part of the coal districts . Solicit the cooperation and assistanceof every protective _andfrienily society , and political and reli gious institution of every rank and name . The signal is given— " England ex _pects every man to do his duty . " Rest not satisfied until you are sensible you have done all that you can do , and , trusting to the justice of your cause , I doubt not your success . —A Mines .
Georqs Webber . —The song is inadmissible . T . U . Smart . —Your sensible letter is so well written that we are loth to " burke" it , but we forbear to publish it in mercy to the person alluded to . Besides , it is not necessary to throw water on a drowned rat . PolilND . —Will Edward Decker _asvj if the " Song for the _Toles" is his own production ? Thk Leao . de ano Peel . —It has bsen suggested that the Com Law League , having no further use for their enormous fund , should expend it in building a momiment to Peel as high as the length ofthe Wonderful Crocodile" with Peel and Cobden embracing each otherat its summit . —J . _\{ . _ Barnsley . ToDiioKt . EN . -A portion of tha letter will be riven next iveelv _. 1 ) . Morgan , MERTii TB—The notice of the suicide was received , but we had no room for its insertion ,
Explosions In Coal Minbs . — Sir,—In Loo...
_Yeterah Patriots' a » d Exius' Widows' i _* s DCHiu > a _* f . n _' i Funds . —I beg to acknowledge the receipt of 2 s . Cd . for the Widows' and Children ' s Fund , _onty _, from iSr . Burley , of _Manthester , per Mr . Boger O'Connor ; _« lg 0 of Hs . 8 d . from Mr . Brook of Little _Herton ; of 10 s . from Mr . _Lawner of Tonbridge Wells ; and of ill from the Chartists of Carpenters' Hall , Manchester ( per Mr . Smith ) , for the two funds . I beg to thank Mr . B _irii Pott , of Birmingham , for his communication relatWe to the necessitous circumstances of Mrs . Roberts , and to assure him that hor case shall be laid before the conu mittee at Us next meeting . Mr . Railton , of Man . cheater , and other friends , shall also have the requisite circulars and collecting books very soon : my _owsi want of health , with other domestic afflictions , together
with anxiety to discharge my duty , publicly , to the cause ofthe Exiles , bereaves me of ability to attend to every request for books and circulars as promptly as I couW wish—Thomas Cooper , secretary , 134 , Blackfriar ' _s-road . William Hameb . —We would recommend him to consult Mr . W . P . Roberts , 8 , _Princsss-street , Manchester , The master had no right tt stop the rent out of wages , it is against the provisions ofthe Truck Act . Joseph Woodruff , Mancbbsteb . —Certainly , the loss of two fingers renders him useless to tyrants in tha musket department . Mr . J . Arthur , Carlism . — If his London publisher would call at the Star office , he might procure both the works he mentions _.
Mr . Sweet , SoTrwottAx , would oblige if he would not amalgamate the sums of money he forwards for different purposes . Let the _Pest-orHce orders for tha Star be distinct from the other , as it will save us much trouble , ire having little time to spare . James _Finlrv , Crook Hall , _Sbotlet Bmdov—About twelve shillings of furze seed will sow the acre ; and the present is as good a time as the sied could be put in _. The Militia . — The _easyanswer to scores of letters , some of them consisting of three pages , and the only answer that we can give till we _sae the Act , is—join the Anti . Militia Association . Thomas Mills . —His poetry is very long , we really hare not had time this week to look at it ; moreover , the im . _mense press upon our columns just now makes us very eharr oi our space .
Mb . O'Coshob and Public _MntiNos . —We cannot sum . cienfly censure the practice of putting Mr . O'Connor ' s name in bills announcing public meetings without bis consent . There is one now ly ing before us of a meet _, ing being held this ( Thursday ) evening , at nine o ' clock , while Mr . O'Connor has yet some hours * labour to per . form . William Hamer , Oldham . —Aforty shilling freehold can be carved out of any greater amount of freehold ; while we beg to d « cline answering the other question . Ceosoj Caviie . —Mr . O'Connor ' s new work on "Small Farms" is not yet out , and for the very best reasonthat Mr . O'Connor has _aot time to write it . The work that is out , and sold by Mr . Hey wood , and all _bookssllers , is complete in itself , and Mr . O'Connor ' s new work will render the possession of that more necessary , as it will be a mere appendix to it , and not bound up with it .
R . Lewto . v , Croxtoh . —The same answer as above . j . h . M . —We r . aiiy must refer the squabble to tha patronage of the Manx journalist , to which , no doubt , it will be a god-send ; but our friends must know that the Star has already been made too often the vehicle of personal abuse ; but it shall never be so again . H _. Richardsoh . —When the new Militia Act makes its appearance , we will publish its leading features at length ; but again we must observe , that two Stars would not suffice for the amswers to _applieations upon this questioa .
Merct ., —Mr . O'Connor has to request , in mercy , that all parties will abstain from calling upon him on Tuesday , Wednesday , Thursday , or early on Friday , as he really finds it impossible to pull up the time lost in conversation , while he has a great disclination to refuse any man an interview- ' , in luture , however , he must make it a rule . It is also requested that correspondents seeking replies will state their case at once , without giving us the trouble in many instances of wading thr / _mgh fous pages ol local new * to get at a simple question . W . Tailor , Greenaere ' s Moor , should- hare seen the folly of putting such a _qnestion to us . We will gratify him , _howsver _, by the assurance that , for soma time past the iStar has increased ai a rate of from
200 to 300 ' _o-toeefe , and some weeks more ; while we receive numerous communications from all parts of thc country , expressing unmixed delight at the ma . nagement of the paper . Perhaps he will be satisfied with a few of the many instances : —Messrs . Paton and Love , Glasgow , have increased their order within five weeks , from 91 to 100 ; Mr . Sweet , of Nottingham , from , we think , 70 to 93 ; Mr . Guest , Birmingham , to a greater extent ; Mr . Heywood , Manchester , more than all put together ; while one of our London agents last week rose nearly 70 . We have so far gratified his curiosity , which he assured usj was excessive ; but we trust that such questions will not be put to us ia future . We hope soon to be apologising for inability to supply the demand .
Mr . _Colquhouk . —No room this week . Andrew _M'Kekzie , —Thanks for your kind letter ; the subject shall be noticed next week . No room this week . Veritas , Plimouih . —We never did assert that _fheDuka of Richmond had attempted t * bribe us ; we merely gave the communication , without comment , which wa 3 made to Mr . Rider , and every word of which was true , while the Duke of Richmond having _deaied it , we were not only bound to believe his word , but do believe it ; and further , we believe that tbe scamp Crabtret sought an opportunity of making himself serviceable to the Duke of Richmond , and mentioned his name for that
purpose . "Veritas , " will see , however , that it was our bounden duty to stop the flirtation in the outset , otherwise no man knows what a plausible tale an ingenious hireling might have made outof his fertile brain , Greenwich Chartists . —Yes . Brighton . —We cannot insert reports of meetings reseived en Friday morning . The _mestiug appears to have been held on Tuesday , 29 th January ; the report , therefore , ought to have been sent to us several days before Friday , Feb . Gth . Preston . —Thereport ofthe Trades Meeting arrived too late for insertion this week . Shall appear in our next number .
S . _KaowLss , —Buncombe . Our Southwark Frumps , who complain of not being able to get the Star , are informed that Mr . T . Wilkes , of No . 1 , Pearl , row , Blackfriars-road ( facing- the Mag . daWn ) , has it _conttasly on sale . _THrAT * _icii BrMEMT . —We perceive that _< n active Chartist _friaud , William Balls , late of Coppice-row , is about to take a benefit , consisting of a theatrical per . _formaaee and public ball , at the Grecian Saloon , City . road , on Wednesday evening next , February Hth . , We wish him a bumper . We perceive an exeellent ; bill ef fare is provided for the occasion . Tickets to be i obtained at the _. numerous Chartist houses in Finsbury ;;
of Mr . T . M . Wheeler ; and of Mr . Balls , 10 , Pearl- - crescent , _Bagnigge-wells-road . Thomas _Waljole . —We find we have no room for tha j letter at present . Petitiox Sheets . —John Shaw , ef 24 , Gloucester-street , i , Commercial-road East , respectfully informs his friends _s of the Tower Hairnets , and all others friendly to the e immediate liberation of Frost , Williams , / ones , and d Ellis , that he will be happy to supply them with _doubled petition sheets , separately headed in neat _letter . _pressls : Whatever profit arises from thc sale will be given to to the "Veterans' and Widows' aud Children ' s Fund . " .. " Mr . Cleave , 1 , _Skos . _lane , will also supply tbem . Them price , 2 Jd , per double sheet .
Receipts Of The Chartist Co-Operatite S ...
RECEIPTS OF THE CHARTIST _CO-OPERATITE S LAND SOCIETY , SHAKES . KB MR . O _' _COHHOB , Carrington _. perJ . Lcy „ _iii _^ e John Why , Great Glinn , _Leiciutmhiro .. .. s * 2 2 _lahfiix , per C . W . Smith .. .. _| \ * * * Brighton , per J . Giles „ „ , 7 , , Dudley , per W . Rankin " , , { ,, ,, Wigan , p « T . Pje .. . I " \ uV \ Old Bastbrd , Notts , per R . Moore " '¦ _Oldliaro , per W . Hamer .. ,. " " * * \ J Buttcrley _. perG . Yurnohl 1 ? ? 5
Cockcruiouth _, per G . Peat .. " " $ , _J ? J ; Worcester , per M . Griffiths " I _} - \ - Plymouth , per E . Robertson _^ 5 Wakefield , per T . _Lawniw * 8 _* 4 ChCltenham ! per W . !> M £ n . " ' . ' . " { _} jj !! _Todmordeu , per J . Mitchell " i I _ _N ° ttmebam , perJ . Sweet . . ''? I 2 J _Bradtord , per J . _Aldprsm . 16 6 ll John _CorbLvoS pC " Z " _' ? { % I Pershore , per W . Conn .. " J „ n Rochdale , _WE . Mitchen _H " " I ° fl „ Newark , per . .. z 0 0 Leeds , per W . Brook 5 0 0 Rolto . _i _. perE . _Uodgkmson " 7 . 7 . I ° o ° 0 Manchester , per J . Murray „ " , ? S 2 Carlisle , per _Gilberts , ? " " . t J J Pershore , per AV . Conn , Jun . " " Ashton , per E . Ilobson .. " " ., 3 2
SHARES . . PER _OENEBAl SECRETARY , it j £ s . d . £ s _. cs . _t s mVh , " m ° 2 8 Iri--dl < -y ¦• ' 8 * * _^ Mills , Mere , Merthyr , per Morw » Itb .. .. 033 gan .. .. .. 110 10 wS _" _7 " " 3 ° ° Staleybridge " 7 . 50 0 S * _,. ; » 0 2 8 Worsbro ' _Common 0 1 1 _wfi ' ? 0 18 5 Calais , W . _Brad-HebdMtt-Bvulge our _d in n ( omitted ) .. .. 180 Do ., lBramweU ' .: 5 0 0 _^ „ 112 Barnsley ., .. 488 ? mll 0 6 8 Yeovil ,. " III Hanley & Shelton 7 19 10 _Letester 7 . 2 _{ l _^ _p _^ _9 sss _^ r _r \ ! ( S . J ) ., .. 014 _Holueck .. " 116116 _Wylleiui ;; JJ-J _collumpton .. . _' . _' _iM Secretary .. _.. 0 s Norwich .. .. Oil a xeovii 0 3 4
Levi for tue land comierencb . PER MR . O ' CONWOB . Worcester , per M . Griffiths 0 2 J 2 Plymouth , _ycvB , Robertson .. ¦• H J 8 _Nottingham , per J . Sweet 0 2 0 2 PER OENEBAL SECRETARY . Manchester .. .. 1 o 3 Small sums per Barnsky ,. ., 0 3 3 secretary „ ,, 030 3
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 7, 1846, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_07021846/page/4/
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