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THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1847.
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All TUt VilKT *IV till V'" Ittai ON TUE Fiasil OF JULY 1W7, Wiabe JMHUhed, V" " KO. I. (PRICE SIXPENCE,) OF THE PEOPLE'S LEGAL ADVISER.
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MORE CHARTISM ! PURCHASE OF 270 ACRES OF PME LAP , Within two-and-a-half miles of Lowbands , and six-and-a-half of Gloucester . On Saturday last Mr O'Connor effected the purchase of the Snig ' s End and Moate Farms , in the most beautiful parts of Worcestershire and Gloucestershire .
The Northern Star Saturday, June 12, 1847.
THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , JUNE 12 , 1847 .
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GLORIOUS TRIUMPH OF CHARTISM . THE OLD GENERAL IN THE FIELD AGAIN . In another part of our paper , we record one of the most glorious triumphs that Chartism has held in the metropolis for many years—indeed , we do not recollect such a noble vindication of its principles since the great meeting at the Crown and Anchor ten years ago , in honour of the Scottish martyrs , when the cold homage to he given in marble was changed into a warmer tribute that of instilling the pure principles of freedom into living hearts . Many and insidious are the attacks Chartism has sustained
from its secret enemies—it has outlived them . Various and powerful are the assaults it has received from its open foes—it has conquered them . But there is one thing under which it would sicken and die ; thai is , were the people ever to swerve from its pure principles , and commit themselves again blindfold to the absurdities of their oppressors . We have always held it to be both wise and consistent , to
resist oppression wherever and whenever it met us on our path . We are glad to clear away every obstacle from before the Charter ; but , in so doing , we must not commit or compromise its glorious principles . We are willing to support agitations against the Poor Law , the State Church monopoly , or any other evil and oppressive measure ; but , because we struggle for the removal of a grievance , let no one imagine we shall be satisfied with the termination of one
individual wrong , out of so many evils . Far from it . If we attack oppression in detail , we will replace it by nothing but the CHARTER ; and , whenever for a bad law one is to be substituted hostile to the spirit of Chartism , it behoves every Chartist to be under arms immediately , and vindicate a cause for which we have struggled so long , and which is daily gathering fresh strength in the hearts of the people , and the progress of the times .
The resolution that was submitted to the meeting at the Cro wn and Anchor had nothingof Chartism in it . It invei ghed against the present Poor Law—it substituted oue as bad—nay ! worse—for it encouraged a slavish spirit of voluntary servility . New a mau Is driven to the union , and there treated like a prisoner and a culprit . Under the law proposed by that resolution , he would be equally driven to ths bastile ; but further schooled in a long training of servility ; in his old age—when it was time to rest—he might crawl , forth and cringe again for work . Now he has bis niggard dole given out to him with official iniolence—then he would have the blessed privilege of humbly begging for his miserable indul gences .
Was this Chartism ? Was this liberty ?; Was this manly independence ? We confess that we attended that meeting with feelings of indignation and confidence , Of indignation , that any should suppose )
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measure so base anil paltry could '• satisf y the ( ieopie ; of confidence , that the men of London would spurn it as it deserved ,, and vindicate their character as ' CHARTISTS in the eyes of the country . But our feelings were changed to pleasurable exultation when we saw that the OLD GENERAL was at his ; post ; he had come in the hour of danger to face the enemy ; he had seen through the sly attack contained in that resolution , and he was determined to vindicate the character of the CH ARTE R . ^^^^ ^ ^ ¦ ^ ¦ ^^ ¦ ^^^
The Hall was densely crowded—and , indeed , many were the middle-class men who pervaded the meeting , and no doubt the miserable Wbiglitiga exulted when they heard tlu obnoxious resolution read . The Chartist portion of the audience seemed surprised , and a working man , from the body of the meeting cried , "Move an amendment . " He had not long to wait , for as soon as the resolution had been seconded , Mr O'Connor ( who had not heard of the intended meeting till that same morning , and immediatel y hastened , to town from the PEOPLE'S ESTATES in Worcestershire ) , rose to oppose it . We expected ranch from him on such an occasionwhen the principles for which he had suffered and struggled were being mutilated in his presence , and no doubt his unexpected advent had surprised
tke meeting . But our expectations were surpassed ; We never witnessed passion so real , or violence so eloquent . Mr O'Connor ' s delivery is always fluent , but now it wa 6 unusually rapid ; he appeared to electrify the Chartist portion of the meeting with the spatk that fired his own thought , and to paralyse the temporisers by the thunder of his denunciation . We have seldom heard reasoning more convincing eloquence more startling , or invective n ore withering . The forest of bands held up for the amendment , the thunder of applause that hailed his address , and the " three , cheers , and one more , " for THE CHARTER , must have struck terror into his opponents , as it has done honour to the men of London , who have proved that " Chartism is not dead"in the metropolis . No ! and it shall " never die while oppression lives !
We trust the spirit that has been awakened at this meeting will find a ready response throughout the country . There is a crisis in politics ; there must be a CRISIS in CHARTISM as well . We must havfi no more temporising now ; no more playing with names and words ! The Chartist bod y must prepare to do their duty like men . No more voting for a WHIG enemy , to keep out a TORY ( enemy ; or for a TORY , to keep out a WHIG . No more CHOOSING BETWEEN TWO evils , but a STRUGGLING FOR THE GOOD . No more heeding those who say , if we vote for neither Whig or Tory at the coming Elections we shall lose our power and influence in the constituencies . We say
to these men , VOTE FOR A CHARTIST ! Put forward CHARTIST CANDIDATES ; and even in those Boroughs where you are weakest—even where you have only a few votes—you will show that you are up to the mark—and gain more influence and respect by holding a bold front than by throwing yourselves in as a make-wei ght amid the balance of factions . A few determined men are always , more formidable than an army of temporisers . Thug even the weakest will feel their feet in the sea of politics—thus they will gain strength and confidence for a renewed struggle—thus their numbers will increase , ( for the wavering always follow the boldest , ) and thus they will be enabled to conquer , by daring to be in earnest .
Bnt we know of many Boroughs that have sufficient strength to return Chartist candidates at the coming Election . Let them not flinch . ONWARD be the word . To these , as to all , we say , there is but one strai ghtforward course to pursue . You have raised the cry of THE CHARTER AND NO SURRENDER ! Be trueto it , and as it is now your battle-cry , so it will ere long become your shout of victory !
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^¦^¦¦¦¦¦ OMBiMBBW ^ fcBMMWMtf ^¦^¦^^^^^^^^^^ ^^ nature . It is MURD&K-Tand those who perpetrate it can be no better'than . MURDERERS ~ and , in-| deed , if the . English people tau'iely look on . they are : accomplices' ¦ : ¦ . ¦¦ : . ;• ; - ; But little ,- indeed , of all this food and produce will coTe to the mouths of the English poor . Why , even " English corn , is being sold to the French buyer , or hoarded against an artificial famine . Let the crops grow ; let showers fructify and sunshine ¦ ^^ ¦ M . ' ^ ^ ¦^¦^^^^^^^^^ ^^
ripen the grain ; all th « better for the forestallers 1 The more gigantic will be their undertakings—the more collossal their gains . English and Irish must come to the rescue , or they will see their wives and children fade and die before their eyes , while forestallers are fattening their own proud hearts on a perishing country : Ay ! the Irish peasantry are being murd-red , while Irish landlords are feasting the son of the Russian tyrant on the life-blood of
of the Saxon and the Celt alike . How long shall this last ? As long as the ' people are . fools enough to submit to infamy , but no longer ! How long shall this last ? As long as the wolf wears the sheep ' s clothing , and till the hand of truth tears the mask off the face of tyranny—but no longer ! And we think the time has come . Death and suffering have been teaching new lessons of political economy . They have said to the poer , Why should you starve ? See ! there is enough for all ! They have warned the rich : men will not respect your wealth , if you do not respect their poverty . They will not fight your battles and pay your taxes , if you do not
concede to them their rights , and restore to them their property . It is coming to a day of reckoninga closing of accounts—a striking of the balance , and woe to the defaulter and the guilty ! There is still time to prevent the last extremity . It is not a deficiency of food in the country that presses on the people-but a deficiency of popular power that leave this food at the discretion of Monopoly locks up , by Us laws of primogeniture and others ^ the land that produces the food ; places the harvests at the mercy ot the landlord ' s pame—and the labourer and mechanic at the despotic bidding of his master ; gives to the Church the acres of the poor—pamper * the shepherd , while it starves the flock !
Down with such laws , and there would be plenty ! Down with monopoly , and there would be content i but not with ONE monopoly alone—a * long as one canker remains , the whole tree is infected .
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——— " ^— , PORTUGAL COERCED AND ENGLAND DEGRADED . At the time we write , Thursday evening , the latest intelligence of the movements in Portugal , represents the Conde das'Antas , with two thousand of his followers , as prisoners of war in the hands of the invaders ; and the Junta crippled , if hot totall y crushed . In all probability a few hours will bring the confirmation or contradiction of this report . However that may be , there can be no doubt that either with or without a lamentable effusion o blood , the Portuguese will be compelled to succumb to the combined brigands arrayed against them , by land and sea .
We refer our readers to the documents in our seventh page , which will be found fully to bear out every argument we advanced last week against the course adopted by the British Government , to their eternal dishonour , and the shame of this country , The Whigs have printed a " blue book , " which we have not seen , but which we understand contains nearly 400 pages of correspondence and di plomatic documents , now laid before parliament to justi fy (?) the intervention . The Whigs may hope to smother
the truth under a mass of diplomatic lies and rubbish , but we tell them though their" blue book" had contained four hundred times four hundred pages , they would fail to prove the purity of their conduct . Without the shadow of a Bhade of justification , the Whigs have placed themselves at the head of-a new " Holy Alliance , " to annihilate the forlorn hope of liberty in Portugal , preparatory to an onslaught upon Switzerland and Italy , where the French and Austrian despotisms purpose to destroy the last remnants of freedom , and the new-born hopes of progress .
The armed intervention is totall y unjustifiable because 1 st , England has no right to inter / ere in the affairs of another and an independent state ; because 2 nd , the Queen of Portugal has proved herself a tyrant , fierce , faithless , and fiendish , and to interfere in the affairs of nations for the sustainment of tyranny is abhorent to the spirit of the English people ; because 3 rd , the insurrection against Donna Maria was not the ebullition of a faction , but the unanimous outburst of a nation ; and as every nation has the ri ght te change its governors , as England did in the time of James 2 nd , Portugal may of right do the same ; whether that right be exercised to change a ministry ,
a chief magistrate , or a constitution ; because , lastly , so long as tho interference of British agents was conducted in a seemingly friendly , and impartial spirit , the Junta , the true national government of Portugal—showed perfect willingness to negotiate a peace ; only insisting that the desired arrangement should be guaranteed'bysomething more binding than the mock promises o " Her Most Faithful Majesty . " To place thia last position beyond the possibility of doubt , or question , we will hero quoto from the letter of tho Conde dns Antas to Sir II . Seymour , after the withdrawal of Colonel Wylde from tho negotiation : —
Tho Junta has not refused to consent , as your exccllenoy affirms , to the proposals which were made to it . On the contrary , it deemed them , 'in their opinion , to be acceptable and opportune , but it saw that they would easily be eluded if they were not accompanied , by explanations and elucidations necessary to guarantee them . Accepting the principle , it did no more than deduce tho consequences , which it sees , not without great surprise , condemned .
And if , in fine , there was anythin g in its answer which appeared unreasonable , no doubt could exist that it might be again considered as soon as amiimtry deserving the confidance of the throne and country should be named . In politics , words signify nothing without the means of execution ; and this Junta would have acted very indiscreetly if it had endangered the present and future happiness of the couptry to vague promises always easy to be eluded ..
. Tho Junta not only desired peace , it made another effort to obtain it . Wo quote again fram the same letter : — Suoh is the desire tho Junta entertains to terminate pacifically this deplorable contest , that it has rcBolvedon addressing directly to her most faithful majesty a respectful message , not only to treat for the proposed armistice , but likewise of the finalsteps indispensable to restore to the country peace , legal
order , and constitutional liberty , without injury to the dignity of the throne and of the national indepenenco . And , in order to attain this end , the Junta , availing itself of the friendly disposition which your excellency has manifested for the pacification of this country , requests you will be pleased to obtain from her most faithful majesty the favour of her admitting to her royal presence the commission wliich the Junta shall appoint to be the bearers of that respectful message . —
Palmerstou ' 8 protocol wo have . shown to be based upon fraud and falsehood . On the grounds we have enumerated we assert that the War of Invasion , the Intervention of Brute Force is UNJUSTIFIABLE AND DAMNABLE ; combining the wickedness of Russian agression with the shame of Austrian perfidy . But there is one argument advanced by the defenders and apologists of the Whig Government , in attempted justification of the intervention , so shamoful that we blush to record it ; The Times , Glolc , and
Chronicle , represent that had the English government not interfered , the governments ef franco and Spaiu would have interfered and that in that case the consequences would have been much worse for the Portuguese liberals . It is admitted that "in the beginning of the dispute . the feelings of our Government were obviously with the people , the justice of whose emptomtsHim impossible to deny . " At an early stage of the dispute application for assistance was made by tho traitorous Queen of Portugal to the i EnglUh , French and Spanish Governments . The two laV . er npieued tteir readiness to afford \ b « w «
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quired aid , which'the British Government rein *? » believing that the Queen waS' in the wrong . If th * ( iueenwaa in the wrong elght months- ago , she i « equaUyJn the wrong how ; indeed , in ' the course of thaftime her guilt has becomfe ' . greatly [ aggravated . Why , then , that change of pjlioy which has set England interfering , to her own dishonour and the ruin of Portugal ? Becanae , forthsooth , Spain would interfere , —Franco would interfere . But has Ene land not the power to forbid that interference ? Is our country fallen so low that England must either participate in a wrong , or tamely ptand by and see thai wrong performed ? Yes ; at least such is the argument of the papers above named .
The Chronicle sneerlngly asks Mr Hume what he would do were he Foreign Minister ? What he might do we know not , but we imagine if our Foreign Minister was the minister of THE PEOPLE , instead of being the partisan of a corrupt faction ; if he was the representative of ENGLAND , instead of being the dirty tool of a Coburg clique , he , speaking the voice of England ' s might , would forbid both Guizot and Pacheco interfering with Portugal at their peril . Shade of Cromwell ! is it come to this , that England dare not stand by the right but muR * needs share the crimes of the despots and assassins of the ocntinent , and be willing to do the dirty work of'that intriguing , hypocritical old tyrant , Louis Philippe ?
Night after ni ^ ht , in the House of Commons , the discussion on this infamous intervention has been postponed under one miserable pretext or another , the object of the Government being to gain time , and stave off discussion until their murderous " pacification" has become " an accomplished fact "—a phrase which is now held to be a sufficient excuse for all crimes and knaveries of statesmen and diplomatists . After repeated postponements , Lord G . Bentinck had the impudence to suggest a further postponement , because the evening finally agreed upon between Mr Hume and the Government was the night the Queen ' s balltoohplace ! Well might Mr B . Osborne say that this was very like the argument that . ' Wretches must hang , tha" jurym en may dine ' . " for in this case it seemed to bo thought that
" Patriots must die that senators may dance . " Such are the statesmen and legislators of England ! Th < Me be thy gods , 0 Israel ! The bold and truthful sentiments expressed by the Fraternal Democrats on this question , will , we are sure , find an echo in the breasts of millions . If any short-sighted leokera-on are disposed to question thp ut'lity of" addresses" and " resolutions" from men who have not at present the power to prevpnt or punish the crimes they denounce or deplore , let such remember that " Words are things , and a small drop of ink Falling like dew upon a thought , produces That which makes thousands , perhaps millions , think !"
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""' . ' PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . The protracted debates on the Prisons Bill , and incidentally on Criminal Jurisprudence , in general affords a strong , and , in some respects , gratifying proof of a decidedly wholesome change in the current of popular opinion , and of an increased and increasing disposition on the part of legislators to attend to measures of an ameliorative and reformatory character , which , in former times , would have been summarily dismissed ; as being so abstract and theoretical , and so wholly impracticable and
Utopian as to be altogether unworthy of the attention of " practical men . " The superciliousness and apathy of ignorance has now given place to the warm , but . as yet , crude and undefined reasoning and interest of the neophytes in a new branch of study ; and , though the opinions of the parties so placed may possess little intrinsic value , the change is , itself , a most beneficial one , and cannot fail to lead to other and still more pleasing and substantial results . In this respect , and in this only , do these debates afford anv real gratification to those who have
already given the complicated framework of society , and the foundations upon , which it is—as well as those upon which it ought to he—based , that attention and reflection which such primarily essential subjects demand . It is not , however , in matters affecting a reform in our Criminal Code , and in the treatment of those who have become amenable to the laws , that the views of our legislators and rulers are found to be fragmentary and superficial . In almost every other department of legislation the same ignorance and fear of first principles is
observable . None of them have learned to look upon the subject in its totality—most of them would scout the man as a dreamer who would talk of doing so . Yet it is not the less true that until legislation has some fixed and definite first principles to start from , with fixed , definite , and harmonious results in view , that we cannot be said to have mas . tered the very alphabet of the science of Government , and all that may be said or done on the subject is mere hap-hazard , and rule of thumb-work . For along period this country dealt with its
criminal population in a very summary way . We either strung them up on the gallows , or flung them , like so much human rubbish , upon foreign lands , termed " penal colonies , " to perish , or to ferment and puHfy , by association , into masses of greater corruption and vice than but for such a coarse and clumsy invention could possibly have been created . The public feeling has long since revolted at hanging human beings , and the spectacle is happily becoming a somewhat rare one . Capital punishments are now limited to a very few offences
and even in the few cases to which it is still applicable , there is a growing disinclination on the part of both judges and juries to enforce it . The transportation system , in all its modifications , is becoming equally stale and effete in popular estimation . As a curative of the criminal , or a preventive of crime , it is ridiculous to speak of it ; while , on the other hand , it entails upon the colonies to which these human weeds are transplanted such an amount of pecuniary , social , and moral evil , as to render existence in-them intolerable and impossible to any other class .
Transportation , under almost ever y possible shape and form , has been tried and found wanting in all the great requisites which a philosophical legislator or statesman would require . Under these circumstances , the Government propose a great change ; in fact , it amounts to a virtual abolition of transportation , and the substitution of a system of moral and industrial training for convicts , for a certain period , after which they are to be sent abroad at the expense of the Government , to any part of the world thev may choose , furnished with the means to
commence life anew , unchecked by former criminal associates , previous bad habits , or the disgrace of a bad name ! The scheme is undoubtedly a benevolent one in intention ; but it is open to many very grave objections , not the least forcible of which ' » , that it gives the convicted criminal greater advantages than fall to the lot of the honest labourer . It seems never to have occurred to our readers , or members of parliament , that it might be proper , justifiable , and much more efficacious for the State to make arrangements by which moral and industrious habits might be i formed for these persons , lefore they became criminals , instead of after they had | violated the laws . The
one plan would not only be more certain in its results , but a great deal more economical . A population universally and early trained up in habits of regular industry , with the moral and domestic affection * duly cultivated , the intellect properly , developed , and their physical wants properly supplied , would present such I a vis inertia to the temptations of Vice , that our standing army of judges , lawyers , jailors , turnkeys , constables , policemen , and all the tribe who live by the crimes of others , mig ht be speedily cut down to a skeleton staff . But it is not yet the fashion of the ( day to legislate in this radical style . Instead of I cutting off the watenof evil at the fountain head ,
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v .,. ' .... ^ m , , we preier to take our stand far down the , r ^ land after it has overflowed it banks , and gpreaTf Ration and- ruin around , we essay the task f rating its career of destruction ' , by bailing a * in bucket Such is pretty nearl y the fact , thou figuratively b . tated ; a result which must continue"f distinguish all u ^ lation based upon imperfect ° erroneous views of . the first principles of societ y , a first duties of Government , and the first ri ghts of tb * people . , ZZ ^^^ . ¦¦—— ' * •* ' * ' * ¦ ¦ . ; ¦ . ' :. ";" T ' - ¦ '• ¦¦ ^ ;¦> •^ T" ^^*^^ BBB ^^ ihl .
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RICH AND POOR . . Do our readers want to know why the Irish are starving ? Do they want to know wh y 10 , 000 menwomen , and children ; starved to death , have , within this year , been cast into " one cemetery , " with the dogs devouring their half-covered bodies , and pesti . lenceexhaling froni their open grave ? Do they want to know wh y death stalks over the sister country , devastating , in its progress , till Ireland must no longer be called "the Emerald Isle" and the " gem of the sea ; " no , nor even the " sea-bound dungeon ; " but the vast CEMETERY OF A MURDERED RACE ? Let them read the following , and they need ask no more : —
Importations from Ireland . — The arrivals of grain and provisions of various kinds at the port of Liverpool irom Ireland during the week comprising the period from the 14 th to the 20 th ultimo incltisively , consisted of the following : | 6 . 666 firkins , ft half-firkins , 555 baskets , 84 boxes , and 410 casks of butter ; 929 Hacks and 640 barrels of Hour ; 2 , 014 quarters , 205 tons weight , 1 . 248 barrels , and 61 sacks of wheat ; 168 quarters , 795 barrels , and 200 sacks of oats ; 134 bags and 147 other packages of oatmeal ; 120 sacks of malt ; 120 sacks and 516 quartera of barley ; 13 bales , 575 buxes and tierces , and 5 other parcels of linens and cottons : 21 casks and
139 bales of bacon ; 22 bans of feathers ; 50 bags ef vetches ; 67 tons weight and 33 bags of beans ; 108 C 888 of peas ; 54 casks of whisky ; 178 bags of meal-30 kegs and 26 barrela of lard ; 137 barrels of pork : 16 barrels ot general provisions : 58 tons weight of buck-wheat ; 24 bags of seed ; and 15 kegs of tonuues . I hose at the port of Bristol on the 17 th and 20 th consisted of 342 firkins of butter-25 quarters of malt ; 8 ome packages of linens ! whisky , and other articles . The arrivals at tke port of London from the sister island during the week comprising from the 17 th to the 22 nd ult ., inclusive were , 138 packages of butter , 405 casks of pork 52
packages of linens , 687 boxes of eggs , 11 casks of whiskey , 1 , 424 bales and other packages , of bacon , 182 of hams , 56 of general provisions , 322 barrels of flour , 70 bags , 556 quarters , and 100 sacks of wheat 320 bags , 2 . 160 barrels , and 387 quarters of beans ; 473 casks of lard , 425 quarters and i bushels of lentils , 54 packages of middles . 87 of malt , 351 barre ' i of oats , 376 casks of porter , 648 quarters of buckwheat , and a variety of other articles , both of food and general merchandise . The importations into Liverpool from the same quarter , during a subsequent period , viz ., from the 21 st to the 26 th ult . inclusive , consisted ot 159 baas of meal 29 casks of
, whiskey , 171 sacks ' and 350 other packages of oatmeal , 50 tons weight and 25 quarters of barley , 298 tacks , 77 tons weight , 575 barrels , and 38 quarters of oats ; 600 barrels and 430 Backs of flour ; 124 boxes , 8 544 firkins , and 500 other packages of butter ; 4 , 126 quarters , 100 barrels , and 322 tons weight of wheat ; 24 quarters and 20 tons weight of Indian corn ; 517 packages of linens and cottons ; 133 bal . s and 9 casks of bacon ; 60 tons weight of peas ; 273 casks of pork ; several of ham , beef , and lard ' -60 lacks of malt , and 101 tons weight and 60 quarteraof beans / Those at the port of Bristol , on th « 24 th ami 27 th alt ., included 12 casks of tongues , 33 of whisky ,
24 sacks of oatmeal , 100 of wheat , 30 bales of bacon . 31 bagi of oats , 30 casks , 610 firkins , and 2 kegs of butter ; 80 packages of flour , several ef linens , hums , and other articles . The following are the subsequen t » nd latest nrrivala of provisionsof various kinds from Ireland at the port of London , comprising the period from the 24 th ult . to the 31 st instant indusivo : — 1 , 244 quarters of oats ; 1 , 071 Irnles and other packages of bacon ; 347 casks of pork ; 71 of feathers ; 1 , 677 caski of butter ; 61 packages of linens , 71 of hams , 24 of rice , 139 of malt , 119 of whiskey , 214 ot papsr , 70 of salmon ; 723 boxes of eggs ; 118 sacks , 455 quarters , and 500 bags of ffheat ; 416 casks » f porter ; 205 packages of general provisions : 2 . 434
sacki , 817 cables , and 2 . jO bagi of flour ; 442 casks <> l lard , 23 of middles ; 19 casks of vinegar ; 190 quarters of rye ; 500 barrela of meal ; 20 quarters of beans ; I 100 lan . ks , CO sheep , 91 oxen , and 40 calvts ; 830 bagsef buckwheat ; 800 packages of corn meal , and a variety of other productions , of food and general merchandise , including 388 boxes of silver lead ore , and 96 boxes of silver specie , of too general and numerous a character to be more tully particularised . Although the frequency and alniwt uninterrupted continuance of a contrary wind , which has affected the arrivals intu England from foreign ports , must havo hadiis proportionate effect with respect to the arrivals from the neighbouring portion oi the United Kingdom . :
This exportation of food from the famishing in the face of that cemetery ! This in the face of those perishing millions ! We arraign the legislature who can permit this , as guilty of high , treason to bomiB
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The attempt of the Framework Knitters of th 9 midland counties to defend themselves by means of legislative protection against the intolerable and oppressive exactions of the owners of frames anj other evils incident to their , occupation has failed for this session , at least . The Hosiery Bill ^ defeated on Wednesday by a majority of twenty notwithstanding an earnest appeal by its promoter * Sir H . Halford , that it might be referred to a seleet committee , for the purpose of seeing whether the
clauses objected to by some members who pro . tessed themselves friendly to the object of the bill might not be amended in such a way as to obviate these objections . It is but justice to add , th at other members supported the proposition to refer the bill , on the ground that the house was bound to inquire whether there were any practicable means by which the condition of this notoriousl y oppressed class of operatives could be improved . Among the members who took this course was Sir J . Easthope , who on this occasion deserted his colleague in ths
representation of Leicester , who proposed the amendment that the bill be read a second time sixmonths hence . Sir John did not disguise his opinion , that legislature would be of no use to the Framework Knitters , but he was so careful not to hurt their feelings that he was quite willing to " inquire . " He disclaimed being animated by any electioneering motive in supporting such inquiry . Perhaps It is as veil not to look too curiousl y into human motives , else we fear that , however un . consciously to himself , it would be found that
proximity to a general election had no small share in producing this somewhat unusual course on the part of the worthy baronet , whose paper , the Morning Chronicle , has at all times consistentl y and bitterly opposed every attempt to legislate for the protection of the working classes against the overgrown power of capital . As to the general argu . ments by which the house was induced to reject the measure , — they were identical in substance , almost in words , to those urged by the same men against the Ten Hours' Bill , Mr Milner Gibson .
Mr Roebuck , Mr Monk Phillips , &c , spouted the usual g lib fallacies of the heartless and brainless sect of economist to which they belong , with the sam fluency and the same assurance as if they had not been this very session triumphantly answered and beaten on the Ten Hours ' Bill ; Strange to say , the House of Commons also forgot that fact , and idded another to its already long catalogue of inconsistencies , by refusing that protection to the stocking makers which it previously granted to the factory operatives ^ Defeat , however , must in this case , as . in the case of the factory agitation , only stimulate to renewed and continuous exertions oa
the part of the Framework Knitters and their f riends . Perseverance in such cases is not only one of the political necessities of the present mode of doing business in a legislative way ; but is , at . the same time , the best guarantee of ultimate success , The discussion which the subject has undergone during the present session , and the errors pointed out in the form of the Bill by such friendly critics as Mr Duncombe and others , will enable those who have the special charge of this question to come be' " ore Parliament much better prepared next year , and will also have paved the way for a more unbiassed and respectful hearing of the claims of the Framework Knitters .
Much of this week has been occupied by personal matters—one of these , which took up nearly the whole of Monday evening , was , however , of a nature which almost to ;» k it out of the category of private quarrel , and elevated it to the rank of a Colonial Question . We have given , in eur abstract of the debates , sufficient to make the reader acquainted , with the facts attending the dismissal of SirEardley Wilmot from , the Government of Van-Dieman ' s Land . No unprejudiced person , upon a perusal of these facts , can doubt that Sir Eardley Wilmot was
hunted to death by a trio of mean , cowardly calumniators , who , after having achieved their object slunk from giving their names , or meeting the consequences . But whatever mi ght have be « n the malevolence , or the sinister objects of these base wretches , they could not have succeeded had they not found a too credulous officer in the then Colonial Secretary , Mr Gladstone , who , on the strength of what he himself admitted to be " mere rumours , " incapable of specific authentication , dismissed a gentleman from an important and
responsible office , and informed him at the same time that he was never again to receive an appointment ! The leaders of the great parties in the House have amply retracted everything injurious to Sir Eardley ' -s character . Mr Glad tone has confessed himself to be entirely mistaken ; the Noble Whi g Colonial Secretary , and his sub—Mr Hawes , justify their denial of justice , on the ground that there were " no papers" in the office , and they could not interfere with the decision of a previous Minister . The House of Commons joins in a posthumous tribute to the character of the late Governor of
Van-Dieruan s Land ; and that immaculate Baronet , Sir R . Inglis , rises up , and as a finale , declares everybodj to have been peifectly rig ht in the matter , and everybody ' s character perfectly to be vindicated . We should imagine the family of the man who was thus maligned- —thus igriominiously treated— thus deprived of rank , station , and public respect , and who died in the forei gn land where he was self-exiled by his determination to collect such evidence as should triumphantl y clear his character , will scarcely be satisfied with the
complacent and self-satisfied verdict of the worthy baronet . Indeed , as the son of the late Sir Eardly has got the names of the calumniators , which have heen studiously kept from the public , it may be ex * pected that more will be heard of the subject . We should not be at all surprised to find out that some pious parson , of high or low degree , wai at the botom of all the mischief . Mr Gladstone was just themantoheearwiggedbyone of ftat fraternity * The whole affair is an instructive , commentary on the mode in which business is soaducted at the
Colonial-offiec , and an illustration of the backstairs influence which still ex iBts amoag ^ t us , despite of the open and lesponsibility creating character ef our institutions ia the abstract . A smaller personal matter occupied the greater part of the sitting on Tuesday night ; but it beneath comment lere , mi is only noticed for tho purpose of recording the ftct » that as soon as it was over " the House" was ° « c
too . Mr Moffatt rose to bring forward an m ' portant motion , but had scarcely opened when the House was counted , and 29 members only being present , the Speaker left the chair . The small number of members vrho attend to the business on ordinary occasions , the listlessness and apathy observable on all sides , and the cursory and superficial style in which things are slurred over , all betokW the near approach , of the close of the Session and cl
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 12, 1847, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1422/page/4/
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