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PORTRAIT OF W. P. BOKEKTS, ESQ.
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THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1843.
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2 dr . O'CONSOB has received communications from many districts in all of -which a vcry great desire is expressed to have a pohtraii of Mr . Roberts , the people ' s Attorney-General . Wo cannot wonder that a strong -wish should be entertained to possess & Likeness of so truly amiable , talented , and true a man ; and although -we know that Mr . O'Connor had determined to givt no more Portraits , yet we have the pleasure to announce that all Subscribers for Three Months , ¦ will receive A PORTRAIT OF W . P . ROBERTS , THE PEOPLES ATTORNEYGENERAL . We reqnest the stvtral Agents to open lists for the enrolling of names , as none but Subscribe" * will reoerre a plate . The price fif" Paper and Plate when presented -will be Sixpence ; and none will be sold -without tie paper .
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MR . ATTWOOD * S NEW MOYE . CoTJ .-i-ierable interest ha ? been manifested in Birau ^ rajn , by all clases of Reformers , from ike first 3 Bumiti-. a 01 Mr . Aitwood ' a intention to return to pBL ^ e : ^ e - and this feeling has b ^ en greatly heL ? hteaii dj the mysterious character which curtvned to measures and designs , even when Aw interdions asc B-: -a pubacly revealed , that he was about , once more , zo cute ? on tee v&s : theatre of British pnhiics . ± ne * T&Tat anticipated a new Rstohm EFocn , s * the isA ^ v Bill' had been a failure ; and the 800 , 000 1 ! pTo-rcu more eorrnpt than the 2 C 0 rich borougbn : onftr- ,: a the exerc-e of their most sacred rights \ m asu-pation is nul u ^ rpatjoii . WLai matter 10 tee * ' - . to . Kies" whether " 200 oligarchial 8 & 00 G 0
xaer-, . ^_ _» - — — — — v > - « # ~» » - - —¦ " » *¦ - ^ ^* w V ^ W V W ¦ *¦ 1 l »^ — cur- < s HToju-mons-rrs , make siatcis laws , and rob tetc i til or their l ?* jinmate earnings I buffcrjuj ; hnaiiBHy doth net cucniate on the progress of OTUjsaron , in tbis beautiful expansion o : po itical po-vTcr—tais nicety of politic anthEicte . Hunan toratu . ifl-jw—inacan beans slill bleed—the xnil-J'Oia . ^ fijroaiLana murmur , and toil and sweat , Tnihuu-. uope or happiress—though the Reform BiU has ± -en carried . Political Economy has not yet taisii account ui labour , though the bill has been in opcr * iK-2 these twelTe years . Though Maceulloeh ana ^^ fcire ^ K ttn vommes on this iCosoMT T £ e tt . rkisg men -will Dot believe in i . ' orra / iifl . ijrvu > ^ . am roo has Inbonr . d to establish an cn % ht-¦ 72
enej p > . o ; i oa vn ? scienii / ie advaiua £ e 3 of nuxiiniiiii ; r - ^ evic ti on of wealth , and minimum production Of ij . jpe . gUtsf ± p cics ; but ail in vair . ; ~ * he vorktB c n : ions will not subfcnbs to the . science of . MsvJicsjanisin . as denned by the idle plctdehehs of .- *<• - ; ~ ty . Free Trade is next . Ou it inarch ^ . Peso ::: -m , ruin , revolntioD , follows . It inscribes the € p ? aph of cxpinng empire . " It is the alternative « uanonal di-spair , under the present order of thn , s 5 . brill it fails ; matters grow worse . How eoiiid ; i ha otherwise—it was only Bxtojoi . "What a jrcsr-ct ibr onr mighty country ! Our tyrants have f _ i-q : iered the world ; they Lave conquered us too . \ V aa : an app ^ ike haih victory ! . Yet oar hopes ¦ were i . igh . Tne daTk and gloomy clouds which hoi i
^ xc « o ' er them imi&tsoon absolve , and resolution ns = with pallic expectation , hope and confidence Atiwood will Tetnrn —( he has said bo)—to the paop . e and their cau = > e . He once spoke fiercely for the lai . uons . He will never abandon them in the open Ss ; d , corns when he may . Confiding slaves VV hr : n will you rely on yonr own omnipotent power Attwac-d will not redeem you : yon must redeem your ^ ives . Now , io the business of the depntanon , ajio a Ji Mr . Attwood answer for himself . At the fani ? : rt public address was adopted bj tbe inhabitants oi Birmiagham , it was not known that Mr . Aii-so ^ d was absent from town ? and therefore all fnriner steps were suspended till his reiurn . His feitp-26 haTB not , however , been idle during tnis period , as they have , whether real or ficsitious , lai ^ t d signatures to the requisitionto the amounof
, ; XVSn-U . lnis acquisition wa 3 presented to him by atepiuuon ef forty , elected at the public tSae aboc . a week ago . Mr . Salt % -ured av this , mtetpg . twljich , by ihe way , was a very meagre one ) , mu . e character of a philosopher . "He dtlated with a horrifying gravity on the national debasement of the i-nshih people ; that Governments were freqotiit-y better than those they governed ; and that antr ail ^ e believed , we had as good a Government as we naa public patriotism , acd intelUgence to sustain . Its a very consoling doctrine irithal to the nordes of plunderers , who rob the poor of the last ciust of their hard-earned bread , and who do it witn such nagnanimty as to command the philosophic admiration of such politicians as Salt -and Co On learning of Mr . Attwood ' s return , Mr . ' follows forwarded the iollowmg note :
" Monmoath-street Birmingham , OcL 1 , 18 i 3 . " Sra , —A public meeting of ttie inhabitanta of B rmnstbaai tr&s htld on the 8 th ef An » nst , for th « » aopuoa of an address to you , expressive of their * si . timerVs .. sni to «» n- ? ey their ^ eiire tiat yen mijjht ajain stand forward as tbe avoired and emiutnt advonte of the nniveraal enfranchi » ement of s 31 classes ef thu po-wetfal , yet suffering and degraded nation . The ddrta * "was passed by an almost nnacixnoos vote ' of yem fclIow-to-wiaHJtn , and a deputation of four appoiaifca to preset it to jon , ai joui esrliert c-an-Temenco . " On behalf of fiie dfiputation and the publ-c , I shall , therefore , feel greatly obliged by an intim ^ ion frcm yon -wisen it will be convenient to receive the deputation , &ad believe me , " Tours , most respectfully , "J . Follows . " "T , Attwood , Z £ q . "
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man In England who has the slightest power ro serve tbe public ciuse ; that I was in no wast of advice th ^ t , if I interfered at si ! , in any public movement , it would be my dnty to teach and to cnide , and not to be taught and guided ; and that , althousb I should by no means slight or neglect the working classes , for whose relief my humble labours have been principally directed , yet I should mainly rely -upon the support of tbs electors and richer classes of society , who alone poBseaa the political power to iEflnence the House of Commons , and the wealth absolutely necessary to defray the expenses of any great and useful movement of the people . " I think it desirable that these circumatanoss should ba mads public . " I am , air , yeur sbedient « ervant , " Thomas Attwood . "
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IRELAND AND REPEAL . WHAT WILL O'COSNELL BO ! AND WHAT MUST THE PEOPLE DO ! We doubt not that many sage politicians were astounded by the electric promptitude with which the Government have struck the first blow at the Repeal agitation . Their conduct , however , upon that occasion was in strict conformity wUb , and bears a strong resemblance to , that -which they pursued dnring the last session of Parliament . Throughont the whole period they sat and spoke , and sat and spoke again , for fnlly six-sevenths of the time ; and closed their career by a succession of rapid actions |
unparalleled in the history of legislation . The question of Ireland was one brought frequently under their notice . The state of popular feeling in that couatry was significantly conveyed to them , and they professed to have a thorosgh knowledge of » U that was going forward , as well as & perfect reliance upon the ordinary law to suppress commotion or disturbance . To the ordinary law , and to such alone , "without any auxiliary support from a straining of the law to meet any emergency that might arise , Sir R . Pefl said he would have recourse . Every project devised by Mr . O'Cosnell for effecting his
object was well known to the Minister , and was debated in his presence ; but still "he would rely upon vhe ordinary law . " The momster demonstrations " had been held ; language more violent than any used since the prorogation had become matter of every day comment ; the aid of America ; the sympathy of France ; the " Epontinuity" meeting of the three hundred native legislators elect ; the defiance to interfere with public meetings of the people ; the declaration of the inability of the Saxon Parliament to do justice to Ireland , even if so inclined : al ] these circumstances were known to the Ifanister who said that " to the ordinary law alone he woulc ¦
have recourse for the preservation of the peace . " If the Agitation had presented any new and more j alarming phase since the prorogation of Parliament , ihere might have been Eome palliation for the aban- ! donment of the Minister ' s constitutional pledge ; while in the absence of any snch change , he is chargeable with a gross violation of the constitution , by having bad recourse to those means for arresting the progress of Repeal , which , although justifiable upon sudden emergency , cannot be defended tinder the circumstances of the case . A proclamation , and ' such a proclamation , and issued bo Bhortlj before : it commanded obedience , was not in accordance ' iriih " the ordinary law . " i
Before we point out the disastrous results to which this tardy proclamation , — -tardy in its appearance , if ; not tardy in its execntion , —might have led , we are called particularly to notice one signature , —and , officially Epeakiug , not an nnimportant one , —attachrd to tbis document . We there find the name of Sjr E- SrGDts , the Chancellor of Ireland ; and we are at a I 053 to reconcile itaappcaranoein that place with hiB former declaration , that" the Irish meetings were perfectly legal , and could not be legally suppressed . " Custom is the foundation of
common lave ; and an unchecked course of the people of a « ho ; e nation , continuing for months without the iai « r : ereiice of law to arrest or interfere with it ; and ' c&ckcd by the opinion of the Lord Chancellor ; , in our vpiuiuuj establishes a precedent for a con-¦ tmuauce in that course as strong as any that custom can tanction . Independently , however , of the inj dividual opinion even of the Loed Chancellor , I thengbt of every British subject to meet to petition ! for the redress of grievances , is guaranteed by the Constitution
• j . Moreover in the case of Ireland , the j "fib * of the people to meet and petition rests npon tha . roBwtt grounds : because every Minister , * bc , nas governed that unhappy land for the last half-. oaiuxj , has unequivocally admitted the existence ¦ : not or ordinary grievances , but of grievances to th « redr ^ s of which every successive Administration hid pledged itself , but failed in the performance . It would appear in tbe recent case , that our rulen hid actualiy determined upon decoying the Irisl ; pe pie into that position in which they could sub
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stitute coercion for the promised relief . We may infer this fact from the following short passage from the Standard : — " Much muet be connived at in the begiuning , which it may be heceRsary to repress in the end , " Wholesome Tory doctrine ! We shall now proceed to consider the qnestion in all its bearings . A mere passing commentary upon so lar ^ e and important a subject , would be unjustifiable . POSITION OS MB . O ' CONNELL ,
we shall first treat of . Wa e&nnnt . t ™ i , ;« i . in we shall first treat of . We cannot too highly commend the use that he made of the short time that was allowed him between the notice and the projeoted revolution . Of course , all the necessary " information" ; all the required " affidavits , " of "fear , " " alarm , " and " anticipated danger , " were legally furnished to the authorities , and did not rest upon the oaths of policemen or persons procured for the occasion . No doibt but Government had all
these necessary materials , before they determined on their step ; and no doubt the " advertisements , " respecting the "Jiepeal Cavalry , " and " troops , " and " musterings , " will form no unimportant portion of them . Having these , then , as the groundwork , they siruck the blow . That blow might have turned out a bloody one . This Mr . O'Connsll prevented . He made the best use of the little time he had , to avert that evil . But , notwithstanding his success in that particular , the Government Btep was a blow ' And
it was one which Mr . O ' -Connell ought to have been prepared for . It waB one he has been asking for , or rather provoking , for a long period . In Yorshire , if a father chastises a child , after a long perseverance in misconduct , hefollowathe castigation with " youhave been asking for that for a long time , and now you ' ve got it . " When we come to comment upon the nature of the step taken by the Government , we Bhall apeak of it as it deserves ; but here we canuot refrain from reminding Mr . O'Connell that "he has been asking for it a long time , and now he has got it . "
We have approved of his prudence in having suppressed the projected meeting ; while after his many darings of the Government to interfere with their meetings ; after his repeated defiance , hurled at the Government "to go to war" with him , or " to go to law" with him , we had a right to expect , and the country had a right to expect , from him a prompt , immediate , and unequivocal DKVELOPEMKNT OF THOSE MEANS BI WHICH
HE 7 RP 0 SED TO MEET AN ATTACK , WHICH , HAVING IJiViTED , HE MUST HAVE EXPECTED ! When We found that he . had summoned the Repeal Association for " an extraordinary meeting , " on Mont-ay , we looked forward with no little curiosity for the announcement of his future operations : but alas ! we were doomed to disappointment 1 So far from the assurance that he was prepared to protect the people against the threatened danger , we find him transferring all thought of passing events to a consideration of himself ! and imploring of the Irish people to smother all sympathy for him in the event of a prosecution , and to testify their loyalty by a continuance of their confidence ! '
Fcsluc quern faciemt aleina pericula cautum . " " That man is happy who profits by other men ' s misfortunes . " So we say to Mr . O'Conkell ; while we are sorry to find that the misfortunes of others , instead ot' furnishing an example to him , have served but as matter for jest and angry invective . He now stand 9 upon the brink of a precipice ; while those , over whose misfortunes he has rejoiced , are tremblingly alive to his danger .
It would appear from the weak effusion of which he delivered himself last Monday , that he has been floating from the commencement upon the troubled waters , without rudder or compass ; that all the "Monster Meetings" were only intended to be subservient to the " finance department "; and he has formed no plan whereon to found the promised resistance to oppression . If ever there waB an instance of full opportunity being afforded to a Statesman or a General , for the organization and completion of his plans , that
opportunity hiB been afforded to Mr . O'Connell . He was aware of his own strength . He has told us to surfeiting , that he was aware of the enemy's weakness . He told us so , till we believed it . He was aware of the people's devotion , patriotism , and heroism : and yet , upon the first feeble attempt at resistance , the " legal position , " the " secure possession , the vantage ground / ' is abandoned ! and the scene of action ii to be changed to the floor of the Saxon Parliament U thereto contend for "justice to Ireland" 1 !!
How soon the language of defiance has been softened into mild criticism upon the grammar , and the phraseology of a Proclamation , which , though imperfect in one , and inelegant in the other , appears , nevertheleES , in its rudeness to ¦ . have taken him by surprise !!! How often have we told Mr . O'Connell , while revelling in Whig patronage , that he was creating for their Tory successors , the most perfect means for suppressing Irish liberty . We not only warned
him of the coming storm , but we announced the hour at which it would bunt . We told him that Peel would pass all his measures with railroad speed ; would prorogue the Parliament , and then thTow upon the Irish Executive , and the Irish Orange faccion , tho responsibility of tranquilising Ireland , after their own approved fashion , backed by the assurance that the Commons would gr * nt indemnity for the enforcement of measures justified by necessity I
| Mr . O'Connell must have been awaro that some such course would have been adopted ; and where , we ask , is His plan of dkfe (» ce ? Not defence for himself ; but defence of the millions of brave BNTHUSlASTIC , D 1 SA&MLB , UNPROTECTED IRISHMEN who have , as it were , placed thvir liveB in hit O'Conkell ' s hands !! This is not the first time that we ' have had a M Proclamation war . " We have not yet forgotten the year 1839 , when Whig spy ism and foul treachery concocted and effected the Newporp , Bradford , bheffield , and Dewsbury riots . Nor can Mr . O'Connell
have forgotten those times . He has reason for remembering them ! and the recollection of his own conduct then , will not be calculated to add much to his comfort now . He knows that the doings of the English Chartists were made into a stalking-horse for Irish loyalty . Their meetings were heid to petition for a redress of grievances , at the only hour that their taskmasters would allow them to assemble . Those meetings were suppressed by proclamat > on , ; and their enemies were armed against thtm . Then the " tranquillity" of Ireland not only enabled Air . O'Connell to tender the services of the Irish
military force to do "justice" to the Chariiats , but he further offered the services of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND Irish Volunteers to fi &ht the battle or Whig despotism and proclamation law in England ! ! Sergeant Daily was an IriBh boy , and the soldiers , who so bravely slaughtered the unarmed people ai Newport had all the honour of being mere " lanu recruits . " We mention these circumstances now as warning to Mr . { FConnell : to teach him for the future that the man who plays the tyrant will assuredly himself come one day or other under the tyrant ' s lash . Had he fortified Ireland when iha
existence of the Whigs depended upon bis breath , instead of preparing all the machinery for her subjugation , she would have now had fewer truck Baronets and Catholic placemen , but more power to resist her present oppressors . Mr . O'Connbll may have derived some consolation , in the miast of all his troubles , from the spewy trash vomited by his Saischo Pakza : bat we would assure the redoubtable " pacificator" that he , too , will be called to account , and a close one , by the Irish people , tor some , better value for their money than he appears as yet to have given them . Having disposed of Mr . O'Connell for the present , we shall now consider the POSITION OF THE GOVERNHEKT . If a Cabinet Council had been atssmbled for i the purpose of ensuring a retreat for Mr . O'Con-
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nell , and bad Mr . O'Connell himself being consulted as to the means , he would have said : — " The meetings having been generally held ; the dispute as to the propriety of holding a second one in the county of Waterford , convinces me that a repetition of Demonstrations would but evince weakness . I am now about to hold the last ; but in the quarter where the Gathering is to take . place , we have already experimentalinad to the utmost upon their generosity .
I have got all that ' Monster Meetings' can yield : you must change my position : suppress our Demonstrations by proclamation ; and let its appearance be so late that I can justify my course upon the grounds that I was compelled from the shortness of notice , to act upon my own responsibility . " Had they consulted him , and had he wished to secure for himself a retreat , this would have been O'Connell ' s language to the Ministry .
The Ministers must have been aware that had tho Proclamation appeared sooner , they would have had all Ireland to contend with ; while , as matters now stand , th . y have only to contend with an individual . Whether they will be satisfied with sharing the triumph over Iieland with Mr . O'Connell , we know not . Their share will be disgrace ; his will be increased contributions , and perfect indemnity for inaction . In the consideration of this question we must not , however , forget the most important characters in the drama—the iuish people . For months their enthusiastic minds have been led to an almo&t
fanatical belief in the success of a project which was ensured to them upon the performance of ctrtain oohditions ; every one of which they fulfilled beyond even Mr . O'Connell ' s most sanguine expectations . Will they , then ; will the 1564 brav Irishmen , who went from Manchester to Dublin to manifest their devotion to their unhappy country ; will these be satisfied with the postponement of their case , so ripe for hearing , to the next meeting of the Saxon Parliament ? Even so , their disappointment may arrive sooner than they anticipate as it is by no means impossible that the saxon
parliament MAY MEET IN LESS THAN TWENTY DAYS FaOM THE PRESENT TIME ! If Sir ROBERT PEEL feels his hands strengthened by the boasted " improvement ef trade , " and the further improvement anticipated from the treaty of peace wi ; h China , he will bo emboldened , in connection with foreign allies , to make a deuoiaivo stand against the prinoiples of democracy generally , and against the Irish agitation in particular . Should such be his course , there can exist bul very little doubt , that a Coercion Bill for Ireland will be tho first measure proposed ! and Whig precedent wlil stand as a barrier to Whig opposition !|!! In midst of all , it appears that a gleam of reason has beamed upon Mr . O'Connell .
Misfortune , " we are told , " makes strange bedfellows : " and , in his distress , Mr . O'Connell now proposes io court the very party who in his presumed strength he kicked out of bed . " Ireland i » able to do all for herself . " "France is with us ; America is with us ; " " but the English to a man are against us . " " We refuse the cooperation of the Saxon . " Such was the boastful language of Mr . O'Connell , when his unopposed sway allowed him to choose his bed-fellows" ; but now that misfor - tune has come upon him , wa find him at the Repeal Banquet , which took place on Monday last , silent upon Amerioan and French sympathy , and imploring the assistance of the
ENGTISH PEOPLE to arrest tho despotism of the present Administration . Ha , ha , Mr . O'Connell . Have you forgotten our word&i Did we not tell you as early as May last , that in the hour of danger , and upon the day of trouble , you would at last find more sympathy and protection in English working men ' s patriotism and love of liberty than in foreign sympathy ! Did wenottell you that at last you should come to that ? We did , and there at last we find you ; and , in them rests your security . Yes , Liberator ; " although
a very email extinguisher has extinguished your large Irish fire , yet you may rest assured , that the English people , for they are nearly all Chartists will distinguish between you and the Irish people What they do will be for u Ireland and the Irish ; " and thus will they have rescued themselves from the foul aspersions you have cast upon them for the last seven years , since you so far degraded the Irish nation as to identify the Irish name with trick and jobbery of every description .
Your pals have attacked the English Chartists and their w Cowardly Leader f but we must remind you that when the Magistrates of the West Riding of York issued their ^ proolamation for suppressing " Monster" ChartiBt meetings iu 1839 , just upon the eve of the great meeting to be hold at Peep Green , the " cowardly Fearous" issued a counter proclamation to hold the meeting , and said that hr would attend . The meeting took place . The "Cowardly Feargws" and the " Cowardly Feargusites" did atteud ! Again , when the Whigs issued a Queen's proclamation to suppress torch-light meetings , the " cowardly Fearqus'' attended the Bury torchlight meeting , and there , upon the spot , took the sense of the people as to the propriety of obeying the proclamation .
Mr . O'Connmll will now learn from the tone of the English and French press , that , as we told him , Government will not rest satisfied with extinguishing the match ; they will , if they can , scatter the Pile . In this he will find us correct : and to meet it he has but one course , that is , to throw himself upon men's minds instead of upon their pockets . Paid patriots sooner o ? later discover the fact : " that to win men's hearts , you must win
their minds . " We doubt not that he will reap a golden harvest from the seeds that Government have Bown : but we much doubt that the Irish peoplo will be partakers in the yield . Flattering the vanity of the Queen , who Mr . O'Connell himself says can do nothing , will serve no good purpose . His boast of having voted £ 20 , 000 a-year to Prince Albert more than tho Tories would give him , will with the English people teud to approval of Toryism , . and to his own degradation .
We have given eopious extraots from the Beveral Euglish and Irish newspapers upon the question , together with the reports of Mr . O'Connell ' s several speeches ; and from all we learu that tho Government have been worknig while Mr . O'Connell has been talking , boasting , and collecting : and between both tbe lrishpeopio have been taktm by surprise . We loretold this hasty step . We told Mr . O'Connell more than a niUuth ago , that * ' with Wellington it would be a word and a blow : : that execution would
Jolloui upon the very heels of design . " It has been bo ; while , wiih Mr . O'Connell , it has been met by extra loyalty , and an appeal to ihe rejected Saxons !! with an . auxiliary slap at the Chartists by his " man 9 f peace , " who assured us that 1 000 , 000 pikes could be manufactured in Ireland in an hour . Hencet ' orth this bantering of public opinion niuct cease in lrtlaud ! The " tag fiig" must be struck , and tho standard of principle must be raised in . its place .
The sympathy of oiher nations , strong iu the belief thai Mr . O'Donisell was prepared for any enurgency , will speedily fade before the present gloomy aspect of affairs . He must now shake himself , throw vS the rust of Wnig brass , and stand before the world as the champion ef liberty , or the dupe of faction . In the shock of surprise , he muy for a time purchase indemm > y for inaciion ; but when the thunder shall have passed a way those who have paid the purchase-money of Irish liberty will expect to sco his genius shiuing through the breaking olouds as the sun of national glory .
It' Muqstere attempt io coeroe Ireland , 5 , 000 , 000 of English Chartists will remonstrate against this attempt : but they will not again place themselves in the position of being marked as " wretches deserving NOTICE OF THE ATTOllNtY-GENEHAL . " No J they have profined by experience , aud will perish . to a man before they will allow 500 O 00 of their fighting men to en \ w in the despots rauk ,
We told Mr . O'Connkll two months ago , that under the legal construction of conspiracy , he would be implicated in everyj act committed by his more enthusiastic followers . ; and , in fact , both the Attorney and Solicitor-General weHt as far as they could to establish ai precedent for the conviction of Mr . O'Connell , when the point of law , arising out of the Lancashire verdict , was argued in the Queen's Bench . j From us Mr . Connell has but little to expect ; and should rejoice j at receiving " good for evih'i while the Irish people ever have had and ever shall command , our sympathy and support .
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against " foreign competition / ' Tht / re is in fact , ia contemplation against us , and some measures taken . for procuring , ANOTHES HOSTILE TARIFF . The Times of Wednesday give 3 the following : — " The Frankfort Journal , announces , that a meet * ing of manufacturers was held at Stntgard on the 27 th ult ., with the sanction of the Government , when the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : — 1 . " That the honour and independence no less than the prosperity of Germany , require a system of Protection against foreign manufactures .
2 . That such a system is not only justified but rendered necessary by tho heavy duties to which German manufactures are subject in foreign countries , and that England is now supplied from her colonies with produce which she formerly imported from Germany . 3 " That this protection should be moderate , and not calculated to encourage indolence amongst the German manufacturers . 4 . "That this protection should extend to the raw materials as well as to the manufactured goods .
5 . " That the duty should be levied ad valorem , and not by weight , to prevent articles such as fine muslins entering into Germany , on paying only the duty toc which coarse fustian is subject . 6 . " That it is absolutely necessary that a bounty should be paid by Government to the exporters of German manufactured goods . "That all the manufacturers throughout Ger- , many should be , invited to join in the above resolutions . "
Here , then , as old Dicky Bdkkett used to say ; "here is a weight i'th ' fcother pocket . " In our joy at the Chinese Tariff and prospect of " extended " Trade , let not this threatened Tariff be overlooked ! What a queer thing it is , that no nation on earth dan be made to believe in , or apply , the doctrines of free-trade , excepting England ! But Englishmen were always known to be " the most thinking people on the face of the earth" ! TIDD PRATT CAUGHT . —SQUEEZE HIM : WELL .
The Enrolment is not yet had . Tidd Pbatt still refuses . But his refusal has , at last , assumed a more definite shape . He has had another , and a " fair trial" ; and this last trial has caught him . He has put himself between the " Knippers . " The following communication , from the General Secretary , will put the Chartist body in possession of the new facts that have transpired since oar last : — London , October 11 , 1843 .
Brother Chartists—Since Tidd Pratt refused to certify the Plan of National Organization , as adopted by the Conference , we received from Mr . Hobson a copy of the Plan , in juxta position with which was pasted , on slips of paper , the Communitarian Plan which Tidd Pratt has already certified . On . Monday last we called at the office of the legal functionary , and left the altered Plan with his clerk for inspection . The clerk in answer to questions put by us , said , — "He knew that Mr . Pratt ' s mind was made HP RELATITE TO THE PLAN ; THAT hE WOULD NOT ENROL IT ; and that the very designation of our Association implied different objects from the Communists . "
We called to-day , according to appointment , for the opinion of the learned and liberal Tidd Pratt . We received it from his clerk , written on the margin of the Plan . The following is a verbatim copy : — " I am of opinion that the objects and means of the National Charter Association are not within the provisions of the 10 Gee . IV ., c . 56 , and 4 and 5 Win . IV ., c . 40 . I consider the rules of the Community Society very different- from those of the National Charter Association , although 1 bad some doubt at the time J certified them , whether they came within the provisions of the Friendly Societies' Act . My
attention has likewise being called to tho provisions of the 3 d Geo . III ., o . 79 , and 57 Geo . III ., c . 19 , which provides that every society , except of a religious or charitable nature only , which shall be composed of different divisions or branches , or of different parties acting in any manner separately or distinct from each other , or of which any part shall have any separate or distinct president , secretary , or any other officer elected or appointed by or for such party , or to act as an officer tor such party , shall be deemed and taken for an unlawful combination and confederaoy . For the above reasons I refuse to certify these rules .
" Oct . 11 , 1843 . " J . Tidd Pratt . " We have not yet been able to obtain the opinion of Counsel as to the probable result of bringing the matter before the Court of Q'leen's Bench , in consequence of Counsel being on circuit . J . M . Wheeler , Secretary . Now this opinion fixes him . It happens most unfortunately for bis "judgment" and his "deter * mination , " that | he has certified every portion of the plan , from the beginning to the end , to be " according to law . " In the document laid before him this last time , this was distinctly shewn to be the case .
Every section of our plan had , in juxta-position with it , the section of another plan , embracing every particular embraced in ours ; and that other plan he had himself certified to be in accordance with law on the 7 ih of August , 1839 ! There was not a particular differing . The •» Objects" were the same , expressed in the very same language . The " Constitution" was similar ; the " Organization" was precisely similar ; Conventions ; Executive ; Districts , with District Councils ; Branches , with Branch-Boards ; Classes , with Class-Leaders : all , all , were contained in the plan he has already certified . The " Funds" were similar ; onejfor General purposes ; and the other for Land purposss . Indeed there is
no difference between the two code 3 of rules , excepting in the application of the Land , when it is pur ' chased : the one code of rules providing that the Land shall be held for , and devoted to , Comsunitt purposes ; i . e . held as , common , and not as individual property : the other code providing that the Land shall be divided , when purchased , into equal portions , and held by each member , individually , for his individual benefit . That is the one , the sole , the only difference , in the application of the Land Benefit : and Tidd Ppatt has wisely , and as a lawyer , come to the conclusion that the former mode is in accordance with law ! and that the latter mode is not !
Here is a discovery in law ! Communism is lawful ! Individual property is not I ! Well done , sage Tidd Pratt !!! To combine together , in Conventions , Executives , Districts , Branches , and Classes , for the purchase of Land to hold as common property , and to use in common , is " in accordance with law : " to combine together in a similar manner to purchase Land to divide equally among the mem * bers of such combination , to have and to hold for ever , for themselves and their heirs , is not in accordance with law ! ! Famous discovery ! Will not the Communitarians present the discoverer with a capt Tney assuredly ought : and we know another party that will adorn it with bells <
But let Us dissect the *• opinion" of Mr . Tidd Pratt . " I am of opinion that the objects and means of the National Charter Association are not within the provisions of the 10 th Geo . IV . c . 56 ; and 4 and 5 Wm . IV . c . 40 . " It happens that the " objects " and " means" are precisely such as he has already pronounced to be within such provisions- They are set forth in the very language which he has before approved of , and certified ! Therefore Tidd Pratt is fairly trapped . He cannot get out of the mess . If the ; were not illegal when he certified them to be in " accordance with law , " they certainly are not illegal now : and this , we fancy , thejCourt above will soon let him know .
He then says " I consider the rules of the Com * munity Society very different from those of the National Charter Association . " We have pointed out the only difference : a difference in the applied ' tion of the Land . Whether Air . Tidd Pbatt ' s discovery , that Laud held in common is the only lawful principle of possession in England , will have weight with the Judges remains to be seen . If it haa , we would advise Tidd Pratt to look out ! The estate he " calls his own" will be in no small danger !
But he vouchsafes a piece of most important information . When he enrolled tho Rules oi the , Community Society , he " had a doubt , at the time , , whether they came under the provisions of the law . " I But we opine that that " doutn ' wa 3 sob aside ; w « 3 j removed , by the act of Enrolling ! You surely do not
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GREAT PUBLIC MEETIKG In the Mechanics' Institute io receive the report of the Deputation to Mr . Attwood . On Wednesday eveting , an immense meeting was held in the above place to hear the report of the deputation elected for jhe purpose of presenting the pnbhc address adopted on the 8 ihof August . The greatest anxiety was manifested to ascertain what had been the result of the interview . Mr . FuEsell was called to the chair , and after a few remarks introduced Mr . Mason to detail tbe principal matter of the conversation . Mr . Mason then rose and addressed the meeting at great length , and was loudly applauded throughout . Mr . Follows next spoke , and expressed his opinion that Mr . Attwood had not stood by hiB old declarations .
31 r . Maso > then moved the following resolution , seconded by air . Welsfobd : — 11 Tbat this meeting , alter hearing the report of the deputation , are of opinion that , as Hr . Attwood contemplates only an organ : & : tion of those classes who posseaa electoral power and the pecuniary means of effectleg th » measures he proposes , they feel kjund from every principleof justice and necessity to abide by the paramount struggle for tbe People's Charter ; and though "we may not douit the honesty of Mr . Attwood ' s motives , ytt as h ! a movement doss not aim at tbe establishment cf public liberty , -we resolve to organize our power more firmly than heretofore , to secure the legislative enactmrat of the universal right of electoral power as the only means of attaining permanent national prosperity . "
Mr . Hiss came forward from the body of the meeting , and addressed the meeting in oppesition to a part of the resolution . Mr . Hill also came forward , and warmly supported the motion , and entered into a history of the Birmingham Political Union . He was loudly cheered . The resolution was put and carried unanimously . Votes of thank 3 were given to the Deputation and the Chairman , and the meeting dispersed .
Mr . Mason observed , in acknowledging the thanks of the meeting , that every means which prudence could suggest to prevent ill feeling , ia the event of Mr . Attwood coming before the public with his plans , bad been taken ; and every measure proposed by the Conncil had been submitted for tbe approval and confirmation of a public vote . They were , therefore , now fnlly authorised in taking any future steps necessary to preserve the struggle for the Charter paramount . Mr . Attwood might organize an electoral confederation , and they had neither the right nor the power to interfere . The duty of the Chartists was to take care they did not interfere with them .
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ANOTHER OPENING FOR " PROSPERITY . " Our merchants ind manufacturers have high cause for gratulation in the news of the confirmation of the Chinese Treaty , jii 3 t brought to England , direct , by the Akbar steamer . In it they will see another field for " foreign trade , " inasmuch as there ia embodied in that ^ Treaty a New Tariff ^ s&id to be highly advantageous ; to the speculators . The Manchester G uardian of Wednesday contains the following short review * of the principal changes effected by the NewJTariff , in the duties previously charged upon European shipping , and upon the principal articles of ( merchandise exported Jfrom this country to China : —I
In the first place , the reduotion in the shipping charges are very lar ^ e and important . Prior to the operation of the New Tariff , there were several duties levied under different names , upon European vessels entering the port of Canton . AmoDgst these the largest and most burthensome , usually called 'the present ? was jthe same ( upwards of 2 , 300 dollars ) Upon every vessel , large or Ismail- ; and the entire charges upon a vessel of five or six hundred tonBwas 4 , 000 dollars , or nearly £ 1 , 000 sterling . All these separate charges are abolished by the new regulations , and one uniform tonnage duty , amounting to about 3 a . 4 d . per ton , is substituted for them ; the result of which is , that a vessel of 600 tons , instead of being taxed £ 1 , 000 in port charges , will be required to pay only about one-tenth of that amount . l
"The redactions mi the duties uponj . thel different articles which compose the bulk of our export trade to China , which are j also important , |] are exhibited in the following ' statement : — " Cotton yarn . —The duty on cotton yarn , formerly about two dollars per peoul of 133 jib ., is now reduoed to one dollar forty cents , or about live-eighths of a penny per pound ; "Cotton Goods . —The duty onilbleachedtshirtinfjs , formerly about ninety-twpfceents , is now reduced to twenty-one cents , or a shilling : per piece . The duty , on uubleached shirtings ( whioh were formerly
arranged in two classes , chargeable with a duty of forty-two cents and ten cents respectively , and subject to the caprice or corruption of the Mandarines or Custom House officers , as to the class in which they should be placed ) is now fixed for all qualities at fourceen cents , or about eightpence per piece of twenty-eight to forty inches wide , and thirty to forty yards in length . The duty on printed goods , formerly about two to two-and-a-quauer dollars per piece , is now fixed at twenty-eight cents per piece of twenty-four to thirty yards long , and twenty-six to thirty-one inches wide .
" Woollens . —The duty on woollens , such as Spanish stripes , habit cloth , and middle and superfine cloths , formerly j twenty-five cents per yard is now reduced to six tceuts , or threepence per yard . The duty on long ells , formerly about two dollars ten cents , is now reduced to seventy cents per piece . The duty on camlets and bombazetts , formerly about twelve to thirteen dollars , per piece , is now reduced to seventy cents . " Raw Cotton . —Ttie duty on raw cotton , which was about 9 mace perlpecul , is now 4 mace , about id . per lb . ]
" Unenumeraled Articles . —The duty on unenumerated articles ot import is fixed at , 5 per cent , ad valorem . At the present low value of cotton goods , the duty may be called about 1 \ per cent , on the value in tnis country . : On grey shirtings about 74 per cent . On white shirtings , about 10 per cent . On woollens ( Spanish stripes , &o . )> 6 to 8 per cent . ] On long ells , about ; J 0 percent . On camlets , about 4 per cent . Ou printed cottons , about 10 percent , ( on the class of goods suited to the markets of China ) .
" Export Duties . —The duty on the export of tea , though nominally fixed by the new tariff at two taels and h ' vo mace per pecul , will , it is supposed , amount ( with the various charges formerly included in the duty ) to about four taels and eight mace , or nearly 3 d . per lb . This is about j | d . pe * lb . more than the amount of duty levies ! during the last six or eight months . The duty on th « exportation of raw silk is fixed at 13 dollars 89 Cents per pecul , or about i \ per cent , on the average value . " Here then is another opening for " Prosperity . " Having also done ourselves out of every other market in the world ; having ruined our character every where by deril ' s-dust woollens , paste-daubed
cottons , and cast-metal knives ; having arrayed against us " one unbroken line of hostile tariffs , from the Guadalquiver to the { Neva "; having bad " ominous warning of the precarious position in which stands our traffio in the South "; having seen that " on the Baltic opposition is rendered formidable by extensive and increasing combination" ; and that "Persia ! Westphalia , and Saxony , have each erected their forges , and had the protective care of their
respective Governments paternally extended to their new- , born interests "; having " ( be Russians now completely independent of us , though England at one time furnished Russia iwith he * cottons , and with the greater part of . her woollens" ; having seeatoo , that " oar hold upon America is fast melting away "; knowing . of all these ! things , our merchants and manufacturers will , no doubt , see salvation ; in this new Chinese Tariff , and endeavour to draw dreams of" Prosperity" out of it .
They will aot wisely however , if they look at the matter soberly . Undue expectations may be excited ; and cruel disappointment may be found ! We would commend to their attention the following observations of the cautious dog of the Manchester Guardian : — } " These important reductions , coupled with the extension of tbe trade ] to the ports situated in the most fertile aud productive provinces , instead of being confined to a sjngle corner of the empire , will , no doubt , greatly increase the commercial intercourse with China , and lead eventually to a largo export to thit country of the principal fabrics
of English manufacture . It is necessary , however , to keep in mind , that 'this increase must necessarily be very gradual ; for , however great may be the desire of the people of China to purchase British manufactures , the extent of the trade must necessarily be limned to the value of the returns whioh that country can furnish , which cannot be immediately increased to any very large extent ; and , therefore , any sudden and extensive shipments which might be made hence , finder the idea th . jt a greatly increased demand will closely follow the promulgation of the tartff , wodld Most likely entail bekious LOSSES UPON THE PARTIES MAKING TUHM . Some
increase will no doubt take place immediately ; but , when it is recollected that the shipments of shirtings to China during the present year amount to about a million of pieces direct from vhis country , and about 150 , 000 pieces forwarded from Singapore and Manilla , against about 400 , 000 pieces at the corresponding period of last year ; whilst the shipments of yarn amount } to 5 600 , 000 lbs ., being also a very large increase upon t&e previous year ' s business ; it mu * t be obvious that the probable increase has been ully anticipated , and that grkat caution WILL BE NiCESSAKT TO PRkVENT THE HAUKkT FROM
BEING GREATLY OVKRLOADtD . To tnoSO ot OUr reauera who remember the disastrous consequences resulting from the ovorstockiug of uewl > -opened toreigu markets , som ^ thirty yeai s ago , liulo need be baid on this subject ; bat a new race ot merchants and manufacturers hive sprung up , to whom the calamities of those dayid are comparatively unknown ; and ive have been sorry to see shyht indications of a feeling of excitement , | arising out oj the recent m * telliyence , calculated ^ to iisspire some p&ar of a RiiPcTlTlON OF THK ERRORS IN WHICH THOBK CALAMITIES HAD THhIR ORIGIN . "
Our merchants and manufacturers will do well to pause , aud act on tho caution here given . It comes from one who is their "friend" ; one who seems anxious that the delirium of joy , which the news of the probability of an " extended" trade is likely io inspire , should not lead to too " extended" operations . Whether the advice he gives will have tffect or not , remains to be seen . If it have , some good may come of this new market ; if it have not , it would have been better that we had never found it .
But the news of the ] week is not all joy , not even as far as Tariffs are concerned . Though the Chinese one may be deemed to be favourable to us and promotive of " prosperity , " yet there are other nations contemplating measures of a contrary character , for the purpose of crippling our " foreign trade . " They are contemplating manufactures fot themselves » and they are asking ior protection
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To which Mr . Attwood replied : — « Haxbome , 2 ad Oc \ 1843 . "Sifi , —I lose do time in saying , in reply to your fetter , that the Tmnxmeut "which I have in view Iim to leference - whatever to any reform of the Parliament , nor to the Currency , or the Com Laws ; nor to any rolhtr BEbject -which haa yet been bronght oefore the ' public mind . It is confined solely to aD attempt to lorm a 2 ** iional Union , or general confederation of all classes , for the purpese of holding the Minister * of Hie Crown legally responsible foi the -weifare / prosperity and contentment of tbe people . Ctrtsinly 1 am not disposed to filter this detennlnatioa .
" After this explxntion , if you should b& desirous of " delivering me an address , from any portion of my fel- j low-townsmen , I shall be ready to receive the d-jpu- » Sationof foai , here , to-morrow iTaeidsy ) , at my house , > convenient to yourselves , between two and six o ' clock , or on Wednesday , tatween two and four o'clock . " I am , Six * your obedient servant , - ] " TB 03 U . S ATI-WOOD " ] " Mr . J . Pollowa , Monmoulh itreet , . 'Rrpmrnp'frftTp " j
In accordance with thb arrangement , the depntation waited on Mi . Attwood on the Wednesday evening , and had an interview of nearly two honra In the conversation , Mr . Atiwood declared that every Parliament elected by the Reform Bill constituency ^ were even worse iniheir composition than tbe old rotten-borough Parliaments . Yet he said th < re ¦ was , in his opinion , a possibility of creating & strong power ont of the present electoral "body , sufficiently disinterested and patriotic to hurl any Minisiry from office who either weuld net , or could not , devise m- a-Bnresof legislation io secure gssesal prosperity . It was on the electoral classes aioi-e he rested his hopes of success , *? immense funds would be required Which could only be con ' . ntuied by the richer classes . On them he would rely . With regard to
the suffrage , tie real object of the interview , he i said that heconld = seno means , under present cir- i cumstances , of doing any good bj coming out on that i q ^ iesuo n . Ifie called together a Convention , which he would have to do in undertaking a aew Buffrage movement , he expected two-tbirds of ench a body would be wild entbu-iBstics and spies , who , instead Of consulting upon measures to advance the movement , -would , by their folly and estravasjance , destroy every chance of success . Ho ws determined on the course he _ had projected . Be would neither approve nor repudiate in his meaa res the principles of any party . Kor won-d he suggest a remedy . The Ministers , no matter of what party , should find their own remedies , and if they -were incompetent then out triih them .
Mr . Masox , one of the deputation , requested Mr , Attwood to read a paragraph of his manuscript ! document which specified the objects of his projected movement . , Mr . AmrooD thenre&d several parts of ihe docnment , the import of which was that so far as human industry and entcrprizd could contribute to ihe -wealth of sodfiy , that the labouring classes had i created , superabundantly , food , clothing , and habits- tion l yet they were withont food , clothing , or homes i in tens of thousands of instances ; and even those vrfco were not eo sitnaied had not an hour ' s security , j That therefore the miseries and gnffering of the peopie were chargeable on the Minsters of the Crown , I -who were responsible to the people for the proper dispensation of the comforts of life , through j-. sr > measures of Government ; and if they were incapable of devumgsnch , then werethev at once dUoaahfi . d ;
to hold tne high trust ef administrative power . - By the means Mr . Attwood contemplates keeping their ' S ^ l ^ T £ *• J *** ' * rindswne . He ' expressed a hope that tbe deputation wonld e ? teem W ^^ ^? - ^ ** tbeir opinion ,, * i , dofToSy * ^ 8 dafferfrom him on oiher matters mm ^ P ^ S ^^ S WOOi ' B lstter to the Journal ^ T to ^ "
| To Vit Editor of the Birmir , 7 tam JournaL \ Barborne , 5 th Oeiobtr , 1843 . ' i Sir ,- ! ^ request the favour of yen to insert in vOm ; ^^ the ^ osedeommnnkaUon between a oodjTf CbKfasfciandmyBelL The deputation « Ued upS ' iw 76 I * f ^' ° ******* *> them the determin ^ W ^ re aed m my lBtto to Mr . Followa . n » £ JSS ™ md tome a longaadra * . giving me B good d J of adne ^ and urging me to take np the cause of » tial « ttOled ttePeoplrtr Coartet I told them in reply that Ibadnirrer approved toe People' . Charter , but th « 1 1 » J always expretted the strongest disapprobation oT ^ part ofit * hfca proposes to diange the framework of tfce coMHfcution , by working ti » elective franchise through a mw process of electorial district * , instead of tbe « ndsni coBBtita&onal syitea of counties , cities , and bOTongna , a part of which I had always considered as edealated , and probably intended , to render
the Eoscas of any large measure of reform not only more fliffifflrtt sad jdsDgaora , bat literally impossible , l farther explained to them that J had never approved the conduct of ChartiKts , whose proceeding * , I thought , bad been net &i to repulte from their ranks every
The Northern Star. Saturday, October 14, 1843.
THE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , OCTOBER 14 , 1843 .
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