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THE LATE STRIKE , ITS CAUSES AND EFFECTS . SEKQ THE STJBSTAKCE 0 ? A LECTURE DELIVERED IS
L 6 KD 0 N BT JOHK WATKitfS . ( Ccmduded . ) Who is thfiie Ih&fc hears of the lires of his fellowcreatures being taken by the command of those who tad before deprived them of the meant of living—who tJurt hears that working-men , with large families dependent npon them , haTe been shot , and their brethren preTented from meeting to express pity for their fit £ —who that bean of these thing * , but must akhor tbe system under which they take place—but must nre&r that he will not be stopped from crying aloud tftui he ^ iU spare not until one general Toioe of indignation ring throughout the land , and sound the deathfajeH af faction ?
London has done nobly—though not the scene of Qjga outrages—though not suffering from the distress which provoked them , yet have the men of London jhewn their sympathy—shewn that they would make common cause with the oppressed against the oppressor . 33 ig cutwsxd determination of their feelings has been checked , but their hearts will burn all the warmer within , and determination become more determined . The mtn of London heard the cry of the turn-outs , vbose reeking blood cried to them from the groundit knocked at their hearts—their hearts opened , and
the power of their minds , will unite to form a mighty torrent uf public opinion that shall arise and sweep irom the land all loyalty to a Qu 6 en who knew of the distressed condition of her subjects , and yet offered , £ 50 , not for their relief , bnt for their blood per manall obedience t * a Government that could express sympathy for the sufferings of the people , and then Bend aol&en to shoot them—all respect to a Parliament that , pretfcnding to represent the peeple , refuses to listen to their prayers , or replies with mockery and insult . A sullen calm has succeeded the storm—the silence , not of submission , but of fixed passion holding its
breath , — " Until the hour which shall atone for years . " Oh , when will that hour come—when will liberty be here ? ' I say to myself , Runnymede ! and the word is lite the sound of a trumpet to waken my heart—it beats with renewed ardour in the cause ; but when ¦ wiil our Runnymede come—the day of our Great Charter ? It cometh it casts its shadow before—the late strike ii the precursor of a greater strike—the deeds of the tyrants are hastening their own downfall—but let us be 'wiry—iet not our eDeinies succeed in throwing on us the odium of their deeds—in shiftin ^ on us the indignation due only to themselves—in charging us with their crimes—nor let us expose our liTea needlessly ,
uselealj . I deeply deplore the blood that has been shed—I should much deplore the shedding of more blood , and therefore in the hope of deterring rash , inconsiderate , or superficial thinkers from attempts which common foresight would show must , in the present unprepared state of the people , and in fatal failures , I will briefly state what is necessary to physical-force success . In the first place each man must not only be wellarmed , weil-trained in the use of those arms , and a great number well-mounted ; but , in the second place , they must know how to act in masses , as well as individually , in a body , at once : all this done , they will require artillery and store of ammunition , uniforms , ice . They would not be in want of a leader—they
should not be in want of one . An army of the people that had beaten the first force which Government had sent against them , would haTe nothing to do but march up to London , receiving fresh numbers as they came along , and welcomed into the metropolis by hundreds of thousands . The Charter would be granted at once : but what then ? If the people dispersed , it would fee as soon revoked ; and if they kept up their force , they would find it necessary to establish a military despotism of their own , and freedom would still be a stranger to the country . All the middle classes—all that portion of the working men that could be coerced or bought—all the aristocracy and such numbers of foreign troops as th « continental kings would gladly send to their aid , —all these -would be arrayed against the paaple , and when would civil
War cease ? But what do I talk of ? are not the people unarmed , undrilled , untrained , undisciplined ? Will they be allowed by those who have unarmed them , and who have armed , trained , drilled , and disciplined both zed-coats and blue-coats on their side ? will the people be suffered to fit themselves individually , numerically for the encounter ? Are there not spies in the land employed to entrap all true men , who betray them for a word , —for the tyrants wait not for deeds ? Let our physical
force boasters bear in mind what time it takes to drill » man , and how small a force of disciplined men can put to the rout a large body of conccrtless rioters . I grant that not a working man but would be a match for a soldier in boxing or wrestling ; but could he with fists fight the other with a sword , or equal armed , if sot equal skilled ? The pike , to be sure , may do much , —the musket more . Strength is not all that is seeded , nor skill neither—calculation is required , but this is the leader's part—judgment in the cbeice of ground and in the conduct of a battle or a retreat
We often hear it said that nothing but physical force or the fear of it will ever get the Charter . I leave the people to judge of the probability that the Charter will be gained by force , or that the Government will fear it , while thiy have the ancy at their devotion , and what chance there is that the army will wheel round to the side of the people . If the people see no such probability , no such chance , would it not be better for them to leaTe physical force to those who are so fond of nsing it—to those who are prepared with itto those who make it the business of their lives to learn it—who study it as a science—who glory in i * s exercise —l « ave it to them , and let us stick ta moral forcethey cannot beat us there—we have beat them in every moral encounter—at every public meeting , or
discus-• ion . They cannot defeat us morally until they can refute our arguments , and they have not been able to answer them yet Let us despise and detest physical force ; we have nobler ground to stand on . Their cause requires the gun and sword ; ours but the tongue of truth . Morally we are Btrong . Be not overcome of physical force , but overcome physical force by moral force . We shall yet disarm them ; we akall tarn their rwords to sickles , and their spears to pruning hooka . I deny not the justice of physical force—it is a right of nature to repel force by force , and surely it is more just to employ force in a good cause than in a bad one . All things are just , as Sr . Paul says , but all things are not expedient . Physical force is not expedient : it
ii not just until moral means have been tried ; and exclusive dealing , if fully carried out , would carry the Charter . Physical force never did succeed on the part of the people more than temporarily ; it always fell again , because power , gained by force , must be maintained by force , whereas a moral resolution , by turning the whole system on its axis round with it , keeps it so —but constraint will ever back recoil . Therefore , it is not desirable that the Charter should be won by physical force , if it can be won without ; because of the blood that must be shed and of the uncertainty of such a foundation . The force required is 3 force that would compel the middle classes to return men to Parliament pledged to the Charter as they were formerly to the Reform BIIL
If physical force never succeeded in England's former ; days , when the people were armed and there was no i standing army—when every citizsn was a soldier—how , can it suiceed in su ; h an altered state of soeiety ? Waste no time , therefore ; injure not the cause by ! physical outbreaks ; but , from their failure , from the ; impossibility of their snecess , learn a lesson for the ] future ; let us turn all our thoughts to moral means . j Physical force succeeds better in the hands of tyrants , than ef the people—it is better adapted to bad than geod i ends . Whenever did librriy succeed by physical force in j this country ? Ton will instance the time when il 2 gna , Charta was gained , which ought to be a precedent for us . But the barons in those days had all the power of the kingdom in their hands , when they chose to combine , and yet , haTing compelled the king to sign it , ; he revoked his signature the first opportunity , levied j an army , and would probably have punished the batons , j had not a great fload swept away his power as he was ; passing along the wash . ;
The barons were se afraid of him that they offered the crown to a son of the French King , on condition that he would deliver them , just as the Lords who compelled King James II ., to abdicate , crowned and styled William 1 IL their deliverer . You may instance the time of the Commonwealth , but sse the inference between our time and that . Parliament then took np the cause of the people , led them on , and supplied them—now it is against us . Cromwell at the head of a veteran and victorious army like Oesar of old and Bonaparte in modern times , used bis power not to free the nation , but to establish his own dominion over
ft . Ton may instance America—but America Is aj country far distant from the eountries of kings , and a j aoral revolution had first carried the cause there 1 \ physical foroe was needed bnt to maintain what moral j tow had already effected . It was a foreign yoke which ¦ tt » AmwmTm hart % g cast off—and their better knowledge of the statistics ef their own country was a great advantage in their favour . There was a time in England whan the apprentices of London could torn the » caie » of fiction 5 bnt those times have gone by ; and it i u a matter comparatively easy to turn the scales of two bodies equally poised such as Whigs and Tories ; bnt not successfully to oppose their united force .
Let not those who have bunt their hopes on physical force be disheartened—there are ways and means of Suking it greatly assistant at times to moral force , as " as done in the agitation for the Reform Bill , and I feel convinced that the laU strike , though it might fall of immediate effect , will have made an impression OB the country—will have produced an excitement that WQl ultimately prove highly beneficial to the cause . It Bbows the spirit that is abroad—a spirit unconquerable , that cannot be crushed . That strike was an electric shock , and many will be- awakened by it . The bloody aets of the tyrants will cause a reaction , which their , subsequent conduct will confirm . Universal will be the spirit that will usher in Universal Suffrage .
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priced goods in exchange for lower priced corn , if they are to ^ discharge tbeir renti , debts , tithes , taxes , &c , in the produce of their labour , lowered , as it infallibly must be , in the same ratio as yon and your party say corn will be , viz , from 60 s . to 40 s . per quarter , or 50 per cent . I am , sir , Your humble servant , Thomas smith . Birmingham , Sept . 6 , 1812 . P . S . —It is Tery singular that during the late disturbances , except on the part of a few corn merchants .
and a few manufacturers , who are said to make goods chiefly for foreign markets , instead of a cry for " free trade , and no corn laws , " we have heard nothing bat a cry for " more wages , " that is to say , for more raoney ! Where one mouth was opened to demand no corn laws and free trade , a thousand were opened to demand more wage * . How was this , sir , if low prices are such a wonderful benefit to the industrious classes ? I tay nothing abou t the other classes , knowing full well the benefit low prices of all articles , as well as of corn , is to them . T . S .
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ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF MR . H . MOULE FOB TENDERING BAIL FOR THE NOBLE WHITE . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —That the leaders , or any one who boldly steps forward in the cause of humanity , are to be assassinated , is demonstrated in the following instances . The facts are these : —While standing in my garden on Saturday last , an o ' . d rabid Tory came np , and shamefully abused me . I resented the insult by telling him that which he will not soon forget . However , next day brought to light the hellish conspiracy . While in the back garden alone , this man ' s son pounced npon me with the ferocity of a madman , he being a poweiful fellow , and I , vice versa , tript my heels , and while
down kicked me severely . One kick in the small of my back gives me great pain . Now not content , jhe seized me by the throat , and verily life must have been extinct , had not Mrs . Moule and others been brought to the spot through my cries of murder . With the assistance of the above persons , I was released frem the assassin's grasp , and crawled , as well as I could into the house , where I bad not been more than a moment , when he came to the door , with the intention of following me ; but I was prepared . Another step , and he would have paid dearly for his temerity . Seeing me thus , he quickly retreated . Bat this was not sufficient ! life still remained 1 Little did I think that another deep-laid " plot "' was laid for me . however while sitting in the bar of a respectable inn in
this Tillage , last night , this same coward , with a posse of Corn Law fellows , commencing with d g my eyes , for offering bail for that b y White , as they termed him . One shabby , mean shopkeeper , commonly known as "Tommy Shop Billy , " a kind of bully for the Cheap Bread men , was the first aggressor ; not content with abuse , raised a glass and would have smashed it in my face had it not been for a gentleman stepping before me . This was the signal , and never could hell present such a picture of demons , my former assailant foaming at the mouth like a mad dog , again made a plunge at me and had it not been for the kind assistance of the landlord and a respectable working man , my life would not have been worth a moment ' s purchase . With their kind assistance I escaped
unhurt-Working men , what think you of this picture ? what think you of the men we are called npon to join ? does this not show us middle class sympathy with a vengeance ? away with the glimmering thought—perish , I say , for ever , the idea of union . Who are our real friends ? By giving insertion to the above you will much oblige Yours , In the cause of humanity and justice , Mount Pleasant , Henry Moule . Redditch , Friday night
P . S . I was in Shrewsbury some three weeks since , and accidentally fell into company of Finnigan , of Stevenson ' s-square notoriety , and during out conversation ( this was about tbe fourth or fifth day of the insurrection in Manchester , ) he stated in great glee that they had at length commenced in right earnest ; that stopping the mills at a given time was the only earthly change , they , the League , had of getting a repeal of the Corn Laws ; that the Government must now yield ; that labour should not be resumed till they , the Government , had given them free trade . He also told me he left the second day of the outbreak . Now ! who are the men who mislead their dupes and run away from that they so richly merit ? Answer this .
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LINNEY'S DEFENCE FUND . TO THE EDITOR 6 F THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —There are at this present moment so many appeals to the Chartist public on behalf of , not only the General Defence Fund , but of numerous local victims , that I scarcely dare call upon our numerous body for assistance in the cas 81 wonld allude to , namely , a fund for the defence of Mr . Linney , whose incarceration in Stafford prison has been duly reported in the Star . To Llnney ' s able conduct may be attributed tbe peaceable condition of this district This alone , I am aware , will be enough to cause a Jury to bring him in guilty of any charge that may be brought against him ; his only crime being his influence with tbe working class ; hiszsalous advocacy of their legitimate rights ; and his successful exertions in protecting property and preventing outbreaKs .
The friends of the cause here have been long out of employment ; consequently , have not the means of themselves to assist him as they would wish to do ; therefore ( though with relnctance ) are obliged to appeal to the friends of the cause , through your invaluable and widely circulating paper . Hoping that you will iuseit this , with a remark or two of your own . especially as Mr . Linney has , by bis indefatigable labours , rendered essential service to the Chartist cause . I am , Sir , Yours , most faithfully . In the cause of freedom , John Cadlet , sub-Secretary . Bilston , Sept 19 , 1842 .
P . S . Our distant friends may be assured that we do not relax in our endeavours , and are determined to exert ourselves to the utmost ,
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TO THE CHARTIST 8 OF LONDON . My Friends , —I left the town of Chard in Somerset , early on Saturday morning , having to travel abont eighty miles , partly a cross-country road , to get back to Bradford , in Wilts . Lectured iu the democratic chapel on Sunday morning , August 21 st ; in th 6 afwrnoon and evening at tbe democratic chapel , Trowbridge . In the evening it was put to a show of hands if a public meeting should be held in that town on the Monday , and carried . I returned to Bradford that 6 vening to be ready for action the next morning . I and four friends , by the desira of our brother Chartists , took out cards to enable us to attend the North Wilts Reform Association ; the farce that gentlemen , who { call themselves Reformers , went through on that day , will ever render them despicable in the eyes of just men . The points of their resolution ran thus : —
" That every man have the Suffrage , if a tenant in one spot twelve months—he and his family not to have received parish relief during that time . " " Vote by Ballot . " " Triennial Parliaments . " Mr . Esan moved as an amendment , the six points of the Charter , and I seconded it ; in so doing I respectfully and firmly informed the gents there present , that never again would the working men assist in any movement unless all tbe rights of citizenship was acknowledged—their just due . I showed them the folly of again attempting an agitation for selfish class benefits . Still the blind lead the blind—they carried their resolutions , and fell in the slough of unjust selfishness together . I started in the afternoon to Trowbridge , for tbo out-deor evening meeting , and a most glorious one it was ; I doubt not you read the account in the Star of the 17 th .
On Tuesday walked to the village of Melksham , with the old Veteran Radical John Harden , —again no meeting . All are not patriots who would be thought so . On Wednesday got to Cirencester . Lectured in the market-place in the evening . Oh , if you could have seen the preparations for war made on a grand scale by the magistrates—by the yeomanry , they having their horses bridled and saddled and their accoutrements ready , wardainen out for action , and to bring up the rear a waggon load of bluebottles , with cutlasses and bludgeons , —I was informed that these came from Cheltenham , —I say to have seen all these mighty preparations you would indeed have thought something of moment was pending , big with the fate of liberty and Cirencester . This prodigious mountain in the pangs of labour brought forth its progeny at seven o ' clock , p . m . ; and what was it forsooth ? To guard the Chartist lecturer , Ruffy Ridley , and by their
agitation gain him a good audience . Thanks to the worthy gentlemen , yeomanry , wardsmen , bluebottles , and all their small fry : they did this to the very letter . There is a noted bullying , blustering , dissipated disciple of the meek and lowly Jesus , belonging to the Established Church , residing near this place , famed for pulling down Chartisc bills and laying a bunch of nettles between the hind leg * of a poor hone , the dumb beast kicking and plungiDg with pain from this horrible torture , broke the gate it was fastened up to . This disgrace to man—let alone the Church of God—was heard to say , "He did not care ad n about it , only he had to pay 2 s . 6 d . for mending the gate . Behold the wisdom , justice , and mercy of this clergyman-magistrate J I know not if his fathei and brother , who are M . P . ' s , consider him a disgrace to their house . It is evident the good people of Cirencester consider him a a pest to their borop . gh . On Thursday evening I lectured in the beautiful Tillage of ChatforA , in the open air .
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^ On Friday , at Stroud . This lecture was cried for the Market-place . When I arrived at the aaid Market-P I ** informed that was private property . I then adjourned the meeting to opposite the Charfciatroom . I must here state , that in-door lectures , when out-door can be obtained , appear to me valueless . The dogberriea and despotic powers of the day care naught for our principles , so long aa we keep them hid under a bushel measure . In this place I with sorrow heard that a man of the name of Evans , whese conduct , to say the least jf it , is disgraceful , had palmed himself on our friends . I hope the mention of his name will be sufficient to put Chartists on their guard . Further information , if any locality requires it , can be had of Richard Workman , at Joel Whiting ' s , shoemaker , Chatford Hill , near Stroud .
Left Stroud on Saturday morning by day-break , with William Ind , of Stroud Hill ; he accompanied me ten miles on the road , carrying my luggage . I can only return my heartfelt thanks for his kindness . Crossed Newnham Ferry ; got to the top of the height to a still property named Pleasant Still . Here , indeed , was labour repaid . The grand view of the noble Severn with its attendant scenery , for miles distant , was truly a sight worthy some pains . Arrived at the Forest of Dean In the afternoon ; was welcomed by Mr . Morgan , hast of the Green Dragon . On Monday afternoon , the 29 th of August / delivered the first Chartist lecture in this place on Cinderford ' s Lump ; was honoured , if honour it may be called , with the presence of six magistrates ; they had tbeir bluecoated gentry , numbering about sixty , hid in the wsod . I announced a second lecture for the Friday next . of
On the Wednesday ^ posters cautlen were out from the said magistrates . By-the-bye , I perceive wisdom and magisterial lore runs in their families I suppose the fathers are endowed with the magic power of getting magistrates on the same scale that our crowned heads get kings and queens . I will give you their names generally , according to the scrip : — T . Pyrke , magistrate and father . D . Pyrke , magistrate and son . E . Jones , clergyman , magistrate and father . E . O . Jones , magistrates and son . There , good people , yon have them according to the scroll .
When the inhabitants of the Forest saw the said caution , they took means to make the meeting on Friday legal . They sent a requisition of householders to one of the magistrates , and not receiving an answer , called it themselves . At this meeting I 'was elected delegate to the Sturge Conference . The magistrates on this occasion did not show front , yet they took the precaution to double the blue-bottle force of reserve in the
WOOM . After this meeting I was arrested in the most bind and gentlemanly manner by Superintendent William Henry Lander ; passed the night in durance vile ; the nest morning bad before the same identical father and son magistrates , with adddition . The kindness paid me by these gentlemen was astounding and overpowering ; they gave me all the accommodation my position would admit of , yet was determined to commit me to the Gloucester Assizes for sedition—heaven save the mark . Those most ; worthy gentlemen obliged me by accepting bail ; myself in £ 100 and four securities in £ 25 each . I give you the names of these kind-hearted men , Thomas Roberts . Edwcrd Lewis , Philip Russell , and William Poynton . Thanks to you , my countrymen ! rest assured , whilst I ' ve breath to draw no injury shall result to you from my present position .
To concludge , the good done in my late tour is the opening of four new locations ; ISO cards , entrusted to me by the Executive , taken up by new members—tbe money now in tbe hands of the Executive ; many fresh members added to standing localities . I left the Forest of Dean with fifty-six members , on Tuesday morning . Arrived in London on the Wednesday . Yours , truly , Ruffy Ridley . Sept 16 th , 1842 .
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year old queys for £ 7 each ; this bind of stock brought £ 8 12 s . 6 d last year . A lot of Kinross-shire breed sold at £ 14 a-head ; they were good-conditioned . Messrs . J . and D Macdonald , braes of Balquidder , sold the toppriced Highland heifers , 149 in number , at £ & 103 . a-head . They were four year olds . Mr . Cameron , of Corrychoilie , sold eighty West Highland heifers at £ 7 7 s . They fetched £ 8 10 s . last year , were good beasts , and were bought by Mr . Conll , Middleston , Northumberland . Horses a tery poor show to-day .
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NOMINATIONS TO THE GENERAL COUNCIL . \ LEEDS . Mr . Elijah Lord , mechanic , 3 , Denton-at . Mr . James Cook , ditto ., 3 , Thackray-st . Mr . Franois Jackson , ditto , Broughton-st . Mr . John Chatterton , ditto , 5 , New-road-end . Mr . John Firth , cloth dresser , 20 , Marlborough-st . Mr . James Hague , ditto , School-street . Mr . Matthew Garbutt , weaver , 28 , Windsor-st . Mr . Thomas Fraser , carver , Cumberland-build iDfiS . Mr . Edward Carter , mechanic , Leathley-lane . Mr . Jamea Ambler , ditto , Cross John-st . Mr . William Craig , butcher , Teroplar-sfc . Mr . Joseph Jones , shoemaker , Wheat-st . Mr . Nicholas Dunn , Coffee House keeper , Kirkgate . Mr . William Baron , tailor and draper , George ' sat ., sub Treasurer . Mr . William Brook , tobacconist and tea-dealer , 21 , Kirkgate , Vicar-lane , sub-Secretary .
STAFFORD . , Mr . Henry Harris , Easttfate-streei . Mr . John Boyle , Broad-eye . Mr . James Capper , Friar-street . Mr . Humphrey Spanton , Sash-street . Mr . Wm . Leo , Ei 8 tgate-street . Mr . Wm . Ambrose , Snowhill . Mr . George Brian , Rod Lion-street . Mr , Samuel Ward , Friar-street , sub-Treasurer-Mr . Alfred Hunuibell , Foregate-street , sub-Secsetary .
BARNSLEr . Mr . Robert Garbutt , weaver , Indle ' s-fold . Mr . James Noble , basket-maker , New-street . Mr . Benj . Bailey , weaver , Kingston-place . Mr . Wm . Hilton , ditto , Old Town . Mr . Geo . Haigh , ditto , Burton . Mr . Thos . Lingard , news-agent , New-street . Mr . John Pettett , weaver , / i'heatre-yard . Mr . John Armitage , ditto , Pall-mall ,. sub-Treasurer . Mr . Patrick Bradley , ditto , Wilsen-pieae * sub-Secretary .
NEW BENTON . Mr . William Horn , laGemakfir , New Leuton . Mr . James Coxon , ditto , ditto . Mr . Thomas Browning , ditto , ditto . Mr . John Brown , ditto , ditto . Mr . Richard Mellows , ditto , ditto . Mr . Jacob Brown ,, ditto , Bloomsgrove . Mr . J . Bostook , framework-knitter , New Lenton . Mr . Wm . Roe , lawmaker , ditto , sub-Treasurer . Mr . Thomas Smith , tailor , ditto , sub-Secretary . ALBION COFFEE BOtlSE , CHUBCH-STRBBT , SHOHEDITCH . Mr . George Goddatt , coppersmith , 11 , Club-road ,
Shoreilitch . " , Mr . Thomas Parrott , chair-maker , 32 , Grey Eaglestree . t . Vir . John Sheen , silk weaver . T alr . Henry Watson , bricklayer , 5 , Barfon-court , ITingsland-road . Mr . James Davis , dyer , 16 , John-street , Mr . John Staff , shoemaker , 4 , Lower Queen-street . Mr . J . M . Jones , weaver . Mr . George Martin , clookmaker , 3 , Church-street , sub-Treasurer . ¦ , T-, ' , t . Mr . T . J . Crowther , dyer , 10 , Nelson-street , sub-Secretary .
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SHUTFORD . —A numerous and spirited meeting of the inhabitants of this village was held on Sept . 15 tb , when , after a most able and excellent address had been delivered by R . KPhilp . the following resolution was unanimously , passed : — " That this meeting tereby recerds its abhorrence ef the despotic acts of the Tory Government , in endeavouring by military force , unconstitutionally , to suppress the expression of pnblie opinion ,. and to arrest by despotic means tbe progress of reform ; and this meeting pledges itself to persevere in all legal and peaceful means , until tbe People ' * Charter is enacted by the legislature . " After a vote of thanks was given te Mr . Philp for his Instructive lecture , and to the Chairman , for his impartial conduct is the chair , the meeting separated .
WEDNESBURY . —Mr . Win . Thomoson lectured in the Chartist Association room here on Sunday last ; he preached two sermons in tbe afternoon and evening , to two very respectable audiences . On Monday night , Mr . Thomason lectured to a very attentive audience in the room , on the evils of class legislation , and the enormous expences entailed upon the people to- rapport it . HAMILTON . —Mr . Lowery , from Edinburgh , lectured here last Monday evening , in the Rev . John M'Farlane ' s Chapel , Saffron Hill . Subject—" The present state of the country . KlilSLHEATON . —On Thursday week , Mr . David Ross delivered an eloquent lecture here , when twenty new members were enrolled ; and on Sunday , the Chartists held their usual W 6 ekly meetings , when some business was transacted .
BRADTORD . —On Sunday Mr . Hammond preached a sermon to tbe Chartists of Bradford in the large Room , Butterworth-buildings . The meeting was well attended . The Chartists of Bowling have commenced collecting for the Defence and Victim Fund ; they meet on Sunday at six o ' clock in the evening . A Meeting of Chartists was held in George ' satreet , when several persons were appointed to collect for the Victim and Defence Fund . All ore determined to persevere and redouble their exertiocs to cause the Charter to be made law . The Chartists of Thompson ' s-bnilding meet every Sunday morning at ten o ' clock , when subscriptions will be received for the Defence and Victim Fund .
The Chartists of New Leeds met on Sunday In their R > om , when resolutions were unanimously passed , never to cease their exeitlons until the Charter be made the law of the land . The meeting adjourned to Sunday next , at two o ' clock . The Chartists of Manningbam met on Sunday and resolved to renew their agitation for the Charter . They meet every Sunday , at two o ' clock in the afternoon . Otf Saturdat evening the Chartists of Mason ' s Arm 3 held their usual meeting , when a interesting discussion arose on the best means of obtaining the Charter . The discussion was adjourned to Saturday nest , at eight o ' clock in the evening .
On Monday Evening the council held their meeting , when it was agreed that each council man should exert himself in collecting , and pressing on others to collect in their locality , subscriptions for the Defence and Victim Fund . One shilling and ninepence from , Crossley hall , was paid to the Treasurer . The meeting adjourned to Monday next at seven o ' clock in the evening , when business of importance will t > 9 bronght before the council . Every council nun is required to attend . COLCHESTER . —At the usual weekly meeting of Chartists in this town , an extract having been read upon the extreme misery and suffering which attends transportation , a resolution was put and carried unanimously , " That . this meeting sympathise vrith the Welch patriots who are banished from their native country , and we pledge ourselves not to ceato agitation for their return , and for the Charter to become the law of the land . "
DERBY . —Mr . West delivered a lecture to a crowded audience , at the Association Room , Willow-row , on Monday night , on the present crisis . He was listened to with breathless attention for upwards of an hour and a half , ami delivered a very able and argumcnliva address . At the close , Mr . Fraser , of Leeds , addressed a few words to the meeting . A vote of thanks was given toMe 8 sr 8 . West and Fraser . Several new members were enrolled , and a small sum collected for the Defence Fund . STAFFORD . —The Chartist shoemakers held their quarterly-weeting on Sunday evening l : iat , at Mr . Harris ' s / . Eistgate-street , Mr . Henry Harris in the chair ; on the minutes of the lait qnnrter being read and confirmed , and officers appointed for the ensuing
quarter , the following resolutions were brought forward and carried with the greatest unanimity . Proposed by ' Mr . Samuel Ward , and seconded by Mr . William Ambrose , " That we do view with horror and disgust the dreadful havoc committed upon an unarmed , innocent , and unoffjnding people by the self-couBtifcuted authorities of this country in the employing of an armed force of murderous ruffians , in the shape of police * and a well-disciplined soldiery to fotce tbe people into a base submission at the point of the bayonet , and stifla the cries of hunger by tbe cutlass and the Mudgton , and that we do enter into a solemn protest against the base , cowardly , and contemptible spy sy * tem , which is carried on for the purpose of entrapp ng and swearing away the lives and liberties of those bravo and virtuous
patriots who have stood so firm upon tee rock of principle , and braved the threatening storm tf persecution , and in the very teeth of tyrants , have proclaimed the rights of man . " Proposed by Mr . John Boyle , and seconded by Mr . William Lae , "Tflat this meeting views with indignation and disgust the brutal and inhuman prosecutions commenced upon our honest and uncompromising leaders , for the purpose of breaking up our present agitation , but that we do pledge ourselves to render them every assistance io our power , and seeing that they are the victims of class legislation , we are determined to redouble our exertions in the destruction of that cruel and hideous monster , and the establishment of a temple of real liberty upon its ruins by the enactment of the People ' s Charter . " Proposed by Mr . Alfred Hunaible , seconded by Mr . John George , "That the thanks of this meeting are due and hereby given to that bold , brave , and indomitable champion of the
people's rights , Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., for the part he has taken in tbe late movement , and for the wealth , time , and talent that he has expended in the cause of suffering humanity ; likewise for his able management of that powerful luminary , the Evening Star , which is sailing above , tbe horizon of corruption , blotting out the minor satellites of faction , diffusing light and hope into the hearts of British slaves , and preparing the way for their political salvation ; and that we do place implicit confidence in Feargus O'Connor aa a leader , and the Stars-tA the acknowledged organs of the people : and so long as he continues in that noble , straightforward , and honest course that he has hitherto done , we are determined to stand by him , and heed not his vile , sneaking , ambitious , and cowardly calumniators , who are only fit objects for the scora and contempt of every honest man , and who , we believe , ero long will kick themselves out of existence , and be known no more . " Twelve shillings were voted to the Defence Fund , and the meeting broke up .
NEWCASTLE—Mr . ( Jammage , of Northampton , delivered a lecture on the six points of the People ' s Charter at West Muir , Colliery , on Friday afternoon ; after which many of the Pitmen expressed a determination of forming an association in conjunction with the Chaitiats of Newcastle . Mr . G . delivered another lecture on the same subject in the Chartist ' s Hail , Goat Inn ; Cloth-market , on Sunday evening , withsood iftl-ct . —Mr . Vincent delivered a lecture on the six points of the Charter , for the Complete Suffrage Union , in the Lecture Room , Nelson street . After which , a vote of thanis was proposed to the Mayor , for not acceding to the request of the magistrates to sanction with his name the suppression of the last rights of the people to meet in public to discuBS their grievances and petition for
redress , drawing a contrast between him and that renegade the hbro of the Spital flg&t in 18 i 9 , - who . for a beggarly knighthood betrayed his former companions and backed by a cavalcade of hired assassins came out against them with muskets , with swords , and with staves . The resolution was agrted to by * a great majority . It was proposed by Mr . Sinclair and seconded by Mr . Matthew Robson . Mr . Vincent delivered another lesture in tha same place on Wednesday evening , in which he : i ^ ly answered the various objections raised by the cneimes of liberty to the doctrine of Chartism , and the conduct of its advocates , after which Mr . Garamage proposed the following resolution , which being seconded , was
cartiad witli tutee di&seutfents , via i— " Taat tfcis meeting being convinced of the utter hopalessr . j « 3 of ever obtaining justice from the miscalled House of Commons , inasmuch as that House only represents a section , instead of tbe great masa of the people , do pledge itself never to rebx in « ur exertions until the Peoples Charter ; as it now stands before the world , shall be placed upon tie statute bock ; aa the law of these realms . " The Chartists of Newcastle held their weekiy business meeting on Monday evening as usual , - . Mr . Smith in the chair ; after contirming the minutes of tha previous meeting , and transacting some local business , resolutions , denunciatory of the tyrannous and mischievous conduct of the police were agreed to .
CARMSIiB . —A meeting of the Chartist Council took place on Sunday evening last , at the Council Room , No . 6 , John-street , CaMewgate , Mr . John Armstrong in the cbalr . The following resolutions were passed : — Moved by Mr . William Blythe , and seconded by Mr . Thomas Roney , " That the quarterly meeting of the Chartist Association be fceld next week . " Amendment moved by Mr . J . B . Haasoiij : and seconded by Mr . Jas . Arthur , "That the quarterly meeting be held a fortnight hence , whieh is the ptoppt time . " Carried by a tnajority of six to two . Moved by Mr . J . B . Hanson
and seconded by Mr . James Arthur , That this Council form itself into a Committee of ways and means , to meet the necessary expenees which may be incurred up to the end of the quarter . " Carried vmanimourty . Moved by Mr . James Arthur , and second" / , by Mr . J ;; mes- Hurst , " That tbe colleeting-boofca fce obtained from tbo old collectors . " Carried . It . was then-resolved , " That the quarterly meeting baheld inlhe . . 'Itentre , and the Secretary give notice of the same in the Northern Star , and write a full report of tha proceedings of the Council during the quarter . "
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TO THE CHARTISTS OF HELTON , THORNLEY , WINGATE , AND NEIGHBOURING
COLLIERIES IN THE COUNTY OF DURHAM . Respected Friends , —As there seems now to be a healthy spirit of revival growing up amongst you , no means ought to be neglected of cultivating and directing it . Lecturing is of all other means the most efficient in diffusing political knowledge and exciting the dormant feelings of the people . I have therefore great pleasure in being able to submit to you on arrangement , by which withsut any burden upon , or injury to yourselves , you may be able to avail yourself of the aid of a talented and honest lecturer . Mr . James Taylor , clock
and watch maker of this town , an old and esteemed member of our body purposes to visit the above colliery districts fortnightly , on business , and at the same time will be ready to lecture according to the appointment of the friends He will not receive any remuneration , ralying on his business for support , I trust that the friends of the cause in this district will remember that ; and those who may require his professional services will nnd him well worthy of their support I beg that this may not be regarded as a substitute for the services of other lecturers , but rather as a regular and valuable addition to their occasional services . I am , friends , Yours , faithfully , J . WlLLUMS .
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THE ANTI-CORN LAW LEAGUE AND FREE TRADE . TO JOSEPH STURGE , ESQ . Sir , —Yon have said a great deal lately abont the great advantages which the industrious classes will derive from the low prices of corn , to say nothing about low prices of other kinds of food . I will assume that the prica of wheat for the last three years has bees 80 s . per quarter , which , I think , ia somewhere about the mark . I will then admit what yon seem to beliere would be the exse , that tree trade would reduce the price of wheat to 403 . a quarter on an average .
Now , the taxation of this country amounts , in round numbers , to about fifty millions sterling per annum , all virtully and ultimately paid by the labour of the industrious classes , for without their labour , neither taxes , nor rent , nor any other incame could be obtainedcapital without labonr producing nothing . Well , then , these fifty millions of taxes have been drawn from labour , at 60 s . per quarter , about seventeen millions of quarters of wheat per annum , for the last three years , to discharge them , or an equivalent thereto in some other productions of labour . At 40 s . per quarter , they will draw about twenty-five millions of quarters per
annum . What advantage , then , will the industrious classes deiivefrom this , supposing even that new wheat is all grown in America and other foreign countries , instead of in England ? Besides this , there are the increased burdens which labour will have to sustain , by paying the difference in the increased number of quarters of wheat at 40 s . per quarter , instead of 60 s . per quarter , in the shape of tithes , rents , tolls , and the endless list of fixed charges which labour cannot shake off in the present state of society , and which increase in burden exactly in tbe same proportion that the prices of the productions of labour falL
I wiih , then , you would explain h « w the furnishing of twenty-five millions of quartern of wheat , to discharge the taxation of the country , or an equivalent in other commodities , can be a lew burden on the industrious classee , than the furouhing of seventeen millions only for the same purpose , is . I will admit that the Russians , Prussians , Americans , and other foreigners , will take goods , and net gold , in exchange for their corn , though it is as notorious as the sun at noon day , that the Americans , in particular , are in as much want of our money as we are of their corn , and that the Russians and Prussians , and most other nations , will not take our manufactures at all , except to a very limited extent , upon an ? terms or conditions whatever , and that they will not give us their eorn for our goods , thongh , like Bonaparte , all through the war , they will gl-idy give it for our gold . For my part , I cannot see what advantage the industrious classes of thla country are to gaia by giving lower
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GREAT FALL IN THE PRICE OF STOCK IN SCOTLAND . ( From the Scotsman . ) F-ALKIltK SEPTEMBER TRYST—OBEAT FALL Itt PRICES . For many years heavy falls of rains have been proverbial at our great cattle market ; but this season the weather has been more delightful than is in the recollection of many of those who have long attended the market , so that the immense stock never appeared to better advantage . The first great sheep market commenced upon Monday lost , and it is computed that about 60 , 000 sheep were upon the Tryst grounds , besides seven thousand or eight thousand that were
disposed of on the load to market The first lot which left the grounds was sold by Messrs . Mitchell and M'Farlane , to Mr . Young , flesber , Edinburgh . They consisted of 350 black-faced three-year-old weddera ; they fetched £ 1 per head . A very fine lot , and by judges considered the top lot in the market , which belonged to Mr . Laidlaw , Stratbglass , Inverness-shire , consisting of 600 white-faced three-year-old Cheviots , were sold to Mr . Hebdon , Skipton , Yorkshire , for £ 1 4 s Cd each . It was remarked by judges , that a greater number of tbe white-faced Cheviots were in the market than was ever at any former period . Mr . Patteiaon , Sandside , Caithness , had 1 , 540 three-year-old Cheviot wedders , 500 were sold during the day at £ l 53 . ; 900 at £ 1 49 . ; 140 at £ 143 ; 1 , 200 white-faced ewes , price
not fixed , but would range from 12 s . to 12 s . 6 d . Messrs . Mitchell and M'Farlane sold a very fine lot of one thousand white-faced Cheviots for £ 1 3 s ., bo that the average for this fine stock may bo quoted £ 1 4 . ; and in this kind of Btock most business was done . For crosses , prices from 12 s . to 14 s a head ; black-faced ewes varying from 7 s . to 12 s . Thtre were about one hundred and fifty taps for sale . Mr . James Cowbrough , Auchendeen , Stirlingshire , sold twelve of the best , which brought £ 2 3 a . per head ; other lots sold at prices downward to £ 1 10 s . Messrs . Seller , Mendel , Gilchrist , Macklntyre , and others , disposed of large parta of stock at similar prices . As above stated , at the close
of Monday ' s sale a considerable quantity , chiefly inferior , were unsold . There were forty-three tents for refreshments , and five different banks transacted business upon the occasion . Tuesday afternoon sales continued very dull , as given in former letter . The best lot I heard of was sold by Messrs . Morton and Marren , Glasgow , there were twenty-seven iu- the lot , and brought £ 17 each . Abouk twelve one-year old bulls of Ayrshire breed were sold at £ 7 . A number of small Highland queys sold at £ 2 . It is considered that the Queen ' s visit was the means of preventing the market going on as upon former occasions . Iu the horse market I consider but little business was done .
[ FBOM THE EDINBURGH WITNESS . ] Mr . Alexander M'Donald , Moyes , Locbaber , effected a sale of 600 black-faced wethers , at £ 18 per score . Last year the same hind of of stock bronght £ 22 . Mr . A . M Donald , of Lochray , Locbaber , sold 4 00 black-faced wethers at about £ 14 . Last year this stock brought about £ 22 per score . Mr . Walter M'Farlane , Auhindarrocb , sold about 200 blaok-faced ewes , at about £ 6 53 ., which stock last year fetched £ 11 10 s . Mr . Thomas M'D&nald sold Strone black-faced wethers at £ 18 10 s ., which last year fetched £ 22 10 s . Mr . Mitchell , of Invercaddle , seld a lot of black-faced wethers ( the first sale which had been effected to-day ) at £ 20 per score , which was one of the top-priced lots . Mr . Coll M'Donald sold a lot of Glenfinnan black-faced wethers at £ 18 , £ 19 , and £ 19 10 s . These were supposed by
some to be the best-conditioned black-faced wethers in the market Mr . Stewart , Glenbuokie , sold 400 black faced ewes at £ 7 . These ewes were bought at last September Tryst for £ 15 per score , from Mr . M'Donald , Belquhidder , but had lambs this season , and bought today by Mr . Richwd Fram , of Glasgow . Mr . Hector M'Kenzle , of Dtintolm , sold a mixed lot of 900 Crosses and Cheviots , at £ 10 . Last year his stock brought £ l& . and they were better conditioned this year . Mr . M'Intyre , from Sunderlandshire , sold Cheviot ewes at £ 14 10 s ., last year they brought £ 20 , and they were in a similar condition . It will be seen by tbe above that prices have suffered a very great decline from last year ; bat we believe that holders of stock were prepared to part with it at ft considerable reduction in price .
[ FBOM THE GLASGOW CHRONICLE . } Tuesday . —What sheep remained over from yesterday were parted with at prices fully as low as on that day , but a number left the market unsold . We have a great many sales of e&ttle to enumerate , bat want of time prevents us giving all our quotations noted . We give , however , as many as will sufficieiitly show the decline in price our Highland breeders have bad to sulx mlt to . A loiof ten West Highland stots , bom Fin try , Argylshire , were sold at eight pounds each ; thfy were purchased at Donne fair last November , for £ 7 a-hsad . M * . Lewes M'Farlane sold a lot of a 110 Khtee
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WA . TKINS LEGACY TO THE CHARTISTSINTRODUCTORY LECTURE . \ PART III . I { The Queen is most imperatively called npon to be a : Chartist , because , as tbe nursing mother of Eugland , it j is her bounden duty to succour her subjects as her own j children—to save and protect them . She ought to I reign not for a faction , but for the people—to rule j righteously , not selfishly andvain-gloriouriy . She ought j to issue her royal proclamation , not to offer £ 50 for the I blood of any of the distressed operatives , but to declare that their rights shall be restored—that the Charter shall be made law . The Peers ought to be Chartists , for they call themselves the " pillars of the State ; " and [ they ought to uphold the Constitution by justice aDd truth . The Commons ought to be Chartists , because they say they are the representatives of the people ; but the people are not represented , nor can be until they are
allowed to vote . The Bishops ought to be Chartists because they " profess and call themselves Christians ;" and Christianity and Chartism are convertible terms . The Judges ought to be Chartists , because it is theii duty , above all men , to be just , else do their robes and furred gowns hide iniquity—their ermine is spotted , and they are without wisdom , if not without virtue . Naval and military men ought to be Chartists , because arms , are for the recovery or defence of liberty . All men of rank should be Chartists , because there can be no real honour where there is no honesty . All men of property ought t » be Chartists , because " property has its duties as well as rights . " Ladies and gentlemen are not ladies and gentlemen unless they are Chartists , — the word lady is of Saxon origin , and means a " server of bread : " gentleman is a word that speaks its own meaning ; and what gentle is there—what manly In opposing the oppressed ? what ladylike in being uncharitibla ?
Tradesmen ought to be Chartists , because they confess that they cannot live honestly under the present system , and do they prefer to live dishonestly ratber than change it ? Bat of all men , all working men , ought to be Chartists , because they suffer mest , and , in spite of Trades' Unions , find themselves sinking lower in tbe scale of humanity . In the first place , not having the franchise , they are slaves , victims of misrule . Honest men are forced to become the servile supporters of the tyrants that prevent tbeir honest endeavours—that ruin industry—or are driven into the streets to beg , blushing at tbeir own degradationwith wife and children , exposed to the uncertain chance of charity—lying at the doors of the rich like Lazirus , till sent to prison , or hospitals , or bastiles , that they may pine , or sicken , or die out of sight Working men can assign no reason why they should not be Chartists—none but what indeed are reasons to the contrary—and there are many excellent reasons
why they should join . A man ' s self—all that pertains to his being , his well-being are reasons—bis wife is a reason , his children are reasons . Without liberty , he has no security for any of the blessings of life—without liberty he may dread all its curBes . And can he see his fellow working men struggling for justice , and not help them—struggling for him as well as for themselves—struggling , and perhaps opposed by him as well as by the common oppressors of all ? Can he see his fellow working men taken to prison for taking his part—and know that it is owing to his criminal indifference , orknow that he had joined him inthestruggle , they would together have been too strong for the oppressor , and all would have been safe , successful ? Surely he will turn indignant against the oppressor , and join his ovrn order—join to make the labour lighter—the success all the more speedy—a labour whieh will ennoble h jm —a success which will enrich him . All men ought to be Chartists , for it is the duty and interest of all to Btand up for justice all the world
over . But many of the working-men are diverted from their trne aim by other projects , and I will shew that even as Socialists , as Teetotallers , as Corn Law Repealers , they ought to be Chartists- Socialists must know that while they float their little ark to swim on the agitated waters of the present social system—it will be affected by all the adverse influence of the deluge of sin and misery without and around i % ; and probably will be swamped by them—that it is not on sand , but on a reck-that they should choose to build—and that universal suffrage alone can clear them out a good foundation : else their land will be a Utopia ; their hall a castle in the air ! and government can at any time suppress them , eveti as the Jesuits were suppressed . Teetotallers complain that government licences gin-palaces ; that it
patronizes drunkenness and debauchery ; and so will it be until the Chartists reform the Government . Corn Law Repealers likewise complain that Government upholds a monopoly which prevents free trade in corn , and taxes bread . What will enable the people to press Parliament into a repeal of the Corn Laws but Universal Suffrage ? Socialists , therefore , with Teetotallers and Corn Law Repealers , if they wish success to their several schemes , will all be Chartists—will first get the Caorter . Archemides said that with a lever and a fulcrum be could move the globe . The weight cf class-legislation that obstructs the efforts of all good Reformers can be removed only by the lever of Universal Suffrage , with the fulcrnm of No Property Qualification ; in other words , the Charter is the great engine of Reform .
- Now , I would ask the working man who ia not a Chartist , why he keeps aloof ? Possibly , he does not understand the Charter ; that is a reproach to him . Let him know it , and he will love it But possibly he is in fear of his master . Why does he live in fear ? If he had the Charter , he would sit under his own vine and his own fig-tree ( for mark ; God says they are his own ? be would sit under them , none daring to make him afraid . Those whom he now fears would then fear him—would respect him . But possibly he has good wages , and cares for none of these things ; that is a greater reproach to him than ignorance or fear—for that is selfishness . He is no man it he do hot vindicate the rights of humanity ; if he do not feel Cor his brother if not for himself . But possibly he may S 3 y , the Chartists have damaged their own
cause , and may tell ns to look at Newport . Well , look at Newport , and look at the provocationlook atbeth Bides . When men are awakened by their wrongs and become alive to their rightswhen they are seeking only justice , and are opposed in the most brutal manner by their very oppressors , will not' patience bolt sometimes—will it not break out ? It is hard to keep cool and see our best friends , men of the first station in society , of first-rate abilities , who could have earned for themselves all that tbe syBtem has to give , but who preferred justice and the people ' s cause to all;—to see such advocates us these , who had sacrificed home , health , personal liberty , taken to prison only for speaking in our behalf . But look at Newport ; it is a rock to shun—avoid it , and we arrive safe into the harbour .
The people should resolve to [ hunger no more—to thirst no more—to be slaves no longer , but to have and hold all the blessings they were created to enjoy . Not alone the living , bat the yerj dead might rise to join this cause , and revenge themselves for the wrongs that brought them to an untimely grave , for life to the poor is not life—it is a living death ; and if we have any affections in ns—if we have feelings , senses^—if we have hearts , arms , hands—minds and souls—if we are human , we shall aid this divine cause—a cause which God himself might descend on earth to command—for it ia His cause ; but let him not come in great humility as aforetime ; for he would again be scorned and rejected of men ; but let him come as he has promised , in yreat power and glory , and gain ns onr Charterour pledge of happiness here , and of joy hereafter . Battersea . _ J . W .
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BRAVERY OF BRITISH TROOPS . It has been fashionable of late to make the grievance of a standing army a principal feature in the harangues of ' ¦ " Chartist demagogues , " and tbe sufferings of our brave soldiers , who have nobly risked their lives in Central Asia for tha preservation of our authority against the intrusions of the northern tyrant have been made Bubject of merriment , if not of rejoicing . The acknowledged character of the British troops for valour and chivalry , however , can well sustain itself against the taunts of the * ' coward and the traitor . " It is the fate of men to suffer defeat aa well as to achieve
victory . And wko will venture to say that our English army , when fairly matched or even over-matched , has failed to uphold the national character ? We admit the triumphs of fate or circumstances . We can well account for tbe bravest falling before climate , sickness , or hunger ; but all casualties removed , whaV foice can stand OUR charge ? what skill resist our science ? When interested demagogues thus sneer at OUR reverses , and mock the sufferings of our guardians , we are well pleased to direct public attention to acts of valour which none can dispute or undervalue . Let , then , the reader turn to emr copious repoifc of the victory gained by our troops over the women of Manchester when the shrieks of the enemy only tended to inspire our heroes with loyalty to that crown , in
whose service they had enlisted , and in the defeace of which they were alike regardless of tattered petticoats , dishevelled hair , naked feet , and tender entreaties , presented in such force as might well have scared tha stoutest heart , and even made the " victor in a hundred battles" to hesitate . It is not matter of surprise , that the machinations of our free traders should have deprived the female character of all those fences which its many virtues had thrown around it . When we read of women in breeches , chained to carts , and living underground , treated worse than the Squire's horse , to furnish fuel far the Squire ' s comfort;—when we read of English mothers taking off their harness to give birth to English Freemen ; when we hear of chains being passed between their legs , and waggons of coal being their
burden , while they creep under gronnd;—when we hear these things , and find their masters contending that they are necessary for the purposes of " free trade ; " and for the preservation of British ascendancy ; ¦—when we see our " hell holes" full of mothers driven from their homes , to make profit for Englishmen;—whi ) n we hear of their training in infancy , and treatment in maturer life;—whoa we know that tbe overseer ' s knout is the soft language of remonstrance;—when we know that they are thrown into situations with the male sex which are calculated to destroy that veneration , with which Englishmen of old were taught to
look upon the fair sex;—when we know these things , and that our rulers have sanctioned the abomination , — it is scarcely to bs wondered at , that the female character should have lost much of that respect which it has commanded in all times , save the present " free trade" age of chivalry . When the law declares that it Is no crime to separate those whom Gad has joined together , how can those who execute the law , be censured or held responsible for dealing with the weakest and least protected in such a summary manner , as shall carry the principles of "free trade" Into full and immediate effect ? The triumph over the Chartist females of Manchester leaves Waterloo
in the shade ; and let those veterans who wou their laurels upon tbe plain , and whose fame is to be perpetuated and handed down to future generations in the bequest of "the Waterloo medal , " —let them , we say , tear the bauble from their breasts , and In its stead wear locks cut from the heads of the varquisbed , which will no doubt be furnished by order of the gallant Mayor to his gaolers . O how our " brute Queen " must rejoice at this more than compensation for OUR disasters abroad ! OUR defeat at Afghanistan and the Cape will now be forgotten ! The laurels of Manchester float triumphant over the cypress , and the heroic Lady Sale will look with calm contemplation on the sufferings of our prisoners in possession of the Savage .
whom we would have plundered according to law , and murdered in accordance with the established rules of civiliz 3 d society , when the news shall have arrived that OUB . character is retrieved , and our position rendered more equal , by a capture of female prisoners at home , who may , perhaps , serve as an exchange for those in tbe bands of the Barbarian abroad , wbo brutally defends himself and his territory by strategem and courage , against our repeated invitations to be scientifically butchered , or HONOURABLY BETRAYED . The British arms have triumphed over British women : and upon their ruin , no doubt , the principles of free trade will be established , a fitting foundation for such a superstructure , built by such architects—Evening Star .
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IRELAND . The Holy Sisters . —The rapid progress whieh Temperance has made in Ireland , once the land of poteen , has been observed by every well-wiBher of our race , and , more especially , of our country , with unmingled satisfaction . The name of Father Ma the w will be revered as long as the Emerald Isle lifts her green breast above the waves of the Atlantic ; the obligatiocs he has conferred on her children will be evidenced in their improvement in health , In comfort , and in happiness ; and the ruins of a whiskey distillery will stand a monument to his honour . The only sound reason which we can perceive for doubting the stability of the Temperance Reform , lies in the circumstance that no general popular amusement has been hitherto provided as a substitute for tuat which is taken away . The
demand for pleasure , in one shape er another , which is inherent in the human mind , must have a corresponding supply . This supply was , till lately , found in ardent spirits ; very often because no resource of a better description was attainable . The introduction of a simple method of imparting a practical knowledge cf one of the most refined and captivating of the arts , affixes the stamp of permanency upon the reformation of the Irish people . Music and Temperance have net upon the shores of Cork , and from then « e we hope those holy sieters will proceed baud in band , npon their peaceful march throughout the lovely land of their adoption . With reference to this holy alliance , we might quote ( but changing the names of the interlocutors , which in the original are Death and Consumption ) Kirke White ' s lines : — " I will pave the way for thee , Thou shalt furnish food for mo !" —ftlainzer ' s Musical Times .
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