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THE KOETHERN STAR. SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 1842.
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-3 B ¦ WATKIXSS LEGACY TO THE CHARTISTS . "While I still live let me not live in vain . " ChaETkJ Bretheeh , —I hare a few discourses , < i 6 livered in London , equal in number "with th » points of the C&srter , —these I propose ( if God -spares me ) to send , "Week after -week , to the people ' s paper till the "Whole JTe inserted . They may afterwards be gathered together and printed in a separate form ,, making one little book , which I should wish the Chartists to consider my legacy to them . Jt is all I have to leave them Seep them , then , for my sake , and let it be said" Though dead , he yet speaketh . " Tout faithful brother unto death , Johs "Watkiks . Battetsea , near London , April 6 , ( my bhth-day ) , 1842 .
LECTURE I . "It is good to be zsalomsly affected always in a good earLse . "—Gal . -itn , Chap ., rSsfc ver . BBETHKEN l > " the CaVSE , —I -will first endeavour to show wherein it is good to be zealously affected in a good cause . Secondly , —Why or wherefore we should be zealously affected , and always so . And , " lastly , — what it is that constitutes a cause good . Concluding "With an exhortation to follow this precept of St . Paul , "who himself set a confonnaVle example .
11 It is good to be zealously affected always in a good xause" —good both for tbe site of the causeiind of onr ourselves . Wish we not always to do gsod ?—wuh we not to be sc * xl—wish we not to eiyoy what is . good ? We shall effect all : hese wishes by zealonslv affecting a good cause . And oh ! that there was more of goodness on earth—that there was less evil in us . God made a good worid—he saw and pronounced that all things w « re good—how co-old they be otherwise , when they came but of the hnnds of goodness itself 1 Man himself he made good , but men have sadly degenerated . Txot content with the general plan of creation , man left it and " found out many new inventions . " He differed from his Maker and whit has been the ca :
isequence : He has become tLe dupe of his errors—the slave of his « to pa « siocs—the victim of his own freewill . He has gone further out of God's way , the farther he has gone on his own . He has , in a manner , ceased to be 'God ' s creature , and has become the creature of the evil circumstances which he has created for himself , an 4 by which he is surrounded- He is no longer a simple child of nature—he 13 now an artificial being . In short man . is turned a monster . Oa : ward creation looks as fresh and fair as at its ¥ irth - —the sun shines as brightly— ihe skies smile as blae , —the air breathes as freely—rivers flow as limpidJy into the rtctMEg sea—grass grows a 3 green—birds sing 83 biithe—and the earth brines forth as abundantly
all things , " berb and tree , and cattle , and creeping thirjg , " after their several kinds , as at first How happens it that man alone—man of all created beings formed the noblest , fitted the most perfectly for happiness—man to whom dominion over all tlse , fish , fowl , an 3 beast was given—who can have the use and enjoyment cf aU—that msn Efcocld be more miserable , more abject—that hs should suffer want and woe more than the very worm itsslf ? Man lives at variance with his fellow man , with all things , with t-rou himself . Xot content -with the world that God made for him , and with the way thit God appointed lum to walk inman must needs have a -world of his own , " and walk in his own way . Not content with natare ' s law , he has
mart a laws for nis own goTen : uuce xa direct opposition to naiur ^ Xot content with a God in Heaven , he has Bet up an earthly god , and the dominion which his Creator gave him over all things on earth , that dominion he has yielded np to kings and priests to be exercised over himself ; and thus it is that he has become a more miserable thing than the very worm he treads on . Man has dethroned God , and put an usurper in his place—a king -srbese evil passions ' are invested with power , and isade plagues cf—lu-nce come wars , pestilence , and famine—and , as jf it was not enough that man ' s body should be thus enslaved by tyranny—his sonl has been unchained by snpei stdtion ; and kings and priests are despotic allies , leaguSd ruffians igsinst the hnupiness , the freedom , the very
iife of man . "What must man do ? What can he do ? He seeks the eiifxauchissment of his body , and is opposed by kingcraft—a power jrhieh himself raised over himself , —if he seeks the enfrarehisnient of his mind , he is met by priestcraft—a poorer taken in hand by the other . What ought raan to io ? That -srJacli man Will do ; he ¦ will arise and co to his Father—ye 3 , he will go to God , ani s .-y to Hi ; n , " Ttou that madest me , End gavest me life—lo . ' I left thee , and made unto myself a kiiig md a priest instead tf tbee , and they have bc-ief : me of my living—cf all the rights which thoc didst give me 2 . 1 my birth . I ata no longer man , I am a mere slave ; tut do thon inspirit me afresh , ~ v . d I will be bem again—I will nguin be free , as becomes tie 5 ? n tf Ecch a Father !"
<; To be good is to be happy . " JIas folly and wickedness have bfesii p-iuvi ^ hcd by his cons ^ aent mi ^ try . If he would again be happy he must be good . But aias ' we are hidi £ p .. scd to goconess—• sic have so long bi .-en evil that hsbil has become a second n-s . Vu < c ia us . We are evil and huTs made « vil Isvrs , ax ^ l out children , though bern < xru ' . [ WucV . veij good , Eoon grow tvil on aco . ns : of tig evil I iWs and iiiitilutions cf their fathers . They are tiE ^ d to slavery— trained to sla . Sha-1 we not arnai these evil la sra—abolish them and make beiter ones ? Were Xha people of one mind they could break the bonds tost bind them as easily as Samsen
broke ihe green withes . But drink , liks a Dalilab , has shorn many of their str = ngth—it betrays them to the foe . -Kings Mcd us—priests clind as , and we are made but the sport of our oppressors—we are nvi gyod —we do not do good—we hindtr others from doing it , and soodDfc" which is to fee lasts of tue nnrltiuted £ oul as swc « i as toney to the tongue , -waich sever loattrS butgI 0 W 3 SWtster the longer it i ^ t ? . We know-Hot , this goodnesa . If weknew it we should feelit—^ e Ehonld love Vt and soon grow like it—we could not euivre the by A . Our constant cry would be , " Y \ "ho ¦ will tbow us any good 5 "' ^ YlJat then is good ? It is good , we are tola , to be zealously affected in a good
cause . To be zt < ui > 'ls iy affected 1 Xes , its txe not merely -to l > s ojccisd iiui to bt zi ' o . 1 ' usly iff ^ ctcd . Tiic fact is , we czxzlo ; do good zo a cause unless - « re en ^ ge in it zealously . JTo lukfwarifln'iia—no backwardaets—no partial measarei—no ccmprcaiise . " TYe must be read } t-j do all and to dare aiJ . We mast i-xi it nt ) thine r-st the cause and pre = i onward t j i : —txirnin ; not , stopj-icg not , retreating not . We must fix our ejea at the prizi we aim at , as-1 sirain every nerve to reach it . Obstacles we must fiurrn-iiiiit—opposition tre ruuit -overcome —allurements - > Ve must disregard . Wbeio we C'ttot climb , we mn ^ t cat th r ough , like Hannibal -n his passage over th = A . is : We ra ^ s can the c ^ use , th ugh we lose , all i ; z ~ u it—ttc :. mz gain it . th' ^ za we I-.-se oursilres . J : >•? : be a crown cf l : fr ? to us , though Wtj di = ; that 3 io : ^ - -: t _ A wr ^ -th cf im is-jrtall'y , though Tfi TSlhh lin . llii ' . ^ Ii t . Wa pjihars .-aj u cooJ c ^ a-e , if
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we co Ett I ' liry . i- : i z-zio ^ ' jy , a :: J jne-rc' -ver we are fdic to lose :: i > n-1 ' . j di"fruCL- cnrie ' . vts . L-t rio jnr . n fciiter tLs lists v . i . 0 is sj " . ; ivrartd to run z ^ . ^ ii z-y , a ^ if ib = C 3 Ul 6 dt-: ' -- : ; -ln' . cpon L ' . u . i ^ lT aljce , ; iiid :: s if he E 1 . -.-5 vrotid p . i-r ? s tbe przi . In : i goj : l Ki : ;; s tli thitttm cbtiiT : —\ x \? , "r— j : i :-DTe s ' naiT ; -,- ; o tbcijii ¦ whu do -ot ruji v-iii sh ^ r ^ lbs ' . - . t >^ f it , -as -K-hich cl utLi-i tot ; " "ir t . v ,-: i . ! . . y f ; hj iL : ikj fiemse ' iVkr s : u-nbiis ^ cl . ces iii ur "rtav , tr \ rho c-jme tgains "; us It isa n ? : ' . er .: ' ¦_ -. i . ij - h-= r _> .. ? :. nl dei ^ i-i-j ns ; ui . > 1 the
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spinrs of TCLit ir . - -ijn .--Jk- i-= if ; c - , c-2 . t-ihln 5 cTir s-. r ug ^ les , zr-j ozr it ec :.- \ -.- < in htr ^ v . p .: B : Z-iLu ^ xV - JT-Jiu-. l 1 " What- shcatct we pursue wlj ; :: z-al , ii cot a good cLuse ? TVithwhaiz- ^ I Ve purj- - ^ : n 3 vs , follies , anvl evilihinis , the sains zsalir : a good c ^ us , ' -rculj ezsare it . Wen wt ss good as wearec— . I , vre should bs gocd tcongh . " A go-. d C 1 C 53 is nci u ^ . j scrl ' i ^ r one , tut for all : ' and tv-l ? the gcoine ^ s c-f lie cii * , the eoc-i we fed in bcir . ^ ifected l '> ir , ^ li-ml I ir ^ prr ^ tt < vlzh z ; -s ! . L .-: r-v fdint hear ' 5 come auiong ns ; 1- ^ : tt ^ m . K .- exp * u * d if ttey Co com ? , f r ib-y 'a-: 11 impair cur zs . 1 . The ilrrquis of D ^ d .-e . * rh > r- \ . ai-. ^ piaj to tbe char . ee , shit a mvetir . g jvuw : r : caa . t-. ;_ u ? - he was f-jurful tiiat others woaH ro : f e >_ ~* v ; t- his : \ : tr . Courage :. ' ^ o Oj ^ - ^ rdsl Xct sbi ^ . i ^ 11 \ i . 2 ra :-jasiy ErT-. c . rd b ~ fits and starts , but a .. -T . "It i ? gwd to be z--ait , aay aSWcied a _ X > ajs : r . : •_ ^' .-od e : V&a . "
Soiae mecar- r . ? .. ; y to 3 ,-ivarceTrith Ms . tai they meet with diinw-. tic-i—th = n u ^ cy fall back : ethers will advance acd OT-r-j-r :-- the £ rit di £ culrir 5 , but do not persevere to the ted ; iht-y are not Zralous always . 1 st them go to -h ; art cmd tati a lef ssn . Tfa : it Httle insect , ttough ioc . ed with a srz . \ n c-f enrr ., vrul cluab ever every obstrnc ::-ii in its vrzj ; ii seeks nut an easitr or rocrd-afiOBt j .-ath , b' -t raocc ^ li irec tiy over ; and ii yon luy the oostruction Ltfora it a :-rn ar . a arain the iiiuzaent after it h ^ s c imbed it , IS CiiniOS it £ . rain . We canao !; work too : iii-h Bcr too lozg in a jjoud cause ; we ihonld be alwajs at ttotS " : n season and out ol feisoa . " " What th . ur hacd nndt-h to ti . \ tij it with
^ . 11 thy might . " 3 > : e . c : dc : t- It is net onjy good , it is not only the best tbitg we can Ci 3 do , tnt ii is absolutely B-cessary that we should be zealcnsly ejected in a good cause—sscessary to the success of ihe cause For seel what tiere is to oppose us . Firsi and foremost , there are ourselves ; aye , we have none such foes as cursives ; there is cur indifference , onr indolence , to overcome ; onr ignorance , our principles , to contend with ; there is above all cur tiaiidy , our dread of ridicule or opprobrium or persecution . We want to gain what is good without the trouble or expence of gainingit—we waat it given to u- . Like Macbeth we are irresolutft vc&etermmed , cirffTscted , snd E 3 y , —
- If chance will ha- ? emeiing , fliancs may crown me Without my stir . " Having overcome ourselves we shall have less difficulty in overcoming outward o-cpositi' -n . We coconer all thinrs vrhtifw- ctrqacr fear . Hat how are we to conquer fear ? how but by the help of Igtc which easteth out fear ? Lit us ftc-i zealously affected and we shall Bot tuow ftir , JLst us call on God to inspire ns with affection , with seal , Triih enthusiasm . They may calumniate us , imprison u =, sj ay us ; fcni we shall smile at the calumny , bear imprisonment-, with fortitade , aad die with deiight . ' for if- -we be ¦ H-el i-aSfected all erfl trill turn inio good—all things " will work together for onr good—we shall not be orei- j come of evil , tuS oTercame efH yitt good . We IBQIt
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IKj ready to endnre evil , bnt not to inflict it ; a good cause requires good means to a good end . In bondage or hi exile we must exclaim , "It iB good to be here , for the sake of the cause . " Our enemies say , "Evil , be thou my good ; " but we must return good for their evil . We most contrast ourselves with them and then the bystanders will make a comparison in onr favour ; and you mnst know It ia the bystanders that possess the balance of power—tihey turn the scale . The indifferent portion of ' mankind comprise the i great ' st number ; if we can engage their sympathies in our behalf—if we can make them our allies in the cause , victory will surely and speedily be won . The common interest of mankind requires that the good
cause should succeed , and be sure they will judge our cause good , if tbey see ns good . —the bystanders see most of the game—they are the last judges—we shall have them with uj , and that soon . But let us not wait for them—let us go on without them , juBt as we would do with them , and our successful nothing else , will bring them to us . Motives of pity , of gratitude , of interest will actuate them , if better motives fail . Let us be just to eur cause and they will eventually be generons to tu ? . Look at the reward i but what of t ^ at ? a good cause rewards itself , for it is good to be engaged in it ; it is our duty and we will do it well by being z-alously affected ; and if we should net gain the cause for ourselves , we gain it for our children—we gain it for our God ! ( To be concluded in our next )
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MR . W . B . FERRAIvD , M . P . We regard this gentleman as one of the most useful men who ha 3 sat in the House of Commons during our time . His energetic and philanthropic assaults on the strongholds of tyranny and avarice and selfishness in the commercial system have entitled him to the thanks aud appTobatiou of all working men . "We are most happy to learn that the working men see this , and Mr . Feueand receives their encouragement to persevere in bis philanthropic course .
A Correspondent writes us that a deputation of working men waited on him at his residence , Harden Grange , on Saturday last , for the purpose of having an interview with him on tbe truck svttam , The deputation was very kindly received by the honourable member , when he entered fully into the subject , and assured the deputation that it was hia intention to persevere ; thai be was furnished with evidence on the truek system that would astonish the world ; and that he had a number of letters from clergymen , magistrates , bookkeepers , and others .
assuring him that they were ready to substantiate on oaib , before tne House of Commons , tbe charges he bad brought against the anti-Corn-Law-Repealing Truck-master-millocrats ; and , that as a proof of tbe good which had resulted from bis exposure in the House of Commons of the Truck System , he had received letters from Lancashire , containing accounts of masters giving up the Truck System ; and that tbe Governcent Agent in Birmingham , for procuring fire-arm ? , bad issued orders to tbe masters of the factories , who make those implements
of slaughter , that if tbe wages of their workmen were not pa : d in the current coin of the realm , all orders for the future would be withdrawn . Tho deputation left tbe Honourable Member highly pleased with the manly , straightforward , aDd uncompromising foe of the Truck System and the accursed . New Poor Law . Ii will be seen from our Parliamentary report tsat Mr . Fbkra > d has given evidence of bis
intention to persevere fearlessly and faithfully in his course , by giving notice of his purpose to move a resolution of the House for the full and adequate protection of working men coming to give evidence before Commiit ^ es of the Hous e appointed to inquire into the treatment , by manufacturers , of people employed by them , and also for tbe condign punishment of all TPto snoald intimidate or persecute such witnesses ; and also that he should move for a Select . Committee
to inquire into the frauds , aggressions , and ill-treatment perpetrated by maBulaciurers in the United Kingdom on tbe men in their employment ; extending also to the treatment of worki :: ^ men in mines and collieries , and on railways . This 13 What OUJiht to be . We hope tne working m ? n of the whvle empire will take care to supply Mr . F £ RP _ iND with plenty of facts ; and that they will take care to send him nothing but facts , whereon to found bis useful and necessary series of investigations .
THE CONFERENCES . We have neither room nor time to do more than just refer our readers 10 the reports of the Siurgeite aad Chartist Conferences at Birmingham , which they vrili £ ad elsewhere . We do most heartily and most siacerely congratulate the people on the good ser . s-3 they have aliiioct universally evinced in avoiding this last , most specious , and * most dishonest Jura from , the plain path of
principle . The attempt to substitute for the srHl-defincJ and vreii-uiiderstood torms and principles of the People ' s Charier , the vague anything , Eoihins , or ¦ whatever-you-please " declaration . " ~ as a /< £ --W of union , was an tvideuce only of ths utter waat of penetration , which tie " extension" men still expected to find among the people . They have now , we apprehend , discovered their mistake , and their vexatiou and dishonesty is alike apparent in th ^ ir moce of getting np and managing their " Conferane ^ . " We refer to their different and
unfair modes of admitting delegates with and without examination , aS" detailed by some of their deletes at the Chartist meeting on Monday ; together with tne " means which tve know to have been used to prevent tbe election or reception of delt ^ ates likely to advocate ihe " details" of tho Charter . One of the delegates from Bradford informed us that in tbat good town several Sturgite Liberals pledged themselves prior to tbe election to defray ihe whole expences of the delegation ; but that as soon as they saw that ChaUists bad been
elected , they not only refused to contribute One ari > i- towards the expences , bat that letters were ¦ i mmediately sent off to Birmingham to appris ? the "authorities" at the htad quarters of Sturgism of tbe misfortune which bad happened , in order that some qmbbie might be invented to prevent their sitting ; and that tbe parties whose duty it was to sign the credentials of tbe delegate ? made much hesitation about doing so , and , at last , did it only on condition of beins ; wholly exonerated from any share of tbe expencea incurred .
Now considering that this " Conference" was called expressly to collect opinions on the proper "details " necessary to be attached to Mr . Sturge ' s " declaration of the principle of Universal Suffrage , " and that tie Chartists were invited to sign the declaration that they might be entitled to vote for delegates , can anything speak more plainly than such conduct , the rank dishonesty and trickery of the whole business , and tbe necessity of the people ' s doing jusi what they have done ; letting the humbugs see that they know them , and know how to estimate them .
Thus let the people ever act ; let them adhere firmly to principle in a visible and tangible form ; let them , hold by tbe advances they have made instead of turning back to meet the laggards ; let them fortify themselves with patience , prudence , and vigilance ; let them write onward" on their
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colourB , and M No Surrender" oa their foreheads , and nothing can or shall resist them . We had written bo far before receiving by Thursday afternoon ' s post the report of the first and second day ' B proceedings at this Conference , to which we now direct attention frith much pleasure . The same post brought us also the following from F . O'Connor : —
TO THE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS . My Beloved Friends , —I have only time to say that the Stnrge Conference has adopted the six points of the Charter whole and entire , and tomorrow comes on the bapturn , that is the christening ; but thanks , everlasting thanks to tbe good men of Bradford , and some other good fellows , they will not allow our name to be changed .
We have twenty-hve choice delegates on the watch . Birmingham is in a most tremendous state of excitement , as well as the surroundiDg districts ; but , fustian jackets — sons of labour , rely upon the prudence and courage of your leaders . And new I come to tbe great question . It is twelve o ' clock at night , and the messenger is waiting for the little I can say .
MEN OF THE MIDLANDS , Here it is then . Your representatives have resolved upon holding a public meeting at Birmingham on Monday next , at eleven o ' clock . I will be in Wolverbampton at three o'clock on Sunday , and will briefly address the people ; then I start for Bilston , where I will speak shortly at six in the evening . At six on Monday morning , we start from Bilston in procession , after the Wolverhampton men shall have arrived . On the road , we shall meet the men of Walsall , Dudley ,
Bromsgrove and the other Chartist garrisons , and thus arranged and marshalled , ( no man carrying even a walking stick , but with bands playing and colours flying , ) we go to Birmingham to attend the public meeting . Uo carriages ; we all walk ; and should our principles be acknowledged , and our name not changed , we shall have a jubilee : but should any even the slightest chango bo attempted we will meet the " new move , ' and strangle it in the cradle . I shall give no opinion upon to-morrow ' s proceedings , but shall be prepared for the worst .
Working men , then , be at your post . Your Birmingham brethren have a demand upon you , " unaided they have battled faction aDd beaten tyranny . They invite you to help them ; come , then , in your thousands , your tens of thousands , your hundreds of thousands to the jubilee or the rescue . Faction is trembling , we will paraliza it and destroy it . My beloved Friends , Monday the 11 th , the eve of the forthcoming Convention , will be such a day as England never saw ,
I shall write you along letter to-morrow for the Second Edition , when I shall be in possession of the whole of the tactics of the Conference . Till then , adieu ; and may the day be propitious , the assemblage great , and the righteous cause successful . Ever your friend and Servant , Fuabgus O'Connor . Birmingham , Wednesday , past twelve , at night .
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Determined to commemorate every great national event connected with the present " movement , " Mr . O'Connor has entered into arrangements for presenting the Subscribers to the Siar 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 ihe DeleeATEsin Coxvenhon ASSEMULED , previous to starting with the Petition to the House of Commons ,
Tne centre and largest compaitment will represent tne Process on : ccompanying 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 tho Petition IN THE HOUSE , when " laid ou the table ; " being a general view of the Interior of tho House of Commons , the Bar and the Speaker ' s Chair being prominent features .
In addition to tbes 3 mam compart .-nents the upper and lower edges of the plate will be divided into sij- / ceri other smaller compartments , each one of which will contain an accurate representation of some great Publiu Building passed in the route from the Convention Room 3 to the Parliament House . Views will thus be given of Temple Bar , St . Ciument Dane ' s Church , Somerset House , Exeter Hall , St . Mary-le-Strand , Trafalgar Square , Northumberland House , Whitehall . Kichmond Terrace , The Admiralty , Tne Horse Guards , Westminster Bridge , The Treasury , Westminster Abbey and St . Margaret ' s Church , Westminster Hall , and the Exterior of the House of Common .
There will thus be given , upuii one very large sheet , NiNETtKs Splendid Pictures , all harmoniously combined to make the whole an effective and worthy representation of tho most important movement ever wade by the English people in favour of liberty . The terms upon which the Plate will be issued aro as follow : — Every Subscriber to tho Slur for Four Months from the 9 th of April will be entitled to a I ' vue . Wado not promise to have it ready at dint time , though in all probability it will be ; yet we do not promise ; for the work will bo cue of such
a character , and will need such careful attention on tbe part of the Engraver , as to defy a ,- 'y one to fix an exact time . This , however , we do promise . If the ptate is not then ready , every subscriber is at liberty to cease his subscription , holding his ticket , and receiving his plaic and papc . r from lho Agent lie has subscribed \ v :: h , tho day it is presented , just as if he had continued to sub .-cribe . The Price of the Paper the week the Plate is presented will be One Shilling . We will try ' to make such arran ^ emems as will make this the only charge the Subscriber will havo to pay .
Ageuts , therefore , will dease to open subscription lists , and in all cases furnish tho subscriber with a ticket , which ticket will entiile him to the Plate whenever it is ^ iven for subscribing for the Star for four months . As soon as possible , specimens shall bo placed in the hand 3 of the Agents .
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7 . Finally , remember that we hate only forty-eight columns weekly for all England , Scotland , WaieB , and Ireland ; that we have ho ihteresi in preferring one town or place to another , because ourB is not a local but a national paper ; that we are bound , therefore , jin dealing with the , massea of matter whick come to ua , to hold the scales of Ju 8 ticeeyenly ~ our first ebject being the promotion andenhancement ; awarding to our oiim best judgment , ef the success of the great and good canse ; . and out second , the distribution of our time and space so a * to give feast cause of complaint ; that we are alike bound to this course of action fey inclination , interest , and duty ; and that , therefore , ' it is useless and senseless for individuals to fume and fret , and thick themselves ill used
because their communications may not always be inserted , or for societies to trouble their heads and waste their time in passing votes of censure upon ns for devoting too much space to this , or too little to that , or for inserting this thing which they think should have been omitted , or for omitting the other _ . tbing which they think snoutd have appeared . AH these are matters for our consideration , and for the exercise of our discretion and judgment , which , wo assure all parties , shall be always used , so far as we aro able to perceive , honestly for the public , without fear or favour to any one , and without being allowed to be turned for one inatant from its course by ill-natured snarls or bickerings . Books fob Review may be left for this O / Bce at Mr . John Cleave's , l , Shoe-lane , Fleet-street , London .
To Agents— -A great portion of the Orders of our Agents which should be in our office on Thursday , at latest , have for several weeks back come on tho Friday ; nearly all the Scotch Agents ' Orders , have come on tho Friday / often . This may be occasioned by the delays of the mails , owing to the weather , but there certainly ia no reason why the A « euts at Hull , Liverpool , and even Barhsley and Bradfordj i should send their Orders to reach the Office just at the time the papers are going out of it . Any Orders not in the Office on Thubsdays cannot be iattended to : and . any pauers returned in pnsequenco of orders being late will not be c dited .
COBRESPONDENTS OF THE NORTHERN STAR . ?—London—T . M . Wheeler , 7 , Mills Buildings , Knightsbridge . Maric / iester—W . Griffin , 34 , Loinas street , Bank Top . Birmingham— ' George White , 29 , Bronisgrove-street Neivcastle—Mr . J . Sinclair , Gatesbead . Sunderland-r-yir . J . Williams , Messrs . Williams and liiuns , booksellers . Sheffield—Mr . G . J . Hiirney , news agent , , 33 , CanipO'lane . Bath —Mr : Gv H . Baitlett , 8 , Trinity-place , Walnat . Chartist ADDRESSES , —The General Secretary—' Sit . John Caniphell , 18 , Adderley-street , Shaw's Brow , Manchester . Chartist Blacking Manufacturer—Mr . -Roger Pinder , Edward's-square , Edward'splace , Pottery , Hull . Secretary to the Frost , Williams , and Jones Restoration Committee—J .
Wilkinson , 6 , Cregoe Terrace , Bell ' s Barn Road , Birmingham . —J . T . Smith , Chartist Blacking Maker , Tavistock-strefct , Plymouth . Derby . ——The friends of this neighbourhood having communications for the Star , or otherwise affecting the Chartist movement , are reguested to send them to Mr . Thomas Briggs , care of Mr . John Afoss , shoemaker , Plumptreisquare , Darley-lane , Derby . Public Funds . —T < vpi-event mistakes , let it be especially noted that all monies received by our Cashier for the various Chartist fundfi are acknowledged by him in the column of " Notices to Correspondents , " and that he is 7 answerable only for the suins there advertised to hive been received .
Money Orders to this Office , —Our cashier is frequently ^ made to endure an amount of inconvenience utterly inconceivable by those who have not muUifai-ious transactions like his to attend to , by the jiegligeiiee of parties not attending to the plain instruction ' s' sp often given , to make all money orders sent here payable to Mr . JoHiY Audili ,. Seme orders are made payable to Mr . O'Connor—some to Mr . Hobson ^ -some to Mr . Hill—some to Slat ' Office ¦¦ : ' all'theserequire the signatures of the person in whose favour they are drawn before the money can be got . this Causes an attendance at the postoffi . ee of , some
times , several hours , when a few minifies might suffice if all lucre yifjhify given—iio . t to mention the most vexatious delays of payment , sometimes caused by it . Several old agents , who certainly ought to know better , have 6 ft " . n thus needlessly inconvenienced { -us ; tee , therefore , beg that all parties having money to send to the Star Office for papers , by order , will make their orders payable to Mr . John AhvilI ; if they neglect this , we shall not hold ourselves bound to attend to them ; if , therefore , they find their ncylect to produce inconvenience to themselves , , let them not blame us .
Halifax Notice . —All persons holding Petition sheets for the Great National , in the Halifax district , are particularly requested to hand them in on or before Monday , April 10 / A , to the Association Room , or to the Secretary for the district , 31 , South-street . By attending to the above , they will prevent much unnecessary inconvenience , as one of the delegates to Hie Convention is expected to call there . Received dp the Treasurer of the Chartists of Redfearn-street , Manchester , the sum of 10 s . from 4 > r . Hulley in support of the National
Convention . C Lee , BiRMiNGHAJt . — We know nothing of the address to which he alludes . We have again ana again given notice that it is impossible for Us to ¦ truert such addresses ; yet we ; have them constantly crowded on us , as though such notices had never been given at all . The * ' breach of politeness" is certainly on the part of those who , in defiance of our published inabilities do insert them , still send them to us . Charles House , Hackney Road . —There is nothing in his letter which has not been said in ihe Star twenty limes . NEGLECr " of Lbcturers again . — A Stockporl Correspondent writes us— "Oh Sunday night lust , we had the largest and most respectable audienec ever assembled in onr room . " He then goes onto compldin bitterly , and justly , that this large
and respectable audience , after waiting patiently for more thun an hour , dispersed without having any one' to address them , : hc Stockporl speakers being ail fulfilling engagements elsewhere : ¦ ¦ Mr . Clarke at Rochdale : Mr . Mitchellat Manchester ; and Mr . Carter at [ Macclesjieid : while Mr . Crou-der , of Lower Moor , Oldnam , who ought to live been at , Stockport , neither attended to fulfil . hit engagement iwr assigned any reason . Thu will iioi cio : persons icho either can'i or won ' t fulfil , lltcir engagements , miid avoid making engagements . National anti Tobacco and Temperance Society . —Mr . OeortjC Flinn , of Bradford wishes his name enrolling as a member of this society . A Block Piuvi-ku , PtNULi-yioN . — -We . -have sent his letter to Mr . Heywood . Ciuules 1 » unc \ N— He hove really had enough of
the discussion between him and Air . O'lirien ., The Chartists vf the East and North Ridings must immediately fonvard their Petition Sheets to the Secretary , , Edward liur / py , 11 ) , Bilton-street , Layerthorpe , York : also their quotas of Convention Funa . J . G : Stratto . v . —Apply to Mr . James Leach , Ttbstreet ,. Manchester * : Mr . H . Candy u-isihes to inform his Wolverhampton friends that he will lie with them oh Sunday , 24 / A of April , when he will deliver two lectures in the open air . And as regards the assertion of Mr . Cf . Wt / hti , Editor of the Scaffordshire Examiner , Mr . 11 , Cndy is quite Willing to meet him , or any one , to give a fair explanation of anything r < . quired , face to face .
Irish Lniversal Suffrage Association . — We are requested by the President of this Association to state that E . F . Dempsey is not secretary to the Irish Universal Suffrage Association , nor was he ever elected in the room of Mr . P . M . Brophy . Mr . W . II . Dyott , 'printer , bookseller , and stationer , No . 26 , North King-street , Dublin , is the Secretary to the Irish Universal Suffrage Association , tot whom all papers and coinmunicalions should be addressed . BATii . —The notice of ¦ -Air . O'Brien ' s lectures came after mir last week ' s papers for the Bath post ivere printed . . Mr . Georgb Black requests us to slate that he has received , in aid of the loss he endured a . short time ago , \ th $ underneath subscriptions from the following places . —
£ s . d . Newport , Monmouthshire ... ... 0 16 2 ^ Mertbyr Tytivil ... ... ... 0 10 0 Abergavenny ... ... ... ... 0 . 10 6 Pontypool ... .,. ... ... 0 6 0 Coaleen ... ..... ... ... 0 4 7 Sbveripaks ' .... ... ... ... 0 0 9 Newpoit , Isle of Wight ... ... " Mr . Masrm and aacther friend ... 0 1 0 Francis V overs . Day brook ... ; ... 0 1 . 6 Shiffield , „ ... ... ... 0 7 3 John Rogers , jun . ... .., ... 0 1 0 Blake-hall ... ... ... ... 0 4 9 h Old Bjssford ... ... e , 3 2 ~ Skegby ... ... ... ... 0 2 0 Nottingham ... ... ... ... 0 1 7 Radfurd ... 0 0 4
* 3 ' . ll 2 i The National Petition . —rMany persons write to us to know what they are to do with the Petition sheets now in their hands full of signatures . The Executive toill doubtless isme general instructions on the mailer , •";¦' . - Notice . —Mr . H " . Candy finishes his engagements in the West Riding oh Saturday . All letters for him , for the present , must be directed to him at Ai r . Slater's , cordwairieri Chapet-streeiiHanley Staffordshire Potteries .
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The 2 s . from Mpriey , for the Manchester sufferers , inserted in last week ' s paper , should have been . .. 2 s ..: 6 d . . ' :, ¦ ¦ ¦ :. -. ; : l . l , -.- : : ¦ ¦ X :- i V- . 7 \ --- ¦ ¦ ' ;¦ " ¦ ' - ' James Davidson , Dundee . —A parcel has been -sent : : . to Miss Burns . ' : ' . .. -:. ¦¦'¦¦ : / : .. '' . '¦ . ' ¦ '; - " .- ¦' - . '¦ ' - ; V . ' '¦ - TH 0 JU 8 BUSHBY , Grantham ; M ^ Latn , Xeith ; Mra . White , Gateshead ; Bolwell , Bath ; Bailey , Gockermouth ; and Johnson , Beyertey , will please make their post-office orders payable to Jehn ' ; - . ' --ArailL , ' . ' . ¦ . ¦ :.. ¦ ¦ ' . ' . ' ' ¦ :- .. •/;; . > . ¦ ¦¦;¦ , - , ¦ ,. ' . ' . \ . ; 7 - ' ; ' Miss Burns , Dundee . —The Plates were sent last '¦ week . ¦ '• ' ' ¦ .. ¦ ¦ ... ; . ¦ ¦ ¦ .
FOR THE MANCHESTER StJFFERERS . ' ' ¦ V ¦¦ ; . . ' .. ; : ; . £ B , 6 . From Holbeck Charter Association 0 5 0 „ a few friends to Chartism at Potovens , near Wakefield ; .. 0 1 4 „ an enemy to all Tyrants , Mansfield ... ... ... 0 0 6 « , the ' . ' Ct ? axtist Association , Salisbury ... ... ... ... 0 ie 0 „ Wakefleld , per Mrs . Lancaster 04 3 „ the Female Association , Leeds 0 2 c FOR THE EXECUTIVE . From C F ., Braintree , Essex ... 0 0 6 v » Crow and Tyrrell , Leicester , for Chartist Breakfast Beverage 2 0 0
FOR THE CONVENTION . From Win . Johnson , flix-dresser ... 6 10 ,, eight Chartists at Morton , near Bingley ... ... ... ... 0 16 „ the Chartist Association , Denholme , per H . Candy 2 6 „ a friend , ditto , ditto ... 1 0 6 3 6 * . the Society of Canterbury , per G . P . ... ... ... ... 0 50 FOR MRS . FROST , MRS , WILLIAMS , AND MRS . JONES
From eight Chartists at Morton , near Bingey ... ... ... 0 1 6 „ Wakefield , per Mrs . Lancaster 0 3 6
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TO MB .. ' "O'CONNOR '/ Dear Sir , —As you have now distinctly disclaimed any intention of imputing traitorous , or dishonourable conduct to me , or Mr . Binns , in the letter which appeared from you iu the Star of . February 19 th , I might hero have had the pleasure of concluding by tbanking you for your explanation , had yoti not laboured a little ingeniously , though unfair ! j , in making my conduct , in asking you the said question , appear to be absurd , unnecessary , and unwarranted .
Let me here give you the paragraph from your letter of February 10 th , which has formed the subject of discussion : — . ¦ ¦;' : " Large sums of money have been devoted to the purpose of ' seduction . Sunderland , Leicester , Sheffield , and Birmingham , are to be the four grand points of attack . We will beat them . " After waiting until we had had an opportunity of practically proving our integrity , and postponing any noHC 9 of your letter until after the expected " attack , " I did at length , when thero was no symptoms of any such attack , deem it necessary to address a letter to you in theStar ti March 20 th , in which , commtnting on your letter , I say" It appeared from that letter , that the party had been so far successful as to have secured four places which were to be made the grand points of attack . These were Glasgow , Sheffield , Leicester , and Sunderland . . ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' : "
" I will venture to assert , that to none was the intelligence more astounding than to the Chartists of Sunderland . They knew that such a scheme would not be attempted unless some of the advocates of Chartism in Sunderland had become parties to it ; and seeing that Mr . Binns and myself had been completely identified with the rifie and progress of Chartism in this town , and ' had confessedly exercised a very great influence amongst the ' Chartist body , they considered the assertion of Mr . O'Connor to be virtually a strong imputation against either the one or the other , or both 1 of us . We were urged to notice it . I declined , knowing that time would prove who were honest , and who were not , and that we should speedily have an opportunity in Sunderland of giving tho imputation a practical refutation . " '' - ¦' . ¦ : ' . ' : .- ¦ :
Now , Sir , if you will read this attentively , you will find that not one only , but the chartists of Sunderland did generally consider the above paragraph from your letter to contain a strong imputation againsi the leaders here , and not only in Sunderland , but , I assure you , throughout the County of Durham , the impression that " something was wrong in Sunderland" was quite general . ' . ' , . ¦• • ¦ ¦ ; . ¦ : , ; . ¦ :.: ¦ . -. . \'¦ : ...., ; ,:. •;¦ ¦ ; ; ' . ' gTo prove ta you that it was neither my blindness nor over BensVtiveness that caused me to ask you fur an explaoiation , I could , I have no doubt , get the signatures of a thousand Chartists who would testify that they considered your letter to be an imputation on the leaders at Sunderland .
1 beg also to remiiid you that ; some weeks before my letter , Mr . Binns addressed a private letter to you for an explanation . Your engagements have probably caused it to escape your attention : henco the necessity for my letter . 1 do think that an reading the above quotation from yoar letter , yoxx will candiaiy admit that it will bear tfaeccaatructioa that has been pat upon
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it . You say " that large sums of money have beenv devoted to the purpose of seduction . ^ To seduce whom ? The leaders of course . When , then , the people leam that" Sunderland , Leicester , Sheffield , and Binning , ham" we to lie the grand points of attack ' , they naturally infer that these are places where the wwrk of seduction *• had been ao far sucoesflfal as to render fix attack more easy and safe . " : Now , it bo happened that in all the other places named , there was already divisions and persona more Openly accused as being traitors ; therefore the other and unimpeacbed leaders of those places , bad not the same reason to consider your letter an imputation upon them ; but va Sunderland , we have had no each divK sions : wehaTa had none who were impeached or convicted of being traitors to the cause ; there ia scarcely any but Mr . Binna and myself that have been engaged in advocating the cause ; therefore suspicion , if it fell oh any , must necessarily have fallen upon us .
Was it not much better then , tbat we should afford you the opportunity of satisrying the people , rather than allow their minds to be racked , by groundless fears and auspiciona ? v : '• . '¦' . : ¦ That an attack has beea rnade in other places will prove your correctnesa w ^ h reference to them , but aa regards Sunderland , I think you have been misinformed . No attack is , I believe contemplated . Indeed , any who have had an opportunity of witnessing . the defeats which the opponents of onr cause have met with here , frill deem it improbable that they should be so foblisii as to contemplate any further attacks . There are one or two additional subjects in your letter , which deserve for my own vindication some explanation ; but I must briefly pass them by . My second letter respecting . Messrs . yincent and Philp , upon which you smartly comment , I have viadicated in a reply to a Carrespondent of the Star .
I disclaim making any " sly thrust" at you in 1838 . What I then wrote , I did manfully and fairly to yourself ; you have not fairly stated the object of that letter , but it is quite unnecessary to enter upon that / / subject now . ; ¦ . ' ' ' ¦ ¦ '' ¦ : ' :. ¦ ¦ .:- : y- ' ¦ : '¦' - ' ¦ - ' ¦ ' . ¦ ¦ " ¦ ¦ : ¦ : ¦ . My conduct in defending poor Deegan , in 1840 , 1 am prepared , if necessary , to j ustlfy . I redlly think , howeyer , that at this time , it would display very bad taste to take up disputes whieh ought to be forgotten and forgiven ' . ' . ¦ ; ; . ' ' ' . . \" ' - \ ''¦ -,. " .: ¦ -. '' ::-: Now , however , for a revolatidh which will astonish you . I have signed Stvrges Declaration , and therefore you may deem it necessary t 6 movei a vote of censure upon me ; but before doing this , I hope you will give me notice of your intention , that you will let me know the time and place , and endeavour so far to accommbdateme as to give me a chance of beikg present to pbfend myself .
It may ; howeyer , be as well here to inform you , that I only signed the Declaration , as a record of my opinions respecting the right of the people to the Suffrage , but that I refused to sign the Memorial , or do aught more , lest I should compromise myself by agitating with the party . : I am , Sir ^ ¦¦' .. ' . Youra respectfully . j . WlltlAMS .
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. HOUSE OF COMMONS , Tuesday , Apbii . 5 , \ The House having resolved itself into committee on the Corn Importation Billi ; Mr . BaKCLAT , upon the ninth clause , providing for the ascertainment of the averages , moved a resolution , " That it is not expedient to add to the number of the towns whence returns are now made . " This appeared to the Chairman to be an informal motion , but Mr . Cbildeta raised the Bame question by another amend ' ment . This was opposed by Sir Robert Peel , but the low tone iri whicU the conversation was carried oa made it difficult to collect the tenour of his observations The discussion was then continued , chiefly between Mr . Hawes and Mr . Gladstone , the former imputing , and the latter denying , that the towns proposed to ba added had been . parposely selected from districts pro-, ducing low-priced corn , in order to keep down the rate of the averages , -
Sir E . Enatcubull vindicated the intentions of Government . '¦ : , ' . .. '¦ ' / . . : ¦¦ :. ; Mr . VitLiERS desired to know with what other object thdse toVna had been selected , in a bill the aim of which was notoriously to keep up the rents of the landlords ? He scouted the notion of treating the meaiure as a concession or a settlement ; it was merely a confession of the error in which the oppasite party had theretofore perEWted ; and it would be the people's business to go on agitating till they obtained a real relief . - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . - / , ¦ ; . . /• '"¦ ¦ ' . ¦ . ' ;¦• • . ¦ '' - . ' . : . . '¦ Mr . Labovchere , with reference to an opinion formerly expresssd by him , admitted that he had much overrated the ' . extent ta which the averages w < ero likely to be reduced by the enactment now under consideration . It was difficult to j udge precisely what its effect would be ; and he wished to see the account of the averages in the towns of the old list kept separately from , the averages in the towns of the new list . '¦"• : ';
Lord Wobsley thought that the hew list of towns would not materially lower the averages , nor sufficiently protect tho agricultural interests . Mr . How ard regretted that Sir Bobeit Peel had not included corn in that general reduction of duty which had formed the principle of . his tariff ! : V Mr . Aglionby was only more and more convinced by all the argumentation upon this difficult machinery that . the sliding Scale was an- inconvenient device , arid that the only true principle waa that of a fixed 'duty . ; ; . '¦ . ' " ¦/ . , ; ' . ' • ¦ ¦ ;• ¦¦ ¦ - ' .. : , : ¦ _ . "¦' ¦; " . ¦ ¦ '' ' ¦ ¦ ' ., ' ¦ . ¦ . - . SirR . P . EE 1 , without meaning to deny tbat the frauds in the taking of the averages had been some , what exaggerated , yet felt persuaded that they had existed to some extent , and that the introduction of a larger number © f towns would go far to prevent them . : ' : ' -
. Mr . P . Stewart approved the extension of the list of towns , but wished to know why the market-towns of West Lothian , were net included ? : r sif r . peel saw , that if Scotland had been in . eluded , so must Ireland , - " ancJ that would have changed the whole plan of the averages . Dr . BowRlNG / believed tbat it was a plan which would injure : the consumer by raising prices . After this discuasion , the amandment was withdrawn , and the committee proceeded with the next clause , also relating to the . regulation ef the averages . Mr . Waklex here complained of the effect likely to be produced on the . averages by the inclusion of sales of inferior corn ; in which view he was supported by Mr . Hawes . But Mr . Gladstone apprehended tbafe no such quantity of inferior com was likely be to included as would at all materially affect the averages . -
Mr . AGLioNBY suggested , that in each return , all Corn , bearingless than a certain proportion-to the com of highest price , might bo excluded ; and Mr . WAKi / Ei" declared his intention of moving a clause hereafter for the o '^ viation of the mischief . On tho clause enabling the Treasury to remove inspectors , ; - ¦ '•' ¦ ' . ¦ ¦'¦ . ., ] ¦ ¦ -.. " :.. . •;¦ Mr . Agwo ^ by ex pressed a constitutional jealousy of Government influence . Sir II . Peel endeavoured to quiet his apprehensions ; and : : : ¦'¦ ¦ - Colonel SiBTHOiip remarked upon the ungraceful eftoct of such a suggestion proceeding froia the otllfll sida of the House , which , led to some Bparring bttween him and Lord Worsley . When the twenty-seventh clause was in discussion ,
Lord Woksley proposed that instead of fixing six Weeks as the period from which the averages should be . deduced ; the committee should fill up the blank with the period of ten weeks . . " . ¦ Mr . pa LsijEP ., ' of Berkshire , concurrfad in the wish to extend the jieriod ... .. . - Mr . Gladstone feared that such an extension would prevent the duo reliefto the consumer when the price was rising , aud defeat the due protection to the grower when the-price was foiling . . . . Mr . P . Stewart recommended it to Lord Worsley to withdraw his moticin . ' ¦ . ' '' . : . .. ¦¦ .. : ¦ '¦'¦¦ - .. '¦ , - .. ¦¦ : ^ r . Christopher was desirous to extend the period . His object in / supporting that extension was not to raise prices , but only to keep them £ tsady . Ho denounced the frauds of the speculators . ¦ Colonel SlUTHOJiP oppoaed the extension .
Lord Ebringto . n would have preferred ten years to ten weeks , for then there would have been practically a fixed duty . \ - ; ''•' . ¦ ¦'¦• . ' ; ^ - "¦ ' ¦ - ' :. ¦ ¦ ¦ colonel wood ( isikidiesexy thought tho frauds of the speculators very much exaggerated , and expressed hss disapprobation of the proposed excension . Mr . Palmer ( 6 f Essex ) inveighed strongly against the speculator ? . When two or three other members had said a few words each , ' Sir R . Peel declared his coaviction ; that the safest coarse , both for the consumer and for the grower , was to adhere to the six weeks , -: Mr , Hawes said , he could have understood the advantage of a very short or of a very long-period , bat not of an interniediata length of time like ten week * The Committee then
divided—- Por the amendment ..... i ... 3 * r Against it ' " " .. .. ; . - .. i ... ; i .-.,.. ; ,,..-242 ' ''¦ ¦¦ ¦ - . ¦ ¦ Majority ^ . i ........... 205 The Committee proceeded to clause 29 , upon Which Air . CuiLI ) Elis moved , that uat . I the 1 st 6 t M 8 y , 1843 , the import duty should be regulated by averages taken only from the old list of towns ; but after that time , by averages taken from all the towns in the schedule , unless Parliament should meanwhile direct otherwise ¦' : . r ' -: ¦ : '¦ '¦ ;¦ ' ¦ :- ¦¦ ¦ ¦'¦"¦ - . : : . " . - ¦ . ' - . '¦¦ ¦ : ¦ . - . - .. On this motion the Committee divided without a debate;— . . ' ¦ /¦ : ; ' - \ " ¦/ .. ¦ ¦ , . '• ; ; ¦¦ . - ¦ . ¦ . ¦ . \ .... . ; : ;¦ : ¦ ¦ ..... . " For the amendment ......... 69 , Againstlfc ; ...... ; . „ ....... „ . 202
Majority ............ 133 ¦ - ¦ : , The clauses printed in the Bill having been gone thtongb , some : disenssion took place upon additional clauses proposed by Lord Worsley , which , however , were withdrawn witLout division . Colonel Sibthorp , in proposing another clause ) made some observations about the probable danger to the landed interests from some of the reductions in t& 9 tariff ; upon which .
The Koethern Star. Saturday, April 9, 1842.
THE KOETHERN STAR . SATURDAY , APRIL 9 , 1842 .
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THE INDIAN NEWS . The great news of the week is the confirmation of the whole fearful intelligence we had had previously received from India . Something like 13 , 000 brave fellows have "bit the du ^ t" to gratify the appetites
of our " extension of commerce" men . We give the whole details from the London papers , and must refer to them for particulars , while we refer to the letter of our excellent friend , the Woolwich Cadet , for an exposition of the real state of things in India . We had purposed giving an article on the Indian policy of ihe " Extension" party this week , but have not space for it . We may return to it hereafter .
Splendid And Costly Present To The Readers Of The " Northern Star."
SPLENDID AND COSTLY PRESENT TO THE READERS OF THE " NORTHERN STAR . "
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Complete Suffrage Conference.
COMPLETE SUFFRAGE CONFERENCE .
The meeting of this much talked of body commenced on Tuesday , April the 5 th , at the Waterloo Rooms , Waterloo-street ; Mr . Joseph Sturge was unanimously appointed to the chair ; Mr . Morgan was appointed secretary . After the preliminary business had been transacted , Mr . MtAiL , Editor of the Nonconformist ^ , moved a very long reeoluMon , condemnatory of class legislation ; Mr . Henry Vincent seconded it in a clever speech , Mr . Thumas Steel thei > addressed the meeting , in which he abused the Tories , and the wild and mad Chartists who followed Feargus O'Connor , and was assailed by loud cries of " Shame . "
Mr . J . B . O'Brien rose to order , and Bald that if such proceedings as those adopted by Mr . SWel wero allowed , it would break up tho Conference al ^ together .. ; - ' ¦"• • . ; . ''¦' . ' ¦ . '¦ ¦ . ¦ :. ¦' ¦ : } :-j . ¦¦ ¦ ¦ : •'• The resolution was then carried unanimously . The Rev . Mr . Spencer , of Bath , then moved : — " That the suffrage 6 hould be extended to every man tveenty > one yeara of age , of sane mind , and not disfranchised by a jury of his country . " He said that he had advocated those principlea for more than ten years . He had also advocated the abolition of the f roperty Qualification , and the Payment of Members of Parliament for their services . He once held the opinion that none should rote but those who could read and write ; but he had long since given up that opinion , and thought that every man ought to have a vote-Mr . RicuAao Warren , of Manchester , seconded the motion . , "¦¦ ¦¦
Dr . Wade supported the motion , and said that he had three or four votes , and it was a shame that he should have so many and the working classes bo without . He said they talked about Poor Laws , Cor li Laws , and Starvation Laws , and about emigration , but let those emigrate who had plenty to live on , and leave those behind that would be of some benefit to the country . Mr . Parry , of London , Mr . Adams , Editor of the Aberdeen Herald , Rev . Henry Lolly , Mr . W . m . Lovett , Dr . Ritehie , Mr , Robert Martin , of Leeds , and many other delegates supported it . The resolution was carried unanimously . Thi 3 finished the proceedings of the first day .
WEDNESDAY'S MEETING . The Conference met this morning in the Committee Room of the Town Hall , aad , after the minutes of the preceding day had been read and confirmed ^ letters were read from Tunbridge Weils , Northwich , Gallashiels , Burton- « pon-Trenf , Francis Place , Esq ., Mr . Clarke ; also One from Mr . Arthur O'Connor , of Paris , from which the Chairman read several extracts , approving of their proceedings . Mr . A . PaENTiGE , of Manchester , moved that Vote by Ballot be adopted by this Conference , in a speech of considerable length . ; jkl * . Taxjnton , of Coventry , Seconded the motion . Mr . Jenkins , of Warwick , Supported the motion .
Tom Steele , of Ireland , Messrs . Parry , Spencer , Mr . Burton , of Newark , Dr . Wade , Dr . Richie , of Edinburgh , Mr . Adams , editor of the Aberdeen Herald , Mr . Vines , of Reading , Messrs . Richardson , Cttorlton , and a many other delegates , supported the motion . ' -. Mr . Mitchell , of Aberdeen , moved that the conntry be divided into equal electoral districts . Mr . Miles , of Oldham , seconded the motion . Messrs . Prentice and othera also supported the motion . Passed unanimously . Mr . Lawrence Tavlor moved that there be no property qualification . He did bo in au able speech .
Mr . O'Brien seconded the motion , in which he showed the absurdity of any qualification , and repudiated the idea o \ property being injured or destroyed in consequence of its abolition . Messrs , Perry , Vinceut , fepeucer , Dr . Richie , T . B . Poiter 4 of Manchester , supported the motion ; and it was agreed to unanimously . Mr . ParSy moved "That the election expences of members bo paid out of the public purio as well as the wages of Members of Parliament . " Mr . Wittam , of Coveniry , seconded the motion . A vast number of delegates spoke to it , most raising objections against the money being paid from the state funds , and contending they should bp paid out of the county rates . The motion was resisted by some , and at length Mr . Wit tan agreed to a proposition declaring ,
" That members of Parliament ought to be paid by tflO public , and all legislation expencea defrayed also . " , The motion was then unanimously agreed to . The meeting then adjourned to dinner .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 9, 1842, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1156/page/4/
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