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THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1841.
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rrrBTsr ' s Hospital . —At a meeting of almoners . i . Christ ' s Hospital . —At a meeting of almoners , on Friday , the Earl of Cardigan wm admitted a governor nem , con , The Jaxes ^" ~ Steamer , detained at Havre , «« 5 liberated by decree of the Court of Rouen , and las returned to London . Th e Ivisg of Hanover has just established fWgeing in to army , and legalised the practice of duelling ! The Rc 55 U > - Aemt is so admirably organised that « can be ready to take the field in a shorter time jjuji any other . —SUesian Gazette . I 3 y x laxe decision of the Court of Chancery , \ fjrviand , a broken baak , is compelled to receive in Laymen ; of debts due to her , her own depreciated ges and ' e ^ rufied checks . [ Why not !]
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TOKSSIEE SFRINO ASSIZES . On - Saturday , the Commission of A&siza for this county was opened . Mr . Justice Maule did not arrive until eleven o ' clock , when , of course , the High Sheriffs usuaJ procession was wanting ; and Mr . Baron Rolfe did not arrive until four o'clock on Sunday afternoon , having been detained until late on Saturday night , at Durham . On Sunday forenoon , Mr . Justice Maule attended divine service at the Cathedral , where the sermon was preaci «< i by tie Rev . Mr . Morto . v , of Dodsworth , near Barasley , the High Sheriff ' s chaplain .
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• < p NISI PRITJS COURT . —Monday , March 8 . Mr . Justice Maule arrived at the Castle at the same hour aa his Learned Colleague , and took his seat cm the Nisi Prins Bench . Some undefended causes in the West Riding list ( which , at these Assiaes , ia tafcen first ) were then disposed of , but they were unimportant and uninteresting . The Court then rose , it being about five minutes past six o ' clock . * TUESDAY , March 8 . Mr . Justice Maule took his seat this morning at nine o'clock . The following undefended actions were first taken : — LATGINS V . CLEQG . Mr . Ellis waa for the plaintiff , who is a rag merchant at Hamburgh ; Mr . Clegg resides at Leeds . The action was on a bill of exchange for £ 144 , which together with interest , amounted to £ 148 14 s . 6 d ., for which sum a verdict was returned .
The Northern Star. Saturday, March 13, 1841.
THE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , MARCH 13 , 1841 .
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THE QUESTION OF INSTALMENTS OF POLITICAL DEBTS . It is not wonderful , in a country where intellect has been debased by a large quantity of fictitious money , that England in her present state should require a money standard to be applied to her political dealings . Mr . O'Connell , who has found a large sale and ready market for political opinions and principles ; has been a heavy dealer in political debentures , and , if his balance sheet is correct , Iroland has , Bince
1835 , received much more than 20 s . in every pound then claimed , and interest into the bargain . The appropriation clause was 19 s . in the pound ; the Tithe Bill was € s . 8 d . in the pound ; the Corporation Bill was S 3 . in the pound , which , of themselves make Twenty-one shillings and eightpence , together with a large amount of shillings , halfcrowns , and lesser sums as interest , not to mention Judges , placemen , assistant . barristers , policemen , and sopped off patriots of all sorts ; but we should be glad
to know what parties have been gainers , who were the assignees to the bankrupt's estate , and who the bankrupts , and who the recipients ; because we doubt the capacity of any party in the state to pay twenty shilJings in the pound , and interest , upon all demands ; while we also doubt the fact of any portion of the debt due to Ireland being paid . So much for the Rothschild of the political market ; lit us now deal with one of the stockjobbers in this fund .
In our last , we gave a very calm and fair report of all the speeches delivered at the Hull expediency meeting ; we had not time or space , at liberty , for a single word of comment . Our readers have since digested the matter , and , no doubt , they have been struck with the ] introduction of the instalment question into their political account . Let us analyse Mr . Burks' phraseology . He says that Mr . Hume's plan of Household Suffrage is calculated to give us eighteen shillings in the pound .
Firstly , then , how many shillings constitute this undefined coin ? We must , till the fraternity of stock-jobbers furnish us with a correct table , set the number down at twenty shillings—that is , one pound , to be divided among all , the higher , middle , and working classes . Of this general debenture , Mr . Burns says Hums and party are ready to give us 183 . We say , " No ; we look for the Charter , to get our rights , and no more ; and we will take
nothing less . " Well , nine-tenths of the whole , or 18 s . in the pound , is more than our right ; we demand no more than one-third , or 6 a . 8 d . in the pound , as our share . " Well , but , " B » ys Mr . Burns , " there are three pounds—the aristocrat ' s pound , the middle man ' s pound , and the working mau ' s pound . " Then we answer , " What right hare either to withhold one-tenth—2 s . in the pound , or the minutest part of a fraction of our just debt !"
However , as the stock-jobbers have failed to fur nish us with a pound , shillings , and pence table , r ,-y which we are expected to caloulate political qr , es tioB 8 , let us try our hand at the work . We will suppose , then , that the political po und ii equivalent to forty shillings of o « r present ¦ debasec coin , of which the present aristocracy have t Mitrivec to get twenty shillings , and the mil ? masters bankers , merchants , &c , twenty fihilLf ng 8 more
The proposition to us , then , by the mi ddle classe is just this . u The landlords , with o' jr assistant have starved and robbed you ; and we , with thei assistance , are beggaring ourselT as , having firs robbed and starved you , to make t Ou satisfied wit ] fraud and starvation . The landl' , rds took your lam from you , and wo gave then * a rural police , am mushroom magistrates , and Poor Law Commis sioners , and many pliant d ependants to stop you complaints ; but we weal ir , o far . the landlords hav
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kept their twenty shillings in the pound , but we have lost five riiillings of oar twenty shillings , by backing them ; we thought that the additional tax would fall upon you , the working men , and that yon would be compelled to pay for the stripes which all inflicted , but we were wrong ; we now find that we have killed th « goose with the golden egg , and as the landlords will have their share , we must lay golden eggs instead of the goose ; therefore , what we now require of the working classes is , just to lend them " selves to us for a bit to frighten our own five shillings in the pound , and as much more as our effective
insurrection can extract , from the "apprehension " of the lords of the soil . In fact , we want , if we can , to get about eighteen shillings out of the landlords ' pound , and we want your assistance in framing such a House of Commons as will aid in this honest settlement , and then when we get our thirty-eight shillings in the pound , only see what a glorious position we shall be in to make you a voluntary gift of your share , when , by your peaceful demeanour , obedience , and increased knowledge , -we consider you " reasonably deemed" fit for the enjoyment of those good things of which our Reformed House must of course be the best judge . "
Now that we take to be a fair money view of the question ; and we will next make a fair sum of the political six points of the Charter . Suppose , then , that each point represents 33 . 4 d ., which is the sixth of a pound , and suppose the three parties to have an equal claim upon the State , which is bankrupt , we eay we want no more than our rights ; there is 6 s . 8 d . in the pound for each , take you Annual Parliaments and Vote-by-Ballot ,
landlords , or let it alone . Take you equalisation of electoral districts and payment of representatives , middle-men , or let it alone ; and leave to us Universal Suffrage and No Property Qualification for Members , as our share , and then , all starting fair , and upon a perfect equality , we will see if the industry of the people does not very soon establish the whole principle for the whole community , and with good , sound , and well secured interest into the bargain .
Now what does Mr . Burns fchi > k of such a table for casting up political accounts ? Mr . Burns very forcibly reminds us of the lucky man who found a flint , and said , now , all I require to make me a sportsman , is a gun , some powder and shot , aud a dog ; and we really beliove that the lucky finder had found a larger proportion of requisites for constituting a Sportsman , than the Chartists will find in the words of Mr . Hume and the middle classes , for constituting a fair representation .
Does not Mr . Buhks know , and know full well , that all that is now required by the middle classes is , a House of Commons suited to their knuckle * and their increasing speculation on profits upon reduced labour ; in fact , a cheap bread and cheaper labour House . But , of this , we have spoken elsewhere . We cannot too forcibly condemn the introduction of the buggaboo of physical force in every Chartist meeting , and that to by the most violent of the whole
Chartist party . We have been disgusted with the manner in which very many have endeavoured to purge themselves from a charge of physical force , by throwing their own burdens on other and honester men , while the very mention of the subject but tends to remind us of their delinquencies . We had forgotten , and were willing to forgive , Mr . Burns ' s celebrated threat of" Moscowing England ;" but wo have been reminded of it by many who express themselves perfectly disgusted with Mr . Bukns ' s conduct . What was his motto ?
" Then onward , the red banner raising , Go light every torch tor the tilt ; On our side is England a blazing , No matter by whom sh « 's rebuilt " But now , alas ! how changed—how dulcet , sweet , and soft ; the loud roar of the devouring element , lost in the lisping tones of the " sucking dove . " We no longer recognise the bluster of our famed fire-eater , Sir Lucius O'Trigger , whose valour has been replaced by the discretion of the prudent Bob Acres , and now the standard-bearer of the torch
men He ' s modest as ony , h «'« hivtlin as he ' s bonny . Js moral yonng Jamie , The llow ' r of Dundee . As our " visits are few and far between , " and as we cannot , therefore , after the custom of our daily contemporaries , keep up a continuous old maid ' s chatter upon the same subject , we must , as is our custom , settle this question of instalments of principle at once , as we have settled all other questions of expedieaoy and humbug . The jobbers in political stock having then failed to furnish us with any table of calculation , we beg to submit the following for the guidance of all whom it may concern .
ABC represent the three clacses ; A the upper , B the middle , and C the industrious . A and B entered into partnership , and for many years traded with C , to whom the firm became indebted in an amount beyond their means of discharging : C therefore applies for a commission of bankruptcy ( it should be lunacy ) , and eays , " Although we , the creditors , have been losers , we ask not to ruin you altogether ; you aro incapable of paying 2 Qs . in the pound , therefore we will allow what is past to stand over , merely using it as a guide for our future transactions and security . " What we propose , then ,
is , that we all join in the appointment of assignee ? , not to tdminister the estate of the bankrupts , but to guard against a recurrence of the evil which your want of knowledge has brought upon us all ; and , in the election of the said assignees , we who- furnish all , merely require an equal voice with tl * e firm of A and B , giving them two votes to our one—that is , allowing class A , and class B > and class C an equal share , the assignees to be called Members of Parliament ; aad , as we have been , fools , and you have been rogues , long enough , our eyes have at length become opened to the fact
that—• ' Doubtless the pleasure is asgreat , Of beiug cheated as to cheat . " But we are not longer in a condition to pay for the pleasure of being cheated * and of being laughed at into the bargain . Therefore the firm of A and B have now received the only proposition which the creditors feel disposed to make , as the terms upon which they will forego past claims and admit the partnership to st and ; namely , that A B and C shall in future be . fully , fairly , and equally represented by the joint -assignees of the firm , whose affairs shall be CO' nducted by persons appointed for that purpose , ? and the said firm to be entitled " The House of Commons . "
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EQUAL JUSTICE . THE EARL OF CARDIGAN AND MR . FROST . Tar a iniquitous expence and disgusting mummery of t' ae trial of Lord Cardigan present so many phf . ses of in justice and partiality in the administrate -n of the law , that theyare almost inexhaustible . F as Lordship was acquitted , "' pon honour , " because of an informality in the proceedings—a flaw in the indietcxent—a leetle omission of the Attorney-General . Some people say that the hole was left purposely for the Lord to creep through . Of this we know nothing : it may , or . may not , have been so . We know that " plain John ' s" leetle omissions—his ignorance of , or want of attention to , the duties of
his ofilce—have , before now , caused " informalities , " where neither he nor his masters were at all suspected of any intention to permit the accused to escape , if they could help it . There was an informality in the proceedings on the trial of Faosr , Williams , and Jones—an acknowledged informality—fatal , in the opinion of two Judges out of the three who tried them , to the whole proceedings . It is our doctrine , as it is that of the British constitution , that the strict letter of the law should in all cases of alleged criminality be rigorously adhered to , and that it is at all times better to permit a culpr it to escape than to convict him upon constructive eridenee . Henoe , therefore , apart bom the eon-
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sidwation o . f whether the Attorney-General actually contrired this flaw in the indictment that Cabdigaji might not be hong or transported for life , Wear © contented to rec&ive the fact , that there was a flaw , and to admit iiiat , that being so , the Lords had no alternative , but w ^ re " npon honour" bound to acquit the alleged culpr / t ; and we maintain , that , by the same rule , as guardians of the public rights , they are pon honour" bound instanter , and en masse to demand of her Majesty ' s Government the instant recal of Fudsr , Williams , and Jokes , from the illegal and unconstitutional sentence of expatriation which they are now fulfilling . We have waited , hitherto , in confident expectation , that their
own sense of rigfei would cause them spontaneously to take up this question . We did not imagine that the elite of British blood—the nobles of old England—the inheritors of wisdom , of justice , and of patriotism , and of every honourable feeling from their ancestors ^ -would wait to be reminded of so plain and evident a portion of their high functions and important duties . It seems , however , tha * affairs of state , have pressed so heavily upon their Lordships , that this leetle mailer has been driven past their present and immediate attention . We regret this , for the credit of the noble guardians of British rights . It is wrong that their hereditary strength of mind should have thus suffered the
anxiety of many circumstances to overcome them . The people are , however , well aware of how great things have demanded their attention—how their time must have been occupied in preparing for payment by the public , the list of the expences attendant upon the exhibition , the preparations therefor , and the paraphernalia thereof , together with other like matters " too numerous to mention . " They will , of course , remember that their Lordships , though Lords , are yet men , and may need a respectful reminiscence of their duty . This , we trust , will be immediately afforded to them by the people from all quarters , in the shape of petitions , briefly , but pithily expressed , and poured in like hail .
We suggest the following , as something like the form which might be adopted : — To ihe Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual and Temporal , The humble petition of Sheweth , —That your petitioners have heard that your Lordships , in august state , did lately ait in judgment oaone John Thomas , Earl of Cardigan , accused of felony , and that your Lordships , finding an informality in the proceedings , though no answer was given to the facts alleged against the prisoner , did acquit the said John Thomas , Earl of Cardigan . Your petitioners beg to remind jour Honourable House that , on the trial of John Frost , Zepbaniah Williams , and William Jones ,
there -was an informality in the proceedings , admitted by two of the three Judges who tried them , and by six of her Majesty ' s fifteen Judges , to have been fatal to the -whole proceedings , and that yet the said John Frost , Zephaniah Williams , and William Jones , were sentenced by her Majesty ' s Government to be transported for life , and are now fulfilling that sentence . Your petitioners h « ld that this is an unfair and an un-English mode of administering the law ; and your petitioners , therefore , call upon your Honourable House immediately to address her Majesty , and to call upon the Government for a free pardon to be instantly granted to the said John Frost , Zephaniah WlHi&ni 8 , and William Jones . And your petitioners will ever pTay , &c .
Petitions of this kind , poured in from all quarters of the country , from every public meeting , called for whatever purpose , from clubs and associations , from workshops , from families , from streets , aad from individuals , would at least bother , if not the brains , the wigs , of their Lordships , and cause them to open their hereditary eyes ; while , at tie same time , the House of Commons might be blockaded in like manner with petitions , setting forth , in plain language , the peoplo ' s sense of the atrocities perpetrated upon' Feargus O'Connor , upon Robert Peddie , upon William Ashton , Peter Hoey , and all other Chartist prisoners . Lst the people do it , and do it in right earnest . A petition may be written upon a piece of paper , which may be purchased for
a farthing , of a quality quite good enough for the place it is to go to . A Chartist schoolmaster , who has twenty or thirty little boys , who can write just legibly , might turn out dozens" of copies , with little or no sacrifice of his own time , besides furnishing an improving exercise to the young urchins . Nothing can be more stupid than the notion , that it is necessary for petitions to Parliament to be written like copper-plate . It is necessary they should be written very plainly , especially for tha hereditary shop ; or , ten to one , if the " collective" or "hereditary" would be able to read them ; but if ^ they are written very plain , that ' s all that ' s wanted , and little boys commonly do write very plain , if not very well .
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? A CHARTIST OF THE RIGHT SORT . We have great pleasure in placing before our readers the following soul-stirring and spirited extract from a speech recently delivered in Glasgow by Mr . Moir . It was prepared for our last week's publication , but such sentiments as it contains are never stale : — Hence , I say , " Hnrra for the triumph of Chartism " ( renewed cheering ) . The man who is not a Chartist Is either a knave or a fool , and be can hang himself up on either hern of the dilemma be pleases ( laughter ) . If he be a knave , that is the more reason why we should look sharply after him—( renewed laughter )—and , on the other hand , if he be a fool , that is a good
reason why we ought to pay bo deference to him at alL ( cheers ) . Again , I rejoice that there is no appearance of wearying or becoming faint . The cause is worth struggling for—one half of every day ' s earning is in the contest Everything proves that the position which we took up two years ago , is the only tenable one ; and , if proof be wanted , we need only refer to the late Leeds meeting , -which was called to propose resolutions in favour of Household Suffrage . Well might the Editor of the Leeds- Mermry remark , where -were tha advocates of Household Suffrage ?—aye , where were they ? ( Laughter . ) Not one of them dared to open their mouth , at the meeting , and why ? : because the Chartists w ««» next doox—I laughter ) —ready to blow
their flimsy sophisms te . the winds ; and looking upon discretion as the better part of valour , th « y wisely said nothing . ( Laughter . ) He would , indeed , be a bold fellovr who would propose Household Suffrage to the people . I believe -we shall scarcely find a man courageous enough to tell the people he looked on them as fools ; yet this he must do who would propose Household Suffrage to the people . IS would be easily settling such a fellow . The system was too monstrous for any person to attempt ita justification And I will tell you , my feiends , how I would treat a man who would attempt to justify the enormous corruptions whiea prevail . If I had got no rottest eggs in my pockete to throw at hi « h <«» d , I would go . in quest of them as
quietly as possible , and if he did not get his head cracked in the interim , he at least deserved it ( Laughter and applause . ) I will never open my mouth for an . extension of the Suffrage short of that defined in the Charter . ( Cheers . ) I know that strenuous efforts have been made , and will be made yet , to make the people believe that thsy might , with propriety and advantage , begin an agitation for something else . ( Cries of " we never will . " ) I hope not . ( Cheers . ) Nothing but tne Charter . The Whigs are just giving their lastkicfc . ( Laughter . ) They are just about to kick the buckettctaeers);—and I am quite certain , when they die , the Chartists will shed very few tears at their funeral . ( Laughter . ) I said long ago that no good would be done till the Whigs were out . I for one will never
open my mouth for anything else than Universal Suffrage ; because , to consult the people regarding anything else , is but fooling them , and I will never be a party ' to such a courae . We must never truckle to those who have persecuted and abused us . You will all recollect that O'Connell thanked hi- countrymen for refusing to give Lowerya hearing ; wdnowflto impudent , unblushing , tarefawd ficonndrel talk , about addressing the peopled England and Scottand about Lord Morpeth ' fl Five Pound F <» ff . ^ £ " £ Suffrage BilL But we will be as deaf Jo hto « U as toe Irish are on the question of Umversal Suffrage . There ™ a fellow named" Barrett rowing through Ireland , ' and declaring that if Stanley ' s Bill was passed , the erf Wd ^ a ^ . for France and the people of IreJand . ' Had any person , unsupported by Dan and Mii ta I , uttered such a sentiment , the Attomey-General would soon have laid bold of him . "
Let all temporisera read that and blush , and let it be borne in mind , that this dignified and uncompromising Chartist has ten times more stake and interest in the well-being and good regulation of society , than one half of the middle-class-operativ © yelpers for concession . " And yet he has no objeotion to venture his capital and life upon the issus of tha Charter . Ho is , in truth , an honour to | ns . Bold and consistent as a delegate to the late Convention , straightforward and unyielding in his adhesion to the cause ever since , be is what we call a Chartist o the right sort .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 13, 1841, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct370/page/3/
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