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i CHIEFTAIN XrSKSOVTS TO THE QUEEN i . uld Scotland cried , " -welcome yer Qneen I" Ilka glen echoed , " welcome yer Queen ! ' • Rtile turret an' tower na mountain an * amir , Cri 6 d wankin an' " welcome yer Queen !" Then o" tic der&y was exprest , As Scotland for Iang hadna Been ; ¦ RTisn bodies cam' bickerin' a' clad i' their best 1 " beck to their bonnie young Queen . jjjea a' kin * o' colours cam' south , An' scarletfratlyAberdeen ; Hi Sntteria' heart flitted tip to the moutha . ' pantin' to peep at our Qaeen .
There were Earls on thatghttenn' straEd ¦^ i * dLunonded dame mony a' ane ; ± jj' ¦ vreel micht seem that the happiest landyfis trod by the happiest Qsecn . jjen many a chieftain ' s heart Beat high " neath its proud tartan screen—Bat one sullen chief stood afar and apart , >* ar recked he the smile of a Qaeen I YTt&'& he winna Mink on onr Qaeen ? Wi' his haffets sae lyart an * lean ; 0 ho ! it is wast , wi' his retinne gaunt , . in - his millions o' mourners unseen . ' Proad Scotland cried hide them , O hide ! J ijl' lelna' them licht on her een—YTx' their baimies bare—it wad sorrow her Bair DDts a mithtr ' a heart more in our Queen ? "W . TH 0 M . InTerarTi Sept . 1542 .
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Before allnding more in ex ' . enso to the meanB by which the receipts of the Customs have been so materially diminished by illegal and irregular transactions and connivances , it is a duty we owe to a great majority of landing-waiters and other officers of the landing denartment , to say , that for honour , probity , and integrity , they stand beyond suspicion . Far is it from onr intention , because one delinquent be found among a score of emp- ' oyes of the department alluded to , to sy a word that would induce the belief that the general body is deficient in honesty . As the camea of those discovered to have been mixed up with irregular ana iDeeal practices mnsl be given in the course of the Bsrrrtive , innocent parties will be , as they ought of coarse to be , relieved from the slightest taint of suspicion in the public mind .
The nzme of the psrty already dismissed the service is Mr . James Hastings , his participation in the frauds being fully established , and his securities will , therefore , be called upon to make good his deficiency to the extent of their liability . The suspensions now in force , are Mr . William Bnrnby , Mr . R . Homersh&m , Mr . J . E . FcoSe , Mr . Icmg , Mr . Pools , and Mr . Boils . It may be necessary to remark , that Borne of these parties will , eo doubt , ba reinstated . As respects > Ir . Bumbj , the foUo-ning facts and circninstaEces eonnec : ed with the present and previous tiLir will fend forcibly to illus ' . ra ' e and prove , the assertion mace in the former article upon this subject , of the favouritism exhibited by the Commissioners ,-and the readiness that has been shown to let scot-free those who are in favour with the heads of the department .
In the month of December , 1840 , the drawback on a lsrfe quantity of wine was attempted to be received by » party who had employed an agent of known respectability and integrity to make the necessary entry ; suspicion being excited by a trifling irregularity in the papers about to be passed , an investigation was made , when it was discovered that the whole was an attempt st fraud . The name of Mr . Burnby , as the ganger of the imaginary "wine , appeared in the papers . This officer was interrogated by the Sarveysr-G ^ neral , Mr . DowdLne , and the case was bronght before the Commlssiontis , but the result cf this transaction was not permitted to transpire ; and although it was never doubted that Mr . Burnby had some knowledge of the irregularity complained of , still he was retained in bis situation until the present discovery was made . It would appear , from what has since escaped of the
secret sittings of ths Board , that this Mr . Burnby has « t last , t « save bimsslf ( for there is every reason to believe that he ha 8 a promise ef indemnity frosi ulterior step 3 > , turned approver , and as such has been and is giving evidence sgainst some-of his colleafnei The first clue of suspicion of those frauds was ifforded by the examination that took place in the Court of Bankruptcy some Eir months ago , under the fiat issued against the now noted silk manufacturing firm cf Messrs . Williams & £ d Mottram , as will be presently shewn . The Government , it is imaginedj have had some facts laid before them tending to raise suspicions that frauds cf the character now in course of description -were of usual occurence at the water-side , or the appointment of Mr . How to the new tffi . ee of inspector-general , te snpervise the acting officers , would not have bee : ; made . In the discovery of frauds upon
drawbacks on wine three distinct instances are acknowledged toby Burnby , Homersham , and ^ Hastings , discharged servants of the London Dock Company , acting as merchants on their behalf , it beirg understood that a fair division of the profits of the operation should take place . The amount confessed to have been received by these parties upon this transaction is between £ 600 and £ 7 CQ . As it often happens in cases of fraud , when the coadjutors fall out or are discovered , recrimination is the order of the day . Another mode of defeating the revenue of the country , adopted by the Gfficer whose name and acts we have been commenting upon , is in the fabrication of what is called ' Quakers' or *
Dammies , " as a substitute for spices or other valuables about to be shipped for export . A discharged foreman from the F warehouse ( spice floor ) cf the St . Katharine ' s Djck , named Quadling , waB employed to make there " Qiakers , " or " Dummifcs , " at the suggestion of Burnby , one of the landing waiters . A xelative of his , aid to hold a commission in the royal navy , though professing to be a silk-merchant , carrying on an exter ^ ive trade , had promised a berth of three pounds per west in the event of his ( the " Quaker maker * " ) being discharged from his situation . Discharged he was , but "whither the promised situation was provided we cannot Rsstrfc .
Connected with the silk , lace , and glove trade , it has long been a kno » n fact among those connected with this branch of Custom-house business , that the favourable connection which junior partners and other confidential servants of such firms have made with the officers , have ecabled them to supersede ths licensed custom-house arent by the many itifT cenvres which they in cencert could practice , either to get the goods out at a duty trifling in the extreme , or without ary dnty at all . It is the knowledge of this connection which has led many of these agents to cease soliciting the business of many of the houses in the silk trade , being well aware of their inability to give satisfaction to their principals , or compete with those parties , who , in their business transactions , sere intimate with toe revs-nut-l facers .
The case adduced in the last notice to the fraud prac tised by the exchange of packages , which ; there can be no doubt , has been txttcsive ' -y carried on by the parties , Kust have been scinewhat startling to those unacquaicted Kith this particular department of water-Hide practice . Another , equally simple in its process , will , however , missy the most sceptical that the modes by which the revenue can and has been defrauded to a vast amount are various , end are almost alterable at the pleasure cf those concerned in them , so as not toarcuse tie suspicion of third parties by the oft-repeated practice tf on » deception .
A case marked scd numbered , says B within a dia-KCEd , Xo . 2 , containing silk for drawback , is frnt to the leesi quay ?; is there examined and " made shipped " by the statcher , after which it is put en board a lighter for tracpert to the vessel . In the Eame "lighter is sxoi ' . tr case , similarly niuiktd ecd numbered , containing cotton or free goods , tntered in a different exporter ' s name . Shertly after the exporter tf the last-ment oned packsges applies to have his case made " short-thipped " ( that is , to teretnrxed ) , when by the understood change the case if silks is relandcd and delivered , in the place cf tke case of cottons , which is , indue couiEe , exported , while the drawback is received on the package of silk . This fraud cxuld , zX . anytime , be prosecuted without the aid cf the cScer , but by his connivance could be mere easily effected .
It Trcnld be sufficient for present purposes to close here til ] further facts can be sisted , were it . not felt to be cf prcEinent importance to carry the narrative KZEe-sthit fnrtber , in crder to prove the system of fraud to be cce Ircm which the revenue has for a Jorg time rcFered . The course the investigation has taken , acd the ! arge cumber cf witEfc ^ t-s called to support the cfcrrcts already brought gg ^ inst the parties who fignte as tee principals in the violation cf their duties already d-: scrirtd , precluee for the moment giving the fnctB in detail which , will subsequently be elicited to establish ic the itrongest possible light the connection of many firms in this metropolis , as the recipients in due proportion with , the revenue efficers , of the profits of the fraud now under investigation .
The public , by occasional paragraphs appearing j within the last three weeke in the daily prints , were ' in Bctne degree prepared for disclosures which would ; affect interest * identical with the mercantile world , but they were hardly , it is considered , prepared to 1 meet the astounding statement , tix » t by the continued j assistance cf these frauds , parties have been enabled to carry on a system of business -which , while allowing j them to rapply the retail dealer at " cutting" ; prices , j alao allowed them to bo hi * superior in tie ordinary 1 "Talks of trade , at even & greater reduction tb&B they had at first submitted to . i ] I ; ' ; i
when the whole of the system pursued on the scale of magnitude TerUy bettered to be the case shall bave been presented to tie general community , not much wenier will be expressed at the competition and ruin resulting from the following or certain descriptions cf bueiEKs connected with the silk and lace trades , and the very strange things which have appeared , and come to pass , -when matters of the kind have been investigated before tie public tribunals of the country . Hereitf ter stronger n-M more palpable truths will be tonisjjed to prove the poiruutioa existing in tee
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management of the revenue , and among some of its dependents ; and there can be no doubt that when these shall bave been widely disseminated , legislative interference will ba called into action , to prevent in fnture the possibility of the recunence of soch abusas . The court of inquiry * t present constituted , and under which the investigation is proceeding , consizts of the Hon . George Robert Dawcon , and Surveyor-generals Messrs . Dowdingand Weston . It is generally believed that , in addition to the examination which these gentlemen may make as the representatives of the Board of Commissioners of Customs , the Government will also direct the Revenue Commissioners , who have till very lately been engaged in an inquiry with the view of improving the Liverpool Branch of Customs , to take np the subject as a topic of discussion in the report which they may hereafter have . « to maka upon the London department .
How well the Revenue Commissioners would be able to grapple with the question may be fairiy inferred from the consideration which it appears they have given to the connection of the landing-cfficers and the merchants in their Liverpoel report , not long issued from the House of Commons . In that document they allude to the conference they had with the merchants on the scale of remuneration paid to the landing waiters , searchers , 4 c . ; and it is there said , that "they ( moaning the merchants ) do not believe that this system would ever produce the former evils of fees paid by the merchants to the officers , nor do they admit that the work would be slurred over or executed with undue haste , and that thus facility to commit frauds , and to occasion mistakes injurious to the revenue , would be the result They reiterate Mr . Huskisson ' s assertion .
that the adoption of this system would be a saving of time in un oading vessels of three days in ten , and strenuously maintain that either a greater number ef landing waiters must be employed , or means be adopted for causing greater exertion to be put f » rth by the oat-door department of the Customs . On the other hand , not only do the Commissioners of Customs repeat the arguments which they have formerly advanced , in deprecation cf the part salary and part fee system of payment of landing-waiters , but their practical efficers in London and in Liverpool remonstrate in tht ; strongest manner against a recurrence to it . They say it perils the revenue , and gives rise to nezlect and inconvenience of all kinds—that it turns the officer into the head-clerk of the merchant , and induces him to act as such , and to take an improper share in the superintendence of the nnloadine of vessels . "
It is understood that as the investigation proceeds , thongh tardily , fresh facts are brought to notice , showing the laxity with which this important branch of revenue has been managed .
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TO THE CHARTISTS OF NORTHUMBERLAND A > "D DURHAM . Brethbes in BONDiGE , —My object in addressing you at this important crisis is to make you acquainted with the languid state in which our cause is at present placed , and to endeavour to impress upon your minds the necessity of a union of the above counties for the purpose of engaging a lecturer and effecting a batter organisation . It is a fact which must be well known to you that many of the colliery districts , both on the Tyne and Wear , which were most forward in the movement of 1839 , for the emancipation of our common country , have , as it were fallen prostrate to our glorious principles ; and from what cause ? not from a conviGtion of their inutility ; no , but solely to the want of a lecturer to organise and direct that opinion which was at that period created in our favour .
Again , on the other hand , look to the number of agricultural districts , where our principles have been bu ; little ( if at all ) made known through the instrumentality of a lecturer , among which I need only meniioa Hexham , HaltwMstle , Morpeth , Alnwick . Beiford , &c iu Korthumbeilaiid ; and Sedgefield , Middleton-in-Tessdale , Wolsingham , Stanhope , &p ., in Durham ; the population of which comprises a great number of agricultural labourers who have to toil beneath a summer ' s sun or winter's blast , for a miserable pittance scarcely sufficient to enable them to eke out an existence . That there is a necessity for something being done must be apparent to all , and my reasons for recommending a union of the above counties are , that we have not a sufficient number of associations in the county of Durham , to emble us to pay a lecturer his salary , and from what I leam Northumberland is placed in a similar situation , but the difficulty could easily be removed by a union .
Areuse then from your lethargy , and let every shoulder be put to the whtel . Let there be a meeting of delegates from the different associations of these two important counties , at the earliest opportunity , to take the subject into consideration , and in the meantime believe me to be Tours , < tc , In the cause of democracy , Joh . n Mowbray , Member of the General Council . 39 , Framewell-gate , Durham , 27 th Sept . 1842 .
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LONDON . —On Saturday morning great excitement was produced among the Chartist body by the news of the arrest of the Editor of the Northern Star , and the other patriots , whom a vile Government have again laid under the ban of the law . Immediate steps were taken to establish a large and influential committee , acd to obtain the assistance of such of the middle ciasses as would , at this crisis , come forward to assist in protectidg the liberty and lives of their proscribed fellow men . 55 , Old Bailey . —Immediately upon the receipt of the news of the arrest of Mr . 0 Csnnar and Mr . Campbell , steps were taken to convene a meeting at the above place , Mr . Crump was called to the chair , and britfly opened the proceedings . Mr . Overton , in an able manner , exposed the tyranny of the Government ,
and the vile crusade they were waging against public opinion . He said that the arrests must be regarded as a blow aimed at the public liberties and the right i > f the people to meet , according to the old constitutional privilege , in public assembly to discuss their grievances . The Council of which he I Mr . Overton ) was a member , was called upon , in the face of such a despotic stretch of uncoEStitutioiial power , to adopt such prompt and energetic courre as the exigency demanded . The Government had at that moment got into their power nearly the whole of the Executive Council of the Chartist body . They had driven Dr . M'Douall te take flight for his safety ; they were in pursuit of Mr . Bairstow ; they had got Mr . Leach ; and now they had arrested Mr . Feargus 0 Cjnnor and Mr . Campbell . —( Shame . ) All these gentlemen were tried and steady
friends of the people . He ( Mr . Overton ) would support Mr . O'Connor , on whom he looked as his " father" in politics , having first heard the principles of the Charter from his lips , and been made a convert to them , at a great meeting at Leeds . Mr . O'Connor's claims on the working people were of paramount importance . His successful exertions in behalf of the Dorchester labouis and of the Glasgow spinners , together with his opposition to the inhuman New Poor-law Bill , entitled him to the respect and gratitude of every just and humane man —( hear , hear)—and as long as he continues in a steady and undeviating course in support of the people ' s rights , he would donbtless mett with the support cf the working men of EDgland . ( Hear , hear . ) " The dogs" were beginning to " show their teeth" against the friends of the
people ; and " the Whigs , " he ; Mr . Overton ) donbted not , were at the bottom of the present proceeding . ( Hear . ) The arrest and scattering of their friends had left the Chartist body without an * ' Executive Couueil ; " acd to meet the difficulty thus occasioned , the present meeticg should adopt some prompt measrures . Tfce ChartiEt body could tot be without an Executive Council , and he ( Mr . Overton ) would recommend that the general Council of the Metropolitan localities be at once convened to take the important subject into their immediate consideration . ( Hear , hear , and applause . ) Mr . Cator moved that a recommendation be issued from that body for the purpose of convening a meeting of the conrcil to adopt prompt measures in electing an Executive Committee to set duriDg the incarceration of their presentmambers . Mr . Orertonsecondedthemotion , which
was supported by Messrs . Walker , Hogg , and Salmon , and carried unanimously . Mr . Walker said be thought they ought to let it go forth to the world that the arrest of their friends could not crush or cause them to abate their principles ; and that as fast as the Government should apprehend their " Executive . other men would spring up in their stead , and with equal zeal and fide-, lity to tbtir cause , fill up their places—( hear , hear . ) He ( Mr . Walker ) in conclusion , did not hesitate to say , that Mr . O'Connor would not have been arrested at the pre- 1 sent moment , but that the object was to prevent him . as far as possible , frcm being present at the " Special Commission" on the eve cf beirg held in Staffordshire ; for the trial of the Chartist prisoners ^—ihear)—it being , known to the Government and the Government lawyers j that MtO'Connor was determined to attend that Comin it vi b ¦ fc ¦ bw 1 i i tmw
¦ . t ^ I \ n V ^ S vvIUiwi v * Cvu w ^* i ¦ a - ' - >¦ v w . *^^ ^^ w » " j mission , and aid the victims with his powerfnl support ; —( hear . ) I : A kuhebous meeting of coal whippers was held j 1 on Friday evening , at the Mariner's Church , Wellrlosesquare . Messrs . Fiazer , Brown , Applegate , and others delivered eloquent and truly democratic addresses , and : inoculated the principles tf the Charter into the minds j ' of this numerous and much ill-used body . I A meeting was held on Thursday evening at the j Cambrian Tavern , Cwtle-street , Leicester-square . Dr . , Black and Messrs . Duncan and Westerton , of the Parliamentary Reform Association , delivered able addresses , Bairstowand others of the
! and also Means . Campbell , , N . C . A . Mr . Bairatow ' s address was received with ; tremendous applause . A vote of thanks was passed j to the Evening Star , and on the motion or Dr . Black , j ! the Advertiser received a similar compliment . Three j shillings was paid into the hands of Mr . Wheeler for j : the victims , and the meeting adjourned until WedneB- j ' day evening . j Flora Taterx , York Place , Barxsburt Park , j Isli > "GTO > . —On Sunday evening , Mr . Wheeler lectured ; upon the principles of the Charter , to an enthusiastic ! andience . Tke chair was ably filled by Mr . Wright i : At the conclusion of the lecture , it was unanimously ' . agreed to form , at the above bouse , a locality ef tbe
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National Charter Association ; fifteen naniGS were immediately enrolled , and a Secretary , Treasurer , and Coinmittetj appointed . Excellent addresses were delivered by Messrs . Humphries , Heuley , CoviDgton , and otheis , and a most determined and enthusiastic feeling was exhibited . The sum of 4 s . 8 i . was collected for the victims . Meteofoliian Delegate Meeting . —This meeting was field on Sunday afc « rnoon , at 55 . Old Bailey , Mr . Brown in the chair . Credentials were received from Mr . D . Crane , from the youths' locality of Lambeth ; Mr . Luke King , from the Star , Golden Lane ; and from Messrs . Messenger and WrigLt , for ttw morocco leather finishers , Long Lane . The sum of 5 s- 6 d . was received for the delegate meeting , from the Siar , Golden Lane ; 4 s . from Lambeth ; and Is . 3 d . from the Rock
locality . Two shillings was received for the Tract Committee . Mr . Dron reported from the Observational Committee , and various lecturers , whose services had been proffered , were accepted , and the Committee were authorised to procure an official seal for the signature of their credentials . The following resolution was received from Camberwell : — " That the thanks of this meeting be given to the Metropolitan delegate meeting , for their wonted zsal and indefatigable exertions at this critical period in carrying out the glorious principles of liberty , truth , and justice against tyranny and injustice . " A deputation was received irom the shareholders , 55 , Old Bailey , stating they intended to hola a public meeting for the bsneflfc of the victims , and desired the co-operation of the delegate meeting . A present of a pair of handsome ladies' clogs was
made by Mr . Brown , to be raffled for , the proceeds to go to the political victims . Mr . Wheeler proposed , and Mr . Lucas seconded , the adoption of an address to the country , which , after a long and very enthusiastic discussion was unanimously agreed to , and signed by all the delegates present A committee was appointed to superintend the riffling of Beveral presents made to the delegate meeeting . It was also resolved that a meeting of the whole of the General Council of the Metropolis ehonld be convened , on Thursday evening , at 55 , Old Bailey . After several moat excellent and enthusiastic addresses from Messrs . Knight , Dron , Wheeler , Parker , Ridley , Ferguson , Cuffay . Davoc , Matthews , and others , Messrs . Wheeler , Cuffay , Dron , and Knight were elected , an Executive Committee ,
ad interim , to supply the place of those whom a tyrannic Government haa pounced upon , or caused to be wanderers in the land of their birth . Mr . Wheeler , who had previously been fulfilling the duties of the (¦ race was elected as secretary to ths above body . Mr . Wheeler was authorised to write to all the sub-8 ecretariea in the Metropolitan counties , requesting them to send delegates to the monthly Metropolitan delegate meeting , held on the first Sunday in the month . Mr , Maynard was elected a member of the Observation Committee in the room of Mr . Rose reBignad . Tae meeting then adjourned . During the whole of the proceedings , the rooms were excessively crowded , and the greatest enthusiasm was exhibited . The following is the address agreed to , as named in the foregoing report : —
TO THE FRIENDS OF BRITISH FREEDOM , Brother Chartists . —The iron hand of tyranny has grasped many of our best and bravest men , and has compelled many of Briton ' s noblest sons to bo exiled from the land of their birth . ( Shame ) Shall we stand tamely by , and see those men sacrificed ? ( Cries of " No , no . " ) Shall we not rather act with redoubled energy and vigour , and show to eur heartless oppressors that we wil ] combat with tyranny to our last breath ? ( Cheers . ) That in spite of priyctions , persecution , imprisonment , or death , we will never Blacken our exertions , or cease agitating oar fellowmen , until the " People's Charter" become the law of the laud , and until we be in possession of those rights and enjoyments to which , as men and aa Britons , we are entitled ? ( Hear , and renewed applause . ) Up , then , and
be doing . Bestir yourselves in collecting , to secure the families from want , and to defend the liberties of your imprisoned brethren . Let not the foul disgraco attach itself to cur character , that we have deBerted those men who have sacrificed their all in our cause . ( Hear . ) The eyes of the whole country are fixed upon you . ( Hear , hear . ) Europe and America ara anxiouEiy looking to your movement The tyrants of the earth see in it the germs of that moral revolution , which , if allowed to roll on unimpeded , will speedily destroy them . Hence their insane eflorts to arrest its progress . The enlightened , the liberal , the humane of all countries , are sympathising with yon—are ardently longing for your final success . Disappoint not tbeir expectations ; blight not by your apathy the rising hopes your previous conduct has instilled into their hearts . Show to the world that you are men whom no dangers can daunt—no temptations seduce from that allegiance which you have aworn to the principles of
liberty and the Charter —( bear ) . Cunningly bave your oppressors guided this last treacherous attempt ; thinking , doubtless , that in the panic of the moment—the Watch-dogs' being ensnared—the flock would fail an easy victim—( cries of "Never . ") We hurl back defiance upon them . We despise their barbarous and exploded methods of trampling on public opinion—( hear , hear , and applause ) . We are conscious of our owe integrity , and of the justice and nobility of our cause—( hear , hear . ) We will sacrifice , if necessary , our lives in its defence ; and we look , confidently , to you for an assurance that we are only the mouth-piece of the sentiments of the whole Gbaitist body ; and that persecution , so far from dismaying you er injuring your organization , has only served to strengthen the ties which bind you together , and to drne a ^ ay all sectional disputes , calculated to impede the speedy progress of our mighty movement . ( Long continued applause . ) Tours in the cause of democracy , The Members of the Metropolitan Delegate Meeting , William Matthews , John Dron . Edward Pickersgill , Wm , Humphries , James Knight , John Maynakd , John Simpson , Thomas Beadon , Edward Langwith , Henry Wilkins , William Caffay , Charles Page , Michael Jones , William Smith , William Davoc , Luke King , James Morgan , John Sijis , Abel Cook , Donald C . Crane , Henry Crockford , Joseph Wright , John Brown , Thos . M . Wheeler , Stcretary
. Meetings were held in every district in Lendon , on Sunday evening , and language of the moat firm and determined description was made use of . Instead of the violent and oppressive arrests of the Gjvernment depressing the spirits of the people , the txict reverse is the case , for never before did Cbartism assume such a healthy aspect , as it does at the present instant in the metropolis . Great Public Meeting at the Splendid an » Capacious Rooms of the Phoenix Tavern , Ratcliffs Cj > oss . — On Monday evening , a meeting was heid in the above place . Mr . Frszar hiivlng been called to the chair , commenced by exp : aining that Mr . O'Connor , whose attendance at the meeting had been announced , was , frem severe illness , unable to be present Their oppressors were bunting him about , anxious
to destroy him . If they should succeed in their attempt , they must learn to do without him . If by that they thought they should be able to crush the spirit oi liberty , they were deceived . The destruction of fifcy O'Connors would never be able to ciush them . The present was a time when society was roused from its very foundation , when political discord had penetrated to the most isolated points of society ; and it was not fit that men , who had the lives , the happiness , and the well-beiog of their fellow men at heart , should stand supinely by while tbtse mighty events were being transacted around them ; vvhen despotism was totttring on its very throne , and only supported by its bands of armed myrmiciions ; when the germs of liberty were springing up in every direction , and becoming a flourishing tree , stretching from pole to pole , and
embracing uiider its shadow the people of the whole earth . Mr . Fosseil moved the following resolution : " Tiiat the meeting viewed with aiarin the uuholy crusade entered into agaicst the friends of freedom ; and as they havo always believed that the British Constitution guaranteed to the people the right to discuss their grievances in public meeting , they cannot sil ; ntly submit to this last remnant of liberty being taken away , and do therefore declare their opinion , that it is tie duty of all friends to the people to aid in maintaining inviolate the right ef denouncing tyrants and reprobating injustice . " Mr . F ., in a losgand able address , supported the resolution . The present numerous meeting satisfied him that the time bad arrived when the people would no longer tamely submit to bave the lost remnant p t liberty torn from tbeir hands . He had lately been in Staffordshire
and different parts of the country , and bad seen his feliownitn huiited like dogs , because they would not give up the right of meeting to discuss their grievances ; because they would not be driven into » breach of the peace . These men , ODce bo ignorant , had bow acquired the knowledge , that by moral means alone couid tbeir otjtcts beacheived ; and he had seen them shed tears of gratitude to those men who had saved them from the fate of being the victims of an outbreak . The Charter would place men in a condition to get a fair remuneration for their labour . The Government desired to keep them poor and degraded , that they might become the servile tools they desiied to see them . While he had breath be would sever cease to agitate for . the rights of the people ; he would oppose their oppressors inch by inch , until the victory was achieved . He was proud to see that as fast as one set of victims were condemned
to incarceration others rose np to supply tbeir places Mr . Ridley , in a most elcqnentand determined address , which was vodfcroutly applauded , seconded the resolut ion , which was carried unanimously . Mr . Blackmore moved the next resolution—•• That an address be presented to bet Majesty , praying her not to allow the right of free discussion of political grievances to be infringed , nor honest patriots prevented from denouncing tyranny and oppression , by those who have an interest in excluding the great msjarity of the nation from participating in legislation . " Mr . Dron seconded the resolution in a neat and humorous speech , arid the resolntion having been put by the Chairman , was unanimously carried . Dr . Bowkett moved the third resolution— " That it is the opinion of this meeting , that the People ' s Charter becoming the law ef this land is the only remedy for preventing a continual recurrence of appalling Bufftringj for the poor . " The worthy
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Doctor was much applauded , throughout a long and eloquent address hx which he strongly insUted upon the evils of discords , and the advantage of a kindly spirit being displayed towards all ' ranks of refermerB , Mr . Brown seconded the resolution in a very eloqaent speech , which was loudly and deservedly applauded . The resolution was unanimously carried . Mr * Lueas moved a resolution of confidence In the Evening Star , and spoke highly of the Northern Star , as being one of the main props of the movement Mr . Cobbanvtaconded the motion , which was ably spoken to by the Chairman previous to his putting it to the meeting , when it was carried without a dissentient A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , and the meeting separated , after giving cheare for the Chatter , the victims , &c .
MR . Ruffey Ridley delivered a lecture on Sunday evening , at the Chartist Hall , 29 ^ . Mile End Road , in which he lashed the Government authorities and their agents , in a most unmerciful manner , and was greeted with great applause . The Hall was crowded to excess , and the sum of 8 s . id . was collected for the victims . : The opficers wh * arrested Mr * J . Campbell having seizsd upon the letters . accompanying , the money orders which Mr . Campbell was engaged .,.. in opening , the parties who on that day , Sept . 30 , sent money orders for the Executive wiU greatly oblige by sending to the Secretary , pro letn . Mr . Wheeler , 243 ^ , Temple Bar , their names and the places from which they were sent , that cash may ba obtained for the the orders : the sums are 5 a . and 10 a . from places unknown , an * 6 a . 6 d . from Ramsg'ite .
Lambeth . —The Lambeth Youths met as usual on Sunday afternoon , when a very eloquent lecture was delivered by Mr . G . Brown , on the benefit which would invariably arise from the adoption of the Puople's Caarter . The meeting was also addressed by Messrs . Crow and Blackmore . A vote of confidence was also passed in Feargus O Connor . Two members were enrolled . . . Star Coffee House , Golden Lane . — ( United Boot and Shoemakers ) . —Mr . Forgusoa leotured - upon passing events , on Saturday evening . It was ; then agreed that we present Dr . M Douall witha pair , of boats , and bis wife witb a pair of boots and shoes , as a token of the esteem in which he is held by the sons of Crispin residing in the City of London . £ l was sent to the Victim , and £ 1 to the Defence Fund . Three shillings and twopence was collected for the victims , and Mr . Bolwell agreed to deliver his promised lecture upon the life and character of Robert Euimett on Sunday . Oct . Oth . r
Martlebone . —Mr . Man ' . z lectured at the Working Men's Hall , on Sunday last , to a very full andiencj , and gave great satisfaction . After the lecture-a collection was made in aid of the General Defence Fund , when 18 s . Id . was collected . Mr . Packer , one of our m&mburs , likewise gave the profits arising from the sale of tho Chartist Circular tor that night , which amounted to ( iW . ; and this , with 18 s . 4 j ^ d . that was in baud , amounting in all to £ l 17 s ., has been paid over to Mr . Pardon , at the EveningSlctr office . NEWCASTLE . —Mr . P . M . Brophy , late of Dublin , that unflinching advocate of liberty , delivered a lecture in the Chartist Hall , Gaat Inn , Cloth-market , ou
Wednesday evening . Mr . B . was well received and loudly cheered throughout his addresa . He traced the strike in Lancashire to its origin , and clearly proved that it was the work of-the League . Mr . B . gave auother lecture equally instructive , and with the same success , in Gateshcad , on Thursday evening ; at Byker on Saturday evening ; South Shields on Sunday ; and at Byker Primitive Methodist Chapel again on Monday evaning . Mr . B . is a gentleman whose mode of delivery is calculated t » leave a lasting impression on the minds of his audience , and ho ia not one that will truckle ; be gees for the whole hog , name and all , and will not flinch an inch for any humbug .
Mr . Spencer , from Lancashire , delivered soulstirring lectures , first on the Quay and afterwards iu the Chartist's Hall , Goat Inn , on Sunday evening : and although onlv half an hsur ' s notice was given , the hall wis crowded to the door . We have heard few lecturers lately bettor calculated to enlist the attention of his hearers than Mr . S ., and he was most enthusiastically cheered at the end of each sentence . After the lecture , Mr . Sinclair announced that in these trying times public meetings would bu held every evening iu the Hall , for the purpose of reading the Evening Star aloud , and thereby apprising the people daily of the species of justice to be ; dealt out to our entrapped leaders .
The Chartists of Newcastle held their weekly business meeting on Monday evening as usual , Mr : Binns in the chair . The minutes of the previous metting having been read and confirmed , Mr . Sinclair , in the absence of Mr . Phinnie , prepoaed the resolution which Mr . P . gave notice of last meeting night , which was briefly seconded by Mr . Livingstone , and ably sup . ported by Mr . Spencer , and carried unanimously , viz , " That the Chartists of this locality view with the greatest ' abhorrence and disgust the detestable raoana which the tyrants in office are adopting to entrap and consign to a living tomb the best and most honest advocates of the people's cause throughout these realms .
That we , the Chartists of Newcastle and Giteshead , do forthwith nse our every effort to procure funds for the defence of sucii of our friends as may be victimised by our enemies ; and that the following persons be appointed to form a committee to carry out the same , with power to add to their number : —Messrs . Binns , J . Sinclair , W . Smith , Matthew Robson , N . Frankland . J . Young , sen ., Joseph Clark , J . Young , jun ., Wm . Hall , and John Cassel . Mr . Binns was instructed to transmit £ 1 Is . to the Treasurer of the General Dsfence Fund immediately , and to say that we will send some more in a few days ; and , after disposing of some local business , the meeting adjourned .
Any Person desirous of contributing towards the General Defence Fund , by transmitting to any one of the above , it will be thankfully received , duly acknowledged in the Star , and forwarded to the proper quarter . PENSNETT—Mr . T . Pearson preached an impressive sermon here on Sunday to a numerous audience , which has given a new impetus to the glorious cause of Chartism . A collection was made ; indeed the honest men and true of this locality have stirred themselves nobly in the cause of our suffering fellow patriots , thirteen shillings and three-halfpence having been raised for the defence of the whole of the incarcerated Chartists . Mr . Pearson preached a sermon the same evening , in behalf of poor Linney , at Bilston , and a handsome collection was made here also .
SHEFFIELD . ARREST OF GEORGE JULIAN Harney bnd Mr . Samuel Parkes . — Mr . George Julian Harney was arrested last Thursday week , Sept . 29 th , whilst holding a Gouncil meeting in his own house , at half-past nine at night , by Rayner , of the Sheffield , and Sawley of the Manchester police . The members' association book , and class-books of four neighbouring villages , were taken possession of at the same time ; but such a loss is of no importance , we having been actively engaged for several weeks past in dividing the association into districts , and having class books for eaeh , which are safe in the hands of collectors . Mr . S . Parkes , against whom a warrant was also issued , was attending the council at the time of the arrest , but owing to the alacrity with which Mr . H . was reauy to accompany the officers , Mr . Purkea for that time , escaped .
On Friday morning when the news of the arrest became known , great excitement prevailed ; and a public meeting was announced to take place at eight o'clock the same evening . Mr . Hatney was removed from Sheffield to Manchester by the eleven o ' clock train . At the meeting , Mr . W . Wragga ia the chair , Mr . Edwin Gill was addressing a crowded audience on the tyrannical conduct of the Tory Government , and tbe folly and absurdity of attempting to destroy public opinion by persecution , when Mr . ParJjea entered the room ascended and the platform nmidst the moat deafening applause . He muds a powerful appeal to tbe audieiico , pledged them to stand firm to their principles , acd to
those who advocated their rights , and stated that he was prepared to meet his fate whatever it might be , in defence of the good old cause . "To your care , " said he , " I leave the vrife of my bosom , and the children of my heart ; let them not want support , when their natural protector is torn from them ; fur should I be thrown in the felon ' s cell for the advocacy of our common cause it would be agony to me beyond endurance to know that my children were crying for bread , and that ( heir wretched mother had none to give them . " The meeting was deeply affected by his discourse , there being scarce a dry eye in the room . At the conclusion , " We'll rally around him" was sung in gallant style . Six shillings were collected for his family , and a public meeting announced for the following evening .
Mr , Parkes , in company w ; tn some friends , tnen retired to his home , and waited the arrival of his expected , thongh unwelcome visitors . They , however , ( the police ) did not make their appearance until after twelve , when he was arrested , and lodged by them in the watch-house for the remain , er of the night . On Saturday evenihg , Mr . Pike in the chair , having read the nnmeroaB arrests as published in the Northern and Evening Stars , Mr . E . GUI called on the meeting to renew thair exertions for the defence of the victims ; and that although the Chartists of Fig-tree-lane , had sent £ 4 to the General Defence Fund , yet that the monies in band would be insufficient to meet the demands likely to be made upon it . £ 1 more was collected in n few hours for that purpose .
On Sunday , Mr . S . Parkes left Sheffield by the five o'clock train , accompanied by the police for Manchester . Although the police too generally behave with uncalled for severity to those entrusted to their charge , and thereby gain the hatred of the people , it affords us great pleasure to acknowledge the kindness of those cf Sheffield , to Messrs . Harney and Parkes ; and particularly that of Mr . Cooper and Mr . Rayner , who gave Mr . P . a good bed , and allowed him to see his wife and family as often as he pleased , and whatever newspapers he chose to have , even the Northern Star . —In tbe evening , Mr . Evinaon delivered an excellent Lecture , during which he was warmly applauded .
On Hosdax evening , at a very full meeting , iVrr . Edwin Giil delivered an appropriate lecture on tbe present crisis . At the canclufiion , 12 s . 6 J . was collected for the wife and family of Mr . Partes , and three cheers were given for him and Mr . Harney . The greatest enthusiasm pre ^ aile ' .
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MAI « TON . —On Thursday , September 29 th , a meeting of the inhabitants of Malton , convened by the overseers , in pursuance of the New Aot of Parliament , 5 th and 6 th Victoria , chap ., 109 , sec . 3 , was held in the vestry of the Parish Church , to make eut a list , of the names of individuals qualified to serve as constables . The meeting was called for ten o ' clock ? and inconvenient as the hour was , the working classes assembled in good number . Mr . Wilson , a radical of forty years standing . was called-to the chair ; and the Chartists proposed and carr } e < 3 thejr own list , by a tremendous majority . '/ An attempt was then maJe to establish a paid police , but the schemeiwas defeated . In tho evening Mr . Sheridan Nussey , of Leeds , ; addressed a large meeting in the Market-place , in refutation of the various calumnies and prejudices that stand in the way of the people ' s rights . He shewed clearly the advantages of a moral , physical , and intellectual character that would flow frem democratic institutions , and depicted faithfully the great evils of aristocracy .
OVSEBVRH . —The Chartists of this locality assembled iu their room , E-ist-end of the Railway-bridge , en Sunday , October 2 nd , at half-past ten , AM . After the financial business bad been gone through , it was announced to the meeting that Messrs . O'Connor , Campbell and Hill had been arrested , when every odb present gava . expression to their abhorrence of the base acU Cao the Government think that by arresting all the sp ^ akera . they will put down Chartism ? What delusion i where we only held one meeting wo are determined to hold two . Public meetings will be hold in every , village and colliery round about this place during th ^ . ondLncxtweek . We have sent seven shillings to the Executive , and eight shillings to the General
Defence Fund , being our first subscription . We intend to keep the . subscription list upen a little longer to enable them that have not given , an opportuity of doing so . RAPCMFFB TiiRHACE . — We have had Mr . Rigby , from ; Cborley siuee Tiienlay last . He has delivered four lecturtis , and assisted us in forming un association . Mr . Rigby has proved . himself an abit ; advocate . P ? the cause of liberty . He haa completely laid prostrate every opposition to the principles or ' Universal Suffrage , and proved that free trade , with all ths nostrums of quack politicians , can never be a sufficient guarantee for the peace , and prosperity of the country ;¦ and that if any benefits ara to be conferred upon the people the possession of the Charter alone wiii confer it .
NOTTINGHAM . —On Sunday morning an unusual large attendance of the members of the General Council of tbe various localities assembled in the democratic chapel , to read the Northern and Everting Slurs , and to take into their consideration tho best means to bo adopted at the present crisis , whvh ended in a motion beiiig made and passed , to authorise the secretary to send a notice to the Northern and Evening Stars , requesting that the localities in the town and CGunty will aend representatives from their General Councils , to meet at ten o ' clock , on Sunday the 9 cb , in the Democratic Chapel , to adopt measures for procuring a good defence for their incarcerated brethren . It is hoped that all the friends in these localities will pay attention to this request . On Sunday evening Mr . G . Harrison preached in the Democratic Chapel , to a very crowded andknee .
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NOMINATIONS TO THE GENERAL COUNCIL . LEICESTER ( SHAKhFERIAN . ) Mr . William Smedtey , loom hand , Kussell-square . Mr . Robert Facer , publican , Orchard-street . Mr . John Deacon , grocer , Brunswick-street . Mr , Thomas Hallich , grocer and baker , Wharfstreet . . Mr . Robert Allen , frame-work knitter , Metcalfstreet . Mr . James Duffoy , butcher , Wharf-street . ¦ LIVERPOOL . Mr . Charles Hook , painter , 80 , Fletoher-street . Mr . Samuel Morris , blockmaker , 10 , Roscoe-lane . Mr , Richard Parry , stonemason , 63 , Northumberland-street . Mr . William Jones , painter , 3 , Critotiloy-court . Mr . Thomas Hodgson , smith , 3 ; Ailicc-court . Mr . George Rigtr , shooma ' cer , 2 , Bjlton-court , Norfolk-street , sub-Trt ; isurer . Mr . Charles Gwiiliani , bricklayer , 8 , Summerstreet , sub-Sacretary .
BOLTON . Mr . James Vorve , coal-dea ' . pf , Lottery-roiv . Mr . John Sulivan , cordwamer , Great Moorestreet . Mr . Archibald Prentico , bru&hmaker , Markland ' s ^ buildings . Mr . William Paritt , moulder , Howell-croft . Mr . John Hamer , joiner , Nuwppn-street . Mr . James Logan , bawyer , Gnma-street . Mr . William Baird , power-ioom weaver , Flashstreet . : Mr . Wm . Howard , furniture-broker , Exchange street , sub-Treasurer , Mr . John Keir , joiner , Chapel-street , sub-Se cretarv .
N . EWINGTON . Mr . Wm . Emery , glaas-euuer , No . 1 , King ' s-arch court . Mr . James Dobell , carpenter , No . 12 , Salisbury cresent . Mr . Thomas Nodder , choemaker , 7 , Northampton place . Mr . James Batten , pnblioan , 1 , Cross-street , sub Treasurer . Mr . John Taylor , accountant , ditto , sub-Seeretary
. TOT'K , Mr . Edward Burloy , Paper-stainer , 19 , Bitton-st . Layorthorpe . Mr . James Webstar , tinner , ditto . Mr . James Soruton . shoemaker , LayGi'thorpe . Mr . David Halton , joiner , North-stieet . Mr . Geo . JtfTerson , smith , Layorthorpe . Mr . Wm . Jefferson , bricklayer , Havor-lane . Mr . Roburt . King , pencil manuiacturer , Nunnerylane . Mr . Robert Gill . joiner , Biltqn-street , Layorthorpe , Treasurer . Mr . Thomas Hunter , tailor , at Mr . Milburn ' s , Knit's -square , sub-Secretary .
LYNN . Mr . Thomas Johnson , hatcer , Norfolk-st . Mr . Edward Scott , shoemaker , Cloujjh-Jane . Mr . Joshua Waiues . ta . lor , Paradise-lane . Mr . William Price , briclduyor , Tower-st . Mr . William Proctor , shoemaker , Norfolk-st . Mr . Edward Masson , ditto North-st . Mr . Hatteich , clock maker , Norji > lk-st . Mr . Wm . Day , shoemaker , N , w Conduct-st . Mr . Balchambers , tailor , Paiudise-lane , sub-Treasurer . Mr . James Browne , cabinet maker , No . 5 , Trappits court . Norlolk-Et ., sub-Secretary .
HOI . ISFCK . Mr . Joseph Watsou , carrier , isLaoklcton-fold , New Wortley . Mr . Joseph Wilk'ntcu , mechanic , ditto . Mr . Daniel Garsiiie , overlooker , Low-fields , Holbeck . Mr . John Wood , ditto , Canvas-street , Holbeck . Mr . John Broadbent , haeide-setter , Holbeckbridge . Mr . John Clapham , mechanic , !> lc-lane , Holbeck . Mr . Thomas Bell , labourer , Luw-bi .- ' mi , do . Mr . William Siead , ciothier . JN < . w Wortley . ; Mr . William ifawson , labourer , Stock ' s-hill , Holbeck . Mr . John Drake , mechanic . Peaem k-road , Bees-ton , Mr . John Hall , overlooker , Wood-rftroet , Holbeck . Mr . John Davies , Terrace-street , llaibcck , sub-Treasurer . Mr . William Sykes , Horse and Jockey-yard , Holbeck , sub-tiecretary .
NOTTINGHAM . —BOOT AND SH ( . > IS . MAKERS . Mr . Thomas Wapg , Ciare-alnet . Mr . John Abe ) , Utiion-place , ( Iji't-street . Mr . John Herod , U ^ iou-place , ( Jlare-street . Mr . John Jackfon , Clare struct . Mr . Daniel Dixon , Clare-street . Mr . William Diliing , Union-place , Clare-street , sub-Treasurer . Mr . Job Atterbury , Bloomsjirove , sub-Secretary .
NOTTINGHAM . —RAfcCi . lFFE ARMS . Mr . John hkerritt , shoe-maker , Carrant-street . Mr . Johu Wall , ditto , ditto . Mr . George Atkinson , lace-mak ^ r , Narrow-marsh . Mr . William Poiter , framework-knitter , ditto . Mr . John Easom , ditto , Leen-sido . Mr . George Pickering , shoe-maker , sub-Treasurer . Mr . John Goodson , cabinet-maktiy Castle-street , sub-Secretary .
NOTTINGHAM . —DEMCCEATIC CHAPEL . Mr . Henry Shaw , needle-maker , 17 , Fipe-street . Mr . Joseph Greeiif mith , butcher , No . 2 , Haughton PJace , Lincoln-Btrcet . Mr . Joseph Shardlow , framework-knitter , Milkstreet , . Mr . William Cropper , smith , Snenton Element . Mr . William Carringtou , iramoworkkoitter , New Snenton . Mr . John Mitchell , schoolmaster , No . 2 , Millstone Lane . Mr . George Rogers , nail-maker , Narrow Marsh . Mr . James Sweet , hair-dresser , Goose Gate , sub-Treasurer / ' ¦ - ¦ •• ¦ .. . .:. Mr . Thomas Stanford , framework-knitter , 21 , Bromley-street , sub-Secretary . K 0 TT 1 N 6 HA 1 I—KAO ' S BEAD , MANSFIELD ROAD . Mr . Samuel Etobes , lace-maker . Mr . James Newton , ditto . Mr . Benjamin Grant , ditto . Mr . Thomas Barnett , ditto . Mr . Horaiio Nelson , ditto . Mr . William Holmes , ditto . Mr . William Satisom , ditto . Mr . William Rogers , ditto , sub-Treasurer . Mr . Wiliiam Fletcher , ditto , sub-Secretary .
LAMBETH "SOUTH ? . Mr . G . Broome , bookbinder , 53 , Portland-street , Wahvorth . Mr . 'F . WhiMakfT , printer 35 , Trafalgar-sSreef , do . iub-Secretary .
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. STALYBRIDGE . Mr . Thomas : Cooper , porter , Spring-street . Mr . Wright Swift , weaver , Hich-street . Mr . John M'Glochlin , pieoer , RassboMom-streei ' Mr . Samuel Jackson , weaver , Cocker Hill . Mr . John Woodcock , shoemaker , Cross Leechstrect .. , .:- . . . ¦ ¦ Mr . John Hunt , grinder , Rcbison-strect . Mr . John Aspinall , weaver , Keuworthy-street . Mr . William Hornby , weaver , Mouut Pleasant , sub-Treasurer . Mr . William Hall , spinner , Newton-street , sub-Secretaxy . " : ' '¦ ¦ ¦'• ¦ lewisham . Mr , Cha , rle 8 Abbott , Poplar-row . Mr . Wm . Hinoes , Hanoverstrtet . Mr . James . Parker , ditto . Mr . Joseph Hinoes . M . ill-p ! ac 8 . Mr . Wright Parker , ditto . Mr . Henry Hillmau , Hanover-street , sub-Treasurer , Mr . Charles Winch , Cross-street , eub-Secretary .
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SHEFFIELD . —The " Phess Gakg . "—Complete Suffkage AND Feee Tjiade . —The Independent of Saturday had another " leader" headed " Complete Suffrage . " The writer , after admitting that tha Baliofc and Household Suffrage , two excellent measures , are unattainable ; through the obstinacy of the pe <>!> ie in sticking to Universal Suffrage , goes on to tell hia rearievB that , " Perpetual effort 8 aro made , with uuscvupuious villany , by the Tory press , to confound fcituvge , Vincent , and Lovett , with O'Connor , Coopir , and White . " The writer adds , ' The slander muse be lived down , and to do so ¦ will require great cii'curn » f- ! ction , both in language and policy .- We muat have harmony and UTiity umon <; tuen whosu fp . ces are set in th <> s ^ ine direction , however varied mail ° & their face or tlm proposed length of their journey . '" The following is quoted
from the late address of the Sturgites : — " To consider the propriety of calling upon the municipal electors to adopt immediate measures for securinc the election of such man only to represent them in tueir local governments as are Known to be favourable to the principles ' of Complete Suffrage . " On this the writer of the Independent observes— " Now we are quite sure that Air . S . urge cannot mean that honest Re / oiwers should bave cJie opposition , active or passive , of his iiieuda , unless they ran utter the shibboleth of Complete Suffrage . If that were meant , what tcou'd became , of Mr Vincent's hold and eloquent protests against the intolerance which has disgraced Chartism ? [ Hear , hear !] If the Complete Suffrage men were to vote for ' men men only as are known to be favourable to the
principles of Complete Suffrage , " then we shonld have nothing but discord and feebleness among Reformers . " After quoting that paragraph of the Sturge addresa , where the addressers talk of endeavouring " to nscerfciin how far the friends of unrestricted and absolute freedom of trade" will unite witli tbe Suffragists for the obtaiuuit-nt of the letter ' s obji-ct , tbe Eriitor goea on to Bay— " They cannot mean to put tile qncstion of tree trade into ' . abeyance until they shall have carried Complete Suffrage ; if so , as even Mr . Sturcu Bp . > uks of five years aa the term of the agitation , we ftar that ere the remedy can be applied the patient will he past recovery . There can be no doubt that arisloe / m-i . ' . if hard pressed , would much kather concede vuee TftADB THAN POLITICAL EQUALI 11 . As the lllin ' . ed beaver is fabled to bile off his tail to save his life ,
ahistocraCY will give up monopolies in trade and food to save its monopoly in political power . " Thanks to the Independent for these admissions . To what conclusion do they lead us ? Either , that the Sturgitcs are besotted dupes , or designing kna » es ; dupes , if they imagine that the " honest Kefonuers " will work with them for any other end than that of obtaining the restoration of Whiggery , and knaves , if they have allied themselves to these " progressive" pests with tbe understanding that the popular strength ia to be wielded for the obtainment of those " other political o ^ ecta" ( free trade , the BalJot , < fcc . ) which the Independent has before told us may , by " a union of all thd honest Reformers , " be obtained , while waiting for the finish of Mr . Sturge's " five y&ars" of agitation , the triumph of Complete Suffrage . Don't forget that " the aristocracy , if hard pressed would much rather concede free trade than political equality ! " and don't foraet that tho free traders
( and the Complete Suffragists are all free traders ,-so say Messrs . Allen , Beale , and Co . ) would not take much " hard pressing" to accept the former at the espence of the latter ! ! and then ask yourselves , work ' . ag men , whether the object of the new agitation be not the destiuotion of the " monopolies in trade and food , " and the conservation of the " monopoly of political power ?" This view of the Complete Suffrage question will , no doubt , be denounced as being part and parcel of the " intolerance of Chartism , " against which Mr . Vincent so boldly and eloquently protested . Be it bo . We would infinitely raiher be the denounced than tbe pet of the Independent , while conscious , as we aie , that in pursuing our present conrse we are best serving tbe interests of the oppressed and too-of t deluded people , in raising the , voice of warning against those wolvts ia hheep's clothing , who have ever been the niuat base and hypocritical betrayers of the suffuring poor—the most deadly and ferocious enemies of the rights of
man . , MID-LOTHIAN-Colliers' Strike . — " He that iij , 'hta and runs away , —Jriay live to tight another day . " No one can doubt but there is a considerable lie ^ reo of truth in the fore ^ oiug couplet . At least the colliers of Mid-Lothian w ; ll acknowledge their belief in it .. Last Saturday after proving true to their friend ? , aud truo blue to the crawling sycophantic blooodsuckers of the people ' s constitution , they held a council of peace , at which a resoiution was come to that they should retreat , ere the bloodhounds ahoufcl have time to get scent of their tract ;
which they did , in beautiful order , to their fastness of friendship . This dono , and all safe , the bugle bounded " to arms , " and , in double quick timo , the brave proteotors of our country sallied forth with swords gaping for blood and their teeth gnashing for a g ( l ) orious . setto , just in time to be too late ! What a woeful affair for those who were auxioua for promotion , although it should bo over the heads of their breihreu ! Ualaurelled , however , part of them had to find their way back to their own quarters , as best they could , the same night ; while those left had the hazardous duty of deicndiog peaco against tho assaults of women and children .
Mid and EastXothians Collier ' s Strike . —The colliers of Mid Lothian are still out , but a many of the Fast Lothian Colliers have resumed work at the advanced pri'eB , and aio paying each one shilling per week towards the support of their brethren still out . This is as it should be . It is said that most of the coal masters would give the advance , but lor fear of the Duke of Bucckutfh , the Marquis of Lothian , and Sir John Hope , who are the greatest enemies tho men have to contend with . The men are in good Fpirits , and if at all supported , must win . The coliiors held a meeting in the Free Mason's Hall , Dalkeilh , on Friday , 30 ; h September , to consider their pre ? rut position , and to devise means to obtain better support . This was too much for the Noble (?) Duke . What ! the rascally coiiiers
meet in * A ? . ? town of Dalkeith , to con .-ider their dirty grievances ! close to his palace ! whore her most gracious Majesty had so lateiy eat , and drank , and slopt ! What ! meet under his Noble none ! Impossible ! This must be stopped . So away he sends off post haste , for . his palls . Lord Talbot , ( brother of the Countess of Lothian , and wellknown in St&ffurdr-hire , ) and Sir John Hope , also for List , ' the superintendent of tbe vermin known by the uuKie of County . police , who , witn his men , marched down to the Hall , ( having warrants for five mi n ecncfci'sed in the potatoc row , mentioned in my laft ) , aiid ordered the meeting to disperse ; bat the colliers told him . another t-tory . Xhoy were , they said , mot peacefully , in order to regulate their wa # es , and would not be interrupted by him ; but
if he had warrant 3 for any men there , he was at liberty to take them , but not to disturb their meeting . Ho wcu ' . d not be patisfied with this , so they put him outside t ! ie door , and weut on with their business . Tlis would not do : so his Dukeship came dowu to the Hal ! hinifelf , and ordtred them to disperse . They lold him the same tale . What was to be . done '? The soldiers were under arras . liijina ; the street , and the police in line down the entrance from the street to the Hall , so that when the colors came out , they could only pa ^ s one ut a time ; so by the = e means they succeeded in apprehend . on three men . and lodging them in prison ; and , so eager was the Duke to see that she prisoners were safe , that he went into the prison himself ! r iis a pity he was not kept there a , fcw days , iu order to taste the sweets he wa 3 so anxioua to prepare forothera !! The poor colliers had paid for the Hall , and yet could not be allowed to meet in peace . Is has caused a great sensation in the district : people say if this is to be J 3 at an
allowed , theri ^ ht of public meeti »^ end . So frightened were tho proprietors ol the Hall at the Duke's mandate , that they ran aud lueked up the door , and told tLo poor colliers that they should never meet there again ; " the Duke said so" ! Truly , your modern Dukes are fine fellows , aud as just as they are fine ! and what liricish spirits these same proprietors must have had io betima commanded I They could not do what tliey liked with their own ; the Duke could , not only wittt his own , bat , it would appear , with other , people's also . Thus are the working classes used in tcis mis-called land of freedom . ' But , thank God I ; tere is at least one hot press that will advocate the rights of working men , and fearlessly state their orongs : the &tar ^ ftMMh ~ say " No" when they aro appealed to . , &jf A - '' ' ^ £ fc&l
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- Put an end to War— We have Moer ^ i ; &m » ; muhication from Birmingham , wbioh Eta £ p 0 gaA-iae . ; Recruiting parties in that town have uhT'bfe& able . lo prevail upon a single pcrton to joiir 7 tbe 5 )? £ tan- ' dard , notwithstanding it has been fifir ^ * jfefe' . > . . Jt ' - - also informs us that eighteen ihousaiS u » $ ! tsrtfarve been distributed during the fair , by \ he / - ' ^ fae « ¦ Society , deprecating wak , and pleading v ^ pefcoe _ i and good-will amongst men . . v ~ . £ < •"•
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THE NORTHERN STAR ; __ ¦ ¦ " ' : ¦ ' ; ..... . . ^ 3
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 8, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct451/page/3/
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