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TO THE ELECTOKS AKD NON-ELEC TOBS OF THE BOROUGH OF NOTTINGHAM.
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Gesilemex , As I look upon a Member of Parliament as a trustee appointed by those in "whose services he has voluntarily enlisted , and by ¦ whose votes he has been accepted , and that that trust should be discharged to the
satisfaction , if not to the interest , of those for whom it is held , and not according to the caprice of a trustee—the trustee and ceste que trust standing in the relative position of master and servant—I consider it my duty , as your servant , at f te commencement of the session , to declare the only terms upon which I will hold office under von , leaving you wholly free and unfettered to supply my place by one more congenial to your feelings , if inyopinions and votes are at variance with those feelings .
Many men attach great importance to a seat in Parliament , and many would sacrifice opinions , principle , and honour , for the dignitv . I am not one of those , however , as I would not base my title to the distinction upon a single vote that was repugnant to my opinions ; but if those opinions are distasteful to those that have elected me , I would consider it an act of positive dishonesty to urge them in Parliament , in opposition to those of my constituents . The present session promises to be one of no ordinary importance , and , therefore , will entail extraordinary labour upon Members , a labour , however , from which they should never flinch , but more especially during the present
crisis . You are aware of the construction of the , ing distinct and separate interests ; of Whigs , Protectionists , Pcelites , Free Traders , and the Irish Members . The Whigs , as a party , are weak ; the Protectionists , as a party , are scattered ; the Peelites , as a party , are not numerous , but are very powerfiil in the House ^ and with the country . The Free Traders—that is , the party who would now carry the measure to its mil
extent , are more numerous , more act ive , and more powerful than the " Whi gs as a party , but the Whigs rely upon the support of the Protectionists and Peelites to resist the progress of veritable Free Trade ; while the Irish party will support the Ministers against those called Tories , because the doctrine inculcated in the Irish mind has been , "Men—not measures : " Toryism has been made to represent Protestantism , and religious persecution ; andWhiggismhas been made to represent progress , and liberal Catholicism in Ireland .
The question , therefore , which will be uppermost with Whigs in power , and Protectionists and Peelites out of power , will be to preserve that patronage and corruption which enables the one party to hold office , and to which the expectants out of office look with a jealous eye . You cannot conceive anything more anomalous , debating , or degrading , - than the fact , which no man can deny , that the Whigs—tha
professing advocates of extreme Liberalismshould be wholly dependent upon Protectionist and Tory support . Under these circumstances you will very clearly understand that centralised power in Parliament will be opposed to the national will out of doors , and the question of economy being the casus belli between the advocates of Progress and the stand-stills , it now becomes my duty to declare the part I shall act in the struggle .
You are aware that , from 1831 down to the period of the Eepeal of the Corn Laws , I opposed the measure , and at great risk to my own popularity , and sometimes to life itself . I "did so because I foretold the inevitable results of the measure to all branches of industry ; while , together with the Chartist party to whom I belonged , do belong , and shall belong during life , I advocated Free Trade to a greater extent than the mere remission of corn duty . I shall not boastfull y recur to my several predictions as to the consequences of PARTIAL FREE TRADE upon the industry of this country . Suffice it to say , that many nave been realised , and others are in course of realisation .
Ireland , as I predicted , has been the first to suffer ; and you , as I foretold , have been called upon to make amends . Your own people are suffering—indeed , ^ all classes are now suffering , and most frightfully— -from the operations of misgovernment , as regards Free Trade . If Free Trade means anything , it means the annihilation of all restrictions upon trade and commerce ; and having knocked the key-stone out of the arch upon which your social fabric stood , no tinkering—no botching—no patching of the new building
according to the whim and caprice of political architects , will suffice . The whole structure must be remodelled , and the grain produce of other countries being admitted free of duty into this country , where rents -were measured , debts contracted , andh * abiHtiesfixed , by the standard of Protection , you must now go the whole hog , and reduce your taxes and Governmental expenses to the standard of national means ; and , therefore , I shall give my cordial
support to the abolition of the Navigation Laws , and all other laws that impose restrictions upon trade and commerce . I shall vote for the reduction of taxation to the standard of Staterequirementsand national necessity ; but , as I have before observed , the centralised power of obstruction in the House will be capable of resisting all such applications , if not backed by the energy and determination of the sufferers outside .
As to Irish Affairs , I shall take my own course , and I would despise the Englishman who would endeavour to fetter my desire to do justice to my own country . As to personal applications to seek for places , or patronage for individual electors or non-electors , I desire to free myself from that responsibility , as the very appeal for place or patronage , implies a determination to support the Government . To all localmatters I shaft give my best attention , when properly submitted , and in such a form as I can understand .
PoKtically , I shall adhere steadfastly to the Six Points of the PEOPLE'S CHARTER ; believing in my soul that the creed will be shortly accepted by the industrious of all classes : while , upon the other hand , I shall give my cordial support to any measure for the Extensionofthe Franchise , or doing away with eristing restrictions . I shall oppose all attempts to endow the Catholic Church of Ireland ; and will introduce and advocate the Repeal of the Union .
The Labour Question has yet to be understood by the labouring classes themselves , and upon the proper solution of that question must dependnot only the prosperity of the country , but the existence of itsinstitutions—the natural resources must be cultivated according to national requirements , and by the standard of national willingness and ability , and not measured by the standard of party interest , or class selfishness ; and by such a course you would very speedily find that the rich would
become richer , andthepoornca . In conclusion , Idesiretobasethe institutions of this country upon popular affection , rather than upon class caprice ; and I am opposed to a system which requires well-fed and well-cla < soldiers and policemen to extract obedience ana loyalty from starving slaves and mendicants . I am opposed to a system which enables the pampered idler to live luxuriously upon the sw eat of the ill-requited slave . -
I am opposed to a system which enables tfte superannuated lordling , at the age of twenty-? ght or thirty years , to live idly upon a refar ™ g salarv , while the lot of the superannuated d ourer is separation from his faniily , and the
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cold comforts of a -workhouse , where he is Looked upon as a burthen , and his death as a Godsend . These , my constituents , are the views that I have entertained through life , and such are the opinions that I would not surrender for the honourof being your representative . Watch my votes ; and if the y do not accord with your sentiments , send me my discharge ; your choice has been the foundation of other men ' s fortunes , it shall never be the basis of my dishonour . COlu . COlllfortS Ol & wnrlrlimiRA WVior-ij Tia ;«
I have the honour to remain , Your obedient Servant , and faithful Representative , Peargtjs O'Couhok . P . S . —Should you , at any time , consider it your duty to aid those who are struggling for a remission of Taxation in Parliament , I will cheerfully attend yonr meetings , when I shall be , at all times , prepared to answer any question of Electors or Non-elecj » rs ; and I do trasithat the glorious menof Nottingham , with ^ M ? m . J&feaggfiHigttfeso-maaY bat&e ^^^ Tnpt i ^ m ^^ mm ^^ m slajiia ^ W'm ^ destroying struggle . I do not belong to that class of demagogues who would base their popularity upon whimsical and thoughtless obstruction to all other movements : as I told
Daniel O'Coiweli , I would rather be a drummer in the army of Progress than Commander-in-Chief of a retrograde movement . F . O'C .
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THE PARSON AND HIS FLOCK . JUDICIAL COMMITTEE OF THE PRIVY COUNCIL , Tuesday , Feb . 13 . Craig v . Farxall . —{ Before Lord Brougham , Lord langdale , Mr . Pemberton Leigh , Dr . lushington , and the Bishop of London . ) This was originally a suit in the Arches' Court of Canterbury , promoted by Mr . George Rooke Farnall , the respondent , against the Rev . John Kershaw Craig , the appellant , " for Ms soul ' s health and the lawful correction and reformation of his manners and excesses , and more especially for having been guilty of the crime of adultery , fornication , or incontinence . " The Judge of the Court of Arches pronounced that the proctor for the promoter had failed in proof of some of the articles containing the charges against Mr . Craig , but had sufficiently proved the rest ; and suspended Mr . Craig for the space of two years , and condemned him hi the sum of £ 250
nomine expensarum . From this sentence an appeal was interposed on behalf of Mr . Craig , and tke appeal having been adhered to on behalf of Mr . Farnall , the whole case was brought under the review of the Judicial Committee . Dr . Haggard , who appeared on behalf of the respondent , now moved their Lordships to rescind the conclusion of the cause , for the purpose of receiving additional articles on the part of the respondent , and also to direct the attendance of the witnesses produced hi the court below on behalf of the appellant , in order that they might be examined viva vote . The learned Doctor grounded his first motion principally on an affidavit made by
Moses Sims , a servant in the employ of the appellant from the month of January , hi the year l » 4 o , till the month of May , 1848 . The affidavit stated , that during the whole of that period , except for about four months in the year 1847 , one Charlotte Sims was also in the service of the appellant ; that in April , 1847 , the appellant had frequently spoke to the deponent about the pregnancy of Charlotte Sims , ' ( tK 8 fact being at the tune manifest from her appearance ) , and told him that she was going to Jersey with her father , and that he ( the appellant ) had promised to accompany them . On or about the 2 nd of May , 1817 , the appellant left home , Charlotte Suns having taken her deparaiiu luc ti
ture on tiie preceamg uaj ; , uyuu ^ yKnaui a return , after the lapse of about a week , lie informed the deponent that he and Charlotte Sims had been at Jersey . After an absence of sixteen weeks , or thereabouts , Charlotte Sims returned to the house of the appellant , being then much reduced in size , and having been , as the deponent verily believed , delivered of a child during her absence . The deponent had also seen the appellant , on different occasions , conduct himself with indecent familiarity towards Charlotte Sims and her sister Jemima , " who was also a servant in his house . He had , one evening in the month of February , 1848 , observing a light in the dining-room of the appellant's house , looked in at one of the windows , and Charlotte Sims
and had there seen the appellant in the act of immoral intercourse on the floor . On another day in the same month , going into the same room , he found Charlotte Suns rising from the floor , on which wer e the cushions from the carriage , and the appellant standing near her and arranging his dress . The affidavit then set forth , that on Monday , the 26 th of November , Charlotte Sims was delivered of a child in the house of the appellant , and this fact was confirmed by an affidavit of Mr . Stephen Westcott , surgeon at Southampton , to the effect that he had attended her during her confinement . On the motion for the attendance of witnesses produced in the court below on behalf of the appellant , in order that they mig ht be examined vivuvoce , Dr .
Ha ^^ ard relied principally upon another affidavit of Moses Sims , setting forth that the appellant in his presence and on different occasions tampered with his witnesses , having instructed them as to the evidence they were to g ive on their examination , and induced them to do so by treating them to refreshments . The particular mode in -which this was effected was very minutely described in this affidavit , which was backed up by another from John Lewis , the landlord of the public-house where the treating took place . To these there-were counter affidavits by the appellant , and Mr . Bowdler , his proctor , denying all the statements on the part of Moses Sims and others upon -which a criminal charge could be founded , and referring to documentary evidence
for the purpose of throwing discredit on the veracity of Moses Sims . The affidavit of the appellant in particular stated " that he has never had sexual intercourse , or taken any indecent or unbecoming familiarity with any female in or about or belonging tothedistrictof Burley . more especially with Amelia Archer , Jane Shelley , Charlotte Suns , Jemima Suns , or Jane Sims , and Anne Smith , severally mentioned in these proceedings that every charge of such a nature which ever has been or is now to be brought against him is utterly false and unfounded , and repugnant to the feelings and principles of this deponent . That ever since Ins residence hi the district of Burley . now a period of ten years , he has had to sustain the unrelenting hostilitv of the promoter , George Rooke Earaaff , and to
others , but has endeavoured , notmtnstanmnjdischarge his duties , as minister of the Baid district , SfS ^ fidelity ; in proof of which facts he humbly refers to the evidence m this cause . That , although acquitted in the court below of the two most serious offences laid to his charge , the deponent jealous no less of the honour of the church of S h . be is a minister than of Ins own character , id anxious for the prosperity and reputation of his ^ SSSa ^ rp I ^ Sff out i
half of the respondent , aueu u , »»«« .. — tsmssars& ^ BBJi ' thim . Xo case had been cited to show that they had the power to do what was sought for , . and even had such a a power been established , it had not been shown that the circumstances were such as would justify the exercise thereof . Then- lordships therefore had no hesitation whatever m refusing both the applications made to them with costs . They said not a word upon the merits . It nugntve all right or all wrong . They merely disposed ot tne present interlocutory application . Sir F . Thesigbr and Dr . Akdaus , who were tor the appellants , then asked their lordships to fix an early day for hearing the appeal from the judgment of the Court below , and , after some discussion , the 1 st of March was agreed to for that purpose .
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THE TOOTING SLAUGHTER-HOUSE . The hideous case of child-farming at Tooting ha * not yet been brought before the public as fully a « we have a right to expect . "We know that three juries have returned a verdict of manslaughter against " Bartholomew Poter Drouet , " but there our precise information stops . On these inquests it came out incidentally in evidence that one hundred and fifty deaths took place within the walls of the Tooting pest-house ; but this circumstance has passed over without inquiry and without remark . Where is the coroner for Surrey ? What notion can he entertain of his duty when he allows so hideous a catastrophe to occur within his jurisdiction , without moving so much as his little finger to ascertain the Twin taatto / i GT . Arrftwniyn-WrnrTew
: cause of so sudden and sweeping a destruction of human life ? We have allowed the subject to pass over without remark , under the hope and expectation that something would be done . It is not an agreeable task to be compelled at last to animadvert upon such a dereliction of duty . The case , how ? ever , is oue which cannot but attract attention both in and out of Parliament , even if Sir G . Grey should not deem it his duty to take any ' atep in the matter . ? ® £ ?? ° A } ° roetoppoUtsB membevs , at least , ^^^^ eefcM ^ h& ^ e ' before the house One way or another the public will receive information of the reasons which justified the coroner of Surrey to himself for the omission of which we
complain . Mi \ Wakley ' s zeal and exertions to get rid of this horrible stain upon the administration of the Poor Law , will be remembered in his favour by every friend of humanity . The cases within his jurisdiction were so few in number compared with the deaths in Surrey , that had the Surrey ctroner done his duty it would probably have not been necessary for him to hold any inquest at all . We are happy to have an opportunity of recording the public sense of humanity , energy , and determination that have characterised Mr . Wakley ' s proceedings in this matter . His best reward will be the consciousness that he has had a large share in suppressing for ever the cruel system of child-farming . —Times .
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qp CHOLERA . On Monday the Board of Health received reports of the following fresh cases —Whitechapel , 2 ; Hackney , 1 ; Shadwell , 4 , fatal ; Lambetb , 1 ; Kensington , from 6 th to 9 th inst ., 5 , 4 fatal ; Battersea , 1 ; Royal Free Hospital , Gray ' s-inn-road , 1 ; St . George-in-the-East , 1 ; Adventure ,, transport ship , Greenwich , 1 fatal ; Weston Hitchin Union , 1 ; Carlisle , 5 , 1 fatal ; Gateshead Union , 13 , 5 fatal Howden Union Workhouse , 2 , fatal ; Edinburgh , 3 ' 1 fatal ; Glasgow : —For 10 th , 17 , 8 fatal ; ditto ,, 11 th , 6 fatal ; Old Monkland , 4 , 2 fatal ; Girvan , 1 , fatal ; London , 1 ; Biccarton , 9 , 3 fatal ; Greenock , 4 , 1 fatal : Galston , 2 , fatal ; Stirling , 5 , 3 fatal ; Newton Dalkeith , 1 , fatal ; Lennoxtown Campsie , 2 ; Rothesay , since 12 th ult ., 23 ; Paisley ,
since 3 rd mst ., 52 , 29 fatal ; Alloa , 2 ; Lecroft , by Stirling , 1 , fatal . Total , 168 new cases , and 75 deaths . On Tuesday the following fresh cases were reported to the Board of Health : —Commercial-road , St . George-in-the-East , 1 , fatal ; Whitechapel , 2 , 1 fatal ; Bevmondsey , 1 fatal -, Marino Society Ship , Deptford , 1 , fatal ; on board " Mary Tiffin , " Shadwell , 2 , 1 fatal ; ditto , " Platoff of Stockton , " Rotherhithe , 1 ; Dreadnought hospital ship , 1 , fatal ; JTewton-Swaffham Union , 2 ; Narbprough Swaffham Union , 1 ; Carshalton , 1 , fatal ; Liverpool , 1 , fatal ; Edinburgh , 4 , 3 fatal ; Glasgow , 37 , 6 fatal ; Loudon , 1 ; Blantyre , 3 , 1 fatal ; Tillicoultry , 5 , 2 fatal ; Hampton , for 7 th , 8 th , and 9 th , 33 , 20 fatal ; Galashiel , 2 , 1 fatal ; Greenock , 1 , 4 fatal ; Auchinleck , 2 , fatal ; Riccarton , 15 , 4 fatal ; Galston , 3 , 1 fatal . Total , 126 new cases , and 51 deaths .
On Wednesday the following fresh cases were reported to the Board of Health : —Whitechapel , 3 ; West India Pock , 1 , fatal ; Bethnal Green , 2 ; Southwark , 1 , fatal ; East Reedham , from 4 th inst ,, 25 , 3 fatal ; Edinburgh , 3 , fatal ; Glasgow , 19 , 8 fatal ; Loudon , 1 , fatal ; Riccarton , 4 , 1 fatal ; Galston , 3 , Liatal ; Stirling 10 , 9 fatal vQieeftoak , 2 ; Newton Dalkeith , 2 , fatal ; Stow 5 , 1 fatal ; Hamilton , 6 , 5 fatal ; Tillicoultry , 16 , 4 . fatal ; Eaglesham , S , fatal Total Uo newcases , 43 deaths .
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Tub Charm op Cleanliness . —A white-yellow cravat or shirt on a man , speaks ; at oneo the character of his wife ; and be you assured , that she will not take with your dress , pains which she has never taken with her own . Tnen the manner of putting on the dress is no bad foundation for judging , —if it be carelessly , slovenly , if it do not properly fit . No matter for its mean quality ; mean as it may be , it may be neatly and tnmlyput on ; and if it be not , take care of yourself , for , as you will soon find to your cost , a sloven in one thing is a sloven in all things . The country people judge greatl y from the state of the covering of the ancles ; and if it be not clean and tight , they conclude that
all out of sight is not as it ought to be . Look at the shoes ; if they be trodden on one side , loose on the foot , or run down at the hool , it is a very bad Eign ; and , as to slipshod , though at coming down in the morning , and even before daylight , make up your mind to a rope , rather than live with a slipshod wife . Oh ! how much do women lose by inattention to these matters . ' Men , in general , say nothing about it ; to then * wives ; but they think about it ; they envy their luckier neighbours ; and in numerous cases , consequences the most serious arise from this apparently trifling caHlse . Beauty is valuable ; it is one of the ties , and a strong tie too ; that , however , cannot last to an old ago ; but the charm of cleanliness never ends but with life
tself . —Cdbbttt . Entertainment to Louis Blasc and M . Cacssidiere . —On Tuesday evening , the friends and political admirers of these distinguished members of the French National Assembly honoured them with an entertainment at tho Whittington Club-rooms , Strand . The company present embraced the names of all the well-known Republicans ^ , Communists , and Socialists , both of the metropolis and of tho provinces . After laudatory addresses , in which the speakers enunciated their views and expressed their anticipations of seeiDg , and assisting to bringtopass , a state of " greater freedom" in mind and moralsa revolution in society which would ever be associated with the names of their distinguished guests , M . Louis Blanc and M . Caussidiere responded . The company separated mutually pleased with each other .
The Murders oh board the Amelia . —In our last number we published a short aecount of the horrible catastrophe which took place onboard the Amelia , bound from California to China , with gold for the purchase of silks . The following extracts are from » private communication from Hanavoora Bay , in Wahooa , one of the Sandwich Islands , ( on which stands the town of Honolulu ) , received vi& Mazatlan , per the last West India Mail , by a mercantile house in Manchester , which corroborates every main fact of the account we have already published , f iving however , fuller particulars and dates of the orrible tragedy : — " On the night of the 3 rd of October , in the middle watch , three of the crew , namely , Jos 6 Cabrero , Jos 6 Torres , and Andrew
, Boldevio , mutinied , attacked the mate , and Kiuea him . Captain Alva ( a Spaniard ) , and Mr Francis Cook , ( passenger ) , hearing the noise , came on deck . Two of the ruffians attacked them , killed Mr . Cooke , and immediately threw him overboard , and badly wounded the captain , but who , nevertheless , succeeded in getting down into tho cabin to arm himself , and came on deck again with a cutlass , but the murderers stabbed him in the neck with a knife , and he fell a corpse . Mrs . Cook , her maid-servant , Hudson , and the flag-captain , M'Nally , ( a native of Dublin ) , who were below when the murderous scene began , were confined to their state rooms ; and the mutineers , who were all Peruvians , shaped then * course for Peru , On the following morning Captain M'Nally offered , with the assistance of the carpenter , to leave the ill-fated ship , with the females , provided the mutineers would give him one of the boats and the necessary
provisions . This they seemed to assent to , but on his going on deck he was seized , bound , and thrown overboard . They then threw the papers and documents all overboard , and getting out a large quantity of gold , divided it amongst the remainder of the crew , compelling each to take a part . On the night of the 5 th , the murderers having drunk freely two of them went to sleep , when the carpenter , in accordance with a plan arranged by some of the crew , killed them with bis axe , while others attacked the third murderer , who resisted , but was likewise despatched by Smith , and the vessel brought to these islands ( the Sandwich ) by the apprentices , Thomas Gannon and Charles M'Donald . Smith , the carpenter , is a native of Rotterdam ; Gannon and M'Donald are from London . The specie , about 300 000 dollars , has been secured by her Majesty s consul-general . Mrs . Cooke and servant are living on shore , md it ii expected will return to the coast of Mexico when an opportunity offers .
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MA \ -CHESTER . --The Chartist Council have issued the following circular , with the view of obtaining pecuniary assistance towards tho establishment o ° f a Iract Fund : — " Our object as a party , is the great improvement of the moral , social , and political conation of the people , and by that means elevate our own class ( the working population ) in the scale of society and civilisation . We do not wish to conceal our mam object , the speedy attainment of political power . We consider " our order entitled to , and worthy of , the Elective Franchise ; and further believe society would be based on a secure Krandation , provided the industrious classes naa a voice in the choice of their representatives , :. e specially as it is the interest of all to promoter economical and wholesome measures of
vt ' i . ^ P " . in these—our days , are almost without a voice to plead their cause . Mammon , the great barrier to human progress , stands in tne 3 ii 8 tll iT , have fa « h f " the mighty power of truth , and feel assured it will prevail . Prejudice « jno cwuuag . fraud arc ever on the retreat , and must : , " * ^"' shed . Universal emancipation and general happiness is our great and perpetual aim . v 7 ° \« ?| . > jff nor { mce » ^ oe , and superstition ) the SWj ? W ^^< # Jpport to all greedy and vicious governmaft ^ w ^ % | $ * efoi *' ptu ; po , se Jhe , advancement of civilisation b y meeting bigotry arid prejudice with persuasive intelligence . The destruction of vice , misery , and crime , in high and low placc ? g by a system of moral instruction , and with that means create a proper and general regard for the true
interests , as well as the intellectual enjoyments of life ; and finally , the complete triumph of sound over false principles . This course , will , we presume , tend to a healthy and happy state of society , by extending a thorough knowledge of our moral obligations , social duties , and political rights . All men are brethren . Be it therefore our object mutually to assist in diffusing the sentiments of true liberty , sound knowledge , and universal happiness . The chief affairs of mankind have been terribly mismanaged through the tyranny of wicked and crafty governments ; their love of mammon and mischievous tendencies , arising out of wars , national debts , and barbarous cruelties , all to uphold their own aggrandisement . Hence the inestimable blessings of peace and human advancement have
been denied the people . Whilst improvements have been going on in arts and sciences , the science of government has been disyegarded . Human thought like God , makes the worla in its own image . Let us endeavour to inspire the friends of suffering humanity with courage . God is with us in the sacred work of human emancipation . Our hopes are strong in the struggle for universal and complete representation of the whole people , which will not only recognise , but reconcile the interests of all men . Surely none can be found so apathetic towards their country ' s welfare , as not to see the great utility , of this our present undertaking . We purpose having twelve tract distributors , so that the public , especially our own class , maybe accommodated , weekly , with a renewed supply of tract reading .
This course will tend to divert the general mind from worthless engagements , and direct it in a channel of wholesome pursuits . This task will roquire a considerable fund , in order to enable us to expand its general and genial soberising influences . We are only men who earn our daily bread , by our daily toil . You will therefore at once see our total inability to carry this scheme into practical effect , without pecuniary aid and a generous response . You will please to weigh this matter over . We will depute proper authorised parties to wait upon you , when donations towards the above object will be gratefully received , and a printed receipt forwarded by us , and signed in a regular form . "—The Chartist Council op Manchester Locality . Signed on their behalf : —George Henry Sxiitii , chairman ;
Joiin Jackson , secretary ; John Scttos , treasurer . The Executive Committee met at their rooms , H 4 , High Holborn , on Friday evening , Feb . 9 th . Present—Messrs . M'Grath , Kydd , Clark , Ilarney , Stalhvood , and Dixon . Mi . M'Grath was called to the chair . In consequence of Mr . Kydd being about to leave London , it was resolved unanimously : — " That Mr . Stalhvood bo assistant secretary , pro . Heiil ?*—3 Mr . Clartf then brought forward his proposition relative to the course which the Chartists should adopt as regards petitioning the House of Commons , and having stated the good results that he had witnessed flow from a continuous stream of petitions pouring into the House of Commons , suggested that petitions from every city , borough , and county , should be at once adopted , praying for the
enactment of the People ' s Charter , and that such petitions should be placed in the hands of the member or members for such city , borough , or county for presentation—no matter though many _ petitions migiit be adopted in the same town or district for a similar object . Mr . Clark concluded by moving the following resolution : — " The Executive Committee being resolved to take every step to secure the enfranchisement of the -working classes , and to avail themselves of every means to extend a knowledge of the principles of the Association ; and deeming the House of Commons a channel peculiarly adapted for creating a public opinion out of doors , as well as displaying the popular cause to the Parliament itself , have decic / ed upon having the People's Charter introduced as a bill to Parliament ,
to amend the representation of the country , earnestly call upon the people resident in the counties , cities , and boroughs , of the United Kingdom , to support thoir efforts , by forwarding petitions on the subject ; such petitions in every instance to be sent for presentation to any member representing the district in Parliament in which the petitioners reside ;" which was seconded by Mr . Dixon , and a discussion ensued , in which the whole of the members took part . The resolution was ultimately unanimously adopted . It was also resolved , — " That a deputation consisting of Messrs . Dixon , Clark , and Ilarney be deputed to . wait on Mr . O' Connor , to request him to give notice of a motion in the House of Commons respecting the enactment of the People ' s Charter—the form of petition to be submitted at the next meeting . " The committee then adjourned . A North Lancashire Delegate Meetikg was held on Sunday , February 11 th , when delegates
from the following places attended;—Accrington , Mr . James Smith ; O'Connor Brigade , Preston , Michael Ward ; Preston Branch , William Boyle ; Clitlieroe , Isaac Isherwood ; Padiham , Benjamin Pilling . Messrs . Arnistead of Blackburn , and James Brown of Preston , also took part in the meeting in giving advice upon various subjects . After a lengthy discussion , tho following resolution was passed : •» " That a Convention be held in London , somewhere , about the middle of March , but the delegates not to be allowed to sit more than fourteen days . "—We recommend that none ] be elected to the Convention , but persons of good moral character who . have been members of the Chartist Association for at least six months . —Isaac Isherwood , District Secretary . YonKsniRE . —A West Riding delegate' meeting was held at Nicoll ' s Coffee-house , Halifax , on Sunday , the 11 th instant , when the following address was adopted : —
TO THE CHARTISTS OF THE WEST BIDING , Brother Democrats , —We deem it our duty to remind you of the strange and anomalous position which we now hold in the political world . At a time when the iron hand of despotism has struck down and immured in dungeons the best and ablest advocates of our cause , we seem to forget that " union is strength . " Instead of making our organisation more perfect , and acting more in concert with each other , we are as a " rope of sand . " Democracy seems with us a mere empty name instead of a living principle . You are aware that the past year has been one of unusual eioitement , and the labour of evray one who has had tfie guidance of ai \ y pavt of the movement has been heavy . Such has been especiall y the case with the late West Riding secretary , Sfr . lacy , and though the wages were small ana insufficient , when compared with the labour ne
had to perform , one half ofhls entire year's wa ^ es remain unpaid , and yet a levy of one penny each throughout that part of the Riding which engaged him would more than discharge the debt . We would likewise remind those who have hitherto neglected to pay their quota towards the deficiency wlrich . occurred at the last West Riding demonstration on Toftshaw Moor , that our Bradford Mends , to whom it is owing , are in pecuniary difficulties , in consequence of the heavy charge of the families of the victims . This money was expended with the consent of the whole Biding , and with a perfect understanding by all parties that they would have to pay their just proportion of the deficiency . We hope , therefore , that a sense of duty ; will teach you that it would not merely he unjust , hut positively cruel , to let our Bradford friends he out of the money any longer . It is likewise unjust to thosq who honourably discharged the timeinasmuch
debt at the proper , as considerable expense lias nireadv Ven incurred in delegate meetings and correspondence for the purpose of settling this ahair . Honini ? that this will be the last appeal that will have to he made on this subject , I remain , yours , on behalf of the delegates , CHMST . SuSlckieiosi , West Riding Secretary . Finsbtot , —On Sunday evening , a meeting of tke Chartis ts of this locality was held in the Lecture Hall , at Deadman ' s Coffee-house , Clerkenwd Green . Mr . Allnutt presided , who having made a ^"" servations on passing events , was followed by Mr . M Grath , -who delivered a most instructive lecture upon " Revolutions , their Causes , and Consequences . " The meeting was subsequently addressed by Messrs . NobUs , Pennell , and Co ., with much satisfaction ; Votes of thanks being given to the lec-
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turer and chairman , and it being announced that Mr . Dixon would lecture on Sunday evening next , the meeting separated . The National Victim Committee . —Mr . Thomas Cooper delivered the first of his course of two ora-; ionS on the ¦• Wrongs of Ireland , " in aid of the Junds for the relief of the widows and orphans of i- * i o : -T do victims , at tho South London nail , llo ,. JMackfrars-road , on Wednesday evening , to a very numerous audience . —Mr . Hobday occupied the c lall V—fne lecturer commenced his oration from tne time and date when Ireland ' s oppressions were said to commence—namely , seven centuries agoand gave an account of tlie horrors perpetrated on that unhappy country from that neriod down tn tho
reign of Charles the Second . The lecturer gave many happy illustrations of the way the landlords became possessed of their lands , and said their titles were the last thing the proprietors would like to be inquired into . In his concluding remarks , he called on the oppressed in England to sympathise with the oppressed in Ireland , and demanded that the waste lands should be cultivated for the benefit of the people and if the present occupier refused to do it , tho land should go to other hands , who could and would so cultivate it . Tho lecturer was listened to with breathless attention , and at the conclusion , greeted with great applause . He will conclude his course on Wednesday evening next , tho 21 st inst .,,. 'WESTMrastlif . ^ t % i .. iiajS ^ ae 3 meeting of fik | ocality on the lltb . instant , Mr . "William Dixoii * delivered a very able and instructing lecture on the " Mines and Miners of England , " which gave great satisfaction to a respectable and attentive audience .
At the close the meeting adjourned to the JSth instant , at half-past seven o'clock , when Mr . M'Grath will deliver a lecture . Hoxtojt . —Mr . P . M'Grath was announced to lecture at the Hope Coffee-house , Bridport-placo , on Wednesday evening , but in consequence of a meeting being held at the School-rooms , Cowper-street , St . Luke ' s , Mr . M ' Grath adjourned with his friends to ; hat place . At the close of this meeting , the members returned to their room , when the following resolution was carried unanimously : — " That'the thanks of this locality are due to Mr . M'Grath " the very able manner in which he supported the amendment for Manhood or Universal Suffrage , at a meeting of the St . Luke ' s Reform Association , held in Cowper-street , City-road , this evening . " The meeting then adjourned to next Wednesday evening February 21 st , when Mr . Dixon will lecture on the " Mines and Minerals of Great Rritain . "
The Council op the Members of Manctcesteb to tiie Members op South Lancashire . — Brothem : — Deeming it essentially necessary that the most effectual means of extending the principles and advocacy of democracy should be adopted , we have thought it necessary to convene a delegate meeting , to be holdcn in the People ' s Institute , on Sunday , February 25 th ; when we hope that all the districts of South Lancashiro will depute men of intelligence and integrity to represent them , by whose deliberations the cause of liberty may be advanced , and the rights of labour vindicated , by the onward march of Chartism . Yours in the cause John Button ' , G . H . Smith .
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mm ' Lady Fiunkujt . —Tiie Arctic Expedition . —This lady is at present engaged in a pilgrimage to the ports whence the whale shipa are iiliely to proceed to Dayis ' s Straits , with a view to plead her anxieties and distresses , and to animate the commanders of these ships in her cause . Lady Franklin has already visited Hull , where she has been received with much enthusiasm , and the strongest desire hasbcen manifested by the masters ana others connected with the whale-ships , not only to carry out any instructions or wishes that may be conveyed to them from government , but are also themselves disposed to unuettake certain measures in connexion with the
usual objects of their voyage , for affording succour or gaining information respecting the missing ships . Her ladyship intends visiting Leith , Kircaldy , and Montrose , the more northern ports of Aberdeen . Monster Visit xo Pabis . —It is said that an association of gentlemen is in the course of formation , and will be speedily formed , for the purpose of returning the visit of the French National Guards to London . In less than a month several thousand Englishmen will proceed to Paris . and remain there for a week . In order to secure the necessary accommodation and regularity whole hotels will be hired at Paris , special trains on the railways in both countries engaged , and steamboats chartered for the occasion .
Com , isio . v in the Gbawnxl , — -At twelve o ' clock on Wednesday , a boat arrived , and landed seven men on the beach at Brighton , in front of the Custom House , who reported themselves to be the master and crew of the Alfred , of Portsmouih . The master gave his name Robert Hopkins , and stated that ho was on his way from Portsmouth to Sunderland , in ballast , and at five o'clock in the morning , when a mile off Beachy-uead , he was run down hy the brig Agnes , coal laden , from South Shields to Gibraltar . The bows of the Alfred were stove in ,
and the vessel immediately filled and went down , the crew saving themselves by jumping into their own boat , just about half a minute before the vessel went to the bottom . The master afterwards boarded the Agnes , and remonstrated with the master of that vessel ; after which , the sea being suitable , he joined his crew in the boat , and made for Brighton . The crew lost the whole of their clothes , and the master in addition lost his quadrant and other implements of navigation . At the time of the collision there was a light breeze from the north-north-east . The Alfred was of the burden
of 149 tons , The Ten Hours Agitation . — A meeting of factory owners was held at Manchester on Tuesday evening , on the subject of the restriction of the hours of labour . The meeting was'strictly private , but we learn that a deputation was appointed to wait upon the leading members of . the government , the object being to effect a compromise on the Ten Hours Question . They propose , on condition of the time being extended to eleven hours , to abandon the system of relays so far as females and young persons under eighteen years of age are concerned . . Berkshire . —Abingdon was gazetted in Tuesday night ] s Gazette as the future assize town instead of Reading . . '
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DR . M'DOUALL'S WRIT OF ERKOR . I b ? g to inform our friends who have subscribed tlieir money for the purpose of obtaining a Writ of fZIZ 7 " V < M'Doual ! , tha : the effort . ™ , w v " j ° " ~; COunsel havin ? give " an opinion against it Ue « being . ducrepancv of oi . inion as to what purpose , and to whom , 1 shall band over the amount received by me , I request the cutucriben o give me instructions and I win immediiitlv conform thereto . I have received subscriptions for the last three weeks , and there appear to be three opinions about its distribution : —
1 st . —Has Mr . Roberts incurred any expanse in procuring counsel ' s opinion ? If so , is he entitled to the sums advanced ? 2 nd . —Mrs . M'Douall wishes to be established in some business . Shall I remit the money to her ? 3 rd . —The Victim Committee are disposed to discountenance favouritism and obviate painful feelings , by ministering to the necessities of the wives and families according to the rule of equality . Shall I band over the money to them ?
I have no right to suggest aily mode of distribution , or application of the money ; yet , should Outturn , etc ., be of No . 1 , opinion , Todmorden . etc ., of No . 2 , and Brighton , etc ., of No . 3 , I will take care that each is attended to , and the amount sent from each place appropriated as required . I have received a $ follows : — Week , ending , Feb . 3 rd .. .. Ill " " 10 th .. .. 1 19 9 " " 17 th .. .. 3 5 10 £ 6 6 8
Should any remittance arrive after the paper has gone to press , it shall be announced next week . I wish it to be understood , that I am not accountable for any monies received except such sums as are ^^^ M ^ i ^'' ' e - ¦ ' ° ^ 8 tance" ~ ^ the star of the 3 d inst ., yet only £ 1 . Is . id . was sent to this office . This will explain why I have stated the total receipts to be £ 6 . 63 . 8 d ., instead of £ 6 . 7 s . 8 . William Rider . P . S . Chartists , —do cast your eyes at the enormous (?) amount sent weekly to Defence Fund ! When wiM Mr . Nixon get paid , and Mr . O'Connor re-paid ? Let us hear of a few Soirees for that purpose . I am paying JG 1 . 5 s . weekly to exempt prisoners from oakuni picking OUT OF ThS Northekn Star-ou * o / Mr . O ' Connor ' s purse . W . R .
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Sheffield . — The quarterly meeting of this branch of the National Land Company , was held in the Democratic Reading Room , 33 , Queen-street , on Monday evening . Mr . George Poules in the chair . The question of the eligibility of members being id arrears was considered , and the following resolution was adopted : — ' That the members have three months longer to pay their arrears of contribu . tions ; but , unless they either pay or make the Committee acquainted with the reason of their not doing so , that they be struck from the books at the expi . ration of the next three months , and forfeit the subscriptions they may have paid . ' After the reading
of the aecounts , and the auditor s report thereon , the following resolutions were agreed to : — ' Tbat the accounts , as now read , be received as satisfactory . ' ' That the amount of local levy for 1849 be tenpence per member , ' An amendment was moved , but the resolution was carried . The following members were duly elected to serve on the Committee for the ensuing quarter : —Joseph Willis , Aaron Higginbottom , William Howard , Henry Birtles , Charles Bagshaw , William Dyson ( blind roan ) , William Beaton , Joseph Drake , scrutineers ; William Hawksley , James Sampson , auditors ; George Cavill , secretary ; Isaac Ironside , treasurer . Thanks being given to the chairman , the meeting separated .
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THE LA 3 OUR CONVENTION . TO THE SECRETARY , OFFICERS , AND MEMBERS OPTHE TRADES , COLLIERS , &c . OF NEWCASTLE , AND VIcInITY . Friends , —The following proposition has been . put forth by Mr . O'Connor , in the Star of Jan . 13 th , 1849 , ( 0 the consideration of which we invite yonr attention : — " I propose that the Chartist Executive , in concert with the Trades and Colliers , should name a day for a Labour Convention , to meet in London , and to consist of foriy-nine delegates , and as the Labour Question has yet to be solved , and can h e best solved by those who have practical experience , and as ignorance ever has been , and ever will be urged as Labour ' s disqualification to the suffrage , I propose that £ 150 be distributed as prizes for the six best Essays upon the Labour Question , and if the arrangements are properly carriedout , I will give JS 50 , leaving only a fraction more than £ 2 each to be brought from the several districts by each delegate . "
Friends , —we judge the present time very opportune , to bring before the country the manifold wrongs of the industrious classes , and trust that each trade will assist in carrying out the object contemplated in the proposition , for it is only by unanimity and co-operation that the producing classes of this country can succeed in obtaining that proper respect and attention ( 0 which they are fairly entitled , instead of being , as at present , insulted and contemed by those who are falsely termed their superiors . N . B . A meeting of a representative from each Traders convened for Tuesday e \ emns , Feb . 27 th , at eight o'clock , at the Cock Inn , head ot the Side , when arrangements will be made for carrying out the above objects . Signed on behalf of the Newcastle branch of the Chartist Association . John Hudson , President . M . Jude , Cor . Secre ^ a-y .
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Soicide . —On Friday an inquest was held bv Rfr , W . Carter , at the Hero of Waterloo , Waterloo-road ou the body of Mr . John Ewins , aged 31 . The deceased was found in toe Thames , and wag supposed to have thrown himself over Waterloo-bridge . He was a traveller in the employ of Messrs . Waterafand Lowe , of High-street , Cheapside . The unfortunate state of his accounts had evidently induced him to commit suicide . Verdict—Temporary insanity . Inquest , Makblaughtsr . —An inquest was held on Thursday before Mr . Mills , at the Crown and Anchor , King-street , St . Gilei , on Elizabeth Manlcy aged 26 , late of 74 , Dudley-street . — Elizabeth Gurton deposed that deceased was in the babit of drinking , which caused frequent quarrels between her and her husband . "Wednesday night she came
to witness ' s room and begged to be admitted , as her husband had turned her eut of doors . Shortly after seven o ' clock the following morning the husband drove . in the pannel of witness ' g room , dragged his wife out of bed , threw her on the floor several times and kicked her in the neck , after which she never spoke . The husband then left the room , when witness found that deceased was dead . — Constable Philip Turg , who arrested the husband , stated that he had said he had kicked her in the neck bseause she had stolen from him 2 s . — Inspector Black said that tbe deceased and her husband were always quarrelling . — Mr . Simpson , surgeon , of Highstreet , Bloomsbury , was of opinion that the deceased died of apoplexy , produced by the violence . Verdict , " Manslaughter . " The husband was committed to Newgate .
Fire . —1-ivE Lives LosT .-On Friday morning , abont one o ' clock , a fire broke out in the premises of a haherdashei ' , Lamb-stiftet , Spitalficlds , by which calamity four persons lost their lives . When the engines arrived , tfec flames had made most rapid progress , and but a short time elapsed before the entire house , stock , &c , were eonsum-. d , aa well as damage to those , houses situated near . By two or half-past , furthcr danger had subsided , when , through tho exertions of the firemen , the bodies were recovered from the ruins—one a girl seven years of age , and two others adults . Shells were procured , and they were removed for inquest . One of the survivors was compelled to leave his wife behind him on the stairs , anil he narrowly escaped suffocation from the density of the smoke from the lower part of the house .. From tiie confusion , neitiifr the cause nor the names of the sufferers could be obtained in time for our informant .
ALBGiTB . —Shortly after twelve o ' clock on Saturday morning a fire , involving a destruction of property valued at some thou amis of pounds , broke out upon the premises belonging to Mr . Dvxnkley , wholesale shoe warehouseman , carrying on business at No . 15 , High-strett , Aldgate , within a few doors of the Three Tuns Inn . Fatal Rail-way Accident . —An engineman and a fireman have both lost their lives by an accident on . the Clarence Railway . Their names were Richard and John Holmes * , the former was twentyfive , and the latter twenty-two years of age . Richard Holmes , the engineman , was instanta » neov-ly killed , being completely crushed between tbe engine and the tender ; his brother , at the same time , beins most dreadfully scalded by the boiling water , and he died on Sunday last . Inquests were held on tb . e two bodies , aadverdiets of'Accidental death" were recorded .
Mb . Duffy ' s TBUL . —DnBtiN , Friday . —Yesterday thejudges gave judgment against the prisoner on the point raised by his counsel on the previous day , and he was arraigned upon the new indictment ; but , upon being ca'led upon to plead , they put in a plea in abatement , upon the ground that a member of the grand jury which found the bills was disqualified as to property and residence . France . —The question of the dissolution of the National Assembly has been decided by the passing ofthe firstandsecond reading of M . Lanjuinaia' proposition . The seeond reading was carried by a
Jnajo-Agricultural Prize Essays . — The Belgian Government has instituted two prizes—of 5 000 francs with a gold medal , and 1 , 000 , respectivelythe first for the best work on general agriculture and the second for tbe best treatise on the disease of the potato . Foreigners are iuvited to compete , and manuscripts are to be sent to the Ministry of the Interior before the 1 st of January in next year . On Thursday and Friday laat week , about £ 10 , 000 was paid in Liverpool upon foreign corn and breadstuffs , entered fur consumption at the nominal duty of one shilling per quarter . Several fine vessels have lately been built in Van Diemen ' s Land ; and it is expected that shipbuilding will become one of the most lucrative trades follow * , d in the colony , .
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THE LAND BONUS . IO ALL THE BRANCHES OF THE NATIONAL 1 AND COMPANY . As it hap been in contemplation by many of our branch to institute a Bonus Fund for our locality , by weekly subscriptions , and to choo .-e by lot who amongst us shall have a sum from the fund offered as a bonus , we thought it well to inquire of our Directors , if they possessed power to enforce the continued payments of those subscriptions until the whole ofthe money . so drawn from the fund , be
refunded by any member who might be accepted from our locality . They replied that they had no such power , and requested us to consider the subject in a national sense 5 to extend what in this case would be a local interest to all the localities—so fosming a society and having it enrol ' ed—giving the Directors the power in question to enforce the repayments . We therefore do beg , that you will take this subject into your serious consideration , as we think it will be the only means whereby a poor member can possibly obtain his location , since it is imperative that a bonus must be given . Signed on behalf of the Exeter Branch , E . L . DusTitf .
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VOL . HI . P . 591 . lobdon , SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 17 , 1849 . „ . «««¦ ¦»¦«•«» - — — Z ~^ ZHr ~ w ^** - ^^^ Flirc Shillings and Sixpence per Qnnricr »»_«>
To The Electoks Akd Non-Elec Tobs Of The Borough Of Nottingham.
TO THE ELECTOKS AKD NON-ELEC TOBS OF THE BOROUGH OF NOTTINGHAM .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 17, 1849, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1510/page/1/
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