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THE FORTHCOMING NOTTINGHAM ELECTION. Thb...
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THE NEW EXECUTIVE. We again call the att...
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know any thing about God . " Richard Williams , almost ten years of age—* scholar in a Welch Snndjy schooL / belonging to the Independen s—informs u 3 that he " never heard of Jesus Christ , and does not know the Lord ' s Prayer . We wonder what the Ind ependents of England will say to this . Then there is another child , who knows nothing of tbe _Commandments ; and a girl , aged seventeen , gives us tbi 3 information— "They never have told me any thing of Jesus Christ , nor do I know who he is . " A _ijirl , thirteen years old , does not know whether God made her , and says roundly , "There are no Commandments r" and , to finish this enlightened
specimen of the " religions" tuition imparted in those seminaries of " Scriptural" learning , we have a boy , fifteen years old , who "thinks Jesus Christ made God f and it had taken him twelve months at school to arrive at this conjecture ; while another of tbe same age—aye , who now goes to tbe Sunday school of the Independents— " thinks Jesus Christ was born in Wales , and went to England i" This is a fearful picture of the manner in which the cmldren of the poor are instructed by the saintly hypocrites who are compassing sea and land to make proselytes , and who denounce the imparting of useful knowledge of a secular character on the Lord ' s Day as rank infidelity .
Sometimes an appeal is made to tbe pockets of benevolent people , for the purpose of presenting boys and girls with _Bibles and Testaments . We wonder of what use they would be to parties whose teachers had left them in the state of lamentable ignorance detailed in this report , There is Thomas Mitchell , aged thirteen , at Halifax , in the heart of Christian England , who never beard of Jesus
Christ—does not know what yon mean by God : has heard of a Bible , but does not know what it is all about ; and as a proof of the excellent moral training he has received . He says— "I do not know what would become of me hereafter if I am wicked ; I have never been told . If I tell a falsehood or lie , I tell a lie . It may be good , or bad ; but I don ' t know the difference . "
We wish we knew the precise school in Halifax in which this boy was taught , or , rather , was not taught j for not a particle of useful knowledge appears to have been imparted . We would certainly give it all the infamous notoriety the case so richly merits . The truth is , this most important document must force conviction upon all who are not determined to remain unconvinced in spite of the most incontrovertible evidence that a system of the most brntalising character and diabolical cruelty is at this moment in actual
operation in the coal mines of England , Wales , and Scotland , a system to which the state of slavery in the West Indies was a Paradise , and which will only bear comparison with the most demoniac practices of ancient times . Nay , we are prepared to prove that in _jnxaposition with the airocieties now practiced and the wholesale , physical , mental , and moral slaughter daily perpetrated , in the mills , factories , and mines of this country , tbe darkest deeds of antiquity are white as snow . We are told of the infantieide sanctioned by the laws of Sparta .
What was that in atrociety in comparison with tbe binding pauper children bj Toor Law Guardians for a period of sixteen years , to labour in those dens of darkness , misery , and vice , more hellish in their character than we can conceive even of hell itself I We are _reminded of the massacre of the infants of Bethlehem . Why that was mercy itself compared with the taking children , aye , and female children too , at three and four years old , and subjecting them to the labours and brutal treatment which have been brought to light by this inquiry ! We may be
referred to the human sacrifices offeied np in ancient Greece and Rome , or to the demon worship of the Jews in causing their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Moloch . We admit the horrible nature of these sacrifices and idolatrous rites , but they have at least this extenuation , that they were performed in a time of gross ignorance and were in perfect accordance with the acknowledged spirit of the age . Besides in these cases the body only was affected ; bnt here we have a system opposed to every precept of Christianity , abhorrent
to every principle of humanity , and destructive alike to body , mind , and spirit . These helpless victims are as truly offerings consumed upon the altar of Idolatry , as were any of the ancient sacrifices . Mammon is the god of Britain . Mammon is exalted on our altars , and _Ib enshrined within onr palaces . Capital has usurped the throne of Omnipotence , and even in the temple of God is elevated as supreme . To this monster Devil , this modern Juggernaut , all must bow . Decrepid age , and helpless infancy , the strength of manhood and female beauty , the powers of the intellect , and the gushing 3 of affection , must
alike be sacrificed ; and it appears as if no one dared to raise the standard against its insatiable thirst of gain , or venture to interrupt the further ravages of its uncontrolled anthority . We are glad to find that the pres 3 of every shade ef politics is beginning to take up this question . This is as it should be . It is no question of politics , it is far removed beyond and above the narrow range of party bickering ; it is a great question of social and moral interest ; it demands the exertions of all , and no one can henceforth refuse to aid in the rescue of those vietims of oppression without incurring the guilt of innocent blood .
We want to know whether the pulpit will follow the example of the press ; whether the priesthood , who were first and foremost in denouncing and putting an end to negro slavery , will come forward to the rescne of the white slaves of . England ! We know they ought , and we know they must , or be prepared to encounter the cnrse of the Almighty , and the detestation and abhorrence of every honest man . We might ask , why an interference on their part has not been made long since 1 We might inquire
how they could live , as thousands of them do , in the coal districts , and witness the horrible depravity and profound ignorance everywhere so apparent , and not _institnte a searching inquiry in order to provide a remedy 1 We c » n readily conceive that a large portion of the ignorance , vice , and wretchedness , which the commission has brought to light , was unknown even in the places where it existed in the greatest abundance ; bnt we cannot permit the plea of ignorance to be carried so far . It is impossible that magistrates , proprietors of mines , and especially
ministers of religion living upon the spot , would be altogether uninformed as to what was going on . And yet nothing has been done—and why ! We fear the proprietors have closed their eyes to the horrible evils of the system , because it was to them profitable ; the magistrates have winked at it , lest an interference on their part should give offence to some wealthy neighbour ; and the ministers of religion have connived at it because ample collections are required to carry out their designs , and to enable them to appear
" respectable . " The fleece must be secured , no matter what becomes of the flock ; and the splendid temple must arise , though every stone should be purchased with tbe price of blood . Whatever may have been the case , ignorance now exists no longer . The evidence is ample , and it is undeniable . We now , therefore , have a right to ask for practical proof , that all the denunciations against slavery , that all the mournings over the wrongs of Africa , "that aD the professed anxiety to convert
the heathen , wa 3 not , and is not , mere cant and hypocrisy . If there is either truth or consistency in the religions public , now is the time to show it . A system has been brought to light , as now actually existing , which is fraught with the most fearful , and productive of the most tremendous , circumstances , temporal and eternal , to all concerned in it . Tbe same " power which broke the chains of slavery can rescne the children of Britain from present thraldom and future ruin . The same zeal and
animation as animated the country in 1833-4 , is required now , and the same result would inevitably follow a _wmflar exhibition of moral determination .
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To yon , the ministers and members of Christian churches , of every name and denomination , we now appeal ; and we tell yon plainly that on you , in reference to tins question , the eyes of the whole conntry are placed . You may sit down and do nothing , but you cannot do so with impunity . Your Christian character is at stake . You
cannot defend this cruel and _villanous outrage ' on humanity . Yon know it is opposed to every precept of Revelation , and to every dictate of feeling and of sympathy . You would not have your own children so deliberately handed over to destruction , and yon are bound , therefore , to exert every power on behalf of those helpless victims of oppression .
An appeal to Parliament , on this subject , from every congregation throughout the land ought instantly to be made . On your Altars petitions were laid for the abolition of slavery , and were numerously signed , even after divine service , on the Sabbath , in many places ; let those Altars be now consecrated to a not lessholy purpose . Let the cry of oppression at your own doors excite an interest , at least , as powerful as that which was called forth by the wrongs of strangers ; and let us , at least , have one proof that yon are not entirely dead to the -claims of domestic misery , and the demands of our most holy faith .
We have not yet done with this horrible subject . We shall return to it again and again . The wicked shall have no rest : nor will we cease from troubling them . While it may please God tbat we have power to write or speak , we " will uphold the cause of the afflicted , and maintain the right of the poor . "
Richard Williams
The Forthcoming Nottingham Election. Thb...
THE FORTHCOMING NOTTINGHAM ELECTION . Thb eye 3 of the whole country are now directed to the approaching contest for the deserted seat at Nottingham ; and , as no doubt every species of corruption will be resorted to , we think it right to give to both electors and non-electors a few words of advice and caution . The base factions know that many of the electors are poor—that a sovereign or two would be to them a present advantage ; and sovereigns will be freely , though not openly perhaps ,
offered . on the coming occasion . Let the electors remember that no man will buy them unless he intends to sell them ; and let them count carefully the los 3 and gain of the experiment . They may gain a paltry trifle , but they will certainly lose not only the chance of benefiting their country , but they will also be , as far as in them lies , instrumental in perpetuating their own misery and wretchedness . What has brought Nottingham and every other town in the kingdom to the state of
unparalleled distress under which they are now suffering 1 Class legislation . And class legislation has been mainly produced by the readiness with which electors have received the reward of iniquity from the base betrayers of their country . Let them reflect well on these things , and they will infallibly come to the conclusion that they will be more benefitted by an honest non-buying Representative , than by a Candidate who wishes to bny them with a sovereign or two , in order to continue the system ; and we trust they will act accordingly .
We hope every friend of freedom will be at his post and manfully perform hiB duty . Let local committees be instantly appointed , and let the most extensive steps to be taken to hunt out and put to rout , both night and day , all bribery machinery of every kind , that the tricks of the factions may be displayed in open day ; and let all to whom a bribe is offered be well assured that the candidate who spends money intends to have it all back with good interest , either by himself , or his relations , or connections . Mr . Sturge stands pledged neither directly , or _indirectly , to spend
any money beyond the necessary legal expences , and if the other side are watched vigilantly and at all points , the electors will have no where to look , and they will vote right . We would suggest the rigid administration of the bribery oath . The House of Commons will not abolish bribery , and therefore , the steps suggested by the law ought above all things to be attended to at the present and every future election . The freemen in the boroughs are chiefly of the working classes , and if they are promptly Bhown that nobody will be allowed to give them money , they will do their duty .
To run purity against bribery is like doing nothing . Bribery can be and must be prevented everywhere , if the friends of honour and consistency will bnt do their duty . Nottingham gave the fatal blow to the most detestable faction that ever cursed a country ; let-it now rear the standard of purity and vigilance , aud be first in the glorious battle for a nation ' s rights and a world ' s redemption .
The New Executive. We Again Call The Att...
THE NEW EXECUTIVE . We again call the attention of the people to this subject . They will find the instructions of the Executive as to the voting , & c . elsewhere , to which we refer them . We would also beg tbe people generally to read the plan of organisation . Many localites , we perceive , have nominated several different candidates . This is unaccordant with rule and must be at once corrected . Every sub-Secretary
is at liberty to nominate one candidate , but no more . Every locality ought to consider carefully the whole range of public men before them , and instruct their sub-Secretaries accordingly for the nomination . For Heaven ' s sake , let us have an Executive in which the people—the whole peoplecan have entire confidence . No barking , yelping , stealthy , winding , slimy lookers-oui for thirty shillings a week , as a means of becoming or of helping to become "respectable . "
Brook The Victim. Elsewhere We Give A Le...
BROOK THE VICTIM . Elsewhere we give a letter from the brother of this , victim , to which we call attention ,
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SPLENDID AND COSTLY PRESENT TO THE READERS OF THE " NORTHERN STAR . " Determined to commemorate every great national event connected with the present " movement , " Mr . O'Connor has entered into arrangements for presenting tbe _Subscribors to the Star with a large and splendid Engraving of the Presentation of THE GREAT NATIONAL PETITION to the House of Commons .
This Plate will be as much superior to the Engravings already given with the Star , as they were to any ever given with any other newspaper . It will be divided , as it were , into three main compartments . The first will represent the Deleg ates _^ Convention ASSEMBLED , previous to starting with the Petition to the House of Commons , The centre and largest compartment will represent the Procession _accompanying the Petition to the House , the Petition itself , the Bearers of it , and the People , when passing Whitehall , and approaching Palace Yard . The third compartment will represent the Petition IN THE HOUSE , when " laid on the table j" being a general view of the Interior of the House __ of Commons , the Bar and the Speaker ' s Chair being prominent features .
In addition to these main compartments tbe upper and lower edges of the plate will be divided into sixteen other smaller compartments , each one of which will contain an accurate representation of Bome great Public Building passed in the route from the Convention Rooms to the ¦ Parliament Honse . Views will thus be given of Temple Bar , St . Clement Dane ' s Church , Somerset House , Exeter Hall , St . Mary-le-Strand , Trafalgar Square , Northumberland House , Whitehall . Richmond Terrace , The
_Admiralty , The Horse Guards , Westminster Bridge , The Treasury , Westminster Abbey and St . Margaret ' s Church , Westminster Hall , and the Exterior of the Honse of Common . There will thus be given , upon one very barge sheet , _Nineteen Splendid Pictures , all harmoniously combined to make the whole an effective and worthy representation of the most important movement ever made by the English people in favour of liberty . ¦ . The terms upon which the Plate , will be issued are as follow : —
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Every Subscriber to the Star for Four Months , from the date of entering his name with his newsagent , wiil be entitled to a Plate . We do not promise to have it ready at any particular time , for the work will be ono of such a character , and will need such careful attention on the part of the Engraver , as to defy any one to fix an exact time . This , however , we do promise . Every subscriber is at liberty to cease his subscription at the end of four months , holding his ticket , and receiving his plate and paper from the Agent he has subscribed with , the day it is presented ,
just as if he had continued to subscribe . The Price of the Paper the week the Plate is presented will be One Shilling . We will try to make such arrangements as will make this the only charge the Subscribers will have to pay . Agents , therefore , will please to open subscription lists , and in all cases furnish the subscriber with a ticket , which ticket will entitle him to the Plate whenever it ia given for subscribing for the Star for four months . As soon as possible , specimens shall be placed in the hands of the Agents .
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Money Orders to this Office . —Our _Cachier is frequently made to endure an amount of inconvenience , utterly inconceivable by those who havejnot multifarious transactions like his to attend to , by the negligence of parties not attending to the plain instructions so often given , to make all money orders sent here payable to Mr . John _Armil-Some orders are made payable to Mr . O'Connorsome to Mr . Hobson—some to Mr . Hill—some to Star-office : all these require the signature ef the person in whose favour they are drawn before the money can be obtained . This causes an attendance
at the post-office of , sometimes , several hours , when a few minutes might suffice if all were rightly given—not to mention the : most vexatious delays of payment sometimes caused by it Several old Agents—who certainly ought to know better—have often thus needlessly incovenlenced us ; we therefore beg that all parties having money to send to the _Stovofnce for Papers ,, by order , will make their orders payable to Mr . John Ardill . '"' . If they neglect this , we Bhall not hold ourselves bound to attend to them : if , therefore , they find their neglect to produce inconvenience to themselves let them not blame us .
To Agents . —All those Agents who have orders for the back portaits , bad better send them as early as possible , so that they may be forwarded with the specimens of the Petition Plate . W . M . Chesterfield—Yes . TO six week ' s subsuscribers 7 _£ d . in addition to the charge for the six papers . Wm . Wooley , Dukenfield . —The money has not been received here ; if it had , it would have been noticed . ' . /¦ : ¦¦ " ¦' Thomas M'Cristle , Greenock . —Mr . Innes will receive a plate , with the others for him . J . A . Hogg . —Cannot say when we shall have a parcel for Newcastle . The Plates have been ready since April 23 rd—say how taey are to be sent . J . B . Merry . —A Plate and a Medal will be sent during the week , either to Mr ; Cleave , l , Shoelane , or to Mr . Watson , 15 , Paternoster-row for the convention . £ b . d . From a few Devonpert Friends , per T . Smith , sent on the 6 th of April , hut omitted ... ... 0 5 0 FOR MRS . WILLIAMS AND MRS . JONES . From the Female Radicals of Bath 0 14 0
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G . S . Nussey . —The subject of his letter is one on which , as he must be aware , the readers of the Star have been often warned- Our space does uot at present allow of its insertion ; but we shall be glad , with his permission , to reserve it for awhile : it may be useful by and by : we by no means intend the subject to sleep . The Truck System rightly administered . — . 4 petty hosier , who wishes to pass for a good methodist , being lately " pulled up" belore the Mayor of Derby for paying one of his workmen partially in goods , was very properly informed by the Mayor that the goods which the poor fellow hod had from him could only be regarded as a present , and that he must now pay the remainder
of the money due for wages . Job Plant , before he b' _-gan a system of insslent annoyance , should have " taken stock" of his brain pan , to ascertain whether he had sense enough to carry it on . His letter was not directed for Feargus O'Connor ; it was directed to the Editor of the Northern Star , though addressed to Feargus O'Connor inside . We do not publish Feargus O'Connor ' s * ' dwelliny house to be No . 5 , Briggate , _$ c . ; " we usually publish and write what we know to be true ; had this been Mr . Plant ' s practice he would have saved himself the trouble of writing , and us of replying to this letter . Christopher Wood , late ofHonley , still continues a
prisoner at Rothwell , without any other means of sustenance than the casual aid of parlies who are indisposed to see a man starved to death in England for being a Chartist . We have reason to believe that tbat is the " head and front" of Mr . Wood ' s offending . We trust that the Chartists of the West Riding , and the country generally , will see that the devils who desire his destruction be disappointed . X . Y . Z . —His communication is an advertisement . Erratum . —In the balance-sheet of the Convention , last week , Robert Wing was printed , instead of Robert King , in the list of Yorkshire contributions . Robert King —We are very sorry that parlies professing Chartism should evince such a spirit as
that which he describes in his letter . Darlington Chartists . — Write again to Mr . Heywood . Profits to the Executive , from Huffy Ridley ' s sale of tea and coffee , from February 26 th to May 6 th , 8 s lOAd . Audited and found correct _^ Thomas M . Wheeler , John _Fussell . F . —We will take his file of the Times at the price he states if he will send it to us with a letter stating how we can remit . Messes . Dewhirst and Edwards wish to in f orm those whom it may concern , that on acconnt of so many applications beinq made for their services
to address Chartist camp meetings on Sundays , they beg that in future all those who may wish for their services will correspond with them previously , at Mr . Alderson _' s _, tailor , Bank-street , Bradford , Yorkshire . The Greenock Young Men ' s Charter Association are desirous of having correspondence with their brother Chartists , and would be obliged if some of the Young Men ' s Charier Associations would send a copy of their rules , and give their addresses . A 11 letters to be direeled ( post paid J John Smith , tailor , Hill ' s Land , No . 9 , William
street , Greenock . Denunciations . —We have received from our London correspondent very strongly worded resolutions from two of the Chartist districts of the metropolis in reference to the conduct of a very prominent character in connection with the ball for the political victims . Our correspondent accompanies the resolutions by a note , from which we give the following : — "I must request your Insertion of it , or upwards of twenty subscribers will leave the Star , they feeling much " crabbed" that the last denouncement was not inserted . "
We have every destre to oblige our friends so far as we can do so consistently with public service ; but the one thing against which , more than all others , we have set ourselves during our whole political existence has been the publication of sectional squabbles and individual denunciations . While the slightest and most respectfully expressed intimation from us that we did not perfectly approve and feel delighted with everything dene and said by some parties has been termed " dictation" and " denunciation" and has been made the pretext for heaping upon us coarse and offensive ribaldry , we have the satisfaction of knowing , and every reader of the Star knows as well , that we never yet denounced any man ; and
none know better than the yelpers about " _dictation" and "denuncieilion" that we have always deprecated and struggled against it . Nottingham , Leicester , Sheffield , Newcastle , Huddersfield , Birmingham , and London can all bear ample—and some of them have borne sufficiently angry—testimony to this fact . We have been _always of opinion that local and sectional differences should be con fi ned to the quarters in which they unfortunately exist ' , and that when individuals are—as in the present case—charged absolutely with dishonesty and unworthiness of trust , the charge ought never to come before the public as mere denunciation ; it ought to be accompanied by a full statement of particulars ,
circumstances , and proofs ; so that tf the accused can reply he may . This course teas adopted by the Manchester Committee , in reference to Mr . R . J . Richardson , who has now , it is said , a Sturgite commission to organise South Lancashire for Complete Suffrage . That person was charged by the committee with certain acts of treachery , which could only have been the acts of a villain ; the circumstances were detailed and the proofs given , and he was dared to meet and aontradict the statements . He never did meet and contradict them ; and , therefore , we believe the charges against him to be true , and the man to be a scoundrel , with whom it is disgraceful for any man , or body of men , to associate . In the present case , this has not been done . The resolution is one simply of denunciation ; and therefore we cannot insert it . We hope that the
distinction between denunciation and criticism will be carefully noted by the people ; so that hereafter when thin-skinned or insidious and dishonest men _thall seek to jumble them together , for the purpose of covering villanous practices , and " getting away in the smoke , " they may be in no danger ' of being"humbugged . " W . H . Dyott has gralejulfy to acknowledge the promptitude with which his appeals for Stars have been answered , and much regrets that time does not permit him ( o reply personally to all the kind friends who remember Mm weekly . The struggle is setting in in good earnest in Iretand ; the good seed has been sown , and is germinating in the minds of the many ; events are rapidly ripening it to fruition ; an early and abundant harvest may be expected . W . H . D . begs of his friends not to relax their exertions .
Monies to Mr . Heywood . —We have received the following from Mr . Heywood : — " Manchester , May 25 , 1842 . " Sir , —I sent you a statement of subscriptions three weeks ago , to he inserted in the Star , and yet no notice has appeared . " The parties are continually writing to me to know the reason , and I have no way to get out of the matter but by laying the whole of the blame upon the Editor of the Northern Star . Do oblige the subscribers by inserting it " Yours respectfully , " Abel Heywood . "
All we can say in the matter is , that so far as we know , every list of subscriptions received by us has appeared . Whether in the mass of letters which reach us some one may have been over ' looked we cannot say ; but we are as carefulas we can be to prevent this from happening . There can be no doubt that all monies received by ' Mr , Heywood will be rightly applied . We suggest that , in future , it may be well for him to keep a copy , with the exact date when sent , of any such articles he may send us . This will enable us to correct any mistake that may hereafter occur . Rochdale . —Mr . John Leach writes to say that he wus not the author of a paragraph in our last , sloting the number of the meeting on Bagslate Common to have been not less than 10 , 000 . _Sltthero Mill . —We cannot insert the account of the sudden death ef a female on anonymous authority . A Woolwich Cadet . —Too late .
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Thomas Griffiths . — -We know nothing of the - matter . _/ . _;¦; . J . R . Watson , Boston . —We of course know nothing o f the matter . Doubtless the money would be paid to and by Mr . Cleave , arid accounted for in his balance-sheet . Bath Chartists ' have sent us : a correction of the Convention accounts , which is'itself wrong to the amount of ten shillings : we do not therefore insert it . They accompany the statement by a resolution , in which they say i--" The whole demand onus would hatebeen paid were it not for the late division , owing to Messrs . Vincent and Philp having establishedanother society . " - :- , , ¦ - ; , . . Carlisle Chartists . —7 % e » r address to the Middle
Classes came just as we were going to Press . Correspondents of the Northern Star . — London—T . MV Wheeler , 7 , Mills Buildings , Knightsbridge . Manchester—VJ . "Griffin , 34 , _Lomasatreet , Bank Top . Birmingham— -George White , 29 , _Bromsgtove-atreet _Newcastle-, ULr . J , Sinclair , Gateshead . Sunderland—Mr . J . Williams , Messrs . Williams and Bums , booksellers . ; Sheffield—Mi G . J . Harney , news agent , 39 , _Campo-lane . Bath —Mr . G . M . Bartlett , 19 , Gloucester Road Buildings , _Swanswlck , Bath .
House Of Commons, Tuesday, May 24. The H...
HOUSE OF COMMONS , Tuesday , May 24 . The House went into committee on the Customs ' Acts ( Tariff ) and Mr . Miles brought forward a defined proposition with reference to his motion Of last night ; that in lieu of a duty of £ 1 per head On cattle , there should be levied 6 s . 6 d . per cwt . Sir Robert Peel _cbuld not consent to the proposition . He had ho fear whatever of any iDJury arising from an importation of fat cattle under the { _> roposed Government duty , and the importation of ean cattle would be a positive advantage to the agriculturalists themselves . Some talk followed , and on a division , the
amendment of Mr . Miles was rejected by 209 to 44 . Major Vivian moved thai the duty on cattle , meat , and other provisions mentioned in the tariff , imported from the _Canadas , be equal to the import duty from other foreign countries , Sir Robert Peel could not agree to the proposition . Mr . Charles Bdller declared that though the tariff was not the greatest free trade measure ever proposed in the House , it would , if carried , be the greatest Which this country ever obtained . Though opposed to differential duties , he yet could calm the fears of Major Vivian as to any overwhelming importation of cattle or provisions by way of the Canadas .
_ A somewhat desultory debate now arose , shared in by various members , Lord Howick , Sir Robert Peel , Mr . Labouchere , Lord John Russell , and others , in which the inconsistency of the Government was commented on , in applying different principles to the trades in corn and cattle . AmoBgst the sneakers was Lord Sandon , who vindicated the Government , on the ground that foreign corn could be imported in unlimited quantities , while the supply of cattle was limited . This called up Mr . Cobden , who spoke Warmly and indignantly on the legislation of the House , and declared that the people of Lancashire were sinking into ah apathetic state , produced by the appalling and unparalleled condition in which they were placed . Mr . Turner wound up this discussion by deprecating delay in passing the tariff ; after which , Major Vivian ' s amendment was withdrawn .
Mr . SMiTk O'Brien proposed , that on the article , •' swineand hogs , " instead of the uniform duty of five shillings , there should be left a blank , to be filled up afterwards in some way so as to afford more adequate protection . The amendment was supported by Mr . Miles ; but on a division it was rejected by 121 to 32 . The Chairman then proceeded , proposing successively the different items of the tariff . At the article "fish , " some debate arose as to the proposed duty on lobsters , it being alleged that it would operate injuriously to the interests of individuals engaged in a precarious trade , without any corresponding advantage . Sir Robert Peel agreed to reserve the matter for further consideration .
The rest of the evening was occupied in discussing different items , when , at the article of "fruit , " a division took place on the proposed ; duty of 6 d . a bushel on apples , Mr . Wakle / moving that the present duty of five per cent , should continue . The amendment was negatived by 110 to 51 . The Chairman reported progress , and the House resumed . The other orders of the day were then disposedbf . The House adjourned at half-past one .
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Dundee.—Provost Lawson Has Received £300...
DUNDEE . —Provost Lawson has received £ 300 of the Government grant for constructing and improving public walks in tlte vicinity of large townB . This sum will be expended in improving the Magdalen Green , the only public ground of easy access in the neighbourhood , ! and will give employment to a number of the unemployed , but at a rate of wages very far below the living point . The miserable condition of our unemployed , is beginning to excite general attention . On Tuesday , the T 7 th current , a considerable body paraded the streets with music and flags . A black flag was carried in front , on one side of which was the following inscription : — " Ob ! why has man the will and power , To make his fellow mourn ?" " 'Tis tyranny and submission . "
They went to the Magdalen Yard to wait the result of a meeting of those assessed for poor-rates , then holding in the Town-Hall , and which had been convened by the magistrates to take into Consideration the condition of the unemployed . This meeting broke up without adopting or even considering any means of alleviating the misery of their fellowtownsmen . After several of our respectable philanthropists (!) had said their say , they went off in a hurry , without electing a committee , leaving it to be understood that the committee previously in existence , and which has done absolutely nothing for the removal of the distress , should still continue in office . Tho sufferings of the poor cast-off tools of the fortune makers must increase—must come to be unbearable , and threaten danger to these feeling gentlemen , ere they will be so generous as return a
portion of the wealth produced by the unemployed to save them from death . The unemployed were addressed by several persons who enjoined them to _., preserve the peace , and not give the magistrates an opportunity of pouncing upon any of them . They resolved to hold a publio meeting : on Friday , which was held in the Bill-street Hall . Several individuals addressed it , and _exposed the unfeeling conduct of the magistrates , who had retained several sums of money they had received for the use of the unemployed , and when questioned about it , spoke of the unemployed in the most base and contemptuous terms . A committee of three was then appointed to remonstrate with the magistrates , and ascertain what tbe committee elected in the Town-hall , intended to do .
Thursday , the' 19 th , was celebrated as her Majesty's birth day by the ringing of bells , the hoisting of flags on the old steeple and the shipping in the harbour , and the laying of the foundation stone of the parish church , which is to be built on the site of the old one , which with the south and cross churches was burnt down on the morning of Sunday ; the 3 rd of January , 1841 . The magistrates , trades , and masonic bodies walked in procession to St . Andrew ' s Church , where a sermon w as preached by the Rev . Mr . Arnott ; and from thence to the church where the foundation stone was laid by Provost Lawson , as proxy for Lord Panmure _, Provincial Grand Master . The numbers in procession were not great , but a considerable number of
spectators were present at the laying of the stone . A collection was made in St . Andrew ' s Church for the unemployed , which ; with the handsome donation of £ 50 received 'from Lord Penmure , amounted to upwards of £ 100 . The fooleries of the seniors during the day brought but tbe fooleries of the juniors in the evening . A crowd of lads and boys assembled in the High-street , not to give vent to their pent up feelings of loyalty to her _^ _Tajesty , but evidence of the strength of their arms and legs to all her loyal subjects who had the misfortune to wear a "hat . " Mr . Mackisson , Superintendent of Police , having his cranium covered with one of these , then
unpopular , but necessary articles , was attacked and rather roughly treated , but he took it all in good part ; We observed the Junior Editor of the Courier , the lad who writes about the "Chartist slut 9 " and " unwashed blackguards , " in the middle of a crowd of boys , at the top of Union-street . He was considerably elevated with the " ardent '' spirits of loyalty , challenging any one present to fight him , declaring he would stick to his post , and brandishing in his hand a new hat , bought , we suppose , for the occasion ; for the possession of which in the morning he was indebted to a kind coachman , who put his fustian-covered arm round the young gentleman , and led him away . —Correspondent .
SHEEPSHEAD , near Loughborough . —At a meeting of the framework-knitters of _Sheepshead , held on Monday last , Mr . Thomas Callis in the chair , it was unanimously resolved—1 st . ** That a Committee of seven persons be immediately chosen , to watch over and protect the interests of the workmen . " 2 _ndi "That the weekly sum of onehalfpenny be solicited from every framework-knitter having employment . " 3 rd . " That the respectable tradesmen of the town be solicited to aid and assist ns in our honest and lawful endeavour to resist and overthrow the attempt recentlj made to advance the _frame-rent . " 4 th . " That Mr . John Rogers , a respectable freeholder resident in the town , be appointed Treasurer of the funds to be raised as above , such fund to be at the disposal of the Committee , whose Secretary shall lay the accounts before the
next general meeting for their approval . " 5 th . " That the Committee shall make every inquiry concerning parties who are or may be paying the increased frame-rent , and any person having knowledge of parties so acting are requested to report the same to the Committee without delay . " 6 th . *• ¦ That the Committee shall '" -wait upon every person who may be found paying the extra , rent , and persuade them to give up their frame or frames to their employers , and shall , on giving up such frame or frames , allow them a weekly sum of money as an equivalent . " 7 th . " That a report of the proceedings of this meeting be sent to the Editors of the three newspapers having the greatest circulation in this locality for insertion—namely , the Northern Star , tbe Nottingham Review * and the Leicestershire Mercury . " 8 th . "Thatthis meeting invite their fellowtradesmen in every village to form a Committee for self-protection . "
Dundee.—Provost Lawson Has Received £300...
SUNDEBJLAND _. —Distressed Condition of Working Men . —Thousands of workmen : are now wandering about Unemployed in thin once flourishing place . Many hare been absolutely destitute of all employment for nine months , and some longer . They are how less employed than they were in winter . The degree of distress may be judged of by the fact that the poor rates , which are collected quarterly , are now 4 s . in the pound . Thus a house and shop rated at £ 25 pays £ 20 per annum poor rate . A meeting of the unemployed workmen is intended to be held in a few days .
BRADFORD . —Fatal Colliery Accident . — On Monday last , at the Dudley Hill Colliery pit , a frightful accident occurred by which one man lost his life . The name of the deceased is Abraham Simpson , who , with another man , was removing some scaffolding in the pit , on part of which being removed an immense body of foul air escaped , and coming in contact with a lighted candle which the deceased held in his hand , immediately ignited , and an explosion took place . The pit was instantly in a blaze , and such was the force of the explosion , that
Simpson was blown to a considerable height in the pit from which he fell down ; his hat being blown out of the pit ' s mouth . His corpse , when taken out , as oar informant significantly related it , appeared to have been " smashed to atoms . " The other man escaped the violence of the explosion in a great degree by secreting himself under the scaffolding , and though he has sustained considerable injuries , hopes are entertained of his ultimate recovery . Simpson has left a widow and four children to mourn his untimely end .
LEEDS—Ancient Foresters . —On Monday , a new court of Ancient Foresters was opened in Leeds , at the house of Brother John Cummins , Hope and Anchor Inn , Pottery-field , when the officers and brethren of Court Moderation ; and Court Mutual Friendship , attended in their splendid regalias . Brother Thomas Stead , P . D . C . C ., of the Leeds United District , delivered an address suitable for the occasion , aud impressed on their minds to be united as the heart of one man , and to do justice , love mercy , and unite altogether ; and after P . D . C . R . Thos . Stead had proceeded to open the New Court " Oak , " a number of respectable young men were initiated into the mysteries of this Ancient and Honourable Order , and a number more expressed their wish to be made on the next meeting .
Epsom Races.—The Derby Tbe Derby Stakes ...
EPSOM RACES . —THE DERBY Tbe Derby Stakes of 60 _sovs . each , b ft , for three _yrs old colts , 8 st 71 b ; and fillies , 8 st 21 b ; the last mile and a half ; the owner of the second horse to receive 100 sovs . out of the stakes . The winner to pay 100 sovs . towards the police and the regulations of the Course . ( 183 Subs . ) Colonel Anson ' s Attila ..... ( W . Scott ) 1 Lord _Veirulam's Robert de Goiham .. . ( Cotton ) 2 24 ran .
The National Convention.—Received By Gen...
The National Convention . —Received by General Treasurer towards payment of balance overdrawn , and outstanding debts : — £ s . d . Mr . Sims , London , ( second ) ... 0 0 6 Female Chartists , Carlisle ... 0 9 0 Mr . L . Pitkethly . 10 0 MaxwelltownAssociation ... 0 5 0 Wingate , Grange Colliery ... 10 0 , Malton and Pocklington ... 1 9 8 Marriage party , Ripponden ... 0 14 1 Sunderland and South Hetton ... 0 13 0 Three Crowns _^ Richmond-street , balance not reported ... ... 0 4 8 Nottingham , Thatcher ... ... 1 0 0 Middle Class Chartist ... ... 0 2 6 ¦ ¦ ¦ r £ 7 2 5
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Aweul AMD Heartrending ScKi * B . _--From a Correspondent . — -The peaceful and romantic , village of Ashover became the scene of one of the most deplorable and heartrending tragedies that ever occurred in this , or perhaps any other Country . Mr . Richard Eaton , a gentleman in independent circumstances , about sixty years of age , in loading bis gun in the house , to go in pursuit of a mad dog , accidentally shot bis _sob _y a y outh about 16 or 18 years of age , and immediately after , in the frenzy of the moment , took a pistol and shot himself through the head and fell dead upon the spot . The gun was loaded with sings and its contents first struck the young man ' s arm , and after passing in an oblique direction and shattering the bone , entered his side . He of course
instantly dropped , but did not expire till about seven next morning . On seeing his son fall the father was seized with an agony of grief , and exclaiming , "My dear son ! What shall I do t what shall I do ? My dear , dear son _!' ¦ he took a loaded pistol , rushed out into the garden , applied the muzzle just below bis right ear and fired , when the bullet , after penetrating the head , passed out a little above the left ear , causing instantaneous death . Inquests were this day held over the bodies before Mr . Hutchinson , the Coroner for the Hundred of Scarsdale , and verdicts returned to the effect that the son was accidentally shot , and that the father put an end to his own existence in a fit of frenzy consequent upon the previous accident .
Mr . Eaton was a gentleman very highly respected by an extensive circle of acquaintances , to whom bis urbanity of manners and his known worth had greatly endeared him ; His melancholy end will be a subject of unfeigned grief to all who knew him . He hay left a wife and daughter , who resided with him at Ashover , and a son who is in business in Nottingham . The younger son , who has lost bis life as above described , was also an apprentice with Mr . Hicklin , the bookseller in that town , and bad returned to spend a few weeks at home , inconsequence of indisposition . What adds , if possible , to
the deplorable character of this sad catastrophe , is the circumstance that the elder son was to have been married this dayj and the wedding party were to have visited Ashover j in commencing their tour of Eleasure , and preparations were made to receivethem , ut , alas . ' how changed the scene ! Ashover is about six miles to the south-west of Chesterfield : Overton Hall , the seat of the late Sir Joseph Banks , is within about half a mile of the residence of poor Mr . Eaton . Mr , E . was formerly Governor of the Connty Prison , Derby , and had retired with a comfortable independenoy , and purchased a pretty little property in Ashover , and was , as it were , the leading man in the _nlace .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —I have , during the Wbitaun holidays , made a second _pilgrimage to Northallerton , for the purpose of seeing a dear brother who is confined in Northallerton House of Correction for a political offence , and who has suffered already two yean and nearly three months , under the silent system . I visited him last on the 26 th of December , 1841 , and found bim greatly reduced in body ; at that time he had been ill a considerable time , but has since enjoyed better health .
. I saw him again on Whit-Tuesday . Alas' what a strange alteration ; the bloom that used to adorn his manly cheek had nearly all fled , his countenance was pale and sallow , and marked with Bcotbutic eruptions . _Iloldhim he looked much worse than when I last visited him I asked hew he felt ? His answer was , that bis constitution was . completely broken . He attributed it to bis long confinement . But though his constitution ia injured , and hia health impaired , his love of liberty is still unconquered ; his spirit still remains the same , determined to battle with tyranny and oppression to the last moment of his life . He has got nine months and a few days to serve of his time . Something ought tobe done for him
in order to . raise his shattered constitution . He was not sentenced to hard labour , and will in consequence be allowed to mid his own provisions , if our Chartist brethren will only enable him to do so . This will cost about eight or nine shillings weekly . The good men and ftrue of Northallerton and Brompton have it in contemplation to raise a fund for that purpose , if they can be assisted by other Chartists of the kingdom . They instructed their delegate , Mr . Isaac Wilson * to bring the question before the delegate meeting at Dar . lington , on Sunday , the 21 st inst , and to ask them to _co-operate in the noble and God-like work of rescuing a fellow-creature from the horrors of starvation , while a prisoner for no other crime than trying to stay the iron hand of despotism .
I feel ..- ' confident ' .-. I shall not appeal in vain to my Chartist friends , to render their mite in so geodV a cause ; the men of Bradford , I reel assured , will not be backward in lending a helping band ; to them he ia well known , audi heed not say one word In his behalf _. They have on many occasions witnessed bis zeal and devotion to the Six Points of tbe Charter . Then aronae , my brave friends , and convince his and eur enemies that those who Buffer for us shall be supported by ua ' ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ 0 .. If you will insert this in your valuable journal , you will much oblige , Sir , yours , & c Josh . Brook . Bradford , May 25 , 1842 .
The New Tariff.
THE NEW TARIFF .
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WITHOUT THE SANCTION OF THE PEERS OR CONSENT - . ' , ' ¦' : . OF THE QUEEN . IMPORTANT TO CHARTIST AND TEE _^
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FOOD FOR THE MIND . Just Published , Price Is ., 4 th Edition in Cloth , HILL'S RATIONAL SCHOOL GRAMMAR , Revised , Corrected , and Amended by tho Author ... ' . Price 4 dM or in two Nos . at 2 d . each . TWO LECTURES delivered _bs F . O'Connor , Esq ., in the Hall of Soience , Manchester , on the Land , and its capabilities ; and Repeal of the Union . Price 4 d . in Wrapper , or Cloth 6 d ., a Full and Complete Exposure of the various Impositions and Schemes daily practiced by every description of Vagrants in the Country , from the Lurker up to the humble Thimble-rigger . By a Vagrant of Fifteen Years'Experience . No family ought to be without this useful compendium of Tricks which the honest and unsuspecting mind ' are daily subject to .
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NEW YORK , AMERICA . PRIVATE BOARDING : HOUSE , by PETER BUSSEY , from _Bradford Yorkshire , and BENJAMIN WORSWICK , from Clavton , near Manchester . , ' _^ Board and Lodgings by the day or week , on Reasonable Terms , at No . t 2 i _» Front-street , New York , near to the place from whence the Steam Boats start for the Western : States _^ and where every information may be giveii '' to Emigrants , & b .
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EMIGRANTS TO _AMERICAarenotgenerally aware that there is a large _^ r _<^ tage paid in Liverpool and other ports , 'to _lodgihg-hotiae keepers and porters ; for booking _Passengers . _r They are told all sorts of plausible stories to induce them to pay their money the moment they arrive by Steam Boat or Railway . ~ : ' . ' . r . _' v ' v By remitting One Pound each , in a Post-office Order , Passengers save ' this Commission _^ and will also receive back One Shilling in the Pound on the amount of their Passage money when they pay thebalancev The new " Passenger ' s Act / ' which will soon be in force , will , in a great measure , put a stop to the many gross , impositions that have been practised for years past . '"
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 28, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns5_28051842/page/5/
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