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THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1842.
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The Northern Star. Saturday, May 7, 1842.
THE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , MAY 7 , 1842 .
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We , for once , feel an interest , though by ne means a pleasurable one , in referring our readersto the sayings of the middle-class House of Representatives . We hare given elsewhere a fall report of the debate on Mr . Dcscohbs ' s motion , and the most valuable debate ikat has occurred in that House ' during our time;—valuable , &s evincing , if further evidence had been necessary , the real character of the middle-clas 3 advocates for liberty , and the- true prospects and only resource of the people . C ! om-. Bent , for the present , is out of the question ; we
reserve what we may hare to say till we shall have more space , and till a week ' s reflection shall have prepared the people to receive and estimate it without excitement . Meantime , we entreat them not to permit the contumely of their oppressors to exhaust their patience ; it would but give the wretches too much pleasure to see endurance , having reached its limit , burst the bond of prudence . We ' have never expected , nor encouraged the people to txpect , any better result from thi 3 motion . We give here the names of those who voted for Mr . Bu . scombe ' s motion as we find them in the Sun .
TJNIYERSAL SUFFRAGE , &c . Motion made , and Question put , " That the Petitioners who signed the National Petition be heard at the Bar of the House , by themselves , their Counsel , or Agents , in support of the allegations in their Petition : " ( ilr . Thomas Buncombe : )—The Souse divided : — "
MINORITY— AYES 49 . Blake , Sir Valentine CTConnell , N . J . Blewitt , Reginald O'Cocnell , J . Bodkin . J . J . P ' echtll , Captain Bowring , Dr . Plumridge , Captain Brotherton , J . Powell , Caleb ~ Bro-wne , It D . Ricardo , Joan Lewis Cobden , Richard Roche , Z- B . Collins , W . Roebuek , J . A . Crawford , W . S . Randle , John Dalrymple , Captain ScholeSeld , J . D&shwood , G . H- Seale , Sir J . Duncan , Lord Somers , J . P . Duncan , George Strickland , Sir G . " Easthoi > e , Sir John Tancred , H . W . j Eilis , Wynn Thomely , Thomas j Bpainstone , Howard Tilliera , Charles P . Fielden , J . Wailey , Thomas Hall , Sir B . Wallace , RHollond , Robert Ward , H . O . Hume , Joseph Williams , Wm . Jervis , J . Wood , Benjamin j Johnstohe , Alex . Yorke , H . Redhead j Huniz , G- F . i Murphy , P . S . tellers , j O'Brien , J . Doncombe , T . j O'Connell , Daniel Leader , J . T . O'Connell , Maurice
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TO THE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS . Mr beloved Friesds , —I really know not how I am to commence my communications of this week , it has been so full of Chartism On Monday morning all was bustle and excitement in the neighbourhood of " Ora Hotjse "—each man vieing with his fellow in rendering all the assistance in his p ; wer to make our demonstration as powerful as possible . At ten minutes past twelve the BiurriTCL thisg was ready for hoisting upon the shoulders of the Trades' Delegates , who had been selected as bearers of the master roll of the nation ' s will to the Hocse of rx-Comio . vs . Sixteen good men and true were just able to more under the names of
3 , 317 , 752 !!! We marched from our Convention Room to Iincoln ' s-inn-fields , where all was life and bustle ; The hive was full . I cannot attempt any description of the enthnsiasm ! The life that animated one animated all . We were as one man . Our procession took one hour and ten minutes to pas 3 one spot . Procession did I say ! we had no procession I it was a dense mass of streets full I ! Procession means a number of persons marshalled four or five a-breast 3 but our numbers could not have been marshalled . The Times aliow ns iO , 000 . iNowyonmay safely multiply that by 10 . It was acknowledged by ail that it was the largest , the very largest gathering of people that ever was seen in London .
Our Petition smashed the door frames of the norrov : House—it broke them in pieces—it took forty or fifty men to carry in the fragments . I took a famous lump on my shoulder to the table of the House . Beesley also had a share of it .. Not one drunken man was to be seen in London on the 2 nd May , 1842 . Was I then wroag in my opinion of the Chartists of London I Oar dinner was as glorious a 3 our demonstration . But what I esteem as—to myself—the greatest triumph , is this : after mutual explanation , and a rather angry debate , I had the pleasure , amid the most rapturous applause , to balk the wily and disappoint the artful , by shaking hands with Jamss Bronterre O'Brien ; and bury for ever all hope of osr enemies' triumph through our disunion .
2 ^ o , my beloved friends , no private feelings of my own shali ever enter into your council ? . I will always surrender private feeling to public duty . But , mark me , I have no feelings—I never had any feelings but those of affection , regard , and lore for O'Brien . But it is now done ; and , therefore , my frie 2 ds , let it be announced to the world that disunion of your friends shali not injure vour cause . Well , I
attended in the House last night , to hear the debate on your Petition . The first hour was spent in pri-Taie bill business , church business , and enclosure of poor men ' s land business . For that hour ihs House was too small to hold il our representatives , " hul the moment our champion , Duncombe , was called upon to stave your case , then , by degress , the House thinned , till it was reduced to 18 on the Tory and 30 on the Whig benches .
1 ou will have Been the "Petition Debate . " I shall not comment on the vile speeches of Macaulay and Roebuck : I shall leave tfarn to their constituencies . I am now but one of many ; and shall not therefore say one word as to your future course , as that will be pointed o * t by your Convention . Suffice it to Eay , my friends , that what your Convention decrees , I , as one , will sacrifice -my life , if necessary , to carry out .
Nothing can equal the bravery , the decision , and snanimity of your delegates . Not one word of disunion ; but all , on the contrary , endeavouring to soothe down anger and heal differences . 0 , how different from the middle-clas 3 Convention of Attwoodhes , Cobbettites , and Londonites ! No de-BerteT ; no two objects ! no big vcordt and liith &ctiont ! I am going this evening to Brighton , to stand between the Whig and Tory at the election , for the purpose of placiD * the true light of Chartism between
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tie dead lights of Whiggery and Toryism . I shall not fail to discharge my duty to the cause , although I have no skin on my heelB or ancles . It was trod off in the procession : and I feel a secret pleasure , as I have had my blood shed , also to have cast my skin , but not my principles , in the good canse . No power bat the power of Chartism could liave mustered the numbers that we mustered on Monday . Every house , every hole , and every corner is nowfull of the demonstration on Monday . It has paraded Chartism in open day , and brought ns under the eye of the heretofore blind . They ask whatitwasl and echo answers " Libertt . "
We have no chance whatever from the House of Commons ; our Charter must be carried out of the House before it is even temperately discussed in the House . The Tories did their work with a slyness peculiar to their order . Sir James Graham knew that the word " fire , " though softly given , would insure the discharge of the heavy artillery of Whiggery , and sure enough Macaulay took the hint , and under the Tory General the Whig 3 did fire away ! But nt > matter ; Duncombe and Leader stood to their posts like men , and like Chartists .
During this day , of course something will be done to maintain the position which we have now acquired . Be not intimidated ! be not down-hearted 1 ! be not influenced by the House of Commons' defeat . We are now discussing the subject of" denunciations" in the Northern Star ; but , my friends , you must " take up the Star and investigate it ,. and endeavour to point out to me and to the country the name of any one individual who has been denounced by Feargus O'Connor or the Sla >; who was not first denounced by the people , for some act of tergiversation or injastice to the people . Wa 3 I to submit to the
denunciation of the men of the Champion , of Dr . Fletcher , of Mr . Collins , of Mr . Hume , of Mr . Hetherington , of Mr . O'Connell , of the Church Chartists of Glasgow and Birmingham ' . —I ask , was I to bear the fire and not to retaliate ! Is not every man aware that the first fire has been at Feargus O'Connor , and the Star , as that paper was the great cock-shot to fire at ! But ami so foolish aa ; not to know well , that every leader injured is an injury done to all , and to the cause generally ?
Therefore , now hear me ! judge for yourselves ! and come weal come woe , whenever I discover anything calculated to injure you , I will proclaim it from the watch-tower !! I tell you that public censorship is neecssary and requisite ; and as long as I live , I will not shrink from the responsibility ; but it shall always be against measures and not against men . No power of open foe or pretended friend shall ever place me in the false position of allowing the mine to spring under our feet , without warning you of our common danger .
You must look to the position of the Editor of the Northern Star ; and bear in mind that both the Editor and myself are charged with the insertion of every resolution passed at public meetings , just as I am charged with every violent word spoken by Attwood , Muntz , Douglas , Stephens , Lovett , Collins and others . Now , also , bear in mind that the Slar has published every letter of Fletcher , Hetherin £ , ton , Duncan , of Edinburgh , Hill , of the Star in the East , Richardson , and others ; all were published .
_ The Editor of the Star all but denounced me for my letter upon Church Chartism , Teetotalism and KnowL dge Chartism . Did I reply to it I No ; I left public opinion to right the thing ; and events prove that I was then right , as I now find that men who have professed themselves inBdel ? , have become preachers of Church Chartism . This is shocking , odibu 3 ! and hypocritical ! Let all be union now ; forget the past , and prepare for the future . Onward and we conquer , backward and we fall .
The Whigs have shown themselves in their trae colours ; and yet the old Whig administration is the substitute which the Corn Law Repealed offer U 3 for those now in office ! Let not our cause be injured by artful and designing men , who would sacrifice millions for the restoration of Whig dominion , without destroying the venom of Toryism . I am of opinion that by eourage and prudence we can beat both , and " injure property" by substituting Chartism for both . Your faithful friend and servant , Feargus O'Connor . London , Wednesday , May 4 , 1842 .
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The state of onr columns this day , is an ample apologv for the non-appearance of our promised article on the Poor Laws . To find room for it " this week was impossible . Next week we shall give it ; and with it the entire of the famous 43 rd OF ELIZABETH . to snow that the rights of the Poor were then cared for ; and that modern legislation has gone far to remove the legal ligament which binds society together .
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Brief Rci . es for the Govermient of all wh » wbite for this paper : — 1 . Write legibly . Make as few erasures and interlineations as possible . In writing names of persons and ' places be more particular than usual to make every ¦ _ letter distinct and clear—also in using words not English . 2 . " Write only on one side of the piper . S . Employ no abbreviations whatever , but write out every word in full . 4 . Addrtss communications not to any particular person but to " Tae Editor . " 5 . When you &it down to write , don't be in a hurry , Consider that hurried writing make 3 slow printing .
6 . Remember that we go to press on Thursday ; that ons side of the paper goes to press on "Wednesday ; that we are obliged to ^ o on filling up the paper the whole week , and that , therefore , when a \ - -z < l of matter comes by the last one or two posts , it unavoidably happens that mnch of it is omitted ; and that it is . therefore necessary to be prompt in your communi-- catkins . A . 11 - matters of news , reports of meetings , < kc , &c . referring to occurrences on Friday , Saturday , or Sunday , should reach us by Monday ' s post ; such as refer to Monday ' s occurrences by Tuesday evening ' s post ; Wednesday ' s occurrences by Thursday ' s post ; and Thursday ' . * news by Friday aiorning's post , fur second editiun . Any deviation from
this order of supply will necessarily suhjtct the " matt-rs ss received to the almost certainly of rejection or serious curtailment , and we take no blame Jot ¦ it . All . personal correspondence , poetry , literary comnranieatActis , and articles of comment to be here by Tuf-sday , or their chance of insertion for that week will be very small indeed ; if not here by Wencesday we don't hold ourselves feound even to notice them . 7 . Finally , remember that we have only forty-eight colunins weekly for all England , Scotland , Wales , and Ireland ; that w < a have no interest . " in preferring one town or placa to another , because onrs is not a local but a national paper ; that we ara bound , therefore , in dealing witQ the masses of matter whick come to us , to hold the scales Gf Justice evenly—our first object being the
promotion and enhancement , according to our own best judgment , of the success of the great and good cause ; and our second , the distribution of our time and space bo as to give least cause of complaint ; that we are alifce bound to this course of ac . ion by inclination , interest , and duty ; and that , therefore , it is us « less and senseless for individuals to fume and fret , and think themselves ill used because their communications may not always be in-BttTted , 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 , oi for inserting this thing which they think should have been omitted , or for omitting the other thing which they think should have appeared . All these are matters for our consideration , and for the exercise of our discretion and judgment , ¦ which , we assure all parties , shall be always used , so far
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as we are able to perceive , honestly for the public , without fear or favour to any one , and without being allowed to be turned for one instant from its course by ill-natured snarls or bickerings . Correspondents of the northern Star . — London—T . M . Wheeler , 7 , Mills Buildings , Knightsbridga Manchester—W . Griffin , 34 , Lomas-Btreet , Bank Top . Birmingham—George White , 29 , Bromsgrove-BtreeL Newcastle—Mr . J . Sinclair , Gatesnead . Sunderland—Mr . J . Williams . Messrs . "Williams and Binns , booksellers . Sheffield—Mr . G . J . Harney , news agent , 33 , Campo-lane . Bath —Mr . G . M . Bartlett , 8 , Trinity-place , Walnot Chabtist Addresses . —The General Secretary—Mr . John Campbell , 18 , Adderley-street , Shaw ' s Brow , Manchester . Chartist Blacking Manufacturer—Mr . Roger Pinder , Edward ' s-square ,
Edward'splace , Pottery , Hull , Secretai-y to the Frost , William , and Jones Restoration Committee—J . Wilfeinson , 5 , Cregoe Terrace , Bell ' s Barn Koad , Birmingham . — J . T . Smith , Chartist Blacking Maker , TavistMk-street , Plymouth . DERBT . —The friends of this neighbourhood hawing communications for the Star , or otherwise affecting tfee Chartist movement , are requested to send te me to Mr . Thomas Briggs , care of Mr . John Moss , shoemaker , Plumtree-square , ' D . irley-lane , Derby . Money Orders to this Office . —^ Our Cashier is frequently made to endure an amount of inconvenience , utterly inconceivable by those who have not multifarious transactions like bis to attend to , by the negligence of parties not attending to the plain instructions so often given , to make all money orders sant here payable to Mr . John Ardiil . Some orders are made payabie to Mr .
O'Connorsome to Mr . Hobson—some to Mr . Hill—some to Star-ofiice : all these require the signature of the person in whose favour they are drawn before the money can be obtained . This causes an attendance at the post-office of , sometimes , several hours , when a few minutes might suffice if all were rightly given—not to meution the most vexatious delays of payment sometimes caused by it Several old Agents—who certainly ought to know better—have often thus needlessly incovenieuced us ; we therefore beg that all parties having money to send to the Star-office for Papers , by order , will make their orders payable to Mr . Joun Ardill . If they neglect this , we shall not hold ourselves bound to attend to them : if , therefore , they find their
neglect to produce inconvenience to themselves let them not blame us . Irish Universal 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 loom of Mr . P . M . Brophy . Mr . W . H . Dyott , printer , bookseller , and stationer , No . 2 G , North King-street , DubUn , is the Secretary to the Irish Universal Suffrage Association , to whom ail Papers and Communications should be addressed . *¦ '
to agents . —A great portion or the uraers or our Agents which should be in our office on Thursday , at latest , have for several weeks back come on the Friday ; nearly all the Scotch Agents ' Orders have come on the Friday often . This may be occasioned by the delays of the mails , owiu ^ to the weather , but there certainly is no reason why the Agents at Hull , Liverpool , and even Barnsley aud Bradford , should send their Orders to reach the Office just at tho time the papers are going out of it . Any Orders not in the Office on Thursdays cannot be atte . nded to ; and any papers returned in i nsequeiice of orders being late will not be c ditcd .
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^ Halifax . —All persons having communications with the Chartists of Sir an Coppice ore requested to correspond with Mr . B . liutterly , Xo . 8 , Back Albion-slrrel . Convention Fund . —An arranged list of the subscriptions will be published as a balance-sheet in next ireek s Star . —John Cleave , treasurer . W . H . Dyott continues to receive many Stars from his English friends . They are rap-dly shedding light on ( he political mind of Ireland . Large as is the supply afforded by the generosity of the friends of freedom in England and Scotland , it is yet inadequate to the inanities after truth in Ireland , where as yet no people ' s press exists . Direct 26 , xV . King-street , Dublin . Chalford — The resolution next u-cek . J . Thompson , Doncaster . — Write to Mr . Hurley again—we have no account of the money he
mentions . Rochdale . —Hold your meeting , be peaceable , and have no violent language . Henry SwiNGLEinjKST * tct'fl " thank Duncan Robertson for his address , as he has forgotten it . Stroud . —A correspondent writes us , that on Whit-Monday he will raffle four portraits , given with the Star , and fourteen number :, of Tail ' s MagaziBe . The whole proceeds to be given to the
cause . Edw . 4 B » Long . — We have received a letter from Wigton , bearing this signature , and complaining of the writer ' s name having been inserted in the list of nominations for the General Council without his authority . We think it very possible there may have been some mistake—that an Edward Long may have been reoJly nominated ; though probably not the writer of this letter . Mistakes and complaints ef this kind might be avoided if sub-Secretaries would send with their nominations the residence and occupation of the parties nominated . If they do not , ice shall not insert them . W . A . Mayne writes that he attended the meeting alluded to by Mr . Harrison , the member ofConven'ion for Nottingham , and that Mr . Harrisons' statements were false . Robert Hamilton . — You must pay the poor rates as
long as you have anything to pay them with . SrNDERLAND . —MESSRS . MoNARCU AND MoWATT * S Letter . —Tie have received another letter from Mr . Moiratl , and another from our Sunderland correspondent , each reiterating his own statement . Jf e shall leave the viatter in the hands of our Sunderland friends , to whom , of course , the facts are known . G . R ., Northampton . —The collector can follow your goods . You must pay your rent to the collector unless you have some agreement to the contrary . Dbeby Contention Fund . —Thomas Briggs writes to say , that out of the £ 2 sent to the Convention , from Derby , £ 1 was from Burton and Swadlincole .
John Rourke . — TH- are compelled , by want of space , to reserve his conmnnicalirn . David Haynes , Sherbome-strcet , Spon-slrcet , Coventry , will send a Star to Ireland if some one will send him his address . George Cairns , Nlwc . stle . —The resolution to tch > ch he refers wax given in the term . ' ; complained of to prevent the exercise of that very ' ¦ unfnirncss" of which he writer , We think it very unfair that the names of the other Chartist delegates irere not set forth in the rrsoluti'm , as well as that of Mr . Cairns's protogce . If Mr . Cairns wishes the resolution forwarding to the person named in his note he must forward it . We have neither time , means , nor inclination to do
so . Greenock . —The constituent * of Mr . Wallace hate written that grntlemsn t in approval of Mr . Sharman Crawford ' s motion . The letter and Mr . Wallace ' s reply have been sent us ; but we have no room for their insertion Lefton Weavers — We cannot in ' erfere between them and the Leeds Times . If they send any news to ns for publication it shall receive alien-¦ tion . Totnes Chartists . — The postmaster is justifiable There shou'd be an heading In thr petition sheets . Directions were given in the Star to that effect ..
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J . H . Clitueroe . —Write to the Po 8 tmastcr-G ? neral , General Post-cffice , London—he will make inquiry into the cause of delay , J . Brook . —The 5 s . has not been received for Jeffrey ' s paper . J . Bird will be entitled to the plate . FOR THE O ' BRIEN ' S PRESS FUND . £ b . d . From J . Anderson , Crossford ... 0 1 6 FOB ASSISTING THE TRADES OF LONDON IN THE PRESENTATION OF THE NATIONAL PETITION . From J . Anderson , Crossford ... 0 1 0 . » T . Ireland , Dunfermline ... 0 1 0 FOE MBS . FROST , MBS . WILLIAMS , AND MRS . JONES . From Dewsbury Association , per W . Bobshaw ... ... ... 0 13 0 TOR MRS . FBOST . From All Saints Association , Leicester , per J . Markham ... 0 6 0 _ a Bolton Friend 6 10 9 „ a few ChartistB at Warrington per T . Lowe ... ... ... 0 2 2 FOR THE CONVENTION . From Leeds Association , per Mr . Brook . - . ore _ Mr . Widdup , per J . Brook , Bradford 0 8 6
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. ^ . |; —Mr . Longstaff will lecture in the Association Kooin to-morrow ( Sunday ) evening , at halfp&st six o clock . ¦ HoLBECK . —Mr . George Hobson willleoture here to-morrow night , at half-past six o'clook . ¦ Woodhocse . —Mr . Longstaff will lecture here on i ueaday night , at eight o'clock . Armlet . —Messrs . Fraser and Newhill willleoture here on Monday night , at eight o ' clock .
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Tu 6 following are brief notices of the Chartist correspondence which reached ua on Thursday morn-1 "S' £ he extended report which we have given of the debate in what ought to be the People ' s HouBe , on the motion of Mr . Thomas Duncombe , " that the petitioners be heard at the bar of the House , by themselves , their counselor their agents , in support of the allegationa of the petition , " will , we ara sure , be a sufficient excuse « to our numerous correspondents for the Blight manner in which , this week , their communications are necessarily ^ obliged to be noticed . At most of the places resolutions of confidence in the Convention were passed . -Bristol . —The Chartist Youths held their anniversary on Wednesday week .
Oldiiam . —The Chartists here met on Monday , and thanked the Convention . Wednesbury . —Mr . Linney of Manchester , lectured here on Monday . HiNCKLEY . —Am Association has beon formed here ; a meeting was held on Monday evening , at which several addresses were delivered . Redditch . —The Chartists here have met every evening and read the report- of Convention , Thanks % 6 their representative ( Georgo White ) and the Convention have been passed ; and Mr . Candy has lectured . Bromsgrove . —Mr . Candy addressed an out-door meeting on Monday . Belfast . —Meetings continue to be held here weekly , at which interesting addresses are delivered . The cause is progressing .
Ratcljffe Bhidqe . —Mr . James Duffy lectured here on Tuesday night . Thirty-four members were enrolled . Banbury . —The Chartists here are determined not to agitato for any thing less than the Charter . Alcester .- —Mr . II . Candy lectured here on Tuesday last . It was the first Chartist lecture ever delivered in the town . Walsall . —A resolution for the whole Charter , and of confidence in the Convention has been adopted here . Stockjport . —A tea party , in honour of the presentation of the petition , was held here on Monday last . ' ¦ . . . Doncaster . —The treasurer ' s accounts were passed 6 n Monday evening , and also thanks to the Convention .
Hamilton . —A splendid presentation of petition demonstration took place here on Monday Dight . A large procession was formed , and a public meeting was held in Grammar School-square . Manchester . — -Mr . Barrow , from Bolton , lectured in the Carpenters' Hall , on Sunday afternoon and evening , the latter being a funeral discourse for Henry Frost . , Bolton . —Mr . D . Ross , of Manchester , lectured here on Monday . , EiRjiiNGHASi . —Aston Street . —The Council met on Thursday , when it was resolved that this Council do recommend the women to form a separate Association , to be called "The Women ' s National Charter Association . On Sunday night , Mr . Mead lectured ; and oh Monday night , Messrs . Mead and Lyndon .
Duddeston Row . —Mr . Mead preached on Sunday afternoon . Steeihovsb Lane . —On Tuesday a deputation was sent to the Black Horse , Ashted Row , to arrange matters concerning the dinner to be given to FeargHs O'Connor , Esq . On the return of the deputation , they reported that the dinner was fixed for Tuesday , the 17 th inst > Tickets , which are limited to a certain number , will be ready for sale after the 5 th insfc . Frost ' s Committee . —The usual routine business was transacted on Monday . Peck Lane . —A meeting of the shoemakers in this locality was held on Tuesday . There was no business o ! importsncs .
Mr . Fussell has received Is . from James Clark , of Blayden , near Bristol , whioh will be handed to the Convention , with other monies that are to be sent from this towu . Gloucester . —The Chartists of this City have been re-organ ; zod , and officers appointed . Leicester . —All Saints Open . —This society is doing well—every week adds to our numbers . Mr . W . J . Taylor lectured in the Town Hall on Monday , and at Weston on Tuesday . Letters for Mr , Taylor may be addressed , care of Mr . Markham , 66 , Belgrave-gate , Leicester . London . —Old-Street Road . —— Mr . Staltwood lectured to the Ladies' Boot and Shoe Makers , on Sunday evening , at the Cannon Coffee House .
Aberdeen ,. —At the usual weekly meeting of the Aberdeen Charter Union , the following resolution was carried amidst great ohet-ring " That this meeting , after having calmly considered the conduct of certain parties , is of opinion that they only want the destruction of onr National Charter Association , and the men who have boldly stood by our cause . Resolved , therefore , that we stand firmly by our order and organisation , and by Feargus O ' Connor and the Northern Star , and we hereby further declare that we have no confidence in the men at the head of such conspiracies against our best friends and advocates . " Dewsbury . —Mr . North lectured on Wednesday week , and Mr . West on Sunday .
Dublin . —The Irish Universal Suffrage Association held its weekl y meeting on Sunday . Mr . Dyott said he had been in correspondence with Mr . Sharman Crawford on the subject of the petition . Mr . Crawford took some exceptions to their petition , as he did to the English one , and called for explanations . These he ( Mr . D . ) had afforded him to the best of his ability . Mr . Dyott read his preliminary letter , Mr . Crawford's reply , and his own rejoinder , which were received with much approbation . Ordered that the correspondence be entered on the minutes . Mr . Dyott then gave notice that on Sunday next he would present for their approval an address to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., expressive of their admiration of his : past career , and their entire reliance on his integrity and wisdom in the present critical juncture of the people ' s affairs .
Clitheroe . —Lhartism in this place is very flourishing . A public meeting was held , on Monday evening , in honour of the presentation of the great "National . " Ninety-three new members were enrolled , and a resolution parsed pledging the people to stand by O'Connor and the Convention . Fontypool . —Mr . Edwards of Newport , lectured here on Monday . Thanks to , and confidence in , the Convention were unanimously voted . CoALSXAirGHTON . —Meetings have been held here daily since the sitting of the Convention , whose reports have been received and read . A delegate meeting was hold on Saturday , when a resolution of confidence in the Convention was carried .
Finder's Blacking . —The money this week due to the Executive from the sale of Pinder ' e blacking is as follows : — s . d . Mr . Scott , Hawick ... ... 2 9 Mr . Wcods , Sudbury ... ... 1 10 Mr . T . B . Smith , Leeds ... ... 19
¦ ' i , •¦¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ * ¦*¦ Bradford Council Meeting . —The Council met as usual oii Monday ' nights They veted five shillings to Mr . Christopher Wood , the freeholder who proposed Mr . Pitkethly at the late West Riding Jelection , arid for which he lost his employment , and being a bondsman for another person , has in consequence been thrown into prison ; his wife and family are in a state of the greatest distress . After transacting other business the Council adjourned to next Sunday afternoon , at two o'clock .
EccleshilIi MooR . ^ -On Sunday last , at two o ' clock in tho afternoon , a Chartist camp meeting was held . A large concourse of people came from the surrounding 1 villages to witness a scene so extraordinary . After singing and prayer , Mr . Edwards delivered an excellent political sermon . Mr . Dewhirst also preached a sermon against the hireling priesthood of every denomination . The large audience separated highly delighted with the proceedings . ' - '; i
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LEEDS TOWN COUNCIL : The Second Quarterly Meetingof the Town Council of this borough ^ for the present year , was held at the Cdurt-house on Wednesday last . The Town Clerk read the minutes of the previous meeting . - ¦ ., ' ¦ ¦ '¦ : \ - ' ; ¦' ¦/ ¦ ' ' " "¦ ' --. . - ; .. ; ¦ ' ¦ " . . ;• ¦ The first notice on the paper related to the New Gaolj but Mr . Alderman Tottie , the gentleman by whom it was to be brought forward , hot being present at the commencement of business , it was agreed to proceed with the second , which was to levy a Watch Rate for raising the sum of £ 5 , 580 ; this wasagreedto . i The third notice was to levy a Watch Rate to raise £ 270 upon all property within that part of the township of Hunslet which is beyond the limits of one mile from the bars of the town , was also adopted .
ERECTION OF A NEW BOROUGH OAOX . . The notice on this subject haying been read by the Town Clerk , Aid . Tottie said he would hot trouble the Council oh this occasion with many details on the subject before them , as tnoBe details were mostly in the possession of the gentlemen present , having been printed . He then went on to address himself to two points—the insufficiency of the present Borough Gaol accommodation , and the law by which that insufficiency might be remedied , and after a lengthy address , concluded by moving a formal resolution , expressive of the opinion of the Council that the certificate of the Recorder and the presentment of the Magistrates ¦ were well fovrnded , and that a new Gaol or House of Correction was necessary . Mr . Cudworth seconded the motion .
Mr . M . Cawood said that he had hoped that Mr . Aid , Tottie would have brought forward some stronger arguments—some stronger than he bad brought before—in favour of his propositions for building a gaol ; instead of which , he had only advanced arguments that had been more than once heard and refuted in that Council Chamber . To shotv the real state of the case , and that it was not reasonable to buiid a gaol , he would refer to what had already taken place . There were several persons in the Council now who were not present when a Committee was assembled last year to draw up a report on the subject of a new gaol . Tne reason why that Committee was appointed was , that the Borough of Leeds was called upon to pay £ 2 . 495 , or within £ 5
ot one-fourth of £ 10 , 000 , for building a gaol at Wakefield . The West Riding Justices , it was stated , intended ta build a larger House of Correction , and that the Borough of Leeds would have to contribute towards that also . They had three plans proposed , the lowest of which estimated the cost at £ 56 , 000 , the share of which expence to the Borough of Leeds would have been £ 14 , 000 , and the highest Was £ 100 000 , of which Leeds would have had to pay £ 25 , 000 . It did then seem desirable that the Council should consider the propriety of building a gaol for themselves . But on looking to the contract between the Council and the West Riding Justices , it was thought there must be something wrong , that it had
not been properly drawn up , or that its terms had not been abided by ; and Mr . W . Beckett took considerable pains on the subject , in getting it duly brought before the West Riding Magistrates . When the Magistrates were told that the contributions by Leeds were equal to one-quarter of the whole sum , they thought it was too large a sum ; and on reference to the contract , it was found that previous to 1836 , Leeds had paid ouly one-tenth . The West Riding Magistrates then ordered Mr . Dixon , their Clerk , to consider with the Town Clerk of Leeds ; and this Borough was then called upon to pay oneeighth instead of one-fourth . It , therefore , appeared that the report of the Gaol Committee had been drawn up under wrong impressions . It was to be remembered that though the cost of a
New Gaol was to be spread over a period of fourteen year 3 , yet it would have to be paid , and the Burgesses would be heavily taxed all that time for the purpose , much more so than by continuing to support the borough prisoners at Wakefield . The inhabitants of the town had not been consulted on the subject of building a New Gaol , which they ought to have been before it was decided to commence such an undertaking . He remembered presenting a petition in that Council Room , signed by nearly one thousand of the inhabitants , against such a building being erected ; and he did not believe that the opinion of the \ town was in favour of taxing not only themselves for such an object , but their children , also . He concluded by proposing , aa an amendment : —
" That the Council , on the 16 th June , 184 l , having decided that there was no necessity for building a New Gaol at Leeds , it would be inexpedient to pass the resolution now proposed by Mr . Alderman Tottie . " This was seconded by Mr . Wright . Mr . Alderman Goodman spoke in favour of the original motion . Mr . Skelton said the principle upon whieh the arguments in favour of a New Gaol rested , appeared to be that Wakefield should stand still , and that Leeds alone should go on . Alderman Lupion looked at the question , mainly , in a moral point of view . He thought crime would be more effectually repressed by having a Gaol in the Borough for the punishment of offenders than if those offenders had to be sent to a House of Correction at a distance .
Mr . Hayward observed , that the question had been so fully gone into on former occasions , that he should not then trespass on the time of ihe Council , but he mu 3 t say , that not the slightest new matter had been introduced to influence them to accede to the proposition of Mr . Tottie . As regarded the question of expence , it appeared according to Mr . Tottie's estimate , that the cost of the gaol would be £ 30 , 800 . He ( Mr . Hayward ) hoped that there was not a man in the Council so exceedingly weak as to suppose that that sum would be anything like adequate . They might add £ 20 , 000 to the estimate , and he doubted , even then , if it would be sufficient . Supposing the West ^ Riding magistrates were to adopt the largest of the plans for the enlargement of the House of Correction , which was estimated to cost £ 100 , 000 , the proportion due from Leeds would only be £ 12 , 500 , instead of the enormous cost which would be entailed upon the borough by building a new gaol .
After some further discussion , in which Alderman Gaunt , Mr . Patrick , ' Mr . Shackletoh , Mr . Bramley , Mr . Jos . Cliff , Alderman Musgrave , Mr . Hall , Mr . Skelton , Mr . Birchall , Alderman Bate on , Mr . M . Cawood , Alderman Tottie , and others took part , the amendment moved by Mr . Cawood was put to the meeting , and negatived by 30 to 7 . The votes were ordered to be recorded . The -following voted for the amendment : —Councillors SkeltoD , Wright , M . Cawood , Nickols , Barker , Hayward , and Butler . Against the amendment : —Alderman Musgrave , Gaunt , Bateson , Smith , Willans , Hebden , Oates , Goodman , Stansfeld , Tottie , Pease , Lupton , Luccock , and Maclea ; CounciU ' cr i Cudworth , Birchall , Kelsall , Watson , Brumfit , Dut ' ton , Barlow , Mitchell , Joshua Bower , Joseph Cliff , Watch , Snackleton , Marshall , Hall , and John Cl . ff . Mr . Hayward said he should move another
amendment upon that proposed by Mr . Cawood . It was -as follows : — " That it would be inexpedient to adopt any resolution which would pledge this Council to build a new gaol for the Borough of Leed ? , until the opinions of the burgesses shall have been ascertained upon the subject , and that a public meeting be forthwith called by the proper authorities for that purpose . " Mr , Patri ck seconded the amendment . Mr . Alderman Tottie said that as trie proposition did not point out any means by which the end they had in view could be accomplished , he thought the proposition could only be met with a direct negative . ( Hear , hear . )
Mr . Alderman Musorave thought , after the specimen which they had had of the mode in which the business of publio meetings was conducted , it was enough to deter any thinkiug man from attending them , and if he , as an alderman , was to consent to preside at such meetings as those which they had lately seen in another part of that building , he should consider he was a fool i and should shockingly disgrace himself . ( Hear , hear . ) The question was then put , when there werelfor the amendment , Ayes 7 , Noes 30 . The amendment was thereforo negatived . The votes were again recorded on the original proposition , which was adopted by a large majority , tha numbers being—Ayes 30 , Noes 7 .
Mr . Alderman Tottie then submitted a series of formal resolutions for carrying into effect the one previously adopted , which , being seconded , were put and agreed to . The following gentlemen were appointed , a Committee for carrying the resolutions into effeet : —The Mayor , Aldermen Tottie , Pease ^ Hebden , Batesdn * Oates , Luccpek ; Councillors Marshall ^ Atkinson Howard , Bramley , Cudworth , Joseph Ciiff , Nickols , Garland . It was subsequently ordered , that a copy of the resolutions on the subject of the new gaol should be transmitted to the Clerk ofthe Veacefor the Riding The Counoil next went into Committee on finance , and sums amounting to £ 3 , 66513 a . 6 d . were ordered to be paid .
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'¦ ' ?¦ . ' - " : ¦ " ¦¦ ¦•¦ " ¦" . •' ¦ .... . '¦ " .- _^< V qj : ¦• ¦ . ¦ ¦'¦ , . - . - . ¦ ¦ ¦ ; . ¦ ¦ ; . ; .. ;^ ' j . : - 0 ^^ : i ^ The following gentlemen were then elected as directors of the Leeds Water Works Company : — Aldermen . Goodman and Oates ; Councillors , Lee , Howard , Atkinson , Cudworth , Holmes , March , aa Patrick . ' - ¦ : ¦ ¦'¦ ' ::: ' ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ : ' . . ' - ' ¦ , ¦ ¦ ¦' . ¦ " - : ¦ ¦ .. ¦
NEW IKJPBOVBMENT SILL . T ^ eooncluding ^ notice wasH * A report will be presented from the Improvement Bill Committee ; and it will be proposed that a Committee be appointed to co-operate with the Magistrates in passing the Lseda Improvement Bill through Parliament . " ^ The . report on this subject- wjia presented by Mr . Marshall , and a motion that it should be received and filed was agreed to . - The following resolution was then proposed by ' " the same gentleman , and seconded byAlaeJfman LDProrr . : \ That a Committee be appointed to co-operate with the
Magistrates in passingthe Leeds Improvement Bill through Parliament , provided that a guarantee fund of not less than £ 40013 subscribed to meet the future expences attendant on passiDg it , so that no expence may be incurred by them for which either they or this Council would ba liable , and with the understanding that whilst the Magistrates reprc Bent to Parliament that they should- be ex-officio oh the future Board of Commissionersj the Town Council will represent that the Board should consist of the Council alone , but that both parties will rest satisfied with the decision of the Committee of the House of Commons Ou this subject . " : ¦;¦ ;
On ; this motion , the following / amendment was proposed by Mr . Hay ward and seconded by Mr , Skelton : — ¦''¦' : ' : ' : . ¦' - . - ' ¦¦ ' •"¦;¦¦ .: .- -j-k ' " - ' \ ' . •' That inasmuch as the legal adviser of this Council has distinctly stated that if the Council appoint a Committee to take charge of the Leeds Improvement Bill , the individuals forming the same can only act in their individual capacity , the Council cannot legally act in the matter . " '¦¦ ¦> : '¦ - This amendment , on being put to the vote , was negatived . The original resolution was then pub and agreed to . , The following members were appointed the Committee : —Aldermen Bateson , Luccock , Maclea ; Councillors M . Cawood , Bakery Joseph Cliff , Marshall , and Garlaha . ' Thisconcluded . thebusiness , and the Council adjourned . V
Thus it will be seen that the Whij ^ i confiding iu their present majorityjn the Towu Council , came to the determination to saddle the inhabitants of "this borough with the expense of a new gaol . The impolicy of such a step , under the present depressed state of our trade , must be at once manifest to all our readers / Notwithstanding that it waaclearly proved by Mr . Martin Cawood that the building and permanent maintenance of a Borough Gaol would be far more expensive to the burgesses than if the present arrangement with the- West-Riding magistrates were to continue , tho Whigs persisted in their intentione , and the " tyrant majority" carried their resolutions . The burgesses will now have to pay a cost of not less
than £ 50 , 000 , besides an annual expence of upwards of £ 2 ^ 000 . Like the defunct Whig Government , theWbJtj membersof the Town Gounciraredetermined to commit "felodese . " They will cat their , own throats—they will act 111 opposition { 6 the will and the wishes of the people ; nay , more , those very people upon whom they relied for support against the Tories , they now reject and despise . Nothing could exemplify the truth of this more than the remarks made by Aldermah--Justice Musgrave upon the proposition which was made , that a public meeting of the inhabitants should be callevij and their wishes coi » sulted , before the Town Council , came to any definite resolution oa the' subject . This bright ornnmeni" oi the bench
of magistrates stated that nothing in the world should induce him to hold the situation of chairman at a public meeting of theinuabuante , ' * he should consider he would disgrace himself by so doing , " for '' that the recent public meetings about the Improvement Bill were a disgrace to the tewn . " Softly , softly , Mr . Justice Musgrave . Let us see who would be disgraced most , the inhabitants or the Bench of Justice ? . Is it not notorious that a certain Whig Alderman-Justice of this Borough ordered a boy who was brought before him , to be " p rivately wiped !" And is it not au undoubtediact that , within the last few weeks , the same Alderman-Justice actually ordered another person to be '' floged ? Now we tell such Alderman-Justice of the Peace that any
mechanic would have felt it a disgrace to have been so illiterate . The Alderman-Justice in question ueed not ask any one , like Dogberry , to write him down an ass . He has done this most effectually himself . Bui turning from this " bright luminary of the Benchi '? what shall we say to those persona in the council professing to be Radicals , who voted against a town ' s ; meeting \ Alas , ala . s ! the Geese must how see that the Foxes are too many for them . It is juss as we predicted . The Geese may cackle , cackle , and hiss at the Chartists as they please ; but . we fancy they mu 3 t now candidlyacknywJedgd tliat the Foxes have served them as we always told them they would do . The advice we should now ^ ivo
to the Chartists , seeing that the Whigs and Radicals in the . Town Council , after having been elected by the - ' ' . ' . ' suffrages ; of the people , are now despising , and rejecting them , is this— - Watch them well . As for the Whigs , they are yoar sworn enemies ; they arethemeh whosougbt the blood of Frost , Williams , and Jones ; they are the men who foment discord , and revolutionary domrinca , to suit thfiif owtt purposes , and then imprison and betray the people , whose support they have relied upon ; they are the originators and passers of the atrocious New Poor Law ! From these men we can expect ho
evenhanded justice . They have betrayed us , and would on every occasion do it again . But as to the professing radicals , we say to the people , you now gee their conduct with respect to you . They , like the Whigs , will betray you , and sell you tor a mess of pottage .: Watch them well , then ; and remember that the 1 st of November will come again . Foxes have holes wherein to creep , but we trust that they will not be allowed any more to creep into the wards . We would particulariy refer to those who repreBent the more popular constituencies . Let the Chartists remember their conduct and deal with them accordingly .
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Vagrant Trustees . —On Thursday last , the following persons wire elected trus : ees of the Vagrant Office , for tie ensuing year : — M r . F . N . Settle , saddler , Woodhou 3 e-laiie . Mr . John Woodhead , painter , Park-lane . Mr . Joseph Womersley , Innkeeper , Briggaie . Mr . William Hey wood , pawnbroker , Bank . Mr . R . Sead , maltster , Kirkgats . Mr . Jno . Walker , butcher , Quarry-hill . Mr . Robert Bean , chemist , Coronation-street .
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BEADFOED .-A public meeting of the unemployed operatives took place on an open space of ground , in frontof the Oddrellowa' Hall , Tnorntonroad ; a requisition was presented to the constable , requesting him to convene the meeting , but he having declined , the requisitionists called the meetins themselves , for Thursday , at one o ' clock . Mr . Ciarksou , attorheyj ' 'Was called to the chair . Mr . Dewhirfeti moved the following resolution : — " That we j the unemployed operatives in the town of Bradford and its vicinities , amidst the intensity of our sufferings ; and misery , do most respectfully ask for the interposition of the magistrates in our behalf , and
that a memorial be adopted to the aboFe functionaries . " -Mr . RuebenPye seconded the resolution , whifth- was unanimousJy carried . Mr . Edwards moved the memorial to the magistrates , which set forth their distress iu very strong language , and that if their distress was not initigated and relieved , the consequences would bo fearful to contemplate . Mr . Edwards made a short but an excellent speech oa the suffering of the operatives of the whole kingdom , and called on those who possessed such large heaps of' wealth , the ! produce of their hands , to come forward at this critical juncturo to relieve their necessities . Mr . Dixon secended the motion , which was carried without a dissentient . Mr . G . Fiinn
moved , " and Mr . Brook seconded , that four persons be deputed to present the memorial to the magistrates ; and enforce its prayer * which was also adopted . Messrs . Do whurst , Edwards ^ Dixon j and Clarke were appointed . The "adjournment of the meeting to Monday next was agreed upon , to hear the rcsiiit of the conference with the authorities . The , . meeting then separated . The _ poor feliows seemed in a sad forlorn state , and their countenances bore evident marks of the want of foed . Anticipation of the Income Tax . — -A large worsted ppinner , and a very pious Baptist , made a reduction m the wages of his woolcombers of twenty
per cent , last Saturday . Wool that wa 3 5 d . per pound he has now reduced to 4 i . ; and for six months previous to the reduction , the sorts had been made Ud . or 2 d . per pound worse than they had been ; so that the reduction within the last half year amounts to upwards of forty per cent . ; so much for piety He is not the only one that has made inroads into the comforts of the toil-worn slave . There are masters , in Bradford that are paying their woolcombers the enormous sum of . ' ljd . for combing English wools . Trade is indeed very bad ; hundreds of the poor fellows are daily parading the streets without" any employment ; aud We fear their condition is becoming desperate .
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THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONTENTION DELEGATES . "We have given a report of the proceedings attendant on the presentation of the Petition , as copious as could be , save those attendant on the dinner at White Cosdnh House , where above six hundred sat . down , the tickets being half-acrown . The chair was taken by Dr . Peter M .
M'DouaH , the vice-chair by Mr . Leach . On tee right of the Chairman sat Thomas Duncombe , Esq . ; on the left , J .-T . Leader , Esq ., and Feargus O'Connor , Esq . The head table was occupied chieSy by Members of the Convention . Amongst them Air . Duncan , ( President of the Convention ) , and Messrs . Moir , Roberts , O'Brien , Lowery Leach , Doyle , Mason , M'Pherson , Philp , Williams , B&irstow , Ridley , &c . &c .
The Convention sittings ne have been compelled to reserve . We give below the letter of Mr . O'ConDor , in whieh some reference is made to one subject of the deliberation , of that body , and upon which we may hereafter have a word to say ; for the present the petition , its presentation , and reception , are the greit matters of attention . That Petitio . v , signed by Three-and-a-half Millions of People 1 has sealed the doom of faction , and made swe the foundation of the people ' s triumph i ! !
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VOL . Y . NO . 234 . SATURDAY / Mi ^ ¦ ' i ¦ " 9 J" ^ - * Plve Shllltaga per Quarter .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 7, 1842, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1160/page/1/
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