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THE IfORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1842. _
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The Iforthern Star. Saturday, May 7, 1842. _
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We , for once , feel an interest , though by n © jneaas a pleasurable one , in referring oar readers to the sayings of the middle-class House of Representa tives . We have given elsewhere a full report of the debate on Mr . Ddkcohbb ' s motion , and the most Tilnable debate that has occurred in that House during onr time ?—Taluable , as evineing , if further evidence had been necessary , the real character of the middle-class adTocates for liberty , and the tone prospects and only resource of the people .
Comment , for the present , is out of the question ; we reserve what we may have to say till we shall hare more space , and till a week's reflection shall have prepared the people to receive and estimate it with-< mt excitement . Meantime , we entreat them not to permit the contumely of their oppressors to exhaust their patience j it would bnt give the wretches too much pleasure to see endurance , having reached its limit , burst the bond , of prudence . We
hare never expected , nor encouraged the people to expect , any better result from this motion .- We give here the names of those who yoted for Mr Duscohbk ' s motion as we find them in the Sun . TTKIYERSAX SUFFRAGE , &c Motion made , and Question put , " That the Petitioners who signed the National Petition be heard at the Bar of the House , by themselves , their Counsel , or Agents , in Bupport of the allegations in theii Petition : " ^ Mr . Thomas Buncombe : }—The House divided : — . MINORITY—AYES 49 . Biake , Sir Talentine ' ' O'Connell , N . J . Blevitt , Reginald O'Connell , J . . Bodkin . J . J . Pechell , Captain jBo-jmng , Dr . Plumridge , Captain . BrothErton , J . Po-srell , Caleb Browne , R I > . Bicardo , John Lewis - -Cobden , Richard Roche , E . B . . -Collins , W . Boebnek , J . A . Ciswfard , W . S . Bundle , John D&lrymple , Captain Scholefield , J .. D&slrwood , Q . H . Seale , Sir J . Puacan , I < ord Somsrs , J . P . - . - Duncan , George Strickland , Sir G .
Easthope , Sir John Tancred , H . w . Ellis , Wynn Thomely , Thomas Hphinstone , Howard Tilliers , Charles P . Fielden , J . Wakley , Thomas HaU / SirB . Wallace , B . Hollona , Robert Ward , H . G . Home , Joseph Williams , Wm . Jerris , J . Wood , Benjamin Jobnstone , Alex . Torke , H . Redhead ilnnlz , G- FMnrphy , F . S . tellers . O'Brien , J- Dancombe , T . O'Connell , Daniel Leader , J . T . O'Connell , Maurice
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THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONTENTION DELEGATES . We have gfren a report of the proceedings attendant on the presentation of the Petition , as copious as could be , save those attendant on the dinner at Whits Conduit Honse , wheie above six hundred sat down , the tickets being half-a--crown . ' The chair wa 3 taken by Dr . Peter M .
M'Douall , the vice-chair by Mr . Leach . On the Tight of the Chairman sat Thomas Danconibe , Esq . ; on the left , J . T . Leader , Esq ., and Feargus O'Connor , Esq . The head table vras occupied chiefly by Members of the Convention . Amongst them Mr . Duncan , ( President of the Convection ) , snd Messrs . Moir , Roberts , O'Brien , LovferV j Leach , Doyle , Mason , M'Pherson , PhSp , Williams , Bairstow , Ridley , &c . &c .
The Convention sittings -we have been compelled to reserve . We gire below the letter of Mr . O'Connor , in which some reference is made to one subject of ihe deliberation of that body , and upon which we may hereafter haTe a word to say ; for the present the petition , its presentation , and reception , are the great matters of attention . - ' That Petition , signed by Three-and-a-half Millions of People 1 has sealed the doom of "faction , and made sore the foundation of the people ' s triumph 111
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the dead lights of Whiggery and Toryism . I shall not fail to discharge my duty to the cause , although I hare no skin on my heels or ancles . It was trod off in the procession : and I feel a secret pleasure , as I have had my blood shed , also to have cast my skin , but not my principles , in the good cause . No power bat the power of Chartism could have mustered the numbers that we mustered on " Monday . Every house , every hole , and every corner is now full of the demonstration on Monday . It has paraded Chartism in open day , and brought us under the eye of the heretofore blind . They ask what it was ? and echo answers " Liberty . "
We have no chance whatever from the House of Commons ; our Charter must be carried out of the House before it is even temperately discussed in the House . . ^ e Tories did th eir work with a slyness peculiar to their order . Sir James Graham knew that the word " fire , " though softly given , would insure the discharge of the heavy artillery of Whiggery , and sure enough Maoaulay took the hint , and under the Tory General the Whigs did fire away ! But no matter ; Dancombe and Leader stood to their posts like men , and like Chartists .
During this day , of course something will be done to maintain the position which we have now acquired . Be not intimidatedl be not down-hearted 11 be not influenced by the House of Commons * defeat . ^ -We are now discussing the subject of "denunciations" in the Northern Star ; but , my friends , you must take up the Star and investigate it , and endeavour to point out to me and to the country the name of any one individual who has been denounced by Feargus O'Connor or the Sta * , who was not first denounced by the people , for some act of tergiversation or injastice to the people . Was I to submit to the
denunciation of the men of the Champion , of Dr . Fletcher , of Mr . Collins , of Mr . Hume , of Mr . Hetherington , of Mr . O'Connell , of the Church Chartists of Glasgow and Birmingham 1—I ask , wa 31 to bear the fire and not to retaliate ? Is not every man aware that the first fire has been at Feargus O'Connor , and the Star , as that paper was the great cock-shot to fire at ! But am I so foolish as not to know well , that every leader injured ia an injury done . to all , and to the cause generally ?
Therefore , now hear me ! judge for yourselves ! and come weal come woe , whenever I discover anything calculated to injure you , I will proclaim it from the watch-tower ¦! I tell you that public censorship is neecssary and requisite ; and as long as I live , I will not shrink from the responsibility ; but it shall always be against measures and not against men . No power of open foe or pretended friend shall ever place me in the false position of allowing the mine to spring ender onr feet , without warning you of our common danger .
You must look to the position of the Editor of the Northern Star ; and bear in mind that both the Editor and myself are charged with the insertion of every resolution passed at public meetings , just as I am charged with every violent word spoken by Attwood , Muntz , Douglas , Stephens , Lovett , Collins and others . Now , also , bear in mind that the Star ha 3 published every letter of Fletcher , Hetherington , Duncan , of Edinburgh , Hill , of the Star in ihe East , Richardson , and others ; all were published .
The Editor of the Star all bnt denounced me for my letter upon Cbnrch Chartism , Teetptalism and Knowledge Chartism . Did I reply to it ? No ; I left public opinion to right the thing ; and events prove that I was then right , as I now find that men who have professed themselves infidels , have become preachers of Church Chartism . This is shocking , odious ! and hypocritical ! Let all be union now ; forget the past , and prepare for the future . Onward and we conquer backward and we fall .
-The Whigs have shown themselves in their true colours ; and yet the old Whig administration is the substitute which the Cora Law Repealers offer us for those now in office ! Let not our cause be injured by artfnl and designing men , who would Eacrifice millions for the restoration of Whig cominion , without destroying the Tenom of Toryism . I am of opinion that by courage and prudence we can beat both , and "injure property" by sub ; tituting Chartism for both . : Your faithful friend and servant , Feargus O'CoxjfOE . London , Wednesday , May 4 , 1842 .
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TO THE PUBLIC . The state of onr columns this day , is an ample ' apology for the non-appearance of our promised article on the Poos Laws . To find room for it ¦ this week was impossible . Next week -we shall give it ; and with it the entire of the famous 43 rd OF ELIZABETH . to show that the rights of the Poor were then cared for ; and that modern legislation has gone * far to remoye the legal ligament which binds , - society together .
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Brief Rules fob tbe Gov ; ernme > t of all whs y .-r 1 te fob . this paper : — 1 . Write legibly . Slake as few erasures and interlineations as possible . In "writing names of persons and places be more particular than usual to make every Letter distinct and clear—also in using words not English . 2 . Write only on one side of ihe paper . 3 . Employ no abbreviations whatever , but write out every word in fttlL
i . Address communications not to any particular person 1 but to " The Editor . " 5 . When you sit down to "write , don't be in a kurry , Consider that hurried vrriting makes slow printing . 6 . B = niesu > er that -we go to pres 3 on Thursday ; that oeb side of the paper goes to press on Wednesday ; ' that -we are obliged \ o go on filling Tip the paper the ¦ whole wtek , and that , therefore , "when a load of mat-- ter comes by the last one or two posts , it unavoidably . hsputns that much of it is omitted ; and that it is therefore necessary to be prompt in your communications .
Ail matters of news , reports of meetings , &c , &c referring to occurrences on Friday , Saturday , ' or Sunday , should reach us by Monday ' s post ; snch . as refer to Monday ' s occurrences by Tuesday evening ' s post ; Wednesday ' s occurrences by Thursday ' s post ; and Thursday ' ^ news by Friday Hiorn-¦ ing ' s post , for second edition . Any deviation from this order of supply -Rill necessarily eubjtct the matters se received to the nlmost certainty of rrjec' tion or serious curtailment , and ice take no blame for . iL All personal correspondence , poetry , literary communications . , and articles of comment to be here by Tuesday , or their chance of insertion for that week -wm be very small indeed ; if not here by Wednesday -we don't hold ourselves bound even to tiolioe them .
7 . Finally , remember that we have only forty-eight columns weekly for all England , Scotland , Wales , and Ireland ; that we have no interest in preferring one town or placs to another , be-- cause ours is not a local bnt a national paper ; that -we are bound , therefore , in dealing with the . masses of matter -which come to us , to hold the - scales of Justice evenly—our first 6 bject being the ' promotion and enhancement , according to our own best judgment , el the success of the great and good ' cause ; and our second , the distribution of our time and space bo as to give least cause of complaint ; that we are alike bound to this course of action fcy
inclination , interest , and duty ; and that , therefore , it is UBeless and senseless for individuals to fame and fret , and think themselves ill used because their communications may not always be inserted , or for societies to trouble their beads and waste their time in passing votes of censure upon ¦ us for devoting tco much space to this , or too little to that , or for inserting this thing which they think should have been omitted , or for omitting the other thing -which they think should have appeared . All these are matters for our consideration , and for the exercise of our discretion and judgment , which , we assure all parties , shall be always used , so far
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as we are able to perceive , honestly for the public , without feat or favour to any one , and without being allowed to be turned for one instant from its course by ill-natured snarls or bickerings . Correspondents of the Northern Star . — London—T . M . Wheeler , 1 , Mills Buildings , Knightabridga Manchester—W . Griffin , 34 , Lomasstreet , Bank Top . Birmingham—George White , . 29 , Bromsgrove-8 treet Newcastle—lit . J . Sinclair , Gateshead . Sunderland—Mr . J . Williams , Messrs . Williams and Binns , booksellers . Sheffield— Mr . G . J . Harney , news agent , 33 , Campo-lane . Bath —Mr . G . M . Baitlett , 8 , Trinity-place , Waln&i Chartist Addresses . —The General Secretary—Mr . John Campbell , 18 , Adderley-street , Shaw ' s Brow ,
Manchester . Chartist Blacking Marmfacluivr—Mr . Koger Pinder , Edward's-square , Edward ' splace , Pottery , Hull . Secretary to the Ftest , Williams , and Jones Restoration Comm \ ttee ~ 3 . ' Wilkinson , 5 , Cregoe Terrace , Bell ' s Barn Road , Birmingham . —J . T . Smith , Chartist Blacking Maker , Tavistock-street , Plymouth . Derby . —The friends of this neighbourhood hawing communications for the Siar , or otherwise affecting tke Chartist movement , are requested to send te me to Mr . Thomas Briggs , care of Mr . John Moss , shoemaker , Plumtree-square , Diriey-lane , Derby . _ Money Orders to this Office . —Oh Cashier is frequently made to endure an amount of inconvenience , utterly inconceivable by those who have not
multifarious transactions like bis to attend to , by the negligence of parties not attending to the plain instructions so often given , to make-all money orders sent here payable to Mr . John AbMil . Some order * are made payable to Mr . O'Connorsome to Mir . Hobson—some to Mr . . Bill—some to Star-office : all these require the signature of the person in whose favour they are drawn before the money can be obtained . This causes an attendance at the post-office of , sometimes , several hours , when & few minutes might suffice if all were rightly given—not to mention the most vexatious delays of payment sometimes caused by it Several old Agents—who certainly oogbt to know better—have often thus needlessly incovenienced us ; we
therefore beg that all parties having money to send to the Sfar-office for Papers , by order , will make their orders payable to Mr . John Ardill . If they neglect this , we shall not hold ourselves bound to attend to them : if , therefore , they find their neglect to produce inconvenience to themselves let them not blame us . Irish Universal Suffrage Association . —We ara requested by the President of this Association to slate that B . F . Dempsey is not Secretary to the Irish Universal Suffrage Association , nor -was he ever elected in the room of Mr . P . M . Bropby . Mr . W . H . Dyott , printer , bookseller , and stationer , No . 26 , Xorth King-street , Dublin , is the Secretary to the Irish Universal Suffrage Association , to whom all Papers and Communications should be
addressed . To Agents . —A great portion of the Orders of our Agents which should be in our office on Thursday , at latest , have for several weeks back come on the Friday ; nearly all the Scotch Agents ' Orders have come on the Friday often . This may be occasioned by the delays of the mails , owing to the weather , but there certainly is no reason why the Agents at Hull , Liverpool , and even Barnsley and Bradford , should send their Orders to reach the Office just at the time the papers are going out of it . Any Orders not in the Office on Thursdays cannot be attexded to : and any paDers returned in > nsequence of orders being late will not be c dited .
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^ Halifax . —All persons having communications teilh the Chartists of Swan Coppice are requested to correspond irith Mr . B . Butterly , No . 8 , Back Albion-street . Contention Fc . vd . —An arranged list of the subscriptions will be published as a balance-sheet in next week's Scar . —John Cleave , treasurer . W . H . Dyott continues to receive many Stars from his English friends . T 7 iep are rapidly shedding light on the political mind of Ireland , Large as is the supply afforded by the generosity of ihe friends of freedom in England and Scotland , it is yet inadequate to ihe inauiries after truth in
Ireland , where as yet no people s press exists . Direct 26 , A . King-street , Dublin . Chalford . —The resolution next week . J . Thompson , Dosckster . —H ' ri ^ c to M r . Burhy again—we have no account of the money he menlions . Rochdale . —Hold your meeting , be peaceable , and have no violent language . Henry Syvinglehurst will thank Duncan Robertson for his address , as he has forgot / en it . Stboud . —A correspondent writes us , that on Whit-Monday he will rajflefour portraits , given with the Star , and fourteen number * of Tait's Magazine . The whole proceeds to be given to the
cause . Edwaeb Lomg . — We have received a letter from Wiffton , bearing this signature , and complaining of the writer ' s name having been Viserted in the list of nominations for the General Council without his authority . We think it very possible there may have been some mistake—that an Edward Long may have been really nominated ; though probably not the wriicr of this letter . Mistakes and complaints of this kind viight be avoided if sub-Secretaries would send with their nominations the residence and occupation of ( he parlies nominated . If they do not , we shall not insert them . W . A . Mayne writes that he attended the meeting alluded to by Mr . Hnrrhon , the member of Con- , ven'ion for Nottingham , and that Mr . Harrisons' statements were false . Robert Hamilton . —You must pay the poor rates as
long as you have anything to pay them with . Scnderland . —Messrs . Monarch and Mowatt ' s Letter . —We have received another letter from Mr . Motcatt , and another from our Suuderla 7 id correspondent , each reiterating his own statement . We shall leave the matter in the hands of our Sunderland friends , to whom , of course , the facts are kno > cn . G . R ., Northampton . —The collector can follow your goods . You must pay your rent to the collector unless you have some agreement to the contrary . Derby Contention Fund . —Thomas Briggs writes to say , that out of the £ 2 sent to the Convention , from Derby , £ \ ivas from Burton and
Swadlincote . John Rourke . — We are compelled , by want of space , to reserve his communication . David Hayxes , Sherbomc-ktrcet , Spon-slrcet , Coventry , will send a Star to Ireland if some one will send him his address . George Cairns , Nwcastle . —The resolution to which he refers teas given in the terms complabied of to p-event the exercise of thai very " unfairness" of which he writes . We think it very unfair that the names of the other Chartist delegates were r . ol set forth in the rrsoluthm , as well as that of Mr . Cairns ' s protogr . e . If Mr . Cairns tchhes the resolution forwarding to the person named in his note he must forward it . We have neither time , means , nor inclination to do
so . Greenock . —The constituents of Mr . Wallace hate written that gentleman , in approval of Mr . Sharman Crawford ' s motion . The Inter and Mr . Wallace ' s reply have , been sent us , but ice have no room for their insertion . Lepton Weavers . — We cannot in ' effere between them and the Leeds Times . If they send any news to us for publication it shall receive attention . t Totkes Chartists . —The pos ' mngter is justifiable There should be an heading to the petition sheets . Directions were given in the Star to that effect .
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J . H . Clitheroe . —Write to the Postmaster-Generiil , General Post-office , London—he will make inquiry into the cause of delay . J , Brook . —The 5 s . has not been received for Jeffrey ' s paper . J . Bird -will be entitled to the plate . TOR THE O ' BRIEN ' S PRESS FUND . £ b . d . From J . Anderson , Crossford ... 0 1 6 FOR ASSISTING THE TRADES OF LONDON IN THE PRESENTATION OF TILE NATIONAL PETITION . From J . Anderson , Crosaford ... 0 1 0 _ T . Ireland , Duufermline ... 0 1 0 FOR MRS . FROST , MRS . Y » 'ILL 1 AMS , AND HRS . JONES . From BevfBbury Association , per W . Bobshaw 0 13 0 FOR MRS . FROST . From All Saints Association , Leicester , per J . Markham ... 0 6 0 _ a Bolton Friend 0 10 0 _ a few Chartists at Warrington per T . Lowe ... ... . ... 0 2 2 FOR THB CONVENTION . From Leeds Association , pat Mr . Brook ... .. _ Mr . Widdup , per J . Brook , Bradford ... ... ... 0 9 B
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Leeds . —Mr . Longstaff will lepture in the Asso-™ i ? Ss o ? I * ^' ^ otlow ( Sund ay ) evening , at half-. H 0 LBECK . f . Mr . George Hobson will lecture here to-morrow night , at half-past six o ' clock . ' . Woodhodse . —Mr . Ldngstaff Trill lecture here on Tuesday night , at eight o'clock . , Abmley . —Messrs . Fraserand Newhillwill lecture here oa Monday night , at eight o'clock .
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Tne following are brief notices of the Chartist correspondence which reached us on Thursday mornl ^* j ' ^ ke extended report which we have given of the debate ia what ought to be the People ' s House , on the motion of Mr . Thomas Duhcombe , "that the petitioners be heard at the bar of the House , by themselyes , their counsel , or their agents , in support of the allegations of the petition , " will , we aro sure , be a sufficient excuse to our numerous correspondents for the sligh t manner in which , this week , their communications are necessarily obliged to be noticed . At mofat of the places resolutions of confix dence in the Convention were passed . Bristol . —The Chartist Youths held their anniversary on Wednesday week . Oldham . —TheChartists here met on Monday j and thanked the Convention .
Wednesbdhy . —Mr . Linney of Manchester , lectured here on Monday . Hinckxey . —An Association has been formed here ; a meeting was held on Monday evening , at which Beveral addresses were delivered . Redditch . —The Chartists here have met every evening and road the reports of Convention , Thanks to their representative ( George White ) and the Convention have been passed ; and Mr . Candy has lectured . Bromsgrove . —Mr . Candy addressed an out-door meeting on Monday . Belfast . —Meetings continue to be held here weekly , at which interesting addresses are delivered . The cause is progressing .
Ratcliffe Bridge . —Mr . James Duffy lectured here on Tuesday night . Thiny-four members were enrolled . BANBURY .-+ The Chartists here are determined not to agitate for any thing less than the Charter . Alcester— Mri H . Candy lectured here on Tuesday last . It waa the first Chartist lecture ever deliverodin thetown . Walsall . —A resolution for the whole Charter , and of confidence in the Convention has been adopted here . > Stockport . —A tea party , in honour of the presentation of the petition , was held here on Monday last . ' . ' - ¦¦ . . ¦ .. ¦ •; . ; ¦ . - . ; ¦ ; ¦ ; Doncaster . — The treasurer ' s accounts were passed oil Monday evening , and also thanks to the Convention .
Hamilton . —A splendid presentation of petition demonstration took place here on Monday night . A large procession was formed , and a public meeting was held in Grammar School-square . Manchester . —Mr . Barrow , from Bolton , lectured in the Carpeutera' Hall , on Sunday afternoon and evening , the latter being a funeral discourse for Henry Frost . Bolton . —Mr . D . Ross , of Manchester , lectured here on Monday . Birmingham . —Aston Street . —The Council met on Thursday , when it was resolved that this Council do recommend the women to form a separate Association , to be called " The Women ' s National Charter Association . On Sunday night , Mr . Mead lectured ; and on Monday night , Messrs . Mead and Lyndon .
Duddeston Row . —Mr . Mead preached on Sunday afternoon . Steklhouse Lane . —On Tuesday' a deputation was sent to the Black Horse , Ashted Row , to arrange matters concerning the dinner to be given to Feargua O'Connor , Esq . On the return Of the deputation , they reported that the dinner was fixed for Tuesday , the 17 th inst . Tickets , which are limited to a certain number , will be ready for sale after the 5 th inst . Frost ' s Committee . —The usual routine business was transacted on Monday . Peck La . vei—A nw-eting of the shoemakers in this locality was held on Tuesday . There was no business oi importance .
Mr . Fussell has received R from James Clark , of Bjay den , near Bristol , whAoh wiU bo handed to the O ' ouvention , with other monies that are to be sent from t ' hU town . Gloucester . —The Chartists of this City have been re-organized , and officers appointed . Leicester . —All Saints Open . —This society is doing well—every week adds to our numbers . Mr . W . J . Taylor lecturod in the Town Hall on Monday , and at Weston on Tuesday . Letters for Mr . Taylor may be addressed , care of Air . Markham , 66 , Belgrave-gate , Leicester . London . —Old-Street Road , —Mr . Stallwood lectured to the Ladies' Boot and Shoe Makers , oh Sunday evening , at the Cannon Coffee House .
Aberdeen . —At the usual weekly meeting of the Aberdeen Charter Union , the following resolution was carried amidst great chopring M Thai this meeting , after having c ainily considered the conduct of certain parties , is of opinion that they only want the destruction of our National Charter Association , and the men who have boldly stood by our cause . Resolved , therefore , that we stand firmly by our order and organization , and by Feargus O'Connor and the Northern Star , and we hereby further declare that we have no confidence in the men at the head of such conspiracies against our best friends and advocates . " DEw&BURY .-rMr . Noith lectured on Wednesday week , and Mr . West on Sunday .
Dublin . —The Irish Universal Suffrage Association held its weekly meeting on Sunday . Mr . Dyott said he had been in correspondence with Mr . Sharman Crawford on the subject of the petition . Mr . Crawford took some exceptions to their petition , as he did to the English one , and called for explanations . These he ( Mr . D . ) had afforded him to the best of his abilit } 1 . Mr . Dyott read his preliminary letter , Mr . Crawford's reply , and his own rejoinder , which were received with much approbation . Ordered that the correspondence be entered on the minutes . Mr . Dyott then gave notice that on Sun ? day next h © would present for their approval an address to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., expressive of their admiration of his past career , and their entire reliance on his integrity and wisdom in the present critical juncture of the people ' s affairs .
Clitheroe . —Lhartism m this plaoe is very flourishing . A public meeting was held , on Monday evfeningjiu horwut of the presentation of the great " National . " Ninety-three new members were enrolled , and a rosolutiJin passed pledging the people to stand by O'Connor ; and the Convention . Fontvpool . —Mr . Edwards of Newport , lectured here on Monday . Thanks to , and confidence in , the Convention were unanimously voted . CoALSNAUGHroN . —Meetings have been held here daily since the sitting of the Convention , whose reports have been received and read . A delegate meeting was held on Saturday , when a resolution of confidence in tho Convention was carried .
Pinper ' s Blacking . —The money this week due to the Executive i > om the sale of Pinder ' s blacking is as follows : — . ' s . d . Mri Soott . Hawick 2 9 Mr . Wcods , Sudbury 1 10 Mr . Tk B , Smiih , Leeds ... ... 1 9
6 4 Bradford Council Meeting . —The Council met as usual ou Monday night . They yeted fiye . shillings to Mr ! Christopher Woodi the freeholder who proposed Mr . Pitkethly at the late West Riding Selection , and for which he lost his employment , and being a bondsman for another person , has in consequence beeu thrown into prison ; his wife and fatuity arc in a state of the greatest distress . After transacting other business the Council adjourned to next Sunday afternoon , at , two o ' clock .
Eccleshill Moor . —On Sunday last , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , a Chartist camp meeting was held . A ^ large concourse of people came from the surrounding villages to witness a scene so extraordinary . After singing and prayer , Mr . Edwards delivered ah excellent political sermon . Mr . Dewhirst also preached a sermon against the hireling priesthood of eyery denomination . The large audience ' separated highly delighted with th « proceedings . '
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LEEDS TOWN COUNCIL . The Second Quarterly Meeting of the Town Council of this borough , for the present year , was held at the Court-house on Wednesday last . The Town Clerk read the minutes of the previous meeting . ; The first notice on the paper related to the New Gaol , but Mr . AJderman Tottie , the gentleman by whom it was to be brought forward , not being present at the commencement of business , it was agreed to proceed with the second , which was to levy a Watch Rate for raising the sum of . £ 5 , 580 ; this was agreed to . The third notice was to levy a Watch Rate to raise £ 270 upon all property within that part of the township of HunBlet which is beyond the limits of one mile from the bars of the town , was also adopted .
ERECTION OF A NEW BOROUGH GAOL . The notice on this subject having been read by the Towif f Clerk , Aid . Tottie said he would not trouble the Council on this occasion With many details on the subject before them , as those details were mostly in the possession of the gentlemen present ^ haying been printed . He then went on to address himself to two points—the insufficiency of the present Borough Gaol accommodation , and the law by which that insufficiency might be remedied , and after a lengthy address , concluded by moving a formal resolution , expressive of the opinion of the Council that the certificate of the Recorder and the presentment of the Magistrates were well founded , and that a new Gaol or House of Correction was accessary . Mr . Cudworth seconded the motion .
Mr . M . Cawood said that he had hoped that Mr . Aid . Tottie would have brought forward some stronger arguments—some stronger than he had brought before—in favour of his proposition 8 for building a gaol ; instead of which , he had only advanced arguments that had been more than once heard and refuted in that Council Chamber . To show the real state of the case , and that it was not reasonable to build a gaol , he would refer to what had already taken place . There wore several persons in the Council now who were not present when a Committee was assembled last year to draw up a report on the subject of a nevv gaol . The reason why that Committee was appointed was , that the Borough of Leeds was called upon to pay £ 2 , 495 , or within' £ 5
of one-fourth of £ 10 , 000 , for building a gaol at Wakefield . The West Riding Justices , it was stated , intended to build a larger House of Correction , ana that the Borough of Leeds would have to contribute towards that also . They ha d three plans proposed , the lowest of which estimated the cost at £ 56 , 000 , the share of which expence to the Borough of Leeds would have been £ 14 , 000 , and the highest was £ 100 000 , of which Leeds would have had to pay £ 25 , 000 . It did then seem desirable that the Council should consider the propriety of building a gaol for themselves . But on looking to the contract between the Council and the West Riding Justices , it was thought there must be something wrong , that it had
not been properly drawn up , or that its terms had not been abided by ; and Mr . W . Beckett took considerable pains on the subject , in getting it duly brought before the West Riding Magistrates . When the Magistrates were told that the contributions by Leeds were equal to one-quarter of the whole sum , they thought it was too large a sum ; and on reference to the contract , it was found that previous to 1 JJ 36 , Leeds had paid only one-tenth . The West Riding Magistrates then ordered Mr . Dixon , their Clerk , to consider with the Town Clerk of Leeds ; and this Borough was then called upon to pay oneeighth instead of one-fourth . It , therefore , appeared that the report of the Gaol Committee had been drawn up under wrong impressions . It was to be remembered that though the cost of a
New Gaol was to be spread over a period of fourteen year 3 , yet it would have to be paid , and the Burgesses wonld be heavily taxed all that time for the purpose , much more so than by continuing to support the borough prisoners at Wakefield . The inhabitants of the town had not been consulted on the subject of building a New Gaol , which they ought to have been before it was decided to commence such an undertaking . He remembered presenting a petition in that Council Room , signed by nearly one thousand of the inhabitants , against such a building being erected ; and he did not believe that the opinion of the town was in favour of taxing not only themselves for such ^ n object , but their children also . He concluded by proposing , as an amendment : —
" That the Council , on the 16 th June , 1841 , having decided that there was no necessity for building a New Gaol at Leedp , it would be inexpedient to pass tho resolution now proposed by Mr . Alderman Tottie . " This was seconded by Mr . Wright . Mr . Alderman Goodman spoke in favour of the original motion . Mr . Skelton said the principle upon whieh . the arguments ill favour of a N < j \ v Gaol rested , appeared to be that Wakefield should stand still , and that Leeds alone should go on . Alderman Lupion looked at the question , mainly , in a moral point of view . He thought crime would be more effectually repressed by having a Gaol in the Borough for the punishment of offenders than if those offenders had to be sent to a House of Correction at a distance .
Mr . Hayward observed , that the question had been so fully gone into on former occasions , that he should not then trespass on the time of the Council , but he must say , that not the slightest new matter had been introduced to influence them to accede to the proposition of Mr . Tottie . As regarded the question of expence , it appeared according to Mr . Tottio's estimate , that the cost of the gaol would be £ 30 , 800 . He ( Mr . Hay ward ) hoped that there was not a man in the Council so exceedingly weak as to suppose that that sum would be anything like adequate . They might add £ 20 , 000 to the estimate , aud he doubted , even , then , if it-would be sufficient Supposing the West-Riding magistrates were to adopt the largest of the plans for the enlargement of the House of Correction , which was estimated to cost £ 100 , 000 , the proportion due from Leeds would only be £ 12 , 500 , instead of the enormous cost which would be entailed upon the borough by building a new gaol .
After some further di .-cussion , m which Alderman Gaunt , Mr . Patrick , Mr . Shackleton , Mr . Bramley , Mr . Jos . Cliff , Alderman Musgrave , Mr . Hall , Mr . Skelton , Mr . Birchall , Alderman Bate-on , Mr . M . Cawood , Alderman Tottie , and others took part , the amendment moved by Mr . Cawood wa 3 put to the meeting , and uogatived by 30 to 7 . The votes were ordered to be recorded . The followingjroted for the amendment : —Councillors Skelton , Wright , M . Cawood , Nickols , Barker , Hay ward , and Butler . Against the amendment : — -Alderman Musgrave , Gauut , Bateson , Samh , Willans , Hobden , Oatof , Goodman , Stansfeld , Tottie , Pease , Lupton , Ljccock , and Maclea ; Councilliri Cudworth , Birehall , Kelsall , Watson , Brumfit , Duftcn , Barlow , Mitchell , Joshua Bower , Joseph Cliff , March , Shackleson , Marshall , Hall , and John Cl . ff .
Mr . Hay ward said he should move another amendment upon that proposed by Mr . Cawood . It was as follows : — ' * That it would be inexpedient to adopt any resolution which would pledge this Council to build a new gaol for the Borough of Leeds , until the opinions of the burgesses Bhall have been ascertained upon the subject , and that a public meeting be forthwith called by the proper authorities tor that purpose . " Mr . Patri cic seconded the amendment . Mr . Alderman Tottie said that as the proposition did not point out any means by which the end they had in view could be accomplished , he thought the proposition could only be met with a direct negative . ( Hear , hear . )
Mr . Alderman Mu 6 Grave thought , after the specimen which they had had of the mode in which the business of public meetings was conducted , it was enough to deter any thinkiug man from attending them , and if he , as an alderman , was to consent to preside at such meetings as those which they had lately seenin another part of that building , he should consider he was a fool , and should shockingly disgrace himself . ( Hear , hear . ) The question was then put , when there werejfor the amendment , Ayes 7 , Noes 30 . The amendment was therefoTO negatived . The votes were again recorded on the original proposition , which was adopted by a lart ^ o majority , the numbers being—Ayes 30 , Noea 7 . Mr . Alderman Tottie then submitted a series of formal resolutions for carrying into effect the one previously adopted , which , being seconded , were put and agreed to .
The following gentlemen were appointed a Committee for carrying tha resolutions into effect : —The Mayors Aldermen Tottie ; Pease , Hebden , Bateson , Oates , Luccock ; Councillors Marshall , Atkinson , Howard , Bramley , Cudworth , Joseph Cliff , Nickols , Garland . It was subsequently ordered , that a eftpyof the resolutions on the subject of the new gaol should be transmitted to the Clerkof the Peace for the Riding The Council next went into Committee on finance , and sums amounting to £ 3 , 66513 a . 6 d , were ordered to be paid .
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, The following gentlemen were ffien elected as directors of the Leeds Water Works Company : — Aldermen Goodman and Oates ; Councillors , Lee , Howard , Atkinson , Cudworth , Holmes , March , an Patrick . / : : ¦ : ' " ¦¦ -- , ^ : ' .:: ' ' -- ' - . ¦> : ¦ ¦ ¦¦ . . ¦ : ¦¦ -: ¦¦•; . ;• S- . ¦ - ¦ / NEW raqPROTEMENT BILL . - The concluding notice was— A report will be presented from the Improvement Bill Committee ; and it will be proposed that a . Committee jbe- appointed to co-operate with the M ^ istrates in passing the Lewis Improvement Bill tHroo / fh Parliainent . '' . _ The report on thiai subject was presented by Mr . Marshall , and a motion that ft should be received aod ^ ed was agreed to . laefollowing resolution waathen woposed by they same gentleman , and seconded by Alderman Luptoit . ¦" 'A ?^*' Committee be appointed i& co-operate
. *^ with the Magistrates in passing the Leeds Improvejnent Bill through Parliament , prbvided that a guarantee fund of not less than £ 400 i 3 sabscribed tomeet . the future ospences attendant on passing it , so that noexpence may be incurred by them for which either they or this Council would be liable , and with , the understanding that whilst the Magistrates repr < - » sent-to Parliament that they should be ex-ojkeut on the future Board of Cammissionerg , the Towa Council will represent that the Board should consist of the Council alone , but that both parties will rest satisned with the decision of the Committee of the House Of Commons on this subject" .
- On this motion , the following amendment was proposed by Mr . Hayyraid and seconded by Mrv Skelton : —• • ¦ ¦ - : '' -.: ' ; r . . : ; " . ; '¦ '¦ / ¦ " ' "• ¦ . "¦; . '¦ »; •» That inasmuch as the legal adviser of this Council has distinctly stated that if the Council appoint a Committee to take charge of the Leeds Improvement Bill , the individuals forming the same can only act in their individual capacity , the Council cannot legally act in the matter . " . ¦ . This amendment , oni being put to the rote , was negatived . Tae original resolution was then put and . agreed to . The following members were a » pointed the Committee : —¦ Aldermen Bateson , Luccock , Maclea ; ebiincillors M . Cawood , Baker , Joseph Cliff , Marshall j . arid Garland . This concluded the business , and the Council adjourned . .. . ¦ : ; - . . ¦ ; ' -. " ' . '" ¦ . ¦ . ¦ . " . -. . , ¦ ¦ ¦ -. . ' ' . ¦¦ ¦
Thus it will be Been that the WhiifB , con&ding in their present majority in the Town Council , came to the determination to saddle the inhabitants of this borough with the expense of a , new gaol . The impolicy of alah a step , nnder the preseat depressed state of ©" tiir ' traae , miist be at once manifest to all our readers . Notwithstanding that it was clearly proved by ; M £ Martin Cawood that the building and permarient maintenance of a Borough Gaol would be far more expensive to the burgesses than if the present arrangement with tbe West-Riding magistrates were to . continue , the Wfligs persisted in their intentions , and the " tyrant majority" carried their resolutions . The burgesses will how have to pay a cost of hot less
than £ 50 , 000 , besides an annual expence of upwards of £ 2 , 000 .. Likethe defunctWhig Government , the Whig membersofthe Town Councilaredetennined to commit '' felode se . " They will cut their own throats—they will act in opposition to the will and the wishes of the people ; nay , more , those very people upon whom they relied for support against the Torie 9 , they nowr rejeotand despise . Nothing could exemplify the trurii of this more than the remarks made by Alderman-Tlustice Musgrave upon the proposition wliich was made , that a public meeting of the inhabitants should he called , and their wishes co&sulteU , before the Town Council came to any definite resolution oa the subject . This ;;** bright ornament" of the bench
of niagistrates stated that uothing in the world should induce him to hold the situation of chairman at » public meeting of the inhabitants , " he should consider heiwould disgrace himself by so doing , " for " that the recent public meetings about the Improvement Bill were a disgrace to the town . " Softly , softly , Mr * ' Justice Musgrave . Let us see who would be disgraestdihost , the inhabitants or the Bench of Justices . Isitnot notorious that a certain Whig Alderman-Justice , of this Borough ordered a boy who was brought before him ; to bb " privately wiped V And is . it not an undoubted fact that , within the last few" "weeks , the same Alderman-Justice actually ordered another person to be " floged ? " Now wo tell siich Alderman-Justice of the Peace that any
mechanic would havs felt it a disgrace to have beea so illiterate . The Alderman-Justice in question need not ask any one , like Dagbcrry , to write him dowa an aas . He has done this most effectually himself . But . turning from this " bright luminary of the Bench , '' what shall we say to those persona in the ; council professing to be Radicals , who voted against a town ' s meeting 1 Alas , alas ] the Geese must now see that the Foxes are too inany for them . It is just as we predicted . The Geese may cackle , cackle , and hiss at the Chartists as they please ; but we fancy they must now candidly acknowledge that the Foxes have served them as wo always told them they would do . The advice we shouldnow give
to the Chartists , seeing that the Whigs and Radical ? in . the Town Council , after haying been elected by the suffrages of the people , are now despising and rejecting them , is this—Watch , them well . Aa for the Whi « s , they are ypar aworn enemies ; - they are the men who sought the blood of Frost , Williams , and Jones , they are the men who foment discord , and "revolutiouary doctrines , to suit their own . purposes , and then imprison and betray the people , whose support they haye relied upon ; they are the originators and passers /; of the atrocious New Poor Law I : From these men we can expect no
evenhanded : justice . They have betrayed us , and would on every occasion do it again . But as to the professing radicals , wo say to the people , you now see their conduct with respect to you . They , like the Whigs , will betray you , and sell you for a mp -83 of pottage . Watch tht > m well , then ; and remember that the 1 st of November will come again . Foxes have holes wherein to creep , but we trust that they will not'be allowed any more to creep into the wards . We would particularly refer to those who represent the more popular constituencies . Let the Chartists remember their conduct and deal with them accordingly .
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Vagrant Trustees . —On Thursday last , the following persons wtre elected trus . eesof the Vagrant Office , fo . r the ensuing year : — Mr . F . N . Settle , saddler , Woodhouse-lane . Mr ; John Woodhead , painter , Park-lane . Mr . Joseph Womersley , Innkeeper , Briggate . Mr . William Heywood , pawnbroker , Bank . Mr . R . S ' ead , maltster , Kirkgata . Mr > JnOi Walker , butcher , Quarry-hill . Mr . Robert Bean , chemist , Coronation-street .
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BRAPFORD . —A public meeting of the unemployed operatives took place on an open space of ground , in front of the Odd- ' ellows' Hall , Thojnfconroad ; a requisition was presented to the constable , requesting himto convene the meeting , but he haying declined , the requisitiohists callsd the meeting themselves , for Thursday , at one o ' clock . Mr . Ciarkson , attorney , was called to the chair . Mr . Dewhir&t' moved the following resolution :- ^ " That we , the unemployed operatives in-the town of Bradford and its vicinities , amidst the intensity of our sufferings and misery , do most respectfully ask for the inierposition of the magistrates in our behalf , and
that amemorial be adopted to the above functionaries . " Mr . Rueben Pye seconded the resolution , whieh was unanimously ; carried . Mr . Edwards moved the memorial to the magistrates , which set forth their distress in very strong language , and that if their distress was not mitigated and relieved , tho consequences would . be fearful to contemplate . Mr . Edwards made a short but an excellent speech on the sufferings of the pperativea of the whole kingdom , and called on those who possessed such largo heaps of wealth , tho produce of their hands , to come forward at this critical juncture to relieve their necessities . Mr . Dixoa secended the motion , which waa ^ carried : without a dissentient . Mr . G . Flihn .
moved * and Mr . Bro&k seconded , that four persons be deputed to present the memorial to the magis-Uates ,. and enforce its prayer , which was also adopted . MesarsvDawliurst , Edwards , Dixon , aud Ciarke . were appointed . The arfjourhment of tha meeting to Monday next was agreed upon , to hear the jresult of the conference with tho authorities . The meeting then separated . The poor fellows seemed in a sad forlorn btate , and their countenances bore evident maiks of the want of foed . ANTiciPATiost of the LvcoiSE Tax . —A large worsted . ppinner , and a very piou 3 Baptist , made a reduction in tbe wages of his woolcombers of twenty
per cent . last Saturday . Wool that was 5 d . per pound he . has now reduced to 4 . ( 1 . ; and for sis months previous to the reduction , > ie sorts Had been made lid . ' or 2 d . per pound worse than they had been ; so thai the reduction within &e last half year amounts to upwards of forty percent . ; so much for piety 1 He iB noi the only on& ^ ihat has made inroads into the comforts of the toil-worn slave . There are masteis in Bradford that are paying their woolcombers the enori » ous ' sum of l | d * for combing EngJish'wools . Trade is indeed very bad ; hundreds of tdie poor fellows aro daily parading the streets without » . hy employment ; and we fear their condition ia becoming desperate .
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' . ;• ¦ WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET . ; ( b . t rxpress . ) Friday , May 6 . —Our arrivals of all sorts of Grain are moderate this week . The condition of the Wheat showed ^ . to-day is much improved , in consequence of which the sale was more free ^ and an advance of 1 ? . per quarter jjB ^ Abtempd ,. . Barl « y nominal . Oats and ShelUn Vr 4 ^^^^^^ Beans are la , per quarter dSSA ^ ffito ^ p ^ s as bttote . ; ff " /^^ 1 ^ % V ¦¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ^ M ^ i ^ -j ^ \ ' / ' . ^ fM 0 i ^;^ , ¦ . . :
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TO THE IMPERIAL CHARTISTS . My beloted Fristds , —I really know not how I am to commence my communications of this TTeek , it haa been so full of Chartism I On Monday mornicg all was bustle and excitement in the neighbourhood of u Ocs House" —each rns . n vieing with his fellow in rendering all the assistance in his piwer to make our demonstration as powerful as possible . At ten minutes past twelve ihe bsactipui- thing was ready for hoisting upon the stiouldeH of the Trades' Delegates , who had been selected as bearers of the muster roll of the nation ' s will to the Hocse of ux-Commo . ns . Sixteen -good men and true were just able to move under the names of 3 , 317 , 752 !!! "We marched from our Convention Room to Iincoln ' 3-inn-Selds , where all was life and bustle . The hive was ML I cannot attempt any description of the enthusiasm 1 . Hie life that animated one animated all . We were as one man . Our procession took one hour and ten minutes to pas 3 one spot . Procession did I say ! we had no procession ! it was a dense mass of streets full I ! Procession means a number of persons marshalled four or five a-breast , but our numbers could not have been marshalled . The Times allow us 50 , 000 . Now you may safely multiply that by 10 . It vras acknowledged by all that it was the largest , the Tery largest gathering of people that ever was seen in London .
Oar Petition smash 9 d the door frames of the narrow House—it broke them in pieces—it took "forty or fifty men to carry in the fragment . 3 . I took a famous lamp on my shoulder to the table of tbe House . Beesley also'had a share of it . -Not one drunken man was to be seen in London on- the 2 nd ilay , 1 & 42 . Was I then wrong in my opinion of the Chartists of London \ Our dinner vra 3 as glorioos as our demonstration . But what I esteem as—to myself—the greatest triumph , is this : after mutual explanation , and a rather angry debate , I had the pleasure , amid the most rapturous applac- ^ e , to balk the wily and disappoint ihe artfu ; , by ihnking hands with Jaines Bromerre O'Brien - and bury for eTer all hops of osr enemies' triumph throu jh our disunion .
No , my beloved friends , no private feelings of my ovm shall ever enter into your council ? . I will always surrender private feeling to public duty Bat , mark me , I have no feelings—I never had atiy feelings bnt those of affection , regard , and love for O'BricB . But it is now dene ; and , therefore , my friends , let it be announced to the ^ rorld that disunion Of your friends shall not injure your cause . WelL I
aittuded in Vhe House last night , to hear the debate " on your Petition . The nrsi h-jur was spent in private bill business , church business , and enclosure of poor men's land business . For that hour the House was too small to hold " our representatives"bnt the moment our champion , Duncombe , -was called upon tosta ' . fi your case , then , by degrees , tbe House thinned , till it was reduced to 18 on the Tory and , 30 on the Whis benches .
You will hare seen the "Petition Debate . " I shall not comment on the vile speeches of Jlacanlsy and Roebuck : I shall leave them to their constituencies I am now bnt one of many ; and shall not therefore say one word as to your future course , as that vriil be pointed Ob . t by your Convention . Suffice it to say , my friends , that what your Convention decrees , I , as one , will sacrifice my life , if necessary , to carry ont .
Nothing can equal the bravery , the decision , and unanimity of your delegates . Hot «» word of disunion ; irit all , on the contrary , endeavouring to soothe doTm anger and heal differences . O , how different from the middle-class Convention of Attwoodiies , Cobbettites , and Londonites 3 No deserter ! no two objects I no big words and little actions I I am going this evening to Brighton , to stand between the Whig and Tory at the election , for the purpose of placing the true light of Chartism betw&et
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 7, 1842, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct429/page/1/
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