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:THE-' : N0fiTHMRN';WR SATURDAY, JULT 11, 1816.
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DOUGLAS JERKOLD'S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER of Saturday next, the 18ih of Ouly, will contain the
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TO ADVERTISERS . DOUGLAS JERROLD'S "WEEKLY KEWSPAPEU , circulating amongst thousands of all classes , will afford an excellent opportunity to Advertisers . Advertisements , as far as possible , 'jlassln'ed and inserted in leading places , according to priority of reception at thu office , I ( i 9 , Strand , where l » i \> spectuses can he had , Gratis or of any Town or Country Newsrender .
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SIAK-DHST * * * * * * Direct iroin trie mints of the moon—by Jupiter ! *? Something in tlik inure than natural . . . find it OUt "—SilAKSPEUE . " Till after rlnying the Gazette with cant , The age discovers "—Kinos . Should an : irtk-ie with so brilliant a name , " well inown , &c , &c , by Mrs . Harris , 'Bring disappointment to the experiinc ! iti-t , " and prove a : i useless " adjunct to any thing but b : ril-cases , the sand from Old Time ' s llouv-glass wou ' ui ili > as will , o ; s ! y we cannot get enough of it . Gentlemen are advised not to despair of removing heir bcirils , quite clean , .: iid without pain . Jm > . Teetges ' s Hazm-Strop of 1845 , asd tue Dumonbidge uxroLisiiED ll . \ zo . 'is- are things of quite a different character . a ; id will enable any one with care and skill to shavepirfccfy clean , and literal ' y without the least j > aiD . The Bazors are all sold iu a state to accomplish this ; and the pamphlet , •« My K .-izyr and Shaving Tackle , " Id , ly Post 2 d , will tc-ich tlie novice or inexpert how to keep them so J Bazors , 2 s , 2 =, fid . 5 s , Cd , -3 s , Cd . to : 21 s . each ; Strops , Is , 3 < = , sd , 2 s , 3 s , -j ? , r . a to 15 s , each , lent on trial anil stmtto any part of the kingdom carriage free , on receiirt of a Post Office ortW . Jso . Testces , 10 , opposite Sishopsgatv Church . ¦ _* Tliis name is » n ] y significant of tlicir exactness of temper , hardness , and toughness—nothing more . - ^—¦ -
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ODES TO CONFIDENCE . F . ntemi at Stationers' hall . TThere ' s Confidence ? Why hides shefrom man-- \ Why does --he veil her ever welcome face ? [ kind Why I Confidence has grossly been abused , By many who have wou her cheering smiles . lu every ^ rade and near relationship : How oft her vary nature ' s been allured By gaudy shops , by wond ' rous promises Of more than art or nature ran perform , Opinions golden from her purse to niti . TIius Ckran « l-ncc so often trajip'd and snartl By speriou-i pulling and advei tise-nients , "Will with tlie unpretending only dwell . "Who promises what's ' ywid the reach of art . The smile ? of C < mfi < lence will neVr receive , 3 utlxe on ai : l of science ivlio relies , And adds to tlivnry experience , rays honestly his court t « confidence , -And with perfection crowns his handy work , Thus Confitlciu-e will smile upon his skill . "What ' s ua with Confidence is best achiev'd Let the art ha as simpk as it may , Be sure that you cm do a tiling— 't ;» done ! How many heroes foremost in the fi-ld , Darius the f- » e , iiiiiliiicluiig from the sword , Have dreaded when they took the Razuv up , For in their weapon they lack'd Confidence : They had not tried the keen smooth diamond-edge , By science t . niperM with surpassing skill ; But ha-: bestowed their easy Confidence On words bombastic , edgeless promises , Bought niajnr dearly , anil Defected art , Then ( effort uum dibit tried in rain , ) Have yielded to affliction and despair , With dodged resolution , to endure An ill they deemed without a remedy . "Who e ' erJias Confidence in Tjsetcen ' s skill , The Diaaiond-edgi' and London It-izor Strox > , Will be himself with Confidence einbued , Shave without pain , aud with a hand as linn , Unshakaig , tiie tempered edge he holds : And au wWvt made the trial , own at vnce , * Tis Confidence with Confidence repaid .
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WHIG REFORMS AND RADICAL WANTS . The addresses in which the Whig mentors , who Tacited their scats by the acceptance of office , solicited a renewal of the trust reposed in them by their respective constituencies , constitute collectively the programme of the new policy of the Ministry , and present in outline , at least , the nature and scope of the measures which may be expected from it . Of course , the writera of these addresses would take care to " put their best foot foremost" on such . in occasion . Any particular claim which they conceived they had upon the bodies they addressed , would be certain to receive its due prominence : any benefits
likely to be derived by their accession to power , would be placed in the strongest light . It ia true that the reserves of official etiquette , the indefiniteness of plans yet in embryo , and the prudent caution of wise statesmen , who will hesitate to promise more than they may be able to perform , will always contribute to impart a certain degree of vagueness to all such compositions . But an honest and a bold ministry , or for that matter a dishonest and ¦ neaking one , cannot help indicating to the practised
eye , what its leading objectB are likely to bo . Even in a mist , we have noticed in mountainous districts , that the outlines of surrounding objects , though shadowy and sometimes indistinct , were never wholly concealed . By the force of their own v . istness they loomed through the obscurity ,- and impressed the mind perhaps all the more forcibly , because ahrouded in a partial veil , with a sense of ' their magnitude and reality . In the midst of official mystification anil of specious Whig candour , we confess we find no indications of mountains to be afterwards unveiled to the
nation . . The new Premier , as of right , speaks more fully and more plainly as to the prospective course of the ministry than any of his colleagues . Here is his list of political wants— " Great social improvement' ) " are required ; public education is Lamentably ' imperfect ; the treatment of criminals is a problem " yet undecided ; the sanitary condition of our towns " and villages has been grossly neglected ; the ad" ministration of our colonies demands the most " earnest and deliberate . attention . Our recent dis" ciissions have laid bare the misery , the discontent ,
' and outrages of Ireland ; they are too clearly " authenticated to be denied ; too extensive to be " treated by any but the most comprehensive " measures . " His L vdsMp also indicates that other measures of commercial reform remain to be accomplished , and hopes they will be so without occasioning the renewal of angry conflict , and thus prevent attention from beinjr directed to the carrying out of the preceding " necessary and useful reforms . " Lord Moroeth savs : —I shall hope ( if re-elected ) to bear
my part in a course of policy which shall have for its continued oVjtct to relieve trade , commerce , and industryof all Unnecessary burdens , and to increase tiie COMMASD OF THE GREAT BULK OF THE COMMUXITT OVER THE NECESSARIES ASD COMFORTS OF LIFE , as U'Cll US to , improve and elevate their social and moral condition , and to give new securities and encouragement to their freedom , intelligence , and virtue . In these two addresses the pith of the new policy is comprised , the others are hut faint and imperfeet echoes of them .
We are not insensible of the value of nny one of the " greatsocial improvements" indicated by Li . rd John Russell . We shall be the last to offer any impediment to honest straightforward and sincere efforts to realize them in practice . But , In propounding them , and leaving untouched other questions in which the great mass of the industrial community feel the deepest interest , Lord John has betrayed the besetting sin of his party . With professions of popular sympathy on their lips , they have none in their hearts . The three questions in which the labouring millions of this country have made up
their mind ? , which they have studied the mos deeply , and understand the most thoroughly , arc TOE CHARTER , THK TES HOURS BILL , and TIIK POOR law question . These are all of them questions which have been urged upon the attention of the Legislature for years , which have been the subject of extensive andp . werful out-door agitations , which , so far as the labouring portion of the nation are concerned , are ripe for settlement , which can only be settled by the Legislature , and yet , upon not one of these vital questions does the new Premier vouch-: safe one single word I
Public education is lamentably imperfect . Our criminal code is disgraceful to a people professing to stand at the head of Christian and civilised nations-Thc hovels , cellars , and garrets in which our agricultural , manufacturing , and handicraft population are lodged , offer a fearful commentary on the infernal spirit of gain , and the total absence of common humanity , by which landlords and capitalists have alike been distinguished , in their treatment of tho 3 e from wbosc toils they have wrung their ill-gotten wealth . Ireland , and the Co ! onie 3 . have been merely ref « ges for the destitute ; asylums in which the younger
branches of the aristocracy could be provided for and quartered on the public , under a dtcent pretence . All this is true—disgracefully true . But against whom is the indictment laid ? Who are the parties at whose door this long catalogue of mis-government and criminal neglect must be charged ? The answer , to be impartial , must include both Tories and Whigs . Both have shared between them the power of ruling this country , and , after thirty-one years have elapsed since the last great European war was closed , this is the miserable , the shameful account given of our social ' condition , by one , who , in the interval , was a Minister for tes tear 3 !
The mere enunciation of the fact suggests the inference . ] f the people are to enjoy real substantial reforms , if "' great social improvements" are to be carried into effect , it must be by themselves and not by either of the parties who have thus proclaimed their incapacity or unwillingness to do so . None can more highly value Education than wo do . But there are two ways of educating a people You may make them crouching slaves , afraid alike of political , mentnl and religious freedom , or you may educate them in the exercise and enjoyment Of manhood's highest attribute , perfect freedom of thought , speech , and of action . TAe latter kind of education tan-only hi attained where tlie people are all
p-jlitically equal . Education then becomes essentia l to the peac ? , prospects and harmony of soeiety ; it is at once a guarantee against disorder , and the cement which binds the iabric of society together . The rich and powerful aro compelled , as the only means of enjoying their hoarded wealth , to promote in all possible ways the intel ectual advancement of t ! ic community , because their own welfare is identified with it ; they have nothing to fear except from ignorance , and they take good care that that shall not exist as far as lies in their power . It is so in America , so must it be in this country . Let us have as much education as may be necessary , but let It be of a free , healthy and independent character , guarded and guaranteed by the possession of the Charter .
In fact tlie political enfranchisement of the whole male adult population , is an indispensable preliminary < o every kind of educational , social , and physical improvement . Without that , whatever improvements may be effected , will wear the air of boons graciously granted to the unprivileged by the privileged classes , whereas they are rights , and should only beavcepted and adopted upon the distinct understanding that they are so . The whole people can legislate better for itself than any faction whatever .
Its collective energy acting in , and through a free legislature and a popular executive , would speedily clear the statute book of the monstrous shackles upon liberty uf speei-h and action , which arc embalmed in its page 3 , turn a stream of health through our streets , of plenty into the dwellings of the labourer , light up the faces of all with intelligence , and iiupty jails , and hulks , not by Act of Parliament , but by giving to all the power of earning au honest livelihood , a full participation in the fruits of their labour , and sur-
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rounding them at all times with the strongest domestic and social incentives to a-life-of virtue . This is our political philosophy : we would stop the stream of evil at the fountain head . Why politicians and dilletantie BtateBmen , prefer to empty it with buckets , after it is swollen by a thousand tributary rivuletsand is overflowing its banks , carrying devastation and ruin in its progress . Then , again , why has tho Whig Premier omitted all mention of the Ten Hours' Sill in his address ?
When it suited his purpose to make popularity with the manufacturing operatives , he was the plainspoken advocate of that measure- Now that he ha ' got rid of Peel , and snugly ensconced in the official chair , does he think that his oblWiousness will render the operatives of the swarming hives in the manufacturing interests forgetful or apethetic with respect to a measure on which they havo . set their hearts ? If he does , " we calculate" be will speedily find himself mistaken . Pbbl might have a justification in refusing a Ten Hours' Bill , he never promised his support to the Bill ; but Russell hns done more than promised , he has spoken and voted for it . Next year he must give us that long deferred " great social improvement , " or we promise him his tenure of office shall be an exceedingly short
one . As to the Poor Law , we despair of seeing any perceptible change even in the way of amendment in that law , by one of its originators , or at all events by one of the Ministry who introduced it , and at one " full swoop" confiscated the poor man ' s title to relie f in the land of his birth , a title as valued , and much more ancient both . in law and equity , as that of the proudest and mogt ancient of the aristocracy , to their castles , packs , " and broad lands . For that damning sin againBt all the principles of humanity and justice , the Whigs can never be forgiven , even
were they to erase the abominable and disgraccfu ' statute to-morrow . The blood of those who have been murdered under its operation , would still cry to Heaven against them : lastly , another great social improvement on which Lord John has : not said a word , is the necessity for such an alteration in the law of partnership as will enable the poor man to co-operate with his brothers in purchasing and having legally conveyed to him real estates , whether in land , houses , or machinery , without the risk or expence and obstructions which at present beset all co-operative and associative attempts .
These are mere specimens of what Lord John has left untouched , in the outline he has given of his future policy . Like a political pedlar as he is , he has alluded only to secondary measures . The calibre of hi * mind will not permit him to comprehend primary ones . " As tho sample is so is the sack . " We have fa'len into the hands of a party whose love of liberty , whose humanity , whose sympathy for the people , and whose knowledge , of their actual position and real wants , are all theoretical . There is one consolation , that in this world of realities nothing but actualities can long stand ; and such a miserable assemblage of hollow and pompous pretenders to statesmanship , must , in a very short time , ' be ' restored * . to their natural seclusion , as private gentlemen .
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difficulti es incident to this posture of affairs , and during the winter reces 3 to consider in what manner and with what measures they will meet Parliament next session . That it must be a new Parliament appears to us inevitable The Whigs are a minority of the present house , and if Peel found it difficult to manage public business in the present state of parties , Russell will find it impossible . The Conservative members ,: whose faith in Pkei , as a statesman induced them to give support to liberal commercial measures , have not the same faith m Russell , and will many of them refuse to transfer to him the support they gave the other . Mere neutrality in this case will be as effective as open opposition . The Protectionist party , no longer torn by intestine
divisions , and struggling against the opposite feelings arising from old political predilections aHd attachment to a successful party leader , will unito in all its strength against a political foe . It is strong enough if thus united to beat the Whigs , or at all events seriously to impede any measures they may bring forward . We , therefore , look forward to a General Election as one of the political necessities of the . ' crisis , and a matter which cannot long be delayed . The Whigs will then be fairly before the country , and it will be the duty of the country to pronounce oh their claims to office ; their fitness to wield the destinieBof this mighty empire . We trust that all progressive and RADICAL REFORMERS , by whatever name they may be known , will remember that we have now "Fihautt John" for a-Minister .
However it may suit him to disguise his opinionsi or let them rest in discreet silence , he iia as much opposed at heart to thorough searching and universal reforms in our institutions , as when he uttered that word . It is the duty of those who believe'that Progress is ' the soul of society , that finality or stand s ' tillism is social and political death , to prepare for the doming Election . Let mere Whigs be everywhere opposed by men about whose political creed there can be no mistake . A . score of honest out and out Chartists , who were conversant with the great principles of political freedom , familiar with
the questions of machinery , competition , and the general effects of our present system of producing and distributing wealth upon the condition of labom ' , would effect wonders in the house . If backed by a vigorous out door" agitation , they would speedily find some new Peel—or , perhaps , the old one—who , wearied of a fruitless and ever-recurrins battle , with a determined , persevering , and mighty agitation , would be glad to compound with them , and grant that to an organised confederacy which they would for ever refuse to mere abstract reasoning . We ask tlie Chartists to let Thomas Dukcombe have
companions in the next Parliament—companions who will submit to his judicious , yet bold and honest leadersliip—who . will imitate him in his discreet , yet firm and manly conduct , on every question with which they may deal . Let them do this , and Chartism will soon assume that place in the councils of the nation , and in public estimation , which the truth of Us principle , and the beneficence of its objects so pre-emiaenently entitle it to occupy . Now is the time for action . The field is clear of one great agitation : the League is dead—disselved into its ; origin nal elements . The first party that steps forward
boldly to take possession of the vacant arena , will have the best chance of permanently occupying it . What patty has a belter right , even on the score of priority , than the Chartists ? Since 1835 , they have , under tlie leadership of Mr ; O'Connor , been an organised party . Petitions , signed by millions , have been presented to the Legislature , praying for the enactment of the Charter . And meetings , guarded by no jealous exelusiveness , requiring no tickets for admission , but held under the broad cope of Heaven , alike by sunshine and by torchlight ; on the mountain tops , in lowly vallies , in
villages , towns , and cities ; proclaim how deeply and universally the spirit of political freedom has sunk into tho hearts of tho British people . Let these millions again arise in their strength—let them combine their now scattered b ' osts . Organise ! Organise !! Organise !!! At every hustings let a Chartist candidate be seen and heard . Wherever there is a chance cany them to the poll ; in short , leave no means untried to let the People ' s voice be heard in the People ' s House , demanding measures for the People , independent of factions , and based on the broad ground of Universal Justice .
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LABOUR . GREAT CRICKET MATCH .
One of the inducements held out to the working classes to join the young England party for "the STAKE IN THE HEDGE" was that the people should be allowed the privilege of playing cricket with their superiors . On Monday last , however , the working classes upon the People ' s Estate at Herrinsgato , proved that they could cater for their own amusement . On that day Chorley Wood Common presented such a scene as the oldest inhabitant had never witnessed . Mr . O'Connor and the brick-Inycrs challenged the carpenters and sawyers to a match which came off on Monday last , and
the scene , though the weather was wet , was truly cheering and exciting . A booth was erected upon the ground in due form , and the workmen having proclaimed a half-holiday , appeared as respectable and much more healthy than the Marylebone or Ox . ford boys . The match lasted from one till halfpast seven , when the bricklayers were declared tho winners by twenty-eight runs , and at eight the working people at Herringsgate , to the number of sixty , sat down to a good and substantial supper , and after the viands had been disposed of , Messrs . CulHngham , Henry Ross , and Dowling , severally addressed the company , when Mr . 0 'Conr . or ' a health was proposed and received with rapturous applause . He addressed the agricultural labourers
tor the nrst time , upon the advantage of possessing a house and land of their own , and upon the principles of the People ' s Charter , and never was there . within the memory ot the oldest man , a more happy , comfortable , or contented party . The Carpenters , not satisfied with their defeat , have challenged the Bricklayers to another trial , which is to come off on Monday week , and thus has Mr . O'Connor carried into practice the theory of the Young England party by giving tho working classes , at one ami the same time , a stake in the hedge and a relish for the game of cricket , and we Ventura to predict that ere long the agricultural labourers will become valuable auxiliaries to the Chartist ranks . After Mr . O'Connor had vacated the chair , the hilarity of the evening lias continued to a late hour .
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THE CONVENTION . ¦ ' \ The time havingpassed when the further postponement of the Convention would be of any servico to the cause , we have to announce that it will be held at Leeds , on Wednesday , July 29 th , 1840 . The precise hour and place will be announced in next Saturday ' s Star . By Order of the Executive Committee , Thomas Martin Wiibeler , Secretary .
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SECTION No . 1 , PER MR . O'CONNOR . phases . £ s . d . Alva , per J . Robertson .. ,. .. 18 0 Bulton , per B . ffodjrkinson .. .. .. 9 0 0 Halifax , per C . W . Smith 111 6 Ovendon , near ITalifsix , per Q- Ashworth .. 4 0 0 Artichoke Inn , Brighton , per W . Flower .. 2 9 0 Oldlinm , per W . Hamer 2 0 0 Tonbridge Wells , per W . H . Xaune r .. 1 1 » 4 Worshro'Common , per R . Ellison .. .. S 0 0 Leicester , per H . Burrow 1 9 11 E . Kershaw , Small Bridge .. .. .. 2 12 0 J . M'Call , Hamilton . ¦ ... . ,. .. .. - 2 ; 0 0 Pewsbury . per J . Rous .. .. .. ti
n Hyde , per J . Heugh .. ... .. . 1 jj » Wigan , per Thos . Pye .. .. .. » ' Birmingham , per W " . Thorn .. .. ' 2 « n Nottingham , per J . Sweet .. .. .. i » " Norwich , per J . Hurry ° » " Rochdale , per'E . Mitchell * 18 u Dodworth , near Barnsley , per 1 . Croft . .. £ « « Leicester , per Z . Astill ¦ on ¦ n n Bradford , per J . Alderson .. .. . .. ™ « " Newton Abbot , per J . B . Crews .. » . ¦ » ¦ . *¦' : ° Manchester , per J . Murray .. .. ... - * ° . f g Ashton-under-Lyne , per E . Hobson .. » i ) 1 B Glasgow , per J . Smith . ... .. » A 'S-o Northampton ,-per W . Munday .. .. fin Kidderminster , per G . HoUoway .. .. » . J " iVlUUClUUUao ^^ l £ «* . *¦ — -- — „ -- ~ _„ | i
R , Kidd , Dundee .. 370 Stockport , per T . Woodhouse .. , .. tin Wakctield , per W . Farrand .. .. J J ft Artichoke Inn / Brighton , per W . Flower . » 2 16 6 Newcastle-upon-Tyne , per J . Nesbett .. 1 1 » u . '• .. ' . . ' . £ 1 " 6 SJ 1 '' . .- ¦ SECTION No . 2 . Torquay , per R . Putt .. .. . 2 14 2 Elland , per J . 'Kinnerslcy .. « 314 10 Alva , per'J . llobertson .. .. .. 114 Aberdeen , per J . Frnser ... .. .. 5 40 Halifaxj per C . W . Smith .. .. .. 1 1 G 2 Ovenden , near Halifax , per G . Ashworth .. 3 0 0 OltHmm , per W . Hamer .. .. .. 2 10 0 Dewsbury , per J . Hous .. .. .. 120 Hyde , per J . Hough .. .. . .. .. 0 10 0 Denny , per J . Cameron .. ... .. 1 19 0 Oalston , per 6 . Smith .. .. .. 15 9 Nottingham , per J Sweet .. .. .. 2 0 0 Norwich , per J . Bagshaw .. .. .. 5 0 0 Rochdale , per E . Mitchell .. .. .. 3 2 0 Leicester , per Z . Astill 2 0 0 J . King , Hucknall , Notts 5 3 0 Bradford , per J . Alderson .. : .. .. 4 0 0 Newton Abbot , per J . B . Crews . .. .. 2 8 10 Manchester , per J . Murray .. „ .. 8 10 8 Barhead , per W . Flanigan .. .. .. . 200 Glasgow , per J . Smith .. .. .. 3 3 . 9 Paisley , pey'J . LitUgow 2 0 U Kidderminster , per G . Holloway „ .. 0 19 0 Stoekport , per T . Woodhouse .. .. ? , » „ Newcastle-upon-Tyne , per J . Nesbett .. ¦ 6 1- u _ £ 7 tTo 4
PER GENERAL SECRETARY . ; SECTION No . 1 . sHABis . £ s , a . * b . a . Hindley - - 0 ' 1 i llarylebone - 10 0 LaneEnd- . - 0 2 G Westminster - 1 19 3 Ipswich - - 2 13 3 Burnley - - 5 0 0 Westminster ¦ . 0 10 0 Sunderland . 044 Crown and Anchor 2 4 10 Warringtoh - 10 0 Reading - - 2 11 0 Hull - - - 3 0 0 Lambeth - - 11 0 0 Bath ' .- - ¦ ' - ¦ 2 0 0 Robert Bell - 2 12 2 Bromsgrove - 0 2 8 Mottratn , per Wild 2 17 0 J . JGarnett- - 10 0 Lowei 1 Warley - 2 5 4 Hammersmith - 0 10 0 Hodgkiss . . 0 0 . « £ 13 10 ii SECTION No . 2 . Hammersmith , G . ' Andw . Cleveland Dobson - - 5 4 C Stoke Rochford 3 18 6 Do ., 1 ) . 6 . Dob . S . Sliaw , Calais- 5 i 6 son , jun .- - 2 12 4 llottrnn ) , per 1 { . Lynn , per Burton 110 0 Wild - - 0 3 0 Clayton - - 0 0 10 Fred . Capern , W . 0 2 0 Ipsirich - -460 George Drake , W . 020 BeUinge , per Han- Marylebone - 0 14 wick - - 0 7 0 George Barton - 0 10 0 George Taylor - 10 0 Westminster - 0 19 6 Westminster - 0 S 8 ¦ Warrington . 0 1110 Crown and Anchor 0 4 8 Noakes , R . Harrison 0 10 0 Heading - . 2 14 10 J . Day , Sleaford- 5 -t 6 1 ? . White , Stoke Hull - - - 2 0 0 Rochford - 3 18 6 W . Rowe , NorthwichO 10 0 J . Man , Grand Bromsgrove . 0 14 Holm Works 1 0 O jE 43 IS 10 TOTAt LAND FUNP . Mr . O'Connor , Section No . 1 ... 1 ? 6 3 11 Mr . Wheeler „ „ ... 43 W 2 . £ 220 3 1 Mr . O'Connor , Section No . 2 ... 70 0 4 Mr . Wheeler , „ „ ... 43 19 10 £ nri ~ 2 MR . JOHN FKOST . PER ME . O ' CONNOB . W . Lacey , Cleckheaton .. ,. .. 0 10 Halifax , per C . W . Smith .. .. .. 0 3 l Nottingham , per J . Sweet .. ,. .. 0 2 g W . Poole , Iloxton .. .. .. .. 0 2 c Robert Kidd , Dundee .. „ .. 0 4 o , £ 0 13 1 jib . Bicninps . PER GENERAL SECRETABT . T . Salmon . - 0 0 6 Mr . Tobin - - 0 2 6 W . Salmon - O O 6
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Mb . II . Saunders , Newark . —The plates are seat ac cording to the directions given in yonr letter . Oim Agent to whose eare the plates for Mr . J . A . Hogg , Hawick , will sent , will oblige by forwarding the same to their destination . Mr . Hindsuksh , West Aukland . —Apply to Mr . T . M . Wheeler , 83 , Dean-street , Soho . \ Ve do not keep the rules on sale . J . Bareness , Edinburgh . — The pieces received shall have our attention , bat we cannot promise immediate insertion . The " Veteran Patriots' " AND " EX 1 I . E 8 * Widows' " rusDs—The following resolution lias been passed at Manchester : — " That we tho members of the National
Charter Association of Carpenter ' s Hall , Manchester , having no confidence in Thomas Cooper , as » ecretarj either of the Victim Fund or of the Patriot * ' Widows ' and Orphans' Fund , and not considering him a Chartist , but only a wolf in sheep ' s clothing , do therefore request , that the said Thomas Cooper he discharged from the secretaryship , and another appointed in his Stead , on whom the country can confide ; and further , we shall be under the painful necessity of not trausmitting any more money to the aforenamed funds if the said Thomas Cooper ba continued as secretary , or holds any oih ' ee that has anything to do with the disposal of those funds . " By order of the committee authorised to act for the members . Moses Lambert , Secretary . George Maraden , Treasurer .
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Fatal Accident at Rochester . —On Sundav morning early , a beat , in « h \ oh > as the owner and a boy , put oft in the River Medway , to carry some iron for ballast to a vessel preparing to sail for some place abroad . A stiff breeze was prevailing at the time There were many spectators on the bank of the river * who observed that too much sail was put on the boat by the owner . Before it had got a hundred yards from the shore , it was upset by a squall . The owner got upon the topsail , where he might have been rescued but the boy on boar JJwJth him climbed up and took hold ot hu legs , theresult of which was , that both perished before boats for their relief could reach SW « T ? f lanclloly affllir was , that the wue ot tlie unfortunate owner was on the shore a witness of the lamentable tragedy . She fell into strong hysterics and , was carried off the ground in that state .
Dkstitution in Irkiasd .-Notwithstanding tho faencvo ent and zealous labours of the local relief committee to mitigate the sufferings of the poor , and the exertions ot tho " provision committee , " appointed somo time ago by the town commissioners to keep down the price of potatoes at the public markets , we learn from the Galway Vindicator , that tor wane ot employment , thousands of the labouring population of that town , and of tho rural parishes , arc in the most destitute condition—literally unable to provide themselves or families with the humblest food . Thousands of the unfortunate people are literally perishing of hunger , and tho livca of the overseers of tho works endangered , because they are unable , even at lOd . per day , and potatoes still continuing Cd . to Gid . per stone , to give any employ incut to tlw fomisliiug crcaVUtes ,
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THE ELECTIONS . The elections havo so far progressed without any serious opposition to the members of the new administration . The Whigs , however , must not delude themselves into the belief that therefore Unpeople are with them , or hail their accession to office with any satisfaction . At the only place in which an opponent has made his appearance ( Nottingham ) , the show of hands was against them . Chartism , in the person of Mr . O'Connor , bid against Whiggery . represented by Sir J . Hobuouse , for the people ' s . uffrages . and the Whigs lost . The event itself is a
" niall one , but it is significant of a whole train of 3 m . portant inferences . The battle at the next Genera l Election must not be with a juste milieu party , who are " neither fish , flesh , nor good red herring , " but between two opposite principles , represented by two powerful parties-the one contending for political enfranchisement and the rights of labour , the other for the supremacy of capital , whether invested in mills or acres , and the privilege of legislating for the millions without their consent . Half-and-half people must stand out of the way . The great
controversy between justice and injustice must now be decided . The problem , whether there are not better and more beneficial modes of distributing wealth than of giving all the case , luxury and wealth to tin idle , and the toil , hunger and poverty to the industrious , must now be solved . It is of no use for the newspaper scribes and the speech-makers toattempt to throw dust in the eyes of the people , to prevent them from seeing the naked fact a < we have stated it . They will fail in the attempt . The Revolution begun by the LEAGUE will hurry us onward . ' to that point in spite ot all efforts to arrest it . .
To revert to the ministerial re-elections : they have generally presented few points worth notice In most . places , the candidates have been received with a sullen indifference , which betokens anything but gratitude or pleasure at their re-accession to office . At the city election , Lord John ' s speech disappointed everybody . It was in the early part of it a rigmarole about everything in general and nothing in particular—carefully confined , however .
to the past . Everybody believed it was only the exordium to an oration in which he would , at least , have said something about the various topics motfted in his adJress ; but after having touched very slightly on Education , and in a still more general way on commercial freedom , he came to a sudden stop , wound up with a fine pieee of gencialism , and left everybody with open mouth and . ear waiting for what was to come next . We never were present at a move ludicrous scene .
u he shameless and unblushing manner in which the city of Worcester was transferred from Sir T . Wilde to Sir D . Le Mabcitast , is also another noticeable point . It forms one of the most striking and instructive commentaries on the rottenness and rascality of our present system of Parliamentary representation that has lately been offered . If there is an honest elector , or an honest man , in Worcester , his cars must tingle , and his face be suffused with the blush of shame , at the palpably disgraceful way in which tho city was , on this occasion , made ; i
shuttlecock for a couple of whig placemen to play , fust and loose with . At night the electors went to bed , intending to elect Wilde , in the morning they found , by the sudden death of an amiable judge , he is not Attorney General but Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas , and are quietly informed that the gentleman who came down by the train Avith the news is to be tbeir representative- whereupon although confessedly knowing nothing about him , they dutifully obey the command , elect him , and there for the present ends the farce ,
" Whom God wishes to destroy , it is written , " he first makes mad . " The reckless and wanton manner in which the Whigs expose the hollowness of nr political system , is not only a pmagc , of their downfall for ever as a party , but of the monstrous political injustice , out . of which such fungi grow .
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . Tho proceedings in Parliament this week have been of a mere routine nature , political interest for the time having been transferred out of doors . On Monday next the elections , caused by the acceptance of oIKce of the new Ministry , will beprettty well , if not entirely , over , and the business of tke legislature will recommence for the brief period which now in "
tervenes before the close of the session . Short as that time is , we have no doubt the Whigs wish it was shorter . It is long enough to enable their opponents to damage them by sundry moves on the Sugar Duties and other questions , with which they must deal ivilly-niUy , and it is too limited to enable them fairly to bring deliberation or strength to bear on tSiat or any other great question . However , they will by the aid of Peel be enabled to weather the
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SUGAR DUTIES . It is said that Lord Joiin Russell desires to settle the sugar question during the present session , short as the time is Vr-hich now remains for its sittings . The plan which he is reported to have in contemplation is that of a sliding scale , terminating in a vanish ' ing point ap far as differential duty is concerned . We are assured that the gradation may be thus stated ;— BRITISn PMXTATIO . V . ALL FOREIGN . 18 d < 5 14 s . 23 s . 6 d . 1840 14 s 23 s . 6 d . 1847 14 s 23 s . Cd . 1 S 48 Us 23 s . Cd . 1849 Us . 21 s . lOd . 1850 Hs 20 s . 2 d . 1851 14 s 18 s . Gd . 1852 14 s . 10 s . lOd . 1853 14 s 15 s . 2 d . 1854 Mv 14 s . Od . The duty thus resulting , at the last-mentioned date , is a permanent equalisation of fourteen shillings on British plantation and foreign sugars . If such a measure were carried , the last remaining obstruction to a general and determined movement for political emancipation would be removed .
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THE MAKTYR FROST . Subscriptions received by Mr . G . Rogers , acting Treasurer to tho Fund , up to Thursday , July 3 th . Previously acknowledged ... 214 9 1 Subscriptions per Mr . ( J , J , Harney ( 4 th collection ) ... 5 2 C Ditto . Jlr . F . O'Connor , ( 4 th collection ) ... ... 7 G 1 Mr . Charles Burrntt ... 0 10 Total ... 226 18 8 IEB . KB .. 1 . K . WUEELB * . Marylebone , per Mr . Padding . ton ' s Book ... 0 6 7 Mr . Smith ' s Book ... 0 3 10 Reading ... O 13 1 Wellenbro' p er Mr . Hobinson ,,, 0 9 2 J . Thornley , Jlarplo , * ... 0 2 6 Bromsgrove ... 0 9 0 Total 2 4 2 6 . Julian Earnet . Stockton ( a few friends ) per T . Walley ... 0 5 0 James Fildes , Glasgow ... 0 5 0 Oldlmm , Phoenix , and Gauntlet Association , per T . Haguo ... 0 5 0 Manchester , per R , Radford , ( third collection ) ... 2 0 0 . . . Total from July 2 d to July 9 tb ... 2 15 0 The following is a copy of Mr . Rogers ' s receipt for tho sumB acknowledged by me in last Saturday ' s Star : — July G , 1840 .. "Mr . Harnejr handed me Five Pounds Two Shillings and Sixpence , ( tho total of the following items : HecUinondwkk , kZ 7 s .: Sultou in AsMLeld , £ 1 is 6 d Bradford , 14 s .- £ 5 2 s . 6 d . ) being his fourth pavuicnt to rue for uiouey collected in behalf of Ar . Frost . " "GEOKGfiRoGEBS . "
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UNITED PATRIOTS"BENEFIT SOCIETY ; . The Third Anniversary of this flourishing Institution wag held at Chalk Farm ,. on Monday , the 6 th inst . ' T . S . Duneombe , Esq ., M . P ., in the chair . : Thehon . gentleman on his entrauco was received with immense applause . He was supported on hi « right by Dr . Bird , nnd on his left by Mr . Ruffy . We obser . several other talented gentlemen on the platform . The dinner , which was of first-rate quality , was ser 7 cd up in admirable style , and the wines were excellent . The members and friends ' ( of whom there was a good many present ) having disposed of the food for the body , that for the mind commenced . The CaiifiMAN briefly gave— "The People , tho true source of all legitimate power . " ,. „ '¦ diffidence
Jlr . G . W . Wheeleu . —Sir , 1 feel very great in rising to address you on the present oecasion , confi . dent as I am that thare are so many here who could do greater justice to the sentiment , though perh aps none who feel a deeper interest ir . it . It has been customary on similar occasions to toast the Queen first ; but « rher power is only derived from the peopla , it would loek something like putting the cart before the horse . The toast says , " The People , the true source of « 11 power . I wish We could say the true possessors of a 1 power . I could wish to 6 « e this not merely an ideality , hut a . living , reality . The people were longin ignorance of their own nowr but by the aid of a Duneombe , a Wakley , and ro-Connor-fgreat eheeringj-assisted by others they bid fair to acquire this knowledge ; and when they do , they will speedily obtain justice . Let us , then , support such men as our worthy chairman , and his bon . colleague —( cheer 6)—in the house , and O'Connorand others out—( cheers)—and thus become in reality the true source of
The Chairman . —The next sentiment ! have to submit to you is the toast of the evening— "The United Pa . triots' and Patriarchs' Benefit Societies ; and prosperity to the Branches . " I assure you it is a subject in which [ f-el a deep interest , having introduced a Bill into the he oe to remedy certain defects in the existing laws ; and 1 J ' eel a peculiar interest in your society , for on turning ray attention to this subject , I found that there were between seren .-. ml eight thousand different secretaries and after-haTinp txamined the rules of a great number of them , I am bound to tell you that the rules of your society are the safest and best that have come under my notice . If I had found them defective , it would be my duty to tell you so ; but Justice Wightman having given a decision on a case brought before him , that decision , if the correct one , rendered your soeiety , and all similarly constituted , { illegal . True , that decision might . have been appealed against in the House of Lords ; but that is an expensive process . I therefore introduced a bill to meet this difficulty . The Bill , I am happy to say , has njw received the Royal assent , and I can congratulate you now on your being a perfectly legal society . Mr . Dnow .-The tasVl have had allotted to me is a very easy one ; it is to propose the healths of the General Secretary , the sub-Secretary , - and other officers of the society ; and I am sure that if they had not done their dutv . we should not liaTe been all so happy to-day . That is evidenced by the flourishing state of the society and its rapid progress . Its balance-sheets must have satisfied every member . The evidence of heir worthy Chairman , » ho had examined the rules of so many societies , must be very gratifying to those who were members , ana onght to induce those who were-not members already , to lose no time in joining , especially when they considered the special benefits held out to its membersbenefits not to be attained in any other . With respect to the secretary , he had known Mr . Ruffy for fifteen ye : irs , and never knew him for anything else than a perfectly honest man . He therefore begged leave to propose his health , and that of the officers . Drank with three times three . Mr . ReFPr , — -I rise to return my heartfelt thanks to all , but more especially to you , Sir , for your kind and gentlemanly conduct to myself nnd the deputation nho waited on ' you after the decision of Justice Tfightman , nnd likewise for the introduction of that clause in your Bill which declared . ill societies thin in existence to be legal . We believed bi-fore that we were legal , we believe so still ; at any rate , we had done what the government declared necessary . It ie now my pleasing duty foreport to you the state of the society ; and although this is the third anniversary , it can only be said to have been iu existence two years and three quarters . In that time , we have paid— £ s . d . For sickness allowance to the members ... ... ... 447 6 GJ Forlyings-in ... ... 218 10 0 For Funerals ... ... 152 10 0 £ 317 G GJ 3 These are the fruits of union , these benefits , and the certainty with which they are assured to the members , have insured the support of our chairman . > Ve have branches now established in all theprincipal towns in the kingdom . The balance now in hand is £ G 95 6 s . 6 | d ., and the total number of members 1578 . ( Repeated cheering . ) Mr . Sloman . —I rise to perform a pleasant task , to give a vote of thanks to an officer , a man who has made pecuniary sncr / fieei on account of his liberal principles , nnd hits thus proved himself a disinterested patriot , a man without whose services you would be nothing , for what would our society be without healthy members , and I am sure the efficient services of Dr . Bird fully entitles him to our support ; and whilst he soars in our estimation may the Arrows of Slander , though diped in the poison of malignity fail to fix themselves in the wings of his reputation . ( Cheers . )
Dr . Bikd . —I feel extremely obliged to you for the kind manner in which you have received my name , but first I would object to the bilb and circulars having on them my name , as coupled with those of Messrs . O'Connor and Duncombe , as though I was a talented speaker like them , whereas I attend on thB poor of the Parish of Marylebone , whilst they are state doctors .- I feel the pulses of infant paupers , whilst they feel , and in a great measure guide , the beatings of the heart of the nation . The Speaker then entered into some elaborate calculations on the probable duration of human life , and urged on them the necessity of sanatory reform , to be taken up by the club throudi all its branches . " The Ladies , " Proposed by Mr . Gammon . Mr . J . G . Dkon proposed " The health of our worthy
Chairman . " ( Drank with three times three . ) Mr . Doscombe . —I am well aware that my name has been so associated with political matters , that it is a difficult thing to look at me in any other light , but I assure you it gives me great pleasure to be able to meet you on neutral ground . In fact , such is the present state of parties , that i < I was to attempt to be political , I should hardly know what to say , for I hardly know who are the Government , or what are the principles of the opposition . But I am glad to be able re congratulate you upon the repeal of the Corn Laws , because it is one monopoly swept away , The . benefit and the dangers to be apprehended from the measure have both been greatly exaggerated ; but they are now swept away , and the nation must tura its attention to something else— . ( cheers )—and I shall feel it my duty on the very eominericsment of the next session , to
propose some measure to improve the social and moral condition of the people ; . and to that the Government must pay attention , whoever that government might be , they must be satisfied to contend for something more than inete party taeasures , or indulging- in party Strifes . I believe I have some portion of the confidence of ( he working classes , and 1 feel great pleasure in being able to preside at any of their meetings when I am able . A very short time since , I was at a Conference of Trades ' Delegates , and I was very much pleased with all they said and did . I said to them what I say to you , that intelligence is so rdvanced , and I have seen so much talent displayed , that I positively declare I seldom hear such speeches in the house , and there are many men whom I know , some of them nyw present , who would be au honour to that or any other assembly . ( Cheers . )
Mr . fiof pr . —There is only one more sentiment to give , but one without which our meeting would be an anomal y I mean " The Liberty of the Press . " It is to the press that we , as a society , almost o * e our existeuce . Our thanks are due to the Northern Star , for its conduct towards the society , in always inserting all accounts of tho { VVOgl'eSs of the society . It ha » well earned for itself the title of tha Poor Han ' s Paper . Our thanks are likewise du » to Lloyd ' s for their conduct to us-Considerable anxiety was manifested as to the cause of JTr . O'Connor not being- present : iir . 6 . Wheeleb explaincd , that in consequence of tho nomination for Nottingham taking place , Mr . O'Connor bad been compelled to leave for that town .
The meeting was agreeably entertained by the Introduction of recitations , songs , &c ., after which , dancing commenced , and was kept up till an early hour
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DOUGLAS JERKOLD'S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER of Saturday next , the 18 ih of Ouly , will contain the
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 11, 1846, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1374/page/4/
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