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THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 1841.
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ST 7 HSERZJUn > . Physical Force Respectables . —On Friday evening last , a grand row took place in the boxe 3 of the theatre , Sunderland , amongst the moral force respectables , which afforded to the unwashed gods in the gallery fine proofs of the respectability , manner ? , and actions of their superiors . We had Borne difficulty in disooTering the origin of the melee , but we believe it was as follows : —Mr John Bowlby , son of Russell Bowlby , Esq ., a great Whig attorney , had engaged sundry seats in the boxes of the Theatre for that evening . On going to the Theatre , he found John Brunton , brother of the hurly-burly Town Clerk quietly seated in one of them . He requested him to risethis was declinedwhereupon remonstrance
; , issraed from Bowlby , and defiance was Ehown by Brnaioa . At lasi Bowlbj uttered the WBin 0 U 3 words , You ' re no gentleman , Sir . " This led to a request that the parties should more to the lobby . Arrived there , Brunton applied his- fingerand thumb to the nasal projection of Bowlby , giving it an awkward twist , by which it acquired a curvilinear direction . Brnnton having performed this gentlemanly action to his own satisfaction , quietly retKrned to the boxes , leaving Bowlby to study the nature of the alterations in his phiz . Ij appears th * t Bowlby had not seen or felt any improvement , for after nursing his wrath about an hoar , he returned to the boxes , armed with Paddy ' s friend , a ecod shilelah , the knotty end of which he
applied , with all his muscular power , to Brunton s nose . The consequence was that this fine member of Branton ' s frontispiece , l&j weltering in its own blood , the claret , as the professionals call it , squirted in all directions , beautifulJy variegating the splendid j dresses of the ladies . These Ecreamed , the gentlemen j stormed , asd the performance was abruptly stopped 1 in Sne confusion . Master Bowlby * was handed off j to the station-house by the police , from which , how j ever , he was immediately afterwards bailed , and saved the disagreeable necessity of lodging there for i the night . On Saturday he was brought up , and ; he having been clearly proved the author of the j ruised condition of Branton ' s face , was adjudged to j pay the sum of £ 5 as a fine , or be committed for
two months . The former was immediately done . "What admirable examples of refinement our supe-1 ricrs and masters afford ! i Ihpobtast to Gllbsmakess . —On Thursday last , ; James Harney , Esq ., who is an xtensive glas 3- i manufacturer , wa 3 summoHed before the magistrates i of Sunderl&nd , for unwarrantably stopping the sum of £ >; . id . from one of his workmen named Robert i Hudson . It appeared that there were seven other summonses , for the same offence , against this gen- ] tleman , and that the offence wit ^ which he was j charged , was one which he had practised with im- ! punity for a Jong time . The men , however , have recently determined no longer to submit to what j they consider unwarrantable filchings of their just j
earnings , and accordingly Mr . Robert Hudson ; preferred his charge—Hudson proved that hiB tegular wages were 28 s . per week , that on the Monday previous , Mr . Hartley had only paid him I 83 . 8 d \ , alledging that he ( Hudson ) had not done J some work in a workman-like manner . Mr . Hudson j stated , that it was impossible for the work to have been done better with the metal , that is the glass in its liquid state , with which they had to work . Although to glassmakers , the technicalities occurring in the evidence , will be well enough understood , yet , for the benefit of general readers , it may pernaps be as well to explain them . Hudson ' s busi- j cess is that of crown-glass blowing , and Hartley contended that the gla .-s was not I well blown , because it was " heavy topped , " or !
thick at the edge and thinner in the middle of the " table , " as the sheet of glass is called . Hudson Et 3 ted this was caused by the metal being at the time in a bad working condition , and that the fault ; was with Mr . Hartley , who made his metal a mix- ture so poor , that it would not stand an extra degree , of heat or cold . He had been in the trade twentyseven years , and had never had oue farthing Etopped ; out of his wages before he came to Mr . Hartley , i He stated that the invariable practice of the trade wa ? , that the men had a fixed sum guaranteed to them weekly , and that only when they had over- work was it customary to stop money for work not properly done . George M'CuIly was called on in i support of the case . He had worked sixteen years ,,
and had never had money stopped out of his regular j vages . Hudson did his best , ne was a good work- ' man . The manager knew it was not the fault of the j men , but of the metal He was cross-examined j by the magistrates and Hartley , but his evi- dence remained unshaken . Robert Edington had worked twenty years at the bnsiness , never had been [ stopped out of hi 3 wages . It was the custom to ' pay the fall wages , if the men only did a little j of the full quantity of work , so long as it was : not their fault , while they were ready to work they were , by the trade customs , entitled to ; pay . Hanky cross-examined him without ef- , feet , except ^ hat he proved that Hartley had ; said he had tha best set of men in the world .: Several other workmen v ? = re called and gave similar ' evidence . Workmen from Newcastle were also
C 3 iJed io prove that the wages of the trade there ; Tvere the ? aae , Henry Grey , from Newcastle , had been twenty-nine years in the trade , and neTer had , &Tiy portion of his regular wages stopped for such a I case as Hudson ' s , it was impossible to avoid the metal giving way sometimes . Robert Thompson , of Sunderland , had been 33 yearsin the trade , and never j knew an instance of wages being stopped for sueh a ' cause . He convulsed the court with laughter by i gravely statin s he was the best workman in the vorld , and yet he could not have produced better vork than Hu-. eon . Mr . Alexander Wilson , " late , manager of Mr . A . Fenwick ' s works at Sunder- land , stated he had been 51 years in the trade , 40 years in the crown glass trade , and 20 years of that j time manager , and never had himself wLen a work-1
man , cor knew of any instance while manager , of any ; man having any portioa of his regular wajjes stopped i fcr bad work . He explained the process of glass- j making , sjad proved that the bad glass could not , in ; this ca = e , have been by bad work . Hartley , finding ! the case going utterly against him , notwithstanding ! tne frequent friendly assistance of some of tae ] magi ? xrates , then meanly endeavoured to skulk from , his obligation to pay the balance due by stating ' . tnat he had now no agreement with his " men—no agreement of any description ; that he had warned ' tfiem some time ago all former customs would be ' cone away ! He also endeavoured to convince the of the to
magistrates that no nsa ^ e trade ought bind him ; but , failing : his , he agreed to leave the matter to the decision of the last witness , Alexander Wilson . He would shew him the glas 3 , and let him decide . ; To this all parties assented , and the case was dis- 1 missed from the Bench . The respective parties then ! vent to the works to see the glass , when lo ! they ¦ were informed that the glass was all cut , packed , ' Fold , and sent off ! It was thu ? discovered to have , been a move of Hartley ' s , to avoid a decision of the j Jiench against him . Wilson decided that he ought i to pay the men , which he then agreed to do , together j with costs . We hope this will be a lesson to Mr . I Hartley .
Ca . ~ RI . TSLE , —Public Mxettcg . —On Monday i looming , June 14 : h , ihe following hand-bill was ; circulated through the borough : —** Important news ¦ as to the coming Ejection : —A pnbJic meeting of I the electors and inhabitants of Carlisle trill be held i jit ; he Market Cross , this evening , at eight o ' clock , 1 f ^ T the purpose of making arrangements as to the I anticipated election . Letters will be read from Mr . j . Feargus O'Connor , acd Mr . James Bronterre O'Brien , recommendatory of the course the people cufht to pursue at this most important crisis . Hurrah for the Charter . ' God save the People . ' — [ Bj order of the Council of the Carlisle Radical ; Association . " "—At the hour of meeting , a very large c ; . LCoorse of people had assembled in front of the
Cross , when Mr . John Armstrong was called to the fbair . He brieflr addressed the meeting , and concluded by reading the bill calling the meeting ; when v e introduced Mr . Joseph Broome Hanson , who , a : er making some excellent and pertinent remarks , ; jrv > ceeddd to read two letters from Mr . J . B . O'Brien , : rongly urging on the people the absolute necesaty ''f carrying out his plan at the next coming election , out which is precisely the same as that so frequently Tecommended by him in the Northern Star . After ihe letters were read , the following resolutions were proposed and carried . Moved by William Blytie , -ad seconded by William Johnson , of Dalston near Carii 3 la . "This meeting pledges itself to carry en ! the views re-commended by Air . Feargus and Bronterre Brien
'J ' Connor Mr . James O' , m the f jriheoming election ; and that a numerous committee be now appointed , with power to add to theirr imber , to carry into execution the above recommendation . " Moved by James Arthur , and ? :-eonded by James Ferguson , "That the committee '' ? authorised to draw up an address to the people . f Newcastle , and to correspond with other places , : ¦ this most important subject . " Moved by Wm . F&rish , and seconded by James Hurst , ** That we , the people of Carlisle , view with extreme disgust the conduct of the dnpes , of the anti-Corn Law League , in allowing themselves to be so far led astray , as to have committed so wanton and despotic an outrage , upon our brethren of Manchester , as that « poken of in the Star ef Saturday lasi , and we take this opportunity of informing them , that though
their conduct has been openly tolerated by the authorities of the district , it will not nor cannot be forgotten , nor allowed to pass with impunity . We likewise warn them , and their imbecile yet contumacious masters , to be cautious , for though we will not aggress , we will defend ; and as tlds is an important crisis , it is dangeroB 3 to tread too heavily upon the worm that has already been injured . We therefore denounce the individual conduct of Sir Charles Shaw , and that distinguished personage , Tom Potter , and beg to assure them that they have merited our most significant contempt , which they thill ever enjoy / ' A vote of thanks was then proposed to the Mayor , for his kindness in a l lowing the people to meet u the Market Place , Three cheers were then given f » r O'Connor and others , and the Meeting quietly dineoed *
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HUDDEBSFIEXS . —On Tuesday , the town was in a state of great electioneering excitement , The " Plague" prepared a kind of cl » p-trap , or , as % he people call it , Jack in ihe Box , which was put into a cart , and exhibited two loaves—the American untaxed , and the English taxed . The large one costing one shilling , and the other two shillings . They had not proceeded far , before the loaves fell off into the trap , and out came the celebrated Mr . Copstock , who had prepared the same . The Chartists having heard what was to be done , got up an opposition show . On one corner of their cart was stuck a lar ^ e loaf , a piece of beef , and a large piece of cheese , with the following inscription in large letters : — " Chartists' cheer for all working men . " On the other corner was a pole with a wooden dish and ladle , a red herring , four ounces of bacon , and a few split peas , wi : h a small cake , and the
inscription— " Whig fare for able-bodied labourers . " On the other corners of the cart were the American loaf —with the motto , " Republicanism and cheap Government "—and the English loaf , with " Kingcraft and dear Government . " In the front of the cart was a red herring tub , nearly covered with Neddy ' s recipe for making soup , and a man with a pot measuring it out . In the cart wa 3 an ass , docorated with yellow all over , with a Leeds Mercury tied to its tail . Around the cart were placards , " Behold the Great Liar of the North ! " At his head was fixed a beesom shaft , with a Email black leaf , labelled " Neddy Baines's coarser sort of bread for the poor . " Such was the interest excited after it became known , that it was exhibiting in the town , that all the manufacturers left their shops and the -Cloth Hall to get a sight . The cheap loaf cart paraded round the town at intervals , without a soul but the driver and Copstock .
Coach Accident . —On Monday , as the Briton coach was coming from Manchester to Huddersfield , when near Longroyd Bridge , a fore wheel came off , and the coach came down with a crash ; but although it was fully loaded , only two were seriously iujured , and others slightly . This is the only misfortune which has happened this old established coach these twelve years . The Election . —Huddersfield appears to be quite at a loss for candidates , neither the Whigs nor the Tories making anything to do . Many rumours are afloat , but nothing is yet finally settled . In the course of a few days , the people will be able to judge what course to pursue . The Whigs dread their opposition , and if they pursue their tricks as they have done , they will have a very warm reception .
KJCHMONU .-Shobt Horns . —Last week , a fine three-year old steer , a beautiful yearling heifer and a bull calf , six months old , all of the pure shorthorn breed , belonging to the Earl of Zetland , and bred by that nobleman , were brought to the weighing machine at Richmond : the steer weighed 175 stones , ths heifer sixty-nine stones , and the bull calf fifty-four stones . Fklost . —Deborah H&rker , late servant to Mr . Thomas , of Cote House , near Hunton , w&s brought before George GiJpin , Esq ., of Sedbury , on the 9 th instant , in custody of Whiting , the police-officer of Richmond , charged with stealing , from Ann Farey , her fellow-servant , a quantity of wearing apparel . She was committed for trial at the aext sessions for the North Riding .
Early Fbtht . —Mr . Ward , of Richmond , has at present , in his garden , a tree of fine cherries quite ripe ; and the same gentleman gathered ripe strawberries a week ago , from the same garden . BUCKINGHAM . — Muwtz ahd Scholhpield . A meeting of the committee for the return of the above-named gentlemen , took place at the Committee Room of the Town Hall , on Monday evening last , Mr . Thomas Attwood in the chair ; we know not what transpired , as the Reporter for the Star was engaged at the open air meeting .
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IRELAND . THE BCBBLE Bt'RST . — O ' CONNELL FOCNP OUT AND D £ . NocxcED . —master john compelled to fly FBOM KILKE ^ T . —REPEAL OP THB VS 10 S A CRISLE FOB THE PKESEXT . —NEWRY TURNED SCLK . Y , X > 'D BECOME CHARTIST . —MORS Stars FOR THE BOTS WJLMED J—SO FOR THE CHARTER HURRAH It is said that the gay of heart in the " green isle , " who have not time to fret for themselves , hire some practised old dame , or " collaugh , " to
disoiarge all the functions of grief , either by the job or for a yearly salary . This is an admirable practice , and one which , in a branch of our department , we would gladly imitate . O , for some luckless slave to wade through the grievou 3 twaddle of the press , from the Tory Times to the Halifax Guardian , ; the Whig Chronicle , London , to the Chronicle , Kelso ; the Dispatch to the Leeds Times ( pro lempore , anything ) ; aid then fur the Irish press , from none of which can we relieve ourselves . O , we say , for some such slave . '
| Well , there is a pleasure , a silent pleasure , even in the midst of grief , and we have our . share . In our trouble , we console ourselves with the assurance that the World , which we retain for a relish , will banish grief , and banish sorrow , by smiling a ray of hope through the dark gloom in which poor Ireland has been so long enveloped . Ireland has long been the battle-ground of faction . Carnlng supported the Union , in order that the grievances of Catholic Ireland may be patiently heard , aud impartially legislated upon , by an unprejudiced jury , in a free country . Bat , alas ! "Hope deferred maktth the heart sick ; " and Ireland's hope was deferred , because Ireland withheld her energies from the advocacy of her own righteous cause . She is no w about to use her insulted might , and throw the monster tyranny from her back .
It will be seen by the subjoined copious extracts , all from the World , that Repeal and crime are now nearly synonymous terms in the " sea bound dungeon " which lately rung with devotion to " i he only thing " that can save Ireland . Wheu will Ireland' 6 " only thing" be matured for practice , or readyfor introduction to the House , where it 3 time-serving , placehunting advocates hold the balance of power ? When the monster has strangled the present keeper , and when a more daring one shall awe'it into affection by a willing obedience to its righteous commands , and a cheerful acquiescence in its will I
Let the taunts against Sir John hi . Doyle , for his repeal principles , which now in the eyes of Repealers constitute hi ^ h offence , if not crime , be read . Let the excellent article from the New Ross Correspondent of tb ^ Wo rld be read . Let the whole article from the World be read . Let the abandonment of Kilkenny by " my son Joh . v , '' be read , and when all are put together , coming from the only Radical paper in Ireland , who can longer despair for Ireland ' s regeneration ? Add to this , the plam and unsophisticated , honest and straight forward letter of Bernard M'Doknell , the person for whom Mr . O'Co . i \> tll caused such tender enquiries to be ma . de , but without avail . We give the letter a : full length , and subjoin the answer of the " tory . " M'Donnkll says : —
" Sir , —I received your letter dated the first June , wherein you * ptcifie 1 to me that you could not continue sending me the Star , whereas , that you consider that I may be ont of Lougbrea , and thereby , be the means of not haYing the paper circulated amongst the different persons -who may be friendly to the cause of Chartism in . this part of the country ; but I beg leave to assure yea , that it is my continual stndy , at all timeB , to forward and promote , as far as It lies la my IKrwer , so gDod a cause ; and further , at regards the distributing of the Star , I do assure you , that it is not
confined by me solely to the town of Loughrea , bnt that I have the newspapers that are directed to me , circulated through various parts , lying within four or five miles of this town ; and now when the day is known , that I receive the S tar , my house l « crowded with persons of all ranks , from various pwts of this town and the adjoining neighbourhood bordering on the town , u I have remarked , soliciting me for so honest a paper as they call it Such ii the rapid progress of Chartism in this town and its vicinity , caused by the circulation of the Star .
'"I have written three letters for the last week , to various parts of England , and received no answer to either . I now call on you , if you desire that Chartism should blase in this part of the country to remit me , quarterly , a sum of money which you may deem competent to enable me % o h ' m at rest a fitting room for persons desiring to join the cause , to meet , and read the Star—and by yon so deing , I will be enabled to form an Association in this town ; and , if once formed , it will at onee spread through the county at large , and thereby extend through the kingdom . I hope you will not delay answering this letter , and stating to me your approve or disapproval of its contents .
You may judge by this letter that I have lost a great deal of my time , if lost I may call it , in striving to forward the cause and rights of the Charter . My fritnds "were against me in consequence for a length of time , but now all persona in ihe town totally and entirely approve of it So I expect , as I am a poor man , striving to live by industry , to main ^ in a large family ,
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that you will get rae some remuneration for the time past " With the greatest respect , I beg leave to remain , " Your obedient Servant , ace &c "BERNARD M'DONNELL . " Loughrea , June 8 th , 1641 . " To which Mr , O'Connor gives the ( following answer : — Mt t ) £ KS . Ardill , —You will remit , in future , Biz papers weekly , without charge , to Bernard M'Donnell , Loughrea , and also a post-office order for £ 1 , to enable him to commence his noble undertaking for regenerat ing out common country . Yours , very faithfully , Fkabgus OComnor . Now proceed we with our extracts frOB the World . No . 1 , is a leading article , and runs thus : —
"We have attentively perused the letter of Mr . O'Connell to the Irish people , and from it we can gather that the approaching election ¦ will be nothing more than a faction fight , where a struggle will be made not for principle but a party . It will not be a Repeal of the Union , or even a Household Suffrage contest , but one to sustain the Whigs in power and keep out the Tories . The humble elector is adjured to disregard all the temptations of power and terrors of persecution , and battle against toe Tories with might and main . He is not told that the Whigs do much good where they long have been , but is informed that their rivals , if suffered to occupy their places , will perpetrate every description of cruelty and injustice . We much fear that the people are beginning to think
that the one action , when opposed , has displayed as much virulence as the other , and that both can contrive to be tolerably well behaved when they find it is not their interest to resist the popular will . We are somewhat surprised that Mr . O'Connell appears to forget that the Tories were unable to carry their " gagging acts " until a section of the Whigs had joined them , and tnat the worst policy of 8 idmouth and Castlereagh met a powerful champion and defender in Lord Plunket , the present Irish Chancellor . It would be all very well for the leaders of the popular party to recommend that the aristocratic faction which made the nearest approach to liberalism should meet with the largest share of support , but to invoke as to hate the Tories for only committing the same faults
whioa can with equal justice be laid at the door of the Whigs , is , in our opinion , neither just nor reasonable . The Tories , it is said , would compel the majority to support the church of the minority . This is true enough ; but when have the Whigs , when they could distribute the patronage among their own relations and dependents , man . fasted any displeasure at this state of things ? The Tories are averse to extending the suffrage , but we would like it to be shown to us that their political opponents—not excepting Lord Fitzwilliani , the great Com Law Repealer , himself—are more desirous for its enlargement Lord Haddington if he came over might give us indifferent assistant-barristers , and Sir Edward Sugden might be favourably disposed towards Conservative magistrates ; but we question
whether either the barrister or magistrates would be worse than those appointed by Lord E bring ton and Chancellor Plunket . Than as regards Repeal , both Whig and Tory are equally opposed to it T « arouse the people , therefore , it will never do merely to threaten them with a Tory restoration . This may be an awful enough calamity in the eyes of placeman , but the multitude view it with perfect indifference . When you tell them that the Queen hates the Tories , they wonder why she is so fond of feasting them at balls and dinners in Buckingham Palace , where Lord Jocelyn , the son of Lord Roden , courted the Lady Fanny Cowper , the charming neice of Lord Melbourne . When you endeavour to persuade the humble elector that he ia a base and unprincipled wretch if he vote for a Tory , he shrewdly inquires who keeps Lord Hill at the Horse
Guards , and placed a mure on the head of the Conservative Shut tie worth ? And when you attempt to explain away these inconsistent psrtizm friendships , by stating that the exalted cannot be living in discord , he shrugs his shoulders and begins to consider why he should not live in amity with his Tory landlord or customer . It is all nonsense , therefore , to require the people to contend for a man or party instead of measures . Ltt the Whigs emblazon on their banner , ' No Clap-traps , but real Radical Measures , ' and they will force us all to support them . Then , instead of apathy and scorn , there will be such excitement and devotion as carried Lord Grey triumphant through all bis difficulties in 1830 , despite Court intrigue and the influence of a powerful oligarchy , and gave him a working majority of one hundred and fifty . "
No . 2 , is from the New Ross correspondent of the World , who communicates as follows : —
"NEW ROSS . —( From our own Correspondent ) ' The dissolution is coming—the Whigs are bate black , And a general election will be here in a crack . It is then we'll have eating and drinking galore , And all for tbe honour of brave Captain Gore . " Thus far the ballad singer . Wow torn we our attention to a more respectable personage . * Vote for Captain Gore , " says the best abused man in the world , in a letter to tbe inhabitants which is now going the rounds , 1 for Gore and liberty—for Gore and Reform—for Gore and Old Ireland—hurrah ! ' This must , of course , have an electric effect , and the gallant Captain Gore will in all probability get , if not a walk over , at least an easy victory . Now , Mr . O"Connell , allow me to ask you one or two questions , if you please .
Are you really sincere vn your agitation for the Repeal of the Union ? If you are , why not endeavour to return as many persons pledged to tbe measure as you possibly can ? Here we could just as readily put in a Repealer as a Whig or Radical . If you are not , ' why , in the name of all the gods at once , ' will you keep pestering us with such a gross political humbug ? There are reasons , however , for the Repeal question being placed in abeyance , other than that of the leader of our party being careless and irresolute . I was listening tbe other day to a conversation between a couple of vott-rs . ' Is ' nt it a wonder , ' said one , ' that a Repealer does ' nt start for Ross V ' No , ' replied the other , ' not more surprising than that Messrs . So and So ( meaning a small tribe of
wouldbe aristocrats ) are against the movement' ' Do you think , " he continued , ' that matters will be ever otherwise "whilst such fellows are permitted to arrogate to themselves the representation of the borough V I don ' t think bo . Nay , " more , there is not a man -with a f'pa . rk of tnthusiasm ia his besom but will give the same indignant reply to the query . Captain Gore , however , may make an excellent Member ; he is , I verily believe a brave , open-htarted sailor , and if not altogether independent in his politics , if not thoroughly at his ease under the eye of the minister , he will at all events act as decently as any gentleman possibly could under the like circumstances . Thursday next will , in
p' pular parlance , be ' a great day for Ireland . " Then ¦ will the country people push in in thousands , and commingling "with their brethren in town , march along in procession headed by their intended representative who will address his devoted followers in the choicest of harangues . Martin Djyls rising in the majesty of his eloquence will hurl the thunderbolts of his wrath np « n the unfortunate Tories , and with a voice hoarse from incessant screaming will proclaim tbe triumph of liberal principles over the demon of ascendancy . Canvassing will be carried on on a Bcale hitherto unattempled : each elector will be waited on ia turn , and woe to the wu » ht who sees fit to repudiate the opinions of those with whom he will have to deal . "
Iso . 3 , is a short comment from the World upon the griefs aud lamentations of the Newry Examiner , who , like the young Take , requires some one to fret for him ; and let tho > e be read and pitied as they deserve : — " blowup in newry . "Out excellent and patriotic contemporary , the Newry Examiner , is , we are sorry to say , placed in a very emharassing and unpleasant position—and all owing to two or three individuals who -wish to breed strife between the Newry Repealers anil anti-Repealers : —
•'' Or . e cr two indivhluils iszj a the Examiner ) whose talents for doing mischief are celebrated , have , industriously circulated the falsehood that Sir John Mitley D ; yle is a Reptaler , with a view to creato a split bttween th = Repealers and the anfci-Kepealers . Anil a knot of faalf-a-dozsn say they will not vote for Sir John should he declare himself an advocate of R-peal . How preposterous ! Suppose the Repealers , acting on the same priuj . pm . should say , if Sir Joh ' . i be a non-Repealer we wijl uot vote for him . Thus nine-tenths of the electors of ijjo koruugh wouiu sink their votes and give tiie Tury cindidate a walkover . And are not the one party as muek bound not to put f ; rwanl an ami-Repeal test as the other not to hnist on a Reptal ' . ett ? Indeed in Uiia particular
locality , a Repeal candidate hus a juster and fairer claim to the Suffrages of tbe constituency tkan a non-R-pe 3 ler . But Repealers having the eeneral interest of the tuuntry niure at heart than ami-Repealers , and entenaiiiin ;* a more inveterate hosiiiny to the Tories , huvr ever siwi-n themselves ready to put their peculiar principles in ab-yance when such a sacrifice was required !< r the t ; uod of Ireland . They will not , therefore , insist on pK ^ ijing Sir John to Repeal . For it is manifest he is no Repealer at present , though it is hard to Hay what be in ^ y hereafter b * . In the opinion of Mr . DiX'iii / we have it from his own lips ) , the greatest Tory ia the Unl is as much a Repealer at present as is Sir John . Then what becomes of the hollow pretence on which Sir John ' s claims are questioned 2 '
" We aupi : u \ the anti-Repealers who maintain their principles , and thinking a domestic legislature would not be advantageous , but positively dangerous , will not vote for a Repeal candidate—but what can be said of the Newry Rtpealers , -who , believing the measure to be the salvation of ihe country . ' put their peculiar principles in abeyance' out of uoierencti t ^ a Mixusteriali 8 t ? Let us not be iuisinterpreUd—we blame the Repealers , but wish Sir John success i > vtr a Tory , although Ellis voted and spoke against Bank Monopoly . " Now what think you of that , Chartists and Repealers ; and what say you to tho cue short and pithy sentence , "have industriously circulated the FALSEHOOD that Sir John Millet / Doyle is a REPEALER I "
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O ! Newry Examiner , examine thyself , and blush . O ! shades of departed Repeal ! and has it come to this , that a eharge of being a Repealer disqualifies a candidate in the Repeal town which returned the Republican Brady 1 Ah ! we thought , and we said , that " Tib ' a Eve , " whieh ia neither before nor after Christmas , would be the Liberator ' s time f or poshing Repeal beyond the "rint " point !
Juat behold the reckless oonduot of the wholesale trafficker in Irish patriotism . Does any man sappose that Captain Gore has got a free admission ticket to New Ross ! that the drivelling creature , Abhtok Yatbs , goes soot-free to Carlowf or that Hutton runs equal in harness with the beggarmas in the Dublin " dilly V Bah ! its sickening , and we leave it with the following announcement about " my son John " who can no longer dupe the honest and upright Repealers of Kilkenny : —
" Kilkenny . —A Mr . LoughlanhaB determined on going to the poll , and , from peculiar circumstances , will at least be enabled to make some show of opposition . Mr . Lougblan professes Radicalism , and avows bis readiness to vote for Repsal ; and Mr . John O'Connell has betrayed signs of abandoning the contest " Let all these be read , and then lei the reader say whether or not the day 3 of humbug are numbered in Ireland .
Here we part , for the present , asking our Dublin friends , our Loughrea friends , our Irish friends generally , and our English friends as well , why they do not form themselves into exclusive dealing associations , for the purpose of supporting their own World , the only honest paper that has appeared in Ireland for forty-three years ! Why do not the English Chartists kick some milk-and-water drab out of their rooms and take the World instead The Star , the Dundee Chronicle , and the Perth Chronicle ^ are the corner-stones of the Uuiversal Temple of Liberty . The World is the foundation-stone of Ireland ' s future glory . One and all must be supported , and above all , and before all , the World .
Support the World and the World will support you . We utterly repudiate tbe idea that we desire to make a monopoly of any portion of the press . We can live and let live . The more the better for the cause . Hurrah for Repeal and the Charter , For the Charter and Repeal hurrah !! 1
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whioh Old opinion was fantastically dressed for the masquerade in bye-gone times . Let them take it now in one hand and the royal sceptre in the other , and Bitting before the rushing Btreams of knowledge , Bay to the flood-tide of public opinion , "Thus far shalt thou go and no further . " Let them try this , and they will then , in the unstayed , unsubdued , and unawed element , behold the shadow which is knowledge ; which is indicative of a great coming event ; which is a Charter Parliament , and of whioh the next assemblage will be the PRECURSOR .
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THE "MANCHESTER TIMES " AND THE SLAUGHTERt The plotters and concocters of the Manchester slaughter were miserably disappointed , that the prudence and good sense of the . Chartists foDed their contemplated slip of the " dogs of war" upon a peaceful and unarmed multitude . The Whig organs were sadly puzzled what to make of the affair ; for the prudence and good sense of the people at the " demonstration meeting , " left them Justin this predicament : that the Anti-Corn Law League had invited the attendance of the people , in order , as they said , " to discuss the question ;" that they had then hired a band of bloodthirsty ruffians , armed them with bludgeons and pokers , and instructed them to " crack the
skull" of every one who should presume to offer himself " to discuss" with them ; that these ruffians had done their bidding ; that skulls had been cracked ; that blood had flowed ; that the Magistrates and Police had looked on with perfect indifference , evidently waiting for the retaliatory attacks of the people upon their assailants ; that the people saw through the move , and disappointed the further bloody designs of the ruffian crew ; that all the attacks , and nearly all the fighting , had been from and on their own side !! and that every man of respectability and character , who saw their proceedings , was thoroughly disgusted and cried open shame upon them . Under these circumstances the Whig Journals sung very small indeed .
They would gladly have refrained from reporting the proceedings altogether , oould they have done so : but this being out of the question , they gave a slight notice of the affair , representing the slaughter as a " slight disturbance ; " and lyingly charged the commencement of it upon the Chartists . This lying charge would have been palmed upon the public had we not given in the Star a true and faithful Report of that day ' s proceedings ; and the Whigs , as far as the country generally was concerned , would have been washed of the odium which now will cling for ever to their very
name . Our Report has , however , forced the rascals to notice the butchery , which but for our exposure they would ha ve gladly smothered . The " Bltody" young " Times , " of Manchester , has the following morsel upon our Report : — " [ We have carefully read over the Northern Star ' s report of the proceedings of the Demonstration meeting , and assure our distant readers that there is scarcely a line of truth in it . Our town readers know that the report is a clumsy and malignant tissue of falsehoods .
The physical-force Chartists impudently obtruded on the meeting , for the purpose of creating disorder , and their bombastic and ignorant leaders were evidently prepared to play their accustomed game . But they were foiled , as they henceforward will be in Manchester whenever they attempt to break the peace in a quiet and orderly assembly . The reporter of the&lar , if such any man can be called who ^ manufactures falsehoods to obtain a paltry existence , has no doubt performed bis work most satisfactorily to his employers , who seem to gloat over gross misrepresentation and filthy mendacity . ]"
The Thumping Liar unblushingly asserts that "there is scarcely aline of truth" in our report ; and fancies that his bare assertion of the " thumper " will be sufficient to make it pass for truth 1 This ia modest f Very ! Will the Thumping Liar point out one single " line" in our Report that is not true 1 We defy him to do so . " Our town readers , " says the Thumping Liar , " know that the report is a clumsy and malignant tissue of falsehoods . " Faith , Mr . Thumper , they know no such thing ! and they know , too , that your reckless assertion , unaccompanied by proof , or any attempt at proof , will not make that pass for " falsehood" which is undeniably true ! No , no , Mr . Liar , you must condescend to prove your assertions , before your " town-readers" will believe
you I Pray , Mr . Liar , is it " false" that the Mayor refused to call the meeting 1 for that fact occupies more than " line" in our Report . Is it " falso" that the meeting was called by ten of the anti-Corn Law clique ; and that the hired tool , Finnigan , was one of them ! Is it " false" that the promoters of that meeting , Finnigan among the rest , invited the people to their meeting , under pretence of " diBCUS 3 ing the question ?"
Is it" false" that this same F / nwgan , in the anti-Corn Law Association Rooms , in the very head quarters of the bloody Row , where the Wood-money is paid over to him and his hired brother comrogues ; —is it " false" that this receiver of the factory tyrants' gold , told honest Wheeler , that if the Chartists presumed to accept the invitation given to them to attend the meeting , " they must come prepared tO MEET THEIR God" ? ! I
Id it " false" that this fact was communicated by Wheeler to Sir Charles Shaw , your Chief Commissioner of Police , the day before your meeting was held ? Is it " false" that the promoters of the meeting hired a gaug of soulless ruffians , armed them with bludgeons , and directed them to crack the skull of every Chartist they could meet with ! Is it " false" that when a procession of Chartists were coming upon the ground , headed by a Chartist flag , that , upon a signal being given from the platform , they were set upon by the armed ruffians , and their " skulls cracked "—five of them having to be taken off the ground in an insensible state—having been left for dead ?
Is it " false that while these things were gMng on the Police and Magistrates looked on with perfect indifference , and took not any , the slightest , means to put a stop to the bloody proceedings ! Is it * ' false" that Sir T . Potter was appealed to , over and over again , to interfere to preserve the peace , broken ( as was told him ) by his own friends ; and that he declined , saying it was only " a bit oi an IriBhTow ; and that they liked sr . ch things V Is it" false" that tho military ^ nrere under arms ; that the police were on the Rrow . nd and in the neighbourhood , each aimed with a . heavy truncheon 1
la it " false" to aasert thV ; all these preparations were made by the proo \ oters of your meeting , iu the hope that tf . ie people would retaliate on the spot the attack made by your hired ruffians ; an < 1 thus 9 . ff ord an opportunity of bringing in the soldiery , yeomanry , and police , to send some scores of them to " Meet their God" ? Yes , Thum ^ . ng Liar I please to say whether these
things be '" false" or not ! and then let us hear what you have to say to the statements made in our last by parties who give their names , and who suffere d from the bludgeons paid for out of the anti-Corr , Law League ' s money ! While you have the subject in hand , you may aa well , too , answer tbe following query or two . This will save your further recurrence to it , for no doubt it is . a sore spot , and you will wish to keep it covered .
Just tell us , Liar , what the "Demonstration Meeting" cost the anti-Corn Law League , independently of THE PAY given to the hired tools , Finhigan and Warren ! Was it as much , or more , than the sum the members of the " Plague' * whispered among themselves on the hustings , as the cost , — £ 560 ! How much was paid out of that sum to a certain joiner fur bludgeons ! and how long was he engaged in making the ' lot" for you !
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Answer these two queries , Mr . Thumper ; and then we have another or two to put Which will puzzle you not a little ! Yes , Thumper ! let ns hate an answer to then queries ; and let them be answered . Don't think to " come it" with— "Our town readers know the report is a clumsy and malignant tissue of falsehoods . ' * This won't do ! It may be a Thumping way of " settling the hash " of as ugly Report ; but it won't do ! You must condescend . Mr . Liar , to point out the "falsehoods "—and tod must also PROVE them to be such , or tbe country will not believe you !
Ah ! but "it was the Physical Force Chartists that impudently obtruded on the meeting" thai kicked up the row . So ! so I Then you admit the butchery , do you ! But M it was the Chartists" ! What a fool it is t !! Let every man of common sense ask himself whether or not , if such had been the case , it would not hare afforded many weeks food for the enemies of Chartism . Smarting under the lash of our exposure , they would now vainly throw the odium upon the Chartists !
It may do for suoh prints as the Thumping Liar to dispose of the affair between brackets , thus [ J ; but for us , who court and demand inquiry , it does not do ! * And now let us ask one plain and simple question . If the Chartists were openly and flagrantly the offenders , why did not the " Bloodies" interpose and put them down ! If the Chartists were the real offenders , why did they call i * free discussion meeting for the follow' ng Saturday , to inquire fully into the case !
And if the other parties were innocent , why did they , with arms in their hands , meet in large numbers to obstruct the Saturday meeting , and thereby smother inquiry ? and why did they repeat the offence by wounding , cutting , and maiming poor Wheeler and several others , without tho slightest- offence being offered ? Were they conscious that Wheeler was able to depose to the fact , that . Finnigan had warned him and his friends to come to the " free discussion "
meeting of the "Plague ' " prepared to meet their God "I Had they a presentiment that a judicial enquiry must take place touching the whole-proceed ' ings , and that the fact which Wheeler was able to swear to was a very ugly one for them to wriggle out of ; and that it was necessary to get him out of the way- ^ so agreed to send hi m " to meet his God" ? Why was Mr . Bradley knocked down and maimed , in open day , for no other offense than thai of being a Protestant ?
These questions must and shall be answered ; and the folly and lying of the Thumper shall not prevent it , nor screen the real offenders
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" DO BE DECENT ! " "BE DECENT , DO !" " Dacency ! Katty , honey !" * ' O dear . ' what will become of us ? Bear ! dear ! what shall we do ?" Ptjblicola , in his last letter to the Dispatch , has condescended us a lesson upon the necessity of using polite language , and urging the prudence of calling high offences by soft names . But that ' s nothing compared to the lesson on Decency which we find in the last week ' s number of that model of urbanity , the Queen Groaner I " Ladies and Gentlemen , " pray read the following sentence from the pen of the scrupulous and modest Mr . Baines . Speaking ef one of the Tory candidates for Knaresborough , he
says" About Mr . Buafield Ferrand there is certainly no mystery . A red hot ultra Tory , who in all his public displays has shewn himself arrogant , blustering , and quarrelsome ; who had the INDECENCY to offer HIMSELF AS A CANDIDATE FOR BRADFORD IN EXPRESS OPPOSITION TO HIS OWN UNCLE" ! . ' ! Really this is too funny to laugh at I Pray , Mr . Modesty , did Mr . Aldam , senior , countersign the Aldau nonsense published in your last Mercury , as the address of the young gentleman now aspiring to the indecent honour of being defeated ! or does his mother know he ' s going out ?
"Dear ! dear ! what will become of us" ! The world must be coming to an end , when Publicola reviles hard words , and Neddt Baines speaks of decency ! The naughty boy , Busfield , did not ask " his own uncle ? ' ! "For shame , Sir ; who would vot « for such an indecent nephew" ?
THE CHARTISTS OF NOTTINGHAM AND THE WHIGS . Mr . O'Connor has received the following letter from one whom he supposes to be an accredited agent of the Whigs , and which he submits to the Nottingham . Chartists for a reply—he has given none : — " Camelon , near Falkirk , " June 8 th , 18 41 . " Sir , — I take the liberty of addressing you for the first time , hoping , at the same time , you will excuse me for so doiiig . I should feel greatly obliged by your sending me aline in answer to the following , viz : —
" Coulda Chartist be put in for Nottingham instead of Walter , provided the Whigs would support the CnartiBts , which I can assure you they will if the Chartists will support them to get in one Whig ? Your immediate answer Trill greatly oblige , " Sir , yours truly , " W . B . BRAT . " " Direct to be left at Camelon Distillery . " What , we wonder , will now be said to the " unnatural alliance" sought by the Whigs with the Destructives , whose undisguised support of Toryism was to brand tbe Government of Sir Robert Peex as •' bloodthirsty" !
Well , but let us have a word . What , in the event of a junction with the Whigs , would be the game proposed by the gamblers \ Why . jnst this- " Heads , we win-Hatpa yoa lose , " and then they woald name a Whig , and not being able to agree about a Jit and proper Chartist to insure Whig unanimity they , the Whigs , would then name three Chartists , that isVthree more Whigs , and from which n umber the Chariista would be allowed to select one of the retten trio . . .
Now let us just lay down a rule for the guidance of our friends in all such cases . They must not deal with the electors ; because , the Chartists , true to their word , would vote , to a man , according to compact , and then the Whigs would vote for * Whig , and for the devil , rather than for a Chart * . The understanding then should be with the principju . and should run thus , in writing , duly attested fcy twelve witnesses , being Chartists , and twelve being Whigs . — "I , John C . Hobhouse , do hereby plWP myself to vacate my seat by accepting the ChUterm Hundreds , in one week after parliament shall m <* t , in the event of any twenty voters who shall yotefoi meat tbe ensuing election not giving their woona vote to A . B . the Chartist candidate . " That ' s the ticket for voting ! J
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ELECTION M OVEMENTS . " Now , by St . Paul , the work goes bravely out " UNSERthis head we have given a bird ' s eye * >«* of the whole coaniry , as to it « movements ; selecting not merely from communications forwarded to by our own regular and acknowledged correg pondentai but from many occasional onesj who spring dp UCUbO f UUV 14 V 1 U UUU 1 J VW « i ** v *» w * ¦***•*—! .. ..
with the excitement of the time , and also from * the papers , both Whig and Tory , of the * *» £ blishment . " Our readers will not , therefore , /» surprised to find some of the two and three W paragraphs under this head smelling strong ly ° corruption's totid breath . " We have tf 76 ^ " ! bash of all sorts ; in full confidence that the Cha ""* seasoning will be found amply sufficient to main tw
the flavour . , ^ Let them refer to the addresses of the *»»»• candidates for the borough of Leeds , and « . passionately ask themselves who , according to reason , are the most fit and proper to represent them , would be superfluous to comment upon . * * of Messrs . Williams and Lbbch ; let them be lew * and then let the others be spelt ; and let the sow minda of working men decide upou the rettw
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THE CHARTER PERGURSOR PARLIAMENT . " When the Devil got in , the Devil a Whig would be ; When tbe Devil got out , the devil a Whig was he . " " Coming events cast their shadow before . " Will those who have watched events from the year 1832 , when the people first began to feel their full power , to the present time , say that some great and mighty change is not now at hand !
For nine long years the Tories have been mustering their strength behind the ramparts of Whiggery . For nine loug years have the Whigs stood in the way of Tory annihilation , for the more purpose of frustrating the promised results from their own boasted measures , and now they once more appear as suitors for public confidence . The question is , do they deserve it ! We at once answer , decidedly not . They are now in our
hands ! and by a proper use of them , we can make them fit public opinion like a glove ; but we must first stretch them to the size and shape of the blistered hand . That they will be in a minority , even they th emselves do not for a moment doubt ; and if their minority is , as before observed , too small for a party , and too large for a faction , then will the people have returned the Charter Precursor Parliament I
Out of this election , now coming , the Charter or l > SOMETHING MORE ' must follow . We are informed by the palaoe fencibles and the Whigs that the Queen is about to appeal to her people . The times for aaoh an appeal are peculiarly out of joint just now , inasmuch as her people are beginning to doubt the reality of her existence . Many who were formerly rather enamoured of Royalty , begin to believe that the Queen is some ethereal spirit—the ghost of some departed constitution—the ruling power of a living oligarchy , or the alternating puppet of tbe . uppermost faction . They say , " For five months from January to May , we got up respectful addresses to her as the party or person , Individual
or corporation , from whom alone justice is never asked in vain . " They say , " Those addresses cost us much money , and were written in the humble and humiliating language of the present fashion of begging mercy where justice is the thing required . ' ' They say , " We sent tho 3 e respectful addresses by ambassadors of our own , in order to heighten the compliment ; and yot werefter people ' s ambassadors disdainfully forbid her presence , while the heralds of war , and tools of foreign potentates , could command it as a matter of ri ^ ht . " For a whole month was attempt after attempt made , but in vain , to drink at the fountain of ' mercy , ' if we must use the humiliating word ; and the result is , that the people begiu to doubt the reality of such a thing as a Queen .
When the oligarchy require the strength of the Royal spirit , her name becomes a common password , and she is made too cheap ; but when the people require even aa interview , the spirit is not to be found . The Whigs have , firstly , estranged the people from their natural protectors , as guardians of their rights and trustees of their property . They have , secondly , destroyed all respect for the House of Commons , by their insolent , outrageous , and audacious treatment of the people ' s respectful petitions . And , lastly , they have made the very
name of Monarch stink in the nostrils of every wDiking man of common sense throughout the land . These things have they done in nine Bhort years of a Reformed era . But do they indeed hope to succeed in their mad career ! They cannot . The tyrant's title to power , ignorance , has fled the laud . Behold the difference between the present times and the day when " the whole Bill , and nothing but the Bill" was hailed as a great national legacy . Then the rich man spoke , and the poor cried , hurrah I Not a single poor man could wag a jaw . Reform was his idol , and for it he would hold up his blistered hand . But now , aHs ! how changed the times . One party
complains that tbe Chartist leaders , poor ignorant working men , receive immense prices for a single lecture ; while they further complain , atthesame time , that they cannot hire them ! This is a change . At public meetings now , the people speak and the masters shout . Does the sceptic require further proof of our oft repeated assertion— " Give the people an interest in being educated , and they will very speedily outshine all other classes in knowledge V Have we not here a proof of it , we ask Do we not find disappointment in othero propelling the people on to self-action , and obliging them to do their own work 1 and have they not , in the training , far exceeded the most sanguine expectations of their warmest friends \
Will what is passing teach the sticklers for old abuse that olden statutes cannot govern new opinions—that the ediots of tyrants cannot hold freemen in subJBOtion—that legitimacy means what a living majority deems right , and just , and prudent ; while loyalty is gone somewhat out of f » . shion , since law , to which alone it is due , has igone out of use . How now will a committee of St . Stephen ' s merchants and a standing army meet 8 rjCh an array . of moral power as our ranks present , aud which is the drill sergeautof physical strength \ Can they shoot a principle , fence with opinion , or stab a sentiment \ No . Their Constitution is a tattered garment , in
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 19, 1841, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct384/page/4/
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