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CARLISIS . —Mrs . Frost axd Jajies Brotoxurs C ^ Bries . —Sinpe the « ji : oancement of ihe a stressed circumstances in which Mrs . Frost has unfortunately been placed , and the serious indisposition" of that master mind , Mr . O'Brien , the most liTeiy interest his been manifested in their behalf . One pound has " been sent off for Mrs . Frost , and & subscription is going on in behalf of Mr . O'Brien , whose life we oncerely trust will be spared . Were it not for the Tery depressed state of trade here , much more woald hare been collected , but never in our
recollection has there been so much suffering and distress . The wages of nearly all those engaged in the manufacture of cotton goods are being reduced , and many of the works are running short time . Whether this arises from a ruse on the part of the masters : o give effect to their anti-Corn Law agitation , or whether it is the effects of bad trade , we know not , but of one thing we are certain , that i 3 , that they nevsr lose an opportunity , on the slightest plea being offered them , of taking a viilanoua advantage of the work people .
KILBARCHAK . —On Saturday evening , May 8 , A lecture was delivered in this place by Mr . Wm . Thornason ; it contained a eopions expose of national abuses , as well as the method by which they were to be redressed . A vote of thanks was given to the lecturer and chairman , and the meeting dispersed , Mi . Thomason preached three sermons to attentive and intelligent audiences , and impressions made which wiil indue * them to unite more perseveringly in working ont the redemption of our common country . MAL 7 ERS , Wosc £ STKB 5 Hise . —The Chartists of this p : ace have forwarded their petition to" Mr . Duncombe for presentation . They have also sent the sum of os . 6 d . to our office towards the expences Of the Petition Convention . - .
ELGIN . —The Chartists of Elgin have had an excellent meeting , notwithstanding the opposition of the middleocracy , of which they have had a sample . Speeches of the right sort were delivered , in which the principles of the Charter were fnlly and explicitly elucidated , the trickery of the factions forcibly exposed , and the " new move" deprecated . A petition on behalf of the incarcerated and exiled Chartists was adopted , which has since been forwarded for presentation . A subscription was made in aid of the Convention , the amount of which we have noticed in the proper place .
VALE OP LEVEK . —On Saturday evening , May the 8 th , a lecture was delivered in the Democratic Seminary , Alexandria , by John M ' Crae , Kilbarchan . The address made a powerful impression npon the audience . At its close , Dr . Smellie moved , and James Smith seconded , "' That a committee be chosen to get up a petition for the repeal of the Corn Laws . " An amendment was moved by James Aitken , seconded by Peter Robertson , "That this meeting is of opinion that the grievances of the people will never be redressed until Universal Suffrage be the
law of the land ; this meeting pledges itself to join no party , but continue its onward course until the whole Charter , and nothing less , become the law of the land . " The amendment was carried by a forest of hands . A resolution was brought forward by John Weir , seconded by Mr . M'Crae , " That this meeting pledges itself to bring forward a Chartist candidate at the next general election for the County of Dumbarton . " A vote of thanks was given to Mr . M'Crae and the Chairman , and the meeting separated . Mr . M'Crae preached twice in the Democratic Seminarv , on the Sabbath following .
OUSEBTJRN . —The Chartists of this place held their weekly meeting , on Sunday morning , May 16 th , in the Sshool-room , Bjkers . Buildings . After the preliminary business had been gone through , Feargns O'Connor , Ejq . ' s letter was read from the Star , when a resolution was moved and carried nnanimuusiy , pledging themselves to carry ont the excellent recommeiidations of exclusive dealing stated in the letter , and that they are determined to buy neither groceries , cloth , hats , shoes , or get anything made of acy one who will not pledge him-Belf to ? ote for * Chartist candidate , when- brought forward , and join the Association . A conversation then ensued about get ; ing up a public meeting , when a resolution was moved and carried , that a
pnblic meeting be held on the Ballast Hills , on Wednesday ereninx . May 26 « h , at nine o ' clock . Ii was suggested that a subscription be made at the close of the meeting , oa behalf of Mrs . Frost , which will be done . A number of individuals gave some shillings , others sixpences , eight threepence each , for the v ; etim fund . A vote of" thanks wa 3 pissed to the Convention , for their nnity , energy , and perseverance in behalf of Frost and his compatriot ; , and the incarcerated Chrrtists . It > was the most spirited meeting we have had for some time . A great maiiy strangers were present from Hetton and surrounding neighbourhood , to whom we gave a great many tracts , to distribute among their fellow workmen . We have got 1 . 1 uO signatures of males to the petition , which was sent to Newcastle ,
NEW LANARK . —A public meeting of the inhabitams was held on Wednesday , the 12 ih instant , at the Independent Chapel , Mr . Thomas Navin , in the chair . A dispute took place as to the right of the Chartists to be present ; after which the Com Law party proceeded io elect a Committee , amidst the disapprobation of the meeting , aud with a decided minority . Mr . Martin then read a petition in favour of the ministerial measure , and Mr . Chambers moved an amendment , stating , that the meeting concur in a repeal of the Cam Laws , but had no faith in her Majesty ' s Ministers , and affirming that the . surest method * of repealing the Corn Laws wa 3 by obtaining the People ' s Charter , which would give the whole body of the people a share in" the representation of the country . A division took place on the question , which showed a large majority ia favour of the amendment . The meeting quietly sepirated , its concoetors being evidently chagrined at the result .
MANCHESTER . SorTH LA ? eAsmRZ Dele-GAlE 3 Jeeii >' G . —The above meeting was held in the Brown-3 treet Chartist Room , East Manchester , on Sunday afternoon last , the lGth of May , for the transaction of business connected ^ ith the cause in the above oounty . Delegates present : —Mr . Gresty , Chorlton-upon-Medloct ; Thomas Davies , Tib-strwet , Manchester ; John Cirtledge , Brown-street , Manchester ; John ToLnson , Hardman-street , Manchester ; John Millington , Siiford ; John Mossey , Newton Heath ; Thomas lawless , Oldh&m ; James Taylor , James Scholfield , Openshaw and Droylsden ; Daniel Hsslem , Fails worth ; Edward Lawless , Warrinjton ; EJward Whit worth , Middleton ; James Hey wood Heywood , TJnsworth ; Exezsly Djotson , Prestwich ; Richard Ulen ,
Pilkington . Tae credentials were read over , the accounts examined and found correct , and other business for Which they had met before , was dispensed with ; after which the following resolutions were submitted and called forth discussion , and ultimately , passed unanimously ; moved by John Mossey , and seconded by Edward Lawless : —1 st " That it is the opinion of the delegates present , that the men who ar « going about the country calling meetings upon the subject of the Com Laws , are insincere , deceitful , and wish to delude ttie people . They profess to be the friends of the working closes ; ¦ which professions "we coneeive mere humbug and treachery to gain con&dasce ,. asfully demonstrated in their conduct in resorting to every means within their oower to lock the wurkin ? men ' s jaws , and
cunningy evade pnblic discussion . That the question is purely one betwixt the cation lord and the landlord ; In the way they advocate it , therefore , we Relieve their object is not to benefit the working classes , otherwise they would assist them to obtain a power ever the law -which would protect their , labour , which is their only- property , aud the loaf when they have it . " xnd . Moved by Thomas Davies , and seconded by Jonas Schoaeld , " That this meeting confirms the resolution paaied by the Oidham peeple in reference to Mr . Greaves , as we have full evidence that he has become an instalment man , and that it is our determination not to countenance any one in this movement who will not , or who does not , advocate the Charter , and nothing less . " 3 rd . Moved by John Cartledge , and seconded
By Mr . Exersly , " That we agree with the plan laid down by Feargus O'Connor , relative to exclusive dealings ; and w « recommend it to be carried out generally , in order to bring the shopocracy to a sense of their duty towards tha producing millions of this empire . That the tills being eapty will be a slap in the face to the middle class , which will mate them savage , and probably be the m ? ans of opening their blind eyes , and convince their stubborn un lersiandinjs that ths -working classes have rights as -well as themselves , and that the oppression and tyranny which has O long been practised by every class of society upon the mas ; essential , most useful , and , consequently , most important class of society , "—say , further , the prop of ths nation , namely , the producing millions ,
Shall be brought to an end ; and that no man deserves . to ba supported by the working man who -will not in ] return support him by voting that the brand mark of . Slavery and inferiority may bi erased from his brow . " j 4 ttL " That the delegates present view with feelings i of regret the circumstances which have apparently j earned a bad feeling to exist in the mind of Mr . H . i He&erington towards our present organization , and . Feargus OCoonor , Esq . ; bat , & 3 both are in prison ,-we will leave those questions , which are not imine-, diately connected with us , t 3 be settled betwixt them- j elves ; still we consider Me . Hetherington has madea ! Tery erroneous and unwarrantable comparison in j stating that Feargus ia ' as great a humbug * as
Daniel O'Connell , and relative to the Assodatioa being Mr . O'Connor's ; and that we , the members' of it , his tail , take that assertion to be % direct insult upon every individual member , more especially when we take into consideration the noto- rioos fact , that . O'Connor had nothing at all to do with '• the forming of the plan of organisation ; that he iras ' then in prison j that the people's delegates met twice in Manchester , asd sat ' several days each time , and , that " F ^ xrgnj never saw it till it was printed . Such : being ths case , we wi&h respectfully to convey to Mr . I Htttbsrington , and tha country at large , that we are not ! tSa , tools of Feargus 0 Connor , or any other man ; that we respect eonsisteBcv ia every man , and are prepared
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to throw every man overboard who doss not act up thereto . " Mr Davies moved this , and Mr . Maasey seconded it , and Mr . Julian Harney was requested by the delegates to either speak for the motion or against it , which he fslt prepared to do , upon -which he said he had no wish to mix himself with party squabbles , though he had too often been compelled , in selfdefence , to do eo upon former occasions ; nevertheless , being called npon , he would offer a ward or two upon the conduct of certain parties who figured at the head of the " new move . " He bad been a member of the London Working Men's Association , the leaders of ¦ which were mostly the leaders of the " newmove ;" be conld testify to the truth of William Rider ' s assertion , that the members of that body wars really
anything but working men . The occasion of bis leaving that body was as follows : —At the tfrna the Glasgow Cotton Spinners lay in Edinburgh gaol , awaiting their trial , Daniel O'Connell thought proper , in a speech made in the House of Commons , to denounce these persecuted men , and with them the trades' unionists of England , Ireland , and Scotland , generally , asserting that they -were banded together , for the mo » t atrocious purposes , not scrupling to resort-even to assassination to effect their ends . He ( Mr . H . ) was not a trades unionist , but deemed it his duty to call the attention of the Working Men ' s Association to this matter ; he did so ; the answer -was , " Write to O'Connell , and if he pleads guilty to the charge , no language will be too Bevere in which to denounce his villany . " He ( Mr . H . )
did so ; he wrote to O'Connell : Dan replied in a saucy note , stating he had sent his answer to his ( Mr . H . ' s ) questions to Mr . Cleave . He went to Mr . Cleave . Mr . Cleave read Dan's answer to him , in which he ( O'Connell ) twice distinctly stated that , although not fully reported his speech so far as it appeared was correct—upon this he ( Mr . H . ) moved certain resolutions in the Working Men ' s Association denouncing O'Connell u the enemy of the werking classes ; his resolutions were rejected , the only parties supporting him being Mr . Ireland , afterwards one of the leaders of the Democratic Association , and an excellent patriot , and Mr . Neesom , afterwards member for Bristol in the Convention ; Mr . Cleave had declined giving up the correspondence -with Dan to him , ( Mr . H ., ) bnt had committed it to the
Working Men ' s Association . He ( Mr . H . ) then demanded the correspondence , that he might publish it The Association by vote refused it . He next demanded a copy ; the Association , by vote , again refused ; and lastly , the Association passed a resolution to lock up the correspondence in the secretary ' s desk , that its publication might be prevented . He , however , published in the Northern Slar , the Champion , and other papers , all that portion of the correspondence he retained in his own hands . For this he was hauled over the coals , and a vote of censure passed npon him , — 'cries of hear , ) wkereupon he Sung up his card , as did Messrs . Ireland and Neesom , and they three feunded the Democratic Association , ¦ which , if it did no other eood . did this—it crushed , it annihilated , the
humbug Working Men ' s Association . ( Cheers . ) After some other remarks , Mr . Harney said , in reference to Mr . Lsvett , he considered it but right that he should speak to the conduct of Mr . Lovett , when Secretary to the Convention ; whatever had been his feelings toward that gentleman as Secretary to the Working Men ' s Association , when he saw that the courage of Mr . Lovett increased as the danger menacing the Convention augmented—that he rose equal to the crisis—he iMr . H . ) flung to the winds all remembrance of the past , and hailed and did honour to Mr . Lovett as a man worthy the most perfect confidence , esteem , and admiratien of the people . When he ( Mr . Harney ) remembered this , he deplored that Mr . Lorett was not with them ; he lamented to see one so talented in the
company of , and associated with , parties whose sincerity he ( Mr . H . ) doubted—in whose patriotism he had no faith . Mr . Harney concluded by giving it as his opinion that had it b « en O'Connor himself who had proposed the " new move , " the people would at once have flung him overboard . Thank God , the people cared now everything for principle , nothing for men . ( Cheers . ) But as regards Mr . O'Connor , though at times he had differed with that gentleman , particularly -upon the question of the National Holiday , he ( Mr . Harney ) would say , that he ( O ' Connor ) had well earned , by his meritorious labours in the cause of democracy , the people ' s confidence and love . These he had , and so long as Mr . O'Connor continued to act the same
straightforward part , the people wonld support him , and evary effort of his enemies to ruin him would miserably fail . Mr . Harney resumed his seat amidst loud cheers . 5 : h . " That every delegate be requested to instruct the secretary of his district to send the time and place of meeting , to the county secretary , as early as possible , for the benefit of the misssionary in naking out his tour . " 6 th . " That we perfectly agree that the Convention should sit another fortnight , and that one penny per head be levied upon tha Asso- * * tion , and every other means tried , to support the representatives of the working men . " 7 th . " That Mr . Leech be re-elected as lecturer for the next mouth , he giving every satisfaction in the capacity in which he is placed . " 8 th . " That this meeting stand adjourned till this day month . "
—A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman for his valuable services . The business throughout was conducted orderly and with the best feeling . Lecture by Mr . Doyle , an Irish Chartist . — On Sunday evening last , in the Chartist Room , Tibstreet , a lecture was delivered by this gentleman . He commenced by saying that he was very happy to have the opportunity of expressing to them his opinion openly and above b <* ard , and without being afraid of being , as had been done on a very recent occasion , put down by the argument of clamour , physical force , and violence . ( Hi . ar , hear . ) Those who wish to advance their cause by persecuting the members of another , ¦ will never succeed . But , in many instances , the cause which had been most persecuted had prospered best ;
just so it was with Chartism . The pleasing prospects of the Chartists , and the success which they have of late met with , have been owing chiefly to the fair and upright manner in which they had , on all occasions , conducted their proceedings . Projects had been put out by hypocrites of the deepest die ; men who called upon the people for support to obtain a certain end , an-. l then they , in return , would never rest satisSed till they , the people , were in possession of their rights also , who , after making such promises , could turn round upon the very parties who put them in power . Have not the Whigs done this ? ( A voice—" Yes . ") They had ; and he was not sorry that these wretches were dying a political death—that an end -would shortly be put to their life of mischief and misrule . They
¦ we re now gasping for breath : away -with them , he would say , and God speed their flight , t Laughter and cheers , aDd a voice or two said , " Amen , amen . ") Xo Tna . Ti -who possessed common sense could look upon the present anomaly of things , if he laid claim , at the same time , to honesty , sympathy , and truth . ( Hear . ) Here he found the artizans of Great Britain sinking lower aud lower in their condition—so much so thit they were actually in thousands bordering upon starvation—that the one class who have to toil and fill the granaries with corn , to build the mansions , fight the battles , man the ships , and fill the warehouses ¦ with cloth , are starving for food and clothing , whilst the other class , who produce nothing useful to society , are living in the greatest splendour , and luxuriating
upon the fat of the land . That this was the case , no one could deny ; and why was it so ? There must be a cause for all this . Why , the cause was , one class had the power to . make the laws to keep the other in slavery , -want , and bondage . ( Hear , hear . ) Now , in order to see whether this cLies have jroperly discharged their duty , and to come to an understanding npon the subject , it was necessary to look at their actions . He , tkerefore , would direct their attention to the 3 e classes separately . The first class , then , was what is termed the Royal . There are persons who contend that it is the will of God there should be kings . Mr . Doyle then went to the origin of kings , as laid down in the first chapter of Samuel , and his declaratioDs were that kings were not first established
by God , bnt by men . Of course he allowed every man to enjoy his own opinion upon the point Mr . Doyle said that , according to history , wherever they had a king in any nation , poverty , misery , and wretchedness were the lot of the mass of the people . We have been told that we have had good kings . Now , how many good kings have we had in this country ? Ten ? No . Nine ? No . Here the lecturer came down to two , and said that we have not even had so many good kings . He would acknowledge only one , and that was Alfred . He was the only man who was and acted like a f ither to his people . He was the only one who appeared to wish to see his people in a state of happiness . He only has been the king who wished to give true liberty to the people . ( Hear , hear . )
Tne speaker continued in this strain for some time . Here the speaker commenced upon the wars , and gave an account of the money spent and the lives lost Then came to our belovod Queen ' s salary , which was £ 470 , « 00 a year . The same sum , if divided , would give to 3 i , 128 hand-loom weavers 6 s . per wevk . Then there was another royal beggar who received £ 30 , u 00 per year . Then there is the young Princess , who will require in a very short time six or eight thousand to educate . And it is slid that the Queen is " in a likely way- again . " So that we seem likely enough to have young Royal paupers springing up like mushrooms . ( Laughter . ) The speaker then went on to shew the amount of money the King of Belgium and the King of Hanover have cost this country , and compared it with the wages of the agricultural labourers , and showed how many it would keep according to their rate of wages . On the Utbof May , 1831 , Sir James Graham , moved for an humble address to his Majesty for an account of all salaries , pay , fees , and
emoluments , whether civil oi military , from the 5 th of January , 1 S 29 , to the 5 th of January , 1839 , held and enjoyed by each of his Majesty ' s Most Honourable Privy Council , specifying with each name the total amount received by each individual , and distinguishing the various sources from which the same was derived . The total number of Pnvy Councillors was 16 S > , of which 113 received public money . The whole sum distributed annually amongst these 113 was £ 650 , 164 , and the average proportion of that sum paid to each yearly was ± ' 5 . 762 . Of this total of £ 650 , 164 , £ 88 , 103 was for binecures , £ 442 , 411 for what was called active services , arid £ 12 , 050 for pensions . Now , friends ( said Doyle ) , out of the US Privy Councillors who were , receivers of the pnblic money , thirty -were pluralists , or persons holding more offices than one , either as . sinecurists , or civil and military officers . ¦ The amount received by the pluralista -was £ 22 * , 133 aunually amongst them all , or £ 7 , 321 , upon an average , to each annually . The number of Privy Councillors -who enjoyed fall or half-
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pay , or were pensioned as diplomatists , was twenty-nine , and the gross amount of thtir iuconie from the public purse was £ 126 , 175 , or , upon an average , a yearly income to each individual of £ 4 , 347 . The whole number of Privy Councillors who were members of both Houses of Parliament was sixty-nine , and of those seventeen wera Peers , whose gross income from the public purse was j 6378 , 846 , / or , ' npoii . anaverage , to each , £ 8 , 065 a-year . These robbers took an eightyeighth part of the National Debt Ths whole expenditure of the civil and military list of the Government of America was—President , 25 , 00 * dollars ; Vice-President , 5 , » 0 »; Secretary of State , 6 , 000 ; Secretary to the Treasury , 6 , 000 ; Secretary of War , 8 , 090 ; Secretary to the Navy , 6 ,, 000 ; Postmaster , 3 , 660 : the
Chief Justice 6 , 00 * ; lix Judges , 5 , 0 t 0 each ; three Commissioners of . tha Navy , S . OOt each ; , making- a total of £ 24 , 299 of English money . Tip late Marquis of Buckingham received from his sinecure £ 70 » , 000 ; the Marquis of Camden , £ 700 , « 00 ; Lard Arden , £ 500 , 000 ; the family of the Seymours ,- £ 4 U ) , 0 O *; the Dukes of Richmond , Grafton , Marquis , of Bute , Lord Melville , and others , nearly half a million each . ( Hear , and loud cries of " Shame , shame . " ) Now let us see the increase of taxes . When Queen Anne came to the throne in 1701 , * the yearly amount of the taxes was £ 4 , 212 , 858 . When George the first came to the throne in 1714 , it was £ 6 , 762 , 643 . When George the second came to the throne in 1727 , it was £ 16 , 652 , 540 . When George the third came to
the throne in 1760 , it was £ 8 , 744 , 682 , After tbfe American War , in 1784 , it was £ 13 , 300 , 921 . At the close of the Anti-Jaoobin-war , in 1801 , it was £ 36 , 728 , 971 . For the year 1809 , it was £ 7 « , 240 , 22 ( 5 . The English in Germany . It is estimated that there are ia Germany 150 , » 0 » English families who spend each upon an average £ 200 , or in the aggregate , £ 30 , 000 , 900 sterling . This is unquestionably a larger sum than the profits of our trade with all Europe amounts to , in the twenty-two years of peace . It would amount to £ 669 , 000 , 000 , or nearly as much as three-fourths of the miscalled National Debt The Duke of Buccleugh is in the receipt of £ 250 , 000 . The Marquis of Salisbury , £ 330 , 000 . The Duke of
Northumberland , £ 280 , 000 . The above sums make a total of £ 880 , 000 , which would give 17 , 600 persons £ 50 each , for one year . In 1688 there were 160 temporal peers in England , whose average incomes amounted to £ 3 , 2 ( 0 each per annum . Now 3 , 200 multiplied by 160 , makes an aggregate of 512 , 000 , so that three peers of the present day receive £ 268 , 00 * more than the whele oi the peers of England did at that time ; of course money was more valuable . The lecturer continued -enumerating facts and figures , for about an hour and a half , and made some very appropriate remarks on the various classes of society , and concluded amid the cheers of his Audience , an argumentative , eloquent , and convincing speech , by very forcibly recommending perseverance for the attainment of the Charter . '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 22, 1841, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct380/page/2/
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