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THE NORTH ESN- STAH. SATURDAY, Ai'RIL 18, 1848.
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THOMAS COOPEB. THS CH&STIST'S WORKS.
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To be had of John Cleave , and all booksellers . ( Price One Shilling . ) TWO ORATIONS AGAINST TAKING AWAY HUMAN LIFE , TTNDER any Circumstances ; and in explanation and \ J defence of the misrepresented doctrine of "Son-Eesistanee . " ( Deliv . rea in the National Hall , Holborn , On the evenings of February 95 th and March 4 th . ) "Mr . Cooper is a man in whose efforts we take great interest . He possesses undeniable abilities of no mean order , laoral courage beyond many , and we baiieve a iincere and fervent desire to do real and permanent good
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THE PURGATORY OF SUICIDES . A Prison Rlrone . In Ten Books . ( One Vul ., 73 . 6 J . ) ' The most wonderful effort of intellectual power produced within the last century . "— 'The Britannia . " Here we have a geanine poem springing out of the spirit of the times , aad indeed out of the heart , and experience of one irlio bas wrestled with and suffered in it . t is no other than a poem in ten books , by a Chartist , snd who boldly sets his name and his profession ot " Chartism on the title-page . It is plain that he glories in hispoliticalfaith more than in his poetry ; nay , liis verse is but the vehicle of that faith . Yet , nevertheless , it is a vigorous an * most efficient vehicle . We must cordially onfess that we have read the whole with , a feeling of unfeigned astonishment . —Edectic Review .
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WISE SAWS AND MODERN INSTANCES . ( . Two Tols , 15 s . ) "A series of Crabbe-like sketches , in prose . They are manifest portraits , and admonish us of the author ' s skill in taking the literal likeness . "—Ailicmciwi . " We have read some of these stories with deep icjerest , and few , we are persuaded , will rise from their peru ? al but with feelings all the warmer for what they have wad . They can scarcely fail to be popular with the masses ; ' and , upon the whole , we think they deserve to be so . " —Atlas . "The author excuses the sternness of his pictures br alleging iheir truth . The justification is all-sufficient Chartist as these = ketclse 3 are , they are healthier , in t-pe and sentiment , than the tawdry fictions vamped up for the naaJus public by sums popular writers , that profess to exhibit the fife of tbe labouring classes . "— Tin Britannia .
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Also , just published , THE BARON'S YULE FEAST . A Chrisnnas Rhyme . In Four Cantos . ( One Vol ., 5 s . ) "There is a rough earnestness , both in its thoughts and verse , which is strictly in accordance with the geuius of our ballad miustrdsy . If it does not show , in point daintily , : a \ advance on the author ' s previous productious , it vet shows that he c&a chaaga hU haud without loss t » f jiCnver . "—The Britannia . " Mr . Cooper apvsars to much greater advantage in Gib seasonable poem than he did in his more ambitions attempt of " The Purgatory of Suicides . " " The Baron's Yule Feast" lias a gsnial spirit , various subjects , and a papular :. nuna ?* d style . The poem is the best of Mr . Cooper's productions . "—Spectator . : n
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CHARTIST REPETITION DAY . Repetition day at school is generally more profitable to the dunce than all the week besides . Our readers must understand that " repetition day " means the day , it is generally Friday , when the several classes repeat the lessons of the week—thus fast » ning upon the memory much that would otherwise hare escaped , or have made but slight impression ; impression sufficient to confound , hut not enough to confirm . "We should have these Chartist repetition slays more frequently ; they would enable the good boys who have attentively learned their lessons , to
stump a kiiowleilgu of their value upon the minds ol the more idle . We believe that more is to be learned from conversation than from books , ai : d we have frequently known a clever , playful idler , who has tot kni . wn one word of his lesson * for the week , bus . yet , aftur r < petition day , has ? been more perfect in the week ' s work than those who devoted their every howto study . Indeed , having almittcd tlie fact , it would i ) C ungenerous up » n our part to withhold from the reader a practical illustration of its truth in our own person . We were always amongst the most idle , the most mischievous , and the most p ayful ci our schoolfellows . We preferred ball , pe o and
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marbles , leapfrog , pitch and toss , and three-ho span , Scotch hop , foot ball , and cricket , to geography , history , or arithmetic , Greek , Latin , or mathematics . We belonged , we thought , to the community of learning , and , according to the true p rinciples of communism , we played while our class fellows learned ; and at the end of each week we reluctantly devoted a day to make amends for the past ; and not * withstanding a systematic perseverance in this wayward course of communism , when examination day came , without a single exception for eight years we ran away with every { half-yearly prize at examination , amounting to sixteen annuallv .
Having then derived so much advantage in early Hie from the attention and study of others , society has now a right to expect some return in our maturer years . Let us then proceed with the rcpitition of the last four years . In 18 * 2 , Chartism had its Convention in London , and at that Convention it was decided that the Chartists should take no part in any outbreak that , the ' League created . It was also
decided , that every means should be resorted to to insure tie co-operation of the several trades , and especially of the trades of Manchester . In August ef that year | circumstances occurred which called the Manchester trades into action , and at the Manchester Conference , held the same month , we assigned as our reason for mixing the | Charter with the then strike , the probable effect that it might have upon the trades .
Now to those who merely thought ' upon the outbreak , and not upon the Chartist policy which lessened the evil that might otherwise have occurred , this repetition is indispensable ; the policy of adopting the strike was forced upon the Chartist body , by the hope that it would ensure a co-operation of the trades . The trades , however , made their own terms , and deserted us;—tlio Chartists remained faithful to their policy , and were persecuted . Hence the blow of 1 S 12 was rendered more poignant by the desertion ot the trades than by the law ' s oppression . After that Chartism , so often deceived and always valiant
and uncompromising itself always suffering for the laults of others , was called upon to make a distinct rally for itself , unconiiding , save in its own resources , and relying solely upon the value of its own prin : ciples and the energy of its own disci ples . It was admitted that he was a bold man who would even undertake to rally and unite the scattered fragments of Chartism . In September , 1813 , the present Executive , with slight modification , was elected at Birmingham to perform the Herculean labour of regenerating . The poiiey proposed there tilled every
upbraiding virtuous heart with indignation ; pamphlet stricture and denunciation followed each other in qaick succession , and every disappointed expectant poured his burning wrath upon his more fortunate rival . The new policy gave fruitful promise ot funds , and funds gave an abundant crop of expectants . Chartism was now killed , and no mistake . All had deserted its banners : O'Connor had betrayed its principles , the Executive had violated their duty , a war of exterraination was proclaimed .- Peace and reflection , however , was the result of the wise policy of the Executive .
In 1844 another Convention assembled nt Manchester . The rules of the Association were re-modelled , the advocates of the Land plan were paralysed and mute , lest the enthusiasm of the eloquent should present them as the enemies of the Chartist principle . The Land was not mentioned , a new enrolment was undertaken , in three months Mr . O'Connor succeeded in amassing £ Q 5 for the Chartist Executive at an exponce of £ 120 out of his own pocket . From April , 1844 , to April , 1845 , Chartism went on limping but living , hobbling but progressing . A new crop of malcontents sprung up , and as speedily vanished . The takc-no-heed policy of the Executive , as in all
all other cases , allowed this new crop to perish for want of opposition . In 1845 , the ^ smallest Chartist Convention ever assembled , that appeared a mockery to our cause , met in London , and again the Land was introduced as a Chartist auxiliary , and from that period to the present , without any other favourable circumstances presenting themselves , Chartism has progressed more within the last twelve months than from 1 S 35 to 1845 . And it is because its present promising position offers a luring bait for profitable employment , that we have now to deal with the new obstacle that bas arisen , one which , however , the good sense of the working classes will nip in the bud .
The policy of separating the offices of Executive ai ; d Directors is now partially spoken of as a harmless but necessary measure ; if it was harmless we would acknowledge its necessity , but it is in consequence of the mischief being great and certain , while the necessity is unproven , that we see the danger . It strikes our mind that this sale blow now aimed at the Executive will recoil against their assailants . During a long period of the time to which we have referred it was argued that there was no
necessity lor an Executive , while it is now contended that Chartist business alone would furnish ample labour for that body . Men who contend fur a policy do not consider themselves bound to view the probable dangers that may result from it , they content themselves with presenting the mere 2 ) ossible advantages . It is because we see , not the possibility , not the probability , but the actual certainty of danger from the whispered policy , that we undertake the duty of laying the case clearly before those who have the greatest interest h it .
We will suppose two distinct bodies elected to govern the present movement . Directors to govern the Land , and an Executive to govern Chartism . The Directors are paid out of an ascertainable fund , the Executive depend upon the amount of temporary enthusiasm they can create for subsistence . Enthusiasm fails and subsistence is withheld . Now , not judging too harshly of human nature , is it too much to anticipate that men in that situation would enforce their title also to be quartered upon a certain fund , the certain result of which would be either
that the fund would" be speedily swallowed , or that inequality would lead to dissatisfaction , and dissatisfaction to dissension , contention , and strife . But , say the advocates of the new policy , the Chartist Executive need not be paid , except the secretary ; then we answer , that the Chartist Executive would not work , and if working men work without pay , their sincerity must be doubted . Upon the other hand , we may ask in passing , whether those who subscribe weekly . towards practical . Chartism are less to be relied upon than those who chafer and denounce , investigate and condemn , or sometimes condemn
without investigating , and if not , ' we have the admitted fact that the number of enrolled paying practical Chartists more taau three-fold exceeds the number of Chartists who voted ior the last election of the Executive . It must naturally occur that the promulgation of a completely new principle will , in the outset , require more attention than the same principle when it is matured and understood ; in the same manner as the growing child daily dispenses with a portion of its nurse ' s attention ; but ouch day lessens / instead of
inuie ; . sing , the duties of the Land Diroctors , and onablc 3 them to devote more of their time to the principles of Chartism . The existence of ten suctions would entail no more troublo upon the Directors than the existence of one single section . It is true , and the Directors have admitted the truth , and scon the necessity , that each should have its own secretary , not only because the accounts should be kept distinct and apart , but because the labour of performing tiie duty to two sections would be precisel y double the labour required for the performance of the business of one section . Thus it will be seen that
where difficulties present themselves , and where additional aid is required , the Directors arc prepared to meet those difliculties , and to seek for , and apply , die proper aid . In our humble judgment it would rcpuirc a very searching brain to discover any legitimate cause of complaint against the present Execuiivo ; while the fact of severing the two offices would not be a mere admission that the duties were too arduous , but would be an assertion that some of the duties were left unperformed .
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But beyond even this paltry consideration for the feelings of officials , stands the certain , the inevitable damage , that such a course must inevitably entail upon both sides of the Chartist body—upon the Land , and the principle . Again , we should jiave the flag of distinction raised with the enthusiastic and confiding upon the one side , and the deliberative , the persevering , and the brave upon the other side , an event which we are not prepared to hasten or to encourage . Some may then ask , what then , are the Directors not to be removed because they are of the Executive ? or
is the Executive to be permanent because they are o ' the Directors ? Our answer is plain and simple , and based upon the vote of the Convention that adopted the plan , and the Conference that further matured the plan . Those representative bodies—the one representing the Chartist principle , and the other the landed interest , decided that the Chartist Executive should be entrusted as the Land Directory . Thus having linked and incorporated the political principle and its social result , what we suggest is , that in all cases the Executive , when elected , shall also constitute the Land Directory ; and for ourselves and
for our brethren we have no hesitation in saying , that the vote of the Land Conference which conferred the office of Directors upon them till December next , will not stand in the way of the next Chartist Con . vention , being free to act upon the princi ple we have laid down—that is , that if the power of electing the Executive be conferred upon the Convention , tho present Directors will have no hesitation in surrendering the unexpired term of their trust , in order that their holding of office as Directors ' should not stand in the way of the appointment of a new Executiv ? -
In conclusion , we would implore the Land members not to open their funds to a rival competition , while wo would beseech the Chartist body not to allow themselves to be entrapped into a scheme , the effect of which would be to deprive their principles of a support which of themselves they say they are too poor to render . It is impossible , wholly , utterly , entirely impossible , to separate tho Land and tho Charter , or the managing body , without inflicting irreparable injury upon both . If the advocates of
this new division had contended for an increase in the managing body , wo might have discovered less danger to the cause , but not the less necessity for resisting unnecessary encroachment upon the funds . When the next Convention is held , which tho recent news from America , in connection with the present state of parties , is likely to accelerate , the Executive of the Chartist Association will be prepared to employ more lecturers at the salaries they receive themselves than have at any previous period been engaged in Chartist agitation , but they will not be prepared to advocate a policy which would disable them from supplying aid when it was most required . By fostering the Chartist funds the Executive will be enabled
to apply labour to the Chartist cause when it stands most in need of it by the employment of lecturers , who , however , if elected at a permanent sa ' ary , will be left , as the present Executive frequently has been , without sustenance , salary or support , other than what has been furnished by an unjustifiable draw upon the purse of . an individual—for it matters not whether Mr . 6 'Cossob pay the salary out of his own pocket , or spend the amount in collecting it from others . All that we desire is , that the country may weigh the subject , speak its mind , and , a 3 we speak unreservedly to all , that those who receive secret missives will transmit them to those who are . bound to defend the Chartist cause against the assaults of open foe 3 and secret enemies .
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the gullibility of our readers , that war with Amerio is inevitable , and that the embodiment of the militia will be an inevitable consequence of that war . The subtle policy which was intended to lure America into unsuspicious indifference had not its proposed effect upon us . We felt , from the moment that we read the President ' s message to the present , that war was inevitable , and that the militia would be embodied . It appears , however , that the Stock Exchange policy pursued by the English press had the effect of lulling the suspicions of the working classes , and of persuading them that the Anti-Militia
Association was no longer needed . Now , this is precisely tne cause of quarrel which we have with those who receive our admonition , kindly act upon it for a moment , and then , if the threatened effect docs not instantly follow the cause , the agitation is given up . We now write to assure the working classes that the Secretary-at-War merely asked them to suspend their anti-militia operations in order that he mi ght be ready with his trap before the people were prepared to resist it . It is doubtfnl whether Mr . Pole ' s postscript may not have a greater effect upon the Irish Coercion Bill even than the marshalled resistance of
the Irish members . However , of this fact we are sure , that there never was a time in the history of this country when a good understanding between American and English Chartists and Irish Repealers may be better turned to the account of Chartism , Landism , and Repealism . Last week we published the manifesto of the American democrats , wherein they state that Land Democracy is the only one principle worth
contending for . Let us , then , prove by our petitions that we are o pposed to Irish coercion ; let us prove by our anti-militia movement that we are opposed to unjust wars , and to fighting for the preservation of the rights and privileges of tyrants ; and let us prove , by undying perseverance in the Land scheme , that we understand the value of Land Democracy a well as the Americans do . After a lapse of a few weeks , we now revive the cry of NO VOTE ! NO MUBKEII I
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Exposcbe of a Gang op Cbimpsi . —On Tuesday the 7 th , a case of fraud and contravention of the 8 th and 12 th sections of the Seaman ' s Act , was opened up in the Justice of Peace ' s Court , Glasgow , when the villainy of the crimps' dark deeds was discovered and brought to light by Mr . James Fildes , secretary to the Seaman ' s Guardian Society . The victim selected by the erinips was a Spanish seaman named 'Woods , who deposed that he boarded with a tavern keeper named Findlay , who took him to the crimps' office , named Boyd , Flett , and Brjce , alia * Bryce Devine , alias Bryce Devins , alias Burnay Devin , olios D . Boyce ( those were the names ou the warrant ) , for a ship . Bryce and Flett took Woods to tho barque "Margaret Poynter" to be
approved by the master , who was pleased , and ordered the man to be shipped , and come to work- on Monday . He n-entou Monday , and Flett , at one p . m ., came / or him to sign the ship ' s articles . He went to the crimps ' office ; Bryce was there , and after he had signed , Bryce would take the advance note of wages to Mr . Findlay . To this Woods said , "No , give it me ! " H » did so . Woods then said , "Did Findlay pay you 5 s . for my shipping fee ? for he told me he did . " To this Bryee answered , "Yes ; it is all rfcht—all correct . " Woods then went to work until night , and asked Tindlay for his bill , which was produced in court ( one item —namely , "Paid , shipping fees , 5 s . " ) Woods then looked over his documeut , and found that Findlay was defrauding him , and determined to seek protection from his own class , aud applied to Mr . Fildes , who broughtthecasebeforeLieut . Forreat , R . N ., whotookit to court . James Reid , seaman , sworn : Was in the office
of Boyd , Flett , and Brjce , alias &c . Saw Woods sign articles , lleard him ask Bryce if Findlay had paid the shipping fee . Bryce said , "Yes ; -it ' s all right—all correct : " and patted Woods on the shoulder . —William Brown , Customs' clerk , sworn : Produced schedule G of the crew shipped . Woods' name was there . Did know the defendor , but not his name . Could not tell fcis real name . Defendant ' s lawyer then objected , as his client ' s name was not spellod right . It was Devine , olios < fcc , in the charge sheet , but his name was . Devon . After three hours' squabbling , in which the patience of all was tried , the case was adjourned until the 21 st , for the plaintiff ' s lawyer to prove that the defendant has gone under the whole batch of aliases . There was a strong muster of the "fancy " at the trial . We are informed , from a source on which we can r « ly , that Findlay and the whole batch will be followed up with the utmost rigour of the law . Glasgow , April 10 , 1816 .
Ailen Davenport . —Next Week . Mr . John Sterrit , or Carlisle . —Mr . R , Burrell , of Greenock , requests us to notice that the wife of Mr . John Sterrit , of Carlisle , was safely delivered of a daughter on the 7 th instant . We notice this here , because our correspondent informed us that Mr . Sterrit left Carlisle in search of employment some week 3 ago , and has not been heard of since . He has hitherto been a constant reader of the Star . ' Should he see this notice , he is requested to communicate with hie family . : J . Sweet begs to acknowled ge the recei pt of the following sums for the forthcoming Convention : —From tho Seven Stars Locality , 4 s . Sd . ; Mr . Joseph Robinson , Is . ; Mr . Morris , 61 ; Mr . Croft , 61 ; Mr . Smith , 3 d . - Mr . Bown , 3 d . '
The Coming Cordwainer ' s Confeiieijce . —We have received the following fronrtht Editor of the Conlminer ' s Companion : — As , in a very short period after another Conference of our trade is to be held , I would fuin say a word or two by way of advice to my brother craftsmen on the subject with a view of . doing something to . wards the formation , at last , of a really "general" association . ¦ . The two preceding attempts , I am well aware , have been but attempts—attempts , forced on , Ms true , through amultitude of obstacles , as they were always endnngeredin theirafter working , from tiieevilrejultsofa most bitter spirit of more partisanship . Let all this , however , at the present moment , not deter , but rather excite . to renewed exertions , in every way , and by any condition aud section of shoemakers alike , and thus that the ensuing Conference may lead to strength and harmony and that these advantages may , also , long continue . Be it , then , the great aim of every shoemaker to help tothis-Scotchas well as English—Welsh as well as
Irish . Let all try their best ; and especiall y , let those of the " ancient regimeii" do away for the time with some of their men ' s lurking misgivings , and come an * " confer" at least , with their fellow workmen of the altered system , and thus the closer to examine what in reality it is , and to abide by the conviction for or against , yvhM in this way , and in this way alone is to be truthfully created . Let , for instance , the " old trade " of Glasgow send its delegate to such Conference , and of BdinbuiKh . and of Dublin , and of that division of the London West-end men ' s men which has not yet been brought to join the Association ; and Ule Borou- 'h men ' s and women ' s bodies , and the City wren ' s men , the same ; and , then , if any real good can beaccoin- ' phshed , be it so acvomplished ; or , if not , let the former sectional system revive again , as any system would be preferable to the almost « o system now so prevalent , to the injury of aU , and the advantage of none !
Veteran Patriots' and Exiled Widows' and Chil . DREN ' s FUNDS .-Iteeeipts for the week : Collection after my Lecture at the South London Chartist Hall last Sunday , 4 s . 8 } d . A Lover of Justice , per Mr Overtoil , London , Is . Brighton Chartist , per Mr ' Flower 10 s . Total 15 s . 8 } , l . _ bting considerably be ! low half of our weekly expenditure of Two Pound , Once again , 1 beg . most earnestl y , that my brother " chartists will remember their boumlen duty towards the aged toilers in tbe struggle for freedom , and & wards th « widows and orphans of those who are en durmjj bitter bondages across the ocean , for their devotion to the same high a « d hol y cause . How is it that neither from the Staffordshire Potteries Nottine ham , Leeds , Todmorden , Oldham , Sheffield , Newcastle . en-Tyne , Glasgow , Edinburgh , Northampton Kctter injj , Norwich , Ipswich , Bristol , Bath , and n umerous
other districts , usually understood to be Chartist lo ealities , not a single contribution has been sent for these two funds ! Burnley in Lancashire , a town e * pericneing as deep poverty as any town in England , has remitted knee ; and Bradford , Birmingham , Man hester , Rochester , Brighton , with Hamilton in Scotland have remitted twice , whue London has confuted more than one-third of the entire sum rakedI to Um « ss '» sxr : rriS iS ^ M ^ a-sbr . * they possess intellects that can properly estimate thl efforts made to win their rights by eE ™ 1 ig hearts towards the sufferers by those efforts . -Tuomas Cooper , Secretary , m , Blankfriars ' . road
Robert F . ndmv , Aberdeen-Ought to have received X ^ on -,:::: usual thne - They *™ *«« Joshua Hobmw , Bradford , Wilts . -We do not sinnlv isa ^ r " - ^ 1 -- * ' - " " - * " ^ aasfiL-sssv-j ^ "ten * , tton Mr . H . w . «¦ „ ,. „ , of aJ , " JJ £ »'
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Jons Moss , of Carrisqton , is informed that we have made frequent applications to the London Joiht-Stouk Bank for the sum of £ 12 , which has been acknow . ledged in the Star as having been remitted by him , but the Bank has received no advice on the subject . We request his immediate attention to this . Mr . G . Cavim ,, of Sheffield , is also informed that tlie London and Westminster Bank has received no advice to pay us the sum of j £ 17 odd , which lias also been acknowledged in the Star as remitted by him .
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FAMINE , EVICTION OF TENANTRY , POPU . LAR OUTBREAKS . From all parts of Ireland the most heart-rendin » accounts reach us of the progress ef the laraine ! Numbers of miserable families are starving upon one meal of wretched food in the twenty-four hours . Unless prompt measures are taken by the Government to relieve the kunger of the people , the moat awful results may be anticipated to take place immediately .
EVICTION OF TENANTRY . The Waterford Chronicle of Saturday contains aa account extending to nearl y four columns , of the eviction of 50 families , comprising 227 human beings , by the Marquis oHVaterford , from liis property " at Graisshoneen , Kilmacthomas , and several families numbering 80 persons from Glenafoca , also the propertyot ' the Marquis . It appears from . ' . this statement that the tenants held the . land under lease for the life of one John Love , who , it is said ) died some time ago in America . The landlord , it is alleged , gave but £ 2 to such of the tenants as threw down their houses of their own free will , and it is added , that there was no complaint of non-payment of rent . Several stated that they owed no rent , and otuen said they wero ready to pay what they owed . In ad . dition to the 357 persons thus thrown upon the world , there are seventeen families yet in jeopardy at Craigshoneen .
Tho Evening Freeman of Saturday , contains tlie following : — " Letters have reached town to-day announcing that there was an outbreak of the people at Clonmel , the county town of South Tipperarv , yesterday . The people , who are reduced to the utmost extremity of distress , and whose bones protraded through the skin which covered them , staring throuL'h hollow eyes as if they had just risen from their shrouds , cried out that they could no longer endure the extremity of their distress , and that they must take that food which they could not procure , and without which they could not live . They therefore assembled yesterday to the number of several hundreds and attacked the extensive and valuable flour nulls situate just in the town . These mills are the largest , most valuable , and nerhana tf >» i . mt
stocked of any in Ireland . They are the propertv of several Quaker gentlemen , named Grubb , Malcolmson , and Hughes . - Fortunately , before the people could force their way into the mills , the army , con . sisting of artillery .-aol dragoons , had arrived at the scene ot outrage / and succeeded in dispersing the notew without loss of property , and happily without loss of hfo . The people dispersed in the town , again , it would appear , collected at some rendezvous in its vicinity , and they forthwith proceeded toMarfiled mills , the most extensive flour manufactory in Ireland . The proprietor is Mr . Stein , a Scotch gentleman , largely engaged in the distilling of whiskey irora gram , and long a resident in this country . It is said that into this place the people were enab ^ d to force their way , but whether they were alao successful in plundering it we have not been enabled W ascertain . '
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POPULAR OUTBREAKS . The Limerick papers contain accounts of an ex « traordmary assemblage of 5 , 000 labourers at Tory . lnll . Croom , on . Thursday , in pursuance of a notice posted in several places in that and the surrounding parishes , calling on the people to assemble , for the purpose of obtaining food and eraplovment lor themselves and their families . . " At about ton o ' clock in the morning , " says tho Mammer ' the people began to assemble on tlie spot jppoint | d ,. and the number continued to increase 1 W * ¥ w o ' clock , when tlie Rev . Mr . Median , Catholic Curate-, ascended the hill from the residence dn «? J £ Sj ^ Wman . ^ the purpose of ad < oressiHg them , . with a vie * to separate the meeting . mis
"U iimo mere were between 3 , 000 and 4 000 persons assembled , and every minute more arrived , inerewasnoinusic-all was silence-there was no show , with the exception of one flag , which WJ raised on the summit of the hill . The rev . gentleman advised the people to lower the flag , and separate peaceably and orderl y , and called their attention to the measures that had l ) een , and were being , IS" ? n ° - . nt and the local gentry for their rchet . Ik poutedI out the dreadful cogences that wodd ensue if [ they broke the peace , and renderetlot no elfect the efforts that were making to procure them iood and employment . He was listened to with silence , but when he coneludcl th * ( Lie . was
lowered , and lie left the hillunder the impression that the meeting would speedily dissolve . This ,, however , was not the case ; numbers of labourers continued to rrived from every part of the country . In a short time the flag was again raised , and by half-past one c ? clockthere were at least 5 . 0 S 0 > persona ou th" bffl . About this time the rev . Mi- O'Shea , Catholic Curate rode up to the place where tbe fla ^ m elevated , and began to address the pewte . " ° ihe Chronicle gives the substasea oC them , go * tleman ' s speech , as follow *; - ' Bo 's . I suppose this bthe banner under which 1 have to tight . ( Hear . ) You have-, at all times aid places , respected vour elersiv . and 1 ben to ask notf
it you still entertain that respect for them and their " counsel ? ( Crie-iofWedo . ) Then 1 call upon you to prove it , by removing this standard . ( The mandate was immediately obeyed , ami tho banner removed . ) Now , then , as a friend , I have to pr otest against your ? . s ' jomb ) ing in this manner— ii , is i ^ S " for you to do f , o , and at the presenttiuw most iiuprudent . ( GiVn of We want > vork . ' ) I knowyou < to
The North Esn- Stah. Saturday, Ai'ril 18, 1848.
THE NORTH ESN- STAH . SATURDAY , Ai'RIL 18 , 1848 .
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NO VOTE-NO MUSKET . The little " spec" in the west , which Sir Robert Peel hoped to dispel by conferring patronage upon a section of the Catholic Church , has now grown into a dark and dingy cloud , which will take a lar ^ e amount of ministerial concession to disperse . His last year ' s message of peace to Ireland was received as a doubtful ottering , his present unconstitutional missive has the merit however of being clear , plain , and unequivocal . No doubt the prime minister built ' upon the influence of English gold , upon the effect of the proposed tariff , upon the goed feeling of Franco , as a means of insuring peace through intimidation , while the English press laboured hard to convince us that the President ' s message was a mere nine days'
wonder , and that Mr . Polk , like the protectionists and-The Times , would " swallow the loek . " Mr . Polk , however , ' has sent a postscript to his message to the Senate , in which he briefly recapitulates the principal points urged in the "bug yarn , " and not a word of which he declares does he , see reason to retract . The straight-forward American answers English sub . tloty , English cunning and duplicity , with straight , forward American honesty . I admit , says the President , that England lisps peace while her every action proclaims war . She savs that she , is at > eaco with tho world , that her free-trade policy | s likely to extend and perpetuate those peaceful relations , while at the same time she breathes thunder through her increased naval armaments , her increasing enlistment , and her threatened militia bill .
Oh . says The Times , how unfair , how ungenerous , how unpolito , while England bows and scrapes , and professes ths tenderest regard for peace , the uncouth American has not the good manners or the good taste so to jwrap up his feelings of English diplomacy as to preserve our Stock Exchange from so sudden a calamity as the disappearance of the Government broker . How ridiculous the moneygrubbing press of England must now appear , when
Mr . President Polk , the American Congress and Senate , have virtually , if not actually , declared this nevcr-to-come war . Notice to quit is to be served upon the English minister , and the Thunderer tells us that this ; . per « e , is a declaration of war ; a war in which the blood , the mind , the nerve , the feeling , and the pride of every Engluhnaan will be ' enlisted ; a war , which , if forced upon us by American insolence and a submission to democratic howling , must beone
ot ruin to America . We took the liberty of dissenting from our cotemporary very early in tho discussion of the subject , and we have seen no reason to retract a single opinion that we have advanced . We announced that all class and sectional interests in America would merge into au anti-English feeling , and that tlie several interests in the several states would be united until the struggle against monarchical intervention was finally decided . With regard to England , we ventured te assert that nineteen in twenty of tho whole population would' raise their voiees against a war which
had-for its object resistance to democratic principles . Nay more , we further ventured to suggest the possibility of Sir Robert Peel ' s sending a squadron of observation to prowl round the American coast , if pushed hard by the protectionists ; but we did not venture to anticipate the stronger alliance being formed between America and the IriBh by the new and numerous ties of affections by which the coerced Irish convicts , doomed to imprisonment in their mud hovels , would be bound by the thousands , the tens of thousands of able-bodied Irishmen , who are now flying from
landlord tyranny to take refuge under the banner of democracy . Wkile the English cabinet is meditating an Vnlhtmcnt Bill for tho entrapment of VOLUNTEERS , her tyranny is furnishing willing soldiers to fight against their oppression in foreign lands . ^ The Irish people aro bound together by clanship , affection , consanguinity and connection ' ; and tho thousands who have left the shores of Limerick , Cork , and Waterford , and the hot temperature of Tinperary and Clare , will havo each left hundreds of relatives at home who would rather
war asjamt England , and tho oligarchy of Ireland , than against the government from which their exiled friends expect that comfort which their own country has denied them . Nay more , the Irish are not satisfied with a negative policy , they will not bo reconciled to inaction which threatens injury to their friends , and it is not at all unlikely that a little domestic diversion may be got up at homo , requiring the presence of our standing army there . Wo m-iy now pre / iuiue , without drawing much upon
Co Jfoaforss & Comsspotflrcnt&
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RECEIPTS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATITE LAND SOCIETY . . SECTION No . I . PER MR . O'CONNOR . HUMS . £ , No . 1 branch , Glasgow , per J . Smith .. „ 2 17 0 Perahoro , per VT . Conn . < .. » 3 0 0 Exeter , per P . Clark 63 in Halifax , per C . W .-Smith U i 0 „ Shrewsbury , per J . Powell 0 5 n W . Kendall , Otloy o 5 I Manchester , per J . Murray .. .. „ 31 3 i Burnley , per C . Webster ,. ,. .. „ 11 0 „ Stockport , per P . Walker !> 0 a Heywood , por W . Bingham .. .. ,. 10 13 < Warrington , per R . Lomat .. .. ,. 0 10 n Per ditto , for Renj Anderson „ ,. inn Per ditto , for Edward Lawless , 1 0 n Rudcliffe Bridge , per R . Ilaincr 1 10 n Ashton , per J . Taylor for J . Latimer .. .. 3 10 n Macclejfic-ld , per J . Warren „ M « 6 0 n Nottingham , No . 1 , per J . Sweet 117 s Hyde , per J . Hough .. 115 6 Scarborough , per fl . Kneeshall 1 15 « Leicester , per G . Noon .. „ „ .. 20 ft Hamilton , per W . Weir .. .. 1 19 1 Greenoek , per R . Burrell „ " 2 0 ft Arbroath , per J . Stephen ,. „ ' .. 2 0 0 £ 1 O 8 JU J DIBECTOH 3 FUND , Exeter ,. , 0 1 2 Baeup ! ' 0 6 s Oxford .. 0 4 10 Scarborough .. .. 0 1 H Hamilton ,. ,. „ „ „ ,. 0 0 11 CARDS AND ECLES . No . 1 branch , Glasgow .. „ „ .. 040 Nottingham , per J . Sweet ,. „ .. 029 CONFERENCE LEV ! . Heywood , per W . Bingham .. .. .. 0 2 0 Bacup 0 10 Old Bnsford 0 1 3 Scurborough 0 0 9 SECTION No . 2 . Thomas Winterbottom , Cheshire .. .. 2 12 ( James Anderson , sen ., Manchester .. .. 5 4 t Total , Section No . 1 ... ... ... 108 H r , Do . do . 2 ... ... ... 7 1 G 8 £ ilG _ n _! HATIONA . I . CHAKTER ASSOCIATION . EXECUTIVE . ? ER MR . O ' CONNOR . Manchester , from Mr . O'Connor ' s lecture .. 1 17 0 Females of Todmorden .. .. .. ... 0 12 0 Macclesfield , per H . Hargraves for Chartist Con-JZ *™? ! ! 0 Pilkington .. .. » ,. .. 050 The sum nnnounced under this head from Blackburn 7 s . !) d ., last week , iras for the Directors of the Land Society , and not for the Chartist Executive . EXILES' WIDOWS' PDND . P £ R MB . O ' CONNOR . Scarborough , per R . Kneeshall ... .. .. 0 2 "J NATIONAL ANTI-MILIT 1 A FOND , PEH MB . O ' cONNOH . Lcicwter , per W . Green „ 0 15 5 Nottingham , per J . Sweet .. .. „ 0 3 0 R . Town , Huliue 0 0 3 WIDOW PEEBT . PER MR . O ' CONNOR . T . Threddor 0 0 6 Oldham , from Mr . O'Connor's lecture .. ,. 2 6 0 Poland's regeneration fund , per mr . o ' connor . George Naivsora 0 0 « J . Drownsfield .. .. „ „ .. 0 0 5 T . Thredder 0 0 S Rachael , the Jewess 0 0 1 Pilkington 0 B 0 Sheffield , per G . Cavill .. .. .. ' .. 0 5 0 The subscription of Mr . Paulhance , announced last week as Is . should hare buen £ 1 .
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Thomas Coopeb. Ths Ch&Stist's Works.
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 18, 1846, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1363/page/4/
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