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THE NORTHERN STAR, 8ATBBDAY, JUNE 10, 1818.
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Now Heady , a New Edition of MR . O'CONNOR'S WORK ON SMALL FARMS To be had at the Korihern Star O £ ce , 16 , Great Wind mill Street : and of Abel Heywootf . Manchester .
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Just Published . Price 2 d . DR li'DOUALL ' S ADDRESS to tb . e MIDDLE CLASSES . THE CHARTER-WHAT IT MEANS ; THE CHARTISTS-WHAT THEY WANT . Also , in the press , a reprint of DR M'DOUALL'S DEFENCE of CHARTISM , before £ aron Guraey , at Chester , August 16 tb , 1839 . E . Dipple , il , Holywell-street , Strand , London , and all Booksellers ; also , at the Literary Institution , Johnstreet , Tottenhani . court-road ; the Land Office , H 4 , High Holbom ; aiid Absl Hejwood , Oldham-street , Manchester .
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COLLIVER'S COMMERCIAL COFFEE AND CHOP HOUSE AND BEADING ROOMS , 266 } , STRAND , LOJ- 'DON . T COLLIVER returns his sincere thanks to hit J . Friends and the Public at large , for the support he has received at their hands during the last ten years , End hope £ , by strict attention nnd civility , to merit a wntinuance of their patronage . J . C . also begs to state , that having lately made extensive alterations and improvements in his premises , he is now enabled to afford Ldditional coavenience without extra charge . A Commercial Coffee-room upstairs , with every facility for Travellers and Visitors from the country . The House is situated in the very heart of ths Metropolis , in the centre of the Theatres , near the National * nd OfBce , and Public Buildings . Omnibuses pass to aad from all the Railway Stations , to meet the Trains , every five misutes . Beds , IB . to is . 6 d . per Right . All other charge ! equally moderate . NO FEES TO SERVANTS .
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PORTRAIT OF FEARGUS O'CONNOR , Esq ., M . P ., T MARTIK informs his friends and the Chartist body . generally , that he has reduced the price of his lithographic full-length portrait of their Illustrious Chief to the follorring price : —Prints , Is ; coloured dl ^ to , 2 s . 6 d . Also , a beautiful lithographic portrait of W . Dixon , late of Manchester , now one of the Directors , by T . Martin . Price—plain , Is ., celoured , 2 s . PEOPLE'S EDITION . To be had at the Northern Stab office , 16 , Great Windmill-street , Haymarket ; at the Office of the National Land Company , Hi , High Holborn ; Sweet , Goose Gate Kottingliam ; Heyn-ood , Manchester , and all booksellers n &b United Kingdom ,
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WAVERLEY , TEMPERANCE HOTEL . 43 , PEINCES-8 TBEET , EDINBDBGH , ( Opposite the Scott Monument . ) ROBERT CttAKSTON having REMOVED from 129 , High-street , to 43 , Princes-street , begs respectfully to call the attention ot his customers to the superior accomodation and more central situation of his new pre . m : sss . n . C . respectfully submits that the WAVERLEY will ba found most completely adapted to the wants of the Commercial Community . His long experience al 6 O enables Mm to assure them that , combined with a strict attention to their comiorts , it shall be his study to have every article supplied of the very best quality , and that , in short , while the accommodation and attendance will be equal to those of a fibst-bate hotel , the usual reasonable charges will be continued . R . C . also directs tke attention of TRAVELLERS to the tact that
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NOW READY , THE LOSDOS ASD PARIS SPKING ASO SUMMER FASHIONS for 1848 . bv Messrs BENJAMIN READ anil Co ., l 2 , Kart-street , Bloomsburj . square , nearOxford . 5 tre ; t , London ; and by Q . Bemeb , Holywell-stFcet , Straou ; ami all Booksellers , an exquisitely execated and auperfely coloured PRINT . The elegance ef this Print excels any bufurepublished , accompanied with the Newest Style , aud extra-fitting Frock , Riding Dress , and Hunting-Coat Patterns ; the most fashionable dressWai 3 tcoat Pattern , and an extra-String Habit Pattern of « he newest and most elegant style of fashion . Every particular part explained ; method of increasing and diminishing the whole for any gize fully illustrated , manner of Cutting and Making up , and all other information respecting Style and Fashion . Price 10 s . post free 11 s .
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TO BE SOLD , A FOUR ACRE ALLOTMENT , obtained in the November Ballot . Apply ( if by letter post paid ) to Mr JicL-ion . Hi'A-r-ny . Hatch . Hull .
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DEMONSTRATION AT SNIG'S END . PERSONS visiting Snig ' s End on Monday next , June 12 th , ara respectfully informed that refreshments will be provided for the occasion at tho following houses ;—Mr Dewhurst ' s , Cyder Vaults , Snig ' s End Farm House . Mr Strather " s , Feather's Hotel . Mr Loyd ' s Swan Inn , and — Mr Dobbin ' s , Plough Inn . The above houses all adjoin the Snig ' s End Estate .
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TO BE SOLD . A THREE ACRE SHARE in the National Land Company , all expenses paid for the present year , the advertiser being about to emigrate . For further particulars , apply to David Casey , 2 , Hoiborn-buildings , Holborn .
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FOUR ACRE LOCATION FOR SALE , INCIUDING THE ENTIBE FOBTHCOMINO CHOPS , A T No . 6 , O'CONNORVILLE . The farm ia in good ix condition , and contains rather more than one acre of wheat , ono acre of potatoes , about an aero and a half ef barley , oats , peas , beans and cabbages ; a small portion of ground is reserved for turnips , and the remainder contains various kinds of garden produce . Any offer , or application as to terms , to bo addressed ( prepaid ) , to Miss Vaughan , O'Connorville , near Rickmansworth , Hertfordshire .
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To the Members of the National Land Compast . —We , the members of the Manchester branch of the National Land Company , wish to draw the attention of other branches to the affairs of our company . Several of the balloted members have materially suffered in consequence of not having sufficient notiee of the time and place of location . Many have to give a month ' s notice to leave their employment , and the directors havo only given thtej week ' s notice to take possession . —We suggest to the directors the propriety of balloting for the location of the allotment as soon as it is allotted , and befote any building operations are commenced , as it would giye the allottees an opportunity of having any extra buildings erected they might think fit . The time ot the cexi Conferenee i 3 drawing near , and xre would
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The ' Northern Stau ' of Saturday next will contain a verbatim report of the trials of Mr Ernest Jones , and the others .
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haMi-it ? of an armed as 5 Bsnbiag 3 . The ' a ^ varv gainst persons mixing in unarmed ass . ^ f _ : . ' - rom wolTeto ei « ht « n months iapvaonmat ; . tor SS ^ SS ^^ SS ? 5 years ^ ttary « Bg «»«^ »« n JfJ ? '& ^ * f |
S ?^ ti iSflWnK Wool « , £ the P ^ ^ whose breasts they no * tarn tae weaposs ot Fhu » m IndGnizoT . ' Has Lkdoo-R * uk sanctioned this SSect ! If so . he is a tra itor If ha h « Zi sanctioned it and jet Mains his ptaffl in the Exrcntire Commuslin , he is still a traitor , and a coward into the bargain . Will Floc * continue to hold office nnder a sovernment which dar < s 3 to prowin
pose sach a law ! If he does , Ins popularity uo extinguished forever . Fr <; tn the painful consideration of these treasons , I t-jra to ths admirable gentiments contained m a letter from BaRbes addressed to the Glub ef tke RevomtioH ' andieadat a nwing of fiat society on Sa'ardav last . ' The rezctionnairet , ' S&V 3 Uahbes , ( 'those Vile toads of toe marshej , a 3 our fathers tensed them ) most imperatively command you to enact the-part of the Jacobins in the first revolution . Poplar societies ara the only i . ' reiarfe to tiie audacity
of the counter-revolnti ' jn . H . uten then , hse brave soldiers , who staad more proudly erect when threatened br the shock of the cannes—hasten , then , to becoms ' ths mosteminenUf those societies . Organise you-- correspondence with the departments ; come to an understanding with the other ciuts of Fang ; inspire them with your spirit , sad let everyone on S « ing your aebieveEients feel an ambition—as in ths gton ' oca time when Rabespierre , Coutbon , and St Ju ^ s : t at the Jacobins—to have the honour of bpjDg eensected with you . Wiih this glorious hops for you , irierds and brothers . I bid you adieu . ' ' Fire Barbcs ! A bat hs Aristocrats !' June 7 th .
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F . KTOUS A 5 D DlSOBDEELT CoSDCCT . —THE MlLItabtaxdPolics . — Ths peace of the city of Glasgow ha ? , to a considerable exteDf , been disturbed for two ereiinr-s by the disorderly and riotous conduct of a number of soldiers belongin ; to the 27 th regiment , at rrrsant lying in tbe barracks there . As fir as we can learn , about eight o'clock on Saturday Eight tiro rnrates of the above corps , who were somewhat the ^ orse for liquor , And exceeding !? disorderly ^ in Kif-street , were seized hold of by a coupleof policemen * who attempted to convey them to the Pohceofnr ? . From the interference o ! tne crowd who had gathered round tbe policemen , the soldiers were esabltd to make their escape , runnitg rff to the foot of Saliniarkctstreet , wbea they were joised by another party of the same regiment , who bade defiance t 9 the civil authorities / By this time , however , a numer 'OS bsdy of constables had arrived at the soena ef distofbanoa . headed by Assistint-Superinten .
dems Mackay and Cameron , who soon succeeded in dispersing the crowd . Information having been centered to the barracks , picquets were promptly gent OHt , and the stragglers from the regiment secured . Before nine o ' clock everything had resumed its nsual appearance . Sunday night a disturbance iras ako attempted to be created in the same locality by a considerable nnmbsr of seldier 3 of the same regiment , woo endeavoured to get up something intfce shapsof sro ??; but information having been given at the GeDtrsl-oSca , a nomerous detachment of She night forco speedily made their appearance , and dispersed the rabble , who bad congregated in irameii ^ cambers , taking prisoners at the same time nin ; or ten of the soldiers who were most conspicuous . No casualty whatever occurred , exespt in the case of a constable , who was hit by a stone by which ho his been disabled for duty in the mean , time .
A WITSKfS T 3 CHARiCTEB . ' Th 9 ' oonversation turned upon legal practice in general , and the ingenious dexterities of roguish attorneys in particular . 'The cleverest rogne in the profession that ever I heard of , ' said O'Connell , ' was one Cneckley , familiarly known by the name of 1 Checkley-be-d d . ' Checklej was agent occe &t the CorkasBizeH , for a fellow accused of burglary and sggrAT&ted assault committed at Bantry . Thg noted Jerry Keller was ( ounsel for th 9 prisoner , against whom the charge was made oat by the clearest circumstantial evidence ; so c ' . e&riy , that it seemed quite impossible to doubt his emit . When the case for iha prosecution closed , the judge asfeed if there were any witnesses for toe defence . Yes , my lord , ' said Jerry Keller , ' I have three briefed to me . '
' Gall them , ' said the judie . Cneckiey immediately busted oat of court , and retuored at once , leading in a veiy respectabie-VMn * , former-like mn , with a blue coat and gilt buttons , scratch wig , corduroy tight ? , and gaiters . ' This is a witness to character , my lord , said Checkley . Jerry Keller ( the counsel ) fortavntu began to examine the witness . After asking him his name and residence , ' You know ths prisoner in the deck V said Keller . ' jYe ? , your honour , ever sices ha wa 3 a gcraaon ! ' And what was his genera ! character ? ' said KeJJer . ' Ogb , the d ? Ti ! a TorsS : ' 'Why , what sort of a witness is this you ' ve brought V cried Keller , passionately flingice down his brief , and lookieg fariously at Checkley " ; 'hshas rained ns . ' 'He may pi ore an alibi , however , ' returned Caeckiey ; ' tximine him to alibi S 3
instructed in yonr brief / Keller accordingly regn 3 B 2 his examication . ' Where W 23 the prisoner on the 10 th instant ? ' said he . ' He wa 3 near Ca * - tlemariyr , ' answered tte witness . Areyoasnrsof that ! ' Quite sare , connselior ! ' How do you £ eok with such certainty V ' Because upon that very night I was returning from tke fair , and when I got near my own honss , I saw the prisoner s little way on before ms—I'd swear to him anywhere . He was dodging about , and Iknewitcoald b 4 for hi good end . So I slipped into the field , and turned off my horse to ? rass ; and while I was watching the hd from behind the ditch , I saw Mm pop across the wall into my garden and steal a lot of parsceps and earrots ; and , what I thought a great dsle vores of —he stole a bran new Englifh spade I had got from
my landlord , Lora Shannon . So , faix , I cut nway after hits , bat as I ^ as tired from the day ' s labour , atd he being fresh acd nimble . I wasn't able to ketc ' a hin . Bat nest day my spade wss Eeen surely ia his house , and that ' s tha same rogue in the dock I whh I had a hoult of him . ' ' It is quite evident , ' said the judge , ' that we mmt acquit the prisoner ' ; the witness has clearly established an alibi for him ; CsutieGarryr is nearly s : x ! y mile 3 from Bantry ; and he certainly is anything bat a partisan of his . Pray friend . ' addressing the witness , ' will you swear informations against the prisoner for tii 3 robbery of yoar property ? ' ' Troth I will , my lord ! with all the pleasure in life , if your lordship thinks I can get any satisfaction out of him . I ' m tonld I can for ths
space , fant not for the carrots and paraneps . ' Go to the Crown Office and twear in'brmatioES , ' said the judge . The prisoner was of course discharged , the alibi bavin ; beea clearly established ; in an hour ' s time soma inquiry was mide &s to whether Checkley ' s raral wi ! nes 3 had sworn informasions in the Crown Office . That gemlfman wag not to be hjat < i of : the prisoner a ' sa had vanished immeoiatDly on being discharged—and < : f ceurso resuraed his malpractices forthwith ; Is neeri 3 hsrdly ba told , that Lord Shannon's soi-dUant tenant dealt a little in 6 ction , asd thit the wUole story of his farm from that nobieraan , and of ths prNaer ' g tneftg t > f tin spade and the Tegetabies , ^ as & p ' eisant device of Mr Cheek ' ey's .
SwoiEiiiD—Tie raemfasrs of tbe Land Cempaay and the Charts ? Association , will in fature meet every Sunday and . Vocday evening , at the house cf Mr John Bnddoa , Robininn-lane . " S . mg ' 3 ( End DEMOxsiainoK . —Oa Vrhit-Mondr . y , June 12 ; h , the occupants will be located , when the triumphal c&rs that bare the delegates and the National Petition , will proceed in procession through the estates . A public meeting willba held in front of t ' ae 5 chool noa 3 e , at threso ' c ! cck in the afternoon . A ball will bs held in tn 9 school room in the evening , when the school hous 3 will be illuminated . A select democratic ball will be held in the Bchool room on Tuesday evening .
BaA'iiBzz axd Hjlsxeo . —Or 3 H air mretinp v ? iil beh 8 'd ia the New RoiU fig Market , Braintnic , on M-indaj , Jane 12 ih . Chair to be taken at five o ' slook ; and in East Mill Meadow , Ililsted , on Tuesday , Jans 13 th . Chair to be taken at fonr o ' elojk . -Mr John M'Crae , ona of the Chaniet eseeotive , and Mr Shirp , of London , will deliver sddresjss . Waewice . —Tfcia locality bald its first meeting under the New Flan en Toesiay evening , -rfjena resolution expresiing sympathy for Mr Mitc ' ne ' , condOience to his wife , and indignation against the Whig eovemKient , was uaar-icotsy adopted . MiXCflssrEB . — Air R' ) b ? rt Wild , of Moitram , will daWr a lecture in the- Pevple ' a Institute , on Sunday , Jane 11 . Cluir to bs taken at eix o ' clock in the STeaing . . . .... _ ,. .,, . of the
CisusLE—At the usual weakly neetmg councl of ths National Charter Association , neldon MondaveTeniBft Janeosb , the following KSOlafcnn was adopted :- ' That steps be taken to raiss » the liece ^ sirv fends to send for a lecturer to Carlisle . iVoLTEEHAMFTOS . — Tee members of this faranc-a of the Laad Company will in future meet at M Lives'ey's , Brickmaktrs' Arms , opposite the ^ ew Inn , Horsely Fieli . Tiiagecrecary and committee wii at-e = d everv Monday evening at half-past asven cYlptk , to receive gubseripticES , acd tracssct O-. ber basins 33 . , ,, O'Coksosville —A Cbartul mesUnq will re he'd oa Whit MoDfi-iy , at half-past twa o ' clock , en iho SchoolGioundi „ . . ,. BLi'jsstoHs liDGE . —A camp mseticg will ne ne : a m Bhcks oie E ' te , ncSJ Sunday , Jnnelltb . Ernest Jojo , E » q ., wiii afead . Chair to be taken at twelve o ' clock . Tho t ^ eleeatea will assemble at tbe • • bite House , at ten o clock .
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REIGN OF TERROR ! ¦ Behintekde { Chief of the Couneil of Ten ) . —Say , what was your motive t rBEBTtrccib . —Justice ! BksiStende — Wbaf , your ebjeot ? Be&tdccio —Freedom ! Bbhintende , —Sny , who wero your acoompHce * t Bbbtdccio . — The Senate ! Bjenihtende , —What do you meant Bektuccio . — Aak of the Buffering people , Whom your patrician crimes bave driven to crime ! Marino Fallsro .
The days of terror are restored . The Whigs , utterly powerless for good , are determined to signalise their last days of official rule by exhi biting their aptitude for Coercion , and their ability to play the part of despotic obstructives . With progressive reform on their lips , the hypocrites are imitating ; the sanguinary excesses of the truculent Tories of other days . By their imbecility , treachery , tand falsehood , they have raised the devil of disaffection , and now they conspire to lay the spirit they have called forth , in the red sea of the blood of the suffering people .
After five years exclusion from the fleshpots of office , the Whigs became suddenly affected by a most ungovernable desire to outbid Sir R . Peel in professions of " liberalism . ' Give them power once again , and they would rule Ireland without Coercion , and in England they would complete the great reforms (?) commenced by Sir R . Peel . On the strength of these professions , and aided by the Protectionists , who desired revenge at any price , Lord John and his myrmidons ousted the Peel party . They have been two years in office , with a new Parliament fashioned to their will , now six months in Session . What haire they done ?
Lord John Russell pledged himself to introduce remedial measures for the wrongs of Ireland , He talked about Encumbered Estates Bills , Cultivation of Wastes Bills , and other measures calculated to remove political discontent by redressing social wrongs . He has not made an effort to pass any one of such measures . To condemn the Irish to absolute dependence on the potatoe was , according to Lord John Russell when out of office , the height of madness ; but in office , Lord John leaves the Irish to exist upon potatoes if they can get them—if not they may die .
Out of office , he denounced and successfully opposed Sir R . Peel ' s " Protection of Life Bill / ' In office , lie summoned an extraordinary meeting of Parliament in the depth of winter , for the sole purpose of passing a measure to authorise the Government to rob the Irish people of their arms , and punish them for exercising the privileges said to be guaranteed to them in conjunction with the people of England , by that ignis fatnus " the British Constitution . " Of the two measures of Coercion , Lord John Russell ' s was infinitely more brutal than that of Sir R . Peel . The Irish dying of hunger , demanded bread , and the Whigs gavejthem a scourge .
Since Parliament re-assembled in January last , the' one notable act of the Whigs has been " the Gagging Bill . ' ' They created discontent , and then they passed a special law to punish the ' eonsequence of their own misgovernment . * A packed jury enabled them to bind their most formidable enemy in felon ' s chains ; but , 11 The patriot ' s blood's tho eeod ef Freedom ' s tree , " and hundreds of thousands of " felons" have taken the place of John Mitchel , determined to avenge his wrongs , and carry out the principles he inculcated and so heroically defended . They found Ireland in despair , and they have goaded her to desperation .
In England , until the passing of tho Gagging Bill , the Whigs did nothing good , bad , or indifferent , to excuse the monstrous impudence of drawing their salaries under the pretence of performing the public business of the nation . Not one grievance has been redressed ; not one attempt has been made to advance political or social reform . The Gagging Bill for the greater insecurity of " Her Majesty ' s Crown and Government , ' is the only act of " vigour , the only sign of legislative life ,
which the Whigs have exhibited . We must , however , give them credit for the " Special' ' panic they created " on the loth of April . " It is true it was no fault of theirs that ;; the solemn farce of " England saved and Public Order Triumphant , " so ably " got up ' by Downing street , in conjunction with Printinghouse Square , was not turned into a frightful tragedy ; but , thank God , the good sense of the people ^ prevented the catastrophe which the evil counsels and abominable acts of their rulers were so well calculated to provoke .
Their next chivalrous act was the attempt to excite public prejudice against the Chartists , by calumniating those who had signed the National Petition . At one and the same time they treated the prayers of the People with scorn and calumny , an < l passed a Gagging Bill to put a padlock on the mouths of their suffering victims . A Memorial to the Queen , praying for the dissolution of the present corrupt House of Commons , and the dismissal of her Majesty ' s present false advisers ; and praying her Majesty to call to her councils men who would do the
People justice , by making the Charter a Cabinet measure , was adopted at great meetings in all parts of the country . The Executive Committee of ; the National Charter Association had been authorised to present that Memorial to the Queen ; they iittempted to do so , but were repulsed at every point , by those ' who are nominally the Ministers of the Sovereign . but really exercise the sovereign authority The
correspondence between the Chartist and the Oligarchical Executive—the conclusion of which appears in this day ' s < S / ar—pyoves thclt the People of this country have not even the privilege which tho inhabitants of Russia -mil Ch na enjoy , that of admission to the ,- e ' nce of the Sovereign . Petitioning the I « use S « " SS . il S f ^ kU d ° e nn anxitus to n ' d ! f hi *» " *«* to he most E P ° Vlde for " the «® urity of hei K . « i . V " Gwe ™ nient , " but since inice Kegent George ( afterwards « Fum tae l'ourth / ' ) wasfataJly advised by fciidmouth
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Canning , and Castlereagh , to express his ' ' thanks" to the Peterloo butchers , there has be"efl no blow dealt to the Monarchj so injurious , as that dealt by the Whigs , in excluding the Queen from the sympathies and prayers of the People . Not the widest circulation of Paine ' s " Rights of Man , " or any other Republican work , or the entire works of all the r '" L and Castlereagh , to express his ' < tVinnL-o » ' tr > tV . « Potolnn Jii , f- /> JinrH _ r . horft has
Republican authors put together , could possibly bring upon Royalty that " heavy blow and sore discouragement" which will be the natural consequence of the People becoming impressed with the conviction , that the Monarch exists only as the gilded puppet of the Aristocracy , powerless to grant justice to the wronged , or even to receive the supplications of the oppressed .
What right have these Whig aristocrats to stand between the people and the throne ? By what authority , on what principle , do they erect their intolerable usurpation of the powers of the Sovereign ? How dare they wrest from the people the last of their rights—the poor right of complaint ? Men of England , do you not see that in every sense of the term you are the most unhappy slaves . ' " The moat despised , nreng'd , outraged , helpless wretch , Who begs hit bread , if It is rt fused bj one , Hay win it from anetber kinder beart ; But be who 1 b denied his right b ; thoBe Whose place it it to do no wrong , is poorer Than tbe rejected beggar—he ' a a slave . "
Not content with refusing the demand of the people , the . Whig Premier insulted the millions by asserting that they wanted no reform I Immediately on the heels of this insult , followed the news of the infamous conviction of Mitchel . Popular excitement immediately rose to fever heat . A procession , which appears to have been the momentary thought of men inspired by a righteous spirit of indignation against those who oppressed and insulted them , marched through the principal streets of London on the 29 th of May . The people shouted for "The Charter" and " Mitchel , ' and peaceably separated , promising to meet again next evening . The Police Commissioners next day issued a proclamation forbidding
processions . This arbitrary stretch of power was submitted to , but a large meeting took place . Then came another ukase from Scotland-yard forbidding " illegal meetings . " Englishmen were no longer to be allowed the glorious privi lege of grumbling ! In London , Manchester , and other places , meetings have been prevented or dispersed by force . Police , " specials , " and military , have been nightly engaged in creating disturbance . Hundreds of the unarmed people have been maimed and wounded , and a great number flung into prison . Charges of training and drilling have been trumped up in \ orkshire to enable the Government to decimate he Chartist ranks .
The gentlemen of the Press-gang have > een pursuing their dirty avocation with an amount of zeal which entitles them to a good haul from the Secret Service funds . Three weeks since they were unanimous in singing the elegy of Chartism , which , according , to them , expired on the 10 th of April , Now , how different their tone . Day by day they proclaim the existence of a vast Chartist conspiracy of the most dangerous character , and are unceasingly urging the government to exercise the strong arm of force to crush the obnoxious party . But if Chartism perished
on the 10 th of April , what need now to slay the slain ? The fact i 9 , these prostitutesof the Press-gang write to order , if they are told to write Chartism down , they declare it dead . If they are told to injure Chartism by exciting a panic , they write accordingly . One dodge is for the editor to write letters to himself , and append such signatures , as " A Father of a Family , " " A Loyal Citizen / ' " A Shopkeeper /' "A ; Barrister /'" A Special Constable , " &c , &c . These letters ( some of them , no doubt .
written in Downing-street ) calling loudly upon the Government for measures of repression , recommending the free use of the bayonet and the musket , and demanding the arrest and transportation of "the leaders" are pointed to by the editor as manifestations of public opinion { in favour of " coercive , ' " strong , " and " stringent measures . A day or two after the Government orders arrests , or commands a savage attack upon the people , or demands from Parliament "increased powers" to " put down" , " dangerous manifestations , "
&c-From the tone of the Times early in the week , it was easy to percieve that the arrests were about to be extended to more than those who were driven into collision with the police . Accordingly , we were not surprised to ^ hear of the arrest of Messrs Fussell , Sharp , and Williams , and subsequently Mr Ernest Jones and Mr Vernon . It will not surprise our readers to find that Government spies are no longer confined to the police . Miserable wretches , calling themselves " reporters for the Press , " are now seen doing the dirty work of mouchards .
We have read the evidence against the persons under arrest , but the " sedition'' imputed to them we have tried in vain to discover . The speech on which the charge against Mr Jones is grounded is thoroughly guiltless of the character imputed to it . But the Whigs demand victims to " strike the disaffected with terror , " and , therefore , no means will be left untried to secure convictions . The Times predicts that there will be no difficulty in the Government obtaining verdicts against the accused , and the Times speaks for those who can accomplish the fulfilment of its predictions . The people have certain duties to perform , which must be fulfilled forthwith .
Ihese duties include " war to the knife " against the Whigs , and all who directly or indirectly support that " base , bloody , and brutal" faction . Upon this subject we shall have more to say hereafter ; in the meantime , let the motto of the Chartists be— " Those who are not for us are against us / ' and act accordingly . But one pressing imperative duty is to rall y around the victims , and supply them with the means of securing the best legal defence , and at the same time protection for their families Let every Chartist not absolutely without em . ployment , give his mite , little or much , according to hi 9 means in aid of
THE NATIONAL DEFENCE AND VICTIM FUND . And let all monies be sent without delay ; to Mr O'Connor , who , in conjunction with the Executive , and any Ccmmittee that may be appointed by the People , for the purpose of superintending the collection and disbursement o [ the fund , will see to its just and judicious application .
Chartists of Great Britain , if you would serve and save your friends , there is not a moment to lose ; you must immediately pour in your pence , your shillings , and your pounds . The sufferings of your patriotic advocates . and the helpless condition of their outraged families , appeal to you trumpet-tongued , " ENGLAND EXPECTS THAT EVERY MAN WILL DO HIS DUTY' •'
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: - —~ = ^ q turned out directly the reverse . The ' nobfe Lord ike Member for Tiverton / ' has managgj to keep the country—we may say the worlds , in hot water , about one quarrel or other whenever be has been in office ; and his Jag I exploit has been , to inflict on this country the mortification and disgrace of having the des , patches of the Minister of Foreign Affairg contemptuously returned , and our Ambassa do r kicked out of Spain , in the most humiliating ~ r ^^ Sggg j turned out directly the reverse . The «• nobfe T . nrd tip M » mKop fni- Tivfirtnn . hac mn « . ?
manner ! We b y no means quarrel with the Spanish Ministry for resenting Lord Palmer , ston ' s uncalled-for , rude , and offensive inter * ference . It was the only course ' which the independent administrators of the affairs of a country nominally , if not really , independent could pursue . But we do deplore , that the meddling and mischievous system , which enabled a nation like Spain to inflict such a wound on our national honour , was not promptly and decisively condemned b y the Representatives of the nation .
Instead of that , we had a mockery of a de « bate . Notwithstanding the crowded state of the House during the greater part of the dig * cussion , the excitement , as it approached its close , and the political standing of those who took part in it , the thing was clearly a sham , Mr Bankes , the mover of the vote of censure , was the very personification of the " forcible feeble , " and , in a lengthened , wearisome , monotonous harangue , full of repetitions , eommoa places , and sounding nothingisms , uttered with pompous self-complacency , managed to set
one-half of the House asleep , and drove the other to Bellamy ' s , for chops and cigars , whence they only returned when Mr Shiel rose to favour the House with an exceedingly inte «« resting historical romance . We are not aware whether the Master of the Mint has ever tried his hand at writing novels or not , but it is clear he possesses all the faculties for successful authorship in that line . His powers of invention are wonderful , and the ease with which he plays with dates , figures , and facts , is absolutely astounding . He really would be very great in the " historical novel" line .
It was a curious feature of the debate , thafe all the speakers combined to prove two things —first , that though our despatches had been flung in our face , and our ^ Ambassador contemptuously turned out of Spain , that we had not experienced any humiliation ; and , secondly , that , though Lord Palmerston had caused this national disgrace , he was yet an extraordinary clever Foreign Minister . One of the reasons why England was not humiliated , as expressed by Mr Shiel , struck us as being very remarkable . " The nation , ' ' said he , " that is powerful enough to avenge an insult , is
powerful enough also to despise it ! " We wonder what old Oliver Cromwell—who , in his day , made the name of England and Englishmen respected in all the . Foreign Courts of the world—would have said to this queer proposition ? Sir R , Peel joined in the compliments showered upon the Foreign Minister , as far as ability went , but he cautiously abstained from any approval of the system upon which Lord Palmerston conducts his policy , as , . indeed , it was impossible for him to approve of it , looking at the nature of the foreign
policy of his own Administration . Lord Palmerston ' s system ia neither more nor less than a policy of personalities . In every Court it establishes a party for , am * a party against , England—thus engendering hostility ' and antagonism , and preventing the transaction of business in that impartial , honourable , and dignified manner , which ought to characterise the official intercourse of nations . The result , as far as we are concerned , is a perpetual succession of squabbles , and the imminent danger of finding ourselves , some fine morning , involved in a war , without having the chance of reaping either honour or profit from tbe
contest . We do not wonder that Lord Grey should have had such a strong objection to a policy like this , as to induce him to refuse to take office with them in 1845 , and thus keep the hungry expectants of the party out for a year longer . The wonder is greater that , looking at the sentiments he expressed in 1844 , he should even now consent to sit in the same ICabinet with " his noble
friend the member for Tiverton . " He then said , " That there was no greater curse to the world at large , and to the interests of civilisation and humanity , than the carrying on in every court in Europe , and in every country in the world , a party struggle between what was called the English party and the French party . He abominated the whole system of such interference , and he would say , that the more they abstained from giving advic tas to the management of their internal affairsthe better . "
, For this opinion he gave good and solid reasons , and he concluded by saying , " he hoped they would , in future , abstain from all interference , and that they would leave the Spaniards to settle their own affairs for themselves , as the most likely means of restoring that country to the state of constitutional government , and security of person and property , which all must equally desire . "
Disregard of this sound political advice , and reckless intermeddling with Spain , by Lord Grey's own colleague , has led to the result we have stated , and however much the House of Commons may assume to " Pooh ! pooh I" the Spanish affair , no vote it can pass of confidence in Lord Palmerston , will wipe away the stain which these events have cast upon the escutcheon of tbi 9 country .
In drawing attention to the state of the juvenile population of the metropolis , Lord Ashley presented an accumulation of facts , deeply and painfully interesting in themselves , and constituting at the same time a bill of indictment against the ruling classes in this country , of the most conclusive and condemnatory character . The extent to which other more immediately pressing matter has filled our columns this week , prevents so full an abstract of these facts as we could have wished to p resent . He showed , conclusively , that not less than 30 , 000 boys and girls exist in London ,
who constitute the basis , as it were , of our criminal population ; from them the ranks are constantly recruited . While Government are busily engaged , at an enormous expense , in prosecuting , imprisoning , transporting , and occasionally hanging ^ these criminals in units , they are at the same time allowing circumstances to exist , which breed and train Hp others to follow the same course by tens of thousands ! But this is part and parcel of the statesmanship and of
economy the day . Fifteen or eighteen millions a year lor cannons , muskets , and swords , gun » powder and lead , soldiers and sailors , is considered a very proper expenditure indeed . Fivemillionsayear to educate , empioy , or put ia a way of employment and self support—by honest and honourable industry—those who are driven into criminal courses for want of such education and assistance , would be denounced as the most wasteful and extravagant misapplication of the national finances , What wise
men our statesmen are . Lord Ashley , however , though he can collect facts , and possesses the further merit of arranging them clearly , and stating a case well , is deficient of that faculty which enables a man to draw the proper conclusion from his own premises , and of the boldness , which would compel him to demand remedies-commensupate with the evils he had pointed out . Hence , oft Tuesday night , after drawing , a picture sufii « cieat to make every head hang down for shame ? and every heart to beat with alarm for the
future destiny of an empire in , whose bosom such elements of evil are suffered to grow up ana accumulate ^ concluded by asking for some ten or twenty thousand pounds , to send away , to Australia or some other of our colonies , one thousand of the best conducted boys and giria from the Ragged Schools of London . The attempt to stop the growth of criminals andim « prove the condition cf the people b y ^ such means , is as futile as it would be to bale " out a ship with a single bucket , which had five feet of water in the hold , and the leak unstopped ,
The Northern Star, 8atbbday, June 10, 1818.
THE NORTHERN STAR , 8 ATBBDAY , JUNE 10 , 1818 .
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PARLIAMEN TARY REVIEW . The debate on Lord Palmerston ' s foreign policy fully justified the charge of ignorance and apathy respecting foreign affairs , which is alleged against the people of this country . Its conclusion , however gratifying to the Minister whose conduct was arraigned , was most humiliating , and may , in future , become deeply injurious to the British nation .
The Whig party have shown themselves incapable of keeping a single promise % hey initdu when the Reform Bill first hoi ' sted them into office , after the lapse of a loiv ^ period of exclusion from it . Non-interf ' ere ' ace with the affairs of other countries was tb en announced us one of the cardinal points « of their policy but like the RetrenchmeD ' c arui Economy which were promised at the sameltime , "it ! has
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 10, 1848, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1474/page/4/
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