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^ is ssci , to whatever country , ereed , or calling < L the fo * l 011 ^ re ™*" b ^ d *^« villany JZ fgepealer , who now bnekles a head-piece and * ket-P ieca together , to meet the present crisis , jf ^ to nentralise , nay , destroy , the whole that has dose for Repeal ! Thus we find Damkl JSgdBi , panpsr and repsaler , wedded to Hattos , % ^ b ind anti-repealer , for the city of Dublin ; f ^ SL O'Costtell , jnn ., pauper and repealer , tied ^ g poise-s triDgs of Ashtos Yatbs , anti-repealer V ^ jj man , for Cirlow county ! So , w « U may the jjerrior exclaim : — . « Carlo * comity and repeal , hurrah ! For repeal and Carlo * county , hurrah !"
lFbsi soasense ! but can it last \ and all this ^ hmert Shirx ax Cravpord is obliged to fly , L ancashire borough , rottenness taring dosed f ^ d against him ; while Ashtos Yates , who would ~\ fal $ &tteA by a constituency of independent V frgjis foisted upon Carlow . Would Crawfoed f ^ jted * t Rochdale , even now , by the Orange jLjatgj if he was to Bay one word against the S&iholie people ! No ; not for a moment \ ZffCossos , O'Brieh , Host , Mxrtix , White , Trftzi , Db egan , Doyle , and Cucprbll less dear ^ ^ ish people , whose cause th « y eerve , betbe y are Irish ! No ; but dearer and more fZyti ; as it is » rare thing to find English and Zg Tnxkinx f ° the one common object .
* O ^ 3 osskll has had a moral-force temperance a V&ition in Gracecburch-street , and his friends wu tod * physical force shindy in Manchester ; « i with these , their moral and physical exhibitions uibetter terminate ; for , let him and his blind fol-1 , —n be assured , that the Chartists will allow of ,, » e » int err 8 ption to their proceedings , or physical m ^ tm . to their forces . ire ! wfco done bo
Quests of the emp Ye nave —d to sDenee , crush , and annihilate all anti-Irish —sjdke ! the blood of your brethren ha 3 baen £ L and wantonly spilt in the streets of Ma » - igtff •—your body has been designated ** misaji ! a ^ " Orasg smsx , " " Hasotkriass , " and " dbjsoass , " by die sales-master of the factory child ; w ^ oppressor of Canada ; by the rottenest link j , 4 * rotten ehain of Whiggery , and the gaoler of « er prisoners , for whose release above two ^ 2 ions prayed in Tain .
Yob are now upon the eve of a great crisis , and tfcit is your exact position ! It is this—You are j 0 MLA 5 CB of power ! and as such , the Political yr fi who are to farm out power upon ; he apprttfcing leasirg day . If you re-let to the feu er tenants they will pay in future as ffcj hire paid hitherto ; in blood , in tears , in toil , in gai , in chains , in persecution and bondage ; and b &tm you must LET FOR . SEVEN YEARS :
rifle , upon the other hand , if you let to the Tones fe ? become mere TENANTS AT WILL , AND BSM OYABLE AT PLEASURE ; and never , 7 iever > HKT , can the " Bloodies" be taught reason , except in jge school of adversity , -which is kept at the sign of the bleak side of the Treasury Benches . Get a house of Whigs , and , for seven long years t 3 I Jaey cling to office and multiply abuse ! Get a bss « of Tories , and then , but not till then , can Whig
tfctship of ths Chartists be relied upon . Then w AiB be the amiable , the lovely , the heaven-bor Oor tists ! So Down with the " Bloodies , " hurrah ! hurrah ! Eurrai I and doTrn with the " Bloodies , " hurrah
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• PUBLICOLA" AND THE CHARTISTS . Oca readers will not have forgotten the sever * psishment that we were reluctantly compelled t ( si&t npon " Pablicola , " the " crack" writer in th < Tvpeieh , some months ago , when , in his attempt t < $ row new light upon the question of a Repeal o fife Ulrica , 1 » *»* i a cloud round the subject whicl O »\ j 5 J >» - *» *» onblfi to-axsj&i .
Ii commencing that controversy , we spoke of 'PsWieola" and the Dispatch as they , vp to that prisd , deserved ; but from the period of the oppos&e given to Mr . Alderman Huara ' s elevation t »« e of those ancient and barbarous honours now » much decried by " Publicola , " we have observed a gradual weaning from principle ) ind a Terr perceptible leaning to Whiggery . It is very lamentable to witness the perversion oi BgEnuity aad talent , and to find both directed by a fcMe writer of no ordinary capacity , to the pitiful porpoee of multiplying the sorrows of a poor old MI . "
"Pnblicola" always professes a kind of parental tore for the Chartists , and generally approaches « wy subject connected with that body with a very 5 * tronisiDg air . He writes as thoagh he was far in ifoace of * party , whose means to catch up the < p » ee between him and them he invariably decides : wBe , like the man with the bundle of carroti Basing before the hungry ass , he cries ont , " persaaon is better than force . " Yet , we are always * r » f , "PcblieoVisalways right ; and till Saturday bs , aiid the week before , we never had a word oi * W « from this intense Mentor . When we were
* ai and houseless , he joined in the general deri-*< b ; now thai we are strong and powerful le damns us , by telling us what he is , and showing feaaaifest difference between the Chartists and *? nt >! ieola . " We placed some of his confused notions of extreme ® s * lity before oar readers last week , and we now J *«* eed M comment upon his more recent and far ttefoclish production . After about half a column of self-adulation , he 'ttaenees his courtship of the Chartists thus : —
M Sabdae the WhigE , jmd p \ aoe \ b& Tories in po-wei , * ttie approaching elections , aad you will be crushed ^ betti irith the utmoet ease The Tories Trill annihi-™* joo from their innate lexe of tyranny , and from *» long experience of thor adTant&ges in misrule , *«« i the Whigs -vrill assist them oat of resentment , •* 4 from a hoptleasness of guidiDg , or even advising , a W /» perrerse . Chartists , this is your crisis . There ^ itide in political affairs , and it is for you row to ¦ j * it &t the flood . If you neglect it , your course * « be through fl&is and shallows to & degraded and **» i >! e extinction . Let your policy be to nicely ba-*** parties , * tw 1 u > take adrant 3 ge of their dirisions
¦ Sisalottsies . Abhor the Tories , but grre the Whigs * ttaU ani precarious a majority , that that they must {'• Bttitrve to pnblic opinion , and yield to the pressure ** vithcnU Vote for the candidate that spproxi-* ta the nearest to you , and press his approximation ** 0 Beiy as possible . Tolerate n » Tory concession , * Sde in no Tory pledge , for Teries are the vermin of Wga , and all the curses they hare inflicted on our ** r / , and especially in Ireland , have been effected . "THiJaeere professions , and by pledges meant to be T ^ ^? violated or insidiously evaded . A Tory ' ^ J 6 i * as Tirtcons as a dicer ' s oath . JjCbartists , y « n seem not aware that the progress of ^* £ sm is s-ow find limited . Tour own Charter is
" r 10 * and miserably confined , and yet you denounce * 8 a * -Bin not make it their creed . I liie it as far ' , * goes , but I despise it for not going farther . It is ?* 4 to the ignorant present . As a final measure no-^ ea be more tame , pusillanimous , and even ridicuj *> as-a Btepping-stone to furtier things I accept it " * ow , was there ever stuff and nonsense equal * fee ibove ? And what a distinct and beautiful ** *« er " Pubiicola" gives of the parties for ** favour and patronsge -we are to sue . He *!*> " The Tories will annihilate yon , from their ^** e love of tyranny , and from their long exper * of their advantages in misrule ; tchitst the f * ¥ » * til assist them out of resentment , and from a
raSBsuess of guiding , or even advising , a party * « se . This is what the pedant calls sticky ^—" adhesiTe , " so much so , that we really know * k > wtoget oat of it . ^* Ir ishman was once asked how he wished to j ** Ids body disposed of after his execution , to " ^ he replied , " Wisha by gorra , I can ' t tell till ^ ^ ow I feels after it . " Now , we imagine , ** * hen the Tories have " annihilated" us , that
r * iU be but short commons for the hungry ¦^; and we have , therefore , the less cause to Aeir resentment . However , it is because we l fid l **' e the latter tkreat of Whig resentment to J ^ est the reality that we must draw the *¦¦ of biting Whiggery , if by chance we should " ¦ D 6 Tory annihilaHoa . 5 « what a picture the hater of " Old Mortality " ^ ° f th ose whose patronage we are to court . Ii
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you oppose the Whigs , says " Publieola , " they will assist the Tories in destroying you , for spite . Now , w » imagine that the lover of nothing new , and the hater of everything old , will see , in his own admission , just cause aot for matching the two destroyers merely by balancing them so that the Chartists may be the shuttlecock , but for annihilating those whose immediate resentment we are taught to expect . Again , he says , " Give the Whigs bo small and precarious a majority , that they must be sensitive to publio opinion , and yield to the pressure from
without . " What saperiative nonsease ! Why , here is " Mask" in disguise ., actually drawing the real character of the Whigs in order to gull us . This man is positively laughing in our face . What , then , have not their majoriiies been small enough to render them sensitive and amenable to pressure " from with , out I" Or are we to . hare & few tailors in the house to reduce them to a portion of a man ! They have hung upon the skirts of 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , and 5 , and have looked upon a small minority against them as a comparative triumph , and yet have they been deaf to all appeals from without .
u Pubhcola" should not have launched such a sentesce while the majority of ONE still rings in the ears of the victims of Whig " RESENTMENT . " The time to court a widow may be on her return from her husband ' s funeral ; but the time to woo the Chartists is not just while they are smarting under the lash of Whig cruelty , treachery , brutality , and deceit—and while their best friends are , many of them , in felon ' s prisons , and many more in infirmaries , wounded by Whig resextmem . '
Has not ' the pressure from without pressed , and pressed , and pressed ; and has not the effect been a more close and intimate courtship of the M natural eaemies" of the people by the Whigs ! And what now remains for the Chartists , but to be bottleholders for the one faction while they " annihilate " the other , whose "' resentment ' " we shall then no longer dread , as a dead cock can ' t crow . After discharging nearly a column of rubbish , similar to that we have qao > ed above , "PuklicoJa" enters upon new ground , and arraigns the Chartists upon thirty-nine articles of faith , which , in compliance with the request of a Mr . Shoeder , were allowed to be published as approved of by a Committee of the few members of the Convention who
assembled after the 12 th of August , every word of which we gave for its proper purpose , from the 5 everal = &nthoritie 3 , in several numbers of the Star , previous to" their presentation to the Convention . Nothing caii be more weak and silly than the assumption of " Pubiicola ; " that the thirtyniae articles of Mr . Shoeder , belongs to , or has any connection with the Charter . However , he proceeds thuc : — " " The Charter ( of the Chartists ) advances little or nothing upon principle . It estimates everything by precedent , and precedent drawn from extremely barbarous times can have little application to an aje of very jtriTaneed refinement . "
Now , the very thing of which " PublicoJa complains , is the very thing of all others which the Chartists do not acknowledge—namely , the folly of following precedent , and applying the rule of barbarous ages to the present state of society ; but the foolish man goes on labonring away through another column , commenting upon u King 3 , and Queens " , and " precedents " , and " racks , " and " tor tures " , and " thirty-nine articles' ' , with which the Chartists have nothing to do . We shall now give a few sentences from 11 Publicola ' s " letter , and then leave him .
• " If a part or parcel of a Constitution be defective or : insufficient for the altered st 3 te of society , they im-: mediately set about altering it ; whilst we , with worse , than a Druidicial superstition , would put up with any evil rather than change or reform this most sacred and ; revered of invisible , unt&ngible , and unascertainable ( documents . " | Fudge . ' We don ' t say ; the Charter don't say ; j the Chartists don't say , one word in commendation ^ rf rfd immiitntinna
; " -Hy letter has reached to such a length that I am ' . unable to . show the very unsatisfactory nature of more ; than a very few of the articles in the Chartist d « clarai tion of rights . You lay down that ' the sovereignty ! of the United Kingdom is monarchical . ' Be it so ; but I does it follow that it may not become republican or ; democratic ? Ton speak of the ' duties of allegiance and protection , "being ' reciprocal . ; Here , again , we have the whole object of the loDg ' and rambling letter admitted to be an exposition of ; some thirty-nine articles of political faith , about : which not one Chartist in England ever bothered i his head for a single moment . Now , hear what the Republican says about the right of arming : —
" As a means of self-defence against felons , the right become * of less valne , as society contrives a better police and a better administration of justice—and as a msaus of au armed resistance to cocstitut » d authorities , the right is ridiculous and beneath contempt . A bowand-arrow were essential to every man in the marauding banditti times of Edward the Confessor , or an English cslonist ; but of what use would either be to an inhabitant of Ironion or Westminster ? The great fault cf the Chartists is , their attaching a necromaney , a sort of witchcraft or magic , to antiquity . "
This i 3 a very tame sentiment from a fierce Republican , and the paragraph he concludes thus : — " The great fault of the chartists is , their attaching a necromancy , a sort of witchcraft or magic to antiquity . " The necromancy is in the brain of " Pubiicola f for every Chartist of sound mind in the kingdom laughs at nothing more heartily than the folly of the present generation being governed by the la w 3 of barbarians , fools , idiots and despots . Their
motto is , " Letthe liviDg make laws for themselves . ' They say with Btbos : — " Out upon time , forit ever will leave But enough of the past for the future to grieve ; Ou « upon time , for it leaves no more Of the things to come than the things before . What we have seen , and our sons shall see , Remnants of thiegs tkat have passed away , Fragments of stone reared b ^ creatnres of clay . " " Pubiicola" ends his first-love exercise thus : —
" Thus , my fellow-countrymen , the Chartist * , I have done my utmost to clear away your errors , and to wean you from your fatal course at tie appending elections . I trust I have inspired you with more enlarged and more noble views of liberty , and that you will feel at the dissolution of Parliament , that by supporting Tory candidates , you will fatally obstruct the progress of-all Reform , and inflict cruel sufferings on the working classes , from which the proposed financial measures of the Government would infallibly relieve them . "
Let us now , at the close of " Publicola ' s" first complimentary visit , paid for the purpose of wooing the Chartists , just placs the more blunt John Bull language qjTEasthope in contrast with " Publicola ' s " clumsy lumps of love thrown at us . The Chronicle of Tuesday has ^ the two following passages ; the first with reference to a " free discussion" meeting held at Swansea , the second the treatment which a Chartist received at Slateford . No . 1 from the Chronicle
says" Two or three attempts at interruption were made , but these were instantly suppressed , and the intruders were rather roughly handled and glad to make their escaoe . One of these intruders wa » a Chartist , who attempted to move an amendment for a petition for the liberation of Frost , Jones , Williams , and all the Chartist prisoners ; but no person being found to second this amendment , foe proposer was pulled off the platfonn , carried out of-the Market-place , and thrown into the street , where ke was soon covered with mud whilst effecting hia hasty retreat "
No . 2 from the Chronicle says" The motioa being seconded by Mr . Lonel , was put from the chair . At this moment , one of the Chartists got up and found some fault with the manner in which the meeting was conducted . Attempts were made to put him down , but the rest of the Chartists maintained his right to be heard . A scene of great confusion and uproar then ensued , which ended in a hearing being allowed to the speaker alluded to . His speech consisted mostly of abase of Ministers , and misrepresentations of the tendency of the proposed alteration * of the Corn Liws .
•¦ Tne dishonesty of the line of argument adopted by the ChartUt orators was well txpoaed by several speakers . The meeting again became uproarious , and much impatience was evinced at the persevering attempts wkich were made to defeat the objects for which it had been assembled . At length the indignation of the people was thoroughly roused , and the more turbulent of the Chartists were unceremoniously turned out of the church . Indeed , it appeared that these disturbers of the peace only escaped & very rough bAnrtling in consideration of the HacreduesB of the plact . "
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This mode of courtship very forcibly reminds m of tke catterwauling which precedes the happy nuptials of Mia ? pass and her turbulent Ram cat spouse . We regret that we Lave not room for the whole of " Publicola ' s" production ; it is quite unique in its way , and the only apology that can be charitably offered , is , that the writer intends well , but has not scope of mind to comprehend the whole subject upon which he undertakes to write .
" Pubiicola" charges the Chartists with a want of practical action , while he has recently told us that because he is enamoured of Annual Parliaments , the Ballot , Equalization of Electoral Districts , and the Abolition of Property Qualification ; he is the more opposed to Universal Suffrage , and Payment of Members . He might , with equal propriety say , I delight in the perfume of the rose , and , the more so , because I have lost the power of smelling .
'" Pnblicola"is a Republican ; and while he reviles the Chartists for their want of distinct ! veness , he has never condescended to submit his Republican standard of franchise . The critic who wishes to find fault Trill make one , rather than bestow praise where censure is aimed ; like the architect who was resolved upon building the squire ' s house upon a particular site , while the squire was resolved that he should not . The architect for a length of time contended against the prudence of adopting the Squire ' s recommendation ; however , there was au old fox cover in view of the
proposed site , which view the Squire was determined should not be shut out from the dining-room windows ; when all other excuses had failed , the architect Very knowingly observed * " 0 , but Sir , that large hay-stack will obstruct the view . " w Aye , aye ; by G—d , " said the Squire , " I never thought of thai "; and thus where reason failed folly succeeded ; the house was built , and in the following spring the Squire had the mortification to siand where the immoveable hay-stack stood for a season / and from thence to enjoy hisfavourite prospect . Now such is precisely the position of our friend and monitor ; reason , he thinks , has failed in convincing us , and now he would induce ns to change the site of our house , as the hay-staok which now
obstructs the prospect will remain there for our time ; but , with more wisdom than the squire , we will remove the nuisance , and then we can see our favourite object—the cover . But for the moral . " Well , Sir , ' - " observed the foreman of the architect , "I could'nthelp laughingatthe squireaud the haystack . " l t Aye , aye , " said the architect , "but the house is to be built upon contract , and the difference of carriage of timber , stones , lime , slates , and sand , and other materials between the two site 3 will pay for the joke . " Perhapj there may g , of that telling thing called interest at the bottom of Pablicola ' s" letter ; andwe are willing to make any excuse , though a bad one for a friend in distress . We conclude with a recommendation to " Pubiicola" to try and remove the hay stack rather than vainly hope to change the site of the " Charter House . "
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THE FUSTIAN JACKETS . We are authorised to communicate the gladtidings , that the Noble Fustian Petition . Carriers have resolved themselves into a Committee to carry not only the Petition , but the Charter , the spirit of the Petition in the House ; and to state , that next week they will be prepared to submit , through our columns , their addresses to their Brother Trades throughout the kingdom . This is as it ought to be ; as they express it , " a firm determination to do their own work . "
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POST-OFFICE ORDERS . —All persons sending money to tnts Office by Post-office Order , are especially requested to snake their orders payable to Kr . Jons ArdiU , as , by a recent alteration In the Post-office arrangements , any neglect of this would cause ns a great amount of trouble and annoyance . Charles Keen . —Fits notice of the meeting of Lambeth Chartists for Wednesday teas received at our office fif ' teen hours after our last paper had gone to press . All such notices should be in the office on Tuesday , or , at the very latest , on Wednesday , but if possible ahcays on Tuesday . Cupar riPE . We received the notice of Mr .
I Lowery ' s lecture , delivered on the Monday j evening , on Friday , fourteen hours after the , r Scotch papers had been pasted . I Wm . Cook . —His communication is an advertisement , i and must be paid for as such if we insert it : we should have to pay for it . , H . Mitchell . — We have received a letter with this j signature , referring to , and animadverting on , \ some portions of a speech delivered at Alani Chester , on the I 6 lh ult ., by Mr . Harriet / , and published in the Northern Star of the 22 nd . The , '¦ writer says : — "It is true that Mr . H . gave notice of a motion respecting Mr , O'C ' s speech . It i is untrue that the association directed Mr . It i to icrile to Mr . O'Conncll , or knew of his
inten-; tion to do so ; he however did write / ' lie goes on to complain of the language of Mr . H . ' s letter to Mr . 0 "C . as disgraceful andintempe-• rale . He then says : — "The Association felt , as I . feel , that the intemperate conduct of Mr . Harney : had placed us in a wrong position , and given to ; Mr . 0 "C . the vantage ground ; they , therefore , i refused to suffer the correspondence to be published . In tefcrence to Mr . H . ' s corroboration of Mr . Rider's staement , that " the members of : the London Working Men ' s Association are anything but working men" the writer asserts , that , I with very iiiviat exceptions , such as Heiheringj ton , Watson , and Cleave , they are , and were , all , men who get their Jiving by hard labour .
' Robert Wild . —We cannot insert his letter . The less publicity given to these things the better . K . M . W . — His verses are declined . Antongo Nebo . — We have not room . J . S . —His charade has not enough of poetic merit for publication . Joii * Phillips . — We have not room . ' . Wm . Woodboffe . — Thanks : our information is I pretty extensive . \ Bradford Chartists . — We received a placard , by ! post , on Monday evening , about ten o ' clock , ini faiming us of a meeting to be holden at Bradford , '¦ at seven the same evening , and desiring our I reporter's attendance . We should certainly have i sent a reporter had we known of the meeting in
j time ; but our friends will see that there was no j me in sending one after the meeting teas over . j W . BaKret Twri ' tes : — "Ithi 7 tk if Messrs . Smart and M'Douall will look up their accounts , once more , ; belonging to the Convention , they will find their \ receipts to be £ 35 16 s . 6 d ., and their expenditure ! £ 34 Is . lid ., so ffraJ £ 2 14 * . Id . witlremainon ; hand ; and the sum due to the country by theCon-\ vention will be £ 3 7 s . 1 Id ., instead of £ 4 os . lid ! James Si . nclair . —The report for the 21 th of May is rather too late for publication now . James Duffet . — \\ e have not rotm for his letter : we advise him to take no notice of the stupid fellow .
A Cuxsiant Reader thinks public demonstrations HI calculated to facilitate the attainment of the Charter ; advises every working man to give one day ' s uages into the hands of a national treasurer ; and then to deposit , every pay-day , such sum as he can spare , however small , for twelve months . The money thus accumulated to be sacredly devoted to the attainment of the Charter . And then , he says , will the time be come for the people to prepare their petition , and appoint another Convention to attend to it . Then will the people be prepared to wait , to watch , to strike terror , and compel the Legislature to pass the Charter into law .
Philip Platt . —Let the twenty Radical voters of the neighbourhood reserve themselves . Ther& will be a candidate—most probably a polling one —or , if there should not , then let them vote for the Tory . Republican . —We have not room . James White . —May see Mr . O'Connor any day on application at the Castle , between nine tend ten , a . m ., or between two and four , p . m . He must enquire for Mr . Noble , the governor , and make his application to him . The answer to the second question depends upon the rout he pursues . If he go by way of York that tcill be his nearest point , and the distance by railway is ninety miles : if he go by way of Leicester and Derby , Sheffield will be his nearest point , from which place the distance is about thirty miles . A Sincere Chartist , and Member of the National Charter Association . —Dr . M'Douall is a member of the General Council . If his name
be omitted in the published list , it is by mistake . Morgan Williams , of Wales ^ and George Binns , of Sunderland , are requested to send their address to Mr . Campbell , Secretary to the Executive .
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JOIK Moobe , Trowbridge , writes its that much dirsatisfaction exists among the Wiltshire Chartists in reference to the non-insertion or curtailment of their reports . The dissatisfaction ought to be wth themetee * . We have now received , on Thursday , a report of their meeting held on Sunday , and ^ which , to insure ¦ ¦' insertion , slmild have been with us on Tuesday . They know that we have scores of times given notice that tee cannot guarantee the insertion of anything which reaches us after Wednesday . If parties wilt not takes the least trouble to study our necessities , they cannot expect that we should outrage the who ' e country for their gratification . fir . W ., BroCghtow-boad , Salford , A « m sent us an
account of an act of cruelty and magisterial injustice which , if true , deserves the severest and most signal reprobation . —A young man was cutting timber with our informant , in a wood , near to Wxmslow , in Che-hire , early in the morning of the 11 th of May last , when another young man came out of a neighbouring farm yard with a bag under his arm . Two of Lord Stanley ' s gamekeepers immediately spiung out of a plantation close at hand , seized hold of the young men , and handcuffed them together . Upon searching the bag they found no game , but a few potatoes . The poor fellow said , that being out of work and having no lodging to goto , he had slept in the farmer ' s barn during the night , and had taken a few
potatoesJor his breakfast . Our informant ' s companion declared he had nothing whatever to do with the affair . The two poor fellows were given in charge of a policeman , and taken to Macclesfield , and were committed to Knutsford Sessions . Our informant travelled fifteen miles to the Sessions , to dear his comrade , and after waiting all day , when nearly every body was gone , the parties were brought up . , In reply to the magistrate , the young man who had the bag confessed that he hud taken the potatoes , and the other said he hod tM . hadanything to ili >?> ith flfcwnr- * WRIT said the magistrate , " there is ho witness , neither against younorfar you , therefore , your sentence is four calendar months hard labour in
Knutsford House of Correction . " Our informant very justly asks , " teas there ever such justice ( qu . injustice ) heard of % as to give an industrious young man four months in one of the worst hells of England , far no-erime whatever , or without a trial , or the least chance of clearing himself . " These facts only prove that until the people elect the magisiraten , and make the laws by which they are governed , they will always be exposed to erueltv , injustice , and oppression . The Projected Butchery at Manchester . —We hive received a letter from some person , signing himself Edward Watkins dating from 25 , Itighstreet , Manchester , and describing himself as a member of the Committee of the \ Manchester
Anti-Corn Law Association , impugning the accuacy of our report of this ever-memorable demonstration , " and professing to give a report , to the truth of which the writer is ready to swear . He charges the commencement of the fight upon the Chartists , and affirms that the Danites and Cobdenites stood only on the defensive . He takes credit to himself for making some exertions to preserve the peace , but forgets to inform us why police and magistrates made no Such exertions . We know nothing of this Mr . Edward Watkins , but had his letter , which is somewhat long , come earlier , we should probably have published it ; and , had we done so , we should probably have made the writer wish he had not been so silly as
to send it . He concludes by challenging us to appoint a committee to act in conjunction with another committee , to be appointed by the pr& moters of the meeting , to enquire into the whole proceedings . We refer his " challenge" to the Manchester Executive , who , if they know anything of him , will deal with it as to their judgment may be most requisite for public good . Glasgow . —The Rival Reporters . — We have received from Mr . Malcolm , the reporter of the Scottish Patriot , a letter in reference to some expressions in a paragraph received from our Glasgow Correspondent , a week or two ago ; this letter was published in the Scottish Patriot oj last week ; and we have also received from our Glasgow Correspondent a letter in reply to it . — We don't like these personal , bickerings ; they
tend to do our cause much harm . We wish all our correspondents to avoid , as far as it is consistent with their public duty , all matter that may be personally offensive to any one . We regard the Scottish Patriot as a valuable help-mate in the good work of Chartism , and should be sorry to do anything to ivjure it . As we could not , in justice , insert Mr . Malcolm's letter , without inserting Mr . McKay ' s reply , we shall decline to insert either . The Glasgow Chartists are best able to determine on the matter in dispute—they know the parties and can estimate them . If Mr . Malcolm know that the -acouaation of being " " Whiggish , " which AIr M Kdy brings against him tsunfounded , he need ' apprehendno mischief from it , because , in that case , it can injure no one but his accuser . Mr . Skevington wishes to correct a statement made
by the reporter in his speech at the Crown and Anchor . It was not the magistrate , but the High Constable of the hundred , that ran into the brook . At the same lime , he wishes to acknowledge the following sums as received by him towards bearing his expences to London andback : —From the Nottingham friends , meeting at the King George on Horseback , 5 s . ; Sheepshead , os . ; Mr . Davenport , Hathern , Is . id ., Is . of which was from a friend at Sulton f a Friend at Loughbro ' , 3 d .
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To Agents . —We cannot place any money received by Agents for defence * to the account of those Agents receiving it : they must send the money , and when received it will be noticed , and not before . If any Chartist residing in Nowry , Ireland , will forward his address to Mr . Rndge , Robs , Herefordshire , he will receive the Noorlhern Star regularly . G . Greek wood . —Yes .
FOR MRS . FROST . £ . s . d . From Nottingham , per W . Bilbie 3 i ) „ a few Chartists at Chichester 10 0 „ a friend at Bitley . 050 .. London , per 11 . Marley 0 10 0 ^ Manchester , per A . Hey wood e 1 0 for j . b . o ' brien . From a friend at Batley 0 5 0 „ Dunfermline ... ... ... ... 0 18 „ Manchester , per A . Heyweod ... ... 0 1 0 FOR MH . 11 OEY . T . S . Brook's subscription 0 9 lU From an English patriot abroad , per Mr . W . Cook 0 10 0
FOR MRS . CLAYTON . From Shelton , per J . Yates 0 3 0 ~ London , per R . Marley 0 2 0 FOR THE WIVES AND FAMILIES OF THE INCARCERATED CHARTISTS . From the Rancliffe Arms , Nottingham ... 0 3 0 * . the National Charter Association , Lambeth 110 POLITICAL PRISONERS' AND CHARTER CONVENTION FUND . From Aberdeen , per J . Smart ... .. 0 10 0 „ the Working Men of Tillicoultry , near
Alloa 0 5 0 .. Nuneaton Charter Association ... 0 10 0 ^ Ke ighley o 15 9 h „ Cononly o 4 2 . .. Dumbristle 0 5 0 „ Crossgates ... 0 4 0 „ Iiippoflrien , per P . PJatta l 0 0 „ Ouseburn , per J . Hall 0 2 6 „ Newton Heath , per A . Heywood ... 0 5 0 „ Manchester o 1 0
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Wednesday Evening , June 9 lh . Suffering from the effects of a severe attack of illness , yourCom-spondenthas this week been but little able to perform any kind of work , but , nevertheless , is now nearly recovered . He aaks no favour but to be engaged every moment in behalf of the cause , for this purpose he hopes that whenever his presence is required he may receive a K-tter addressed to him at No . 15 , I / ittle Clarendon-street , Somera Town , or at Mr . Weave's , 1 , Shoe-lane , and he will attend thereto . AH trades societies or meetings he will be most happy to attend , only let him have a few hours' notice . The Ministry have been defeated but still cling to office . They have thrown over their Corn Bill and all the agitation in its favour amounts to just this , nil .
London and the Metropolitan Boroughs are now the scenes of active election proceedings . In the Tower Hamlets and the Borough of Marylebone , Chartist candidates are in the field , and the men seem determined to fight with them . ¦" I Petition Committee . —This bedy of real good " uorkies" held their weekly meeting at the Dispatch Coffee House , Bride-lane , Mr . Simpson in the chair . A number of petitions were banded in by Mr . Balls , the secretary , which were ordered to be sent to Mr . Duncombe for presentation . The Committee adjourned till Friday , June 18 th , when it ia particularly requested that every member ¦ will attend and bring their petition sheets .
A MOST numerous meeting of the inhabitants of the pariah of St . Pancros , was holdeu at the VeBtry Rooms , on Tuesday last , Mr . Chalk , cburck warden in the chair . A resolution in favour of her Majesty ' s Ministerial measures was proposed and seconded , to which on amendment was proposed in favour of the Charter by Mr . Goodfellow , seconded by Mr . Peat . The show of bands being bo very nearly equal , a division was called for , upon which the chairman declared the amendment lost by a null majority .
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The Tower Hamlet men have opened a new room for the purpose of carrying on the agitatioa Their numbers are daily increasing . At the weekly meeting of the St Foncns men the following resolution was unanimously carried : — " That at all coflfee-hcuses , beershops , pu lie-houses , nnd bair dressers the members use , they insist upon the Northern Star being ; taken in . " The Pride of London apprentices and the joy of grown np citizens and their wires has disappeared , the veritable ground of enchantment has passed away . Astley ' s is no morel it has been destroyed by a fire which broke out on Tuesday morning at four o ' clock . The loss of the " President" steam ship gave rise to much and general uneasiness , but the feeling , however intense , with regard to that unhappy vessel and her voyagers , ia , I am sorry to say , outbid by the nonarrival of the " Britannia / ' for the safety of which vessel few hopes are now entertained .
THE Bears and Bulls of the Stock Exchange are wonderfully qalet ; indeed , Corn Laws and Corn Law Repeal , together with Sugar Duty and Timber Duty , do not appear to disturb the serenity of money gamblers , the stocks remaining firm .
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Heckmondwike . ——Mr . Clisset will preach a sermon in Heckmondwike Market-place , on Sunday morning , June the 13 th , on "the compassion of the Saviour towards the physical wants of the people . " Finsburt . —On Monday evening , the 14 th inst ., the Finsbury Chartists will meet at Lunt ' s Coffee Hou&e , tor the purpose of reorganising new class leaders for the Finebury district , aud earnestly solicit the co-operation of all friends to . the cause oi democracy . -rp- ' ^ - " " ; ... OuJHfAif" —Mr . Bell , from Manchester , leotures here tomorrow afternoon and evening . Gateshead . —A public meeting is to be held at the top of Oakwell Gate , on Wednesday evening , for the purpose of nominating a candidate to represent this borough in the ensuing Parliament . Messrs Mason , Cook , and others are expected . 11 is hoped the meeting will be well attended .
London—On Sunday evening next , June the 13 th , Mr . Richard Spurr will open the following question for discussion , at the Chartist Room , 55 , Old Bailey , —the present position of the Chartist body , and the best tactics to be adopted for the advancement of pur cause at the forthcoming elections ; when it is hoped every one feeling interested in the success of our glorious Charter will attend . Sutherland . —On Sunday afternoon Mr . Williams will lecture at the Life Boat House ; in the evening he will lecture in the Golden Lion room . Bishop Auckland . —On Sunday afternoon , at two o ' clock , June the 20 th , Mr . Williams will lecture at Bishop Auckland Batts , and on the following evening on West Auckland Green .
Derby . —There will be a delegate meeting held at the Northern Star , Derby , on Sunday , the 2 dth of June , 18 . 41 , at one o ' clock m the afternoon , to take into consideration the propriety of re-electing Mr . Bairstow as missionary for the town and county of Derby and outskirts of the county . Each of the following places are requested to send a delegate : — Duflield , Holbrook , Belper , Alfreton , Heanor , Ilkeston , S tappleford , Sandiacre , Sawley , Borro wash , Ockbrook , Sponsion , Breaston , Melbourn , Castle Donnington , aud Barton-upon-Trent , and any other villages that take an interest in the cause of Chartism . A delegate from any such places will be gladly received . All communications must be sent to Mr . Joseph Turner , at the sign of the Northern Star , top of Bridge-street , Derby .
Deptford . —Mr . Edmund Stallwood will lecture on Sunday evening next , June the 13 th , in the Democratic Academy , Deptford , Kent , on the Charter , as a remedy for our political disease , its practicability , means of obtainment , < &o . Huddersfield . —On Tuesday evening next a publio meeting will be held in the Association Room , " to take into consideration the bloody and unwarrantable conduct of the anti-Corn Law party , aided by Dan ' s party . " Bilston . —It has been determined to hold an open air demonstration in this important mining district , on the 15 th of June , to which Messrs . White and Taylor have been invited .
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20 , LONDON STREET , GLASGOW . JO . LA MONT takes the liberty of respectfully informing his Friends aud the Public , that he has OPENED BUSINESS in the above Line ; and by substantial Workmanship , Economy , best seleoted Materials , and attention , trusts he will be found worthy of-general Patronage . Letter Books , Scrap Books , Portfolios , Albums , and Manuscripts carefully Bound to order . Bindings in Cloth , Sheep , Roan , SiJk , Calf , Vellum , Morocco , and Russia . French , Antique , Law , and Divinity Bindings . Standard and Popular Works , Bibles , Testaments , Prayer , Pealm , and Hymn Books , et cetera . All Varieties of Stationery , &c . &c . Glasgow , June , IBM .
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TO THE ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH OF LEEDS . GENTLEMEN , —A Requisition has been presented to me from a largo and influential Body of the Electors of Leeds , calling upon me to become a Candidate , in conjunction with Lord Jocelyn , for the Representation of the Borough in the event of a Dissolution of Parliament . The character of the Appeal with which I am honoured , whether I regard the number or respectability of the parties who make it , is such as will not permit me to hesitate between the inclination of private feeling and the dictates of public duty ; I , therefore , Gentlemen , respectfully announce to you my intention of complying with its request . In declaring myself a Candidate for so great an honour , and in purposing to undertake so heavy a responsibility as that of watching over the
Parliamentary Interests of this extensive Borough , I wish I could offer to you the benefit of Parliamentary as well as Commercial Experience in the consideration of all those great questions which so deeply absorb the public mind . Never have we stood more in noed of the ability of an energetic Government or the wisdom of an enlightened Legislature than at the present momont ; and I confess that I do not recollect the period when the depression of every branch of our Commercial Interests has been so appalling as it now is , nor can I conceive any duty so imperative upon Parliament as that of a most patient yet prompt endeavour to devise substantial means of relief . What may be the cause or the combination of causes which ha ? produced this paralysis of our commercial strength , or what may be the best means of restoring us to activity , admits of much discussion , and deserves to be discussed with moderation and
temper . To those who ascribe our present distress to * the operation of the existing Corn Laws , I can admit that a reduction and modification of the present scale of duties would not be attended with injustice to any class of the community ; and to the advocates of Free Trade I can equally admit that our Commercial Code requires delib / rate investigation , and that many obstacles which now impede the current of Trade may be removed without injury to any other existing Interest ; but in the pursuit of this object , I hope that England will not be compelled to abandon those exertions which she has so nobly begun ia tearing oif the hideous badge of Slavery from the human race .
Upon the subject of the Poor Law , the provisions relating to what is called out-door relief appear to me to have been made by the Commissioners in utter ignorance of the precarious employment of a manufacturing population , of which not only individuals , but masses of individuals , are , at a few days' notice , reduced from a state of industrious competency , to helpless destitution . Relief so restricted is wholly inapplicable to the wants of the dense population of a trading district ; besides which , there are other parts of this law that evidently require
amendment . It is needless for me to dwell in this address upon my devotion to our Church , or upon the importance which I attach to the Religious Education and Moral Improvement of the Poor . It is equally needless for me to express my reverence and admiration for all those institutions comprised within the pale of our unequalled Constitution , calculated a 3 they are to entail blessings upon all classes of the Community ; but I am persuaded that these blessings cannot be permanently enjoyed by any class , or in any rank of life , unless due regard be paid to the means of subsistence and to the " contented labour" of the great body of the People .
Whatever may be the estimation in which the policy of the present Administration has been held by its supporters , they must acknowledge that that policy cannot be successfully applied to the exigencies of the State except it be based upon the Confidence of the Nation . They must see that this Confidence has been withdrawn ; --ageneral dissatisfaction with the measures of our Rulers , and au inert asing suspicion of the Honesty of their motives , are fast growing upon the public mind : I concur in these apprehensions , and should hail their removal from Office as the first step to the restoration of our National Prosperity . I have the honour to be ,
Gentlemen , Your faithful Friend and Servant , WM . BECKETT Kirkstall Grange , 8 th Jane , 1841 .
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TO THE ELECTORS OF THE BOROUGH OF LEEDS . / "VENTLEMEN , —The honour you have done meiit iX presenting to me the flattering Requisition I have just received , proposing that I should offer myself as a Candidate foryonr Suffrages as ene of your Representatives in Parliament , demands my most cordial thanks . I am fully sensible , likewise ,, of the additional value which is stamped on that Requisition by your having associated my name with that of your honoured Townsman , Mr . William Beckett ; and , with such a call and such a colleague , I cannot hesitate to accept your invitation , and to
profess my willingness to fight with yon the battle of the Constitution in this great Crisis of the public affairs . With respect to the principle on which I now come forward , I have already had some opportunity of explaining myself to you personally ; but in accepting your Requisition I am bound to state explicitly to all the Electors what those principles are . In one word , then , they are strictly Conservative ; that is to say , they are such as will lead me to consult the interests , not of one class to the exclusion or prejudice of others , but to advance the well-being of the entire Community , adhering as closely as possibla to the old Landmarks of the Constitution .
I shall not bid for your support by promising to root up and destroy every Institution that may be found to require Regulation or Improvement ; bat with Mue respect to the * existing Laws and Usages of the Country , I would labour to preserve whatever is useful , and honestly to correct and reform whatever is amiss . As to the immediate questions which now occupy the public mind , I believe you will agree with me in thinking that , however important they are in them * selves , and deserviug-of the most serious consideration of the Legislature , they do not constitute the real point at issue at tins time , which is do less tta « the formation of an efficient Government in place of
the weak Ministry which has for the last few and disastrous years exercised the responsibility "without being able to wield the powers of the State . That the unexampled depression of the Commercial and Financial affairs of the Country requires a searching investigation into its cause , and great wisdom and firmness in applying the fittest remedies , uo man can doubt ; but it is equally obvious that the indispensable preliminary to this is the formation of a strong and effective Government , wise in counsel , and possessing the confidence of so decided a majority of tho Representative * of the peeple as to have the power of carrying through the measures which they may deem the exigency of the times to
require . To the support of such a Government , if elected as one of your Representatives , I shall consider it my duty to render my assistance , believing entirely that it can be formed only on Conservative principles ; and while thus seeking to accomplish what I consider necessary to the safety of the Country , I will address myself assiduously to the protection and advancement of your own varied interests , and to the consideration of those great ' and complicated national questions which involve on the one hand the greatest extension that can safely and profitably be made of the Manufacturing and Commercial Exertions « f this Country , and on the other the protection of the large and important interests of the Cultiyators ' of the Soil ; the supply of Food to all classes free from the influence-of Foreign Jealousy and the dangers of Foreign War ; the removal of all the
harsh and needless severity of the New Poor Law , rendering it applicable ( which at present it is not ) to the vicissitudes of the trade , and the wants and comforts of the Manufacturing Population ; the maintenance of the great and truly glorious effort made at so large a cost by this Country to strike off the bonds of Slavery throughout the world ; and the extension of those means of a moral and religious National Education which can alone insure the safety of the State and the well-being of all . Classes among our rapidly-increasing Population . Upon these and all other subjects I shall be happy to afford you every satisfaction in my power whenever the proper period arrives for my again appearing among you , and in thomeantime I shall rely on the continuance of those efforts upon your part to which you have so generously pledged yourselves , and which , if continued , cannot , I believe , fail to be crowned with the desired effect .
I have the honour to be , Gentlemen , Your most obedient , humble servant , JOCELYN . London , June 7 , 1840 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 12, 1841, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1113/page/5/
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