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THE NORTHERN STAB. SATURDAY, »KCKMBEIS 21, I85O
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TO TAILORS. JBu approbation 0/ Ber Uajaty, Quern Victoria, and S. B. H. Pnnu Albert. NOW BEADY,
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THE LONDON and PARIS FASHIONS for AUTUMN a nd WISTER 1850-1 , themostsplendia and suoerMv-coloored HUNT ever before published by MesTF Heniamin READ and Co .. 12 , Har t-street ; Bloomsbnrv- * qu :. rej London ; andbyG . BEEGEB , HolyweU-street , Stran-. i . - This exquisitely engraved Print will be accompanied inth Hiding , Dress , Frock and Shooting Coat Patterns , nil of the newest and most fashionable stele , and ererv part fiilly illustmted both for Cutting and lfatdng-up . Uso iLe rt ^ istered Cape and Cloak Palfetot for persons of all uaiions , the most convenient garment erer before ln-¦ &o .-i'Jced , and wiU atlmit of great variety in cutting ana m : ikh = g- ? ip : every particular explained . Beg 15 " *™ , " ?" COitU ^ to act of parliament by Read and Co .. ¦ 'O-a Aar- ^ ' t , W 50 . All persons purchasing the Fashions are . at liberty to make and sell the same ; and «» , «*« P ^ ° ^ not purchasing the Fashions , by seDding 3 s . for the latiem and printeaiSonnation , for that and aU ut ? er parUcnlars 2 » S S »« aafcs ^ - ^ ajS t ^ SS S 0 S % ^ - ^^ - ^ Sr 4 = e : ? £ & £ CSffiU and use . Itcpstered patterns of any a ^^ o ^ nt to measure . Is . each , postfree . ( Lad . es ^ b ^ d ^ Co ' s . New System of Cutting will supersede even-thins of the land before conceited . Terms and all narticnlare sent post free . InstrncU . ms « n Catting foraU tods of Style and Fashion , so that any person may per form eqoal to having forty years experience in a few Ijouts . Habits performed for the trade , ftusts for fitUng coats on , Boys figures . Ac &c Post-office orders and post stamps to any acionnt taken as cash . Jf . R—r . iremen provided .
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It HE LONDON CO-OPERATIVE STORES are now opened at 76 , Chabmtte Stbebt , FrrzBox Sqdahe , In connesion with tLe Society for Promoting Working lien ' s Associations . 1 . —Object of the STeBis . 5 . V . enalile members of the above-mimed Association , and otter jiersons who may desire it . t » obtain articles , of daiiv use perfectly free from stluitcmtion , < -f the best qnalit ; .. * * , & the lowest ilia's * , * & »'" tl ^ frajing the necessary expenlc of manageuitnt , uistril . i ; Uf >« . and providing for a reserve fund . Co-tiporative stores lttiwboca tistiblisned with much success iu different parts of the kingdom . The benefit to the subscribers may be judged of frcmthe fact that the subscribers to the Pioneer Store in lioclidale , divided in ths last jear £ 801 ) afterpayment of aU expenses , although the gootfs frere charged considerably below , the ordinary price . 2 . —Opebatioxs of the Stobes . "WJ ; crever practicable , orders ^ vill bi ; takeu at the houses of cast-. jners , aud goods will in all cases be p : omptly and carrfi : IIv delivered .
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HEALTH WHERE 'TIS SOUGHT ! HOLLOWAY'S PILLS . Cure of a Disordered Liver and Stomach , when in a most hopeless state . Extr ^> : l cf a Letter from ilr . Hatthew Harvey , of Chapel Hal . Airdrie , Scotland , dated the 15 th of January , 1850 . Sre , —Your valuable p ills have been the means , with Cod ' s Messing , of restoring me to a state of perfect health , and at a time when I thought I was on the brink of the grave . I had consulted several eminent doctors , who , after doing what they could for me , stated that they considered my case as hopeless . I oujht to say that Ihad been sufferisg from a liver and stomach complaint of long standing , which during the last two years got so much worse , that everv or . e considered my condition as hopeless . I , as a last resoJircf , got a box of your pills , which soon gave relief , and Tjv ptr = cvering in their nse for some weeks , together with rubbing night and morning jour Ointment over my chest and stomach , and right side , I have by their nwaus alone got completely cured , and to the astonishment <_> f myself and everybody who knows me . —( Signed } Matxhxiv Habvey To Professor Holloway .
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T ETTERS TO -THE-HIERARCHIES ; h By RoBMr Ows * . > Also to Richahd Cobdkn , E « a MP with observations on the means to w ^ ll-Vlao ; . well-emp loy , pnd well-educxte the population - and other interesting matter , in ftOBEBT OWEN'S JOUEKlt : uw No . 7 and 8 . ? Jo 9 will contain LETTERS TO THE CHARTISTS , AHD TO THE CABINET MINISTERS . published weekly by Ciayton , 265 , Strand ; and Watson , Queen's Head Passage , Paternoster Row . Price , Id ., and in Monthly Parts . ¦ ¦
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Education for the Millions , ENLARGEMENT OF ThTnATIONAL INSTRUCTOR The First Number of the New Series 'OF THE NATIONAL INSTRUCTOR " Will be published on January 4 th , 1851 . SIXTEEN LAEGE E 0 YAL OCTAVO PAGES , Price One Penny . The object of the Proprietor , Fbabous O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., is lo place within the reach of the poorest classes that Political and Social Information of whick they are at present deprived by the Government " Taxes on Knowledge . " u @fc ilattonal Jttstvtwtor " 18 THE ADVOCATE OF POLITICAL , SOCIAL , AND INDUSTRIAL PR 06 RESS , IT CONTAINS ' A WEEKLY X . ABO 17 K RECORD , The Autobiography of Feargos O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., ORIGINAL ARTICLES ON SOCIAL AND POLITICAL QUESTIONS , Tales : Reviews : Poetry : Gleanings , Etc . * Orders and Advertisements to' be sent addressed lo the office of the Northern Star , London ; or to A . fleywood , Manchester ; W . Love , and 6 . Adams , Glasgow ; Robinson and Co ., Edinburgh ; J . Sweet ; Nottingham : J . Quest , Birmingham .
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• Liberty—Equality—Fraternity . ' EARLY NEXT FEBRUARY WILL BE PUBLISHED The First Number of 'THE P E O P L E . ' ' We'll struggh on till all he won the good God has designed , The Empibe of thb People—the Monarchy of Mind . ' A NEWSPAPER established by private individuals is manifestly inadequate to the attainment of any great National object . 'It is , ' says a distinguished Irish writer , 'in many particulars defective , in many others injurious , and in some dangerous , unsafe , and untrustworthy ; it may be bought or bartered ; it may be traded with and trafficked on ; it may be corrupted , conquered , or intimidated , and offers no guarantee for firmness , independence , or honesty . ''—Influenced by these considerations , a number of Irishmen—deeply interested
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Politics : The wcrld a republic . Religion : To do all the good possible . & CAVILL , Democratic Temperance Hotel * 33 , Queen-street , Sheffield , TOBACCONIST AND GENERAL STATIONEB , Agent for the 'Northern Star , ' and other Cheap Publications , _ Begs to announce that the above extensive premises have been refitted with a plentiful supply of good beds . Those friends who tisit this town will meet with ample accommodation on the most reasonable terms . N . B . —Chops , steaks , and all kinds of Temperance Beverages alwavs on hand . Public News Room up the Passage ..
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On the 1 st of January , Price Sixpence , No . 1 of a New Monthly Journal , THE ENGLISH REPUBLIC : An endeavour to explain Republican Principles : to re ord Republican Progress ; undto establish a Republican Party in England . Edited by W . J . Lnrroir . J . WatsBn , 3 , Queen ' s Head-passage , Paternoster-row .
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UATIOIfAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Office , 14 , Southampton street , Strand . 11 HE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE . hereby announce the following meetings : — On Sunday Horning next , at lialf-pait ten o ' clock , at the South London Chartist Hall to eject the New Executive . On Sunday Evening next meetings will beheld at the Rock T&vern , Lisson-grove —^ Princess Royal , Circus-street , Marylebone—King and Queen , Foley-street , Portlandplace—Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , New-road—City Hall , 26 , Golden-lane , Barbican— Whit tington and Cat , Church-row . Bethnal Green—Crown and Anchor , Cheshirestreet , Waterloo Town—and . Globe and friends , Morgan street , Commerclal-road-east—New . Eastern Literary and Scientific Institution , Morpeth-street , Green street , Bethnnl Green . At all of which the Executive Committee will be elected .
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Woodman Locality , late Whittington and Cat . NOTICE . T « HE CHARTIST LOCALITY who X lately met at the Whittington and Cat , have now removed to the Woodman Tavern , White-street , Waterlootown , where Mr . Wuxiam Davis , of the Executive , and Mr . Robebx Ckowe , late of Tothill Fields Prison , Will lecture on Sunday next , at eight o'clock . ; • •; R . Bloomfeld , Sscretary . ..
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FRATERNAL FESTIVAL , ON NEW YEAR'S EVE , DECEMBER 31 st , 1850 , THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS will bold their Annual Festival , in the . Literaby and Scientific Institotion , John . Steeet , Tottenham Codjit-Road . Arrangements haTe been concluded to render the programme worthy of the occasion , as the Fraternal Democrats will be honoured with the presence of several of the most distinguishecLchiefsofthe Continental' Democrat ! , French , Gtrman , and Italian . . ^ ¦ The Programme will include Tea , Concert , and Ball . _ Short addresses will be delivered by several of the pnndual extwnents of British Democracy . Ihe members of die Apollonic Society , assisted by the powerful organ of the Institution , will perform a selection of pieees between the addresses : at the conclusion of which the Ball will commence in the Hall , and the Concert in the large Coffee-
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A Check-Mats . —A few weeks ago a young man from the neighbourhood of Manchester was met in the street at LiverfOol by one of his neighbours walking with a young woman , a relative of his wife , but with whom he was considered to be rather too familiar . The nei g hbour dodged them and . found that they had taken their passage to America . The neighbour hastened home , and communicated the fact to the wife , who promptly came to Liyerpool , saw the captain , and told him her story . He told her to go back and sell her goods immediately and rHurn to him . She did so , arriving just as the vessel was jibout to leave . She was taken on board and the young woman was sent ashore . Wen the faithless husband went below to bis DWtu BO found on wire were instead of hjs paramour .
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The readers of the " Northem Star , " and the Democratic party generally , are informed , that there is now a re-issue of the various Steel engravings lately distributed with the " Northern Star . " They consist of Kossuth , Meaohkr , Iodis Blanc , Mitchkl , ' Ernest Jonbs , . Smith O'Buien , RlCUARD OaSTLER , ; :. JOHN PilOST . ¦ These Engravings have excited the admiration of every one who has seen them . They are faithful portraits , and are executed in the most brilliant style . Price FourpencjB each . '
There has also been a reprint of the . under * mentioned portraits , which have been given away at different times with the " Northern Stai ' , " aad which are striking likenesses , and executed in the most brilliant manner—Andrew Marvel , William ¦ Oobbett , Arthur O'Connor , IIenrt . Hunt , . Patrick O ' IIiggins . ' F . O'Connor , Bronterre O'Brien , W . P . Roberts . J . R . Stephens , There is also a re-issue of the two large prints , " THE NATIONAL CONVENTION OF 1839 . " " THE PRESENTATION OF THE NATIONAL PETITION , by Ma . DUNCOMBE . in 1842 . " To be had of J . Pavey , Holywell-street .
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J . Pattison , Berry Edge . —By a typographical error in last week ' s 'Stab' your donation was announced as Is . 6 d . instead of 2 s . 6 d . . Mr . D . Fsost , Oreasboroagh , was misprinted in our last Gainsborough , near Rotherham . . Mb . Hofjsinsun , Hanley . —The insertion of your advertisement would subject us to prosecution under the Act for the Suppression of Lotteries . : ¦ G . Cad . nt , Belper . —Your communication would be charged as an advertisement Mb . Hehhin , Cheltenham . —I tales the subscriptions to 41 , Turnraill-street , and pay them in presence of the Refugees , With any existing differences I do not , neither
will , interfere . Whosoever has lit the torch must extinguish it . I do not lay the fault at the door of any of the Committee , nor upon the Refugees . It would be folly to know much on such matters . What I do know is that the Refugee ' s are in great want , and require immediate aid , which I hope will be rendered . —W . Rideb . Mr . Pitman , Jersey , and others who have sent postage stamps for the representation of the Crystal Palace , mmt state by what conveyance they can be forwarded than through the post , as they would be worthless if sent by post Agents must send cash for this plate with their orders , or obtain the eneraying through then- London booksellers . It has baet faund very inconvenient to connect the > ccounti for plates with those for the
newspaper . - -- . Mb . Veale Bristol . —The order was received , but we know they would be damaged if sent by post . How can we otherwise forward them ? fi . Hassiwem ., Bradford . —The 5 s . was acknowledged in the 'Stab' of the 7 th . as from Mr . Chapman ' s shop . Nottingham . —Mr . J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the following sums , sent herewith for Honesty Fund : — Eagle Reading-room , 4 s . ; Mr . Imnan , 4 d . ; Mr . Daltoh , Is . Mr . Burbage , 6 d . ; Mr . Broadhead , 6 d . ; Mrs . Richards , 6 d , ; Mr . Makin , 3 d . ; Mr . W , Parker , Is .. ; Mr . John Parr , Is . ; Mrs . Roberts , Is . ; Mr . Bend , 6 d . ; Mr . Brown , 6 d .: Mr . Wood , 2 d . ; Mr . Bostock ; 6 d . ; From the Eagle Tavern , 10 s . ; Mr . W . Fuller , ' 6 d .. For Macnamara ' s Action u-Mr . W . Hextall , fid ; For Winding-up Firad : —Mr W .- Hall , Is . ; Mr . J . Wass , 6 il . ; Mr . W . Day , 6 d . ; Mr . J . Brown , 6 i-.-, . n-. Polish and Hosqabun Befdgees . — Mr . Hall , la . ; Mr . ' < x . W . IT . Reynolds , £ 1 Is . ' The Committee meet at the
Crown and Anchor , on Saturday evening , and 26 , Golden-lane , on Tuesday , Dec . 24 th . —Thomas FsMlMON , Secretary . T . Bbownb Lux . —Proceeds of a Ball at the South London Hall ,-15 s . lOd . ; Mr . Beal , 4 d . j Mr . Edmonds , 2 d . ; A Welshman , Cd . ; Mr . Clench , Is , ; An Englishman , 2 d ; Mr . Salmonds , Gd . ; Smith ' s Workmen , 4 s . 3 d . ; Mr . Keau , per J . Aroott , Is .: Collection at Lecture Hall , £ 2 15 s . lOd . ; A Friend , Id . Esnest Jones' Lectures . —We learn tfcat llr . Jones , in compliance with a general request , intends publishing his two lectures entitled ' CAwrEOBtrai e « f « M RoME . 'Jil four weekly numbers , as soen as he has ascertained that ho will have readers enough to cover the expense . He is therefore desirous that all localities or individuals
intending to have the lectures , will write to him to that effect , stating the number of copies required . Seeing the toirent of invec ion and folly that is poured forth on occasion of this'Papal aggression , ' it is highly necessary the people --hould learn what-they have to thank the Established Church for , and what they-have to expect at its hand ? . These lectures draw the ' veil aside , and expose the huge deception . They come most ep portunely as an antidote to th » vertigo that is throwing the people once more towards the arms of a grasping and designing priestcraft . They unveil the whole history of oar church , and give an exposure of its sins , its duplicity , its income , auri its fraudV such ng has not often been concentrated in one focus . Mr . Jones's address is Hardwicke Lodge . Mo 3 cow-road , Bayswater , London *
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THE MANCHESTER CONFERENCE . Shall there be a Conference ? it , m , where and when ? The discussion of these two questions has largely occupied , our columns for some weeks , and may fairly be . assumed to be the topic that most excites the attention and Interest of the Chartist body at the present
moment . . .= We have hitherto forborne the expression of any opinion on the subject , because we were desirous that all the arguments on both Bides should be stated without any interference on our part . So much has been said about "dictation" that , had we given utterance to . the impressions produced by the perusaL of the volumnous correspondence which has appeared in the Star , it is probable that we should have been similarly charged .
As , however , we may fairly presume that all that can be said for and against the proposed Manchester Conference has now been said , there can , we trust , be no . impropriety in our offering a few observations on the subject . . And , in the first place , without meaning to give offence to any party or individual , we are compelled to express our extreme regret at the spirit in which questions of public policy are too often discussed by professing Chartists . Surely the question whether a Conference should be held in the month of January , in the City of Manchester , or in London , in the
month of May next , might have been debated without the introduction of any rancorous personal feeling , or personal vituperation . The use of such weapons leads the impartial observer to infer that the ostensible is not'the real battle , because there is nothing in the nominal question at issue to educe such bitter personal animosity and abuse . It gives rise to the suspicion that the combatants are not struggling to promote the great ; cause of the People ' s Charter , but an object of some other kind , in which their passions , their prejudices , or their interests are so deeply involved ; that it leads them to merge the general in the particular , and to fight for persons instead of
prin-This evil spirit must be cast out of the Chartist camp , if we are over to exercise any real or powerful influence over the intellect and the sympathies of the nation . _ The continual coarse and gross personal vilification of motiveBjaotionsandchwwtw . bandied between assumed Chartist leaders in past times , ' has , i - , ' ... .. ¦ ..
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«- ' ^ . r . ^ ^ - ;«^ " ^^ caTi 8 © , ' contributed more > aivany one . rfflgte ; . nt . . position , to place Chartism ; ^ ^ - # g £ , ^ selves How can those who do not respect -, $ *» ¦ Sto > e respected by . others ? If ¦ $£ who take the-most prominent part m the movement show an example . of division , acrimony and self seeking , how can they expec union , good-feeling , ' or patriotism on the part of those who follojv them ? - „ V Like begets like in the moral as well as : ^ : ^ ^^ r > mm
in the physical- world . If we would really reform oirt institutions and parify and regenerate society , we must attempt the mighty and beneficient work in an appropriate spirit . If we do not , we had better cease our efforts . Not to us has been delegated the holy mission we must take the beam out of our own eyes before attempting to extract the mote from nur brothers . The first step to genuine reform
is to reform ourselves . What was the question essentially under consideration ? A deplorable apathy and general disorganisation pervaded the country . The once powerful army of Chartism was disbanded and scittered . Skeleton staffs and nominal localities alone remained to indicate that it had once existed . At a time when the action
of a powerful , united party could exerciBe most important , most valuable influence on public opinion , and . especially over the present electoral body , there was ; neither , unity nor power . Fifteen years of agitation had ended in the sad and lamentable result that the People ' s party were more dispersed—more weak—more helpless than at almost any part of the whole of that period .
Looking at these facts , the gentleman who , from the beginning had borne the brunt of the battle—whose time , talent , energies , and money has beeri freely and unstintedly devoted to the cause—thought himself warranted in suggesting that a Conference should bo held as early as possible , for the purpose , of , re-organising the movement , and placing it upon a national basis , if possible . The position he occupied ,, and the sacrifices , he has made , surely warranted him , of all men . connected with the movement , to offer such a proposition . There was no assumption of dictatorial power either in the suggestion itself , or the language
in which it was made . During the long , and too often angry and acrimonious debate that the suggestion has caused , Mr . O'Connor has scrupulously abstained from making any remark , or taking any step that could , in the slightest degree , add to the excitement or the bad feeling which , unfortunately , has exhibited itself . He had but one object in view—simpl y to make Chartism a living , acting , and vigorous element in the political world . He has abstained from saying or doing anything that might tend to prevent the realisation of that paramount object . One would have thought that , ' looking at the dismembered and shattered condition of
the Chartist ranks , all who professed themselves Chartists would have eagerly and warmly responded to that appeal . Whatever might have been the consequence no harm could have been done by holding a Conference . Inertness , apathy , or personal alienation , were sure not to be cured by separation and isolation . If ,- upon coming together , and dispassionately comparing notes , it had been found that there were not the elements in existence for the
formation of a national movement , however mortifying the discovery might have been , it would , at least , have set the question at rest for the time being . People would not any longer have troubled themselves about impossibilities , or been parties to sham Organisations and nominal Executives—worth as little , in a national point of view , as the paper that described the one and gave the names of the other .
If , upon the contrary , such an investigation of facts , in conjunction with a searching , but charitable , inquiry into the causes of past failure and disappointment , showed that the materials did exist , and could be combined , if the requisite means were employed , a great step towards ultimate success would have been taken . Either way , an early Conference must have done good . Even with reference to holding . another in London during the year , it could not have been otherwise than beneficial . If it gathered together and marshalled
the scattered , ranks , tho London Conference wbuld have gained in strength and influence by such a preliminary . organisation . If it snowed what the causes were , and where they lay , which prevented that being directly done , it would again have performed an essential service , and cleared the way for the more efficient action of a London Conference . The state of Chartism , and the certainty that an early Conference must , in any case , have a beneficial result , therefore amply justified the proposal of Mr . O'Connor . The next question is , where should it be held ?
Id order to answer that question , we ask our readers calmly , to look over the history of the last thirty years . What do they find ? That during the whole of that period there has not been a single successful or important movement which has not originated in the provinces . ; London is always the last to stir , or when it takes the initiative , such is its overwhelming bulk , and the consequent segregation ' of its parts , that no powerful and well compacted concentration of popular energy is produced . ' '
\ We speak from a . personal and varied experience in these matters—both in the provinces and in London—which has fallen to the lot of few . We have taken a part in all the movements , commencing with the Catholic Emancipation Act , of 1829— . we have mixed with the people in every part of the country , both agricultural , mining , and manufacturing—we have been for the last five years professionally thrown ' into the midst of every variety of
classes and parties in London ; and , as the result of that experience , we have no hesitation in saying , that a healthy , vigorous , successful public movement can seldom , if ever , originate in the Metropolis . It must be rolled up to London from the country , and , in proportion to its extent and influence , will the isolated sections of Reformers in the Metropolis be moved to act in concert with each other , and with the country at large .
Let it not not be supposed for a moment that wo impute either ignorance or carelessness to the people who dwell in the vast wilderness of tfficY and ' mortaf that lines both sides of the Thames . Far from it . They are perhaps the most active , enlightened portion of the whole community ; but the high pressure system of trade which obtains among them—the immense distances which separate one district from another , and the peculiarities of their social habits—all contribute to prevent them acting in concert , unless upon rare occasions , and uuder a very extraordinary impulse .
In country towns there is a neighbourly feeling , which exists only to a very limited extent in London , if , in many cases , it exists at all . We have known people live next door to each other for years ; weddings , christenings , and burials took place in the interval , but they never crossed each others doors , scarcely knew more than each others nameB . Absorbed in their own particular pursuits , and moving in a circle of friends and acquaintances perhaps some half-dozen miles off , they had neither time nor inclination to cultivate the neighbourly feeling next door ,
Hence one great . difficulty of moving London . When , you do ; get a large meeting it is not London , but the friendly partiea who reside in differet parts of it that are brought together by a conSmon feeling . The outer publicis scarcely stirred . How . different all this is in a provincial town ! There the movement , if popular at all , is a real one , and carries all glasses with it . The workihops , factories , warehouses oounting-hoases shoos andstreetcornerfl , all reflect its influence and
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« B testiff B to 16 igow , ei % ^ The « spjr&ofcoinbinatiph is among them , and it needs but a . worthy cause and appropriate measures to elicit it ,-to direct it , and to make its power and enei *^ £ jefl felt , either in the removal of abuses , or the jiC'broyement of existing institutions . The ' hitJjQry of the ChartiBt movement in London , for the last two years , is perhaps the best possible proof that oan be adduced of the general truth of thm views , We have ^ f = ^ iFss £ as
not the slightest doubt but that those who have acted as Executive officers during that period have exerted themselves to the utmost to keep the movement alive , $ and that they have' been earnestly supported by the few members in each locality who have taken an active interest in it . But the circumstances have been , too powerful for them to contend against . No one will argue that the present organisation is either national in its influence , or , commensurate iu its means , with the difficult , but great and glorious purpose in
view . _ ji Two years ' trial should be sufficient . Why obstinately persist in a policy which has so conclusively failed ? Why not once more throw ourselves upon the whole country , and by holding a Conference in the great capital of our industrial classes , endeavour to give unity , conDiBtency , numbers and funds to ft movement national in its objects and requiring national exertions for their realisation ? We see no reason weighty enough to coun > tervail these grave and important considerations . However pure the motives , or Bincere
the opinions of those who stand in the way of such a meeting , being a full and faithful reflection of the opinion of the Chartists of Great Britain , they cannot be acquitted of the charge of obstructing a measure which might reanimate and reinvigorate" Chartism , and which could not possibly do the cause any harm . If , on the contrary—which we do not allege—there should be any truth in the suspicion that this opposition is principally instigated by any paltry , petty , personal ambition or animosity , then it must be stigmatised as a public crime—treason against the cause of the
people . If there is any one subject we would more earnestly press upon the attention of the Chartist body than another , it is the necessity for banishing such feelings from the movement . What does it matter to the troe disciple of great principles , who gets the eredit for carrying them into operation ,: so that the object is successfully achieved ? The men who in past ages most truly and substantially improved society have been content to " do good by stealth , and blushed to find it fame . "
Absorbed in their lofty task , finding the greatest and the purest pleasure in its prosecution—a reward in the very work itseif , they have cared but little for " the fickle breath of popular applause . " The men who attempt to improve society in this spirit must sneceed , because they start from higher priaciples arid impulses ; those who do so from lower motives must expect to be beaten , because they have not the same superiority , and on the lower ground they have chosen society is far stronger than they are , or can be . . . ¦
If Chartists will put away this spirit from among them , and endeavour to act out the ennobling precept , — " He that would be greatest amongst you , let him be the servant of all , "—1851 will , witness the resuscitation of Chartism , and impart to it a more commanding and beneficial influence over the ruling bodies of this country than it has ever yet possessed . To a calm , self-possessed , but
determined party , who have an equal abhorrence of bluster and servility—who have unbounded faith in the truth of their principles , and the goodness of their cause , and an unconquerable determination to prosecute their object in a spirit worthy of both , until they achieve success—no effectual or enduring opposition can be offered . To a party which indulges in mutual abuse and recrimination—which is torn
by intestine divisions—weak in numbers and in funds — and which contents itself with abusing classes and railing at effects , instead of grappling with causes , no opposition need bo offered . It will fall from its own inherent weakness and defects . \ We sincerely trust that those who may assemble in Manchester in January—be they few or many—will choose the better and the nobler part , and inangurate a new and superior Chartist movement . We had intended to have suggested the leading points to which , in our opinion , the attention of the Conference should be especially directed , but the length of these remarks precludes us from doing so on this occasion . We shall yet be in
time next week , though as we know , but little of the special circumstances of any particular locality or existing organisations , we can offer only general suggestions . It appears , however , to us , that the principal object of the Conference ought not to be so much the consideration of what will suit existing localities as the preparation of an organisation likely to rally the industry of the nation under the banner of the People ' s Charter . If they essay this noble and all-important object in a fitting spirit , with a deep sense of its greatness , of their own responsibilities , and a spirit of mutual charity and conciliation , they can scarcely fail to lay the foundation of a fruitful and substantial Chartist movement . Chartism is
the political creed of the masses . Let us organise and wisely direct their pecuniary resources , their knowledge and moral power , for the attainment of political equality .
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THE DIVORCE COMMISSION . The absurdity of our law of Divorce has long been palpable to all the world . Either we should have prohibited divorce altogether , or we should have made it attainable to all classes . We did neither . Divorce -was allowed , but the price of obtaining it was so great that it was only available to the rich . It is , indeed , scarcely possible for the uninitiated to comprehend the full extent of the obstructions setup by the law to legal separation , even of the minor kind , which did not permit eitheV party to marry again . The law
seemed to treat the oontirmnri mrvmnlc / , « ,, „„ seemed to treat the continued compulsory association of an " ill-assorted couple" as a most meritorious and desirable achievement . It beset every step of the process towards liberation , with the most costly forms , and it is only by the expenditure ofefrom £ 500 to £ 900 that a simple separation from bed and board , but restraining both parties from marriage could be obtained in the semi-Ecclesiastical Courts If the part y wishing to be separated desired to effeot ^ comp lete severance of the marital tie , he had to proceed further . After hrfine
in a uommon Law Court , obtained damages against the seducer of his wife , and a favourable decision from Doctors Commons , the next step is to go to the Legislature for a special Act of Parliament . v In fact , though the House of Lords is the place in which Divorce Bills originate , and where they are virtuall y settled , yet the whole of the three estates of the realm are called upon to decide whether a married couple shall or shall not be finall y and completely separated and at liberty to enter again into the married state . No matter how deep or grevious the injury sustained—no matter how urgent tr # >
can tor decisive and ample relief—if the suf fererhas not at least £ 2 , 000 to spare for the purch jse of justice he must be content to not up without it . Truly , in this case , tj " one law for the rich and another favMl poor' Our Supreme Court shots £ lft the disgraceful and vicious attitude oUelliZ justice , not administeringit impartially « S out fee , favour , or reward . " y m ' The Ministry have issued & 0 ^™* * wm £ $ 4 * 3 £ ! g * s * p « S ^ rf « . l % bg , tltt , e pdpabie ™^
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«i $ } , ttO& Jiacing &o la ^ npona more rational and equitable basis , The question is one . surrounded with . diffU cutties , and will require fo be dealt with deli , cately , but firmly . As far as possible the ex . perience of those countries in which greater facilities for Divorce now exist , should be carefully collected and considei'ed . In this respect we may learn much from Switzerland andtheUnited States , in both of which ,, wo believe , the law flanctions Divorce for incompatibility of temper and personal ill-usage ; ai .. . mm ^^^ ^ ammaui
, well as for adultery ; and does this m such a manner , that redress is accessible to all parties , at a trifling cost . How far this apparently laxer system conduces to stimulate and multiply divorces , on slender groundp , or for vicious purposes , or how far the law is neutralised by the . family affections , bonds , and responsibilities that naturally grow out of the married state , it would be useful and important to ascertain , before making any alteration in our own Jaw .
: The main difficulty in the matter is , the necessity for the state protecting itself , and the issue of those unhappy couples who are driven to divorce , from the evil consequences of their separation . Society has assumed that the father and mother are the only proper - and responsible persons to be entrusted with the due education and nurture of their offspring . Pronouncing for a separation between the father and mother ,-it is bound to see that this responsibility is not shifted oh to the shoulders of the community , and thuso license and an encouragement be given to immorality
and practical injustice . These are important points , and may . ba . found difficult to settle satisfactorily , but tbey are far inferior to the , daily and hourly evila : inflicted on society : at large by the present system . Our legislature seldom meddles with ' morals , or ventures into the ; domain of th « passions . It contents itself with overt acts , and thus wjlfnlly . ignores any knowledge or cognisance of the primary instincts and
passions which operate irojargely and so powerfolly either for good or evil to tbe community for which ' they profess to pa 99 laws ' . But it is impossible that ' society can be corrupt at it » core without the w * rt « showing itself on the surface , and to deal with it then , without ; tracing it to its source , is the sheerest charlatanism . The causes which poison the peace of families—which set bad examples up in the midst of hoaseholds , and cause them to exercise- ' a deleterious influence in the minds and actions ? .
of children during the whole of their after life ; which lead to the formation of illegal unions , and the bastarding of their offspring , where the parties would have gladly legalised both—these are things that need looking into and ought to be forthwith amended as far as possible . For our own part , it appears to us that the first step in any reform must be to place divorce equally and fairly within the reach of all . In the second , to guard against giving any encouragement to hasty or ill-grounded
separations . We think that the Court which is entrusted with the jurisdiction in divorce cases , should have the power of deciding them finally , with reference to the simple question of complete separation between the parties . The ; question of damages is , however , a separate * one ; and must , in all cases , be modified so much b y the varying circumstances of each case , that it had better-be left to a jury and a common law court . Under such arrangements , divorce from the bond of wedlock would no longer be treated as if it were a luxury , and not an act of justice .
If the commission which has just been issued layB the foundation for such an amendment as this in our laws , it will earn for itself the gratitude of all who wish the homes of England should be pure and happy ones .
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prelates from assuming titles conferred by a foreign potentate , . on pain of deportation from the country ; and Dr . M'Neile , foreseeing that banishment either to the Continent or to any of our Colonies , would not prevent the expatriated digriataries from receiving the submission and homage of their own flocks , while it would make them martyrs in the eyes of the world , and give them additional power in spreading Roman Catholicism—proposed to cut the Gordian knot by hanging them all ! It is true , that in the evening of the same day
WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH THB POPE AND THE BISHOPS ? It is evident that the Ministry will be compelled to do something to allay the stormy agitation which flows so fierce and fast over the whole country . ' "What shall it be V Earl Winchelsea recommends the sending of a cartel of war to His Holiness , unless , within one hour from its deliverance , the bull appointing the Bishops is not humbly withdrawn and apologised for . Others recommend a measure merely . prohibiting the Roman Catholic
on which he made—he retracted what he himself termed , "that atrocious sentiment , " and declared that he was unconscious of having uttered it ; but if he had been a Char . tist orator , on his trial at Liverpool Assizes we know Buch a plea would have been laughed at . The simple question for the judge and the jurors' would have been " were the wordi uttered or not ? " And they would have been contented with evidence much less explicit and unexceptionable than that which substantiated Dr . M'Neile ' s recommendation of capital punishment from the pulpit .
Giving him , however , all credit for the assertion of his unconsciousness of the utterance of such a sentiment , and for the sincerity of its withdrawal and disavowal , we must insist on the fact , that it indicates the growth of a spirit among us most deadl y to popular progress and true freedom . If , at the very outset of this ill-omened agitation , a man of great ability and influence has allowed himself to be carried away in the warmth of extempore speaking to such an extent , what are we to
expect from men less carefully trained , and who speak with far less responsibility to the public ? Already we have seen at Birkenhead the Irish labourers employed on the docks there assembling , and by mere ' brute-force , preventing the holding of a public meeting adverse to Roman Catholicism . In' turnj we have seen the Protestants meet , surrounded by police and soldiers , ready to shed blood on the slightest occasion , and the other party , only deterred from attending by the overwhelming display of disciplined force .
Some means must bo found to put a" stop to all this , and none of the plans we have adverted to seem very satisfactory or effectual . Suppose that the Sovereign was to issue ' with tho consent of Parliament , such a prohii bition as should allay the alarm and anger so generally expressed . What then ? For all practical purposes the proscribed titles would remain in force To the Roman Catholics Dr . Wiseman would still be Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster , and Dr . Ullathorpe diocejan of Birmingham while ,. at the same time , the interference of the State with the internal organisation of the sect would be cried down as a violation of the reli giouB freedom and ? * . !? weProfe 8 a 'to have conferred by the Act of 1829 , and subsequent legislation .
* only statesmanlike , dignified , ? and per manently satisfactory course would be to institute formal diplomatic relations with the court of Rome , and by means of a concordat acquire and exercise the same veto upon the appointment of all ecclesiastical dignitaries by ) tbe Pope , as that possessed by the Governments of Roman Catholic countries . The unauthorised intrusion of foreign priests , under titles taken from our territory by the Pope , would thus be pitta stop to in a manner at once consistent with the dignity of the nation and the just requirements of the case ; white
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 21, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1605/page/4/
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