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R, K. PHILP. TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR.
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'" It ( the right of private property in land ) is a most oppressive privilege , by the elevation of which the happiness of mankind has been for ages more invaded and restrained : than all the tyranny of kings , the imposture of priests , and the chicanery of lawyers , taken together , though these are supposed the greatest evils that afflict the societies of human kind . " --T-See par . 28 , —28 . 6 d . bds . Printed and Published by W . Dugdale , 10 , Holywell Street , Strand , at the Office of the Penny Sunday Chronicle , and may be had of all Booksellers ia Town and Country .
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THE NIW TARIFF . WITnOCT THE SANCTION OF THE PEERS OR CONSENT OF THE QUEEN .
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^^ fiUrCfEQwi C W ^ QlTSK ^ Bt I NOTICE TO EMIGRANTS . The following splendid Ships , ( and many others which will be named in future advertisements , ) will be dispatched in June , 1842 . FOR NEW YORK , The SYLVANUS JENKINS , Captain Seymour , 1000 tons burthen , 1 st June . The Black Ball Line of Packet Ship NEW YORK , Captain Cropper , 1 , 300 tons burfchen . To sail on her regular day , 7 th June , and carries an experienced Surgeon . And will be succeeded by the well known and deservedly favourite Packet Ships Captain Tons Burthen MEMPHIS E . Knight , ... 1400 10 th . June . METOKA M'Lauren , ... 1300 15 th . ONDIAKA Childs ... 1300 19 th , FOR BOSTON , MONMOUTH Patten , ... 1200 1 st . MILO Thompson ... 1000 7 th . ONECO Drew , ... 1200 12 th . DAMASCUS Bliss .. 1300 20 th . FOR QUEBEC MOUNTAINEER . Stickney , 1450 8 th . EDINBURGH , Lawson , ... 1700 20 th . These Vessels are aft of the first and largest class , and are commanded by men of acknowledged skill and talent , and are not surpassed , if equalled , by any other Ships in the trade . Families can have pri ^ - vate State Rooms . Passengers are allowed their expenses if detained after the day appointed for sailing . For Terms of Pasage apply to J . & W . ROBINSON , No . 16 . Goree Piazza , and No . 4 , Neptune Street , Liverpool . Or to Mrs , A . MANN , Central Market , Leeds .
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CHARTIST BEVERAGE . MESSRS . CROW and TYRELL beg to call the attention of the Chartist Public to the BEVERAGE prepared by them , as a Cheap and Wholesome substitute for Taxed Coffee . Ita nutritious qualities are equalled by none in the Market ; while its mode of Preparation renders it vastly superior ' to the Trash offered for Sale by those who regard not the health of the Consumer . Asa Means ofsupporting ; the " Executive Committee of the National Charter Association , " and as a Means of crippling the Governmental Exchequer , it may be made a ready and powerful weapon in the hands of the Sons of Toil . A single Trial will prove its superiority over other Preparations of like pretensions .
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The Proprietors have great pleasure in announcing that Mr . J . HOBSQN ; Publisher of the Northern Star , has become General Wholesale Agent for the Chartist Breakfast Powder , for the District of Yorkshire . He has now a large quantity in Stock , both at Leeds and at Huddersfieid ; from which he is authorised to supply the Associations and other Retail Vendora at the same Prices as the Proprietors themselves . Orders addressed to him will meet with prompt Attention .
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NOTICE 1 EVERY CHARTIST IN LONDON TO HIS •¦ ¦ ' .. .. : ' v . , pos ^ t . . ¦ ¦ ... , ¦ -,: ¦ .. ¦ . ,. ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE . A BENEFIT will take Place , at the RotaL Vic-Jt \ . TORtA Theatre , on Wednesday , June 8 ih , 1842 , in aid of the Funds to liquidate the Debt incurred by the PETITION DEMONSTRATION . The Performance ef the Evening iwill commence with the Popular Drama , entitled THE WRECK OF THE HEART .
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NEW FABRIC IN THE MANUFACrURS OF ' ¦/¦ ¦ •• : -V . ;; ' /¦ ¦ : ' ¦ : CLOTH . . ¦ •¦ ; V ; : . : : WM . HIRST will exhibit his new Mannfactnre Of Felted Cloth on a Woven Fabric , in a Large Room , Top of Skinner Lane , opposite the New Church , on and aftar Tuesday , July 5 th , from one o'clock to Four every Day , while necessary . After tHe . Exhibition , the Yorkshire Manufacturers must makeup their minds whether they will k ^ ep the Trade in Yorkshire or let it return to the West of England , where I brought it from . : On that occasion I will undertake to prove that Cloths made upon my new principle of Felting on a Woven Fabric ; , will require in one way or other , a 3 much labour as Cloths of the same quality require
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( COPY . ) " May 21 , 1842 . •«« I . IR . William Hirst . t" Dear Sir , —I have taken the liberty to write to you , hoping to find you in good health , as it leaves me at present—thank God ; for it 1 ' "I have to tell you a little about felting , as I have the pleasure of teceiviDg one of ybur handbills , recommending it to ; the manufacturers o £ England , saying you have three patents for it , and that . - yeu have brought it to perfection , which Idoubt not , for your partners and mine in England have not spirit to do it ; but I have brought it to perfection in France . We are manufacturii g from three to four hundred yards per day , and cannot supply one half our orders . - ; - ' -. ¦ V .. ' :. ¦ . - ¦• . ¦; ' . ¦ . ¦ ' ;
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" The writer of the above letter came to me from the West of England better than twelve months ago , pennylesa ; I took pity ba him , and relieved his wants , and employed him , at 80 s . ; per week . When he had got money and knowledge from me he 3 et off to France , as the above lettar proves .: 'l ! ¦ - ' ¦ - ¦ ¦ '¦ .- , ¦' /¦ ¦ . ' M Tottra truly , ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦¦¦ ¦—¦¦ " - ¦¦ - : - : ; " Wm-hiksi . " Leeds , May 25 / 1842 ; " '
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NEWSPAPER FOR SALE . milERE willbla ^ exposed ; to Sale ^ by Public Ronp , X -within tie Chronicle ; Office , Dyer's Close , Murraygate , Dundee , on Friday , the 24 th Day of June , 1842 , the COPYRIGHT ot itis DUNDEE CHRONICLE , which has now been Published for about . Seven Years , together with tie whole Founts of Types , which comprehend a very Extensive Variety f or Newspaper andeVery description of Job Printing ; also the Prinfuig Presses , including a Printing Machine of the largest class , and of the best cohstfaction , by Carr and Smith , together with the Type Casesj and generally the whole Furniture and Materials connected with the Printing Office j also the whole Furniture of the Publishing Office . -: - ¦ ¦ ; ¦ . ¦ ¦ : ¦ ' ¦ ¦ : ' - - -- ¦ .. . - ¦ ¦ ... ¦ ..-r .- --
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NEWS AGENCY . BOOKSELLING , AND GENERAL PRINTING ESTABLISIIMENT , - MARKET-WALK iHUDDERSEIELD . J HOSSON has great pleasure in ^ apprizing hia numerons Friends ^ - aad : th e PuWic of iluddcrsfield generally , and its Neighbpjirhood , ¦ 'that he has sneceeded to th > Bookselling ; arid New 3 Agency Business , lately . conducted . by Mr .: CilRistdPHER TrsKEii , Market-Walk ; attdbeg 3 to assure them that no effort of his will ba ; Wanting to ' ensijre fpr him a contiriiiancp of the Favpur' arid Sapppft accorded ¦ to ; his : predeliessOii . V ; : " : ; ; : . ¦ ¦^ " ; ' - ' : ¦ ~; i \ 'J- . ''¦ ¦" : ¦ ' ¦ ' ,-Orders receiyed , and promptly . . fbU ' ejide ^ . to , for all the London and Country Newspapers . ^ ^ opks and Periodicals of every descriDtion , ' coBstantly on sale or prpcurcd at a 1 few days' n , 6 tice . The Leeds , Halifax , and M » achestex ; pipers ready \ for delivery etery Saturday morning . ; ' ;?; . ^ , ^ . " 7 ;
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, . . ; .: . ;• ¦¦¦ , ; ' MABR 1 AGBS . , . : . Go . Wennesday evening , ihe 1 st of Jun «^ i& this to » n , at their own Tesidenee , Mr . J . C . Pisaai , to Mass A . Davis , of Mount Preston ; : On Saturday , May 28 oh , at the Baptist * Chapel , Horstorth , Mr . John Hatdaker , of Rawdon , 16 Mi S 3 Elizabeth Lancaster , of Horsforth . This was tb . 3 first marriage solemnized at the above ehapel . At St ; Poter ' s Churchj Derby , ea the 24 th of May , Mr , T . Gadd , of Siddal ' s Lane , to Mary , eidest daughter of Mr . Robert CoultaSj slater , cf the same place . .- ..- ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ . ¦ ;¦>• ; . - ¦ ¦ .. "¦ . •¦"¦ ¦ ,- . . •¦ : - .. ¦ - . ¦ ¦¦ : ¦ . - ¦ ' ; "¦ ¦" . .
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gnch meeting-rooms , and a General Council for each of them , separate from , and independent of , $ &eh other , but all subordinate to the " English Executive" as a common Head . This is clearly his idea of the National . Organization ; and this settles us in the opinion that he has never once read tie plan of organisation through , and that he is utterly ignorant of the state of the law in reference to political societies . He seems quite as innocent of all knowledge of the Corresponding Societies' Act as of the amended and legalized plan -of organization . He doe 3 not seem to know that A SATTOXAt POLITICAL SOCIETY , HAVI . VG XAXY MEETING PLACES OB BRAXCHE 5 , AND A GBXERAL
COPSCTC- FOB IHB GOTXRX 31 EM OP BACH , SUBORDTNAlB TO ONE GBKEBJLL HBAD , WHICH OF ITSEU SUBSISTED AS AH EXECUTIVE COVSClh , 3 JISTISCI FROM ALL THESE GENERAL COCXCILS , VTOChD RENDER EVERT O >* E OF ITS MEMBERS ioablb to irassportatios . Aud yet , to avoid this , was the very purpose for which the National Delegate Meeting at Manchester' was called ; for which its sittings were most anxiously prolonged for three whole days ; and for which the national plan of organisation assumed its present form ; much Ies 3 effective for operation than the old pl * ° f districts , branches , Town Councils ,
County Councils , and Executive Couacil , Tmt absolutely necessary for safety and for the protection of the law . In fact , Mr . Philp seems as utterly innocent of the character , and qualifications , and knowledge , most particularly requisite in a member of the people ' s Executive , as a child just born . We may here state a fact which it may not be amiss for the people to know . Of many official documents sent here for publication , by the present Executive , we h&Te been obliged to alter the phraseology , to save the Executive from the hazard of coming within the fangB of the Attorney-General It is highly necessary that the people should hare npon their ExecutiTe , men who know what they are about ; men who know the state of the law , so far , &i lease , as is may affect themselves in their official
capacity , and the society with ¦ whose interest they are entrusted . Let it not be forgotten that we now lire under a Tory Government ; and that every member of an illegal society is , by the law , held responsible for all the oficiil act 3 of every officer of that society j and that it is in the power of the Executive , by ignorance of the law , or by ignorance of , or inattention to , the plan of organization , to furnish an Attorney General with saeh documentary evidence as might be made most mischievous use of . These are aot matters to be trifled with . They are matters to which the earnest consideration of the whole Chartist body should be given at this important juncture . Mr . Philp goes on , in his letter to say : —
u I regret that you permit your reporters to write tteir own prejudices or feelings , rather than important facts , and that thus many good and confiding Chartists are misled . " Now , to what doe 3 this remark of Mr . Philp allude ? He cannot allude to the paragraph about which he professedly writes to complain ; because he knew from the terms of that paragraph that it did not come from our reporter ; and also because he affects to treat that paragraph & 3 coming from the Editor . And yet he does sot cite any other instance to which the remark can apply . So that we have here an assertion mads , without a shadow of evidence for its Eupport , evidsntly for no other purpose than that of founding an offensive remark upon it . Mr . Philp next treats us to a detail of his success
'in persuading the Chartists of different localities to be delighted with his Sttjrgk Conference movement . We have shewn how much credit is due to his statements as -to a very plain matter of fact in the case of the two Chartist meetings or societies , at Bath ; and we shall only therefore say in reference to these statements that we hope he may not have practised ingenuity of the same kind to a like extent upon them . Mr . Philp is next pleased to oblige us with grave admonitions as to how we ought to conduct the Northern Ster . We thank him for hi 3 fatherly attentions ! We are quite willing to trust the judgment of our paper to its readers ; and we have no doubt that they are quite as willing to trust its management to U 3 . One sentence only , in this paragraph , requires our attention . It is this : —
" Look to men ' s actions , and allow these to speak for themselves ; but do not impute motives to men you do not know , and whose hearts and minds you cannot read . " In connection with this sentence , we give also the last sentence in the letter : — u And in conclusion , I desire all who have presumed to judge hastily of my motives , to watch narrowly and unceasingly the actions of Robert Kemp Philp . "
Connecting this with his talk of an attack upon him li in the Star of each week" Mr . Philp would insinuate that we are in the constant habit of imputing unworthy motives to his actions . ( It either means this or it means nothing . ) Mr . Philp knows this to be false . We never but once even hinted at motives in connection with Sir . Philp . This was on the 19 th of March last ; just after the famous Bath Conferences . We then said , speaking of him and Ye ? ce 5 T and others who acted with them : —
" We doubt not that they err from the excess of ibeir anxiety to seiza every opportunity of making converts to the Charter , and from their readiness to estimate the motives of others by their own , and so to give the middle-class Sturgemen full credit for sincerity in their profession of Universal Suffrage principles : they suppose them to be sincere in wishing for Universal Suffrage , and that , therefore , they can easily persuade them into the adoption of the other points of the Charter . We think them much mistaken ; and we still opine that their error will not be found less fatal for being amiable . "
This is the only time that we have ever even hinted at motives , in connection with Mr . Philp , and we leave any one who reads it to say whether that justifies the sentences just quoted from his present letter . Finally , Mr . Philp assures us of his " friendship . " We can only reply that we neither ask his friendship nor fear his enmity . We ask only for that " fairne 33 " which he requires from us , but which he has not shown to us . One word more and , so far as we are personally concerned , we have done with thi 3 matter . A few weeks ago we ventured very mildly and respectfully to intimate that we thought Mr . Philp and a few friends of hi 3 wrong in a matter of judgment . We expressed that opinion in the language which we have above cited , in reply to his insinuation about motives . We defy any man living to find in the
Nurthtrn Star up to that time , a word less respectful towards Mr . Pbilp than those words which we there give . Mr . Philp , and his friend Mr . Vincent , had then a paper at command called the Vindicator , sad in the next Vindicator this very mild and gentle expression of a dissent from his policy was thus referred to by Mr . Philp : — " Bnt there are some mixed up with Chartism , to its prf judice and injury , big in self-esteem ; who , having imperfectly learned the alphabet of politics , presume to speak its language . Such naea are but drags upon the wheel of human progression ; their adoration is of me * , not of principles ; their discourses ABUSE ASD DECLAMATION , not ARGUMENT . They Beek to earn a reputation ; sad not having the ability to gain a People ' s esteem
for themselves , they assail the characters of others , that they may be elevated by their downfall . * * " The course I have taken I am still prepared to defend , and will still pursue , notwithstanding the falseaoods of Bartlett , to which several additions are tnade in tne star of tne y ^ fa ; notwithstanding the dictatorship of its Editor . * * 1 declare for INDEPENDENCE 1 of THorcHT and of acmos . If lean , fail to adduce argument and reason for my position , if I compromise a single principle , them XEI XE BE CONDEMNED . I COUTt BOt popularity , nor praise ; I labour zealously to advance the cause of Chartism , but I am not U be turned from tny path by ftery mushroom that starts up in my Stay . * * ** *** Let thosb Crouch who will—I ' ll kot be a slave . .
. . * This 13 the first time since my connection with Chartism that I have been called upon to defend myself frem malieious abuse and misrepresentation ; aud I will resist to the last the tyrannical conduct of men , even though they cloak themselves by the tume of Chartists . •* I repeat—does any honest Chartist desire meio state correctly what 1 have done , and what course I recommend lo be pursued , 1 will do so with extreme readiness and pleasure ; but let me not be viewed throvgh the darkened medium of other men ' s thk / e b'ads and blaekhearts . "
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This wa 3 Mr . Philp's reply to the language we have given above , aud which may be read in the Northern Star of the 19 th of March last . The italics , small capitals , and capitals , are all his own . We made , upon this piece of bluster , some few remarks the week following , and since then we are not aware that we have noticed him editorially at all . We have , however , given insertion to various paragraphs of public meetings which he has addressed in different places . These paragraphs have generally been of a favourable character . la last week ' s Star , for instance ,
there were as many of these favourable notices of Mr . Philp as make , altogether , something more than , ' a column of the paper ; to these Mr . Philp does not at all object . But then there was also in last week's Star three lines from the Bath Chartists somewhat distasteful to Mr . Philp , and on account of these three lines Mr . Ppilp thinks it necessary to send us the letter upon which we are now commenting . It is quite clear , therefore , that Mr . Philp ' s idea of "fairness" is , that everything said of him is M unfair , " except it be gratifyiug , and that we ought to insert all resolutions , &c . in his favour , but none
that might intimate the slightest disagreement with him either as to matters of opinion or matters of fact . Now this does not happen to be our notion of " fairness" in disenssing the conduct of a public man . We have every desire to oblige Mr . Philp if we can ; but we have a decided objection to do so-at the expence of " fairness . " And we have , therefore , no alternative but to request that , in future , no mention of Mr . Philp , in any shape , "fair" or unfair , " may come to this office at all . We shall then , perhaps , be able to avoid doing him the injustice about which his complaints are so ready and so bitter .
So much for the dispute between Mr . Philp and us . It is dow over . We kiss Mr . Philp ' s hands and wish him " God speed ' in all his good undertakings wherever he may go . He shall never more have occasiou to complain that we l 'in the Star of each week" evince a disposition to create an unfavourable impression on the minds of the Chartist body respecting his acts . We now turn to a serious portion of our duty , This man is a candidate for the highest post of honour , trust , confidence , and usefulness , in the Chartist body . We ask the people to read his letter
in this week's Star—to weigh it well and carefully , and then say whether they think him fit for that post . We ask them , is the man who is capable of thus deliberately seeking to establish a despotism of the press which would stifle the people ' s voice fit to become a member of the people ' s Executive ? Is the man who is capable of the ingenioas but palpable dishonesty of charging upon the Star the statements publicly and openly made by his own neighbours ; is the man who can do this deliberate and wilful wrong to one who never harmed him a fit man to be entrusted with grave Tesponsibilities in the cause of right ?
We ask them whether so perfect an adept in trickery , casuistry , and insinuation as this letter proves Mr . Philp to be is a fit man to be put in the front of the struggle of simple honesty against all those qualities in the factions ! We ask them if moral honesty and truthfulness be a matter of no consequence in the qualification of an Executive Committeeman ? We cannot think they will answer in the affirmative . But if they should , we would then a 3 k if they are willing to place the high destinies of our great cause again in the hands of a matt who is proved to be utterly ignorant of the plan
of organization , and utterly ignorant of the meshes of the law , which may at any moment be drawn round him and all who are connected with him . Let it be remembered that this present weeek decides the matter . We presume not to dictate to the people whem they should choose . But in spits of all the ravings about "dictation , " we we will tell them frankly that we think they ought not to choose Mr . Philp ; and for this simple reason ; all the members of the Executive Committee should be honest men and wise men , aud we think this letter of Mr . Philp ' s , proves him to he neither the one nor the other .
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Wm . ( Notting J . —We received his letter ; and , so far as we at present know of the matter , certainly coincide with him in the opinion that his friend has been ill used : tee think , however , that its publication would do more harm than good , especially as the public resolutions of last week will do much lo neutrelie , the poison of private slander . These , of course , Mr . Russell did not know of when he wrote . Will Mr . Russell give ushis precise address 7 J . W . —A householder whose landlord pays the rates may claim to be entered on the rate book , as ¦ though he paid the rates himself . He will then be entitled to his vote ; but any composition on the part of the landlord for less than the full
amount of rate would disfranchise him , Thomas Bbjggs . — We never received any letter con-. taining an announcement of the Derby tea meeting and O'Connor ' s lecture . To his " remonstrance" we can only answer , that in these cases . we must remember that we have all England , Scotland , Wales , and Ireland to deal with and for . H . B . Mabley . —On reading the " remonstrance" lo which he refers , we find it would occupy more space than we can spare : it is besides unnecessary , as the National Remonstrance adopted and recommended by the late Convention—has ap' peared in the Northern Star . Joh >* Skevihgton , of Loughborough , writes . —
" Allow me to correct an error that appeared in the balance-sheet of the Convention . It ia there stated that 5 s Sd . was Bent from Longhborough . I sent it , and at the same time stated that 3 s . of it was . from Monntsorrel , 23 . ( Jd . from Eastlake , and 6 d . -from a friend , ¦ which , deducting 4 d . for order and postage , left 5 a . 8 d . I wish this to appear for the satisfaction of those -who have paid the money , and for my justification ; as it desirable that every man that has to do with public money should stand clear with those he has to do with . " We must really request that those who have the preparing of balance-sheets lo send here will be . careful to have them correct , and not let it be necessary for our space to be thus occupied , week after week , with corrections of public documents . Johx Sketi > -gto > ' writes-
" In reference to the election of the Executive , while I -would wish not to give offence te any one , yet I think the election should have taken place at the time fixed in the plan of organisation ; or else a meeting of delegates called to alter the time . For , as ene of the delegates present at the remodelling of the plan , I -was aware , when the time was fixed , - that the . first Execntive would not have to sit for a ¦ whole year ; and I think if we cannot keep our own rules , we are not qualified to legislate for the country . "
We think Mr . Skevington perfectly right . Lovdov Delegate Council . —We cannot publish their address without the Christian names of all the delegates in full . We have returned it lo our correspondent to have that deficiency supplied . Robert Garbutt . —We have no room . Jakes ScR"tm »" , York . —His communication Jw an advertisement . Thomas Kerslake . —We cannot interfere . StJTTON-iN Ashfield . —We have received notices oj public meetings of the Chartists and the female Chartists of this place , to be holden at some time , of which the name is not given . John Hope . —Because he assented to the bill for
their disfranchisement . Johs Watkins , intending to take a tour for the benefit of his health , and wishful , at the same time , to do what service he can to the cause , requests that those localities which may desire a . visit from him will write to him immediately , that he may [ make arrangements accordingly . Address , Battersea , Surrey . Saddlewoeth . — We have several letters asking our opinion of the best steps lo be taken in reference - to a petty blackguard of a constable here , who tears the Chartist lecture bills from th ^ walls . We know no better way than lo summon him before the magistrates , taking care to have good
proof . If the magistrates refuse , tn the face oj clear evidence , to convict , indict him at the Quarter Sessions , if the means to do so can be raised ; if not , set the women to watch him and let them catch him , and they will doubtless hit upon some mode of summery justice thai may be useful . John Jones will be thankful to any person who can inform him whether the memoirs of Henry Hunf Esq ., were ever finished publishing ; and , ifsr , where he must apply lo complete his set . ^ Mb . Enoch Ramsbottom , at Mr . Findlow s , We . I Orchard , Coventry , will le glad to receive fr . tn - Messrs . Crow and Tyrrell their terms of agency .
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John Cockcroft . —Poor Law Guardians are elected by the ratepayers . The qualification to vote for the other town ' s officers mentioned in his note varies in different places : generally the elective power is in the ratepayers . A householder whose rates are paid by the landlord would be eligible if he claimed to have his name on the rate-book —not else . If a composition on the rale be paid it disqualifies him . Mb . O'Connor desires us to say , that he cannot on any account leave Nottingham at present : those places , therefore , which might have been expecting him will wait their turns . Jonathan Barber . —We fear that by inserting his letter we should injure the party whom he wishes
to serve . T . . W ' ., Sheffield , suggests . — " First : That the Executive be requested to draw up a new petition , simply stating the humble but sincere and earnest wish of the petitioners to have the whole Charter made forthwith the law of the land . Second : That each and every Chartist be advised to increase twofold his energies and exertions , and so place on the sheets that shall be presented in the next Sessions of Parliament double the number of signatures that were appended . Third : That duplicates be kept ef each and every signature , and that the Chartists everywhere threaten the shopkeepers with the loss of their custom if they refuse to subscribe their pence 01 shillings towards the expence of the extra quantity of paper . "
E . M . Old-street , St . Lukes . —Transfer the 3 s . for ' Mis . Roberts , to Mr . Guest , bookseller , of Birmingham , who will forward it lo its destination . Convention Fdnds . —The Tayistock Chartists write thus— " Having seen a mis-statement in the Star concerning our money that was sent to our delegate , we wish you to correct it . We have sent £ 2 to him , and there is only £ \ acknowledged , £ 1 was sent to Mr . Cleave and the other was sent to Mr . Powell ; we think Mr . Powell ought to have reported it to the Convention . " Mb- Candy , the Lectxjber . —J . Leech of Huddersfield , desires us to note in this manner , that the time fixed by Candy is fully expired ; and that he expects to hear from him without delay .
T . P . Green . —We object to it altogether . The man is dead ; lei him atone . John Richards , Hanlep Potteries . —We do not see what we can do in the matter . The men were clearly wrong to be in the fray at all . Manchester Chartists . —Fold your papers in the regular way , so as to leave as much while paper at the end as possible , tie them round with a cord , write the address legibly and carefully on the paper itself , take the dates when they are posted , and if you have any more complaints write to Lord Lowlher , the Postmaster General . Subscriptions to the Convention . —Several sums have been received during the past week : a list of them , by the General Treasurer , will be given next week .
Mr . Cleave has received 20 s . from Peter Rogers , Esq , of Ivy Hill , near Chelmsford , and 5 s . from Mr . Reynolds , of Sheen Vale , near Mortlake , in support of the National Charier Association , lo be placed in the hands of the Execulive ^ both gentlemen enrolling themselves as members , and taking enamelled cards . May their example be extensively imitated 1 Henrt More , Swansea . —Will he furnish us with his exact address .
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WillJ . Johnston say which Post-office the papers are to be left at , Liverpool or Detroit ; and if he wants one weekly or all on one week . Geobge Jones Hale . —The Post Master General has been written to about the detaining of the newtpapers . B . Mc'Cartnby . —Yes . Geobge Lee . —Fes . FOR C . WOOD OF HONLEY . s . d . From the N . C . A . Mansfield , per J . Q . Hibbard 2 6 FOR MR . BROOK , N O W IN NORTHaLLERTON . From the N . C . A . Mansfield , per S . G . Hibbard 2 6 FOR THE EXECUTIVE . From the N . C . A . Swansea ... ... 14 0
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Sir . —I have yet to compUin of the disposition you evince in the Star of each week , to create an unfavourable impression in the minds of the Chartist body respecting my acta . In your paper of the 28 th of May , a note pnrporting to be from " the Bath Chartists , " asserts that Messrs . Vincent and Philp have created division , and formed another Society . I have denied this emphatically before , and regret again to be called upon to reiterate the denial . The division in Bath ( little though it be ) was not created by Vincent and Philp , but through the conduct of your reporter , which has already been amply commented on in the Star and
r indicator , and condemned by resolutions passed at meetings in Bath , by large majorities of the Chartists . "I deny that any society has been formed in Bath by either Vincent or Philp , or any persons with whom we have connexion . Nor has any political society , that I know of , been recently formed , the origin of which may either directly or indirectly ba attributed to us . We have opened a large and comfortable room , capable of accommodating 1 , 500 persons—it is lit with gas , and situated in the heart of the city , and this is applied to the purposes of the National Charter Association , has a general council for its management , aad is under the guidance of the English Executive—and I have the greatest reason to expect that , ere long , it will render most essential service to cur good cause . ''
I regret that you permit your reporters to write their own prejudices or feelings , rather than important facts , and that thus many good and confiding Chartists are misled . I hope you ¦ will make the star that which it ought to be—a faithful mirror of the Chartist movement , and use its influence to promote union and extend organisation . I take this opportunity of expressing my heartfelt satisfaction at the welcome reception I have met -with in ail the towns I have passed through since leaving London . I have had most excellent meetings , and enrolled upwards of two hundred and fifty members in our Association . Everywhere ( When asked ) I have explained my views on the Sturge system , respecting which , I , with others , was so hastily condemned ; and my explanations have given the utmost satisfaction , and won forme ( I hesitate not to asser , ) the love and esteem of all who listened to them .
In Sheffield , after explaining myself to a party of friends , a councillor of our association , of Fig-tree-lane , said , " Ah I in what a different light I see and understand it now—how are the people misled !" In Bradford , after my lecture , a working man came forward and seized mj hand , and pressing it warmly , said , " I beleng to the Manningham Association , and "when I saw the report of the Northern Star , I moved a vote of censure on you , and it was carried unanimously . I have watched you yery close ever since , and am convinced of my error ; and I feel it my duty to ask your pardon for having thus injured you . " I thanked him for his honourable conduct , and told him I wanted not my pardon asked , but a mere expression of confidence . I could hardly put from my friend , he
seemed so hurt at what he had done . . At Queensbead , I was questioned on my conduct , gave an explanation , and received a unanimous vote of confidence . At Halifax , the good old veteran in our cause , Mr . B . Rushton , questioned me on the subject . He said he had sanctioned a vote of censure which had been passed by the Halifax Chartists , and bad moved an addition to it which bad made it stronger ; but he now begun to view my motives in a very different light He , therefore , put the questions to me , in the best of feeling , that I might have an opportunity of explaining myself . The vote of censure had been passed upon me in this place unanimously , and on this occasion the prime movers in it were present . I entered on a plain and unequivocal explanation . I sought not to coax
my audience into approbation . I condemned them for having censured without an investigation of the case , and concluded by saying that 1 rejoiced in what I had done , because , although it had raised prejudice against me , it bad materially beneEtted the Chartist movement , and I declared that , when a similar opportunity occurred , I Bhould act in the same manner , with the same motives . A Chartist brother moved a vote of confidence . It was seconded ; and an amendment was moved that the expression of confidence be accompanied with thanks . The original motion was withdrawn , and the decision was unanimous and enthusiastic . In several ether places I have also received votes of confidence and thanks ; and thus am amply compensated for all the ills I have endured through misrepresentation .
I trust you will , in fairness , allow this letter to appear in year next ; and if I may presnme to tender a few words of advice to ycu , they shall be to this effect : —Let all the reports in the Star be founded on truth and impartiality ; let Us influence be directed against the people ' s enemies everywhere , and do not every week moke deadly direct and indirect thrusts at the people ' s friends and advocates . Leok to men's actions , and allow these to speak for themselves ; but do not impute motives to men yon do not know , and whose hearts and minds you cannot read . Let your sole endeavour be , to gather ap the scattered strength of our body—to illumine their minds , and warm their hearts , and cheer them on in the struggle , until liberty is enjoyed by alL Taos , like the Star of Bethlehem , you will conduct the ' ? good and wise" men to their Saviour .
I make these remarks in friendship , fully bearing in mind tke resolution of the Convention , on which / am determined to act . And in conclusion , I desire all who have presumed to judge hastily of my motives , to watch narrowly and unceasingly the actions of Robert Kemp Philp .
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FADDLEWOETH .-The Nor ^ ern Pistrict Order of Ancient Druids , Lodge , 126 , held their anniversary , at the Hone and Jockey , Buckey-noo c , Saddlflsworth , on Monday last , when about thir . y members sat down to a moat sumptuous and splend d dinner , which did great credit to the landlady of tie house .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Iktesdaffy May 31 . The first business of importance in both Houses of Parliament was the agreeing to an address to her Majesty , congratulating her on her escape from the " atrooiouB and cowardly" attempt on her life , and expressing the feelings of loyalty and devotion which actuated the legislature . The address was proposed in the House of Lords by the Dake of Wellington ; and a message was sent down to the Commons , asking their concurrence in it . A committee to manage the conference was accordingly appointed ; and on its return , ¦ Sir R . Peel proposed the adoption of the address , or rather the concurrence of the House in it , expressing , with considerable emotion , his foelings on the occasion . , ' . ¦ - ¦"¦ . ¦ . ¦ ' . - - . vy ; ' . " ' . v ' ¦ ¦ . - ¦ .. ; . ; .. ¦ '¦ ¦ ¦ " . •¦" . Lord John RussELt seconded the motion / giving utterance to similar sentiments ; arid the concurrence of the House was expressed by an unanimous shout of assent ' . " ¦ ¦ ,- ; .-: ¦ ¦ ¦;• ¦ . ¦• . ' . . . - ¦ . ;¦; . . . - ¦ - . "¦ . ... ¦ ¦ . .. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . - ' . . . It was intimated by Sir R . Peei . that her Majesty would receive the address on Wednesday . It was ultimately agreed tiak thd House should meet at a quarter-past two for the purpose of joining their Lordahipa in goingvup witfo , the address . On the motion for the resuming of the adjourned debate on the tfeird reading of tke Income Tax Bill , Mr . Labouchere asked a question relative to the rumoured intention of the French Government to raise the duties on linen-yarn imported .
Sir Robert Peel replied that some Buch iiiformatian had reached them , but that the British Government bad promptly given an expression : of its regret at the adoption of this intention , should it be so determined on by the French Government . We were now engaged in such communications with other winegrowing countries , as might make the people ef the South of France deeply regret the suspension of their intercourse with this country . Several other questions were asked ; one by Mr . D'Israeli , addressed to Sir John Hobhouse , respecting the suppression of some of the documents connected
with the occupation of Afghanistan ; and a question from Mr . Vernon Smith , addressed to Sir James Graham , respecting what he considered to be "the theatrical parade , " and unseemly proceedings , on the occasion of the preaching of the ' condemned ser non " on the Sunday before Good ' s execution . Sir James Graham concurred in opinion with Mr . V . Smith as to the impropriety of the proceedings , but said that the Secretary of State for the Home Department had no direct control over the civic authorities , though he had no doubt that they would attend to any representions which might be made to them .
Mr . Hume then took occasion , on the third reading of the Income Tax Bill , to give expression to his sentiments on the commercial situation and prospects of the country , and the commercial measures of the present government . He regarded Lord Palmerston as the evil genius of the late Government , leading this country on from war to war , till it was plunged in the mire of the financial difficulties in which the present Government found it Sir R . Peel should deal with public affairs as be would with his own , and not permit any wasteful and unnecessary expenditure of the public money , is keeping up naval and military establishments far beyond the exigencies of the public service . The country was now less able to bear the pressure of additional taxation than when its commercial affairs were in ; i prosperous condition ; and on these and other grounds , which he stated at some length , he opposed the bill .
Sir Charles Napier expressed his strong disapprobation of any proposition for reducing our naval and military establishments , but , at the same time , deprecated additional taxation bo long aa the monopolies in corn and sugar were maintained . After some observations from Colonel Wyndham and Mr . Curteis , Mr . F . T . Baring asked if this were a bill which apportioned the harden of taxation fairly and equally on the public ? There was no allowance to be made for losses under' different schedules ; and a merchant might have to pay his income tax on a given amount of
stock , while his losses in trade might be double the amount of his dividends , and thus the actual result leave him without any income at all . Passing in review the different arguments against the bill . He pointed out the breach of faith in taxing the stock belonging to foreigners , not resident in this country ; and expressed his fears for the result of the application of a tax on industrial eapHal , leading probably to its abstraction from the trade of this country . The moral influence of this tax was also to be taken into account , as its tendency ; from its inquisitorial nature , would be disastrous to the character of the country .
The Chancellor of the Exchequer re-adduced the former arguments in support of an income tax , contending th it there now existed that exigency in the public finances which called for its imposition . The collection cf the tax is to be placed under the Commissioners of Assessed Taxes , who will be enabled to do bo at an additional cost of about £ 30 , 000 to their present establishment ; and the entire expence of collection , including establishment , salaries , travelling expences , &c &C will not be above one-half of the expence of the collection of the former income tax , which , in 1815 , was about £ 300 , 000 . ; Mr . Mangles entered into a review of the condition of our Indian finances , with a view of shewing that they were not in the embarrassed state asserted by Sir Robert Peel when he proposed the income tax .
Sir R . H . INGLIS expressed his regret that his suggestion had not been adopted by the Government , of only taxing income above £ 150 , which would have been a great boon to a large class of people of small incomes , varying from £ 150 to £ 200 . Mr . V 1 lliers contended that the income-tax was politically unwise , and , practically , atrociously upjust . Its necessity had arisen from bad legislation , interfering with trade , limiting the home market , diminishing expenditate , and deteriorating the condition of the people . ; -., - - . " "¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ : ' : ., . .. . ' . ' , - ,. ' . ' , "¦ . ¦ .: ;• ¦/ . , ¦ Mr . D'Israeli replied to some of the statements of Mr . Mangles on the subject of our Indian finances . Mr . Brotherton argued that the income-tax must necessarily fall on the working classes , inasmuch as any tax on trade diminishes profits , and . reduces wages . On a division , there appeared For the third reading of the Bill ... 255 Against it 149
— -106 Certain amendments were then proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer , to one of which an exception was taken by Mr . George William Wood * and another division took place , when there appeared 199 to 96 in support of the Government The Bill then passed its final stage in the House of Commons , and the House shortly after adjourned .
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TYLDEBLEY . —On Monday evening a public meeting determined , by resolution , to buy no more fresh milk , butter , or buttermilk , till the price 3 of those articles be reduced to three-halfponco a quart for new milk , a halfpenny a quart for buttermilk , and eightptnee a pound for butter . HighLipe below Stairs . — -A gentleman of fortune , residing in the . neighbourhood of Hampstead , and who for some time past ; has been sojourning at a distant part of the country , returned unexpectedly to his house at Hampstead on Thursday evening last , and on arriving at his residence was surprised at perceiving lights issuing from the windows of his best apartments , whilst shouts of merriment , mixed
with the musical sounds of a harp and other instruments , broke from the interior of the mansion . Mr . —at first conjectured that he must have made a mistake , and that he had in a temporary absence of mind wandered to the residence of a " neighbour . But no ; to relieve his doubts , Sanbho , the yard dog came bounding towards him . He was at home , and feeling curious as to the cause of all this revelry , the house having been left solely to the care of the servants , he cautiously made his way into the premises through a back entrance , and succeeded in gaining a balcony extending round the windows of the first floor , whence he could cbinmauda view of the interior of the drawing-room , vvheni to his surprise , he beheld a scene that completely bewildered him . A
numerous party was assembled , dressed in every variety of costume , representing a motley crowd of Jews , Gipsies , Turks , sultanas , sailors , soldiers , &o . all commingled together in chaotic confusion , and playing off the most practical jokes imaginable on each other . On perceiving these strange visitors located within his habitation , the gentleman conceived that some friend or neighbour had "borrowed" his rooms on an emergency for a fancy dress ball ; and he was on the point of retiring froin the spot to make inquiries of the servants , when , lo * coald he believe his eyesight ; bedecked in the costume of a grand Turk , with a luxuriant display of beard , that might have excited the envy of a bonajjde bashaw , forth stalked from amongst the crowd in the back
drawing room , no less a personage than Sam , his under footman , leading daintily , by the " blushing fingerp , " Sally and Susannah , the belle de cuisine and femme de mansion of his establishment , both ladies attired after a fashion that would have puzzled the united conclave of antiquarian dames throughout the entire kingdom tobaye defiaed > The appearance of Sam and his smirking "handmaid " at once elucidated the mystery . Mr . — - — sprang throughiheopen window into the . rooin , when a scene ensued that beggars description . The magic word " master ! " sever produced greater consternation among a set of urchins engaged in the revel of a school-room riot , than did that exclamation from the
united -voices of Sam , Sally , and Susannah produce on the motley set assembled in the drawing room aforesaid . Sauve qui peut was the orde ^ of the night . A rush was made for the doors . The crowd , in their eagerness to escape , blocked up the head of the staircase , and the efforts of those in the rear threw the foremost off their legs . The mass give way , and Jews , Gipsies , and Tnrke , sultanas , sailors , soldiers , summultisaliis , rolled head long down the stairs , amidst the screams of the women , and the frantic struggles of the men . The intruders were bundled out of the house sans cemnoue , to seek their respective domiciles as best they might , and the servants _ employed in the estftbU&hmejit received noiioe to » uit forthwii h *
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Sihqvlar WiM .. —Mr . William Falkons , late of Gate 3 head , draper , who died in July last , by his walli proved at Durham on the 21 st ., bequeaths £ 7 , 410 in legacies , ' wymg from £ 10 to £ 300 , to " industrionsand upright professional men , tradesmen , and others" ( in all 101 ) , some of -whom * he remarks , he had observed contending with difficulties , and yet preserving their integrity . To one legatee he bequeaths £ 50 as a token of his esteem for him in closing his shop on the Sabbath , which shop had been kept open by the previous occupier . —Durham Advertiser . '
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THE NORTHERN STAR . 5
R, K. Philp. To The Editor Of The Northern Star.
R , K . PHILP . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR .
Now Publishing, By W. Pugdale. No. 6, Holywell Street, Strand.
Now Publishing , by W . pugdale . No . 6 , Holywell Street , Strand .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 4, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct433/page/5/
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