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snry bench opposite , from that" fellow fetfmg which llffket OS wondrous kind , " a ™* tie ex pectation that if ever they sattliete again , the present officials mil act upon the old adage 'Hal " one good turn deserves another , " \ re « s { coinpelled to admit Mr . Duncomhehad reaJe out a good ease , as against Mr . KBIIT ' S publishing the Tost OJice Virtctorv . We hare no doubt that- though the Committee was refused , ti'e discussion will have a salutary effect , and perhaps the dread of a renewal of the subject will lead t o a virtual attainment of the object in view . i . ! . ___ . *«» x _ . _ . 4 t « it •« follow fwl . nir trliipli
A question of immense importance to the working classes was debated oa Wednesday—the new Bill for the regulation of Friendly Societies . When the matter was first brought forward by Mr . Dcscomde , It was with die view of settling by a declarator act the legality of all Societies which have been enrolled by Mr . Tidd Pratt , the barrister , appointed for that purpose , and which had been made questionable bj a decision of Mr . Justice Wightmax . Sir J . Graham did not oppose tke introduction of the bill for ttiat purpose , he even appeared friendly to it , and only requested a little time to consult with Mr . Tu > i >
Pratt , ior the purpose of making it more effective . He went farther , and took it out of the hands of the honest friend of the industrious classes who brought it in , and it now appaers that he has made u * e of both opportunities to "take care of it as the wolt takes care of the Iamb . " The Bill not only leaves the question of legality exactly where it was , but demands that all future Societies sha'd bave the sanction of the Attorney-rieneral and the Home Secretary before being approved of by the barrister , Existing
societies that may wish to set at rest the legal questiou by enrolment under the new act , must undergo the irin'iillance of these authorities . The animus by which they are actuated with reference to such bodies , may be judged of by the undisguised avowal of Sir J . Graham , that every obstruction will hs thrown in the way of making these societies auxiliary to combinations among the workmen for protection against the aggressions of their employers , or procuring a fair price for their labour .
A provision in the first clause of the act , as introduced by the Uome Secretary , is , " that the investment of each member shall be employed for the sole benefit of the person investing , or for his children or kin , and that no party shall give Ms investment for the relief , maintenance , or endowment of any other person or member whatever . " Mr . Dcxcombe objected to this provision , that persons subscribing to the funds of a society , ought to have the power of transferring their investments but Sir James , npon being pressed , replied : — "He was afraid the accumulations of these societies , which l » re a high rate of interest , might be directed to the purpose of holding out under strikes with their employers for a lone time . " Under the false pretence
Of improving the law relating to Friendly Societies , it will , therefore , be seen that the Home Secretary is seeking to diminish the power of the operatives to stand out for better terms in a dispute with their masters about wages . If such an object is thought proper , legal , or just , why not go about it in a straightforward and manly way , instead of insinuating such a provision into a bill professedly friendly to the industrious classes ? That such combinations are legal there can be nn
doubt , that they arc just is equally beyond cavil , and this shameful attempt of the Government to , and the already strongest party in all such contests , is only another proof of the antagonism of capital to labour -which pervades the whole ofour system . The only effect , ho « ever , which such legislation will have will be , not to repress strikes but to discourage Friendly Societies , and thus discourage the growth of those provident habits , which are so advantageous to the working classes , and which are at present fostered by such societies .
Apart from this consideration , it may be asked why such enactments should be made for the poor ? A rich man who ensures his life rosy transfer his interest in the life insurance to another . Why should the poor man who invests his savings in a friendly society be denied the same right ! It is merely another added to the already too numerous proofs of the fact that"" there is ofie lav for the rich and another for the poor . "
We had intended to comment upon the course recently taken with reference to railway legislation , hat must defer it until our next .
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The Scotch Poor Xaw . —To the Editor of the Xobthebs Stab . —Sir , —I send you the following particulars or tlie worktnp ol the Xew Poor iaw" for Scotland , thinking th < y will perhaps be of-use : —The assessment is laid on in a very partial manner , a few of the inhabitants being assessed while others who hare as good incomes get clrar . Last December , the inhabitants were assessed for £ 150 to support the poor from August , ISiS , to February , 1846 ; and tiiii week they are again assessed to raise the like sum for the support of the poor from February , 184 G , to August , 1846 . I will give you ( i-sample of the manner in which the ; lay on the assessment . Farmers who -rent twentr acres are assessedon £ SO , astheextentof < their " means . . ! ¦ ? . y
and substance , " fur-six months , while tradesmen , such . as tailors , shoemakers , and smiths ( some having no more work than just kept themselves going ) , arc assessedon £ 40 or £ 45 , as their means and -substance , fur fix mouths ; and the board fays in their tax-paper , that "the -aausuUee has aieerttunetT that so and so is their income . When the law first came into operation , two respectable tradesmen offered to collect the tax gratuitously for the first year ,-so that the p jor might derive a greater benefit from the assessment , bnt our Paroeliial Board could not think of such athiuj , eo they gave their Jack-inoffice , the-Session clerk , £ 25 < ir £ 5 & per annum , for bearing the name of 0 >• ' , r < J e _ * 'I
collector , the taxpayers being compelled , under a penalty to go to the taxeaters ( Session Clerks ) residence , to pay th « assesmeiit . At the last election of the rate-psyers , to strw on the Parochial Board , only eleven individuals attended the meeting , bnt I think from the spirit miuck now pervades tiie people , that more will attend ¦ elmreh next election , than those-who attended the weekly lucubrations of the ghostly teacher of the parish , he being like all paid priests very earnest for bis hearers to lay ep their treasures where the moth and thief never make their appearance . Thanking jou siucerely for the glorious articlcB which appeared in the Star during the pasdng of the Poor Law through the house , 1 remain , your admirer and dicciule .
rolmont , nearFalkirk . Geoege Ikglis . AjrillO . lSit Johs YfULEY , XtwBEGis , Miltos , requests Mr . Gea . Soon , of Leicester , tu forward his address to Mr . Vf . Mil . W . Geeek , ot LeicestersndlSr . Furnival , of BUston , are informed by the anti-militia secretary , that the managers have declined issuing any rules until such time as Mr . Sidney HerbertsballhavemadehiE state . meat . J . Face , Brighton . —tTe cannot inform you which is the bestsjsteiu of short-hand . H- The lines are inadmiccable . l ' oa will get any nVor nation concerning the Chartist Association by apply ing to the sub-secretary , at tlie Carpenters' Hail , Manchester . Meetings are held there every Sunday evening . A Cosstakt Reaoeb . —Like you we greatly admire Hira Cock's Poetry , but tfcc lines £ n praise of that lady are not stirring enough to suit the columns of the Star .
JL . S . Makchesteb . —We should have no olgection to " shout O'Cunnor ' s praise , " provided the ! shouting was in good poetry , but this not being the case , we inuet respectfully decline inserting the lines . B . P . LoEGHBOEoccu . — -The lines will not do . If the two pieces by the late i . II . Bnunwich , have not been published , send them to this office . H . M . Ashbcrtos . —We are sorry we must refuse the two pieces , hut ¦ " half-and-half" will not do in paetry . A Yousg O'CoJisoiuTE—The lines are not poetry . J . M ' Do . xald , Edinburgh . —We have not cnyon hand . Mr . Heywood , 5 S , Oldliam Street , Manchester , has purchased our stock . We cannot inform you of Mr . H ' s charge to Agents . You had better write to him . Y . B . —We dont kuo » tbe address of Mr . Parker , General Secretary to the Tailors Protection Societj . ' Author asi > Uevihyee . —Very much against our own
judgment and against the established rules of common erase and etiquette , in deference to Mr . Harntv ' s feelings , trc have submitted to the infliction of opening the columns of the Xorllem Star to a kind of cross fire between Authors who do not relish the reviews of their works and the reviewer who is called upon first to read them and then to comment . In many cages this duty is quite hardship enough with . out baring the duty of self defence imposed upon the R eviewer . Lit the reader only for a moment reflect ¦ upon t !; e incessant squabbling to which such course must inevitably lead . An author nrites a book and submits it for criticism , the critique does not suit his t&itc , and straightway he betakes himself to an attack ^ up . jn tli e reviewer : not to talk of the shackles thus Etiuiht to b .- imposed up « n criticism , could anything be muse rid tulous or prsHSc of dispute than ehc ! i a
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course if once tolerated . It is perfectl y ^ . to the author to seek another medium , attMk j ^ we beliete it is unprecedented , in the history of jj ens _ papers to submit to the chastisement of authors who are displeased with the reviews of an Editor it may be a good and cheap mode of . advertising , hut by no means a just one for analysing the merits of a publication . Many attempts have been made to subject the Editorial articles of the Star to the same Court of Appeal , hut we still preserve sufficient respect for the legitimate prerogative of the press , to reject all attempts to force us into an oflence or controversy upon Editorial articles ; and we must henceforth observe the same rule with regard to literary critiques . Vetebas Patbiots' asd Exiles' Wmows' akd Child . mnnn if once tolerated . It is nerfw . tir f . _
kes e Fcsds . —Receipts for the week : collection and net receipts of my lecture at the South London Chartist Hall , last Sunday night , Us . It . Wells , London , Is . ; P . W ; B ., Is . ; E . Trnelove , Secretary of the John Street Institution , 2 s . ; Julian Harncy , Is . ; H . Finch , Gloucester , 2 s . ; and Mr . Kuceshall , Scarbro ' , 2 s . 7 d . ; ( per Mr . Roger O'Connor ) : — Total , £ 1 . 3 s . 7 d . —Better than last week : but still far short of our weekly expenditure of £ 2 . What more can be said to arouse Chartists to a sense of their duty i I trust some , at least , are exerting themselves , and that another week will prove it . Rochdale was misprinted Rochester , in Hit l ast Star : Ruchdalchas sent two uoble contributions : Kochester has sent nothins ; nor am I aware that it has ever been a Chartist locality . Thomas Cooper , Secretary , 13 i , Blackfriara' Road .
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SECTION Xo . 1 . PEH MR . O'CONNOR . SHARES . £ S , u . Gorgic Mills , per W . Median 2 0 0 Yeovli .. .. •• .. .. 500 R . Hodge , WestLinton 0 15 0 \ V . Watson , ditto .. .. .. .. 0 1 0 H . M'Quary .. .. .. .. .. OlO Xorwk-h , per J . Hurry .. •_» 0 0 Oldiiam , per W . Hamer .. .. .. .. 200 Nottingham per J . Sweet .. .. .. 1 13 3 t'hepstow , per 0 . Walters .. .. ~ 3 0 o Keighley . pty J . Vicars .. .. .. .. 500 Manchester , per J . Murray .. .. .. 11 9 3 Rochdale , per E . Mitchell 0 18 0 Huddcrsiklu , per L . Lodge .. .. .. 300 Bradford , per J . Alderson .. .. ., 10 0 0 Itarnslcy , per J . Ward .. .. .. .. 500 Ashton-under-Lyne , per E . Hobson .. .. 6 11 0 Liverpool , per J . Arnold .. .. .. ., 387 _ £ ( UJ 17 1 SECTION No . 2 . Rochdale , perE . Mitchell .. .. ' _^ 2 _ 12 _ « CAKD 3 ASD BUIEE W . Watson , VTest Linton .. .. .. 004 IL M'Quary , ditto 0 0 4 Nottingham 0 6 0 LEVY TOR THE liSD CONFERENCE . Iluddersfield .. .. .. .. .. 0 X 9 Liverpool . 0 19 LEY ! FOS UIBECIOBS . Liverpool .. _ „ „ „ .. 0 1 9 $
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TO TIIE SC 15-SECRETARIES AND OFFICERS OF TIIE CHARTIST LAND SOCIETY . The astonishing progressmade by the Society in . having already completed the first section , affords die officers a reasonable and legitimate . ground of self congratulation , but , at tv e same time , we must not forget that it imposes an additional degree of care and responsibility . We are entering on a new era in our official duties ; the formation of the second section necessarily entails a degree of complication in tlie accounts ! , of which they have hitherto been divested ; to guard against this complication proving detrimental to the prospects t £ the Society , I have to request that each suUsvcretary will send me the name of every member in his locality , the amount of money lie hud paid up to the 18 th of April , and the number of s . arcs that he possesses . This list niustba made strictly corxect , as it trill be kept intact , and entirely ni thutfr-uiu Hie second section . 1 have further to request that the names uiay be written as legibly and correct as possible fallen into several
are having errors through the names of individuals being spelled hi various ways :: udwith various Christian names- In remitting money ' the officers must be careful to express distinctly tbe section to which the muuey is to be appropriated , and to detail the same in their lists sent to me . Each branch will open a distinct iwnion » . f their account-bouk for the second section . In cases where new books will b nccessarv tbev will be supplied , on application being made for tile saine . I would also suggest the propriety of a separate suUtreasurer being appointed fur the second scctinn . Upon these arrangements beiug carefully attended to , entirely depends tlie financial accuracy of the Society ' s accounts . In reply to various querists , 1 have further to observe , that a member of the first section , possessing one share , can at any time take up an additional whole or half share , and still belong tu the first section . Requesting a careful and immediate attention to the foregoing requests and suggestions , I remain , yours , Thomas M . Wheeler , Secrctarv .
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SnxsTEns . — Formerly , women were prohibited fram marrying until they had spun asct of bed-furniture ; and , till their wedding , were , consequently , called spinsters , which continues to this day in all legal proceedings . Thb Oldest IxiUBiTAsrr . —Tliere is a personagn in every town and village in England , known by tbe name of the Oldest luhabitant , who is famous for not recolleotiiig tilings , lie never remembers such whether , such a spring , such an autumn , &c . ; never beheld such crop 3 ; had no place' within his memory ' for such a storm or a flood . And every body is astonished accordingl y . Whereas , the proper ground of astonishment would be , that such an old age and memory should go together ; for the truth is , that being so old , he has lost his memory ; not to meution , that perhaps he never had much to ' boast of .
<< . ri nENT > A ? R 1 L 12 - ~' 'e Mxtagir de Ghent says : — . I he appeal to the people , which was distributed in immense numbers in our city on Friday evening , nvited the workmen to a KCncral meeting at the , 'JL ? i - \) eudrc «' . on Easter Monday , at ten o clock in the morning . At the hour when we arc 8 ou « to prea . this place is crowded with curious SS . f q ««* . and it is hoped that the day S " rf « l r "' ^ , " WM «» Me excesses , the only re su lt of which would be fatal collisions , which our ' o v I ?"" ' } S S ° talw « ^ vc tliegrcatest interest
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- " ~ FOREIGN ^ iSl ttls , POLAND AND ITALY , The Universal German Gazette of the 12 th instant , publishes the following letter , dated Cracow , 5 th instant : — "The officer of the militia , M . Ducillowicz , who betrayed the conspir-. tora to the authorities , and apprised them of the hour fixed for tlie explosion of the insurrection , has been struek with apoplexy and is at present in the hospital . A nervous fever prevails amongst the Austrian corps of occupation in tliiscityl Letters from Warsaw state that the governor of that city has adopted strong measures to preserve order . unnmnirZT
The troops sleep ui uie streets , and at eight o ' clock the houses arc closed . We arc ignorant of the state of Galhcia , as all communication has been interrupted . We merely know that thv peasants had not yet returned to then ; duty . The Austrian army had suffered some loss m the forest of Niciioloniidcc . The insurgcifedog pits , which they covered with loose earth , and when the cavalry charged , several were dismounted and put to death without mew . When in wantot provisions , tiie peasants advance to Boehnia , and even to Wretitkka . At Boguscn . in the Duchy of Poscn , an attempt at insurrection was made , and eight or ten persons were wounded . "
Letters from Italystate . thatnotoulvin Lunbardy mt in Sardinia , Modcna , and the Papal States , great tears of an outbreak are entertained ; it is assarted hat the Italian refugees have been joined bv tlie i oles residing in France and England .
INSURRECTION IN GALICIA . The Queen , Peninsular steamer , which arrived at Southampton on Thursday , brings the following intelligence : — " A pronunciamiento has been declared at Vigo , the 10 th , by fie officers and soldiers in favour of D » -n Enrique . ' The Governor of Vigo and Commandant of the troops there were furnished with passports for Cadiz , and were to leave by the next packet . No blood had been shed in the affair . " Martial law was declared at Corunna , and the mail packets forbidden to take passengers to Vi ^ o during the disturbed state of that part of Galicia . "
The insurrection is said to be extending in Galicia . A movement is apprehended in Catalonia , letter ? from Barcelona of the Oth instant state thatattempls having been made to sndnce the troops from their allegiance , the Captain-General has issued a proclamation offering their discharge from the serviciand three ounces of gold to the soldiers who should denounce the delinquents . - TIIE ATTEMPTED DISTURBANCES IN BELGIUM .
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As Allkgkd Case of Murder at KROMProx , Kkxt . —At two o ' clock on Tuesday afternoon , J . liinde , Esq , coroner , held an inquest at the Golden Lion Inn , Hi gh-street , Bromptun , near Chatham , on the body of a married woman , named Anu Allpr . sso . whose death , it was alleged ,- w ; is caused by her husband beating and kicking her oh the night of tho 4 th inst . The evidence , which was very voluiuiuous and contradictory , occupied the court for nearly iivi hours . It appeared that the husband and wife I ' m d in lodgings in Broad-alley , Brompton , and that lie is an excavator , employed under Air . Kitt , the contractor for forming the drain opposite to the Dockyard . 1 'he deceased was represented to he a weliconductcd industrious woman . On the night in
quc 3 liou the husband was out drinking at the Dolphin public-house . The deceased and Jane Clianev . at whose house they lodged , about eleven o ' clock i ' u night , went to the Dolphin to fetch the husband home , but they returned without him , and in a lew minutes the deceased again went out , to fetch her husband . When she returned , she was covered with dirt , and could not speak , and blood was running Irom her face . The deceased next morning was found to be so ill that Mr . Weeks , stir-eon , was si'iit for bv a neighbour , who found tho deceased in bed , and s > hc complained of being sore all ovor her , with violent
pains in her stomach and back , and also her head ; her left eye was much swollen and blackened ; and she had a severe contusion on the lower part of her back , which she said was the effect of blows from her husband , ivcn at the Dol phin public house . The < lccejised repeated the same talc a few hours before her death , which took place on Monday evening last . Mr . Weeks said that death was caused by the blows r « - ceived , as , upon ^ post mortem , examination , nothing was discovered to cause death , tlie ii . s-dc being perfectly healthy . The coroner , after consulting with swiie of 'Ik- jury , mhm \ the husband of the dec « fc « l into custody , and adjourned the inmiest .
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BARNSLEY . : On Wednesday , the 15 th of April , the walls of this town . wore placarded with large bills , containing the announcement "that James Bronterre O'Brien , the political schoolraasttr , " would address the inliabitants m the theatre " On tho propriety of petitioning Parliament . against Peel ' s revolutionary ' tariff . " Admission tree . Tho wealthy schoolmas t er in his burning zeal for the people ' s interest , paid all expenses , a tact which sets the question at rest as to
whose base tool lie is . At tlie hour announced fintho business of the evening he had not made his appearance , but another person , who pretended he was a delegate livm the silk trade at Spitalfields , was there . O'Brien ' s party nominated a chairman—half a dozen is about the extent of their strength . No opposition was offered , and he took possession of the chair with an air of very grave authority , and called upon the Spitiilfu-lds gentleman to address the meeting , who commencd with a heap of incoherent . stuff about getting his protection principles from the Northern Star , and having Mr . Philip MiGrath ' s sanction for
Jus present movement . Mr . ' Geovgu Utley asked him from what source he derived his wages . He replied , from the silk weavers' commi tec and they got it by a levy of threepence per loom , and « hat they could get from other quarters i hey got a ten pound noie , but never knew from whenc « it came . ( Ories of tlie Duke of Richmond . ) Abaut nine o clock the schoolmaster made his anpearauce on the stage , when his half dozen respectable tricnds attempted to raise a cheer , which was drowned by the marks of disapprobation from every one else . As soon as something like order was restored , O'Brien , in the most whining and supplicating manner , began to hold forth , but the fawning and spaniel-like attitude he put himself in , made iiitu cut a very ludicrous figureand excited roars
, ¦ it laughter . He was as complacent and meek as a Jove , and to afraid of giving otfence (!) that he humbly requested to know whether the meeting would hear him or not ? When he got leave to proceed , he tomniejitod on the "tremendous sacrifices " uc had made for the working classes , and added he kucw from whence their opposition to him arose , but uutliing could be proved against him . He then by mystification for his protection Tory master .- ; , endeavoured io get a show of hands , when Mr . Frank Miiiield stopped him , and declared that no sophistry ur cunning would succeed with a Barnsley audience , iiid moved an amendment to his proposition . " That it is the opinion of this meeting that the commercinl state of this country render Peel ' s tariff necessary "
, » vhich was carried by an overwhelming majority . Vlr . John Ward then charged O'Brien with an act if iirect treason to the people in publishing the foolish , iud wicked letters of his friend Ashton relative to ilic Welch outbreak , which treason would have made ¦ Judas blush . It had always been believed by most . . eople , that John Frost never intended anything like an outbreak , but merely a demonstration in iitvour of Vincent , who was then confined in Mon-. uonth Gaol , and the petitions were always framed in accordance with that belief , but now the matter wore a different Jispect . O'Brien and his worthy coadjutor Had proved the reverse , —supposing their words or taths to bo worth a straw , which ihey are not , but > iill their statements served as a pretext for . Ward ' s
Weekly Chronicle , declaring . that the reason Duncombe ' s motion failed was because of these '' exposures . " Yet tliis fellow O'tfrien had lia < J the audacity to heap all kinds of abuse on the members who voted against . the exile ? , but who did so on the evidence . if Ashton , made known to the world by himscli ( O'Brien ) through his wretched rag printed in the Isle of Alan . It was filled full every week with lying abuse of a man as much his superior as goad is to evil , truth to falsehood—Feargus O'Connsr . ( At the mention of Mr . O'Connor ' s honoured name , the iv } , " g nIng with chcers ) Tuut gentleman ( Mr . 0 Connor ) had d'mc more towards ameliorating the
people ' s condition _ in a few short months , than U'Brien would do in tke course of ages , couM his precious existence be coi-tiaued so long . Mr . Ward concluded by moving " That it is the opinion of this meeting that B . O'Brien is a political renegade , and the base tool ot the dregs of the 'fury faction called Protectionists . " which was seconded by several voices , aud earned by acclamation . Mr . Tiiomas Hebdtn moved that three hearty cheers be jiivcu for tinpeople ' s champion , Feavgus O'Connor , Esq ., aud tlie Northern Star , which wore accordingly j-iven by tin ; stentorian voices of the awembled multitude . Thus ended O'Brien ' s humbug in Barnsley : it is needless to say Thursday ' s meeting nerer took place .
OLD BASFORD NOTTINGHAMSHIRE . At a public mectisig of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society held at the above place the following resolution was carried unanimously : — ll « soiveil , ' That we view with regret the attempt to separate die Land . question from the Chartist movement , and while tUe Executive pursue tliie straightforward course they have hitherto ; done , they are entitled to Ute confidence of all honest , m « i 4-r-having stood b > us in the hour of adversity , we arc assured they will not < 3 e > ert in the time of prosperity . Tho watchword of the toiling millions must be , 'The Laud .-iii-l the Charter . '" All monies ior the forthcoming Convention mustbe senito Mr . J . Sweet , news-agent , immediately .
SUNDERLAXD . A . large and enthusiastic meeting was held in the Arcade long-room , on Saturday evening , to petition Parliament against the Irish Coercion Bill . Mr . John Brace in the chair . Mr , Dobbie proposed , and Air . B . Monarch seconded , the following resolution : — " That this meeting views with indignation aiid commiseration the present condition of the Irish people , and cannot without horror eoutemplate the enactment of a measure for the purpose of coercing them who through , the tyranny of a foreign parliament and the brutality of absentee landlords are suffering all the . horror * of absolute famine . " Mr . James Taylor moved the next
resolution , which was seconded by Mr . J . Monarch" That this meeting disclaims a'l connection with tke unconstitutional and coercive measures of a government steeled to barbarity by the coutinued perpetration ofiiijusticeand wrong , -and also pledges itself to assist the Irish nation hi its constitutional struggles to obtain an imperial justice and equal laws . " The substance of the petition contained in Mr . O'Connor ' s letter last week , was proposed by Mr . John Mane hi a manner calculated to arouse tho deepast sympathy of the meeting , which indeed appeared to fully enter into the feelings of the speaker , it was seconded by Mr . William Chape ) ( our local poet ) , in a speech of superior ability , supported by Mr . JUickensun , aud carried with loud acclamation . '
BRIGHTON . Down with the "Base , " Brbtai , asd Bloody Bill . ' '—A spirited and enthusiastic meeting was held iu the large room ot the Artichoke inn , ou Monday evening , April 20 , to take into consideration the propriety of petitioning Parliament against tho measure now pending iu the House of Commoas , for the coercion of Ireland . Mr . George Giles was unanimously culled on to preside , who read the bill convening the meeting , and opened the business of the evening in an appropriate address . Mr . Woodward , in a speech replete with sound arguments , pioposed the first resolution , viz . — " That it is the opinion of this meeting , that the measure now pending in Parliament for the coercion of Ireland ,-is tyrannical in tbe
extreme , and utterl y uncalled for ; this meeting therelore resolves to petition against and oppose the said nieasure by all constitutional means . " Mr . John Nailard seconded , and Mr . Fiowcr supported the . res olution , which , on being put from the chair , was unanimously adopt-. d . Mr . John Page , in an able manner , in which he depicted many ot the wrongs of Ireland , moved the adoption of the national petition , which having bemi seconded by Mr . Mitchell , and supported by many persons in the room , was carried unanimously . Mr . 0 . F . C . Barnes proposed the next resolution—'' That a committee o . i" seven persons be appointed ( with puwur to add to their number ) to o btainsignatures to the said petition ; and that the tiillownig persons do form such committee , namel y , Mr . I-lower , Mr . John Page , Mr . Tullett , Mr . Williams , Mr . Koser , Mr . Giles , and Mr . John Davey , earned
without a dissentient . Mr . Ockenden , Mr . Mitchell , Mr . John ltosc and Mr . Lawless , were ttteu . added to the committee . Mr . John Davey proposed , and Mr . Barnes seconded the following rossoutioii- " TliatDanial O'Connell , Esq ., be requested w present the said petition iu the House oi . Commons ; and the members of this borough be requested to support tlie prayer thereof . " Several persons u wMp " t 0 tu " ^ solution , it was also carried . £ Vi , ! ? Jolinstojie ( a . liepcahsf and a native of u /» " ii '" a Icn S » y speech , in which he eulogised ' , » '• Y , y , > depricating the differences between Mr . 0 Council and Air . O'Connor , inored the following resolution— " That a rote of thanks is due to H'argus O'Connor , Esq ., for bin strenuous exertions against the present Coercion Bill for Ireland . " The proposer concluded by stating "thatat the lirst Irish ltcpcai meeting he attendee ! he would move a similar
resolution . " Mr . Lawless ( an Irishman and a Repealer ) seconded the resolution ; he said he came i here that evening little thinkiug that he should take pan in its proceedings ; but alter what he had seen that crening , and heard the expressions of Englishmen in favour of his country , his former prejudices , for he had been prejudiced against the Knglisli Chartist , were dispelled , and he now wiw the necessity of a determined union of the English ami Irish working classes , and he should avail himself ot future opportunities to meet them again ; for of nil
Repeal meetings he had attended ( and he had b-.-en to many ) he had never been so delighted as he had been that evening , lie thanked the meeting , and sat down by ^ econding the resolution . The chairman having put it to tho meeting , it was carried by acclamation . A vote of thanks was { liven to tho Chairman , and the meeting broke up . After signing the petition , several took sheets to obtain signatures . Among the company during the evening were a guud sprinkle of Irishi . ieu , who seemed to enter with ail their . souls into our proceedings , rtud we do hope that this is the dawning of better days , and a better
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" ndoratandin ? between the Irish Repealers and English Chartists . HAMILTON . Tub Coercion Bill . —A public meeting was hold in this place , on Thursday , to petition Parliament against the "Irish Coercion Bill . " Mr . Hugh 0 'Nicl ( an Irishman of the true stamp ) being unanimotisly called to the chair . He opened the business of the meeting in ft graphic discretion of tho wrongs of Ireland , descanting emphatically on the ruinous effects of the " Clearance system , " and concluding with the well-known fact'' That if justice was done to Ireland , crime would he more powerfully prevented than by any measure government can adopt . " He then introduced Mr . John Stewart , who moved the following resolution : — —»—¦————»^—
That this meeting is of opinion , that the " Coercion Hill for Ireland" is unjust in principle , most oppresiivu in its nature , and an insult to the people of that misgoverned country ; and if carried into effect , will tend rather to increase crime , than to diminish it . Mr . Stewart ably seconded tke resolution ; he maintained that it was not only an insult to Ireland , but also to the civilised world . He entered into a lengthy discription of that country , from the eleventh century , and proved that its inhabitants had been not only misgoverned , misrepresented , but also , misled . Mr . A . Robortaone supported the resolution . A . Walker moved the petition ; and feelingly advocated the ri ghts of Irishmen , and the necessity for onr sympathising with them in their present struggle . The petition was carried unanimously . A vote of thanks was then given to tho chairman , when the meeting closed .
PLYMOUTH . At a council meeting of the Chartists of this locality , held on Sunday evening ; , it was resolved : —¦ That the suggestions of Mr . O'Connor , relative to the Convention and Executive arc generally approved of , and tliat we have full confidence in the prcsentExceutive . We disposed of a portion | of "Paine ' s works , "handed over to us by Mr . Robertson .
MEttTHYR TYDYIL . The members of branch No . 1 , of the Land Society , resident in this place , met in their Reading-room on Sunday morning , the 19 th inst ., after reading , Mr . O'Connor ' s letter , and the glorious proceedings nt Manchester , which highl y pleased all our members , at twelve o ' clock we adjourned for dinner . We met again at six in the evening , when several subjects wen ; taken into consideration . —First , the propriety of consulting our brother members , throughout the kingdom , on the propriety of establishing a fund towards assisting those members who have been
allotted to occupy the first estate . Some may have 200 miles to travel , and perhaps not a shilling to bear them on their journey . We propose that each member be furnished with £ 2 towards the expence of his removal , to be raised in the most advantageous way that our directors can point out . It was next resolved that the . one Executive direct both the Chartist and theLandSooiety . We are also of opinion that , if the Executive are to be elected by the Convention , the votes should be public and not ' by ballot , ov else the delegate may vote quite contrary to the wishes of the members .
NORWICH . The- Coekcion Bill . —At a joint meeting of members of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , and the National Charter Association held , April 20 th , ; t petition against tho " Irish Coercion Bill , " and the following resolutions were agreed to : —
That this meeting approve of the conduct « f the Executive committee , in delaying the meeting of Conference , until the result of the ( , 'overnmcnt measures are made known , and then-fore beg once more to express their con . fidence in the present Executive . That this meeting is of opinion that the two Associations are so incorporated that they cannot be -sepsirated without injury to both , and we disapprove of parties who are making the atttmpt at dividing the Chartist Executive from the Chartist Co-operative Laud Society . Tliut this meeting do not recognise any other persons as Executive of the Charier Association but , tko 6 e who have conducted it during the present year , That this meeting recommend the Executive to be elected by the members of the Association , because if the members are qualified to choose men elect olHcers , they arc qualified to choose officers themselves .
The petition has been transmitted to Mr . Dun combe for presentation to the House of Commons .
READING . On Wednesday last , Mr . G- . W . Wheeler delivered a hig hly instructive lecture on the rise , progress , and present position of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society . Meetin . es are held every Wednesday evening , at Mr . Turner ' s Temperance Hotel , when persons desireus of joining the second section can do so . At a public raeetine ; of the Chavtist Body , held on Tuesday , at Turner ' s Temperance Hotel , when lesolutions approving of the policy of the present Executive , and in favour of the Convention electing them was passed . Mr . G . W . Wheeler was then unanimously elected to represent us in the forthcoming Convention . It was likewise resolved to get- np a petition against the atrocious " Irish Coercion Bill "
GREENWICH AND DEPTFORD . A meeting of the Chartists of the above locality was held on Tuesday evening , April 21 st , ' Mr . Robertson in the chair . The following resolutions were unanimously adopted : — " That it " is the opinion of this lnuetiiisi that the election of any man to a permanent office , such as the Executive Committee , without remuneration , the same is unjust inasmuch as we lay an additional tax on his labour , and pocket for the benefit of the public weal . " 4 l That it is the opinion of this meeting that the Executive be elected by the Convention ; and that the Convention have power to add to their number if considered necessary , and that the Directors of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society and the Executive of the National Charter Association bu one asd the same . "
STOOKI'OllT , A loeture was delivered on Sunday last by Mr . T Clark , of the Executive .
GLASGOW . At tho weekly meeting of No . 1 , branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , held in Murdock ' 6 School-room , No . 27 , St . Andrew ' s-squarc , Alexander Clelan in the Chair . Mr . Smith read Mr . O'Connor ' s letter , and the proceedings at Manchester from the Star of the 13 th , he interspersed the reading with some most appropriate remarks , which , at the conclusion elicited several rounds of enthusiastic applause . Mr . \ V . Doeherty moved and Mr . Mann seconded , " That this meeting tender their most grateful thanks to the members of the Manchester Committee and others who assisted in making and conducting the arrangements for the ballot , for their judicious and praiseworthy manner in which they conducted the whole proceedings ; " this motion was spoken to by Mr . 0 'Bryan , Cheaplinand several others and unanimously agreed to . Mr . Smith then moved the following resolution : — .
• That this meeting is of opinion that the present mem . bew ought to be continued in the Executive of the Na . tional Charter Association , seeing that they held on by that movement , through good and through evil report at great personal sacrifice , until they have raised it to a position it could not have attained only for their unwearied and laborious exertion ^ and further that we lmve the fullest confiiKnce in their prudent nnd judicious management , ami do hereb y recommend to the forthcoming convention on its assembling , that if they think their attention will be too much engrossed by the Lund movement to do justice to the Chartist cause , that they iidd t « o or more to the jirvsciit Executive . This resolution was supported by Mr . Sherrington in an able manner , who was followed by Messrs . Ewring , Milligan , and other in similar able speeches and upon being put was carried unanimously .
ASHTON . On Tuesday evening last a public meeting was hehl in the Chapel , Charlsion , for the purpose of petitioning Parliament against the Irish Coercion Kill . Mr . Aelkin , o ur hi ghly respected townsman was unanimously called to the chair . The meeting was addressed in an able manner by Messrs Steward Taylor , T . Clark , F . M'Grath , " Filling , Jackson , ' Mulligan , and Greenwood . The following resolutions were agreed to : —
That in the opinior of this meeting the measure nowbeing brought forward by her Mnji-stj ' s government , tor th « putting down of a few lawless individuals in Ireland who have taken away life is unjust in the highest degree , ns it punishes alike the innocent with the guilty . We , therefore , pledge omvclves to use our best endeavours to prevent being passed into a law the measure now pending before Parliament , which makes it a crime for Unpeople of Ireland to be out of their homes after eight o ' clock at night .
That in the opiuion of this meeting , the experience of all a « es of the world hasprovedhow futile are the endeavours oi ' oppression to stay the mark of mind or by principles ot Coercion . Tlmt the canker-worm which ' is gnawing at tho vitals of Ireland is tyranny tmd injustice—that in . stead of Coercion the people of Ireland want employment bread to feed them , and clothing for tlicit- nakedness . The abolition of a State . Church , at variance with their rccogulsed creed , social and politic :, ! equality to the lord and the peasant , mid these things alone can remove cvimc from Ireland , and cement it indissolubly to the British Crown and the British Empire .
lliiit a petition be forwarded to the House of Commons praying tho members thereof not to pass a Coercion Bill for Irclnnu under the disguise of Protection for life , " and that the same be forwarded to Charles Hindley .
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Mkuncuoly Accident . —Mr . Philip Weld , a student of St . Edmund ' s Roman Catholic College , near Ware , and nephew of the late Cardinal " Wel d ' , wiu . on Tuesday last accidentally drowned while en » a » ed in the _ amusement of boating with some uf his fellowcollegians at the llye-house , near Broxbourne lie was a very promising youth , about seventeen ' veaw of . A ' ie .
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Bilstox . —A general meeting of the members of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , will be held at Mr . Linney ' s on Sunday evening , April 26 th , at six o ' clock . . . 11 oil . —A lecture will be delivered on Sunday evening next , April 26 th , in the Large Room , White Hart , fcalthniiBe-lane , nt seven o ' clock precisely . Subject : "The Peoples' Charter , - reasonable , scriptural , and constitutional . How to get it , and how to use it when we have got it . " By Mr . John Burns , jun . BnuNSivicii Ham , Ropemaker ' s-fields , Limehouse -On Tuesday evening , April 28 th , a lecture will be delivered by Mr . Frazer , on the Genius and writings of Mr . Thomas Cooper , the " Chartist Poet ; " chair to be taken at eight o clock precisely by J . Shaw . Admission free .
VVahiuxgtojt . —A meeting of the members of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society will be held at the house of Mr . Robert Lomax , No . 9 , Tanner ' sland , on Monday evening next , April 27 th , at eight o ' clock , when all members and friends are particularly invited to attend . All coinmiinic . itious for this branch must be addressed to Mr , Henry Anderson , Winwick-street , Warrington . A Special West Rwkq Dblegate Mketixo will beheld on Sunday ( to-morrow ) in tho Wot king Man ' s Hall , Bullclose-laiie , Halifax , to commence at twelve o ' clock at noon . J . Crossland , W . It . Sec .
Tower Uamlkib . —The friends of the Witting ton and Cat Ideality , National Charter Association , intend giving a ball and concert to Mr . Thomas Mills for his services in the cause , at the Wittincton and Cat , Church-vow . Bethn al-green , on Tuesday evening , April the 28 th . Tickets may be had of the following persons : —Mr . Randal ) , Church-row , Bethnal-green ; Brass Founders' Arms Locality : Mr . Slater , 3 , Christopher-street , Friar ' s-mount ; Mr . Luke King , 10 , George-gardens , Bethnnl-green ; Mr Buck , sen ., 7 , New Montague-street , Spitalfield ; and at the above house . An adjourned discussion will be held at the Wittington and Cat , Church-row-Bethnal-green , on Sunday evening at eight o ' clock precisely . Subject : '' The probable results of the til-it location of tlie Chartist Co-operative Land Society . "
Uochdale . —Vlr . William Dixon , of Manchester , will lecture in the Chartist-room , Mill-street , oa Sunday ( to-morrow ) , at six o olock in the evening . A South Lancashire District Delegate Meeting will be holtlen in Rochdale , on Sunday , May 3 rd , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon . : Stockpokt . —A members' meeting will be Iiolden in the Chartist Institute , Bombcr ' s-orow , on Sunday next , at two o ' clock in the afternoon . Liverpool . —A lecture will be delivered in the New Jerusalem Church , 52 , Rose-place , by Mr ., Thomas Jones , on Monday evening next , April 27 th . Subjict— "The Land and Co-operative the only means of Social Emancipation . " Chair to be taken at haltpast seven . The secretary of the Land Society will b « in attendance to receive contributions and dispose of shnrcs .
Bolton . —A public meetine will take place in tlie Temperance Hotel , Little Bolton , on Thursday next , at eight o ' clock in the evening , which will be addressed by Messrs . Wm . Dixon , of Manchester ; J . W . Parke . of London , editor of the T&ilor ' t' Advocate ; Mr . John Russell , Birmingham ; and Mr . J > . hn Gash , of Mancluster . Subjects— " The Rights and Wrongs of Labour , and the necessity of an organisation of tni " es to protect them from unjust legislative interference , and tlie encroachments ot" capitalists . " Admission free .
Gldiiam . —On Saturday , the 25 th instant , a public meeting of the electors and non-electors of the . borough vill take place , in the open space behind the Albion Inn , at half-past tive o ' clock iu the evening , for the purpose of deciding who is the fittest and most proper pers-n to become one of the representatives of this boiougli , in the room oi General Johnsou . Men of Oldham , Roytou , Crompton , and Chadderton , this is your cause I Attend , attend ! Os Sunday ( to-morrow ) Mr . E . Clark will lecture in the school-room of the Working Man ' s Hall , at six o ' clock in tlie evening . Subject : " The Present Age . " Bristol . —Young Men ' s Charter Association . The sixth nnnivumry of the above association , will be celebrated by asocial tea meeting , on Monday > April 27 th , at six o ' clock , at 102 , Temple-street . Double ticket , Is . Cd .: sincle ticket , Is .
Haxlby and Shelton . —The members of the Char tist Co-operative Laud Society are requested to attend a general meeting on Tuesday evening next , Auril 28 th , at their meeting-room , Miles Bank , Shelton , on business of importance . -Also , the members of the National Charter Association are requested to attend the same . ISJNewpokt , Islr of Wight . —The Chartists of this place have nobly come forward in beiialf of their Irish brethren . They have prepared an < l sent a petition to the House of Commons against the Coercion Bill . The petition obtained 506 signatures in three days , and has been forwarded to Mr . Duncombe for presentation .
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TO TUB EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAR . Sik , —As you scu . u to be the friend of the working man , I hope \ 6 u will spare a corner ol ' your paper for tlie following facts , which have occurred here of late : la tlio month of December last , thu Union of House Carpenters and Joiners sent a circular to the employers , her « iiskiiig a rise of wages at tlie first of March , and wishing to meet with tiiem to settle the amount of advance . However , the employers took no notice of this circular , and when tlie first * F March came , the men made a demand of three tliillings of advance a week , which was with one exception , refused ; uj ; On this , the men in two of tho shops struck work until they could get the tuna *
that they wanted . The rest of the men came forward upon the next pay night , and subscribed as much as paid the wages of Uiose who had left their work .. The employers , to the number of sixteeu ( in fact all ' the principal , with one exception ) , then resolved that they would keep no man iu their employment wh » was a member of the union . Accordingly , on the following pay night , they put the question to their workmen . Are you a member yf the union ? and upon being told tiiat they were , they snid we can employ you no longer than next week , unless you drop this union . However , thu most of the men left their work next day , thinking that as they never got any warning before , they could not be asked to work a H-eek ' s warning at this time to their own detriment . The
employers immediately came before the public , and said that the men had all struck , when the plaiu fact was they were paid off . Not tentent , however , with discharging die men from their own employment , several of theia u < ed their influence , mid in two or three cases eut-cessfully , to procure the dismissal of several individuals wha had got employment elsewhere , and this , too , in the face of their published resolution , to use nothing but reason , able and fair means to effect tlseir purpose . Now , these men who can and who have thus used their fellow men whom Nature has placed in the ' scale of worldl y means a little lower than themselves , arc , most of them , great sticklers for free trade , and have subscribed to funds for obtaining it , but it is only free trade as far as they are tlie purchasers , that they seem to act upon .
I or six weeks the men have gone idk- rather than coinpromise their prim-iplcs , and tlie masters seeming to think that downright oppression will not gain their point , they have had recourse to rather a low action to effect their purpose . They sent word to the woikratu ( at least one linn , Messrs . James Buyers and Co ., ) that if they would only change the name of the union to some other thing , 0 ey ( J . « , ,, nd Co . ) would take back their workmen . Thinking that they had honourable men to deal with , this was acceded to , and the men returned
to their work lust Thursday . Ou Thursday night , however , Messrs . Buyers came forward with ' a document , which they wished their men'to sign , declaring that the subscribers were not , and never would be , members of any combination , having for its intentions the purposes of a trades' union . The men finding themselves'duped , immediately left their work , and urn in the' same state as before , with little or no signs of a settlement iu prospect for them . The masters have used every means from cajoling to threatening to overturn the resolution of the men—especially of the weaker of them—to abandon their
fellow workmen , but with no effect , I wonder if they consider that in thus acting they are setting a premium on immorality , for the man who could desert his fellow being in a strait , could be guilty of other things which society might think woise , but which , if looked at fair in the face , Mte but a variation of the same trespass from the path of duty—namely , selfishness , and most of the employers who are acting in this manner are offie » beavers in the church-Dissenters , too , some of them the greater the pity . If they who should be examples to others act in this manner , buying u man ' s honour tor a paltry shilling or so , what can bo expected of those who are supposed to know less than they do 1 As the press here refuso all communications except at advevtisementB , which nre rather expensive , 1 hope you will not refuse a corner of your valuable paper to make eur case known . I am , sir , yours truly , .. An Operative Joinek . Aberdeen , April 18 th , 1846 .
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Keighley , April 17 , 1840 . Sir , —We have just sent to Mr . Duncombe 2171 signatures to the national petition , and have many slieets unfilled up . Should the measure be postponed we shall send them also ; and , perhaps , a quantity more it you think them of any service . Yours , in haste . John Garnetx . To F . O'Connor , Esq . My very dear Friends . —1 thank you ; from my soul I thank you . I will visit you in return , the first town in England , the mom ent I can get out . SEND Ul' ANOTHER AND ANOTHER . Men of Sutton in Ashfield , I give you my heartfelt thanks also . Down with the Blood y Bill ! Ever your obliged mend , Feakqvs O'Coshor .
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TEIt GENERAL SECRETARY . SECTION NO , 1 . SHAKES . £ s . d . £ s . d . John Cox - - 2 12 4 Crajdon , per Mr . Selby - - - 5 0 0 M-Cartney- - 0 2 0 James Davis , City- 2 12 2 Mr . Davis . 10 0 James Smith- - - . ' 12 4 M . X . - . . 00 6 Emaunel Wright - 0 10 2 K :. chel Rowall - 0 1 0 Elderslie - - 0 2 4 Tunhridgc Wells - 3 IS 6 J . Godhead , Calais 10 0 Boulogne - - 13 12 t Mr . Boare - - 0 2 0 l ' rescot - - - 1 7 G New Town , Ahbotts 2 0 0 Lambeth - " - « 10 o W-rk - - - 1 7 0 Farrington - - ' 2 12 0 Mr . Caughlan - 1 9 0 Westminster- . 1 18 0 Hindley . - - 013 G South Shields - 2 3 4 £ 5 o 0 a SECTION SO . 2 . Hindley - -10 4 Westminster- . 0 8 < i Leicester - - 0 7 8 Lamberhead-grcen 0 14 Crovdon- . - 0 2 0 _ £ 1 _ 19 10 TOTAL LASD TCSD . Mr . O'Connor , Seciioa 1 .. .. .. fil 17 1 Mr . Wheeler „ „ .. .. : 54 0 8 £ 114 17 a Xo . 2 , Mr . O'Connor 2 12 ci „ Mr . "Wheeler 1 lit 10 _ £ liL CARDS ASD RGLES . ! Coventry - - 1 0 0 Sheffield - - 0 17 4 Wakeiieid - . 018 Manchester - - 0 3 ti Boulogne - - 0 0 6 Oldham- - ~ 0 4 ( I i Suuderland - - 0 210 Ileywood . -010 Secretary " - - 0 0 8 Rochdale - - 0 1 2 Nottingham - - 0 0 8 Lauiberbead-grcen 0 Old LEVT FOK THE L 4 ND COSFEBENCE . Ashton - - - 0 8 0 Leicester , section 2 0 4 5 Boulogne - - 0 0 8 ; lEVI FOR DIRECTORS . York - - - 0 0 11 Tre-cot- - - 0 0 6 Mr . Elliott , Claplmtito S 0 Leicester - - 0 t ! < Boulogne - - 0 210 Bury - - - 0 5 C 3 Notice . —Communications for Mr . Wheeler to he ad " dre . sscd to tlie -office -of the Chartist Co-qnerative Laiiii Society , 6 a , Dean-street , Soho . Sub-secretaries are requested tv copy the above address . T . M . Whselee , Sec .
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NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . EXECUTIVE . PEr . GENEUAl SECRETARY . ' R . W . - - - 0 1 6 Link-town - - 0 2 0 ! AjMaccletfieldChar- Halifax- - - 0 2 6 fist - - - 0 0 6 Lower Warley - 0 1 3 Leicester , profits Murylelione _ . o 3 0 ou Star . - 0 3 0 Mr . Elliott , ChiphamO 3 -. 0 Bradford - 0 7 0 CnAUTIST CONFERENCE . Lower Warley - 0 3 6 Ditto , Longrovd . 0 4-1 U Souerbylklm - 0 5 3 DIXON FUND . Mr . Tobin - - - - - - -02 C POLAND ' S BEGENEKATION FCNE . Sunderhmd - -- - . -04 . 0 Mr . AYilkes - - - - . - 0 0 U J . H , near Leigh - - ' - . -00 li AGED PATRIOTS . J . George , Windsor - - - . -603 Mr . Wilkes - - - - . -000 WIDOWS ASD OKKUNS . Mr . Wilkes - - - - . -006 XXILES XE 6 TOBATI 0 N COMMITTEE . Mr . Mills . . . . . -020 victim rvsD , Bradford - - . . . -026 Ditto , J . Thomas - - . . . 02 2 NATIONAL ASTI-HILITU FUND . PEB UK . O ' COSKOE . Nottingham , per J . Sweet - - . - 0 5 3 POLAND ' S £ DG £ KEBATION FC . ND . PER MR . O ' CONSOB . J . Sugg ia Fraternal Democrat ) - - - 0 1 6 Thomas Maktix Wheeler , Secretary .
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Brussels , April U . The distribution of the inflammatory pamphlets , of which we have spoken , shows that many agents were employed and much money spent ; this distribution was not confined to Ghent and Brussels , Gu : was made at tiic same time among tbe workmen employed on the raihvay from Liege to Nainur— this « v know for certain . We are assured besides , that copies of the same pamphlet have been seen hi Oudenarde . Ills Majesty ' s attorney-general went t > Ghent on the 12 th , in order to cause several persons to be arrested . Al . Parys , printer at Brussels , lia . > > been set at liberty , l » ecause he at once disclosed troiii whom he received the pamphlet which he printed , and by whom he was paid for so doiug . In consequence of the declaration of M . Parrs , M . Pellerin tlie shoemaker has been arrested .
We have received the following particulars from Gheat , which may bu considered as authentic : — " The author of the p : iniplilct is a youug man twenty six years of age , named Labiaux , a meichamV traveller , wlte lives ac Molenbuk Saint Jean . He went to distribute the pamphlet at Ostend , Bruges , and Ghent , where he was arrested . lie had employed the printer Verbear , who had been arrested at the same time as himself . Four other persons of Ghent , te rrhom Ldbiauxhad given quantities of hit . pamphlets to be distributed among the people , are also arrested . Tluse six persons , escorted by some sensdarmes . were immediately conveyed from Ghent to Brussels by a special train . The same train brought back tlie Attorney-General and M . Verbike , Commissary -of Police at Ghent . " — Mouiteur Bdqc , April 14 .
We find the following passage in the Journal des Flandres : — " At the time of our going to press , sonw suspicious-looking persons are beginning take up the pavement iu the Vlacu de Veudrcdi . We lwpe that the authorities will promptly interfere to do justice to these wretched disturbers of public tranquillity . " The moat important news from
FRANCE is that relating to tho attempt on the Life of Lons PiHLU'i'K , a notice of which appeared in the later editions of the Star of last Saturday . ' Further particulars will be found in . mother column . This attempt of a discontented menial of Louis Piiilipp& ' s own household has been made a peg on which to hang a tremendous amount of newspaper'declamation , intyiulcd to snow how great would have been tlie lo >» we should all have e . \ ji « iiencetl if the old usurer hail ¦ not met with his usual luck in escaping the contents
of Lecomte ' s " regicide gun / ' -An awful amount of trash has been written aud spoken about the " providential preservation" of tlie Jung of the Baivicades , and amongst others by Sir It . Peel at the Lord Mayor ' s " spread" on Wednesday . For ourselves we abhor assassination ( although we have always justified tyrannicide ) but we mast confess that our ¦ sympathies are not so much with Louis Philippe as with the countless victims of his rule , assassinated by his agents to shield his treachery , and protect his usurpation .
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but sinister rumours are prcv . ilunt with respect to the Austrias , where both Oviedo and Gijon are said to be on the point of pronouncing . The new Cabinet is already in danger . The Ministers are said { by El Hcmldo ) to have differed , ( particularly Istuuitz and Caseja ) on the subject of General Coxciia ' s conduct to the rebels taken in arms , and he has given offence by not having at once shot the unhappy prisoners ; and it is added , that a severe reprimand , aud that orders on this point have been despatched . The correspondent of the Times remarks that one feeling exists amongst the people of every party , and that is , that there is no prospect « f tninquility in any shape for the country until the ( £ ucen Mother and her husband awj turned out of it ; anil to this things must come at last . Thedfift of the Hew constitution for the Canton of Bcrue , in ,
SPAIN , Accounts from Madrid of the 13 tli instant , announce the defeat of the body of insurgents commanded by General Ibiarie , on the 11 th , near Astorca , with the loss of one kiiied , six wounded , and MW prisoners . General Iriaute effected his escape . It is , however , by no means certain that the insurrection is crushed , on the contrary , a letter from Saatander , dated tin 18 th instant , states that " it is asserted , and the assertion gains ciedit here , that the Lugo pronuu' - iamento has spread to Saiitiago , © reuse , l'oiitcvcdra , Corunna , and Ferrol ; in short , that the whole of Gallicia is in a state of warfare . General dk Concha , who , after his victory over Iriarte , in the ueighuourlioudofBannezii , had advanced upon Santiago , has found it necessary to fall back on Astorga , thus leaving Gallicia in the hands of the insurgents . The Basque provinces and Navarre . are tranquil
SWITZERLAND , is published in the Am de la CounliUUioii . It proclaims tbefiovsreiguty of the people ; the li ght of vote by all persons of <; ood character , who have attained the age of twenty-one , and lesi ie in the canton and the power of dismissal of the members of the Grand Council by tko assemblies of the people From
ITA ' LY , we learn that the agitation in Lombard } - grows apa « e Field-Marshal General lUDErzicr has demanded more tro'ips . Some of the public functionaries at Miiau have boeu found dead in the street-, s'hot by air-guns .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 25, 1846, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1364/page/5/
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