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      TO THE-CHAItTISTS OF" ^ REAT BRITAIN TRADES UNIONS , CO-tiPERATIVE SOOIETJES , AND THE PUBLIC . The propr iefalrsMp of this journal hag pais&d from Fevgns O'Connor , Esq ; , M . P ., and now belongs to the Editor and Pr inter , by whom it will be sbxriedo ^ hi fotnre ' .. / - ' ' : " .. In taking : tins announcement , it is necessary to accompany it : witfc a brief statement of ^ e caQBfiB *¦* h ^ lea- ' to fife change , the circumstances

      una « r wntth it has taken place , and the spirit in vMch the near proprietors purpose toxonduet it . If , in the p ^ rfofoaauce of this duty ^ explanations of a personal character . have to he offered , it is solely to preventmu-app ' rehension ormis-representatura at the outset ; and we trastthat as it is the first , so it will be the last occasion ^ we shall have to refer to such matters in ow columns under the new management . Since 1848 , aiany causes have conspired to lower the formerly high circulation of the 'Northern Star . Apart from the natural reflux after a period of high public excitement—which was certain to tell uponitdifferences of opinon , perhaps we should say of pr inciple , arose between the late proprietor and some of the most atfive and influential men connected

      with the . Chartist way . These differences led , first to the secession of Mr . Ernest Jones , and then to that of the late editor , Mr . G . J . Harney , and to the commencement of periodicals , iu which these gentlemen could advocate , with less restraint , what appeared to them the true principles of Democray , and the best course of action for the Democratic party , than they could do in this Journal . . . They were naturally followed and supported by those who held the same views , and who thought the course of action they advised was the best . -

      Iu the meantime , two other newspaperscameintothe field ; one conducted by a gentleman extremely popular and active , and sold at little more than half the price of the Northern Star ; ' the other backed b y large capital , and by a combination of talent , learning , and social and literary influence , which may be fairly said to hare had no parallel in the ultra-Demo cratic press of England . Add to this list of influences , adverse to the pecuniary position of this Journal , the failure of the [ National Land Company , in which Mr . O'Connor [ held so prominent a place , and the consequent with-Mrawal of a large body of readers and subscribers nrfio formerly supported the paper as being the ( official organ of that Company , and it will be seen

      that within the last two or three . years the' Nothern Star' has bad to encounter a continuous succession of no ordinary difficulties . i Unfortunately the late Proprietor was so situated as to prevent him from meeting this combination of adverse circumstances in the only practical way , namely ¦—b y a liberal expenditure to improve the paper , and to keep it before the public . His own means had Iteen exhausted , or worked up , in the operations of the 'Land Company , and the diminished revenue of the Journal would not permit of the outlay necessary to counteract the influences which operated so injuriously upon it . At length it became a source of continuous loss to Mr . O'Connor , and he came to the resolution to offer it for Bale .

      Tins was done about two months ago , but without securing any desirable or evenlikely purchaser ; and the extinction of a Journal , which has for fourteen years advocated without flinching or -wavering the political and social claims of the industrial millions , seemed to ba inevitable , as it was impossible that Mr . ( O'Connor could longer incur the weekly loss consequent upon its publication . j In these circumstances , after consulting with Bome jtried friends of the popular cause , and receiving psurances of their support , an offer was made , which jwas dictated rather by a sincere regard for Mr . O'Connor ' s past services , and a desire to aid him in

      he midst of difficulties , than the result of a businessike estimate . That offer was accepted ; and two reeks ago the copyright of the paper was formall y nd legally transferred to the new proprietors . It is not without full and mature consideration they lave placed themselves in this responsible position ; lor do they enter upon their onerous task without laving fully counted th « cost , and prepared themelves to make such efforts as are requisite at the preent stage of the Popular Movement in this country ,

      n the part of a Journal aiming at the honour of epresenting the Party of Progress . Time will show hether they have mis-calculated their means and trength in this respect , or not . Iu the ineantime , bey briefly present the grounds whicli induce them i hope for success . In the first place , the ' 'Star' will continue to fford to the Chartist'body , exclusively , the advantage > £ detailed reports of the proceedings in their various ccalities . and to the Chartist Executive the insertion

      fall its official cpmmunicatious in full . In this espect the Star' will be all it has ever been to the Chartists of Great Britain ; with , we hope , the uperadded advantage of a more careful literary upervhion , and the utmost impartiality with respect 0 auy difference of opinion which may ariBe among hose activel y engaged in the Movement . "Where liese differences may require public expression , the Editor will stipulate simply that they shall be stated n a courteous and gentlemanly maimer , and be kept fithin such limits as the other demands upon the pacs of a weekl y paper necessarily prescribe . 1 We are fully aware of the nature and extent of the iaiins of our Democratic contemporaries ; but , in this fespect , none of them either occupy , or care to occupy , be ground hitherto held by the * 'Star' and which

      will continue to maintain . The numerous correspondents in all parts of the > BGtry who have hitherto reported proceedings in war various localities , will still have a common sure to which information can be communicated , ic from which it will radiate in all directions . Speaily devoted to this department , special support [ ay be naturall y expected and asked for . The star will still do what it first did for Chartism . It ill present it before the nation as axAHoKAi queson ; it will aim at making the Chartists a kational ^' ly » by giving them the means of jveekly commuicating with each other , and of learning the exact Bsition and actual progress of all , through the edium of what we wish them to retain aa the offibl organ of Chartism .

      As to the spirit which will characterise the editorial Ivocacy of the Charter , we have only to refer to fc editorial columns for thB last two or three years , [ hen we first accepted a position on the literary an of the 'Star' it was a departmental one , and d not involve the necessity for writing on opecial ^ litical topics , or taking any share in the active disusion of Chartist policy . Year by year , at Mr . [ Connor ' s request , we gradually increased the pntity of « l eader' matter , and extended the range iiSo ' 0 Dtfl at len £ > at the close of the 8 es 3 ion 1 1849 , at bis urgent and earnest solicitation , we gdertook the dut y of writing all the leading articles .

      pee August , ia 50 , the paper has been entirely r , " contr <> l ; and we may therefore presume m tnereaders of the ' Star' are no strangers to our Bw-s , and need no assurances from us as to the spirit iwnicn we shaU treat public questions . We owe it pelate proprietor to state , that he left us entirely pammelled and independent in this respect ; and B may add , that the course taken had his uniform fd unqualified approbation . Substantially , therefore , the Star will , as regards nartist intelli gence and the advocacy of the Charter , > the same as it has been for the last two or three sars , and whenever Mr . O'Connor wishes tocommucate bis views on any public question to the party

      m wnom iienas been the leader for so many years , acolumns wJl be as freely and as My at bis dis-« rv he waa its Bole Propr ietor . But while our old readers and subscribers will find Z S- gein the 8 B res P ects we must prepare them or additions to , and we hope improvements in , the intents of our columns . There are other and highly mportant phases bf . the Democratic Movement , which ohL - ltherto « ° Mwi only scanty and intermittent lohce in our columns to which it is intended in future o devote seaulous and unremitting attention . IStlr '• « ^ ^ Tonr to J asiify *!*> sub-title of the fc = 71 ^ ^ Trades'Journal , ' by more copifeTSS * r V L ™^ deteil 8 » respecting the con-| aon and the efforts of TrAiW s ^ i ^ f , •„ OMTO

      SrV v ? " ??* *** * " ever 7 department of InbrLJ * ™} h . *« dnrij oeen promised in I ^^ a ™ , in a short time , it is hoped that our

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      columns will contain a more ample and faithful record of Trades' Movements than mil be found in any other newspaper in Great Britain . ; :,.: '; . - . ; V : The rights and interests of Labour may be advocated in a manner becoming its " Vital importance to the State , without ignoring the value of other indispensable elements of National Greatness and Prosperity , or fostering a blind , irrational , : and injurious alienation' and hostility 'between' classes . . In that spirit we shall attempt to discharge that dnty . We belong to the Labour . clasa '; we have" suffered all that they suffer— -we have struggled with and for them ; know practically the grievances of which they have to complain ; and , with our heart of hearts ,. will * stand by our Order . ' But years of intercourse with

      the other classes of society , "haye ~~ Btrongly ~ impreBBed the belief that the cause of the social injustice too often inflicted by class upon class ; is less owing to the individuals than to the . system ,. of " which theVyform a part , and of which all are more or less , the victims . While denouncing , therefore , all injustice—all acts of aggression on the part of employers , ¦ and giving to these acts , and to the claims of . the workers for redress , that publicity , whioh must in the long run prove the best safeguard of the labouring classes against wrong-doing and oppression , we shall bare * rally- abstain from all indiscriminate attacks upon bodies of men , and from those sweeping censureB which injure the best of causes , by the injustice which it is instinctively felt by all impartial men they necessarily involve . .

      Above all , we shall endeavour to produce in the minds of the industrial millions the same conviction which has been deeply impressed upon our own for years—namely , that it is by National Union , and Constructive , Combined Eeforts alone , that they can raise themselves in the scale of society . They have the means : it needs but the intelligence to see how these means should be applied , and the Will to apply them , in order to effect the elevation and emancipation of Labour , by uniting it to Capital and Skill , for the general benefit .

      And this brings us to another great and important phase of the Popular Movement : The Co-operative and Working Mens' Associations . The Trades * Unions , without abandoning their own ground of action , or ceasing to hold a protective shield over their members , will find in these Associations a new and effective auxiliary towards accomplishing the essential object they have in view . By them they will be enabled to keep the balance between supply (

      and demand in such an equipoise as to securea fair day's wages for a fair day ' s labour ! ' By them they may make machinery their servant and friend instead of their merciless oppressor and murderer—by their instrumentality they may create new mn rkets for their own labour and skill , and find ample means to set in motion all the industry for which-the mere competitive mercantile system can find no occupation , and would doom to the workhouse or worse .

      None except those who have of late given attento this subject , can form any conception of the rapid spread of these Associations , for self-supporting distributive and productive purposes , in almost every district of the Kingdom . In Lancashire and Yorkshire especially , the shrewd , practical , hard-headed , but kind hearted sons of toil have a deep conviction that in this way they can show the truth of the old adage , ' God helps . those who help themselves .

      They feel , while labouring to elevate themselves in the social scale by means of that powerful and beneficial principle of Cooperation and Combinationwhich has given birth to the grandest enterprises of modern times—that they are simultaneousl y rendering the attainment of political equality more certain and easy of accomplishment , because they aie exhibiting those qualities of mind and heart against which no statesman worthy of the name in this country will dare to contend .

      For this movement too we shall endeavour to become a faithful reporter . The secretaries of the Co-operative and Industrial Societies will ever find our columns open to their communications ; and arrangements are in progress , by which we hope to present regularly a complete and ample digest weekl y of intelligence under this head . These three constitute the leading articles of our political creed : Political Equality and Freedom ; Just Relations between Capital and Labour ; Associative Action upon Equitable Principles for Mutual Benefit . And these three are not antagonist to , or isolated from , each other . On the contrary , they are but the natural development and complement of

      each . Mere Political Equality would be a mockery and a sham , if the relations of Capital to Labour were such as enabled the . former to dictate terms to the latter , the non-acceptance of which were certain to entail loss of employment , starvation , or the workhouse . Mere Trades' Unions , with their oldfashioned ' strikes' and ' turn-outs , ' ' tramps ' and ' strike pay , ' cannot , either generally or permanently , place their members in such a position as to be able to treat on equal terms with the capitalists—Association solves the problem for them . The means , the energy , the resistance to oppression , which are wasted or ineffective by one method , become the sources of wealth , independence , and power by another .

      But , indeed , no part of the common good , of the common progress , can'be separated from the other . Each is bound to each by an all-pervading principle , which continually urges humanity forward , and every successive victory over ignorance or error , or evil in any single direction , adds to the impetus of the general onward movement . Public Education , Religious Freedom , Law Reform , Criminal Jurisprudence , and Penal Discipline , Sanatory Improvements , International Policy , and numerous other questions which need not bo enumerated here , all constitute portions of the great whole , to which the attention of the progressive Journalist will be naturally directed , and which cannot be overlooked without a neglect of duty . We shall endeavour to prevent that charge being made against us .

      While , however , dwelling at this length upon what will be the peculiar and distinctive characteristics of the * Northern Star' in future , and the spirit in which we propose to treat the momentous subject ! at which we haveglanced , wewish it to be distinctly understood that the carrying out of these plans will not prevent us from giving a good ' newspaper' in the ordinary sense of the term . Home and Foreign NewB , Parliament , Public Meetings , Literature , Poetry , and

      Varieties , will find their appropiate columns , and receive due attention . Under the head of ' Free Correspondence , ' an arena will be opened wherein all who choose may freely express their opinions on any of the topics of the day , subject only to the regulations we have already stated ; and we thus hope to issue a Journal which will be useful to the . public , and a creditable representative of the various sections of the Party of Progress , of whom it is intended to be the organ .

      Negotiations are pending by which we hope in a short time to secure the services of Special Correspondents on French and German affairs , and , gene-: rally , to present full and ' accurate' information of the movements of European Democracy , We are evidently at the commencement of a Future pregnant with events of overwhelming imf portance . Despotism has pushed its outposts to the very sh ores of the English Channel , and the time appears rap idly approaching when that great' war of

      principles , predicted by Canning , and foretold by Napoleon at St . Helena , will have to decide whether Europe is to be Republican or Cossack . . Our aide is already taken in that momentous contest , and whatever may be the issue , we shall boldly and unflinchingly , fight for the inalienable rights of Man : Free Thought , Speech / and Action—the imprescriptible rights of Peop le to Govern themselves , and for that Solidarity of Nations which offers the only impregnable barrier to the assaults of Brute Force ,

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      under the ¦ command of bloodthirsty and barbarous < Absolutism . " ' - ¦ - '¦ •>''• ' ¦>¦ •'• • ¦ ¦ ¦ ; ; ><• [^ y- ' ¦ ;¦ ¦ -i ;• . " ! : >' ::. <> . tj , On these grounds we ask- public ' support ) arid ; "in ' conclusion ; adopt the words of Addison : — ' <~ .- ¦ ¦ : «¦ , ¦ .- ¦ ¦ ••¦ ¦ ' ¦" " : ;¦ . ' ! : : *¦ : . r . ' . i ¦ ¦ ¦ .. ; ' . ¦; . - \ vM \ t r . . ¦ :: < : U-i : ' ., : ¦ ¦ . 'A ., i-¦ . ! I ^ TU not to mortelato command » ucce&s , - » i » .-: i ; ' ; Butw « 'lldo ; more—( mtfcarourtsdeierveit , : ' ¦ , ¦ ¦ ' ' ¦ ¦ . ' . . . ;• . " ; ¦ _ ¦ . - ¦ ¦ . - ¦ , -Wi : : . ¦ . >< ¦ . '„;¦ - . i . " .. ¦ : ! ¦ , - , ¦ ¦ .. ; , ;;< ; : ii ¦;¦ .. ,,,. .,.

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      ANNUAL FESTIVAL OFTHE - SOCIETI OF FRATER . ;* : ; . '• , j ; : ; "¦; : 'MAL ' DEMooRAm ; : ¦ . - ¦¦ " ^ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ , ';; AVPub | icHea party , ball ) &o ., was held on Tuesday evening to i celebrate the " above event , and also to welcome Mr ; ¦ iJulisin ' . Harhey : on his return from his Scottish tour . The attendance wasgbodi' ¦ " ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦'• ¦ ¦ • ' ' - . , Mr . p . : yf . Rupft ' was " called to the chair ,- and stated that , the object of the society was that a union Bhoiild be effeoted ; among tho peoples' of all nations . ¦ When all wew imbued ] witn 'the-feelings- of fraternity ; 'war anddisoord would cease . The year 1852 was ushered in dark and looming , /; but hehadstillf hope thatthe sun of liberty would speedily break forth- and lead to the fraternity of all nations . I / .-: ' ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ 1 \ .:. '•• ¦ i . -, 'J ¦ ¦ .. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ' . ¦ . ; ' ¦' . ¦ ¦'¦ : ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' ¦

      vMr . . Thornto ^' . ' Hum ; responded-to the . Bentiment , C 4 The ;^ eop le ; of th . is ; and . every otherland—their solidarity a / great . truth ; their fraternity a- great duty : may . they , under the , banner , of . Progress , march together to the accomplishment of their universal sovereignty . " ThiB year jjad , brougbfc : foiwi » rd , a peculiar crisis in the world ' s affairs . The late e , vent . in \ Franoeand the dismissal of Lord Palmer-Bton -weire pregnant : with danger to the causejof Democracy , oufcj ' at the , same ' tinie ,. if due advantage were taken of the rue of events , they might yet be turned to the progress of the cause of humanity . They , well , knew , the manner in which the soldiery , stimulated by exfra pay and brandy , had shot down . the people in the streetsi o&Paris . 7 One instance bad come to his knowledge in whiob , eleven milliners wweshofc . in the . upper . room of a house where , ttiey--were pursuing theinnnoeent ; employment ; - - * ( Shame ) ¦ Mr . Hunt then gave , another , instance . iin ^ . whioh 200 men were ) butchered in a , similar , cold-blooded manner . This deipotism of . Louis ¦ ftapoleon : was : the . same asvthat Dractised bv ocneri the

      on > continent , but it > waa brought nearer to our ejes i and hence its greaterjeffeot . Despotism everywhere , . meant ; wholesale murder ., Theohief : danger . to be feared from the events in France was that . the large geographical addition whioh * Franoe-. made to the : power of absolutism ; making lfc . m . ore oompaot and powerful would act powerfully upon the court , . of this country .- This was already . een . by the court interfering more than etiaaette usually Banotipned in the . dismissal of that . wily minister Lord Pttlmeraton . Tha only hope for :, tfce-. future ' was in the union of the . peoploof alllanda . England and America must mute together . , The people were prepared for this , but their . government 8 were not . ,. They , were endeavouring to embroil the two nations in a dispute about some paltry port dues in a port of Central America , and thua to prevent a union . whioh would otherwise be too powerful for the combined efforts of despotism . Mr .-LE Blond also responded to this sentiment . Ifc . was useless to . know or admire . a sentiment unless jou endeavoured _ practica y to carry ifc out . It was this feeling

      ot apathy that led the despot of France to perpetrate deeds at which humanity shuddered . It was useless to rush ifaprepared upon the armed myrmidoms arrayed against the people ; but by their every day aotions they must protest against every , species of tyranny , and spread abroad the doctrines of freedom , and enlightenment . : The aspect of Democracy , was better than ever it had been . The people , both m Washington and London , were too intelligent to be led to slaughter . each other for the sake of the ambition or avarice of their rulers . They must encourage a kindly feeling between the people of all nations . The union-must be one of action , andnot of words only . ...

      Mr . Pkimk responded to the following sentiment , — " Our gueBt , and brother democrat , Julian Harney , founder of the sooiety—the pioneer of the alliance of nations . " The speaker dwelt , in . eulogistic terms , upon the services of Mr . Harney ; showing that men . who dared to advocate the rights of the people would ever have , to undergo calumny and reproach , ; but he trusted that their guests , unlike Marat , Robespierre , and others , would like to silence those who had been his enemies , and to see the cause he had so long advocated , triumphant . The Fraternal Democratic Sooiety was known and respected throughout the greater portion of Europe , and was in truth the pioneer to the alliance ofnatibns . ' They had proclaimed , as far as lay in their power , both ' by words and actions , their sympathy with the veritable democrats of all nations .. The English

      people , wrapped in dull apathy , and living in comparative comfort , called the French a fickle people .. Ah !' how little did they know them ; while a Frenchman existed liberty would never cease to have an . advocate . " Jt might betbat down-trodden France , lhight not be able to answer the first call to the alliance of nations . It might come from tbe glorious plains of Hungary , or the smiling fields oUtaly ; but ,, from whatever , land lt . oame , France would be the first to answer to the battle call . Kosauth had orossed the Atlantic to cement a union of nations , and woe be to the people if they listened not to his warning voice . Mr . Harnet responded . ' Hi ' s past and his present conduct ought to be a guarantee " for the future . ' The present was called the " Fourth Anniversary of the Society , " but it might with truth be traced back to a much earlier

      date . -. Their motto was— " That all men were . brethren "but in these they "did hoi include monsters in human shape such as Nicholas , of Russia ; Bomba , of Naples ; or Louis , of Trance . Their Sooiety had somewhat drooped of late but he-had to inform them thatj since the issue of their last address he had greatly increased the number of their members , more especially in Scotland and the north of England . He trusted that the men of London would follow the good oxample thus set them . They held open their doors to all . They wero" no sect nor j [ arty , no worshippers of any man but lovers of . true Democracy . If their society was duly supported they , would be able , so to expose the doings of the despots of the continent , < as would put to shame the lying statements of tsose who were not inappropriately o tiled the " Press gang . " Such a society would have been

      able to have called meetings that would have exposed the horrible conduct of Lonis Napoleon , and have given a true tone to the public opinion of this country . Mr . Harney then alluded to the conduct of a portion of the demooratio press who found fault yith ' the" strong language' whioh was used at the Newcastle ami other meetings , in reference to the conduct ' of , Louis J Napoleon . He again repeated the terms he then used , and said , that those who attempted to palliate his conduct ; however honest they might be , were equally injuring the oause of Democracy witlrthose who were in the pay of despotism , and receiving Russian gold . He . was told that thij language did harm—that it would goad : tho despots abroad to commit greater tyrannies . Would this stand , good relative to a common ' murderer ? They would be afraid to denounce him , lest it should goad others to the same course . They knew that tyrants would commit suoh crimes . as long as the power was in their hands . In opposition to the sentiments of his rose water friends he adduced the opinion of Dr . Channuig , that a Usurper was

      the blackest of criminals ; that the brand oF Cain should bo set upon him , and his conduct held up to the deepest detestation . While denouncing tho conduct of Napoleon , they must not forget that of his abettors , tho clergy ; more especially that of the Catholic denomination , the middle class , the Press , and even his old rival candidate for Tiverton , Lord Palmerston , who , ' at his last speech in that place , predicted that no disturbances would take place in ' 52 , he well knowing the events that were then concocting in Paris . The people of this country , were bound to at once organise themselves for too coming storm . Already the French Usurper was threatening Belgium with war unless she consented to put a stop . to the Freedom of the Press , and to banish tho refugees . Sardinia-and the other small States of Europe would be threatened in a similar manner ; and unless the people of this country lookod well to it , they would « ee themselves ranged on the side of despotism , and h d ? BHI PaS ^ ( Mr > Harney * loudly

      Mr . E . Swjft responded to the next sentiment : — " The Democratic Captives and Exiles-victims of oppression'SteJ i-V ? W £ « d . suffered , and died to establish the Rights of Man , " He knew the inspiration of their own hearts would better teach them to respond to that feel-TntWi ^' i ? Tld utter / The first Apostle of Fraternity told his d 1 gciples that th « y must leave all and roilow him , not topomp and power , but through wretchedness and calumny , and often to the martyr ' s tomb . This KillM ! * ° T , tlie - , disoiplea « andof allwhobad succeeded them . It wight even be their own case , but hey must not shnnk from following the great exmples that these martyrs had set them . Though they could not n 11 be Kossuths or Mazsinis they could all do much to elevate humanity , and to stimulate them to this was . his 0 D ] 60 t «

      Mr . Cohingham , of Brighton , also responded . He endorsed all the sentiments of Mr .: Hnrney , relative to the conduot of Louis Napoleon . There was one party in the metropolis who seemed justl y to appreciate the conduct of Mpoleon , for they had placed him in their Chamber of Horrors . He had not lookod with an eye of friendship upon tlie . conduot of Lord Palmerston , believing that he was not sincere m his professions of liberality , but recent events had removed his , suspicions . He believed that the late eventa m France were the result of a Cobourg coiip d ' etat . 1 he Cobourgs were near relatives to her Majesty . Lord Westmoreland had been refused admission for his credentials atthe Court of Vienna until it was deoided here that Lord Palmerston should be dismissed . Lord Granvllle n ^^ &PP ! - 11 ' 8 P lac ( ? . ; l carried an Austrian Roman Catnolw ; this was . a sufficient faot . He believed that . England was to be seduced into a Russo-Austriari nn !^ if ? i ? Pp 0 Sltl 0 5 i ° ^ r tru ^ interest , which was a Union with France and AmerioaV . ' .,.-.. ' " ' Mr ; Harnei expressed his dissent to Uv . Conyngham ' s opinion or Lord Palmerston , ' . ° .-..-. : ^ ^^ ote ^ of thinks was : given . ' t 6 the . Chairman , ana ' the meeting adjourned to the Ball Room . ,,. "" . : " ' . * - 1 iL ' . ?) Jn 8 ' : and danoe w « e :. kept : up until . a iate hour ¦ and ; the abilities of sevevali well-known' profeasional Vocalists Tferebreught into active requisition . '•'¦ v ^ :. i > v j . '« w , j , n : ; -

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      iproceed to the Cantorbui ? SrittlAmentiNew Zeaiano , waS held » t the rooms of the association ^ Adelphi . Considerable mtereit i *? attached to the meetingj . owing ^ ' to the oircura * . Mance ; that . dispatches had heen received from thecolony , i datea lo JateJyiaB thei 2 nd ! of ¦ September ; last , announoing . ! . *• , ^** w » l of three of ^ the association ' s large vessels , witB C « Tir" *' 8 ? n Doar ( 1 J 'n aB many successive weeks . Mr . S . H . : *™™• presided , and was supported'byword-Lyttelton and ' otner « ading , members of the cqunoil .., , The Chairman read' : from

      ? J" 7 ^"" 'nous corresponde nce Mr . Godley , tacit S ? 3 ? <» m old oolpniBts and recent emigrants . The F ? W , P ? Htical , topic ; had . reference to the erection of Jffi a as an independent province . ' On this subject Rii ? rt n . . tinS « had been . held in . ' . tho . settlement , and *¦ -- ' xlVf '' - ¦¦ BOvernor , had . expressed kis readiness , m iarmight . be , toacquieHo in the wiahesof the colonists -vhea ^ SrvHr ^' 11 ^ ' ^ handBpme bridge , had . been built v , ? r-t ^ , r f > Bnda i ^ - Cnurohoon 8 tructedafChristchurcli . SJS n al i ° T adan « tendedcorrespondehce . The writer generally spoke to the abundance . and , good quality of the f , if ? m f ' ani m ! tfea 8 in i ? terms . of the present state and ¦ SSZSwT . ";? th 8 ; i ! 5 Olon y- ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Lord Lyttleton said that

      ; who . had enHW fnoanUe bttershad warned them not t » besurpriaed at the reception of agreat number of uufavour-Srffi "'^ u C ° Jild say ' tr 88 ' that those . uDfavourablff lette . rs did not reaoh the asBOOiation . He did , not mean to to . sny that there were none Buoh , but he should wish , ' V * ny person ^ had reoeived letters of that description ,: thai he would bring them to the society , becauao their object was not to puff the colony , but to , present a true and faithful aocount of it to their . meetings . But really , the case wafc ' that-they , did ; not receive those unfavourable letters , ario . knew nothing of them . A variety of interesting and prac « tioal suggestions to intending colonists succeeded ; and th £ meeting separated with : the customary compliment to tha chairman ,.: ; ' . ¦;> .-. ' , - / -. ... , .,

      REFORM MEETING ATHADLEIGH . fSUPFOLK . On Monday a ; p . ubliqnmee ' tin ( F ; in .-cjjinxipn >' iU ; : '' . '< . & National Reform Association ! was . iieid ' iri ' tltie--5 tjvr-.. jlaii Hadleigh . The room waswell filled by a highly respectable auditory , including many Suffolk farmers . —Isaac Ever ' rett , Esq . ( anextensive farmer in the distriot ) , in . opening" the proceedings said that for a long : time past everybody had been ; advocates pf Financial Reform , , but all were now beginriirig to . be convinoad that , in order to obtain and secure it , it was diBpensably necessary . to go a step further , and ; endeavour Jo . obtain Parliamentary Reform . Lord Johd

      Kussellbad promised to give a bill , but he must be looked after , in the . fulfilment of hia : promise , otherwise it would be a very little bit ; of a bill he would give . , It depended on the exertions of the people what the character of thafc measure should be ; In his ( the chairman ' s ) . opinion , every man who paid taxes , ought to have a . voice , in the government , of the country ; but , however much the suffrago were extended , it would be comparatively useless without » better distribution of it than existed a 6 . present . — Mr . George ^ Thompson then addressed the meeting at considerable length in explanation of . the . objects of the National Reform . Association , and the proceedings ter > minated . . . . ., *

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      TO THE LONDON EXECUTIVE . COMMITTEE OF THE AMALGAMATED IRON TRADES . Gkntlhmen , —Since you refused to give me a hearing at your meeting last night in the Hall of Commerce—since , as the Chairman itattd from the chair , you were fearful of letting me speak , ; lest you should be supposed by th » Press , ' the public , or your masters , to be in any way connected with Chartism , and thus create hostility against you in the rich—and sinoe I cannot stand by and see * numOTous body of men , with largeresources , rush blindfold into destruction , dissipate their means , and leave themselves weakened and powerless in the hands of the capitalists , without raising my voice against , so ruinous a proceeding , I beg to ¦ express my readiness to meet yo \» at any time in publio meeting , for { he purpose of friendly and . mutual explanation . -. ¦¦¦¦ ¦ Permit me to observe , that you invited your oppontnts to attend , and promised to give them a hearing ; I don't know what chance they would have had , since youwouldnot hear even a friend ! ' i ¦

      It is not very creditable to put down the free expression of opinion on so vital a matter , at the drilled signals of a platform Committee . Wise and thoughtful men—wen who wish well to the cause they profess to embrace , are generally glad to investigate it in all its bearings ; you seem to shirk hearing any one speak , whose voice might tend to warn your members from the fatal error to which you are trying to commit thorn . That is not performing your duty wisely or well . If you seek to carry your object by mere clamour and one-sided platform-spouting , you will fail . Thad pledged myself not to commit or comoromise the

      meeting to any political movement—but mevely to analyse the propriety of the . course you were pursuing , and the results to which it must tend—but , notwithstanding tnat > you niust drown my voice withviolence , merely out of fear , lest you should irritate your employers-aad the Press , by letting a Chartist speak ! :. ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ : <¦ ..- \ - ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Would you have refuted a man a hearing , simply because he was known as a Tory , or a ¦ Whig ? ' Permit me to tell you , if you feel yourselves as weak a ^ that , if your success depends , not on yourselves , but on . the good will of the Press and the rich , your resistance has nofc much pvospect of victory . "What a lamentable confessionr of cowardice and impot"nee ! r

      Rest assured , your repudiation of an attempt to seek political power , —your repudiation of Charlism—[ your ' s—nob that of the meeting , )—will weaken instead of strengthening you . Tour masters well know they can beat you down witbv their own weapons : Timk , Goid , Law . . . You fear to create hostility in the rich , and the rioh man's Press ? Don ' t waste your labour , it is there already You should try to face it , —not shrink before it , as you did last night . lam , however , gratified'to think , that the majority of

      the meeting did not support you in your noisy platformpolicy . It was but a minority , and a imall minority , too > of the meeting , that obeyed your signals . The Iron Trades are neither so unwise nor so cowardly as you strive to make them appear . On the contrary , they are an enlightened * manly body , who will soon see the errors of your guidance . In conclusion , I hereby challenge you , gentlemen of the Committee , to meet me in presence of the Amalgamated Iron Trades , in London , at any place or time you may appoint , when I undertake to prove against you the errors with which I charge you . - ¦ . ¦ . Ernest Jones . ^ London , 81 st Dec , 1851 . :: .

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      MANHOOD SUFFRAGE . TO THE AMALGAMATED IRON WORKERS . Fellow Laboubebs , —As a ' vevy humble member of your body I take upon this occasion , and with the permission of the Editor of the " Northern Star , " the liberty of offering for . your consideration a few thoughts which at different times have suggested themselves to my mind . In doing so I claim no other aim ov object out our common good , and entertain no wish that does not contemplate advantage to the whole of that great family , of which we aro a pavt—not an incignificant one , certainly , but a part , nevertheless . An honestly written history ol the strikes and struggles in our own , and , indeed , in every other trade for the past quarter of a century , would be little " more than a list of

      defeats , and those of the most decisive character , sustained by the operative at the hand of the employer . How it could be other is , indeed , difficult to conceive . I know , and you know , how unequal that struggle must be in which wealth is pitted against poverty , combination made legal by Act of Parliament , with a meroenary ' . soldiery and police to carry out its behests against combination , made tMegaf by the same means . I know , and you know , that in this country there is arrayed against the interests of labour a press , powerful for evil , hopeless for good , corrupt even to brutality , " and the enemy , from sheer instinct , of working men . You know , in fiue , that our chances of finalor lasting success in any struggle with our masters—masters in every sense—compared with our chances of failure , are as

      disproportionate as is Olympus to a mole hill . Besides , even supposing we to-day realised an exemption from all the evils under which wo struggle , what guarantee have we that to-morrow would not find us once more in the Slough of Despond ? Assuredly none . When the pledged word of a master is the only foundation upon " - which either right , or privilege rests , yon know , as I know , that such foundation is of land only . .. To fight the battle of Trades'Reform with any hope of success we must meet our ' masters upon a surer footing than any we have as yet attained to . . We must have political power—tho right to assist in legalising the means of our defence—the power of saying to what extent , and for how long a commercial system , will be tolerated that centralises the wealth of the country in the hands of a few persons , enabling . ten Boulless men to threaten as many

      thousands with starvation . We must not forget the disease in the symptoms—the cause in the effect—the system in the results it must inevitably produce . "• Let the 12 , 000 voices of which our great society is composed , demand from the present government Manhood Suffrage , and a fair field for its exercise , and nothing short of that . Let us do this , in conjunction with our brethren in other societies , and the day is not far distant when , instead of wasting our energies in a battle with shadows , we will be in a positionto lay the axe of reform to the very roots of our social system . Permit me to repeat , once more , my conviction that , without political , power-i-without t ^ e means of beginning at the beginning , and from a starting and returning point that Is ' sure—we but add new ills to the old , furnishing our enemies with additional powers for annoyance and evil doing . ¦ ' " ¦ ¦ .. Dec . 30 th , 1851 . W . W ., A Manchester Mc 6 "haiiio . ;•'

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      A correspondent of " Daily News" states that the great > lodging-house in St . Pancras , which gives to ' the familieBot : 180 working men accommodation and comfort ^ 'suohvaS : might well be exmed" by the middle oiass occvipim > 6 ? £ 50 houses , at a less rate thanthe workmen had before paid for wasting their strength and decimating their ; children to squalid courts and alleys , is entirely successful ; considered as a profitable investment pi capital . •" 'The apartments are never empty ; the rents are punctually paid ; and-the people who advanced' the Bums'in the fiirBtihsta ' nce . tromV motivjes of , ¦ qharity . are now worthily , lewatded-by ^ receiving . from eight tof'tjm per ' oent , for ; their ' money . ' . ' - .. •;;;; u .. ^ : <^ THK * pebimeii 6 ;« E ; AMr& ^^^ covered inTJuljf ' lait'at a ^ Bheep ' mn ^' aiiouififty mi . tejstf 'BatMrit ,-hive-rea 6 neS-3 L' 6 nclo . ijf ' a nU 3 * e nowiwtt ^ FM ? ' sion of 'Mes . srs . Mathesdn and Co ., to whom they wero signed . ; Originally they formed part of an entire-ma gold and quarts ot about three evrfc >; . ..

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      . ; ACTION OR REACTION . . - . . . - . : •¦•' ;;¦ : ¦;¦ ¦ ¦] ¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ y :: " - ^^ ij' - r-. ' . U . : ¦ ,. ¦ . ; : ¦ : . ; ;; r ); t ; : .- ; Mb . Ebkor ) —As one of tnereswHs of ^ the eiiating Reign of Terror in . France ,. I i fear -that Democracy and Liberalismin ; Engl $ d will j be : temporanl y arrested in their progress ; th ' atjtbe' rights of thei many : WillQontinuetp : b > fdenwd . by ? the . ' a ^ privileged few ;" : ' £ bat . ; the . pb ' v ^ er Qf .- ' popjaittr . ^ rer ' n- "' ment will be successfdll y neutralised by . the impreBsions of military authority . .. The cpwp # WaiTo . f the modern Ananias will add strength to the timidity of the ^ governing classes ; and the importance of inaintaining 'things-as they are , ? ,. will b ^' advobated aa the . doctrine most compatible' with 'the future welfare of the county . p ^ ascendant ; and -itiie- power of the moiiied . classes remain undiminished . ;; ¦''' - '

      . ; NoV , Sir , as a first effect of ati-ithis , ithere will be no Reform Bill introduced in 1852 ; % , though , promised , i that which : will be talked about in the approachingv . Session will b ( B but a change ; in thedetails of the measure of 1832 / ntit an appreciable exterisioh of the principle embodied therein . ; Of thiai-the indications of the times seem to sensibly as ' sur ' e all' who attentively study them . It will be forcibly said , , that

      Popular Suffrage renders Grovernmettfimpossible ~ military dictatorship excepted ; , The tenTpound rating will be pronounced as the happy mediufti' . which secures peace and comfort at home ; to reducW which would be but to encourage anarchy and civii . odntention . So constitutionalism-will be the . scap ' e' ^ pkt of 1852 ; and-Reformers , of , all classes till be reminded of their present benefits ; and told to be satisfied ; with them accordingly . - ! . ; - <¦ ¦ ¦; ¦

      It is to impress ' ¦ my readers with the necessity - 'of thus understanding the effects of the last French Rovolution , as bearing upon their own internal condition , that I address these lines to them . " The Revolution of 1830 was a successful one on the part of the French people , and it worked wellfpr the liber ties of England , For a few months afterwards , that bill . which previously found but indifferent . support , ; became a Ministerial measure , and its adoption followed in 1832 . So with the ' dethronement of Louis Philippe in 1848 ; the People ' s voice in England became a thing to be noticed and respected : and-but for the

      reaction which followed the eventful days of June , would have secured " to the cause of Labour a truer appreciation . Such changes , be they for , good or for evil , : work proportionately in all countries where the popular will is not represented ^ As Englishmen we felt their impression least , because our Institutions were more republican than those of neighbouring nations . Hence , with foreign : affairs we are all most intimately concerned , if only as respects the amount of personal liberty and power enjoyed by our adult male population .

      ^ The duty , then , that respectively belongs to- each is to assure 'the powers that be , ' that the' promised Reform Bill must be a bona fide measure , and not a sham , if , the people's approval is a thing worth valuing . For this end , a People ' s Partymust be formed , with a given object for its purpose . That object , I believe , should be Manhood Suffrage , protected by the Ballot . . From this time to the definite settlement of the question in the future Session , these two principles should be constantl y kept and advocated before

      the country ; and , if they be accepted , the remaining clauses of the Charter which can be shown to be sound hi theory , will soon be admitted also . ' Thus , supposing the' premise to be correct , I am pointing but the true way of makingthe Charter the law of the ; land—not by diminishing its' clauses , but by bringing presentfforces to bear upon existing , things , centre them upon the accomplishment of an ^ vpwed object—one that is perfectly coincident with the principles of that document .

      It is only cheating the people into a false belief , if they be told that in the . ' coming Session there" is a reasonable prospect of the Six Clausesof the Chahter being adopted . The Ballot' is the only one likely to be considered with any show of debate . Therefore , to stand forward and declare , that lessthan the adoption of the entire six is not worth acceptance , is to play into the hands of the Ministerial power . I am for avoiding this . To secure to ourselves as miicb as we | can , under the prevailing circumstances , is my desire ; and I feel confident , that if Manhood Suffrage be not obtained , the extension of the . vote to Housekeepers and Lodgers will be going a great way to ensure , in a few years after , the admission of

      the remainder who may then be unenfranchised . Such movements are decidedly progressive *; and not to further them is like an hungry : man refusing : a pound of bread , simply because it is unaccompanied with meat or cheese . A People ' s Party , then , is the organisation now wanted , whose principles shall be . understood by all men . . ' A power which declares for definite results ; and not a name , . whose followers connect it with every known theory and idea proniul . gated , such as a combination of Socialism and Communism , Teetotnlism and Rationalism with Ciurtissi ; alliances which I protest against , as tending to make the Charter a vehicle for the dissemination of isms , all of which are more or less foreign to its origination .

      _ The ^ Executive of the National Charter Association might be , so far as I am concerned , the leaders of the said Party ; calling meetings for the purposes mentioned . Instead of holding up six clauses for approval , they will submit but two , as those which best suit tho pressing exigencies of the people ; not that the concluding four are inadmissible , but that not being generally approved of , and but matters of detail , which may be effected in the course of any subsequent Session , public opinion is sought to be concentrated upon the principles set forth . This is not sacrificing the Charter , nor . using its funds and power for another purpose ; it is an honest attempt to nnite the masses for an appreciable ; end , Vast numbers of whom are not opposed to the Chartist Movement , because that it is made to assume a shape hideous to some , and objectionable to all .

      I see the Hatters' trade is moving in some such a direotion as here alluded to ; doing that which I advised the Executive to take the initiative in , in one of my former letters , addressed to those , gentlemen . That is a step worthy of general adoption ; and I oan assure the Hatters , if they will act as a propaganda amongst the 300 , 000 working , men of London , who are easily to be seen and solicited to join thorn , they will find a large amount of do rmant political opinion in the several trades that will gladly . adopt a vigorous action ,, and materially assist the cause of the country at large . The provinces may also be' consuited in the same way ; and thus a very effective organisation be forthwith established .

      But whatever is done must be done quickly , and well . Public meetings must be called in all parts of London . The speeches delivered should have a tone given them of candour and truth , , afrffee from exaggeration as they possibly can be . 1 $ fen of character , sobriety , and earnestness should be known as the chief movorg ; and not those who trade upon the cause for . want of a more lucrative occupation . Scores of such men as those of the former olass are known to me in London who would readily assist therein

      , and subscribe towards the liquidation of the expenses , ' if the field opened , have an honest pathway . , through , it . Let the Executive , then , move in the direction here pointed out , and wanting funds ,, attempt . toxaise ; a subscription for the purpose , nnder . ai specific name , i say The Public Meeting Fund , ' receiving money from all who might choose Wgive ^ to 'it ' jiri which ' - case , many voluntary payments would be tendered , amongst the donors to which would be found the writer of the foregoing remarks . . Censor .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 3, 1852, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1659/page/1/