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TilE 1 ETTEUS OF A SEXACEXAKIAX . LLTTLR II ' fl . e ] uut and tiie present . &ne ' Jiixp worth knowing . JHv licar Son , —In your letter to me , 1 perceive an ond a . 3 jj . ixtur « r « f baoyanej-and dejection , cf hopefulness mid « i : ra ]>|! uiutiiicn ^ 1 can very vrcli understand this . It jir . ic . K . ss ftuia the ardour of youth , without the materials « liic ! i experience ^ upjilies to correct and clitri it . Y «« u claim lor liie " a-h ; " as you ex ; ir « s it , uiijirecedents . il advancement ; mid yd you arc ilissittsiicd with its na ! i--t > f piflgri-Si—JWl'Ik'llldl'H JX . litiea ] jn-ogr-css—jo « are diiajrtiwiuUU because it as not inure rajad . Tour era
is tliat ui ' lhe steam and the rail ; butjou cannot apjil . v flic iiii ]> :-tu ; of physical principles in pjiitk-s—you cannot advance agiteisi'in in any .-hape , or for any ol-ji-ct , or urge OU uiuiajrvs ol" law and iigLlaliou wiiii the propulsive speed vf&tesztww-powers . Xay , 1 am m . tsure if they are u « t in ihc meantime a t ^ iuse of absittl progress in fhvsi- m :: v . c ; : ~ , -although , vf course , they are destined to bcco : iii' llie jwrenss of im-sistible jh ogrc .= s , evtn in a politici ; point of view irresistible ; trad with respvet to flic utotructioiis clrarwl , llie ol'jtcts embraced , and ! Le geometrical leachcfafrn , of inconceivable change iu the
futuie-Auvilitr oi tut tailings <» f youth , vhwh however is one " iliat leans to virtue ' s side , " is very marked in your characi ' -r : " you wear your heart on your coat-sleeve , " jou bclicrc everything that everybody says ., and you tal ; e every « iau at his own valuation . If an individual professes a sympathy f'tr tbs pt-ople , you at oJice givu him cr « fit for sinceriiv ; and this disposition leads you to guv all sorts of peo 2 >! e the merit of good lbivution , and t- > attach isapcirtanoe to their own representations of tht tffecis \< j uc yro&uccft \ jy tiiar lneaMm-s . -veiiTitr their motives , their character , their position , their capacity , ~ o for much with you , provided tlicr professions are la < £ « mk ! liberal . You must question , investigate , and think nwre . 1 was much of the saate tHsiiofitiun
at jour age , and the consojneisce was , 1 found , as years xollea on , that many men whom ! bttievcu < lisV . > tCtt : 5 i <; d , and inspired oy tlic icftiest thoughts and principles , were liullotr at heart , and had all along been : > iiin :: ited by motives of the nios : sordid and grovelling character—mea who mouthed phrases and affected patriotism merely to acquire the popularity winch was iiulisptniriljii : to their sdfisli pui-jnjscs . But I must not In ; nujust : nor do T wish you to be iHuicccssarilv wiry or incredulous . If my experience suggests to my thoughts thu rnnr . vs of str . r . c men who have practised on puli ! : c creiluliyr , H refers Eie to olliers whose couiluct through life jiroved them all that they professed to be—men who \ rere animated by thu purest motives and the loftiest aspirations .
Another of your failings 1 must notice . You indulge too fii-c-iy in self-graiulatioiis . You have beea bitten by the current cant of tl ; e day . You arrogate for your generation a larger measure of wisdom , and all the other is-gli qualities of beinj tlian fell to the iot of ai , v tliat hav = preceded it . This is the intelltc fnal * Ji > of youth , and more or less the characteristic of all young generations iu their incipient stages , sometimes accompanying them into their middle age ; but it pu peculiarly distinguishes the present time as to malic the i-ontcniplative man wonder , and the eliaritabie smile . This vaunting has become an absolute vice , and like ei t-rything pushed to a limit , it has produced its opposite extreme—an undue and extravagant admiration of tilings old and obsolete . A half-bantering , half-serious demand has even been made to restore the heptarchy oa . il tiio correlative state of . tilings on which time has set his sen ] , and ivliich hare disappeared in the natural oruer of events .
Oa « -. >; at has the young generation to plume itself , and what is tlie nature of the advancement claimed for the age ? There arc two views in wliich / for the sake of s . iinplicin and clearness , thisssl jeet may be considered—the poljticis ! aud tile social . Let us take the lasj , though scarcely the least important view of the subject , first . " What social advantages are enjoyed by the young generation which -were unknown , or but partially known , to that-Hindi immediately preceded it ? There are some oi an educ-itional character , or irc one way or : iuot 3 ier relating to intellectual progress , winch are . not to W despised . Mechanics , ' institutes , reading-rooms , lecturerooms , cheap publications , and so ibith ; these are tinthings of which young intelligent people boast , and srlrich naturally present themselves to inv thoughts here .
I have nothing disparaging to say in reference to these thing * . They cannot be too highly estimated . They are ainoii ; -- tJie things which connected themselves mediately \ xith ih-i struggles tcith ivliicii the great names who let ' flic pw . plv- iu the past are associated . IVe looked forward to these things in my days of hope aud vigour , andimluiged very Jiaitcring notions of thebeuefits which we expected our cLluirea to derive from them—those times wheu 1 'itt was minister , when Wakes was an agitator , and every year Srougiu iresh accessions of talent to fi ght in an apparently fcopslws cause—when Hunt beininc a patriot , and Goubcvt bavins tnded bis canipaisus in lvgiuientab , eniered upon and evinced a giant ' s capacity to work
i n a lieid of nobler exertion . In these tilings you enjoy s < juie of the fruits of the labours of men of large iesru , generous sympathies , and worthy aspirations asaon :: j « ir fathers . You have a right to estimate Ilicsc thi ns * highly , aud let me trust you have profited by tbem - . yui you must not forget the share which the men of th ; . j < sst generation had in the achievement of these advances . And in proportion as you estimate them arigh-. ~« ch will be the measure of jour zeal and sincerity In endwi . wiring iu whatever capacity you may be serviceable , ami with whatever means are placed at your command , ; - > realise corresponding advantages for your own children
Bin : ; w ; estimation of the simple power of these things is qa :: Iiiie > l . I am not sure that there is more iutell&enre among tht ; young jieople , who were intended to bechicJl y henel ' iitrii bv tLese : 111115 s , than was possessed by those w " a . i "« nnc-r generation . Has their general effect upon society bi-c-uwhat was prognosticated ! What has become ofthehipj-toned moKUity which was to llow from these Gung ? i ' - Educate the people , " was the cry of the Whigs , and one of the boons the promise of which helped them to OGktf—^ i-dueatc the people , and you will have no ueed Of V-oor Laws , for they will become provident in their habits—your prisons will have f ewer inmates—there will be less work for yo-ir judges^—and less occasion for the service * of a large police force "—and so on . Kow . £ bougli tins scandalous and uiian party had not enough
of tic Ju ' . vcn of aaccrity among tliem—though they lwd not tlU-Slefll't to COi-templaie , orthenerre to propose or acoooijiisii any one object , even allied to greatness , cuucation i ^ ::-jt so difiicult a matter as it was nilliin my remcJiibrai ; ce ; iacilities of instruction exist now , wliich were HO * i !< tf'T * . ifore available—the press is not now tramuieiied with s- » many of those pettv provisions bj which ledslators < .:- > .-v-todeciri it ought to be restricted to be co :: ipacWe -. v-jJi jiuFilic tranquilliSy , and the mechanics' institutes , w . 'i reading-rooms , and lectures have all had time and r-. « 3 iu to operate a measure o ? tlieprognostieateO good . Wijere , iIk-ii , is it to be found—and echo answers where ? Xaieparliauientaryreports , withthecontcntsof which you are 110 < j ... ubt acquainted , furnish , painful cvWeucc ttvdt
he 2 Bi = rai ; ty—the varied good eftects which should J ' ow from iiii-i-i-ased fadlitics of instraction of every kind , artnet realised ; » ud why ? Because something has been Ee ^ Secu- 'i . The i-livsi&il reijuirements of the peopie have rcCHVOi : lit * eorrtsponding di ^ ree of atteation . lion- can a high i-i-Tic 01 public morality be eo-existent ^ viih a phyacaIc-. n : « Hti . - -a , which throws people of all ages , and both sexes , pr . iiniieuously together , in numbers of six or seven . : m «> one confined slei-ping apartment , —as I have \ nih my < v-vn eyes lately seeUj— -paiticulariy in Enjjlaml ? Ail ricui iV : t < liug is outraged ; ail the decencies—all the nstiiu-nvc |< rnpr ; e ! ic-s <» f Jife are Set aside in liii-sc placc . i . Tlu 5 is the dark side of the picture . There is litile groaa-I for boasting of advancement here .
If the jiuav-l y intdieefnai wants of t-iejieople haverceeiv « 4 a measure ofattvmion and concession , now much of el « 3 : » r has been 2 ceor < Jc <] to liiose n'asits , 01 a nol U-zs mjfOrSiBt , and cci'iainly a aioi'e imperative character , wbi . 'l . r . iisr' out of j <' : ysit-ai Jiuc-cssuirs , And whicii arc convec ' . i-n -. risii the means of supporting life ? A'as ! thi > vieis" v-ii-.-j suoject has been altogether ov « : rj « io '; ed in the engr « r > i : ig atSeiition wl . ich has i-een given , J-y dtsigis iBorc lhau ai-cidcnr , I am inclined to think , to matters of nferior riiv-rest and imjiortancc ! If sorltty is ivalk advar . vjr . g . tliere ou ^ ht 10 be a visible improvement i-i flic social condition of llie people , for iiuman happiness is ti : e o ' -ieci of socle ! v .
The jmvsjcal condition of the ] ieoj : le is verr much worst ri-r . v ihan at any period w : tiiin : ny renitmbraiieo . SnJfernix frjni want of emvlo ; . iiu-ni : dtpmv :: iou , lo a grcaJi'i' rleis extent , of she cf-uvsuii-iiei-.-s , cuiufurts , ami absolute ii-jctssariM of life ; isavt been of ialu jcart mure general , a : i ^ txteueitiiy 2 / crmar . cal , than at any period wiiliiu lay knojvleilje . Wages have- br--u lower—employment cf every kind more greedily sought after , i :. « rt dilSeuli : o procure , more thankfully received , and ir . t-rc precarious wiien obiaiusd . 1 have wituossed the i teisr rencaaf jiau . jdical < lis ' t' 4 s «—for a . periodicity « fs « utral
g-looni and sullering appears to be the msjj-arablc : ;« i ] eoslingont cause ufa vast and eo :: i ]! iieated munufiiftiiricg system ; but I do not allut ' e to distress of tiiis nature - —U ibal suffering produced by Uie action of tangible causes , such as currency derangeineiiiS ; the failure , uns-5 ir « : ii ' - > n , or niisajijilieatioii of national fcbeints o : finauce ; to commercial cmbarrass-niriits , or to distress xesuJtinj from any ordinary causes ; but to an amount anil 5 nte !> = ity of suffering amazingly gciivml among a class orparfiyii of she jis--ple at -Ai Ssli-is , and possessing , in myjudgnicut , an aSanning cliasv . ctci of /» . r . '
iwvesxy . Travcilhig at stated periods in I-. ig ' aiia , ? cotla » tl } an < 3 JreJanu ali my \ & ii : ae , comeraij v . ith ali < or : ^ < n peox'ie , :: ii : J IiaTinr always taScn a deep imcrcst in the condiik-u of liioss foniiing the tinder siratuui , so K- speak of sorfeiy , I lidveliadnacnuaKivl opportunities of iviuisa . s just juiign : $ ats . 3 Iy knowledge is arcuraU- a :: d minute , an& not ^ ot at sec on'J-Jiaad , from casual aii-J sujitiTJ-.-ial . ob 3 e ? % "atluns , or for intere > t ^ l pK : * po 5 C 5 . : i ~ u jji' ^ it amount . -if the information is procured which gees to the
comnosiiiuu of statistical tables , an-J which torins the b : i .-: s . of parliaiiK-ntary reports—those curious U-gislative / iia ;;' , ¦ which never get beyond a certain sla ^ e o : vcje : atio : i , and whieu furnish materials for legation nu-ant to ! : : Over-intiiiitnT , or never aetuallv attc : ii ]; t . < 3 , until ilupeople—nc-t the s ? c , j OTf _ ire ln * . jsi , j o ,, ; o iun ) lha ,. Imowiecje to a&xantaz * . tiad a sciC-ous jnirjios * . Will : these cui-irtuaitiis aadtliis a ^ Titmt , \ conceive uivself very cviuptfcnt , and 1 drvm it ri ^ t i , > t ; i v- u «™ UiinES wliichyouninnot fma in bouk < =. >« ith tl-e xitv of -adiniinsuriut ' , xvitii a gentle haud aud a good iuttution
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a corrective to that disposition which you have , in comnton with maiij intelligent persons of your own age , of tailing too one-s ; deG , or at . least not a sufficiently discriminating vie . v of the past and the present . I assert then , that the social condition of the peoplein the physical aspect I have referred to—is worse now banat any period within my n-membiance , and has been of late years getting worse giadually . My mind wanders over several periods of public depression for a parallel to something Jiite the present condition of the masses of tlie peopie , under a state of things which has existed •' or years , which at the present moment is deemed prosperous , aud which the abolition of the Corn laws will uut improve—but I can recall nothing resembling it . Unc piiriicuinr period of suftermjr ueeurs to mo early iu llie pves ? nt ecuiurv . The distress of thispcriod was very
general and unusually severe . It was , as far as may be , unconnected with political causes , and the ministers of tlie day were uot presumed to be taxable with unusual want of wisdom or sympathy for the people . Of course , u ' ise legislation could , as it cm at all rimes—or of what earthly use is it ?—have provided a remedy , or prevented the mischief , by being prepared for the evil ; but the acts of ministers were not immediately chargeable with the distress . Tlie harvests in many parts of the world imtlbecu deficient , and the doings o' Xiipoleon—then the imperial idol of the French people , whom , in their extravagance and vanity , they wouid have clothed with the attributes of Deity , and then done sacrifice to him—this man ' s doings on the continent in his career of empire , for he was ifcen the Emperor , had their share in producing the distress I alluiie to . I was travelling in the north of Kii"land at that time , and it was appalling to see the food
that was eaten and the price at which it was sold . A palpable ! i ! uom seemed to hang over all the country ; everywhere its influence was visible : a great grief had taken possession of men ' s hearts , and gave a universal expression of sadness to their countenances , I witnessed much and intense suffering at this time ; but it passed away like a morning mist—men became cheerful once more—the baii unwholesome food was not so generally sten , and at last it seemed to have totally disappeared . Years passed away , aud 1 can recollect the time when the precise ileicriiition of food , deemed bad at a time of dearth : iu < 1 scarcity , appeared to b ? becoming the chief consumption of a considerable portion of one class of the people , until at last 1 Jssive seen it becoinesocommon as to attract no particular notice , while everything relating to household comforts and personal clothing among the class referred to , lias been for years , and is now , in process of rapid and wr-masiejil deterioration .
If 111 certain places , in my young days , I witnessed m my journey ings distress during one visit , it had disappeared when my visit was paid a second time . But latterly , when I visited a place this year , as it were , and found a number of people 111 circumstances of hardship and suffering , 1 found the s : ime people , with additions to tucirnuinber , as bad the next year ; and from year to year : hey grew gradually worse , and their numbers increased apace . They were growing old in reality , but they looked oldwfor their wretchedness . Years and natural causes alone didnotgivemea of forty thclooks and appearances of extreme ajje , aud impress a hue of sickly squalor 011 the faces of theyoui : go ? both sexes . It was the daily struggle with difficulties unknown to former times and classes ; the daily endurance of niifery which had become an abiding evil , a permanent oppression , and an inJicritance . I have , however , exceeded my limits , and must break on abruptly , promising to return to the subject . I am , &c , Jacob Tiicsxr .
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sp . MAJOR BEN 10 WSKI AND THE POLISH CAUSE . In justice to Major Xeniowslri , we insert the fol lo . viiig letter : —
TO TUB EB 1 I 0 K OF THE U 0 RTHEBN STAlt . 8 , Bow-street , Sept . 1 , 184-5 . Sir , —In answer to an article of tlie last number of the Northern Star , Leaded , " The Democratic Supper and Major Ueniowski , " allow me to state , that I shall treat with utter contempt lhe anouymous attacks on my character on all occasions ; but most particularly so in the case of "A Democrat , —a Polish Democrat . " A Polish democrat , in London , besides myself , is a curiosity—a being scarcely imaginable . rmil a Tolish Sir James Grahain-pensioned-democrat gives his torn name , and the name of the party who refused to shake hands with me , ou account of my having turned a Polish aristocrat , I shall treat the matter with contempt . Kut when he publishes these names , 1 shall give to tlic English democracy a categoric , full , explicit , democratic answer . 1 Lave the honour to be , Your obedient servant ,
B . Bexiowski . The reader will judge whether this be an answer to the avenncsts cf "a Polish Democrat . " Surely tic alleged fads could have been denied , had they not been true , without the implicated Major waiting for the name uf the party who quotes the Major's own language , and narrates the Major ' s own acts . It is the t ;; et as to whether the slaicmatt of facts be TitOE or not , that the public have to do with , more than with the name of the narrator of them . As we explained last week , when inserting the letter of " a Polish Democrat , " the writer communicated Ills name to us : and we believe him to be , from his
public aets , a sincere "Polish Democrat . " Major tieniowslu will , of course , take his own course ; bul we venture to tell him that the matters of fact contained in the letter of a Polish Democrat will not iilford of Jils treating them " with utter contempt , " if he would retain iiis own modest designation— " the onhi Polish Democrat in London ! " Indeed this letter of the Major ' s is a proof that lie himself hiows that "utter contempt" will not do . "Utter contempt" would have taken no notice of the matter it despised : the Major has been obliged to take some sort of notice ; tux ! he lias , in our opinion , attempted to get out of a " decided fix" in a not very creditable manner .
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138 , Leadenhall-street , August 25 th , 184-5 . To Mr . WtlUxiz EitihU Luckeil , So . 220 , Jktlmal-grecn-road . Sia , —On Saturday evening : last , at six o ' clock , the postman ( Klivera ! to me an open paper , of which the following : is a copy , viz .: — " ( SERVICE ) . "Xotice of objection to parties inserted in the list of the Livery . " To Xr . James lVultbifon , Vi 3 , J . cad ( nliall-slrcet . ' 1 hc-iv ' -y give you notice , lh : it I object to your name being retained iu the list cf persons entitled to vote , as freemen of the City of London aud liverymen of the company 01 " Upholders' iu ihc election of members for the said City . " Dated the twelfth day of August , one thousand eight hundred ami feity . iivs . " lriUJAJl E . VDELL LUCSETT , " 2 i'O , Btitlmal-sieen-road . " On the list of voters for Hie company of Loriners . " And way . sir , who are von that dares thus to lake
suc ' . i a liberty with a Liveryman of nearly forty years ' standing ? I say again , idiO are you ? What are jou ? r , what have 1 done to iiva ( a perfect stranger to me ) that eaiis for such a praalry as will render me unfit to vote for a Jilt-niber of l'ailiafiient ? If I have injured you in any way whatever , it is more than I either know or intended , lor 1 never saw youv p * rs « n to my knowledge , and eert : ii : i : y never heard o : " your name or existence before : then why attempt to deprive me of my loug-enjoj-ed and paid-for right ? At any rate you might have stated tcfti / you object 10 my name being placed on the list of voters —nay , the murderer or thief are charged with the acts commuted , unJ / 'TOv ; a < i ' . ! uce < l before concktion ; but you go bold = y to pass sentence on me bu : " ove trial , and pror-ounce me unqualified to vote fur a Member of
Parliament . 3 have exhibited your " Hoticc" to me to several of my friends , and am informed by some of them that if ; C ; i bp . vc a ! so received notices ; so that , it appears , you are a Cosbios ISFonMEE , an agent of the enemy of menkind . That , possibly , you n > sy have fou ^ d my name ( in all past elections ) i " . i favour of those candidates who have prw ' essed thu . se principles which I profess , namely , equal ri ^ nis and e qual justice to all in ; fvilovr countrymen , niiil ihat , you being opposed to those principles , think it your th : ty to oppose ail who advocate them . However , should I be alive and in health at the next election , I will esevdsu my EicaT , regardless of your objection ; and Louises as jvu call yourself ( which , I am told , means bridle-bit r , ia !; er ) , you v . ii ! lind seme difficulty in forging a Cued strong cnocsJi to restrain me from d < -ing my duty .
V . ' iiat a lamentable state society irmst have arrived at , w 1 ; l-i > iK-isi .- ! * recklessly persecute their neighbours without f ha : nevr remorse , and that too , regardless of the Divine Liw which they profess a belief iu , and winch f orli-Ji per .-cectiou—to see them make a mockery of that UiT : gU » a which teaches kindness and goodwill towards ct . cJj oihvr—nay , to see them bold aud willing imitators of tlic wicked J . EZE 11 CL , Aiur . , a : sd tlse Sons of ttstiAi ., who jitv 5 i .-c . Uvd the Patriot Sabatii , merely for refusing to sell his inheritance—to see them imitate the infamous Jtdas iscAiuuT , and Co ^ uion Infosmeks , shows how much th-.- character of Ev . gh . irid has fallen in this mcrcesiarv ; -. ;;; from what it wss in oldt-n times .
ll' jw evtr . It is l-evcr too late to rt-pent , Mtrefore let me imjik-re you to reflect on what you have done—then aticr . a Jhc earning worship 111 St . Paul's Cathedral , and ! jstm attentively to : ! ie sub ! i : ne prayers and tlinnksgivinn-s io the AjMiciiTy Cbeatok—and then open your fhiix nil J read attentively ti : e twrnty-iirr-l chapter in the iirs : b . > ok of iiingj , and fee uhat hefel Jezi . hel and her OjAP .-rTO » s— ihcn tnni to ilia 2 fow Testament , to the go = p . * l aceordiiijr to St . H : il ! : ew , ch :: ptef the tweutysisth , verses fourreen to sixteen , forty-seven and furry . e : ;_ : i ! t , and thf-nlook n * chapter tiveiity-fevoi ! , verses three to eiiht , and you rail see what befci Judas , aud wiu'U \ Oil
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u . ;¦ . ,. . .. j _ _ .. ¦ . k" *' have seen all tliat , ^ you will thank me for directing your attention to such valuable information . That yon m .-. y profit by this , and become a true penitent and a practical Christian , is the sincere wish of , Your intended victim , James Wilkinson .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THE KOKTnEBX STAB . Raklitfes Plate Again . Meeting at Gray ' s once more Tradesmen ' s dinner repeated . The " unmitiyatcd lie " about tlie "fieformed Race liunner" proud to be "loo true . " Deae Sw , —The " Old Odd Fellow" was . at a lodge in Eccles , near Manchester , last night , August 80 th , and there he was informed that the London Journal of that date contained a letter from Director Ashdown , the Stepney dimiei orator , denying the jisseriion made in in your paper by the "Old Odd Follow" relative to
llatclifie ' s being at Newton races betting with all around him ; and the comment on Ashdown ' s foolish talk at Stepney , about his friend "having left oft" betting for ever . " " % mere chance the " Old Odd Fellow" got the loan of the London Journal for less than five minutes , in the lodgc-rooin , and saw the said letter , wherein Ashdown avers that the assertion alluded to is an unmitigated He . Ho also » ajs something absut a correspond , ence he had passed with llatcliile , which gave him authority : or so saying , with a long tirade of troth , amounting to notJiing , except to show the gullibility of Ashdoim when imposed upon by so artful a dodger as llatclifie .
And now , without caring what Ashdown may say about unmitigated lying , the " Old Odd Fellow" will go to proving . He once more begs to re-assert that hU letttr was true , and ltatcliffe knows it ; so do tens of thousands that live nearer to ltatcliffe than either Stratford cr Stepney-Green . Thu plate affair was a complete humbug . Will Mr . Ashdown mitigate his wrath , and tell us how that presentation was got up ? Will he tell us whether there were eight or ten subscribsrs ? Will he give us a list of their names and amount of subscriptions 1 Will he enlighten tis as to whether they were " tradesmen to the Order" or not ? And , if so , how much llntcliffe had paid each of them for goods supplied to the Order for the last seven years ?
Will Aslidown deny tlint tliere ever were " Tradesmen ' s dinners" held at Gray ' s , to which the Executive were invited , and whereat the most shameful . scenes ol debauchery ensued , leading to corruption ? Perhaps Ashdown will deny these things , especially if Itatclitt ' e semi him another letter . But , unfortunately for Ashdown , he lives to > i far from the nest of infamy foi his denials to go far ; and not all the Aslnlowns nor London Journals that ever existed , can have any eflect upon thousands 0 ? Odil Fellows in Manchester anO Saiford , before whose eyes , and upon whose very thresholds , these disgraceful things have and do take place .
And now we coma to the gist of the matter , viz . — What Ashdown really did say at Stepney-green . To begin then . Ashdown said , at a dinner at Stepney , on the 2 Sth of July , 1845 , according to the London Journal of Augutt 2 nd , 1 S 45 : " C . S . llntcliffe had made many enemies by his attention to the interests of the Order as a body , in preference to a mere section of its members . As a consequence , unfounded calumnies , emanating lrom that nest of iniquity , the betting ring , had been industriously circulated to ruin him , if possible , in the estimation of those who knew little of him , except through the
ofiice he held , and consequently had no opportunity of judging the truth or falsehood of the assertions . Mr Kiitdiffe liad nnrrowly escaped from ruiii , through tlie in . struinc-ntnlity of men purposely bribed to entrap him ; but , acting under the advice of his friends , he had long since studiously withdrawn himself from nil connection with the turf or its transactions . He had inviolably adhered to this resolution ; and it was too bad , after these things had been canvassed , explained , a nil consigned to oblivion years since , to have them again ralced out uud brought fovwavd , "
That ' s what Ashdown said at Stepney , according to the London Journal ; and now for what the " Old Odd Fellow" said relative to it in the Northern Star : — Last week but one , the London Journal gave an account of a dinner at Stepney , whereat a speech was made by n Mr . Ashdown , one of the ISoard of Directors , and subeditor of the Journal . He is tliere made to say that ' friend Katcliiie has left oil" betting for ever ; he has buried all his turf transactions in oblivion , and become quite moral . ' Will it be credited , that while Ashdown was spouting this balderdash at Stepney , Hutclin ' e wns actually on Jk-wton race-course , with a roll of notes in his hand , calling and betting with everybody around him , as can be proved by scores of witnesses . So much for Ashdown ' s veracity and his reformed friend ' s ' improved morality !'"
Tliere , now , we have both accounts ; and Ashdown says rai n * is an " unmitigated lie . " Of that the rentier will judge . As far friend llutclittc beiivj ; injured iu the estimation of those who know little of him , it was well put that ; for thousands upon thousands who know a great deal of him lire the persons I appeal to as my witnesses . As for those Odd Fellows who know " little of him , " tile sooner they find him out the bettor fi-r the preservation of their own interests and Uie interests of the Order . Again , I assert that "Itatclift ' e was at Newton , with a roll of notes in his hands , calling and betting with « 11 around him . " To the proof . On the 30 th of August , at the Humanity Lodge , in Eccles , a place between Manchester and Newton race-course , and within : i mile from Mowton , where RaleViffc has pbkcbased a eounlry seat ,
Ashdown ' s tale in the London Journal about the " unmitigated lie" was told , amid laughter at his credulity and indignation at llateliffe ' s impudent audacity ; and there , among upwards of fifty Odd Fellows , an individual stated that he himself had lost several pounds on Newton race-course with Ratclifi ' e ; and scores in Manchester can be found who saw him not only there , but heard him hooted off the railway train when it stopped at the station , near his house . Before a room full of Odd Fellows on the above occasion , several letters were road in llatclifie ' s own hand-writing , negotiating bets to a large amount with au Individual in Manchester , one of which letters ltatcliflie wrote while at Carlisle , offering to bet £ G 0 to £ 15 against Idas for the last Derby ; and in that letter he states that "he stood to lose a heavy amount if the horse won . " This letter was actually penned when he was on his way to the Glasgow A . M . C ,
where he met friend Ashdown . Another letter was written a day or two after he reHimefl from Glasgow , offering another large bet ; and bis messenger on this occasion was his own brother Henry . Curious enough , Henry ' s signature is written on the back as witness to the transaction . In addition to all tliis , plenty of stories were narrated , which llatcliffe understands well , and whioli will , ere long , come fully t 6 HgUt . Now , these statements were made , and these letters read , before a very large room full of his nearest neighbours ; and let him deny them if he can . He is shamefully deceiving Ashdown ; for not only was he at Newton race-course , but at Liverpool atso : and he wUo wants \ woof of that , let him enquire of the present G . M . of the Order , John Dickcnson ; he was there with him ! Yours truly , An Old Odd Fzi . lv . W . . £ 1 . 11 yjUU VW J- -i-. ** JJV II ¦
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« a>— : — TO TnE EDITOll OF THE NORTHERN STAH , Sir , —In your Jast week's Star , jou very kindly stated jour intention of allowing the Board of Directors of the Manchester Unity an opportunity of speaking for themselves ; may I , therefore , as a member of that body , intrude upon your columns , and possibly upon your patience , with some few observations upon a letter from an anonymous correspondent in your jiajier , who signs himself " An Old Odd Fellow . " Thank Heaven he is not a young one . ' as it affords some ground for hoping the rising generation may be wiser and better than the preceding one . In reference to that portion of your correspondent ' s letter personal to myself , I have only to observe , that from beginning to ending it is neither more nor less than an " unmitigated lie ; " that I never made use of the expressions he imputes to me ; and I further defv him even to find the words he has
chosen to place in my mouth in any portion of the printed report of what I did say at llie anniversary of tlie Stepney district . As regards my being sub-editor of a newspaper , I am not aware whether lie intended it for a compliment , a stroke of wit past liiuling out , or a charge of offence ; but , in either case , a more barefaced fabrication , for a dishonest purpose , was never attempted to be palmed upon an unsuspecting tradesman at his counter . I have for years followed a business demanding imperatively my own personal labour , both of head and hand , in conducting it as a means of livelihood for : t large family . The only pretension I have for any grade in a printing establishment is my connection with my present colleagues in the directory wliich it would appear has elevated us to the rank of " devils . " At all events , I heva publicly deny having any interest
whatever , cither directly or indirectly , in any newspaper , or slher publication ; that I have never received one sixpence in any shape for any " balderdash" 1 may have contributed ; and that my only connection with thu paper to which your correspondent alludes is the lucrative one of stamp-office security for freedom of ojtinion and expression in its columns . I need , I am sui e , say no more upon this head , as you are well aware of tlie pleasant contingencies thereto belonging . As to my veracity , perhaps your nameless correspondent will amend his own . Those who know me bust have better reasons for confidence than anonytneus diatribes : and to those who know me not , it can be of small consequence whether 1 outvie " Ferdinand Mender Pinto" or no . So far from being " made to gay" anything in defence of "Mr . RatclhTu , I would assure your correspondent that it was a spontaneous effusion , called forth by a remark of the
chairman ; and all the " Old Oild Fellows" that ever had , or may have existence , shall never prevent me from defending even a bitter enemy from unjust , revengvful , and anonymous calumny , Jly knowledge of . Mr . Jiatciim . ' is connncd entirely to those matters which have conic under my own personal observation , in connection with the business of tlse society , to which ( I was going to say ) I have the honour (?) to belong ; but let that pass . " I here unhesitatingly affirm—and let his scoundrel traduceis disprove the affirmation—a more correct , indefatigable , and uncompromising public servant no body of men ever possessed . I neither khow , or desire to know , more than this ; for oilier matters , "let him without sin throw the iirsl stone . " Three days after my "balderdash" had been uttered , I r . ceived a letter from Mr . 11 , tlwnUir . g me for so " unexpected" a compliment . This letter enclosed another ,
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ii ' ' —^— - - _ , , nddressedto the' " eflitors" of those " sporting" papers , 4 n which the calumnies of anonymous correspondents had bo . n published to the wovW , It contained a denial of the charges , find challenged his opponents to meet him openly , honestly , and fairly , and prove the truth of thtir assertions . I was green enough to imagine that the press , the god-like press , would be as prompt to cure as to inflict a wound : but no ; Mr . Hatcliffe ' s reputation wns only to bo salved by payment for the letter as an artvertiseincnt ; and according to the scale of payment usually charged for the beastly notifications of quack and murderous compounds , fifteen shillings or a pound would have been sufficient compensation : but , as I am a Jiving soul , three guineas was tlie price demanded , aye , mid paid , for the insertion of a letter of some twenty lines containing a simple demand for justice and fair
hearing , on the part of an individual whose accusers have never yet had the manliness or honesty to avow their names . These transactions have only taken place within the last mouth , and yet your unknown correspondent coolly asks us to believe , upon the faith of a score of witnesses us unknown as himself , that Mr . Hateliffe , whilst his letter was being set in type , was openly calling upon " everybody around him" on Newton racecourse to bet with him . It wont go down . " You cannot call him fool us u-cll as villain . " Again , the " Old Odd Fellow" charges the executive with meeting at a tavern to hear appeal cases ; he says , they have motives for it , or rather he imputes , motives of the most unworthy kind . I agree with him that the practice is highly objectionable— 'tis a great pity , with his long standing in tlie Order , ho has hut just awakened to a
sense of its enormity—because it is not true that the board room will afford anything like accommodation for witnesses or parties wajting ; the greater part of the premises being occupied as ware-rooms , for goods , for which Mr . ltatcliffe is personally responsible . So far as my own personal observation has gone , it appears necessary to meet at some other spot for the hearing of appeals . Perhaps the Meal-house might be found more eligible than Mr . Gray ' s , and the penny charged at the deor to defray expenses , as it is allowable to gain instruction even from an enemy . However , this evil , together with some others adverted to by your correspondent , are certainly not chargeable upon the present directors ; they have ' but just commenced to tread the flowery maze ot oflico , and this system has been in operation long , very long , without any attempt , ou the part of our
Manchester friends , for its rectification , although they have had possession for twenty-five years ; and it may be us well to observe that a large proportion of the present board are individuals who have long been foremost in contending for a change . It would be useless to burden your columns with financial or statistical details to prove thu necessity for a proper apportionment of contribution to an anticipated and prospective expenditure . Your labours have been ever directed to the one great end of teaching the working classes their absolute dependence upon their own exertions alone , for the realisation of any ultimate good , and , therefore , I feel assured you can have no sympathy with Mr . Probe ' s illogical attempt at placing cliiirirr and independence in the same category . Tlie sooner charity and such like phrases arc discontinued us inapplicable to tlio working man , either in relation to bis
own or any other class , the sooner will he approximate to something like a just estimate of his own importance ; and the Manchester Unity , so far from a positive good , is , to my mind , a positive nuisance and an obstruction in the path of the working num . if it he i-sed as a means for fostering the uie ami degrading notion , that charity should usurp tlie place of that ennobling feeling of high independence which takes as a right its fair and lugititimate proportion of those accumulations of prudence and forethought which it lias been instrumental in procuring . The great vice , in my opinion , and a very serious drawback it is upon the utility of secret societies generally , is the enormous expenses of their government . I will be bound to prove that every annual committee costs our Order thousands of pounds ; aud I should muchlike to see an equivalent for this enormous outlay in legislation .
How much bottoi would Ah . Probe ftud his coadjutors beemployed in devising some practical remedy for this evil , than in coining nicknames for men seeking the same objects ; bat employing more reasonable means for their accomplishment . I believe the best means ever suggested for fair representative government to be but a bungling contrivance at the most , and merely a round-about way of arriving at that which might he more cheaply and effectively obtained from the fountain la-ad at onto . 1 have always maintained that every membtr of a community has a right to a fair voice either in milking or altering the laws by which that community is governed . I do not contend that every individual ought to be consulted in questions of government , because he is bound to use proper discretion in the choice of members for the government ; but nothing , I am certain , can give ouch weight
to laws as the consenting voices of those who are called upon to submit to them . I can speak confidently as to the excellent working of this system , because I have two years since introduced it in my own district—every member uses bis own discretion freely , and unbiased by any other influence ; and , I believe , most mon ,. wlicn a fair ; i ) id ( Ympnssionste statement is cleuvly p / aced before them , can much better speak their own sentiments than any representative can do i ' or them . I am truly sorry to find my working brethren have not yet had sufficient experience of tlie evils arising from dissension among themselves—like the Spartan boy , they will cherish WU conceal the fox that is tearing out their vitals ; but so far as division amongst the members of secret societies is eonc-iirned , I apprehend only good results can follow . Any change must be for the better ; but I see no benefit likely
to aviso from substituting one ¦ torm of tyranny tor another , The Manchester Odd Fellows have made out as pretty a case against themselves as need be wished ; they have demonstrated their total unfitness to be entrusted with the government . Manchester lias now the sole power of sending candidates for tlie highest offices of the Order ; and , will it be credited , out of their boas e ; l nine thousand members , they could uot furnish the Unity with a choice ; every Lodge of eighty had the 2 'rivilege 01 sending ; i candidate ; tlie whole number sent one , and now they blackguard him in pamphlets by Probe , and songs by some other gentleman , with an expressive " alias , " although I dare maintain a more estimable man never existed either in his public or private relations . There can be no nuesiion that the sooner tho govovwnent
of tlic Odd Fellows is removed from Manchester , the sooner will peace ensue in all their borders , and useful and effective reforms be carried out ; for as to the necessity of reform all parties are agreed ; hut I do not conecivo n » y good end can be attained by anonymous slanders , unfounded assumptions of bad motives , exaggerated Statements , or senseless nicknames ; sueli things bring discredit upon a good cause , and when employed to bolster up a bail one , are indications of a bitter malignancy of feeling iu the party using them ; and a separation under such circumstances is far the better course for securing the peace nnfl welfare of the opposing sections of a body which nature intcHdiul , but man has prevented , becoming one flesh . I remain , yours respectfully , Stratford , Essex . C . Ashdo-wn .
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. LONDON . City Locality . —Mr . Cooper ' s lecture on history , last Sunday night , being tlie fourth of tlie course , was well attended , and was heard with very great interest . The crimes of Constantino , —the celebrated Tmvent of modem State-religions , —were unflinchingly depictured ; and the changeable views ot his no less murderous successors were amply detailed . Tbe incursions of Alaric , Attila , and other Gothic , Vandal , and Ilunnish conquerors , —the legislation of Justinian , and his ingratclul cruelty to the heroic Belisarius , with the achievements of Nurses , the eunuch , were next set forth ; and then the picture received its most attractive tints from a rapid sketch of the career of Mahomet . Mr . C . defended the position of the philosophic Gibbon—that the Arabian
impostor was , in the outset , a sincere enthusiast , and only became hypocritical , like Cromwell and others , by the seductions of power . The Saracen conquests , their dominion in Spain , and overthrow in Franco , by Charles Martel , or , "the Hammer , " were lucidly narrated ; and then Charlemagne , tlic great marvel of tho middle ages—( he munificent < mcouvagui- of iniiuvt literature , who could not himself either write or read—was graphically drawn . Curious Monkish stories , —limnings of the Popes , and especially of the energetic liildebrand or Gregory VII ., — -their contests with the emperors , —the armies of the Crusaders , ~ -thc persecution of the Albi » cnscs , —and other subjects of high interest , which formed portions of the lecture , we cannot dilate upon . The ectures should be heard to be properly estimated .
Metropolitan- Distinct Council . —Sunday , August 30 th ; Mr . Mills in the chair . The Council , having fallen into some little arrears in the prosecution of its resistance to tlie Mastersand Servants Bill , appeal to their brother Chartists of the metropolitan district for the means of liquidating the same . It was resolved that an aggregate meeting of the Chartists of London should be hcid in the Hall , 1 , Turnagainlane , l- ' avringtlon-streefc , on Monday evening , September 2 and , at eight o ' clock . Victim Committee . —Chartist Hall , I ,
Turnagainhme , Sunday , August 31 st ; Mr . Stallwood in the chair . —The secretary read a letter from Mr . O'Connor , announcing the receipt of the statements of the present condition of tho Victim Fund , but stating that he ( Mr . O'Connor ) was just about to leave town at tlic time he received it ; and , consequently , he had not time to compare it with the vouchers , but , would do so , and submit it to the next incctinjr , A resolution was passed that the matters stand adjourned until Sunday next , when the whole of tho members are desired to attend at five o ' clock
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SHEFFIELD . Lixrati : r . v Mu . M'Cu . vrii . —On Tuesday even in ; , ' week , Mr . M'Graihieeturcd to a numerous audience to ^ H ^ l ° ? Science , wpr . n that all engrossing and vitally important subject " the Land , its capabilities , and tho people ' s right to it . " In the course of his address , Mr . M'Grath entered into a full exposition of the Chartist Land Co-operative plan for enabling the people lo possess themselves of the Lund . At the conclusion of tlic lecture a discussion commenced , wliich wns prolonged till a vei-v kite hour . Several frivolous objections ursiccl by this liartizsuis of O'l ' . rieu , such as the impossibility < , £ purchasing laud ; tie inability of any but practical
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agriculturists to cultivate the hand with advantage ; the possibility of an aristocratic confederacy being formed to buy up all land offered for sale ; the likelyhood of a special law being passed for the suppression of the society , were dealt with by the lecturer to the entire satisfaction of the great majority of the meetin ° - A number of the rules were disposed of , and several members enrolled . The society here is progressing steadily in popular estimation , and weekly receiving accessions to its numbers .
llOTIIEIUlAM . The Land . —Mr . M'Grath addressed a large meeting of the inhabitants of this town in the marketplace , on Wednesday evening week , on "the Land , and the way to get it . " The lecturer ' s views were received by the meeting with unqualified approbation . An ' adjournnicnt to a large School Room then took place for the transaction of business , when a number of the rules were called for , and some members were milled to tho society . Tho people here , from experience , seem fully to apreciate the value oi the land -, they look upon its possession as the only means of social redemption for the working population .
BA . RKSLET . The Land . —On Thursday evening week , we had a crowded and spirited meeting in the Odd Fellows ' Hall , to hear a lecture from Mr . M'Grath in elucidation of the Chartist plan for obtaining land . Mr . Robcrson was appointed chairman , who introduced the subject for the evening's enquiry in a speech remarkable for the conclusivenoss and cogency of its reasoning . Mr . M'Grath ' s address elicited frequent bursts of'enthusiastic applause . Barnsley is going a-hend well in the glorious labour-redeeming
movement . The Pious ax » Plukderixo Pkofitocracy . — On Monday last we had a great gathering of the " pious , " to lay the foundation stone of a ne ' w chapel , belonging to what is called the " Old Connection Methodists , " and verily they are both an old ,. cunning , and unholy connection . One contributor to the new edifice came an apprentice to Bavnsley as a wavehouseman , and got married to his master ' s daughter . The Hinster and son are both dead , and he ( the sonin-law ) is now carrying on tlie business himself . He has amassed a fortune out of the blood and bones of tho poor Handloom Weavers , but he has given £ 500 to the new chapel . A fortnight ago , his daughter was warned to the son of a Methodist Mi'son , and
he bad the Church-yard covered with . dnmask carpet for his daughter ' s and the parson ' s son ' s delicate feet to walk on ; and this week , to crown his piety , he proposes to plunder his poor half-starved skeleton Weavers of ten per cent , of the miserable pittance they are at present receiving for their toil ; but , he may rely upon it , the Weavers will not submit quietly to be plundered . If the Weavers were to break into his warehouse and take every tenth web of cloth , he would seek the police officers to bring the thievesto punishment ; but no officers can be forced to seize him for Iiia robbery of his workmen's wages , for the reason , that the crew that make tho law belongs to his plundering , 'heartless class . The Weavers' Union Committee meet nightly to take measures to prevent tlie success of this pious robber .
LEEDS . The Land . —Notwithstanding tlie adverse circumstance of Halton feast , we had a most respectable audience in the spacious Bazaar on Sunday evening , to investigate the practicability of the plan for obtaining land , and the benefits likely to accrue to the people from its adoption . Mr . Far-rap being appointed chairman , Mr . M'Grath , of the Directory , addressed the meeting for upwards of an hour and a half , much to their satisfaction . At the conclusion of the lecture , several persons were enrolled as shareholders in the Socictv .
MANCHESTER . The Laxd . — Owing to the unprecedented and idiotic opposition offered to the Land nlan by J . 13 . O'Brien and his partisans , the Council deemed it nccessarv to have their sophisms exposed , for which purpose " Mr . Thomas Chirk , one of the Board of Directors , lectured at Carpenters' Hall on Sunday evening last . Mr . Clark took the objections ^! O'Brien seriatim , ami replied to them to the entire satisfaction of the audience . O'Brien has asserted that , even if we had the money , we could not purchase the land , as the aristocracy would unite to prevent
it . The fallacy of this objection is so appareut , that it carries its own refutation with it . Is it not a wellknown fact that tho aristocracy ncvcr'sell the land as a matter of choice , but as a matter of necessity , in which case Chartist money would be as welcome to the ruined aristocrat as the cash of any Whig or Tory in the kingdom . O'Brien contended that we have no right to purchase the land , whilst he himself has assci ted to Mr . Clark that , if he had money to spare , he would lay it out in the purchase of land ! Now , if G'Bi'iea has a right individually to buy the land , surely the society has the same right co-operatively . The thanks of the meeting to the lecturer closed the proceedings .
ROCHDALE . Co-orERATiox-. —On Sunday ' evening last Mr . C . Doyle lectured to a numerous and respectable audience , in the Association-room . The lecturer , in his usual happy and eloquent strain , pointed out the advantages of co-operation ; and gave it as his opinion that until the working men were prepared to carry out the plans laid down by the Convention , there was little hope for tlie success of the cause . Mr . Doyle ' s lecture gave much satisfaction .
HEBDEN BRIDGE . The OnABTKit axd the Land . —On Tuesday evening last , Mr . Thomas Clark , of the Executive Committee , attended here , and delivered an energetic and interesting lecture on the Charter and the Land . He reviewed past political agitations , and contended that , though the ultimatum of such agitations had not yet " been achieved , yet thcy ^ had produced that improved state of public opinion which , at no distant period , would force from tho merciless grasp of tyranny those rights to wliich tlie working classes were so justly entitled . Ho conjured them , in tho sacred name of truth , to remain banded together , even though they were few , as the time was rapidly approaching when those gallant bands of brave and sterling democrats who had so Ions fought in the ranks of freedom would find all their energies needed in the guidance of that movement to wliich tho anticipated panic would undoubtedly
give rise . Mi * . Clark was listened to throughout with the most marked attention , and at the conclusion invited discussion , but no one taking up the gauntlet-, , after the usual compliments to the chairman and lecturer , the meeting broke up . SOWERBY 11 ELM . Tire Lasd . —Mr . Thos . Clark acklresred a meeting in the Association Room , on Thursday evening last , on the question of the day—the Laud . The lecturer , having laid down cleverly and distinctly the leading features of the plan , afterwards entered into an exposition of the benefits to be derived from the adoption of the plan . The superiority of the rural over the hcll-begotlcn factory system was lengthily dilated upon by the lecturer , to the satisfaction * of the meeting . At the conclusion , several persons came forward and enrolled themselves as members of the Land Society , being already members of the National Charter Association .
YORKSHIRE . The Laxd . —This question-is causing a great sensation throughout the county . On Sunday last , a most important meeting was held at the "N ew Holland Small Farms , Wilsdcn , where there we fouifarms cultivated on Mr . O'Connor ' s principles , and a striking contrast is apparent between tlic old and new mode of cultivation . The land in question is the worst of any in Wilsden , the original soil not bciag more than three inches thick , and the opinion of the old farmers in the neighbourhood was , that no person could make it grow turnips or anything else . There are four farms , of four acres each , and each four acres is divided into four equal parts , and these are planted with Swede turnips , potatoes , cabbages .
b ) g , and oats , wliich will bear comparison both in quantity and quality with any on the host lands in Wilsden . The produce of one acre of lentils , which were cut and taken away , they told us was worth twenty pounds . Early in tiie day , groups of persons wight be seen in every part of the farms , examining the crops and inquiring into the mode of cultivation . The general question was , if such inferior land as this can be made to yield such a crop as this through the means of spado cultivation , what -would good land produce under a similar mode ? Precisely at two o ' clock , Mr . B . Rushton was called to the chair , who commenced the proceedings by giving out that beautiful hymn " Britannia ' s Sons , " wliich was sung with great enthusiasm . After some remarks
from the chairman , the meeting was further ' addressed by Messrs . AKlevson , oi' 'Bvadioru ; Baldwin , Cropland , and Gledhill , of Halifax ; and Mr . Firth , of Kcighley . A quantity of rules were sold and the following resolutions were carried : — " That this neeting adjourn to this day three weeks , to be held at the same time and place , and that Messrs . M'Grath , Doy ! c , and Clark bo invited to attend . " " f hat tho West Riding delegates be requested , at their next meeting , to make arrangements for holding a general camp meeting for the West Rilling , on ¦\ Vibscy Slack , being the most central place , and that Mr .. O'Connor and others of the Executive be requested to attend . " The thanks of the meeting were given to the chairman , and tho meeting dispersed highly delighted with the proceedings of tlie dav .
ASIITON-UNDER-LTNE . The f , ASB rus has been taken up with great spirit in this town . Wore than ninety shares have been taken , and one hundred pounds paid to the society from this town only . iiasli ' ngden . The Laxd . — -Mr . Tattersal ) , of Burnley , delivered a lecture on Thursday , August 2 Sth , in the Chartist room , High-street , Ilaslingdcn , on the Co-operative Land Society , wliich gave general satisfaction At the conclusion of the lecture six entered their names for the Co-operative Society . The following Mond-iv evening the entrance money was paid , when the members appointed a secretary , steward , and president ; and it was resolved to meet every Momhv evening to envoi new members and receive theii monies .
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London Cobs Exchange ,. Mondat , Sett . 1 . — With a continuance of extremely hnc weather , lapid progress is being made with the harvest , and should this week prove as line as the past , a very large proportion of the crops would be got in by Saturday next . In Essex , Kent , and Suffolk , a great breadth js cut , but probably not much above a firth has at present beea carted in the counties named , whilst further nortli , the proportion still abroad is , of course greater , ilie reports as to the yield and quality of the wheat are ot a more satisfactory character than from the extreme wetness of the summer might have been expected . Still it is the general opinion tliat the former will barely prove an average , and that the weight per bushel will be 21 b . less than the produce of last year . The fine weather has , nevertheless , had its usual influence , and the trade has recently become very aepresscd . At most of the markets held on Friday and Saturday , prices of wheat gave way Is to 2 a per or ., tlic
though , owing to fanners being busy m news , comparatively small supplies were brought forward . The complaints respecting tho potato crop have rather increased than diminished . -To-day very unfavourable reports on the subject have reached us from butfolk , from which it would appear that the epidemic is spreading to the eastward . Up to the present tune the accounts from Scotland ana Ireland are , however , we aro happy to say , of a satisfactory nature . Uie arrivals of wheat coastwise into London were tolerably iibod during the past week , but the quantity tr ash , up for to-day ' s market was only moderate . A considerable portion of the samples exhibited on tho Essex stands was of this year ' s growth ; part ot the Kent supply was also new ; and on the whole there were at least 1000 qrs . The quality was very various but the condition was better than expected . Good runs sold at 4 Ss to 55 s per qr ., and one or two selected samples 53 s and even 00 s per qr . Old wheat went with comparatively little alteration , and the
trifling business done in the same was at an abatement on the currency of Monday last of Is to 2 s per qr . In free foreign wheat there was scarcely anything passing ; to have made sales of importance less money must have been taken . Bonded parcels were wholly neglected , and quotations have hecome quite nominal . The arrivals from abroad exceeded 13 , 000 qvs last week , but nearly the whole of what has recently come to hand has been landed under lock . Flour was very unsaleable to-day , and ship samples were obtainable at slightly reduced rates . The receipts of Ene ; Us \ i barley were tviilvng ; owe ov two small lots of " new were exhibited of coarse quality ;
these sold at 32 s to 33 s per quarter . In foreign sorts there was too little doing to warrant alteration in quotations , but the turn was against the buyer . Malt was taken off in retail quantities at previous terms . English and Scotch oats were very scarce , and commanded fully former terms . The best descriptions of Irish were a ' iso quite as dear as on this day sc ' nnight , but inferior kinds of the latter and almost all sorts of fine foreign oats were Gd per quarter lower . Beans were more plentiful than last Aveek , and certainly easier to buy . There were several parcels of new maple grey and white peas at market . The best boilers sold at 39 s and 40 s , maples at 33 s to 39 s and hog peas at 3 Gs to 37 s per quarter .
CURRENT PRICES OP GRAIN , PER IMPERIAL QUARTER . —British . s s s 8 Wheat , Essex , & Kent , now & , old red 40 56 White 00 CO Xorfolk and Lincoln . ... do 49 55 Ditto D 7 59 Kortliuin . and Scotch white id 56 Fine 50 57 Irish red old 0 0 Red 4 S 01 White 32 5 G Rye Old 29 32 Kew 29 80 Brank 34 3 S Barley Grinding . . 2 li 27 Distil . 2 S 30 Malt . 31 33 Malt Brown .... 52 54 Pale 85 59 Ware 00 62 Beans Ticks old & , new 37 3 S Harrow 38 40 Pigeon 41 42 l ' eas Grey 35 38 SInjile 37 38 'White SS 40 Oats Liiicolns & Yorkshire Feed 22 24 Poland 24 26 Scotch Angus 23 25 Potato 20 28 Irish . . . , "Wlute 20 23 Hlack 20 22 Per 2 S 01 b . net . s si - Per 280 lb . net , s s Town-made Flour ... 51 53 | Norfolk & Stocktou 36 38 Essex and Kent .... 38 42 I Irish 37 39
Free . Bond Foreign . s s s s Wheat , Dantsic , Koingsburg , &c 50 C 3 i 3 48 Marks , Mecklenburg 5 C 58 33 30 Banish , llolstein , and Frieslandred 48 52 28 31 — Russian , Hard is 52 Soft . . . 4 S 52 2 S 30 Italian , Red . . 50 52 White ... 54 58 S 2 29 Simnish , Hard . 50 52 So It .... 02 52 31 35 live , Baltic , Dried , . . . 2 S 80 Undried . . 25 30 22 31 Bavlev , Grinding . 24 2 G Malting . . 'JS 30 1 !) 24 Beans , Ticks . . 34 36 Egyptian , 34 35 23 2 i Vens , White . . 87 39 Maple , , 30 37 28 S 3 Oats , Dutch , Brew and Thick 23 25 20 30 Russian feed , 20 22 14 22 Danish , Friesland feed 20 22 14 16 Flcui ' , per barrel 28 30 21 27
AVERAGE PRICES Qi tliclnstsix weeks , lvliicli regulate ( lie Duties from tho 2 Sth of August to the 3 rd of September .
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M'lietitUSaiiei / i Oats . Hye . Beans l ' eas . Week ending s- d- s" d- | s- d" s- a - \ * ' d- s- d ' July 19 , 1845 .. 50 0 29 c ! 22 I 32 8 89 9 40 2 Week ouding ( July 2 C , 1 S 45 .. J 51 7 29 2 22 5 31 7140 0 3 S 10 Week ending ! Aug . 2 , 1845 .. ! 53 3 29 8 22 5 34 6 j 40 5 41 O Week ending ; Aug . 9 , 1 S 43 .. J 55 3 29 7 22 8 33 10 ! 41 0 39 0 Week ending Aug . ID , 1845 .. 57 0 23 1 22 2 31 4 41 2 39 7 Week ending ! Aug . 23 , 1815 .. 57 0 29 9 22 S 33 4 -11 S 38 11
Aggregate aver . age of the last six weeks .. 54 0 29 9 22 5 33 SI 40 8 39 7 London aver- j ages ( ending ! Aug . 26 , 1845 } CO 11 20 11 21 10 85 8 42 lo 40 3 Duties .. .. 18 Oi 9 ol G li 9 G 2 0 3 0
Imports from August 25 to August 31 , inclusive . ENGLISH SCOTCH . llllSII . FOKEIGN TOT . AI .. Wheat .. .. 11 . IH 7 50 0 S , H « l ] 5 , 5 sS Barley .. .. " 6 0 1 , 02-5 1 , 350 3 , t )"> l Oats .. .. 14 0 20 , 034 11 , 931 31 , l > 7 !) Rye .... 0 0 0 0 0 Beans .. .. 304 0 0 0 304 Peas .. .. 858 0 0 58 419 Malt .. .. 5 , 349 0 Hi 0 3 , 559 Tares .... o 0 0 0 0 Linseed .. 0 o 5 o Ifii-Z 1 , 005 llajiesecd .. 20 0 0 21 il Flour , sacks 5 , 540 0 100 0 5 , 0-10 Ditto brls ... 0 0 0-0 0
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London Smitm-iei-d Cattle Market , Monday , Sept . 1 . —Since Monday last the imports of live stock tor this market have been extensive , they Laving amounted to 22 oxen and cows from Hamburgh , and 200 oxen and cows , together with 70 sheep from Rotterdam . To-day we had on offer 190 Dutch , beasts in excellent condition , indeed tliev were sonic of the best animals we have seen for Pome weeks past . At the outports the arrivals of stock from tlie Continent have proved large , viz ., 220 beasts and sheep , all at Hull . From our own grazing districts the bullock supplies received fresh up this morning were very extensive for the time of year , while a decided improvement was noticed in their quality and condition . Although the attendance of buyers was rather numerous , the beef trade was in a very depressed state , at a decline in the currencies obtained last week of quite 2 d . ] . er Sib ., the hishest fisruro ior the best Scots
not exceeding ii . per Sib ., and a clearance was not effected . From Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex , and Cambmlgesluro , we received GOO short-horns , Scots , and home-breds ; from the northern counties , 800 shorthorns , etc . ; from the western and midland counties , 900 Ilercfurds , runts , Dcvons , &c . ; from other parts of England , 700 of various breeds ; and from Scotland , 200 horned and polled Scots . Tlie number of sheep were soniewhivt on the increase , tlioushbjno means large for the season . Prime old Downs supported previous rates , but all other breeds were 2 d . per Sib . lower , with a heavy demand . Lambs were in fair average supply , and sluggish inquiry , at ft decline in the quotations of 2 d . per 81 b . The veal trade was in a sJuggisli slate , jet prices were snostly supported . Tlic number of pigs—182 of which came from Ireland—was moderate . The pork tiade ruled steady , at full prices .
By the quantities of 81 b ., sinking the offal . s . d . s . A immor coarse beasts . . , 2 0 2 10 Second quality .... 3 0 3 4 Irime large oxen .... 3 G 3 8 Irnnc Scots , &c . . . . ¦ . 3 IB 4 0 Coarse inferior sheep ... 3 2 3 6 Second quality . . . .. 3 3 4 2 l ' l'Uue course woollcd . . 4 i i G Prime Southdown ... 4 8 5 J-n'ubs 4 4 5 G Lsiugteoavse calves .... 3042 l'l'ime siuull 4 4 4 8 buckling calves , each . . , IS 0 30 0 Large hogs 3 0 3 8 Acut small porkers , , . 3 10 4 4 Quartur-old store vims , each . ! ig o 20 it
HEAD OF CATTLE ON SALE . ( From the Books of the Clevk of the Market . ) Beasts , 3 , 050-Sheep and Lambs , 28 , 140-Calves , 148-Pigs , SOU . Manchester Cons Makkkt , Saturday , August 30 —During the week , the weather having assumed a more favourable and settled appearance , the trade has been of an inactive character , ami sales of all articles were limited to the immediate need of tho dealer , with little , if any , variation in prices . The market this morning exhibited a slender attendance of buyers , and wheat was offered 2 d . to 3 d . per TOlbs cheaper , with little disposition to purchase . With an exceedingly languid demand for Hour a reduction of fully Is . per sack was made . Tliere was but little inquiry for oats and oatmeal , and a decline of Id . per I 5 fts . on the former and Gd . to Is . per load on the latter article must be noted .
Richmond Conx Market , August 30 . —The supply of corn in our market to-day was good for tlie season . Interior samples were lower , but tlie best maintained their prices . Wheat sold from 7 s . to 3 s . 3 d . ; oats , 3 s . to-is . ; barley . 4 s . to -Is . 3 d . ; wans , 5 s . to 5 s : ( kl . per bushel . Ti . e favourable eliaiiiie in tno weather has had a corresponding effect on ' . ' : " !^ of tho farmers ; nevertheless the holders of the and wet lands especially , still assert that their "" " i Me iimuvd beyond recovery ,
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TO THE ZDITOS OF THE NOBTnEBN STAP . Sik , —Do me the favour to insert the copy of a lettCTj in rqiiy to au objection made to my name being retained oa tl , e list of voters for members of Parliament , and thereby endeavour to stem that abandonment of princi |) le which is now so prevalent . Vt'hcn bad men conspire to injure those ; who advocate Christian doctrines , good men ought to unite in support of tacli other . At any rate , \ vli « n in in become so ilepaseO as to u&pire to , and hoast < n'beiug , common informers , it is time for tliose who admire the good old iivinciiiits of honest John Bull to look about them . ShuuUl you comply with my request , I shall feel grateful to you , anil remain very respectfully , sir , Your most obedient servant , leailenholl-strooL James Wuhssos .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 6, 1845, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1331/page/6/
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